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COLLISION
HE AND FIREMAN MEET DEATH
WnEN FREIGHT TRAINS MEET
EAST OF HUNTINGTON.
WELLKNOWNIN LAGRANDE
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Synhorst
Instantly Killed Near Huntington
This Mornlnr In Fwlit Co!!!;!cn
Details of Accident Meagre and
Little Known as to the Manner of
Jills Death Bring: Remains Here
"Tomorrow. '. . v.-'-'-'.: .
Boise, Idaho. Not. 16 A collision
. between two freights on the Oreiron
. Short .Line this mornlnir near Pay.
ctte resulted In the death of Fireman
' I'rje and Brakeman William Syn
liorst The east bound freight was
j'ulling Into a siding when the wet
bbniid caboose was still standing" on
the main track. The engine ver
turned and ten cars ditched. AH traf
fic was stopped nnt'l tliis evening.
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William Synhorst, brakeman, and
Fireman Frye were instantlyllled in
a head-on collision 30 miles East of
Huntington at 4 o'clock this morning
when two freight trains came togeth
er. Traffic Is stalled at Huntington.
Synhorst, one of the victims, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Synhorst
of 2008 Second street, this city, and
be has been employed on the O. S. L.
since May when he left an O. R. &
N. Job at Kamela and went tft the
Iahp run. Details of the accident are
h'ui meagre and little is known here of
the exact way in which the sad afTair
cccured. It is presumed Synhorst had
been riding on top and that the crash
. "got" him. The number of injured Is
not ascertainable.
, j Bring Body to La Grande.
' The remains of Mr. Synhorst will
be brought to La Grande tomorrow, it
- ts believed, but as yet no definite fun
eral arrangements have been made.
, The news of his death did not reach
here until just before noon and the
. bereaved" family has scarcely had time
to realiro .that their son is dead, much
, lesB iX'i1' funeral arrangements.
,Synlioist v.as unmarried and was 24
years' of ase. He Is well known In La
Grande and especially so In. railroad
"circles. . .
VL Information obta'nable here does
.not "indicate where the flirsn
from. That his name is Frye is all
that can be learned this afternoon at
the O. R. & N. offices.- '
TJ-.e cause of the wreck Is also un-
Vknown at this time, as the O. S. L.
; is supplied with block signals and
though collslons are not Impossible
on such eouimnent. still. f'T arc
Infrequent and seldom if ever mdrk-
k ed with fatal results rl there are
1 flagrant violations of the signal codes
1 by some member cf the crew.'
EAGLE VISITS LA, GRANDE.
Spends Few Minutes In Informal Visit
on Postoffiee Balldlng Near Flag.
Strange freaks in birds were exem
plified today noon when a huge Amer
ican eagle soared down to earth from
on high and with a fine show of pa
triotism folded his mishty wings as
he neared the flag staff on the post
office building, and with dozens wit
nessing the sight, calmly came to rest,
in close nroximity to the flag. He ap
peared fully contented with La Grande
ll:l'jJl
dove on .a return from a fruitful
search for food. Spectators were deep-H-
Merest 'n th sleM. The eagle
finally concluded his visit to the town
find airaln flapping his wings in con
tentment, finally spread his whips to
the winds and was off to his hunting
P rounds in the air.
Spectators ncree that the bird was
an unusually large one.
CLIFFORD TO BUILD MORE.
rnrchnse Thrcp Lot and Will Build
In nil, Five nonse.
L. A. Clifford who already Is bulld
'ne thrf house In west La Grande,
has completed the purchase of three
lots In the block occupving the Lute
Dunn residence and will build two
housps on the lots at once. The lots
re located across the street from the
Pattsion home and were formerly
owned by J. W. Byrnes. The new
residences going, up now with prom
ise of these two more, will make this
one of the nswest STtlons of the city.
The deal rag made thio ih the 1a
3;aaJo lavestmeni company.
CARTER'S TO V LOST.
Democrat 1YIU S'
A- a jiv
Helena, Nov. JSA wlll
succeed Senator Carft.
States senates A can J
nleta1 trains -t,-.VThk v'a V
ber in the housend one inv ?
ate. It gives, tnem' 54 votes on
uauui, euougn to eieci a ' sen,
While Fomef jSenator Clark said
would like to Ae a candidate foi- th,
Toga it is -believed he will recoDelde W
a decision it he has a chance,' T, J.'J
waicn, ewer counsellor of thef-Amalgamated
Copper company . 'AV. ;g.
