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1 o .v. i J .rxr.r i i;F.hk . PAGE. 3 KUF '.-illlll! ' ' ' ' ' '!.. ('I fey. VOL X tXIlAfmCtTION (X)irNTORE(jON. : TUESDAyI MARCH fa' 1911. FOUND BY WIS SECRET INVESTIGATION CARRIED ON BY GOVERNMENT WILL END IN WIDESPREAD PBOSECtJ. TION OF PRINCIPALS. J rm m is thbut irs i X.' SKEEHAN POLLED FROlJI FAliflDUS DEADLOCK Coal Combine Involvlnf Such Itijl. roads at th PennsylTania and Bal timore Ohio, Fonfii to B Con. nrcted with Biggest Trust Erer Un cohered Billion Dollars Is Extent ' of the Organisation. . v ; Washington, March 28. As the re sult of a long Inspection by the de partment of justice, whkh declared It the biggest trust In the , world, ; an nouncement Is made today that crimi nal prosecution of a half dozen pf the most powerful financier? in the United States will be begun soon by the fed eral government. Agents are. reported to have found evidence showing a bil- . lion-dollar combine exists, fathered by the Pennsylvania railroad and organ- Ized to control the output of Interstate coal throughout the country. The government It la said, will show that this gigantic combination for years secretly used Its power to ex tort enormous profits of the coal trade monopoly. Hold Cars as Lews. It is alleged they throttled all com petition by withholding cars from con cerns not in the trust,- while the eiiormous coal lands-holdings were purchased and small railroads sub- Bided.. '. Official assert the P;nsylvanla, Bal timer & Ohio, and Norfalk & Western are the most prominent in the trust, and government officials admitted this afternoon that agents are trying to connect big Wall strett financiers with , evidence secured against the billion dollar trust. X ' '" NUMBER 132 . One, of the Navy's Workers. . . . . w " .. t . Captaia R. F,. Kicholsoa. CUeIoi Nayijatioa Bureau. TAMMANT FORCES GIVEN STING ING REBUKE IN DEMOCRATIC".:' CAUCUS YESTERDAY. . IliSyiBEIMiE THREE Big Rush for Places by Various Can didates Fallows Withdrawal of Shoe. In New York Senate Probable That Selection of Agreeable Man whl Be Made Tonight. $4$$$$$&$ A . Depew Releases Pledges 8 New York, March 28. -Cha'un- cey Depew who was a candidate for re-:lection to the United S ates senate and over whose . successor the deadlock occured. $ & today narrowed the race by tele- graphically releasing all repub- licans who w,re pledged to vote for him. Radical evolutions have been worked out In the past two $ 24 hours. 3 HELEN MILLER GOULD, PATRIOT AND PHILANTHROPIST. Recently Miss Gould Narrowly' escaped Injm? when a disgruntled tramp ; threw a brick through a Window of home after he had bec refused mottey from the wealthy lady. Another Instance bringing Miss Gould Into the limel'ght occur-d a few & ys ajo when she forced her brother to re main at the head of the Missouri Pacific. SEARCHING FOR DERELICT. Pacific FI r' Turned Loose to Find the MIssJng Target Vessel. ',.',' San Diego, March 28. Practically ivery vessel of the Pacific naval fleet bere, except cruisers, today were or dered out to hunt for a derelict target vessel lost by the collier Glacier Fri day whila weathering a storm between San Francisco and San Diego. t Will Test Treating Law. Tacoma.'March 28 That the consti tution allty of the anti-treating ordi nance will be. , put to a" test In the courts Is today admitted by three b& loon men who w:re arrested for viola , tlon of th'i law which ' was recently passed. , iisfll:; WEED 'HERE FOR PEACE NEWSHEW HIS LECTURE TO DELABARRA MORE BEAUTIFUL LA . GRANDE FATHER OF REBEL LEADER SAYS MOVEMENT TO PROCEED Lanif.-icape'ArUsi Praises Work Done on Rlvrrslde Park. SUPREME COURT HOLDS HE IS GUILTY, J S CHARGED. k: t A S H ;j Portland Banker" Must Go fo Prison for Five Years. Salem,"March 2S. Ranker Cooper Morris, guilty .of the ebezrlament of S75.000 In connection with the failure of the Oregon Trust & Savin ?b bank. Portland, must serve a five years' sen tence In the penitentiary. , The Biipreme court, today affirmed thejease ;on appeal frointhe circuit court. Howard Everts . Weed, nationally known as a landscape artist and lec turer on city beautificatlon topics, ar rived in La Grande this morning and was shown various section of the valley from,' an. automobile. He lec tures at the L. D.' S.' tabernacle to night under auspices of the Neighbor hood Club. ' v.":. t: . ' ' : '- ' i "Though Mf. Weed saw Riverside park at Its most unsightly period ' of the year, h- gained a conception of the enormous amount of work done there and complimented the ladies who were instrumental in the park's realization, on the artistic Bch mes to be . worked out. f jf ls regretted' that ue iiugru noi De .nere(-ai a lime wnen the park was nearer' completion than It la now, but the work already done faljied his-hearty approvals t , h,t t JSpx Weed