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SUITES BI
-DEMOCRATS A
MAJORITY
UMOX.ASSOCIATED PRESS FINDS
DEMOCRATS WILL LIKELY .
CARRY A MAJORITY.
FOUR IN LEAD ESTIMATED
General Resume of the lougrega
Uunul Elections Tomorrow Through
Out the Country Oregon Consider
ed by "Seers" to Have Splendid
0;'rt!!!!ty ef Electing Sum'.!.
can Governor The Table.
New York, Nov. 7 That the com
ing congress, as a result of tomor
Jfows elections, will foe composed
of 197 Democrats and 193 Republi
cans and one Socialist Is the predic
tion given out today by the Union
Associated Press. The figures are
based on a careful and" v-e'-vVc'd
analysis of reports -supplied to the
press association by newspapers all
oer the country.
Independent newspapers In each
doubtful congressional district were
afcked to express opinions on the out
look, and the estimate herewith given
represents a consensus of editorial
opinion. In many cases, however, it
was stated that the contests were so
mate no better than mere guess wok.
mate no bette rthan mere guess work
The figures by states are as fol
, lows:
Dem. Rep.
Alabama 9 ..
Arkansas 7
California 1 7
Colorado . . . . 3
Connecticut . . 1 4
Delaware ... ....... 1
Florida .... 3 ..
Georgia 11
Idaho 1
Illinois 8 17
Indiana ... 1 2
Iowa 2 9
Kansas . . . .1 7
Kentucky 9 2
Louisiana 7 '
Maine .... 2 2
Maryland 3 3
Massachusetts 4 10
Michigan . . . .1 11
Minnesota . . 1 8
Mississippi ...8
Missouri ... It 5
Montana ' 1
Nebraska 3 3
Nevada 1
New Hampshire 5
New Jersey ..: '..5 5
'New York 18 19
North Carolina 8 2
North Dakota ' 2
Ohio .... 9 12
Oklahoma 3 . . 2
Oregon 2
Pennsylvania 9 23
Rhode Island 2
South Carolina .... 7
South Dakota .. ' ' 2
Tennessee 7 3
Texas 16
Utah 1
Vermont 2
Virginia ..... 9 1
Washington 3
West Virginia 1 4
Wisconsin 1 9
Wyoming 1
Totals 197 193
0ne district,' Fifth, probably Social-
The majority of opinion of many
d!tors In- the twenty-seven states in
hich governors will be chosen to
morrow indicates .that the Republi
cans will be successful in fourteen
nd the Democrats in thirteen states,
Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Ver
mont have already held elections for
governor this year, all but Vermont
S'ng Democratic, and the Republican
majority in the latter state suffer
8 a considerable reduction.
In the gubernatorial elections to
aiirow, according to tLe t,u?e3 com-
L AQRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON.
p'led by the Union Associated Press,
the Democratic candidates have "the
shade" in Alabama, Colorado. Con
necticut, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jer
sey, New York,, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee
and Texas. The Republican guberna
torial candidates are considered to
have the better chance in California,
Idaho, Iowa,' Kansas, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire,
Oregon, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Massa
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New
Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Wiscon
sin and Wyoming.
In many states the choice is made
on the narrowest margin, notably In
Colorado Connecticut, Minnesota and
Tennessee. New1 York may well he
considered doubtful until-the returns
are all in. The prospects of a Repub
lican victory in Tennessee, through
an alliance of dissatisfied Democrats
is admittedly not so good as a few
weeks ago, although there remains
a yxsIVJIlj i'uut ihe o. O. P. will
break into the real '"solid South".
Judge Baldwin's personal popularity
is expected to capture Connecticut
for the Democrats, but, if this proves
true, it is highly unlikely that the
Dtmocrats will be able to carry more
than one congressional district.. , ,
FIFTEEN MINERS
MIXES NEAR SEATTLE EXPLODED
IN MYSTERIOUS MANNER.
Apparently No Manner to Aid the En
tombed Men In Deep Holes.
Black Diamond, Wn., Nov. 7 Fif
teen men are entombed today In the
deep slope of the Lawson coal mine
near here and all hope of their res
cue is abandoned. They , were caught
by a heavy explosion which closed all
entries to various shafts yesterday.
