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mnfat mtmm wMtmit AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XV . LA GRANDE, OREGON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1913. NUMBER 139 a AUSTRIA SAYS NO NEED EXISTS 1 mmS Z "KEEP COOL" IS ADVICE GIVEN TO WASHINGTON THROUGH ' MUTUAL THIRD PARTY UNITED PRESS INTERVIEWS MAN CLOSEST TO JOSEPH Strong Man of Austria Admits Aus trians Were Surprised at Tone of American Note, but Admonishes Uncle Sam to Keep Cool, Saying no Quarrel Need Occur at This Time. BY CARL W. ACKERMAN Berlin, Dec. 21. There will be no quarrel between Austria and America if Washington keeps cool. Count. Stephen Tisza, Austria's strongest man, next to the emperor, gave me a. statement on my visit to Budapest last week. . "Sheer nonsense" Tisza said follow ing a conference with the emperor. "I must confess, however, . that we were surprised by the American note. But it is far from our intentions to quarrel." "Keep Cool" Is Advice; He pointed out however that mat ters do not depend upon Austria alone. He counselled coolness at Washington. Dumba's Successor Studies. He said Austria is now considering a successor to Constantin Dumba, re cently recalled , on -request of the United States, indicating- that ap parently the Austrian government is not contemplating possibiliy of a diplomatic break. MULTNOMAH AGENT " SHOOTS. Robber, Unidentified, Probably Fatal ly Shot While Robbing Till Portland, Dec. 21. An unidentified robber last night was . shot three times and probably wounded fatally in a revolver duel with J. D. Stewart, night operator at Multnomah Sta tion. The robber was attempting to rob the till when Stewart started the shooting scrape. He was . taken to a hospital. ' 1 . . James Ireland, formerly a La Grandej-eal estate dealer, is now day trick operator at the Multnomah Station. CORN PLANT EXPLODES. Death and Injured Toll of Corn Pro ducts Plant Accident. New York, Dec. 21. One was killed and two missing with eleven injured in an explosion that wrecked the building of Corn Products plant at Shadyside, New Jersey. The fire was extinguished. The loss is $100,000. THE THREE BIG. TOWNS. Easy to Get Big Figures on the Five to One Basis A Pendleton paper recently figured the population of that place on the basis of "five-to-one" on the number of school population.- Of course the proportion is too high, but let it go at that. La Grande, apparently is in "the middle" geographically and with respect to number of inhabitants. The Baker Herald ' comments on the school returns of the three largest towns in Eastern Oregon as follows: "These are the school census figures for the three largest Eastern Oregon Vies: Baker, 2468 children; La Grande, 1822; Pendleton,' 1636. This shows Baker to have nearly 30 per cent more population than Us next rival La Grande, and more than'-50 per cent more than, its second rival, Pendleton. "Pendleton has claimed that at the five to one ratio it lias 2,180 popular tion. Ontario with its 660 school population claims 3,300 population. As we have said, this is too optimis tic, but if we accept their method of figuring we can again see the com parison in population. Baker would have 12,340; La Grande 9,110 and . Pendleton 8,180 people." . AUTO BATTLES SNOW. Enterprise-La Grande Trip Frought with Hardships. ' Snow, wind and hills conspired against progress of an sfutomobile party that left Enterprise Sunday morning for La Grande. The con spiracy succeeded in the end for the autoists reached Elgin and there gave up the efforts and came to La Grande on the train. The members of the party were Frank E. Voight and Charles F. Al derson, insurance men, und Orton E. Goodwin. Portland newspaper man. Hardships recited by the men tend FOR A BEL to chill winter automobiling sport Drifts were piled in numerous places, especially after climbing the Wallowa hill, and it was disastrous to stop the machine as the terrific gale blowing would almost instantly stall the. au tomobile. The Wallowa hill climb was probubly the worst bit of the whole undertaking. The men would shovel the .drifted snow away from the machine for a short distance and then one would guide and the others push. Thus the battle with the ele ments continued most of the day and the arrival in Elgin ended one of the worst trips, probably, that any auto party has undertaken in this neck of the woods in manv vears. . '. To add to the grief of the trip, one of the' party was dropped off and left "mired" in a snowdrift. It 'hap pened that a fairly good stretch