La Grande evening observer., January 14, 1916, Image 1

la
r
.fvK"..-:..;J"(--
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
il
VOLUME XV
LA GRANDE, OREGON FRIDAY, JANUARY ,14, 1916.
NUMBER 17
0
0
EHKERS
RUN CHANGES
NEXT SUNDAY
FIRST. ENGINES, AT LEAST, WILL
RUN THROUGH TO HUNT
INGTON. MUCH INDECISION IN
PROPOSITION APPARENT
First Engine to Go Through .Will Be,
Oik on No. 4 Leaving Portland Sat
urday Evening Families Remain
Here Until Final Decision Is
Reached Conference on This Week.
Number 4, leaving Portland tomor
row evening, will be the first train to
be operated with Pilot Rock Junction
as the new passenger engine termi
nal instead of La Grande. Such, at
least, is the program now. The order
.effects some half score engineers, but
what the final disposition will be of
thn matter is today unknown. In fact
there are numerous details , that will ;
be worked out tomorrow.' ...
It is generally understood that no
final agreement has been reached be-
Irlp-r, and th. .officials. It I
s practically certain however, that
, f.w Hvs. more esneciallv
- ,--' r , - ,, .
day,, the engineers win receive wieir
iTrVJL u , HtaSaniSir i anc bafk1. U is contlnuay reported that cow-'ecutive COIB1Sittee inciudes all chair
Jf p?!nf i J? WHon lboys and mmers fre Paring a vol- men of other committees. , ' -
'?LA- A2ku- ' unter. Moment to avenge the SanLa . Executive Committee Prof. R. D.
,r . . . i t.
y.T : , e filled todaS I with r; Fred Currey, w course, he proved" himself
is not likely that any will be made : woded Mexican T as result if the 1 f the C?maX clah C- D- thirsty for knowledge and an apt
until some time next week. None of S dw S which were auellcd vn' Ster PonfS pupil. From his humble start as in
the engineers moved to Pilot 't h.n X Mu tate!, v cou"ty president, of grdinarv Inuinn ln the humble Jalis
Rock Junction however. ; Prolonged '"".SSm E Mexlan Ifl8 lHniSL' S6i..? lbJ! 1 tillage,. Huerta won his way by
conferences have been under way be
tween engineers and higher officials
for several days. - 'Thr'dowmeem, by : vii;
iron
land,
from local engineers, is stiu in. rorv
RIDDELL CASE . LAST.
Third of Famous Group of Alleged
Swindlers Now on Trial.
Concerning the H. H. Riddell case
which is now on trial in Portland, and
to which several La Grande men have
been called as witnesses, the Elgin
Recorder recites:
'Deputy U. S. Marshal Fuller was
in Elgin two days this week summon
ing witnesses to be on hand at the
opening of the trial. Among those
served with subpoenas were 0. E.
Ryder, W. A. Hackett, F. E. Smith,
C. P. Gannett, Jack Wisdom, Nathan
Parks and Frank' Fine. All will de
part on this evening's train except
F. E. Smith, who owing to business
pressure will be notified when wanted.
ryThTR wili re-
.ember that Messrs. Cnwy
ichet, members of the company,
membe
Kicnet, memoers oi tim .''' '
were tried ana conv.cte u vo ...
ago last November . At that time it
was known that Riddell would be I
brought to trial but the case was not
set until a few days
ago. Kiaaeil
served as attorney for the company.
While Elgin has derived much pub
licity from the affair, Elgin lands are
not directly in question. The Oregon
Tnbind Develonment Co.. purchased
, - i i .
various tracts of lands throughout the
,,f if ,iovinr,PH tn Iho offifiaU of ,
Jt, comnlnv that the Veason lands
6"P what had been represented
Partof thL lam s had
othr parties without ea. thS of-
ficials of the comnanv or their clients
KweSrsame
2f the buvers visited the holdings and I
SLUIH K11UWII il3 UlC ICrtauil laiiuo.
discovered they had been bilked. Of-
ncers m mo
ous tracts oM.Tthe ' viciniW of atSL the W 1"" imanab,e
SW. Which to'make good ?heir j Wd owli now waisi deep on the
rimnnl TPnreientations throuiris the', lne.snow 13 now walsf aeeP on l"5
?TrlKcnaLl?PvT'at,ZH hES &H nn ,n...the water he?...th.e'
, V " LT.!J "."l
nuiAiiriip in n m np uiiLaineu Lnrouirn
CIIKt DUUltC. Xnv .jw. ' n.iiiia
of the O. I. D. Co. could right condi
tions they were arrested, with the re
sult as above stated.
