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WEATHER REPORT.
Cloudy tonight with
posHlbly showers; to
morrow fair and
warmer.
Take your store news
to the people and the
people will bring their
patronage to your store.
PENDLETON. OIIEUOK. TUESDAY, MAY 12. 1908.
NO. (S2S0
VOL. 21.
ATSIH weklv 1IX x- .... r y
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CHI MOMENT
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Success or Failure of Publicity
Movement to Be Deter
mined Tonight,
PRESIDENT ALEXANDER
PLEADS Wll ATTKX DANTE.
Committee to Be- Named to Ihue
Clwirge of Fund and to Conduct Bu
rcuu Money Raising Cnnimlgii
Will Be Started and Vigorously
Irosecutd as Soon oh liana Can
Ho Perfected President of Com
mercial Clul Urges MciiiIhts and
I'roiMTty Holders to AlU'iMl Meeting-
Deeiarcs Gatlierlng Will lk'
One of Most IniHrtaiit Ever Held
in Pendleton.
Now Is the time for all good men
to come to the aid of the publicity
movement and to do so attend the
mass meeting to be held In the Com
mercial association rooms this even
ing. The meeting tonight will be the
crucial period In the campaign for a
publicity bureau and the success or
failure of the movement will largely
depend upon th attitude of property
owners and business men tonight.
At the meeting tonight a committee
Is to be named to have charge of ti
fund when raised and to have general
charge of the publicity bureau when It
Is formed. Just how the committee
will be chosen Is not yet settled. It
may be appointed directly by the
president or elected by those present.
As soon as the committee has been
chosen active work of soliciting funds
for the bureau will be taken up.
However, It Is possible that the com
mittee will first take several days In
which to work out their plans before
they start upon the money raising
crusade. So no one need stay away
tonight for fear that he will be called
upon to donate on the spot.
The following public letter was Is
sued laset evening by R. Alexander,
president of the Commercial associ
ation: Alexander's Letter,
rendleton. Ore.. May 11. 190S.
To the Members of the Commercial
Association. Property Holders and
Business Men.
Gentlemen: As previously an
nounced, a meeting has been called
for Tuesday at 8 p. m.. at the Com
mercial club, for the purposo of dis
cussing and collecting funds for the
publicity campaign. The recent suc
cessful meeting held by the real es
tate men of the county was Indeed
gratifying to mo as It must have been
to you, and as these workers have
shown by their enthusiasm their ear
nest desire to aid us all, I sincerely
trust that every man who has at heart
the Interest of our. city and county
will be present tomorrow evening.
This meeting will be the most Im
portant one that has taken place In
the city of Pendleton as long as I can
remember, and I cannot urge on you
too strongly the necessity of your
presence.
Thanking you for your past co-operation
and favors,
Sincerely yours,
R. ALEXANDRIA. Pres.
Easy for Burns.
London. May 1 2. Tommy Hums,
the American -heavyweight, I going to
pick up some easy money, the victim
being none other than poor ohl Bosh
ter Hill Squires of meteoric puslllstlo
fame on the Pacific coast, who went
down and out In a single punch Inst
July 4th, when Burns met him at
Colmn. Bill, however, has picked up
a reputation In cockney land by beat
ing Jim Roach In Jig time, recently,
and will have a betting following. The
purse will be $87,600 and Squires
thinks well enough of his chances to
bet $2500 on himself.
Dragged by a Train.
John Brown, an Austrian laborer,
fell or waa thrown from a train near
Tacoma Friday morning and was In
stantly killed. He was dragged a
quarter of a mile. The man had just
been run out of Tacoma by the police.
San Francisco, May 12. In the
custody of Detective Sergeant Norman
Fltzslmmons of the New York police
department, R. W. Fullerton, son of
a St. Louis millionaire, arrived in San
Francisco today on the steamer Wat
son. Fltislmmons holds a warrant on a
charge preferred by Gladys Hobart of
New York.
Miss Hobart charges that Fullerton
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JAPAN' FACING
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
Toklo, Japan, May 12. The
finance bureau has called the
leading Japanese financier Into
a conference over the situation
In the country.
Though It Is denied that the
national credit Is endangered.
no attempt Is made to conceal
the fact that business In fright-
fully disorganized. Govern-
ment bonds have dropped from
90 to 80. Capitalists blame the
depression on the national pol-
Icy of the government In taking
over the railroads and other
public utility concerns.
H ELFIN WILL HE THIEl).
Congressman Wlio Shot Boisterous
Negro, Indicted.
