La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 21, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmm I VOLUME IX uA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1909. NUMBER 47. 7,'Y r''-f BALLINGER PROBE SURE BALLINGER HIMSELF PRESSES CONGRESS TO LOOK INTO RECORDS ROME STATE WANTS THE MATTER SIFTED THOROUGHLY Du re Will be No Delay In Turning The Department Records Topsy Washington, Dec. 21. It was finally determined today that there should be a thorough Investigation of the ' so called' Balllnger-Pinchot controversy. Senator Flint today Introduced reso lutions which . were adopted, calling upon President Taft to turn over to congress all reports, statements pur porting to contain charges made by L. R. C'.avls, former chief of the field division of the land office against Sec Tetary of the Interior Ballinger. O After the resolution h&d teen adopt T?d, Senator Jones of Washington read before the senate a letter from Bal linger demanding In the strongest terms a thorough investigation of his department, and that of the forest re serve service. Senator Jones declared that he would have offered a resolu tion himself for the investigation im mediate! j after holidays. v ' Senator Jones of Washington after reading BUllnger's note in the sen ate, declared that Ballinger did not wish a whitewash. He said if the charges made against him were true that he was unfit to hold the office. The people of the state of Washing ton, he said, demanded this Investiga tion, whether the. charges were true or not. - Rescue Hose MeV'flng LKescue Hose Company No. i will meet tonipht arid as there are mat ters of importance, a full attendance is riVsIred. , . v CHRISTMAS IS NEAR. OUR STOCK HAS NEVES BEEN LARGER OR CONTAINED SUCH A VARIETY OF CHRISTMAS NOTIONS. THESE SUGGESTIONS CONTAIN ARTICLES SUITABLE FOR MEN, WOME AND CHILDREN. BUY EARLY. WE WILL LAY YOUR PURCHASE ASIDE TO BE DELIVERED AT ANY TIME YOU DESIRE. Pocket knives, safety razors, shaving mugs "brushes, raz ors and razor strops, fish baskets, shot guns, hunting coats, moustache cups, cigar and tobacco jars. ; : ; FORBOYS . .Ice Skates, Express Wagons, Tricycles, Coaster Sleds, Tools, 22-rifles, air guns etc. ; j ?'::;':v" FOR WOMEN! . . Brass and China Candle Sticks, Table Cutlery, Manicure Knives, Fruit Knives, Salad and Oyster Forks, Scissors, Savory Roasters, Lisk Roasters, Crumb Trays," Carvers, Game Shears, Fern Dishes, Hand Painted China. Japanese China, Silverware, Cut Glass, Venitian Glass, Mayonaise Mixers, Bread Mixers, Percolators, Baking Dishes, Fire less Cookers.) ; ... V FOR GIRLS. Chaffing Dishes, Embroidery Scissors, Table Tennis, Vases, Casters, Ice Skates, Cups and Saucers, Toy Irons, Banks. ' '.-'; Lo GRAFTING FAILS TO SAVE- LIFE OF ELECTRICIAN Walla Walla, Dec. 21. Reed Crews the electrician who was bo terribly burned here on October 23, by fall ing oa the live wirea of the Northwest ern Corporation sub-station, died of hig wounds this, morning. Crews made a great fight for his life. His physicians grafted over 900 inches of skin which was donated by 350 people of Walla Walla. ACT OX READING ROOM. Mission Movement Pnt In the Rands of a Committee Last Night. A men's mission! room and reading room is now in the hands of a com mlttee consisting of Rev. Gray of the the Baptist church and Ellis of the Christian church. At the meeting call ed at the Bautlst church S for that purpose, the mission subject was discussed at length. The commit tee is now choosing a favorable loca tion in the down town district where a mission can be opened. SYMPATHY FREIGHT HANDLERS AND CLERKS WILL JOIN STRIKE. Large Territory Te Be Included In The New Turn of the Snlcbmens " Troubles. Minneapolis, Dec. 21. More than 2,000 freight handlers and railway clerks that are now being employed by the railroads of the Northwest will go put on a strike In sympathy with the members of the switcher.'