of road .was reached and the machine was speeded up. After driving for three or four miles, at a rapid clip, another series of drifts was reached and the machine clogged. Mr. Good win and Mr. Voight occupied the front seat and when they stopped, ex pected their companion Mr. Alderson to step from the running board . to help them shovel yut that was where he stood when they saw him last time, but alas he wasn't there. Fearing to retrace the distance with the machine lest they lose ground al ready trained, they left it in the drift ! and hurried back afoot. Some three j miles away they met their fellow (traveler plodding through the snow in utter dejection. A sudden swerve I of the car had tossed him from the running board and his shouts at the I time had been drowned by tho. gale. ; None of the men will soon forget ! the trip. HOTEL BURNS GEARHART-BY-THE-SEA LOSES FINE HOTEL. Seaside Fire Department Arrives at , Too Late an Hour. Portland, Dec. 21. The Gearhart hotel at Gearhart-by-the-seat was de stroyed by fire at 5:30 this morning. No details are . 'available - because wires ars down. The Seaside rfird- de--partment was too late in arriving there to do any good. The blaze started in an engine room and a heavy wind fanned it. v HOUSE TO JOURNEY. Colonel Will Represtertt Wilson Abroad iWithin a Fortnight. New York, Dec. 21. Colonel House is going to Europe within a fortnight unofficially the agent of President Wilson. He told the United Press .he was going to take information to American ambassadors and obtain their viewpoints on phases of inter national questions. It is not to be a peace mission he declared.. . CANVASS CHANGES LITTLE. One Vote in Second Choice Only Error in First Count. That the unofficial count of the re cent city election published in the Ob server was correct so far as first choices were concerned, is shown by the official canvass made of the votes cast. The error was in second choice for Mr. Coolidge, and the corrected vote is one vote less than the pub lished totals. Aged Milton Resident Is Dead. Milton, Or., Dec. 20. The funeral of the late Alonzo Gilham was held yesterday from the family residence, Rev. Milo Bentley, of . the Baptist church having charge of the services. Mr. Gilham was a native of Devon shire, England, and has been a resi dent of the United States since 1850. He was 73 years of -age and leaves a wife and four children: Harvey Gil ham, of Milton; Alonzo, of Weston; Mrs. Lydia Ward of Medford, and Mrs. Elizabeth Myers of San Fran cisco. UNION FEELS STORM. Telephone .Lines, .and .Railroading . Hurt During the Blow. Union, Ore., Dec. 20. One of the worst storms which, has been known in this vicinity for several year, raged here all day vesterday and last night, playing havoc with the tele phone and electric light wires and do ing' more or less damage along other linos. Tonight the weather is much warmer and a chinook is threatening. The famous Telocaset hill was again a great source of trouble to the O.-W. R. and N. tracks. The C. R. of O. also had their share of trouble and were piled up in the deep drifts during the night and part of today, as soon as daylight however a crew of men was rushed to the scene and soon had the tracks cleared. Firm Changes Hands. - The Marten Cigar store was pur chased the latter part of last week by A. Hanson who is in the 'tailor business here and the stock was moved today to Che building adjoin ing the tailoring establishment. Mr. Marten had moved to Cove some time ago but the business here was man aged by John Vanhouten. IGEARHART'S L OGG ROCK GREEK PROMP Tssuns TAPPING LINE SAID TO HAVE DAMAGED PROPERTY IT CROSSES. ML EMILY COMPANY IS PLAINTIFF IN THE CASE Grande Rondc Lumber Company De fendant Damage Sought Is $500 Temporary Injunction DUsolved Pending Settlement in Circuil Court Answer Is Filed. Contentions over construction of a logging road through timber land owned by the Mt. Emily Timber com pany in the Kocx Creek district, have lead to circuit court litigation. The Mt. Emily Timber company has brought suit foe $500 damages against the Grande Konde Lumber company of Perry, claiming in their complaint filed by attorney John Hodgin, coun sel, in circuit court that the defend ant company built a logging road through their property, "destroying timber and meadowland" to a value of $500. The answer of the defendant company sets out that but four acres were crossed when the Grande Ronde people built an extention to tap a large belt of timber otherwise inclosed and shut out from transportation; that the surface of the soil only was leveled off a distance eight feet wide, and that suit for condemnation "has already been begun in which the plaintiff com pany would be paid value for damages done. ...... ... A temporary injunction was granted recently by Judge Knowles restraining the Grande Ronde Lumber company officials or employes' ffomtfsing' the hew road, but a few days ago this in unction was dissolved, and while the matter is in court, the road is open to use by the company in hauling out logs from the Rock Creek timber belt. FEED DRAWS VISITORS. . 