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VOLUME XVI
STATE LEGISLATURE iS HOW
READY TO MAKE LAWS AT SALEM
MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES
WILL COME UP FOR
" " CONSIDERATION
SIX PER CENT LIMITATION
WILL ENFORCE ECONOMY
Sight-Hour Law For Women Whereby
Women Will Not Work More Than
48 Hours a Week Is Proposed At
tempt will Be made to Reduce Ap
propriation for Charities. :
Salem, Jan. 8. (United Press) R.
IV. Stanfield was unanimously elected
speaker and Gus C. Moser President
ff Senate.
Salem, Jan. 8. (United Press)
With many important measures pend
ing the Oregon state legislature con
vened here today for its first 1917
session.
The most pressing matters to be
disposed of are an eight-hour day law
for women, the "bone"-dry amend
ment and the keeping within the six
per cent tax limitUon amendment.
The latter will necessitate rigid
economy. It is understood that an
effort will be' made to eliminate the
appropriations which have heretofore
been made for religious and charit
able work.
Under the plea of economy a clause
in the state constitutioon forbidding
the making of appropriations for re
ligious institutions' upkeep will be in
voked The point to be decided is
whether this clause forbids appropri
ations for the support of charities.
Considerable funds for good roads
will be asked, according to advance
reports. A special tax may be levied
for this movei'.oni if the Measure
passes. i , i
.The woman's eight-hour law will
not restrict women to eight hours a
t'ay if passed, but it will limit them to
48 hours a week. The idea behind this
law is that women may work more
than eight hours five days a week,
and have Saturday half holidays.
Today's Proceedings.
Salem, Jan. 8. (United Press)
House convened at 10:20 and the Sen
ate at 10:30. Senator Hawley was
named temporary President. John
"W. Cochran, Portland, was elected
Senate chief clerk. Organization com
riittees were appointed. The Senate
credentials committee reported no con
tests. Dr. J. E. AlMerson was elected
temporary House President. W. F.
Drager was elected temporary Chief
Clerk. The selection of the organiza
tion committee occupied only three
minutes.
Associate Just:ce Moore swore in
the new House members. All were
present except Mr. Gore of Douglas,
and Jackson, were detined at home
on personal business.
L. E. Bean nominated Stanfield for
speaker. Mrs. Thompson of Hood Riv
er and Wasco, seconded the nominu.
tion. George Brownell also seconded
it.
Mr. Forbes moved the nominations
be closed. The House voted unanim
ously in favor of Stanfield. Bean and
Kubli escorted Stanfield to the chair.
Justice Moore administered the oath.
Gus C. Moser of Portland, was elec
ted Senate President. Justice Moore
swore in Moser and spoke briefly .ex
pressing his appreciation.
"HANDSOME OLIVER"
IS IN THE LIMELIGHT
MYSTERIOUS PERSON WHOSE R EAL NAME IS CHARLES II. WAX
FIGURES IN A $50,000 BREA CH OF PROMISE SUIT TINY RAE
TANZER IS SUING FORMER D ISTRICT ATTORNEY JAMES W.
OSBORNE QUESTION IS WHO FLIRTED WITH HER "HAND
SOME OLIVER" OR OSBORNE.
BY GEORGE MARTIN.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
New York, Jan. 7. The stage is tit
in federal court here today for the
entrance of handsome "Oliver Os
borne," self- confessed starter of a
?50,000 breach of promise suit be
tween tiny Rae Tanzer and former
District Attorney James W. Osborne.
If this debonair and charming man
with the smile is identified by Rae as
the man who flirted with her on the
?2nd street subway platform and aft
erward made love to her at
closer range, the wealthy and re
putable former official, James W. Os
borne, will have proved his conten
tion that fce never saw or heard of the
woman who sued him for $50,000 fo
breach of promise.
AUTOMOBILE
TIKE
STEPS
AUTO SHOW
.Show Committee Is At Work Orga
nizing the Dealers for the Purpose
and There Is No Doubt That La
Grande Will Have Automobile Show
Date Not Set.
The automobile men held an enthus
iastic meeting at the Y. M. C. A. Sat
urday night and took further steps to
facilitate the proposed automobile
show.
The show committee was instructed
to circulate an agreement among the
dealers who desire to take part in the
show and. also an outline of a consti
tution and bylaws were adopted to
serve as the basis of the proposed or
ganization. Another meeting will be held Fri
day night , at which reports of com
mittee will be in shape for definite
action.
