East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, April 03, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEVENING EDITION t rSm S 1 K EVENINGEDITIOH I tMWW After you hare read the ads., you are ready to go shopping. Pen dleton' beet bargain giving stores are rep resented In this paper. WEATHER REPORT. Showers tonight or Saturday; wVmer tonlfht. " " ZZA & ' VOL gl PENDLETON. OBEGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 3. 1908. ya684 1 i . . . TTTTf " ... I .niiuifi rtnniri f i Ill I I Tf SB DIDN'T H I A8 Gandidate for Governor T. T, Gear Lost Union and Marion by Large Vote, WEAKNESS SHOWS WHERE HE WAS BEST KNOWN. Official Return From Primary Elec tion of l0 Not Savoruble for Mr. Geer Dr. James Wlthycotnbc Car ried IUXh Union ami Marion Coun ties and Ellis Received Almost Three to Goer's Ow:n Umatilla, ill- Home County. In the congressional campaign now on In the second or eastern Oregon district, the official vote In the pr marles of 1906 will prove interesting In the light of the boast made by T. T. Geer that he has never been "turn ed down" by the people. In his advertisements of himself In the Pendleton Tribune, Mr. Geer claims to have been upon every quar ter soclkasi of ground in eastern Ore gon and to know more people than any other candidate In the field and yet In The primaries of 1906 Mr. Geer as a candidate for governor, did not carry either of his home counties, Union nr Marlon, and In Umatilla count?' received but little more than one-UiIrd of the vote cast for W. R. Ellis at that time. An abstract from the official vote of the primaries of 1906.1s as fol lows: For Governor. Marlon county. (Geer's home), Wlthycombe 1734 Marlon county (Geer's home), Geer 1208 Union county, (Geer's former home). Geer 332 IMon county, (Geer's firmer ome). Wlthycombe 497 Governor and Congressman. Umatilla. Geer for governor. . . 18$ Vmntllla. Ellis for congress. ... 1207 Union. Geer for governor 33! DM Sit, Ellis for congress 50R Mr. Geer had lived In Union county 11 years, and In the Willamette val ley, principally In Marlon county, all the remainder of his life at that time, and it is significant that he did not carry- either of the counties in which he was bent known and where he should have been extremely strong. On the other hand, both 1'matlll.i and Hnlon counties gave Congressman Ellis an overwhelming vote. This official record from the pri mary election Is the best evidence given in regard to the alt Gam In which the different candidates are held In the communities where they are kwwn. Had Unwelcome Bedfellow. Richmond. Va.. April 3. One of the mom novel suits ever filed in the Vir ginia courts Is that of Mrs. Maud M. Raker, n young Richmond society wo man, agtttnst the Atlantic Const Line railroad anil the Pullman company. The young matron seeks to recover $12.0 damages for nervous prostra tlon Induced by a traveling experience when a drunken man fell Into her berth, greatly frightening her. GM Adopt Man irf 46. Boston. April 3 By the action of the superior court at Lowell. James Butler, ngefl 46. legally becomes the adopted son of Miss 'Wllhelmlna Craw ford, a young woman of 28 Butler was raised by Miss Crawford's parents and the girl declares that she enter tains the most motherly feeling toward him, despite the disparity of their ages. Cut One Male's Tongue. Victor, Colo.. April 3. Frefl Brock, n Rosement teamster, 1s serving a term In Jail here for cutting oat the tongue of a mule. Brock alleges that the animal exhibited the mn11e1us proclivities of the comic section mule, Maud, and that he mutilated her to secure revenge. The mule was shot by neighbors. St. Louis, April 3. The populist party has had enough of fusion. In the platform adopted today they de clared for the old middle-of-the-road polloy and Independence from all fu sion entanglemnts. The platform declares for the nholl tlon of national banks and the Issuo of money direct from the government (o the people. nnilMTIFSh: mj : SUPPORT FRIENDS REWARD MCI,. 