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ii ! 1 1 " ' VOL. XI .. -. i -' ckci niinmiic .imeth ulLLL IIIUUULU ... I j ...... .s 1 t nuniti nnnriiipr DUniUVIULHUL EMPLOYE OF' STEEL TEUST i CONFIDES '.U SECRETS ' .; PBESIDEST OF TBUST ORDERED" fVlBEJfCE BCKJfED later Tries ' to, Dictate How Employe . Shall Testify; Befor ethc Grand Jury Boiler Boom Is Scene of Destrnc tlou of Incriminating Evidence Against American . Steel Slonopo lies. New York, Way' 8.--How officials of the steel trust, facing governmental prosecution on charges of restraint of trade, calmly oraerea tneir . suDorai nates to burn all evidence of law- breaking Instantly the , federal suit filed, were detailed here today before Referee Henry T. Brown by Harry Whitney, an official of the Worcester, Mass., plant of the American Steel and Wire company, a subsidiary of the steel trust. Whitney declared he had destrgyed, evidence by t)e direct order of Prank Baackes, president of the American Steel and Wire company He received Baackes' order immedi ately after the filing of the govern ment's suit to dissolve the trust. Whit ney declared that he had, by-Baaoke's orders, delivered the papers concern ing all evidence against the Steel and Wire company in the office of George Cragin, its assistant sales manager, and had them shipped to the Worce. ter plant. He personally took them to the boiler, room, and directed the fireman to burn them. f a ipo government attorneys, u oraer ' . J, Secretary pf War Dickinson, and Hen- -.tY fr PnUnn nr. mnnk nlaoo.l of ont V. 1 J V. w . i w . , aav 111 11 1. 11 n-i.uv.vi i b ling una cesumony irom .kviiiiuey us it shows how the trust deceived .he government prosecution, and was pre pared to prevent the facts from be coming known. They decided to call other trust employes to show that ac tion of Baacke's will stand alone where evl is possible when the trust officials destroyed such evidence us they could gather. . . I Whitney sprung another sensation i $ when he followed up testimony about: a burning the evidence with the state 's nient that President Baackes, of the i American Steel and Wire company at I tempted to interfere in. his testimony 1 before the grand jury which voted an -ffl . t r. 1 11.. X ..A T1. nil.) ; luuiliuiem ttguiiisi uio irum. xie tscuu 4 liaac-iies loiu nun 11 you can, m your testimony, avoid reference to the de- stroyed papers." He said George Craig, an assistant sales manager of the concern, and 'Baackes tried to tell him what to say , in h.'s testimony. ..Whitney's testimony . ''was unshaken by cross examination. Whitney said; "Backes said to me: :l'T suppose you remember your instruc- tions regarding those papers.' XJ0''' 5 him I remembered distinctly that he had told me to see they were burned. if,He said: 'I never told you any such thing.' I insisted that he did." MOBE ISSTBI'CTIOSS. Litizcns Should Pile Tftinhlsi Whcer It Can Be Burned if Possible. The cleanup committee has asked today that all trash that will burn, be piled on vacant grounds if possible so that it can be burned on the prem ises if 'possible. Non-combustible ar ticles will ' be. hauled away If piled separately. ' 1 1 ' ; ' , ; ' ' LOUIS HILL TO BESIGS. Veteran ItailrnitKr Announces Son to Onlt Presidency. Ills New Yor';. May 8.-James ,t. Hill to day confirmed the report that Louis Hill, his son. will retire from the presidency of the Great Northern railroad in favor of C. R. Gray. J. B Hill refuseil to discuss the report that he will rcsls;n the chnlrfaflnstrp of the urcai iNortnern Doarn of (I'.ro; tors in I favor of his son. i v : Alison arrics Texas. alias. T May 8. Practically Oinnlete relllrnc in tho ctata nrimnr- !ttoa rriirn Tirtl2'n, o"7 i il.-. n,n.A ;j " s1 h iiowii no itj liic Pint's i.ua jvention delegates, Harmon 124. and rjClnrk 41. Wilson Is thus assured of She Texas delegation of 40 to the na tional convention. Roosevelt has 80 delegates to the republican state con tention and Taft has 39. ORAN-PE UNION ;piSTS CARRY FIGH' PHiUSEl liix OIISSIO S , JK ri,. C4TH0LJC,viC0SEM. '.til i'vT ,:l-lA ! ! ' POOR MADE TO SUFFER Ctalins Through Unanimous Kcolutluu .fj . 