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4 VOLUME X. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1911. NUMBER 300 Gff?-V."" STRIKERS AIM TO GET HELP OTHER RAILROAD UN IONS SOUNDED FOR EXPRESSIONS LOCAL TBAINS HANDLED EXPEDITIOUSLY SATS OFFICIALS Strikers at San Francisco Say Com pany.Is In Desperate Needs of Strikebreakers Engineers and Conductors Not to Be Bothered With Sounding on General Walkout Plan Portland, Oct. 10. Union strikers have received a letter from Oakland, Cal., striking shopmen today, asking them to sound the sentiment among all classes of Harrlmari employes, ex cept the engineers and conductors, on the proposition of a general strike. They said they had already sounded workers In San Francisco and Oakland and found them willing to go out. The situation here and other points Is oth erwlse unchanged. Many Engines Going Dead. San Francisco, Oct. 10. Secretary John Scott of the striking federation shopman In a statement today said that engines by the dozen are going dead on theiHarrlman lines; that the comnanv is desperately In need of strikebreakers and able to secura few unskilled men only. The company announces that more men are being employed dally and that they are "suf fering little from the walkout. Canadian Machinists Strikto. Winnipeg, Oct JOAU machinists of the' Grand Trunk Pacific vralJroad through eastern Canada, struck today for higher-wages, r it Is Peportd the trainmen may quit In sympathy and tie up all trains. They demand a min. lmum advance of IB cents per hour. JAMES V. MARTIN. 4 iX - I . r Entarad In Contest I " . "rom Ocaan to Ooaan. t - ;iV-' MAN WHO MADE THOU SANDS POOR FREE AFTER 3 YEARS FITE YEAR TEKfr NOT SEIZED AT LEAYENWOBTH Wife Has Worked Incessantly Since Ills Incarceration for Husband's Frwdom-j-W recked Banks That Made Thousands Poor In Chicago Crimes Run Into th Hnndteds. s 1M FORCE OF ITALIAN MA- RINES MEET DE FEAT IN HILLS F0UK WARSHIPS REPORTED SUNK BY SUBMARINE MINES Turkish Forces and Arabs Come Out of Hills at Tripoli and Drive Land intr Force of Italians Back to Boats Where Ships Protect the InTaders Best Destroyers Reported Sniik. REV. R. J. CAMPBELL May Suocaad Or. Akad at Rook foliar Church In New York. Photo by Amerlcjm Preaa Aasoclatloo. BOAT ED DM Washington, Oct. 10. John R. Walsh, the aged Chicago bank wreck cr, who made thousands poor, was roled today from the .federal prison at Leavenworth, Kans. He began a Ave year term In 1908. i Failures In 1905 of Walsh's banks resulted in his Indictment on 182 counts In January, 1907. He was con victed on 54 counts for misuse of de positors' funds and In March, 1908, began his term. Since his Imprison raent his wife has worked contlnu- Chlasso, Switzerland, Oct 10. The first decisive repulse to the Ital ian forces at Tripoli occured today when' a force of marines started In land and were chased back by the Turks and Arabs to the gates of the city, under the. protection of the guns of the Italian fleet. The big projectiles caused the pur- J suers to retreat. . Fleet Is Enlarged. v ' London, Oct. 10. Naples dispatches say 20 Italian transports sailed today P'TET SOOD' STEAMER BUKNED TO WATER'S EDGE. Crew and Passengers Taken, Ashore! Before Boat Sinks. Seattle, Oct. 10. The stamtr Per- dlta of the Pugef Sound Navigation company Is' burneoj between Ludlow and Gamble on the, Sound. She was . . . s I second Tripolitan division. The belief paroie is oemg wiuueiu. , ... . mnro oar Man upaDinonT 'i orr rnrnnun mix i - pardon him, saying that It would de feat the object of the law. . Regarding the pardon for Walsh. Taft ald: "A pardon for Walsh would defeat the object of the law and pres ent a difference between the punish ment meted out to the ordinary crim inal whose . circumstances naturally led him Into crime, and one whose I r . m - I iniiiiAi) a Ainini iul inn i nrn nu IILVULI nomiiui , PORTUGAL DIES IIS RISE AGIST MEXICO FEDERAL TROOPS ARE FIGHTING INDIANS AT BIG ODDS troops In Tripoli means th war will end soon. Four Ships Reported Sunk. London, Oct 10. An unconfirmed report is current that two - Italian cruisers were sunk by mines off Beng- basl and two of the Italian's best de stroyers were sunk at Derna. pa a regular run when tho.flre start- ( position should make him a sengtb ed. ..... , 7' "V. The crew and passengers ''number ing 28, were taken off the steamer which sank in 90 feet of water after being burned to