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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1909)
LA GRANDE, UXION COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY,' MARCH S3, l0. NUMBER 131. I X i I TO LEAVE OFFICE MAYOR LAW AND COUNCILMEN ARE IX DANGER OF REMOVAL. aid In Union Today That Petition Is Being Circulated to Remove Mayor Law and Councllincn 'Who Paused Closing OrdinanceWill Change Aarne of Hallway to Central Rail road of Oregon Gruham Has Not Yet Snokeu Publicly. Union, March 23. If obstructionists to enforcement of the Sunday closing' law can carry their point, a petition will be largely signed and presented to the city council tonight, demanding the resignation of Mayor Law and the majority of the councllmen who pass ed the closing law. It Is stated from Authoritative sources that the petition "was circulated here this afternoon and if sufficiently strong, will be presented tonight . . ' First reports us to the extent and scope which the law embodied led to quite general opposition to the move ment Those who secured the pas sage of the ordinance claim It Is not unusually stringent, and pertains only to cigar stores and not to grocery -stores where tobacco Is sold. Change Road's Xnnie. x The Central Railway of Oregon will Tiave a new name it Is believed, when (Continued on Page 6.) AT SOUTH POLE SHIP NIMROD TOUCHES LONG SOUGHT SPOT. Wlj-cbva From New Zealand Affirms South Polo Was Ttouched by Exie. dltlon, . '. London, March 23. The Pall Mall Gazette today says: "It la learned 'from Information In London, that the British Antarctic ex pedition on the ship Nlmrod has suc ceeded In reaching the South pole. The news was received by wireless PALL IF Ml1 I Continued on page 5.) AT IT FARMERS DRIVE MANY MILES TO SEE EXHIBITS. Demonstration Trains Greeted by Thousands in Grants Pass Country Today Several Small Stops. Made Poultry and Fruit Chief Among the Exhibits Shown. . Grants Pass, Ore., March 23. Great crowds greeted the southern Oregon demonstration train at noon. Poultry, fruit and truck gardening Is the feat ure today. It is estimated that 5000 (Continued on page 8.) MALE INHABITANTS ARE SEARCHING FOR AERONAUTS. Believed That Mining Aeronauts Are : Stranded In Some Inaccessible Can yon In High Mountain Busiuege is Suspended While Search' Is Made Will Either Starve From Exposure or Elwc Meat Death by Being Crusli- . ed ou Rocks, Eos Angeles, Cal.,' March 23. Cling Ing to the forlorn hope that Captain A. E. Mueller anil his five companions, from whom nothing has been heard since they vanished in the clouds above Pasadena Saturday, are held prisoners in an inaccessible- canyon, hundreds of hardy mountaineers are searching the Sierra Madre range to day In an effort to locate the aero nauts. ' . It is considered more than 'probable that they were dashed to pieces when the basket In which they were riding crashed down among the boulders of the mountainside, or they have sue cumbed to hunger and cold. This city, where Lane Gilliam, Rich ard Halstead. Harold Parker, Sidney Gray 'and F. C. Dodsehutg, Mueller's companions, live, is In mourning to day, Business is practically suspend ed, as a major portion of the male population Is participating In the search. We want to talk to you about Our hew shipment of the above famous skirts just recieved. The Stylish Skirts JUST PLAIN TALK. THERE IS NO BETTER LINE OF SKIRTS. MADE. 'ELEVEN YEARS'. TRIAL CONVINCES US. ,A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU. .' The Quality Skirts YOU ASK. HOW IS THE QUAL ITY? THE MANUFACTURERS STAND BACK OF EVERY SKIRT, AND WE STAND BETWEEN YOU AND THE MAKER AND SEE THAT YOU GET THE BEST. Economical Skirts ' YOU SAY, WHAT IS THE PRICE? WE TELL YOU WITHOUT HESI TANCY, THAT YOU WILL BE SUR PRISED AT THE VERY REASONA BLE PRICES. OUR PRICES TALK FOR THEMSELVES. mi mil OF SUITS FILED Engle Cone Scuffw Shots These are the children's shoes you have been looking for. They are made io fit the little feet, wide soles, soft uppers. -Bam SEE THE SHAPE : ! : X I For Quality THI3 IS WHAT YOU WANT TO ALLOW THE CHILDREN'S FEET TO GROW NATURAL, SEE THE STYLES WE HAVE THEM LV TANS, BLACKS AND PATENTS. Oxfords and Sftoes WE FAIR 0f For Style DIVIDEND fcl'DDENLY, RAISED