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VOL. 20.
PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1907.
NO. 5997
OH
ROAD
INCORPORATED
Open River Railway and
Transportation Company is
Formally Launched.
CAPITAL STOCK 250,000 IN
2500 SH ARES OF 1100 EACH.
E. W. McConum of Thl City, George
A. Hartnmn of Portland, and C. E.
Curry of Kan Francisco, Arc III'
corporators Objects of the Com
pany to llulld. Equip and Operate
Railroads and Uoat Lines, to Gen.
crate Power and Maintain Ware-
liouaca Pendleton Headquarters,
What Is perhap'j the most Important
local rallroau project ever launched
In Lmatllla county was brought into
existence this afternoon when E. W.
McComas filed articles of Incorpora
tion for the Open River Railway ft
Navigation company with County
Cliik Baling.
Thin Is the compiny wh'ch has made
a survey of a line from Simmons Land
ing on the Columbia river t Hold-
man and Is capitalized at $250,000, In
2500 shares of $100 each. The In
corporators are E. W. McComas, Q. A.
Hart man and C. E. Curry. Mr. Curry
Is San Francisco manager of the
Northwestern Warehouse company,
and Mr. McComas end Mr. Hartman
are too well known to the cillcns of
Umatilla county to need introduction.
J. N. Teal of Portland, is attorney for
the company.
Is a Pendleton Company.
In the articles of incorporation
Pendleton is named as headquarters
and borne of the company and Its
objects cover several typewritten
pages and Include the construction,
operation, maintenance and extension
of railroads and electric lines, the
genesatlon of electric power,' the con
struction, operation and maintenance
of grain and freight warehouses, the
construction of depot buildings, sta
tion, sidetracks, branches, extensions
and spurs of railroad, the construction
and operation of both steam and .sail
ing vessels and other business pertain
ing to transportation and hauling
freight.
Line In Surveyed.
The line of the proposed road Is now
surveyed from Simmons Landing on
the Columbia river to Holdman, in the
heart of the wheat belt of the north
part of Umatilla county, a distance of
about It miles, and the work of secur
ing right of way is proceeding satis
factorily. The line runs directly west from
Holdman to the north edge of the
government Irrigation project In the
northwest part of the county and then
swings northward to Simmons Land
ing, where it will connect with boat
lines to be operated by the same com
pany. ' Mr. McComas stated today that two
boats will be operated by the company
at first, one above and one below the
portage railroad at Celllo. It is hoped
that the line will be ready to handle
the 1908 wheat crop.
The articles of Incorporation were
drawn In Portland yesterday and
were filed simultaneously In the of
fice of the county clerk here and In
the office of the secretary of state at
Salem today.
May Extend to Pendleton.
"While the line from Simmons
Landing to Holdman Is all the present
company Is able to handle at present,
yet I believe the line should, be ex
tended to this city." said Mr. McComas
to the East Oregonlan today.
There Is a strong sentiment on part
of business men to have the line
brought Into Pendleton, giving this
city direct communication with the
boat lines on the Columbia river, and
it is believed that long before the
Slmmons-Holdman line is completed,
arrangements will have been made to
buil.l Into this city.
Tbe company estimates that about
20,000 tons of wheat wllj be tributary
to the line as surveyed' now. This
amount would be more thon doubled
by the extension toi this city,' to say
nothing of the additional business
which would come to the new line
from Pendleton.
TWO "DRY" PRECINCTS.
Prohibition Made Rut Little Progress
In Portland Election.
Precincts 41 and 43 In Portland are
the only ones in the city In which pro
hibition will be In force as a result
Wrapped With Red Hot Wires.
