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, --' : f 4 A , r i i 'il ! VOLUME'S. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREO ON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1911. 7 geriimi GOVEKNMENT ISSUES NOTICE OF SPEEDY I AGREEMENT. l.NCON FIRMED REPORTS DIE ;y FEE AS TO PEACE PACT Excitement Throughout Provinces Is Cmit uiid Bunls Insist on Legal Kot Ice? Before Allowing Withdraw, ah Berlin Paper Aserts Xejrotla Jlons With France Hae Bee Bro- -- ht-U Oil luuiism. .-r - Berlin, Sept 6, The Postman organ o' the Free Conservative party In an extra tonight says the Moroccan nego tiations with France have been brok ea off. : It is not officially confirmed. 'Paris, Sept), ?-rIt was seml-offlclal-lj announced today that the Moroccan disputes' practically settled, 'and that article of the agreement will be made public soon.. It is understood that Germany agrees to' allow France full politlcan freedom In Morocco If she 111 also- take the. responsibility that such freedom" entails. , ."'."',- : t j .Bankers Fear Panic.'! " Berlin. Sept. . 6. Despite the reas suring statements, exItemient reigns throughout the provinces where the citizens,' fearing war will 'be declared iflth France, are rushing to take, their money from the banks. V Fearing a near panic will reach Ber lin; bankers here will Insist that legal sotlce be given before withdrawals can bb allowed. ; ' ' ' ; SWIMMER CROSSES CHANNEL, V -'-y.;:..; . ',L .:...',.-. For &Nnd'f Ime Man Conqners Chan nel, Swimming 21 Hours, all Told. Calais, France, Sept. 6.-Wm. Ber ges today swam the English channel, the second man to accomplish the feat. He entered the water yesterday tnorning at 10:30 and reached ' the shore today at 10:20, a distance of 20 piles. He was accompanied by a mo forboat and was fed In the water. , BILLING RECALL, READY. i upplenintary Petition Believed to Be Sufficient to Assure Election. f Seattle, Sept, 6. Filing of a supple mentary recall petition against Mayor pilling ended last night. As the antl Iilling recallers have secured 1,000 (Withdrawals, it is believed that'suf jflclent names will be ' left after the 'checking of the petitions to assure a a-ecall election, ; ; : THOUSANDS SUFFER FAMINE. Yang Tse Kiang District Scene of Ter rible Suffering and Starvation. Shanghai, Sept. 7. The government Is taking measures to relieve 800,000 famine sufferers in', the Yang Tse , Klang valley where it is reported 100, 000 perished during the floods. The Shanghai board of trade borrowed a half million to relieve the distress. WILL COMMENCE HIS FLIGHT "AT LOS ANGELES. . Cross Continent Race to Be Commenc ed at Nearby Date. Lynn, Mass!, Sept. 6. -Harry Atwood one of the entrants in the' coast-to-coast aeroplane flight for a $50,000 Prize, will start for Los An gel etf to morrow. He will attempt a flight from Los Angeles to New York. " MOD STARTS FOR THE COAST 'a f V s - 4oP ,m m M Bin,iiinTf.i-fiiiiiMiiiiiiiii i mi una f6" f J day. PbotO by American Press Association, i HARRX f- fTWOOD. . Daring aviator who will attempt to fly from Los Angeles to New York nd ; Is soon to come to the Pacific coast. PRAYER) CANNOT . BE GRANTED . ; ' HIM TODAY. ... ' Blnford Girl, to Be Released, Has No '? t Animosity -Against Accsnvir- Chesterfield, W. Va;, Sept. 6. For the first time eince the arrest, Henry Beattle, Jr., ! today asked to "see his baby. It could not be brought to him as it was with 'the grandmother at Dover, Delaware. Very bitterly dis appointed because she could not take the stand, Beulah said i they were afraid to put her on the stand, She said she was sure 'that Beattie was not guilty. With all the testimonJn the Jury spent the day strolling around whil9 the lawyers argued with the Judge " In ' an ffort to Influence his. charge to them. 'V.-' .'