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4m 7 II I II II 1 1 -Jf h-7 s i 1 ' i I I' ! I - VOLUME XI. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORKG OX, , TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1911. NUMBER 5 scfiiiL s niirn Tsnfinnnpiu UILII I lltlllilllll I SELLINQ- OP JUDICIAL POSITIONS, NEWSPA PERS CHARGE . WORST SCAXDAL IX HISTOBY , ABOUT TO BE GOSXEXCED TnTe Bring Action Against Brooklyn Editor but Withdraw Suits When ..They Learn He Can Trove Hi Claims of Judicial Selling Murphy Lent Endorsement to Willet. today faces what Its enemies declare is one of the biggest scandals in its history through the investigation which -was launched today by Dis trict Attorney De Witt of Queen coun ty, into the charge of Belling judicial positions, made by William Berrl, edi tor of the Brooklyn Standard Union. Former Congressman Willett, Pat rick Callahan, Herbert Ketcham, three Tammany candidates for Judges of the supreme court, had Berri arrested on criminal libel, but he offered to prove his chages and they finally withdrew their suits. Ketcham and Callahan de clared tnoy learnea mat wmei nau borrowed large Bums before securing his nomination, which Willet admit ted. , -' He said he withheld $10,000 for cam paign expenses and spent most of S3l.0fl(l on his wn business enter prises. Berri's attorneys - say Willet vlalteii Mnrnhv thtt Tnmmnnv hrvs. and secured his endorsement for the office. . Start Fair Buildings Soon. , San Francisco, Oct. 31. Actual work on the Panama Exposition site will be begun within three weeks ac cording to an announcemient Just made. , The engineering and architec tural department of ' the eposltfdn company are diligently prpearlng tho plans for the buildings and grounds -which they will give' to the public . eoon. Suggestions liave been made that a canal two miles long be texca ' vated on the Harbor View site and that two minature locks, In dupllcatln of those of the Panama canal be built with amusements filling both sides of the canal, the section to be called the "Towpath." . ' '; . .' , 8 SUBJECT TO PEHEWIPTDRIES arXAMARA JUKI BOX FILLIXG UP , : WITH RAPIDITY. ( SJate Objects to Man Who Leans To ; ward the Unions. I Los Angeles, Oct. 31. Nine men the lurv box when the Mc- Namara trial was resumed today. All we mhlect to neremDtory challenge nnW. Tho state tried to Ket rid of Frank Frakes, a7 farmer, who said he had no opinion. He was finally pas sed for cause by Horton. Frakes leans favorably toward the unions, In an effort to' Impeach Johnson, the defense recalled Ray Fitzgerald, a lawyer, to the .stand. ' Fitzgerald said he had talked to Johnson In Au gust and Johnson said, "The unions are obnoxious.' His showing was poor and the chances of the defense's challenge being allowed deemed pooc. The motion was later overruled. Men of Affairs in Union County i z fifthly LJIifMMLsi,! BUTCHERY li! , 1 BATTLE ' REBELS SCORE DECIS IVE VICTORY OVER FLEET FORCE treat with one boat crlppW. The rebels then attacked and beat the im perialists. A wireless says the battle took place yesterday and that the imper ials are fleeing; wildly to the north ward. The rebels butchered hundreds of Manchus in the city, and threw the bodies into the river. The town was have burned. Peking af DuiiKTr Zone. Toklo. Oct. Si. The Peking govern ment is in a Btate of collapse, accord ing to advices received here. The memorial text of senata to the throne has been accepted and a new cabinet is balng organized. 0 CTQ 0 Ell S! BIG I r 1 Gfl EJtS ES IMPERIAL FLEET COMES TO AID TIt0,0PS-lS UErrXSED T.IFT IX PITTSBURG. The cartoonist Glrard caught Superintendent of Water Division No, 2, Attorney George T. Cochran, in a smiling mood. , The genial offi cial 18 reproduced by the pen and Ink method here to good advant- ? age, with credit to the cartoonist and the looks of the attorney. There will be another "man of affairs" In Union county cartooned "'.'tomorrow. .;.:'.;,.'.'. ' :- ' '.- ' "'."'