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I i - ,-. . ..;, ... iJL ' i i! IHI It'll! li l! . ',-,A j volxtvv BLACK HORSE llJ - - i FIELD FDR LIFE ".'..',.,.., i ' -' ' jfPGE TOLLOCK RUMORED IX LIXE FOB SUTREME JUDGE. SHIP BY APFOIXTMEXT.. Much Speculation Rife About Wash. Jngton as to the Nature of Presl w dent Taff s Message Which Went to Being Distributed All Sworn Secrecy Judgeship Discussed. to x Washington. Dec. 2 It Is reported here today that President Taft con templates appointing Judge John Pol lock of Kansas to the Supreme Court of the United States. Roosevelt ap pointed Pollock to the federal bench In 1903. , , Washington, Dec. 2 Nrv that the president's message Is completed and It Is being distributed by press asso ciations today there is much specula tion among politicians as to what the lengthy document contains. The only authentic Information given out. con cerning the message is that It has been approved by the cabinet. The president will now give up the rest of his time between now and the op ening congress to callers who hare jheen besieging office for a week and in meeting returning officials. , There Is much speculation aa to what the message contains, especial ly regarding the tariff, but. nothing can be learned as those who have perused the document are sworn to secrecy. . Next to the measures which will be recommended, the greatest Interest In appointments he will make, particu larly to the supreme bench. Probably Hughes will be appointed chief Jus tice. The matter is a question that Is agitating the minds of congressmen. Many rumors of prospective appoint ments are around, most of them unof ficially denied though. Steamer Goes Aground. Victoria, Dec 2 The steamer Northwestern went aground at San Juan island early today. Passengers steamer Tees which was dueSHRDL and mall were transferred to steam er Tees which was due ,tovre',h this city this afternoon. A heavy gale has been blowing the last two days. The fjjpessel Is owned by tht Alaska Steam shlo company. She left Seattle yes terday hound for Valdes with twenty six passengers and a cr$w. of seventy. She Is not badly damaged. DIFFICULT! CITIZENS FIRE OX ROBBERS WHILE THEY ROB SAFE. Withstanding rosse, Thieves Succeed In Making Escape. , Garden. City, la.,. Dec. 2 Yeggmen "naer Ore by a posses of citizens, dynamited a safe at the Farmers Sav hies bank here today and fighting off .the -'nireuers, . escaped with '' eight nundied dollars. Citizens were awak ened by shots of the night watchman and joined in the attack. ' The robbers returned the fire and continued workin on the vault broke into it and then with the loot escap 4 d in a buggy, posses are pursuing. POSITIO RISE ROBBERS LOOTED BANK jA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, FiUOAY, PECEMI3ER 2, 1910. FIGUTIXG XEAR DAMASCUS. Turks and Druses Come to Battle Or er Religious Matters. Constantinople, Dec. 2 Seven hund red Druses are reported slain In a battle with Turkish troops at Jlouran and Syria near Damascus today. The main body of the Druses, estimated at 10,000 is said to be holding out while Turks are reconnoiterlng. Another battle Is expected soon. ' The outbreak Is. reported over reli gious differences. Smarting under op pressions, peasants have been arming for weeks - ' " -:. SHELTOX WOMJEX VOTE. Women Demand Opinion as to When They May Cast Their Ballots. - Shelton, Wn.. Dec. .2 Women of Shelton m .the first women In Washington option of V last state el ior a ruling following the. ad yffrage law at the tThe Women asked sing the time they Arney Flak rules cs Vratlvev so they may vote. the law is could ballot Tuesday,' . S V election next DICT1ENTS ADULTERY' CASE THRESHED OUT IX FIRST REPORT FILED. Thomas Bruce Indicted Jurors Still Deliberating on Cases. Grand Jury reports are already coming In, not withstanding that the inquisitors were called together, on ly yesterday morning. A report was made this morning and the Jurors Im mediately returned for further dellb eratlons. Those Indicted by , the report this morning are: C. W. Johnson and Mrs A. M. Walker, Indicted Jointly for adultry. This is the case which stir red the public during Its hearing in Justice's court a few weeks ago. Thomas Bruce, formerly a theatre man of this city but In Jail the last month or two, was also Indicted. He is accused of non support of his wife and child. . . ' ' Bio; Land Transaction. : Baker City, Dec. 1 A big land deal, the biggest transaction involving more acres and a larger cash consideration than any that has taken place in this county in years, took place this week in this city and was brought about by the real estate firm of Hughes & Co. ; .' ' y, It was the sale by E. A Eaton of Union to F.. W. Epplnger of this city of 1080 acres of land on Clover creek about 25 miles northwest of Baker, for a consideration of $32,400. All the land Is under cultivation, 600 acres of which requires no irriga tion.' '.: v, SHERIFF TO USE nOUXDS. Two Valuable Dogs Brought From Wenatchee for Sheriffs' Office. " Sheriff Childers received from Wen atchee, Wash., two blood hound pups this morning. They are pure Ken tucky blood. These dogs will be used by the sheriff in the future to chase criminals. The sheriff at Wenatchee bought these dogs before the election expecting another terra when defeated, he sold them. Sheriff Childers Is con sidered very lucky In getting such valuable dogs a' with