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FENDLETON, OllEOON, MONDAY, DELIMITER 4, 1903.
NO. 5G8
VOL. 18.
WORSE AND
MORE
GLARING FRAUDS
Forgery of W, H. Odell's Sig
nature and Fraudulent Use
of State Land Seal.
DaPUCATE SOME OLD AND
WEIJj KNOWN OFFENDERS.
8tarlllnff Detail of Unusual Transao
tiona Are II rut Put Before Uie Pub-
Uo bjr the Oregon Sunday Journal
Fraudulent Certificates Were Vital
as Collateral Upon WlUcli Money
Was Obtained From Eastern Hank
ers At Leant 7004 Acres of Land
Waa Claimed Simple IVooohh, and
Risk of Detection Very Blight.
More flagrant and daring land
frauds than have ever before been
uncovered In Oregon have just been
run down by State Land Agent Os
mid West, In the school land deals
made by Horace McKlnley and 8. A,
D. Puter, who are already convicted
of land frauds jointly with Senator
Mitchell. Congressman Williamson
and their accomplices.
j The frauds just discovered are of a
more widespread and daring nature
than the former methods of these
men, as wholesale forgery of the name
of former Land Agent W. H. Odcll,
and also of the seal of the state of
Oregon, are charged. The Oregon
Dally Journal of yesterday says of the
frauds:
Wholesale forgeries of state school
land certificates, whereby eastern
bankers have been defrauded of Im
mense mm of money, have been un
thed by State Land Agent Oswald
West. S. A. D. Puter and Horace
McKlnley, who were convicted only
a year ago In the federal court on the
Charge of conspiracy to defraud the
government of public lands, were the
central figures and moving spirits In
he extraordinary operations which
have now been brought to light
By duplicating genuine school land
fcertlflcates Issuod by the state board,
Counterfeiting the signature of W. H.
Odell, the former clerk of the land
koard,
and the state seal, the swindl
ers were able to borrow large sums
it money from bankers In Wisconsin,
tllnncsota and other eastern states,
alng the counterfeits as collateral.
One of the chief victims of the
fraud was Hiram Ooddard.'a lumber
man and banker of La Crosse, Wis.,
Horace McKlnley's native state. God-
Hard has already forwarded to the
state land agent forged certificates
for nearly 7000 acres of school lands,
on which he loanod a largo sum of
money. He Is supposed to have still
'more of the forgeries In his posses
lion, though full Information on this
.point has not yet been reoelved. H.
K. Dolafttre, n Minneapolis banker.
Was another victim and holds a num
ber of the counterfeits,
j Forgerlt Wore Excellent.
:l Extraordinary care was taken In
hinktng the fraudulent Instructions
Correspond as closely as possible In
appearance to tho genuine ones. The
gorged signature of W. H. Odell, the
former clerk of the land board, Is so
Vrood an Imitation that In some cases
'lie himself has not been able to dis
tinguish the spurious from the genu
.fcie. But there are evidences which
Jiearly show that the certificates are
Counterfeits, aside from the fact that
Hy are duplicates of genuine Inetru
nts, covering tho same land.
"he mothoiLJiy which tho frauds
Vere accomplished was simple and
the risk or Immediate detection was
almost nil. State school lands were
formerly sold at $1.JS an acre, paya
ble one-fifth down, one-fifth In one
Jear, ono-flfth In two years and twe
lfths on demand, with Interest at
ter cent Largo buyers of school
Unds usunlly prefer to make only the
first three payments, letting the last
Installment run at 6 per cent, since
by so doing they escape the payment
of taxes on the land. They do not
make final payment and take their
deeds until ready to dispose of the
Hnd, for so long as title remains in
the state the lnnd cannot be taxed.
' Fifty Forgeries Located.
All of the genuine certificates
which they duplicated were Issued In
1199. The state land agent has al
rtady located about 60 of the bogus
ctrtlflcates, representing some 18,000
acres of land, and this is believed to
be but the beginning of the disclos
ures. It was his Intention to defer
niaklng the facts public, but as a
number of the counterfeit certificates
rtcently have been sent In with the
money for final payment, and the
rtquest for deeds from the state, it
became necessary to Inform the send
ers that they had been swindled. It
was also thought advisable to ac
quaint the public with the nature of
the frauds, so as to preveni a repeii
tien of them.
