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S ' j' ,' ''''''' ' volume rn. LA GRANDE, UNIOT COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1908. NUMBER 237. lb ,. :6 f VIFE FAITHFUL TO ' AVILL NOT HELP SEND MARTIN TO GALLOWS XVti-tland Dctecltvea Stand Outside of Cell Floor' and With Hypodermic . Syringe Filled With "Dope" Tempt ; vMartln to Confess Tliat He Murder ' -cd Pawnbroker Wolff Not Sue essf ul Prisoner Denies Relation to New due in the Case. Portland. May 7. Mrs. ' Edward jtiuKU jnartiu will stick Ujf uer uu tiand. No word of hers will be ut tered on the witness stand that would assist In sending the ex-soldler to the igallows. This she declared to the po- Ulce Wednesday night while standing outride the heavily grated door which Starred her from her husband. I Margin declares be can prove an all I l. Attorneys have been secured to defend him. Evidence from the Sa Tlem sanitarium Is now at hand to the effect that Martin was , insane from "4he use of drugs. Kissing Not Allowed. , The prisoner's wife called at the Jail to speak to him. As she leaned forward to kiss him through the bars, rahe was pulled back by an officer who -refused to allow her that privilege. Then she turned upon the detectives who stood about her and told them Mthat Edward Martin would be cleared of the murder charge If her efforts -were of any avail. At the same time iehe admonished her husband to say nothing to anyone. . Attorneys From New York. '." "Tour father's attorneys In New "York are securing counsel for you," -.ahe said. It was the first kindly word -he drug victim had received since his incarceration. Wednesday night tfio police found ca blood-stained over coat and rifle in ra vacant lot near the water front. The coat has been partially Identified a? one similar to the one Martin was Tuiown to own. The executors of the "Wolff estate declare that an examina tion of the stock In the pawnshop shows alfle missing. Martin denies ownership of the overcoa. Prisoner Refund Druirs. Fi The police sent Martin through alkj0cal freight office Is necessarily bound he egonles of the Inquisition by re- .tusing his drug-drenched system the stimulant It craved so terribly. For hours he paced his narrow cell plead ing with his guards to relieve the -.vful hunger. Finally his weakened I nees crumbled beneath him and he -Tell acroxs his dirty, disheveled cot. His moans could be heard out of -the , -cell corridor and In the lobby of the iMiatl'om. So pitiful were his cries that ... . - .... i even tne neavy-eyea arumcs, ana list- lejs "vngs" who occupied the bull pen! e. .ded their pleadings to those of Mar-j t!n and begred the police to give "the yioor devil his coke." Tumpt illm With Morphine. Then the detectives came to his cell door dangling a hypodermic syringe full of morphine before his fevered' IMMMMMMMMMMM1M,...MMMMMMMMII4 GEORGE PALMER, President W. H. BRENHOLTS Ast'tCuhier I V 3 ' ' M' bERRY' Vic PrMid,nt c-S- WILLIAM?, 2d st Cashier . 3 F- L MEYERS, Cashier 3 ! 3665 La Grande National Bank Of La Grande, Oregon CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $160,000 J UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY 4 . z v r ! ? ' 1 Z , DIRECTORS 1. H Berry 'A. B. Con ley F. J. Holms k F. M. Brykit J C. C. Pennington F. L. Meyers " Geo. L. Clesver J o W. L Brenkolts Ceorgs Palmer 4 X 1 eyes and tempted him to confess the crime and take the drug. Polk Finally Give Under. But Martin did not confess. The offer to bribe seemed Vo brace him, for he turned his back to the officers, closed his lips and did not make an other sound until finally the -authorities, despairing of breaking the for mer West Pointer's spirit, gave up and supplied him with the -K injection his weakened system Cash-vd. .. WRECK AT GLOVER. Wrecking Crew Called Out to Set Freight Train Right Again. The wrecker waa called out last night to straighten up a wreck at Glo ver. .One wheel of an extra eastbound freight broke, derailing one car. The wrecker was gone about three hours, ana mere was Out sugnt aeiay to irai flc The main line waa cleared In time to let No. through when it arrived. 