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ppa; J..PJ WWW 1 : -WWW ' - ?RANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 1910. NUMBER 279 L,r nim'rfn in iftMire TMMMCvlpniiiTDni nc Tutl KsrrKJuiipr nnnmoiie ; l Hiii k l-i".Trr i h r-i h i r r smith, ,n. ot tb..mn. ot ,.!' i u i.i Nil I I I I I I I I III I IB 1 lucurucu wuu niacin iui-L-iwuin W I III I II k I I UUII I IIUU Ul I IIUI MIL UU UU La I U 111 ion county and of late has been deD- ... I I I mmm I w . - l mm ur mm SB I i nai n -i ii sn w m r n i a .orrii. MURDER EXACTED AT DION RECENTLY, UNCOYER. ED THIS MORNING. ) years of age. He has been prominently Identified with political matters In Un ion county and of late has been dep uty assessor In this county. Always an energetic young man, his untimely death is particularly distressing. U MYSTFRY VEILS SHOOTING jcputy County Assessor Waldo Perry Shot Down and Killed m ms Home at 'Union Some Days Ago Body Found on Stairway With Lamp In Hand-Xo Clue to the . Murder's Identity as let . Late reports, coming from Union this afternoon throw a slightly differ ent color on the situation. It appears that Perry did not sleep up stairs and seldom used the garret for any pur pose. It Ib presumed Perry hetfrd some disturbance up stairs and started to lnvestieate. only to be Bhot down while in the act. The house was lock ed this morning, when the crime was discovered, leading to the logical de duction that the murdered had calm ly locked the house up on the scene of his crime after the ahootlng. Two Bullets Found. T Doctors Myers and Cromwell (Continued on page Eight.) PRIMARIES CANDIDATE WAS RIGHT HAXD MAS TO CAXXON AXD REBUFF IS IXDICATIXG TEXDEXCY. rami R00SEYELT AXD SHERMAN OX EQUAL FOOTING ACCORDING TO RETURN'S. and Union, Sept. 21 Special Atrocious imirrtar has been committed within the corporate limits of Union, and the rictim, Waldo'Perry, has lain In his wn clogged and clotted blood for a period of about ten days while neigh bors passed his residence at the mwth nt PIIa ran von without the lightest knowledge of the horrible crime that had been enacted or the truesome end of the well known resi dent of this city made known. The discovery of the heinous crime, of a shooting at the dead of night, of five shots having been fired at Mr.- Perry from the rear, were all made known this morning when neighbors, grow ing alarmed at the prolonged silence within the Perry home, battered down the door and forced an entrancefi on ly to be greeted by the horrible evi dences of a bloody crime. Happened Ten Days Ago. There is every reason to believe that Perry was killed about ten .days ago. . There has been continued si lence in the home for a period of about a week, though none of the witnesses at the coroner's jury could stipulate the exact length of that si lence. The most specific evidence at hand was that he had not obtained his mail a week ago Sunday and since than haa nnt Viaon BPAT1 ftt. ttl6 DOSt MIU UHO UUb l-l V " . www - office where he had been a dally visi tor previously. This leads to the be lief that he was killed Sunday night. Lamp In Dead Hand. A broken lamp was found in the Ndead man's hand Indicating beyond a doubt that he had been shot down at night. His body was found at the bot tom of the stairway in the home, with the lamp closely gripped in his nana. The position of the body, the lamp and the Btairway at first led to the belief that he had fallen down the stairs and probably broken his neck or sus tained other injuries that later prov ed fatal. With this belief prevalent the coroner's Jury was called to Inves tigate further. Casual investigations and probing soon discovered the pres ence of the crime. Five bullet holes tell thfi atorv. The nunctures had oc curred from the rear and it is likely I that the man wm shot while about to descend the stairs, and that the flena doing the act had later thrown the hotly to the bottom of the stairs. PeoDle who have studied conditions and circumstances are firm In their conviction that the murderer was In the home and shot the man from with in the waUa of the place. Family In Portland. Mr. Perry's family has been visiting n Portland for a considerable length of time and this In a measure explans hy the crime lay uncovered so long. The wires have been kept burning this morning In an effort to locate the widow and children and it Is pre- R sumed they will return to Union to- " ww IUUI U1U&-, RUSK'S CHIP IS BRUSHED OFF ' BY JASPER duo ei nun All Other Congressmen Renominated In Minnesota Except Tawney Taw. ney Is Only Minnesota Man Who ' Fought For the Payne Tariff BUI In the Last Session of Congress Nye Renominated. "' ' I - REM IT mm Hearing of Lfre Stock Rates. