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SLY; ONE CANDIDATE RtNXIBiG
WITHOUT STIFF COaPETI.
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ILL VOTE 15 EXPECTED
lib Time for Filing domination. re
coils Rapidly Drawing to Close,
Final Lineup on Official Slate is Ob.
Uinable Socialists Will Not Enter
the Field as a Part Is BeliefMany
Places Keen. . : . . ,...''
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""""r Mayor 4 v .Tv VT.'-T? T7;
A. L. EICHABDSON,
J. H.WATSON, , ;''. '
W.N.MOXROE, ' v
JAMES MAHADYi ";", i ' V V-
r Recorder, .'' '-'- Vv :v'V '
f. M. HUMPHREYS -J.
A. GATES , . : , : ' . .V .
jilcf of Police . ;: ' V.',:'.
jonN walden .
;M. ELLEBGE ; , ..." ,,'V,'
i w. porter, . : . . .
ir Treasurer
! ;IUY W. IOC AX '
iuncllmen .
First Ward E. C. DAVIS, ROBERT
: J DEAL. '. :v. i
I .Second Ward-C. L. MACKET, J. A.
I WOODELL. ;.; , , x ' .
Third Ward-W. J. CHURCH. W. D.
GRAXDT. ';;..!.,; V
Fonrth Ward G. E. : FOWLER, J.
K. SHEAR, ROBERT FIXLEY,
WESLEY HARRISOX.
Tonight at 5 o'clock sees, the close
! the ante-city election jockeying
jr placeB when the nominations must
ll be In. While some may yet creep
between press time, and 5 o'clock, It
not presumed such will be the case.
h the event that the ticket-will read
stated ahnvn. T. MroTirla will n
trough one of the moat spirited elec-
ons In years, for there are inaica
!on8 of extremely close races for a
umber of offices. Only In one ln
ance la there no competition and
iat for treasurer. The mayoralty race
armed up last evening when J. H.
Watson's friend pushed him to the
ont, and his nomination was Sled
day... ; .'"-..v v .;';:;;;
Socialists. Keep Oit
It Is generally conceded about the
olltical centers of the city that the
Iallsts are not going to enter the
eld as a party, and it is doubtful , if
ny socialist will appear on the. ticket
f party men, though there are candl-
ates who are Socialistic in their
arty affiliations. . ; ;: ,. ",! "' . :.
The election will be held Eecember
it
Following weeks of dumpish, un
'rtain and depressed apple markets,
fislness has looked ; up 'perceptibly
nd already ttis week eight fine car-
'adB of fruit have been shinned out
f La Grande. Not only is the demand
'creasing but the prices: have picked
i- This week will rlosn with eooa
ubstantial sales recorded. This, in
iew of the recent denresslon of the
avket when ;the demand -as little
D(l prices uncertain, has lent a feel-
nS of confidence among the apple
fowera again.N Fruit Tnsnector Stil-
f'ell stated today he' believed the
"ces would continue to keen a stiff
pper lip and even advance In time.
curing the shlument of eirht
!oads thle week Mr. Stllwell has been
a close touch with the napkin and
e says they are exceptionally fine. A
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: ELECTION i
IORATOIONCOUNTY; OIZEGOX, THURSDAY, DEcV.MlTJu 1, 1910.
12, and with two important side Is
sues on the ballot, the heaviest muni
cipal election vote in many years
should be cast. The charter amend
ment, placing the- election of chief of
police in the hands of tha mayor and
council, and the matter of. floating
a 110,000 bond Issue. form the side fea
tures of the" election. . - ,
i SEATTLEITES IX AXGER,
Council Wlfl Hire Public Kail and Al
' low the People to State Objections,
Seattle, Dec; 1 Yielding to the' de
mands of angry residents, the coun
cil committee on ' , corporations ' "has
rented one of the largest.halla. In this
city for tomorrow night t6 hear reas
ons why the franchise of the Seattle,
Renton and Southern line (electric)
should not be taken from the Owners
and the line operated by this city, Kec
centjy the lipes were "ordered to
charge 5 cents a -fare.. They continued
tod , overcharge! and Monday rioting
resulted on account -of the attempts
of the company to throw off persons
w vr u. overcnarge
and a mass meeting will be the result
SECOXD : DISORDERLY SCEXE
SIXCE STRIKE COMMEXCED.
