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X w ..... . tA&r -Mi i ir Hjll'H II II !! l t Pi? VOLUME XL GRANDE UNION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, .1911. NUMBER 19 tt r - i - ' 4 FAIR DEI CUV OF ROOSEVELT FORMER PRESIDENT IS CAUSTIC WITH OUT. ' LOOK rjEN SEMES HE WAS MISLEAD; SHERMAX LAW IXEFFECTITE Rclttvates His Statement That pres. ent Method of Suits to Briny Order Out of Chaos Is Jot Right Bis pntcg Wlckfrrshu iii's Assertions Square Deal" Is Begged for. New York. Nov. 16. Urging com vf plete governmental supervision of all corporations engaged in .; Interstate commerce: declaring that via n,ot. nn? a v v tt ua aivsi misled in permitting the United States , Steel corporation to absorb the Ten nessee Coal and Iron company; at tacking the United States circuit court of appeals for nermlttin thfl torus fift trust to re-organize under the plans proposed and criclsing Attorney . 1 General Wickersham, former Theo dore Roosevelt In a copyrighted edt torial in the current issue of the Out look today demands a "sauare deal for the big business corporations which remain within the pale of the law. The editorial Is one of the most caustic he has yet penned, and de vices mai neuner tne Sherman antt trust law nor any modification of it .can meet the situation confronting the government, i In part. Colonel Roosevelt writes ; "The suit, iagtiinst the steel trust : Dy trio edvernment fino hmnh . " i - U.wugi4( I I I" - Idly before the tmnnlo th nuj .! reducing id order' oiir chaotic goverrf- nAn ....II .. . . ... J .ucui puuujr ns regaras ousiness. As president, Jn messages to congress, 1 . repeatedly, called attention to the In adequacy of the anti-trust law. bv lt- ' ' self, to itueet business conditions, se cure justice to the people and to . the further fact that It might. If left nnsupplemented by addltional legis- latlon, work mischief wjth no com pensating advantage and I urged, as strongly as t knew how, that the pol icy followed In relation to railways ; In connection with the Interstate com merce law should be followed by the national government as regards all business concerns." ' . ' CoJ. Roosevelt declares he went ov er the trust situation fully with the then secretary of the Interior Garfield and quotes from a letter written him by Garfield relative to the steel trust ' suit, wherein Garfield said: ; ' "Nothing that has appeared before the house committee has made me believe we ' were deceived by Judge Gary. The position now taken by the government Is absolutely destructive of legitimate business because no rule Is outlined for the conduct of busi ness of any magnitude." I 1 iuv.il Hues uy agalUBl "Wickersham and the law officers 'of h A DdrhfnlarrAtlnn JaaIaxI.. il.i i i UMkututOLi ULIUU. UD1 lill 111 1 I IIm I na was not deceived In permitting - the Tennessee Coal merger, which Is one of the grounds on which Wickersham ssked the dissolution of the United States Steel corporation. "One of the grounds of suit," writes Colonef Roosevelt, "alleged on the au- . tnority or the government officials carrying on the suit Is that as re , gards this transaction I was misled by the representatives of the steel corporation and that the facts were not accurately and truthfully laid be . for me. This statement Is Incorrect. ; I was not misled. The "represents- tlves of the steel corporation told me the truth. The figures show that the acquisition of the Tennessee company y did not In the sllhgtest change the sit nation, that during ten years which Include the acquisition of these prop ertied hv ha fc1 percentage of the total output of steel manufactures by corporations shrunk from nearly C6 per cent to a trifle ov er C4 per cent. It, Is evident that the anti-trust law is not adequate to meet the situation that has grown up be cause or modern business and the ac companying tremendous Increase of business due to the use of vast quan tities of corporate wealth. ' '"It Is vitally necessary to have per sons in control of the big trust of the character of the Standard Oil" trust, and 'tho tobacco trust taught that they are under the law, Just as, was nec essary to have the sugar trust taught the same lesson in a drastic fashion by Henry L, Stlmson