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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1909)
o v AM 'I f V M ft 'A CHESSES TO 1,1 NOVAK NOT THE MAN WHO IS GUILTY CRIME MOST COLD BLOODED SHOT OFFICE ttlltf. RFTAItkr WERE RETAINED. INNOCENT MAM CHARGED UNJUSTLY Perpetrator of Horrble Murder Has a Conscence. SAN FRANCISCO, July, 2. Learn ing that John Novak was accused of murdering Caroline Brash, aged 20 years, a bookkeeper for Gray Brothers by the name of James Edward Cun ningham, surrendered to a reporter for the "Call" last night and confess ed that he shot the girl on Wednesday night. He spent most of the night at the offices of the Call, telling his story and he was then turned over to the po lice this morning. " Cunningham was formerly an em ployee of Gray Brothers. According to hla story the sum of $2.55 wasrteducte from the amount due him aud that ho ; Rmade repeated trips to the firm's of- flees but failed to get it. Cunningham said In his confession: "Before I : Tfind cartridges. I am a crack shot 1 THE Tit mc aud 1 knew that on shot would uo the work. Yes, the whole thing was pre meditated, as they call it The girl was given plenty of chance to pay the money. I am sure she was trying to hypnotize me so that I would not ask for the money." He says that he was strolling about town and for the first time yesterday saw by the pa pers that the poplice were accusing the-wroug. man and decided to give himself up. C ; -.' . "Novak was la the office when 1 first went there and after he left T went to the little window at the desk and presented my claim. It was re fused. Another girl named Shlrls left the 'office jiigt-'at this time and we were alone. I then drew my revolver and shot the Brash girl. She w as standing by the safe with her back toward me. I knew that I could not miss her. 1 can h It a bulls eye - at 25 feet any time. I remained in the room probably ten seconds' after the shot was fired and then went to the hall where met two men and then went down stairs eround the elevator to the third floor, then back through the ball to the back stairs and down into the street. I had the -'-pistol in my hand all of the time. Yesterday I wandered all over the city. On my way down stairs to the street I came very rear shooting the first man that I saw in Cie hall up stairs as I thought at first sight that ha. had a gun and was after me.." WHOLE TOWN DESTROYED. City of Cobult, Ontario, Almost Razed by Conflagration. BOSTON, July 2. One person is burned to death and 3000 are homeless at Cobalt, Ontario, as the result of a fire which destroyed the whole north er portion of the town, according to dispatches today. Details are meager. Heap of 3Ioney for Zeppliu. BERLIN, July 2. Offers of money are pouring in upon Count Zepplin to day, following the(announceuieut that he will attempt to reach, the . North pole in an airship. The Count says he expects to complete his preparations for the trip by the. middle of the sum mer. " .-.'"..' '. o amiv Thursday - Friday - Saturday Broken Lines From all Departments Ladies Oxfords Men's 50c CJSnV Four in Hands AND UP. m fl V Shirtwaists Men's Fancy and White Balbriggan Long Lisle Men's Black. Gloves Cotton Hose 68c miMB TUT H li ll STORE THAT SAVES YOU FAIR LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE., FEW KHEV IF REALJEftUTIES RIVERSIDEVERY PRETTY SPLENDIB 30ATIN8 FACILITIES INNUMERABLE LAKES ASD 300KS THOROUGHLY SHADED. VISITW nrSTKNnwM.rniivmrfn Possibilities Are Sot Known to The Public Ju General. No person, be his Imagination ever so fertile, can paint on his mind's eye a' true picture of what the park, to be cleaned up next Friday, will look like unless it has been his fortune to hear at least some of the meagre plans now existing, explained and actually wit ness; for himself the possibilities at the tract recently purchased by the ladles of the Park Commission. In the first place the area Is a large one, heavily timbered and where time and humanity has .torn, down natural path ways, driveways and shady nooks, a .verl&abje Jungle ' of ' vines and shrub bery form almost