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i i 1 t! II II ftJ HI! i H h i II ' U I iivvvii' i ti ln VOL. XI LA GKAiNUfc!. UJSlUiS UOUN'1 OKEUON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1910. NUMBER 236. V. 1 mm- if provisions I Pacific Fleet to Reassemble Washington, Aug. 4. The Factfic fleet is under orders to reassemble to day under the command of Rear Ad miral Giles B. Harbo The armored cruiser, California, which has been undergoing repairs at Vallejo, will be Joined by the Washington, Pennsyl vania and Colorado, which have been repaired at the Bremerton Navy Yard. 'V : !"' TAFT'S EFFORTS ENDORSED BY -RESOLUTION IN IOWA CONVENTION TODAY ASKS SEPiTE REVISION Taft and his Advisers Applauded by Insurgent Convention In Iowa Dolllver and Cummins Commended by Same Committee Liberal Sup port to Taft Administration Snr- Yftainr view f Committees. Anniversary of Plus. Rome, Aug. 4. Pope Pius X. Is to day receiving hundreds of congratula tory letters from the faithful all over the world, the occasion being the sev enth anniversary of his election to the papacy. OGTOSEn 22,11 GOTO CI IFMLEffilT III 11109 Yacht Club Cruise. New York, Aug. 4. From the club station to Huntington Harbor, a dis tance of fifteen miles, will marke to day's ffnaugural of , the New York Yacht Club's annual cruise. Tiipiro ic I UUIVL11 IU in 111 PROBED IB1 Ml EYES WILL DITLICATE STORM RUSH OF TWO YEARS AGO HERE DATES ARE NOT DFFIGIHL Telegraphic Dispaches Say'Sertlenient on Wallowa National Forests Has Been Permitted for October 22, and Entry on Xovemltr 2IPredlcted There will be a Mad Rush Like the One Two Years Ago. CllTTEE STARTLING CHARGES MADE BY BLIND SENATOR TO OTHERS INVESTIGATED TODAY Percy of Mississippi and Hughes of Colorado. The Core charges relate to undue Influence to secure the McMurray contracts for legal service for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indiaus. Had the contracts been approved, McMur ray would have been paid about $3, 000,000. Former Senators Thurston and Lfjtig are alleged to have been working for the McMurray Interests. Thurston regards the contract as le gal. Senator Long has declined to en ter Into a discussion of the matter. Des Malner, ug. 4. The Iowa re publican plaU'uu adopted today, en dorses the tariff plank of the nation al platform adopted at Chicago. The platform does not approve of another revision Immediately, but endorses a revision of the tariff on separate ar ticles. It further endorses "such efforts of President Taft and his adversora that make toward a fulfilling of the prom isee of the national platform which have been In harmony with the dec laration of this convention. The platform also commends Sena tors Dolllver and Cummins, Progres sive leaders. The platform is less radically pro gressive vthan had been anticipated, - as six of the eleven committeemen vu ' resolutions were Insurgents, appolnt d by Temporary Chairman Cum mins: ; : Cannon Still Optimistic Mackinac, Michigan, Aug. 4. Joe Cannon refused today to discuss the Tesults of the Kansas primaries, but pointed out that there were also pri maries in Oklahoma and Missouri. He said, "I have nothing to say during my vacation concerning the Kansas primaries or the Iowa convention. Perhaps when all returns are in I will make a statement. One thing you might remember, is that primar ies were also held In Missouri and Oklahoma." Regulars won nearly ev erything in those two states. OVERSIGHT CAS NOT BE REM. EDIED AT LATE HOUR r Despite Stiff Struggle Wallowa Man Lands In Salem Penitentiary OFFERED BRIBE LIE 0!1E House and Seuate Committee Re same Its Investigation of Alleged Frauds and Proferred Bribes to Blind Senator Gore In Oklahoma-: Thousands of Dollars Represented In Legislation that Passed Senate L DYING RAPIDLY First Wife Amcng Those Who Re celred Dying Chaniplou Chicago, Aug. i.Joe Cans, arrived at noon on his transcontinental race rith death. Life is fast ebbing. Gans was met by a delegation of friends including his first wife, and at her Imitation, Joe was carried on stretcher to her home where oxygen was administered to prolong life. DEPOT TREES ARE Asserting that Tom Tucker is safe ly Incarcerated In the Salem peniten tlary, Sheriff