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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1910.
NUMBER 2 17.
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PRIM VOTE 10
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RPUBLICAXS HAYE WIDE CHOICE
TO SELECT FAVORITES
FROM :
BELL IE I'll DEMOS
I'rlmarj Election In California Pre
gents Complications Today, In That
so Many Republicans are in the
Field Struggle Is Between South
era Pacific Rule and Roosevclters,
Saj the Latter.
San Franci Aug. '1C Califor
nia's next ge.v'...vr.;-' wiil .be decided
by the primaries in progress today
throughout the state. "Candidates will
also be nominated for all other state
offices, for two associate justices of
the supreme court, district appelate
Judges, railroad commissioners, rep
resentatives in CongresB and United
States senator. The entire state as
sembly and senators tiom even num
bered district are also to be nomina
ted in today's primaries; -The fight
between the "Insurgents", known in
California as the Lincoln- Roosevelt
Republican League, and the Regulnr
republicans, makes the political battle
to be decided today, one long to be re
membered and of national Interest.'
Theodore Bell will head the' demc
cratic state ticket, without opposition,'
while J. Stitt Wilson of Berkeley, a
lecturer and writer of international
reputation, will carry the red banner
of Socialism. In the republican camp
however, harmony Is the.," scarcest
thing Imaginable. ' For months the ri
val candidate of the G. 0. P. have
been campaigning, until the entire
state is aroused politically as never
"before. '.;'. " '
. Five candidates are Jn the field for
the ' "Republican "nomination for' gov
ernor: Hiram W. .Johnson, insurgent,
of 'San Francisco: Allen Anderson,
of Sacramento, alleged by hia oppon
ents to be the favorite of the South
ern Pacific machine; Charles Curry
of San Francisco, who Is also alleged
'"by the Lincoln-Roosevelters to be.
acceptable to the so-called "bosses,"
Phil Stanton of Los Angeles, and
Nathaniel Ellery of Sacramento, who
ore dark horses and quoted In the ad
vance odds as "also fans" 7"'
With such a field, the republican
voter has a wide range of choice, and
it is futile to attempt, to forecast the
result, although admittedly the race
Is between Johnson, Curry and An
derson. Whether the state shall continue to
be the appendage of the Southern Pa
cific railroad, owned body and soul by
a grafting corporation, the prey of a
politico-business hierarchy, which for
forty long and weary years has held
the state within its octopus-like ten
tacles this is the issue before the
voters today, according to the Roosevelt-Lincoln
Republican League can
didates. On the other hand, the regular re
publicans denounce these charges as
the feverish vaporlngs of those who
ride a nightmare after nothing. The
republican voters are called upon to
put the stamp of their everlasting
disapproval upon the muckraker
who have maligned the fair fame of
California, to damn eternally the po
litical mercenaries and soldiers of
fortune, who, to encompass their own
elfish ends, are willing to disgrace
before the nation and the world that
preat and glorious state over which
still floats the stars and stripes, be
neath whose folds men are and for
ever must be free. .
Three republican anii ants to a
United states senatorial toga will al-
so be voted oh today. They are .Toll
1 Works of Los Anjrelp?! A. O.
Spauldinp of San Diego, and EuVin
A. Meserve of Los Angeles.
There are both regular, and Insur
gent candidates for congress In the
First. Second. Fifth, Seventh and the
Eighth districts. In' the first. Con
gressman Englebrlght la opposed by
John L. Cbllds of Crescent City.
Congressman Duncan McKInlay, who
represents the second, is opposed for
the ' nomination by William Kent of
Kentfleld. nl the third. Congressman
Knowland Is unopposed. Represen
tative Julius Kahn of the Fourth will
be renominated. In ; the Fifth, E. XL
Hayes is opposed by Charles W. Dav
idson of:-. San Jose. Congressman
James C. Needham of Sixth, will be
renominated. Representative . James
McLachlan of the Seventh, the Los
Angeles county district, is opposed by
William ; D. Stephens. Congressman
Sylvester Smith of Bakersfleld, in the
Eighth district, is opposed for renom
tnation ,by . Lewis R. Kirby,. -of San
Diego. . v ' i .
