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CAKE'S REPUDIATION OF
STATEMENT NO. 1.
. ?1 do not want to mix up with
the- -jplitlcl affairs of : any
ooupty or take part in, the, sup-
port of any tlckrt. "Tu ring the w
primary, campaign I a'dvocn ted
statement No. 1. X 3iJ. not ad-'
vocate ' th nomination of any . 4
ticket In ny county." I do not"
want, therefore, to meddle with
the affair of any county, or to-
attcmrt to folnt to" any ticket 4
"tliar "ahoulJ bo elected.--from
an Interview wttn H. M. Cake, ,4
4 published In Tha Journal. April
: Nominated on a Statement No.t Dlat-
. form. " repudiating It 10 days' after
ward, refusing 'to aupport the principles
f Statempnt No. I or Ua candldatevj
for tne leRislature during his present
trurr of the state In behalf of his can;
(lldacy fortho United States senate!
H. M. Cake) apparently baeea hia hopes
of being: elected t , iCqngresa on; the
legislature in the event he is defeated
in the popular election ,june i ny.uov
emor George B5, Chamberlain..
Tn pcnr the election of states sena.
ah ikr A KAnlAHntiitfvM,Arluinrfl AfthAr
unpledged or -else pledged to "Republi
tan voters' choice! i ia Cake's present
plan of l-ampalgn. Then.-should t3ov
-" ernor' Chamberlain -receive the popuhtr
vote. In June, Cake may . Do in a posi
tion to expeot the election to the United
Hates senate at the hands of those leg
islators who will disregard the recorded
T wisnes 01 me people or uregon. n
effect, Fthe attitude of the Republican
candidate now tends . toward defeating
Statement No,? i :-and restoring . the
siate legislature to ring xnie.
' Vigoroos Before Election. t
Throughout the state It ' is conceded
... that Cake received hls i nomination by
.his vigorous stand on . StatementLNo. '1.
Ihirlng his entire campaign it was the
An vran tnaiiA hA iirrt find nloftdnil
with . nls : audiences . to support. ; . In
every address he made, prior to the pri
mary election. Statement No. 1 was the
meat and kernel of hia remarks.- He
: held Statement No. 1 before the people
as. the greatest and most -progressive
step the statie had taken In its whole
. nnlitieal hlntorv to roatnre tn the nan.
Ele the absolute power, to. choose United
tates senators. .
. Ten days after Cake received his nom
ination through an -apparently sincere
declaration 'of a "principle favoring the
pepple's right to, rule, he; repudiated
Statement No. . 1. During his present
campaign of the state, the Republican
candidate has largely avoided reference
- to Statement No. 1. He has not urged,
as Governor Chamberlain is! doing, a
election to the state legislature only
of - those " candida tes who have, pledged
. 'themselves . to abide by" the people's
'' wisheatif!.'iS,'''&iff1'.Hi'fi' 5i''' '5::'.;-.-'..
!L gtrong Stat anient Ho. 1, Sentiment. .. .
" Throughout eastern. Oregon, .where the
Statement''. Noi i l principle is a, much.
. .. tftrnnirAr fnntoi' now than ft . warf. hefai-A
, 1 the -primary-elcsctlon, . both.-Democrats
: and Republicans declare that Qake is
In great roeasur:; responsible for the
strong grip which Statement No.sl lias
on thepeople to hat-rgeetiojj of the
tpuringTht,campaign east ! of the
mountains, before the primaries, Cake's
addresses were devoted largely to this
issue. He declared forcibly that State
ment Nof 1" was the only possible means
: of abolishing -corruption the .'state
v legislature. . - - :
" In -every' lipeech ""mad In behalf" of
his candldacv Cake spent the larger part
of his time In picturing the debauchery,
brlucry ajid corruption characteristic of
Orepron's- legislature for decades. He
j declared vigorously, that if the people
' adopted Statement No. 1 this year, and
by mo doing evinced their, determlna
- tinn to rule the legislature instead of
. being 'sftld out by its , members, there
..would- oti an end to euch legislative
- ' Cake Wow Is SUeni. ,'
, . Since repudiating his own platform
and Statement No. 1 in particular 10
- days after 'receiving the nomination,
: V bk has been silent on the remedy he
advocated a months ago. On the other
: hand. Governor' Chahiberlaln 'in - his
present campaign- is advocating Stnte-
ment No. J even more vigorously than
did -Coke before the primaries.
