m ! XWSSm VOL X LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON. . TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1911. NUMBER 193 ELECTBIC STORM LOCALLY. . . Last nigh'ts storms throughout the country were not without no- tlce In La Grande. A sharp elec- i trical storm that lasted but a few minutes, was accompanied by 4 a heavy downpour of rain. No damage of any kind is reported, S rather, generally doing good to grains and grasses. ' & The temperature today reach- ed only S4 degrees as compared to '? 89 Sunday and Monday. This Is government Instrument reading. Light thunder prevailed this af ternoon with humid atmosphere. $ $ f. ?-$? ? Cfs fc ,J -J, ,$ New York. June 13. The Atlantic coast from Norfolk to New England was visited by a tenillic electrical storm last night fend tarly today. Four of these have been experienced in the past three clays. Wires are down in many places and several days must elapse bffore the extent of the de struction and death will be known. It is estimated that 75 are dead to day cjnd the property damage in Dela ware, Maryland and the Virginia pen insula has gone over half a. million. Three were killed by lightning In Allentown. Penn., end three in Phila delphia. Fifteen are missing near Nor folk, due to swamped boats. Washington and Baltimore are cut off from direct wire communication and along the James river near New port' News, many small craft were wrecked. Graduates In Panic. ; At Higestown, N. J., while, com mencement oxereises were progressing liehtnina: struck the bulMinar and set fire to the roof. Hundreds were pani; stricken and-rusht for exits. Wo men and children were trampled down in the excitement.' r , . 15 Dead at Richmond. ' Richmond, June 13. A cyclonic storm which swept the lowerpenln sula today left, in its path destruction and an unknown number of lives were lost, probably 15. Storm at Baker. Baker, Ore., June 13. Se-vere elec trical storms here last night damaged fruit tr?s and broke windows, but crops were little damaged. Hail and rain accompanied the storm, Capitol Almost Isolated. Washington, June 13. One man was electrocuted and others injured and heavy damage done by a storm which swept this city last night. Today Washington is almost Isolated with no direct wires to New York working, though a few shaky telegraph lines in a roundabout way are working today. NERVY EI Hi RISKS LIFE PEAKS WHEN OTIIEKS LOSE HEART FRfc Y CONTINUES. Dangerous Leg of Paris to Turin Jour, nej Attempted Today. Borah Well Plensed. J Washington, June 13. Asserting the 5 belief that the direct election resolu tion would be ratified by the state leg islatures. Senator Borah, republican, of Idaho, father of the resolution, ex pressed pleasure over ita passing. "Personally," said Borah, "I would have much prefered to see thfe direct election of senators' resolution adopt ed as It came from the judiciary com mittee, but' it is exceedingly gratify ing that the measure passed as it did. I think If it reaches the states they will ratify it though I believe it was more certain of ratification had it pas sed In the original form." Meeting of Police Chiefs. had come from Aviator Frey. ,IU annual convention of the International friends think' lie has met wKh sonic accident In the mountains. R6me, June 13. Heedless of the dangers of crossing the Appenines and the decision of ,cN r blrdmen to with draw, Aviator Frey today started the Rome t0 Turin leg of the Paris-Turin aeroplane race. The distance Is 300 miles and a prize of $100,000 has been offered for the complete flight. Thought it was' tacitly agreed when the airmen reached Rome they were to abandon the last and most dangerous leg of the race, Frey decided to coii ply with the original conditions and assure himself of the prize. S5 Xew Army Lieutenants. West Point.- N. Y., June 13. The 8.") graduates of the class of 1911 of the United States Military acodemy received tlflr diplomas this morning from the hands of Major General Leon ard Wood, chief of staff, U. S. A. On the platform were gathered army offl Association of Chiefs of Police met in this city today and will remain in session .five days, with Major Richard Sylvester of Washington, D. C, presid ing. Chiefs of police to the number of about. 300, representing metropolitan and Canada, are In attendance. Sev enties throughout the United States eral foreign cities have 'also sent dele gates to the convention. Publishers Meet In Louisville. Louisville, Ky., June 13. Publish ers representing all the larger dally newspapers from Virginia to Texas and from Misourl to Florida are gath ering in Louisville for the ninth an nual convention of the Southern News paper Publishers' association. The program arranged for the two days' sessions provides for the discussion of a wide range of topics together with addresses by a number of speakers of national prominence. Woodmen of the World. Rochester, N. Y., June 13. The Sov- cers, members of congress and other ereien camp, Woodmen of the World, distinguished people In military and : one of the largest fraternal and bene clvic life. I