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VOL. XI
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 10. 1910.
NUMBER 1G2
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CASE TO
TODAY
DEFENSE SPRINGS A SURPRISE
WHEN IT FAILS TO CALL A
STRING OF WITNESSES.
STATt MAY ASK FOR REOPENING
William Gohl the Alleged Wholesale
Murderer Will Leave Case Ih the
Hands of the Jury With Calling bnt
Three Witnesses Reported One of
Victims Found Tied to Anchor In
Gray's Harbor Bay. Wv
date instead of the day of the funeral
because the Rector, Upton H. Gibbs.j
expects , to be absent nearly all of
next week! All residents of Brit
ish and Canadian connection are re-
quetsed to attend; ' A special invita
tion is also extended. to v the Knight
Templars and the Masonic fraternity
generally, to show respect to the mem
ory of one who was the most emi
nent member of the eraft in Europe
and had always taken a deep interest
in Its welfare.', '
STREAMERS
Montesano, Wash., May 10 The
tt of William Gohl. former agent of
the SaUormen'i Union, who : la' on
trial for the murder of Charles Had
berg, and suspected of other mur
ders, will probably be decided by a
Jury today. Prosecutor Campbell Is
scheduled to make the opening state
ment to the Jury today and; be fol
lowed by the attorneys for the de
fense ."- : ',: -U''
The sudden closing of the defense's
' case yesterday an hour and 20 min
utes After the first' witness was In
troduced, caused a sensation. It was
expected that at least 30 witnesses
would be called, but only three took
the stand.
, Campbell , intimated that the state
would ask tor a re-opening of the
case for - the introduction of more
' evidence, if. the report that the body
of John Hoffmen, whom it was al
leged that Gohl had murdered -had
, been located tied to an anchor in
' Grays Harbor proved to. be. true. '
GOLDEN RULE
IIS!
SMALL AMOUNT OF CHANGE ALL
THAT IS MISSING.
CONTRACT ABOUT T6. BE SIGNED
WITH COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Fir. East Adams, South Depot Are
Streets to be Equipped!.
ROBBED
: w
Bobbers Hay Have Taken Away Con
. ,., siderable Clothing as Well
FAMOUS RAILROAD- MEASURE
PASSES LOWER-HOUSE
Washington, May 10. The house This marks theeglnnlng of the end
this afternoon adopted the railroad, ol w vai oa lB0 mum in "
legislation bill by a vote of 200 to
128. Mann, of Illinois, affected an
amendment re-establishing the clause
permitting the railroads to merge un-
house. Leaders declare that It Is
likely there will be few changes in
the form of the bill as reported t
' day, being better than the remains
I rt tha nrlirlnnl wTilh worn tint fnv
., . . ored b;
leuiea loo, io iou. Aaamson moveaj
to recommit me dm wun me in- j
struction to eliminate the commerce
but I think possibly the bill has not
up in the final -stages of the fight
over the long and Miort haul clause.
This clause provides that a railroad
must not charge more for the short
haul than for the long one over the
same line and In the same direction.
It Is the belief that the administra
tion does not favpr this amendment
and Taft's 'speech at Passlac last
night when he' gave, his virtual ap-
provel to the packed bill is being
quoted by the insurgents as a presi
dential endorsement of their action.
by Tart. Tart seemea satisnea
and Bald, "I am not familiar with the
'condition of the bill In the senate,
Not only will the ; incandescent
streamers suspended over the main
streets of La Grande be continued
notwithstanding that the contract
has expired, but the number ot the
streamers will be Increased unless
nreBent clans fail at the last mo
ment It is planned to cloBe a con
tract between the E. O. L. & P. Co
and the - commercial club this even
ing. The city has decided to contin
ue the payment" of $25 toward the
maintenance of the extra lights.
Ten more streamers are promised
for the same cost that was charged
for the present equipment. However,
all' are to be turnea out at midnight i
The districts to toe provided with
additional streamers are one block
on Fir street, one block on the east
end of the : present service n Ad
ams avenue- and one block on Depot
between Washington v and Fourth.
This will i scatter the illuminations
and give, greater service. j
curt clauses, which was defeated by
17S to 150. . ';. : '-y' lj 1
V Taft Seems Satisfied
f Washington, May 10. The , admin
istration bill was today reported by
the house committee by a whole Vote.