Boy Ward of Slate is Sentenced.
Centralia, Wash., Jan. 13. Fred
erick Brown, an escaped inmate from
the state training school, who was
recently arrested in Seattle for the
burglary of the Berman clothing
store and two other stores in this
city, pleaded guilty to a charge of
burglary in the Lewis county super
ior court yesterday, and was sentenced
by Judge Rice to a term of from three
to fifteen years in the state reforma
tory. County Chamber of Commerce.
Tillamook, Ore., Jan. 13. At a
meeting of business men at the
courthouse Tuesday night it was de
cided to form a Tillamook Chamber
of Commerce, a county organization,
to promote the interests of this sec
tion of Oregon
lhe new oreaniza
t!on will absorb the Tillamook
l-ommercial club. The permanent
organization will be formed Mon-jing
day, January 24.
TEXAHS ORGANIZE FORCE huertas body
m mm iikmprk HELD PRISONER
iu niLiiuL mnuunuiiLu
While Congress Debates, Martial Law
Prevails in El Paso-Situation Critical
' Washington, Jan. 14. Declaring for Mexican intervention, Senator Works,
of California has introduced a resolution holding that responsibility for
American action in' Mexico rests on congress and not on the President,
Acrimonious debate on the "watchful waiting" policy followed. The British
embassy is preparing to ask the state department for information of the
administration s intentions or action in
British subject, was killed recently at
damaging British property.
El Paso, Jan. 14. Expecting re-
occurrence of rioting tonight, military
officials and cavalrymen will be pre-
pared to meet it. Infantrymen
patrolled the Mexican quarter and cav
alrymen are held in readiness to en
ter the down town streets at a mo
ment's notice. Officers have pro
hibited the holding of mass meetings
in Cleveland Square, fearing to cause
incendiary outbursts. Indignation is
unabated but martial law regulations
are slightly relaxed.
El Paso, Jan. 14. Although sol
diers with fixed bayonets patrolled the
and 20.000 Mexicaiis' cowered in
It,.';,. .., officials felt todav i
S'fZ" martiaMaw has not curbed
,at f n.,artiallaW ,1 "fj
j Xriarto those Tof last night are
Sun-iS1! t0 th08e of ta8t mgtxt arV
jieaieu
i : D..: ..;.,A
ivcKimcHi. uviiik tfcai-cu. I
esta ..
.pjr WB
Bupt ig known to have been executed
5?."? 55
,i .!, , " i, t, j ,i
"ff. . ZrT v1n w ,1
executed near Madera. Villa has or-
dered his men to burn a three -million
dollar plant there. - '
Madera Reports Disprovon.
Washington, Jan. 14. AH Ameri
cans at Madera, Mexico, ar j safe, the
state department has reported. The
rumor that 12 Americans were mur
dered there is declared to be un
founded. INTAKE SNOWBOUND.
Clearing Has Made Clean Path for
Winds in that Vicinity.
, Since the Beaver creek dam res?i -voir
Was cleared last summer the opou
space of a mile and more at tho
mouth of several gorges and canyons
"e .
. returnin' thj aftern0 again.
citVi returning this afternoon again
, - ha lhat the commig8nry
buiIdinff 'eVted last summer by the
.. . nff .. , . . th
, - .. b w
, , , , .. ,.,:, .vhinnintr down
canyons further up, join forces in that
new piece of clearing and scoop un
great Quantities of snow. The com
missary rests on the crest of the small
..... J . . r, j r
Al-loiviue ueiweuii Dtaver unu vjuvc
!creek and u a projecti0n of the long
r lL TIT- n....l Hnnw.
