VOLUME VII.
LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON. Tl'EKDAY, MAY 6, 1908.
NUMBER 2S5.
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WOLFF CASE
DETECT REAL OWNER ..''
5 ' OP BLOODY SHIRT.
Xnllra Northwest on the Alert for One
Edward R. Martin Who Is Supposed
to B Real Owner of the Bloody
Shirt Found In Connection With the
'Search) for the Murderer of Nathan
Wolff Man Has Been Arrested and
is Now in Jail Appearance a Snr-
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Portland, May 8. The Portland po
nlce are looking for Edward H. Mar
ln of Portland, a former employe In
.the ctty engineer' office, on the sus
T'clon of complicity in and ' of the
murder of Nathan Wolff, the pawn
broker who wai found dead, his body
Oborribly mutilated tand his safe rob-
t jt&e&, last Friday evening. ' -
Martin haa not been seen for sev
eral day. He Is thought to have left
"the city for a Pugct Sound point last
FSnuday. The blood-smeared shirt that
'was found In the rear of a ' Second
Mitrcet lodging house Monday, is be
lieved to have. belonged to Martin. De-
rvtcctlves expect to be able to announce
tMartln's arrest at any moment.
, Detection Was Difficult.
I')
i 'j The detection of Martin was
.sdered doubly difficult because, of the
tfcct that the bloody shirt which final
1y led to his detection,' was not marked
wlth Martin's name, but with the
f
j',fiame of its previous owner who had
f left It at a local ; pawn shop.. Iter
!I.Mnrtln procured It, gave his name and
address; to the pawnbroker when he
purchased the shirt, and this was the
ft f-t The garment was next seen when It
r t v JF3 found by the police In the rear of
I Jihe lodging house In the north end
It was then smeared with blood and
torn.
Points to Guilt.
- This fact with the sudden disap
pearance of Martin, point to his guilt
In an irrefutable manner, asserts Cap
tain of Detectives Batty.
Martin was arrested last winter for
having opium In his possession, but
was later released. A' few daya ago
the suspected man sold his surveyor's
Instruments to a local stationery and
book concern.
. Searching Northwest.
The entire northwest la being comb
ed In search for Martin. A special
detective description Is being prepared
for the cities about San Francisco, as
It ia thought he may attempt to lose
himself in the crowds that are now
In those cities because of the presence
of the Atlantic fleet
West Point Graduate.
Edward H. Martin, the ' man 'the
police -are looking for In connection
with the Nathan Wolf murder, is a
graduate of West Point military col
lege, Fordham college,, the New York
Law school and . the University of
Oregon. He Is 85 years of age.s -
He is said to have been 111 of late.
Temporarily he was In the city engU
neer's office. He was last seen by his
wife Sunday evening.? 7' . " ' . . '
. Martin in Portland. t
Edward H. Martin, accused by the
police of the murder of Nathan Wolff,
the collateral broker who was mur
dered Friday evening, called 'at the
house of Mrs. J. J. Boyle at noon to
day and asked her to inform the po
lice that he would, give himself up, at
the central station at 6 o'clock this
afternoon. He then disappeared. Mrs.
Boyle immediately telephoned Martin's
message to Chief of Police Grltzm'a
chcr. Fifty police Immediately sur
rounded that district . In which the
Boyle house Is. located.
, Arrest Follows Quickly
" Martin was arrested at 1:45 today
by Detectives Tlchnor , and Hlllyer,
near the house of Mrs. Boyle on the.
east side. He made no resistance and
willingly accompanied the "officers to
the patrol box. A wagon load of offi
cers was rushed across the river to
the scene of the ,arrest and the sus
pect was then taken to the city prison.
LED STMCE
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EXTRAVAGANT SUBURBAN
WOMAN NOW IN PRISON.
HAVE DISCOVERED
HORRIBLE CRIME
MEN AND WOMEN WERfi ; "
. ACTUALLY DECAPITATED.
