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EVF.NING EDITION
'.vi :. 1 1 lieu REPORT,
Fair tonight and Hun-day.
After you have read
the ads., you are ready
to go shopping. Pen
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giving atorea are rep
resented in thli paper.
VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 11. 1908.
NO. 6253
BLOODY CD
SWlTZLER
BUM
Fred Dnz Shot by Partner,
Joe Baterman, Who Then
i:
'
Killed Himself,
WOUNDED MAN AT HOSPI
TAL AND JtAY LTVTB
JOHN VANDERCOOK
DIED WITH APPENDICITIS.
Chicago, April 11. John Van
derconk, president of the United
Pre association, died at a lo
cal hospital this morning fol
lowing an operation for appen
dicitis. He was stricken down
10 days ago while In this city
on business In connection with
the association. Two opera
tions were performed. Last
night he suffered a relapse and
died this afternoon at 12:31.
After Bntoxmnn Shot HI Partner He
Then Started to Dump the Body In
Qie Columbia River, Hut Was Per-
deallngs had imposed upon the lat
ter. Both Deltz and Puterman were
members of the prder of Eagles.
ANNA ANT DE 8AOAN LEAVE.
ULLEV CHARGES
BIG NIL GRAFT
Connecticut Representative
Says $100,000,000 Has
Been Stolen.
STOLE DIAMONDS
WORTH 151,1
uaded (hit of His Fl.-ndWIi Dcrtgn Two Separate Steamer Carry the
lx vers to Kuropc.
New York, April 11. Sailing on
iiffornnt orteumern Prlnpp Helle De
Himself and Set Eire to Ills Cabin, Sagah and Mme Gou,d ,eft r Eu
Burning tlie Body to a Crisp. J rope today. The prince left on the
i St. Paul and Mms. oouia on me nai-
ser Frederick Der Grosse.
Before sailing the prince wag as
hy the Pleas of Ills Companion
WonUI-be Murderer Tlien Sliot
An attempted murder, followed by
a suic ide occurred on Swltzlers island salted with innumerable questions
in the Columbia yesterday, and it wa. 1 which he refused to answer. When
, . . 'asked the direct question as to wheth
one of the bloodiest tragedies to hap-; er ne ft yet marrled t0 Mme.
pen In eastern Oregon for many' Gould he turned on his heel and
months Fred Deltz. u squatter en walked away. All effort to see Mme.
the Inland, was shot In the back with
a shotgun by his partner, Joe Bater
man, who later killed himself after
Gould were unavailing.
FLEET MIT LEI
nnnn inn mir
run i mm uui
NAVY HAS X) OmOBOi
INVITATION TO COME.
lrogriMn of (lie Atlantic Meet'l Itln
erupt' Is Now About .Made I p ami
ho l 'a i Fortlunri Is Not on the List
Oversight of the Ho- Carnival
Committee May Deprive Oregon of
Entertaining ihe fleet
Portland, April 11. This city stands
an excellent chance of being entirely
ignorexl by the Atlantic tTleet when It
visits the north Pacific coast.
Belying upon the fact that Port
land Is one of the largostjports on the
coast, the Hose carnival committee
failed :to send 'the navy department a
special Invitation asking that the ves
sels lie aent here and a,s a result the
program of the fleet's visit was made
up without Portland on the Itinerary-
Today Bear Admiral Plllsbury said:
"No Invitation has come to us asking
that any of the ships be sent to Port
land during the Bose carnival or at
any other time.
"We have no official knowledge of
when the ttose carnival Is to be held,
and unless Portland advises ui shortly
wp may flud It Impossible to comply
with any request 'for ships."
I ''iiii-4r.ii Transferred.
Washington, April 11. Conflrma-
ettlng fire to the little house in Which - Hon was made today of the presl
the men were living. ' dent's intention of detailing General
According to the story as given by j Frederick Femrton, now in command
Deltz. his partner had returned to the f ,he department of California, wtth
Island yesterday morning after having headquarters h, San Francisco. as
been away for several days In search President of the general service School
of work. DelU waa then to go forth at fr Ivenworth. Fun.ton will
. ... mM , .. , , probably remain here until after 'the
in qu.t of employmen but the two rCPI,tton.
men got into a quarrel herttuse he, ,
Deltz. would not leave his watch with
his partner.
Just as Deltz had stepped out of
their house Baterman appeured In the
doorway with the shotgun and fired
point blank at his partner, striking
him In the shoulder.
Deltz fell to the ground unconscious
and hl body was then placed In a
wheelbarrow by Baterman. who start -
ed to wheel him across a field to the
river, evidently with the Intention of
casting him Into the writer.
