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VOLUME XII
A GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON,
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1913.
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Namesless Child, Girl and Kan, Make
Conspicuous Trio la White Slave
Case Bun ta Earth Here Confes
sions of Jtan in the Case Throw
Pitifnl Phase of Criminal History.
' Snugly content on the bosom of hla
prlaoner-motlier Implicated in white
slavery and worse than beast prac
tices, a nine-weeks' old babe la in
the city jail today by force of cir
cumstance. It is not the babe that
the officers of the- law. seek and the
officers this time are arms of the fed
eral government, but the mother and
aad the child's father that are en
tangled In the meshes of law minions
that hie their victims penitentiary-
ward. If half of what has been con-
Jessed to and what the officers claim
as evidence. Is true, the .man, woman
and babe form the basis of the most
pitiful, nauseating, contemptible,
beast-nature, milk of human kindness
conglomeration that has ever blotted
the annals of local police history. '
Two confessions have been elicited
from the man who has spent several
months here and the police have
nroof that the couple came here from
Kelso, Washington, landing first' at
Pendleton and then coming on to
La Grande. This puts the matter un
der the white slave code and Port
land, federal officers have been noti
fied of the arrests and the conditions
leading up to them, by virtue of Im
porting from one state to another.
From what can be learned, and of
what the man told Officers Avant and
Walden the fellow picked up this
mere slip of a girl, pretty, keen of
eye and trim of figure, in Portand
about a year ago. They went to Kel
so, the story goes, and in less than
a week were foul of the law for al
leged immoral practices. They came
on to Pendleton and there made their
home for some time, but police here
are advised that they moved 'to La
(Grande after the man had been fined
everely for immoral practices. Af-
jter coming here, he obtained em
ployment ror a wnue, ana eventual i
(the girl, soon to be a mother, wos
mployed by the La Grande resiaur-
fcnt Yitit lnat that niatttan .Than fni
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h time, they went from'place to place-
.liere where they could obtain cheap
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odging, and It was during that per
od that Chief of Police Mcachlln
frew suspicious of them, and placed
utlooks on their trail.
Swede Explodes Game
This went on for some time until
Thursday night, a Swede laborer of
his city, exploded the alleged w'- ie
Haver.
This particular man was, !i, says.
ntloed to a certain room in almost
beart of the city, by the man In
uestlon who gives his nam.; as Saun
ers. and there met the woman.
Shortly afterwards, the ,- laborer
r.r.flded to the police tht hfl had
ten solicited to the houjt fo- Im-
oral purposes and furthermore, bad
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wede hlmso'f. However, 'hen Offi-
r Avant xT.t to arrest Saunders
a ws& confronted with a marriage
ertlflcifce, which the officer dlscov
red carried no seal and branded it as
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a fake.- He also found the babe in
the rooms. Leaving the mother and
child, he. took Saunders to jail and
on the way ' he confessed that the
girl was not bis wife, and ater reiter
ated the same story to Officer Wa'.den,
Proof that the couple crossed the
state line, and the story of'the labor
er make a damaging chain of evi
dence, clearly putting the .man in taa ,
white slave trade and furthermore
adds the crime of soliciting for im
moral purposes. Yesterday the offi
cials found It necessary to bring tbe
woman Into jail and they are there
today.
Girl Remarkable One.
Despite all. the girl hugs and kisses
the man who claims fatherhood to
the babe, and cries .out for mercy.
"Put me in the penitentiary but let
him go" is her appeal In the face of
circumstances too-horrible to permit
publication. She was his slave almost
intermittently through the winter and
immediately again after the crime
born baby came. Earmarks of hered
itary' diseases are plainly visible on
tbe face' of the little one which, still J
an ini&ni, snows noi wnere it is, nor
wbat Its' past. Hearts hardened by
constant touch with crime and crlmi
nas, B'eed with sorrow at the sight of
the pitiful scene that tbe Jail cells
hold.
Word from-' Portland relative to the
disposal, of the case is expected to
night or tomorrow.
In sharp contrast to the love, af
fection and . fidelity to her common
law husband is the spoken desire of
the man to leave the woman and get
away from the city if the police would
but allow it "She will stay with the
brute, for such he manifestly is if
half of the charges against him are.
true, until the last, and today when
she was led away to breakfast her
pretty face, undermined with fear and
worry, carries the earmarks of the
life she has led. She claims to be
82 year of age. i
REBELS PL ATI ATTACK.
