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9 - YK VOLUME VTIL LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OHE., VEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1009. NUMBER 197. URL EXPENSES TO BE CUT DOWN 16 SHIPS IN ATLANTIC PUT MOBE MEN ON SHIPS SECRETARY MEYER THINKS "f SAVING CAS BE EFFECTED ..-- v,--- -.-;-v " fiWr ' Taft Is Cause of Plan to Lessen Ex pense of Keeping Sfavy in Trim--A 11 But Sixteen Battleships to be Held la Rosen e, With a Small Cample ment ef Men And Officers--t'cuul iwWr of Shin VW1 be Hull. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9. Ow ing to Taft's policy of retrenchment, Secretary Meyer announced today, that he will leave but alxfeei battleships on the Atlantic fleet In active service, and recommend that all other fighting machines, of that class be held In re serve, when he revises the expenses of iis department for the fiscal year Mey er believes that a large savins will be effected by placing all battleships outr aide the Atlantic fleet in recei ve with a uinoll complement cioffl&i& and men, a mere skeleton, the regular force. i.v;,', ;. ...'; ' Tha plan of retrenchment will not affect the proposed increaseof three thousand men In the enlisted peraon men of the navy, nor the policy of making yearly appropriations for two battleships. Kstimates for the pay of additional men and the cost of new ships will be included in the budget. 3Emnlyment for tha additional men, and those taken from ships in reserve TT1 be provided for by increasing the mlisted strength of every ship iq com mission,';'' v '... " vYl. ; SMITH US EFFOET MADE TO GET CHICAGO JIES TO SEE GBAXDE UOSDE Itinerary Left This city Off The Map Publicity. Manager Carrey Secures Promise From Director , General Hutehlns, to Use His Iniluence to Get a Stop Here M ill be Taken For Auto Ride'Orer Vallej. 1 '.' !. Fifty of the leading business men of Chicago will pass through La .Grande next Friday afternoon. The itinerary of the delegation talis for a slop at SAN FRANCISCO. June 9.The dm Posal of 1200.000 drawn from the Uni ted States mint by representatives cf United RaUroads was th e ubje. t inquiries of the prosecution In the Cahoun trial today. ' Durin fiist eek' trial II.. .v... u - Pendleton and Baker City, leaving J.a Grande out entirely. Through the ef forts of Traffic Manager O'Ne'Il nnd the Commercial club' here thev probably be prevailed upon to &tup here. Director General Hutehins pas aed through the city this morn'inj on bis way to Portland where he will joiu tB4 delegation and return o -'Chicago with them. Publicity Manager Currey secured an interview with Mr. Hutch ing, who stated that he would use his Influence to get them to stop oft here for an hour and seemed to think that It could be arranged, If they are successful In securing the stop the visitors will be given an automobile ride through the valley. When they-' return they will be shown ovr the. eity. The itinerary will give thaw a very good impression of our resources and one that will go far ti advertise La Grande and the. sur rounding country. lJ; w MI ST PBEPARE AT OSCE, .ACC0RDIG TO LORD ROBERTS Says Question is ot Whether England Can Fight In 20 Years, But "Can She Fight 'owT Roberts Pu,ts Limit to Period of Peace at 2(1 Months, And ' ConnseU Closest Attf HtiCR to Sitn- ationo ? 1 VfA vi; r.'.v"' '' ' ;AA 'r .'!''M - LOXDOX. June 9. Predicting that Great Britain will be involved in war within 20 months, Lord Roberts to day took Issue with War. Secretary Haldane, who told the Imperial Press Congress that the empire must have its defense developed within 20 years, Haldane Intimated that the nation re lied materially on the colonies. Rob erts leaped to hlB feet, saying: "It is impossible to look to a period of 20 years' of peace In which to prepare ourselves. If you will pay. attention to an old soldier, I counsel th.a.t tha pret; ent situation demands, $o$t!t at tentlon. The freatest auestlpn s; "Ar? We prepared to fjght pow.?1' ; . Feudist Murderer's Captured. 