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' 4 It ! r . H i A VOL. XI LA UKAHDrJ. ii'JS LOJN COUNT 1', OKEliUN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1910. NUMDKI (I l-i ft pRoneii m GALLED Li HI C0L0OEL TEXAS REPUBLICAN LEABEU AC CUSES CONGRESSMAN MURPHY OF GROSS IGNORANCE Indian Land Contracts Continue to Stir up Startling Features In Okla homa Lyons Declares Positively That he Did Not Do as Accused by Muryhey Who he Says Talked Be hind his Back Colonel Indignant Sulphur, v Aug. 13. Col. Cecil Lyon, Republu r u national committee man from Texas, before the committee today, testified that Congressman Mur phy, when he told the committee at Washington that Lyon traveled throug Oklahoma in the interest of the McMurray contracts, was either guilty of ignorance or was lying. Colonel Lyon waB indignant. "Congressman Mifpbjr availed him self of the privilege of the floor where he could not be reached legally,", said Lyon. : He also made statements out of my presence, which could not be reached physically. I believe Murphy ehould be called on to prove the charg . es. No man, woman or child, can say I am' interested in McMurray's indi vidual contracts. I agreed to become Interested as a business man,' with ttis law firm, but I never was interested In individual contracts."' ; : -BUnd Set ataMQo.re es being interest- ed in the contracts Congressman Chajles Murphy refer red to, is from Missouri. Lyon said that in 1905 McMurray asked him if he wanted to become associated in the sain of Indian lands. Lyon Bald he accepted. "I discussed the matter wlth the president in JanuaVy. 4906." Lyon tea tified, "asking him to first investigate, then, if he saw fit, to (tmflrm Mc Murray's coptracts. , He referred me to Indian Commissioner Leupp, the latter considering forming a stock company. The president and Leupp favored this plan. I told the presi dent that if a stock company was his plan, that It ended the McMurray con tracts, as far as I was concerned. MEDAL FOR BEST CROP Governor Hay will Reward Dry Farm; Ing Student Spokane, Wash., Aug. 13. Evidence 'Of his faith in the modern tillage as a testimonial to the succes of a dry farming, Governor Marlon E. Hay, of Washington, offers a solid silver trophy cup, valued at $230, as the grand prize for, the. best state exhibit, Washington barredi at the Internation al Dry Farming exposition in connect ion with the Fifth Dry Farming Con gress in Spokane, Octbber 3 to 6. ' The gift is a private one. Governor Hay is a practical farmer. f Colorado captured the state rups at the third and fourth congresses and expositions at Cheyenne, Wyo., and Billings. Mont., and has already noti fied John T. Burns, secretary-treasurer of the congress, that It will enter the state contest this year In an effort to win the third cup in succession. , Montana, however, has arisen to the occasion, and Is now gathering an ex hibit that promises to be a worthy ri val. Other competitors probably will be North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Texas. Oklahoma, Arizona, Nevada. Cab, Wyoming, Western Kan sas and Nebraska, Idaho and Oregon. The following rule has been adopted' by the board of governors of. the con gress regarding the territory from which exhibits of prr ducts can be ac cepted for exposition purposes: "Exhibits will be accepted at the Tn- wins ternatlonal Dry Farming exposition, from that territory in the United States including'and west of the 98th meridian, and up to and Including the ( l-'lEt meridian, where the annual pre-1 ffl ttoti. ' J. nv . . . .! t-i,r..ai.iu aiciajca uuuer z) incnes. It is understood, however, that such pro ducts will not be accepted when grown upon seepage, irrigated or sub-irrigated land." Mr,, Burns says that much Interest has been aroused In the United tSates, Canada and Mexico, in the coming congress, and he looks for large dele gations from various parts of the con tinent Demonstration Boat Planned. , Pullman, Wash., Aug. 13. The state agricultural school's demonstration boat, which will tour the sound coun try, will start Monday. The first stop 'b at Brtnnon, Wash. The boat -will cover the sound territory, making slda trips on navigable waters. A large staff of lecturers will be aboard with a variety of agricultural, dairy and horticultural paraphernalia. Birnnnin , mi mar HI'S UUHIflL THREE MILES IX LENGTH IS SIZE OF CORTEGE. Simple Funeral Services Held at the Gans Home Taken to Church ; Baltimore, Aug, 13. Lying la state at the Whatcoat Methodist church the body of Joe Gans , was viewed today by 48,000 persons. Hour after hour they! passed, the