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LA UKAJSUE, UMUxS IX)UiVi OKEUCLY FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1910.
NUMBER 237.
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GORE CHARGES
ARE LIES
FRIENDS URGE HIM TO TAKE THE
STAXD TO REFUTE THE
ACCUSATIONS'
Gore Expresses no Surprise at Denial
. From Vice-President Sherman
Hamon Is on the Stand and Denies
all Knowledge of the Contract
Charges as Made by the Blind Sena
nr rvomr lMt a Wlfrnf.
Big Moose, " Y Aug 5. James
Schoolcraft E'honnan, vice-president,
today Bent a telegram from his sum
mer home to the United Press: "The
story coming to me about the Gore
charges at Muskogee, are absolutely
without the slightest shadow of foun
dation."
Gore Sot Surprised.
Muskogee, Aug. 5. Senator Gore
-was not surprised at the denial of
Sherman and said, "Such denials .s
those of Sherman and Senator Cu
tis are to be expected."
"Hamon has asked to be allowed to
i appear before the committee, saying,
INQUIRY
I I think I can square myself."
The committee resumed Us session
today In Investigating the charges by
Core that Sherman and others tried
to mingle In a fraud of Indian lands
In Oklahoma. '
Hamon Takes the Stand.
Ilamon took the stand and denied
that he ever offered a bribe to Gore.
He said he had made no Improper of
fer regarding the contracts. He had
not attempted to bribe the blind sena
tor. He denied, specifically, parts of
conversation, which Gore attributed to
him in a conference In Gore's office
"When Gore suggested that we
might secure $25,000 if he wouldn't
fight the McMurray contract, Gore
lied. McMurray had not sought to
Interest me in the contracts. At no
time did I ever intimate to any man
or men that I was lnterester In them."
4rt- tmtt Imnw r9 onv roaann urhv
i A Gore should make these charges?"
Hamon replied: "I know that Gore
has been prosecuted on criminal
charges in Texas, and that ills broth
er has been accused of crime, but I
don't think my knowledge of these
matters would lead the senator to
accuse me."
"There is absolutely no foundation
for Gore's story. I did not suggest
to Gore on May 6. or any other time,
that he could get $25,000 or any other
sum out of the McMurray contracts."
Gore was out of humor during
Creamger's testimony. He examined
Creamger, asklg what Hamon had
said to him referring to testimony be
fore the committee. Creamger re
plied. "Hamon asked me" if I would
testify, and I said I would, and told
him what my testimony would be. He
Regretted I would be compelled to
make a statement."
Congressman Creamer, republican,
was the ext witness. He said he
nad not received an offer to share the
contracts through Hamon.
Creamer said: "1 have known Ham
on four years, when he first became
chairman of the Republican state
committee. He and Congressman Mc
Guire are friends; they occupied the
ame rooms at Washington. As far
as T have known, Hamcn had nn in
terest In the McMurray contracts. He
told me he might get an Interest bit
I didn't. understand our conversation
as an offer to get an Interest In them
for me. Hamon suggested I see Me-
Murray. McMurray did not mention
r Am ...
me contracts.
He declared that McMurray never
offered to let him In on the contractu,
and didn't suggest a bribe."
Want Sherman to Testify.
Utica, Aug. 5. Sherman's friends
will urge him to take the witness
stand In the investigating committor,
and. refute the charges made by Gore.
It Iz contended that Sherman's con
nections with the case are merely un
pleasant, and that he absolutely had
no interest In the contracts. "
Roosevelt SUIl Silent.
New York, Aug. 5. Scores of news
paper men awaited the arrival of
Roosevelt this morning a the Outlook
office, and he was questioned regard
ing the Sherman connection In the
Indian Investigation. Roosevelt sala
he had no statement to make about
Sherman and denied himself all call
ers thereafter.
Making Trip to Frisco.
Cllnto Van Fleet, who has been In
the gents' furnishings department of
the Golden Rule for some time, has
taken his departure for San Fran
cisco, to be absent from this city
about two weeks..
J. D. CARROL OF UNION ENDS
USEFUL CAREER
Dies at Age of Nlne-Two Years and
Hale and Hearty to Last
Union, Aug. 5 Special. Death yes
terday claimed a man of Union who,
since '62, has been looked upon as one
of the hardiest pioneers that ever
cicssed the plains and braved the
hardships of frontier days. The man
was Joel D. Carroll, who until a very
sl,ort time ago, 'was hale and hearty
us a man of sixty, and his greatest
Joy was to show his agility at his ad
vanced age. The funeral will be held
tomorrow.