The Envy at Day With Her Dresses,
Her Livery and Her Automobiles,
a Chicago Suburb Woman Finally
Discloses Hor True Color At Night1
She Lured Young Girls to Slavery,
While In tho Daytime She Led Her
' Society Acquaintances. -j
' Chicago, 111., May 5. A strange
double life led by Mrs. Lemue Schlot-
ter ended today In an Indeterminate
ontono tn th tsto fenttitlrv.- In
Glencoe, a fashionable , suburb, J Mrs.
Schlotter was known as the wife of a
wealthy jeweler. ' Her automobiles and
livery and dresses were the envy of
all Glencoe. . V.
In the tenderloin she was known
equally as well under another name,
as Laona Barrlty. Her escort' Was
known as one In which young girls
were lured to slavery. When Leona
Barrlty was arrested, the story of her
double life was revealed. ',
real war In India. Although the
British forces won the - first : battle
fought with Afghanistan, the Invaders
have not been driven back across the
border and It Is feared that the Brit
ish troops on hand may not he strong
enough to do this. , Apparently invad
ers hope to start a '"Holy war," and In
flame alt India. ' '" .
California Primaries.
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STREET CAR STRIKE LIKELY.
Municipal Ownership Has Its Trials as
Well as Private Concerns.
Cleveland, Q May 5. At 2 o'clock
this afternoon -the street' car men of
the "Municipal Traction company, the
new 8-cent company, will determine
whether they will call a strike on all
lines or not.
The Union officers have given Pres.
Ident Dupont until that time to name
referees, on a legal board. This
to decl r th C"ntr8f ' n
t'leveland Electric line Is now binding
on the. municipal line. If Dupont does
not act a strike wlll.be called. ',""
La Port, Ind., Highly Excited Over the
Discovery, That One- Woman and
'Three Children Were Burned to
Death, and a Man and a Woman Be
headed by Outrageous Crime Fiends
' Find Sack Containing Limbs and
, Hacked Body of One,
La Porte, Ind., May (.Crime In
volvlng the burning to 'death of a wo
man and three children and the decap
itation of a man anil a wmnn: H.tr
heads being found In sacks, has de
veloped one of the greatest mysteries
the police of this or any other city in
the country have ever been, confront-
edwlth. v .
A week ago the home of Mrs. Belle
Gunness was burned, and Mrs. Gun
ness and her three children perished.
As a result of this fire the police ar
rested Ray Lamphere, This was toon
followed, by the discovery of a sack
containing the legs, arms and hacked
body of Andrew Holder green, .near
the fence of Gunness' home. The
mystery was then Increased-, by ' the
finding of a sack In which . was the
skeleton of a woman. The last skele
ton has not been Identified yet.
Evidently It has been placed there.
some time before Heldergreen's muti
lated remains were. Heldergreen was
Inst seen alive on February' i. ; He
came from Aberdeen, S. D. ,
Lnmphere insists he knows nothing
of the crime.' A brother of Helder
green says that Andrew came, to La
Porte to marry Mrs. Gunness, whom
heTad""'' become acquainted with
through an affinity agency. Lamp
here told, the police he knew Helder-
creen and said he had gone to Sweden.
San Francisco, May 5.- "Political
reform"- Is the slogan in the political
battle to be waged In today's primar
ies throughout California, the culmin
ation of a wordy warfare . which has
been waged within the ranks of both
ths democratto and republican parties
for many months. Leaders of the Lincoln-Roosevelt
- Republican league,
which has been fighting the republi
can organisation, declare that an over
whelming victory for reform prlncl
pies is certain.
THOUSANDS CO
TO SEE FLEET
, k Wife' of Prlieflghter Sails. '
Detroit, Mich., May 5. Mrs. Noah
Brusse, wife of Tommy . Burns, the
prizefighter,, will sail for Europe to.
morrow to Join her husband.- "
Because you see an article advertised, or on display, In, our windows at a
price you think ridiculously low, that It must be cotton or shoddy. D like
the man who stopped before oui Clothing window Saturday and noted the
price of 12.28 on some regular J4.00 and 15.00 Boys' Suits, who came Into
;he store and said: "My reason tells me you can't do what your prices and cards in tho window state, or
else those suits are cotton suits.". Imagine his surprise when he found that the suits were not only exactly
what thpy were represented to be, but special good values at the regular prices. .
