K
V
RITES STAY ODWIi
TWO YEARS MORE
Commission Refuses to
Give Roads Respite. '
ADYAKCE MUST Bz ANNULLED
Offer to Suspend it Voluntar
ily Till November Fails.
SUBMISSION IS LIKELY
Eastern Line Vainly Arpeal lor
Brief Suspension of New Tariff.
Conference Will Pecld
Whether J loads Appeal.
WASHINGTON. March . Denial of
tho request of the railways of official
claaalflcatlon territory that they Pr
mltted voluntarily to suspend proposed
advances In class freight rates from
March IS until November 1 next was
made by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission today.
In the decisions announced In the
srreat rate eases ten days ago the com
mission directed that the proposed
tariff advancing rates be annulled on
or before March 10. If thla direction
were not followed, the commission an
nounced that on that date It would Issue
an order recalling the rates and put
ting Into effect, for at least two years,
the existing rates.
After a conference In New Tork City
last Friday an arrangement waa made
for a conference In this city between
Eastern railroad officials and the mem
bers of the commission.
ltoads Ask Itrlef Suspension.
Participating In the conference to
day were President W. C. Brown and
General Solicitor Clyde Brown, of the
New Tork Central; President James Mc
Crea and General Counsel F. L Gowen.
of the Pennsylvania: President Daniel
Wlllard and General Counsel Hugh
Bond, of the Baltimore Ohio: Presi
dent Frederick Underwood and General
Counsel George Brownell. of the Erie,
and Walker D. nines, representing the
Delaware A Hudson.
It was suggested to the commission
that the carriers In official classifica
tion terrltorjr be permitted to post
pone voluntarily the tariffs proposing
advances from March IS to November
1 next. In order that they might hava
opportunity (o ascertain the general re
sult of this fiscal year's business.
Their contention was that this year's
business might show a falling off from
the revenues of 119. which would af
ford them an opportunity again to ask
the commission to consider an advance
in rates, perhapa some time late next
Autumn, when they would b enabled
to make a better showing In support of
the request than they made In the re
cent cases.
They de.-trd also to ascertain whether
the record, made la the recent ca.es
would be available In any future pro
ceedings they might Institute.
Commission Denies' Request.
Denial of the request was made In a
letter to President Brown, of the New
Tork Central, written by Commissioner
Prouty on behalf of the Commission. The
letter rajs:
"The committee of which you are chair
nun requerts that defendant carrier In
the Eastern rate advance case. No. 3W
be allowed to. postpone their tariffs of
advanced rates until November 1 next
Instead of canceling the same, aa now
required by the Commission.
"After considering tlie reasons adduced
In support of this request, those mem
bers of the Commission who are In
Washington are unanimously of the opin
ion thai It must be dented and that we
must adhere to the report, which clearly
states the attitude of this body toward
the future.
-With respect to the suggestion that In
any future proceedings the present record
will not be available If these tariffs are
cor.celed. It la proper to observe that
this proceeding waa Instituted by the
Commission Itself and that the record
Is entirely subject to Its control, either
with respect to further proceeding on
the same record or wl'.h respect to new
proceedings Involving the same Issue."
ltoads Mill Submit.
Tomorrow at tha New Tork Central of
fices in New Tork City a general meeting
of Kastern railway officials will be held,
at which the. participants In today's con
ference will make their report. It Is
probable that a decision will be reached
to cancel t'.ie propo-td advances In ac
cordance with the direction of the Com
mission and. In the light of developments,
let the future tske care of Itself.
TWO TEXANSSEEK LIGHT
Tljey Want to Know From Bailey
and Lorlmer All About rarity. .
AUSTIN. Tex- March C In the
House today Representatives Terrell
and Shannon Introduced a resolution,
Inviting Vnlted States Senators Bailey
and Lorlmer to come to Texas at an
early date and address the Legislature
on the subject of "Purity In Politics."
Bailey's friends Instantly protested
against a second reading of tho resolu
tion, which, the Speaker assured them,
sreuil not he permitted.
RAVAGED BY FIRE,
LOST SHIP IS SAFE
WITH CAPTA1X BLIND. ARYAN
LIMPS INTO SAX DIEGO.
After OOT Dajs Comlnr From Phila
delphia. Crew Has Pitiful Talo
of Hardship to Tell.