TO 45 PER CENT AGAIN. If Suits Filed Against Bank by Scrlber Estate Are Won Remainder of As- -sets of Bank Will Be Needed to Mwt Claims Paper Are Volumin ous in (he Extreme Attack Every Claim Tliat Was Made Out In Scrl- ' bcr's Personal Name. If a suit filed this morning by Frank Phy, trustee in bankruptcy for the J. W. . Scrlber estate, through his attor ney, T. H. Crawford, is successful, de positors in the Farmers & Traders' bank might as well bid good bye to their hopes for more than a 45 per cent dividend. Claim ha been put in for practically eevry dollar of Scriber's personal property. The -complaint Is voluminous and alleges that on the tenth day of October, 1908, J. W. Scrl ber was the "duly elected, (luallfied and acting cashier" of the bank; that he was then and for a long time prior thereto and still is hopelessly insolv ent; that these facts were at all of the said dates and times well known to the bank officials, to the comptroller of the currency and to the bank exam Iner who took charge of the Insojvent Institution and to the receiver, who Is made co-defendant with the Farmers & Traders' bank and J. W. Scrlber In the complaint. It la alleged that on the 13lh day of October, 1908, Scrlber was In his own right owner of property as fol lows: Notes aggregating $6550; two first mortgage 6 per cent coupon gold bonds of the Hot Lake Sanatorium company; par value $1000 each; first molting ti.pev cent coupon gold bonds of the Grande' Rondo Electric com pany, pur value $4500; first mortgage 6 per cent coupon gold bonds of the Grande Ronde Electric'. company, par value $5000; real property In Ontario valued at $9000; property in Sump ter vulued at $3000. , The complaint further alleges that all of this property, valued at $23,500, except the last mentioned bonds of the Grande Rondo Electric company, ot upon the private desk of J. Wr. Scrl ber, in the bank building, when the bank examiner took possession. These bonds are alleged to have been In the possession of Ladd & Bush, bankers of Salem, as collateral for a loan made to J. W, Scrlber. ' It Is alleged that, while Scriber's liabilities exceeded $100,000 and his assets did not exceed $25,000, the bank has presented claims amounting to more than $33,000, without giving credits or offsets for the property se-) cured, and that to permit the transfers; by which the bank obtained the prop- erty to stund would be unlawful be cause the transfers were made and the preferences given within four months of the d:ite of the filing of the petltfon In bankruptcy and because the bank officials in charge knew that the transfers were Intended to make a preferred creditor of the institution. It is alleged that prior to the com mencement of the suit plaintiff de manded of the receiver of the bank possesion of the property described, and that such demands were refused; that plaintiff has brought suit by or der of the United States court for the district of Oregon, through John 8. Hodgln, referee in bankruptcy. It Is the prayer of the plaintiff that Receiver Nledncr be required to give n full and complete description of th property and that all transfers, deei', efc..' referred to In the comple be .lJadH! HWal nrul void, 1 '''at trt! property be surrender trustee for the creditors of V".' Scrlber, to gether with the c '. .,( the suit. Receiver NVIdner was served with a copy of the complaint late yesterday afternonn. but when seen today said he had not yet found time to rend it. As to the outcome, he says that neither he nor hi, attorney are at all alarmed, because the bank's books show that Scrlber psld for this property with the STRIKE IS OFF FRENCH TELEGRAPH OPERA, TORS RETURN TO I"OSTS. Until Government Can Settle Differ ences, Striking Employes Will Work Meeting Held. ' . i , """""' , ' f Paris, March 23. The strike of the telegrapher and postal employe was declared off today, following a gen eral meeting of the Btrlkers, and re turned to their old post pending a settlement of the, differences by the government " ARREST O KIDNAPERS PRE DICTED WITHIN MONTHS. :. j V Practk-ally Certain Tltat Father Left Required Sum of $10,000 With Woman Who Was Go-Between Father Was In Excellent Spirit Hiis Morning. Cleveland, March 23. Clasping