Xone Hurt in ristol Play at San Fran.
Strike This Morning.
San' Francisco, Dec. J The strik
ing taxlcab' drivers and non unionists
engaged in a , revolver battle this
morning but none were injured. One
taxi was wrecked. This Is the second
strenuous disturbance - since the
strike began three days ago.
PULLMAN RATES TO CO DOWN.
Upper Berths to be Reduced Substan.
tially by the Company Itself.
Chicago, , Dec. 1Threatened with
arbitrary reduction: of sleeping car
rates, the Pullman company this af
ternoon submitted an offer to the In
1 terttate Commerce Commission' pro
posing to cut rates on upper berths
20 per cent where the charge was over
$1.50. Councal for the company virtual
ly admitted the old rates were exces
sive. :." . '
Countess Tolstoi Dying.
St Petersburg, ' Dec. 1 Grieving
over Count Tolstoi's death, Countess
Tolstoi is reported dying with fever
at Yasnaya Pollana, according to mes
sages today. She has suffered much
since his demlBe.
few, boxes of diseased fruits among
the entire lot were taken in tow by
the Inspector, and a few boxes hot
properly marked and addressed were
ordered Collected before the shipment
waa allowed to pass muster." VI'..,': v:
The clos? Inspections ' over and
above what the packers give the fruit
spells returns for local growers for It
tends to raise the standard of fruit
shipped out.' V' x :". v ' '"'-", '.'
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31 ANY AMERICAN POACHERS. .
British Columbia Waters Alive With
American Poaching Boats. .,
" Victoria, December 1. Many Bmall
United States fishing vessels are en
gaged in "poaching In British Colum
bia waters In the vicinity of the Scott
group, according to arrivals from the
west coast tuday. V ; V 1
STIIDG II
PISTOLS
fm m niiiipiniif
iiULU LilUl UILL S lUiMU
E0TEH m .11 II
f on uomiii Tinsiii
YERDICT OF JTAXSLAUGIITEIi
BliOUGHT ' AGAIXST 17EX.
' , ATCIIEE WC3AX.
TRESFASe!::G TO :;BO
Daughter ef Aged Woman. Confided
. Earlier In the Wek of Harder la
the First Degre While Kother,
While MotVAged C$, is Charged
With Hanslauy Lter Taker Her
v Sentence Without Show at JRmatum
.Wenatchee, Wn., Dec. 1 Without
outward show of emotion Mrs. Ilannah
Deba,'aged 69, ifled for complicity In
the murder of James Sv.tton, a ranch
er,, who trespassed on her ranch, lis
tened to a verdict . of manslaughter
brought In by the Jury which was out
eight hours.. " ' ': ".
' Mrs. Totteri, r daughter of the wo
man, charged wilh kTlltng Sutton, was
convicted of murder In .the first de
gree last week -y. 'i'.- :. ':
Both women were arretted last July.
They had a dispute with Sutton which
ended when ' Mrs.' Totten Bhot him
dead. ' : ''
Western. Senators .Angry.
Louisville, Ky., . Dec. . 1 Governor
Marshall presided today ver the con
ference of governors. Spring Lake,
New Jersey, was selected for the con
ference next year, Little business was
done today. Tne 'western governors
complain that too much time has been
spent in social duties and not enough
chance given to the westerners to Un
burden i themselves on conservation
an other questions. J . ,
TflFI'S i.IESSAGE TO CfflESS
SI TO OE FliilSIIED TH
Washington, Dec 1 A hurried call
for t cabinet meeting today indicated
that President Taft has completed his
annual message to congress. It is be
lieved copies of the documents will be
sent to the printers tonight.
Estrangement Slay be Gossip. ; .
iWashington, Dec, ,1 Whether Col.
Roosevelt and Glfford Plnchot are
really at outs oi', whether their seem
ing estrangement Is merely fiction of
gossip Is a much discussed question
In political circles today. Rumors says held before, the caucus for the stlec
that the two stalwart friends of con- ttoa of a Republican nomlnea for
servatlon and usually bosom friends j shaker, Vhe, conference is ;' deemed
disagreed over Roosevelt's attitude to-j significant by. congressmen at 'ekdy
ward framing the New York political here, i i; .-VV' V'
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Salem, Ore.', Dec 1 Governor-Elect
Oswald West today tendered his resig
nation as .railroad commissioner , to
take effect tomorrow. He Is arranging
to go to California In a , few days.
