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n oh. s'.vsy- volume vn. LA GRANDE, UNIOX COUNTT, OREGON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 108. NUMBER 319. Ml SERVIAHS DRIVE BALKAN STATES ABOUT TO BE TORN FROM WITHIN Agitators Accuse Officials and Ruler of Being Cowards In Not Declaring War Against Austria Great Mobs Tlirong Capital and. Swarm Parlia ment Building "Give Us Austria's ' Blood" la Cry. , From Thousand Throats In (lie Mob. " Belgrade, Servta, Oct. 18.- Servla rnust declare war against Austria or be torn to pieces by strife within her! boundaries. That fs the situation to day. ... Mobs are thronging the cities reinforced by thousands and thousands who gathered at the royal palace. . Agitators are calling the Servian of f Iclals traitors and cowards. ' A greattgwd is flocking about the parllan '. building and everywhere there Is"rteman3 for war. "We want the blood of Austria" is the cry. "Are Servians cowards that they hesitate to defend the honor of their nation?" Is a question often put.. Much talk against King Peter Is be lnjj lndulced In and he In hi leised. A mob waa raging through the streets after midnight and at dawn the demonstration was resumed. The heads of government departments were called together with King Peter and ' his advisors. The king's hold on the throne is. insecure. , It is believed he ill be forced to declare war. ' Officials-Puts tUvr LI n. tat London, Oct. 10. M. Iswolsky,' the Russian foreign minister, today added a new sensation to the Balkan Imbro gllo by issuing a statement giving the lie to Foreign Minister Vonaerenthal of Austria. ;He says Von Aeranthal lied when he said Iswolsky knew about Austria's plan to annex Herzegovina and Bosnia long ago. Iswolsky resented bitterly the Infer ence that he, as a , representative of Russia, was aware of the scheme In advance. He Intimated U was an ef fort to put Russia In a bad light be ore the other powers. Auto Driver's Narrow Escape. x jtnaueiiJiua, wci. iu. Michener, a daring driver of a Lozler car in the auto races on an eight-mile course at Fairmont track today escaped death by a hair's breadth, when his blir ma chine turned turtle while going at a terrific speed. The spectators were horrified when the machine went over In a heap of dust. When the dust cleared Michener was standing: ud. his chin bleeding, but otherwise unhurt. Across Continent to Vote. . Los Angeles, Oct. . 10. Henry E. Huntington, the trolley king, has ar ranged his affairs preparatory to start ing across the continent tomorrow to vote for Taft. He will go to Oneonta. New York, his voting home. He' is a presidential elector of New York. TEH DAYS HE Stewart Must Go. Washington, D. C, Oct. 10. The special retiring board of the army this afternoon recommended to Roosevelt that Col. W. F. Stewart of Fort Grant toe retired for disability. ciiil sums FffllCiLLIE HEARST SAID TO BE INDEBTED 110,000 FOR AUTO HIRE civil suit Is facing wlllle San Francisco, Oct. 10. Within five days William "Randolph Hearst must answer summons in a suit against him 'or 110.000 for automobile hire. The action waa brought by Sol J. Levy who alleges he removed valuable pa pers and files from the Examiner of fice during the fire of 190. The au tos were used In transporting the Ex aminer property. Hearst was served Personally last night. Wins Maratlion Race. London, Oct. 10. Henri Slret, a Frenchman, won the Marathon race here today over the Menttenl course traveled by Hayes, the American win ner of the Marathon held at the 'Olympic games. Royal Lady to Take Flight. Remans. France. Oct. 10. Queen Margharlta, the Italian king's mother, Preparing to make a flight with llbur Wright, In his aeroplane. v- . ... o.'v. t-3 to tako her af- she had begged him. IU tttblol bit If' UNION COUSTY REPUBLICANS 11 ; STAND BY With only 10 days more In which to register for the presidential election November 3, Union county prospective voters are carina- mnr ottonMnn that urgent duty and are rapldueii- ... me nai oi regisierea voters. The books close October 20. and then. If the citizen, Aaa-not his name on the books, he must be - njrs, which is a disagreeable qulrement. ' In conjunction with the regular ea iia.Mork-ofUklna reglstrstUoe, the employes about the clerk's office have taken It upon themHelves In the past and will continue to do so until the end, to ascertain by an oral