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WMMHtpM EVEHIHBEDITIOK ' . r-fpj EVFiilHG EDITION' Fair and warmer to. f -"J- smMI-WEEKuA fV xir i astf ' giving stores are rep- nlght; Thursday fulr. VT S rnt,, ,n tnl PPr' i 1 J i li VOL. 21. PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29. 1908. NO. C2G9 LOCAL on PETITION READY WAR THREATENED IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Oi'jestion of Saloons in Uma-;' tilla County to Be Settled a June flection, MORE MIAN 800 .VAMES KPFEAR OX TRE PETITION Document filed With the County iwk Tlila Afternoon If Entire Comity Does Xt Go Dry OoadlUona in Individual Precinct WW Bo De termined by tlio Vote In -Each X NecerfHar' for SeimnUe Pre cinct U Re Filed One .iirewcnted from Uklah 1 Defective May 1 U LlnUt for FtMag. With over S0Q signatures thereto, a notltlon askiuc- that the people of Umatilla county vote upon the ques tion of prohibition at the tune elec- tion will be filed with the county clerk thin afternoon. For weeks, past the petition ha 'been circulated to some -extent about the county and at present it la In the . hands of Frad Taylor, who saya that . it Is now ready for filing. The petl tlon contains the names of nearly 900 voters, but owing to the fact that some of them were found to iave failed to register they were cut out, thereby reducing the number to 802. Aa a result of the petition now ready for filing the people -of the county will vote up on the question of sa loons at the state election to. be held June 1. Under Uto law should a majority of the, voters of the county vote for prohibition, the entire county and very precinct . In the -same will be come dry i.uatll voted otherwise by the people. Should. the county an a whole not go dry the stains of the individual precincts .will depend upon the voting in the same. A precinct casting a ma Jorlty of votes for . prohibition be comes dry while a precinct showing a majority sentiment against prohi bition becumes wet. When the coun ty votes upon the . proposition as a whole there. Is no necessUy for pre clnct petitions, being, filed. At the clerk's office this morning a petition was received from Uklah, but owing to the fact that. the precinct boundaries were not properly de scribed It b&e been sent hack by Clerk Ealing. But as the Uklah. people will huve a chaace to vote upon the prop osition, anyway, it will not matter if their petition is not returned before the first. May 1, or 30 days before the elec tion, is the .limit for the Xlilng of lo- cal option petitions. IVIillon Waa Filed. About 2 o'clock this afternoon the local option petition was JUed with ;ihe county clerk and Deputy Clark .Nelson Is now engaged In checking .over the names on the llfct. The petl .Uon is a bulky document ami has sig natures from .all the principal pro- cJncts of the cxuinty. Chillier for Good Advcrfb-liiir. .If the Commercial ass. -elation de lrtc, It may de some Koo I vlveUIs Ing on the bucks of the 15.00 envcl-ope- I hut have )awt been recervsd hy thesi'alr commission. The commission will distribute the envelopes among tho business men ,i?f the city for uise In their regular correspondence, and 'Incldofitally to advertise next fall' fair. It is now proposed to hav a Pendleuon or Umatilla county advwr uisemeut upon the lituks of the en-', vol opes. Mexico City, Mexico, Arll 29. It Is reported hero from Tapachula, and 'Other points near the duataitala frontier, that hundreds of political refu ges have fled across the border and that a state of terror exists among the people of the Cen tral American -Mate. Many of th; refugeiu are bankers, plantirs and wealthy citizens. The Mexican 'govern ment Is amamrng a fore of sev eral thousand on the frontier and the Guatemala arary Is also gathering near the Hue. The situation is tense. MAJOR GENERAL IIETUIED. Charles II. Hall EntcrAl Uto Army In 1867. Washington, April 29. Major General Charles B. Hall, who attain ed his preaont rank- on March 27 when Major General Adolphus W Greely left the service, was today placed on the retired list of the Unl ted States army, by -operation of the age limit. General Hall is a native of Port land, Me, and entered the regular army a a second: lieutenant of the Twenty-oighth infaMry In 1867. He had previously seec long service dur ing the civil war ac second lieutenant In a volunteer infantry regtment. For some time he has been commandant of the InJantry arid Cavalry Training school at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. MODE PAVEMENT Fl fflDlETOI ALTA AXSD LEWIS STREETS VARE NEXT IN I.LVE Number f Prominent Property Own era Ane Agitating the Matter soul Action Will: Probnhly lie Taken Water tmrt Resident May AJw Re Indncod to Get Into