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' :. i iff VOL Z LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OBEG ON.' FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1911. NUMBER 203 OCT 111 1 n 1EM CELL BE HE (GOVERNOR) west leads posse THAT OVERTAKES DESPER ADO LAST SIGHT. TO SEE f,1 Escaped Trusty Conrict, Caught Last Night After Strenuous Week of Lib erty Tells of Desire to See Mother For That Reason Broe His Parole Bleeding Badly. . PACKERS TAKEN PROTECTION. Attorneys Appear for Information In. dicatlng Defense If Prepared. ; (Chicago, June 23. Attorneys for 10 indicted packers, on trial for con spiracy and violation of the anti-trust law appeared today before Federal Judge Carpenter's court and demand ed a bill of particulars as to the charg es by the government against the meat barons. They 'also "demanded a full list of the wltnes9 the government In tends to put on the stand. Salem, June 23. Jesse Hall, the ,a "trusty" convict for whom posses ; hunted a week, was returned by the authorities to the penitentiary ) today, after being shot ar many times. The . man was captured last night by the posse, led by Governor West" near Blodgett, 20 miles from Corvallis. Hall was sleeping under a tree when West found him. The man had not slept" for 60 hours before that HIb face was bleeding from a number of shot wounds, sustained when Sher , iff Gellatly shot him yesterday. Hall . said he wanted to see his mother at , Waldport In explaining the escape. Among other things he did was to abduct a mall carrier at CorvaUjB. He escaped while out at a trusy tyi pa ' role.',' '"'' ''V '" " i;v:,f V Seattle Captain Suicides. Seattle, June 23. "Tired and worn ' out,", says' a note found ihla morning near the body of Captain D.H. Jarvis, id his bed In his room of the Seattle Athletic club and explained why he took his life during the night with a revolver shot through the brain. He established the first custom house In Alaska while captain in the reve nue service, and for hie daring deeds In the north was awarded a medal by congress. He was general manager of the Great Northwestern Fisheries company. Captain Jarvis was 65 years old and Is survived by a' widow and several children. , . v Lumbermen Indicted. ,. . Chicago, June 23. A special United States "grand "jury today :. Indicted 14 secretary of the' Lumber Dealers' asso ciations In the west and middle west, all of whom are members of the lum ber secretaries' bureau of Information on two counts charging conspiracy in restraint of trade. It is Intmated that members of Weyerhauser family will be indicted later. The family controls iuiiimuittt umber iiucia iu iuo u Among those Indicted are A. L. Porter of Spokane, of the Western Retail Lumberman's association. 1 AVIATOR II 15 NT 1 ?1 GUTLEfl LOIIil , YICE PRESIDENT OF SUGAR COM. PANT ENLIGHTENS ON AF. I FAIRS OF THE CHURCH, r IHt UHlOW-PACIFIGf TOO Late Mr. Havemeyer Wanted Prest dent Smith of Mormon Church to Be President of Sugar. Trust-Chnrch Has Consolidated .With Thirteen Million Dollar Concern Secrets : Are loia. -v. , "' .-- VV'' :yr'" f ' '; gratulatlona offered on this ; great and solemn day and for the good wishes expressed for thfc prosperity of the British dominions and welfare of myself and family. I heartily- re ciprocate your wishes, thai the friend, ly relation! between the United State and my countr$ may continue." ' A Thousand KHie ln Battle. Berlin, June 23. Dispatches receiv ed, he , today from Hodeidah, Arabia, ouiuruuy, ieii oi a name ne- Washlngton, June 23. Thomas Cut ler before the Hardwick 'committee today testified that It had been the Intention Of the late Henry .Havemey er to make Joseph Smith', head of the Mormon church,' president of the Utah Idaho Sugar company. Cutler is vice GORGEOUS PARADE OF ISOYALl SEEN BT MILLIONS CRAM. ' MING LONDON. SPIRIT 115, STILL LAGKIHE Gorgeous Array of Royal Purple and , Gold Seen as Coronation Parade Place Through Center