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1 (fiH) Fki VOLUME IX LA GEAirPE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER. 14. 1909. NUMBER 42 r AITmllPm w j IT DUMMIES EVIDENCE INISPORANE HEARING 1 SAID TO DISPROVE THE I ACCUSATIONS OFFICIALS COMPLETE THE s f HEARING AND GOES EAST. I Cunningham Case to Be taken up La ter Tease "Who Follew Cas Say Case Disproved. Spokane, Dec. 14. The govs-rment officials who have been conduc'iug the Inquiry Into the Cunningham f.r laud inquiries, left for Washington today. The hearings will he resumed after the holidays subject to the call of Special Commissioner W. J. MrOee. It was announced today that tbe hear ing would first be resumed in Cleve land, Ohio, Minneapolis, Minn , and in New York City. Disinterested spectators who have followed the hearing reasonably close declare that the claim made at tiie be ginning that the entrymen wer dum mies, representing the Guggenltein's, have been disproved by the tesninony. Ex-Governor Miles of Walla Wal'a said today that while some indications might be charged against soma of the claimants, their good Intentious lwe been shown that they thought that the patents would come out a'l rignt. Clarence Cunningham conjured in this view. , BRAWL COST IY LIVES FAM1LI QUARREL CAUSES ' FIRE BURNING SEVEN, Others Fatally Injured In Fire Trap Tenement In Cincinnati r Cincinnati, Dec. 14 A brawl be tween a man and his wife in which they upset the lamp, caused the death of seven persons and the Injuring of three others in a fire trap tenement here today, The dead are Mrs. John Henderson, age 40 years, Thomas Wll on, age 3 years, William Rucker, age 30 years and William Grout and three children. The fatally injured are Mrs. Edna Teal, Mrs. Laura Wilson ana an unidentified girl. The building was a four-story structure. When the lamp flame started it spread rapidly and soon blocked the stair way. Six of the dead were found huddled together behind one closed emergency door. HOLDS MEN LAW PREVAILS OVER I. W. Wv AT SPOKANE PRISON. Men Willing to take to Rock Pile If Good Food Is Given Them. Spokane, Dec. 14. Authorities Pear to have gained the npper nan J with the difficulties attendant upon tre members of the I. W. W. Today sixty the prisoners who were arrested it m wm n ' m s i ILK MAN STRONG ARM CONDUCTOR CUNNINGHAM HURT. Caught Between Coal Banker and Car at Pleasant Valley yesterday An accident occurred at Pleasant Valley yesterday morning about nice o'clock which barely let Conductor Cunlnngham of freight train No. 23, out with his life. The train was tak ing coal at the bunker and In switch ing the conductor was caught between a car and the bunker crushing him severely. He had several ribs broken and was crushed Internally. The train immediately brought him to Baker and he was placed in St Elisabeth's hos pital where he is being cared for. Ba ker City Herald. PLAN HUGE COMBINE OF GENERAL FRUIT ASSOCIATION TO MANAGE ALL BRANCHES TO BE INCLUDED IN IT , Commercial Club has movement Un der Way to Combine Tarlous Industries Under one Head. Combining several worthy enter prises under one general head 'or asso elation has been deemed a plausible step to take by the Commercial Club In its efforts to add population of a desirable sort . by securing smoke stacks for La Grande and letting the factories under the stacks make such inducements for more '; experienced workmen, as the occasion may de mand. A movement is now being snap ed fn, which will do this. .-. frvit jnlon to handle the fruit and manage' a series of canneries and ap ple by-produrt factories, la the scheme as no woutlined. A vinegar factor ia to become a part of the institution. A vinegar fastory would be come of such an institution. Jellies. and other by products would be adjuncts to the main factories. After careful consid eration this has been , adopted as & business like move and means tgward that end will be exercised, at anee. Grande Rouda VftUw too, is con sidered by cannerymen to be unu sually gifted for a corn cannery. In corn countries corn matures rapidly and the cannery people have difficulty in harvesting the corn at its proper degree of maturity. Here, where there is little llklihood of corn maturing at all, it would not be dime It to harvest the green corn and have ample time la which to do it Such a cannery is also to come under the scope of the gigantie movement now under way. In connection with the Spokane free speech movement, notified the authori ties that they were ready to leave the Franklin school building and go to work on the rock pile if they were well supplied with wholesome food The men at first refused to work and were locked In the Franklin Bchool building "on rations of-bread and wa ter. The leader of the Industrials ex plained this change of front by -laying that the reason the men wanted to go to work was so that they could pro cure sufficient food wherewith to keep up their strength to enable them to keep up the fight when their terms ex pired. KINK LEOPOLD IS STILL ALIVE. Brussels, Dec. 14. An official bul Ieton Issued at 11 o'clock this morning says: King Leopold was operated up on successfully by Drs. Thlrard, Stin en and Bydelaga. The operation was performed at one this mornlag. Acording to the statement of the physicians the king has a bare chance of recovery. The fact is based upon the fact that the Intestinal . obstruc tions which are supposed