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NUMBER 48.
LA GBANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON,
MONDAY, DECEMBER . 20. 1909.
I i I I I I 1 I I i i i s i i t i . 4 i i i I I a I I I i r v i I i i ill
Hi m mi i Be m tm n iwi
I0RE FAKES
DISCOVERED
OK SAID TO HAVE FAKED THE
NORTH POLE FLAG
PHOTOGRAPH
ANES AT SKA A 1U WAX
TO BACK OCT OF MATTER
ither Adverse Nor Favorable Report
Will Be fade By Danish Com
nilttee Is the Latest
p'lttsburg . Dec. 20. That Dr. Fred-
flc A. Cook the Brooklyn explorer
faked" the picture of the flag which
claims to have planted on the pole
jis the charge made today by by
hn A. Brasher, an astronomer, coll
ided with the University of Pitts
?rg. Had the flag been planted at the
fle, Brasher declared. It wpuld have
st long shadows as the sun at that
fe had only an elevation of eight
Jsrees. Cook's picture, he charges,
ows no shadow. Cook explains this
saying that the" picture that he
ok was a very small one and that
limy deails had been lost when It
jiil been enlarged for actual use In
e lantern slides. Dr. Brasher does
pt believe that either Cook or Perry
f" er reached the pole. . .
, Danes are Embarrassed.
Copenhagen. Dec. 20. That the
pmiutee investigating the data jf
r, C&k will not return a report eiili
favoring or adverse to the claims of
e explorer, was the prediction todoy
$ tini member sof the faculty of the
University of Copenhagen, who are
fcgnizant of the deliberations of the
iminiittce. The savants of the Danish
diversity who are serving on the com
iittee are said to be deeply enibar
isBed by their former championship
f Dr. Cook, coupled with their Inabil
ity to find anything approaching ac
lepttable proof of his reports and ar
jpw casting about for a way to grace
plly retire from the controversy.
FILED HERE
ITY CAK REPAIR WALK AT ITS
OWK EXPENSE NOW.
Sean's Decision In the Oliver Case fil
ed with the County Clerk.
Judee H. .T. Rpnn nf Ppnrllptnn nil
this morniag filed with the county
Jlerk his decision on the application
3f Anna Oliver to reinstate the Injunc
Jon against the city of La Grande and
Ss street superintendent, pending the
ippeal to the supreme court, by which
lecislon the Injunction was reinstated
!or a period of twenty days until the
transcript on appeal can be filed in
die supreme court, after which t .e
supreme court will have jurisdiction.
In the meantime the city Is permitted
it Its own expense to make Buch tem
porary repairs upon the walk as will
nake it nacsible for the public without
loing any injury to the plaintiffs lawn
trees or shrubbery.
APPEARS WET
Wall i 17n- r- aa .
SI ti An eariy pre-
k uuuu uasea on me neavy
morning vote indicates that iui town
of A alia Wa?la will remain wet oy
auoui 3V0.
I Both Bides are claiming a victory as
f matter of course but It is believed
EAN UKASE
WALLA WALLA
FUNERAL LARGELY ATTENDED
Neighbors and Friends of Ylctim
Fall Escort the Remains
BoriaL
of
The Methodist church yesterday was
filled to capacity with friends of the
late C. R. Thornton and sympathizers
of the lately bereaved family, when
the funeral services were held over the
remains of the victim of the recent
fall at Enterprise. The family has the
sympathy of the entire community.
As a reflection of the attentive de
votion which the deceased gave the
church of his faith, it need only to be
mentioned that he was Sunday school
years, and his church affiliations along
other lines were fully as attentive as
this. His life has been an unassuming,
unostentatious one, filled always with
strict attention to his vocation, his
family and his cLurch.
THREE BURN
TO A CRISP
CHILDREN ATTEMPT TO GET
BREAKFAST BUT START A
FIRE.
Parents were Unable to Prevent the
Gruesome Incineration of their
Little Ones.
Chicago, Dec. 20. Mary, aged 6;
Charles, aged 4, James, aged 2. all the
children of John Parroml, were burn
ed to death in their home today when
or.u ;'of the little girls was trying to
get. ;:e breakfast for her parents. The
l;.;T it3 arose early this morning and
went to shed In rear of of the prem
ises for the purpose of butchering a
cow which Paroml had purchased the
day previous for that purpose. Some
fifteen minutes later the woman saw
arge quantities of smoke pouring from
the kitchen windows." She rushed to
the house and found to her horror the
lifeless bodies of two of the little
children stretched on the floor whlle'a
little distance away were the bodies
of the other two chllden, shriveled al
most beyond recognition. Mary, the
oldest lay at the side of the littlo
ones, and as her mother rushed Into
the burning room she raised herself
upon her elbow and faintly said: "I
was getting breakfast for mama." She
never sqoke aain and In a few min
utes expired. ,
, Baker City, Dec. 20. The Democrat
says: "Through the clever detective
work of Sheriff Ed. Rand, Deputy Jno.
