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VOL. XIV.
L AGRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1910.
Number
300
F
ID
PREFERRED AT
SEATTLE
TR0MINENT ATTORNEYS ARE UN
DEB ARREST CHARGED
WITH FRAUD IN ALASKA.
TOO OTHERS 11ICTED
False Entries and Fictitious Entries
Charged Against the Hen Land In
toiied Amounts to a Hundred Mil
lionResult of Federal Grand Jury
Probe Carried on at Tacoma During
the Past Few Weeks.
who were In the back seat, were
thrown against the top of the auto
and Watson struck a bog, which made
a bad wound on the bridge of his nose.
He returned to Baker to have the
wound dressed, and remained in the
city all day. The' rest of the party
made the trip as scheduled. Baker
City Herald.
Seattle, Oct. 15 Charged with, con
spiracy to defraud the government out
of Alaska coal lands, valued at a
hundred million, Charles F. Munday,
George Simmons and Cornelius Chris
topher are under arrest here today
following a probe of the alleged con
spiracy of the federal grand Jury in
session at Tacoma.
Munday and Simmons are promin
ent lawyers here.. Each gave $25,000
ball for appearance before Judge Don
worth Monday.
The charge Is they made factitious
entries in books known as the Chris
topher group, consisting of seventy-
four claims and the Stacey group of
eighty-two claims. '.
Warrants are out for Algernon
Stacey and Archie Shields on the same
charges also."
All indications point to Tacoma as
the scene of the next great more of
the government against the alleged
land fraud conspirators. Indictments
returned yesterday were the climax to
investigations dating back to the time
when special agent, Glavis, dismissed
by Balllnger, . was active in the ser
vice.. : . .
'., May Race at Savannah.
New York, Oct. 15 Nearly all of the
contestants who had built cars for
the Grand Prize race, which - was
scheduled for the Long Island course
today but was called off owing to the
fatalities incident to the Vanderbilt
Cup contest,' are hopeful that final
arrangements will Boon be made in
suring the holding of the race at Sa
vannah next month. All of the motor
ists who took part in the previous big
race meet in the Georgia cltyare loud
In, their praises of its management,
annah races were conducted better
than any other big motor meet held
anywhere. . " ;
PII ISf .QMS
IftEILCRftR
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TO
PEOPLE
HAD ROUSING MEETING AT PEN
DLETON LAST NIGHT.
Widely Known Attorney Will Address
Local Audience This Evening.
1 No Booze for Poor Lo,
Washington, Oct. 15 Officers of the
Indian department of Minnesota have
been ordered to close today afi sa
loons in the -territory included in the
Indian treaties. W. E. Johnson, Indian
agent, has Issued strict' orders to that
effect and the Minnesota redskins will
hereafter be unable to secure liquors
of any kind.
" Ralph Watson Hurt
Oswald West, democratic candidate
for governor, R. A. Watson, political
writer for the Oregon Journal, Claude
McCulloch and W. H. Strayer start
ed this morning for Eagle and Pine
valleys where political rallies will be
held today. As the party was leaving
Baker an accident occurred which ne
cessitated the return of Watson to this
city. They were traveling1 at a merry
clip In Al Geiser's big Buick when
they went over a little raise in the
roafl. Watson, West and McCulloch,
La Grande today entertains one of
the most widely known men in the
United States, in Attorney Clarence
Darrow, the man who has figured so
conspicuously in the defense of min
ing demands and mining men. He
speaks tonight at the Opera house and
it is thought by all that the crowd
will be an immense one. Not only is
the subject which Mr. Darrow is so
widely known that a great many will
want to see and hear the distinguished
visitor.
He will handle the saloon question
from the standpoint of one who does
not believe in the practice of local op
tion. - '
The address commences at 8 o'clock.
Mr. Darrow spoke at Pendleton last
night and with the exception of two
business men the unanimous opinions
are that the men want conditions
changed. The meeting was a rousing
one and great interest was attached
to it.
Atlantic City, Oct 15 Carrying a
pilot, Walter Wellman and Engineer
Vanlmen and crew of six, the gigan
tic dirigible America started 'today
n. crnm. . "V til
crowd cheered until the gas bag dis
appeared ocean ward In a bank of fog.
