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A i t .- V ..II lkXrtCr rn tt rfevrTr 1:: llh!:v VOL. XI LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY, MAY 16, 1910. NUMBER 1G7 111 'i :..J 4 .AX FALLS HARD I ON erdy TALKATIVE STENOGRAPHER WHO 'STARTED SENSATION SATCR. DAY DISMISSED TODAY. "DNFIT TO REMAIN IN OFFICE" Frederick Kerb-, the Stenographer, . AY bo Started Sensation in Balllnger Investigation Saturday, is Today Oat of a Job Balllnger Investlgn tors Want to Know Why Lawless Memoranda Appeared Suddenly. through circular letter that Editor E. L. Eckley, one of the oldest news paper makers In Eastern Oregon, will soon establish a semi-monthly farm journal along with his other publica tions known as the Eastern Oregon Farm Star.; The new paper will treat on farm notes and matters of agri culture. Its success should be as sured as La Grande is tne center of i very large agricultural area. SIX YEARS FOB ROOSEVELT IN L Illlll':, QNDON Washington, May 16. Frederick M. Kerby, the stenographer of the inter ior department, who Saturday gave out an interview saying R. A. Bal llnger had dictated the letter issued by President Taft dismissing Glavis from office, was today dismissed from the government service. The dismis sal grounds are given as "Unworthy to remain in the service." The dis missal of Kerby has caused another sensation in the Balllnger case, fol lowing on the heels of Saturday's sen sation. ' Kerby published a state ment In which he told of preparations of the Lawler memorandum and in Ballinger's office and following this Attorney General Wlckersham sent a copy of the memorandum which prev . iously could not be found. The pres- - ident then explained the order, to Lawler, to frame a letter and write "as If he was president" The prosecution in the Balllnger investigation is trying today to figure out why the memoranda was not pro duced, despite numerous special re quests' for- it,, until after . Kerby's statement. They want to know . whether the discovery of the Lawler memorandum was influenced by Ker-! by's statement. ; New. York , papers itoday t uphold Taft saying the public does not be lieve that he permitted Balllnger to dictate the 'letter of Glavis' dismissal. """"'"My dismissal was not unexpected," ' said Kerbyr: "Naturally ' I did not care to continue work in the depart f: ment under existing conditions. I am g willing to leave Ballinger's charges to public opinion whether I acted i treacherously, or patriotically. It is j for the public to decide and I am sure it will decide In my favor." Host Serious In Years. Los Angeles, Califs May 16 R ports from Southern California Indi cate . that yesterday's earthquakes were the most severe in years. The most damage was done in Pasadena where several walls cracked. N At other places, San Bernardino, River side and Santa Ana, a number of chimneys fell. ' ' .V , , ' rai i ii trn iii I PLAN IU RILL PORTLAND BANKER SE5TEXCED BY G.VXTEXBHX FOR STEAL. . IXG BANK'S PAPERS, NEW TRIAL WILL BE ASKED SOON Defense Holds that Confession of Gulltford that He Attempted to Bribe Juror Barton la Ground for a Retrial and that Judge,. Erred When He Give Barton Private In. fitrnctions Following Bribery DIs CHINESE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY OF THEM WERE DEAD BY PLOT. LOOKS UPON REMAINS OF LATE KING EDWARD AND LATER MEETS KING GEORGE. Ing into London for service at the fun eral of Edward when the troops will line the street through which , the royal cortage will pass. .The host of royal personages will follow the cas ket It is estimated that a half a 1 I million dollars will be paid for seats ! along the line of march. The party of rich Americans are partly respon sible for the high price of seats. One American paid $5000 for the store room, of a. small merchant, - Other like prices have been paid for advan tageously located portions. GEORGE EXPRESSES FRIENDSHIP itnvaltv Waits on Colonel, Roosevelt Will Atfjend Funeral Tomorrow ns Siwc Lil Reuresentatlre of the United States London Papers Pay Hlght Tribute to the Visiting Tour. 1st Rides: la Royal Carriage from Discovery of Dynamite in Car Pre .. vents Wholesale