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A ii EVENING EDITIOM EVHIIIIGEDITIOII WEATHER REPORT. Partly cloudy with possibly thunder storms tonight and Friday, Take your stora nwa to tha people and to people will brine; their patronage to your stor. VOL. SI. PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11. 1908. NO. 6305 A TAMAXY CRISIS. 11 NOMINATED War Secretary Will Be the Republican Party's Candidate for President of National Committee Scats Enough Pledged Candidates to Insure Victory for Rig Secretary of War and Protege of Tlioodore Roosevelt De cision In Regard to South Carolina Contexts Settles the Matter and Still Other Contests Will Make Ills Selection Doubly Sure Tenesseo, Texas and Virginia Delegates Favorable to Taft Will Also Re Placed on Temporary Rollcall "Allies" Refuse to Surrender and Declare They Will Have Some Surprises to Swlng When Convention Meets Next Tuesday llltclioock Says N o Possible Contingency Can Cliango tlio Result Tickets to Convention Sell at $100 Eaclt Taft's Tarlft Plank Will Re Adopted. Chicago, June 11. Enough pledg ed Taft delegates to Insure his nom ination on the first bullot were pluc ed on the temporary roll of the con vention today when the national com mljttee ended thp consideration of the first and fifth districts of South Carolhia by seating the taft dele gates, y Taft leaders are jubilant over the final assurance of victory and It Is generally believed that Taft will cap-, ture the entire state delegations from Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. When the Taft men were seated from the first district of South Car olina, Taft boomers announced they had positively pledged 489 delegates with their names on the temporary roll. The contest in the fifth district of Carolina followed and was dis posed of In quick order, giving the desired two more, making 491, which number Is necesary for the nomlna . tlon. , "The allies are still Inclined to dls- j credit the claims of the Taftltes. They " assert that they have, surprises to 1 spring. The center of the fight from now on will bo In the credentials commlt- ( tee, whero the permanent roll will be made up, as far as the ultimate results are concerned. The "allies" Intend to fight hard In that commit- ( tee,' but Hitchcock today said there was absolutely no question of a pos- ; slble. contingency arising that might prevent the nomination of Taft on v the first ballot. , It appears as though the Taftltes J will win the rest of the contests. I Former Governor BenJ. B. Odell ol , New York, was brought forward to day as a new candidate for the vice i presidential 'nomination. Calvin J, McKnight, Odcll's private secretary, has arrived to test the enthusiasm Hitchcock said the Taft forces posl ' tlvely had no prefen-nce regarding a second place candidate. Attorney General Ellis of Ohio, ar rived today with a platform prepared under Taft's direction, j Since It became known Taft wrote ; the tariff plank In the Ohio platform an effort Is being made to have this plank Inserted In the national plat form. The exact working of the plank 1 makes "revision of the tariff by a special session of the next congress necessary and Insuring the mainten ance of the true principles of protec tion by Imposing such duties as will equal the difference between the cost ' of production at home and abroad, together with a reasonable profit to the end that without excessive duties, ; the American manufacturers, farm ! ers, producers and wage earners should have adequate protection. ' The committee filed objection to i the Incorporation In the platform of the plank protesting against the freo use of Injunctions by the courts In labor disputes. Ellis listened, but mado no reply, t The objections in full will be wired to Taft. ' Deelgates refused a place on the temporary roll are receiving litera ture and buttons from the "Second Elective Term" Roosevelt boomers. Tickets Cost $100. The demand for tickets to the re publican convention Is so great that 1ST END IS CM! FRUIT DISTRICT That the east end of Umatilla county is rapidly developing Into a district of small fruit tracts, berry patches and vineyards, with land at exceptionally high prices and ex ceptionally productive, Is declared by A. S. Pearson, the well known Free water real estate man, who Is In the city today. Land for several miles out of Free water Is now gelling at excellent prices and Is being converted Into berry patches as rapidly as possible and within a couple of years the out put of strawberries and other varie ties will be amazing. . TIFT WILL BE ON FIST BALLOT the United States. $100 Is the smallest figure at which they can be obtalne'd. The men who subscribed toward the expenses of the convention