East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, September 19, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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TO ADVERTISER
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meadow and wait (or
the cow to back Bp
and be milked go af
ter the cow.
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and Pun
day. NO. 6382
PENDLETON. OliEGON, SATURDAY. SEI.TEMHEH 10. 1008.
VOL. 21.
LIQUOR LAW VIOLATORS CAUGHT
8? GlEfEfl
State Has Basis for Hundreds
Witnesses Have
District Attorney Phclp Take Public Into .Hi Confidence ami Tell of
Work Hint Han Been Done Thiol Detective, In County's Service, De.
celvod rnwuHjux-tliiif "Mind JIb" Men Panic Wlio Bought Liquor
Known anil Murt Testify Before Grand Jury Will Toll Truth or Suf
fer Prosecution for Perjury Men Arrested During Saturday's Raid
Waive Examination at I'romvutor'i Instance.
When the grand Jury h called Monday-
the state of Oregon, In the person
of DlHtrlct Attorney Phelps, will com
mence upon a crusade of prosecution
uch as has never been witnessed here
before. The state now has evidence,
gathered by Thlel detectives,, suffic
ient to furulHh several hundred In
dictments and over 100 witnesses have
already been summoned to testify
against those who sold them liquor.
They will tell the truth or be charged
with perjury.
An Interesting Glimpse.
I'p to this forenoon District Attor
ney Phelps was reticent to divulge
any of the state' plans, but when Im
portuned this morning to disclose
what he has up his sleeve he decided
to let the puhllc Into his confidence.
"When the prohibition law was
adopted by Hip people of this county
I said that the law would be inforced
ond It will be." said he. and the set
of his Jaw showed that he meant what
he said.
Dctccllte Wa Ruy.
"For thf past three, weeks," declar
ed the 'prosecutor. "I have had a Thlel
directive nt work in this county. Dur
ing that time we have gathered suf
ficient evidence to justify the return
ing of hundreds of Indictments. Rep
utable parties were with the detec
tive when liquor was purchased so
that his evidence will nut go before
the grand Jury unsubstantiated.
'Tartles who have been purchasing
Illicit liquor are known and they will
be called upon to testify before the
grand Jury. Over inn such witnesses
have already been summoned and
the grand Jury will probably call
more. These witnesses must tell the
truth before the grand Jury or they
will be subject to prosecution for per
jury." Net I Full.
Thus It will be seen that the net
which has been spread for the "blind
pig' operators Is already full. Wheth
er or not there will be any escape
for thosenow In the meshes will be
up to the grnnd Jury and his honor.
Circuit Judge Bean.
The detective employed by Mr.
Phelps has been in the service of the
county and he Is not a prohibition
league secret service man as many
have supposed.
Girls Were Drunk.
A feature of the cases now In cm
Iryn Is the fact that the cvolcne
shows that In numerous Instances
liquor was sold to minors, sometimes
to little girls. One Instance Is known
where several girls of tender years
were provided with liquor and became
Already the movement for the re
vlvul of the Commercial association
Is underway and If the right support
Is only given It will not be many
months until Pendleton will have a
commercial club of which It will be
proud.
"I read the editorial in the East
Oregonlan last night and It was all
true," eald President Alexander of
the association this morning.
."But the Commercial association Is
not going to die," ho continued.
Tendleton cannot do without a com
mercial club. During the past eight
or 10 months the association has done
more than In the past. We had
some splendid meetings there last
spring and the meeting last Saturday
was a fine one"
"But the club rooms themselves are
a disgrace. It Is not right to ask
visitors to go there, the rooms are so
dirty and the furniture so poor. We
must havo a revival at once and re
model the rooms so as to make It a
nice place."
Will Start Revival.
It Is now the Intention of President
Alexander to commence Immediately
upon the plans for reviving th asso
coatlon, for making It a now club
throughout. His plan is to revise
PENDLETON Will WE NEW
- COHICI ASSOCIATION
MIL DETECTIVE
of Indictments and Over 100
Been Summoned.
drunk In the rear of a former sa
loon. Another fact disclosed by the In
vestigations Is that In many cases the
"bllndplg" operators have govern
ment licenses, Issued Blnco July 1.
This fact will be damaging against
them, for the law provides that the
holding of a government license shall
be prima facie evidence that liquor
Is being dispensed.
The prosecutions will apply not
only to Pendleton violators, hut to
those In other towns of the county as
v eil. The detective has visited Echo,
Pilot Rock and other places with sim
ilar success.
