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VOLUME xn. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1912. NUMBER 4 BULGARS HAMMER UPON GOHSIIINOPLE'S 6ATES Believed Ferdinand City Ahead of ALLIES, THINKING WAR OVER, START TO PARTICIPATE IN CELEBRATING VICTORY Turkish Cruiser and Crew of 220 Men Reported Sunk by Torpedo. 4 Vienna, Nov. 1. Indication that ' the victorious Bulgars are battering on the gates of Constantinople were received here today In a dispatch from the' front. i It is also stated Bulgars are In pos v session of Chorlu and it is probable the capital city will be captured in '"t side of 24 hours. V Armle Meet Near Porte, i London. Nov. 1. The main armies ! of the Turks and Bulbars are battling "i today sixty miles from Constnntlno- pie. according to reports received - here. Military experts believe that Czar Ferdinand is trying to lead his army Into the city before Intervention k by the powers, as occupaton of thai .3 city is contrary lo the wishes of all f. the big powers. sf Cruiser and Crow Sunk. Athens. Nov. 1. The Turkish cruls i er Zthefidelund and a crew of 220 was i sent to the bottom of the Gulf of I Salonika by a Greek torpedo boat, ac- cordlnsTto advices received here, but S' Tin rtntol'a of the slnklnfi". It is FOR TRAINING , lUKtl! RACE HOUSE MAX STARTS SCHOOL. First of Its Kind Here Meets Demand for Such Facilities. ' La Grande's "downs" the race track has been put to a new-use, and on the course, a public racing norse training "school" is conducted. '.Mr. ' Butcher, owner of Tamarack the Red, and other horses entered In the re- ' 6ent races here from the Butcher sta bles at Baker, 'is the proprietor of the 'school" and is now doing con siderable business. Tbe La Grande track was picked for this training because of Its manifest superiority over all other tracks In this section of the county, and next year, it is predicted, the course will be the train ing groundB for a large number of horses. It has been necessary In the past, to send green horses to Walla . WHllajirl the Inauguration of train- Inc ptah'es I'ere eliminates that. Sliii. lo l ire Salute. Washington. Nov. 1. All revenue cutters are under orders to fire a 19 gun salute tomorrow noon, and hoist half mast colors, as a mark of respect to the late Vice President Sherman. Postmaster General Hitchcock lssueo an order closing all postofflces tomor row. Taft started for Utlca tnis ai ' lornnnn to attend the funeral. He intends tr remain at New York to nleht, leaving from there for Utlca In the morning. Ut Vail Tmjnlry Is Sertoli. Columbus. Ohio, Nov. 1. H. Ei. Campbell and oseph E. Gavin were arrested today aa they were entering the postofftce to Inquire for mall on the charge of being Implicated In the robbry branch Natonal Bank-of Mon treal at New Westminster, B. C, In 8eptember, 1911. It Is understood the PInkertons traced the" men to Colum hns and waited for them at the local poetofflce. Canadian Strike Brews. . Ottawa. Ont. Nov. 1. No further velopments were noted toaay in ine (hnrted move by 6.000 members of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employes to strike on Monday, ine Montreal officials of the Canadian Pa cific reported they were not Informed Of the plant to strike. tm USED Would Push Into Intervention. believed a torpedo sank the cruiser. Think War Is Ended Xow. - Sofia. Nov. 1. Believing the war is virtually over, and the allies will Im mediately divide European Turkey, the populace here is Indulging In the wildest rejoicing today. Several thousand. wounded Bulgars are arriving from the front. Report Differ Greatly. Berlin, Nov. 1. Conflicting reports concerning today's war developments are pouring In. One states the Turks have been driven nearer to Constanti nople, and are rallying for a last stand. The fate of Adrlanople is still in doubt, and a force of Greeks Is to day moving on Salonika. Its capture Is expected soon. The Servian and Greek forces are approaching Monas tlr from opposite directions. 