Marvin and Al Hugg, his deputy, today disputed the report that Tucker was likely .to have- ex tended freedom without first entering the doors of the prison. Tucker was taken to Salem last. week on a four year sentence for perjury, but attor- neva who were defending nim, com menced a systematic legal battle to nrAVMit hia incarceration . on the grounds that while the appeal from the circuit court Jury's decision . at Enterprise, had not beea perfected, through au oversight, the prisoner had recourse to an appeal anyway. But even though a stiff struggle was put up, Tucker was turned over to the piison authorities. Judging from a decision handed down by the supreme court Tuesday, Tucker will have the right to a sec ond appeal In a former case and It Is likely that he may yet be given his liberty, pending a decision on the ap Definite though unofficial an nouncement as to the time of throw ing open the Wallowa National for ests, restored to nubile domain by a recent proclamation by. President Taft, is given but in Washington tele graphic dispatches, and it . appears that October 22 next, is the time when the Wallowa domain will be thrown open to settlement and to entry on the 21st of November. The La Grande land office has not received official notification to this effect, but It Is presumed that the dates are cor rect . There are 203,653 In Wallowa thus to be thrown open to settlement and Muskogee, Okla, Aug. 4 The name of Vice-President Sherman was drag ged into the house committee investi gating the Senator Gore .bribery charges this afternoon. ; Gore also named Jacob Htiuon, of Olahonia, a national committeeman, as .one man who called upon him In connection with the matter. Gore today produced newspaper clippings purporting to show Sherman and Curtis visited Taft and recommended that the President approve the land contracts. Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 4. "Blind- Senator Gore's charges made in the senate last winter that he was profer- ed a $50,000 bribe to, aid in killing lilflEIG OMIILIGEI! 1LIGIIT0IER C0IPPEIIC1E FRAMED FALSEHOODS TO SCABB CRIPPEN TO CONFESSION WREN ARRESTED El MIS C0I1FESSI! Attorney Representing Doctor Crip pea la London Forces Scotland Yard to Admit that No New Evi dence has been Uncovered and that Story to this Effect was Fabrlca ted Can't publish Confession. entry, but up to yesterday mere na. , lglatlon whlch would have modi- been nc. announcement oi.tne urne contracts and sale of valuable when settlements would be permitted. landf belonglng to the chltka8na The Observer has published advices and choctaw IndlaI1B( are being lnves- to prospective settlers frequently, in today by ft congre8alonal com. regard to this settlement, and against ner8onnel of the corn- points to the wording of the procla mation which forbids any . settle ment or attempt at settlement on the land before the date of the actual set llement, namely, October 22. There are thousands of acres thus to be thrown opeu throughout the Northwest this fall, but the one that interests Eastern Oregon most is the Wallowa opening. " Lineups Conceded. It Is a foregone conclusion that there will be lineups and if they are equal to those of two years ago when Aie line wlas maintained through courtesy, and in fact for thirty days, OKLAHOMA'S ACTION IS IMS- FRANCHISING SCORED Lurge Gathering of Voters Take Ac tlon on Taft's Policy GUT DOWN OLD COURT HOUSE SOLD STREET ASSUMES A MORE BUSI-NESS-LIKE ASPECT", TOO Business Men In that Section do Not Object to the RomovaL Shade trees on Depot street were ' mercilessly slaughtered today and he trees which for many years stood as a protector for crowds of wie men loafers and what not, when the sun poured hot rays on the corner of Jef feson and Depot, are nothing but stumps and even the stumps are to disappear. The trees fell before the . woodman's mighty ax early tniB morning and the debris has twen hauled away. " ' . The loss was not materially grieved over by the occupants ' of business hnuRM ninn the street. Practically no objection to the removal was heard, In fact the business men were rather pleased at their disappearance. The absence of the trees lends a busi ness appearance to street and when pavement is laid the thoroughfare , will be all the more attractive by the absence of the "shaders." Sum of $1500 Realized in Sale of Old Building to School Dlstrlet . 