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j Society as He Docs Sot Know if He
J Beached, tne flortu roie Kay Have
Been Cmed by Starratibn Doctor
in jiOiHtvH jb i toe xime since
Disappearance. ; ,- ' T ..'
New York, Not, 30 Dr. Fredeilck
Jook admits .that 4 he doesn't know
,ccordlng to Benjamin Hampton, edl-
pr of Hampton's Magazine who will
loon publish Cook's own story. Ac
lording to Hampton Cook wants to
:et the story before the public and al
low the geographical societies to de-
Ide whether he really accomplished
he feat he said he did. .
In the first chapter Cook says he
might have been half crazed by
liontha of isolation and hunger, and
finally came to believe , he honestly
eached the pole. Cook writes he does
pot want to be called a' fakir. Most
If the time he was away, Cook says
te lived in London. He said It was
asy to drop from sight without hav
ng to change his name or donning" a
liSgUlSe. r ; v.' ..,
Health Was Deplorable. .
Cook said most of the time his phy
ilcal health was deplorable and part
)f the time couldn't sleep over thjree
murs nightly. "I've, been called ? the
treatest liar In the world." he writes,
'the most ' monumental imposter In
llstory and I believe that in, a, very
indesirable way I stand the unique
)bject of vituperation, as, assafled for
a few men." ; .-
: . ..Ue Story U Told.. , . ,
It Is unknown whether Cook receiv
ed the records from the north he said
Jie dll In the story Cook tells Ma
vlfe StoiT. Hft orlaroa h'f "rli'ni i
ad convinced himself he had reached
he pole, he was half mad, having
'pentjwo and a half years in the Arc
Ic which he calls the region of In
lanity;. "where one cannot belie th
ividence gathered by one's own eyes."
Coming-, to imprir. ;
With his wile he will ' return 'to
iercan December 22 (n snend
ristmas with relatives here. !
. Pearv NoncnmmltAL ' ;
Washington. Nov. SoPenrv. 'hn
first declared Cook failed to rearh th
Pole today read ' Cook's confession
Nth Interest. He displayed keen in
vest but at the end 'said. "I have
D8olutely no comment to make." '
ir0BTLAND SlFOtY aviit! ;:TItlT'li
EXHIBITS FROM LA GRANDE.
!ro Carloads oV Stock H Es-
'W'"V aliened ror Show,
, Geo- Chandler of Elgin has accept-
K aj,p0SltIn with McKennon &
handler, and win fee
5Premlum
J.
f ic"m lit. Gzez
.'-wa stock show. ntW
WW' BpeaMng ' of .. the
CL'F? TV Wck .or ffiefr, feederi
ri elected tV no pains Otild
Vat: vttt ' t . " . zrrr
L-" xukaDE, UNION COUNTY. - OREOOV
r : -ZZl.
they are sold, being an expert feeder
and Judge of cattle xrk-onn"
..v.u.iUU UIU
Chandler expect to Uke all blue rib
bons and premium money..
In viewing the stock market condi
tion in this and other parts of East
ern Oregon, Mr. McKennon says that
cattle and hogs are slightly off. due
to the scarcity of money and banks
not loaning, although his finn Is look
ing for any good stock that is offered.
He received returns on five cars of
cattle this morning: from ih ltnn
Stock Yards at Portland that wer
sausractory under existing conditions.
EXGLAJD'S, ELECTION EOCGn.
EaBIes Brokea Tp, Candidates Egged
. and Speakers JUsnsed.
London. Not. 30 Widespread vio
lence at the election rallies continue
throughout England 'and Ireland to
day. Scores of i meetings last night
Were hmkm .j--k-wi.j viu
dldates egged and in some places at
tacked and beaten. Winston Churchill
was attacked several ttaes when he
poke at Sheffield. Two hn
Hce protected him. Followers of Red
mond and O'Brien in Ireland clashed.
The central issue of the election is
virtual abolition
Lords.. . . ., -i.
flGEfJTS GATHER
SOS COMMITTAL BUT BOOSTERS
ABE ELATED. . :
Spend Two Days Looking; OTer Prof.
Vjered Sites at Union for Asylum.
Union, Nov. 30 ( Special) J. W.
Cochrane of Condon, 0. O. McCarthy
of Portland last evening completed
the task of Inspection, offlcially, the
preferred site lor the proposed East
ern' Oregon'"'aiylumr'Thee two "men
have already been to Baker Cii!y look
ing over the territory and after hav
ing spent two days in Union, left last
evening for PendletonVhere thejy
. W.dertak a taUlidW.v'.Th
work of. these two men Is to gather
data as to site and other matters, and
they will report to the committee at
Salem which has the matter in
charge. '.