oi London ' Lackof Enthusiasm Expected Tho' Crowds Show Some Spirit, ' v,-. London, June 23. To thundering rcheers of the multitude, King George and Queen Mary today made royal progress through the streets of con tral 1 and southern petitions of the city. , This was the first appearance since the crowning. Later they were entertained at a big luncheon by tho PROMOTER OF MEET TALKING TO LOCAL MEN. . Ely's lepmentatrr Cames to La Grande to Talk Met ; Deneen Bill Defeated. ; ' Springfield, 111.; June 23. The house today by a vote of 75 to 52, de feated the bill backed by Gov. De neen to construct a deep waterway system from Chicago to the Missis sippi river. BANK LOOTED OF ABOUT 60,000 BANK IN REGION OF CHICO IS WRECKED BT ROBBERS. Charls L. Young, manager ; and promoter of aviation meets for ' a galaxy of, aviator slJ4u41nt, uch birdmen. as 'Glann Curtiss?'; Chas. F. Wlllard, Tod Schrlver. ChaS'. F. Walsh Fred J. Wiseman, Bud Mars, Eugene Ely, Hugh A. Robinson, Charles Wit mer and Captain Thomas S. Baldwin, is ln La Grande today conferring with Commercial club officers and business men in general. ,'. Hjs purpose is to organize interest In a financial way to guarantee an aviation tneet in this city. Baker and ! Pendleton have been approached on the same proposition. Mr. Young arrived this morning and has not yet gained an expression of all men involved locally. ' Eugene Ely will probably be the man brought here if the club should desire to bring an aviator here. Ely flew at Portland two weeks ago and made one exceptionally brilliant flight, coming from the Country club to the business center of West Port land and Boared about the big build ings ln town. . Must Fly or No Pay. The arangements with Ely's man, If closed with, mean that he must fly or there will be no bonus money pre sented. A committee of the commer cial club is out among the business men this afternoon 'to raise Jhe re quired guarantee. There is a strong probability that La Grande is to see the meet, the first of its kind ever held here. - Teggs Make Good Their Escape la Gravity Car After Crlne, Chlco, Cal., June 23. Posses today are In the mountains near Stirling City, 35 miles east, pursuing robbers who dynamited the Stirling City bank : and fled with booty estimated at about 60,000. The yeggs took every cent in the bank. It Is not known how many robbers there were but the robbery was discovered this morning. , The looted bank was owner principally by officials of the Diamond Match com pany. It was located In the heart of the town, and chances were good for the thieves to make a clean get away. ii appears that there were between $10,000 and $60,000. Information this afternoon from Stirling City says . the whole inside of the bank was wrecked and two safes rifled. Indica tions are that the yeggs then backed the wagon to the front door of the building and hauled the loot to the railroad and there took a rgavity car and slid down the grade toward Chlco, Prince Edward Is 17. ' London, " June . 23. Next to King George it is probable that most pub lic attention ha centered thU week in his eldest son and heir. Prince Ed ward, who celebrates his 17th birth day today. 'At the present time Prince Edward is giving much attention, to the preparations for his Investiture which is to take place at Carnavon Castle next month. Whether he shall go to Oxford next fall or enter Sand hurst for a short military course seems not to have been determined as yet In any event it is regarded as Lkely that his royal highness will soon have a seperate establishment of his own. Varum places have been mentioned already, among them Frog more.' v ' - ' ,' No Concert Tonight Tht band concert will be potsponed until further .notice on account of the weather. . president and general manager1 of lord mayor of London. . the' corporation ln which iCls consoli-. - Tho procession was a mile long, and dated with all Mormon church. Inter. Included detachments from ? every ests in a" $13,000,000 concern. Half ottEiigligh regiment,' from, the navy, ma? the company's stock wa taken by rlhe' cOrps and colonies. Kitchener's Havemeyer. Cutler said the consoli-1 85,000 ' troops patrolled the . streets. uauuu Wtt8 wrt:uuuu., iru oiu.u. mm y, the procession . left Buckingham truetee, holds 49,315 shared The com- The parade was goreu"; pany own isu,uuu acres oi oeei su-' gar land. - Utah and Idaho Fields. l , - - t tt , - 4. m , v,uwr gam xiaveareysr nrai PP-U,y the Prince Of Wales. BU mo cuuDUiiuauuu. fin eaiu ue uia not know whether the church o'wns any Union Pacific stock jut' under stood that Smith .vas a' directoain that company, He explained the company sold 13 per cent of its output in Utah and six per cent in Idaho. Thug Victim Dying. palace, ; the royal horse artillery at St.' ,'James "park fired a royal salute. The royal couple was accompanied From a mili tary standpoint the progress was mag nificent but not as much enthusiasm was aroused as could be expected. Lbwerlngr - skies and r threatening rain caused the throng to be smaller than anticipated and the stand own ers were selling seats for what they could get and stands ln some parts were not filled. The streets and side walks, however, were crowded with hearty cheering folk.- , King Answers Taft Washington, June 23. Following a , cable from King George in response to President Taft's message of congratu . Los Angeles,' June- 23. Slight hope for the recovery of Jeweler Held is held out today as the skull Is frac tured. '-After a 24 hour search the police admit they may, never capture lations were received at Washington thejthievea' who' secured $20,000 worth today. "I heartily thank you and of gems after beating Reid in his store., the American people for your cou- (yn a division of Turkish troops and v near Chesan o nthe Red sea In v;. be Turks lost more than 1000 yni hundreds wounded. The rebbN Q, - are ' unknown but were heavy. - ' v;: ' New Bridge Between Two. States. ' St Croix. Wis., June 23.' Public of ficials, of Wisconsin and, Mlnnlesota took part In the-; exercises today at tending the formal opening of the new bridge which spans .the St Croix river and connect the town .of., St. Croix Falls pa the Minnesota side, icoBl GIUL SAID TO HATE BEEN TOLD , v ' ; WHAT TO SAT. Mildred Bridges Shows Touch of Ha .V: v'' . man Natnrev I DR.. ALEXANDER GL BELL, INVENTOR OF TELEPHONE: UV man wne Invented the telephone recently completed .his ser enty-fifth year and a trip around the world. Dr. Alexander Gra ham Bell took out his telephone patent in 1879. Another inven tion at his not so generally known is the telephone probe tor painless detection of bullets la the human body. Hello, there t Didnt know you could telephone for a ballet; did yout For. this the University of Heidelberg awarded him .the degree of M. D. Dr. Bell has had a' varied career as a scientist He has dabbled considerably la aeronaut tics, too, being a pioneer la experimentation with the aeroplane. V For oany years he has redded ln Washington. Chicago, June 23. Charges that See deliberately coached Mildred Bridges, the girl disciple, for .whose debauch ery he is now on trial; what to say on the stand, was made by the state today when See's hearing ws resum ed. The prosecution alleges 'he wrote the book, "Absolute Life," while in prison, had Mona Rees typewrite it and then studied Its contents. prepar atory to court examination. It Is aBBerted that See Invented his defense, that , "Wifehood and Mother hood," which the girls say was spiri tual, and not physical, and put in the book thus enabling them to take a "spiritual" tack ln testifying. . Examination of the Bridges girl con cluded tills morning. Tlw1 defease tried to show she was better treated at the commonwealth than' at her home but she declined to make; any charge against ner father. mm IP us 90 10 TROUBLES IX LOWER CALIFOR NIA BELIEVED TO HATE ABOUT ENDED. SH1D URMY FO THE SCEfiE .j. "; ' "..'V.;.,, -f ;'.';,";'', ', Trouble Breaks Out at Tarlous Sec-, . tlons of Mexico and Many Are Kill edl While Fights Progress Army U : Sent Via American Soil to effective. ; ly JStanip Ont Trouble In the SontlL ' . San Diego, June 23. With . General , , Mosby and more than 90' of his rebel ' soldiers held at Port Rosecahji await .VL-.. lag extradition on charge of. murder brought against them by the Mexican ' government, R 1; beUeyed ithe -revolt ''A In Lower California is dead. For the r first time Bince May, the Mexlacn flag' r flies over Tla Juana, whtch'is now oc- ' cupied by federal troops under Gover- nor Veva.. The number of the dead Is not yet ascertained. Both sides claim the other side lost from 80 to 60. Troops Stamp Out War. . El Paso, . June 23.r-Under 'orders .to absolutely stamp out all revolt in Lower California, General Escudero is today transferring '1,600 federal troops tp the Southern Pacific trains : at Juares for transportation toward San Diego across American territory. - It Is possible that some troops may re-enter Mexico, before the coast is ' reached, as Eacoder la to have the right to change his plans o the move- ;menta won't be known to Magonista. Fearing attempts to : dynamite the train might be made, Colonel Steever v of the U. S. A, Is sending a detach ment of American soldiers to guard each train. ' Trouble Still Frequent ' Mexico City, "June 23. Arrival of 500 Madera troops at Jalapa today restored erder following yesterday'a outbreaks In which It ia reported 15 were llled and 63 wounded. Four were killed and 22 wounded in a sim ilar uprising last nlgM at Tlaxlcala. i'. S i n n M . Eucharlstle Congress at Madrid. Madrid, June 23. Hundreds of pre lates and priests of the Roman Catho lic church throughout the world have arrived ln Madrid tq attend the Eu charlstic congress. The gathering will have Its formal, opening tomorrow and will continue until the end of June. Icelandic. Lutheran Synod. Winnipeg, Man., June 23. The Ice landic Lutheran Synod of America, be gan .its 27th annual meeting in this city today with ari attendance ' of delegates from many points ln the United States and Canada. The synod will .continue Its sessions until next Tuesday. '!'"" :'. . ;.: Spanish War Veterans of IHtBola, ' iteckford, 111,, June 23. The annual state encampment of the United Span ish war veterans opened in this city today wkh an attendance of nearly 1,000 delegates and visitors from all parts of Illinois.'. The gathering will last two days. ; President at FaU Elver. Fall River, Mass., June 23. Presl dent Taft paid a brief visit to Fall River today and delivered an address ln connection with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the begin nlng of the cotton manufacturing in dustry in New England. Nebraskan Tlsits Here. Miss Iva McAllister , of Roseburg has been visiting Mrs. N. ,N. Cohoon for , the past week. She. leaves for Burghwell, Neb.,' Saturday morning. FRENCH CABINET LIE POSTS DISPUTE OVER ARMY AUTtiODf ITT TO BLAME. Chamber of Deputies Precipitate Final Straggle at Paris. Paris, June 23. The cabinet form ed recently , by 'Premier Monls, re signed today a result of an ad- ; verse vote vote ln the chamber of de- putiea when the cabinet sought ap. proval of the war minister's statement ' that thrre "was no siprem general n France." The minister contended that war should be conducted by the . governnlent council and the deputies voted it down. LORIMER SCANDAL AIRED. Witness Tdls Committee of Cam palgn Events in Illinois. , ' Washington, June 23. Testify-' ing before the senate Lorlmer investi gating committee today, former Unit ed States Albert M. Hoplns, of Illi nois declared that State Senator John McCormick had told John Heffers, a Perkins attorney that $2,500 had been offered him (McCormick) to vote for Lorlmer. Hopkins said McCormick turned down the offer and Hopkins then looked up the others and found ' the "rank shaky." , 1 f f V V A