'Iliat MJssIobs Must: Slca!. .V; ;tri:! , . TV ' " 4 "Minneapolis, -Way 8. Declaring "tne Methodist Episcopal church recopnijs es It is Its plain duty to prosecute mlS slbnary 'enterprises in Greek and Re man 'Catholic countries With increas ing, zeal; delegates to the quadranniai conference today unanimously. adopt ed a resolution - declaring that Roman Catholicism deprives the people of the bible, perverts many fundamental doc trines of Christianity, and fosteri sup erstition, -which alienate the th.nklng classes, and impose heavy burdens on the poor. , -. MINERS FIGHT POLICE GUARDS THBEE HUBT WHEN MEN . A'D WOMBS FIGHT. Miners 1'ot up Stiff Rcslsinncc M'hen Kicpalrfrs Commence Work Pottsville, Pa., May 8. Three men and one woman were shot today in a riot at the Pinenill colliery when, the utoto T-uilf.a fhoTXrorl 9 flrtrt man 'and women, who opposed the, repairing of! fhe mines hv non-un nn workers. A: general fight ensued, the police firing B'n ed in secret. Chairman Clayton into the crowd which dispersed after fated. ,.nat Beven new witnesses will four were wounded. . .j caJjea- - The rioting jvhich started when y Superintendent Kaiser, surrounded by1 ' British Steamer nils, the police, escorted a number of fire-! Washington, Way 8. Wireless re men to the Plnehill plant to make re- Prts reaching here are to the effect nirs in the mines. Someone In the crowd struck a policeman on the head with a rock and a shower of missies followed. Kaiser and the firemen then rushed through the crowd, the police covering their retreat. Several shots came from the mob and then the po lice llred into the air. ' The o'fficers later replied by firing pointblank into the crowd. Troops of the state police are now patrolling the district. PHESSMEX STBIKE TO ESLABGE Betfoved Will Become Xutional )n Character Before It Is Settled. Chicago, May 8. A meeting of the typographical . union was held this afternoon to dside if it shall order a sympathetic strike against the Chi cago newspapers. If the printers walk out. the mailers will quit also. The streets are quieter today and afternoon, papers nromised the rega-' lar editions. Downtown . news, stands are still guarded by the police, but: strike sympathizers poured kerosene on a pile of newspapers last night and a riot resulted in which. Policeman Jennings fired three times into the crowd, but np one was. injured. ! General War Predicted. :. I War between the union and the Chi cago papers is believed to be the open-1 in? gun in a nati'-" fight of the; American News-paper Publishers as-1 sociation for an'- "open shop." It Is; rumored that the association has ap-j propriated $150,000 to use in the Chi cago publishers' fight. Organized labor jn Chicago is in ' sympathy with the strikers and union ists declare the stories of violence on the part of the strikers can be traced directly to trained sluggers who have been in the employ of the publishers in circulation fights for years. The unionis's,say the publishers have the entire police force at their backs, and declare that officers of the unions have been shadowed by plain clothes men even at their homes. OFF FOB MEET TOXIGHT Throe Athletes Will Compete nt Eu gene Meet Sext Friday. . Millering, Duvis and Roberts com prise a fro who, of the five La Grande men entitled to free" trips to the scholastic meet at Eugene next Frl day, leave tonight to participate in ho big meet. Reynolds and Conkey who qualified for the meet w ll not attend, the former being too deeply engrossed with the high school an nual of which he is business manager. COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8,1912. 10 M? BIB CITIZENS f TAKE ' RE FUOE IN UPPER STOR- IESOF HOMES COSGBESS BOJiATES BE , LIEF FCXDS TO THE SEEDY .1 loss of Property In Flood Section Has Fifty Million With likelihood of In. . .creasing Several Times Over lm periled FiiIUtcs Are Trapped in a ; flood of Waters So Immediate Be !lief from GItcu Assured. New Orleans, May 8. The levee at the junction of the Mississippi and Old rivers, five miles below Torras, broke touay, making a crevas 100 feet wide. Those already imperiled were today almost, directly .in. the path of the rapid rush of water pouring .through the gap In the levee. Residents fled to the upper stories of buildings and to treeB. . . Congress to the Rescne. Washington, May 8. Floods in th'e Mississippi valley have caused a $50, 000,000 loss already and probably will cause as much again, is the estimate made by government flood experts. The damage to .cotton alone is stu pendous. Congress has already ap propriated $2,250,000 relief and will probably add $2,000,000. Public Hears Trial, Washington, May 8 The public was today admitted to the hearing of the charges againsf Judge Robert Arch buid, of the commerce court before the J1.0"86 Judiciary committee. Papers In """ ou"..ncu. uy Jtt.i were cj- lnal tne Hritisn Steamer JndOre from Liverpool, has stranded on the French reef on the Florida straits. The reve nue cutters, Vamacraw, and Forward are rushing to her assistance. Battleship Michigan, American Dreadnought, at Gun Practice iMvii'li Copyright, 1912, by American Press Assoeliitlon. 