As it stands now there is no doubt
that La Grande will have its first au
tomobile show, probably in March or
April.
Germans Announce
1
Capture of Focsani
! Berlin, via Sayville, Jan. 8. (Unit
ed Press) It is announced that the
Germans captured Focsani, one hun
dred and fifty miles north of Buehs-
rest, iniriy-nine nunarea prisoners
were taken. The Germans stormed a
position south of Milcovn.
Funeral of Mrs. Chambers.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
Mary Chambers, who died in La
Grande Friday, were held in Baker
Sunday afternoon at the Welch chapel.
Mrs. Chambers is the mother of Mrs.
Phy of this city.
OFFICIAL SITS IN SEAT
"RESERVED' BY OPPONENT
I Sacramento, Jan. 8 (United Press)
When Frank Eskward was elimina
. ted as his Republican opponent for a
1 seat in the legislature by the primary
. election months ago, John D. Willard,
uilso a republican, came here and "re
served" his scat in the assembly. To
day Eskward, who left the republi
cans after his primary defeat, ran on
I another ticket and was elected, sat
(down in Eskward's "reserved" sent,
i i
PORTUGAL JOINS WAR
Officers of Their Expeditionary Force
j Arrive At Western Front.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS. .
j British Western Front, January 5.
(United Press) (Delayed in trans-
' mission) Portuguese expeditionary
force officers arrived preparatory to
joining the western front fighting.
This marks the beginning of Portu
gal's actual participation in hostili
ties. It is understood that the Por
tuguese army is plentifully equipped
with seventy-five millimeter guns.
The concrete situation to be dealt
with Monday is whether the woman is
guilty of perjury in swearing that
James W. Osborne actuully was tho
man who flirted with, then promised
to marry her.
But the center of interest will bo
the mysterious "Oliver" himself. It
was only after a chase of several
years, involving expenses running int)
several comfortable fortunes, that the
elusive "Oliver," whose existence
James W. has assorted from the be
ginning but of whom no trace was
found until recently, was caught un
der another of his many other names,
in Chicago.
Miss Tanzer and her attorney",
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AH INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS
LA GRANDE. OREGON. MONDAY.
DAYTON GIRL REJECTS MARRIAGE TO MOTHER
CHILDREN
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MARGARET MAYER AND THE BROTHER AND SISTKRS FOR
WHOM SHE SACRIFICED MARRIAGE CHANCE.
"Blood ties are stronger than love ties," says Miss Margaret Mayer,
17-year-old Dayton gtrl, who has just rejected her engaged lover,
William Nevll, 19. to mother her brother and two sisters. . Loo, 14,
Mamie, 10. and Frances, 8, have been under Miss Mayer's caro sinco
their mother died three years ago. "A girl owes tt to her mother's
memory," says Miss Mayer, "to fill the vacancy caused by her death."
THREE KILLED
SIX FATALLY
Port Angeles, Jan. 8. (United
Press) Conductor Clyde Gibson and
two track laborers were instantly
killed, twenty-two injured, six fatally,
when a new fill on tho Twin River
Extension collopsed. The engine and
tool car rolled 100 feet down an em
bankment. Engineer Harry Legcar,
despite terrible burns, walked half a
mile and telephoned for help.
Immigration Bill Adopted.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. (United
Press) The Senate adopted the con
ference report on the immigration bill
by a vote of fifty-six to ten. It
empowers Japan to regulate Japanese
immigration.
HOOSIER WOMAN HACKS LAW
TAKE CORSETS OFF SISTERS
Indianapolis, Jan. 8 (United Press)
A law to prohibit women wearing
corsets will be advocated before the
Indiana legislature now in session, by
Mrs. Anna Hoeltke Lee of this citv. I
Mrs. Lee declares corsets cause more
Vlamage than whiskey and have de
stroyed more people than drugs.
Mrs. Lee herself weighs about 100
pounds and wears well a one-piece
dress and admits she comes nearer
being a Venus de Mile than a woman
with a seventeen-inch waist. ,
Christian Church Holds
Home Coming Day
The Christian Church held its
"Home Coming Duy" yesterday, with!
r. good attendance and great enthus-1
iusm. Great interest was taken in the
report of the church work. The pastor i
f.ave an uiuKiraicu icciure at nigni
on the "Life of Christ", using a stere
cptican. The pictures were very
clear and suggestive.
