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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON.
FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1911.
NUMBER 219
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511. AVIATOR
BEACHES CITY
BIRDMAN READY TO
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mtnwnAT
HEETE ESSESTIAL QUALIFI-
CATIOX FOB AVIATOR HE SAYS
FrAsh From SnrreRsfnl Flight nt Vnc.
cow Where Enormous Crowd At-
fmAkA Dion V AVnlch Ta I.' To
fiinndA Tndnr Imimlnttnir TTImtrlf
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Height Attained 600 Feet "
; Charles F. Walah is ready to battle
with the ozone above La Grande to
morrow ana sunaay rorenoons and af
ternoons. The daring birdman reach
ed the city this morning from Moscow,
. nigm on ' J my neiore uw largest
crowd that ever filled that town, not
even excepting the. Roosevelt audi-
nee, there recently.
Pilch f will hn pnmmFilWil from th
ban grouois aiM enu mere .: It.wiu
, be Mr. Walsh's aim to give the audi
ence example of long graceful flights,
keeping so close to the ground that
iilUVTUKUl Will UQ UIQVClUiUIC
ana to do tms it win m necessary to
attain a height of about 500 or 500 f ?f t
Higher than that, themachlne becomes
dimly visible, and the driver scarcely
bigger than one's hand. However, If
air currents are favorable and the mo
tor la In the right condition for it, he
will attain higher altitudes. ..,'
- Uses CoBtMaatlc'v Machine; -V
' Walsh is. something of an inventor
himself. . The machine which arrived
here, yesterday and is ' now' set up' at
the ball grounds la really a combina
tion of the Curtlss and Farman ma
chines, with additional lateral balanc
es of Walsh's own device. This com
bination of strong points from the best
machines used gives Mr. Walsh a
' his machine in hard wind currents and
ifil 30 gives him lifting powers above
the. ordinary. I ' can pull Ave men
off their feet with the 60 horsepower
engine used on the machine and with
the total plane area can lift two
pounds to the square foot, for the ma
chine weighs about 600 and with my
own weight, brings the total to 800
pounds." When he carries a passen
ger the ratio of carrying space is eves
more great reduced, affirmed Mr.
Walsh today. '
Serve Essential Quality.
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iCDi iicivc id luo caacuimi 4uaiitj
connoea toe uiru wau tuuay. wueu
ever T lose mv erlt and nerve T shall
certainly quit the game, for I am not
one of those who relish a fall from an
altitude of B00 to 1,600 feet. But I see
scoot about In the air up there with
the same possession of my nerves that
I walk about your streets. When I
keep my machine in such, control that
the motors work well, have perfect
control over the lateral balances, the
rudder and the dip wings, I am per
fectly safe, even though so high in the
air.'' ': -.,.. -U": ,.' "'
Mr. Walsh's machine is provided
SUNDAY A FREE DAY
Sunday i3 tol)e a free
tauqua. Let everybody
1
v go out to spend the day and attend the services. Kev.
Dr. GiUilan of the Methodist Episcopal church will
speak at 11 o'clock and Rev. Dr. Seemann of , the
v Presbyterian church in the
It will be a great day,
whole series. This is a magnanimous act on the part
of the manaerement'and ought to mean such adVer-
. tising as will produce a much larger attendance next
year. " - r ''';'.
The tented city is growing rapidly at the park
and by Sunday the available tent space will be taxed
but cook house and picnic dinner space is unlimited.
with extra lateral balances which are
operated by pushing and pulling. the.
steering wheel Instead of the custom
ary shoulder arrangement whereby i
the extra safety proviso Is operated
by swaying the body sideways. The
pulling features allow much more
speedy adjustment of the planes to
meet the conditions of the atmosph-ere
and air currents." ... . 1 ' "' 1
3tay lake Passengers, .
If Mr. Walsh, can get plenty of run
ning start room he may carry a pas
senger on some of his flights, but he
usually goes alone, , ;
The two machinists who have been
setting . the machine up today have
everything In readiness for the flight
tomorrow at t! n:vl 2 o'cb:k Mid the
same'houis S-irtfny : ; "
From 10 , to 20 minutes for each
flight, is , the approximate time requir
ed, and Mr. Walsh will make a. flight
at 10:30 ai. m. and, 2 p. m. each day.