SAN DIEGO. CaU March --Two hun
dred and seven days out from Philadel
phia, the American ship Aryan, which
had been given up for lost, arrived here
late today. Members of the crew tell a
story of unusual suffering.
Hardly had the ship left Philadelphia
before a flro broke out in the cargo. For
mors than two weeks ths men of tho
crew fought the names, which, at one
time, appeared to hava gotten beyond
control.
Orders were given to abandon the ship,
but the smoke appearing to be less
heavy, the attack on the Ore waa re
sumed and It was put out tha next day.
From then on the ship was almost
constantly fighting heavy storms and
strong head winds. Eighty days ago.
ns the ship was rounding the Horn. Cap
tain Klmmltte was suddenly stricken
blind, and tha first officer took com
mand. Captain Klmmltte was given medical
attention when the ship arrive today,
but It la feared that ha will ho perma
nently blind. '
HEINZE IS RICH AGAIN
Copper Kin. Hit by ranlc, Makea
New Fortune In Canada.
SEATTLE, Waslu March l-Speclal.-F.
Augustus Helnxe, former copper king
of Montana, who went on the. rocks of
financial difficulty In the money strin
gency of 1907. with hi brother Arthur
Helnxe. haa struck It rich again. This
time he haa found a fortune in the Por
cupine Gold Fields In Northern Canada,
and la now well on hla way to regain his)
position In the world of affairs.
Charles E Herron, a well-known Some
mining man. who has Just reached Se
attle from the new gold-fields. Is au
thority for the report that Helnxe Is
once more "Inside the big money." He
haa procured the Foster group of claims,
adjoining the celebrated "Dome" mines,
from which It Is estimated that J3.000.000
will be gleaned tlila year and for the
development of which a railroad la now
under construction.
ELLIOTT . IS UNDECIDED
St. Louis Paier, However, Says Ho
Has Accepted Presidency.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. March C. Howard
Elliott, president of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad, said today that ho
would not decide until after ha had
returned to bis home In St. Paul Tues
day whether he would accept the presi
dency of the Missouri Paclflo Railway
which had been offered him.
Tha Post-Dispatch today aays It has
learned from authoritative sources that
Mr. Elliott haa accepted the presi
dency of the Missouri Pacific Court
esy to James J. Hill and other North
ern Pacific officials prevents him from
making known his decision until ha
haa formally resigned from his present
position, his friends say.
$30,000 IS BOY'S PROFIT
J.' It. Keene'a Telephone Operator
Testifies In Hooking Pool Inquiry..
NEW TORK. March . W. J. Ronan.
a telephone boy In the office of James
r t.-....... mmAm 120.000 In a Wall Street
speculation, according to hla testimony
.t.-. in th. tiinkmnlpv nroceedln fi:s of
Lathrop. Hasklns & Company, one of
the Stock Excnange rirms caugni in
,A ,nii,m. nf the llocklnar rtooL
Creditors aro enaeavoncg 10 nuw
that Mr. Keen was responsible for tha
failure of the pool ana mat young
Ronan. knowing the collapse was Im
minent, turned his knowledge to good
account.
Mr. Keens knew nothing of his
trniMrilitiiL he testified, and he kept
tne sioca in ms own B&iciy v m u i.
UTILITY FRANCHISES GIVEN
Vancouver Council Awards Rights to
Public-Service Corporations.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 6. (Spe
cial) The City Council tonight granted
to the Oregon-Washington Corporation.
recently formed to take over the gas.
water and traction systems, three 80
year franchlsea for those utilities and
to tha Mount Hood Light Power Com
pany, supplying the city with electric
light and power, a SO-year franchise.
The Oregon-Washington Corporation
agrees to spend $500,000 on Improve
rnenta In the near future. A gravity
water system will offer fire protection,
and h city will install 100 new hy
drants. REED TO MARRY PARISIAN
Portland Man at Harvard Announces
Ills Kngagcment.
CAMBF.irXSE. Mass.. March t Spe
cial. John a Reed (Harvard. 10). of
Portland. Or., announced today his en
gagement to MIm Madeline FUon. of
Paris. France.
Mr. Reed met his fiancee while visiting
av classmate. Waldo Pierce. In Paris. Mr.
Reed, while at college, waa captain of
tha awlmmlng team, manager of the
musical club, vice-president of the dra
matic club and occupied editorial posl
tlona on tha Lampoon and Monthly. He
will start la the newspaper business in
New Tork. ,
RliEF LOSES AGAIN,
CELL AWAITS
SupremeCourtRefuses
to Hear Petition.
