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WSNDIJi &N. OREGON. FHIDAY. SEPTUM liUK 11. 1008.
NO. 0375
AFTEHMATH OF
THE FRANCHISE
OKLAHOMA UPHOLDS
IIAXK GUARANTY LAW.
Okluhoma, Sept. 11. The
state nui;cmo court today up-
Councilmen and Citizens Dis
cuss Features of Electric
Line Proposition.
'not proud of ny
SAYS COUNCILMAN STRAIN.
'
held the hunk deposit guaranty
law, which la made an I us no In
the national campaign. Okla
homa adopted the first law of
the kind and put It Into opera
tion. Efforts were made to de
clare It uncoiiHtltutlonal, but
every member of the court con
curred In the decision.
many yearn and believed they meant
business. Also he thought that the
I Interurban line would do much for
i I the city.
While the Franchise Granted Rocs ' C. J. Ferguson opposed the fran-
Not Contain .Many of the Desired cuh'He be(nuHe ',e hold .tht " a,Iowed
Feature, Tot It In Considered the
Very Rest l'mlT tho Circumstances
the company the uue of all the streets
should they wlxh to use them. In an
swer to him Mr. Strain said that any
other company could also have the
use of the same streets If desired.
Whiin tha vnte u-jis tnken iinnn the
Ion is That It Mean Great Things frnnch)He eV,.ry councilman voted aye.
Council Fought Out the Subject
Thoroughly and the General Opln.
for Pendleton.
Never did a Pendleton city council
have a weightier problem to handle
than the one regarding the street
railway franchise which was granted
yesterday to the Oregon & Washing
ton Traction company. Uecause of
the far-reaching effects of their ac
tion the councilmen were naturally
very cnutlous and they threshed tho
franchise over section by section In
hopes of changing It for the better.
Tho feelings of the ordinance com
mltteo were doubtless well portrayed
by Councilman Strain when In the
course of the arguments yesterday he
urged the passage of the franchise or-i
dlnance. He spoke Just after Judge
Lowell had finished a talk In opposi
tion to the ordinance and he declar
ed that the committee had thought
of all the things the Judge mention
ed. In the committee room during the
forenoon they had demanded each of
the various features such as a share
of the dividends after a certain peri
od, right to purchase, better guaran
tee of building." etc. Hut to each of
these he said Mr. Jones had objected
flatly saying that If they were con
tained In the franchise he could not
' secure the financial backing for the
rend.
Aside from the alteration making
It necessary for the company to build
three miles of track Inside of 18
months. Instead of one mile, Mr.
Jones refused to budge an Inch from
their original request. Accordingly,
It became up to the council to deny
the franchise and thereby stop an Im
provement that all believed meant
great things for the city, or else to
allow It on the terms asked for.
"I am not proud of my part In this
proposition," said Mr. Strain. "Wo
tried hard to get more and I am sor
ry we could not have made a more
favorable bargain. Hut unless these
men are bluffing, they will not come
at all except on the terms they name.
"I am not Judge enough of human
nature to know whether or not they
are bluffing, but I am In favor of
taking them at their word and so have
recommended the passage of the or.
dlnance ntid will vote for It. If the
people don't like It they can Invoke
the referendum and If they reverse
our action I won't feel much offend
ed."
Franchise Too I.llM-ral.
Judge Lowell hnd objected tn the
granting of the franchise on tho
ground that It was too liberal towards
the company. He held that such ft
franchise might have been properly
voted 25 years ago, but was Improper
now.
After Mr. Strain spoke In answer fr
Judge Lowell Judge Fee addressed
the council In favor of the ordinance.
Those present at the meeting were
Strain, Knight, McCormmach, Mumm
and Stroble. Councilman Montgom
ery was out of the city at the time.
Councilman Ell, though here, did not
attend the afternoon meeting, thereby
bringing upon himself tho accusation
from his colleagues that he was shirk
ing responsibility.
