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EVEIIINEEDfflOli
TO SHOPPERS.
After you have read
the adi In today's East
Oregonlan, yau are
ready to go shopping.
WEATHER REPORT.
Occasional ruin tonight
and Thursday; cool
er tonight.
PKNDLKTOX, OKEGOX, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMISJ.lt 18, 1908.
NO. 0433
VOL. 21.
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NORTHWEST HORSE DEALERS
VICTIMS OF HUGE SWINDLE
Four Idaho Farmers Secure $20,000 and $100,000 Worth
of Imported Horses and Jacks,
M. C, M"1. R. E. Cao ami A. C. Ruby Among the Victims Cur of Horses
I'aMiie Through Pendleton From Moscow to Holso Are Intercepted
Hero iiiu! Attached W. L. Tlioiiiptfut A)Xliit'l Receiver Complaint
Fltod In Circuit Court rr I'limil llu County Charges Group of Prom
inent Idaho Stockmen Willi Forming Construe)' to Defraud Com
mlMhloiM Paid to Swindler to Se II Aiilnuil to Follow Conspirators for
WortlilcMt Note.
Oregon, Washington and Idaho
stock breeders and. Importers paid
$20,000 cash for the privilege of al
lowing themselves to bo buncoed out
of $100,000 worth of fine stock by
four Cumus Prairie (Idaho) stock
men, according to the complaint filed
yesterday by J. F. Mason. M. C. Metx,
A. C. Kuby, A, P. Miller, William
Chamberlain and other breeders, up
on which lust evening a writ of at
tachment was Issued and a carload
of slock en route from the Camas
prairie district to the Palo Alto Stock
Farm at Boise was seized and Is held
here under the keeping of W. L.
Thompson, receiver appointed by the
court.
Ono Man (Jets All.
The shrewd Idaho men who are
named as defendants, are Major Fer
ris, George Lamb, J. M. Umb and
George II. Sheldon, together with W.
R. Clemens, who acted as their agent
In the transactions, and M. W.
Thompson, manager of the Palo Al
to farm, who was also one of the vic
tims, but who patched up his differ
ences with the purchasers and to
whom they gave charge of all their
stock of which the car selred last
evening was the first shipment to his
Boise farm. Other cars were to fol
low and unless turned back before
reaching this county will be seized
under tho same attachment.
Scheme Wan Shrewd Graft.
According to the story of the com
plaint, the plan of tho Idaho men,
was a shrewd one. They procured
letters of credit from the various
bankers in their neighborhood, de
claring that the notes of Ferris,
Sheldon and Lamb were good and es
tablishing an excellent credit among
the horsemen of the three states in
which they proposed to opernte.
Armed with these and several notes
signed In blank by the other mem
bers of the alleged conspiracy, Clem
on visited the prominent breeders
and Importers of the northwest, rop
uscntliig that he had power to buy
for the others and arranging the pur
chase of various nnimals at sums
greater than the regular price for
which he was to receive n certain
commission In cash. None of the
dealers knew of his negotiations
with the others until he had complet
ed transactions with practically all
the big breeders In the northwest.
Grafter Wore Arrested.
In each ease Clemans paid over the
notes of the other men In payment
for the animals and was given the
rommlssioif In money. Later It was
discovered that the notes were worth
less. The men were arrested In Ida
ho and their stock attached. An
agreement for settlement was made.
Farly Monday morning, however,
t Moscow, Thompson of the Palo
Alto farm, secured the dismissal of
the attachment In Idaho and under a
written agreement drawn by Thomp
son's attorney the animals were to
be shipped to Boise to be sold, when,
Thompson's bill being satisfied, the
remainder would be turned over to
the other creditors. This was not
satisfactory 1o the other sufferers In
the scheme and the action upon
which the first car was seized was
brought here.
Victims Were- Many.
According to the complaint the vic
tims of the scheme who Join In the
That the city fathers are not
through with the nenr beer problem
In Pendleton, and that at the council
meeting this evening a plan to reg
ulate the places which are alleged to
be of an objectionable character may
be brought up, was understood this
afternoon, although the councllmen
refused to discuss any proposed ac
tion.
COMIC 1 W 1
Councilman Montgomery at thej t'cally completed, and may come up
meeting last week strongly advocated ' for acceptance, whllo the levee work
a license system by which the cltyfwhlch was expected to be finished by
could control those persons engaging -this time is not quite complete and
In the business, and If the couucll . will probably be deferred In accept
can find ft satisfactory solution of Us ance until next week, and It Is not
trouble upon that basis it will no expected hhht Contractor Bets fan
doubt consider favorably an ordinance, complete his work until about the
to that end. Should such an action 'first of the week.
suit, and the animals and sums se
cured from them are:
M. C. Metz, Pendleton, one horse,
$4500, commission $1400.
