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'SI ... . t v VOL LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OliEGON. TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1911. NUMBER 222' HORROR CHS IS" 11 GIVES THE DALLES HOSPITAL FILLED WITH -INJURED : 0E KILLED DiSTAXTLY AND OTHERS DIE LATER IV reck on Oregon Trunk Line Sear The Dalles Prevea Fatal to Fire Al ready and Three Other of Wound- - ttrileved Dying Terrible Piling Up of Deb8 Passengers mmhwmjh The Dalles. July 11. Five persons re dead here today as a result of a derailment of a passenger train on the Oregon trunk line near Dyke, late yesterday. ' Louis Rising, postmaster at Warm Springs, was Instantly killed. Mrs. Rising, Mrs. J. W. Rasmuss, Ells worth, , Wis., Mrs. C. W. Baker, of 'sthpria&h. Oreeon. and C T. Arthur of Seattle, died ' In the lospltal today irom injuries, r ive umoip . ously Injured and It. Is feared three or fnnr will -not recover. . Morris Baker, of Sheridan, and George Tdclvelllp, the fireman, are In the most critical condition. The accident was due to spreading of the rails. The train was Tjehind time and running fast. At a curve the engine left the rails and rolled down an embankment. The mall car and one coach followed, and piled on top of the eneine. Forty passenters were In the -coach which soon filled with ' steam virtually roasting the occupants alive. Many were frightfully burned the flesh on face and limbs being cook ed. An inquest is being held today. . ALLEGED TORJREB NABBED. Chief of Police Takes Prisoner to Ba-' ker Where Sheriff Is. A B. Converse was taken to Baker yesterday by Chief of Police Walden where he Is. now "In the custody of the aheriff of Malheur county, where he will stand trial on a charge of forg ing a check. Converse wa8 arrested here on telegraphic order and - Mr. Walden took him to Baker where the sheriff was In waiting. It Is said that Converse also forged a check at Baker "but his wife met the deficiency and made the amount good. U Ohio State Bar Association. - Cedar Point, Ohio, July 11. Repre sentative members of the legal fra ternity of this 'state are assembled "here In large numbers to attend the annual meetings of the Ohio State Bar association which opened here to day, to remain In session antfl next Thursday. ' Among the speaker sched uled to address the convention are I. B. Foraker of Cincinnati, who will soeak on "Constitution Making in Ohio," and S. W. McCalJ, of Massa ' chusetts, who will deliver an address on "Reciprocity. . , MorrisoB-Moore. . Richmond, Texas, July 11. Ar rangements have been completed for the wedding here tomorrow of Miss Ivy Gladys Moore, daughter , of Con gressman John M. Moore, and W. Chester Morrison, formerly of Shel byvllle, Ind., and now a resident of Rosenburg, Texas. . ' , Hoke Smith Is Leading; . ; AtlanU, Oa., July 11. Hoke Smith come within two votes of being elect ed United States senator at the first ballot taken by the legislature oday. It is believed Smith will be elected in a Joint ballot tomorrow. VT. GT.T.DAT. Tomorrow Afternoon to Be Given Over to Women at Round Table. ; Round table discussions tomorrow ' will center on W. C. T. TJ. tpplcs. Mu sic of an entertaining nature and an address by Dr. J. D. GIHIIan will con stitute the program of the afternoon. S fi S 1 liisiriEi 0 0. MANY FATALLY INJURED. - Bridgeport, Conn.; July 0 persons were killed and 45 injured in a wreck of the 0 Colonial express, east bound, on the New York, New 0 Haven & Hartford railroad near here early today. Twelve bodies were rejnoved from the wreckage ,.? (iiniiiciir.t?lv ?nnw'n' tliA rfKhi .. -:; . t..t v.; .,. Running at high speed, the express struck' a cross over switch and ran on to the siding, plunging over a viaduct into the street. : Twenty of the injured will probably die. Most of the dead and injured were in the day coaches, which were torn to splinters'. The Pullmans telescoped these cars. ": i-V-.'V " v '.r --':'y 0 , ' Bridgeport, Conn., July II. In the sleepers were players of the St. Louis National league club, but none of them were injured. All worke heroically to extricate the persons from the debris. The