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Helen Maloney Freed From
Romantic Escapade in a
Connecticut Tour,
millionaire's daughter
had secret wedding.
RHIDE OK SIX MONTHS
DRINKS CARROLIC ACID.
.Mrs. John DavN, One of the Former
Society Hi-Hi's of Seattle, Start lis
the City hy Taking Her Life in
Fashionable Hotel Cause of the
peed Is Unknown Known as One
of the Most Ilea ut I fill Women on
tho Const WorrUil Over Mother's
1 1 hie.
Seattle, Sept. 11. Mrs. John Davis
a bride of six months, formerly Mar
loltta Myers, one of tho most bauti
ful women on the coast, drank car
bolic acid In the Washington Annex
last night and tiled despite the efforU
of five physicians.
Her suicide has created a sensation
In society circles hcie. The cause Is
unknown.
John Davis, her husband, Is a real
estate capitalist. They were married
In San Francisco nnd went abroad,
visiting the principal Kuropean cities.
The bride was recently called to
Seattle to attend her mother who Is
111. It Is known she was much wor
ried over her condition.
Supremo Court Set Aside Clandestine
Marriage of Oil King's Wayward
(Jill She Will Now Marry Her
English Lover, Samuel Clurkson,
With Whom She Klopcd to London
Now York Slarthil at Announce,
ment of Secret Marriage of the
Standard Oil Magnate's Daughter.
New York, Sept. 11. Helen Malo
ney, daughter of Martin Maloney, the
multimillionaire Standard Oil man,
was freed today from Arthur Os
borne. The supreme court, by justice
Gernard, made a permanent lnterloc
tuary decree of the annulment grant
ed some months ago. The girl Is now
free to marry Samuel Ciarkson, an
Englishman with whom she eloped
to London.
The heiress' matrimonial career ha
been the subject of much newspaper
noto'itty. The sensation came after
the girl's elopement with Ciarkson,
when Osborne, a young broker, an.
nounced that Helen was his bride. He
then made public for the first time
the story of their marriage while on
an auto trip in Connecticut.
He admitted the marriage was car
fled out on the spur of the moment
and that they parted soon afterwards.
Now It Is expected that Helen will be
married to Ciarkson in London.
PRESIDENT KERB
UERETOMHOil
Meeting Will Be Held in the
Evening to Discuss Experi
mental Farms,
PARTY AT ECHO TODAY
INSPECTING ARID LANDS.
TAI-T AND RRYAN
MAY HOLD DERATE.
Cincinnati, Sept. 11. Tentative
proposals for a debate between Taft
and Hrynn. to be held here Septem
ber 2.1, were presented to. lay to the
manager of both candidates. Until
will be here on that date.
THE MESIIA KANGE A
MASS OF IXHtEST F1KES
Duluth, Sept. 11. Word from the
Mesba range today says that forest
fires are burning steadily over the
grazing lands. None rema-ined un
harmed. The towns are In danger. Ov
er Point siptare miles are burned over.
The wind is light and It Is thought the
fire will not be stopped until It hasi
burned Itself out.
The smoke from the fires is almost
Intolerable. All the women nnd chil
dren have been sent to the settle
ments, the men remaining to fight the
fire.
Steamers from the north shore
r.urus anil Johnson Mittchci!.
London, Sept. 11. It was learned
today that Tommy Hums and Jack
Johnson are matched to fight at
Sydney, Australia, the latter pat of
November. It Is understood a syn
dicate of Australians who will fi
nance the fight w'.U be given a purse
of $25.0011, t:u winner to take 60 per
cent and the loser 40 per cent of the
remainder of the receipts.
PosMlbllity of Securing Irrigation anil
Dry Farming Kxieriiuciitul Stations
Will l!o Taken l'p at Commercial
A-ocintion Gathering; Now Jto.
llcvetl That Stations May He Secur
ed for Doth Dry Iaml ami Irrigat
ed StxtJons..
