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VOL. 20.
PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1907.
NO. 595i
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BY NOON TODAY
Selection of Suitable Men to
Act in the McManus Case is
Tedious Business.
DURING THE FORENOON
FOUR WERE REJECTED
Nearly All the Talesmen Have Form
ed More or Less Definite and Un
rluuigeable Opinion us to the De
fendant's Guilt or Innocence At
3:30 This Afternoon Ten Jurymen
Hud IJeeii Selected Mnny Tnlcs
men Who Huva Scruples Against
Ciipital Punishment.
Tlio Ten Men Selected.
J. H. Key, farmer.
S. T. Phillips, farmer.
R. O. Still, farmer.
W. W. Athertcn, blacksmith.
S. P. Hutchinson, farmer.
Hermann Sewell, farmer.
Charles Chaney, farmer.
J. W. Tullock, farmer.
Charles McBee, farmer.
Victor Harris, farmer
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Nearly three days have now elapsed
since the tilal of John P. McManus
for the murder of Robert Estes was
begun. As we go to prM ten Jurors
have been Impaneled, with the
probability that "one more will be se
lected ynt this afternoon.
The first venire of Jurors was pe
culiar In that a great number of
them came from the vicinity of Athe
na and had bcn schoolmates of the
murdered man The last venire, the
one from which the Jurors are being
examined today, represents the ex
tremities nf the county and Is wide
ly distributed. As a result of this
the solortlon has been fatter today
than during; the past two days, and
it Is thought that a Jury will be had
by Monday morning. All of the
Jurors thus far taken are .farmers
with the exception of one, that of
W. W. Athertcn, who Is a black
smith. W. T. Fnnchiird, who was the first
one called this afternoon and wis ex
cused, huvlng been challenged for
cause. He had conscientious scru
ple against capital punishment.
Win. Claypole next stepped Into
the Jury box and also stated that he
had scruples against capital punish
ment. As he had formed an opinion
he was excused for cause.
J. W. Tullock was'r.ext called and
not having formed any opinion what
ever concerning tho case, he was
made the eighth member of the pan
'tl. Mr. Tullock has 'armed three
miles south of Tendleton for the past
three or four years, coming here
from California.
Ch'ir'cs Moflee, after an examina
tion by both parties, was allowed to
remain In the Jury box. He had
neither formed or expressed any epln'
Ion and was satisfactory to the ex
aminers. Victor Harris stated that he was a
farmer and resided near Milton and
had lived in Umatilla county 31 years
He had read the. accounts of the case
In the papers, but was not acquaint
ed with the defendant, and had form
ed no opinion of the merits of the
case. Counsel for defense accepted
Mr. Harris and after a short exami
nation by Mr. Phelps was accepted
by the prosecution.
There now remains but two Jurors
to complete the panel and there Is
some probability that tbey may be
found this afternoon, esepeclally as
the last three were taken In succes
lion In quick order.
Two Selected Tills Forenoon.
While the sheriff had reached with
a summons all of the 26 men on the
new venire this morning at 9 o'clock,
there were not present a sufficient
number of the Jurymen to take up the
examination. The court adjourned
until 10 o'clock, at which time most
of the Jurors summoned were present,
Upon the convening of the court the
five Jurors accepted yesterday were
brought from their close confinement
In, the Jury room under the Btrict sur
veillance of the sheriff and the rigid
Jim Hill to the Gulf.
Chicago, April -20. It Is ru-
mnrecf In financial circles this
morning that the Walsh roads
will become part of tho Hill
system, completing a Hill link
to the gulf. The syndicate will
assume the Indebtedness of the
defunet bank which will be a
clearing house for the commit-
ten.
process of adding to their num
ber was commenced. '
John Leedy was the first Juror to
oe called and was excused for cause.
lie had held considerable conversa
Hon and had an opinion regarding the
case, and was also conscientiously op
posed to capital punishment.
T r - -1 .
jummery or ttoidmon, was
next subjected to examination and
stated that he had formed some opin
ion as to the guilt or Innocence of
the defendant, but that he could lay
his opinion aside If the evidence war
ranted It. He was challenged for
cause by defense, which was denied
and was then peremptorily challeng
ed by the defense.
Allen Thompson, a young man of
Echo, was called and falling to sat
Isfy the attorneys of both sides, was
excused for cause.
