i ! VOLUME vjn. LA CRA NDE. TOXOX COCWTT, OREGOX. 8ATritD.1V, NOVEMBER 8, 108. M'MlSCIl SO. 44444444 4 4441 RRST ARTICLE 4444444444444444 4 Earthquake In DoMton. 4 4 Boston, Nov. IS. The heav- 4 4 lest earthquake felt In New' Eng- 4 4 land In many years shook tlio. 4 4 city of Boston at S .this 4 JTlirtdAje. ;.Tvi4J;vioAl'.rV -itioU'iiV't HOLD rriSTITUTE Sentenced to IS Year. 4 Pittsburg, Pa.. Nov. 18. William Montgomery, former ; 4 4 cashier of the AMeghuny Nation- 4 4 al bank, who looted the Instltu- 4 i If need to" IB years in the peal- 4 years in the peni 4 for 10 seconds. Nearly everybody 4 4 In the city was awakened by the 4 shock. 4 44444444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 tentlary. The defalcations' were 4 4 enormous. 4 hTAKTUXG IlETORTS TO BE 4444444444444444 AS ASSOCIATE EDITOR WOMEN SWARM ABOCT THE EXPLOSION HEMS nffiruK rpiin AT QUI DC TY UIUI.L 1L.U Jf nVVOM LL'i FARMERS' IXSTITITE AT : i ' ISLAND CITY DECEMBER JT. m MADE ABOUT THE MFEX." Unlets Governor Haskell 1m Succcwsful In IIU Qumt for Author of Report, . the World Will Bo Told Some Al leged Facts About Treatment of State Prisoners at LautilnK Gover nor Anxious to Blue Pencil Report -Previoua TroiiM. Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. tt. Fear ' Ins disclosures which would cause an . open rupture between Oklahoma and Kansas. Governor Haskell of Oklaho ma Is today trying to find Miss Kate Barnard, commissioner of charities : : and corrections of Oklahoma. Hid Away Intentionally. Her friends say she will not be heard from until December 6, When he will make a report to the Oklaho- ma legislature regarding the alleged terrible conditions of the Kansas pen- Itentlary at Lansing, where Oklahoma prisoners are Incarcerated, , Expert Startling Charges. ' Startling charges of cruelty are .said to be made against Lansing prison of ficials In the report. A Former Clash. , Governor Haskell and Governor Hoch of Kansas, are recently reported t have clashed on the .subject. To avoid being blue penciled, Miss Bar nard dropped from sight. It Is rii "'lfrored the rcfio'rt shows the prisoners were hung up by the wrists for hours, and placed in coffins and water pour ed over them. . . Oriental Kale. Ban Francisco, Nov. Xs. A new schedule, Involving a change In the division of earnings between trans continental railroads and steamship companies on freight from the Orient, becomes effective Monday. . Under the new rates, the roads will earn, In some Instances, only about 7 -er cent, as much at heretofore. : youiic mil SHOOTS F SHER Albany will soon need a second high school building. " Another new town In Klamath coun ty Worden, on the lower lake. ; FOTLltli miOfllE! DESPERATE LY AMCRT AKQ KILLS EREUT Portland, ..Nov, 28. -James -A Finch, a young Portland attorney, who recently was suspended from the Ore gon Bar association for a year, this at ternoon . shot and -Instantly killed Ralph Fisher,' the prosectuor for the Bar association. In the latter's office Finch was desperately angry at Fisher because' he prosecuted him. '"'Inch ran from the office but was captured by Attorney Solph and 'Verna Burkhardt, a stenographer, the only" other occu pant of the room where the shot was f laed? " 'The bullet" entered the baclrbfl the head at the base of the brain. ROOSEVELT COXTHIBUTES. Joseph claims to have the handsom est bank building in Oregon outside of Portland. ' That's right; arrest everybody who carries a gun, and confiscate It. "China's Awakening" Is Subject of President Rooueevlt's Contribution to the Outlook Says American People Most Be Careful In Its Bold ness Contact With Foreigners Ar- ; tit le Is Published In the Outlook Msgmalne Today. New . , Tork, Nov. - It. President Rooseevlt's first contribution to the Outlook Magaxlne since the announce ment that he Is one of Its associate editors, was published today, on "The Awakening of China." The president regards this as "One of the great events of our age." , He cautions the American people to avert "peril" commercially or military, by behaving righteously toward the Chi nese. , -"',','' . China's Awakening. "There Is an Increasing contact with foreigners. Increasing foreign trade. and a growing adoption of modern methods in communication and trans portation, while some progress Is made In the Introduction of labor sav ing devices, with the consequent In-, dustrlal evotutluft. In several hundred cities more or less successful