state ment, what the feeling Is among the republicans as to the popularity of the party's choice at Chicago. The pleas ing outcome of that effort Is that thus far there Is only one republican out of a large number who will not vote for Taft. Otherwise it Is. "Toil bet I a Taft man," Is said in more or cubs mm FIRST ONE IN HEAVY RAIN CHICAGO CAPTU RES FIRST GAME OF ; WORLD CILVMPIONSHIP SEIUES IN THE NINTH INNING. Kllllan and Reulbach Open the First of the Series as Pitchers But Are Dis placed by Sommers and Overall, Who Appear in the Game Later ClUea go Pulls Out of a Bad nole In the Ninth Heavy Rain in the Third In nlng and Damp Throughout the G ante Fifteen Thousand Fans Bravo the Elements to Witness Contest. ":" - re am less enthusiasm than greets .questions as to the popularity of "Big Bill" with the rank and file of his party in Union county, -me errort has a broader meaning than most straw votes of a similar nature BARRETT TO MEDFORD. Internationally Famous Director Speak In Medford Soon. to Medford, Oct. 10. John Barrett, dl rector general of the International Bureau of American Republics, has wired the commercial club In this city that he will stop at Medford on the night of October 13, to deliver an ad dress on "What the Pacific Coast Has In Store for Oregon." Drowned, Tied Together. New York, Oct. 10. Bound face to face with a wire rope, the bodies of a man and woman were found float Ing In Jamaica bay by fishermen. Both were expensively dressed. The woman Is a blonde, aged 30, and wore a wed ding ring. They had been In the wa ter four hours. 1 "MOVING DAY SOON. Adcook & Fritts About Ready to Move - to Slater Building. "Moving day on Adams avenue will come about the 15th, Inst., when Adcook & Frltts, who hold the key to the situation, move Into their new quarters In the Slater building, on Jef ferson avenue. That will allow the other merchants on Adams five.. .. '. muke their desired changes. A new deal was culminated last night, Involving an Adams avenue bus iness man, when John O'Connell. at present in the cigar business in the postofflce building, purchased the Cull Smith property, comer Depot and Jef ferson. Mr. O'Connell will conduct a billiard and pool hall and his regular line of clfrsrs as now, only In the now I SCORE BY 2 3 ,4 5 . J. EH9 International Socialists, ',. ; Brussels, Oct 10. The red flag of revolution la today floating above the Maison du, Peuple, its fiery folds wav ing a welcome to the parliamentarians and Journalists of the socialist party who are gathering from nil over Eur ope and America for the tenth meetlag of the International Socialist bureau. A session was held today by the so cialist journalists, to formulate propo sitions on the imporvement of corres pondence between the socialist organs of the different nations and to create solidarity among the socialist Journals of the world. The meeting of the In ternational Socialist bureau ; will be held tomorrow, and will, be followed on Monday by the third meeting of the Socialist Interparliamentary commission. -00400 DETROIT- 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 5 2 0 -10 -6 Detroit, Mich., Oct 10. Shortly be fore the first game of the world cham pionship series, a slight drizzle start ed. Fifteen thousand wild fans were present and both teams were given a big ovation. Batteries Detroit: Kll llan and Schmidt; Chicago: Reulbach and Kling. First Inning Sheckard opened with two-bagger; Evers fanned, Schul- te and Stelnfeldt out. No Yuns. Last half Mclntyre singled; O'Lea- ry and Crawford fanned; Cobb sin gled, scoring Mclntyre: Cobb went out on second by a throw of Sheckard to Evers. Detroit 1. Second Inning No runs. It was raining quite hard when De troit went to bat in the second in ning. Third Inning It was still raining when Sheckard went to bat In the third Inning. He landed a second two- bagger; Evers bunted safely; Schul- te singled, scoring Sheckard; Chance grounded, retiring Evers; Stelnfeldt singled, scoring Schulte. Summers succeeded Kllllan with the bases full. Tinker forced Hoffman, who went out, scoring Chance; Kling made a drive, scoring Stelnfeldt; Kling was caught stealing. Detroit got no runs In this Inning. Chicago, 4; Detroit, 1. There were no runs in the. fourth. Fifth and sith Innings No runs. Seventh Inning Evers singled; Schulte sacrificed; Chance went safe on Down's fumble; Stelnfeldt