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I 7 A O iiii r" i I ill i a i i v i ii-i ii ii i i - ii-'ii ii ii ik VOLUME IX CANNON WILL GIVE UP RACE PRESENT TERM HIS LAST AS CZAR OF THE LOWER HOUSE IS STARTLING REFOiT HAS SEEN THE HANDWRITING OX THE WAIL AND WILL QUIT. Cannon Will Not Ask for Re-election On Speakership Baals After th Present Term Expires. Washington, Dec. 3. That Speaker Cannon believes that the house Is In danger of a democratic capture ia cer tain .and that he will try to save this body to the republicans is also appar ent as be has announced his speaker ship retirement before the Republic-; an primaries next June, is the state ment made by Victor Murdock, of Kansas, today, who Is the house leader of the insurgents. ' . "About, the First of June, you watch Cannon make the announcement that he will not seek the speakership after the present term," said Murdock. "He bas sseen the writing on the wall and will take heed of its ominous warn ing. ' Birth Record. Lillian Lenora was born December 2, at Union to Engineer and Mrs. J. A. Handrahan, of La Grande. . TREE FALLS: EMPLOYEE AT LUMBER CAMPS MEET SERIOUS INJURIES Brought to La Grands and Recovers From Long Stupor. A falling tree at the. George Pal mer Lumber camps this afternoon seriously injured L. A.' Reck, .tu em ployee at the camper and he. was brought to the Grande Ronde hospital this afternon. So serious was the In- juiy that he lost consciousness for a period of four hours, recovering his senses partially while en route t La Grande on the afternoon train. Camp Superintendent Sculy acomp- anied the man here, and all attention that can be poslble will be given the man. WOLFE FUNERAL HELD. f . i-nan nno iica several Days Ago was Buried this Afternon. The funeral of Mr. Wolfe of Wal- Sowa county who died on the 29th of 3ast month at Hot Lake, was held jthls afternoon from the Henry & Parr undertaking parlors, Rev. Mc lod officiating. Mr. Wolfe was called here from Walla Walla and a son ho lives at Troy, came out this after oon to attend the funeral. . , HEARING COMMENCED. lolton.Bodnier Trustee Hearing: on With ScrTber Attending. The hearing In" the case of J. F. iy trustee vs.- the Bolton-Bodmer Company Is on this afternoon at the oart house. The chief witnesses be- ag examined is .T. W. Scrfber. The ase involves the title tc some ecur- 2s turned ever to Bolton ft Bodmer j-.-- voi-: run; u.fci.i ueiore me Dana Vlostd. Us doom. MAN INJURED uA GBANDE. TJittON COUNTY. OREGON, , BUILD BIG TUNNEL. Enormoos Tunnel Under New York "- Being Considered New York. Dec. 8. A public hear ing was held today by the board of estimates on the amended plan of conveying the Catskill water supply through the city. It Is proposed to build a tunnel 14 feet in diameter al most the entire length of Manhattan I Bland' with a branch tunnel under East River to Brooklyn and Queens. The length of the tunnel will be about 33 miles which is five miles shorter than the system originally planned. It will be necessary to bore through solid rock for nearly the entire dist ance at a depth of from 50 to 600 feet and without disturbing the traffic, on the surface of the earth. It Is proposed to run the tunnel across the Hrim 'vr z. trlJb and then Bouth under the center of Manhattan. The system has been ar ranged so as to give greater pressure than that of the original plans prvld ed and wll lat the same time serve ev ery borough ln.the city with the pure est of water piped for an Immense distance directly from the Catskill mountains. ' . HUJTPTSEDS MISSING AND M.VNS LOST IN TERRIFIC GAI.E British Coast Swept hy Disastrous Hurricanes Last Night London, Dec. 3 It Is' estimated in shipping circles here that at least-100 person are mlsing and as many are lost in a terrific hurlcane ,that has been sweeping the coast of Great Britlan for the past several livj. The intensity of the strom wa3 In creased last night, and manv small boats were lost along the coast. It is Impossible to estimate, the amount of damage done. ' - eats: T BABY WALLA WALLA WOMAN GREETED BY GHASTLY SCENE. Dog Attempts to Sat Baby then He Drags It to Door Step. Walla Walla, Dec. 3.A dog be longing; to G. T. Stovall dragged to the S to vail residence steps today a four months old baby. On Investigation it wai found that the dog had found the Infant In the rear of the resilience and there attempted to eat it No trace of the identity of the baby can be found. Attorney In Tronble. Oakland, Cal. Dec. 3. John 8. Tie lancey, one of the most prominent at torneys in this city, was foud gulity of felony and embezzlement by a Jury today after thirty minutes delib erations. The charge was madfe in con nectlon with the recent scandals con nected with the office of public admin istrator, it being alleged that Delancey as the I'torney of the administrator v.'ithheld 'rge sums from estates that were In th hands of the public ad ininletr&trr lor settlement BRITAIN IN HURRICANE CANINE NAN Danger Coal Fumlne. Fpokaie; n55. 1 Much alavn is fel he.', today becauj.. it Is rep : tha tho coal suovly Is Lecoming so low tYrt it is dntibtfvl If the ,;5per train can oe n i over 34 fcou.s. . , ... . . .. 