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JxA. GRANDE, UNION COUNTY,' OREGON,
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1912.
NUMBER 250
REBELS SEND
PEACE OFFERS
TO
SURRENDER TO BE OF
DIGNIFIED NATURE
SAYS REBEL
WILL MEAN REBELS ABE BE
STORED 10 CITIZENSHIP
President Madero Obtains Peace Of'
fen Which Permit Him to Betaln
UIs Seat but He Will Remove From
Office Some Three Hundred of Ills
Belutives Through the Principalities
Mexico. City, Aug. 16. Definite pro
posals for peace have been received
by President Madro here today from
Gneral Pascual Orozco, commander in
chief of the revolutionary forces. It
Is expected a truce will be declared
Immediately and negotiations opened
which will result in the rebels laying
down their arms.
Orozco telegraphed Madero stipulat
ing that all terms must be in keeping
with the dignity of the provisional
government." The telegram agrees
not to Insist on Madero 's retirement
but demands that all revolutionists,
Including Orozco, be restored to full
citizenship. Orozco insists tnat Ma
dero place himself immediately to ful
fill the reform promises he made when
he took the prsldency and that 300 of
Madro's relatives be ousted from their
jobs.
DETBOIT FEL CENTURY AGO
Story of (h Fnll of Detroit in
If Id With Much Interest.
Detroit,. Mich., Aug. 16: One hun
dred years ago today the. city of De
troit, and with It the entire territory
now comprised In the state of Michi
gan, was . surrendered by General
William Hull to the British army in
command of Sir Isaac Brock. The
surrender was the first important
event In the war of 1812 between the
United States and G relit Britain.
General Hull was the governor of
the territory of Michigan when the
war began. He was appointed to the
command of the army of the North
west, with directions to invade Cana
da. This was the first important mil
itary movement of the war, and no
body in the United States doubted that
it would' be crowned with success.
The Invasion was to be through the
western border on the Detroit river.
General Hull took the command of
an army of volunteers at Dayton, 0.,
in May, 1812. Soon after he received
a message from the war department
ordering him to march speedily to De
troit and await orders there. When
he reached the Maumee river he em
PRESIDENT
barked his baggage and stores on sev
eral small vessels. At this time he
did' not know that the war had been
declared, but the British commander
knew it, and when the vessels arrived,
near Fort Maiden they were captured
with all their valuable freight.
Early In July General Hull reached
Detroit, and found the British on the
other side of the river throwing up In
trenchments. In a few days the Amer
ican commander received orders to
advance and Immediately crossed his
troops over to the Canadian side of
the river. The army advanced toward
Maiden successfully, but suddenly fell
back, and hearing that large British
forces were coming General Hull
crossed the Detroit river again and es
tablished himself at the fort.
The British followed and preparod
to attack the fort His troops wert
ready and anxious to fight b-it with
out offering any resistance General
Hull surrender! the fort the army
and the territory of Michigan. The
American forces were estimated at
about 2000 men. .
Negress, 1 7,
Dies in Chair
"KILL ME QUICK" IS ADTICE TO
AUTHORITIES. .
CONFESSES TO CRIME
Tirginla Negress Expiates Crime In
Electric Chair.
Richmond, Va., Aug. 16. Smiling,
unafraid, Virginia Christian, a negress
aged 17 the first woman to be elec
trocuted in Virginia was sent to her
death here In the electric chair at 7:28
this morning for the murder of Mrs.
Ida Belote, aged 72, a white woman, at
Hampton, Virginia. Just before the
cap was placed over her head, the wo
man turned to her spiritual adviser,
and said, "I am glad to go. I killed
Mrs. Belote and deserve to die. ' I feel
no fear. Kill me quick."
The negress was employed as I
washerwoman by Mrs. Belote. Anger
ed by a reprimand the girl felled
her unconscious, choked her, partially
scalped her and thrust a towel down
her throat
Because of the brutality of the wo
man's crime, Governor Mann ignored
the requsts to commute her sentence
to life Imprisonment.
L0EWE TRIAL NEAR.
Litigation Deemed 3lost Important
Controversy with Labor In Years
Hartford, Conn., Aug. l6.-Attorneys
for both sides have completed prepara
tions for the second trial of the case
of D, E. Loewe and Company, of Dan
bury, against officers and member's of
the United Hatters of North America
for damages alleged to have been bus
talned by reason of a boycott alleged
to have been Instituted against the
product of the company's factory. The
trial will be commenced in the United
States court here next Tuesday Judge
James L. Martin, of Brattleboro, Vt.,
will preside and the case will be
heard by a jury.
