East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, October 11, 1905, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textj.t.s.sasy.'MW' DAILY EVENINGEDITION DAILYEVENINGEDITIOII WEATHEIt FORECAST. Tonight fiilr and warmer. Thurs day fair. There Is u special message every day In Ram Oregnnlun advertise ments. Iteadthcm and save money. VOL. 18. PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOKKIt II, 1905. NO. 5485 Tk. a II DIRT THE LITTLE SALMON Scheme to Increase the Water Supply of the South Fork of the Walla Walla River. H'NDF.K T1IK MANAGEMENT fl'OliXllWESTKILY COMPANY. 'Would "Add Heavily to the 'Resources itt the Ehvtrle and Gas Corporation anil Also' to tlie. Irrigatloiilsts of Nortiicm rnmrllla nntl Southern Walla Walla Counties The. Lit lie 'Salmon In Now Tributary to the 'Snake It Ih SnpiKwd Tliat a Cotn 'parnttvely Inexpensive Engineering 'lent WmiM'Tnni Its Water West ward, In Northwestern W'albiwa. Walla Walla, Oct. 1 1. To Investi gate the feasibility of diverting the ) waters of the Little Salmon Into the i south fork of the Walla Walla river ! through an almost inaccessible can yon, forming a natural link between the high range of the mountains sep arating the two streams. It. E. Allen, manager of the "Northwestern Gas & Electric company, E. O. Hurllngame, of the Walla Walla Irrigation com pany, and two guides left Walla Walla last Friday morning for the scene of the proposed engineering feat, which Is about 5i) miles southitast Of Walla Walla and In the northwestern part of Wallowa county. Considerable secrecy was maintain- ed In forming the party and the des tination and object of the trip was not known until yesterday. The party, was encountered on the upper Walla Walla river Sunday by a mountain resident, who was In 'Wnlln Walla yesterday afternoon. 'This 'man's services -were enlisted to guide the parly through the Blue mountains, but owing to other' busi ness requiring his attention, he-could '.not accompany the iiarty. Oulded by Iee Roberts, owner 'Of the Koberts ranch on the Walla Walla, tiic party pushed on ahead and ex pected to be In the wlrlnlty of . the 'headwaters of the two stream some time today. It is believed that the object of the trip being mnde by Mr. Allen and the other members of the party Is to es tablish the authenticity .of the old prospector's story with a view of di verting the waters of the Little Sal omon Into the' Walla Walla If It proves 'true and the project Is feasible. The !lact 'that one of the company's en gineers Is acoompatiylng cite party, lends , color to tiie statement. The added waters of the sSulmon nvnuld 'be of untold benefit : to the T.'orthwestern Oas & Electric com pony In the way of added ssiwer for ItsvWalki Walla plant and akmito the numerous Irrigation companies using ..the waters. of the Walla Walls . rf or Ir rigation purposes. Tito Utile Salmon is a turbulent rvnint'.ln stream running abaut the art-e quantity of water us the wVuila Wsthi durlnr the spring season. The certi! v conUp'j :uh tc. l e j-,r.-r.'n, at a puknt nearly opposite the bead water of the Walla Will In. Ms rough and mountainous and almost totally unlnhaltlllert .except fc prospeutoen J who mii'ke 'periodical trips up he stream ii. search for pis er eliilma. KILLF WITH AY CrIIIHELLA. Imli- ' Jury Says llv Homo Fnammu viAnsl. Portland. iCiet. II. Thl mornlnf Coroner Klittey held an lnqit.-st on lite body of Mrs. Louise Jenkins, who was killed Saturday .night nt the head of the stiilrs over it he Acme beceptlou saloon. Fourth nd (Clouoh streets, by hBvIng an umbrella puss thnMigh her eye to the brain, and quickly deter mined that the deceased came to her death at the hand of siime perscn un known. II. Carberry. a teatboat w,ilter, was the chief witness; he was the only s-ye witness to the tragedy. He was talking with the womn.ii when itho murderer struck at the woman with I fnis umbrella. Carberry as tskn j Into custody early Sunday morning ax a witness. He will be detained for while as he Is the only person wha could Identify the murderer. Yew Commander In Philippine. Washington, Oct. 11. Colonel A. 8. Frost was elected commander of the army In