The contest among 'the republicans
for minor state' offices-la almost as
bitter as the gubernatorial fight; Four
republicans are Beeklnjr the' nomina
tion for lieutenant-gfivefnor. five for
secretary of state, twn 'tnr
two for attorney-general, six foVstate
printer, and four for associate Justice
of the supreme court, la 'which thee
ate two -vacancies to be filled'.'. There
are practically nojpontests among tS--;
democrats. ,' ' '',
MILL REPRESENT .ORE0OV AXD
ACTIXCT GOVERNOR BOWER-
.''.'': .max , y-:
rftfil Koi State His Stand on f onset.
, ration, Topic' of Conferences
Salem. Or., Aug. 16. C. N. Mc Ar
thur, speaker of the Oregon House, '
left for Salt Lake today, where he ,
will represent Acting overnor Bower- ;
man.'and thY State" of Oregon," at a
conference of Western Governors re
eardlng conservation on August 18.
vThe views of all Western executives
will be presented later at the nation-'
al congress at St. Paul, in September.
McArthur declined' to say whit his
stand will be regarding conservation.
The conference was called at the sug
gestion of Governor Hay of Washing
ton. '.';.
,, Ur. XIcArthur, or "Pat" as he is
familiarly known in the Willamette"
Valley, will probably come through
La Grande at 8:30 tonight on his way
to Salt Lake. Mr. XIcArthur is one
of the rlsinz voune Dolltlclans of the
state, and is very prominent In re
publican affairs. He is speaker or the
Oregon legislature, and a year ago
was appointed private secretary to
Governor Benson. .'
Hay Wants Assistance.
Olympia, Wash.. August 16. Before
leaving for Salt Lake last night to
attend the meeting of the Western
governors. Governor Hay addressed
letters to secretaries of commercial
organizations in all the big coast clt-
les of the state, asking them to take
up the question of establishing pub
lic wharves. He called their atten
tion to the fact that railroads were
monopolizing the water fronts of the
nation.
FUNERAL HELD TODAY.
Body of Unfortunate Lad Laid Anny
This Afternoon at Three
Funeral services over the remains
of Llyod Eaton, the nine-year-old son
of XI r. and XI rs. C. J. Eaton, corner.
N. Fourth and Lake streets, who was
instantly, killed jVterday. afternoon
by falling from a wagon load of sand,
were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the Central church. ,
. The incident was particularly dis
tressing, as the little fellow was in
the best of health. The bereaved
family has the sympathies of a large
circle of friends and acquaintances
TO UTAHtrG
LEADERS Bltll
AT llTf
SOT
CANNON' REFUSES TO FALL IX
WITH PLAX OF REMOVIXG
,HIM FROM POWER
Taft.is (Joiner to Hare Hard Sailing
In Reorganizing , the Republican
Party Great Pressure Brought to
'.' Bear to Force the Plan Through
According, to Crane's Suggestion
J Ray Attacked by Insurgents. '.-
I
. Beverly, Aug. 16. In the scheme
for President Taft to reorganize the
i-'arty. steering course, by removing
Ballinger as secretary, and ignoring
Aldrtch and Cannon as counselors,
Speaker Joe Cannon refuses absolute
1? to be eliminated. Information of a
i.eliabie source says Ballinger. won't
j jasign unless the . presiden requests t
! It. Aldrich 13 still announcing he.vrill !
retire, but it is generally understood j
he expects to retain a hold on. party!
affairs, arid won't voluntarily return !
Taft Under Pressure.