1 JACKSON, Ky.,; June 9. Govan Smith, his brother. Elisha. and Levi Johnson, were arrested today after a hot pursuit through the mountains by a sheril'a posse, "are charged with complicity in the shooting of Edward Callahan, the famous feudist, and a friend of the late Judge Hargls, who was assaslnated by his son recently. Smith is head of : the Smith clan. Bloodhounds led the posse to his home. .Loral SlrawWrries Soon. ? -.' While the strawberries that : are shipped in are selling at 20 cents per box,, it is hoped by the merchants of the city that they will be able to sell the local berries at a less price. A few' berries are ripening In the Fruit dale. May Park and Cove districts, but they" will not appear in the market to any x tent before nxt week, A .. IT would try to prove this money was used In the payment of bribes to mem bers of the former Board of Huper vlsora. Ha'caused a sensation In court today when he thereatened to romnel tbe defendant to produce roue hers showing tha disposition of the money. ' PORTLAND June 9. The floral pageant of tjecorated automobiles, was the principal feature In today, pro gram ef the Rose Festival, Thousands. lintl the streets through, which, tho pageant passed at 2 ocfcKk this after noon. ., ; -Jl.'. :Ll? .,! rne nve muea ef automobiles In the parade, were decorated with millions of rosoa, There were 300 machines. The. event was given under the aus pices of .the automobile club, which DESOSfl CIVEII , M ' ' i '. ' Two more Union county cases have been decided by , the Supremo Court. In the case f Rafferty vs. Davis, wherein Mr, Rafferty ' as : guardian sought to recover land sold for taxes to Lou DavU,, of North Powder, the lower, court sustained, and Rafferty r L MINISTERSHIP TAFT WORRIER) OVER REFUSALS TO ACCEPT WI Already Declined by Three, Fulton, Henienway And a Sew York Man Feared In Official clrelei That China i U Resentful of Seeming Sllght ' Taft Will Probably Keep Nomina tlon Secret Until Appointee Has Ac cepted, " ..i '' WASHINGTON. 1). C..' June 9,-Re-peated declinations by men to whom Taft has offered the ministership to China are believed In official circles to have stirred up a slight; feellna; of resentment In China. The President Is said to be perplexed as to the prop er disposal of the post. .The minister ship has already been offered to for mer Senator Fulton, of Oregon; for mer Senator Hemenway, of Indiana: and to -William Nelson Cromwell, of New York. The president will probably not announce another nomination un til it is accepted. ; - V , " ' ,V . May Banish 300 Saloons. .YOUNGSTOWN, O.. June 9. Nearly S00 saloons may be put out of busi ness as a result of the election held today In this city and Mahoning counties under the Rose local option law. "Wets" - and "Drys" have en gaged In a vigorous campaign and the result of the balloting is yet in doubt. , , ::.N"o. i Late.'- y , Because - No. 24, an east boual freight, went into,fhe fiich nuar Lur kee on "Horse Shoe" curve yesterday afternoon,' Parenger No. S whs an nulled last night and ran as the irsi section of No. 11 this moinhi'g, ar riving In "La Grande at 7-40. No.' 11 proper arrived at 7; 50. ' ' Traneontlnental Race. : TOPEKA; Kaa., June 9. Leading in the New York Exposition traneontln ental race, the Shawmut .car, with T. A. Pettlngill. R H. Messer and E. H. Chapln, as drivers, arrived here at 8:15 this morning. One Ford la thirty minutes behind the leader, making good time, the other Ford la reported ditched near Lawrence, Kansas. The whereabouts of the Acme Is unknown JmPt up fifteen silver trophies. "The H4rit of the Golden West" pageant will be the attraction tdfnlght. Of all, the floats which will partici pate in the parade tontgbt La Grande's will .be one of the most beautifully decorated and most typical of her re sources. ; 'V; '"";T"" ';."