1 W ,1!f. -l . . I EiXpectea as many as r n iy w in uraie I from North Powder.' Indications are that as high as 50 will coroe from North Powder to morrow to be guests at the Wing, Fin & Fleetfoot club hassenpfeffer. Arrangements to take care of that many are now being made. P. A. Foley has the membership tickets in hand for those who wish to provide themselves with the wherewithall that will admit to the big feed tomor row night. KLAMATH SHOOTING AIRED. Statements of Dying and Living Con flict Finds Jury. Klamath Falls, Dec. 21. The cor oner's jury is in charge of investiga tion of yesterday's feud that saw death and fatal injuries inflicted near here. Mrs. Keuhne was killed and Lewis Lawrence is held as a particr pant in the fight. Mrs. Guy Hunter, wife of the wounded man, says .she fired the fatal shot. The dying state ment of Mrs. Keuhne said Lawrence shot her and ther her son shot Hun ter. A land dispute started the quarrel. Alleged Libel Stopped. London, Dec. 21. Mrs. Asquith has won her suit against the Globe to prevent that paper continuing alleged libel. She took exception to stories she was friendly to German prisoners. Decisive Victory.' Claimed. Berlin, Dec. aij The (Constanti nople war office has claimed a great victory in battle when the British were withdrawn from Gallipoli. The enemy was defeated at Anafarta and Ariburnu. The British countered at Seddulbahr but were repulsed. Two Vessels Sunk. :London, Dec. 21. The British ves sels Huntley and Belford were sunk by a submarine. The crews were saved. Greeks Fire on French. Berlin, Dec. 21. Greeks at fort Karaburnu were fired on a French de tachment which failed to heed a command to halt, according to dis patches. The French are reported to have fled. The Greeks hold the fort despite a French request to deliver it to the Allies. Million More Wanted. London, Dec. 20. Premier Asquith (war bulletins) HOLIDAY VOLUME ATTAINS GREAT TOTAL EIGHTY-TWO SACKS OF MAIL HANDLED IN LA GRANDE OFFICE IN A DAY. i CHRISTMAS BUSINESS IS BOOMING IN EXPRESS TOO Last December's Record Far Eclipsed by Current Business in Express Average Total of Sacks to Handle One Night Is Seven While 82 Went . Out of Here Yesterday. Some notion of the amount of Christmas mail packages and- let ters that leave and arrive in La Grande even as early as four days prior to Yuletide itself, is reflected in the fact that the La Grande postoffice yesterday handled 82 bags of mail. The customary quota of sacks to go out of here in the same period is seven sacks a night on an average. The average weigrt of these sacks is hard to estimate as the parcels post are generally more bulky than weighty. - But Uncle Sam is not the only concern doing a terrific business in the Christmas shipment lien. While carriers, rural and urban, and man train clerks are fairly swamped with packages and mail, the American Ex press company is doing a big .volume of Christmas business. i "Our December business this year will be far ahead of last year's total" said Local Agent Buck this after noon. "There is a tremendous . in crease." i ; Sommer Hotel Has Truck. ' George E." Good," proprietor of the Sommer hotel, has purchased the Mer ton Kiddle Kisselkar and converted it into a very serviceable truck which will be used as a general utility vehicle for the hotel. TREES "IN DITCH" Christmas Decoration Material De layed in Transit. Because the logger which was to bring in pine boughs and trees for street decoration, had grief yester day, the city was unable to finish up its extensive decoration project last evening. However the lights were turned on in the central trees and they presented a very attractive ap pearance. War News of One Year Ago Today. Germany's "crushing iRussian vic tory" claim was exploded. The Al lies' western drive was checked by the Kaiser's men. The French cham ber of Deputies met in Paris for tho first, time since last August. Ad miral von Tirpitz said German sub marines might blockade England and