1 Sofia, Nov. 1. The Bulgarian for eign office today is drafting a pro-, test to the powers at the action of the Turkish cruiser shelling the Bul garian lighthouse at Cape Mina, Black Sei. THIRD DEGREE F MRS. COXWAT COXFESSES TO THE SIXOEKMIROEU Her Husband Slew the Heiress Willi a Brass Door Knob, She Says. Chicago, Nov. 1. Miss Sophia Sin ger, the Chicago heiress, was mur dered a few days ago by Charles Con way, a circus clown and professional high diver, according to a confession to the police thl- afternoon by Bea trice Ryall, Conway's wife. It Is al leged that the woman confessed after being subjected to a three hours' gril ling by tbe police. "Conway killed Sophia Singer" she Is alleged to have told the police. "He struck her on the head with a brass door knob and then tied her up." The woman stated she was ready to sign a statement -lving all the de tails of the murder. THIRD DEGREE APPLIED. Suspects In Heiress Mnnier Caught at Lima In Chicago Xoir. Chicago. Nov. 1. Chas. D. Conway 8nfl wife, accused of complicity in the murder of Sophia Singer, the heiress, were rought here today from Lima. They will be subjected to a third de gree examination this afternoon. TIG LOST OFF OREGOX. Xortli Bend, Ore., Xot. 1 The steam tug Osprcy was lost off here today all on board. The number drowned Is nnknown. . The following are the known dead: GCS JOHSOX, CAPTAIX OSPRET, CHESTER JOHXSOX, Engineer. JOE PEITSCH, deck hand. CAPTAIN H. JOHXSOX, formerly master of the steamer Berwick, pas senger. ED HARDY, an Indian passenger. The Wedderharn Trading company were the owners. The Osprey reached Coos Bay early this morning and In attempting to cross the bar strnck a Jetty, overturn ed and dashed against the rocks. A tnr coming to the reene threw Caji. tain Johnson a line. He acted like a manlae and threw the line off tbe Osprcy. BRINES RUT "WE HAVE WON THE GAME ALREADY," IS OPTIMISTIC STATEMENT if w fiWw-f BODY MOVED TO ROTUNDA OF COURT HOUSE TODAY. Ttf. Thousand Marchers Lead the ..Way for Cue Casket From Home. LAND OFFICE PAYS TRIBUTE Register F. C. Bramwell and ? IFeceiver C. R. Eberhard were notlllcd this afternoon from the & department that all business 3 must cease and the doors be 3 ? closed tomorrow In the land of- floe of this city in tribute to the late vice president who will be burled tomorrow afternoon. S$vS.33&S.$sS3$384& Vtlca, Nov. 1. With two thousand representative citizens of Utlca marching ahead of the hearse, despite a heavy rain, the flower-covered cas ket containing the body of James S. Sherman was taken from the Sher man home. today to the rotunda of the rounty court house where It will He in -state several hors. There were no bands and no military escort while the body was belnsr transported. The Sherman family today reluct antly consented to a military escort between the church and the cemetery. Thirty members of each of the militia companies of Utlca will comprise It. President Taft. supreme court mem bers, senators and congressmen will arrive tomorrow to attend the obse quies. . (The body Is to He In state from three this afternoon until nine to night. It Is expected a thousand will view the remains. It was necessary to htaln the largest church In Utlca, the First Presbyterian, to hold the ser vices In. The Dutch Reformed, Sher man's church, was far too small. HOCKIN IS DESERTED. Forty-SIx Other Defendants Turn Against "Snltchcr" Ilockln. Indianapolis, Nov. 1. A changed at titude toward H. S. Hockln, secretary treasurer of the Ironworkers, by 46 other laborltes on trial here marked to day's session. A hint that other de fendants Intend to abandon Hockln,' came at the opening of court when Senator Kern, counnel for the defense asked the court to state that the evb dence offered by Edward J. Brennan, agent for the department of Justice, and ,T. A. G. Badorf. counsel for the National Erectors' association should not be considered against any of the defendants except Hockln. Badorf was cross-examined today. Close attention la being paid that part of bis testimony Intending to show that Hockln "tipped