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V. S-.f ... ... ... V. I ! - i ... A? 4 i 1 . VOLUME X.S FATE IF IP MYSTEH MS; NOT KNOWN IF 1 ISH FLEET ISAF ORNOT. NEWS FROM TI&POLI , ; CUT OFF 1$ ITALY Turks Can See Little Hoj)e of Winning and Sultan Is SeareMng lor Peace Nv Excuse Germany Come L His Aid With Ttentatfre Peaoe PrjWltlons to B& Presented1 to Italy it (face Fleet Reported Destroyed. Trlest, Austria, Oct. 2 Tie Ans. trlan war squadron sailed t hf nnder uccret orders. It Is assume 1 Us mis sion is connected1 with tlit ferklsh. Italian situation. ; ' London, Oct. 2. Whether the Turk ish fleet lies ruined at the e trance of the Dardanelles or is sare a Constant ttnople, Is a mystery early jity. The marine minister admits t e loss of a single cruiser and says t wrest of the fleet is at Constantly pit The Italian minister, says the It iltan fleet met a single division of th i Turkish fleet and sank three battk ;Hps and damaged others. Diplomatic circles admit tl 'dismem berment of the Ottoman ( raplre is possible soon. Russian wa ships re main off Treblzond and ,aitrla is massing troops on the front iof Nov lbazar; which looks like a nb.' The Balkans aTe preparing to re it again. Indications that a general luropean struggle will be the oubco m of the Italian-Turkish war is stror g(r today. It Is reported that Germa j fearing uch a clash, la urging Turk jto yield . and has submitted to the p trie terms which are acceptable to It ik, it U believed the sultan has aba ltoned all hope that the powers will li tervene to save Turkey from partitioi wd that he is willing to go to the e :teme for peace. He fears his subject .iowever, would refuse the terms ai d raise a holy war flag and massacre Christians thus precipitating Turkey's I'.al down : fall." ,': . v It is. undoubted that antiment among the Turks is hour growing more dangerous to Europefea. Many believe all Mohammedan I tountrtes must soon chose between pibjectlon iURK-OAT 4 to Christian countries or a 1 git to the finish. ' .'. - Wttle New From TrI nil. I, t Vienna, Oct. 2. Italian rarshlpa are scouring the Adriatic sen i search . ing for the Turkish destroyt n, which. It is reported, are threatenln rthe Ital ian commerce. ; ; ' ' Private advises say the Mian sl Vj lence regarding the progn a of the .' Tripoli slegfl indicates the irks are .making an Unexpected resist ace. Trl- Poll was .fired upon Satur noon. by after- LIMITED IN :1 "LIMITED STRIKES EQUIPMENT TRAIN ION SANTA FEl One UnkjiowTi Man Fatally Hon and Other Seriously injured. Crozier. III., Oct. 2. Conductor Boyd wlnslow was instantly killed and an unidentified man was fatally Injured and live others seriously hurt when tbfl Santa W. 1!.itj .. DITCH n i . t westoound. col- l , t "d,d toda' nea on with an equipment r traln- Other, of the crew Jumped and " - I ved their Uvea., ' , LA GRANDE, UNION EETOfJTHEflE AUSTIN HORROR UNDER PROBING GOVERNOR TRIES TO FIXBLAME FOR DE STRUCTION CRIES OF IMPRISONED HEARD FROM BURNING DEBRIS SO DAY Many Being Found Several Miles ItC low the Town of Austin One Side , walk Two Blocks Long Remains to Mark Scene of the Disaster of Satur. ?ay Number of Dead Cannot Be De termined yet S S Q g J g A LOCAL MAX'S HOME TOWN DE- S STROYED. . . ". , V - H. T. Love, the jeweler who S S succeeded Hewitt, came direct to S La Grande a few months ago from S Austin, the sc,en of the terrible 4 disaster ; Saturday night and is scanning every bit: of available news for information about his S many friends there. - - $ ; Aiistin, Pa., Oct. 2. -Thirty-six bod ies mostly Identified were today recov ered from the ruins caused by ;he bursting of the Bayless dam in Slnna monslng valley which wrecked this town and Costello. ; It Is now estimat ed that the dead number between lOff and 200. Most of them .wer .women and children. ;" ' " ' . The property loss is estimated "at $3,000,000. Crlei" were frequently heard Troni the burning debris yesterday but ceas ed today. Thousands watched the res cues at work this morning. Criminal prosecution may be started to fix the responsibility. -: Prayers for the Dead. All liquor has been dumped Into the creok, to keep It from those who might loot. Mass was' celebrated today by Father O'Brien in a private house on the hillside above the