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f r- T ' " V TrC't LA GRANDE, UNION O)UNTir6G0K ATURDAY, JULY 8, 1911. NUMBER 220 VOL LONELY SOLON EXTOLLED TAG DAY GIRLS SUCCESSFUL s ll ilOSfl M (1 mm m V CHEERING MOSTLY IN RANKS. OF DUBLIN'S VISITORS 1; ROYAL EJiTRAKCE TO DUBLIN : OF 16TH CEXTURY JPATTEIitt Dublin Decorated for the Occasion and " Thousand's k Greet the Royal En' trance of Kin? and Qaeen, let Irish . . Paper Says Apparent Enthusiasm Is ""Foreign to the Irish People liiem -, ;'. selves.., ' ' V... . , LITTLE IRISH ENTHUSIASM. Dublin, - July . 8.r-The Irish $ "Freedom, a newspaper, In an ' open letter addressed to Klns George today 8ays he'll prGbably , conclude from the decoration and the cheering that, the Irish were 8 enthusiastic about his visit, but It also says: "The conclusion is , wrong. He will not see the. Irish .3 people, but duped children, paid S police, his own garrisons with a sprinkling, of poor coming from ? their wretched . tenements with S the same courtesy which Is dis- Q played at menageries." , : ,, 8 3 S $ $ S j Dublin, July 8. The ceremony of the entry of King George; and Queen Mary Into Dublin today was the coun terpart of a 16th century play, Short ly before the arrival of the royal party -at the city limits the pursuivant at j arms, wearing a gorgeous cape of royal heraldry, galloped up to a gate which had been specially constructed across the roadway and asked permls slon of the lord mayor for the en trance of the royal party. Gravely and . In quaintly worded terms of courtesy the lord mayor granted the request. Back galloped the pursuivant at arms the gate closing behind , him. The arrival of their majesties in Dublin was mads ;tha occasion for general holiday.. Flags and bunting and mottoes worded in terms of loy alty were displayed In all quarters of the city, but "especially profuse and magnificent were the decoration dis played along the route of the proces sion to the viceregal lodge in Phoenix park. The royal party were welcomed with loud and enthusiastic cheers. Their malestles continuously bowed their acknowledgements of the ' warn- greeting, In fact, they scarcely ceased nodding during the entire nine-mile drive. r The king and queen, accompanied by their suites, arrived at Kingstown at a seasonable hour this morning on Toard the royal yacht Victoria and Al bert. ' From the yacht they were row pa in the roval barge to Victoria wharf, where they were received by irri " lieutenant of Ireland, the earl of Aberdeen, and a number of of ficials. ' Immediately after th first ceremonies of welcome were conclud ed their majesties, accompanied by the lord lieutenant and a brilliant staff, drove off toward Dublin, amid the greatest, enthusiasm on the part i of the crowds lining the read between Kingston and Bull' Bridge. : The arrival In London, wag the oc casion for further ceremonies of wel come, following which, the king and ; queen took luncheon with the lord lieutenant and Countess of Aberdeen. At 3 c'clock the king oaclafccd at the opening ceremony of the Royal Col lege of Science. . From the Royal Col ' lege of Science their majesties pro certded to Trinity college, : where an address was read, to which the king made a reply. Later the royal party viBlted the Phoenix park race course, and the days program was concluded with a dinner party at Dublin castle . . The day's proceedings ; were not marred by any unpleasant Incident with tho Dosslble exception of the fact i mnntclnal government of Dublin did not enter a ' enthusiast! cally Into the welcome of the royal visitors as might have been desired On the other hind, the populace, rein RECIPROCITY SPEECH IXSTIKJC i ! TlYE LAST SIGHT. Aviator Walsh and Others Help Sake a Delightful Program. ' , Reciprocity was explained In a way by Walter M. Plerece last night at the Chautauqua grounds that makes that bewildering Issue as clear as many ora'org could provide In a whole day's speech Mr. Pierce did It In a few minutes;' then too, he painted the character of Robert M. La Follette, the "lonely man of the senate" from Wisconsin, In extolling picture, and under It Inscribed the caption, "The greatest man of the nation, the most conscious politician in the nation, and the most capable man in the nation." That from an ardent democrat. The La Follette phase of . the lecture was an ' outwrowth of the description reciprocity and tariff questions. When he had finished, the audience knew more about tariff from a non politlcan standpoint than it ever knew. Mr. Pierce lived up to his old time ros trum reputation. Aviator C. F. Walsh talked aviation interestingly though