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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITIOII WEATHER KEI'OKT. Modern printing of all kinds promptly done at the Kut Oregonlan office. Sliowers tonight and , Wednesday. VOL. 22. PENDLETON, OliEGON, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1909. NO. 6594 -w- , , ,,, , , ' y FIELD MEET High Schools of Eastern Ore gon Contesl for Athletic Supremacy. DAY IDEAL AM) RECORDS LIKELY TO BE BROKEN Siiprtcrs of tlio Different Schools are In Evidence In Cliy Closeness of Preliminaries ITovcm Unit Con t-t Will not bo Decided Vntll Near End of Meet Island City and Ten. dlctou Have no IIom-h of Victory All Oilier Schools are Strong Hnkcr City and I-u Gnuulo Favorites, LANGFORD ILNALS. SO Yard Dash. Gordon, Pendleton, first. Kim ball, Pendleton, second! Flser, Ontario, third. Time, 5:2. J 00 Yard Rush. Ofrrdon, Pendleton, first; Kim ball, Pendleton,, second; Den ham, RaXer, third. Time, 10:1. Discus. Peers, Raker, first; Heiden relch, La Grande, second; Hun tttock. Raker, third. Distance, 97 feet, 11 .Inches. 120 Yard Hurdle. Moot)', Ontarla. first; Rob erts, Cove, second; Young, La Grande, third. Time 17 1-2. THE BEST FIGHTER London, May 25. The jlng general ship he had picked up in many bat tles enabled Langford to score a com paratively easy victory over Hague and the fourth round had been barely commenced when the burly Yorkshire man was floored by a well directed blow and counted 'out. Langford was at a disadvantage as to weight, height and reach, but his superior gnowledge of ring luetics and his quickness overcome this and what was expected to be a long contest but proved very brief. Langford opened the third rounl with a hard left to the face and he used this blow effectively several times before the gong sounded. Hague however, partly closed the American's eye with a hard right swing. The men came together in a fast mix up at the opening of the fourth and Langford put a terrific right on the Yorkshire man's chin, which end ed the contest. L IS Supreme Court Denies Con tention of Vale Men Who Would Sidesteo Law. WERE- EXCOrRAGEI) RY RECENT MEDFORD DECISION ROYS FINISH FIVE THOUSAND MILK WALK With a clear sky and u bright sun -smiling flown from the heavens, the annual field meet for the high schools of eastern Oregon Is being held on She Tutullia track this afternoon. The opening oTThe meet Is under the most auspicious circumstances and It Is be lieved that Home eastern Oregon rec ords will he smashed before the meet la concluded. Owing to the great distance of ithe track from the city the number of spectators "present Is -not large, but those that are there make up In en thuslusm what they lack in nunfbers. The lew nupporters who are present from the different sc'lmols are -all cheering their favorites with a frenry born of the :h.pe -of success and from the results of the first few events It is evident thai the meet will not be de cided untn the half-mile relay, the last event ot the day, Is run off. Island Cthy, with her one represen tative has no hopes of victory and neither does Pendleton wltrh her crip- rpled team, it 'is expected however that with Gordon mid Kimball taking 'the ipolnts thry hftve that Pendleton will not be the lowest, When .the points .are finally totallefl itrp. Had Boylcn been well enough lo outer the mile ;and the half raOe and been tabe to irun these in tils customary time, he would easily have taken bath these ovents and Use locale could hare made even a stronger showing. From present Indications the rtace is evidently between Baker City and La Grande, with the coanoes about evenly divided. Some fortune r mls Jortune of the meet might give the victory either to Core or Ontario, hut this Is not expected. In the meet at Walla Walla, rarjy in the season, La Orande representa tives Jed tho boys from Raker City while in the meets at O. A. C. last week, this order was reversed. lUxults of Preliminary Events. Preliminary heats were run this morning In four events. In one of theee, the high hurdles, It was nec canary to run three preliminary heats and a semi-final. Those who quali fied In the preliminaries were as fol lows: 50 Yard Dash. First heat Gordan, Pendleton; Richards, Cove. Time, .6:3. Second heat Kimball, Pendleton; White, Raker. Time, 6:4. Third heat Fiseh, Ontario; Don ham, Baker. Time, 6:4. 