filed, scoring Evers. One run. In Detroit's half of the Inning three ! runs were made. ; Pitcher Overall dis placed Reulbach. Chicago, 6; De troit, 4. Eight Inning In this Inning Chicago made no runs, while Detroit piled up 2. Ninth Inning Chicago pushed five men over the home plate In this inning thereby winning the first game of the world's championship series. Detroit failed to score. The final score stood: Chicago, 10; Detroit, 6. LYNCH FEVER BREAKS OUT THREE TIMES NEGRO PRISONER'S LIFE IS SOUGHT BY MINERS' MOB. iJ.'egT Who Recently Assaulted Los An- geles Girl and Has Been Twke Be fore Attacked, Again Subject of a SmuU Riot Los Angeles, Oct. 10. A new and third attempt to lynch Edward Mar tin, the negro assailant of Edith Rals ton, who was brought here today by Deputy Sheriff W. T. Woods, who took the prisoner to Folsom prison to serve a life sentence, was made today. When he arrived at Folsom he was attacked by a mob of miners, who demanded Martin. The sheriff deceived them by aylng the prisoner was not Martin. UNION OIL PROMOTERS i A INCORPORATION KNOWN AS MAMMOTH OIL & GAS CO. La Grande Poople Figure Sllglitly Will Bore for OH at Vale Organ Izatlon Perfected Till Week Thlr- ty Thousand Shares Sold. The Mamnloth Oil & Gas company, composed largely of Union county peo ple, was Incorporated in September. capital stock $1,000,000, divided Into shares of the par value of $1 each. The stockholders met in Union Sat urday, October 3, and organised as follows, says the Union Republican: - John L. Jacobs, president; J. H. Hutchinson, vice-president; M. V, Da vis, secretary; J. F. Hutchinson, treas urer; T. W. Davidson, mnnaror. ni. Big Odds on Taft. - rectors: J. H. Hutehlnon t t. t0. Memphls, Tenn., Oct. 10. O. How-'cobs. Georire Balrd. M. F. n.vi. w n ard Donby, claiming to represent a Butterfleld. 3 v tim -u ... syndicate, says e has a million dol-j Union. Ore.; J. P. Wilbur of San Fran- iar ro oei si o to 2 on Tart. Borne; Cisco; H. R. Dunlop of Vale; Dr. M. was taken here. He claims he has K. Hall f Xjl r.rn placed 3100,000 already. He Intends! Th. .tnPw,M ........... ln "tockholders of this coraoany to visit all the big cities. f hfl(, lnp.. . . . . n ... w vvu; A to rCL IIUIll V I land In Malheur county, Ore., upon all of which the discovery work has been done and paid for and locations re corded. This land has all been deeded to the new company. It Is the purpose of the company to procure at the earliest possible date a standard drilling rig and Install the same preparatory to boring for oil: lumber for the derrick having already been .ordered. Twenty thousand shares of an amount set aside for development pur poses, have already been sold and a TEAM OFF FOR COVE. Play First Game of the Season on Cove r-'ro'n Today. The high school football team, in charge of Coaches Mlckleson and Wall and accompanied by several loads of rooters, left at noon for Cove, where th f!rt real game of the season was played this afternoon. One of the conveyances drafted Into service was a hayrack on which were seated about a score of feminine root- ni rrnn i innnrnn BLttU5 UlUlitll5 BITTER EXPOSE OF HEW YDflK'S STOCK MARKETS New York, Oct. f 10. Btlterly de nouncing the New York stock ex change as a vampire sucking the blood from the hearts of the country's toll- era, tu. F. Buchanan, the organizer and manager of the defunct brokerage firm of A. O. Brown & Co., In a re markable Interview today, reveals the methods of what he terms the "great gambling den." He said: "The 'wash sales' campaign that drove my firm from the exchange is duplicated dally by brokers of good standiag. . I am glad the firm's fftllurf tooK place, as I am now In a business where It Is not a failure to be honest, and where It Is not an irreparable dis aster to be human. Without the New Tork stock exchange It would be Im possible for the country to have a fi nancial panic. Spread the alarm from Maine to California and abolish the ticker and the selling, of stock on margin, and then much will be done to correct the evil." flHCOODUE OURfUC CONGRESS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CON- TI1E MORRISON CASE. Jury Excused Until Monday Morning Important Ruling. , At 11 o'clock this morning the Jury In the case of the State vs. P. A. Mc Donald, administrator of the estate of John Morrison, was excused until Monday morning. , It was expected that