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.-.A.- - : r 3 '11 volume x. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY, 'OCTOBER 9, 1911. NUMBER 299 I taft CLIMBS RIIII'S SIDE PRES. TAFT FLIRTS WITH DEATH IN THE ASCENT PRINCESS ELIZABETH. Baautiful Mmbr of tht Royal Housa of Rouminii. STUCK IN MID AND BANGERS UNFASTEN PRESIDENT'S AUTO Executive Conies to Seattle Tonight to Be Fted in Grand Style by Various Organizations pent Yesterday In Sight Seeing on Mountainside and Conies Away to Face Seattleltes. Bellingham, Oct. 9. After a day spent in flirting with death, on the siipyts of Mt. Rainier, President Taft arrived from Tacoma today,' beginning his trip through Washington. Taft rode up to Paradise valley, to an alti tude of .6,500 . feet yesterday, over a road that faced the - deep canyons. Once ho got stuck In the . mud and rangers had to dig them out. The president breakfasted at the Chamber of commerce,, and stopped at the arm ory. He visited Mount Vernon and Everett. He reaches Seattle by eve' ulng. :! Ride a Thrilling On. The road on the mountain was so narrow that the president's auto many times was within a foot of the edge which sipped away for hundreds of tett where a single defect in the auto neant death. He covered 109 miles by auto, and got back to Tacoma lat at night. President Taft talked vigorously on the reciprocity treaty and declared that Canada made a mistake -In de f eating it and lntlm&ted--th Canada will noi. develop bo rasi as a rtrouu. Despite the chill breeze and occa sional rain a large crowd watched the Taft parade and ,00 heard him talk on conservation and the effect the op enlng of the Panama canal will have on the coast He said the canal will he ' open for traffic in July, 1913. Busy Trip Before Taft Seattle, Oct. 9. President Taft ar rives here at 7 o'clock tonight, and speaks at he armory at eight and later in the evening he will be enter tain ed by the Seattle Press club. This morning . he breakfasted with Con gresaman Humphries, then went back to the city and addressed an audience at the city hall park in the morning session. Balllnger will entertain Taft at -luncheon. Afterward Taft leaves for Tacoma. Governor Clark arrived here today r to confer with the president on the Alaskan affairs. He said he believed Fisher's visit would result In a great benefit to the territory. 1 t LP' .7 DEFENSE WINS CONTEMPT CASE VITAL STRUGGLE TO COMMENCE WED NESDAY QUESTION OF VENIREMEN IS AN IMPORTANT SIDE BATTLE McNamaras Conceded to Have Won i Dedslve Victory in That the Con tempt Case Against Defense Attor. ney Is Postponed Both Sides Pre paring for Critical Test. STRIKE STATUS HIE INDEED BOTH COMPANIES AND STRIKERS ARE SUF FERING MUCH MANY STRIKEBREAKERS PUT TO WORK IN ALBINA SHOPS Traluloud Smuggled Into Shops From .Washington At California the Po lice Take a Hand in Probable Riots -Sacramento Conditions Grave Situation Pointed Out Here. Los Augeles, Oct. 9. Judge Bord- San Francisco, Oct. 9. The begin- well today put over indefinitely the ning of the second week of contempt case against Attorney Har rington of the McNaniara defense. , The charge was the outgrowth tf Harrington's refusal to answer grand jury Questions. ' . The Harrington postponement is looked upon as a defense victory. The first panel 'of veniremen was n hand today to Qualify. Neither strike show conditions are graver both for the strikers and the com pany. Today 200 strikebreakers were housed In the Southern Pacific shops nrmoil with clubs and were given no tice by the police commission today that they would be arrested If they were found outside the railroad prop ertics. The company says the condl I. il 1 C. P. RODGERS. . Ho It Trying to Fly From Nov York to Son Franoioco. the i -vrv. fJt I Cl ALT STS SUFFRAGE ISSUE IS AT STAKE IN CALIFOR- SIA TOMORROW 1 .SCE REIGNS IN SUFFRAGE HEADQUARTERS of the defendants were present. Most I (ion la satisfactory and It is known IICAGOIFIRE LI LED TOffl FIRE PREVENTION LEAGUE HOLDS ANNIVERSARY. Hlsfeirtrat-Soclety of ' Chicago "f - Part In Btemerabrances. SUPREME COURT HAS CONVENED CUSTOMARY PRACTICE OF VISIT ING PRESIDENT DROPPED. Extremely Important Questions Com Ing Up for Settlement Chicago, Oct. 9. The 40th