the Hard Parraxtnt . Jbuid Wagon. fron Ridge Inflicted. An indictment against Aaron Ridge, hnrged with stealing a Suorse from Charles Hamilton, was (lied this after noon by District Attorney Phelps. Ridge was caught at Walla Walla sev eral weeks flgo after he hafl sold his horse at Afkena. George Rank Died n Pons. Oerge Rank died at the htime of his father. Andrew Bank, near Potts yesterday morning. Death was caused by pneumonia. The deceased wm 25 years of age and unmarried. Ho was .burled In the Potts cemetery today. In additAar" to the paving of Wetu Court street there Is now a probabil ity that I0r'15 blocks In other por tions of the. city will also be paved Ever siTioi'the first paving was done here those owning property in the firs! two blocks fiEast Alta have desired pavement ard it is said the district on that street aiay be extended the enfire length of the street, extending from Main to the intersection of East Court Many property owners on Levls street are iso anxious for a blvu- lithlc street with parking on either side. Shortly after the first paving was done there was a strong sentiment for the Improvement among Lewi.; street householders for they have one of the finest residence sections of the city and manifest a pride In keeping It such. Whether or not tht' Water street property owners want a pavement Is not known, btn should they oppose the Improvement the Lewis street people wish to have their thoroughfare con nected by a paved block with the paved section of East Court. Should Lewis street be paved for a distance of 10 blocks and connected with Court the elty would be given a splendid bltullthlc driveway. West Court street property owners have petitioned for pavement for a section covering 10 blocks and the resolution providing 'for the same Is now being publlfhed. Should no re monstrance bo produced the council will order the Improvement and ask "for bids shortly. Beautiful Irrigation Ruoklct. D. B.'Costuma, loci' manager of tho Columbia Land company, which Is handling the Furnlsh-Coe Irrigated Intnl In the west pnrt of the county, ha Just received a htpmont of the most toaulKuI advertifdni; booklets ever distributed In eastom OiVgon. The booklets advertise the Furnlsh Coe lands and contain drawings of th tract, photographs of farming seenes In that vicinity nnd beautiful colored plates of the 'entire project from every point of view. It Is a handsome pub lication and reflects much credit up on the company. SAILORS WRECK SALOON CAFE Blue Jackets of fleet Resent High Handed Treatment at Sarta Barbara, MEN CHARGED 'HIGH PRICES FOR INTERIOR ARTICLES Initto of RcMaftrant Looked Like It Had Rcvn Struck With "i'ornudo When Navy Boy Hnkluxl Wkh It Feeling Ilinmlng High Among Roth Civilians and Sailors Men Controlled With Difficulty and Provost Guard JJ .Doublet! Cliargod $ for Dinner Give Loa Angeles a Fountain. Santa Barbara, Callfi April 29. Indignant sailors from the Atlantic fleet wrecked a saloon restaurant be longing to John Scnlch this morning. They smasbed the window glasses, beer bottles and made the Inside of the place look like it had been struck by a tornado. Henlch 1h one of the local saloon men who has been charging the sail ors 60 cents a bottle for beer and 25 cents for sandwiches. It took but a few minutes to wreck the Joint. Midshipmen and a squad of naval police quickly arrived and arrested 4 he sailors. Feeling la running high among both civilians and sailors -as the sailors have been charged shameful prices for Inferior goods while here. Th damage will amount to about $200. The men had been controlled with difficulty all yesterday because of frequent- outbursts of anger over ex orbltant prices and the treatment which they had received from shop keepers of the place. Today groups of angry sailora are congregating along the water front and the provost guard and naval ; police is being strengthened in order kj prevent an other outbreak. Trouble started in the Senlch res taurant when sailors were charged $6 for supper. The men paid, then spread the news of 'their treatment In a -short time there was a crowd about the place and after removing all American Tags from the building they-mshed it and within a few mln ates made a wreck of' the place. Supscrlptlon lists -were opened to day on the fleet for the purpose of raising money to boy Los Angeles a drinking fountain m appreciation of the 'splendid treatment the men re ceived while there. Each enlisted mnn will contribute :'25 cents. 