What v these mftn ronmTn.nl ' urfil
A'necessarily'lafinaf '"but if .will
likely go, a long ways toward In
fluencing the (Committee. r ; .
LThe men were Hon-committal while
at Union but the committee which
took them in charge and Introduced
them" to 'h'atural " conditions which
make Union's chance all the more
consistent than any, other town's are
confident that the came away, from
Untcn's highly impressed with condi
tions.; ' . , : . :
jem mace'di;ad.
Greatest Boxer of the Old School Eng.
land Ever Produced, Is Dead.
, London, Nov.; 30 Jem Mace, the
greatest, exponent of boxing that
England produced, at one time heavy
weight champion and the last link
between the old and new schools of
boxing, died, here today. He was pov
erty stricken and lived cm a small
pension granted by the government
after he had spent a fortune made in
thering. He was born April, 4, 1831.'
DEFENDANTS FILE DEMURRER
Defendants Tnrner Oliver and Cnrrey
Deny, Allegations are Sufficient
f jrtwCttrjrey. the reiOi estate .dealer,' who
Wt GTeoEIctWet are , de-
fwowa n uoei it brought by E.
i.re,f.aWfj;;rr'to
( -9 -"-V dt.ialm;tne.
ii WQ 4laassf2lntand
tlat ti 13 nriJslw la tWt swSclent
tHs- "teas ti" tjajj4?at t tear-'
DATA EROI
CIIKIil IS
FflRTI FIOJ
TOR FIGHT
SUDDEN COLLAPSS OF" TEI.E-
GIUPII WIILE3 3IAY' .INDICATE,
..!." EIGHT HAS STAUTED.
At the Time Details, of Prospective At
tact to CbJanahua Were Belnf
Eshcd Over GoTernmcut t Wires.
t-'Swfiew "r rt.- Crippled Tcdcrai
Troops Tnder Yarioos Generals
Knrrylny to Eeinforce the Town.1'
El Paso, oNv. 30 The city of Chi
huahua Is beins fortified today in an
ticipation of an attack bv a small
band of Insurrectionists, lead it Is
said, by Madero personally. The city
Is garrisoned brtroops under General
Navarro and General Terrazera. Gen
eral Villar, commanding the Mexican
army of the north Is reported hurry
ing with reinforcements to Chihua
hua. - : 4 ..
Interior Continually Harassed.
i-nivr nuvicep , ioaay Bay that a
traveler decle ... that the fall of Pu
ehla will bi :innouri(!ied soon. They as
sort that federal troops from Culdad
and Porflrio Diaz alone the Northern
boundary and south; through the state
or jninuuua, Coahulla into Durango
are being hrase'By revolutionists
. It is reported a concerted attack on
Matamoras and the city of Chihuahua
nas begun. ,; .' , y-.-:: -
' EIgLlIng Is Under TTavl :
' Laredo, Texas., Nov. 30 Whije the
government messages Indicate that
General Villar, commandlnsr - rein
forcements for Chihuahua was being
sent from Matamoras today, , wires
were severed and It is believed the In
surgent forces are . either, , attacking
Matamoras or possibly have oaptured
the city. Mexican authorities at.Nuer
vo and Laredo are endeavoring to re
gain tommunlcatidn. In the meantime
alarm "Is prevalent- ' - -::U.r,
SLAPS EASTERN POLICY lop TRY.
ING TO RUN THE WEST.
Same People Who Made the Great
West Possible Can Control It.
Frankfort, Ky., ' Nov. 30 Speaking
before the - conference of governors
on ; uniform laws and other matters
today,' Governor Norris of Montana,
outlined his idsas on conservation.
He said, "It seems to us in the west
that our brethern of the east have
been rereading the story of the pro
digal son, having consumed their own
substance in rloteous use and abuse,
they want the paternal ' government
to make another division and assign
them a part of our patrimony. Peo
ple of the northwest enthusiastically
advocate the strictest conservation
of natural resources. They don't dif
fer from the, most ardent nationalist
in the principle but . they do'difrer
radically ( In Ahe method that . should
be adopted' hoee ' w"b"made; de.vJ-
ureuhwni ai yest. possible be
Tbtf H the tun and rststanea of to
called "HjtJa.- rrtz "Wit
LWISOUTllS
STATE RIGHTS
TO 11I1EI1S
ucwBtuvet capanie or protect
of clher aectlona eaa da it tor thm!
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
PQi'JERS. nrso
TCiriEY IT IN APJtTS AT PEO
;POSED PAIiTITIO:IXG OF
I PERSIAN, TEKOTOSY.
