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VOLUME VllL
LA GRANDE, CXTO! COISfrrT, OREGON, TUIIJSOAY, OCTOBER 8. 1908.
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SCRIBER UOIVS
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NO HOPE TO GIVE BAIL ;
AND GOES TO PRISON.
Sloops In Pendleton Hotel With Mar.
ttlial and a Seill , Guard at Ills
Door Night's Sleep Unbroken III
. . Demeanor la Anything , But Re
morseful No Use to Attempt to
, . Give Ball He Says Left on. No. 1
, for Porttand Prison Life.
Pendleton. Oct !. (Special.) J
W. Scrlber, former cashier' of the sus
pended Farmers & Traders National
bank In La Grande, la now on his way
to Portland, where he will be lncar
cerated until the grand jury meets In
November to consider the rharges pre
ferred by the , federal department of
Justice against the defaulter.
Bad at $25,000.
Early this forenoon Scrlber was ar
raigned before Commissioner John
Hailey of the federal court .Standing
there firm In his attitude of a martyr,
he exclaimed: "It Is no use I can't
meet It" The statement followed the
announcement from the cour't that
fh ball would be 125,000. ; r.
; . Coos on No. 1. J -.
The arraignment took tfjace ' this
morning and when passenger train No.
' 1 arrived here, Scrlber was taken oh
It and whirled away to prison life.
During the day he was not placed In
Jail, but was kept In the hot el under
the closest posa'lole j'urveill nee.. .v
oirpi. urn nii inaif.
Scrlber slept the night out after ar
riving here. In a room at tho hotel,
, giving no signs of mental worry. He
retired In the same bed with the dep
uty United States marshal, and no
sooner touched the pillow than he
dozed off to sleep, enjoying an un
broken night's rest, He slept until
late breakfast hour. . '
Guard at Door.
While Scrlber slept, an armed
guard stood oh the outside of the room
floor. Scriber's effects were carefully
searcnea Derore retirement.
. " Shows No Anguish.
The deputy marshal has given out
an Interview here today to the Pen
dleton East Oregonlan, and that paper
will say tonight, that . when Scrlber
was' taken from his home In La Grande
lane nisrnt. 11 was wunnui in
semblance of remorse or. anguisn.
"With his family standing about him
weeping in extreme sorrow at. the
parting about to take place. Scrlber
lield his head erect as afore" and left
his home, presumably for years or a
decade, without shedding a tear. His
personal behavior was a surprise to
.the deputy, : ,
gorlber left two stalwart sons In La
Grande. . The guard found the city,
as a unit, entertaining . nothing but
sympathy for the family. ' and that
"they have-not loBt an Iota of respect
from the citizens of La Grande. What
feeling the gua.ro found In that city
relative to Scriber's misdoings, he re
frained from touching upon.
V r . ' Many Wagers In Oregon. : .
Salem, Ore., Oct 29. Several thous
ands are wagored here on the out
come of the presidential . election.
"Lucky" Jack Peterson has bet J1000
against $500 that Taft will win. There
are many bets on pluralities and ma
jorities In Oregon. . ' ' '
Killed In Runaway. ":
Pendleton. Oct 18. A the result
of a runaway accident Sunday after
noon at Hermlston, William Sommer
ville Brown, aged J9, proprietor of the
Hermlston dairy, died yesterday at
Hotel Wllllame In that city. , -Mr,
Brown was Injured Internally as the
Tesult of being thrown from ha wagon.
Lynn. Mass., Oct 2. John W.
Hutchinson, aged 17, poet and vocalist
and also a friend of Lincoln. Harrison
and other acted abolitionists, waa as
phyxiated today la bis home by gas
from a heater.
Ask FtnauriaJ Aid.
Boston, Oct The Woman's
Suffrage association In session here,
today sent President Roosevelt an ap
peal, tasking that he include In the
forthcoming message to congress, a
HV a VtrffaOTWsUlh to be" use forproJ
motlng International relations and
courtesies.
Cleveland Cme In Court
. New Tork, Oct 29. Broughton
Branderburg, the magailne writer ar
rested In connection with the sale to
the New York Times of the letter pur
porting to be an endorsement of Taft
by the late ex-President Grover
Cleveland, was arraigned in the' court
of general sessions. The Indictment
charges larceny In the second degree.
A bond of $1500 was furnished. ;
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VERDICT OF SOME
A SORT EXPECTED EARLY.
Arguments In Murder Case Occupy All
Forenoon Greek Riot Cae Now
Holding Attention of Circuit Court
Several Divorce Canes Disposed of
and Divorce Decrees Will Folloiv In
' Each InsUnee Look for Verdict
Momentarily. " ' .