this case would not occupy the attention of the court to exceed two days, but v the entire week has been so enraeed ami will probably last two days more. Judge Knowles made an Important ruling today In denying a motion which If he finally holds thus will rellnve Mr. McDonald from all Hnanclal responsi bility regarding the personal proper ty thus far distributed among the sup posed heirs. The court holding that hU acts as administrator were regu lar. If this ruling becomes final Mr. McDonald will not be personally relia ble even If the fact Is sustained that Mr. Morrison was an Illegitimate child. The above ruling does not apply to the real estate Involved and this por tion may be escheated to the state and not Involve the personal property. At the Seeniu Next Week. Owing to the success of Mr. Wal ters specialties the last two weeks he will be retained for an Indefinite per iod. Ths coming week he will be as sisted by Miss Georgtaa. Murray. They will present a number of new and up- to-date laughable sketches, singing and dancing; also another feature of tho bill will b Mr. Try Berry, a cmedlan of rare ability. The pictures will be new and Interesting. Entire change of program Monday, Wednes days and Fridays. Usual prices, 10c. 15c; matinees, Se and 10c. Don't fall to eee the big feature bill the coming week. Come, laugh and be happy. " CRESS ASKS COAST AID. Yesterday's Report of Adjournment Premature Debute Day and Reso lutions Day at Congrexs Today Ap proprlatiaona Akcd for Two 'Mil lions and Will Improve Pacific Coast Ports and Harbors louc-Wsy Faro for Seattle Fsir. , ; :t:.y-V'-; San Francisco, Oct. 10. Following Is the net result of the five days' ses- sfon.. ?f th Trahs-Mlsslsslppi congress expressed tn resolutions: - Annual appropriation of 350,000, 000 for a lake-to-gulf waterway, until completed; appointment of a commis sion to examine and report on the im provement of Mare Island navy yard, Cal.; appropriation, of a quarter mil lion for the Improvement of the Oak land harbor;-appropriations of 3259. 250 for improvement of San Diego and Humboldt bays; appropriation of 3400,000 for the improvement of Sac ramento and Feather rivers, Cal.;" ap propriation of 3284, g00 for the Im provement of San Pedro harbor and for the Improvement and fortification of Coos Bay harbor; improvement of Sluslaw harbor; aiding of American marine by federal government; one way round trip fare to Seattle during the exposition. : .. Later the following resolutions were also adopted: Arrangement for government owned. nmcM.p4, between ; all Pacific coast points and Panama and South Ameri ca, unlets the. present company Im proves Its service; empowering the In terstate commission to require a prompt shipment of livestock and per ishable freight Still in ScMHion. Today was "Resolution and debata day" at the Trans-Mlsslsslppi congress. The report of the committee on resolu tions embodvlnar the real vnrit expressing the sentiment of deelgatos of 20 states, was presented . at the opening. Then he debate started. The fight over the policy of Chief Forester Flnchot was won by . Pln chot's friends. v Yesterday's announcement of ad- ." Journment was not true. . CUBE 1 Oil PllTII BIG EFFOBT TO STOP OF PROHIStTJOH A whole orchard near Coqullje has Berlin, Oct. 10. A world-wldo war fare on the prohibition movement waa launched today when the International Jubilee congress of the Brewers' Col lege and ' Institute tor Experimental Research convened In Berlin today. Brewing experts from the whole world are In attendance, and scores of dis tinguished physicians and scientist will present papers tending to prove that the moderate use of beer nre- serves tho health and Is a positive good" Instead of being responsible for the evils attributed to Its use by the pro hibitionists. The most complete expo sltlon of brewery machinery, processes and products ever shown, was opened, today in connection with the congress. Ths German government has given this congress its oUlcial patroim by permitting its diplomatic representa tives abroad to extend Invitations to foreign participants. . One of the principal features will be an International jury to award prlsca on International exhibits of barley and hops. Dr. R. Wahl of Chicago, repre sent! the United Btate : (I n by Older ..1 ..... location. era. (Continued oa page 3.) luspector, r (Continued on page .)