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VOL. XIV.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1910.
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Ed. Conley
A.'. Fred Garkell
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Even though the trial of t. R. Ellex
son, accused of murdering Deputy
Ccujtj'' Assessor Waldo Perry at Un
ion, September 11 Is buta day old,
the 'dlvldlftg line the cross Voads
"where the Jury, will agree one way or
the other or hanghas already been
clearly defined. Though the state has
or rather will weave a perfect mesh
of direct and unempeachable evidence
about the defendant; that brings him
up to Telocaset at 6 or 7 o'clock on
the evening of September li and again
picks up the line of direct and con
vincing evidence at 3 o'clock the next
morning, It has not and admits it
cannot connect' . Ellexson ' with' the
crime he Is accused through the med
of an eye witness. Neither, apparent
ly can the defense prove an alibi dur
ing the hours' mentioned and, there
the matter Btands. The- Jury will . be
called upon to decide this Indefinite
matter, believing the story of the de
fendant Jihat; he slept at, Telocaset
during the hours cited, or be con
vinced by, the string of 'ctrcurostan
tlal evidence indicating , thai; Instead
of sleeping at a lumber, pile at.(Telo
caseC he stole down the canyon, fired
the fie sTiots at ' Perry, and locking
the doors carefully . as "ha left - the,
, house, crept back up to TeloVaset and
made his presence known there to the
station agent. That 'in brief, is the
task to be cut out for the Jury.
Details ot what the state purposes
to prove were t gone Into with deta!l(
this morning ?by District Attorney
Ivanhoe? A" packed court room heard
him with bated breath the defendant
himself listened intently though he
whipped the Jurors with , piercing
glances that never rested a moment
State Outlines Case. ' r
" Counsel for the state went Into mi
nute details as to where the Waldo
1 Ferry farm : Is located,; pointed ; out
. that it is situated six and one halt
miles from Telocaset, on the way
to" Union r Ellexson the defendant,
came to the Perry farm seeking work
early in the Spring and was employ;
ed all summer until two weeks before
September 11 when he was released
because there was no more work to
dor His "work had , been oj satisfac-
, tory to Mr. Perry that Jie had recom
mended film to his brother-in-law, , a
Mr. Brown at Baker, and to that town,
. Ellexson went
At the beginning of his arguments
Mr. Ivanhoe stated that Ellexcon knew
that Mrs. Perry was away with her
children and that Perry was liome
; alone, Intending to remain at Union
until his wife and family had found
employment for him at Portland,
where he intended to locate if desir
able circumstances were, arranged.
When Ellexson left the Perry farm,
Mrs. Perry had not gone away.
Habits always 'carried out by Mr.
iirii fvjiw nrLnirLhlfl mnit
Crase pending an lnvestigtalon. . '. in
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FIRST WITNESS IS GALLED
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will be Important evidence In the
caseThe state will show In its eyl-
ti-, ?. iu m lmou or get
ting his mail every day. That the fam
ily whilev In Portland was writing to
Mr. Perry, every day will also be
shown. Mr. Perry had to have a man
in ? charge f of his stock before he
could go. This has ah important bear
ing on the case V . ; , , ,
The Time Last Seen."". 1 V
On Sunday evening,, September 11,
PeVry was seen to go to the cost of
fice as was his' daily habit .and It
will be shown that he mailed letters
that flay. He ' tried to hire a man,
whose name Is not brought out yet,
to come and stay on hia ranch while
.ha went to Portland "but did not suc
ceed in getting him. That was the
last seen of him alive, for it was near
ly dark when he had mailed his let
ters, Mall was not taken out of the
post office after that hour. The fam
ily expected mall, but did not get any
after the Sunday nleht's mall. Hia
wife wrote from Portland and finally I
conjmenced to 'phone in alarm when
letters ceased coming. Several days
of phoning brought no result for the
ringing of the Perry : ranch phone
brought no answer. The fact that he
was not seen about the place elicited
no excitement or suspicion for everyr
one about there .knew he was! plan-1
ning on going to Portland and all be
lieved he 'had taken his departure
suddenly. - ; ;
Then his wife wrote and phoned to
Baker laier in the week but got' no
results. Mr. Perry's parents 'lived at
Baker , and Mrs. Perry believed he
might have gone there. Finally, as a
last resort,' a messenger, was sent
out to .the Perry ranch from Union.
