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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1911)
Qf9 b v : I ! ! t I t I .. ri N. : r V V VOLUME XI. lilTr TflFT TABLE Ki AUGER ATTACK OF ANTI-SHERMAN LAW RESENT ". ED BITTERLY CONGRESSMAN LITTLETON STARTS ANGRY SCENE With Scores of Trust Officials at the Banquet Table Taft Rises in An gcr and Defends the Antl-Shermnn Law Defies All to Show Any Injus. , Morgantown, W. Va., Nov. 1 Mem- . hers of the Taft party today are re , Jolcing over the tilt of the president with some Pittsburgers when mem- berg of the chamber of : commerce "baited" him at a banquet at which he was the guest of honor. :, Scores of millionaires and 150 steel trust officials attended. Martin Littleton, the congressman, hotly denounced the Sherman anti trust law demanded Us repeal and was wildly cheered. ' Taft Hammers Table. , President Taft got mad clear through and got to his feet, pounded , the table' and attacked Littleton's ar guments, and shaking his fists said the law was not Indefinite and. chal lenged anyone to name 'a corporation that was Innocent who had suffered or ; had been convicted under . the Sher man antl truBt law. He said he real - lzed he was speakng to mea.ho fa vored the .trusts but still he believed the law was Just and predicted either the trust's downfall . or socialism would step , In. BIG SUM OYERjLOOKED. Train Bobbers Hold op Train but Fail to Get Principal Loot. Memphis, Nov. 1. Two masked men held up and robbed the westbound Rock Island mall near Hurlburt, Ari., this morning. Five hundred thousaud lay In another safe In the express car hut the robbers overlooked It and blew only a small safe after they had, rifled the malls and lined the engineer and clerks up, after forcing the engi neer to drive the train on a siding at Arkansas Junction nar here,' where they hid and flaged the tain: The robbers made their escape but a posse Is pursuing. , Strikers Assault Banker. " New Orleans, Nov. 1. Mistaken for a strikebreaker and terribly beaten by three men, "Walter Allen, president of the American National bank of Ter rlll, Texas, and a close friend of Gov ernor Colquitt, Is In a serious condi tion. He was en route to the depot when the strikers assaulted him. Louis Is Sentenced; Christ Louts la sentenced to seven years In the federal prison at Mc Neil's island according' to word from Portland where the Greek was found guilty of white slavery In connection ' with trafficking, In women, he having brought the woman to La Grande. TRUSTS PLACED DARLING COMES TO SEATTLE TO BEGIN INQUIRY. - Investigation mil Lead to Portland Plambesr Among Trusts. Seattle,' Nov. 1. Joseph Darling? special agent for the department of UrJDER QUIZZING justice, . arrived here to gather evl- J He finally saw others showing the dence against four Pacific coast trusts ( tickets without a murmur and even- among them being the plumbers' trust tually bucked down to what he at first The Investigation will extend to Port-1 thought was an Imposition on his con land, San Francisco and Los Angeles.' tltutIonal rights as a traveler. LAGRDE, UNION Men of Affairs H. J. RItter, exalted ruler of the La was caugnt in ms Characteristic pose puuiograpny nas won Bweepstaaes graph shows and h!a skill with the phy have made him renowned both came expert in the art. : Those who acquainted' with the characteristic M'NAMARA CASE REQUIRES THE THIRD BATCH. Over Two Hundred and1 Twenty-Flve Drawn Mne Are In the Box. ixs Angeles, Nov. l.-The thirj panef of veniremen qualified today by Judge Bordwell and an early session was devoted to the task. So far 225 men have been drawn ana nine Jru- ors are subject to a peremptory chal lenge in the box. .It; Is believed al of them will be excused. The state today withdrew their ob jection to the Preston challenge and he was excused. Ten of the new ve nire were excused for various rea sons, 'v: " ': a:' .... TICKET TAKE Bt WORRIED. New Order In Teroe st Depot Brings Grief to Deputy Sheriff. , . Presentation of tickets 'before the traveling public la allowed to, enter out on the O.-W. depot here was re quired this morning. All entrance to the depot proper must be by thejKuth side doors and to get out to th trains It is necessary to past a guard at the north, door.