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A Alt o f I jl i M ! ! !l 1 1 15 I VOLUME XI. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1911. NUMBER 1 " P i St' d e st wm LEI COMPLICATIONS SURE TO FOLLOW IF RE PORT IS TRUE. SITUATION GROWS WORSE BOY EMTEKOR IX FLIGHT Canton Reported Lost but This Is Not Confirmed General Captured , by ebels Is Threatened With Assas sination Japanese .Ready, for any Emergency Growing ut of Discovery $ $ S Shanghai, Oct, 26. It -is re s nnrted. but not ' confirmed, that 4 the revolutionists have slezed - 4 Canton after a hard fight In which casualties were heavy. It 4 Is reported the Chinese emperor la preparing to go to Mukden and put himself under Japanese pro- tectlon, but this is not confirmed. V Toklo, Oct. 26. International com- ' plications are feared In China as the result of the discovery that German army " officers had been conducting Chinese expeditionary forces under a pretext of being attaches. The sltua- ; tlon Is grave. If true they may re- ' suit In International complications While no official announcement has been made It is stated that the Japa oeBe government, was tally Informed on the subject and that commumca tlons regarding It had been dispatched . to London and Berlin. It was hinted that the Japanese mobilization at Ky- ' ushu may have been caused by ' the possibilities ot serlouB eventualities because of the Germans' activity. Keen - Interest In what Britain will do If the charges are confirmed 1b -manifest here. Germany and England are both bitter over the Chinese traae. San Francisco, Oct 26. In panic at the unmlstakeable signs of a " rebel : outbreak in Peking, Manchu, the royal j prince, with the child emperor and many high official are la flight from the capital to the town of Ylt Haw, 150 miles away, according to a dis patch received by the Chinese Free Press here from Hong Kong. Cables confirm the reported surrender of Ad miral Sah on the Yangtae river, and tell of repeated rebel victories In the southeastern states. . It is reported there, Is a plot afoot to assassinate General Yen Tchang - whose force of 20,00 .was badly de feated by the rebels Tuesday. . His troops were honeycombed with J 2 A laS bodTo Tmperiallstter Coward, who believed that gas de r18, . .. n, .) the Times. : They say Cow- re, troona in the province of Qui Chow mutinied and Joined the rebels gain ing complete control of the state, and the cities of Slan Fu and Fu Chow In Sanln. . The prince is reported cap tured.';,;. ;; ,. . " Tflrnimii rrfafi 2h; IWSHOBT COUNCIL TO LEGISLATE AGAINST THE PEACTICE. Stiff runlshment for CTlolators of , Weights and Measures Laws. Tacoma, Oct. 26. Following expo sures of gross frauds In short-weigh lng bread loaves, the city council drawn up an Iron clad weights ... measures ordinance which, will p measures ordinance wmcn wm passed soon. It provides stiff penal THREE PROMINENT ' CHEVKET PASHA. ',, Minister of War In th Turkish Cabinet. ' - ""I ' . f;' i j .: . ' h 1 " ' 1 - - AJ T 1 i ' - t " f "-" f y ; , nnnT urninr . H NUdi vtumt a ! y ic cvuniicTcn -J'Js III uumuuiLui '"" ' M COtRT RESTS WHILE .SHEElr F . HUMS FOB JURORS. Defense Claim The) . Are "Double ; frossecf by Court . Los Angeles, Oct 26. With the Ini tial Danel exhausted and only lour nosslbillttes as jurors secure, the Mc- Namara trial was resumed today by Darrow taking up the examination of I E. Xi. Essley, a transfer man, the last of the first panel. Juror Manning, who was passed by both sides, Is slck and may have to be withdrawn. ' He was looked upon as the only one of the four that Vould be finally chosen. Essley was finally excused and the Judge reserved his decision until to morrow on the Winter challenge. The court then suddenly adjourned until tomorrow' forenoon because the orl ginal panel' was exhausted. V - Bordwell decided to get a new ve- nlre of 40 and directed the sheriff to have them In court tomorrow; He said he would not borrow veniremen from other superior court departments be cause It was not justice to the ve niremen. ' . ; . ' .' ; '" )" h. rfofons todav is still wroth ov er Judge Bordwell's action in allow- ! ing the state's challenge against Wal- stroyed the Times. They say ard'a oolnion was parallel to the mc- Kee case, who the defense challenged ' .r. because he heuevea aynmi " use he bel the explosion, and the Judge wouiai not allow the challenge. DISTRICT ATTOBSEX . VAJOtwa . M wt.vtAW