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twmt mmm -W -T LA GRANDE. FNIQN COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. .TTIKT; 7 iqii-" ' TTTTTTirTI II" (ILLS 11 Ifj HBO TEBBIBLE SHOCK THROWS PEOPLE INTO SEVERE PMC Disturbance Thought at First to be Ex plosion of Powder Magazines by Plot ters Against Madero-Triumphal En try'to City Forestalled.! Sew 'York, June 7, Cables between this place and Mexico are detached. A report received by the Western Union nPl HI ...... - . J . A ' 75 killed In Mexico City quake. Panic In Mexico City. , Mexico City, June 7. The thousands of. people wEb flocked here to partici pate In the demonstration of welcome for Madero upon his triumphal entry of Mexico City, were thrown into a panic this morning when a severe earthquake shock rocked the buildings here., Soldiers Killed. Three soldiers are reported to be crushed under the falling walls of the city barricades and It is said that al most every prisoner in Helen jail is itt Juied more or less seriously. As far as is known no one was killed In the city proper. Damage IleaTy. It is feared that the damagj here is heavy. The larger buildings suffered most. Wreckage Is strewn about in awful confusion and the city water works mains have been broken. ' AU electric wires are down and the c'ty will be In darkness. Loss of Life In South. It is believed that the loss of life in the southern districts is heavy as it seems that the seismic shock was most severe there. Madero's Plans Altered. The earthquake which has brought death and confusion to Mexico City has caused Madero to alter 'his plans; Today was tV time set for his trium phal entry into this city. Wires rf-e badly twisted and It Is impossible to learn what his change of plans will be. Thought Assassins. The earthquake shock came Just be fore daylight throwing the inmates of all the hotels and rooming houses of the city into a panic. It was at first ! believed that the shock was the explo- ion of powder magazines by plotters against the life of Madero. The long continuation of the shock dispelled that theory. Triumphal arches erect ed to Madero withstood the shock and are still standing. Seismograph Broken. Seattle, June 7. The needle of the seismograph in the university of Washington was completely shaken off the recording sheet this morning by the violence of a quake supposed to be 3,000 miles south of here. Registered In Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C, June 7. The se verest earthquake shock ever recorded by the seismograph of the Georgetown university was registered here this morning between 6 and 7 o'clock. The maximum north to Bouth movement lasted eight minutes and the maximum eat to west disturbance was of ten minutes duration. .The shock tjs esti mated to have occurred 4.000 miles from Washington. gienic they are scientific demonstra tions. "The hors d'oeuvreg," the do tor continued, "stimulate the gusta tion of saliva and gastric and pancre tory mechanism and start the secre atic Juices. Olives clean the mouth. Soup has little nutrition value but Is rich in gastric excitors. A free flow of Juices is thus insured for the fish, a food rich in proteld. The entree, by name, appearance and taste, secures a flow of Juice to digest the Joint and game true foods. The eavory main tains the flow. Sweets and desserts, with their pleasant taste and attract ive appearance, are taken after actual hunger has been appeased. "And coffee is drunk at the conclu sion because it produces hyperaema of the gastric mucous membrance." Not a word was said about cigars. , Map of Yorktown Field. New York, June 7. Some" interest ing relics of George Washington were Included In a collection placed on sale today at the Merwln-Clayton rooms. Probably the most important item on the list was a rare contemporary map of the field of Yorktown, said to have been engraved at the special .request of General Washington. The map was designed by Sebastian Bauman, a mili tary engineer of the continental army and engraved In Philadelphia In 1782. : The map is dedicated to "His Excel lency, Gen'l Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the United States of America." Food Situation In Rome- Rome, June 7.