' Senator Crane, who it is believed; Is
i chief advisor to the president, is r.l
j leged to have advised the change. It
j is understood tremendous pressure' la
j exerted to make Taft get busy and
; make good the program Crane ha:i
j outlined. It Is reported that when
' Crane approached Ballinger regard
Ilng fiis retirement, he told Crane he
j could not4 see any hope to help the
party, and instead would make him
a scapegoat for other leaders' mis
takes. . 4 ' ; !
Ballinger Awaits Orders
Ballinger declared Taft found him
trustworthy and he wouldn't resign
unless Taft said so. It 1s understood
Taft is being urged to give the sec
retary the resignation hint.
pOIX DEXTER
FLAYS FORDXEY,
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Washington Insurgent Attacks Mlchi-
f
gan Solon and Governor Hay
Aberdeen, Wn., Aug. 16. Congress
man Fcrdney of Michigan, who is
here looking after his large timber
holdings, refused to reply to the at
tack made on him and signed by In
surgent Congressman Polndexter of
this state. Before a large crowd
Polndexter accused Fordney of leadr
ing the. fight; against the approprla
tion asked for by Taft, for a new tar
iff commission. He said Fordney also
voted against free lumber through his
interest In the lumber business.
Polndexter also accused Governor
Hay of calling a meeting of Western
Governors at Salt Lake for the pur
pose of packing the St. Paul conserva
tioncongress with opposition to Pin
chot conservation policies. '
Sherman Slated for Chair.
New York, Aug. 16. Vice-president
Sherman is to be the temporary chair-
man of the1 New York republican
state convention 1 at Saratoga, ' Sep
tember 27. The state committee, to
day defeated Lloyd Crlscom's mo
tion to name Roosevelt as chairman,
by a vote of 20 to 15. A motion to de
fer the selection of a chairman was
defeated by a vote of 23 to 12.' r;
This Is Roosevelt's second defeat
since his return from Africa. Grlscom
figured conspfclously in both defeats
of Roosevelt, which could have been
avoided. The first defeat was the di
rect primary " bill, which Roosevelt
had supported In the New York legislature.-and
which failed to pass. ,
Five minutes before the vote was
taken. Roosevelt disappeared from
the office of the Outlook. . '
New Chandeliers.
The Foley Hotel is being supplied
with new chandeliers of an attractive
design. The walls will be supplied
with bracket lamps, too.
POINOEXTER Ori WARPATH
I IMS IDLE TO,
SPKRESS
TROOP COMMANDERS ANNOUNCE
t MEDICAL SPRIXGS FIRE
WILL BE CONTROLLED
PK OF LITTLE 1
Slight Sprinkling In Vicinity of Bi
Fires Fails to Check Advance, but;
Soldiers Make Appreciable .'Head
way In Struggle Vicinity Abont
La Grande Ghen Slight Soaking
That Will Prevent New Fires. .
riuvlus' stinted apportionment to
Kastern Oregon laBt evehing has done
but little to quench the forest fires
raging at Medical Springs and it)
Wallowa county principally. It may
be stated, to the credit of the rain -Kods,
that the shower here last even
ing, did much good to the valley, and
for a short distance back in the
mountains' revived the withered grass.
but as far as. quenching raging for-
rst fires, there was little benefit. The
rain evidently helped Btay the pro
gress and stamp out the controllable
fires In the region' of Beaver creek,
which for the past several' days, have
been doing much damage, but have
Bmoldered in places.
' Reports from Wallowa county's
forest agency affirms that the rain
was geueraHn that section, but only
of such proportions as would tend to
prevent further new fires, and not
quench those already in force. ',
Victorious at Medical Springs.
Xledical Springs, Aug. 16. Though
on the scene, but abont1? eighteen
hours, this afternoon tie 'detachment
of regulars which arrived here at 7
o'clock last evening, has succeeded Jn
registering a victory in the prelimin
ary skirmish with the vigorous blaze
which yesterday threatened the towr
and today has completed t sweep o!
about 900 acrei of good timber laud.