the edge. and restraint against violations of IB law." Pair Found Dead. Air hose on , trains standing In the La Grande, yards has been cut fre quently of late, causing some annoy ance but no loss to property. The placing of the blame is bothering both strikers and company officials. Thei latter refuses to blame the work toj the strikers and the strikers In turn are loath to Jump to the conclusion that the work Is being done at the in stigation of the company. Thi the ory advanced by the strikers is thai sympathizers who allow their sympa thies to run rampant, or else the Japs and Greeks Tvho have a sfike of thel; own on at times, are doing the. work. The latter theory Is held by the strik ers to be the most plausible one. Dally Report Issued. This morning the strikers Issued this report: "Train No. 17 today 3 houjs late. "Train No. 6 two and a half hours late. . "Engine 362 blew off the left front cylinder head while leaving with a freight and delayed the trainmen an hour and a quarter. Engine 3205 took the train out." , Santa Cruz, Cat, Oct 10. A murder theory today Is accounting for the deaths of an elderly man and a young woman found dead on the beach here. The couple have not been identified The, man's head was severed and the girl probably drowned. Later the woman's body has been identified as Mrs. John Costello who left her home after an argument with her husband, saying she Intended to drown herself. ' Physicians of . the. Southwest, K Oklahoma City Okla., Oct. 10. The sixth annual meeting of the Bouthwee tern Medical association began here today with Dr. M. L. Perry, of Par sons, Kas., -presiding. Several hun dred members are In attendance from Missouri, KansaB, Arkansas, Texas and" Oklahoma. The program covers three days and provides for a largo number of addresses and papers oy professional topics. The two leaTnn speakers from outside the territory of the association are Dr. A. R. Edwards, of Chicago and Dr. R. M. Grim, of the United States public health and ma rine hospital servlc. LEADERS ENTRENCHED AND THE SPURT IS ENDED. Ceiitaln ConceUo, Rebel Leader, Js Trapped and Troops After Him SOUTHERN MEXICO OUTBREAK ASSUMES BIU PROPORTIONS Mexicans Ask for Permission to Send Federal Troops Over American Soil to Iliach Scene of Battle Hurriedly Federal Troops FJirht With In dians With Their Lives at Stake. "Mexico City, Oct. 10. Entrapped by large bands of Zapatausta Indians, fwieral troops at Puebla today are fighting for their lives against over whelming odds. It Is said the South ern Mexican outbreak Is assuming the proportions of a revolution and the federals are getting worsted. So complete are Indian revolution ists In control over the state of More- los that the Mexican government to day asked permission of the United Stntts to dispatch troops through Am erican territory via El Paso and No es so they can reach filnaloa rap idly. ,' ; ; , " -.. ; Official reports today state the re cent revolt in northern' Mexico re sulted In the killing of 30 rebels, and the wounding of 70, all In the battle of Chlapa Decourso. . Lisbon, Oct. 10. Tb Portuguese royalists' revolt has failed.' The mon archists today were driven to the frontier and several hundred captured. Captain Concelro.'a rebel leader; Is entrenched near North Vinheas, and troops have been tent to dislodge him. Hear Aryor Cases Jan. 8. Washington, Oct. 10. Attorney Gen eral Wlckersham and his associates opened the argument of the Anthracite Coal trust case before the United States supreme court today. Chief Justice White ordered all the railroad rata c'ases assigned for hearing on Jan. & These Include the Oregon cases. Ta Factory Burning;. f; Los Angeles, Oct 10. Fir of mys terious origin is burning the storag warehouse of the Beklns Van com panrf' Thi" loss la already, 50,000." -: Aviator If ears Kansas City. Springfield, 111., Oct. 10. Aviator Rogers ascended at 8.44 en route for Kansas City. 'He followed the Chica go & Alton tracks. ' MISS FLORENCE ROBERTS. PORTLAND AGOG TO RECEIVE- PRESIDENT TAFT WEDNESDAY Portland, Oct. 10. All arrange ments for handling the crowds and the Taft entertainment during his stay here tomorrow evening, are com pleted. 