La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 13, 1911, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextA VOLUME 13 LA GRAKDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1911. DUMBER 303 lowed the hu most of the tow "i, lo and Ortiz si 5 is feared , dlsea effort to clear t streets and bury 3 has been made. Between 100 am At Empalme oded , HemoBll greatly, and It follow as no eckag' on the " animals, etc , there. At 1 o'clock the Journey to akland and San Francisco was re sumed. Taft Lays Cornerstone. Oakland, Cal., Oct. 13. Mayor Mott TO OPEN SERIES and a committee of leading citizens re ceived President Taft upon his arrival In Oakland this afternoon. Through ire dead. - ill M i wmwm REVOLT GROWS DIPLOMACY OF DOLLAR UPHELD MTU 4 JUJjAOtt.KS UUiilli UVtttt a twmri vwn Avrwrt FIRE VENIREMAN EXAMINED JUROR EXPRESSES BE LIEF DEFENDANTS GUILTY McNaiiiara Trial to Be Tremendous Affair If CUhIiPs and Quliilin Dnr. ing the First Hour Are to Be Kept up Juror Says He Believes Men Are Guilty as They Are Charged. Los Angeles, Oct. 13. Attorneys for the prosecution and defense In the Mc- Namaras case clashed as soon as court convened today. The distrlqt at torney iuaioicu ue 4iua. ..u0 ... lowtne an inquiry into the iuro' V state 2 I Vcf mind regarding labor unions, meant f endless quiDoang. uavis commenceu by examining Nelson, the first venire man, for possible prejudice. After lengthy questioning Davis got Nelson to admit that he believed the McNamaras were guilty, and would need proof to believe otherwise. Hor ton then questioned him, attempting to show him that Nelson was biased. Nelson aald he believed the Times was dynamited and said It would take strong evidence to make him change Ills mind. The judge then asked htm if the court Instructed him to set aside Ills opinion If he would do so. He said Tie would but the defense objected and It was agreed that an argument would be heard. The Jurymen were then dismissed and arguments made. Darrow and Fredericks lead the skirmish over Nelson. Fredericks said he knew it would be impossible to get jurors who wene not opinionated one way or the other, and Darrow main tained the Jurors must be free from all bias and not just willing to set aside their opinions. Spence Law rence U the . next defendant In , this series. lit Is announced that the grand jury, which has been in session for a year, will adjourn today, which the defense says means that Detective Burns' ef forts to connect the California labor leaders with the explosion, has failed. The grand Jury which, has investi gated the Times explosion was dis charged this afternoon by Judge Bord well without returning any further indictments and also failed to dispose of the contempt proceedings brought against Attorney Harrington. Antl-TlMTciosIs Convention. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 13. The Wis consin Antl-Tberculosls association convened in annual meeting here today with ajarge attendance of health of ficers, physicians, Bchool sperlntend- ents and others Interested In the move ment to stamp out the dread disease. At the concluding session tomorrow night the association will meet Jointly with the State Conference of Charities and Correction to listen to an address by Dr. Richard C. Cabot of Harvard f university, one of the world's most eminent authorities on the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis. BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED AND 8(H) ARE KILLED. Several Towns Destroyed and Damage Amounts to Millions. Nogales, Ariz., Oct. 13. Belated ad Tloes through wrecked means ot com munication today' Indicate that the death list of the big October storm on the west coast of Mexico will be large and the property loss enormous. All the business section of Guaymas was Inundated by a tidal ware which fol- MEXICO STORM SPREADS RUIN OWEN,WISTER B 5 tED DEAD. Author of "The Virginian" Said to s Hare Died This Morning. Cleveland, Oct. 13. While his wife is rushing from this city to his bed side on a special Owen Wlster. author of "The Virginian," died in Wyoming today. - 1 Cheyenne, Oct. 13. Reports of Win ter's death are not believed here. He was last heard of hunting In Jackson Hole. . 1 Taft Suggests "ew Nam. North Yakima, Oct. 13. Following up the suggestion of President Taft hot th gn vr nimrrel between T&- coma and Seattle as to the name of the big mountain which . confronts both cities should be settled by calling It Mt. Tacoraa or at least Mt. Tahoma instead of Ralneer, the North Yakima Commercial club is on record today as favoring the old Indlari name. STEEL F IS HAS THIRTY-SEYEN MILLION DOL .'''