The fire has now worked itself in a
new angle, jna" lta central point of
destruction s two miles from town.
To that ppjut the soldiers have moved,
and with! system and dispatch, are
fighting back. Officers claim they
have the situation In hand, or. nearly
8v
Will Return Soon.
.'.'-- . .
If events materialize .as indicated
today, Lieutenant Nestor will take
his command away from Xledical
Springs In three days, and return to
Union aqd await further orders.
'fhe rain which fell here last even
ing, was Insufficient and- made ' no
appreciable, result on the' fire. . ' .
V Big .Government Expense.
Washington, Aug. 16. it ls 'costing
the government seven thousand dol-f
lars dally to fight the northwest' for
est 'fires, according to forestry offi
cials today. It is believed that the
worst Is now past. The fires are the
most comprehensive and disastrous
since the bureau was created. ReiVrts
from the Northwest today say that
the fires are subsiding a little on ac
count of the rains. ,
Bennington Auniversary.
Bennington, Vt.. Aug. 16. Ben
nington battle anniversary was ob
served today as , a legal holiday
throughout Vermont. Patriotic exer
claes will be held in many towns. The
victory commemmorated Is that of
Gen. Stark over a detachment of Bur
goynje's army.
'Methodist Camp Meeting
Brushton. N. X., Aug. 16. An, old
time Methodist camn meeting wai
commenced here today and will con
tlnue until Aug. 24. Nearly a hundred
Methodist ministers wlBM here' dnr
Ing the meetings, and-.t attendance
is expected to reach ,'theen th'ouaan
r.nrk towu: the ioii '
WILL SAVE FEIN CESS MAI.
Ship Which Went on Rocks off Seu
Unci Point will be Raised.
Victoria, Aug. 16. An effort will be
made tomorrow to float the Princess
May, which grounded on Sentinel
Rock recently, according to Captain
Troup, who arrived here last night.
5 He says the vessel will be operating
by October.
GAYNOR MUCH BETTER
Improvement In Ills Condition Is Very
Marled and Rapid, Also
Hoboken, Aug. 16. Mayor Oaynor
spent a restful night and seemed
stronger today. H,e is Improving fast
and it Is expected that he can be re
moved from the hospital soon.
Farmers Visit College.
I'rbana. lll., Aug. lfi. The Illinois
Farmers' Institute Is holding its mid
summer session today at the College
of Agriculture of the University of
Illinois. The meetings will continus
agricultural experts. Largely due to
the influence of the Institute, the Col
lege of Agriculture now .ranks anions
the first' in tyie country, with stu
dents from all over the world.
SIFM1IS
TO L
LATHAM MAKING AN UNPKKf M
DENTED ATTEMPT TODAY
Has Trouble Early and Alights to
"i v f ; Make Repairs : 1 : '
Paris, Aug. -16. Hubert Latham,
the English aviator, left Paris for
London today' In his aeroplane. This
is the first time the feat has been at
tempted. The London Dally Mail of
fern p nr!ri "f S? 000 for a successful
performance of the trip.
!'; rrtcul.a i.t t,V.tx ; . this
"irnlng, and started rapidly on his
25!) mile Journey. lis flew 70 miles
to Amiens, Franc?, rnd. al!':t?d on
account of a defective en'm. He
said he would cont'.-u? t'li .l'ht thU
afternoon.
ILLINOIS FARMERS HOLD MEET.
Gathering at Urbana, III.,
Lasting
Three Pays.
Urbana, HI., Aug. 16. The IlllnolB
Farmers' Institute Is holding Its mid
summer session today at the College
of Agriculture, of the jniverslty of
Illinois. The meetings .will continue
three days with addresses by leading
agricultural experts. Largely due to
Influence of the Institute, the College
of 'Agriculture now ranks among the
first In the country, with students
from all over the world. .
Mcdowell pageant
(The House of Dreams" Is Name
Ghen In Honor' of Composer.
