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.
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