DAILY EVENINGEDITION
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Fair tonight; Friday, showers.
VOL. 16.
PENDLETON llgCON, THURSDAY, FEHKUAllY 21, 1907.
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NO. 5906
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UMATILLA
AGENCY
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Mr. Davis Admits He is Here
to Hear Complaints of Both
Citizens and the Indians.
HOWEVER, THE SPECIAL
MESSENGER IS RETICENT.
Ho Will Listen to All Charges Hint
May Ho Filed Against tlio Present
Administration of Affairs on tlio
RosxTvallon, the Same to Ho Com
piled nml Submitted to the Auth
orities lit WuHlilnjrtnn Mr. Davis
In Hopeful AlMMit Settliliient of
Trailing Controversy Thut Will Dei
Justice to All.
An Inspection of the affairs of the
Umatilla agency Is now on, and those
who have Information or complaints
which they wish to lay before the
govenment may now do so through
Inspector Charles I Davis, who Is
here. That Mr. Davis Is here for the
purpose of Investigating the charges
made against Agent O. C. Edwards Is
now definitely known, and Is tacitly
admitted by Mr. Davis himself. Ac
cording to Mr. Dnvls he Is here for
the purpose of ascertaining facts In
connection with the administration of
the reservation, nnd he will gladly
give ear to anything that mny be
brought to his attention.
This afternoon he consulted Inform
ally with County Judge Ollllland re
garding the matter of public ronds
across the reservation, nnd according
to Judge Ollllland a tour of the pro
posed ronds Is to be made.
This afternoon Mr. Dnvls expressed
a belief thnt the mntter nf trailing
stock across the reserve can he settled
to the satisfaction of the general pub
lic. He said he could readily see how
stockmen would resent belnir furred
to pay tin' tolls'now Imposed aftr
having been nllowed free use of the
ronds for many yenrs In the past.
Mr. Davis returned to the ngency
Inst night nnd when seen nt the Hotel
Pendleton during the evening talked
freely regarding matters which h
could with propriety discuss. He
wns reticent regarding his particular
mission here, merely saving thnt he
wns here In the capacity of an inspec
tor and thnt nil Information given
him would be turned over to the de
pnrtment which acts upon the- snme.
Thnt he wns sent here without first
being mnde fnmlllnr with nil of the
details complnlnts ngnlnst Edwnrds. Is
Indicated by the fact that he knew
nothing regnrdlng the sale of the Jen
nie Van Pelt lnnd.
Now Civil Hiislni'ss.
For 17 years pnst Mr. Davis has
been In the Indian service, nnd dur
ing thnt time he has held mnny po
sitions, nmong them thnt of ngent.
Consequently he Is fnmlllnr with the
genernl nffalrs of nn ngency. He snys
that the Indlnn service Is now con
ducted ns n civil business nnd Is no
longer under the military depnrtment
as In former times. Consequently
much of the useless formality with
which business was formerly con
ducted Is now eliminated, nnd It Is
possible to take matters up more di
rectly thnn In the past. The present
commissioner of Indlnn nffalrs, Mr.
Leupp. Is an enrnest advocate of new
methods nf transacting departmental
business. '
CZAR HEIHlHTER ASSASSINATED.
Chicago, Fell. 21. Tlio report tlio
oir liiix Imvh nwn.xsliintod lins no con
firmation, but tlio rumor Is persist
ont. Now York, Fob. SI. A minor of
tlio rir assjiwlnntloii reaches Wnll
street, lint Is thought to -he only n
bucket shop report.
Wnlln Wnlla Pressmen Ttrlko.
A walkout of pressmen occurred
this morning In the Washington
Printing company's shop. In which
Prnttor Levi Ankeny Is the prinrlpnl
stockholder, says n dispatch from
Wnlln Wnlln. The feeders refused to
put the forma on the press nnd de
clnr"d a strike. Roth the Morning
Union nnd the Evening Statesman
are published at this shop.
Engineer Killed In I'tnh Wreck.
Salt Lake, Utah, Feb. 21.
