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. ' t i teii f7 VOLUME 15 LA Glv UNION COUNTY, OREGONY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1911. - . ... ... . - -c. . CONTEST GOES ELEVEN INNINGS BAKER BATS GLOBULE OUT OF LOT AGAIN I nnmi rnnnnn nnnri if nitni miiiiinn ni iwrn . ' mi in viiiiv mi ii in i 'in 1 1 v i v nn miniinii'L in n w i ii . uiruu limit . rnmim i.inn i pinu imnmo nuirii HUH iwnn hiiiiwiiw wwwibi 1 wit I III! IIIIIIIIWW Gruelling Race For the World's Series Honors Continues a Pace with Phila delphia Taking Second Game in the Eleventh Inning SCORE BY INNINGS. Philadelphia 0000000010 23 New York ..0 010000000 12 t a the summary. " . r.h. e. Philadelphia ................ .3 9 2 New York 2 3 6 THE BATTERIES. Philadelphia Coombs and Lapp; New York, Mathewson and Myers. Bal ance of lineup unchanged. Polo Grounds, N. Y., Oct. 17. Elev en hard, thrilling Innings- cpp to a glorious end from a Quaker point of view when that hero of heroes, Third Baseman Baker, had driven the Na tional league plllet over the fence In the ninth Inning, tying the score, and then again lacing out a sharp single In the 11th that brought the gruelling contest to an end. Philadelphia has now won two games as compared with New York's one game in the present series. Baker Master of Matiewson. Tor eight innings the work of Chris ty Mathewsonon the mound for the Oianu was invincible. The Athletics yesterday broke up the game for Phil adelphia on Shlbe park. Tenth Steady AU" Around." Coombs, working steady and hold ing tine Giants down to three hits for the entire game, worked like a clock In the tenth innlnig, but so did Mathew son, after his fatal ninth. During the first extra canto it was a case of mas terly pitching on both sides. End la the Eleventh. The end came in the 11th. Collins, he the hero of last year, started the ball rolling for Philadelphia. Baker came up behind him with a single and both men were later scored by corobi nation errors and Bacrifloes. Mathewson Leaves Box. Then came New York to bat. It had looked like New York's game, for one run in the third had placed New York ahead and with Mathiewson's early performance It looked like a cinch Coombs was touched for a double by Herzog in the 11th, and then Mathew- eon was dropped from the lineup to allow Becker to hit for him. Becker did hit and brought Herzog home but he got too daring on the bases and was caught stealing, ending the game Who McGraw had doped out to pitch In Mathewson's place had the game O 'T MRS JAMES JEFFRIES. ' 1 t - l)F RflX RY PHD A()R Pi L J :- W I , ' far W 1 1 ' far I I IllhllWIahl lllll J -s S f : ; - t- ; " s PE1 SEETHS Willi THE GERMAN MARINES FIRE ON LOOTERS WHO ROB NATIVES AMERICAN MARINE OX WAY TO PROTECT CONSULATES PRES. TAFT NOT AIMED AT BY SUPPOSED "OUTRAGE" DISCOVERY OF DYNAMITE UNDER BRIDGE DISBELIEVED Situation Growing Steadily Worse Many HnVIs Being Rocruitd In ' America and WIU Be Sent to Clilna at Once Money Raised1 for Troops Imperial Troops Suffer for Funds. "OPHITED" MHOOED DEFENSE FINDS ONE MAN TO ITS LIKING AS JUROR ' L DETERMINATION TO HURRY . YEMRE EXAMINATION SHOWS Judire Bo rd well Rules Tluit Venireman , ejnon Wm IiwiiiaHnVdT in (tit R- cans lie was Biased Decision Set. ties Lo5 Dispute Case to Be IIur; rled and Rioherts Is Passed. Wife of ex-pugilist who spent large sums to find her husband In Alaska when the ex-champion was hunting In the Alaskan wilds at the time his mother was on her deathbed. hit him occasionalfyviut scatteringly, After the eighth he mefHis Waterloo . ... and his downfall partly through the down gufflce )t the gflmft wag terrific hitting or hmwim and . leMened m ignominy of and the six errors oi u u ChrlBty.8 wlthdrawal from the game behind him. He waverea in. iue umiu. ln when, for the first time in many noons K Growlng a home run was cam Wlth tono u was no wonder Six." It was saner aga., bleacherltes commenced to clamor fpr admission early In the day I . ... ' ii. t. l aepsite ino ciouay weaiuer auu miem- enlng rain. The diamond was kept covered with canvas and was thor oughly dry so that nothing short of an actual downpour could prevent the game this afternoon. The weather brightened up a bit, however, towards noon and the crowd was up to standard. S SEN IN LA GRANDE RECENT- ' v . '.'Mr. ." Less than two months aigo Sun $ Yat Sen, recognized leader of the revolution ln China, and prospec- tive head of the Chinese , race S when the Manchu dynasty Is ov- erthrown, as It probably will be, and editor of world fame, was In La