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VOLUME IX
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON. NOVEMBER 8. 1909.
NUMBER 14.
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MUST PLtAD
OR
BOND
FOBFIET
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PLEADINGS WILL
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BE HEARD OS NOVEMBER IS. j
Alleged In Fortland that Scrlber Will
ricad Insanity when He Is Arraign
cd McCourt Will Prosecute Ills
Old Time Friend Regardless of All
Ferrer T!;s Sc.ILi Has but a
Short Time Left in Which to Act
Portland, Ore. Nov. 8. With a plea
of Insanity, J. W. Scrlber, the wrecker
jj pf the Farmer's & Trader's National
i Sank of La Grande, exwqts to escape
pvV5g the penalty pr( Id for bank
I looters, by the lawsVofvte United
v ?ics. Until today it has been under
S J bv United States Attorney Mn
mrt that the former cashier would
plead guilty and throw himself upon
the leniency of the court, as well as
i to make an effort to gain the sympathy
of his old time friend and neighbor,
the attorney for the United States. If
Scrlber had intentions of abiding by
the plea of guilty he has abandoned it
at this time. If he expected to disarm
the prosecution by misleading them
& into not beine readv to nresent. thnir
Ailence to a Jury in a convincing
f ' a he has overshot the mark. Me
..-, knowledge an acquaintance
of many years with the La Grande ex-
rent of "high finance," but will force
fie defendant to face the. Jury Novem-
nl8 vr forfeit ills 40,000 boad up
hleh he is at liberty.
The district attorney came to his
present office from a town near that
' i ii ii i i - j i , i jjiMnti "v
Suits Made to
our 0rder at
Heauced Prices
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PICK OUT IDE MATERIAL YOU UKt AND
II AYE IT MADE IN ANY .STYLE YOU DESIRE AT A SAVING OF FROM
$ 00 TO $12.00.
THE LOT INCLUDES BROWN, (KEEN CAST, BLUE GRA1, WITH
STRIPES AND CHECKS, INVISIBLE PLAIDS, ETC, IN BOTH LIGHT,
AND DARK MIXTURES. ALSO BLUE SERGES AND BLACKS. THE"
MATERIALS ARE WORSTEDS, SERGES, UNFINISHED WORSTEDS,
CHIVIOTS, ETC '
THIS OFFER IS FOB A LIMITED TIME ONLY, SO IF YOU ARE IN
NEED OF A SUIT, YOU WILL DO WELL TO CALL AT ONCE AND
CHOOSE THE MATERIAL AND LET US TAKE YOUR MEASURE.
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Met leather jfyparell
WE ALSO HAVE A FINE LIN E OF READY TO WEAR SUITS AND
OVERCOATS AT LOWEST PRICES.
' WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF RUBBERS, RUBBER BOOTS.OYER
SHOES, SLICKERS, HATS, IN FACT EVERYTHING TO KEEP
- DRY DURING THE WET WEATHER AT PRICES THAT ARE
LOWER THAN ELSEWHERE.
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LORD MAYOR
TAKES OATH
EVENT AKIN TO THE CROWNING
OF A KING.
Great Ceremony Lasting Two Dajs
Commences this Morning.
London, Nov. 8. Sir John Krill,
who was elected Lord Mayor of Lon
don on Michaelmass Day, took the
oath of office; today before the Lord
High Chancellor wu 'iuctlss. IiU
office will be completed tomorrow,
when he will head a state procession
to the courts of law, where he will be
formally presented to the lord chief
justice and the barons of the exche
quer. , The event will be made the
occasion of a city holiday tomorrow,
and a great pageant and banquet in
the Guildhlll in the evening, with
cabinet ministers, foreign ambassa
dors and judges as guests, will cpm
plete the elaborate ceremony. Sir
John Is a catholic, as was his father,
Sir Stuan Knill, who was Lord Major
In 1902.
of the defendant. Cut ne does not pro
pose to pay any attention to the ties of
friendship which preceeded his oath
of office.
"It is one of the duties which comes ',
to a public officer, unpleabant, but
necessary," says McCourt. The district
attorney expects to show .the whole
ucheme of forgeries and entries on the
books of the bank .were so cunningly
executed as to. preclude any defense
of Insanity. There are four cases
a&ilnst Scrlber, aggregating 40 rounty.
Miss Margaret Ody of Elgin came
down this afternoon to visit her niece
Mrs. C. R. Craig.
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SPECIAL llll
TO CA1I
INDUSTRIAL TROUBLES AT
SPOKANE CONTINUE UNABATED
Special Trainload of Industrial Work
ers Go to. Spokane Workers File
Another Damage Salt Against ' the
Cltjr Executive Officers on Scene
To Help the Fight No Evidence of
Any Shortage of Funds With Which
; to Carry on War.
Spokane, Nov. 8. Twenty Indus
trials were arrested this morning. As
yet there is no sign of any abatement
of the funds with which the Industrial
Workers are carrying on their blood
less war against the city officials of
this city. The Workers today are al
leging that three of their telegrams
from Portland have been slezed by the
police.
