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EVENING EDITION nsEDirion WEATHER REPORT. Fair tonight with light frost; Sunday , fair and warmer. Take your itor nw to the people and the people will bring their patronage to your itor. VOL. 21. PENDLETON, OllEGON, SATURDAY, MAY 1G. 1908. NO. 6284 noes FOB PENDLETON: Message Received From Con gressman Ellis Announcing Appropriation. I1EI.1EVEI) THAT SENATE j WILL PASS TIUJ BILL. $70,0(1(1 for Building and Site Means That Pcwtoffiee, Bureau of Aivlnuil Industry, 1'iU ted States Coiuiuls- doner's Office and Possibly JYidoral aiu pounded. Court Will Have Homo in TWs City i Strnigthciis Argunieiu for C'rea- Reward for Sir. Guhhcm. lion of New District autl Lotiiiloit , La Porte, May 16. Seven thousand of Jiealquarters In lidlctoii dollar" ha8 been appropriated as a re , ward for the arrets of Mrs. Gunness If New tomes ad Surprise. gn( )s lave C(junty commg. I sinners took this step this morning. Washington, D. C, May 15. Hon. E. J. Murphy, Pendleton. Appropriation seventy 'thous- .and dollars public building Pen- dleton passed house. W. C (ELLIS. The above brief measure received of llbel Purred by Wm. S. Tevls, here last evening by Mayor E. J. Mur- ' tne millionaire of this city. The de phy has caused more Joy within the tenint gave ball In the sum of $41.; city than any single ;pleee of local In- 000 ln Pach of tne three Cle telllgence that has been received for ' many weeks. The passage of the appropriation by the house practically means that Pendleton will be given a federal building, and that In the near future, for the appropriation provides for both the securing of the site and the ! erection of a building. The Pendleton building was includ- j ed In the omnibus appropriation bill, which was favorably reported to the "house on Thursday. The measure provides for buildings at Albany, the completion of one at Eugene, buildings ' at Belllngham, North Taklma and Spokane Man PiirvluiHcw One of Pen "Lewlston and Tor sites at Olympla. dleton's I-oadlnir Slrrraiifik Jnwti Walla Walla. Everett and Pocntello. uUonMMp n,nU Whh iWrv a, Albany Is given but $65,000 for Its, ... ,im.., .r, ! Weston K, E. Tarls Will Go On Now that the bill has pasoed the ; house It only remains for the senate to confirm the mensure and those in- ! formed upon the situation believe 1 there will ne no troume in tne senate. for the house usually acts In the ca- parity or treasury watonaog. A federal building for this city will . fte for tne accommodation or tne post. office. I. 8. commissioner, offices of tne bureau or animal industry and or the federal court Should a district bo rrganlzed with this place as head- rjuarters. ; Those In touch with affairs declare that If ever a new district 1 created a brother-in-law of County Clerk this city will be selected as hendqtiar- prnni Sallng. ters because the greater portion of the lt E Tarbet, who has conducted leglslH'ure Is from the Umatilla In- the Fair store In this city for tho dlnn reservation. , past eight years and who has built it The news that the appropriation up t j,e 0lle 0f the leading establish has T"is"ed the house came as a dls- ments In the Inland empire, will re t;nct surprise to most people Ia.-t nleht ' nialn In Umatilla county for some for It was not known that the appro- , (mo but' will devote his time to the prlntlon could be had this year. ! r,,i estate business largely. He owns thotiHh the need of the building Is a homestead near Meacham and will pressing. Throughout the session Con- live upon that for some time and will gressman Ellis has been earnestly ( be a resident of the county Indefl worklng for the appropriation and his ; aitely. success has won much praise for his 1 The Fair store will be closed next energy nnd Influence In congress. Monday for Invoicing and will -por-S"rintc Probable Action. ;haps remain closed during all of tiext In the opinion of Tr. C. J. Smith.' week, but is the Intention of Mr. who Is Informed concerning affairs at Funk to open next Saturday wltb a Washington through the fact that he monster sale which will perhaps wn- spent several days there on his return home, the federal building bill will he also passed by the senate. "As the appropriation Is embodied In the omnibus bill the sennte will very likely pnss It as it Is. 