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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2 1911.'
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Athletes Arriving at Astoria,
. Astoria, Ore., Aug. 24. Many star
athletes are arriving here to compete
In the Pacific coast championship
meet of the Amateur Athletic union,
which will be held tomorrow in con
rectlon with the Astoria Centennial
celebration.
11 hlttt' Mountain finlf fluiMDlon&hlu.
, Jefferson, N. H., Aug., 24. The
fourth annual tournament ior me
White Mountain - Amateur golf cham
pionship opened today on the links of
the Waunbejk Golf club and will con
tinue through the remainder of the
week. ;:
Indiana Women' Golf Tourney. -
Logansport, Ind., Aug. 24. A state
tournament to decide the women's
jgolf championship, the first event of
Us Ind to be held in Indiana, opened
"here today with ajarge and represen
tative list of contestants. Play will
continue over tpmorrow and Saturday.
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the best that your money will buy, and
not a cigar that the dealer wants to
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WALLA WALLA, WASH.
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DISAGREEABLE
CONVENTION SYSTEM BOTHERS
ALL PARTIES.
Portland Sees Flaws in New Delegate
Nominating Measure.
(Portland Oregonlan.)
Judging from . adverse comments
heard on all sides, no measure of
popular legislation enacted by the
electors of Oregon, has produced as
much dissatisfaction among the mem
bers of all political parties as the in
itiative bill adopted by the people last
November and providing for the elec
tion of delegates to the national con
ventions of political parties. Already
there is some discussion as to the. con
stitutionality of the law and it Is pos
sible that its legality may be tested
through an injunction suit that' will
seek to prevent its operation next
year.. '
It has been pointed out through the
columns of the Oregonlan that the law
provides for the election by popular
vote of delegates to the national con
ventions of politlca) parties. The ob
jection does not He against the elec
tion of these delegates by direct vote
of the members of political parties but
rather against the prescribed method
for electing, them. It Is specifically
provided In . the bill that, although
next year this state will be entitled to
send ten delegates to national conven
tions from each party, the elector can
vote for only one delegate. Those ob
lectlng to the provisions of the bill
say In its operation It amounts to dis
franchising the voters of political pf r
tles from the fact that each member
will have a voice in the election of
only one of ten delegates who will
represent . his party In . .. nominating
candidates for president and vice
president. ' " ,
Plan Partial to Two.
There are other equally material
objections to this bill. In the first
place this method of selecting nation
al delegates is available only to the
members of the republican and demo
cratic parties. The bill further pro
vides that the delegates so elected by
these parties shall recover out of the
atate treasury their expenses, not ex
ceeding $200 each. In other ' words,
the socialists and prohibitionists will
be requlrstf to dig up out of their own
pockets the expenses incurred by the
delegates they send to their conven
tions, for the reason that they do not
fcappen to casfr a sufficient number of
votes to take advantage of this provi
sion of the direct primary law.' Dele
gates elected by the republican and
democratic parties may travel In Pull-1
mans and stay at the best hotels and,
on their return, collect from the state
expenses to the amount of $200 each.
The socialist and prohibitionist dele
has the privilege of traveling the
same way if he desires, but he will
have to pay his own expenses he
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will have no "come back" on the
3state. -. ...-.
..Naturally the socialists and prohi
bitionists . are not enthusiastic about
ithe law as It waa enacted, while the
republicans and democrats generally
objnct vigorously to the method pre
scribed for selecting their delegates.
But this is not the only complaint the
members of the republican and demo
cratic parties are urging, especially
those members of (these parties resid
ing outside of Multnomah county,
j Formerly these two parties sent to
.their national conventions four dele
gates from the state at large and two
each trom ne two congressional dis-
trlcts. They complain that under the
new plan all but one or two and prob
ably every one of the state's quota of
delegates would be elected from Mult
nomah county, the center of popula
tlon. U also makes possible the elec
tlon of one or two delegates by a very
small minority party vote.
