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m i)D If VOLUME X. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY AUGUST 1, 1911. NUMBER 240 FIRMS' FREE LIST ADOPTED SENATE PASSES IT ON t SECOND VOTE ! AFTER TIE i GlYES iftELlEF WHICH OTHER. WISE IS DENIED FARMERS Such Is Claim of Democrats Who Fathered lint Vice President Sher man Kills Bill When Tie Exists but Reconsideration I8 Granted Many . ' Amendments Are jtulcu GuL!n!.L ' Washington, August 1. The farm ers' frn list' bill, eivinir certain arti cles which the farmer buys, free of duty, passed the senate today, 48 to 30. The measure wa8 designed by demo crats or tne nouse ana is intenaea as annnlamanial monaurA tn ffii'A ncrf. cultural sections" of the country ad vantages In trade which It was assert ed were not contained In the recipro city Mil 1 Tr nnnaprl on thn oarnnrt V. 1 y J " " vote; " '-..; : f, ,' I ;' .. . After the amendments were disposed of the vote on the bill itself was tak en. The .first vote was a tie,'39 to 39. Vice President Sherman cast the de ciding vote and declared the measure lost. Senator La Toilette then moved , its reconsideration, which was car ried. A couple more amendments were then offered. ! ' - The bill as It came from the house was rejected and before being finally adopted it carried an amendment by Kern providing free "meats from all countries, and giving the same conces sions to the United States It is be loved that fhen the measuer . goes back to the House it wUl .be concurred in, by the hauseaud sootf wjQl It ient to the president for approve,!. Among those voting against It was Bourne. ' ! Glenn Amendment Killed. ' Wncdflnflrtnn. Aiizust 1. When the farmers' free list bill, heretofore pas sed by the house, came up In the sen ate todays Senator Gronna's ; amend ment placing cement on 'the free list, another admitting coal and coke, and another free listing of apples and ber ries, and one by Bailey staking meats from the free list, were 'all beaten Without the roll call. V - v White Slarers Conference. San Francisco, August l.--State and federaf authorities will confer here within a few days regarding the dlspo-r Sal' 0f "white slavers" , evidence against whom has been secured by Be Pue, head of the state ureau of criminal' Identification. . v . Three men are involved already In evidence unearthed by DePue and they will be prosecuted in the federal courts if it is found. that a federal statute haB been violated. ' Woman Gets Aero License. Hemstred, L. I., August 1. The first aeroplane pilot's license ever Issued to a woman was granted today to. Har riet Qutmby by the Aero club of Amer ica. 1 Her recent flights have been sen sational! r ' ' ' ' SITUATION IN, PORT AU PRINCE GROWS CRITICAL. ".V Any Development Likely at Moment's Notice Is Admitted. ' Port Au Prince, August l.r-Several attempts were made to burn this city last night. Business Is at a standstill. Conflicting reports that President Simon will fight, and that he will flee have precipitated a condition where any development of the revolution Is possible within a few hours. VANDALS WOULDU ibmcapital Limn Bowling Tourney at Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y., August 1. The first ann.ial tourjiamei.t of the Internation al Lawn Bowlinj association. wa3 op ened here this tfiernoon, to comlnuo through the rest of the week. The chief events programed are the cem petltloas for the international trophy, ihe frontier, consolation cup, and Scotch doubles and singles. ' Colorado Day In Denver. Denver, Colo., August l.-:olorado Day, the 35th anniversary o fthe ad mission of the state of Colorado to the union, was observed today as a 'legal holiday throughout the, state. Banks and public offices were closed every where and in this city the customary flag raising and appropriate exercises were held In the city park. V lews Ittwg ImiiiuusuixL Abilene, Texas, August 1. The en tire village 67 Hamlin In Jones coun ty was reported demolished by a ter rific storm last night, say couriers ar riving here. Wires are down and there are no details. HiLGARD FIRE IS El'GG RANCH NOT ENDANGERED V, AS FIRST REPORTED. Reports From Scene of Blaze Indicate Men Control It (RELIEF IN SOUTHERN ORE- GGN. , - V ' , . Koseburg, Oregon, August 1.- Forest fires in Douglas county Q are. nil...