The report was received this morn
ng by the officials of the city that over
four hundred Workers who are work
ing on the Sound have chartered a
special train and are now preparing to
come to Spokane.
The executive officers of the Indus
trial Workers of 'the World have ar
rived on. the scene of action from the
headquarters in Portland and are now
conducting the fight on more syste
matic lines. Another damage suit was
filed against the city this morning and
others are In preparation.
V A. Roberts left for Pendletoi yes
terday for a brief visit with hla son.
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tCopjrriiIit 1909
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WILD PAtllC III
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VICTIMS LEAP TO THEIR
DEATH IN MANY INSTANCES.
Nine Killen and Many Others Injured
In Wild Panln During a Fire In New
York this Morning Explosion is the
Starting of the trouble Stairway
Blocked and Inmates Hurl Them
selves through Windows to Pave
ment Thirty Feet Below.
New York, Nov. 8. Nine persona
t.'ght of whom were workmen and ono
a boy perished in the fire which com
pletely destroyed a large celelol 1 fac
tory in Brooklyn this morning.
The factory whistle had scan el j
ceased blowing and the operatives had
hardly taken their accustomed places
when a heavy dull explosion occurred
on the second floor and almost in
stantly the entire second floor wpc
a mass of flame.
- The fire quickly spread to the flrtt
and third stlrways, cutting off all
chance tor escape by the usual routes.
At this the operatives became panic
stricken and rushed for the windowe,
fighting and screaming, from wh'ch
they hurled themselves to the pave
ment below. Some threw themselves
through the glass of the windows, re
celving frightful cuts, while others-
pitched headlong from the windows
alighting on their heads and receiving
fatal injuries. " ' '? '""
On the upper floor were an army of
girls employed making fancy celluloid
Christmas articles and these hurled
themselves from the windows re
gardless of consequences.'
The bodies recovered were those of
the workmen employed on the same
floor wheae the explosion took place
and it is supposed they were instantly
suffocated from the gas from the explo
ding celluloid. The' fall from the third
story windows was only thirty feat
which acocunted for the small loss rf
life resulting from the leaping from
the operatives leaping from the "win
dows to the pavement.
COMES FAR FROM THE TRUTH IN
ITS FOOTBALL STORIES.
Uncalled for .Attack on La Grande's
Moral Attitude Resented. .
Asserting and inferring In tones an
alogous to the whimperings of a whip
ped pup, that the La Grande players
resorted to the lowest and the meanest
level in trying to steal a football game
at Baker City laHt Saturday, . the
Sunday morning Democrat of Baker
City Las thrown a taste and a robe of
absurdities and untruths on the con
test which will' require years to re
move, and In fact It la doubtful if the
stains of the smear will ever be erad
icated. The reason Is that hundreds
may perhaps read the Democrat for
the report of the game and turn iway
with a grouch against La Grande to
last for years. The writer of the ar
ticle saw the football game, but he
did not see the lnexcuslble things he
oalls farts. He came as nfar the truth
as a well, those who saw the game
and read the article know of Its worth
That the Democrat does not voice the
sentiment of the people of Bakfir Ctt"
and of the school management lb a
fact. That It is almost alone. L icked
up with a few mutterlnsrs of people not
affiliated with the Baker high school
Is also apparent. The Baker City Her
ald will this afternoon say that the
game was comparatively clean and
that La Grande acted like gentlemen
EXHIBITS
SPLED
ASTOR EAMILY
IS DIVORCED
ABSOLUTE DIVORCE GIVEN TO
MRS. J. J. ASTOR.
Must be Co-Correspondentln Casn,
Judging by Action.
..New York, Nov. 8 Mrs., John Jacob
Astor was today divorced from her
husband, the New , York Millionaire.
Mrs. Astor was for years the acknow
ledged leader of the Four Hundred.
The news applied concerning the di
vorce recently, created a sensation la
New York Society. The hearing was
held behind closed doors and the reas
on for the suit was never given out
publicly.
Justice, who gave the decision gran-
tde an absolute divorce and ordered
the papers in the case . sea.d. As
tfcere in only one ground in New York
on which an absolute divorce can be
granted the society people here are
anxious to learn the details of th.3 af
fair and learn the name of the co-correspondent
In the case. Mr. Astor of
fered no defense In the case, he now
being absent cruising in " Southern
waters. ''', ., .......
on the field of play. The cause of the
attack on the moral attitude of La
Grande ia unexplalnable. La Grande
players were outweighed 15 pounds to
the man, yet the Democrat asserts
that the team adopted slugging ' and
smashing tactics. The Democrat says
that Ja Grande attempted to steal the
came. If picking up a tumble is steal
ing the ball, then the Observer knows
nothing of football. . If La Grande's
moral attitude is' so low and so de
basing as to warrant their expulsion
from the Eastern Oregon Association
(which Is an untruth, denied by the
officials. Prof. Churchill of Baker
City, the players, the spectators and
sober minded element of Baker City,)
then what of the conduct of the Baker
City coach, "McKim, and his father?
