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volume; xi. A GRANDE UNION COUNTY, OREGON", N WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1912. NUMBER 87 FRIENDS WILL 'HUN COLONEL 70RMER LA FOLLETTE SUPPORTERS WILL , QUID ETEDDY ANNOUNCEMENT OF CANDIDACY TO COME FBOM LIEUTENANTS Colonel Is Not to Admit Ho Is Candl ; ' date , but May Stipulate Ilg Princi ples , fur Public's Beuoilt La Fol. lotto May Disregard His Deserting , Friends and Buu Louc-Hnndcd, , 4- 5 $ 3 S 3 St$f-S4S S VIHIGINIA FOB TAFT. 8 4 Norfolk, -Va., Feb. -7. Norfolk S county . '.republicans ; today, en- S '."4 dorsed President Taft..:' ' :. - 3 '' ''-.'''';, r-' ;-:' . , New York, Feb. 7. Theodore Roosa veils 'candidacy for the republican . presidential nomination will be an : nounced soon. ... Definite statement" that he is in 4hej race will not come ; from Roosevelt but from progressive leaders who until now have been sup porting La Follette. . A . formal- an- nouncement will be signed by George , Drecord of New Jersey,' Glfford and ' Ame- PInchot, former United Stales Senator Beverldge, Medill McCormlcfe of : Chicago and possibly Governor JohnBon of California.' All had a er- les qf conferences here today dur'ne which they , were continuously In com munication with Roosevelt. It Is un derstood Roosevelt has agreed to run -if drafted ' It is unknown what La Follette wl'I do. i He may "be angryat the with-. , " drawal' of his support and make the race alone. .. i Give Principles, Not Cnndldncy. . It is stated that Roosevelt will not, make ,a personal announcement of his candidacy but . that be likely will make a public announcement outlin ing his. principles as La Follette de mands. i Florida Republicans Split. - Jacksonville, Florida, Feb. 7. Two delegations from Florida, one for Col Roosevelt, and the other for W. H. Taft, will go to the Chicago conven tion. This .is the result of the state convention at Palatka, when the slatrf organization supposedly solid for Taft bolted and named a complete stat' ticket with Roosevelt at Its head. The commander of the convention endors ed Taft. Oregon Has Taft Papers. Portland, Feb: .7. Petitions' to get SEVEN MASKED MEN MAKE GET AWAY. . . .' . . . . - - ... Concussion From Explosion Shakes . Buildings In Vicinity. : Memphis, Feb; 7- Seven : masked men held up tile Rock Island passen sor, No. 43, according to late repor.s and escaped with $60,000 and two bags of registered mail were taken. Advices Bay they looted the safe in the express car and rifled the malls. The express company is withholding the amount of booty secured. - The Rock Island, officials at Chl- cago Insist that the robbers got one pouch and that the dynamite started a Are which destroyed the-safe and Its contents. The. robbers succeeded after-two futile attempts to secure one pack iago of registered mail after dynamlt , ing the express car safe. The exj.lo elons were so beavy they shook hoo . es here. A posse is pursuing. -Mall Clerk Beadle ednpod from, the ' car and ran two milei to Hulburt and gave the alarm. ROCK IS WS T1NJITED W, H. Tatt's name as .nominee on the Oregon presidential primary ballot began' circulating bere today by the Taft campaign, committee. Other pe titions: will be lu other parts of the state soon. The electllon is April lb. HAL SOLE NOMINATED. President Tnft Makes Appointment of Spokane Beglstor. Washington, D. C, Feb. 7. Presi dent nominated Hal Cole as register of the land office at Spokane today, JUKY HAS TAKEN CASE UNDER; CON MDLIt ATION. , v , Action Against Mr.- and -Mrs; Child. uud Mi's. Zuber Conies to End ' v ; After three days of stirring inter est In. the Flora MoDonaldA adminis tratrix, . action againBt Jack Chllds, Mrs. Chllds and Mrs; S. C. Zuber, thq case went to the jury, late this after noon. The trial has been replete with excitement and a big audience has been, present to , hear" the . evidence throughout, r The . action Involves a 8,000 note in which the original note was lost, but recovered, -while a du plicate note was issued when the ori ginal was believed lost. The late John McClaln was the one who held the old note and lost it, and took the dupli cate note lit return.- Botn notes are in court -as evidence,, however and the settlement of the issue is attract ing considerable attention. f . ' The Evans wheat stealing case is the next up for trial. " - " Grand Jury Still Out The grand Jury Is still . grinding away and probably will not report until tomorrow night, if it will then. County Court In Session. - . , ' County court is in session today, auditing and allowing bills.