La Grande evening observer., November 11, 1909, Image 1

VOLUME IX
uA GBANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON.
THURSDAY,. NOVEMBER 11. 1S09.
.NUMBER 17
0
BREAD STRIKE
FINALLY OVER
HALF OF STARVING POPULATION
IN SPOKANE JAIL GIVES UP
TO BREAD AND WATER :
NO INCREASE OF THE NUMBER
OF VOLUNTEERS TO DATE.
Only Incident of Violence Occurred
Lust iugnt When Someone Wreck
ed Train Carrying Prisoners.
Spokane. Nov. 11. The hunger
etrlke was broken this morning. One,
half of the prisoners took the proffer
ed bread and water and It is believed
that all of them will accept food be
fore night The Industrial ranks arJ
thinning perceptibly this morning ami
it is believed that the worst is over.
Tbfcre were no volunteers for jail ar
rests this morning.
; A car laden with prisoners for Fort
Wright was derailed with an iron bar
last night. The leaders declare that it
was the deliberate work of their ene
mies and the police believe that it was
the result of the work of some of tho
revolutionists in an endeavor to free
the prisoners. .
The Industrials are planning to have
a woman's week, next week. There are
a hundred women who have reported
that they are willing to go to Jail for
the cause of freopeech. Acting Gov
ernor Howell, here, says that the sit
uation is not at all as serious as has
been reported and that he sees no oc
casion to call out the state militia. He
Ladles fast black hose In . all
sizes regular 12 l-2c value .10c
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r
friday
Jffll Jadies Suits
Ladles knit petlcoats good heav
y weight, variety of colors ?1.35
to $1.50 value .. .. ..98c
Sample line Mens sweaters at
Childrens knit Toques in all col
ors, regular 50c value on sle
for .. ..
37c
fTT ' t?Ts?Wre'sflpffl
HbH 'jMMk 1 . ' q aimWili'lliMiMifl
says, however, that if the necessity
arises for such an action he will do
it . ' ;
A hundred Industrials, of which 2)
will be deported as aliens have been
taken to Fort Wright to be placed In
the guard house. Thirty government
emigration officers have reported for
the purpose of ferriting out aliens for
deportation. The police are doubling
their force, yet are fearful that they
will soon be unable to cope with the
situation. It is now predicted that the
city will have to be placed under mar
tial law within a week. If this should
happen the citizens of Spokane will
be In more danger than the prisoners
and it is feared that the scenes of
Cripple Creek and Ooldfield will ; ha
reinacted.
BIG ISOLATE LAND SALE.
Many Here From All Parts of the In
, ; land Empire to Get Land.
Fifteen hundred and forty-four acres
of land, scattered widely over this sec
tion of the state in isolated tracts was
sold today at auction at the land office.
In every case the alnd that was put up
went to the man who applied for the
sale and at the price of $1,25 . per
acre, the figure at whichit was started
on the first bid. The land was vacant
land without timber.- Among the buy
ers of land were: Allen H. Reynold of
Walla Walla; Roy Hun of La Grande.
John Anthony of Rondowa; C. A. Hm-r
ter of Wallowa; J. W. Bollins of UkHh
Wm. Makin of Enterprise. Robert It
Chapman; R. F. Wiglisworth of Cal
low.ay;C . R. Davis of Ritter; T. O.
Hobbs of Austin; F. L. Wade of Elgin;
R. R Cahattin of Milton; A Walford of
Ukiah; J. A. Rust of Pendleton; A.
B. Carter of Long Creek and Sam Mo
Broom of Long Creek.
A Lake county potatoe weighs five
pounds and is 13 Inches long. That's
nothing. An average La Grande spd
weighs 13 pounds and is five feet long.
Come again.
xtra Specials
Jaturdaij
ana
Ladies and childrens knit mit
tens in both black and colors,
regular value 60c on sale . .29c
Odd lots and sizes in childrens
Vlcl Kid, Calf and patent leatn
er shoes, both button and lace
Value to J1.25 oSc
We have a large stock of SpnUs,
Legglns and the panta legglnet
tes in al! the poi... :
Our urii e .h loweet.
SSOURAN
AGAINST T AFT
MINORITY LEADER ADMITS HE
WILL ACCEPT NOMINATION IF
. EXTENDED TO HIM
OPENLY DECLARES CANNON :.
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MISREPRESENTED FACTS.
. ward the Southern Leader For
Next Presidential Race.
Appleton, Wis. Nov. 11. Democrats
are discussing the speech that was
made last night by Champ Clark in
which he declared that Joe Cannon
misrepresented the facts In his recoiit
attack on the Insurgents.'
