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LA GRANDE, UNION COHNTT. OREGON, f SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1911
NUMBER 203
MAIL CAB RIFLED AND ROBBERS
; : THKN ESCAPE WHEN TRAIN '.'
IS STOPPED.
POSSE
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Two Keif Hold Man Clerks at. Bay
i Whtle Valuable Are Taken Only Or
jV binary Shipment of Money on That
Train Clerks Are Prisoners Until
' i U Train Reached Stowing- Place Both
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Drain, Oregon, June 17.-Aposse
"j'headed by Sheriff Qulne' pflpseburj,
la today searching the hflla'abovt fott-
cealla for two robbers, who at mld-
jilght boarded th Southern "Pacific's
- crack Shasta limited here and entered
the mall cars and rifled the sacks,
While the- clerks, Samuel Grimes, John
', Myer and James Gray, all of Portland
were compelled to stand In the corner,
v j It Is not known how much the rob
bers secured but It Is believed only
the usual valuable were carried. Af
ter robbing the sacks, the outlaw's
atted pleasantly until Yoncealla was
reached when they stopped the
train by the -emergency signal and
jumped : and disappeared. They were
both of medium height, clean shaven
and unmasked. The fact -that a rob
bery was tinder way wag unkown to
the train crew. Hie alarm was given
and the posse was on the trail soon
afterwards.
No Valuables Aboard. "'.
Portland, June 17. The Shasta lim
ited left this city at 6 q'clock last
night. Assistant Chief Clerk Graves
of the Portland postofllce says it had
only the usual shipment of valuable.
Engine (rippled1, too.
grants Pass. .Ore., June 17. The
asta limited, south .bound, which
, was robbed last night, limped into this
ctty this morning with a crippled en
; glne. The delay was caused by the
robbery and a leak In the engine.
driven, from the saloon. Section Fare.
man Moran, against whom the men are
aia io nave jiad a grudge, was stabbed
by one of the rioter. Several parties
saw the blow which- was struck on the
left side, apparently close to the fore
man's heart.
Breaking- away .from the) crowd the
asstYant of Moran faced down Wehh
street and near the corner of Webb and
uaraen was captured. He was brought
back in custody of Sheriff Taylor and
Officer Sansbury.t Meanwhile four of
the riders had been arrested and
placed in Jail. ,' i '
Jim Corral. Lee Davla and Hal Hnrhv
were among the witnesses to the stab
bing and with other wer taken over
to identify the man who wielded the
Knire. . xne two normer were among
those who Joined in the pursuit when
the man rim around the corner and
are posture mat tne offlcers have the
rlo-hf man .'
BOY BANDiT CONFESSES.
Tells Authorities "of String of Crimes
ValleJo. Cal.. June 17. -With all Ma
bravery gone, Fcad Melville, the dime
novel Danait wno Held on a posse for
two days near Via city and later was
captured at Btfneeiafttado jr.crmiplete
uuuiession ioaay io yjgnc? v&xlorney
Joseph Raines. He told of various
robberies, extending from Snn rran.
Cisco to San Bernardino extending oyer
o fwioa bp mreajrears. i tit iso con
fessed ..that . he , served a penitentiary
sentence of one rear. Ma In Sin vn
bld,?,and,is ,ca,rged with jobbery and
noM-..f lit- . A A J i .
oooaun Klin uuem to commit muraer;
The Future of Persia Discussed.
Washington. D. C, June 17: The
second day of the annual conference
of the Persian-American Educational
Association began here this morning
-!1'V wlth an ,ntere8t'n session at the pub
,:f:JIc library. Among the 'speaker s and
;'.V ,;i their topics were the following: "The
.7 ;; ; V Future of th e Orient and the Respon
sibility or America," Prof. Arnaull
Oelmont, Washington D. C; "Recl
oclty," Howard McNutt, New' York,
"Persia's International Relations,"
Prof. Hermann Schoenfeld, George
Washington university: 'Persia and
i the Constitution," Henry C. Flnkel
steln, attache of the, Persian legation,
and "American . Breakers Ahead o
Persia," Dr? Edward Getslnger, Wash
ington D. C.
LEAVES LATE
NEW SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE SUN
DAY CHANGES ONE TRAIN, c
Time Table In Keeping tilth. Shorter
Time With Terminal j.