Will Await Grnml Jury.
Ten o'clock this morning was set
for the hearing of the cases against
the 12 men who were arrested during
the raid last Saturday night. But at
the appointed time the attorneys for
eight of the men said they would
waive examination and have the cases
go over to the grand Jury. The re
maining four cases were those of Bo
gert, Kergan and Noble and "Scotty."
No disposition of those cases was
made at the time. J. T. Hlnkle ap
peared r.s counsel for Pocert. Ktepan
and .Noble while "Scotty," who Is in
the county Jail, was not brought
forth.
Prior to the hearing the attorneys
for the eight men Intimated their In-
t ntlon of having the cases tried out
before the Justice of the peace. How
ever, this move was opposed by the
district attorney who declared that II
such' a course were taken he would
dismiss the cases anil make the
charges directly before the grand
Jury.
AltMY OFFICF.lt TKIKS
IX) F.ND OWN LIIE.
San Francisco, Sept. 19. Fearful
that he would meet the same fate as
his brother. Lieutenant William Mot
low, who Is confined In an asjlum at
Washington, p. t, and whose mind
gave way a year ago. Lieutenant Fe
lix Motlow brooded over the condi
tion of his health until he too, lost
his reason and today attempted to
end his own life. Lieutenant Motlow
was found In his quarters nt the Pre
sidio by brother officers In a very
critical condition from loss of blood.
WOl'LR IIAHXFSS IMWER
OF MOrXTAIX RIYERsi'1" utilized a pennant
Milwaukee, Wis. Sept. 19. Hun
dreds of thousands of dollars In op
erating expenses will be the saving
effected by the electrleizatlon of the
the membership list and to charge
each member an initiation fee of 5
or $10. In this way a sum ranging
from $1000 o $3000 can be ralsed'mii. ,,. , ,, paiiom viu
and the money will be used for re-
modeling and refurnishing the rooms!
from one. end to the other
Whether or not the association shall
retain Its present quarters Is a matter
to he decided later. The present
rooms will either bo wholly remodel
ed or else a new location secured.
The upper story of the Association
block hns been suggested as a pos
sible location for the revived club,
provided the owners will make th
necessary alterations In the rooms.
That location would furnish tho as
sociation with ample room for Its
various departments.
It Is now the Intention to move the
association library to the city hall
building when that structure Is com
pleted. Sonsequently some change
will then have to be mado In tho
present rooms and It is urged that
tho quarters be remodelled through
out or else a new location secured.
Already Mr. Alexander has been
promised good support In the move
ment to revive the association and If
business men and local citizens gen
erally will help tho scheme will be
successful.
fabflofs wealth in
oregox gold ledge.
Burns, Ore., Sept. 19. In
tense excitement prevails here
as the result of a fabulously
rich strike made by O. J. Darst,
a prospector In Gold gulch, who
discovered a ledge of rock as-
saying from $4000 to $4500 per.
ton. The ore contains gold and
sliver and the ledge Is located
60 miles from a railroad. It Is
plunned to stage the rock to
Austin or Vale and ship by rail
to Salt Lake or Boise smelters.
Tuclfic extension of the Milwaukee,
a project now being considered by the
board of directors of the St. Paul
road which is In session here today.
It is announced at the offices of
the compr.ny that the matter had
been presented to the board at this
morning's meeting and that the or
ders for electrification may be Issued
any day.
Engineering features of the under
taking have been studied out by some
of the most expert engineers In the
country and the plan now considered,
while Involving the expediture of
millions will eventually effect a great
saving.
It Is proposed to harness the un-
limited water power of the Bitter
Hoot mountains and use the electricity
on all mountain grades.
The new line will pass several hun-1
drcd feet through tunnels In the
mountain district.
Engineers declare the project ts'and refuted the statement, using as
not only feasible, but practical, and
will hecome necessary within a com
paratively few years owing to the
rapid exhaustion of the American
coal supply.
EYEX BOX CANS FSEB
TO HANDLE TRAFFIC
Big Crowd Attends Farmers' Gather-
ins and Agricultural College Was
Much In Evldmee Professors,
Graduate mid Students Hold Dig
Kciiuion 1'rogTiiiii of Night Cinlli
rrlng "Devoted to Farm Topliw
Ite-tilts of ICiuing.
Salem, Sept. 19. "Koll up, tumble
up, any way to get up," the old coun
ty fair slogan was In evidence yester
day when the surrounding towns
swelled the attendance of the state
fair to 15, (mil and made "Agricul
tural Pay" one of the big events of
the session.
