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V 7W (ftv I s A i VOLUME rx qAGAND. UNION COUNTY, OREGON, FRiBAyriiOVEMBESSOa. NUMBER 27 1 V ( i engthychain OF ACCIDENTS f 0 PARTY KILLED, RESCUERS HURT AND OTHERS ARE ALSO KILLED WGE CHAW OF FATAL ACCIDENTS AT LOS ANGELES. iMr (' la Wreck and Rescue Party Also Injured in MIxop. leaping over the back of the tonneau. Eachof the young men were severely I injured by their fall. Peter Jacobs, the eldest son, left the automobile about a block below the scene of the trag edy on account of it being eo crowded. When the crash occurred he rushed to the assistance of his father and the other members of the family. II made the most frantic efforts to raise a heavy beam from the body of his fath er's corpse from which the young mas Is suffering from a severely strained back and spine. The series of accident Is said to be the most remarkable in the history of the city, one accident leading directly up to another. Los Angeles, Nov. 26. The lives of cholas Jacobs and his four children re suddenly snuffed out and the ither and her two month's old babe bans fatally Injured along . '. with v twenty Thanksgiving merry- "Yrs who were seriously hurt as the ult of a chain of accidents which re started when Jacobs automobile s run down by a speeding s jur n car. The dead are: Nicholas W. robs, aged 45, a contractor; Katie, ed 18; Mamie, aged 16, Tony, hIx: :ments, four. Fatally injured: ..Mrs. i obs, 44; Cecilia, two months. The car wa3 bowling along at the e of 40 miles an hour when it sud nly crashed . Into the automobile, r an entire block the automobUe :! the people in it Bkidded along the tk under the fcv-? gybing cr, ry rod of the progress marked by iody hurtling from among the lan l wreckage. t Ambulance Wrecked. soon as the news was received ims eny a rescue car was uunico- ly dispatched to the scenf) of the ident which was near the little h.ion of Latin. The injured were 1m- liatoly placed aboard and a wild h was made for the city. Returning he city the ambulance car -yaj ap- lathing the congested buslnesa suc- of the city on Central irenue Seventh streets. The crowded car hd to hear the ambulanca alarm and the crash followed with thlr trore people injured, and these, wore hurredly removed tc the bltals. The horses attachad io the fage bearing W. H. Gil ette, wife daughter, were terrlfldd S the hing of timbers and shrMK'j of thw 1e Mid ran away thro.r u the oc- nts from the buggy ,.md Injuring yainfullv. r. Resmrg Injured. . Latin station where the accident irred that resulted In so manv hs the Pacific Electric Company ntaln no signal service and the mobile with the doomed family fairly upon the tracks before flying car was discovered. Frank fbs, the twelve vear nlri ann nnA aged 20, saved themselves by FRENCHMAN TRIES SUICIDE DISCOURAGED OVER ILL HEALTH FRENCH INSTRUCTOR SHOOTS F.IANY GAMES ENDSEASON WASHINGTON CHAMPIONS OF ALL NORTHWEST FOLLOWING ITS VICTORY BAKER CITY FAILS TO DEFEAT HILL MILITARY. STUFFS ARE TOO llliill FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF HIGH PRICES DEMANDED FROM NEV ITORK TODAY EHORBITAXT PRICES ARE TEVALING QUITE OFTEN. Man Holding High Place of Trust In Pusteur Institute 'Dying.'- 111,1111! COOK PIOUSLY ILL EtlE FRIENDS Ri."rin in MITTAXCE. : r Has Nervous RreakJnn;F,I. lowing Hard Work. ; !W Yffk, Xov. 26. SiilTarlnp- frm hl'ltte nervous breakdown follow " Preparation of his reports to "culty of the Unlversitv f rw f to Pass upon, Doctor Cook is o his home in Brooklyn. So )!n the explorer's ailment that . t illtlmatft frlono . ... Sl t viui. .t nun. ane records ard 18 re all tnrwrA o terday. Oakland, Cal. Nov. , 26. A young man, who according to the papers on his person is believed to be Robert DeCourelles of Tarls. a member of the faculty of the Pastenrs Institute, lies critically injured at Richmond, suffering from a bullet wound which he said was fired accidentally from his own revolver. The young man ws frnd W.'iav- light yesterday morniug lyinsr on the grounds of the California Wine Asso ciation at Wine Haven. He was in a (able plight, weakened by. the loss of blood, torn by a high fever, unable to. speak intelligently. Suffering in tensely he made a last effort by firing his revolver to summon assistance. The employes in the winery heard the shot and upon investigating found the young man. The wounded Frenchman claims that he has been quite ill with a high fever and was very weal: and stumbled and fell on his revolver, dis charging the contents of the weapon through the right breast. The bullet passed through the liver Inflicting a very serious but not necessarily fa tal. wound. r unman Trounce Whitman at Walla Walla and Pen.dleton Academy' De , V feats Pendleton HIgiC FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED , Seattle, Nov. 26. Oregon struggled bravely against the University.; of Washington yesterday but Washington proved to be the better team and won out. They are now the Northwestern Inter-Collegiate champions. The score was 20 to 6. The Oregonians fought with bulldog determination. Lateour ette was the star of the Oregonians. ' Aggies Win. ' Portland, Nov. 26. The Agricul turists' youth and weight defeated Multnomah's experienced teitn yes terday in their annual football match. Multnomah lost because of too much confidence and an Inclination to at tempt fancy plays. The score v-ns 11 to 8. ..:. ; Other Games Yesterday At Philadelphia Pennsylvania 17. Cornell, 6. ' At Milwaukee Notre Dame. 0 M-t! -kette 0. ";:;. . - - , . ' At Baker City Hill Military 7f Pert land 0, Baker City 0. At ansas City Missouri 12. Kansas -:. v- . '.' ..:.'' 'V. At Missoula Montnna 15; Boteiiian 5. V ,' : ' : ,. At La Grande Cove 5; La Cnindo 0.' "r .-'' . '- At Pendleton Pendleton High 40; Academy 0. At Walla Walla Pullman 23; Whit man 6. : ' Rasing His Demands on Figures, Spragne Smith Calls fop an ' : ;, , Investigation. . vV Mr. Exposition Case. "Norfolk, Va Nov. 2C Although the Jamestown Exposition i3 over and al most forgotten by the world at large it has left trail ' of litigation in its wake. One of these cases comes up today for a final hearing. The exposi tion receivers and plaintiff's interests asks the court to determine the ques tion of chancery jurisidiction which has been raised by several stockhold ers sued by the receivers for the recov ery ot delinquent stock subscriptions, the receipts from this source to, be ap plied to the exposition company's 11a bllitles. The defendant stockholders make the claim that they cannot be sued col lectively in chancery proceedings, but that each, defendant mo rusi law with a right ot a. seperate Jury trial. . , ,.t-. New YorkNoV. 26.Chayies Sprague Smith, head of the People's Institute, today issued a statement in which he d3mands a federal investigation of the rapid advance in foodstuffs. ., He backs up this demand with the figures .M the New York Stock Ex change, by Armour, showing that the year ending October . 26,. the packing company made 35 per cent profit on copital stock of $20,000,000. , ' He declares that Armour kept the figures a secret until he was forced to make them public so that he could list the company's bonds on the ex change. He charges that the figures go to show that the high prices of meats Is caused by the excessive profit of the packers. He asserts that a sim ilar condition of affairs exists in other foodstuffs. ; . i . INCENDIARY BURNS CHURCH lUDGET M 'IDLY GR01' RAF CONSERVATIVES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMISE SITUA TION IN PARLIAMENT IVriTT;TM it wnnnrnrir in uSCt appears proDaMe IXSTITLTIOX AT Y OOI)ST0Ck AD that Lansdowne's motion tc refer the PARSO.XAGE CURXED. Crimiual Saturatesthe Carpets Then Cut the Wires. and LOCAL WHEAT Op DOLLAR. Grande P.onde wheat soared sny- ward today when, the buyers offered fend paid an even dollar for Forty-P'old wheat, and ninety cents for Blue Stem. Considerable has been purchased at this price which naturallv rhasrrin those who disposed of large quantities earlier in the Season for Beventy o.ld, but more generally 80 cents, a bushel. This price Is high water mark this year. . "k ! Portland, Nov. 26. An Incendiary, after cutting the wires, fired the Aietnocust church and parsonage at Woodstock, totally destroying them The loss Is estimated at $5,000. He saturated the carpets of the church with kerosene and then applied the match. Itev. Voce and his family only escaped InVthelr night clothing. , CRUEL1RDER SOMNAMBULIST LOOSES COIN IN LA GRANDE WOODSHED RESIDENT XORTII SIDE PASSES AWAYrDURIXG XIGHT. Wife Attempts to Ronse Aged Pnshnnd Bat Finds Him Cold. Somnambulism alone seems to ex plain a strange disappearance and re covery of a $50 bill and a pass book on the Elgin bank, to the credit of Ed ward Hall of this city, in the R. W. Leigh ton woodshed, early this morn ing. Hall,, who is a night employe at the round house, was routed from his daylight slumbers this afternoon to explain to the police, if he could, ,hov and when the pass book, showing ex tensive credits In the Elgin bank, a $50 bill, and several pieces of a man's wearing . apparel had reached the Ixighton woodshed, located bet-veea Washington and Main on Cedar street It was found there this raornins by Alrfc. Lelghton who was able to ascer tain the Owner by means of the pass book. To die in his bed at some hour of the early morning and to be found by his 'wife at 6 o'clock this morning, Is the unusual "finis" to the life of Lud- wig Pause, aged 79, who for for more than a decade has lived in this city. Mr. Pauso Las been ill at his North La Grande home for some time, but last evening retired in his usual spir its and physical condition. His wife sleeps in an adjoining room, and this morning when she went to wait on her husband, found him in what she rnnbii!Ai&i1 o lm n .... 