GURUS ACCUSED LatiOOIJ SHORT
LATE ARREST : VISITORS
INDIANAPOLIS GRAND JCRI IN.
"DICTS NOTED DSIECTIVE
4 AND OTHERS.
GOVERHOR IS KuteaTEb
CORONATION IS AOT DRAWING EX-
PECTED CROWDS FROM ,
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tm 'EJTS FIRST BENT
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PENDLE
SflSECTION FOREMAN
ISjDANGER.
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; SUbblng Vesterday May Lead to Death
Vlclm AUve Today.
Pendleton,' June 17 (Special)" Jack
Moran, the section foreman stabbed by
a foreigner here yesterday afternoon,
was still alive this noon and has
finances to recover.'
lifj Tf.ie foreman was stabbed by Greek
r or Italian laborers during a mad and
, exciting riot In -the Martin Anderson
saloon in the Hotel Bowman building
at 3:30 yesterday afternoon. The trou
v ble started inside the saloon In which
place the saloon meV say the forelgn-
", ers forced themselves against their
. will. The police were called-and 'to
Quell the disturbance Chief of Police
Gurdane and Officer Staniberry grab
bed pick axe Dandle, and attacked the
dirolariern rlsrht nkiil loft
Whilt the unruly crowd was being
By virtue of a new passenger sched
ule on the main line, traveling facili
ties between La Grande snd Portland,
west bound, will be a great inconven
ience over its present arrangement.
Time table No. 5 which reached La
Grande this morning, carries out the
policy of curtailing tl3 running time
between Portland and Chicago, and
bring No. 3, the night train from the
east, to La Grande I t 1:15 a. m . In.
stead of 11-05 p.m. .as at present. ThereJ
ere no otner cnanges in the present
running schedule. The new order of
things become effective at midnight
Sunday, the usual time for changing
schedules.
The new running "time for No. 5.
always popular for La Grande and
Eastern Oregon travelers bound for
Portland will get Into Portland at
12:45'p m. an hour and 20 minutes la
ter than at present. This provides for
more, than a half day of daylight rid
ing, a situation unpopular with busl-
ItOQI Tnan In MnnAMil .
I w ecuciai an a ruie lor
iuougn me aiirerenoe in leaving time
la xnl U i a v .
""'J1 buoui iwo nours, ana tne run
ning time to Portland is slightly re
duced; the trip will be one requiring
inconvenience In getting out of La
Grande and spollg the following dav
In a business way. '
There are np changes on the Jo
seph branch either, those trains run
ning after Sunday as now. -
. . . Tale Commencement Week.
New Haven, Conn.,. June 17 All New
Haven Is in a gay and festive mood In
anticipation of the week of gala exer
cises Incident to the annual commence
ment at Yale ' university. Scores of
blue banners are flying in the breeze
and trains are bringing in delegations
of old graduates from the four quarters
of the earth. The estimate- is for up
wards of 5,000 reunlonlsts.1 The first
attraction for the early arrivals la the
Dramatic association's presentation of
the "Knight of the Burning Pestle"
on the college campus tonight. In
Wbolsey hall tomorrow morning Pres
ident Hadley will-deliver the bacca
laureate address. Class day" exercises
will be held Monday and Tuesday will
be given over to the alumni,,. The grad
uation exercises will take place Wed
nesday. ' ; ' ''
Burns Held Chiefly Responsible for
Kidnapping of Dynamite Suspects
Several of Those Connected Are Set
Free Eight Indictments In All Cen.
ter About the. Famous Detective
pniintv rrxnff 1n rr tndav rptnrned plirht
indictments m conpequon wiia in ait ;
toira VMnannlno- dvnnmltln oa4
brought' to light by the arrest of the
Ankeies.tIJ ' .&U AUO-'A: Ml
- Detective William Burns was' indict
ed for alleged complicity In John Mc?
Namara'B removal to California. Mc-
Nnmnrn war indlrtAd for rtvunmitlnir
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thus accused and accuser are in trou
ble. . Ar - ' , ..
Others Are Released. -
Thn renort recommpnd that . Walter
Drew and Attornev. W . PVird. aRanrl-
ate district attorney of Los Angeles,
and Chauffeur Fox whfr drove the car
in which McNamara was spirited away
be ret ased rrom bond and tne kldnap
nlnar Vasea aealnst them, dismissed.
