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VOLUME VIII.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE.," ; FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1C09.
NUMBER 153
COIISTJIIIOPLE
III WILD FRttlZY
AMERICANS WILL BE
PROTECTED DUKIXG BATTLE
(vurrdcd Tliat Before Mghlfall Young
Turk Will Attack Capital City
jiliojis are Closed and Residents are
, Ju Hiding Formal Demands fur
Surrender of Boyal Palace If Not
granted Abdication Will be Forced.
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 23
There la a panic In the Galata quarter
this afternoon. It ' Is generally be
lieved Young Turka will attack the
city before night. All shops arc clos
ed and many are already hiding.
Troops are trying to calm 4he people,
promising foreigners will be fully
protected. Besieging generals today
. sent a formal demand for the surrend
er of tte palace. They threaten, In
case of refusal, to enforce abdication
of the Sultan.
WASHINGTON, : April 23. Presi
dent Taft today directed dispatches
be sent to American representatives
at Loudon and Constantinople, In
quiring what action Great Britain
has taken to protect missionera In
Turkey. -
RECEPTION FOB AITERSOX.
Julius Roesck Home Thrown Open
For Visiting G. A. It. Oiiidals.
The Julius Koesch home was the
scene of a warm reception this after
noon when several old soldiers and
members of the Woman's Relief Corps
celled Informally to, visit -with Gen
eral AppersoB4fte';DtpaiHiiient Com
mander of Oregon. The general re
turned this afternoon from Wallowa
county and went directly ' to the
Roesch residence where the recep
tion was held.. This evening he
leaves for the west again.
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At the COME and FIND OUT SALE of course
THURSDAY'S SPECIAL WAS
Ladies Swiss Ribded Sleeveless V '.sis for 5c each
Something startling each day You wiil not
be told until the next so you had better
COME AND FIND OUT what it is for Your
self:
A Mew Special Each
. . Day
THE '-FAIR SWm
I BOOSLYELT IX MAKIMH',
.Huuters Greeted by American Ml.
: slomirles at African Town. -
MAKINDU, British East ' Africa.
Apni a t,i, Roosevelt and his par
ty, aboard a special train en rout" t'.J
Nairobi, arrived here this morning
from Mombasa. Me was greeted by
American Missionaries. After they
breakfasted the party resumed its
Journey.
CASTRO IX FRAME.
Government Will Jiot Attiupt to Force
' IIss-Bcen From Country.
SAINT NAZI ARE, France. April 23.
The former president, Castro of
Venezuela, as a passenger on the
steamer Versailles arrived here at day
break today. There was no attempt
on the part of the government to
prevent him from landing. He Is
very ill and was assisted in walking
by a nurse. He will go to Paris, and
thence to Spain. . '
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REMARKABLE DROP IN CHICAGO
PIT WHILE BEARS IRK
CHICAGO, April 23. At the open
ing of the wheat market this morning,
Bears were In evidence. They pound
ed May option from $.1.22 to $U0i,
dining first half hour. July" opened
$1.10 and in 30 minutes decl'ned
$1.09. Bears are still dumping
the wheat pit. Bulls hoped a reaction
would Bet In after a decline of six
cents yesterday, but Bearish news
prevented It.
DROPWHEAT FAST
LA GRMDE, OREGON
AFTER ALL UHtS
OREGON' COMMISSION WILL .
LOWER RATES IF POSSIBLE
Formal RefjncKt of All Oregon Inter.
slate Carriers to Reduce East Bound
Freight Rates Which Became Ef
fective Last JanuaryIf Roads Fall
to Comply, Interstate Commission
Will File Formal Complaint at Once.
, SALEM. April 23. Formal notice
was given all railroads doing inter
state business from Oregon, Including
the Northern Pacific, Astoria A Co
lumbia -River, North Bank In Oregon,
Short Line. O. R. & N. and Southern
Pacific, that the recent Increase lu
East bound transcontinental rates are
considerably unreasonable and with
out justification. The railroad com;
mission decided on this step yester
day. . -. ' ' .""
The -request Is made that old rates
ning of a fight to be taken up in be
half of the shippers against the In
crease, effective January 1st.
The equest is made that old rates
be reinstated. If the railroads fail tl
Comply a formal complaint will be
made by the lnterestate commission.
The action Is In line with the an
nouncement of Wednesday's order re
ducing materially carload rates of
the Southern Pacific between Portland
and Goble, and reducing slightly the
rates on less than carload lots.
SOME COAL ALRIGHT.
Nineteen Ui-jidand seven hundred
end twenty n'ne tons of coal are now
4 'm the storage buukeis. . .
