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HILT
PLUS
ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE INDICTED
I OX CHARGES OF SELLING
LISCOR DEMUR,
BECK FILES PLEA TODAY
J Either Actually Filed or Terbal Notice
I of Such - Intentions Presented to
j ourt Attaches Prepare For Long
i Term if Demurrers Are Overruled
f Separat Juries For Each of The 89
Indictments.
Thirty-eight demurrers, filed through
attorneys this morning for defendants
I In : then alleged liquor " selling
peases, has again deferred the time
? when the separate defendants will
plead guilty or not guilty to the
charges of selling Intoxicating liquors
s alleged . by the grand Jury, or it
may throw Borne or all of the ca6ea out
,of the court. A postponed hour of
pleading was due at 1:30 this after
noon.the defendants having been given
more time in which to prepare their
pleas last Monday, but , the filing of
demurrers, or notice of doing so, has
Referred the time of action in this
matter. There was one exception.;
Adam Beck Pleads. i
"Adam Beck of Island City, did not
-.take up the formality' of filing de
lnurrer. but through his attbrney en-
terPrl A nlAII Af 'nnt n-.,l1a 4 iL. ...
k.m,x l "t'l. .tU tilt) UVP
Indictments against him. The time of
trial has not been set . .'
I s piea was 4nade ; when court
' convened this morning and many had
,at that time actually filed demurrers
i Argument Time Uncertain.
j At noon, the court could not name
the exact hour of hearing the areu
ments. As there are nearly forty In
dictments, the arguments alone will
occupy a considerable length of time,
and they will have to be arranged at
uch a time that It will not conflict
wuii uioer cases now under way.
i Preimres For Lonir Session.
j The court's dais is sheltered in an
alcove, and Judge Knowles has had
carpenters extend the dais In such a
way that he will hot be forced 'to sit
In a place where no air reaches him
and where testimony of witnesses is
hard to distinguish. Court attaches
and attorneys are preparing for
.long term in the event that the liquor
'i indictments come to (sunn Var ann
Vfrate charge will have to be tried se-
naratelv and bv aenarnts inrtaa im
' Bl. U
i as some have as high as a half dozen
I indictments against them, the term
fwlll tlraw out considerably,
i - Demurrers Upset Plans.
Early this morning. v the schedule
i w a. miBugcu bk mat. me .utuenaaniB
I who live In La Grande" should plead
lima MMMnMul mm .L.i .L . , i ,
at 1:30 this- afternoon and the Elgin
contingent was slated to appear as
soon as the train from Elgin had ar-
invea. as the demurrers are now
bending, most of the Elgin defendants
.did not reach the city at all and will
Jcome only when the demurrers are to
pe argued. '. . ' : '.
HAS BEX HIXTOX CONFESSED!
Cm Casadaj Be Convicted Upon EtI.
dence Originating From Hinton.
Ben Hinton, who caused so much
3tlr among attorneys and sheriffs
last week, is still in the county Jail
and will probably remain there until
Mme for him to be taken to Canyon
3ity for entence, June 20, says the
laker City Herald. Neither the at
orneys for the defense or prosecu
lon have Been him. and there is con
iderable speculation as to whether
t not he has made a full confession
Tien speaking orthe case Sheriff
('oilier of Grant county said that. If
Tinton had not already made the con
asslon ,he thought he would.
The case of Deputy Sheriff Casaday
cho had charge of Snyder when he
LA GRANDE,
was taken from him and strung up.
will be called Monday and there Is
considerable speculation as to whether
or not he will be convicted. Hinton
was convicted practically upon . Jils
own evidence, eight witnesses testify
ing that he told them of his connec
tion with the affair. .
' , Now the question , arises as ' to
whether or not the prosecution has
any evidence to offer aside from the
testimony which can be given by the
men who appeared against Hinton.
Did Hinton implicate all of the men,
and will his word be sufficient to
warrant a Jury In sending the other
men up for life for their alleged psr
ucipauon m tne crime? This ques
tion is causing considerable discus
8lon but there 18 no r of settling
11 unt11 the Jur7 decides. Several have
expressed the opinion that -unless oth
er testimony than that originating
from Hinton is introduced, the jury
will disagree or acquit Casaday. '
v 3 Freewater Totes Dry. ?
Free water, Ore., June 14. After one
of the most bitterly contested cam
paigns In the history of this Uttle city,
the "dry" force's yesterday won what
is considered a sweeping victory; by
deciding that the common council may
by ordinance, close all near-beer ; sa
loons," billiard halls, pool rooms and
card rooms There was a total of 114
votes cast Just twice as : many as
was ever known here and. the "drys"
won by Just 31 .
Judges of the election were Edward
Bottorff, William Johnson and G. W.
