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.... ' ' ..- 1 . . . ... , i t In 1 1 EVENING EDITIOK EVMIIGEDITIOII After you have read the ads,, you art read to go shopping.. Pen dleton'a beit bargain giving stores are rep resented In this paper. TVEATHER REPORT. Fulr tonight with light front; Wednesday fulr. .r I VOL. 21. PENDLETON. OKE(JON, TUESDAY, MAY 5. 1908 NO. 6274 . .. V ': V.- .!'.;!-.' ..,,M ,'o ',' if ......... ..(J' r !.'..: i, -Z-J POLICE STRIKE CLUE TO 1 Portiand Detectives Believe Edward H, Martin is Guilty of Horrible Crime. SUSPECT IS GRADUATE OP UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Finding of Bloody Shirt In Rear of North-Eml Lodging Home Is First Direct OHHHSltlOII Belonged to .Man Who Huh Suddenly T)is)ipMtir. l Formerly Employed tn dry En. irliMrrM Office 1 a Graduate of Wt Plm hikI Several College AlTCSt I KxjMTtWl. WAR IX I XI) I A EXCITES ENGLAND. r London, May 5. All England Is wildly excited over what ap pears to be a real war In In dia. Although the British forces won the first battle fought with the Afghanistan, the In vaders have not been driven back across the border and It Is feared that the BrltlHh troops may not be strong enough to do this. Apparently the invaders hope to start a 7ioy war" and Inflame all India. ut 5 o'clock thin afternoon. Re flirn disappeared. Mrs, Boyle Immediately telephoned the message to Chief Grltzinnchcr. I'lfty M)lec arc nnv Kiirroumlliig that ilMikt In which the Boyle house In limited ay IiIm arrets I Is cxctcd at any iiiomen. Portland, May Ti. Edward H. Martin, wanted for the murder of Pawnbroker WorTf, was ar rested at 1:15 toflny by Detec tives Tlehnor and Hlllyer, near the house of Mrs. Boyle on the east side. He made no resist ance and willingly accompanied Ihe officers to the patrol box. A wagonload of officers was rushed, across the river to the scene of the arrest and the sus pect was then taken to the city prison. DIKE SMOKED OPIUM. Do Cliniilnes Stricken While in Den ami Xevcr Recovered. ' New York, May 8. Further evi dence tending to show that the Due ' De Chaulnes. the late husband of fnrmer Theodora Phonts, was stricken while In an opium den has been cabl ed to the New York Times. The statement Is that De Chaulnes was removed from the den o his ho tel by a police official and 'that It was not until after his death that his wife realized the cause of his demise. It develops that De Chaulnes went to the len accompanied by a friend of nis sister, the Duchess D Uses. An hour later the proprietor became alarmed over his condition and ad him taken to the hotel and put to bed. ; ,. , . . , h . l -' ' - - STRIKE MAY TIE UP CU: ELAXD CAR LIXES. Cleveland, May 6. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the street car men of the Municipal Trac tion Co., the new three cent company, will determine wheth er they will call a strike on all the lines or not. Union officers have given President Dupont until that time to name four referees on a legal board proposed to decide If the contract of the Cleveland Electric line Is now binding on the municipal line. If Dupont does not act the strike will be called. 1 E HIM hi IK GOLD IX JOSEPIIIXE, Indue T. G. Ilulley. HI LI Portland, May 6. The Portland pollev are looking for Edward H. Martin of Portland, a former employe In the city -ngmeer's office, on sus picion of complicity In the murder of Nathnn Wolff, the pawnbroker who was found dead, his body horribly mutilated and Ills safe robbed, last Friday evening. Martin has not been seen for sev eral days. He Is thought to have Tt the city for a Pnget sound point last Sunday. The blood smeared shin that was found In the rwar of a Soeonfl -ftreet lodging house Monday Is believed rto have belonged to Martin. The de tectrves exrct to be able to announce Martin's arrert at any moment. A Cegr Man. Elward II. Martin, the man the po lice are looking Tor In connection with the Nathan Wolff nrurder, Is a graduate of West Point military col- Kge, Fordham college, the New York law school and the University of Ore gon. Ho is 35 years of ago. He Is said to have been 111 of Inte. He was a temporary mjlrye In the city engineer's office. He was lust seen by his wife Sundny wenlng. Retortion Diflcah. The detection of Martin was ren dered doubly dlflcult because of the fact that the bloody shirt, which fi nally led to his detection, was not market with Martin's name, but with