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HURT N WRECK
THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
JANUARY 8, 1917.
Buffalo Bill is
Dying in Denver
Denver, Jan. 8. (United Press)
Doctor East announced that W. F.
Cody's condition was unchanged with
practically no hope of recovery.
Owing to extreme weakness the
proposed trip to Cody, Wyoming, Buf
falo Bill's old home, was abandoned.
He is dying at his sister's home.
Neutrals Will Hold
Conference in Havana
BY ROBERT J. BENDER.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. (United
Press) The United Press learned
that international lawyers will meet
in Havana on January 22 to discuss
an international code to protect the
neutral's liberties and that President
Wilson and Iansing originally pro
posed the scheme. British commer
cial interference and German subma
lines are the main reason behind the
movement. Loading North and South
American experts are participating.
Lumberman Seeks
a Milder Climate
Duluth, Minn., Jan. 8. (Special)
Chilled with the icy winds of North
ern Minnesota, and seeking a more
congenial climate, Charles Johnson, a
hardy lumberman from Aitkin, enlist
ed in the United States Marine Corps
here today, and was immediately
transferred for training at Mare Is
land, Californa.
"The lumberjacks can't stand the
cold this winter,'' said Johnson, while
asserting that hundreds of men in
ured to the hardships of life in the
woods are leuving the lumber camps,
owing to the unusual severity of the
weather.
Johnson requested to be sent with
the Marines to Santo Domingo or thf
Philippines as soon as possible, as hr
is convinced that a long sojourn nea
the equator wil be necessary to
thoroughly thaw him out.
HELD IN LA GRANDE, APRIL 24 AND 25.
UBSXVitt-
WLSON
TUMULTY III LEAK NOTE
F.i: IBS HUBS:
suit iHBE ii
Representatives of Various Organiza-
" tions Including Grange and Farm-i
t TI A A a. wr l. m 1 . i i
ers union rK "J "
Revise State Road Laws So As To
Get Federal Aid, Economy and Ef
ficiency.
Fred L. Meyers, cashier of the La j
Grande National bank, has returned
from attending the state conference
on good roads at Portland. Mr. Mey -
ers ana mr. j. k,. Ainswonn oi ron- . f ir8t witness before the House Rules
land represented the State Bankers , Committee investigating the leak of
association at the conference at which ' the peace note. He denied all knowl
C. E. Spence represented the stale ' edRe of the leak. He denied giving
grange and O. W. Taylor the state 8ny information to B. M. Baruch and
realty association and J. D. Brown the declared he did not know about Presi- .
Farmers Union and Robert Smitn ths uent Wilson's peace not until after
Eaxpayers league. ' advance copies had been given news-
The conference is at work trying papermen.
to harmonize the stato good roads He said: "I am still awaiting Rep- -laws
so as to realize revenue in order jesentative Woods' apology for impli
to be entitled to receive the fcde-al eating me." '
appropriation of over one million d"!-' He read a statement from Presi- '
lars within the next fwt- yearn, anJ.'dent Wilson saying: "I wish, in jus-
also to secure for the taxpayer. the
most value for their. road taxis
At the meeting, the. proposal was
discussed to license automobiles by
providing that each automobile should
pay 30 cents a horsepower was dis
cussed, and also that automobile
trucks should pay in proportion to
their tonnage.
The problem of equitably taxing au
tomobiles in proportion to the wear
and tear that they do to the roads is
very difficult, but there was cnsid
erable sentiment that the 30 cents a
horsepower proposal , was about as
equitable as any. Under the plan a
Ford car would puy about $6 a year. .
There -was some discussion of revis
ing the road laws so as to do away
with the present road supervisor sys
tem and also of substitutes to take its
place.
At further conferences the final
agreement will be reached, and the
legislative committee will submit leg
islation to the present session of the
legislature.
The desire is to work out a har
monious system of road laws undor
which efficiency and economy can be
secured and steady progress made to
ward securing good roads. It was
stated at the meeting that Oregon is
in the front rank so far as road ex
penditures are concerned, and it is de
sired to increase the effectiveness of
each dollar expended.
