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f r - i ! " ! t ' ! 8 r i f 'i 7 V0LI3IE XI. GRANDE UNION COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1911. VI' ' HT'1 .IE WIS -III TO 11 TTNCLE BAH ALABIUZD AT DEVEL0PIHOT3 DT CHINA v - - v ' " SLAUGHTEQ 13 TERB2SLX ' AJfD UNMEBCIFUL TO ALL Who RWum4 to Amwv the Albany Probers' , Quaations. Bodies PHetf fa Streets and Used to i 'Barricade the Fighting Forces in Ilaaokw Battle Re be Is. Lose at Kanlli?, Say Dispatches Mission arles Killed and Others Endangered Washington, Not. 29. Secretary of State Knox today requested Secretary Stlmson to bold from 500 to 2,600 troops ready at Manila for dispatch to China on short notice. Minister Cat noun at. Peking was ordered to notify the diplomats that the United States 'Is ready to guard the Teln Tsln-Peklng railroad. Company marines are being rushed from Shanghai" to Peking to guard 149 missionaries refuged at a Methodist mission. Bebels Lose Heavily. .- LondonV Not. 29. The rebels were , driven out of Nanking after holding It 24 hours, by "the Imperialists. The rebel loss is heaTy, .'.','; ; French Missionaries Killed. Shanghai, Not. 29. Three French Roman Catholic missionaries , and a number of converted Chinese were murdered in the anti-foreign massacre at Yun (Ian. It is feared many other missionaries In the interior are either dead or in dire peril. The antl-forelgn sentiment la strong and foreigners can not well reach .the ocean. . , Slaughter Is jrnmerclfnL Rebels entered the city from three different gates and succeeded in driv ing the imperialists to the center of the city where they were cornered and mowed down by the terrlflo fire of light guns. Finally imperialists cut their way through the rebel lines and fled.x . ' Dead Used as Barricades. . .. . .Hankow, Not. 29. One of the bloodi est slaughters of the revolution is pro-J greasing at Han Yang and Wn Chang where imperialists' are slaughtering Chinese rebels by the hundreds. No Quarter is given on either side. The dead are being plied on he streets and used as barricades. Hang Yang is burning as is the mint and arsenal there. ' Germans on the Alert. , Berlin, Nov. 29. The German gov ernment has ordered 200 troops from the Tslng Tau garrison to strengthen the consular guard at Tien Tsln. '..'OLO I NE5 in hdsrt.j Photo by Amartcao Proaa Aaaoclatloa. IS StTEBSH JUBY EXONERATES HER CRIMES. Agreement Beached at the Noon Hour Announcement Delayed. cnAiiPio::cniP goto- XlbHIlOT7 CAlIOSlT LED A3 RESULT KJilFE APTLIED AKD SCRAP. PES 19 KSSTIXG EASILY Lightweight Caamitonsh!p Scrap Te toerrow Is Iostponed Because Sad ; den Attack ef Appendicitis Sends . Belt Utlder U Hospital Will Take Weeks Befere He Can Again FlghL. f 4 . V, KNIFR APPLIED, v - ' nine SG:;:n;.i ESSBOESTl JUpCZ rOHDJTELL E2- CUSE3 JTJEOH 0X7 ! V 1TE7IC3TJE" .AHABA. DEFEXSS BAILS ' OUT SUSPECTED BZXBER Exptlla Why it Was Doae, Dtsetala ' ' In' Any "Hare to" Keasoas Inter- ' est' In Trial Overshadowed y De ' Telopments of Bribe Qtarge Grand Jury t Be Asked for. '-v, Los Angeles, Nor, 28. Jusde Bord- j walk today allowed-the state's chal J lefige against Edward Haskell, a ve nireman, who wan challenged after In- Los Angeles, Not. 29. Wolgast digUantly denying he had e'rer been was operated on late taia aner- v orrered money to auallfy as a Juror. noon. He was ou the table an . Dftrrow Bta'ted that examination along A . ... . M A. B A. those- lines, In his opinion, was im proper but the defense couldnt object to the money questions because It might Jeopardize their case. , Franklin's arrest yesterday on a bribery charge has completely over shadowed the jesi of the trial t now He will be arraigned tms arutruouu iLater a grand Jury will be asked for as District Attorney Fredericks says the ramifications will include other persons in the Lockwood affair, Frank- hour and 20 minutes, but is rest- lng easily. . Los Angeles, Not. 29. Ad Wolgast. lightweight champion ' prize fighter, was seized witn a nuuuou r ap pendicitis this morning and the battle tomorrow