the name of Its previous owner, who had left It at a local pawnshop. Tler Martin procured It and- gave his name nnd address to the pawnbroker when he purchased the shirt, and this was the first direct clue that the po lice seenred. IU(xhI) Shirt Hetmys. The garment was next seen when It was found by the police In the rear of the lodging house In the north end It was taken, smeared with blood ani torn. ThU fact, with the sudden di appearance of Martin, point to his guilt In an Irrefutable manner, as serts Captain of Detectives Pnty. Martin wa arrested last winter for having opium In hlri possession, but was later released. A few days ago the suspected man sold his surveyor's Instrument to n local stationery and book company. The entire northwest Is being combed In search of Martin. A spec ial detailed description Is being pre pared for the cities, about San Fran cisco bay, as It was feared that Mar tin may attempt to loso himself In the crowds that are In these, cities at fresent. FIILV ESCAPE III HI ROBES EARLY MORXIXG FIRE : DESTROYS PORTER HOME .Mrs. Porter ami Children fUlnih Through Windows and Jump From .Potvli Umible to Save Clothes They Seek Shelter of Xelglibors Lo Will lie $2WM Insured to the Amount of $1100. MEMOS T OF HIE I. C, Portland, May 5. Edward II. Mar. tin, accused by tlie polUv of the mur der of Xathnn Wolff, Um collateral broker, who wttH murdered Friday evening, called at the house of Mrs. J. J. Doyle, at noon unlay and asked her to Inform the police) that lie would give lilmwelf up at the central station In a disastrous fire that occurred shortly after 3 o'clock this morning, the It. E. Porter house, below the ball grounds, was completely destroy ed and the members of the family escaped with their lives only by hasti ly climbing through the windows. The Porter place Is on California street, below the Matlock ball grounds u the house was a story and if half structure. Delng beyond the end of the water system there was no way of fighting the flames and the fire department was not called out. As a result but few knew of the blaze until during the day. How the fire started Is a complete mystery. According to Mrs. Porter, tlie family retired about 9 o'clock last evening and they were awakened be tween 3 and 4 o'clock by finding the house enveloped In flames. At the time Mr. Porter was in Hermlston and Mrs. poiter an J her children were alone at home. Three of the hlldren were sleeping In the upper portion of the house and escaped by going out upon the porch and Jump ii.g off. Py the time the family was arous ed the flames had spread so that the d or could not be reached and Mrs. Porter escaped through a window. So hurriedly did the family leave the burning place that they had not even n opportunity to dress and werp fore- ed to seek shelter of their neighbors In their night rohes. A small rock tug chair was he only tiling about the house that was saved. The house was owned by the Por ters and with the contents was valu ed at $2000. Insurance to the amount of $1100 was earrtt'd with J, M. Bentley, and as the loss wns total one this amount will doubtless be paid In full. Mrs. Porter was formerly Mrs. iiar- ney Crowner. Last evening the memory of the late Thomas O. Halley was fittingly hon ored by his fellow members of the bar and by those who were his col leagues during the time he served as a member of the supreme court. At the service held an the circuit court room the five judges of the su preme court occupied the bench as though It were a regular session of the supreme court. In the audience were the local and visiting members of the bar and many other friends of the dead jurist and his family. At the opening of the service R. J. Slater read the resolution that had been drafted by the commltte from the bar association and moved Its adoption. Then In a brief and infor mal manner he spoke personally con cernlng the character of Judge Halley Following Mr. Slater, Judge S. A. Lowell was called upon and gave an eloquent tribute to his former law partner and friend. He spoke In the very highest terms of Judge Halley's character as an attorney and also as a citizen and a husband and father. A a lawyer he had high conception of his profession nnd the courage to stand by his views of duty. During his earlier years of practice he was a Concerning the death of Hon. T. O. Halley. Whereas, God, the eternal Judge of Rcrted Discovery of $7000 Pocket Causes Excitement. Grants Pass, Ore., May 6. A sen satlonal gold strike has just been made on Williams creek, about 22 miles from Grants Pass, by the Jones brothers and the Harrison brothers. From the accounts brought In It seems to be in the nature of a pocket, $7000 having already been taken out, with an Immense amount In slgMt. The finders brought some of the gold In the last of the week and purchased rines to take out with them to gulrd their find. There is a posiblllty that it may be on some of the Southern Pacific railroad land. Some of the flakes of gold were half the size of a man's palm. A small rush of pros' pectors Is on to the vicinity. Many otner rich finds have been made tn this same district. Wife Joins Burn. Detroit, May 5. Mrs. Xoah Brus- all men, having summoned from our se, wife of Tommy Burns, the prlze- midst our late friend and brother, the Hon. Thomas G. Halley; and nereas, He nad oeen, until re cently, from the beginning of his ca reer as a lawyer, a member of the bar of Umatilla county, and for on, term served with marked ability the sixth judicial district as district attor ney; and Wherjy He was. in recognition of ma auiuiy ana learning in jurispru dence, appointed by the governor of our state, a member of the supreme court where he officiated with honor and distinction; and Whereas, He has left a widow and and two daughters, an aged father and mother, and brothers and sisters, who are greatly afflicted by his death; and Whereas, The people of the state of Oregon, and In particular me people and citizens of Umatilla county and the members of the bar of Umatilla county, have been thus deprived of one cf their most able, distinguished md worthy members; Therefore, Be It Resolved. That we. me members of the Umatilla Bar as- flghter, will sail for Europe tomor row to Join her husband. FRISCO MS 1 . $2110 FIRE BLAZE DESTROYS NEARLY AX ENTIRE BLOCK Starta In Restaurant and Sunns Wooden Structures Buildings Erected Temporarily After Earth quake Disaster Loss Consists Prin. cipally of Stocks of Merchandise Clothing Firm Is Heaviest Loser, San Francisco, May 6. Property and merchandise to the value of $200,- flftn ll'fla ilaolrni..! In... ! . Y. . v.. a hard and earnest student and had he P"!'3'110"; doh'rt'b' declare our deep fire' wnlch 8t;rted at 10 0 , k f given his undivided attention to the . 61 ral a9aln law would have become n tnrlst with "ur ,a,e owner, and extend to the few counts. aved ones our deepest sympathies in ineir great sorrow: and He It Resolved. That these pream bles and resolutions be incorporated in tne records of the Umatilla rnni., ., . . t""' niii- aranciauon and Col. K S. Ivanhoe of Lu Grande. next spoke and said that he could speak regarding Judge Hallev from the standpoint of a casual acquaint ance, for he had not known the de censed intimately as did those of thlB county. He said that he believed Judge Halley's splendid reputation abroad was his character at home and he voiced the sentiment of the out side nttorneys by expressing th deepest regret over his untimely death. J. D. Slater, also of La Grande, was the next speaker and he told of the early life of the deceased. When a youiiK man himself he had become personally acquainted with Mr. Halley hefore the latter had become a law sturtent and he had followed his vourae .through the Washington nnd a chimney in the kitchen of the Men- tone restaurant, on Geary street, and destroyed nearly all of the one-story wooden buildings In the block bound ed by Market and Geary and Kearney and Grant avenue. During the progress of the fire an in me journal nri,..i,.. . u . rt.., n. ho .ii, .... . . " -- uuijimje ui me uiiiuii iniiisifi com- - Mvu.t juuii oi me siaie or ure- nn,. i.i i... . ...... v.. ir.lM f,- !,,. 