The Lawson is one of the deepest in
this country and is worth a quarter
of a million dollars. Officials cannot
understand the explosion.
Rescue forces are working, attempt
ing to reach the miners. Black Dia
mond is near Seattle.
COME LOCATE.
Mcdford Families .VI11 Mate .La
Grande Their Home Hereafter.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Brown of Med
ford, Okla., arrived Saturday even
ing and will make La Grande their
home. Mr. Brown Is the senior mem
ber of the firm of Brown & Sons,
contractors and builders of Medford
and his impression of this city and
locality may mean the adding of sev
eral families to our population. The
Browns were accompanied by Ross
Brooks, a young man from the same
town, whose father was a La Grande
visitor several weeks ago and who
expects to return here with his fam
ily In the spring.
TWO MAIL ROXES NOW.
One East and One West Mall Rox
Will Facilitate Matters Greatly.
The confusion arising from having
but one mall box at the depot has
been overcome by the erection of a
new box and hereafter the mail can
be placed In the box which designates
Ihe direction of the mail. Previously
mail Intended for points west w.-e
taken east by Number 18 and then
sent back on a later train, spelling
delay always.
GET ELECTION RETrBN'S.
County, State and National Returns
Available st Observer.
Commencing tomorrow evening The
Observer, will supply the election re
turns from the county, state and na
tional elections. Eastern returns will
arrive before the local returns com
mence to c?ce in.
ENTOMBED IN
GOAL MINE
The COntemtitiDle sr.ririM "Koinrr tAl1 'Tj
m. Henry DV B. B. F. Wilson's fripnH
A the ire of every' citizen of La Grande regardless of
.political opinion. James C. Henry has resided here A
I r years; he came here when a young man he has A
j been associated with La Grande and the Grande
J Ronde valley ever since. Everybody knows Mr. Hen- A
J ry, and when anybody says he is dishonest, when any- A
one even assumes that he would accept or counte-
nance a graft, when anyone accuses him of robbing
the dead which has been done in the last two days a
a we say emphatically that the party, whoever he may a
be, that so; wilfuUy maligns him,, not only I
lies, but that he is a person who should be shunned jL
a by decent folk.
A . Ciens of La Grande, ask yourselves regardless t
a of party feeling in this contest, whether James Henry 1
a is a man of honor; whether he has ever hAen anything
ut a good citizen. Ask yourselves if he has noUaken t
a this county from a debt-ridden community and trans- A
A formed it into a community free from incumbrance.
count up the many improvements made-the' steel
A bridges, the rock roads, the mountain highways, and
many other things. After doing so then determine
in your own mmds whether or not you will sit by and
I see tne reputation of. a good man suffer the murder-7
I ous attack now being made upon it.1 v , v . : 4
t V I th?reis 031 ounce of home Pride in city of
I Trinde the opposition to Henry should find no
J comfort or support here. If La Grande;would-con-
vtinue to be the metropolis of the Eastern Oregon
1 oory she can only do so by having in office men
sension ' fostertrife-or encourage internal dis- O
a fli,? t0 t?e polls on morrow, every citizen of La
v. uranae. ana sweqr fr vmircoiTTo v.n nr A :
ii. 1 ; - jv.wtso wiau vwui wm resent
1 LattacXby votln for a f ellow citizen whom 1
,m n , & U1 Miiaeu WHOIE
V jrwu KIIOW 10 06 fimifl.ro tttVi nm
SS?fe; Wh? continue to give this
S-? mmistration .tfcSKtr-promotes prosperity
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TO RAIL WAV ivn
GENTLEMEN: JirLUlMi
anerhS7tTm0tj'0Ur c't you know that
.tIPp V ,,'UdSe CaU re,,ort you for alIed m'-conduct.
you , n W Sow7man 8 ,,ro,osed w they will be afraid to report
r o ft CSFg! 18 abS,Ute,y e-M you can thm
to confront you. The law has been a blessing in Oklahoma to
both employer and employed, as the "bosses" are as anxious to
lllt?Z nnntof unJustcharges as the men themselves
Z,?, ? i rg0dBames Mr- Bowerman-s proposed law as
published on Page 12 of the Oregonlan of Ocober 12th is ap
pended and It vitally Interests you:
LAW PROTECTS EMPLOYEES.
