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r5 i I! if j I VOL X LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OUEGOlf. TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1911. NUMBER 22a i hit n p r k MIL I TUldUL WORLD'S CRY h ENGLAND FEARS THE MENACE IS WORLD WIDE ALREADY KO SEW CASES IX SEW TORE AT NOON TODAY Stringent Enforcement of Quarantine Laws May Stop Spread Food From Italy Is Destroyed at Quarantine Stations Government Officials Aid In Suprsslon of Sconrg From Me tropvMst .-w..;M). v., New York, July 18. No new caBes of cholera were reported today. AH of the 261 passengers and 91 members of the crew of the liner Perugia Jultln, from Italy, were declared healthy to day. Realizing the ; seriousness of the plague menace, officials of the city health department, aided by experts from the public hearih and marine hos pital service at Washington, are today putting Into effect the most stringent quarantine regulations. A desperate fight will he made to prevent entrance of the dread disease. . All foodstuff ar riving from Italy will be carefully dis infected and that brought by the immi grants will be destroyed. ' World Wide Menace Seen. London, July 18. The British port authorities are today taking stringent precautions against the Influx of chol-' era. Experts declare the menace Is woria wiae. v . , Democrats in Factional Strlf. , Harrlsburg, Pa., July 18. Pretty nearly every democrat of prominence In Pennsylvania appears "to have ar rived in town today In anticipation of the meeting of the state committee to morrow. Though some of the old wheel horses of the party are busy In an effort, to promote harmany, there Is every prospect that the differences of the rival factions will be fought out to a finish with a possibility that the fight may be carried Ittfo 'court for a final settlement. Control of the state dele gation to the next national convention is the prize Bought by both factions. The old Guffey crowd, which has had the upper hand for years, and the op position, now known as the "re-organ-liers," have candidates for state chair man and member of the national com mittee. The organizaztlon proposes ex-Judge Jame Gay Gordon for na tional committeeman and Eugene C. Bonnlwell for state chairman, lie re organization democrats are . backing Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer for National committeeman and ex-Mayor Guthrie of Pittsburg tor state chair man. 1 Thackeray's- Centenary Kept. , London, , July 18 The 100th anni versary of the birth of William Make peace Thackeray, the famous novelist, was widely celebrated today by liter ary and other societies throughout thi United Kingdom. v LONE BANDIT ATTEMPTS TO HOLD UP PASSENGER. Itrakemea Refuse to Hold -up Hands, and Shoot Instead. Bell plalne, Iowa. July 18. Ia an attempt to hold up the Chicago . k. Northwestern passenger train No. 8, westbound, early today between Tama City and Belle Plalne. a lone bandit entered the sleeping car and ordered the brakeman to hold up bis hands. Instead of doing so the trainman shot the bandit who fell mortally wounded. ISS MADELEINE FORCE. lew York Ball to Whom John Ator Hat Paid Attention. X. i t .' V CONSUL AT ALCISCAR ARRESTED ' BY SPANIARDS. . Germany and Spain Against England and France, Possible. Londqn, July 18. .That Franco Spanish difficulties in Morocco may yet involve Great Britain and Germany In a four cornered dispute which may result In war is the fear in diplomatic circles here today. The tension, al ready grave through Germany land ing troops at Agadlr, Is intensified to day by the arrest of the French consul at Alclscar by Spanish troops. It Is riot thought France will swallow the af front and England Is expected to line up with Frence. . The fact that the arrest of the con sul followed a conference between King Alfonso and Pradlber, the Ger man ambassador. Indicates that Ger many has, given assurance she will stand back of Spain. Mexico Remembers Juares. City of Mexico, July 18. The 39th anniversary of the death of Benfto Juarez, the Illustrious soldier and lib eral, party president, was observed throughout Mexico today. At theem etery of San Ferdinando In this, city, where Juarez IS buried elaborate mem orial services were held under the aus pices of the Juares societies and other patrlot'c bodies). , ;, , WILDE HEARING OX. Governor Johnson Hears Argument la Wfls Extradition Case. ' San Francisco, July 18. Argument over the attempt 6t Portland authori ties Interested In the wrecked Oregon Trust ft Savings bank to extradite Louis J. Wilde, began today before Governor Johnson. Most of the morn ing session was occupied by argu ments of attorneys as to whether the governor is empowered to question the good faith of persons requesting the extradition. " Fire YSetims Barfed. Porcupine, Ont, July lS.