. . ,tc" , '. , "r.o this union were born seven Chid-
that the drifts are eaves high about ren, tw0 of whom preceded him to
lte buL1lin- and the b""dinK 18 , " the grave in their infancy. The five
srvive him are Samuel. Mary
dnft ?"'rably higher than the p. Clark GeorK0 M and E(lward T
eBvef u ty?,. sldesMsloP,? " of FAs'm who wcre fresOT1t lime
ft i"' death Frank f HUtlSOn'
Til :?VL l j u. Kas'
sprinf,.s freshets, and were it not for
the feet skaters wou d no&ute Jthe
.tnere win pe great quantities oi water
a :
STORK INTERCEPTED.
Caused Postponement of Sentence of
Embezzling Postmaster. I
Portland, Jan. 14.--Judge Wolver-
ton in the federal court today post-
poned until July 3rd the sentence of La Grande's water supply is sorely
Lloyd Hyatt, former postmaster at pressed to meet demands upon it.
Telocaset. Hyatt entered a plea of Excessive enow, and seemingly care
guilty to embezzling and the stork lesa waste 0f water in homes in pro
intervened in the rfissing of sentence, tection against frozen pipes, seem
the defendant having received a tele- i-csponsible for a condition that is
gram announcing the birth of a child really serious. Hoping to eliminate
in the family. muth of the dmin on the reservoir
Hyatt confessed to having embez- where the supply has dwindled to a
zled between $1500 and $1700 during few inches, citv officials last evening
the time he had charge of the Tclo- Bskcd the O-W to cease using citv
caset postoffice from April 1910 to water. This was done but mechanical
August 1914. breakdowns in the shops necessitated
He is said to have been over-am- return to city wnler. Workmen are
bitious to boom the town of Telocaset endeavoring to remedy that fault ns
and he used the funds entrusted to soon as possible. The Palmer Mill
him to carry a number of town lots, pumps, bv arrangement, are relied
as well as to give credit to home- upon to keep the emergency pumps
ieaue:a win, iraueu at jus sxore.
, Hyatt was indicted by the grand jury
in December. 1914. and. unon his bnv-
made a pica of not guilty, his
trial had been set for today.
Mexico. Mexico uity nas reported a ;
Chmauhua and strikers elsewhere are
; v-
AniiitiTTrro nr
I (IMMII IhhS Anr
VVITIITII I I Ulv nilL
NAMCnrnRQPUnni !
M n m l ur I uiiuviiwwu
LOCAL PEOPLE Witt ASSIST
' O. A. C. DIRECTORS.
Eustern Oregon Men and Women
Banded to Make vVeek Big
Sure ess,,
The Eastern Oregon Farmers' and
U HI..I C 1,
m .. vaZi .
Z K a -SI
bu8y.day conlerenc.e e tln?
of country and. towns-people who wil
bUrd6n a Iw
making this a success. A number
nf itnirimitfona -tvera r nnnnlntafi and
. . . . ' r. m.
worlf hnH hno-iin in Aarnnsr.. I nR ex-
Vi.A rZlt-YL m ; . w ' w Tt Z' m V
renorted killed P- M hoUia:
'SSSHtaofti-' Mo"Kwnery'- vice-presidents of
.stas HI! WitvEastern Oregon Parent Teachers' as-
BOciation: Mrs. H. sT BrSin.
?t Teachers-committee; Mrs,. E.
r , " i
anh?e',Paor?nut Teachers committee;
Mrs. A. L. Richardson. Eupen cs com-
Mrs. A. U Richardson, Eugenics com-, when he did g0 it waB with tbe coW
"L5!f ' . Y0"" . -anspotion dignified pride of a man who had
nTrrr j J , tasted power, and who. even in de-
(Contihued on Page Two jfeat would not a(lmit that he had
DEATH FROM PARALYSIS. Hiseri'career included eight
. " . . . . , . years on the Mexican military map
Thos. Mason Aged 74 ard Resident of ommis8ioni ten yearg (1890.1900) on
, Elgin is Uead. ' tho general staff , and several years in
Thomas Mason, who was nearing; his Sono t jn suppressing the Ya-
74th year and had been a resident of j
Elgin for the (past eight years, died at 4 jjuel.ta,g guccesaes in queliing re
the family residence west of Elgin vMs brouKht him to the Attention of
uuMuajr ,..,iB i"'-
lysis, says the Recorder. Deceased
suffered a stroke about 16 months ago
from w.iich he partly recovered, but
lasted only a lew days after tho scco:i l
stroue. ...