Ihe Philippines today. Tho Bankers' association unanimously thanked the president for securing peace. End of Yellow Fever in hignt. New Orleans, Oct. 11. Sharp frost has been announced as fnr south as Fort Smith, Ark., and arrangements are already pro gressing to dismiss the fumigat ing and quarantine employes. "IS TI1EHE A MONOPOLY?" rui'ttrra' Attorney Says the standard Oil Is One. Chicago, Oct. 11. Arguments upon the demurrer filed by the packers was resumed this morning. During a dis cussion of the definition of the word "monopoly," the court asked If there Is In business any Illustration of a practical monopoly. The packers' at torney replied, the Standard OH com pany Is one. Judge Humphrey ques tioned the attorneys of both sides Im partially and In finding fault with the arguments. lioth sides took encour agement from his rulings. JIDGE TrcKKR KES1GY8. Clmi of Vcniallly Against Hint Were Sustained. Tucson, Arlx., Oct. 11. Judge E. A. Tucker, associate Justice of the su nt nie couit, who Is holding court at Solomonvllle, has wired hlB resigna tion at the request of the president, following Investigation of the charge that Tucker located hta headquarters at Olobo for a consideration. While the charges were sustained, Tucker was allowed to resign. Eight. Xew Tinses. New Orleans, Oct. 11. Eight new cases and two deaths from yellow fe ver were reported at noon. SILET7, MtAl DS WEIIK A SUCCESSION OF BOI;IITK. Jones ami Potter W ere Hied on Every Kiile and Cnable to Hoaji the Full Benefit of the Supposed -Swindle of Which They Were the Authors Civil War Veterans Wnrlied Into tlw Game on Yaaarrotis a Occasions Swindler Wore . "PUyvd Ofr Against Far Other. The Intricate frauds practiced by tho land thieves of Oregon and dU closed at the trials now In progress at Portland, are thus made .public by the Oregon Daily Journal The defendants In the land fraud case on trial In the federal court were not the only speculators attracted by the rich timber of the Sttetz reserve Others learned of the operations tt W. X. Jones and Thaddeus 8. Fott: and were quirk to pemalve Uie.pppor tunlty.to snatch from their grasp at least a portion of the prize. Testimony given today was lurgely the story of successive 'holdups, in which Jones and Potter were the vic tims. Thoy could not fight. The homestead entries by which thny ex- peoted to acquire the .timber were tainted with the grossest fraud, and any serious contest woald 'Only result in the cancellation of the claims and the loss of the money they had al ready exnended. Like a swarm of blood-suckers their rivals fastened upon them and demanded money as the price of release. Contests were Instituted against number of homestead claims entered hy the Jones brigade of old soldiers. In wnne cases the veterans themselves dwerted their employer and Joined hands with the enemy. Jones was foreed to give up money right and left. In some Instances he bought off the contestants, paying from 1100 to 1200 for ,each claim. Sometimes ho was forced to pay In addition the ifees of the contestants' attorneys. In still other cases the claims slipped alto gether from his grasp, the entnyme.li (faithlessly selling out to H. B. Mon tague and leaving Jones in the lurch. ! It Is a atory of cunning and treachery. n f,t conclusion lo the tnlo of system atic perjury wnicn nas iiiuen irwm lik- Reluctant dips of the cnlrymen. The testimony of the entrymen was .concluded this morning. Oliver I. Conner, a (veteran of the civil war hc first witness today. He Is the wojnintor af a barber shop on the Itese Line rand and i'i'. Induced br J. U Wells to take up a claim In the tfll- unserve. In the main Conner'B lestljminy was like that of his com rades, though tie Insisted that he waa Ignorant of the false statements In his flHmcs and final proofs. He testified that he Wormed the clerk at Ihc land office that he had not. actually resided on hi ciajm, but Just the opposite statement appears Jn the proofs. Con mr ) oiat he signed the papers without reading them over. When George RIVea Informed lilm that he could sell his claim to U. B. Montague for more money than Jones luid offered. Conner concluded lo do