ftclary orders in America, met here to- ' j day in blennlaL session, with hundreds Address by the German Ambasador.! of delegates in attendance. The con Chicago, 111.. June 13. Count Jo- j yentlon will probably remain in aes hann Bernsdorff, German ambassador , sion for ten days or two weeks. A pro to the. United States, was the prlnci-' posal to establish In Texas a tubercu pal speaker today at the 79th conyo-' losis sanitarium for members of the cation of the University of Chicago, ; 0rder will be discussed. Another mat-, when nearly 200 degrees were con- j ter to be acted upon Is the proposition ferred. The ambassador's subject to erect an 18-story building In Omaha was "The Foundation of the German I for the national headquarters of the Empire." organization. After Maine Is Raised Wreck Will Be Sunk Ii the Deep Sea a. : ; - J ft AAMttto: v 11 IN NIED FOUR REPORTS TO DECIDE ON MUDDLE THE C0II1ISSI0N SENATORS ME SO NAMED WILL BE CALLED TOGETHER AT NEAKtBT DATE BY MAYOR. E E IS Rejection or Adoption of Conunlslon Form Not Only. Fbjd 'Before These EIer"n Men Ei 6 Mal' to Get Representative oration on Body Conservative ?1 mposc List FINAL SENATOniAL! FIGnT, OT MEASURE COMMENCES IN THE SENATE CHAMBER. E ISSUE I i 1 Photo by American Press Association 'ATHEX the battleship Maine is raised, which will be within a few ! weeks, the hulk will be towed to deep water in the gulf of Mexico nuu ouua.-i.uui. la, mis ue uoue uuiess congress orders a difrer ent disposition of the wreck that has lain iu the mud of Havana harbor for thirteen years. The board of engineers in charge of raising the Maine has advised that. this be done with the wreck uftor It Is stripped of all articles of value and the secretary of war has approved the recommendation, he tells congress. The cofferdam about the wreck is practically completed, according to the official report, and soon the. work f pumping out the water will be started. The plan Is to pump out the water until a considerable por tion of the wreck is exposed to clear It of salvage, bodies and personal effects and then pump out more water until another deck Is exposed., This procesa will be continued until tket entire wreck Is clear and the complete 'examination of the hull of the vessel is possible. The picture above shows the wreck as It appeared a few days ago. It will be noticed that the huge cylinders forming the cofferdam about the vessel have beeu filled with clay. s ft A 3 . COMMISSION (it INMENT COMMITTEE JEl. IB : t in today $ LUTE LIFE CULT TO B AIRED Chicago, June 13. Overruling the motion by. the defense for a continu ance, Judge Honore today ordered that the trial of Evelyn Arthur See, foun der of the "absolute life" cult, proceed immediately. ' Mayor' A. L." Rich '? announced the perse, of the $ ciynmislon goverume P iommlt- tee, nnd the members1 ,. subject 'f to call for the first meeting nt th"e ?' word of the mayor. The mt'n who v will act on this important subject.'? are: . '"' ''"' Fred J. Holmes. , W. H. Bolmenlcamn. - . .. .. Wm. Miller. Jerry Foley. ' John Collier. ' T. J. Scrogglns. ; . r'' $' P; C. Meyers.'' v '.!'- S. N. Bolton. J. II. Pea re. Mac Wood. David Bay. ' . ' ' ' Mildred Bridges, aged 17, and Mona Rees, 24, "high priestesses" who re-! fused to testify against See, wll be witnesses for the court. The Btate plans to bring 0ut details of revolting practices of Sees' alleged religion. I1A1RDEDBY" JURY TO ANNA ARTHUR TRUST BUSTER COUNSEL FOR LITIGATION GROWING OUT OF A BOARD BILL ENDED. Court Today Listening to ('use Airalnst Grande Ronde (ash Co. FRANK KELLOGG ADMITS HIS CON. NECTION WITH TRUST . Judgment for Anna Arthur, plaintiff in the action against H. D. Spencer & company of Elgin to recover on a hoard bill, was rendered yesterday evening by the Jury hearing the case and which retired for deliberations j yesterday noon. The verdict gives to the plaintiff. The litigation arose! over the question of who was to meet certain board bills In a logging canipl owned by the Spencer company. Today circuit court Is listening to the trial of J. M. Bass against the Grande Ronde Cash company relative to a dispute over a hay account. Toungr Wonifii Biblical Students. Eureka Springs, Ark., June 13. The annual summer conference of the Young Women's Christian associations of the southwest opened here today and will continue until the 23rd. Sev eral hundred young women, represent ing the city, student and other branc h es of the association in ;hls section of the country, are present. Dr. W. Irv ing Carroll of Texarka, President R., E. Vinson of the Presbyterian Thcolog-! leal seminary at Austin, an 1 other, well known educators and divine; will j address the conference. Claims No Illegal Use Made of the Firm's Concctlous. Washington, June 13. Frank Kel logg, government "trust buster," this afternoon testified before the Stanley Steel trust Investigation committee of the senate that his firm of David Kel logg and Severance, for yenra had been counsel for the Duluth Iron range, Duluth Mesaba & Northern railroad, the Duluth, Mesaba and Nor thern railroad subsidaries of