East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, March 18, 1907, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION DAILYEVEHINGEDITION Spring, summer, autumn or winter, the best bargains are always to be found In East Oregonlan advertise ments. WEATHER FORECAST. Showers and cooler tonight; Tuesday showers. VOL. 20. PENDLEl OREGON, MONDAY, MAItCII lb, 1907. NO. 5935 EVELYN TELLS OF THAW 5 BRUTALITY While Traveling in Europe He Beat and Bruised Her With a Whip. COURT ADMITS IIEIt AF. FIDAVIT IN EVIDENCE. Traveled AU Over Europe as Man and Wire Repeated Beatings Were Ad ministered to Her In TyroleBo Cas tie No Excuse Was Ever Offered by Tiiaw DclmaH Made a Fierce Fight Against tin? Admission of the AffldHvIt Jerome FtnlMies Ills He. butud TeHtimony. New Tork, March 18 A large crowd was on hand at the opening of me maw trial this' morning. Jerome entered early, carrying his overcoat and the customary portfolio of letters and papers. Drs. Pilgrim, president of the New York state lunacy commis sion, Gregory, head of the Insane de partment of Bellevue hospital, and White, superintendent of the depart ment asylum at Washington, appeared for the defense. Other alienists for the defense were present prepared to swear that Thaw was insane when .he killed White, to offset the testimony of the state's experts. Without calling witnesses Jerome took up the fight for admis sion of the Hummel affidavit. He of fered a photographic plate of the last page, on which appears Evelyn's sig nature. This plate was excluded last week. Delmaa objected to its Intro duction today but after a wrangle the court admitted It as evidence. The court admitted a carbon copy of tn affidavit after an Impassioned battle of oratory between Delmaa and Jerome. Delmaa demanded that Evelyn be railed and the affidavit offered to her before being given in evidence. The court said that evl dently some of the affidavit should not go to the Jury. Delmas said he Wanted nil or none of It to go. Jerome then read the affidavit. which follows: "Evelyn Nesblt vs. Harry Thaw: Supreme court of the city and county of New York. Evelyn Nfsbit being duly sworn. says she resides at the Savoy hotel, Her age Is 18 years and four months " "Previous to June, 1905, I had been at Dr. Fall's hospital, where I twas operated upon In June for appendi citis. I then went to Europe with my mother at (he request of . Thaw Mother und I had apartments at a hotel In France. We traveled to Bologne, accompanied by Thnv Once Thaw returned to London. Mother and I remained at the hotel three weeks. Thaw writing a number of letters. "Thaw then returned to Rolngne, and took mother and myself back to Pnrl. Bhe left twi weeks after, go ing to London. Thaw lived at the name hotel fcr a while, when we moved and went with Thaw to Am- rterday. "Thaw and I trnveled through Holland, then to Munich. We travel ed through Bavaria to the Austrian Tyrol. "During all this time Thaw and I were known as mnn and wife, under the name of Mr. and Mr. Pellls. Afttr five or six weeks Thaw rented a einflo known :is Schloss Katzen- steln, half way up an isolated mnun. tain. Servants were there and t room was assigned to me for my per sonal use. "The first nlaht I was very tired and went to bed right after dinner. In the morning I was awakened by Thaw knocking on the door and ask1 in me to breakfast. He said the coffee 'was getting cold. "I lM.stllv donned a bath robe and slippers and went and sat down with Thaw. After breakfast Thaw called me Into his room and without provocation grasped me by the throat and tore off my robe. leaving rr.e nude except for my slippers. I saw bv my face that he was In a terribly excited condition. "His eyes were glaring and his hands grasped a rawhide whip. He seized hold of me, threw me on the bed and when I attempted to scream Thaw placed his fingers In my mouth and tried to choke me. He Inflicted several blows with the whip, cutting and bruising me. "I beggod him to desist, but he re fused when I shouted and cried. He stopped for a minute to rest then re newed his attacks. No one heard my screams for help. The servants were at the other end of the castle. "The following morning Thaw ad ministered another slmllnr castlgn tlon. I swooned and It was a long time before I recovered. Thaw left , me In a frightful, condition and It was three weeks before I could leave my bed. "When I recovered Thaw took me to a place on the boundary of Italy and Austria, then to Santa Maria, Switzerland. The next morning, for some remark, Thaw took me Into his room and beat me over the hips with a rattan until I screamed, when Thaw stuck his fingers Into my mouth. Thaw never attempted to make the slightest