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 21 J. Edgar Smith, one of the examiners of the In terstate Commerce Commission began i hearing here today on the rates on live stock between the Missouri river and Misslppl transfer points which were recently advanced by the rail roads of the Western Trunk Line As sociation and were suspended by the Commission. The case Is one of the most important ol the western rate cases new before the commission, no important, in fact, mat it was as signed for hearing separately from the western rate cases. The complaint Is that the rates are unreasonable and discriminatory. omirnMnnrMT COMPLETION OF PANAMA CANAL WILL BE SIGNAL FOR IXTER- XATIOXAL SQUABBLE. f . FVpftF.liT OF 80XS OF TOIL DARES TO FACE SOLON. Atttl-Assemblylte WM M Go Unchal lenged ays Mr. Jasper. , ,a(est ileturns Point to Ylctory for Sherman In His and Roosevelt Own Efforts to Control the New York Convention Primary Nomina tions for Delegates In Progress Are Not Cflunted Complete. Freight Handlers Convene, St Paul. Minn.. Sept 21 The Broth- r.t Potirnoii Fmlffht. Handlers CIUUUU .MiH.v-w I convened here today, with delegates I ii .11 v Inn.l hronrtiH I represepuug m v"w - throughout the United States and Can ada,1 (Continued on page Eight) a nolltlcal chip which Hon. Jerry P. ltusk has carried about on his fihoxilders since he became a candidate tor the state legislature from Union and Wallowa counties, Is about to do brushed off. Rusk is running on an antl-assembly .plank and has been endsavortng to tantalize assembly men uHth riirnrmis flaunting of a public ae bate challenges. For a time It seemed thai Rusk was to go unchallenged and that his "open letters" would not "open up" a debate on the mucn mooted topic. But the challenge is not to go un heeded. W. R. Jaser, the Allcel far mer has risen with an answer to the challenge and If Rusk will make good hip assertions to debate the assembly question, a meeting will be arranged between these two at a time and place to be named. Springing up from the ranks of the farmer-that vast army of men and women supposedly verseu to a greater degree of efficiency In the best methods of Increasing the al falfa production than In the fine points luira ni nlcltles of the public rostrum the acceptance of the chal lenge affords ample color. Mr. Jasper is a farmer all right but he knows his A. B. C's. in politics. He was a dele- atAta assembly in Portland last spring from Union county and he asser'ta that he can present his side mMv Question with equal clearness and thoroughness compared to the way in which uanaiaaw vu- the anti-side. While no formal arrangement has been made as to date and place it is presumed that If Mr. Rusk makes good the challenge It will be done this week prior to the primaries. Should the momentuous question be brought to a focus with a dlciple of Blackstone propounding the anti assembly scripture, and an exponent of the caUouae sons of toil defending .v. -v-ioinio and virtues of the as sembly plan of suggesting candidates kf,, thp, nrimanr. It is likely that uciviv a-- t - i the past careers of politicians' wll be spot-lighted on the canvass or puwi A great deal of interest has sudden ly developed tn the case and it would not be surprising if The Observer an nounced further details In the matter bv tomorrow evening. Minneapolis, Sept., 31 James Taw ney, chairman of the house committee on appropriations and Cannon's right hand man, was defeated for renomlna tlon to congress in the first district by plurality of 3,000 by his opponent Sidney Anderson, an Insurgent yes terday. Tawney's headquarters were nlnaat anri virtually COnCded a Q6- ffiftt today. Tawney was openly sup nnrtfl.1 bv Taffa administration. The other congressmen were