torrent and there were prayers for the dead. One unidentified man suicided when he found his family had all bean drown ed. There were many pitiful scenes. H'-ontluutm on fujre Rltrnt.i JOINT SENATOR C, A. BARRETT. xVtliena solon who addressed the fair visitors Saturday afternoon, on the subject of good roads, having been placed on Saturday's pro gram rather than as a Monday feature because of the absence of Gover nor West Saturday. r 1 - ' '"" . If- COUNTY. OREGON. XAUttm naALLX ELECTED PRES. DEN IK MKXUO. - . iiuiiuifjn, m Jfl t SwvXwa-W; til ',J1 vi.V'' " Mexico City. Oct. 2. The election is "all"vroGg," said Francesco Madero, the newly elected president bf Mexico In a af.atement todaVEvgn though the vice president Suarez,. and. myself we.-'ected''T iniend to. nave the sslem abolished and its secrecy also. I shall soon'advocate a more progres sive system." .' - .; ; ' v- , - SOCIETY AGOG OVER WEDDING ATTWACTION AT FAIR TONIGHT IN . TERESTS ALL. Oiremony, to Be, Commenced, at. 8 O'clock iu Fair Building. George I. Anderson of Cove will to night lead a pretty Cove girl to the specially-prepared altar in the county fair building and before an audience that Is. expected to number Into the thousands at least will be united in marriage by Dr. J. D. Gillllan. La Grande has waited these many daya to see this same public wedding and so ciety will be out en masse to see the ceremony. Perfect decorum, fitting music, as much reverence to the asso ciation as though It were a house wed ding, will go to make the event a so ciety function. . ' ' The ceremony .. . commences" at 8 o'clock. The Cove bride and groom are In the city this afternoon awaiting the hour which to them is to be so Im portant an event in their lives. It will require drays to haul home the presents which La Grande business men have "showered" the bride and groom with and by the time all these have been safely stowed away In their future home there will be a long start toward a furnished house. The rains today, Sunday and the downpour of Saturday night drooped the hilarious colors and banners at the fair grounds slightly but, the balance of the fair period will be as Important as any that has gone before. ' Saturday afternoon a large audience heard Joint Senator C. A. Barrett who was placed on the Saturday program rathjer than the Monday features, be cause Governor West failed to come. Dunham Wright In the City. I ' ' Dunham Wright of Core1 was" over 8unday visiting with his wife . who is here taking spinal adjustments. .MONDAY OfYmppi o rly...;:.v,v.vKv,.,i ' t VETERAN OF TWO NAVAL WARS DIES SUDDENLY. Man Who Commanded' American Fleet at Santiago Succumbs Today.' (New York, Oct. 2. Admiral Schley dropped dead on 44th street today of heart disease. He was 72 years old. He was born In Fredisrick City, Mary land; appointed to the United States naval academy In 1856, and was grad uated in 1860. His promotion was rapid and he was appointed rear ad miral In 1899. He served In the civil war and during the Spanish-American war, commanded the "flying Bquadron" off Cuba, and commanded the fleet when Cervera's ships were destroyed. He had long suffered from the dis ease. Schley arrived here today and met a number of friends and then started to walk to the home of his son. He had gone scarcely a block when he fell. ',;' DRTMMER IN AUTO KILLS FARMER J. Jenson, Portland Traveling Man Is Wan ed for the Death of an Aged Farmer. Eugene, Ore. Sept. 30. Pete Hebert a farmer, agf d 76 years, living at Hazel aen, in the Cascade mountains East of Eugne was fatally injured this fore noon by being run over by an Overland automobile driven by J. Jensen a Port land traveling man, and died two hours later. Jensen was coming down town on Eighth street and as he turned to go North on Willamette, struck Her bert, knocking him down, rolling hlra ten feet and then ran over his body. Jeqsen conveyei the man to the hos pital In his autp, and then drove away, saying that he was going to Cottage Grove. DUD ONST REEt 1911" VIOLENCE STARTED IN STRIKE QUIZZING INTO CAREER STARTS TWO INQUISITORS ARE ABSENT FROM HEAR- ' ING TODAY MULTI-MILLIONAIRE STEPHEN- - SOV HIV IMtP 1U irivn iv Committer Appointed by Senate to In Testlgiate Election of Wealthy Wis consln Senator Commences Hearing Today Will Co Dep Into Expend!, ture of Large Sums by Aged Sena- tor. .', ',; .: : - t . 