- To th jeneral vnbllc the system works nicely but to tlios who have not been accustomed - to such requirements at depots, the rale was of bad taste. One gentleman this morning rose up on his Amerlcsnltls because he was required to show nil ticket, and wanted the guard to un derstand he wanted no torn foolery. 1 v MiMiy;' THIRD PANEL IS lYUflN SHI KA! QUALIFIED NOW RULES CHINESE COUNTY, OREGON, in Union County Grand by the Illustrator, Glrard. (Hitter's at innumerable north weBt photo-l camera, his clever ideas of photogra-l locally and In Portland where he be have posed in the RItter studio are lines shown In the cartoon MADE PREMIER! AND ADVANCES PEACE OFFERS. American Marines Arrive at Peking to i Enforce Protection. Peking, Nov. 1. Yuan Shi Kal was today appolnteded premier of China. This makes him virtually the ruler. Rear Admiral Murdock has been or dered to Hankow to protect the Am erican interests and arrived at Shang hai today fom Manila on the trans port Rainbow with 358 marines and started up the river immediately. , Yuan Issued a brief statement in which he said he intends to cease hos tilities to the rebels and negotiate with General Li Yuan Hung, the revo lutionist leaden- for ' the purpose of re-establishing peace. . , ' Boy Emperor In Danger. Shanghai, Nov; 1. Cabled advices from Peking lay the Chinese Infant emperor will flee to the American le gation for protection if it becomes necessary for his safety, The fmper Isl forces are dally becoming appre hensive. : HETEE REVIEWS FLEET. Several Hundred Witness ' Imposing Spectacle Today. ' New York, Not. 1 Sweeping down the Hudson, the treat American fleet passed in an Impressive review before Secretary of the Navy Meyer aboard the yacht Mayflower and several hun dred thousand witnessed .the magn' flcent spectacle today. X As the Mayflower steamed between the battleships' lines, , with Meyer standing forward, his head uncovered each fired a salute of 19 guns. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER SOCIALISTS ELECT TICKET HAREIMAN CHOSEN TO i OPPOSE ALEXAN DER FOR MAYOR WITH MI.VOB EXCEPTION EM'IBE TICKET IS CHOSEX Warm Campaign Sure to Follow la Los AnfrelesHarriman" Hopes to Git Votes Given Mushtt In the l'rl. - mary Elwtion In rwml w. ' men Will tote for Alexauderr 1 Los Angeles, Nov. 1. Practically complete returns from 203 out of the 245 precincts give Harrlman, the so cialistic candidate, a fcad of 2132 ! over Mayor Alexander. .4 Approximate j ly 45,000 votes are counted, and shows j Harrlraan, 17,591; Alexander 15,495 i rnusnet 7,349; Gregory 344. With the possible (exception of the city attor ney, a complete socialistic ticket was nominated to oppose the Good Gov ernment nominees, headed by Alex ander. . : " , ' -v .. -, Alexander said: "The vote I receiv ed was about as large as I expected. I feel certain I will be elected De cember 5th, but I nlust confess Harrl man polled a surprisingly large vote." ; Harriman Bald: "I'll win out at thle general election. Most of Mushet's vote will be delivered-to me and the entire socialistic ticket will be vie torious In December." . Harriman claims he will be elected throtlgh the woman votes.- They were given the ballot In time to vote yes terday but several thousand are regis. tered now and most of them claim to be socialists ; ' . with Harriman and Alexander in the field it Is expected the campaign will be the hottest in the city's his tory. STOLElllT TWO OUT OF THREE WANTED, NOW IN JAIL. Evans and Smith, Two of Party, County's Law Toils Now. In Two men out of three wanted on a charge of stealing 39 sacks of wheat from Walter Glenn and disposing of the goods to a local flour mill have been arrested. The two men now ar rested are Evans and Smith, the lat ter being nabbed at Baker and brought to La Grande. Neither have been ar raigned yet. The third party is com monly known as "Dad" but is missing. He is quite old. Glenn Is the complaining witness to the complaint which seta out that 39 sacks' of wheat belonging to him were stolen and sold by the thieves. Pranks Not Serious. . Hallowe'en passed La Grande wlti nothing more serious than ' pranks. The police had little difficulty and as a whole the celebration was sane. Automobblle, buggies and other mov able articles were Juggled considera bly but similar "stunts" makes up the Hat of pranks! . Federal Probe Assured. V Indianapolis, Nov. 1. A federal probe of the McNamara case waa as sured today when the state courts nere turned over all documents and T """" u uu.u. rom on wo lobani ianii as a result of a collision. headquarter of the Iron Workers' uu- The names of the drowned, or the na Ion to the Jurisdiction of th United ture of the collision are not made oiaies grano jury wnictt will investl- gate the McNamara charges. 1, 1911. l'lUNCIPALS IX 3TXAJIARA TRIAL. i f 1 0 1911, by American Presi Association, , Four principal character in the tedi ous examination of Jurors at Los Angeles are the four plctued above. On top is James J. McNamara, be low him hla brother who will later stand ' trial for - dynamiting ' the Times building, below him Dlstrlc; Attorney Fredericks, the prosecutor and last Lecompte Davis, next to Darrow In defense prominence. TWENTIFOCB DRX)WNED HURRIED MESSAGES.. SAY Collision of French Steamer Ends Fut ' ' , ally to Many Passenger. Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Nov. 1. Twenty-four drowned off the coast today when the Frencn steamer Dlo- known In the short wlrele ( v7 V ne ., .-J --iwtfcV.w '? Sk , - Vj ' frl STB1 SIMS received here late today. NUMBER 6 pm Pfliirn ULIJ, Ull'JLUi , HQS OF TUB TURKS SAID TO HAVE CAPTURED TRIPOLI , ' o LEADER CONSIDERED AS AB SURD BY OUTSIDERS ot BHieved Possible That Italian (Jen-raJ Could Have Fallon Before the Turks Near TrliwliDIspatcltes Say, Howevr, Such Is a Fact aud the .' Italians Are Greatly' Alarmc(f. "7""" Rome, Nov. 1. Ths cabinet official ly announced today that unless Tur key comes to terms Italy will Increase her territorial demands against . the sultan! It la believed the cabinet Is planning to sieze the Turkish Islands. The foreign office1 characterizes as ab surd the report that Turks had cap tured General Caneva at Tripoli. Constantinople, Nov. 1.- War Min ister Chefket Pasha today officially announced that General Caneva, who Is commanding the Italian army at Tripoli had been captured by the Turks. Foreign diplomats discredit the statement. . The Turkish dispatch reports that Caneva was captured In a hard-fought battle between the Turks and Arabs on one side and the Italians, in the outskirts of Tripoli. The pasha an nounced that the Turks are steadily pushing the Italians back to the coast would eooa be compelled to board tha and expressed confidence that they ; warships off Tripoli. ' He says the Turks captured five more forts at Tripoli. ' :. DEER SEASON IS CLOSED TODAY I, ROCK CKJEEK SAID TO BE STAMP ING GROUNDS FOR MANY. Constable Faulk Returns With Game , --Otlier Parties Less Fortunate Deer suffered but little destruction as a result of two well planned hunt ing trips that have terminated in the return of the huntsmen last night One deer was the total for the two parties though all are deemed crafty game hunters. Constable I. W. Faulk; and Will Candall knocked down one fleet-footed animal at the headwaters of Spring creek In the region wher 20 years ago Mr. Faulk made hit home. . ' '. ... The other party 'waa made up of Circuit Judge Knowles, County Clerk Ed Wright and Court Reporter Hanna but though they Jumped several, they killed none. The Judge was Incapaci tated with an attack of lumbago, and partook but lightly of the sport H Is back again today, some better la health. This party was hunting near Howard Meadow. - 1 The season closed yesterday ant several local hunting parties are oa their return from the hunting ground. One party Is reported headed home from upper Rock Creek and advance reports say they two herds of seven and pulled down several. As a whol J tew deer have been killed this seaeon, ' Horse and Buggy Missing. ;V:r A horse and buggy owned by W. J. Church is missing today, probably as a practical Joke and perhaps as a case of theft. The animal was driven . to La Grande from Island City yester day by James Garrlty, who left It tlei on the main streets. Last night it n- r the horse was stolen. c . ' ..