DON'T
IMAGINE
F OUR PRICES APPEAL have never, don't now; and never expect to buy and offer you anything
but absolutely reliable goods from the best makers and our facilities for
gating goods of all descriptions are such that we are able, frequently, to of-
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tflL'CfcJ I I U is I tm fer reliable goods at almost unbelievable pi Joes. But rest assured, the goods
will always bo up to the usual high standard we maintain In all departments. Remember,
TESTIMONY IN RUEF CASE.
Ex-Mayor Schmlts's Action Brought to
Light by Witness Today.
San Francisco, May 6'. The cross
examination, of J.- E. ' Green, of the
Parkside Realty company, In the trial
of Ahiahnm Ruef, on the charge of
brib-i,g supervisors to vote In favor of
a railway franchise to the Parkside
Company additions, was resumed to-
r;ieen told of- Mayor Si-hmltz's sug-
.!" !m that the Parkside people
.'i.Mild see the United Railroads com
nr.ny about the franchise and of a
onsultatlon. with Judge Cope, attor
iry for the Parkside compuny, with
r.v.ef. 'n recnnl to th6 latter's fee If
he successfully secured " a franchise,
Cri'cn conltd that Rudolph Sprecklei
-;is In the company.
EVANS JOINS HIS
MAJESTIC BATTLESHIPS. '
At Three Thirty O'clock This After
noon the Atlantic Battleship Fleet
Raised Anchor and Steamed Oat a
Santa Cms Harbor tor San Francis
co City la In Readiness to Reoetva
' the Fleet Old Sea Dog Back at
' Ills Post.-
San Francisco, 'Cal., May S. Every
train and every steamer is pouring; In
Its thousands Into San Francisco. The
to Its decorations. The hotels ars .
filled to capacity, but private houses
ars taking many and It Is believed
that all will be accommodated. Dor-,
Ing the day a number of special train '
will arrive from Utah and the north. -
Ths work of selecting 2600 girls who .
will dance with 1500 sailors from ths
fleet at a ball to b given at the Call-
fornla club .on May It, began today.
The ball Is expected to be the most.',
popular one of the entire program, -
A number of excursion vessels went
out today to meet the fleet and accora- ..
pnny It to the lightship, where it will ;
remain until 11 tomorrow morning. '
The arrival of the fleet at the light
ship will be announced by ths burn
ing of S00 pounds of red fire. ' s, ,.
- Evans Jul its Fleet.
San Crus, May 5. Admiral Evans
, Joined his fleet today, but he ts still
a very sick man. Orders for ths
.commander In chief to join the fleet
wererecelved this morning, and at
0:80 o'clock the Connecticut. steamed
serosa- the bay of Monterey to lake
the admiral .'aboard The tender
Yankton also went With the Connect!- .
out. ,f i . ; V-;.V ' ". v '".'
Before salllna all stern nhn wm
Uiacss Ills Health Intervenes, Senator ramftVrA trnm tha BAmtr.v. a
I Follctte Will iJinh the Senate the admiral's swinging chair was ar-
Death In Evans Family.
San Francisco, May t. Admiral
Robley D. Evans, as he Is speeding
north this, morning to take command
of his great string' of battleships, is
spending the saddest momenta he has
experienced since he left Hampton
Roads. His favorite grandson, Robley
Evans Sewall.'t years old, lied dead
at the home of its parents in Wash
ington. '';,Wheii ths news reached the
admiral he was Visibly shaken. Evans
and the child were much together In
Washington, s He was the son of Vlr
glnla Evans, tho , r.Jry.lral'a younjjest
daughter. ''i I ' v'j ' '' '. ..'
U FOLLETTE
HAS TARFFPLAh
WISCONSIN SENATOR MAY
YET PRESENT ARGUMENTS.
If Yoii See It In OufAd If s So
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NEV INDIES' OXIXRDS.
Just received In black, tan and
brown kid and patent leather, In plain,
lace and blucher style. New cuts and
new heels. ' Turned and welt soles In
widths B, C, D and E.
$i5s $3.00, 93.50, 94.00, 94-50, 14.75
and 93.00.
NEW PARASOL8.
Ia black, white, blue, brown, etc.. tn
plain. Plaid and ring dot effect, with
plain and deep hemstitched edges In
this season's most popular silks.