-fc-"DckYf8od demon strations are becoming very serious in Rome. Hardly a day passes without one or more of them and many are on a tremendous scale, They are also growing more violent. "Clashes be tween the demonstrators and the po lice occur frequently and Indications are that serious riots are likely to re sult soon. Conditions are more or less the same throughout Italy, but In Rome, where pikes are at their high est, they are the worsts It is a fact that, following a 40 per cent rise in the cost of living in the last five years, the recently Inaugur ated Italian Jubilee celebration has sent prices in i the capital up another 20 per cent. To meet these higher prices there has been an averse in- crease in wages in the same five years or only 5 per cent. At a recent mags meeting in pro test against the present situation, res olutions were adopted attributing the difficulty to the parasitic life of the idle rich on the products of labor, to trusts,, to protectionist food taxes and to the monopoly of vast areas of land by owners who "refusa to pArmtt ft cultivation but insist on holding it merely for its increasing market value . There is a growing conviction all over the country that, unless the. gov ernment speedily remedies matters, It will not be long before there Is a revo lution in Italy. SETTLER STRANGLES SELF WITH SI Peter Larm Ends Existence of Long Suffering at Early Hour This Morning At Daughter's Home. The most peculiar case of suicide to, be recorded in this section of the coun try is that of Peter Larm. an old set-1 tier and native of Swe1 which oc curred at an early ho lis morning Civil Service Commissions. Madison, Wis., June 7.The Nation al Assembly of Civil Service' Commis sions, which Is composed of the fed eral civil service commissioners and the civil service commissioner of sev eral states and numerous cities, be gan Its biennial meeting in this city today. . NO CHANCE FOR CONSERVATIVES Kansas Editor Expresses His Beliefs In Regard to Presidential Compalgn .Denver, June 1. That progressives will name a presidential nominee of one the old party Is the belief of Wil liam Allen White,, the Kansas editor and magazine writer, who is here to day. "If conservatives nominate Gover nor Harmon among the democrats, the progressives will nominate La Fol lette." said White. "If, however, the republican party Is controlled by con servatives and Taft or Sherman are nominated then the progressives will seize democratic party and nominate Wilson." White said conservatives' nominee would be defeated. WAPPENSTEIN ON STAND. Denies All Charges of Bribery Altlrl butes Them to Inmates of District. Seattle. June 7. -Former Chief Chas. Wappenstein took the stand today in his own defense at the hearing of the bribery charges made against him. He made a general denial of evor havlna received any graft money in connec- j tlon with the operation of the restrict- d district. He attributed the testi mony of Gideon Tupper, chief witness for the state, who swore he had paid Wappenstein $1,000 on August 5, 1910, to his own activity in prospecting the Inmates of the restricted district. Antarctic Explorer Heard From, London, June 7. Captain Amundsen is well on his way to the south pole, according to the latest advices receiv ed here from the Antarctic exploration party. Advices received under date of February 9th and printed in the Lon don Times today state that Amundsen was then about to start southward to establish his main depot 80 degrees south longitude. Hyglenlsts Dine Sumptuously. London, June 7. The Institute of Hygiene had a banquet the other even ing. It was quite a formal banquet and the result was that Beveral of the hyglenlsts present Inclined somewhat to rclticlze it. as not exactly the kind of banquet that hyglenlsts ought to eat. So many courses, they argued, were unnecessary and put a premium on over-conauptlon. Whereat, at the close of the meal, up rose Dr. J. Strickland Goodall and told the banquetters some plain truths Course dinner, he said, are not unhy- FINDVERDICTFOR PLAINTIFF Mustic Teachers of the Northwest Portland, Ore., June 7. The third annual convention of the Northwest Music Teachers' association met in this city today with a large number of prominent musicians present from Montana, Idaho, Washington and Ore gon. The convention wil be in session several days. v Gift of 6,000 Volumes. Whatman College Walla Walla, June 7. ThU college has Just received a gift of the library of ex-Senator Dawes of Massachusetts. The