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EVHIMGEDITHI WEATHER REPORT. Take your store news to the people and the people will bring their patronage to your tore. Fair and warmer to night; Sunday prob ably fair. VOL. 21. PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 23. 1908. NO. 6289 OTITIC FLEET IS AT SEATTLE City Filled With Thousands of Enthusiastic Cheering Cit- izeus and Sailors, TRAINS AND BOATS root IX VISITORS Scores of Craft of All Descriptions Loath! to ilic Guard Meet and Welcome Uncle Knin'tf Big Fighting Ships ami Brave CreM Key of Pure Gokl Ircscmd to Admiral Tlionuirf Mayors and Governor Head tl Welcoming Timing Fair Daughter lu Dance Wkh Gallant Tars raradc a Feature. Seattle. Wash., May 23. In Its most virulent form, the fleet-madness which has 'raged as an epidemic in the cities of the California coast to day seized Seatle in its grasp and transformed the populace augmented by thousands of visitors. Into a fair imitation of an army of howling der vlshes. All day yesterday and early this morning the trains and boats poured sightseers Into the city In an ever Increasing flood that threatens to swamp the hospital provisions of Seattle's houses of entertainment. The rush for places of vantage to witness the Incoming of the. fleet be gan early and continued until the great fighting ships poked their noses into Elliott bay, to be welcomed by a pandemonium of cheers and boom ing guns and shrill, Jubilant whistles from the craft in the harbor, taken up and echoed by myriad whistles in factory and mill. . Two great merchant vessels, bear ing the reception committee of the Seattle chamber of commerce, the mayor of Seattle, the governor of Washington and executive officials of all the states and leading cities of the, northwest, headed the line of scores of craft that welcomed the flee. Gov ernor Mead and Mayor Miller ex tended to the officers and men of the fleet the freedom of the state and the city, and Admiral Thomas was presented with a large key of purest Alaskan gold. This evening the officers of the fleet will be given a reception by the chamber of, commerce, and the en listed men will be the guests of the city fire department at a grand ball at Leschl Park pavilion, at which gome of the fairest daughters of the Pacific northwest will dance with the gallant tars of Uncle Sam's nnvy. Tomorrow special services will be held In all churches for the tars of religious proclivities, and the others will not lack entertainment, even, let It be whispered, If their desires should take the form of Indulgence In the cup that cheers. Next week's entertainment will open with a great land parade that will be one of the spectacular and most thrilling features of the demon stration In' this city attendant upon the present visit of the Atlanlo bat leshlp fleet. Sixteen thousand uni formed men marching to the music of 4 0 bands, between double lines of several hundred thousand people, will furnish the greatest military spectacle ever seen In the northwest. A particularly brilliant feature of the parade will be the immense re viewing stand at Second avenue and Stewart street, before which the marching men will salute the high of ficials of the army and navy, the gov ernors of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Mayor Mil ler of Seattle, and the executives of many other cities In the northwest. The section of th grandstand reserv ed for the official party will be bril liant with the blue and gold lace of the army and navy uniforms and will form a bright central picture In the e TEACHER GIVES LIFE FOR CHILDREN. Fresno, Calif., May 23. At e tempting to save a crowd of e small children from being tram- pled to death by a runaway e horse, which was attached to a sulky at the race track this af e ternoon, Principal M P. Holmes was crushed to the ground and i his skull was fractured. He will e probably die. The occasion was e a school field meet ana a num-, e ber of school children were on e the track. Maud C, a local race e horse, was exercising, broke e away from her driver and ran e away. When Holmes saw the frenzied animal bearing' d own upon the children he dashed out and attempted to noid the horse. e EDITOR HARDEN BP BLOW S IS IDICITED UP ID FALLS Supreme Court of German Seven Men Injured When Big Empire Says He Was Rail- Morrell Ship Is Wrecked In PROFESSORS RESIGN FROM STANFORD COMMITTEE roaded to Prison. EXPOSED IMMORALITIES OF ROUND TABLE KNIGHTS. Mid Air. MEN DROP 200 FEET, Cannot Endure Criticism of Students of tlie University. Stanford University, Calif, May 23 Rather than continue to bear the critlcvlsm of the