A. C. Ruby, Portland, one horse,
$4000, commission $1400.
J. E. Mason, two horses, $SO00,
commission, $1000.
A. P. Miller, one Jack and one
horse, $8000, commission $2050.
W. M. Chumberlaln. one Jack, $2,
500, commission $750.
Kingsland Bros., one horse, $4500,
commlslon $1500.
George Wilson, one Jack, $2000,
commission $650.
Joe Gilliam, two Jacks, $3600, com
mission $1000.
R. E. Case, ono Jack, $3500, com
mission $1000.
K. H. Can by, one horse, $3500,
commission $850.
M. C. Gray, two horses, $5000,
commission, $1500.
Davis & Gibson, one horse, $2500,
commission, $500.
Hnaglund, one horse, $1500,
com-'
mission, $850.
Other losers who have not yet, but
for whom the privilege of joining the
suit is asked, are J. H. Edwards, Tom
Fe rris and West Lloud, the total of
the losses amounting to $100,000 on
the stock and $20,000 in commissions.
Thompson of Hoise, according to
the allegations of the complaint was
also originally victimized for
OIlfi
horse ut $5000 and $1000 in commis
sions. Want Sale Voided.
The complaint asks that the court
declare the notes worthless and the
plaintiffs not bound thereby, that they
may be given Judgment for the va
rious amounts of their notes, and that
the sale under which X. W. Thomp
son claims the animals be declared
worthless.
R. W, Case, also yesterday brought
action against the same defendants
upon a note for $3500 given In pay
ment for a Jack purchased of him in
April last Commission Is not men
tioned in this transaction.
NEEDED RAIN WELCOMED
11V IMATII.LA FARMERS.
"Little drops of water" In this,
particular Instance make little grains
of wheat and as the result of a splen
did rain today the farmers of I'ma
tilla county are greatly rejoicing.
The wheat is for the most part In
good condition although some of it
had sprouted and needed moisture
badly to keep It from rotting. In the
higher uplands to the south the wheat
has had more moisture and Is In
fine condition, but generally over the
county the ground Is dryer than it
has been In 10 years with the result
that not only today's but several more
days of rain would be welcomed by
the wheatgrowers.
TELLS OF DOWNFALL.
Remarkable Document Is? Atltohlog
rnh,v of Criminal.
Chicago, Xov. 18. A remarkable
commentary, which must apply to hi
own career, was found today among
the effects of Peter Van VHssongen
the confessed forger of deeds amount
ing to nearly $1,000,000. The book
was written as a comment on the
be taken It is quite possible that at
least one place now operating would
Immediately refused a license to con
tinue In business,
At the meeting tonight the council
Lwill also face the problem of the city's
financial difficulty, and will be forced
to devise ways to carry on the ex
penses of government until the taxes
.come In In March.
The work at the cemetery Is prac
case of Paul O. Stensland. the Chi
cago bank wrecker, who Is now In
prison.
Van Vlissengi-n wrote, "It Is not to
be suppoed that Stensland deliber
ately resolved to rob the poor people
who trusted him. His downfall beglnB
with trivial Irregularity. Again you
yield to temptation and find you have
done nobody except yourself harm
Vou go on and finally you are forced
to choose between forgery and the
wreck of your hopes. The time comes
when hope of restitution Is gone, and
the defaulter laces conviction as a
common felon, and he chooses wheth
er to puss the remainder of his life
as a fugitive, or make a clean breast
and serve his Justly earned sentence
The receiver says he will not reveal
the names of Van Vllssengen's vic
tims unless he Is forced to do so.
lll'XTKIt KILLED RY
COMPANION' IN
ALASKA
Anacortes, Wash., Xov. 18. Charles
Shock, formerly well known here, Is
dead and Irving Rurke, a marine en
glneer. Is on the verge of mental do
rungement as the result of an acci
dental shooting which occurred near
Ketchikan, Alaska, Sunday, according
to word received here today by par
ents of the dead man. The two men
were hunting In the wilds of Alaska.
COL
LEGE IS NO LONGER
A CONGREGATIONAL SCHOOL
Walla Walla' Educational Institution
Is still Christian Rut Non-Sectarian
Educational Congress. Now In So
slon Is Opening Gun of Movement
for "A Greater Whitman."