Judge Grundy fue(j a minority report
saying n.e- oeuevea more snouia nave
ueen maiciea in connection wun tne
case. After the renort wa fllei Juden
Markey and Prosecution Attorney Ba-
Ker neia a long secret conference. :
It ia renorted that Denntv Sheriff
Hessick of Los Angeles was also In
dicted. Tne grnnd Jury's report up
holds Governor Marshall's action In
honoring the requisition for McNam
ara and condemns Burns methods in
spiriting McNamara from the state
without opportunity to secure coun
sel. "DynamitinK Is an atrocious
crime," Bald the report, ."and kidnap
ping; is equally Indefensible."
McNamara is charged in the indict
ment with conspiracy to blow up the
Industrial Iron Works at Peoria and
conspiracy in connection with thn dvn.
amltlng of the Pekin Union Railway In
Peoria.. The other names are kept s
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SEAMEN'S STRIKE SEI30US, :
More Ships Tnable to Sail ReruusV of
Strike Now Under Way.
Burden. Sheedy Wedding
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.. Denver, Colo., June 17: Mr. .1.
Townseod Burden, Jr.,1 who came to
Denver a few months ago to act as
best man t0 Robert L. Livingstone,
whOBe marriage to Miss Marie Sheedy
was ona of the big events of the social
season, was today married to Miss
Florence Sheedy the Younger Bister of
Mrs. Livingston. The ceremony was
performed at the Sheedy home by
Bishop M. Burke of the diocese of
Missouri, a greatuncle of the brida.
The bride Is the second daughter ol
Dennis P. Sheedy, who Is prominent
In financial circle In the west, being
vice president of the International
Smelting -company and a director of
numerous banks and industrial tsorpor
ations In Colorado. -! ' - .
Mr. Burden is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. I. Townsend Burden of New York
and $ brother of; the Misses Evelyn
and dwendolyn Burden, wht are prom
Inent in sockty In New York and New
port. Mr. Burden was graduated from
Harvard in 1897, and from the Har
vard law school two years later
dls
the
New Jersey Bar Meeting.
' Atlantic City, June. 17.-j-Many
tlngulshed. . representatives of
bench and bar of this and neighboring
states filled the assembly room of the
hotel Chelsea . today when Judge How
ard Carrpw, of Camden, called to or
der the, annual" meeting of tht New
Jersey "State ,Bar association. The
meeting will continue over tomorrow
and the program promises one of the
most notable gatherings In the history J
Heading the list I
London); Juno 17. Th
strike Is assumintr mnr orinna I . n..
i ., ,z . . v,v ui iu HBBuciauon. iiuuuinE me 1181
, luiiiuiis louai. imnareji. or roomita j - i
arejolning the idle men. The steamer 01 8Pealter re Governor Woodrow
I Minneapolis was' unable to sail today Wilson and Chief Justice Pennewll, !
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London Stand's All but Ready to Open
Final Exercises of Coronation Week
Details of Arrangements Looked Af
ter -London Hotels Say Americans
Are Not Flocking to Vaton Quota
"Curtailed Een..r,
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London, June 17. All London is now
Jn .curl papers, awaiting the gorgeous
spectacles 6t the oronatfon The pfes-'
nt aspect of the town is rather topsy
turvy, but i aday or two more of work
on ?the ecoratioDS Is, lexpected' , to
transform everything. At present tha
sight and smell of many, miles, of new
timber flung out against a norma) gray
background make the metropolis a
strange p")ice even to Its own inhabi
tants. As rapidly as the huge grand
stands are completed they are brightly
draped ' and befiagged. Most of the
private' decorations, especially tho
costly and elaborate set pieces, have
been covered with waterproof cloth to
protect them from rain, and until these
coverings are removed it Is Impossible
to divest the town of Its curl paper ap
pearance. , .
Crowd's Already Enormous.
There is no longer any doubt as to
the popular attitude toward the coro
nation festilties. The enormous and
growing crowds and the babel of for
eign tongues give unmlstakeable evi
dence of the public Interest In the
event. Every day this week has seen
crowds traversing the routes of the
processions to view the decorations.
