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mmm v. i iii: I t p I! !' IS 3 1 ! i i I ,1 V, I, wi:.; VOL X XA GRANDE, ITOON COUNTY, OREGON. -TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1911. NUMBER 8!) AEROPLANES TO ASTORIA G ETS COURT HOUSE AT MAKE DEBOUT FUNDS FROM UNION CHOSEN m MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WILL ISE MACHINES TO BOUT REBELS . FROM MOUNTAINS. 1 s Believed Move Today is to Attack the Approaching Reinforcements for federal Troops at Juarei and Then . Return and March on City. Amei leans Said to be Seeking Adventure , by Joining the Rebel Forces. i Douglas, Arizona. Feb. 7 Six aero planes will be used by the Mexican rebels to shell, the federal forces out pf impregnable positions in the moun tains. The machines are to be shipped across the border within a few days. Other reports' say; that the govern ment will not get all the aeroplanes tfor several- are considering overtures to' join the rebel forces. ' -. ; j- Americans Join Rebels. Los Angeles, Feb. 7 Private advices today indicate that a band, of 1,000 Americans seeking adventure, have : forced their way across the border ana will Join General Orozco's force in the selga on Juarez. . Red Cross Insulted. . Washington, Feb. 7 Ambassador Wilson at Mexico City has been order ed today by Secretary of State P. C. " Knox to Investigate the charge that the" Mexican ." troops flrrd on the Red . .Cross fla Saturday : during fighting near Juarez. Knox actsd on complaint of Representative Smith of El Paso to whom 1 Dr. Bush wired that he had been fired upon when displaying the Red Cross on the battlefield. El Paso, Feb. 7 Abandoning his present plans of capturing Juarez, General Orozco, the la3urecto. leader, is today, preparing to meet General Navarro who with 7Q0 men are marching to Juarez's relief with reg ular troops. ' ' If he could defeat Navarro It is be lieved he would return later and cap ture the city of Juarez. This too, could be done without much fighting, is the belief, for Navarro's forces are the most formidable and of the most con sequence In Chlpahua. This mar have been the reason why the revolution ists did not march on Juarez earlier in theselge when the opportunity was better v. .-' - AGED RESIDENT DEAD. Funeral of "Uncle Johnnie", McClaln Held This Forenoon. Funeral services over the remains of John McClaln, known as "Uncle Johnnie" were held this morning at the Zuber home with Interment taking place at 12 o'clock. Mr. McOlain was an aged gentleman who In 'late years has made his home with the Zuber family. He died yiesterday. , COTE GAME FRIDAY. 1 Husky Maidens from Cote WM Match Strength and Skill with locals. A game that Is attracting much at tention In the one scheduled to take place next Friday evening at the school gymn between the La Grande high school girls and the Cove girls. The Cove girls ran awar from Union hand ily recently and the local girls nosed out a victory agalnBt Union- The out come la hard to predict. Illinois Retail Merchants. Rockford, 111., Feb. 7-The Illinois Retail Merchants' Association began Its annual convention in Rockford to day with an attendance of delegates from all over the state. The session will continue three days and will be devoted largely to the discussion of Insurance, the parcels post, the com petition of the mall order houses and other subjects of live Interest and im portance to the retail trade. THE ROUSE FIFTY THOUSAND APPROPRIATED BY HOUSE RESOLUTION THIS MORNING. . TIFT Oregon Legislature Asks Taft To Call Special Session of. Congress to Re rise tke Tariff Alter Big Sums to - Help Fight Hague in China With a View to Preventing Its Spread to ; the Pacific Coast Salem, Feb. 7 The house today came to the rescue of Astoria and al lowed that city $S0,000 to conduct its centennial celebration with. ; The legislature has also prepared a petition asking President Taft to call 'an extra' session of congress for. the purpose" of -revising the tariff along lines of true progressive rapupllcan ism, and a copy of the resolutions have been wired to President Taft. " : After Plague Funds. Portland. Feb. 7 Seeking a quar ter of a million dollars to fight the plague in China Dr. Martin Edwards of Harvard will ask the Oregon legis lature to appropriate $2,000 each for five years. The Portland commercial club will asaiat him. ' ( , 1 He has visited California and Wash ington legislatures for the same pur pose and will appear before the Oregon leglslatureto gain funds to prevent a spread of the plague on the Pacific COaSt. -'-'S 'V.x..;- FOR SCHOOL BY VOTE OF TWO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND FOLLOWERS WJX VICTORY NEW ISSUE CROPS 'OUT Exponent of North Side Contingent RMse Question of Legality of the Vote Wlich iVas Intended to Settle ,' for All Time the Heated Dispute Margin Mny Set Be Wide Enough Courts to Decide Soon. 1 . A .Point In Dispute. , A ' Is a plurality sufficient la A a scnooi election choosing WEATHER FOR RECALL PRE-ELECTION- PROGSOSTICA. . TTOSS INDICATE RECALL. r Many Women Participle In Recall Election at Seattle Ytoday. Seattle, Feb. 7 If pre-election sur mises are correct. Mayor Gill will be recalled at the election being held to day aa tho final chapter of ' long struggle. Prior to the election It was generally believed that good , weather would bring out many women voters and many suffragette votes mean May or Gill's downfall. The morning broke clear and with big interest, the balloting commenced early; Many women carried groceries