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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON.
FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1911;
NUMBER 213
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LOVE FEAST
AT THAT TIME FINAL ACTIOS ON
JOINT COUNTY PUBLICITY IS
FORTHCOMING.
With Little "Grief on Trip, Boosters
Are Home Elated at Success of the
,.uuei Spontaneous. Hospitality
Greets Tourists All Along the Line
WUI Cement Wallowa Towns
Closely, i . '
that marked the trip going and com
ing. ' Lostine will also attend the
Wallowa meeting. ,:
The trip wag without serious inci
dent to ' the automobillsts. 5 Several
punctured tlrea was' about all the grief
meeting the tourists. '
Among those who went are: F. J.
Holmes, John Collier, P. A: Foley, L.
C. Smith, Frank R. Bridges, S. M.
Slough, William Miller . and Repre
sentative Duncan of Cove.
Tale and Harvard Each W in.
New London, Conn., June 30. To
the cheers of thousands Harvards and
Yale broke even in the first two
events of their annual-races. Yale
captured the freshman race y two
lengths over the two mile course.
Harvard won the four-oared race by
two and one half lengths. They forg
ed to the front from the start and
oiu 11 vauny, uie wina blowing the
water choppy. The varsity race oc
cars this afternoon. ;
To crystallize action on the forma
tion of a , . two-county ; development
league embracing Union and Wallowa
counties and to enjoy the open-hearted
hospitality of Wallowa county was
the measure of success resultant from
the trip ; of -Union county i boosters
to Wallowa county which ended 'last
evening on the return of the caravan
to this city. V ' - ""r:.;
The autoists and boosters left La
Grande Wednesday morning and they
reached Wallowa for luncheon where
tbey were guests at the Hotel McCrae
and immediately afterwards enjoyed
a smoker as guests of the Commercial
club of Wallowa. The business of ex
ploiting the two-county league where
in each of the clubs in that territory
are to participate-Jointly in the devel
opment exploitations, was advanced
afldi&gugh. not finally .acted on result
, ed iafavorable Indications. 'Wallowa's
business men are optimistic at busi-
nes'l' prospects, and are anxious to
formulate the Joint county plan.
That evening the party reached En
terprise and picked up many of the
leading commercial men of that town
and proceeded to Joseph for the main
meeting of the north end of the coun
ty. This was a very important ses
sion because of the fact that two cities
were represented before the Union
county contingent. The two-county
business was generally favorable and
the direct result of that meeting was
to set July 12 as a day on which all
the towns in Wallowa county shall
meet at Wallowa town to decide final
ly on the Joint publicity scheme.
Union county, already prepared for,
this league, will await final action of
Wallowa county and if the sister coun
ty does .not see Its way clear to pro
mote this plan then other plans will
have to be formulated and carried out
locally, It is believed the Wallowa
meeting will cement the Interests of
the towns In Wallowa county as no
other movement could.
On Thursday morning the Union
county boosters went to Lostine and
met with the club there, being greeted
by the same spontaneous hospitality
MOTHER
. KILLS THREE
CHILDREN
SUICIDE FOLLOWS GRUESOME
CRIME IN VACANT HOUSE.
Mother, Ytaftlng Relative, Suddenly
Goes Insane From Heat
' Plalnview, Texas, June 30. Driven
Insane by heat Mrs. Maude McLarety
of Los Angeles killed her three chil
dren at Lockney, where she wsa visit
Ing her mother, and then suicided. She
cut the throats of the three chlldier
to pieces with glass in ft vacant house
and threw the bodies into the bushes
and then hanged herself to a windmill.
100,000 LITTLE
FOLKS GUESTS
OF ROYALTY
HOUnDS Cl'T Fl0 SCEHT
Fl GREEllflG
la the attic by JerkinL rope after
tethered the child to
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prisoners' attorney pi
tter
and
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The
Passengers Hear Shots in Canyon Indi
eating Battle Between Pocie and Train
Robbers But no News Received.
