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LA GRANDE, UITI01T COUNTY, ORE., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1CC3.
HUIIBER 157
ALL FOREiCNERS
III DIRE HER
SULTAN SUBBOUNDED AND
CANNOT ESCAPE TURKS
)Ieageg from Smyra and Tarsas Say
Hundreds of Frlsooera Uaie Bern
- Released by Fanatics Americana la
Daiger of Aaaaaslaatlan De
so rljtlloa Caa Depict The Horror of
, The Jlassacrei Carried a Today
SMYRA. April 22. Messages from
Ayaa Bay rioting la gruesome; rlotera
broke into the Jail and' releaaed 40
prlaonera there, Pillaging, robbery,
arson and murder la general. ' At
Tarsus', 5000 ara homeless. Easily 200
were murdered by the rlotera, and 200
houses burned.., . ', (
Five American women are in dan
ger of being murdred by Armenian
Janatlcs at Hadjln. Miaa Lambert and
missionary, aent ft teeglram today aay
ing tbe town la filled with rlotera,
threatening the Uvea of all foreigners.
All aurroundlng vlllagea burned and a
large part of Hadjln Is ablaze. ' '-.
SOFIA, April 22. A detachment of
Toung Turks haa crossed tbe sea of
JIarmora today, and is now occupying
the Asiatic aide of Constantinople,
thus completing the investment of the
city. It la now impossible far the Sul
tan to escape and Join the loyalists in
Asiatic Turkey, as waa supposed to be
planned. ' ' . '. .; '
MILL TEST TBAIN.
A test train composed of regula
tion tonnage on new cars, will be
taken over the mountains by high
company officials this week. Every
department and ' sub-department of
railroad transportation will be inupec-
ted during the trip! . All. the equip
inentwill be new that the test will be
made without a flaw,
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M the C6ME and FNP OUT SflLE of coorse
yyD WAS .
$1.50 Black and Colored Heath Bloom Petticoats 70c
Something startling each day You will not
be told until the next so you had better
COME AMD FIND OUT what it is for Your
self. ' . .
I Mew Special Each
Bay
THE
riSII FOB HATC1IEBT. '
ELGIN. April 22. Although much
closer to the fine fishing of the Look
ing Glass. Mlnam and lower Grand
Honda than the La Grande nimrods,
Elgin sportsmen have realized the
necessity of keeping the supply of
trout up, and accordingly made re
qulstlon. of the department a short
time ago for fry to place in the small
streams in tills vicinity. According
ly there were received from the On
tario hatchery yesterday about 23,000
smal trout which were planted In
Clark's and Indian creeks.
CLUB CLOSES FOB SEASON.
NEW YORK, April 22. The West
End Woman's Republican Club holds
its flrat meeting for the season to
night at the Hotel Astor, The offi
cers elected at the annual meeting
will be Installed.
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RACES III AIR AND PARADES TOO,
IS PRESENT PLAFi
BERLIN, Friday. April 22. Prep
arations for the international aero
nautic exhibition, to be held at Frank
fort next July, are fast approaching
completion. . Dlrlgble airships of rig
id and non-rigid patterns, aeroplanes,
and spherical balloons, will be seen
in flight, and facilities will be offered
to visitors to make trips In airships
starting from the exhibition grounds.
During the exhibition there will be
races and other competitions of a
sporting and military character. Ex
periments with aeroplanes will be
carried out on a specially prepared
velodrome In the grounds and there
are already numerous entries. , The
Zeppelin and the Parseval airships
will Journey to Frankfort by air and
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.take passengers on excursions aiong oi
IA GRAUDE OREGON
PA1TEH S LIFE
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1 LED FROM PIT TO
AVOID SERIOUS THREATS
BS . j
king of Wheat World Is Speeding te
Trinidad Where he Will Recuperate
Denies he Is Looking After Wheat
Condition Said That he Had Ke-
; celved Threatening Letters Since
His manipulation Began in Pit.
CHICAGO, April 22. It waa learned
today that James Pattso. the wheat
King, who fatally ruined scores of
rich men, disappeared during the heat
otfhe battle tf the pit and fled In fear
of his life. During the paat few days
he received many threatening letters.
' Patten denied statement he la mak
ing a lour to Investigate the wheat
crop." He said he waa going to the
ranch of a friend near Trinidad to
recuperate from the intense strain
under which he ia living. ' -
HUTCHINSON, Kas., April 22. Pat
ten passed through this city today en
route to Trinidad, Colo. He eaid the
object of his flight wss to escape re
porters. "; ' - ' , 1 '' ',
the Rhine. 1 During the races com
munication will be kept up . by means
of the exhibition's own wireless tele-
arrauh system and carrier pigeons.
Numrous prizes have been offered.
