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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 7 PRINTS THEEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XIV. LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1915 NUMBER 177. BMIWSMWARSHEP SUNK FORMIDABLE AND CREW ARE LOST SKILLED OFFICERS AND SEAMEfj GOLD MINING ON ISLAND PROSPERS SEVENTY-ONE SURVIVORS ARE RESCUED SUBMARINE IS BLAMED London, Jan. 1. The British bat- tleship .Formidable sank in the Eng lish channel today, it is officially an nounced by the admiralty. - The state ment said it was -uncertain whether aiding in the fighting of the Belgian torpedoed by a submarine. Seventy one survivors were picked ujx and it is possible that others were saved by other ships in the vicinity and have not reported. Formidable Cost. Five Million. The Formidable, was one of ' the best English 18-knot battleships. ' It had been doing, coast guard duty and aiding in the fighting on the Belgian eoVst. The complement ' in peace is 789 and in war it is probably 1000. Despite the admiralty's expression of uncertainty, it is generally believed the work of destruction was done ly submarines. In official circles it is said the ship's loss wasn't a matter of great importance, Since it is old and somewhat obsolete. '- ' Loss of Officers Admitted. " It is admitted however, that the death of trained officers and seamen was a serious blow. What other var. ships accompanied the Formidable at the time of the disaster, wasn't known, She was built in 1901 and cost five million. ; V A British light cruiser picked up 71 of the rescued men, the admiralty stated later.. If more were saved it was by other ships in the vicinity. NEW REFEREE NAMED. R. J. Green Succeds John S. Hodgin as Bankruptcy Referee. v. United States' Federal Judge Bean has named R.'J. Green of La Grande as referee in bankruptcy for Union county. He succeeds John S. Hodgin, resigned, and takes office at once. . Mr. Hodgin has held .that position for a considerable time Resigning on : count of his duties ae county prose cutor to succeed F. ".Slvanhoe com- ' Mr. Green received announcement from the court clerk at Portland this morning of his appointment.. 0 HORSES 10 BE INSPECTED MISSED TRAIN DELAYS INSPEC TION HERE. Russel and Two Army Officers Will Be at Fair Grounds, r ' CROWDS ARE ORDERLY. W. M.' Russell and party, who are inspecting horses and who was to Police Department Has but Little to have been at the fair grounds today, Do as New Year Approaches. ,was delayed at Wallowa by missing . their train yesterday. They will be There was comparatively little of at the fair grounds tomorrow. ' the excitement class as 1915 dawned With Mr. Russell are two French this morning. . Whistles and bells army officers who do the inspecting, joined in a merry medley of siren About 300 horses, it is anticipated greetings, innumerable homes were will be here for inspection tomorrow. scenes of social functions, but there far as numbers now up for inspeo was little to keep the police depart- tors has not changed the situation so ment busy. ' One or two sipped too far as number now up for inspec f reely of the vodka glass and landed tion is concerned. There is no limit in the city jail, but on the whole it to the number of horses that can be was an orderly celebration La Grande purchased, all those passing muster gave in token to the new year of being put up for sale. t 1915. ' I .-..'..! ELKS SPORT STRAW. Railroads Discontinue Free Folders. Chicago, 111., Jan. 1. After today Sun Comes Out to Cheer Marching the traveling public throughout the Lodgmen in Summer Garb. .West will not find it so easy to ob- ' . ' tain a time-card or folder. Heretofore , Wearing strange 1 attire ranging 'such railroad literature has been sup from overcoats to mid-summer flan- plied gratis to hotels and other pub nels, but - everywhere evidence of lie places and has been obtainable for strange looking strawhats, the Elks the asking. In itheir efforts to reduce of La Grande marched in their first expenses the railroads decided that annual strawhat parade today. . It by curtailing the supply of free fold had been snowing up to the hour of ers they might chop hundreds of ithoii the parade and then the sun came out. sands of dollars yearly from their A band lead the way and several hun- printing Mils. While the most of the dred of