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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY S3, 108.
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SI III RANKS
Hundreds of Btudenta from the col
leges and universities of Argentina,
Rrazll, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Mexico,
the United States and other countries
of the new world are here today i far
the International Congress of Ameri
can studentB, which will open a week's
session tomorrow. Many graduates
of leading universities of the United
States are now employed In Monte
Video, Buenos Ayres, Rio de Janeiro
and other South American cities and
are in attendance at the congress.
DEFEHSEWILL
CLOSE MONDAY
EXAMINE HYPOTHETICAL
QUESTION IN ADVANCE.
BRYAN FEARS STRENGTH
OF HIS OPPOSITION.
JebVaskaa Leader Will Visit Wash-'
tngton to Probe Mutter of Opposi
tion From lariiii'iiilal Democratic
Members l.cllo M. Shuw Hug
Confidence of Winning the Presi
dential Noiniiiulioii if Ho lull Lund
' liie Ioua IR-li-gullon In Full
Strength.
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SUCH IS HATE OF ;
THE CANAL EXCAVATION.
Delayed Steamer Adriatic Has Ar
rived ' and Four Passengers on
Hoard Who Are Witnesses, Will Ap
pear in Court Monday Morning
Will lie No Wrangling Over Long
Questions As They Are Scrutinised
TMtay Experts on the Stand Mon
day.
Washington. D. C. Jan. 25. The
js'.'t!-! r "'"' billing tonight ",,r,ns ,,,e Mom" of ''" Mwrt"
when Col. W. J. Brvan arrive, for a ' R'eavalcd Than
Any nine iTevious . toiiii oi a,
2lK),n.1 Cubic Yards for the Past
Mouth According to Report Pub
lished Oetolier Nearest ConiletlU)r
With 1,868,720 Yards.
New York, N. Y., Jan. 23. With
the arrival of four witnesses on the
steamer Adriatic, Attorney . Littleton
can make good his promise to close
the Thaw defense by Monday night
The first draft of hypothetical ques
tions which will be asked of experts
three days sojourn and many proml
Annt persons In the denn cratic pirtv
Will confer with noted democrats. i
There Is a rumor that a movement
' . Is on foot to dissuade Bryan from
running and that Bryan Is coming to
, , Washington to find out If this move
' ' ment has backing of Influential dem
ocrats. The Nebraskan believes that
. the opposition to his was fostered by
bolters of 1896.
, Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 25. Leslie
M. Shaw expects to be a candidate for
the republican nomination for presi
dent if he can get the Iowa dolega
Vjtfcn. ;;' "With the vote of Iowa as a rally
point, my chances will be better than
any one elne except Taft, unless the
latter wins on the first ballot, which
I cannot believe he will do," Shaw
said to his friends.
Shaw will make his fight In Iowa
to secure the endorsement of the re
publican convention, which meets In
March. With that backing he will
carry his campaign throughout the
jnlddle west.
has
O'Reilly to Prosecutor Jerome, for his
examination. This was done to omit
tiresome wrangling In court after ex
perts are sworn in.
Washington, Jan. 25. The former
record for excavation on the Panama
canal has again been broken and as
I figures for the month of December
show, the two-minute per yard limit
having been passed for the first time.
The total for last month was 2,200,-
539 cubic yards.. The largest preced
ing monthly record was that of Oc
tober when 1,868,729 cubic yards was
taken out. In the Culebra division
the million yard limit was not only
reached, but passed for the first time
on record. In December 1,025,486
yards were taken out.
Congress of Student.
Montevideo, Uruguay. Jan.
25.
Fencing Case Dismissed.
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 25. The
case against Thomas B. Armstrong,
a stockman of Shasta county, indicted
for illegal fencing of public lands
was dismissed today by Judge DeHa
ven In the federal court, because
Thayer had removed the fences.
utn-.'-t"" hv Attorney
FXCLUD
JAPANESE FOREIGN OFFICE
ISSUES IMMIGRATION EDICT.
ears It must rebuild at Uast 90 miles
of single track and put Into operation
not less than 1200 new cars.
Nearly 20,000 people, creditors.
bondholders and stockholder! of, the
old Union Traction system, are direct
ly affected by the sale, while 2,000,-
000 people of Chicago will also bene
fit by a better and bigger traction
system. The sale today was held un
der the direction of H. W. Bishop.
who was appointed a special master
commissioner by the court .
Unless Japanese Can Show That They
Have Relative in Hawaii, They
Cannot Take Ship for Tliat Port
Steamship Conimnles Seriously Ob
jecting, Rut Without Avail Gun
bouts Sent to Scene, of Rebelloln
Near Hayti lo Irotect Interests.