100 Yard Dash. First heat Kimball, Pendleton; ' Denhnm, Raker. Time, 11. Second heat Flseh, Ontario; Wal ters, Cove. Time, 10:3. Toledo, O., May 25. After a trip of more than 6000 miles without a cent In their pockets. Arlhtir Crane, aged 7, and JoP Crosby, aged 9. both of Saginaw, Mich., arrived Mere last night. According to their story, the boys left .Saginaw lat December, go ing from there to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cincinnati and then here. They will rerurn to Saginaw. Kill Si JURY FORMER PORTLAND CASHIER HELD FOR EMBEZZLEMENT ft ' Jury Fimlw Him Guilty After Nino Hours of 'Deliberation-Hold That He Eiribrazlcd Uncle Hum's Money From Postoffiou Former Cashier Accounted for Hie Shortage Through Mistakes Due to His Weak Eyea, Portland, Ore., May J5 The Jury in the case 'Of Charles A. Btrauss re turned a verdict of guilty last night after dellberalng for nine hours. Strausa was charged with violating section 176 of the postul llaws and regulations which declares to be em bezzlement failure to turn over gov ernment funds to the treasurer of the United States to a federal depositary or to a properly accredited iperson when required to do so by an official authorized toimake such demand. The amount Involved according to the au thorities, was 4090. It Is stated that the defendant will appeal. The case has been on trial In the United states district court for several days. YnV ContcnOors Held that City StKI Had Powvr lo License, . Tax and 1 emulate Saloons Regardless of Lo cal Option Sioreme Court Decides That the Contention Is Without lx' gul Rusls Division Written by Judge Mcliridc Vale Men En Cor.raged lo Suit by Medford Case. Sah'in, May 25. The contention that the city of Vale in Malheur county be given full power to license, tax and regulate the sale of liquor In Vale notwithstanding the subse qwiit adoption of local erptlnn laws, U lield to bo without legal grounds by the supreme court la a declslot. rendered today, written by Justice McRrlde, In the case of James Har vey and a number of others, against the county court of Malheur county. The litigants were encouraged by the decision In the Medford case re cently remanded, although the pro visions of the 'Medford charter are different from the 'legal standpoint from the provisions of the Vale char ter and other thaTters of Oregon cities. IT LAUDED BY BUDGE Indiana Senator Calls Him Most Conservative Exponent of Republican Party. E.E. REVERIRGE .ADVOCATES A REVISION DOWNWARD Says tho President Originated a Sen timent for Revision Two Years Ago Another Indiana Senator Attacks Aldrl.1i Hill says It Will Make Every Schedule Higher Than at Present Says ITesldcnt Has Been Giten Iniostdlde Task in Maximum and Minimum Clauses of Payne Bill SLUGGER TN lORTLAND AWAKES IN SACRAMENTO (Continued on Page Five.) NEGRO LYNCHED FOR CHOKING YOITNO GIRL. Pine Rliiff, Ark., May 25. Lenvltt Davis, a negro, was lynched today by a mob of three hundred. Ho confessed to hnvlng choked Amy Holmes, nged 15, who caught him rob bing her porentss' home. Davis was taken fnm the autorlties. WrRELES TO WARN GF OCEAN 'STORMS Washington , May 25. Flashing ronnd the world by wireless tele graphy -warnings of approaching storms and other disturbances of the elements is one of the latest Interna- ional projects, according to an an nouncement tnade here toftay, Still another of perhaps little less Import ance Is the proposition to equip the vessels of all nations, with uniform storm signals. These are the leading problems to be threshed out at the conference of distinguished meterorologlsts of the principal nations, to be held in London on June 21. v A concerted movement will be In augurated to Induce the principal gov ernments to adopt a uniform system or wireless marine weather reports. Portland, "May 25. Drugged in Portland in the middle of January and recovering several months later in Sacramnnto hospital where he told he had hen found cut up and beaten l.i a box car, and tied hand and foot, nnd robbed tit 1 250. Is te strange story surrounding the disappearance of F. D. Odbert Tualatin, a farmer who has Just returned from Sacra- iNviim m ni ramiiy. Me tells of a remarkable chain of circumstances wnich prvvented his communicating with his family until now. He came to Portland in January and sold a team of horses for $250. He went to a restaurant where two stranrer were seated at the sam0 table. He engaged In conversation. One of the strangers ordered wine. Odbert took a drink and