P. Hannon of Huntington, and Marshal
Kelsey of that place, the man v?ho rob
bed the Knox jewelery store at Hun
tington of valuables to be estimated
at about $4,000 on last Thursday even
ing about 5:30 o'clock, was arrested
yesterday, so advices received here at
the sheriff's office stated, last night,
and the prisoner was brought here on
the train arriving last night from that
place.
Without doubt according to the story
of the officers, they hava.the right man
and they are to be congratulated In
not only affecting the arrest but also
In securing the valuable plunder that
was stolen.
that the wets have it. Intense excite
ment prevails on the streets and three
hours after the polls opened at 9
o'clock, half of the 3,235 registered
totes had been cast. .
ESTRADA WANTS RECOGNITION.
Will not Bo Dictated to By longrcsj
Or Zcla'a he AOirnis.
Washington, Dec. 20. Provisional
President Estrada has made a request
that the United States government now
recognize the Nicaraguan revolution
ary "art In whoe bands the govern
ment now is. Estrada declares that he
will not accept a president named by
Zelaya or the Nicara?uaa congress
and intimates that he will fight to the
end should Madrlz Iris be chosen.
THIEF LANDS
IN PRISON
NONE HURT IN
OVER A
TEN
EXTRA WEST BREAKS LOOSE AT K AMELA AND ENGINLESS TEARS
DOWN THE PRECI PITOUS MOUNTAIN
' - " ' ; ' - SIDE. ; . ,'L
iraln Crew Left at Kamela With the.
Carried Away by the Runaway
Middle of Train and are
;, v TwentjFonr
Providence never watched morel
closely over the lives of half a nun-!
dred men ana scores pf cattle than
It did this forenoon when an extra
west freight train broke loose from
its moorings at Kamela and without
engine, raced madly down the the
steepest Jncline on the O. R. & N., Tail
road to a point 4 1-2 miles west of
Meachain, a distance' of 10 1-2 miles,
scattering cars right and left, "wreck
ing telegraph communication, destroy
ing railroad property, but through It
all, preserving the lives of men . un
wlllingly participating In the mad
rush. It Is one of the freaks In rail
roading, that none were killed and
none injured. Twenty-four cars are In
the ditch, all but one at the point west
of Meacham where the runaway came
to a halt. The La Grande wrecker is
on the scene, responding to a hurry
call at 11:30 shortly after the run
down the hill commenced.
Airbrcaks Leaked.
The extra had let 'No. 11 the fast
mail pass it at Kamela, and was coal
ing up the engine when the run start
ed. The train crew was off the train,
and was left at the summit while the
-vn away was under way, but In the
; v oocs were naif a uozen stociunen
v.ha were in charge of several cars
of stock which mnde up a good portion
of the train. It appears from the mea
gre details obtainable, that while the
crew were working with the engine
the air brakes had leaked and became
loose and without warning the train,
Rngineless, commenced a wild career
down the steep grade. The men made
no attempt to jump from their places
In the caboose until such an action
on their part would have been useless
and fatal. The story of the mental suf
fering of the men In the caboose and
the 15 laborers in the outfit cars which
were also a part of the train, is of
course unknown. That they expected
death momentarily is a foregone con
clusion, as the hill is especially steep
and is filled with sharp curves and
tunnels.
Through the' town of Meacham, six
miles from the summit, the train sped
with terriffic momentum. It seems that
the more dangerous portions of the
run were passed successfully.
Strange Things Occur.
Perhaps another feature as strange
as any Is that one car of lumber was
thrown from the middle of the train
and struck terra flrma many feet from
the railroad track. This incident how
ever was no bar to fast transportation,
as the train, now running in two sec
tions, continued to run as swiftly as
ever. Four miles or a little over west
of Meacham the train finally came to
a halt. Twenty-three cars went into
the ditch then. "Of this number, some
were in front and some were in the
rear of the car of stock. These stock
cars were left on the tracs with the
caboose. Otherwise everything was
twisted into an indiscriminate mass
and In which the track was badly torn
up. "'
Four outfit cars carrying a number
of men estimated at between ten and
twenty, were among those derailed.
