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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.
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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.