- reported tinder control 'thlaftarno&af save e; and -it Js expected that it will soonvbe ex tinguished. None of the fires are dangerous, despite, the senation- al reports, has been declared .by the authorities. Most "of the fires 3 Were started during the electrt- cal storm recently. o HlUard. August 1. (Special) For- est flrs which have been raging with more or less damage to timber m a territory about four miles from here, are well in hand today according to reports brought here $h!s morning. The Are' is not es serious as report ed and the Rugg ranch has not been In danger as the fire was not in close proxlinlty to that place. ', . t pendleton Report tonnrms. . At Pendleton yesterday a newspa per report says: 'The first forest fire of the year in UVnatllla county Is now under the con trol or the fighters and will probably be stamped out by evening. Its la cation is In the mountains about four miles west of Hllgard near tho Rr.gg Bros, sheep ranch. . The flames broke out yesterday afternoon, presumably started by the. careless throwing of a cigarette stubb Into the underbrush. When discovered, they had gatued considerable headway and were leap lug from tree to tree with great ra pidity, ; : -ri,0 inrm was xlvn and soon the Mwmill nearby .assisted by residents, formed into a fighting brigade ana Dy,z ociuun had the progress' of the fire checked, after it had spread over about ,75' acres. ; EXPECT MUCH OF CANAL. Looks to Big Connecting Link to Dou ble Western Population, v , Tacoma.;, August, l.-Wlthin' five years following the opening of the Panama canal the Pacific coast, pop ulation will be doubled, and thereVill be great prospect of prosperity, Is the opinion expressed today by H. F. Alex ander, president of the Alaska Pacific Steamship company, today, following his return from an eastern trip. He said the east talks more of the canal tliari tfifl VASt CONTROLLED II BUILDING HORRIBLE SCENES EN ACTED WHEN ONTAR IO ASYLUM BURNS - INMATES BEATEN COLD , AND THROWN INTO NETS About Fifteen Cannot Be iRescued Al though Nurse8 and Doctor8 Get Over 500 Oat of the Burning Building Fire Department Unable to Lend Assistance Many Trapped In Cells. Hamilton, Ont, August 1. Trapped behind heavy screens which guarded upper floor and windows of the Ham ilton insane asylum, 10 to 15 of Its In mates were incinerated early today when the institution ' was burned; Fighting heroically, physicians, nurses and attendants, battled with the man lacs, beating some Into unconscious ness before they could throw them from the windows into life nets. There wire 600 insane In the building when the ,flre started." A majority of the fatalities were on the fifth floor where the dangerous inmates were confined., Horrible Seen es Enacted. Horrible scenes were enacted dur ing, the fire. The Institution ls on a hill and almost Inaccessible. The fire department could not reach them, so the building burned rapidly. Sur rounded by the flames the inmates were dragged, shrieking to the win dows and there hurled out Into the life nets. . . . ' . i Advertising Clubs Meet at Boston. Boston, Mass., August J. Nearly 3,000 delegates, reprnlla4jMaOcal ly "every Important city In the United States and in Canada and a delegation from London, England, were gathered at historical Faneull hall today, when the seventh annual convention of the Associated Advertising clubs of Amer ica opened its four day' esalon there. Among the delegates are many. noted advertising manufacturers, publishers, agents, bill posters, etc., all of thm interested in the subject of advertis ing. To accommodate the delegates 1 halls end the Boston opera house have been engaged by the Pilgrim Publicity association of this ctly, which is the host of the gathering! The conventlop program includes bus iness sessions of a general nature, es pecial departmental sessions, a public meeting at the opera house, excur sions and picnic and a closing banquet st Symphony hall on the evening of August 4. . . , ., v Famous Painter Dead. London,. August 1. Edwin Austin Abbey, the American painter, commis sioned by King Edward to paint his portrait, died here today. He wag ill some weeks. Mr. Abbey was the fore most American painter abroad. He was born in Philadelphia in 1852. " Gates Sinks Rapidly. Paris, August Wohn Gates, the American millionaire, is renortPii . ! being in an extremely critical condi tion today, accordng to the physicians' reports. TAFT LEAGUE TAKING FIRM ROOT A1 Salem dispatch says: With let ters from leading citizens, county chairmen and prominent people pour ing in from all over the state, the Lin-coln-Taft Republican league is meet ing with not only continued favor, but with a favor that Is more than grati fying to those who, are interested in the league's success. National v Committeeman Ralph E. Williams ot Dallas, who Is considered a faralghted politician, writes to the league: "I heartily indorse the move you are making to reorganize the re publican party in Oregon and will glvs ALIBI HOPE OF THE DEFENSE STATE CONCLUDES ITS EVIDENCE AT AN EARLY