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LAGRAXDE UNION COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1910.
NUMBER 252
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PREHGTS
REPORTS FROM STATE HOWEVER
INDICATE SMALL VOTE IS
THE RULE TODAY.
OUTCOME IS ft MYSTERY
Commencing at Noon Locnl Voters
Hare Given Much Attention to the
Hatter of Voting Full Registra
tloa Will be Realized In Union
Count j Is the Belief theN)utconie
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SIX KILLED OX ELECTRIC.
Indiana Scene of Another Dlsaste on
us tiectric Road System.
Tipton, Ind., Sept. 24 Six were
killed today In a head on . collision
between two electric care of the In
diana Traction line -near this city.
me dead: Dr. " H. Hostchauser of
Brooklyn, N. Y.r'W, H. Hostchauser.
brother; Motorman Baker; Vernal
Railsback, Hymera, Ind., Louis Brook,
kokomo, Ind; B. T. Walsh, Ft. Wayne.
Dr. Hostchauser was enroute to
Tipton to marry Miss Nellie Coxen. It
Is believed a misunderstanding of or
ders was the cause of the wreck.
Lumberman Gathering.
Bellingham, Sept. 24 The vanguard
of the Pacific Cast Lumber Manufac
turers reached here last night and
a business social session 1b being
held today. Rumor to the effect that
a general curtailment in lumber pro
duction will be advised at the see
elon by the association was denied by
members already here.
TdeHt
CELl
DISAPPEARANCE OF ! PASO RO
BLES, SCHOOL TEACHER HAS
COME TO LIGHT.
DOM 1 THE CBf
1TIIISTPII!
II BEPUT Df!
CARPET
York reporters and process servers.'.
In her suit Una proposes to assert j
that Chanler made a pre nuptial
agreement In the presence of a lawyer
that he cannot now set it aside with
out showing extraordinary cause.
FEDERAL GRAND JURY INVESTI
GATING ALLEGED LAND
, FRAUD COMBINATIONS.
- CARROL MUST STAND TRIA
Portland, Sept 24 It Is predicted
the primary vote today will be light
Des Moines, Sept. 24 A motion to
take the libel suit against Governor
Carrol out of the hands of the Jury
owing to the fact that polls opened and ln8truct for a verdict of acquittal
at noon and will close at seven. Poli
tician! declare the political aspect is
unchanged since yesterday; ' that the
assembly will nominate a governor,
secretary of state and state treasurer
and divide the state legislature with
Insurgents. The direct primary pro
ponents won't concede either the elec
tion of Congressmen Ellis or Hawley,
standpatters, despite thp fact , that
insurgents have several candidates in
the field for the same offices and will
likely split the vote. The principal
fight will be in Multnomah . county
where bractlcally - one third of the
voter are registered;''; Insurgency
there' la rampant and' it Is predicted
they will capture the county.
was denied today by Judge Howland.
The case was brought 'against Carrol
by John Cownle a former chairman
of the state board of control whom
Carrol "fired."
In Quarrel Over Eighteen Dollar
Debt, Fiendish -r- Crime Comes to
Light Doctor in Performing Crim.
inal Operation on Yonng Girl Was
Unsuccessful and Bnrled Remains
in a neniea nouse comessor mow
Under Arrest. r ,
FOLLOWS BftLLUIEERS ViS.T
Some Four Hundred Entries of Coal,
Mineral and Grating and Timber
Lands will be Investigated Grand
Jury in Session and Investigation
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Young Man Changes Name.
New Yprk. Sept 24 Richard Frank
lin Sears, aged twenty-one, was today
cut on In the floyer of his youth, but
was succeeded by RW-hard Franklin
Weeks. The authority to change his
name was granted by the courts, the
official order becoming effective to
day. His mother married Bartow S.
Weeks nine years ago, and the young
man alleges that he is generally
known by his step-father's name.
Pill! ill
1IT1PED
THOUSANDS'
COMPANY
OF LETTERS AC
REQUEST FOJJ
BANKER'S PARDON.
.Bollinger in Washington.
