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PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 190.
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County Treasurers
No Pay Until Next Session
of Legislature,
DUE TO AXOT1IKH BLUNDER
OF THE LAST SESSION
Salary of Comity Treasurer Stops After
May 22 If Law Is Strictly Enforced
only remedy In a Roguliir or Sm-c-lul
Session r State Legislature
Salary of County Sheriff Ih Also Cut
Off on Jaimnry 1, 1911 Lccglsla
ture Meets AlMiut same Time How
ever. County treasurers In Baker, Clack
amas, Clatsop, Columbia, Douglass,
Harney, GUIIum, Lake, Lincoln, Mor
row, Polk, Tillamook, Umatlllft, Was
hington and Wallowa counties . will
not draw any salary after May 22. of
this year unless the legislature meets
and remedies another one of Its blun
ders. Such will be the case If the law
Is strictly Interpreted, for one of the
bills passed by th last legislature
specifically repeals the law providing
for the payment of salaries to these
officers.
It will also be necessary for the ses
sion of the legislature to make It pos
Bible for the sheriff of several, counties
to legally draw pay for their services
after January 1. 1911. Umatilla
county Is among this number. Aa the
legislature meets In January 1911,
this blunder Is not o Important.
The legislature by -a Blngle enact
ment fixed the salaries of sheriffs of
the various counties of the state, the
act being section 2934 of the present
code. Since that lime, by special en
actmcnt, tho salaries of the sheriffs
In 18 counties bare been changed,
leaving Clackamas, Coos, Curry, Dou
glass, Gilliam, Harney, Jackson, Lake,
Lane, Linn, Marlon, Morrow, Tilla
mook, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, and
Yamhill counties unchanged. The last
legislature by an enactment, known as
chapter 123, of the general laws of
Oregon for 1909, copies of which are
now In the hands of local attorneys
amended section 2934 of Bollinger
.and Cottons anotated codes and stat
utes of Oregon.
SlHtlal Session "Navcssjtry.
While the section relating to the
alary of the sheriffs In different
counties does not go into effect until
January 1. 1911, the chapter that
makes It unpleasant tor the treasur
ers goes Into effect May 22, and they
can hereafter set no salary by au
thority of law In the counties named.
A special session of the legislature
-seems to be the only remedy. The
section of Bellinger & Cotton's Code
which relates to the salaries of these
officials Is 29-30. In the general laws
of Oregon the amendment 'will le
found In chapter 2141
SIIRINER8 WILL CELEBRATE
TOMORROW IX TAOOMA
Tacoma, May 28. One of the most
notable aeries of celebrations ever
witnessed in the northwest will be held
In Tacoma tomorrow. Shrlners from
all parts of Oregon, Washington and
British Columbia, will march at eight
In the morning from the depot to the
masonic temple. From then until 8
at night a series of pageants will
transform the city Into a vast amphi
Clarence Kearney, the former well
known member of tho Pendleton po
lice force, llesiat the point of death
at his home, 1102 West Alta street,
as the result of falling from a train
early this morning. While It Is not
believed by his physician that any
bones have been broken or his skull
fractured, he received a severe con
cussion of tho brain, which has ren
dered him unconscious and may re
sult In death.
In company with Ira Hughes and
II. C. Card, ho was returning from
eastern Washington, where they had
been for two months shearing sheep.
They took tho train at Winona,
Wash. t yesterday nfternoon and, com
ing nrnund by way of Umntllla, wore
nrrlvlng on No. 6 at 2:15 this morn
ing. As the train was pulling Into
tho station tho three men took their
suit eases nnd went to tho end of tha
enr tj alight.
Though It is not known exactly
how It happened. It Is believed that,
not knowing that tho vestibule door
was open, Kearney stepped back onto
what ho thought was the platform
and stepped Into space. Having his
Will Get
CLARENCE KEARNEY
TRAIN I Ei
MOB IT RES IX TO
JAIL KILLING PRISONER
Ablllne, Tex., May 28. Un
able to gain entrance to the Jail
here today, a mob fired through
the Iron gratings and murdered
Tom Bartnett, recently convict
ed of murdering Alexander
Sears, a wealthy cattleman. The
Jailer had refused to surrender
the prisoner.
theatre. It la expected that Tacoma
tomorrow will entertain the biggest
crowd In her history.