At one time during his uty
will skim over the city of La Grande
displaying his perfect mastery of the
machine.'". y
"I am glad Ely is coming to Baker
Monday," said Mr. Walsh, "and per
haps he will come here Sunday to
witness my flight," emphasising again
that old axiom of a feather flock to
gether.,; .'
To Decide en A. B. C. Tourney.
Chicago, 111., July 7. A final de
cision on the location of the 1912 tour
nanwnt of the American Bowling con
gress will probably be reached at a
meeting of the executive committee
to be held here tomorrow. It is gen
erally und'erstood that Chicago will se
cure the tournament, providing . there
Is no-hitch in raising the necessary
guarantee fund. i- ; .;
"... . .
BREEZE COSES
0 HID DYING
MUCH BELIEF IX SIGHT FOE THE
. 8WELTERI0 EAST.
Tu Deaths Occur In New Yd De.
spite KelM of the Day. ;
New York! July 7. Ten additional
deaths from heat are reported at 1
o'clock this afternoon. , At Boston six
suicided from, the heat craze today.
All were found dead In their beds.
Th temperature is lower here this
afternoon and a brisk southeast breeze
is bringing relief to the cities of mil
lions after the killing beat of the past
few days. The total deaths to date
are 158. ','
The weather bureau at Washington
predicts low-T temperatures over the
entire country tonight and Saturday.
Chicago, July 7. Cooling breezes
faded at noon and the cty is again
welterlnjr . Five died during the
forenoon. , r ' ,
Philadelphia, July 7. Fifteen were
dead here at noon.
- Baltimore, July 7.Eleven dead at
noon today. . . r ' '
Boston, July 7. Ten are tlead In
this city as a result af today's heat.
AT CHAUTAUQUA. '
day for everybody at Chau-
take his picnic dinner and
evening,
the greatest day of the
CIS. ill
IB CLOUD
ACCUSED OF HAVING A
HAND IN ALASKA ,
LAND GRAB.
SAID TO HAVE "FIXED"
IT WITH PRESIDES!
Girl Discovers Postscript Attached to
Letter to SPcretary Which Explains
How Guggenhelms Got Control of
Controller Bny Holdings Will In
Tcstlgate the Proposition, It Is
' cut
.Washington, July 7. That Charles
Taft, brother of the presid-ent was the
means whereby the Morgan-Guggenheim
Interests Induced the president to
grant them the Controller Bay lands
which gives the syndicate a strangle
hold on rich Alaskan coal fields, is the
gist of a story circulating In official
circles today. ,;.
The story resulted from the inquiry
by Miss M. F. Abbott, who 'asserted J
that Richard Ryan, representing that
Guggenhelms, obtained rlght 'to thet
controller bay. She asserted - she
found' a postscript of a letter from
Ryan to Ballinger,. who was then sec- t
retary of the interior, in which Ryan
says he talked to the president but
made no Impression and then had,.
Charles do the Job and no further ob
jection to the claims was made there
after.. , , .
The charge will undoubtedly be in
vestigated
-.J'.
College Swimmers to Compete.
New , York, July 7. The outdoor
championships of the Intercollegiate
Swimming: association are to be held
at ShepBhead bay tomorrow and the
outlook Is bright for ; some excellent
performances. Ten colleges, "includ
ing Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Princeton
and other big colleges of the ast, are
to be represented in the competitions.
Ml
Chautauqua week's first serious ob
stacle cropped out and was speedily
torn down again late this afternoon
when word reached La Grande from
Boise that De Witt Miller; the humor
ist, slated to talk tonight is critically
ill. The news was, delayed about 24
hours, but with well-known determi
nation the management solved the
problem by securing Charles F. Walsh
the aviator, Walter M. Pierce and oth
ers to take the rostrum at the park
tonight" Mr. Walsh will briefly tell of
L T
San Fraoclsco, Cal., July 7. San
Francisco Is rapidly filling with dele
gates and visitors to the forty-ninth
annual convention of the National Ed
ucational association, some 30,000 of
whom,' representing - all branches of
educational work from the kindergar
ten to the university, will make this
city their mecca during thtel coming
week. ' The national headquarters
were opened this morning at the t
Francis hotel by Secretary Irwin
Shepard of Winona, Minn., who, with
a large force of assistants, will be
In continual session save during the
sleeping , hours, until . the delegates
hape gotten into working order the
first of the week.-. .