spent a busy day here. During th: morning he "was JwhlBked about the valley- that he might enjoy 'the natural scenery and the' elegant weather, to boot, and this afternoon appeared before tht high school as sembly whers he "gave a very; Instruc tive address to the students. : ' The admission to the tabernacle to nleht will be" very nominal, 15 and 25 cents f nd this opportunity to hear 'si impor'ant rf '' Subject ty a credited ati thcrKy f .natirna! rciite, should nr. a overlooked. , PEACE IN TWO WEEKS. Rebel Captain In Interior. Shot by Ills Captors After Battle. it : '" f.Js't""- I unions ArjGtiiLu OFFICIALS DESTITUTE GIRLS BURIED FROS t UNION HEADQUARTER THIS MORNING, SYMPAtHIZERSTAS GOFFKiS Monster Mass Meetings to Be Held as Soon as All the Victims of Saturdat Present navy maneavers are prorlnpr a splendid school for naval offterrs and one of the men next the free, retary of the navy and who Is classi fied as authority on naval affair Is Captain Nicholson. v- Albany, March 28. Following last night's democratic caucus when Shee- han. Tammany'a candidate la the week after week deadlock which has existed In the New York leglslatru;, has been eliminated from the. race scoring a vicious defeat of the Tammany forces a half score of candidates are today Jockeying for positions in the race. The c&ucua reconvenes tonight when the candidate will probably be chosen. The tesisjatlv9 Insurgents today noti fied the regulars that they must sup port Herman Ridder, Isador StrauBS or Martin Glynn. . .... ; In the event of a r;luBal, the In surgents will ask the republicans to combine with them and elect one of the .three.''''''. ..' ';'' :.,"":::::"'-;""i'"';:'"' The retirement of Shtehan Ib con sidered to be one of the biggest de feats administered for many months or years, in fact. There is still little likelihood of an agreement this week, but that condition 1b nearer by far to day, than It was yesterday when Shee han was doggedly staying In the, race with Tammany pushing him on. Shee han would have retired long ago but for the Tammany el.meht behind him. BADLYMIXE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE HAS RE. PUBLICAN SUPPORTERS. ', -. . - Air iMiiw-hi h-.it iirB , luUon Agalnt Lax RnlliNiir In spection Laws Many Itarlwt This Afternoan. San Antonio, March 28. Gustave Madero arrived today and immediately conferred with his brothers, Alfonso and Julio, and other M acleans identi fied with the revolted. It is regarded as significant that Ambassador de La Barra arrives here tomorrow. Many see peace negotiations as a near d velopment 1 ( ' ; Francisco Madero, father of file reb el leader", predicted p i ace In Mexico within 30 days and maybe sooner. He sahl , the ' Mexican ' government, had agreed .to, the negotiations., 1 ; t Red Cross Helps Refugees. ' . FIND DROWNED BODIES. BeKeved Other Bodies Will Be Found on the Water. Victoria, March 28 With the recov :ry of the body of John Henderson by the tug Lome, It Is believed ;other bodies will soon be found as Hender son's was , supported by , a preserver and indicated other aboard the Sub let yere warned before she sank. The wreckage was towed In, Passengers who debark;d at Williams Head said San Diego, March 28. R'd Cross tj,ere were aD0Ut 25 aboard when the I.anmHlcr- iif )Jrnned. Sacramento, March 28. After on? of the lengthiest and one of the mo ft progressive sslons of the CallfornM legislature, it adjourned early thte morning, . . T donations amounting to ?2,000 have arrived ' here for refugees from Tcc arte. ilfany rebels ' fcr';. desfertlng the revolution and creeping back to the ,7lt,ed Stne, ,.jy . : . Federal Captain S!; )t. ; 1' El Paso. March 28. News of a bat tle between fed rals and rebels at Azu R. Frera, In Coahuila, reached here today. ' Rebels are ' entrenched and drove back th?. federals In several hours' fighting and captured Captiln Duran, who was wounded. He wa shot to death, and the body was later found by friends. . , De La Barrn Ignorant. St. Louis, Mo., March 2S.Ambassa dor De La Barra of Mexico today de dared lie knew nothing c' the reiort tl pence negotiations with General Madero. . " Dfuz' RcHltjnutlnn Scouted. ; Kl Paso. March 28. Reports ' tha' f)laz had resigned, emanating frow ,,r... .,r,.. (Continue' oa page Eight.) vessel Bank. , Rctwll Hardware Dealers, j Little .Rock,, Ark,,. March 28. The annual convention of fhe National Re- tall Hardware Dealers' association op cu d In this city today with an attend ance , of. several hundred prominent representatives of the trade from all parts of the country. The .sessions will.. last several days, during wMeh ''me a w'd?, range of questions of im portance to the retail trade-v. Ill be considered. . ,.' Same Thing Is True With Merrlum - Both Men Dodge Corporations. Chicago, March 28. (Special) The mayoralty