been Emasculated la either house and
that 1, contains all the remedial tea
tures ' of the original and that the
thing. omitted is neither .substantial
no 111 ' rt U'
' Thl sharpest skirmishing wm come
VANTS'A NEW
ouhh
FBEEWATEB PEOPLE SEND OUT
BEPBESENTATITE. f
MAKING A NEWSPAPER
Editor. Sanderson In La Grande to
' Agitate Favorable Sentiment
liLH UUV Ll'iUi
FOR CANADA
PREDICTED THAT BROTHER OF
LATE KING WILL BE ..NAM
ED G0TERN0R GENERAL
CUEEN'S "K3TEER IN ILL CEALTil
Small pieces of change and an un
known amount of goods were taken
from the Golden Rule store last night
by burglars. Entrance wis effected
through a rear window, the pane of
glass being cut and removed in or
der to get at the latch on the wln
dOW. ' ".-''-,- "-:y-'':rt "
How much was taken in the way. of
goods it is impossible to estimate
none may have been removed. Had
not the few cents in change in' the
till been missing and .the trace of
the burglar left at; the window, the
management of the store would not
have known that the store had been
; .ransacked.. 0'.,' i- ';v;::-''' i
; Chief of Police Waldon has his
scouts at work on various theories
,' but no manner of clews were left
In the" wake of the robbers. Several
. suits of clothing might have been
taken without the, loss being notlca
' ble from the big piles,. Guns, Jewelry
v and other goods that, tramps generally
, dote on were not molested.
r Go .to 'Jury Soon.
Kansas City, " May lO.rThe belief
is' that Dr. Hyde will bV the last
witness for the defense. The predic
tion today is , that the case will be
In the hands of, the Jury by the end
of the week. 4 The .'direct examina
tion on Hyde continued today and It
is expected that he will be crossex
amined this afternoon. Hyde speci
fically denied all the charges made
against hini. ' He charged in return
that some of his test tubes and the
bacilli cultures has been stolen from
his office during his absence. :
HITCH ANGERS
B. C. Sanderson, editor of the Free-
water Times, spent last evening in
La Grande trying to raise Some en
thusiasm for the proposed new coun
ty to be called "Orchard." Mr. San
derson purposes cutting a rich juky
sirloin steak out of Umatilla co un-
ty's right slde cloBe to the spare rib
and making a new organization. Nat
urally Umatilla county objects to the
operation for Freewater and surround
lng country comes handy along about
tax paying time.
So the fight is on. . Freewater wants
to secede and Umatilla says "no"
Backed in this attempt to make a
new county by the bankers and the
prominent business men of -Freewa
ter, Mr. Sanderson feels firm In his
position and Is now rounding up dif
ferent localities" with a" vtew ofget?
ting support for the measure If he
succeds In getting on the ballot this
fall. He claims some Umatilla coun
ty cltlzenB are forced io travel sixty
miles to reach the county seat ; that
trials are very expensive when wit
nesses have to. be summoned so ' far
away ; that the court hose" In Pende
ton now 1b loaded with deputies and
arious other, expenses that will be
diminished under his plan. . In the
new county of Orchard Mr. Sander-,
son asserts there will not be a great
deal of business and .the . officers can
attend to all official duties- without
assistance of deputies.;- " ; v' v-
GUARDS SENT TO ESCORT TEDDY
ARE BEHIND TIME.
Colonel Forced , to Take Taxlcab to
His Hotel Unguarded. I
MEMORIAL SERTICES PLANNED
; FOB LATE KING.'. ";:'.
Conadlans, Britons and Lodgemen Es
: je dally Invited.
Berlin, May 10. Colonel Roosevelt
reached the railway, station 'a half
hour ahead' of the Kaiser's Imperial
Guard sent as an honorary guard.
Roosevelt took a taxlcab and was at
the American Embassy v when the
guards reached the depot
The Kaiser Is angry at Baron Von
Schoen, minister of foreign, affairs,
for allowing the miscarriage of the
plans, on account of the Kaiser's
mourning for the death of his uncle
King Edward. ' -,
RooBevelt and me Kaiser will meet
only informally 'a few times. They
lunched together at Potsdam Palace
today. ! The Kaiser was very cordial.
Memorial services for the late King
Edward will be held in St Peter's
church In this city on Friday even
ing at 7:30. ' It has been set for this
; To Ylslt President Taft
New York, , May 10. The Califor
nlan exposition delegation left today
for Washington where they will ap
pear before President Taft and con
gress and ask for federal force for
the San Francisco celebration on ac
count of the opening of the Panama
canal In 1915. ; '
To make a newspaper requires many hands and sev
eral minds. '. : ";:'.''' :
Metropoitan papers' caa only be printed in large cen
ters of population because of the enormous expense re
quired; ' ' v. ''; '.'
In towns the size of La Grande and Jther Eastern
Oregon points the paper that first - gives -the telegraph
news of the world au(d then confines itself to state and lo
cal news is bound to satisfy, and please the people.
. ; But ta do this requires aa Outlay, of money and laVor
eacn weeK tnax iew, peopie reauzt( . ;. ..