-V, . President Chtllberg, of the Seattle fair, and other fttTiclals will arrive to morrow, B.nd wlU entertained by the festival committee. III Tl CASES ' ; i '.J,,J . . -1 gets Judgment. ' , . In the case of the State vs. Mlnnlek, In which Mlnnick was sentenced dur ing the October term to one year in the penitentiary on the charge of horse stealing, the decision of the lower court was reversed and the case re manded for retrial, : CASTRO SCHEMES PS F If AS BEEN' WATCH ED BY AGENTS OF SECRET SERYICE Supposed That Former President Is Back of Shipment of Modern Rifles In Large Lots 81,000 Shipped From Belgium Planned to - Distribute From Southern Ports of United States , 0", w . NEW YORK, June' That "tates not luled to sleep by the ap'iSflt lif activity of former President Cipiano Castro, of Venezuela, was shown today when it developed that secret service agents ar Investigating an attempted shipment of Z M00 modem riiins to the southern republic. Tha sh'?ireit was made from Belgium, end it is reported f it waa the plan to rcahip them from New York to aoutherrf po ta In states; then send them in s:naller consignments to Venezuela. Tho in vestigation disclosed that from forolioi E I sources a million dollars has been the younger of the two. is crippled placed at the disposal of the men bus- m the "boulder, the result of riding pected of heading the 'plot-''.'':."."; X -'Vv : racM ltt' MP'.''Tenn.i.,Thejr de ; I " . ; " ; ' -; .". ''V ( c''are their determination of standing '' ' " ' ' '' '' ' v' trial." v . Finds Mueh Money. ELLENSBURG. Wn., June 9. Wlille excavating, under the family home in Roslyn today, . Carles Avenetti, run- earthed a large copper can containing f 3.000 Jn green backs. It is supposed that the money was buried by Avenet ti 's father, who died years ago. ,s Christiansen In Court. Spectators thought for vhilo this afternoon that the case of thn Stale against Christiansen, charged with passing a .' raised check, would - be thrown out of court, but Judg? Know tea overruled a motion to dfsinUfi the case and the trial was proceUl w:ili. . Fair Grows Better. ; SEATTLE, June 9. Today was the biggest day In the exposition's second week of history. It waa Jointly cel ebrated by the Grocers' Association, Washington Pioneers' Association; the Catholic Order of Foresters, and the State Library Association. Every grocery store in Seattle was closed all day. ,v.-j:.f";,' ., ,:' w ; ; I (in-at Game Yesterday. - SAN FRANCISCO, June 9. Spec tacular features were plentiful in the San Francisco-Oakland great 24 Inning game yesterday. "Cack" Henley, pit cher' for San .Francisco, walked only one man in the whole game; Tennant, first base for San Francisco, had S6 chances, mado one error; but one man stole on Catcher Berry, for San Fran cisco, and he completed, five snappy double plays;: Mahler, second base far San Francisco, flpl.lt 4 IS thancca without a bobble. The actual playing time was three hours and 3" wtfuuts. The game will go Into history U6 vlit greatest ever played wcsit of the Root les. Neither Pltchc.;- V.itR8, for Oak land, nor Henley, showed signs of the strain. TtW rlsitcua wrre helpless before Hnwley's delivery. The drive of Nick Williams, for, San Francisco, Bent Tennant across the home plate with TAKE THEIR TROUBLES ' I .; IX GOOD SPIRITS Supposition Is That an Indictment Will , be Returned This Afternoon-Are Typical Street Gaming And Seem to be Welt Versed In Hobo LifeAre Determined to Stand Trial- Have Been Orphan. For Settral Years '"' t . Ro and Ray Lawrence, the two boys vxo committed the robbery at Nortn Powder Wonday 'nlslt, were brought to La qrnnde this, niorRtm? and lodged In fh JhU feere q ftwajt tha action of ''and iurV. The sunnosltlon is I th'at "the grind Jury will return