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VOLUME X.
ENGINES DIE
SAY STRIKERS
LOCAL SHOPS SAID TO
HAVE 11 ENGINES
USELESS
CONDITIONS THBOUGHOUT ORE.
GON REPORTED TO STRIKERS
Condition of La Grande Division Said
to Be Bad1 Strikers Are Hopeful
Two More Engines Dad Last Marht
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Huntington.
Conditions locally and over the state
of Oregon as reported to the strikers'
dally meeting at. 9:30 this morning
show, the strikers believe, that their
cause is receiving encouragement
from trouble facing the railroad com
panies. Conditions in La Grande. .
The publicity committee today re
ports conditions in La Grande as fol
lows: "Engines 520 and 387 dead last night
"Engine No. 303 hooked onto east
bound train last night but was shopped
before leaving yards.
; "Engine 363 delayed at Huntington
one hour and more because no on a
could be found to couple air hose.
"Six engines were required to pull
17 into Huntington yesterday from
Glenn's Ferry, one division on the O.
S. L." ; -
Deputy J. J. Suthons, of the carmen,
was scheduled to be In La Grande for
the meeting this morning but did not
arrive. -
Conditions as the Portland striker
headquarters have, reported them from
Oregon division points and which re
ports were read today at the strikers'
meeting, follow: . : ; ; ;
"Labor TempK PortlandTbre., Octo
ber 5. To all shop crafts on Hariiman
lines In Oregon and Washington: "Bui
letin posted In Albina roundhouse for
-no trains to exceed 20 miles per hour,
until further notice; Last night took a
train of bad orders to Kenton passing,
took two switch engines to pull them.
O.-W. No. 1 switch track holds 75 bad
order cars, and most of them loaded
with perishable freight. Engine 3201
due out 6:30 a. m. on 24 delayed ac
count spring hanger broken. Five
scabs have been on the job since 12
midnight till 11 this morning and are
still on the job using no jacks but try
lng to raise engines with pinch bars
Order from the .grand lodge of the
trainmen Instructed all brakeinen to
ceasa coupling up hose and engines
All pickets will keep their eyes open
and report to the federation any
brakeman doing any of this work
Don't fall to get the names of each
brakeman, or conductor.
The carmen of the N. P. T. Co.
' have been Instructed by the commit
tee to cease work on the Harrlman
equipment.
The Japs and a scab, got Into a fight
at the Albina roundhouse last night
and a Jap was taken to the hospital
Th.3 tank on Engine 2205 leaking soj
bad that they had to take tank off en
glne 2200. Engine 2424 boss fireman
calked flues and engine died at June
tion City. Engine. 2208 Are brick fell
down and oil flies all over. En gin
' 2188 is still on the hog, leaking badly
; Blacksmith hired yesterday at Albina
but failed to report for - work. No. 13
on the S. P. one hour late out of shop
I inspector did not know) how to cou
pie hose and engineer or switchman
would not show him.' A. H. Harris, the
storekeeper, responded to 0"Brlen'i
call as strike-breaker this is the man
who was discharged for stealing bras
ses. .
Roseburg, Oregon Train 14 arrived
11:50, left 20 minutes late. Engine 2352
leaking, engine 2591 still in the ring
leaking badly. Train 11 arrived 12:48
on time, piston blowing badly. Train
222 wrecked at Glendale account bro
ken flange. Fireman who was called
to go out on wrecker kicked on firing,
Crain got orders from headquarters so
he did not do any work. A deputy sner
iff helped to cuple up train 15 but
have seen sheriff and this will be cut
out. Engine 2349 has engine trucks
burnt up, came in one hour late; left
Ave hours late. Engine 2424 came in
and died In R. H. They run 15 down
to the Bhops to uncouple and a feeble
minded fellow there to help but we got
him out before he could do any harm.
Train 20, engine 2203, left ltt hour
late. Superintendents Morris, Martin
and Fields coupled up.
Grants Pbbs Here is where we
shine, have 4 leaky engines, two of
them dead.
Albany. Ore. Hverybody standing
firm. Four scabs hired but three quit.
Kenny motor expert attempted to set
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HORROR
BAYLESS DAM OWNERS TO'TAND
v MURDER CHAllGE.
Authorities Looking for Specific (Men
to. File Charges Asa'nst.
Austin, Qct. 7. -Charges of Invol
untary manslaughter will be lodgied
against the persons responsible for the
breaking of the big Bayless dam here
Saturday according to a statement to
day made by Deputy General Hurst.
The authorities are endeavoring to
learn to whom may be laid a charge of
negligence in construction and main
tenance of the dam and it is against
them that the manslaughter charge
will be made. Flfty-tfive corpses have
been recovered to date.
