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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1916. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAan WW AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME XV v ; LA GRANDE, OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY-13, 1916. NUMBER 173 III LIITMIS BED' ID NO BUSINESS 111 THE LIED TROUBLE ZONE ' :' ' '' '.VyA- i; - j- '- Wellington, Jan. 13. Freifiaeht i Wilson stands squarely behind Secre tary Lansing's statement that Amen ' cans entered -Mexico ; at their own risk. The White House made it plain Wilson has not deviated- from his "watchful waiting jKilky and. Without intervention. He stated a the Santa Yxabel victims ".were specifically warned against entering- Mexico. . Congress Takes a .Hand. Senator Lewis asked Congress to clothe: the President' with authority 'to intervene" forcibly in :- Mexico. While' Lewis .defended the "adminis tration policy of "watchful waiting," Representative Slayden, on the other .' aide of the capitol, declared his pa- J tience was exhausted, and fiercely de nounced his policy. Ambassador Ar redondo pledged action to revenge the assassinations and protect Americans in the future.' 1 It is believed Arren dondo's message presents possibility ViAHWa u.vow.v0 f.vua....v j ' of a solution of the Mexican trouble. Slayden's speech was greeted with up roarious applause. . American Consul Abused. El Paso, Jan. 13. Mexican miners, enraged because Consul Edwards at Juarez, aided in getting Santa YzabeJ victims. their passports, forcibly eject him from the lobby of his hotel. Ed wards, fled and escaped. They fol lowed,' loudly ' denouncing him. Min ing companies ore considering, raising company of American vlounteeru to exterminate the Villa bandits, with permission of Carranza. - CORPSES REACH EL PASO. Trapaulin-Covered Heap of Humanity ; . Viewed by Friends. El Paso, Jan. 13. A funeral train bearing bodies of 18 Americans, this morning. A silent crowd of eev-1 - anil vrntitlhari f ha . ramnVAl nf tflA tar.' vaulin-covered corpses into auto trucks. Jos. Sanchex a Mexican miner said that American friends of the murdered men risked their lives by riding into view of the maurauders to recover the " dead bodies..- v . ... . , - Grtto DetaiU Relwh'- -' . The miner went on to tell of the de tails: " i "Pablo Lopez, in charge of the loot ing gang, said:, 'If you. want to Bee some fun, just watch us kill these gringoes' and ran through the coach crying Viva Villa' I then heard shots. 6. Manager Whtson and four other y Americans were Tunning in different directions. Villistas began shooting, the bandits dropping to their knees and picked them off as they ran. Other. Americans were rounded up. "Lopez selected two; soldiers as executioners, but the bandits all fought among each other for the .privilege of shooting the Americans. . They were shot one at a time. Some were only gashed, -and writhed in (pain .on the ground. These ' Lopez - ordered shot . with mercy bullets.- : "The bodies were then -completely stripped of their clothing and 14 of the bodies were piled together in a heap near the track." . . American' Rancher Shot. . " Washington, Jan, 18. It is offici ally reported a' Mexican firing- squad killed Burt Kramer, an American rancher, in the Gurrero district Fri- L , a n nr u.. .. ' 1 1 1 iu men, a nrumen, massacrea El Paso, Jan.' 13. Chihuahua re ports say twelve Americans, includ ing two women; were massacred at Medera, nenr the scene of Monday's murders. This has aroused indigna "tion afresh. El PaBoans are in a fight 'ing mood. Extra police were ordered ready for riot duty. ' Avengers in Pursuit. Chihnuhua, . Jan. 13. General Trevino will send 500 Cnrranzistas to pursue the irfurders who killed the Americans. He has ordered, them to fthow no mercy. : : ' "Woman Can Propose Sweetly." J Cleveland, Jan. 13. A 1916 ; Leap Year dub has teen formed by eight pretty girls here, headed ... by . Miss Blanche Taylor of Lakewood a fash ionable suburb. The avowed purpose of the club is for each member to propose to the man of her choice dur ing the year, and . not to accept any similar proposal when offered by a suitci- "I do not see anything unus ual about a girl choosing her hus bund." Miss Taylor said. Miss Helen Mally, another member, said: "A woman could propose just as grace-r fully and sweetly as she could accept. I think she ought to if she really loves a man." - ' , Dr. Gillilan to Lead Prayer. fj Dr. J. D. Gillilan, who is in La . Grajide from Boise today, hss con sented to lead the prayer meeting in the M. E. parsonage tonight. . PORTLAND RECORDS BROKEN. Portland,'' Jan. 13. The city has hired all unemployed this afternoon to shovel snow from the streets, and dump it into the river.. Ten laches fell inside of 24 hours, making the worst storm in 23 years. Tempera ture moderated this morning and the forecaster predicted occasional flurles of snow ana slightly warmer through out the northwest, which has been in the grip of a storm for two days. SEATTLE IN TROUBLE. Scrubbing Among Things Prohibited in View of Shortage There. Seattle, Jan. 13. Because of con tinued shortage of water, laundries, hydraulic elevators and all buildings were ordered closed in an effort to conserve the' water supply. The pipe . . , , , nn if hne was repaired today. 'When. -the gates opened, the reservoirs contained only enough water to last zi nours. Water users were asked to refrain from scrubbing for a few days. Within a week there have been three breaks in the pipe line. , . . : j ;- Walnut Tree for Allies Gun Stocks. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 13. Munition makers in the east are hot the only ones to whom the European war ' is bringing increased incomes. , Nebras ka landowners',' who have .. walnut groves about their home or walnut timber along the creeks on their land are reaping a harvest. ' Four carloads of walnut logs to be used in the manufacture of gun stocks for the European armies were shipped' in one day irom sprague, Web. All this lumber was grown, near Sprague. It was sold to a Kansas City firm which will make it into rifle stocks be fore shopping It abroad.' Most of this supply will go to England and Russia. MORE ILLNESS RUMORS. Queen of Greece Reported on -Way to . . the Kaiser's Bedside. v London, Jan. 13. Home dispatches have reported the Queen of Greece has -been notified' to go tft Borlin on -mwotntt'-of - the-Wness- of -ier"broi!h0rc the Kaiser. She is preparing to de part. - .WITNESSES CALLED. Ridell Prosecution ' Attracts ' People " . . ' From La Grande. J.' T. Williamson, manager of the Mt. Emilv Timber company, has been subpoenaed, among others, to testify in the government case against H. H. iKiduell, a former fortiana attorney now charged with using the mails fraudulently in connection with . de veloping some land in tne jvit. fimuy district. The case is now at trial in Portland and Mr. Williamson will testify tomorrow or Monday. Several other men from this vicin ity have been called. - AXE HANDLE ALLEGED TO BE WEAPON USED. Family Troubles Have Climax in Ar rest of R. L. Deal. R. L. Deal. Jr.. was taken into custody , this morning by Officer Jas. Christiansen charged with a ana nil- with a dangerous weapon, the charge WIFE BEATING IS CHAR6ED .being issued at the instance of the;C0Pal enurch was launched yesterday defendant's wife. Deal was taken toe- fore Justice of the Peace Williams where he waived examination, - and was subsequently taken to the county, jail to await the action of the grand jury.-, . - y. The particulars of the affair have not come out in a public way and further evidence in the case was fore stalled by the defendant declining to allow the matter to proceed in a pre liminary way before the magistrate. From some, of the particulars as given out byS Mrs. Deal it appears that the two- had separated and that divorce proceedings had been insti- Serving on the National committee tuted. A couple of weeks ago,, how- with Bishop Lawrence and Mr. Mor ever, .they began living together ! g-an Is W. H. Truesdale, president of agam. , inn assault is saia to nave been made-by uRe of an axe handle' and it is alleged in' the complaint that tne nusDnna also cnoaked his wire