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-' J" - . ... v r KM'S ' ir'ii rum f i j M , volume vin. LA GR& NDE, tTMOX COCWTT, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1909. Nl'Miuii 2. V EXCITEflEHT IS BRYAN INVADES TAFTS '"'' HOME STATE WITH' VIGOR Both Leaders SnUle and Claim New ' York, tlio Old-Tlmo Buttling Ground .Excitement la Empire State It) Without Precedent No Nearer Dc 'elded Now Than Before Great En thusiasm for Botli Men Look for Largest Tolling In Many Yenrs. New York, Oct. JO. This state, al . way the battlefield of politic, has been worked up to an unprecedented pitch of excitement by the ' heavy campaigning of the two presidential candidates the last few days, and the result la as doubtful as before. The small vote which leaders feared would result from apathy, has given way to the expectation of an unusually largo showing at the polls. Never In the . history -ofi, politics in this state have , the candidates boen greeted by such enthusiastic crowds. Bryan, speeding westward today, leave behind an en couraged group of politicians to com plete the final work.. The leaders of the democratic party are delighted wit!, the result's of the -meeting at Syraouse last nlsht. : V " ' ' Tuft's 'Broad Smllo. , .'; , Taft is also smiling today over hist reception at Syracuse, where he also apoke to. large crowds. His lieutenants declare the triumphal march through the state assures him victory. Head quarters of both? parties here iiave in- ' creased confidence displayed today. " Friends "of Taft and Bryan are to day discussing the statement of Rock efeller' declaring for Taft In -which he terms "campaign personalities." He( said': , ' ; '' "." ;.' '-'-'v. :L "It seems to me. when the question. Is put directly, to the citizen which candidate he will support, they should not be any rough answer Just direct; therefore I expect to vote for Taft. On comparing Taft personally with Bryan I find the balance- of fitness entirely on Taft's Bide." : Bryan Invades Taft's State. Cleveland, O., Oct. 3 O.--Bryan made a flying tour of northern Ohio in a last effort to capture Taft's state. His -special stopped here five minutes this morning and Bryan shook hands with several hundred 1 railroad men. . He declared he is confident he will carry Ohio. V He dashed, along the Wabash road from Toledo to Napoleon, return- . Ing to Toledo for the noon speech. He is scheduled to make-a dozen speeches between Toledo and Cleveland, arriv ing at Cleveland tonight, where he will hold two mlg meetings. 4 Foot (mil Games Tomorrow. - Princeton vs. West Point, at West Point ' , Harvard vs. Brown university, at Cambridge. . Yale vs. Massachusetts Ag- ' gles, at New Haven. , Pennsylvania vs. Swarthmore, ' at Philadelphia. - . . Cornell vs. Pennsylvania State, at Ithaca. . Carlisle vs. Naval Academy, - 'at Annapolis. . V . - Chicago ; vs. Minnesota, at Chicago. . . Michigan vs. . Vanderbllt uni- versity, at Ann Arbor. - . Idaho vs. Oregon, at Moscow. 4 BRYAN IS VICTORIOCS. "Wins Out In Railroad Yard Straw Tote , bj Big Majority. - Wllllaia Jennings Bryan, candidate lor president on the democratic ticket. 1a the choice of 1 out of a total of 41 yard men. Last evening ballot tor waa act up In the "do housed at the local 'ards,-ancT every yard man. Including Inspectors, iwltchmen and the like, were entitled to a vote. This afternoon . results were made known, and the vote stood: Bryan, IS: Taft, 8, and Debs, 1. FEAR NEW OUTBREAK. China Will Protect lis Royalty During Visit of American Fleet, Amny, Oct. 80. Afraid that revolu tionists Will avail themselves of h ii-v v;---'- ' .