are receiving .tickets at that rate and not one has received over one. Roast for Hitchcock. Columbus, O., June 11. Charles I Kurtz, Foraker's manager, today de clared the action of the represeuta tlves of the national committee, re garding the counties Is outrageous. "The conduct of Hitchcock is the most reprehensible of all," he said. "His sense of fairness o rthe com mittee's sense of decency, If Hitch- csck doesn't possess that virtue, should have prevented him from sit ting while the contests were being taken up." Kurtz said an appeal will be taken to the convention on the decision of the national committee on the Ohio contests. LAST HOPE GONE. Man Alleged to Have Rem In League With the Devil Must Hang. Springfield, 111., June 11. Herman Blllek, the Bohemian fortune teller, convicted of the murder 'of Mary Vrzall and four other members of the Vrzall family, hangs tomorrow, ac cording to the decision of the supreme court. Blllek appealed on the ground that In sentencing, the court failed to ask him If he 'had anything to say. The supreme court holds this con tcntlon has no merit. The governor ana tne pardon board had already re fused a pardon. Heiress Weds Secretly. San Franclscp, June 11. It becanio known today that Miss Jennie Stan ford Lathrop, daughter of Charles Lathrop, treasurer of Stanford Uni versity and niece of the late Mrs. Jane L., Stanford, was secretly mar ried April 1, to Waller Watson, a clubman about town and a rancher In Napa coijnty. Mrs. Watson was loft a million dollars by Mrs. Stan ford. ' Hold Daylight Robbers. Reno, Nev., June 11. August Fro llch, Tf the Washle county bank, was held up early today on his way to his office. Two highwaymen blocked the way In front of him with revolvers and forced him to stop. He was searched at the point of a revolver and relieved of a small amount of money. The robbers drove away with his horse. They wore masks. Guild Sails Alone. Boston, June 11. It was announc ed today that Governor Guild will form no alliance either offensive or defensive with John Hays Hammond, In the race for th republican vice presidential nomination.. -Guild says that he expects the endorsement of Michigan and all of New England. Charles R. Bubb, chief cherk In the N. P. freight office at Seattle, has been arrested on the charge of mis appropriating funds entrusted to his care. He Is a son of Brigadier Gen eral Bubb. The entire distance from Freewater to Walla "Walla along the line of the electrlo road is now filled with homes where formerly it was owned In .large tracts and but few people lived. The land is highly productive and water Is plentiful and every Imaginable va riety of fruit Is being grown in abundance. The berry area Is being extended each year and now from two to two and a half miles from Freewater each way, the larger tracts are be ing cut up Into two, five and 10-acre tracts and a family lives on each tract. Water Good Enough for Muklng Ice Rut Poor for Drinking. New York, June 11. Denver, host of the democracy, has reckoned with out Its guests In announcing that the national convention will be "dry." The thousand or so Tammany braves Who will go ,out to Denver In a special train have no Intention of risking death by thirst. In the eyes of the statesmen of Tammany, water Is all right to make Ice of and float ships on, but poor for drinking purposes. A great big, well-Iced, well-stocked oasis will be loaded on the train dc luxe, and It will save the Ives of the Tammany statesmen. Tammany braves say that the pro hibitionists who have captured the democratic convention six weeks In advance are all good men no doubt and don't require anything stronger than cool tea. But Tammany men who were brough up under the Raines law are. accustomed to have what they want, and as much as they want, when they want it. DISGRACE KILLS BKUSIE. Arretted for Embezzlement He Dies a Few Hours Later. Los Angeles, June 11. Judson C. Bruslo, secretary of the state board of railroad commissioners, arrested here Sunday, charged with embezzle ment of funds belonging to the Met lopolltan bonding and surety com pany of which he was the San Fran cisco representative; died this morn ing at the Cala hospital where he was taken last night following his release on bond.