Joel D. Carrel 'was a native of Clark
county, Indiana, and at the age of six
teen, learned the blacksmith trade,
doing a large business In New Wash
ington, that state, and in Iowa, until
In 1864, when he migrated with ox
teams to the far West, landing In
Union county the fall of the same
year, and opening a shop In Union.
For seven years he was active In
this industry and then bought a farm
three miles northwest from the town,
and gave his attention to agriculture
for the next six years, when he sold
out and removed to Union, and re
tired from active business. .
He was a member of the Masonic
Order for over forty years, and was.
prominent In affairs of the county,
serving as treasurer of the county for
four years, from 1878 to. 1882, -being
elected on the democratic ticket.
The start west was made May 10.
1884, and on the 16th day of the fol
lowing September the party reached
Union, then a village of a few strag
gling log houses. A short stop was
made in the Boise Valley, but being
dissatisfied with that locality and
hearing favorable reports of the
Grande Ronde valley, the Journey was
resumed after a brief res of a week.
Mr. Carrol's home, has been In Union
for 44 years and he has never re
gretted his choice of a locality.
The Journey across the plains was
an extremely hazardous one and was
fraught with the usual dangers from
streams, floods and hostile Indians,
which the adventurous pioneers met
and overcame a half century ago. The
first men that Mr. Carroll met In the
town were A. C Craig and Cy Pres
cott. both of whom are dead, but
whose widows still reside In Union.
Although In his 92nd year Mr. Car
roll possessed all his faculties and
apparently enjoyed life as well as in
his younger days. He though nothing
of taking a Journey of several hun
dred miles, traveling unattended.
When not visiting with some of his
children, nine of whom are living.
he spent the most of his time at his
pleasant home in Union
PASSES AWftY
I PASSENGERS
I A SIB
STEAMER
WIRELESS MESSAGE RECEIVED
ALOXG ALASKAN COAST
CONFIRMS REPORT
S 0 S SIE1S SENT OUT
Details as to Cause Not Known
teamer Due in Jnncan Today But
i Strikes Rocks Off Central Iriand
Save Oar Ship Signals Rcn-ehed all
Along the Coast bat Details are
Juneau, Aug. 5. The Princess May
ran on the reef on Sentinel Island
In a fog at 2:00 a. ni. this morning.
She sank In two hoars, but all pas
sengers and the crew was taken off,
accordiug to authentic reports sent
here by wireless late this afternoon.
The passengers lire marooued on the
island.
Seattle, Aug. 5. A wireless "from
Juneau states the Canadian steamer,
Princess May is sinking off Central
Island, Alaska. The May was bound
from Skagway to Victoria and is due.
Hundred Passengers Aboard. ,
On the sinking ship are one. hun
dred passengers and there are no de
tails regarding their condition. It is
not generally believed that the loca
tion of the ship Is such that the pas
sengers cannot be rescued with life
boats, as no serious storm Is preva
lent. '-' ' ' ' ;': 1 - ' ' "
Other Points Get News.
Victoria. Aug. 23. Both wireless
stations at Victoria picked up mes
sages from the steamer May, saying
the vessel Is sinking. The Dominion
Wireless is unable to verify the report
or trace the origin.
All points are keeping a lookout fo.
news. .
It is reported this aftarnoon thftt
the Princess May has sunk. The wire
less station has been calling all day,
but has received no answer.. The ship
left Skagway at eight o'clock last
night, and was due here at Juneau f
four this morning. Central Island is
in the center of Lynn. No los $ of
life is expected as the steamer vras
In all probability, close enough to
shore, to land the passengers ami
crew. .
Fight Pictures in South.
Mexico City, Aug. 5. The Jeffries
Johnson fight pictures were exhibited
today before an enormous audience.
.Wins by Narrow Margin.
Topeka, Aug. 5. T. A. McNeal, an
insurgent, who oijiosed Congressman
Anthony, in the first district, cliima
a victory by 86 votes, the vote beta
officially canvassed. , ' " .
Washington, Aug. 5. In conse
qusnce of retrenchment by off tea of
department of auditors, the report for
the year ending June 30, shows re
duction in the dericlt by $10,000,000.
During the year 1909 the deficit was
over seventeen million.
ESCAPES INSTANT DEATH TttICK
Portland Woman Has Extremely Ser
ious Night of It
Portland, Aug. 5. Escaping death
twice last night, first in an automo
bile accident, and then tinder the
wheels of a Southern Pacific train
that bore down on her as ah lay
unconscious on the tracks, Mf4. Hel
ena Hastings is not expected t i live
through the day. The car turnel tur
tle at Clackamas station an I threw
Ver In the middle of the tmck. A
woman In the party heard tho p
1 roachlng train, and running ivj ihf.
rack, flagged It with a red sh wl.
mmm
PORTUGAL
POPE REFUSES TO CONSIDER A
SUCCESSOR TO PORTUGAL
FROM VATICAN
9fl SEBOTJ SEETtili
PI: .Indicates his Future Policy with
Portugal and It is Believed Vatican
Will Sever Relations There Also,
as with Spain Rioters Gather to
Form an Attack at San Sebastian
ext unaay .Horning.
