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LA GRANDS, VNHMf COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1908.
NUMBER- 11.
I VOIXME VIII. : -' .l ;" :;V,-V;. , V -..
IILL BE TAKES TO PEHDLtTCS
ACCORDING TO
CASHIER MADE TVO CONFESSIONS OF HIS GUILT
APPARENT THAT HK CANNOT MEET HEAVY BONDS
AND WILL GO TO
Cashier Scriber Will Tonight Leave the City for Pendleton and Portland
United States Federal Officers Here-i-Grand Jury Forbidden to Act
New Notes Brought to tight Today Said to Total $21,500 Gatch Talks.
HrrihF.'' cant) tor rvf th fm- I
pended Farmers & Traders National
bank, Is In the tolls of the law, fol
lowing the arrival today of Deputy
United States District Attorney Evans,
and United States Marshal Griffin,
and two lengthy confessions In
which he poured out his wrongdoings
In detail, though the wording of these
confessions have not been made pub
lic. Nqt alone Is he arrested, but ac
cording to' present Instructions' , from
the United States district attorney at
Portland, he will be taken to Pendle
ton the nearest commissioner of the
United States. court and arraigned.
He will, Is it thought, waive
examination, go to Portland tomor
row and be Incarcerated in the federal
Jail at the metropolis. Such In brief,
Is the sad tale of a man once honored
and once respected, and who leaves
behind hint a family of three young
men, sterling in quality and upright
In their business relations. The pub
lic at large is unanimously grieved at
the affair on the sons' account, TI for
no other. .' ' ' ' T "
A rrettted This Morning.'
While not in irons or anything of
that sort, Scriber has been held at the
bank office most of the day under
surveillance of the - deputy United
States Marshall, He took lunch with
the deputy and will remain In his care
until after the Pendleton arraignment
nd subsequent incarceration. The
charge la embezzlement.
Makes Two Confessions. .
Early in the day Scriber told his
story to Evans. It was substantially
a duplicate of the same confession
made to Examiner Gatch early in the
week, but kept closely secret until to
day. What he confessed to, is not
publicly known. -
The Amount of Bonds.
By the amount of bonds which will
be placed on his head when he faces
the commissioner at Pendleton, John
JHalley, can be ascertained the amount
of forgeries. It Is safe to announce,
In fact there Is ample ground for
the statement that the bonds will be
move than $24,500. The bonds will,
IBLE MASSACRE OF MARC -
ISTS IT REPUBLICANS
Uabon, Portugal. Oct. 16. Twenty-toN-e
men were killed or mortally
un(lod. and 40 Injured In a great
Mot t Azambuja, between anarchists
U4 republicans during the municipal
lection primaries today. The repub
"Cans outnumbering the opponents,
" ' aggressors and put the anar-
tht to flight.
Anarchists took refuge in a church,
"pleading the doors. The republl
n btlned a heavy post with which
T battered down the doors. Break-
windows, the mob rushed Into
rturch and a bloody battle fol
The anarrhuta v.
, .
ot '. fought desperately.
J I nder martial law.
BUTCHER 23 IN GRAND JURY IS
LISBON CHURCH MINED TODAY
FOR ARFtfltGNMENT THIS EIENIN5
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FEDERAL PRISON IN PORTLAND.
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sum which' was embezzled. - '-'
Unablo to Meet Bonds.
While discussing the matter of bonds
with the officials, Scriber Is known to
have Intimated that he could not meet
a $12,500 bond, which at that time
was thought to be sufficient. Since
then $12,000 more have been brought
to light and It Is now doubly certain
that the bonds will not be met. Ac
cording to present schedule, Attorney
J. D. Slater will accompany the mar
shal and Scriber to Pendleton, to look
after the legal connections with the
case. To all present appearances, the
Incarceration at Portland will be made
within two days.
National Bank Examiner Gatch said'
today:
"An Ingenious cashier, a board of
directors that neither knew its duty
nor did It, Is- to blame. The bank ex
aminers have been over-confident."
From this statement can be gleaned
much. No elaboration Is needed.
From" the' statutes and regulations
In control of such Instances, come ex
oneration, if the term can be used In
this connection, on the part of Exam
iner Gatch, for not "leaking" any of
the facts in the case. Even now he
has been as close-mouthed as he was
when he flrst came here. From a man
close to the affairs from the start,
comes the statement that Gatch found
defalcations less than one hour after
he reached here Tuesday morning.
