Show SURPRISED Did id Not Know w Anybody Was Aft r rEi His Ei Seal Scalp p Portland Ore Dec M 1 Hall Ball United States district attorney fr r the of Oregon was as shown show the j Press dispatch from Washington announcing the determination tion or of the resident to remove him from office de e was thunderstruck He had had 10 no previous warning from Washington that the blo wa was to fal faland fail failand and when shown the dispatch could not nott at t frt first realize th the import of the mat matter matter ter As the Ule extent or of the announce dawned upon him he be became rio enty angy angry n several of the offiCers or of the government In strong and denouncing his removal as the at act or of personal enemies Later Mr lr Ball al alm and discussed the situation coolly He made the follow followIng Ing statement o it t representative of the Associated Pr ss ssI I If it is th president has removed f th r I have nY no knowledge of what hat has him to take not ben been advised by any Terson erson or of tha h nature nature of any chares charges against me But I intend to go to the bottom of this affair and have hae no fear but t that I cart can convince any fair man manhat that hat I have never been guilty of ay any at while in office that wo ld even re reflect any ls upon me meI I 1 do not even cen know who has pro the charges against me but I In Ia n a much surprised that the president dent of the United SUites would so con dema dem an officer whom he hc had so re recently centy appointed for mertol lous 5 service nice without a hearing or without an any chance having been afforded me to de tend lend myself The office of United States district attorney is a very ery immaterial mater matter to me compared to m my god good name and andI I shall leave no stone unturned to show the people of this state that I Ibave bave been attacked in the dark by the weapons of falsehood unc |