While being carted Toward the Co
lumbia Deltz regained consciousness
and a fight ensued between the two
men, during which the wounded man i
was beaten about the head and face .
by his Infuriated mate. 'Leaving Diet
on the ground Baterman then left, j
saying he would get a hatchet im'd re
turn and kill him. When he returned
Deltz pleaded so hard Tor his life that
his partner relented and said he would ;
spare him. So he planed him In the
shade of a tree and left saying he.
would go and kill hlnvrcff.
After Baterman had left Dettz man
aged to make his way to another
house on the Inland. Where he told
his story. Hp was then taken hi fl
boat to I'matllla and wKllv the party
wan on the rlvpr they heard Bater
man fire two shots and lifter saw the
house where he was go wp In 'flames.
At Umirtllla Deltz wa placed on
board thp -evening O. B N. train
for this city and he was irttetnied by
Dr. J. A. Best, who chanced to he on
board. When the train arrived here
In the evening the wounded man was
taken to the -hospital where his wound
was cared for. Though terribly 'hurt
by the discharge of thp shot and his
'frightful experience, it is stTH bellev--ed
that his lhV can be savfl.
-Last evening Marshal TITlson trf
Umatilla, went aeross to Rwrhtler'a
island and there found the charred
brr4y of Batermsi lying In the ash
Of the old house. -This morning Cor
oner Fnlsom left for Hermlston from
whleh place he went across t -the
'Island tto secure the remains, wJUWih
he will bring to this .eity.
Slayorc Kwnw, Here.
Envoy A. Demke, urticer in chart
of the IixmI Salvation Aiittuy company,
mays that gic knew the assailant of
te!tz well .-and that his iiiame Is Jo
CP44) l'atepn,an, instead i JBnterman.
H- first knew him five years ago in
JRpfkane, when he, Demke, wi in the
shoe busnleas. He says that Pater
matt was here About April 1, asd was
given shelter a the Salvation Army
quartern for a Wicck. He then left to
go to flwltzler's toland.
On April 3 Baby-man wrote to R
voy Demke from Switzler's Island and
In his letter, written in German, he
complained of his treatment at the
hands of Delta, According to the Sal
vationist, Delta had borrowed ISO
from Paterman and throughout their
RANK OOIUU PTION IN
SECURING NAVAL SUPPLIES
Demand- That l'i -IiU ik Appoint a
Conunlttec, on Which No Congresls
nian May Serve, to Investigate
Ask That Half a Dozen Navy
Yank and Station He Abandoned
CongrcsH Ih Startled by the Un
'exectel Out burnt of Congrewwnan
Lilley.
Waahlngton. April 11. Bepreeen
tative George L. Lilley of Connecti
cut, today startled the house of rep
resentatives by making the charge
that $100,000,000 of the people's
money had been misappropriated in
providing the navy yards and stations
lth supplies.
He introduced a resolution calling
on the president to appoint a com
mittee to report the advisability of
abandoning Kletten, Me., Port Royal,
Charleston, S. C, Key West, Fla.,
New Orleans, La., and Mare Island,
Calif,, with the suggestion that no
member of congress be on the com
mittee in which these stations or
yards are located.
He pointed out that the abandon
ment of Mare Island had been recom
mended 10 years ago.
I'll EE IX)VE PROFESSOR WEDS.
Il-of. O. L. Trlfcgs Renounces Ills Fad
For a New Wife.
Canton. O., April 11. Prof. Oscar
Triggs, who won considerable no
toriety while a member of the fac-ul
ty of the l.'nhvrsity of Chicago, fer
saying that John D. Rockefeller was
a greater man than Shakespeare, was
married to Miss Addie Beal Cox. 26
years old. at Turlock, California to
day. This is of peculiar interest because
Triggs was known as an advocate df
free love. Miss Beal's parents live
at Canton.
Last Augtatit Triggs was divorced
from his wife and at that time his
declaration? In favor of free love were
mada. The new Mrs Triggs was a
pupil of Trigg' while a student at
Chicago and since then has been In
terested In settlement work In the
east.
San Francisco Has Most Dar
ing Robbery in History of
Pacific Coast.
THIEVES CARRIED OFF
SAFE FULL OF BRILLIANTS
Jewelry Store Entered by Boring a
Hole In Adjoining Wall Made One
Start Through Another Room But
Encountered Water Pipes and Stop
ped Glittering Collection of Gems
Valued at Over 950,000 Carried Off
No Trace of Daring Robbers Yet
Fou ml.
San Francisco, April 11. Dia
monds to the value of $50,000 were
stolen from the Jewelry store of T.
