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VOLUME X
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON.
HOHRIS
BOURfJE HEAD OF
lilTl-lllE
L10IEST ;
AM IS, TO PROMOTE POPITAR
POLITICS THROUGH THE
' COUNTRY. .$
IS FIRST VICE
, Progressive Republican i Leaders,
Governors and Others Form a Na
I Hon Wide League to Further Pop.
' Blar Election Jonathan Bourne of
: A"r- cil rimisent Oft Foot
For Some Time Past .
Washington, Jan. 23 Formal an
nouncementwas made today of the oc
ganlzation of tie National' Republi
can' Progressive League, formed by
Progressive Republican senators, con
gressmen, governor and others. Tfce
plan Is to make a nation-wide eyate-
'- maMc'attack for popular government,
ihey say. . -
, Under Way for Some Time.;
- "Plans have been under way since
the opening of congress, and conva-
united at, a meeting Saturday night
ben the declaration of principles was
Bigned," said a staunch member of It.
Bourne Is President.
The constitution baa been adopted
nnd officers elected as follows:
Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon,
president; Congressman Norrls, i of
Nebraska, first vice; Governor Osboro
of Michigan, second vice; Charles
Crane, Chicago, treasurer;" Executive
hoard, Gifford Plnchot, Congressman
Kent,' California, George Record. New
Jrsey and Senators Clapp of Minne
sota, Bristow of Kansas andLen
root of Wisconsin. "
very much impressed, indeed, by the
work that is being done by Presl
dent Black and the faculty.
Educated In Scotland and in Ger
many, a graduate of both the Uni
versities of Edinburg and Jena, with
more than twenty-five years exDeri-
ence in educational work in-Great
Britain, New Zealand and Australia,
Pr. Smyth Is a recognized authority
on' the training of teachers. In a let
ter Just received by President Black
ot the' Lewlston Normal, Dr. Smj-h
we not oniy were allowed to
enter Into your-work but Into your
home. I ami Indeed, especially Jn-debted-to
yourself for the frank talks
you had with me, and for your kind
ness in enabling me to understand
your aims and methods. Tod need not
be afraid to let any visitors see your
institution. It rests on too solid a
basis-to be afraid of any kind 'of
criticism; it's growth will be sound
and healthy?' . , .
FREE TEXT BOOK HILL PASSES
WHIM ILLS SEAT
MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1911.
NUMBER 75
REGISTRATION RECORDS BILOKEX
HOUSE 1
ROUGH
Scattlcites Flwk to RB!f mfln
1 Books for IUaII Election. '
Seattle, Jan. 23 Nearly sixty thous
and TOters have registered to date for
the recall eloctlon of Mayor Gill. Geo.
r vmm . . .
wuung wil lotipose the maj-or. This
la the heaviest registration in the
history of Seattle. The books 'have
been open only four days.
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SOCIAUSTS VT ANTED.
Brother and Sister of Condemned
leader Sought by Police,
Tokio, Jan. 30 Vigorous search for
the brother ind stater of Kotoku, the
condemned leadf of tho socialists,
believed to be hiding here, is being
conducted by the imperial police. I is
reported they left for America Imme
diately after: learning' of his arrest.
The couplo are radical socialists and
the police want to watch them. -
t EDr.CATOR PRAISES JfORMAl.
Australian Professor Sees Virtues In
t Lewlston Institution.
Lewlston, Jan.-23 (Special) Dur
ing tho past week Dr. Johii Smyth,
president of the ; Teachers Training
college of Melbourne university, Mel
bourne, Australia,: visited in this city
wlth an old 'college friend, Profes
sor, W. R. -Bistfop of the State Nor
mal faculty. ,
Dr. Smyis.ju)w-on-a'louiroT in-
testlgatronTn this country and ex
pects later to visit Canada and Great
Britain. He Is especially interested
in those institutions which are train
ing teachers for the public schools.