collection con tions some 6,000 volumes. ' at tne home of his dau w . Mrs. Belle i Huntley, 1521 S aver i PecnU J t. I The method of 3 jg an existence of suffering chc .v ,y Mr. Larm was strangulation J dcullar form. It Is greater thar ould endure so some-' time early ;vv , morning he fastened one end of a light piece of rope to the foot rail of his bed and with the other end placed about hi neck with a slip knot, the unfortunate man braced him self on his hands and knees on his bed and drew back, drawing the rope about his neck. It appeared that he held this position until death came by strangulation. Was an Old Settler. Mr. Larm had lived In this valley foV over 20 years residing on a ranch at Ladds canyon. He was born in Sweden June It, 1835. Shortly after his marriage In the old country Mr. Larm with his wlfa immigrated to the United States, lo--cating in Kansas where he lived untfl he came to the Grande Ronde valley. Had he lived until next Sunday , ho would have reached his 76th birthday,' Has Lived With Son. For the past two years Mr. Larm has lived with his son Carol in Wal lowa. He had been suffering for a long time with some Internal 'com plaint and spent moBt of last whiter la tne local hospital where fie, was Oper ated upon for his trouble last Febru ary., ; v'i .-:"';'V' V After leaving the hospital he return-, ed to Wallowa but was forced to re turn to La Grande about three week ago to be under the care of his doctor. Seven Children Survive. , , The deceased Is survived , by' four sons and three daughters. , Two sons. Alex and John Larm reside tit Ladd canyon Andrew Larm lives in Prlna vllle and Carol, the son with whom he had resided for the past two years, 1 a resident of Wallowa. His daughter are Mrs. EvafiBton of Grants Pass, Mrs. . John Alxa who lives in Kansas and Ms. Belle Huntley of La Grande. $20,000 Offered for Assassin. Gonzales, Governor of Chihuahua, Re. I cehes a Warning Telegram. PROMISED TIFT T 1 SUPPOR MRS WEST IS AWARDED $93.64 BY JURY IN $2,000 SUIT. firand Jury Returns Three True Bills of Indictment, One Secret. El Paso, June 7. Abrame Gonzales I whom Madero selected as governor of Chihuahua said that he had received a private telegram that $20,000 had been offered to anyone who would kill him. Gonzales said he will go to Chihua hua and assume the office anyway. The Mexican consul at El Paso is making arrangements to transport Gonzales over the Southern Pacific railway. ROOSEVELT STOUTLY DENIES RE. PORT IN TELEGRAM. $100,000 Fl IN PORTLAND APARTMENT HOUSES Portland, Ore., June 7. As a result of a disastrous fire here last night 50 persons are today homeless. The esti mated damage to property Is $100,000. The Hanover apartment house was gutted and Is a total loss. The loss of tn Hanover house and Is beljeved to the Hanover house alone, is $60,000. have been started from the furnace. Three other apartment houses, the King Hill, Weaver and Wayne were all damaged. The Are started in the basement of The grand Jury today returned three true bills of Indictment. One is against Peter Dukeritz charged with larceny of a dwelling and one against James Desmond for larceny. The third bill of Indictment Is still held secret. Verdict In West Case. The Jury returned a verdict in the case of Maggie West vs. the Mutual Life Insurance company for the plain tiff, awarding her $93.64. Mrs. West asked for the full face of the policy, $2,000, which her husband ly?ld In the defendant company. The case to follow the West case is that of Claude- Ogilvle vs. Carl J. Stackland. The hearing was com menced this afternoon. j It Is Understood That. He Will Sup. port Republican However. Washington, D. C, June 7. Roose velt today telegraphed a flat denial of the story which has been in circula tion for a few days, that he would sup port Taft for the presidency In 1912. It is positively stated here on the highest authority' that Roosevelt did not pledge his support to Taft for re nomnatlon as was published. It is said that while In Baltimore Taft and Roosevelt did not talk politics In any way. It Is officially denied also, that Sec retary Myer brought assurance thac Roosevelt would back Taft at the next national convention. It is understood that Roosevelt will support the re publican nominee, however. GARY SAYS MORGAN DID NOT MISUSE HIS POWER Washington, June 7. During the cross-examination of