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VOLUME X.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1911.
NUMBER 2uS
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EVIDENCE AIDS BEATTIE
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KNOWN WOMAN
SAYS WITNESS
STATE'S CASE THAT SHOOT
ING FOLLOWED HALT, JARRED
Defense Scores Another Decisive Tic
tory Today In Evidence Presented
by Wealthy Butcher Who Was SI-
: lent Fearing- Domestic : Troubles
Had Been Riding on Midlothian
Pike That Night.
-' Chesterfield, Sept. 2. Charles Kas
telberg, a rich meat dealer of Rich
mond today gave strong support to
Henry Beattle's story of the killing of
his wife. Kasbelburg, admitted he was
driving his machine along the pike
with a woman on-tbe night of ths
murder. He stopped" near the scene
of the subsequent crlmie and refilled
his radiator. This is expected to 're
quite the testimony that Beattle's auto
had stopped before Mrs.1 Beattlra was
killed. He said he did not know the1 l"P TO "T ,orK
nanve of the woman witl him and had Jf "i"' ?'n" L9n aiDrrf1?iU
never told the - story ore" Tearing i ; mol - aw reported in
domestic trouble wUh his own wife! Jf'1. 0"h tJLnTo
whom he had kept In Ignorance of the ! 'c i pl,ant M. oa hl8 ; la8t trif t0
-tHa. , i the east. ,
He did not break any details of his
story on cross examination.
Eliza Mosely, an old negress, testi
fied she hi?ard both the shots and tlw
auto horn blow, from her home near
; by. ' , ',
W. H. H. Sampson, a personal friend
of Beattle, testified that Beattie broke
off his relations with Beulah after he
married.
The presiding Judge received an un
signed letter today saying he would ,'
be shot If m sentenced Beattle to the
electric chair.
MRS. ORR RESTING EASILY. ;
Contrary to ReiKtrts, Womnn Is Said to
Be in Satisfactory Sttnntlon.
, Baker, Sept. 2. (Special) Mrs. J.
H. Orr, said to- have been assaulted
two days ago and seriously hurt by
Mike Woodard, formerly of Union but
now of Baker, Is resting satisfactorily
today. Reports were current that she
had died but such was denied at Ba
ker today. - "'
Nagel Oitenn MUwankee Show .
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 2. Secrle
tary of Commerce and labor Charles
Nagel, as the official representative
of President Taft, came to this city
today to formally open Milwaukee's
annual Industrial . exhibition. The
exhibition, which will continue for tien
days, is being held In the auditorium
and Is intended to Illustrate the In
dustries and resources of the entire
State of Wisconsin.
BELIEVED DISASTROUS FIRE SEA
SON IS ENDED.
tttern Oregon Fires Allayed
Fierceness by Heavy RalnfalL
in
Portland, Slept 2. Reports this af
ternoon from western Oregon points
ay the danger of a further spread of;
oange
erous forest fires Is allayed much j
"r plentiful rainfall,' beginning this
horning, it ls believed the threaten-
d danger, of serious .conflagrations
r this season Is now passed. .
' HESS
EFFIGY BRINGS
THE RESULTS
JUDGE HANFORD OF SEATTLE
. DISSOLVES INJUNCTION'.
Federal Judge Temporarily at Least,
In Good Graces of People.
Seattle. Sept. 2. Following the ac
tion of Judge H&'nford ta dissolving
the temporary Injunction he issued
against tho people at the request of
the Seattle-Ren ton line, the company
today began Issuing transfers and col
lecting single fares. Thus the fight
with the people was victorious a;;d is
temporarily (ended at least.
The case Is now on appeal to tto
United States supreme court
Because Hanford Issued the in.h'in"
tton he was burned In effigy, publicly
denounced and nine men who started
me movement to tmpeacn ' turn are
now awaiting lndiptment on a "charge
of . obstructing justice," . '
MR. COLLI EK , FINDS BUSINESS
" . CONDITIONS GOOD. " Y
Countless Thousands Will Visit East
ern Land Shows This Year.
