VOLUME WL , ; ' PtUWPB. UNION COTOTY, PRECOX. MOXIAr, FEBRUARY 2, 1108. , . , " ' ' . ; a QUE UK OF ESCAPE IS LEFT CITIZENS zzxzs :rEKTvo for NEXT FRIDAY MGIIT. Unless Seven Hundred ' Dollars Are Raised Immediately, by Saturday in t Fart, the Commercial Club Will Be 'Attached Orders to Do so in the Hands or Attorneys Will La Grande Let the Club Go Into Oblivion? United Support Is One Way of As suring lire or the Institution. Unless the citizens of La Grande at- - lend a mass meeting which Is to be held in lh Commercial club next Friday night at 8 o'clock -and take suitable action, the La Grande Com mercial club will be locked by the officers of the law, following fore cl4uie on a $3000 mortgage by Mr. Stanley of Portland, who holds the note. This announcement was made to the board of managers at their Fri day night meeting, .by F. L. Meyers, who was merely a spokesman for the , man who- holds the mortgage. Mr. Stanley has notified attorneys of this city to foreclose at once, but through the intercession of' Mr. . Meyers, the action will not be taken until the citi zens of La Grande have had one last owjtunlty of saying and doing what , they feel Is their duty. Hence, if the business men of this t-Ky refuse to come to tho aid of the La Grande Commercial club next Fri day night, Saturday will see the es tablishment closed by foreclosure. The mortgage covers a sufficient amount Marke To the Public, Friends and Patrons: It is our firm conviction and prediction that the "La Grande Market Day" will be a splendid success. People from afar and near will be here to buy and sell; you will not only be able to dispose of anything you may want to sell, but there will be splendid opportunities to renew old fuendships, discuss questions of mutual in terest and have a general good time. y Speaking for ourselves, Individually, let us say, that we ar$ not only going to take part in the iollifications, but will do our utmost towards making you feel that you have spent one of the most pleasant and profitable days In years, by offering for that day Special shopping, and money sav ving opportunities, such as youhave seldom if ever enoyed. Watch for further announcement. , Yours for A Successful Market Day, jLJIIJ.iIWJ,.,i., . ,, to take away practically all there Is of the club. - Time for Action Ripe. - - At this meeting Friday night, at which every one Is urged to be pres ent, the board will listen to sugges tions of any description to float the club through its financial stringency. For theVjeneflts of the readers and citizens at large who are not aware of the cramped condition of the club's coffers, the following data is pub lished: . , liabilities. Mortgage indebtedness $3,000 Interest on same, overdue .... 125 Note to La uraiiiie K'LIuiii! bank 1,200 Due to stockholders .......... 4,000 Total ..$8,825 Briefly explained, however, the elub does not have to meet the mortgage Indebtedness In full. It la believed, and practically ' assured, that the $125 Interest and $500 on the princi pal will mean additional life to the or ganization. S ' Theoretically, the mortgage indebt edness and the amount due to the stockholders is a debt of the La Grande. Building association.. Practi cally, however, the club has to bear It as will readily be seen when facts are known. No "Ifs" About it. The .foreclosure announcement Is not a scare. It is stern reality, and it Is simply a question for business to solve. The board of managers, natur ally, is not willing to shoulder a debt of this enormity. Hence it' might be well for La Grande to be hatching some scheme to raise the amount, about $1000, at once. Aside from the $625 which must be paid to the mort gage at once, there Is a debt held by the La Grande National bank, but $50 per month until It Is paid, will suffice for that institution. In other words, and stated again, there must be placed before the holders of these debts and mortgages, by next Saturday morning, ( Continued on page I.) Day Silt OIL BITTEN B NO ESCAPE FROM JUDGE LAXDIS FINE. Supreme Court Rules Today That the Elkina Law Is Not Nullified by the Hepburn Act, In Deciding; the Great Northern Rebate Cae John D. Rockefeller Must fay tuo i-:,CC3,. OOO Fine as Named by Judge I Ami Is Contention Was Groundless. Washington, Feb. 24. The conten tion of the Standard Oil company as to why It should not pay the $29,000, 000 fine assessed by Judge Landls, was given a death blow today by the United States supreme court when that tribunal decided that, the Elklns law was not repealed by the Hepburn act. The case In" which this most Im portant decision was handed down was that of the Great Northern Kail road company, which was recently found guilty of rebating to the W. P, Devereaux company of Minneapolis, Minn. . Learned attorneys of the oil trust, who have been groping for any tech nicalities that might save them from paying the big fine, pinned their faith to the contention that tho Elklns law was repealed by the Hepburn act. It was under the provision of the for mer, that the trust was fined. Now that this position has been declared untenable, the Standard Oil legal sharps have been left high and dry. Bryan to Addrvws Editors. