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X. COFFENBERRY DEAD AS BE.
SULT OF ACCIDENTAL SHOOT
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KILLS
LABORER
fi i NARROW ESCAPE OF OTHERS
Death Occurs this Forenoon Local
; Hospital Where Physicians Found
that Operation Woald be Entirely
Useless Man was Resting "With a
Group of Workmen when Bojs Com-
nience Target Practice Near MM. '
' Boyish desire to manipulate a rifle
and the strange emanderlngs of the
ricochetted bullet, are incidents in a
gua accident . which was enacted- 12
miles from Union yesterday and had
its final ending in the Grande Ronde
hospital this morning at 10:10 o'clock
when' E. Coffenberry, aged 58, died
from gun -wounds accidentally Inflict
ed from a weapon In the hands of a
15 year old .boy. The accident occur
red at the Hess mill out from Union
yesterday and last , night - the . victim
J waa hurried to La Grande in a suffer
ing condition. , Preparations for an
operation were, made by Drs. Bacon
and Hall, but it was found on diag
nose that the injury was fatal and an
operation would only have ended the
life sooner. ; . ; -., -.-
The death marks the climax of a
singularly . distressing accident in
which Irwin Hess, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hess of Union is the unwilling cause.
The death is doubly pitiful because
the youngster who fired the bullet,
which after a meandering course pen
etrated the man's body, was fired at an
innocent tragefc in an innocent spirit
and though all regret It greatly, no
blame can be attached to the boy as
the bullet took a most extraordinary
coarse after glancing from the target
at which It was fired.
Alex'' Slater will take the body tt
the victim to Union tonight and fu
neral arrangements will be announc
ed tomorrow. . ' i .". .
Shooting Frequent at Union. '
& It seems' that similar Instances are
not uncommon. Last Monday Mr. Cof
renberry was one of a party that was
walking through the Union cemetery
and the party herd the report , of a
rifle. A moment later Otto Compton,
one of the party exclaimed, "I am
shot" Placing his hand on his hip
pocket, he found the bullet had lodg
ed in his handkerchief inflicting a se
vere burise on the hip. The bullet
was well spent when it lodged, other
wise Mr. Compton would likely have
been killed. It is (resumed that some
boy had been practicing at a target
and that the bullet" ricochetted and
struck Mr. fompton. -; This was In
the city limits and Illustrates that
the 22 ' rifle craze has .become a
menace in and about Union."
MOTHER TELLS THE STORY.
Man Was Sitting at the Mill Resting
When Bullet Struck Him.
j; j Union. May 27 Special Mrs.: AJ C.
Hess, mother, of the lad In whose
hands the gun wis when the accident
j occurred, today explained in detail
I the circumstances pertaining to the
; sad affair. "During the day a belt
) broke on some part of the mill, and
. 1 all the hands employed there, went
v out to rest. All seated themselves
,' along the sides of the building. Tr
; win Hess, son of the man who owns
' the mill, and his companion, a Ros
, ." sin boy. .took a , 22 rifle and went
J.vSown to the lumber yard to shoot at
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a nail driven in a tump, as a target
In some unaccountable manner the
bullet ricochetted and changing its
course Btruck Cofflnberry, who was
one of the men seated at the mill rest
ing. How the bullet escaped others
of the party seated there is a mystery,
but fortune seemed to guide the ram
paging bullet into Coffenberry. . The
entire affair was accidental of course
and we . all feel the sorrow
keenly. . Irwin is a boy 15 years of
age and like other boys of .that age,
delights in shooting a, rifle. He was
aiming the rifle in a different direc
tion than toward the party of men,
Mr. Coffenberry has no family other
than his aged motlfer and father who
feel the pangs of sorrow deeply. His
mother is 84 and hia father 83 years
of age.i Both are pioneers of Union
county . and the victim has himself
lived here about 27 years1. He is a
relative of Alex Slater who took him
to La Grande last evening."
CREW MAY YET
BE SAVED
THOUGH UNDER FATHOMS OF WA
, - TEE, MAT BE RESCUED.
Divers Hear : Knocking . on Inside of
Sunken French Vessel
Callas, May 27. The Pulvolse lies
in 30 fathoms of water under the Eng
lish channel today. Divers who put
chains around the craft for the pur
pose of raising it say they heard tap
ping on the inside of the hull. Jt Is
believed, however, that none can live
owing to the fact that the vessel can?
not be raised until tomorrow as ths
suitable apparatus , arrives tonight
Commander Callott and 28 men are in
the submarine which was rammed and
sank yesterday. . '.'.T'T"'
Hopes of rescuing the imprisoned
officers and men of the sunken French
submarine were renewed today when
Minister Payrere telegraphed Premier
Briand today that considerable water
had entered the submarine and that
the crew would .undoubtedly be saved.
SUPPLEMENT
TO BIO BOND
CHICAGO BAXK. WILL TAKE OVER
; MILLION'S IN BONDS.