-..,.. opportunity grouted by the testlvities ' attending the visit of the fleet here, to engage in another outbreak against the viceroys, government soldiers are stationed everywhere to guard against a possible outbreak. The common people will not be admitted at the various receptions. A rumor la cur rent among the Ignorant chinks that the fleet Is going to bombard Formo sa after the visit here. Chinese offi cials are here with all pomp, pre pared for the most elaborate series of festivities, in connection' with the visit of the 'American fleet. '.''' PREDICTS TAFT VICTORY BUT I LIKELY DEFEAT OF HUGHES. Walter Wellman Se1! Surface Indica tions That Will Give.' New York to Taft In Presidential Raw, But to , Chnnler In Gulernatorla Contest in-oliabilltlej Are, ; However, Tliut TJniler-Surfooc Conditions Will Elet-t - Hughes. , ! Chicago. Oct. O. "Surface Indica tions are that Taft will win New York, and with New York, the presidency," says Walter Wellman In the Chicago Rrecord-Herald this morning. "By the same indications Itappears that Chanler will defeat Governor Hughes for re-election. There are features under the surface which cannot be measured.- In view-of these I feel It my duty to warn the people of a pos sibility of election surprises. It Is possible, though not Improbable, that Bryan will carry New York, but more probable that Taft and Hughes will win In New York the latter by a slender majority. ''The conditions" are like those of 1888, when the republicans won New York for the presidency by' 13,000. j and lost the governorship by 19,000." I WHO IS THE HEIR? Poeuliar Muddle Exists In Tacoma Probate Court Case. Tacoma, Oct. 30. "Does money earned by funds bequeathed to a minor child, Invested before she is of age, belong to her or revert to the funds of the estate to which shet is the heir?" On Federal Judge Han ford's decision to this question de pends the final settlement of the own ership of $200,000 held In trust by the executors of the estate of Adolph Speckhart, a millionaire brewer who died at Butte In 1893, when he made his will, bequeathing one-third of his estate to his daughter Harriet a small child. Miss Speckhart today says her estate Is nearly JJ00.000. On thejn- trary, ine roomer bs me s" en titled to only the $100,000 willed by the father. The . contest was taken to several' courts until It reached the federal court. The referee In bank ruptcy, Worden. was appointed a spe cial examiner by Judge Hanford. He Is taking testimony. Mrs. Speckhart, and the Olympta and Bellingham Bay breweries are the defendants. ' ENGiNE DERAILED. Swltb Engine Climbs Rail at Second Street Crossing. Engine Ni, -the switch engine was derailed late this - afternoon at the PecSnd trX crowing. The en gine was'iaaklng a run wlththe car when ths t'-slne climbed the rails. Another rnair.e vas b! ought lnte serv ice and th icivwetita was righted a short oriir. h ci M hurt. The Cut car Itself did not leave the track. III REPUBLICAN fill IIOIIT AT niiivTdiiiriiT nmwnMn . . wllfl I I I I 1 1 II 1 1 III I - III I I MIIIIIHit! - i VIXD-l'l OF THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN Musical Features Will Form Iart of 4 Program at Tonight's Republican lUUy In the OiA-r IIouko Room for All, Says McGinn, ami ' There WU1 Be No Tirade Agalnnt Parties Will PrcMcnt the Political Iscuc as lie Sees It Himself. "I will be there with my little speech,-saying nothing harsh, about any one, and setting forth the politi cal situation as I see it. The world Is big enough for us all, and there will be no tirade against anybody,". .'That Is the way Judge McGinn, the clever Portland orator, expressed him self today when asked as to his topic tonight Mr. McGinn will address a republican rally at the opera house and It needs no argument to prove the assertion that he Is an entertaining speaker and one well versed in the subjects he will expound. Musical features are In store for those who at tend. This will end the campaign in La Grando as far as republican rallies are concerned. -. Democrats, socialists, prohibitionists and Independents are urgently requested to hear Mr. Mc Ginn this evening. Aside from ' the L. D. S. quartet, there will bo vocal boIos by Mrs. J. J. Carr.. Miss Jean McDonald and George Bernle. . CP TO TIIF. SHERIFF.