-JSixty-four victims of th forest flre which re cently raged In this section, have been Identified and were burled today. Seventy-five are still missing. ' ,. . ft : i I I H INSULT GIRLS AEJQ GOVS ACCUSED fHilli Grand Junction, Col.,' July .18. Charged with the responsibility for the death of Clark a-'"" 'yil, a ranch man, su"-' ,aiMw'ln the river !" vJtt.V nesday, four young Were today arrested on coro ore' warrants accused of the murder. The four are; Gladys Thompson, If; Lillian : Osborne, 14; Lee Baker, 15; and Virgil Watson, 17. They will be given 'a hearing tomorrow. The arrests followed an autopsy . which showed bruises of Wolfskins' body and devel oped tne tact iitt umi uv In the lungs. - All the youths tell different stories. All declare they got no money from Wolfskin, although they admitted they REPRIMAND AIL THAT WILL COME TO CHEMIST. Scantyil in Government Clrcle8 May Cause Wilston to Resign. - Washington, July 18. That Presi dent Taft will publicly reprimand Dr. Wiley, chief chemist for the Irregular ities he is said to have condoned, but that.'Wlleytf Job Is . safe, . 1b reported here today as the way the chief exec utive will work out of the dilemma. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson will be left to bear the brunt of the pub lic protests and It is believed he will resign. . ,. , . '-' .. , , ' CANADA TACKLES RECIPMOCITY Dnrlng Vacation Law Makers Have Been Active In Field. . Ottawa, July 18. Parliament resum ed Its session today after a recess since May 20th. During this time the liber als and conservatives have been busy with constituencies, campaigning for and against the reciprocity bill. It is understood that the liberal govern ment, backed by a majority of 40 in the commons, will make a final effort dur ing the remainder of the session to put the reciprocity measure through the house. ESCHEAT CASE SETTLED. District Attorney Ivanhoe received word late tlifs afternoon that the Mor. risen schat case has been affirmed by the supreme court, enng the long drawn out litigation which has bn In the courts several years. The amount Involved Is about $20,000 and will re vert to the state of Oregon. ; " - The decision ends one of the most widely known salts In local courts In many yean. ' Cove will sea nearly every automo bile in L Grande, tomorrow according to a careful canvass of La Grande made today by S. M. Slough, manager of the La Grande Commercial club. Mr. Slough found a great deal of interest In the big show tomorrow and reports that It will be the aim of every merj chant to send at least one representa tive. Those owning machines will each take a full load of people and there : going to be a large caravan of teams. It appears that La Grande will be ex tremely well represented, the city's EACH MERCHANT TO SEi M LEAST ONE IN TO COVE SHOW had searched the body, after they found him drowned. Thfey calmed i they only found some cartridges and a pear of shears, . , Improper Relations Hinted. Wolfskin's shoes, filled wMh sand, were found near the body and one of the boys has admitted throwing them th re. Both girls deny having been in swimming with Wolfskin or the boya. They declared they had had no lraprop er relations with the ranchman, al rtmtftln that on the day of the tragedy he paid a large bill they owed at a local restaurant and had fre quently paid other bills thy had in curred. ' ; . ' ; ; MRS. M'MANIGAL NO VERGE OF A PHYSICAL COLLAPSE Defence and State Alike May LoseYal- uable Witness Through Illriess. ' " Lbs Angele9, July 18. Unless the condition of Mrs. Ortle McManlgal Im proves, neither the defense nor th9 prosecution likely to have the bene fit of her testimony in the case against John J. and James B. McNamara, who are charged with murder in connection with the destruction of the Times build Ing.. ,.: "-' ,' ' " , An affection of the heart, aggravated by the accident Saturday to her daugh ter Evelyii, coupled with extreme ner vousness, has undermined her health to such extent it was announced today that she may be sent to the hospital. Although Mrs. McManlgal was sched uled to appear this afternoon before Judge Bordwell to answer charges of contempt of refusing to testify before the grand Jury, it Is probable that the case will again be postponed. The de fense attorneys claim the .constant shadowing by Burns' detectives has completely unnerved her. Suicides on Death Morning. Bever, Pa., July 1. has. Hickman, the wife murderer who was to have ! been hanged In the county Jail here j this morning, was found dead In his cell at daybreak. ; Hickman had prev i iniiHlv made two sensational escapes. KIng'g Voice Troubles. . Edinburgh, July 18. King George reviewed the Royal Archer guard of Scotland this morning at Holy road palace grounds. As a result of his re cent speech making the king has con tracted a cold and has a severely sore throat ' ' ; business interests feeling that Cove is entitled to a fine representation from this city for Cov has always been loyal to La Grande whenever a crowd has been needed here. The La Grande ball team will also go to Cove "tomorrow. Mr. Slough has been-Informed' that all the cities and towns In the-valley will send good representations, espe cially Union but that If the crowd ait tends from La Grande' that (promised today to get away, the La Grande dele gation will be by far jthe largest' of any. STRAIN SEVERE OM WITNESS D. R. FRANCIS. 