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LA GR& NDE, tTMOX COCWTT, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1909.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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REPUBLICAN fill IIOIIT AT
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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.
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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.
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DEBONAIR AIR AND
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FORMER NERVE GONE.
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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.
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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.
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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
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