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' ) f I A rr. (;J b'.i! !! i'!: i n ! li !H- (volume X. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON. .MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1911. NUMBER 2G0 r- , A icv-, r- .r' i -) ; T -- . I 4 S- X.-1 : .11 ' - JUL 4 i A 77 li I! i TOE HOLD fiOLLS BIG BII51I I f IIE fill FRANK GOTCH RETAINS J -rTTnoT A TkT mttTTntl TT OTTnTinnTAT LITTLE EFFORT ALL BETS CALLED OFF FOOT AND .WRIST HOLD TOPPLES BIG FEL LOW FOR THE FIRST FALL THIRTY THOU SAND IN ATTENDANCE. , a Chicago, Sept. 4. Frank Gotch U Mill world's champion wrestler In the heavyweight class. , He won the first all from Hackenschmldt In; 14 mln- Ltes and 15 seconds. , , , , . ' Hack" Laid Down. L The second fall came in even shorter time. The two men. worked for five tiilnutes and 32 seconds. The scrap Jvas over when the famous toe hold Iras pinned tp the Russian and after baking a feeble resistance, the Rus- ian turned over on his back. American League Baseball ' Park, Chicago, Sept. 4. Fit and drilled to h? blue tlngue, Frank Gotch the Hum boldt, Iowa, champion heavyweight Jsrestler of the world, and George tackenschmidt, ths terrible Russian ion. gave out the word that the 80.000 grabbling fans would see the greatest wrestling match of the century "thU afternoon. If the amount of glory ln- rolved, the money connected with; It, ind the capabilities of the two men re considered their explanation of the pght Is a aorreot one and long before tw hour for the fight to commence he park commences to fill and all the vailable , grand stand and bleachers Kere taken. Thirty thousand people orm a large crowd and It was an ex iting afternoon. V ' .' Odds Two to One. When Hackenschmldt entered the ing he seemed nervous. Gotch push- Id everyone aside and walked over nd shook hands with Hackenschmldt. t was officially "announced that all eta were' off. ; At 3:12 they grappled nd worked easily, Fourteen minutes nd 15 seconds later Hack went down T TUTOR GARROS IT NEARLY 14,- ' . POO FEET. , . - . ; flth Sea rnder',Hlm, Aviator All but Disappears in the Skies. , Paris, France, Sept. 4. Almost lost view in a monoplane. Aviator Gar- jp set a new world's altitude record going up 13,845 feet today. He made record over the sea. r The record Is nearlv. a thousand feet PSher than the prevtous record. Great German JfavaJ Review. I'jrlln, Seut.; 4. Thnuaamla of Deo- I fcm all narta nf the emnlre are poiubling at Kiel where, tomorrow, PPeror William will review the big- pt force of German warshlDS ever fthcred together. One hundred and "tar vessels, with ar aeftregate ton- pe of 400,000 tons and a personnel 25.000 men will be seen in line. Two the 22 battleshlna will ha nf tTlft N'goland or super-Dreadnough type, -.0 tons. ilffl WORLD'S ISItl, MIN 1 TITLE BY. THROWING and Gotch won the first fall with a leg hold and the wrist lock. ' ' - v Just ' before Gotch . and Hacken schmldt entered the ring, the odda this afternoon etoood at two to one against the Russian. The Iowan receives f 21, 000 cash and half of the moving pic ture receipta.; ... f'Hack" gets," Jli,00d cash, one quatrer of the moving pic tures. Thirty thousand were Inside and 40,000 were outside at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The weather'is ideal and the sky Is cloudless with the air balmy. Men Enter at 8 O'Clock.,,. Gotch entered the ring at 2:55 and Hackenschmldt at 3:06. They went together at 8:12. ' " : ' : , Gotch Wins First. ; , Gotch won the first fall with a leg and wrist hold that threw the Russian In quick order. The fall surprised the fans who had expected' an hour's grind and when the Humboldt lad fixed the hold and Hopped his adversary tne audience was surprised. - ' ' ' -' : ; Bete Called Off. That surprise was nothing, scarce-; ly, as compared to the announcement of the referee a moment later that all bets were, called off.' No, reason la given for this decision. ., i','.7u "Hack' Strong for a Moment r Only once to the first bout did the Russian gain a momentary advantage when he had , Golch down for a few seconds. Later he 