HOUR MANY WITNESSES TELL Or ' HOGG'S SUNDAY MOVEMENTS Alibi Evince Being Introduced by , Defense In Hogg Case Today--1 n.s fimoiiy Loses Indm'nt Tone and lias Become. Consistent Eu'ort to Prove Alibi on Part of Defendant. Concluding ' lt line of testimony with a (iresentatlon of witnesoes that emphasized the enactment of : crime against E.ina .loffat in the shuio ct rape by William Hogg, both of High Valley, and shewing the flight of thr defendant toon after the crtmo ls said to have been committed, the statu rent ed Its case In; the. circuit court trial wherein Hogg Js defendant, this fore-' noon. The defense Immediately op ened up a cross Are of testimony In tended to prove an alibi. W. A. Maxwell, Mrs. Barney and William Bennett were witnesses call ed by the state since the testimony of Dr. Meyers of Union yesterday. 'y : Defense Witnesses Many. v A long strin of witnesses were cal led this forenoon by the defense and much of the' vile and filthy testimony of yesterday was dropped today and In its stead the stories told by the witnesses were along a more respect able line. JUF. Hogg. Mrs. Hess, Herb McDonald, Frank Hogg, Frank Huffman, Will Baideek, M.. ! Horn, James Hater, Hartfsr yan, Houten; Ar thiir Marjujlgnilly blacksmith, and a young man named Miller were the witnesses called up until noon, The latter four or five told of having seen Hogg at the Jacob mill some dis tance from the Moffat ' residence, and though all agreed on main issues there was some variance in detail. ' The av erage testimony would show that Hogg had come there some time In the af ternoon of Sunday, July 16, on the day the crime is said to have been com mitted, and had gone away about an hour afterwards, searching for a mis sing dog. The missing, dog was re ferred to time and time again and It came to , be something of a byword. The witnesses said that the horse that Hogg rode that day was not showing signs of hard riding when It reached the mill. Hogg rode behind a party of young people bound for a neighbor ing mill, and Hogg was last seen that day when he left the rig carrying the party at the Lloyd mill. The was about 5 o'clock and It was about 3 when he reached the Lloyd mill. . It is by the testimony of these men that the defense hopeg to prove that on the 16th of July Hogg was not near the Moffat place at or about the noon hour when the girl yesterday said that she had been assaulted. ; - The case will probably go to the Jury tomorrow forenoon. The defense has several witnesses yet to testify and the arguments, will occupy some time. Turner Oliver, counsel for the defense, admitted the case would oc cupy all of today In the taking of tes timony. ' 1 it my hearty support." On the other hand, the league ls receiving the hearty support of Ben W. plcott, sec retary of state. ' George C. Brownell, mayor of Oregon City, and political factor of Clackamas county, Is cir culating the league's literature. Indorsement Is General. A republican writes from Lincoln county Indorsing the league, saying he has. voted for every republican 'Icket from Fremont down.r Tod Cuu. eron? who has served Jackhfo county many times In the legislature, gives It a harty boost. Veterans like S. B. Eakin, Vice president of the First Na tional bank of Eugene, give hearty in dorsement of the league. The county chairman of Coos county writes: "We have heretofore had no definite prin ciples for which we were fighting. A a party we have had nothing to offer the people ot this state. ; for. some, years. ' ' '. . "Your campaign circular embodies the Idea for which I have been lonrf contending that we must early take steps to promulgate a party platform and when this Is done our candi dates will have something to stand upon when they nter the field. The party has not been behind the candi dates And the candidates have not rec ognized allegiance to the party. ' No party ha3 a right to demand the sup port of those asserting or professing allegiance to that party, rCWers'.ty party ls pledged to well dj definite principles. The, public cannot be expected to guess what a political party stands for,' and wttbout a wen defined platform we cannot hope for even partial success. ' . : Co-Operatlon Is Pledged. Darwin Brlstow. of Lane county, (Continued on Page Eight.) THIRTY YEARS IN SERVICE PAID BY PENSION. Presbyterian , General Assembly ', at New York Plans Unique Move. Spring Lake, N. J. August 1. Ifthe plans dlscus8d by the executive com mission of the Presbyterian General Assembly at a meeting here today are carried out the aged and needy mtnis trs of the Presbyterian denomination are likely to have their wants prodd ed for in future out of a $10,000,000 fund to be