'declared the doctor this afternoon. "While I was In Washington I talked with both Congressmen Ellis and Hawley upon the subject and thpy thought then the bill would pass the house. I was not able to learn much concerning the senate's attitude then because I could not find Senator Rourne, and Senator Fulton was In this state." Propped Tend on lio Street. John Hlto, a pioneer of Moscow, Idaho, dropped dead on the street there Tuesday. He was 81 years old. CONFESSES TO M0R0EA1 SWEETHEART Kanab, Utah, May 16. Alvln Hea ton, aged 18, today made a full writ ten confession, giving the details of how he murdered Mary Stevens, his sweetheart, last April, because she In sisted that he marry her, and then hid her body Irt tho rocks In Garden hollow. Ho states that the crime was premeditated. He realized that he would be charg ed with the crime and he endeavored to build up an alibi, : WHOLE FAMILY IS .MURDERED, e Wlkatunk, N. J., May 16 William Shepard, his wife and II In Jennie Benry, were mur- dered some time during the night In the Shepard farm house at Matawan. Identification of the assassin Is not known here. The one year old child of the Shepard people Is perhaps fatal- ly shot. Th tragedy Is veiled In mystery. One of the farm hands has disappeared and a posse is searching for him. No motive is known. IUOT8 IN CHINA. Toklo, May 16. Rioting In Pajik, (lilna, H liuTcang, niiieh propert) has been dCNtrovcd uimI inanv killed The sum of $5000 was also set aside as expenses for the coroner and $2000 for the sheriff In their Investigations. It Is not thought that there are any more bodies on the farm. XrwHMiiMT Men Held. Bakersfleld, Cal., May 16. Justice Black today held R. A. Crothers and Fremont Older, proprietor and editor of the fan Francisco Bulletin, to an ! swer to the superior court on a charge L; M. FUNK BUYS TIE EI STORE It. E. TARUET SELI? OUT A ITER EIGHT TEAKS Illuc .Mountain Ranch. The Fair stone, one of the leading merc..niiie establishments of the city. , d gold t0 , Pnnb Bpo. kane wh(J w, ,ake churge of the business Immediately and after ln- volc(l)K w open tne plaoc for DUB. neM wn a iargt.r loc ,uuj wth many mpr0vcmenUi In view. Mr Funk has DPt. n business In simkane for the Da?t 11 years, but formerly worked for Sallng & Co. at Weston, and Is well known to many people ln this city and county. He is tlnue for some time This store was moved inti the Smith-Crawford building two years ago when Its capacity and floor space was morn than doubled and it haa enjoyed nn excellent trade. Mr. Funk Is nn experienced business man and Is a western man and 'will endeavor to build up a still larger trade In this field. He recognizes Pen dleton as one of the very best towns In the entire northwest and Is coming here to make his home permanently. McCnutlln to Bo Tried In June. W. D. McCassIln, the alleged mur derer of E. F. Zaspell nt Heppner, who was arrested In Spokane, will be tried on the charge of murder In the first degree at Heppner, June 9. "I met her at S o'clock," ho states. "She Insisted that I marry her. I begged her to let me off. She refused and told me that under the law she could compel me to do so. Then I shot her four times, hid her body ln tho rocks and came home In a swift trot." He then did the chores and made himself conspicuous about the house in order to prove he had been at home during the time the murdor was supposed to have been committed. EIIEIT GETS President Calls Japan's Atten tion to Influx of Japanese Laborers. .MIKADO TOLD TO ACT OU UNITED STATES WILL An Exclusion Law Will He Adopted If Ruler of Little Drown Mn Ioe Not Take Steps to Keep Hi Un desirable Citizen at Home Matter Ix'ft to Japan An An Act of four ei; Hut Tliat Country Has Palled to Regulate It Remonstrance Is the Result. Washington, May 16. An unoffi cial announcement was made today that President Roosevelt has, In strong terms, called the attention of Japan to the continued Influx of Japanese laborers and that the mikado has been Informed that unless the matter Is not regulated the United States will be compelled to adopt an exclusion law. There was a big drop In the num ber of Japanese arrivals Immediately after the pa sage of the resolution, last year putting the passport agreement Into effect, but the number of brown men coming in Is steudily crawling up. As Japan would strongly oppose any action looking to legalization on the policy of exclusion. President Roose velt decided to leave that country lo regulate matters so that it would not wuffer any humiliation. ( But aa h mikado has been slow In stopping the influx the president feels that it 1 his duty to call a halt, even if he has to address a remonstrance to Japan.. REAR ADMIRAL HETIItiax Itlckncss Leaves Fighting Heoord lleliiml Him. Washington, May 16. Rear Ad miral (ieorge H. Iilekness, for more than' a year past commandant nf the navy yard at Portsmouth, N. H., was placed on the retired list today by op eration of the age limit. Captain Ed win K. Moore, a member of the navy examining and retiring boards