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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON,. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1908.
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SCRIBER FACES
ACCUSATEOH OF
UTEST SCUiiL' if EOVEIIMElT
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Ms Pulled Off In Umatilla
Heppner Counties, It is Said
and
SCRIBERS F IRSTSIN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY M'COURT
FILES A SUIT IX EQUITY.
Former Cashier of Defunct Farmers &
Traders' National Bank Accuse of
Complicity In Land Fraud Deals
Name linked With That of A. B.
Thomson First Alleged Forgery Is
Done In Connection With Tills Land
Deal Want Talents Cancelled.
Portland, Dec. 28. Another al
leged scheme to defraud the govern
ment out qf 7000 acres In timber land
has Just come,to light by a suit In
equity to cancel patents to lands In
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mi
ow ' Big i Cleanup
Sale commen
cing Jmo4
"BOB" TAI KS BACK
CRITICIZES NAVY ORDNANCE
DEPARTMENT ON GUN ACTION
Retired Sea Dog Finds Fault With
, ;''?tkn. cf Navy DnutrtntMit la Willi-'
drawing 13-lncli Gun,
Washington, Dec. 27. An article by
Rear Admtral Evans, criticizing the
ordnance department for abandoning
the 13-lnch gun, which .appeared in
an eastern magazine, has caused con
siderable stir In the navy department
and Whjte House. . Evans takes ex
ception to the substitution by the navy
department of the 12-Inch for U-Inch
gun, used at Santiago during the war.
lie says the shell carried by the 13-lnch
gun Is better than that carried by the
12-lnch,. for the reason It carries 80
pounds of explosives and the 12-lnch
carries but 40. :
Ordnance experts recommended
that the 12-lnch gun be retained, its
length to be Increased five feet. They
say for long range shooting the 12
Inch shell, being lighter, flew more ac
curately and effectively than the
larger projectile." .
PITTSBURG COUNCIL SCANDAL
BROADENED BY HEW CHARGES
Pittsburg, Dec. 27. That former
Councilman W. A. Martin continued
to receive his share of graft from the
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' PALLING, IT IS FEARED.
Elsht Districts in Italy Laid Waste by
Scries of Earthquakes Convicts
Break Out of Prison and, Prey on
Vk tlnis CasuuItlcH Suid to Bo Very
Heavy In Many Districts Loss of
Life Feared Enormous, Though No
Estimation U Made.
Rome, Dec. 28. Eight districts in
the province of Cantanzare, southern
Calabria, were laid waste and proba
bly a dozen towns destroyed by a ser
ies of earthquakes. The loss of life
is probably very heavy.
Convict Escape.
It is feared the death list will be
appalling. Prisons were broken open
during the excitement and the convicts
are preying on the victims of the
'quake, the casualties are eald to be
heavy at Centrache, Ollvadi, San Vete,
Pomerane, Nietree, Trepea.
Troops have been dispatched to the
districts. '..'
Deaths at Monteleene Heavy.
The deaths at Monteleene are also
said to be many. That town was al
most entirely destroyed by a quake in
1905.
Indiana Monument. '
VIcksburg, MIps.,' Dec. 28. Clover
nor Hanly of Indiana, and members of
the Indiana Monument commission
are expected here tomorrow to dedi
cate the monument t re ted at the
VIcksburg battlefield to commemorate
j the valor of -the soldier.: of the Hoosl:
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IN WHITE HOUSE
DAUGHTER ENTERS SOCIETY.
Socially Amerka Tonight Fwes Na
tion's White House, Where Miss
; Eilicl, Daughter of President an:l
Mrs. Roosevelt, Enters Society
)cbutauie Is Reserved Woman, Re-
' seniblliig- Her Mother Opposite of
More Hilarious "Princess Alice."