Tom Kay, state treasurer-elect, 'accom
panies hinu Jt . is believed the men,
Dallas, Texas, Dec. 1 Flve-hundretJ
are homeless and $100,000 worth of
property destroyed as the result of a
fire that swept over a large section
of the city today. Fifty buildings were
burned including many residences. It
started shortly before midnight and
EST RES
DALLAS TEXAS SUFFERS BY FIRES
tm iinn
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XELSOX AXD H02AX AXD OTHERS
2IXED WITH RECEX'T. SCRAP
TO BE CIYEN TRIAL.
CE-IO'L PUDUG OPPOSED
Eii rcsslng Their . Desire to End
Koxlag, Churek FederaUon Tlans a
System of Prosecution Against Prin
cljmls la Recent Fight. Fens Dub
. Ions, Although D?strict Attorney
; San Francisco, , Dec. ; 1 Declaring
that his purpose tiiot so much pun
ishment of the p rlncroala in the Nol-son-Mori
"-as tf prevent repe
titlon otV. hUng in California,
AttorheyAvhite of .the church' feder
ation today" acce;: " invitation of
District Attop vlt.-.-5-'vrt..to co-operate
with the author U.'S in prosecut
ing those who were deemed vlolaters
of the anti-prize fighting laws'.' Fick
ert, while stating in his opinion that
no law was violated, appointed his
assistant, Harry Lane, to undertake
the (prosecutions.' Popular feeling Is
against prohibition fights. . , .
' Fight fans are dubious about the
outcome of the matter. Both Nelson
and ' Moran are deemed to be clean
exponents of the fighting game' and
followers of the fistic game are loth to
see either of them punished for vio
lating the law. In addition to the feel
ing of regret felt for the men them
selves, they hate to see the small fry
thrown out xt San Francisco and Cali
fornia. V . I .
platform.: v,';, ;: .'''' W-- v?- -V'; y ,
Mana to Be Spekker.
- Washington, Nov. 30 Whether t'n
cie 'Joe Cannon will appear, as the
speaker when congress convene? ne:U
week Is agitating the political sharks
litre. It is reported that James Mann
of Illinois, may be speaker, following
a conference between Cannon, Taft
and Mann. None of the principal! of
the conference would talk. The .con
ferwnce lasted" two hours. As it was
-who are warm personal friends, will
fix up, appointments for the .different
state officials, '
Politicians ' are ; satisfied now that
Benson, secretary of state elect, will
not resign despite rumors to this ef
fect '' ''.. .:'; " ':'. ;'
T f.
was uncontrolled on account of high
wind. One woman and two firemen
were struck by a hose wagon and fat
ally. Injured. V , V V r ' '
Ineffectual water pressure, the re
sult of a long drought rendered fire
fighting apparatus practically useless.
The fire died out on Its own account.
FEXX STATE HAS CKOWX.
.Six New Consres- ..a Y,:il le Ari.f.r.
tiorud t PennsjharJii Hereafter...
- Washington, Dec. 1 -The Topula
tion of ' Pennsylvania is 7.C45.111 an
increase of 21.6 tier cent entitling the:
state under the present apportionment
to six new congressmen., The states
of West Virginia. la .1J!U19, an in
crease of 27.4 per cent, one adJStkma.1
cocgressman':- , I ' .
YOUXG OFFICERS PROMOTED.
Great CphcaTsl in Japanese . Army
r "of rv3?ra Times Ordered Today-
Tokio, Dec. 1 The promotion of 2,
000 young araiy oKcera to important
posltious on the Iln and retirement
of , elderly officers and other import
ant changes In the roster of the nav
al officers werr xday by min
isters of the? aj feaTy. . Tbe
shakcup is th- ,
since JaD&n op1
fighting force. r -
d the history
ASSERTS SHE WTLL BE KILLED IF
SHE IS RETURNED.
Greek Girl of Rare Beauty Held at
New York Pending Investigation.