stroke,
The f uneial services were condu
at 10:30 Tuesdny at the residence by
? .r
Tt n nr1 n n A Vtnifinr Vnvn liniw in Tirtn
ton, Yorkshire, February 4th, 1842,'
and was therefore 73 years, 11 months
and 5. days old at the time of this de-
mise. He came to America in July,
18G7 and became a naturalized citi-
zen in 18GD, while residing in Wiscon-
6in.
In the fall of 1869 he moved to Iowa,
in which state he was married to Miss
Margaret A. Montague, June 21, 187.'!.
m .. . . ' . .. .
Old School Celebrates
'Bloomington, Ind. Jan. 14. The
96th anniversa'ry of "the founding of
l"," obed
hY alumni and former students here
today. January 20th is celebrated as
Foundat on Dav.
CRISIS
- goimr. hut. hecauso ihn m s c nsr.
for repairs, fuel is insufficient to keep
th hnilnfa lisif -or; limit knl.i;nn IKa
wood a considerable distance. A large
crew of men is doing that now.
WATER
BY UNCLE SAM
FAMILY' SURROUNDS CORPSE
OF DEAD EX-MEXICAN '
GENERAL-DICTATOR..'
CAREER STORMY YET
OF ADVANCED TYPE
Long Service in His Country Marked
i, by Much Bloodshed Lived Under
Several Regimes in Mexico, and of
Late Months Has" Been a Prisoner
in America Under Indictment.
El Paso, Jan. 14.-His corpse viv-
tually a prisoner, of the United States,
General Huerta lies dead today, sur
rounded by his family. Death came
at :80 last night.
General Victoriano Huerta, who
left his stamp ineradicably upon Mex
ican affairs, was born in the role of
livn iviin" in tlin 111 lai.A tf I A A, Oil
Tuiicon m..!.a HikiiiaW 93 iHKi
,1 VII llltlll ,11 fcHV IlllUCb VIWW,..',
ij; ' ij ,!v,.,i tkm,Ji,. v;u
.'-""t"'-" r1"""'-".
" marked him with the tierce
stolidity that Mexico came at last to
fear. The spirit of the soldier seemed
inlrrained. S-, early boyhood the
1o of tmS, the thrill of arms,
him. A
was upon him
So it was that he got a military
training ia the military academy of
Chapultepec from which he was grad
uated in 1876. In the brief schooling
he had previously, and throughout hiR
-Virtue of shrewd maneuvering, untir-
mg efforts and brUUant. mUitary f.
ort,. to the p0Bt 0f Mexican prest
Hnf- Th Tfnlted - Htatns at lns(
presir
i.- "nTL L
at " last
iS MttaSnK and
nunea scorn at tne administration
refused for 80me time to depart.
n;t.. u. j:j ...ui h...
President Pornrio Diaz. He mounted
th. mjm.a,v hidder ranidlv. and was
flna mad a) of a bHfrade, In
1902, however, Diaz became distrust-,
ful ;f Huerta am, for severa, years
the Indian soldier was passive in na-
g Tave'o
military duties, Huerta
Practiced his profession as engineer
at Monterey.
,H? was then brought buck to the
Mexican capital to suppress revolts,
j1"'1 later. escorted President Diaz to
the c?t after the Iatters resigna-
tlon- Mav 2r' 19n-
Huerta then entered the services of
President Francisco I. Madcro, who
succeeded Diaz. In 1012 Huerta wai
sent by Madoro to quell a threatening
revolt headed uy, rascua) Urozco in
me state or .ninuanua. fie gained
distinction through his defeat of Or-
ozco and for a time basked in the
favor of Madero.
, whe internal dissension cause(1 th(!