briefly, Miss Na oma Williams rendered a reading, and Miss Young sang a solo all to the de light of the audience. The llfu of De Witt Miller was real ly entertaining. forced by thousands of . visitors from many parts of the island, were ex tremely cordial In their welcome.. The grand standi erected In various places were crowded with cheering specta tors, while the sidewalks were packed by a multitude of people. , Tomorrow morning the king and queen will attend service in St. Pat rick's cathedral." Afterwaid they, will visit several of the hospitals and oth er public institutions of the city. T OSLY APPEARANCE OCCURS THIS v, j , EVEMNG. . - Impersonator and iSiader Will Enter tain at Chautaaqua i Charles Dickens will be - brought back from English history and his classical characters paraded on the Chautauqua platform tonight , , when William Sterling Battis, the. greatest Dickens impersonator on the lecture platform today, appears here in his extremely Interesting program. Mr, Battis arrived thl8 morning from the east where a continual string of com pliments are being poured out for the nature of his work. . Who has not read Dickens, and who Is not more or leBs familiar with the great characters he created T Yet we will venture the guess -that the most well-versed Dickens student does not begin to know these same characters as Battis knows them and will picture them tonight by costume. He will ap pear in the true costumes of the Dickens characters and works through the entire program on the stage, mak ing the changes in view of the audi ence. ' V , . Aa said before, Mr. Battis Is held by many to be the top notch number on the program, and as he Is here but one night, it behoove 8 the public to hear him. The . program . does not start until 8:30 o'clock, hence there will be plenty of time for the business men to reach the park. ; Joseph Chamberlain Is 75. London, Jury 8. Joseph Chamber lain, who a few years ago' was the most conspicuous man In British po litical life, celebrated his 75th birth day anniversary today,., having been born July 8, 1836. In honor of the occasion meetings" were held through out the country by the various branch federations of the Tariff Reform as sociation. At his. home in Binning ham Mr. Chamberlain received a ver ltable flood of congratulatory messag a from all parts of the empire. . HI home city was profusely decorated in honor of the occasion and a great I nnhHi demonstration was held. A1-! though Mr. Chamberlain's health has shown some sign of Improvement the past year It Is not believed he will ever been In condition to again take an active interest In public affairs. DICKENS Ml 0 Aviator Walsh this afternoon failed1 to stay inthe air but an interval, when,. as he explained if, a current of air that he struck seemed to press his machine downward and he could no nuvke it climb higher. He was not injured but the machine is damaged to some extent. V While a crowd of several hundred .people held their breath the aviator drew his machine from its corner in the ball park this afternoon and the crowd pushed back to give it plenty of room. : : , j ' . ; Touching the park that started the engine there was "a ,,,.n?r :.?.f j SPV?ral cylinder motor and ft.clQud.pf dust and smoke in the rear of the machine. Then tne bi-plane start ed toward the park exit and increased speed on the ground very rapidly. Suddenly it took the air and ros" about fifty feet clearing the cneerea and everyone stood tney were about to realize their long expectations of see ing a man fly. '--' -'x ';'. Then a short twist in the machine indicated that things were not going right and in an instant it sank to the ground. Walsh was thrown from the bi-plane, according to those who were close by, but he is not injured.. Indication are that there is sufficient damage to the air ship to prevent flights tomorrow, although this statement has not been verified by those in charge of the-macliine. There was a feeling of general regret among the crowd as nearly; all of them hastened across the prairie to the Price orchard where Walsh When it was found that the the question was: "Oh, will he fly? When will the ma chine be ready to try it again ?' V v .. Day an Ideal One. No complaint can be registered against the weather for fhe day is ideal, in fact as nice a day for such an occasion as could 1)0 expected in this pnere and little wind it was generally, believed that noth ing would hinder an aviation meet' of remarkable im portance; ' : Walsh holds his nerve well the machine had reached the ground, to be ready for an other trial as soon as his apparatus could be put in shape. START