1 ' Four Lose Life in Fire. T New York. May 7. Four lives were lost In a fire, evidently of Incendiary origin, in the tenement district this mornlng. i Samuel Sachs, Eva Berg, Hattie Kopelam and one unidentified man, were killed. More than a score were badly injured. Many were asleep when the alarm was sounded. NEW RATES HOT EFFECTIVE YET LA GRANDE FREIGHT OFFICE UNINFORMED. With No New Tariff Schedule In His PoHrKlon, Local O. R. & N. Agent Keoney Is Still Shipping Coder Old Schedule Shlpiiera Are Anxious to Know What is Conic of the Rates Ordered by the Railroad Commls- flon Recently. ' Kotwlthstadning that the Oregon railroad commission has ordered new freight rates to become effective last Sunday, the La Grande freight depart ment of the O. R. & N. Is still shipping under the regular schedule. The rates which were changed to points east of The Dalles, will be fought by the O. R. & X. and that no doubt is respon sible for the non-appearance In this city of the new tariff schedule. The to abide by old rates until the O. R. & N. Instructsthe agent by sending a new tariff schedule. The rates are changed by the com mission and were published in The Observer some time ago, will mean additional profits to the shippers, and naturally, the city as a .whole Is awaiting with interest to see what ac- t'on will be taken, or what is to be- come of the new rates themselves. - Governor Chamberlain at Vnlon. Governor Chamberlain reached Union this afternoon from Eagle val- ley. He was received by a . large crowd arid liberal music, and at ' o'clock he opened his address. He I "in ivai-u urunue mie mis aner- noon. TO KM DETECTIVES WILL CX- RAVEL LA PORTE MYSTERY. Today lias Brought Forth No More Discoveries In the Gunnes Ranch Mystery at La PorteBodies Found Thus Far Show Signs of I'ulson and j Fractured SkullsDay Laphere at - One Time Threatened to Burn the Farm Find Watches. . La Port, Ind., Hay 7. No more bodies were found on the " Ounnes farm today, but no cessation has been made In efforts to unravel the deep mystery about the place. Bessie Conklln of ' Michigan City, Ind., a sweetheart of Ray Lamphere, Is the only suspect arrested in the case and she told the police today that Lamp here threatened to burn the Ounnes farm at one time in her presence. Just at noon today six watches, one of them a woman's, were found. In the examination ' of the bodies found, some show ' fractured skulls others death by poison. Sheriff Smutzer has left here for Chicago to hold a conference with the Chicago police In regard to the theory that the Gunnes farm Is a clearing house for a band of Chicago murderers who disposed of all the bodies to Mrs. Gunness. FORM OF . The land office department through Prank G Bramwell, register o the lo cal land office, has made public an announcement which will mean much to the office itself, the newspapers of the state and the people who have to do with public lands In general. ! The department of the Interior has made a radical change In the form on which applications for homesteads, oesert lr.nus and timber and stone en tries are made. Heretofore and since 1878, the form has had a few minor changes, all tending, to a horten the ADAI1S AVE. I SPEEDWAY: NO BICES Because there Is a- city ordinance prohibiting fast driving of automo biles, and because the city council cannot under any circumstances put an ordinance on the shelf for the time l being, there will be no automobile races next Saturday afternoon during Auto show day. The committee In charge of the day's attraction want it driven home with capital letters that there Is go-J The city council last evening strug gled with weighty problems, most of them pertaining to bills . against the city, until an extremely late hour of the night Mayor Hall presided and the following councilman responaed.to the roll: Monroe, Kreiger. William son, Bolton, Bay, Meyers, Andrews and Curtis. - For nearly three hours the matter of bills was the sole tople for 'discus sion. Later on, however, things liv ened up a bit from a listener's point of view, when the La Grande Entertain ment and Market Day association pre sented a petition for permission to conduct a parade and hold band con certs on the street, the ltd Inst Af ter some discussion In which the feas ibility of converting Adams avenue Into a speedway was thoroughly threshed out, the petition was granted, and the council