' 9L59 up.
Children's Parasols 95c up.
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75c to 81.25 special lot Waists In dark
and medium cplors. Choose, this
, week at, only 39c
Skirts worth up to $1.50, this week
.. 92.98. Good assortment In plain
colors. Striped checks' and plaid ef
fects In light and medium colors;
special this week 93.99
NEW SILK WAIKTING8 Just received
by express. A goodly assortment In
figured stripe checks,' self-olored
stripes and plaid effects In season's
most popular color effects, per yd.
......91.00 and 91.95
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'. New Joiwy for Taft.
Trenton, N. J., May B. Nearly 1
03" delegates assembled here today In
the New Jersey state republican con
vention, which will eelct four delegates
at large and ratify the election of 20
district delegates to the Chicago con
vention. Governor Fort will doubtless
be chosen as one of the delegates at
Inrge, other candidates for places
among the big four being former Gov
ernor Murphy, Senator Brlggs, Sena
tor Kean, John W. Griggs and David
Dalrd. A movement to Instruct the
delegates for Taft has been started
and In any event the delegation from
New Jersey will doubtless favor his
candidacy. . '
With a Tariff Speech of the Borne
Tenor Wlik h He Did Recently on
Money Mutters His Measure Pro
vides for a Noii-Partlsan .Tariff
Commission. ' '
Washington, D. C, May 6.- If Sen
ator Robert M. La Follette's health re
turns before the adjournment 'of the
senate. It is stated ho-wlll deliver, a
furlff speech In which he will 'take
unusual grounds. Just prior to' leav
ing the senate for his sickbed, 'La Fo-
lette Introduced a tariff commission
measure providing for a strictly non
partisan commission," on which large
business interests-, and ' communities
should be properly represented. He
proposed that the commission should
be paid high salaries, be permanent.
and have the whole subject' of tariff
schedules turned over to It. This
would virtually operate . to take the
tariff out of politics. In support of
the measure It Is said La Folli-tte will
nuke a speech which. will be hardly
lest sensational than was his recent
money speech, -
ranged so the official could be swung
aboard If necessary. A heavy sea was
running.
Rear Admiral Thomas lowered his :
blue pennant and hoisted the red pen
nant this morning. The fleet will sail
for San Francisco this afternoon at .
8:30 instead of IS. SO, as planned. Ths
two divisions will merge In the bay. j
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-i ARREST "DOPE" FIEND. '
Half Grenner and Half Indian In Jail .
Cliarued With Using Dope.'
Chief Walden today rounded up an
Individual who gives his nationality as
half Mexican and' half Indlnn. Ths
man Is sadjy addicted to the use of
I morphine and will be given a farewell
reception at the. depot St the earliest
possible moment. In Jail. , today . ha
slept most of the time. His counte
nance betrays his vile habit. .
A 1 4i ml Contest Case.
Arguments In a land contest case
j were heard In the local land office
today.. , The principals are George H.
Elmer, contestant. Slid Joseph Plant,
' contested. ,.
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New York Masonic Lodge.
New York, May 5. A three" days'
session of the Masonic grand lodge of
the state of New York was conv
menced here today. .The master
each lodge, In the state, the past grand
officers, district deputies and other
Masonic officers, numbering several
hundred, ars inattendance.' The pres
ent grand master Is Townsend Scud
der of Brooklyn. It Is believed that
he will bs succeeded as ths head of
tha Masons of the stats by 8. Nelson
Sswyer of palmyra. Both Mr. Scud
der and Mr. Sawyer are supreme court
Justices.
. Great Brllala at War.
Lotion. May B. All F.ngland Is ex.
cited todayover what appears to be a
jOUGHT TO BE TMt HAPPINESS AND
II every citizen to $3 llvs an J act that his Tel- t
low citizens will esteem him for his foodness,-1
his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of :
good citizenship should constitute the code of rules : ;
for every kind of business whether public or private, i I
This applies particularly to the drug business, be-::
cause, owlnjl to the limited knowledge of the qualities ; :
of drugs by the general public, it follows that the re
liability of the druggist Is the chief guarantee of
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