Dr. Smyth spent the entire week
In observing the equipment of the
Lewlston Normal J school, : and its
methods of training teachers. He was
loniiiuRORs
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Salem, Ore., Jan. 23 Clyde
text book" bill passed the house almoBt
unanimously today, and favorable ac
tion In the senate la ''tTTtta Th
bill gives each district of the state the
ngut to, provide free text book to
all pupils If it so dMirAfl '
; After New Masonlo Order.
A measure waa Dassed Mmr kvTk
Insignia or other acts and ftrt! f
the Masonic lodge unless authorized
by the state grand lodge It is aimed
at .the new Masonic body now oper
ating In Oregon.' '
1SI Bills In House.
; Eleven more bills will be Intro
duced In the house today, making a
total of 184 In the house record.
?The Southern Oregon - experiment
station, new bonds for tho treasurer
of Multnomah county, a ban on tha
'!e iTtmtw river,
forbidding pursuit of business under
aa assumed name unless registered
with he county clerk, are among the
; nW. bills lriyoduced :
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FAT 5TAN BEAD.
Requires Extra large Coffin and ten
, Men to Carry Him With Ease.;
; San Francisco, Jan. 23 Herman
Schmidt, the fattest man In Califor
nia is dead today. lie weighed 475
pounds and conducted a saloon prev
ious to the big fire. He died of hrJ
structed and there will be tea pall
bearers. , .
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SEXATOR GA3IREL COPIES TO AO
OF ACCUSED EXITED STATES
SENATOR,
J.;CKF0T fiQT OEL'TEO?
FRISCO ASSURES GOO
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IIERI1
FOR IF SITE CO
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L I III OE iiSKED
DEFEND1
Albany, Jan.. 23 By almost A nnnn.
Imous vote, both houses of the New
Yor!r. legislature today voted- to sun-
port the San. Francisco conttmrmit n
the fight for the congressional recog
muon m its ciaimo for Oia panama ex
position..' ..' ' ,. ; . ",
Plan Rtron FPBfnr - ;
.; Sacramento, Jan 23 ResDondine
to an urgent caU for aid by tho San
, Franckco ; exposition delegation at
Washington, a resolution was passed
unanimously today by the houaa
8ena,te ; of the California legislature
Paging . congress that no , material
aid . for thfl Pnnsrrn .'onr.nin.. 1..,,
I baasked for by San Francisco in y.15,
pruvimnig san Francisco was seiz
ed as the official site. The resolution
wiu t. telegraphed to eongrestf.
COJfTICTEDOF lARCEST.
Ka Fonnd Guilty of Taking a Pair
:::;:;..;..ol. Shoeg.frora Wag-on. ' '.
A man named Baskin was fined $60
this afternoon in Justice Williams'
court for .stealing a pair of shoes
from a wagon In this city. In. view of
the fact that $60 was more than' the
man "had with him" he was given
thirty days in jail. -V; ;
Hold DlTlHtott of Moneys st ' U loala
Kay Jfct Have Kad AnyUiia? to Di
With Election of lorimer At I,c;U
Not Necessarily Known to lork.tV
Soduen Change From Attack t
"Defense Startles.; ".. v -n
NOT ONII GITEN HE'r FREEDOH
. .ovi SUBSURIBED'PiJRSE;
Woman Who Confessed of Complicity
,io niu JinsDand, Released.
BUSI
FIESSIIA
Taconia, Jan.. ,23-Mrs. -ilarUna
Kvalshaug, accused of complicity in
me muraer or ber husband, was to
day acquitted. This, was her thtv
trial. Charles Newcomb, convicted of
ac.aai committing the crime has now
been sentenced to death by, hangings
jury vaiTlurtjr SeveiTTfours.
The-Jury deliberated-for
en hours Newcomb shot Kvalshaug
niiue ue was returning home on May
4. J909 from a dance with hlsi wife.
The next day the nolioe Mprf Mr.'
; R.vaisnaug and. Newcomb confessed
I that they planned the murdr Timi
relations Had been previously com-
mmea upon. Later th woman repud
iated the alleged confession gained bv
1LI.J a .. ' . t
uiira oegree metnods had been reepon-
KDie. Tne jury who freed hr
I raised $30 for her support as she is
, nomeiess and oit ot money. '
JOSIAH PAGE DEAD.