in one hand and the ballot in the oth er. Betting is wen "with both candi dates claiming a decisive victory. ' People of Holland Celebrate. ' The Hague, Feb. 7 Flags were dis played in every town and. village of Holland today In celebration of the '.nth wedding anniversary of Queen WllheJmlna and the prlnoe consort Ihe queen was married to Prince Hen ry of Mecklenburg-Schwerln, Feb. 7, 1901. She 'was then twenty-one years of age and ha was twenty-five. On Ap ril 30, 1909, the happiness of the royal couple was made complete by the ar rival of a baby princess, who was christened, Juliana Louise Emma Ma rie Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange. The Joy of the queen tnd prince con sort over the birth of the princess was shared by all the people of the Netherlands as it provided a direct 1 eir to the throne and thereby greatly enhanced the chances of the country for continued independence. Jefferson .Improvement Delayed On account of an error in descrip tion the Improvements on Jefferson avenue will be delayed slightly school site, or is a majority ; required to settle the dispute? , The supreme court's decision .in Oregon has not been hand ed down but a test case is tribunal at the present t!m; 4fr . The wording of the statute is not clear and the supreme " court's answer is awaited J 'with interest. 4 - A ..''.. Union, Feb. 7 (Special) What ws& fervently hoped would definitely end a squabble that has been delayliR progress along educational lines in Union for many months, has proveu itself to be but another epoch In the history of court struggles that , have marked theeffort of the.-town of. Xn ion to build a $50,000 school bouse. At the election yesterday the school boa-d and its followers won the day but since the announcement of the out come of the Bpeclal election held ye terday and marked by a heated eler.: tlon, It has become a question of law whether or not either side won the fight The court house site was given a choice by 164 voters while the Hill Brown site was the choice of 16:' Three voted scatterlngly and as a con sequence the question' has arisen s it necessary to have a majority over all votes cast or mere plurality? The same issue is now pending before the supreme court but no decision has been handed down. Board Shows Enterprise. Flushed . with victory the schoo'. board issued an edict immediately af ter the count of the vote that it would commence razing of the old court h0UBe similar effort having several months ago precipitated the long string of c6urt actions and com mence construction of the new build ing and building the school Injunc tions commenced to sing about Union. The court house Is said to be valued at about $2500. The Hill-Brown site would cast $4800 and 'was the choice of what was known as the North Sldo contingent, - The board will continue the building of the new structure untlll it is en Joined by the courts again. It Is pro bable though that there will be litt'.e done until the supreme court hands down an opinion now pending wnicl will settle definitely the issue at staki. DEATHS OCCUR RAPIDLY. Reports From Plague District Shews . Little Is Being Done to Help , London, Feb. 7 Several thousand deaths have occurred In Manchuria and China according to dispatches re ceived today during the present week but little is being done to relieve the situation.' AMBASSADOR TO RETIRE. Rnmor Going the Rounds that Chatta. nooga Man Is Slated. , Washington. Feb. 7 Harry Lone Wilson of Seattle, American ambas sador to Mexico is reported as contero plating retiring. It is said that San ders of Chattanooga is to succeed him. .''.. :iT PIP It-. U ' "V Ft ! - " , W , I 1 1 r-rr j miii in.ir -m i ri .... ry -rr -y;;,-J. RICHEST HEIRESS li! iEIl 1 Vi'NCTlON TO WHICH THE EN TIRE WORLD LOOKS IS CAR RIED OUT TODAY f OP JEWELS torgeons Wedding Consumated In Sevr ork Today Wedding Witnessed by Health and Aristocracy of the Me- tropnlls Police Oilcers Guard the Chwrch Richest Heiress Wedded to IS I It I ill 311ss Hdeii Vivian Gould, the lS-jear-I Girl who today mas Marrted to Lord Decks, a Man of Forty-Four Years The Event Being the Most j Prominent-' International Marriage In Years and Marked by the Most Kxpi'iishe Wedding Presents and the Costliest Trosscau of Similar Af. .- fiitrs In Many Years. The Entire World Has Displayed Interest In To ' day's Wedding.- -: '.y,-::.:. -.'.-.v.;. v. v ..-;'. 'v ::; FAIR DEPICT 4 WEALTH OF ISLANDS SEA TON PHILIPPINES WILL PARADE ALL ITS RESOURCES I Military Officers and Provincial Oor ernors Open Big Fair. Manila, Feb. . 7 The largest Indus try exhibition ever held In the Phil ippines was opened at Zamboanga to day by Brigadier General Pershing, governor of the Moro province and commanding general of the : depart laent of Mindanao. He was assisted by Governor General W. Cameron Forbes, Major General J. Franklin Bell, com manding the Philippine division and Rear Admiral John Hubbard, comman-eter-In-chlef of the U. S. Asiatic fleet who also reviewed the land parade participated in by three regiments of Infantry,' one of cavalry, five batal llons of Philippine scouts and eight companies and the band of the Phllip l''ne constabulary. ? In the parade were many high offi cials of the Insular government, mem bers of the consular corps and repre sentatives ' of thirteen of the wild tribes of Mindano, who wer brought together for the first time. The war hhips of the Asiatlo fleet will take part in. the water parade tomorrow. The exhibits in the fair ' grounds represent