An ensthnund passenger and
fast mall on the Union Pacific
ran Into a rock slide nenr Mor-
gan, Utah, this morning,
wrecking the engine and two
enrs. The engineer Is reported
under the engine. A number
of passengers were more or less
hurt.
AND AGENT
Jefferson Myers t lit Off.
The house pruned a special appro
pi lotion bill favored by the waya and
means committee of one Item, and of
only one. says a Salem Item. That
one wns to give Jefferson Myers $2501)
for his services as president of the
Lewis nnd Clark commission. Davey
and some Multnomah members on-
posed the measure on the ground that
the commission nhould have paid this
claim, nnd not the state. Farrell said
he had been Informed by other mem
berg of the state commission that the
claim was not a Just one, and that Mr.
Myers had no more claim to extra
compensation than had the rest of the
members. Mr. Coffey supported the
cause of Mr. Myers.
Railroad for the Seven Devils.
Forthcoming maps of the Oregon
Bhort Line company will show sur
vey completed and construction pro
jected on an extension from Hunting
ton to I.ewlston, following the Snake
river, says a Salt Lake dispatch.
Mining companies In the Iron Dyke
dlstilct are making their plans for
development work that will put their
properties in condition for shipping
ore within two years. It Is predicted
that there will be a great boom In
copper mining In the Seven Devils re
gion when the proposed railroad Is
built.
Flat Salary for State Irlntor.
The stntc printer hns been placed
on a flat salary of $4000 a year by
the bill which passed the house. It
tikes effect the second Monday of
January, 1911. The bill was consid
ered bv the house In committee of
the whole. A section of the bill
making the appropriation of $48,000
for the state printing was stricken
on leaving succeeding legislatures to
mnke appropriations for the expenses
of the stnte printer's office. The
committee of the' whole made the flat
nlarv pnvhlon take effect In 1911
Instead of 1909.
Chlcnco Wheat Market.
Chicago, Feb. 21. Wheat opened
nt 77 1-4, closed the same; corn
opened at 4C 7-8, closed the same;
oats opened at 40 5-8 and -closed at
41 1-4.
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CHOSEN I1Y SCHOOL HOARD
AT LAST NIGHT'S SESSION.
New Prlnc!uil Comes From Grant's
Piimm. Prcecilcil by High Class Hoo
oiiimeiiilailiins Will Come at Once
ami Take Charge Another Change
In High School Touching Force May
Take Place.
Prof. A. E. Harrison, principal of
the high school nt Oram's Pass. Is
to be the future prlnclpnl of the high
school here. He was regularly elect
ed to that position at a meeting of the
local board held last evening and this
afternoon he wired Superintendent J.
S. Landers, formally accepting the of
fer. He will come at once and com
mence upon his duties which, since
the departure of Prof. Huff, have been
performed by Superintendent Landers
himself.
In Prof. Harrison the members of
the board believe they hnve a capable
man for the princlpalshlp. He comes
highly recommended by State Super
intendent J. II. Ackermnn, by Super
intendent Landers nnd by Prof. Trnver.
former city superintendent.
It Is understood thnt still another
change In the high school fnculty will
occur soon through the resignation of
Mrs, A. E. Ivanhoe, who has been
one of the most competent teachers
during the past two years. However,
the resignation has not yet been of
ficially tendered, nnd there Is a pos
sibility Mrs. Ivanhoe may reinnln.
At the board meeting Inst night Miss
Frances Fltz Qernld, dntightcr of
Judge nnd Mrs. Thomas Fltz Gernld,
wns chosen to fill the vacancy In the
west end school recently caused by
the resignation of Miss Belle Wallace.
Miss Fltz Gernld hns been teachmg In
the country, but her term there will
expire shortly nnd until thnt time
Miss Wallace will continue to teach
hero.
WILT; WALK TO WALLA WALLA.
In Absence of Rnllway Service C. J.