un til she was .speechless. Scars on the Twenty-three Below Zero Is Record side Of vHfn'ft fna ahnur pnnplti. ! : - . . T-ir: T Tll 1 sively that an assault was committed. Mr. and Mrs. Deal have three chil dren,v the youngest of which is about eighteen . months of age. - ' MERCHANTSUFFERS NERVOUS COLLAPSE i'RED GEIBEL MUST; -ACTIVE WORK. STOP A. T, Hill Takes His Place in Depart. ment Store Temporarily. Fred Geibel, for many years man, ager of the Fair store, - and later Geibel's Department store, has suf fered a nervous and physical break down and is unable. to be at. the howl of his concern Tor a time. - A. T. Hill, formerly in h drug busi ness here,, has temporarily- been put in as manager of the store, . Friends of. the retired manager are urgently making effort to have Mr. Geibel take a long rest to Jtully recover his health. MANY WOOLMEN MEET. Salt Lake Gathering Today Biggest in History of the Order. . ; Salt Lake, Jan. 13. Governor .Spry today delivered a plea for protective tariff on wool, in welcoming the Na- Itional Wtool Growers -association. President Hagenbarth in his annual address didn't touch the tariff ques tion. - . i .. :. ; - tA thousand delegates attended the afternoon session, the largest attend ance ever known at a convention of livestock men. , ' RABBIT DRIVE NETS 1500. ' ' Bullet Lodges in but Doesn't Penetrate Malheur Hunter's Sweater. . : ; Baker, Ore., Jan. 12. (Special.) Fifteen hundred rabbits were killed in a community drive in the vicinity of Malheur, Malheur county, f ourteen ' men scoured , the hills all day and swept several miles of country .with their shotguns. A bullet went( thrtfugh a rabbit and landed in the; sweater of Fred Horner, but there was; not enough force to cut through the rest of Horner's clothing. - J ' Rabbits are. so numerous around Malheur that - they are seen; on the streets of the town at nicht. Enough poison to kill 10,000 bunnies was sent to Keating today to (be distributed among the ranchers; Poison also was spread in fiends . between here and there' 'today, : f'y --::--. 'Z,jri'; '.- BURGLAR GETS; THREE YEARS , Greek, Convicted by Jury at Chehalis For Assault of Countryman. ChehaliBv Wash., : Jan. 12 (Spec ial t?raA RrAwn 1 lB,lvf fyilili.v t.n burglary before Judge Rice today in ! the Lewis County Superior Court and was sentenced,. to.. from, three, to ten ' years at Monroe reformatory. Brown , robbed three Centralis business houses ten days atro.' -being caught later in ' Seattle selling . some -of , the; stoleh I wares."' :'.!:;-':;?,."..:- : I . ' I Theodorepolous, who murderedously ' assaulted Jim Gotsis. a Greek country-' man, on Christmas eve, was convicted by a jury of second-degree assault... .-,-'" ;' r- ' . .'.: BOISE WATER USERS MEET Arrowrock Railway and -Irrigation . Project Acted Upon. ... Caldwell, Idaho,-Jan. 12. (Special) The -annual meeting of the stock holders of the Boise Water Users' As- ' sociation was held today. . Officers elected for the ensuing year are: Pres ident, C. F. Ollien, Caldwell;: secre- , tary, W. L.' Girard, Caldwell; treas-. urer, Samuel Hunt, Kuna. . The officers' and seven directors have the management of the $10,000, 000 government irrigation-project The stockholders authorized tho reclama tion officials to negotiate the sale of the government -railway from Boise to Arrowrock and Instructed the direc- trs to taKe Immediate steps for the formation of an irrigation district em bracing all of the government pro ject. ;' '. . ' .. PENSION FUND IS STARTED. Financiers Start : Movement (o Episcopalian Clergymen. Aid New York, Jan. : 12. A campaign to nWe $5,000,000 from July 1 to es- i tablish tho pension fund of the Epis- i """"f, ",e jr yi . . !.mrgan if. men prominent in xne financial world. . Every parish in the United States will be asked to con tribute. ishop William Lawrence, of Bos ton, will direct the work of gathering funds to care for the aged clergy of the church and Mr. Morgan will serve as treasurer. Each parish will be asked to contribute annually a sum equal to 7 per cent of the pay of its clergy for the pension fund and the ! $5,000,000 it is hoped to raise will be ' 1. , ' ,a cash foundation., the . Lackawanna Railroad, , ,v' : i '" i ." ! 