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. M j I i S W1- 5 - aO VOLUME X. LA DE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1911. NUMBER 281 i v h vy iw ! in ill HEDGHB Mill DUB MID-DAY SPEECH TflFT DEFENDS THREE VETOES fl-RAND RAPIDS AUDI ENCE HEARS CAUSE FOR VETOES ABSENCE OF COMMISSION (RE PORTS ONE OF CHIEF CAUSES tells In Strikingly (leaf language of the Creation of a Commission to Re Port on Tariff, and of Fact That the Three Farm B1H8 Were Sot Based on These Findings Ruin Bothurg the Crowd. : '' ... "'. . Grand Rapids, Sept. 21. Rallying to the dtrensn of his veto of the wool, and free list cotton bills, Prenllt Taft today delivered the second cf h's linpoitant npeeches on his present tour A drizzling rain kept many people oft the street, tut a big audience beard him. ' - '" ' The president breakfasted at the Couutry club and enroute to the club ha left his automobile at the St. John's Orphanage asylum and stood, bare- . leaded, in the rain greeting the nuns He talked golf at the club and then returned for his speecn. tie saia m I am going to tell you In as simple a way as I can, why I vetoed the three kills wHMi rnns-reaa submitted WIU1 " - o - to me for signature at the close or this extra session. , I called tne session tn secure the enactment in law of tne Canadian reciprocity treaty. . This was done on July 22. Thereafter, me wooi hill. th free list bill, and the cotton bill were presented to me for signa ture, and I returned them, without my approval, and explained my reasons for so doing In a special message on each bill. What I say here wilt be tn large nart a resume of those messages, with some additional suggestions thai the less formal character or this au dreg permits. I am not aolng to die cuss the Payne bill, except to say that the controversy over Its merits ana ae mHt rinvelnnieri a very StrOM? Bentl' ment amontr republicans, and, Indeed, among many democrats, tnat a ourean or commission or board of competent persons should be constituted to make Investigation into the facts concerning the dutiable articles In the tariff, and to report them In such a way that con gress and the public might ha relia bly advised of the probable effect of any proposed revision of the tariff in the future. It was properly felt that even when full opportunity for hear ings were given as they had been by the committees of the house and the senate. In tb case ot the Payne bill, the advocates of the protected inter ests would have the advantage over the consuming public, who would not organic to secure and present the evi dence In their behalf for lower duties needed to secure a Just judgment. , The Payne bill offered an opportunity to me to appoint a board of competent persons to assist me In the administra tion of the revenue laws and especial ly of the maximum and minimum 1HSCLSURES AT PORTLAND SAID TO WARRANT STATEMENT. Portland Hotel and Easiness Mn Are Also Involved In Seandal. Portland, Sept. 21. Through tha arrest ot Troy McDavld, who is held to appear before- the grand Jury as a white slaver, federal agents today de clare they have evidence showing th existence of a white slave ring which drew girls from all parts of the north west. They say that Portland Is the headquarters of the alleged gang and that a number of traveling salesmen scted as procurer. It is said local hotel men and business men will be Involved before the scandal Is over. DRUMMERS ACT FOR "SUWERS" clause of that actj and th revenue' laws were of sufficient latitude to en able me to direct this board to make a "glossary". of the tariff terms and a kind of encyclopedia which would furnish a guide to the understanding of the tariff, and also to proceed to determine the comparative differ nee1 between the cost Of production: 6f du tiable articles under the various tariff schedules In this country and abroad. At the extra session of 1909 congress had given me $75,000 which I could peiiu ior i iu purpose; at lae regular session of the same congress, tho 61st, the appropriation was enlarged to $256,000, to cover epsnseg -down to July i, 1911. Meantime, the movement for a permanent tariff commission or board to effect these general purpose acquired grsat momentum. Business associations the country over united to form a special society for the 'pro motion of such legislation, and the campaign for it was carried on with both houses of congress. I gave the project as strong support as possible, and made a number of public address es In support of It, and sent a specific (Continued on Page Eight.) TWO TRAINS DAILY GIVEN lOVER TO TOCKjSTS ALONE. General Knowledge of Eastern Oregon Better Formed this Year. Migration of eastern and mlddlewes tern people to the Pacific coast has about reached the capacity and two trains are running on the schedules of Nos. 5 and 17, The four trains have been loaded heavily, too, and judging from the lively spurt at the beginning of the colonlBt season, the traffic will remain heavy throughout the 30 days' time. , " . All