1 '. 1 The Union county court house at fnlon. which has been vacated since the county Beat was moved to La Grande, has been sold to School Dis trirt N. 5 at Union for $1,500. The county held it for $19,000,' but cost of cement ' sidewalk improvement have to be met and the price was reduced This disposes of a building that has been a cause for considerable worry to the county court, and it' will be made good use of at Union for school purposes. ' win ha a hi? rush for land and squat ters win UKeiy cui wm rUh ure "asaln. The proclamation states I aaa n cm AAV ...iinii., nn Battlement, snail I Blieuuiaii umi 11 y' be made, previous to the-date of or ficlal settlement and the definition of the term "sauatter" will have to be closely defined. Remodeling Barbershop. H. L. Christiansen, proprietor of the Sanitary barber shop Is doing exten u remodeline. A free reading pnnm. additional baths, Bhowers, etc will be installed before the repairs are completed. Five Killed at Pasco. Pasco, Wn., Aug. 4.Flve Italian laborers were killer and several in jured when a North bank train ran into a handcar at seven o'clock this morning. 50 miles east of here. The engineers failed to see the handcar until it was too late. Charles Barret In City. C. A. Barret, the Umatilla county politician is here today attending to business matters. . Candidate Hart Here. Hon. J. X. Hart, the Baker City at torney, who is a candidate for allot ney general. Is a business visitor In t,a Grande today. ralttee. The personnel of the com mittee, follows: Campbell of Kansas,. Burke, of South Dakota, Miller of Minnesota, Stephens of Texas and Saunders of Virginia. All are representatives. The committee was appointed at the last session of Congress to Inves tigate charges cf fraud In the. sale of Indian lands made by United States Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, against William McMurray, McAlester, Okla , an attorney. Senator Gore, the blind statesman, whose charges of bribery, made dra matically In the senate, startled the uny aay . othopa nromiHo,i to be present remains to be seen. At any rate mere investleatlon. He alleges that attempts were made to sums ranging from ,000. The senate committee appointed to Investigate the affair, consists of TnnM nf Washington: Burton of Ohio: Crawford of South Dakota; BOARDER SHOOTS CRANE LEARNING Atlantic City, N. J.. Aug. 4,-Dusky politicians from, all over the land were Dresent today when the conven tion of colored voters, called by the National Independent Political League, was opened In this city. The assemblage also includes many edu cators, clergymen and other moral and Intellectual leaders of the race, and promises to be of considerable importance as a manifestation or mo political sentiment of the negro popu lation. . . " " ' It la exnected that those who are opposed to President Taft'B policy In tfeallnir with the question of appoint in colored men to federal-offices, " : - - will attempt to place the convention . i iL n tAaant a1. on record as oniwHing mu hicd..v ministration. The delegates will also discuss ways and means for making 4t nnlnrail , vntArB a factor to bt dealt with in this fall's state and con aresslonal elections. The attempt of Oklahoma Demo crats to deprive the negro of his vote by means of a "makeshift clause" will be censured. The executive commit tee of the leagiie has announced ex iiresslons unfavorable to admitting colored youths to West Point, and the crusade to that end will probably be dropped. . ' - . LIM WITH NO CAUSE KNOWN HE KILLS AND THEN SUICIDES Oakland Family Scene of Indlscrlm Inate Shooting by Boarder Oakland, Aug. 4. William Cooper. aged fifty, and a roomer in the home of Hurley Busse, shot and killed Mrs Busse today. Her' husband rushed to tho rnnm and Cooner shot him throug the neck, fatally wounded Cooper then shot himself and is dy- ing. ' Cooper came to Oakland from Au burn, N. Y., where he. worked for the Busse family there. The husband says Cooper and he were close friends and no Jealousy existed between