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.
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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
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