Washington, May 12. Congressman
Thomas J. Helfln must stand trial for
the shooting of Thomas Lundy, a ne
gro, and Thomas McCreary, while
riding In a street car several weeks
ago.
Helfln became annoyed by the ac
tions of the negro, who was boister
ous and upbraided him, whereupon
Lundy, according to Helfln, became
more noisy. After a few angry words
the congressman threw the negro out
of the car and then shot him with a
revolver. One bullet struck Lundy
and the other flying wild, struck Mc
Creary, who was standing on a street
corner.
Dili Not a Candidate.
Chicago, May 12. William D. Hay
wood has announced that he will not
allow his name to go before the so
cialist convention as a candidate for
the presidential nomination. This
leaves the field clear for Debs.
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SUSPECT FORCED TO
GIVE HORRIBLE DETAILS
Tells. How Bloody Conspirators Plan
ned to Make Way With Fellow Sol
dier in Orderjo Get His Money
Suspects Pitted Again Each Oth
er Guilty Man Bursts Into Tears
Wlille Confessing.
Port Townsend, Wash., May 12.
By pitting the suspects against each
other a confession was forced from
Private Holt today in the murder of
Bandman Johnson last Friday night.
By telling Holt that his compan
ions in arrest had confessed, Holt fi
nally broke down and gave the offi
cers all the details of the murder.
Holt narrated the manner in which
an agreement was settled between
Holt, McKnlght and Private Garber to
do away with Johnson and secure his
money. ; 4!
Holt made his confession to Captain
Harry Newton; of the 26th infantry
and broke into tears while doing so.
McKnlght stoutly denies any con
nection with the crime.
The force of guards about the pris
on has been doubled to prevent any
attempt to carry out the sentiment ex
pressed that Holt should be lynched.
Victim of Spotted Fever.
The second victim of spotted fever
this spring nt Missoula, Mont., was
burled there Thursday. He was Mil
ton Savage of Victor. The other vic
tim was William Chenoweth of Lolo,
who was burled a few days ago. Dr.
Ulcketts the spoiled fever expert from
Washington, D. C, made an investi
gation in both cases.
May Abolish Chain Gang.
The Tacoma city chain gang will
soon be a think of the past. Coun
cilman Rltter Wllkeson is heading a
movement .for the substitution of a
rock crushing plant, similar to that In
use in Portland. Wllkeson and other
councllmen declare the chain gang a
relic of barbarism.
Doggctt Arrested.
Jeff Doggett, the divorced husband
of Mrs. Aldrlch, who was murdered
near Walla Walla a short time ago,
has been arrested at his parents' home
In Sprague. It Is claimed he Is want
ed as a witness in the case.
wronged her under promise of mar
riage, September 25, 1906, on the
yacht Trent.
Fullerton denies the sensational
story that he had been kidnapped by
New York police to get him out of
the state and In the jurisdiction of
New York Sfflcers and shows extra
dition papers signed by both Hughes
and Governor Mead.
Fullerton applied for writ of hab
eas corpus at noon today.
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SERIOUS
PAWNBROKERS
Portland Seems to Be Infested
With Organized Gang of
Thieves.
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IN.M ItlL'S RECEIVED BY
VICTIMS MAY HE FATAL.
Both lenders of Money Arc in Pre
carious Condition ami Can Give No
Information One Susct Under
Arrest One Crime Committed Ijist
Night, the Oilier litis Morning
Men Found 1'iwonsclous In Their
SIkis, Terribly Wounded Bloody
Gas PIm Found, Showing WeaMn
I'sed In One Instance Martin Not
Cmiicled With Present Gang c
Thugs.
Portland, May 12. Two assaults on
pawnbrokers, both of which may re
sult fatally, have occurred within the
last 12 hours.
The latest was reported to the po
lice at 11:30 this morning when the
unconscious form of H. Newman, a
Couch street pawnbroker, was found
lying In his shop with a deep gash In
his skull and two cuts across the face.
The weapon used by the murderer
was a length of gas pipe which w-as
found later.
Newman Is still unable to tell the
police what occurred in the store. He
Is unable to give the police any de
scription of his assailant.
Max Hermann, the pawnbroker
who was attacked and beaten Mon
day evening, 1st still at St. Vincent's
hospital. The doctors fear his skull
may have been fractured.
C. W. Wagner, th man arrested on
suspicion of complicity in the Her
mann assault, is still In prison. He
will be examined this afternoon. .