students for the acts of the student affairs committee and be placed in the position of having approved of the course of the com mittee, ex-Professor A. M. Cathcart of the law department and R. B. Swain of the chemistry department, have announced that they were un willing to continue on the committee and handed In resignations. The resignations from the commit tee will take effect June 1. It Is be lieved that the action of the commit tee In refusing to allow Harold Fitch, Chinese Secretary En Route to B. C . Vancouver, B. C, May 2., Tun Jin Lin, vice secretary of the Chinese embassy at London, England, Is en route to Vancouver to settle claims of the Chinese residents for damages sus tained during the anti-Asiatic riots last fall. The claims amount to $30, 000 and $40,000. Plague Is Raging. Wlllcmstead, May 23. Bubonic plague Is reported to have broken out at Puerto Cabello. Mesages from that place say that the plague Is rag Ing with terrible results at La Guayra In Unfair Trial He Wan Convicted of Vessel Was 450 Feet Long, Carried Llljel and Is Now In Penitentiary Despite Indignation of Populace- Men He Attacked Were Near the Emperor prince Zu Eulenbcrg, Trusted Advisor of Great Ruler, Now Under Arrest for Giving "Per jured Testimony During ILtnlen's Trial Court Orders Editor Rcleas- From jail by Giving Bond. rent of Air Was Reached. SOME ESCAPE UNHURT. edltor of the" DaIIy Pal( AUo ; student daily, his degree from the law school because he took a stand with the students in the nresent difficulty Five Engine, Large Crew and Cost I brought about the crisis. Inventor $90,000 Morrell Himself I A minority on the committee have Has Lcir nrokmi nesMcs on in. lonS been fighting the methods of I mini.. mo- it.. . ,. , tnp members on the committee. to WltncM the Ascent Famous Fitch's offense consisted in editor Flying Madiine Is Now Tangled I 'ally condemning the radical action Ma of Canvas and Rone Mon- of the udent affairs committee. His I nAtlfflA warn OnlrnAntlAilitAJ 4. U - - Hor nnff WiiM.Ip.1 VI,i IW rs,-- " i" , r conservative, hower, and rne action of the committee In his case occasion' ed great surprise, It was openly op posed by Prof. Cathcart DECLARED OFF JEWETT BEATEN liUUTAL ROBBERY ON ALTA . STREET LAST NIGHT Erlm Man Felled to the Ground by Blow on Head and Relieved of $21 and Gold Wntcl Crime Committed In Sltadow of Alta House Police Notified Immediately But Search in Vain for Perpetrators of Brutal Holdup. To be knocked on the head and rob bed of $21 and a watch was the fate that befell R. W. Jewett of Echo, last night and ilie crime constitutes the most brutal holdup that has occurred In this city for several years. Shortly after 11 o'clock last night Jewett was on East Alta street and when attacked was In the shadow of the Alta house. According to his story two men approuched him and one of them struck him a blow upon the head that rolled him to the ground They then went through his pockets, taking a purse containing $2 1.10 and his watch. The purse was engraved with the name of J. F. Jew ctt. Badly Dazed. Though badly dazed by the blow Jewett was not knocked Insensible and as soon as the robbers had left him he arose and hurried down town to notify tho police. He found Offi cer Kearney at once and to him told the story of the outrage. Jewett was able to give a fairly good description of the two men and the night officers at once took up the search. A half hour later two men were found that answered the de scrlptlons. However, upon Inves ligation It was found that they could not have committed the crime and they were released. Up to this time no further arrests have been made ano with the meagre Information the po lice have It may be Impossible to catch the men. Jewett, so it Is said, was partly in toxicated at the time of the robbery, and there Is a theory that, he was followed and robbed by two men who had seen him earlier In tho evening and spotted him as an easy victim. For several weeks there have been many idle men about the city and ac cording to Chief of Police Gurdane, the crowd contains more of the crim inal class than ever before In the sea of bright colored summer costumes' past. In view of the presence of and striking hats of the women who I these men it Is not surprising that a will assemble upon the stand to cheer 1 holdup has occurred and others may the passing troops. follow. ITT0HHEY C. E. (WIELD IS Fl C. E. Redfleld, the Heppner attor ney, died at his home In that city this forenoon. News of his death was re ceived here today by friends and rela tives, but did not come as a surprise for it has been known for some time