with Freddie Welsh Is cal led off, Wolgast has been complaining of nalns in his side since Sunday. He THUGS KILL GABDENEBj. Man Begs for His Life bet Is Beaten to Death by Gang1. Chicago, Not. 29 Because they beat Fred Gruelzow, a truck gardener, to death while he plead on his knees for life because he had a wife and children four men today are facing the gallow and two boys imprisonment tor life. The men are Ewald and Frank Schi balwsky, Philip Sommerting and Thos. Schnlts. The boys' names are Frank Klta, and Leo Schultz. ' They met Grnelcow with a load of produce on . the outskirts of the city. He promised to give them everything but laughed, clubbed him and stabbed htm several times, cut Ills throat, and dragged the body into a thicket.. . Guards have been placed over the homes of the prosecuting ' attorney, the Judge and jurors as the . thugs' friends threaten to avenge the thugs' sentences. Denver. Nov. 29. Judge Allen to day ordered the court room closed, and said that he wouldn't return from the funeral of District Judge Bliss until 2 o'clock this afternoon and ordered any verdict by the Jury In the Patter son case withheld until his return. The jury began its deliberations at 9.45 o'clock last night. . Mtrs. Patterson is on the verge of collapse from the sus pense. . . Bishop Kilgo Presides. ' Bennettsville, S. C, Nov. 29. The South Carolina conference of the Meth odlst Episcopal church, South, open ed Its annual session here today, with Bishop Kltgo of North Carolina pre siding. ," :;; " .: ,r ' . SIR ANDREW FISHER. Australian Premier . Favors ' Anglo-Saxon Uagu of PtacS. Bie venae Boat In CrleL ' ; " Taooma, Not. 29. The revenue cut ter Tahoma left for the relief of the steamer Tees near Kyuquot. A wire leas signal has been received. . The Tees Is a Canadian Faclfto boat run Ding between Victoria) and West Van couver island. The steamer North western left Vancouver, B. C also, ta the Tees' relief. After the signals were heard thl morning nothing more waa heard. The exact location of the steamer to unknown and the weather is rough..-!' ';;? . Lajnber King's "Wife la Deal. . - ':' St Paul, Not. 29 Mrs. Frederick: 'Weyerhauser aged 11, wife ot the lunv ber king, died today of a complication of diseases. She will be buried Fsi aar at Bock Island, IlllaoU. 7) TV v.- '-y B VMX, by imriou Ptw AawolaUaa hiuf- I lt evirta a-afiavfillv fiallfsTA th&T pain and is much concerned because I. ""fc ' " " . i " ' I Fredericks is after some Pacific coast me ngnt una oeon cauv-nicu. ' Dr. Pollard said: "Wolgast wlll.bei"""' . --.. Tne reason rreaencas warns m W U LUCU 1.11 LUO OaULU lW. mvowv.i. . . . . . DeuTer, Nov. 29,-Mrs. Patterson and an operation will be performed la-! n on ha. been acquitted of.murder In con ter Dr. j. w. Pollard .aid he believed j the Mfamara defense who declare nrtinn with th unmo t h.r h- . hrii attempt to ay they had to ball band a short time ago. .Her acquittal pol9onlng. Wolga8t l9 ,uffer,ng Intense - out ar came as the climax of, a strenuous suspense, occasioned by the fact that court adjourned and the Jruy was or dered to await the return of the Judge. The verdict was reached at the noon hour but was not read until after 2 o'clock. Mrs Patterson killed her huBband In self ; defense. - Her trial has been exceptionally sensational, developing that A she was sold to a Chicago millionaire by her husband and during the trial she was scath ingly attacked In" fact many deem It probable that her acquittal was assist- fed by -the extremely bitter assault on her character made by "the prosecu tion. -r- .XV . y V -'-.: Early Morning Tote Taken. . The Jury took the first ballot this morning, but the result was unknown. Mrs. Patterson spent the morning In the matron's room, dejected, etarlng a verdict of guilty, ' out again in two weeks but will be unsble to fight for several months, if he Intends to box In the best condition Wolgast's wife and Manager Jones are at the champion's bedside. This afternoon when Wolgast was coming from under the Influence Ot the