The police now believe that there
Is an organized gang of pawnshop
thieves working In Portland. At this
time they do not connect Martin, the
accused murderer of Paw nbroker Na
than Wolff, with any connection with
these thugs.
EXCURSION FOR SAILORS.
Blue Jackets Dinuv With Social Stars
Tonight.
San Francisco, May 12. Excursions
were the principal thing on the pro
gram today for visitors and fleet
guests.
Under the auspices or me an just
Chamber of Commerce 300 officers
paid a visit to the metropolis of the
Santa Clara valley.
Five hundred went over to Valle
Jo. where they were entertained by
a banquet.
This afternoon the Inter-squadron
cutter race takes place on the bay,
and tonight the first great social func
tion takes place, when 2500 men will
dance with socially the finest in the
. a iittto 'iikit chosen by
lot will lead the grand march with ,
the ranking lady present.
Grange for Equal Suffrage.
Eugene. May 12. State grange con
vontinn todav Dassed a resolution fa
voring equal suffrage, after listening
to the address of xAbgil Scott Dunl-
wav. The principal work of the con
vention was In perfecting the organiz
ation for regular work. Mayor J. 1
Matlock welcomed the delegates.
ALASKAN WHEAT YIELDS WELL.
Idaho Muu (iels 200-Fold Returns
From Seed Sown.
A correspondent at Julletta, Idaho,
writing to the Lewiston Tribune con
cerning the new Alaskan wheat grown
there, says:
Farmers In this section are much in
terested In the development of the
Alaska wheat. The experience of A.
Adams with the wheat has been most
successful and his total crop this year
Is for sale for seed.
Of the propagation of wheat and
the heavy yields he says:
Some three years ago I procured
one head of wheat with which I have
been experimenting. I sowed the one
head in the fall of 1904 and in the
summer of 1905 harvested seven
pounds. Sowed the seven pounds in
the spring of 1906 and harvested 1,
545 pounds that fall.
Sowed that In the fall of same year
but last year's crop was mostly de
stroyed by tho heavy snow fall In the
winter and by a hall storm In July,
but saved enough to sow a number of
hundred acres this fall and spring for
a crop In 1908. I raised over 200
times the amount of seed sown every
crop not destroyed by storms.
Recently the city council of Top
penlsh, Wash., passed an ordinance
making Toppenlsh a wide open town.
The mayor has vetoed the ordinance
and the better part of the citizens are
said to commend him for the act.
WORE 11 or
MURDESED Mill
Damaging Evidence Against
Edward H, Martin in Wolff
Murder Case,
WIFE AND DAUGHTER
IDENTIFY THE GARMENT.
Clcik Who Sold it to the Collateral
Banker Also Identifies it Was
Wrii by Pawnbroker on the Day
He Was Killed and .Martin Had It
on When Arrested Feu Days Iater
Accused Man Maintains Stoical
Air of Indifference Says He
Bought it of Peddler Four Mouths
Ago.
Portland, May 12. Direct evidence
of the most damaging character has
been secured for the state by local
detectives against Edward Hugh Mar
tin, the ex-army officer, accused of
the murder of the collateral banker,
Nathan Wolff.
The overcoat worn by Martin at the
time he was arrested and taken to
the city prison has been Identified as
belonging to the dead pawnbroker. It
was worn by Wolff on the day he was
murdered.
This Is testified to by Mrs. Nathan
Wolff and her 11-year-old daughter
Alice.
Edward E. Eubanks, a clerk In a
local clothing store. Identified the coat
as QjUe he sold Wolff several months
ago. He declares he remembers It
particularly as It was a special order.
Martin still preserves his stoical air
of indifference. When confronted
with this latest phase in his case he
merely offered his own explanation
of his ownership of the coat.
"I bought It from a peddler in
front of the Portland hotel four
months ago," he said. . "I can prove
this fact."
FIRE CHIEF AT
TOXAPAH IX TROUBLE
Citizens Charge Htm With Aiding
Blade's Destruction.
Tonopah, Nev.,' May 12 Bitter
feeling has been aroused against Fire
Chief MeKenzie by his alleged bellig
erent actions during the progress of
a fire which Monday night destroyed
a $150,000 block of business houses.
Three citizens, W. Grimes, Mc
Guire and Murphy, charge McKenzle
struck them and refused to allow vol
unteers totake the. fire fighting ap
paratus to the fire until he had dress
ed. They lay the destruction of the
block to the chief's action as they as
sert the blaze could have easily been
subdued at the start. As It was it
took the department 20 minutes to
move 200 feet down the hill.
The fire burned two hours. Other
witnesses declare the chief cut a rope
with which the volunteers were pull
hose over the buildings.