the Unit ed States Steel corporations and oth er companies connected with the trust. He said he had no apologies to of fer as their affairs were not directly connected, with the corporation's. "Since 1907 I have practically given my time to the government In the Stan dard Oil cases," he said. "My firm, however, continued to take all proper business coming Its way." Every member of the proposed com mittee of 11 to consider and recommend council action on the matter of a com mission form of government in La Grande, have been definitely selected bv Mavor A. L. Richardson. The city's executive proceeded with extreme care in the selection of these 11 men and it was his aim to get level-headed business men aud prominent taxpay ers on the committee, ,' "wh A "The matter is extremely import ant," said the mayor today, "and the committee will be composed of such men as have the best interests of the city's future at heart at all times." It Is not obligatory upon the com mittee to recommend or reject the straight out and out commission form of government: there Is much lati tude accorded the committee in the council's resolution setting 'this com mission on foot, and for that reason there is much interest in the nature of the ultimate recommendation of that body. It is belleved that within a few days the committee will be deliberating earnestly and with care on what rec ommendations to make as regarjs th? betterment or changes of the pres ent form of government in La Grail1$. With Tenrose Heading' the Majority Report, Handed in Without Recom mendation, Three Others Present Rc ports From as Many Sources Ma jority Favors the House's Actions. Washington, June 13. The opening utuwe iu i uk teciiuuiaij unw . kvm- uled to begin in the senate this after noon when four separate, reports on the bill are expected to be presented by the flnancev coinmittef.r Chairman Penrose presents a major ity repot t as passed by the house with the RooV'amenSment h' without any recomnu lotions, ,; , ,.. , j , , , : . La Folette. McCuniher, and Wil liams have minor!: y r: ports to make. La Toilette's report 'deili'r'es the 'mea sure is discriminatory;, .favoring '- . ufacturers, and not favorable . to far mers.' , ;,, ' y ... -v; . V'"' "? ' Williams' report represented 1 the democratic view,, opposed to the Voot amendment, but 'approves Jhe bill a passed by iiie'hoiise.'1 ,. A,. It Is expected the debate will' last a. month at least with these four men as champions of the various phases of the proposed hill. . : Promises Expense Reduction. In offering his separate report on the reciprocity bill. Senator La Toilette- served notice he would offer amendments which he Bald would re duce the cost of living over $200,000,000 annually. - V 1 mm- m EE TESTED COURTS TACOMA FIGHTING MEASURE TO THE FINAL END. Saloon Men Claim Measure Means Fi nancial Destruction to' Them. Picture of Baker Shown. Gale Sturdlvant, popular clerk at the Peoples' warehouse, this morning received a copy of the Boston Globe of June 2, sent to him by Harry Mc Ewen, formerly in the employ of the same store but now living In the hub city. The paper contained a large pic ture of Tracy Baker of this city who recently Joined the Boston , Red Sox and the caption stated that he had been seen in practice for the first time June 1. The picture was a splendid one showing "Bake" In the act of whipping a ball. Pendleton East Oregonlan. Tacoma, June 13. The validity of Tacoma's anti-treat ordinance Is be ing argued today before Superior Judge Chapman. The case is that of Geo. Kelsel, a saloon man convicted In the police court and fined $50 for vio lating the ordinance. He appealed. No matter which side loses It will be appealed to the supreme court as the saloon men declare the ontl-treat ordinance means "bust" for many. Canadian Foresters In Session. Toronto, Ont., June 13. The annual convention of the High Court of the Canadian Order of Foresters met in this city today with an attendance of about 600 delegates representing local branches of the order throughout the union. rm,, Conclave of MIchlpn Templars. Saginaw, Mich., June 13. Visitors from all over the state were on hand today at the opening of the 55th an nual conclave of the Knights Templar of Michigan. The initial session of the .grand commandery this afternoon was preceded In the morning by a big parade of the visiting knights. The proceedings of the gathering will con tinue until Friday. . Bombs Creat Panic. Chicago. June 13. Hundreds wero panic stricken this morning by two dynamite explosions, occurring almost simultaneously. Black Handera are suspected. Recently two saloon keep ers received demands for $500. They Ignored them. Ignosla Lottlsanto's saloon was dyn amited first today and as a large crowd gathered, a second explosltlon wrecked Sam Remllas' place, near by. At West Virginia University. Morgantown, W. Va., June 13. The annual commencement exercises at the West Virginia university were held today. The nddress to the gradu- ( atlng class was delivered by Professor George B. Foster of the University of Chicago. IU il . A