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VOLUME XIV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1914.
NUMBER 14.
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r!tE DEMANDS
HIGH
RAILROAD OFFICIALS SHOW A
KEEN INTEREST IN THE
HEARING TODAY.
UPHEAVAL OF PRESENT
RATES ROAD'S FEAR
Astoria Terminal Rates Wanted and
C W. Fulton Appears for the Co
lumbia River Town .Puget Sound
Nearer Claim ' Railroads Fulton
Answers That Grades Are Easier.
Portland, ' June 30. The taking of
testimony in the city of Astoria's
fight for. terminal rates equal to
those in force to Puget Sound ports
began here today before Examiner
Pugh of the interstate commerce
commission. All of the testimony
gathered will be submitted to the
commission itself and later arguments
will be heard in. Washington.
In his opening statement, Fulton
purported to show that Astoria is
now discriminated against in favor of
the Northern ports.
Edward Ostrander, a rate expert of
the Oregon railroad commission, tes
tified that rates are higher between
inland empire points and Astoria,
than -wi- Pugat Sowd points.
All of the railroad companies ef
fected apparently were aligned solid
ly against Astoria, uieir represema
tives declaring previously to the
opening tf the hearing that they will
resist all efforts of the Columbia riv
er city to become a terminal on the
grounds that the distances are great
er to Astoria than to the Puget
Scund from the east and that the en
tire rate fabric will be overturned.
On the other hand, Attorney C. W.
Fulton, counsel for Astoria, declared
the matter of distances paled into in
significance when it is considered
that on account of curves and grades
a single 110 ton locomotive can haul
only 600 tons of freight over the
mountains to Puget Sound, while the
North Bank railroad can haul 4,000
tons to Portland in much less time
and the same water grade obtains
from there to Astoria.
ASSESSMENTS COMPLETED.
Assessor's Office Now Arranging the
Tax Roll for 1914.
With all assessments made, County
Assessor Couch is now devoting the
energies of his office upon writing up
the tax roll. This will not be com
pleted for a period of about two
months, and not until then will the
exact assessed valuation of Union
county be known, yet it is predicted
there will not be much variation from
last year. The extremely high assess
ments have been pruned somewhat and
the ridiculously low ratings have been
increased slightly with the result that
the assessor thinks there has been
more uniformity than before.
German Teachers Meet.
Chicago, June 30. The National
German Teachers' association will
open a three day session in the Hotel
La Salle tonight, with President Re
inberg of the Chicago board of edu
cation, and several school officials
present to extend a welcome. Dr.
Leo Stern of Milwaukee, president of
the association, will respond. Ses
sions will be held each forenoon, the
afternoons being devoted to sight
seeing tours.
Colonel on Trip.
New York, June 30. Col. Roosevelt
motored from Oyster Bay and! left
early today for Pittsburg. The Col
onel said he never felt better, lie it
svneuuieu vu lime wini a nuiuui
progressive leaders in Pittsburg this
evening and later will deliver an ad
dress at the exposition hall.
MISS ICY WAREHAM, AND FATHER-IN LAW
DUKE SHE SUES FOR $100,000 FOR BREACH ,
OF PROMISE.
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Miss Icy Wareham, who is describ
ed in New York as a "dog fancier who
has exhibited in many shows in the
east," has sued Eugene Zimmerman,
the Cincinnati millionaire, for $100,
000 for breach of prorAlse. Mr. Zim
merman is father-in-law of the Duke
of Manchester.
"We shall stand by him," said the
ADJOURNMENT
OF COURT DUE
VACATION TO BE TAKEN UN
TIL JULY 13.
Elgin Case Tried and Elgin Man Ar
raigned Couple in Trouble.
When the case now before Circuit
court is disposed of, which will be
some time today, Judge Knowles will
adjourn court until July 13, being in
Wallowa county in the meantime.
Elgin Case Settled.