1 ABE OUTDONE "PENN" IS FOR KXOX. His 'Work a Attorney General and Senator Irisod. IlMrrisburg, Pa., April 29. Philan der C. .Knox is the choice of Penn sylvania republicans. for the.presiden tlal nomination to that. party. Today s republican delegates were not uily Instructed to vote for him but they adopted a platform .praising his work as United States attorney general. and United Stales senator and putting the stamp of approval on the entire administration. The platform contained a significant plank hi which the necessity of tariff legislation was recognized and modi ficatlor .suggested, "such as will bejt subserve -the Interests of the American people." A currency system permit ting more elasticity wns also favored Stuyvesairt Fish, Junior Re ported to Have Eioped . With Miss Harriman, . FATHEHS OF COUPLE HITTEREST OF ENEMIES Utile Love God Refuses to Surrcmle to Will of Irate Parent--Kentucky (inn IV Can No Longtr FurnM) All tlie Food for Fiction Wrltei Railroad King Have Entered the I'lel.l Paa FUli Deiiirt III Off spring Has Eloped While Making Efforts to Iocnte Mboilng Hoy. Fort Worth, Texas, April 29.' Has Stuyvesant Fish, Jr., eloped with the daughter of Edwin H. Harriman This la the Question friends of the young man In this city are asking to day, but nobody knows the answer. Conflicting reports concerning the elopement are extant in New York, The basis of the story Is a ru.-h men .sage sent from New York 'from Fish sr.. asking railroad officials In New York to ascertain the whereabouts of his son. Then followed the rumor that he had eloped with Miss Harriman. Last night another message came from Fish stating that his son was neither missing nor married. But this message has. not stopped the elope ment stories and Fish, Jr's friends are Looking for more details today. TAFT MEN MUST FIGHT. the All .That the people, of Morrow, Gilliam nnd Sherman counties are taking deep Interest In the coming of the O. R. & N. demonstration train through these and Umatilla county next month, is the statement of C. F. Van De Water, traveling' freight agent of the O. R. & N. who has JubI returned from a trip through Morrow county. He says that at Heppner. lone, Lex ington and other Morrow county points where the train' will stop, the people are making excellent prepar ations to greet the lecturers with a large attendance. Farmers from all over that section will attend the meet ings nnd hear the discussions of the up to date farming topics which will be given by the professors of Oregon Agricultural college who will accom pany the train. The demonstration train will visit Umatilla county on Thursday, May 13, remaining over night In this city on that date. The farmers of Umatilla county are urged to attend the dem onstrations which will be given In the O. R. & N. company's specially equipped demonstration car. To Divide Drndlodk. Dover, Del., April 29. Another at empt to elect an Episcopal bishop to succeed the :late Bishop Lelghton Coleman will be made tomorrow, when balloting wtll be resumed by the spe cial convention of the Episcopal dio cese of Delawane. Twenty-seven bal lots have already been taken, with out a choice, and for some time the convention has been deadlocked. The Rev. Octavlus Applegate of Kingston N. Y., and the Rev. Nathaniel fi. Thomas of Philadelphia are the lead- ng candidates. Ilarbotile IleletaKod. Havana, Cuba, April 29. Governor General Magoon today signed an Ol der for the release of Solln Harbot tlo, whoso extradition was sought by the Toronto police on the charge of having embezzled $20,000 from the Toronto club last November. Cake for Cluilmian. Portland, April 29. The republican state central committee Is meeting in Portland this afternoon. William M. Cake, brother to Judge H. M. Cake, candidate for senator, Is the leading candidate for the chairmanship. Rrj'nn Turned Down. New Haven, Conn.. April 29. The state democratic central committee refused to adopt a resolution favoring Bryan today. The public schools of Lincoln coun ty, Washington, are to hold a field meet Saturday. Maine Convention Not His for Askings Fair Chances. Portland, Me., April 29. Support ers of Secretary Taft are making strong fight in Maine to secure the selection of national convention dele gates favorable to the juamlnatlon of the Ohio man, and with fair chances of success. The instruction question has not assumed such proportions in Maine as in other New England states and it would not come as a sur prise If the state convention, to be held here tomorrow, should come out openly for Taft. The Third and Fourth district conventions are being held today, at Watervllle and Bangor, respectively, and are expected to elect Taft delegates. The convention of the First district will be held here to morrow, In connection with the state gathering. The Second district con vention, which wtll be called upon to nominate a succesor to Congressman Littlefield, will not be held until May 12. Many delegates