East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, April 24, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV f ! EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT. Fair and cooler tonight with light frost; Sat urday fair, warmer. PENDLETON, OREGON, Fill DAY, APRIL 24. 108. NO. 6205 VOL. 21. ' ' f EVENINGEDmOK r 111 T LJ 56111-WEEKm 1 J m I H1" itorea are rep- 1 .k -FjPttSsmmm ' resented In thl paper. - - 1 on PIEI5 FOR GREAT NAVY Hero of Merrimack Declares America Should Lead the World, POWEFFUL FLEET IS THE PRICE OF PEACE Congressman from Alabama Insists That Japan In Spoiling for a Fight With Uic United States and Tha Coiifllci Is Inevitable Wars Would bo Avoided Tlu-ough Awe If Our Fighting Strength Wan Wliat It Sliould no Question of Wlute Or Yellow Supremacy. took more coast line to defend than all the other great nations of h vnrM comb ned. tne unuea ctai... han but a second class navy, A powerful navy Is the price that the country must pay ior murau against future wars. Junan maintains an army of 400, 400 men and is fast strengthening her rmv for war with the United States. Japan seeks to control the Pacific and England Is forced Dy ner posi tion Into the offensive and defensive Alhince with Japan. America did not have the power Ut guarantee California her rights In the controversy over educating Japanese children. If the battleship rleet were not in tbe Pacific now It would be needed here. These are some of the salient points hrouKht out by Captain Itlchmond Pearson Hobson in his lecture at the M. E. church lust night. It was a lecture that was a revelation to those who thought of Hobson simply as a young naval officer who had become a hero In a day. I lirilliant Speaker: As speaker, the Alalia ma con gressman Is brilliant, for he has a splendid voice, a lne command of English and enough personal mag netism to fascinate his hearers. The lecture Inst nlgty was upon the subject of "National Defense" and it was devoted almost entirely to an ar gument for a greater navy for the United States. In opening his address the captain declared his preference for peace and said that this country should do every thing p'osslble to Insure arbitration of international disputes. Hut he held that the nations of the world had refused to allow the Hague tri bunal to settle anything but minor difficulties, No country, .he declar ed, Is willing to leave questions of honor, or of territory, to the Hague tribunal. Such being the case he declared it it incumbent upon each nntlon to be prepared to fight for Its rights and he held U1 Corea and China as sam ples of countries that believed In a peace policy I 5 Ann-Hen's Grout Const Lino. With ready statistics he showed that the United States on the Atlantic alone has a seaboard to defend that is ninny times greater than that of all the European maritime powers com bined. He then showed the popula tion nnd the "values" centered In tho exposed coast lines and likened tho situation to that of a rich city with out police protection. Hut it was upon the subject of Ja pan and the possibility of war with that country that tho speaker dwelt principally. Without mincing words ho declared that Japan wished to control the Pacific so that she could dominate the orient nnd that to bring about such a state of affairs she wishes to fight the United States be fore this country wakes us. ,Taii Could Ha Id Const. Should a war conic without our battleship fleet In the Pacific, he de clared that the conflict would bo all In Japnn's favor. With Japan's fleet In control of the Pacific ho said that the mikado could send armies across the ocean and caplure Los An geles, San Frnncisco, Portland . and Pttget Pounll. He declared that an SEVERAL INJURED WHEN TRAINS COME TOGETHER. Fresno, Calif., April 24. Tho southbound "Owl" from San Francisco to Los Angeles, col lided with, on engine 'and several freight cars last night nt Mcn dota 30 miles from here. Tho freight had not been pulled completely off the mnln track onto the siding nnd as a result the limited crashed Into It. Mrs. A. J. Stewart of Los Angeles, was seriously Injured, nnd Mrs. J. O. Mitchell nnd Mrs. U. II. Smith of Fresno, O. R. Llbbey of New York, R. H. Moore, conductor, E. W. Som mers, brakeman, and Porter Whldden, were cut nnd bruised. armv of 25.000 men could be sent agulnst any of the above points and take them without difficulty by at tacking from the rear. According to the speaker It has been figured out mathematically by the war department thut to raise an army to send agulnst the Invaders would require not less than two years. At present the only fighting strength in the United States consists of about 7000 scattered regulars and the nu tlonal guard which he believes would not turn out more t