Lundy last night as a result of prob
ably the most daring robbery ever
committed on the Pacific coast.
After boring a hole through an ad
Joining wall the burglars Entered the
store, smashed a combination lock
and escaped with a tray of valuables.
The men worked so quietly that the
robbery was not discovered until 5:30
this morning, when they opened the
door of a store adjoining the Jewel
ry store and found it open.
The men had previously triad to
gam entrance from a clothing store
in the rear of. the Jewelry store, but
encountered -w.ter pipes and aban
doned the Job at that point.
REPUBLICANS CALL
THREE CONVENTIONS.
Portland, April 11. The state
central committee called three
republican conventions yester
day afternoon to meet in Port
land on May 14. They are the
first congressional district con
vention, second congressional
district convention and the
state convention to choose del
egates at large for the Chicago
convention.
DID JOHNSON FIND $1100.
MORROW COUNTY SHEEP SALES
House Mover Makes Rapid Reputation
aa a Man With Money.
Did Tom Johnson, a laborer for
Haslngs Bros., find 11100 In an old
building they were, moving from the
end end of town? According to a tale
that Is told, Johnson made such a find
and substance Is lent to the story by
the fact that the gentleman in question
l;as had much money to spend of late.
While moving the old Jacobs house
opposite the Catholic church Johnson
Is said o have found $1100 In gold
under the place. Whether such is true
or not is a point upon which Main
street gosslpers differ. But whether
true or not, the fact remains that
Johnson has been flush of late and
his plunging has "attracted wide atten
tion during the past few days.
Of late Johnson Is said to have had
money to burn and that he burned it
Is evidenced by the details of his ex
ploits. At one fell pass he Is declar
ed to have bought 20 bottles of cham
pagne In succession at $5 per, a clip
that is followed by few In this modest
town. This and other things that
Johnson has done of late have given
him a reputation as a spender and in
cidentally he has gotten himself talk
ed about almost as much as though
he were In politics.'
Sheep
BASEBALL SCORES.
Record of Yesterday's Game Among
the Leagues.
San Francisco, April 11. Snn Fran
cisco, 7; Portland, 3.
Early Sfiring Movement of
Stui-ts Out Well.
The Heppner Gazette says of Mor
row county sheep sales of this spring:
Afater a long depression in the
sheep market the spell has at last
been broken and several sales are re
ported this week.
F. C. Oxman, who was one of the
heaviest buyers in this county last
season, was here this week and made
several purchases.
Mr. Oxman bought from Wm. Bar-
ratt 1700 mixed yearlings at $2.50
per head.
He also purchased about 2000
head from Wm. Heymer, 1500 head
from Silas Wright, and a lot of
coarse wool yearlings from D. O.
Justus. The prices on the last lot we
were unable to learn.
Paul Hisler. the well known sheep
man, this week sold to H. A. Yocu'm,
100 head of yearling wethers with the
wool on for $4.50 per head.
This is the first sheep sale In this
vicinity this season and is considered
a good price. However, Mr. Hlsler's
sheep were in fine condition
0
BETTER SERVICE
III THE RESERVE
Supervisor Ireland Says Force
of 14 Men Will Give Entire
Satisfaction.
BIG JOB TO MANAGE
1,100,000 ACRES.
Crew of Rangers In Blue Mountain
Reserve Has Been Largely Increas
ed Salaries Have Been Increased
and the Work Can Be Done In a
More "Thorough Manner Mr. Ire
land tin- Been In Forest Service
for 11 Years, Having Started aa
Hanger at a Salary of $50 Per
Month.
F.
B. EBLIN WOULD SHIP
OREGON STOCK FAST.
Owing o liOw Prices Offered tlc
Buyer Has Been Unable to Secure
But 1000 Head Which Were Pur
chased From W. W. Brown of
Crook Omnty Plenty of Hot KM for
Sale at the Right Prices.
U'ugcs in Samoa.
A memorandum drawn up by the
German Colonial office, and attached
to the estimates for the information
of the members of the Reichstag, con
tains a statement of the present condi
tion of the labor question .In Samoa.
In which it W stated that tlhe white
population was formerly entirely de
pendent upn Satnoan workmen,
while now the major part of the work
at most of th plantations (flone by
Chiness Imporb.d for this labor. Each
Chinese laboiT receives In wages
$2.86 a month. The total cost of
eacn to tbe employer, the report
states, including wajpea, maintenance
passage money, and medical treat-
to
CARLOAD OF TREES FOR 'PARK.
-Walla Walla Is Now Engaged In
Beautifying Herself.
