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VOLUME NO. 16
MAINE SOLONS
MRPISIT IIP
UUUIIII IIUI I U I -
yOOSHElT
HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY
AGREES TO REFUSE
HIM AUDIENCE .
COLONEL WILL TAKE THE '
STUMP IX MIDDLEWEST
In Follctte Aims to Cuter to tlie Pa
clfle Northwest by Advocating Men
Mires Which Are Popular In the
Stittcs Mentioned Will AponI to
Kansas Voters.
Augusta, Maine, March 21. Opposi
tion to Colonel Roosevelt was shown
by the-state legislature, when the low
er house today voted unanimously not
to invite Roosevelt , to address the
legislature.
Colonel to Take Stump.
' New . York, V.March. 21. Roosevelt,
will Btump the ; inlddlewest la his
campaign. He' will reiterate his Co
lumbus speech in substance arid dis
cus's the recall of the Judiciary. He
leave3 (or Chicago Tuesday and from
there to Kansas City, St. Paul, Min
neapolis and probably Detroit. '.
Bob Catering to the Xortliwcst,
Washington, March 21. R.: M. La
Toilette wll ask for the Pacific "coast
support on a platform of government
ownership and operation of the Alas
kan coal mines, an Alaskan steamship
line, a way to Pacific ports through
the Panama canal to New" York. ' ,
La Follette is an aggressive fighter
right no.w. . Jfhe next .personal appeal
will be to Nebraska and then to the
- I
Faeiiic coast. He believes bis plat-1
form wil win for him Oregon and
Washington, California and other
western Btates. It is believed a part
of La Follette's plan-is to transport
machinery through the Panama canal
to open , the Alaska mining country,
and use the canal machinery. He will
probably start; west about April 1.
Some speeches will be made in Wash
ington and a big flght will be pue up
1n Oregon and California.
! M'ant Xaft to Wepiy. :
Washincton. March 21. Taft'o
friends are urging him''today to reply
to Roosevelt's attack' on him last eve
ning. Taft is reluctant.
Johnson Disputes La Follette. '
Sacramento, . Cal ' March 21. Gov
ernor Johnson has denied the publish
ed story that La Follette charged him
to his face In Washington with mak
ing a deal with Roosevelt. ': Johnson
Is to get a second place on the ticket.
THIEVES AT ISLAND CITY.
Horc Holo in Renr Door and Cash and
Revolver Arc Taken. ;
. Island City'; March21. (Special)
By boring a bole in-the rear door of
the Clyde Kiddle general ' merchan
dise store in this town last night, a
thief gained an entrance when ; he
thrust his hand Into the aperture and
turned the night latch. His entrance
meant the disappearance of one. 38
calibre revolver and about $ 5.00 in
cash. Perhaps morewas taken, but
this sum , and article at , least disap
peared with him. - ' S
With a : Sherlock Holmes Instinct
Proprietor Kiddle is leading his
u nn; tnAav testing
i iiicaus.iu luo icai www t ----- w
flm Inn nil Di-nhtiprn na tn nhilitV to get
through the said hole in the door. In
this way by a process "of elimination
he has exonerated a big majority of
the inhabitants from suspicion for
Wand City folks are big and strong
handed while It was a small flat thai
reached through to unlatch the catch.
Porto Rlcan Officer Resigns.
. New York, March 21 Attorney Gen
eral Foston Brown of Porto BJico left
for Washington today whore he will
tender his resignation to Presldont
Taft and enter the practice of law.
GRANDE UNION COUNTY, OREQfJN,
RICHARD E. SLOAN.
Named'' by President aa United
States District judge For Arizona.
TANCE
ATTENDS FEED
IMPORTANT MATTERS TO
BE
TALKED FRIDAY.
Club Smoker Tomorrow Evening Is
: Intended to Please All.
"A proposition of 'greater' Interest
mid: benefit to' La Grande than the su-
Bl lUtlUj; YYOS Will UP UlUUglll UC1UI,C
ra-nn 9nnn-r .,no mill l.n 1.m.. 1. r, -.
the' commercial club at the smoker
Friday night." :.- -
That is the way a prominent busl-
man and one active in commercial
club circles expressed himself when
speaking of the importance of ! the
smoker which" will be given by the
commecial' club tomorrow' evening in
the club rooms In Honan hall.