han 50,000 strong. In view of the hazardous position of the Pacific coast the naval hero de dared that the only safe course for the United States to persue Is to maintain a fleet that can control the Pacific and thus ensure white Instead of yellow supremacy on the ocean. The Price of Peace. That the maintenance of a power ful navy, though expensive Insurance against war, Is but the price of peace and is worth 'it, Hobson Insisted. "My countrymen," he said, "I have been about the world consider able In my life time and have seen the armaments of the different coun tries and races of the world. I have seen the reign of force and I am anxious for peace. This Is a republic of peace and It wishes good to all the world. But the only way for It to stand Is by being strong enough to enforce Its doctrines." According to Hobson he has had enough of war himself and the tales of war and battle no longer rouses a martial spirit within him. It Is be cause he has seen seen war and its bitterness that he wishes peace. Resolution Was Adopted. At the conclusion of his lecture last night he read a resolution advocating a substantial navy, and asked thos present to vote upon the same. When put to a vote a chorus of "ayes" re sponded and no dissenting votes were cast. According to Hobson, the reso. lutlon has been already adopted in 44 states by over 400 audiences. A copy of the resolution will be forwarded to the Oregon delegation In congress. During the lecture last night and upon his entrance to the church Hob son was warmly applauded and at the conclusion of the address many people went forwurd to shake hands with the speaker. IS FOUND GUILTY CONVERTED STATE FUNDS TO HIS PRIVATE UNI Head of Defunct Institution Convict ed on Ijiroony Chargci Jury Out I." Than Two Hours Maximum Penally Is 15 Years u Penitentiary and Fine of Nearly $000,000 lr incrly a Minister. Salem, Ore., April 24. Only one hour und thirty minutes was required by the Jury yesterday afternoon to find J. Thulium Ross, president of the defunct Title Guarantee & Trust company, guilty of larceny. The Jury held that he had wrongfully con verted to his own use, $2XS,000 of state school funds which had been placed In his custody as president of he bank. The money was deposited by State Treasurer Steele. Sentence will be Monday. The case was tried here on a hnngc of venue from the Portland court, the defense alleging that so much prejudice existed In Portland hat It would be impossible for them o secure nn Impnrtjal trial there. Demurrers nnd objections were In- erposed without number In an effort to throw the case out of court, but all were swept aside and the former minister, V. M. C. A. worker nnd ader In church nffalrs, was com pelled to stand trial. The state lnw provides as a penalty for the crime of which Ross has been convicted, Imprisonment In the penl- entlary for a term of from one to 15 years, together with a fine, equal n amount to twice the sum which Ross has been found guilty of steal ing. There was on deposit with the Title Guarnntoo nnd Trust company something over two nnd a helf mil lions of dollars when the hank went under last fall. Tn this totnl there was almost $400,000 of state money belonging to various funds, of which J2SS.000 wns money derived from the sale of state school land. None of, this was lost by reason of the bank's failure. Various bondsmen nnd bond ing companies made good the state's losses. Immediately after the failure of the hank. President J. Thnrburn Ross and other officers of the Institution were arrested nnd charged with lar ceny by the conversion of stnte funds. The first of tho rases, that against Boss, came to a hearing Monday. The next of the cases to be tried will be that ngnlnst T..T. Purkhnrdt, treas urer of the defunct institution, which la set for May 4. At Hoqulam, Wash.. Tuesday a general fight occurred In the Austrian colony during which knives, axes nnd fists were used. One mnn was sn badly Injured that he may die. PLOT TO MUROER f Attempt to Put Proseculor and Rudolph Spreckles Out of the Way Fails. WERE TO START IUOT THEN SHOOT THE MEX. Fulluro of tho Intended Victim to Go to Oakland on Two Different OocumIoiui Saves TluHr Lives Ho ney's Libel Suit Made an Excuse to Get IIIsii Across the Bay Confer ence on Alleged Newspaper State ment Also Fails to Take Him Into Trap. San Francisco, April 24. That a plot had been discovered to kill Fran cis J. Heney and Rudolph Spreckles was the startling announcement made today by men close to the graft pros- ecutors. 