the antlered herd paraded in roads will continue to give away the the ' vari-colored and ... vari-natured folders at their ticket offices, it is un. garos. aerstooa that some of tttem con After the parade which began at 3:30 template making a charge of 1 or 2 o'clock, a short dancing party was cents for the little publications that enjoyed at the Elks auditorium. At have been handed out free ever since 4:30 further celebrations are in the first railroad in America began store but the nature of these have operations. : been kept secret from the members. by the committees in charee. I Legal Flaw is Found Arizona Now in "Dry" Column, John Williams, alleged highway man on trial in Circuit Court yester- day charged with holding up and rob- Phonix, Ariz., Jan. 1. Arizona bmg Harvey Leonard at the Pierce joined the list of "dry" states today, ranch ' secured a new trial and Joel this being the date fixed for the com- Richardson the youngest attorney in ing into effect of the prohibition con- the city, who was defending Williams stitutional amendment adopted by the is celebrating the legal victory scored voters at the election last November. in his first cas6( when he picked a Strenuous but futile efforts wore technical flaw in the indictment as made to prevent the law from becom- returned by the grand jury. The ing operative. An injunction to this faw made it necessary to take the end was sought by a Catholic priest case back to the grand jury "for n ro of Tucson, who held that the prohibi- hearing and in the meantime Will tion law infringed on constitutitnal iams must continue an inmate of tho religious rights in that it would pro- county until that time hibit the importation of wine for sac- ramental purposes. Other injunctions were sought by druggists and liquor New Year Babe Comes. At 4 o'clock this mornimr there was dealers on the ground that the law born to Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Nelson, was confiscatory. All the injunctions Spring and Walnut streets, a daugh were denied by the courts. , ter, . i, . FORMER HILGARD CITIZEN HOME TO VISIT RELATIVES : AFTER YEARS ABROAD MONEYED INTERESTS ARE , DOING WELL ON ISLANDS J. V. Lafferty Home and Greets Former Neighbors of County. H- - WOMEN POLICE OF LONDON CAP TURING A CROOK. - ' V Gold mining in the Phillipine is lands, to the man with capital to install ' proper dredging material, is a prosperous vocation according to J, V. Lafferty, of Hood River, who was in the city yesterday the guest of Mr.- and Mrs. Chas. W. Noyes. and calling on old-time friends. i.'uV teen '. years ago the family lived ct Hilgard, ainjd while here yesterday they renewed acquaintances 'with many of their old-time friends. From Hood River the younger man went ' to the Phillipines. He servted two years there during the , uprising, as a soldier and went into the mining business. At an expense of ' $150, 000 . he installed a dredger and , is now operating the mine. He brought home a bottle full of nuggets and made a present of one to Mr. Noyes. The Oriental gold is slightly' dif ferent in appearance In its rough state, to the local .material, .' Mr.- Lafferty recites, interestingly, hecustoms and . habits of .the nat- ives. " 'American invasion aiiu 'Minti have largely removed moSquitos .and fever germs, and sanitary conditions are greatly improved. j . .Wages for common labor ranges about 25 cents a day. Skilled help such as engineers, get 40 and 60 cents a day. Living is correspond ingly cheap. . , ; ' ' . The Lafferty mine is. located about 150 miles from ' Manila, and in the town of 6000 population there are only 50 whites. - His help is largely native. , After visiting with relatives on the Pacific coast on the 9th he will sail from San Francisco for his oriental holdings. : ' The dredging system of mining is the only profitable .one he says. Many valuable properties have been aband oned long ago, some as many a two centuries since, because of lack of pumping facilities, but these condi tions are being overcome, and dredge mining is now being conducted on a considerable scale, although it re quires, says Mr. Lafferty, consider able capital to get started. Native women sit in the water all day long hungrily watching the tail ings from the dredger for paystuff, and sometimes make as much as 25 cents a day; again they glean noth ing in their vigil. London