, Plenty of cigars and a good .lunch
have been provided for-atf-the ex
pense of the commercial club and ev
ery member is urged to be present" and
enjoy the social features of the even
ing and help on the proposition .to
build a bigger La Grande. : - . ,
RUSH NEW BKIDGE.
Riverside Park Auroach Soon to Be
Repaired With Bridge.
,T. F. Campbell, county road and
bridge superintendent, said this morn
in,; that he would have a crew of men
at.WOrK.On next loiiuwy Uimuing iu
build the abutments forthe big steel
bridge which is to be built across the
river at Riverside park.
: The new bridge will be 150 feet in
length and: will have a six foot walk
for pedestrians on each side, of the
wagon way.. It will take the place of
the "Proebstel" bridge which will be
moved to a place across the Grande
Ronde river two miles above HUgard.
The steel for the DrJdge la expect
ed to arrive any day and the bridge
will b constructed as soon as It ar
rives bv Mr. Campbell who has taken
the contract from the county for the
construction work. .
MORE FUNDS L0ASED.
Chinese Government Secures Loan
From Syndicate of Nations. :
Peking, March 21. An Internation
al syndicate of bankers, representing
the United States, Great Britain, Ger
many and France has placed at the
disposal of the government today a
second installment of , a loan to the
government, approximating $420,000.
The syndicate intends to advance
money to the Chinese financiers, prob
ably six or seven million taels, during
the next three months. Tha Japanese
and Russians are also privileged to
loan money, but the Russians have
made no arrangements.
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COAL STRIKES
CRIPPLE HMDS
IN ENGLAND
COAL STRIKE , CRIP
PLES ROADS IN ENG
LAND LACK OF COAL STOPS , .
BIG RAILROAD TRAFFIC
Liberal Party Faces' Downfull Unless
JUuimiuu Huge Bill Is Passed Two
Forces Joined . Against AsquitU's
Bill and Doom Is A oar It Seems
House of Commons Acts First. -
' Loudon.yMarch. 21; Finding it Im
possible to get coftl, the Great Central
railroad gave notice today, that -it
would suspend operations Sunday un
til the strike ends.
UnleBs Premier .. Asqulth accepts
their amendmeni to the , minimum
wage bill, miners continue to para
lyze the - country'e commercial and
jeopardize the political power of the
strike, according to an ultimatum to
Asqulth. - The ' miners' ' amendment
provides a minimum wage of five shil
ling a day to adults, and two shillings
to minors. If Asqulth does not ac
cept the miner's ultimatum,' the down.
fal of the liberal ministry is predict
ed. Laborites and Irish NatlonilistB
are opposed to the bill and combined
with the conservatives they could de
feat It. . '
A. J. . Balfour, leader of the con
servatives in parliament moved the
rejection by . the house of commons to
day of the Asqulth bill. '
. iv JSocInUst Is Jailed. i
Because he urged BritlMi soldiers'tS
refuse to shoot fathers and brothers
if called on duty in the coal strike,
Tom Mann, a' leader of the socialist
labor party, was remanded to Jail to
day without ball. He is charged with
inciting soldiery to mutiny.
Mann's i hearing was postponed. The
government Is anxious to keep Maun
in Jail because he advocated a gen.
eral strike in May. ' ;
FRAMLEY LAW IX DANGER
'ew York, Legislature May Kill Box
in? Game in Sew York State.
Albany, N. Y., March 21. The New
York assembly has passed a measure
repealing the Framley boxing law
The vote was 76 to 46. There is no
action yet in the senate but fans fear
the game Is doomed In the state.
TAXI ROBBER SENTENCED. 1
C()mMm
With Holdup.
New York, March 21. Gene Mon-
tnni, the chauffeur taxi bandit, found
guilty of robbery, was sentenced to
10 to 18 years today. '
DUKE OF ARGYLL.
; King George' Uncle by
' Marriage Writes an Opera.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1912.