) In all of his Investigations of these
s;nd other fraudulent transactions re
Hitlng to state school lands, Mr, West
151 IITILLA
WASHINGTON, DEC. 4. 3:30 P. M. (SPECIAL.) SENATOR FULTON HAD A SATISFACTORY INTERVIEW THIS MORNING WITH
SECRETARY HITCHCOCK. WHO ANNOUNCED HIS APPROVAL OF THE EAST UMATILLA IRRIGATION PROJECT, AND HIS INTEN
TION OF APPORTIONING , 1,000,000 FOR THE WORK, WHICH HE EXPECTS WILL BE COMMENCED WITHOUT DELAY.
IT IS EXPECTED TO PLACE 20,000 ACRES UNDER CULTIVATION AT A COST OF (60 AN ACRE, AND TO PURCHASE, USE AND
EXTEND A SYSTEM OF CANALS NOW IN USE. THE ENGINEERING FEATURES OF THE PROJECT HAVE BEEN ALL WORKED
OUT, AND IT IS EXPECTED THE WORK CAN BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE 1907 IRRIGATION SEASON. LEGAL QUESTION
INVOLVING THE RIGHTS OF PRIVATE LANDS FOR THE USE OF GOVERNMENT CANALS OF THE PROJECT ARE IN COURSE OF
SETTLEMENT BY THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
has been In constant consultation with
Governor Chamberlain.
PENDLETON UNDER ARREST.
Cluu-gcd Willi Murdering Filipino Po
liceman.
Cebu, Dec. 4. Lieutenant Charles
Pendleton was arrested on a charge
of murdering a native policeman. It
is alleged that Pendleton, while driv
ing ono day, ordered four soldiers Into
a buggy with him. A native police
man ordered him to light the lamps.
Pendleton shot him and then delivered
the body to the police. Four soldiers
confirmed Pendleton's story that he
found the man dead In the road, un
til today, when they said Pendleton
murdered him.
NEPOTISM ON SHORT LINK.
Much Dissatisfaction Over Appoint
motit of Stubbs.
Salt Lake Dec. 4. The appoint'
mefit of Donald Stubbs, as district
freight agent nt Boise for the Oregon
Short Line, a son of tho traffic dlrec
tor of the Harrlman lines Is creating
dissatisfaction, be being tho third
relative of Stubbs to hold a position
on the Oregon Short Line, recently.
One official In line for the position
resigned today and others threats t
Ae so.
IKSIffllON
INSURANCE INQUISITION
WILL KE MOST THOROUGH.
CJeorge I). Elhrldge, Vlce-Presklnrt
the Actuary, (Jives Testimony That
is Disputed and Qualified by Doc
umentary Evidence Showing That
HeneflHuries ILive Been Robbed
.and Bilked Ty Various Pretrctn
WlUch Prevented Realizing the
Tncc Vale of Their Policies.
New York, Dec. 4. Senator Arm
strong, chairman of the Insurance In
vestigation committee, said this
morning he hoped that five sessions
per week would end the work by the
end of the month, but It would, If
necessary, continue after January 1,
without a new resolution by the legis
lature. George D. Elbridge, vice-president
of Actuary Mutual Tcserve this morn
ing resumed testimony concerning
belated payments of policies.
Elbrtflge Bald the company usually
paid five or six months after proof of
death. A mass of correspondence be
tween the company's attorneys and
beneficiaries was Introduced by
Hughes which showed ninny delays,
and that Hens and assessments were
taken from the face values.
Perkins Will Retire.
A friend of Perkins today declared
that Perkins has decided to retire
from the vlce-prosldency of tho Now
York Life In April and snld an offi
cial announcement would be made
soon.
Met In Special Session.
Mudlson, Wis., Dec. 4. The legis
lature met at 3 this afternoon in spe
cial session. The governor has guard
ed well to this moment his reasons for
calling the session.
Pat Crowe Arrulgiicd.
Omaha, Dec. 4. Pat Crowe was
arraigned this morning charged with
shooting with Intent to kill Policeman
Jackson. The day was spent In se
curing a Jury.
Expect to Find Eighteen Dead.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 4. Rcscuors
In the Wlnmondvllle mlno are neaiing
the twelfth level and expect to un
earth 18 dead today.
Widespread Mutinies.
Berlin, Dec. 4. Dispatches today
state that mutinies of troops at War
saw, Kurskmlnik, Saretoff, Kherson,
Novgorood, Grodno and Kharkoff.