renominated. Nye Also Returned. Returns from 260 of the. 271 pre cincts have been ' received. Congress men Nye wort the fifth renomlnatlon after a hard fight as did also Congress man Stevens. Tawney was the only congressman from Minnesota support ing the Payne Tariff bill. Next In Power to Cannon. Washington, Sept. 21-Tawneysi defeat In Minnesota Is hailed as an im portant victory by the - Insurgents. They consider Tawney next in power to Cannon and 'believe his views on n0rvtinn which are opposite to Roosevelt's and his alllegance to the present tariff has caused his downfall. If the next house Is republican it is predicted Smith, of Iowa, will be the chairman of the appropnauu mlttee. New York, Sept 21 Returns from the primaries, nomination delegates to the convention, indicates that the contest for the control of the Republi can convention between Roosevelt and Sherman will be sharp. Wm. Barnes claims Vice President Sherman's ma jority will be 55, while Grlscom, Col Roosevelt's lieutenant, asserts the Col onel will have a majority of 70. The latest figures make it likely that the majority won't be over 15 either way. The latest estimates of politicians show the regulars can "count on 582 delegates. Roosevelt, according to these estimates cannot count on more than 478. It requires 508 to control 'th convention. Sherman was defeated yesterday in his own ward and district Real FlRht In Committee. It is believed the real fight will be in th resolutions committee. Roose n. flrlacom. Fashett and Greler are members and will favor the adoption of a direct nomination plank. Speaker tur.rfawnrth of the house, New Yoru legislature, will oppose with Barnes, To Elect New Bishop. Providence. R. I.. Sept. 21 A spec ial dlpceson convention was called to--i. o Tvin'a f-hnrrh to elect a nay ai oi. - th late Rev. Wm. DlBllUI' DUV-v-- m MWVicker. D. D. RIGHTS SEEM EVlDEflT Will Uncle Sam Be Allowed to Fortify What Has Cost Htm Hundreds of Millions to Build Islands About the Place Make Fortifications Easy Matter Others WUI Object AfiRF.EMENTS BEING REACHED THIS AFTERNOON IN BOSTON. Langford So Anxious He Would Fight In an Aeroplane lie says. Washington, Sept 21 Special Now that the United States la'abo'i'v in the question of Its fortlflcaMcii to complete the Panama Canal, mny and have, succeeded In raising dls- cubalon ! of the ' proposition. The United StatcB,- however, Is going calmly, with plans for defending the canal.s which are befdre Presidan: Taft, and the question, if any serious opposition develops, must be settled in Congress this winter. v The eyes of the power are turned toward the little strip of land ten miles long through which the Unit ed States, to the creaking of the steam shovels and the boom of the exploding, dynamise Is rapldljr open ing the big ditch which 'is"" t6nlta the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The Panama Canal is no longer a project. It is now a reality. Al though the date set for the opening Is 1915, the englners are confident that ships will be taking this short -Boston, Sept. 21 Sam Langford and Jack Johnson will meet in the office of a local newspaper today to arrange for a match for the world's heavy wnie-ht chamnionshlp. Johnson ae mands a forfeit of $20,000 to go as a out between oceans a. year sooner I n 4 tit k .. . . .- ,..J .... I,. r II ha W "' sine Dei, ana wmBiuru on u on hand with the coin. Langford said today he would fight Johnson In an aeroplane or anywhere else," just so he can fight. STEAMER TOTAL WRECK. MFflFDRD MAHTflRlFF LAW M RV C1I UtrtNUtU UIIUI U I w isw IS QUARREL OYER WORTHLESS DOG ENBS FATALLY. Feared More Blood Will be Spilled Before Fugitive is Caught Medford-Sept 21-A large posse headed by Sheriff Jones are hunting for Julian Mock, a carpenter, who last night killed Jesse Smith, a friend, in a quarrel over a worthless dog. Smith was stabbed four times, twice In the heart Mock bears the reputa tion of being a fnard fighter and it is expected that possibly there will be more bloodshed before he is captured. The men had been friends for years. - INCREASE SUSPENDED. Proposed Rates Will Not Go Into Ef- feet at Once as rianneo. whtnBton. Sent. 21 Interstate commerce commission today ordered the