Fond du Lac, Wis Oct. 7. With'
The Church and the Age" as the gen
eral theme of discussion, the 73rd an
nual meaing of the Wisconsin Congre
gational association began here today
and wllV continue until Monday. The
prominent speakers to.be heard In
clude Dr. C. W. Richards of New York,
Rev. J. M. Chandler of Chicago, Presi
dent Silas. Evans of Ripon college,
Rsv. Charles P. Connolly of Milwau
kee, Rev. H. F. Bums of .Superior: and
TUFT SPECIAL
NO ACCIDENT TO MARK TRIP 0T
EE THIS DITISI0N.
Half Hoar Delay ' Here Darin? Re-
...Makenp of the Special ;. .....
ThVughTnV slepThrouglHt all," Pres
ident William. H. Taft was in La
Grande for a halt hour last night. On
schedule time. In fact, a little aneaa
of.lt,' the special train. -carrying the
president, newspaper men and his
paity.arrlvd at I (WW. i.Mp''
left Huntington at 9.10. Engineer
Pete.Theison nulled .the, .train, from
Hnnllntton to Pendleton and Frank
Mytenger was the conductor; : No acci
dent marred the lourney. The delay
hero war caused by. the fact that tne
train was changed some to get In on
the Walla Walla tracks. After a halt
hour etay in which the night owls who
staved up to see the train got glimpses
of the guards that keep, without the
flours or tne private car wapiam
Butts' men. all of them he was pul
led Into Pendleton at 3:45 and at '
o'clock exactly on the dot of the sched
ule. was halted at the Walla Wala sta
tion. Two hours later he left for Lew
Iston. . . .
Six cars make up the special train
A baggage, diner, the America, the
Florida, the Maryland and the Ideal
the latter. President Taft'a private
sanctum sanctorium.
eccentric but failed.
La Grande Eleven engines ; dead
.sjnee the strike. Engine; 172 came In
blowing so bad.phe could, hardly move
n;rseir.'-iaa men out nere.
r Ashland, Ore. AJ1 craftsmen stand
firm, think foreman will step out Boon
Every man . went out at Hornbrook,
Cal. All out at Weed, Cal. All out but
three carmen at Red Bluff. - ' ' '
All carmen out at Springfield, Ore
gon. M?n working at O.-W. K; & N, Al
bina 1 painter, 1 carpenter, 7 men in
bollershop, and 1 peg leg bollermaker,
2 machinists, 1 tool dresser, 1 handy
man. . .
Los Angeles, Cal. S. P. Co! are out
98 pur cent., Italian boiler washers
and ' Chinese wipers came out in a
body. Salt Lake road at this point is
out 100 per cent. '
We Just received word from the fol
lowing places and 98 per cent of the
men are out standing firm and cheer
ful. . Tucson, Ariz.; Houston, Tex.;
Les Vegas, Nev. . Ogden, Utah; Mo
Jave. Cal.; Cheyenne, Wyo.; Bakers
field. Cal.; San Jose. Cal.; San Luis
Obispo, Cal.; Sparks, Nev.; Parjaro,
Cal.: Oakland, Cal.
FEDERATION BOARD, by H. We
ber, Pres.f C. R. Merrill, Secy.; J.
W. Tarnasky, Carl Wohlforth, J. Vana.
" The Situation at a Glance.
Sacramento. Oct. 7. Strike bene
fits were distributed here today.. The
married men got $8. and single men
$6. ' No violence so far.
New Orleans, Oct. 7. The strike on
the Harrlman lines is telng keenly
felt along th Texas division of the
Southern Pacific. There Is a short
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HERE ON DDT
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FIVE COUNTIES SUF
FEE LOSS OF FIVE
MILLIONS
MA T PEOPLE I'NACCOUNT.
. ED FOR BY AUTHORITIES
Half of Hatfield Washed naj and
Another Little Town Is Reported
Ruined River Filled With Vreck.
Hourrjany Refugees Fill titles.
Black River Falls, Wis:, Oct. 7. The
heavy floods which started yesterday
are more serious than at iflrst report
ed. Several persons are unaccounted
for, and the property damage in the
five counties is estimated as between
three and Ave millions.
Black river is wreckage filled as
far south as La Crosse.
Hatfield, 'near the big dam which
broke, is submerged, and is about half
washed away. The town's population
was 2,000. Other towns down the
stream are also heavy losers.
North Bend is reported wiped out
Over two thousand refugees are here
and more are coming.;
The only mode of communication
here is to Bet a telegraph instrument
on the top of a pole.
