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VOL. XI
GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1912.
NUMBER 234
RDOSEVELT TO HftKE TWO- wwnun
HOUR STOP 111 Lfi 6111DE "'KR
SPECIAL TRAIN - ,
ClflTEREDTO
PFHMIT STIiP
ttpaw F.XPESSE AC-
iUd ; ,
COUNT MET BY LOCAL
ORGANIZATION
TEX fflM'TE STOP WAS ;
1 UNSATISFACTORY TO ALL
Colonel BoosereU Will Spend Two
Honrs in LaGrande September 12
Instead of Ten Minutes as Original
ly Provided for In Itinerary Means
Specud Trains From 8 Directions.
BOOSEYELT'S COMISM JL
a- TABLOID.
Reaches La Grande Sept 12th,
at 9:30. ' .
Leaves for felr grounds Imme- ?
dlately.
Special train from ... Wallowa
1 HnntT arrives at fair grounds at
9:30 o'clock.
Roosevelt's speech commences 9
immediately afterwards. -
At conclusion of speech, Col.
Roosevelt leaves for Boise at
,.".11:30 sharp. - . T
v six curs uucu w v v .
V aielOIl. DpeCiai IX1U HWUl uancs -
to reach La Grande ahead of No.
' Final arrangements ' for bringing
Theodore Rooseve;t to La Grande un
der such conditions that the co"nlv'
'tide tor miles and miles can a to
hear him during an extended ana set
pea-h ct the fair grounds, Septembei
12th, have been " effectively closed up
this afternoon. With customary thrift
and enterprise, the fair management
and other Interested closed up a deal
involving the cost of a chartered lialn
from La Grande to Boise this noon.
Close to a thousand dollars expenso Is
shouldered that the Roosevelt speech
may be changed from a ten rolnuta
platform speech to an address of an
hour's duration, or more. Word tele
graphed to La Grande. today from O. K
Davis of New York, the man who has
Roosevelt's Itinerary in cnargw, u
out tha early reports and verified them
to the effect that Roosevelt Is slated
by the original Itinerary tocome here
from Portland on No. 6 the day of the
18th and speak ten minutes. While this
In Itself would be a great attractions
the itinerary was unsatisfactory to lo-
cal people and President Geddes of the
n oini Prenldent 'Richard son
of the fair committee and others took
the matter np with National ujmimi
teeman Coe at Portland, obtained the
privilege of chartering a special tram
from La Grande to Boise. The colonel
will arrive at 9:30 on No. 6, remain
about two hours, take the special
.vi.i. iv. fi, .. ntfcor will nrovlde.
reaching Boise In time for his evening
address and making way siauuu u
Araa.a. trnm itta nlntfnrm BS Original
ly announced. The O.-W. will run ex
cursions Into La Grande for that day
from three different directions, .tap
ping three counties besides Union
county. Arrangements to entertain
15.000 people In and around the hoge
grand stand at the fair grounds will
he speedily perfected. The grand stana
as tt looks will house the greatest
unmber of people that can be put un
der one roof In or amnnd La Otmws.
In .11 TTaaf Am flTPBOn. and t"
management "will give other mmo
datloa In the way or standing and seat-
mg racuities aooui mo i-u.--- ,
The entire arrangement has been
done jn lightning like fashn. The
message irom ..
1ng the forenoon and was so nJre"';
unsatisfactory to all con.cer
Mh arrangements as noted abore wer.
perfected before the noon hour Hi
nlag work, Indeed.
Portland. Aug. Il.-(SpediJ)-Ths
snowing program was arranged for
er while Rooterelt to to85
7 a. m. Arrtre Portland.
7:SBTMkfMt
Baker Dance
Hall Closed
SHERIFF LOCKS UP THE PLACE
IT1UAI. .;,;
INDICTMENTS LIKELY
Humors of Disorderly Dances tad Or
gie ueacn snerius cars.
VottorHau, sheriff Phil rift m closed
the Baker orchard alleged road house
1 and dance hall. Many reports telling
I of disorderly dances apd orgies that
I nave Deen auowea mere uwo
' heard of for some time. Charles Ba
ker, proprietor of the place, has se
cured a federal license to sell liquor
onr it U unriaratnnil that there has
been no restraint as to the amount of
nor to whom tne nquor nas Deen soiu.