111.. . mimuj J.vL , uuuui 7Z ' " . miiy a a perpet- attempted to enter the establishment ...uuuui in our nign regard for our deceased friend and brother, and ' a t La Porte. lndiana,oiirred Over Finding of Parts of Bodies in Sacks, WOMAN AND THREE CHILDREN ARE BURNED TO DEATH Fire Tragedies Are All Intermingled In Such a Manner Aa to Baffle the Police Man Arrested for Burning of Homo In Which Four Person Lost Tthelr Lives Declares He Knows Nothing Murders Were Committed at Different Times from Appearances of Remains. La Porte, Ind., May 5. A crime In volving the burning to death of a wo man and three children and the de capitation of a man and woman, their heads being found In Backs, has de veloped into one of the greatest mys teries that the. police of this or any other city in the country have ever confronted. A week ago the home of Mrs. Belle Gunnes was burned and Mrs. Guones and three children perished. As a result of this fire the police arrested Ray Lamphere. Thla was soon followed by the dis covery of a sack containing the leg and arms and hacked body of An drew Holdergreen near a fence of the Gunnes home. The mystery was then Increased by the finding of' a sack, in which waa the skeleton of a woman, near the first sack. The skeleton Is not iden tified as it had evidently been placed, there some time before Holdergreen's mutilated remains. Holdergreen waa last seen alive -February 3. He came from Aberdeen, S. D. Lamphere insists that he knows -nothing of the crime. A brother of Holdergreen says An drew came to La Porte to marry Mrs. Gunnes, whom he had become ac quainted with through an affinity- agency. V Lamphere told the police that he- knew Holdergreen and said he had- gone to Sweden. overcome by smoke. He was taken to the hospital and Is In a serious con dition. The heaviest loser is the S. X. Wood Clothing company, which had a branch store in the block facing on Market street. The large stock was badlv rtflmneArl pntnlllnff- n lna aatf- vi.ik.ko .-MH-iciy woman Sentenced to mated at $50,000. Other losses are Penitentiary. Buhr Drug company, Union Transfer Chloaeo. Slav K. Th., ,ra ,, company, Kicnard Valentine, tailor our deep sorrow for his death R. J. SLATER, H. J. BEAN. CHARLES H. CARTER. DOUBLE LIFE ENDS. oie ure led by Mrs. Lemuel Sehlotter ended today in the indeterminate sen Lee university and during the time hence to the sate penitentiary Valley Tribune Sold. S. L. Dnlt has sold his Interest In the Volley Tribune, published at Ket tie Falls, Wash., to a . corporation. Henry W. Sparks, half owner of the paper, retains his Interest. 1 FOLLETTE IS FOR TIFF REFORM Washington, May 6. If Senator La Follette's health returns before the adjournment of the senate it Is stated that he will deliver a tariff speech In which he will take unusual grounds. Just prior to leaving the senate for a sick bed, La Follette Introduced a tariff commission measure providing for a strictly non-partisan commission on which large business Interests and communities should be properly rep resented. He proposed that the commission should be paid high salaries, that It be permanent and have the whole subject of tariff schedules turned over to It. This would virtually ope rate to take the tariff out of politics. In support of the measure it is said that LaFolette will make a speech which will be hardly less sensational than was his recent money speech. he wa a practitioner nnd upon the su premo bench. UI M. Peterson spoke of Judge HUIey from the standpoint of a young attorney and told of the aid that had been rendered him bv the In Glencoe, a fashionable suburb. Mrs. Sehlotter was known as the wlf of a wealthy Jeweler. Her automo biles, livery and dresses were the en vy of Glencoe. In the tenderloin she was known I jimse noen Jie came here to open a equally well under another name m. wrvenu years ago. He There as Leona Barriay, her resort """' revere me memory I was Known as nn.i In liih of Judge Halley lor the kindness that girls were lured to slavery. ne naa snown mm and he believed When Leona Barrlty was arreted that other young imsnbers of the bar the story of her double life was re- young Market street restaurant. Speck Pas- chel company. United Cigar company. Royal Shoe company, T, Lundy, Jew eler; G. H. WIchman, candy store; Fischer's gentleman's furnishing goods store, and several real estate offices. The buildings, which were erected for the most part on the Blythe es tate property after the big fire In i!06, were of small value. The los will fall heaviest on those who had the stocks In these tempor arily structures. At 12 o'clock the fire was under control. SELECTING 25(H) GIRLS TO DANCE WITH SAILORS. San Francisco, May 5. The work. of selecting 2500 girls who will dance- with the 2500 sailors from the fleet at a ball td be given at the California! club on May 12. began todav. Th . ball is expected to be the most pop ular one of the entire program. A number of excursion vessels went out today to meet the fleet and ac company It to the lightship, where - It will remain