off" to Detective Burns that James McNamara dyna mited the Times. Stscai ft M V A UTICi 5 LENTLY JIM BY ROOSEVELT TODAY 4'' uv 'A I Pranks Are Mostly Petty POLICE HAVE STRENUOUS NIGHT WITH BANDS. OFFICER IN TROUBLE . i Locked In lOutliouse When Structure Ileg'ns to Lean Heavily. Complaints from residence dis tricts of the city flooded police head- quarters last night and the aftermath today kept the department busy an swering telephones as the result of a city-wide 'uprising' of petty mis demeanors on Hallowe'en. So far as observation can prove, nothing of ensequence occured to property. In numerable outhouses were tipped over during the night and petty es capes were enacted at various times'. Early In the evening and through the night the police department was cal led hither and thither but usually to find that the "marauders" were gone before the police arrived, leaving In their trail nothing of serious conse quence. One special officer had his watch ful eye on a band of "rebels" and to better grab them In the act of de predation be stepped Into an outhouse In the residence district only to find himself going over with the struc ture which the band attacked with considerable vim. Firing shots Into the floor he frightened the crowd away before the structure actually tipped and It righted Itself again quickly. His escape from the struc ture was effected only by the firing of the shots. Falling to catch them at this tlmo. the officer "laid" for them In a differ ent manner Inter on and nabbed the crowd of celebrators, and started to the city bastile. At the door of that institution the members of the crowd pleaded their cause so eloquently and effectively that the officer, moved to compassion by the appeals to his mercy, allowed them to depart, with the admonition they go to their homes. Wagons were found this morning decorating front lawns, things mov able were moved and the usual ear marks of a Hallowe'en night were plainly visible. However, at noon the police hnvc not been advised of any serious dam age sustained by anyone. Hair Trigger FataL Eugene, Ore., Nov. 1. Lester C is ter. aged 21 and prominent hero Is dead as the result of a peculiar acci dent. He was hunting In the wo.ins of I-ane county with a friend, and rested nis gun on the ground wnlla thov talVed. He tapped bis pine against the gun barrel, releasing the lair trigger, and the charge nearly lore off the aide of his head. He was ' in.i'iod here anc d'ed this naming I aft"' being unt-iiaclous all 11UM The colonel, who beads the Progres sive ticket, and his running mate, Governor Johnson of California. These are new photos of both men. The colonel delivers a Very brief speech tonight In Madison Square Garden, but otherwise is resting on his oars, waiting the count. ' TEAMS IIP MATCH STRENGTH VISITOnS ARRIVE THIS MORXIXG'son carried every state In the union. IN TltflM. j New York, Nov. 1. Wilson became j rattled at the reception given him In llglllllg DUCKS -TlUcn Heavier Than Home learn, 411 Coiilideiit La Grande and Pendleton battled this afternoon in the .first bfg' elimi nation game in the football chani- plonshlp of the year. La Grande's front wall Is lighter, and the local's backficld Is "shrimpy" In comparison with the visitor's back, Pendleton 8 husky, stocklly built 1 warriors arrived this morning on No. 6 In charge of Coaches Lyle and Ash bar. Mr. Shipley is official for the visitors. The team put up at the Foley and snent the morning visit ing the schools and resting. The coaches expressed their confi dence of winning by a decisive mar gin this morning, claiming a well-fitted and well-drilled eleven which with Its superior weight, should have little trouble In crumbling the lighter line. The Pendletonians lined up as follows: Rugg c; Krebs lg: Freedley rg; iStraughn rt; Russell It: McDon ald le; Kirknatrlck re- Brock q; Fin nell lh: Houses, rh; Ilinderman fb; subs., Jordan and Kock. The heavy windstorm hindered the attendance some. . . L DEFEAT OF SINGLE TAX XOT ON LY DUTY. County Option Bill Is