MAY BE RECALLED. Accused of Negligence in Office Oyer the Tenderloin Problem. Portlana. uci. " has rtrey cleTn - grounds Attorney wbb and '. .. malfeasance in omce. x. v - . . - Jare to appearln tn"jtt'e'rlr SciBI PERSONAGES IN ITALIAN- TURKISH WAR YOUSEF SZEDDIN. Prinoe Regent of Turkey, Who Is Officer In Army. Torn asunder within and Btruggllns aalnsi odds as a nation, Turkey can be truly said to be In the midst of a titanic struggle. Of the three pictures above Mohammed V Is the most prominent, In a way. because , of the danger of deposition by his subjects should be concede mater ial Issues to Italy. , DEMOCRATS IN EDITOR OF GLOBE DEMOCRAT DEMOCRATIC CHOICE. IS UyelU Is Republican Jiomluee for Gov. ernor Hunt Confident. . Phoenix, Aris., Oct. 26. "I figure 1 have carried 11 of the 14 counties In Arizona. , Progressive democracy has been vindicated at the primaries. It 1 assures us that the great principles J laid down In our constitution will be carried to a successful Issue on Dec. 12 and assures the rest ot the nation that : progressive ideas and progres sive men will be at the heado f affairs in the national and state government.' This was the statement today ot Geo. Hunt of the Globe Democrat, demo cratic nominee for governor who will fflght It out with Edwin , Wells, the republican nominee, for the governor ship in December. Although 40 hours I hnvA aianaAii lnr thn'nolls closed the! " we vuio uut vuuuvto. tain Hunt ana Weils are nominated. tolrAit v aavaral .ittn rntinpllm fin Atld Ithe ministry association bacauae Aiial iiialnclination to nrosecute the tcndorloia men accused of graft o - SOCIAL TOPICS DISCUSSED. Wilson and Many Othr Leading Edu- caters to Be Ileard. Madison, Wis., Oct. 25-.-Wlth an op. enlng address by Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey on "Ths Nswl of citizenship Organization," tfie most ; I notable conference ever held In Amer lea to consider the problems of the so- , . movement gets under way tonight tor a three days' ses- of sion. Hundreds of delegates arrived Unn to take Dart in the conference, - which meets unaer we jomi uBp;ci at. 0f the extension department of the Un MOHAMMED V. Sultsn of Turkey, Who Is at War With Italy. STEEL OCTOPUS I OF SUIT "PA-BENT 'OF ALL TRUSTS" IS TO STAND TRIAL. Government Attempts Dissolution Suit --of Monumfiutal Combine..,, '. New, York, Oct 26. Directors 8 of the United States Steel cor- 3 poration , today adopted resolu- tlons recommending the cancel- $ latlon of Us lease on ore prop- tles to the Great Northern Rail- way company which would run S to Jan. 1, 1915, unless recalled. Washington, Oct. 26. The depart ment of Justice this afternoon filed suit to dissolve the steel trust under the Sherman antt-truet law at Tren ton; New Jersey. . ,-.... , The trust Is called the parent of all trU8t8. ' : - ' lvr8jty of Wisconsin, and the Social Center association of America. The proceedings are certain to at tract widespread attention, if for no other reason than that the conference is the first national gathering' ever held for he purpose of furthering the social center movement It the hopes of those Interested in the movement are fulfilled the near future will see evterv school house In the country . ... . ' imaaj a puunc iuconus yiuto iur uuu; nartIsan .otherinKa of citizens for the nrMnntiMnn an1 Hlapnnslnn nt niihlln I . of questions and for other social, civic or recreational activities. In addition to Governor Wilson the prominent speakers to be heard at the several sessions include Senator Moses Clapp of Minnesota, Dean H. L Rus sell of the college of agriculture ot the University of Wisconsin, Clarence A, Perry of ths Russell Sage Founda tlon, Dr. John iK. Commons of the Wisconsin Industrial commission, Livy S. Richard of Boston, and Dr. G. E, Young, health commissioner of Chlca go.' The conference will conclude Satur day evening with a banquet at which toasts will be responded to by William Allen White, Colonel S. S. McClure, Dr. Joslah Strong;, Miss Zona Gale, Frank P. Walsh and Mrs. David Kirk, the first woman school superintend ent In America. r , .. y D DECBHII'l 111 Tilt ftTHLETIGS III LOP-SIDED 11 OF TIIIRTEEfJJCORES Tfl TWO CONNIE MACK NAILS WORLD SERIES BUNTING . TO SHIBE PAR.K THIS AFTERNOON IN A ; TERRIFIC COMBAT AMES, WILTSE ; . AND MARQUARD FALTER. SCORE BY 1...0 .....1 THE BATTERIES: Philadelphia Bender and Thomas; New York .uncs, AVilse, arquard and Meyers