? y''-. according to a "statement made today by II. B, Perham, - chairman of the railway department of the American "deration of Labor. The proposed stilKe it ia reported, will extend over the entire territory that is now being affected by the switchmen's strike. It i t ly Win STRIKE 125,000 FOR DEPOSITORS RECEIVER GETS PARCEL FOR DEPOSITORS IN BANK NOW DEFUNCT WANTS IMMEDIATE CALL FOR DIVIDEND CHECKS. Farmers & Traders Checks Come For Depositors Expectations Met Means Considerable to Local ' People Just Now. . Approximately $25,000 In the Bhape of dividend checks reached La Grande last night, from the comptroller of the currency, and early this morning Receiver Walter Niedner commenced a rapid distribution of the Christmas presents to the depositors . In the de funct b .nk. The regular avenues which the checks went through must have been smooth ones for the receiv er's prediction that the checks would return here properly signed by De cember 20, proved an accurate pne. The checks represent a 10 per cent, dividend to the up""tors. In order to facilitate matters" it !s important that depositors appear with the receiver's certificate of deposit t-t once and remove the checks. This is Important from several standpoints. All the i credentials that Is necessary is the certificate of deposit Issued by the receiver. . With this amount of money dropp ing in just previous to Christmas many dollars will be put into circula tion this week which otherwise would mlBS the whirl of Christmas shopping and Christmas buying. Attempt at Lynching. - v Belleville Ills. Dec.. 21. Sixteen men are in jail here today following an attempt at lynching of WUl Clark a negro, who Is accused cC killing two t!trret car platform men. Clark was surrounded in the Jail by a special guard which prevented the attempt at lyncntng pee. Silfi11'- 3 erstor HOLIDAY GOODS SPELL DOOM TO IIR. C00K DANISH CONSISTORY FLATLY DE NIES THAT DR. COOK REACHED POLE EXPLORER'S DOWNFALL IS COMPLETE AND CONCLUSIVE, Nothing In Ills Data to Warrant His ... Statemeat His Swwtn !; Grieved and Claims More la Otter Data, . Copenhagen, Dec. 21. The commit tee which have been investigating tho data of Dr. Frederick Cook, today of ficially reported to the consistory of the University of Copenhagen that Dr, Cook's records of dSaervallons Wer6 wholly insufficient to warrant the verdict that the North Pole had been discovered by the Doctor. Discrediting of Dr, Cook was a se vere blow to the Danish scientists, who have stood firmly by him, giving him their support under Commander Peary's charf.es. ' ' When Dr. Cook first arrived in this city he" was given a 'great reception, and honors were paid him by both high and low even including the King who since has recalled somewhat open ly his chagrin. It is well known that the Danish experts were personally inclined toward Dr. Cook, most of them having come out with statements subtantiatlng his claims. Therefore this absolutly flat decis ion against him is nil tho more con vincing. It is believed that if the data and records had provided any ground whatever for the scientists to have stood on that the scientists would have held to, Vk Cook as . long as there was any possible show. ,- A member of the committee today Said that it took the committee but a few minutes to see that Dr. Cooks ob servations and so-called records were absolutely worthless. We- could have reported . immediately, said he, but It took us several days to recover from ou surprise. The so-called note book on which Dr. Cook relied to a great extent for vindication had only the arounts of his observations rather than a record of the observations themselves.' These note books were thrown aside without a moment's con sideration. "We can not understand how a man with Dr. Cook's reputation as a scientist, could have attempted to bolster up his claims with such stuff," said he. Cook's private secretary, Lonsdale who represented the explorer here, is bitterly disappointed. He is makinv every effort to have the consistory to wlthold his final Judgment until the whole of Cook's data is presented to It Lonsdale told the committee that the missing data, which was a part of Cook's original documents, were sent here from America by a different route from that by which he came. He claims that the additional data will arrive In a few days. The "secretary said the method of, sending the data two different routes