Brit! !i Troops are Now, Located at
U ndlnj Places and Tnrilsh Troops
,v - - 'Hmm MMiaes
Cculd be Fonght at Any Time Tur.
' ley Admits She TTKI not Permit
Pro ssed Cut In Persia. ' ,
' Constantinople, ' NoV; SOThe Tur
kish diplomats , believe Russia and
England are attempting to secuite. by
underhand means, what they feared to
take by foYce, namely, the partition
ing of Persia. Many privately exptess
the . conviction that fighUng over
Persia cannot be averted.
Backed by the triple alliance Tur
key does not propose to see Persia
divided. Turkish' troops are ajrady
mobollzed on the frontier and some
of them are in Persia, near the po
sitions occupied by small landing par
ties of Britishers. '
This decision on the Dart of Turkev
following the announcement yester
day that a quadruple alliance had
been recently formed throws a more
serious light on the complicated state
or affajfa over PersiaV.Whlle the more
rational ones believe that the matter
will be settled without -warfare, still
the admissions are made that Turkish
and British soldiers may clash on the
rrontier at any time the Britishers at
4aimi1 it. i a . .
wivt. u unng in tne way of a
move looking toward speedy parti
tioning of the bono of contention,
Persia. - -
- v . Cndahy Burled.
" .Chicago, Not, 30 Michael Cudahy,
the, millionaire packer, was bnrled to
day at' Cavalry cemetery.
SPECIAL FROM BUTTE SAYS ROB-
BERY OCCURED AT NOON.
Robbers Made Good' their Escape say
meagre Messages Late Today.
Portland, Ore, Nov. 80-A special
from Kntte says three men held op
the National Mining bank of Salt
Lake CUy at noon. It Is reported ' they
escaped with $100,000.'
MINNESOTA GAVNS lOI.T.
Population of Gopher State Shows Ad.
dKIonnI Congressman Now.
Washington, Nov. 30 Tennessee's
population is 2.184,789. Minnesota has
2,075,908. Tennessee shows a gain of
8.1 per cent but not enough for an
other "congressman. Minnesota gets
another congressman with a gain of
18.5 per . cent. .. ' - 1
W. YIRGINIA SENATOR STRICKEN.
Doctors Say His Colfapj Igot Kec
i sry"FataI YeV' ;
; . :Wa9bingt6h'y N6r.-'3tffielator N"
B. Scott of Wist Virginia," "collapsed
toddV: r.A th TnH l . . 41 -
fa1' uui tisipjiCAUOSS
ma eeza Utar. It was to&raei tltat
ti mm
inPEHSIil
SAplflKtDAI
JODOED OF
S1000
SO, 1910.
Interest In Chicago Land Show.
Chicago, Nov. "so (Special) Chica
go is looking forward with anxious
expectancy for a word from James J.
Hill, the Western Empire Builder,
who promises to be the one big at
tractions of the day to share honors
with the country that hi Indomitable
energy has made "a realty.
Mr. Hill la scheduled to be In, Chi
cago today and to teU the effete East
erners something about the' resources
of "Washington and' also Oregon. The
Washington and Oregon delegations
to the big land show have carried out
vigorous program leading up to the
climax, which is Washington and Ore
gon day. Four booths represent these
two states.
Their displays covered1 everything
from Spokane to' Medford. Oregon,
and the manner In which they have
prosecuted their Dnxrram nromi
bring, as results m .
tax. payers to the western states
that even now are new to the east,
merely because of the pitiable Ignor
ance of easterners of the wonderful
possibilities of the western country.
In no other display is greater taste
or -greater volume shown than In
those that exploit Washington and
Oregon. The standard of . these states
was raised on high in forecast and
maintained there by action of the de
termined forces of the two states
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DELEGATES
SOME TWO HUNDRED WILL
HEBE NEXT MONTH. .-
BE
Tlans Not Definitely OaUIned but In.
ciude Something Worth While.
Plans ,for an elaborate: banquet to
be ; tendered, the 200 threshermen . of
the state who are, coming, to La
Grande December 8, 9. and 10' to at
tend the annual state 'convention, are
now .under formulation by President
UMlier and Secretary Church of the
t,ommercial club here.-islooklne, aI.
tej , the banquet which will ( be at
wnnea Dy tne guests from out of
town, Union county threahrmn ni
seve.fa Yrom;thls;cItyt pve.i! "200 IU
no dubt be seated. ;.The exact date of
the banquet has not been made known
urlt.'WI b Probably Friday even
ing.the ninth.