A carload of ;trees and shrubs was
received by the .park commission ito
day from the -nursery of Storrs &
iMSMt in the wrld, and a large force '" , lH,LU,a,ea al Irom -s
. i. , i ii tu $1190 per month.
m vucil in HlfHpni 'I'lfiiliiiis i ii-iii
In the park this Afternoon, says the
Walla Walla Bulletin. Many of these
frees and shrubs are of varieties nev
r seen here. The carload ooet $1000
t . 'b. and the freight amounted to
$2SC, milling It cost 11255 laid down.
Thin shipment Is hi addition to
$160 worth of trees and shrubs
bought of the Walla Walla ralley
nurserymen.
The park commission bought frorn
local dealers all of the stock they
had on h: nd of the kind wanted, bat
some new varieties were needed and
n order was aent east. The local
dtailers said that before there had
been no demand for these varieties
and consequently they had not been
carried In stock.
SUSPECTED
MURDERERS
TR SEITTLE
Boise Fanner Disappeared.
F. L. Royce, a (farmer from south
Boise, and his 6-year-old son myster
iously disappeared tram KeCammea
last Thursday, while the old gentle
man was negotiating for the purchase
of ome land, says a Pocatello Item.
He ias a guest at a McCammon hotel
two days and displayed a considera
ble sam of money. Thursday he and
the boy left the hotel to look at a
piece of land on the edge of town and
nothing has been seen of them since
that time Foul play Is suspected.
Posses and searching parties have
been hunting for three days, and to
day blood hounds from the state pen
itentiary were brought up but failed
to pick up the scent.
Seattle, April U Three men were
suspected of being members of the
gang of five who fatally wounded
Marshal Harry Miller of Kent, Thurs
day night, are thought to have passed
through here early this morning head
ed for Seattle.
The night marshal at Renton ac
costed the men at the railroad yards
and asked them what they were do
ing.
"Just keep your mouth shut, or
you'll get what the other fellow got,"
remarked one of the men.
The trio then started off down the
tracks towards Black River Junction.
The sheriff was notified and a posse
Sheep Bring Good Prices.
Emmet Cochran, the well known
Monument sheeman, sold last week
to Frank McGIrr of Fox valley. 1006
head of yearling ewes for $4.60 per
head, to be delivered after shearing
says the Blue Mountain Eagle of
Grant county. The price Is considered
high, but the sheep are high grade
and shear very heavy fleeces and are
without doubt worth the money. Mr.
McGIrr Is the owner of a large tract
of land in Fox calley and has been
I quite successful in farming and In
is now In pursuit.
Marshal Miller of Kent, died last raising cattle and horses and will sue
n'&ht- I 0ced In the sheep business.
' HURRY I P CELIIXl CANAL.
Walla Walla I8ht Review Progress
of River Work.
The Walla Walla statesman says of
the work of completing the Celilo ca
nal, to which work Congressman W,
R. Ellis is now devoting his best ef
forts: After a great amount of preliminary
work, revising plans of the govern
ment canal between The Dalles and
Celilo, have been completed and for
warded to Washington for approval,
says the Statesman.
Government engineers in charge of
this important work have assurances
that the revised plans will he Immedi
ately taken up by the government au
thorities and If approved, a substantial
appropriation for continuing the work
will bo made.
The Celilo canal is the only really
important work to be done in order
to open up a channel from Lewlston
to the sea, and It is hoped that the re
vised plans will be approved and the
necessary appropriation made.
Within the past year numerous ob
structions to navigation In both the
Columbia and Snake rivers have been
removed by government dredges and
the work is to be continued with un
abated energy.
The rapid development of a vast
area uf country tributary to the Co
lumbia an dSnake rivers, with the In
creased traffic incldeltal to such devei
opment, makes It Imperative that an
open channel to the sea he construct
ed as quickly as possible.
E. B. Eblln of Kentucky Is now in
Grant county trying to buy 8000 head
or range horses for shipment to east
ern markets, but so far has been un
able to make any extensive purchases.
He hal bought 1000 head of aged
horses from W. W. Brown of Paulina,
Crook county, the man who gave $10,
000 for the erection of Brown hall,
the boys' dormitory of Pendleton
academy, but he has been unable to
make any further purchases on ac
count of the low prices offered.
He has been on a deal for 4000 head
of horses in the Izee district In Grant
county but the owners are holding for
good prices and he will have to pay
more than he offers If he gets them.
