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VOL. 20.
PENDLETON. OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1907.
NO. 5982
PRESBYTERIANS
DISCUSS
Seattle Minister Urges Chris
tian Training as the Only
Solution of the Problem.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
SCHOOLS IS, 000 NEGROES.
Negro Delegates From Cumberland
Church Received Assembly Yet to
Meet One Issue of Dividing tbe
Church's Forces in Fighting the
Liquor Traiflo Dissension Leads to
Resignation of Dr, Weflg of Pitts
burg Shall the Church Organise
a Especial Temperance Federation.
Columbus. 0.. May 20. The tem
perance question U the principal tople
at the Presbyterian general assembly
today. ..fI
The assembly received the negro
delegates from the Cumberland
church.
Dr. James 'Wilson of Seattle, pre
senting the report for the freedmen'a
bureau, aatd: "The negro needs
trained Christian citizenship. Chris
tian training la the only way to solve
the problem." He aald the Presbyter
ian church now supports schools edu
cating over IS, 000 negroes.
Liquor an Issue la Assembly.
Columbus, May 20. Whether tbe
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church shall Indorse the effort of the
temperance comm'tiee to organlte a
church temperance federation or shall
give Its undivided support to the anti
saloon league, Is a question which will
be pressed for settlement before the
assembly at the earliest moment, prob
ably next" Wednesday.
The controversy, which started
when the Inter-church Temperance
Federation In Pensylvanla and the
Antl-saloon League disputed over tem
perance legislation In that state, crop
ped out In the general assembly to
day when Dnvld Wells, Jr., of ntts-
burg, who had been appointed chair
man of the temperance committee, re
signed and Dr. Henry E. Dosker of
Louisville, was appointed to succeed
him.
Dr. Wells refused to discuss his rea
sons for resigning, but It w said
that he did not care to be In the
thick of the fray.
GOING OCT1 OF BUSINESS.
Grocery Stock and Fixture. Will Be
Sold to Other Merchants.
The Gordon Grocery company will
close out their stock and retire from
the business, is the announcement that
was made today. Mr. Gordon, the
proprietor, lately bought . out Henry
Harrison and Berkeley Halley, the
other members of the firm, am? is now
the sole owner.
It Is his Intention to sell the fix
tures to the other merchants In the
city, and some of them have already
been disposed of. The goods will be
out to the public by special dales.
The time when the sales will com
mence has not jet ben determined,
but they will probably start on Wed
nesday or Thurslay.
Mr. Gordon has not yet decided Just
what occupation he will engage In,
but intends to spend the summer on
the coast enjoying a vacation after
the confinement of store life.
BUSY WEEK PROMISED.
Schedule of Events In Pendleton Will
Keep People Busy Tills Week.
The following events are scheduled
to take place in this city this week:
Tuesday and Wednesdoy, May 21
and 22 Baptist association. .
Wednesday, May 22 High school
class day exercises at Christian
church, 8 p. m.
Wednesday, May 22 Wool sales.
Friday, May 24 High school com
mencement exercises at First Chris
tian church at 8 p. m.
Mayor Moure, the newly elected
reform mayor of Spokane, has ap
pointed lien H. Nice, formerly an
editor (in the Spokesman-Review,
chief of .police The appointment
was confirmed. In his Inaugural ad
dress Mayor Moore declarod for
closing all saloons from 1 to 5 a. m.,
anc5 removing all wlnerooma from
saloons and restaurants.
The Harney County bank at Burns,
will he made a national bank as
soon as the reorganization can be
Killed Police Superintendent
Odessa, May 20. The super-
Intemlont of police and two do-
tectlves were killed and sev
en persons Injured by the ex
plosion of a bomb in the
chiefs office this morning.
plosion of a bomb in the
chiefs office this morning.
"
baker crry won meet.
Pendleton Team Suffered Defeat
With 37 Points.
The Baker City high school team
won the eastern Oregon high school
field meet at La Grande, last Satur
day afternoon, by a score of 44 points
against 17 points for Pendleton, the
next highest team. Ora Jay, the star
of the Pendleton team, tied with
Kellogg of Baker City, for first place
with an individual score of 18 points.
With laurels yet fresh from the
big Interscholastlc meet at Walla
Walla, the Pendleton team played at
a disadvantage at La Grande and by
skill and luck the Baker City team
won the day.
The Pendleton ' team returned
home Sunday morning on the delay
ed train after a most enjoyable vis-
It in the beet city. They speak high
ly of the treatment received from the
La Grande team and schools and an
ticipate future visits to that city wiyi
mucn pieaauro.