annlver sary of the great Chicago Are was ob served today not only in this city and state, but in many other states of the union, where the respective governors set aside the day under the appella tion of "fire prevention day" to be ob served in the Interest of the inter state movement of reducing the enor mous losses by fire sustained annual ly throughout the country. In com pliance with the agreement reached hy the governors of various states at their conference a short time ago Governor Deneen had issued a procla matlon setting aside the anniversary day of the great fire as "Are preven tion day," and had asked the citizens to co-operate in the Interest of the movement for the reduction of losses by fired. Last year the property loss by fire in the United States was 470,650, of which Illinois bore share of about $11,000,000. Between 1901 and 1910 the per capita Iobs to every man, woman and child In the United States was $2.71 for this fire waste, while in Europe the losa was only 33 cents per head. In Germany the per capita loss was only 19 cents. The aoeclal features of today 8 oo- servance of. the day .were an exhibi tion arranged by the Chicago Histori cal society, to Illustrate the great Chi cago fire of 1871 and the various pnas es of Chicago's civic development, and a general cleaning up of back yards, pellars. attics and other places wnere combustible material 'is. usually ac cumulated. Washington, Oct. 9. The supreme court of the United States, U con fronted with a number of great prob lems, bearing directly on the politl cal economic . development of the country, convened at noon today for the October term. All Justices, except lce Day, whose wife is sick, were present Because the president , was absent from Washington the usual custom of adjourning court Immediately to give the Justices an opportunity to call on him was done away with and a large amount of routine business done Instead. Hearing of arguments begins to morrow. To what extent the -antitrust laws may be applied In various business is among the early cases. many strikebreakers wui be worning soon. The ctrlkers remain firm. ' Albina Shops Supplied'. Portland, Oct. 9. Sixty strike breakers residing in Washington' were put to work In the Albina shops by the Harrlman line today. The men we're smugghed In aboard a' special which ran directly Into the shops where the men were detrained. ' Engines In Bad Shape. Sacramento, Oct. 9. Striker de- ith Southern Pacific is having a hard time with Its. locomotives. They of the men present showed they did not desire to serve as jurors. The at torneys for the defense served notice that they would demand . separate trials for the .McNamaras, and the district attorney must now specify the one he will try first. Wlhen the trial commences Wednesday, It Is almost certain that James McNamara who is charged with actually throwing the bomb, will be put on first. . Business Men Opposed. It became certain today ttat With in the first minute of the actual trial Wednesday,; the first struggle between fhA onoosins forces will be Btaged. In the venire which qualified today T engines are kept hot con- are numerous members of the Mer- unuauy Because tne smaeDreaaers chants & Manufacturers' association. we leaay conmuon win not i- When the first of these is reached "ue" v . Darrow will demand they be excused ranae and this motion will be ob- "eP covering aaiuruay m uevB.- Jected to by the district attorney and opments as ue airiaers saw mem on nn Borflwfill'a rulin will depend wfce- ther the work of selection of the. Jury "Train No. 7 arrived In La Grande will be shortened. Attorneys for the " ne in wunout arinmng waver ior orosecutlon Insisted that the - court rassengers. m carmen were ai nu CopyrlKht by Aranjau Hrn AMOclatlon Joliet, Ills, Oct 9. Rogers ascended here at 8:55 and expects to reach Springfield, following the Chicago Al ton tracks.' " BLOODSHED IS E KEDATED cannot hold a membership In the as sociation as a legal obstacle to serv ing as Jurors. The defense contends that the put ting of a member of the association on the Jury would be placing the de fendants' fate In the accusers' hands. Practically every big city In this country will be represented by news