Thld officers expect that all records
for attendance will be broken by. the
present convention. A vast army of
visitors i already here and every ar
riving train Is adding hundreds to the
crowd. All of the teachers anet loud
In their praise of the local arrange
1
ZIsiii!!eLed
HANGS ON ROCK OFF A
SHARP POINT:
NO LEAK.
PAMC BEIAKS OUT AS
SIMP STRIKES HOCK PILE
Other Boats Harried to the Rescue
This Afternoon to PuH Ship Off With
High TIP Sot Believed Possible-
Passengers Attempt to Jnmp Over
board but Are Frustrated by the
v . Seamen. . "'.
' San Francisco, July 7. A telephone
message to the marine exchange to
day says the steamer Santa Rosa, wUh
290 passengers aboard is on the rocks
between Point Conception and Argual-lo.-
The steamer President was bellev
ed to be in the vicinity, but a Ban
Diego message say the United States
wireless station on Point Loma talked
to the steamer Santa Rosa and though
she is on the rocks she is not leaking.
All passengers aboard are safe.
There are no other boats standing by
this forenoon. ' ,
-Help Comes Later.
This afternoon two lumber schoon
ers and one oil steamer are standing
by and the steamer Curaca left San
Pedro this morning to transfer the
passengers and bring them to Los An
geles. A dense fog caused the ground
Ing. jt:; ;;r ; :.
y Piissni?ers Panic Strlcl"tn. (
All boats' have hawsers on the steam
ship .and with the coming of high
tide, attempt will be made to pull her
into deep water. Marine men doubt
whether It can be done. When the
ship was oeached at down, padeugers
were panic stricken and It was with
much difficulty that the crew kept
some from, Jumping overboard, ac
cording to wireless dispatches." The
steamer i 300 feet from shore.
M
his experiences" In the air, explaining
how the flights are made and some of
the sensations coming to an aviator
while at the wheel. Hon. Mr. Pierce
will hold the platform for about a half
hour with one of his , interesting
speeches and still others will occupy
the boards. . Thus an 11th hour obsta
cle was overcome with fine style and
the chautauqua crowds will hear a
program of quality this evening. Mr.
Walsh's reputation as an aviator and
Mr. Pierce's renown as an oTator In
sures & "well pleased audience.
St
ments for handling the visitors and
for their entertainment. Each train
is met by members of the redeiptlon
committee, who pilot the visitors to
the headquarters for ' registration or
assignment, or show them to their
rooms if accommodations have been
wlcured in advance. The: business sec
tion of the city Is decorated with
flags and bunting and signs bidding
the N. IS. A. welcome are displayed
everywhere.
The first general session of the as
soclatlon, In the GrWek Theatre of the
University of California, will not be
held until Monday afternoon, but the
convention will ae preceded tomor
row by meetings of standing commit
tees and several of the affiliated or
ganizations. At the formal opening
Monday afternoon addnesses of wel
coma will be delivered by Governor
Johnson of California, Mayor McCar
thy of San Francisco and President
Wheeler of the University of Califor-
nla. Response for the visitors will he i
made by Dr. Elmer E. Brown, late!
United States conimissioaer of ttlu
cation and who is soon to enter upon
hlavDew duties as chancellor of New
York university. Mrs. Ella Flagg
Young of Chicago, president, of th ,
association, will preside at the ses
sion and delivtr th& opening address.
Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of'
Leland Stanford ? Junior university
will be another noted siaker at the
initial session.
From an5 vi(wDoint the
program rr University Library n )
successful conventions in the uniuiyomBi
of the organization. Aside from this,
howewr, the convention Is likely to
prove of more Interest to the member
ship than any of thM annual meetings
of recent years. For several years
the membership has been aligning it
self Into two rival factions, whose dif
ferences came to thtel surfadet at the
Boston convention last year. Since
it.; tr;r c!r?i loom
ing blacker and blacker and all the
signs now point to a , bitter storm
which may greatly affctet the future of
the big teachers' organization. v
It will be a fight against the "old
order" led by the combined forces
of the teachers of Illinois and New
York, The main issue, and the one
which Is expected to bring up the
most serious opposition. Is the pro
posal to abolish the national council
which is vested with the power of
recommending appropriations and fix
ing the exreidltur6 of funds. The so
called insurgents charge that the
council has fought against progres
sive methods for the association and
it Is also .hinted that the 'expenditures
have been rjfeblessly and Imprudent
ly made. ' ' ,
PORTLAND I
KILLS HIMSELF AFTER FATALLY
IWOiDIXG WIFE.