1 It is said It was planned to get He- ney and Spreckles In Oakland during the prosecution of his suit for libel against the Oakland Tribune and an- ger him. A riot would then be start- ed during which the men would be shot. The plot, it Is said, fell through be- cause of the failure of Spreckles arid Heney to appear. , Another plot framed to get the men in Oakland for a conference In regard to the statements accredited them In newspapers and then do the work, but this also failed. DESPERATE BATTLE WAGED. Simla. India, April 21. A deeper- ate battle was fought today bet ween a detachment or the British troops and tribesmen with the Afghan allies on the northern frontier. Sixty Brit- Kle- Mi are dead and wounded. I Mrs. Charles Uherson was badly The diH Mitel ich nre meager but It burned when her husband's auto ig seems that the British were caught In J rifted. a narrow defile ami Torecd to make I A front wheel of Maja's machine a Wand ngnlnst great odd. Thej -j collapsed throwing the driver and fought stoutly and succeeded In rout-1 merhun,c out hut he was not badly lug the enemy, but not until the loss Injured. The Italian car Fiat won had been heavy. -second. Reinforcements have liecn asked Tno Sterns car, driven by Vaughan, for. lionl Kitchener In now In per- sonal command and I confident the rebellion will soon lie suppressed. Hello Kissed Anna lit Naples. Naples, Italy. April 24. Princo Helle Pe Sagan met Anna Gould at the duck this morning and Immedi ately conducted her to a hotel where Mine. Could will stay during the trip, He kissed her affectionately as she stepped rrom tne gang pians.. it is - . . . . i t 1 believed arrangements nre being made for an early wedding. Toddy Goes to Africa. i Washington, April 24. Roosevelt s wlll be hunting big Enme In South Africa next year if nothing unforseen arises. Ills plan Is to sail for an English port, but to make his stay in England short and Informal. He will then go to South Africa. So far this is the only definite plan for his first year out of office. Baseball Scores At Seattle Seattle nnd Butte game postponed account of rnln. At Tneoma Tacoma -Vancouver, no game: rain. At Spokane Spokane, 2; Aberdeen. 1, At Walla Walla Walla Walla high chnol, 2: Waitshurg high school, S Gold for Europe. New Vork. April 20. Goldman. Sachs & Co.." today announced that they have engaged $500,000 gold for shipment to Paris. Tills makes a to tal of $2,500,000 engaged for export in the present movement. Rank Robbers Again. Bandana, Ky., April 24. Masked robbers raided tho bank and secured $4000 this morning. They cut the telephone wires to facllltato their es cape. Los Angeles. April 23. After three days of one continuous round of so cial duties of a formal nature, Ad miral Thomas and 250 of his offi cers, threw off all "fuss and feath ers" yesterday" and went out for an informal nutoniobllo spin through the beautiful foothill towns near the city. The trip Included the Pasadena and San Fernando valley. Luncheon was taken at the Anna Dull Golf club. Wlille the officers were out in the gns buggies 4000 blue jackets were gathering nt tho Chutes to witness the champion battle between Altlerl of Missouri and . Schlossberg of New 1 ML! S 250,000 People Witness 266 Mile Contest Early This Morning, NUMBER OF ACtTDEXTS MAR THE GREAT EVENT. Exltcment Causes Ono Man to Die of Heart Failure One Machine Smashes Into Post Sioctutor Struck by Racer and Han Broken Leg1 Gas Buggy Catches lire and Woman Is Severely Burned Brok en Ankle- and Collapsing Wheel Were Mere Incidents Dagoes Take First a'vl Second. Briar Cliff, N. Y., April 24. In the presence of 250,000 people the 256-mile automobile race was run this . morning for the Briar Cliff troph, I the winner being the Italian car Isot- ! ta. driven by Strange. i The race started at 5:07 a. m., but even at that early hour great crowdi were preeBnt A number of accidents marred the contest. j a. Smith Hopkins, superintendent I of the East View Almshouse, died of i heart disease due to the tremenduous j excitement a few moments before the start. j Watson, driver of the simplex ma chine, struck a post, smashing the car j but neither Watson nor his machine were seriously injured. They repair ed the machine and kept on. Wat son broke his big toe and was Jarred Internally. Mr. Henry Wilcox, a spectator, was : struck by a car near the starting line i and his right leg broken. - ! Washington Klrkpatrlck fell while ' watch4-jr the race and broke his an I"'18 Epperson car. Lytle driver, fourth; Blancl car, Satorl driver, fifth. DUC DE CHAI I.NES IS DEAD. Iars, April 21. Due De Chuiilncs, husband of Theodora Shouts, as found dead In ImnI this morning In their iiMirtnieiits nt Lnnghain hotel. i "cnso was evidently tne eiuise "f his death. - .... ....... " I IWI Iwkist of link jl.l-Sk'c .InwI.xA Id iincciiaiii. vuion the riiiclic. awoke at the usiiul hour she thought Hie ! duke still shN-plnjr and did not try to awaken Mm, until after she had don- nod her dressing gown. Her