1ST bat 4 in I ear the chiimploii of the navy battleship Michigan this prlii ttie tests imide off Hampton her two huge sets of superimposed turrets fore and lift, her lofty "peach basket': steel mnsts supporting her lire control platforms and wireless apparatus, and is altogether a splendid specimen of the American Dreadnought type. She is of Ki.ooo tons displacement, carries in her main battery eight twelve-inch guns mid cost about $r.liiHi.niK). One of her twelve inchers throws an 850 pound projectile. Each shot requires KlHl pounds of smokeless powder and costs about $5. The Michigan won the red siik pennant "for battle elli eiency" for the year Mill, defeiitlnir the (. ).!,.! hinder, the battleship Maryland. The photograph here reprndu-,-ed .kIiou s m, U:'Ii1.;hii discharging a broadside in the target practice in which the .ul.iiiiu iloet recently engaged. SAN; DIEGO I. W. W. v FORCES WOULD KILL V 'COP.' v.- BIOT CALL HI BIUES VAB- 1ED SITPOBT TO THE AID Three Hold With. Charts of Conspir. ' aty fo Murder Two Policemen Unknown Assailant Fires on Police v men With Evident Intent to Kill Tltcni-oClilzens, Promise to Clean up the. Town; s San Diego, Cal., May 8. Joe Mlko lash, a Bohemian, is dying in the hos pital, two policemen are seriously wounded, and more than 30 alleged I. W. W.'s or sympathizers are held under arrest as a result,, pf a shootlig affray which .the police say wa:s an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Policemen Stevens and eddon. They Bay they were suddenly attacked by an unknown man, who fired on them with a revolver. They engaged in a fight, turning Jn a riot call. The po lice, militia, sailors and citizens re sponded. The police, aided by the citizens, are rounding up the I. W. W. and ther sympathizers, and declare they will, clean the toji of them. Later, it Is declared that several members of the I. W. W., found In the house. In front of which the shooting occured, were hot to be sent out of town; but are held charged with con spiracy .to commit murder. A search of a K Btreet house where the fight took place resulted in find ing three loaded revolvers find a rifle to wh!?.h was attached a Maxim si lencer.' A. J. Van Bibber, secretary of the Cooks and Waiters union, is among the prisoners. The police re fuse to give out the names of the oth er prisoners. . Sbriners Select Dallas. Los Angeles, May 8. Dallas, Tex., was chosen today for the 1913 meet ing of the imperial council of Shrln crs. In target practice with big guns, the lost her laurels to the battleship Utah Uuads. She hits nn Imposing bulk, with UNION WANTS ED KIVETTE LA GHAXDE YOTJTH ABBESTED ON ! CHARGE OF SPEEDISG. UNION MEN COM Officers Say Auto Driver DIsregi Speed Limits at Union. ; Exceeding the speed limit as pro yided by state statute is the charge upon, which Ed. Klvette, a youth of thiB eity, was arrested last evening upon advice from officers in Union, It is charged that the young man was speeding up and down the streets of Union in a touring car and would pay no attention to the officers of the law. When arrested here Klvette was very abusive and the officer sent' from Union to take charge of him received some, curt lectures which finally resulted in drastic action on the part of the officer to make the young man safe. His caBe will doubt less come up before the grand ury. ; , ' FIlliST GAME VYOX BY VISITORS AT ,W11 . lIUl.Nb. Enormous Crowd Sees Stellar Per formance on Boise Grounds. ra n in WINNING FORM . , moisture. .......... Splendid Soil Uncovered. ' ' I Contractor Hyatt declared lauf- -n,'eht that the besTsoll the least hard ' , i-. .f,..pan and the greatest, absence of al- 5 CLOSE-l'B TUESDAY IS FOS- ' 'hfttverafi.lnllfcs'. construction $ TEBED. . was found underi the tumbieweeds S "ixl catnip that covers a . large area of S While no concerted action to ar'd land along the Core road and $ feel the public pulse in the mat- S of late years has not been profitable S ter has been made unofficial re- $ 'n lts products to the owners, and the1 S turns, as it were, Indicate that promoters join with President J. D La Grande will close up tight as McKennon of the ditch company, in a drum Tuesday afternoon at S claiming that the discoveries of the S 3:30 and allow the usual festival 5 contractor simply carry out their orl S air at the opening of the' ball 8 B'nnl deductions, namely, that the 4 season here. All the other towns S S()" under the barren surface in this of the league are doing it and a'ea was fertile and needed only va "S La Grande fans aim not to be S ter to make bountiful crops and gold 's outdone in loyalty. ? en, verdure substitute the tumble- S weed. Plows and -scrapers failed to? j $ s j $ s . . rj ., touch hnrdpan or find alkali in the- . - , particular arid surface, a fact that has encouraged the promoters Ini- Boise.lMay 8 '(Spec.) "Heck"Mc- niensely. Land with less fertile sur Innis, backed up with splendid Eu;;- .fare but properly watered by nature port and boosted along with timely l;m' otherwise In that section of the hitting, steered the La Grande craft