Hermann Sewell was the first Juror
to be accepted, being taken without
challenge by both sides. He stated
that he resides about nine miles north
of Pendleton and that he had no opin
ion as to the merits of the case; that
he was a married man 85 years of
age and was born In Germany.
John Swltzler was the next called
and excused for cause, his formed
opinion being too strong.
Charles Chaney, a citizen of Pen
dleton, was accepted and makes the
seventh Juror in the case. While he
had read of the case In the papers he
had formed no fixed opinion and had
no Interest in the case. Neither did
he have any relations with the attor
neys of either side. .He stated that
he was a member of the Odd Fellows
and the Woodmen, but would not be
Influenced In any way because of this
fact that the father of the deceased
was a member of the same lodge. He
was not acquainted with Zeke Mat
thews or his barber shop.
SHEEP SHEARING
.TEN CREWS OF TEN MEN
EACH WILI BE AT WORK.
Hand Shearing Will Cost Seven Cents
and Board This Year, and Hand
Shcnrcrg Will Do Most of the WurkJ
About 300.000 Sherp Will Be
Sheared In Umatilla County, Most
ly by Hand.
Next Monday morning If the warm
weather continues, the click of at
least 100 pairs of sheep shears will
make music In the west end of Uma
tilla county.
The crews averaging at least 10 men
will begin work on the large bands
In the Butter creek and Pilot Rock
districts and for the next six weeks
the h'isv season will be on. Owing to
til" ex'"cmi'ly unfavorable weather of
the past few weeks, the grease In the
wool has been sold and shearing has
been Impossible and for this reason
the shearing season will be somewhat
late.
The price fur hand shearing will be
7 cents and board this season and a
large proportion of Umatilla county
sheep will be sheared by hand. The
hand shearers will average about 45
per day, each, some of the men reach
ing 100 per day, others falling down
to 70 and 75. r
The McFarland shearing crew con
sisting of 10 men left the city this
morning by team, for A. A. Coles
ranch on Mutter creek, where shear
ing will begin Monday. The crew has
a large number of bands engaged and
will be employed for the next six or
seven weeks In that district.
It Is estimated that there are about
200,000 sheep In Umatilla county to
be sheared, the cost of shearing this
number at 7 cents per head costing
$14,000, which will be divided among
perhaps 100 men engaged In the work.
After finishing shearing in this
county many of the crews will go to
Sprague, Wash,, and Huntington,
where they will continue the work
until the season ends In Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, when many of
them will then go to Montana and
Wyoming to finish the season In those
states in June and early July.
ItORAII NOT INVOLVED..
No Connection Retwecn Land Frauds
and Stcniicnbcrg Murder Cast;.
Denver, April 20 Judge M. C.
Eureh, special assistant United
Slates attorney genernl, who hns Just
l etui nod from Boise, Idaho, said to
day that there Is no connection be
tween the land fraud Investigation in
Idaho and the prosecution of tho
Wettern Federation of Miners for al
leged complicity in the killing of for
mer Governor Steunenberg.
"The visit of District Attorney
Rutck to Washington." raid Judge
Burch, "is an ordinary occurrence, as
It Is customary to call district attor
neys to Washington for 'reports and
consultation regarding affairs In
their districts."
As to Senator Borah, Judge Burch
tuld It Is conceded that the senator
has enly acted In a general way as
attorney for the Barber Lumber com
pany, which company Is alleged, lis
company with others, to have engag
ed Illegally in obtaining timber land
near Boise.
NEXT MONDAY
ABOLISHING THE
DIVISION SYSTEM
War Department Making
Changes that Will Termi
nate in that Result,
ITUNSTOX IS TRANSFERRED
FROM SOUTHERN TO WESTERN
Klioi'c Inland Supreme Court Says
Proprietors of Amusement Places
Mny Exclude Members of the Unit
ed States Navy ir Tlicy Choose to
Do So Society International Law
Continues In Session Daughters of
American Revolution Elect a State
Regent for Oregon.
Washington, Art 11 20. General
orders were issued from tho war de
partment this afternoon relieving
itncral Kunston at St. Louis from
command of the touthern division
and placing him In command of the
department of California, at San
Francisco, probably effective June
0.
VacArthur then goes to Milwau
kee, to complete his reports of his
foreign trip. This Is the first step
toward abolishing the divisions.
Amusement Company May Exclude.
Providence. R. I.. April 20. The
supremo court of this state has de
clared that Chief Yeoman Buzel of
the navy can recover from an amuse
ment company only the price of the
amusement ticket, the compaliy be
ing authorized to exclude any person
It does not want.