From that time on until this morning,
new cases have come to light regular
ly, until now the sum has reached the
amount stated. "
Big Bunc-h From Seattle.
This morning a representative of
the banking house of Dexter & Horton
of Seattle, arrived with a bunch of
notes said to total $15,000, of which
amount $12,000 are thought to be for
geries. It Is known that notes out
side of the bank which are forgeries
total no less than $10,000, but $4000
of this amount will not affect the
standing of the bank.
The very question the depositors
would like to know Is the very thing
MAKES HEC0MMEW0AT10M FOR
MANT NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS
To recommend the Immedlute fenc
ing and imorovement of the court
house grounds, to urgently recommend
that the county furnish a fire hose In
thecourt house; to recommend suita
ble rooms for the keeping of a duly
, authorlbed deputy sheriff, and to
make many other highly important
rfCon.tnen(?fttlons Is the te In brief
'of the grand Jury report made late
this afternoon. The grand Jury ad
journed after being in session 10 days
and In that time having returned 11
true bills and three not true bills. The
report has considerable length and Is
published In The Observer elsewhere.
Its recommendations are such as
need Immediate approval and cul-
Jmlnatlon ty tha -...ity c-urt
that, for the time being at Jeast, Is
withheld; that is, what per cent will
they bank pay out This Information
will be furnished as soon as the comp
troller of the United States treasury
makes it known. The state bank ex
aminer, and those 'who have been as
sisting him, are sworn to absolute si
lence until the matter la made public
by higher authorities. j
In view of the fact that Examiner
Gatch discovered gross Irregularities;
very soon after 5 entering the bank.
Deputy United States Marshal Grif
fin and Deputy District Attorney Ev
ans were summoned Immediately.
' t It is stated that this was one of the
most trying official acts Bank Exam
iner Gatch was ever called upon to
take charge of. In the organization
of the Farmers & Traders National
bank, the position of cashier was ten
dered Mr. GatQh, and after he finally
decided to decline the offer, was asked
to recommend some one. He walked
across the street in Salem and offered
the position to Mr. Sorlber, who ac
cepted. Both were schoolmates and
enjoyed the confidence ot each other
for years. When" Mr. Scriber con
fessed this morning, both men wept
COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL
FULL SWING EVERYWHERE
New York. Oct. 16. Hundreds of
admirers of the gridiron game will go
up to .West Point tomorrow To witness
the first big f ootball Btruggle of the
1908 season In this vicinity. The Tale
eleven will be the opponent of the sol
diers of Uncle Sam's military acade
my. hlle the lads from New Haven
are confident of victory, the West
Point team has developed some good
material this year, and may make the
blue eleven work hard to prevent a
defeat.
Next in importance among the
games scheduled for eastern gridirons
tomorrow Is that between Pennsylva
nia and Brown university. The Prov
idence Institution has always been
among the leaders of the smaller
universities and the Quakers are not
likely to roll up a big score.
Out at Princeton tomorrow after
noon the Tigers will tackle the squad
from the Swarthmore college, and the
contest should afford the New Jersey
players an opportunity to show their
mettle for the blg'gamet with Tale
next month. . '
Harvard will ' play Springfield
Training school, Cornell will meet Col
gate and the Carlisle redskins will
tackle the Susquehanna eleven. The
Naval academy team will play Le
high at Annapolis, and Syracuse and
Rochester will play at Syracuse.
'Western Football.
Chicago, Oct. 16. Although the
football season In the west began two
weeks ago, popular Interest In the
struggle for baseball honor over
shadowed the gridiron heroes. To
morrow they will come Into their own,
however, when the University of Chi
cago and the University of Illinois,' old
football enemies, will meet on Mar
shall field. Thousands of enthusias
tic rooters, ot both Institutions, will
witness the struggle, and the game Is
expected to be one of the most excit
ing and spectacular ever seen here.
Other important western games
scheduled for tomorrow Include Ne
braska vs. Minnesota, Iowa vs. MIrmou
Wisconsin vs. Indiana. Special Inter
est attaches to the contest between
the Cornhuskers and the Oophers,
which will be played at Minneapolis.
Vktl on Train.
Missoula, Mont., Oct. 16. William
Thygeson, who' has been ' living at
Taklma, Wash., for years, died this
morning on passenger train No. 4. The
death took place between Thompson
and Plains. Hemorrhage of the lungs
was the cause." Ills wife' was on the
train with her 'husband. The body
will be taken to Crooks'ton,' Minn., for
UulMki. ' ' I t .