3 a : bint IZUU.UUU POPULISTS HAVE HID ENOUGH OF FUSION ENTANGLEMENT N M N U NbnIINb BUM 5--:iVU lu fr DROWNED IX COLLISION. w - 5 A Plymouth, Eng., April 3. According to an official report filed today 32 sailors were drowned and 25 rescued as the result of a collision between the British destroyer Tiger and the cruiser Berwick during ma- 4. tieiivei-H off the Isle of Wight After fighting death all night four sailors were rescued todny while another died of Injuries sustained during the collision. Afl told 33 deaths have resulted from the accident. Mlsjudg- 4 ment of distance caused the col- Uslon FANCY STOCK INCINERATED. Forty-Four Head Blooded Horse in Barn Burned by Night Riders. Lexlneton. April 3. Fire of mys terious origin burned 44 head of thor oughbred horses at James B. Hlggins' famous farm late last night. ine Haggln farm also produced tobacco which was sold out of pool and It Is thought that the fire might have been causd by night riders. The loss was estimated at $50,000. MILK FAMINE AVERTED. Drivers Agree on Raise of $1 Per Week In Chicago. Chicago, April S. The threatened milk famine in Chicago was averted today when the employers met the demands of the men by giving them $1 a week, the raise to be based upon the rate of wages now in force The drivers' original demand was $5 per week raise. WHITES FEU H f CLAMOR FOR LANDING OF TROOPS AT HAYTI. Declare Blacks Vrv Becoming More Unbearable and Insolent Every Day Fear Massacre Cnlcs n foreign DeiiinR4rntkj(i Is Mad lUnly of Well known Port Fouital Riddled With Bullet". Port Au Prince, April 3. The white residents are clamoring for the landing of the marines from the war ships In the harbor. American. Ger man and French business men insist that the danger Is graver than is gen erally thought by the representatives of the governments here. They assert that the blacks are dally becoming bolder and more In sulting and that a massacre will cer tainly occur unless there Is n foreign demonstration. Executions without the formality Of court-martial continue despite the promise to M. Carteron that they would cease. Today the body of Areaen Chevry. 'he poet and writer, was found hanging to a 1ree riddled with bullets. He was suspected - of being favorable to the cause of Gen eral Flrmln, the revolutionist. The while laborers at Onnives have barricaded themselves In the ware house and say If trouble breaks out they will do some fighting on their own accord. Ran Amnek With Pistol. Terra Haute, Ind., April 3. Harry Q. McDonald, after being found guil ty of arson In circuit court here last evening, drew a pistol and began shooting right and left, Instantly killing William E. Dwyer and serious ly Injuring another man before ha was captured and disarmed. When the verdict announcing him guilty of dynamiting a church building and store at Sanford, Indiana, a year ago, was rend In court, McDonald rushed at the crowd and began firing and before he was subdued b officers was himself seriously wounded. Charles H. Walworth and his son, Norvel, were found guilty of second degree murder by a Jury at Jackson ville, Ore. They were charged with killing James F. Mankins In Decem ber. 190T. The populists claim the platform one which will drive the hybrid poli ticians from their camp and b&ve none but the simon-pure populists In the organization. Other features of the platform are declarations for pos tal savings banks, parcels post, parcel ing of public land direct to the set tlers, government ownership of all public utilities, an employers' liability law and the Initiative and referendum. MASSACRE John Mitchell Declares That Workingmen Will Be Inde pendent With Votes. NO LONGER FEAR MUG- WAMP COGNOMEN Conner President of Mine Workers Refuses Offer of Appointment As Commissioner to Investigate Con dition of Labor in Panama Says New Paper Will Demand All of His Attention Congress Cannot Finish Work Before .Tone 1. Washington. April 3 Ex-Presl-dcht Mitchell of the United Mine Workers, conferred with the president today. It Is said he declined the ap pointment aa commissioner to Inves tigate the condition of labor In Pan ama because of plans to establish a paper In Indianapolis "The laboring man will vote re gardless of party affiliations," de clared Mitchell today. "They are no longer afraid of being called mug wnmps and will support the ticket best calculated to give them the leg islation thev desire. They are study ing the personalities of the candidates rather than creeds and will support the candidate most friendly." Congers Good for Tho More Months. Washington. April 3 It Is now be lieved that congress will not adjourn until June 1. Speaker Cannon de clares that If hard work Is done ad journment may take place at an earlier date, but it Is not believed this Is hardly possible. At present five appropriation bills remain to be reported and others aro In various stages. The only one that has become a law Is urgent, the de ficiency bill . More Rrlliery Charges. Washington, April 3 The story of an alleged attempt to bribe Charles Berry, an officer of a brass concern at