New York, Dec. 1 Declaring she
escaped , from a , harem at Damacu3
and that she would be' killed if she
returned to Mercies, her former cap
tors, Marie Hoplla, a Greek woman
of, great beauty, today pleaded with
the 'immigration officials not to de
port; her; Her pleas wer temporarily
successful and she, with Antonio Ja
hara, who rescued herVare being held
pending a thorough Investigation of
her assertions. It is probable she will
be allowed to enter this , country be
cause her cousin, Mrs, Hafifl Hebella
promised to care for her. The woman
was held a-iprlsoner nine years after
being kidnapped. She Is 22 years of
agi'..v;.: i,, :;';.;; . , ,-.-'Vr. -...,
To the immigration officers sh told
the story of her Imprisonment mis
treatment and slavery. It 1 believed
her case will stir up a thorough In
Testlgatlon. '
On Trial for Bribery.
Chicago,' Dec. 1 Attorney Charles
Erbsteln .will go on trial tomorrow
for . bribery in connection with the
trial' of Lea O'Nell "Browne, when
Brown was being. tried for the legis
lative bribery.
(IT FOR
llEfillTIIS
IIEl-,! THE
OfflCEllS
5STII FlliCi IIIIG
A . public utility that La Grande
has long needed and one which has
been urged by local people a number
of times In the past, now seems as
sured. This utility In question Is a
modern gas fllant for th purpose of
furnishing, gaa for Illuminating and
heating purposes to the business and
and residence districts of. the-' city. 4 v
J. . I Lambirth, cne of the bejst
knowu electric and gas men in the
Northwest, Is In the city for the pur
pose, of asking the mayor : and com
mon council for a franchise to install
a gas plant here, and the provisons of
that franchise according to Mr. Lam
blrth, are such that La Grande will In
a very few months be assured of a gas
supply. '. ' ' ' ' ..
That public sentiment favors a plant
here there can be no doubt whatever,
NUMBER
ifluiv Illy oi
mrUffiuj
r OCTOP. . ' . 'CROSSED ATLANTIC
TWICE WITH NO EISCCISS
" KIT AN ASSCi'ID NX"". '
Sfan Rust Carried on Across Two Cca.
- tlnecta Last Sammer Fc!!"-3 ti !.:.
' teal Locaiion of Explorer Who V. iis'
all the Time Hid Aay Near New.
Erfort ttt'TJght.IHs PoslAa WIi.li
the World.
New York, Dec. 1 While newspap
ermen on two continents were seeking
Dr. Cook he had crossed the Atlantic
twice with no other disguise than an
assumed name. For month3 he lived
at Troy, New York, and there started
tha story of his wanderings In the
Arctic and wrote hia confession that
lie did n6t discover the polo.
. Benjamin Hampton, editor of that
magazine today gave this information
in explaining how he made arrange
ments for articles announced yester
day, "When Hamptons decided to seek
Cook, we communicated with his
brother William, and thus learned
the name- of his London solicitor. In
truth we got Cook's address there
and then we sent a representative to
make arrangements for the story and
he brought Cook to America where
the articles were written."
' Hampton say's. Cook Is extremely
anxious to push his claim and that he
was sincere in announcing the discov
ery of the pole as he believed he did
it. . ; . ;::;.'.; ; :, -
' Cook's Confession a Craft,
v Philadelphia, Dec, 1 That Cook is
a fakir and that the confession that
he was suffering mentally when he
claimed the discovery of the pole is
written with a view of regaining the
good graces of tha American people
la the belief expre&sed today by Ad
miral Melville, U. S. N.
DIaa Inaugurated.
: Mexico City, Dec. 1 Precaution '
against disorder in the palace marked '
th inauguration of President DIaa t
the (presidency today. The Mexican
president is now beginning his eighth
term hampered by the most serious
uprising slncet he seized the govern
ment. .:.:' .' ,
Following hla induction into office -Diaz
received diplomats and officials
at the national palace. f
111 GB
for the convenience of gas is known
to practically every person these
days, and It would equip La Granda
with an essential utility, that, every
municipality must have la order to'
rightfully .take the' name of a metro
politan city. ; .: V - ,
It Is looked upon as fortunate that'
such a man as Mr. Lamblrth should
be the, one to asl for the gaa fran
chise for his capability of delivering
the goods on all electrical and gas
propositions Is well known to many '
cities of this aprt of the country. Ilia
connection can be traced to the larg
est concerns operating and in every
Inotance he has made good. With
plenty of capital behind him to Install
the plant It means but a short tima
after the franchise b granted until La
Grande will have gaa. '