The honorary committee of the ex
hibition in eludes F. Cortland Bishop,
president of the Aero Club of Ameri
ca: Count Zeppelin, Major Cross, Ma
jor von Parseval, Professor Burley,
Prof. G: Hergesell, Col. Schae?k, last
year's winner of the Gordon -Bennett
balloon race; Comte de la ?-Vaulx,
Prince Borghese, Major-General Ko-
anko, chief of the Imperial Kussian
Balloon Park, and Capt. Amundsen,
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STflAliCER FALLS
TO IIIS HEATH
OXE LOXE WITXESS TO-
- SUDDEN DEATH AT II1LGABD
What s Pre nuuicly a Tramp Was Ell
led at HHgard-TWs MornlMg Was
Seen Falling Frew a Freight Trajn
Was net Bun Oter Bat Fatally In
jured by Fall laqaest Held Late
Tils Et sJag Xaaie is Fred JHIIler,
Fred Miller, presumably a ysuug
man stealing a ride on a freight train
weatf Vaa almost insteajtly killed at
Hllgard this morning. Exact nrtic
uiars si to how he met his death may
never be known, though It is possible
the coroner's inquest to be held lata
this evening here if possible, may fer
ret out some additional facta. The
moat clear-cut story of tbe killing
comes from a young fellow standing
in the hotel at Hilgard idly watching
two .freight trains getting on the side
tracks to lt No. G pass. Suddenly he
saw a man falling between the cara,
but rMd know wether lie fell from the
top or from the coupling. :
The train was stopped, but as the
unconscious form lay between two
tracks it is not known which of the
trains he fell from. A parcel which
he carried, and his hat. fell between
teh rails, but he fell between the two
tracks, . Though still alive, he was
unconscious and after being hurried
toward La Grande in charge, of Con
ductor Cherry, he died while the spec-
J tal "was passing Perry. , ,
It is believed he was on No. 55, the
west bound freight., .
; The remains were at once removed
to the undertaking parlors of Henry
a:r Carr1, where they waa care of.. T ,
In one of the pockets of the man's
clothes, a pawn ticket. Issued upon a
watch by F. D. Young, of Baker City,
on the 8th of April, was found, and
also an order from an employment
ngency, bearing the same date ad
dressed to a Mrs. Woods, of Salisbury.
Salisbury Is on the Sumpter Valley
railroad. -.- :.' ; .' ,
On the right side of the head the
scalp was torn for several irtches, and
on the upper right forehead there was
a severe bruise. The right shoulder
is also broken, . ..Neither of the head
wounds would seem, from a superficial
examination, to have been sufficient to
cause death. -
A pawn ticket and the, note from
the employment people give the dead
man's name as Fred Miller, and In a
cheap memorandum book indicate that
he was a cook. Farther than this
nothing is known of his antecedents or
his manner of living. The face bears
no marks of dissipation.
WAST FREIGHT BATES LOWERED.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. April 22. Rep
resentatives of the different railroads
in Missouri, have assembled in meet
ing here today to have a hearing of
th railroad commisisoners of the
State in their demand that freight
rates be lowered.
Rates are included for freight gen
erally, extending to all classes and
commodities, even including those ar
ticles named in the maximum freight
rate law which law has been enjoined
by Judge McPherson of the federal
court. The move is In accordance
with the views of the Attorney Gen
eral Mayor that the railway commis
sion has the right to make reduc
tions in freight 'rates, so long as they
do out make a rate equal or lower
than the rates enjoined by Judge McPherson-
This gives the board con
siderable latitude and gret reduc
tions can be made on certain classes
of HV'lww:
compelled to obey unless they again
invoke the aid or the federal courts
and any reasonable rate should not
be enjoined even by a federal Judge.
I There will be two sections of No.
j 5 this evening. The first ia 40 raln
' ntes late and the second 1:30 mlnirtes
! late. '
SJIEIXEJ1S AT CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON. S. C. April 22. To
day fully 1.&00 ' Shrlnevs and their
ladles bare come Jnto. the city. .The
combined membership of Oasis Tem
ple, of North Carolina, and Omar
Temple, of South Carolina, have con
tributed to the pilgrimage to Char
leston for the second "reunion" gath
ering of "the Shrlneis of the two
States. . ',: . .....
COTTON STATES BASEBALL.
JACKSON, Miss., April 22. The
Cotton States League opens the sea
son today and closes Sept. 6.
At a meeting of the directors here,
Columbus . waa welcomed . back Into
the league with open arms, making
the sixth club and taking the vacancy
left by Gulfport.
Columbus is the town succeeded by
Algiers, but bsr return to the fold
haa no effect whatever on the Algiers
franchise.
IUIICLESOISSIUC
THUS
ROOSEVELT GIVEN BIG RECEPTIOS
Jima BY NATIVE HOSTS
MOMBASA. ' April 22. Roosevelt
was given a rousing reception at a
spread in his honor today.