LINCOLN AT BAKER.
Grant Lincoln went to Baker today
to arrange the baseball schedule. The
plans held out were announced In the
Observer yesterday. -
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AXJTI-SALOON1STS TO
" V RAMIFY THEIR FIELDS
Count) no Longer The Cult lu Ore.
goti's Battle For Frohlbtlon Meet
ing at Pendleton Yesterday Adopts
The Stute-Wlde Movement as Pre
ferable to The County Movement as
Now Puts Them on Aggressive
'. Side. ' " ' -V . '. . '
State-wide prohibtlon Is the slogan
of local optionlsts for 1910. At a
meeting of representatives of the
anti-liquor association held In Pen
dleto" laBt evening and attended by
Rev. C. E. Deal of this city, It was de
cided to adopt such a method of pro
cedure in favor of resuming war with
each county as the unit.
The meeting was called for the pur
pose of determining on the course of
action for next year. Some argued,
and si.111 maintain, that it would be
well to leave the state-wide move
ment alone for another year, but as
has been proven, to do so would be
to adopt a defensive stand with the
liquor Interests. While In the rate
and battle, It was the consensus of
opinions that it would be more plaus
ible to adopt the aggressive again and
work for a state-wide movement.
Mr. Deal did not remain for the
final cIobo of the meeting, but came
home on the evening traiu, after hav
ing attended the meeting of the dele
gates (roin a greater portion of Or
egon where It was decided to ramuy
the field of local optionlBts from the
countl" tu the"" state.- The war will be
maiutained In each county regardless
of the state movement;
PORTLAND,' April 23. Antl imloon
workers will put finishing touch&s on
plans for a state-wide local opt ion
campaign! at a meting In Poill.utd
April 30.
Reports made to the secretary of
the league from different parts" f the
state, lead him to believe the time I
ripe for a state campaign. Graduu'
spread of dry territory over the stnte
Inclines antl-saloou people to believe
they can muster sufficient vote's to
put the saloons out of business. Fol
lowing the meeting next week It s
understood a petition will be pre-
arH- i.tnvlilinir for submission Of thd
local option question to the voters of
the state as a whole.
. H. A. Brandon, the O. R. & N. cu
ll. A. Brandon the O. R. & N- en
glneer In' Wallowa county came tr.
"today and will go to Mot Lake to
nifiht to spend a few days.
Fireman 11. Pfeiffer and Engineer
Parker came down from Kamela to
spend the day here.
ELECTRIC BELL
NORTH YAKIMA. Wn., April 23
To protect orchards from frost, ran h
ers in the vlclnky of Granger hie
adopted an eW-tri-; fr ibt bell winch
will ring in ih ranchers bediooin
when the tempintur of the orchard
reaches the danger plr.t. The ranch
er goes to thu orchard lights nuir.i-r-ous
fire pots fil!e4 with pctroum
STATE-WIDE
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WALLA KLLA BREAD COST 10 CENTS
WALLA WALLA,. April 23. It was
postively announced today that bak-.
era of this city will raise the price or
bread to 10 centa a loaf or three for
a quarter, effective May L - Bakera
TOMORROWS LINEIT,
Perxounel of La Grande Flayers
,( Agulust Cove .Slue..;,.
Promptly at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon provided snow does not In
terfere Cove and La Grande baseball
teams will not try out on the Llucoln
Park grounds to fight It out for the
championship of the couuty, for La
Grande has a score to settle with
Cove.- Captain Ralston tmnouncM the
following lineup for the 1 game fo
La Grande: Pitcock, c; Ralston (cap
tain); Geddes, 2b; Reyuolds, 8b;
Blyatoness, ss; Grady, If; BcliolleM,
cf; Earls, rf; Meyers, p. ,
MORE SENSATIONAL ARRESTS.
SPOKANE, Wm, April 23. F. H
Hlllker, Manager of the. California
Mutual Live Stock Association of Oak
land, Calif, was arrested here today
on indictment charging embezzlement
of $18000 from the defunct Pacific
Live Stock Association. W. M. Hun
ter an associate with Hllllker was ar
rested at Santa Ana, Calif., on an
indictment of embezlement of $24000
from the same company.