coffin. The burial was held late this afternoon. ' Earlr . ;today : the lunexajserylces ware be Id -at the home of Gans. Rev. CS&bs officiated: ' ! Thtf';,eremonyvwas brief, only the immediate members of the family attending. After prayer, the bier was carried to a hearse, and taken' to a cliurdi, fcllowed by a pro cession three miles in length. There were eight carriages of flowers, i WROX LOCATION GIVE .. lleglstration is Conducted in Rear of United States National, i IX- Tht office formerly occupied by the receiver of the Farmers & Traders National bank in the rear of the Uni ted States National, is the place where County Clerk Ed Wright is conducting his registrations, and not in the rear of the La Grande National as an nounced in the Observer. The books will be opened there to night for the last time, for the pres ent at least, for it is not known when they will be brought down town again so It behooves every unregistered vot er to attend to that duty this evening Mew Bank Sign Up. , The new metallic bank sign for the La Grande National bank, was Install ed today. It is placed at the right, of the main entraace. and is an attrac tive piece of work. ; $.:, , ! VJ Panhandle Gets' Train Serf Ice." ; s Baker will be connected with tls Pine and Eagle valleys by railroad. This is the substance of an announce ment made by General Passenger Ag ent Win. McMurray of the O. R. & N. yesterday, says the Baker City Demo crat. ' ' "' ,' Mr. McMurray states that because there is tno other train from Baker that will afford the people of the Pan handle country the opportunlty tq get home after they have been here he will put a special car on the east bound fast mall to handle the business. The connections will be arranged so that a man will be able to lea verbis home in the Panhandle one day, and arrive. -in Baker;, the same evening. The next morning, or any morning, ii will be possible for him to leave h'-rv on a special coach which will be at tached to the fast mall train and meet the Northwestern train down the Snake rlyer. I A I nninii nnmnnrn n? T-isr- r IlLUHil MKU III Hit IIIE liSEilOl Olfl MANY CHANGES A DAY IN POLITICAL STATUS CRANE SUCCEEDS HITCHCOCK Beverly, Aug. . 13. That Senato Crane of Massachusetts has taken tie place of Hitchcock as political adviser to President Taft, Is reported today, following the reports that; Speakpr Cannon will be eliminated from high republican councils, along with Al drlchand Ballinger. When the United Press first announced, on high author s -uiMk .u tuiBuiun ot vrane' to nrr1. Paul, was to demand the retirement of Ballinger before the fall campaign. It wag intimated that - the president tread on drastic measures to re-unlte the republican party and assure suc cess at the polls In November. The president, it is said by those close to the administration, has believed for some time that democrats and Insur gents would control the v next ' house, and has been considering, he declared, mores that would make it possible to Insure a republican victory. Authoritative reports that Balling er has prepared his resignation, and will leave office on September io, and that . Aid rich in .an interview with - Baer Family Reonion. r Philadelphia. Aug. 18. The Baer Family Association,, which county George F.' Baer, president of the Read ing railway, as: one of its members, is holding If 8 annual reunion today at Kutztown,. Berks county, ,; ., . ' Other family reunions in Eastern Pennsylvania today Include those of the Saul s at Temple ; the Lewis-Jones' In Montgomery county; the Esslcks at Pottstown and the Seiples at Easton. Scott's Body In Portland. .. Portland, Augv j I2.i-The body of Harvey .wi Scott reached here today and will lie In Btate this afternoon from two to four. The funeral will be held tomorrow. - --..-.) .; Floating Court Ends. toward, Alaska, Aug. 13. A floating court aboard the revenue cutter, F.ush, with United States Judge Cushman iveslding, is on V. way back to Sev arc the season's work being finished. Three Killed in Accident.; ' Oakland, Calif.. ;' Augi. 13; Three persons were killed and a score in jured as the result of a collision be: tween an engine and a carload of workingmen on the Western Pacific iste yesterday. After the accldeni the train crew attacked the infurhtod laborers and forced them to uncouple the engine and escape. ' . , DD 0 ftli RE i IB 1EEK Frantic apneals for assistance in fighting forest fires reached La Grande this afternoon, when Mayor F. L.