8t Louis Resident Willing 14 8 Senator er Demoeratie President. ' wim tatilt. .:.L:Mi , Lightning Termed Appalling. , Ureka, Cal., July 18. Farmers of Siskiyou county have Buffered heavy loss by a terrific rainfall and the heav lest electrical Btorm ever experienced. The lightning display was appalling. LA GRANDE HAS NOT REALIZED NEW INSTITCTIO V, Franchise Expired July First Becnnsc of Company's Negligence. La Grande will not have a gas plant, at least not now. The franchise grant ed to J. F. Lambert, trustee, of Eugene has expired by virtue of non-fulfillment of agreements. Under the stipu lations of the franchise granted by the laBt ctty council, Mr. Lambert , was re quired to have work commenced on the gas plant by July 1st, and to have the iplant In working order In a year from the date of granting the f ran. chlse. The first and essential stipu lation has not been met, hence It fol lows that the second cannot. The first work has never been started. In fact the city officials have heard but little of Mr. Lambert since the. franchise was granted. Murder Charged to Girls. New York, July 18. 'Indictments Mlllolnalre Stokes were returned by the grand Jury today. against Lillian charging the attempted murder of Graham and Ethel Conrad, who shot the elderly admirer In their apart ments here. Stokes is alleged to have attempted blackmail. The girls who are out on bonds appearing in vaude ville were ordered to appear In court tomorrow to plead. " Prisons Are Crammed. . Panama, July 18. That Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, is in a state of sieged the prisons full of political unfortunates loaded wfth chains and all means .of ' communication rigidly censored, became known here today when letter bearing the date of July 10th were received from Rlvas, Nicar agua. The prisoners are not charged with specific offenses but are suspect ed of disloyalty to the government. New Sustaining Record Set. Brussels, July 18. Olle Slagera, the Belgian aviator, holds the world's aer oplane record for a sustained flight here today after having covered 388 miles without a stop. Tabuteau, with 362 miles, was the former record hold BIS FRANCHISE BECOMES VOID iSTlDID OIL STIEDf.1 WALL STREET HOVIIADEKOCOT niSCASH. CRUSHING COMPETITION ALLOWED BY DIAZ ALARMING Standard Loaned Moiy to Madero to , Fight Against Diaa That Stinging Corapetft'on Wrought by English Syn dicate Might Be Crushed English men Now Anxious to Let Go, Fearing Madero, w New .York, July J8. Proof that the Standard OH Co.' backed - raracwew Madero in the uprising In Mexico la seen by Wall street polKiciaus today in the visit of the Lord of Cowdray, a Brtish financier whose syndicate Holds Immense oil deposits in Mexico, ob tained through concessions from Pres ident Dlai. Cowdray's syndicate was In a position to force the Standard OU to reduce prices or, suffer . disastrous competition. The charge, was made that the Standard financed Mader'o's revolution in return for a promise to cancel Cowdray's concessions. Now. it is reported, , Cowdray. with Madero looming up as probably the imxt presi dent of Mexico, is trying to sell his concessions to the Standard Oil syndi cate, clearly letting the cat out of the bag, say the financiers. : NEW OFFICE ROQMS SOON. Attorney Rusk and Attorney Finn Will Have Offices in New Rooms.''; Two large office rooms are to be constructed in the large office now occupied by Frank Phy, real estate dealer, in the La Grande National bank building. Mr. Phy IJ1 have for his office the front end of what is now one large room on the ground floor, at one time occupied by the Eastern Oregon Trust & Savings bank, and Attorneys C. H. Finn and Jerry P. Rusk are to have the other offices it Is said. The workmen are now at It making the In terior changes with all possible speed. SUNDAY SCHOOLS VISITED. District Superfteudent and Missionary Visit Ladd Canyon Today. District Superintendent Haley of the Methodist church, this dlstrltc, and Rev. R. D. Osterhout, Sunday school missionary also of nhis district, are to. day looking after the Interest of Sun day schools in the Ladd Canyon dis trict. The superintendent and Sunday school missionary called on the lead ers of the gunday achool movement in that end of the valley and found Inter est keen for a substantial year's work along Sunday school lines. - . : Charged With Stealing Harness. George Martin of Cove was arraign ed last evening on a charge of pur- tnlnlnff a. tiflrnp and htivrr frnm Tnhn - Vanderpoel of Summerville. His hour for pleading bad not been set at noon ' today. '' ':. S. P. TO CUT LUMBER RATE WILLAMETTE VALLEY POINTS TO GET REDUCTION. . Lumber Destined to Saa Francisco to v Go Cheaper Hereafter. . Washington, July IS. The Southern Pacific, was ordered by the Interstate commerce commission today to est rates $1.60 per ton on rough green fir lumber and lath from all Willamette valley points to Sab Francises.