Bridgeport, Conn., -with a contract for lion.noo to urge legislation favor ing the Electric Boat company, was a featurp In today's hearing of the l.illey congressional committee The charge was made In an affi davit by John c LjQm of Rutherford. N. 3.. vice president of the Lake Tor pedo Rout company, which was sub- I mitten by Lllley , bake says he was told by Ferry that an officer Of the Fall River Ship Building company had asked the latter to use his Influence with a certain congressman from Connecti cut to Induce his to discontinue his efforts in behalf of the Lake com pany and to work for legislation fa vorable to the Electric Boat com pany If this could be accomplished the Ferry company, states the affi davit, was to get $100,000 by the shipbuilding concern. Washington. April 3. Panama has appealed to the United States to as sist In untangling the trouble which has resulted from the invasion of Ju rado by Colombian troops. The Pana ma government is greatly excited over the action of the Colombians which they declare Is without Justification, and assert they will take steps them selves shortly unless the United States interferes Colombia ' has of fered M explanation of the move EXPERIMENTS WITH APPLES. Stole College of Washington to Grow Shmv V Miotics. A system of cooperative fruit ex periments will be put In operation this spring, by the state college depart ment of horticulture, through which Is expected the introduction of a large number of new varieties of apples in the various fruit-growing regions of Washington, says a Pullman corres pondent. As stated by Professor W. S. Thornber, In charge of the work, the method of experimentation is as follows: "From the eight hundred varieties of apples on the experiment farm, we selected 65 of the best for use In the cooperative work. We shall send two varieties each of all the varieties, to 10 fruitgrowers in Washington, rep resentee sections of the state being selected. Each man who receives and plants those trees In his orchard will furnish with a plan of his orchard, showing the location of the trees received from us, so that In case he loses his records, we will still be nble to find tho trees, examine them, and see how they have done. When this data Is collected and complete, the station will be in pos session of exuet Information concern ing the adaptability of any one of the 6li varieties, to the region In which It was tried. Kelso, Wash., has a new commer cial club with a hundred members and elegant new quarters, Politicians Can Bury Vice Admiral Commission in Stoke Hole of Hell. DEMONSTRATION BY THE PEOPLE BEATS ANY TITLE. Position of the Admiral Pin inly Stated In Interview Overwhelmed by Kindness and Interest American People Are Taking In III Welfare Famous Officer TcUs Politician They Can Do Wliat They Please With the I Top. wed Vice Admiral Title. 0 Paso Robles, April 3. Adml- 4 ral Evans Is confident today, In view of the marked Improve- ment In his condition, that he will be able to rejoin the fleet before his flagship passes through the Golden Gate. "I have never failed to do anything yet that I set my mind upon," he said, "and I won't do so this time." The admiral Is under the care Of Surgeons McDonald and Phillips, who state that after Evans has had his first sulphur hath he will respond rapidly to treat iwent. Paso Rohles. April 3. In a charac teristic interview this morning Ad miral Evums made his position plain In regard to the proposed commission of vice admiral which Is being held up by coterie of statesmen at Wash ington. The admiral Is overwhelmed by the kindness and interest of the American people In his welfare. "If this is the way the people feel." hf said today, "that bunch of politic Inns In congress who are opposing the proposition to grant Mo the commis sion of vice admiral can take theii old commission and bury it in the toke hole of hell. I have all the re ward I need in this demonstration from the people whom I love. Noth ing any politician can give me would equal it." BIG STRIKE CAUSED BY POLICE DEMONSTRATION Rome. April 3. In retaliation for mi attack nuvle by troopo on tiie fu- ncrnl Mirty of H prominent anarchist. I meriting ill the death of .two men, a general strike Iws lieen called here today. Hundreds of -Imps arc closed and the city is filled with troops to pre vent bloodshed.. It Is expected that all newspapers will suspend publica tion and remain closed until the gov ernment will assure them tliat no fur ther violence will occur. Idle Men Are Plentiful. Chief of Police Farington reports