Reyes-Diaz revolution, in Mexico City
,n Febrauary 1913 Huerta was i
command of the federal troops, but
. I. K 'l'...l i
later joined forces with General Felix
Diaz and was the prime mover in a
plan to make Madero prisoner and
force him to resign. A formal resig
nation was obtained from Madero
and Vice-President Pino Suarez on
Continued on P.ige Eight)
IS AT
"We are convinced that during the
cold spell people are allowing their
faucets to run nights. Hence at the
first of next month we will read all
meters in town and users must pay Portland, Jan. 14. Millers have an
everything above the minimum since , nounccd an advance in all grades of
the last reading." This is the dedara- flour of 25 cents a barrel. In Portland
tion of Water Superintendent Hoyt. jam! the Puget Sound the new price is
ue in most norinwest towns, tne
severe cold spell and excessive snow
have curtailed the water supply and
it is up to the citizens to be as snv -
"k s Itanium w ciinsiTve me wiuer
ror nome use anil for tire protection.
The people do not seem to renlize the
matter is important."
CHILEAN DIPLOMAT RESIGNS
Washington. Jan. I I. The Chilenn
amhnssador, Sunrez has resigned, as -
signing personal reasons. What is be -
hind the resignation is not revealed.
FOR PAN AMERICANISM.
George E. Roberts.
George E. Robert., former director
ioi tne mint, ana now assistant to the
, , .
president of the National Citv Bank.
I t- L.....I. ,T i l nT
SV"'?" " ..ln" u.m
" - v uw-ih wt
leakers before the Pan American
congress in Washington. His bank
recently opened branches in South
America, and what he had to say
about financial and trade relations be
tween the United Stutes and the Latin
republics was interesting to the mem
bers of the congress.
VETERAN CONDUCTOR
AFTER OPERATION.
DIES
Funeral Will Re Held in Pendleton,
Probably Tomorrow.
R. T. WSssler, the well known O.-W.
R. & N. passenger conductor, died at
the St. Vincent hospital, Portland,
yesterday afternoon at three o'clock
following a surgical operation for
cancer of the stomach.
Mr. Wissler was 52 years of age
and had spent about twenty years in
the service of the railroad. For the
past six years he has been a conduc
tor in the passenger service between
Pendleton and Huntington, and was
one of the company's most valued of
ficials. Mr. iWissler and his family former
ly made their home in La Grande un
til he was elevated to the passenger
service when he took up his residence
at Pendleton. Ho is survived by u
wife and four children and by a sis
ter, Mrs. Mattie Millignn of North
La Grande.
Mr. Wissler was made a' conductor
in this city in 1001 and a few years
ago went to Pendleton for the pas
senger run. In point of service he
was the fourth oldest man on the run.
Unaware apparently of the nature
of his malady, he continued at work
although toward the last was a mere
skeleton. He has been out of -service
but a few days.
Ted Beuhler, head of tho Conduc
tor's brotherhood here, went to Pen
dleton today noon to take charge of
arrangements for burial.
Weather Moderates.
Portland, Jan. 14. Cold wave
showed a few signs of abating today
though the weatherman has promised
it will gradually get warmer. A train
on the Tillamook line is stalled on
the summit of the coast range unable
to move today. More provisions have
been rushed to passengers and crew.
There i.s loss ice on the Columbia
and some steamers are able to mnvn.
j Several are frozen in.
Camas is without water because of
the freeze up.
FLOUR PRICES ADVANCE.
Increase of 25 Cents Per Barrel An
nounced in Portland.
j $&.4U,
j CONSPIRACY ALLEGED,
1 -
, von rapnen Accused oi Having In-
criminating Evidence on Person.
j London, Jan. 14. Foreign office
I has announced documents taken from
j Von Papcn showed he paid $1,800 to
the German consulate at Seattle for
Werner Horn who attempted to dvnn-
! mte the international bridge. Tho
; payment was made before the at
templed dynamiting.
IB
1
TRAINMEN OF
ENGLAND MAY
START STRIK
OPPOSITION. TO CONSCRIPTION
TAKES SHAPE OF THREATsI
: FROM unions:;) ." 1 tj
G0TERNMENT ADMITS I
A SERIOUS DILEMMA
Miners Have Also Voiced Objection,
Threatening to Strike if Forced
Into Army Want Wealthy Classes
to Exhaust Their. Means Before
Labor Is Called to Fight.