Governor Chamberlain has spoken to
the same audiences CHke addressed in
' eastern Oregony and in each lnstanca
the' former hns made a flat-footed dec
laration of his '.advocacy of- Statement
GRANGE OFFICIALS SERVED 'WISELY-AND WELL
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A I vin ; jreaton :i)eclares Tliat
f 'Crime Was Premeditated
. and -That He Had; Jade
Preparations , to Proye an
. .Alibi If Accused of Deed.
Gir Threatened to, Force
illim to;JJlarry Her andjle
A Enticed Her. to Lonel'
.Garden Hollow Where He
Took Her Life. .
"XJprflsy afremi '. tltp rotirinjt of,icf i'; 'I'f v "re V"o'0"! "I ",l f ,e' confiJtse sicps..
lUadu' ttitpi U'fi to i Uf.'jiti"pffi1p('81Hrx Ioitot.j in- (' li. . lirin', -bv4.sicr:' l-car Eaton, 'chapljuir A..
T liuUnir maKtvr. '(unA MUi),;"MVs.ipiii'j(1 7i U'oxvard.'w rctaif lMis-lttra -R. Wtildii.ilertttrci';, ft l1iotii'.
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rju'tprasurfr; 5irs.- IiittU'ivae, Flur,a; JVlrn.vMary (;riscntbwaitet' I'ert,1; Slrs; JurbinPouiqna; , Mrs.- A.
a, lads" nxsistanrstwaitlvWrfielrl, sIstaijt Bteward. ,,Top Vow-.Vi Ai'outag,' steaJr-'E CHoff-V
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. "fip Ala mi ovr AVTilI!"nppidp Onptfnn'nf TnppfitiPfl " it
Ratesourtecisions'Ifavbralble.'4' " v1 r C
non-was regarasnnances-nerepnen:
"The' property" of, the .railroads" is in a
good physical1. condition'., and", ia' being
- (Wtthlngton Bnreu of - The.. Journal.)
Washington, May 16. EJ, H.'Harriman
says thflt the traffic managers will have
to decide- the complicated xate Question
which has 'aroused a tempest of protest
from . all- tver the country because, of
Increases."" Thls"mOrnlng the . magnate
said: . - i-
"The traffic managers will decide the
matter of increased freight rates. I do
not. care . to further .dlacuBS. the sub
ject" ' f -
wnen assea -wnai ine raiiroaa'.auua-
good physical condition', and", ia' being
wel( maneg-edTheoada Jre .abft to
get all.4the moex-j necessary .itOvfinance
tnem;-,-.m:! lact jiney -can nnance , tnem:
solves now..' j ." , . - ,
- i-Naturftl'3 conditions VhaT"'-mt'been
better In years. -' The country, is going to
have bumpencrops ana tne recent, Jinan
clal aeitatton .has greatly, calmed. - Re
cent.declHiona.nfAstate and federal courts
na ve jiaa Jt.gooat eiieci ,m aajueuntt. ai
fairs of 'big ooncerns." !. . , -
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Wanhlngton, May It. Unofficial . an
nouncement is made that r President
Roosevelt has in strong terms called: the
attention of . Japan to ,the continued ln-
ux of Japanese laborers, and it is said
hat the mikado has been told that if
this matter Is not regulated the United
State would be compelled to pass -an
exclusion law. , ; f - ! - -
Since' the passport agreement "went
into effect . in January, 1S07, a drop of
4,30T"" occurred in ."that- month." aa -com
pared wlth January of - tha. preceding
year; In -February "there was - de
crease of 2,167; In March it was J.1S8,
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anA in-4 April 1,185., According to the
regulations; Issued -'by 'Commissioner-General-
Sargent, a skilled or ; unskilled
Japanese or .Korean,';' if 'found ,ln "t. the
continental .territory ..of ', the ! United
States, without! haying been, 4ly.'admlt
ted," upon. Inspection,, 'may ba". arrested
and - held- tor ". deportation.- As ", Japan
would strongly oppose any action look
ing to the legalfsatlon. of i a . policy ,of
exclusion. President Roosevelt decided
to let that country regulate) the matter
so .that It would not suffer any humilia
tion. - But as the mikado has been slow
in stdpplngt the Influx of. laborers .the
president feels that it, is his duty to,
call a halt, even if he had -to address
a remonstrance ;to Japan. i.... .v;
CLEVELAND, : STREET.
RAILWAY EMPLOYES '
: v LEAVE THEIR CARS
(Continued on Page Tares.)
(Cnltea Pless tm Wire.)