paper correspondents which shows In terest in the trials is great. When Judge Bordwell ordered lun cheon he had passed on 33 of the first venifa of 125 and three name only are on the list for further examination. rrhe other 30 are dismissed. Indica tions are that it will be nearly Impos sible to secure a jury. Veniremen Objecting. Strong desire of the veniremen to keep from service was shown by the fact that eight of the first 12 called to qualify were stricken from the list and four others had excuses and were ta ken under advisement Ington to water the coaches and the train crew telegraphed ahead to La Grande but carmen are out here an l the train went out without water Engine 368 died on a local freight east bound, at t Baker, with a badly leaking boiler.". Sunday Items. Train extra east on the 7th with merchandise was 40 hours late from Umatilla to La Grande "Train No. 10 east eastbound went through with one drawbar In an un safe condition, x "The president's special was delay- Grain Dealers in Session. v Omaha, Neb., Oct 9. How the grain production of the United States can be made to keep pace with consumption Is one of the big question to be dls cussed by the members of the Grain Dealers' National association who as sembled in Omaha today for their 15th annual convention. The attendance In eludes nearly 1,000 elevator owners grain brokers, commission men and receivers of grain In nearly every part of the country. COMMUNICATION WITH TEIPOLI RESUMED TODAT. ( v Found ThatNuinTiw of Deaths Was Over Estimated at First. London, Oct. 9. Restoration of ca ble communication between Tripoli and Malta today brings reports that show the reported bloodshed was ri diculously exaggerated. (Reports show the casuallties were confined to acoi dental killing of three persons during the bombardment and that the town Is virtually unharmed and It discredits the usual report of Turkish : topedo boats being sunk. King Rjevlews Fleet. Rome, Oct. 9. King Victor arrived today from Pisa and boarded a special train to review the military expedition to Tripoli. Fleet Is Safe. Constantinople, Oct. 9. Dispatches say the entire Turkish fleet Is safe In the Bosphorua. '. Slavery Is Abolished1. ong , Fight for ant! Against Has Made Suffrage Question Paramount In Election in Uallfomla Tomorrow Women Claim to Be Facing Last ( hance to Win for Their Cause. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 9. On the . eve of tomorrow's general election. following the clow of one of the most memorable campaigns In the history of this state, the women of California are confident of the victory of their cause at the polls tomorrow. For many months they haw kept up the agitation In favor of women's suff- . rage, and with remarkable energy and ability they have conducted their state wide campaign against big odds and: despite the powerful Influences which the opposition brought to bear upoa the campaign. , Argumentative Htera- . ture in favor of woman's suffrage was scattered broadcast over the whole stats of California; suffrage orators traveled from one end of the state to the other, addressing meetings in the Interests of the women's cauBer the churches, women's societies and even the school children were enlisted in behalf of the momentous suffrage question and nothing ,was neglected . that seemed' to goffer vevn the ermot- - est promise of furthering the cause of suffrage. . Now. the exciting work of the cam paign Is ended and both sides to the great suffrage question are resting on their guns, eagerly awaiting. the decis ive battle at the polls tomorrow which will settle, once and for all, whether the wome nof California shall be the political equals of the men or not The advocates of woman's suffrage,, athough admitting that they shall have to contend against a strong opposition express themselves confident of vic tory. They believe that the strenuous work of their campaign was by no means wasted, but that It caused the conversion of thousands of voters heretofore prejudiced against women -suffrage. The woman suffrage amendment to the constitution it is true, is by far the most Important of the 20 or more constitutional amendments to be vot- Trlpoll, Oct. 9, The provisional . ed on at