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Mmtmm tot to . J- VOL.XTV. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. -MONDAY, JANUARY 1G, 1911. NUMBER C9 v WEST REJECTS PEE3DLET0H SITE FOfllE3Sftt3E ASYLUM WITH STIR CREATED SOLID EOCK FOOD THREE FEET UNDER GBOUND OF SITE V FOB ASYLUM. iSi General Belief is That as Board Can not Pick a New Sltet Entire Prop, position Will Go Back to the Be ginning and Require Legislation of i; New Sort Tremendous Stir " Caused ij the Action. a Salem, Ore., Jan. 16. The state hoard, headed by Governor Oswald West, today decided to reject the lands purchased at Pendletou for the branch Insane asylum. Tb.ey asked authority, to appoint a committee of five citizens, Including the' state en gineer to act In conjunction with a legislative committee to examine the Bite tor . tne purpose or condemning It or purchasing more lands. , West sent a special message to the legis lature this afternoon in this connection.- -x':-;-- V Land Unsuitable. The message said that none of the 320 acres purchased for about f 40, 000 by Jay Bowerman, affords a suit able place for the building of a mil lion dollar structure. Will Benew Bitter Fight It is believed the message paves the way for reopening the site fight in Eastern, Oregon and before tomor row It Is thought emissaries of Union and Baker will get back on the "job again. The only solution of the en tanglement as West sees it is to pur chase more land, though the tone of the special message indicated that the board prefers the site be entirely new. Now whether or not It means the site' will be shifted to ome other .point in Umatilla county or sent to Union or Baker, the 'other two eligi ble towns, is what the near future TO HE OUT DF E 'MRS..SCHENK SHOWED LITTLE NERYOUS DISTURBANCE. Advised Nurse to Keep Cool When Discovery Was Imminent. Wheeling, Va., Jan. 16. "Lie out of it; everything "will be all right," was the advice given Mrs. Klein, the detec tive nurse, by Mrs. Schenk, when dis covery was Imminent, according to the nurse who again took the stand today against the accused wife of the millionaire. . The nurse said : that three days prior to Mrs. Scheme s ar rest she was left alone with her hus band for a few minutes when his con dition was critical. They had high words and when the nurse returned, Hhe man's condition was worse. She gave other testimony showing that the woman disliked her husband and was looking for his money. NURSE III V develop men t s 'must divulge. MeCULLOCH TELLS STORY Sends His' Tersion of the Muddled v Affairs to the Baker Herald. Baker, Jan 16. Senator McCulloch Informed the , Herald today of the facts in connection with the asylum affair and the Herald . will say to night: V.. " ; ; Governor West this afternoon ad ureisaea a special . message to - Dotn J houses of the legislature advising ap pointment or - committees irom sen ate and house to Join with committee of medical experts to Investigate the feasiblliy o.f the site chosen by Bow: erman for the eastern Oregon branch asylum. The letters from the govern or's office were directed to the fol lowing well known physicians of the state yesterday: Dr. W. T. William son, Dr. Andrew C. Smith, Harry Lane and J. F. Galbreath. 'V.v-- In the letter Governor West stated that as a result of a visit of governor and the state treasurer made a few LYTLE ARB! YES TO TAKE TEM. ' BORA BY CHARGE. . Federal Veterinary Coming to Assume Complete Charge of Affairs. Wallowa, Jan. 16. (Special) With rumors of hydrophobia cases break ing out in many sections of the North end of the county, though only half a dozen cases actually known to be real cases, the twelve hunters held fiere by the government forest bureau, are ready to commence a complete po lice patrol of the inflicted territory. Doctor Lytle, the state veterinary, ar rived In Wallowa today to take tem porary control of the situation until a federal veterinary arrives. The whole north end of the county will be patrolled and a careful study of con ditions made. It is generally believed that, the scare is much exaggerated and that It, will be found the patrol will have,' little difficulty in holding the spread in check. Four of the doz en men assigned the duty of fighting rabies, are forest rangers while eight others are, hunters who will act under direction of the forest supervisor. , , It is said today that there are less than half a dozen of the reported cas es, that are known to be hydophobia-, while many coyotes and dogs have been killed on general suspicion. ATKINSON ON TRIAL. 