The place has been growing from bad
to worse, for some time, It is said.
Upon his return home a couple ol
, days ago Sheriff Chlldera heard com-
plaints concerning this place and at
once Investigated affairs which result
' ed in the closing of the road house and
dance hall yesterday, unnaers says
there will be no more dances and no
more road house there, nor anywhere
else In the county. The sheriff has no
first hand evidence but he expects to
be able to secure sufficient by the time
the grand Jury meets, to obtain sever
al Indictments -'V t- .
Early this summer Baker started his
country park, and advertised to the
nuhiie that it would be conducted ab
goluteIy aiong proper lines.
..j nave f0Und, however," said the
'Bj,erlff today, "that the place has not
heen conducted properly and rumors
"of It reachingmy ears told of a rowdy
fAsnrt rrnvine rrorn duu iu wuido. m.
win nnt nermit any more 'society'
dances at the place, either."
8 Trip to Salem by special.
11:30 a. m. Return to Portland and
'start for Vancouver.
I Noon Luncheon, speech and recep-
j tlon at uiarae wumy rmr B"""- ;
2:30 p. m. Automobile paraae
through Portland streets
4:30 p. m. Mass meeting at armory.
g p. m. Leave' for Idaho.
The hour of 4:80 was selected Im
mediately upon the receipt of a tele
gram stating that Roosevelt must
leav In time to Ml Idaho engage
ment and that means the original it
inerary will be adhered to. That hour ,
was also regarded as most suitable for
tha wnritinar neoDle. and a general ro-
q.ut to all employers to close their
plants, stores, shops, etc., at mat um
wll be made.
Johnson's Schedule Out
r York. Aug. 21. Arrangements
for a projected eastern trip for Gov
ernor Johnson of California, tne re
gressive nominee for vice president on
the Interest of the new party, were
completed today. The Progressive na
tional headquarters are here. The
schedule calls for Johnson to leave
San Francisco Aug. 27, speaking at
the following places: Salt Lake, Aug.
28; Denver, Aug 31: Tokepa,. Kan.,
the morning of Sept. 3; wncoin. iu.,
the evening of Sept 3; Cleveland, Sept
6; Watertown, New Tone, eepu .
will also speak at the Ohio
tfvuunv1 "
and New York state Progressive con
ventions.
Baseball Mogul Dead.
suddenly here today of pneumonia.
. Massacre Anniversary Observed.
: New Ulm. Minn.. Aug.
. ..t,, .ttonded the celebration
or viw ,
here today of the cuia "
. ... v Ulm and Fort
BJdgely against the uprising of the
Sioux Indians In 18M.
cram Included historical addresses by
Sovernor Iberbart and other, and ft
imt stmt parad.
Sptt r th. Minnesota mnitU
and regular troop, from Fort Snel
llnf. . . '
MANY FALL ON BOTH
. SIDES SAT MESSAGES
More Federal Troops Bashing to the
Aid of Garrison Forces Fighting at
Cananea In Sooora State Noff.iles
Can Hold hut ft Few More Refugees
From the Fighting Districts.
' Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 21. A bloody
battle, between Mexican rebels and the
regulars Is raging today south of Can
anea. Snnnra. according to messages re
celved bene. Reports which as yet are
unconfirmed, say mat many nave tai-
leii on both sides.
Xouales is filled with refugees, from
various sections of Sonora. More than
1UU arrived via tue west uoast .une
nnd tha Southern Pacific. The town
can accommodate but a few more. An
other company of federal troops arriv
ed here today from Hermoslllo and
they arte enroute to .Cananea to rein
force the federal garrison there.
Uncle Sam Fears Trouble.
Washington, Aug. 21. The wur de
partment, fearing that a clash lu Nic
aragua Is inevitable, Is prepareil today
to sond additional troops to the scene
of the trouble. The tenth Infantry,
now at Panama, Is ordered to hold It
self In readiness for embarkation. The
ciMiser Denver Is due In Corlnto Sun
day and carries 300 marines. It Is ex
pected they will be ordered to march
overland to Managua whera the "situa
tion Is negated as critical, to reln
foite the American forces already
lauded there.
' San Juan, Del Sur, Nicaragua Aug.
2; Advices reecived here today say
fiat panic reigns in Managua as a re
sult of the threat of General lieua,
Ii-aocr of the Insurgents, to resume his
bombardment of the capital unless the
iity surrenders. .