A monster mlltary and naval pa
gaent a mile long, will start at 10:30
in, the morning. In tho line will be
cadets from the Japanese training
ship, Soya, and sailors from the Am
erican cruisers In port. A dozen bands
of the Shrlners will inaugurate anoth
er street demonstration late In the
afternoon and a grand exhibition nnd
drill will be given at St. Helens ave
nue by the Seattle and Portland uni
formed patrols. In the evening at 7
o'clock will be another parade includ
ing a thousand shrineis.
PRESBYTERIANS WILL GO
TO NASHVILLE IN 19l
Denver, Colo., May 28. The gen
eral Presbyterian assembly today se
lected Nashville, Tenn., as the next
meeting place.
GUY COTS WIRES
TO COLLECT TAX
AUTHORITIES OP PASADENA
TAKE DRASTIC ACTION
Between Two and live Thousand
Telephones Out of Ue Clly Au
thorities Also Cut Outside Wire by
Mistake Cut Off Omnium bullous
With San Francisco Also Put City
lire A hi mi System Out of Use.
Los Angeles, May 28. With 893
working lines out of commission by
the order of the civil authorities of
Pasadena, and with Panudena police
men guarding the several lines to see
that no repairs are mode until the
pole tax and franchise is obtained
from the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company, officials of the com
pany met this morning tto discuss the
outlook.
Between 2400 and 4700 telephones
ot Pasadena are not working. The
city officials Intended orily to cut the
local wires, but made a mistake and
cables were cut Including two lines to
San Francisco, one to Pomona, one to
Covlna, and the Post Ti'legraph clr
cult They alBo put the city fire alarm
out of commission.
A THOUSAND LUMBERjrEX
DEMAND WAGE INCREASE
Tdeka, Calif., May 28. The box
factory, saw mills, and sash and door
plant of the McCloud River Lumber
company were tied up today as the re
suit of a strike by a thousand of their
employes. They want a raise of 2D
cents a' day for common labor, or two
dollars. Delegates are on the way to
the mountains to induce the loggers
to quit.
Orion Register at Land Office.
Washington, May 38. President
Taft today nominated Arthur Orton
of Portland to be register or the land
office at X,akevlew, Ore.
FALLS FROM
hands full, he was unable to, catch
hold of anything to save hlmse'.f
from tho fall and plunged headfore
most onto the ground.
A moment later he was missed by
his companions, who at first supposed
that ho had gonenn through Into the
next car or had Jumped from the
train to go homo. When he did not
show up after tho train had nrrlved
they reported tho occurrence to John
Kearney, night officer nnd brother
of the Injured man. After ascertain
ing that ho had not gone home ho
three started on a search for the
missing man and soon found his un
conscious body lying beside tho track
between the llepot and the section
house Just west.
lie was Immediately removed to his
homo nnd a physician called, but he
Is still unconscious.
His left cheek Is badly torn ami
filled with cinders find dirt, while
there is a bad scnlp wond Just back
of his ear. 1 1 is left shoulder and arm
are also hurt. From the time he feb
from the car until his lody was
picked up about an hour and ten
minutes had elapsed.
CH S
ROGERS WILL
IS PROBATED
Fortune of Between Fifty and
Seventy-five Millions to
Relatives and Widow,
EXCEPTION IS ENDOWMENT
OP SCHOOL FOR $100,000
Designated Amount Given to New
York Relatives Remainder of Vast
EMute Divided Into Four Fart for
Benefit of Four Children One-half
of Prlucljml of Trust to ho Turned
Over to them at Ace f Forty Re
mainder to be held In Trust for
Tliem Until Death.
New York, May 28. The will of tho
late H. H. Rogers, disposing of be
tween fifty and $75,000,000 was filed
In probate today. Excepting a be
quest of a hundred thousand dollars
for a permanent school fund for his
home town, Fairhaven, Mass., the en
tire estate goes to relatives and to his
widow.
The will gives New York residents
the stables and automobiles and a
trust fund not to be below two mil
lion and a half nor above three mil
lion. Trust funds aggregating $350,000
were created for the benefit of rel
atives to paid to beneficiaries during
their lives, and to revert to the estate
after death.