SUBWAY XEXT FALL. Holdnp Do Tfot H llnch Revenne From Registered1 JInlls, New York, July 8. (Spec'aD With ihj tfglnuit.g of the actual w.rk on the nw subways next fall, thr- greatr est invniclpai iindert-ii.mg In .i Ifs tory of the; country, and costing ue much as the digging of tha Panama canal," New York will be confronted with the greatest labor famine It has ever known. "When the dirt tegins to fly there will be a demand fur labor greater than that which has been caused by tho digging of the Panama canal and although there Is a'ways a large floating army of unemployed here It will come nowhere u. a r to make up the total of 50,300 laborers who will be needed,, and' ai a result seek labor outsltf and during the TWO CHAUTAUQUA FIGURES CON Willi im Staling Ilnills, the Dickens Render who holds the boards tontarht and Jndge Fanner of Uolse Who lOnt-RHPjs IlMey next Mond"-ty Eve nfntr. Mr. ItattU Appears this eve nlng commencing at 8:30 o'clock. 1 -'J L. 1 telegraph wires. The cro university Library up m the grand stand, fori and his machine alighted. aviator was not injured, then valley. With a clear atmos- V' ;,-.: :-':! and seemed when seen after next four year8 there wi!l be small excuse for any able-bodied man In this city being 'without a Job v Ifow tre mendous the task or pruvldiug these new 'transportation facilities is is shown by the fact that they will cost more than four times as much as the Suez canal ' which win haralded throughout the world as a marvelous undertaking. , It la estimated that 10, 000,000 cubic yards and more of earth will have to be excavated. ': Of Iron and steel 350,000 tons ''will be needed or enough to construct 88 buildings equal in size to the Metropolitan tower or to lay . railroad tracks from New York to New Mexico, while the 2,000, 000 cubic yards of concrete which will be used would build a good-sized city. Altogether the building of these new subways will set a record never be fore approached. . ' SPICUOUS OX THE- PROGRAM. PKETTT MISSES MIX WITH THE v MASSES. Many Dimes Trinkle Into the, Coffers ' , of BiitU lloiu Faoil - : Dim are trfnkllng into the swim ming bf0fund In fine shape today, resultant of the efforts of forty indus trious yoaog: Jadleg and the generosity of thepub.Jo The tag sold like hot cakes few Indeed, turned the pretty misses away, without buying the paste board necesiryto makef everyone a part owner ttr swimming hole Im provements. -With a , snug sum of about $100 aa i nestf eg$ the tsgs to day are depenfr upoit to bring- the amount up to tU,350 recjaired ta ful fill ambitions. ' , 1 . ' From early th'fr manilhff until lute tonight the sale will go. oa and the brave ladles of high sclioor age who 'H th llni thTBA-cornv ered boards are working Ilk trojana to fulfill theIr object. and Judg.5iff from the sales reported at noon; their aim - ,r " ... Comp es to make be late this evening before the work. Is , finished. When the bath house fs built rwlm ming facilities will be free for the public. -' " ; ' . Prosecution has TnnShg. " .. Los Angeles, July 8. The prosecu tion Is having its lnnlnr in the 5Tc Namara ease today. Deputy District Attorney Ford started a long techni cal argument to prove that the fri dictments charging the McNamarses with murder in connection with the explosion of the Times was legal and could not be quashed. Darrow, before court opened, said Bordwell's deci sion that John McNaraara must stand trial on the Tiroes charge would be ap pealed later. . . , . Judge Boidwell adjourned court at noon today until Monday without tak ing any actloia on the defenses' mo tion to quash the indictments against the McNamaras. v ; S ON FREE MEAT RECIPROCITY AOREEMEXT FOR FREE MEAT DEFEATED. Wlthi Barely, a Quorum Frecnt, Cunt nuns' Amendment Dies. , Washington, July 8..--1" Cummin's amendment to the reciprocity agree ment providing for admittance of meal was defeated In the senate today 14 to 82. .V.V ...;.;(..vr Only a bare quorum was present when the Cummins amendment was voted on. Cummins protested against forcing the vote as unfair and the progressives supported him. ' ; , SEE TRIAL SEAR END. Arguments Will Be Comcnced 9Ion day State Scores Points Today. Chicago. July 8. Taking of test! mony In the See trial ended unexpect edly today. Both sides will begin presentations of the arguments . on Monday. The case Is expected to go to the jury Thursday. See did not testify at all. Just before the close of the testimony the state called two re buttal witnesses who attacked the testimony given by Mona Rees. On her examination Mona admitted ahe had aworn before Judge Tuthill . In "Mrs. Bridges maintenance