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VOLUME 13
. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1911.
NUMBER :)
01
POSES MUST BE
PAID FOR
GIANTS REFUSE TO HELP FATTEN
PICTURE MEN.
IMPERIAL ARMY RE
CAPTURES SHIP
CREW
lYHOLE IMPERIAL ARMY TO ;
MAKE LAST AND FINAL STAND
News From War :; Seeue Censored
HO KILLS
TWO 10 RAGE
Another Postponement Caused Today
by Middy Field and Rain, f
Philadelphia. Oct. 21. It rained In
torrents last nfght and the park Is
a muddy Beat.' Another postponement
resulted today. The next game will
probably be Monday, the weather per
mitting. ,'-,'.; r. - V
"An unpleasant mercenary tinge Is
being added to championship situa
tion today by the squabble among the
players regarding motion picture re-
HALFBREED INVOKES
TERRIBLE VENGE
ANCE ON GIRL
Sharply Today and San Francisco W8; . Tney nt to know, why they
STRIKERS 00
MURDERER HIMSELF FATALLY
WOUNDED IN THE ASSAULT
Girl of Nineteen, a Woman Where She
Lived, and a Young Man Assaulted
Tilt DEFtTISIfE
STRIKE RANKS DENY
MEN ARE LEAVING
FOR SHOPS
LOCAL STRIKEBREAKERS v.;
MEET WITH STIFF DEFENSE
BRIDE'S TRUNK
IS MISSING
FLOCK POMS
Come Out to Argue With Union Men
4 and Ar Hurried , Back to Stor.
re t cooes Alone Xll Much of
the Fiyhtlug Rk'liels Are Sold to
V. ii rinhiAil t nnthon YbaMuIva Rut.
tie Today. ':.
S CANTON IS DOOMED. i
Shanghai, Oct. 21. Belated re- S
ports gay Canton is surrounded 8
by the rebels who have taken a S
strong position on the hills. fc
Many are fleeing from the city.
The Imperial troops are erect-
lng barricades, preparing for 4-.-
the battle. ; . ;0
iuuuiu . ihkju tor motion picture men
without sharing the receipts. .
The Giants have reached an under
standing among themselves that they
won't pose any more unless they are
paid.
SENATOR JEFF DAVIS AND
BMDE SHOW ANGER.
Arkannsas Solon Says Men Can't Elec
, tIoneer Around Ills Wife.
Los Angeles, Oct. 2L With the dull
care astride his "brow. United States
Senator Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, with
his bride is in Los Angeles today on
his honeymoon. Senator Davis Is an
gry because hia wife lost her
trunks and wedding trouseau whllo
the train was rumbling over the
Rockies. Baggage men are huntlug
for them, ;
mvis said he aid not believe wo
men should vote. "I would not stand
GIRL'S OEIIF
PRAYER MEETING PI::!
CEDES HANGING IN
: EFFIGY
SENTIMENT STRONG AGAINST
HYANNIS ERRING PREACHER'
I ado Promises of Peace Made if the
Lynching Strong Girl Forsook the fctrkebrcakers Stay Within Companj for any man electioneering around
fA ha naiS. "It damned non-
Halfbreed to Live
Family.
nun
l Peking. Oct. 21. Consternation Is
general In official circles because It
" is reported that Admiral Saps' flag
t bMd was aunk by the 'rebels, and that
"line commander was captured during
i.v. -....1 ttfla nasi- TTanlcnw. The
Liin uuiai uhiv
fall of Shanghai Is momentarily ex
pected. Preparations are being made
to nrotect the city from pillage. Re
nrt indicate that the entire valley
i from Hankow to Shanghai Is practi
cally controlled by the rebels. For
eign warships have been rushed to
Shanghai to relieve the aliens if they
are attacked, and include five British
and four Japanese torpedo, boats. The
American legation aays the situation
is critical. " " ' .," 1
Final RKHy Planned.
San Francisco, Oct. 21. Code dls
nnxr :; ni
U t W VI
FIRE COMPANY
CRYING NEEDS TO BE LEFT TO
THE PEOPLE. ,
Nxt City Election to Carry Moracn.
tuous Question for Settlement
. Orovllle, Cal., Oct. 21. Inez Brooks,
aged 15 and Mrs. LilUe Mulllngs aged
40 are dead, and Wm. Mulllngs, aged
19vher son, Is shot In the left leg fol
lowing' a murderous attack last night
by Edward Williams, a half breed at
Mulllngs home In Moorstown near
this city. Williams was probably fat
ally wounded by Mr. Mulllngs'. hue
band. The Indian was brought to the
jail here today. There is talk of
The murder waa due to Jealousy
because Miss Inez, who was white,
had forsook him and found refuge in
the Mulllngs' , home. , He and Mr.