Speakers on International Law.
Washington, April 20. At today's
session of the American Society of
International law, John W. Fester,
former secretary of state; . JuMte
Rrwfr'.pTeslrent of the American Bar
association, and Professor Moore of
Columbia university, were the prin
cipal speakers.
D. A. R. Elect Regents.
Washington, April 20. Among
.UU.UU...,. -.me regents ana vice
.n' n... ,,i7 I. , " "
can Revolution has re-ehcted are:
rai. ,j "
Callfornut. Mesdnmes Cameron Thorn
a J I Harry ..ray: Montana. Mesdames
Clifton Moose nnd A. K. Prescott;
Oregon Mr P. Montgomery; Utah,
....r. rrny JMI-n: Wyoming,
Mrs. Frank Monde II.
Elam Kendall ,a crippled g uest
was cremated by the burning of the
lintel Campbell nt Athena, Pa.
MERCHANTS GIVE FIVE PER CENT
OF SALES TO
Slxtv-slx business firms have agreed.
so far, to hold "Dedication Sale"
for two days preceding the dedica
tion of the new M. E. church In this
city on June 2, all the firms enter
ing into the siles to give five per
cent of their total sales on those two
days to the church building fund.
It If expected that at least 80
firms of Tendleton will enter Into
this work to help along the church
fund and give Pendleton's Indorse
ment to the erection of this build
ing In the city.
The work of soliciting will be con
tinued for several days yet, as a
number of firms have not been seen,
but It Is expected to secure the in
dorsement of practically all the le
gitimate business interests In the
city.
It is the plan of the merchants en
tering Into this sale to set aside Fri
day, May SI and Saturday, June 1,
as spclnl spring sales days and as
special rates have bepn applied for
on nil the roads leading to the city
Late this afternoon the body of
Edward DavlB. the young man who
Ir supposed to have lest his 4ife by
being drowned In Mcacham creek,
has not been found, although a
searching party In charge of Contrac
tor Howard Frlck of this city has
thoroughly searched the creek for
several miles where the young man
Is supposed to have crossed.
Tne saddle horse ridden by young
Dnvls when he left the Brown ranch
on Mcacham creek on April t has
returned home, with the saddle still
on Its back, nnd the butcher tools
still tied upon the saddle, aa whtn
EDWARD
E
Government Observers and
Scientists Making Estimates
at Washington.
ZONES NEARLY INTERSECT
ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA'
One Belts the Pacific, the Other the
Earth From East to West Today
Shocks Felt In Turkey and In Mass
achusetts Ex-Chief Engineer Stev
ene Adheres to tho Belief That the
Panama Canal Can Be Finished by
January 1, 1915 lire Devastates
Part of Manila.
Washington, April 20. Since De
cember 3 there have been 28 big
earthquakes and many hurricanes
throughout the world.
Scientists and government officers
say the quakes occur In two sones,
tl per cent of the shocks being felt
within certain belts. One belt swings
roughly east and west through the
Mediterranean region, Asia Minor,
Caucasia, Himalayas, East Indies,
Central America and West Indies.
The other circles the Pacific
ocean, passing along the Andes, west
coast of North America, across to
Asia and down to New Zealand,
In the former belt 55 per cent of
the quakes, in the latter 44 per cent
occur.
Earthquake In Turkey. .
Constantinople, April 20. A Blight
earthquake was felt this morning.
Earthquake In Massachusetts,
Boston; April 20. Early quakes
felt today in Fulrvlew and South
Psiley, Mass.
Finish Canal by January 1, 1015.
Washing ton, April 20. Ex-Chief
Engineer Stevens was In conference
with the president this afternoon.
Leaving, he said, "I believe the canal
will be finished by January 1, 1916."
Goethals Says Stevens Bungled.
Washington. April 20. Colonel
... . . , .
iGoethels of the army, now In charge
, construction, reports that
steveng ml8representeS ,e work
! done
j HJ decare that stevengi lnstea(1 o
,,.n n ,-,l ,rU rtnno hniuM
his estimates on the capacity of the
steam shovels, not taking Into account
the days the shovels did not work;
that measurements were on loose
earth, and much earth was retaoved
M. E.
it Is expected that large numbers of
people from all over the county ylll
visit the city on that occasion.
