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Mi. v, vl y ... . ........ UIGEDITIOK UGEDIT10II WJSATHER REPORT. Cloudy with possibly showers tonight and Thursday. Take your store nwa to the people and the people will bring their patronage to your store. VOL. 21. PENDLETON, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3. 1908. NO. 6298 IS UNITED Statement No. 1 Candidates I I Control the Legislative Assembly. Governor Now Leads Cake by 173 Four Counties to Hoar From Cannot Materially Change tlw RetroU Fifty-two Members of Legislature Will He Statement No. 1 Men, Being Six More Than Necessary to Elect the Successful Democrat Prohibitionists Have Won Victories In 18 Countlon, 13 being Totally Dry Nearly Complete Returns In Uma tlllu County Give Cake a Lead of 216 Prohibition .Majority Is Near 800 Barrett Loads Legislative Ticket by 500 Walker Is Elected Commissioner Echo Precinct Polled Heaviest Vote. Portland, Ore., June 3. Governor Chamberluln will be the next senator. This was determined today when the returns showed there would be 82. statement No. 1 members In the next legislature, a safe majority of six over the number required to elect. Chamberlain now leads Cake by 1672 with three or four counties to hear from. Chamberlain, 38,789; Cake, 37,117 The prohibitionists won their fights In 18 counties. According to tne present figures Wallowa, Morrow, Yamhill, Lane, Douglas, Polk, Linn, Umatilla, Union, Klamath, Curry, Gilliam and Sherman are absolutely dry- Crook,. Baker, Multnomah, Jackson and Josephine have aaen- flced large slices of wet territory w the drys. Cake Carries Umatilla. From Umatilla county almost com- with Jutsice Wallan of Adams and plete election returns have now been' Justice Miller of Pilot Rock offlclat rccelved and with only Juniper and'lng with County Clerk Baling. In Gllllland precincts to bo heard from! view of the extraordinary lengthy on the senatorshlp Cake has a lead: of 246 over Chamberlain. On the remainder of the ticket the more detailed returns have not chang ed the situation. Echo, which was; heard from complete lust evening, gave Horace Walker a majority of j 153 for commissioner and thereby made his election assured. On the remainder of iho ticket no contests were in doubt.. C. A. Bar rett, statement No. 1 candidate for representative, leads the legislative I 4l..b.kt l.v r.nn lu.ii-n vnlity tVirm Vflnn i the other republican nominee while i Mann has a majority of about 500 over William Blakeley, democratic statement No. 1 candidate. For assessor C P. Strain has a lurge majority over R. T. Brown, while F. W. Hendley Is reelected rec order; Frank K. Welles county school superintendent; T. D. Taylor sheriff, Frank Sating, county clerk, and J. W. Klmbrell, surveyor. ' Echo's Vote. The vote cast In the Echo precincts which comprises the town of Hermls ton as well as that of Echo, was the heaviest of any in tbe county. On the senatorshlp 445 votes were cast and Cuke hud a majority of 25 over Chamberlain.' The detailed vote In part for Echo was as follows: For United States Senator H. M. Cake, 218. Geo. E. Chamberluln, 193.' L. L. Mann, 256. William Blakeley's vote not given. County clerk- Frunk Sullng, 287. T. C. Frazler, 11?. Recorder F. W. Hendley, 296. J, 3. Peebier, 98. ' Assessor R. T. Brown, 199. C. P. Strain, 216. School superintendent Homer I Watts, 169. Frank K. Welles, 263. 4 Congressman W. R. Ellis, 313. J. A. Jeffrey, 92. Railroad commissioner Clyde B. Altchlson, 178. A. N. Hamilton. 161. Oglesby young, 58. District attorney Gilbert W. Phelps, 805. R. J. Slater, 107. Joint representative London, June 8. Slgnorlnetta, ,not even considered In the earlier forma tion of odds and not looked upon as a possible contender, won the great English derby at Epson, worth 6500 from a field of the fleetest horses In the world. The odds on Slgnorlnetta were 100 to 1. It Is understood that a few who were aware of the horse's possibilities, made heavy winnings. Bookmakers, however, came off with most of the money wagered. The derby was a bunch of surprises, Primer at a 100 to 3 winning second HUM HORSE WIIIS GREAT IE STATES SENATOR Generally Successful and Will T. J. Mahoney. 199. J. N. Scott, 173. Representative C. A. Barrett. 