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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1909.
NUMBER 289.
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ITREI11E
LOCKS HORNS WITH TAFT
OVER THE TARIFF QUESTION
IVlsenosin Senator Mill Not be Read
Out of Office or Tarty Either by Dec
larations of Fresldeut . Tuft Ills
Weekly Picks Taft's Winona Speech
to Pieces And Contradicts Asser-
MADISSON, Wis., Sept. 24. Senator
R. M. La Follette In an editorial today
In La Follette's Weekly, refuses to
be read out of. the Republican party
by President Taft Replying to, Taft'
Winona speech he says: "The state
ment of the preseldent Is featured in
t.be press as an attempt to read out
the party of all Republicans who voted
against the tariff bill .
No individual has the power to read
a representative oui of his party. This
power rests solely with the voters. Nor
can even the president decide for the
Rspublican party. The people have
the divine right of deciding for them
selves."
Referring to Taft's statements that
when he signed the tariff bill, "it was
a sincere effort to comply with the
promises of the platform," La Follette
says: "The president comes with the
declaration to support that Tawney
was notoriously opposed to the down
ward revision; comes to the support
or Tawney and those like him who
made the downward revision, in ac
cordance with the promises of repub
Hcan party, Impossible."
Repairing Parish Tonight.
St. Peter's Episcopal church Is be-
" nig thoroughly renovated on the In
side with new stains, floor covering
and paints. The edifice will be much
improved on the Inside as soon
the work is completed. ,
as
CASE
IS SUBMITTED
DECISION' WILL BE FORTH-COM
ING SOON.
Defendant's Counsel Brings up
portant Legal Points.
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The case of the city of La Grande
vs. Ralph Atkinson,' involving the sale
of near beer withou t a license, was
submitted this morning and a decision
will be forthcoming in a few days.
From the --. arguments presented by
Judge Ramsey for the defense it Is
seen that the case is one of farreach-
Ing importance. I- 1 ( i I '
in support of his motion to have
the case dismissed - Judge. 'Ramsey
brings out four points. In the first
. Place he contends the' city ' had no
right to license the sale of near beer,
because near . beer.. Is, an Intoxicating
liquor, and therefore, its sale prohibl-
ted by the state" local option law. ' T
Even though near beer. should, not
be intoxicating, Judge Ramsey, argues,
the council had no right to license the
sUe of it because In so doing it la
licensing the sale of an article and not
a Profession. oi, calling, ,.,.,.
- A third argument presented was
that the city ordinances do not define
near beer in terms definite enough to
aake It legal.; ; , ui-
The fourth argument Is that the city
ordinance under whlch Atkinson was
convicted in the city court has, been
repealed. The 'outcome of the case
yill be watched in all cities where the
'Drys-' ho ire ca7ric! the election:.
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TAFT OBSERVES
GENTILE WISHES
CHANGES HIS FLANS TO
FORM WITH CRITICS.
COX-
Will Speak on Saturday Instead of On
Sunday as Originally Planned.
(By Robert H. Hazard, staff corres
pondent United Press.)
PRICE. UTAH, Sept 24 Taft today
decided to make his address in h.
Mormon tabernacle of Salt Lake City
on Saturday morning instead of on
Sunday as was originally nlnnnod Th
reason for this was that the gentile
ministers were severely criticizing
the president for first planning to give
an address on the Sabbath. Taft has
changed his plans however and it is
unattributed to the criticism as none
of it has reached him personally.
Smoot Joins Party. . .
HELPER,, UTAH .Sept. , 24. Taft
and his party in the special car "May
flower" passed here at 8:50 this morn
ing and Senator Smoot joined the
party at this place.
$10,000 Banquet
' SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 24. Taft
will be tenderd a $10,000. dollar ban
quet at the Fairmont hotel, when he
is here the night of Octobero. Tickets
are $20.00 each, and 600 persons will
attend. Two thousand invitations
will be issued and those who accep
tances and checks arrive first, will be
the lucky banqueters.
SPUD SEASON
NEARiNG THE
DICING TIME
SEVERAL BIG FELLOWS ON
EX,
III BIT IN THE CUT.
Sonic Exhibits Sent to Spokane by C.
SI. Riddle That Are Fine. !
Heavy yields and a good market
seem to be in store for the potato
raiser of the Grande Ronde valley
this fall, according to reports com
lng in from the producers who will be
gin digging Monday morning. Some
have already started turning out the
Immense yields of fat spuds but the
digging will not be In full blast until
next week.
