La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 21, 1910, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTV- a t)i i-ini mi f A. A. A. ' i ! I i 1 1 f I II h II I I! 0tO ;7 H H ! M M M M M M i AT .. ' ' - : ; . "O"" VOL. XIV. 1S.PE1II0T BLAMED BY E OF MURDERED MAN imR 2NTLY INN OCENT OF WRONG, f ONE SIDED LOYE. - ' 3 LETTER EXPLftlUED xson's Attention to the Woman Not acouraged Strange Case Where ii State Hopes to Produce 'Sufficient .estliuonT to Convict the Prisoner 'Ithongh No Eye Witness Was Pres- t Tom Ellexson killed Waldo Perry the state believes and as the gen U public in and around Union be ve, he did so because of his admlr 'jovL tor Mrs Perry, according to accepted theory. But'MTS. Perry in no -way to blame for that feeling admiration and did not in the most ;note manner knowingly encourage admiration of Ellexson. This Is opinion that Is also crystallzing the trial of Ellexson proceeds. ome had entertained the hope that e:inai wouia nring a case wnerein wife of Perry had been guilty of. icretlons which In turn had led to the climax where Ellexson's & for her had caused him to take ? life of her husband. To those who 4 so contemplated there Is appar )ly nothing In' store but dlsappolnt- f nt, for thus far' there has been jthing shown In the actions of Mrs. irry that can be questioned and she finds today before the court and be-j-e all who have heard, ' the case larly innocent of having been the use of the crime. State Is Working Hard. Evidently realizing that -he has a wplex case of circumstantial evi- Jnce to contend with, Prosecutor fanhoe Is at work with all his char jterlstlc energy in wrelding together e links that he hopes' will form a lain for conviction. Many believe El sson to be guilty but the next ques ra is to prove his guilt.' Judge smpoy is protecting tils 'client In ev y way and lets no darts pierce the QADS DODGING UMBER OF KILLED IX COUNTRY LAST TEAR 450. pmmerce Commission Report Is Filed , With Congress Today. v (Waahlngton, Dec. 21The 'physl- je Interstate Commerce Commission 8 submitted today to congress'. The port says the railroads issued eets purporting to give the ('cost I Property" but don't give reliable Ingestion even of the money Invest I or the present vaiue of the ratf f ds. Tha report says raflroads oper ?ting revenues for August and Sep Joher were 1745,134,204. an increase V forty-two million over the corres ?d'ng quarter in 1909. The expenses the same period were 1499.899,372 crease of about fifty million. he number of passengers killed ftog the ear ending June 30 was Injured 15,151; employes killed. It; employes injured 38,950. The f 0rt assert the most important fea ie of the new railroad reeulation '8 the DroriHlnn o,itinrlTi tko m'sst ' iuo -csase t0 8U8pend the Proposed : ,-u.u6 ttti mveaiigxaion. . PUBLIC REAL ISSUES ,) IM REPORT LA GRANDE, T'NIOK COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, minds of the jury which he can pre: vent. A TaluaWe Point. Why did Tom Kllesson, arter going to Browa for employment in Powder valley,' leave Brown stating he waj3 going back to work for Waldo Perry at Union, whereas a matter of fact he went to Echo and then wrote back to Perry asking for a Job? ' It happens that Brown is a rela tive of Perry and while. Ellexson was working for Browa he kept posted through the family on the affairs of Perry and Perry's family. He knew that Mrs. Perry and children were In Portland and that Waldo Perry was alone at his home In Unlpn. He left the Brown place apparently without cause stating he was going to Perry's and the next heard of him. he was at Echo where he wrote-the letter to Perry Immediately upon his arrival asking for a job. This all looks bad for Ellexson. It ,Ct 'CIdl mm !.' rwry at tne suggestion of her mother wrote a let ter to Ellexson regarding working for the Perrys. This la explained, however for Mr. Perry wanted to. accompany his family to Portland and he had no one to leave at the home place. It was decided by the family that aa no one else was available Mrs. Perry should write to "Tom" (Ellexson) and get him, although the family would rath er have had some one else because they knew EllexBon was a hard drlnk er., - r ...... Ellexson Writes Letters. There Is no doubt as to Ellexson an noying Mrs. Perry but that he did these things without encouragement from the woman Is the general belief. ASILIU SITES TO BE SELECTED SOON AFTER TOUR. In Baker Today, Coming' to Union To morrow with .Xettingham. Jay Bowerman and J. N. Notting