- MiidKtcrial AMfrlntluu Point Out the Duty of County Sheriff. The Ministerial association of this city at its monthly meeting Monday after deliberate consideration of sub jects bearing on the better enforce ments the law, appointed a commit tee to draft a communication to Sher iff F. P. ChUders, calling his attention to his duties as laid down In the state laws. This communication was signed by every minister In the city belonging to the association, which, In' effect, stated that It had come to their knowledge that gambling was being permitted In the city; that slot ma chines were being operated In viola tion of the state law; that bawdy houses were running unmolested and to call his attention to these matters, with the hope that he woulI take such steps within his authority to correct these evils. . ' ....''' The communication was . delivered through a ' special committee of the association, and the sheriff stated that It was the custom of the sheriff's office to let the municipalities take care of these minor affairs, but that he would give the matter considera tion. ,'. ''.-'.-'. : Sheriff ChUders Is out of the city this afternoon and what he proposes to do, If anything, In the matter could not be ascertained. The law on gam bling makes it especially the luty of the sheriff to suppress, and as a peace officer the other alleged infrac tions of the law is under his' Jurisdic tion to act if he sees fit so o da. CONDUCTOR GOCRLAY KILLED. Former La- Grande .Trainman Killed Today at Winnipeg. -- A telegram received late today by Ted Buehler, yard foreman, relates briefly the Instant death of George Gourlay, who until, a year ago was one of the regular conductors. The message comes from Winnipeg, Man.; and states only that Gourlay was killed in an explosion. The railroad, offi cials at Winnipeg are anxious to learn the address of nearest relatives. Un til Additional particulars arrive, local friends of Gourlay will be in suspense as to the method of death's attack. It. Is. not known who th relatives are, though local members of the Or der of Trainmen will make diligent search. v PISTOL I1G1IT WHEN IHSSR BIEETS THE FCGmVE. Bold Case of Kidnaping Near Belling ham Man Held I'p in Lonely Road and Forced to Sign Pape Calling for Five Tliou-iaiul Broko Away From Captor Expect to Corral Fu gitive Before Nightfall Expect Gun Fight Again.' Bellingham, Oct IJ.A . sheriffs posse of. 20 men la hot on the trail of the kidnaper of Edward English, a wealthy Skagit county logger, who was attacked on a lonely road Monday and compelled to sign a paper order ing his wife to give the kidnaper $8, 000. English broke away and notified his wife. ; , 1 A posse encountered the kidnaper near Mt Vernon yesterday, and a pis tol fight followed. ' Deputy Branstad of Sylvana, was shot in the hip, and the kidnaper, escaped while compan ions were removing Branstad to -the hospital at Everett. . It is believed the posse Is closing in on him. A battle Is expected before the end of the day. , To He Killed on NIKht. Excitement ' Is prevailing In eveiy town where th possp Is expected. The people are'awaltlng the latest news, it is known the kidnaper Is heavily armed and will show fight instantly. He will be killed on Bight If he resists when overtaken again. . Seen Last Night ; The man was in Sylvana as late as o'clock last night. An hour later Deputies Mason, , Stephenson, - Dun ham and; Branstad -started in pursuit armed. They took the kidnaper, at a railroad track and commanded him to halt' whereupon he turned and fired at his pursuers, who returned the fire. Branstad fell with a bullet wound. It is not known whether he was shot by the kidnaper or accidentally by his companions. The search was then temporarily abandoned while taking care of Branstad. , Early today new Information con. cerning the whereabouts of the Kid naper were received and a fresh start taken, with Sheriff Harmon leading. Branstad, who was Injured, is a rel ative of Dr. Engebretson, ; who has a veterinary practice at Enterprise.