After their bequests the residuary
estate was divided Into four trusts for
the benefit of the four children. When
each Is 40 years old one-half of the
principal of the trust is to be turned
over for their lisposal but the other
Is held in trust until his of her death.
The children may dispose of the trusts
by will, but In default of such dispo
sition the principal of the trust goes
ti the heirs at law.
H. H. Rogers, Jr., receives the home
ai Fairhaven, and the trustees are
requested to make him president of
the Virginia railway. The will also
asks the trustees to make Urban
Broughton. son-in-law, chairman of
the board of directors of the same
road.
The executors are H. H. Rogers,
John W. Sterling, of New York, and
W. P. Wlnsor, of Fairhaven.
DEATH OF SPANIARD
La Grande, Ore., May 28. I. S.
Winn, B. F. Wade, George Ball, C.
P. Ellsworth, M. McCurray and H.
O. Walker were called yesterday
morning as a coroner's Jury to hold
an Inquest over the remains of the
Spaniard or Cuban who was run over
by the engine of an extra eastbound
freight yesterday morning at Telo-
caset. After viewing the remains and
calling In Dr. Hall to examine a
wound that gave Indication of having
been made by a gunshot, the Inquest
waa postponed until the arrival of
No. 7, upon which was one of the
train crews r.eeded for witnesses. The
man Is fearfullly mangled. Seeming'y
every bone in the body is broken
several times, and the spinal column
is ground Into small pieces. One arm
was torn off nnd also both feet. Tho
top of the head Is crushed and the
brains were squashed out. Inter
nally the body Is a conglomerate
mess.
Dr. Hall made as thorough an ex
amination in search of a bullet as
was possible under tho circumstances,
hut could find none, and it Is prob
able that the supposed knife or bul
let wound was made by a bolt end.
In spite of the supposition that tho
man was traveling as a tramp an air
.if mystery surrounds his death, for
from the numerous papers nnd let
tors upon his person he seems to
have been a person of .some impor
tance. Ho was heavily armed, and
from some kind of an Injury he had
bled quite freely before the engine of
the extra train struck him. More
over, the clotted blood was outside
the rails, showing that he was wound-
d In some manner several hours be
fore. O b serve r.
NDIANAPOLIS MAN KILLS
WIFE FOR BURGLAR
Indianapolis, May 28. Mistaking
her for n burglar. George Thompson
shot nnd killed his wife last night.
According to his story w had retired
arly. leaving, his wife downstairs
sewing. When she entered their
room later she carried a lighted
match. Thompson said he awoke
with a start. He thought the light
was from n burglar's bnllseye lan
tern, and acting upon first hrpu)
drew his revolver from under his pil
low nn.l fired twice at the form which
followed the light.
DEFENDS IDE
Senator Bradley of Kentucky
Pleads in Interest of the To
bacco Growers.
TRUST RAPACITY CAUSES
"NIGHT RIDERS" MOVEMENT
Kentucky Senator Ask That Tax on
Ix-af Tobacco lip Taken Off
Growers Should bo Allowed to Sell
Their Irnduot as Freely as Grain
Growers Says That Trust Has De
voured all of its CcmixHltors Has
Forced Prices Down Below Actual
Cost of Production Justifies
"Night Riding."
Washington, May 28. A severe at
tack upon the tobacco trust was made
by Senator William Bradley of Ken
tucky today when he pleaded for the
repeal of the six cent tax on leaf
tobacco bo that growers might sell
the product as freely as the growers
of barley and hops do. He described
the "rapacity of the trust," asserted
that "night riding" in Kentucky was
the result of commercial conditions
forced by the American tobacco trust.
He declared the trust devoured its
competitors, until it controlled all the
markets, and had forced down the
price, In many Instances below the
actual cost of production.
He declared that growers. In self
defense, had formed an organization,
Including sixty thousand members In
Kentucky, and that they conceived
the Idea of pooling their interests and
products until unavoidable and per
siaUiit demand should force good pri
ces. The trust would be compelled
to nnpchnso nt fair valnp In order to
supply Its customers. The plan waa
worked out and a large sum of money
was borrowed In New York, and
the members were advanced a small
percentage on the tobacco which they
placed in the warehouses, held in
pool.