has women police now, and i en this man ov tne wviat with Ijlt nvr.i this illustration shows two of them under his elbow. Thus a levami?c is taking a crok. : Inasmuch' as their strength is not equal .to that of the average male crook they had to learn expert methods of subduing him. They have studied - jiu . jitsu, .. the Japanese wrestling system, by which a very smell . ; woman' may protect herself from a very large man who doesn't imderstanid it. Each woman has tak- formed, and a single quid: downwnrd movement on the vrrt will .crack 'ais arm at the elbow. The victim hate is helpless, for he cannot stand the pain of the slightest forward pres sure on his wrist. Were he to start a desperate struggle both arms could be broken before he had done any damatre. "' :' HORSE BUYER ATTEMPTS HIGH FUME OH 'EN THOUSAND DOLLAR BANK DRAFT TURNED DOWN BY PORTLAND BANKERS. i ALLEGED CANADIAN CUTS ' . STRANGE AND FAST PACE Union Horpe Owners Have . Experi ence With What is Termed Bogu Horsebuyer Union Bank Preseaf ' ed With Big Draft, but Arrest Or ders Follow Man Hurried to Ba- . ker Yesterday. . .. . ' . ' TAKES OWN LIFE UNIDENTIFIED MAN LEAPS 126 FEET. HEAIir WIND TOPPLES WALL FIRE WALL ON NEW ELKS' BUILDING DAMAGED. . Letter in Pocket Give Some Clue ln Grocery Store Front Blown in and Identity. . . i , Policemen Guard Groceries. Portland, Jan. .' 1. Broken and mangled the body of an unidentified man, believed to be A. C. Cook, was found' in the Jefferson street canyon this , morning under , the Ford street drive, from which he has jumped, a distance of 126 feet. In his pockets was an empty enr velope addressed to Mrs. A. C. Cook, San Francisco. - - Mrs. Cook Located. San Francisco, Jan. 1. Mrs. A.'C. Cook collapsed today when told that a man believed to have been her hus band leaped to his death in Portland She refused to say whether or not her husband had been in Portland, but it is learned from friends of the fami'y that he had been engaged in publicity business there. ' BIG SAN DIEGO IB OPENS AT TOUGH OE BUTTON BY WILSON San Diego, Cal., Jan. 1. From the White House, promptly on the first stroke of twelve announcing the de. but of the New Year his morning, President Wilson started the electric spark which turned on a myriad of lights, and amid the tumultous shouts of thousands, the music of a dozen bands and the waving of flags ths great Panama-Clifornia Exposition became a reality. An event of such magnitude could not have been ini tiated under more favorable auspice, from the moment that the gates were opened to the public last evening until a salute of guns announced the con clusion of the dedication exercises to day. Everything moved with the smothness of a well regulated mili- ,tary family, amid all the music, the cheers of the great throngs and the animated scenes in an about tho handsome structures composing the exposition. Secretary of the Treas ury McAdoo was present as the per sonal representative of President Wil son and was the central figure at the dedication exercises today. Other prom inent participants in the program were,, the exposition officials and the governors of California, Utah and other of the Western states. Governor Ferris Begins Second Term. Lansing, Mich., Jan. . 1. Wood bridge N. Ferris today entered upon his second term as governor of Mi chigan. At the same time Lieuten ant Governor Dickinson., Secretary of State Vaughn and other state offi cials elected in November were in duced into office. .The inauguration ceremonies were of a simple charac ter. The oath of office was adminis tered to the officials by Flavius L. Brooks, of IKetroit, ,the Infcw chief justice of the Supreme court. The high wind that swept over the valley about midnight last night left its effects on the new Elks' building where about 60 feet of the fire wall five feet, high on the .Depot street side was blown down, the debries fall ing inside of the building. . The firo wall was just completed yesterday, winding up all of the brick and terra cotta work on the . building with th close of the old' year. The fact that the wall was still green caused it to yield to the pressure of the high wind which otherwise would ' n6t have af fected it. . ; ' The damage will not in the least at feci the carpenter work on the build ing as the wall was only blown down to the roof joists and the work o putting on the. roof