There Is but ono real heresy: Dis
loyalty to truth one ought to soe.
David Starr Jordan.
WILL
CONTINUE
D
FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS
Fairbanks Opened the Senate,
of Respect to the Memory
By a S triil Party Vote Uie Houmo Re-
of Mississippi, Receiving tlic Minority Vote Franklin Lane of Califor
nia, Will He Mctiitter of tlie Interstate Commerce Commission Old
Rules of Orwer for Hie House Adopted by a Solid Party Vote, Against
Which Step Williams Vigorously Protested Michigan Republican Re
signs Directorship of a Railroad Tlint He lny Not IV- Hampered on
the Hnllnwid Question.
Washington. Dec. 4. The Fifty
ntnth congress was called to order
promptly at noon. Fairbanks pre
wded In the senate, which adjourned
at 12:20 out of respect to the JUPmory
f Piatt ef Connecticut
Seaker Chosen.
The house at 1 o'clock, by a party
vote, elected Cannon speaker over
his democratic opponent. Williams of
Mississippi.
Jainc Will Succeed Flier.
Senator Perkins of California, after
a call at the White House this morn
ing announced the president has de
cided to appoint Franklin Lane o
San Francisco, member of the Inter
state commerce commission, to suc
RJC1I RI WITHERS BADLY HUHT
Uiilliluuy Team Rcsjionslble for IBs
Condition.
Richard Withers, employed on tho
ranch of M. M. Wyrick, west of here,
suffered a broken shoulder, a broken
rib and other' Injuries as a result of a
runaway Saturday. On the afternoon
of that day Withers was driving a
water wagon west of the Prospect
ranch, and the day being cold he was
walking beside the wagon. While
doing so the four-horse team he was
driving become frightened and start
ed to run. He grabbed for the lines,
but only succeeded In getting hold
of two of them, and could not stop
the horses. While trying to do so he
was struck by either the brake bar or
one of the hubs, and knocked down.
He was struck In the left side and
shoulder, the collar bone and one rib
being broken by the blow.
After the accident Withers was
brought to this city, and Is. being
cared for at the Wyrick home In this
city. While his Injuries are painful.
It Is not thought they will result se
riously. He has been attended by Dr.
W. G. Cole.
Hanley Company Iost Suit.
This case was a suit brought by the
William Hanley company, of Harney
county, to recover from J. D. Combs
the sum of J3300 which amount was
advanced to Mr. Combs as part pay
ment on a band of 600 head of S and
ELECTION WAS QUIET, VOTE NOT HEAD!
The city election passed off quietly
today, a fairly heavy vote being poll
ed up to time of going to press at
3:46.
There was no disorder of any kind
and the best of humor has prevailed
all day. Carriages bearing banners
for the different candidates have been
conspicuous and considerable quiet
campaigning has been In progress, but
It Is Impossible to forecast the result
at time of going to press. It Is certain
that a lot of Independent voting Is
being done and the attempt to work
politics to any great degree has not
resulted In any sweeping landslide for
any candidate.
The friends of both Judge Fee and
Will Moore feel sure of victory while
It is admitted In advance that the
results In at least wards three and
four will be close. In fact, the saloon
registration In the third ward Is far
ECT 15
IT
Which at Once Adjourned Out
of Piatt of Connecticut.
Fleeted Cunnoa as Speaker, Williams
ceed x-Governor Flfei Illinois.
Representative William A- Smith,
republican, of Michigan,- today' re
signed his directorship In the Pere
Marquette railroad on the grounds he
did not want to be hampered by any
railroad connection during the con
sideration of railroad legislation.
Old Rules Adopted.
The first small flurry In the house
occurred, when Williams of Missis
sippi, warned the new members not
to vote for the adoption of the rules
of the former house, as It would de
prive the revisionists of all hope of
gaining any point. The old rules
were adopted, the republicans voting
solid.
4-year-old steers, and whether or not
money paid under such circumstances
could be recovered, was a point which
Interested every stockman present.
In other words. It was a test as to
whether or not a contract to buy a
band of cattle was not Just as .Dlnd
Ing on the buyer ns It was on the per
son selling the cattle.