Crabtree. Clerks wno officiated were
John Crimrains and L. W. Mitchell.,
ALL RECORDS DUE TO BE BROK
' EX NEXT, FALL. ;.'
Eighth Grade Examination Papers Are
Graded 207 Pass Successfully.
Top-notch records In the number of
members' of the 1910 freshman class
of the La Grande high school will be
reached! this fall when, according to
records, one hundred eighth grade
students will enter the local high
school, and very likely more than
mat win be registered before the
fall.semester is well under way. The
total number eligible to enter the high
chool from the county is 207, but the
estimated number who will actually
participate Is 100. The eligibility list
from La Grande district runs to 110.
With this tremenduously large class
slated to; enter the institution here!
urgent needs for a new building are
again emphasized and were not - a
new and commodious buildina- under
way, the school management would
truly be In a dilemma.
i Yesterday evening Miss Ruth
deputized to grade the recent eighth
grade examination papers, reached the!
last paper of the big piH Two hund
red and forty took the examination
and of that number 207 passed the
required standing. This Includes all
sections of the county of course."
IDITARIOD RUSH CEASES.
New Strike of Gold Discovered Near
; Stewart City.
Seattle, June 15. The rush to
Idltarod has died away and steamship
travel is a little above the normal
gain, although there will be A steady
stream of travel to the new diim
Coiucldent with the death of Idltarod
an Eldorado, come renorts of th
strike of. a big reef of free milling
Sold near Stewart City, B. C.. near the
AlaBka line.. There Is much excite
ment over the discovery alon the
coast and the rush is on! ' .
Jackson county has a newlv dianv.
prea mammoth cave. It will
con"
'next November. - '
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UNION COUNTY, OREGON: --WKDNE8DAY, JUNE
GIT fff OF
II IE
RETBEXCHMEXT ORDERS SEXT
!-; OUT FROM HEADQUARTERS
"') OF MAXr RAILROADS.
ISIEBEII'IIIIB
Yarlous Causes Advanced as Reason
tor bodden Retrenchment of De
Tflopment Work. In, Middle. And j
"Western States Demand for Better
; Service Is Given as One Cause j
Higher Wages Also. One. j
St. Paul, June 15 Railroads of the
Northwest today Issued ordlera ston-
Bin,nr-Lii.' ii " ' 7 .
ping practically all construction
work. The Northern PaHflr diuhrr
ed 2,500 men," the " Great Northern
3000, the Northwestern 600, and the
Milwaukee road 1200: Later the Santa
Fe announced the discharge of 4,000
and the Rock Island 1500. - , '
V President Elliot bf tha Northern Pa
cific said the retrenchment polic? of
the roads is due to the increased
taxes, wages and materials, and bet
ter service demands by the . public
xne increased powers of the national
ana state railway commissions with
reference to rates' Is also one of the
items back of the retrenchment.' he
said" :': -v- .,v,
; -;iOIL.;SURXERS POPULAR.
Proposition of Using Them More tx
; tenshely to Be DIscusse'd.
Olympla, Wash., June 15. letters
have been addressed to the officials of
ten railroads In the northwest by the
state railroad commissioners asking
that they make a suggestion as to the
oate for holding a conference for the
purpose of discussing the installation
or on burners in . locomotives. The
Milwaukee road is already - burning
oil on part of its lines and the North
ern Pacific has installed a few burn
ers on Its switch engines. The pro
posed conference will be held In either
Seattle or Tacoma. OH is recom
mended as It eliminates much danger
of forest fires resulting from the
sparks of the engines. .
A scow containing 22 head of beef
cattle capsized near Marshfleld and
eight of them were drowned, but the
others swam out . '
COLOXEL MIXGLES WITH STOK.
ER OX THE STEAMER.
Great Crowds Ruining to Xew Tork
to Welcome1 Roosevelt. : '
Aboard Kalserin Augusta Victoria,
June u. Theodore Roosevelt spent
- k-.i vi iouay visiting tbe stokehold
i me steamship on which he is
crossing the Atlantic and he helped
the stokers for a short tlm in oho.-.
eling coal Into the furnaces. Later he
lormaily received - first and second
class passengers . ' " ;
New York Ik Mecca.
' New York, June! 15. Thousand' ,-
arriving today to Join in the welcome
of Roosevelt Battery Park will be
the mecca of the crowds and carpen
ters are erecting stands there. Mayor
Gaynor will receive Roosevelt and
welcome him home. . - ' ;
The parade proposed has been
aoanaoned, as so many . wanted to
H' that " take a day for It
-" iicvnn5 siana.
STflK
HOLD
Ml
DUTL
IS
GLEAn POL
MOST EXPLICIT STATKMEXT OF
- FOREIOX POLICIES THAT
SECRETAltT HAS MADE.