when he was federal attorney of New York. "But to attempt to meet the whole probfem not by administrative or govl ernmental action, but by a succession of law suits is hopeless from the standpoint of working out a perma nently, satisfactory solution. More ov6j the results sought to be achiev ed are achieved only In an extremely Insufficient and fragmentary measure by breaking up all big corporations., whether thrcy have behaved weifbr ill, which It Is certain will be largely. perhaps . altogether under fhe same control." ORE TIIAJf HALF CP MISSIAG VALUABLES RETURNED Men on Whom Goods, Were Fonnd Am Brought to La Grande. , In the arrest of a mail named Gor cfen at Baker and hi; return to La Grande early this morning by Officer McLachlen, comes a" goodly portion of the Jewelry stolen from the ' Love store last Friday night. Gorden, a CUicagife.' .-'recny, of. Spokane, as serts there were two others Implicat ed and that he came here from Spo kane , after the other two had spot ted , the Job. .However, , the police think there was only one other. Gor don said the other men got half the "swag" but an inventory- of the re turned gooda indicate 'that more than half has been returned through the arrest of Gordon. ';.; Investigate Juvenile Affairs. 4 J. C. Kllpack, field agent for the Boys and Girls' society of Portland, Is here today investigation a case re ported to his school from Nbrth La Grande. .. - ' '' North Powder People Wed. Ben F. Evans and Mrs. Minnie Squires, popular people of : North were married Tuesday by County Judge Henry They have , gone to Los Angeles on a wedding trip. , RUDOLPH BLANKENBURG. Dmocrtio-Kyrtont Candidate For Mayoralty of Philadelphia. STOLEN JEWELS ARE RETURNE V.J IEII ILE COT ' 10 CASCADES JUDGE MITS LOVETT AD PLAN UNDER CONSIDERATION WOULD GIVE 0.-W. OUT- LET iliOM SEATTLE, PLA Ten-MIle Tunnel Through Cascades . Out of orth Yakima Is Possibility! Which Harrhuan Line May tnder- mac xuuiroaucrs ee txicnsion of Western Branch In Kear Future. "V,.U ov. id. xne rtarn - man officials have vm vviaii TT 1LU x I COIUPU L 1 ill I. construction' of a ten mile tunnel Secretary of State Knox declared that through th0 Cascades to give an out-' a consultation of foreign repmsenta let to Seattle for the O.-W. R. & N. in tlves Is betny held in Peking to decide the Yakima valley was admitted today, whether they will ask fheir govern- by Judge Lovett, head Of th Harri- man system, who arrived last night, He said however, that the matter was uoi Deyono, tne consideration stage because It v&a impossible to know uUW muca ji wouitt cost but he was . wouia cost i considerable. Judge Lovtett Is accompanied by a number of prominent northwest of. flcials of the system. Local railroad ers believe the officials have an Idea of the construction of the , western ..-,.vu oim, i K1ma nnaer, consiaerauon. - - RAILROADERS IXDICTED. Biebate Charges Preferred Against Several Roads Today. - v.Jew yorki,.NqyJj6.Tlt Is declared In ) federal building this afternoon that indictments have been presented by the federal grand Jury against rail roads having terminals here on "a charge of rebating. . Bench warrants have been issued for railroad officials who have been Indicted, It is report- ted. -": Indictments were returned against officials of the Baltimore & Ohio, and4 ELGIN MARSHAL Elgin; Nov. 16. (Spiecl)-Clty Mar.' shal J, C. Christiansen has been exon erated by law and public opinion, It Is admitted today, of the charge pre ferred against him by Night Officer Bob Smith and others of accepting a bribe In return for hushing an alleg ed crime. As a result citizens have subscribed enough funds !n his be half to pay his defense attorney fees and other costs, and Nlsrht Officer P. A. Foley, proprietor of the Foley hotel today became a candidate forhs councilman in the Second ward when his nomination papers were filed with the city recorder. f W. R. Jones has already been nominred, leaving two independent candidates and one so cialist candidate for. that race. Mr. Melville Is the socialistic candidate. Foley's Friends Are Actke. Immediately following the " Foley - svavi petition a number of Pat's friends be- gan to pull their coats, as It wtere, for the city scrap and the claims made for their candidate Indicate they are going to put up an old fashioned campaign for their ' chosen leader. The Foley petition was freely signed when seen by a reporter for The Ohdfirver. Put sold- "Woll T m. ' " - , ..v.., ft was . . t looking for anything like this, but In .as much as the boys have seen fit to start me in the race, I shall not say 'Whoa. I never believed in hollering that word when the race was on, so here we go. : If electd, I shall posi tively put as much tlme as possible DEED. 