President W. J. Kerr of the Oregon
Agricultural college, and a party of
government and college men, will be
heer tomorrow evening for the pur
pose of consulting with citizens re
garding experimental stations for this
county. A public meeting will be
held In the Commercial association
rooms and all those Interested are
requested to attend.
This afternoon Judge S. A. Lowell
received a message from President
Kerr saying ilia t the party reached
I'matilla today. They are spending
the day going over the arid land In
that section and will come on to Pen
dleton tomorrow.
The party is In eastern Oregon
looking over irrigation and dry land
sections with a view to recommend
ing that experimental or demonstra
tion farms be established.
When here last fail the matter of
an experinu nlnl farm was taken up
with President Kerr, it being the de
sire then to have one established neat
Hermiston. At the time funds for
the farm were not available. Wheth
er or not the same condition stiil ex
ists Is not known, but the fact that
the party Is now making a trip
through eastern Oregon indicates that
there may be "something doing."
Prof. Scudder. agronomist at O. A.
C, and who was here with the dem
onstration train last spring, is also
w ith tho party now coming.
POIIT1. GAL QIEEX
FLEES TO ITALY.
MISTS WORK
Itome, Sept. 11. Half crazed
by the constant threats of re
volt at Lisbon, and attempts on
the lives of the members of the
royal family, Dowager Queen
Maria Pia of Portugal, Is today
preparing to leave the country
for Italy, where she will make
her home. She failed In many
efforts to Induce the young
King Manual to abdicate and
accompany her.
FOR GOOD ROADS
WOIIK IS KESCMED
ON WESTERN PACIFIC.
San Francisco, Sept. 11. That th
work of construction of the Western
Pacific line will be rushed, Is evidenc
ed by the board of directors voting a
bond Issue of J 25,000,000 for the pres
end bonds worth half that amount
will bo disposed of.
Of 926 miles of road from Salt
Lake to San Francisco. 660 are al
ready graded. On the coast the road
I.i completed as far, as Berry creek,
above Orovllle. Forty-two hundred
men are now working on the grade.
TOLSTOI ENTlirsiASTS
PLACED I NDEIt ARREST.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 11. Report
show that more than 1000 persons
were arrested yesterday charged with
violating the government prohibition
Big Parade May Be Feature
of the October Good Roads
Convention,
AUTOMOBILE OWNERS TO
RAISE CON VENTION FUXD
Local Association of Autolsts to B6
Formed After Good Roads Meet
ing Prominent. Ownons of Auto
mobiles EiKhiisliistlo Over the
Movement to Improve tle Wghr
ways County Court to lie Enlisted
In the Work of Making Better
Roads Good Interest In the Com
ing Convention.
Pendleton autolsts have been en
listed in the movement for holding
a good roads meeting here on Octo
ber 20 and It now seems likely that
they will take up the work of raising
the $200 needed to secure the meet
ing. When the letter from the secretary
of the association was received here
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CRACK TE
nryun nnd Taft Will Speak.
Chicago, Sept. 11. Hryan and Taft
will both address the Chicago Asso
ciation of Commerce, which opens a
MOUNTAIN CI.I MISER.
FELL DOWN 2(10 FOOT CLIFF
Valdez, Sept. 11. Unconscious and
fatally Injured as the result of a fall
while attempting to scale a peak near
the Valdez glacier, Pr. F. E. Chaney,
a prominent local physician. Is lying
on the mountain side In the rain,
where he has been 14 hours.
With three men he reached an ele
vation of 2"0n feet, when he slipped
and rolled 300 feet down a rocky cliff.