valley now teem with golden crops in the Western Tri-State league to B"(l t'ln assertion is ventured that by victory in the initial game here yes- yeur or two these arid sections or terday ufternoon before 4,000 fans, the 1nB valley will be ladened with sp'.en- largest number that ever witnessed a did crops. . . game in Boise, it is said. Festivities ' Ten Thousand Acres Covered. . that made the day a banner one, and a closed-up town for the afternpon preceded the stellar contest. Not alone content with pitching mld-sed- fjon ball Mclnnis broke into the hit column twice in three times up. Eight scattering hits were ripped off Mcln nis' benders but peculiarly enough on ly three men had Heck's goat, Third Baseman Luttrell getting four of the eight. James Bradley, Hugh Kellackey, the playing managers, Mayor Fritchman and Umpire Phil Knell and many oth- crops. The artificial stream whick ers constituted a group of baseball " st.on wend its way over the hc.i't luminaries who supped at the same of the valley Is Intended and donbt festi.l board yes erduy evening. En- lessly will transplant the tunblcveett thusiasm for the Tri-State league was .and other insignia of rtesrvt. foumla at a high pitch. . tion with waving grain and billowy A little more luck, and Boise might have won the game. It was a pitch ing battle between Karr and Mdnnls. The visitors found Karr hard to hit." but he was not as steady at critical times as his opponent. ' Mclnnis has a spitbnll that is a bad one, and Chet Luttrell was the only one of Kcl- lackey's men who hit him consistent ly. The way Chet pounded that ball, however, was one of the features of the contest. . One of the prettiest plays was a long throw made by West when he caught, Owens at second In the eighth, Harmon and Proe each has a ni.ig-, niiiccnt running catch to bin credit, and a double by Smith, Nauchton and Donovan retired the visitors In the second. . Some of tiie Bright Spots. These are but a few of the br'gh: wl of a number of features that made It a cont"'ti worthy the .celebration that preceded It and the crowd that watched J. Karr gave Fitzgnrald a walk in the first, but the three outs were easy, I and he got no further. When Boise went '.o bat, Luttrell NUMBER 165 'CANAL READY IN WEEK'S TIE THREE MILES ARE ALL THAT REMAIN; UN. ? DUG OF DITCH Vl'HX FLOOD WATEBS IX V : . ' ' : Dl'JfllSU SEXT FEW DATs . .... ; v ornuilion of Arid Spot of Uulon County Assured When Contractor! Find Splendid Soil, without Hard pan or Alkali, Underneath the ArJ4 Surface Promoters Arc Greatly Pleased. Trekking through . barren land a j considerable portion of the way and uiocuiiug wnai ib generally conceded to be the least productive soil of Un l ion county, Contractor Hyatt and a big crow have constructed nearly eight miles of canal for the Grande I Ronde Valley ' Irrigation company, j leaving approximately three miles yet to construct before the project la ' complete. Water will bo running in ; the canal before the 20th instant. A i niuHii crew oi teamB and men is com- piecing the initial portion of the ditch but the Main camp is located near tlle 'tend known as the Al Roberta .property about, eight miles from La Grande and toduv thn niinh Ing dug through a Bection of land that has never been known to produce- a yruiuuoie crop nowever, a goodly portion of the right of way is flanked by productive land, without artificial. '."''The long ditch is by far the big- gest irrigation venture or the valley and extreme haste is being 'brought o' bear to.g.t flood waters of the Grande Ronde into the canal as soon- i,s "fss ble. Ton thousands acres of land will be covered by this flood wa ter In a few, days for the ditch is nenr nomnletlon, and of that vast acreage about 8,000 will be matin to produce profit that now have botn a burden to the 'owners and seldom if ever productive of remunerative alfalfa every indication points to it: started it off with a hit. 1 He stole second while Harmon was at bat; but Shine couldn't locate Mclnnis and the side was retired. - In the serond Forbes was 'walked; Teck fanned and Walters hit Into a speedy double, Smith to Maughton to Donovan. The play brought the crowd to Its feet and ended the ses sion. . Smith banged out a safe ono in tiio second. . lie started few the second sack at the first opportunity. The throw sent to catch him went wild, and he kept going.. The recovery was slow and he scored o'l tt. Vnvi I.i (ini'itic Makes Wnn. v .. . t Maher slammed one out In the fifth that Smi'h could not hold. Mclnnis' hit put him on second, and he count.oil on F;tzgcrald's well placed drlvo to right. ' There was nothing more doing i'l the run column until the eighth. Owens started that scE- inn off with a long hit to left field. Mo tj-icd ta (Continued on pn-.r Fli'jht j