MILE TO
BEET SATURDAY
bitterly, . It was pathetic.
PoHtdbly a Receiver. :
While The Observer Is not in posi
tion to say whether or not a receiver
will be appointed at this time, it cart
say that this matter will be decided
within the next 24 hours. If not sooner.
So many complications have had to
be given consideration that a great
deal of time has been consumed with
the details of the forgeries. Nothing
from an official source, ; or , even a
suggestion would warrant .the state
ment that a receiver Is to be appoint
ed. - Nevertheless, In case one is ap
pointed no one should be surprised. :
The depositors who have been keep
ing In close touch as is possible, are
still figuring that they will be paid Jn
full, or at the worst, nearly so.
"' Grand Jury Unable to Act."
Early this morning District Attorney
Ivanhoe appeared before the grand
Jury, which has been In setslon here,
and ordered an Investigation of the
Scriber affair. Foreman Galloway
conferred with ' the United States of
ficials and learned that there was
nothing for the circuit court to do
that the federal government has the
matter in charge.
IS
A
FAIR WEATHER AIDS OPENING DAT
: OF FRUIT FAIR .
Elgin, Oct 1$. (Special.) The El
gin Fruit and Agricultural fair open
ed this morning, complete In every re
spect, and with as fine a display of
agricultural and horticultural exhibits
as were ever Bhown In eastern Oregon.
The attendance tor the .first day was
satisfactory In the extreme to the man
agers. On the other hand, the exhib
its are equally satisfactory to the vis
itors. This afternoon C. D. Huffman,
of La Grande, delivered a masterly
address, and tomorrow afternoon Hon.
J. W. McAllister will deliver an ad
dress, taking for his subject, "The
Dairy." The musical program la an
exceptionally good one. The manage
ment has so skilfully arranged the de
tails of the program that there Is lit
erally "something1 doing" every mo
ment of the day and In the evening a
grand ball has been arranged for each
evening. Elgin has reason to con
gratulate herself upon having made so
successful a beginning In the matter
of an agricultural fair.
MUST SHOW TICKETS.
Now Law Making This Necessary Goes
Into Effect In Severn States.
Chicago, III., Oct. 15. The rule re
quiring railroad passengers to show
their tickets for Inspection before
boarding their trains went Into effect
today on all .the railroad lines In Iowa,
Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Oklaho
ma, Minnesota and Arkansas.
The new rule Is not particularly pop
ular with the trainmen, because It
means considerable relay In boarding
the trains, at least until the traveling
public and the conductors shall have
become thoroughly used to the new
system. On the other hand, the now
system has the advantage that it will
prevent difficulties In paying fares to
conductors on trains and will also pre
vent passengers from boarding the
wrong trains or sections of trains.
Difficulties with the conductor used to
arise frequently when the passengers
were required to pay their fare on the
train. This has been done away with
altogether, as all passengers must
procure their tickets before they can
board the train. From several of the
large railroad centers slight delays and
confusion have been reported today as
a result of the enforcement of the new
rule, bu the dltflcultles were not seri
ous, and It Is expected that the travel
ing public will soon become accus
tomed to the new rule.
Mrs. Laura Stults, a former resi
dent of La Grande, but lately a resi
dent f Portland, has returned to La
Grande and will sgaln make this her
home.
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SUCCESS
FOREST FIRES CREMATED ENTIRE
TRAIULOAD OF FUGITIVES
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ENTIRE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF NORTIERN MICHIGAN BURNING
' WITH GREAT PRC-PERTH LOSSES
METZ DESTROYED WITH
FLAMES SURROUND VILLAGE AND TRAIX IN WHICH L.
" ' HABITANTS FLEE, IS DITCHED AS XXSUMED.
Worst Fire In Hintory of Middle Weet
Has Already Claimed Many lives
DlMArter Train Crew Fights Fires
i Death.
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 16. It Is re
ported here that a train bearing 200
refugees from Mets, are hemmed In
by forest fires and are probably dead.
The town of Mets has been entirely
destroyed. ., ' ' '
The flames had surrounded Mets,
and attempts to save the buildings'
were futile. The"lnhabltants gathered
at the depot of Millersburg, to miles
distant. Word received here says the
train bearing the Inhabitants was
ditched In the midst of a burning for
est. Searching parties have been
forced to retreat on account of the
flames.