TUFT PIS HT CONGRESS
f ExecutJve Statehood Bill. Is Hurried
Along Bj President In Statement to
Congressmen Hnox Says Admlnls.
tratlon Is Anxlons to Have Court
of Arbitration Established at Once
Hague Suggested.
. ....
ICY
it . ' V 'u ' l '
i th8 most lnifl'ant speeches yet made 'Clrcilt Court Here Aftirmed Bv Su.
h ki., ' al.h .m. rnr Ti-r. xcJ
Philadelphia. June 15. In one of
by the Taft cabinet members, Secre
tary of State Philander C. Knox de
clared) the establishment of an Inter
national court of arbitration was prac
tically assured. He made the speech
, . -irev,iu
at the commencement exercises of the I Wm. Shaw brought suit to enjoin T.
University of Pennsylvania and his N. Proffett from interfering with the
utterances are regarded;as the. most; .'water in the ditch, and Judge J. W.
Important recital of the ' admlnlstra- Knowles ruled In favor or the plaln
tion '8 attitude on foreign relations , tiff. Proffet appealed and this week
made since the former senator became j the supreme court handed down a de
secretary. , . ' ; iclslon upholding and affirming the
He declared that the present adnih j lower court. ; . : ' , - ;
lstratlon had carried America's for- i j'V '"" ' ": '"" ; ';"''
kbsu hujivico ii nicr. luan any oiner
administration.. Speaking on the!
subject of 'SniHt snd purpose of
American iitfomacy' he. said. "The
llriited States has uni?6rmly exhaust
ed every resource to adjust Interna
tional difficulties.".
Then he recited1 the efforts of this
country to make the Hague tribunal a
real arbitration court, and said he be
lieved these efforts1 would soon result
in the' establishment of such a court
Referring to the existing relations bei
tween this country and ' China, he
Bald: "America diplomacy Is marked
by regard for China's right and sov
ereign power. We are related to r
policy of peace."
Taft Drives at Congress.
Washington, June 15. Before golns
to Marlette. Ohio, where hewlll de
liver an address at the anniversary o'
the founding of Muskingum academv
this afternoon and also 1 receive aq
honorary degree, President. Taft in
formed several members of congress
that he will Insist upon a passage of
the New Mexico-Arizona Btatehood
bills before congress adjourns1. This
may prevent adjournment next week
as planned.
EXPLOIT FAIR AT
FAIR COM3IISSIOX HOLDS IM.
PORTA XT MEETIXG LAST
NIGHT. VV
Step Taken to Have Careful And
: Thorough Exploitation Sooii.
Systematic and energetic explolta-
tation of the coming county fair In
this city will be commenced Immedi
ately. This action was decided upon
at a meeting of the entire board of
managers of the Union County Exposi
tion association last evening. Spp.
tary Fred B.Currey of tbe Inter-
county association being one of thn
attending. The interest taken by the
board is but a reflection of the wlde
epread support given the fair bv
eryone In the county..
Many matters of. considerablA im.
portance were threshed out the
meeting but the chief 'noln of ,
session was the decision t to com
mence at once a systematic" publicity
fampalgn that will end In every man,
15, 1910.
woman and chili la Union county
knowing all tha details of the many
attractive feature that win be pre-
J sented during the w eek. ' ,
Hew OWner Ads Par.
Last evening a lady advertised for
work In the Obs-rver and gave her
address at theSommer house. Sev
eral answered tae ac. last night and
more came this morning, but the lady
gave the wrong address, for the
Sommer house kaew nothing of her.
The clerk la that hotel called up the
Observer before noon and 'said "for
pity sake call off the people who are
worrying us about an ad. that ap
peared in last evening's paper. We
pnone calls : for that woman all
morning, and one long distanco call
came In from Hilgard wanting her."
ine Observer is the advertising
I BM!u!' .'h".l'rl.0l"..rf.l"r.!-.
JUDGE KNOWLES AFFIRMED.
"
preme Court This Week
Judge Knowles has been affirmed In
a decision relative to' a dispute over
"--f uuvu ucai J.1U1LU v rOWUBr.
TIllllllLTl
STILL ALIVE
THOUGHT TO BE HURRVlXG TO
AMERICA AT THIS TIME.
Announced That Woman's Head Wa
Crnshcd Before Drowning.
, Como Italy, June 15. The police
here are convinced that Charlton,
husband of the murdered Mrs. Charl
ton,. whose body was found In a trunk
at the bottom of Como lake, . and
which has become an ' international
affair, has. sailed for America and
that the rumors of his reported death
in conjunction with the death of his
wife, are wrong. "r
Wireless messages have been sent
to the captains on the steamers Ver
ona and Virginia, requesting them to
aetata the man suspected of wife mur
der. Witnesses say ihy saw Charlton
after the clls(ovv f,f the murder.