The story of the yields of the po
tato fields of the valley will be told
at the exposition, when such exhibits
as that to be made by C. M. Riddle, are
seen.' Mr. Riddle has sent a' sample
of Grande Ronde potatoes to the Spo
kane fair, which , weighed 4 1-2
pounds. , Three , potatoes . from the
Riddle farm are now on exhibition in
the McKennon-Phy-Roberts real estate
office averaging" 3 1-4 pounds. At the
office of the La Grande Investment
company, there is a still larger po
tato from the Fred York farm, weigh
ing 3 1-2 pounds. This with several
others about as large were picked up
at random frtim the York farm, where
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digging nas aireaay commenced. j.
In. regard to tEe acreage; opinions
differ. Some have stated the acreage
Is smaller than usual while others
are of the opinion thaV It ' is much'
larger than usual. It is a little early
yet. to fortell just what the market is
to be but the feeling is that It is to bci
better than 'usual- The buynig price
at present Is 80 cents per hundred. ! !
STOOP CASE TOMORROW.
Well Known Divorce Suit Will Begin
' Tomorrow at 9 O'clock. ' ;f
The1 divorce case of Flora Stoop vs,'
Henry'stoop, "will begin tomorrow bef
forei Judge Knowles. .The parties are
well known in the county. A large
crowd of witnesses came down on the
near -Train. 'to attenC ths trial.
SEATTLE 11
FATAL
FORTY OB MORE INJURED
IN STREET CAR COLLISION
One Killed Instantly And Two Fatally
Hurt When Car Jumps Track Car
Leaves Track. And Rams Into Ad
joining Building, All But Killing In
mate of The House Injured Ones
Unshed to Hospitals For Medical
Care And Attention. :.
SEATTLE, Sept 24. One man was
killed, and more than 40 injured, two
probably fatally, at eleven o'clock to
day, when a Walllngford' avenue car
became- uncontrollable, - through the
brakes failing1 to work, and jumped the
track and crashed into a restaurant,
wrecking the cai1 and building, o
The dead: Frank Hull, East Tacoma.
Se veral Fatally Hurt. i.
Apparently heyond control, the car
descended on Fourteenth avenue, and
when it reached the switch it over
turned, imprisoning the occupants, and
then slid 20 feet and crashed Into a
lunch wagon, probably fatally Injur
ing P. F. Winslow, the cook. A score
of Injured were taken to the Emergen
cy hospital at the fair grounds in
automobiles, wagons and ambulances.
Police and firemen rescued the impris
oned. Fatally injured: James. Hull, Ta-,
coma. . "' ..." '
Mrs .Nellie Fairbanks, : Arlington,
Wash., arm broken and Internal in
juries. .
The Seriously Hurt
Mrs. E. F. Scholl, Oakland, Calif.
Mrs. T. L. Walker and T. L. Walker,
Dighton, Kan . ,
Annie Harrington, aged 10, Maple
valley, Wash. V
P. J. Cardwell, Harrington, Wash.
S. P. Jolly, Joliet, Illinois.
Milton Barnes, aged 12. Ballard,
Wash.
Walter Fairbanks, Arlington, Wash.
The Injured Ones.
Slightly injured: Mrs. J. A. House
man and daughter, Shelton, Wash. ,
A. P. - Schpfield and wife, Council
Bluffs ,Iowa.
E. G. Mugford and Cliff Leighton,
Vancouver, B. C. . r
M.' G. Boyer. and wife; Lydia Wouth
and Mrs. B. R. Matthews, Seattle.
Annie M. Brown, Kelsey, Wash. .
Mrs. Theodore Scholer, Medical
Lake, Wash.
Mrs. E. J. Harrington, George and
Lyle Harrington, Maple valley, Wash.
Mrs .L; G. Conant, Auburn, Wash.
Mrs. Yoemans, Fairbanks. "
Carl Castle, Napavlne, Wash.
Mythal Mayer, Union Town.
L. R. Abraham .Auburn, Wash.
P. E. Rainey, Harrington.
Mrs. P D. McClung, Okeen, Okla
homa. ; '
Mrs. T.' M. Hornada, T. M. Hornada
and J. M. Messenger, Seattle . ,
Walter Horner, Berkeley, Calif.
William Mayer, Uniontown. '
Cora Dickinson . and ""Walter" Fair
banks, Arlington. ' '- ' '; . '
Frank Dovey .Vancouver, B. C.
Charles A. Johnson, Portland. . ,
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21. Forty
lerlshed when the steamer I'tstein'was
wrecked la the Yucatan channel Mon
day, ndrlng a hnrrkane which swept
the coast according to a rescue party
which returned from Port Eads, where
they found the remnants of the wreck.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept 24, WJth 200
already known to be dead in Louis
iana alone, and a number of ' other
villages and hamlets are yet to be
heard from, it is certain the list of
casualties resulting from Monday's
tiday wave will exceed 300.