-'. Bruslc was prominent here for a number of years as a public speak er, playwright and man about town. He Is the author of the famous play, "Lonesome Town," which made a tig hit when first produced here. He also wrote "The Hills of California," '"Damon and Pythias." These were dramas. T BAIUW.U EXAMINING BOARD VISITS PEXDLKTOX I'mutiUa County Harbors Seeking a License to lTaclIce Their Profes sion Were Given Examination in lioeul Shop Today V. I). Humph rey Is Deputy. ' Umatilla county would-be" barbers are being given a workout here today before two members of the state ex amining board here for the purpose of passing upm the ability of hither, to unlicensed tonsorial artists. T. M. Leubo, secretary of the board, and It. U. Wallace, the treas urer, are the two members of the board now here. Mr. Meyers, the president, did not make the trip to Pendleton. While here the board is pasing up on the work of all applicants who ap pear from this county or tributary sections. In order to secure cards quite n few barbers are here from places outside the city and they nre being tried out today. In testing an applicant's fitness to practice the tonsorial profession he Is required to shave a man and the local barber shops are used for that pur pose. Today more than one nervous applicant has gone through the mo tions of a smooth shave under the eye of the examiners. While here the members of the board have named William Humph- rey of the Pa Hon & Humphrey shop, as the deputy examiner for this city. Holdups in Taeomn. Tacomu, June 11. O. J. H. Swift, dupety shipping commissioner, on his way home from a visit in the north end while passlng'a clump of shrubs In Wright park, was struck on the head with a black-jack and render ed unconscious. The hold un men took $50 and a gold watch. He re mained unconscious for several min utes, and went home unassisted. Moro Mcdlenl Springs. Word comes from the John Day country tha another hot springs has been located and that the mineral water Is very beneficial to most all diseases, says the Baker City Herald. The name of the springs Is Mount Vernon Hot Springs and are situat ed about nine miles below John Day. Several cases of rheumatism have een cured by this hot water and in time a sanitarium may be built. One very bad case of Inflammatory rheumatism where the patient could neither move hand nor foot, was cured at these springs and Is .low well and strong. The Portland city council has pass ed an ordinance making it unlawful for any spiritualist medium, clain- voyant, fortune teller, palmist or any other class or people claiming to have the power to "tell se past and se fu ture" from practicing In that city for pay. BARBERS GET A IVORKOu SILK ill FILE Ask Judge Bean to Issue Order Restraining Announcement of "Dry Vote. ATTORNEYS RUSH TO HEPPXER IX AUTO. Complaint Alleges County' Court Was . Xot In Session, Did Not Order Lo cal Option Law, That Clerk Did Xot ComiHire Signatures, Sheriff Did Not Post Notices and That Lo cal Option Law Is Illegal Rumor ed 11 iiit $2000 Is Amount of Re taining Fee Anton Nolle Is Plain tiff. By a suit In equity filed in the cir cuit court this forenoon the Baloon men -of the city seek to set aside the recent prohibition vote and Circuit Judge Bean is asked to Issue an order restraining the county court from of ficially proclaiming the wet and dry vole cast In the election. In the suit filed today Anton Nolte Isjiamed as plaintiff while Judge Oilllland, Commissioner Walker and Commissioner Lee are named as de fendants. The suit was filed by Low ell & WJnter and Ralcy, Richards & Haley. This morning at 5 o'clock Messrs. Winter and Richards left the city to ko to Heppner by auto and it Is un derstood that -they are making the tilp to ask Judge Bean, who is now at l'4Jtf)tr, for the restraining order prayku lor. Whother or not liquor men, other than Nolte, have joined In the suit Is t.ot known. It Is current gossip that an attorney's "fee of $2000 will be paid provided the temporary restrain ing order can be secured. Alleged Irregularities. After the suit had been filed this morning copies of the complaint were served to members of the court and according to the allegations st forth in the same the restraining order Is asked for on the grounds that the re cent prohibition election was Irregu lar. The first allegation is that the county court was not In session be tween April 6 and May 4. and that the court made no order calling for a vote upon the prohibition question. Secondly, It is charged that the county clerk did not compare the signatures of the signers on the pe tition asking for an election, with the same signatures on the registration books. It is further charged that the clerk did not serve the sheriff with a no tice of the election 20 days prior to the holding of the same and that the sheriff did not post any notices of such an election being held. In conclusion the complaint alleges that the local option law, under the provisions of which the recent prohi bition vote was taken, Is illegal be cause it was enacted by the people of Oregon instead of by the legislature. The Initiative and referendum law, under which the local option law was passed, is held to be null