and Wilson. Shibc Park, Philadelphia, ed the world series bunting to in a merciless slaughter of McG raw's formidable Giants when the Phillies scored a total of thirteen runs as against one for New York. It is all over but the shout ing. Philadelphia made this-her fourth victory (all that was needed) and deciding to leave no chance for escape or tenth inning defeats, kept a big brace or runs in the fourth, one m the sixth and seven in the seventh. New York went all to pieces and the slaughter was terrific and long. This is the third suc cessive time Connie Mack has claimed the world's cham pionship through the medium of his batting and fielding geniuses.. V"" . - 1 AW the craft of Ames, AViltse and Marquard failed to stay the Athletics' batting, while Chief Bender held the Giants in hand until the ninth given a Tun for charity sake.: the worst in years. ; Shlbe Park, Oct. 26. In the third Lord's double score Thomas. In the fourth Baker singled which started four runs. Then came the lucky sev enth. Bender held New York hltless and the Athletics started the fire works Snodgrass, Chard, Oldrlng, Col lins, Baker got across the plate and then Barry doubled, scoring Murphy. Ames was yanked out In this Inning and Marquard came in. He made a wild pitch and both Davis and Barry romped In. Confused by the proces sion, Meyers argued that three were out and Umpire Connolly fired him from the game. " Pitcher Coombs Is seriously 111 from Strange coincidence Is Been in the, dual death yesterday , evening In the William Donaldson home, 1306 Madi son, when Mary Donaldson, aged 21 months, and Mrs. Mary Mills, agd 61, grandmother ot the babe, died sud denly and almost at the same hour In the same house. The unusual circum stances surrounding the deaths, and the alarm expressed by the survivors in the household that candy eaten Just before, was responsible, lead to a probability of a preliminary autop sy tomorrow. Coroner Bacon Is out of town, and in his absence Justice Williams is acting coroner. As such he may order a preliminary examl nation, on request of the attending physician who was called Just before death '-came to the little one, and who did not have time to make a diagnosis of the cases prior to de.ath. The au topsy was scheduled to commence late this afternoon, but has been post poned and may not be held at all The nature of the suffering ot the two does not Indicate common poison for symptoms were not similar to the usual poison effects. The little tlrl yesterday afternoon found 1 hard S1K of 5 M WW INNINGS: 1 4 0 0 1 7 0 013 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 5 3 Oct. 2C Connie Mack nail Shibe park this afternoon the scorers on the jump with when they were virtually The batting slaughter, was' . ' ; ' Injuries sustained In yesterday's gams- He Is in the hospital, but no operation-' Is necessary. He caught one foot In the box in delivering the ball In the Bhctir Inning and hurt himself Internally-. Despite the pain he pitched until tho tenth when he had to quit. 1 Replying to a report credited to Um pire Klem, who Is reported to hav said Captain Doyle, of the Giants, AH not touch the plate yesterday In the run which won the game, Doyle said he certainly did touch the plate. Klein, was quoted that he would have had to call Doyle out had the Athletics protested because Doyle slid over th plate without touching it. breathe, and difficult to swallow,- the trouble grew more serious and late la the afternoon a physician was called. The baby dl(4at 5:30. ' " Mrs. Mills, who lived at the Don aldson home became HI during tha - J morning- and died shortly after the gin, though her sufferings were brought on by stomach ailments' and ' probably weakened heart action, re- . suiting from her own suffering com- - blned with the Illness of her grand daughter. With little to actuate an autopsy the attending physician pre ferred, however, to have the matter gone Into carefully, and if a thorough. and complete autopsy is found neces sary, the bodies will be held over un--tll the arrival of the coroner. . . Others of the family ate of the same candy, a mixed variety and sey eral ate more than those who died, a tact that explodes In a way, the plausibility of the poisoned candy the ory,, A consultation .of. physicians may be called to determine the need of an autopsy, but in any event it 1st not likely that an inquest will ba to called. ties for these crlnr.es. I )