La Grande evening observer., July 06, 1914, Image 1

AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
VOLUME XIV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1914,
NUMBER
19.
four n WHO
Mllll BE III
CAPITOL TALK
TWO INNOVATIONS PUT ON FOR
CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM
TODAY, i. '
AUDIENCE LISTENS TO A
FOUR-ANGLED DISCUSSION
With Innovation in Way of Political
Speaking This Afternoon, and Iiocal
Talent to Be Heard Tonight, This
Bay is an Epoch-maker in the Chau
tauqua Fields.
With two distinct innovations in
the chautauqu f ield(, Riverside park
13 today the political stump of the
four candidates for governor of .Ore-j,
gon, and will tonight be the mecca of
local music and reciting talents when
the first local talent night in the his
tory of the chautauqua here is heard.
This afternoon the four candidates
re' speaking t; an appreciative au
dience. "These four politicians, who
have the distinction of being the first
politicians to speak the same after
noon from the same platform in the
same chautauqua 'anywhere m Ore
foil and probably since the fir.it Lake
Chautauqua asssmbhy -sra: ' .
:30 Address bv '(.'on r.
I'rocri'pfisivo Party
for Governor.
Pubjf'o!., I'l i ic 11
ProfriSfi'vo I
Address, ' "A C -ii
Nominee
of the.
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by ITnn, Ja
Kupubi'i'nn X'
'lv Nomine;
for GovevrsMr.
-Address by Hon. C. J. Smith.
Democratic Party Nominee
for Governor.
Probable Subject, The Busi-nr-K1'
s;iiln nf tlu Ktnt.p AH-
:f!0-
ministvation. -
-Address, "Why I Want to Re j
4 :00-
Governor of Oregon," by Hon
W. S. TJ'Ren , Independent
. and Prohibition Party Nomi
nee for Governor. .
During the afternoon and evening
the politicians will spend some little
time on the grounds meeting their
friends and creating new ones.
Home Talent Big Affair.
Tonight at eight o'clock will com
mence a program bristling with fea
tures. It is well varied, and will give
Lji Granders and strangers on the
grounds a vision of what La Grande
can do in a musical way. With the
exception of Mrs. Miller, every num
ber is taken by La Grande andl Union
county people, Miss Carter of the
Simdridge being the only person with
out the confines of La Grande to ap
pear on the following list of numbers
slated for this evening:
1. Overture
Heacock's Orchestra.
2. Solo (a) "Love in the South
land." (b) "A Summer Day."
- Mrs. Lulu Dahl Miller, Con
tralto. 3. Song
La Grande Quartet.
4. Recitation, (a) "The Whistl
ing Boy." (b) "Naughty Zell."
Miss Mary Carter.
5. Solo. "A Son of the Desert."
v Mr. P. R. Bridges, Baritone.-
6. Intermezzo.
Heacock's Orchestra.
7. Soprano Solo. (a) "Sweet Be
Your Dreams." (b) "When
Jack and I were Lovers."
Miss Margaret Carney. A pu
pil of the Montana school for
the blind.
8. Solo. "Loves Sorrow."
Mrs. J. P. Corbett, Soprano.
9. Recitation, (a) "The Gift of
the Magi," (0. Henry).' (b)
"Pollyannn," (Eleanor Porter.)
Miss Naomi Williamson.
10. Solo. Recitative and Polain-
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AUSTRIAN MOTHER MAY
Mrs. Alma Vetsera llayne, wio in
Kinti she is the daurrhter of Archduk;
Rudolph of Austria and Marie Vet- j
stra.'and now the grass widow of an
American broker, may claim
throws of Austria for her little
the
son
(IIS GOING
TO L
PORTLAND SCHOOL GETS LOCAL
INSTRUCTOR.
Successor It Employed at St. Paul By
Local Superintendent.
Homer . Maris, teacher of science
and leader of the glee club in the La
Grande high school last year, has re
signed his position to- take a similar
post in Lincoln high at Portland.
A successor has been selected by John
Girdlor, school superintendent, who is
atending the N. E. A. at St. Paul.
The man selected has a wide experi
ence and is personally known to Mr.
Girdler, says the telegram to the
school board Saturday, to be an ex
perienced!, capable teacher'. His name
is J. W. Lakin and he comec from Co
lorado. .
Fire Department Out.
This afternoon about 1:25 the fire
crew w3 called to extinguish a grass
fire which hadl started near the We
naha Lumber company's yards. The
fire had gained no headway and was
easily put out with the chemicals.
$4tj-js?
CLIMATIC STATISTICS.
8
(Readings taken from Government
instruments by Observer Benham, and
cover the 24 hours ending at 12:30
p m. today.
Maxmimum 8G; minimum 53.