In this city, has been named to succeed Rear Admiral Hkkness as commandant at Portsmouth. Hear Admiral Hkkness leaves be hind him a record of active service of exceptional Interest. He was born ln New Jersey, May 15, 1SI6, and receiv ed his early education in private schools in Indiana He entered the army In 1861 and served as first lieu, tenant In the volunteer Infantry dur ing the Morgan raid. He graduated from the United State naval academy In 1S66 and for three year served in the Atlantic fleet. Some of the most interesting experiences of his early career occurred In Japan. He was present at the opening of the ports of Kobe and Osaka to trade and was In the landing party that repelled the at tack of Prince Hlxen nt Kobe. WOMAN HITS OPPONENT RIGHT ON THE NOSE Victoria Matron Won't Stand for Chenting M BrUlpp. Victoria, R. C, May 16. Victoria is nt present discussing a bridge senn- dal which Involves a number of the most prominent women In the upper strata of society. One of these, n res ilient of Rockland avenue, the most fashionable street of the city, held a bridge party a few afternoons ago to which only the elite were bidden. Dur ing the course of play one swagger ma tron calmly but pertinently remarked thc.t her opponent was cheating and landed what a sporting editor would call a "right hook" to the nose. A general campaign of hat destruction snd hair pulling followed until the cosy drawing room took on the ap pearance of a field of battle. Actions and cross actions for asault are now threatened, and In the meanwhile the very mention of bridge Is sufficient to make u Rockland-avenue hostess seek thi seclusion of her boudoir for "a real good cry." Thaw Don't Smile. Pouuhkeepsle, N. Y., May 16. Har ry Thaw entered the court room to day minus the usual smile that he has been wearing of late. He was Imme diately taken In hand by Attorney Graham and coached for tho part he was about to play when he takes the stand In the proceedings brought to release him from the nsylum. It is probable he may testify today. Dr. Evans, who testified ln the two Thaw trials, was the first witness to day. He declared that he thought Thaw was sane. He based his opin ion on his observation of Thaw, while the latter was In Mattcawan. "I saw Thaw last night and told him he ought to take the stand. I believe that he can convince the court that he Is sane In this manner." 1 FLEET MBS ABE HUMILIATED Admiral Dayton in Command and a Mere Cruiser is Flag ship of Great Squadron, 11,000 SAILORS AND OFFICERS ARE SULKING. Office? Not Identified With Biff Fleet 1m Running the Whole Show Com munder of CrulT Squadron Seizes Opportunity to Take Fall Out of ltig Fighters am to Remind People Tluit Ships From Atlantic Are Not the Only One Doing l)UMlnce In llK-m Waters. San Francisco, May 16. The esprit de corps of the Atlantic squadron has received a sad jolt. There are 14,000 sulklng.sallors and lllnatured officers who are suffering from an aggravated case of humilia tion as a consequence of Admiral Dayton and the cruiser squadron falling to withdraw from the big show, when through the hauling down of the pennant of Rear Admiral Thomas he became for a time the senior of ficer and today the two starred blue pennant of commander In chief is floating from a mere cruiser and an officer not Identified with the big fleet at all Is running the whole show. It had been arranged that when Thomas left Sperry was to be ln com. miind, as it was understood that Day ton and the cruiser squadron would leave at once for the south. But with the hauling down of Thomas' flag the blue two-starred pennant of Dayton went up and Sperry's red flag is drop, ping dejectedly In a subordinate po sition over the Connecticut. Now If any ofifcer of the battleship squadron wants to do a little social stunt on shore he must ask permission of almost an alien officer. This made many aching hearts In the big fight ers today. Many reasons are given for the delay in the sailing of the cruisers, but the general opinion is that Dayton Just hung around so as to take a slight fall out of the battle ships and remind the people of the coast that the cruiser squadron Is al so doing business In these waters. The cruisers will sail south Mon day. LINE OF STEAMERS TO OPERATE ON COLUMBIA. fa plain W. P. Gray of Paaeo, Pro moting an Ambitious Enterplse. Pasco, Wash., May 16. Plans ar being made and will probably be per fected whereby a company will be or agnized In this city to build and oper ate a line of steamboats on the CO' lumbla river. "While It is yet In Its infancy, the undertaking will undoubtedly be car ried out," t-ald Captain W. P. Gray, of this city, who is working In