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MONMOUTH NORMAL" SCHOOL
' WILL BE KEVIYED ACCORDING .
TO LATE RETURNS.
LOST IN
fiirtctr'tt riiflllp In Mnninnrt" nra ttlfm
) Franklin Wins tlie Election of
Treasurer . In Enterprise Weston
Normal Killed. Ashland Normal Has
a Cliance The Woman Snftv" !
'jf Effiectually Killed.' ;
i. 'turns todav Indicated th Home
1 liquor amendment carried by a pro-'
I table majority of a thousand. In com-
Jleto returns show the Jlonmoutfi
? fhfl Weston Normal lost. ThA Anhlanrf
Normal has a chance. Woman suffrage
was defeated two to one.
Complete returns from 14 counties
and incomplete from the rest Eive
iWest a lead of 6.034. In theVfiU: I;nw-
! frman has 43,693 an:M7t 49,727. In
Multnomah county west has 14,809 and
Bowerman 13,608. :
FrunklIn Wins" Treasureshlp.
Enterprise, Nov. 11. (Special) Posl
s.wely the closest political race In Wal
lowa county " was determined today
JR hen a Judge ot election In one of the j
fiountain precincts phoned in the to
als on the treasurer race from his
. precinct. G. W. Franklin of Enterprise
one or the two cripples running for
the office, wins by fourteen votes. The
rce has been extremely close and
a uotn men were splendid reuows, tne
f csmnalKn was not marked hv "dirt."
ipe missing precinct win. not reach
litre until tonight and at that time
the exact outcome in Wallowa county
can be determined on the other men.
I HAWLEY MAY LEAD IDAHO.
Democrats Crawl Up Rapidly, Bradv
y, Seems to he Defeated.
Boise, j'ov. 11 Democrats, today
lla'med :awley's election by a plur-
irlty ot'.cnn over Brady, the present
nouni': ?" cpiiblicans 'say Brady is
lected rr.t basing the estimate on
heaei thv.l 73 precincts, approximate
ng :5C0 voles, are unreported.
The n'tPO'e '"'" corta'n sixteen new
laces.-There will be ten Republicans
and Thirteen Democrats. Unless the
Dj?niocrat3 assist it will be impossible
itoff amend the constitution for state
fv.jde prohibition.
Carter's Fate Unknown.
I. I Helena, Mont., Nov. ll The out
come of the election Is still doubtfulAi
Ifarly today five counties' returns, are
Will Incomplete, and upon them de
ponds whether the leglslat(i",' "oes
strong enough Republican to r" elect
LUtoottbandMnyl ISennv-r MMM.MM
Senator Carter or fie - Democrats
choose his succe: ' or Wthout disput
ed seats the DemucTa.3 have CO votes
ron a joint, billot wniie Jtepuoucans
have 47. It taT.es 52 to;elect a senator.
t CANVASSING VOTES TODAY.
r
ected that Work Will ho Complet-
ed Sometime Tomorrow. ' '
Official count of votes cast nit the
T 'pp'.iy election is being made today
ht.'ttlie court h6uBe by County Clerk
tj. Wr'ght. Justices of th Peace A.
FJ'v? of Upon prd A. C. Will-
t or t.i Cr ir.c' U la supt-o-.i th
h-f J:.-,-';i 'la Cais'jt'l bv toruorrnw.byt
It- indnPnite. .
y h
c work could not commence un-
oripv b-oause of the fct that oi't-
")ir ir?t 'nets fUil
.:!,- t, l;c?:C3 ti'ltil y
not :- nil ia their
;r.t.r:iy even'ug.
SCHOOLS WILL PROSPER
fpTT L'flir Mentis Nearly Two Thoiis-
jnnd More Money Annually Here. ,
tF'inv realize the splend'd benefits
) te derived from the county high
jlijjol law which was passed in l n-
oit county by a fine vote, in dollars
J( cents the system stands for con-
dirable, and in addition It will l'ft
te standard of the high schools all
'er the county. After January nrBt a
of red tape will have been car
idf out which will mean that
ifirever the school reaches a stan-
r which the state superintendent
Ml prescribe, a certain amount of
iiey will be appronrltaed for the
fning expenses of the school. Ati
present time, all students outside I
hhe district' are charged tult'on.
len the new law Is declared effeo (
there will be no tuition any-
BUM
L AGRAXDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON.
where in the county, At the present
tirr.e rach pupil in a bona fide high
school gets ?8.30. Under the new sys
tem, the first twenty In the school
will get $40 apiece or ?Soo for the
entire twenty. The next thirtv ge.s
?20 apiece and the balance $12.30. All
this meanB that with 200 students La
Grande will receive $1600 more than
it does now and students can attend
without tuition.