to have been the cause of the king's illness has been removed. It is stated that it is not true that a tumor was found and removed by the surgeons. FACTORIES AN AIRSHIP TRUST FORMS LEADING AVIATORS AGREE THAT SUCH A COMBINE WILL SOON EXIST SETTLE WRIGHT-CURTISS WRANGLE TOMORROW. Infringements of Patent Rights AI rcj Iiuch Tmvo Mini Liiiga- -tioft Commenced Already. ; New York, Dec. 14. Is an airship trust to be the noxt development in the conquest of the sir? Some of the leading high fliers of the country are willing to answer in the affirmative, an they are viewing with alarm the possibilities of a decision in favor of the Wright Brothers in their Injunc tion case against Glenn Curtlss and the Herring Curtlss Company which comes up for hearing before Judge Hazel In Buffalo, tomorrow. The case will decide as to whether the Wrights or Curtlss have the proper right to one style of flying machines, to which both are laying claim. . In this and all other legal battles over Infringements of patents the Wright Brothers have the backing ot the new million dollar corporation, which has been formed, so the enemies of the Wrights declare, to become the great trust of the air, when air ships have reached a point in their devel opment that the average man will be willing to trust them, The Wright Brothers have a plant at Dayton, Ohio, and other will be erect- ;', lr the near futnre. The principal 'vcliholdere are Vanderbllt, Suonta, Ryan, Morton,, Gould, Freedman,. and Collar ' The main offices of the company are In the Night and Da.y Bank building at Forty-Fourth street and Fifth avenue. An aviation field will be opened at once in Florida for the instruction of the, company's customers in the hand Hug of aeroplanes so that purchasers will run the least possible chance of danger to themselves when they Btart to fly alone. ' . . .. A staff of instructors are to be malu tained by the company, much after the manner ia which an automobile com pany keeps experts on hand to bow purchasers the intricacies ot the ma chine and to give them lessons in its handling. Instructions in the use of aeroplanes will begin at once on the Florida field so that prospective cus tomers will not have to wait until the factories have opened up and commen ced turning out commercial machines in order to learn bow to use them. According to the announcement of the company's plans, it proposes to build heavier than air machines to seats air the way from one' to three persons. Aeroplanes carrying all the up to twenty persons may be attempt ed later. It is claimed by the Wrights and their backers that almost anyone can learn how to manager an aero plane in a couple of hours. The question of cost of the commer cial machines has been steered clear of by the company thus far. In fact it is said that the Wrights and their business associates have not yet de cided on what the public will be com pelled to pay for one of these machines but it is likely that the flying. ma chines when placed on the market, will demand big prices, Just as did the bicycles and the automobiles when they were first offered for sale. - Cemetery Filled. Walla Walla. Wash. Dec. 14. With her cemetery filled. Walla Walla fiues a shortage of burying space. Til ? ity council tonight will consider some plan whereby the present cemetery can be enlarged. Several offer have been made to supply land, aone of which adjoin the present cemetery but the prices have been prohibitive. There is less than a dozen lots left lit the present cemetry. MANAGUA IN MOB'S POWER POPULACE SCREAMS FOR TAFT AN ESTRADA DURING V MAD CARNIVAL STREETS THRONGED WITn RIOTERS ALL DAY LONft General Morales Turns Traitor to Zo la a and Will take Up Cause of Estrada and Friends. New Orleans, Dec. 14. Managua, the , capital of Nicaragua is in the hands of a pro-revolutionary mob, ac cording to cablegrams , apparent:' authentic, from Greytown, late today. The streets are thronged with excited Nlcaraguans. Shouting mobs are pa rading before the palace , shouting "hurrah for Estrada and Taft." Iiumos that Estrada is about to make good his declaration to the world to resign, have thrown the pop ulace into great excitement. Another report is being circulated to the ef fect that the dictator is' planning a secret get-away from the country. Morales Turns Traitor. Private dispatches from Panama, which are apparently authentic today declares that General Morales, for merly a Zelayan leader, has declared himself in favor of General Estrada and asserting that Zelaya's yoke is that of a tyrant and that it Is no lon ger bearable. It is reported that with hia entire force he hast marched against Rivas. lie has already cap tured Orisis and nouie of the towns near, the Costa Rlean border. Preparing for Final Irnuc. Blueflelds, Dec. 14. Provisional President Estrada has abandoned the defensive and Is now massing - hia forces for an attack upon the Zelayana is the information received by cable today. The impending battle which promises Jo be. a most important rev olufloA'Will probably be-fought at Recero which is 12. miles from Rama General Vasquez, Zelaya's most trust' ed lientenant is In command of the district and will no doubt make, a de termined resistance. Oklahoma Bank Fails. Guthrie, Oklahoma, Dec. 14. The First State Bank of Klefer Oklahoma, closed It doors today as the resuH of the failure of the Farmer's National Rank at Tulsa, yesterday. FIERCE