-''. - Believing his acquittal Is certain, Brattle said he had arranged for a Sunday dinner to celebrate his re lease. " ' - '. . Beulah Blnford will be released from Jail tomorrow., She enunciated", her opinion that Beattie la innocent of the murder charge. She says she will go directly to New York and 'appar ently bears no resentment toward Beattle despite his words branding her as a low woman.' Gotch Goes to St. FanL ' ; Chicago, Sept. 6. Gotch, the wres tler, will leave Chicago tonight for St, Paul on business. Thence he will to Humboldt, his home, to prepare for the world's tour. ' , r Y -; i '. Seattle to Own Car, Line. .' ' f--Seattle, Sept. 6. Councilman Erick son has Introduced a resolution di recting .the board of public works to issue bids for the construction of the proposed municipal car Jlne costing approximately $60i,000. The construc tion will probably commence In a few months. . ' .' .'' ' ' " , ' . ; ' - y Colorado Likes Recall. , Denver, Sept. 6. Striking dlrectlj at President Taft and bis veto of the recall in the Arizona constitution, the direct legislation league of Colorado today Is committed to the submission of a constitutional amendment pro viding that the Arizona plan shall be made a law la Colorado. The decision was reached after a stormy meeting. The amendment provides for recalling t any official, including Judges, on a petition of 25 per cent of the voters.' ouni pis ILLirJOlS CEfJTRAL BO OUT OfJ STRIKE TO yiEST Efl H fl FFI Chicago, Sept. 6. The first actual the shop employes' t the Espee rail strike in the big laborwar threaten-. roac left for San Fftm'clsco today to intf the western railroads, .nlay, .start COBfer with. the luAriialonal ' presl. tomorrow on the Illinois Central, pro-1 s Vlded the international offloevS: of thedent8 of the varlou? allroad crafts, federation shop employes sanction the!." )a believed this is first step pre acion of local leaders, whov appealed Hmlnai-y to deciding jjvhether to strike to the intefnatioiiai fcfricials'at San ' or not. "4 v ' Francisco to approve of the strike to- Julius Krnttschnitt arrived here to- ' day and conferred with' President the system federation was final and Markham of the' Illinois Central. He ! said he would not enter into the Illi may'lnfluence the Bltuatjori. ' : ' Inois Central controversy with the em .. : Action Thought Pirniature, ' plojs as rumored. , , !( San Francisco, Seipt. 6. President Franklin of the International Boiler j Makers'.-union statW-today that' re ports that th Illinois Central shopV men were readytpjjtrike Is premature, according to hls'fuforniatlon, and t.he men are not likely to strike tomorrow and no advices asking the approval of such Btepa have been received., ' Final Decision Seems Near. ; Los Angeles, Sept. 6. Following a conference here, 35 representatives of J SOUTHERN Pfl IIC 1 TO RECOVER IILLIOHS 01! LID Portland, Sept. 6. The answer Just filed by the Espee to ..'the government's suit for the recovery bf lands' valued at . $75,000,000 In Southern Oregon which were granted the railroad, In dicates that the railroad will fight the suit om the ground that; the company has a right to the land because the LEGAL TUSSLE Constitutionality of the last legls- lature's action in,, ratifying the reim bursement of County Treasurer John Frawley and Sheriff . Frank P. Chil ders for losses amounting to a total of about $10,000 by the failure of the Farmers and Traders National bank which took county funds down with it, was the keynote of a series of fegal arguments heard by Circuit iiidge J. W Knowles today when the demurrer to the temporary Injunction in this mat ter was argued;. District 'Attorney Ivanhoe, . Attorneys Simmons, Craw ford and Oliver represent ( the staet while Attorney John 8: Jlodgtns is counsel for George Miller, "bf Cove In whose name the action to invoke the REV, H P. PETERSON MEETS Very meagre reports from Payette, Idaho, received here this morning and nnelaborated upon at a