Senator Owen Wants
ToCurbFederalJudges
Washington, 1). C, Jan. 8. (United
Press) Senator Owen offered a joint
resolution providing any federal judge
declaring a congressional act uncon
stitutional be convicted of judicial
usurption and removed by the presi
dent who should immediately nppoint
his successor.
BUSINESS MEN WILL
MEET TONIGHT AT V. M. C. A.
' Business men, professional men and
merchants will meet tonight at the Y.
I M. C. A. at :.'!0 o'clock to discuss plans
I for holding a "Pay-Up Week" in La
'Grande. This has been done in other
cities and has been found to be a
great success. The plan is in brief
I to make local money circulate a little
NEW HOMESTEAD LAW
ALLOWS
House of Representatives, Washing- j
ton, D. C, Jun. 2. (To the Editor of j
The Observer) The C10 acre stock
raising homestead luw, which has jut j
been signed by the president, hiis not
yet been printed as a law. However,
knowing tho great interest there is in
the provisions of the same among my
?onstitucnts and the readers of your1
ipper, I this morning secured for you
i copy of an advanced print made by
;he public lands committee. Am send
ng this to you in the first mail for
.he west. It occurred to me that you
night be glad to run a copy of this
aw in the next edition of your paper
'or the information of your readers as
o its exact provisions. Judging by
;he many inquiries I have had for the
same I believe the same would be read
NUMBER 171.
Eli
ERATESJ
III
UKLXAKES HIS.. PRIVATE SECRET;
TARY DID NOT KNOW OF :
IT IN ADVANCE : V
SECRETARY LANSING SAYS
PRESIDENT TYPED IT
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Secretary Tumulty Tells of Introduc
ing Ambassador Gerard at Broker- ,
age Office Thomas W. Larson De
clines to Tell of Source of Leak
Admits He Profited Says Washing
ton Leaks Are Common.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. (United
Press) Secretary Tumulty was the
tice to Mr. Tumulty, to say he stated
-the exact fact. He had no knowledge
of the note whatever until given out
for publication." '
; Representative Chipperield,; asked
Secretary Tumulty whether he visited
1 I V .. T - . TT 1 : .1
U,iui;ui aiAjvit 'uruiiei. tkv rejjiitm lie
took Ambassador Gerard to W. B.
Hibbs' Brokerage offices. ., He said
Ambassador Gerard wanted to pur
chase some bonds.
Thomas W. Lawson testifed: "Many
profited, front. theleaw. I profited
myself. There have, been supreme
court leaks alstf. This damnuble sit
uation has existed for two years. Many
citizens lost two billion dollars on ac
count of the note leak. Ten thous
and persons were ruthlessly robbed."
He refused to name the leak source,
lie said Wall Street regarded Wash
ington leaks as common. He exchanged
bitter personalities with Representa
tive Chipperfield.
Secretary Lansing gave tho history
of the note's preptMption and publica
tion. He doclnred President Wilson
nrpntn if An nic nnm I imawrif nf TTa
admitted three men, .who were not re
porters, were present when he gave
n confidential statement to the press.
He denied ever dealing on Wall Street.
THE WF.ATHF.K.
Rain in the west. Unsettled, prob
ably rain and snow in east. South
winds.
The boy who took the Gocyclc from
the Arcade Theater last night is
known return it to Arcade and no
questions will be asked.
BARTHOLOMEW IS GIVEN
LIFE SENTENCE IN PEN
Portland, Ore., Jan. 8. (United
Press) Edward Batholomew, convict
ed murderer of John Lind, slnim in the
"green trunk mystery," was sentenced
to life imprisonment. In a speech he
protested his innocense, but admitted
he wns an accomplice in the killing.
WAR ODDITIES
London, Jan. 8. (United Press)
A bevy of Irish girls are studying shell
inspection in nn English munition fac
tory oroDarntorv for the opening of
a similar plant in Ireland where fem
inine Irish patriots may do their bit.
faster, and to wipe off the books a
lots of old accounts.
640 ACRES
with eagerness.
Vcrv truly yours,
N. J. SINXOTT.
THE FERRIS filO-ACRE HOME
STEAD LAW
(In the brief period since the enact
ment of this law the Interior Depart
ment has not had time to compile
rules and reflations governing the
entry of lands under the provisions of
this legislation. Pending the compila
tion of official rules and regulations
the following general comments and
explanations have been prepared for
the benefit of those seeking Informa
tion on the subject)
1. The provisions of the law per-
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