VOLUME VIII. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH IS, It0. number m. attbet puch T 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 . ..t...u n..Ann 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. OrSflBE ill OUR 't 4 MtWWttWTrrTTTTTTTTT, . . ...... ...... ye are ready to show you the very best to be had in all men s wearing ap 'parel." F or Style, quality and economy you need go no father. : , Clothing The best clothing man ufacturer supply .us with our stock. Just Rftciftvpd ; ; $8 00 to 25.00 Shoes Shoes that please is the inducement that, we offer you for your money. Nothing but standard makes $2.50 to $5.00 Hats-Caps GET UNDER OUR HAT! All the verybestshapes in the very best shades $2.00 to $3.50 Shirts WEAR MY SHIRTS and you will be up-to-date. See ... window disp'ay for samples of dress shirts. Work shirts just inside . . , 50c to $i.50 t ! X For Quality 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 (Continued on page 4 j it m i or . ' s f . "J- - " '..; :' : W - . ' ' JHBFMRi Sfye SLEUTH SHOT HI 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. - - - - - - - Z .1 i S .m it- 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 (.Continued on page 4.) 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. v.; ;i' - V . - ..- ....... (H4'""',,","rTTTTTTT "