Wtmen and Children Being; (Removed
From Sonora by Authorities. '
Douglas, Aris.,' Marph 21. Women
and children are being removed from
Cananea, .Sonora, in antkpation ot a
rebel attack! Colonels Calles and
Bracamonte have withdrawn from be
fore Waco, and joined forces with
General Cabral and Colonel Dieguez
at Delrio. ten miles north of Cananea-,
preparatory to an .attack.
Colonel Moreno is commanding the
federal troops at Cananea, with, but
three hundred men.
said to number 900.
The rebels are
MAIL HUNGER APPEASED.
After STonths of Isolation Dog Sleds
Brins; Kail to Fairbanks Today.
Fairbanks, Alaska, March 21. Mail
hungry mobs were surfeited today
when 15 dog sleds arrived with six
tons of mail from the south, the first
since the snow blockade near Cor
dova two .months ago. . It was the
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. BOYS OPPOSE CIGARETTES.
Secret Ballot Taken In Los Angeles
. Shows Stiff Opposition.
Los Angeles, March 21. Wore than
40,000 school boys In Los Angeles in
a secret ballot have asked the pas
sage of an antl-clgarette bill now In
troduced In the legislature at the. be
hest of the Southern California W. C.
T. U. It would prevent the manufac
ture as well as the sale of cigarettes.
Burke Takes Treasurerghip.
Chicago, March 21. Former Gover
nor Burke of North Dakota, leaves
Chicago this afternoon for Washing
ton to assume the duties of treasurer
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Monnf Glenn Residents Return
W. D. Campbell of Mount Glenn
returned to his home ater spcndii
the winter In Seattle. ,
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Bill KILLS H
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SHOOTS OCT ONE YK AND DE.
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CLOSE RANGE SHOT FIRED
Pinner Carrey, 'Son of Well Known
Baker Doctor Shoots at aad All but
Kills Prowler Attempting to Cain
Enhance to Rear of Urns; Store
, Man's Life Saved by Inches.
Baker, Ore., March' 21. Pinney
Currey, aged 20, son ot Dr. H. E. Cur
rey, proprietor' of a drug store here,
shot and seriously Injured a man
thought to he John Carroll, of St
Maries, Idaho, early today. '?
The victim is alleged to have been
trying to .break into the .back room
bere
young Currey . was sleeping.
The boy fired through tbe glass door,
a distance of only a few feet, and
poor aim alone saved blowing the
man's bead off. The left eye of the
robber is destroyed, and the victim of
the shot will net be able S-0 talk here
after. '
WALLS1NGER FUNERAL SUNDAY
Remains Are Blow at the Wallslnger
' , Home for Friends to Yiew.
. . . Them.
',, The, funeral arrangements for the
late., pioneer Mrs. Ellas WaHslnger,
who died Id Portland yesterday, are
completed. The funeral will be held
from the Allcel church as soon as
the train arrives Sunday morning
and interment will take place In the
Summervllle cemetery. The remains
can now be viewed by those who de
sire. E MPHREYS ARE NERVOUS.
Are Spending Last Day . in Death
4 Chamber at Salem Prison.
- Salem. Ore., March 21. Silent, sul
ient and nervous Charles and George
Humphreys are passing the last day
in death tells at the state peniten
tiary. Tomorrow at eight o'clock
they will be executed for the murder
of Mrs. Eliza Griffith. Everything in
the death chamber Is in readiness. ''
- Governor West has reiterated his
statement that no executive clemency
Is in store.
RUSH FOR POWERS AND LILLIES
Local Merchants to Dress Their DIs
. plajr Windows Nfcely.
Little attention Is being paid to
Good Friday here today. In Pendle-.
ton all' business houses took a halt
holiday and the churches generally
observed-ithe day with considerable
attention.. Here, only a portion of
the churches conducted services and
business went on as usual.
Anticipating excellent weather, al-j
inougn maj oe a inue uuiu, uitn-uaiiui
are preparing for a big rush of Eastor
shopping and some nobby window
decorations will loom before tomgt
row night. '
The local floral house Is doing an
extensive business and is supplying
a stiff demand for Utiles, roses and
flowers of all descriptions.