In
Family. Squabble, Man Becomes
Enraged and Shoots.
Portland, July 7. Apparently en
ranged because his wife compared
him unfavorably with her former hus
band, Christopher Darrow, aged 45,
a carpenter, shot and fatally wound
ed her, and then blew; out his own
brains at their home on Northrup
street. The tragedy was witnessed by
a thre8-year-old sou who was crying
"Mamma, poor mamma," when the
police arrived. The wcma willdie.
' Bowing Regatta at Portland, I
Portland, Ore., July 7. The biggest
event of the year for oarsmen in this
section of the continent was Inaugur
ated here today with the opening of
the annual regatta of the North Paci
fic Association of Amateur Oarsmen.
The races are to extend over two
days and will include senior single.
Junior single, senior double,' Junior
double and four-oared events. ' The
contests take place over a straight
away course of one. and one-half miles.
The participation of some of the best
oarsmen of Vancouver and Victoria
gives the regatta this year a strong
international flavor.
1
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OUT RILEY RILEY MONDAY.
James Whitcomb Riley, the pastural poet, will bo
out Rileved here next Mondav eveniiifr nt tho Drinn-
tauqua grounds when Judge J. D. Flenner, Riley
reader, aunears before tht fJhfl.nLn.nnna .niidifin
with a program of far more than passing value. The
v uoiso juage is conceded to be exceptionally clever
with Riley's verses and the management has secur-
v ea mm on recommendation of some of the best men
and naners in the countrv. He reads Rilev excen:
tionally well. Amoner men who endorse him hii?hlv.
are several well known to La Grande. Senator Bor-
ah, of Idaho;Prof. Adrian, who appears in teachers'
era institute work in this city, are among them.; It
will be a Riley hour, pleasant and instmcti ve.
. '
EI1P Eli
PACE DECIDED
. . .
FRENCHMAN . TAKES A
FAT PURSE FOR
PERFORMANCE.
MXE LAPS CONSTITUTE
050 MILE CONTEST U AI3
Sine Stages Taken Successfully A
"Black Horse" Entry Wins Last Lap
But Is 'ot op to Total Stiles Exe
cuted! by Army Officer Fifty-Ehrht
. Hours of Flight Is Inquired for the
Tour. ' ' '
: Paris, July 7. ttneign
the French army, sailing under the
nama of Anrira nAanmnnt inAtkv, wnn
the European circuit race by flying Its
last lap from Calais to Vincennes, 153
miles, In three hours and 25 minutes.
There were nine stages In the 950
mile race. Conneau's lapped time was
58 hours, 38 minutes and 54 seconds.
His actual flying time was 23 hours
22 minutes and 39 seconds. His prlze9
will total more than 150,000, Including
$40,000 given by the Paris Journal.
Vidaret won the last stage of the race
from Calais to Vincennes this morn
ing: and Garros wa second in the
grand total of points.
To Protect the King and Qireen.
; Loudon, July 7. Recuperated by a
week's rest at Windsor after the cor
onation and attendant ceremonies, the
king and queen started today on a
tour, that will last until near the end
of the month and ' will embrace all
parts of the kingdom. The royal visit
to Ireland is first on the program. The
visit, will be confined to Dublin and
vicinity and will (extend over four
days, beginning tomorrow and lasting
until next Wednesday. On the last
named day their majesties will leave
Dublin for a three days' visit to Wales
which will be made historical by the
Investiture of the prince of Wales at
Carnarvon castle. The stay In Wales
will by followed by . the royal visit to
Scotlandt On all the railroads on
which the royal party will travel un
usually elaborate precautions are be
ing taken to protect tho royal train.
The royal train will be. drawn by two
locomotives ; with expert Wiglneers,
and a complete staff of railway ex
perts and .electricians accompany the
train for immediate action In case
anything shoud gol wrong. A' pilot
engine, is to run a quarter of an hour
ahead of the royal train, and after Its
passage all tracks are to be kept ab
solutely clear. t
COYE WAXTS A GAME. ' "
Cherry Day Promoters Want Drawing
' Cord From La Grande That Day V
The Cherry day features at Cove are
to be aujracutod ou .July 19- w the
presence of the La Grande ball team
if wishes of the Cove show people are
fulfilled. They will be, too, as' the
team here Is anxious to combine ball
with pleasure and not .only ' see the
Cove cherries on the big day but play
hall nn waII.