. Cleveland, May 16. A. atrlke of the
streetcar t .men , was ? declared at : . 4:45
o'clock this morning and nearly, all of
the! municipal . traction company's sys
tem,' which 'is ,the. B-cent- fare road, ;is
tied. Up.": A few mild -disturbances fol
lowed, such' as the breaking of a few
windows in-car barns,, but no violence
has been reported. A majority of the
employes declined to walk out with the
strikers, but ,it is. expected they .w ill
follow shortly. - - l
l Superintendent- Cook i of the munlcinal
company declared that. the. usual, num-,1
ber f cara wllli be, running within .,10
hours. , - . h , v -
. Vice-President Bedner of the' Inter
national' union said that the - strike is
the. result-of Presldenf Dupont, of , the
company, breaking faith.' 5 .: s
"We gave - the company more time
than- it should have been given."' .con
tinued Bedner. "The- executive i com
mittee of our union even made' more
concesslona than.lt was authorised . to
make.";. - - ,, . v .... -
- Th municipal company' refused ' to
carry out the former holding company's
contract agreeing to a raise-1 in wages
and promising to grant free transporta
tion to and from the bams for the men.
Officers ' in Gouiniandv: of
iCoastDefense WilloV-
' ' . EscaHardsliipsyf ; .
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;'iWaahlhgton5May rfl.VOfficersof ,,the
coast artillery Twhotha-ve been-chuckling
because they thought ' they"1 were t Im
mune from' the .testsT-of physical en
diiranPel prescribed if or, field : and staff
officers by President Roosevelt have not
escaped the -tents. : i- v
It will be a case , of .ride or walk with
these- officers, , Th9 president says that
if they preiicr tovwa Ik. they must-cover
a -distance of. 50 miles In three consec
utive days.', In tissuing '.the order f he
says: ' ' s " - '' ! t
"It Is Just as, much' the duty sof -all
offioers -of -the 'army to- adopt1- suoh
measures and. pursue ; such habits as
will maintain f a . physical condition - fit
f6r- active service asv to- cultivate their
minds in fitting therAselves forthe in
tellectual duties of their profession.'' --
The tests will- take Dlace durlno- the
cavalry maneuvers in the coming fall.
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RELIEVES
THAVJ IS SAHE
Alienist' Want a ; Prisoner to
Gp;on Witness Stand;and
';-'V;-i'CX)nVince;CourtW
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fi Poughkeepsie. May ;'i.-llarry- Thaw
entered the. courtroom" today minus ' the
usual smile, that he has. been wearina-.
He was immediately'engagftd in conver
sation by Attorney Graham, who evi
dently sought to, coach the defendant for
the ordeal he , must pass through: when
he takes the 'stand in the proceedings
brought to hsve , him released from
Matteawan nsylum. . It ,1s probable. that
he may testify. today.- . .!' -. ,
Dr.. Evans, who testified in the two
Thaw trial, "was the; first witheea, to
day.. -He declared -that he thought the
defendant waa sane, basing his opinion
on his observation of. Thaw, while the
latter Was at At&tteawaihv j. . -, y
hlm'I thought he shouli Uke the stand."
saia tne witness. , ti eskea me whv,
and I answered that I thought' he could
convince the court that, he was-sane."
Rioting U Tankau. .
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Toklo. . Mav I-1. Rioting in Pankftu.
China, is increasing. :, , Much property has
Deen netroyea ana many persons nave
been killed or wounded.
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(United PreM Leswd wire.) f ; :
. JCanab, . Utah," May. 16. Al vin Heaton
today made a - full written confession,
giving the details of how he murdered
Mary Stevens,, his ' sweetheart, last
Mondayt - because she insisted on him
marrying-hei. and hid her. body under
a pile of rocks In Garden Hollow,
Heaton,, who, ia only 18 yesrs oiti.
V.i pie...cjj;.i,ed, J fe
tell in the confession how he planned
io build up an allbt for himself, as he
realised 'he "Would bd accused of com
mitting ,th crime-1, t ' j ' . t I
,. "Miss Stevens wanted 'm to marry
her."? Said Heaton; "and I refused." Then
she , told me , ahe could make me wed
her. ' I then made up my mind to kill
her i if she Insisted. On -Monday we
agreed to meet In 'Garden Hollow at S
o clock, ! As soon as we met , I asked her
if she-wouldn't let me off. She again
declared that under the law she could
compel me to become her husband. 1
shot Irtsr four' times -and' dragged' her
body -to the gully, -where I covered-It
with rocks. T then went back home on
a swift trot." . . . ......... ..,
Heaton then -described how-he made'
himself conspicuous about the barn in
the rear of his home, so he would ho
able to prove an alibi later. He said
that he left his chores half completed,
so that he ' could work on them after
returning from the scene of the murder.