are already In the city for tomorrow's convention, which will open early In the afternoon, at the armory. The Taft boomers are not alone In the attempt to influence the convention, as Hughes, Cannon Fairbanks and Knox all have repre sentatlves here. Ml'DD OPPOSES TAFT. War Is Declared In the Maryland Republican Camp. Baltimore, April 29. Open warfare has broken out In the Maryland re publican camps, on the even of the state convention, which will be held In Baltimore tomorrow. The Indorse meat of Taft Is the Issue over which the party leaders are quarreling, and the efforts for and against such ac tlon will likely lead to the hottest battle ever known in a Maryland po lltlcal convention. .Congressman Sydney E. Mudd Is the leader of the antl-Taft men and was responsible for the Introduction and passage by the state central committee of a resolu tlon favoring an unlnstructed delega tion to Chicago. The resolution declared that the committee believed that the renub- licans of Maryland now, as at the time of the last state convention. In dorse the policies of President Roose- ven ana aemana as nis successor "one who can be trusted to persevere in those policies." itepresentattve Mudd Is known to favor the nomination of Speaker Jo seph G. Cannon for president. Can non men say that Mudd will control of the 16 Maryland delegates, and that they will probably vote for Can non in the national convention, al though It Is Mudd's object to get an unlnstructed delegation. There Is al so considerable sentiment among Maryland republicans for Governor Hughes. Whrelcr Accepts Portfolio. Washington, April 29. Wm. R. Wheeler, of Alpine, California, ha accepted the assistant secretaryship of the department of commerce and la Roy Clark, aged IS, was killed near Eugene Saturday afternoon while out hunting with another boy. They had been sitting on the ground and on rising, the gun was discharged In some manner, the bullet piercing the abdo men from the front. MASSACRE OF VILLAGERS RY KURDS CONTINUE. Tlflls, Transcaucasius, April 29. The situation along the Turkish border Is growing more serious and 100 soldiers are now expecting an attack from the Shakkak Kurds who are ravaging the southern dis tricts. The Kurds are reported as having massacred 200 villagers near Urmlah April 23. The Russian side of the frontier Is swarming with refugees from Armenia, whose homes have been destroyed by the blood thirsty Kurds. The outlaws are said to num ber 3000. Persia is doing noth ing to restore order as the lack of funds prevents a punltatlve expedition. HEME DE SAG AN. Iliiico A-k for Srclnl RI-jH-iisatlon to Marry Annie. Naples, April 29. Prince Helle De Sagan has addressed a communication to the vatlcan asking that a dispensa tion be granted by the church for his marriage with Anna Gould, a divorced person. As the church only grants this dispensation In certain cases, and as none of these are offered as reasons for granting the writ. It is not thought that the church wil approve of the marriage. A social ceremony will probably be performed In France soon. WORDS OE III FORD TRIAL ATTORNEYS CLASH OYER CALHOUN'S TESTIMONY His Lawyers Make Desperate Effort to Keep Him Off the Witness Stand Try to Save Him From the Stigma of Ik-lng Compelled to Re fuc to -A iwww QueMiona on tlie Grounds of Incriminating Himself. I thu JVaahington sta.a 'lege. I Raker and La 4ia.i Teaia. Th" "it TEJIM IS 1FF FOR MEET Crippled by Condition of Jay Local Athletes Will Fight Ali the Harder. ABOUT 200 STUDENTS ENTER THE CONTEST. Pendleton's Representative Are Hopeful Rut No Longer Confident of Victory Jay Will Re Entered, Rut Owing to Recent I linens Can not be Depended Upon Competl doii Strong Orvllle Reeve Will lU-preaent School In Declamation Contents Baker and La Grande Pass Tlirough. With Its star athlete and captain In poor condition because of lilueat the high school track team left for Walla Walla this afternoon. The ean was accompanied to Walla Walla by Supt. J. S. Landers and the boys will be there Thursday and Friday for the Interstate high school meet. There will be about 200 student entered in the meet and as a result competition will be strong. Ora Jay went with the Pendleton team today and he will participate In the meet. But as he has just arisen from a sick bed he will not be in his -usual form. Others who went ovar as members of the team are, Arthur Means, Cliff Turner, Lester Means, Alfred Euster, Nat Kimball and Har- -vey McDill. Reeves Will Declaim. Orvllle Reeves, representative of the Pendleton high school in the declamatory contest to be held there Friday evening, also went over this morning. Next week a team from the Pendle ton high school will be sent to Pull man to participate