SEVENTY MEIi
AS TOLL
TWENTY - FIVE HAVE
BEEN REMOVED
FROMSHAPT
PITIFUL SCESiES EXACTED
AT MOUTH OF FII1E WINE
Ous Burning in Entire Mine and
-Mothers aud Children Crowded
Around the Shaft Mouth Are Hold
Back' by , Hopes Fourteen Taken
Out nt Lata Hour Todny.
McCurtaln.'oItla.',' March 21, Offi
cials are certain that 70 uilnerB are
entombed in No. 3 mine of the Sap
Bols Coal company,1, wrecked by an
explosion of gas yesterday, are all
dead. A rollef train has returned to
Fort Smith, Ark., as it can do no good
Twenty bodies have been recovered.
The mine is a burning mass, and
rescue work lei hazardous. Wooden
coffins' are piled up outside, awaiting
victims and are stretched about the
mine's mouth, behind which the wo
men and children have kept vigil
all night, It Is a pitiful' scene. Twenty-five
have been rescued alive out
of the 116 working when the explosion
came.' ... . ; ," 1 '.
Fourteen miners were rescued alive
this afternoon from the San Bols Coal
company mine, wrecked by a gas ex
plosion yesterday.. This makes a to
tal of removed alive of 25 and 70 are
still entombed. Hopes of getting the
others out alive are gone. . ;.. .
"TACO'MA -'EAIt MUHDER SCENE.,
Posse Is Trying to Recover Bodies of
Victims of Bandit. '
Tncoma, Wash., March 21. A posse
of 15 men Is trying to recover the bod
ies of the deputies slain by John Tur-
now when they tried to captured him
after he was alleged to have murder
ed hia nephews,, John and William
Bauer. No effort to capture Turnow
Is to be mailu until the remains of
McKenzie and Elmer, the officers, are
brought in. It will take three or four
days. ".: . '
Bloodhounds yesterday; afternoon
were close to Turnow and when pres
sed he fired. The hounds ran. Aftei1
the deputies were shot, the murderer
dragged them 30 feet and buried them
The wilderness makes his capture Im
possible for several days. ,
Girl, Not Boy, Bom; Tears.
Brussels March 21. French Bona-
partes are in tears today. Print'ess
Clementine, wife of Prince Victor Na
poleon, gave birth to a girl instead of
a boy. If a boy, Prince Victor would
have had the backing of millions to
help him gain the throne, . a , :
RICHARD L. HAND.
Special Commissoner Named '
to Consider Brandt Appeal.
ill
DF EXPLOSION
GENERAL HOMER LEA.
American Military Adyleer
of the Chlnet RepubhoT
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I STATES
TERRIFIC. . SLEET STORM
LOWS .SNOW.
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Serious Floods In Ohio Valley Expect-
cd to Result From Storm. (
Chlcugo, March 21 Three inches of
snowfoll here 'last night, followed by
a blinding sleet today. ' There is much
Buffering. t Transcontlnentar trains
are-Hiauy4ou8 behind their Bched -
ule or cancelled. Telephone and tele-
graph wires are crippled and suburb-
an traffic Is at a standstill. : .
The entire middle west is covered
with a blanket of suow. Serious floods
in the Ohio and. Mississippi valleys
are expected , to follow the warm
weather . because of the heavy snow
fall.
GOVERNOR OPPOSES FIGHT.
Clirlslhin Endciivorcrs Successful In
' Enlisting Governor Oddlc,
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SMBIMETS
IN
Milwaukee, March 21. Christian " B a moai ae?irawo
Endeavorers are elated at a telegram . oue La Grande's needs, Council
from Governor Oddie of Nevada. Ho mal1 lay did not sign the report,
says: "I assure you: I will oppose the Mayor . Church threw his torcej with
Johnson-Flyiin fight in Nevada. : I further delay and consideration In -will
try to prevent it. The law' allows 1 lnB on the measure by deciding
It but I will try to get the law re- tle vote resulting from a motion to lay
pealed." The Endeavorers recently tne rePrt on the table for two weeks,
sent resolutions to Oddle, condemnign voted with the tabling and the flre
the fight.
WANT SENATOR RECALLED.
Lawmaker Accused of Being , Incon.
r sistent In Ills Dealings.