evince a great deal of Interest in Grande Ronde valley and a far greater per cent of the homeseekers have been apprised of the existence of Grande Ronde valley than in former years. This condition of affairs is of course due to the literature that has been sent out by ! Individual concerns and the commercial clubs of the county of late months. ' ) ' "-, r,,,: '." . . . COURT RULES REVISED. Equity and Law Cases Handled the Same Way In Supreme Conrt Salem, Or., Sept. 20. The supreme court has made the following revision In rules pertaining to the manner of filing articles: . ' That all cost bills must be Berved without fall In 20 days after rendition of appeal. In all cases of equity, as well as law, the appellant mut file the first brief and open and close ar gument. Abstracts must be filed in Pendleton the same as in Salem. The transcript contalna only a certified copy of tho Judgment or decree, or copy of under taking on notice of appeal. AH questions to be litigated must be presented In abstract. . ' When testimony Is desired to be printed, it is not required to be print ed in abstract. . ' Jeffries Starts Home Soon. Seward, Alaska, Sept 21. James J. Jeffries and his brother Jack will leave on the steamship Northwestern Saturday for Seattle enroute to Los Angeles where their mother Is report ed to be dangerously 111. They hare been hunting in the interior and have a number of trophies of their prow ess. . " Prisoner Builds Aeroplane. Fishflill Landing, N. T., Sept 2L Timothy Rafferty, 35, a trusty, serving 60 days in the county. Jail, is building an aeroplane He expects to fly out of Jail when his term expires. HOMESEEKERS COME II HERDS ! NEW COMET ' PROVED FAKE FATHER! MARTIN DISCOVERY PROVEN HUMOKfQUS JOKE. IS Seattle and St Louis Parties Found Brook Comet Not Sew One. "' " - ... . ,. .. t ' ' ( Assdciated press dispatches of the 18th Inst, state that Father' Martin S. Brennaa of St. Louis, and J. W. Gilbert of Seattle, Wash., while searching for the Brooks comets have simultaneous ly discovered a new comet In the con stellation of Draco, the dragon, near the star "Thuban." Parties in La Grande who have been great Brooks comet for the past six weeks state that these two, gentlemen have at least found what they were looking for the Brooks comet. During the past six weeks this com et has moved one-third the distance across the sky, from near the star Al pha, in CygnluB,' the "Northern cross," which is to be found atrectly overhead' at 9 p. m.,: in a northwesterly , direc tion, passing north of the bright star Vega, through the head of the constel lation Draco and at the present time is to be found just where, these gen tlemen found It half way between Vega, the bright star high up In the west at 9 p. m. and Mlzar, the second star from the' end of the Dipper handle. ' Brooks comet is now visible to the unaided eye, and by close observation can be readily picked up. With field glasses It Bhould be an Interesting ob ject. ' From observation It Is apparent that this comet is far greater than the famous Halley's comet of i last year. The nucleus Is much larger, brighter and more clearly define that-that cf the Halley's comet. The coma or, tall of this comet up to this time has been very pronounced, apparently spread ing out in all directions from the nu cleus, but la-now beginning to stretch out across the sky pointing off towards the southwest. The comet will pass out of Bight almost under the dipper within the net month, but. before it disappears into the sun belt its spec tral search light will be seen lighting the northern sky from the dipper to the zenith. ' " V SEXTUPLE 1URDER DEEP IKSTERK Colorado Springs, Sspt. 21 No so lution has yet been found to explain the . Wayne and Burnham sextuple murder. The Inquest started this af ternoon when meager-details of the finding of six bodies In two houses with tba heads crushed and cut with an axe, were brought out. - WATER BOARD IN SESSION. Board of Control Hears N'chalcm's Tacoma Ministers Will Not Sit on Ros V Water Case. j tram With Executive, . Salem, Or., Sept. 20. The boardof , . Bellinghara, Wash., Sept. 21 Anoth control is hearing the water right con- er knot in the tangle already aur test being carried on between H. rounding Taft day in this city has de Schollmeyer and the town of Nehalem, velopeed when It became known today Tillamook county. Schollmeyer made ' that the Ministerial association has application last February for ft.2 feet practically gone on record as being of water from Bobs Creek, Tillamook opposed to allowing any of Its repre county, for power and domestic uses. sentatlveB to occupy the president's The town of Nehalem, by the state en- platform here October 9, should his glneer'a permission, began surveys for proposed intention "of attending the the construction of the municipal wa- laying of the cornerstone of the new ter supply,' and in March this year chapel hall of the First Unitarian so completed a third survey and Andrew clety be fulfilled. , The relations be C. Anderson filed application for 2.2 .tween th association and Pastor Fred feet for municipal purposes. (Well, of the First Unitarian society Both applications are for the same society are somewhat strained owing stream, the city's supply coming from to friction engendered by remarks high in the mountains. 