FOOD NOT GUILTY.
Montgomery and Hasbrouck Found Not
Guilty.
Justice Williams yesterday found
f lAVA Mnntffnimprr and Daniel Has-
brouck no guilty of casting sawdust In
t0 tne W4ter 0f tne gtate of Oregon
to the water or tne state oi vregon.
a-he two defendants have been operat
in. a sawmill 11 n Mill's canvon and
km tlu ionvv rains and cloudbursts
occured several weeks ago some of the
sawdust from the mm was wasnea in
to the small creek that runs aown tne
canyon. As their sawdust dump was
several hundred feet from the. creek
and could not possibly be wasnea into
the waters txcept by a water spout It
was deemed that they were fully with
in the law In their actions. .
POOH CAJT GET CHEttBIES.
Six Gallons May Be Had Free
of
Charge at Baker Orehart .
In view of the fact that he has no
way of picking them, poor people who
wish an ko to the Charles Baker or
chard In Frultdale and there pick up
to li srallons of cherries free of cost.
nnlv those who feel they cannot anord
to buy cherries are Invited to. partake
of the cherries now going to waste.
Pmmnt action will mean that a
great many people will get cherries
free In this way.
FATHER
London, Aug. 21. By the terms of
in nf nnaral William Booth, op
ened here tonight, Bramwell Booth, his
son, Is named as tne new comnnmuor
in chief of the Salvation Army. His
father died last night '
General William Booth, commander
in chief of the Salvation Army, died at
10:30 o'clock last night He was horn
at Nottingham in 182. '
The Teteran aivauon anur
was unconscious for 48 hours before
his death. The medical bulletins had
not revealed the seriousness of the
general's condition, which foT ft week,
it Is now admitted, was hopeless.
go tar as known General Booth nev-
...m. MMmciietl to his son. Bal-
Hngton Booth, who. following a quar-
rel Wltn tne general in ion ursuj.v
the Volunteers of America.
iiiOliTraffiEOs
HI
fill
HIT BY BERG.
L
CAPTAIK LOUDLY PKAISED BY
PASSKStiKKS AM tK t Kit. HI
Pasengera Knocked From Berths
Many Jump Into Life Boats Badly
Frightened Cook Says There Was
Little Serlons Danger and Damage to
Ship was above the Water Line.
Liverpool, Aug. 21. With her bulk-
beads protecting her damaged boy, the
Allan liner, Corslcan, which recently
collided iwth an Iceberg oft Newfound
land, arrived here today. Captain Cook
said that at the time the accident oc
cured the steamer was 'proceeding
slowly, having sighted the berg ahead.
The engines were stopped and the Im
pact was lignt.
Prpnnrntlnna vera made to abandon
h vassal hut an Anamination showed
the d&mage was above the water line.
The captain declared .mere was no
panic among the passengers.' Some
passengers, however, said the shock
aram mnat vlnlnnt. ThflV said that tons
of Ice fell. on the deck and many of the
naa.nnrs wnr. thrnwn from their
berths. It Is further asserted that some
of the pasengers were terribly rngiit-
ened and jumped into ins ooais. -Everyone"
on board praised Captain
Cook highly. The passengers present
ed him with a gold watcn Bno a pursw
after the accident. . . : i
POSTMASTER MERRICK DEAD.1
1 nl.tlnn lira 1 MIT. .ChlirllK K.
Ii.aviviif v.v n- ---
oiir iinsiniilar at Portland. Ore.
AiA of hnart fulinrA inilnr. the attack
coming while he was swimming lu the
hot springs near nere.
' Xegro Business Men Meet.
Chicago, Aug. 21 The thirteenth an
nual session of the National Negro
Dn.iiiMi lanffiio rnnvened here today.
Morehan 20,000 delegates are attend
ing. - ; :
PEB0SE TO EXPLAIJf. '
Started to Tell the Senate About Big
Check but ueierrea ii.
Wsahlnirtnn. A ue. 21. Rising to a
question of personal privilege Senator
tiniaa rsnrnu at Pnnnsvlvanta today
UV.a - "
started to tell the senate the circum
stances of. sending to him or a cnecx
for 125,000 by Jonn U. Arcnnojo oi i"
atwiarA nil Mmninr. The callertes
Dwuwu . w. . "
were packed when Penrose started
speaking, but he changed his mind and
will complete tne aooress i u uivta,
this aftersoon.