HURN8 IHNDICAP RUN.
Sea of Mud Scene of Dig Rare on the
Emeryville Track Tills Afternoon.
Emeryville, Jan. 25. With a track
ankle-deep In mud the great Burns
handicap will be run this afternoon
over the Emeryville track, with prob
ably 12 or 13 starters. Montgomery,
Rifleman and Clamor pre picked by
handlcappers to be in the money, but
the uncertain condition of the track
has sent dopeists up In the air, and
adds greatly to the Interest of the
event. Montgomery Is compelled to
carry 128 pounds, Rifleman 125
Clamor 105 and Loglstllla 115. Joe
Coyne Is given 103 pounds.
Tokio, Jan. 25. A decree was is
sued from the foreign office today
prohibiting all Japanese Immigration
to Hawaii unless the person desiring
to leave could show that they had
relatives there. The order prohibit
ing Immigration to America and Mex
Ico will be rigidly enforced. Man
ci nan nf attH iiikiii i, , Ji:.!? r
protested to the foreign office but
without any result.
Gunboat to the Scene.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 25. The
gunboat Paducah left New Orleans
for St. Marie, Hayti today, to pro
tect American Interests and will be In
TEH III OF
EICHTY-FIVE AT
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ONE MAN LEFT IN EACH
DEPARTMENT TODAY.,
1 CONFESSINC
CASE AGAINST HALL
'IX)SEI AHOl'T MONDAY,
MCurdy Home Again.
New York, Jan. 25. Richard A. Mc
Curdy, with his wife, son and daugh
ter-ln-law, returned to this city from
Europe today, for the first time since
the Insurance Investigations.
I'ranklln P. Mays No Ixingcr Undc
Charge of Ind Fraud or Illegal
Fencing of Public Domains, for. Ilia
4'a Was Dismissed Tills Morning
Then Takes the Stand aim u
Government's Tool Throughout 'the
Day Other Evidence Taken.
Round House Manned to a Certain
Degree .ltli One Man Doing Work'
In Facli Scarale Department Be-.
Ilcvcd to lie Scheme to Reduce Ex
pciiHca Each Month and Will Oc
cur Again 'Toward the Latter Part
of Each Month Until Rocuiieroted.'
Portland, Ore., Jan. 25. Franklin
P. Mayes, another of the co-defend-
easy call should the revolution spread "ta with John Hall and Edwin Mays
to Santo Domingo. The gunboat the tanu iraua cases, appearea oe-
fore Judge Hunt this morning ana
the case against him was dismissed.
Thousands Face Starvation. He then took the stand and was the
New York, Jan. 26. The poor have I government s principal witness of the
their troubles, as well as the rloh of morning session.
Eagle Is now patrolling the coast
this big city. Statisticians estimate
that 175,000 men and women are now
out of employment and are wander
ing the streets of New York, faring
starvation. One of the most pitiful
cases of extreme poverty yet reported
was that of Eugene Raile, a young
(Jermnn composer and musician, who
came near forfeiting his life In order
that his wife might be provided for
and that he could continue work on
an opera which he hopes will place
him In the front ranks of musical
composers.
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1 Inventor y and Yeafs-End Saejj
:t This Week-Unusual Price Reducing in Nearly Every Line ti
-Ladies, Childrens, Mens and Boys Departments Liberal
t; ly Represented.
Address by Haywood.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 25. By a
unahlmous vote today, William D.
Haywood was Invited to address the
convention of the United Mlneworkers
of America on Monday.
Mays testified that he acted as
Steiwer'a attorney in the original case
against. Stelwer, charging htm with
fencing In public lands And that he
went to Hall and attempted to influ
ence the latter to bring a civil Instead
of a criminal, suit.
J. W. Rennlck, a special agent, teS'
titled that Hall sent him fnto eastern
Oregon to investigate the Stelwer
fence. When he returned, be test!
fled, he told Hall that the fence was
still up. "Then," he said, "Hall de
clarcd that he would prosecute Stel
wor." The government will probably
close its case Monday.
SELL cum
INTIMIDATE IIOOZE FIGHTERS,
LIUor Interests of Georgia Resort to
Dynamite in Fights.
We are in the midst of our Stock Inventory and find in every department lines more
or less broken, which must be disposed of, and will be MARKED DOWN FOR QUICK
SELLING-To profit by these "TRULY BARGAINS" you must visit our store often, as every It
Columbus, C.a., Jan. 25. Dynamlt
Is being used by Georgia liquor Inter
ests to frighten active leaders In th
Law and Order league, which Is an
slstlng In the enforcement of the
liquor prohibition law. Last night
bombs were exploded In front of the
residence of the president of the
r-hi. T.n 9KiTn,ir nr. Iague and two ministers, and a warn
of foreclosure ordered by Judge Peter
day will bring forth new bargains.