Last evening Circuit court disposed
of a case appealed from the jujtice
court in Elgin. H. H. Barber brought
action against M. A. Mills and wife
over a lease of some land. The jury
found for the defendants.
Elgin Man Pleads Guilty.
Herman Breashears of Elgin was
arraigned last evening on a charge of
assault and battery upon W. H. Beuhl
of Elgin. He will be sentenced July
13 as he pleaded guilty. f
Willard Brown and Stella Barber,
said to be Portland people were ar
raigned! this morning on an adultery
charge and pleaded not guilty. They
were released on bonds.
With the courtroom strewn with a
mixture of hairbrushes, shaving
soaps and shaving outfits, gloves,
combs, shirts, gauntlets, blankets,
watches and a score of other articles
that might be found in a general
merchandise store, the state case
against J. C. Roonie and Dan Mc
Kenzie who are charged with burg
larizing Imbler and Cove stores, was
before circuit court today. The state
rested its case about 9:30 after hav
ing put various witnesses on the
stand in an effort to identify the
goods on exhibit in the court room as
belonging to the stores that were
robbed on May 17. The state asserts
the goods were taken by Roonie and
McKinzie.
Mr. Roonie was the first witness
called by Attorney Eberhardl, coun
sel for the defendants who are tried
jointly, and he told of being in Baker
from the 12th of July to about the 20
when he started for La Grande in
company with McKenzie, and of work
ing here until after the' 21 and then
starting East again, asserting he had
not been in Cove, where the robbery
too place since 1912.
The case was concluded and sent
to the jury just before three o'clock
this afternoon.
duke the other day when he was
asked 1 what action would follow.
Miss Wareham says Mr. Zimmer
man promised to wed her four years
ago andl has continued ever since to
promise her. : Yet when she brought
him to the point he found 'cause for
delay. Little is known ' about the
woman. She has nothing to do with
New York society, as has been stated.
HOYT ELECTED
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SPORTSMEN PREPARE FOR AN
NUAL FISH DAY.
Fishing to Occur on July 19 and Big
Fish Feed on the 21.
L. M. Hoyt, city water superinten
dent, was last night elected president
of the Wing, Fin and Fleetfoot club,
a local sportsman's association, and
the'association set July 19 as the first
annual field day.
Mr. Hoyt succeeds the late J. M.
Kohl as president. Following the
election of an executive, the asso
ciation proceeded! with many of the
arrangements for the field day which
will be devoted chiefly to fishing. A
committee consisting of President
Hoyt, Deputy Game Warden W. E.
Leffel and B. D. Crowe was named to
draft the rules and regulations gov
erning fish day. Roughly stated, the
members of the association will go
out after fish and on their return each
man's catch will be weighed and reg
istered. Two field captains will be
appointed andl after the day's sport is
over, sides will be chosen up.
The cooked fish will be served to
the members who have their cards
on July 21, at the Foley grill,
and on that occasion it is likely that
the greatest feast on fish ever held in
the city will be staged.
Various rules and regulations will
be formulated by the committee hav
ing the day in charge. A prize will
be awarded to the man catching the
largest fish.
AS
The last day of the Epworth
League convention found many things
yet to be done and most of the morn
ing hours were spent with routine
business pertaining to the winding up
of affairs for this year. Union was
chosen as the next convention city and
the slogan now is "Boost for the big
1915 convention at Union."
This afternoon the program wa.-
CLUB
LEAGUERS
win
BACK WHEN HE
IS
SECOND FEMININE INVASION OF
WHITE HOUSE OCCURS THIS
AFTERNOON.
WHITE PARASOLS AND
WHITE SHOES FEATURES
President Wilson Presented With
Copies of Resolutions Drafted at the
Chicago Convention Mrs. Harvey
'.Wiley Leads Procession Which
Acts on Eve of Committee Action.