Brooks, the glrVa father, lived at Cas
cade. tamaU. mining. town; The In
dian followed and asked to see ' the
girl "and then sneaked around to the
kitchen and snot her, then, shot the
others." Mulllngs then grabbed a re
volver and shot the Indian , who was
whk ' 4 ni.nv 7 xnuna uunniug juaie w my wire." be lam. 11 oamoea uou
Sum Kranoisoii sense. He said he favorer tne.recau
and Uked Taft "but Wilson can beat
San Francisco. Oct. 21. Reuorts Taft," he Bald; "If Taft runs the oeiu
are current here that 75 strikers have ocrats will win.'
given in and have returned to work,
but the rumor has met with vehement
denial on the part of Harrlman strlk
era who say. on the contrary, that
100 strikebreakers in California have
gone over to the union ranks the past
few days. Trains continue running
late from the eaut.
mg :
1 Efllg7v Swings to Elm. Tree Wucre tke.-
Preacher First Met Girl Whom He
Is Aeeuspd of Having Killed An
topoy Deejens Shadow Against the
Preacher Flock Prays for the Dead
Giri.'"v .' ;
BEIILIST
- Fire protection Is to be put md to
tbe-people of Li'Crifide' at the next
city election. Through efforts of those
Interested to get better fire protec
tion, an initiative petition will be
placed on me oa. w f found thlB mornlng In the brushed
Are department, the nature of whicu.
will be decided on and announced
prior to the election ana me uwhuw
; A report Issued by the strikers this
morning, dealing with affairs about
the O.-W. roundhouse, following;
"Three strikebreakers came out of
the stockade! last night and started to
express their opinion of unionism but
thev made a hurried return somewhat
the worse forwear.TAi long as they
stay on company' property or remain
within the stockade Ihey will not be
molested, but wtien they presume to
address themselves to respecting men
In a manner criticising or Insulting
they will surely get a short answer
I LI TOILS
GRABBED IN' PORTLAND RAID ON
BITE THERE.
Claims to Be Tool of Police but W'o
man AceuRes Him of Crimes.
'U C. Elliott, erstwhile revivalist In
the La Grande district of the M. E
church, has come to grief In Portland
according to newspaper reports and
unlesfl his own statement Is further
tinn nt an auto Are. truck. The lnef
flclency of the present fire system
was glaringly point out the other
night when a small army of men had
to be recruited to tug the heavy cart
and hose up the steep hill to the Hill
fim. It took a dlscouraglngly long
time and homes could be ruined while
the cart was being bumped along the
... ....j . shanghai rmiih resident streetB. A long list of:
declare the Imperialists near Hankow narrow escape from extensive con
suffered defeat. Two thousand men .fiagratlon through, the lack of trans
are reported killed and it Is claimed portatlon faclltles has driven business
the cruiser whicb joined the revolu- men to action. P. A. Foley, one of
tlon had been recaptured. Peking the prominent members of the fire
dispatches say practically the whole department, has been feeling ;th pub
lmperlal army Is beln mobilized . 11c pulse on.the matter and finds that
v- ov,aw tt la believed the large property owners are anx-
4hen they are assembled, one grand lous to have some sort of paid de
?. a a m it falls de-' naltment and an auto truck that can
Tally Will UO in a vi v .
sertlons to the rebels will follow and take the apparatus to fires with ex
the Manchu dynasty wlH fall. treme dispatch. , V
Seek to Recover Losses. "There is no doubt In my m nd tu
It is reported from renin wai . i maaaiirB Bft)(, M, Foley Jeater.
Cove Defeats Union.
- (Union Republican.) -The
high school football team open
ed the season Thursday at Cove, los
ing to the high school of that place by
a score of 11 to 0. Although outweigh
"Car repair and rip track yard is corroborated., the ! former revivalist
becoming congested, with, bad order unquestionably face a prison term
for his connections with the under
world at Portland. Elliott, who by
cars and nearly every train going out
or coming in has from one to 15 In
tHOB a.. re beinr renorted the . way. never was . an ordained
afata vail rnarl rnm m iHslnn and nreaeher. las devoted much,. time to
- l 11 . n AltlirwiiirVi lltwfllfirh-I lu . -,. -,
it Bvui " v " . , t tlw lr,fflrBt9t .nmmlssion by union rftvlval throuehout Eastern Oregon
ed In every position, the boys, most v .., .,.,0.h. . ,.