Salem. Marrli 21. After a continual
II :l:t bngun five years ago r tne
sotlp railroad coranvsalun, the Ore
g ui"w3"1towp-. tH'xv won a victory
lr obtaining from the railroads in
te sta.e a reduction of over 45 per
tent In freight rates on wool, lower
LOW WOOL RATES FIGHT WON
conclusions
Oil Fill's
CURE PREPARED
SURGEONS WILL ANNOUNCE THE
'OUTCOME OF INVESTIGATION
TWORROW, BRIEFLY
FINAL : FINDINGS DELAYED
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Patients Suffering Witt White PUgne
Are Warned Net to Try to Get
', Treatments Font German Savant
as He Is Net Permitted to Tr at All
Cases WllcUl Statement Is Oat
Washington. March 21 Conclusions
of the government health service so
far as conclusions have been reached
in the tuberculosis cure discovered
by Dr. Frledmanni will be made pub
lic in a brief statement tomorrow.
;Thls will he the first official declar
ation of the United States surgeons
who have been , investigating the
cure. ..... ( ,.
"We cannot tell how long it will
require us to determine the real value
ot the treatment," said United States
Burgeon Rucker today. ."I cannot pre
dict' how llong ou.' board will refuse
to feel absolutely sure In Its conclu
sions. Friedmann may have the whole
truth, half ot the truth, or no truth
at alL" .,' . :
. In the official statement -the gov
ernment" will warn the tuberculosis
sufferers not to travel seeking treat
ment from Friedmann as he Is allow
ed to treat only especially selected
esses.-and is still prevented 'by the
government from 'treating patients In
this country. -
California Woman Treated.
Monrovia, Cal., March 21. The Dr.
Friedmann treatment for tuberculosis
was administered today to- Mrs. Al
bert Erlckson by Dr. J. L. Pomeroy
and Dr. H. D. Phyle who obtained
the serum from Dr A. D. Held of
Pittsburg
CONSTANTINE TAKES OATH.
Brief Simple Ceremonies Attain When
New King Is Sworn In.
Athens, March 21. The oath was
administered today to King Constan
tino In tha nhnmhAi eif HAntitlAtt Thn
ceremonv was brief and .Imola. La- '
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tef the king left for Salonika andi"? ' wltCJhm!? Merted
will return next Thursday with the
body of his father.
DEPAftBTMENT CALLED OUT.,
Fire Near O.-W. Oil Honse Extinguish'
ed by Company Appliances.
. Late last evening the department!
was called out for the first time in
over a month by a fire burning some
oily waste near the O.-W. oil hpuse.
The company appliances were snffl
r'.dr.t to quench the blaze and 'A ater
was not needed from the city depart
ment sources.
POPE'S HEART WEAK.
Present Trouble 3fay Lead to Affile
, tion of the Heart Say Physicians
Rome, March 21. Vatican physi
cians have admitted that heart fail
ure attack, the pope unless he rallied
from his, present weakness. Since
stricken with Influenza It is said the
pontiff has been listless.
than obtained at the time the fight
was started. At a forma! bearing
held today the commission Issued an
pelling them to fine itz :ew tariffs,
order to all railroads In Oregon cora
effective May 1st, Tbe reduction af
fects all wool shipped in carload lots
from points in Oregon to Portland.
FIFTEEN III TO
BEEN KILLED
ALLIANCE IN TROUBLE.
Deible Padloek Attached to Door of
41r Street Print Slop,
The AUiance, Socialist organ of
thin city, is In a peck of trouble. Two
attachments have been filed this af
ternoon and a padlock bars the door
to the sanctum sanctorium ot the So
cialist publication. Both: Messrs.
Hamilton 'and Gekeler, proprietors of
the East' Oregoulan Publishing com
pany which printed the paper, uava
gone to Portland and today Ales Fra
sier, a former employe, served an at
tachment on the Institution. Officer
Faulk locked the place, and a moment
later Sheriff Hug appeared on the
scene with, an attachment started by
J. W. White who owns the bulidmjr
where the establishment was houa-Hh
Two padlocks are therefor on ' tbe
door and that there will be no more
Alliance for some time at least, is as
sured. The paper has just Issued a
special edtllon in whloh-bulness meu
were Induced to-supply advertlsiii',
only, to find that cuts, seven years
old and misleading, - were used and if
copies were distributed as promised,
will leave bad tastes in place of good
effects. Contributions In it smacked
of the obscene and Indecent. ' V '
Among those worrying about ac
counts is Councilman F. D. Halsten
who loaned the Institution ,a type
writer and it. too, is locked up with
the rest of the paraphernal.
. JOY .REDE FATAL...
Steei-inr Gear Breaks and Machine
Goes Over Embankment ' ' , '
San Francisco.' II arch 2 i. Mia
Lulu Adams is dead. Deputy Public
Administrator W, J. Hynes la serious
ly Injured, and two others are slight
ly hurt as r the result of a wreck of
an automobile in which they were re
turning to r the city from a beach re
sort toppling over au embankment
Tbe machine was gonlg 20 miles an
hours when the steerign gear broke.