La Grande and Union and Wallowa counties are en
titled to a good evening newspaper carrying telegraphic
news, and that is what the Observer is today. We invite
comparison with -papers of 'other cities of this size with
the full realization that no loyal La Grande man well be
ashamed of the Observer. : V 7 ,s ' . ,
The people liere have by their t busincBa and their
good will exfesed' an abiding faith in the ability of the
managenienVp print a live, wide awake
newspaper. The better the patronage the stronger the
paper ; will be, and we have every reason to believe that
within a year the'La Grande Evening Observer will have
attained a circulation far beyond the limits of what some
might term its field. " . , ''v. :.;."-v vr v:
The reason for this, feeling is because La Grande and
vicinity wants such a paper. The people; realize that a
good paper is a strong advertisement for the community
in which it is printed, that it is an exponent of thrift
progresswhereas a weak paper lessens confidence in a
community and turns people away. ; ; !
We again call attention' to the telegraphic feautres
of the Observer which are maintained at great expense
and without which a newspaper cannot serve the pebple
! That general appreciation has been felt toward
this paper is best evidenced oy me increasing suosenp
tion list, and that too, wthout solicitation. because every
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one in the office has been too ousy wim pressing mings
to make any kind of a canvass whatever. ;
We reioice &i the crowing list and invite . all who are
not readers to step forward and order the paper. This
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is a mutual proposition no newspaper cau vxusi wuuvw
the peopled support and no people can hardly exist with
out a newspaper. .r , : ". ;.
Thus far the management is abundantly pleased and
has not the least shadow of regret for locating in La
Grande the pay roll town of Eastern Oregon, the town
mat uniocKS some 01 nature s ricuesi storeuouses, lue rIan8 be shaped immediately for
town that is a JEJOOd place to live in, and the town that ir ntertalnment of the editors when
destined to be the commercial center, of Eastern Oregon (they come. . ,
Just as Soon as the Funeral Is Over
Queen, Mother will be Taken to a
Place of Best Court and Relatives
Fear that Strain of Crief Will be
too Much for Her Duke of Con .
- naught la Line for Job, , '.
London, May 10. Fearing that the
Dowager Queen Alexandria will sue-
the funeral of the late King Edward,
the physicians are urging her to take
a long vacation.
The Dally Express predicts today .
that the Duke of Connaught, a bro
ther of Edward, Will succeed. Earl
Gray as governor . of Canada, and
says , that the appointement will be
made soon. Edward Is reported as
having secured the government's
agreement to the change previous to
his death. 1 r '
. ; Forest Fire Rages
t Houton, Mich, May 10- A portion
ot the town of Allston was destroy
ed today by a. forest fire sweeping
over the county and endangering life
The property of the Du Pont powder
works Is threatened. Residents are
fighting the flames at the risk of be
ing burned to death.
EXTREME SOUTH FERTILE WITH
FUEL, SAIS EXPLORER
COMMERCIAL CLUB HITS UPOJf A
GOOD SCHEME. ; v "
Oregon Editors Will be Asked to
' Tonr Grande Sonde Valley . .
SOUTH men
COAL
H'
Danger of World's Coal Famine Over
shadowed b j Discovery -
Chicago, May JO. Lieut, Shackle-
ton, the furthest south explorer says
there Is a vasy area of coal deposits
on the edge of the Antarctic circle,
which 'if mined will prevent a coal
famine In the world Indefinitely. He
says the fields cover four million
square miles.
Shackleton will not endeavor to
reach, the Pole until Captain Scott,
another English explorer, returns.
Shackleton believes Uat Scott: will
reach his destination.
Back la Old Stand.
Dispatcher Corbett and his under
studies mcfVed back into the repaired
quarters in the depot building,' The
place has entirely changed lnterior
lly and presents a more commodious
and eye-pleasing appearance., ' -
FIGHT
mm
BAD M
OAKLAND CHURCnMEX BRING IT
.A EW ARGUMENT ,
When the commercial club direc
tors meet tonight,, the first gun will
be fired In a campaign to bring the
Newspaper Association of Oregon to
La Grande and Union county when
the association meets in Baker City
June 18th and 19th. The club plans
to havle the' delegates sidetracked
when they reach La Grande,' and the
commercial men ot the city will es
cort the pen pushers to various points
of interest In the valley, There will
be considerable work connected, with
the movement and negotiations will
be opened with the railroad company
to permit the delegates stopping here
for a few hours at least No better
mode of home advertising could be
hit upon for though there seldom is
a very large representation of Ore
gon's newspaper men -at any annual
convention, still it is always a hunt
llnir. boosting enereetic aggregation, fight were adopted by the men oi the
'it satisfactory arrangements can be First Presbyterian church here to
made with the railroad company, the aay ana tent. io uoveror uiueue. uiw
attorney general and the district at
torney and to the sheriff of Alameda
county. ;
Both Blacks and Whites of Bad Char
acter Would Come to Oakland.
Oakland, Calif, May 10. Resolu
tions alleging : . the bad black and
white characters will be attracted to
Oakland by the Jeffries-Johnson