mmamuMmaaummMm EVEHIf SEDITION WEATIIKIt REPORT. Occasional rain tonight nml Friday; fresh southerly winds. YOL. 21. PENDLETON", OK Mi OX, TJIUHSDAV, OCTOIJKIt 2J), 1908. NO. G410. ZT- JjTL r lL I J2A.Il U A YV 8 ) 11 the ads In today' East IT1T "iu"j jj fTMYr g''J'' Y XTT . rr Oregonian. yau are u iti bank mm II OCCUPY FMS CELL J. W, Scriber Fails to Give $25,000 Bail When Arraigned Before U. S, Commissioner Hailey. Self-Conf.s! Knihezzler and Forger HjvjiirIU to Pendleton Utt Night Arraigned on IAirger)' Cluirge PrcfoiTcd by Deputy United Slant Mar kIuiI Gives Up AU Hope of Keeping Out of J nil When Amount of Bond Ik Announced Tukcn to Portland Today Seared Bondsmen Rct-IMinnlble for III Stx-nnd and Third Aire Iliilwtlc Stone at the Wrecking of 111m Own Home Emphasizes Heunlc".ncsi of tlie Pccu lilting ITiiancler Smile and Slccqw I.Ike An Innocent Child. J. W. Scriber, the La Grande biink wrecker, thin morning gave up the fight to keep himself out of Juil, and unable to procure the $25,000 bail demanded by United Stales Coinmls h i 1 1 1 r Hailey ut the hearing thin morning when the peculating cannier was arraigned in this city upon a second charge, one of forgery, pre ferred by Deputy I n. ted StateH Attor ney W. II. Evans. Scriber was taken on No. 1 thin afternoon to Portland, where he will remain in custody jf tlie United flutes officials, In Jail. Bondsmen W ere Seared. Although Serlbor's shortages, ac cording to the report of the bank ex aminers, will amount to more than $120,0(10, until last evening the bank wrecker was out on bonds of $15,ooo, the amount having been fixed ut a UNKNOWN MAX CHOKES GIRL NEARLY TO DEATH Taconia, Oct. 29. Miss Rachel llunsen, an 18-year-old waitress, while going home Sunday night, was thrown Into the street by un unknown man and choked nearly to death be fore released. The man made no pre tense to rob or maltreat her beyond the choking and his conduct Is a mys tery to the police. As she was pass ing the man on a lonely street he sud denly seized her by the back of the neck and with a quick movement threw her face downward upon the sidewalk, then working his hand around her throat, he choked her un til she wus black in the face. When she was on the verge of suf focation he released her and took to his heels. Unable to scream for help when finally she staggered to her feet a few minutes later, she went , home w here she was still blue In the face from the choking. Throughout I the experience he did not speak a word. A search of the spot with lantern :' revealed Miss Hansen's furs, hat, um j brella and purse. The man wore no mask, and the girl is unable to ac ! count for his action. 1 A week ago a strange man enter ' ed a house here and chloroformed a girl and then quietly decamped wlth i out injuring her or robbing the house. when I got him to the train. Hut he didn't. He took It coolly. He could even sleep. When we reached Pen dleton he paid for a speciul guard and we went to a room In the hotel where we both slept. And he seemed to be as undisturbed as a child. ,TAIT MAKING HIS "I have been 15 years In this busl-j FINAL XEW VOItK DASH mss I was on the police force in j Baker City, a guard at the penitent!-j -v'w York, Oct. 29. Taft Is on his ary. on the Portland police force. llWil' ""'"' for f.nal dash through was chief of police at the Oaks. l,n" state, going to Syracuse, where he have for years been a detective, a i will speak to.lay. He will cover much I never before saw a man so nearly '' "a'"0 course as the Bryan special. .i.t ,. h..,. ... i vv ,.rii,er ! Lyons. X. V.. Oct. 29. Taft made Wim Xot SHvuhition. this "Scriber says it wus not speculation that irot him Into this trouble. I be-yearly lieve It Is something of long standing.! also Includes I understand thnt lie was Interested j ,,a'KU h the Sumpter bank at one time, and! his first speech of the day at 9 o'clock morning to a crowd representing the whole town. His itinerary East Rochester. Canan- ('eiieva and Seneca Kails. time when It seemec cover all shortages. Later, when the vast sum concerned In tlie pecula tions became known, O. F. Coolidge, one of the bondsmen, brough action In the Justice court In order to in crease the bond for bis own protec tion, or to get Scriber behind the bars. This faded, the suit being dismissed yesterday, and last night Scriber wus arrested at his home and brought to Pendleton to be arraigned on the new charge preferred by the government's attorneys. Serincr l.ivc l p. When the amount of bail demanded was made known, Scriber this morn ing declared that he would make no effort to furn.sh such a sum. He de clared that should he do so addition al charges wonld be preferred, and 1 quite ample to J that It got shaky and that that is howj