County Superintendent E. E. Brage
believes that Union, Cove and Elg'ii
will Immediately raise the standard
of their schools to reach the- - re
quirements and this will signify that
the schools of the county will be
brought to a standard not attained
anywhere in the state. ' (
. EXPRESS DRIVERS RETURN.
Express Strike In New York Is Ended
an J Men Will Return.
New YorJ-., Nov. 11 The express
drivers strike is practically ended hd
men will return to work Monday. New
York teamsters today accepted the
terms offered". The express companies
agreed to take back the strikers and
consult with representatives of the
employees (regarding wages , and
hour
JEFFRIES DENIES RUMOR.
Says He Has Quit the Fighting Ganie
. -And Men Whl Return.
Los Angeles, Nov. 11 Jim Jeffries
denied today that he had received an
offer from a Denver promoter to meek
Johnson for another championship bat
tle. Furthermore Jeffries reiterated
his declaration that he had quit fight
ing.' LOCAL OPTION EFFECTIVE SOON
' AND OTHERS JAN. FIRST.
Men Elected to Office Last Tuesday, to
Take Oath Janaary First. v
Iniative and referendum measures
which have passed a t the recent elec
tion will become effective within nine
ty days, the "exact date to be named by
the governor when he has made , a
proclamation to that effect. The local
option measure, will become effective
as soon as the county court makes the
proclamation and the county high
school system becomes effective Jan
uary( first. The new officers elected
take office on January 1st.
THE HOME RULE BILL.
Governor Wl!5 Iclre the Law in Ef
fect Within Ninety Days' TlmeT
If it Is true that the Home Rule bill
lias been adopted and it Is practi
cally certain that it has the governor
will declare the Ir" "ffective within
ninety days. The wording of the bill
is: . ......
"Section 2 of Article XL of the Con
stitution of the State of .Oregon shall
bo and hereby is, amended to read as
follows:
v Article XI. ,
Section 2. Corporations may be
formed .under general laws, but shall
r.ot be created by the Legislative As
gcmbly by .special laws. The Legisla
tive Assembly shall pot enact, amend
or repeal any charter or act of incor
poration for any municipalitycity or
town. The legal voters of every city
and town are hereby granted power to
enact and - amend their municipal
charter, subject to the Constitution
tnd criminal laws of Hhe state 'of
Oregon, and the exclusive power to
license, regulate, control or to sup
pless or prohibit, the sale of intoxi
cating liquors therein is vested in such
municipality; but such municipality
shall within Its limits be subject to
the provisions of the local option law
of the State of Oregon."
AMERICAN OFFICER RELEASED.
Wus Imprisoned at Toklo for Using
Camera Where lie Was Forbidden..,
Toklo, Nov. 11 After three days
spent In 'a Japanese prison at MoJI,
charged with using a camera within
the prescribed district, Captain Frank
J. Miller, of the U. S. army station In
the Philippines, was. released today.
STUDENTS
LEAD
MERICANS IN MEXICO CITY TER
RORIZED BY ATTACKS OF
. RIOTING MEXICANS.
TROOPS PATROL STREETS
Authorities Fear Another Serious At
tack on-American Consulate Mobs
Headed by Students Terrorize Big
Sertbm v.5 ; c;icr Mm
Against Consulate Communication
With Capital Brief.
San Antonio, Tex Not. II This af.
ternoon It Is reported the American
consulate, at Culdad, Porflro, Diaz,
Mexico, was wrecked by a mob. Consul
Luther Ellsworth escaped through the
rear door while the mob stoned the
front He was uninjured.
Guadalajara, Mexico, Nov. 11 Mexi
can troops are patrolling the Ameri
can quarter today, every soldier In the
military district has been ordered un
der arms, ready for instant duty if the!
out breaks become more serious. Au
thorities fear' an attack on the United
States consulate. ' ':.
The night was marked by disorders
and anti-American rioting. The situa
tion Is improved today! ,
General Vilasenor Is In personal
charge ot the troops.
Mobs headed by students last night
terrorised the American quarter' and
stoned houses and beat np some.
Many rioters last night were bovg
but men led the mobs that threatened
the American consulate. Disturbances
followed street harrangues in which
the people urged, to seek vengeance
for the lynching of Antonio Rodrlgues
in Texas. Communications with Mex
ico City today Is censored, but they
are reassuring, though-lacking in de
tails. . '... '
Conditions Generally Improved.