Conrad, the millionaire lelena ban
ker, Is also mentioned; ; v
FLEET REACHES ESGLA$D.
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Third ' DIvIhIoh of, American Naval
Force EnteHaipd In Thames.
London, Nov, lfrThe third vis
ion of the American battleship fleet,
consisting of 4he Georgia, Virginia,
Rhode island' and Nebraska, arrived
off Gravesend today ,and cast anfchor
anchored further up the Thames than
pny, American wai; vessel ever before
ventured. The run up the river was a
triumphal procession with fluttering
Lnags and salutes. - - 4
ine equaaron will remain in port
until December 7 when the fourth
division arrives and the third sails.
MEETING SOON TO BE HELD TO
FORMULATE PLANS.
Organizations Now Existing to be
Combined, Is Belief Prevailing.
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Amalgamation .of the Merchants
Protective Association with the Com
mercial' club is liow under discussion
and it is likely that a meeting of the
two organizations will be held short
ly and some sort of a new arrange
ment perfected. ' . - .
The exact plan to be followed is to
be discussed at this meeting and it is
very likely 'that one or both may be
Bwallowed up by j.the organization
which is to be orgauized. Shortage of
funds has limited the scope of the
commercial club's work and the mat
ter of properly financing the institu
tion will be brought up at, the coming
meeting. '
ARMY MUST ECONOMIZE.
Taft's Retrench1? Plans Force Army
.Posts to Be More Saving. !
Washington.-Nov. 16 (Special) It's
a hard, cold winter in the army. Sold
iers must economize on forage and fuel
all along the line. Pres. Taft's economy
policy, resulting in the reduction of
appropriations, reaches to the farther
most army post ,
The following excerpt from an order
Issued by Brigadier General Bliss
from the headquarters of the Depart
ment of California, are typical:
"The appropriation for Regular Sup
plies, fiscal year 1911, is $1,160,000
less than the amount appropriated for
the fiscal year 1910. It therefore be
comes necessary to reduce expendi
tures on all items chargeable to this
and especially so in
the cost of fuel and forage.
"Post commanders are enjoined to
restrict the Issue of forage to actual
requirements. ..
"Post commanders are also enjoined
to make every effort to confine deliv
erles of fuel at their posts to the low
est limit."
VACATION NEXT WEEK.
rianned to Call School Again on FrI
day After Four Day Holiday.
On account of Thanksgiving day
coming during the week of the teach
ers' convention in this city, local
school children will get practically
an entire week's holiday. It Is plan
ned, according to the present an
nouncement, to call school again on
Friday. The presence here of the con
ventlon delegates makes school lm
possible during the' flrat days of the
week.
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110 INVASION TRAIb-TO HI
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TEXAS FLYING SQUADRON RE.
TlTRNS TO AUSTIN WITHOUT
HAVING SEEN INYADERS. - '
THE ALERT
Town of El IJaso Given Thorough
.vau.ui tmcu jurnnaen
Mexicans Shoot np In Ylcintty of
"the City Appears to be Quiet; In
Mexico -American' Goods Boycot
ted by Mexicans Governor In Close
Touch. . v '
- Austin,' Texaa., Nov. - 16 Fear of
the armed invasion by 800 Mexicans
were quieted when the members 'of
the "flying squadron" that left yes
terday to intercept the band of Mex
icans, reported marching across the
border, returned today without com
ing on the Invaders. - v
; ; Armed men which fill the town re
fuse " to be convinced that a brush
with the Mexicans is not Imminent. i
They profess to believe that , the
Mexicans reconsidered the matter and
recrossed the line to await reinforce
ments before attempting to again re
venge Rodrlguea' death. , ? -
Americans Boycotted.
J31 Paso, Nov, 16 Reports today In
dicate everything is quiet In Mexi
co. A general boycott of : American
goods as a result of tha recent un
pleasant is threatened. Prominent
Mexican officials are said to be sup
porting the movement, o
. .,Town Thoroughly. Scared, f ;
i ne town was given a ,good scare
this morning when firing was heard
in tne direction of the border line. i
hastily gathered party formed but
found later that the gunfighters were
drunken Mexicans having a good
time.
