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-VOLUME XI. i . i ' - va . a1 i ii mm t 1 1 a 1 1 iii iS II I a nilii I II ? iitj.i. 1 1 1 ii i j itini i ituis sap S ' GRANDE UNION COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1911. NIJM': : I i 1 1 1 i iyj i y i a mm I Mr' I f SCORES FROM GRtDIEONS. ? $ At Champaign, Ills. Mlnneso- sota 11, Illinois 0. " "w S At Chicago Chicago 5, WlBcon- sin 0. ' - "." "." " " " " ' At Baltimore Carlisle 29. John 0 1 Hopkins 6. ' , ;-... At Providence, R. I. Brown 6, .' Trinity 6. ' ' i . Cambridge, Nov. 25 Harvard brawn and Tale bulldog grit battled on Sol- diers' field this afternoon before 40,- 000 shrieking spectators to t score of nothing to nothing. It was one of the hardest contests the rival teams hive fever': played. Several players Mere bruised and Injured and for:ed to re tire during the game. Although fierce line plunges marVed the game, punting was much resorte I to and both sides saved themselves Ly kicking the pigskin from danger sev eral times. Blaring bands and flaunting banners screened Harvard's great stadium to day for the annual football game be tween Harvard and Yale. The weather was bright. Twenty-eight Boston ho tels are filled with people who came to witness the great struggle. The weath er was clear and the gridiron dry wbich helped Yale much. Tareo hour before the game the stadium began fil ling with rooters. Navy Defeats Army. . Philadelphia, Nov. 25. That annual society-football event which murks :he competition between Annapolis and West Point resulted In the navy np setting all predictions and - winning from the mighty . soldiers, this after noon. Score, navy 3,. army 0. It wjis a beautiful game but the soldiers were conceded to be the stronger. ' Chicago Defeats ,WJcnsln. Chicago, Nov. 25. Wisconsin was trouncoi Ty Chicago today 5 Jo 0. The score muddles the championship af fairs in the big eight.' Wisconsin was confident of victory; her tie score with Minnesota gave her big favoritism; Chicago's defeat of Cornell, gave her confidence and showing a wonderful improvement of form over the past few weeks scored scored a lone touchdown on Wisconsin.' The badger rooters were sorely disappointed. i-Jnrin Tpaniirno iuu i mntm wm THIP .SPECIAL TKAIX LEAYLS U I GRANDE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. 'Special Leaves Pendleton at 3 O'clock I and Reaches Here at S. I Close to 200 teachers and superin tendents of schools In Union county will go to Baker tomorrow on the spe cial train to be run from Pendlaton t attend the Eastern Oregon' Teacher convention which opens Monday. A special train will be made up at Pendleton,- leaving there at 5 o'clock to morrow night and reaching here at 8 j?elock. County Superintendent Bn?g :oday predicted about 200 would Join iie train here, and for that reason It. i'H urged that .the teachers procure their tickets prior to 8 o'rlock so there will be no contusion lii handling he crowd on the special train. CARDINAL FRANCICA-NAVA. Church Dignitary Detailed : at Archbishop of Catania. i - M u il '' " i ' 1 - V r ' l " v. i A : ' vyv i l - . V i . x- : i . - fTIERMEM OF CITY'S PUBLIC WELFARE A PURPOSE- lal Cementing of the Profession Is J Among the purposes. Grande physicians are taking the jltial steps In the formation of a club jntposed of physicians and surgeons La Grande with the aim In view i cementing social relations and n toward tha betterment of the cdical profession In this city. Mat- nrn nnnrn pai r ntu unuoo Unix IS G011EPGEI NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB TO WORK WITHOUT COMXISSIX. Annual Disposal of Senls to Aid Tab . erculosls Fand Ordered. Red Cross seals campaigns have been Inaugurated throughout the state and La Grande has received the foer too. Commencing next Tuesday tha Neighborhood' club wlU take up thli much-mooted topic and arrange for handling the seals, In this cUy this year. No' commission Is' to be retain ed anywhere, from the distributors to the clubs-disposing of ihem, htnee ev ery cent accruing from the sale of the Christmas package stickers will re vert directly to. the fund established for the study and prevention of tuberculosis.