effort Is being made to Introduce the western police system a remedy for the "ye! low peril," whatever that may be,- and is not a repression of life, but the cut tlvatlon and direction, of life." MOUTH OF EXPLODED SHUT Washington, ;fNoV. SS.v-Theeon struction of el torpedo bcaiif by, the Pacific coast builders has" been, sug gested by :.he president and Metcalf former secrttary of the navy. Dellv ery on the coast is a nancucep to east ern builders, so they may . be com pelled to reMnqulsh the contract. . e - GRAND FREE Between 7:30 and 9:30 This Evening Pennsylvania, Visited by Another Mlue DIsaster-At Least Two Hundred Entombed by Explosion No Way to Reach Prisoners But by Air Shaft Great Danger of( General Fire In the Shaft Women and Children Become Hysterk-al. Pittsburg, Nov. 28, A report reaching here says that 800 miners are entombed In a mine at Mariana, Pa., as the result of an explosion. . Toe latest authentic report from the scene says 200 are entombed. It la feared the timbers In the work ings will catch fire. It Is Impossible to send a cage down the shaft. The only way of reaching the men la through the air shafts, or tunneling from an adjoining mine. The rescuers have started from dif ferent points through the air shafts. Crowds of women and children are swarming around the mouth of the shaft, mnay of them hysterical. Xo Hope Say Official. Mine officials said this afternoon they believed there Is no hope of res cuing the men. The cage waa blown 800 feet Into the air. Two hours be fore the explosion the inspector pro nounced the mine In excellent condi tion' .'- -,' ' No Help Wanted on Canal. Ancon, Canal Zone, Nov. 28. "No help wanted," Is the sign that hangs over the. Panama canal sone today, The reason Is the work on the big ditch has passed the highest point so far as employment of men Is con cerned. The present tendency Is not to employ more men, but to reduce the force. ' CUIUS I Hi t CISIEEIE BiUffl CPEIIIIE JJ WITHDRAWAL OF PROTECTION , FRANCE PROTESTS. ficriivnrt . IhvHdiug French Trrrltorj Constantly by Balloon Routef. '. Paris, Nov. 28. Protest against in vaslon of French territory ty German arniy officers who neglected to secure passports and crossed the line In bal loons made by the newspapers, today'. The papers declare that hardly a nay passes that some German officer does not land from a balloon on French soil.. The French official said: "It Is getting so you can't shake tree In France without dislodging a German officer; one can hardly look up to find '.out what the weather Ih going to be without getting a ,ilne of German ballast In- his eyes. V It used to be that a German army officer who fished across the . frontier required pnssiiorts. but now all he needs is a little breeze." , ... " New Tork, Nov, 28. Andrew Car negle has opened the way for the or ganization of ah International steel trust by retiring from his protection policy, which has brought him many millions, according to a statement of Alfred C. CrOEler, the author, of Wil mington, Del., In a letter to Chairman Payne, of the ways and means com mlttee. He writes: "whether intended by Carnegie or not, his declaration favoring" the aboil' ylonof pitertN foi' iron- and steel means a clever plan to entrench the steel trust In an Bbsolute monopoly of the steel and iron ; business In. the United f tates." Want Greut Appropriation. . San Francisco, Nov. 28. United States Senator Perkins, who left for Washington' today, says he Is desirous of having congress grant a sufficient pproprlation for the enlargement of ihe Bremerton and Mare Island navy yards.' He said, " ' '? . "We ..must Insist upon additional Certifications and improvement, of our harbors, rivers and matters affecting diseases of fruits,- .vines and' other products of our soli,". Important Event for Farmers of Vnloa County Exhibition Train Did Not Com Here, But This Will Partial! Supplement for It Full Progmm to Bo Seat Here From Cory sill Large Corps of Assistant Versed In ' farming. . Definite announcement has ' keen made that a farmers' Institute such ' as have been conducted with such) marked success In the Willamette val leyhas been arranged for . Island , City on December IT. . ; Jamea B. Wlthycombe, at the head of the agricultural department of the Oregon Agricultural college, will be here with bis corps of expert assist ants and something unusually Instruc tive will be rendered during the course of the program. Arrangement