screams unrooted the hotel servants. The duke had been dead some time. Hie .vouiig duchess h completely over, onio. They bad been married two months. Sensational liohliery. Hot Springs, Ark., April 24 A sen srnsatlonnl robbery occurred here yes terday morning when, four masked men entered the gambling house of the Indiana club, lined up all in the place a:id took out $10,000 nnd es caped. The men entered through a roar door, and startled the plnyers with a curt "Hands up!" They then lined up the men along the wall, while the leader took the cash. They succeeded In getting a good start be fore the alarm was given. Gould Ixve Grows. New York, April 24. Mrs. Edward Kelley, mother of Mrs. Frank J. Gould, said today that Frank Oould. who went to Hot Springs Immediate ly after he left his wife, would return Monday nnd have a meeting with Mrs. Gould. "I have no doubt but that the troubles of tho young peopde are at an end, or practically so," said Mrs Kelley today. "They are too much In love to be separated long." Jersey fr the heavyweight eham- plonshlp of the navy. Over $16,000 was wagered by the New Jersey men on chances of their challenger. Schlossberg was tho fa vorite nt 2 to t nnd was the victor. Tipho. of Alabama defeated Trniner of Vermont for the welterweight championship of the fleet and ltaf ferty of Alabama defeated Frederick of Illinois for featherweight honors. In all over $100,000 was up on the three contests. A display of fireworks last night concluded the entertainment for the enlisted men. Private dinners were ten, lered to many officers who have personal friends here. WHITE WOMAN KILLS WENCH, "jj Ilglrt Over Children at Meinphij? Tenn., R-sults In Death of Colowj Scrapper. . fl? Memphis, Tenn, April 20. Me j James Wright of this city today s) n and killed Leila Gordon, a negro it man. Mrs. Wright used a slngle-t reled shotgun. Mrs. Wright reloadea the weapon and started In pursuit of Mary Davis, another negro woman. She shot at her once after a chase of nearly a block, but the charge went wild. The homicide followed a desperate struggle between white and negro women, In which Mrs. John Wright a sister-in-law of Mrs. James Wright, who lives with her, received a bad beating at the hands of the Davis and Gordon women. A quarrel over the children of the white woman being stopped from playing with some ne gro children living in the vicinity led to the fight. EXPRESS TRAIN DITCHED. Every Car But Pullman Leave Track None Seriously Injured. Canieteo, N. Y., April 24. Run ning at the rate of 60 miles an hour the Chicago limited express on the Erie railroad was ditched here this morning, but fortunately no one was Injured seriously Every car except the Pullmans left the track. Twenty persons were slightly bruis ed. The spreading of the rails Is supposed to have caused the wreck. Engineer Vanderman remained at his post, although he believed death to be certain. SIMON IN TROUBLE. Indian Releacd Recently Is Again Under Arrest. Simon Whitney, the Indian, Is again under arrest and this time he is charged with horsestealing. He was arrested by Sheriff Taylor yesterday afternoon and Is alleged to have taken a team and hack that ,was not his own. It was the property of an In dian woman on the reservation. Whitney returned from Portland but a few days ago after having completed a term In the federal Jail for taking liquor upon the reserva tion. FIELD AGENT WILL HUNT VOW ENDOWMENTS Pendleton Academy Plans an Active Camimlgn for Funds and Students Will Endeavor to Secure Umatil la County Money to Form Basis for Future Growth. That the scope 'and resources of p,.n(nl.ioii academy are to be in- ndleton academy are to be in creased and widened in the near fu- . , . . ...,,., ... .,, . , ,., ture was shown by the sentiment of a meeting of the board of trustees which was held last evening in which it was practically decided to employ an active field agent and en ter upon u campaign for an endow ment fund which shall be a perman ent resource for the Institution. While no formal action was taken It was the decision of the trustees that a field agent to act in the ca pacity o solicitor and .financial sec retary to work not only for endow ment funds, but tp solicit students In the eastern Oregon counties us well. At Whitman college is now work ing tor a large endowment and us agents for thut institution are at work in Umatilla county it Is thought advisable to have a solicitor in the field to secure whatever Umatilla funds would be available for edu cational endowments for Umatilla county institutions. Formal action in the way of se curing a field agent will perhaps be taken soon and the coming year prom ises to be one of the best in the his tory of the academy. Koontz Hall, the girl's dormitory has been filled