The Loewe case U regarded as the
most Important legal controversy of
its kind that has ever arisen between
American capital and organized labor.
As originally begun the dspute was of
a local nature and apparently of small
significance, but before long it had
practically resolved Itself Into a con
test between the American Anti-Boycott
Association and the American
Federatlon-cf Labor.
The history of the case dates back
to 1901, when the union hatters em
ployed by D. E. Loewe and Company
struck. Suit was brought in 1903
against Martin Lawler and 239 other
members of the hatter's union, and-j
damages of $250,000 claimed for al
leged boycotting. The case, which
was taken up by the American Anti
Boycottlng Association, was first
brought to the United States district
court and the superior court of Fair
field county, Conn., bat was not tried
there. It was taken to the Supreme
Court of the United States, on the
question whether the allegations
made constituted a violation of the
Sherman anti-trust law.
In February 1908, the supreme court
handed down a decision to the effect
that the allegations constituted a vio
lation of the law, and In October, 1909
.. ,..a wad heeun in the Unlteds
states circuit court at Hartford and
after a long trial the jury found fori
the plaintiffs and awarded them dam
ages of $222,000. That the American
Federation of Labor was back of the
hatters was brought out In the Hart
ford trial. In April of last year the
United States circuit court of appeals
in New York reversed the decision of
the United States circuit court and re
manded the case for a new trial.
Picture Trust Attocked.
Philadelphia, Aug. 16. A suit In
enlty for the dissolution of the "moT
lng picture trust," waa filed In the
United States district court here to
day.
I
BILL REPORT
GENERALLY BELIEVED
HOUSE WILL DO
LIKEWISE
PRINCIPAL PROVISIONS ARE
LEFT INTACT IN THE BILL
Measure May Soon Go to the President
for UIs. Signatures-Coastwise Trade
Vessels to Get Free Tols Breach of
Honor With President May Lead to
Personal Defense.
S SENATE HEEDS VETO.
$ Washington, Aug. 16 The sen-
3 ate defeated the motion today to
"? pass the steel bill over President
3 Taft's veto.
Washington, Aug. 16. By a vote of
4S for, to 1,S against, the senate this
afternoonadopted ' the congressional
report on the Panama canal bill. It Is
generally believed that similar action
will be taken In the house. Then the
bill which provids that American ships
engaged In foreign trade must pay the
full tolls and bars railroad-owned
ships from the canal, will go to Tuft
Tor-Ills signature. The conference re
port also provided that American ves
sels engaged In coastwise trade should
be allowed free passage.
Washington, Aug. 16. That a cer
tain congressman may be compelled
to defend himself on a charge of breac
to defend himself on a charge of
breach of confidence In revealing con
.fidentlal Information, furnished by the
president the house committee Is in
vestigating charges against Major Ray
who presses contempt charges against
Secretaryof War Stimson for refusing
to produce "the missing papers" In
the case, Is the report circulated to
day. It-tB said that President Taft-told
this congressman a certain phase of
the Ray case could be Investigated
but for the sake of a woman's good
'name, all scandal should be suppres
sed. The congressman Is said to have
divulged this information.
Recommendations Sent In.
President Taft today submitted to
the senate numerous nominations of
the diplomatic consul service. Includ
ing those of Frank Arnold to be third
secretary of the American embassy at
Toklo and Lester Maynard, of San
Francisco, to be United States consul
at Amoy, China.
Campaign Is Opened, i '
Oyster Bay, Aug. 16. Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt left here today for
Providence, R. I., where tonight he
will fire the opening gun of his cam
paign for president on the Progres
sive ticket.
Roosevelt will discuss the tariff,
particularly wool schedule of the
tariff, particularly the wool schedule
1 0f the Payne act. The former presl-
dent will speak at Revere Beach, Mass.
tomorrow and will probably attack
Wilson, the democratic nomlneo, in
his address there.
Babe Accidentally Shot
Oxnard, Cal., Aug. 16. Joe Marti
nez accidentally discharged a anotgun
he was cleaning today, blowing to
atoms his 17-months-old sister whose
mother was holding the child and
watching the process. The woman
was uninjured. Martinet and the
mother are on the rerge of Insanity
from grief and hare been taken to the
hospital. It ! feared the woman will
not recover from the shock.
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TO JURY UTE
THIS EVENING
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FINISHES ARGUMENT
LATE TODAY
CREDITS FRANKLIN WITH SUP.