Cleveland, June . The body
of a man was found In the Ohio
canal near here today tightly
wrapped In wire which had been
placed about the body when red
hot. Red hot wires had been
thrust Into the throat and. abdomen.
ot the votetaken under the local op
tion law at the municipal election,
says the oregonlan. -ine two pre
cincts were linked together for a vote
on the saloon question, as were also
precincts 25, 2d. 27, 29 and 33, and
precincts 37, 38, 39 and 42. Two pre
cincts, 35 and 36, voted separately
on the prohibition Issue,
The district comprised by the two.
precinct voting in favor of prohibi
tion lie In Ward 7, on the East Side,
south of the business center. It In
clude that territory east of East
Eighth street, south of Hawthorne
avenue, north of Division street and
the city boundary. These precincts
went dry by a vote of 197 to 112.
The four precincts beginning with
37 arc also included In the Seventh
ward. This Is the Sellwood district,
lying between the city boundary on
the south and Division street on the
north, and extending from the Wil
lamette to the city limits on the east
As a result of the wet vote in thesj
precincts, the Oaks will have the priv
ilege of selling liquor If it Is desired
The management, however, has al
ready announced that liquor will not
be sold at the Oaks this season.
STACKL1NG-WIIITEHORN.
Newly Married Couple Will
Their Home at Pasco.
Mnke
Adams, May t. Mr. George C.
Whitchorn and Miss Bertha G. Suck
ling of Paolo, Kan., were united in
marriage at the Baptist parsonage at
I o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Effle E. Smith ot Helix, being the
only witness besides the pastor's fam
ily-
For the past two years the bride has
been teaching in the Helix public
schools and the groom, who was for'
merly from Pendleton, was In Helix
until a few weeks ago, when he went
Into the mercantile business at Pasco.
The coUDle has the best wishes Of
many friends.
After a 5 o'clock dinner the couple
left for Walla Walla from where they
will go to Seattle and points on the
sound for a few weeks.
Salem Strawberries.
Thousands of crates of strawber
ries are shipped out ef Salem by ex
press these days, and the best fruit
averages the grower 11.30 to 31.50
net, says the Salem Journal. The
Clark Seedling Is about all gone, hut
there will be plenty of later varieties.
Rain Is badly needed, but, even with
out rain, there will be a, big crop.
Shipments are being made direct to
Astoria and the Sound.
L.
HARD GQftL ROADS
THEY CONTROL Fl'EL FROM
T1IF. MINE TO THE Fl'RNACE
Administration Will Proecute the
Ilarriinau Combine, and Rarriman
IVnonally If Possible Japan Ha
Yellow Journals Which Exaggerate
Every Phase of the Exclusion Issue
In Anierlca. .
Washington, June . The bill the
government Is preparing against the
anthracite roads jnay be filed within
two weeks. The bill points out the
roads have a giip on steel upon the
anthracite fields, the annual output
of which is $112,000,000, and over
60.000,000 tons. The bill will show
the roads own most of the stock of
the coal companies, and have tide
water connections, and so control the
coal from the beds In the ground to
the fireplace.
Prosecute Ilarrlnian Combine.
Washington, June 6. The presi
dent, Bonaparte and Kellogg were In
conference today about H.irrlinan.
The president desires to prosecute
the Harrlman combine and Harriman
personally. If such action Is feasible.
There is difference of opinion among
tho president's advisers in regard to
the feasibility. No official announce
ment followed today's conference.
Yellow Journalism In Jnpan.
Woshlngton, June 8. The secre
tary of the Japanese embassy, speak-
ink concerning the publication in Ja
pan of belligerent sentiments against
this country on account of the San
Francisco affair, says: "If the re'
ports In the papers which have spo
ken as you say are true, It Is yot un
Important. There Is yellow journal
ism in Jamap, same as In America.
Tho clamors of such papers does not
reflect the views of the government
and will have no effect In shaping
Japan's course."
Blackmailing Demand for $.1000.
New York, June t. A letter signed
"Black Hand" demanded 33000 from
the proprietor of tho Hotel Stregls, or
the house would be blown up. This
Is the third attempt In three years.
Once several apartments were wreck
ed by explosions.
