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VOLUME ra. LA GRANDE, CMOS' COUNTY, OREGOX. SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1008. NUMBER 23. T ASSURED FACT THAT THE " ." . MURDERESS STILL LIVES. Expert Testimony Shows That the Body Found In the Ruins of the GuruietM Home la Not Tlial or Mrs. Gunness, But of Another Polk Arrest Woman In New York Who is Believed to Be the Supposed Mur dcrcu Detectives at Work. La Porte, Ind., Hay 9. Convincing THOUGH TOBEK.CIIIES v - evidence that the body of the woman - iound In the ruins of the Ounness ; 'farm house Is hot that of Mrs. Beulah Ounness, was pronounced today by ; Dr. Harry IL Long of La Porte, who nade a scientific examination of the charred body. I i. He avers his sxamlnatlon proves the body Is not that, of the supposed "murderess. Long declares he knew iAr. Ounness well and is convinced she -is still alive. It Is believed that the "body found. -was substituted and the tflre started In order to throw off sus picion. As a result of Long's discov ry the police have wired a description -of Mrs. Ounness all over the country. Arret SuMpec-t In New York. tTtlca, N. Y., May . Efforts are "being made today to Identify the wo--man found on the New York Central train as. Mrs. Belle Gunness, the al leged murdereBs whose back yard was -converted into a private graveyard for Tier supposed victims. It is said she jL,."has been recognized by a man who --claims to have known the woman 4e rfore she became Mrs. Belle Gunness. It may be necessary to take her back to La Porte for complete Identifica tion. If, In the meantime, she does -not prove that she is not Mrs.' Belle Gunness, this will be done. ;, The man who recognised her got . -off the train at Rochester and notl- -fled the police, who wired, to Syracuse -where detectives were put on the trlan. At I'tlca she was taken off. She still "'..'persists that her name Is Mrs. A. L. ."Hearon of Chicago. " ikuui .luimi mi -limy, Syracuse, N. Y May 9. Chief of '.Police Condln declares that he be- T1....1., Ik...., T,l....t.. "lleves the woman arrested on the train sat Utlca last night, charged with be 'lng Mrs. Beulah Gunness, is not the' woman, but Is Mrs. P. B. Herron of 'Chicago. Further proof of this came . .iiuu, ,'iaiiMiui ft., tuutiy, in urn niittuc f a message which stated that Mrs. . Herron has been visiting her mother -who lives' near that city. This is be "lluYtd to be conclusive evidence. Accomplices In the West. La Porte, Ind., May 9. Evidence 'lins been discovered which Indicates that Mrs. Gunness had an accomplice 'In berdeen, 8. D., for the purpose of - T7" 1 . W T1.. . . . 1 I . I I -misleading relatives of her alleged vic--ttms as to their whereabouts. An In- tance Is given In the case of Bert sse, who lived at MlshawakA, Ind. Chase told his brother that he was igoing to visit a widow near La Porte. 'This was the last seen of him. He V ilHY HOT GET inn it unii mil rnn nliAl , JUU, rAl ruin ence and the eiperience of ercij on? who have tried a Royal Tailor Silt ttict tie are Pre-eminently the MOST SATISFACTORY Made-to-nieasure imdi you can bur, This yean exclusive patterns - to $ufjktr with toe RoyaLJaltors LEGAL GUARANTEE that every itTBefiki WILL HOLD STYLE and FIT until ion out males them more deslreabl than ever. Come In and. look . ; over the samples. 500 Exclusive Patterns to Choose from HTv17,50JIP was next heard of In a telegram from Aberdeen, S. D stating Bert Chase had been killed In a railway accident Investigation at Aberdeen by a brother of Chase revealed the fact that the message was a fictitious one." Aslle Helgelln, a brother of Andrew, whose body was found In a sack lii the "murder graveyard," today re ceived more letters which passed be tween Mrs. Gunness and Andrew. He began writing Mrs. Gunness In August, 1906. ' . ' One of the reasons for Dr. Long's belief that the body of the woman found In the ruins of the Ounness home Is not Mrs. Ounness, Is the fact that the finger nails of the dead wo man were manicured. Dr. Long Is positive Mrs. Ounness had never been Inside a manicuring parlor. Mrs. Ounness weighed about 125, while the to Jy iti lu woman found could not have weighed over 1(0. No mors bodies were found today and It Is thought that the last have been dug up. Ray Lamphere, arrested