was adopted for protection. Consistory refuses to pay any attention to Lonsdale's appeal, and the findings as announced today have been declared as final as far r.s the consistory Is concerned. Perry Delighted. Washington, Dec. 21. When shown today's dispatches from Copenhagen, Commander Peary said: "Three c. four months ago from Labrador 1 sounded an explicit warning to the world based upon complete and accu rate information obtained regarding Cook. In doin" so I accepted the re sponsibility devolving upon me, and fulfilled my duty to the world, myself. Fight Pictures Tonight Every one who enjoys clover boxing will see the finest moving pictures of a fight ever made when the Ketch-ell-Johnson pictures are seen at the Pastime tonight The first performance was given at 1 p. m. today and ever since the doors were opened a steady stream of sport loving patrons has been pouring Into the Pastime. All say that for clearness, steadiness and all round high class pictures, these have anything beat a "Salt Lake block" seen in La Grande. Tomorrow night "Facing the Music" and Thursday night, the famous "My Friend from India" will hold the boards. Wheat Contlnnrs IMk. With wheat huglng the dollar mark (n the Grande Ronde markets, there Is but little sale, compared to the amount which has changed hanOs bere In the recent past. The price Is constant however and fluctuates but Tery mue. FOUR DEGREES ABOVE ZERO RECORD HERE LAST NIGHT Registering four degrees above ze ro lat uitcht, tire government mercury machine operated by W A. Worstell records that the cold snaD of last evening was exactly as cold as the coldest night this winter. During tho present day the mercury never went higher than 21 and at 2 o'clock had reached 19 obove, going down rapidly. The weather predictions say there will be no change over the weather of last night Grane Is Home. San Francisco, Dec. 21. Expressing a belief that the Jeffries-Johnson fight will be held in Salt Lake City, pro- rroter Eddy Graney arrived yesterday from New York. VI didn't get wnat went atter," said the "honest blacksmith,- "but I have no kick coming. I put la what I consider a good bid for the fight but other fellowa thought differently, tbats an to it. TELL STORY REMARKABLE INCIDENTS RELAT ED ::t EYE WITNESS OF THE WRECK. . Two T ailing Came Out Safe With the Car In Which they were Riding Reduced to Klndllngwood. That the stockmen in the caboose attached to the runaway freight yes terday on the Kamela hill did not know.of their precarious predicament. is another of the startling features of the wreck which has been the wonder of all the Northwest where the news has reached. The men were conversing in the caboose when the train started and thinking that the engine was attached paid no attention to It Soon they dis covered the terrlffic speed at which they were going down the hill, and immediately commenced to "cuss" the engineer. As the speed increased the men became alarmed at their reck less driving. Suddenly below, Meach- am the train came to halt with 24 cars in the ditch and the men then realiz ed that they had been riding in a run away train down a mountain side. Car Tilted Edgewise. So near derailment waB the caboose according to ah eyewitness, that it was tilted on , edge at an angle' of about 45 degrees. Aside from unseat ing the occupants of the car no re semblance of injury was felt Tramps Narrow Escape. Two tramps had been stealing a ride on the train and added their exper ience to the others on the runaway. At the time of, the smashup, the car on which they were riding was so completely converted into kindling wood that its resemblance to a freight car was utterly'lost. Notwithstanding this, the , men escaped without a scratch, and begrudged fate that had not carried them to a Wet town' be fore the spllL Their escape is even more of a miracle than of those who occupied the outfit cars. Engine Followed Train. Today the details of the sensational affair are creeping out as the eye wit nesses and participants of the affair are telling their stories. Engineer Fields and Conductor Rae"were work ing near their engine at the Kamela coal chutes, when