mi. Alter some dickering ho conveyed the land to Montague, receiving $100 down and $100 more when patent Is sued. Owirge ltllea. who wears an empty sleeve as a memento of his four years' service In the civil war, told unhesi tatingly of the deal which he entered Into with Montague, with the idea of buying up the elulms that Jones had caused to be located. "We were to divide what we made," testified Kllea. "1 wanted to pay the entrymen $300 apiece, for I was sure that we could sell them for $1400 or $1500. We would have to pay off the Jones mortgage, but that would still leave us a good profit. But Montague would not pay more than $200, so we offered that price." HONEYCOMBED TARDY JUSTICE ATL Innocent Men Suffered for Robbery of the American National Bank in 1898. VICTIMS AIjSO Ml'IXTEl TVS SLNIKH iiriMJM KYTS. I'roai-t-iilliiK Wltnemrs In Slunder Stilts low Confrontwl With Cliargm Whleli If SiilHflantlated Will Torn tlie Tables In a Itcmarkablo Manner Against Tliem Officials Claim Jo lie In PoflHctrdon of Evidence That "AVI11 Convict, Much of It Gaineil Fmni Divorced Wife of One tf the llefcndantM Crime Committed Keren Years Ago. Lima, O., Oct. 11. Thnmua. K. Wilklns, Jr., son-in-law of Banker Eli jah Bowsher, was arrested today ac cused of the robbery of the American National bank of this city Chrintmaa, 1S9S. of which crime at the time, Cashier Gus Kalb and N. L. Michael, were accused and made good the $18, 000 stolen. Also Judgments were ren dered against them in slander suits brought by Wilklns and Bowsher. Kalb said he has spent 122,000 try ing to unravel the mystery, and clear his name. The prosecuting attorney says he has secured evidence enough, mostly from Wilklns' divorced wife, to convict Jtlm. YEW WABASH niKF.CTOKS. (Jon Id l aetloii Fleet Tlirir Croud and Will Stand a Legal Fight. Toledo. O.. Oct. 11. The Would faction of bondholders this morning elected the six directors. The nomina tions made yesterday were displaced and the following substitutes choxeii: ThomaB M. Hubbard. E. T. Jeffery. John T. Terrey, Wlnslow Pierce. Hub ert M. lialloway and Edgar T. Wells. i AME CAIJiED OFF. Third of Scries Postponed -ntt Annnnl of I lain. . Philadelphia. Oct. 11. Bad weather today for the third game In the na tional championship series. Betting Is even on the series. There Is little betting today. loiter No game because of rain. Men Kliaro Mill's Profits. WL ancouver, B. C, Oct. 1 1. The B. C. Electric Hallway company has Just distributed 117.000 to the men In Its employ In the shape of a co-operative dividend. Every man In the service gets 340. Last year's dividend to the employes neted each man $35, and the previous one $25. The dividend is paid from a fund set aside after the payment of four per cent to the share holders. ' It consists of oneithlrd of the net remainder after tra.t .rllstrt button of profits. 1 .Hyde Is Dropped. Salt Lake., Oct. 11. Jaaies H. Hyde, of Kew York, was dropped from the board of directors of the Union Pacific railroad nt the annual moot ing of the stockholders held here to day. P. AYalantlne, of Chicago, wa elected to the board as the new mem ber. With these exceptions all the members of the ; former board were re-elected. Nearly 76 per cent of the outstanding stock was cast by Vice President Cornish and William It. Kelly, general oonnscl, representing the Harrlm'an Interests and no opposi tion wvs manifested. Scully Billed Off the Track. . Los Angeles. Oct. 11. The Santa Fe netuses to give Walter Scott, the Death Vslley miner, a speclul train to race wlh Har.rlniiin to Chicago. 