- .Tomor row some more road supervisors v ill be appointed and the bids tor county physician opened and a bid accepted. MANCHUS WANT MUCH. Complete Armistice Is ; Expected at Pekin Shortly. Pekin; Feb. 7. Negotiations be tween the throne and the revolution ists for a completed armistice .: are arranged. It is expected that at least two weeks will elapse before the cap itulation agreement is arranged. The Manchus want a perpetuation of their titles, retention of the imperial fam ily in Pekin palaces, continuation of the imperial guard at the government expense, and the right of court to ex act homage from the nation. BOUCK WHITE. Wh6 Has Written a Book on Jesus ' as a Workingman. TWO NOTES III COURT PUZZLE T MEN IT ONCE THIRTY i ONE INDICT MENTS WILL BE AN SWERED MAR. 2 AGGREGATE BONDS WILL BEACH OVEB 250,000 If Men ReBlst, YVbleu Is Not AnUcI-i IMited, Ideutitj- of Each Will Hhvo to , Be EstuMIslied -Impressions Out Tlmt No Hlghap Officials Are la solved In This Batch. ' S '' '. '.- V , ' v..;. I..."'. : .I i '. C': '. . . ' Indianapolis,' Feb. 7. Slrautraneous with the arresf of men indicted In the 33 indictments to be served Irfx', week. formal, pjeas of the accused men will be made in the Uulted; States, court here March 2. . The government has not announced the names of those incUotod, u', United States District Attorney' Mil ler allowed the impression to spread that none of the union officials higher than those with headquarters to . this city will be arrested. The aggregate bonds to be required by the labor men' when they are ar rested will likely be more, than $250,- 000. No serious resistance of the in dicted against their removal to In dianapolis is expected by the federal authorities. If they resist at all, it will be necessary to prove their Iden tity to remove tbem. ' v;.' 4 ' ,- . Darrow Defense Planed. ; Los Angeles, Feb. 7. More than a bcow) of prominent ChlcssaJairistersitKgainst th Inaurrectos. and other public men may be called as witnesses to testify as to the char acter of Clarence Darrow,. accordinf; to his counsel,: Earle Rogers. Several of thenJ will be. brought direct to Los Angeles and . depositions of '. others will be taken there and road here..;. How a, Train Destroyed a Missouri r Railroad Station Ml Photos by American Press Association, .v . . . . - A RAILROAD wreck with some remarkable features occurred recently at . St Peters, Mo. The engine and three cars of a Wabash express train " ' left the track while ruunlnu ai full speed past the statlou and toppled . over on one side of the track, while h fourth car, hurled to the other side, plowed through the concrete wall of the station, entirely demolishing It This car and a part of the wall are seen in the lower of the two pictures.. Tho upper Is a view of the heap of wreckage after-the fire whlj followed the accident This heap was all that was left of the train and station. The ra,lls were torn up for 200 feet Thirty-two people were Injured, but none killed. aHQZCOTRAITOR AFFIRM RUMORS MADERO'S .GENERAL IS . FIRM IN DENYING STATEMENTS' MEXICAN DETACHMENTS AH- . . BESTED ON U. S. SOIL Geuerall)- Believed tliat Gomes, Ac credited Insurrccto General, and Oror.co, Supposedly Madero Adhor. y ent, Will Join Forces ; and Over tliro,w President Madero's IDeglntc. El Paso, Feb; 7.-That Bmllo Vas quez Gomez is the aotive head of the present Mexican insurrection is re garded here as almost certain today, following the arrival of- PaBlln Mar-r tinez,:hls former secretary,-to-. eslalt llsh'a, revdluHonary "Junta hero. .Other- Gomez followers are arriving. ) General May Join Forced. ' It is believed here that Orozco and Gomez, will join In' an effort to over throw.' the . Madero . governorship of Chihuahua. . Reports say several of the ) bridges on the Mexican North western railroad below Casae Grandes 'have boen dynamited. Ab ram Gonzales has been imprisoned at Torreon and the Btates of Chihuahua and' Coahulla are reported to be in open revolt. Orozco Denies Charges. : General Orozco has issued a steteJ ment declaring that the state of. Chi huahua will not secede and that he is.1 loyal to , Madero, . Orozco is now leading - President Madero's forces YANKEES ARBEST MEXICANS. Small Detiiclimeut of Armed Men Ar-.