PLYING DRAINS IN BRIBERY
Final Words Being Said Preliminary
to Deliberations by Jury In the Dar
row Case Instructions to Jury Are J
Ready and Cane Will Be DelKcred In
to Jurors Hands Tonight
.Los Angeles, Aug. 16. District At
torney Fredericks resume today the
closing argument for the state in the
trial of Clarence Darrow. Judge Hut
ton's Instructions are ready and It Is
expected the case will go to the jury
tonisht. Fredericks Is expected to use
all of his allotteuAlme which extends
to five o'clock.
' "I don't believe that all these wlt-
nesses. newspapers and others who
said Franklin told them Darrow was
Innocent, were perjurers. That was
just Franklin's attitude In protecting
Darrow, tne man wno gave mm me
money. I don't say that Franklin told
Darrow everything he had done. Dar
row furnished the money and Franklin
furnished the brains and Ingenuity."
Referring to Darrow's assertion that
if' he was guilty so was Lecompte Da
vis, whom no attempt was made to
prorecute, Fredericks said he was not
protecting Davis but that if a local Society belle who chanced to be watch
man was guilty of anything he would lng an exhibition buck being given
not protect him even If he was his ! j,y tw0 new Da,j onfigj purchased for
own brother. the bucking contests of the Round-
Fredericks .declared it was foolish up wnch is to be held here during
to suppose that anyone but the attor- tne laRt wee) of September. One of
neys handled the money lor tne ae-
fense committed the briberies In the
McNamara trial. He said he didn't
believe that Frank Wolfe or Former
Fire Commissioner Hawley spoke the
truth In testifying for the defense.
TENT SHOW HERE.
CleTcr Band Cleanly Appearing Mem
bers Make Good Impression.
The Texas Rangier troupe, a tent
show showing at the corner of Hem
lock and Adams, commencing prompt
ly at 8:15 tonight, arrived In town to
day with their private car. The troupe
carries an exceptionally good band Its
membership Is cleanly In appearance
and promises to give a high class at
traction tonight. The doors open at
7:30, preceded by another band con
cert from the clever organization.
CARMEN WIN POINTS.
Culago Strike May Be Averted Think
Union Officials.
Chlcago, Aug. 16. That offilcals of !
the street railway companies have!
nrnctirallv aareed to tne demands ot
the carmen, was the assertion of the
Carmen's union officials today.
Steamer Rams Steamer.
Seattle, Wn., Aug. 16. A mistake In
signals sent the Bteamer Sioux crash
ing into the steamer Camana as she
lay at the doc kat Everett today. No
one was Injured. The Sioux was un
injured and proceeded to Belllngham.
No one was on the Camana except the
crew and they got ashore. The Ca
mana went to the bottom of the bay.
Dock Strike Serious.
London, Aug. 16 A score of persons
were Injured here today when 300
strikebreakers were driven from the
Tilbury docks In a fight with strike
sympathise. The Tilbury docki are
the largest In the world.
Squirm Has
Abased Rag
'S.
TEXAS TOMMY" AND OTHER BAGS
BACKED OFF BOARDS
NEWEST "RAG" FOUND
New Step Evolved In Round-up City
Imitates Bucking Horse.
Fendleton, Ore., Aug. 16. (Special)
To the dump with the Texas Tommy.
Back to the woods with the Turkey
Trot, Abas the Bunny Hug, and An
gleworm Wiggle and all other forms
of fancies In the modern terpslchor
ean art which have a movement of
their own. Something new has been
discovered which, Its originators and
sponsors claim, wll relegate all pth
er heel and toe phantasies to the dark
eat recesses and Itself claim a univer
sal fealty from the dancing world. It
is called the "Sunfish Squirm," and to
a person familiar with the wild and
woolly west, the connotation of that
title will be description enough
The new dance does not take Its
name, as might be suspected, from
some denizen of the mighty deep but
derives It from a peculiar movement
exeucted by some bucking bronchos
when attempting to project a rider In
j t0 space, such a movement is called
'gmiflshlng" In frontlbr parlance and
j cons8t8 0f a posterior twist combined
wtn an anterior rigidity and a mid
section upheaval, always of course
speaking of the aforementioned bron
cho. About one out of every dozen
"outlaw" horses possesses a mastery
of this peculiar and effective move
ment, which Is neither here or there
in explaining th new dance.
The dance had its Inception in the
Ceer cerebellum of a popular local
theae anlmalH, a long, lean bay by the
these animals, a long, lean bay by the
name of "Angell," was a superb "sun
fisher" and before he had finished hU
exhibition he had not only dumped his
rider but provided an Idea for a new
creation In the world of the dance.