8choolmeyer's from both sides. Taft is a Unitarian, prior appllcatloi was referred to the and the association does not object to board of control hy state engineer his-beliefs but does not like the idea Lewis, on account of Its use being a of the president lending himself a the menace to the welfare of. the public, main attraction at the corner stone and the board of control is taking tej- laying of the society - which member tlmony to ascertain what the public of the association have criticised. De welfare demands. The board has the velopments are being watched with power to direct the state engineer to interest. - refuse Schoolmeyer's ' application in ' case the public Interest demands It. Qaebee Holds Key. Montreal, Sept. 21. In the province of Quebec, the fate of reciprocity be- of resolutions condemning Secretary tween the United States and Canada .., . . will h decided today. Both sides con- of Agriculture "Tama" Wilson for bar cede that this is the pivotal point of ,n& accepted the ,vlce presidency of the national election.- ' :' the National Brewers' association. DIRGES SI SHAKER TIE SISTER ILAECHANT KIL LED BY POISON IS RUMOR. BROTHER GILLETTE UNDER SERfOUS SUSPICION BY ALL Member of Ms Own Cult Tnrns Against Shaker Who SaJd He Killed On of Ul Fellow Tribeswoman to End Her Suffering Trial for Murder to. En sor, Following lMscoverles by the State.'-;' Tampa, Fla., Sept. 21. The Shaker colony near Klssimme is convulsed with the allegations today that Sister Marchant's death a couple of week ago, was not due to Brother Gillette'3 administration of chloroform, but to malicious poisoning. As a result Gil lette is Jailed without ball, for mur der. . .' ; ' The prosecution asserts It has found poison . in her stomajch and that his story that he chloroformed her to end her sufferings, la false. The prosecution further , declares that she was only mildly afflicted with tuberculosis, though said to be dying, but admit that a motive for a murder is obscure. '':". Gillette sticks to hia Btory. He said: "My conscience is clear, and my faith unshaken, t have committed no crime.!' Brother Braken ot the Shaker col- ony has strengthened the state'a case lb? deserSig 3Ulette,and turning or important Information concerning the home life of the colony all of which is against Gillette. Stole to Please Bride. San Francisco Sept. 21. Because, It i alleged, he embezzled $3,000 from his employers In New Orleans to fur :i'sh his bride with an elaborate hon eymoon, G. Vaughn Mitchell, a book keeper, .is under arrest here today. Mitchell, who is 21, 1b said to have ad mitted the theft. ', A. J. Burnham, a cook, husband and father of three of the victims Is still In custody and continue to deny any knowledge of the crime. He said he was at the Modern Woodman sanitar ium Sunday night when the murders occurred. His statement Is found true. One theory is that a maniac did th& fiendish act. TAFT DA.Y BOTHERSOME. Preachers Condrmn Wilson. Mason City, la., Sept. 21. The Wa- terloo nresbvterv todar nasaed a et SWELL TRAINS ARE DOOMED REDUCTION OF PASSENGER RITES RESPONSIBLE. Fast Trains and Palatial Acommodi Hons Must Be Eliminated. San Francisco, Sept. 21. Elimina tion, of all fast train service and all palatial equipment on passenger trains that go to make Journeys agre.able, is the method by which the railroads of the United Statja stand ready to fight the reduction of passenger reve nues, prepared by the Interstate com hierco commission, according to state ments issued here today. The- railroads are facing a reduction of a third of their 'passenger revenues, which thty declare will make itimpos muie 10 uiuiuiuiu tun preneut suuuaiu of service. . ' School for Aviators. Vallejo, Cal., Sspt. 21. A school of aerial navigation for officers at Mare Island nary yard will be opened soon according to plans of the navy depart ment Just announced here. Every lln officer attached to the Pacific fleet will take the course, which will be conducted by gome of the best known aeronauts., The purpose is to pro mote efficiency of the aeroplane as a scout In time of war. ' .' SHOPS RIIIG OHSilEPU IDLE DAYS SCATTERED . THE WEEK. , OVER In Place of Saturday and Sunday Idte, Is Now Wednesday and Sunday. La Grande's O.