for com plicity In the burning of the Ounness home, Is hysterical today, crying out constantly that Mrs. Ounness Is haunt ing him. ' TELEGRAPH WIHES ARE WRECKED BY BLAZE. Uncertain Reports From Cohlcndalp, Wut.li., State Ttiat the Little City is Seriously Threatened by Fire The ' Ulnze Originated In Center of the City Tills Morning and Was Beyond Control. at Last Reports Property Damage Is Heavy. Grants Station, Ore., May 9. A fire, which by 3 o'clock this morning had swept clear across the town of Gol dendale, Wash., 25 miles from here, and melted down all the telephone and telegraph wires and destroyed over $50,000 worth of property, was still raging uncontrolled an hour later, ac cording to the best reports here. . Goldendale Is the county seat of Klickitat, Wash., and has a population of about 1500 souls. ' The frle started in the Jewelry store of Smith Gunning, and spread to the adjoining buildings. The entire town was soon threatened. - The hard ware store of J. W. McKenzle and the merchandise store of J. E. Gappel were gutted before 3 o'clock this morning. To Observe Labor Sunday. New York, May 9. By request of the department of church and labor of the Presbyterian church, 11,000 min isters of that denomination In' the United States will hold special Labor Sunday services tomorrow. All of the local labor unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor have been asked to co-operate with the New York churches In the observ ance. - It has been oik expert- THF FAIR THE FAIR 1 UM CUES IU1 EVANS STARTS FOR THE EAST TONIGHT. Atlantic Fleet In Oakland's Harbor and Sailors Parade the Streets Old Sea Dog la Resting Quietly for Ills Trying Jonrney Across the Conti nentSailors Will Give Their Com mander Rousing Farewell Cheers When He Takes Leave, Oakland. Cal., May 9. With rln.n cheers and waving of flags and clap ping of hands, Oakland paid her trib ute to th fleet today, as the soldiers, sailors and clvio societies marched in a long, pared through the decorated streets. . An Immense crowd viewed the pa rade. The Connecticut seemed to be the especial favorite of spectators. Evans Exhausted. San Francisco, . May 9. Admiral Evans remained In 'his room all day, resting for the long Journey across the continent. He was somewhat exhaust ed by the brief visit to the banquet hall last night and for a time It was thought best to postpone the overland trip, bujln the end Evans convinced Dr. McDonald that he was strong enough to start this evening. Although the admiral's formal leave taking of the ships was Informal he cannot prevent the men who are on shore leave from giving him a rousing good -J) y at the Ferry station tonight.' Several thousand will be there to bid him good-by. At Oakland more of ficers will bid him good-by. MRS AYRES INJURED IN A Mrs. S. M. Ayers sustained a broken knee and Mr. .Ayers was thrown vio lently from his hack .late this after noon in a runaway which occurred on North Birch street. Mr. and Mrs. Ayers were coming from their Sum mervllle ranch when the team became frightened, and ran away. In their wild dash up North Birch street the team ran on a sidewalk, throwing Mr. Ayers from the rig. Mrs. Ayers re COED WEATHER The elements Interfered today In the successful culmination of the auto day program. Early this morning the raw winds put a quietus on enthusiasm, and the committee was early In the day receiving regrets from various parts of the valley, stating that the cold weather was keeping many at home. As a result the auto day com mittee cancelled the events. Something Great Soon. On the day on which the market day had been planned. May 23, the committee will give an auto parade, and conduct an auto race meet at the tic TO As has been announced several times, the Women's Federation of Clubs will meet here next October and a number have Inquired as to th ob tcct of this federation. In order that the people may understand Just what this federation of clubs stands for, we publish an article written try the pres ident, Mrs. Sarah'Evans, of Portland. The club women of La ' Grande are making elaborate" preparation for th entertainment of the delegates from the different clubs of the state. The convention will be in session about three days and there will be about 69 delegates present. Below Is the arti cle: What good will the federation do us. If we Joint It 7 This to always the first question asked when a club Is Invited to Join the state or national organization, and this la the question the club extension committee of the state federation has asked this depart- n BE ELGIN COMING TO LA GRANDE TOMORROW. The Elgin Game With the Local pro fessionals Will Be Pulled Off To morrow 1'nlces It Snows Beck Able to Be In the Game Again After a Brief Sick Spell Full Llne-Cp for the Locals Elgin Coming With Many Others. 