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Glendale, Oregon, June 30.- Passen- flcla'ls frankli acknowledge they, are
ira r a OaiiVam. T .1. I .1.1 i 1 ' j. t . t .
wuuuui ciew as iu ma uircuon laa
gers on the Southern Pacific south
bound passenger,! arriving this morn
ing from Portland, jay. the heard
shots In Cow Creek canyon this morn
ing. Three posses there are hunting
for the Oregon Express bandits.
Owing to lack of communication it
was not ascertained whether the ban
dits and posses have met and fought
Blood hounds that lost the trail at
Cow Creek siding last night today were
started here today in an effort to re
locate if-.,"''--,V,.;:v,
The dogs worked both sides of the
track without finding a ecent and of-
cers and woodsmen are Joining the
posses, attracted by large rewards of
fered by that Southern Pacific and the
government. All tramps are stopped
and closely , questioned. . ; , ,
' It was at Clow Creek canyon that the
robbrs held up and robbed valuable
mail 'two night ago, enacting one of
the most successful and also the bold
est robbery 'in Oregon In many years
for it appears that the train was iad
ened with great deal of valuable
packages and registered mall.
feeling Is high' against t .
plead that the girl deserve uish
ment and death was purely "ten-
IIU. f.
Fiit-hMmr Strtk 1tHtrlr
London, June 30. Determined
fight to the last ditch against the sea
men's union, the shipping federation
today decided to lay up half of their
tonnage and apportion the loyal work
men to the other half. . In. an answer
strikers Immediately ordered every
port to be tied up at any cost and un
less . Premier Asquith's peace plan
prevails 'a struggle In all English
ports Is expected. At Liverpool today
the White- Star liner announced the
discharge of all of Its sea employes,
save officers and engineers. ; Hereat
tci" Vu't9 ill tuupio.v only non-union
men. All shipping, save transatlantic
liners, reports other big ports tell of
riots and disturbances.
EACH LITTLE CHILD PRESENTED
WITH GIFT.
LA
Greatest Gathering of Children Ever
. Seen In London.
London, June 3. Never before In
history has London witnessed Buch rt
gathering of youth at was present to
day at the children's coronation fete
at 'Crystal 'palace.-'' More thaneo.OOotQSiiidribe, money ws spurn- schenis were resumed and it is said
children were guests of the king and
queen. The affair did much to en
hance the popularity of the royal cou
ple. Each child was presented with ft
royal gift in shapet of a beaker which
bore - the portrait of the king and
queen with autographs below. . This
evening the king add queen are the
guests of Premier and' Mrs. Asqulth
at dinner, '
HAREM SKIRTS TO 'APPEAR.
Fourth of July Celebration to Haie
Latest Fa In Gowns, Too.'
Harem skirts are to appear on the
streets of La Grande during the
Fourth of July celebration. Arrange
ments have been closed already for
this feature. The recent skirt appear
ing here during a circus visit to the
city will be tame in comparison to the
gown Fourth of July spectators will
see. The wearer's name Is being held
In secret until the date of the celebration.-
SEE DENIES AUTHORSHIP.
Defense Claims Mona R?es and Mil
., dred Rrldfees Wrote Portions.
Chicago, June SO. Outlining the de
fense of Evelyn See, Attorney Car.t
well today, indicated that See would
attempt to hide behind his women ad
herents. He promised to show that
Mrs. Bridges, Mildred's mother, Mona
Rees and another disciple wrote some
of the sensational passages of his
"book of truth." which is practically a
defenBe of free love. Mrs. See' at
torneys, who are handling her divorce
proceedings, say they will prove See
wrote the book himself.
Wolgast 10 to 7 FaTortte.
San Francisco, June 30. Convinced
that the Wolgast-Moran fight here
July 4th Is likely to go the limit bar
ring a knockoutflght fans today set
tied aownt o 10 to 7 odds on the
champion. The real rush of Moran
1 money begant oday but wlsacres are
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taiting tne long end as they seemingly
believe Wolgasfs work Is more con
sistent than the Briton's.
Italy. 5 days' returns show 272 cases.
GUIDE FIE0;i ENEMY
GAMBLING AND EliL TEST
3 THE RE!
OF
PROVE!
