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u i .f rf 'jfe&ll lUtjOi! IN! Iljl' n Y! ilk I ! tyEllliWii Clf. VOL. XIV. LA' GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, -OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 1910!, NUMBER 280 HEARST LASHES ti GAY TONGUE John Merchant, young farmers, fought a duel today. They met on the road near the farms, and each walked twenty-five paces, turned and fired ,' several shots. Both were killed. The duel was the result of a quarrel the women had yesterday. llerchantdared Tate to shoot It out and was accepted. ' ' " CABLE USED TO ATTACK PERSON AL CHARACTER OF WOUNDED ' MAYOR. D I DM ML FALLOW MOXDELL SERIOUSLY ILL. Re- FLIMSY GLUE WiAY LEAD TO ARfiEST Publication of Letter. Saying Hearst? ; Newspaper? Were Responsible for the Attempted Assassination of May or Gaynor, Instigates Hearst to Call Gay nor a Liar Hoped Illness Would Benefit ... ; . K. '. - I or., opt. bit a lie tmvuuiuar New between Mayor Gaynor and W. R. Hearst will likely be resumed when the Mayor resumes his official duties, Is the opinion cf the politicians,- fol lowing the publication of Hearst's re ply to Minor's charge that the Hearst papers were responsible for Gaynor's attempted assassination. ' Hearst cabled the following reply from Paris today: "I am exceedingly sorry Mayor Gaynor was Bhot After his apparent victory, Gaynor express ed the hope his illness would make him a better man. Many others entertain ed the same hope but unfortunately his experience didn't abate his evil temper or his lying tongue," The cable went on to say the at tacks by the Heart papers on Gaynor were in public interest. The Minor letter was prompted by the confession of the would-be assass in that he was prodded on to the deed by articles in the Hearst newspapers. Mr. Hearst was loudly applauded by the imprisoned man. Wyoming Congressman Suffers lapse ,After ..Convalescing. -Cheyenne, Sept 22 It was learned today that Congressman Mondell is in a sorious condition as the result of a relapse after-convalescing from pleu risy. He is up for re-election but may be he will not participate in the, com ing campaign. . . ! SEW DETECTIVE SHOWS UP. '-A - ' :' Taylor Claims to Have Bought Liquor and Ministers Witnessed It Late this afternoon the at ate is still holding the fort at the trial of Ulrlch Lottes on charges of selling intoxicat ing liquors. W. R. Taylor, an accom plice witn uen Morgan, is tne -cnier witness for the state. Taylor claims to have purchased the liquor in the Lottes saloon and Reverends Frank E. Gray, C. N. Canfield of ' the M. E. church, South, H. E. McLeod of the M. E. church, Rev. Ford Ellis of the Christian church and R L Matthews claim to have witnessed the transac tion. , ' ' ' ' " v , The case will not reach the Jury un til tomorrow sometime at the best. ' ' Taylor Is a detective with Ben Mor gan but heretofore has been in the background. The two men worked to gether generally,"" Former, Employe of Waldo Perry Will be Arrested if He Can be Found Nothing Tangible to Accuse Him With Pathetic Home-Coming. Union, Sept 22 Special T. R. Elex. son, aged cgout SO years, dark com Ulexlon. slight! r stooitfid ahAnMrd. about fiT feet, eight inches tall, and until recently la Baker City, I? now wanted at Union. He left Union after having worked for Mr. Perry until a month ago when he went to Baker City to be employed by George Brown. He left there Sunday morning, the day Mr. Ferry Is supposed to have been kill ed and on Tuesday the following week wroU to Perry from Echo. THIRD ATTEMPT T US T His name U not given out but it is un derstood that he was last heard iro n at. Echo and. he will be arrestel II round, and given a chance to explain. This is of course, a very flimsy clue, but It is the most specific one aside from the general tramp theories. In event of the man will perhaps be run to earth. The evening may bring forth newer devlopments but at noon there la no more light on the deed than there was yesterday morning. The finding of the sixth bullet la the base of the skull is the latest bit of real fact In con nectlon with the tragedy. ' The assassin must have been,' by force of circumstances, directly in the rear