D. B. Gillies, president of the Ton
opah Extension club, declares McKen
zle tried to stab him during the fire.
To Reclaim Swamps.
Washington, May 12. Annual
meeting of the national drainage con.
gress begins today wth a large at
tendance. The subject of dranage will
be an important one for consideration
at the White House conference of
governors and the two meetings will
cooperate In the reclamation of
swamp lands.
Tillman to Euroc.
Washington, May 12. Threatened
wfth paralysis, Senator Tillman will
sail for Europe with his family
Thursday In the hope of relief.
R. Forster Is III.
Robert Forster, proprietor of the
Pendleton planing mill, is ill at his
home on East Alta street.
Hear Thonison Case.
Judge Snell of the Pierce county,
Wash., superior court has set May 18
as the time for the hearing of the In
sanity case of Chester Thompson, the
young slayer of Judge G. Meade Em
ory In Seattle.
Epidemic of Measles.
Upwards of 100 children are said to
be suffering from measles In Cle El
um, Wash. There are also several
cases of scarlet fevet and diphtheria.
Tacoma's Population.
According to the estimate made by
the Polk directory publishers, Taco
ma has a population of between 112,
000 and 115,000.
Two young men borrowed an auto
mobile without asking the owners of
the machine In Seattle the other day.
They then found a couple of girls and
started out for a ride, which ended
by the machine plunging over a 75
foot embankment Into the sound. The
girls were fatally Injured and the boys
seriously.
VENZIELA TOWN IS
CITY OF DEATH.
Wilemstad, May 12. La
Guayra, Venezuela, Is a city of
death. A plague I spreading
there.
Alone, unaided, the populace
Is making a desperate fight,
but with little success. They
are cut off ly quarantine with
a sea and land patrol. Busl-
ness Is suspended, stores are
closed and no one comes out
except upon compulsory busl-
ness. The La Guayra railroad
has ceased operations.
MANY HOYS ESCAPE FROM
STATE REFORM SCHOOL
System Introduced by New Officer at
Washington Institution Is Respon
sible. Centralla, May 11. Despite the ef
forts of Superintendent Thompson to
hide the facts It has been ascertained
that 17 boys have escaped from the
state training school at Chehalls, be
tween April 7 and May 1 of this year.
Of this number only a few have been
recaptured. Six of these boys escap
ed during the last week or 10 days of
April.
The cause of the trouble seems to be
the installation of new rules and Ideas
by a new detail officeh, who Is a re
cent arrival from Kansas City. It
appears that Superintendent Thomp
son accepted these Ideas, not dream
ing that the result would be so disas
trous as it has become.
There have been no breaks for lib
erty among the girls; but owing to
the absence of Mrs. Ella Stair, who
has left for a two weeks' vacation In
Olympla, It Is feared that attempts
will be made in the girls' ward.
BODY IX R FIN'S IS
IDENTIFIED BY RIXGS.
Xo Longer Seems to Be Any Doubt
Arch Fiend Finally Met Her Equal
Rings Were Inilcddcd in Flesh
and Were Not Noticed at First Ex
amination One Gold Band Form
erly Belonged to Her Second Hus
lwnd. La Porte, Ind., May 12. The most
convincing evidence so far discovered
shows that the body of the woman
found In the ashes of the Gunness
home was that of Mrs. Belle Gunness,
who had a private burying grounl
near her back door, was revealed to
day when Dr. J. H. Meyers, the cor
oner's physician, found three rings
oh one of the hands of the corpse.
One plain gold band bore the in
scription, "P. G. to J. S., Aug. 2, "94."
It Is thought that "P. G." was Phillip
Gunness, Mrs. Gunness' second hus
band. Inside the second ring, set with a
diamond, wae inscribed, "H. S. to J.
S, 3-5, '95." The third was not In
scribed. Several people declare these to be
the rings worn by Mrs. Gunness. The
rings had sunk into the flesh of the
hand and were not noticed at the first
examination of the body.
M ESSEXGEll ASSAULTED :
CAR LOOTED.
Seattle. May 12. Two holdup
men assaulted Express Messen-
ger Joseph E. Arrine on the
Great Northern and Seattle-
Vancouver train between Bal-
lard and Seattle at 8:30 this
t morning. They looted the ex-
press and mall, left the mes-
sender unconscious and escaped
t before the train pulled into Bal-
lard where the crime was dis e
covered.