Wall Walla, Wash., Xov. IS
(Special.) With a large crowd In
attendance, the educational congress
is now on at Whitman college. Yes
terday afternoon the overseers of the
college met and adopted a new con
stltution which makes the school a
non-sectarian Institution. However,
ll Is announced that the school will
be continued as a Christian college
and that the Ideals of religion set
forth in the past will be retained:
The following is today' program
at the congress:
10:15 a. m. Address, "Forestry
Education, Is It Needed?" Mr. E. T.
Allen, chief inspector of the forest
service for the North Pacific coast,
especially delegated by the depart
ment of agriculture to attend this
congress.
Address "The Education Advan
tageous to Irrigation." Mr. D. C.
Henncy, supervising engineer for the
Pacific district, especially delegated
by the department of the interior to
attend the congress.
11:30 a. m. Future Huildings of
Whitman College. Architectural
Plans with Stereoptleon Views, Mr.
E. T. Lawrence of the firm of Mc
Xaughton, Raymond & Lawrence,
architects, Portland, Oregon.
2:30 p. m. Address, "The Import
ance of Having a Private Christian
Institution Sufficiently Endowed that
Ir May Influence in Some .Measure
Educational Policy of the Territory in
which It is Located," Rev. Anson
Phelps Stokes, Jr., secretary of the
corporation of Yale university, Xew
Haven, Connecticut.
6:00 p. m. In the Whitman col
lege gymnasium. Banquet to Dr. D.
K. Pearsons, of Chicago, the philan
thropist who has aided 40 colleges in
the I'nited States.
Tariff on Provisions.
Washington, Nov. 18. The tariff
levisionlsts of the committee on ways
and means of the house today took
up consideration of the schedule re
lating to provisions and agricultural
products. The hearing will he con
tinued tomorrow.
CONFERENCE FOil
WHITMAN IS ON
GOVERNOR GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN
ISSIES THANKSGIVING
In pursuance of a time-honored custom the president of the
I'nited 'States has set apart Thurs lay, the 26th day of November, A.
D. 1908, as a day of national thanksgiving.
Therefore, I, George E. Chamberlain, as governor of the state of
Oregon, do proclaim said day as a legal holiday and recommend its
general observance as one of thanksgiving.
The people of this commonwev.th have much to be thankful for.
We are prosperous and happy, ail 1 the Ills which have In the past
afflicted some of our sister states have passed us by. A beneficent
providence has given us a fertile Soil and a delightful and healthful
climate. Our very mountains, be.ldes furnishing a landscape un
rivaled for scenic beauty and gran leur, are clad perennially with an
abundance of splendid forest and bear within their bosoms a wealth
of mine and mineral. The sein'.-arld regions are being made to
bloom and blossom us the rose an 1 are furnishing homes to thou
sands of sturdy men and women.
All these are things that make for a better and higher civiliza
tion and promise ever brighter hepes for a greater Oregon.
Lot us therefore, suitably observe the day set apart and repair to
our usual places of worship, there to render thanks to the All-Wise
Ruler of the universe for the manifold blessings we enjoy.
In testimony wherof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
great seal of the state of Oregon t be hereunto affixed, this 16th day
of November, 1908. GEO. E. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Seal.) Governor.
Attest: F. W. BEXSON, Secre ary of State.
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Declared That Incompetency
of Biggy is Shown in Haas
Suicide.
ALSO TOLD HE IS TRYING
TO RLOCK INVESTIGATION
IHdioo Commissioner Will Re. Asked
to Remove the Chief Verbal En
counter Between Attorneys IJeforc
Coroner's Jury Shown That Haas
Could Not Have Had the Weapon
Concealed In HI Shoo Court Tells
Jurois of Attempted Assassination,
Rut Not to Consider It.
San Francisco, Xov. 18. Several
citizens are today preparing charges
of Incompetency to present against
Chief of Police P.iggy at the next
meeting of the police commissioners,
according to Det-otive Rums. The
charges are tije outgrowth of the
suicide of Haas, who tried to murder
Heney. It is charged that the police
wre negligent in guarding Haas.
A verbal encounter between Attor
ney J. J. Webb, representing Biggy,
and Langdon and Burns, occurred
yesterday after the coroner's jury' had
viewed the body of Haas and wit
nessed a demonstration of the possi
bility of hiding the derringer pistol
In the shoe of the dead man. Webb
objected to Burns' questioning De
tective Tom Burke, who had assisted
Burns In the first search of Haas.
In the wrangle which resulted Lang
don charged Biggy with attempting
to U.'vk the investigation.
The body 'of Haas was exposed t
the jurymen, and the pistol with
fchieh Haas ended his life was placed
in one of the congress gaiters which
the dead man had on at the time
he killed himself. Each Juryman was
instructed to pass his hand over the
shoe as a searcher would have done
and all said that they could not have
failed to notice the presence of the
weapon.