Flshop Moore of Portland will ded
icate the church and on Friday eve
ning. May 31 an organ recital will
be given at tho church nnd a social
evening In charge of the women of
the rhuich will be enjoyej.
On Sunday. June 2. the dedicatory
Mterclses will be conducted and many
people from the surronding country
will uttend.
The business men of Pendleton
have responded cheerfully to the plan
of giving five per cent of their total
sales on the two special sales days to
the chvrth and a handsome gift for
tie building fund Is anticipated as a
result of the public spirited move
ment. A list of the names of the firms
entering Into the sales agreement will
he published, together with a cut of
the new church In all Tendleton pa
pers and the sales days will be given
ample publicity.
Y NOT YET
the young man left the Brown ranch
for Thorn Hollow 11 days ago.
It Is now thoroughly believed that
he hah been drowned, as he had no
reason for leaving the country and
being very closely attached to his
mother. It Is not believed possible
that he has done so.
Fvery effort will be made to locate
the body along Meacham creek or on
the trails which he followed In com
ing from the Brown ranch to Mea
cratr. creek.
It ! not believed that he met with
foul play nnd all Indications point to
the drowning of the boy while cross
ing the swollen stream.
Tl
EARTHDUAK
ZONES
CHURCH
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FOUND
which was wrongly dumped and will
have to be moved again.
Goethals says with the present
equipment It Is Impossible to excavate
1,000,000 cubic yards monthly, the
amount Stevens reports was being
done.
Great Fire In Manila.
Manila, April 20. Fire destroyed
1100 houses and parts of the dis
tricts of Slngalong, Paco and Bam
bang In Manila, this afternoon. Fire
men, soldiers and sailors saved the
American settlements and Ermlta and
Malate. The flames before a heavy
gale swept clean 100 acres within two
hours. Lobs, $200,000.
POLICE GRAFT INVESTIGATION.
San rVancisco Police Captain Before
the Grand Jury.
San Francisco. April 20. The grand
Jury this afternoon took up the sub
ject of corruption in the police de
partment It Is expected before the
day Is over that Captain of Police
Mooney, who makes the charges, will
have told before the Jury his com
plete story of graft. He Is said to
have laid before Heney damaging evi
dence against high officials and details
of the methods Invoked to extract
hush money from tenderloin resorts
and criminals.
IOWA BANK WAS CLOSED TODAY.
Cashier Arrested President Guaran
tees Depositors.
Seymour, Iowa, April 20. The
state bank examiner today closed the
doors of the Drovers' & Merchants'
bank and this afternoon Cashier Le
roy Ware was arrested.
President Evans has personally
guaranteed the depositors.
OPEN TO ENTRY
JUNE POSSIBLY
WHISTLER'S OPINION OF
RECLAMATION PROJECT.
About 15 Men Are Now at Work In
All Departments A Subsidiary Sys
tem Provides for Utilizing an Im
mouse Volume of Water Without
First Running It Into the Storage
Reservoir.
Hermtston. April 20. J. T. Whist
ler, engineer for the reclamation pro
ject, Is pleased with the way things
are moving In all lines of work on
the Umatilla project, and states that
while he does not know positively, and
hns received no Instructions to that
effect, he believes that the land will
be open to entry in June.
Work at the big dam is now going
on in the way which It will for some
months, puffing engines, men and
teams at work, and dirt flying in all
directions. About 175 men are now
employed there.
Work on the concrete drop from the
high canal to the low canal line half
way between Hermlston and Cold
Springs dam is being carried on and
preparations are being made to put
in the necessary concrete gates and
drop at the by-pass from the feed
canal to the high distributing canal,
which Is constructed for the purpose
of turning the muddy water In the
flood season, directly Into the distri
bution system without going through
the reservoir.
Four tons of coal and 10 barrels of
crude oil are being burned dally at
the dam, the oil as yet is a little un
satisfactory, but it Is hoped that it can
be tried out, and that it will be satis
factory In a short time.
MURDERER HAS ESCAPED.
Kli-.tt Restaurant Man In Presence, of
Many Witnesses.
Oakland, April 20. Frank Smith,
the discharged waiter who last night
shot and killed John Marcovlch, a
former employer. In the presence of
he victim's wife and scores of guests
in Marcovich's restaurant, has not yet
been aj-prehended, although a thor
ough search Is being made of Oak
land, San Francisco and other bay
cities.
Ultimatum to Street Car Men.