Freoce Will Vso Tie Pn,
Rrlng unable to get from this place
to Wnlla Wnlla by rail, C. J. Freece.
circulation manager of the Spokesman-Review,
will stnrt from here to
morrow morning to walk the distance
helwetn the two towns. According
to Mr. Freece It Is Impossible to tell
when connections with Walla Walla
miy be resumed, either on the branch
Mne or via Umntllln. So nn It Is neces
sary for him to return to his home
he will try the tle-pnss method and
hopes to reach Wnlln Walla bv noon
Saturday.
P. Trnlner wns struck by an auto
mobile on Sutter street, San Frnn
clsco, and killed. E. U Peacock, the
cluiuffeur, was arrested.
HARRISON
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ALL PASSENGERS
Death List Will Reach 200 by
the Berlin Going Aground
Outside Rotterdam Harbor,
DRIVEN ON SAND RANK
BY TERRIFIC TEMPEST.
Exnot Number of Dead Slay Never Ro
Known Among the Lost Were tlio
McmlK'is of a German Opera Com
pany Several Americans KcKrted
Ahourd Ship Rroke Vp Before Alii
From Any Source Could Reach Her
There Is a Possibility That a Few
I.Ives Wore Saved hy Clinging to
Wreckage.
Rotterdam, Feb. 21. The Creat
EastoVn compary's steamer Berlin Is
aground and breaking up. One hun
dred sixty passengers and all of the
crew are reported drowned.
The Berlin was bound from Har
wich, England, to Rotterdam, and
was wrecked on a sand bank outside
Rotterdam harbor. The loss of life
L- stlmated at J 61. People ashore
saw the vessel strike, but thought
sjic would be able to ride safely until
the sit rm would permit boats to go
to the rescue. Tremendous seas
wsshed over the vessel and she began
blocking P Immediately. Several
Americans are reported lost.
Th passengers rushed to the deck
at the first shock and the waves
liu'led them Into the sea Immediately.
H was Impossible for life boats to
live In the sea, and aid from the land
w is cut off.
A full list of dead can never he
known. Oreat Eatorn officials say
the passenger list was lost with the
ship. A German opera company re
turning from an engagement In Lon
don, was lost. The steamer also car
ried malls, which are gone.
I'rnctlcally All on Board Lost.
London, Feb. 21. The Exchange
Tnlograph company announces it hns
been officially Informed that 160 pas
s.mgnra and all of the crew were
drowned with the Berlin.
Terrific Rale Drove Her Aground.
The narrow entrance to the harbor
an 1 the terrific ?ale were the primary
muses. The captain evidently mls
c, Iculated the force of the gale, and
the hlp wns literally blown onto the
hank. She crashed Into the Jetty ard
w.is broken In two. The passengers
gatheied on the nfterpnrt, the fore
part sinking. It. Is understood one
passenger was saved.
Arthur Herbert, a king's messen
ger bearing dispatches from the Brit
ish coveiT.nicut to the British em-t-nsry
nt Berlin, wns nmong the lost,
signs of Lire on Wreckage.
Life savors report signs of life nn
the floating wreckage the gale driv
ing hi fore a heavy mist. Efforts are
being made to reach the wreckage
and rscue possible survivors.
Attempted Suicide.
Hllgard, Feb. 21. (Special.)
James Belbur, a well known citizen
of this place, while on a protracted
spree, yesterday evening attempted tj
commit suiclil" by taking carbolic
scid. He was taken to La Grande
by Sheriff Chllders and will be ex
amined ns to his mental condition If
he recovers from the effects of the
acid, which is now probable. He had
been drunk for a week.
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IRRIGATION CODE BEATEN FOR IRIS
SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE
Salem, Feb. 21, (Special.) A
strong organization In the house
Pned up on all Important questions
reGardless of individual convictions.
succeeded this morning in putting a
final quietus on all possibility of the
enactment of an rrlgatlon code. It
knocked out by one vote the senate's
substitute bill amended to exempt
Oregon from ltsprovlslons, nnd strik
ing out the emergency clause to re
move the strongest objections the op
position to the question of Indefinite
postponement.