256 County commlsloner J. Hudeman, 118. Horace Walker, 271. For prohibition, 264. Against prohibition, 179. U. of O. appropriation Yes, 217. No. 127. Await Official Count. Owing to the fact that all contests jn ,na COUnty are settled conclusive- iy an,i the vote on the senatorshlp l8 known but little Interest Is taken jn the few scattering precincts that , have not been heard from. However, ! h nffiMni rnunt in n united with In- tere8t for It will show the vote of tne count on the legislative measures and. amendments. r All the ballot boxes are now In the clerk's office and the official I count will commence this evening ballot It Is probable that the Vork cannot be finished tonight. TAFT WILL USE TACT. No Dictation From Candidate a to National Committeemen. Washington, June 3. There Is no candid oserver who will not admit that there was a good deal of bungl ing In the management of Secretary Taft's campaign for the republican presidential nomination, especially In ,lf""er 8,a8es Mistakes were made which proved costly and which made much more difficult the fight for the secretary's nomination. But, despite mistakes, the fight appears to have been won; and now It Is becoming manifest that along with the bunglers there are some brilliant politicians In the Taft camp. One evidence of this Is the an nouncement that Secretary Taft, should he he the nominee, will not at tempt to dictate the men or methods of campaign management. It Is de clared he will leave this matter with the nntlonnl committee with which, under party law, the responsibility Is lodged. While It resolves upon the commit tee to select Its chairman and the ac tive campaign managers, custom has allowed the nominee for president to dictate who the chairman shall be. Thus, In 1896 and again In 1900, Mc Klnley selected Mark Hannn for na tional chairman, though Hannn was not even a member of the national committee. But It is said Taft will Indicate no preference for the national chairman ship, and undoubtedly this Is good pol ities. It will give all members of the committee an equal voice In making the selection, no matter whether they have been for or against Taft's nomi nation, and it cannot be doubted this will have a tendency to placate and harmonise the opposition. There Is the further consideration! no campaign publicity bill having passed congress, that there are going to be unpleasant charges of "fat-frying" during the course of the cam paign. If the candidate does 'not se lect the campaign management, he will personally escape a good deal of the embarrassment of these charges. place, after only slightly figuring as a possible contestor. Third place was taken by Langwan at 100 to 8. , Slgnorlnetta crossed the line fully two lengths ahead of Primer. 'Bel mont and Vanderblit backed the en tries of Norman Third and Seasick the Second, to a hundred thousand. The king's horse, Perrler, placed on the same basis as Langwan in the betting, was backed heavily, being a favorite of the people. The winner is owned by ' Chevalier Glnistrelll, an Italian. She was the only filly entered. FIGHT ON TAFT IS RENEWED WITH VIGOR, Memorial Day Speech May Encom MiH III Defeat Root? volt May Take Nomination. Chicago, June 3. President Roose velt may be the next nominee of the republican party. A sudden lift has been Injected Into the presidential booms of the favor ite sons by the belief that Taft can be defeated on the Issue of his re markable memorial day address at Grant's tomb, In which he referred to Grant's drunkenness. The Becond elective termers, are busy trying to force Roosevelt to ac cept the nomination If he sees Taft is sure of defeat. The fight Is on today In a dozen dif ferent quarters. News from Indian apolis this morning shows the plans of the alliance to defeat Taft. Hitchcock sees breakers ahead and has hurried here to personally direct the fight. Speaker Cannon who was on his way home In a touring car heard the news, hurriedly left the machine and took a fast train.. Hemenway, Falrbunk's manager with Cannon also abandoned the au tomobile. Hughe's . boomers and Knox managers are using every means to make the most of the pe culiar, situation. The speech will be mentioned at every opportunity on the floor of the convention. WIFE MURDERS HUSBAND AND BURNS HIS BODY. Seattle .Murderers Says She Found Him Dead hi Clinir and Wreaked Vengeance on Remains. s . Seattle, June 3. Accused of mur dering her husband, und admitting she chopped his body to pieces with an ax and buried It, Mrs. Edward King is Imprisoned at Port Orchard. The story of the alleged crime If similar to the methods of Belle Gun- ness the La Porte murderess. The woman says she found her hus band dead In a chair. Angered by previous treatment of her, she says she dragged the body Into the yard, chopped it up and started