DeatMIst, The dead:'".' !. ;. , C. W. CHRISTIE, Philadelphia; MRS. GEORGE ROGERS and infant son, Washington; , : ; ' , : : UNIDENTIFIEd'wOMAN, about 60; j UNIDENTIFIED BOY; i ; UNIDENTIFIED YOUNG WOMAN; TWO UNIDENTIFIED CHILDREN and negro passenger. - CEO. R. SAUNDERS,: New London, Conn.'' '"'. ,', i . '".':':'..".''' ENGINEER; '.. ' '' ,'" ' .'': FIREMAN. . ' . '-! ' : When the train left the. viaduct and crashed Into the street blinding flashes Fireman W. A. Ryan and 11 passen from the broken trolley wires through ' gers were killed. Conductor M. J. which it plunged aroused the neigh- Furey and 41 passengers were Injured, borhood and hundreds of people rush- The blame is placed on the dead engi- ed to the rescue of imperilled passen- LE TO CRAFT SIMILAR TO "AMERICA'' J . PLANNED FOR TRIP. , Aviation Records Broken Big Balodn Heads for Lake. V St. Paul, July 11. Jack Irwin, the wireless operator who accompanied Wellmann on the' attempted balloon flight across the Atlantic, left today for Atlantic City to join Melville Vahi man, who 19 preparing to sail for Eu rope, in a dirigible on' August 15th. . The new ship is similar to the "America," Wellman's craft Dangerous Baloon Flight. Kansas City, July li. The first of seven entrants in the national baloon race which started yesterday, Lieuten ant Lap of the army was reported to day over Muscatine,, Iowa. The direc tion indicates a repetition . of last year's dangerous : flights over' the Great Lakes, New Flying Secort.' Washington, July 11. After a 'pert lous flight from Baltimore, Aviators Harry Atwood and Charles Hamilton arrived at 6 o'clock this" morning 'at the army aerodrome. Atwoods' feat establishes a new American record, it being estimated he has flown '600 miles in the past 12 days; , Baptist Assembly In Texas. Stamford, Texas, July 11. Mary visitors are here for the annual as sembly of the West Texas Baptist Young People's Union, which was for mally opened today and will continue In session until July 20. - A numebr of Baptist divines, educators and laymen of wide reputation have been secured to address the assembly, DGEAN EGK CAUSES score it? 0 O 0 O O v 0 11. Between 12 and 15 gers.' Although apparently the en tire mass of smashed and twisted cars were bathed in an electric fire, no pas sengers were Injured by the current. The wreckage took fire, but the flanws ,.' were "extinguished by work men... : ; ' ' V " A .. '' The New York, New Haven & Hart ford railroad Issued the following statement: "Train No. 72 was wrecked early . this morning. The engine and . the first six cara of the train left the rails, and went down the bank. Of the re maining sleeper Jwo remained on the tracks. '' The cause of the accident was striking a cross over switch while go ing at 60 miles an hour, while the time card calls for 15 miles an hour at that point Engineer A. M. ' Curtis, neer.' ; ' ; E ,!(- CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD QUISH AMERICANS, TAX- Ruodeg Scholar Prominent in Winning Points for England1. London, July 10. English athletes from Oxford and Cambridge " today won the dual meet here in competition with Yale and Harvard. The , ail-American college athletes met all English team here today. The' entrants Included the crack men of both side of the Atlantic. ; The Amer icans figured on winning a majority of the events. The Queen's club grounds where the meet was held, wa8' thronged by s great crowd. George Putnam, Kansas, a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, won for England in the hammer throw, Chllds of Yale was second. ChlBholm of Yale won the 120 yard hurdles. ' Canfleld of Yale, won the high Jump and Barker of Harvard was second. The half mile wa8 won by Peeble of Harvard, Anderson of Oxford second. , McMillan of Cambridge won the 100 yard dash, Holden of Yale, second. The broad Jump was won by Holden of Yale. v V Porter of Oxford won the mile run. Girls Held Under 3,000 Bond. New York. July 11. 