-W. shops have not been closed down as erroneously an nounced this morning, but a different rule of short hours la in effect. During the last two weeks, and beyond that, too, for that matter, the shots have been run on an eight-hour schedule of five days a week. . In order to accom plish this the shops were closed twice a week and to begin with this was one on Saturday and Sunday of each week. Commencing yesterday one of the Idle days was placed on Wednesday an the other comes on Sunday. Hence the same hours prevail as before only the idle days are scattered over the we:k Instead of two coming In succession. CUMMINS SNUBS TAFT. Progressive Will Not Accompany Taft - Through Iowa. Des Moines; la., Sept. 21. Although Invited, United States Senator A1. B. Cummins will not accompany Preslr dent Taft oh his Journey through Iowa. "I have been Invited to Join "the party," said Cummins, "but I feel that I am unable to go.' I will be here September 29 when the president reaches this' city and will participate In the reception." : i ' : Asked if he had any particular rea son for not traveling with the presi dent Cummins said, "I do not care to give any reason. I have too many, oth er things to do." ; ; Cummins recently criticized Taft's Detroit speech in which the president defended the supreme court's decision In the Standard Oil and American To bacco cases. He Is a progressive. r, CHARGE WITNESS BRIBED. Relative of Attorney Harrow to Be Ar-resto-d at Once. ' Los Angeles, Sept. 21. Alleging that D. K. Diekleman, a witness for the prosecution m the McNamara case had been tampered with by emissaries of the defense, District Attorney Fred ericks announced today he had re quested the district attorney at Albu querque, N. M., to Issue a warrant for the arrest of B. Hanerstarn. a brother-in-law of Clarence Darrow, chief coun sel for the dVefense. He charges Han erstarn.. with bribing a witness who will fignre in the Times case. Diekle man was a clerk in the Baltimore ho tel here, when It is charged that Jas. McNamara registered there as Bryoe. SLEUTH ROES FEDERAL JUDGE I.IAN FAMOUS FOR OIL DECISION SHAD OWED RESIGNATION WITHDRAWN WHEN FACTS BECOME KN0W1T ri'pnenilna; an Eastern 'jfiigaa'a, Former United States Secret Service Agent Follows on Trail of Federal . Jihr .Who Btla'red Landis DeeU &lon -Say i He will Fight In the Opea " and Win. Chicago. Sept. 21. His ire aroused by rumors as to the cause" of his res ignation and by the publication of the fact that he has been shadowed for two years. Judge Grosscup declared today he may withdraw his resignation , which was Intended to take effect Octo ber 20th. For two years Grosscup was watched by Laurence Richie, a former United States secret service man. Richie says he began watching Judge Grosscup after he reversed the 29.000,000 Standard Oil fine for some eastern magazine. He denies the ru- : mor that his reports went direct to the federal government officials In the department of Justice. The Judgii said he wasn't surprised at Richie's statements and said he knew he was being watched and also said he dldn't.belteved the federal gov ernment had anything to do with the espionage. He said: "I haven't sent In my resignation yet and if there is any Intimation by reputable men or a magaztne that there has bewn any act in my official life not hearing on the closest dignity, I will never resign. I wjJI force my enemles lnto the open and maka them prefer charges. I will meet them openly'.'; A few lawyers have started a move ment "to Ignore Judge rosscup when he steps from the bar. ; They are mem bers, of the Chicago Bar association, but the movement ia still going. "I have learned certain publications robbed the office of Marshall Sampsell. receiver of the Union Traction com pany, and stol8 his papers," said the Judge. : ' . ' ' "I ami informed that photographic copies of these papers will be used against me." Sampsell was formerly Grosscup's private secretary and the Judge named him as receiver. "I shall invite the widest Investiga tion of my personal and private acta, and I will make no defense until the charges are printed. I deny that my j reversal of Judge Landls' $29,000,000 nne was Known in wan sireex ai nuur before It was handed down. I will not quit the bench with a cloud over me." STATE PRESIDENT COMING. Head V Oregon Department of W. R. C to inspect Local Post " Orders have been Issued for the proper entertainment of the depart ment president of the W Ri C. when she arrives here Saturday the 23rd. . The Orgon president will be the guest of the local W, R. C post and will give . her annual inspection at that time. Post president Mrs. Julius Roesch to day urged all members to be present at the meeting of the local organization next Saturday. . At noon a dinner will be served in honor ot the state presi dent To this banquet all members of ' the . A. R. are cordially invited. It is urgent . that all members attend. SOLDIER PATROL KEEP BAD FEELING. DOWN Fear of Blodshed la WashJngteB Town Leads to PrcantIoa Vancouver, Wnl, Sept. 21, Fearing a possible clash between the police, and troops of the garrison over the killing 6f Private Lewellyn by Police man Burkhardt Colonel McGunneglo had military patrols on the, streets throughout the name and the same will be done tonight. The colonel Baldsha did not believe the killing was Justifi able. Feeling against the police Is In tense. Burkhardt is out on $5,000 ball and will be arraigned Sept. 2S.