suspension of the proposed in crease of the freight rates for the middle west roads until January 5, 1911. The suspension affecta nearly all the roads entering Chicago. SAYS PROTECTION IS NECESSARY TO NATION'S WELFARE. Will Not Defend Payne Tariff Bill Be- cause H Needs no Defense. ' Danville, 111., Sept. 21 "I will not defend the Payne tariff law because it needs none," wrote J. O. Cannon to day In accepting the congressional nominations. "The law is an enact ment of the pledges of the republican convention of 1908. It la in keeping with the policy of the protection par ty has malntlned since the day of Lin coin." After discussing the commer cial Industrial conditions he contln uses, "the democratic tariff did not produce enough revenue. It was dl rectly responsible for the depression that resulted In the failures amount ing to more than a billion dollars In Cleveland's four years as president My notion of progress is tlat it should be aTmovement forward and not loud . i it noises ana promises w Btw"w Expensive Ship Runs on Itock$ and Is Completely Destroyed. New Westminister, B. C, Sept. 21 It was announced today . that me steamer Paystreak which ran on the rocks in Pitt river will be a total loss. It was built for passenger ser vice four years ago and cost $24,000. Three passengers were aboard yester day, but none were drowned. May Select Bishop Brent Washington, Sept. 21 It Is rumor ed in Episcopal church circles here that Bishop Charles Henry Brent ol the Phllpplnes. who was offered and refused the blshoperic of Washington, may be chosen Bishop of Rhode Is land. The fashionable summer resi dents of Newport are anxious to se cure Bishop Brent for that diocese and will doubtless urge the matter at the Providence meeting today. Rhode Island has been without a bishop since the death of Rt. Rev. Dr. McVicker, BishoD Brent is well .known In New England having been connected with two Boston churches before going to the Philippines. As bishop of the dls tant Island dependency, he has won In ternatlonal fame, his work having at tracted the attention and commenda tion of President Taft and others, high In the service of the government Another clergyman mentioned here in connection with the Rhode Island vacancy Is Dr. Daniel Dulaney Addi son; who has long been Identified with educational . African negro republic of Liberia and who was at one time trustee of the College of Monrovia, Liberia. ' Two years or even a year ago for eigners were content to admire the energy and skill which were sweep ing away great obstacles. Today they are wonde-lng what its effect is to be on world politics, and what advantages are to acorue to the United States through control of this , strategic waterway. For this reason, more than any other foreigners are debating the question tf the fortification of the canal. At the present moment also this consideration is of paramount Interest to the United States because , the defense muBt be in place by the time the canal 1b open for traffic. The two problems, therefore, which r are agitating the officials of the Unit-, ed states and of other countries, are whether we have the right to fortify the canal and whether we can do It successfully If we have tho right. No less an authority than Rear Ad miral "Bob Evana has said that it cannot be done. The board of army experts says that It can. The task offers difficulties but they are not ln surmountable.' ', The tessentlal feat ure of the defense plans Is that tho big guns of the shore batteries must, be placed that no fleet In time of war can draw near enough to the entrance of the canal on either side to bottle It up against another fleet If the canal is to be strictly neutral It must be kept open to ships of any belligerent nation. This cannot be done if a fleet of one of the combat ants can stand off the entrance at sufficient distance to be beyond the . .. . . ,.. range of the snore- naileries , aim pick off a hostile fleet coming through ship by ship before It could deploy In battle formation. If this were the case the canal would be as effective ly bottled as though the Lusltaniae were sunk in ita channel for no fleet of battleships would run the risk of a (Continued on page tour) IfWIIrWWIfr.'!