Only five 'business houses, are left
Btandlng, and forty residences are de
stroyed. Stories of losses of life are
being discredited.
Relief Trains Sent
La Crosse, Wis., Oct. 7. Replying
to appeals for food and clothing of
the starving people at Black River
Falls today, a relief train was sent
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J1teal Eiriate sWlST&USir.'?
New York, Oct. 7. Including as it
does the varied list of exhibits which
made up the two previous shows -of,
tne Kind given nere, togetner witn a
new section devoted- to apartment
houses and building ' materials, the
third Real Estate and Ideal Homes
show,, which opene In Madison Square
garden this afternoon, Is the largest
and most comprehensive -exposition
of its kind ever held In America, - The
display embraces every type of build,-
ing from the bungalow to the sky-
scrapin apartment hou'se. Illustrated
In models, photographs and drawings,
as well as samples of every building
material which .enters into their con-
tructbn Eouinment decorations and
furnishings are shown also.
Interest In Indiana Murder Trial.
Danville, Ind., Oct. 7 Not since
the famous Hlnshaw murder case bis
this section displayed such a Jively in
terest in a criminal trial as Is now
manifested In the Moon murder trial,
which is scheduled to begin Monday.
The defendant, James Harvey Moon, Is
accuse of the murder of Constabl-3 011-
ver Wllholte and of Mrs. Nora Moon
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HOURLY
esuiuock. i ne aouuje trageay occurrea j. jaiiui. .uiiuu iuok mo hioii
lastMayr Constable Wllholte was shot, e.v. and escaped.
and killed at the Moon home where the :
officer had gone to serve a writ of res-1 Wall Pa iter Trust Indicted,
tltution. The killing of Mrs. Baldock, Cleveland. Oct. 7. The wall paper
a ocusln of Moon,; occurred immedl- pnni)rti.leE nulioted here as a trust
ately afterward at her wp hom3; about in combination for restrait of trade
a quarter of a mile from the Moon ! loaded not puilty today and furnished
nome. where Wllholte was killed. '
Flume, Crete, Oct. 1. The sinking
of a Turkish warship ty Italian cruis
ers In a hot fight at St. Jean de Medua
where the Turkish forces are also
crippled. Is reported.
Constantlonaple, Oct. 7. All Italian
establishments were ordered closed
IRE
JUDGE FOR M'
Los Angeles, Oct' 7. Disregarding
the strong affidavits alleging preju
dice, Judge Bordwell In an Informal
hearing today denied the McNamara
brothers another judge to try the
case. The juge said he was not biased.
On Monday, Darrow will probably
ANOTHER
TURKISH
FUSES
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MtURDAY, OCTOBER
PRESIDENT WARMLY
RECEIVED AT WAL
LA WALLA
GOVERNOR OFFERS HIM
' NOMINATION
IN 1812
II TENDERS
TIFT "1912"
liay is called "thj day of solemn as
, . jsembly."
Pass TnHP u iviviii r. .J The fest,val commemorates the har
rasses lender as a Joke Mul Go to vest season or th. ni,,t
Snowline n ML Rainier Tomorrow !
t When He Reaches Tacoma Leaves .
ana nalia This Morning to Go to
Mowon and Lewlnton, Then Spokane
Walla Walla, Oct. 7. Governor Hay
of Washington who joined Presidant
Taft here today, in introducing the
president to 6,000 at the city park ten
dered him the republican nomination
of the presidency in 1912, saytng.
"Taft mas prescribed for the coun
try in 1808 and we need a second' dose
in 1912.V'. When Taft arose -he said:
"If you think you need a second dose
I will do the best I can to cure the
disease you have," and the crowd Join
ed in the laugh. The necessity for
intensive agrlcultune and1 the tariff
vetoes rounded out his address.
. Half of Trip Over.
With exactly half of his big "swing
arouira the circle" behind him, Taft
today began the invasion of the Paci
fic coast territory. Fifteen states have
seen the president and welcomed him
to his satisfaction. He has traveled
6456 miles. He said today he was glad
to be 1n the west to get in touch with
the western problems. Today he spent
his time at Walla Walla, and leaves
for Moscow and Spokane tonight.
Will Enter Snow Tomorrow.
Tacoma. Oct. 7. President Taft will
.eo from warm sunshine to snow to-morrcjW,-'rh'?
snow line is creeping
down Mt, Rainier until It "has reached
Paradise valley which is as far up the
mountain as Taft will climb.
4'
. Montenegrin Hjuler 70 Years Old.
Cettlnje, 'Montenegro, Oct. 7. The
people of Montenegro held great re
joicings today In celebration of the
70th birthday of their beloved .king.