Washington, Nov. 11 Today's dis
patches to the state department from
Ambassador Wilson say the situation
in Mexico City is Improved. Rurales
and federal troops, are patrolling the
streets. The embassy and consulate are
amply protected. Governor Campbell
of Texas assured Secretary Knox that
the state was making a rigid investi
gation of the Rodrlgues lynching.
WIRE TROUBLES TODAY. '
Wires Down In Both Directions and
Telegrams are Piled up Here.
Commercial . and news telepraph
matter was stalled' during'the fore
noon and much of the afternoon to
day by breaks and grounded Western
Union wires at points west of Umatil
la. During the forenoon wires were
down east, and consequently United
Press telegraph matter was blocked in
Portland., The usual habitwhen wire
trouble occurs west of here is to re
lay to Butte, Boise and La Gfande,
but since the wires are down East,
this too was prevented. ,
WEDDING AT THE SOMMER.
Cove Couple United In Marriage und
Public Weddinir Is Revived.
Union county's fair wedding was re
vived this afternoon when Orln Rob
inson, a brother of Clyde r.obinson,
who 'was publicly married during the
fair h?re,' was united in ranrrlaRa to
Miss Rose Hoatppn. Both are of Cove.
Rev. W. II. Cikon 'officiated, ' the
wedding 'taking place at the Soimuer
hotel parlors at 2:30 o'clock. Both are
popular Cove people. ' ' '
NEW MANAGER HERE.
Portland Telephone Mnn Conies to
Take Management of Local 0iice.
D. G. Iluyett, a Portland telephone
man, Is here today and th'.n 'morning
assumed the management of the local
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com
pany office to succeed C. B. Clarke, re
signed Mrs. Huyett is here also and
th.ey will make La Grande their fu
ture home. ' .
NEW PASTOR HERE.
Methodist Church Sontli Now Supplied
With Regular Tastor.
Rev. J. B. Ball, formerly of Walla
Walla, has been permanently assign
ed to the local pastorate of the M. E.
church. Southland h haa moved here
to make his home. Mr. Ball comes
highly recommended from Walla Wal
la, and la a young energetic man ?'ho
is well pleased with his new location.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11,
id-. IILIIS
FOUR KNOWN TO BE DEAD AND
MANY SEKIOUSLY INJURED
BY EXPLOSION.
EIGHTY III ANOTHER FIE
Explosion In Illinois Town Today
Jepbrdlzed Lives of Scleral Hund
dred, Gave Grounds .for
'Tina tteren are Mlsslug and Jlany
Serlonsly Injured Total Dead u
Colorado Disaster About 80.
Hillsboro, 111., Nov. 11 Four min
ers are killed and eleven Injured, sev
eial fatally and four hundred imper
iled by an explosion which wrecked
the tunnel of the Shoal Creek com
pany's coal mine near here today. The
bodies were-recovered. The cause, is
unknown. - v '
It is reported this afternoon that
eleven more are missing and possibly
they perished in the mine. ;
SIXTY-NINE BODIES RECOVERED.
Evident That Total Death list In Mine
, .Disaster will be SO.
Trinidad," Colo.. Nov. 11 With sixty
nine bodies reeovV&d from the mine
at Delagua, the total deatfh list Is ex
pected to reach' eighty; Mine officials
admit eleven miners are still mlss.ng.
Inquests w.ill be held as soon as the
rescue work is completed. Inspector
Jones Issued a statement declaring
smoke combustion , resulting from
short irritation of the ventilating fan,
caused the ' explosion, which was a
small one.Jhe men died from gas.
TACOMA STADIUM WRECKED.
. 'r'j...;.l,,:r-
Sodded Hill Slides Down 'on Oue T'er
of Seats, Doing: Damngo. - .
Tacoma, Nov; 11 Tacoma's great
stadium which seats thirty-five thous
an was considerably damaged today
by slides following heavy rains. A
large section of the sodded slide gave
way covering the whole en tier of
seats. Several trains were delayed yes
terday and .last night by washouts
due to floods.
RUNNING FIGHT I'ATAL.
Robbers Figure In Gun Fight With Po.
Ilcenient In Chicago,
Chicago, Nov. 11 Or.e man is dying
aud five others are seriously woundeo
and two probably fatally, following the
early morning battle between the po
lite and hold-up men In a little sub
urb of Cicero. Three highwaymen en
tered the saloon of Louis Belmont,
two patrons, Fred Kop and Miles
Kohler. They rifled the till secured a
small amount and started down the
street. Patrolmen Kalownaky and
Kane saw them and started a running
fight. One robber Is mortally wounded
and another shot but escaped. Katie is
wounded badly. Two robbers with the
coin are at large. . . ' .