GOES TO SAN QUENTIM TODAY
Only Hope of Escape Is Now
Habeas Corpus Petition.
THAT APPEARS TOO LATE
Federal Court May Next Be Begged
to SaTe ex-Boss Written Ap
peal to Supreme Court May
Be Made From Prison.
BAN FRANCISCO, March 6. (Spe
cial.) Convicted Boss Abe Ruef made
a last play today to prevent his re
moval to San Quentln prison for 14
years and lost, so that tomorrow morn
ing will probably see the arch-grarter,
who has lived like a sybarite at the
French restaurants for years, eating
plain prison fare.
Ruef a week ago ootatnea a. siay oi
sentence on the ground that he wished
to attend to private business before
going to prison. Instead, he devoted
the time to studying up technical points
for blocking Justice.
After giving the five hours' notice
to the District Attorney which the
judge's order required. Ruef. applied
late this afternoon to the California
Supreme Court for permission to pre
sent a petition for the court to recon
sider Its recent orders and to grant a
atay In the meantime. The court re
fused to consider Ruefs appeal, be
cause, as Chief Justice Beatty said. It
presented no new facts, but merely
threshed over the old history of the
.se.
Ruefs appeal was the subject of Jest
among the lawyers present, as much
of It was written In Latin by AlDori
Fink.' a new lawyer whom Rue! haa
engaged.
Ruef haa a chance of appeal to the
United States District Court for a writ
of habeas corpus but, if the Sheriff re
moves him to prison tomorrow morn
ing before court opens, he will have
to do hla future legal work from the
state prison.
Counsel for Ruef stated tonight that
within 10 daya a written petition for a
rehearing would be filed with the Su
preme Court, today's request having
been made orally.
COOK DENOUNCES PEARY
Fake Explorer Asks Taft to Veto
Promotion of His Rival.
CHICAGO, March Dr. Frederick
Cook, the Arctic explorer, today gave
out the text of a telegram which, he
said, he had sent to President Taft last
night, protesting against tho Peary bill
being algned by the President.
The telegram accuses the discoverer
of the North Pole of gross Immorality,
exploitation of the public and other Ir
regularities, personal and commercial
CAN PROFESSOR
mm
HIM
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Th Weather. '
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 83
degrees; minimum, 41 degreva.
TODAY'S Bala; southerly winds.
Foreign.
Edwin Corcoran, heir to famous So"1"
estate In Heattle. may go to asylum in
Ireland. Page 1.
Mexlean army, trapped by rebels. Buffers
terrible 1ou and Butrenders. Face
l'olltlcs.
Vice, graft and price of gas are leading
luauea In municipal Oght In Chicago.
Page 2.
Plnchot apeaka for progressives at banqaet
at Akron. O. Fage 5
. National.
Interstate Commerce Commission refuses to
allow only temporary suspension ot rate
advance. Paae 1.
Democrats choose Hoose rules committee
and prepare for tariff revision. Pago
Seven Indicted at Detroit In Alaska-Michigan
coal land fraud Inquiry. Page 4.
Domestic.
New York broker robbed of 1100.000 by
clever ruse. Page 4.
Robert Gordon Duncan, now of Portland,
named co-respondent In San Francisco
divorce suit. Face 3.
Case of disgraced Army captain to be re
opened, hla friends say. Page 3.
Houston man snubs Colonel Roosevelt.
Page 2.
Abe Ruefs petition denied by Supreme Court
and he goea to San Quentln today un
less Federal Court interferes. Pace 1. .
Given up for lost, ship reaches port, tolling
story of tire and hardship and with cap
tain blind. Page 1.
Dlx hopes for conference on Senatorshlp this
week. Page 6.
Sports.
Bearers have good practice despite high
wind, page T.
Grammar achools to hold track meet at
Columbia Coliseum April 1. Page 7.
Paclflo Northwest.
Northwest creameries unite to overcome al
leged favoritism of commission men for
Portland dealers. Page 0.
'Washington Hoose rejects amendments to
eight-hour bill offered by Senate. Page .
Defense of Idaho slayer Is that Camas
Prairie Is swept by bloodthirsty night
rider gang; 38 subpenaed. Page 1.
Salem Mayor says bilbe money afloat In
city when franchise is granted over his
veto. Page S.
Commercial and Marine.
All grains strong In Northwestern markets.