-, -I.? CLUHS Htlf TUr.bUAX. Final Reports and Perfection- of Con vention Plana Then. Final Reports of the many general and sub-committees of the Tuesday Musical and Neighborhood clubs will be read next Tuesday afternoon at a meeting of the Neighborhood club at the' home of Mrs. J. M. Berry, At that time final plans for the entertain ment of the Oregon Federation of Women's clubs which meets here In annual convention November 10 to 12, inclusive, will be perfected. It is a matter of deep importance that all members of the two clubs attend as the matters to be discussed are of vital Interest. - The time Is rapidly ap proaching when the convention will convene and the plans needs speedy, perfection, : . ' No Takers, for Taft Bet. : Omaha, Neb.. Oct. 30. Charles F. Smith, an Idaho ranchman, arrived here today with $10,000 that Taft will be elected.' There were no takers. Four Hundred Out of Work. San Francisco, Oct. 30. Four hun dred man wera thrown out of employ ment by a fire in the factory of ths American company. Three firemen were hurt Women and chllarea wers rescued. -' King Edward Reported Injured. London. Oct 10. It Is reported tnat King Edward was thrown from his auto this afternoon en routs from Newmarket with Sir Ernest Caasels. It Is not verified. Ths report does tot Indicate whether the king was In- Jured. ADMITS OF WH'E BEATING. t Tacoma Man Roa.xt That Ho Wlii;ixx! Ill Wife More Tim 11 10 Time. Tacoma, Oct. 80. Arraigned In the poUir.Awt.-'charjfCd 'rtth T."lf; twtt- Juii, ' GcMiairi '. 'ttVuritixer,"" a ea miter in the employe of th city, boldly ad mitted today he whipped his wife over 4Q times In the past three years. "There" were times whAn I did not whip her for months," said Welf rlnger. He waa fined $100. - Enforce Curfew Law, , ' . Seattle, . Oct. 30. The curfew ordi nance 'will be enforced strictly by the police. Suspensions will result If re ports of Juvenile offenders and tru ants are not made more regularly by the police. Minors under It years must be home not later than 9. in tiiiiiiri 11 DEBONAIR AIR AND , ... '- ' " " FORMER NERVE GONE. - ; Says Ho Has Not Decldc-d to Plead Guilty to Embexileiiient Charge Has No Attorney Wa Interested . .is a Bunk at Suinpter W1iicl Did Not Fall Denies Other Sumpter ttunk! Failure Procli)ltn;ed CtomIi at 1a Granih Ills Appearance Now CImngvd, ' ' - ' - Portland, Oct SO. J. W. Scrlber, former cashier of the wrecked ! Far mers A Tl .icihvs National bank at La Orande, .1 now' ' conrtntd ,ln the Mult nomah county Jnll. Today he de cla.rd lie hnd r.ot muds up his mind, however, .whether to plead .guilty to the churge of embezzlement, or to fight, the case. .. '--;'' "I havo not engaged an attorney yet," he cald. ; . One night In Jail has completely changed Scrlbor's appearance. His debonair air and nerve are gone. He denies the wreck of the Sump tor bank had anything to do with the La Grande 'cash. He said: , "I was Interested In another bank at Sump ter, which did not fail." N It Is the theory of those Investigat ing, that Scrlber spent a great deal of the bank's funds keeping his nephew from trouble, Scrlber declines to say what he did wtth the missing funds of the Farmers and Traders bank. With face sallow and lines were etched In his countenance over night. He wasj coatless and collarless in his cell, his J hair disheveled and he appeared the I embodiment of 'discouragement. He ' seems to realize that at last the game is played out and that he lost. De ie WJId Rumor. . He denied Jthe story printed In Port-j .from La Or'nde Wednesday to secape a mob of angry depositors who were determined to lynch him. He said: "I waa on the streets much of the time Wel.