excuse or say what the provo cation. Jerome Rests in Rebuttal. New tork, March IS. Jerome rents In his rebuttal. Securing admlMSlon of the affidavit was Jerome's trump card. When ho played It. he throw his hand on the tHble and announced, "The People rent." tmpuachment of the affida vit wits begun, the moment Jerome rested. Del nms read the record of Hummel's conviction for conspiracy, the Indictment resulting .the defense claims, from the very thing he did In this case. In preparation for false testimony. WHERE IS DAN P. 8MYTHE? Failure to Hear from Young Lawyer Causes Anxiety to Parents. Where Is Dan P. Smythe, secretary of the Oregon Woolgrowers' associa tion, likewise of the Umatilla coun ty association : member of the state sheep commission; and member of the recent stockmen s committee which met in Washington? It has been several weeks since he was list heard from by his parents at Arlington and at that time he "was visiting in Richmond, Virginia. Be cemlnr somewhat alarmed over ths failure to hear from his son, Mr. Smythe. of Arlington has communl cnted with friends here to learn con cernlng his whereabouts. This afternoon It was learned that Mr. Smvthe was last heard from at Niagara Falls and consequently It Is presumed he Is now on his way west ward. Alexander Wangli Dead. Alexander Waugh, the well-known pioneer of this county, died Satur day evening at his home near Pilot Rock. He was 81 yean old at the time and his death was brought on by a complication of troubles due to old age. Thi funeral occurred at Pilot Rock at 1 o'clock this after noon. Steamer Ashore.,' hsmhurg, March 18. The steam er Novlsslsk Is ashore at Eeachy Feud, in a dangerous position. APPLE PROFITS S1000 PER ACRE ROGUE RIVER GIVES GIVES HINT TO UMATILLA. Sale of Winter Apples In London Show I'nifltH to lie Enormous Small Or chards Vlcld Returns That Arc Pos itively Fabulous Over 300.000 Trees to Be Planted in Jackson County This Yfiir. What shrould be an Incentive to Umatilla county people to begin rais ing winter apples for commercial pur poses is contained in a dispatch from Medford to the Oregon Sunday Jour nal, concerning the sale of a ship ment of Rogue River apples In the London markets. The proceeds of the sale brought up the profits of the apple crop to about $1000 per acre. The dispatch says; An example of what the owner of a small orchard can do In Rogue River ynlley are the recent returns of a carload of Newtown pippin apples shipped through Rcgue River Fruit growers' union for 8. L. Bennett. Mr. Bennett received a check for 81360, net returns on the shipment. The ap ples were grown on an orchard of only l y, acres, a portion of which Is comprised of only 6-year-old trees. The returns are almost equivalent to Siooo an acre. Mr. Bennett's orchard Is located near Medford, and Is but one of many small orchards In Rogue R'.ve: valley that are bringing handsome returns, such icturns being accomplished by due care and attention In cultivation, pruning and spraying. The apples were shipped to London. In closing up Its business and mak ing a summary of work done for the past season, the Rogue River Fruit growers' union of Medford completed the most successful season In Its his tory. The union shipped this season 816 cars of apples, 90 ears of peats and many cars of other fruit. The ap ples averaged 600 boxes to the car and the pears 600 boxes; the apples bringing average returns of $3 per box and the peras $1.60 per box, a total of $600,000 for the two. This past yenr about 800,000 new trees were set out In Rogue River val ley, and the total acreage of apples and pears In Jackson county is now 80,000. Of varieties tho Newtown leads among the apples, with Spltzen berk second. Among the pears the Bartlett leads, with the rancy Cornice taking' second place. The latter vari ety of pear can be successfully grown in Rogue River valley, and the or chardlsts with bearing treos are derlv. lng handsome returnB, MRELEuMJT OVER 30ES Navy Departm n Sent Mess age from Pensacola, Fla., to Point Loma, Cal. LONGEST DISTANCE EVER COVERED IN AMERICA. Naval Expert Elated Over the Tri umph Which They Say Means That Any Distance May Ultimately Be Covered Two Mountain Chains In tervened, But This Did Not Hinder Satisfactory Communication Re Renewed Interest in Wireless Will Now Be Taken. Washington, March 18. Wireless telegraphy experts of the navy de partment are elated over the success of transmitting wireless messages from Pensacola, Fla., to Point Loma, Cal., over 800 miles. Captain Qualtrough In charge of the wireless station of the Washington navy yard, says it is the greatest dis tance ever covered on this side of the world and indicates that any