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LA' GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, -OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 1910!,
NUMBER 280
HEARST LASHES
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. '
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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.