Slaughter. Vancouver, B. C, May 16. Author ities are today investigating . a plan to dynamite 120 Chinese immigrants, which was prevented by discovery of dynamite hidden In a Btove by the agent of the Canadian Pacific rail road. The Chinese were in cars ready to start on a Journey across to Wia nepeg, after landing from-an Orien tal liner. One cook of a gang of sixty itarted to make a fire when the agent discovered a stick of dynamite in the stove. Searching other can revealed more of the explosive. Portland, May 16. W. Cooper. Mor ris, formerly cashier of the Oregon Trust & Savings bank of this city, was today sentenced to six years in the penitentiary, following his conviction of embezzling $15,000 in notes, from the bank. Judge Gantenbeln of the circuit court, named the sentence. v4 v The defense will ask for a new trial on the ground that Juror Barton's r ind was In no condition for a decis ion after Howard Gulltford had con fessed that he attempted to bribe Earton. Another ground for a new trial , will be that the Judge erred in piving Barton private instructions after he had reported Guiltford's at tempt to bribe him. ' Church of Christ. """ AnderBoni Ind., May 16. Delegates from nearly 1000 churches, with 150,' 00 members, are sere today for an nual state convention of the Mission ary Society of Church of Christ. ' ' LffE . SENTENCE am MRS. HYDE LEAD FROM COlUr ROOM SOBBING BITTERLY : WHEN YERDICT IS GIVEN. I , Terrific Sand Storm. ; Bakbrsfleld, Calif., May 16. A terri fic sand storm Is sweeping this section this afternoon. Ten thousand dollars worth of damage has been done al ready.' Many merchants have closed their stores and sealed the doors to prevent the spoiling of their goods. Numerous oil derricks : have been blown down. WILL ISSUE A FARM JOURNAL. Editor Eckley of the Star, Launches New Publication. Announcement has been made A Monkey Suffocates. Seattle, Mayl6. The celebrated educated monkey, Charles First, val ued at a million dollars, owing to the fact that he earned $52,000 yearly, was suffocated in a baggage car en route to Portland today. At 3 o'clock the keeper left him to get, some sleep and when he returned the monkey was dead. It is believed that a steam pipe which bursted nearby is responsible. He was playing on the Orpheum clr cult. ,.- Amendment Killed.. London, May 16. Theodore Roose velt and party arrived here toddy and was met at Victoria station by the municipal officials and representatives of the British government. The king sent bis royal carriage to convey the Roosevelts to Dorcheatra house, the home of Ambassador Reid. The morning ' papers print columns of praise for the American. ; After official courtesies ; had been nvMtonirari Rnnsavelt proceeded, i to v Avunun ' c , Buckingham palace where he viewed the remains of the late King Edward. He then went to Marlborough house tkora PpM nresented him to the King, George. The meeting was sim ple but cordial. .... , . King George, expressed pleasure at Roosevclfa appointment as special representative of the United States to the funral(which will occur to morrow. . v . . , London, May le.-Troops are pour- FR1SQXER liN'IO i ED RY SENTENCE NEW PLANT 1! II NOW DONE SIX THOUSAND DOLLAR IMPROVE KENT TO CREAMERY, i Plant Will Be Used Almost Entirely for the Firm's Own Needs. , Observer's Efforts Receive the , Heartiest Approval trom Many ; The campaign just started for higher priced property in' this valley is bringing results, beverai pcopie wuo have resided here a long time have visited this offico and congratulated the editor on what seems to be the right curse to pursue. , A man came all tne wayworn ove iv add his encouragement and subscribe for the daily Ub-"-vei for he had seen the first of the gospel truths about and in this paper. . . , J , ' Nowcongratulations are all right and. we are iht ttr.? H hc'man,'capable of standing a good many, but ac-ti-Ati i hi fhinfr that is needed. ' Do not talk it over all the Washington. May i6.