Page 17.
Wheat starts weak and closes off at Chi
cago. Page 17.
Stocks firm In absence ot selling pressure.
Page 17.
Puget Sound lines offer to meet Trans-Pacific
tariff reductions by Japanese. Page
10.
Portland and Vicinity,
lira Sylvia McOulre. dramatic reader, sues
for divorce, complaining that husband
nags. Page 10.
Six Chinese "doctors" convicted by Jury of
practicing without license. Page 10.
One of four prisoners confesses five Febru
ary holdups. Implicating gang. Page 11.
Thornless cactus may be grown for cattle
In Eastern Oregon. Pa are. 10.
H. A. Jackson may be made assistant traffic
manager of Great Northern. Page 12,
Hulln. man with halr-slashlng mania, takes
snapshots ot braids. page 18.
Wife of Bernard Velguth aeeka his arrest
for non-support. Page a.
Mount Scott banker aki . six months to
- adjust losses. Page 11.
Printers' Ink official commends community
Advertising In vogue on Coast. Page 1U.
Woman wins ault ot 1 30 for death of ten
Kittens. Page 1.
AUTO RACES DEATH, WINS'
Woman Takes Poison by Mistake,
Corvallls Machine Speeds.
CORVALLIS. Or., March 6. (Spe
cial.) In almost a mile-a-mlnute rush
today an automobile saved the life - of
Mrs. Fred Cooper, who drank poison,
mistaking It for medicine. Delay of
five minutes would have been fatal.
The Coopers live three miles from
Corvallls. As soon as Mrs. Cooper's
mistake was learned a telephone mes
sage was sent to Corvallis urging
Hartway Brothers to send an automo
bile at full speed.
Mrs. Cooper seemed to be in the
throes of death. She was rushed to Cor
vallls and was saved by the stomach
pump.
"In another five minutes." said the
attending physician, "the case would
have been hopeless."
The automobile made the round trip
six miles, in nine minutes. "
DEMOCRATEO DO THE TRICK AS
SULLIVAN'S HEIR
POOR
AND
INSANE
DublinSends Sequel to
Famous Seattle Suit.
CORCORAN LIVES IN SQUALOR
His Son Asks Court to Send
Him to Asylum.
LAWYERS GET HALF MONEY
One Seattle Attorney Induces Heir
In Ireland to Sign Away Right to
$260,000 for $0000, bnt
Peal Is Later Annulled.
DUBLIN". March 6. Timothy Healy"
appeared today aa counsel for the pe-
Itlnnpr in lunacv proceedings In which
an effort was made to establish that.
American lawvera had obtained for
themselves the greater part of a large
estate to which a Dublin saaaier was
legally entitled.
Th mi, came un before the registrar
In lunacy and a Jury on a petition of
E. Corcoran, wno sought to nave nis
father. Edwin Corcoran, the saddler In
question, declared insane. Mr. Healy
said that if the elder Corcoran naa
his rights he would be worth $250,000.
Instead, he had been found within the
last three months In a squalid lodging
house here, unable to give an account
of himself. -
Mr. Healy said that Corcoran cousin,
John Sullivan, died In Seattle several
years ago Intestate.
"An American lawyer came to Dub
lin," continued the counsel, "and, see
ing he had an easy mark, grossly mis
represented the value of the Inheri
tance. Corcoran signed away his right
to half the property to a man named
Lewtn, whom he had never seen, for
1250. Altogether Corcoran got about
$000.".
After evidence was taken concerning
Corcoran's mental condition, the hear
ing was adjourned.
CORCORAN" WAS PAID $115,000
Attorney Says He Paid It and Saw
Corcoran LiYing In Comfort.
SEATTLE, March 6. Edward Cor
coran, who was adjudged heir to the
500,000 estate of John Sullivan, a Se
attle pioneer, was In feeble health
when he visited Seattle two years ago.
The property went Into the possession
of a syndicate of Seattle men, headed
by ex-United States. Senator Samuel
H. Piles, the syndicate paying Corcoran
for his rights In the estate.
" Fred H. Peterson, who effected the
final settlement between Corcoran and
the attorneys who had been handling
the estate, said tonight that, when
Corcoran and his Irish counselor,
Charles P. O'Neill, left Seattle July 6,
1909, Corcoran took with him 40,000
In cash and $149,000 in bonds of the
Provident Investment Company, which
(Concluded on Page 8.)