BATTLE TO ELECT PRESI. DENT BEING WAGED. Robinson Holds Power bat Has Trou ble Facing Him Each Way. New York, Dec. 14. Stanley Robin son, owner of the St. Louis Nationals, held the balance of power today when the magnates met to elect a successor to the late Harry Pulllam, to decide the fierce battle which has been wag ed over the candidacy of John M. Ward for the office ot president of the National League. It was said before the session open ed that if Robinson voted for Ward It would Insure his election, while if he voted against Ward the meeting would be a deadlock. Ward is opposed by John Heydler, the former league's secretary, who was named as presi dent temporarily at the time of Pull lam's suicide. ROBINSON HOLDSPOWER Birthday ef Greek Prlnre. Athens, Dec. 14. Prince Paulos, the little son of Crown Prince Constance of Greece was eight years of age today and the anniversary was made the oc casion of a great demonstration led by the military league. Leaders of the League, fearing that should Crown Prince Constantine succeed to the throne of Greece, he would be reveng ed on theme for his present humilia tion, now demand his renunciation of all rights to the throne in favor of his son, and It is believed not to be unlikely that this agitation will bring about a dynastic crisis. THORNTON II I i raw irim HAd dLlUtl I RALLY TODAY GIVEN UP FOR DEAD THIS MORN INO BUT STILL LIVES. Shows Slight Signs of Improvement at Late Hour this Evening. Given up this morning for dead, but at 3:30 still in an unconscious state as a result of his fall from the Lletch building at 2 o'clock yesterday after noon, C. R. Thornton of this city who is making his home in Enterprise, is showing slight signs of improvement this afternoon. - This morning the surgeons gave out the word that his brain was clotted and that no humnn preventatlon of death was available. His friends and relatives were called to his side, but telephonic communication this after noon say that, remarkable enough, there Is a slight Improvement. This afternoon his muscles twitch and there are other signs' of life, disproving the paralysis theory. Aside from these tri vial signs of life, there is no indica tion of returning consciousness. Mrs. Thornton Is in a critical state due to the shock of the sudden injury to her husband which indicated them selves to be fatal, and which even now are likely to prove so, Mr. Thornton's condition is extremely precarious, Marshall Arrested. La Center, Wash., Dec. 14. Cfty Marshall W. D. Wampler was arrestea for using profane language on the streets. Wampler's profanity cost him about $1.00 per word. He was fined the sum of $5.00 and costs by Justice, ot the Peace Brothers, . Men Escape Waves. Vancouver B. C. Dec. 14. Ten men composing the crew of the gasoline schooner Lulu which blew up follow ing a fire on board some thirty miles south of Prince Rupert, reached :.hat place after a trying experience with the weather and high waves. i ' : HAND BAGS - - - ' . J New Leather, New Shapes, New Prices We Have the largest, the best, the most up-to-date line of Ladies Hand Bas and Purses ever shown in La Grande. We have the Alligator. Patent Leather, Real Seal, Wal rus and a line ot imported leathers that we know are good, and of the latest styles. We are offering these goods a J ft st reasonable, pricet for this class of goods. Our goods are right and we know the prices are. Let us show you while our line is complete. HILLUS DRUG STORE LA GRANDE, JEVEL THEFT A MYSTERY WOMAN OF FASHION FOUND IN DISREPUTABLE PORTION OF MONTEREY . CONSCIOUS BUT CANT EX- PLAIN ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY Thousands In Jewels ri4 On the Unconscious Woman Kan . Probably Scared Away. Monterey, Cal. Dec. 14. It was learned today that Mrs. Anna L. Cum mings who was found unconscious last night in a disreputable part of the city with Jewels estimated to be worth more than $5,000 and bonds and notes valued at more than $20,000 in her po session had been drugged with chloral with the evident purpose of robbery. The police are trying to find the mys terious man who telephoned to the po lice station several times during the night, taylng that he wanted to see Mrs. Cumlinngs, but refused to reveal his identity.' It is suspected that this is the man that drugged her and took -her into the disreputable section of the city and left her. It appears that the . man was probably frightened away . Just before he succeeded in obtaining the woman's valuables. Mrs. Cumlngs sufficiently recovered today from the effects of the. drug that had been given her to reveal her identity. She formerly was Mrs, Wm. P. Steward of St Lewis. Her present husband Is C. W, Cumlngs. With her husband she removed on the First of September from St Louis to Oakland.-Jvgtra U er possession shows that her agents In that city have sold property belonging ' to her to the amount of $20,000 and had invested the same In steel bonds. "' Olympa, Wash. Dec. . 14. Attorney C M. Vance is today preparing mo tion for a new trial for Ortls Hamilton the former .adjutant general of the state of Washington, who last night was found guilty ot larceny by embes llement In collecting and converting the state's funds to his own use. - While specific charges on which Hamilton was convicted was for ? bez!sme&tf $1,186, the total pecula tions are placed in the neighborhood of $30,000. OREGON HAMILTON FOUND GUILTY