distance can ultimately be covered. Two mountain ranges Intervened be tween the points placed In commu nication In this Instance. Renewed Interest Is now being taken by the government in the wireless system and new stations will be estab llshed. This triumph removes all doubt in the minds of government ex perta as to the practicability of the wireless telegraph for both military and commercial uses. RUEF CASE POSTPONED. Judge Dnnne Grants Delay of Trial Until March 20. San Francisco, March 18. Judge Dunne this morning postponed the Ruef trial until March 26th on which date tho supreme court of the Unit cd States Is expected to hand down a decision on a writ of error granted to Ruef by Hebbard two weeks ago, The postponement was granted at the request of the prosecution, which forwarded the papers In the case with a request for a dismissal. NO LABOR FOR BIG CONTRACTS. Winnipeg, Man., March 18. Scar city of labor threatens the completion thl year of 0000 miles of railroad be tween here and the mountains. Conti actor, are rieKnte, as all contracts were made with Ix.niises and penalties. The Canadian Pa cific, Grat Northern and Grand Trunk made ball contracts. NORTHERN PACIFIC SPOKANE Chicago, March . The North ern Pacific and the roods It controls were put on tlie defensive before the Intel state commerce commission hers today. The charges are collecting an extortionate rate from shippers In Spokane and the northwest. The val ue of the properties and equity of right of collecting Interest upon val- ucb were In evidence. Thomas Coop- mine commissioner of the North ern Pacific, admitted that half the property was given the road by the United States. The Northern Pacific hearing has disclosed that It believes Itself Jus tified In charging the rates It does because the lands given It by the Reno, March IS. The rainstorm of the past thirty six hours has swol len Truckle river and caused disas trous flood In Truckee valley. Sev eral houses on the banks of the riv er are destroyed, and ranches near Reno are under water. Chinatown nt under water and many Chinese are In danger of drowning. Three bridges are out between Reno and Verdi. Electrical power and light Is shut off In Reno. A mnn on an Is land In th3 river In tho henrt of the city In In itre.it danger of being drowned. Thousands are watching him, hut are unable to aid. Another mnn was drowned Ina flooded house. If the storm continues the business section of the city will be flooded. Fierce Storms Raging. San Francisco, March 13. One of STORMS SWEEPING UMATILLA PROJECT MAY OPEN IN MAY Opening Will Be Recommend ed When Land is Ready for Settlement. RESIDENCE MAY NOT BEGIN WITH DATE OF ENTRY Engineers in Charge Have Recom mended that tile Project be Opened to Settlement as Soon After May i as Possible Order Must Come from the Department at Washing tonUnder terms of Reclamation l4iw Settlers Need Not Begin Resi dence Until Water Is Turned Upon the Land. That the land Included under the East Umatilla project will shortly be opened to entry is now probable and already those desiring to secure ir rigated land have commenced to lock over the field with a view to lo eating claims. It has been rumored for some time past that the land is to be thrown open for entry about May 1. However, John T. Whistler, in charge of the work on the project, says there Is no definite assurance as to the time. "We cannot tell Just when the land will be opened for entry," said Mr. Whistler this morning, "because the order for the opening comes from the department of the interior. We rc.ommendcd that the land be thrown open as scon after May 1 as we can get ready. But the depart ment may decide to wait several months or a year before opening the tract to settlement" Under tbthlaw the reclamation de partment na's nothing to do with re ceiving land filings, as It Is specified thpt entries shall be made through the local land offices. However, it Is possslble the government may sta tion a special agent at Hermiston to receive filings so as to save the set tiers tho lnconvenlerce of a trip to La Grande. Under the terms of the reclama tion law a settler on land covered by a project dees not have to commence residence upon his claim until after the water has been placed upon the land. Consequently these filing on land In the East Umatilla project, s'lould it be opened to entry this spring,' will not have to begin resi dence for over a year. It is estimat ed Ky the reclamation people that water will be forthcoming a year from this spring. In the case of the East Umatilla project It has not yet been decided when the first of the 10 annual pay ments for the land shall be made. As p rnle the first payment is made at