past that his condition wag critical. Details as to the funeral have not been learned, but It Is presumed the interment will be In the cemetery at Heppner. Mrs. Eleanor Cameron, mother of Mrs. Redfleld, and her daughters, left this morning for Hepp ner and Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Fletcher have also gone there to attend the funeral. The deceased was a resident of New York, but passed the greater portion of his life as a resident of Umatilla and Morrow counties. In early days he practiced law in this city, being one of the firm of Bailey, Halleray & Redfleld. Some thing like 10 years ago he moved to Heppner and while there has been in partnership with S. P. Van Vactor. At the time of the Heppner flood the wife and daughter of the deceased were killed, Mr. Redfleld being In Portland at that time. Three years ago he was married to Miss Nell Cameron of this city, who survives him. . Aside from his wife tho deceased has no known relatives In the west except a sister, Mrs. Dunne, who lives at Tekoa, Wash. Lelpslg, Germany, May 23. Editor Berkeley, Cal., May 23. The big Maximilian Harden, whose exposure Morrell air ship, 450 feet long, blew of the immoralities of the Knights of up when 200 feet In the air this the Round Table and Emperor Wil- morning and fell a tangled mass of I jr. j. ot nam o njiuucu auniei resulted hi i canvse Aiiu ropes, injuring seven men. his Imprisonment for libel secured a I The big air ship was scheduled to great victory today when the supreme I make the ascent trip at noon and a court of the empire passed down a great crowd watched the ascent, oecision declaring mat his trial and When the ba struck the uooer cur. .cuici-e rC u.uair una granting rent ,t wobbied considerably and the mm a reiieuriiig. nPOTUIure Kppjimp unhnlanrerf anil naruun was sentenced lor accus- rHtw, .,h(, llnnpr -,,, nf thi ha l -. , it ...... 1 - 1 ' - - a vuu.u vui. won oi unspeaKaoie Tnl. w,th the went of flve motors BOISE BANKER ARRESTED. practices. caused the bag to burst. Capital National, Charged With Forgery, Boise, May 19. On a second com plaint charging forgery, Horace E, Neal, former cashier of the Capital State bank, was arrested yesterday afternoon and taken in the Justice court for arraignment. His hearing was set for Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Neal Is now under $10,000 bonds Tt-I rr . .. i . . . , . . jrw.iue ill cuienuerg, von MOllKe S Th men In h lnwor sortlon of th best friend and at one time Emperor shin flhnllf 7K thnR in th 'or trial in the district court on the William's trusted adviser, is under ar- unDr about 200 feet. charge of forgery on which he was rest charged with perjury in connec- The Injured are C. A. Morrell, In- bund over from the Justice court tlon with the testimony in the Harden Ventor. lee broken and badly cut: C. 8evera' weeks ago, and the court considered the bond sufficient to hold him In both cases and released him on his own recognizance to ap. pear for hearing Thursday, TUe complaint alleges that Neal forged the name of R. F. Cooke, a prominent sheepman of Mountain Home, to a promissory note for $500 with the intention to defraud the ine at-uwiun is a. crusning conoem- lnps: Justin Rnrhpr nhntmrrnnhpr. .mv.o.1 vi ine memoas useu in tne Hb8 broken; W Tyson, cut and bruls. ivjvu ' i on' fc? r YVuMAn " nonsnl rk man The decision Ig expected to quiet bruised snJ cut: P. H. Ooodfrlenrt. inu puui.c emmor against tne injus- f,rst engineer, bruised; Horst Miller. m.e uui.c me euuur. lu. tn,W Kml-orf- r-onfoin UN CURTAIN FOR DALEY. The court ordered the editor releas- f0M. aeronaut from Australia, stow cu irom prison on oono. ntt.av on sh B(,fl-t nrHor. Ipct crushed; J. Christensen, anchor Flr8t National bank of New York. winch, uninjured; John Burns, an ether member of the crew, climbed New York, May 23 Peter F. Daley up the bag as It overturned, and es- oiic of America's greatest comedian caped Injury. V. J. Fluno, San died muldenly today. Ist apcar- Francisco engineer, face lacerated; ance was in "Tlie Merry Widow" pro- John Ahem, engineer No. 4, escaped PE Ell diKtion here. Another Tornudo. Alblna, Iowa, May 23. A tornado, originating nine miles west of Albia, yesterday came down the valley with the speed of an express train and all buildings In Its path were blown away and stock was killed. L. M. Taylor, aged 78, was killed here. by Jumping; W. Mowrey, Oakland en gineer Xo. 5, escaped Injury. Morell says he has spent $00,000. WIN AT SEATTLE MRS. LEE PRICE SUES FOR A DIVORCE. Wants Igal Serration From Man Who Shot at Her and Her Alleged Affinity. As an aftermath of