.''' Destruction' of Itoyal Troops Severe When Itebels Retake Hankow In the Third Change of IIant?i In Few Days Sluation Dangerous to Foreigners Within Hankow, Say Rebels. - - - Shaa4 hal... Oct. .lil. Concentrating 'a battery fire below Wu Chang, he rebels today drove Admiral Sah's fleet down the river and then recaptur:-d Hankow, driving the Imperial trcops to Kilometer Ten where fighting is still progressing.;;, '. Kevolutionary commanders tht-n warned the foreign residents, .to ltkive rs the rebels will not guarantee their safety. More than 35,000 men are re ported to nave ' been engaged; and there Is little doubt but that the cas ualties will run into the thousands. Rebels Drive Attackers Back. Dispatches say the battle was op ened by the imperialists making a rush, against the rebel position from which - they were beaten . back with great slaughter. When the fleet steamed up to aid the batteries of the revolutionists were unmasked ard shelled the boats forcing them' to re- Sees Demonstration on Forbes Field Views JlarchiU' Miners. Pittsburg, Oct. 31. President Taft arrived today, th guest of the Na tional Mine Safety asoclation, and the committee representing the . centen nial celebration of the navigation of the Pittsburg rivers by steam.. The TWO THOUSAND TONS MORE FREIGHT THAN IN OCT., 1S10 STRIKERS SEEM HOPELESSLY BEATE THROUGHOUT STATE Men Turned Away as Corps of Mea Within Company Shops Said to B Sufficiently Large Xow to Do th Work RailroutI Serins to Have Its Business Well in Hand. Forbes field,: v-re , the "celebration La o, s .0 took place. rade of 30,000 went to the w sed crowds fr , steamship Vir At the wl thrlstncd the replica of the name, which m and Mlsslsslp K Mcnoias koo s : During tlW Ss steadily, tho Ing the drlzz eviewed a pa and afterward sre he addres deck of the ;ce Longworth jew Orleans," a at of the same Igated the Ohio .nd was built by ' 'heodore's uncle. Ion the rain fell tly. Taft lgnor led the exercises. t S S 9 OTHER ROADS IXVOLTED. " BBCHES.0X TRIAL POSTPOXED Prllnilnary Hearing Put Off Until Xo rember Seventh Prisoner Pale BIGGEST AKfttADA SEEX. ; . A ' ' , "''. -"."' ; New York, Oct. 31. Hundreds of . thousands . today lined tho shores of the Hudson to wit- nes the assemblage of the great- est flghtlngi fleet ever gathered In the United States waters and to " see Secretary of tbe Navy Meyers and bis aides make the official inspection. 1 O There were 20 miles of ves ? sels 102 anchored 400 ' yards apart In three rows compose tho armada. - ' ' . . . . r IWWVM... & 'f-r yry-g , .... '--f J. m n.. V-v-s. -'A WaYVA V I'M $ nsM.;rjr srrrrrr-j .Th - . ' - ' ww, v m ; rs r m m w 'Wff. ' V,-V '- w .'.v.-., v-;; I--'-' -j'X ?SS- Boston, Oct. 31. Pale and showing the evidence of his confinement, iRiev. Rlcheson appeared before Police Judge Murray today. The case was postponed until Nov. 7th a previous ly agreed. Today was the day he ex nected to wed Miss Edmands. Richeson is accused of "murdering Avis Linnell to further his love affali' with Miss Edmands. : Fleet Lands at San Pedro. v Los AnKeles."Oct; ' 31 Twenty-six of the Unite States fighting vessels will drop anchor at San Pedro har bor tonight for review. The vessels have been at San Diego. Owing to the Chinese revolt it Is unknown how long all will remain htere. It is ex pected some of them will be sent to the orient in a few days. Los Angeles Taking Tote. Los Angles, Oct 31. With speech making finished and the last politi cal trick turned, four candidates In the mayoralty nominating primaries today are awaiting the result of the balloting today which either will land one or them in the executive's chair or result In the selection of two of tbiem to come before the voterB De cember 6th for eleetlon. It Is gener ally believed that tho balloting to day will endwith Mayor Alexander and Job Harriman ending and Miles Gregory and W. C. Mushet eliminated from . further consideration. : Ham man is backed by the union labor and socialists. Alexander by the repub licans. ; ..'.