So eager were the people from
points south to attend the fair yes
terday that the morning Southern
Pacific Cottage Grove local picked up
a boxcar at Jefferson, which was fill
ed with people glad of the chance to
take advantage of that sort of accom
modation rather than miss the fair.
From almost every niche that could
or streaming
ribbon appears to be floating and the
grounds are alive with the colors of
the college. Whenever groups of
students, who are here in force, come
together the college yell resounds.
The weather continut s grand and the
crowd will average up well with the
past three days' attendance, or about
15,000. The principal features of thej
day's and evening's program are giv
en up to the O. A. C.
The stock parade was repeated this
morning and was viewed by hundreds
of people.
The evening's program In the pa
vilion was composed of special fea
tures provided by the O. A. C. facul
ty, students and alumni. There was
a college reunion in the pavilion dur
ing the afternoon, during which old
civtM, ' ,,, footbal'i
Jo,Iy.llp ,10,(, Amoil(f the nunibois on
the evening program were an address
by President Kerr of the O. A. C;
"Relation of the College to the Dairy
man," by F. H. Scrlbner, of Wiscon
sin: "The College and the , Horse
man," by Professor W. J. Rutherford,
Winnipeg; "The Sheep from the Col
lege Point of View," Trofessor W. L.
Carlyle. Colorado A. G.; "Our Course
In Domestic Science," Miss Julia
Greer, O. A. C, and "The College
and Its Environments," an Illustrated
lecture.
Salem, Ore., Sept. 18. Results nt
Lone Oak:
2:0S. consolation pace, $1000 Dell,
lah won, Lord Lovelace second, Bon
nie M. third. Time, 2:07V4.
2:05 pace. $1000 Lcland Onward
won, Mona Wilkes second. Time,
2:05. Only two started.
Running, 3 furlongs $100 Tim
ber Jim won, Lady R. second, Bill
Short third. Time, ;i2M.
Running, S furlongs St. Alblns
won, Sallle Goodwin second, May
Pink third, Time 1.02 1-3.
A6I0EHI DAY
SEES BIG Ml
BRYAN IS IN
FOR FILIPINOS
Brown Brethren at Islands
Don't Want Former Gov
ernor Taft.
REPFBLICAX CLAIM
1CI-:I ITER BY CABLE
Icadcr of Filipinos Answers Inquiry
of Boston Men by Showing That
National Party Endorses Demo
cratic Platform Taft Not So Well
l-ov"d as Was Claimed Forukor's
Service Willi I-iOgiHluture Not of
Record. '
New Haven, Conn , Sept. 19. That
the Filipinos do not want Judge Taft
for president and thut their love for
their former governor general Is not
so great as his statement of Septem
ber 14 would Indicate, was declared
by William Jennings Bryan in his
! sech here today,
Mr. Bryan took up Judge Taft't
tnat jf the coming election
I rested with the Filipinos he would be
elected by an almost unanimous vote
his authority Albert Barreto, the most
prominent leader of the Filipinos.
Bryan said that Fiske und Warren of
Boston had cabled Barreto at Ma
nila asking If the republican claims
were true and that Barreto replied:
"Nationalist party with Immediate
Independence as creed prefers tri
umph of the democrats. At the gen
eral convention on July 12 It was
unanimously agreed to endorse Bry-
! an's platform."
j The nationalists have the biggest
j political following of any party in the
islands.
Forakcr Not Counsel.
Cincinnati, Sept. 19. Senator For
akcr may have drawn a salary for an
appearance In the supreme court of
Ohio for the Standard Oil, but if he
did any work to. Justify that salary
the records of the court do not show
it. The last appearance of Senator
Foraker on the records was when he
appeared before the Ohio legislature's
committee and secured a BO-year
franchise for the Cincinnati Tractioi
company in 1906. Records do not
bear out his assertion that he work
ed before the legislature and not the
national congress for the Standard
oil.
lViraker Nv Ito'iilcs.