behalf of the proposed enterprise. "The Idea is to distribute stock among the farmers and merchants throughout the Inland empire, thus making those who will lecelve the direct benefit of the un dertakinar.' stockholders. Portland es pecially, will derive a great share of the benefits which will be distributed throughout the great northwest as soon as we are given water transpor tation to the sea. With the continued progress now being made In the Co lumbia river valley it will only be a nuestlon of a few years before Irrigat ed Washington will demand better and more extensive shipping accommoda tions, and to this end we are earnestly working. earnestly working. "The plan of operating a line of boats o nboth the upper and lower Columbia has been In my mind for many years, but not until recently have I given It my personal atten tion. I find that such an undertaking would call for a large amount of money, yet it Is evident by the many letters received from prominent men throughout the state that the dream of the older navigators on the Colum bia may yet become a reality. The extensive Improvements continually being made on the river materially ads us In promoting the great plan which will be the stepping stone In connecting the headwaters of the Co lumbia river with Portland. Teddy Was Right. New York, May 16. The right of Tresldent Roosevelt to summarily dls miss the negro soldiers of the 25th Infantry for alleged participation In the riot at Brownsville, Tex., was sus tained today by Judge Hough In the United States district court. Oscar W. Reld, a soldier, sued the government receiver for $4122 as wages from the date of his dismissal to the expiration of his enlistment. District Attorney Stlmson contended that the president had the right to dismiss the soldier, and Judge Hough sustained this contention. STREET CAR STRIKE TIES UP CLEVELAND. Cleveland, Ohio, May 16. A e' strike of street car men waa call- ed this morning at 4:45 o'clock and nearly all the municipal lines, which la the three cent fare road, are tied up. A few mild disturbances fol- lowed, but no violence has been reported. A majority of the em- ployes refused to walk out with the atrlkers, but It la expected that they will do so within the next few hours. Superintendent Cook of the car lines states the usual num- ber of cara will be running within 10 hours. The union men claim that the strike result- ed from President Dupont break- Ing faith with the men. Soldier May Be Needed. Cleveland, Ohio, May 16. Con ditions early this afternoon did Indicate that the militia might be needed but at present the police seem amply able to handle the situation. Three arrests have been made. Fig ures given otjt by the union sho over 1300 men are out. First serious disturbance occurred near the Lakevlew barns when a stone was hurled at Chief of Police Kohler by strike sympathizers. The rock struck him but did not inflict a se rious wound. A SQuad of policemen were driving back the crowd about the barns when the chief was hit. Whenever an attempt is made to op erate a car It Is Invariably followed by a howling mob which attempts to force the men to desert their posts. HAROLD WARNER BEST HIGH SCHOOL ORATOR Victor Over Oklier Eastern Oregon Representatives at Baker City Seven Contestants, But Decision Was Unanimous Weatlier Good at Baker and Prospects Bright for In teresting Held Meet. Harold Warner, representing the Pendleton high school In the oratori cal contest at Baker City, won first place In the contest last night and placed Pendleton at the head of the list of eastern Oregon schools ln the oratorical field. There were seven contestants In the Baker City event and all were well prepared for the occasion and the winning by Warner for Pendleton Is one of the foremost victories won by the local schools this season. The subject of Warner's oration was "The Opportunities of Youth," and he was especially well prepared and gave his number In a most able manner, winning the conest uanlmous vote of the Judges, by the Those who took part In the contest were as follows: Harold Warner. Pendleton; La Rose Bailey, North Powder: Arthur Moody, Ontario: Ella Shelton, Union; Luther Moore, Prlne- vllle; Eleanor Taylor, Baker City and William Motley, Cove. Look Good for Field Sleet. A telephone message from Baker PENDLETON BOY WIS CONTEST City late this afternoon says that theiTwent fop Cari,ds Slilpped to the weamer is excellent ana an me teams are ln good condition and spirits. The u j i . . . . , . schedule of events Is being carried out I ... . , . . . , i at time of going to press, but no final results were obtainable at that time. The seven eastern Oregon