suit against her husband, that See himself, unald ed, wrote the 1'book of truth." In th present trial Mona said she wrote the free love passages in tne book. German Bakers to Ylslt Fatherland New York,' July 8. The Hamburg American.. line steamer Pennsylvania which sailed from Hoboken today car ries among her passengers some two hundred members of the German Mas ter Bakers' association of the. state of New York. (They plan to spend the summer visiting their old homes in the fatherland and they will also at tend the annual convention of the Ger man Master Bakers' - association Stuttgart Many " of the bakers are accompanied on the trip by their wives and families., , 1 : Kew. nelcht Record Set Mourmelon, France, July 8,. By sending his monoplane 10 032 feet in the air, Aviator .Lorldan today broke the world's altitude record. . SEMITE YESTERDAY'S WEECII PROVES FATAL ',' - TOIIA1TY. .. ' PASSEXCERS, SICK FK03T Exposnrr; bxihe ca ptta!? Yesterday's : Wreetr N Dnfe3 to Ee ; Itatftfr InsdirarflcaTi't, Frore One of ; : the Year's Dlsasftrs Cumficr Dead Is Sfst EsiscUy Eaowir Captain Held Passe te&rn Cntlf t Craft I Santa Barbara, Inly f. Purser Carlton o the steamer Simta Rosa, total wirock ox Point Argriena id- -. mTtted hre this mornf he waa ua- 58Ttaln that all" the' psengHrsv were auvtd. At least 23 passenger of 2901 wvm down' a fe wminuiSstf before tire went down a few minutes-. Before- the Mp broke tfrnidshi'pff. Th four known detfif are Second Otflcer lMwartf Flew- eon",. Seamea Fred Jenaon, Edward Jepwsn, John SIcer. They lost their Uvea" while tlhs passengers! wera being taken off In Boats tJ the Jnioys. X- special train a-ixlved" here early today,, brlhglag the passengers: alf. were drencheif, and some very iTT art account of thw exposure. Sevenr ar in th f 1ioHt)ltar. ; A gigantic wave spilt Vbt Boat last night, and she iank Just after tbe pas sengerv were taken off. Passengers ; blame Captain Farla for unnecessary delay in landing them. ' - Pasengers dwlared that for hours , during afternoon the water was smooth and they- could' have been land ed, but that the captain, despite the . women's prayers and the mn's peti tions, remained" obdurate, and would: not order the life boats to land them until it was certain the vessel would be wrecked. At 5.30 when a wave cracked the side and" passengers were rushed forward to the bow, they lost practically all their belongings, save little articles In the pockets. A wire less yesterday reported the boat In no danner and ships standing, by. More Admitted Drowned. San Francisco, Julv 8. The Pacific Mall Steamship company today admit ted that there was a probability there ' were more drowned than the four sea men in the Santa Rosa wreck.; . Pasengers Bach Trlseo. San Francisco, July 8. Bringing three passengers and 75 members of '' the crew of the wrecked steamer San ta Rosa the special train arrived here todays There is Httle definite lnfor matlon-as to fatalities. ;.,,v - George Anderson, the fourth mate on. the Santa Rosa, declared he be lteved seven pasengers, four of them babies, were drowned from life boats. " Thomas Bell, the room steward, said' he saw six women drown when the life raft capsized. John Barclay of San Francisco, said that Captain Farla was brutal and stood on the bridge with a revolver, threatening to shoot men and women when; they begged to be eent ashore. ' . i Open JT. E. A. Convention. , , San Francisco, Cal.. July 8. San Fraff Cisco became In truth the educa tional center of the country today. It was the opening of the departmental discussion In the National Education al association which Is to hold Its 49th annual meeting here during the ensu lng glx days. For this occasion thou sands of school teacher have, arrived. Every state In the union is represent ed. Among the visitors are many col lege presidents and other eminent ed- . ucators. Nearly one hundred regular meetings for, discussions on educa tional topics will be hld, with several speakers for each, and the social fea tures which have been arranged tor tho entertainment of the delegate are unusually numerous. Tho National Council of Education held two sessions today, with Charles H. Keyes of Columbia university pre siding. A. discussion of the report , submit t'd by- the committee on moral education, occupied the morning ses sion.. This afternoon the council dis cussed tho Improvement of . teachers In the service of city schools. The program for the evening session calls for addresses by Dr, Elmer E.' Brown, late United States commissioner of education, and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia univer sity. ;' v