that there were 31 hoboes In the city Jail last night, and all were glad of the opportunity to spend the night there, as the weather outside was cold and blustery, says the Eugene Guard. They were crowded In the cells and corridors of the Jail like sardines. All Of them wore turned loose this morn ing and ordered out of the city. More petty thievery Is reported about the city, evidently the work of these transients. Mrs. Tracy Asks for Divorce, loma Tracy has sued Edward D. Tracy for divorce, the complaint being filed here today by Messrs. Bailey & Perry. Mrs. Tracy accuses her hus band of being cruel and Inhuman to wards her; of failing to support her and of having made false charges against her. They were married at Walla Walla March 8, 1904, and the plaintiff asks that she be given her maiden name of Ionia Naylor. Foreign Mail Receipts. According to the official figures of the postofflce department the receipts from the foreign mall service in 1900 were $3,467,139.26, the cost waj $2. 014,537.96 and the surplus was $1, 452.601.30. From that year up to and including 1907 there was a con tinuous incrense in receipts and sup piles, In the last named year the re ceipts were $6,579,043.48, the cost was $2,941,816.67 and the surplus was $3, 637.226. SI. Athena Woman lunatic. Mrs. Lucinda Russel of Athena, Is said to be Insane and today a com plaint was made against her before County Judge C.llllland. She is said to be dangerously violent at times. According to figures tabulated in Chicago there are at present 345,000 railroad employes out of work, a de crease of 18 per cent of the total number employed last year St. Louis, April 3. For a year Marie Lehman, 25 years old, counted the days which must pass until she could kill herself and leave her helpless Invalid sister with $1000 Insur ance money. . A clause in the policy provid ed that if the holder committed suicide within one year the pol icy became void, but that the self-destruction after that would be no bar 'to the collection of the money. The year expired yesterday and last night the woman killed herself by taking carbolic acid. i WRESTLERS IN CONDITION. Big Matcii to Re Pulled Off in Chi cago Tonight for $10,000 Purse. Chicago, April J. There certainly can be no cause for complaint on the score of lack of condition by th,e loser in tonight's match between George Hackenschmldt, the "Russian Lion," and champion of the world, and Frank Gotch, the American champion. Both men are fit. All information has It that to night's match Is absolutely 'on the square." The men will wrestle for a purse of $10,000 split 60 and 40. The Russian Is a two to one favorite, but at that price Gotch looks good to many betters. Ed Smith will referee the natch. UROW BEETS ON F NO NEED OF GROUND LYING IDLE SAYS SIBBOIiOV Wlieatraisvrs Can Raise Sugar Beets on Wheat land Without Impover isliing Soil and Be Well Repaid for Their Ijabor Crop Would Easily Ylekl From $12 to $15 Per Acre Beet Crop Uses Different Soil Force From Wheat. That wheatralsers of this county can raise sugar beets upon their land instead of wasting a season by sum mer fallowing is declared by E. Slbbolov, superintendent of the sugar factory at La Grande, who was In the city yesterday. If the ideas of Mr. Slbbolov are correct farmers are now meeting with an economic loss that Is wholly unnecessary'. He says that sugar beets may be raised during the summer and the crop harvested and the land gotten Into shape for wheat seeding in the fall. By such I course the land may bo worked every year and he says that soli will be enriched rather than depleted by the extra crop for the reason that the beets take different substances from the soil than does a wheat crop. The land lying near the foothills in this county Is especially" adapted to sugar beet raising according to the La Grande man and ho expects to see the day when farmers .will make from $12 to $15 per acre from a beet crop Instead of allowing their land to He Idle every other season. Mr. Slbbolov stopped off hero last evening while on his way to Portland and while here visited B. Jensen, dis trict manager for the National Live stock Insurance company, with waom he was formerly acquainted. Ho left for Portland on the local train this morning. Not the Railroad Candidate. Railroad officials declare that they have no Interest in the candidacy of W. H. Hurlburt for railroad commis sioner as was stated in the East Or cgonian this week. While many of the officials are old friends and asso ciates of Mr. Hurlburt. they are not making any