Rome, Aug. 5. The rejection of
Pope Pius of two nominations to fill
the post of the late Senhor Anto, Por
tugese ambassador for the Vatican, la
believed to foreshadow a severing of
diplomatic relations betwe.en the Vati
can and Portugal.
San Sebastian Seething.
: San Sebastian, Aug. 5. Anticipa
ting . a demonstration by clericals
and revolutionists of Carlisle Sunday,
troops are massing. The troops are
supplied with small cartridges and
are ordered to shoot to kill at the
first sign of disorder.
San Sebastian is seething In re
volt.
It Is believed tat wealthy aristo
crats are financing the demonstra
tion planned Sunday. They are said
to be employing automobiles, horses
and wagons, to bring hundreds of
persons from the country districts.
Tho governor has Issued a' proclama
tion forbidding any gathering, except
Catholic assemblages in churches, and
prohibiting outsiders from entering
the town.
Tom Dawson Killed.
Tom Dawson, for some time a resi
dent of La Grande, was killed near
Oieon City last week. The Dawson
family is well-known here and friends
will be grieved to learn of the acci
dent. An Oregon Cly paper says:,
Thomas Dawson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Dawson of this city, who
met his death Thursday while work
ing with a lumber crew at Wrights,
Klickitat county, was burled In this
city Sunday in Mountain View ceme
tery, the services being conducted at
the family home, and Rev. T. F. Bow
en, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal
church, officiating. .
Dawson had been employed in the
lumber mill at Wrights almost two
years and was always considered a
careful workman. On Thursday morn
ing several large logs had been dump
ed near the landing on a side hill,
which caused a log Jam. Two of his
fellow workmen had started to clear
away the Jam after hooks had been
used and were unsuccessful In using
them. Dawson, told them It was dan
gerous and he would go, as the oth
er men had families.' He had gono a
short distance, when the logs com
menced moving. One of the logs, 3
1-2 feet thick and 50 feet long, struck
the young man, causing Internal In
juries. , A physician was Immediately
sent for, but the distance was 28 miles
and the young man passed away be
fore the doctor's arrival. After Daw
son was struck by the , log he lived
one hour and GO minutes, being con
scious. '
Carl Dawson, who left here In Ap
ril was with his brother when he
died.
Dawson was a bright young man
and was very popular where he was
employed. He was of a Jolly disposi
tion. He as born a Cheboygan. Michi
gan. March 26, 1889. He went from
Cheboygan to La Grande, Oregon, with
his parents and resided In that city
for 15 months, and came to Oregon
City a year ago last Febroary.
He leaves, besides his parents, five
brothers, Carl, Kenneth, Howard and
a baby brother, Arthur Dawson of
Cheboygan, Michigan, and five sis
ters, Misses Edith, Bernlce, Ruoda,
Mable and Alice Dawson.
IMPROVING JEFFERSON WALK
Short Piece of Plunk Sidewalk Near
Owl is Bcin: Replaced Today
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Cement is being used to replace the
short piece of board sidewalk between
tho M. & M. Company building and
the Owl saloon on Jefferson. The
abutting flrotraps have also been
razed and Within a few days Jeffer
son will have the missing link of
cement sidewalk supplied, Improving
t'ue corner greatly.
Hospital Corp Speedy.
Tacoma, July 5. All records were
broken at Camp Cosgrove by the hos
pital corps In brfklng camp, mov
ing and resetting the hospital service.
Twenty-three tents were struck,
packed, moved and returned In 23
minute. ,.. .., ..,.'.. :. ,
IT FRACTURES
PRECEDENT
WAVES HAND AT JACKIES WHEN
ETIQUETTE FORBIDS
Taft Enjoys lib First Naval Review
Since Being President
Provlncetown, Aug. 5 Eight battle
ships and a great fleet of smaller ves
sels greeted the Mayflower with a
presidential salute, as the vessel,
bearing President Taft, entered the
harbor. President Taft arrived. ' to
participate In the presentation to the
nation of a giant stone tower on Ply
mouth harbor, "where the original
Mayflower grounded 300 years ago.
As the Mayflower steamed through
the line of warships Taft held his
first naval review. He fractured the
rigid naval etiquette by waving his
hand to the thousands of bluejackets
who cheered him.