. LAB ASSET. Seattle Firm Shows Big Asset bat the Creditors Claim Otherwise; .1 - . . " " ". ' .r Seattle, Oct. 13. The wester steei I company, operating a plant at Irpn dale, was thrown Into the bankruptcy court on the petition of the Metropoli tan Trust company today which holds a $600,000 claim against it, , The company's attorney says tho concern's asa?ts' are $37,000,000 In various Iron, coal and timber claims In the northwest and Canada. The trust company's expert estimates It a about $800,000. Trust Behind Bankruptcy. New York, Oct. 13. That develop ment of valuable . ore properties on the Pacific coaBt is being blocked by the steel trust Is the statement issued today by James A. Moore, the million aire promoter of the SSHRDLUetaoln aire promoter of Seattle whose com pany Is in hard financial straits. Mr. Moore Is here trying to raise $600, 000 offering as security Pacific coast land of coal and Iron ore which ex perts say are worth millions. They are being turned dowTtt, because, Judge Moore says, "The steel trust had tight ened Its grip on the money bags for the purpose of a tiff ling a new compet Itor and then grabbing" its plant and properties." Indfiana W. C. T. U.; Marlon, Jnd., Oct. 13. The 38th an nual convention of the Woman's Chris tlan Temperance Union of Indiana met In the First Unitarian' church In this city today and organized for busi ness. The sessions will continue until Monday. A large attendance" and at tractive program combine to give promise of one of the most successful conventions In the history of the atata organization. Tomorrow afternoon, the delegates will listen to an address by Mrs. Edith Smith Davis, national superintendent of scientific temper ance Instruction in schools and col leges. PInchot Due Home Tomorrow. Seattle, Oct. 13. Gilford' PInchot, former chief forester, Is due In Seat tle Saturday evening on the steam ship Admiral Sampson from Alaska. Plans for a big mass meeting for him here are being made and It Is ex pected that he will speak on condi tions in Alaska as he found them. 1 I AMERICANS THOUGHT TO BE SAFE SAYS . CABLEGRAM AMERICAN OFFICIAL SENDS WORD TO WASHINGTON, D. C. Masscre and Indcendlarism Makes a Terrible Situation Exist in Scene of Chinese Revolt Japanese Sent to the Front More Bloodshed Promls ed by Dispatch of Imperial Troops. Washington, Oct. 13. Secretary Williams, in charge of the American embassy at Peking, has cabled "Han kow is burning. Americans seem to ho nfe'. Fifteen thousand men, com poslhg the three army corps, have joined the rebels. Communication with Hankow Is cut off." . , Early reports Btatlng the rebels have determined to make a republic have taken a concrete form by the election of Ll Yuen Hung, the noted general, who commanded the Imperial army formerly, as president. Tales of massacre, fierce fighting, incendiarism and heroic devotion to duty are pouring In from all parts of the four province of Hupeh, Hunan, Kalnghu and Zechun. Nankins ib the scene of heavy fight ing ai1? Is ?n a panic. Imperial troops are reported to be enroute :o Hankow from Khf.nhal. This means more bloodshed. . r $2.1 Japanese Send Troops. . " ...ToUo, Oct. 13. Reports of the revo lulkoji Jipm China received today, say thatv-thV-4apiae:: government has - d,.iti.tchda division of the navai ' scinndron All missionaries in Wu Chang fled except, the sisters of the Catholic mis slon and Mrs. R. A. Kemp of the Episcopal mission. In the Football World. New York, Oct. 13. Among the eastern colleges few lmp6ftant foot ball games are scheduled for decision tomorrow. Nearly all of the bigger teams will llne up against weaker op-, ponents, so that the games will be lit-! tie more than practice matches for the j Important contests later in the season Yale will play Virginia roiyiecnmc ai New Haven, Harvard will meet Wil liams at Cambridge and Pennsylvania will play Vlllanova on Franklin Field. Princeton will have! Colgate for an opponent and Brown will meet Bow dbln. Waterways Conentlon Started. Chicago, Oct. 13. fThe Lakes to the gulf deep wateways convention open ed here today. Governor Eberhardt of Minnesota was the principal speak er and urged the building of the wa terway to connect the lakes and gulf via the Mississippi as the only means securing to the United States the full valua of the Panama canal'. ENTERPRISE COMING. iGamPk PromlheV to Be One of the Hardest on Local Grounds. Enterprise comes tb La Graned to morrow afternoon to match football wit and strength with the La Grande high school! That' Enterprise Is not any easy team In any sense' of the word must be remembered! Last year La Grande tied at Enterprise with a team said to be interior to the one coming tomorrow, and the WallowanS will not be downed' without' a strenu ous fight. It promises to be a fine game, and the locals have drilled hard this week to be prepared for the task. The weaknesses showing themselves last Saturday against Elgin have been remedied as much as possible during the week. The game Is called for o'clock and a large attendance Is ex pected. ThIs will be one of the big gest games of the year on the local j grounds: PRESIDENT DISCOURS ES ON MERITS OF TREATY MET AT STATE LINE TODAY BY GOVERNOR JOHNSON Sacramento Hears President Discuss Treaties With American lfc public Goes to Oakland and Then" Heads for San Francisro Where He will Arrive Tonight Throat Is Sore. Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 33. A vlgor ougs defense of "dollar diplomacy" as (exemplified by the Nicaraguau and Honduran loan treaties now before the senate, was made here today b." Presi dent Taft. "' ;, V - - ! The, president lauded the two trea ties, which guarantee the collection of the customs duties ot the South American republics, to satisfy loans to be made by. American bankers un der the treaties, as a means of pre serving peace in Central and South America. He declared that with the debts of these two countries funded and the collection ot the customs In the hands of men recommended by the United States working under the pro tection of this country, revolutions would cease. He urged that the In terminable Honduran and Nicaraguau revolutions have the custom housed as their objective point, and that with these under American protection tbere would be no Incentive to revolution. The loans to ba mads by the American firms of J. P. Morgan and company, Kuhn, Loeb and company, the First National bank and the City National bank of New York, are to be used to liquidate the debts of Honduras and Nicaragua and their ptyment '.3 to be guaranteed out of the customs receipts "There is a very decided objection in ti.i senate to the approval of these treaties," said th president. ;The gen eral argument! seems to be that we aught not to involve ourselves in en tangling alliances with republics In this hemisphere or to engage in what seems a mere banking arrangement for the promotIon of a h&nklng contract, ,g objected tnat thl8 ,8 doi,af di plomacy and that we ought to have none of ,L G,ve ft d ft bad name and you know what follows. To call a particular piece of statecraft 'dol lar diplomacy' is to Invoke the con demnation of muck raking Journals whose chief capital Is In the use of phrase of a lurid character. The Unit ed States did not enter Into these trea ties for the promotion of its own banking business or that of any of lU citizens. , Trade Is not the chief pur pose of this contract for It is to por mote peace in this part of the world, so near the Panama canal as to give us additional geographic reasons for de siring to eliminate revolution and war. fare."' The president discussed the funding of the debt of the Dominican republic as an instance of the wisdom c f such arrangements. Tuft's Throat Sore. Taft Train, En Route to Sacramento, Oct. 13. Invading California for the four most' strenuous days of his 10 day trip President Taft was Joined' at the state line today by Governor John- son and his staff. The president's throat' Is- poulticed owing to the strain of 25 speeches in 24 hours in Onegon and' Waaaington. He will be all right by the time he reaches San Francisco tonight. California Now the Host of Taft. Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 13. Shortly before noon today President Taft ar rived In Sacramento, the first Import ant 'stop on his California Itinerary Governor Johnson and other eminent representatives of the state were on hand to give him greeting. After an Informal reception at the station the distinguished visitor was. escorted to the capitol, where he delivered a brief address to the large crowd assembled bunting the president was escorted to Fourteenth and Washington streets, where he presided and delivered a short address at the laying of the cor nerstone for the new city hall. San Francisco Ready for Taft San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 13. T-e most elaborate arrangements have bvn made for the reception and enter tainment of President Taft from the hour of his arrival in San Franc'jor this evening until his departure for Los Angeles Sunday night. A citizens' banquet at the Palace hotel is the lnl tlal feature of the program. Toraor row morning there will be a great pa rade to Golden Gate park, where the president will be the central figure In the ground-breaking ceremonies for the Panama-Pacific exposition. In the evening mere wm no a wiuim,.. general Illumination of the down-town section. After attending church Sun day morning the president will be tak en tn charge by an entertainment com mlttee and escorted about