New York potlce have orders to await
the arrival of the boats.
I Is also , believed that the Rus
sian held here as a suspect, Is Inno
cent and his speedy release J In ex
pected;. "' ;.;.:'';. :
Another discovery which clears u V
In a measure, the manner of Mrs
Charlton's death, Is that the police an
nounce a decision of the physicians to
tne effect that her skull was crushed
before she was placed In the trunk.
This isa contradiction to the belief that
she was simply placed In the trunk
and allowed to suffocate.
La Grande Boy to Wed.
An Interesting piece of news comes
In the announcement of the engage
ment of Miss Lelta A. Cowell to Alvah
Durj'ea. Miss Cowell is a very pretty
girl of the blonde type, tall and ex
ceedingly graceful. She has resided
in Fresno for the past fou r or five
years and during that time has en
deared herself to a large circle of
friends because of her
ner. Mr.,Duryea is a very estimable
young man ,n the employ of : the
Southern Par fio .nmnanw
... wu- j
ding will be an ,vent of this month.-:
' Mr n , ' l ' :
Mr. Duryea Is a son of Mrs: Carrie
P. Puryea who resides at 1910 Second
street In this city and for many years
he was In the employ of the O, R. &
machine shops here, .
NUMBER 193
PIE FIGHT 10
i chiiif nnriRFn
COVERXOR GILLETTE TAKES
:SIDDEX BUT DECISIVE AC
TION THIS AFTERXOOX. .
Willi FIGHTERS FISliEl
eral Webb to Take Immediate Ac-
tlon to Have The Fight Stopped If
Courts Won't Grant Injunction Then
r I-f.l Code. .
' ' Ban Francisco, June la. It is learn-
'A , f tv, ;w:v
ed ,ate this afternoon that Governor
Gillett has communicated with Attor
ney General U. S. Webb asking him
to take steps to stop the Jeffries
Johnson prize fight.
' The governor said later In the af
ternoon that he had communicated
with Webb toward preventing the
fight. In five close-written pages, he
wrote to parties Interested in th fight
conveying to them the same Informa
tion. ; : '
The governor expresses strong opin
ions against the fight and calls upon .
Webb to secure a restraining order
from the courts to prevent It. In case
the courts won't grant the Injunction
thftj. governor tells Webb to proceed
against , the flfeuiers and promoters
under the penal code which makes
prize fighting a felony. '.':;;
.' He assures Webb of the Governor's
co-operatica.. ;.v . ,
The news, has created an excitement
In San : Francisco such as has not
been equalled Infa Iocs time. '
' Owl Bank Shortens Hours!,
New York, June 15. New' York's
, "owl" financial Institution; the Night
and Day Bank, In Fifth avenue, will
hereafter have shorter business hours
the hew schedule going into effect to-:
day. It has been : found that New
Yorkers are not such night hawks as
was'expected, and that after midnlgh.
there Is practically no demand for th
services of a bank. . , ';,
" Since the bank was started in 1906
it has been open to depositors during "
the entire twenty-four hours with the
exception of Sundays and legal holi
days, thus maintaining , a .standard
uniiiue among the banks of this city.
A close' watch, however, has been kept
on the amount 6f business done after
the regular banking hours, running
from 9 to 3 o'clock, and the directors
have come o the conclusion that
there Is so little demand'on the bank
after midnight that they have decided
to close at that hour. The bank here- '
after will open at 8 in the morning
and' close at midnight. r The safe de ''
posit company will also observe tho
same hours of business in the future.
INTERPRETER BRIBES IIIXDUS.
$ '-'' J 1 turn.' .1
Mlslntnrets Answers Ujwn Their
; ';. Refusal to Pay, ;,'..
SeattlevJune 15. In affidavits filed
by sixteen Hindus for re-examination
for admittance into this country, E. S.
Jelly, Jr official Interpreter, of the ,
Immigration department, i Is charged
with demanding bribes of $1000, and
upon the refusal of the Hindus to pay
ho misinterpreted their answers to
the questions a?d! they were rAf.,ao
admittance to this country. '
V. At The Alrdoine. : ,:.. ;
"In Old Kentucky" will be seen for
the last time at-The Alrdome tonight.
Mmv Cnmiillmont. k.... 1 1
ce.ved V "Mr Z lZyZ
.u. . u wmpany on
t creanao e way In which tw
have put on thl.' difficult bl - '
Tomwrw n'Kbt wIIl open '-TrW
a play that is one of the pret lest
piece, of play writing ever done
: . - s ever gone,
; Spr'lngfleld has a big new gasoline
street roller. ' 0 new a8llne