starve her into submission. NEW LOCKERS COME Y. M. C. A. Classes of All Kinds Grow and Flourish. ' The Young Men's ' Christian as sociation in conducting its gymnasium classes, educational classes and social wdrk is not alone in this field.' Many other, organizations are also doing a splendid work in this direction. But the place where the Young Mens is seeking to call a million more men to English standard. He has intro. duced a 1)111 bringing tne total troops to four million.. He explained Lord Kitchener counseled the Dardanelles and the withdrawal. In withdrawing England suffered only slight losses. Esquith said Derbys plan has succeed ed and conscription was unnecessary. TARANTALA CAPTURED. O. R. Stageberg Has Close Call from Venomous Insect. A large tarantala, captured from a bunch of bananas, 'is on display in the George Young confectionery. It was captured by 0. R. Stageberg who found the very venomous insect while handling some bananas in tho La Grande Fruit company warehouse. He had handled that particular bunch several times before he saw it. Tho bite from a tarantala is deemed well nigh fatal until instantaneous- antl dotes are given. Mr. Stageberg cap tured it however with considerable ease as the low temperature had deadened it somewhat. Christian association is unique in Its work is in its religious activities No other institution makes for its ideal the three fold development of char acter as does the Y. M. C. A. Its religious educational work is non sectarian in character and therefore excep table are all classes of men. During the past year over 30,000 young men were registered in the Bible studv classes of the Y. M. C. A. The local association has recently or ganized a Bible class to study the "Life of Christ'' and other classes along the same line will be organized after the first of the year. A special class for High School students has been formed to study High School Students' problems" this will not deal with any religious subject, but par ticularly with thoso things that are problems to the average student in the line of character building. En trance to these classes can be ob tained by applying at the Y. M. C. A, office. No fee is charged. i The mid-winter term of the Y. M. C. A. night school will start January 3, 1916. It is hoped there will be a large registration idr this iterm. Special rates will be given to those students who desire to register, who are not members of the Y. M. C. A. . The new steel lockers secured from the Baker Y.M. C. A. have arrived and will be placed in position today. Mr. Clark promises some rare sport in the businessmen's class after the first of the year. . A round robbin schedule will be run off in the volley ball tournament which promises to be exciting enough lor any or the fans. Soon after the first of the year the local lust team, will go to JUakor to play a matched game with that city. : , E SUPREME COURT RULES FOR . nUMtiW. : , . , ; Portland Case Decided and School Board Is Loser. Salem, Dec. 21. Marriage is in sufficient grounds upon which to dis miss a Bchool teacher,, the Supreme court held today in the case of Maud L, iRjqhards,. against . the. Portland school" boaril. She married Oren Richards, a law yer, last January. - She was dis charged and her husband brought suit against the school heads. GRANGE OFFICERS INSTALLED Important Meeting of Mt Fanny - Membership in Cove. , Cove, Oregon, Iec. 20. (Special) Mt. Fannie Grange met in regular session on Dec. 18. One application for membership was presented and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ingram and Mar vin McNeil were initiated into the order and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Simmons were admitted by demit. They came from Medical Springs grange. There were 35 members, four children and three visitors present. A Christmas dinner was served to the "Shirkers" by the "Workers" of the literary con test for the year 1914. The officers for 1916 were installed, Mrs. Pease taking the office of Po mona instead of June Chadwick, who is unable to attend this winter on ac count of school work, After the reg ular routine of business the lecturer, Miss Mary Carter, took charge of the following program: Song, by Grange. Composition, "In China" Mrs. E. M. Sweet. Vocal Duet, "King of Glory" Mrs. J". K. Lantz and Mrs. E. W. Pease. Recitation, "Sunshine" Edward Dalton. Composition, "A More Beautiful Cove" Mrs. T. F. Organ. Recitation, "Christmas iVerses" M. L. Carter. Reading, "Shopping" Mrs. X, J. Chadwick. Recitation,' 