DEPENDING ITS RATES citizens who now complain, have In creased In value. Cooper showed from lands given It by the states, the Northern Pacific hnd a monopoly of coal lands In the northwest and seels only enough fuel to prevent suffering. It is holding Its coal for ' higher prices, when the country is more populous. The lands given to this Northern Pacific and the fifty roads it 1ms acquired are valued approxi mately at $16S,492,913.66. Cooper snld his company Is now acqulrir a frontage of 1800 miles along Puget sound so as tp control the seaboard and have no water com petition from New Tork to Seattle. the gr atest storms In years I (sweep ing over the Pacific coast. The weather bureau predicts It will con tinue until tomorrow night. Serious floods are threatening California val levs. Railroad traffic and telephone and telegraph communication are seriously Interrupted. Feather River on Hniitpage. Orovllle, Calif., March IS The worst flood In the history of the city Is sweeping down Feather river. Half of Orovllle Is under water,' with the river rising two feet an hour. ,0111V one fatality Is reported thus far, but many families have had narrow es capes. The damago amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tht river had been rising all day Sunday, but no alarm was felt until o-fter midnight 0 CALIFORNIA the close of the first irrigation sea son, hut the uecretary of the inter ior may order that payment be made at the time of making entry. SEEKING THE LOST. Anxious Friends Write to City Re corder Fttz Gerald. Two letters of Inquiry regarding people were received this morning by Recorder Fits Gerald. One of the let ters Is concerning a man who Is dead, while the other seeks the whereabouts of a missing relative. Horace Adelbert Webber was the name of the man who is supposed to be dead and some facts concerning his death are desired by Mrs. C. W. Pat terson of West Kennebunk, Me. Ac cording to the report that reached the New England town, Mr. Webber was killed in the fall of 1905, while work ing as a watchman in a mine In this city; Thus far Judge Fits Gerald has been unable to locate any mines in the Immediate vicinity of Pendleton, and as no man bearing that name died here for a number of years, at least, he is unable to give any lnfor mation upon the subject. According to the letter the deceased left a sister in Baker City and other relatives in Minnesota. - Where Is Pelletler? Stephen Pelletler is the other gen tleman concerning whom Inquiry Is being made and he Is said to have either filed upon a homestead or pur chased land near Pendleton three years ago. His present whereabouts Is de. sired by Nonne Pelletler, of Butte, Mont. At the recorder's office there Is no knowledge of Mr. Pelletler any anyone knowing something concern lng him will doubtless confer a favor by informing the lady in Butte. CATTLEMEN SENTENCED. Omaha, March 18. Federal Judge Miner today sentenced Bartlett Rich. ards and Wm. Comstock each, one year hi Jail and I15UO fine; AcqulUe Triplet and C. C, Jameston to eight months: and a fine of f 500 for land frauds.. Richards and Comstack are millionaire cattlemen.. Trlplett and Jameston are their agents. Passengers Saved, Steamer Doomed, London, March 18. The passen ger Steamer Suevlc Is going to pieces on Brandy Rocks, where. she struck last night The passengers are saved. SIXTH WEEK OF SHARP INVESTIGATION MADE BY GOVERNMENT Entire Official Career of Hermann Is Under the Lime Light Many of tlie Burned Letters Pertained to Western Land Fraud Govern ment Has Many More Witnesses to Examine. Washington, March 18. The sixth week of the trial of Binger Hermann opened today. Although he Is charged merely with the destruc tion of letter press copy books of the general land office while com missioner, Hermann has been under going an Inquisition as to his entire official career to the time he was forced by Hitchcock to resign. The defense admits the destruction of the bdoks, but claims they con tained copies 6f only private and per sonal letters. The. prosecution Is endeavoring to provo that although some of the let ters fete personal, most of the offi cial testimony Introduced shows several referred to the operations of the land grafters of the west. A dozen more witnesses will be examin ed before the government rests Its case. MILLS WILL RESUME. Portland Strike Thought to Be at an End. Tho Oregon Sunday Journal In speaking of the prospective settle ment of the strike of the sawmill op eratives of Portland says; Information from sources strongly presumed to be authentic is to the effect that all or nearly all of the Portland mills will attempt to resume operations before the end of the pres ent