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The Moore murder case has gone
10 the" Jury and the man's fate will
be known 1n a few hours,' according
to common" belief. -The arguments
occupied several hours, more than an
ticipated, and the case did not go to
the Jury until the afternoon hour. A
verdict is expected momentarily this
afternoon. . !
Tho Greek riot case, near Elgin re
cently. Is now occupying the attention
of the court' The following cases
have been disposed of: A '
In the case of Mary McCoy against
J. E. McCoy. Taken by default and
decree of divorce will follow. '
. George E. Hayes against Thomas J.
Edwards, e,t al., default taken and de
cree for plaintiff will follow.
W. W. Grass, against S. Still, et al.,
suit to quiet title: taken by default and
decree for plaintiff Will follow.
Lovina Gates against S. P. Gates:
default and decree of divorce will fol- ,
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bart; same as above.
SERVIA IPPEAIUO RUSSIA
" AID III T1WLEL
fOi)
Belgrade, Oct. 29. Despairing at
the prospect' of being altogether ig
nored in the coming Balkan ' confer
ence, the Servian parliament today
telegraphed the Russian Douma, ask
ing that Russia consider an alliance.
The message said:
"Do not abandon us to our afflic
tion." . The message further said that Ser
vla and Montenegro would never aub
mlt to Austria' absorption of Bosnia
and Herzegovina. The diplomatic
corps Is awaiting indication from St
Petersburg as to what action will be
taken on the telegram by Russia. If
Russia heeds the plea, a new situation
will arise for the conference of pow
ers to dispose of.
Street Caw Panic, .
San Francisco, Oct 2. Sereral
persons wert Injured today In a panic
when a motorman of a Bryant and
Polk atreet car collided with, another.
Tho latter ear Jumped tha track.
HANDS OF JURY
DRAGS RUSSIA
INTO 11 ISS
DHE SOCIALIST
I!! CONGRESS
inLLQUIT OF NEW YORK WILL
BE FIRST IN HISTORY.
New Era About to Be Marked In-Con-BTwlonal
History To AU Apiear-
aitcea Morris Hillqult of New York
Will Enter Congress Next Term-
Other Great Parliaments Hare Red
' Flag Representative Hillqult la a
Great Matt Mentally.
New York, Oct l. If present ap
pearances are not deceitful, : Morris
Hillqult of New York, will likely be
the first socialist congressman to take
his seat In tha United States house of
representatives and rafee the red 'flag
of social revolution In the midst of
that august body. If elected, as now
seems probable, Hillqult will have as
his constituents the people of the lower
East Side, where J. G. Phelps Stokes
and Robert Hunter, the famous "par
lor socialists," are also running for the
State assembly.
Both republican : and democratic
leaders admit -that the socialists In
this particular section of the city are
making heavy inroads among their fol
lowers and that a very large propor
tion of the first voters on the East
Side below Fourteenth street enroll
under the emblem of the hammer and
uplifted torch. ' . .
While the socialist campaign In al!
the districts ,wher! there Is antelngrtne
population a socialist element worth
considering, la a lively one, and while,
according to a leiftling eociallBt, this iff
true in all parts of the. country, the
Ninth congress district where Hillqult
runs for congress and Stokes, Hunter
and 'William Mallley, editor of a so
cialist dally In this city, are candidates
for the assembly, Is the frenzied cen
ter of the socialist propaganda Just at
present On an average 25 meetings a
night, with audiences aggregating some
25,000, are held In this district,, which
at the last census had a population of
214.566. . ... .v..
So far as Intellectual ability and or
atorical ; fervor are concerned, Hlll
quif. will not be overshadowed by many
of the representatives elected by the
nlrtor nnrtln-. Ha Is ft lawver bv Pro-
fe9alon and nas-written many BOCio,
nrnila that Vt a 10 ' nmmnnHffl
attention by reason of their clarity.
style and comprehensive treatment of
the subject He is a Russian by birth,
having been born In Riga in, 1869, and
this makes him popular With th? thou
sands of Russian-Americans inhabit
ing the lower East Side.
If Mr. Hillqult is elected, he will b
one of a great group of socialist par
liamentarians now to .be found In th
legislative halls of -all - the "; leading
powers of the world. Germany
France, Austria and Belgium all hav
large and powerful socialist delega
tions in their parliaments, and all' of
the other European legislative bodies
have at least a few socialist members.
A victory for Hillqult would place thf
United States in line with the Euro
pean nations and mark a great tep
forward for the vast International par
ty which Is seeking everywhere to
overthrow existing governments and
establish a new heaven and a new
earth on the basis of the co-operative
commonwealth. .