The young lady Imedlately saw the
possibilities which ly in the "sun
fish" movement and forthwith she
evolved the "Sunfish Squirm." To date
she has taught It only to a select few
but declares Its popularity Is so con
tagious that she will soon offer It to
an eager world.
HE BRING FUNERAL HELD.
Elk, Friends and Members of the Fire
Department Attend Obsequies
Commencing at two-thirty this af
ternoon, obsequies were said over the
remains of Leo Herring, the young
electrician and prominent Elk who
died of Hodgkln's disease this week. A
larKe reDresentatlon of brother Elks,
I friends of the deceased and the mourn-?
Ing family, and members of the La
Grand fire department attended the
rlMIni, Utr C TJ Vol-
""o ' "
rln. and Mrs. A. L. Richardson, cou-
Ppled with the tmpresstve fraternal
services In respect to the dead, with
an eulogy delivered by W. B. Sargent,
concluded with a word of prayer by
Dr. J. D. Glllllan, constituted the ob
sequies.
During the funeral march to the in
terment grounds, the fire bell tolled.
STEAMER IS IX DISTRESS.
Calls for Help Sent Ashore From the
Washington.
Hueneme, Cal., Aug. 16. A wireless
call for aid from the steamer Wash
tnrtnn nicked on here today
the Standard Oil barge No. 81. The
call was faint and the barge's opera-
tor was nnable to get a reply to his
questions. The Washington la two
daya out from San Francisco.
UPOEMURT
ORDERS READY
IN Gil CASE
SPEEDY TRIAL TO BE
GIVEN ACCUSED
GRAFTERS '
. r
SEPTEMBER TO HEAR
1 ACCUSED BEFORE COURTS
Governor of New York Instructs Spe
chil Term of Supreme Court to Be
Called That Graft Cases May Be
Tried Promptly. Scbepps Now In
dlanapolls on Way to New York. 1
New York, Aug. 16. At the request
of District Attorney Whitman, Gover
nor Dlx today named Justice Goff to
hold a special term of the state su
preme court in connection wltli the
police graft case. '
This means that speedy action will
follow the returning, by the grand
jury of the several indictments.
Prompt Action Necessary.
Albany, N. Y.,' Aug. 16. Comment
ing on his appointment of Justice
Goff to hold a special term of the su
preme court for the trial of the men
about to be lndb).:J In the New roii
giaft scandal, growUs out of the mur
der of .Gambler Rosenthal, Governor
Dlx said today: "iMrje'iate and deter
mined fairness of the inquisition un
der the auspices of the grand jury Is
Imperatively in Wiahd In New York
city." Justice Golf's court will onvene
In New York Sept rd.
Scbepps at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Aug. ;. Guarded by
Assistant District Attorney Robert
Rubin and County Detective Stewart,
Sam Scbepps, wanted in New Yo-k for
complicity in the murder of Gambler
Herman Rosenthal, arrived here early
today and remained over two hours,
while awaiting a train for New York.
Rubin aald he expected to arrive In
New York next week.. He Is keeping
his exact time secret.
DR. HALL TO STAY.
Tenders ReNtgnuiioii In a Letter That
Means He Stays Here.
Dr. M. K. Hall has tendered his res
ignation to the state board of control
after deliberating fully on the offers
from the board to accept the superin
tendent of the new Eastern Oregon
Insane asylum at Pendleton. As a
consequence the doctor will remain
with his practice In La Grande.
As to the chief reasons for resign
ing the post before be had actually
taken chargie, Dr. Hall had little to
say today, feeling that It was not his,
but the board's privilege to disclose
the contents of the letter of nesigna- .
tlon. He did not deny a reported
statement that the location of : the
asylum had something to do with the
reslgatlon and also that general con
ditions there may have Influenced him
In not accepting. The letter to the ,
governor may eveutlaly get Into print
from the receiving end but Br. Hall
will not disclose Its contents.
The many friends of the doctor who
were disappointed at his decision to
leave La Grande will be equally glad
to hear of his determination to stay
In the Eastern Oregon metropolis.
NAT GOODWIN HURT. ,
Skiff Crashes nim While Pulling
Through Heavy Surf.
Santa Monica, Cal., Aug. 16. Four
ipeclallsta and surgeons are on their
by way to Santa Monica today to exam-
lne Nat Goodwin, the actor and matrl-
monlal expert who was seriously ln-
Jured when crushed beneath eWff
which he waa trying to row through a
heavy surf here, last night