Borp Oct. 7., 1841 in the little village
liA,.?U8n' wnic for. 4U" n,aa
?b,n thf Jbode of his family, Nicholas
?netv,tc a?"!,dedTihle thr,ne f tnTe
Vladlkas in 1860 as Prince Nicholas I.
A y?ar aS. August on the 50th
anniversary of hjs acoesslon, Montene-(
ro was "eciarea a Kingdom, ana me
ruler took the title of king.
POKER GAME FATAL.
I
foofl Hrlifht Prohihly Falally Wound,
erf Axxallant ENraie.
Oxnartl, Cal., Oct. 7. Just before
their all night poker game broke up
this morning G?cll Bright was prob
ably fatally wounded by Sam Moul-
ton. another player .In a quarrel over
of Sfifl noo.
today by the government.
Portugal Uprising Grows.
. Vigo. Spain, Oct. 7. Heavy fighting
between the Portuguese royalists and
the republicans is reported. Several
defeats of small republican detach
ments are reported and a decisive bat
tle 1b believed pending at Oporto.
TO
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lake a motion formally for a change
.r judge ana a change of venue to
keep the record clear. These Bord
well is expected, to deny as he seems
determined to try the case, which Is
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SHIP
NAM R BROTHERS
7, 1911.
JEWS OBSERVE
SUCCOTH DAY
FEAST OF THE SYNAGOGUES IS
AN IMPORTANT EVENT.
Jewish Custom Makes Today an Im
portant Event la Celebrations.
New York, Oct. 7.-fln all the Jew
ish temples and synagogues of the
metropolis special services wer held
today in calibration of the feast of
tabernacles. This festal day is called
In Hebrew "Succoth" and falls upon
the 15th of Tlshri In the Hebrew mi.
maar nd lasts eight days. The eighth
and Is a period of thanksgiving for
the blessings received. The Israelites
wuu, in uueuience io the dtvlne com-
mand. left his house for the week ot
tne festival, and took up his abode in
oootn or tabcrnacl-3. and HvM
through as it were, an Important epoch
or nis people s history, has thereby
repienisnea tne springs of Jewish sen
timent. ' -
He was also thereby taught to re
member that just as Israel in the wil
derness was protected by God, so Is he
being guarded In his earthly pilgrim
age. ; . ; :
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
CONVENES MONDAY.
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Oregon's laJUathe Case, to Come np
Along Kith Others of Importance .
..Washington, Oct 7r-Jlfter a., four
months' Vacation the supreme court of
the United States will convene Mon
day for the term of 1911-12. The dock
et Is crowded with 781 cases, as com
pared with 696 cases a year ago at this
time. No case of anything Ilk equal
Importance with the Standard Oil and
Tobacco dissolution suits is on the
docket, but there are a number of lm.
portant and Interesting matters' that
will com before the court for adjudl
cation, , .
The court is expected to take up
first of all the numerous cases Includ
ing the activity of state railroad com
missions
mere are more man nrty
cases of this kind to be decided. As all
"i icui are currtiaieu, u is prooaoie i
v.. v.....t r... lutui oa uicimj I"-i
gether as possible. There are 36 rate
cases from Missouri alone, three from!
Minnesota, including that decided by
Judge Sanborn, which agitated the gov
ernors' conference at Spring .Lake re-i
cently, and several fiom Oklahoma and
Kentucky. . The opinions of the u
pr?me tribunal In these cases probably
will fix definitely thn rcn3t'Mtional
limits of state railroad commissions
and circumscribe the powers they may
exerclse in the way of fixing the rates
of carriers in Intrastate traffic.
Stork Yards Insue Up.
RECORD TERM
FACES JURISTS
' Several important cases have come'view of the trial of Frederick' A.'
over from the Interstate commerce ' Hyde and others on charges of land
commission. The government cues-' frauds on the Pacific coast will constl-
, tions the right of railroads to make
concessions to elevators, holding that
it is rebating. The St. Louis Termi-
nal company, owning two 'bridges over
, the Mississippi river. Is being brought
. to the bar on the question of Its being
. a monopoly In restraint of trade. An-
ntfiAi laana that ttrlll ha fr.na.lif nut
early In JJie term Is whether the stock
yards in the large cities are common
carriers within the meaning of the in
terstate commerce laws. A case against
the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
road Is expected to lead to a decision
as to whether a railroad may transport
sheep through a state Into another
state when the state through which
the sheep pass Is under quarantine.