a small bonfire. She spent the night and day pouring gasoline on it and burning It t-j a basketful of charred bones. Sunday, May 24, King disappeared from his farm near Ollaia. The fol lowing Thursday his daughter visited her mother and asked for her father. The mother said he had disappeared. The daughter reported the fact at Ollaia. Searchers hunted the woods and fi nally found the bones of King In th yard. Mrs. King then confessed she had burned tne bouy but said she found her husband dead In his chair. She said he beat her and ran her out of the house. IS KILLED FIRST FATALITY OF PORTLAND'S BIG RACES Seattle Man Was Trying the Conrsc Running More Than Mile a Minute Machine Strikes Soft Dirt and Rolls Over Victim Pinned in by Stcarlng Wliecl Companion Seriously In jured. Portland, June 3. Pinned Into his sent by his steering wheel, William Folberth, a professional automobile racer of Seattle, was fatally Injured when his car rolled completely over three times lust night, and he is not expected to live through the day. George McCartney, another racer, was also seriously Injured but Is ex pected to survive. Folberth and McCartney were run ning over the course of the Oregon road races to be held tomorrow when the accident occurred. Folberth had driven over the course three times and was running his machine at a 65 mtlcs an hour clip when he attempt ed to make the turn on the road to the 12-mllc road house. Workmen who had been putting the course In shape, had plowed the ground, in tending to roll It to lessen the danger of the curve. The Seattle driver knew nothing of the newly plowed ground, ran Into It, the wheels sunk and the machine roll ed over. Folberth could not escape, and was crushed under the heavy ma chine three times. Four ribs were broken and fatal Internal Injuries sus tained. McCartney was crushed but once, having his collar bone and arm bro ken. It Is feared that many accidents will mar tomorrow's races as the course Is said to be even more dangerous than Briar Cliff. Japs Buy off Paper. Toklo, June 8. Editor Bethell, Englishmen who has been publish ing the Korean Dally News at Seoul, has been bought off by the Japanese government The paper objection able to Japan which couldn't do any thing because Bethell claimed - the money consideration finally means the suppression of the publication. ROOSEVELT HIS rai ESCAPES President's Horse Falls Twice, Though Bruised His Injn . ries Are Not Serions. WILD WEST EXPERIENCE HELPS SAVE HIS LIFE. Throws Himself From Saddle In Time to Prevent Being Crushed Falls Into Stream Wading Out of the Wuc.er He Mounts Again and Ajfalu Ills Horse Falls Mrs. Rooecvc-lt With Her Husband Wit nesses Both Accidents Teddy In Hits Uie Incidents Are Trlviul. Washington, June 3. It has Just become known here that Roosevelt was thrown from a young horse -and narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon In Rock Creek park, where he was trying a spirited animal In going over the water Jump. The president saved his life by turning quickly to one side, as the horse fell but sustained severe bruis es, und was badly crushed. The president when the story came out, said: "It really didn't amount to much and la hardly worth print ing. I am not injured at all serious ly.". The horse became frightened as he I approached to jump, staggered and leu '-violently, nuut-eveii ivuuzeu me danK'r and the old time western ex peric ce -tood him In good part. Hofir! e.. st.- quickly In the saddle and plunged Into fhe water. The orderly caught the horse and the president remounted. He said he was not hurt much and rode for half an hour when he had another narrow escape. Crossing a stream the horse was nervous, shied, and the president re leased his feet from the stirrups and dropped off Into the creek Just as the horse fell a second time. Mrs. Roosevelt was with the presi dent and saw both accidents. She Is an expert horsewoman, and would have uided her husband if she could have reached him In time. Sergeant McDermott, the orderly was closer. DAVIS BIRTHDAY. Washington. June 3. The one hundredth birthday anniversary of Jefferson Davis, president of the con federacy Is being observed today. He was born June 3, 1808. SOLDIERS TO PANAMA. Government Greatly Interested in Reported CrMs. Washington, June 3. The publica tion of the United Press dispatch tell ing of the crisis with republic of Panama has aroused great Interest here, and It was announced today that 2to additional-marines had been or dered to the Isthmus Immediately with