Peterboro. N. H., Aug. 16. A three
day pageant entitled "The House of
Dreams" was commenced, near here
today by the XiacDowell Memorial as
sociation Ip honor of Edward Xlac
Dowejl. the composer, who was long
a resident of this onw . .
LOGGERS NARROWLY ESCAPE.
One Hundred of Them Compelled to
. Flee on Logging Train.
Vancouver. Aug. 16. A
hundred
loggers, many of whom are burned,
are camped on the beach at Granite
Bay, following the re Saturday near posed for the democratic gubernator
Camn Hastening mill at Valdez Is-1 lal nomination'. Dahlmnn rlaims 2ft.-
laua, iw nnieB up me coast, i ne men i (umo or the republican votes ior aim-ve-;
tunnelled to board a . logclng j self, because he Is pledged for the aa
traUivaud flee through the flames i;i j tl-liquor bills. Bryan is supporting
ofrterof snake good their escape. The
fire d.psroyed valuable .timber a mile
'wide.
Fran is sum
By no m
'ODER
WIFE SEES HUSBAND KILL MAX
ACCUSED OF UNDUE AT
TENTI0X TO HER.
HJILF'lOOffll SEE CUE
Jealous Barber Hunts Oat River Taqr
Fireman at Headquarters and wit!)
Victim Four Feet Away Opens Fire
Accuses Him in Same Instant
. Murderer Jailed Pleads Unwrit
ten Law actuated Crime.
Portland, Aug. 16. With his dife at
a station but a short 'distance away,
watching' him, Am lis Richardson, t
Jealous barber, shot and killed Jess
Hale, a firemaji at the entrance of tlw
fire tu& headquarters la' J5igli In the
presence of a dozen firemen. '
The man was charged with murder
today. He w.ent to the headquarters
and asked to see Hale. He waited ua-
til the fireman got; within four feet,
and then fired four bullets.
t -V Accused His Enemy.
He said, "Take that, now I got you."
In jail he said Hale had been paying
attention to his wife,
COLLEGE GIRLS AS WAITRESSES
Old Boys of Thirteenth Maine RcgN
went Association Meet, . -f.
Lewiston, Xle., Aug. 16. With pret
ty college glrla, imported at great ex
pense from Vassar as waitresses, the :
"hard tack" disguised on tnu bill of
fare as "hardasfllnctiuus tacklnoof," .
and tue oean swagen. served under the
alias of heanulettlu swagausLi, the
old boys of the Thirteenth XIalne regi
ment association are today enjoying
quite the niftiest banquet and reun
ion In the history of the prganiza-'
tlon. In the past the "vets" have
been satisfied with short dinners of
an extremely Informal kind, but this
year it was determined to show the
world at large thai the Maine veter
ans are up to snuff when it comes to
modern customs. '
MANY PASSENGERS DR0WX.
Spanish and German Vessels Collide
With Fatal Results to Many
GlDfaltar, Aug. 16. Two passed
gers'i.and seven of the crew of th'
Spanish steamer Xlortos, drowned to
day. ,' The ship sank near Tarlfa Point
following a collision with the German
steamer Elsa, In a heavy fog. The
Elsa's crew saved many. . ..
Thirty-three Adjournments,
: Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 16. After
thirty-three adjournments, the case of
William Heller and Xlax Hugo, charg
ed with Illegal use of union labels, h
again set for a hearing in district
court today; The case has been to
the courts for over three years. ,
NEBRASKA PRIMARIES TODAY
Llqnor Question the Main Issue Un
. usually Large Vote.
Lincoln, Neb,. Aug. 16 WJth ideal
weather. Interest was aroused by the
liquor question, which brought out an
unusually large vote in the primaries
today. Governor Shallenberger and
Mayor Dahlman or Omaha, are op-
i Governor Metcalf, editor of the Com
moner, Bryan's senatorial candidate,
against Congressman Hitchcock.