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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. TVESDAY, APRIL 88, IMS.
NUMBER 32t.
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COLLIER MS
COMrnEPiCIAL CLUB
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STRONG SET OF
" OFFICERS SELECTED.
John Collier, President; George Pal
mer, Vice-President; Fred G. Tay-
' lor, Secretary, and Geo. L. Clearer,
' Treasurer, Are New Club Officials
Meeting ot Board of Managers
, Held Last Evening New Club Will
j ' Start to Do Tblngi at Once.
, ; Th board ot directors of the La
Orande Commercial club, held Its first
meeting last evening In the director's
-room of the La Grande National bank.
.After an informal discussion of the In-
tents and purposes of the club, offl
cers were elected and a permanent or
ganization was perfected. John Col
lier was elected president, George Pal
mer vice-president, Fred G. Taylor
secretary, and George L. Cleaver treas
urer. Committees were appointed to
secure a proper location for the club
offices, and to dispose of the ' club
porperty now on hand. This consists
' of the furniture In the old building
:nd a few minor effects. A communi
cation was read from General Passen
:ger Agent Wm. McMurray, of the O,
R. & N., in which he stated that he
had some important plans for secur
ing some publicity for Oregon and de
sired the 'co-operation of the La
-Orande Commercial club, and would
like to meet with the club at a near
date.
the club would be pleased to meet
with him next Wednesday evening,
and It Is thought that he will be here
on that date. Other matters were dis
cussed and the matter of securing an
experienced secretary was given con
sideration and the board will take
steps to secure such an one as soon
as one can be found.
The board of managers evidently
mean business, ana within a very
short time the effects of their work
will be in evidence.
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I HAY CALL LILLY BE
FORE BAR OF HOUSE.
Bryan Men Hopeful. '
New Haven, Conn., April 8. Bry
an men are hopeful of controlling the
action of the democratic state and
congressional conventions, which met
here today and will continue through
tomorrow. - Many delegates favor an
unlnstructed delegation, but ' the
friends of the Nebraskan are confident
of securing the selection of men favor
able to his nomination as the demo
cratic standard bearer.
THE PRESIDENTS
UST Bit
SCOLDS CONGRESS FOR
INADEQUATE LEGISLATION.
Lilly is Suffering With Nervous Pros
tration and Can Attend no More
Meetings of the investigating Board
Olmstead Says Unless He Finds
Out a Few Things He Will See That
'' Lilly Is Promptly Expelled.
Washington, D. C, April 18. Rep
resentative Olmstead of the commit
tee WfllCn IS IUVUIU1M U14 U1M
Involving the Electric Boat company,
surprised Representative Lllley at
torney, Frank L. Brown of Connecti
cut, today, by declaring that Lllley
might be called to the bar of the
house and expelled because 1 of the
the Catholic church today, the papal : faur, f tne committee to unearth
benediction sent through Archbishop any tacU to iupp0rt Lllley's charges.
Farley, was read by Mgr. Dleodomei L1Iley was not present at the time.
Faiconio, tne papal delegate. ! He Is 111 at his apartments as a result
Congratulations were read from ot a nervous collapse ove rthe failure
President Roosevelt. I of the committee to et data he be.
lleves Is in existence andTwhlch would
prove his charges. ' His doctor will
not allow, him to attend any : more
Organised Labor Trying to Locate It-
. self Today Did Not Find Message
Altogether to Its Liking Big Cor
porations Also Find Themselves
Placed In Unfavorable Light Has
Decided Opinions Relative to Use
ot Boycott Anti-Tart Men See a
' Great Opportunity.
dlnal Gibbons preached the sermon at !
today's meeting. This evening there!
will be pontifical vespers In the cathe-1
dral. Mgr. Falconlo being the cele
brant, and Archbishop G'.ennon ot St.
Louis will preach.., The program for
tomorrow Includes a great mass meet
ing at Carnegie hall In the evening.
. Papal Benediction Read.
New York, April 18. Following the
centenary anniversary of the estab
lishment ot the New York diocese of
Two Vessels Remain Here,
Washington, D. C, April 8. Be
cause' the Maine and Alabama have meetings.
demonstrated that they are great coal j ,
consumers, these , battleships will Dustlwts Street,
probably not accompany the Atlantic The sight of the street sprinkler on
fleet on the trip across the Pacific, the streets makes the merchants and
and may be left on the Pacific coast citizens In general wear . the pleased
as a nucleus ,ot the new and enlarged expression which Is next to Impossible
Mr. McMurrav was notified that Pacific squadron that Is proposed. to remove from their countenances.
Some Special Good Values
in Ladies9 Suits, Caracter
isticfor Splendid Style, Su
perb Workmanship ....