Danville, Jan. 23-Offlcial problne
Into the alleged whol(wit. w0
w WWW J AJ
ing in Vermillion county an inveetlga
Uon wasBtarted-todav-bv m wa
Jury wholesale confessions are expect-
It is asserted that hiiainoup
politicians, and professional ' men are
attempting to block tti into.
t,on- Hundreds of bankers and politl-
; uiv-juuuiB every candidate in
recent years, Is beinai
appear before the Jury and tell all he
knows of his own election r w
attempts to get elected. DndtA the
SCOEIlllLf
HUMID
FOOffl CiiSE
DAJTAGLNG RUllNG MADE ON ETK
. . - OF JURY RETIREMENT; :,
i Washington,: Jan; 23 Senator Lor
nier,. the Illinois law maker who It
accused of having gained-his seat a
congress by the purchase" of reprej.
entati ve and senatorial votes, today
found a champion In the senate in tha
person of Senator. Robert Gambel of
South Dakota,,In a sp'eech he defend
etj the majority report of the mmlt.
tee appointed to investigate Lorimerj
election. Gambel .declared there. was
no doubt but that Lorimer was legal
ly elected. -
Jack Pot May Have Been Secret, ,
' He said: "The jackpot at St Louis
where it was also divided, was not
necessarily related to Lorlnier'a elec
tion. No. evidence was adduced by the
committee to show that shenard wn.
I son, Clark Llncke, or O'Neil Browne
. received , money In compensation for
ir juorimer. ;
? ' Relief for Xorimer."
; This is , the first red kind word
Lorlmer has heard of himself in the
past week or more.
Story of Family Rows will iwt Go on f tobJI .ltfr eleotloa
t, iiom every turn.
ineuaicotan's stand create n
m , - - -rf vns I ( Ul MXVti
as Record In Poison Cage.
. fforts of many to block the 'inwU
( Uon ;the probe is going to be a thor
Ouch nnn ': (.-
I Rlter Ghe's r Dead.
V Salem,' Jan. 23-The funeral of Jos
hua H. Smith, who was drowned in
tho. Willamette river Thursday "and
whose body was found by a searching
party several hundred feet down the
stream, was held here yesterday after,
noon from the Unitarian church. lie
was an txia Fellow and a Grand Army
a-- -j'ii.u 111 LUC
iuuerai services, i
WATER PIPES FREEZE THROUGH
COID WIND METHOD
Mercury Does Not Drop Below Twenty
Aove ero Jtasi Evening, i
Peculiar traits of wind and ' cold
combinations are reeoonalble for
j ral frozen water pipes In residence
V 1 last night, though It was not the re
, suit of low temperatures. The mer-
: .cury reached ero In the government
vfeiermometer according to readings
Tnado by Observer Worstell this morn
ing, but the same Instrument record
ed low temperatures all day yester
day. The mercury reached 36 above
:j?e-o.at the warmest part of the day
and last evening about 5 o'clock rot
down to 29 above. During the night
t fell to 20. Notwithstanding jtba
Wgh temperature, several pipes were
"frozen np and this was occasioned by
the cold winds which oftentimes freeie
water pipes with equal rapidity as
compared with lower temperatures.
Pioneer Resident of Grande Ronde
valley Dies f Old Age.
- JoBlah Page, sten fathi- nt v 'o
Norrls. died yesterday morning at the
Norrls ranch, eight miles nut t..
wranae He was 85 years old' New
xears day and old age followed hv n
attack ot la grippe caused his death. A
mineral services will be held .at
the home at 10 a, m. Tuesday after
wmcn tne body will be interred In?
ui reacn cemetery south of Island
uity. . v
Chlnege are Angry.
Honolulu,: Jan. 23 Incensed
cause tney had been reported to the
PeWn government as revolutionaries.
5.000 Chinese ere today preparing to
marcn to Honolulu and request the
governor to notify their government
or the United States that they are not
sucn, but industrious people.