ACCIDENT
OVER -350 KILLED
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KNICHTSTEHPLAR
AMNION CrCCIflH
nujuuiiu jljjiuii
TWO NOYIATES INTRODUCED
TO SHRINE FROM LA GlLlXDE
Krand Comniandcry Adjourns Today !
After Strenuous , Session Salem j
Chosen as Th- Next Meeting Place !
Pendleton Man Chosen Graud Com. !
mander of The State Order Tnen.
ty-slx N ov lutes Taken Over Sandy
Pilgrimage. , ,'
BAKER CITY, Sept. 24. (Special)
-Twenty-six novitiates from Eastern
Oregon were initiated into. Al Kader
Mystic temple of Shriners at the cere-,
monlal session here last evening in'
connection with the grand command-i
ery of the Knight Templars, which Is
holding Its annual meeting here, yes
terday and today. Among the noviti
ates were Doctor M.. K. . Hall and C.
C. Penington of La .Grande.
The grand commandery decided on
Salem as the next meeting place, af
ter a spirited battle in which Port
land played an Important part To
day the business sessions closed and
during the afternoon the visitors,
nearly 300 strong were guests with
the county fair. - Attired in the full
regalia of the two orders Including
the red fez of the Shriners, the guests
vere ushered through the fair with
fittinR .pomp this afternoon. The spc
cial Shrlner's train returns to Port
land tonight. ;
The new officers of the grand com
mandery elected last evening, follow:
T. C. Taylor, Pendleton, grand com
mander; W. A. Cleeland, Portiand,
deputy grand commander; H. B.
Thlelson, Salem, generalissmo; W. E.
Grace, Baker City, grand captain gen
eral; L. L. Jewell, Grant's Pass, grand
senior warden; Henry Roe, Portland,
junior grand warden; 13. G. . White
house, Portland, grand treasurer; J.
F. Robertson, Portland, grand record
er; A. 13. Grant, Ashland, grand pre-
late; W. F .Laraway, Hood River,
i grand standard bearer; J. Tuttle, As
jtcrlu, grand sword bearer; B. J. To-
niasslni, Portland, Grand warden.
Old Commandery Ofllcers.
The old grand commandery oflicers,
were:
Albert N. Knapp, Portland, grand
commander; T. C. Taylor .deputy
grand commander .Pendleton; W. A.
Clelland. Portland, grand generalissl
mo; H .B. Thlelson .Salem, grand cap
tain general ; W. E. Grace, Baker City,
grand senior warden; L. L .Jewell,
Grant's Pass, grand Junior warden;
Henry Roe, Portland, grand prelate;
D. D. Ashland, grand standard bearer;
W .F. Laraway, Hood River, grand
sword bearer; J. Tuttle, Astoria, grand
warder; D. G. Tomaslnl, Portland,
grand captain of the guard; James F.
Robinson, Portland, grand secretary;
B. G .Whltehouse, Portland, grand
treasurer.
, Helen Caldwell, Pprtland..
Sadele McClung and John McClung,
Okeen ,Okla. ! " : '
Ernest Hernlsche, North Washipg-(
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. Communication is gradually being
restored and as a result the list of
dead Is being increased hourly, '
Conservative estimates pla-v the
loss at fifty millions. The f-,,ar cane
crop ' Is a total loss. T uudreds of
houses are unroof tl uad buildings
though substantial, were reduced to
kindling.' ' i ,7 ;
Half the cotton crop is ruined. At
Baton Rouge, the state house is dam
aged and records are watersoaked.
The executive mansion is also dam
aged. ........
GRAND OPERA .
COMING OCT. 7
INTERNATIONAL OPERA COMPANY
IS COMING.
ra,nerI,i'' And .."Lucia D'e LUnimer-
moor" Two of Feature Numbers. -
Ernest Shuter, representing the In
ternational Grand Opera company,
which is coming to the Steward
Thursday night. October Is in the
city today. The company comes with
110 'prominent people, Including an
oiiueniia oi - jutcwa. iimie. lMorelll,
Ugo Colombinl," the dramatic tenor,
and Mme. Therry and others are only
of a few of the members known ' as
grand opera stars. During, the visit
here J'Cavallerla Rustlcana" and .the
second act of "Lucia De Llammer
moor". will be introduced here dur
ing the visit. In Lucia De Llamrner
moor, the famous sextette from "Lu
cia" which has been heard In La
Grande in some shape or other before;
will be sung. , ;,';k:'(
KETCH EL IN 'FRISCO.