Misa Stevens, . whose home was in Or
dervill. wan 17 years old. The Heaton
and Stevens families arei prominent in
the communities In which they live.
REPUBLICAHS III
THY COIITESTS
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Expected There;' Will Be
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c Chicago Convention. .
GOBBLED
LANDS IN .
Prominent Citizens of East
ern Oregon Are to Be
Brought Before. aFederal
, ! ! Grand; Ju ry for Invest Iga
tioir on Fraud Charges. :
Inve'stigatiori' Wasf Begun
vXea rl T wo Yea rs i Ago,
'. hut', the Cases Have Lain
Dormant District , At-itorhey.-Clearing,l)ocket.
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- "r-. J-pV' h i"V .T'-f 'J 'f '!:' " : "
Umatilla, county', land 'frauds, Involv
ing ('some 25,000 'acres of valuable; land,
are to be" investigated by the' federal
grand Jury commencing ' Monday. May
15,-, at ?l o'clxwlt in 'the afternoon, v The
frauds are- the most Important of any
now pending or yet "to' be investigated
by the ' federal 'grand" Jury and involve"
Colottttt 'Jam'-ea' It.-.' P.ae :nt- hmiltrton,
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James H. Raley
vdJoited Pna Lul , Wlrt.) J'( V-'
' 'Chlcago'May, 16, Fully; 200 contests
are expected to -be heard when the Re
publican" convention . meets here" in
June. , Already ..notices of , S3 v contests
have. been received by the national com
mittee.', two being' for delegate at large
one from Mississippi and the other from
Alabama. ' The other contests are ; as
follows: , Alabama, .. fourth, and sixth
districts; Arkansas, .' fifth; .. Florida,
third; -Georgia. : second, third, fifth,
eighth; Mississippi, fifth, -sixth,; seventh,
eighth; Missouri fifth, eleventh, twelfth;
Ohio, sixth; South Carolina, first,. flftrt;
Tennessee, third,, seventh. -- Forty-eight
delegates' are involved, it being a .case
of Taf t against the field in all .contests.
Chairman New will call - a meeting
of the national committee in Chicago'
June -1 'and I and from -then until .the
convention opens .the.- contest , will be
heard. , - i . ' , -
one of the moet -widely known, lawyers
and public citizens of .eastern Oregon:
John Crow, a wealthy wheat raiser, and
a number of prominent Jheep and cattle
men or,limatmacojunt., .. .,,,-'-
- Upon the request of United States At
torney John - McCourt Judge Wolverton
directed that a-panel of 60 Jurymen be
drawft- from- which to---aelect-a -grand
Jury. These men are to report May is
... Investigation into the, Umatilla counts
land ; cases was begun ' by Edward W.
Dlxcn and Captain J. H. . Alexander of
the land office at La Grande during the
summer of 1906. These investigations
were continued, until: during the montn
of- November, or', later, and the first
news -of the investigation waa. printed
in l ne journal or XNovemoer ti.
Because of the treneral stasrnationln
the land investigations in ' the state no
thing: was dono with! tho reports of
Dixon" and "Alexander f both of - which
had been filed-with, the department at
Washington. . Since that time no ; new
investigations ' have beert"' taken up by
the district attorney's office, here and
it Is only with, the clearing of- the
decks by district Attorney McCourt that
the case has . been brought to the
surface. . .--. , - . .vff ... T j
f r -'j-:.. History .of Case, - . , j
' The- esse- grows out of the gobbling!
of some 15,000 acres of land in Umatilla
county Dy-a numrjer oi prominent ana
wealthy rmenj of-the, county, or at least
of .-that Part of the state. The history
of the case 'is something as follows: ,
. in lssi, the Indian lands of the Uma
tilla 1 reservation were ordered to be
allotted -to the Indians of the reserva
tion, u Each Indian, was ordered given a
tract of agricultural land and in addi-
DAYTON
EUCHRES
SPERRY
Commander : of " the Cruiser
Squadron Refuses to Sail
Until lie Has Bossed Bat-
. tleship Fleet at San Fran
cisco for Few Days.
Is Banking Officer and Big
- Ships Cannot " Fly Blue
Flag Until He Starts for,
ilanila Suhordinates Are
Frantic With Bage. .
(Continued on ' Page.! Three.)
i Sunday Morning Journal's
Special. Features
The Sunday Journals tomorrow will contain many attractive !