He was formerly a Portland resl-l
dent. Hundreds of citizens with axes'
of the formal' celebration of Count , ,t became incumbent upon local peo
Tolstoi's birthday. Most of the ar- i pIe t0 rase the above amount of else
rests were caused by people waving t0Tflg0 & meetlng that would be sus
fiags and pictures of the count. ceptible of much good to the county
' and city. But for a time It looked
j like the movement would fall flat
. because of some one to take the lead
in the matter.
j Yesterday It was. suggested by Le
! on Cohen that the autolsts take the
j matter in hand and It now seems they
will do so. Several prominent auto
mobile owners, among them Dr. li.
K. T.lakeslee and Walter McCorm
mach' have promised to contribute to
i the fund and also to a.st In .-als-'
Ing the remainder of the money. A
committee of autolsts will likely
j make the rounds within a few day
Anderson who Is Relng Held As a for the purpose of raising the $200..
Witness, Took Advantage of Mo-1 Would Fonn Association.
menus Absence f lKn,,y , Make' " I' lcCorac1
.that when the good roads meeting Is
Getaway Overhauled West of ( hPu here or mmediately following
Town After an Automobile Chase that occasion a local good roads as
of Several .Miles. j soclatlon shold be formed. It would
be the purpose of-the organization to
carry out as far as possible the sug
gestions Trmrfp at tha Onvpntlnn An
miles of territory occurred I here this, exPfUllve cnrnttlltfee from the asso.
iiioiiiiiiK uemeeil m'puij MierilL Wil
son and Andeson, one of the prlson-
LIVELY CHASE FOR ES
CAPED JAIL PRISONER
I elation could confer with the county
court regarding road matters and
ers. It was won by the deputy, who 'I(fht be of much
made use of his auto in the race,
Unless such an association Is forro-
This morning Anderson and another' ed to folIow out the good adv ,
prisoner were brought down to the
en Mr. MeCormmaeh holds that there
fill ll l:intAI'lia .,... .IKttl.m n (..nil ..n
deep waterway convention here Oc-, . . , , . ,
, . ' ., ' , . .,,,',lle mountain in order to reach him.
tober 7 with a banquet. The question
of where to seat the candidates Is
bothering those making the arrangements.
Secretary Is Missing.
Taconia, Sept. 11. F. McCouiter,
secretary of the" Modern Hrotherhood
bulge and superintendent of the city
j frpo employment bureau, Is myste
riously missing. It is reported $100
belonging to the order is gone. He
I leaves a wife and five children desti
I tute. . -J
Drowned to Escape Itiiruiug.
Cnlumonr,' Sept. 11. News has
hank leads to the belief that the ho
tels nnd settlements are In danger
of being destroyed.
of 100 miles. There Is a ruddy glare
He said that while he represented tho from Isle Hnval. The heavy smoke
traction people he hnd not received a
single dollar as n fee from them and
would not charge for his services In
connection with the securing of tho
franchise.
Ho favored the franchise as a cltl
Sicn and held that Judge Lowell's
comparisons with Portland conditions
were unfair. He snld that capital was
knocking at the door of the city and
that to turn It away now would mean
to keep the city in the groove It has
been In during the past few years.
It. Alexander spoke briefly In favor
of the franchise saying that he had
known the Walla Walla men for
rtrttiito I lila nftiiriiiinn fnnnfl fltia rt
', , ., ,, ,' reached here of the tragic death of
the shore for a continuous distance .... , , ?
dacm ih'iim'm'iiiiiii, a larmer, wnu
jumped in Ills well and drowned rath
er than be roasted to death by forest
fires which completely surrounded
his house.
Canailiun Pacific May Re Tied Up.
Winnepeg, Sept. 11. In view of the
strike of the mechanics on the Ca
nadian Pacific road much significance
is attached today to the sudden gath
ering here of the joint protective
ho.vd of the International Brother'
French restaurant by Deputy Wilson. . , no neeJ of a conventIon for
They xvere to carry the beakfast up ,t wou(1 bp tnk R no
to the jail. Put while In the rear of wr(
the eating place Wilson was called to i
the phone and he left the two men
alone for a moment.