Washington, Dec. 28. With the
famous east room of the White House
transformed into a veritable floral
bower, fit for the reception of any
Old World princess, ;.h rVal prepara
tions have been cornel 't-d for tonight's
ball which will marl: Ihrt social dibi'.t
of Miss Eth-1 Rooseilt. All morinj
there was a hurrying and fro it
decorators and servants, engaged In
adding the finishing touches to the
stately ball room where Miss Roose
velt, with all the dignity of a full
grown woman in trailing skirts and
evening gown, will receive her guests.
Not since the famous "coming out" ball
of the "Princess Alice," now Mrs.
Longworth, has the White House been
the scene of such a gathering of young
people as will congregate tonight to
welcome Miss Roosevelt to the full
enjoyment of the social privileges and
duties of womanhood.
'.Incoming trains today brought many
of the young friends of the . White
House debutante from New York and
Philadelphia, Baltimore and other
cities' will also" be represented at to
night's gathering. The "younger set"
of Washington Is today fairly throb
bing with excitement, and It Is likely
that many a fair maiden Is spending
the day before her mirror, hoping
through her efforts to outshine all the
other guests at the ball. As a natural
result of all affairs of this kind, there
r also broken-hearted, tearful or de
fiant young women, who had hoped
against hope ; to receive recognition
from the White House In the shape of
an Invitation to tonight's ball, and
who were disappointed. While the
White House ball room is large, and
will accommodate many, hundreds,
there Is not room for a third of those
who hoped to be invited.
Miss Ethel Is a reserved young
woman, so dignified and grave that
she could easily pass for 20 Instead of
Just 17. She has been accustomed to
meeting strangers since she was a
small child, and she has a poise and
plf possession rarely shown In one bo
young. .
She Is a flistlnet contrast to her sis
ter, Alice. She is quiet and stuclimis
In her tastes and, like her father, has
a love for reading, which Is one of her
strongest characteristics. She Is fond
of drawing and painting, and some of
her work shows marked talent. She Is
clever with her needle, and In this she
Is mother's own daughter. Mrs. Roose
velt has few peers in needlework and
Miss Ethel has been carefully trained
In the old-fashioned art of plain sew
ing, as well as In embroidery and
weaving lace.
She dances well, speaks French and
German fluently and is a water color
artist of no mean ability and a charm
ing musician. She has grown up in
Waphlngton, having received her edu
cation at the Cathedral school, and
from a resident governess.
GOVERNOR-ELECT BETTER, -
Washington Chief Exemtlve to Be In
augurated In California.
Paso Robles, Dec. 28. The ow'i
tlon of Governor-elect ,Co?r'-va of
Washington, is speedily Ir-rvvln. He
came down stairs tv'- -.nd took a
hot bath In the mineral springs. His
wife said:
"If Mr. Cosgrove is well enough, as
Indications now show, he will be in
augurated here."
5 ' - The- jfayror-Her. coincides .wlth
J this view. Hotei authorities, ' under
Cosgrove's instructions, refused to re
it j veal if any plans are making far the
LOVE RIDL in sky
MILLIONAIRE COEY AND
BRIDE ILWE NEW SCHEME.
Will Rldo W ith Cupid In Clouds From
Los Angeles, to Chicago "Chk-ajo"
Chicago. Dec. 27. A honeymoon In
the clouds Is planned by millionaire
C. A. Coey, the daring aeronaut, who
maTrled Carrie Humme Lewis at Kan
sas CH- Saturday. . The couple will
t v Angeles, where the "Chi
cago," Coey's balloon, is awaiting
them. They plan to ride It back to
Chicago. '
SENATOR HOPEFUL.
I Sure His Bill Will Become a Law.
Washington, Dec. 28. That he will
secure the passage of his bill provid
ing for a commission to select a site
for a naval base on thev California
coust, south of San Francisco, Is the
statement made by Senator Flint today..-The
bill also asks for a navy
yard and repair station capable of
docking and repairing the largest
ships of the navy.
III lEHlliOff
DESPERADOES PUZZLE MILITIA
AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS
Stearns, Ky., Dec. 28. Sheriff V. P.
Crawley of Whitley county, and two
deputies, arrived here today to take
charge of the desperate situation in
which armed men, said to be mine-
workers and sympathizers, are opener
defying the United States marshals
and a detachment of the militia.