his boy tightly as If to prevent a second kidnaping, James P.' W'hMa left this city today for his home In Sharon, Pa., to place Willie in the arms of his eager mother. Thousands gathered at the depot to bid the couple farewell. The police were called to . koep the crowds back. , The father refused to yield to calls for a speech.' The boy, who was placed In a ear by the kidnaper and sent to tho Hollanden hotel, where the father had arranged to greet his son, when he arrived at 8:30 last night. lie was In good spirits this morning. It Is practically certain .Whitla left $10,000 with the woman who was act ing as the go-between. ,.' The police are still Investigating the case. It Is reported Whitla gave them ail the Information he possessed. Pat Crowe, the famous kidnaper of little Eddie-Cudahy, today predicted tho arrest of the kidnaper . within j nine months. . I Sharon, Nov. 23. Blllie and father arrived here at noon, and were driven In a closed carriage to their home, The streets woer crowded with cheering people. . . j ROOSEVELT BIDS F FARM Chump Clark Vindictive. Washington', March 23. Champ Clark, the minority leader, made a charge on the floor of the house this afternoon that certain portions of the testimony before the ways and means committee was omitted from the rec ords. He said the testimony was par ticularly those speaking for the leath er trade, were eliminated. STEAMING TOWARD DARK CON. ; ' TINENT ON HUNTING TOUH. Siteelncular Farewell Accorded limine velt I "arty a They Set Sail for AX. . rlca -Good-bye at Home Is Quiet. Moboken Alive With Noiao as Steam . cr Docks and Heads Toward the Op. poslte Shore Rookcvclt lias Little to Say, ' Hoboken, N. J., March 23. The (teamshtp Hamburg, with . Colonel Roosevelt-and party, bound for Dark est Africa, cleared dock and swung In. to the North river at 11 o'clock this morning, amid the sounding of sirens, cheers of thousands, waving of myriad, hats and handkerchiefs, Roosevelt stood on the bridge beside the captain and waved his hat as he called back: "Good bye, and good luck." It was probably ths moat remarkable depart ure the port ha ever wllneeed. He . again waved his hat in passing Fort Hamilton, where the soldiers cheered. The ship made its way through Am. brose channel, passed Coney Island, where flag were flying In merry fare.' well. Countlews Salutes Given. As the big ship made its way stow ly down the .river she was saluted by every . captain of the countless craft Even below Governor's Island, past the statue of liberty and out through the Narrows the departing hunter was given sincere expression of good will and the affection of his countrymen. . Out at Sandy. Hook soldiers packed; every point of vantage. Here Ronse -velt again was on the bridge to rraive back to them and answer ihe of goodwill. As the steamer P'fu h ITiok the big endues vtoundlnvH.regr ular motion. - v The party goes to Naples, where the sail for the hunting grounds; Family Parting Quiet. ' Accompanied by Kermlt, Col. Roose velt left Oyster Bay at 7:18 this morn ing. Farewells of the family -ere said In the house at Sagamore Hill. Archie was the only member of tha family to accompany the tourist to ful about the parting. As Roosevelt drove away, his wife, who was stand ing on the porch, Waved and called, "Good bye, little boy, good bye." Hope Reitorters Drown. "There Is nothing to Bay now, and I do not believe there will be anything later," said Roosevelt. "I expect to return In 15 months." . "Are newspaper men going to fol , low you on this trip?" In answer he Informed his hearer (Continued on page 6.) CIGAR FACTS We have the constant patronage of a large share of' the critical smokers of the city. Sometimes they drift away for awhile, but they are back shortly and seem glad to come. We have no corner engced cigars, and believe that the se cret of our hold on is that we pay more for our ci gars than most dealers think necessary. Once convinced that a brand is exceptionally fine, we stock it no matter- if the margin is slender. While we pay liberally for our cigars, we see to it that we get full value for our money, which means unusual quality for our customers. NEWLIN DRUG STORE LA GRANDE, 0REG0H t v i. S (Continued on page 6.