raised for that purpose. At the present time Presbyterian minis ters at the age of 70 and over, who have spent 30 years in the ministry, receive $350 a year from the board of ministerial relief. Ministers' widows and disabled ministers receive smaller pensons, ranging from $300 down to $150. The income is scanty, and some veterans who have given their lives in the service of the church, and whose small salaries have given them no op portunity to save money, are left in a condition bordering upon dire want. The board of ministerial relief believes it will be able to. provide adequate pensions if its endowment ls increased to $10,000,000. McManlgal Children Cared For Los Angeles, August 1. Because the fear that her children would learn that their father was a criminal had preyed on the mind of Mrs. Ortle Mc Manlgal and was responsible in a measure for her breakdown, the attor neys for the defense of the McNam- ara brothers have sent the two Mc Manlgal children to Chicago. In the company of Mrs. Magulre and' Joseph Scott, associate counsel for the de fense the children 'left Friday but the fact did not leak out until yesterday. Mrs. Magulre will return to Los An geles to care for Mrs. McManlgal when the children are safely placed In a home In Chicago. Change In Express Business. Nw York, August 1. In accord ance with arrangements, previously made the Wells-Fargo. Express com pany today took over the business of the Pacific Express company, which has been operating over the Wabash, Wheeling '& Lake Erie, Missouri Pa cific, Iron Mountain, Cotton Belt, the Texas & Pacific and International and Great Northern railroads. - Fear Beattle May Suicide. v . Richmond, August 1. Fearing that Henry Beattle, the rich young banker charged here with wife. murder, may attempt suicide with his guitar strings authorities today took the. Instrument out of hs cell.' He will likely be in dicted In two weeks. PENSION AGED PASTORS, PLAH 10 IE COAST MS' STARTLING DISCOV ERY MADE BY CALI FORNIA DEPUTY NEW YORK SENDS GIRLS HERE UNDErROWUNIZlTIOy Frenchmen Headuuarter In California - " Colnp Chieufiro Russians Library oc With the White - oiate Tranic Figure I8 a Conser vative Estimates. . ' 11 11 I.... . . ' "HWJVl dred girls in the cities and towns of " California ha"e bsea victims of the white slave traffic gang, that Is being; run to earth by a deputy. These fig- ures are regarded as conservative. Investigations In San Francsco, Los Angeles, Sacramento,' Stockton, San Jose, and Oakland alone tend to form the basis for the estimate. The gang ls composed of Frenchmen with head quarters here..,: They are believed to be In connivance with a group of Rus sians In Chicago. --- ' ' New Yorkers Involved. 1 New York, August 1. An assertion that a conspiracy of chauffeurs and -rich' old men for -debauching young? gins is me cause ot mysterious au appearances ot women which have be-' come an epidemic in this clty. ls mad by the police today, They declared th glrls, are' shipped west to California,' Oregon and Washington - as whlta slaves after the seducers discard them. , This declaration resulted from the?. arrest of a chauffeur and another man' ure, ajcer annrate inutner -aaa at tacked thsm. ;, " , ".i ' Rotten Politics Shown. Washington, August 1. Evidence lending to show the rotten condition of Illinois politics was offered in the Lorlmer hearing today when Stats Representative White resumed his tee tlmony and exhibited letters exchang ed between himself and Lee O'Neill -Browne, the minority leader of th Illinois legislature. White In a previ ous statement asserted that, Browne had bribed him to vote for Lorlmer. Another Contempt Case Delayed. Los Angeles, August 1. Wether Oeorge Bonn, uncle of Ortle McManl gal In the Times case, will go to Jail ' for contempt of court will be .deter mined tomorrow afternoon. Bohm appeared before Judge Bord well to day to show cause why he should not be punished for refusing to answer questions before the grand Jury. A continuance was granted.' ' Darrow, the McN'amara defender ap peared for Bohm. ' Small Cuban Revolution Starts. Havana August 1. General Acev edo, a veteran ot.a,dozen war's, with, a dozen followers, took the field to day in an attempt to stir up an revolt. ' Troops have been sent after him a it Is feared he might start trouble. EXPECT DEATH OF POPE SOOli FEEBLE WITH AGE AND SICKNESS END IS NEAR. Vat'can Issues Statement That En :'' courages Churchmen. , ' I Rome, August 1. Pope Plus con tinues : extremely weak. ; An official Vatican statement says that there Is no Immediate danger ot death but that owing to his age and' weakness there will be little surprise If the end should come at any time.