'OPHELP EIEOT FOREIGN POWERS TO STAND READY TO HELP CII1XESE SITUATIOX CAUSES COXFERECE AT WASHLXGTOX Foreign Power Representatives In China Holding Conference to De termine ed of Outside Asslstunoe Throe Thousand Soldiers Retort and Are Marching' on Xanklng i - vttiiii1Bnu mints to send irnnm tn rhinn Knox j said the situation is acute and it Is indicated that the United States gov ernmen feara wnpfitinn nr , nn. er outrages when he said every step1 will be taken to prevent such occur- rences again. V 8,000 Ifrbel and Kill. Peking, Nov. 16. More than 3,000 troops at Hung Chow revolted and defeated the Imperialists In a pitched battle and are now marching on Mjm,. ..,. "... Manchu there in revenge for the re cent Chinese butcherla there. Reports from Hung Chow say the Manchus Wer Slaahtfirfd ' Tha nror-laa .ima ; . of tht; j-eolt Is not given but it Is he- lieved jhe Chinese rebelled and mu- dered jinfticers whn the Nanking mas sacrps were learned of." , .' " ' Ynan Finally Accepts. i-eaing, .Nov. ig. Yuan a aca p - anca laSt night of the 9 1 jmlershlp which l-repeatedly Jntimpted he wouldn't accept, will not prevent mt-etlng of representative mei rf the government, called to arrange juice ARRESTED; FREED Smith has been discharged by the may or and Tllden given his position. The charge filled against the city marshal was that he had accepted bribe money and given a receipt to Myrtle Pyatt The girl was placed on the stand at the preliminary hearing and swore to the charges but when the matter had beep threshed out District Attor ney Ivanhoe moved for a dismissal of the charges into the itv work Vi VA If tVt A final hnl In me. and will decide mi .it questions without feeling or favort- Ism. La Grande is trotting along at a good speed now and she is going to get better, I hope to be one of the councllmen Who wiirasslst In bring ing this city's affairs up with the pro cession. We have everything here In the way of a good town and that Is needed in my udgffient Is careful and m J w I VI ClktU earnest work on the part of the next council." No Registrations Ths Tear, This Is an off-year election and the voters who are not registered will have to bo sworn in again the same as last year. The registration books for the city will not be opened again un til next year. . , - Chantauqua Program Picked. Dr. W. D. McMillan returned this morning from Portland where he went to meet with chantauqua repre sentatives to pick a program for next year's chautanqua here. TI DHY KCOSEVELT AllftJr l With Pockots Buliring With Money and Jewel, Suspect Is Arrestt'tf. Teddy Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, is the name Inscribed on an Identification card carried by a stranj-er arrestel this morning by Chief of Police Wal den as a suspected Jewelry store rob ber. Teddy's downfall came when he attempted to dispose, of a splendid gold watch, Hamilton works, and he showed ofl:er Jewels too flashy for a man of ordinary means to carry, lie accosted C. L. Mackey, chairman "of the police committer, as a prospective buyer and thereby hangs the .tale of hla arrest for the councilman called the chief and now Teddy is in. Jail. When searched a gold nupget valued around $20,' silver watches, rings anl $4100 in money were found on his person, it was though at first that hu might be a co-partner in the Love Jewelry store robbelr. butJI. T..Love on Inspection found none of the -property was his. He is held pending fur ther investigation. :, ,' LOSS ESTIMATED AT THREE nil. DRED THOUSAND. Ecclei Building Gntted by Fire Which ':' 'Injures Two.;-' Ogden, Utah, Nov. 16. The Eccles building was gutted by fire at a loss of $300,000 and two fatally injured to day. The business district was threa 1 . '. ' ' - . . . ' "I-. icnu uui was eavea probably by a heavy rain. One of the members of the Com merclal club was rescued through a window. " Mrs. Dlerke Always Popular. - Mrs. Beatrice , Barlow DIerke was warmly . welcome when she stepped upon the stage. She was encored again and again and could have play ed .tor hours, for she captivated "her audience. A wonderful x.MSJUX3, poetic, temperament, gifted touch and physical endurance to master difficult and intricate fingering. All there are at command of this favorite Portland planlste. Journal. Mrs. DIerke appears at the Baptist church, Monday night, Nov. 20. Stein- way piano used. " Tickets on sale at Siiverthorne's. ' : ' RT. REV, EDWARD KELLY. Auxiliary Bishop ; of Detroit Dlooea LIvm In Ann Arbor. OCDEt! FIBF 1 ' FIlTti : . A f ' . . , ) X ' YOUTH OF 17 A SLAVEDEALER SO CONFESSES GIRL WHO FIGURES IN AFFAIR. GOVERNMENT filVFV rirv BV LA GRANDE POLICE Pitiful Story of Primrosedom Told bj Girl Who I Deemed by Some to Have Had Bad Past Boy's Father Here to Fernt Ont Facts Accuses Girl Of Loillllnn- AlYnlr , On. his way .this afternoon to Pen- - -. iu uo arraignea on wnite siar- c .. ,V8 following hls'arrest hera t e confession of the girl who !s Jed to be the "ajave", his father .tfering meutal anguish but loyal to nls kin and hoifeful of getting his boy but on bonds tomorrow before the U. S. commissioner at Pendleton; a brother emptlyed here bowed down with the shame brought on the good laiuiiy; a motuer and two sisters back in the Boise valley that are un aware of the troubles of the son and brother In La Grande; the repentant girl, a member of the party bound for Pendleton this afternoon to ap pear before her youthful paramour. such Is the synopsis cj' a pitiful ser ies of Incidents that Is attracting po lice notice today. The girl who give her age as 21 years, formerly of Spo kane, but now of Boise, told Chief of Police Walden and the deputy United Statea marshal IahF nlirhf h. ..11.. - u.B... VUQ DUhll story and there Is some discussion In police '. circles, whether oc not . the youth V th trafficker or It inrlm The boy's father hurried to L Grande ' yesterday even'ir, from his noma 15 miles from Boise when he received a letter from another son who Is employed by a contractor in this city, saying the younger brother, was In trouble with the police.- He arrived here hopeful of having the matter settled up for back near Boise ; was a wife and mother of a family of six, respectable and blessed with a fair, good name wl) today doesnt known that her husband Is In Eastern ' Oregonstruggling to aid the favorite son to, noerty rrom Uncle Sam's law tolls. ''! But he found It uselesshe went to Pendleton this afternoon still hopeful of doing something for his Bon.: ' . A :. , 1 s The gentleman today told the story ' of his son's alleged downfall as he Baw it; told of the young (ellow leav- ents a few months ago to ride the i i 1 i ... ... yvnio m.uuiflg ini-ca; IOIU OI . UlS son's return home occasionally when his duties permitted and related his deductions ' as to the relations with (be girl In question. The boy. the' father thinks, ' fell In with th elrl ! at Boise, and she elher enticed him.' to leave the state with her, she paying: tne costs or tne trip to Baker, or else 4 Vi. 1 M a a . . .. ' - . uu wo iramea me trip togeuier. At, : any rate she paid the costs of the trip ana at Baker they came to grief when ? the police drove him out as "undesir able." Their arrest came when the officers In : La Grande, ever on tha V alert for white slavers, found them ' and arrested the man. , ' v The distracted father Is at a loss to know how to keen the Affair from tha ' fond and loving mother; ha told his wife he was going to Boise and the protracted trip to Pendleton will have' to be explained at home soma way. In the eventthat thn hov cnnnni. h, gotten oi( of Jail when bound oyer' to the federal grand Jury. the truth will probably , have to come out,.and his voice quivered with anguish as the well to do farmer said: "I would ' not let. her know it for thousands." ' "My opinion Is that the boy fell la love wnn the girl who I doubt la ot BThAV tannf iHa. . t r J . . girl of 21 could be enticed from home (Continued on Puge Eight