OBJECT TO ORIENTAL STUDENTS.
Textile- Workers Afraid of Their Com
petition.
Newbedford, Mass., May 20. Tex
tile workers object to the enrollment
of Chinese and Japanese students in
textile schools. It Is claimed that since.
the orient Is the only market open to
American textile goods, the education
of orientals defeats the schools' own
object. No objections are made on
social grounds so far.
FEWER PASSENGERS CARRIED.
Unkm Bosses In Frisco Doing In
creasing Business.
Son Francisco, May 20. No new
lines were opened today by the
United raildoads, and the number of
cars were not Increased. Fewer pas
sengers were carried, and the patron
age of union busses Is Increasing.
Motion to Substitute.
Concord, N. H.. May 20. Argu
ments were heard today on the motion
of the trustees of Mrs. Eddy's estate,
asking that they be substituted for
the "next friends" aa plaintiffs In the
original suit. . ..
Abe Hummel In Prison.
New York, May- 20. Abe Hummel
today began a year's sentence for per
jury. He went to the prison In an
automobile.
COURT RECONSIDERED
ITS FIRST DECISION.
First Action Taken by a Vote of Two
to One License Finally Granted by
a Unanimous Volo Commissioner
Walker Favored the License From
the Beginning Letter and Meaning
of Statutes Involved.
Three hours after having denied
the petition for the Hermlston saloon
license presented by C. L. Morgan,
Judge Gilllland and Commissioner Lee
who had voted against the granting
of the petition reconsidered their vote
and believing they had made the
wrong decision, they called Commis
sioner Walker, who favored the peti
tion, changed their vote and granted
the petition.
The two members who denied the
petition in the first place, stated that
18 names were signed by the remon
strators and tbat the remaining num
ber on the remonstrance were names
placed there to show that the peti
tioners for the license did not have a
majority of the voters. Under the
present law the number of petitioners
or remonstrators considered must be
based upon the number of legal voters
In the precinct at the time of present
ing the petition. It being extremely
difficult to determine the number of
legal voters, the court, when the re
monstrance came up with a large
number of names on It, was swamped
In Its attempt at taking testimony to
ascertain whether each name placed
thereon was a legal voter. Judge
Gilllland and Commissioner Lee final
ly decided to take the last election roll
and see If there were more remon
strntnrs whose names were In the last
election list than there were of the
petitioners. The number of remon
strators who w,ere registered at the last
election being greater than those In
the petition they decided to deny the
petition.
Upon reconsideration they found
that the new law read that the voters
nt the time of filing the petition were
to be counted and not those at the
last election as in the old law. It not
being shown that the necessary num
ber of the remonstrators were legal
voters It was Incumbent upon the
court to grant the petition. "Had the
remonstrators been present In such a
manner that It had been possible to
determine whether each signer were
a legal voter, and had it not been for
the wording of the law which requires
a majority at the time the petition Is
filed. I believe there would have tf'en
a sufficient number to prevent the II
cense being granted," said Judge Gll-
I llland on commontlng on the decision.
MORGAN
NT
SALOON
LICENSE
MAYOR
SCKMTZ
TH IS BEGUN
On Indictments Charging Him
With Extortion from French
Restaurants.
SCHMITZ DREADS BEING
PUT IN ELIZOR'S CUSTODY.
Defense at Once Moved for Change of
Venue and Conn Adjourned Until
Tomorrow Defense Also Filed a
Motion for the Substitution of a
New Trial Judge The Document
Makes Sweeping Charges Against
Judge Dunne and Rudolph Spreck
es, Ills Sponsor,
San Francisco, May 20. Pale and
palpably nervous, Mayor Schmits ar
rived In court this morning for trial
on five indictments charging extor
tion from the French restaurants.
When Schmits strode Into the court
room accompanied by bis attorneys.
anxiety was written all over his coun
tenance. He carried a look evidently
due to tbe fear the prosecution's al
leged threat to have him placed in
the custody of an elisor would be car
ried out.
Shortly before court was called at
1 Schmltx's atorneys hurried to their
client's side and whispered, "Heney
has decided to ask the court not to
turn you over to an elisor." Schmltx's
face brightened and he settled back
In his chair with the air of having
been relieved of a great load.
The proceedings lasted 12 minutes.
When court convened the defense
made a motion for a change of venue
on the ground of bias of thfe ""court.