Traffic At Standstill.
So badly were the telegraph wires
twisted and torn in the accident when
the cars were sent hurtling from the
track and striking the poles of the
Western Union and the railroad wireB
that all communication was instantly
cut off and stayed so until about two
o'clock and when a detachment of sig
nalmen mananed to get some tempor
ary wires to working.
No7, a turnabout running west was
stalled at Kaiiicla. As to the time of
clearing up the wreck, little can be
learned and guesses are futile. There
la little hope of cleaning it wny this
evening, but indications point to a
clear track by morning.
Railroad men and o;Tklala shudder
at the thousands of things that might
have occurred to the runaway, but
standing out most prominent, of these
possibilities is what would have hap
pened had a train been on the hill. Of
course block signals would have been
of no avail In such Instances for the
HAD DASH
li t COURSE
Engine, bnt Stockmen and Outfit Cars
.Train Cars Picked oot of the
.Hnrleo! for Miles.
.In th Ditch.: , t i-i-Av s
engineless train stopped only before
things of greater weight and size.
A sigh of tellef went up from every
quarter at noon when It was learned
that the marvelous mishap had culmin
ated in no terrible disaster as might
easily have been the case.
FEARED THE WORST
Local Doctors Held Ready To Go Out
With The Wrecker.
V Arrival here of the first news of a
wreck of thig description created con
sternation among local officials and
physicians were hurriedly summoned
to b rushed to the scene of the wreck
wehe the officials naturuly enough
feared many were Injured. , Before a
rescue train consisting of crane and
sen could be put under way, addition
al news of the wreck was received
m wnicn it was learned tnat none on
the train were hurt. The doctors In
that event were not needed and the re
scue train was hurried to Meacham at
Jl;30.
,;-v a, 'r The train Crew safe
In view of the fact that the train
crew was with the engine while It was
taking on coal, that number of men
escaped the terrible ride down the
mountain. The engineer was. Fields
and F. Ray was the conductor. Both
of these men are residents of La
Grande.
Nens of the Wreck Meager.
While some of the most important
features of th sensational run have
been telephoned to Chief Dispatcher
Corbett by the caboose telephone meth
od, the sensation experienced by those
many men will not be related in full
In many days. The many fortunate
features will easily brand the entire
affair as the most remarkable in the
annals of Oregon railroad history.
EXTEND THE
MAIL LIMITS
SOUTH AND WEST LA GRANDE TO
BE INCLUDED.
Orders go Out from Postoftice to Be
come Effective Soon Mncbly
Needed Improvement
An extension in the city carrier ser
vice of this city has been ordered and
will become effective on January 16.
All of South La Grande, commonly
known as Old Town, and the west side
bill are to be Included In the service
at that time, according to information
filed with Postmaster Rlchey. A car
rier and a substitute will be named
by appointment, and examination in
the near future. ;
At present the system Is bounded
by the foot of the Westside hill and
excludes all of South La Grande. The
new carrier will take beyond these
limits to the sections named. The ser
vice will be extremely welcome. This
order comes after strenuous effort on
the part of the postmaster, anl the
showing made In sidewalk Improve
ment in that section.
J. C. Ardrey Appointed.
Among the nominations sent to the
senate today appears the name of J.
C. Rrdrey for the Portland Land Of-
flee and H. S. Buck, postmaster at the
town of Sumpter.
TRAINS RUNNING LATE.
Continual Drifting of Snow In Wjom
lug and Through Nebraska Is
To Blame for This.
West bound passenger trains are
runnln on frightfully late schedules.
The slow orders still prevail as the
drifting snow mixed with sand throug
Wyoming and western Nebraska neces
sltates the contlnous cleaning of the
tracks. About 12 hours late, but more
often complete annullment is the rule
of the service. To eliminate long de
lays, eastboun trains are turned at the
Win f - I;. ' run ftuptt
west again as stub trains for the ac
comodation of local pasengers.
W. J. Townley of Union left this
morning for Wallowa county where
he 1 8 largely interested in the hay
business. .
BRIDGE FALLS
27
COLLAPSE OF RUSSIAN BRIDGE IS
FATAL FOR MANY.