ham, the Portland Benator, are in Baker today making the last and final Investigation of the sites offered by that town' for the proposed eastern Oregon asylum. Mr. -Bowerman pro posed to come to Union tonight, it( company with Nottingham, and make the same sort of a final examination there tomorrow. Other examinations and Inspections prior to this one, were preliminary and with the pres ent Inspection, coupled with the rec ommendations made by the previous committees, the final decision will be made. , ' ' A soil expert from Corvallls is now at Union making his study, of soil conditions there. A final report can be expected soon. ' A large delegation of local business men are going up to Union tonlgkt to meet the governor and his party and iplan to return on the delayed train". : SPECIAL MESSAGE TODAY. Taft Recommends Appointment of Men to Establish Boundaries. Washington, Dec. 21 Declaring the calendar of Wednesday is pecul iarly sacred, Speaker Cannon today refused to permit the immediate con sideration of the Taft special mes sage to congress. The insesage rec ommended the adoption of a law auth orizing the president and the state of Texas officials to mark the boun dary between Texas and New Mexi co. The hefuse adjourned this after noon for the holidays. Senate adopt- ed Taft's recommendation. i "Bij Jury is Discharged. Rock Springs Texas, Dec. '- 21 Without finding an indictment or fix ing the responsibility the grand Jury which has been , investigating the ijuiumg ui auiuuiu Kuungues, wnose i death caused the anti-American riots 1 IvnYi In i T ,1 f t in Mexico, were aiscnargea today. I B0WER1I 01 INSPECTION ' : I GDUUnOF STRIKE II STOXE GIVES XEIL 21 HOURS TO PERFECT PEACE BETWEEN THE WARRIXG FACTIOXS.. IS IHTOLERADLE Xelll Is Working With Both Factions but Unable to Accomplish Anything In the W'ay of Satisfactory Compro. ''j Begins to Apiiear That , Strike is Actually About to Come to Head. " Chicago, Dec. 21 Whether the loco motive engineer's strike on sixty-one western railroads will be decided with in twenty-four hours, according to President Stone today. He said : "I won't tolerate further delay. It must be short and sharp decisive action." Commissioner Neill is trying to arbitrate the differences' and held a conference with the railroad manag ers and holds one this afternoon with the employes Indications are they are not near any settlement "Unless Nelll Is able to do some thing, this afternoon, we are going to act," said Stone. "Delajr ia Intoler able. The railroads have offered us thus far an increase of 9 1-2 per cent. This was of course refused. All other offers made regarding the ; questions at Issue also hav been rejected." Railroad .officials say Stone ia'only bluffing. Nelll is said to be doing all he could to prevent a strike, hut would not discuss It. ; ALDRICH TAKEX TO HOSPITAL. Mystery Increased When Senator Was Taken in an Ambulance. New York, Dec. - 21 Senator Ald rch was taken to the Roosevelt hos pital today- to undergo an operation on his hand, and although it was giv en out that the senator was not in a serious condition, an ambulance was used to convey him to the hospital. The ailment is described as a stiffen ing of the tendons of his left hand, the result of an accident which befel Aldrlch some few months ago. At the time cf the accident it. was announc ed that Aldrich was struck by a taxi-cab-or a street car but no witnesses who saw the accident were found and the report spread that be .bad been attacked. . V ,'.- ' LORTMER FORMALLY CLEARED , Committee Files Report and Asks" to be Excused Jit Once. Washington, Dec. 21 Exonerating Senator Lorimer of the charges of bribery" in connection with his elec tion to the senate, the committee on elections and prlvlllges filed Us for mal report today. Senators Beveridge anjLFrazIer did not sign it. "In the opinion of. the committee Senator Lorlmer's title to a seat In the senate is not shown to be vitiated by the use or employment of corrupt methods or practices," says the report. The committee In the teport asked to be excused from further considera tion of the case. 1 Senator Burrows, Depew, Dillingham, Heyburn, Bulke ley. Republicans, Bailey, .Paynter, Johnson and Fletcher, Democrats, signed the report. GAS FRANCHISE TOXIGHT. Important Transaction Will be Con. . sldercd Alonar With Minor Matters , Among othep matters to come up for final consideration by the council at Its meeting' tonight will be the pu-sagevof the gas franchise. This will undoubtedly go through