funiculi' I York. Oct. i for Taft. 29. Carnegie do- the thing started. Since that Scriber; X'W has been taking desperate chances dared himself for Taft when he step nnd hoping for a lucky turn on prop-'ped from the gang plank of the erty he had secured in order to make j steamer Adriatic on his return from good his losses. Europe. He said there is no doubt "Scrlher's Is not the only wreck of "f his election, a happy home In that county. There! are many, many others, unu failure: of the bank tins wiped out every cent owned by many people over there. Ii know of one old man and his wife who! had $19,000 In that bank, and haven't; a penny except what they can get out j of the wreck. There are others, too. I Violence Was Threatened. "In my opinion Scriber is not sor-: ry to leave La Orande," continued Mr. I Hammersley, "and I am not so sure' but that it Is a good thing for him j that he did. Each day sees some new l 0 I Way Now Clear for Electric Line. Work on Power Plant Under Way, "MOXEY ALREADY SECTItED," SAYS E. S. ISAACS TODAY. . (.raining of franchise by Wallu Wal la. Council Itoniove llljr OIslacl-s hi laih of Projcel Company Xow ISusy With Preliminary Plans X'o Statement as to When Construc tion Work Will Commence l'Mn Ehvtric Line The Franchise Changes. "We are now in a position to go ahead with our preliminary arrange ment ii for building the Walla Walla Pendleton interurban line," declared E. i$. Isaacs in a 'phone message to the East Oregonian this afternoon. "Until we secured the franchise Irom the city of Walla Walla we were blocked temporarily as thoug'n by a dam," said he in speaking of the fight the company has had in the Garden City. Continuing Mr. Isaacs declared that the money for the company's project was secured many weeks ago so that there is no difficulty upon that score. Apparently everything is now clear ror the carrying out of the company's plans. Now Developing Power. "We have had men at work for tlw mi Ft two weeks developing the com- pi::;; by a fine of not less than $5 and not more than $100, or Imprisonment In the city Jail for not more than 20 days, or both fine and imprisonment." REPUBLICANS IN XEW YOltK HETTIXU IS FAVOP.AHLE TO TAFT. New York, Oct. 29. Bets that Taft 1 will be elected were placed today In the financial district at odds of three I to one on the republican candidate. 1 The cotton exchange people who are wagering are also laying odds that Hughes will be elected, but there Is more Chanler than Bryan money In sight. There are no wagers that either j Hughes or Chanler will carry the state by any stated vote. Chanler men are getting odds of 9 to 10 and 8 to 10. There was one bet of $500 that j Bryan would carry the United States by a plurality of 10,000. GREAT FRIGHT Walter Wellman. Thinks Fear May Save Taft on a Small Plurality. OHIO AXI) IXDIAXA. CONCEDED TO DEMOCRATS ALBANY FINALLY TO HAVE ELECTRIC CARS Albany. Ore., Oct. 29. After a de lay of many months and much wrangling, A. Welch this morning be gan preparations for the construction of the First street electric line. Ties were distributed along the streets and grade stakes are being made. He has evidently given up the Second street franchise. High Authority on Political Situation Declares Tliat Struggle Is Xow One Between Republicans With Weal Of and Deinoeruey With Organized La bor as Chief Auxllliaries Taft Ieaders Said to No Ixmger Fear the Result Since Money Is Assured. XOTE1) INDIAN FIGHTER DIES IX SALEM. i B BRYAN SENATOR HILL APPEARS ON POLITICAL PLATFORM more ball demanded with each recur- evidence come to light and the people ling success In providing bonds, and that it would simply be Impossible for him to keep out -of Jail by pro viding bonds. He declared that he had given up all idea of keeping out of Jail. Wrecks UN Own Home. Although the failure of tile Scriber bank brought d sastcr Into hundreds of homes In Iji Orande and I'nlon county there was none more pitiful than that of Scrlher's own home, brok en up last evening by Deputy United States Marshal V. E. Hammersley placed the bank wrecker under nr rcsr. Mr. Hammersley, who wus present at the leave taking between Scriber and his children declares that in all his Ki years' service as an officer he never saw anything quite like the pit iful sorrow of the man's family. Hut SerllMT Smiled. "I thought I was steeled against such things." said the officer tills morning, "but I couldn't stand that. I had to turn away, and I had to hur ry him up to keep from breaking down myself. It was awful to see the way those children suffered. They say lie had always been a kind. In dulgent father to them. It was pite ous It would have melted the heart of any man. "Hut It didn't fen jse Scriber. That man smiled through It