Washington, Sept 24 Secretary
Ballinger, good humored and confident
arrived here today, ready for the cab
inet meeting Monday. He denied the
stories emanating from Spokane that
he .was pushing the big land fraud
cases against prominent Washington
citizens. -
Voting opened in all the La Grande
precincts with more than; expected
briskness (his noon and it is not un
likely that the full repull'can regis
trations will be voted. FlRht hundred
and seventy-two is the toul regis
tratlon in the four maW precincts but
the republican registration is oly five
hundred. At 3 o'clock thiH afternoon
the biggest Republican ward In the
city, number two, showed a vote of 100
which Indicates the full vote of 172
will be cast before seven o'clock to
night when the vote eui's.
City Extremely Qnlet
La Grande was like unto the de
serted village today. Publi.: ' ojnees,
banks and the post office was closed
nd as the corrupt pra stipe act Is ctlll
in full force and effect, the hullabaloo
of , former election dav Is , not ap
parent
Outcome Much In Doubt.
Seers who are In .ouch with con
ditlorts say that the entira county
has assumed that Decu'lax mien which
CHILDREN'S DAY
TO USHER II
EI WEEK
COMMITTEE TRANSACTS MUCH
. IMPORTANT BUSINESS.
Special Interest Being Taken in the
Stock Exhibits for the Fair. ,
Important matters were considered
and acted upon at another meeting of
the fair committee last evening. Chief
among the items of Interest resulting
from the meeting is that the fair is.
tn onen with children's day.' This
hrine-a to mind last year's monster
characterizes the fourth ward It is parade when twenty-two hundred
uayousiDie to tea wnai ii win no nron wer in line on the marcn
til the volea are counted. This
always beei the case wKh th.i :j
certain fourth but wisenn's were
often able to forecast soT.e.-;Un ntoi.t
,how the otliei" wards In the'vliy mid
county are oin No' ?hV- s
: where there is any competition. So
many of the republican candidates
Taftin Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Sept 24 President Taft
spent a quiet day visiting old friends.
Secretary Norton announced E. R.
Grlswold of New York had been ap
pointed secretary of railroad securi
ties commission which was recently
created. Taft left this afternoon for
fit DEPOSITORS fill LIST '
Plan to Help BalllngerY Sifuation.
San Francisco, Sept 24 To- prove
that the acid-mutilated body . ' taken
from a shallow grave by detectives
under the cement basement of a lit
tle house on Eureka street is that of
Eva Swan, the Paso Robles school
teacher who disappeared January 2
was the task the police applied them
selves to today. ,
Friends are asked to come to the
coroner's office to examine the body,
the acid burned clothing and a blan
ket in which, the body was wrapped.
The discovery was made after Ben
Gordon told the police that Dr. Jas
Grant, assisted by Willie Sachs had
performed the operation In January
and that the girl died on the table,
and ' that the physician. -Sachs, who
has since disappeared, ' covered the
body up and stuffed it in trunk in
a rented house, and burled the body.
Gordon says Saachs told him of the
affair and he told the police because
Grant refused to pay to him a debt
of $18. Grant is under arrest pend
ing an investigation.
Miss Swan came from Paso Komes
in December and secured a-position
as a stenographer. ' She suddenly
diopped from sight leaving all her bo
longings. The search since then has
been fruitless until Gordon told his
tale.
Besides Grant, a nurse, Miss Mes-
sersmlth was taken into custody. The
police are now; trying to ascertain
who owns the trunk on which blood is
smeared. It is helleved ' this will go
a long way to clearing up the mys
tery. .; : .
Spokane, Sept 24 Wholesale in
quiry into' the alleged, land frauds
In the northwest and Alaska is believ
ed to hav been quietly started be
fore .the federal grand Jury ; which is
now in session here. It is understood
the interior department and depart
ment of Justice has ordered the prob
ing. - .
Special agents have been active in
Spokane and also other cities the last
few days, following Secretary R.. A.
Balllnger's recent visit here. It is said
the inquiry will -cover some 400 en
tries of coal mineral, grazing and tim
ber lands and many prominent north
west citizens wilt- be called upon to
explain. Jt is believed by many that
the Investigation Is a part of a plan
to Vindicate Secretar of the Interior
Ballinger before ' the congressional
committee reports on the s Plnchot
charges. A ' .J
V Sailors Robbed.
San Francisco Sept 24 William
Sahlgran, a sailor, was attacked ly
two thugs, rpbbed and thrown into the
bay from which he was rescued. A
few minutes later Kenneth Smith, a
sailor was robbed of $2SQ near the
same spot It is believed the same
thugs are responsible. The occurren
ces were Just before sunrise.