-ieidit.y and saw nothing to indicate tho pet pie would lynch me. The story is lot" He said he mude no effort to get a release on thi $75,000 bonds fixed In Pendleton yesterday, realizing if he got out he wu.hl be rearrested Imme diately on o'her charges. To Scale High Precipice, Seattle, Oct. 30. On a tour of the world in the InteresU of a German newspaper syndicate, Hans Otto Knls pel of Innebureck, Tyrol, waa brought to Seattle b? reports of opportunities offered for mountain climbing In tbe Olympics, and the Cascades. He Is a. member of the German-American Mountain club, ons f the famous clubs of Europe. He has climbed all the difficult peaks In Switzerland and will attempt to climb Mt Constance, one vt the alchoi pM'xn la ths Olym pics which has sever been scaled on j account of a sheer precipice 100 feet high. Follow ths crowds to ths Pastime. sen SEEDS DEPUTY SOT t' MORNING'S PRESS REPORT ABOCT '.RIOTS OVERDRAWN. Talk of Lynching Apparently Concoc tion of Deputy Murhal Observer , Not the One Tliot Lied if Lie Was Committed Deputy Gave Out Iii tcrvlew to the Pendleton Paper Meriting Report Obviously at Fault Observer rrints Fact. (' ,. . . fThe Observer , refuses to be made the object of criticism when the at tack was unwarranted. When The Observer Is accused of making false statements when such statements are not the product of The Observer, It Is only right that authorship be traced. , In the special from Pcr.i'.ctsa yssUr- -day The Observer merely published what, the deputy marshal . has said. The Cberver did not affirm such wus the case, but mentioned what the dep uty had said and what would be pub lished, in. the Pendleton East Oregon Ian, and" which was published last night. If Scrlber did ffr remose and did show;Vv;uiuitAv. f having a heart, then tf'.w.v nt 1 Observer that gave' voice . . ,-a fabrication; It ' waa not the Pendleton Es't Oregonlan that lied, but the deputy marshal., . If It is he, then he la deeervlng of cen sure., ' The Observer has published the facts In thi connection time will carry out each assertion made. Criti cism from scattering ' sources have been aimed at this paper tor pubilHh Ing fat's 'snd.'v withholding-' nothing, but "thi grettl' of .deWltoru- who Were forced to rely upon The Observer alone for all the Information they got, have expressed themswlvea freely, as satisfied with the clear, concise,, un biassed and uncolored statement of . facts pertaining to the failure of the Farmers & Traders National bank. But, If the deputy has spoken falsely then he Is Justly liable to crlttlesm. For an official of the Justice depart ment to make statements that are any thing but true Is a brfeach of the trust placed In him. . There aro several cop ies .of the Pendleton East- Oragonlan In the city that contained the Inter view to which The Observer referred last night Here Is what the paper prints from the mouth of the deputy: .. , VI thought, I . was atee.ld.agaiiait . such : thlngs,-;-Bald the' offleef" thfa'" morning, "but I couldn't stand . that.. I had to turn away, and I had to hur ry htm up to keep ; fronv breaking down myself. It was awful to see the way those children suffered. They say hi had always been a kind, In dulgent father to them. ; It was pite ous It would have melted the heart of any man. ' '' "But it didn't feaie Scrlber. That man smiled through It all Just a heartless, cynical smiles and every one. else was crying. I found tears In my own eyes." "He didn't seem to worry. He didn't Seem to care. He Just smiled through It all careless like, but cynl- , cat. , ;"' ' ' ' . ' - " .''.-;.' Scrlber Hae No Ht'art. "I thought he would break down when I got him to the train. But he didn't He took It coolly. He could even sleep. When we reached Pen-' dlcton he paid for a special guard and we went to a room In the hotel, where we both slept. And he seemed to be as, undisturbed as a child. "I have been IS years In this busi ness. - I was on the police force In Baker City, a guard at the peniten tiary, on the Portland police force, I was chief of police at the Oaks, X havo for years been a detective, bat I never before saw a man so nearly without a heart as J. W. Scrlber. "Scrlber says it waa not specula tion that got him Into this trouble. X believe tt is sotnsthiBg of. long stand- -Ing. ' I understand that h was inter ested In the Sumpter bank at on Urns, and that tt got shaky and th&t Is how the thing started. Since that (Continued oa Pg I )