-v rested on American Side.1 : Washington, Feb. 7. Thirteen arm- - Vi eq. Mexicans haye been captured on the American side of the border today by, troops or the. American cavalry, acting on war department s adylces from El Paso, signed by Colonel S(eo- ver, , commanding the- forces. They were captured 35 miles northeast of El Paso. ' Despfte General Orozco's announce ment of loyalty to Madero, United States officials are -watching ',. him closely, , j Department officials admit Orozco has a large following In Chihuahua i d any uprising I headed i by1 him ild be serious. It Is not known disposition Is to be made of the leans now under arrest. - 1,-JS HER FATE FBOM TWO TO TWENTY YEABS IS HER SENTENCE. Starvation Doctor Sentenced for Man Hlawtfhter Affair. . ;v Port Orchard,' Feb. 7, Mrs.: Dr. Linda Hazzard, the fast' cure special ist, was sentenced to from two to 2Q years in the penitentiary by Judge Yakey today,;- She was found guilty of manslaughter, and had been dn trial on a charge of murdering Miss Claire Williamson, a wealthy Rnglish woman who died at her 1 sanitarium under the fasting cure , , i Before sentence was Imposed too defense had made a motion for a new trial which was denied, . . v Notice of appeal was given and the woman allowed her liberty on $10,000 bonds. .' ' Dickens' Centonpry lu London. Lbndon, Feb. 7. All England join ed today in a suitable observance of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chnrles Dickens. In London the most notable feature of the celebration was the annual dinner of the "Boz'f club, at which Lord Rosebery presided. A great :many magnificent floral offer lngs, some of them from, distant parts ofthe world, were deposited at the grave of tlfe famous novelist lu West minster Abbey, i : Lutlieran Laymen of the Soutlb - '.';;'. . ; Salisbury, N. C., Feb. 7. The first general convention of the , Laymen's Missionary movement of the Lutheran church in the south met In this city today and will continue in session un til Saturday. Several hundred dele gates and visitors are in attendance from the states of Mississippi, Tennes see, Fldrlda, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina. South Carolina,. Virginia and West Virginia. ... - ' : - CHASE S. 0SB0RN. Michigan Governor . Asks Taft and La Follette to Quit. ra CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT Oil HAND IN HAND WITH CHILD WELFARE MOVEMENT V NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB SPOX- SOB FOB BOTH CAMPAIGN Committees Appointed and They Will Beport Siwrtly as to Mbat s . pected of the General Public lu Cm rjlng Out tho City Beautiful Sehea Edttcato tho-Publie Is First Alaa. DEPARTMENT HEADS AND s TABLOID OF CLUB'S AMBITIONS. , The city beautiful committer s Mrs. Fred Schllke, Mrs. H." L Love, 'Mrs M. K. Hall.' Child . . Welfare Committee $ Mrs E. E. . Bragg, Mrs. Vincent Palmer, Mrs N. Molltor. General cleanun of ottr streets and alleys, uniform parking, sup- s port every move to enchance the $ general appearance of La Grande ' To ferret out and aid needy $ children In school and out, to eb- tain surgical and medical assist i ance to : children' whose' parents S cannot afford proper attention. 4. To aid schools in maintaining the (v best sanitary conditions, '. . . ' City beautiful "and, cblld welfare movements both of them . splendid" and 'much-needed campaigns were Bet in motion yesterday- afternoon by the Nelghborh6od club when that or ganization appointed a Berles'of com mittees for that work and guaranteed . the support of the club to that end. While the committees were named, no meetings have been held yet and the precise method of advancing the two movements have not been outlined hut the general purposes of such organl-,.. zntlons are well known. . -'. . - . Locnl Situations Differ, in some respects the work before tbe committees differ slightly In La Grande fro mo terchometaolnsbrdu . Grande from other communities. One; -of the first movements to- be fostered : is to educate the pedestrian public that' parkings and lawns are not tcv be walked; unon.-: Anyone . who has tried to - beautify his property ..; with .,; parking has also found that the pub-----lie in La Grande has about as little ; regard for lawns as a group of Co- (Conf.lnnwi no Pane Ktght.l NOW HEATED CHURCHILL IS ON HIS WAY 19 BELFAST. Disregards Advko - of Friends Mho'' Fear Violence. I London, Feb. 7. Disregarding the advice of friends, Winston CnurcMll, , ,fitst Lord of the Admiralty, started to- : day for Belfast where he Is peliedulod to speak In behalf of home rule for Ireland, i: Belfast dispatches1 say that rioting- is almost sure to result. ,. - ' The authorities have taken extraor dinary precautions butt It Is believed they will not be able to cope with 30,-;,. 000 Ulsterltes, who will sbe 1 on th? -scene armed with clubs to start a demonstration if the borne rulers try.., to carry out their program, , , - Washington, Feb. 7. The house democrats will hold a caucus tonight: to decide on a method of conducting tho proposed Investigation of : the - "money trust " BELFflST CRISIS