. . Voluminous Bundles of Letters
Handed to Department of Jnstlee
This Morning Asking for Release
of Chicago Banker Who Rntui d Big
v Institution There Said to be SuN
- lenng an inrnrame mainay ana '
Is Aged Too. ;
CANNERIES BURNED UP.
through the city. County Superintend
cnt E. E. Bragg was. agreed upon as
the best man suited to arrange the
Children's day program and as he had
the huge task last year and made
such a splendid success of it, he will
he prevailed upon to continue in that
capacity, it is hoped. Details for the
Fires Does Damnge to Herding Bus
Iness In British Colombia Town.
Nanalmo B. C. Sept 23 Fire this
morning broke out among the local
herring canneries and destroyed
three of the largest salterles entail
ing a, loss of $20,000. Origin Is un
known. ' -
we running nnpaced that where there Chlldren.g day be announced lat
a connict the outcome la a perieci
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mystery. . Build More Stock Boom.
Retnrns This Evening Doctor P. A. Charlton and Manager
i The Observer will -not onl7 give Will Church were out at Summertllle
U the returns from Union and Wallo- yesterday looking for stock exhibits
wa n,nti.. .- yn .rrftn- and they found them found so many
inent. v- nnrf th that more stock sheds will have to be
Entire state np with this office. Tele- built In addition to ascertaining that
nM m v ia fmm the present quarters were inadequate,
M parts of the state and read at this the doctor found tlu it
office ,, condition of the stock is above par.
Reports from the country say theThere are no contagions aisea.es go-
nlendld weather, and Saturday a hal
holiday has brought out a large vote
od the total republican registration
in the county of 1291 will he realized.
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Quake In Arizona. ' ;
Phoenix Arizona, Sept 24 Arizona
as shaken by a serious earthquake
fceginnlng late yesterday and contln
ulg until this morning. No damage
s done. This la the third quake felt
ing the rounds this year and it will be
perfectly safe to bring the stock in
for exhibit .
Further discussion came np pertata'
ing to the crowd that is going to En
terprise and it was the general opin
ion that a large delegation Is going.
Get Exhibits In Early.
f Special stress ls being placed on
the rule that exhibits must be in a
noon on the opening day of t.Tw fair
Exhibits of any sort coming later than
that hour will be refused space
Uvlator Will Live. -
, Domodosscla, Italy, Sept 24 Avi
ator George Chaveza will live, though
he is badly broken up as a result of
yesterday's fall. He passed a fair night
and was able to see visitors and told
the story of the accidents
SIX IIILIED Bl
CANADIAN OFFICIAL REMOVED.
UPSETTI1 or
Accused ,of Irregularities in Connecr
tlon with Chinese Immigration.
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 24 J.W.
Bowell, son of Sir MacKenzIe Bowell,
controller of the Chinese Immigra
tion at this port, was suspended to
day by the Minister of Trade and
Commerce" for alleged irregularities
discovered in connection with the
arrival and admittance of oriental?
to Vancouver. The minister has giv
en as hi? reason for suspension that
Bowell reinstated a , Chinese inter
preter who had been discovered by
the government after an investiga
tion. It Is understood the government
Is investigating to ascertain whether
Chinese had been smuggled into Can
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JOY RIDERS COME TO GRIEF IN
NEW ORLEANS.
Three Chorus Girls, aW Three Other
Men Instantly Killed. .'
GOLD BUlLION COMING.
Seattle Sept. 24 More than $750,-
000 of gojd bullion Is enroute 1 1 Se
attle according to today's advices,
mostly from Tanana and Fairbanks.
MINNESOTA IN CliEER GOES
DIES HERE i WESTWARD
New Orleans, Sept 24 Three mem
bers 6f the Queen Moulin Rout-'e com
pany, chorus, Thomas Butler, owner
;he machine, Joseph Fedioan, a
perfumery salesman were killed to
day when the automobile plunged in
to a canal. Later reports say anoth
er unidentified man was also killed.
Lt' ' Vm.
y ine ginn UUIUCS art) uunuvnu, nm
they were out. Joy riding and was
rounding a curve " when Butler lost
control and the machine turned tur-
tie and landed In the canal fifteen fee
below. ' .'''"l '':, : :
The police are trying to raise it and
recover the bodies. ;
Washlngtoni Sept. 24 A' move on
the part of the attorneys to secuie
the release of John R. Walsh, aged '73,
the Chicago banker now serving a
term in the federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth, was made today when a
monster petition was filed with the
department of Justice asking the
preldent to pardon. Walsh. Accora- '
panylng the petition are thousands of
letters bound in volumes end Becking '
Taft's clemency. The petition says '
the banker is suffering from an in
curable malady.