'OMAHA IS COLD. Traffic Is Blocked, :' Chicago, Jan. 13.: Omnha has re ported 23 below zero. Traffic is de moralized and railroads refused to ac cept perishable freight. '. HAS DISPOSED OF IIS LAUDS LAST PIECE OF FARM LAND ,. i TAKEN OVER BY' BIG ' CONCERN. PURCHASE MAKES FARM OF TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED Coolidge-Will-McKennon intereaU v Have Now Accumulated 2400-acre Ranch Near Union iNew Purchase .' Partially Lowlands Suited for Hay Deal Closed. - Realty transfers were negotiated in Odgen this week that completely dis pose of all Amalgamated Sugar com pany farm lands in this valley. These various properties were taken over several years ago when the sugar con cern was in need of sugar-beet produc tion soil, and since the factory left here, gradual disposal of the tracts nave been made until now the com- pany owns nothign in the county save 0fBciBi8 alone and a large number al some isolated timber tracts. . H. E. ready have Di?nifled their intention, of Coolidge of the Coolidge-Hill McKen- attending , , non interests, returned this morning, xhe banquet Was to have been held from Odgen where he negotiated the Saturday of this week upon the in purchase, for his big company of 785 aUguration of the train service over acres of land in-theUmon lowlands. the neW(. caUft but was postponed adjoining that which the company has 8ince many officials were said to be bean farmmgfor n, couple of years. ( unable t0 reach here on that date, be i Total Farm 2400 Acres. cause of the conflicting railroad cele ; TaiS adds enough land to the Cool- ij,-h . ni,i. r,M. make just .2400 arres of land in one uuuy, cmeuy wuiieti ior iarm ana nay : . land, jit is level and in the most fer-jia tile area ; of the county. The pur - chase "price is not . made public, but the Pearly, Nichols, Ames and por tions of the old Hall ranch are includ ed in the deal just compel ted. - LEA URGED AS SECRETARY Several Board Members and Governor p Favor' Portland Man for Place. " Salem, Or., Jan. 12. Possibilities of the appointment of A. H. Lea of Port land, as successor' to W. Al Jones as secretary of the state fair board were V,!DJ i.tf-Jr u '-,- JTSJife -ThriEn 3 n m ,t to defer election of all officers until next Monday, owing to the absence of 3. H. Booth of Roseburg, The caucus indicated that ' M. L. Jones of this city, and W. H. Savage of Corvallis,- favor Lea, while Booth and N. K. West of La Grande, ap peared to favor the retention of Jones. This leaves the deciding vote "? Jf.rfEiyhI?,lie!,l e!!hlr!ff of Portland,, and while it is said she Its not altogether favorable to Jones it is not known how she will vote. ; j Originally the appointment of Jones is said to have been unsatisfactory to Governor Withycombe, and he is said now to be in favor of supplanting him with Lea, a warm personal friend of the governor, who was offered the game wardenship, but declined to ac cept. ; . .'.:.:' ;- L ; "' ; Kaiser Not Seriously 111. ' (, . Berlin, Jan. 13. The United Press is officially authorized to deny rum ors that ' the Kaiser is seriously ill. He has never been serious, officials declare. It was necessary to remain indoors for a few days. Now he is improved, and is conferring daily with members of the general staff. WEEK PLANS ARE MATURING The Eastern Oregon Farmers' and Home-Makers' Conference -week 1r now a reality.' ' Prof. J. E. Larson of the College Extension service has ar rived in iLa Grande and will remain until all plans for the success of this meeting are worked out. He states that local organizations are taking a lively interest and the success of this meeting will depend upon the sup port of Eastern Oregon folks. The dates for this meeting are Jan. 31st to Feb. 5th. A similar meeting Is held annually at the college. It has grown from a handful of curiosity seekers until the total enrollment Teaches the two thousand mark annually. It is now the -thne and seat of many annual meetings of Farmers' and Home-Makers' organizations. The past annual, session