all Just a heartless, cynical smile and every one else was crying. I found tears In my own eyes. "He didn't seem to worry. He didn't seem to care. He Just smiled through It nil careless like, but cy nical. Scriber lias X Heart. "I thought ho would break down are hfrjhly worked up over the case. I brought him down last evening be- j cause if I hail waited until this morn-j cause that was my original plan, but 1 after I reached Im Orande 1 was glad j I had so nrranged license If Ii had waited until this morning: I was told that there in ght very likely have been a big demonstration j of those who hud suffered through his forgeries, a the depot. It seems j that only lack of a leader has saved i Scriber from violence ut the hands; of the depositors So far. Purged lioiidsninn's Xanie. "Some of the things regarding tlie case are unique For Instance. . F. Coolldge, one of Scrlher's bondsmen who Insisted that other charges be pressed against him, and who brought an action in the Justice court yester day, signed the bond willingly enough at first, but later discovered that Scriber had forged a note In his name. Then he couldn't get the man locked up soon enough. Sheriffs Xnine on Xote. "Another nervy trick of Scriber Former Political Lender pi New York Wlio Has Taken Xo Part in Ciini paiun for Years Says Time Has Come for Change Declare Alarin Iny; Stories of Depression follow Ins Bryan's Fleet l"n Arc Finnic. Troy, X. Y., up early today day's campaign state. He was though hardest "As will line We ; nary Oct. 29. Bryan was his second! i to begin In upper New Yorkiduced in the apparently refreshed, yesterday was one . of the days of the campaign. power site,' said Mr. Isaacs, to just when construction work be undertaken on the electric I do not wish to say at this time, are now busy with the prelimi- work." The Franchise, The franchise that was finally granted to the traction company was changed in several particulars from ll.e one originally introduced several weeks ago. The second paragraph of section 2. number 1, which reads as fol lows: "And the city of Walla Walla reserves the right to require said grantee to hereafter place in under ground conduits, all overhead wires and conductors I n such parts of streets which may be hereafter des ited by th" city council as busi-ef-s ricts. by order requiring all such wires and conductors in such districts to he placed underground, ex cept that Iron anchor posts for tne Mipport of street lamps at street In l.rse ctlons, with the necessary wires, shall be permitted." Was Different. In the ordinance which was intro- Chicago, Oct. 29. "Another Bryan scare running through the country has aroused the republicans and ap parently Insured Taft's election by a small plurality," declared Walter' Wellman, who is regarded as high authority on the political situation In the Record-Herald today. "The most noteworthy feature of the closing days of the campaign Is the fright over the possibility of Bryan'e Salem, Ore., Oct. 29. Benjamin Hayden. aged R6, one of the path finders to California, in 1849, and a pioneer who crossed the plains to Ore- guccesg which has suddenly seized the gon in 1R"2. died this morning. e , country. The first effect has been was a noted Indian fighter. to pr0vide the republican campaign "" managers with more than they dream Two Suicides Identical. ed of getting. The second effect ha San Francisco, Oct. 29. Two sui- been to get a considerable part of the business Interests actively against Bryan. "Anathv anion? the business men. a 20-year-old electrician, left the din- ; has appeared. The struggle is now ner table yesterday where his fam- one between tne republicans with ily were assembled, went to his room wealtn and business as a coajutor and killed himself with a shotgun. agains.t democracy, witn organized la- Dcsrai Chozreir, a laborer, earlier !bor and the unemployed as chief aux iliary. "W.th plenty- of money and the business men discarding their pre vious attitude of indifference, Taft leaders no longer fear the outcome, 'espite the probable loss of Ohio and liana." cides, almost identical In the manner of their accomplishment, were report ed to the coroner. William Ebken, the and day left the table killed himself by after a meal shooting. JUROR BnlBED 'IISMFESSEI SHIP WR ECK ED CA PTA I X AXD CREW ARE LOST. IMPLICATES RVEF AND HIS ATTORNEYS San Frmielxeo Contractor Says Attor- ncy tJave Him Thousand Dollars to Offer Juror That Rnef Offered' Him $10,000 to Keep Quiet After lie j London. Oct. 29. Captain Avis and his crew of 22 men of the steamer Yarmouth, are believed to be lost In the wreck of the vessel In the North Sea. The cause of the wreck Is unknown. Several bodies have been recovered. The Yarmouth was hound