And most beautiful shadings In all the popular colors In
black, brown, tan and blue, of the Cadet, Navy and Kopenhagen
hue, made from Serges, Panamas and Chiffon. Panamas In plain
white striped and self-striped weaves. Jackets trimmed In flat
braids and oriental Silks, with full Silk linings. Skirts made In
the most approved styles, and trimmed with folds, etc. - , ,
These Suits were a little late In reaching and In order to
move them quickly we priced them from 84.00 to 87.50 below
what they would ordinarily sell for. Choose one today and
tomorrow for ' ; ,
S 18.50, $0.00, $22.50," $23.00. ,
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Ladies9 Jackets
The sensible thing to buy for the woman who feels that
she cannot afford a Suit for every occasion, and for that matter
desirable for most anyone If you possess a Jacket which can
be worn with any kind of an extra Skirt, you can bo stylishly
dressed at any time and have as many changes as you desire,
at very small cost. Don't fall to Inspect our line of Jackets.
Mlhla week
1 KA.
SEVEN . DOZEN LADIES WAISTS
WORTH, ItEGULAR, 75c to $3.50,'
THIS WEEK
3V-, 8Bc and $1.18.
Waists made from Linens, Lawns
and mercerized Walstlngs, In plain
white and a few figured materials,
pleated, tucked and lace and inser
tion trimmed. Slightly .mussed and
lied, but otherwise A-l Waists. Spe-
$3.50 TO $15.00.
FREE THIS WEEK.
, And In this connection let us Im
press on your mind that we have an
Immense line of Boys' Sulta-r-too
many. In fact and will sell them to
you at Special Price Reductions for
this entire week and. In addition, will
give the boy, j
ABSOLUTELY FREE,
S9c to $1.18.
When You Buy a Suit WHY NOT Get Ml You Pay For
THE ROTAL TAILORS WILL MAKE YOU A SUIT, AND
GIVE YOC A LEGALLY-DRAWN AND SIGXED GUARANTEE
THAT IT WTUj HOLD ITS SHAPE AND STYLE UNTIL WORN
OUT. liET VB TAKE YOUR ORDER IF SUIT DOES NOT
FIT-rIKX'Ti TAKE IT. f ,,,,,; - ; - -
SM SAMPLES TO CHOOSE FROM," AT $17.50 UP. '
a good, hard-wood baseball bat,
ball, with each Suit.
and
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LA GRANDE
0REO0N
Washington, D. C, April 8$,
ganlzed labor la trying to locate It-
sen tnis morning. Alter reading tne
president's message and In particular
those portions of the message which
dealt with the labor unions and th
anti-trust and Injunction laws, they
are, figuratively speaking, wandering
about with their eyes shut, wondering
where they are at. The president de
fined their position, however, quite
sharply, as he saw it. Now it's up to
Gompers, Mitchell and. other labor
leaders to elucidate their position.
The president s attitude in regard
to the boycott' is directly opposed to
that of many labor leaders. He de
calres In his message: j
"But when labor undertakes In an
unlawful manner to prevent the dis
tribution and sale of the products of
labor, it has tcft the fold ot protec
tlon, and by Its action may be plainly
In restraint of trade."
This very bold declaration on the
eve of a presidential campaign and
nominating convention, In which the
president's favorite candidate Is al
ready severely attacked as a foe to.
labor. Is astounding. This morning
the enemies of Taft declare that de
spite this strong stand the president
takes against law-breaking corpora
tions and his evident desire to restrict
the power of Injunction, labor will
view the message as less favorable to
them than they had hoped for.
The president advocated a national
Incorporation law, and declared there
ihould be a limit placed upon the In
discriminate power of the Injunction,
but that as a legal Instrument. It
ihould be preserved as an arm of the
courts. He also declared that amend
ments to the anti-trust law were sore
ly needed and thnt In regard to greni
corporations and wealthy combina
tions the burden of proof should rest
upon them when their right to exlsl
was questioned by the government.
He assorted that a commission or a
body of some sort should be created
by congress Vlth the power to mal:;
ihcfie lnventlgatlonS and !yltoris Ir
-ognrd to thees combinations. The
irebldent scolded congress sharply fci
'.heir failure to attack the subject of
.egulatlon Jn an interesting manner,
n effective fashion, designating legis
lation on this subject u3 "uc&ulanal"
nd "Inadequate." Ho declared tha'
:he Issuance of securities of any com
bination doing Interstate . buslnes:
ihould be under the supervision of th -30vernmcnt.
In making reference to the svarula!
In collusive bidding by certain con
tractors on supplies In Boston, the
president stirred up a hornets' nest.
The contractors declare that the pres
ident has done them an Injustice.
President Smith of the Srtllth-Low-ll
Company, denied that his coflcsrn
as named In the message In connec
tion with what Is known as the "Bos
ton agreement," has never been con
cerned In any deal Involving city con
tracts. Smith declared that his com
pany has been made to act as a scape
goat for the "higher ups." Other
contractors also denounce the presi
dent for using their names. .
YOUNG MAN DEMENTED.
Mud Flat Resident Loses Mind and
Wanders About In Sad State.
' John Herman, who lives at Mud
Plat, on the road between Wallowa
and Flora, became demented recently,
conveying the Idea that two men were
on his trail. Thursday last he took
his gun and wandered ' away from
home and waa found two days later
about 40 miles to the north, where
ha was captured and taken to Enter
prise for examination.
Mr. Herman la a comparatively
young man. and up to tha time of
becoming ' mentally deranged. ', was
possessed ot ability and promise." He
haa a wife and two small children.