this ev ening and be cleaned up. Other mat ters include the selection of three sa loon licenses to fill the vacancies now loon licenses io nu tne vacancies now existing. Only five were selected at the last meeting I IITIIID DELAY iibiiiii'yiiiii ' YESTERDAY ' m m m r. n mm mmm m m m w CXIOX SCHOOL FRACAS IS FIXAL LY SETTLED BT SUPREME -COURT'S ACTIOX. RBioiisEiiera Hector McDonald of Wallowa Is En. titled to Seven Hundred Dollars for Unfon Citizens Have lUght tov Voice Their Selections for School Site Af ter Lonj Legal Fight. i l Union taxpayers will have a voice in the selection of a school site at that place, according to a decision of the supreme court handed down yes terday and dealing with the Union Bchool fracas. In the beginning of the litigation, Baxter and some 150 others signed a petition for an injunction re straining the school board represented In this case by M. F. Davis from tear ing down the old court house for the nnrnnsft nf hnildlnir tha now Mali 8chool on that'site. The temporary re straining order Issued by Judge Knowles was made permanent at the conclusion of a long series of argu ments before the court here. Then It was taken to the supreme court and yesterday the dourt affirmed the decis ion of the lower court It means that Union taxpayers will have a voice in placing the site. This will entail "some loss of time in get ting the building under -way. Bonds have already been floated for ' the building. ' : ROUND HOUSE LIEN OFF. Supreme Court Decides Crane Com- pany Does Not Hold Lien. ... p . . , v;, The local O. R. & N. round house has not got a mechanic's lien plaster ed on it, which was claimed by the Crane company. When the building was completed some three years ago the Crane company brought suit to at tach a mechanic's Hen on the local round house claiming non payment by the Erie Heating company The case was brought to the Bupreme court af ter attacks and counter attacks here and the 'decision of the lower; court. Judge knowles presiding, had been affirmed. The Crane company has no lien on the round house. This has been one of the most Im portant pieces of litigation before the local courts. ' - . MacDONALD CASE SETTLED. Right pf Way Dispute In Wallowa County, is Finally Settled Too. : A piece of litigation over a right of way In Wallowa county that has usurped the" attention of the courts for several years, was ended yester day when the Supreme court ruled that the O. R, & N. Is entitled to per manent title to. the right of way through Hector MacDonald's land by the payment of $700. The ' trouble arose sometime ago over the fact that the O. R. & N. secured the right of way but the company did not build through the land in compliance with time limits in the right of way con tract. After the road was build, the land owner, Mr. MacDonald.broue injunction proceedings to restrain the company from building further. With many Ins and outs the case event ually went to the supreme court to be decided as noted. ' Germany Feels Slighted. Berlin. Dec. 21 Fratemijlno- Englfsh, American and French fleets to the exclusion of vessels Is said to have caused bitter feeling on the part of German naval heads. The fail ure of the American fleet on its Euro pean tour to stop at Wllhelmshaven. although it passed within four hours . , . run of the port, Is regarded as an af- Uj viciuiuu navai omciais as 1910. the. Itinerary of the fiet as outlined bv Taft and the navy department, they regard it as an affair between nations. Count Reventlow, an eminent Ger man naval exi;)ert is one of the lead ers of the anti-American faction who are making much concerning the al leged slight. FIREMAN- AXD SPECTATOR DIE. Fire In Cincinnati Results In Two Deaths, Injuries and Losses. Cincinnati, Dec. 21 A fireman and a spectator were killed and ten fire men were severely hurt in a fire to day that did two million damage. The dead are: Robert Greer, fireman and a boy, unidentified. The fire broke out early in the Krippendorf shoe com pany's factory and spread rapidly to the Taylor-Poole Leather Co. and de stroyed It and damaged eight other ' New Commissioners Confirmed. -Washington, Dec. 21The senate this afternoon confirmed the nomina tions of McChord and Meyer as a member of the' Interstate Commerce Commission. :' ""'. SXOW STORM IX KANSAS. Storm Reaching to Continental Divide Is Delaying Traffic. Denver, Dac. ,n A' severe snow ioim,, extend'nj irom Southern Kai- Bf.s to the con1 ucntal divide Is ryj;- ing today. Ton phone and telegraph !!nes teported