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I ': 1A GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1U8.- - , ; HARTMI I Mil i'::!a!herHnriTtir nmroi liirimini.., L,. ' 1 v'b. i llini I I In I I HlJ i weaoing. rue I V L 11 I I I L 111 U LI V III Kl I V I Ulll 111 I' - .uu OUBe. I nese two Ida- " iMti. urn . , . -jr wiu De a simple one and I. II n I I I I II I II III 11 r I r If 1 1 1 HT III I I Mill I! III ' the home of the parents of the .. . " m uamittu srjr.st w h y km ttmimn I v HUME ; v FEDERAL TROOPS WILL BE SENT IMMEDIATELY. Order to Preserve Quiet and Order, readent Roosevelt Has Announced . . Thai Troops Are to Be Sent There " fl; Once Martial Law Has Been In etituted to Prevent Disorders by the Striking Miner Plan Big OamlTal Next Slimmer. Washington, D. C, Feb. 1$. Pres Wsnt Rooaerelt announced this mora ine that h has decided to send fed eral troopa to Fairbanks, Alaska, to preserve order among; - the striking miners. The nrMn iwiinnj 3 a-. until he was convinced' that unless he took action, disorder might resultv Martial Law Reigns. Ok Fa,bank, Alaska, Feb. II. Mar tial law has been declared in Fair banks. Marshal .Berry has sworn In 100 deputies. All saloons are closed and the city is quiet . District Attor ney Harlan has been ordered to Fair banks to attend to any criminal ac tion that might arise out of Importa tion of new men to man the mines.' Plan Fistic Carnival. Fairbanks, Alaska, Feb. 1$. If - plans now in process of. formation go j to completion, one of the largest fls tic carnivals ever held in the west, will take place at Fairbanks, Alaska, on July 4. It Is proposed to raise a 'purse of $60,000 and hold four big Matches in the heavy, middle, light find featherweight clnsscs. Contests In rock drilling and driving for purses " of. f 5000 each, will also be given, knottier American Duchess Soon. New York, Feb. 13. With the mnrrlnge of Miss Theodora Shonts and the Due de Chaulnes but two days t dii.a)nt, New York society Is begin ning to manifest almost as much in- is ft mm mm mm m -a ? troller Metz, and IIIViriY Skpi III I ' Kill h should the ; ' aa, aflfafa 40-1 Ing concerns not . --ir remainder will be "W'VliywrniUJ'HUJ IffCCn Py12$&' corporate sotck. ' ; It : : Tlife ef. -ml. .' fl JVf F A It stock to provide M. enwiatn crf Dererif ziun in ou . AX kM I ten 2,boo,ooo stOCk..in Rhrlt Vnil RIvL D-.,m, miJ -II I A S -: 'iMKhi (construction of tl AriU-llmM Xt railroad; 11.000. - ties in every conceivable color-in the new strings. -'?fVfrJ ; for the construct! i A.' i.' -i . . . . ' ntLVi Public Library pmiu aim qikchs, am a gooa assortment in light m&WlPw ! park; 8,1 of thme , ... ..... L.,: i ,iT7.T; s i irr. vl Z?lhond: 11 Ran Ann $30.00 Skirls $20.00 $20.00 Skirts $13.3 27.50 Skirts 17.34 18.50 Skirts 12.34 25.00 Skirts 16.67 17.50 Skirts 11.67 22.50 Skirts 15.00 . 15.00 Skirts -10.00 -9" All SKIRTS AT REDUCED IX Hi . ;t:t:n:;nt;nnn::t;:;n:;:;:; terest In the event as In the recent Bndcrbllt-Szechenyl wedding. The ceremony will be a simple one and will be performed Saturday at noon In the home of the parents of the bride, 12S East S5th street Monslg nor M. J. Lavelle, rector of St Pat rick's cathedral, who married Mtsa Gladys Vanderbllt and Count Szech- enyi, will perform the ceremony. It Is ttated on good authority that the Due de Chaulnea will recelve'no "dot from Mr. Shonts, although It Is HkeJy that Miss Theodora will be the recip ient of a liberal cash wedding gift Reversing the usual order of things, the Due de Chaulnea' and Miss Theo dora Shonts will not go to Europe on their honeymoon. The Due and his bride Intend to make a tour of this country. Miss Shonts haa traveled more ex tensively In Europe than in her owa country, so the pair probably will take a trip to the south, and may go as far as the Pacific coast ww Fitmifirc w s isiavsiBMW RAILUOAD COMMISSION MAS " FINISHED INVESTIGATION. After Taking TeHumony From Offi cials In the Southern Pacific Branch Line at Forest Grove, Where the Disastrous Wreck Orcurred Monday Night, the Oregon Railroad ' Com mission Ijcaves for Portland Track 'Reported In Bud Shape. Forest Grove, Ore., Feb. 13. The state railway commission spent the greater part of yesterday afternoon and last night taking evidence to de termine the liability for the wreck on the Southern Pacific branch line Mon day evening, in which three were killbd and almost 30 Injured. The commission will not give out Its find ings as yet, but it Is reported' that they found the track In a very bad condition. . All officials of the road were examined. The commission then left for Portland, PRICES THIS WEEK THE PAPILLON : : : SEE . B . . . . SIIIIIIIS .1 I S B BT-S BB SB BBI SST SB HE PUBLIC .T.... " The only really new waist novelrv oroduetd It for several months, made from daintiest of sheef materials with many pretty conceits in dainty ? laces and Inser tions $k.50 up uk.ni iul iniLUIl IILIILI LIULILJ lll'Ulll.U UMIil I I Ulll I II IIIU I LIIILII I ELECTRIC ROAD TRAIN AND FREIGHT COLLIDE. Special Train of Germans En Route Home to Tacoma After a Visit to Se attle Wrecked by Crashing Into Freight Train Mistaken Orders Given aa the Cauuo Seriously In jured Number Twelve, While Fif teen Others Were Badly Hurt. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 13. Fifteen people were hurt and II seriously in jured In a collision between a local freight and special car on the Seattle Tacoma Electric railway, five miles south of here at I o'clock this morn ing. The special was carrying a dele gation of Tacoma Germans who had attended a feeling of the Seattle Lie darkrans here. They left Seattle for their' homes at 1:30 and about 10 minutes later crashed Into a north bound freight near Georgetown. Four of the most seriously Injured were taken to the hospital at George town. All are In a precarious condi tion. A mistake in orders Is supposed to be the cause of disaster. Hearing of Rata Reduction, Nashville. Tenn., Feb. 13. A hear ing will be held tomorrow by the Ten nessee railroad commission, at which Presidents M. H. Smith of the Louis ville & Nashville railroad, J. W. Thorn as of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis railroad and J. T. Harahan of the Illinois Central railroad will ap pear before that bedy for further con sideration of the question of reducing railroad passenger rates In Tennessee Portland Principal Arrested. Portland. Feb. 13. C. E. Hughes principal of the University Park school was arrested today on a warrant sworn out by the father of a young pupil charging the principal with maltreat Ing the student while endeavoring to administer a whipping. The principal denies cruelty. MODEL WAIST i CUT : :: WrtftPUU UKUK1N WILL ASK FOR AND AD INTERIM APPOINTMENT. Roosevelt Wll! Yet Be Able to Name Sfhuebel as Federal District Attor ney If TowtiMend Cm Be Appointed Ad Interim to Relieve Bristol lee ton Turned Down' After Delegation Haa Derided Upon Him Can Thaa Overcome Schaebel Opposition. Washington, D. C, Feb. 13. Special Prosecutor Francis J.' Heney has evolved a plan wherebv he hones to thwart the United States senate in Its Intention to defeat Roosevelt In the matter of appointment of federal dis trict atotrney for Oregon. Heney has recommended that Attorney Cleeton, iwnmmniM hy Fu!tS5 ir.i the remainder of the congressional delegation from Oregon, and not op posed by Jonathan Bourne, be turned down and that B. D. Townsend. as sistant district attorney from North Dakota, be appointed ad Interim n. lievlng W C. Bristol. The ad Interim appointment can be made by a federal Judge and In the recess the president will be able to put Schuebel in the poslton. ; Fifty Million Dollar Bond Issue, New York, Feb. 13. Fifty million dollars In New York City municipal bonds will be sold tomorrow. , The In terest on these bonds Is 4 'A per cent and Controller Metz expects to obtain high prices for a part if not all of the issue. ilils Bule Is an assured success, In that J. P. Morgan & Co. are willing to take all or any part of the Issue o the flotation of the 150,000,000 Is juaranteed. The controller had been advised not to Issue the bonds Just now, in view of the recent financial conditions, but believed the high credit of the city and the excellent rate of interest were certain to make the move a good one and vindicate his financial judgment Bidders for parts of the loan, from small amounts up to millions, are looked for by Con at good prices. general public or Invest- buy them all, the taken by Morgan. sold $37,500,000 of "for various munlcl ,000,000 corporate for the supply of wa corporate stock for the the Rapid Transit 000 corporate stock on of the New York building in Bryant being 50-year term assessment - bonds for street improvements, due on No vember 1, 1117, and $1,500,000 assess ment bonds, for street and park open ings due November 1, 1917. bck u tinea is In Walla Walla at Present, Spreading Baseball Germs, and Pendleton Has so Far Advanced In the Movement Tliat a Date ol Organization Haa Bora Named Considerable Objection to Entering the Idaho Teams Expense Would Be Heavy, ' Pendleton, Feb. 13. A meeting Is to be held here February II for the purpose of forming a baseball league to be composed of the cities of Walla Walla, La Grande, Baker City and Pendleton. Jack O'Brien of La Grande, Is organizing the league. While dormant several weeks, the baseball fever haa aciln r.viv.H and from present Indications the pro ject Is a possible thing. There seems now to be but little question of the league, with the above named towns supporting teams, but the paramount question' Is relative to the applications I WEISER HUD ii KF iw n; 11 mwivi. iiiiii i in Of V. elser and Boise. These two Ida- no towns are extremely anxluim t get In the band wagon with teams, but there are several reasons advanced why this