for holding this meet ing have . been under way for aom- tlme, but It Is only toda? that final details were attended to. A full pro gram will be sent to local boosters of the Institute early next week. These meetings in a measure sup plement the fine work done by the ex hibition trains In the Willamette val ley, and even In other, parts of east ern Oregon. Such affairs are full of value to the farmers of Union county. PROGRAM 1. "Red Feather," (selection from Reginald iJeKoven's comic . opera); uliv. .., by C. J.. Roberts 2: "The , Glow Worm". . . .Paul Slncke 3. "Queen of Hearts" (waits)..... , . . C. A. Grim 4. ."Dainty- Dames" (a novelette) J,.,. . Charlotte Blake -5. "Lovers of Liberty" (March)..., ........ V.. Eben H. Bailey 6. "Good-Bye,' Sweetheart. Good-. Bye"( ; Medley overture). - .y ..,..-,....... Albert oVn Tllzer 7. "Good Night" (Serenade Espag- nole) W. M. Peters Solo "Fear Ye Net. O Israel,".. C. P. Ferrln Your last chance to save. "Satisfaction or Your Money Back OS s' .' . r . i I i e e ADM Ml v nrrrnc ill ULfLH o RAVY 6 TO 4 BOTH SCORES WERE MADE II FISST HALF Of TERRIFIC GAME Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 28. Meet ing on neutral ground, the football teams of the two great government academies, the Army and Navy, bat tled for football supremacy of the year today. It' was bitterly foment. because of 111 feeling between the teams. Philadelphia is In holiday at tire. - In the first half the Army stored a touchdown and the Xavy a gul from placement. I 'tiring the secopd half It was a ter- iHc fight for mastery, the Army fight ing to maintain its lead, and the naw to overcome its shortage. The. con test was ended . by the c-V of the second half, with the In the lead. Final score: .:M . t. Xavv 4. I'rotcHt Xavy 1.puiisiou. the inclusion of the Crilted States hi the policy of Great Britain for the en largement of her navy to exceed any other powers, was addressed to the public today by "The Nation," wMeh declares America and Germany are the next two powers in comparative naval strength., America has to prac tically build two navies, owing to the double coast line. Referring to Great Rlrtaln, the article says: "A people of 40,000,000 are called upon to provide a force stronger than that . levied on 140,000,000. Great Hrltaln cannot do It. the liberal party will not try to do it. They will never consent to build against America." ;, SHORTAGE OF COAI. Atlantic' 1h- .M.ia cHiie !fclplvs on Afonnt of Goal Famine." , Washington, Nov.' 28. The possibil ity of the Atlantic fleet lying In a weak and holplea condition owing to the lack of coal Is shown today In a report by Admiral William Cowles. chief of the bureau of eulpment, to the navy department. The report snys the fleet needs more- colliers. Had there been foreign complications or a combina tion of foreign -ship owners, the fleet might have remained helpless. . ' Posw C'liaxe I)esKrado. Ogrten, Cth, Nov. 28. Armed pos ses are so far unable to locate the des perado who' shot ind ; killed Deputy Sheriff Clark, and wounded Deputy ' Sheriff Murphy, who had a sick man , .. . ', . . , . . -- , b- ..w. ., h ,..04...... .. Ml ..M being made along the Weber river. It is thought , today the outlaw was breaking Into freight cars when sur- " prised by deputies. . , . , T RAISE RATES. Railroads Say Failure Equipment the to Keep CttllMT. . , Vp Washington, Nov. 28. Shortage of rolling stock, due to'the failure of the railroads to keep up the equipment during the recent panic, will result In a sweeping advance In rates, accordinar to a statement made today by mem- , hers of the Interstate commission. i z Sen J?tl i money Xew .loh for Hartiinaii. .FranrWoo yo-. J.- Ti: ..T f r!i iio,i l.,lii-l m tu itippiy liie for the betterment of the I'nlteil Itailroailw of this city, on Ins; to the cliflrif.fi if grat and inismanaKe ment. has cusd a rumor that H.ir rimnn will nequlre control of the rall roaiis' jani ary t. i e ORDER IT BY MAIL Form the habit of sending to us for anything In the line of drug, sundries: and toilet goods when circumstances are such that you cannot . come for them. ' Get rid of the Idea that distance Is. any barrier to procuring what you want In our line. We have a large mall order tradi extending all over. ; th surrounding country and we Kuarnntee to serve, you Just as well 'by mall as If you came In person. . . NewHn Drug Co. 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