an indictment against the boys this a,(- ternoon. , The two boys are cousins and were born in Kansas. They have been or phans for a number of years and were forced to live by . their wits in the larger cities of the ouUi,; principally New Orleans. For the last few yoan they b.a.y been beating their way over tha country, and claim to have made their way as street musicians. Jhey eem to be well varaed In tlia lora of tha street gamin and take their troub le here aa lightly as if nothing waa HtnlM. They wr put off of a train at Huntington a week ago Monday, and were next heard of when they were beating their way from Baker City to Haines by; hiding . behind -some suit cases under the chairs on the train Saturday night. The owner of the suit cases kindly let them remain In concealment until they were discover ed golnft through the suit cases. ' They were then1 routed out and put off the train. The boys agea are 16 and ' 1. NEW YORK, June 9. Spending her fortune at the rate of two dollars In the same length of time it took her husband to accumulate thrty cents, Mrs. RuBsell Sage has dsbursed twenty five million' dollars n less than three years. If she continues at the present rate the entire fortune of $65,000,000 which took a life time to accumulate will be gone within five years. The wtdow is spending the fortune at the rate of $25,00 dally for the benefits of mankind. . TWO BQYSWILL STAtlD 1BUL RATES RELL UiiTIL IIEB EFFECTIVE IN THIRTY DAYS RESULT OF HEARING TODAY HEARING AT1XMJKI) BY !,-, ?r - DISTINGUISHED COAJil All Cases of Rates Which Were Or. dcred Reduced to Take Effect' July 1 Another Victory For Spokane In Effect Fcndlut? The Hearing cf Supplemental Complaint Trnftie Fincrts Present. ' ' ' ' WASHINGTON, D. C, June 9. "AH commodity rates shall remain as at present In effect, pending the hearing of Spokane's supplemental complaint in the coming fall. All class rates to Spokane which were ordered reduced 16 2-3 per cent will become effective juiy;i." ;:';;':;- This is the result of the hearing to day .when such an order permitting class rat? changes to become effective . In less than thirty days statue JftoU, ; was agreed to by J, N. Teal of Port- land representing all the coast citiei. II. M. Stephens representing Spokane, and J. A. Hannaford, th.e railroads. Tie ) hearing was attended by a distinguish ed c6lPany ' western railroad tram i I expert?. aiav.a. ; . Committee MeeUay. , Chairman Mac Wood has called a meeting of all the committees con- cemed in the preparation of the cel ebration program, and desires that ev- . ery member be present at the Com- -menial club rooms, Monday evening, j at 8 o'clock.-.- f '.': ' . Vu " v ? List of Jurors, X Very few Juror mM IxtuSeJ il tills term of: the circuit eourt; The following are In attefldancef S. Wbod ell, . fiummervili) king spaih, I'elo caset; W. fi. PaehrL Wrsndej Charl es Oswald, Summervllie;'. b; h, ' kennon AHcel ; M. Elliclge. L4 Grande; G. D. Simmons, La Orande; Claad Huffman, Elgin; D. Sanfordr Hllgard; Frank Ross, Union; J. A. Hug, Elgin; Robert Blumensfein, El gin; J. M,; Dorr, Elgin; W". 8 Ebell, Elgin; John T. Rich, Union, . Jiew Passenger Conductor. . , ; , Conductor Frank Mytlnger of the La Grande division of the O. R. & N., who has been promoted to one of the now passenger, runs out of this city, has arrived with his family from La ' Grande to reside here permanently. , Pendleton E. O. ; ' ; . , v AMERICAN7 AND FRENCH CARDINALS TO BE CREATED " ROME, June 9. Cardinal Merry Del -Val, papal, Secretary , of State, wilt , urge at next autumn's consistory the creation of an American and a French " Cardinal, according to the belief la ,v Vatican circles. , There are 'now sev- f eral vacancies Id the papal college. The failure of the consistory to create new cardinals before the relent ad journment is being discussed by Del Val and the Pope. 7.1