Washington, June 30. Demanding
votes for women, several thousand!
women from every part of the coun
try swooped on the White House to
day. It was the second feminine in
vasion of thiB . kind within a few
months. Its leaders admitted that
they had picked their time, because
tomorrow the Rules committee meets.
They hoped this body would pass a
suffrage rule, along with tho sched-j
uledl business of considering the pro
hibition rule. They urged President
Wilson to see the committee took
such action. . .
Affair for State Wilson. ' -
This was the second time women
have called and it was the second the
President dodged the issue. , The
President told them that he believed
women' suffrage was a question for
the states to settle, not for federal
government'officials to settle.
Back Turned on Delegation.
When the delegation attempted to
heckle him he abruptly turned and
walked into the east room leaving the
women gazing in open-mouthedl as
tonishment. Most of the women ex
pected to shake hands with the Presi
dent but they were given no oppor
tunity. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, wife of the
famous pure food expert, headed the
delegation. She appeared in the role
of head of the District of Columbia
Branch of the Federation o Women3
clubs, which federation recently en
dorsed the votes for women cause.
Carrying their yellow banners and
wearing broad ribbons on their shirt
waists, the women marched to the
executive offices.
The parade was an even mil long
they said. The women were "Dolled"
up in white shoes and white parasols
and carried the resolutions to the
President which were adopted at the
Chicago convention of federated wo
men's clubs.
APPEAL TO BE TAKEN.
So Far as Known. Now, City Intends
to Appeal Rider Case.
That the city is going to appeal the,
decision of the circuit court jury giv
ing Mrs. Ridler a $250 damage verdict
yesterday for injuries alleged to have
been sustained in a fall on a sidewalk
some time ago, is the belief expressed
in city circles. Although final ac
tion will probably not be taken until
the commission meets, it seems cer
tain that the verdict will be appealed.
SELECT
NEXT HOST CITV
carried! out much as arranged with the
exception of the chalk talks by C. E.
Helman as he was unablo to be here.
This evening Reverend Pyne of Jo
seph will take W. A. Winters' place
in tho pulpit as Mr. Winters was
called to Boise yesterday. After the
8:30 session tonight the convention
will be adjourned. Somo of tho dele
gates will return to their homes this
CRITICIZED
Croats and Servians in
Bloody Hand-to-Hand War
Hundreds Slain in House-top Fighting
Emperor of Germany to Attend
Ferdinand's Funeral
Budapast, June 30. More than two
hundred were killed and wounded at
Mostar the capital of Hersegovina in
the fighting between the Servians
and Mohamedan Croats. The battle
is a result of the assassination of
Ferdinand and his wife. It was re
ported this afternoon ' that Mostar
was burning. The Croats were the
aggressors according to dispatches. A
mob is envading the Servian quarter
yelling threats of death to its inhab
itants. The Servians - resisted in a
desperate battle and held their own
until tho Croats were reinforced. The
outnumbered Servians were driven to
their homes and the Croats broke
down the doors and chased the Ser
vians to the roofs. The fight raged
for an hour from house to house. A
dczen, villages in the Bosnia province
are fighting, according to reports.
The Mohammedan and! pro Austrians,
and Servians who are resisting the J
Austrians rule regarded the assassi
nation of Ferdinand as a "spiritic"
act. '
Bodies Arrive.
Metk Ovitch Dalmatia, Juno 30.
The bodies of Ferdinand and his
wife arrived here and were transfer
red to an Austrian warship anchored
in the harbor and were escorted to
sea by a squadron of fighting ves-
ARMY OFFICERS FAIL TO OBEY
HIM LONGER.
British Subjects Fleeing to Vera Cruz
Knowing the End is Near.
Vera Cruz, June 30. British sub
jects fleeing from Mexico City said
today on their arrival that army of
ficers and cabinet members at the
capital no longer pretend that Huerta,
i3 their master or that they must
obey. Knowing the end is near, he
has resumed drinking and has sent
his son and daughter to Pureto pre
paratory to flight himself.