the alarm was giv en. The engine followed as closely as possible to the fleeing train and was at the scene of the wreck a few min utes after it had happened. Meacham Residents Flee. The Kamela operator notified the Meacham operator of the runaway, and employes and residents living near the track at the railroad helper station, quickly sought places of safety be fore the train reached there. They ex pected derailment at that point, if other hazerdnus places were nassed. When the mnaway dashed through the station with a frightful roar the in habitants again crowded to the de pot awaf"i?sr worn of some descrip tion of wbat would happen when the tram waB finally wrecked. V CHRISTMAS GROCERIES. Look Over this List Before Placing . Your Order. , Fruits, Oranges, Bananas, Cranber rles, Fllced Pine Apples. Sliced Pea 4 Vegetables. Cauliflower, Celery, Sweet Potatoes, Squash, Parsnips, Lettuca, Cabbage and a whole store of other good things at J. O. Snodgrass's gro- cry. This store will be closed Chriot- mas. PASEiERS J ADROZ HAS PRESIDENCY ESTRADA IMMEDIATELY PLANS ATTACK ON NEW LEADER OF NICARAGUA ESTRADA IMMEDIATELY PLANS ATTACK ON NEW PRESIDENT Successor to Zelaya Takes Uls Neat 1 ' Today and Storms Immediately , - Hegln to Gather. i Managua, Dec. 21. Jose Madrca today assumed the presidency of Nica ragua, succeding former President Zelaya, who has resigned. Madriz recent threat to break wltb. v.oupled with a subsequent an nouncement of hjs presidential can d.'dacy, supported by the Mexican py, ernment which had sent Senor Creel to Washington for the purpose of interceding in his behalf Is constru ed by his turporters to mean that he will be president in fact as well cs in name and Intends to give the coun try a new deal. Rattle Will Resume Dlueflelds. Dee. 21. Reports from Rama today say that Estrada and his army are advancing against Gen eral Vasq ez. Just outside of Rama. The battle is expected to take place Immediately. The flrBt 'decisive move ment on the part of the revolutionists against the election of Madriz as suc cssor of President Zelaya was made in this significant and hostile movement of t!.o Estrada's army. AFTER POTATOES. t'n Ion Dealer Here to Huy Up Early . Rose Variety for Market- O. P. Pratt, the Union commission merchant is in the city today look ing up the potatoe market. He has orders for Beveral car loads of Early Rose potatoes for the California mar kets. So far hj has only been nble to secure a portion of his order. Mr. Pratt states that if our pota toe growers would cultivate the Cal ifornia trade a good market could easily be worked up. 1 About January the California grow ers plant but this crop Is harvested for young or. early potatoes and do' not mature, therefore there Is always a demand In California for seed pota toes and they prefer Oreeon stock to all others and the principal demand is for the Early Rose variety. Mr. Pratt estimates the present crop in this valley at 250 car loads but wita the exception of choice graded fancy stock prices are going to rule very low this winter. . . : . . .-. . TALK SCHOOL ON TUESDAY BOARD MEETING IN CONJUNCTION1 WITH ENTHUSIASTS. Method of Procedure to Secure $75,(MMH Building Will Be Made Plain."'-' . City high school matters will come to a focus next Tuesday night when the board of directors of the Commer cial Club will meet with the enthu siasts and the opponents alike, of the new school building, which is to cost approximately. $75,000. At this meet ing methods of procedure are to be outlined . and carried into exceutlon , Immediately afterward. The petition asking fcr an election will not be fil ed with V.n school board until. after th's meeting has been held. Tho school question Is rapidly gain ing that point where Its enemies are iew nuu mr uiween una us promoters legion. The Observer is safe In pre dicting that the board will go on rec ord as being not only willing to give its endorsement for such a structure, but will lend a helping hand to Its successful culmination when the time comes to vote on the matter. As stated the question will be voted ou pro and con. and the method fo procedure outlined at this meeting.