- Everyone " is familiar with the seals, their usefulness ana tie study that tbey stand for, Wntin? for the Oregon association for the study and nrevention of tuberculosis, Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, of Portland, con veys the plans to Mr J. , D, Stout president of the Neighborhood c'ub here. She Bays In part. . ' . : f . "The time for the sale of the Hed Cross seals' Is drawing near In fret, we must begin to make our plans for a most successful sa This year we have been given the' agency for the state of Oregon, outside of Portlrnd The clubs will not retain a commission as they did last year, ; You know we have 'always given the proceeds .. to the Visiting Nurse association and th. money was spent here in - Port'aud Now we will establish a fund which shall be handled by a board of trus tees, and In our 'own state federaMon wll become" an . active agent In' the fight against the great white plague, and the money , can be used in any part of Oregon. , . - , , , , : 'At first thought It mighty appear unfair to pot pay the clubs a commis sion, but I am sure you will see hnw much more good might be accomplish ed if the whole fund was collected and managed by. one- board, , Acordlng t j the formal contracts which I signed every cent-must be spent In the tuber culosis work. Jt is .for that, work alone that the seals are published ". ..j that would give organized warfare against epidemics should Such a condi tion arise, and in many. s other, ways serve the public, welfare, are the fun damental purposes of the. c? . officers have been elected as yet but such action will be taken at a subse quent meeting. a ' V" t ' .11 - ' J ' . - .Dentist Found .Guilty." : San Bernardino, Cal., Nov. 25. Ap pll 'atlon for a new trial for Dentist McDaVlt will be filed today, according to the defense. If appeal Is denied he will be sentenced for his crime. Bankers to THt ranama. New Orleans, la., Nov. 25. Several thousand bankers, their families and Yriends. who have been attending the annual convention of the American Bankers association here tnls week de parted at noon today on a trip to ft that would benefit and lmpror Panama. The party will make a la pnyalcal health, of th city at large, epectloa of the Panama canal MDQGOOCfll LIUIinill IILHU S SELECTED J. W. LOUGHLIS NAMED PR&SL DENT OF, COMMISSION. Complete Organization Perfected and By.Laws Drafted This Week. Dr. J. W. Laughlln, one of the promi nent lnnoculators or public library virus In La Grande during the past few weeks, was elected president of the La Grande library commission at Its first organization meeting. The commission was appointed, by Mayor A. L.' Richardson and confirmed by th? council and It Is the purpose of that commmlsBlon to carry out some plan to get- a nucleus of a library here Jhat Carnegie may successfully be appealed to for aid. By-laws were adopted and many im portant matters were" transacted. The full slate of officers follows: President, J. W. Loughlin; vice pres identAttorney George T. Cochran; Chas..S. Dunn, secretary. Portrait of Philanthropist Ms-J Reeontly In New York. i J C.i 1WI, 1 Amorlc&a Press AssoclaUon. ! .NW.iinrir Nov. 25v AndMwXarap.sle ",;ia"75 today!"" He'" gives' much "cfe'dvt for hia success to reading Shake- J speare. Ills celebration ws Quiet and unostentatious. SCHOOL CHILDREN DONATE j Tidy Sum Turned Over From Children for Aid of Portland School. . La Grande's public schools gave a tidy offering to the Bo'-s and Girls' school of Portland as Is the custom on Thansglvlng week. The little folk gave as follows: High school ......'.j. ..;.,.;.;.$ 3.6r. North side school 6.1 Fir street school J .48 Central school JO Lhld. I n 1 iLilOUi m mm C02ITHADICTS HSPv TES ' i; Till ON Y : Oil 7IT; . -: IIES3 STAITD STATE TRYING TO BA !I B RELATIONS WITH ST;tOUSF Admits Having Etcelved Money From Millionaire Denies She Threatened Her Husband Letters Wrlitt-a from Her to Her Husband Expressing Love for Each Other Shewn. w V J S I S .PIT bttlll Ml) UUi j .: s LA . GHA1TDE IIiniGA- ' 11011 coiipaiiy ia ..FiitiniAiiE. t Denver, Nov. 25. Her hea ' a under the fire of the mercll dejected, Mrs. Patterson tod, nd 111 8- ! 3 . t . . . iiouti ui rrosecuior uenson. i cross examining her t-ylng ? all her relations with St ouse, csgo millionaire. She has col ed much of her testimony. .The state introduced a nut s, letters written by the husban wif. cxDreaains; deeo love.-a nied he 'promised to wlthdrayC f "H"v' vorce suit If Patternson withiew thr suit against' Strouse and she also de nied threatening Paltersou. She ad mitted she got $7 000 from- Strouse when she was "leased" to hint by hei husband, counting Hie various times he gave her money. Totri-;. t . ;. , . . . . ; ; . . . 21 s ! Rogers Seemingly Insane. San Francisco, Nov. 25. Convinced that Rogers will not confess to the Goodman murder, the authorities will formally charg him on circumstan tial evidence. Attired In bloody cloth ing, holding the hatchet which It is as serted killed Goodman, Rogers laughs His sanity will be tested. 