'tried to trip ' the Iowan and Gotch like lightning grab bed him by the foot and stood him oh his head, and' then went atj It again until the first fall was secured by LOCATES HERE WILL HATE STOCK STORED HERE AT 5 EAR DATE. ; Traveling Represe n tat! we to Keep V Headquarters Here. ,' ;,Mason-Ehrman, prominent .Portland ! wholesale grocers, are going to opea . headquarters In ' La Grande, moving' gon operations to La Grande from Baker, where It has been located for many years. John McAllister, the representative in this territory, is here today making arrangements to open up headquarters In the. Foley Hotel building, and will make this his head quarters hereafter, "making" the other towns as usual of course, but retain ing La Grande as the pivotal point - This has been, a general Btpry dur-Jng- the past year; wholesale houses of Portland havie In several instances moved their Eastern Oregon centers from other towns to La Grande. Bring; Stock Here Later. It will probably be well toward the first of next year beforp the company I Gotch. ' : -'' " I " I 1 1 ' ''J ' ' -T 1! 3S J I I l . . C3m fa . Nathan P. Bryan, Florida's new nenat Florida. William James Bryan, wa and both have been popular senator Chesterfield, Sept. 4. Henry Beat tie took the Btand to testify, in' his own defense today. . . : Beattle opened by stating that he never mada.Paul ' Beattle his confident and rarely saw him; that he did. not love Buelah. but regarded her as. a "woman of the town"; didn't believe he was the. father of th.? child of the Blnford girl but paid her money 'be cause he was, forced to do so; that he broke off relations with her in, 1908, but later resumed relations wlthoat Portland, Sept 4.--It , became ap parent today that the federal govern ment Is determined to sue the South ern, Pacific and the Kern Trading & Oil, company, a subsidiary corporation, for the recovery of the 'whole of 100, 000 acres of California oil lands' val stocks up with quick delivery goods here.: At present It is not planned to do more , than make the Eastern Oregon headquartiers for the firm In this city, but just as soon as possible stock will be stored here and will bo handled from this point. v . Half-Time for Cbtton Mills. Fall River, Mass., Sep't. 4. The ma jority of the Fall River print cloth mills were put on half time today. FOUR HUNDRED MILLION D0E1 r who also succeeds a Bryan from s the other man with the same name" mm BY IIEKBY JR. his wife's knowledge. He said ho loved his wife. ' v , - j' ' Attorney Smith today practically proved that t&e machine' standing In the road the night of the murder wan . KaBtelburg's,'. and not Beattle's.. i.. ! v Love Letters Mere "Taffy." : ; j The "dear kid" letter and other mis'-' , slves written by the defendant to Beu- lah Beattle characterized as '."taffy thja gush you would give women of that kind." ' j ' He said he. couldn't love a woman he could not respect, - . ued at 1400,000,000. ' ; The suit will be brought under the grounds that' the grants provided that all lands bearing minerals should be excluded from the grants. Special Assistant Attorney General Townsend, who Is here, will handle the cases. . Some of the mills ana to be run three days weekly and others .'. alternate weeks. ''.' ' ' Virginia State Shoot. I Lynchburg, W.'.Va., Sept. 4. A num ber - of well known shots faced the traps here today at the opening of the annual state shooting tournament. The affair will, last two days and is being conducted under the auspices of the Lynchburg Gun club. CHAMP CLARK BOOMED FOR SjIdENT BY IOWA DEMOCRATIC LAE1a& L 0 S.AH, . ' GELES FEARS RIOTpb" "KEEPS PARADE" AWAY FROM JAIL SnDOWS SAMUEL GOI.I. PERS STELLAR ATTRACTION AT SAN FRAN CISCO TODAY., t 4 c HOLIDAY OIJSERVED. With the O.