which was under way at the time will proceed. The greatest delay will be experienced in replacing the damaged terra cotta blocks which formed the coping on the building. Thee blocks must all be made to order and require about sixty days to complete so that the building otherwise will .be practically completed before the fire wall can be rebuilt. Plate windows in the Berry Bros., store, located in the Haworth build ing, Fir and Adams, were blown in by the storm and the police depart ment had to keep a watchman-at the window during the night. The plat h:id previously been cracked and thu heavy yind last evening tipped the guns in, exposing the entire line of goods to the public. Georgia Has Child Labor Law. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 1. Georgia is no longer to bear the unenviable dis tinction of beinz one of the worst states in regards to the conditions of child labor. Under a new state law which went into effect today children under fourteen years old are prohi bited from working in any manufac turing plant, laundry or place of amusement. Exceptions are made in the cases of orphans dependent upon their own labor for support. Chas. G. Thomas, giving his resi dence as Calgary, Alberta, Canada and posing as a horsebuyer in the em ploy of the British army, is badly wanted in Union county just now fol lowing a week of high finance un precedented in its boldness in the annals of the county. A $10,000 bo gus bank draft marks his trail. Thomas appeared in Union Sunday evening ostensibly for the purpose of buying horses, taking all of the ani mals that were offered, buying them on the spot, paying from $5.00 to I $10.00 more than other buyers were offering and paying for them with his personal checks. He is said to have purchased between 60 and 70 head of animals from the farmers in the neighborhood of Union, all of the animals having been delivered at the Gussett livery barn awaiting shipment,-., but none of them., having been 'shippeV eo" &lf ika -owners "of -the horses 'are only out', their time and efforts in bringing the' stuff to the market, and : at the same time aio ahead considerable in -experience. Wednesday Thomas deposited with the Union National Bank a bank draft on the Ladd & Tilton bank at Port land for $10,000, leaving it in the hands of the . bank for collection. Cashier : Hutchinson of the Union bank stated this morning that no mon ey had been advanced by .the bank on this paper but that it had been sent in to Portland immediately, a' tele gram being received yesterday to tho. effect that no such person was known to that bank and no funds had ever been deposited in that name. In tho meantime Thomas had succeeded in cashing a check for $125 at the G. F. Hall store, and this with $30 advanced him by Tom Johnson of that city U all of the money that he is known to have gotten away with. . The sheriff's office here was noti fied late : yesterday evening but so far no trace has been obtained of the man. Ben Shores ' of this city waj called to Union Wednesday night to bring Thomas to ithis city and he left here at 3:30, yesterday morning to take Thomas to Baker where the man claimed a big deal awaited his com ing a profit of not less than $500 de pending upon his arrival in Baker ahead of No. 4, This was the last that has been heard of Thomas. Ad vices from Baker state that he didn't register at the hotels in Baker and as Shores saw himross the street from the automobile in the direction of a hotel it is presumed that this was simply a "stall" and that he went only as-far as the lobby from where ha immediately made his way to the de pot and boarded No. 4 eastbound. Thomas was less particular than others in the horses he accepted, and spread the report that he would pay more than do the inspection buyers who are in the county at present, and with whom are associated local men. Thomas went his own game and in not a part of the Grandy-McKennon- Russel contract horse buyers. Prac tically the only horse purchases at Union for which he paid in full, are two said t-o have been paid for prior to delivery. Tbe owners of these horses still have their money' and the horses, and it is thought this was done as a blind to indicate sincerity and conscientiousness on the part of the buyer. V Union Wins Game. Union, Jan. 1. (Special) Union high defeated Joseph high last even ing 38 to 16.