4 Milwaukee, Wis.,' Oct 2. The Heyburn committee began Its 3 $ sessions, this forenoon at 10.30. Heyburn, chairman,, Sutherland Q $ and Penrose are here but Brad- 4 Bradley and.Paynter are unable f to attend. . Senator Stephenson nays he Is ready to take the sta" 4 CP1 Milwaukee, Oct uruerea Dy nate to discover. ,0 Stephen son's electiot )dy In 1908 was attended with rrupt practices was btrun In this city today. At the re quest of the Wisconsin legislature the senate last August appointed a com mittee to make the inauiry. The charge Is that Stephenson con- li louieo. more tnan J107.000 for the pro motion of his Interests at a senatorial primary election in 1908 and that his Political workers violated the law In the" use of much of the fund?" '; Stephenson., lai a senator, lumber magnate, multi-millionaire, banker, farmer and raiser of fancy stock, in cluding Pauline Wayne, the cow presented by him to Taft His bushy beard and great shock of hair show little sign of the whitening that comes which old age. He is active despite his years and while he has kept close tab on senate affairs he has never raised his voice In the chamber. The term for which he was chosen will end March 3, 1915. He was born 82 years ago in New Brunswick. Two hundred witnesses nav tr. (Continued on pa EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH. Rular of Austria-Hungary, Who Has Recently Bean III. 1 k - 4 if 5; ''' The recent mobilization of troops along the border of Lis dominions may complicate the emperor's Illness. The situation Is keenly understood by all hJ subjpcts and alarm Is reported from the royal quarters. rffc- ) 1 ' VTTlimnri -svi-t IS HIT BY BRICK GENERAL TIE-UP ON COAST EXPECTED VERY SHORTLY MAVT STRIKEBREAKERS PUT Police Sutp Chicago Workman Who Was Attacked by Strikers Because He Stayed at Work Portland Shops MIiiih ItfKular Men Quit In Tort. In id and Oregon Towns Thoujrh the Strikebreakers Work. Sncrnmiinto, Oct! 2-Tbe assertion was made here tliat the engineers and firemen of the Harriman gyste!m are taking a referendum vote on the ques tion of Joining th striking shopmen. It Is said1 the vote so far is a majority at Sacramento In favor of a walkout, it probable that the announcement of the vote will not be announced until the end of the week. Chicago, Oct. . 2 The first violence In the Illinois strike was reported to-day when four union pickets assaulted John Thomas, a carpenter, , who de clined to Join the strikers. He was hit hit with a brick and waa surrounded by .hundreds of atrlkers when the po lice saved him. Tfro hundred strike ers were smuggled Into Bumsfde and railroad officials declare 100 strikers are back working, .jt of- 4,000 who quit." " " "' 'v ': ''v: ' "' Telegraph Reports at tarlanae. -, Portland, Oct. Z.Lesa than a score of unionists appeared for' work in the O. W. R. & N. and Southern Pacific shops today out of the 1,200 Employed. Unionist reports say that 10 other di vision points in Oregon 'arid Idaho are likewise tied up and that fully 25,000 men are out In the northwest; Twenty five strikebreakers are enroute and there are no disorders. ; General Tle-Up Expected. San Francisco, Oct. 2. Union offi cial say the tie-up-along the whole it practically complete and pre 'crmna re that the railroads will 4"n be tied up because of lack of re mra. ,,.,- v : Hnitv Strikebreakers at Work. Memphis, Oct. iTwo carloads of 3trlkebreaker arrived today to take :he places of the strikers on the 1111 aols Central. There Is ho disorder. . Tie-Up 1n South Extenstve. Los Angeles, Oct. 2. Reports here and in Arizona indicate the shop tie up on the Southern Pacific is almost complete. Unionists claim 58 per cent of the men are out. Several hundred strikebreakers were put to work la Southern California shops. ROGERS FALLS E ATIATOR HURT AXD MACHINE IS DAMAGED. , Last Contestant for Transcontinental Flight Has Slight Accident. Huntington, Ind., Oct. Z.AvIator Rogers, the Inst remaining contestant for the transcontinental prize, fell hre today after being in the air two minutes. He was slightly hurt and his machine was damaged. He hopes to resume his flight westward soon unless Is Injuries are too severe. CARPENTER IT 1 ' f 1 4