Governor Campbell is constantly
conferring with Adjutant-General
Newton and is keeping in close com
munication with Rangers at Rock
Springs to prevent any clashes be
tween Mexicans arid cowboys along
the border.
Expedition Will be Slow.
Ottowa, Nov. 12 The government
officials this afternoon announced
that they will not send a relief expe
dition to the Porcupine district until
MacLean's story is confirmed.
. ACTRESS IN TROUBLE.
Denies However That Her Husband In
any Way Quarrel With Her.
Nev Orleans, Nov. 16 When asked
today regarding the rumor that she
and her husband, Russel G. Colt, had
become estranged, Ethel Barrymore,
the actress, became estranged and de
nied it. Colt is the son of a million
aire manufacturer of firearms and Is
here but doesn't accompany his wife
to or from the theatre.
WITNESS REACHES TROUBLE.
Trial of Greek for Disorderly Conduct
; ' Brings About New Case.
During the trial of a member of
the local Greek colony today for dis
orderly conduct. City Attorney Baker
found sufficient grounds for having
the complaining witness arrested. The
case csfme up over the arrest of a
Greek on a charge of disorderly con
duct. The prosecuting witness told hu
story to the court and during his re
ctal divulged facts which led to hU
arrest. Judge Cox fined Mr. Greek f 10
and City Attorney Baker Immediately
filed a complaint against Mr. Greek It
Greeks never overlook an opportunity
to "stand trial" and like Greek i,
Greek II will hire an attorney. It ap
pears that both used rough and 'vile
language.
Commodore Underwood Retires.
Vallejo, Calif., Nov. 1 4 After forty
years of active service Commodore Ed
mund B. Underwood retired from ac
tlve servlee in the nan todav.
( Enterprise, Ore., Nov. 16 (Special)
In circuit court today Judge Know
les handed down sentences in nine
bootlegging cases where the defend
ants had' plead guilty. The men fined
and the amounts charged to them
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LLflWA
CAMP OF ONE HUNDRED MINERS
SLOWLY STARVING TO DEATH
SATS COURIER.
scDiiEswyn
Messenger From Gold Camn a p-.
cuplne fa r Northwestern Ontario
Says Relief to Camp is ' Urgent
Roads Obliterated and Cost of Lh
Ing Soars Sereral Drowned When
Attempting fo Reach ClTflizatlon
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Montreal, Nov. I6i-Scpres of pros
pectors are dead and many are dying
on! a trail south of the Porcupine gold
camps in northwestern Ontario, a-1-cording
to W; R. McLean, a minln ex
pert who arrived hare today. He de
clared men died of exposure and star
vation. The 'Dominion government
agents are powerless, owing to sho-t
age. of provisions.. 'Appeal,, for aid
failed to reach civilization4, McLean
urges the government to se;id'.a relief
expedition. ' , : . ,
100 Dying Now. '
According to MacLean when the
strike was reported, prospectors flock
ed to Porcupine. The prle of food
stuff soared. "With snow and winter
it waB Impossible to import food and
famine followed. MacLean said 20 died
or starvation and 100 were dying
when he left, with no prospect ;of re
lief. Conditions are fn'?htful he said.
. Lost In tb Sty - -
-A ijarty, taUmC Heng "death
if they remained1, ammputttUo 4wjSu
the camp. Roads were then obliter
ated and many of them were lost in a
trackless waste. Two of the party fell
into a wanrp and drowned before the
eyes of their friends. The, remainder
or tnis party reached civilization.
CHEAPER FOODS A FARCE.
Wholesalers Agree That Consumer W
Not be Benefited by Decline.
Chicago, Nov; 16 That false hopes
have been raised and that the retailer
and not the consumer will be the
beneficiary of the decline in food stuffs
In the belief expressed here today by
the wholesalers. J. O. Armour gave
It as his opinion that the decl'nA wouia
be gradual and consumers only bene
fitting slightly for several months.
Another prominent wholesaler said
that retailers would not reduce until
compelled to do bo.
SEATTLE WILL NOT PLAY.
Flatly Refuses to Accept Oregon's
Challenge to Meet This Year.