ADVERTISED t
10 KITTENS DIE;
OWNER GETS $50
WOMAX WIXS SUIT FOR LOSS OP
YOUNG FELIXES.
Products of Cat Farm Sent to City
for Sale, but Succumb to At
tack of Homesickness.
Because 10 kittens, sent by Mrs. Emma
Chiite. of Two Rivers, Wash., to the
Portland Bird Company, to be sold,
turned up their little pink toes and lost
all of their nine lives, suit filed In Jus
tice Court was decided yesterday by
Justice Bell In favor of Mrs. Chute,
with Judgment for $43.
Mrs. Chute runs a cat farm at the
Washington town, and produces felines
of high degree for the market. F. A.
Stuhr, proprietor of the Portland con
cern, was one of her customers. . Last
October she shipped him 10 kittens,
worth $5 apiece, but they grew home
sick soon after arriving here, and after
making several nights hideous with their
caterwauling, expired. Mrs. Chute ad
mitted the receipt of $5, and sued for the
remainder of $50 due.
Stuhr made answer that the cats were
received on commission, but as In several
letters offered in evidence he admitted
his obligation. Judgment went against
him.
The case was hard-fought, the deposi
tion of Mrs. Chute being taken at her
home at Two Rivers. Much correspond
ence was offered in evidence..
"I will pay you soon," wrote Stuhr,
"but you must remember that I am pay
ing for dead cats. I am loser on- the cat
deal between $75 and $100."
BILL LEADS TO ARREST
Measure Abolishing Capital Punish
ment Passes; Fugitive Surrenders.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 6. After
listening spellbound to the discussion and
hearing the Assembly pass a bill abolish
ing capital punishment. Joseph W.
Cooney, wanted es the murderer of his
cousin, walked over to the Senate
chamber and gave himself up to Senator
Thomas Finn, who Is Sheriff of San
Francisco City and County..
"I'm Joe Cooney and they want me,
Tom," he said when the Senator ap
peared.' "All right," replied Finn, "come along."
The two left the Senate chamber with
out attracting notice.
Investigation showed Cooney had ap
parently drifted into the Assembly by
chance. He listened, as a men might to
an argument over his own life, until late
in the day the lower house decided for
the abolition of theBeath penalty. Cooney
then, hurried to the Senate chamber.
He' is charged with killing his cousin
yesterday In a quarrel over a woman.
In the bill passed by the Assembly,
murder In the second degree Is made
punishable by a minimum penalty of 10
years in the penitentiary.
TROOPS RUSHED TO TEXAS
From All Parts of United States
Army Is Being Concentrated.
ATLANTA, Ga., March 6. Orders were
Issued tonight for the 17th United; States
Infantry, at Fort McPherson. and the
11th Cavalry, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., to
proceed at once to San Antonio, Tex., for
service along the Mexican border.
SALT LAKE CITY, March 6. The 15th
Infantry, J- S. A., received orders to
night to leave Fort Douglas at once for
Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
pnirsmTT. Ariz.. March 6. The en
tire garrison at Fort Whipple, consisting
of two companies of Infantry, a detacn
mnnt of hosDltal corps and a machine
gun platoon, received orders tonight to
report at Fort Sam nousion, iuny
equipped for Held service.
91V tmxtiCJSC.O. March 6. Two regi
ments of infantry, the 30th, from the
ProdAln, here, and the Eiehth. from Mon
terey, have been ordered, to the Mexican
border. The troops comprise 22 compa
nies and four platoons of machine guns.
FARM SELLS FOR $90,000
Umatilla .Wheat Rancher Abandons
Soil for Home In Lents.
PENDLETON", Or., March . (Spe
cial.) John Bahr, a wealthy Umatilla
County farmer, disposed of his 920
acre wheat ranch near this city today
for $90,000, making one of the most
Important real estate deals ever con
...mttiii In this county. Barney An
derson, a local farmer, is the purchaser.
The land is used exclusively for
growing wheat, and for this purpose
is regarded as one of the best in the
county. Bahr recently gave up farm
ing and purchased a small home at
Lents.
COLUMBIA GETS $2,000,000
University Receives Large Donations
Including Kennedy Gift.
NEW YORK. March 6. Gifts amount
ing to nearly $2,000,000 were announced
at the meeting of the trustees of Co
lumbia University today. Among the
largest was $330,000 from an anonymous
donor to the School of Architecture.