Largest Bond on Record In Union Co.
Revived by Action .Yesterday.
; Legal requirements for the floating
of $1,000,000.00 in Eastern Oregon
Light & Power company's bonds, were
complied. with yesterday" afternoon
when a supplement to a bond filed
with the county recorded over a year
ago, was placed on file to comply with
the request of bond buyers. , When the
Eastern Oregon Light A Power com
pany went into business here, a bond
of $22, 750,000 was filed with the coun
ty recorder, showing what was to "be
done with the money and -what the
company intended to do with it Late
ly the First National Bank of Chicago
has agreed to take over $1,000,000 in
bonds, but before doing so, requested
the filing of a supplement, to the bond
showing ; various minor details that
are necessary' In the' legal transac
tions. The supplement does not rep
resent a rfew bond, but merely a
technical procedure in connection
with the bond already on record.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OEEG ON. FRIDAY, MAY 27,
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IS DECISION
JURY I
Portland,
May,;, 27. Jefferson
era and Trader National Bank at La
Grande, Oregon, waa : today found
guilty of embezzlement, misappropri
ation of funds and forgery in the fed
eral court here, becoming' liable- to.
a penalty of from five to fifteen years
In' the penitentiary. : ' A
The evidence showed that for a per
iod of five years he had been misap
plying fundB and a shortage of $134,
000 was uncovered and forged secu
rities aggregating $90,000 were found
In the vaults of the bank. . . .
T-f, Will File Appeal Notice.
The defense, took an order for ten
days' stay of sentence to consider an
appeal from the district federal Court.
It is not the common belief here that
the appeal, will . be, taken. The ver
diet was, found on four counts.
Scriber was unemotional when the!
verdict was given.- He pleaded that j
business and family troubles cauaed
temporary insanity and while In that
condition he committed the acts . as
charged against him.
The trial lasted three weeks and
called more witnesses to the stand
from remote sections of the state than
any other similar trial has In many
years. - 'V----':,1' :,-:-::;.r' :-y
Judge Bean instructed the Jurors
to find Scriber Innocent if it bas been
established that he was Insane, or if
the testimony did not warrant his
conviction Attorney C. W.: Futon
who bias been handling the case, for
Sorlber, wanted him to include in his
Instruction the following , which, how
ever, was not a part of Che instruc
tions as given from the bench.- "If
the' Jury .has a' reasonable doubt
whether the - accused was mentally
Incompetent to distinguish between
right and wrong, or to 'understand
the nature of the acts he was com"
mitting.' he should be acquitted."
- The Jury was out a half hour.
" Scriber was very nervous when the
case closed and as the jury went to
Its room, he wept bitterly.'
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John Redmond Forces Win In Fight
; W Itk O'Brien Crowd. .
Newmarket, Clint, May 27. One
man dead, a dozen wounded and sev
eral hundred, slightly injured is the
result of clash between the follow
ers of William O'Brien, leader of the
tnlted Citizen's League and John Red
mond, heal of the Nationalist faction
The fight began last -night when the
Nationalists attempted to speak here.;
This is on,e of O'Brien's strongholds.
Fists were used ftrsf and then there
was a riot The Infuriated combat
ants .wrecked several houses before
the police were called. The authorities-used
clubs and the mobs were
dispersed. Thert will be ' farther
trouble unless Redmond recalls bis
speakers aid this he will probably
not do. v"'1:"
GRAFTERS PLEAD GUILTY.
Atfrait they Defrauded Qoverament out
v of Sugar Money.
- New York. May 27. Withdrawing
their pleas of not guilty to charges
of fraud in connection with the short
weighing of sugar, three former su
gar checkers -of the American Sugar
Refining company, confidants of Char
les Helke, the company's secretary,
pleadsd gnilty today and asked for
the court's mercy. The men are Har-1
ry Walked, Jean Hoelker and Jame?
Halllgan, 1 ; v
A SERIOUS ACCiPENTt
Is Throws From the Rig in Froat of
Vehicle's WheeL
Promise, Wallowa County, May 17-
Mrs. A. Peterson met with a serious
accident on lasc Sunday. After church
at. Grossman. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson
with others started in their hack for
Mrs. Rhoda Trump's home. While
crossing a bridge where the water
had washed deep . ditches on either
side she was thrown from the seat
Bart in Minneapolis Journal.
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In front of the wheel, which struck
her and went part way upon her back.
After spending a part of the day at
Mrs. Trump's she was able to be taken
home. It Is hoped that she will suf
fer no permanent injuries from the ac
cident . .
Secretary Resigns.
Washington, May 27. Fred Carpen
ter, secretary to President Taft, re
signed today. He was nominated as
minister to Morocco. It was announ
ced that his health was breaking down
due to overwork.
INSISTS IS HAVING LID LIFTED
V FROM HEARING.