Alfonso Well Guarded.
South Ampton, Aug. ... 5. Scotland
Yard is guarding King Alfonso and
Queen Victoria against an attack of
Spanish revolutionists and anarchists.
They are going to Cdwes to spend a
few weeks. They came ashore last
night.
J. A. WILL BULL MANSION
Johnson Will Have Trouble in Build
ing on Brooklyn Heights
New York. Aug. 5. Jack Johnson,
the pugilist, is reported to have clos
ed a deal for a $120,000 mansion on
Brooklyn Heights, an exclusive dis
trict. It Is rumored that neighbors
will take drastic measures to, eject
the pugilist. 1
After Negro with Clubs.
Kansas City, Aug. 5. Armed with
guns and clubs, a mob la hunting a
neero In the brush near Buckner,
Missouri. The negro Is accused of
attacking Clara Bladus, aged Iff, the
daughter of a farmer. The mob
threatens to burn the negro.
Another negro was ' captured and
spirited away by authorities. It Is
reported that two negroes attacked
the girl.
Fire In Spokane.
Spokane. Aug. 5. Fire early today
destroyed the wholesale and retail
paper and book building of John W.
Graham & Company, at a loss of $150
000. It drove 50 occupants of a hotel
on adjoining atreets ouf in their night
clothes. , An explosion of oil made the
firemen's work, hazardous.
Medals for Republic.
Washington, Aug. 4. As a Joint
gift to all American republics, a gold
medal has been awarded by the Pan
American congress now In session,
UOTERS APATHY
WORKS HAM
UllTY
SIGNATURES HERE AS SCARCE
AS WATER IN BAD LANDS
IS REPORT
Apathy Among Voters in net Eegls.
tcring Is Causing Great licoaven
ience and Creating a Situation Tiat
Is SerlonsKere Handful Have
Registered la Uaicn Coanty to Bate
rviiticiaas ovn reiiiions w niy
, Complications that auger 111, legal
entanglements at , the primaries and r
a general state of disarrangement and
disorder that will bo detrimental to .
hundreds of voters In Union county,
arA ripve.lnnlnff1 thrtmirTi on i.m.c.jaT
and unexplalnable apathy on the part '
or qualified voters to regmter betora
the nrlmAi-lea. Knt ulnnn villi Va in.
ter be deprlvtd of hla suffrage un
less six" freeholders are forced to
on the day of the primaries and elec
tionbut also, prospective candidates -
are going to meet an obstacle lit Un
ion county that Is going to woitt hav
oc with every single one of them. v
' Can't Sign the Petitions
Right today the situation is simply
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mis mere are not enougn resijuerea .
voters to properly sign the candidates'
petitions. How are candidates going
to be nominated if they are not alven
the necessary signers on their peti
tions? The situation has gone be
yond tbe discouraging stage, it Is ac
tually serious and something will
have to be done. Less than 200 are
registered in the entire list of pre
cincts of Union county and scattered
as they are, there are many precincts
where not a Bingle petition can be
legally signed. ', With this situation
becoming alarmingly apparent, poli
ticians are out Bcoutlng for registra
tions. Not alone will voters be unable
to assist their friends, but they will
likewise be unable to work In oppo
sition to their political enemies.
Something will have to be done In
Union county immediately.
' One Panacea Advanced.
County Clerk Ed Wright has been
urged to open registration booths
down town, and in this, It Is believed,
will be found a panacea for the apa
thy. It Is so far to the court house
that farmers coming Into La Grande
have not the time to register; citizens
of I.a Grande think they have not the '
time to go to the court house, but if
the books were down town, more suc
cess in this line would materialize.
It Is believed that the books will be
mnvprl dnwn .tnwn and onened in the
building vacated by the receiver's of
fice, In the rear of the United States
National bank. .
Many Petitions Here.
The poltitical horizon Is being
marked here and there with things
that smack of state politics. Acting
Governor Jay Bowerman has his pe
tition in La Grande, but It cannot be
properly stgned until more registra
tions are recorded. Among the other
candidates who have their petitions
In La Grande today for signatures,
are: Willis S. Dunnlway for state
printer; Thomas A. McBrlde for jus
tice of the supreme court; Frank A.
Moore, Justice of the supreme courft
and several others for less Important
offices.
St Paul Censns Out.
Washington, Aug. 5. The , census
bulletin shows St. Paul with a popu
lation of 214,774.
Visiting a Sngar Beet Faniu
F. S. Bramwcll and family and F.
C. Bramwell and family, s re spend
ing several days on one of the Sugar
company's farms near Lostine ,
OFFICE