from Rotterdam to H.irwick with a cargo of freight. Was ArreMcd- Scnsation. L'onfessioii Creates ! A I! BESTED FOR SEI.I.IXO B(M;FS CLEVELAND LETTER n when ho fnriro.1 the nnme of -"" si,iff r-h.i.w. n nn "' ' republicans for effect. $2000, chllders had been one of the man's friends and when he was elected, Scriber had gone surety on bis bond to that same amount." The reception at Albany last night: was one of the features o' fthe cam paign. He is scheduled to speak to-i day at v'olioes, Ftica, Rome, Oneida, j ICanustota and Syracuse. I The Commoner was introduced last; night by former United States Senator 'I'M' of New York. This was the first lime in years Hill has appeared on a' j political platform. j I He said it Is time we had a changei jan ! that the alarming stories that a I period of depression w ould follow being clrculat- He said tlie democratic principles were better for the people. council some time ago. this clause was sligntiy umereiu. reading: "And the city of Walia Wal la reserves the right to require said grantees to hereafter place In under giound conduits, all over head wires and conduitors in all streets, which ninv he designated by the city coun- N'ew York. Oct. 29. Broughton Brandenburg, the magazine writer, arrested In connection with the sale to the New York Times of a letter P'.!rport!nc to be p.n endorsement of I Taft bv the late President Cleveland, was arraigned in court at the general sessions today. The Indictment charges San Francisco, Oct. 29. E. A. Plake, a local contractor, confessed at noon today to the crime of attempt ing to bribe John M. Kelly, a venire man ailed to sit as a juror to try man caueu xo en as n juii iu " charge of bribery. The confession j " " , ,, " rvi, M,,r. larceny In the second degree. A bond It implicates nu...c, , ,i,,i for lng Ruef. HlaKe said aiurpny poo him a thousand dollars to offer Kel ly and says Ruef offered him $10,000 to keep silent after he was arrested. Blake was tried and convicted of attempting to bribe. He has not been its sue- i sentenced. two 1 f SEVEB L INJURED IX SAX FRANCISCO ACCIDENT. ATTEMPTED TO BRIBE ARMY OFFICIALS. San Francisco, Oct. 29. Several persons were Injured today In a panic v heil Hie motnrmnn of a Bryant and Polk street car collided w ith another car. The latter car had jumped the track and was being put back on when the accident occurred. Seattle, Oct Schick of the today on his Alaska, to appear witness In the trial 29. Lieutenant Jacob 10th Infantry, Is heru way to Fort Oibbon, as the principal of A. O. Vashon, IS I AVOID APPEARANG 0 SCREENS Mayor Murphy sounded the death; knell of screens, as a feature of the nenr-beer parlors of Pendleton this morning when Chief of Police Tom Ourdane received orders to proceed with a strict enforcement of the city's ordinance providing thnt all such ob-i structlons should bo at once removed, and that all near beer saloons be pro vided with windows through which the entire Interior of the rooms so used might be seen from the street on which they are located. The mete removal of frosted glass from screens hitherto used will not be sufficient, according to Mayor Murphy, the screens themselves must go. And there must be no substitutes therefor. The business offices which have hitherto occupied the windows of several saloons must be moved. Everything within, every person, be he behind or before the bar, must be plainly visible from the street. Although the salooniuen were noti fied of this order this morning and It takes effect Immediately, the sa loon men will be allowed three more days in which to comply with the or dinance. After that "It may be that we will have to make some arrest and levy some fines," said Mayor Murphy this morn ing, "but we will do so if the ordinance is not enforced. We believe that the ordinance Is legal in every respect, and that It Is Just, and the council meant Just wha't it said when It order ed that the screens must go." accused of attempting to bribe army officers to award him a contract to supply wood for the fort and also to ho a witness In the $.'