7 He. will arrive at 5 o'clock from Ta coma, parade the principal streets, and then banquet at the Commercial " club. He will then address a crowd at the armory and later attend a Knights of Columbus reception, after which he leaves for San Francisco. The, tlm of his departure Is .fixed at 1:30 a. m.' $30 Plate Banquet Tacoma, Oct. 10. When President Taft arrives here this evening he will he greeted at a banquet by 30 citi zens at a $30 per plate banquet which is being staged by the chamber of commerce. He speaks at the armory tonight, then retires at the Tacoma hotel. He leaves In the morning for Olympla, Portland and way stations. Bust Day at Seattle Seattle. Oct lO.-ffilchard Balllnger entertained President Taft at lunch today. This afternoon Taft visited the navy yard at Bremerton. This morn Ing he headed a long parade, and de livered a short address la the city hall park and was greeted warmly by a big crowd at the armory last night. His address dealt with the railroad regulation and his tariff vetoes. He I said he favored the leasing jt Alask kan coal mines. Hanford Case Brought Up. A committee of citizens today pre sented Taft with a letter signed by 2,000, telling all about the proposed Impeachment of Judge Hanford, the causes and arrest of those leading to the movement and concludes by aak-l lng Taft to Investigate and then make! a public expression of his opinion. WOMEN WORK AT POLLS. Issue at Stake fn California Today Makes Election Live Issue. San Francisco, Oct 10. AH San Francisco Is alert today over the state I amendment election. The principal question to be determined are wheth er the women shall be given a right of equal suffrage and the adoption of the I Initiative, referendum and recall. Two I thousand women workers have been at the polls all morning protecting! their Interests and distributing suff rage literature. , I v : UMw ' : ' - I H; , 7 - 7 - - 1 , J M ' ' ' 1 ' l it NATION'S COSTLIEST TRIAL TO COMMENCE Ml Big; Deiwt Work FataL Kansas City, Oct. 10. A premature explosion In the excavation for the new $15,000,000 railroad station here today killed two and Injured five. The property loss is heavy. 4 FACTS CONCERNING THE LOS ? S ANGELES TRIAL.- ', - .. ' $ The defendants John J. and S $ James B. McNamara, members of ? the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Wor ker.' The charge Complicity in the alleged dynamiting of the Los $ Angeles Times building, Oct. 1, 1910, resulting in the death of 21 men. ' Chief counsel for the prosecu- S tlon District Attorney John D. Fredericks. Chief Counsel for the defense Clarence Darrow, of Chicago. . Number of Witnesses to testl- S fy Seven hundred. : 7 - Estimated cost of the trial $900,000.00. There will not bei any change of venue .asked by the defense $ when the trial begins tomorrow morning. Instead Darrow will WW Western Federation of Miners tor the alleged assassination of ex-Governor Steunenberg of Idaho, has a trial In this country excited the Intense Inter est in labor circles and among the , public generally as Is fnanlf ested In the case of the McNamara brothers. who are about to be brught to .the bar to answer for alleged" compllcityIn the dynamiting outrage., that resulted . In the destruction of the Los Angeles Times building and the death of men working there on October 1, 1910. The long and bitter fight waged by the. Times against the labor unions and their methods, the confession of OrtK, E. McMantgal alleging that an organized band of labor leaders mad a business of destroying the Uvea and property of those antagonistic to the labor unions, and the active and gen erous support given by the American Federation of Labor "and other labor organizations In aid of the accused men, hve fed the popular Imagina tion and led the public to believe that the tr'al will result in startling dla- The specific charge upon which ther content himself with a formal , motion for a change of Judge trial will proceed Is covered hy In- which will be denied. The de- , rtlctmnt number 6.94(5, relating to the Clever actor of national fame who is in the city today and ' appears tonight at the Steward in "Jim, the Penman." smc the trial of th officials of the 4 fense will then make a motion for 6 separate trials and the prosecu- tlon will elect on James proba- bly, as the first for the trial. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 10. Not death of J. Wesley Reeves, an em ploye of the Times at the time the ; building was destroyed. Tne 18 other Indictments will he set over pending the trial for the alleged murder of Reeves, who was private secretary to (Continued oa page tour) i v.? ) v