tomorrow's election but there Italian governor, Admiral D"01meo, today Issued a proclamation abolish ing slavery in Tripoli, ed in La Grande for 80 minute while M()rge R,sumei, fight for Freedom. scabs' tried to connect, up the steam heat hose." Relations Strained Again. are several among them which claim considerable attention on the part of the voters. Although the other Atlanta, Ga., Oct 9. The case of Charles W. Morse, the New York fin ancier, serving a 15year sentence In ! the federal penitentiary here, came up i London, Oct. 9. -Relations between .circuit court of appeals in this city. Germany and France over Morroccan .In the present proceeding It is con- negotlatlons are strained again, ac- tended that Morse should have beea (Continued on Pge Kiaht) National Guardsmen Me. Buffalo, N T., Oct. 9.-Every phaBe nf war practice will be discussed by the military experts of the regular armv and militia who have assembled here from all over the country for the annual meeting of the National Guard association of the United States. The sessions will continue three days. delegation will be appointed to urge upon congress the passage of the bill providing for federal pay for both oi fleers and enlisted men of the Nation al Guard. The guests of honor at the invention Include Major General Leonard Wood, chler of staff, U. S, A., Major General Frederick D. Grant, j cern, resumed operations in all of Its commanding the eastern division, and . seven big mills today. The plant gives Governor John A. Dix. (employment to 6,000 operatives. Borden Cotton Mills Resume. Fall River, Mass., Oct. 9. After a complete Idlness of nine weeks and running part time for several months previous, the Fall River Iron Works company, the Borden print cloth con- cording to advices reaching diplomats here and all Europe has something more to get frightened over. The re newed strain is undoubtedly an In direct outcome of the Italian grab of Tripoli. Although the matter has been kept quiet, It 1b pretty certain that Ger many was negotiating for the pur chase of Tripoli from Turkey, and that the discovery of this, fact hasten ed Italy's action in declaring war, as a means of forestalling the kaiser. Cheated, so far as Tripoli was con cerned it is understood that the Brit iBh foreign office is again assuming an overbearing tone In its ,corre spondence with Foreign Minister De Selves of France. The French think Germany Is getting too much and Germany, anxious for more territory and great sphere of influence, believes It Is not getting enough. At any rate Franco-Germany re sentenced on but one count of his In dictmnt and that he should have been sent to a New York Jail instead of to the penitentiary ' where hard work is required. Federal Judge Newman ruled adversely .on this contention some time ago, but an appeal was ta ken. ' ' ' " , . . STRIGKENG1TY WILL REBUILD State Chairman Is Here. Bert E. Haney, state chairman of the democratic central committee for the state of Oregon, Is in the city to day the guest of E. E. Bragg. Mr. Haney is optimistic over democratic possibilities this season and really this Is the year when donkey shall be done in bronze and stood in front of the national capital. BLACK RIVER? FALLS TO CHANGE ITS LOCATION. Troops Patrol Turbulent River to Pre vent Looting of Houses. Black River Falls, Oct. 9. Two com panies of troops are patrolling the river here today to prevent looting of wrecked structures. A famine was averted by the arrival of supplies. The waters are receding. It has been decided to rebuild the town on the west side of the river on the west side of the river on the hill. Portugal Alarmed at Revolt Llsbpn, Oct 9. Premier Chagas of Portugal today announced he Is con slderlng calling an extra session of latlons are strained again badly and. the legislature for the purpose of ma- English diplomacy always peBsImis-! king plans to deal with ths revolution tic. Is fearful of a continental war In lsts. He Insists the Invading royalists which Its own Interests might suffer, have been crushed. 3$.$3$$.$$'$,$$"$,3 VERNON WINS FIRST GAME. $ .... - ; " t Vernon, Oct. 9. Vernon won J the morning game by a score of 4 to 2. The afternoon game la the Jast of the crucial series. ,