the work of the several tribes of Moros, the Manabos, Mago bos.etc, durlnig the past year and samples of the agricultural products raised by American planters In Dav 40. Many of the cloths woven by na tives are rich in design and color and equal in brilliancy those manufactur ed in India or Turkey. The work In brass and copper Is unique and shows much origlniallty. EXPECTED TRUMP CARD EXPOSED AT A ,V COMMITTEE MEETING. In Explaining Joker In BUI Support ers Are Surprised. Michigan Retail Lumbermen. Bay City, Mich.,' Feb. 7 Several hundred prominent representatives of he lumber trade In Bay City for the .ipnual convention of the Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers Association, the sessions of which were begun to t'uy and will be continued over tomor row and Thursday. Salem, Ore., Feb. 7 (Special) The trump card of the opposition to the Injured workman's compensation act, introduced in the legislature by Rep resentative ' Abbott, was played last night before the Judiciary committee by the opposition to the measure and the trick taken by the advocates of the bill. Attorney Win. Davis In 'at tempting to show a joker In the bill demanded an explanation as to why s clause appearing In the law was not also In the contract to bs entered In by workmen and employer, and at his climax when he expected advocates of the measure to be confounded with confusion, he and those opposing the measure were thrown Into rout by un ison cry from the challenged to "Put it In." The members of the committee were visibly Impressed by this evi dence of fairness and entire absence of ''Jokers". In the measure that they wient thoroughly into the various fea tures, questioning Attorney. James B. Kerr, who served as legal advisor to the voluntary committee which drafted the bill from a humanitarian stand point closely in regarded effect on the employers indemnity 'measures ad opted at the November election which convinced them would remain intact, it Is expected the committee will make an early report on the anas Htiior Memory of Dickens. Ixndon, Feb, 7 The burial place of Churles Dickens, In Westminister Ab bey. whs piled high with floral or jerings today In commemoration of the anniversary of his birth. Next year will mark the centennial anniver sary of the birth of the famous nov elist, arid already the numerous Dlok- enrf societies throughout the United Kingdom are preparing to celebrate the event. . , New York, Feb. 7 Miss Hele'n'Vlv len Gould, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Jay Gould, was united in mar- y . y ...... rlage this afternoon, in the Protest ant Episcopal church of St. Bartholo mew, to John Graham Hope Mersley BefcSford, firth Baron Decles, aprom hteut officer of the British army anl a member of a family that has been distinguished in- England and lire- ; land for generations. It was the most costly wedding of the season and In terest in it was widespread, for the bride is one 'of America's rkbes heir esses, and the bridegroom, though not wealthy, Is 'a 'man of unblemished record and universally popular alike in the British army and In English so- . clety. ,-;'-.: '.'.-": , ''''':'":.:7'i The church edifice was guarded by many police officers, specially detailed to hold in check the Immense crowd cf spectators who began to gather ' early ; as hcwn.'As-oa'Kcvlcais'occa--slons when American heiresses havs bestowed themselves upon titled for eigners, the ceremony was witnessed by that select and texcluslvV body known as "society. The church was crowded to the doors by the social elect of America and many members of the English nobility. Following the ceremony at the church there was a reception at the Gould residence in Fifth avenue, where the guests were given an opportunity to view the wed dlig presents,' which were amomg the nu'St, numerous and costly wr given to on American bride. , ; Seldom have the church decorations , Veen; equaled in this city. The Inter Ion fit the edifice was converted Into a veritable conservatory of rare tropi cal foliage and vines. The walls were lined with rare palms, and vines were used to a large extent in decorating the arches and supporting columns. White callas studded the green of the chancel and huge baskets cf frag rant blossoms were suspended in ev ery panel space of the side walls. ... The doors of the church were thrown open shortly before three o'clock and while the guests arrived the church choir, half hidden behind a bank of flowiers, rendered the op ening selections of the elaborate mu sical programme, accompanied by or gan and violin. Meanwhile every seat in the huge edifice was taken and peo ple were standing at the back and In the side aisles.' When the last strains of Henschel'9 "Morning Hymn" had died away the watching spectators were rewarded with the sight of a score of little choir boys In white vestments march in through a door at the left of the chancel. Behind them came Bishop Greer In full Episcopal costume, ac companied by Dr. Leighton Parks, wti-r t St Bartholomew's. Both churchmen are Intimate friends of the Gould family and It was the especial wish of the bride that they. perform the wedding ceremony. ; When the bishop end ' rector had reached their places a hush fell over the large assemblage as the bridal procession made Its appearance. First came the ushers, eight In number. They were Earl Persy, Lorn Camoys, Phoenix Ingrahsm, Monocure Robin son, Anthony Pre.re', Jr.. Robin Gray, (Continued on page Eight) 'r 1, i l r'i . ' 'V: '. ft : v;- 3