late hour, tell of the accidental death of Rev. H. P. Peterson there this morning. ' Aside from a mere statement of the fact, con tained in a telegram to Rev. J. D. Gilll lan of this city, there; Is no information in the first apprisal of the deplorable accident The supposlton here Is the former Summervllle pastor was killed accidentally, by a train, for pending ! recovery of his health he was doing light work about the .Payette depot, J such as caring for the proper loading and unloading of malls. Though as stated, there is absolutely no Informs- tion other than the fact of death, such S1IQ nil C MILS 0 B J ECTI fJ G : Krntschnltt's Answer Final. Chicago, .Septi,,6.rKruttschnitt . to- day gald hla'dic'eaton" not tor ecoghlze Sacramento Men Restless. San FranclBco, Sept. 6. President Kline of tba'blacksralths international union, said' today ihat a representa tive ' of the International unions in Chicago is to handle the Illinois Cen tral shopmen's trouble. Kline, with leaders, this afternqoni, left suddenly for Sacramento for a meeting tonight. It is believed the Sacramento shop men want to strike; and leaders plan to avert it USSUIT -K- government, in 40 years accepted taxes kan4 did, not prottst, jhe patentln g of the lands. " 7'", ' "X, " . -. ' The government alleges .the com pany forfeited its rights by " se,llini land in lots of more than 160 acres at more than $2.50 per acre which is in violation of the grant's provisions.. original temporary restraining order was brought. The state legislature decreed that the sums of money the treaurer and sheriff lost, through the failure of the bank should be reimbursed and when the county court- was to make these reimbursements the Taxpayers' league headed by George Miller of Cove se cured the temporary injunction, The final dispensation of that enjolnment was the issne at stake today. The state is going Into the matter In de tail and up t6 the noon hour had not completed. Counsel for the plaintiff In the. original action had not given his speech at the noon recess. a conclusion seems the most logical one to reach. ; ; Moved to Fayette Recently, It Is only a week or so ago that Riev. Peterson moved his family from Summervllle where he' had been, sta tioned by the list conference to Pay ette. His friends, formed by a pro longed stay at Summervllle, are many and warm and even In La Grande he has a large list of acquaintances who will be grieved at the news., The min later Is survived by a wife and three children. . .';', ' ' . ' Dr. Gillllan, urged to come . th,is morning, will not leave until tonight and hopes to be better Informed of the accident before nightfall. COHCED WALTER WILLIAMS. Oaan of School of Journalism of the University of Missouri. KEENEST POLITICIAN IN COLOR ADO, DEAB. Though a Woman, Wag Given the DIs . ; tlnctloD of Brilliant Ability. Denver, Sept, 6AReduced to direct poverty through th craving for -drink and drugs, Mrs. Helen Dlxon.the "gov ernor maker," and once a powerful populist politician, is dead here today as a result of starvation and "dope." Her career was started in 1873 when as an actress she starred with brilliant success going then to politics and nigh balls,! and from 1&85 to 1895 she 'de veloped Into the keenest politician In tha state. '.,;::.":'-' v Ellensbnrg Issues Bonds. . Ellensburg, Wn., Sept. 6. Today's returns nldlcate the election to bond thla city for $150,000 carries, "almost three to one despite the hot campaign bf the private water company oned by Mayor Seymour of Tacoma.J The corporation attempted to Influence the feminine vote by auto rides and pic nics at their plant but failed. ' -V To Start La Follcite "boomj;-. .'' Minneapolis, Minn., . Sept. 6.4-Pro-gresslve republicans of 'Minnesota are expected to ! assemble In force, here tomorrow for the state meeting and banquet designed as a send-off for the La Follette boom for president Near ly all of the republican governors, senators and representatives of this section of the country who have align ed .fthemselves with the 'progressive wing of their party .halve hoen Invited to attend the gathering and a number of them have accepted invitations,' to ppeak at the banquet. V ' ' . 