-Meyers received a telephone mes sage from the United States forest ser vice lookout at Sumpter. Messages re ceived there from Forest Ranger Park- er, state that the fire on 'Jordan creek has gotten beyond control and that the number of men now at work are unable to cope with the situation. The Pre Is leaving Jordan creek and work- rntr-over to thn Rpavpr froot trnto shed where It will do much damage to the water supply.. Mayor Meyers bsues a call tonight TAKE PLACE Taft, yesterday repeated his assertion he T.-ould not run for re-election,' tc gether". with the reports that Cannon la n6 longer to be retained as a party leader, has "given ; rise to the belief thai Crane has" taken the place of IMtlhcock as chief advisor to the president. - VV.r" Ainnen snnooptf. ' Washington, Aug 13. Unofficial re, ports from Beverly that Ballinger has been recently forced to retire, and that Aldrlch is snubbed, and that Can non will not be defended, are attribu ted largely to the influence of Chas. Norton, secretary to the president. That Taft practically snubbed Al drlch yesterday when the senator called on him is " reported credited here. It is said Norton's Influences responsible for the reception tendered Aldrich. It Is reported Aldrlch plann ed a; long stay at Beverly, but the tisit amounted to real chilliness, and caused him to change his plans and leave speedily. " w , Fruit Trains Running. I Novth Yakima, Aug. 13. Two trains of sixty-two cars of fruit; left Pasco for St. Paul on a. 99-hour schedule to day. It was mostly from the '-Yakima 4. valley, but some - from. Walla WzV.p, The season -Is ten days earlier4 trtfs PH0EJ.IX SUFFERS I OSS. Heaviest Fire In the History of Hie City Bases Many Buildings Phoenix, B. C, Aug. 12. The mo: disastrous fire in the history cf rfcyc nix:8tarted at four o'clock Friday, was Just controlled today. It starts t in an oil house of the Granhy Consoli- J dated Mining Company. Instantly It I spread to surrounding I buildings. Sparks fell on the Methodist and Pres , byterian churches, the palace livery, the school house, and the Pioneer Publishing Company's plant. Several other residences were destroyed. A machine and blacksmih shop shared a like fate. It looked for a time as though the town would go. No one was killed, although there were many narrow escapes. - ,? Terrific Upheaval Felt. v Washington, Aug. 13. That a terrif tc upheaval, probably a tidal wave in the West Indies, today is Indicated by the seismograph at Georgetown Uni versity. The shock was of great In tensity . D TO FIB for forty ,men in behalf of the .gov enjmeuV ' The forestry department will pay; good wageB. Men who re spond, should provide their own bed ding, and, report at the water super intendent's office this evening If pos sll)le,"buit without, fail .tomorrow morn ing at 7 o'clock. Forty men are needed and the government officials and May or Meyers are anxious to have a full rruw ot men leave promptly at 7 tt j morrow morning. The situation at the ' ... scene of the fire is grave, according to tno appeals from Sumpter. ine government pays 30 cents hour and board. . an WRICK NEAR PORTLAND. Suburban Car Collides with Fn-teut, Injuring Seven, Portland, Aug. 13. Sivcn were In jured, and many severely jolted early today when an electric car bound to Portland from Oregon City; collided with a freight car five miles south. The passenger car crashed into the freight hurling the passengers from their seats. The injured were re moved to the hospitals. Bicycle Marathon. Ne York, Aug. 13. A bicycle Mara thon for the championship of Greater New York will be the feature of the Pius X cycle games to be held to morrow at Jamaica Oval. . Summer Skat Tourney. Green Bay, Wis., Aug. 13. A sum rifir akat tournament will be held here tomorrow"--; by the Wisconsin Skat League. ' Several hundred players will take part in the games. EI1111LI BULLETIN SAYS HIS COND.' ' IS EXCOURAGIM A.J Discusses Official Business v.iih Ills 7 Secretary During Morning. Hoboken, Aug. 13. Mayor Gaynor's ,condltlon Is touch Improved 'tods y. He joked with the doctors, as they dressed his wound., There is no sign ot infec tion, and it is believed the danger ot blood poisoning Is passed. ! fff-aiHcnssed official business today with Secretary Adamson. A nine o'clock bulletin says: "The Mayor's condition is gratifying. He slept eight hours last night." Kuthiug lo Wuilons County. ti'u.a entirely ' I nofinntft frVit. MnHHfn 1 . . ' nl traffic headed for Wallowa coutt, . A uria of ticket buyers svr',ni v 'ndow till morning, injjlcai'a now tremend uous the passenger traffic in and out of La Grarfde is growing to be . r '!,'.' Baker Boy Lost. ' - V i A letter received yesterday from Mr, G. B. Small, who wltli his family, are spending the