The start was made shortly after sun
rise. Before starting, Wellman said
he was not sure whether it was simply
to make a trial trip or undertake a
transatlantic Journey. After ' leaving
the ground however his wireless plant
flashed the message, "Consider the Eu
ropean trip started."
A brisk wind carried the balloon
seaward. For the last three weeks
Wellman has announced the startlngj
date for each day. But each day he
failed. ' ',.,- ,,v'
The skies were overcast today. Col
onel Thomas Potter, one of Wellman's
backers, followed the balloon to sea
in a private yacht until it left him far
behind. The gasbag is 164 feet long,
52 feet across its greatest diameter
and estimated' speed is forty miles
an hour.
If Wellman Succeeds' the dirriglble
will be the first to connect the old
and new world by the aerial route.
This morning came the following
wireless, "Headed northwest. All well
talent is extremely large. The dates
were arranged by the delegates and
just as soon as the local committee
can meet contracts will be closed up
for the numbers. The options which
the secretary secured and which a:i
all be taken or all rejected, include
such stellar attractions as Ex-Governor
J. Frank Hanly of Indiana, Dewitt
C. Miller, the famous lecturer, the A;
polo quintet, William Sterling Battle,
the Dickens man, the Chicago Orches
tra, Williams' Jubilee singers, (the top
of the heap), the 8addlr company and
Billy Sunday. With such an array the
Chautauqua will be an exceptional
treat "
FIREBUGS IGNITE
5
aboard. Machinery working fine, good
bye.'V
- Off for Europe.'
When moving, the machine this
moraine WHmn m tcl!cv6u l
would simply make, a trial flight
Chief Engineer Vanlem however said.
"Not much you won't. We are going to
Europe today or bust. We are delayed
too long as It is." -,
During the afternoon Wellman and
his crew sent the following wireless
to Joseph Salus, President of the syn
dicate backing the project, "Good bye
all. We are doing our best to deserve
your royal' support." Salus replied,
"The great work is one of the achieve
ments of the century. Continue your
news flashes." The air ship Is believed
to be about 100 miles at sea at 1:45 p.
m. ' , " ." '
, Efforts are being made to warn
Wellman to work north as the hurri
cane off Cuba is advancing rapidly
up the coast and may catch htm In
mid ocean.' -
Trip Is Feasible. '
Milwaukee; Oct. 15 Major Hersey
who was with Wellman on his Polar
expedition . heTe today- said the"1 feat
will be entirely feasible. "It will de
pend entirely on the weather," said
Hersey. "With favorable weather the
balloon should land safely on the oth
er side. With adverse air currents or
heavy rain storms, it Is hard to say
just where the expedition will end."
Steamer on Rocks.
Victoria, Oct ,15 Word has' Just
been received that the steamer For
ager, with a cargo of coal, went
aehore off Or Tin xlT'-'tZ-t.Z7
night in a dense fog. It will probably
be a total loss. The crew la standing
t7. T!ie 2sssl was bound to Belllng
h.'.a froa'Boat Island." : . .
FORESTS
MOUNTAINEERS MOVING AWAY TO
'AVOID BEING TRAPPED BY
SCORE OF FIRES.
PlffllSMBlM
BIBT
Sixty Small Fires Set Yesterday by
Man Riding v Through the Forests
Silently on Horseback Many Big
Blazes Reported Families Living
In Mountains Are , Moving Away
Fearing They Will be Trapped by
'.' Fires. V- -
STANLEY KETCHEL SHOT THROUGH
FOLLOWING BITTER
A COWBOY
ONE LUNG
Bowerman NeTer Rode on
Pass, Collecting Mileage. .
Pendleton, Ore., Oct. 13 A
(Special) Jay Bowerman,
nominee for Governor of Ore-
gon on the Republican tick-
et, made the following signed
statement today. , . '.A
"The statement in the Port-
land Journal to effect that I
rode on pass and collected
mileage In 1907, 1909 and the
4 special session is an nnquali- ' 4
$ fled falsehood. I do not re-
member what mileage I have
collected and cannot give the
amount without consulting
state records at Salem, but I
do know I have never trav-
eled on a pass and charged .
the state with travel pay, and
have collected only the
amount allowed by the state
constitution.'