The trust in order to break the pool
and defeat the purpose of the organl
lation is alleged to have gone through
the district offering high prices, and
bonuses to certain growers to work
against the pool, and to turn over
their crops to the trust. The leaders
of the organization argued against
violence, but said that growers who
were ragged, and half starved through
vears of failure to make a cent on their
crop looked upon the action of any
grower to sell to the trust as treason.
The bitterness of the fight, which
the growers considered a battle for
existence, led the more radical men
to take matters in their own hands.
In this way it is charged by grow
ers that "night riding" began, due to
the methods of the trust in cornering
the market, and forcing price below
a "living value."
ARRESTED FOR MURDER
ON DAY OF MARRIAGE
Bay City, Mich., May 28. Married
this morning to Annie Kaiser, Roland
Rich, 23 years of age, was arraigned
this afternoon on the charge of hav
ing murdered his grandmother, Mrs.
Christine Coreyon. Mrs. Coreyon was
found dying in her bedroom today
with wounds on her head indicating
that she had been beaten with a club.
The bridegroom prisoner was first to
report the discovery of his grand
mother's plight. The aged woman
was taken to the hospital, where she
died later, and the wedding was car
ried out as planned.
DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION
MAY HAVE UPHEAVAL
Washington, May 28. The grow
ing unrest over the action of Mrs. M.
T. Scott, recently elected president
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution,., in appointing certain
members to places for which they
were recently defeated today threat
ens an upheaval In the organization.
Complaints are becoming more pro
nounced against her action In ap
pointing the supervision committee
with only one member and a chair
man belonging to the national board.
CAi.ll'ORM VINEYARDS
TIED UP BY LITIGATION
Sacramento. Cal., May 2S. Ninety
.no acres of fine vineyard property
belonging to the California Consoli
dated Vineyard company, located nv
Call. v:is timl up today pending the
result of the attempt to foreclose a
mortgnire of half n million dollars le
the Knickerbocker Trust company of
'i v York. The mortgage also covers
vineyard properties in other counties.
Professor Norman Coleman of
Whitman college has returned to the
Garden C'ty after having delivered
the r.vinieeci-mcnt n.ldivi to the
r.rt'lv"i of the TVndletoii academy.
SENTENCED TO 97 4
YEARS fs PRISON
San Francisco, May 28. S.
H. Fisher, convicted of robbing
the mail boxes of this city and
Alameda, is In jail here await-
Ing his removal to prison to be-
' gin serving four sentences ag-
gregating 97 years. He Is ac-
cused of stealing 2500 letters
from the boxes In Los Angeles.
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BAD MAX CAPTURED
AFTER LONG CHASE
Victoria B. C. May 28. After a
chase through northern British Co
lumbia, Charles Philips, alias Charles
Benton, a halfbreed Indian, was ar
rested and held at Quesnel pending
instructions.
Philips is suspected of being one of
the three who robbed the saloon at
Midway, B. C, and killed the propri
etor. He has served a term in the New
Westminster penitentiary for killing
a constable who tried to arrest him
for horse stealing. He later came
to Seattle and killed Detective James
Wells, who was taking him to the po
lice station, and served 12 years for
the crime.
On July 4 last, following his re
lease, he went to Republic, Wash.,
where he shot and killed Royal Sie
bert, a deputy sheriff of Washington.
SHOW DISAPPROVAL OF
HOME OF GOOD SHEPHERD
Say That They Have Been Driven
to Constant Work With Xo Thanks
- Several of tho Girls Are Hurt-
Windows Are Broken and Doors
Smashed Policemen Interfere
Eleven of Girls Are Taken to the
Polk Station.
Los Angeles, May 28. Driven to
open revolt, they say, by constant
work and no thanks, 11 girls precipi
tated a riot at the Home of the Good
Shepherd in this city at noon today.
Several girls were severely injured,
windows were broken, doors smashed
and rocks thrown at the sisters In
charge. Policemen stopped the riot.
which was renewed when the sisters
appeared at the windows.
Eleven girls, bruised, with dresses
torn and histerical, were" taken to the
police station. Bafbara Grain, with
a laceration half an Inch long on her
arm. Is under the care of physicians.
The girls are between 14 and 17 years
old. .