The prosecution asked for time in
which to prepare counter affidavits,
the court granting the request, and
adjourned until tomorow.
Wants Another Judge,
San Francisco, May 20. District
Attorney Langdon was Saturday night
served by Mayor Schmltz's attorneys,
Metsori, Campbell and Drew, and
John J. Barrett and C. H. Falrall, with
notice of a motion for substitution of
a trial Judge on the ground that Judge
Frank H. Dunne Is disqualified by
bias and prejudice. Accompanying
and supporting this motion Is a
lengthy afldavlt by Schmltz In which
charges of an extremely sensational
nature are made against Rudolph
Spreckles, his associates In the bribery
graft prosecution, and Judge Dunne
himself.
"Will Produce the Murderer.''
Chicago, May 20. Attorneys for
Herman Billek, accused of the mur
der of the six members of the Varal
family, appeared In court this morn
ing and admitted the family were
murdered, but that their client is not
guilty, and declared they would pro
duce the murderer.
RAILROAD FINED 10,000.
New York, 20. The Chicago,
Rock Island A Pacific railroad this
afternoon pleaded guilty In the fed
eral conrt to granting rebates to the
American Sugar Refining company
and was fined $20,000 upon each of
two counts.
Stricken With Pnraljsls.
T. Rcale. aged '91 years, father of
Charles Beale and Mrs. Charles Ol-i-Jtt,
Is suffering from a paralytic
stroke nt ttie home of Charles Beale
and Is in a critical condition owing
tu his udvanccd age. Mr. Beale Is a
pioneer of 18.53, and Is well known In
Umntllla county and eastern Oregon.
U. 6. Band May Conio July 4.
Joe Parkes Is In Walla Walla today
completing arrangements with a
United States cavalry band for their
services here on July 4. Mr. Parkes
was to give notice of acceptance today
to the director of the band, and he
feels certain that satisfactory arrange
ments can be mnde with that organ
ization to furnish music on the holi
day. On May 12. at Loomls, Wash.,
Mrs. Joseph Napgy, who Is described
as "a light, undersized woman," gave
b'rth to twins a boy and a girl
each of which weighed 15 pounds.
LONG CREEK MERCHANT A SUICIOE
Long Creek, May 20. (Special to
the East Oregonlan.) J. A. Moore, a
prominent Long Creek merchant, sui
cided Sunday at noon .In the basement
of his residence by putting a bullet
through his brain. .The cause was
the loss of eyesight and a drunken
stupor. He lost the sight of one eye
three years ago and he believed the
other was failing.
, The suicide was deliberate and was
STRIVING TO GET
A HAYWOOD JURY
When Court Opened Today
Each Side Had Six Peremp
tory Challenges Unused.
BOTH SIDES INCLINED TO
BE CAREFUL IN THEIR USE
Court Will Excuse Orlc Cote, Satis
factory to Both Sides, Because He
Is Nut Physically Able to Stand
the Ordeal as Juror Bets Offered
at Eight to Five the Jury Will Dis
agree and No One Found Who Will
Take the Short End Six Talesmen
Quitted and Excused.
Steve Adams No Good to State.
Boise, May 20. Adjutant
General Wells of Colorado, has
given up all efforts to have
' Steve Adams" confirm Or
chard's confession. Wells
spent a part of last week in
Wallace. He saw Adams and a
dozen times tried to have him
admit he had been reached by
friends of Haywood, who had
Induced him to retract his pre
vious confession. Adams de
clared the original confession
was a. lie extracted by threats,
and stated further that If plac
ed on the stand by the prose
cution he would swear this In
open court.
Boise, May 20. With half hun
dred witnesses for prosecution oh
hand and both prosecution and de
fense? compelled to use peremptory
challenges to remove from the Jury
box the obnoxious veniremen, the
third week of the Haywood murder
trial promises to develop sensations.
When court reconvened today the
prosecution and the defense had six
peremptories left, and It is plain that
both sides Intend to be very chary
using these.
When court reconvened the de
fense took up the examination of T.
C. Declercq, already accepted by the
prosecution as number five.
Before the day is over Judge Wood
will excuse Juror Orlc Cole, who is
eminently satisfactory to both sides,
tut where physicians have filed cer
tificates that his health will unfit
him from serving.
In sporting circles bets are freely
ofered by eight to five that the Jury
disagrees. So far no one has offer
ed to take the short end of the wa
ger. A personal encounter between one
of the detectives here to testify for
the prosecution and one of the de
fense's witnesses occurred today, but
was quickly stoppd with honors even.