Taking advantage of his oppoprtu-j
for the rear.
i KILLED RY
A TRAIN'
AT HUNTINGTON'.
nlty Anderson "ducked
wards the lower end of tow n and ' w" ;''; Y being crush
went at a Marathon race clip. ed tw - . freih'
, u . V .i - ears In the yards at Huntington ves-
As he was handicapped by the , co
, ,, , , tcrduy afternoon.
John Engle. a -miller from Denver,
Wilson could not give Immediate
chase. He took the other fellow back
to the county jail and then Jumped
i Eagle, with a companion, was beat
ing his way to the harvest fields of
Oregon and climbed between two
... ..... ... ... ireigni cars 10 riue out oi Hunt ne-
hood of maintenance of way men. I n s nu 0 10 u Ke "P ,ne purf""-, ton. One of the car had a defective
President Low of St. T.onU :,m i , I relieving that Anderson was making
simply an annual meeting of the or-1 ,lls wny ,,own ,b! rlver 1,0 slW lfnvn
gtmbntlon. It Is believed the action" alollK the north 8i,,e unU1 Pros!te
of this body w ill lead to a general tie- i ,np Kln, place' wnere ne was re
up of the entire system. j warded by seeing his man on tho op-
' j posite bank of the stream.
,.,, i,.,,,,.,. . , , . In a moment Wilson was out of his
. i mum;; .ln-lllflll,
Heavy Travel Tills Fall.
The Walla Walla-Pendleton pas
senger train on the O. U. & N. Is en
Joying the heaviest traffic this fall
that It has enjoyed since It was
first installed several years ago. This
morning both coaches were well filled
with people coming to tho city to take
the through trains east and west nnd
to do shopping here, expecting to re-
Pctich Shipments 2 Cars.
The shipment of peaches from the
Ix'Wiston-Cinrkston valley last week
reached 29 carloads, but orders for
cars this week give assurances of
from 60 to 70 carloads being sent to
the eastern markets. Growers In all
sections of the Lewiston-Ciarkstoii
valley are canvassing the country for
pickers and packers and up to this
. . ' ' .... .... J time have prevented any loss because
mi ii in iiiu inwiis vi uie uuuiuy una f . f i i
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JOHN BLOOM BMSED S5.90 CHECK TO S55
If the story which Tom, the Chi
nese proprietor of the luuch counter
opposite the Hotel St. George, tells la
true he was the victim of a "high fi
nance' 'scheme this morning and John
ltloom, a young man from Pilot Rock
was the manipulator.
According to the Chinaman, Ploom
ate breakfast with him this morning
and then tendered 1n payment a
check which he claimed was' for $55.
As tho chink did not have enough
money to cash the check young
Rloom accepted $30 as a part pay
ment and was to return for the re
maining $25.
Put when Tom took the check to
tho bank this mprning he found that
It called for the payment of but $5.50
and thereupon ha told Chief of Po
lice Ourdane of tho deal. Shortly
afterwards Itloom was arrested and
he Is now In the county Jail. He de
clares that he received only $5.50
from the Chinaman, but when arrest
ed he had $30 on Mb person.
A negro, who was in the restau
rant when the check wascashed says
that the Chinaman gave he boy $30,
believing that the check was for $55.
The negro is now held as a witness
and l In the city Jail,
Approxi
mate'y 1000 people are now engaged'
In preparing the local crop for mar
ket, nnd It is probablo the majority
of this number will be given employ
ment during the greater part of Sep
tember. It Is estimated about 250
carloads of peaches will be marketed
during the coming month. Lewlston
Evening Teller.
Fire Losses Repaid.
Money, the settlement of the losses
suffered during the Wllcox-Chrlstlan
church fire was paid over to the los
ers today. Major Moorhouse who
carried the bulk of the Insurance on
the Implement store, today paid the
amount to Mr. Wilcox. He also paid
the church people the amount of their
Insurnnce carried by his company.