included twenty conference meetings. The college believing that it can do u greater service by holding a' like meeting in Eastern , Oregon, will make La Grande College head quarters for one week. - FThe full and completed program will be in the hnnds of all bofore the WALLOWA MEN IN ! : RACE FOR TRIPS BILYEU AND BGYD AMONG CAN DIDATES. Each Would Be Delegate to National .. - Convention of Respective Parties.;..; ; - - -,.'v, ; Enterprise, Or., Jan. -12 Two Wallowa County candidates have an nounced themselves for delegates . to the National conventions of the major parties. County Judge C. G. Bilyeu is a candidate for delegate from the Eastern Oregon district to the Demo cratic convention and Daniel Boyd a candidate for delegate-at-large to the 'Republican gathering. ' ' Judge Bilyeu has been County Clerk and has two years more to serve as head of the county government. He came to (Wallowa county from the Willamette Valley about 10 years ago and is engaged in business. Mr. Boyd is a prominent lawyer of the county and was a delegate to the Republican convention four years ago. . ( . RAIL BANQUET JANUARY 22 Pendleton Club Will Hold Festivities; , at upening or coyote cuton.' Pendleton, Or., Jan. 12. (Special) To celebrate the completion of the O.-W. R. & N. company freight termi nal yards at Pilot Rock Junction and the opening of the Coyote cutoff,, a big banquet is being planned by the Pendleton Commercial association' for Saturday1, January 22. , More than 50 tnvitntiAno kflVft KoAn oanf tt oili..n GOLDEN 'AND AMBER NECTAR. the NeW Temperance Beverage o( i th wnhard Plnnt. , 1 the Weinhard Plant. ; 'Rather than close down their great plant at Portland, the Weinhard com I pany have retained their men and are mamifacturi ng .-- a - - new - temperance drink in strict conformance with the Oregon prohibition law. - i Golden and Amber- Nectar is made of Oregon hops and . barley and con-, tains vital strength-giving ' . qualities which will make it a favorite through, out of the state. It took many months of experimenting and research to hHn "this new ,n?HUrt n ita nm..N lt ofjPerfection.Mr. Henry Wesstnger .of the Weinhard Plant wTtthi ting -them, . m. j,wit-- S, v.,.p(n. His identity- with business interests in Oregon for so many years prompt ed the desire to keen the Weinhard Plant in operation, after January , 1st and to give employment to many em ployes who have been connected with this concern for years. : ; . .-.A' i" '.Zi . l "J lil Mr. iwessinger is determined in his 'laws in the sale of Golden and Amber Nectar. - He requires a cash bond of $250.00 which is subject to forfeit if any dealer is guilty of selling intox icating liquors under the guise of this new temperance drink. ' ' ' ; LATEST BABY GIVEN AWAY. Woman Already Has Six Children j and Couldn't Supporth Seventh. . I Reno, Jan.. 52. Mrs. Pietro Caver san, of this city, told District Judge R. C. Stoddard she was forced to give away 1 -month-old Amelia Caversnn because her husband was unable to support another in the family on the small wages he receives. , . v i... : The CaverRan family consists of six children., ' The latest arrival was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Dominlci, who are childless. ' opening day, but by way of informa tion it can be said that a corps of 40 instructors and lecturers will be here during the week's session. : Many of these instructors represent the U. 8. Department of Agriculture,' coining from Washington, D. C. 1 Others are the pick of the O. A. C. faculty. Lo cal talent, from among the folks that have done things will be used also. This isn't a one-sided affair. The ladies of city and farm -' have their special session conducted .by ladies of the college and local representatives, Their work consists .Of Domestic Science,' Cookery,' Home Decorations, Home nursing and special meetings conducted by the Congress of Moth ers and Parent-Teacher Circles. Rep resentstives of - these organizations both local and from Portland will take part in the exercises. , '. , The college is truly coming here and all are urged to get behind : this to make it a success