District Attorney Langdon. Chief of
Police Biggy. Detective Burns, Police
Ccmmissioner Cutler and Police Cap
tains Duke and Kelly were all pres
ent at the Investigation. Detective
Sergeant Thomas F. Burke began the
Investigation with a demonstration of
how it was claimed Haas had secured
the derringer by hiding it In his shoe.
Webb Told to Keep Still.
Detective Burns started to question
I'tirke, when he was Interrupted by J.
J. Webb, an attorney This precipi
tated questions as to Webb's oonnec-
n with the matter the latter stating
that he had been hired to watch nut
for certain Interests hut refusing to
!;'.te who h.id hired him. The coro
ner finally declared that Webb had n.i
rinht to take part In the investiga
tion anil ordered him to remain quiet.
Iiter another attorney. J. H. Sey
mour, of Los Angeles, who was first
employed by Mrs. Haas, but whose
present connection with the case is
not clearly shown, attempted to enter
Into proceedings elicited a sharp at
lock from Iingdon. who asked Chief
Biggy If he thought himself on trial.
ii tlmnting therebv his belief that
Seymour or Webb, or both of them
had been retained by Biggy.
The lifiuest on Haas' body will be
held on Thursday and in the mean
time the body will repose In the re
ceiving vaults of Odd Fellows' ceme
tcry as Coroner Iceland ordered to
night that It should not be buried or
tenia ted until after the jury had ren
dered Its verdict. The Investigation
threw little or no light oh the mooted
question as to the time and manner
In which Haas secured the weapon
with which he killed himself.
PROCLAMATION.
POLICE
The proceedings of the coroner's
Jmy lire awalt-d 'Allli great interest
as it is believed that the struggle be
tween the detectives of the gr.ift pros
ecution and the city police force will
come to a head at that time.
Detective Burns and Captain of Po.
lice Duke, both of whom searched
Haas at the court room immediately
after the shooting of Heney, remain
firm In their declaration that the
prisoner did not have the derlnger
ll his possession at that time, while
the Jail authorlles say that it was
Hot passed to nim whiie lie was in
their custody.
FEWER GUARDS AT TRIAL.
Jurors Told for First Time of Slioot
Ing of Honey.
San Francisco, Xov. 18. Fewer
guards were about the court room
this morning when the Ruef trial was
resumed. At the beginning the Judge
admonished the Jurors that they must
pay no attention to Friday's shooting.
lie declared the "transaction" was
entirely outside the issues In the
trial. The court told the Jury about
the shooting and Haas" suicide.
Jim Gallagher, leader of the boodl
!ng supervisors, was the first witness
cross-examined. He told the whole
story of the graft on direct examina
tion. The first question asked by Attor
ney Ach for Ruef was whether the
witness had talked with the new at
torneys for the prosecution. He said
h had attended a conference of the
attorneys for the prosecution and that
they gave him a copy of his testi
mony at the last trial.
Ach led Gallagher over his entire
period of acquaintance with each
member of the boodllng board of su
pervisors who will be witnesses
against Ruef. On several occasions
Ach Interrupted the witness, saying
his testimony today was different
from th,e testimony in former trials,
but Ach failed to break down his tes
timony. Honey Improving.
San Francisco, Xov. 18. The latest
reports continue to show a steady
Improvement In the condition of He
n'vy, though no' visitors are allowed-.
He Is able to take Hquid nourishment,
but solids are denied, owing to the
position of the wound.
SEWING MACHINE AGENT
CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT
Sedro Woolley, Wash.. Xov. 18.
Charged with the embezzlement of
$S00, D. X. Stearns, agent of a sevv
ir.tj machine company, was arrested
here. The specific charge Is that
Stearns appropriated funds collected.
He has been released on bonds.
FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Recommendations Made to War De-
ptii'tmeiit by Brigadier General
Marshall Would ExjmmuI More
,
Than Million Dollars on Fort I flea-
I
tious n Mouth of Columbia and-
$150.0(10 in Deepening Channel. !
Washington, Xov. IS. Fifty mil
lion dollars is the aggregate appro
priations recommended by Brigadier
General William Marshall, chief of:
the engineers of the armv. for work:
on rivers and harbors and for forti-
fications for the coming year, in the
annual report submitted to the war
department today.
Some of the more Important esti
mates are: Oregon and Washington.
for Columbia river, $1,164,000: for the!