Ixmdon, Jan. 14. The National
Railwaymen's union has defied, -the
government to enact thee conscription
bill. The executive committee hinted
an immediate general strike of trails
poitntion lines is due ff the bill is
passed. They have introduced a reso
lution saying; "Unless the govern
ment is prepared to confiscate wealth
of privileged classes for more sue-
cessful prosecution of the war, rail
road workers wilL resist, to.e, utter
most any confiscation of men1 whose
only wealth is labor ptmt."".'
Tine government,. )sccuBkMiiy
concerned over this andf ttWpy mbif rF
adoption of anti-conscriptloM wsilu-
tions. Premier AsoUitlilltaai foW.
ferred informally with'ia'blnerrnlra
bers and it is rumored, is trying to :
amend the bill to ' eliminate miners
and railroaders, from r its operation. '
, hi
KAISER'S STATUS PUBLIC.
Officially Signed Article Cites Condi-
, ' .: tion of RuiesvuvKlj
. New York,' Jan. J4. In'respdhlae'to
inquiries wardfei "Hie ttettttf 'Wwtir
of the Kajsers illness, Chaneellof'yon
Uethmann-Holweg has'it'cabled"-' the
United Press the followhig: v.tioii !
"Berlin. Jan. 14.-Conyrilfhted-;
His Majesty has received guests' every
evening. He meets,1 ; iris '"audiences, '
ministers' of state and officers of'hlgn
rank for daily conferences: The Kaiser
walks in the palace gardens whew the
weather permits. He haft never been
confined to his bed,; and 'lwni';lery .
shortly resume his eusrtoniary activi- ,
ties. ,' :- '! i-iwvr .
(Signed) Von Bethrriann-Holwefc."
Ccttinje Occupied.1
Viertha. Jan. 14. Austrinns'1 have
occupied Cettinje, it is; officially'; an-
noqnced. Troops have1 "entered' -tho.
city, which was unharmed, and are ,
pursuing the defeated enemy. . The
populace remained calm.': "- , i
Armistice Reported.
There is no confirmation of the "re- .
port that Montenegro and Austria
have reached an armistice. f.
DANCE CANCELLED. ,
On Account of Storm the Gaiety Club
Will Not Meet Tonight. , .
. Id
Due to the prevailing storm today,
there will be no meeting of tho Gaiety
Dancing club this evening. Tho date
has been sot for a week from tonight.
British Lieutenant Wins a Bride
London, Jan. 14. Ono of the real
romances of the war will culminate
soon -at Amsterdam in the marriage
of Lieut. H. G. Rawlins, Bournemouth,
Eng., formerly of Seattle, Wnsh., to
Miss E. Do Jong. At the outbreak
of the war Lieutenant Rawlins, liv--
ing in Seattle, enlisted at tho office of
the British consul there. Returning
to England, he was commissioned an
officer in the Royal Nav-a.l Division
and went to Antwerp with Winston
Churchill's naval brigade. Rawlins
met his future bride in the military
hospital at Amsterdam after his bri
gade wis forced to retreat into Hol
land. The hospital was in charge of
Dr. De Jong, who often brought his
comely daughter to visit the wounded.
It was love at first sight when she
saw Lieutenant Rawlins. i
Why He Is not the King of Greece
London, Jan. 14. Fate only, it be
came known today, prevented : the
Earl of Derby, present Director of
Recruiting, from being in the royal
shoes of King Constance of Greece.
In 18G2 Prince Otto of Bavaria, then
King of Greece, was forced to abdi
cate. In 181)3 the Earl of Derby,
Prime Minister of England and grand-,
father of the present Ear), was offer
ed the Hellenic throne,. He refused
it. Had he accepted, kM British Di
rector of Recruiting today would be
Oretron Flour to New York.
Albany, Ore. Jan. 14. A car loaded
with 40 tons of flonr-wns shipped
from the Red Crown myV pf tjii.1 city
lirect to New York yesterday, i A.';W.
Bowersox, manager of itbs mill, says
that this is the first time fit, 17 years
that he 'has been in the business in this
city that such a shlrrnvnit hrjs been
m.ide tn New York. He hays big ship- .
men!s tm-e been made to. various Other
parts of the world, however,
TT