perpetual canopies. Even as it stands now, covered with decayed logs, lim 1)3 and occr.siorally outlived trees, intermingled in over whelming proportion with foliage of the greenest and most prolific sort, it is a place beautiful. By an Obser ver representative, the site was visited yesterday, and the condensed message (Continued to Page 8). MONEY. FRIDAY, CLOSE miss CHERRY CROP IS GOOD ONE BLACK REPUBLICAN o i rinrrm THEltt QUANTITY AD QUALITY AHOYE ALL OTHERS. ronwrop. UllUlltllO dcim v lanLLl ni riorn I LLflOLU onsorvHtive Estimate Shows Rojul Anns Poorest Crop. COVE, July 2. (Special) Careful analysts of the cherry crop in Cove, to be ready for the market In some thing like 10 days, reveals a very cred itable outlook for this year, in view of the tact that late frosts did more or less damage to the fruit. After careful study the following Is found to be the most conservative estimate of the crop: Quality Most Excellent. , Lamberts and Bings are actually a trifle short of average, but the qual ity is of such a class as has seldom been attained by local growers, Royal Anns are below average in quanitlty and quality is but niedlumf ;.'"; a , Rlnck Republicans Lead. , In the i'oc . about Cove, where really si i r.. owVs as the Stacklands produce the gituter bulk of s Union county cherries, the Black Republic ans are easily in the lead in quanitlty. At the same time the standard Is good, and up to the average. The surprising part of the analysis is that Black Re publicans aro more prolific than any other. This will be the feature of the cherry crop which will bring the en tire cherry varieties when averagedup, to a standard such as is attained ev ery year when killing frosts do not hamper the proper maturing of the fruit.. ;.....:'".'"';.: , ALL A-T-r. (ENTERS ON EVENTS TOMORROW. Hone County of Seattle Fair Will ; Have Reign of Interest . SEATTLE, July 2. Commencing with an Industrial parade over , the streets of the city and thence to the grounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Pactfic exposition, and ending with a goregoua display, of . fireworks in the., evening, King County Day at the fair, Satur day, July 3, wilt be one continual round of excitement from the break of day until the gates close. , Th parade is to' form at Pioneer Square and proceed up Second avenue to Pike street and along Pike to East Lake and on to the exposition grounds. At the. main entrance gates the pro cession will Join that of the railway men and this double pageant will tra verse the main streets of the exposi tion.'.';:;' U-'. .'; rr.r:.': . ' The strawberries of King County will be featured In the industrial pa rade down town and several elabora tely decorated floats will proudly pro claim the superiority of the strawber ry of King over all the strawberry family, 'v : .' ;'. '...' Coal miners of the Pacific coast will be in line with decorated caps. It Is not at all unlikely that the polish rurrDcrom MILUIJblU LI 10 KlfiC COUNTY TO REICH SUPREME JULY 2, 1909. socifties will be represented in the parade about the exposition grounds, since Polish day is to be celebrated July 1 At night illuminated floats will be displayed. During the day etrawberres will be served to all la the King County build ing. '..Vehicles decorated with straw berries will i parade the grounds throughout the day.. , Small Profits In lipes. NEW YORK. July 2. A dividend of 1.3-1 per cent, on the preferred stock of the United States Cust lion Pipe C-ouipnfty was paid today, after bav ins been bold ui liy if gt tirooedlnfr 9 since September 1 last. The asi iron pipe business has had a great 'slump. In-' the .last year, ac cording to the report of the company. The report shows the gross income to have been no more than I1S1.O00, that figure coniparng with J637.00& in the year before, and with $1,978,000 more than tea time as great-r-ln STRttCiS ATTRACT JEFFRIES. Fighter . 