'OeSa-.. . . .' L SEES TAFT AND ALDRICH AS THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN THE NEXT ELECTION IX 1916 HE SEES CANXON AND ALDBJCII AGAIN. Bryan's Commoner has Prognosticate !n Eircl ..! Ciia insugents " To Resent Probable Conditions. - Lincoln, Dec. 3. William Jennings Bryan, In his Commoner, today says: "Has It occurred to you that Taft and Aldrich are likely to head the repub lican ticket at, the next; compatgnT Tart's endorsement of Aldrlch's statesmanship, his- praise of Aldrlch's tariff bill and Aldrlch's tour, through the middle west making . laudatory comments upon the corporation press all go to. point to this conclusion. "New England has not had a place on the national republican ticket for some time although she has support ed the republican ticked with clock like regularity. Isn't It about time to recognize her? . . - ' . "Aldrich has announced that he will, not be a candidate for the senate again. And what more natural that he should aspire to te the boss ot the senate in name as he has for years in fact. ' "Why not Taft and Aldrich in 1812 and if possible to swallow that, then let it be Aldrich and Cannon in 1916. ; "What do the progressives say to that?" - SALT LAKE IS THAT CITY MAY GET PRIZE FIGHT NEXT SPRING. Articles For the Johnsoa-Jeffrk Mill Signed tils Afternon. Hoboken, Tec. 3. The men agreed to meet at 11 o'rock tonight to sign the final articles, but it was nearly 12:30 when Jeffries, Berger, Riokerd, and Gleason arrived together. A big crowd was on hand and Jeffrie? was loudly cheered. Shortly afterward the colored man arrived with his man ager.. . "7'ex" RIckard said that he had re celVed two telegrams from prominent Salt Lake City men guaranteeing that the fight would not be interfaied with if it could be held In that city. He said also that he had a strong guurun tee that no financial loss would be sustained if Salt Lake was cho n t& the battle field. RIckard said ii as far as he was personally con.i .ed, he was In favor of holding the ilcM In that city if all conditio is ' prove 10 oe iavoraDie. u is in n however, both Johnson-."..1 leTivrs would like to tr'i'n 'Tn 0:.!!:?? n It Is very likely that f?.3 t c will be chosen for trar'i.j : ' at least Jeffries and Johnson r,--? '--v hours today over who should be the stakeholder and the place for hold ing the championship battle as well as the final division of the purse. It is -.lerstood that It was one of the hot test lights over naming a stakeholder on recon. as he will be xesonsib: 3r ths safe. nr.d dM;on of n for tune between tbe two contestant!. BRYAN unus INTO FUTURE IN LIMELIGHT FRIDAY, DECEMBER SLIGHT RIFT OFFICIALS HANDLE CARS AIDING IN MOVING CONGESTED SHIP MENTS IH NORTHWEST FOUR BIG MINES CLOSED DOWN TODAY IN MONTANA General Policy of Officials Handling . tars in lards Carried Out Sev 1 eral Trains Now Moving. Minneapolis, Dec 8. It is reported thh afternoon on reliable anthority that the switchmen's strike nill be settled within the next three anurp. This report ts verified by men w ho ore keeping In close touch with the situa tion.. Butte, Dec. 3 it was announced to day that the large coal mines at the Stockett belt and the Coultree country In the vicinity of Grea Fall will close tonight as the result of the switch man's strike that has demoralized the transportation facilities on all of the railroads In this section of the North west. .' ' According to the announcement of yesterday the Moonlight Parrott and the Amalgamated Copper Compony mines closed down this morning. Tacoina, Dec. 3. The, first attempt of the official $Gf the Northern. Pa clflc to cope,; with the switchmen's strike was made today when the yard master's office men were placed In the yards to take the switchmen's places. Seve'ral engines operated all day and many cars " of perishable goods were moved. There Is no freight being received, however, at the var ious freight offices of the company. In fact the freight offices are closed as far as. receiving freight Is concern ed and the orders from headquarters ae not to receive a pound of felghc under any conditions. There is very little freight coming In. :'.. Cars Moving at Seattle. Seattle, Dec. 3. The contrast be tween the situation in the yards at this point and what it was yesterday shows a marked improvement. There are between 25 and 30 strikebreakers working hard to clear the tracks of perishable .goods. The Northern Pa cific had five crews busy this morn ing while three crews were working in the Great Northern Yards. Yard Officials Take Trains. Spokane, Dec. v. Through freight enroute from Spokane to the roast cities from the east over the North ern Pacific and Great Northern roads were made up by the yard oiacials today. The mails are arriving on time, . Normal Tomorrow.. St Paul. Dec. 3. More than 400 Imported Chicago strike breakers are working In the local yards today ac cording to the transportation officials. It Is stated that before tomorrow prac t'cally all of the striker's places wl'' have been filled an'. lhe moving of fnipht will be resuT.ed. As a result of the Importation of substitute switchmen