of the man In the house. Half way top the stairs, the passageway turns abruptly and as Perry reached point almost at the top, the shots must have been fired from the Immedi ate landing at the turn. . The shape of the passageway prevents anything else unless the body had been carried to that point after the shooting, but this Is not likely. That it was an auto matic Is deducted from the fact that all the bullet holes are in the back or In the neck and must have been fired rapidly. Five holes were found where the suspenders cross one bullet had punctured the leather of the suspen der. The others are close by with the exception of the sixth bullet which was found last evenlngt which struck Perry in the base of the skull It is presumed the automatic emptied fiv of its bullets with lightning-like rapid lty in the back and as the man fell forward struck the top . landing with his chest, 'the last and sixth bullet penetrated the skull. . . -. 'Shot and Then Ran. DEATH LIST IE T F0RTY-0OE All HURT M0T0RMAX OX EMrTY CAR BLAM. ED FOR DISASTER IX ISDIAXA YESTERDAY AFTERS 00X. 10 HORRIBLY MM Motorman Said to be Res jwnslble, Is Probably Fatally Injured Disre garded Ills Orders to Meet Loaded i Car at Certain Station Xorthbound Car was Jammed With People W'hcit . BLINDING SXOWSTORM PRETEXTS SUCCESSFUL TRIP. One of the Aviators Badly Frozen While Maklnr the Attempt BE IN EARLY 1ROX CLAD RULE WILL BE AD 1IERED TO IX Tins MATTER. All Exhibits , Xoon Xot on the Grounds Will be Barred. ' by Brig, Switzerland, Sept. 22 Avia tors George Chavez and Weymann to day, made a third attempt to cross the Alps to Milan but a blinding Bnov storm" prevented the flight. Tadeoll, the Italian aviator also accompanied them but likewise failed. The men suf fered terribly from the cold. Chavez persisted so long that he was benumb ed and was practically helpless when he brought his machine to earth. Iron clad rules are going to be fol lowed out by' the management of the i coming fair in this city, especially so In regard to the matter of exhibits. It is imperative that every exhibit be in place by noon, October fifth. Every exhibit, not on the grounds at 'that hour will be refused space ,as this is essential for the speedy opening of the fair gates. y V When the doors swing open at 1 o'clock, every exhibit must positively be in place. This rule was cast and will be adhered to for the benefit of the entire fair. Many Exhibits Coming. Group exhibits are coming from all the big towns and villages of the val ley. W. B. Sargent has Just returned from Elgin where he met with a great deal of enthusiasm. Elgin is coming with bells,' as the slang goes, and a "roup exhibit will be arranged. Cove ill have a splendid array of fruit tinder a group display, and Union is going to have a group display.. All these augmented by private exhibits will make a general display worth while. San Francisco Wants Congress. . San Francisco, Sept. 22 Delega tions representing the various irriga tion and development bodies of Cali fornia will attend the National Irriga tion Congress' at Pueblo next week and will boom San Francisco for the 1911 convention. OPEX BAXK SOOX. Union, September 22 Special Ex cited Union quieted down today at noon .when the relatives of Waldo Ferry, killed in his home about eleven days ago by an unknown murderer, commenced to assemble in the city, In response to messages sent to them yesterday. The home coming Is one of the most pathetic" things that Union has witnessed In years. The aged and Infirm parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. T, Perry, were the first to reach the city, They came from Baker City and the aged couple whetted the public sym pathy so that when the grief-stricken widow arrived from Portland on the noon ttain with her three children the youngest two months old and in charge of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, N. Dickim or Portland, trere was scarcely a man or woman In the town that was not bowed down with sym pa thetic sorrow. In addition to the par entB and widow and children two brothers have come from Rlchlatd They are C. W, Perry and wife and J. B. Perry, all of Richland. Jury SUI1 Intact During the morning hours