The robbery was planned with
great care and the thugs got
away with at least $6000. As
they had fully an hour's start
their escape Is probable. Perrine
bound and gagged, was
found bv trainmen unconscious
In his car a half mile from Bal-
lard. He has two deep cuts in
the head.
William Blakeley, former sheriff of
the county and also ex-member of the
legislature, Is being urged as an In
dependent candidate for representa
tive and a petition for his nomination
li now being circulated. Whether or
not Mr. Blakeley will accept the nom
ination and make the race against L.
L. Mann, republican candidate and
statement No. 2 man, is not known.
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WILLIAM ETLAKELET if US CANDIDATE
i (Till III
PIELCOME Tiff
Farmer's Demonstration in
Pendleton on Wednesday
Evening May 13.
WILL BE RUX UNDER
' AUSPICES O. R. & N.
Lectures by O. A. C. Experts for Two
Hours Wednesday Evening from 4
to 6 p. m. Farmers Urged to At
tend tle Lectures Specially Equip
lcd Demonstration Cur Prepared by
tlie O. R. & X. for the Course of
Lectures.
On Wednesday morning, May Ur
the first farmers' demonstration train
ever run in eastern Oregon will cross
the border into Umatilla county and
will spend tomorrow and Thursday la
the county.
The train is being run under th
auspices of the freight department of
the O. R. & N. and Is accompanied by
lecturers from Oregon agricultural
college who lecture on advanced .the
ories of farming and who are doing,
an immense amount of good In their
tour.
The train was run through . Sher
mun and Gilliam counties yesterday
and today Is visiting Morrow county
points, including Heppner, lone, Lex
ington, Clem and Condon ad tomorrow
morning will cross the line Into Uma
tilla county after making a stop at
Irrigon.
The Itinerary of the train in Uma
tilla county Is as follows and farmers
at every point are urged to attend ths
lectures and greet the train In th
spirit in which it is run:
Wednesday, May 13.
Arr. Irrigon 8:15 a. m., rem. 1 hour
Arr. Hermlston 9:45 a. m., rem. 1 nr.
Arr. Echo 11:15 a. m., remain 1 hour
Arr Pilot? Rock 2:15 p. m., rem. 1 nr.
Arr. Pendleton 4:00 p m., rem. 2 hra,
Thursday, May 14.
Arr. Milton 9 a. m., remain 1 hour
Arr. Weston 10:45 a. m., rem. 1 hour
Arr. Athena 1:15 p. m., remain 1 hr.
Arr. Adams 2:45 p. m., remain 1 hour.
At Pendleton Tomorrow Night.
The train will reach this city to
morrow arieinoon at 4 o'clock and the
lectures will be given from 4 to 6 in
the specially equipped demonstration
car and every farmer of this vicinity
is urged to attend the lectures. The
O. R. & N. company has equipped the
train and Is running it at great ex
pense and the people will receive the
benefits.
The committee in charge of the lo
cal arrangements Is composed of the
following members of Pendleton Com
mercial association: Dr. I. U. Tem
ple, Judge S. A. Lowell. Will Moore, .
Dr. M. S. Kern. G. W. Bradley. M. A. .
Rader, D. B. Costuma and R. H.
Wilcox. However, the professors ac
companying the train have requested'
that no elaborate program for their
entertainment be prepared and their
stay in the city will not be marked by
any demonstration.
The party will remain over night
here tomorrow night and will go to
Milton early Thursday morning to be
gin the return trip down the Walla
Walla branch during the day.
Those who will accompany the
train In the capacity of lecturers will
be as follows, aside from O. R. & N.
officials:
Dr. James Withycombe, director
experiment station.
Professor C. I. Lewis, horticultur
ist. Professor C. E. Bradley, chemist.
Professor H. D. Scudder, agrono .
mist.
The principal subjects to be dis-
cussed are:
Summer fallow, horticulture, anl
mal husbandry, "chemistry of the soil,
rotation of crops, general cultural :
methods.
Telephone War Ends.
Butte. Mont., May 12. The strike
of the linemen and operators of the
Rocky Mountain Belle Telephone
company was called off today on a
referendum vote taken by the electri
cal workers union. An agreement
was reached by compromise to end
the strike and It means an end of the
telephone war In Utah, Idaho and
Wyoming.
But according to those who wish to
see him run, there Is a strong senti
ment all over the county in favor of.
his re-election to the legislature.
J. N. Scott, Independent candidate
for Joint representative. Is no in
Morrow county and has issued a chal
lenge to T. J. Mahoney, his opponent,
to debate with him throughout tin
two counties the suhject of statement
No. 1.