Mutiny of Imperial Guard.
St. Petersburg, June 3. Mutiny
broke out today among a squadron
of guards at Tsarkeselo, to which the
imperial family had Just moved. Or
der was restored without bloodshed.
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PROSECUTE
STORY or
SORDID. MURDER
iD CRUEL SB
According to Orchard He Was
for the Federation of
He Tried to Kill Judge Gabbert of the Colorado Supreme Court and Gover
nor Pcabody of Colorado, and the President of the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Company Wlillo Following
Tried to Get at David Moffatt, t ho Denver Millionaire His Story
Never Falls In Frequent Allusions to Haywood, Mover and Petti bone,
Who, According to Him, Instigated and Planned All the Violence and
Paid for It Out of Federation Funds.
Boise, June 6. It was a completo
battery of legal guns that assembled
about the defense's table, when Or
chard resumed the stand In the Hay
wood murder trial today. Orchard
was brought In from Hawley'a office
surrounded by a heavy guard of arm
ed men. He was at once escorted to
the stand and resumed his story.
Orchard declared he knew J. Wolf,
who was a collector for Pettlbone, and
the latter sent him a registered letter
from Denver containing money. Or
chard declared he got hla Information
about Bradley from a servant girl
named Bell, employed by Bradley and
his cook, Mrs. Cole.
He left San Francisco two -weeks
after the Bradley explosion and got to
Denver before Christmas, 1904. He
disguised himself as a soldier and
wbre smoked glasses. Pcttlbonetold
him he had done .a fair job on Brad
ley, but should have killed him.
Orchard went to Adams' house,
where he remained In hiding a while.
He swore he saw Haywood the night
he reached Denver and declared the
latter (aid that Bradley maimed would
be a living example of what happens
to men, and told htm he could have
all the money he wanted, but must
keep out of sight
' During his stay In Denver he said
Haywood and Pettlbone met fort
nightly at the former's residence, and
the latter's store. They wanted him
to help assassinate Judge Gabbert of
the supreme court, who aecnnea io
release . Moyer,' who was arrested in
Tellurlde. He and Adams hung about
the Gabbert house with shotguns for
a time, but did not see him.
Tried to Kill Gov. Pen body.
They then unsuccessfully tried to
kill Governor Peabody. According
Orchard, the latter was desired killed
by Haywood, who said if Peabody was
again seated as governor, organisea
labor would hove to leace Colorado.
He .'.rt-ms and Steve Ackerman
made a lead bomb of powder and giant
cans and acid, and put it under the
sidewalk at a spot which reaDoay
crossed dally, and stretched a wire
from the bomb to a doorway a block
away. Everything was white with
snow. As the governor came along
two coal wagons came along and were
on the wire when the governor reach
ed the spot, and the bomb could not
be exploded. He took the bomb and
reported the failure to Pettlbone, who
said. "Too bad."
He then made a couple of attempts
to Bhoot Peabody and Gabbert, but
failed, and also tried at Haywood's
instance to assassinate Frank Harme,
president of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
company. He hung around tne nouse,
but failed to see him.
Haywood told him David Moffatt,
the big Denver -financier, was behind
the entire opposition to the federation.
and asked him to investigate nis resi
dence and see If he could get an op
portunlty to kill him. He and Adams
spent several days watching for Mof
fatt, and flnnlly decided It would db
too rlskv a lob to kill Moffatt. Later,
Haywood purchased a horse and bug
gy so he could go about town handily
and unnoticed.
Tried to Kill Judge Goddnrd.
Having failed with Gabbert, Hay
wood asked Orchard to try and kill
Supreme Judge Goddard. The latter
had refused to do anything for the
release of the Imprisoned miner. He
spent a month watching the Qoddard
house with Adams, hoping . for a
chance to shoot through a window,
but failed.
He went to Canyon City during
April in order to try again to kill
NEW 0. R. & N. DEPOT SEEMS CERTAIN
At Inst Pendleton will be supplied
by the O. R. & N. with a new depot
building, according to well authenti
cated repot ts today.