Blusher of Morrow and Umatilla
absented himself and Barrett of
Umatilla rose from a sick bed nnd
came to the session this morning for
the first time In two weeks to cast
an affirmative vote upon the bill. He
wns so wenk from the effects of
pneumonia he could not speak, and
cnt his vote hy a wave of the hand
and shake of the head.
The house passed the Rrlgham bill
making It compulsory for logging In
terests to burn slashing debris In the
SEVERE CROSS-
EXAM NATQN
Jerome ' Hackles Mrs. Thaw,
Endeavoring to Confuse Her
ln:o Contradicting Herself.
SHE YI SITED WHITE'S
STUDIO REPEATEDLY.
Rut Claims It Wax Against Hit Will
and While She Yet Relieved That All
Women Were Morally on White's
Own Level She Testifies That
Thaw Ilimscir First Led Her to a
Realization Thnt White Had Per
lietrated a Great and Irreparable
Wickedness Evelyn Whispers
Niuiicm Not Allowed as Testimony.
New York, Feb. 21. The trial room
filled rapidly today. Evelyn's appear
ance did not Indicate that she had any
great fear of an awaiting ordeal. She
had gained courage by her success
Wednesday. Jerome preceded all
other lawyers and entered smilingly,
and confident. Thaw entered carry
ing a bunch of newspaper clippings of
the previous day's proceedings, and for
the first time since his arrest, called
the newspaper men to discuss the
case. He merely protested against
an article thlB morning commenting
on Evelyn's forgetfulness. "It's not
exactly Just to her, you know," he
said. "She had little to do with
drawing our funds from the trust
company,"
After a brief consultation of attor
neys on both sides with the court, It
was announced court would adjourn
this afternoon until the afternoon of
Washington's birthday, but the trial
will probably not be resumed before
Monday. Evelyn's replies were more
certain than yesterdny. Jerome read
the record of the examination yes
terday to the effect that Evelyn be
lieved all women bad until she was
1SH years old and until she talked
with Thaw after refusing him on ac
count 'f her unworthlness,
"Did you ever hear of the Dead
Rnt?" asked Jerome. "Yes, It's a enfe
In Paris." "Were you ever there?"
not know." "Were you ever there?"
"Yes."
9 Jerome questioned her further about
the caf, and Evelyn said she had
one Russian dance nnd there may
have been n cake walk.
The witness said Shubert and an
other theatrical manager were with
her and Thaw at the Dead Rat. She
believed some women were w'th
Shubert.
Jerome, reading, evidently from
Thaw's letters, asked: "Do you' know
what's meant by 'May of bunch on
tenderloin?'" "Think I do," said
the witness.
Evelyn broke down and wept while
telling of her second visit to White's
studio, which she said was against
her will.
Jerome handed Evelyn a letter from
which he had been reading nnd ask
ed her If It wns Thnw's handwriting.
She Identified It as such.
"When you were In Paris after
Thaw'B proposal, hnd your opinions
changed?" "Yes; I had known peo
ple thought It wrong, but I suspected
all women,"
Further questions brought the ad
mission that when in Paris with Thaw
she had no religious belief, not even
in the existence of a divine being. She
said while living at Pittsburg she
neither attended Sunday school nor
church, nnd snidthnt before leaving
Paris she had come to a full renllzn
tlon of the nwful character of the
forests during the dry season of the
yenr f.ir the protection of timber.
But two counties, Clatsop and Tilla
mook, wero exempted from the pro
visions by the house, and It Is under
stood the governor will veto the bill
cn account of the injustice to ether
counties.
The selection of a secretary for the
newly created railroad commission
has boiled down to two candidates.
Goodall of Pendleton, a former sten
ographer of Justice of the Supreme
Court Hailey, and J. E. Burdett,, a
prominent attorney of Tualatin, the
selection having been left to the del
egates from eastern Oregon. Indica
tors favtr Burdett for political rea
sons, Goodall Is qualified In all other
respects, but Is a democrat.