1 ... v T . u . Bhe went to rouse him. but found ( Union services at the Baptist church him cold in death. The shook was, of i Thanksgiving forenoon were well at course a severe one to Mrs. Pause. tended. The choir was composed of The body has been taken to the singers from the various ' churches. Henry & Carr undertaking parlors! Rev. W. H. Gibson presided, Rev! where they will be held until relatives 'Gray of the Paptlst church delivered n Montana are heard from. Interement the prayer while Rev. II. E. McLeod of will take place from-the St Peter's ! the . Methodist church delivered the church, at a day to be determined 'sermon which was enjoyed by all. Iater ! After recalling the many things Mr. Pause is survived by h's wife - which we, as citizens of this great and two children, Carl Pause of country, have reason to rejoice in, he Parma. Idaho and Mrs. Brae if Mon- pleaded for a citizenship that would ,ana. Assume the responsibilities whirh i Hall cannot explain the Strang dis appearance other thnn that ha t:iuf lvve been in a womnambulictlc biaie early this morning and walkc , to Ce tfie treet f -o.-: hh Seconl street heme near Aoams He had missed the irJcus au tfhen '.. wera . : to him he u 9 l'ttle nln it . dlsappoi a n !?" a tli . (i )ar-i;j t'"i' h ' robfci i, ba tli'f li.uise lii whirh he bleeps ha . twn o- clyNl , keI ...V shows 'i Fieri o. niolestatlot' Mysterious as the incident Is Mr. Hall is elated over the recovery of the articles. ' Brinks Into Shed -He forced his way into the shed by breaking out a pink when Just a few feet away was an oqen door. tepublk? requires to hold in ch k the Sii'fish ambitions of those who control the financial and industrial institutions of cur country. Thanksgiving morning, nih-j'. Pad-' cock delivered a sermon at St I'eler ihu.-ch. Bishop Paddock has many ad-n-i'crs outside of his congregation Jn this city and those present were no' d.rppointed. He is a straU-LtforwHrd, forcible and convincing speaker. Uh a t.cssage that gives you somhtn? o think of after .eturnlng bo'ne. AT UMATILLA DETAILS CROP OUT AXD SHOW A HIDEOUS CRIME. Head Smashed la With a Tie Is cuted by Circumstances. Indl- Pendleton, Nov. 26. The details of the finding of a corpse five miles east of Umatilla were received here this morning, indenting that a brutal mur der has been committed. All the evi dence goes to indicate that the man was killed by having his head crush ed in with a railroad tie. In his pocket was a railroad letter addressed to Charles Mickles, Pilot Rock. Oree-m and signed by John Adams, Oakville; wasnington. bill to the people will go by division and be carried. The conservatives are not so confident of their course as before hearing the speeches of Ros berry and Balfour. The demonstration In parliament quare last night was the greatest la the history of England. It roq i'r-jd 1.500 policemen to clear the suare and prevent a general riot. Thu crisis to England is nearing the cliinix und b'ctdy riots are feared. Parliament i progressing cautiously. A. C. Miller of Enterprise came over to eat Tanksglving turkey with his Lrother William Miller. RYAN DRAVS SEVEN VEARS MANSLAUGHTER AT PEXDLETOS IS HEAVILY POISHED. Seten Years and Heury Fine Attached To Jfoted Mike Ryau. HAND BAGS 4 New Leathei-, New Shapes, New Prices We Have the largest, the best. t:.3 most up-to-date line of Ladies Hand Bas and Purses ever shown in La Grande. We have the Alligator, Patent Leather, Real Seal, WaN rus and a line of imported leathers that we know are. good, and of the latest styles. We are offering these goods at most reasonable pricet for this class of goods. Our goods are "gin ana we Know tne prices are. Let , show you while our line is complete. us HILLL'S DRUG STORE LA GRANDE, t OREGON t FIFTEEN' HUNDRED POLICEMEN Crisis In Fracas over Budget bearing the Climax Where Danger Is Anticipated. London, Nov.' 26. -Despltj the fact that Lord Laudsdown and other cou-' servatlves are today pondering on ttui advisability of their decision to re I Ject the budget it appears probable Pendleton, Nov. 26. Mike Ryan, convicted of manslaughter for the killing of Edward Dixon last spring, was this morning sentenced to seven" years imprisonment and a fine of two ' thousand dollars. The attorneys asked -for SO days In which to file a bill of -exceptions for a writ of probable- cause. . . . This case has created a great deal-; of Interest In this part of the state. 'J;i ... - f