contest has spilt both re publicans and democrats of Chicago Into curious factions, headquarters be ing opened by the "Merrlam demo crats" and the "Harrison republicans" although . Merrlam Is the republican and Harrison the democratic candi date;'. '.,-'' ' ': '''- '"' ' " ;'".' The enthusiasm at the auarter of the Harrison republican club required artificial stimulants and the "Merrlam democrats" looked uneasy as though In regions new and strange. The campaign has been a series of at tempts to brand one candidate or the other with undesirable support. .The most illuminating fact was the f way Roger Sullivan's backing, in view of the fact that the ordinance fixing the legal rate, for gas has expired, is side stepped. The danger to a candidate being caught with corporation support on his person made a novel predica ment when Carter Harrison's cam paign manager . publicly . stated , that Sullivan, gas magnate, bas thrown his Influence to Charles E. Merrlamr'Ym" medlately , SuUlvan categorically , de nied the statements and the Merrlam faction made prompt and successful efforts to "clear" their , candidate of Sullivan affiliation. But the result was that the Sullivan denial was openly doubted, and the Harrison assertion given added credence because of the denial from Sullivan such Is the Im plicit trust felt 1 in ; campaign state ments from "corporation men." New York, March 28. Thlrty-Jfive victim "of Saturday's holocaust were buried today and the balance will be interred Thursday' and Friday. Bit processions of labor unions fell. In be hind the procession of coffins and ev ery possible manner is adopted to dis play the disapproval of the unions of the lax building Inspection methods. . The unidentified dead will be burled Thursday, and Friday. Immediately after their funeral services, a mass meeting attended by representatives of all labor unions of New York will be held to give a public demonstration against such fire trap conditions as were, disclosed by the Saturday fire. The unions will pass resolutions de manding that the factories and build ings be inspected by competent men. At noon today there were only 28 unidentified. '' , The bodies of five girls, whose rela tives were destitute, were buried today from: union headquarters, AH, streets through which, the" bodies passed were crowded.. ., Seels Senator 3lnrt:n's Seat. . Richmond, Va. March 28.-Willlai A.'. Jones, reprenctitatlve In congress from the First Virginia district, will formally open his campaign for the ?nnator!nl nomination against Sena tor Thomas 8. Martin tomorrow. He will make his first sperch in Norfolk where there Is said to be strong sen- tliflent favoring his candidacy."; WEALTHY BROKER ARRESTED Charged With Operating- MHHon Del ' ;':.' ': lar Game. Pittsburgh March 28 Charles Shel don, a broker, was arrested here to day-on a charge of obtaining over a million dollars through a blind pool operated in Montreal. Sheldon fears violence if he is returned to 'Canada, and he' Ib being guarded to prevent suicide. ' - PORTLAND SUSPECT INNOCENT Arrest at Salem Yesterday Prove Fu ' - t'.le Suspicion. Portland, March 28, Brown arrest ed af Sal .m, suspected of the murder ' of Barbara Holtzman, was released from Jail today. He Is innocent. King's Daughters and Sons. ' ... Fort. Wayne,, lnd., March, 28. Many delegates from. jill , over . Indiana, are here for the annuartstate convention of "the King's Daughters and 1 Sons. The gathering , wilt hold Its s; salons at the Wayne street M. K. chufch, be ginning tonight , and continuing three days.' ' '' '. ' ' '-.'' ': Inlent to Defraud Alleircd.' Co'ncord. N, H":, March"28 The caiw of the United States against th? Ox ford GnM M'.nlrg company and. the Portland FertllUter company were called, for U la the federal court here today. T'Je companies are charg ed with using ftht United. S'at?a malls with Intent to defraud. , , SENT ENDED FIVE YEARS SENTENCE FIXED OS BROWN, CHECK AJITIST. Sensational Career Ends Up'. With a Sentence by Judge Knowlcs Today ! Pleading: guilty: .after a checkered car'eer which has lasted over several years. It la said, and known jto have: been Irregular for ever ajyeicat least. Brownthejallbrfaker nnd check ar tist, Is now headed for Sa fern with ft fine yehr, sentence to serve la the pcn: Itentlary.' ' ?x 1 . Brown Is the man who 'forged A check 6u C, S. Dunh about A iir po and was captured In Butte, .Montnr.a, soon afterwards, brought ba ik to )a Grande aiid .placed .(ln the county jail. He bn.Ue aw by trbm'the Jail In 0 sen sational dellvovy lant , June and was recaptured again 'at Butte f recently. He reached Jj.(3raiHe only a fyt dnys ago.'.' ''';;. ':'.;:'; 'M . Today, when..,arralgn' plea.d guilty ? t'se charge and wus Immoill 'ately e'ntencfd to five yea's by Cir cult Judge Knowles. 'H , v:' r