WILL ACT ON PUTTING NORMAL
QUESTION TO A VOTE
SALEM, April 23. A call has been
Isued for a meeting Qf the state board
of normal regenta at Salem for May
8th. It will then be decided whether
the board will go before the people,
at the next gereral election with ft
solution of th? Normal school diffi
culty. , ,-:
The policy of the ensuing year will
be outlined. - As there are no funds
for traveling expenses, each member
must pay his own expenses to Salem,
The authorities at : Weston have
forwarded $500 to Secretary Starr of
the board, today, for defraying .ex
penses of maintenance of the school
there until the end of the present
semester. , ,
In view of the fact that there 1b
but little for him to do at the coin
ing meeting, E E. Bragg of this city
who Is a member of the board, af-
jinutti ujiio win im houiu inn fcii
unless new and urgent business came
up. Living this far from Salem $50
looks like a penny before the trip's
expenses are paid.
ANOTHER. SALEM BLUNDER.
SALEM, April 23. An error the
Legislature failed . to aproprlate
enough money by 73 cents to cover
deficlncy of salaries of circuit Judges
and Interest thereon. Auditing clerk
Corey is compelled to appropriate the
deficiency from his own pocket.
and the atmosphere Is thus warmed
A carload of these t ots were un
loaded at Granger, w'th three f-a.c
loads of crude petmleum. Since Sat
unViy hi ii(lr,i;'ls of jvts are burt'lnst
every nigbt ami the sir la heavy with
smoke. Many orcbarJs were saved
this way. -
say the mova la necessary on account
of hgn flourj now ng at g.g0
barrel in this city.
1$ ounces. ,
Loaves will weigh
SUMMONS BOARD
TO SALEM MAY 8
APPLIANCE
RS OF KILLING FROST
ALASKA CRAFT IIC
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SECRETARY BALLlXiER
RESPOSSIBLE FOR CHAMJE
Secretary of Iutcrlor Is ILipldly
Establishing a Record for Himself
Has Rooted. Grafting; out or
Alaska Uoverunient and Institute!
. a Recall Ooverunicut for the Gov
erned rule Appllse to Both High
and Lonly.
. WASHINGTON', April 23. (Special.) '
Alaska ia no longer the place
where the pork barrel waxeth fat
and the politlelun fatter with age.
The . territory to the far north
where the sun shines all night during
the winter and mail , is carried over
trails of ice and snow, has ceased
to be the Mecca for the politician who
"rendered dlstlnculshed services for
the party" in the States and who took
out hlB reward by being sent to
Alaska to get what he j could anj
work whom he could.
At last, Alaska is to have a real
American government for the beua
fit of the governed. This has come"
about since Richard A. Balllnger has
been appointed Secretary of the In
teilor under President Taft Not that
President Roosevelt end Secretary
knowingly allowed graft In the frozen
territory, but neither of them under'
stood the problems of government In
that country and then . Roosevelt,
who was a great man for rewarding"
his political friends, sent a great
many of them to Alaska, Many ot
them did not know what to do when
they got there, aud this, was as bud
for the people of that section as de
liberate government-
Secretary Balllnger is from Seattle
which Is the first American port
Alaskans hit after they leave that
country. And every one In Seattle
knows something about Alaska. Then
too, Secretary Balllnger has been to
Alaska and has come Into intimate
contact with her needs, and he In
tends to see that she gets some ot the
benefits of this knowledge.
One of the first things he did when
he was Inducted Into office was to is
sue a general order that govenors of
territories were to stay at home aud
atttend to their duties instead of
outsiiiiiiiH i.u ttiutet umuuiu
playing politics and looking out for
their friends. Govenors of Alaska
have made Washington their winter
home for years. Washington is much,
warmer than Alaska, and It's pleas- .
anter to live here. But the present
visit of Govenor Hoggatt to Wash
ington will be his last unless he
tomes on emergency business or la-
summoned. '
The next thing that Secretary Bal
llnger did was to give notice that all
applicants for postlons In Alaska
must expect to work and not to graft.
and must be" practical business men. -
When this annoucemont was made,
a score of polltlcans who had tried
every thing else and were hoping to-
get an Alaska appointment, gave up
In disgust and went home.
Orders have Issued that every one
who .is given the position of town
ship trustee, for instance, must woilt
at the Job as though it were any
other business trust. The pay for
this office Is $10 a day, and It haa
been the custom Tor trustees to work
five or ten minutes a day and then,
put In a bill for a whole day's work.
Tbls must stop. Bills for days, the
whole of which was not actually
spent In work and real work at that
will not be honored.
SPOKANE MAN DIES.
The body of W. R. Dlckman. h '
died last night ...l. being . prepared . for
shipment to 8pokane by Henry ft Carr.
Mr. Dlckman had come to the Oraodl
Ronde for hia health, but never re
covered from the effects of a aever
accident which he Buffered aome year
ago. He was a member of the Order
of Railway Conductor!. 4.
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