0 11 WARRANTS ISSUED FOR GAMBLERS Although the police fonpe failed to find any gambling In an alleged "raid" made last night by Chief of Police Cnffman and Officer Manning. District Attorney Phelps Issued warrnnts for 11 gamblers this afternoon, who were lo be arraigned at 4 o'clock, shortly after the East Oregonlan went to press. Those for whom warrants were Is sued were Oeorge Rlnker, J. W. En dlcott. Bill Woodstock. Lester Swng gart, John Shongland, Oreen Kates, John Kstes and Bob Estes nnd Arthur Gibson, who are arrested for gam bling, and John Kussel and Frank O'Hnra for permitting the games to run In their building. District Attorney Phelps has had Information that games have been conducted upstairs over the State sa loon on Main street, and this forenoon called a number of witnesses whose nnmes had been furnished him. The evidence was sufficient to Issue war- BANKERS ARE IN CONVENTION Event of First Day's Session ;?an Address by the Secre ! tary of the Treasury. r.YVOISS PIIO.MOI'ION t)F THE MKIICIIAYT MA It I MO. Outline the YemsltifM for a larger j ixl Better Currying Meet of Anicr- j lean Bottoms nnd ;m- on Iteoonl as Favoring a Strong Policy of Sub sidizing to Accomplish That End F.Mitlates l'Mn the Advantages of (Hivemnieiit Fostered Ilallroads anil Draws an Effective I"arnllel In the IllKTests of Water Commerce Kx etwivc and I'iihimiihI lummi Bring Failures. Washington, Oct. 11. The Ameri can Bankers' association met today. The principal feature was the addres of i Secretary Shaw urlng that some thing be done to increase the mer chant marine. He said In part: "The time Is coming when the Cnlted States needs new markets. The world may come for war farm pro ducts and raw products of the mines in their own ships, but will not come In their own ships for the finished products of our factories. I am aivare this Is not a popular time, but I wish to call attention, lo the need for discussion long Hftr the meeting is closed. ."The completion of the Panama canal makes a line of e.iual distance front the eastern to the western shores of tfci- Inciflc. We will get the worth of our money spent on the canal If we place ourselves In a position to get our share of the use of the canal. "Not until railroads, encouraged by government aid. were built, did th commerce of this country multiply. Likewise not until the merchant ma rlne was also encouraged did Inter national commerce Increase In propor- i lion necessary" to mainUiin an equal ity with other nations. Possibly some will say 'What care 1 particularly for the American manufacturer? That Is his business, not ours.' Yes. but no one class of American people was ever prospered except when all were prospered. "The United States owns the Phil ippines, which, plus the Punama ca nal, plus the merchant marine, would insure to the American people more!1"' ,,,ta-v Hnd ay ,he PeP'e than the present 10 per cent of the "re ST"" elated over the prospects .limn ine prroein j o per cent or tne; ' thousands of millions of trade washed 1 by the Pacific. Our foreign commerce!11 nlinl '" wn' 18 Practically complet- Is not as farce ns 4 0 -venm nirn We carried in our own shinn on xn ir. age of one-third of the tonnage of 40 ytars ago." . President Swinney. in his annua! address attributed the bank failures of the present year to granting exces- slve loans to unsound Industrial en - lerprlses. . He regarded the present national- banking law as Inadequate necausc too rnrld. He gave the ad ministration's view of "Frenzied Fi nance" as. exposed by the insurance Investigation and said the Investiga tion has revealed the most disgrace ful betrayal of trust which has placed the American financiers on trial be fore the 'country and the 'world. Frank A. Vanderlip then spoke. PltOSECVTIOY CLOSED TODAY. lleney Incriminates Former Ijiml Of- floe Official. 1 Portland. Oct. 11. The proseru- I tion finished Its case this morning in i Ihe land fraud trial. O. It. Moore, former register of the land office. ' testified he asked all applicants for j homesteads the regular printed ques- Hons. Cross-examination by Heney I brought out the fact the witnesses had Issued claims when eoanlzimt nf their fraudulent character. I rants upon and this afternoon Hie e-! tire party was served with warrants ' by the sheriff's office 1 It has been known'nll the time that ' from two to five games Including draw I poKsr. roulette, "21." "craps" and other games have been run In the rooms over the State saloon, and while It has been closely guarded, yet suffi cient evidence has been sesured to convict the entire party It Is thought. Still another lot of names have al ready been secured from games that are running continuously and the matter will be brought to the atten tion of the district