Mr. Eblin says that the demand for
horses In the eastern and southern
states Is unprecedented and he will
ship out every hoof he can buy In the
northwest. He also says that the class
of horses raised In Oregon has been
To manage 1,100,000 acres of range
land and to see that It is equitably
distributed among the sheep and cat
tlemen of eastern Oregon, is the task
which falls to Henry Ireland, super
visor of the eastern division of the
Blue mountain forest reserve who Is
now here. f
With him this year Mr. Ireland will
have a force of 14 rangers whose duty
it will be to patrol the reserve and ta
see that the regulations of the fores
try bureau are complied with. With
that force of men he says that better
service can be rendered than was given
Inst year, for his crew will be bota
larger and better than in the past.
DM reason for this Is the fact that tha
fear of hard times has tended to drive
good men Into the government service
where they may find Jobs that are
sure and steady though the salaries
are small. WT1
For 11 years Supervisor Ireland ha
been In the forestry service and dur
ing that time he has advanced from a
ranger drawing a salary of $50 per
month, to supervisor of a great re
serve. He entered the service In
1897 when the forestry service was
conducted with the department of the
Interior and .when Blnger Herman
was commissioner general of the land
office.
He says that the separation of the
forestry bureau from the interior de
partment was hailed with Joy by those
111 the service.
At present the headquarters for the
eastern division Is . at Sumpter which
town lies close to the reesrve. How
ever. It Is off the main line and be
cause of its Isolation is objected to by
sheepmen generally. However. Mr.
Ireland saVs no change In headquar
ters can be made this year.
FRANK FRAZIER INJURED.
Well Known Horseman Run Down by
a Colt and Two Ribs Broken.
Frank Frazier. the well known
horseman, is now at his home on
Jackson street nursing two broken
ribs and Is receiving congratulations
from his friends on the fact that he
Is still alive. While at his Tutullla
ranch Thursday, Mr. Frasier was
working with some horses In a corral
when he was run down by a colt
going at a race track clip. As a result
the collision Mr. Frazier had two
ribs broken and was otherwise b.idlv
Jarred, though not serlouslv injured.
Today Mr. Frazier Is reported to be
rapidly recovering from his hurt and
greatly Improved in the past few years it Is said he will b about again within
and that It Is now possible to find ' a few days.
to find as good drivers, saddlers, road
sters and draft horses on the ranges
of Oregon as any where In the world.
while a few years ago the grade had
been allowed to run down considerably.
DIED WITH PNEUMONIA.
Another Big Wheat Cheek.
While George Perlnger of this city
holds the honor of having received
the largest wheat check In the his
tory of the inland empire. It being
for over $73,000, the following from
Walta Walla Is perhaps second., Thu
Bulletin says: Henry Vincent, the
well known tarmer of this county,
Saturday received a check from the
Jones-Scott company for $62,593.72,
In payment for the last of his wheat
crop. He has sold much of It pre
vious to this time. . The check was Is
sued on the Baker-Boyer bank, and Is
one of the largest ones made out In
this valley this year. Mr. Vincent's
wheat brought approximately 76
cents a bushel.
Fmiiia. 5-Year-Old Daughter of Mr.
and Min. August Kupers Passed
Away.
Emma Kupers, the 5-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Ku
pers, living north of the city, died at
2 o'clock this morning from the ef
fects of pneumonia. The funeral was
held from the German church this
afternoon, the burial being at the"Ger
man cemetery.
Some time ago the little Kupers
girl had the diphtheria from which a
sister died. However, Emma recover
ed from the diphtheria only to be
stricken fatally with pneumonia.
Thinks He Was "Jobbed."
At the residence of W. H. Mo
Cormmach, on the north side, a well-
drllllng crew succeeded today in re
moving a broken bit that had been
left in the shaft and the work of fin
ishing the well will now be carried
through. According to W. H. Mc
Cormmach his former contractor,
Frederick, had dropped pieces of Iron
in the shaft to retard the work and
he has harsh things to say concerning
the man who formerly had the Job.
S. L. Morse Critically Hi.
S. L. Morse, pioneer of this coun
ty, is now lying at the 'point of death
at his home'ln Pilot Rock. He is suf
fering from pleurisy and in view of
his advanced age he may not recover.
His sister, Mrs. Aura Raley, and
daughter. Mrs. Frank Sallng, are
now both by his side at Pilot Rock.
Other .relatives have been summoned.
SERIOUS
III
HUGHES
PROGRAM
New York, April 11. Early Indi
cations following the convening of the
New York state republican convention
at Carnegie hall today pointed to a
serious hitch In the program of the
followers of Hughes to have the dele
gates to the national convention In
Chicago pledged to vote for the nomi
nation of the Empire state executive.
At a caucus of delegates last night
It was decided to vote against any
resolution Indorsing the governor for
nomination.
This action, however, was merely
formal, states William Ward, national
committeeman, and no fight will be
made In the convention. The Hughes
delegates still declare that they wlH
secure his Indorsement.