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wHuwr iTeaictea.
Denver, .Jan. 23 Failure of the
Democratic caueaus called for tonight
to select a successor to the lata sna-
fn tTitntiAH i. ji.i. , .
, nii6uc, i iraiciea roaay. Mayor
Adams of Denver Is the chief aspir-
, lor tne office.
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MannM '
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it fyfy m (j'7'
-"MtBrid In 8t Louis Republic
Wheeling, Jan. 23 Paints scored by
me aeiense. and testimony- that might
save the defendant a whole lot of criof
were stricken from record and heavy
"-" " - me aeiense of Mrs.
Schenk today liy ' Judge Jordan, who,
on motion, of the state,: ruled out the
testimony of twomportant witnesses
who gave evidence thattheSchenk
family consIpiied for the defendant's
downfall.. After the ruling, .the state
rested It case at 12:12. Arguments
will be resumed this afternoon.
Spiritualist Sought For.
, The. officials are eeklng, for Rer.
George Way, with warrant fnr hi- r
rest. He is the spiritualist pastor who
predicted Millionaire Schenk's. death,
according to Mrs. Schant li.at h.r
ho was poisoned, as the state alleges,
oy Mrs. schenkj It Is reported he has
fled the state.' ' '
ore In the jenate.
' ; IOAN FCNp DAI.
Neighborhood dub Has Fine Program
for Tuesday Afternoon. ?.:
The ladles of the ' NelrthAfh,!
Club will observsT feVl: oiarshin t.
Fund Day at thexlab rooms tomor
row afternoon. . v : c
Th9 regular business moatlna will
be held at half past two and th
gram will begin . at 3 o'clock. The
fol'owing program was been arrui.
ed:
Mr- D. Smith will act as chair.
man and will explain th nhao
.the Scholarehlp Loan Fund.
foo by Mrs. O. E. Sllverthoma
A reading by Miss N. Luclle Allen.
music by the young ladles ot tie L
H 8. glee club.
. This will be the initial appearance
i t the Young Ladies Glee club.
Refreshments will be served and an
'Wortunlty for making a' contribu
tion to this worthy fund will be glv.
The ladles of the club are Invited to
I ling a friend.
ElECTRIC IINE POLE 'TIPS
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Heavy Wind Blows Down Substantial
: Pole out In the Yalley.
,' One of the consequences of the gala
blowing laat night and this tniQrnin-
was to tip one of the high power line
poles out In the valley and 'pIoIh.
standstill ' this morning for a short
The heavy wind storm has caused
much trouble to the Tines convex
uiivbu me mountains and al
though, minor trouble has been fre
Qnent, It has not troubled the servlca
as frequently as in former years.
The trouble this morning was got
ten around shortly by turning on an
other source of power while tha pol
troubles were remedied. , i i
"OIICLE Fr" IS:
DESO .
FAMIIIAR PIONEER FACE WELL BE
SEEN NO MORE.
Interment to be Made In Tanlt pon.
stmcted by Deceased.
Battle Raging. ,
.El Taso, Jan. 23-A bloody battle
Is already In progress, and ho lasted
twenty-four hours, it is rcrted at
Galenan, South Casa Grandw.
Morft than 3.000 are killed or wounded '
and many of the victims are women.
Elgliu Jan. 23 (Soecian AnnrtiAi.
eateemed pioneer of , Union county
oassed away Saturday evening in
this Hty when Jacob (Uncle Jake
Loiii:. aged 89 years, died of old ago
at hla home. Interment will take place
from ne home with burial in a vault
constructed by. Mr. Long about six
years ago. The vault is complete In
every detail and though over eighty'
yoars i f age, Uncle Jake was able to
Mipervise its construction.
M Long, a blacksmith and farmer
of this community has lived hers for
fcbout two scor years. He i8 sur
vived by several ,Vlatlv?s.
-"pwl Jake" Vaa been a famlllai-
figure in and about Eicin rnr vd.
and his demise la cause for commun
ity sorrow.
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