'Declaring the Btory told by Millionaire Stokes of the attack made on him by Lillian Graham end Ethel Conrad, show girls, has been uncontradicted, Magistrate Fresh today held both girls to the grand Jury on a charge of attempted murder. Bail was fixed at $5,000 each. 1'JlfiS PORTLAND ELKS W 912 ATLANTIC CITY CON VENTION FAVORS THE WEST. JOLLIFICATION FOR PORT LAND ELKS THIS EYEM Long Cannwlgn Started in the West and Fought to Successful Finish ut AUantic Cfty Today Portland to Entertain in 1912 Local Elks Picas l .ed at the Fortunate Culmination. Atlantic City, July ll.-'Tortland wants you In 1912," was favorably an swered today when the grand lodge convention here decided to give Port land, Oregon, the next meeting. The western delegations working as a unit, are taking Atlantic City by storm this afternoon as a result of the victory. The campaign for Portland In 1912 was started over a year ago and the entire Pacific northwest has been working harmoniously for the Import ant event, and Portland and Oregon Elks and business men have Bubscrib ed liberally to meet the expense of the convention. " Portland will celebrate the event to night In splendid fashion, a committee of Elks have been appointed for that purpose. The LV Grande lodge' has .tmtributed toward the $200,000 need- ed to meet the cost of the convention and local Elks will be greatly pleased to know that the convention ndandd t knaw. that the Elks come to Ore gon next year. Many who are not delegates will be able to attend the big conclave, an annuel event in the life of an Elk of great Importance. REEALEItfS BOOKS PHILOSOPHY. Attorney for Defense In See Case Lauds Defendant : ; ' Chicago, July 11. If the works .of Evelyn Arthur See had emanated from Yale or Harvard they would have been hailed as great philosophy,- according to Attorney Callahan, who opened for the defense In the "absolute life',' trial. Callahan bitterly denounced the pre sentation of the case against See. , He asserted that his books "abso lute life" and "Book of truth" were notable additions to literature and re ligious thought, V '..,. ! , :'; Congressmen to Play Ball. Washington, D. C, July ' 11. Ar rangements ore complete for the base ball game between teams represent ing the democrats and the republicans in congress, which will be played here tomorrow to false funds for the Play' ground ' association. Congressional circles and Washington Society in gen eral are taking the keenest interest in the impending contest and it Is ex pected that fully JuOO will be raised by the game. ' The teams1 have been practicing faithfully during the last few weeks, In spite of the hot weather and are said to be in' good trim. "Gene" Klnkead. of . New 1 Jersey, Is captain of the "majority" team, Jimmy Burke of Pennsylvania, heads' that of the "minority." Klnkead' will' play at the second hassock on his' team and "Billy" Hughes will be at first, while T.'J. Scully probably will bS worked in ear a sub. . '' '.' ' -' Texas Connty Oftlcials Meet Houston. eTxas, July 11. In con nection with the annual convention of the Sheriffs' association of Texas, which opened a three days' session here today, several hundred county judges, county clerks, county treas urers and county assessors, represent ing nearly every county of the btate are gathered here. They were espe daily invited by the sheriffs to come together here during the convntlon with a view of Joining the sheriffs In a discussion of certain much needed legislation affecting the status and work of the county "officials through out the state. Mil ILEIIIIftfill ,, ' LAST FLIGHT BRILLIANT ONE La Grande and a goodly portion of Grande Ronde valley last evening at 6 o'clock witnessed a marvel ous feat in competition with ah- when, Charles F. Walsh, daring, skilled and gritty aviator, flew away from La Grande with the perfect poise and control inarking theundav niht flight, and after circling a half section of the vaileyj ci weu tLo cit ;cf Lz Grande, flying several hundred feet over the high est structure, and landed again with perfect control marking the first flight. Good reasons prevented his taking a passenger as announced. Total distance covered, 13 miles; time of flight, a trifle over 14 minutes. . All turns made by the aviator were to the right, much the harder of the two. This is because of the gyro scopic effect of the propellor which has a tendency of turning the ma chine completely around to the rfght whf n the rudder is given leeway In that direction. "It certainly is a diffi cult and dangerous turn," Bald Mr. Walsh this morning before leaving for Twin Falls, Idaho, where he makes his next flight late this week.