The case occupied the attention of
the court from last Friday morning
until Saturday at noon when It -v.is
given to the Jury. After being out
about half an hour a verdict was len
dered against the William Hanley
company and In favor of Mr. Combs
for $1. Blue Mountain Eagle.
Hotel Incorporated.
Articles of Incorporation for the
Umatilla House were filed In the
clerk's office yesterday afternoon by
J. S. Fish, Ruth FlBher and John E.
Slicrrnnd. As is well known and has
been known for about 60 years, the
place of business Is at The Dalles.
The capital stock Is $42,000, divided
into 420 shares. The Dalles Chron
icle. A lawyer had a horse that always
balked when he attempted to cross a
certain bridge leading out of the vil
lage. No amount of whipping or urg
ing would Induce him to cross It so
he advertised htm for sale. "To be
sold for no other reason than that
the owner would like to leave town."
Mt. Jewett (Pa.) News.
In excess of the law and order reg
istration and there Is every prospect
that the saloons will carry this ward.
However, the anti-saloon side Is mak
ing a hard fight and every voter m
that ward will cast a ballot today, It
Is thought.
In the first and second wards the
sentiment Is that Tweedy and Mc
Cormmach, the law enforcement can
didates, are elected, although 11 1 n.it
a guess founded on generil sentiment
as expressed during tho day.
The hardest fight madj In the elec
tion was In the contest ova;" the treas
urer's office.
Outside Elections.
Elections will be held In the out
sldr. towns In Umatilla county ns fol
lows: Echo, Freowa'.or, Weston and
Pilot Rock on Tuudii, D:en:l)er 5,
A. urns January 1, Ho It December 11.
Millot. December 13 and Athena or
t'e fiiat Monday n March, 1'JOS.
NOON
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HAS A BROKEN LEG.
Hurt
Rodesci IJea Disabled at St.
Anthony's Hospital.
Bart Bodesci, of Camas Prairie, Is
now at St. Anthony's hospital suffer
ing from a broken leg which he re
ceived last Thursday. At that time
he was riding In from Camas Prairie
and his horse fell with him, break
ing his left leg. He was taken to
the hospital Saturday afternoon, and
his Injury attended by Dr. . W. Q.
Cole.
RUN OVER BY HAND OAR.
Japanese Section Hand Injured In the
Back and Internally.
This forenoon one of the Japs in
the local section gong, was badly hurt
by being run over by a handcar in
the yard near the depot In some
manner the man fell under the car
and was badly bruised about the body,
especially In the back. It Is thought
he Is Injured Internally, and he will
be sent to Portland for treatment.
European Panic Threatened.
Parmls, Dec. 4. A panic this morii-
I lug as a result of the International
complications of Russia, Turkey xnd
Moroccan affairs and trouble with
Germany over the Turxlsh situation is
threatened.
L
IS
ALSO THE PAIOVKE PROJECT
EAST VMATILLA IV DOl'BT.
IVtvate Interests Are in the Way of
the Fir Named Undertaking and
Seem to Offer an Insuperable Har
rier: Government Is Out of It Until
It Is Removed The Sunnyslde and
Tictun Projeets Will lie Carried Out
Senator Fulton Is Doing What
He Cun for the Ea I'mntilla Pro
ject. It Is definitely announced from
Washington that the funds of $2,800,
000 set aside by the reclamation ser
vice, for the Malheur project, has
been cancelled, and the matter will
not be further considered by the gov
ernment until the private interests of
the Military Road company, which
are now blocking the way, are dispos
ed of In some way by the people in
terested In seeing the government
project completed.
It Is also announced that the Pa
lousc pioject in Washington, has also
been abandoned, but that the Sunny
side and Tietan projects In central
Washington will bo completed.
While the decision on the east Uma
tilla pioject is not final, there is lit
tle hope that it will be adopted. Sen
ator Fulton Is working diligently to
secure the adoption of this project,
and petitions urging the construction
of this project have been sent to
Washington from this city and Echo,
but the outcome Is yet doubtful.
WALLA WALLA EDITOR OCT.
Eugene. l,i-ton, Mmuiging Editor of
the Walla Walla I'nlon, Defeated
In Pollllcnl Fight.
Eugene Lorton, who has been man
aging editor of the Walln Walla
Union and right hand man of Senator
Ankeny for the past year, has been
forced to resign his position, It is
said, through political factional Influ
ences. Mr. Lorton has not had much to o
with the literary work on the Union,
hut has been the political manager
for tho republicans In Walla Walla
county, and was chairman of tlv?
county central committee.