should not be. The princlDal one, however. Is the long Jumps neces sitated by having the orrlnnl fntir- town league widened to' Includa .w Fana maintain that profits would be eaten up by railroad transDortntinn rTom walla Walla to Boise Is a hn. . - " ' ... Diur tiiy tne transnnrti.. tion would be nominally easy, but take the team on to Welser and Hoi? would incur heavy expense. The re sults are that loyal fans cannot now see the logic of allowing these two cities to enter. O'Brtea bt Walla Wall. After weeks of delay and almost hopeless despair on the part of Walla Walla fans. Jack O'Brien, the organ iser, has reached that place. He win make definite announcement there to day regarding the prospects of that city Joining the league. Minu ninninnnm mm mniuuitll TOM EVANS ACQUITTED BY JURY THIS HORNING. With Inatrulons to Report Before the Court Again on February U, tlie iTescnt Term of Circuit Court Jur ors Are DiNcliarged Tills Morning Arranging Equity Docket This Af tonioon Evans Jury Out But a Hall Hour Early This Morning. ine circuit court Jurors were dis charged this morning by Judge Craw iora, wun instructions to report at the court house again on the 4th of una monm. The order came sooner than anticipated, as the criminal dock et was cleared with more haxte than at first thought Equity cases and other matters not requiring 'a ' Jury win be heard and disposed of In the meantime. This afternoon the court is arranging the docket and getting things In shape to pick up the work tomorrow, Evans Acquitted. It needed but a half hour delibera tion on the part of the Jury to free Tom Evans this morning from a charge of burglary. Evans was chang ed with having entered and robbed the Nils Holverson saloon at Hllgard re cently. He Is now. of course. fro. man again. , ' Great Masonic Conclave. Hattlesburg, Miss., Feb. 13. One of the largest Masonic conclaves ever held in the south Is In progress here, the occasion being the session of the TEHPOity iuiuiiui n. van wyaic wll Mississippi grand lodge and auxiliary preside, former Justice D. Cody Her nrnnl.iitl.tti. ln..i...' . .l ....!.. . ' organizations, indue": 1K the . Knlahts Templar, the Shrlners and the Order of Eastern Star. Hundreds of learilnv Masons areiere and are being enter tained on a magnificent scale. The conclave will continue through tomor row. ' '. ' ' ' - r? ywmiMMIIIMIIMMHmM t)iMtt Mj VAbE Splendid Assortment All 1908 Styles HILL'S DRUG STORE I La Grande m Ml SCANDAL THREATENED SCBHAmvn M4irna ...., 1 . . C LOBBY WORKERS, . Appropriations for Naval Affair It Liable to Stir Up Loud Scandal aa the House President Urged Liberal Appropriation for nattloslilps, Bat the Hoase Committee Cut Big Vea aela and Advocated Purchase Of More Sabmarinea, ' Washington. Feb. IS. An ulr scandal la threatened In the house committee on naval affairs over the recent decision to recommend appro priation for two battleships. 10 torn. do boat destroyers and eight subma rines. The Roosevelt program was for fnilV ItArtlMtitn. four submarines. Comment has been caused by the cut In battleships and Increase In sub marines. The submarines have a lobby here working for them and this is not the first time scandal haa been threatened. In fact, an InveatiMtin. was held over the report that on member had been bribed to vote for them In the 67th congress. President Supports Aldri. h. ' Washington, D. C. Feb. IS. It 'U reported here that President Roose- velt has agreed to support the Aldrich financial bill, although he believes that It Is but makeshift legislation. The president believes, however, that something should be done this ses sion In relation to financial matters and that the Aldrich measure Is the best of the bills presented with a chance of passage. ' V Will Attemt to Sink Ship, Washington, Feb. 13. Although the details are being kept secret. It is known that the navy department has almost completed Its plans for a novel test of the effect of 12-Inch shells and torpedoes agalnBt armor plate. The monitor Florida has been fitted with Plate similar to that used In the new battleships, and will be used as ,a tar get for shells and torpedoes loaded with the highest form pf explosive known. The test will take place at Indian Head, N. Y probably, some time next week, and may have a pro found effect in tho future building plans of the navy department. "Also Rana" to 8xwk. ' i New York, Feb. IS. n.fenM democratic candidates for governor of. the Empire state will have the nlares V of honor at tonight's dinner oftha'.'- Natlonal Democratic club. Former Justice Augustus A. Van Wvk will ' 7 ' tick win be the special , guest of honor, John B. Btanchfleld of Elmfra and Bird S. Coler and-"' Edward M. SheparS of Brooklyn are among those who Will speak.. ,'.;. ; - .1 . All the speeches made at the dinner will be printed In pamphlet form tor distribution among democrats. All Prices m nr,n N TliESP r'i -y- 'i - -,; I '