Victims are Precipitated 4o the Frozen
Waters of the Prlpct River.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 20. Twenty
seven persons were drowned by the
collapse of a wooden bridge across the
Pripet river at tne village of Mosyr,
situated In the province of Minsk, ac
cording to the report reaching. here
today. A crowd of workmen and
women were crossing the bridge for
the purpose of beginning their daily
toiil when the bridge collapsed, throw
Ing them into the river, which was
running swiftly and which was filled
with great blocks of ice, making U
impossible to rescue the unfortunate
victims.
NEWS COMES
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CRIPPLED WIRES CAUSES ENOR
MOUS TRIP BY WIRE.
La Grande and Baker City Reached by
Hundreds of Miles of Belay .
Service.
Expense Is no item of consideration
In bringing the news of the day to the
clients of the United Press, among
which Is the Observer. Today's wreck
has so crippled the telegraph wires
that Eastern and Foreign news accu
mulating in the Portland offices this
morning and forenoon could not be
communicated to the Observer via the
Portland wire. Instead, at a late hour
when it became known that the con
gestion was Berious. the files were sent
to San Francisco, then to Salt Lake
and relayed to Boise, from whence
they were transmitted to Baker City
and La Grande.
THAW LOSES
LAST ROUND
Washington, Dec, 20. The Supreme
coart doors tvday were closed against
Harry Thaw. Justice McKenna hand
ed down a riling refusing to review
the case.. At present at least, "Thaw
must stay in the mad house, suffering
from Insanity which was the cause of
his killing Architect Stanford White
on the Madison Square Roof Garden.
Chester Hamilton one of the eladlng
merchants of Summetville, la In the
city today.
AND
DIE
mm
WfilO
MAYOR S VETO
AXE SWINGS
STRINGENT LIQUOR ORDINANCE
TO BE VETOED RY THE
MATOR TONIGHT
ACTION TAKEN ON TEE GROUND
THAT LEGALLY INCORRECT.
Will Call a Special Meeting This week
To Che the Ordinance Back to"
The Council.
Mayor M. K. Hall will veto the
stringent ordinance passed by the
council at its last meeting, which ia
the main, Is to force physicians to
file with the recorder of the city a
duplicate of the orders on drug stores
for alcoholic liquors for medical pur
poses. The veto- axe was swung to
night, the fifth day after passage of the
ordinance.
Mr. Hall has no objections as to the
main provisions of the ordinance, to
wit; the prohibition of the sale of In
toxicating liquors and the keeping of
them on the premises for the use of
others. His principal objections is on
legal grounds, having been advised
by several of the attorneys that the
provisions requiring physicians to file
copies of their prescriptions which
they may write for acoholic stimulants
with the recorder cannot be lnforc
ed. .. ' . -
He has also been informed that the
state law holds that the relation be
tween physician and patient are priv
ileged and that a physician has no
rlpht to disclose the facts concerning
his patients which may have come
to him as the result of professional
confidence. Dr. Hall states . that he
would not obey such an ordinance him
self unless the supher.te court ordered
It, and that he cannot conscientiously
by a party to the adopting of such an
ordinance, and considers It his duty
to prevent Its passage if he can. There
are also several minor technicalities.
The mayor states that it is his inten
tion to call a special meeting of the
council for Wednesday the 22 inst. to
return the ordinance to the council
men, and in case the veto is upheld, to
submit for their consideration an ord
inance "practically the same with the
objectionable parts eliminated.
An nmutlng, but no less distressing
occurrence took place Saturday after
noon, when by mistake a La Grande"
mother, while out shopping in one of
the stores, mistook another baby bug
gy for her own and wheeled It to an
other store. A' half hour or more had
passed when the baby began to cry
and when the lady went to quiet the"
little darling she discovered her mis
take and left the baby and buggy '
there and hurried back to the orlg--inal
store.
The mother of the baby at the first
Btore had discovered her loss and
Bhe, too, left the baby and buggy that
was sunposed to be hers, but was not.
v Consequently both babies for a time
waa deserted. It so happened however,
that the father of the child first taken
happened to be In the store Bhopplna
and lu the midst of the confusion
recognized that It was his child and t i
Immediately took the baby Lome. The
caus? c the initial mistake was the
fact t Wt the two baby carriages and
dreseso i, tlie infants were almost es
citly alike In appearance. .
SUICIDE AS REVE-NGE.
Too Poor to Bny Wedding Freseuts So
' Hangs Himself.
Tacoma, Wash. Dec. 20. Because he
found himself financially unable to
purchase a wedldng present for his
daughter who was married last wee'i
E. A, Olson, a taylor, committed sui
cide by hanging himself,