anaesthetic he muttered incoher ently concerning the fight with Welsh grand jury is because it would be awk ward to arrest those whom he says are implicated and the jury can return Its secret Indictments and then have them held nnder the court's seal until such time as "public Interest" makes It necessary to serve the warrants. To explain why he and Darrow drew and seemingly thought he had been' money to bail Franklin. Lecompte Day knocked out , and was asking how or tne aeiense .: Mrs. ranaun Welsh did it " j, ' lasked me to go to her husband, and l w5Pt' assea nim wnai mere ws li the charges against him. He told me on his word of honor there was noth ing. Why, thehi should I -not do what I could for hlmt" ' Fredericks made it plain that he will guard the Identity of. everyone sus- 5iTew Tenor for Metropolitan. .,,. London, Nov. 29. Helnrlch Hensel, whose singing Tn the "Ring" -music dramas . at Covent Garden attracted much favorable criticism recently, haB sailed for New York, where he is to pected until later. : . . V be heard in Wagnerian tenor roles' Former Governor Gage, after-wards this winter at the Metropolitan opera' United States minister to Portugal, house. will defend Franklin. At Tripoli Searching a Camel Driver For Contraband of War Tit -4 , t 4 t Y i. t ft K r . vV - . v V..V f . ( 4 t ! t 1 4 V i 1 , ' , ' ... . ' 1 - - Ruaain K'tvtllrt Wh la . Rtportad &riouly III.' 'Rnpir v i i x liUUI HI If 1 - 5 'i s i ,.:( V-:, IlLiiLlliilLy I L0 ilKD AGAUTGT C7 IIEKg ALLEGED KISCOEUCT OF ;;i DEPUTY IS TEE CAUS3 Joseph Home Eule Caso'Argned Before Jnde Knowles Court Adjourn at Enterprise Today to Sesame Decern feer II Important Civil Cases Kearl and Disposed ef at Enterprise. Enterprise, Ore., Nov. 29 (Special) The grand Juryi of , the'; November ,term of,, circuit court la this county has rej?orted many true bill, one re port,, which seems reliable, fixing the number, of "boose" cases alone at T. These Indictments for violation of the local option law, are practically all the result of the work of two private detectives who operated in this county for about a month, some tlxne ago. X , A. Burleigh, an attorney of this city, having been appointed a deputy prose cuting attorney by District Attorney EFICIAL-'-V, Wants Sew Commission jo Handle Washington, Nov. 29. Gary,' chair man of the directors of the Steel trust, took the stand today before the senate committee on commerce and told the conunttttee what it needed in a fair, honest and healthy competition.. He also suggested forcing the In tonate commerce to take out federal licenses and the creation of a corpor ation trade commission with power to suspend or revoke licenses when cor porations are not doing fight, He de clared that the corporations are bene ficial to the people as it gives the mills a chance to manufacture one article more economically instead of having one mill make several things , v Primary Bill Introduced1, w Sacramento, Nov.-29 Pursuant with the progressive plan to enact a presi dential primary law j Assemblyman Young of Alameda, today Introduced a bill In the legislature. The bill pro vide that the people directly express their choice for president, vice presl dent and vote directly for the national convention delegates to carry out the wiBhes of the majority. ' ' - ? ooprright by American PrtM Aaaodatlao. llt ' . ;:. ,V ITALY'S treatment of ber Arab aruwners tartpoB has brought down upon her the condemnation of tne pres. of Marly all dvUUed ceuntitaa, some of which have conveniently forfotteVstaoilar epiaed. in th.lr rwa war. with savaa or barUrvu. trtbaa. IAxuabl aa are the deeds' of Mood attributed to the ronabata.Ua oa bet La the Italian crwetttes an aid to have been In the nature sf repriaala tor emspeakabla treatneot of thetr wounded by the Arabs-the Utter nay t least ptoad that thetr atrocities are committed In defease. of their fatherland,' while even if It be admitted that such induxrlmlnate Moedshed to u at voidable accofapaalment ef an African war It may also be argued that Italy was