Menace to the Counties of the State Su'd (Returning from Wallowa county yesterday. Senator Claude McCoIloch of Baker, who has been actively en gaged In the state' wide campaign against the Single Tax, stated that he was confident Eastern Oregon would roll up a remenduous majority against the Graduated Tax amend ment, but be expressed the fear that the voter would not strike the hard est blow possible against the U'Ren scheme. "The voters of Union county," said the Baker senator, "must lend tholr help to repealing the County Option Taxntlon amendment as well as to defeating the state wide bill. So long as this County Option amendment stands the Single Taxers will be able to work out their schemes In sepa rate counties of the state even though they cannot carry a sate wide mea sure. "To repeal the County Option amendment voters should remember to mark 308 Yes. and by so doing they will lend a body blow to the Single Tax program." T W 1 STRUCK BUTTLE JUS BEEN 'Ml, FOFjfilESTIIIC T0M0R15 W CLOSES A RARE CAMPAIGN PERIOD ' DANGER OF COXGEESSION. AL CHOICE IS IMMINENT Colonel , Roosevelt Believes He Has Already Won His Itace VV'th Three Candidates In the Race, Probability of Congressional Nomination, of a President Is Fearei : "WE HAVE WON" ROOSEVELT ' " New York, Nov. 1. Colonel Roosevelt Is here to attend the s square uaraen tonigni ana win . probably make a five minute talk. 'We have already won," he declared this morning. , ' . ' - Chlca"" Nov. 1. Manager Davles, In charged of the Western Democratic headquarters, made a statement today that hA trmiM lint hp anrnrfaorl If Wtl- :-"u'S"u oiuar uarueu ikbi ii i Kill buu he said .today, 'Ididn't deliver the speech I Intended, to.' "New York. Nov. 1. With the close of the last week before election, the last week of one of the most remark- I able political campaigns the country has ever known,, little is left to be done but to indulge in forecasts and wait for the returns. As the saying Is. it's all over but the shouting. No body knows as yet who will do the shouting but the minds of the people are made up, the campaign Is at au end, and the election of Tuesday wilt only be to secure ah ofTIcinl record of a decision already made. Tonight's campaigning la mere show. The terms of one-third of the mem bers of the United States senate ex pire next iMareh. In a few states their seats have already been filled, but In many others the complexion of the legislatures elected on Tuesday will decide. Five national conventions hae nominated candidates for president and vice president of the United States. Wm. Howard Taft of Ohio and the late J. S. Shermna of New York were renominated for president and vice president of the United States, respectively, by the (Republicans at Chicago. Wood row Wilson of New Jersey and Thomas R, Marshall of Tnillnnn were named bv the Uemo- icratlc convention at Baltimore. The new Progressive party. In convention at Chicago, nomlnnted Theodore Roosevelt for president and Hiram W. Johnson of California for vice presi dent. The Socialist party at Indian apolis brought out the1 names of Eu gene V. Debs of Indiana for presi dent and Emll Seldel of Wisconsin for vlce president. TheProhlbltlonlsta (Continued on page Eight) STATE RIESTS CASE. About One Hundred Witnesses to Be Called In Ettor Defense. Salem Mass., Nov. 1. iWhen Dis trict Attorney Atwell concluded read ing a pamphlet on "The History of the I. W. W.," in the trial of Ettor and Vlovannlttl and Caruso, the state rested Its case today. The bullet kil ling Anna Loplzzo was introduced as a part of the state's evidence. The defense expects to call at least 100 witnesses. VrComas Death Pussies. San Francisco, Nov. 1. Doubta that the bullet which killed beautiful Mrs. Jean McComas was fired by her own hand were voiced today by Dr. David Stafford, city physician, after a min ute examination of the wound. The authorities announce they will take no further action against McComas unles directed to do so by the coro ner. The b"- Is being held at the funeral parlors. , V