orders to protect American prop erty and help keep order at the elec tion.. It Is also planned to detail a large body of sailors, if the conditions are unimproved before election. Almost the entire cabinet meeting yesterday was devoted to the necessity of the United States tak ing control of the country. It Is under stood, has been discussed at length, though nothing was given out. The danger to the canal works Is of the utmost importance and the situation will be closely watched. I ITZ WOULD BATTLE WITH STANLEY KETCHELL. Boh Says He Is Not a "Has Been" 'and Wants to Fight. Portland, June 3. "I want to meet this man Ketchell. The rumor that I have retired from the ring Is wrong. I'm mlrtrttp wnlehi nhamninn of the world and ready to fight any and all comers, 'said Cob Fltzstmmons, the pugilist-actor, who opens a short engagement here Monday. Fltzstmmons Is accompanied by his wife, Julia May Gifford, the singer, who works with the fighter In vaude ville. Fltzslmmons Is going to open negotiations with Ketchell next week. Tyi08 Elect Officers. Indianapolis, Ind., June 3. The In ternational Typographical union elec tion has resulted In the selection of James M. Lynch of Syracuse, presi dent; J. W. Hayes of Minneapolis, first vice president; J. W. Bramwood of Denvel", secretary-treasurer; George P. Nichols of Baltimore, agent of the Union Printers' Home. Allison Re-elected. Des Moines, Iowa, June 3. A state ment from Allison headquarters says Allison's majority over Governor Cummins' for the senatorshlp will be 10,000. Cummins refuses to concede the victory, and It may take an offi cial count to determine the result. SHOOTING AFFRAY AT SALEM. Salem, Ore., June 3. Ben Stanton, who last night shot Councilman J. F. Goode three times, injuring him seriously, but not fatally, was arrested at 6:30 o'clock this morning. Stanton was discovered asleep at his brother's home. Stanton followed Goode's grandaughter, Mrs. Jesse Rcece, of Heppner, to Goode's home last night and demanded to be admitted. Goode telephoned for the police, and was shot down while talking. Stanton is a childhood sweet heart of Mrs. Reece, who was but recently married. PRINCE DAVID DIES. San Francisco, June 3. Arrange- men is were made by cable to Honolu lu this morning for a state funeral for Prince David Kawananakoa, almost the last of die Royal blood Hawailuns, wIki died here last night of pneumo nia. IN FALLS LAND ONE HCNDRED LAND SEEKERS RETURN HOME. F. G. Brown Formerly of TWs Coun ty t But Now of Seattle Says Echo and Hcrndston Land Excels Any thing Under Twin Falls Project- Big Crowd Saw Government Land Ruffle. One hundred adventurous spirits from every northwest state, passed through the city today on their re turn to their homes from the Twin Falls land opening where a crowd of over 5000 people saw that project opened and raffled off by the gov ernment. The crowd came In on No. 1 the west bound O. R. & N. train and took the Spokane irain for the north at noon. Most of the crowd trank ferilng here were from Seattle and Spokane and while but few of them secured numbers, In the land open ing yet all were well pleased with the Twin Falls country and believe thut It will be a paradise in a few years under Irrigation. However, F. G. Brown, formerly of this county who was a member of the Seattle party today said that none of the Twin Falls project Is to be compared with the land in the vi cinity of Echo or Hermiston. The climate, soil, transportation facili ties and markets are all In favor of the Umatilla county tracts and while he passed through this county to go to Twin Falls to buy land, yet he says that he wonders why anybody shquld do so, as this county offers many more advantages.. COUNTY SEAT SETTLED. Attempts to Outline Present Location Are Completely Frustrated. Enterprise, Ore., June 3. The ques tion of the location of the county seat In Wallowa county was decisively set tled In Monday's election In favor of Its present location at Enterprise. J. B. Olmstead was elected county judge and W. G. Locke was elected county commissioner. Sam Lltch the hold over commissioner Is a resident of Enterprise who with the other two gentlemen make a unanimous county court in favor of building a county court house. This will settle for all time the efforts of first one town and then another to take, the county seat away from Enterprise. Shot Ills Sister, Then Himself. While visiting his sister, Mrs. Har riet Cole, at the Arcade hotel In Ta coma Monday night, Frank B. Kelsep, of Everett, shot her