The telephone manager, phoned to a
man living near there and asked him
to ' go. He did so the next morning,
but could not get In as the door was
locked'. A terrible stench was about
the place, and greatly alarmed, he
rushed to a telephone - and had the
Justice brought out; with other - wit
nesses. The sjory of breaking into the
house, finding that two persons had
eaten in the kitchen without cleaning
up or putting anything away, that a
letter from Ellexsonlay "on, the table,
that every room on the ground floor
was polluted with stench but with no
FOOD AND SLEEPING QUARTERS
GUARDED CAREFULLY.
Roads. Leading to Palace are Closed
to Traffic' Every Day.
, Mexico City, Oec. 20 President Diaz
fears assassination and has taken the
precaution of having his food tasted
and his sleeping apartments effect
ually guarded, it was learned today. It
is said he changes his sleeping quarters-nightly.
The streets leading to
the palace" ere closed to traffic and
all messengers arrlvirg fromt 'the
country are searched before they, are
I Admitted to thn executive buildintr. .
Mexico.' were" discharged today. the
I signs of human beings, was all told
graphically by the state counsel.-Then
as neighbors commenced to gather
j Bomeone suggested going up stairs.
i The stairway is a narrow one, and is
closed in with' a door, which resem
bles any ordinary door, to a cellarway,
room or pantry. Two could not go up
the stairs at one time. Then the in
vestlgation grew exciting for the
stench coming from the stairway was
stifling and many could not, stand It
and had .rushed outside. The stairway
-urni inn u Buuwa. at rrght an
gles after eight steps, and that as It
turns, it goes five more steps to the
top. A closer scrutiny brought to light
a human being stretched on the sta!,r
landing and laying . with '. hit body
proper on the second floor but the
legs lying on the stairway. The face
was. down, the ; hands outstretched,
and lamp stood nearby, though the
globe for it was found on the-turn. At
this time there was no indication of
foul crime. An inquest was ordered
however on general conditions sur
rounding the finding of the body. This
was done and It was found that five
bullet holes punctured the body four
in the back and one at the base of the
skull. - ; ; , ":.;"...'; .;
One. of the bullets was extracted
from the flesh and it will bo exhibit
ed in court during 'the trial. All this
evidence will be to show that Perry
was actually killed.. , . 1
111611 tne TUeMe - will switch -.to
possible motives fon the crime and in
his arguments the xounsel commenc
ed to bring Into the case the man on
trial the defendant, ?K : 1
Ellexson went to the George Brown
place at Baker and worked there until
Friday night prior to Sunday, Sep-
wmDer n'.iwfnt. Pi- me
mat nignt aim got on a Bpree, re-
turning to the Brown place' the next
day to draw his money. The flrst nlght
of his spree, he had distributed candy
at ; the resorts In the restricted .dis
trict, and the, following night,. Sat
urday, he again went theret and when
STRIKE SATURDAY, ILL OR NOT,
. :. IS wctum.
I't-esldent of Engineers Will not Let
. ,. 5eIU's Illness Delay.' ;
Chicago, . Dec. ' 20 The Illness of
Nelll, commissioner of Labor, who is
attempting -to settle, the locomotive
engineer's . strike , has delayed .' pro
ceedings today. President Stone of the
"Ib. of Ti. Esald, "I regret the delay
and am willing to wait a couple of
days to recover but it must be under
stood that unless a settlement is
reached before the end of the week,
railroads will have a general strike by
Christmas. The engineers are deter
mined not to recede from the posl
tion already taken." y .
Eleventh Victim Taken Out
New York, Dec. 20 The body ofthe
eleventh victim of yesterday's explo
sion was taken from the ruins of the
Grand Central power house today. It
is believed the death list is now com
plete. Two other ;persons supposedly
killed have been found. Of the injur
ed five hae fractured skulls and will
prbaMy die. Several others are In a
pr carious condition. Ah investlga-
tlcn was started today by the coron
. er, district attorney and railroad com-
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last meetlagr. --;"f
lEILETSILill
filEBOTIATfONS
asked by the inmates for more can-
dy. he reached in his hip pocket and
pulled out a gun saying "This is my
candy." Three men wha had workeJ
with him on the Brown ranch wore
there and will testify that thsy saw
the gun and kuew it was EHesson
who nulled :t out. .
. But while at the Brown residence.