LUMBERMAN INJURED.
Perry Resident Brought to La Gnmde
' Hospital, Snfforlngr With Injury.
Nathan Caldwell, a resident of Per
ry, where "he Is employed by the Per
ry sawmill company, sustained a
broken arm last evening. The left arm
was broken between the wrist amt
elbow and'he is now attho hospital.
Dr. Molitor set the break.
First Witness Culled.
Los Angeles, Nov. 11 With the
wafting room crowded with witnesses,
Antone Johnnnsen, the first' witness
was called .before the Times dyna
miting grand jury today. He remained
in. the jury room an hour and was fol
lowed by II. G. Morton of San Fran
cisco. Portugal Is Recognizee. '
Lisbon, Nov. 11 Gerpian, following
the example of France. Spain and
England today recognized the repub
lic of Portugal.
Recovery Is DonbtfnL
Mr. Ross, the aged veteran stricken
with aparlysls a few days ago is still
the same. While there Is a yery slight
chance for recovery, the general be
lief la that he Is beyond complete recovery.
MillilK
I RECORDED
1910.
, WILL ENTERTAIN TEACHER i
Fiie Hundred 'Gitet" lu-tlie City lYlii
be'Taken ( are of. .
Entertainment of the iuO teachi.s
coming from all parts of -.Eastern
Oregon a week from Monday to nt
ttiud the. annual convention of East
ern Oregon teachers,. Is .now. absorb
lng considerable attention. County
Superintendent Bragg and the com
mercial -club ae working out a
campaign of entertainment for t'. t
visitors which hi the rough include
a public reception Monday evening.
It will be necessary to have automo
biles to carry the guests to their
places of entertainment, and the sub
ject is no small ones. Several import
ant committee meetings will be held
during the week to make the enter
tainment complete.;..,.
, At Peridleton the teachers, were
loyally entertained last year;1 fifty
five automobiles were at tVj'". ser
vices., -."..' '
BOGUS CHURCH IN TROl RLE
Money Collected Mast Be Returned to
v the Doiiators .Says. Court.
Evcrr-U, ICui -ay a decls'on of
Judge W. W. Black, the "Church Ot the
Living God" must.dissolve and $14,500
held by "Prophetess" Weiss, the churh
leader who recently departed fcr Cali
fornia, tc start a similar church must
return the coin to those who contri
buted It W. A. Allaway, treasurer,
through a guardian appointed by -him
months ago when relatives alleged he
was mentally Incompetent, brought
suit for recovery of money. Allaway
refused to go on the stand to testify
against the woman whom he insists is
a prophetess. -.
SOCIETY WANTS
iSECiuil:
OF
MORALITY AND SOCIAL LAWS
DISREGARD WITH BOLDNESS.
Story Brought Out In Justice' Court,"
- Wors 1'ier Heard In La Grande.
Social and moral degredatluu that
outstrips the customs of darkest Af
rica, disregard for the home that is
shocking In its horridness and - re
volting in a family home in a highly
civilized state and nation, were
brought to light yesterday during the
trial of Mrs. A. M.1 Walker, charged
by her husband with illicit cohabita
tion with a man named C. W. John
son.. C. N. Walker, husband of the
woman, told a story that has never
been heard before in this city, and it
is doubtful if police records of the
nation are blotched and grimmed with
aa "dirty" a story of gross violations
of family bonds and vows as was the
admission and .evidence of Walker.
Without showing the slightest Bigns
of discomfort when grilled and burn
ed by the attorney , for the defense,
Walker related ami reiterated points
of his evidence so frequently and so
often that there would be no possible
chance for , misunderstood questions.
That ho permitted Johnson to occu
py the same bedroom with his wife
lor a period of twenty-five consecu
the nights, while he occupied a rooni
up stairs where their two daughters,
aged tight and eleven v.nra
bpr, and thai Walker combed his hair
hi a room occupied r.t the time by his
wife and Johnson in the morning be
fore going to work and did not move
a hand to prevent r the shameful
practice, were only a few of the as
tojniiling revelations brought to light.
YVtkei did admit' that 'he spoke to
bis wife ocrui ionally about the mat
ter. .