in a field meet to be held there under the auspices of Sun Francisco, April 29. To save himself the stigma of being compell ed to refuse to answer on the ground that he might Incriminate himself, the attorneys for Patrick Calhoun put up a desperate defense today to keep the magnate off the witness stand In the Ford trial. The track teams from both Baker and La Grande high schools, passed through the city at noon today on their way to Walla Walla to take pait In the big field meet there this week. In the Baker City team were eight ro bust and fine looking boys in charge of Rev. Finger, trainer and coach. The - members of the team were Baer, cap- Calhoun was suddenly cauea as tain, Stuller, White, Blum. Beer. a witness by Heney. As Calhoun Finch, Denham and Shoemaker. took his seat the- defense objected to his being questioned. Calhoun then refused to answer the first direct question put to him and asked for an opportunity to explain his atttude. The attorneys at once clashed In a bitter verbal warfare. In the end Calhoun was forced to answe. the questions. He gave his residence as Georgia South Carolina, New York, Cleveland. Ohio and San Francisco. He was then asked: "Did you come to San Francisco after April 18, 190?" The defense objected. Heney then said that there could be but one reason why Calhoun should refuse to answer. At that Attorney A. A. Moore of the United Railroads. umped into the fray and shouted that The La Grande team was not ac companied by a trainer and was com posed of the following: Williamson captain, Carpy, Earl, Pearce, Bolton, Young and Myers. Both teams were In excellent con dition and go to Walla Walla with high hopes of bringing away a nun- -ber of first honors from the contest..' Confesses for Love of Wife. r Spokane, Wash., April 29. What Is considered the best capture of the year has been made by Detective Brlley in Ren McCammon. For the past month the police have searched for the daylight robber. The de scriptions were always the same. Brl ley spotted him. McCammon had al ready served a term In the penlten- the prosecution was attempting tojtlary. About a year ago he married make Calhoun a witness against him self nnd that the defense had a right to object to his being a witness. Judge Lawlor finally decided thit he would Judge the tendency of the questions put to Calhoun and might support or overrule Calhoun's declin ation to answer them. Later in the afternoon Calhoun w ill be examined. a young woman of Orovllle. Wash.. and it was through her that a con fession was finally gleaned. She ir a good woman and McCammon loves her. The detectives kept her name constantly before him and finally he confessed to 20 daylight burglaries and told the police where he had sold and pawned more than $300 worth of jewelry.. BAD EXPLOSION. Niagara Falls, N. Y., April 29. Three mm were injured nnd properly to tho value of $80,000 was destroy ed wlien the 10,000 horso power gen erating plant of Nlagnra Falls hy. (lraullc power plnnt hnrst today. Ruef Wants Cltange. San Francisco, April 29. Argu ments In support of Abe Ruef's mo tion for a change of venue are being heard today. Ruef'a attorneys declare the state of the public mind In San Francisco such that he could not get a fair trial. Diamond Minors) Angry. Kimbeiiey, South Africa, April 29. Officials of the Debeers company have demanded military protection, from the authorities. They claim, there Is a plot to blow up the mine buildings by dynamiting. This is the result of discontent following the large number of dismissals which was caused by the collapse of the dia mond market. According to reports from Sumpter, many improvements are being made in the mines of that section. A great amount of development work is being done and much new and Improved machinery Is being Installed. FREIGHT RATE III EFFECT IV 3 On next Sunday, May 3, the new freight rates orderea by the Oregon railroad commission will go Into ef fect on the O. R. & N. system east of The Dalles, making considerable re duction from the rates now in effect. The East Oregonlan has Just receiv ed a schedule of the old and new rates from Commissioner C. B. Altchlson. The old and new rates under the different classifications are as toU ows: First class; old rate, 103; new rate, 91. Second class; old rite, 86; new rate, 77. Third class, old rate, 72; new rate, 64. Fourth class, old.' rate, 62; new rate, 65. Fifth class,, old rate, 49; new rate, 46. Class A, old rate, 49; new rate, 46. Class B. old rate, 41; new rate, 36. Class C, old rate, 31; new rate, 27. Class t. old rate, 25; new rate, 23. Class E. old rate 20; new rate, IS. The new rates will affect a large raving for shippers and will be wel comed by the inland empire.