Columbia river (mouth), $450,000;
Gray's Harbor, $1S1,000; Puget
Sound, $130,000, Tacoma harbor, $40,
000. Now Coal Find Repotted.
A vein of coal six feet thick has just
RIVERS, HARBORS,
FORTIFICATIONS
been uncovered in Taenum canyon, a mile above Durkee on Albert Hind
about 10 miles from Ellensburg. man's place. Hindman is now sink
Wash., by Joseph Wilson, an old,lng a well. The gas was fodnd while
resident of that locality. I boring an artesian well.
1
MILTON
Battered and bruised as the result
of the Baker Citv Eame last FrldavV"'" just oeen Closed up ny Mana-
the Pendleo,, high school eleven hasfr S,,ur,is 1p1r7rat,I" or a
big rally to be held the night before
been forced to cancel Its game with the ume wj g))on be umler way The
Columbia College at Milton on Friday result of the game will practically de
nt xt in preference to meeting theHermine Pendleton's claim to being
southern Methodists with a second, the strongest high school football
team. .team In Oregon.
As the result the boys will have a. Gordon Moores, formerly of the V.
.rest until Thanksgiving day, with theof O., is the coach for Columbia lnl
xception of their daily practice uponverslty this year, and has developed
the grounds back of the high school, a strong team. One of the strongest
with which they are preparing toymen, however. Halfback Pomeroy, Is
meet the Columbia University offr.ow lad up with a wrenched back in
Portland on Thanksgiving. f Portland, and It Is hardly possible
The latter game Is the most lm-,.that he will arpear here. In its
portant of the entire season to Pen-, weakened condition, the dopesters f:g
dlcton, and the local fellows are spar- ure that Pendleton should easily de
ing no effort In getting ready. The feat the Catholics.
ROCKEFELLER Oil
WITNESS STAND
Reads Up So He Can Answer
Something When Ques
tioned by Attorneys.
WITH TREMBLING STEPS
HE TAKES THE STAND.
Greeted by Hundred Reporters and 50
Photographers VMn His Arrival at
tho Federal Building With Fal
tering Voice He Tells of Ills Con
nection With Standard Oil Com
pany and Desorilx's Formation and
Development of Great Corpora
tion. Xew York, Xov. 18. Rockefeller
today is spending much time In read
ing up old letters and documents on
file in his office to refresh his mem
ory so that when he takes the stand
In. the hearing now on In the federal
court he will be able to answer some
thing Instead of "I don't remember,"'
or "I know know."
Moritz Rosenthal, who Is directing
the defense, is said to he coaching
Rockefeller, w ho will be asked on the
stand concerning the alleged war
waged by the Standard Oil on its
competitors in Ohio.
Oil King as Witness.
Xew York, Xov. 18. Rockefeller,
with trembling steps, took the stand
and with a faltering voice, today re
plied to questions before Commission
er Franklin Ferris in the government
suit to dissolve the Standard Oil com'
pany of Xew Jersey.
When he arrived at the federtf
building he" was greeted by 100 Te- !
porters and 50 photographers.
He testified his connection with the
Standard began not later than 1862,
and not earlier than 1860. He gave
the history of the formation and
progress of the company.
MONEY IN OREGON LAND.
Rosoburg Company Made $18,000 on
Real In Timber Land,
That there Is money to be made
out of Oregon lands is shown by a
deal that was made a few days ago
at Roseburg. The transaction Is told
of In the following dispatch to the
Oregon Journal:
"Roseburg. Ore., 'Nov. 14. The
Cobb Real Estate company of this
city, today sold its timber holdings on
the North Umpqua river, to John
Ferry of New York city for $30,000
cash, the biggest cash deal "made In
Douglas county for some time. The
land Is in township 2S-2, and consists
of SSI acres, all Douglas fir."
J. A. Cobb, proprietor of the Big
Six bargain store, is one of the broth
ers In the company mentioned. He
says that the land just disposed of
was purchased less than a year ago
for ,he prlce of 12 0,VX Therefore
the company made a profit of $18,000
., .' ,
ppon the deal.
DEMOCRATIC PAPER
PLANNED FOR CHICAGO.
Chicago, Xov. IS. Indefinite plans
were announced today for the estab
lishment of a democratic paper In
this city. According to prominent
democrats five capitalists have agreed
to stand an annual loss of $25,000
each for two years,
paper 10 years in
firmly established.
Chicago has no
This will give the
which to become
newspaper which
fights for democratic principles
NATl'RAL GAS ON
RAKER CO FN TV FARM.
Baker City, Xov. IS. According to-
a report that reached here today.
natural gas has been discovered half
IS
.final contracts with the Tortlanders
ft
ill