Eastern people are looking anxious
ly toward Oregon and the string of
immigrants this fall will be fully as
large, or larger, than that of previous
records," vouchsafes John Collier, a
prominent commercial club member
and business man of this city who re
turned this morning from a business
1 wniie onre is boiub .-uua bubpii
elsm about the marvelous fruit crop
and fruit land prlcies reaching ears of
the easterners they are nevertheless
hungry for new of the western states
espliclally Orgon and Mr. Collier
was called upon time and time again
to deny or corroborate the stories of
wonders from Oregon. The land shows
at Omaha and Pittsburg and Chicago
will be splendid places to advertise,
thinks Mr. Collter for countless thou
sands visit these land shows and there
learn much first hand information
about the west. ; v
While away Mr. Collier had no op
portunity to study commission forms
of government to' any extent for th
cities in which he vlslOed had either
only Just commenced the commission
regime or else were still under the old
system of government. - ; 1
' Exhibition at Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Que., Sept. 2. The an
nual Sherbrooke Exhibition, the larg
lest ln this section of Canada, ahd an
auendclous opening today. The ex
hiblts In the agricultural, dairy, live
stock and other departments the more
numerous than ever before. ' The fair
will continue through the week.
Lonlsvllke Aviation Meet
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 2. A three
day aviation meet began at Churchill
Downs today under the auspices of
the Louisville lodge of Elks. ' Among
the participants are several of the
aviators who were conspicuous In the
iwcent Chicago tournament.
. German Alliance Convention ;
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 2. Dele
gates . representing German societies
throughout Wisconsin wene on hand
today at the opening of the annual
state convention of the German Na
tional" Alliance. The business of the
convention was transacted today. To
morrow th visitors will enjoy an out
ing at Pabst park. . : . ' . ;
Honor Memory of John Howard
Lincoln. Neb. Sept. 2. In accord-1
a nee with an act passed by the last
Nebraska legislature, all of the penal
and reformatory Institutions of the
state kept a holiday today In celebra
tion of the anniversary of the birth
of John Howard, the famous philan
thropist and author of prison reform.
The observance Is to an annual event. I
v .Tpyothetae MeeUnar
Denver, Colo.. Sept 2, Owners and
!niuriitnri nf nrtnMner And nuhllahlne-
states and Canada are arriving to
attend the annual session of the
United Typothetae of America. ,The
meeting will' open today. ' ! '
Slit PHI 1 1 ElllEO
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Call to Sub-leaders For Conference
Thursday Sent Out Today
STBIKE WEEK OFF ;
SECRECY- VF.TT.S AT) VANCE OP NECMYTT ATTfYtta
I; BETWEEN KLINE AND KRUTTS C II N I T T
trJjNERAIi " ASPECT
WHERE ADMIT LEADERS. - '
San Francisco, Sept, 2. A call to
all , committeemen of ; the federated
Bhop employes on the Harrlman sys
tem to' meet bene next Tuesday was
wired today by President Kline who is
acting as chairman of the conference
officials who were denied recognition
as a federation by Julius Kruttschnitt
yesterday. The comtng conference Is
f otaiimliin ... U . 1. . 1 - 1 1
be taken to call a strike or not and
also disala with the possibility- of an-
otner meeting with Kruttschnitt.
Secret Negotiations on, It Seems. .
tl Is believed there are some secret
negotiations between the union and
railroad officials on now Kline says
31 additional delegates rrom points
as far away as Pocatella, Denver and
New. Orleans will assemble here to
thoroughly discuss the matter before
any strike call is Issuled. Kruttschnitt
started for Chicago today.
Hope Still Held Out
Some federation representatives be
lieve Kruttschnitt may yet concede to
the recognition of tfoe federation. Rep
resentatives citied several . Instances
where th men of long , standing had
been laid off In the recent retrench
ment wen other nH?n who had been
employd a shorter time were retained.
Ini each case the men were activte un
ionists. ; -; . ...
V v . Confident . of Teaee. ;
Los Angeles, Sept. 2. Following re
ceipt of a telegram from San Francls
co today labor leaders appear con.fl-
Tolisdo, Sept. 2,Sieven members of
a fishng party met death today wlh'en
the launch In which they were was run
down by the freighter, Philip -Mlnch
In Maumee bay. s ;
The dead are James Wilson, super
Initendent of the olty ' water works.
