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V - T V XKV7 TH Tfx 4k ! I i . I I i . t i i , if ii ; ' i ! H ' ' f I i H II i II jj WW ! i j 2 1 ' '. ! '. I ! i ' ' VOL. XI LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY;' OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1910. NUMBER 192 ( 5 u 1 1 f .J l 1 I k i t s I ! I I CHAKLTOi! II nr .-iii i air at in m BELIEF GROWS THAT HUSBAND WAS KILLED W HEX MRS. CHARLTON DIED. Natives Along Shores of Como Lake Tell Story of Weird Dances at Night Wherein Mrs. Charlton Ap peared Only Partially Dressed Police no Xearer a Solution of Mystery Than They Were Tester. : Como, Italy, June 14. The police are no nearer a solution of the mur der .of Mrs. Charlton Castle than they" were yesterday. They speut a night sweating Isolatoff, the Russian who borrowed a revolver from an apothecary here a short time ago, but the Russian didn't become confused. Prominent Milan detectives are work lng on the case and have declared that Mrs. Charlton was Insane due to physical malformation. They said the crime would be solved when it was proved that it had been the product of a diseased mind. : ;v 'Charlton Mnrdered Too. American Consul Caughy, of Milan, is here today and said that Chariton, with whom Mrs. Charlton was living I on Como beach, was murdered too, ana, tnat tne coat round by fishermen yesterday, was really not that of Mr. Charlton's. ' American Ambassador Lelshman in here, also investigating. V Caughy! said: "It ia plainly a case' of rob- - V. A .. J . . J . i r a ... ables belonging to Charlton have disr appeared. The report that Charlton sent messages to various persons fol lowing the discovery of the body. Is untrue. ; Charlton's body Is doubt lessly in the lake too." . Country folk tell tales of midnight danrPR In whlrh Mr TharHnn orna only partially dressed. Her husband, : they say, would be the only witness, and the seances and weird songs which accompanied them were invar iably held on the lawn at the Como . lake summer home. London Watches For Charlton. London, June 14. General orders were Issued today for the police to watch all depots for a trace of Charl ton, on request of Milan authorities. American quarters are being search ed. , ..' - ::. , I Unusual Interest by Ambassador Lelshman In the Charlton murder and the disappearance of her husband, has led to , the report today that the "Tnlted States is 'seeking to ascertain bether a society , has , been formed r the purpose of blackmailing merlcan women In Italy. Miland d Rome police recently held a con rence regarding the murder of MIsb tella Rice, whose murdered ' body is found In a room. Shei had althy relatives and it Is believed xkmalllng was attempted In a hope it relatives would buy her torment i off , The murder of Mrs. Charlton J similar. '" :.' v DrairglKts Hold Session, larysvllle. Mo., June 14. Several idred Missouri druggists arrived e today and will hold a convention he State Pharmaceutical associa durlng the week.". -m;-'-.;; " International Carnival. agara Falls, N. Y., June 14. Nl ; ra Falls' first annual International :;tary and civic carnival was held l.iy on both sides of the river, both riican and Canadian troops par ating. ; . ' Knights of Sernrlty. ' iringfleld. til., June 14.' Delegates sehtlng the 100,000 members of Knights' and Ladies of Security, a fraternal order, convened here todby at the national meeting. Officials state that the order, formerly confined to the central West, la now SDreadlne ' over the' entire country, . ' . ' i Fight For Speed Only. ; San , Francisco," .: June 14. From now on Johnson will train for speed only. ; He Is down to desired weight ) 212 pounds toddy. Rouah Riders to Jleet Teddy. - St. Louis, June 14. Three hundred rough riders are assembled here today from the South and Southwestern parts of the country.' They will go by speclal car to New York to welcome Roosevelt, thejr old comrade. They will form a part of his escort in the parade. , .' V - '. COMMERCIAL" CLUB TAKES MANY IMPORTANT TOPICS. Pioneer Day Committee Appointed , From Commercial Club Here. . At a meeting of the Commercial club last evening the following com mittee was appointed to assist in looking after the Pioneer day , In La Grande: James Williamson, T. .A. Rinehart, Turner Oliver. Charles Cochran, Joseph Palmer and A C. Huntington.