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LIBEL SUITS
'SEATTLE
DAILIES ; .'AND . ONE
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Editors of Three Papers In. Seattle In-
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dieted by Grand Jury1 for Publishing
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SeattIe--Eacl,EdUor-,ndcted 0n '
Charges
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Seattle, June lS.Editors Allen . J
Blethan and C. B. Blethan, of the Se
attle Times,- lieroy Sanders ot the Se
attle Star and Edward Clay ton; of
weekly publication, were indicted on a
. criminal libel charge Iby the granu
jury today following a prolonged in
vestigation of charges by these men in
their respective papers, that gr,aft ex
isted in county affairs, . The county
officials were Censured for 'methods
Used in handling funds.: No indict
ments were returned against the of
ficials. . , , '
The editors of the Times were in
r dieted for publishing a story that Joe
Jarvis, a member of the Hulet-Wells
faction of socialists, was missing with
a thousand dollars. 'JAk-
The indictment of the editor of the
Star is based on an article containing
charges by the Pomona Grange that
the commissioners were mismanaging
and wasting funds for paving, and
othed contracts. The .charge against
the weekly is based on . an attack
against the superior judges : .
More Delay Is Asked For.
Washington, June 17. Hinting at
sensational "developments in the mon
ey trust probe, Representative Henry
vf Texas, issued another appeal for
delay of currency legislation until tli
Tujo committee finishes. : He insisted
he was not opposing the Wilson plan
but merely asks for delay." (
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" Old Josephite Dead. .
Joseph, Ore., June 18. (Special)
The death of Ole Miller, a retired mer
chant, occurred yesterday. He was
born in Denmark. ' For manv years
he has lived in Joseph and followed
the occupation of .merchant.,; He has
een verv ill with paralysis. He is
urvived by a wife and four children,
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PIERCES HEART
OSEPH RESIDENT
MEETS
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STANT DEATH.
ged Man Goes Squirrel Hunting and
Meet Quick Death. ;
Joseph, June 18. (Special) Sun-
ky, while squirrel hunting, Chas. Og-
irn was shot through the heart,
eath was probably accidental as the
d gentleman was alone at the time,
e is urvived by three sons and a
kughter. His wife has been dead
r a number of years. .
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City-Peare Litigation
Again in Court; : This . -
Ti ma iFtnoJ eHef
v inai condemnation proceedings that,
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u? purposed w conclude, with a jury
naming tne precise amounV of dam-
which the l7 of I Grande must
pay to J. H. ifaw-fqr .'building the
terminus andma,in canal sewer pipe
front) of the Peare property in the
eaatera. outskirts, of thev city, ' were
?em.menced this afternoon when City
Attorney J. P. Rusk, representing the
city, and W. B, Sargent, attorney, anJ
J. H, Peare, defendant, enured. Vnto
what many believe, to be the, 'ast b
of a long an$ quatt'elqornft' litfati?
-The pipe, was, xm Vm&w . . ?
vi the nmjp"7 ' ?al
t j-vyvivj ouu nit several
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For the purpose) learning, more
of the law passed by the legislature
pertaining toforest" protection,' and
j.ur ine iurtner purpose. ot pertecting a
Vorking organization jin Union and
Walfowa counties among timber own
ers in order to"-combat the 'possible
fires in the forest? . during1 the ' dry
dangerous months, a meeting of all
timber owners has beenicalled,on Fri
day afternoon, June 20th, at 2' oclock
in the Commercial club'; rooms of La
Grande. ;
Under the new. law lethjrgy (and
part of timber owners jfor the State
oBard. of Forestry is empowered by
this statute to act where timber own-
ers, fail to do so, and establish suit-
able fire' 'patrols taxing" he expense
of such work up to. the timber lands, y,.
, P." A.' Elliott, 'state forester, will be
YOST WILL AT THAT TIME EX
PLAIN AGENCY.
Meeting of Vital Importance to Orch
ardist Is Set.
On Saturday, June 28 all fruitmen of
Union county and representatives, of
all fruit organizations are urged to
meet at . the Commercial club at 1:30
o'clock to hear presented the plan of
the newest selling agency adopted in
Hood River. North Yakinfa and other
big fruit centers this year. ; W. N.
Yost the Idaho agent for the concern,
who .was here a few days ago, has
written to Sherwood Williams of 1m-
bler asking him to announce a meet
ing on the date named. At that, time
the advisability of establishing a
branch sub-agency here, or of simply
becoming members of the big con
cern, known as the Pacific Northwest
Distributors, will ' be taken up and
acted upoil The agency is popular in
all the big centers where various agen
ties have been tried out The meeting
means much to th growers and be
cause of this will likely attract a big
attendance. : .'"
INTERVIEWS MORE FREQUENT,
President Wilson Calls Scribes Into Of
fice Midweek to Deny. Report.