"Pleasant SodaL
The Missionary - social given last
evening by the ladles of the Presby
terian Missionary society at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hanna, waa a
most enjoyable affair. The attend
ance waa most satisfactory- All pres
ent express themselves as having had
a most delightful time. The social
was given In the Interest of the mis
sion at Sitka.
Satan Pioneer to Dead. '
8alem. Oct 2t. Bemjamla Hayden.
aged It. one of the pathfinders to
California to 1149. and a pioneer who
coraeed the plains to Oregon In 1152.
died thla rooming.
TAFT TAGS IIS
FOE OVER STATE
REIIBLICAV LEADER AD-
DRESSES AN ENTIRE TOWN.
Flrttt SpeerU of the Day at Lyons
III Itinerary Include Many Small
Towns Bryan Introduced by 111U
of New York, for Many Years Re
tired From Priltlea-Carnegle Pre
dicts Taft Victory After Ilia Arrival
From Sklbo Castle, Scotland.
New York. Oct 29. Taft Is on his
way today for the final dash through
the state .going to Syracuse, where he
will speak today and" cover much the
same course as the Bryan special has.
Carnegie Favors Taft
Andrew Carnegie declared himself
for Taft when he stepped from the
gang plank of the steamer Adriatic on
his return from Europe. He said
there Is no doubt of his election.
' Whole Town Hears Him. i
Lyons, N. Y., Oct 24. Taft made
his first speech of the day here at 9
this morning to a crowd representing
nearly the whole town. His Itinerary
also Includes East Rochester, Canan-
daigua. Geneva and Seneca Falls. .
I "Bryan Is a dangerous man, and It
would be a calamity to place him In
the White House," said Taft today .f
ter reviewing Bryan's free silver rec
ord. He made a plea for a republi
can vlctSry, for good government and
honesty.
Hill Introduces Bryan.
Troy, N. Y Oct. 29. Bryan was
up early today to begin the second
day's campaign in upper New York
state. He Is apparently rerresneo.
though yesterday was one of the hard
est days of his campaign. The recep
tion at Albany last night waa one of
the features of the campaign. Sched
uled to speak today at Cohoes, Utlca,
Rome, Oneida, Canaatota and Syra
cuse. ' ." :.
The great Commoner was Introduc
ed last night by former United States
Senator David B. Hill of New York,
who appeared on the political plat
form for the first time in many years, j
He said It was high time we had a
change. Mr. Hill said the alarming
stories of a period of depression to
follow Bryan" election which are be
ing circulated by the republicans, are
for. the effect they may have on the
election. He said the democratic
principles are the hotter for the peo
ple. LOVE-WAD WOMAN -THYIHG TO
HANG HUSBANQ AND FATHER
New York, Oct. 29. "Little can be
said regarding the woman who Is try
ing to hang her husband, and father
of her children the poor broken
hearted husband who went mad from
Jealousy and killed her lover." This
excoriating of the brother'a wife that
appeared in the ' first public state
ment which' was made today by
Thornton Jenklna Haines, accused
with his brother, Captain Peter
Haines, with killing William Annls.
He defends his brother and bitterly
assails the Woman's attorney. He de
nies the charge of his enemies that he
waa a "beach comber." declaring he
Aid not know what that means. It
was reported that Captain Raines wi:i
be examined by a macy commission.
Rev. i. D. Oilman will preach at
AJlcel 'Sunday morning and at Sum-
mervllle In the evening of the same
r.''"
HAINS BEFEMDS
IliSillE BROTHtR
Wliolo Crwr Lout.'
London, Oct. S9. Captain Avis and
crew of 22 men of the steamer Yar
mouth, are bulleved to have been lout
In a wreck of the ven- In the North
f.;.j TU ..,imvr ijtii v-tvii.. W-'ini
known. Several bodies have been re
covered. The Yarmouth was bound
for Rotterdam to Harwich with a car
go of freight
, Street Cars In Albany,
Albany, Ore., Oct. 29. After a de
lay of many months and much wrang
ling, , A.' Welch this morning , began
preparations for the construction of
the first street electric lines. The ties
are distributed along the street Grade
stakes are being set mi evidently the
second street franchise has been given
up. ' . .'
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SCRIBER'S OWN STORY SHOWS
SHORTAGE OF SIIO.OOO.
Depositor Can I'se the Figures to
Make Hint Rich' or Poor as He Likes
. ' In His Interview He Says Had
Good Notes, Whk-U Are Known to
Re Bad Arrested Laxt Night to Hie
Surprise of Many Took Ills De
parture After Issuing Interview.