Sums of $750,000 and $893,000 from the
estates of the late John Stewart Ken
nedy and George Crofer, on account of
bequests previously announced, were-included
in the list.
Hawley Xames West Point Cadet.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Mareh fc Representative Hawley
today appointed George C. Henderson,
of Medford. as cadet at the West Point
Military Academy. Millard I. Gillett, of
Oregon City, and Leo Walton, of Salem,
are appointed, alternates.
HAS NIGHT
, IS ASSERTED
Camas Prairie Rifted by
. Riders Is Plea.
36 ARE SUMMONED BY JURY
Joseph K. Vaught Gets Ear of
Uncle Sam. , ,
RIGID INQUIRY STARTED
Man Who Killed D. V. Emmons De
Clares ..Victim Was Member of
Band of Masked and
Mounted Entrymen. . j"
BOISE, Idaho. March . (Special.)
That Camas Prairie, in the heart of
Idaho, Is swept by cut-throat ' night
riders whose thirst for blood outrivals
that of Kentucky and Tennessee out
laws is the defense offered by Joseph
K. Vaught for the murder of D. V.
Emmons a month ago.
Subpenas Issued for three dozen
trymen pointed to by the Blayer as
members of the gang show that tha
prisoner has caught the ear of Uncle
Sam and rigid Inquiry by tho Federal
grand Jury now In session Is under way.
All 38 men accused by Vaught have
been ordered to appear before the In
vestigators here March 20.
Tale of Terror Told.
Midnight raids by mounted masked
men. swoops by them, upon protesting
entrymen and threats of death by gun.
knife and noose are said to have been
recited by the alleged murderer in tell
ing why he shot down Emmons Feb
ruary 14.
His victim was a prime mover of tha
night-rider clique, declares Vaught. and
he spilled his blood In defense of his
own life and homestead.
Settlers, contestants and their wit
nesses have been the prey of night
riders for months, Vaught Is reported
as telling the United States District
Attorney here.
With the issuance of subpenas for
alleged members of the band of entry
men accused by Vaught excitement Is
at high pitch.
Men Reported Missing.
How many men are missing?
"Where is Johnson, whose horse
rushed into town riderless last week?
What has become of the stranger
who ordered a stock of supplies and
has not called for them?
These and other questions are heard
at every corner and visitors to Bolso
from the Prairie are recalling mid
night shots and screams they regarded
as only ordinary at the time.
Lending color to Vaughfs declara
tion that nlghtriders hold sway ver
the Prairie, several settlers called by
the grand Jury told city friends how
they had been threatened with tar and
feathers by masked men if they did
not desist contesting against certain
entrymen. Lynching was threatened a
few; others showed bruises obtained
in fights with entrymen under suspi
cion. Gang's ' Kxtent Unknown.
The extent of the night-rider gang.
If one exists, is not known, but the
possibility of the power of such a
band may be Judged from the fact
that 200 desert land entries covering
30,000 acres are said to be open to
contest on Camas Prairie.
Vaught had contested the claim of Al
bert T. Leek to a piece of land entered
under the desert act and the contest
had Just been decided in favor of Vaught.
D. V. Emmons and his brother. Cliff
Emmons, were close friends of Leek, and
Cliff Emmons was one of his principal
witnesses.
Accused Man Recites Shooting..
The accused man says that on the day
of the .shooting he went into the post
offlce at Soldier for his mail and that
the Emmons brothers were there. They
followed him outside, he asserts, in
sulted him, attacked him. threw him
down and commenced beating him with
their fists. While he was held down.
Vaught declares, he managed to draw
his revolver and fired four times. One
bullet struck D. V. Emmons near tha
heart and caused his death. Vaught is
now in Jail in Hailey, charged with mur
der in the first degree.
The evidence was placed in the hands
of United States District Attorney Lin
genfelter. He ordered Deputy Marshal
Beemer to Camas Prairie armed with
subpenas. Mr. Lingenfelter is said to be
in possession of sensational evidence
tending to show that the alleged night
riders subjected their foes to most in
human treatment to gain their end.
UMATILLA STREAMS RISE
Rain, Followed by Warm Winds, Is
Melting Snow Rapidly.
PENDLETON, Or., March 6. iSpecial.)
Rain last night followed by warm
winds this afternoon and evening Is
causing the snow to disappear rapidly"
from foothills and mountains. ,
All atreama ars xlaln rapidly, .eJ
IDAHO
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