It is deemed probable that the dispute between the railroad company and the switchmen's union will be carried Into the courts. Mayor Lawler has been retained as the counsel ot the striken and will assume direct charge of the legal campaign. Many of the strike breakers were sworn in today as special police for the protection of the company s j property. The strikers claim that this I Is in direct violation of the tHt5 law , which prohibits non-resldentu ns serv , lr.g as officers. The attention ct the ?tate Labor Commissioner ha hf?n brought to this fact. Hen Returning. Chicago, Dec. 3. Grand Maater Lee of the Brotherhood of Trainmen an nounced today that the striking swlth men at isvluth, who were members of his order had been 'ordered to re turn to their duller and that many of them had compiled with lh?order. IN TROUBLES 3, 1000. MIKE COX FINED. Recorder Cox has to Fine 31 ke Cojt For Ylolatlng Ordinance. Recorded Cox this morning mixed a pill worth $5.00 for Mike Cox who was arrested last night by Officers McLaughlin and Faulk for violating the drunk ordinance. Notwithstand ing the similarity in' names the Judge refuses to admit any relationship be tween himself and the prisoner : at the bar. . j DEFENDANT WINS. Local Land Ofilce Case Upheld In the Commissioner's Department Register Bramwell's unbroken rec ord, of having decisions In the "i "crtt. il cuaoa uyueiu was continued In a decision from the general ' l.mJ office this morning In the return" on the case of John W. Isenhoffer vs W. L. Brenholts. The decision written by Register Bram-well in which he de cides In favor of the defendant that the land li more valuable for the tim ber was sustained. . BIG FIRE AT MOTTER-WHEELER ESTABLISH. MENT GUTTED BY FIRE. Loss of Seveuty-Flve Thousand Sus tained by Department Store. - - Walla Walla, Dec. 3. The MottJ Wheeler store on Main Btreet. one ot the largest department stores in Wal la Walla, was gutted by fire at 7:30 o'clock this mornln;;. The loss will exceed $75,000 An explosion of an office oil stove is re sponsible for the disastrous Mre.. About five per cent of the stock in the store was saved by employees and other willing hands. The stock waa only partially Insured. ' ! ROYAL LADY DYING. Family Called to Bedside of Prioress "V. Waldemar. Copenhagen, Dec. 3. It is reported today that the Princess Waldemar, the wife of the King's youngest brothur, Is dying. All members ot the royal family have been summoned to . the bedside. The Pablle Invited. Attention Is again called to the fact that the public Is invited to attend the memorial services to be conduct ed by the Elks next Sunday after noon at 2:30 o'clock. WALLA VALLA HAND BAGS . " ' -v. New Leather, New Shapes, New Prices We Have the largest, the best, the-most : up-to-date line of Ladies Hand Bas and Purses ever shown in La Grande. We have the Alligator, Patent Leather, Real Seal, Wal rus and a line ot imported leathers that we knew are good, and of the latest styles. We are offering these goods aj & jst reasonable pricet for this class of good. Our goods are right and we know the prices are. Let us ' ' show you while our line is complete. HILLUS DRUG STORE LA GRANDE, - . OREGON NUMBER 33. SHIP STANDS flSANDIM BOAT INTENDED FOR NICARAGUA IS STALLED IN THE DELE WARE SANDBARS AMERICANS WERE CUT TO ' PIECES AND THEN BURNED Ship Tralrle, with -'V Will be Pulled off of the Bar Tonight. ; . Wilmington, Dec. 3 Troops on the ; ship Prairie with 700 marines under ' Rear Admiral Kimball aboard, enroute -to Central America is still aground in the Deleware river. All efforts to float the vessel at high tide this morning proved futile. 'Another attempt will be made to poat the ship tonight and several powerful tugs will be used in an effort to drag the vessel Into the,, channel. The Prairie went aground, last night when Just on the point of starting to sail from Philadelphia to ' : Nicaragua. ' . ' ' ' . Bodies Mutilated. Blueflelds, Nicaragua, Dec. 3. It is reported today that the bodies of the s two American engineers Cannon and Groce, who were executed In Nlcara gua" were cut into small pieces and . burned. It is alleged that this barbar- . ous work was done by the direct or- ' ders of President SEelaya. ' ' '. Indications of Khting have been in, -progress In Rama- for' the past two ,"" days. The Revolutionist troops have fared well. News that they have de feated the Zelayan forces is expected , here momentarily. SOLOMON FRY DEAD. ' Traveling Man Snccnmps at Hot Luke And Will he Shipped South. Solomon H. Fry, an old time travel ing man of this section, died last even ' ing at Hot Lake and was brought to . this city to he prepared toe shipment today by Henry k Carr. Tha deceased has a wife and one son who are pres ent and wll lacsonipany the remains r to their hotu-j In Kendrlck, I du ho. The ' , cause of death was tf.'.f deg'ener.uiou of the heart. . "'I Still : Send-Une OHSflens. - V ' Brakeman Schley who early es-T terday morning fell from an east-:' , bound freight and wtr badly Injured, -was this afternoon In a Beml-con-" sclous state. He 's fn a critical con-' . ditlon. ; - . if ' i J, t it i t n i . i ,