San Francisco. April 20. Presi
dent Calhoun of the United Rail
roads declared today that the pro
posal he made to the street car em
ployes that when the agreement ex
pires May 1, It must be renewed on
the same terms, must be regarded as
iltlmatum. Carmen say they will
not recede from their demands for
$3 per day of eight hours and will
strike rather than accept Calhoun's
terms
Yesterday's Baseball Scores.
San Frunc'Bco, April 20. Portlnnd
, Oakland 8.
Los Angeles, April 20. Los Angeles
, San Francisco 10.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, April 20. Wheat opened
78 1-8, closed 78 1-8; corn opened
47 5-8. closed 44; oats opened 48 7-8,
closed 44 1-8.
TO
But Two of the Amendatory
Propositions Appear to be in
Much Disfavor.
DISPOSITION SHOWN NOT TO
FAVOR A $10,000 CITY HALL.
Also, Not to Raise the Percentage of
Signers Necessary to Defeat Street
Improvements Apparently a Large
Majority Favor the Remainder of
Proposed Charter Changes Senti
ment Seems to Favor Opportunity
to Vote Upon Measures Separately
Interest Increasing.
After an extensive canvass of public
sentiment on the question of the pro
posed charter changes which will
soon be submitted to the people, the
East Oregonlan finds but two of the
propositions In disfavor to any extent.
These are the proposal to raise the
per centage of signers necessary to
defeat a street Improvement from
C6 2-3 to 80 pr cent of the frontage
along streets to be Improved, and the
proposed bond Issue of $40,000 for a
city hall.
All the other proposed changes are
In favor with the people and outside
of a limited number of large proper
ty owners who are opposed to every
thing which will Increase taxation In
the slightest degree, will be indorsed
It Is believed.
The opposition to the city hall'
bond Issue Is not directed against a
city, hall, primarily, but there Is op
position to such a large Issue of bonds
for this purpose. Many people are
heartily In favor of a $25,000 bond
Issue for a city hall, who are bitterly
opposed to $40,000 for this purpose.
It is believed that If the council and
committee of citizens agree to cut
down the city hall bonds to $25,000
that there will be practically no op
position to the proposition.
On the Increase of the percentage
necessary to defeat a street Improve
ment, small home owners who are
not able to pay for expensive Improve
ments in the outlying streets say that
one or two wealthy property owners
in a block may force a street Improve
ment should the percentage be raised
from 66 2-3 to- 80 and for this reason
they will be opposed to the change.
They believe that a majority should
rule and that a small minority of
property holders on a block should
not be given such power.
In regard to the gravity water sys-
temk the sentiment Is practically
unanimous upon securing such a sys
tem at the earliest possible date.
The extension of the sewer system
and the extension and improvement
of the levee are also in high favor
with the people and will be cheer- .
fully voted it is believed.
There Is a sentiment that each item
should be voted upon separately In
order to give the voter an opportunity
to express his objection to any meas
ure and at the same time support
those which he believes are Just and
right.
Should the entire list of proposed,
changes be voted upon In one. It is
believed that the entire number would
be endangered.
The citizens of Pendleton are tak
ing a commendable Interest In the
proposed changes and there Is an in
clination on every hand to go ahead
with the improvements started.
The Increase In the liquor license
revenues amounting to $8650 per year,
beginning June 1, will meet the Inter
est charges at 5 per cent on bonds to
the amount of $173,000, and as the
entire list of changes can thus be
made without materially Increasing
taxation on the property of the city,
there is a strong sentiment in favor of
making all the proposed changes and
beginning the Improvements at once.
Emrhirer Fell From Train.
Engineer E. K. Arbogast, on W. &
C. R. train No. 6, running from this
city to Pnseo, was severely, but not
fitilly Injured last night, while the
train wis in South Ainsworth, says
th Walla Walla Pulletln. The fire
man cn ths train was shoveling coal
to re forward part of the tender, and
in some manner a large chunk of fu
el rolled down and hit the engineer,
knocking blm from the locomotive.
He f?U to the ground and struck his
arm on the rail of a side track, badly
bruising It. Aside from a bad shak
ing up he escaped further Injury.
Zeltz Will Quit Sliow Business.
London, April 20. William
Zeltz Impersonating a signal
man hound to railroad rails by
robbers. In moving pictures of
train wrecking scene, waa kill
ed today. By a mistake In sig
nals the train failed to stop
and ran over Zeltz.
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