-v;;' "' 1 5 , Chicago, Oct. 31. Disputes ov- ? er wages may cause a strike of 15,000 or 20.000 shopmen on the Rock Island, tho Wabash, Texas Pacific and tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroads, according to statements made today. It is learned that a referendum has been taken by the Rock Island employes not merely In regard to tho question of the acceptance of a new scale but Including the al- 4 , ternative of a strike if the scale is unaccepted. - '; Statements Issued by O.-W. com pany officials show the business situ ation to be assuming a point near normal, regardless of the etrlke. While this is true over the state at large it Is pointed out the sltuatloll in La Grande is held to be in keeping with the etatus throughout the stata. It has long been admitted that there was more strike talk and more In terest manifested In La Grande than In any other division point on tha system -probably because tho , per centage of inhabitants directly affect ed la greater; more men are employ ed In the shops, and more struck, pro portionate to population, than else where In the state. Conceding this to be true, the assertions made by th company representatives jnaicaia that, the federation strike Is about over In Oregon and that the strikers: stand as losers losers unless the Is sues ramify and new phases not now seen appear on the strike horizon. Month's Badness Good. On this, the closing day of Octo- (Contlnued on Page Four.) RII1LTI .Race. Suicide Fostered. . Dresden,. Oct. 31. -Roosevelt's the- tory on jrace suicide was given a se vere Jolt by a resolution adopted, at the fourth international congress of the Malthuslan league, which. Just closed its session here.' The Mal,thu slans belleve in race suicide because, as the resolution recites: "over popu latlon. tends. to creat causes, of war and Is. In Itself a direct cause of war, the checking of the birth rate result Ing In a decrease In population would be one of the greatest factors to bring LAFFERTT SITPORT&'LA' FOLLETTE. ' " . . ... : Portland. Oct 3k Congressi- man A. W. Laffertr. elected on the progresslveAepubllcan plat- FORMER EXECUTITE SEEKS LLCTI0X IX DECEMBER. , Hallowe'en la at hand. Tonight the spirits of All 8aints will run rampant and oceans of fun are In store for o "a"?!Le.l,,.r' " t.. .n5 i.i I m uttu fnit. W Ths little fol ks. and the big folks bad best be care- tatttSuS and norcaPry their- p rank carnivals' too Tar to some of the special police vigilance takes a L wrunj stern band In matters. , . i- ' :''.j : , form la out tridnv with a flat footed declaration that he will unnnort a TTnllette for the ores- idency, and will vote for a demo- crat progressive" if the repuwi' mn nominate Taft or a non pro cTfljiBim.. .L,affertv recently . . ... A . . . . A iuowocu .wo -v ------ v. ntft-fni v- -nrt th bir folks bad best be care- emergen irom um biui i- t ctnt tjmatures nave oeen eeiurou i clety folks, young lads and lassies, and the 11 tlo folk too-.The lUUe folks ,d writing eposlde.. . ... . insure the appearance of these names tne ballot. . :X 4 HalL Humplireys, Logan, McLachlla Out and Uodglus Reported ear-Uut M. K. Hall, mayoralty candidate; C. M. Humphreys, seeking re-election to the office of recorder, Ray w. Logans seeking re-election to the 'office ot " treasurer and J. H. McLacnun, canai- date for chief of police, la the political situation today. Other candidates are trimming their lightning rods prep aratory to entering the aiea at once. ; With the circulation of a petition. nominating Dr. M. K. Hall, formerlr : mayor of the city, the mayoralty cam paign is Inaugurated and If rumor is to be credited the doctor Is not to play a eolitalre campaign for Attorney J. S. Hodglns is advanced as a candidate as well. The attorney Is not here to day to verify or deny the rumor whicn during the past 24 hours haB spread with considerable swiftness. Dr. Hall held tho mayor's cbalr the term pre ceding the Richardson administration. Mayor. Richardson has not publicly expressed himself, but it Is reported he is not seeking the re-nomtnatlon. The petitions for the first four nara od are being circulated by C. W. P. miJwnrrh todav and already sum-