Out of every 100,000 girls and boys
In England and Wales 6820 are call,
ed Mary and 6590 William.
Vancouver, Sept. 11. Along with
his son, who was fatally Injured In
tho accidental explosion of a gun,
Joi n Hay spent an agonizing night
on the mountain near Agasslz. With
the dawn came new hope. The fath
er left the son In n comfortable posi
tion and ran for medical assistance,
nut the son died In his absence.
Pleaded Not Gnilty to Murder.
Omaha, Sept. 11. Charles Davis,
pleaded not guilty when arraigned
today and charged with first degree
murder in connection with the kill
ing of Dr. Frederick Uustin, the vic
tim of a triple murder and suicide
pact. Fred Davis, vice-president of
the First National bank, a brother of
the prisoner, provided the bond.
Hungcd nt San Qucittln.
San Quentln, Cal.. Sept. 11. Con
slantlno Horse! was hanged today foi
the murder of Fmlllo D. Erama In
the gallows room of the penitentiary.
His last act was the kissing of the
picture of his wife, who was the
cause of trouble. D'Eranio taunte,;
him about his wife's alleged Infidelity.
machine and drawing his gun got
within a short distance of Anderson
before he was seen. When he called
to the fugitive to surrender the latter
took a glance at the pistol and gave
up.
Anderson is being held In the coun
ty jail as a witness against Grant, who
is charged with robbing stores at
Athena. He had claimed that Grant
I nil induced him to sell some of the
stolen goods, but that he. Anderson,
was not Implicated In the theft. His
attempt to escape would Indicate that
he was more closely connected with
the crime.
Immediately after Anderson's es
cape Sheriff Taylor boarded the Pi
lot Rock train and rode to the junc
tion to Intercept the runaway If he
went down the track.
drawbar which permitted the cars to
Jam closely together and Engle was
caught in this way.'
No blame is attached to the com
pany or the train crew as no one
knew the man was on the train until
his body was found In the yards, hor
ribly mangled.
Wheat Huiiling Makes Rusinoss.
1 At this time of the year, while
; wheat hauling is on. the streets
around the court house are converted
Into a veritable corral. At noon yes
terday Recorder Hendley counted a
total of 156 head of horses and 46
wagons strung around the square.
Many of these were six and eight
horse teams that were engaged in
hauling wheat to the mill.
Here to Ruy Sheep.
D. J. Reagan of East Helena. Mont.,
who has been in the city for several
days for the purpose of looking over
the sheep market, left today for
Heppner to make sheep purchases.
T Will BE "TEMPERANCE OAJ
Colonel Stewart Riiidy for Test.
Hu.T,chuca, Sept. 11. Ready to
start on his 0-mlle r!dln test, Col
onel William F. Stewart, the coast ar
tillery officer In exile at Fort Grant.
U at Fort Hunchuca today. The
route is not oflclally announced.
RnselMiU Scores.
Portland 2, Los Angeles 1,
San Francisco 6, Oakland 1.
Although the prohibition question
was settled by the people of Umatil
la and oher eastern Oregon counties
at the polls last June, the temperance
movement Is not lagging nnd next
Sunday will be "Temperance Day" at
a number of Pendleton churches.
J. R. Knodell, assistant superin
tendent and vice president of the Ore
gon Anti-Saloon league, will be in the
city for a series of meetings on that
date and the public Is cordially in
vited to attend any or all of them.
In the morning Mr. Knodell will
speak at the Presbyterian church at vices.
11 o'clock; In the afternoon at J
o'clock a union rally will be address
ed by him at the First liaptist church;
at 6:15 in the evening a young peo
ple's meeting will be addressed, also
at the First Raptist church anil for
the evening services at 7:30, Mr.
Knodell will deliver an address at the
M. E. church, which will be In the
nature of a union meeting.
Mr. Knodell Is a forceful speaker
and all of his addresses promise to be
highly entertaining. The public Is
cordially Invited to attend all the ser-