This occasion marked the starting
of a boom for Clark as president ' In
1912. v ;'. V'V .-
He said that Cannon, through a
lapse, of memory or. otherwise, had
misrepresented the facts of the recent
Elgin Bpeech when he charged tho
democrats and Insurgents of forming
a coalition to defeat tariff legislation."
During the course of his speech he
was continually Interrupted with cries
of "Clark for president" He replied:
"I am willing but I am not lying awake
nights thinking about the electoral
vote that I might get No man ever
refused a nomination for president and
I am jJt going to be the first one."
Stanfleld is going to have the best
roads and streets in Eastern t Oregon
says the stuttering young Standard.
for
Childrens heavy ribbed cotton
hose actual 15c value .. .'.lie
Msduced
Childrens extras heavy weight
cotton ribbed hose, the kind you
can't wear out . . , ,lCc
special prices
A large stock of outing flannel
for kimonat and gowns. A: the
, . .- ':.i-!ce. '. '' i
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Si
JAPANESE TO
EXPAND NAVY
ANXIOUS TO KEEP ABREAST WITH
THE TIME GIVEN AS REAL
- CAUSE FOR ACTION
NINETEEN TWELVE WILL SEE
A. KATE RIAL EXPANSION.
itapia Urswtlt of Uncle 8m Navy Is
Canse Tor Worry in the Realm
f the Mikado.
Tokio, November 11 "Rapid growth
of the foreign navies, particularly that
of the United States" was given ' as
the sause, of the great activity, in the
Japanese;; navy department, for it is
determined to keep abreast of the
times In the matter of navy equipment
According to the plans that were an,
nounced today the department will be
?in to supplement the present naval
strength; In 1912 by the construction
of several additional battleships.' '
, This move Is considered Imperative
in the naval circles of Japan say the
officials,, If the Japanese wish to con
tinue to hold the balance of the naval
strength in the waters of the Pacific
This announcement clearly follows
the announcement by dispatches from
the UnUed States to the effect that
President Taft favors the merchant
roarlneu ship subBldy for the purpose
of extending American marine in the
Pacific. . . "
FATE TONIGHT
INVITATIONS ARE OUT FOR THE
HANGING OF MURDERER,
Governor Benson Swamped In Petition
Prayers for Mercy.
Salem; Nov. 11 Owing to the fact
that additional petitions and Informa
tion is yet to be submitted at the ex
ecutive office- in the Finch and Daly
cases, who are sentenced to hang to
morrow, It Is Impossible for the Gove-
nor to reach a decision before tonight
or Friday morning. .
The main petition is being circulat-
ln Salem in behalf of Finch on ac
count of the fact that Finch at one
time lived there. ' .
Invitations are out for the hanging
which is set for tomorrow at 12; 30 to
be repeated in rapid succession unless
the two llces are saved by the Gov-
enor In the meantime. The number
of invatations Is limited though there
is a big demand for them.
1TEW CARS COME.
Kissel Ear, Hadson and White Steamer
Arrive for Local People.
Merton Kiddle today received a new
30-horse power Kissel kar from the
Portland distributing point, and two
50-horse power cars of the same type
are among the shipment which will be
LEARN
FINCH
jcf-.'I for demonstration purposes, In a'
few dajs. ' . , '
A' White !?'-rr, loimor'.y owned
by C. R. Hiltb". firrlvad tc-.lay ;r..ro
Portland for J. A. Thro?r-n, Lne Im
bier auto fan.
A Hudson 3-passenger 20-horse
power car Is now at the warehouse for
J. C. Henry who has the agency for
-oake Iii this errUory. Th ms-
; .O'.V.ity'.'k.
VOTERS FAVOR PL AN.
Fourth Ward Only Precinct to Turn
The Question Down. , '
The city election yesterday on the
bonding proposition went off (juietly
and the proposition of. refunding on
both the 120.000 and the $30,000 lwmes
carried. In the fourth ward 13 votes
and in the first ward 1 seined to think
it a poor business proposition to save
$900, so voted against refunding.