walked to the door, and that is the last he remembered until the first of April when he regained consciousness In a Sacramento hos pital where for the first time he knew that he was drugged and beaten and gagged and thrown Into a freight car bound for Sacramento. Washington, May 25. Lauding President Taft as the- broadest, and rnoHt conservative exponent of the re publican party, senator Reverldge in the senate today advocated revision or the tariff downward along protec tive lines. He said President Tuft originated a sentiment favoring the revision . two years ago. Senator fkhlve'ly, also of Indiana, attacked the Aldrich bill, saying that It would make the general tariff of the Cnlcf-d States higher in every schedule than it Is now. He argued that President Taft wus given a task impossible or realization in the duty Imposed -upon him by the maximum and minimum provisions. The senate finance committee re ported that it had postponed further consideration of the lumber schedule until after the sugar rates had been settled. The committee will recom mend a Tate of a dollar and a half a thousand feet on sawed lumber. OF USTON DIES (Special Correspondence.) Jlermlston, Ore., May 25. E. E. Crawford, brother of A. C. Crawford and one of the leading citizens of Her mlston, died at his home here yester day morning after a brief Illness of tuberculosis. The deceased was in Pendleton Thursday and was appar ently enjoying his usual health up un til Friday. Mr. Crawofrd was born at Prince Edward, Canada, 36 years ago. He came across the line to the United States in early youth and was grad uated from Bethany College, Beth any, West Virginia, in 1896. Soon after graduation he was united In marriage with Miss Fannie Gittens, by whom he is survived. For many years the deceased was a minister in the Christian church and as nuch he occupied some of the lead ing pulpits in Illinois and some of the mid'ile western states. His last charge was at Albequerkue, New Mexico. hen ha left that city to come to Hermlston he severed his delations with the ministry. The remains are to be cremated having been taken to Portland for that purpose this morning. BAKER CIIT ORATOR WINS i George Jett's Oration on "The Worship ot Gold" Wins Eastern Oregon Contest. PENDLETON HIGH SCHOOL ORATOR RANKED SECOND Miss Agtiess Milne of Elsin Is a Close Third In the Final Markings of the Judges Highest Marking in Thought and Composition Is Given to Miss Hill of Fnlon Nine High Schools of Eastern Oregon Are Represented in the Contest Judge Lowell Present Medal to Winner. . MAX AND THREE CHILDREN' RURXED TO DEATH Oskaloosa, la.. May 25. James Carter and three grand children were burned to death in a fire at their home at Eldon this morning. Foul play by robbers is suspected. 1 INDICTMENTS FROM 6 1 NINE AGAINST THE THREE WESTON SAFE CRACKERS FILE ST IT SOON RESTKAIMNG CRATER ROAD of Salem, May 25. L. H. McMahan. win fl!e a suit to restrain the state treasurer from setting aside a hun dred thousand dollars for construc tion of Crater Lake road .this week. and have his papers ready within a conple of days. The attorney will also bring similar action to enjoin the state from pay hrg over the ten thousand dollars to aid "Malheur county in building a bridge over the Snake river Into Ida ho. "McMahan contends that both arts are unconstitutional because they are local and special acts and that norther project is Important enough to make a demand upon the tax pay ers of the whole state. on Three Counts Murder Case Will be Taken up Tomorrow Mike Ryan will be Examined for Killing of H. E. Dick son Jacob Schubert Has Been Summoned to Ajiear as Witness Schubert Will Come Tomorrow. George Jett of Baker City high school, is the champion orator of east ern Oregon. With his oration, "The Worship of Gold," he last night wor the annual oratorical contest in which were representatives from nine of the high schools of eastern Oregon. While Jett was declared the winner by the Judges, it was not a "walk away." Each of the other four boys and four girls did well and so close -was the ranking of the three highest that had the prize been awarded on delivery alone, it might easily have been given to Roy Rowland of Pen dleton or Miss Agness Milne of El gin, who ranked second and third, re spectively. Miss Madeleine Hill of Union was given the highest ranking by the Judges on compositln, but otherwise the standing on composi tion was practically the same throughout as the final results. How They Ranked. The following is the order in which the different schools finished with the representative and the subject of each .oration: . 