University of Washington, Seattle,
Nov. 16 The university will not meet
the University of Oregon foot ball
team In season or out of season this
year, according to praduate Manager
Victor Zeedhlck today. This was in an
swer to Oregon's challenge to Wash
ington to meet them In Portland next
Saturday.
MRS. WALKER IN JAIL.
Mother In Jail and Children In Care of
Father, Awaiting Trial.
Mrs. Walker,' the woman arrested
a few days aeo charged with adultry,
is still In the county Jail awaiting
trial Her bond was placed at $300 and
she has been unable to pay it. In the
meantime, the little children, two
girls, are In charge of the father,
who has been employed at the sugar
factory.
SCIIENCK JURY MEETS FRIDAY.
Sensational Developments Against Mil.
llnnlre's Wife Expected.
' Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. 14 The mony was taken at Canyon City, Ore
special grand Jury to consider evi- g0nt tho government being represent
dence gainst Mrs. Schenck, suspected L,i w v fm...
of havln" attempted to poison ber bus-
band, will meet next Friday. Some sen-
aatfonel developments are expected.
which aggregate $2,0, are: Chas.
Bid well, $250; J. G. Flenor, $500, and
ten days In Jail; Lott Hamilton, $350;
Fred Blenlngfleld ?3r.0; J, W. Isley,
1250; Joe Martin $3,r.Q; Arthur Ross
$350. Ralph PIdcock $100, Buster
Brown ?50.
COUNTY JOINTISTS
Graham.Whlte Will Take Sleps'to l'rov
secute Belmont Race .Manager. .
New York. Nov. 14-VTrue to his
promise. Claude Graham-White,- the
English aviator -will tir up a f.iht
because he was not- iveu a second
chance to win the S'rO.OOO prize. offered
by Thomas Ryan fau the fastest li ght
around the statue- or Liberty and. re
turn at th8 recenl llelmont park meet
White filed a protest against award
ing it to Johnny Molssant, the Ameri
can who won it While- alleges Ameri
can Judges were biased in favor of. the
American contestants.
SEINE RECEDING.
Popular Joyfully Watches Rapid Drop
In Threatened River Seine.
Paris, Nov. 16 The Seine, which
reached a dangerous stage yesterday
began to subside today. It Is believed
the crisis has passed and a flood Is
averted. People are. Jovfullv wt..
i ne waters aron toaav.
Oregonlan Man at Hot Lake.
Hot Lake, Nov. 16 (Special) Wil
bur T. Brooks, former circulation
manager of the Morning Oregonlan,
and now Interested in Wallowa lands,
arrived at Hot Lake today to fcpend
a week or ten days. .
SEVERAL CASES OF UNUSUAL IM.
rORTANCE HANDED DOWN.
Cases Involving Testimony of Horace
V Joue Among the Batch Received.
' The looa -Jan ; offto has' r?ciW
from the Commisioner of the Ceceral
Land Office the past few days decis
ions in five Important cases appealed
from the local land office to that offlc-
er. Each of these decisions was con
curred in by both officials, here, and
all of the opinions In these particular
cases were by Receiver Eberhard.
The case of U. S. vs. John M. Brown, ;
of Rondowa, involving part of a tim
ber claim In the famous ."4 North,
Range 41," in Wallowa county, Ore
gon, is or more importance, locally,
than any other. After Brown filed his
timber application, an alleged settler.
Jay J. Hamblln, attempted to" file a
homestead on a part of Brown's en
try, and, after falling, protested
Brown's entry. f Later, he 4 sold his
claim for the land, and withdrew his
protests, but the government took up
the matter and compelled Hamblin
to testify against Brown. Hamblln
and his relatives again took up the
cudgel against Brown, and at the
hearing before the local office August
1909, the fued between the timber
claimants and the homesteaders in
that township again broke out and the
relations between the government at
torney and Mr. VH.' Finn,,' Brown's'
attorney, became strained, to say the
least. Two dayB were consumed ,ln
taking testimony, most of it contra
dictory. The local office found against
the government, denouncing the acts
of Hamblln in behalf of his settlement
to be the acts of a mere adventurer
seeking, tltlo to government .timber
land. The Commissioner did not ex
press any opinion , of Haniblin's acts
of settlement, but affirmed the case.