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. ti. Members of the Nebraska Press association assem bled here today for an annual conven tion of three days. It Is expected that William J. Bryan, who Is a member of the association, will make a speech. A debate on the parcels post will be a feature of the convention. CALLS FULTON CRAZY OR EXTREMELY "OFF." If Senate; Fulton Doe Not Cease to unpiKwajueorge , urowncii, Erst while Republican Boss in Oregon, the Latter Will Cause Another Con troventy to Be Opened The Kx 1'rctildent Knows a Thing or Two He Says, About Senior Solon. Portland, Feb. $4. George C, Brow, nell, expresident of the Oregon senate and a man who is generally credited with being the political genius who made Charles W. Fulton United States senator, this morning declared that he thought that Senator Fulton was out of his head. "He must be," said Brownell, "to make the charges against me that he does In his reply to Frances J. He ney." Brownell shied his castor Into the ring in which the Heney-Fulton con troversy is raging, this morning In an Interview in which he makes a hot reply to Fulton's charges against him. Fulton, in his reply, charged Brow nell with political duplicity and Insin uated that at one time the republi can boss gave perjured testimony in the recent Hall land fraud trial. At the same time Brownell Inti mates that he does know a number of things about the senior senator from Oregon that would make interesting reading, and that Fulton will have a lecond dirty linen cleansing contest in his hands unless Fulton ceases islng Prownell's nam farther In his fight with Heney. BR01ELL MPS SENATOR FULTON RAPID us or COMinilOH mil FROM STEAMER ON PACIFIC TO FRENCH LINER. Try-out Test of Rapidity and Useful- ness of Wireless Telegraphy Was Made a Few Days Ago Record Es. tabllslicd Sent Message From the Etcarr.T r"' KMiitln to Steamer Far Out to Sea on the Atlantic Answer Came Back in Three Hours. San Diego, Feb. $4. A new record for fast and long ' distance wireless telegraphing, attempted successfully a few days ago, states a wireless opera tor who arrived here on a steamer to day, has been established. The oper ator was a passenger on a boat from Sitka to Seattle s,nd had wired his wife, who was on board the Campag nla several hundred miles off the At lantic coast, and received a reply within three hours. The message was sent to Seattle by wireless, then across the continent by wire. There It was again picked up by wireless and communicated to the passenger on the Atlantic. The an swer came back over the same route The remarkable feat was done as a test of the speed of wireless when UBed in conjunction with telegraphic wires, . ACCIDENTAL KILLING. Portland School Boys. Go Hunting With Pitiful Results. Portland, Feb. 23. Hector Brault was shot and killed late yesterday af ternoon near Mount Angel in an ac cidental manner by a .22 rifle. With Lloyd Hohman and two other boys, he ran away from school and went hunting. A cartridge became jammed and exploded while the boys were working over the rifle barrel. FEAR CHAFF AFTER FREE PASS AND ARMORY APPROPRIATION. Grangers of Oregon Have Today Filed -Arguments Against the Appropria tion or $25,000 for Four Years to Blaintain Armories In the State Rk-li Corporations and Employers Are Always Causes of Disputes Ex poet Grafting Would Result. Salem, Feb. 24. Oregon State Grangers today filed arguments against the "free pass" bill and the appropriation, of $26,000 for four years for O. N. G. armories. The grangers assert that the only active service to which the Oregon militia was ever called to settle was the dif ferences between large corporations and employers, and that the former always evade. If possible, payment of taxes, and that additional annronrla. tlon would Drobablv result In crafting-. I Oklalioma Murder Trial. Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 24. What Is likely to be one or the most sensational murder trials In' the his tory of the new state Is set for today In the criminal division of the dis trict court. Mrs. Llla Meadows and her alleged paramour, Rudolph Tege ler, are charged with the killing of James R. Meadows, the woman's hus band. Meadows disappeared from his home In this city on the night of June 4, 107. Tegeler and Mrs. Meadows were suspected because they were known to have been together a great deal. No arrest was made until letters ex- CHANCERS plaining the crime wasy supposed to have been mlasent, were received by Chief of Police post and afterward known to have been written by Tege. lor, who in turn admitted that he had written them for another .person, were produced. Tegeler was arrested