CHARGES
OF
TREAlHERi HEARD
j SAYS HE MIGHT ACCEPT. . ;
Longworth Thinks His Father-In-Law
Might Accept Stampeded Conveta
; tlon Nomination, '"
ENGLISH INTERESTS IN
ORIENT ARE HAMPERED.
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Well Known Fact In Japan That Eng
lish Merchants Openly Sympathise ;
With Chinese In Their Boycott oa
Japanese Trade Japanese Accused
of Dishonesty in Trade Relational
With Korea and ' Manchuria Eug
land Investigating Conditions.
Toklo, April 18. Ugly charge ot
treachery asralnat tha Mikado's occi
dental ally are heard everywhere la
Japan, because of the attitude of he;
British In regard to the Japanese pro
tectorate In Korea and their subs-'
quent monopolization ot trade In that
country and Manchuria. '
'Threats that Japan will 'also at
tempt to absorb much of England's
Indian and Australian trade are heard;
here. ' English commercial Interests)
are behind an investigation that Eng-
Pittsburg, Pa.. April 28. Today
Congressman Nicholas Longworth In
timated that Roosevelt might aocept I mna ' now carrying on as to the trad.
the presidential nomination If . the conditions In the Far.East. ' . .
convention stampeded and forced It) K ' known In Japan that Eng.
upon him. j "fin merchants openly sympathize with
... "I am sure," said 'Longworth, "that the chlnw ln boycott on Japan
the president does not want another Me trde The En''h openly charge
term, but I do not know what his at- (tne Japanese with dishonesty In trade
tltude would be if It was forced upon ro,atlon" ,n Korea and Manchuria,
him." ; i 'i V ...y ',:
; Longworth is here to deliver an ad
dress before the American club, j
PASSENGER WRECKED.
ABE HE !l '
AU.1DST FILLED
Two Fatally Hurt In Wreck In Okla
homa This Morning. ,
Paris, April 28. The westbound
train, No. 1, on the 'Frisco road, has! 1
been wrecked a short distance this side '
of Stanley, Okla., and two puBsengers NINE PERMANENT JURORS
are fatally Injured. Twenty-three
others were badly bruised and cut.
The Pullman sleeper and two day
Coaches were hurled down, ths em
bankment . There Is soma evidence of
train wreckers as the accident occur
red on a straight piece of track.
Those not expeoted to recover are
J. S. Maxwell ot Lowell, Ark., and J.
Adams, of Francis, Okla. '
DIED TODAY.
Bomb-Throwing Amm lilst No Longer
Dungerous. , '
' New Tork, April 88. After linger
ing a month, Sellg Bllverstcln, the
young anarchist who tossed a bomb
HAVE BEEN SWORN IS.
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Tho Abe Ruef Trial, Wherin the Curly ,
Headed ex-Boss la Charged With '
Bribing Supervisors, Will Likely Be ;
Commenced Tomorrow,, as Both ,
Sides Hope to Have s Jury Before
Tonight 4mly On Peremptory "
Challenge Left on Euch Side.
' San Francisco, April 28. A Jury will
probably be secured in the Abe Ruef
trial, in which the former boss Is ac
cused of bribing supervisors to pas
the Parkslile street railway franchise.
Nine permanent Jurors have , been
sworn In and the box Is filled with an,
. Wa ....11. HO ... I.I.
.v wi jv..sv v.i iumwj ?, rn"iyauulUona thrpe tentative Jurors. A,
Wounding himself and killed & by-. each sl(1(J h(lg but . one pGremptory
slander, died today. " ! J challenge left, ths hope Is expressedj
that the work of getting the Jury com-
Rumor lnconflnncd. pieted will be done before adjourn?
T... ..I . , It l r. v, . ..... .....I L
n. prn iii.itwi oi me acain-ment tonight, .
of the bandit Italsiill, though not con-
firmed as Vet,
here. Stories
Is gi-noj-ally bollmdi
of renewed Moslem '
.TV
The 40-horse
power tourlni riV'
outbreaks have caused, the govern-' purchased by Tom Wright .AfYon?
mcnt great concern. Effort Is being passed through La Orande OrftnTor'
made to get exact Information. - - Jlng. . . - - ATt 5 vs-"
Successor of St. Patrick.
New York, April 28. Cardinal
Logue, primate of All Ireland and
successor of St. Patrick In the Ste of
Armaghcelebrated a pontifical mass
In the cathedral today, as one of the
features of the Catholic centennial.
The Irish cardinal Is well advanced In
years and has never before visited
this country. As the dlreet successor
of St Patrick, he Is one of the best
loved churchmen In the world. Car-
I"- pUCHT TO BE THE MPPIlfes AND CLORy
I IT Vmmui'A si iixeMmjf
I ;iow citizens will esteem him for W4., goodness, .
his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of
good citizenship should constitute the code of rules
for every kind of business whether public or private.
This applies particularly to the drug business, be
cause, ou ln to the limited knowledge of the qualities
of dru&s by the general public, it follows that the re
liability of the dru&lst Is the chief guarantee cf
good service.
HILL'S DRUG STORE
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