went on record as heartily in favor of allowing all con cessions in Its powers te further the market day scheme. , Petitions relative to the extension of water mains and various other matters that come under the jurisdic tion of the street committee, were dis tlOSUNElAY CLUSIHC ORDINANCE EXISTS SUGGEST FOLK FOB PRESIDENT IF NEITHER BRYAX NOR JOHNSON, THEN HE. Rumored That Members of the Demo cratic National Committee Have Framed a Plan to Drop Out Bryan and Push Cp Folk if the Former Cannot Show Two-Thirds of Dcie . gates Will Give Commoner a Fair 6how Same to Johnson. Chicago, III., May 7. It la reported here that following a meeting of the democratic leaders last night Governor Folk has been selected to be present ed by democrats as a substitute for W. J. Bryan. :r ; Chairman Taggart. of the National committee, Roger Sullivan of Illinois, Urey Woodson of Kentucky, and Nor man E. Mack of New York, were pres ent. - v .: , . , Bryan will be allowed a fair oppor tunity to nominate himself, but If he cannot show two-thirds of the dele gates and John A. Johnson, governor of Minnesota cannot develop over one third, Governor Folk of Mlssoulr, will be offered. , Mawiachuett for Bryan. Boston, May T. William Jennings Bryan was given unqualified endorse ment by the Massachusetts democrats today In the state convention. The delegation will be pledged to him. ENTRY BLANKS wording ofthe application which Is 'always 'printed1 in a newspaper near est the land filed on. After the 15th. Inst, the form will be much shorter, and all classes of applications must be made on the same style of blanks'. Each class of land was customarily applied for on a distinct and separate form. Beginning with the 15th, how- ever, one form will be used In all classes. I Considerable change has been made In the manner of publishing affida vits, as well. ing to be something doing anyway here next Saturday. The band Is go ing to play and the auto parade for prizes to the best decorated machine, will be carried out as announced. The only feature of the day which will not be arranged are Hie races, much to the disappointment of lovers of excite ment. Circumstances interevened, , , l - however. posed of. The chlf matter to busi ness to be transacted was the final passage of the street-naming ordi nance. Every resident should give special study to this ordinance, as it be hooves every citizen to know the names of the city's streets. The changes made make It more readily possible nd In every way wilt prove highly satisfactory. XV ell a.r.ng In the night, when the city fathers should have been home ward bound, the matter of Issuing a license to Messrs. La Fountain at Do zler came up. Here the council drew lines on the Sunday closing question. Councilman Williamson, Bolton and Monroe going on record as opposed to the Sunday theater practice. The re luctance of these men In allowing a place of amusement to be open and operated on Sunday was soon dis pelled when Councilman Meyers, Cur tis, Kreiger, Bay and Andrews voted to grant the Jlcense without append ing a clause relative to the Sunday matter. This vote followed a decision by City Attorney Baker that there was no ordinance at present forbldCIng the theater from opening Its doors on rest day. A revised resolution dealing with the oil storage question was presented and referred to the proper commit tee. It Is In substance the same as the one which Mayor Hall exercized his veto powers on some time ago, but objectionable features in the original have been remedied and It Is thought this one will pass. . . s ' : Express Mcmenger Murdered. Denver, Col, May 7. Charles H. Wright, express messenger on the Denver & Rio Grande, waa murdered some time last night In his car. The murderers secured about tlOO. The body waa found this morning when the train pulled In. There la no clue. Convention Adjourns. ' -After a two Amvm' iMtwalnn -nt ; th Northeastern District" convention of the Christian church adjourned tutt night. The annual election of offi cers results! as foiiews: President, C. H. Hilton of Milton;, vlce-piesldent, K. J Ford of Hood Ti'Ver: secretary, B. M. Neal of Union. The meeting plans t nt next yr hat r.t ye: boen decid er upon. . . ( . ., , Mrs. I. W. Faulk of South La Grande, Is