and insure its be coming an annual affair. . Many local people must serve on special com mittees to insure -good organization. FARMERS 6AS0LIIIE FIRE DIPPED EXPLOSION ENVELOPES A. MIL t LER IN FLAMES BUT HE ESCAPES. t SNOW ADVANTAGEOUS TO MAN IN SORRY PLIGHT Kindling Fire in His Home Archie Miller, Mechanician, Sustains Bwns But Miraculously Escape Fatal In jures Fire Department Called Out Little Harm Done. Archie Miller, an employe at the Leighton garage, is lucky. In place of . fatal injuries under the conditions ap- parently inevitable, he is able to be hack at work this afternoon. He tried to light a fire last evening with gasoline and it didnt work out the way intended. The fire department was called to North -O and Cherry about 8 o'clock but there was little for it to do, as Mr, Miller had carried the burning gasoline can to the back yard and covered himself with, snow in twinkling. But not until consider able: burns had been inflicted on his hands and face. . Miller, who is a son of Archie Miller of Enterprise and a nephew of Wil liam of this city, used a five-gallon can of gasoline to start a fire. The gas of course ignited and enveloped hhw in flames instantly. With rare presence of mind and totter disregard for his burns, he carried the torch con tainer through two rooms, unlocked a back door and - tossed the ' mans of fire into a snowdrift. As for himself , the snow proved his salvation., He roiled; in it until the flames in his clothes- were extinguished, i During this process he kept from inhaling the flames, .v which would have - been fatal, no doubt. i- "W are glad there was nothing more serious and the incident ought to be a warning against using combusti bles to kindle fires with'y said Fir Chief Benham after the blase, $ L . " : K ifif-. COLD TAKES FIRST LIFE. A. , R. McClellon Props Exhausted : - - and Dieajrpoapital.1 ' ; - Portland, Jan. 13 The first victim of the present cold wave in Portland was Audley R. McClellon, of 917 Enrt Twenty-ninth street, " ' Los ' Angeles,, Cel., who died in, the emergency hos pital at the police station yesterday from' exposure. , ::v-v ."'::. '- i .- . rapers in ms pocket indicated that he had been . -more than - a common laborer, although, as yet, no nreply has been received to telegraphed . in quiries to California. He walked into a former saloon on Third street and dropped exhausted shortly afternoon. i A streetcar, loaded with passengers, '; on the Misaisaippi-avenue lino,' jumped the track- at an icebound, switch at the corner. of Williams ave- ' nue and Broadway at 4:45 yesterday afternoon and shot clear of the tracks, the front trucks jumping the curb onto the sidewalk. No one was injured and little dam-, age resulted to the car. . .' CALDWELL CLUB ELECTS. H. J. Zeh Is Chosen President tt Commercial Organization. Caldwell, Idaho, Jan.. 12. (Spe cial) A crowd which filled the spa cious clubrooms to capacity , attended : the annual meeting of the Caldwell Commercial club held last night The election of officers resulted, as follows: President, H.' J... Zeh j vice president, W. S. Maxoyj secretary, M. H. Gibbons, re-elected. Comprehen sive advertising and development plans, including the co-operation : of the club with state officials in the sale of the state lands in this vicinity and extension of electric lines were . adopted by the club. Fifty dollars in prizes was appropriated to promote the organization of boys' and girls' agricultural clubs in Canyon county, INSTALLATION SATURDAY. W. R. C. and G. A. R. Will Jointly ' ' Install This Year. , Installation of officers in the Wom en's Relief Corps and the G, .A.- R. will take place next Saturday.' The cormonial begins at 2 o'clock.-; The installing officer will be M!rs. Cora M.' Davis, of Union, who is past national president. Comrade Gore of this city will probably install the veterahs. '. The ceremony will be proceeded by. a dinner at noon for the veterans, with, the Relief Corps ' members as hostesses. ...;', '- - A program' will follow and the pub-, lie Is cordially Invited to attend both of these exercises '. .i ; , III DUD RiBORIIEDmii,'!