When Coach McKtm struck viciously
at Coach Wall who was standing on
the sideline and saying nothing, Coach
McKlm missed his mark. His father,
who was standing near, did not, and
striking from behind like a Greaser,
dealt Mr. Wall a terriff Ic blow on the
jaw. He still bears the mark. This
was one.of the many fight on the side
lines, and still the Democrat attacks
the La Grande morals. Time and again
Baker City was penalized foe
rough playing, and La Grande not
once. Yet the Democrat belittles the
La Grande playing. Prof. Churchill has
admitted that he was ashamed of Ba
ker City's actions. He protected the
La Grande boys by ordering special
police protection for them, aLd In
many other ways made himself notice
able as anxious to act right. La
Grande reciprocated Pro. Churchill's
work by refraining from any dirty
work on the field of play and even
when Bakerltes slugged La Grande
boys, which was a fact, not a man
struck back.' If La Grande ever acted
gentlemanly, it did last Saturday. It
It has ever deserved praise for honesty
and true sportsmanship, it did then..
That portion of the Democrat's arti
cle which the most liberal amount of
spleen in It and which has nothing to
do with the condit ion of affairs except
In one sentence, follows:
"Return to La Grande's attempt to
steal the' game. It was unquestion
ably most manifest and was a dis
grace to the high Ideals of true
sportsmanship, and while the Demo
crat Is willing to abide by the decis
ion which made the score tie, be
cause In certain departments of the
game Baker was clearly outplayed,
It does belie v; t',".t. Baker High
Snhool should have nothing further to
do .with La Grande schools until the
raeu they put up as members of their
team liave some sort of Idea of hon
or. For the last two years there has
been bad blood between the towns.
Until yesterday, it must be confessed
the writer had only the newspaper re
ports to judge by, but if yesterday's
work was a sample, then La Grande
should be excluded from the Con
ference of Eastern Oregon schools.
LA GRANDE I'M
HAVE NEW FEEDER
FERTILE SECTION OF
WALLOWA IS UNBOTTLED.
Remote Section of Wallowa County
is to be Connected with Transporta
tion at Rondowa by New County
uvu mii ne vne of the Best Feed-'
ers for La Grande in that County
Rondowa Is to be the New Gateway
Farmers Give Aid.
Ronlow. Ore, Nov. 8. Social.-
Rondawa is to be the gateway to a
yarge section of Northern Wallowa
county that heretofore has been all
but bottled up as far as convenient ac
cess to 1 transportation is concerned.
Through the intercessions of John An
thony on the one hand and the settles
living in and about Promise, Gross
man and Powwatka the . county court
of Watiowa county has taken steps to
make a new outet to that restricted
district of Wallowa county.
A county road is to be built through
to Promise, Grossman and Powwatka,
which will be the pathway over which
the large stock shipments and fruit
conslngmepta of that Bectlon will now
fllnd transportation, Thesettlers In
there have subscribed $2000 and the
county court will do the rest, The
road ia to be a one percent grade un
till It reaches the C. W. Brown road
oh the hill above Rondowa. . "
At the present time, all the county
adjacent to the towns named, and to
many other small communities now
rapidly developing have to go 25 miles
to the town of Wallowa and there
strike a railroad. When the new roaJ
Is opened up, the distance from the
three towns. to Rondowa and railroad
facilities, will be from four to' sixteen
miles. " ..-
La Grande and Union county will
get the trade that has been going to
Wallowa for It will be much nearer
to go to Rondowa and take the train
for La. Grande, than it Is to stae to
Wallowa over bad roads.
People living at Troy and in ether
j emote sections northwest from 1 t
dowa need no longer come out ta the -
Looklngglass by a route that durL'i;
the good road period Is seventy miles
or more in length, but can come out
to Rondowa with their fruit and other
produce at something less than half
that distance and on roads th it are
tasslble, always. .
This la one of the best moves fiat
has been made for the betterment of
that fruit and stock section ot Wal-
'fowa county, and is one of the best
feeders for Union county, that has
happened since the railroad went In. -
Ogden After Fight
Ogden,' Utah, Nov. 8. Telegrams
have been sent to Johnson and Jeffrlas
In New York by Jlmmle Dunn offer
ing $80,000 for the fight between the
two great pugalists to be pulled ff
In Ogden at the time of the National
Wool Grower's Convention In January,
which will take place fro mthe 4th
to the ninth. . V,
; Masons In Savannah.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 8. Masons of
all degrees and from many states are ;
In Savannah today to atend the tenth
triennial assembly of the general
grand council, Royal and Select Ma
sons of the United States, and the
thirty-fourth triennial convocation of
the general grand chapter, Royal
Arch Masons of the United States.
The sessions will txtend through the
week.
Charities and Corrections.
Baltimore, ,Nov. 8. Correction of .
"bud boys," care of the Insane, edu
cation of children and conservation of
public health are among the toplca
on the program of the Fifth Maryland
Conference of Charities and Correc
tions,' opening today.