Washington, June 18. Breaking his
custom of talking to newspapers at
only certain periods, President Wit
son called correspondents to his office
to refute today the reports that Demo
cratic leaders had . disagreed on-the
currency reform program. He said
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JolcAaoo, uwen anu umss, m timigo i
the legislation, are in entire accord.
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TJWIBER OWNERS TO MEET SOON
FRIIITU WILL
MEET JUNE 28
GIIANDE," OREGON, WEDNESDAY JtTNE 18, 191$;
places -the topography of the
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way along which it is built is. such ht,
.the pipe, runningon a. ttrttgft'"
centage of slope, rjta th L.
face of , the gtdvnisV. 8
and ingress t"".
hindering egress
the Peare property,
This condi,
nn iina AviofAl aliftnf . turn
ye-nd recently Mr. Peare won.' a
.7' or eiecunnnr. hilt: lrtiilnfwtH,.tAtn.
, rary, were obtained and now. to rem
edy what the city finds to be the chief
fault, the condemnation proceedings
have begun, v The result of this case
nTay hot necessary terminate thv liti
gation bul such at least is the hope; of
all concerned. ' .
in -attendance at the meeting and will
giveihe men;henefit"of his ideas
on fire, proectionjv which have been
gained by constant study of existing
cpndit4.ona and by. observation, of the
manner 'in which other timbered lo
calities' are handling the problems
sit is '.earnestly requested that all
owners of standing timber be present
at the meeting, but in, case an, owner
cannot be present, it is' best for him
to address a communication to the fol
lowing permanent committee setting
forth his ideas as to what should be
done. The letter will be read in the
meeting and the jowner's wishes, re
corded. The standing committee is-
composed of George , Palmer , of the
George Palmer Lumber company, Aug,
J. Stang of Mfc Emily Timbec Co., and
John T; Williamson.
STREET TOURS,
LA GRANDE BAND TO RENDER
- FIRST PROGRAM.
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Free Street Concert to Be Given Here
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After one postponement for -very
good reasonsythe La Grande band has
set Thursday night for its initial band
concert -of the year. Prof. Benne
deti today prepared the appended pro
gram for the Thursday evening musi-j
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1st "The Cavalier March," R. B. Hall
2nd "Overture,'.' Orion , .F, H. Losey
3rd "The Battle Royal," T. S." Allen
4th "Upon the Sea,' waltz, C Alvarado
5th ''Flower Girl," intermezo. .. '
k....1.P. Wenrich
6th "Golden Rod," ..... .M. McKinley
7th "March,", Berrys U. S. Re-
public .'. ...... C. E. Duble
UNION RESIDENT HURT.
Man Falls From Horse and Is Badly
Injured Scalp Fractured.
Union, June 18. (Special) Be-
cause he fell from a plunging horse
at 1 o'clock this afternoon, C. A;" Cad-
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well of the firm of Smith ft Cadwell
is in a serious condition this after
noon. He was thrown from a horse
he was riding with a halter and- no
bridle, when the animal became fright-,
ened and ran away, plunging wildly.
The man struck the cement sidew&lk
and his head was badly bruised and
the scalp crushed by the fall. He is
in a precarious condition.
FIERI ON
PULLED I'lES
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BIG NEWS ASSOCIATIONS IN
HARMONY WITH FIGHT ON -
FREE SUGAR.
LOBBY HEiRS SEHSATIOHS
Legislate Railroads and Editors AU
JOrer the . Country wWere Brought
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Into., Iay; by Fight on' Fre Sugar
Today Show Interest Taken; Month
5, Washington, June lS.-Oomplete ex
posure of a; gigantic plot, through the
use of newspapers and certain news
distributing agencies, whereby the su
gar interests daringly engaged in the
manufacture of public- sentiment
against free sugar, is predicted -W the
senate , committee investigating the
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sented from C. C.; Hamblin; a proml-
nent Michigan sugar manufacturer,
which presume to show the Associate
edP.ass American Press association,'
and .he American Newmanpr TTninn
freely lent services to the sugar lobby.
senator Keed said: .
"I want the country to get the full
particulars and full significance of
these letters. , I want them to know
the sugar people are using every weap
on backed by , limitless wealth, and
have been fighting to defeat free su
gar.' . l hey conducted' a campaign to
influence legislators, , railroads o and
newspapers."."',
A fruitless fight was made against
the reading of other correspondence
showing the sugar publicity methods,
by John Yerkes, counsel for ; Henry
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. Another letter unsigned, -written to
Oxnard, stated that Collins was anx
ious for v Taf t in ' the situation and
hoped there was some way to make
knowii his doubt of ability to carry
California, Colorado, Idaho, 1: Utah.
Michigan." lf we cannot head him off
wenight get a promise of him elative
to suirar and tobacco industries.; He
asked me suggestions for action," said
the letter referring regarding "prom-'
ises" to Wilson. ,;. , , I
NATIVES ON MARTINIQUE IN
GREAT ALARM.