The seebnd and third wards gave the
proposition ah unanimous vote. The
first ward failed by one vote to make
it unanimous while the fourth ward
defeated It An exceedingly light vote
was polled. , " '
OLD TIERS
AFTER FORTY-FOUR TEARS THE
BROTIIERSWILL MEET. ' :
M. S. Steers of Island City Enjoying a
Visit from Brother. V
. Two of the Jolllest of jolly old timers
arrived in. this city last evening and
today are going put lnt othe valley
four miles beyond Island City to visit
their brother, M. S. Steers, whom they
have not eeen for 44 years. The- two
visitors are H. P. Steers of The Dalles
and C. C. Steers of Park City, Montana
aad both r knows to the old settlers
of the Grande; Ronde valley as each
has played a prominent part in the
.nrly history of Union County. (
II. P. Steers, The Dalles man, said
this morning that his brother, who is
with him, holds the world's record for
a 50-mile relay ride, and that he made
that record on the race track in this
city. He rode ten horses, changing ev
ery, five miles and made the entire
run In one hour and 59 minutes. As a
retalitory measure C. C, says that II.
P., is the best walker in the world.
Both of these men were In the civil
war. The brother whom they are visit
ing underwent Bpecial hardships in
the campaign centering In the battle
of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. His Illness
while at the ranch of his son, ' Lee
Steers, brought the brothers to see
him. ; ;V .'.
SMALL HOME
IS IN RUINS
FIRE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN GUTS
SPRING AVENUE HOME. T.'
House wife away for a moment and
Explosion of Unknown Origin
Occurs.
Fire of unknown origin at 3:30 this
afternoon, gutted the Mrs. Stults build
ing on Spring avenue, in the rear of
the building at one time occupied by
ilrs. D. Crawford as a rooming and
boarding house. The building was oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Frank George.
No' fire has bepn kindled since early
this morning. At 3 o'clock Mrs. George
went to the Pastime theatre where
hor husband ., is employed and Boon
after the place was In flames. There
was no insurance on "the furniture
oa the furniture which was completely
destroyed. i ,
A loud explorer preceded the fire.
tlK-cgl the aj-.ucc iti!v! explosion is
a mystery.
Another saw mil lU'belaa la'.It by
M'nrenr-i'is people n?ur Klamsti;
COME BACK
HOMESTEAD
CAUSES SUIT
RECENTLY DISCOVERED BC"E
STEAD IN HEART OF VALLEY
WILL EE CONTESTED
CHARGED WITH TRESSPASSING
WHEN HE TRIED TO IMPROVE
To.vnlej' Starts Suit Against the Maa
Who Filed on the Refently Dli
.'v.' eoTered Homestead.
Attorney C. E. Cochran this after
noon filed a complaint against L. D.
Ludermllk charging him with tress-
paslng on the land of W. J. Townley
near Hot Lake. The suit involve the
validity of a homestead filed on by
Ludermllk upon a choice tract of land
claimed by Townley in the Tulee lake
bottoms. It will ba remembered that
the discovery of supposedly vacant
land in the very heart of the Grande
Ronde valley last May, created a mild
sensation here. ' ' ' ' ' "
Ludermllk, under the law governing '
lomesteads,-had six months in which
to establish ' . residence. Assuming
that his right to take the land was val
id, he marched in onthe night of Nov.
5, with hag and baggage and built blm
a house. The case Is an Interesting one
and the suit will be followed with In-
EPOlFOR
HEN-
LAW REGULATION AND NOT BE-
PARTMENT JURISDICTION.
Matter of Pablle Lands one of Chief
Matters Before Congress.
Washington, Nov. 11. The first re
port of Secretary Ballinger to con
gress is now In preparation. It will
smphaslse the fact that the withdrawal '
of the water power sites Is only temr
porary. It will call attention to the
desirability of preventing any monop
oly of these sites but will pass up to -congress
all further responsibility. It'
Is understood that he will recommend -
the consolidation of several of the
claims of western coal lands so as to
permit several of the corporations to
be give npermlts to go ahead and de
velop their holdings, which are exclud
ed under the present laws.
Conservation by law, and not by the
will of the executive will be the key
note of the report. It will be stated
authoritatively that President Taft Is
supporting Ballirtgers attitude. 'A
bill is already on the congressional
calendar calling for the complete re
vocation of all withdrawals or public
lands..
ONLY A FEW INDICTMENTS.
Atorneys Come Homo From Eufo'rprlse ,s
Where Court Now Convened.
Attorney J. D. Slater returned this
afternoon from Enterprise where he' '
has been to attend court. Mr. Slater
reports that only a few indictments
were returned, and these were against .
the ever present bootlegger, have been,
returned by the grand Jury.
Attorney C. E. Cochran has also re
turned this-afternoon. from Enterprise
where he has been conferlng with
Dlntrlct Attorney Ivanhoe regarding
:i5e ti "tass suit against Laudermilk. ;
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