STATION
r nwmtjfr tfT . -r - 7- V - -"""U a U 4D DUIU
ed by Chief of Police. 3. $: aidri V0-tfi on'theranch one
nere'wnen Kit carsons wild west " " u""u ?". oan
show hit La Grande last week, accord-) . t . , " v"'"-
The bet thaf La Grand would be
. , ...vU j,lK.a,us uul, yopened" on that day was made he
addition it becomes apparent that.La tween the manager of the show and
Grande has a name akin to close town
all along the O.-W. for the head of
the official gambling gang with that
circus lost an even f 100 on a bet that
he would pull the wool over the police
eyes in La Grande when he got here.
He didn't and lost the money, too.
Ever since the Kit Carson show hit
Idaho there have gone before it ru
mors of gambling In conjunction on a
huge scale in which "sure thing"
schemes were netting big sums to the
manipulators. Chief Walden was ap
prised of the coming bf the gamblers
and gave out the word that all games
should be stopped. The gamblers soon
found the orders from the chief were
real and not farcical and chagrined
at his first failure to operate his game,
the head of the department tried to
bribe the chief with a gift of an even
hundred. The "gift." ostensibly to
be given as a license fee, was spurn
ed and the show went out of here
without a Bemblence of gambling In
Its wake. No sooner had the show
hit the 'branch line towns than the
RUES SURPRISES
MIITTEEON
SLUSH FOND
STEAMERS SI
III DEEP SEfi
WIT
PASSENGERS TAKEX OFF AXD THE
CARGO'S LOSS COTEEED BY
INSURANCE.
THE SPOKANE OH ROCKS
Two Fajutftmrera Vu.tno. --
Spokane Hanging on Rocks Jfar
Vancouver, B. C Many Narrow Es
capes Recorded on the Wolfe Wreck
The Wolfe Struck by the Aran
more In Dense Fog,
FIDUCES BILLS PROVING ALIBI
:' ; OF CHARGES.
Was In Washington When He
Said tt Have Been There. '
Was
the head of the gamlbers, the story
goes. The manager happened to know
that La Grande's lid was nailed tight
t:TJ ;,LUIihne fund, with Tllden of the Packing
Washington, June 30. Production
of bills from a Washington, D., C,
hotel whlc hlndicated he could pot
have been In Chicago at the time that
Clarence Funk swore he asked the con-
tribution.to the. Lorlmer slush Xund,
was a surprise sprung today by HIne
before the Investigating committee,
The bills indicated he was In Wash
ington from .February 7 to March C,
between the dates Funk placed his al
leged conversation concerning the
fund talk with, Funk.--, He flatly de
dared he had not even talked over
shut that day. All those who visited
thfc show that day or were In town,
know that the lid was not molested In
the least and the manager won his bet.
"Chief of Police Walden and the ad
ministration are to be complimented
on the policy of refusing to allow the
gambling to proceed here as It has
done In practically every town in Id
aho and a, great many in Oregon,"
said a business man today when he
heard of the story. "It is unfair to
the unsophisticated and it Is a shad
ow on the good name of La Grande to
allow such performance and the chief
Is to be complimented on his stand,"
he; continued.
Chief Walden this afternoon admit
ted he had been tendered the money
and spoke with some pride of the dis
tinction La Grande has attained In Its
efforts to etamp out gambling of any
sort. ' ;
ORIGINAL TIES SUSPECT JAILED
Bf BRITISH AUTHORITIES
company, who, It Is alleged, collected
it.v "
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCER NAMED
Charles Baker to Be Speller for Bene
fit of the Guests Here.
Charles Baker, the tailor, has been
employed to handle the megaphone
during the fourth of July celebration.
Mr. Baker will not only make all an
nouncement but will be the official
guide for strangers. The rest rooms,
the main events In the sporting calen
dar, the cbffee room, the place of
holding the speeches and a hundred
other things will be explained to the
gathering visitors by Mr. Baker. He
Ib to meet all trains and be on the
street giving advice and guidance to
those seeking Information. He will
also be an information bureau, guar
anteeing courteous treatment to all
those who may desire Information on
any subject pertaining to the celebra
tion.' '
Quebec, June 30.--The steamer Ar
anmore In a dense fog this morning
rah down and sank In 30 fathoms tha
steamer General Wolfe below Murray '
bay, , Both boats were owned by the
HoUiday brothers of tb'ls city. The
vessel sank In half an hour.1 All tha
passengers -were rescued, but the val
uable cargo was lost which, with the
vessel, was Insured. 'Most or tne pas-
engera,are residents of the coast.