10 FOR Til QUTfllGE ON GIRL Lincoln Center, Nov. 25. "We (lit1 not do the actual tarring and foataer Ing of Mis3 Mary Chamberlain. . I, for one, won't go to the penitentiary with out a fight," said Clark today, who. with John Schmidt, wsre found gulltv after, the Jury was out 36 houris: The others who confessed trot one year in the penitentiary. Clar and Schmidt were accused of applying the tar to the schoolteacher, " .' Miss Chamberlain declared ' h'e would continue to liV3 In Boverly, the hotbed of the trouble. ! i'.;; 'tr.i - Fighting Near Honkow. '' , Shatighal,Nov. 25. Fighting is ' pro gressing at Hankow. The battle raged 36 hours and , the, rebels are gaialng slowly.' ' The rebel gunboat shells Ig nited the Standard Oil tanks outdlde Hankow,, practically destroying the plant. The losses are enormous. LYING IN WAIT I TTT- r pRlMARTr MOIIUIOOTR TO EAST S MAIL TRAIN TO CARRY COACH IN v ; NEAR FUTURE. - Ii 000 tletter Acconiniodatlrtns fo Points Eiit 1 From La Grande Prom feed ' Early" morning local train ' service from La Grande east to Huntingdon has been assured Easteru v. regon. The fast mail No. 10, will be given a cowh at La Grande and carry it t Hunting ton. This is in response to-a request for some such service by BiVer and a news dispatch from ihe-e remarks: Success has -crowned the efforts of the. Baker Commercial club to secure better local train service of ?be O. W, R. " & N. for General Pas3epger Agent McMurray yesterday submitted a plan whlcb. will give an exceptional ly commodious local servico i:i eac'i direction from this city. '- ' The morning mal train from the west, which loaves here at . 7:45 a. ra will carry a pEitisetifter coach from La' Grande to Huntington, and a pony train will be tnade iip here, leave al 5 o'clock In the afternoon for a run to Telocaset, making thj turn on the "Y" at that place, and arrive back In this city at about 8 p m. : According to Mr. McMurray;., thi pew service will go into effect " at once. The great Improvement that the added service will make ii apparent. Passffngers will be able to leave hero on the east bound morning train at a convenient hour, and arrive . at Huntington In time to connect with the Northwestern railroad for points down the Snake river. ' ' 1 WOES TO C023IESCE IN TEN DAYS HOP E0FS1CTK5 Incorporation of Company U Use Ffeoii , Waters in Early Suranur EJe"(ed and Work to Co ma nee at Once . WIU Water About 10.000 Acre el Land Wliir Hlgh Ti!j Water. Incorporation cf the La Onnde Ir rigatlon company has bei. "effected and within the next 10 days weather conditions remaining cormil c .in struction of main ditches for trie irri gation of about 10,00') acres cf liud next summer will have cuumenefd. The water used for this purpose Is to be entirely surplus aud flood waters, utilized during the late siring s.id ri atummar hlb , water .and turned loosTon the fiofds af a time wbeii Wa- ' ter Is sufficient. The soaking thus obtained is Intended to be sufficient to mature grains during the cry season. The land thus to be used is cow pro ducing but little. ' This scheme baa bc-en vnder coa plderatlon for some time bui It Is only now that the Incorporation has been effectel. The incorporators a'e F. 1 Meyers, J. D. McKennon, I. E. ReT nolds and these are alao stockholders The other .stockholders are: Th Eastern Oregon Light & P-iwtr cin- Lpany, M. H. Davis of Boise and L, A. Lewis of Boise. The latter two fom the company known as Davis & Lewis. Water Famine Over. , ., Seattle, Nov,-2o. Tho water system was renaired and beean workine to- ! day. ending the water shortage. Hury Beadle Tomorrow Richmond,' Nov. 25. Beattie's body will be buried in Maury cemetery be- : side his wife tomorrow.' U. S. GUYER. Republican Candidate For Con -grass in Second Kansas District. Gotham HecalU the Evacuation. Taylor In Ua Angeles Times. New Yor, Nov. 25. New York today held its uBuat observance of Evacatlon day, the anniversary of . the evacuation of the city by the British troops, at the end of the revolulionary war. ' Fire at Salt Lake. ' i Salt Lake.: Nov.1 25. Fire destroyed the Richard street auditorium, today with ailcys of $60,000 - The building waa used for a prize fight arena and a Bkating rink: i .' ; -i .t , , Portland Workmen Hurt. Portland, Ore., Nov. 25. Four em ployes, including Ed. Manning, fore man, were burned seriously around the head today when an explosion occurred in the city crematory when the work men dumped fine dry -.awdust Int i the furnace. , - ' -r "" I . ' ) ' .i-W--v-'-X v Nv.; mum IT PEACE HGii ,SII 0P3IEN AND ROAD COJOE TO AN . 1 AGIfiEEMENT. Kansas City to Jacksonville. Kansas City, Mo.,-Not. 25. The flzst through train ever operated between a Missouri River point and the south east will be placed In service tomor row by the Southern railway. The train will be known as tbe Kansas City and Florida Special - r" Slrike Is Averted on Thai Line by tiio Slcnlnp of Contract. Chicago, Nov. 25. It was unnouncel at the ofilces of the Chicago, Kock Is land and Pacific railroad today that the differences between the road and the shopmen, which threatened a strike, have been adjusted. The union agreed to sign an original scale offer ed by the railroads October 10th. This doesn't contemplate Increases tha scale or changing of the worklus eon- dltions. . -