'A- Progressive Santa" Howard Gasset. Story, "Thai; Girl of Mine'sErnest Organ. Rflfcitattfn, fYcUr Fired" J. W. Ingram. Recitation, "A Flood in the Ark" Alfred Ingram. ....... The day was too short so all the program was not- given. The Eclipse division of .the .literary .contest, won. The winning side having 3500, points while-the Comets' - were' there' with 3490. Next time there will be an open meeting with a New Year's din ner. Body Is Found. ' Chehalis, Wash.,, Dec. 20. The body of A. E. Snider, a one-armed man who was drowned in the Cowlitz river near Salkum, October 26 last, when attempting to cross the stream in a dugout with Archie Eckstein and a ' Mr. Steiner of Ethel, was found Saturday three miles below the scene of the accident. The widow Identi fied the body, and it will be burled here. The other two men in the dug out saved themselves. I Found Dead In Home. Salem, Ore., Dec. 20. Mrs. Eliza beth Whitlock, over 80 years old, an I Oregon pioneer, was found dead in her i homo nt Silverton where she lived alone, this afternoon. She had been dead two days, a physician believed, and he attributed death to heart failure. MARRIAG NO TEACHING BAR FORD ILL IN NORWAY; PARTY WAITS FOR HIM POSSIBLE : THAT ILLNESS IS SERIOUS; CONFINED TO HIS BED. I NEWSPAPERS CHANGE IN ATTITUDE TOWARD HIM Spies from Belligerent (Nations in Christiania to Learn If Any Ul terior Motive! Prompted Ford's : Trip Move Indicative of More Than, Passing Interest. ; Christiania, NorWayi Dec. 21. Henry Ford is ill in bed. It is very likely that his condition is. serious. At any rate, until his recovery the peace pnrty will remain in Christiania, Sentiment is in his' favor now. Nor wegian newspapers now call him an admirable personality. At the same time spies, sent by belligerent na tions, are here to find out if any ulterior motive prompted Ford's ac tion, r: - :' S This interest in his move is held by some to be indicative of considerable significance of the trip in warring na--tions' circles. BUT ONE "VINCENT TOWN. IMace in Umatilla. County Has Adopt- u Anwner flune. t Vl(l t Ann nlnfa in n,iiimn nnmJ UVIh ' cent' is enough. Our "Vincent," al though located in .Wallowa county w iiu Hainan in nonor oi -uur Vincent Vincent Palmer remains un" changed: : But a 'town over in Uma- ,. till count seven - miles 'west' 'of-'-' rreewater, will nave to hereafter j -' shed Its odor under- another' name. v. That nana in tn Ka "TTmnnin Tk;. name is given by the postoffice au thorities and was chosen from a num- ber of names submitted following : request for a name with a historical meaning. Umapino was an old In- umn cniei who at one time in tne early days saved Pendleton, it is said, from a disastrous fire, v - QUIETUDE ABOUT PRESIDENT. Double Guard of Secret Service Men Brings Desired Result . i Hot Springs, Dee. 21. President. (Wilson and his bride are keeping j quiet here. A doublo guard of secret l service men are constantly about the , suite of rooms occupied by the presi . dent. , , . ,, ,. SPAIN BUYS MUNITIONS. Twenty Millions to Be Spent for Mu nitions and Machinery. New York, Dec. 21. Spain will buy $20,000,000 worth of munitions and machinery in America, Consul Salas said today. - A military commission of five is now here, y , STORM ON SOUND. Danger Warnings Out ' Though No Harm Reported Yet. Seattle, Dec. 21. A 60-mile gala is raging along the coast and fear is . felt for shipping. Storm warnings, are upand wires are down. No storm damage is reported by wireless at noon today. , - : ', LICENSE RECORD BIG. Hymeneal Endeavors Have' Been Flourishing During Year. With . several days yet to go on. ' Dan Cupid will have a flourishing rec- ord in Union county for 1915. Today . noon. County Clerk Ed -Wright had issued 164 licenses for "wedding purposes."-" SHORTEST DAY TOMORROW. Sun Will Reach Southernmost Point at 2:08 p. m. Wednesday. Tomorrow is to be the shortest day in the year Tonight the longest night. The sun tomorrow at 2:08, Pacific coast time, will shine directly down upon the tropic Capricorn. The Winter solstice is often fixed for the 21st of December, but erroneously; the date is December 22, but the actual hour and minute varies. Wants $10000 Damages'. ' Salem, Or., Dec. 20. Damage amounting to $10,000 are asked for in a suit brought hpre by Peter Ras musson against F. Hasselbacher. Ras mussen alleges that he was arrested at the instance of Hasselbacher on an unfounded charge of insanity. He declares he was held in jail two days pending nn examination, and that it resulted in his dismissal.