them. Cooper entered the room where Mrs Busse was preparing breakfast, and without, a word, drew a revolver and shot. The report brought her hus bnnd. and as he opened , the door Cooper fired. LORIAAER FACTS London, Aug. 4. Attorney Newton, representing Dr. Crlppen, today won a fight with Scotland Yards otwr the production of evidence alleged to have beta found tending to establish fully the Identity of the body found in the cellar. The police are compelled to admit they have found nothing new( and that the statement was made In the hope of inducing Crippen to confess. S erge&nt Mitchell and Matrons Foster and Stone left today to assist In returning Crlppen and Leneve. Admits a Confessions , Quebec, Aug. 4. Defective Dew has virtually admitted Crlppen made 'a statement regarding the ' disappear- . ance of his wife. Ho said. "I believe ' I can Secure a satisfactory statement . from Crlppen. The English law for bids publishing a prisoner's confes slon. ... ,;. ellfJOEli SENTENCE WILL BE NAMED NEXT . MONDAY . Arguments for a New Trial Unavail ing Before Court this Morning TAFT SAID TO HAVE SENT CRANE TO CHICAGO Report Which he Will Bring Back Mill not Be Favorable Either Chicago, Aug. 4. Senator Crane of Massacbusets is said by the Chica go Tribune today to have come here at the behest of Taft, to investigate personally the' political status of Senator Lorlmer in Illinois. Accord ing to the Tribune the report will be unfavorable. He will not discuss the meeting with Balllnger at Minnapo- Mass Meeting Sunday All the churches of the city Will combine In a mass meeting at the L. D. S. tabernacle next Sunday evening. The program, consisting of speeches and music by local people, will be un (lr the supervision of the Law En-. forcement league. Ladd Canyon Tersonals. Ladd Cany0"- Aug. 4.-Speclal. Mrs. O. P. Goodall, whose home Is In California, visited a few days here last week with Mrs. "Dick" Peebler, Mrs. Goodall's former home was In Ladd Canyon and Bhe Is well known throughout the valley. She 1s din satisfied with her California home and like many others, would be glal to get bnck to "old Oregon" again. , Miss Lulu Counsell who has been visiting relatives at Joseph the past two weeks is expected home, the lat ter part of this week. She will be ac companied by her grandmother, Mrs. Louisa Scott. Mrs. Counsell's mother. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Milenberg and three children are now here at the home of Thomas Bates. Mrs, Milen berg and Mrs. Bates are sisters. Messrs. E. T. Peebler, Chris. Miller and Williams Phillips left by team yesterday morning for Wallowa coun ty, where they will visit Mr. Peebler's daughter. Mrs. Etila Daugherty. but will spend most of their time fishing on the Minam, that being their thief purpose. Mr. Phillips will act as "chief cook and dish washer", but will visit his brother, Bert, and niece, Mrs. James Fields, while there. Miss Frankle Peebler spent a couple of days last week In La Grande vis-? , Adolph Newlln will not be granted a new trial on the Indictment of Bell ing whiskey, and on which he was found guilty last Monday by a circuit court jury. Circuit Judge J. W. Knowles refused to grant a new trial, following arguments by counsel for the state and for the defendant, at 10 o'clock this forenoon. It means that sentence will be road on the convict ed defendant and that the case will ba appealed no matter what the sentence may be. Sentence will be read from the circuit bench next Monday at 10 o'clock. vj EXPERIMENTING WAS FATAL While Working With New Explosive, Is Blown to Pieces. f Klamath FaVi, Ore., Aug. 4. Otis Greer, a' rancher near here, was kill ed last night by an explosion. He was experimenting with explosives and claims to have a receipt for making a new Japanese powder. He was grinding a coffee mill when it ex ploded. He was twenty-six years ot age, and an eccentric. Recovers from Illness. v B. A, Benham la able to resume B. A. Benham is again able to resume his position with the La Grand In vesment company, after a serious ill ness lasting two weeks. v' Thtlves, More Census Figures Oat ; Washington. Aug. 4.AccordIng i to a hensus bulletin, the population ot Cincinnati Is 564,463. ji ' 2