the cor oner's Jury was idle it awaited the arrival of the relatives and now that the people are here it is expected that a verdict will be returned soon. Au thorities admit that all they can find Is that the man met death at the hand of an unknown assassin. - -Former Employe Wanted. Right now the authorities are turn ing to any possible thing that might lead to a clue, and a man of middle age who worked for the murdered man some time ago, is now being sought. WIVES SEE RUSBAXDS KILLED tloarrel Between Women Leads to Shooting of Both Husbands. Pelegram. Ga., Sept. 22 With their "lves as second. Charles Tate and Sam Wade Is to be President of the , New Bank at Enterprise. Enterprise, Orel, Sept. 22-Speclal The new bank to be opened here next Tuesday, will have temporary quar ters in the building of Attorney Dan iel Boyd, where it will remain until its new building is completed. me or flcefs of the new concern are as fol lows: Sam Wade, president; W. C. Hinterman, Cashier. Board of Direc tors: C. E. Cunningham, President of Weiser National bank, Welser, Idaho; W. C. Hinterman. Sam Litch, Sam Wade and E. B. Knapp. CHRISTIES MY REUNITE. Artist and Bis Wife May be Peaceful ly Reunited fn the Future. Zanesvllle, 0., Sept 22 Reconcllia tlon between Howard Chanler Christy the artist, and his wife, who figured in the sensational divorce trial here, is likely; according to friends. It Is said the only thing which stands be tween them was an agreement as to a place of residence. Mrs. Christy won't live in Zanesvllle and Christy won't live In New York. District Attorney F. S. Ivanhoe was detained at the court fcouse yester day where the liquor cases were under way and consequently could not be present at the inquest yesterday af- cay anernoon. But be Has lert-no ton unturned'. Over the telephone hennas, ordered the authorities-at Un Ion to exert every possible energy to reach some clue, if possible, and the machinery of Justice and administra tion of the county will be set In mo tion immediately and kept moving un til either the perpetrator Is run down or all possible clues and channels of Investigation are exhausted. . . State Reward Likely. It is generally presumed that the slate will offer some large sum for the arrest and conviction of the mur derer. in addition to the state reward the county court-will likely offer a re ward for the arrest of, the fiend. The entire county has awakened from the first shock of the news and Indignation Is running rife everywhere. Little else was discussed on the streets of La Grande today, and at Union business is at a standstill while the lnvestlga tions are going on. ' I'nw It f.lliolv Hniiiiptiprt. I Attorney L. J. Davis was in La Grande this morning and discussed the matter of how the shooting might have occurred. He said the general opinion at Union last evening was that Mr. Perry was showing a tramp to an up stairs bed, and leading the way up the stairway with the lamp, had been Bhot down from behind with a .38 caliber automatic revolver. of the weapon, for no skilled robber would have killed his victim (n the k first place without a fight and all evidence forestalls any - possible chance or Indication of a struggle In the stairway and furthermore, had a skilled robber planned the deed he would have ransacked the pockets ev en after the shooting. The novice very likely feared he had called the atten tlon of the neighbors with the shooting and fled, opening the catch screen door from within and allowing it to slam shut when he had passed out. SSESSTHE CLUB IfiEIREHS . IMPORTANT MATTERS TRANSACT ED AT BANQUET. Band to be- Sent to Enterprise on 'La Grande Day There. A! . Features of Banquet CANNON SPURNS PLOTTfl IRDER STAGE OFFER MIKADO FALSE Money subscribed for Bend ing band to Enterprise. Adoption 6f assessment plan on commercial club members. Agreement to visit Enter prise fair en masse on La Grande day. 4 4 Fort Wayne, Sept. 22 County au thorities and officials of the Wabah valley traction company are both in vestigating yesterday's electric cat" collision near Kingsland which result ed in the death of 41, and eight being. injured. ' 1 ; . . : 1 ' .;' The Indiana railroad ootumtaiiou will probably hold the