Mediation Near the End.
Niagara Falls, June 30. The Amer
ican andl Mexican mediators' confer
ence is considered to be practically
ended. After the conference with
collegues the Argentine minister,
Naon, made it plain to the mediators
that he meant to leave Wednesday. A
final informal conference wilt be held
to decide whether to take adjourn
ment or a recess. It is uncertain how
long Huerta's envoys will remain
awaiting Carranza. They show signs
of impatience.
Judge on Vacation Trip.
Judge Knowles a?id son, Everett,
leave in the morning for a trip across
country into Wallowa county. Judge
Knowles will deliver an address at
Flora on the fourth and from there,
they will go over on the Little Sal
mon, where they will enjoy an outing,
and fishing trip. They expect to be
gone about two weeks.
evening but the most of them will
take outgoing trains in the morning.
Last evening at Riverside Park
about 125 Epwcrth Leaguers, gather
ed here from five or six counties to
attend the annual convention, sat
down to a banquet at six o'clock. The
banquet was served Cafeteria style
and true to the old tradition thore was
plenty of lemonade and ice cream. Af
ter eating their fill the crowd gather
ed in one end of the auditorium whera
installation of officers took place.
About an hour was thcr spent in
having a good time before they re
turned to the city.
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sols. The warship will reach Trieste
on Thursday morning and from ther
the corpses will te taken on a spe
cial train to Vienna arriving there at
ten p. m. ". ,',VV:'- ,-;V
German Ruler to Attend.
Vienna, June 30. The emperor of
Germany is going to attend the funer
al of Ferdinand in person, it is an
nounced. He is expected Friday and
probably there will' be no royalties
present except the emperor of Ger
many and the Austrian emperor. Con
siderable anxiety is felt still for the
Iatter's health. It is thought the
presence of any number of visitor
of his own rank would be ill-advised.
There, will be representatives, how
ever from a very capital in Europe.
The gathering of nobility will be
large. ,
Denial is Made by Richardson.
Baker, June 30. Through Judge
Sam White of Portland, formerly of
this city, R. J. Richardson yesterday
made answer to the complaint in the
suit brought by his wife, Lily T.
Richardson, to annul their recent re
marriage at Vancouver, Wash.; on the
grounds that she consented to the
ceremony under threat that her life
would be taken If she refused. Rich-
"ardson completely doiiied the thargi
oi his wife and asks the court to dis
miss the action. . : X
Miner Suicides at Cornucopia.
Baker, June 30. Coroner West re
ceived a telephone message from Car
nucopia last evening, stating that a
minor had committed suicide at one of
the camps near there. The coroner
was unable to learn the details of the
man's name, owing to the noisy con
dition of the 'phone line. He has
delegated! Dr. Walsh at Cornucopia to
hold the inquest.
President at Funeral.
Washington, June 30. The Presi
dent and members of the cabinet,
diplomats and several members of the
supreme bench attended the funeral
of Dr. Pedro Rojas the Venezuelean
minister, who died at Atlantic City
recently. Military escort and the Uni
ted States marine band accompanied)
the body to the church where solemn
high mass was celebrated. After the
services the body was take on board
the Dolphin at the Washington navy
yard and taken to Hampton Road?
where it will be transferred to the
battleship Kansas and taken to La
guayra. Clean Up Day at Park.
Caretaker Thomas is having a clean
up day at the park today. Everything
in the auditorium is being scrubbed.
for next week and the seats are being
put in place. Last evening's festivi
ties were the last to be held before
chautauqua and things will now be
put in place and ready for use, the
grass will be given a final cutting and
the tents got ready for occupants for
Mr. Thomas wants every thing spick
and span for the big week.
Chamberlain's Secretary on No. Nine.
C. W. James, secretary to Senator
Chamberlain, passed through the city
on Number nine la.it evening, Port
land bound.
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