4 "JAY BOWERMAN."
Racing at Pimllco.
Baltimore, Md., Oct. 15 Beginning
this afternoon, Baltimore again comes
in for a session of the sport of kings
at the famous Pimllco track. The en
try list for the fall meeting here
is the largest and most noteworthy
the Maryland Jockey Club has ever
held. All the big . Btables, including
those of Belmont, Whitney, Keene,
Wilson and HUdreth, are represented
at the meet.
Novlty will race In the colts' end
of the Matron stakes, today's opening
feature. Bashtl, his rival, will wear
the Whitney silks in the fillies' end'
of the $10,000 event
Sir John Johnson and a number of
other runners are . here from Frank
Nolan's Beverwyck stables. With Fitz
Herbert out of the way, the other hor
ses will have to do some hustling to
teat out Sir John.
Springfield Mo., Oct 15 Stanley
Ketchel, the middleweight world's
champion was shot through the right
lung at the ranch of R. P. Dickinson
early today. His condition is reported
to be critical. The ranch is at Conway
near here. He was shot by a man nam
ed Hurd, following a violent quarrel.
It is reported Hurd fled to the hills
and posses of farmers are seeking
him.
Several physicians and nurses left
for Conway on a special train.
, Ketchel has been at the ranch for
the last week as the guest of Dickin
son, with whom he is affiliated, in bus
iness. His career as' a fighter, is sen
sational. He Btarted fighting at Butte,
Mont, in 190J, when he was 16 years
old. '' :
BOOKS CLOSE AFTER TONIGHT
TO REMAIN CLOSED TWO YEARS
Important Duty of Every Voter Should
, 1 Be Attended to Thls Evening. :
Tonight the , registration books
close to remain so for two years un
less a special election of some sort
is ordered. County Clerk Ed. Wright
has made provisions to have the reg
Istratlon books In the room in the rear
of the United States National bank
again this evening at which times
the voters will be given their last
chance to register and avoid the ne
cessity of being sworn in at the gen
eral election. All those who register
ed for the primaries need not regis
ter again for the general election.
All thoBe not registered for either
the primaries or the general election
must have six freeholders to swear
them. In at the time of the election.
Denver, Oct , 15 A large patrol of
the forest fire fighters are today
scouring the vicinity of Mlramonte
for the alleged firebugs, who, mount
ed on horses, have been silently set
ting fires in the forests. Yesterday
60 small glazes were started.
Scores of lives were endangered,
owing to the activity of the incendi
ary as other fires are raging for sev
eral days and authorities are convinc
ed Incendiarism is responsible. Every
effort to locate the men has failed so
far. ' :. ' V
Mountaineers are moving away td
points of safety fearing . a reptltlon.
of the recent horrors at the Minnesota
forests. While the population la not
so congested In Colorado, general fires
are bound to hem in hundreds of
mountalner families. The patrol will
be increased tomorrow if the men are
not run down.
KILLED IN
STORMS THAT
Mrs. Martin May be Insane.
Newark, N. J., Oct. 15 With one of
the defendants, Virginia O. Wardlaw
dead from self-imposed starvation,
and another, Mrs. Caroline B. Martin,
alleged to be showing pronounced
symptoms of insanity, it Is doubtful if
the Snead murder case will ever be
tried. The case Is set again for today,
but a postponement is practically cer
tain. The three sisters, Miss Wardlaw,
Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Mary W. Snead,
were charged with the murder of Mrs
Ocey Snead. the East Orange "bath
tub victim." Prominent physicians say
Mrs. Martin Is Insane.
HIT CUBA
FLORIDA KEYS AND NEIGHBOR.
HOOD SUFFERS HEAVILY.'
Cyclones Do Heavy Damage Over
Large Area In Southern Seas.
Key West, Fla Oct. 15 In a furor
hurricane that swent the islands it
is estimated that between seventy
five and a hundred persons met death.
Great damage was done. Parts of the
Florida Keys and Cuba are reported
devastated. There Is much wreckage.