summer sat their cot tage at Seaside, tells of the frightful experience of his son Fred, who was lost for three days and, two nights on Tillamook Head" says a ! Baker City paper. He lost his footing and fell .l. 1 i ... hi ' j . K'Uilll 111, ill! l"B pilUliC 141 UUUIB Ol over the head, rolling down the steep!.,, , . . . , , . , . ... . . ' the country, and abroad, and this will embankment over brush and rocks for a considerable distance. In. the fall he sprained his left ankle very badly, cut his chin, breaking off two teeth, and was otherwise cut and badly bruised, and in this painful dilemna, was only able to crawl with great 'effort; ' He was found by Mrs. Small late in the evening about a mile from home, at the end of the; r boardwalk jar the ,014 Seaside house, to which point he made his way the best he could. At the same time Mr. Small was searching for' him nntlf about )2,' o'clock ' that night, when returning to the cottage, learned that his son had been found. The , hoy was quite weak when ,Mr, Small wrote, but he thinks he 'will be all right in a few days, with the ex ception of his ankle, which is badly swollen. ,. . 1 AINAround Championships. , Chicago, Aug. 13. All around track and field championships of the United States will be held today under the auspices of the Chicago Athletic Asso ciation and have attracted a classy bunch of athletes from many ; cities; For the first time In two years Martin Sheridan, of the Irish-American Ath letic club or New York, holder of the all-around championship. Is not en tered, and this leaves the title much tip in the air. very ny. BT SHU JJURIES MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE I'M TED STATES WILL ISOT RFC- ; OGMZE EITHER LEADER H nESEOTS CUIUS. ReprrsentaUves of Mariz's Faction In , Sloaragiia Appear at Washington fa an Effort to Enlist Uncle Sam's Sympathies with JLsdrli Sotire Chen oat that Xeither Leader In . VmUnttrlin will k CnnlstaA . Washington, Aug. 13. In an at tempt to gain recognition in ttie Uni ted States, General Salinas, and Dr. Barries are in conference today in the state department, presenting claims for the Mad ill faction at Nicaragua. Position Made Clear. It Is reported the state department has made it clear that -the United States would not change Its attitude towaid the Mcaraguan dispute, be tween Madrtj and Earada, recognizing neither except where injury to Ameri can Interests is involved. - when botli . will be held responsible. COirXSS OF ESPEKAXTLS IS Sixth IrtcreatloBal Congress Cjcitt at , ' ,.lVVVa?i3lo Tonight, . , Washington, Aug-JIUiVlth. . jecep. tlon and concert, at which all conver sation, address and vocal exercises, will be in the new universal language., the sixth International Congress of Esperantists, will be informally inaug urated this evening. DiscipleB of Zam enhof, the Polish physician, who In vented the scheme for doing away with the confusion 'of tongues dating fiW Babel,; are here from a score of nations. .: 'V;v, v. , Y'-X , ;";!' V';; y- Church services In Esperanto will be held tomorrow' in Episcopal and Catholic chnfche On Monday first, the business session will be held, with Dr. Zamenhof as the principal speak er, ' The convention will continue through the coming week, and will have as a feature the presentation of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" by. actors speaking Esperanto. , 'V The delegates and officials assert that Esperanto is making vast strides . in this country, as well as in EuroDe. It is their hope to have the language be the principle topic of discussion at the business session. Missionary work to this end will be planned. Esperantl3ts believe that the univer sal language, If general accented, would do much to bring about lasting peace between nations. It Is not ex pected that Esperanto will eVer sup plant other; languages, but it is urged that It supplies the need for a common language which would enable the traveler to always be at home, conver sationally, without the necessity for a knowledge of a dozen or more tongues. STEEL BRIDGE COMES. Eighty.Fonr Foot Structure Will Be Erected Sear A Heel. S A! steel eigty-four foot brldg? for tlie Big Ditch near Alicel, at what is known as the Slater bridge, arrived to day, and will be put In place by Bridge Superintendent Campbell at once. The campaign ' for better bridges inaugurated some time ago by the county board, Is bearing results. Fire Sear Cove. , Two stacks of barley were burned near Cove last night, the fire Btart- l ing from an engine spark. The grata j belonged to George Gray of Lower Cove. :'-"'' "' ;'-': :,. - ; - - ; ,