-An amend- time to vouiselves but call a meeting in your neighbor- t. ... I - t j i 1 iAimM(. rn I lino ment by Senator Cummins to strme h00(i and SCC Wliat Can DC aoue auuut umv. out the commerce court section from .Ti r)r0ve to vour own conscience, that your land is capa the administration railroad defeated today by a vote nfd27b?o 2raalie of producing the crops that will yield interest on the - 'in and then raise the price to that limit. The AGED LADY IS I NJiED FATALLY IN RUNAWAY ulacc for the paste-boomer, it is no place for the land shark. Things are too permanent 'and the profits from land too well established to start 'any Panhandle, Texas, boom here and we want none. But all of us want what this valley is entitled tohonest prices 'for honest soil that will viekl honest results through hon- AND OTHERS BADLY HURT Jjjvcn trom JNonn rowuer comes a iciiur lu iuc u" An investment" of approximately $6000 has Just been made on the Blue Mountain creamer In this city when the cold storage plant was completed today. While the new adjunct to the plant haa been virtually' put In fun ning order, it' will not be Set in per manent motion for a few days yet. Bell, Wlldman & Co.; of Pprtland, aro the installers, and have supplied an up to date outfit In the creamery. Electricity will be used as the motive power, and the plant which Is 'of a ten ton capacity, daily. The main pur pose of building the plant was to pro vide storage facilities for the use of the products 'of . the creamery, and iihlle there will no ' doubt be some commercial Ice made, and commer cial storing permitted, the chief object was not to go Into .'the commercial phase of the storage business so much as to care for the products of the plant ' Itself. Storage J rooms, Ice cream rooms, butter rooms and the like, will be cooled by the new plant and Ice cTeam will also be .made through use of the brine in a machine just purchased for that purpose. The present week will see the plant in operation. ;: ' 'i--y' ::! - WU1 Ask for Retrial Next Thursday Remanded Back to Prison Without -Ball on Sentence of Life Imprison ment for Murdering Col Swope Pre. sumable to Get the Swope Millions Conrt Room Crowded at Reading. Kansas City. May 16. Doctor Hyde - Avst degree, and sentenced to life im- "prlsonment for ; the murder of Col. j Ihomas Bwoithe KansaaClty mil- llonalre, whom it was alleged, Hyde . poisoned for the purpose of Inheriting j the Swope millions; The jury had I been out since Friday evening. IMsagreement Seemed Likely. ' I For a long time it appeared that the jvry would not agree and that Judge Latahaw would declare a mistrial. A great crowd was present . when the . verdict was read. Mrs. Hyde and her sister, were among those present Hyde Remains Collected. ; ' Hyde was apparently unmoved when the verdict was read. His wife on, the other hand burst Into wild tears and was lead from the court room. Afterward Hyde went Into, an ante yooraV guarded, by deputies, and at tempted 'to console his wife. Tbfc prisoner waa remanded to Jail with out ball and sentence pronounced. Probably Thursday his attorneys vtUl ask for a new trial.. Judge Latshaw said: "I am aw fully sorry for the little woman, re ferring to Mrs. Hyde. I will give the attorneys the full limit of time in asking for a new trial and preparing an .appeal."; Hyde was convicted of the indictment charging him with the murder of Thomas Swopei There were ten other Indictments, one charg ing him wKhL the raurdor of Chrisman Swope, the colonel's nephew, who died.- of typhoid: one charging him with the manslaughter ; of Colonel Moss Huton, whom It Is alleged Hyde bled to death, and eight others on the charge, that Hyde attempted to ptwculate : other members of the Swope family with typhoid fever , germs V" -: t " V LOCAL SUGAR CO ORDERED TO Mrs. H. J, Rice, aged 75, waa hurt, Mrs. W. D. Grandy Injured so badly that It will require considerable time for her to recover, Roy Grandy, son of Mr. and Mrs.' W. D. Crandy, was bruised and Injured though less seriously than the others, la a disas trous runaway, yesterday, afternoon cn Adams avenue.' At noon ' Mrs. Rice, the most seriously hurt of all, Is alive. "" : ' ,,: ; - '.' An automobile scared ' the team drawing the Grandy carriage on -an afternoon ride for the benefit of Mrs. Rice's health, who three weeks ago came to La Grande to visit her