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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON.
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1911.
NUMBEH 183
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COMMERICIAL LABOR . , BUREAU
HAD "INSIDE", LIGHT ON
STEEL TRUST BOOKS.
TftFT INDIRECTLY BLAMEO
Gary, Had of Board of Directors of
Steel Trust, Surprises Senate In
vestlgafJng Committee lVIth Intlma,.
. ten That Taft op Commerce and La.
v bor' Department Had Suppressed
Trust Report vr:--
The president Is Indirect! j accused by , a prominent stetl trust mag
nate with having allowed an exhaag the report on the trust to be. sup.
.-' pressed. The accuser would not make specific charges to this effect
Washington, June 1 The President
Taft or the department of commerce
- tUAU iauvi uu. .yfvMkH
tlve report on the United States eteel
corporation, of Its methods and opk
e rations was Intimated by E. H. Gary,
chairman of the board of directors of
the steel corporation at 'today's ses
sion of the house committee investi
gating the trust '
'-.Gary said, " The bureau of corpor
ations for six yean have been ex.
aminlng our books, and records," .
' ' "What," shouted Chairman Stanley,
"You mean to say the bureau has
...been looking Into your business from
the inside for the last five years?"
"Certainty," replied Gary, "it cost
us several hundrde thousnd to aid
. the government," ' .
' Gary was the first witness and ad
mitted the subsldory-companies were
controlled independently, Thpn he
said it they acted contrary he usually
changed the management.
As to directly , whether President ;
'.Taft has a copy' of the report Gary i
' said: ' :: ,. . . j
"I have no knowledge wnetner me
matter were furnished to the presi
dent. or not. I have information to
, lshed to. the president within the next)
few months. I don't know whether
' any partial reports have been 'made ,
to him. ' ' ' '.V ; U
" M ne commiuee, m response 10 u . $
, rtflUest, . permitted R. V. . Lmdaberry $ AnA .tnr tn attend ahnw..
to appear' as counsel for the United a. La Grande band to accompany 3
LOODY BATTLE
FOUGHT 111
DIAZ GOVERNOR REFUSES TO AB
:"v DICATE TO MADERO GOV. ,'
ERXOR FIGHT. r
BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY
Madero Sends Orders to Maintain the
Pface ; in SJnaloa Capital Rebels
Are Victorious In Fight lVhto Last
. Train Left-Many Armed Men Sur
round. Chihuahua and Order Must
Be Preserved There.
Nogales, June 1. Two thousand ln-
surre ctoi and a'large force
HAREM GOWN IS
SEEN HERE
CLETEtt RIDER WITH CIRCUS
DISPLAYS GOWN.
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CORYRI6HT. taoaBY -PACK BROS.. N.Y.
maim h. taft, twenty-seventh president.
BUSK M 11 TO
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IHEl 111
kiS OUAaftVU 4M St. VUUVUUi
the capital of Sinaloa, according - to
advices received ' here today, . ' Many
are reported killed on both sides.
When the last train left the rebels
virtually .had captured the city and
the federals were making a last stand
at a church. '";
The trouble started when the Diaz
governor, Redo, refused to surren
der his office to the provisional gov.
ernor Bonllla, who Is backed by Ma
dero.'. Bonllla was leading the rebels.
Trouble Near Chihuahua. ; ',
El Paso, June I. There are about
5,000 federals and 3,000 rebels outside
of Chihuahua city, Madero immedi
ately telegraphed ' General - Villa ' to
preserve' order. ' The Chlhua 'hua
legislature, Madero said, ' understood
the situation land tomorrow .wlllde,
pose the governor and e:vate Gon
sales, Madero'4 candidate. . Jf -i
MISS ttOBEETS, T SELL.ELOTO
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HORSE SHOW DATA.
year and on the whole of a
grade. ;
better
' j La Grande will close up s'.iop
States steel
hearings.
corporation during the
BRYAN'S EIGHT
'? the visitors. ,
-Train leaves at 8 o'clock, re- 3
turning at convenient hour. &
Horse show opened today with 3
every exhibit stall taken. . t
Q 'i AH business men. practically,
will close, making almost com- 2
? plete tie-up of business tomor. 3
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S. $-'5ia-i$5)$3$JiJ
UNDERWOOD CONFIDENT OF1 PAS.
' ", SING WOOL TARIFF, '
Fifty Per Cent Reduction Made Pov
... , , slble by Opiiosltlon From Bryan.
