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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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FEW BODIES RESCUED BUT GREAT j
aiAJUKIII BELIEVED TO HAVE i
BEEX BURNED. !
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With Sllaht Possibility of Men Being '
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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
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