VOLUME VIII.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH IS, It0.
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MATTER O' RECORDING
l'ROBE REPORT OBNOXIOUS.
lSccause Ho Disobeyed Court'a Orders
District Attorney rugh of SjKtkntie
lit Charged With Contempt Will
Am-1 IHi Caso to the Supreme
t'ourt Can Take Evidence of Gordon-Hoof
Prove lit Ixmghand Hut
Not In Rapid Hand.
Spokane. March 13. Prosecuting
Attorney Pugh today announced his
intention of defying the court's order
Xhat the grand Jury inveiitigatlon In
Hhe Gordon-Root charges be not' re
corded In shorthand and his deputy
took notes In shorthand arter the Jury
"had requested the court to permit It.
The court denied the request and will
junlsh Pugh for contempt The latter
"will appeal dlifct to the supreme
. icourt.
The court held the record could he
made In longhand.
Counsel for the Great Northern
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Vioruon S RiiornrjB, BiiuuiiG" -'"
3s accused of defrauding the Great
Northern while. acting as Its division
counsel.
There t.'I!! be' a spf clat mi-etliiK "f
La Grande lodge, A. P. & A. M., this
venlng. Work In the Fellow Craft
degree. Members -'and visiting mem
bers' please take- notice.
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EINTD LO IV RATE WAR
HAKHIMAV LINES ARK
ANXIOUS TO QUIT PRACTICE.
Shipper Alone Arc Realising Benefit
From Seaboard-Gulf Water Rates
1h Tonnage limn Usual.
Chicago, March 13. The Harrlman
lines are reported to be contemplating
a cessation of steamship rate hostili
ties between the seaboard and gulf
ports and seaboard ports of the Paclf
Is coast. A tremendous loss In ton
nage is claimed to be the principal
cause for the move on the psrt of the
rodaa west of Pittsburg and ChlcHgo.
The loudest complaint comes from
merchants In the middle ' west,' who
declare they are losing a vast amount
of business through the steamship
fight, and shippers alone are profit
ing.
CALLS HIS CHIEFS
XO DIStliOSCRE OF TIIE
MEETING'S I.MPOKTA.VCE XOW,
HarrlniHii Arrtte
From Phoenix to
Consult With His Chiefs No Leak
of Import Gould Discredit Rumor
That Hurrlmnn Will Enter Gould
Directorates.
Los Angeles. . March 13.-r-Raitroad
offlciuls here refused to dlncues, the
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WORLD-WIDE INTEREST IS
DISPLAYED IX KILLIXG.
Detective of the United States Govern
ment Murdered In Rome by Black
Hand Aa.sas.slUN Fall to Obtain Pa-
per Sou&ht Agent Had Informa
tion Regarding Mack Hand Bands
In lauding Nations of the Country
Astonishing Facts. ,
Rome, March 13. Sensational de
velopments are expected to follow the
murder of. Lieutenant Petroslno, of
the New York detective lorce, who was
shut down in the street fSst night by
a member of the Black Hand. Pa
pers found In his pockets revealed the
astounding facta regarding an Interna
tional Black Hand orgunlx&tton, which
is shown to be conducted through a
ccuncll of chiefs and Sicilian bandits,
whose agents commit murder and ar
son In all parts of the world' foi
money. . " '
One document gives a, full list of
particulars regarding prominent Sicil
ian ex-convlcts living at Palermo.
Petroslno wus waiting for a car
when u bullet, filed from a distance,
hlllfd him. A iroment later the car
approached, probably frightening
away the assassin who Intended to
wteal Information contained in the
notes concealed In Petrftslno's pockets.
Th" detective wa f-ent here to go at
the root of the Black Hand evil.
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ID STOUT III
StlPERlllTEHDENT
HOARD MAKE8 SELECTION
AT MEETING LAST NIGH'T.
