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LA UKAHDrJ. ii'JS LOJN COUNT 1', OKEliUN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1910.
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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.
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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. ' . ,
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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. .
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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.
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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
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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. :'-"'' "' ;'-': :,. - ; - - ; ,