and void because In violation of section 4, ar ticle 4 of the constitution. The court is asked to issue an or der forever and perpetually enjoining the county commissioners from pro claiming the vote of he recent elec tion, and until the suit Is finally tried out a temporary restraining order Is asked for. Charges Are Untrue. Following the filing of the saloon men's suit today there was more or less agitation about the court house, especially In the clerk's and sheriff's offices. Pictures of the recall were drawn by callers who took advantage of the opportunity to "josh" the offi cials. r But there Is little worry on the. part of the officials, for they declare that the allegations of the complain can not "touch them." An order for the prohibition elec tion was duly made by County JutTge Gilllland. Official notices announcing the election were provided by Coun ty Clerk Frank Sallng and given the sheriff within the requisite time, and the notices were duly posted by the sheriff or his deputies. Official returns showing the com pletion of their tasks have been made by both the clerk and-sheriff and are on file. Consequently it would seem that they have been blameless. Regarding the checking of the sig natures that work was done by Depu ty Clerk Nelson. However, the law provides that a deputy may perform any of the duties of his chief, o it would seem there Is but little In that portion of the complaint. Tomorrow for Proclamation. Tomorrow Is the date set by law for the county court to officially pro claim the result of the recent election and the proclamation is now ready to be issued unless the court Is re strained from so acting. "DUD" BARNES ON THE STAND. Terrible Ordeal for Accused Murderer of Mrs. Aldrlch While Story Is Be ing Told. Walla Walla, June. 11. The most terrible ordeal ever suffered by a criminal in the court house In this city has been experienced by "Bud" Barnes, the a'ceused murderer of Mrs. Anna Aldrlch, who has been on the witness stand In his trial today. The youthful murderer listened to the gruesome recital of Coroner Mc Martln's story, as to the finding of the mutilated body of the aged wo man, the extent of her wounds and the effort which had been made by the murderer to conceal the body In an abandoned road. But the only time when he cowered as If In fear, was when the bloodstained clothing was placed before him. He Is under Intense mental tension and several times has seemed on the verge of collapse, but up to this after noon has not yielded to his apparent desire to give up the fight and ap peal for leniency. $50,000 Steal. I Angeles ,June 11. The postof flee authorities today confirmed the i-eSrt of the disappearance of a mail IKXieh containing $50,000. Local hunkers shipped that amount to cor rcsndcnts jn New York and the loss will fall on litem If the pouch is not recovered. King Returning Horn. St. Petersburg, June 11. King Ed ward sailed today from Revel In the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, which will be accompanied through Russian waters by the Russian fleet. d. r HILL SAYS IT WILL NOT HURT UNION Two of Four Saloon Buildings Al ready Occupied and Otlier Two Will Be Taken as Soon as Vacaed Wallowa County Cited as an Ex- amnio Trade Attracted Instead of Being Driven Away. That prohibition is not going to hurt the town of Union In any way, except to deprive the three saloon keepers of a means of living in the liquor business. Is the statement of D. F. Hill, a prominent Mormon of that vicinity, who Is In the city today on a business trip. Two of the four saloon buildings are now engaged for other Industries and before July 1 it is believed that both the other buildings will be oc cupied. One of the saloons is to be converted into a fruit packing and sorting warehouse and the other will be occupied by a grocery store. One of the remaining two will be used for a restaurant it Is thought, and the fourth will perhaps be converted In- to a cigar store, so there will be no loss of rent to the owners of build ings. "Union was formerly a cowboy and sheepherder town," said Mr. Hill to the East Oregonian today, "and we thought that saloons were absolutely necesary to hold this class of trade. But Wallowa county had a larger trade of this class during the past two years than ever before, and the people voted prohibition stronger than ever this year. So Union Is not alarmed. The country around Union Is settling up rapidly and the class of people coining Into the county now does not demand nor will they miss the saloon and so we are pleased to see the coun try making progress. "The most thrifty little settlements and some of the best towns In Utah and southern Idaho are mado up of Mormons and In those communities