-W. machine shops etaiuling practically still all day, merchants taking a half holiday, banks and public offices closed all day; La Grande gav more at- tentloff to Labor Day than is cus S tomary, Stores kept open until 1 o'clock but took a little Tst this afternoon, all of which was Immensely enjoyed by the clerks. jtr$5'$$S''3 Los Angeles, Sept. 4.Much disap pointment was felt here today because Mayor Alexander refused permission for the labor parade to go down Tem ple street, so the McNamarag In jail could fee the -25,000 unionists march' ing,. The.tmyor feared a riot. This afternoon thert Is a big barbecue. Ten Thousand. Parade at Seattle, Seattle, ; Sept. 4. Marching IOjOOO strong, labor unions paraded today. This afternoon they gathered at For tune park for orations, etc. Gompers Talks at Frisco. ' San Francisco, Sept. 4. Thirty thousand partlclpanta were In the great labor da parade here, , This af ternoon thousands paraded and Sam uel Gompers delivered the labor day 'oration' :.'...v v. Iowans Hear Clark. .,';' ..Davenport, la., Sept. 4. More than 5,000 here today heard Champ Clark make a, labor day oration efter a pa I'rade,.' ip which he said this was the greatest country of wealth producers but the poblem now is to get the FRANCE OFFERS ' - I. MOROCCAN SITUATIOX iGAlN TA f" - 's KKX TP. France Concedes .Territorial Rights ' for SupervlHory Precedent. Berlin, Sept, . The Moroccan ne gotiations were resumed today by the foreign office when a compromise proposition by France was presented to Germany. Offers of territorial con cessions are made, if Germany reooe- alzes France's supervisory rights In! Morocco. It Is believed Germany will not accept and another serious rupture will develop. , ' Meeting of -Board of MJhnIous. London, Ont., Sept.' 4.--Many well known churchmen and missionary workers were present today when the general board of omissions of the Church of England In Canada began Its annual convention. ; The .meetlnjj of the board Is preliminary to the con vention of the General Synod, which will begin its sessions-bene Wednes day.. ' ' Ml TERMS 1 wealth, equally distributed. At a re ception he received pledgeB of the democratic support in this vicinity ia his presidential boom. . v ' Morrison Extols Labor. ,: Bingham, N. Y., Sept. 4. Declaring that capital can war on labor now only by misrepresentation Frank Morrison, secretary , of ihe American Federation of Labor In the Labor Day address here today reviewed unionism's prog ress. He Bald the kidnaping and ar rest of thie McNamaras was simply a Btep by the Employers' association to--; cast odium on the entire labor move-j ment and that the association does not expect to convict the accused. Quiet at Portland. ' Portland, One., Sept. 4. There wa no . Labor Day program here. Rain seriously Interfered with the special prograrug-at the smusement' parks. Tacoma, Sept. 4. Labor day was spent picnicking at Spanaway Lake. Tonight 'the grand spectacle, "The Burning of Rome," be held. Twenty- five thousand admissions already sold and it is expected at least 85,000 per sons will attend. ... - Labor day was not without Its parade A hand of craftsmen!' about two dozen strong,' fell in Hn behind a snare drummer and with an occasional fife and piccolo to add to the musical feature, paraded the principal streets. While It was not much of a parade from the standpoint of numbers It helped Impress upon the publlo the purpose of the day In which La Grande's dinner ; bucket brigade wa3 observing in Us own quiet way. OHIO DAM IS 101 READY CINCINNATI CELEBRATES ADYENT OF NEW SERVICE. la Part of a Long Chain' of Dams . Across the hlo Bilrcr. Cincinnati, O.. Sept. 4.J The city is gaily decorated and the big crowds in the-down town streets lend a festive air to the ppenlng today of the great celebratloa In honor of the completion of the Ferubank dam across the Ohio river. - The festivities' will continue through the week, and the ' program comprises the official dedication of the dam, upon w hich ' occasion six bottles, containing water from the Great Lakes, the Mississippi river, the Atlantic and the Pacific oceansJJ the Panama canal and the Gulf of Mexico, will bo broken over the new dam, so as to mingle their waters with the; water of the Ohio river river and street parades, rowing re- gattas, motor boat races, band con--tests and many other features of en tertainment. Through the efforts of the chamber (Continued on Pnge Eight.)