net forced re begin hostilities, but apparently entered a poo t&a Trlpoitttn adveacare with a Hght heart fat the expectation that the Isolated Turkic province would prove aa easy eanqneat Lest say arms should be broutfcrtkto the ctty for net agalnat tbemeelves, the Italians have established a strict system ef searching all Incomlasj travelers. Ilka the cam4 driver shown lb he Illustration, and some ef the tales of horror that come from Tripoli relate tip executions connected with these searcbceV ' BIG THAN KSGIYISG TUBKEY FOBTAFT. , ' Washington, D. C. Not. 29. A $ 32-pound bird that is declared to & be the best of the New England turkey crop this year, has arriv- 4 ed at the white house to grace the Thanksgiving table tomor- row. Following his usual custom $ the president will have only the $ members of his family and one or $ 4 two intimate friends for dinner. MRS. LOUISE YERMILYA. Chloago Woman Aeeusad of ' Poisoning to Got Insuranoe. ' j : it - : i)k evidence to the grand Jury. Ai a re sult of the appearance of Mr, Burleigh' before that body while it waa hearing the evidence and deliberating on the cases, Attorneys Sheahan'fe Cooley representing about a dozen defendants, ' Daniel Boyd, representing a larger number and other attorneys represent ing still others, Joined In filing In each case plea in abatement of the indict ments. This very ancient plea was al most forgotten by Oregon lawyers un til it was Interposed about a decade ago In the effort of Senator John H. Mitchell to - quash the Indictment against him In the Oregon federal court, and this plea has been made Tery few times In Wallowa county; la the present cases, it will be used to try out in advance of the regular trial the right of Deputy Burleigh to appear be fore the grand Jury.' The plea Is being 'j heard today on Its merits, District At torney IvanhoehaTlngan8weredtb plea, alleging the deputy to have been at the time coroplalned of a regularly appointed ojfflcer of the state, and a' demurrer to this answer having been promptly overruled by the court, ' Adjournment Until Dec. 11. , ' It Is expected that the court will take the matter under advisement, In asmuch, as Judge' Knowles wjll ad journ court today i til early in De- ; cember, probably December 11th, on, account of Thanksgiving. The judge returns to La Grande Thursday. , School House Bondumen Released. : '..''' . , A number of Important civil cases have been disposed of at this term. An effort of certain material men who furnished lumber to the contractors for use in the Joseph public school building to hold the bondsmen of the contractor responsible after the con tractor failed to pay for the same on account of having taken the contract at too low a figure failed, oh account ot the fact that the directors had made ' changes and alteration. In the plan, without, the requisite consent of the bondsmen. The district may be liable now.: An appeal 1. to be taken. Joseph "Home Kule" Up. ' Preliminary arguments on the de murrer to the suit of the Joseph tax payers to defeat the order allowing the city of Joseph, to license the sale of intoxicants, as' a result of the recent . "tome-rule" election by which Joseph went wet about two to one, were heard last evening. A. M. Runnels, city attorney of Joseph, claim, that the suit should be dismissed aa the plaintiff, Mr. Graves, has hot shown that he was in any way misled by the notices or will be damaged in any fin ancial way, as alleged In his complaint' ; the "dryaM claim that any taxpayer has the right to bring: such a suit re gardless of Injuries sustained, eepe-. clally as they claim the election to void from beginning to end for the alleged reason that one could not be held be fore the town was set off as separ ate precinct and also because the lo cal option law doe. not permit an elec tion until after two year, where a county has gone "dry I. a whole. Bo .. tar a. the lower court la concerned.' the case will probably be disposed of on the demurrer and for that reason, more extended argument Is to be had.