until 11 o'clock tomor row morning. The arrival of the fleet at the light ship will be announced by the burn tag of 300 pounds of red fire. Thousands Pouring In. San Francisco, May 5. Every train and every steamer Is pouring Its thousands Into. San Francisco. The City Is putting on the finishing touches to Its decorations. The hotels are filled to capacity, but private houses are taking many and it is believed that all will be ac-. commodated. During the day a num ber, of special trains will arrive from Utah and the north. could say the same. Justice Eakln then paid a brief eulogy to the dead lawyer and said that during the 12 year he had known nun ne had found him a sincere friend and a most admirable citizen and lawyer, Chief Justice Bean then closed the service hy telling something of the character of Judge Halley as be seem en io mose wun wnom ne sat upon the supreme bench. He said that In the times when the court is In con ference and formality laid aside, the true characters of those present be comes clearly shown. For Judge Halley he said that, during the time he was one of the court his colleagues had found him ever courteous and re gardful of the opinion of others and always open for conviction, though he steadfastly stood for his own be liefs until convinced to fhe contrary. There being no further remarks, the chief Justice declared that the motion made by Mr. Slater would be allowed and directed that the resolu tions and the procedlngs cf the eve ning become a part of the record of the court. The following It the memorial res olution In full: vealed. MANAGER SULLIVAN SKIPS WITH FUNDS. Murder Scent Grows Warm. Portland, May 5. A secret warrant has been Issued to the police for the arrest of a man who Is suspected of the Nathan Wolff murder last Thurs day. The request for the warrant came after the finding of a blood smeared shirt in the rear of a down- ternoon. Regular trains are now running within eleven miles of Klamath Falls. This is by far the best service that part of the state has ever enjoyed. Frank Sullivan Takes Oisli Belong. Ing to Central Baths ami Departs. Frank Sullivan, manager of tho Central barber shop for R. W. Hen-(town lodging house late Monday af -Mi.nl, huh K'u me euv under De- cullar circumstances and today a war. rant for his arrest was sworn out by Mr. Henneman who claims that his shop manager has departed with $50 or $60 of barber shop funds to which he was not entitled. Sullivan has had charge of the Lenrai snop for several weeks and during the past few days seemed greatly troubled. He said he had re ceived news that his father was se riously ill, but this is not believed by some who knew him. Sullivan was last seen, near midnight last night, and had told no one of his Intending departure. This morning the keys of the bar ber shop were found Inside the shop, where they had been left by Sullivan and on opening the safe Mr. Henne man found that about $50 it should have contained, was missing. GRIEF FOR EVANS. Admiral Learns of Death of His Fa. vorite Grandson. San Francisco, May 5. Admiral Evans as he is speeding north this morning to take command of his" great string of battleships. Is spend ing the saddest moments he has ex perienced since he left Hampton Roads. His favorite grandson, Rob ley Evans Sewall. four years old, lies dead at the home of his parents In Washington. When the news reached the Admir al he was visibly shaken. Evans and the child were much to gether in Washington. He was the son of Virginia Evans, the admiral's youngest daughter. According to the Chronicle a mer ry three cornered boat war Is now on between the lines of river steam ers plying between Portland and The Dalles. So far there has been no cutting of rates, but this is expected as a matter of course. TRBEE NE III TRE "PEN" FOR DEAL R. W. Deal, recently convicted of horsestealing, was this morning denied a new trial by Circuit Judge Bean and he was sentenced to serve three years In the penitentiary for his crime. Notice of appeal to the supreme court has been given by J. D. Slater, attor ney for Deaf, and a writ of probable cause will be asked for so as to pre vent the old gentleman from being compelled to go to the penitentiary, while his case Is under appeal. Deal Is a resident of Union county and his case was brought here for trial on a change of venue. Upon be ing tried before Judge Bean the Jury returned a verdict of guilty. i