. features that are entirely new., Amonsr the snecial writers u-hn have
J contributed' to theMaKazine-?iection are. . Inae r Mondeiro. lohn
ti "Anderson "Jayne.--Richmond , feartlbnHobson,- Seumas MacManus - t
X and -Frederic J..Haskin. , - , , . , -t N (j -i
"i vuiiuv ytsc kujr vjjci, cwiiinci iuii : ana 'lays... oee- tne n?w a
comic page entitica, tua mud. it is very amusing, so is - Jennie
and Jack and the little lap dog.". "
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', ;San .' FranclBco, May 16. The
esprit of the corps of, the Atlantic
battleship fleet has . received a" sad
llolt. There are 14,000 sulking sail
or-men and swearing officers who
are suffering from an aggravated case
Of humiliation as a consequence of
the delay of -'Adnaira .Dayton tot the
cruiser squadron, la withdrawing
from the big show, "when through
the hauling down of the flag of Ad
miral Thomas yesterday, he became
the'.' senior - officer present. This
means that the two-starred bine pen-
pant denoting the presence of the
commander-in-chief is now floating
from the fore of a mere cruiser, the
West ' Virginia, and an officer not
identified wlthlthe big. fleeLla jua
ning the whole show.
It , was the original program that as
soon as : the flag of Admiral . Thomas
came down, 'the cruiser squadron would
set sail "for the south, so as to leave'
Admiral Sperry in command of the bat
tleship fleet,- the senior officer, pres
ent. But Admiral Dayton delayed his
olng and when the blue pennant came
own from the Connecticut it - wa
raised on the West Virginia, ' Dayton s
flagship, and the subordinate red. flag
was raised by Sperry on the Connecti
cut where it has. been, drooping deject
edly ever since, ,v, '.r ' , '
now ' n one or tne , battleship ad
mirals wants to do a little social stunt
on shore, or sit at the table in un
dress uniform he is compelled to ask
permission of an slmost alien, officer.
as a consequence tne priae or tne iilg
i-ia puncturea : ana tne personnel Is
sore. . - - ,"- ' - '
Many reasons jire .given for the . da. .
layed departure of .the cruisers, but
the battleship officers charge that Day
ton worked his' rabbit's foot with
Washington so that he 'could hang
around and' take a large fall out of
the fleet which has made the people
of the - coast forget that there was a
cruiser squadron doing, business la
these waters. -' ..'" --
The cruisers, ' however, will depart
before Monday, so that the -battleships
can sail out the Golden Gate led; bv
a - blue flag.' This , consideration for
their badly-nurt -feelings will be deep
ly rapprecia ted by the; fleet; officers. .
-,.'- -., -fv.-- ".:.' in -. i : - -'.
Admiral 'Dayton has relatives who
live in Portland ' and a - number of
friends here. Explaining- the situation
reported from' San Francisco a near rel
ative of the admiral said;
Admiral Dayton Is the ranklntr a,i
mlral of the fleet and was by virtue (,
this 1 rank next ; in line to Artmir
Evans.. Dayton is one of the stalwr.i
Of the navy who' has never attemp i
to use his influence to advance hlmm
He is a man -of exceedingly mwS,
nature, nevsr given to forcing him
Into a position ' to which he ha iu
claim. ,
Admiral Dayton is undoiihteiiiw
Ing within the regulations of th navy
department . In ' assuming tmpnrsry
command of the .fleet at San I rnt) ii-i,.
During the 8panish-Arnerican ,r l-iy-ton
-served' with - dlntlni'tlon, - but -wis
never 'advanced ' with tb rariliry f,f
men, who were hl juni--i in rank anl
who- were favored at Vv asiunti,,,, j.
is not at all likely that he wi.ui.i -i-es.irt
to 'political' graft' to oMairi r.-- i..
t Ion at San Francisco when he m',.i.
estly . refused to pro! est, aealnxt iha
.discriminations of Spaulsii-Ann! h nn
war times. -
1 "The fact that he, the ranking ml
mlral of tho navy, is In comnu.n l of a
subordinate fleet, with a ci r f
flagship, should disprove the i-ii.,i; (f
a political pull." .
THKEE KILLED BV
(Cslted Pr- I,,,,., vire.)
Wikatunk. N J
Shepard. his wif r
Pendy, a servant rirl
were murder,! -ne
n?nt in the '
Matawan. '1 i:e 1 .
is not known h-.re
The 1-y.ir-nil
couple v,nn peri .it
trr.grlv s vr., , "
the farrn hand,
pontrn U sn.rcl.t- -for
the eiuae i i
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