Opponents of the law urge the fur
ther objection that the national com.
mlttees of the two dominant parties
In issuing the call for the national
convention prescribe a method for se
lecting delegates by the vartousstates,
For Instance, the call Issued by the
republican national committee for the
convention of 1908 that nominated
President Taft, provided for the elec
tion by the republican voters of Ore
gon of four delegatesv'at large from
th9 state and two each from the two
congressional districts""'. It further
provided that these delegates should
be selected by the conventions called
by the republican state and -congressional
committees and specifically de
clared '"that in no state shall an elec
tion be so held as to prevent the dele
gates from any congressional district
and their alternates being selected by
the republican electors of that dis
trict." ..V ; ' .
Furthermore, it always has been the
practice of the national committee of
both of the old parties to make its own
rules and regulations governing the
selection ' of delegates. These com
mittees also reserve to themselves the
rlgnt to Judge for themselv-is as to
the qualifications of delegates present
ing themselves for seats in the na
tionai convention. -
But there is still another perplexing
provision of. the law which will re
quire some explanation from the ver
satile authors of this bit of legislation.
This particular provision relates to
the number of delegates from each po
litical party who shall be entitled to
the recovery of their expenses from
the state. That particular provision
reads: '"';'. ':'-"v " 1
"Provided, that such expenses shall
never be paid to any greater number
of delegates of any political party
than would be allowed such party un
der the plan by which the number of
delegates to the republican national
convention waa fixed for the republl-
can party of Oregon In the year 1908.'
Question of Pay Arises.
The number of delegates from Ore
gon to the republican national con
vention in 1908, as fixed by- the repub
lican national committee, was eight.
The democrats were entitled to and
elected the same number of delegates
Send to Chicago and pay $33.0 D for a suit when you can get
a Custom made suit made' and tried on, here for $33.00, good Im
ported Woolens, to select from; good work. We hire six to ten tailors
and they spend all their earnings at Home.
We can furnish you a Send Away Suit or tailored suit they call it
for $ 1 2.00 and up measured by a tailor.
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to their convention that year. Sub
squently,' however; another congres
sional district has been created in this
state Increasing from eight to ten the
number of delegates the republicans
and democrats are entitled to elect to
their respective national conventions.
Under the new law it ,1s provided
that only, eight delegates, or the same
number as were elected - from this
state four years ago, shall be entitled
to recover $200 from the state in pay
ment of , their expenses. With each
party entitled to ten delegates next
year to their national conventions,
the question arises, even if the con
stitutionality of the law should be up
held, which eight cut of the ten dele
gates will be entitled to collect the
$200. If eight can draw their expens
es from the state who is going to re
imburse the other twoT
These are some of the objections
that have been raised to the bill. Dis
satisfaction with the measure among
all classes of voters Increases as its
provisions are studied and the nearer
the time approaches for electing' dele
gates to the republican and demo
cratic national conventions.
CASE REVIVED
NEW
W1LL ' FOUND THAT
PUBLIC AGOG.
SETS
Detectives Have Been at Work on the
Case for Some Time.
(Pendleton East Oregonlan.)
Mabel Warner has produced a new
"will," the fifth which has made its
appearance since the death of her
uncle and step-father, J. W. Young,
in 1905. The woman who tied up the
estate for six years by her efforts to
secure it and against whom the su
preme court recently decided, has evi
dently not yet played her last card.
While all Pendleton and Umatilla
county is gasping over this new de
velopment of the famous case, some
few persons here are smiling. quietly,
for the move was not unexpected by
them. It has been known for some
time that she "bad something up her
sleeve" and the nature of this mys
tertouB something waa predicted last
week... '. . . .
Mee4s Strange Men.
Some weeks ago a stranger appear
ed at the Bowman hotel and inquired
for the whereabouts of Mabel Warner,
asking at the same time that no men
tion of his Inquiry be made. Since that
time this stranger has made a num
ber of trips to the city and has lately
been accompanied by another. On Sat
urday, Aug. 12, theyi registered as L.
C&sner'and F. Q. Dargln of San Fran
cisco, and on Friday, August 18, they
inscribed their names on the hotel
register as Lewis Pasner and F. Q.
Dunlap of Lincoln, Nebraska. How
ever the jCasner or Posner has been
recognized as Lou Hartman of Port-
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land, a man credited with "being In
general disrepute.