The governor hns not had time to
consider the bill providing for the
appointment of two supreme court
commissioners. It Is understood that
two attorneys are slated for the posi
tions: W. T. Sletter of Salem, and
Will R. King of Ontario, democratic.
wrong White had done to her; that
every womanly Instinct was shockcl
by the realization.
Delmas and Jerome hnd a lively tilt
over what Delmas described a a sneer
In Jerome's, tone as he questioned
Evelyn as to what prompted Evelyn's
renunciation of Thaw's love. Jerome
exclaimed, "There Is no sneer. It all
depends whether the story is true. If
true there can be no aner, for I
never henrd its equal,"
Jerome, resuming the examination,
asked, "Was your reason for renounc
ing Thaw's propo-ml merely because
of the feeling that you vere unwor
thy?" "It was becaur-; I was found
out," said Evelyn, chnnelng her tack
from thnt of the day before When she
said It was because Bhe was unworthy.
"Who told you you had ben found
out?" "White." "Wh'T, did you first
realize the extent of the wrong done
you hy White?" "When Thaw told
me."
Evelyn said she quarreled with
White because after Thaw opened her
eyes she first realized what the archi
tect's treatment meant to her.
Jerome questioned her closely about
why she wrote White from Bologne.
She said her mother coerced her to
write, and that White's extraordinary
personality had a fascinating effect
upon her. Her mother did not know
of the wrongs. ,
The name of the man Evelyn met
In the studio was not made public.
Jerome was given It In a whisper, and
said he would call a private examina
tion to establish the date.
The prosecution was relentless to
draw from Evelyn the statement she
went to White's studio within a month
after her ruination, continuing rela
tions with Wl-.tte until the first of
1902. But It wns always agaln?t her
will, she Insied.
When Jerome demanded the details
of the first occasion after the original
one, the girl broke down, covered her
face with her handkerchief and cried
and sobbed. Jerom? wns disarmed.
Several women writers left the room.
No Court Tomorrow.
The counsel has agreed to hold no
court tomorrow.
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3,000 CATTLE
ALSO MANY SHEEP FROM
THAT POINT RECENTLY.
Echo Is Fnt Recoiiilng the Center of
One of the Most Important Beef
nnd Mutton Producing Districts in
the Northwest Thirty to Forty
Mure Carloads Will Go From That
Point In a Few Days Stock Feed
Plentiful.
It is estimated that nearly 3000
head of cattle and many hundred
herd of sheep have been shipped
from the Echo country In the past
few weeks, most of which were
brought in from the Butter creek nnd
Meadows country. Much of this stock
was held over by the buyers for many
days until cars could be received, and
no"' that the traffic tie-up is some
what relieved, n number of cattle
cars are being brought In.
J. C. I onergan for Frye-Bruhn, and
Benson for the Union Meat company,
say that the loss has been quite heavy
to them on account of having to hold
the stock over after It was purchased,
awaiting the shipment of cars.
Nevertheless the buyers are pleased
.vlth the stork, and It Is expected that
from 30 to 40 loads will go out from
here In the next few days.
The Butter Creek ranchers state
that feed has been plentiful, and
stock is in first-class condition. The
price received Is $1.12 1-2 per 100.
This Is considered one of the best
cat'.le sections In the state of Oregon.
TRAIN FOR WALLA WAI LA.
O. R. & X. Ran a Passenger Train to
Wnlln Wnlln by Way of Imtitllhi
Today.
One hundred and fifty passengers
took advantage of the O. R. X.
train whirh left here today for Walla
Walla hy way of Umatilla. Many of
the passengers were for Echo, Her
mlston, Umatilla and other points on
the O. R. & N., while a large number
were r-.No destined for points on the
Northern Pnclflc and will take that
road nt Wallula,
It is hoped to run the train through
to Walla Walla every day until the
Pi:n.lleton-Wnlla Walla branch line is
opened.
From Wailp Wnlla to Adams.