Arlst6cratlc equipages, of the wealthy,
the humble market cart of the coster
and his family, breaks carrying tour
ists of every nationality, are driven
over the routes, while on the sidewalks
are dense masses of slowly moving
pedestrians. There are many provln
traln Is added to the crowds. In Tra
falgar Square and In gome of the thor
oughfares leading from that point tho
congestion was so great today that the
omnibusses sometimes found It almost
Impossible to proceed.
American Visitors Not So Numerous.
Visiting Americans are largely In
evidence at some of the leading hotels,
but the talk of an unprecedented num
ber of visitors from the other side of
the water Is all bosh. Londoners whose
business constantly brings : them in
contact with the toiirlst classes one
and all declare that there, are not so
many Americans In England now as at
this time a year ago. This statement
Is borne out by the opinions of the
steamship officials, who declare that
ample accommodations could be found
on any liner leaving New York, Boston
or Philadelphia so far this summr.
The preliminary scare about the dan
ger of overcrowding may have kept
some of the Americans away; All the
best hotels complain that their regu
lar American guests did not come this
year. The proprietors do not appre
ciate the officials and other guests of
all nationalities who have taken their
places.
Many Canadians on HandV
The statements . regarding the ab
sence of American visitors do not ap
ply, however, to the Canadians. It
does not take a very observant , eye b
detect the fact that visitors from Can.
da are more numerous Id London to
day. thait vW j before.' Parties? from
Montreal. Tordnto, ilalifai, "Ottawa
and from Winnipeg, Vancouver and
other cltieg of the west are to b
found, registered at nearly .every ho
tel. The dominion premiers and par
liamentarlans.. with the, official guests
from the other colonies, are being
elaborately entertained. Today the
parliamentary visitors, nearly all of
whom are accompanied by their wives
and families, became the guests of the
nation and during the ensuing three
weeks they will he entertained as such.
Tonight they dine at the . Waldorf ho
tel and tomorrow evening they will bi
the guests of the -Royal, Automobile
club at a supper and reception. The
formal luncheon of welcome will takj
place in Westminster, hall Monday. ;
Elaborate Police Precautious. ?
the police are taking the most elab
orate precautions to prevent panics or
other catastrophes on the days of the
big parades. The possibility of Are
in sbme of the mammoth grand standi
along the rpute ha8 been given the ut
most consideration. Almost ! every
where are hand grenades galore, while
lire extinguishers are freely distribut
ed about. It is probable that the police
will follow the same plan adopted at
the last coronation of erecting strong
barricades at the converging streets
so as to prevent any enormous crush
of people. t The usual calculation for
lining , streets with soldiers Is. 10.000
troops per mj!j?, hut this Is, only for" a
single rank on; eachslde ot this street
and' the figure? have vto' be jaodifleJ'
where, as, in the present case, there
'r many points of 'thj route ,at which
double ranks are" tiecessaryana 'oth
ess Wbre considerable bodies of
rbp(js must be massed. -It. is pfobablu
that 60,000 soldiers ofall ranks will U
required for this purpose. ' 1 -
IMBLER CLUB
0R1IED
IS
SUMMERYILLE TO FALL IN LINE
. TONIGHT.
Imbler Has Elected and SuramerYllle
to Do go This Evening. ;
Imbler, June 17. (Special With
determination and spirit that will spell
success, Imbler. last, night organized
an : active commercial club with 14
charter members and many more anx
ious to Join, Recruiting farmers to the
ranks of the club is going on with
success. The club will not become af
filiated with the Fruit Growers' union
as 'first planned when the two clubs
were dlscused as under one body. Tha
club had an excellent start. Publicity
Manager S.' M. Slough of La Grande
was present and lent a hand to the
formation. The club meets again next
Friday when further matters . will be
taloen up, all looking toward the devel
opment of Imbler and Its many re
souces.v ;' ?
G. L. Sawyer, "a, prominent i fruit
grower, was elected president of the
club, 'Mr. Sawyer has considerable
money interests In and about Imbler
and has become an ardent booster for
Union county. J, P. Larsen was elect
ed vice president, and'F. N. Hoffedttz
both progressive citterns secretary
treasurer. - '
There are many subjects to be han
dled by the club and all Imbler it con
fident of the very best success accru
ing from this association. ;
OTIS BIB
ATTACK Of
ROOSEUELT
CLASSES COLONEL WITH ANANIAS
MANCIIl'SEN AND OTHERS
OF THEIR TYPE.