Nightly Conferences.
In the meantime, Mabel Warner
had come to town and taken a room
at the Bowman.- It was known that
she held many conferences with these
twe men which conferences lasted of
ten into the "wee sma" hours and
which were held sometimes in a room
and at least once upon the slda bal
cony of the hotel. Between th ess con
ferences trips were made to Weston
and vicinity and Mr. Warner and one
of the men spent some hours at the
court house pouring over the book of
On last Saturday the "will" was all
prepared and was exhibited to at least
one Pendleton attorney for the pur
pose of having him verify the signa
tures of J. W, Voung and those of At
torney J. B. Perry and C, C. Hen
dricks, alleged witnesses.
The "will," like three of its prede
cessors, gives to Mabel Warner the
bulk of the Young estate. However,
he brother, Fred Young, and Mrs.
Plcard of Walla Walla are named for
small bequests, the latter being given
among other things a certain silver
spoon.:. Dave Lavender of Weston,
formerly county roadraaster and a
witness to one of the previous "wills,"
is named as executor. The "will", was
represented by Mrs. Warner to have
been drawn up by Henry J. Bean' In
1905, when h was county Judge.
Written on Typewriter. '
, The alleged will is typewritten and
although it Is supposed to be six years
old the ink was hot so dry bu that a
pressure of the fingers on it would
leave a copy of the letters on the skin.
The. signature of J. W. Young Is said
to be perfect but there are very plain
indications of tracing. The Hendricks
signature is also said to be good but
the Perry signature is branded as be
ing very poor. ,
Perry Is Surprised.
Attorpey J. B. Perry, who Is credit
ed, with being one of the witnesses,
when informed of the fact this morn
ing, declared he knew nothing of It
and had no remembrance of ever hav
ing, declared he knew nothing of it
and had no remembrance of ever hav
ing witnessed the document. Mr.
Hendrlcs could not be located so It
is not known whether or not he de
nies the signature.'
"Will" Was Buried.
Local attorneys freely declare their
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belief that the new "will" la a bold
forgery, and they are noklna- fun at '
Judge Fee, who, with Fred Stelwer.
represented the winning heirs In the
long battle., Judge Fee recently se
cured. a general , Injunction, among
other things for the purpose of re
straining Mrs. -Warner from forging
any more wills, the attorney alleging
that she had forged numerous wills
and would forge others unless re
stricted from so doing. '
There Is little belle' among attor-
dare to ask that the "will" be pro
bated.'; ;, ...
History of Noted Will Case.
tir tr . .
. iuuuj od a weaiem pioneer
who died August 26, 1905, leaving an
estate value at about $40,000. Sine
his "death, litigation over his estate
has been almost constantly carried on
In the courts.. After a long and ex
pensive legal "struggle what Is known
as "the first will" .was finally sus
tained by the Oregon supreme court
in an opinion handed down by Justice
McBrlde May 31,' 1911 , This will
gives practically his entire estate to
a niece, Mrs. Nprah Watts, the wife
of Dr, F. D. Watts of Coeur d'Alene.
Idaho. ',. ". '.' . ,
All Favor Mabel Young Warner.
Three other alleged wills have at
different times made their appearance
all favorable to Mrs. Mabel Young
Warner. The supreme court has de
clared them all to be "rank forger
ies." All of them bobbed up tinder
rather mysterious circumstances, and
in connection with one of them,"' : Mrs.
Warner was tried under a charge of
forgery, but the Jury disagreed. An
other was sustained by Henry J. Bean
while alttlnar n nlrpult 1
which decision he 'overruled the pro
bate court. His decision was In turn
overruled by. the supreme court, to
which appeal was taekn by the attor
neys of Mrs. Watts. Meanwhile Mrs.
Warner had taken possession of some
.valuable land of the estate and had
put it In crop. This property she has
since been ordered to turn over to the
appellant. V ' V" ' "
In his decision handed down May
31 St Justice McBrlde says of the first
two wills filed in the matter of the
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"It is practically conceded, and no
reasonable person can doubt that both
will previously produced were bold,
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Early in the present month a motion
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