The Walla Walla branch line was
opened today from Walla Wnlla to
Adams and a train im run from the
Garden Cltv to Adams and turned
there. All mall for Adams nnd points
beyond Is now carried by way of
Walla Wnlla. The princlp.ll trouble
on the branch line" Is In the vicinity of
of Havana staiUn and It will perhaps
be several days before It Is fully re
paired. Henry Steel Olcott, the greatest
American patron of Teosophy, nnd
co-founder with Madam Blavatsky of
that church In the United States, died
recently at Adyar, India.
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SHIPPED
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CLOSED ATI A. M.
Ordinance to That Effect Was
Unanimously Recommend
ed and Enacted.
IESIRAPLE TO GET RID
OF CERTAIN HANGERS-OX.
Sidewalk Recommended and Ordered
nn Lngnn Street, South of Jackson
John Glasscock Resigns as Street
Commissioner and Is Immediately
Reappointed at an Advance of Sal
ary 817,000 Ordered Paid the
Warren Company Chairmen of
Committees Must Sign Requisitions
On the City. '
At the council meeting last night
a 1 o'clock saloon closing ordinance
was passed and it is now in force,
having been signed by the mayor im
mediately after adjournment.
The measure was evidently Intro
duced at the Instance of the mayor
and police department, and It Is in
line with the recent efforts of the
department to cleanse the city of
undesirable characters. After the
measure had been read the mayor
spoke In explanation of It, saying that
it was olmed at the "undesirable class
of people stool pigeons who
never go to bed, but instead nans;
around the saloons all night long."
After the ordinance had been read
It was referred to ordinance commit
tee, of which Councilman Swearlngen
and R-nn were present, while th
third member Hinkle was absent.
The ordinance was recommended for
passage by the two committeemen
present. It was tven read twice con
secutively and when placed on pas
sage reeelvetl the vctes of all pres
cot the entire council, excepting
Messrs. Hinkle and Ell.
A petition was received from resi
dents of Logan street, on the north
side, asking that a sidewalk be or
dered on that street south of Jack
son. The petition was recommended
by the street committee and was al
lowed. It was also directed that a
survey of the street be made.
John Glasscock, street commission
er, tendered his resignation last night
and It was accepted. However, later
in the evening nt the Instnnce of the
street committee. Mr. Glasscock con
sented to continue In office at an In
crease of 15 per month In his sal
ary. Accordlng'y the salary was
raised from ?C0 to $75 per month.
and the mayor renppolnted the com
missioner. A liquor license was granted to F..
R. Ferguson.
The sum of S17.000 now collected
from property cwners on Main and
Cout streets for their paving as
sessments, was ordered paid to the
Warren Construction company.
A resolution was passed providing
that hereafter no supplies may be
purchased for the city unless the pur
chaser is first provided with a requi
sition from the chairman of the com
mittee under which the business
comes. However, exceptions are
made In favor of the marshal, city
recorder and city attorney. 'The ac
tlJii t-.ker. is oik- that has been urged'
for seme time, as It Is said supplies
have frequently been purchased hy
unauthorized agents.
RECLAIM 50.(100,000 ACRES.
Project More Yii-1 Thnn All the
Others Combined.
Washington. Feb. PI Th? gov
ernment reclamation service Is at pres
ent preparing a report t present to
the house c. aling with a stupendous
enterprise which. If r.arrle.i into effect
will mean the reclamation of over 50.
000.000 ncres of waste land compris
ing the Groaior America! desert, ond
w ill cost In or about $1,500,000,000.
It is pointed out. however, that the
work, whin completed, will create
J?.:i."0,0iia.ono worth of taxable prop
erty and will provide homes for over
3.000,000 of the future population
of the country. This vast tract which
the bureau will endeavor to make
arable. Is situated In Colorado. Utah
anil Nevada and comprises not less
than two-fifths nf the area of the
United States.
Snioot Will Resign Apostle hip.
rrov-, Utah, Feb. it. It Is
reported on good authority (h it
hniont will resign the npostle-
:hlp of the Mormon church.
The young Mormons here held
a high Jollification last night.
Students paraded the streets,
beirlnz a coffin contuinine the
effigy of the editor of a Salt
Lake paper.
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