- It is intended to make the pioneers feel welcome in the city and everything will be done that is possible to that end. . Another Important matter taken up I - - ' .' ' by the club was the campaign for lo cating the Eastern Oregon hospital for the insane. A bill was passed by the last ' legislature authorizing the building of an Institution provided the voters of the state decree by their ballots that they want it It is one of the many issues to . come up this .fall at the election and If it carries then the question of locating it . In Pendleton, Baker City or Union must be settled. The representative from this county In the last legislature was unable to get La Grande i the list of possible locations, so he says, and Instead put In Union because the state has a tract of land near that city.- - The sentiment at the club was to get in and drill tor Union the same as though La Grande, had been listed for the institution and the secretary was instructed to communicate with the Union commercial club offering all the aid and assistance within the power of La Grande people. . There promises to be a general re vival in the commercial clug of La Grande. Dues are to be collected and a plan of action centered upon that will make the club more largely at tended.' TBis Is to be done before the trip Into Wallowa county is made, for on that excursion eVery commercial club member Is to be granted some special concessions that will be of Interest on the trip. MAKING MORE IMPROVEMENTS. Foley Hotel Lobby Is Being Beaut!. -: i; ' fled. . ' The Foley hotel Is still undergoing repairs and today workmen are busily engaged In beautifying the ceilings of the lobby. In speaking of the Improvements Mr. Foley remark ed: " "When I built this hotel it was the only three" story brick hotel be tween Portland and Salt Lake. For some time La Grande was mentioned as having the only brick hotel on the O. R, & N.; main line, outside 'o1 Portland. Thehn came the Boise de velopment, followed by Col. Dewey's fine hotel at Nampa and about the same time the Gelser Grand was con structed at Bakeri But I am going tft tlnisb the Foley hotel in a modern way this time and make it. as at tractive as possible." 92010 I IS HHHJEDi TWO HUNDRED ACRES NEAR IN ION BRING LUCRATIVE SUM TO X. F. FKKLIN, OWNER. TO BE GUT INTO TRACTS Bcgiuulng of The End of Large Land - Holdings In And About Union- U Noted Today When Big Deal Is Con. sumatcd Leon ' Levy of Union : Is - Purchaser Deal Has Been Under Consideration For Some Time. Consummation of a deal that has been pending , for' some time, was perfected today when.N. F.. Ficklln, a well known land owner of Union sold to Leon Levy, also of Union, a tract of land comprising just a trifle more than 200 acres lying directly south of Union, receiving as the purchase price $20,500. The deed was sent In for conveyance today, but on account of the fact that Flag Day pro vides a legal holiday, the instrument will not be noted on the county books by County Recorder L R. Snook un til tomorrow. It Is the largest real estate deal that has' been consum mated in or about La Grande for sev eral weeks. Practically all the land Is good farm land, a good house and barti adding to, the lMproyernents.; portion of it, however, Is hill land and will not be Included in the sub sequent disposal on the market of five and ten acre tracts that Is to follow. MADRIZ LOSES STRONGHOLD. Blueflelds is Only Remaining Strong, hold of Loyal Leader. . . Colon, June 14. Today advices state that Cape Gracias. the only port the insurgents held besides Bluefields. bas been captured by Madriz's troops. The port, is on the Honduras border and it Is said that the Hondurans as sisted in the capture. Madriz sent a protest to President Taft against the attitude of the American navy, which has Intimated , thi t there Is little harmony over the International neu trality law. " i . ' JEFFRIES PAYS FIXE. Will Xot Go to Reno, Xevada, Will Pay .Alleged Debt Bnt Reno. June 14. Jeffries won't have to cease training to go to ' Nevada City tomorrow to answer suit filed against him to recover $5000, as his attorneys , have made a settlement with Stout Miller, then gambler,' who claims that , Jeffries did not pay a gambling debt ' i contracted ' several .rears: ago.'" -r-'- ; :'...!'.:.':.'