THE TOLL OF
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IS II1PROVED EVERY
dsnt that Kruttechnltt will soon rec
ognize the eystem federation and that
an dimejuties will be amicably ad
justea.-:
Kline this afternoon said things had
taken a' favorable turn but cteclined to
go mto detalls. This is taken to lndl
cade that communications with Krutt
schnitt had been renewed
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Weddlntr at Fort Ethan AUen.
Burlington, Vt., Sept. 2 Fort Ethan
Alien was the scene of a brilliant
military wedding today when Miss
.Charlotte Ellen Ryan, daughter of
Captain and Mrs. John JoseDh Ryan
become the bride . of Lieutenant Jo
seph Choate King of the Tenth cav
airy. . ; ''.
' American Educators In Norway.
Christiania, Norway, Sep.t. 2. Sev
eral noted Amterlcan educatoi-s,
among them Dr. Leonard Stejneger of
rne sriu-asonian institution and Prof.
F. W. Well of the University of Wis.
consm took part In the opening ex
ercises (today of the centennial cele
bration of the Royal Frederick univer
sity..,. ;' .-- 0
Ex-Qneen Llllnokalani Is 73.
i Honolulu, Sept. 2. Former Queen
LIHuokalanl reahed the age of 73
years today. : In accordance with her
custom the queen celebrated the an
niversary by holding a large public
reception.
Harry Batch, councilman at large.
Fred Shane, civil service director,
William Latt. William Carroll, Ru
dolph Yunker, water works employes
and Thomas Purcell. The launch at.
tempted to' cross the steamer's bow.
THE AIR!
Heaton in Chicago lntr Ocean.
AIRMAN FALLS
500 FEET
LANDS IN BAY HOWEVER
LIFE IS SAYED.
AND
Aviator Cummins Seriously Hurt by
' Fall From High Altitude
Squantum Aviation Field, Boston.
Sept. 2. Aviator Joseph Cummins
dropped Into" Dorchester bay today
from a height of 500 feet and wa3
badly hurt. His escape was miracu
lous. . . , , '
A cylinder In thra engine blew out
and the monoplane dropped and sank.
A crew from the revenue cutter Gres
haiu picked him up. .
To Ylslt Newport News.
' Halifax, N. S., Sept. 2. Following a
two weeks' stay at Halifax the Ger
man cruiser Victoria Louisa sailed
today ..for "Newport ;.News.. She. . has
aoout oo adets of the oerman navy on
board. . i-' ' ,; .
LEG BROKEN FOR 24 HOURS BE
. v FORE TKEATMENT.
Aged Man Rushed 24 Miles t Station
and Hurried to Local Hospital
James Reynolds aged 78 years, lies
In the Grande . Ronde hospital here
suffering from a broken leg, sustain
ed 24 hours before he reached the op
erating table. While knocking at the
door of his 80th birthday anniversary
the aged man was carried 24 miles
to the railroad station at North Pow
der from the Interior where the acci
dent occurred. . Ha was broufht down
from North Powder on the train and
rushed to the hospital, but team, train
and automobile could not get the aged
settler to the hospital under 24 hours
from th time of the accident. De
splta. the advanced age and , the terri
ble suffering the old gentleman bore
his suffering with pattence.
The victim of the accident h an un
cle of J. E, Reynolds of this city.
Ware's I5th Anniversary.
Wane, Mass., Sept. 2. Decorated as
never before In her history the town
of Ware today, began a celebartion
of its one hundred and fiftieth' anni
versary. An attractive programme
of festivities extending over tlVee
days has been prepared.
Aunt and lce In Doable Weddlmr
Washington. D. C Sent 2 At
double wedding celebrated in. the cap
tlal today Miss Susie Payne Trimble
of this city became the hrlda hf inAaa
IRlchard Tuthlll of Chicago, and at
rne same time her niece, Miss Helen
Dunlap Trimble, of Blrmlnham, Ala.,
was united' in marriaee to the Rev
Roy Hartman, of Oklahoma. ; . i
Belgulm Fears War.
Brussels, Sept,
2. Bflllnvlnir ho-a I
is grave danger of war between or-
many and, France over the Mororrjn
situation Bielglum todav h Mn.i.i
led all 'leaves of absence, from the
army and abandoned the field and in
augurated fortress manoeuvem in
stead. Artillery reglmlenta
strengthened and other means of en
forcing neutrality is taking shape.