1. Baker City, George Jett, "The Worship of Gold." Pendleton. Roy Rowland, "Cap ital and Labor." 3 Elgin, Miss Agness Milne, "The Spirit of Reform." 4. The Dalles, Marion Driver, "The Xegro and'the South. 5- Prlneville, Randolph Ketchum, The Initiative and Referendum." 6. Cove, Glen Roberts, "The Un finished Work." 7. Union, Madeleine Hill. "The Passing of a Race." 8. Ontario, Miss Wilmath Curry. "Lincoln, the Master of Men." 9. Wasco, Miss Mae Smith. "The PRESIDENT TAFT IS CAUGHT PLUCKING FLOWERS Washington, May 25. President Taft had a narrow escape from arrest Saturday -night, when with two friends he stopped to pick flowers on the capltol grounds, a watchman ran up and threatening to arrest the party. The president, concealing the bunch of flowers behind him, Jokingly tried to throw "Oie blame on Archibald and Rutt, who were ready to go to Jail to save the president from embarrass ment. Suddenly the watchman rec ognized Taft and apologized profusely. TAFT WILL WORK IT)R NEGROS OF SOUTH uampton, va., May 25. At the commencement exercises at the Ham pton Normal nnd Agricultural Insti tute today, a letter was read from President Taft, in which he announc ed his acceptance of a place on the board of trustees, of that great school for th0 education of tho negro. The letter sulci) "I have your' note announcing inv election as a member of the Ronrii nf Hampton Trustees. I vnnslder It nn honor to be one of them and shall be very glad to contribute what little I can to continue the success of tho school." ROGERS LEAVES ESTATE OF A HUNDRED MILLIONS New York. May 25. From sources close to the family of the late H. H. Rogers H was learned today that his estate was valued nt nearly a hun dred million dollars when Invested. Resides u bequest to Mark Twain It Is understood the whole estate Is left lo the family. Company Buys Water Front. Portland, Ore., May 25. What con stitutes the most Important transac tion In Portland water front property since the Hill Interests secured a large amount of frontage about a year ago became public last night by the an nouncement that the Albefs Rrothers Milling company which operates mills In Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, had biught 655 feet known as Grecnwltch docks numbers 1 and t. SHOT RY ENEMY WHILE KNEELING AT PRAYER Kennett, Mo., May 25. While kneeling in prayer at church services at Europa school house, 15 miles southwest of here, Henry Culp was shot and killed by his brother-in-law, Charles Champ, 18 years old. Champ fired three bullets Into Cnlp's body and fled. A posse of cit izens headed by the sheriff is search ing for him. Culp killed Harry Champ, a broth er of the slayer, last August after hav ing been driven from home by the Champ brothers. He was acquitted, the Jury deciding his act was JustI fiaWe. HAN LEY PROSECUTIONS CONTINUED IN PORTLAND Portland, May 25. The govern ment "fanning" case against William Hanley, rancher and manager of the Harney county development company, was begun In the federal court here today. It Is alleged that Hanley holds between eighty-two and eighty three thousand acres of land legally owned by the company, which makes the total amount of land Involved more than 147,000 acres in Harney county. Ten indictments were returned by the Umatilla grand Jury yesterday, one true bill being returned in tho morning and the other nine last eve ning. me nine were all against J, A- Crossley, David Clark and Michael Burke, the three men accused of the Child Slave." ir , , I . ion ue cracKing ana store burn- Small Crowd Present, ing. .each or the trio were indicted Although h Mni..).,t. i f Tl C C mree counts, mat of burglary, pelled to draw their inspiration large- ana larceny rrom a store and arson, ly from empty benches, the most of .turner vas jomorrow. them succeeded In putting sufficient uuy u.e grana jury is mvesugat- spirit Into their delivery to command ing some of the minor cases and to- the attention of their handful of ap morrow it will take up the Investiga- preciative hearers. Each of the v on oi me case or Alike Ryan, the speakers was cheered at the ronri,. slayer of H. E. Dixon. Though still sion of his address, the applause for Uw...,.6 lne wouna wnich ne Miss Milne and Roy Rowland