-f . . ' BEEF SOARS TO HIGHER TODAY THAN IX PAST DECADE, SAY RECORDS. . THE Advance From 12 to 18 Cents Whole, sale In Xew York Today. ; New York, June 14 Tim price of beef Is higher today than In a gen eration. Wholesale price of dressed beef has been advanced from 12 to 12& and 13 cents and the retail price has increased proportionately. ' It Is common belief that it will go higher still before the week Is over. HSU PISH Pi FLOOD 1'IEH UNCONFIRMED REPORTS SAY THAT TWO HUNDRED WERE CAUGHT BY HIGH WATER. HaP GOES TO MAROONED Abr. River I Over Its Banks And Ke ' ports of Two Hundred Dead Reach Berlin Communication Down and Details Can't Be Learned Mr. and Mrs. Dutli ef La Grande. Mny Be at or Near the Scenes. .. i '.; Berlin," June 14. Military authori ties have issued orders to Bend help to the . Ali r valley to rescue scores of J'ljrooned persons driven to places rt eafety by flood currents through the cene and natural Htnge of the Pas sion play at Aberammagau. Alarm ing but unconfirmed reports say that 200 were drowned by a sudden rise of thaAhr.' Americans by the hund reds are marooned, and their condi tion is critical, even If the rumors of fatalities are overestimated. . : The largest number of fatalities are at Schult, where fifty were drowned. Communication has been prostrated, and It is believed that the Passion play has- been Interrunted. Th tentof -the 4tt4 -ie-r-terflrlc andtW- 'ist of fatalities Is Interesting ; the entire world!, for the Passion play had drawn heavily from Europe, America and other countries this spring. ' So far as can be learned, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dutli of this city tour lug Germany and Switzerland this spring are not slated to be right at Oberamma'gau at this time, and con sequently very likely are not menac ed by or victims of the storm. Mr. and Mrs. Dutli will attend the pas sion play Jn June, but unless ' they have gotten ahead of their announced itinerary they are away from harm. Mr. Dutli's relatives live near Ober ammagau. however, andi It Is possible that he is one of the many Americans marooned in the valley. . Mr. and Mrs. E. Polack. of this city, have been at Oberammagau re peatedly and they describe the home of the historical passion play as a huge valley In which there Js but little level land, the locality resemb ling a huge gulley, or large ravine. The ' topography of the country. Is such as to make floods exceedingly menacing to life and, property. . Dakota Grand Army. . Watertown.S.D.,June 14. The South Dakota department of the Grand An my of the Republic commenced the annual encampment here today, with a, large attendance of veterans and sons of veterans. . .' H NOT CONVERTED TO PIXCHOT COXSERVATIOX. ' ... HILL. .. ... Hold That People at Large Will Xot Fall to That Plan Either. v St. Paul, June 14. Denying thjt the people at large wish for conser vation of natural resources as pro claimed by Gifford Plnchot the .de posed chief forester. Louis Hill' pres ident of the Great Northern and son of the Empire Builder, asserted today that Pinchot hai no: co:nertd him to the conservation idea. "Plnchot announced he had convert- ed me. I deny it," said Hill. "Pln chot has been meeting clubs and or ganizations formed for the- express ' purpose of promoting conservation.' I have been at the meetings and I hope they Jon't want his kind of con-; scrvation.' . ; i Undertakers Talk Shop. SpringfieR 111,, June 14. Illinois undertakers convened here today to ' talk shop and transact "the business of the state association. The con vention follows aechool of instruction in the art of undertaking held here during the last week. Several Inter esting social features will mark the .gathering.'; " " v' 1 ' WWIWMWWW MISLEADING ? FLAG DAY NOT NECESSARILY LEG.VL HOLIDAY HERE. Circuit ConrtV of State Could Have Kept Going If Desirable. Salem, Juna 14. To-day Flag day Is a non-Judlclal holiday and , the courts can proceed with their busi ness the same as any ' other day, If they wish. Through a mistake, many courts In Oregon got the Idea that ncourt, .puld jbe held today owlng to Governor Benson's Flag Day proc lamation, which only recommended observance of, but did not make a legal holiday an many believed was the case. . ' ' Circuit Judge Knowles was mislead like the others of the state, and yes terday Issued the dictum that there would be no court In La .Grande to day. The bankB are open, however, and' doing business as uBual. THROWN ON MARKET SOON. Deal Means Effort to Settle Large Land Holdings About Union. Union, June 14. 