Cincinnati. Sept. 19. General For-
taker today Issued a statement denying
the charees of W. R. Hearst, who de-
n,..f I,., ,.,,! ten una I
from John Archbold of the Standard
Oil for his influence at Washington
in favoring the Standard Oil. Fora
ker says this payment was a loan
made bv Archbold w ncn KoraKer was
consldeting the buying of a newspa-
per. The deal fell through,
returned the money.
and he
Columbus. Sent. 19. Aaron
E. ,
Price of Athens, O., former admlnls- j severest setback that aeronautics has
trillion leader of the house of rep-Pvfr received, but E. Larue Jones,
re'sentatlves. fired a bomb In the For- editor of Aeronautlca. pointed out in
aker camp on his own account todavjnn interview that In the history of
by accusing Foraker and the latej aeroplanes there have been only four
Mark Han na of quashing all antl- deaths compared with the great
trust legislation in the Ohio legisla-1 number in connection with the devel-
ture in 1900 bv working throuch the
governor's office.
CRAZY WITH GRIEF
GIRL BOTHERED FAMILY.
Oakland, Sept. 19. Relieved to be
mentally deranged over the death of
her brother, the late Durham .Stevens,
adviser to the Korean emperor, who
was assassinated in San Francisco re
cently, Miss Rose Stevens is under
survellance and today a warrant for
her arrest was secured by Percy W.
Rochester, director of the Berkeley
Chamber of Commerce, who sas the
girl annoyed his family.
Shoots Three: Kill One.
Waukesha, Wis., Sept. 19. After
holding a posse nt bay all night by
making a desperate fight, George
smith, aged 60, was captured at dawn
today. He Is charged with shooting
Mrs. Julius Grabow and daughter Ol
pa. last night, after seriously wound
ing Sheriff Pwinnell. The mother Is
dying. Smith Is accused of going to
the Bra bow house where he attacked
the mother and daughter, aged 14.
He shot the woman In the head. When
Pwinnell came Smith shot him and
escaped.
Cigarettes Cause Explosion?
Mare Isla'nd Navy Yard, Sept. 19.
Commander J. S. Phelps has started
an Investigation to learn the cause of
the gasoline explosion aboard the
barge of the submarine flotilla yes
terday which resulted In the death of
two nnd Inturv of three men. The re.
nort Is that a cigarette stub started '
the explosion. I
WRECK MAIMS AND KILLS
ON CHESAPEAKE ROAD.
Richmond, Va Sept. 19.
Scores of passengers were Injur
ed and It is believed that some
are killed as the result of a
wreck on the Chesapeake &
Ohio near Newport News today.
All wires are down and no par
ticulars of the accident can be
learned here. The wrecking
train with surgeons and nurses
have left for the scene of the
disaster.
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HKIK TO MILLION'S
KIT Sl'FFEHS WANT.
San Jose, Cal., Sept. 19. Too poor
to provide for the education of his
two daughters, and living In want
since the dath of his millionaire
father, Charles Lux today filed suit
against his two sisters who, he al
leges, spend too much money In han
dling the great estate left by their
father, Henry Lux, the late California
cattle king. Lux demands his share
In the estate.
NORTH DAKOTA OOX Rosevelt weildlng the big stick is seen
READY FOR LAUNCHING as the force behind the investigation
of the electrical trust which haa been
Washington, Sept. 19. According announced and which will be taken up
to reports received by the navy de- by the federal grand Jury. It is ru
partment work on the North Dakota, ' mored, however, that a delay may be
the new battleship under construe-
tlon at Fore River, Mass., is nearlng
completion and the big boat will be,
ready for launching within two.
months.
WILIU'H WILL CONTINUE
EXPERIMEXTAL FLIGHTS
EmktN to Leave France and Contin-
.. . . .i i
iie Brothers Demonstrations in
Tills Country Orvlllc Wright Can-
not Fly for live Months, Say Ills
IHvtoiN Aeroplane Safer Than
Ralloon Is Aero Club Leader's
Comment.
"
Washington, Sept. 19. Xot daunt-
ed by the tragic accident In which
I bis brother was Injured Thursday
evening, Wilbur Wright Is planning
WRIGHT W
to leave France and will return to MILWAUKEE OFFICIALS
America to take up the experiments INSPECT THE NEW ROAD
at Ft. Meyer where his brother left
off. j Milwaukee, Wis., Sept 19. A par-
Announcement of this decision was ty of officials and directors of the
made today. The Wright brothers Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail
are anxious to proceed with their ex- road will leave this evening for the
perlmental demonstrations for the first official inspection of the recent
government and as the surgeons de- ly opened extension west of the
elate that Orvllle Wright will not be Mississippi to Butte, Mont,
able to make a flight within the next 1 Is stated that work Is being push-
five months it was decided to con-
centrate the work of the two brothers
In this country.
Aeroplanes Safest.
New York, Sept. 19. Many mem-
bpI's of t,,e Aero club an(1 tne acr0
nautlc society of this city look on
the death of Lieutenant Thomas E.