and Mrs. Meadows was taken Into custody shortly afterward. It Is expected the trial will consume two or three weeks. It Is believed the defense will try to prove that neither Tegeler nor Mrs. Meadows, but another person, killed Meadows. CASE TO JURY TUESDAY. iwinnd Scandal Case Has Heard the Defense Testimony In Full, Portland, Fob. 24. Minor testimony occupied the day In the Waymlre conspiracy case. Councilman Frank Bennett and John Annand testified that they did not believe that the ren- utation of Mayor Lane was Injured In tne slightest by the Waymlre Inci dent and the ensuing publicity. E. E. Raddlng was the last witness for the defense. The jury will probably get the case tomorrow. ; Resume Standard Suit. , Washington, Feb. 24. Hearing in the government's suit to dissolve ,the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, alleged parent concerns of the "oil trust," was resumed in Washington today. Since the adjournment of the hearing on February 1, testimony has been taken In other cities relating to the alleged unfair competition of the Standard In New York and New Eng. land. TriHl Trip for South Dakota. Sun Francisco, Feb. 24. In the Santa Barbara channel tomorrow the new armored cruiser South Dakota, sister ship of the California and other armored cruisers In Pacific . waters, will be given Its first government trial trip. It Is expected that the vessel will have been placed In commission by the time the fleet .of Admiral Kv- ans reaches here and will make the eighth ship of its class on this coast. George Sand Eliot's Husband. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 24. That the seismic theory relates to the separa tlon of Norway and Sweden, that Geo. Sand was the husband of George Eliot and that Florence Nightingale was the wife of Henrik Ibsen were among the curious assertions made by Detroit young people In an examination for assistants at the public library. Trial of IIIUlH-ock. New York, Feb. 24. The trial of Raymond Hitchcock, the comedian. under six indictments charging assault upoiw- little girls. Is set for today be. fore Justice Dowllng in the criminal branch of the supreme court If the actor falls to appear his ball of $7,. 600 which was furnished by Martin Engel, will be forfeited. y'"tfttttliUlttlMUHtnmiHiMlltlMIUJ rresenpt There Is no more vital the family than that of the prescription. There should garding prescriptions. We iust "according to the doctor's HILL'S DRUG STORE La Grande m I ' . . r ' " ',:5J FBI DBOPS TO INSTANT DEATH TACOMA FIREMAN FALLS FROM FIFTH STORY. While Working on a Fir That Com mcnoed Early This Morning- and Was SUU In Headway at Noon, Fire, man Hill Falls Five Stories and la Dashed to Pieces on the Pavement limi IU-n....: tf.T !", not F Wlille Leaving the Fire Ladder, v Tacbma. Feb. 24. Reeling back ward to the edge of the roof Just as he was crawling from a high ladder, George Hill, a fireman, foil from the fifth story of the' Davis-Smith build ing this morning, and his life was dashed out upon the pavement below. The fire started In a building occu pied by the Davis-Smith Fuurnlture company and by 7:20 o'clock had gained great headway The flames are supposed to have started from electric feed wires. Several firemen had ascended tne ladder before Hill, and as he neared the top. he was lost sight of In the dense smoke.' Hundreds saw his twist ing body shoot downward to the as phalt pavement. Life was extinct be fore medical aid could arrive. : The blaze Interfered t with power wires of the Interurban line and de layed traffic. The fire was still burn ing at noon. ' : .; Great Carnival In Havana. Havana. Feb. 24. With the Prado Illuminated as never before, the streets a riot of gay colors, flags flying, band playing and joy-mad crowds shouting their glee In true Spanish-American style, the annual Mardl Oras carnival was ushered in last night. Today the merriment continues In a more sub dued manner, to break out anew when' night rails. The carnival will con tinue until the latter days or March, I and will have Its counterpart on smaller scale in every cltly and town of Cuba. This year Havana hopes to gain international fame with her car nival, and several hundred thousand of dollars have been spent decorating the city and furnishing prizes for various events. A race track, "which Is to be a permanent affair,: Is being built to the west or the city. ; Is 1600 Years or Age. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 24. Claiming to have been born In Egypt 000 years ago, and that he superintended the building of the pyramids, Solomon's temple and the Roman forum, a man who gave his name as O. B, Hagan appealed to the Atlanta police for pro. tection against enemies bent on send ing him to an untimely grave. lonsi question to be considered in l compoundieg of the doctor's i I be no halt way methods re use pure drugs, compounded I orders." . h Orejtor --........mi essjvvfj9jtajsj