.When the case comes to trial In
cue circu.t . court for Mrs. Walker
was bound -over it will bg shown
no doubt, h"t the promise of John
son to buy a farm in Washington for
Walker and his wife, was direct pay
for the Illicit practice goloj on In the
a me r nome, lor joanson paid mon
ey and donated presents to Mis. Walk
er to pay ffcr hia board. Tho farm
deal fell through, or was at least ta
booed by Walker when ho learned, a
few days ago, that his wife would
not stop the habit . of living with
Johnson In Walker's house,
Walker told of how the arrest was
made. It was only after his broth
ers demanded that something be done
that he took . action. His brothers
went to the police and had them
make the arrests, and they accom
panied the officers to the bedroom on
the evening of the seventh. Mrs, Wal
ker and , Johnson were at that time
occupying the same rooiw. '
The shameful status of affairs did
not bother. Mrs. Walker much. She
waa neatly dressed and has the ap
pearance of a woman of thirty year,
number P23
SUGAR KIM
RAIN DOES NOT,INJURE THE DIG
GING AND SFi.vON HAS BEEN"'
TR( o IE.
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Rainfall Shi 3
County Js j, . ei
V Are to
WILL CLOSE
SHORTLY
Hi DDIE
Monday lu This
, lies Wh. ,?tii; ";k"
ly Beneutted Both '
.Tiere and
bled A ret
. town County Don
"heat In Wallowa
(Ountr This
A.
After one of the most successful '
runs in its history made possible by ,
additional acreage, from Wallowa
county and a splendid crop on dlmin
shed acreage in this valley the Amal- .
gamated Sugar factory la anticipating
a close down for the year within the
present week. It Is possible the run .
will extend over into next week, but '
the -end of the cut Is in sight. 1
Fortunately for all concerned, the ' -present
rain storm did not injure any
beets in this valley. The crop had been
dug and hauled before the rainy sea- I
son commenced, and there haa been 2
no losses anywhere during the fall
months.
, While beets have been harvested in
time to prevent loss, the wheat grow
era are now to be blessed with a thor
ough rain. The fields needed It, and ;
with 1.38 inches of rainfall from Mon
day until this afternoon the wheat '
area has had a wonderfully valuable
benjeflt through sufficient moisture tj "
start the grain thoroughly. ',
Wallowa Wheat Area Doubled.
Enterprise, Nov. ll (Special) Rain, ,
falling In true Williamette valley fash- ;
ion is soaking Wallowa county, soli :
wonderfully and the doubled fall wheat '
acreage is thriving beautifully since . '
last Monday, For some reason the"
wheat acreage in this county is mors
than- doubled ink. year.. Men a close
touch; with the total area of 'winter ;
wheat sown say that, acreage more ..
than doubles former records, and the
present rains were timely indeed for '
the results were manifested in a few
days. Last Monday the crop was stunt
ed in growth and those who had dou
bled their area were discouraged. To
day, they are rejoicing for the won
derful rainfall has insured them oth
er elements being favorable of a crop
of wheat next year that will bo at
least twice as much as Wallowa, nor
mally stockraishj ccrntry, has put
out In one season, ,
Few Beets Undtig.
fortunately; there are only a few
beets undug but it is doubtful If what
little remain In the field will be event
ually hawested at any material pro-,
Is as intelligent as the average pcr
Bon, and carried herself with dig- '
nity on the streets, yet during the
rehearsal of the awful conditions In
her home she neither colored wlta
tl.at blush of shame which should
race over the countenance of a civ-"'
illzed I woman, nor showed the slight-
est trace of mental disturbance.
To her. the trial was apparently a' -natter
of fact Incident In her ilfe t5'."
th- ' ?f, , the "Ppei'most thought. That
l i-rt aml home, for dependent child. :.
? cul a human request. To Deri-'
oi ' nui-iiu jaws ond home
Action ti f v,nvs ;w P'eposterouI
l M Jove them front euch 1
1 ,i i V ho,l,i? ; ''ces should bo 1
Mon acc01'(1ins to public op-
. iht' tth? n'3W3 of awfulness of ;
the affair haa spread the citizens are !
d.nandlng the prosecution ot Walk-,
I v j.r m.t-uuary is tne place for'
rial "it would do much in favor of
lidding La Grande of such characters;
find the sooner the . entire trio are
on their way to the Salem prison, tho
win-r .f1' Boc1 laws in La Grande."
bil.i tho nauieaf.ng case is tempor
arily ended, It will of course come -,
up in the circuit court. Johnson, la
apparently, doomed to a prison seiK
tence, Jor on the testimony of Walker
he is apparently convicted. ' Tho de
fense did not make any efforts in Jus
tee court to deny the story told by
Walker. Walker himself is not accus
ed at this time but there will be a '
blot on civilization that needs ei
pounglng if be la not summarily trie
and iffound guilty of what he says
and punished to the full extent of the
statutes. -
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