third lnvestlga tlon. Superintendent Hardy today blamed the motorraan of the. South bound car. He said Corkwell who la probably fatally Injured, was respon sible as his car was empty, while the north bound electric was Jammed full. He asserted Corkwell was ordered to wait at Greensboro but Olaregarded his " drders fcd tried to 'uieet it at KI59 land. ; . . ' ' ... The dead are mangled horribly. Nineteen Funerals at Once. Bluffton, Sept. 22 The town is in mourning today. Nineteen of those killed In the collision at Kingsland yesterday were residents here. Bus iness is suspended. The bodies of the dead were brought here today and all funerals will (be held at the same time. - FARMERS HIT MAN'S LIFE SMALL TOWN FILLED UP WITH ENRAGED FARMERS. WOULD NOT ACCEPT YAUDEYILLE . JOB FOR ANT SUM. IN FACT AUTHORITIES SAY RE. i PORTS WERE EXAGGERATED. Ohio Theatrical Firm Offers to Three Thousand Weekly. Pay Danville, Sept 22 "I will not go into the vaudeville stage for $3000 weekly or three times that sum" de clared "Uncle Joe" Cannon today. He admitted that a Toledo, Ohio, theatrical man had telegraphed him such an offer, but insisted that he did not take the trouble to read the mes sage through. "I have got other things to do than trying to elevate the vau deville stage." Not Believed the Plot Ever Grew to Tangible Proportions. ,Tpkio, Sept. 22 Authorities today assert that details of the plot to as sassinate the Mikado as published here yesterday were exaggerated. Arrests had been made - lh this connection but were made several months ago when a group of fanatics were discov ered making bombs. These men have since been imprisoned. Authorities say they failed to find and definite I pioi against me mikuuu. Three very Important movements were launched and successfully con sumated last night at the Commer cial club banquet where fifty or more business men were assembled to not alone soothe the palate but attend to matters of extreme Importance to the club and county fair. The Park association supplied the dinner in its customary high class manner. and at the close, of the dinner was the sig nal for Btrenuous business. A few In formal speeches were made, touching on the questions at hand. Presiding Officer J. J. Carr bluntly stated that the Commercial club will have to have more money or be dissolved. It cannot exist under present conditions he affirmed. A. S. Geddes made a rath er fluent speech In support of the club and It ended with a motion being put and carried that the club members be assessed to. conduct the expenses of the club with the minimum fee of $1 per month. This was carried. On the spur of the moment sufficient funds were subscribed to send the La Grande band to Enterprise on La Grande day at the Wallowa county fair. The band will make an impres sion, and in addition to sending the band the business men 'agreed that the entire list of business houses in La Grande should be represented, and it Is practically assured that they will be. v : ' The meeting was a , real hummer and adjournment was taken before anyone became fatigued. ' : :. ; : Girl Killed In July and Suspect A r . rested Last Evening. , Louisville. Miss., Sept. 22 Wildly excited and a rapidly Increasing mob has gathered around the Jail here de manding the life of Swlnton Parmenter accused of the murder of Janle Sharpe, aged 18v He was captured last night at Winona and escaped lynching narrowly, while enroute. The enrag ed farmers are flocking Into the town. The sheriff has sworn in a number of deputies and barracaded the Inside of the Jail. The body of girl was found in the- woods In July and finally Par menter was arrested. ; Gilman Reads G. A. JL Atlantic City, Sept 22 Oilman, of Boston, 1 was elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Repub lic this afternoon. SEATTLE HOTEL BOBBED. Bobbers Hold Up a Score of Hen With Hundreds Passing the Doors. Seattle, Sept. 22 A squad of twenty five policemen are searching the city today for the three bandits who cooly walked Into the Tourist hotel In the heart of the city last night while a thousand passed the doorways, and held up a score of men In the hotel barroom. They then rifled the cash register and escaped with $100.