training they will be worth much more than the $75 apiece paid for them. The express charges were $14.60 on the pair. Injured Boy Recovered. L reddie Boch who was Injured a week ago' tomorrow while coasting, was able to alt up for awhile this af ternoon, v ' ;. GBlDt 3l IS R EPORTEO TWO DfiEGOfJ EFJBfFJEERS VOTE TO JOI siM mm IllLflTED LITER La Grande Engineers Have Voted, But Outcome Is Nbt Known Here Local Engineers Face Chief Is:ue In Trouble. poll of Brotherhood Locomotlre En gineers on the question of a gencrrl strike on the railroads of the wut to enforce the wage increase which would involve forty thousand men, 8. X. Wallon, chief engineer of the Sac ramento division today said that the organizations of brakemcn, firemen and conductors are also voting secret ly on the matter of going on a strike for an increase. Portland, Dec. 2 Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers living In and running into Portland on the O. R. & N. and Southern Pa cific hare voted to strike unless de mands of the engineers on all the western railroads for a fifteen per cent ' Increase Is not granted." ' Balloting has been going ion sec retly for the last three weeks here and throughout the west. The ballots were sent to Chicago headquarters of the organization to be opened pecem ber 10th. Shortly afterward there will he a conference with the managers of the Tallroad lines: It is generally be lUed a 'compromlse will "be reached without a strike. . ; The Northern Pacific and the Great Northern members of the organization live at Tacoma mostly and very little could be learned as to how their vote went' : ;' V ; Although It is a probability that the FDR ENGLISH London, Dec. 2 Scores of suits for slander are expected aa an aftermath of the present political campaign which is the bitterest in English mod ern history.' Charges of treason, theft and lying have been handled freely. Members of parliament in seventy constituencies will be elected in Eng land' .. .'. Eleven unionists and four radicals were re-elected members' of parlia ment today. Among them were Joseph Chamberlain and Arthur Balfour. Judge Dill Dead. Orange, N. J., Dec. 2 Judge-James C. Dill, , called the father of the trusts, died here today. He helped in When asked this afternoon by the Observer if he Intended 'to abide by the wishes of his many friends and run for the office of mayor of La Grande J. H. Watson remarked: "No, 1 cannot Axn for the office. Understand I am thoroughly appreciative of the confidence the people have shown in me by requesting that I make the race but; It is Impossible for me to give as much time to municipal affairs as : In the past. But with these Jmprove I feel that will be necessary during; ments come3 increased duties for my mm Mt uu iirotnernood of Locomotive Engineers: voted to strike,' there is however no definite Information avail able as to what they, actually did, for the ballots are not counted until the conference meets in Chicago. What the Portland brotherhood did, and what the La Grande Brotherhood did amounts to practically the same thing, but as to knowing precisely what was done at the vote wWh has been go ing on here in La Grande aa well as other brotherhood centers, will not be known until later. Ti engineers themselves know only ho'i.Jhey voted Individually and not collectively. Local Issues at Stake. The general raise in wages Is not the material Issue at stake, but Is one which has to deal especially with La Grande engineers. The Mallet en gine question Is one that is bothering La Grande engineers perhaps as much as any brotherhood in the west, and as the, Indications are that still more Mallet wllbe used .(fi. this division the presumption Is that the "local en-i gineers have joined the side of the strikers. A .prominent engineer said today ' that neither he npjr anyone in La 3rande or Portland either knows definitely the outcome of the vote taken the past few days and what conclusions have been reached, were thorough conjecture only. corporate some of the biggest trusts in the country and derived an income of $300,000 yearly on this account He received a fee of a million dollars for organizing the United States Steel trust. The capital of the corporations he personally organized totalled 793 mJllllonB. He was formerly a news paper reporter. Danger of Bloodshed. Belfast, Ireland, Dec. 2 Orangemen of JUlster this afternoon (predicted that blodshed would follow the grant ing of home rule to Ireland. Promln ent Orangemen publicly invited ten ders, for Immediate delivery of arms and ammunition, v ' ' the coming term and therefore I must decline Ihe honor. As you know the O. It. &.N. company, with which 1 have been' connected for many years, is now building additions to the shops and it la making further preparations for increasing its faclities along the mountain divisions "making it posi tive that La Grande is to be even more I of a.railroad1 city than shu has been III STORE Bjggji SSS1MSSS ' ' self and other employes of the com pany. These things all go to make it impractical for me to accept a nomi nation for any office at this time. It Is however, one of the greatest pleas ures of .my life to . see La Grande grow, for La 'Grande Is dear to me, and I shall ive of my time as much as is possible to aid all public, matters and to help push, but to accept office is out of the question, and With my sincere thanks to those who