It Is sold that the company will
soon begin to bttlld a $30,000 depot
r.n tho site of the present building.
The new building will be equal to
that at Walla Walla and. will be con
veniently arranged for the accommo
dation of passengers and elaborately
equipped for ticket offices and bag
gage department.
It will be a frame building,' one
story in height, much larger and mora
the Willing and Paid Assassin
Miners' Officials.
the Occupation of Murderer He
Peabody, who had resigned his office.
He said he went there on the joint or
der of Moyer, Haywood and Pettl
bone. Moyer told him there must be
no mistake, he must get "X. X." out
of the way this time. Haywood, he
swore, told him to make sure of kill
Ing Peabody. Pettlbone suggested he
get the position of agent for the Mu
tual Life, which would give him entry
to the Peabody home. He applied for
the Job and gave the leaders of the
-federation as reference. He was
given the contract. He went at once
to Canyon City and decided he could
easily blow up Peabody as the latter
sat at the window in the front of his
house every evening. He took a room
a block away from the Peabody house,
Icwtlmony Law Yesterday Afternoon,
Boise, June E. He said he made
regular reports to Pettlbone and Hay
wood. The latter did not want the
bomb exploded, as the executive
board of the federation was In session
and he feared all would be arrested,
He said Haywood told him to lay off
for a while, and while waiting he de
clared they planned to assassinate
Lile Gregory, a deputy sheriff who
Pettlbone declared should be killed
because he was the mine owners'
agent.
Pettlbone, Adorns and Orchard went
to a saloon and saw Gregory there
drinking. Pettlbone left Gregory
with his two companions, came out
and bonrded a car and rode with
them to South Denver. They went
Into a saloon where Orchard got a
sawed-off gun and watched them un
til 10 o'clock, when Gregory started
for home. Gregory started as If to
draw a gun, ond Orchard shot him
three times, killing him. Adams and
a man named Meldrum were with
Orchard. He next day reported the
killing to Haywood, Pettlbone and
"impklns and all were pleosed. He
sot 3100 for the job.
Orchard then told of the Indepen
dence depot horror, which he said
was planned by Haywood. Orchard
exploded the powder by means of a
wire after the train lande-j the non
union men at the depot. He returned
to Denver, where he met Pettlbone,
H-iywood and Slmpklns. Pettlbone
jr. hi It was a good job. .
To Improve Laboratory.
It was decided at a meeting of the
public school bpard last night that Im
provements to Pendleton high school
laboratory would be made this season
and during the vacation Prof. W. F.
Fargo of the high school, will make
the necessary repairs and additions to
that department. He will leave for
Walla Walla this evening accompanied
by Mrs. Fargo, to remain for a week.
for the purpose of looking over the
high school laboratory at that placo
In hopes of getting some prnctlcal
Ideas for the enlargement of the lab
oratory here.
Engine Broke) Down In Yards.
An axle of the main drive wheels of
O. R. & N. engine No. 360 broke this
afternoon on the Main street crossing
ond allowed one of the drivers to
leave the rail and bending the rods
on one side badly. A force of men
worked practically nil afternoon tak
Ing off the broken wheel and putting
the engine In condition to be run to
the shops. The axle broke square off
Just Inside the wheel, this being an
unusual accident to a locomotive.
L. W. Armstrong, a switchman
wna fatally Injured In the Southern
Pacific yards at Ashland, Ore.
convenient than the present building
and In every way In keeping with
the Impoitance of Pendleton as an
O. R. A N. shipping point.
There will be large platform room
on all sides of the new building, the
removal of the coal sheds giving am
ple room for this convenience.
While the details of the arrange
ment are not mode public yet, It Is
certain that the building will be
erected. It seems.
This will give the O. R. A N first
class facilities i this city and will
bn highly appreciated by the cttl-
tens and traveling public.