and towns no liquor has ever been sold. The people have lived, Im proved their towns and established good schools without the aid of the saloon license money and Oregon communities can do the same thing when they see that they cannot have the saloon." Mr. Hill says that the beet crop of Union county will be the largest In the history of the county this year and more than 2000 people will be employed In weeding, thinning and harvesting the crop. WIFE FREE MORE The biggest season's run in the his tory of Pendleton's ice plant is now being started, the plant now turning out about 16 tons per day. The sud den appearance of warm weather has stimulated the demand for Ice until the plant Is running about full ca pacity and the delivery department Is kept busy early and late. Last year a number of large orders from outside points were declined be cause the capacity of the plant was needed to meet local demands. While It is hoped to be able to meet the PROHIBITION IS DT HARMFUL cr ram Racetrack Gambling Prohib ited in State of New York. Bills Pass by Close Vote. FAINTING SENATOR CASTS THE DECIDING VOTB Daring Attempt to Kidnap Legislator from Sick Bed by Friends of Gam blers Is Frustrated by Wit of Trained Nurse Holds Four Men at Bay Until Arrival of Friends Kidnappers Escape and Day Is Saved for Empire State's Governor Prison for Bookmakers Hereafter Albany, N. T., June 11. A daring plot to defeat the anti-racetrack bills was frustrated today by the cleverness of a trained nurse, who blocked four men In an effort to kidnap Senator Foelker, whose vote gave the needed majority that won the victory for Governor Hughes against the racing Interests, The kidnapers called at Foelker's home. One said he was a doctor. Foelker was 111 In bed and they said they came to take him to the senate. The nurse delayed them while a mes sage was sent to Foelker's friends,. Meantime the regular physician ar rived and the kidnapers escaped. ' Foelker was then removed to the capitol, suppo'rted to his seat and sank down. Several times he came near fainting, but he was able to cast the deciding vote. The result was 26-25 In favor of the bill. Hughes said, "I am greatly gratified with the result. It is a victory for law and order." Great Victory for Hughe Albany, ( N Y.. June 11. The sen ate tod-iy pased the anti-racetrack gambling bill,, making bookmaklng punishable by years in Jail, with no alternative of a fine, by a vote of 26 to 25. Senator Foelker of Brooklyn, was brought here, seriously ill, but he was able to take his seat, cast his vote for the measure. The other bill which completes Gov ernor Hughes' anti-racing legislation, putting an end to the sport of kings in the empire state, is expected to be pased by the same vote. This Is a great victory for Hughes. OVEIt FLOWING RIVERS PARALYZE TWO STATES Kansas City, June 11. The whole sale business and packing districts of the city is paralyzed today by the flood which has practically put an end to all commercial occupations. The flood Is now within two hun- dm! yhrds of the Union depot, Prac- tienlly all the railroads are tied ud. One thousand arc homeless and are being Ted at the relief quarters es tablished. The Kaxv and Missouri rivers con tlnue to rise. They have inundated such a wide sweep of country -that the lower sections resemble a great Inland lake. Si. Louis, June 11. The floods of the Missouri river are forcing the Mississippi out of its tutnks, tlic wa ter rising at an alarming rate. Tills afternoon the river is but a foot above che danger mark und is spreading ov er the lower shore oil the Illinois siIc Towcr Quits in Disgrace. Berling, June 11. Charlemagne Tower, former United States ambas sador to Germany, succeeded by David Jayne Hill, left this city today for Paris. "I never expect to visit Germany again," he said. "Under the conditions of my farewell I feci I could never return and I will with draw entirely from public life." Lodge Memorial Sunday. Both Eureka and Integrity lodges of I. O. O. F. will hold their annual memorial service In the First M. E. church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, special musical program has been ar ranged for the occasion and the pas tor of the church will preach a special sermon for the occasion. ITER THAN EIER demands of the outside points this year, yet the local field will be well, taken' care of first. The growth of the Hermlston and Echo country has made a heavy de mand for Ice and It Is probable that the capacity of the plant will be In creased to be able to supply this growing trade. No natural ice Is now used in this city or in any of the surrounding towns. The manufactured ice of this city supplies all the country towns and becomes more popular each year.