the sensational To Modify Power of Courts. Run snapping episode on Main street Washington, May 23. The republl- Wednesday, Mrs. Lizzie Price today JAY AND MEANS TAKE POINTS IN RIG MEET. can caucus last night voted against the passage at this session of congress of a bill to modify the power of fed eral courts in the powers of Injunc tion." N Drowned at Salem. Salem. Ore., May 23. Jesse Schaf- fer, a Portland chauffuer, was drown- d this morning In the Willamette riv. er by the capsizing of a canoe. He was with With Miss Ollle Drummond who escaped. The body has not been recovered. filed a suit for divorce from her hus band, T. L. Price, who attempted to shoot Dorsey Green. According to the allegations set forth In the complaint, which was filed by Carter & Smythe, Price has been cruel and abusive towards the plaintiff for the past 18 months. In part this treatment consists of Jay Wins Fir in the High Jump Second In High Hurdles ami Sprains Ankle in Pole Vaultings Means Is Third in Shot Put Inland Empire Against Western Washington Schools Yesterday. Wool Buyers Bid Hair Last Year's Price and Bids Are Rejected. 700,000 POUNDS OFFERED BUT NOT ONE IS 60LD. Best Price Offered Was Less Than Nine Cents Last Year It Would Have Brought More Tlian 16 Prob ably Moans No Woof Will Be Sold in Eastern Oregon This Year Smythe Predicts No Transfers When Sales Are Opened Here Hon day Tltousands of Pounds In Pen dleton and Pilot Rock Warehouses First Sale Scheduled for Branca lino Terminus. Because the buyers refused to bid more than half the sum that was paid for their clips last year the wool sala scheduled for Arlington this after noon was called off In despaJr. According to a 'phone message re ceived by the East Oregonlan from Arlington this afternoon 700,000 pounds of wool were offered for sale but the bids submitted ranged only from 1-4 cents to 8 3-4 cents. All bids were rejected. Last year the Gilliam county fleeces sold for double the prices offered to day and sheepmen are at a loss to account for the terrible slump. It is said that the Gilliam wool could have been sold earlier in the season for higher figures than those offered to day. When he learned of the bids ten dered at Arlington, Dan P. Smythe, secretary of the Woolgrowers' asso ciation, expressed much astonishment and predicted that the Umatilla coun ty wool will be held unless the buyers offer higher prices here. Local Sale Monday. The first wool sales day for this city is set for Monday and everything is now in readiness for that event. Thousands of pounds of wool are now stored at the Furnish warehouse, and will serve as sample clips at the sale Monday. On the day following the sale here there will be one held at Pilot Rock and it will be the first time a sale has ever been held in that town. Among Umatilla county growers the sale at Arlington has been awaited with Interest, for the sale there marks the opening of the wool market this season. Though the Gilliam count? clips do not bring the prices that are usually paid here, the figures at Ar lington are some criterion as to what will be given In Pendleton. In the great lnterscholastic field meet at Seattle yesterday, Ora Jay and Lester Means won nine points for the Pendleton high school and for the east nf thp tvmnntflins" tonm nt wVitnli personal abuse and general Jealousy they memhpr9 and suspicious actions on the part of Aceordln n thp n,va rMi,, Wp Emperor Has Cold. Vienna, Austria, May 23. Emperor Franz Joseph has caught a fresh cold and general audiences have been sus defendant. All without cause, so the wife alleges, her husband has at dif ferent times accused her of clanden- tlnely meeting with Green for the purpose of committing adultery. Shoots at Wife. this morning by Arthur Means, pres ident of the student body. Jay won first in the high Jump and second in the high hurdles. L. Means won third place In the shot put. While pole vaulting Jay sprained Ten days ago according to the com- hIa ankle and ,t nQt known ,.heth. plaint, such charges were made by pended. His age and 111 health are Prlce and at the time he threatened i using uneasiness. Postorrico Robbed. Los Angeles, May 23. Burglars en tered the postofflce at Lomoda Park near Pasadena, last night, blew open to kill Green and also his wife. That evening he called his wife out of her house and shot at her with a pistol, but missed her. Continuing the com plaint recites the episode on Main street and the plaintiff declares that he !LnlU r" ,2 mney the incident has caused her much em- nd $400 in stamps. Thief Makes, Gxnl His Escape. A stranger, believed vto be an Eng- shman, slid 200 