Goes Into Training Quietly, For His
Encounter With Johnson Soon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24. Stan
ley Ketchel arrived here last night,
and went Into training for his fight
with Johnson. He arrived quietly In
contrast to the welcome he received
on his last visit to fight Papke.
GEO. HIMES
COMING HERE
PIONEER DAY
HISTORICAL LIBRARY SECRE
TARY COMING WEDNESDAY,.
Fair Securcw Another Drawing Card
. For Pioneer Day at Fair.
George H. lllmes, secretary of the
state historical society, who is well
known to old aud young alike in this
county ,but esteemed by the pioneers
especially for his ceaseless efforts to
accumulate a historical library at
Portland that will be a credit to the
state, has telephoned his willingness
to be in La Grande on pioneer day of
the county fair. This la on Wednesday
of fair week.
This treat to the pioneers will be
received with much elation for Mr.
lllmes Is a speaker and an entertainer
of no mean ability . .
His coming Is assured, for on the
telephone this morning, he gave a
definite answer to this effect. . Sick
ness or other unforseen prevention is
the only thing that will stand in the
way of his coming.
The office of the State Historical so
ciety In Portland city Is one of the
most remarkable places in the Rose
city. It contains, perhaps, more cur
ios and rare old relics than any other
collection, on the coast. An effort is
being made by some to induce the
state to provide expenses , for .having
all these c,at:'lo8Ul during the life
time of Mr. llimes as he Is the only
man living who knows their history.
THREE TOK THIRD CROP
Remarkable Alfulfa Yields Reported
. From The Sandrldge.
The resourcefulness of the Grande
Ronde soli Is well illustrated in the
alfalfa of Emil Fuehr's Sandrldge
farm. The third crop Is now about
ready for the mower and will make
about three tons to the acre. The
second crop yielded five tons per acre
and the first crop eight tons. The land
haf never been Irrigated.
lillTAiiltlS
INSTIGATE VAR
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j THREE THOUSAND ALREADY
j OUT AND MORE GOING
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Engineers Secede From Western Fed.
j iration And Form Union of Their
j Own-Thls Offensive to Miners And '
They Strike Shots Fired Last Night
When Engineers Meeting Was In.
1 .terrupted Danger of Extensive
Mine Strike.
BUTTE." Mont, Sept 24.Three
thousand miners on the day shift of
45 mines refused to go to Work this
morning because the stationery en
gineers at the mines seceded from the
Western Federation of Miners, and
formed an independent union.' -
Five thousand miners on the night
shift won't report tonight,, unless all
engineers working,! are, Western"' Fe4
eratioa men. -, . , ,
John Gillie .general manager of the
Amalgamated properties, declare!
that unless the men went back to work
within five days the Bmelters at Am
erada and Great Falls wr-.-li bo clos
ed down, au ithug out of work over
13,000 men. The nlg'a euKtuenr? who
were holding meetiii were interiapt
ed by the m'.ien nail fifteen to twen
ty shots were firei resulM ijf -,u the in
Jury of one siaa. ' 1 : . 7.
HONOR MISSIONARIES
Reception to le Given at the L. D .S.
Church Tonight
A receytlon will be given at Ihe L. D.
S. tabernacle tonight in, honor of L.
Garrick and Marlon Jordln, two old
residents of La Grande who have been
away o na two years mission to Eng
land. Mr. Garrick returned about a
month ago but his reception wa sde
ferred until tonight In order that he
might be honored Jointly with his
colaborer, Jordln, who worked at the
same time preachingjn the British
Isles. "
FATHER AND TWO SONS AT BLUE.
FIELLD IN DANGER.
Angry Mobs Demand Vengeance For
Horrible Crlmse Committed.
BLUEFIELD, W. Va., Sept 24.--An
angry mob is surrounding the Hurley
jail, where .Alexander Blankenship,
and two sons are imprisoned, charged
with murdering' George Meadows, his
wife,' three children, and an aged
mother and burning the bodies In the
home, , ,, , . .
Blankenshlp's surrendered on prom
ise of authorities that they would be
protected. It Is apparent, however,
the authorities will be unable to pro
tect the men in the jail, If the mob
attacks. '. '
The Blankenshlp's were followed bjr
bloodhounds, during the night, bat
barricaded themselves . on a farm.
Finally they surrendered when prom
ised protection. ; .' ' , ". .'
Important Meeting 'Jjbt.
The Blue Mountain association will
meet tonight at the home of George B.
Currey to transact important business.
It is necessary that a large number of
members be present
RABBLE DEMANDS
LIURDEREfi'S LIFE
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