OREGON APPOINTMENTS.
Forcwt Guards Appointed for Six Re
serves.
The following list of appointments
have been made in the forest service
In Oregon:
D. W. Myers, J. W. Kelso, Clarence
Ingram, Clarence W. Jackson and
G. C. Cottrell have been appointed
forest guards on the Cascade (South)
national forest.
George Ledford has been appointed
a forest guard on the Cascade (North)
national forest.
L. D. Hammock has been appointed
a forest guard on the Coquille nation
al forest.
Jesse Dewltt has been appointed a
forest guard on the Siskiyou national
forest.
Orloff A. Stafford has been appoint
ed a forest guard on the Heppner na
tional forest.
F. P. Pettltt has been appointed a
forest guard on the Fremont notional
forest.
ACCOUNTING MCST BE MADE.
According to Latest Turn in Affairs
of Mrs. Eddy.
Concord. N. H., June . Judge
Chamberlain today denied the motion
of the three trustees recently appoint
ed to take charge of Mrs. Eddy s prop
erty, for leave to be substituted as the
plaintiffs Instead of the "next rrienaa
who began the litigation to secure an
accounting for the property.
The decision clears the way for trial
on the main question: Shall the so
celled "Pleasant View clique" be com
pelled to tell what it has done with
the millions Mrs. Eddy is supposed to
have received during the past few
years from the sale of books and from
contributions T
May Carry Mall to Milton,
Negotiations are pending now to
allow the Walla Walla valley Trac
Hon company to handle the United
States mall between Walla Walla and
Milton.
Married 50 Years.
Rtnokhoim. June 6. The king and
queen of Sweden celebrated the 50th
anniversary of their weaaing wuaj.
Mrs. Gougar Dropped Dead.
Lafayette, Ind., Juno 6. Mrs. Helen
Gougar, lecturer and writer, ogeo, en,
dropped dead this morning.
SCHMITZ TRIAL
STORY OF MANY "DEALS"
FRAMED VP BY THE MAYOR
Ex-Police . Commissioner was tne
Principal Witness for the Prosecu
tion He Investigated the French
Restaurants by Order of the May
or, and at His Request Held l'p
Many Pending Licenses.
San Francisco, June 6. The actual
trial of Schmits on the charge of ex
torting money from the French res
taurants, began this morning after
Heney made tho opening address. In
which he lashed Schmitx without
mercy.
Fix-Police Commissioner Keagan
took the stand and told of deals
framed up by the mayor and orders
given the police . commission by
which the deals were carrled.through.
Reagan told of the mayor order
ing him to go after the French res
taurants, and of how licenses were
held up. Ho testified that the mayor
In the fall of 1904, three years after
his election, found the French res
taurants Immoral and decided they
should be closed up.
Reagan investigated and reported to
the mayor. He did not know of
Sehmltz' purpose at the time. When
the licensee cano up for renewal all
were held up.
Licenses Held Vp by Order.
Kan Francisco, June 6. Charles
Skelly, secretary of the police com
mission, was the first witness this af
ternoon. His testimony was nothing
more than a dieory recital of the
records of the commission during the
time the French restaurants were be
ing attacked by Police Commission
ers Hutton and Reagan.
Thomas Reagan was recalled and
resumed the story of the mayor's as
sault upon the restaurants. He said
the mayor told him to vote against
all French restaurant licenses, which
he did.
Referendum Petitions Invalid.
Salem, June 6. Attorney General
A. M. Crawford yesterday rendered
an opinion In which ho holds that the
petitions asking for the referendum
on the act .providing for an appropria
tion of $125,000 annually for the
maintenance and support of the Uni
versity pf Oregon are Invalid for in
sufficiency of title. Mandamus pro
ceedings are to be brought in the
circuit court for Marlon county by
Attorney Ttlmon Ford In behalf of
the petitioners In order to compel the
secretary of state to file the petitions
and to have the measure placed on
the election ballot for referndum.