Mr. Ellex.on had to come minutely
familiar with the time that Mrs. Per",
ry had gone to Portland leaving her
husband alone and was familiar with
the condition of the ranch of the
great desire for a man to take care
of the stock so that Perry might go
to Portland. This information had been
gained through overhearing the con
versatlons in the Brown home.
So with this fact as a basis, the
state proposes to show that after quit
ting work at,Brown's, Ellexson went
to Union ajid shot Perry,, The story ot
how he got there is graphically told,
until Telocaset Is reached and thr
me x-ircurasianiiai evidence com
mences. '''': '-.
After spreeing about the sporting
houses . and showing -, hia revolver,
whlch the witnesses will say was a .32
or "a .38, and the bullet which kilted
Perry was a .38, Ellexson went back
to the Brown hbu3e on Sunday morn
ing about 6 Q'clock to get a pair of
gloves." He ..was then seen to start
west on the railroad track. He. was
nexllocated.at a place known as Wil
son, about four miles west of Baker.
There he left a grip, telling the 'man
to forward It to the address which
would be sent ;- later as he did not
know exactly where he was headed
for: Ellexson's name was on the grip
at the time. Then he continued west
and was next seen at a place near
North Powder known as the McPhee
.place where he presented ten cents
and asked for something to eat. He
told Mrs. McPhee that he had spent
all his money on booze and was on hia
way to see a brother-in-law of Brown's
at Union (Perry.) He ate part of the
food and pocketed the rest. He wen to
a nearby house, the McAllister place,
and again 'asked for something , to
eat.' After some discussion he -finally
got;a"cold lunch. He said there: "I
anrgoing to Union." This was about
noon, probably 1 o'clock; Next he was
seen at the pump house at Telocaset
about 6 or 7 o'clock that evenlng. The
next time seen was about 3 o'cIock In
th morning whcn he appeared at the
(Cont'?nfd f on Pae Four.) ,
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EXONERATION OF CHICAGO
' LON GOES TO SENATE,
SO-
Committee Adopts Report of Subcom
mittee Investigation. ; t,
Washington, Dec. 20 The report
exonerating Senator Lorlmer from
the charges that he secured his elec
tion to the senate through legislative
bribery, was formally adopted by the
senate committee on privillges and
elections today. - y ? -
The committee Instructed Chairman
Burrows to submit the rqport' along
the lines of the report made by the
subcommittee that had conducted the
direct '", Investigation. ' Burrows ' will
probably file the report this evening
It Is unknown whether the report will
be unanimous.
New- Food Law Proposed.
Washington, Dec. 20 In order to
conform to the pure food law, all
packages of looda will hive to bear
the statement of the exact measure
ct contents on the label if substl
tute bill to be submitted to congress
today by representative Mann of 1111
nols, becomes a law. The bill is calcu
lated t,o replac Mann's original
amendment to the pure food law. Ho
derided to change h'". h'll after
conference with New York and Chi
cago business men.
IBE1T
ACCEPTED BK
CliinEE:
MOST GETS TIFT URGES THE
DEATH BLOW I TARIFF GQARD
B COURTS SYSTEM
KA1LR0ADS AND AFFILIATED
COMPANIES REFUSED .RIGHT
TO CAST TEMPLE STOCK
I1LLI MS DEATH
Temple Company, - Medium Through
Which Other Companies Worked,
That Company Dictated the Prices
and Restrained Tmde it ts Alleged.
lllow Is Wide in Effect.
Philadelphia, e& 20 The tuited
States Court of Apyeals is believed to
have' virtually dealth a death blow to
the Pennsylvania anthracite coal
trust" today when It ordered It prac
Ically to dissolve the Templo Iron Co.
through which It Is said a cot erio of
coal barons worked. The court decreed
that the railroads and other corpora
tions Interested In the company, will
not be permitted to vote their Temple
stock. The decision is expected to put
the company out of business.
For a long time it Is said the Tem
ple company have been the medium
through which several affiliated cor
porations have secured the distribu
tion of all the products of the Penn
sylvania coal mines. This gave them a
chance to dictate the price and other
wise control the market it is alleged.
HATS CANNOT ATTEND.
Attorney General Will Represent
Washington at Boundary Meeting.