A wireless flashed from Cuba say
the deaths are confined to Santa Clara
j province.
FINE MENT IS
HIS CITY
Unveil Confederate Memorial.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 15 Confederate
veterans from all over Kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi
witnessed the unveiling today at Fish
ing Creek, Pulaski county, Ky., of a
monument to Gen. Felix K. Zllllcoffer,
one of the heroes of the lost cause
The Bite of the monument is the spot
where Gen. Zllllcoffer was killed Jan
19, 1862, as near the spot where 199
soldiers from Tennessee, Alabama,
and Mississippi are burled.
A slab has been placed over the 199
soldiers, with the following Inscrip
tion: "
"Beneath ths mound rest and sleep
that knows no waking, more than 100
confederate soldiers from Tennessee,
Mississippi and Alabama, who were
killed in thebatttle of Fishing Creek,
Jan. 19, 1862. We do not know who
they were, but the whole world knows
what they were. These died far from
their homes, but they filled heroes'
graves and glory keeps ceaseless
watch about their tombs."
WRECK ON CANADIAN PACIFIC.
Passenger Train Strikes Stock Train
and Fireman Is Killed.
Cartler, Ont, Oct. 15 Canadian Pa
cific passenger train No. 1 dashed in
to an eastbound cattle train on a curve
four miles east of this city this morn-.
Ing. Both engines and baggage and
mall cars were badly wrecked and the
engineer on the passenger train was
badly scalded. The fireman was killed.
A large number of cattle were slaugh
Ferocious Criminal Dead.
"Wheeling, W. Va., Oct 15 Cfeorge
Johnson, colored, Is dead today. He
was one of the most desperate crimin
als of tils section. He was riddled
by bullets by Chief of Police Cling
enpool. While pursued by a posse yes
terday Johnson killed George Bias,
fatally wounded Charles Hale and Geo.
Lentz, and seriously wounded five
others. Then he took refuge on a cliff
where lie defied them. The chief got -above
him however and riddled his
body with bullets. I
ROOSEVELT IS HOME.
SECRETARY SECURES OPTIONS
WHILE IN PORTLAND.
local Committee Will Meet to Decide
Which of Talent is Coming.
Great prospects face the 1911 Chau
tauqua in this city. Secretary W. D.
McMillan arrived home this morning
from Portland where he met delegates
from all the chautauqua towns in Ore
gon and reports that the La Grande
executive committee has options on
some extra fine talent for the com
ing year. As yet, none have been
clinched, but the list of available
WILL NOT CHANGE ITS NAME.
Church Votes to Retain Its Present
N Name to noly Catholic Church.
Cincinnati, Oct. 15 The house of
deputies of the annual convention of
the Episcopal church today defeated
the proposition to change its name to
the Holy Catholls church, by one vote
J. P. Morgan, who was a delegate,
was against the change.
Japanese Steamer Aground.
Seattle, Oct. 15 While entering the
Seattle harbor today from Japan, the
steamer Tacoma Maru went ashore at
West Point but was not materially
damaged. There was a heavy fog. Pas
sengers were transferred to land on
life boats and taken to Seattle on
street cars.
Reaches New Tork and Is Ready to
, Further Stlnson's Interests.
New York, Oct. 15 Roosevelt arriv
ed in this city today after a trip
through the south and is ready to
open the campaign in behalf of his
gubernatorial candidate, Stlmson.
He held a conference with the Re
publican campaign managers as the
first step. It Is generally believed that
Roosevelt's later political successes
will depend on Stlmon's winning.
Whaling Company Sells Out .
Victoria, Oct. 15 Purchase of the
entire holdings of trie Pacific Whal
ing company by Colonel A. B. David
son and A. D. McRae in behalf of the
Canadian Northern railway was unoffi
cially make known today. The price
paid is a million dollars, to be pall
in December. . ' . - '
Big Ship Launched.
Toklo, Oct. 5. KawathI, a 20,000
ton battleship ot Japan, was success
fully launched today at Tokoseka de- '
spite a heavy storm. The Mikado and
a large number of prominent officials '
attended the ceremonlea.
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