Dispatches from Alpena, Mloh., say
the fire has advanced on Millersburg
and destroyed that town. Two relief
trains have left Alpeni for the scene,
but were forced to return. It Is im
posnible to make progress in the face
of the fierce fire. It Is believed here
than many small towns will be wiped
out. '' 1; . .
. Whoks SeUlons Afire.-. '-'
Alpena, Mich., bet 16. The whole
of northwestern Michigan is burning.
The. flames have already swept four
counties. The loss of life and prop
erty Is heavy. Fourteen women and
children are known to have perished
at Mets. - Reports received here say a
greater part of the. population at Meti
perished. : ,
Fine Box of Apples. -W.
R. Gekeler was an Observer
caller this . afternoon, bringing with
him a box of apples from the Maple
Home farm. This box contains nearly
every, variety of apple to be found In
Union county. They are all splendid
specimens and would be entitled to s
place of honor In any fruit display In
the land, and the entire Observer force
will testify that they taste Just as
good as they look. ' V
HASKELL STARTS
ADIIACEIT
HEARST SERVED WITH SUIT FUR
10 FOB LIBEL
Omaha. Oct 16. WIlllam Randolph
Honrst was. served with paper In a
suit f r IG00.000 by J. M. Haskell, as
the former was panning through the
clly this morning. A deputy boarded
tho train, but found Hearst's state
room locked. Mrs. Hearst announced
through the keyhole that her husband
was out sending a telegram.'' The dep.
uty then used his shoulder as a bat
tering ram and forced the door, fall
ing Into the room. Mrs, Hearst was
but half dressed and rushed down the
aisle serenmlng. He then went to the
toilet room adjoining the stute-room
and kicked violently. Hearst appear
ed and accepted the service. "'' ;
The suit was filed at 11 last night
and Is based upon the- statements of
Hert that Haskell Is the agent of
the Standard OH company, resultiug
In Haskell's reslguatlon as democratic
campaign treasurer. .
A LOSS OF 200 LIVES
Threatening Town' After Town, and
Frequent Corroboration of Heta
While Fugitives lice Arc Burned to
5 It Is thought that when the whole
story ot the fire becomes known, it will
prove to be the most appalling in the
history of this part of the country.
There Is practically no hope for 200
refugees on the wrecked train In the
burning forest N .
One refugee , who arrived here to
day says that but few escaped, and
corroborated the report that nearly
the whole population of' Mets perish
ed. Arthur Lee, a fireman, and Wil
liam Lee, a brakeman, John Klnveln,
an engineer, 'are known to be dead.
They remained and tried to put the
train on tho track while the refugees
fleed. It Is reported the flames over
took the train crew and burned them
to death. , . ,
Cheboygan, Mich., Oct 16. Flame
have destroyed Bolten, in addition to
Mets.' Pulaski Is threatened. The
loss of life must be heavy. Reports
received later this afternoon confirm
the story that ; !0 J wee : burned to
death in the forest 1
Calumet .. Mich., Oct II. Brush
fires are raging over the entire Cop
per country In northern Michigan, and
the Keewenaw peninsula. . Several
small towns are threatened. The In
habitants are battling with the flames.
The entire timber country between!
Calumet and Lake Superior Is burning.
- ; More "Boys" Oat Hunting. .
Spokane, Oct. 16. Clifton Warner,
aged 17, la the latest victim of a hunt
ing trip. Accompanied by two com
panions, he was standing on a log In
the vicinity of his home In Colvllle,
yesterday, when he slipped. An In
stant later a cartridge In Warner's ri
fle exploded. He fell, exclaiming-:
"Boys," I'm shot." The bullet pierced
his heart, killing htm almost Instantly,
TIFT HE HIS
MAGAZINE PUBLISRES CONCLUSIVE-LETTERS
ON MATTER'
New York, Oct 16. An announce
ment was made today by Hnmpton's
"Broadway Mugnalnc," that it will .
publish In its November number, a
letter from Roosevelt to Taft, and an
other from Taft to, Roosevelt, relative
to the presidential nomination, la
which the president declined to advise
Taft as to what course to take. The
Tsft tetter expressed profurence for,
the supreme bench, but saying the
circumstances seemed to have ' lm-'
posed upon him the trust that he could
not disregard. Roosevelt told Taft of
strong arguments against him la tak
ing the Justiceship because he thought
Taft had the best change ot bclrg
nominated for the presidency. The
letter says In conclusion: "No one cany
with wisdom advise you."
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