$25.00 Ladles' Suits $19.45 115.00 Ladles' or Misses Coats .$7.45
122.50 Ladles' Suits $11.35 $11.50 Ladles' or Misses' Coats .$6J0
$20.00 Ladles' Suits $8.95 $10.00 Ladles' or Misses' Coats .$4.95
$15.00 Ladles' Suits $7.45 $7.60 Ladles' or Misses Coats .$$.70
$10, $12.50, $14.10 Ladies' Suits $4.25 $6.00 Mlsses6 and Chllds Coats $3.45
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It 400 Boxes Andrew Jergen's 25c Toilet Soaps QA
:t Tfic Week, oer box t;
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$3.00 to $4.10 Boys' Overcoats . .$1.45
60c to 65c Boys' Shirts 23c
Odd lot Boys' 26c and 35c Caps ..Ve
65c Boys' Outing Night Shirts ...38c
$1.25 Ladles', heavy Outing Flan
nel Waists, this week 25c
25c to $5c Ladies' Collars . .. ... . . .15c
60c, 65c and 75c Ladles Belts ...,25c
1c
10c Key Rings, this week.
2 lamp wlkcs. this week . .
2 School Rulers, this week
2 bunches Wire Hair Pins .
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With 10 men out of a force of ,
about 86 working, there Is a strange
silence about the machine shops and
various other departments of the O.
R. N. yards today, as a result of ,
the orders received yesterday to doss
all departments exc-tnn. , .. rc""5 ;
ouse, for the 25th of January.
These 10 men Include one machin
ist, one bollermaker, one blacksmith,
car Inspectors and the remainder ItC
round house employes.
While the order causing the lay-off
deals with today only, and future
movements of the company officials
are unknown here, It seems likely
that the tactics of '84 will again bs
adopted. At that time the force
would be kept from work occasionally
as the finances of the company would
allow. Each month the company cal
culates, on figures supplied by each
division point, about the 25th, of the
month, just what sum is at hand to
devote to repair and Improvement In
each shop, and it that point Is over
reaching the limit, the force Is laid
off for a day or long enough to make
up the deficiency.
This system, it Is believed, will be
in vogue on the O. R. & N. systems
during the winter. As a result of this
belief machinists who are idle today
have figured out that they will be
taken back next Monday morning and
kept busy until Jjbe latter part of.
February on work hours similar to
those now existing., " At that time, if
finances are cramped at headquarters
or If the sum devoted to La Grande
will be exhausted before the month
la out, another lay-off will occur. .
The pessimistic rumors of yesterday
have given away to the belief that
today occurencos will not happen
until the latter part of next month."
TRACT ON SYSTEM
S. Grosscup of the United States cir
cuit court, the properties of the Chi
cago Union-. Traction company, the
North Chicago Street Railway com
pany and the West Chicago Street
Railway company were sold at auc
tion at noon today. The Chicago
Railway company, organized to take
over the franchise voted by the city
council some months ago, was the
only bidder. The foreclosure sale
and the purchase of the properties
by the new corporation marks the
end of the traction warfare which
has raged In Chicago for several years,
The sale was merely a form to com
ply with the plan for the rehabilitation
of the traction system. The Chicago
Railways company will give its secur
ities In exchange for the stock of the
old companies. The lease of the new
corporation on all the lines of street
railway operated by it will expire on
February 2, 1927.
The sale was ordered by the court
under the consolidated forecuseure
suits of the Central Trust company
and the Guaranty Trust company of
New York and the Fidelity Trust
company of Philadelphia
Following the acceptance on Feb
ruary 1 of the ordinance by which the
Chicago Railways company will come
into the possession of the traction
properties affected by the sale, the
company will Immediately begin the
reconstruction and Improvement of
the lines 'and service at a total cost
of $12,000,000. Within the next three
ing was posted on his gate, read: .
This Is but a warning. If don't
heed It, you will be extremely sorry."
Weather Korwfcxi.
Eastern Oregon and Washington-
Fair tonight and Bnuday.
Idaho Rain or snow.
LONDON IS SAFE.
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 25.' Jack
London, the author, and Mrs. London',
who were reported dead yesterday,
stepped oft the steamer Mariposa
this morning. The Mariposa halls
from Tahiti via Honolulu and It is
not known where the London board
ed her. The much-advertised seven
year' trip ' around the world In the
Snark, however, evidently has bees
Indefinitely postponed.
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