ELECTRICAL CONTBACTOB HERE.
Walla Walla Picks La Grande as the
Best Location He Cenld Find.
George H. Walte, formerly in the
contracting business in Walla Walla
has come to La Grande to locate and
will operate an electrical contracting
niriM here.. He has. temporarily, or
Anna at Room 3. Foley building, but
will be found In the new, Foley build
ing when It Is completed. Ho has
found Le. Grande the most promising
of several cities Investigated and has
much confidence In establishing a per
manent business here. -
Mr. Walte comes well recommended
as an electrical engineer.
IS ARMY HEAD
k Vnrk. Ana. 21. Balllnxton
Booth, head of the Volunteers of Amer
ica, today denied ne nad ever oeen in
different toward his father's fatal Jll
neis. He declared he had always
treated his father with the deference
du to the great man,
Taft Pays Trlbate.
Washington, Aug. 21 President Taft
vt nalif a. tribute to General Wil
liam Booth the lat head of the Salva
tion Army. Tha president said: "Gen
eral Booth was one of the world's re
markable characters. He was a geni
us for organising of men and women
against vice, and uplifting those usual-
lai-
lived long enough to sea the Salvation
Army forca a every country In tha
IT 1H lUIUIVIWIU mhw
... I I 1 ..4 .rim. n
world."
AT LIVERPOD
HOUSE PASSES BOGET BILL
OVER SK VETO AXE
Sherman Is
Given News
AXSWEE TO NOTIFICATION IS BIT
' TEH.
SUTHERLAND SPEAKS
Wilson Is Bitterly Attacked la Accept
ance Speech by Sherman.
t'tlca, N. Y., Aug. 21. James School
craft Sherman was officially notified
today of the re-nominatton by the Re
publican national convention for vice
president United States Senator Suth
erland of Utah delivered the notifica
tion address. Sherman responded
briefly.
Thousands of persons, friends, and
fellow townsment of the nominee wit
nessed the ceremony.' Various forms
of amusement and entertainment for
the visitors had been arranged making
the notification a gala occasion.
The notification ceremonies were In
formal and were held In Conklln park.
Chn.mnn wan ..n.t. t tl tha noflr hv
a detachment of troops. Following the
ceremonies tne notmcation committee
was entertained at tne snerman nome.
Fireworks will be displayed touight to
complete the celebration.
Accepting the Republican.-nomination
for vice president, James S. Sher-
mon said In part: ' ' ' '
"Undeceived by the clamor of those
attempting to bolster up their bclaln;s
without basis by hundreds of contests
resting on a foundation so flimsy that
In the light of an investigation most of
them melted away like snow in the
tnem meuea away tiae snow in tue
t . . . v ... mv-
heat of a furnace the national iRepub-
llcan convention at Chicago adopted a
platform which rings true for patriot-
Ism and constitutional liberty and
.... . , . ,fc i.i
worthily bestowed the re-nomlnatlon
on the present chief executive of the
nation. The new party thrusts Itself
Into the vacuum left by the phantoms
.h third nartie. nassed Into Ob-
Hrion, and It, too, awaits It The Dem
ocratic presidential candidate, Wilson,
Is Bryan and Parker over again, with
out the oratory of the one or the legal
out the oratory of the one and the le
gal training of the other, but with
the free trade preudlce of both seem
tne tree traue preuuite vi uuut Boom-
ingly W-lfled. It.U .not unkind
to discern that Wilson Is a pedagogue
and not a statesman.
ENGINEER) CHADWICK HURT.
Switch Engine and Light Locomotive
Come Together at Perry.
Engineer Chadwlck is nursing a
bruised arm today a. the result of a
minor accident at Perry last evening
about 6:30 when the switch engine
. .
Of. WUIUU sJJttU Itn, to au .ua o v w
working on the spur there and was hit
by a light engine coming down the
hill. It seems the switch engine was
not quite In the clear and was hit a
glancing blow which spilled the lighter
engine but left the main line clear
engine DUt lert tne main line
s . . ... . a
Engineer tjnaawicii wm uimoou
. . " ... . , th- . ftf
the arm some but none or tne rest oi
. . . u.-
tne crew was lniursu, i m
'
went up about noon to put the switcn
i v-.t.
engine back Into service.