In the municipal fight over gam
bling. Lofton Is said to have accused
rounctlmen of being exceedingly
friendly toward the gamblers and
pressure was brought to bear which
forced him to resign from the paper
which makes n retraction of Iirton's
statements In the Sunday morning
Issue. It Is simply a bitter rivalry
and factional fight among the mem
bers of his own norty.
SCHEME
ABANDONED
EX-GOV. GEER
A
E
He Answers Again a Question
Frequently Propounded io
Former Campaigns.
HE IS NOT IN PENDLETON
TO NEGOTIATE li LSI NESS.
Only Stepped Off to Meet Local Ae
quolntances While On His Way I
the Grand Rondo to Visit Would
Prefer to be THE Governor Than
A Senator Regards it a Very
Great Honor to He Governor of Or
egon by Uie Suffrages of Uie Poopto
lie Has No Ambition to go Into
the Xetvxpaper Uustncm in Footer
Oregon on Any Terms.
T. T. Geer, ex-governor of Oregon,
and now mentioned as a possible can
didate for either that office or the
senatorshlp, has been here today upoa
a brief visit This morning he state
that he had merely stopped off whlls
on his way to Baker City, where be
will visit his daughter and afterward
visit at his old home In Union coun
ty. However, while In the city, he has
been consulting with local acquaint
ances, evidently on subjects of politi
cal purport. But while he tame
freely, the ex-governor declined ta
commit himself as being a candidate
for either governor or senator.
In answer to the Inquiry as t
whether he was going to serve the
state as governor or senator, he
smiled and said: "I remember tks
aauia ji:f'ou was jikil iw when T
ran for governor some years ago.
You reciember my answer at that
time was. that ! would rather P
THE governor than A senator. rI
believe If you came to me with ths
office of governor in one hand an
that of senator in the other I would
choose the hand that held the gover
nor's office. Of course, that isn't
saying I will not try for the senator
ship. The tenure of office Is longer
there than as governor.
But on the other hand, to be th
head of a state like Oregon Is an
honor which any ambitious man might
well crave. In the old state rights
days the office of governor was -on
sought almost as eagerly as of the of
fice of president of the United States.
And while It has not the old-time
power,-it Is a position of great honor,
trust and responsibility."
Regarding the report that he was
ambitious to embark in the newspa
per business In eastern Oregon Mr.
Oeer stated that he now has nothing
of that sort In view, and that his
visit to Tendleton was not for the
purpose of negotiating for the morn
ing paper.
Home Ruined by Drnnkciiuctifl.
Mrs. Thomas Jolly wrecked the
plate glass window 111 the front of the
Jim Utser saloon about 2 o'clock
this morning, making a hole large
enough to admit her body, and
through which she entered the place.
Mrs. Jolly was In search of her hus
band, who had been drinking the
night before and did not return home
at a reasonable hour.
Mrs. Jolly, it seems, has had con
siderable trouble with lier husband
of late. It Is snld he has been drink
ing at different saloons. When he
did not return home last night sht
went In search of him and he was lo
cated In the Utser saloon. She de
manded admittance but was refused
as the doors of the saloon hud bees
closed at 12 o'clock, according to
city ordinance. When she could n
gain entrance this way she klckee
out the win, low, and passed through.
She went to a card table In one of th
boxes In the rear of the room, whore
her husband was seated, and mailt
him go homo with her. After they
had arrived at the house, the husbanft
became Incensed at the humlllatloB
that had !een heaped upon him bp
his wife and threw her and her 11-year-old
son out of the house.
Mrs. Jolly immediately swore out x
warrant for his arrest on a chars
of battery, and had him taken can
of by the officers. This is said to be
the culmination of several quarreh
on account of drunkenness. Moscow
Mirror.
linker Is Doing Things.
Seeivary O. C. Johnson, of the tin
ker City Development league, yester
day was busy unpacking the exhlhlrs
returned from the Lewis and Clark
fair and transferring them from the
depot to the new quarters for the
permanent exhibit In the city hK
building. Shockley & McMurren usi
busy making the pyramid for the
center of the room on which will be
displayed samples of various produ-ts
of the county. Iuiter on. the wall
will be fitted with proper shelvlnr
for other displays for exhibit. Rak-v
City Democrat.
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