daugh ter, Mrs. Grandy. She lives la Idaho hen home. Health permitting. Mra. Rice was taken out for a sunbath yec terday afternoon, Mr. Leader, an em ploye of Mr. Grandy, the Ice 'nan, d'ivlng the team. Without a moment's warning the team shied while In froit v.ot the People's stbre, arid commenced ir rfar rci ,'?, t cIterr.r-nV tb-e j was unable to cope with the charg ing steads, and they were not stopped until after a spirited two mile disn. . Mrs. Rice , Cnconsclons. ' The fall from the rig knocked Mrs. 1 L A - 1- 1 ,1 4VI.;r. TlH rt-F server saying, "Keep it up, we nave luieuuu mw amu yi Kmoovp enthusiasm for veal's." A man from Imbler said 'gaturdaVi UI have known all the time that land was too ifataiiyjof the occupknt. of the ' carr chelp. It is ridiculously cheap, but one man can do little .'leaped from tne vewcie. Tne anvf .taiKing a niguei" ynvu, i.iu wav " v..mr to take the. lead in this matter count me with you' ' Property owners in La Grande also have realized for years that real estate deals were not bringing sufficient money. Property needs improving and then the revenue Rice unconscious and she had not re-;from higher rents will be better. The man wlw rents a covered her faculties at noon today, .home would rather pay a few dollars more and have ever-, nearly 24 hours after the accident she vthing in first class shape, than to pay a little less and have wa. hurried hoBpita but jhy- - convenicnces , Tilis is the keynote to making La s clans agree that she is fatally Hurt, ., , , . . rn Uc dm and cannot recover. , Grande the best town m Oif gon ot its size. Mrs. Grandy was seriously bruised. Improvement must be done and then the rest is easy, one ankle was broken and it win re-.There is a demand a strong demand for good properties, quire weeks to heai. Attending p-.Saturday a furnished house was advertised for rent in the sicians feei no alarm at her ultimate 0bgery(, and before noon six inquiries had been made r br )out itr Does that look like there was an oyer produ,- ed and nadir larred is able to be up tionS of homes? tbday. , i V j Remember one thing, we are all living in a city whose The accident was most distressing. resom.ces otitntimbe and outclass any other city of its size The aged lady was wholly unnt Pny- - ihc northwcstj we have the foundation upon which to TZIZTM a mighty municipal structure, hence it is absolutely Mrs. Grandy is also acute. v.-jspfc to spend some money on La Grande property. TO A Portland, May 16AThe Amalgamat ed Sugar company of La Grande, Or will have to pay the United States bank of Portland $4000 as the result of a decision by Judge Bean of the United States court today. ' About the time of the failure of the Farmers' ft Traders' National bank ' of " La Grande, due to alleged shortages which Scrlber Is now on trial for here, the sugar company drew - a check against Itself and deposited It in the La Grande bank In favor of the First National at Ogden. This was sent to Portland for . collection. ; . The La Grande bank failed and the company stopped payment but the Portland bank sued and recovered the amount. to take the field from Fort Wingate has been rescinded. The civil authori ties are In control. ; i Convict Will Recover. ; f - San Quentln Prison, Calif., May 16. It is reported today ' that Ernest Worth," convicted of murder, who at tempted to hang himself In his cell yesterday will recover.' Worth made strips from a pillow and kicked the chair from under him. Hia cellmate, D. Treschenke,' held the body up un til the guards arrived. Worth is sen tenced to' hang June 14. He mur dered his wife in Los Angeles. ' . Civil Anthoritles in Control. Santa Fe, N. M , 1 May. 16. The leaders of the revolted Taos Indians were arreBted today and their follow ers returned to the reservation. The state militia has been recalled and . tio order for the United States troops if J.;4Shot By MlsUke.;;','; Oakland, May 16. Leslie1 Herbert, aged 18, was mistaken for a footpad today aand probably fatally shot by a . stranger. ; Herbert lost hiB hat and Jumped out of the buggy to get it. The stranger drew his revolver and shot point blank. The bullet entered the body. ,-'