COOK RECLAIMS DISCOVERIES
Explorer Filed Sensational Charges at
New York Today. .
New York, Sept. 2. -Reiterating his
claims to the discovery of 'this north
pole, and declaring he is now in nn.
sltlon to prove his case, Dr. Cook to
day filed sensational charges against
Peary with the International Cnnaroaa
of Geographic societies. He asks the
congress to Investigate the rival
claims when It meets next month, and
says Peary's speed records are lm-l
possible. . ' -
j Graft Trial Ordered.
San Francisco. Sent. 2 Suoerlor
Judge Lawlor today refused to dlsmls
the Indictment against A. K. DetweiN
ler, vice president of the Home Tele
phone company, accused 6f brlblna
supervisors to grant bis company the
irancnise in San Francisco during
the Sehmltz regime. The trial was
Set for September 30. '' ,;,
DUIInir Not Yet Safe. , ,
Seattle, Sept. 2. Under the ruling I
made by Corporation Counsel Cahoun I
the supplemental petitions seeking a 1
recall of Mayor Dllllng; may bo filed
with the city clerk at any time before
MI OF 711 IS :
GRITTY FELLOW
Bold Holdup Occurs
Near Redding
Lat Night
SHOTS IflTilBlTE Cfiffl
1T T TTT TTTT 1T A wm
ED NEAR BEDDING
LIST NIGHT ,
CONFIDENT ONE OF MEN
WAS NEGRO. OTHERS UNKNOWN
Roblers, Believed Part of .Oregon
Crowd, Jloard Train at Siding? and
Ct Away With fnknown Sum of
Money From Express Car Train
Crew Shot at but Not Hit by tliO
', Robbers. , ' ,
'Kleddlng. Cal., Sept. 2. With' a six
hour handicap, the five men who rob
bed the Southern Pacific .express. In
number 15, 43 miles north of here
last night, are far In thie lead of offi
cers who arj following. ; It Is believed
the robbers are the same bunch con
cerned ini the other rooberles recent
ly. The Wella-Fargo company admits
the robbers got a sack of coin. But
withheld the sura. It ls believed the
men (escaped In autos.
They mounted the train at Gibson '
Biding and while the train went south
ward they blew the express safe and
then stopped the train and leseaped af-
ter firing a number of shots;.
Only Cash Taken. '
Cola only was taken'. The trainmen
are sure one of the robbers was a ne
gro but otherwise know little. The
express was watting for the Shasta;
limited to pass when the robbers ap
peared. Before the express messen
ger could pull the door shut they had ,
him covered with guns and Engineer
Coleman and Flflsman ; Dickey were
shot at when they stuck their beads
out of the windows.
A posse left at Sunsmulr shortly,
before midnight. ' ,
Seven Thousand ToW ' K'
San Francisco. Sept. 2The express
arrived here today and announced thie' .
robbers got $7,000. , ',
Passengers Hide Purses. ' -
The passengers said the robbers,
were cool and that thray fired shots
Into the air when the conductor went
forward. The nassengers were fright
ened and hid "their valuables but they "
wiere untouched, . . ; '.
No Inquest for Ryan Bodies.
Los Angela, Sept. 2. The coroner
5138 delcded no Inquest of Dr. Ryan '
anl his wife's deaths are necessary.
The bodies will be shipped to Illinois
tomorrow, for burial. Ryan killed his
wife and then sulcldted yesterday.
Democratic War Horse Dead.
' Corlcana. Tex., Sept. 2. Former
United States Senator -Roger Mills,
long prominent among democrats,
died here today after a long Illness.
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TO GiflL ZOOE
THREATS THAT CANAL WOULD B2
BL0WN VP, MADE.
Tenth Regiment to Be Dlsnatched to
- the Canal Zone, Say Orders. .
Washington, Sept. 2. Because; of
threats to blow up the Panama oanal,
the government has decided to Imme
diately dispatch the Tenth ivgiraent
infantry to the canal zone. It la la
Texas now.
The threatn were nrnda hv fartlnn
antagonists to President Ardzemana,
They hope dynamiting the canal
would caus the United States to oust
ept. b. Arczemana.