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: Washington, June rl. The -demo,
crats went into caucus at noon today
to struggle with the problem of r.er
vising the wool hedule. Chairman
Underwood predicted that the bifl to
be prepared by his committee reduc
ing the .tariff 50. per cent would be
adopted by a two thirds Jrote. , He de
clared Bryan's , opposition ' to the
measure helped It. Bryans' follow
ers want free wool.'
PRICE STILL ABSENT.
Juntas In Southern California Dis
asrree Over Ftfture Plans.
San Diego, June 1. General Pryce,
the rebel commander, had not return,
td to Tia Juana today. It Is gener
ally believed , he has determined not
to return.- The local Junta and the
Lbs Angeles Junta are disagreed over
the campaign plans. Los Angeles
wants the rebels to inarch oa to n
senada. For the present, the forces
are idle,'' '"'''
Everything is in readiness for the
departure from this city tomorrow of
the special train which will carry
La Grande visitor to Union. s
Practically every store will close
j
all day so that clerks and proprl;
fors alike can attend the event.'
UNION MEN FILE SUITS.
Union, June ' 1. (Special) With
every stall filled ' with the cream, of
Grande Ronde valley's livestock, the
annual Union Stock shpw opened in
Union today with a program of horses
and feature races at the fair grounds.
The opening play, was marked . by a
large attendance, vfrom the surround
ing territory. '.
The parade-this afternoon at 12:30
was better than last year and tomor
row's parade, it is said, will complete
ly outsrip today's efforts. The en.
tries are more extensive than last
JvTernl Millions In Damage Money
WW Be Asked For at Once.
"Loa Angeles, June 1. Suits aggre
gating $7,000,000 in damages are be.
lng' prepared by union labor attorn
eys against Mayor Alexander, Chief
of Police Sebastlne and Captain of
Police '.Haupt. Police Judge Cham
bers, the city prosecutor and tbo dl
rectors of the Llewellyn iron works
the Baker iron works, the Lacy Man.
ufacturlngi company and others haz
ing to do with the arrest of 35 union
men -charged., with ...conspiracy of
picketing. . . ' '
The suit will ask $25,000 damages
for each man" arrested.
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SeSIS 1ICTE
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Tacoma. June lPour men, Chas. . returns. Investigation of the alleged
Jaeger, Alphone Carbone, C. J. Foley, I padding at Seattle, Everett and Bel
and Fred Allen were arrested todav j,nghaB1( wllI be made ,ater-
on indictments by the grand jury
charging them with padding the cen.
sus returns. They were released on
$1,500 bonds. Several others will be
ments, 26 are la connection with tha public celebrations tomorrow of the
alleged Irregularities In the census 76th birthday of his holiness.
Celebration to Be Private.
Rome, June 1 Owing to the state
of the pope's health there will be no
Chlius It Will Be Generally Adopted
' as a Woman's AppareL
Harem skirts have hit La Grande.
The' garment, an : extreme type of It,
bver which much ado has been made,
was worn today by Miss Roberts, a
clever rider with the Sells-Floto cir.
cus and attracted a great d:al of at
tention with it. ;' -Miss
Roberta happens to be one of
the principal riders of theiSells-Floto
circus and , her esoort. Jerry Clay
ton, holds a position as one of tha
clowns of the same aggregation. The
gown worn by Miss Roberts was made
by Madame Curtis of Losngeles and
represents ah expenditure, of $200.00.
: it - give me great at rrMinm . or t
movement, is more comfortable than
the old stye, and, besides, I like It
better," she said (today. ,
"Do you think It will ever become
the reeular thlnar?" wm askd.
;e of fed- ..0h ye8; lt wui be adopted. Not
p i! nnnnTnnnr
in y n it
I wi ii iiiuii i uiiu
FOR 6 101.
HEIiUliEU
HILL DENIES RUMORED MERGES
OF GREAT NORTHERN WITH
BURLINGTON SYSTEM. l
HUGE MORTGAGE EXPUiriED
great while., You .didn't think the hob.
ble skirt, would. , go when It came
out, but look at jt now."
"It certainly .shows up the bow-leg-leg
, .girls,'! mused the pencil Bhover,
"Yes,, that's, jtrue. :, But I think the
harem skirt la heter; It certainly isn't
Immodest,
Ministers after commenting on the
gown are verj much in favor, of Hi
adoption as they say that lt would, en
able the female members of congre
gatlons to get to church quicker after
the last bell' bad run than they can In
the present hobbled skirt.