Trenton, N. J., March 21. The state
demoncratic senators will demand the
reslKiiatlon - of Senator Fltzherbert,
lho nna, hnnan bnvln?: fnuhd him
guilty of Inconsistent conduct in con-
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bills.
Americans In Danger.
San Diego, Cal., March 21. Ameri
can refugees are arriving here from
West Mexico, with fears of the safety
of others remaining in Mexico...
Steamer in Distress.
Milwaukee. March 21. The steamer
Conestoga, with 12 aboard, ia In dls-r
tress in Lake Michigan. Life savers
are en route. , " ,
ALIGNING FOR BATTLE.
Rebels Mnko Ready to Wltstund Fed
- cral Attack.
El Paso, March 21. More than 500
rebels are mobilizing today . under ( taurant box ordinance Is stringent and
General Salazar at Jimlnez to resist .removes from all' saloons and restaru
the threatened attackB of 1200 feder- ant8 what . is known as boxes or S
als, approaching from the south. They eluded dining tables. The ordinance
are in Bight of Jimlnez and may, be have not yet been placed 6n thoir final
a big light will take place before night.
Juarez and other cities In northern
Chihuahua face a food, famine. The
United States prohibits Importation
of foodstuffs through Juares.
NUMBER 125
ri
APRS
fl CITY. U
COUNCIL EMPOWERS
STREET COMMITTEE ,
TO NEGOTIATE
WOULD AFFORD THU'EE
MUDLESS ENTRANCES'
TWO
Fire Truck Question Hold! Over far
Two Weeks Bookkeeper Employe
to Oven Set of Up-to-Duto Boois
Ordinances Denlingr WlUt Restai
aut Boxes Read and Referred t
s Coai'mlttoes. , ' '
- Graveled highways andstreets af
fording; : mudless avenues into . La '
Grande from three different direction -In
all times of the year is the aim of.
the city council, expressed at its reg- :
ular meeting last, overling when th -street,
committee was empowered ; to
ascertain the costs and confer wltb,
the ; county v officials ' relative to th
construction-of graveled highway on
two entrances to the city, :. If the coun.
j ell's ' aims materialize, the city will
grade and gravel from the old plan
ling mill in East La Grande to tt
city limits where the county and vari
FOL ous enterprising citizens ' will It la
j promised, gravel the roadway 'o
land City, commencing on ft una
Spruce, the city Is to gravel out to the
river or city park which It practically.
means, and join the new steel bridge
which the county will start conatrno-
! structlon on shortly. It is hoped that.
1 fnmerB and tho county will gravel
,f''om tn,e north terminus of tbiB street
J the 'mapadajn Jane, several mjles .
north. This with the "East Adams ave- ,
'uue niucadam will give threo mudless
j entrances to the city. . There will
required 80 rods to the Island City
roa(1 building and about a half mile ou
he Park street project.
: FIRE TRUCK REPORT IX.
Amcrlcan-La France Machine Rrcom
- mended by Fire Committee. .
A majority report of the fire and po
lco committee was read last evening,
recommending the American-La -
; truck question Is still in stau quo.
The Jlre and police cotnmlttea re
port came after, two of the members '
had ' been to Portland and seen 1 the
demonstrations there of fire trucks.
Bookkocper Employed. .
Arthur E. Kerr, a bookkeeper of
many years' experience was employed
'""V qvomug to, assume me amies or
I audItor Incompliance, with the recent-
'1v nHnnforl runArf nt tha flnoniia nnm
mlttce. Mr. Kerr will keep a system
of daily balauces and place the clty'a
books on an up-to-date basis and also
remove further need for employing an
assistant during the first ten days of
the month to handle the water collec
tions. .
A resolution was adopted establish
ing . the j grades of : several out'ylnff
streets. ; The usual budget ' of bills
was allowed.
Reform Ordinances Rend.
Two ordinances dealing with regula
Hon of minors and habitual drunkards
and eliminating boxes from restaur
ants and saloons were read. ' One pro
vldes for the enforcement of the black
list and deals with the punishment for
sale of liquors to minors. ' Tne res-
reading.
Fire hydrants are petitioned for on
Spring and Main In West La Grand
and in the extreme nortneast sections
of the olty.