being TJ,u JVe, m the same bullet whIch "Penally energetic and prolonged, killed Dixon. Jacob Schubert has been Rowland w also rrt,i ws u.m....u lo upprar as a witness be- by the Pendleton supporters when he 6.uU jury una win come was first called to the front UB I,m. Wa"a WaIIa on the morn" Musical numbers were Interspersed VW- . , throughout the program which serv- t, i , ;cu.auon relative ed to break the monotony. The pro to the outcome of this case. The gram w nn ' , JT? "H??." bZ - Ve Evelyn Ford, while firy -"""""u "l mu.ucr in tne Alias Kuppe sang a solo and Mrs. Lan lut i te!,"d Tny '""-n der. sang a double number. At the ...... ...... ,,,. Ile , oe cnargea conclusion of the program, Frank D In the Indictment n-hleh u k ... . . . . x-mnn u. returne,, i., v," " w -"rru,n renaerea a violin solo and The f,w ,w : ... ras cWled to respond to an en-. fc .nu uc inuiuieu ai I core tlt Mm. . . I I:.. "!""", meaa Ior a cer- Lowell Presents Medal - ... lt ,o ,. irgmueu ai tneir decision, Judge SteDhen a as probable. If h or his si.vJt ' s( -l?Pnen A demand th. trial ho .7 ". no was P'dent of the granted. " "! eT?n,?-.maa? b f0r the Attorneys U,nxrto&. fT T J Weston Cos,. Interesting. u iir SHOOTS COMPANION WHILE BOTH ARE III BED Raker City. May 25. Lying in the hospital wlt,h a bullet hole from his right cheek to his left temple Hert McMurron is resting reasonably well today and there Is every reason to be lieve that he will recover. The accident happened yesterday morning when the two boys werc ly ing In bed In tho west part of Ma ker City. A 30-calibre revolver was under the pillow of one of the boys and each supposed it was not loaded. Kastman pulled the gun from its hid ing place and the two hegnn to s"uffle over the weapon. It was all In a goo, I until icil way and McMurren told East man to "blaze away'.' as It was under. stood that there was no load in the The case against the Weston men promises to be an interesting one. The sensational pursuit nnd capture o the three men accused by Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Wilson lends to the Interest which naturally attaches to a case of this kind. The fact that two of the three men are regarded as hardened nnd desperate criminals ul so adds to the Interest. ine ease of the state against Charles Grand is up for trial this afternoon. A Jury has not been se cured as yet however, and it is not believed that the trial proper can be taken up before tomorrow morning. (Irant Is a member of the Athepa firm of Grant nnd Redfleld. indicted by the grand jury when first called, on a sun.. liuUnmn took careful aim at his companion and laughingly pulled the trigger. A loud report, a cloud ot smoke and McMurren lay by East man's side with a bullet hole in his cheek. Physicians were summoned j charge of selling liquor contrary to at once and the younded man was I the prohibition law. liodficld suc tnken to St. Elizabeth hospital where cecded in getting across the line Into his Injuries were dressed. The bill- j Canada and has. not yet been taken. U ranged upward and was cut out by j tlie doctors from the left temple. That the boy, could live and appar ently have received no serious iniurv is a rcmcrknlilc tiling, for such seems to he his condition today. Eastman was frantic over the result and is anx iously waiting his friend's Improvement. Nevada lo Have Pheasants. Ren. New, May 25. One hundred thousand golden pheasants are to be distributed through the state of Ne vada during the next three months, according (o the announcement made bore today by the state fish and game commission. i-uuia not win. wnen tho viwu. was announced he presented the med al to the winntr with a feu.. or, prlate remarks. The announcement of the deruinn nt iha 4.i.1r.na . vi as Breeieti with en thusiastic cheering from the section of the church occupied by the hand ful of Baker City supporters. Last year the contest was held at Raker city and was won by HarMd Warner of Pendleton. Nxt year It will be held at La Grande. C. A. Rarrett. foreman of the grand Jury, has been In Pendleton sir.eo Sunday evening nnd will remain until that body completes Its deliberations. think i. tGn)i;n rirrTFi: FIGHTER TH JOIINSON London. May Fight f:lns here today declare that Snm Langford. who last night knock ed out (an Hague n the fourth round In a scheduled 2-1 rnm N Is a better man than Johnson. Langford won a nurse of nine thousand dollar. .1 i ?! J