CLAIM THRONE FOR HER LITXLE
Rudolph YcU'efa llayne, sir.re tne as
gai!iiuion of the Aitii'iuke l'ran:-
Ferdinaiid,
Mrs. Hayne
. bei'.'it ii ul young aus-I
came to this side f
twelve years ago, as-'
triau, who first
Ih-.i wat-er xomo
Injured Merchant
Held Suspicious
UNION PHYSICIAN GOES
PARED FOR BATTLE.
PRE-
l
CALL FOR HELP 'CLEW
E. T. Andrews and Party Suspected
of Being Meacham Robbers.
Echoes of the Meacham train rob- of Elks wm arrnnKe fol. cntertain
bery and , the subsequent hunt that ment that will consume two hours. No
had been going on in all directions, ' plan has been finally worked out,
were heard with staccato clearness by but one thilt has been suggested is
m j ' r T, a j , ,to take the delegations to Riverside
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Andrews and Mr.: , . , , ,
park where an informal hop may be
and Mrs. Franc Wilhelm of thi3 city jjj
Saturday afternoon. Mr. Andrew.i The train will carry the delegates
had broken his right hand while from Seattle especially. The Seattle
working on the Wilhelm car then in Elks are after the next convention
a diitch near Thompson's ranch up
Catherine creek, and had telephoned
for .a doctor to come and dress it. In
the meantime the injured man and
party started toward Union, meeting
a doctor from Union headed up the
creek with a posse. Gune and re
volvers fairly bristled on the ma
chine which brought the doctor. The
Union physician had conceived the
theory that a man wanting a doctor
up Catherine Creek might be the
"wounded bandit from Meacham" and
had gone prepared to make the ar
rest and grab the reward. Seeing who
the "suspect" was, the doctor didn't
"f.eep" about tho guns aboard the
car.
Mr. Andrews is rapidly getting rid
of the extreme pain. Dr. R. E. L. Holt
was willed to Union to set the hand.
AMERICAN SON
'en.K tkiit sue is the er.iid i the tra
gic, love nfiair or Kuaoipn ami Mario
Vetsera, and her hiisbaitd, from whom
idle is now divorced, said h year or
t'i'o ;'.eo (hat he lialieved ;;he was the
"'.'ruost of a!) the Hups'riurjfS."
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10IIEEI ELKS
; SEATTLE AND NORTHWEST
I TRAIN DUE JULY 9TH.
One Plan of Entertainment Includes
Visit to Riverside Park.
When the special Elks' train de luxe
urrives here about 10 o'clock Thurs
day night on its way to Denver, car-
1 ryinir Northwest Elks, the local lodee
ana are going loaded tor near, with
m the next 24 hours, tho exact en
tertainment will be worked out.
L. F. Dunn joins the train here as
local representative to the grand
lodge at Denver.
Comptroller Williams' Birthday.
Washington, July 6. Comptroller
John Skelton Williams is today cele
brating his 49th birthday anniversary.
He is a Virginian. This is also the
birthday anniversary of Princess Vic
toria, sister of King George. j
Fish Car in Wallowa.
Loaded with fish for Joseph lake,
Eastern brook and steelhead sa'ir.on
are dominating, the Oregon state
fish car was taken to Joseph today.
3
, M. J. BUCKLEY SAYS LOCAL
JANITOR HILL 6ET REWARD
Umatilla Sheriff Said to be Making Bid
For a Share
BATCHELOR, BOOTH AND POWERS LOCATE THE MEN
Sweating in La Grande Cell Results in Full Con
fession About the Robbery
$$;
$ NAMES CHANGED SLIGHTLY.
Pendleton, July 6. The names
of the confessed robbers are s
today said to be Albert Medors, "S
instead of,EhD. Meadows, and 5
Clarence Stonery, instead of
Roscoe Stoner. - Inventory of,
loot shows $1,500 collected.
fo . S $ S 3j i i' ! 5
Portland, July ('..Deputy Sheriff
Hittcliclor of La Grande, Mho captured
Meadors and Stoner at Hilgard will
beyond doubt be declared entitled to
the reward of a thousand each, of
fered by the O.-W. General Man
ager Buckley said late today that he
is not prepared to make an ol tidal
statement until the details of the cap-
lire, had ln'wt reported to tho-com-!
y by Special Agent W,ad. think I
u wire t o suy, however," naitl - i
lev, ."that we will consider tne ru-I
w iid as being in effect at the time I
ruc Duiiie shot and kiliii Manni"!;." !
