La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, November 29, 1911, Image 1

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V0LI3IE XI.
GRANDE UNION COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1911.
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TTNCLE BAH ALABIUZD
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DT CHINA
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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.
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JUBY EXONERATES HER CRIMES.
Agreement Beached at the Noon Hour
Announcement Delayed.
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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.
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.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
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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
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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.
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hiuf- I lt evirta a-afiavfillv fiallfsTA th&T
pain and is much concerned because I. ""fc ' "
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me ngnt una oeon cauv-nicu. '
Dr. Pollard said: "Wolgast wlll.bei"""' . --..
Tne reason rreaencas warns m
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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
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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
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;;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. ' ' -
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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. '
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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. :
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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.