He waa cheered three minutes when
he arouse to make a brief .speech. His
hunting plans will proabably start to
morrow. ' .
"There are so many evidences of
civilization everywhere that I am be
ginning to be skeptical as to the exis
tence of a jungles' said Roosevelt. He
will see antelopes and ostriches with
in a day, and soon have line practice
on smaJi ganr s the plana of the par
ty were changed today, so Roosevelt
can spend a week hunting out the Ka
pitl plains, where he will camp.
VIRGINIA STATE LEAGUE STARTS.
RICHMOND. Va, April 22. The
Virginia State League starts games
for the season today. The season will
end Sept. 12th. " :; ;
pi iisd i nniniiT
ILIIflU LUUUUUI
RACE UP SIDE OF L
AUTOMOBILES
CHATTANOOGA, April 22. Chat
tanooga's great mountain climb up
the historic Look'out Mountain occurs
today. Great preparations were made
by the Lookout Mountain Automobile
Club for the entertainment of a large
number of visiting automobllisls. The
contest has been given the support of
the Chattanooga Chamber of r Com
merce and six handsome trophies
have been donated by the large com
mercial and social organizations of
the city. The program Includes con
tests for seven different classes of
stock machines and a free for ail.
Lookout Mountain stands over 2,
000 feet above the city of Chattanoo
ga, and the climb will be from bot
tom to the summit, a distance of
over four miles. The course Is re
plete with "hair-pin, triple "S" and
"W turns, and Is pronounced the
,viBt ;dJJjgewis aad dSnVuU to ltmb
ever scheduled.
Part ef Committee Gone.
A portion of the committee that will
endeavor to persuade Portland capi
talists to take stock In the locsl ir
rigation project, left last evening for
Portland and the remainder will go
this evening.
FOR PLEASURE
DDERU HOUSES
iir Ic DEf.wib
DEMAND FAB GREATER
.'' THAN TBS SUPPLY KOVT
While Homeseekers Are Locating
Here Rapidly, Few Boosts f Sod
? era Styles Ca be Beeered Oaa
Firm Has Fear Calls la One Day
Aad Ca Tlli Sen ef Them Kaay
Beatable Baste Ar Ket Equipped
Wllh Bet Features.1'
There 1 a serious dlrla of modem
houses on the lease list la this city'
according to real estate men who ara
almost dally called upon to supply '
modern houses for housekeeping.' Fa
milies ara coming to La Grande and
with but few exceptions are looking
for modern homes in which to live.
if only temporarily. The list of houses
at hand without modern conveniencea
Is also limited, though there Is no
great famine for that style of accomo- .
datlona. One firm today had tour
calls for modern houses and waa un
able to point to a single unoccupied
residence that could fill the demands.
Notwithstanding that Several new
homes are going up, or are about to
take shape, none are built for the pur
pose of leasing and It is doubtful if
the supply will anywhere near meet
the demand for the next several
months. If all rentable houses weia
supplied , with modern conveniences,
the difficulty would be alleviated lu a
great measure. The expense neces
sary for the Installation of such equip
ment Is not great and when once in,
the rent would-be Increased 15. per
cent at . least, say those those ; who
give study to such matters. : If the
Influx to La Grand waKiies as it
ha during the past two weeks soma
one with an eye for business will do
well to build several modern cottagea
at once. Homeseekers looking for
good locations quickly grasp the fact
that La Grande Is the place to come,
but they must have house accomoda
tions and as practically all who have
come so far are well-to-do men, they
want the best to be had.
many urARiurc
IllIMI IILI1IUMUJ
VALE RAILROAD FACILITIES WILL
BE BEHFARSEO SGQK
SALEM. April 22. The railroad
commisison will hold a meeting ut
Com stock, May 1 to determine the
fairness of demands of the people of
Curtln for a depot and better trans
portation facilities to that point. The
Southern Pacific officials say Cnrtln ia
a small station, if they practice stop
ping at all such points, It would be
disastrous to the public'
A hearing will be held at Salem
May 11 regardlug the double dock
chutea for loading double decked cara
on the Harrlman lines In Oregon. Th
commission will also take np the mat
ter of better depot failItls,Ht Vale,
which is a terminus of the Malheur
Valley railroad, a branch of the O. R.
N.
HEARD LINCOLN SPEAK.
Mrs. Schllke reports that subscrip
lin ar$ twining' 1a ireirtentiy and -Vo
the Lincoln Farm Association, that
Mrs. C. I Pierce, who has heard Lin
coln speak, telephoned in this morn
ing that she wishes to contribute to
the fund for his memory, end wilt
take out a membership.
C. P. Ferrin is transacting busiuesa
In Union today.
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