All living officers and directors of
"Walsh banks" have Joined in the ap
plication for hts release. Stockholders
and evefar traceable depositor sav one ,
signed the petition, all affecting they
did not lose a cent by Walsh's alleged
irregularities. " " ; ?-rr.;' ;
Show Coming Soon. .
" Lawrence and Sandusky are brlng
thelr famous New York success, "Go
ing Some" for an engagement at thav
Stewart opera house Wednesday eve
and with it all the merriment and fun
that could possibly be crowded into
five acts of any play. Twenty come
dians are on the go from curtain
rise to curtain fall and there- is not ...
a single dull moment during the five
acts. The story Is about a race for a ,
phonograph which occurs on a ranch
In New Mexico with a mixture of cow
punchers, college , girls and boys and
the usual attaches of life on the south
ern plains. "Going Some" ran for a
year at the Belaaco theatre, New York
and was hailed as the best of all the
comedy success of many seasons. -
LEAVES WIDOW AND TWO WEEKS
OLD BABY. ' '
Body to Be Shipped East Thjs Even-
lag for Interment In Home State.
Succumbing to the ravages' of con
sumption, William Hoast, a native of
Minnesota and about thirty years of
n ritPil vtaterdav In the northwest
portion of town and the body will be
shipped to Kimball, Minn., this ev
ening for burial., Mr." Hoast Is sur
vived by a wife, a two-weeks' old child
and a brotfier. The brother will, ac
company the remains to the eastern
home, but the widow and infant' child
will remain in La Grande.
HOPES TO DODGE PROCESS SERV.
ERS IN THAT WAY.
Catholic Charity "Trust
". Washington, Sept 24 A national !
Catholic charity "trust" may result
from the National Conference of Cath- :
ollc Charities, which opens in the na- '
tlonal capital tomorrow for a session
of four days. The meeting will mark .;
an epoch in the history of the church
In the'Unlted States, since for the j
first time an effort will he made to co
relate the varfous forms of charitable
activity carried by the church on na
tional lines, to discover the weak
spots in the . church's philanthropic
work and how the problem of poverty
In this industrial age may best be
solved. ..' " V ..
Dependent families, the care of the
children, Juvenile courts, probation,
and social settlements are some of
the topics that will occupy the con
vention, but the principal session of
Remove Ban on Haircuts.
Munich Sept 24 Barbers of Ober-
ammergau, wnere ine grew passion
play has been in progress, are today
sharpening their shears and prepar-1 the congress will be given up to a dis-
In'c for a snreat rush of business., For l cussion of social reform. At the lat-
Llna Cavallerl Is Busy Planning Suit
; Forcing Payment of Fortune,
. New York, Sept. 23 Robert Chan
ter is today enroute to the west. It
is reported, while LIna Cavallerl l
a year the hair-cutters of that quaint
town have had no home patronage and
have depended on .tourists for a liv
ing. Last October the Burgomaster
of Oberammergau issued an order for-
bidding-all the male citizens of the
ter meeting the speakers will grapple
with the problems of underpaid la
bor and employers liability .laws.
United States Commissioner of La
bor O'Nell will read a paper on "In
dustrial Accidents and Diseases as
Related to Poverty." Many women will
town from having their hair cut, or I take part in the conference, and it is
taking steps to collect a fortune whlchi even trimmed, until after September I likely that a national organization of
25, 1910. The mayor declared that tne women engaged in cnanty wora win
prohibition of the haircut was neces-1 be effected. Mts. Carter the wife of
sary in order that the hirsulte appear- the Montana senator, and an active
ance of the participants in the passion charity worker, will preside at one of
play conform strictly to the demands the seslsons.
he signed over to her before the cou
ple were married. Attorneys for the
Diva are busily planning a suit to
force Chanler to live up to his agree
ment which will probably be filed
within a couple of days.
Chanler according to rumor will
attempt to conceal himself from New
of historic accuracy. The, order ex
pires tomorrow and the barbers are
happy. '
Pope Plus X has sent his blessinp
to all who take part in the confer
ence; ' )
forty years.
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