of them inexperienced, put up a scrap -ZIS " t observ -Tr" - Z
from start to .finish, holding the heav-:
ler men for downs several times and conumuuo. up his business affairs here and went
fiercely contesting every Inch, Elwyn g f , requested to be at a to" Portland with his family Intending
""'" r " " ,,: , meeting, tomorrow, Sunday, at 9:30 to return to La Grande aoout two
. ,r.Z I o'clock at tte labor temple as in- weeks later and take'up his work in
r z:: ; business is t0 b6 transacted the revlval flold , a,, countr aml
o.iu I ..r.o ffQro In nn VrBnplRPO HOO
.u. a , uoo Tumor ' " '
KCUL OUUIO UUHU-' i......,
Minister Tin Tchang Is preparing to
Tchang is prepanng . carefUr cadvass of the
land 20,000 Imperial troops against men. .'All realize the city
the rebels In an effort to retake Han-1 disaster In not having
' : .some arrangement for transporting
Censor AH News Items. . . i tu8; cpecially at nlglht. and
the auto trucks have been found so
satisfactory In the deepest Kina or
mud that there Is little question but
what all taxoayers will vote for It.
Whether the city la to maintain a man
Goodbrod and Barker bore the brunt
of the defensive work, breaking up
several of the plays before they cros
sed the line. -
Quite an ovation was given the boys
oh their return, the high school crowd
showing their loyalty to a fighting
team whether they won or lost.
s ortered n;fc'BCfl' adjoining territory. He failed to rs
stand that the federation wins .... , . . . ,..
I rooms
its strike even money and that tho
shon employes are back at work In
side of two weeks at six to four odds.
"Engine No. 300 died on account of
leaking fire box last night.
"AH trains are reported from one
to eight hours late.'
BUYER GETS HORSES.
Pekln. Oct. 21.-r-The strictest cen
niiin nver nil revolutionary, news
was established today by the Imperial
government! - . V
Otflcral Nws GWen Out.
Toklo, Oct. 21. Official confirma
tion of the' press reports that the Chi
nese rebel army has gained a big vic
tory and compelled the retreat down
Kthe Yanetse river of the imperial forc-
is after a battle north of Hankow.
I was given out today by the war of-
Elgin Orchard Production.
(Elgin Recorder.)
- ; : , V--,- 8. A. Chappelle is harvesting the ap-
Portland Stables to Be tBhancd wMh uieB on the 20-acre, tract of Henry
Grande Ronde Horses. Hut. about three miles from Elgin, on
Pumpkin ridge. He has 12 pickers and
at the fire station continually or have
more than one man with some other
arrangement than the auto truck Is
what must be decided upon before the
vote Is taken." ; '
One carload of first class horses, a
half carload of good mares and a half
carload of mules hve been purchased
this week In and about La Grande by
George Long of Portland. V They were
shipped out today. " The shipment is
for the Hawthorne barns at Portland.
four packers employed, and is Han
dling about 00 boxes dally: The crop
is a full average in quantity and the
quality is excellent. Mrv Chappelle
and Dr. Whiting have a five-year lease
on the orchard, which has yet two
years to run. . ,v -
flee.
Ceanty Union Meets.
(Elgin, Recorder.)- -There
was a county meeting of tbe
Farmers union at the Eagles' hall in
this city last Saturday, at which busi
ness matters were discussed. We had
the pleasure of meeting two acquaint
Robbery at North Powder..
(North Powder News.)
House- breakers entered the Owl sa
loon last Friday nlgtt , and carried
away about $20 worth of goods and
money. The theft was discovered by
the proprietor when he opened up
the building In the morning following.