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Great Loss of Life a Few Days Ago
May Be Repeated Soon.
. St Pierre, Martinique, June 18. A
severe earthquake shock on the island
is causing great terror.' ;
It is reported rumblings have beeA
heard from Mount Pelee, which erupt
ed a few days ago causing a great loss
of life. ' No casualties reported from
today's disturbance. , - . , '
Oliver Case Drag". '
The Oliver case in circuit court is
slow to get to the jury, and though it
was expectea the stage would be
cleared for the next case this after
noon, the Oliver case dragged far into
the afternoon. . ,
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GIVES WARNJMG
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CARDINAL C? CABRIERS.
Bielwp f th OloeW ef
MontpellUis In lrr--rr
FREED
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Brother-in-Law Prefers Charges that
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w .Come' to Naught When' Tested.
San Francisco, June 18-Af ter a two
weeks' investigation the federal grand
jury has refused to vote an indictment
of murder against George H. Schall
a former army hospital sergeant, ar
rested : at 'Vancouver, Wash., on a
charge of , killing his. wife and , three
children when his house at the Presidio
burned.' '
The bodies were exhumed but failed
to show poison in the stomachs and
no marks of violence. , . "
The . investigation .was started by
George B. tSoner, a brother-in-law
who charged Schall with killing his
family to collect the insurance.
Esola Goes to Prison.
! San Francisco, June .18. Detective.
Esola will be wearing stripes in Fol
som prison, at supp6r time. He. was
taken quietly from the county jail for
Sacramento. Later he will be return-
ed to testify in the conspiracy cases of
other police if officials want him. ;,
Tossed Off Bridge; Hurt.
Seattle, June 18 William Lewis was
thrown fr,om a bridge when a runaway
car hit his wagon. He fell fifty feet
to the bottom of a gully and may die.
His horses were killed instantly.
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BALL TEAM SITUATION STILL
IN UNDECIDED STATE TODAY
The Observer has ascertained thiB
afternoon that President Sweet has
about concluded arrangements with
Caldwell for a transfer of the La
Grande franchise and club to that
place. The transfer Is to take place
tomorrow. This information is gained
on the best authority and late this aft
ernoon appears to be the latest de
velopment in the sudden explosion of
the local club.
Slow to flicker out completely, the
base ball ember is still burning in a
very modified way, and various rum
ors of new Messiahs springing up to
shoulder the financial burden are be
ing circulated hourly and to each new,
rumor the Spuds erstwhile Spuds
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FRIENDS, ALARMED.
base ear is . jtsit
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Motorboat Expedition .Sent. Out .tm,
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' Miners Ib That District 5to Be En. i
i vFind Trace of Missing Explorer j
Usted Bv the Work Arch Deacoii
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' Was Expuoriiig' Remote Mt. Me
Klniey points.
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lief expedition to seek for; Arch. Pea v
con Stuck, of the Mt McKiaIey"explow
atiopi party was sent out from Tahana
on order of Rev. Betticher, following ;
reports that an Indian in charge of th
bade camp had not heard from the
climber since April. . '
The expedition left in a motor boat
and will go direct to the base camp to
enlist miners of the district to loo
for the mising party. - 4 '
f , the purpose, of the stuck expedition
v aa to explore remote sections 'of Mt
McKinle and if possible to climb it'
r.iid seek records of Dr; Cook. - '; I
HEARING IS TRANSFERRED.
Senators Decide to Leave Trouble 'jone ;
at Charleston 3Iincg.
Charleston, June 18.--Chiefiy as the
result of the: clash between Senator
Martine and Quinn Morton, manager
of Paint Creek Coal Operators', asso
ciation, which almost ended in a fist
fight, the senate mine strike commit
tee decided to transfer its hearing to
Washington and ; Senators Ieaye to
night. The operators -testified war on
mining districts' caused the attempts
by miners to fight lock out. v
i New Uraps a Marvel.
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Baker, Ore., June 18. .Starkell and
Burnside are pippins in the umps
game, compared to one .John Carroll,
claiming to have handled the indicate
or in Nebraska and Colorado. Of all
the rank decisions handed to both the
team's.' he irave them vesterdav. -'
, i Davis started the fireworks by
finding Coleman for a. homer with
Johnson on. Things went 1 along
smoothly , until the sixth, although
the Boers scored one in the third and '
one in the fith, walloped the pill over
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lend attentive ears. The Irrigators are
still in town awaiting a disposition
of the matter. The franchise cannot"
be left idle for after this week some
thing must be done. President Sweet
will have to either work out a solu-
tion or call the directors together to do
it and it is doubtful if anything will,
be done for several days. News that
Will Stoddard would - take over the
team were premature this afternoon
he refused to touch it now, but if
given a week's time to think it over
might do something. A half dozen oth
er men have been named but all are
holding back, being slow to act in any
capacity. Sweet was due this morn
ing but didn't arrive.