A government case against Jack
Vaughan, a -homesteader in Fox val
ley Grant county, developed a great
deal Of feeling at the time the testl
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Jones, whom the Interior Department
found to be more useful outside the
.service. Tho defense Impeached the
evidence of two of the government's
i witnesses by railing about ten of their
J neighbors and acquaintances of years,
i t-h11e the government Insisted that
i some of the witnesses for the defense
' were drunk at the time of the hearing,
by asking them appropriate questions
to this effect. In a most vigorous op
inion this case was dismlss'd .here
and the same has now been appealed.
' (Cont'ritfod on ra;e Four.)
MBIONER
AFFIRMS JOHN
HI CASE
LOtJELY ISII!
EFFORTS MADE TO REACH l K-II-TY
THREE PEOPLE ON WRilCK.
ED SHIP -PORTLAND.'? o
EIGHTY fllisfiifi
iuumn KUOTfr Brings Yforthat the
Ship uftlvcrine 1 Jlsrooned on a
Desolate Island' la Lnks Winnipeg i
Succor Needed Badf--BclIeved Jin.
tire Ship sod llumaa. Load Flound
ered But Runner Aftirms Differently,
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Cordova'," Alaska, Nov. 16 Efforts to
reach the eighty-three passengers'and
crew on the doomed Bteamer Portland
who are now stranded on Katalla Is
land, were made today. The food sup- v
ply Is small as fishermen have not
enough provisions for the shipwreck-1
ed victims,. -
The' storm 18 growing tatenser as
it is hardly likely that ,the steamer
Almeda will be made to enter the har
bor. An appeal was made to the gov
ernment today to.Seud the revenue cut- V
ter to the island with supplies. The
roruana is a total loss.
. Missing 80 Found.
SelirlcvNov. 16 Sixty-six passeng
ers and a crew of fourteen on the '
Bteamer Wolverine were reported ma-:
roonedon a desolate island In Lake
Winnipeg by an Indian runner today.
The Wolverine floundered three weokg
ago and.lt Is believed she sank. It i".
Is unknown" whether all, the passens- '
ers reached shore safely. Unless .res
cued they will be compelled to reuiaia
uuM the Ice freezes and they can walk
toWiore-v ; 'L
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Nw Theatre Building Being Supplied' '
... With Seiils and Flnlshhgs.
The Orpheum, the name designated ;
to the new Gardlnler building, will
be ready for the opening night on .
Monday. The seats are being arrang
ed, today and the Interior finishings
are completed. The building Is not
as large as many other circuit thea
tres, but it Is positively . as welr-'
equipped and few buildings, In Ore
gon are better supplied and better fin- '
ished throughout. ' r .'').
big sum: for asylum.
$200,000 Will be Fxwnded on Eastern
Oregon Avl-jm. .
The Eastern Oregon Insane Asylum
bill which passed tat the general elec
tion carries an appropriation of $200,
000 which sum includes maintenance
coBt up to December 3V 1912. Within
6( days after the act becomes a law,
the Governor, Secretary of "State and
State Treasures will select a site for
the institution within flvemlles of
Baker, Unlofi or Pendleton.
After selecting the site tbey;; will
have plans drawn for a building cap- '
able of accommodating" not less than
600 patients, and will cause the Banis
to be erected. After the hospital Is .
completed the, board, with the ad- ;
vice and counsel of the superintendent '
of the Asylum at Salem will select
such patients as shall be removed to
the branch Instltptlon and therefore
the board will direct the various coun
ties as to which asylum ftielr insane
shall be sent. ''-
Ot the 32 Initiative and referendum
measures submitted to the voters5 In
the recent election, seven are known
to have been approved, practically all
doubt has been removed as to the ap
proval of an eighth the Presidential
primary bill while a ninth measure,
the county tax amendment, Is still la
doubt. ' y 1 :
The following are the measures that
have been adopted: ,' , V:
An act authorizing the establish- -ment
of, a branch Insane asylum In
Eastern Oregon.
A bill providing for the permanent
support and maintenance of the Ore
gon Normal School at Monmouth.
The Homo Rule amendment. ' '
' An employers' liability law. "
' A bill prohibiting the taking of fish
from the Rogue River except by ang
ling.' - - : .;.'
The pood roads amendment.
' An amendment changing Judicial
procedure. terni3 of Judge?. Mc.
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