reported to, be seriously ill. SAN FRANCISCO OUT. DOES ITSELF COMPLETELY". Showers of Mowers Fall on Soldier ' 1 and Sailor Alike Rocoutlon on Land to Members of Fleet Is t'n- ' preredt-rttel Kven Greater Than That Whk'h Was Given Dewey In New York Evans Suffers Much, But la Ablo to Acknowledge, Honors. San Francisco, Cal., May 7. Patri otism ran riot in San Francisco today. The reception to the Atlantic fleet was great, but the reception to the men ashore was greater. Soldier and sailor were pelted with flowers and show ered with adulation and admiration. Enthusiasm for Evans was unquench able and amounted almost to devotion. Not even the reception to Admiral Dewey in New York after Manila bay, equaled what Evans received today In San Francisco. The Idol of the navy was cheered from the moment he fell Into line un til he was driven to the St. Francis hotel to Join his wife and daughter. When the parade reached the re viewing stand at Van Ness avenue, the rear admiral and Governor Gillette fell out of line and took their sta tion. As the men passed, each gave the marching salute. Although In great pain, during the demonstration the grlzzeled admiral frequently smiled and bowed his acknowledgement to the great cheers that greeted him, - Mrs. Charles Johnson of South La Grande, Is still quite sick. "ttt ttttttttttf assti- T0UCHT TO BE THE ( every eHltsi to so LAVISH nw :. OH BOB EVANS JL i low citizens will esteem him for his footfness, 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. This applies particularly to the drug business, be cause, owing to the limited of drugs by the general public, it follows that the re liability of the druggist is the chief guarantee of good service. HILL'S DRUG STORE I La Grande DISEOVER CHE AT WALLA WALLA FIND BODY OF MRS. " ALDRICII IN MOUNTAINS. Residents Talk Lynching as Result of a Discovery Made by Two Young Ranchers Today Mrs. Anna Aldricb Was Foully Murdered and Body Left la Hole of Upturned Tree Ha Been Missing Since Friday Garden City Much Excited. . ' ; Walla Walla, May 7. Lying In a hole at the foot of an unrooted tree on the" bank of North Fork in a wild, mountainous country by two "young ranchers, Dorsey Brunton and FriU -Ross today found the body of Ms Anna Aldrlch, who has been missing since last Friday. The discovery cul minates Interest In , the continuous search that has been made since last Saturday and for which three arrests have already been made. Jack, Bud and John Barnes, sged respectively 18, tS and 16, are In Jail charged with complicity In her mysterious: death. She was last seen alive in a carriage with Bud Barnes 'Friday, while ' en route to Waltsburg to attend to some legal business. Barnes appeared, without her.;; : . Later her strong box was found open and a blood-stained handkerchief wej found in Barnes' overcoat. This morning a $1000 reward was 1 offered for her recovery, dead of alive, -" " - The two young ranchers followed? the Coppol until they discovered the corpse near the site of an abandoned I sawmill, i . ' l Sheriff Havlland and Coroner Mac Martin ate now at. the scene. . Talk of lynching Is prevalent and soldiers and deputies are In readiness to prevent such an act. The people are greatly . excited. ! JONES IS CHIEF. Rescue Hose Company Holds Annua. Election of Officers Last Night -'- Chief Jones Is the new chief of the La Grande fire department. The re sults of the election held, by the de partment last evening - was almost unanimously In favor of the chiefs re election. .' . . , ' . ' In addition to holding 'a depart ment election1 Rescue Hose company No. I ' held Us annual election. Co. No. 3 held Its election early m the year, and No. 4 held Its election earlier In this week. The results of the Res- cue company's vote followr ? Foreman, C. Jackson; assistant foreman, Frank Bayi second assist, ant foreman, Lot Snodgrass; president, John Jordan; secretary, Harvey pay treasurer, Frank Brown. : The thermometer made a drop of tt degrees during the night. At o'clock: last evening It registered 75 degrees, and some time during the night went, up to 80 after which It. dropped to if, making the total drop of 41 degrees. r....... HAPPINESS AND CLORY live an J ast that his fcl- knowledge of the qualities Oregon t r- "