the city. -1:4,1 :v - , ' - , SULTAN MAY BE DEPOSED TO AC 1 COMPLISU THIS END. Young Turks in ITaJority May Control Parliament Tomorrow. Londotl( 6cti 11 -i t Is reported the Young Turks are bo determined to continue the war until they are either annihilated or victorious, that it I believed they will depose the Sultan if necessary for further prosecution of the progarm. Constantinople dispatch es say a caucus being held prelimi nary to the opening of parliament to morrow, has decided to expel all Ital ians from Turkey and confiscate their property. Young Turks In Majority. Constantinople, Oct 13. Whether the war will be continued or Turkey Is to surrender to Italy will probably be determined tomorrow when the parliament meets here. The Young Turks party which wants to fight claims a majority. Turks Fire on Montenegrin Troops. Dltpatches received h;re from Con- stantlnoule state that fighting has started along the Montenegrin fron tier today, when the Turks stacked a Monenegrln force killing 12, and los ing three themselves. Invasion of Tripoli Planned. Tripoli, Oct. 13. Preparations are under way by the Italians to push military occupation Into the interior. They have 22,000 troops, but It Is re ported the Turks are entrenched near with 30 pieces of artillery. IG0 Killed and Wounded. London, ct. 13. Constantinople dispatches say the Italian advance in the Tripoli Interior has been checked and the Italians sustained 1600 killed and wounded. Alleged Hill Murderer in Jail. Portland, Oct. 13. Richard Holm berg, whom his" two boy companions, Jimmy Hawkins and Harry Howard; accuse of being" the murderer of the Hill family, was brought here today from Dalles where he was arrested. The boys say they heard the woman Scream. Negro's Favor Taft. Los Angeles, Oct. 13. In remms brance of his recognition of the ngro race, President Taft next Mon lay af ternoon will be the recipient of a handsome boiu tablet which iil be presented him by the Afro-Amcitcim Ar.iri. mi (ouucll of Lbs Ahsclea. TURKS DEMAND FID FIGHT GREAT CLIMAX TO THE SEASON'S BASEBALL OPENS SATURDAY BENDER AND "CHRISTY" ARE SLATED TO OPEN GAMES World's Series Slated for Tomorrow at 2 4KClock Attendance Will Set Nw Record Is Belief Big Ruke-Ott for Players If Weather Is Good Out come Much In Doubt ' THE LlNE-t'P. , .. $ Ntaw York, Oct. 13.Th teams wn iin tin In tho following bat- ting order: . New York Devore It; Doyle 2b $ Snodgrass, cf; Murray, rf; Mef kle, lb; Herzog, 3b; Fcaer, ss; Meyers, c; Mathewson, pitcher. $ Philadelphia JrLord, If; Oldring cf; CoUlpi. bj Baker, 3b; Mur- PhTi rfl Mclnnls, lbj Barry, ss;. Thomas ci Bender, nltcher. . i ! Thousands' of angry basebalf fans are unappeased here today A. r. ... AA At ' v oy oecr ixarr uray s vuer vi f vv v. reward fof anyone who can prov brt knowingly Bold world's base- ball srl:i tickets td scj'.pers & who havi come In possessloa of thouhds of tickets and are de- mandlng treble the regular price a ... . i a Ay f as in"ir rewinwrauon. v 1VIKJ VLU IO. iUtl VlUnUlUfi event of ttt$ froflesslonal baseball sea son is at hand hi 2 o'clock tomor - tntar f t Ainnnn champions of the National league, and nA.iA tfAb' ikiAin A this year's pennant in the American teag!tte,uwlll' march but ous tba field at ; the Polo grounds to , play the first game In' the series for the world's championship. For the greater part of the coming week these two leading teams of the country will b engaged in a nerve racking grapple, the games alternating daily between this city and the City of Brotherly Love. ; A big question mark symbolizes the real situation as regards the results ot baseball fan, however, there appears . to be no question as to how the series will go.' The real fan Is convinced that ins lavunic icnui win nm., i no i uim- delphlan can furnish convincing rea sons why the Athletics ar sure to . - . J I i llai. I., .fl M,... capiure a majoruy 01 u bciiob ui ov en games and the New Yorker can furnish reasons none the less logical wny aicuraw g nusuers snouia wain off with the rich plum. There is not a great deal of satis faction in comparing the two teams in dividually, for baseball luck, team play and spirit and watchfulness to make me uiui tu emergencies as uiy nrma will play a big part. If there" Is any (Continued on Page Four.) ; CALIFORNIA IS NOTf EQUAL SUFF. RAGE STATE. Majority of Over Two Thousand In Fa. vor of the Amendment. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 13. With returns in from 2,918 precincts out of 3,121 the vote on the suffrage this morning stood: for, 121,016; against, 118,209. This is a majority of over 2,000 and makes It certain that the amendment has carried and California has' adopted the equal franchise. SUFFRAGE HAS BEEN ADOPTED