Declercq was subjected to severe
cross-questioning by Darrow and fi
nally excused for bias. Half a dozen
veniremen were then examined un
successfully In an effort to fill the
vacancy.
George Powell Selected.
Boise, May 20. George Powell, a
farmer, was finally accepted pro
visionally. The defense then per
emptorily challenged Joseph Chlnn.
Both sides have now exhausted
half of their peremptories.
Ml tie Direct Evidence Likely.
Boise, May 20. Frank Marcellus,
a ' prospective Juryman, caused a
laugh by declaring he had no Inter
est In learning who killed Steunen
berg. Questions by the state confirm the
Impression the prosecution fears it
will be Impossible to secure direct
evidence to confirm In Orchard's
story and will be forced to rely upon
circumstantial evidence.
Prison Cliniilnlii Here.
Rev. John Le Cornu, chaplain of
tne Walla Walla penitentiary, who
preached at the M. E. church yes
terday, left for his home this morn
ing. Itov. Le Cornu has been en
gaged In preaching In this part of
the country for the past 28 years.
no surprise to his friends. The plans
were all made long ago. He re
quested simple burial rites.
He was a successful merchant and
widely known, and had been In busi
ness at this place about 10 years. He
leaves a widow and three children.
The funeral was held thla afternoon.
It Is the second suicide In six months
in Long Creek. . Leon Batting suicid
ed six months ago by hanging himself.
IN INSPIRING SERMON.
Baccalaureate Address an Event to
Be Remembered.
In the presence of an audience
which filled the First Presbyterian
church to overflowing, yesterday af
ternoon Rev. Austin Rice of the
Congregational church of Walla Wal
la, preached a most entertaining and
Inspiring baccalaureate sermon to
the graduating classes of Pendleton
high school and Pendleton academy.
His text was taken, from Ezra and
was as follows: "They say Ze rub
babel will not pay toll," and the ex
cellent sermon dealt with the high
ways of life and . the tolls exacted
from men and women of character,
as they travel through the world.
Rev. Rice drew an allegorical pic
ture of the pathway of life and nam
ed five toll gates through which men
and women must pass In living use
ful, serviceable lives. The first is
Duty, the second Perseverance, the
third Service, the fourth Faith and
the fifth Reverence. "At every one
of these gateways along the- road, we
must sacrifice something, we must
give up something, we must yield
something. At every gate a prom
ise is exacted that we will give our
best labor tor the world, that we win
cheerfully work for humankind and
that we will not become selfish, sor
did machines, but rather serviceable,
companionable, strong workers for
the common good."
Every seat in the church was oc
cupied and a large number of peo
ple stood during the sermon. Rev.
Rice is an entertaining and forcible
young man and Impressed Pendleton
people most favorably with his ap
propriate and Inspiring sermon to the
young people of the graduating
classes.
WHEAT GETTING UP AGAIN.
Yield Estimate Has Fallen C9,000
Bushels.
Chicago, May 20. Wheat is getting
up again, owing to bad weather re
ports from the northwest Jones, the
crop expert, estimates the winter crop
at 325,000,000 bushels against the gov
ernment estimate May 1 of 394,000,'
000.
' Details on All Grains.
Chicago, May 20. Wheat opened
!, 1-4, closed 97 3-4; corn opened S3,
closed 53 3-S: oats opened 4 7 3-4,
closed 4( 6-8.
DF WOOL STORED
SALES WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK
Immense Quantity Clipped Tributary
to Pendleton Which Is Not Hanled
and Will be Sold, by Samples J. E.
Smith Company Has 200,000
Pounds The Fleeces Are Lighter.
Than Last Year.
Half a million pounds of wool are
now stored In the Furnish warehouse
ready to be disposed of on Wednes
day and Thursday at the annual wool
sale should the prices offered seem
favorable to the owners.
Many of the sheepmen have not
yet delivered all of their wool to the
warehouse, but each raiser who ex
pects to offer his clip has a number
of samples on hand so that a sale
can be made.
The J. E. Smith Livestock com
pany will have about 200,000 pounds
when It Is all delivered. Seven cars
of their wool were on the siding this
morning, having been shipped In
from their shearing plant at Barn
hat t station. A large crew of men
assisted by a gasoline hoisting en
gine Is busy storing the large bags
of wool.