Xew Hiiperliuemliiit it SclniuN in In
Gnuidc Take Oflieo Nct Eall
Comes Highly Rocotiiineuded and
Ha Modern and Thorough I HIucj
tlou .Mr. Hen kcnlxsrry Will Con
tin ue as SupcrliitciMltiit Until I're.)
ent Term is Ended.
Prof. i. D. Stout of Dayton, Wash.,
was selected last evening as superin
tendent of the La Grande public
schools to succeed H. J. Hockenberry.
For the past 10 days, our school
board has been giving Its attention to
the selection of a superintendent for
next year. For some time It has been
generally known In school circles that
Prof, Hockenberry would not be an
applicant as a result the board had
over SO 'applicants, and the board w ise
ly thought that by making the selec
tion early it would have a better list
to select from than later.
Professor Stout presented ' excep
tionally fine recommendations and the
mom be i-8 of the board think them
selves fortunate In being able to se
cure him. From the data .filed uinng
with' a. large number of personul recr
ommendatlons, we glean the following
points concerning himself and family
raid his educational attainments:1
To bt gln with, Professor "Stout is 4
.vt-nrs of sge, has a family consisting
of a wife and one chJKf; a graduate of
Valparaiso University, Indiana,, re
ceiving degree of Bi S.; since gradua
tion he took one year's work In higher
mathematics and astronomy; one and
iine-half years In a law school: spent
one summer under Dr. Sanford Bell,
speclsTMfSffljrin' child-Study and educa
tion. In addition to the above his ac
tual school work appealed strongly to
the board, as follows: two years' work
at Harmony, Minnesota: three years
at Mitchell, Iowa, and six years at
Forest City, Iowa, and eight years ns
superintendent of the pubil"- schools
at Dayton, Wash., which, according
to the letters from the school board,
it Is stated that the sl'hool was in a
lemorallzed condition when he took
charge; and It is recognized today as
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BE FOILED
HYDE BENSON GANG
WORKING POINTED RUSE.
Notorious (Jans May Benefit by Ij
noriiiU'C of Assrmldjnicn . lio An
Trying to Thwart Steals. But Uulu-tci-floiuilly
I'liiy Into ;rurtcr' Own
Plans.
Sacramento, March 13. That cer
tain members of the assembly, acting
in the best faith, are unintentionally
playing directly Into the hands of the
Hyde-llenson-Ackermnn Interests by
attempting to- amend the. Thompson
ituti-land grub bill, now before ' the
lower house, was the statement made
today by Attorney Ueneral Webb and
Surveyor General Kltigsburg, who are
waging a war against the lsnd Rrn'- j
blng ring in this state. They f - m the
assemblymen who are :..us of
chantlne th Mil in cert ! .,irtlculars
will accomplish th: t .hich Hyde,
Benson and Aekei n.nn are endeavoring
to do In other w.ya, namley, to kill
the measure.
Webb and Kingsbury are making
every effort to have the ampndrrlents
offered last night by Assemblyman
Preston turned down. The Hyde crowd
Is trying to secure adoption of the
amendments. ' ., r . ,
LONG ARGUMENTS
COOPER TRIAL KET NEW
MARK IN JURISPUUDEXCE.
For Three Days Defense litis Pleaded
With Jury to Acquit the Three Mcu
Murder Defendants.
Nashville,' March 13. At the con
clusion of. the closing argument by
the defense today in the trial of tho
Coopers and John Sharpe, accused of
the murder of Senator Carmack, one
of the- most remarkuble closing argu
ments, in the history of United States
Jurisprudence 'Will have ended. Three
days the attorneys for the defendants
have argued and pleaded before the
Jury for Justification of Carmack's
death, . Judge Anderson, succeeding
General' Washington In summing up
for the tlefense, took the floor today.'
RECALL MUDDLE
STILL UNSOLVED
LOS. ANGELES MAYORALTY
SQUABBLE. HAS DEEPEXED.
Length of Term of ApiKilntctl Mayor
in Lo Angcle in Doubt sSald by
Soiuo .That -Twin-- V.;!rts-i3: 55ay,
Others Tliat It Continues Ijoiifjer
Crisis Ni-nr.