1VH1 Visit Xotcd Springs In Europe Before Fighting. r ROCHESTER, July 2, When' Jef- ferio'B theatrical conti-act expires on July 25th. he will leave for Europe, with the famous springs of Carlsbad as his objective point. It la expected that before he leaves, Jeffries will post a forfeiture to bind his match, with Johnson. ' J - .; WILL HAVE FLOAT. De Xykole Trcten, of the High School WHl Have Flout The Fifth. De Lykele Treten (translated from either the Hludu or the ; Norwegian languages as "The Luckj? Thirteen") a co-ed society composed of 13 high school girls, are making arrangements to have a gorgeous float in the parade oil' ' thfl'jrmiC'-lt'is ffewlUw a say Jhat it will: be very unique",' iuj anything that they do ' Is that If anything, as evidenced by the selection of their name.; ., '' '-, .; " EIGHT TU0USAM Idle. Yesterday's Strike Puts Cmit Aniiy , Out of Labor Toduy. ;! . PITTSBURG, uly 2. Over 8,000 men, including members' of the Amal gamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin workers, and unorganized day la borers, are Idle today, as the result of a strike yesterday against the Uni ted States Steel Corporation. The company is not trying to fill the places with strikebreakers. THREE HURT III I PROM SENT EX-OFFICIAL WAS JHCBT IN SCUFFLE. Notorious Assassinations Yesterday Erenlng in London.. .LONDON, July ,2 News leaked out today that Sir Lesley Probyn, a prom inent Indian ex-official was wounded last " night' at the Imperial institute when Nadar Lai Dhingras, and Indian student, shot and killed, Col. Sir Will- lam Curson Wylie and. Dr. Calas Lali- eaca, the latter a practicing physician of Shanghai. Sir Lesley was wounded in the scuffle following the assassina tion, and nothing was said about it until today. '1 ' Detectives are working pn - the double tragedy, and believe it is the result of a political Intrigue. It is known many secret enemies might de sire the death of Sir William. The as sassin refused to talk. The murder occured at a reception tendered the Indian students. Dhingras was notlc ed talking to Sir William, and sudden ly, whipped out a revolver. , He shot th Englishman In the head, and fired several shots Lleaca. a straybullet killing La Joseph Allen, of Enterprise, atten ded to business In the city today.' HA KUI.IBER 213. ML SALEfJCALLDlVS ON LVEN OF HIS HANGING iiinrnohti cuMtun it. unmr Hiiucnouit oKJurni hi nuuiV AUTHORITIES FIM) ' KM EE LX PRISONER'S CELL, nicrnutDV., roncTonrc pmnnr.. utwuwtvtit i nouiiinito outvtut 3In Vibo Killed Logan Sulu;s Despite Effort to Suicide. SALEM, July 2. Joe Anderson, con victed of the murder of Harry Logan, a ralroad engineer in south ,Poi Hand, in 1907, paid a death penalty shortly aftei noon today',, though an evident plan td cheat the gallows was discov ered when a knife was found in An dersons cell UBt. night. The knife was ground down from a piece of Iron, and was .found between the layers of cardboard in the top of an ordinary show box. . lie spoke a few words on the scaf fold. He declared he was not con scious of killing Logan. Life was ex tinct 16 mlnutf- after the drop. aUj&r'?ei'Vjscertaln Anderson In tended "to" km himHtU .ilwii "oa--" cealed knife. Utah Tooth Pullers. LOGAN, Utah, July 2. Men who at tend to the suffering molars of the Mormon state convened here today i t their annual session. WHAT CONSTITUTES A LEADING To help you decide Juut read the report on the awards at the last Photographer's Convention. , The ' Salon Awards were as follows: , v: ' - H. J. Ritter. La Grande ' Jackson, Tacoma. i Anderson, Vancouver. ' ; Emery, Vancouver. i Loryea, Spokane. ' Moon ft Wills, Seattle. ' Tollmon, Eugene'. Tha Angelo Trophy was won by Jackson of Tacoma. ' ; "The Vancouver- Trophy was won by Moon ft Wills of Se attle. y.'V. ;'";": . First Prize Class ' Four, a " silver medal, was won by Ritter of La Grands..'! " .. , , A motion duly seconded and carried . gave clrtlflcates of merit to those In towns : of five thousand" or -'under' with a rating of 50 per cent of better. The following were awarded; Ritter, La Grande. ' Bryant, Medford. ; . , Drake, Sllverton. j Collier, Wenatchee. . Neick, Hoqulam. j There were, other . exhibits from this vicinity. Look this list this list for winners. ' H. J. RITTER. PHOTOGRAPHER. La Grande, Oregon. I T PHOTOGRAPHER i