Crawley will organize a posse to pur
sue Berry -Simpson, George Stanley
and Reuben West, who are reported
lo be heavily armed and ambushed In
the nearby hills.
Historians In ScahIoii,
Washington, Dec, 28. Washington
is today entertaining educators from
many of Jhe big universities and col
leges of the United States, who are
gathering to take part in the sessions
of the American Historical association,
the American Political Science associa
tion, the Bibliographical Society of
America and the Mississippi Valley
wttnr(fnl nsxnoiatlnn. From Wash
ington many of the visitors will go to
Richmond and Baltimore. An excur
sion to the University of Virginia will
be a feature of the closing day of the
convention. ,
- Partner of U. 8. Grunt Dead.
Seattlef Dec. 28. William M. Mor
rison, a former partner of U. S. Grant
In the leather business at Cincinnati
during the civil war, and a pioneer
of Seattle, Is dead, aged 83, as the re
sult of a fall In which he dislocated
his hip.
WARFARE
PL GIFT THAT PLEASES
is not atways the expensive one. Scwelhing beau
tiful and useful and in good aifc suits best. Ont
thing that is always acceptable, and which will te
main a plhasant reminder of the giver, is good per
fume. We have a nke line ol
CHRISTMAS PERFUMES
put up in fancy gift packages or we can sell you
the same odors in bulk. When you are at a loss
what to buy thin of these. Just what yon want for
iust what you can pay. The quality is the my best
Newiin Drug Co.
La Grande, Ore.
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HOLDS MITCHELL INNOCENT ;
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OF THE CRIME CHARGED.
Thousands In New York Parado la
Protest of Recent Court DocMon
Heal Editor of Mlnewurkcrs' Jour
nal Exonerates Mitchell, Saying the
Latter Knew Nothliff of Editorial
In Reference Mitchell In nilnoup
Yet Held for Contempt.
New York, Dec. 27. Two hundred
thousand working-men marched Satur
day to Illustrate labor's protest against
the recent decision of Justice Wrights
who sentenced to jail Samuel Gomp
ers, John Mitchell and Secretary Mor
rison, for contempt of court. .
The American Federation of Labor
officials announce that they will tem
porarily cease publishing the "We
don't patronize" list.
Exonerates Mitchell, .
Indianapolis. Ind., Dec. -28. That
John Mitchell, under sentence to nine
months for contempt of court in pub-lishina-
an editorial held contemptuoua
9y the federal court, never saw the ar
ticle and did not know of such a court
ruling, is the statement of S. M. Sex
ton, former editor of the Mlneworkers'
Journal.
Sexton said: "I was editor of the
Journal, and I wrote the article com
plained of. In referring to the con
tempt sentence against Mitchell Ican
say tha't I never wrote anything with
out deliberation. Irot it in studied
contempt for an obscure Judge of a
remote region, who deliberately tram
pled under foot the constitutional
rights of free speech, free press, right
of peacabie assembly and the fight
for trial by Jury. Mitchell Is a resi
dent of illinola and Is held for con
tempt by, a court In . Washington, for
an offense of which he Is entirely In-,
noceat."
ATTORNEY ON STAND.
Annto Trial Hears Original Affidavit
of Huddle Witness.
Flushing, L. I., Dec. 28. Attorney
Joseph Shay, representing Thornto
Halns, accused of participating in the
murder of William Annsl,' took the
stand this morning. He testified to
taking an affidavit from witness SJura
who, when placed on the stand by the
prosecution, told conflicting stories.
He recited the contents of the affida
vit,
SHOOT AT SHAH.'
Two Men Dlspulwd an Priests Almost
QA" Persln's Ruler.
St. Petersburg. Dec. 28. Two men
disguised as priests, entered the cab
inet chamber of the royal palace at
Teheran, during a conference, and at
tempted to assassinate the shah of
Persia by shooting. It Is reported the
bullet pierced the epaulet on the uni
form of the heir apparent. The me
were" arrested.
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