'v.. i " . .. . '. - ' 1 " , Football Player's Romance. , :, Orange, N. J., Sept. 6. A romance of the football .field culminated lh the Wedding here today of Miss Florence Flanders of this place and John Nath an Levine of Watervtlle, Me., a form er Yale tootbalf player. The bride is a sister of Carl S. Flanders, who play ed on the . Yale eleven with Levlme. The two men roomed together at col lege, and It was after one of the bl; football games at New Haven that Levine first met his future bride. ' Kate Ilea rings in the West, Chicago, 111.. Sept 6. Commission er Prouty of the' interstate commerce commission began a hearing In Chica go today on the rates on wool, bides and pelts from various western points of origin to eastern destinations. Later sessions will be held at Portland . , V - J ' A , - . -, t' 1 '' f v'. '"' ! v ; i Sues 'Id nnnncuiSTs . COHFESS GRIuE KINGS OF BLOODY CRIMES WILL I TELL ALL SENSATIONAL STOItV OF 3IIU ' DEIt - AND' CRIME CARNIVALS Nensutlonal Burning arid Milliia ylt-' tack In Heart, of London Will i5e Told by These Men as ,4Inside' Facts Accued Now of Stealing Sev- k eral Thousand Jn, Jewelry Prowls Miration. "."?,?" ."-; --.: lioston, Sept. 6. Captured at. Trieste and brought-here today' for trial and ' charged with having robbed the . Ul llnm Jewelry store of $15,000 worth of Jewelry, Jacob and ' Joseph Goldberg. , told the ' detectives -aq. amazing his- , tory -Of anarchistic depredations in America land Europe detailing mur ders and robberies: ' ' They promised to tell later the In side history of the Houndsdltlon and Stein Morrison murders in London a year ago which resulted in calling out the troops and the sensational street fight which ended by burning the an archist headquarters. " They claim to have .$60,000 con cealed in Europe. They pleaded not guilty 'to the charge here. ' They, said the two men electrocuted at Charleston for complicity in the Forest Hill murder were members of an anarchistic gang. They declared that the robbery was only a second ary movement as it Is certain that many places were dynamited with no attempt to rob. , ; N EDDIE SMITH DEAD. Sporting Scribe p nd Well Known Rcf- eroo Passes Away This Morning. Oakland, Sept. ; 5. After ' suffering for ' weeks with brain ; fever, Eddie Smith, the well known sporting writer and eferee, died here today. , ; Nebraska Engineer Here." W, J. Crusen. a pensioned engineer Of fiorth Platte, Nebraska, undej1 whom Division Foreman J. H.. Watson? of this city was at one time a fireman' on an eastern line, isTiers today visiting with Mr. Watson and Mr. and MrsE. Po lack. Mr. Crusen was on the payroll Of railroad companies as engineer for 42 years and is now enjoying a well earned rest. He has not seen his La Grande friends in many years and en Joyed the visit immensely. West' Ylrglnla Iff. E. Conference, ''afmbur.WVa.,'. Sejpt. 6. The West Virginia conference of the Meth odist Episcopal Church, South, began its. .annual - session In : St. Paul's church in this' 'city, todays with Bish op H. C. Morrison of Florida acting as presiding officer. NEW TURNER HALL PROPRIETOR IS SHOT DOWN. Pretty Gil Says She Is Glad She "Got" . , ' . ; . ,; the Proprietor. Los Angeles, Sept. 6. "Billy" Ru dolph, one of the proprietors of the New Turner hall here, was shot and probably fatally wounded ty a pretty woman who gave hne name as Johan na Rascepp at noon today In his hall before a big crowd. When locked u? the woman said he did not fulfill his obligation and she was glad she "got" hlra. Friends spir ited Rudolph away.- mm .ii ii ...... . , . ;"'