pretense of supporting him as railroad men, but are simply for him on account of personal friendship. On the stroke of midnight April 1, England's volunteer army became a thing of the past after an existence of 4 9 years SUMMER MINI REALTY TRANSFERS III EAST El That there Is something doing in the realty line In the east end of the county Is shown by a bunch of trans fers that were sent to the recorder for filing yesterday. In the list of In struments received at the office yes terday there were six warrantee deeds from the Mllton-Freewnter section for which the consideration aggregat ed nenrly $30,000. All of the trans fers were of farm property in the east. The largest transaction was one v herein Mrs. Agnes J. Maloney sold to W. E. Jones 240 acres for tho price of $18,000. The land sold Is In sections 25 and 26 of township 6 Citizens to Start Fund for Whitman To Raise Mil lion Dollars, WOULD MAKE UNIVERSITY YALE OF NORTHWEST .Mass Meeting Last Night of Citizen of City and County Determines to Start Off tiie Subscriptions for immense Fund and Will Pledge $200,000 to Be Raised at Once New Buildings Projected Prom ises of Aid from Other North worn Cities. Walla Walla, April 3. Determin ed to make Whitman college tho "Yale Of the Northwest," Walla Wal la city and county will raise for tho college $200,000 as a starter In tho campaign to raise $2,000,000 for that school New buildings have betn projected that will cost $1,000,000 Promisee of large sums have been secured from citizens in Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane, It is said. The Walla Walla Union this morn ing says: The raising of the fund will be la the hands of an organization to be known as the New Whitman College Development league. Fifteen com mittees, each headed by an active chairman will have charge of the work, "and it is proposed that the world will soon know that Walla Walla is taking the lead In the movement for the greatest institutloe of learning in the northwest. The meeting was called by Prof. A. Hendrlck. who has charge of the campaign for a New Whitman and It is safe to say that not a single iadi- I vidual who attended the meeting feela the slightest anxiety as to the final j result to the efforts now being pot i forth. One thing was pointed out by a number of the speakers and that ' was, Walla Walla herself must show . her faith In the undertaking before other communities can be expected i to show much enthusiasm. Prof. Hendrlck pointed out, from his plans, that the building necessary to carry out undertaking will repre sent the expenditure of nearly one million dollars. He also stated that if things worked out as he expect there would be some activity on the ' campus this fall. BAKER P. M. GETS MORE MONEY ncreaoed Office Receipts Booete Salary to 2600 Per Year. According t0 the postoffice depart ment's regulations a postmaster's sal- , ary is guuged by the amount of stamped paper sold at his office. The end of the year for figuring up oc curs March 31 and William Lachner. , the present "p. m.." is wearing a smile of prosperity today, says the Baker City Herald. The total business of the office shows $20,340.61 taken In for stamps, stamped paper and envelopes. This is sufficient to give Mr. Lachner $2. 600 salary for next year. It Is a"lso a source of satisfaction to known that the business of Baker City is increas ing. Commissioner Aitchlson Here. Railroad Commissioner Clyde B. Aitchlson is In the city today to dis cuss wool freight rates In eastern Or egon with Baker and Malheur coun ty sheepmen and to attend to other business for the commission here. He is a candidate for re-election to his present position and is making an earnest campaign for the position, but will not devote any time specially to the matter. Clinrlesi Stetler Sued. Peter West has sued Charles Stet ler for 'sum of $150 alleged to be du upon a note given by the defendant to F. W. Goom and which was trans ferred to the plaintiff. An attor ney's fee of $50 is also sued for. north of range 35 E . W. M. Four other deeds recorded yester day show sales just made by Richard H. Wellman for which a uniform price of $100 per acre was paid. A 40 acre tract in section 19 was solj by Wellman to Howard Evans for the sum of $1000. A tract of 20 acres was sold to Nelson Allen for $2000, while 10 acres went to William C. Cruthers for $1000. and a similar piece to Andrew J. Allen for the same amount. Another deed from the east end shows a sale of six and a half acres by W. E. Russell to Hernias Schmell for the price of $2500.