attorney. None of the parties for whom war rants were Issued owe their arrest to the police force, as no assistance has been had from any member of the force In securing evidence ugalnst the gamblers. In the alleged "raid" made by the police force last night, no gam bling was found, although it Is said several places were visited about 0 o'clock. COrilT-MAHTIAL OK YOl Xti. lieniilngton liollerH Said lo IU Very FrfN? I'roin Scale. Vallejo, Oct. II. In the court-mar-tlul of Young, the Ileiiiiiiigton com mander, F. W. Hartlett was on the stand all the .morning. He examined the boilers after the explosion and found them In good condition and re markably free from scale. The court Is examining the nHers o'f the ship's engine room this afternoon. Hartlett is explaining his theory of the ex plosion. Blue prints showing the conditions of the boilers In August, 1 90 1. were admitted In evidence after a long wrangle. WILL F.I.KtT OECKMHKK 5. Oregon Short Line EliHtlon Was lot IMintil Ylne Wwks. Salt Ijike. Utah. Oct. 11. The an nual meeting of the stockholders of the Oregon Short Line this morning adjourned until December n. without electing directors. The entre party of Hiirrimnn nrni'iais, left tonay ror Omaha. CHICAGO WHEAT .MARKET. Quotations From the Greatest Wheal Market In the United States. Chicago. Oct. 11. Wheat closed at M 3-8; corn, nt 45, and oats at 28 7-8. SELECTING A RIGHT OF WILL NOT FOLLOW LI YES C1IONKY KHillT YEARS AGO. . II. Y. Changes Its Plans as to a Itonte 'llirongli tlie Wallowa Coun try, Made Necessary by Ilapid Set tling I p of tlie niwtrict Will Fol low tlie Itlver for tlio Mot Part Intrusion I'iMiii Cultivated Ground and Into Orchards Ncrus-wry In Sonic Instances. Eight years ago the O. it. & N. ''""many located right of way through Inige portion of the Wallowa val ley. from Elgin to Joseph. Because of the rapid settlement rapid settlement since that time, it is now necessary t locate an entirely new right of way, and party of right of way men headed by 1'. A. Worthlngtnn, of Portland, is now in the valley securing a route. At the time the right of way was "'caieu wirougn me vaney many oi the foothill districts w ere unoccupied, but today they are settled the entire length of the valley. E. P. Durbln. of Wallowa, is in the """ ,,,r 11 riuld a"'1 ,he " of securing I Thr " '"' follow the river most j th wny through the three valleys I Into which the Wallowa district ia di - I VU,'J- ,n many places It will be ' necessary to cross valuable alfalfa tMtl- a,,d in several Instances or- I 1 ''hai'd" nd ri-'h garden tracts must , ' hfl t,rowI. but the company is pay- j j we" ,or the riSh' and little dlf-1 62:l PKIt ACRE. Chicago. Milwaukee & Si. Paul tiivs; Tide Flat l.iinl. Tacoma. Wash.. Oct. II. Ueoige li. Taylor, who sold 69 acres of tide lands j for $250,0110. closing the 1c:;l jesiei .!ny. Miys the purchew whs tni ! by ! the Chicago. Milwaukee & SI. P.nul! ! Hallway company. The mkliu tin ofj ! o lions on Bs ncre owned hy i Ta.:o- j m ma syndicate Ik also a St. Paul pur- Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 11. In the chase, giving Unit nvnl 13; acres for i arrest here yesterday of a conductor terminal iiui'inmes. The syndicate i who had two registers in his possea lands also brought $250.oo. t slon. the secret service department of The Taylor deed has been turned ''he Metropolitan Street Hallway corn over to the representative of the rail-! puny believes it has unearthed a corn road company, nnd the .ic d to the'pany that manufactures bell registers other property will be simn-.l today. 