Rowerman Presses Measures Aimed Against "Spotters."
Acting Governor Bowerman. Republican direct primary nominee
for Governor, has a measure patterned after a law now in effect
in Oklahoma, which he has announced he proposes to recom
mend for adoption in his first message to the Oregon Legislature
and which law has received the indorsement of the railway and
and other corporation employees.
The act provides that when an employee Is discharged the employer
-individual or corporation-must, upon Tequest, state the reason
for dismissal and must, upon demand, confront the accused with
the accuser. While this law was framed in the first Instance by
members of the Order of Railway Conductors and serves to pro
tect them from unjust accusations of so-called "spotters" or any
other person having a personal enmity, its provisions go farther
and protect the positions and reputations of all employees.
As it now Is. a Conductor, engineer, motorman, or other em
ployee Is called "on the carpet" and discharged without a clearance
very frequently no reason beln given. If a man be guilty of a
breach of the rules, or any offense, he realizes his own guilt and
will not ask for a hearing. If the employee be falsely accused,
however. Mr. Bowerman's bill will protect him and his reputation.
With nch a law on the statute books of the state alleged detec
tives or others will not be so prone to make false charges, know
ing tr-a4 they will be called upon to face the accused.
?!"ned REPUBLICAN J3TATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
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III:' 1 BLOKLAND IS DEAD
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7,
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' by the stroke. Her health up to that
hour had been perfectly normal. She.
was Bixty-nine years and two months
old, but notwithstanding her advance
age, was able to be out and about
with alacrity of a much younger per
son. An Illustration of her hardihood
V nesd enly be said that ihe and her
usbnd ittnrnert i.o weeks ago
1910.
from an extended trip through ' the
cast. ,
The funeral will be held tomorrow
at 2 o'clock from the Presbyterian
church with Rev. Shangle of Milton
officiating.
Mrs. Van Blokland, better known as
rioklahd, is survived by her husband
and four children, all of whom five in
Inlon county: Andrew, Garrit, Mrs.
Vm. Webster and Mrs. W. J. Case.
Starkey Club Meets.
Starkey, Nov. i JSpeciaD-t-tStarkey's
ncedlecraft club met Nov. 3rd at the
home of the President, Mrs. John F.
Alden. A good number were pres
ent. Luncheon was served. All went
home saying they had an enjoyable
time. Next Thursday is our mission
ary meeting day and all are expected
to attend.
Payer at Bandon.
Porti,r.d( ore, No,. !T , special)
The brotherhood of Oregon dally
papers will add. another this week
when the Bandon . Dally Eagle will
make its first appearance. It will
have the distinction of being situat
ed the fiarthest west of any dally pap
er "on the mainland of the United
States.
COUNTY PAYS NO MORE THAN
COMPANY THAT RI YS Tlivw
PrI.'(U the Same to All Construction
Company Culled for Evidence.
All this hullabaloo nbout . the
coutny court paying an exhorbltant
price for a steam roller has not a
leg to stand upon. The court wanted
a steam roller. An agent from the
Buffalo-Pitts company came' here and
made the sale. The county paid the
regular price, just the samd as in
dividuals pay a certain price for the
John B. Stetson hat. And that la
the whole story. There was no rake
off, no scheming, no dark-lantern
methods used whatever.
To verify the price of the roller as
correct as obtaining the country ov
er the Observer Interviewed the War
ren Construction company, a corpor
ation that Is laying the paving In La
Grande. This company has one of the
steam rollers at .work on the streets
and they are heavy buyers of the
Buffalo-Pitts machine because they use
it in alj of their plants, and they have
plants scattered from Boston to Port
land and from Michigan to Texas.
Here Is what information was obtain
ed from that company: They buy the
Bame machine, that Union county
bought and they pay exactly the same
price whether they cantract for one
roller or twelve at the same time.
This should settle the steam roller
matter Id the mind of every thinking
man and cause the attack on Judge
Henry and the county court to have no
weight whatever.