While there has been much talk
by the woolgrowers lately of ship
ping the wool east to a competitive
market, nevertheless. It Is hoped by
the sellers they will rectve bids from
the buyers that will Justify them In
parting with their product here. The
buyers at present claim that the
price of wool will be lower this year
than last, but the owners claim that
It should ho as much as It was then
If not more. They believe that they
should have a higher price because
of the lightness ..of the fleeces, each
fleece being from two to four
pounds lighter than In the preceding
year.
Regarding the proposition to ship
east If the price Is not satisfactory
on sales day, Mr, J. E. Smith says
that It has been a frequent thing with
him heretofore to ship his wool
when the prices offered on the coast
wore not satisfactory and that he has
been the gainer by this method. ,
Left for Harney County.
Guy CUrk and Georgu Bachant
left this morning for an overland
trip to Harney county, where they
go in search of homesteads. They
are well prepared to camp out and
enjoy an outing while searching for
Imd. They expect to be absent sev
eral weeks and will look over the
Harney countiy thoroughly before
returning.
POUNDS
CHARLES TAYLOR
KILLED DY TRAIN
Were No Witnesses to His
Being Cut in Pieces in 0. R.
& N. Yards.
ACCIDENT DISCOVERED
BY CASHIER E. H. GANARX
Probably Struck at the Thompson
Street Crossing; by the Westbound
Freight Fragments of the Body
Were Scattered Over 200 Feet No
Signs Whatever of Foul Play, aa
He Was Not Robbed, and an In
quest Was Deemed Unnecessary
Win Never be Explained. 'J
Will Hold an Inquest.
Late this afternoon the coro-
ner decided to hold an Inquest
over the remains of Charles
Taylor at tbe request of his pa-
rents, who fear foul play. They 4
believe that he was enticed out
to the depot and robbed and
was then placed upon the track
to be run over by the tralr.
Charles Taylor of Alba was run
over and Instantly killed by O. R. ft
N. freight train No. 55. at the Thnmn.
son street crossing of the railroad In
tnis city about 11:80 Saturday nights
There were no witnesses to the
accident and exact details will never
be known as the unfortunate young
man was not seen by any of the
trainmen and nothing was known of
the horrible fate of Taylor unUl his
remains, torn Into shreds, were
found scattered along the track by
E. R. Ganahl, cashier of the O. R. A
N. freight offices, as he went horns
from the offices about 3 o clock Sun
day morning.
Taylor was evidently struck on the
Thompson street crossing by the in
coming freight, as the first sign of
the accident was found on the rail
Just a few feet west of this crossing,
and from that point for over 200
feet west shreds of the remalna were
found scattered along the track, the
body being literally ground Into
pieces.
Coroner Folsom deemed
cessary to hold an Inquest over the
remains, as It was an unavoidable
accident.
Taylor was seen bv Nizht fniir.
man Fi Waters, going toward the O.
K. & N. depot shortly before the
freight train came in. but after that
there Is no witness to his where
abouts.
He had been employed on the T.
G. Halley dairy farm on wim
creek and came to tho ritv h..
evening. He was seen on the streets
several times during Saturday.
Taylor made his home with his
parents at Alba and was a member
Of the EaKlCS. The funeral nraa h.1.4
this afternoon at 4 o'clock from the
undertaking parlors of Baker ft
Folsem, under the auspices bf Pen
dleton aerie of Eagles.
Coroner Folsom stated today that
there was no possible sign of "foul
play as the watch and money of the
unfortunate man were found in fci-
cldthlng and everything indicates an
unavoidable accident, for which no
one could be held responsible.
SCORE WAS TEX TO FOUR.
Wulln Walla Won Bull Gamo on the
Pendleton Grounds.
In a five-Inning game, cut' short
!y tho wind anil rain storm In the af
ternoon, Walla Walla scalped thj
Fem'.letonlans on their own reserva
tion yesterday. At the close the
score stood 10 to 4 In fuvor of tho
Cat den City team.
In the first inning Walla Walla
made a run and when Pendleton
scored f.iur In the second Inning It
lucked like a victory for the wearers
ol the grey. However, In the next
inning the wind enme on anil the
Pendleton hoys, then out, began to
drop every ball that caine Into their
hands. Four luns were' marta h
Walla wall during that inning and
the game was theirs from that time
on.
Owing to the storm the crowd
rapidly dwindled away and at the
close of the fifth Inning but a few
spectators remained.
She "Let Whiskey Alone."
San Francisco, May 20. In
drunken frenzy this morning,
Lawrence Murphy, a horse
trainer, kicked his wife to
death. Her head was reduced
to a pulp. Murphy was arrested.