Grande. He spent one night liere conversing and holding a S conference with the local Chi nese colonists, and it Is prob- Harlan Is Laid to VPsb Washington, Oct. 17. Last respects to the memory of Justice Harlan were paid today by the entire body of offi cial of the national capitol.. Services. were held In the Presbyterian church arid Interment was made ln ock Prudent Taft Leaves Cuilfornla for the East Well SuAlsfled With Ills Reception on the Coast Has Long Ride Before Him ere Reaching Butte Next Big Stop of His Special. Santa Barbara, Oct. 17. Little cred ence Is placed ln the published report that 21 sticks of dynmate found un- dr the El Capltan bridge, 25 miles north, was a deliberate attempt to blow up the bridge over which Presi dent Taft's special crossed. Despite the Mexican watchman's statements that hs fired at a mysterious man, lo cal labor leaders contend It is a plot to discredit the striking shopmen. Sev eral other like cases are reported and unionists say the dynamite was pur nosely planted and discovered before harm was done. Sheriff Stewart today elimination of Venireman Nelson who said he didn't believe it was a plot to Judge Bordwell dismissed for cause, Los Angeles,! Oct. 17. Determined, If possible, to qualify several addl- tional veniremen today, the" defense In the McNamara case, led by Clar-. ence Darrow, who personally examin ed them for a while today got down to real business. It is considered like, ly that John Roberts, who was passed . by the defnse subject to peremptory challenge, will remain through th . trial, and probably will be foreman. He is unbiased, is unusually Intelli gent and Is a retired business man. The defense Is well satisfied by the . .. i (i. a Qynaiuue ino preoiuoui., uuv may imi uctiomu onwu a iwm l the bridge, over opinionated Jurors, settling the his Pacific coast reception President was dynamited. Eastern Oregon. - , PekingriOct. 14. Tramc Is suspend ed between Peking and Tientsin by the government today which Is using Taft started eastward today on the fin al leg of his Journey. HiMeft this city iln an . auto to Long Beach where he boarded the special for Butte. He will ,be 45 hours enroute with one 20- Creek cemetery, xne service was nvani.bl(, trftln. for transoorUtion private and colleagues of the deceased from the supreme bench were paU v Dearers. troops to Hnnt for Badles Rome, Oct. 17. Troops will be sent to Sicily today iby th government to search for the eartnquake dead. Com munication Is uncertain but It Is re ported the loss will be heavy. Gas Explosion Defense. Judging from the lines run out by Darrow.r and his -crowd, the de Sense , will be that the building was destroy- . J .. J nA A ,r-n n ln 1 -ci tln or mln,, tnn nt Offn. Tn the mean- c 5" time he will rest preparatory for the alibi issue which it : was be- of troops. The people are wanting to strenuous program of the northwest get out, and are panicked, and wild and east. L TO GET ' COPS PRINCE BORIS. Whote Engagement ' to Czar's Daughter I to Be Announced. CENTRAL OFFICE OF TELEPHONE HAS THE KEY. Instructions Left With Central Will Bring the Policemen. - " ' - Italians After Other Lunds. Ljndon, Oct. 17. Rome dispatcher say Italy will withdraw a portion ot Its fleet from Tripoli with the objec of occupying several islands of th Grecian archipelago. Turkey is ex pected to soan issue an edict expelling all Italians from the Ottoman empire. Risers Is Half Way. McAlester, Okla., Oct. 17. Aviator Rogers expects to reach the half-way point in his transcontinental flight to day. He ascended here at 7:30 this morning, bound for Forth Worth, 190 iile9 distant. Wilsons Fate Uncertain. Olympla, Oct. 17. The fate of Geo Wilson, charged with the Coble mur der at Rainier last July, rests with the' jury. They have spent 24 hours deliberating but no verdict had been reached at noon. Light police alarms have been in stalled in this city today and will be ln working order by tomorrow and will give to the city at large a well, planned alarm that will get a police officer at any time of night. The system Is based on lights and five different globes scattered about the business section of the city, can te switched on by the central tele phone operator at a moment's notice. All flva lights will go on at once, and a policeman on any business section beat will Immediately notice the call. He will call the central telephone of-1 flee and learn from the operator where the police Is wanted. This entails of course, the necessity ot the person putting ln the call, informing