1 " - " :r.0".Y- luuiuirow, and the weather man says It will not, the 21-gln-La Grande club team baseball game will be played at the city ball park. Fans will be given an oppor tunity of again seeing Beck, the popu lar shortstop, who was Injured re cently, back in the game. He will play at short tomorrow. Elgin la coming with a large crowd of rooters and will help their nine struggle successfully with the professionals. The club team will line up as fol lows: Furnler, c; Lodell, lb; Obrien, 2b; Beck, ss; Van Horst, Sb; Kooser, If; Zimmerman, cf; Cotteman, rf, and Fuechel, p. , Forty Years a Jailer. Toronto, Ont., May 9. After serv ing over 40 years as governor of the Oxford county Jail, at Woodstock, Ont., John Cameron today voluntarily I re tired from that position. He Is over 80 years of age. W lllle Spence has returned from Corvallls, where he has been attend ing the O. A. C. for the past year., tained her equilibrium, and an Instant afterward received a terrific Jolt when the team collided with a tele phone pole. Badly brulstd and In jured, Mrs. Ayers was taken to the Peck home to await tne arrival of phy sicians. Her knee is broken. Mr. Ayers was not seriously hurt, but sus tained bad bruises. The Injured lady Is about 40 years of age. PREVENTS PARADE fair grounds. This will be In connec tion with Market day and the stock show. A full day wfll be required to see all the attractions for that day. The committee will Immediately bogln to receive entries in the real races at the fair grounds, and when May 23 comes around. La Grande will be one of the busiest places In all Oregon. The streets today, notwithstanding the disagreeable weather, were well filled with farmers who had come to the city. All merchants did a lively business. ment to answer. We would first, however, answer it by a question What benefit will you be to the fed eratlon T If this la satisfactorily answered the other Is a foregone conclusion, for In nothing Is there greater reciprocity than In club federation. . It la slm pyl an equation composed of "give and "take." The club that goes Into the federation only for what It can get, had better, for Its own sake and the sake of the federation, stay out of It. The club that goes In believing that It Is a duty to give the larger work of the state organization the strength of Its numbers and Its small financial support will find Itself not only grow ing and expanding, but every condition under which It exists Improved and benefited. Let us make a personal application of thla statement Ten years ago there- was not a town in the state of BECK WILL SEEN AT T COIIENI Oregon that could appropriate a dol lar of public funds for library pur poses.' One club In the state under took to have a law passed that would make this possible, and failed. The state federation was then organized and at the very next session this united strength of numbers and state-wide In fluence had the bill promptly passed. Out of this has grown our very effi cient state library commission which makes it possible for every club In Oregon to have a reference library brought into Its midst The federated clubs gave their numbers, Influence and money; the federation returned to the clubs the benefits of library legis lation. Other benefits along other lines could be cited, but this Illustrates the mutual benefit to be gotten out of fsderaHnn f'v ; ..... matter of legislation, have not all been satisfied and there Is much yet to do. What club Is not Interested In Improv ing the conditions of our public schools, our food supply, putting our state. Institutions under civil , service rules T Or what club doea not know of some young girl who would like to be helped by the loan fundT About (Continued on paga t.) WALDEN ARRESTS HIM " AFTER HOLDING POW-WOW. The Blue Front Saloon Was Scone of Clio of the Liveliest Puimts In Many Moons, When Real "Bad" Man En ters and Calls for Quadrille Every Body RCNMndH and Feet and Knees Shake Waulen Makes Arrest and fines Lorn of Human Blood Now In Jull. Loungers In the Blue Front saloon were this afternoon suddenly inocu lated with high life when a real bad man staggered into the place and, with a Colt six-shooter demanded that everybody dance. There was no re luctancy. Everybody got busy with their feet at least those of them who were not frightened ln?ta statues. While no bullets whistled, still the. loungers were badly frightened. The man's demands for two-steps, quad rilles, waltzes and Jigs were so stren uous that everybody danced. The bar tender managed to get the police on the scene by telephone and then ex citement was over. Chief of Police Walden made the rapture without ac - cldent to anyone. When he reached the scene of the disturbance, the bad man had temporarily put up his sun. .,,., and Chief Walden boldly removed the weapon from Its Intoxicated owner be- fore It was brought Into action. The fellow gives his name as Jones of Idaho. ( He Is a Iransiont resident, and has been seen here before. He will be arraigned Monday. ' "ftttH OUGHT TO BE THE IT i every cmzen to so 1 III THE Tin SALOON low citizens will esteem him for his goodness, X his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles tf I good citizenship should constitute the code of rules X fof every kind of business t This applies particularly cause, cw'ns to the limited of drugs ty th general public. It follows that the re- X liability of the druggist good service. HILL'S DRUG STORE I La Grande EECIII ED TOR IS LEADER EDITOR NOT TO BE FOCND ANYWHERE, Through Some Mysterious Means Edi tor H. H. Palmer of the Newly Es tablished Weekly Paper at Elgin, Has Disappeared and la Still Missing Last Seen Wednesday Evening In Tliia City His Partner Now at El gin Arranging Matters. . . Editor H. H. Palmer, of the Elgin Leader, a weekly paper recently In augurated In that city, has mysterious ly disappeared and Ms wife and friends have seen or heard nothing ef him since last Wednesday evening. Wednesday evening the editor, and Mrs. Palmer cam to' La Grande to attend to v some . business matters. When last seen he was arrangtng to have some printing done at an early hour the following morning and set an engagement with The Observer job department, to be on hand at an early hour on Thursday. ' Morning came and Mr, Palmer failed to appear. An Investigation disclosed the fact that Mrs. Palmer hsd awakened on Thursday morning to find that her husband had not come to his room In the Hotel Foley at all. i After search ing tor him to the full extent of her limited time, she returned to Elgin on the morning train. v The Elgin Leader has not been pub lished this week. The mechanical force suddenly left him the day on which he came to La Grande, and as a consequence Mrs. Palmer was the only person directly Interested In the publication's regular appearance. A partner In the firm, a Mr. Snyder of Aurora, was called to Elgin by tel egraph and Is now there trying to straighten matters as best he can. Where the editor went or where be now is Is not known. No fears of disastrous accident to the gentleman are entertained,' the general opinion being that he has taken silent depart ure for points now unknown to hi friends. CROWDS CHEEK CAN Dl DATES. - Cake Stumping l'p the Willamette River Before Big Crowds. Portland, May 9. Judge H. M. Cake Is working up the Willamette valley In his speaking campaign for the XT. S. senatorshlp. ' Today he speaks at Ashland and at Roseburg tonight. Governor Chamberlain Is In Pendle- ! ton today- Both candidates have been . Bdd,eMlnK rge crowds. , ... , . . . .. Alienist Huli-Iilio. Chicago. 111.. May 9. Dr. J. San- aenon Chrlstlson. a noted alienist and writer and also a student of crlra- Inology, killed himself today by lock- ,ng hlm,elf ,n a "oon "1 turning on . .... , . Mr. Llneberger of Ladd Canyon, was seen In town today. ittMMMI I T HAPPINESS AND GLORY live ani ast tfnt hli fcl-1 whether public or private. X to the drug business, be f knowledge of the qualities t Is the chief guarantee cf I Oregon i iMMMMMM9MM M M MiMMM.tflAl3L