J. W. Crawford was Informed of the
crime and succeeded In capturing one
i
ances. Messrs. Huffman and Davis,' 0f the culprits near me rauroaa irvn
,.v B!rolnst the Wen-1 south of .town. The man gave his
way commission bill at the last ses- , name at Don Peterson and was caught
Ion of the legislature. Also we parti-; with the goods. When arraigned be-
c'pnted, upon invitation. In the chick-, fore J. IR. aiclren ne pieaaea gumy
m dinner, and tried to keen up with to the crime and was taken over to
Brother Davis but failed Inglorious- La Grtnde to nwalt action of the
court, ,
FULLS 30 FEET F
ROM
HIGH
LINE
L. C. Pratt, junior member of the had taken, temporarily,
firm Black & Pratt, real estate deal
ers, fell 30 feet from the high line
of the beet BUgar factory this morn
ing and miraculously escaped death
when he landed with his 230 pounds
avoirdupois In a beet flume. 30 feet
below the car on which he was hang
ing when he lost his footing, He was
rushed to the hospital where exami
a position
known as weighing in beets at the
factory and while Jthtt train was run
ning along the high line he was hang
ing to the car, but In some way slip
ped and fell to the ground where he
struck In a flume. He recovered con
sciousness soon after Dr. Molitor had
turn and his friends here heard little
of him until Portland papers told of
his sudden downfall, v
Elliott had many warm friends hero j
and they hang tenaciously to the ex-
minister's statement that he was em
ployed by Chief of Police Slover in
the ferreting out of white slave traf
fic at Portland. , It is possible that
such developments will yet be Bhowu
but at present a gloomy aspect is put
on his case by, the story of one of
the defendants resulting from a police
raid on a 'joint" in the restricted dis
trict. Elliott Is accused of having par
ticipated in Immoral and degrading
practices. One of his accuters, a den
izen of the under world, affirms El
ljott offered her $85 a month to be
come a regular fixture- In a certain
dive. Elliott contradicts this assert
tlon Baying the scheme was a ruse to
get evidence against the traffic, yet
other Information from Portland says
he confessed first and then' changed
his plea determining to fight it to
finish. The recital of what la alleged
to have been the practice of the wo
man' defendant and her eo-called col
league, Ellltot, was bo vile that the
court room had to be cleared In re
spect to decency. He acquaintances
here trust that the affair has been ex
nggerated and that Elliott was in real-
' Hyannls, Mass., Oct. 21. That sen
timent of residents here the home
of Miss Llnnell is strong against ,
Rewrend Rlcheson Is shown by au -effigy
of the clergyman swinging to an
elm tree near the Baptist church
where he first met the girl.. He was
"hung" last night after the regular
prayer meeting where 100 prayed the
girl be forgiven if she had committed
any sin. . '.- '
The girl's reputation had been '.,
blameless until she met the minister.
Mrs. Llnnell. theonother, Is convinced i
that the preacher is Insane. Rlche-1 .
son remains taciturn In his cell and;
Miss Edmands. is, prostrated.-Her .
father ald the Edmands family - will '
stand behind the minister until he Is : V-
proved : guilty. Rlcheson quit Mlaa'
Llnnell and became ''engaged to Miss"
Richeson, a wealthy heirness. '
, Rlcheson was arrested yested yes-;
terday charged , with murder in con-'
nection with the Llnnell death thought '
at first to have been a auiclde. - '
Was Soon to Be Mother. , ' f '
Boston, Oct. 21. Haggard, his nerve
gone, "Rlcheson , today , Is helplessly :
watching from his cell the authorl-
ties unearth facts of Miss Llnnell'
murder. The police say he wanted
her removed as an obstacle to his
marriage. An autopsy revealed the
gfrl was to have become a mother.
Insanity will probably be the plea u
the minister's guilt Is proved, as hi
friends assert he has shown unbal
Janced mentality previously. v .
Rlcheson Will Tell siorj.
. Cambridge, Oct. 21. Rev. Charles V .
Oroff will occupy the pulpit of the
Emmanuel Baptist church tomorrow
in Rlcheson's place. Rlcheson will
give a formal statement to be read In
church tomorrow. ,
Evidence which he claims will hang
Rlcheson, the accused divine, was un- i
earthed here by Chief Inspector Du
gan who declared positively he found
a girl friend of Miss Llnnell who told
him AvIb lunched with the minister
Saturday afternoon a tew hours be- ,
fore death. This would complete the
final link In the web of circumstantial -evidence.
Said Ho Would Be Talks Neverthe-'
less, at Civic Forum Last Night. .
Mr Tmtt lins been located In Lai tv n ntnnl nlo-lnn wnrltlntr In the ln-
rushed to me nopni uciC - -w - -o "
nation shows his Jaw was fractured. Grande a few months and has become ( teest of the police. Ilia family Is still
. . . . ' i In .i.oInfo ond anoint rlrclfiS.I in T1ismt
several term knocKea out ana ranuua """ m ""
..i. i. tni,.HM miRialn. TTow h and has beon prominently connectf-dl Elliott owns considerable property
r with less than Instant death with the effort to have a militia com- including a cottage on First between
Is something of a miracle. Mr. Pratt pany established here. " Mn'n and Washington.
TEDDY CANT KEEP STILL.
New York. Oct. 21. Theodore Roos$
velt didn't keep silent as was expect-
ed and as Is reported he said he would V
tr mnv At th civic forum last night
and declared he believed "We have f
been wise In giving great power ta
nni. indfeg." and added, "but I be-
Ueve that it. like any other power, .
ran ha PTentlv abused and that it is a
power which hasn't been permanent-?
ly alienated from the people., '
SCORES KILLED IN JAPAN.
!
Powder Mapiztne 'Explode Killing
Many of the Workmen.
, Toklo. Oct. 21.--A terrific explosion
o fthe great Meguro powdor niaguzln0
tnflnv lcHlpd senroa' of workmen, and.
mnnnrlnri . mnnv ', Thrt mnenilnO W8S
full of men when the crash came and
the entire structure was blown to
pieces. : .