Miss Roberts will wear the skirt to.
night. , '
Hill Affirms H Is Going to Quit the
Game Soon and Wants to Leave Ills
t Road tn Good Financial Condition to
Curry Out Policies of Extension and
Repairs "No Mystery About Deal"
-HUL
EQUESTRIAN.
rjthe coast cities are- ahendiug '' Trado-j and It was planned to spend $270,000,
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' Development Leagues Meets.
Chehalis, Wash.i June ' 1,' -1- The
Southwestern Development league
met here today tots the fifth quarterly
session. ; It ; asts three day's. ; Many
delegate and representatives from
St. Paul, June 1. A blanket mort
gage for $600,000,000 has been placed
by James J. Hill and his associates of
the Great Northern." This is regarded
by many as the first step in the gi
nantlc railway merger by which Hill
will control the Northern Pacific an3
the Burlington systems. Hill, when
Interviewed today, denied that he was
planning such a Merger which he
twice attempted unsuccessfully to
carry out -
"I'm getting old and will quit the.
game soon," said he. "I want to
leave the road in good shape flnatu.
clally, so that necessary Improve-x
ments and extensions can be made..
There's no mystery about it." - ;
Hill ridiculed the story that the
Great Northern was to absorb the
Burlington and would soon cut loose
from Joint control of the Burlington
with the Northern Pacific. He also1
denied he was planntng to extend the
Great Northern Into California."
'. Explaining the reasons for the
mortgage Hill said $400,000,000 had
been used '. from the road's earnings
and commerce are subjecs for oday's
discussions.
000 for Improvements in the' next 50
years. 'Vv ' '$
MEEK D1C
JASPER STETENS FASSES' AWAT
AT HIS PORTLAND HOME.
Wealthy Pioneer of Cove, Lat? ' ol
Portland Dies This Morning,
ST DEPOT IP
ED OPENS
TOTAL COST OF $25,000 000 FOB
CHICAGO DEPOT. ;
Building and Grounds Make It the
Costliest Depot Ever Built.
Jasper G. Stevens,, formerly post
master and capitalist at Cove where'
hn anpnf mnnv vpnra nf titn Hffl hut
recently, living at Portland, and who ; ern railway, one of the largest; most
Chicago, June 1. The hew Chicago
station of the Chicago and Northwest-
was a cousin of Jap H. Stevens of
this city, died this morning at Portland
This Information was received here
this morning by Mr. Stevens. " The
funeral will be held at Cove J the old
home of the deoeased. , '
Mr. Stevens receved his . early
education at Eugene when the state
university was founded. After recelv-
ing nis aegree mere ne spent six
years , at the druggists' husinees at
Eugene and then came to, Cove and
settled there, opening a drug store tor
himself. He was soon made postmas
ter and execept for one year when J.
Russell held the. office, occupied that
post year after year, at the same time
building up his fortune at his drug
store and genera! merchandise lines.
It was only recently that he moved to
costly and most magnificent railroad
passenger terminals In the world, was
opened to traffic today. Costing near
ly $25,000,000 and with a right of way
area of 37 acres, It is regarded as a
marvel in. the way of modern railway
station construction.
The new station is located on west
Madison street, convenient to the
business and hotel sections, and af
ords facilities' far superior In ' every
way . to the old station north of the
river.. ''.
The. main building is a four-story
structure of the early Italian renais
sance style of architecture,': with a
lofty Doric portico at the entrance,
supported by a colonnade of six gran
ite columns. Immediately back of
this colonnade Is the great vaulted
vestibule, 132 feet wide, 23 feet deep
Portland
Mr. Stevens was married to Misa., and 40 feet high,
Minnie O. Shaw at Sedalia, Mo., in The main waiting room, which Is
1889 and two children were born to the principal architectural feature of
them. Willie and Jean. . the station, is treated as a great Ro-
Yamhlll man. atrium, with a barrel vault roof.
v The total area of the building is 69
The Harem garment Is shown here
to good advantage, Just as Miss Rob.
erts wore ft today. The wearer Is
ef the opinion that that particular itaj j9 not publicly announced but is shed is of sufficient length to accom-
style of garment has come to stay, conceded to be substantial. ' modate the longest train.
.Mr. Stevens was born in
miintv. Jnlr 1 mI . . 1 RTi7.
Among the. several banks in East-j 700 square feet, sufficient to handle
ern Oregon in which Mr. Stevens was more than 250,000 passengerg dally,
interested is the Union bank of which The entire station throughout has
ha was vice nresident. His total-can-: marble doors and walls. The train
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