The program to be carried out haa
not been announced definitely but
enough has been said to confirm h
statement that the leading- thresher-
men ana good roads men of the state
will be here..1"" r . '
MONEY MEN FLAYED.'
Bishop , Williams ; Attack g Dual Trac.
tices of Morgan and Rockefeller.
Chicago, Nov. 30 Men of' the stAmn
of John D. Rockefeller and J. Pier
pont Morgan are models of .Deraonfll
and religious side of life while virtu
ally thieves and brigands and tvranta
on the secular and social sides, was
tne, charge of Bishop Charles Will
iams of the Eplacooal AlnreL nf
Michigan today before the Methodist
federation on social service. . . ;
He branded them as men rf "Dnai
conscience"- who sit In front pews of
cnurcnes in unctuous piety and skin
their fellow men "out of mllllfma th
next day. He said,' "When it comes to
making money they feel that com
bining their business and God's busi
ness is out ' of the question." . .
CONTRACT CASE POSTPONED.
Absence of Attorney In Case Necessi.
, .tatcs Delay in Hearing
The alleged breach oV contract case
slated to H' heard in justice "of the
. , .7,7. " v. ' , vvBipouea oe
causa Tiirnr mivaS .
torneyg in the case, was called from
ten-S?Xr4?& cji:,aecsun,t sf jth
erlous innM of Wa brother In
WMngtv. Charles Tall la ui&g a
PtlllfET
TO I'lSllG
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O-jJ
APPIlOriLIATICN BILLS AF.01T
ALL THAT WILL IJU PAS; ZD
ll.1V..,!
scfflirjEiio?
NUMBER
W IIMf EHEO
AllllIOES
It!' pnppn
Cannon, Hale and Others Tell Hlai .
-er-OT- lTS.?af Sfoh ""'"'
a SEIy SiilaUy Bill as? A Ol!.er Pet
Measures of the'Rye'siicora'Sow
ApproprlaUon Ellis WK1 Vms and -That
is About AH Is Belief.
Washington, t Nov. 30 Piresident
Taft Is meeting difficulties In endeav-
oring to complete his '"annual mes
aage to congress. The president; it Is
said, desires to pass a ni)mhr of
Important measures before the Demo
crats took control of the house but
Cannon and Senator Hale and others
told him there was no chance of suc
cess and probably only appropria
tion bills could be passed..
During the recent visit to Panama'
Taft prepared his program which in
cluded such measures as a ship sub
sidy bill, Tederal licensing of corpor
ations and pensioning of superannu-.
ated goVernment employes. Now it is
believed the President won't try to .
force through these lengthy bills.
The president spent the !av working
oh his mesea-a and the caWaetmeet-'
ing was again postponed today to al
low him 'further time. .
Trlsro TaxPs Strike,
' Sari? Francisco, Nov. 30 Although
there are not over 100 men involved
in the taxlcab drivers' strike which
began, Monday, night, already a halt
dozen , arrests have been made and,
one shot fired.' President Carl Dreger
of the chauffeur's union and five oth
er union men were today admitted, to
ball following their arrest for alleged
stoning of a non-union rah: ,
-,le.. ' Investigating the shooting
affray early today at the same place
whero Richard Kemn. a
driver, emptied a revolver into a
crowd of union sympathizers
GAYNORfS ASSAltANT AiilUIGNED
PJeads, Not Guilty to AssauIUn? Street
iommissioner Edwards.
Jersey City. Nov: 30 Jam, y -
, - Mai-
lagher. who shot and wounded Mayor
wnor or . New , York, . City, today "
pleaded not guilty to . inrtin,-
charging him with assaulting William
Edwards,, street commlssionAr on
w,Ith carrying concealed weapons.
STRANGERS APPLY AT LANn ftp'
FICE FOR HOMESTEADS.
More Application of General ;Typo
Now Than Earlier in the Fall.
Ilouieseekers, 'primarily
anxious to pick up government land,
have been making their
at the land ofllce wlth greater fre
quency during the past few drtVa than
any. time during the fall excursion
umciais othe land office Bay
luat'irom Qte to ten appear at the
counter every day. seeking Informa
tion as?to how they can locate on a
hotnestAd. Not all are WUi.TO'
autfnd. butii Bajf?hty0af.f Th "
1 f ha . . ' 9 -
vUtiou period Blmilar condi
tion did not exist to a markeJ da-
sT63r'?M ' - fLt -
AppllcftttoBf 't& tsxzt:,iti.Z taj .
Uaber a&4 ttos etc'a-.i b,v-
SCORES SEEKING
LOCATIONS
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