Will Talk Tonfght
Hon. Walter M. Pierce and J. A.
Burley will talk on prohibition this
evening on Adams avenue.
Two Railroaders Killed.
Spokane, Nov. 7 Reports todny ndd
nothing to the list of eight dwj m l
four Injured as a result of a hc ul on
collision on a sharp curve near Chi',
taroy yesterday of westbound freV.it
451 and the apple special east boyr
on the Greut Northern. The bcrty ;C
Engineer Hepburn will be shipped tc
Barron, Wis., tomorrow. No arranpe
ments has been made for the removal
of Fireman Blanchard's body, or ot'ior
trainmen.
airs. Jijers injure.
Mrs. C. A. Myers a well know iy
or ummervllle, fell Satur'K id
broke her hip bone. Dr. Moll f he
i attending physician, reports hf .on
I riitlon vcr satisfactory tods.
HWTIIESIE
PIE FOR
ROLLERS -
CRIPP
Eli'S ; LIFE
PROLONGED BY
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BEEN SEEN ALIVE IN AMP t
Crippen'g Life Prolonged In a Jtfauner
Which Lead I that Stii
of Mrs. Crlppen's Presence In Amer.
Ica May Have Sonm Gnounds Gen.
era! Feeling Is Postponement Is In.
definite. ;
London, Nov. '.7 The execution of
Dr. Crippen who was to hang tomor
row, was Indefinitely postponed to
day. It is semt-offlctally announced
he will be executed on Nov. 22. The
Home office has ordered the postpone
ment. ' !
Scotland Yard detectives declared
the postponement was in jno way con
nected with the report from Philadel
phia that Mrs. Crippen was seen alive
and was In hiding. It is generally be
lieved the postponement is in accord-,
ance with an ancient custom which
gives the condemned man two Sun
days between1 the final Waring and;
death. Crippen was overjoyed and says
ho believes something will Intervene
to prove he Is innocent..
Arthur Newton, Crlppen's '.counsel,.
In a petition for, clemency addressed
to Home Secretary Winston Churchill
asked for either pardon or commuta
tion. It Is not believed Churchill will
Interfere with the court's mandate.
Nothing Authentic
Chicago, Nov. 7 Replying to the
assertions of the people Interested In '
the Crippen rase that Mrs. Crippen
was seen alive in Chicago, Chief of
Police Sullivan denied today that the
department had any authentic Infor-'
matlon that the woman was alive.
RIVALRY BECOMES INTENSE.
IILDHOR
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RUMOR IS NOT OFF
Next Saturday's Game at Corral lis
, Promises Great Time.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-
vallls, Nov. 7 (Special) Great prep
arations are now in progress at the
Oregon Agricultural college for the
annual contest between the football
teams of the University and Agricul
tural college. It Is expected that more
than 5000 people will be in attendance
at this game. Besides the entire stud
ent body of this institulon, members
of the faculty and a great number of
citizens of Corvallls, there will 'be .
the student body, from Eugene with
the faculty and a large following of.
townspeople. Also many members of
the alumni of both Institutions and
others who are Interested in the
schools will be present. Bleachers are
being constructed which will have a
sating capacity of over 3,0,00 peo
ple. These with the grand stand and
the bleachers which are now erected
will take care of the enormouB crowd.
The Intense athletic Rivalry which
exists between the students of these
two Institutions la ctrealn to make
the game one of exceptional merit.
The members of the Agricultural Col
lege team will bo much lighter than
their opponents but they have been
working exceptionally hard and feel
Vat theyvhave a chance to afford
fv.!s handicap. Keek's wonderful abil
ity as a kicker is a factor of no Bmall
importance in favor of the college
men. On the other hand, greater
ncight and the fact that the Univer
sity men are more mature and more
experienced, gives the University a
better chance In the game.
'
Mr. Carlson Sustains Injur. '
Mr. Carlson, an employe of the Pal
mer mill, who the other day wa
working with Mr. Johnson when th
latter was killed, was slightly Injured
last Saturday night at the Palmer mllL
lr.'b foot was qvita badly ':u;-i.
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