have so1 kindly mentioned me for the place I must respectfully decline." c' -With these remarks Mr. Watson has tened to the shops to look after the duties of the afternoon. It is now gen erally conceded that the mayoralty contest may lie between Dr. Richard; son and Councilman Monroe. Had Mr. Watson saw fit to run there would have been: a complex situation for many citizens were decidedly friend ly to him and also to the doctor. It would have a can of ohwlr friends. However, since Mr. Watson has cleared the atmosphere by re fusing to enter the race odds seem to be In favor of Dr. Richardson unless something shows up to render the sit uation complex. ' ' ' LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE HAS LITTLE CHAXCE TO FIXD IT. Three Hundred Thousand Admitted to . Have Been Spent by Grafters. ""New Yortc.iDJ c IJ-i-The legislative investigatlngi' committee will be able to trace the vast sum of money which allied racing interests are said to have spent for "Legal services" In an attempt to' prevent the passage of the anti-betting in New York, 1b the be lief of Bruce Llnh, attorney for the committee. ?' " . The treasurer of the Metropolitan association of bookmakers organiza tion, James Evans, testified he kept no books showing how. and where the money went He estUnates 300,000 were' raised to defeat the race track laws. 'V '.':-', .. ' . Alleged Murderer Talks Innocence, . Louisville, Ky., Dec. 2 John Wend ling on trial for the murder , of Alma Kellner, aged eight, whose body was found here several months ago in a church basement, today denied on the stand of having murdered the child. Wendllng -was unable to account for the bloodstains on his bicycle after he fled or those on his trunk. ' ' JOIIXSOX IS WEALTHY. Shows He Has Cash to Buy Big Real Property., Chicago, Dec. 2 Jack Johnson, to day blossomed out as a real capitalist when he secured an option on prop erty valued at $60,000, at . State and 31st streets.1 It was expected the deal will be completed this afternoon.' The property consists of an auditorium, two dance halls and several lodging halls.. Johnson surprised the sports by showing that ho has $16f,000 in the bank. '.- . ' " - ' ' ;CALIFORXA COUXT OCT. State Is Entitled to Four Xew Con. .'..''.' -, ' gregRtiien. ; Washington, Dec. 2 The popula tion of 'California' is 2.377.549, an In crease of 892,496. It means four new congressmen. The state of Virginia has 2,061,611 or 11.2 per' cent.,. which means one additional congressmen.' 1 Easleru Engineers Silent. Cleveland, Deo. 2 Warren Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Rail road Engineers, would not talk con cerning whether there would be a strike of locomotive engineers, ;f the western railroads would not srant de mands. ' SPEHT WITHOUT RECORDS an S.VYS COtflXG SESSI0X WILL SEE GREATEST IXSUKGEXT SCRAP v IX HISTORI OF 3IOYE3IEXT. use icm iia Yihh Congress Soon to Meet Insurgent ,, .wa . tiMMiugtoll. IDS Precipitates War Against old Sys tem of Xaminy House Committees t and Other Standing Bodies of the House Fight to Eclipse All Others . , ' :. - , Washington, Dec. 2 President Taft recalled his message this afternoon, having decided to rewrite a dozen pages and make certain pages more forceful. Washington, Dec. 2That the fight' started last session, of congress over the method of appointing committees In the house will be one of the battles In the coming session of congress, Is the belief of Congressman Norrls, the Nebraskan,! and Insurgent leader who arrived today. He said, "at this ses NUMBER ilElULESFIGIIT IIEflf I -pinnmt sion, for insurgency, the country is behind us.'He said the sesaion will . be one of the most Important in" the hist6ry of the Insurgent movement." Continuing he, said: "The fight which Is expected to 'open the insur gent campaign 1b over the appoint ment of committees of the house." Just before the close of last session Nwrla Introduced a rtsoluticw for the -appointment of a committee on com-' mittees. This committee was to he di vided according to geographical dl- ' visions made up of twenty members. It would give twelve divisions for a majority and eight for the minority party. The committee would' have pow er of appointing all other, committees and including that on rules. This caused a sensation last year but was not pushed because it' -was believed then it would mean a fight on Cannon and resulted in a prolongation of the session, then about to adjourn. Now the idea will probably be revived. LOWER BAY STATE THREATENED Armed Mexican Says Revolution to XU tack CWIfornla Is Under Way, San Diego, Dec. 2 Andreas Tlrado, an armed Mexican was arrested hers today and confessed a Mexican revolu tionary organization is being perfect ed in this city for the purpose of cap turing lower California. : Tla Juana was the first town marked for attack. It is Just across the line. REBELS DIULLIXG JX XEIGnBOR HOOD PROMISE VROTECTIOX. Mexican Revolutionists Preparing to , Attack SOiral Towns, . El Taso, Dec. 2That( the Mexi can Revolutionists have been ordfr to attack Madero and the American col ony Is causing uneasiness here. The rebels are drilling In the vicinity of Madera and have promised not to mo lest Americans, .but . refugees arriv ing here say Americans fear a sec ret attack is hftnf rvlannorl ' ttnarlnv j that the city of Chihuahua will be attacked, merchants and bankers there shipped a large amount of coin to this BStear7