schools j are all represented with irooii teams iv, ,..,. i ,i ,(...ij v... I 'a T"Z " . ... " . the surrounding country.. Reward for Robbers. . Seattle, May 16. The Great North ern has offered $5000 for the capture of the train robbers who robbed the Wells-Fnrgo express car last week near Seattle. Tarbet Quits Fair Store. At the recorder's office today a bill of sale, whereby R. E. Tarbet relin quishes his Interest In the Fair store to U. M. Funk, was filed for record. The consideration named in the bill of sale Is "one dollar and other valuable considerations." SOLDIERS PUT BILE Tomorrow afternon the Pendleton ball team will play at the Matlock grounds against the soldiers from Fort Walla Walla and Lnrlmer's heavy stickers are planning toput the bluecoats In the rear rank. It was with the soldiers that the local team played last Fourth of July and the game was a good one. In the game tomorrow Parkes will be In the box for Pendleton and sev eral new players will be "brought out" by Manager Lorlmer. One of close conr mil PUBLICITY Rubicon is CrossedCan Be No Turning Back Now, Movement Will Succeed. PROPOSITION STRONGER THAN AT ANY TIMS People Store Free ln Offering Support T. C. Taylor as Cliainnan of Bu reau, Enters Heartily Into Work of Organizing Influence Means Much to Movement Cohen Propose New Plan for Subscriptions- Schedule la Mado Out All Will Be Solicited Another Sleeting Win Be Held Mon day Night.. At a meeting of the publicity bureau committee held last evening the con tract with the Sunset magazine people was formally agreed to and plans for raising the remainder of the money needed for the publicity fund were gone over to some extent. Monday evening another meeting of the com mittee will be .held. Since the publicity bureau move--ment waa started last Tuesday even ing, there has been no relaxation on the part of those behind the move ment, but on the contraiy, the plans have been laid along even firmer and broader lines than those first propos ed. As business men and property awn- ers learn more about what U propos ed with the publicity bureau they are becoming more free In offering their -support and the movement is now . much stronger than It has been at any -time since Tom Richardson's famous -meeting at the court house. Since accepting the chairmanship of the committee, T. C. Taylor has en- -tered with a will Into the work of. organizing the bureau and his Influ ence has also brought other heavy property owners Into line. As a result ': 11 Is now said that little difficulty will be had In raising a fund of from $6000 to $10,000 and that the proper ty owners will willingly bear their part of the expense. At the meeting last evening Leon Cohen submitted a plan whereby in seeking subscriptions the committee will ask each business man and prop erty owner for an amount ln keeping with his financial standing. From an .. assessment table a schedule of sub scriptions has been made out and In raising funds for the bureau the com mittee will ask Individuals only for such amounts as they should right- fully pay. When the committee closed the con. -tract with the Sunset magazine com nanv It "crossed the Rubicon," for it incurred a $2200 contract and there - can now be no turning back ln the1 matter. Accordingly all Interested are asked to put their shoulders to the wheel and assist by their subscrip tions and Influence to make the bu reau one that will be creditable ta Pendleton. SHEEP TO SIONTANA. ,,, ,hnt state from Echo.' . . - At Echo yesterday Rhea Bros, of Jz . , .,.. oi -i.. Forsvthe. Mont., loaded 24 carloads ' ' rntlv nllrrhBB. " B".K ' ' ', 7 . ' "t e . " , , T , u Heppner The sheep were all yearl- 'nm wethers and are to go upon the i nltA. TI.no ' mmmAP Rhea Bros.' summer ranges in Mon- tana. Though the sheep market ha been slow this spring a number of ship ments have been made lately from points west of here. Geyser on Court Street. Excitement was created at the court" house yesterday afternoon when a four horse team ran away on East Court street and dashed into the fire hydrant on the corner. The force of the collision was too much for the rydrant and for several minutes those In the vicinity were treated to the spectacle of a geyser that rivalled "Old Faithful." HEBE TOMORROW these will be Dean, of Aberdeen, who will hold down short stop. Dean -was sent here by "Bobby" Brown, mana ger for Aberdeen, and he will be given his first tryout on the Pendleton dia mond tomorrow. With the new players and general enthusiasm that now prevails In Pen dleton baseball circles no true fan . can afford to miss the game tomor row. Come out to see the new tnen and to show that you are alive. ! . 1