'Accused of Securing Money Under False Pretenses and Tried. . The State of Oregon, with A. V. Andrews as the complaining' witness, brought ; action against Ralph Atkin son this morning when Atkinson was arraigned on a charge of having ob tained money under false pretenses. The defendant Is accused of having realized about $20 oh a check Satur day night, cashed by A. V. Andrews at the" Toggery , which was "turned down" by the bank this morning, and the hearing, was commenced this afternoon before Justice Williams. Atkinson was bound over, at the conclusion of the hearing and re leased on $250 bonds which he met More Census Figures. Washington, Jan. 16. The popula tion of Coeur d'AIene, Idaho is 7.291 of Lewiston, 16,043,. Pocatello, 9,110 Twin Falls, 5.258. HUNTERS HEADY TO WAR AN . HIES days ago there was . considerable doubt in the. minds of the -board as to the site chosen at Pendleton be ing at all available for the purposes. The Governor refuses to , express his opinion of .the site, but it Is com mon talk about the. state house today that Dr. Stlener and Treasurer Kay are firm In their convictions that It 1 will never be possible to use the Pen-! dleton site. There is not nearly ? enough ground and reports from eng ineers left on there by the Board when they Returned from Pendleton, are to the effect that solid rock has been found three feet beneath i the surface, making the excavation for the foundation Impossible. V It is known; that the board's idea is to pass the whole matter to the ! commission , 'ot competent medical! men named by the Governor today, j and to ask them at an early date to f visit Pendleton and make an exhauBt-1 lve. report' :v?:--;vv j The .whole . matter has created a ' tremendous stir. If the commission finds the site unavailable, no power exists with "which to select .new! site and the only, thing that can 'be' done will be to place the' land on the market which has been purchased"' by the old board and ask the leglsla ,ture to pass an entirely new act al lowing for a new selection and pro vldlng for a new appropriation." ' ; ARRAIGN CLEAVES TOMORROW Man Accused of Stealing Jewelry Will ,. ' ' Take Stand Tomorrow. 7 Cleaves,' the man accused of having .stolen about $500 worth of diamonds' and other-jewelry' from the Fred l Holmes residence, will be arraigned before Justice of the Peace 'Williams," tomorrow if possible. - if.-. ; Photo by J. C. Strauss, St Louis. ' FREDERICK W. LEHMANN, 1 F Frederick William Lehmann of St. Lonls. recently nppuluted wiiw-ltor general of the United States by I'refflilent Taft. liml not otijwiwl to, the study of German when be was a snmll loy he mvfr would Imve ariBen to the post be now holds. - Ills uioMmt u.vs v She live hi Cin cinnati. Fred Lehmann was born In rrufwlu. ns IiIh full nnme liuMfafen When be was seven years old be curried n note to "tPiiHier." Nljined with his father's name, stating tliat the 'kK-r Lthnutn:i ('.Id ui lxh ht son to study German. The boy wrote It himself. The elder l.eliiiiiiiin put the younger Lehmann throujeb 0 couiVe vt vi:i'n.. I" .-l n -i nv.-iy tfrom home, and bis folks didn't bear from him Tit tie tied in Iowa, grew up, studied law, got tun mod mid liLi-.iii:e ilie imiIhib lawyer of several neighborhoods. Twenty yearn- r;:o hp nettl i i-m nently In St. Louis. . Notwithstanding bis dlnliu nimtlun Tor hi nutive tongue in bis childhood Mr. Lehmann has become h tniin of wide culture. LOSTIflE 1 mm IX QUARREL WITH NEIGHBOR PULLS GUN AND HITS HIM TWICE IN THE FACE Ti is Bullets Stil Lodged In Heads of the Two (Victims Quarrel Said to Have originated uver some Trivial Prop ositionThird Man ; Went to Part Fighters and Was Shot as a Con. quence of His Act." " '''Losilae, Ine, Wallowa County, January 16. (Special) Two men of this city are suffering with bullet wounds to day inflicted yesterday during a Quar rel in which W. W. Wining, a retired farmer of the Lostlne country kept up a rapid fire at his enemy and in which a bystander was seriously in jured. Both of the victims are still alive though their conditions are crit ical f of both still have bullets in their anatomy.'! Arch C. Willett with whom Wining was quarreling over some tri vial matter, was . shot in the . face twice and one bullet is lodged in the back of his head, and will be removed at 'the proper time. , The shooting oc- enred on the main streets of the city V . " . 1 ' r v-f -V " -y 0 ;y m NEW SOLICITOR GENERAL m ' " v" -? ' 'Vf' '?' ' f'' '. ' t JA-'. . ".. j . VT': ' 9 ?:?.r,Wfc4.-.l:,-,w:. . v ot Lostlne, and though few know the j details of the quarrel it is said that the subject matter was trivial. Third Party Injured. J. L. Nolan, a bystander, rushod in to part the two men when guns were flashed and a ricochet bullet cut him in the face and. lodged somewhere in the roof of his mouth. It has not been located! After aiming true with three bullets, the cannonading came to an end.'.. .. ,. ... v .- Willett and Nolan have families here and are young men, while' the assailant Is an older man, probably something like fifty summers having passed over his head, He too has a family. . . A far as can' be learned today the Injured men will recover with proper care. . ' . . Haskell's Nephew in Trouble. Oklahoma Oltr, .Tab 4t n TV TTn dike, a nephew of former Governor iHaBkell, la sought by the polke to day for the murder of AuC. Chrlst enseri,; a civil engineer, and fatally wounding T. D. Anderson, a plumber. Mrs. Updike is held in connection with the shooting. The kiling Is said to have followed a quarrel be tween Updike and his wife. Christ enseh was killed Instantly and And erson was' shot through the lungs. He stated both were shot when they attempted to prevent Updike from beating his wife. v TH0W1PSON LOST EATQN ON OTHER 1 HAND HAS 'Tf. OIAIB3fJ(NSHrPS ?