twice, one ball en tering near the heart and the other In her face. He then killed himself. Xo cause Is known for the act. Mrs. Cole was In a sick bed at the time. She may recover. IT BEATS 10 SALOONS CIVE UP THE EllliSI Two saloons, the Rainier beer hall and the Pullman, have already gone out of business In this city as a result of the prohibition vote. When the sa loonmen appeared at the "recorder's office yesterday to have their licenses extended for a month longer, the pro prietors of the two places named above did not appear. AH of the saloon licenses expired on May 31 and In order to continue business until July 1 it was necessary for the liquor dealers to take out li censes for the month of June. They were granted licenses for that time for 175 each, that sum being the pro EAGLE SCREAM El Pendlef ill Have Biggest and B&, o ?iebration in Her History. - ' DRY VOTE ACTS AS FAX NOT AS A DAMPER. Plans Already Being Worked Out and Will Be Completed at Once Speak, er of National Reputation Will Frobably Be Secured and Schedule of Sports Promises to Excel Any. thing Ever Before Attempted to Eastern Oregon Ministers and Bus- iness Men Will Pull Together. "Unfurl the flag, let the winds ca--ress And lift It In rippling loveliness." Plans for the greatest and most en joyable Fourth of July ceiebratlon that this city has ever seen are now being worked out and if those behind . the movement meet with success there will be nothing slow about Pendleton on the national holiday this year .even If the town Is dry. Owing to the uncertainty produced by the prohibition campaign that has been on this spring, nothing towards a Fourth of July celebration was done prior to election. But It has been planned for some time past to take up the subject immediately after elec tion and the work has now been start ed. Easter at the Helm. At the Instance of Leon Cohen and other business men Rev.-W. T. Eus'ter, paster of the Methodist church and a "live wire" in the fight for prohibi tion, has been asked to aid in produc ing a celebration. This invitation Mr. Euster has accepted with a will and he declares that he, as well as the other church people of the city, will do all In their power to properly cel ebrate the Fourth. While no definite .plans have yet been worked out It Is planned to have a general meeting within a few days to organize a central and sub-commit tees for the purpose of arranging for the celebration. From expressions heard Jrom repre sentative business men today they are all willing to aid liberally in financing the celebration and apparently there will be no difficulty In securing all the funds needed. Will Be a Hummer. Regarding his views of what a cel ebration should be, Rev. Euster said. 'We should have a great celebration this year, one that will be enjoyable to the people of the city and also for those who live in the country. I am in favor of getting a speaker of na tional reputation If possible, even If we have to pay $500 for him. We should have a man that will have sufficient reputation to draw a crowd to this city from every .part of the county and from other sections of eastern Oregon." MAY CLOSE RENO. Largest Wide 0eii Town In United States May Have Lid. Reno, Nev., June 3. An organized campaign against the attempt to "put the lid on" In Reno, the largest town In the United States absolutely wide open, was started at a secret meeting this morning. The gamblers are will ing to spend a fortune to keep the town open. The council has decided to submit the license question to the people at a special election October 24. Foreign Postage Reduced. Washington, June 3. It Is announo- -ed that an agreement has been reach ed reducing the letter rate from the United States to England, Scotland and Ireland from 5 cents to 2. It . takes effect October 1. Ketchell Is Favorite. Milwaukee, Wis., June 3. Ketchell' Is a stout favorite In the betting for tomorrow night's fight. Chicago fans are Papke's strongest supporters. rata payment, the annual license be ing $900 per year. Apparently all the remaining saloons will continue In business during the .month of June for the purpose of clos- Ing out their stocks. Of those now In business here some have declared their ' Intentions of leaving the city, while ' others say they will remain and en gage In other lines of work. Under the local option law the courr ty court Is required to Issue a proc lamation setting forth the result of the election and this will' be done by June 11, the date set by law for the-announcement.