Negroes at Salt Lake.
ooif T abs Aus?. 21. The national
convention of the American Bankers'
Institute began here tooay ana win
. dsn All matters of Inter
est to the Institute will be discussed ij
prominent men. Extensive entertain
ment is provided. -'
Hibernians at Bridgeport.
BridxeDort Conn.. Aug. St. The six
teenth biennial convention of the An
cient Order of Hibernians of Connecti
cut becan in this city today and will
continue orer tomorrow. Tha visitors
escorted by tha local division, march
ed through the bualnesa district tab
morning to tha Church of tha Sacred
Hsan, wnn at iiwm tjwiwi
Heart, where a special solemn high
- , " WSM DDBaiKiSnL I (Til I IH WSV ftVSW-
-
I u. eonTanHo Ppa begaa its
" tasUiT-.
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TAFT" iETOES
BILL
HOUSE PROMPTLY RE
PASSES BILL OVER
SECOND VETO
YETO MESSAGE SHORT
AND TO THE POINT
Believed That Senate Will Likewise
' Pass the Commerce Conn BUI a See
, ond Time as House Did a Few Mo
nients After Yeto Message Beached
Lawmakers Taft Sharp lu Refusal.
SENATE REFUSES TO PASS v
BILL OVER VETO.
;, - ' . 4)
-V Washington, Aug. '21. Au at-
$ tempt to pass the budget oil!
. the senate over President Tatt'a
' cio, failed. The vote stood 34 in
' favor of suet action to 27 against
I orty-on vote; were necessary
4 io pass the measure. .
. Waahlnvtnn Anir 21. Rv a vnta at
... - ; " .
15 fr to S3 agalust. -the house today
. h b d t wa whlch nrov!de.
jor the abolition of the commerce court
over President Tart's second veto.
Twenty-two republicans voted with -he
Democrats. It Is believed the senate
wm Bjt0 pM. tB bu, wn the ieson4
veto.
.President Taft today vetoed for the
aecond time within a ween, tne budget
b.111 bec.u?9 m-e"ure P1
the abolishment of the court of com
merce. .f .
Members of congress told President
Taft that the bill would be passed orer
his veto as more than two-thirds of
both houses are opposed to the court!
Congressman Fitzgerald of Now
York in the bouse Immediately moved
i'-- . - . . ---
JTJSS
to pass tne Dili over i au s veto. - lam
In length. He called, attention to his
objection to the abolishment' of tha
commerce court as expressed In his
former veto message.
OFF FOR SE ASHORE.
J. H. O'Nell to Personally Supervise
I Coast Excursion Train Totugnu
' 1 . ,
eMll0M .pedal will tak.
out a "P m La
Grande. Union, Wallowa and Baker
count ea la an established ff.ct. ac-
cording to J. H. O'Nell who takes per
sonal charge or the train this evening.
The special leaves La Grande at eight
o'clock and ample accommodations for
all who will go Is provided for. The
afternoon train from Wallowa county
. ...
brought out a big delegation which rill
- i . .-...,
become a part of the La Grande crowd
. .
tonlsrht. Registrations ar being mada
- r . . .
hourly and it Is hard to estimate Just
' .
how many will go until the tram la
" . . .
"2 j?pectl" ?U?
1 should be ready to leave without wait
ing tor details at the train arrives
from Baker.
Huntington Suspect Arrested.
Sheriff Ed Rand received a message
yesterday from tha chief of police of
ocatello, Idaho, stating that a negro
answering the description of tha as
sailant of Mrs. wm. Barclay oi Hunt
BUDGET
5EHIDTIUE
ington was nnaer arrest mere, tie re
fuses to give an account of his move
ments between tha Uth and 16th of
the month, tha first data being two ,
days after tha Huntington crime waa
committed. He gives tha name of JaaV
per Charter. -,v -
BhsrtC Rand may go to PocateDo
anS Itrititr thm nrliAiiw Yi&t War. hnt r-
K Jira. Barclay la aWa to travel, ha
wfll try to arrant to have har ant
her husband go to Pocatella to Identity
the man. Ha will probably hear from
them today, as he cjomamaJeatad with
th Hnnltagtoa anthoritsa yeatarday--.
Bamr Democrat
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