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SRANDEIS CEOWLS AT THE
DECISION OF CQJCKITTEE
3Sed letter day In Balllnger-Plnchot
hearing will come early next week
he Balllager Is called by his
; own attorney Magazine article at--i'
Mng Secretary Balllnger Is giy.
en contradiction. , f f'.h ll:
Washington, March 26. Balllnger
111 not be" called on "the stand until
Ms own attorneys give the wori
This, is the decision of the commit
tee of Investigation in the Balllnger
Plnchot row. The committee came
to this decision following a request
r Attorney : Branes, that Ballin
xer be called as a witness. Voortres
made a vigorous protest; , .
It Is expected that Brandeis will
complete the presentation of the case
today: It is expected that Balling
Tvill take the stand early next week
and It will be the red letter day of
the hearing. W ashington iff anxious
to hear the. Secretary's statement
nd find whether, the statement to
the president will be modified In' the
light of facts brought
Brandeis said. "Is this witness to t
.tie allowed to wlth-hold his testimo-;
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It vo- to reconcile It with that of
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he to be treated as any other, wit
ness should be treated?" ;
Committeemen stopped Brandeis,
and the taking of testimony begun.
.John T. Steel, general counsel for
the Morgan Guggenheimer syndicate
took the stand. Steele said he had
asked permission to testify because
magazine articles had declared that
the syndicate had paid lanrge sums
to Cunningham claimants. He pro
duced as expense account showing
only $1000 had been paid In this, con
nection. -"-"'..'"'.. ' , ; '
7 TARIFF WAR ENDED. :
Canada and Americans come to ami
cable agreement over tariff ' '
Washington, March 86. The settle
ment of tariff negotiations In a man
ner favorable to both countries is
assured. Secretary Knox ' today Is
sued an official statement declaring
lilt mutter to (mi m.uwu u IjU(I
ly understanding reached.
V COSTLY WATCH PURCHASED
J. P. Morgan pays $525,000 for an
; old time' piece.'.;:
Geneva, March 26. Probably : the
most . valuable" of old hand worked
watches is today In pie hands of J.
P. Morgan. Morgan purchased the
watch from Ilerr Margels of Berlin
for 1325,000. '
; American Boats Seised :
Blueflelds. March 26. The Amrf.
can .gunboat Paducah returned today
irom ureyiown wnere it was sent to
Investigate the seizure jof two Amerl-
can vessels by -'the insurgents. T& la
reported since the PadnmVn nrHvni
that the boats were seized by agents
:of the government and not by lnsur-"-
gents. ; A report; has been sent 1 to
ine government at Washington by
the commander of the Paducah
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WISDOM CASE BERG : ;
THRESHED OUT TODAY
Chander case Is next ap. for trial
Not likely the Jury will ret Wis
dom case nnta some time Monday
Matter fo calling grand jury again
seems to be nndlclded In the court
circles.
,1. The end of the present term of the
circuit court Is now In sight unless
the grand Jury should be called back
In the ntar future.
After, the hearing of the perjury
case today, there are only three" more
cases to come before this term of
court; that of 'the state vs, Chand
ler, the State vs, Laudermilk 'and
Chllds vs. Walker.
" Opinions differ as to whether there
will be a special session of the grand
Jury called during the present term.
There are five men : now boarding
with the county, whom it will be nec
essary to keep over until the June
ien unless jt is decided to call back
th grand Jury and have their hear-
Ing during the present sitting of the
court
r ' Wisdom Case Today.
Prosecuting Attorney Ivanhoe np
to a late hour this afternoon hadcal
jea nine witnesses for the prosecu
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tOCAL DEAtEES CLOSE UP A
CHEAT MANT SMALL DEALS
Noeetton J the coonty escapes ac
tivity that ( has" seized realty ' prop.
; erty la Unloa connty March asu
ally dull, marked with activity that
is snrprisiag to aU of the local
boosters as dealers '7 ;..x
O $ q o $ 4 Q O O O
& $25,000.60 CASH DOWX
Cove, 'March 26 Special
The Matt Mitchell place of
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parties for $25,000.00 cash
down. It is being cut up
intn ten acre tracts and
80 acres are. being planted
to choice7 apples. '
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From center to circumference Un
ion county this week saw a more
wide spread . real estate movement
than any one - week of , the month,
which , has itself been -very active
for March. The week ending tonight
is religiously known as Holy Week,
and In it many abstain from pleas
ures .and mnforts but
evidently had no 'particular holmess
to men interested in consummating
deals in real estate. . Summerville,
Cove, Imbler, Elgin, La Gr6nde and
Union reahestata men report a large
number of sales, few of them, how
ever, unusually" large. ; "
Colonist rates continue to bring
in a few daily and these are being
figuratively whisked hither and thi
ther which Is all right-and few of
the homeseekers are buying without
inspecting afl things on sale. March
has been a remarkable month " for
real estate In Union county and ' It
is apparent that , the closing days
will be more active than the open
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Local Dealers Active
The La Grande 'Investment Com
pany has closed up several desirable
deals; McKennon, Phy & Roberts
have closed nearly half a dozen very
aesiraoie deals; the C. J. Black
cy has a half dozen or more deals
to Its credit; the Van Duyn company
reports favorable action .and other
Offices in the city that deal In unni
tracta and special irrigation deals,
uave aiso naa an active week.