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Brins New ; Charges AgainJ Guggin'.
helm and Morgan Interests.
' Washington, May 27 Direct charges
of AJaskan Delegate Wlckersham be
fore the sub-committee of the senate,
on Judiciary, ' that the Morgan and
Guggenheim syndicate caused the ap
pointment of T. R. Lyons as federal
district Judge and the nomination of
John Rustgard as U. S. district at
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torney and Herbert Faulkner
8, marshal, If sustained toady, prom
ises to start a congressional move
ment for an open Investigation of the
affair.- ' ,
Every political act of the syndicate
will then be probed publicly. . Judge
Lyons is one of the attorneys who de
fended Edward Hassey while on thial
for murder, Hassey was a deputy
IT, S. marshal, while an employee of
ine uuggenneira interests, ana wnose
: trial was - tne nut ernwth nt a hattlo
Letween the citizens of Valdez and
Guggenheim men when two men were
killed in a fight over the possession
of a. railroad grade in 1907. ' '
NO FIREWORKS OR FIRE CRACK.
ERS DURING CELEBRATION.
Clmutauqu? Committee Transacts Big
Amount 5f Business Last Sight ,
The Continental 'Congress of 1776
will be' reproduced In this city and
ell speakers will be garbed In conti
nental dress, the liberty bell will be
here In likeness, and the declaration
of .Independence will- be read under
Inspiring circumstances on July 4th
this year, according to decisions that
were reached by the chautauqua com
mittee last evening. 'The opening Sun
day services, will be free and the min
isterial association of this -city will
have charge of the meetings, j, All the
Sunday schools will parMoipate in the
program of that day. -
f It waa decided to leave the matter
of programs and program printing to
George H, Currey, Jr. , , , ;
Bids' were ordered asked for in con
nection with concessions at the chau
tauqua grounds, and another matter
transacted was to ask the city engln-
err to run the line fences. ,
" There, will bo a strenuous effort to(
have a saae . celebration during the ,
Fourth. No fire crackers, fireworks
or confetti will be allowed on the
grounds. '
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ON UALLIXGEIt DIRIXG 'I.
UAL CLOSING AKGUMEXT
Strong Terms of Attack linrlcd at
Secretary Rallinor by Attorney
Rrandcls who Is Summing up Caxe
In Balltoprer Investigation Laud
Kerby and Glacis on Other Hand
, nans on Elhlcnl Tolots.
. Washington. May 27. Keen critical
; J analysis of Secretary R. A. Ballin
gcr
whom he characterized as an "IrreBo-
lute fhlfty' unethlcal Publlc 0Iicer.
tried and found wanting" was the
summing up of his case today by At
torney Brandels before the senate
committee today.
Braudels summed up coldly and un
emotionally the deBiraMUty of the
Cunningham claims' their history and
he showed that . Balllnger was unfit
for office; The attorney paid a trib
ute to the zeal of Glavis and Kerby
j when they did their duty to the Amer-
Commissioner Dennett regarded them
as traitors. ,
Brandels declared the investigation
was a strugglef or conservation and
for a democracy. He declared the
cause of-Glavis was the cause of the
people. I. ' ' 1 t -
Picks tp Past Career.
Beandels scored Balllnger for ba
ling strange and unethical in the at
titute he took as escretary of the in
terior In regard to the Cunningham
cases and he said that Balllnger was
under the potent influence of these
claimants when be resigned his com-.
mUsionershtp of the general land of
fice ne forgot the rules of professional
ethics. He forgot the rules of the
Interior department over which he has
presided, by, which rules he was de
barred 'from practicing before- it for"
two years. But when he became sec
retary after serving the Cunningham
interests, he drew strange ethical dis
tinctions.' , "I lie had been left at liberty to serv
the; Cunningham interests but on be- i
coming secretary he felt barred from
representing the people. .
VSome of; the harpies ready to
pounce," as the way Brandeis ' de
Scribed the Morgan Guggenheim Byn- .
dlcate, and Influential senator makers
such as Charles , W, Sweeney, Smith
and others Interested in Alaskan coal
mines. . .
WHEAT GOES DOWN.
Pattcn-Armour Scrap Causes May Op
lions to Sink Rapidly Today,
Chicago, May 27. Smashing prices,-
driving smaller brokers to make sac
rifice sales and the defeat of Patton
by his trade enemy J. Ogden Armour,
caused the wheat market to open to
day In a condition bordering a panic'
On the floor, selling orders tumbled
in from all portions of the country
and forced May option down from
3-4 to 1 1-3 cents under yesterday's
closing.' : ' " ' - . r: .
Ex-Congressman Dead.
Indianapolis, May 27. Ex-congress-
man Jesse Overatreat, for many years
representative of,Marlon county, died
today, Overstreet was for a long time
chairman' of the "house committee on
postofllces and post roads. He was
beaten two years ago.
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