Some had narrow eeapes.
: Sterner Spokane Strikes.
Vancouver, B. C, Jane 30. Wireless
reports today say the steamer Spo
kane Is ashore on the' rocks at Sey
mour Narrows last night. All passen
gers landed at Plumpers bay, save two
who are missing. The steamres Ad
miral Sampson and Prince George are
standing by the wreck. ' v
HEAD CRUSHED IN SPOKES.
Joseph, Maa Terribly Lacerated la Fa
il A tal Aetidcnt Sew Town;
George Meeter, an unmarried man, -died
at Joseph Sunday from injuries
sustained in a horrible accident, aayi
the Enterprise Chief tan. .', He went to
jump on a wagon from which a load
of lumber had been taken off, stum
bled over a atone and his head went
through the spokes of the' wheel la
motldn, badly crushing It and twist-.
Ing his neck. The accident occurred
Friday but the man lingered in great
agony until Sunday afternoon.. Meet
er's home Is at Coeur d'Alene. He was
working at a saw mill near Joseph.
TICKETS ON SALE.
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$ Chautauqua tickets can now
S be purchased at the Wright drug
store or at the office of Dr. Mc- '
& Mlllan. The purchases should be
made as early as possible. :
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er the secretary of state had been
asked to issue the requisition for
Caplan the governor said, "It Is a
matter I do not feel at liberty to dis
cuss." He refused to talk any more.
Washington, June 30. The State de
partment - today partially confirmed
the report that David Capllan accused
of being concerned In the alleged dyn
amiting of the Los Angeles Times had
been captured by the British police In
London. Officials admitted some man
was arrested and Intimated it might
be either Caplan or Schmidt, another
who is sought for the dynamiting.
Sacramento, June 30. The David
Caplan, one of the originally indicted
persons for the Los Angeles Times
dynamiting, has been captured In Lon
don and requisition ' has been tisked ; poned.
for the return of the fugitive is seen ; held Monday, July 10
Feeling Against Mother Bitter.
Orovllle, Cal., June 30. Through un
readiness on the part of th both the
prosecution and the defense to pro
ceed, the preliminary hearing of the
charges against Mrs. RumbaU and her
brother Archie Lewis, for the killing
of Helen Rumball, was today post-
The hearing will probably b
After a severe
Cholera Im Itaiv.
Rome, June 30 Cholera Is raging In In the answer of Governor Johnson of sweating the lmDressIon srowln that
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iv;aiirornia waay. wnen asKed wnetn- Mrs. Kumnan troke the child i neckcreaesd enrollment.
German Instructor Chosen.
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Whitman Conservatory, Walla Wal
la, Wash., June 30. (Special) Ellas
Blum, a graduate of the royal consenr-
atorny, Weimar, Germany, who for
two years has been head of the vocal
department, has been elected music di
rector for the ensuing year. Mr. Blum
Is of Hungarian parentage, though a
native of Boston, and a musician of
remarkable cultivation and experience.
He Is not only a singer, but Is a com
poser of note, having recently won
first place in a musical contest held tn
Seattle and open to the musicians of
the northwest. Several ; additions
have been made to the faculty and the
prospects are bright for a greatly' In-
B01BS FOUND 111 j
CLEWS YET
THE LIEUTENANT IIAlfiUS SEEM.
ED DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION. .
Twelve Packages of Explosives Fonnd
In Hull of Ship. ,
San Diego,' June 30. An alleged
plot to destroy the United States army
tug Lieutenant Harris was discovered
today. Twelve packages of dynamite
were found In the hold of the vessel.
No clews are located to Indicate who
Is responsible tor, the: attempt1.' A '
'-Two companies' ofl 'coast artlllorx
were carried from San Diego to Fort
Rosecrans on the tug this morning,
and it Is believed it was the Intention ,
to destroy the vessel while the nillltU
was aboard.