feet down the bluff Tacoma, dropping from Pacific venue to the Half-moon railroad ards. Tuesday, in an effort to es- cape about 50 men and boys pursuing lw. He had picked up a camera at drug store, and being detected, started racing down the street. He Is till at large. bnrrassment. An order restraining Price from molesting his wlfo was also asked for and has been granted by Judge Bean. Thlsafternoon Mrs. Price is In a ha ven, of refuge at the sheriff's office, and It Is the intention to give her and her children shelter at the poor farm. PRISONER STILL PRAYS. Asks Divine Guidance In Locating. Money. "Old Man" Wheeler, the track walker, who confessed to stealing a Killed a Mountain Lion. Fred Russell and Elton Stenton, ged 12 and 14 years, respectively, killed a mountain Hon with 22 caliber mall package containing $5000 from rifles, near Prosser, Wash., a few days tho express office at the Elp street de go. The boys discovered the animal Pt Friday night last, has not yet made In the henhouse and dlsnatched it restitution, says the Spokane Review, with six shots. Iecullur Method of Suicide. W. Woodard, a restaurant man at Tacoma. Thursday drowned himself In peculiar way. He hired a boat and rowing out Into the sound, tied the rope around his neck, tied a heavy one to his feet and Jumped over board. When the boat drifted ashore the body was found. Failure Is often the result of effort: victory always is. Ever since his apparant Inability to locate the money at the scene of the theft Wheeler has been praying for divine guidance, Insisting that he has forgotten where he secreted the mon ey. As yet he has had no revelations on that score. Raker City's teaching force has been greatly cut down by the ravages of the little love god. Many teachers failed to apply for reelection and It is understood that contemplated mar riage Is responsible. er or not he won a point In that event. But as he was not credited with a place in the message received this morning, It is presumed his Injury barred him from the pole vault. In the Seattle meet the athletes from the schools of eastern Washing ton, Pendleton and Lewiston were pit ted against those of western Washing ton. It Is not known which team won. Shot front Anihasti. Charles Stevens, a rancher living near Wapato, was shot from ambush Thursday morning by some one not positively knowri. While a physician was dressing his wound two men were seen to arise from the alfalfa field, from whence the shot came, and dis appear In the opposite direction. Sus picion points to Frank Peterson and a warrant has been Issued for his arrest. New Trial Denied. Frank Plndell, who was convicted la the district court at Lewiston, Idaho, on the charge of cattle stealing, will have to serve his sentence of three years In the state penitentiary, the court having denied his motion for a new trial. Two Fish Hntcheries. Montana will have two new fish hatcheries this year, unless all signs fall. The state has made provision for one, and If congress passes a mea sure which Senator Carter has Intro duced, the government purposes still another. Grand Jury at Work. The federal grand Jury, in session at North Yak.lma, Tuesday returned the following Indictments: Tom Al len and Jack Clark, postofflce rob bery; Antone Anderson, passing spuri ous coins; James Jackson and Isador Soloni, giving liquor to Indians. Ferris Says Not Guilty. After admitting that he dynamited the Burlington train m Butte. Mont., on the night of May 1, Lewis Ferris Thursday went Into court In Butte and pleaded not guilty to the charge. His trial was set for June 1. John Folk, a farmer living near Roseburg, whs killed Thursday eve ning when his team ran away with him. while he was driving from town to his home. S. I. D. NITER'S BOOK IS PUBLISHED Portland, May 23. "Don't shoot. Steve, for God's sake, don't shoot." This Is the way that the noted de tective, W. J. Burns plead with S. A. D. Puter, when Puter covered him with a revolver at the time of Puter's arrest In Boston, according to the not ed land frauder's book, "The Looting of the Public Domain." which Is Just off the press. Puter wrote the book while in Jail in Portland, serving out sentence for arrest by land fraud conspiracy. Puter's account of his Burns in Boston, his escape and. re arrest In Oakland. Calif., differ mate rially from the story told by other writers on this subject. Puter's book reveals a number of sensational incidents In relation to the land fraud game In the Pacific north west. A number of these alleged grabs took place in Idaho and Wash ington as well as Oregon. Names are mentioned in every instance.