considerable wire tria ble. Trains are delayed. The storm 's uiov.ng eastward ALUABLE DOBS TE ':'' JL. r '.'': HOUNDS RECENTLY RECEIVED FROM PENITENTIARY DEAD. D. C. Miscoux tip in Arms at Loss of Three Valuable Canines. ; . Three valuable !, hounds, recently received here from the Idaho (peni tentiary at Boise, and now the prop erty of D. C. Brlschoux the Savoy ho tel, proprietor, have been poisoned. About three weeks ago Mr. Brlschoux received the hounds to add to his ken nel of blooded canines and he had be come especially attached to all three of them since their arrival. The pec uniary value was considerable too. . Mr. Brlschoux expresses his con tempt for the dog poisoner In about the same way any man with a streak of manhood In him would and dlscov- ery of the miscreant who did the act would lead to immediate prosecution and punishment If found guilty. Not alone is Mr. ' Brlschoux up In arms at the affair but others in the city are still smarting under recent pols onlngs and the revival of the inhuman habit has simply fanned the slumber lng animosity the public entertainers toward a human being who will set poison for dogs. ( ' AMIS PRESENTS DESTROYED Trains Carrying Yalnable Presents wrecked In Yard Smashnp. Chicogo, Dec. 21 Christmas gifts valued at $250,000 were destroyed to day In a wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad when a passenger train and a westbound freight collided in yards here. The boiler of the passenger en gine expioaea, setting fire to a car of registered mall. After the. fire was extinguished, a guard was thrown around the ashes which was shifted and diamonds and recovered. The en 6'neer of the passenger was probably fatally scalded. Slide on Salt Lake. San Bernadino, Dec. 21 One man is dead and five injured in a cavein I - " w o unit ijsuiv iuhu ni Meadow Valley. O. F. McCarthy was I killed. s kl DRUG flOL NUMBER 47 283 HERS ID BUB HUE III ID FEW BODIES RESCUED BUT GREAT j aiAJUKIII BELIEVED TO HAVE i BEEX BURNED. ! FIRE KEEPS IIP II I With Sllaht Possibility of Men Being ' ..W-.ia.4 t !... --... Rescue Parties Plan System of Re. moving the Men Alive All Found Thns Far Have Been Dead Three ' Hundred In Mine. j Manchester, Eng., Dec. 21 Two hundred and eighty nine out of the 300 miners In the Little Hulton com- pany's mine near Leigh are believed s. to have been killed in, an explosion and fire this morning. Onl) eleven I were rescued. The remaining were I trapped. Twenty bodies were reinov- . ed this afternoon and It Is believed a majority if not all the others perish- ed. The explosion was terrific and the fire started five minutes afterward, shooting out of the main entrance and drove back the rescuers. After tha flames in the main shaft subsided a small party entered a short entrance i and reepvered bodies but could go no "' further as the main Bhaft was block ed. ' " .The flames apparontly spread to all parts of the mine. Though efforts Were made to subdue the fire it was many minutes before the first outburst was controlled. ; ' T .. The fire is still raging, further in. Another rescue party la organized ard will attempt to enter before night The cause of the explosion Is' unde termined. Officials hope the miners succeeded hi "reaching one' gallery which is not burned and walled them selves uprThis Is believed to be their onjy chance of escape. " Among the dead are many boys who were employed as loaders " and helpers. A survivor, badly burned, was taken from the mine this' after noon but Is unable to account for the explosion. ' ' A roll call this afternoon showed the Hat of missing to be 3f0 but It is believed many are .reported missing who are safe with friends. Mine offi cials say not over 300 were in the mine. Lewlston Receiver Named. Washington, Dec. 21 President Taft today nominated Benjamin Barber as recelyer of public moneys at Lewis ton, Idaho. ," .-. BE FORMED BY KING SECRET CONFERENCE LEADS TO THIS BELIEF IN LONDON. Nothing Definite Regardlnir Confer, ence Until Message Is Read. London, Dec' 21 A secret confer ence today between ' the ; King and Premier Aaquith gave rine to the be lief that the King has decided to cre ate a sufficient number of Liberal peers to outvote the conservatives on legislation to deprive the House of LOrds of Its power of veto. It was known, that the conference was upon the veto question but no other infor mation is given out. It is probable that nothing definite will be known until the King addresses Parliament when it convenes. ' . LIBERA LPEERSTQ -)