&i House Rules Committee Report Bead , ' . This Afternoon at Salem. Salem, Jan. 16. With the outcome of the recent bolt of the Eaton forces in the house still somewhat in doubt, the report of the bouse committee f was read this afternoon and contrary to general expectations, Thompson, the Busk supporter, did not get a chairmanship. Eaton draws a chair manship in the committees. The ways and means committee chairman, ship went to Eggleston. i-r- NORMAL BOARD MEETS Miss Cornelia Marvin Is Appointed to Succeed Ayer, Resigned. ' ' ''' " ' - s : Salem, Jan. 16. The State board of regents of normal schools met this afternoon and organized. Miss Cor nelia was appointed a member of the board to succeed William Ayer who has resigned. Beyond adopting the plans for the future coutso of pro ceedure, nothing was done. PROMINENT BAKEK1TES HERE ""' v ' Commercial Club President, Merchant . and Groceryman Tlslt City ' J. W. Stutchill, at the head ot the Baker Grocery company, F. O. Boden son, president of the Baker Commer cial club, and F. H. Dean, another prominent merchant of the mining town, are In the city this afternoon on business matters. Right now the 1 thing in a commercial way that in terests these men most is the se curance of the Jobbers' distributive rates out ot Baker. V ' ; The men are chagrined at the low enumeration from Baker and are In a position to "feel for" the city of La ' Grande whlch suffered equally with the Baker people in this respect. " Balllnger Fracas Again. Washington, Jan. 16. A resolution declaring that R. A. Balllnger is an unfaithful public servant and assert ing that he should not be retained In office was Introduced today by Sena tor Purcell, of North Dakota, a mem- !, ber of tho Balllnger Investigating committee. CHAIRS REAR JUL ACCUSED If llOEKEDGf EDWARD BARRY TO LOSE HIS COMMAND AND BE. SUBJECT. ' ! ED TO COURT MARTIAL. THOMAS TO ME MCE Moral Turpitude on Board Ship has Convulsed Naral Circles If Got eminent Falls to Act, Courts of tho City Will Tke a Hand Criminal - ' Act Involves Boy Employed In Ad- , Miral's Stateroom. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 16. Eith er court martial or grand, Jury inves--tlgatlon today confronts Bear. Admi ral Edward Barry, commander of the Pacific Squadron, who before night -will be succeeded in his command by .. Rear Admiral Thomas, as a result,, it is said, of charges of moral turpitude which convulsed naval circles the country over. ''.' - i , . This announcement was made to day by District Attorney Fickert, fol lowing contemplation .with . Thomas. Fickert said the court martial will be given first chance and then the courts w'U take cognizance, if they don't act. Still commanding the flagship, West Virginia, Barry is absent today on a twenty-four hour coaling test. . He will return this afternoon and be re lieved of command, r, w ' v ! Officers, peering through) the port hole witnessed the alleged criminal action. A boy, on duty In Tils state room is Involved. 1 ' - ; - In" connection with - .thecargea against Barry It is Bald sir sailors on board the West Virginia, are held "in communicado" in the navy hospital. Among them Is A. L. Warner, men tioned in the state ment of Barry as on of those in his cabin when the of ficers of the ship were peering through the porthole and when they claimed to have seen t,he criminal action. : Washington, Jan. 16. Little Infor mation Is obtainable at the navy de partment regarding Barry. The im pression is that a general court mar tial will be ordered. ' , - - Barry's telegraphic request for re tirement, which arrived before offic ials could mail the charges are not expected to prove sufficient to hush the affair. ' THREE NEGROES SHOT OB HANGV ED BY MURDERERS. Oty Lights Turned Off by Mob Prior to Storming Bastile. k Shelbyville, Ky., Jan. 16. Admit ting mey nave uttie nope of identify- I lng the members of the mob that took three negroes from the Jail here and lynched them, Sheriff Perkins and .Coroner Bulock today began an In vestigation. ' The mob stormed the Jail early to day after the engineer ot the electric light plant was compelled to shut off the power and the streets were made dark. The leaders, without firing a shot, battered down the Jail and took out the negroes. ' Eugene Marshall, charged with the -murder of a negress, was hanged to a railway - bridge. Wade Patterson, charged with attacking a white wo man was shot to death and his body thrown into the creek,' while Jamas West was hanged and no trace of his 'body Is found. KENTUCKY MOB STORMS 11 1DLIMCR