CampbeU Home Sold
A hous and lot belonging to Ezra
i. Campbell, situated in North La
Grande, was sold yesterday through
the C. J. Black agency to John Hlatt
ir. Campbell has been away for
some time, and will return tn
valley, Wyoming, in a day or two,
where he has other Interests. Mr.
Hlatt bought the ' nroDertv for n
home, and : wUl improve the Dlace
and take possession immediately,
iruit Land Sold
A tract of 40 acres of choice nnni
land was purchased recently thromrh-
tne agency of . C. J. Black by the
Nunn Fruit Company of Utah. This
was the J. E. Woodruff place near
the foot of Mt. Emily. The land,
which is not all . cleared, will be
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planted to fruit trees in the near
future. The price waa about $4000.
C. J. Black reports sales to be
good thjs week, having closed six
deals, four of which involved prop
erty worth large sums.
Starr Place Sold
Mrs. Eva Starr sold her place yes
terday consUling of a house and lot
on Fourth strest in South La Grande
to Mrs. Evans, who will Improve the
property and make 1st tme on the
place. The prODertv brnneVf .
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price. It was sold through the C.
J. Black agency. " .
E02E HOME SEEKEHS
Thre,,4m!"c from Kansns.
Will look at land.
H. E. Moore and wife, J. Thomp
son and Earnest Buckly and - wife,
H of Independence, KansaB, are here
today In search of land, and a suita
ble locality is which to make their
home, ; ...
They went to Elgn today but will
return and look over the offerings
in this end of the valley. .
They will be taken over the coun
try about La Grande bv the Tj.
Grande Investment company.
ir they decide to locate here they
will bring othrs from their old hom
to this country.-
AXOTHEB NEW HOME
WeH known resident of Cove bands
seven roont bungalow
Cova March 26 (Special) F. T.
Sanford. a well known fruit grower
of the Cove district. Is beginning
this week the construction of a new
seven room bungalow, at his place
about a mile above the city.'
The work Is in charge of Al. Dan
iels, the well known carpenter and
builder.
AMERICAS TO AID ESTRADA.
Former Brigadoer recruiting men to
j fight against Madrla
New Orleans, March 26, General
Gordon of Texas, formerly a Briga
deer in the Spanish war, announced
today that he had recruited 8000
men here to;' aid In restoring the for
tunes of FHrada. Agents of Madrlz
are allvmrtlng to prevent the sailing
of Gofdens aien ': . .
NURSES SAVE PATIEXTS.
Reno fire threatens to burn ail the
Pat,cnt8 1" the bnildlng.
Reno, Nev March 26. Patients In
the Red Cross sanatorium here were
saved from death early today by" the
heroic work of Matron Mott and of
Nurse Alice Ho'pklno when a fire
broke out twice and threatened to
destroy the buildings. The nnnr
noor was burned. Loss about $10,000
SPECIAJT COCJfCIL MEETING
To be held this evening to consider
reservoir bids . '
Mayor! Meyers has issued a call
for a special council meeting to be
held this evening to eonslderthe bids,
mree in number,' for the construe
Won ; of teh reservoir and also to
provide a pest house. It Is also un
derstood that the new near beer or
dinance passed at the last meeting
is to be discussed with a view of mod
ifylnglt '
Worthy Toilet Articles
; la the line of toilet requisite, our atock i. exceptional.' both a,
to assortment-which afford, widest possible chclce-and the
ual guallty of our good.. People appreciate these finer gooo
appreclat. the fact too, that there ,. real economy
right quality .
' Our im. embrace, all of the'beat domU and imported
nd our Price, put them within reach of alL V
Wien aM! Toilet Water.. Talcum Md faa.
Powder., Boap., Brushe., etc. you can Insur the be.t.graia, tof
your money by coming here tor
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ICTACIE
WOXDEBFUL SPECTACLE IS
WITNESSED LAST NIGHT
Soldiers establish dead line threaten,
faff to shoot any tourist daring t
' cross itTonrist so anxious to get
good view of the eruption that
they disregard all danger to Ufo
b7 tpproactlnff too close
Catania, March 26. Internal fire
In Mount Aetna subsided slightly
today. The violence of the eruptioa
has decreased and the flow of lava
from the rifts In the mountain sides
began to slacken. Scientists avre
the greatest danger is over for the
8cenes throughout the . night on'
the mountain' and its vicinity were
awe-inspiring, .The skies were lit by
flames from the craters, while cav-'
ernous rumblings and sharp detona
tions broke the silence. The molten
flood, congealed and rock like by day,
was alight with tho red grow of in
ternal fires 'and lambent flames play
ed over the mass.
The greatest danger to life now la
the recklessness of tourists who art
besieging the authorities for passes
through the lines in order to get a
nearer view of the eruption. " So lit
tle fear is d&played by the tourist
that troops have been obliged to es-'
tablish a dead line and threaten to
shoot any person who passes it wlth
tut permission. Many peosons wero
rescued by soldiers after they had
been overcome by sulphurous fumea
or partly Buffocated by ash laden
vapors.
ENTERPRISE MAT JOIX
Business men subscribing money to
- meet expenses of club.'
Enterprise business men and the
Enterprise Commercial Club are to
day canvassing the business districts
of that city in an effort to get aub
scription sufficient to guarantee pro
fessional base ball team in that city
this summer. Enterprise holds the
situation to the ' four club league
in class . D protection planned for
this section of the country and it la
a possibility that the Inland metropo- '
! will support that kind of base
ball, if it does formation of the
four club league, with Boise .Baker
City,, La Grande and Bnternrln iri'i
proceed. : .
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