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1'' asl Hi tV a. tz rri avuu ri xr m i r Nil rvt vm " ' - 1 ' in ! . - VOL K LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. MARCH 2, 1911. ATTELOCASE nn ai m bil rrni! LA GRANDE NOW MEN STATIONED, IT THIS CITY TO INTERCEPT CRIMINALS FLEE. ING FROM JUSTICE TRAILS SUDDENLY VANISH Alter Sleeping at Telocaset Ranch Barn, Two Fugitives Give Posses the Slip and It is Necessary to Call for Bloodhounds to Continue the Chase Men Bettered1 to HaTe Part, ed Company Near Telocaset Finding the exact spot where the two JugitivcB leading a posse, of scores of men through the Blue moun tains slept and rested last night, and lushing bloodhounds to the scene m the hope of recovering lost trails ' is (the latest developments in the sensa tional search commenced yesteroay and still continuing with unabated xeaLv ,'; ., ':- '.'!'' ;.,,-, The announcement of tha discover near Telocaset this morning reacneu Haines this afternoon and is practi cally the most tangible ckw smce the discovery of thevtwo trails' yeb terday afternoon that eventually leaa to the discovery "of the men's meeting placelast night. ' ' ' Tracks Found Wear Balnea.'., Yesterday afternoon two tarcks, m dicattng freshness, were found leav ing the railroad tracks one and "half miles, east of Haines. A detail of men was set to work; and followed the trail to Wolfe creek last ntgnt. This morning, still 'continuing ' wttn unabated leal. Two men, unquestloh- . ably the murderers of the Haines "bar tender, slept at a barn one and one half miles from Telocaset last night and there divided company, one heading probably toward La Grande and tha other in the opposite direc tion. Late this afternoon the consen us of opinion is that the men nave ' separated and will strike th rau Toad tracks near Union possibly and to do so without menace. Sheep Herder Saw Them. A shetp herder saw two' men hur rylngacross his- range , yesterday at U o'clock. This was not far from Telocaset. ' The gruelling chase through the deep snow was quicken ed on learning of additional 'clues and thf, men in the posse soon locat ed the spot where the fugitives, tlr-r RUEF READY TO GENERALLY BELIEVED HE WILL SUBMIT TO IMPRISONMENT to Settle Matter Finally . Uonferenee to be Held This Afternoon , " San Francisco, March 2 Whether Abe Ruef will attempt to carry his case to the United States Supreme court or not will be fully settled thn afternoon during a conference be tween the former boss and his attoi neys. It Is generally believed there will be no appeal taken, and Ruer will be taken to San Qulnten when the stay of execution granted yesterday -expire. ed and fagged out by their long sprint through unbeaten fields "and 'over thickly wooded foothlhs, had stop ped In their daring flight. When this important discovery had been mads, the posse met with defeat. The trail has been., completely lost and lat ." this afternoon" the "posse has not ported any -success In even finding a remote trace of the', mun. " -: -Call for Bloodhound , Forced to resort to other metn iida of frustrating eventual.' escape the men of the posse hurried a can' to Baker for the bloodhounds .whirr, failed to accomplish material he:;) yesterday. It Is believed that once they each the spot where' tb; tr?.!l"! end, they will be able to complete tn chase and lead the posse on through the mountains. ; Sheriff Rand this 'morning order ed headquarters transferred to Ifl Grandei and several men are now at Telocaset and North, Powder, reacy to start to this city at a moment's no tice and aid, if possible, local o' clals who have been turned loose r thls end of the chase.. Yesterday ev ening and this morning it was con ceded , that the men had struck roi Ladd Canyon and would head in near La Grande, but that theory Is partial ly offset and though the Ladd Canyon gap will he watched, special stress will be laid on the wandering Willies whomay happen along the tie route to La Grande. Two men named E. U, Ramsey' and C. Haynes were In La Grande last night and . left again early today tof the scene of the chase near Wolf : creek. , They are so fam iliar, they say, with the men Sougni. that once they lay eyes on the fugi tives they can definitely establish their identity. , ; One Print is Large. The trail the posse followed yes terday and this morning is well -de fined. One footprint measures about 12 1-2 inches in length