8peclal "The tract will be cut into five and ten acre tracts Immediately," said Mr. Levy, the purchaser, today. In some Instances there la orchard land on the piece, but as a whole It Is farm ing land, and I will . sell it out with out setting it to trees." The deal' represents the beginning of a desirable, boom "rr. settlement of large land holdings In and about Un ion.' Within a few years time the district south of Union In the vicinity of this tract will be a veritable city. If present ( plans mature.. It will mean that similar deals pending will colonize the Union end of the county faster than any. known medium. It is the beginning of the end of large land holdings in this district HAMILTON PROMISES RECORD. Discouraged Over His Flight From Philadelphia Yesterday. New York, June 14 Disparaging his biplane flight from New York to Philadelphia, and almost a', return Hamilton, the aviator, - today ex pect to make a real flight. He inti mated he would undertake a record smashing Journey. Hamilton's plans are to enter the race from New York to St. Louis which carries a $25,000 prize. - Today he will fly over New York. -:f r' "v- Advertisers In Session. Milwaukee, Wis., June 14. Buyer? and sellers of publicity from a dozen states' congregated today at the an ual meeting of the Central Associa tion of Advertisers. The visitors will be lavishly entertained and will visit the plants which made Milwaukee fa mous and other points of Interest. REPHIC15 1EET M 18 ASSEMBLY WILL BE ADOPTED 08 REJECTED WHEN CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETS. LlEETiUG VERY ILIPOnTAIlT Chairman Peare and Secretary JIatott Send Out Call to Central Commit, tee for Called Meeting Here June s Eighteenth Chairman's Policy to Be That of Allowing All Kcptbllv :.w cans to Same TUe Delegates. , t-jt- v"', i Adoption or rejection Of the As sembly plan by the Republican coun ty central committee of . Union coun ty will be determined at a called meeting of the' committee In this city June 18. The call has been sent out to the members of the central com mittee by Chairman J. H. Peare and Secretary J. A. Matott. "It 1b my opinion that the com mittee decide upon the matter of adopting or rejecting the assembly plan, and if adopted, have the Repub licans of the county name the thirty delegates that the state assembly will accept from Union county," said Chairman Peare today. . The meeting will likely be an im portant one and a large attendance ' 4 anticipated. Th letter- whkh has ' been sent to the central commtttee- men, reads: La Grande, Ori S, 1910. Dear . Sin ; Pursuant to Instructions from the Republican State Central commit tee, you are hereby notlfled that a meeting of the Union County Repub lican Central committee will be held at the office of C. E. Cochran at H Grande, Oregon, at 3 o'clock p. m. June 18. 1910, for t3 ' purpose of, arranging for the selection of thirty delegates to the Republican State As--sembly which will be held at the city of Portland on July 21, 1910. " The committee wilt also transact such further business with respect to the welfare of the party as may be deemed proper to be considered by the meeting. Yours very truly, J. H. PEARE. Chairman, J. A .MATOTT, Secretary. RAILROAD BILL PRESENTED. Long and Short Hani Clause Is Em r bodied In Conference Report. " Washington, June 14. Senator Elk Ins presented to the senate today a conference report on the administra tion railroad bill. The report con tains the house provisions on lonj? and short haul clauses, and the Ben ate provision empowering the inter state commerce 'commission to sus pend rates for ten months pending an Investigation of proposed schedules. - . j To SUmp Oat "Weeds. -Winnipeg. Man., June 14. To devise Improved methods of suppressing the noxious weeds which have been a source of great loss to the agricul tural Interests of Western Canada, a convention of weed . inspectors wa opened today at the Manitoba Agri cultural college. '; j ', ; "j Union a Busy Town. Statement of freight shipped from Union during the year ended June 1, shows a total of 696 cars, classified as follows: Hay 170 cars; flour and mill feed 97 cars; barley, oats and rye 23 cars; cattle and hogs 52 cars: horses 11 cars; vegetables 14 cars; fruit 115 cars; sugar beets 24 cars; lumber 179 cars; miscellaneous 11 cars. ). ,.' - .' 5 W. Nibley of Salt Lake went on td Baker City.thls morning. He has been to Portland1 arid stopped off here to visit relatives for a day.