W. L. Gary of the steel trust today, it was Indicated that a "money trust" seeking to control every American Industry was develop ing. He was , asked' regarding the power and methods of J. Plerpont Mor gan. He said that Morgan could have forced the sale of the Tennessee Coal & Iron company through his control of the banks which held the stock of the company as collateral. "Does Morgan control most of the banks In New York?" asked Represen tative) Littleton. "I do not believe that to be true, but he owns several banks," replied Gary. "Anyone with Morgan's cour age, wealth and strength of character can do much harm as well as much good in banking circles, but I believe with power and privilege there la al ways Involved certain responsibilities and obligations! "That is one reason why I say that this ocuntry must come to a .point where there Is co-operation between the government and the ' individual, where the government, while recogniz ing the rights of the Individual, must exercise strict control. "We should have additional regula tive legislation," added Gary. Iowa Postmasters in Sesnlon. Waterloo, la., June 7. Postmasters of the leading cities of Iowa rounded up in force here today for the fifth an nual convention of their state asso ciation. The president of the associa tion Is S. J. Robertson of Fort Dodge and the .secretary, Frank Mimnocks of Ottumwa. The Sunday closing of the postofllces is one of the chief subjects to be discussed at the meeting. The principal speaker will be P. V. De Graw, fourth assistant postmaster general. The sessions will continue Frlda'- Observe the Csarlna's Birthday. St. Petersburg, June 7. The Em press's thirty-ninth birthday anniver sary was observed as a general holi day throughout the empire today. The health of her Imperial Majesty Is of ficially stated to be better than for some time past. At Alabama Polytechnic. Auburn, Ala., June 7. Commence ment week at the Alabama Polytech nic Institute closed with the gradua tion exercises this morning. The ad dress to the graduates was delivered by Hon. James Calvin Hemphill of Richmond, Va. Wisconsin Medical Society. Waukesha, Wis.; June 7. Several hundred of the leading physicians and surgeons of Wisconsin are attending the annual meeting of the State Medi cal society, which met In this city to- day for a three days' session. Dr. By ron M. Caples is presiding over the 1 sessions. The annual address on med icine Is to be delivered by Dr. R. C. v Cabot of Boston and the address , on surgery Dr Joel C. Goldthwait, al-, bo of Boston. , . Dr. Elmer E. Brown the SpUiker Washington, D. C, June 7. A dis tinguished auuTence filled the Beiasco Theater this morning at. the com mencement exercises of George Wash-' ington University. The principal ad; dresis was dellyereTby Dr. Elmer K.-' Brown, United States commissioner ' of education and chancellor-elect of New York' University. ' '' ..VI; ;-l!l ! -U Examination Denied Robert Tuft. Columbus, O., June 7. A'legal teehi nlcality may postpone for two year admission , to'.'the bar 'of Robert 'Taft,. . the son of 4fdaBtTaf tftwho .f pected to take- Wsfclwcgixain'aUon' ? ' soon. Young Taft was unfamiliar with - the rule requiring student t.jreglter, ; . t when they begin their law studies. ' " ' f r' Because of this failure the right of , examination wai denied him. si Leaders' Friends to Dine.'," j Washington, June 7.Flve hundid 1 friends of union labor movement have been Invited to a dinner to be held here June 14 to celebrate the reversal of the Jail sentences against President Gompers, .Secretary Frank Morrison and Vice President John Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor. Seventeen congressmen who are mem bers of unions will attend. T E ARTHOUAK E, M ENTERS MEXICO CITY Mexico City, June 7. Despite the earthquake and the ruins Madero en tered. Mexico City in triumph today. The streets were Jammed with the shouting populace who loudly pro claimed him as the "next president" and "liberator." , Madero's entry into Mexico City was in sharp contrast to the entry into the city 34 years ago of Diaz whom he de posed in six months of rebellion. He was guarded only by a small escort of guards. There was nothing martial about his entrance. After the parade of the afreets, through the triumphal arches erected to him, Madero retired to the home of his father on Berlin street.