Los Angeles, March 13. Municipal
affairs In this city are more muddled
today than ever over the result of the
eslgnntlon of Mayor Harper, against
whom the recall election was called.
Adherents of George Alexander, the
popular cundldate, - contend Harper's
successor to be appointed by tho city
council on Monday, can only remain
In office until March 26, when the re
call election occurs.. Opponents de
clare differently, holding the election
was vitiated by Harper's resignation.
Harper, who at the time of resig
nation, 'acknowledged in writing he
abdicated his office upon demand of
If. Lee Clothworthy, representing the I
Los Angeles Record, has gone Into the
country with his family. The Rec-j
ord, in explaining why It recalled
lion- Into his private life It was con
vinced he was not the proper man to
lt In the mayor's chair.
The Evening : Express, one of the
leading organs of the recallers, stated
last night It possessed Blmllar Infor
mation concerning Harper's official
acts.
A. H. Hawoeth, a horsebuyer of
Portland, Is here looking for a carload
of heavyweight animals.
SAVE
YOUR
TEETH
Nature provides us with two sets of teeth and
it pays to look carefully after the second set. -
Proper care of teeth requires proper tooth
brushes add dentriiices. We have them, the
very finest grades of imported brushes and all
the reliable tooth powders, soaps, etc. We aim
to provide the people of La Grande with the best
of everything that Druggist sell and it pays to
come to us not alone for drugs Dut for these oth
er items of sundries and toilet goods like tooth
" brushes, hair brushes, etc.
NEWLIN DRUG' STORE
LA GRANDE, OREGON
NICARAGUA IS
HIKE Mill
UNCLUE SAM MAY SEND
MARINES TO STOP TROUBLB
President Zclaya Must Not Invade Haa
fsahador or Transxrt Troops if
Amicable Relations Are to Continue
Between United Stales and Mels
Navy Dt'itartincnt Said to Ba
Mobilizing Gunboitts In Waters Near
Warring Land.
Washington, March 13.-
The navy
department is considering the advlsa- .
bllity of sending marines to Nicaragua
and Is waiting' a suggestion from the
Mexican government. . Five hundred .
marines stationed at Panama,' 200 at
Guantanamo and Cubar are ready to
sail at a moment' notice.
Ambassador De La Barr of Mexico,
after continued cable communication
with his government, has visited tha
state department today and announc
ed that any attempts on the part of
President Zclaya of Nicaragua, to in
vade San Salvador or Costa Rica, or
to transport troops to those countries,
will be the occasion for active partici
pation by the United States and Mexi
co In the conflict.,,
GunlMWts Movhig.
It was announced by the navy de
partment that the gunboat Dubuqua
has gone to Guantanamo to Blue
fields. The cruiser Tacoma has been
ordered to proceed to Puerto Cortez,
and the Yorktown to Amalpa on tha.
Pacific coast.
At noon the state department, had
received no confirmation of the re
port of a naval, engagement between
the gunboats Presidents and Momo
tombo. The Presldente is an old
wooden ship, which under the name,
of Empire, sailed" from Portland year
ago In the lumber trade.
Cleveland Meetings. ;
New York, March 13. The Cleve
land Memorial meeting in memory of;
Grover Cleveland on the 72d anniver
sary of his birth, will be held this af
ternoon In Carnegie hall. Mayor Mc-
Clellan will, preside and make an ad
dress. It Is expected that President
Taft. Chief Justice Fuller and Gover
r.ir IImb"-" ' h, liiiiimiu
son Glider read a poem, and a letter
from ex-President Roosevelt will also ,
be read. In the evening a . meeting
will be held In the great hall of the
City college. It will begin at 8:15
o'clock, and will be open to the pub
lic. Mayor McClellan will preside,
and addresses will be made by Ellhu
Root and Governor Hughes. Though
he will not speak a second'tlme, Presi
dent Taft, It Is expected, will attctiJ
the evening -meeting.
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