the cen tral office where the assistance of the law's right arm Is wanted. After tonight any telephone call to central giving the street and address of the person desiring the police, will bring the police assistance, for the policeman will be called Into com munication with th operator through rumors are frightening them more. Twenty-four tralnloads of troops left here today. V Americans to Protect Americans Lieutenant Colonel William Beach, sent from Manila by the United States srovernment to watch the recently abandoned Chinese maneuvers, Cap tain James Reves, military attachee in China and William Peck, assistant Chinese secretary, left today for the front with the imperial Chinese army. They are the only foreigners to ac company It. A hundred American marines will sail from Manila tomorrow to rein force the guard which has been placed about the American legation here. Great Britain Is sending marines also. Troops Recruited on Coast San Francisco, Oct. 17. Recruits Tired From Yesterday's Trip. The executive was a trifle slow in getting down stairs today following yesterday's exertions which culminat ed in a banquet last night. He declar ed he felt as could. FINE FN GIVEN G. SMITH OTHER STRIKERS WILL NOT AID ARHESTED MAN. Say He Had No Authority to. Go Near Shops May Havo to Serve Time. Fined $15 and costs and at present lleved would be taken up. If the gas question is proved it would kill the prosecution's case. , Seborn Manning and Clarence Beck er were drawn . from the Jury box to , fill two vacancies. Darrow told the court he would probably further In terrogate Robert Bain, a O. A. tR. vet eran, but to all Intents lie accepted him subject to peremptory challenge by taking up the examination of H. C.v Quackenbush, a retired expressman who proved to be a reticent and dif ficult venireman to question, isa t Quackenbush was passed for causa making the third possible Juror in the case. At the noon recess no material progress was made despite the selec- tiou of three! The defense tried hard hard to disqualify Quackenbush and passed him only when he said he would not convict a man on circumstantial evidence alone and opposed capital punishment. ' , ' for the Chinese revolutionists are en- unable tQ ,lquldate the JuBtice court listing here today at the offices of the aBses8ment Charles Smith, the Btrlk- Chinese national association ln in3 Chinese Masonic temple. They expect tr. anil tnr China with Sun Yat Sen who is looked upon as the official head of the movement. The cable reports here say much dissatisfaction Is not ed among the Chinese Imperial troops pnd they may desert to the rebels. Oermans Fire o Mobs. Honkaw. Oct. 17. Foreigners are In ten or here a the result of the attack on pillaging rebel mobs by Geriran marines after the marines had at tempted to stop the robberies which j-ave cont'i.ued s vce ilo refoe's '..ap- 'ured this t.ty. F'orc? r r.-et ns'V g is progressing ln V itre'ts Imperialists Need Funds. '"oUo, Oct 17 -Funds are hvklpg :r the Cy. 'iese Imperial governmen'. o carry or the wa. begun by the rev- f lut!on!s'it The go -er t n nt is tfi.v; to negotiate a fou' -uwar !can fo. two and a half million taels for three the manipulations of the light. One t months. American and French bank of these lights is at the chief of police office and the other four are ln various sections of the business heart of town. ers are Bald to have consented but the German and the English are holding back. Ing car repairer, who was yesterday arrested for trespassing on company property at the round house, Is today facing a Vk days sentence In Jail. He has no money of his own, he says, and fellow strikers refuse to raise the sum necessary to remove the fine at tached by Justice A. C. Williams this morning when Smith pleaded guilty to the charge. Smith Tells Ms Story. In the Justice court, Smith today said that he had gone to the division foreman's office to confer with him about some wages due him but not finding Mr. Watson there, had gone to the round house to search for him. In the meantime he conversed with work men in the shop and was arrested as a consequence. He was .fined $15 and costs but did not have the money to meet It The other strikers affrm that Smith went to the shops without permission and in violation of orders and that they are not going to redeem his free dom. Unless Smith gets help from some other soiirca he will have to serve out his sentence ln Jail. EMMET O'NEAL Governor of Alabama, Who Attended Reoent Conferenoe. $ I'.Ht oy Amvncaa l'rs Anxnclattoiw