and was made by a high heeled shoe.' and lare nail heads protrude from the soles. The companion's print is smaller,, though his legs are longer for his strides were the longer of the two. With these characteristics, there was little .difficulty In following the trail. It led toward North Powder by a cir cuitous route, dodging well back in to the hills .and finally, reached Wolfe reek by a hilly route. The men wen- careful to follow brush as much as possible. These facts bear out the theory that the posse is on the right trail for'' one of the murderers Is tall and large and the other, Is short shorter than the average' person. Interest Focused Here All morning saw La .jGrande "the center of operations, though the work was directed at long .range. George Penington, the man who saw the shooting has been started from Haines toward La Grande to aid local officials in making arrests of suspects, but when he reached Noth Powder he J was canea to a halt pending Turther developments f t the point of the lost trail. Sheriff Rand had also Started toward La Grande, to personally over see the effort to Intercept -the fugitives once they emerge from the Jungle by what Is the only exit from Wolfe and Clover creek, which the men also touched Ladd Canyon and the plan was to patrol the Eastern and South ern sections of the city bo that no man could enter without suffering a careful crutlny. Rand too was halted by the announcement from the Telo-, caset ranch. t , ...... Woldpn Advance Theory Entertaining the' Idea that , the men have made the mountains west of, La Grande their goal and that the gaps leading out from the Grand? Ronde valley on the west should be New l'ork, March 2-Joha Mitchell, Ice president of the American Fed eratlon of Labor today declared he ha s made'no plans for the future foi. :n!u Li's resignation from tke Clvle reircraton. "Because the United Mine Workers demanded It,' said Mitchell, I resigned and will leave New Tore as soon as I can arrange the bust ess of my office." E GROWERS' BODY CEFHERS ELECTION OF SECRETARY OF DIF FERENCES COMMITTEE MEANS GREAT DEAL GKJiniG Ulfl FOUD Perfection l i Xorthwest Associa tion Embracing Many States Reach. , etf at. Walla Walla and Committee to Adjust LocalAssociation Differ. ; ences Has Its Secretary In S. C. WI1. -. IJams of this City. hend the ? men should they advance toward this city, has been ordered car ried out by the chief and there will be no atone left unturned. Interest Here Is Intense. The coming here of Ramsey ana Haynes last night and their depart ure from here this morning wheitea the interest in the peculiar man hunt. locally, a,nd excitement is keen. ,Th,5i bnuung or ma scene or the headauai- ters from Haines here has piobabiy been unavailing, according to the lat est developments for it; Is probable. that the men are now spreading out to take., the foothill route about the valley,-. with; their ultimate .: destina tjon a county" highway or ,la trail that will' take them, over the mountain to Walla Walla. ; ' : TRIBUNE ADMITS PliCiE flNES ITS DEFEAT CALLS LORIMEB VINDICATION A COSTLY VICTORY Says It" Will Cost the Republican Party Severely Points Out Defects Chicago, March 2 The Tribune, which started the fight against Lari mer, today, denounced the vote in tns. Senate exonerating Lorlmer. It said. "The vote when corrected leaves Lor lmer a majority of four.. This is tne mathematical measure of his vindica tion. The quality of the votes cast for him will more than wipe out wis majority In the sense of the nation. If Lorimer is proud of the event he Is welcome to his pride. They won a glorious victory, but it will prove the costliest- victory ever won la history by the 'big Interest.. . . "Lorimer was one6t the greatest lawyers' in the country? Senator Root solemnly Infornwd the senators tnai I? they would preserve the govern ment of the fathers they were not ai liberty to reject . testimony showing that a seat in the senate had teen fl'.ledas a result of corruption..' Yes terday 46 Senators rejected it and this decision, by the highest deliberative bory '1 the land, strikes straight at our republican government. Let them gq on. Let them use thlr votes o gainst reciprocity as they'" have pralnat the Republican method of hav ing' Senators elected througn the di rect' vote." '' ' j; ;7' . . ' . Striking Prints Return CMrain. Marrh 2 StrlUntr rnmnn. carefully watched Is ; the , theory