Selfrldge by the accident to the
W right macnine at r on aiyer as tne
opment or tne Danoon. u is a ques-
tion in the minds or aeronauts nere
whether the United States signal corps prominent Mason and an Elk.
at Washington will insist now upon a
member of the aeronautical detach- Miss Irene Rlppey, one'of the teach
ment of the army accompanying ers in the Echo schools, came up from
Wright in his aeroplane when the fi- that place last evening to spend Sat
nal official tests are made. urday and Sunday in Pendleton.
SAYS SHE BITE COST H 10CAT1
While he nursed a rattlesnake bite
In this city, A. P. Anderson, who
claims to have been the original dis
coverer of gold in Juniper canyon,
charges that James Conlan, who he
d dares had been employed by him in
his explorations as a driver, jumped
the rich ground and had the location
filed In the recorder's office last
Thursday. Anderson yesterday an
nounced his determination to contest
the location.
More than that, Anderson declares
that the claim is well worth contest
ing and that the ground Involved Is
rich with gold. The man ought to
know, for he was for years a pros
pector in Alaska. He declares that
the Juniper canyon property Is richer
than anything lie saw In the north
country.
In proof of the value of the claim
Anderson exhibited a bottle of said
rich with coarse grains of gold. An
derson Insists that this gold was
gathered from the coarse sand nt the
surface of the ground. The prospec-
,or a,!1, exhibited samples of other
'H STICK FOR
ElECiraST
Indictments Likely for Heads
of Big Manufacturing and
Distributing Concerns.
ROOSEVELT TAKES HAXT
I IX FIGIITIXG COMBINE
President
Directs an Investigation
Which May Lead to Indictment of
Leaders In Electric Trade Govern
ment PossesKcs-Evldciiee Which May
Prove Illegal Combine Defendant
Control Electric Trade and Prices
Charged.
New York. Sept. 19. President
ordered so that the action or tne jury
will not hurt the success of the re-
publican party.
As the result of the investigation.
it is declared by the officials, at least
six of the leading figures of the elec-
1 1
i trlcal world will be indicted for maln-
I taining an unlaw ful trust.
Attorney General Bonaparte called
the attention of President Roosevelt
to the matter recently and the presi
dent directed the prosecutions upon
being shown the evidence upon which
the government will base its case. This
evidence, it Is declared, Is sufficient
' to warrant Indictments.
j Into the management of the Gen-
o-ai F.iectrie comcany which practl-
cay controls the general trade in
(electric appliances, the investlga-
tlon was especially rigid. Several
other firms will come in for close at-
lultr '
,e"e concernSi it Is alleged, have
a complete monopoly of all the bus-
Iness In the east and practically con-
trol it in the west, their interest hav-
Ing been extended Into almost ail ox
1 the allied lines. It is charged that
j they are working under an agreement
which fixes all prices, controls all
rates and practically puts all compe-
titlon out of business.
id w
of Rutte and thnt within a
year In Milwaukee will have a thor
ough line to the Pacific coast. A
Japanese steamship company will
operate a line of elaborate steamers
between Seattle and the Orient for
the Milwaukee system.
Dies Far From Home.
Vancouver. B. C. Sept. 19. The
oouy oi a. m. ewitr, mii-iui num
Athens, Ohio, arrived here last night
on the Imperial limited and was sent
on to the officer's former home In the
east today.
Sheriff Webster was at North Bend
en route to Seattle on an Important
case, when he was seized with a
nemorrnage and mea in spue or tne
eiiorts or me pnysicians.
fforts of the physicians. He was a
placer findings brought from th;
north. Among them was a nugget
worth $20.15.
Anderson, who resides at 60G Mar
ket street, says that being convinced
"f gold values in Juniper canyn he
formed a partnership with J. W.
lirier, a Philadelphia man, and went
prospecting. Conlan, who Is a resi
dent of that district, he says, was em
ployed by the men as a driver. An
dt rson says that he struck pay dirt,
but had not had time to make more
than a general examination, which
pioved Its richness, when while gath
ering gravel he was bitten by a rat
tlesnake. He cauterized the wound
with a white-hot lion and came Im
mediately to Pendleton, having since
teen at his home in this city recov
ering from the evil effects of the
poison.
Anderson says he was greatly sur
prised upon reading In the East Ore
gonlan that his former employe had
filed upon the ground. He claims to
have a prior right under the mineral
laws upon which he will force a contest.
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