Ibis probably means thai McDuiui; ;
will also .gel a thousand.'- ' i
That 'there may be several pockets ;
i fattened by""tho. arrest at Ililyriird at j
' ! o'clock Saturday- night of the t wo ;
men who with Chas. Matinig of Coke- j
villc, Wyo., robbed No. 5 at. Meacham
last week, is apparent today. It is .
freely predicted that Sheriff Taylor
of Pendleton, .will make a bid for ;
the ifliflOO rewards offered for the ar-
rest $2000 by the railroad and $500
by the express company. It is prob
able that Taylor will base his claims
or. tho fact that ho and Special Ofllcer
Wood sweated the men after their
arrest and wrung from them the con
fession of their guilt and implica
tions. E. D. Meadows a man of whom lit
tle is known except that his home is
in Cokeyille, Wyoming, and Roscoe
Stoner, of good family connections
at Cokeville were arrested at Hil
gard Saturday evening by Tilden
Booth, formerly of Elgin, lately the
La Grande poundmaster, and now con
nected with a detective bureau, Frank
Bathchelor, janitor at the court
house, and W. I. Powers, brother-in-
law of Batchelor, was with the men
at the time of the series of events
leading to the arrest, and subsequent
confession of the bandits. The actual
details differ, with the three La
Grande men telling one story and
the two prisoners another. The story
of the arrest as told by Booth and
Batchelor and corroborated by Powers
in this:
The three had been taken to Hil
gard by Deputy Sheriff Recs Sat
urday evening to act as guards. Soon
after their arrival there, along about
dusk, they saw two men approach
ing Hilgard. They engaged the men
in conversation, asking them where
they were going, how times were and
why they were tramping when they
were so neatly dressed. They said
they came from Wyoming, and were
looking for work but were saving
what little money they had. Shortly
the local men searched the two and
found them unarmed but found! a
wallet containing several hundred dol
lars on Stoner. Taking this as con
clusive proof they were the ' men
wanted, they asked for their names.
Meadows protested slightly and then
gruffly said, "there is my name,"
and he pulled up his sleeve tc show
a tatoo mark, "E. D. Meadows,'
. Stoner had admitted! during the .
conversation that he knew Whitney.
The deputies took the men to the
depot and Batchelor was delegated
to take ' them ' to ' La Grande while
Booth remained behind. On the train
Batchelor put them under arrest, and
had them locked up at La Grande.
Wood and Taylor were notified to
come to La Grande and Sunday morn- .
ing ' sweated them, bringing out the
confessions of their part in the rob- .
bcry. This .. is the story that the
three local men tell. Just how the
money will be divided is not known,
but many local men claim that the '
three deputies are entitled to it "all. -'
Dead Man Idcntilhid. ;
Tho identity of the dead trainrob
bcr -at Pendleton id now established.
A man -named -Staffers, a brother-in-
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mw, iwis Aiu-iumeu iuu uuuy miu
Killing it. h'fete to CokuVillCj, Wyoming.
A widuw tut! four, children survive'
the 'dead man, Chas iUuiminjj;.
v :h.'. i."- l i.uiml.
A .special train' carrying' 0.W. -officials,
ii'id t-be lv; prisoners,-, left :
lift' Grande about 9 o'clock Sunday
bound for the scenes of -the-, caches
i'i the hills. 'The first atop was made
at Hilj'.ird where the men led the of
i'ieor:i to a ..loose rock', on the river
bank. At that point tho $700 ilia-
mond, a ruby, one emerald and an
other ring had been cached. Batchel
or and Booth claim that this 'st":ng
of rings was cached there when one
of the men asked to be 'uiiuwcu to get
a drink during the conversation on th
railroad trick. The robbers say they
loft it there before, ihey boarded the
freight a fact which the three men
deny.
Search was also instituted nearer
the 'depot for the small diamond
which one of the men had pulled from
his finger during the actual arrest,
and dropped it between the rails. De
puty Sheriff Willamson with assisst
ance conducted that search while tyie
special went on West The ring was
found The next stop' was at mile post :
286, near Glover six miles East of '
Kamela. Without the least hesitancy
the robbers ordered the train stopped
at mile post 286 which had a cross on
it but which the men deny putting
thore, and after detraining they went
directly to the main cache. The most
valuable loot was found there. Ex
press -packages, containing pearl
knives, a bunch of unset rings, several
watches and considerable valuables,
were found in flour sacks, neatly laid
away. The overalls used in the rob
bery were found there also. Nothing
had been disturbed! and Sheriff Tay
lor of Pendleton took the booty in
charge to be identified and distrib
uted to owners later.
Meacham was the next stop but at
that point it was necessary for the
prisoners to take to horseback to get
at the cache. This last cache, con
taining tho less valuable part of the
loot, was located near an old mill
southeast of Meacham, to which point
the robbers had fled pt the time of
the robbery. Woods and Taylor went
out to the cache with the men. On
their return, they were taken' on to
Pendleton and jailed.
Both Men Regretful. '
While both men are remorseful and
chagrined! at their fate, , Stoner,
known as the "Kid" of the outfit, is
the more so. Both are bitter in their
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