The battle for the Initiative and ref
erendum, the foundation stone of the
Oregon primary system, will be fought
before the court early In November. In
view of the fact that numerous states
already have followed the example of
Oregon In adopting the Initiative and
I referendum and others are preparing
. to do so, the decision in this case will
have far-reaching consequences. The
matter comes to the supreme court as
an appeal In a suit brought by the Pa
cific States Telephone and Telegraph
company against the 'State of Oregon
to test, the constitutionality of he
lnilatlve and referendum law.
I Among the most Inioortant cases on
the docket are severer that were held
over from last term-. Included in the
list are the cases involving the validity
of the infl'ctment of Charles F. Mun-
day and otners' growing out of the so.
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LUND'S WORDS
ARE IMPEACHED
WITNESSES TELL OF
DEFENDANTS' GOOD
CHARACTERS
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MANW REFUTE STATEMENT
MADE BY LUND YESTERDAY
Horse Stealing Cane Has Reached1 tk
Beginning of the End May Conclude
""J -WMu MUt 1M mil
NotL klely Go to Jury Until Monday
Morning.
Testimony to impeach' tha sworn
statements of Roy. Lund, a convict do-'
ing time lor cattle rustling, marked
me strong card or the defense in the
horse stealing case now urider way
at the court house with John Spain.
Henry McGrath and Zibe Morse as the
defendants. The defense took tha wit
ness dtand last evening and placed be- -tween
20 and 25 witnesses bestlfyina: to
the general good character of the three
derendants. These witnesses included
some of the substantial ranchers about,.'
Union and public officials as well. Fol
lowing up their line of evidence tend
ed to establish the good name of the
three accused. ,the defense introduced
impeaching evidence against Lund.
Several witnesses testified that Lund '
had been in the horse stealing business ' -prior
to his incarceration In the pen
itentiary and that his father knew it.
Many Contradict Him.
The statement made by Lund yes-;
terday that he had not taken supper '
with the three defendants and several
others on the night of June 5th this
year In a Jap restaurant at Union,
was contradicted by a half dozen peo
ple who claimed' to have been there. '
These same .witnesses said that; the-,. ,
deal for; the sale of jtbe horses' was :
closed and that Spain paid Lund $150 V
at that time. This Lund flatly denies.
Henry McGrath, one of the defend
ants took the sta,nd just before noon
and Spain Is slated to take it late this
afternoon. - While all evidence will
likely be placed this afternoon 1t Is
not probable that the Jury will get .v ,
the evidence wntl Monday morning
some time. . , . v v.
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American Girl Weds German Diplomat
Berlin. Oct. 7.4-Th marVlaee her
today of Miss May Bestoi. daughter
of Mrs. Ella W. Bpstor of Minneapolis, f
ana Herr uustave J.twaetzoid. who Is
iu. in? Mci muii. uiyiuiuttuc service, was
witnessed ty numerous members of
the American colony In Berlin and by
many persons prominent! in German
official life. The ceremony took place
this afternoon in the KalBer Wilhelm .
Gst'nechtnlss Klrche.' .The couple will ,
'eslde Jn Rome, where Herr Waetzold .
Is secretary of the German embassy.
called Slracey coal land claims In
Alaska, and of the indictment of Jas. -A.
P-tn and others on charges '6f
violating the Sherman anti-trust law.,
!n "cornering" the cotton market. The
:re sun anoiner important case.
The court also will hear-areuments
!n the Oklahoma' land fraud cases,
which are four in number and are typ
ical of 301 suits brougbt$y the govern
ment to Invalidate 30,000 or more con
veyances by 'Indians, -of titles to real -estate,
which the government claims
were fraudulent conveyances. . ,.v
Labor has one Important cass from
Louisiana In which ah employer is be
ing: prosecuted for permitting a labor-
er to work more than eight hours in
one day. Also of Importance to tha
labor world Is the case brought to test
tne constitutionality of the federal em
ployers' liability act ot 1908.
The court has been asked to Inter-'
pret a treaty between the United
States and 'Italy. The case In question ;
Involves the right ot an Italian con
sul to take charge of the estate of an
Italian subject dying in this country
California contrary to local laws.
Not the least of the problems before ,
the supreme court is the necessity of
relieving the congestion which threat
ens to clog the administration ot jus
tice If measures are not taken by con- .
gross for its relief. As before stated,
there are now more than 700 cases on
the docket, with the probability that
fully 300 additional cases will be .filed
before the end of the term. The aver
age number ot cases that can be de
cided, by the, court. In a year Is about
400, and this Is somewhat high. - It la
apparent, therefore, that the court la ,
two years behind In its work, and will
inevitably fall back still further it its
I labors are not lightened,
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