oi j site rs on the Chicago Examiner and Shifting the a-cenes of the strug gle to obtain desirable changes In the manner of handling fruit in the North west, from no particular point 'and focusing on La Grande a campaign that will ferret out the monumental troubles existing In the entire Paci fic Northwest, , the tentative organi zation of Northwest frultmen meeting In Walla Walla yesterday adjourned sine die and al great deal of good is predicted as a result. By the election of Sherwood C. Williams of this city, as secretary of the committee on ad justment of differences arising be tween the local organizations and the huge association known as the North west Frultment's Association the con ference at Walla Walla this ' week completed all that could be done at this particular time to further the plan of the association. The organi zation is comprised of fruit men from Oregonr Washington, Idaho, Montana and Northern California and the prims AGED SEITODS EARING THE T IIS DAY BIG CROWD OF POLITICAL HIS TORY MAKERS STEP DOWN , AND OCT SATURDAY. IE I) UGH SENIORS -l' A" (Continue on page ElahU - f SAYS HEYBURN AND CARTER MEASURES ARE JOKERS Lumbermen to Fight Against: Passage of Anteadments; Washington, March 2 Urging lum ber men to bring pressure to defeat "Jokers," Gilford Pinchot, . former chief forester today charged Senator Hey burn of Idaho and Carter of Mon- tant as chief movers in the plot to kill the national fortatry service throush Jokers In the agricultural ap propriations bill. He spoke at the con vention of lumber merchants. ' He said the Heyburn arid Carter amendments would cause "a complete abrogation of th?' country's forestry policy. He said the Heyburn amend ment which provides . that ; all land where, growing less than 4 000 feet of merehantlble timber in contiguous arras of 160 acres, shall be excluded from the national forests, would pre vent, iractice'of forestry. ... Saturday Noon WW Mark Peculiar Incident In American Political His. tory When Pmmt Session of Con. gress . Adjourns Reorganization of Both Houses Will Follow Immedl- ately Afterwards. Washington, March 2 At noon Sat urday the 61st congress ; dies, and with it passes many veterans " or American politics of recent years There will be a few slaps on tho back, a banquet or so. and the war'horsej of . tha days that were will tep Into private life to make way for new facea and new ideas, Hale and! Aldrlch Go.' , : ; Hale of Maine, senior In point of service, having been a member since March 4, 1881. remained in the ranks to the last. Aldrlch, whose service goes back to Oct 5, 1881 passed from the scene two monts ago. His health, h was explained,' denianded a change of climate. Burrows of Michigan, with fifteen years as senators Kean of New Jersey, Scott of West Virginia and Depew of New York, each with 12 years, and of commanding Influenr under the Aldrlch reign, retire to nubile life. Beverldge. the-0 brilliant progressive.' will pass, at. least tern porarily,. after 12 years !n tha The changes win A bejthe ',tnoBt re- marjraDio m the history of the tipper ; Nineteen members in all, three ot them Democrats, will lay aside then togas.. The Reoubllcans inrinA ... addition to -those already mentlonta, BulkelOy, of .Connecticut Burkett of Nebraska,; Carter of Montana: Die of Ohio; Flint, of California; Pile, of Washington; Warner of Missouri; and Young, of Iowa; Young who serv- ed until March 4 by appointment n tn deadlock at present by the Iowa Tt ialature. Flint and Piles are not can- dldates for re-election. '; The retiring Democrats are Monev. or Mlssissippir Taaliaferro of FlorJ Ida, and FTazier of T nnessee. Non of them, made aerioua effort at re election. ,.' . -v ; With the old leaders gone the sen. ate will require a complete "re-orra- nlzatlon. The comparatively new pro- greaMve will step forward and the whole, aspect of the body will ."' he night or nine so that every big prooo- sltion practically will cause an open fight.; As a result It is expected that the next congress will be a lively body from the moment of organiza tion to adjournment. MONTANA NEAR LIMITATIONS Chief of Police Walden of this city who has become an Interested spec Evening American return :d to work today, following the action of the Chi tator to the chase through the moun-' cago Typographical Union In calling tains. Every possible effort to appre- off the strike. , v,is-t TeRflicm In Session Hutr-hifon. Ka.. Mrrh 2 TTrtob's- pon Is entertaining for two d-iys one or the largest gatherings of educators ever assembled In Kansas, the occa sion being the annual convention of the Central Kansas Teachers,' Asso ciation. Foremost among the promin ent educators scheduled fo address the convention are Dr. Charles ' IL Tudd of the University of Chicago. Portent R. T.