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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.
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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.