- "I have long since mastered the left hand turn In wheh the gyroscopic influence is an assistance, but to the right It require care and a certain amount of skill to be successfully executed." . . .. Highest Southeast of Town. After going out In the valley about four and a half miles the machlns turned toward the foothills and, be cause he had to keep up his altltiulj. he was forced up to the highest alti tude when he was southeast of the city. Many thought he was close to GERMANY EXCITED OVER ALLEO- ED OPPOSITION. Said That Uncle Sam Joins With Eng. , land and France. . - London, July 11. That the United States has formally lined up with Great Britain and France lii opposition to aggresion In Morocco Is exultlngly declared here this afternoon by most newspapers.;.,,'' v. . 'y..' ,;'...-' They assert Washington has form ally notified Germany that the estab-j lishment of a naval base on the Moroc j can coast would be considered a men-i . n t t 1 nn n It,,....,.; .1 . n Va' Panama canal. ' '. ' ' i PRETEXT A LYN'CHISG. s Armed) Guards Keep Mobs Bock from Negro's CelL Masslllon, Ohio, July 11. After a hundred armed deputies and police had kept the mob at bay for hours, Harvey Mlckens, a negro charged with assaulting Myrtle Evans, white, was spirited away this morning by the au thorities to prevent lynching. ' ! In Memory of Lincoln. Washington, D. C, July 11. A huge boulder, bearing a descriptive tablet of bronze, Is to be unveiled to the memory of Abraham Lincoln tomor row on the spot where he stood at the battle of Fort Stevens, In which en gagement the president played a con spicuous part., The memorial was erected by. the Fort Stevens Lincoln Park association. . ; MOROCCO AS mi OPPOSED GRGLES o if. ' the ridge of the Blue Mountains south ; of the city and he was, though not close enough by 400 or 500 feet to strike the trees. " But the rise In the topography along the foothills forced him to seek the safer elevationt-he higher the safer and while it might not so appear, he was between 1.S00 and 2,000 feet altitude when south of the city. He sank again as he neaved La Grande and when he crossed the Grande Ronde at the park he was again up to,about 1,800 feet. As soon as he turned, he commenced to sink sgain. ..'. ; : - y- ' K. ; . Does Fanny Stunts. Few saw the difficult trick success fully performed nortn of the city Just before he started for the park. He made two severe dips but the crowd as a rule did not notice it. He swung arqund toward the park, , entering through and over the gag from which (Continued on Page Eight.) ' FOREST FlflE EXCESSIVE HEAT CAUSES DAN GER FR03I THAT SOURCE. . One Town Partially Destroyed Tw , Bad Fires la B. C ' Ottawa, Ont., July 11 Continued drought has rendered the forest fire situation serious. The town of Egans ville ha8 been wiped out. The total loss thus far is $500,000. ' $30,000 F.Ir at Vancouver. North Vancouver, B. C, July 11. Fire early today destroyed the entire plant of the Wallace shipyards. The loss is 150,000. ' ' , 'Bod Fire In Canada. . North " Sidney, Sask., July 11. All the principal stores and wharves, as well as several of the residence of Musgrave Harbor, Newfoundland, were destroyed by fire today. 1 The loss is $100,000. ' Druggists Meet at Roanoke. Roanoke. Va., July 11. ; Several hundred of the leading druggists of Virginia are attending the annual con vention of their state association,: which convened in this city today for a three days' session. President H. R. McKay of Luray, called the gath- , erlng to order today at the hotel Roanoke. King; InspMs Irish Coiistolinliiry Dublin, July 11. Kin Corse to day Inspected the Royal Irish Constab ulary and afterward attended ft re view of troops and the premutation of colors in Phoenix park. Their ma jesties ; will conclude their vU'.t to Dublin tomorrow. y