NW
UNDER
WAY
OFFICERS EOR
CITY ELECTION
udges and Clerks for June
24 Were Appointed by the
Council Last Night.
W. 8. BOWMAN WOULD MAKE
SOME CHANGES IN LEVEE
Council Favors Grading Bush Street
From Washington to Jackson;
Residents of One Side of tlie Street
Said to be Opposed Nothing Do
ing as to Removal of the Tender
loin No Licenses Required of
Garbage Haulers $750 Allowed foe
Defending a Damage Suit. ,
In preparation for the special city"
election that Is to be held on June 24r
for the purpose of voting on charter
amendments the council lost night
named Judges and clerks of election.
Those designated to serve in the va
rious wards are as follows:
Ward No. 1 Judges, Jerry Barn
hart, J. M. Ferguson, J. L. Casaatt;
clerks, W. P. Temple, E. W. McCo
mas, A, L. Knight.
Ward No. 2 Judges J. B. Mura
ford, II. E. Coon, J. M. Bentleyf
clerks, T. G. Montgomery, R. T.
Brown, H. F. Johnson.
Ward No. 3 Judges, V. Stroble, G
F. Colesworthy, J. S. McLeod; clerkav
J. R. Dickson, W. C. Hilton, R. B.
Tarbet.
Ward No. 4 Judges, John Bryant
T. J. Blair, A. J. Gibson; clerks, T.
F. Howard, Claude Penland, Charley"
Bond.
Aside from the election matters,
much minor business came before the
meeting last evening.
W. 8. Bowman appeared before
the council to ask permission to alter
the levee at his place in order to per
mit the placing of a foundation for
his new building. The matter was
referred to th levee committee.
At the instance of A. D. Sloan, the
council instructed the city attorney
to prepare a resolution providing for
the grading of Bush street from
Washington to Jackson Btreets. It
was represented by Mr. Sloan that
one-half the residents of that street
desired the grading done, while those
on the opposite side of ' the street
were opposed. Should the council
pass the resolution proposed it will
require a two-thirds remonstrance to
stop the Improvement.
Once the proposition of removing
the red light district was brought be
fore the council when a communica
tion from Judge Lowell, attorney for
the petitioners, was received. The
note called the council's attontion to
the fact that no steps had been taken
towards the removal of the objection
able district, but no action was taken
upon the communication.
Bills for the past month were or
dered paid and among others was a
claim of $750 from City Attorney Mc
Court for services in the water suit
which was brought against the city
Dy those who suffered damage In the
flood. That the fee of the city at
torney was very reasonable was de
clared by the mayor and after some
discussion the claim was allowed by
unanimous vote.
A petition from the Sprlng-ton
Lumber company, to be allowed to
place a scales In front of its business
on College street was referred to the
street committee.
The reports of the various city of
ficers for t.ie past month were read
and placed on file.
An ordinance was passed freeing
draymen engaged exclusively In haul
ing garbage from paying licenses.
No Pay for Walla Walla Detectives,
More light was thrown on the gam
bling crusade this morning when Dr.
E. E. Fall appeared before the board
of county commissioners ond made a
passionate plea for the payment of the
bill for $1030, filed a month ago by
C. M. Rader for attorney and detective
services In working up the case against
the seven men who were arrested and
subsequently forfeited ball money In
the total sum of $3600, says the Walla
Walla Bulletin.
Sales Day Receipts, $950.
While all the returns are not
in yet, it was announced by the
committee of the M. E. church
this afternoon that the total re-
ceipts of the five per cent do-
nations from Pendleton busi-
ness firms fcr two sales days
days amounted to about $950.
One hundred firms entered into
the sales days agreement and
denoted five per cent of their
gross Incomes for last Friday
and Saturday to the church
building fund. The commit-
tee from the church expresses
the gratitude of the church for
this handsome donation from
Pendleton firms.