TIMES IS MlSINTEIlFaETEO
General Otis Points Out 1u flpply t
Roosevelf Outlook Article, That th
Colonel If "Reversing Himself Dewa
ward" Roosetelt's Robe9 of Politi
cal Many Uned Asserts Editorial Toi
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1 Los Angeles',. June 17. In a lengthy
article In the Times today Gener&l
Otis replied to. Colonel Roosevelt' ed
itorial, entitled "Mr. Oompers, Gener&l
Otis ani the Dynamite Charges," pub
lished in the current issue of the Out
look. .. Otis editorially roasts the colo
nel, ;eylP In .Part that Roosevelt
would put Ananias, Baron Munchausen,
or "pther illustrious , Romans to
shame, r The many-colored robe of Jo
seph AVas sombre compared with tha
coloring of the -Rooseyejt political
robe." -r'.,'. i,,.!'--'.. i::
He accused the colonel, of bias mis
representation oMihe times' stand ia
the McNamara' case and reiterates
the Times was dynamited, and say
the Times wants the McNamaras to
have a fair trial and ends with "Colo
nel Roosevelt, the disappointed poli
tician and virtuous vaultsr, is steadily
revising and reversing himself down
ward.", r-' :. . ?,v :
DESMOND IS LIBERATED.
Man Accused of Robbing Store Fonnd
Not Guilty by Jury Today. , ;
James Desmond, arrested some time
ago on a charge of robbing the N. K.
West store by letting himself in from
the roof with a rope, and placed on
trial in the circuit court today, was
liberated by a Jury returning a not
guilty verdict. Desmond was defended
by Attorney R. Joseph Gre,en, a young
attorney recently joining ' partnership
with Charles Albert- Small. This is
Mr. Green's first term as' an attorney
practicing before the local , circuit"
court. ; 'V ) ' V ' .; .
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SUMMERYILLE TO ORGANIZE.
Great Den! of Interest Taken lu For.
mstlon There Tonight.
Summervllle, June 17. (Special)
Summervllla has swung Into commer
cial club ranks and tonight, with the
assistance of Mr. Slough of La Grande
assistance of Mr. Slough of La
Grande's club, will perfect an organi
zation which was unanimously want
ed here. Yesterday Mr. Slough secur
ed liberal maintenance subscriptions
for the proposed club, being met with
liberal donations from eight of nine
business men wen. The citizen of
Summervllle are heartily in accord
with the formation of this club tonight
and will lend every possible aid to Its
perfection. Matters looking toward
the proper development of flummer
vllle and tributary country, will be
taken up, and handled with the very
best possible. ; ;
THREE BANDS FOR THE FOURTH.
WlUliim AHInson Announces Contract
' for Third Band Here That Day,
La Grande and Union bands will
not be the only musical "manufactur
ing1 organizations In La Grande July
Fourth for William Alllnson, king of
affairs, last evening closed a contract
tor a 10, piece band tto b here that
day. Every day sees some new feature
added to tbt attractions. ' '
Business Men to Ylsit Europe, f
; Boston. Mass.." June 17. A party of .
one hundred .American business men
sailed on the; Cunard liner Carmanla
today for a tour of European cities to-.
study bijiinesa and economic condi
tions.' The tour was organized by the
Boston chamber of commerce and In
cludes' delegates from New York, Phil
adelphia. Detroit, -Chicago and other
cities, the party will visit England.
France, Germany, Belgium,- Austria -and.
Switzerland. 1 The members will
seek first hand Information regarding -the.
best things that are being done. Jo;
European centers of industry and ob
serve European methods of handling:
and solving industrials commercial
and municipal problems. ; :
LA TOILETTE IS
C H 111 D I D TE
ALLOW8ANN0UN CEMENT TO BE
MADE It WASHINGTON, i
La Fellete and a Chance to Wla or
Taft and Sure Defeat, 81gan.
Washington, June 17. It became
known today that R. M, La Follette Is
a candidate for the republican nomi
nation for the presidency. The state-,
ment was made with "his knowledge
and consent today. La - Follette'
frknds say he is ready to battle with
President Taft to the end. i
The Wisconsin senator, they say, 1
certain of one third of the delegates
of the national convention and will
have for a slogan, "La Follette and a
chance to win, or Taft and sure de
feat." " Vw.-, ' :.;,.-, ',
v La Follette will not make a formal
announcement until lff . , i
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