-Campbell of Conner Collie. S.'L. Palmer of HutPhNon. Prof. W. L. Tnltz of the Kansas State Vormal ohol. Prof. Pavmnnd A. Srhw?ier of the Tlvos'v r Vnn !. Henrv p. Patteneill. former Ptate superintendent of nubile In struction of Mlrhlean and deoree L. Reelev of Sterling, who Is president of the association. II No Senator Is Elected, today, Of- flee Will bo Left Yacant ' Helena, March 2 Unless a United Statee .senator Ib elected.' here today, the Montana legislature will" expire by constitutional limitations, leaving tile '-office vacant. It Is reported.-lf no choice Is made on the fifth, vballot, Walsh and Conrad will withdraw, thrdwlng their . support to Former Congressman Tartman, which ,would elect .him. ' FIIISII FIGHT 10 ALL NIGHT SESSION MAY BE NE . CT SI TO GET ACTION OX ' 2 i TARIFF BILL Of i dPRDMiSE IN FIGflf t Taft Is Said to Have rati v i he 1. Anxious to. t Vote. - ; rdless How :lt Turns oui Bui; 'Vt Is Expressly Denied Extra ' Session Only Possible c Means ef C iiurujuig me suuauon m,. ."'' " s ; ''sr: '...'.' "' ;"!vV, ' ": , Washington, March 2 Confes-" Blon that a senatorial agreement ex isted whereby. Taft'a Urlff commis sion bill is believed to be doomed to defeat at this session i was made to-v day by Smbot of Utah, during a de bate. He flatly declared that a 'com pact has been made whereby the bill will be left as unfinished business even If the ; appropriation bills are blocked in passage a a result of the actlon.,''..'..''v'.' 1 " ' , Western Bowling' fjongress Spokane, Wash., March 2 A large entry list Is reported for the annuii; tournament of the Western Bowling Congress, which is to begin In this city next week.-Among the contest- -ants will be team and Individual bow lers from San Francisco, Denver. Portland, Butte, Vancouver, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Tacoma, Anaconda and a number of other cities throughout the west. Premier Monis Presents Names Paris, March 2 Premier Monis, successor to Arlstide Brland, present ed his new cabinet to President Fal Heiles this afternoon. WALLING FRETS UNDER FIRE MILLIONAIRE SOCIALIST EXPOS- n Hi PLAINTIFFS COUNSEL ' Shown That he Knew Faults he Com. Amlttd Wille Traveling with Girl New York. March 2 William Wai ling,.; the millionaire socialist who is being sued for f 100,000 on a breach of promise suit by Anna Grunsha j. spent several uncomfortable hours on the witness stand, being cross-exam ined by plantlff'g lawyers todav. At. torney 8trlckler freely Intimated that Walling had perjured himself and al so attempted ;to show Walling was V lawyer, and realized the legal aspect -of his relations with the woman while traveling Europe; with her. Walling asserted he never mentioned marriage In a word or letteT to her. ' " i A. 1.: . . - ' -i ' ' . - . ''. f. . .. v. .. . I '- -. t I . Washington, March 2 Republican3 " in the senate today are expressing no hope of compromising wltn Democrats " on the tariff board bill and are deter mined to fight to a finisn even if an ' ell-night session is necessary. This -. decision was reached after the Dean- ocrata evasively answered overtures of Hale for an agreement to Vote on the bill tomorrow noon. Vi'l V? On authority from the, Whit-. House i a person close to the president saia the United ptres i ahT today to an- nounce unqualifiedly that, only the -v. passage, of the Canadian reciprocity bill wULprevene an extra session of congress. Taft Sahderatanda a story is ,. being circulated that he will be sat-" Isfied If J4e gets a rote on reciprocity, even - If i the proposition fs "defeated. ' Thlt la . now authoritatively contra dfcted. There will be no compromise, ' "J t RcliMPOlty Is Doomed When the ienate met early tooayv practically ij ; hop . of forestalling an extra l.estt&nj -ijajt gone, Heyburn, Hale and Stone are, attempting dila tory tactic to prevent a- vote on tne tarirf board bill and Intimate' tney will norpemlt'i'vote on anything butthe appropriations, . There is no chance that a vote can be taken o the reciprocity agreement. ; ; 1 )' 7