James McElroy, an Insurance broker
who was driving the machine. Is ar
rested on a; manslaughter charge.
ARBITRATION PROMISED.
( hlcairo Switchmen Agree to Let Ar
bitration Board Take Case.
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'CB. iuarcp si. nepresenia
' aii-Mie uuojr o; uociuiug to suDmu
grievances against 19 rallraods cen
tering here, to a conciliation "board
consisting of Judge Knapp of tbe
commerce court. Labor Commission
er Nelll, 'ad Commerce Comissloner
Clark. 'I.;.,,-, v r ;
EATON CASE SPREADS. f
Local Knsyect's Name Being With
held ly the Police. v ;
Plymouth, Mass., March 21. Anoth
er arrest is expected as a result of the
mysterious poisoning of Admiral
Eaton. . The name of a local suspect
Is being kept secret. A special grand
jury will convene next week to con
sider the latest developments In the
case. r ' ' '
vSECRETjAIEYSIfir OFFERED.
Jerry SnlHxan of Des Moines Said to
Be Successor to Wilson.
Des Moines, la,, March 21. Reports
are current today that Bryan has of
fered Jerry Sullivan of Des Moines,
the position of assistant secretary of
state. No statement was obtainable
a to wheher Sullivan will accept or
not. , ' . -
Day and Nlebt Equal
Touay and tonight will be precisely
of the same length. From today on
the days will become of longer Jura
tion than the nights.
Paris, March 21. Jean Barthou has
accepted the premiership In succes
sion to Artatkta Brland, who resign
ed this week.
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TWEHTY STATES
MILLIONS LOST IN CROPS BY THE
' LATEST FREAK OF STORK
WEATHER.
RAILROAD SEfivTcE STALLED
Sltaation About Chicago, In Indiana, '
Minnesota and West to Montana Is
Declared to Be the Worst of tte
'Winter Several Towns Are Rated
and Nnmber of Dead Many.' !
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DEATH TOTAL ALREADY Si.
Chicago, March 2t. Twenty-
one deaths and 500 Injured ia the ;
storm bliixard toll which, is rag-
lng In nearly icvery state east ot
vwontana. The most fauiitles
occurred in Arkansas, Louisiana .
4 and Missouri where several
townu are reported to be wiped
out. - The crop damage la estl-
mated at two and a hafl mil- ,
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Memphis, March 21. Twelve are
reported killed and nearly 200 Injured
some of them fatally, by a tornado
which has swept over the states of
Arkansas and . Missouri. Several
towns were rased. Four are report
ed dead at Hoxie, an Arkansas town
which was practically destroyed.
Seven were killed and tne hundred
Injured at Popular Bluff, Missouri,
one was killed and 10 hurt at Walnut
Ridge. Popular Bluff was practically '
wiped out.
iMeagre reports say that the dam- .
age in Eastern Arkansas will reach
a million,, r The fruit cron in the
Ozark mountain districts are badly
damaged. , .
Five Killed at Saline.;. . .
Shrevesport, La,,. March 21. Five-
were killed and 30 injured last night
1 na cyclone which destroyed Saline,
60 miles here with a population of
200.. . Sixty bulldinn are deuiollahml
and relief trains have been rushed "
from' here. : j - '
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. Chicago. March , 2L Shivering in
one of the worst blizzards of the win
ter. Chicago Is gripped in the grip
of storms again today. Wire service
Is-crippled and street car traffic-demoralized
by a terrific gale. Reports
from Milwaukee, Wis., tell of four
Inches of snow already ' fallen and
now. whipped by a blizzard, and .more ,
snow Is promised. Railroad service
is at a 'standstill, everywhere In the
mlddlewest.
- Blown From Engines Dying.
John Frederick was .blown from a
locomotive tender and fatally Injured.
Mrs. Mary Williams was blown under
the hoofs of a team ot horses and
badly hurt. !
All trains east and northwest are
many hours late and reports indicate
that the same is true as' far west as
Montana and that every state between
here and there is suffering from the
storm. The storm has assumed pro
portions of a blizzard everywhere to
day. South Dakota, (Minnesota, Ne
braska, Iowa and Illinois are the
storm centers. Communication with
a score of cities is cut off and it Is
believed news ot deaths and fatal in-'
juries will come from many of them
when the wires are restored.
Over a Score Injured.
A score of persons in this vicinity
have been Injured by tbe storm which
this afternoon U sweeping over 20
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