1 for use by dishonest, conductors Is when the money will he paid over. I stealing fares. The bogus register Is Mr. Taylor declares, despite contra- ' he possession of the conductor ar- dictions, that the St. PmiiI Is coming I rested Is said to have been put out by Into Tacoma over the tracks of thea San Francisco firm that furnishes Tacoma Eastern roinl. which bought! them to conductors in all parts of the Si acres yesterday. Denis for other tide lands are still on. and It ft said when all are closed the St. Paul will have Invested $75l.m)0 In terminal grounds In Tacoma. The property adjoins the holdings -retly al a cost of $100,000 ihH" " "'l HK"' Pr-'Prty P"'cnased yesterday and today has h"'"" !"",', f"'-st "f th. ,n'"1 """'l11' "nrt, "'0 . "ptl"n" were to have expired today. The com- ' nauv itavs soot cash for the Iniirt nnri it is said the deals will lie closed dur ing the present week on the other op tions. New York Polygnml-t. New York.' Oct. 1 1. -"-Accused of having had three young wives living simultaneously In the same rial. Rob ert Beiilckcr, aged 25, was arraigned this morning on complaints unide bv two. The third was uissed by him as a sister to the other two. The two claim they supplied money for th third to travel. liivrMlgallnn Adjourned. New York. Oct. 11. The Insurance Investigation has adjourned to next Tut-s.lny. UMATILLA ONE OF HUE BEST The Exhibit From This County Tied With Marion, Lane, Coos and Wasco. OXE TIIOI'SA.MI BOLI.AILS BE DIVIDED AMONG THEM. Ihiwe Five Counties I tanked First la Excellence I'matilla County Ito ocired tlie Largest Number of GoU Medals, and Her Exhibit Was ttaa Most General in Cliaracter of AJBf County Collection at the Exposi tion Beyond Question tlie Greater Part of tlie Credit for This ReaaM In Due to Bowman's Diligence, Pa tience and Excellent Judgment. Portland. Oct. 11. (Special.) A prize of $1000 was awarded to the best group of five Oregon counties last night, by the awards commute of the Lewis and Clark fair, the counties Included In this leading groaa bring Marlon, Lane. Coos, Umatilla and Wasco. The prize was for the best general exhibit and the $100 will be divided equally among the five counties In the group. Umatilla county has received the greatest number of gold medals of any county exhibiting at the fair. The total number received to date by t'matllla county Is 45 gold, 33 silver and eight bronze medals. Other awards are yet to be made, which will swell the total number of medals received by Umatilla county to perhaps 100. The exhibit of Uma tilla county covered more points ia the general contest than any other county having an exhibit at the fair. Give Credit to Bowman. The excellent showing made bf I'matilla county at the fair is largely due to the painstaking and tireless work of Superintendent Dan Bowmaa who has had charge of the exhibit and who has used excellent Judgment I In riernrntinr the bonth nrennrlnr th exhibits, and replenishing them was necessary. The people of the different parts of the county have responded well to the rtquests for exhibits and credit is due to every one who has contributed to the exhibit. I Mr. Bowman made a special tru j to this city to secure mineral, dairy. coal, timber and stone exhibits, which placed the county In the lead with a ; general exhibit. Because of his dlli genre In securing something In al the different lines indicated by th awards committee, the county was placed at the head of the list In i curing the greatest number of points, 1 j CHRISTIAN CONVEYTIOY 1 1 EKE, i i I aitern Oregon Christian Churches Meeting In This City Today. The convention of Chrlstlaa ! slon In the First Christian church of j this city today with a good attend ance and Intense Interest In the work. I ivev. i. d. nanasaaer. ( nristian evangelist ror the Eastera Oregon district, will preach at . the First Christian church. All are cor dially Invited to attend the meeting tonight. Mr. Handsaker is an able and pleasing speaker. Stole With Duplicate HcgiKtcr. untry. Oregon Baptists at Eugene. Eugene. Or., Oct. 11. The Oregon Baptist Ministers' conference ended il sessions at noon today. The following officers were elected: President, Rev. F. W. Carstens. Medford: first vice president. Rev. Harvey Secor, Baker City; second vice president. Rev. A. L. Black. Portland: secretary-treasurer, Itev. J. B. Splght. Hood River. The state convention begun this after noon with a large attendance of dele gates. Work has begun on the 4000-fnoi tunnel in the Oold Hunter mine at Mullan. Idaho. -r4 44 4 444 444 Sunk by Derelict Mine. 4 Toklo, Oct. 11. A MoJI tele- gram says the British steamer U'po struck a mine September 13 and was sunk. Fifteen pas- V sengers and crew are missing, and two European engineers. 4