week. The reports are to the effect that two of the smaller mills will open on Tuesday or Wednesday and that the remainder will be set to work again a day or two later. The mill owners believe that a largo majority of the strikers will respond with alacrity to a call to re turn to their, j.it.s. The places of the rest they are planning to fill with workmen who have come to town since the beginning of the trouble. One employment agent alone Is said to have promised to furnish several hundred workmen to help start tin wheels of the lumber Industry to run ning oive more. There are now In Wallowa county 117,860 sheep and 100,000 lambs. HERMANN T APPEAL TO ELKS TO SAVE THE ELK Movement To Stop Use o Elks Teeth as Emblems of the Order. PRACTICE CAUSES NEEDLESS SLAUGHTER Membership of tlie Order Is Now Over 300,000 and the Demand for Elk Teeth Is Enormous ''Pot nunters" Kill Hundreds of Elk for Their Tcctli Only Local Lodge Will Discnss the Matter of Discon tinuing Use of Teeth to Stop the Slaughter. j Will Pendleton lodge of the Be nevolent and Protective Order of Elks loin in tho movement to dis continue the use of elks' teeth as em blems of the order? This question will be taken up in the local lodge in a short :l.-ne in or der to take decisive action lefore the delegates to the grand lodge which meets in Philadelphia In July, leaves for that meeting. A general movement is being started throughout the United States to have the order urge the discontin uance of the 'ruthless slaughter of elk to supnly the enormous demand for elk' teeth as emblems for the mem bership. The membership of the order li now beyond the 200,000 mark and is rapidly Increasing and this great membership demands an enormous number of elks' teeth each year. The demand for these teeth Is so sharp that hnndreds of "pot hunters' 'ruth lessly slaughter entire droves of elk each .winter In their winter retreats in Wyoming and Idaho and to pre vent and stop this inhuman and cruel practice the thinking element in this great order has initiated a movement to discontinue the use of Elks' teeth and thus stop the practice of slaught ering this noble animal for mercen ary purposes. The Saturday Evening Post has started a discussion among Elks' lodges and calls upon the supreme exalted ruler of the order to bring the matter officially before the meet ing In Philadelphia in July. In its last issue the Post says of the si 1 lighter of elk for the purpose of securing teeth fo remblems: "In thr-wlnt?r thousands of elk are driven into the lower country around Jackson's Hole to escape the deep snow of the higher mountains, and hen- the teeth-hunting butchers run them Into the deep snow, where they are easily slaughtered. Nothing is taken but the teeth, the carcasses being left to rot on the ground or be eaten by wolves or cougars. At near by towns the teeth are sold to deal ers at fancy prices', these dealers In turn selling them at still higher Trices to members of the order as emblems. "The order of Elks can exert a powerful influence for the protec tion of this noble animal, not only bv denying the use of the elk tooth as an emblem, but by urging members of the order to refrain from buying the teeth for any purpose." In this wav the excellent order can save these animals from total destruc tion." The mutter will be taken up offi cially In Pendleton lodge and It Is hoped to Instruct tlie Pendleton dele gate to the grand lodge to vote for and work for the discontinuance of the use of the elk tooth as un offi cial emblem of the order. Foreclosure for $122,500. Through the law firm of Morrison & Pence, the Idaho Trust & Savings bank company and John Lemp have started a suit in the district court agalnet the Settlers' Canal company, limited, E. H. Kurt, Orvllle Allen, Oeorge Perkins, J. F. Maw et al, and Pnve McMullen for the purpose of foreclosing a mortgage against prop erty formerly known as Lemp's ca nal. This rroperty was sold by Mr. Lemp on July lti. 1901, to B. F. Ol den, who later transferred the prop erty. It was understood that Mr. Lemp was to receive. If not the cash purchase price, bonds for $100,000. To secure payment a mortgage was made out which the present action Is brought to foreclose. Of the princi pal $2000 has been paid. The Inter eat was paid up to April 1. 1902. The amount Involved now Is claimed to lie $18. 00" as principal and $24,650' Interest. Pols? Statesman Seven In Police Court. There were seven In the bunch brought Into police court this morn Ini; and all were given tlie customnry $S or three days. One of the num ber, Jim Fudroads, was sentenced twice because It was necessary for the police to arrest him that number of times slnco Saturday morning.