to overflowing during the present school year and In fact a number of girls have been turned away and it Is evident that larger quarters 'for the girl students will have to be provided for another year An addition will perhaps be built to Koontz hall and room for a larger number of girls provided for the fu ture. , ' An active campaign for students In all the eastern Oregon coutities will be conducted during the coming sum mer vacation, and it is hoped to start next year win Doth the boys' and girls' dormitory overflowing. Cyclone Destroy a Townv Memphis. April 24. Three persons were killed nnd several Injured in a cyclone which swept over Walls Miss., today. The town is said to be destroyed. All wires are down. Arrangements are being made un der the leadership of Thomas Ken neth Collins to organize a company of the Washington national guard In Ellensburg. Thldty-flve names have been signed to the roster. The corn- pany will recruit to 53 members be- i fore receiving Its commission. nil wiu WIDEN ITS SCOPE JIHEhT HIS. MANY FRIENDS Presdent Campbell Favorable Action Hands of Voters, Expects at the HERE ON A TOUR OF STATE IN ITS INTEREST. Head of the Institution Believes it la Richly Deserving of the Support of the People Thinks Oregon ians Are Public-Spirited and Broad-3fJnded Enough to Fa) the Appropriation No Enmity Between the Varsity and Agricultural College. President P. L. Campbell, head ot the University of Oregon, has been la the city since yesterday afternoon and he la optimistic over the prospects for favorable action upon the appropri ation for his Institution. President Campbell has been mak ing a partial tour of the state In the interests of the university and every where he has gone he has found the people favorably disposed towards the school. He came here from La Grande and he has also been through southern Oregon, going as far south as Ashland. That the university Is richly de serving of the support of the state and that the people of Oregon should be public spirited enough to pass the appropriation by a large majority la believed by President Campbell. Ac cording to him the present contest is one between those who would strengthen and 'build up the schools of the state so as to make them In keeping with the state's greatness In other lines and between those who take a narrow-minded view and In their ignorance would retard the uni versity's growth. According to President Campbell, he sees no just reason . why there should be any enmity between the university and the agricultural col lege and he does not believe there Is any. In the present campaign ior the university bill staunch support ha been given by O. A. C. graduates as well as those of the university alumni. Last night President Campbell waa entertained by the high school fra ternity boys and Prof. A. C. Hampton, who is a former university student. Today he will leave for Walla Walla to meet his brother, after which he will return to western Oregon. FIVE NEVADA BANKS ARE IN RAD CONDITION. Carson, April 21. Stnte Bank Ex amlner Ilofer today took charge of the Rickey banks at Carson. Tonopah, Goldfleld. Blair and Manhattan and ordered all business to eense. The no tion followed nn application of the stale bank examiner for a receiver for the State Bank & Trust company, which closed Its doors Oetotx'r 20. Unless the Institution Is rehabilitated by May 15 the appointment of a re ceiver will lie mudo permanent on May 13. Murder Follows Drinking. San Francisco. April 24. Enraged because he was not allowed to engage in a drinking bout with neighbors, Henry Baker, aged 63. engaged in a quarrel which resulted In his murder early this morning. The body was found at daylight with two bullet holes in his chest. The police are looking for an Italian named Louis Colombo, who Is suspected to be the man who did the shooting. Two Big Banks Suspend. Owensbore, Ky., April 24. Two of the, largest banks In the city suspend ed today because of their inability to make regular collections. The de posits aggregate nearly $2,ona,(VO0. The bands are Owensboro Savings Bank A Trust Company, with a cap ital of $200,000 and deposits of $1, 000,000 and Davies County Bank and Trust Co., capitalized at $30,000 and with reposits amounting to $700,000. The Institutions will be reorganzed and reopened. SECRETARY TAUT IS CALLED TO PANAMA. Washington, April 24. It Is rumored In Washington that Secretn ry of War Taft is going to Panama in May. Just what important work compells him to leave this country at this critical period of his campaign Is not known, but the story is not denied. The report comes ai a time when many criticisms are being directed at Taft. for leaving his work nt the war office so much to subordinates while he is away on long Journeys.