Olympla. Dec. 20 It was learned to
day that Attorney General Bell will
represent Washington instead of Gov
ernor Hay at a conference at Port
landDec. 22 for the purpose of set
tling tho Oregon-Washington Colum
bia river dispute! Hay wrote the gov
ernor of Oregon saying he could not
attend. The principal point in issue of
the two statec Is the Columbia river.
1 ; Garment Worker Killed.
Chicago; Dec, 20 John Donnelly, a
teamster employed by the Garment
Manufacturers was shot and killed
here today and drove a team half a
mile before ho lost -consciousness. He
aiea in a noBpitai. Tne police are
seeking the assailant among tha strlk
mg garment , worKers. , There is no
clew.,- y-, ' . :-
Knapp Appointment Confirmed,
Washington, Dec. 20 -Appolntmeht
of Martin Knapp'to the United States
commerce court was confirmed this
afternoon by the senate, 'Knapp has
been chairman of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. ; ; ,
VOTERS WANT SPEEDY RECALL
OF MAYOR. v., " ,
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Petition Filed Today Urging Speedy
Election on the Question.
' Seattle, Dec. 20 A monster petition
demanding that an election be held to
determine tho recall of Mayor "Gill
was filed today with the city comp
troller. Over 11.000 vpvaa were sign
ed to the petition which was circulated
by the Welfare League, which started
a recall movement and was the cause
of the police graft investigation by
the city council. ' '
PS1
ix copyiiiciiT article he tells
HIS VIEWS OF THE TARIFF
REVISION PROBLEM.
fiioFFaicsa
Says It is Alisolutcly Essential That
. the Board he Put. In
Insure " rrfectlon of tho Turlf f
Points Out Virtues of the Panama
Canal Will Unite Eastern and
Western States. .
(Copyright, 1910 by the United Press) ?,
' Washington. .Dec. 20-r,The purpose -
of this article Is to give newspaper
readers an Intimate, personal view of
their president, William Howard Taft,
Just bb If it were possible for each
one to call upon him today at the
Tiite House and talk over the afuirs
uppermost in his mind. It Is designed
to bring the reader face to face with
the president,, so ha may hear why
Mr. Taft Is fighting an effort to de
stroy his nonpartisan, permanent tar
iff commission plan. It purposes to
leti the reader hear, from him ,the
reasons why every American should
swell with pride at the successful
construction of the great Panama
Canal. '
The writer found the president bus
ily engaged, confronted on all Bides '
by appeals of congressmen, bicker
ings of politicians, demands ot office
seekers, and yet withal serene, ear
nest and cheerfully optimistic.
The trained Judicial jmind of the
chief magistrate was quickly concen
trated upon the subjectsi which his v
caller suggested .for discussion. He
was all attention, all Interest, wheth
er 'talking personally or listening; he
was alert, enthusiastic, forceful.
The visitor, seated and Immediately
put at his ease by the president's gen
iality; then followed a conversation
bearing upon two1 subjects, chosen
from doiens of. topics, The permanent
tariff commission was taken up first.
The president, freely gave .his per- t.
sonal opinions and beliefs which form
the basis ot his earnest nope ot mak
ing the commission ah accomplished
fact, A White HouBe rule prohibits
direct quotation of the president, but,
in the following an -attempt Is made
faithfully, to give his ideas as he ex
pressed them to the writer; ; 1
"The permanent tariff, commission'
will provide the necessary bnsis for
Intelligent tariff legislation, no mat
ter by what party or "what end. If the -democrats
are Champ Clarks and not
'Chump? Clarks they will support it.
No scientific i revision f the tariff is ,
possible without true facts upon which
to bae It, and the facts are obtain
able in no other way. It is beyond'
the ability ol any body of men, work
ing temporarily on the tariff, to col-'
lect and digest the vast amount of
detailed information which must be
considered in making of the tariff.
. "The tariff commission will be a
permanent institution, where from
year to year data and Information re
quired in such work will be sorted,
catalogued and digested in such a way
as to be ready for Instant ubo. It will
be to the tariff what a congressional
library is to literature. You can send
a note to the library, saying yon are '
working upon a certain subject and
you are immediately provided with all "
the best reference books and records
on that topic.
"Without such a library how long,
how hopeless a task it would be to
obtain full and .accurate information
by running through a volume here, a
volume there and Bklmmlng through
n file of newspapers without system
and without knowledge as to what
might have, been overlooked. It la in
Mich a helterskelter fashion, however,
that tariffs must be made If a per-
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