.0,000 suit Insti tuted against Vashon. Vashon and other contractors bid for supplying wood to the fort. Schick, us quartermaster, awarded the contract to the lowest bidder, an oilier firm. Vashon wrote his Seattle associates that Shlck had jobbed them and that officer had to stand trial In a military court. Vashon failed to substantiate) his charges. til except tint irvi alienor posts the support of street lamps at street intersections. with the necessary wires, shall be permitted."' There is also a slight change in sec ti.,n p number 2. which contains me following: "The said grantee mi.i rwsiens shall, within , r this ordi-! MAX ACCUSED Ol VetllS illiei in r "r - 'nance have the said city of Walla Walla adequately covered with a sys tem of wires for the transmission and distribution of light, heat and power, to fill any reasonable and legitimate demand and within a reasonable time.' Whereas, in the previous ordinance the passage read as follows: "The said grantee, its successors and assigns WOMAN Sl FFRA(;lSTS APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT. EMBE7.ZI.EM EXT IXSAX E San Francisco, Oct. 29. James C. Tomalty, for 10 years head bookkeep er in the office of the city treasurer, and now under arrest, charged with an alleged conspiracy by which $60, 000 were stolen from the funds of the citv. Is believed by attendants to maniac. Last night he I Modesty Irish. Is the beauty of women. COBOXER DISCHARGED FOR SUPPRESSING SUICIDE NEWS. Berkeley, Cal., Oct. 29. Because he suppressed news of the suicide of Miss Ethel Butuner. the Roosevelt hospital nurse, who hanged herself in a bathroom at that Institution, two weeks ago, Deputy Coroner Charles Jameson was discharged today. Rain Don't Stop Bryan. Schenectady. Oct. 29. Bryan ad dressed employes of the locomotive works and the general electric com pany today In a drenching rain. ,.i.n ,.-;tv.tn venrs after the nas-.De a ruing sage of this ordinance, have the said j began to act strangely and his condi city of Walla Walh'i adequately cov- tion Is so serious that an examination ered with a system of wires for the j will probbly be ordered. transmission and distribution of light, heat and power, to fill a legitimate de ma ml." Change of Charge Made. j One of tlie most notable changes j In the amended document from the j ordinance Introduced In the council j formerly is the clause In section 4 rtgnrding the amount to be charged for electricity. In the original ordi nance a maximum price of 12 cents per kilowatt for electricity was pre scribed while in the amended ordi nance the regulation is that th price shall at all times be reasonable, but no maximum is quoted. Another difference is the absence of section ti of the former ordinance, which read as follows: "Any officer or employe of the grantee, its successors and assigns, who shall, in the operation of the electric system herein provided for. violate any of tlie terms of this fran chise, or any other person who wil fully or unlawfully obstructs or In terferes with either the construction, maintenance or operation of the elec tric system herein provided for shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, before the city Justice of the peace, shall be punished Boston, Oct. 29. The Woman's Suffrage association in session here today, sent Roosevelt, an appeal, ask ing that he Include 'in his forthcom ing message to congress a recommen dation for an appropriation of a suit able sum to be used for "promoting friendly international relations and courtesies." RIOTOUS WOMEN ARE COMMITTED TO JAIL. London. Oct. 29. Twelve womert who participated in the suffragette disturbance in the visitors' gallery in the house of commons yesterday, and one man were sent to prison today for terms ranging from a week to a month. Many bruised women appear ed in court. STREET COMMITTEE GETS INTO TROUBLE When the city council of rcndleton siveral months ago ordered the im provement of one block on Jackson .street, the grade of which was arbi trarily lowered, it laid the founda tion for trouble and the trouble re sulted when, undertaking to run some of the Intersecting streets Into Jack- providing for the assessment against lets 3 and 12 of Raley addition to provide opportunity for investigation. Also an ordinance accepting the im provement on Garfield street was post poned to allow better inspection of the work. A sfni.lar action was taken in regard to Chestnut street. The son, .t was found that many other! council discussed, but reached no de grades would have to be reestablished. ! cision in the matter of Joining with At last night's council meeting an ordinance providing for the Improve ment of Lincoln, Perkins avenue. Jackson, Haley and Mark streets, among others, was introduced and! tabled until next week In order to pro-i vide time for more thorough Investl-I gation of the needs of that district. Itj was referred to the street committee; and the acting city engineer, J. P ; Kimbrell. ' The council tabled an ordinance! the county in tlie rebuilding of the I.ee street bridge, since It was not known just how far the city's finan ces would permit such a work. The street committee was ordered to have Main street bridge repaired at once to protect against Its present shaky condition. The meeting was exceptional In tho presence of every member of the council, and In the fact that it created much discussion, but little action. H Ii