Much to tho suprlse of many, and
as anticipated by a, few, a represen
tative of the department of Junttce of
the federal government, arrived In La
Grande last night and arrested J. W.
Scrlber on a charge of forging a note
for $2000 on H. C. Rlnehart. He was
taken to Pendleton last evening, but
before loavlng gave an Interview In
which he Intimates depositors will be
repaid nearly dollar for dollar. ' ,
Scriber's statement that there should
be not lesa.than $50,000 of good pa
per Is In keeping with the statement
recently made that the-shortage was
between $120,000 and $125,000. The
last published statement showed that
the loans and discounts were $169,000,
if this amount has dwindled to $30,
000 on his own phowlng, there Is a
loss of $119,000.. He acknowledge to
having burned forged" paper ': to ' the
value of $70,000, this would cave yet
either In forged paper or that non
collectlble $49,000. :jk V;. : V
xne uepoans lurnisnea ; oy- tne
comptroller amounts to $189,289.52,
thus taklng'Mr. Scriber's own figures
as correct in his statement totaling
$1?T,000,' still leaves a shortage ! of
$2,000, plus the liability of the stock
holders. However, regarding the state
ment, it is known i that there; is not
$15,000 due from othery banks,' there
Is some, but not the amount stated.
Regarding the $10,000 "property In
Ontario and Sumpter, there is a ques-
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THERE ARE NO TRIFLING
COLDS
Any cough Is serious enough to have prompt and right attention,
because there are so many serious things that start from coughs. J
The germs of pneumonia and consumption can attack weakenod
lunr only and the lowered vitality that follows colde and eougha
makes conditions favorable. What we wish to urge Is this: Find a J
reliable, harmlese cough cure, and keep a supply on hand constantly.
When any member of the family develops a eough, start the remedy .
promptly. The remedy we think should be
Nculin's White Pine Expectorant '
. It to Impossible or a eough to become eerlous where this remedy
to weed aa nooa as the eough cornea. It curee as quickly a a thorough
remedy can, and curee permanently because naturally.
it Mast Che f aV.rz Satlsfactlcn cr year money Back J
I NtmU DRUG C0MPAr.Y I
s
WALTER WKLMAN" PREDICTS
narrow victduy;
More Money for Ke$nibllran Mattaf!rs
Uie ImhI Few luy Itutlness InUtv
tuts Ixxe Tlielr AiHthy Stir uu!
Iluntlo In PullUl CiK'h Today
Bets on Tft Show Confldimcti of
Uie PewHe la IUe Elet-tloa Next
Tuesday. ;
Chicago, Oct 29.-"Another Brya
scare is running through the country,
and has aroused the republicans, and
apparently Insures Taft's election by
a very small plurality," declared Wal
ter Wellman, regarded as a high au
thority oa the political situation. In
the Record-Herald today.'
. 'JThe most noteworthy feature of
the closing days of the campaign i
the fright over a poHxmlllty of Eryan'a
success, which has suddenly seized the
people, The first effect has been to
provide republican campaign manag
ers with more money than they had
dreamed of getting, Tho second effort
has been to got considerable part of
the business Inte.eats actively against
Bryan.
A Apathy la Gone.
Apathy among the business , men
has disappeared. x The struggle is now
one between republicans with wealth,
and bualncs's as coadjutor, against
domocra6y,' with organised labor and
the epployed as' the chief auxiliary.
With plenty of money, and tlio bus
iness men discarding prevtoua atti
tude, indifference, Taft leaders . no
longer fear the outcome denplte tho
probable loan of Ohio and Indiana.
, , Heavy BHs on Taft. '
. New York, Oct. 29. Bets that Tart
will be elected are placed today In
financial district at odds of t " t.t 1
on the republican candidate, Th
common exchange people who are
wagering are laying odds that Hughea
will be elected to the governorship,
but there Is more Chanler than Bry
an money In sight. . No wagers have
been made that either Hughes 1 or
Chfcnler will carry the state by any
stated vote. Chanler men are getting
odds at 'to 10 and 8 to 10, One bet
of $500 is registered that Bryan will
carry the United States by a plurality,
Hon. C. H. Arbuckle of Boise, bi In
the city tocay, the guest of his brother
J. A Arbuckle,, For some: reason
which his brother here Is unable to
account for, the Idaho Arbuckle Is
democrat of the most anxious type.
Tha vlilllnr brother savs Idaho Will
cast almost a unanimous vote for
Bryan. .We. are glad the gentleman
from the Gem state fewls good now,
for netx Wednesday he win have the
memory of hts present happy days.
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