MOROS KILL SERGEANT
AND TWO SOLDIERS
Manila, May 28. A sergeant and
two privates of the United States
army were killed by Moros, who sur
prised tho outpost of the Eighteenth
infantry near Keithley, firing, before
the soldiers could defend themselves.
According to reports received at
headquarters today two columns of
infantry are pursuing the Moros.
DENIES HIS ENGAGEMENT
TO PORTLAXD MUSICIAN
Paris, May 28. Claus Spreckles.
son of the sugar magnate, soon to re
turn to America, today denied the re
port that he is engaged to Miss Mary'
A. Case, of Portland, Oregon, who is
here cultivating her voice.
IT Sill GIRLS
TWO STORY BUILDING FOR
That a fine modern two story build
ing will bo erected at tho corner of
Main nnd Water streets by the Knights
of Pythias and Elks lodges is now
practically assured. If present plans
are carried out tho building will be
erected Jointly by the two lodges nnv
the work will ho done this summer.
For some weeks past plans for the
Joint construction of a building by the '
Elks and Knights of Pythias have
been under consideration. Commit- 1
tees from each of the htdges have I
been negotiating regarding th,. matter
and some preliminary plans for the j
proposed building have been drafted, j
At t!i.- lat meeting of the Knights
of Pythias lodge, held Monday eve-
ning. a new building committee, with
J. W. Maloney as chairman, was ap- 1
pointed and anthorize,i to complcu I
the negotiations with the Elk.. I
Last evening the building propo- ,
sitiou was formally presented to the !
Elks at their regular weekly meetiint ;
I'td tlv.-y too v.. ted to go ale-. id wj-lj
THE SETTLED
NOT WANTED
Witnesses in Hanley Trial Tell
of Days When Eastern Ore
gon Hated Settlers.
XOBODY' DARED ENTER TOE
BIG PETER FRENCH RANCH
He Was Master of the Great 80,000
acre Enclosure of Govern nient land
Witnesses Show that the Fence
Has Later Been Allowed to Fall
Down Hanley Defense Say Stock
Have Been Allowed Within En
closure During Late Days Em
ployee Admits that Poor Condition,
of Fence is Only Recent, ;.
Portland, May 28. Reminiscensea
of the days when the eastern Oregon
rancher hated t.he settler was today's
theme in the trial of William Hanley,
accused by the government of Illegal
ly fencing 80,000 acres of public land
in Harney county.
Willjam E. Relder, a rancher, waa
called to the stand by the defense,,
which desired to show through hlnr
the bad condition of the fence around':
the government land.
Relder said that when Peter French .
was master of the land nobody dared,
to enter it. During the grazing sea
son the stock of others were kept off. -He
told of continual antagonism be--tween
the sheep and cattle men. The
latter claimed that sheep rendetsd:
the grass unfit for the stock to feedf
on. This was one reason why the
fence was erected. "
William Allen, Hanley's foreman,
testified that the flocks and herds of
all people were allowed to feed an
Hanley's enclosure.
R. H. Born, a sheepman, confirmed
the statement, and said that over two
hundred thousand sheep had fed In
that region and that some sheep be
long to coyote herders from Califor
nia, Nevada and Idaho.
George Smith, a cow-man, declared
that the fence was in bad condition.
He admitted under cross examination.
by United States district attorney Mc-
Court that he had recently removed
posts at Intervals in the fence.
UNKNOWN MAN GIVES
AWAY HUNDRED DOLLAR BIXLS-
Des Moines, Iowa, May 28. Post-
office Inspectors today were asked to
unravel the mystery surrounding the
receipt by a number of residents of
Panora, Iowa, of letters containing
$100 bills. No signature Is attached
to the letters, one of which bears th
postmark of Portland, Or.
Five persons admit having receiv
ed money totalling 9 1125. Mrs. Vi
ola Lapegiett, a widow received $225
mostly in J 10 bills, with a note signed
"your friend."
MAYOR M CLFXLAX
READY TO START AUTOS
New York, May 28. It was an
nounced today that all Is ready for
Mayor McClellan to start the New;
York to Seattle exposition automobile
at 3 on the afternoon of June 1 from
the city hall coincident with the open
ing of the fair. The route will "be by
way of Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo,
Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago and St.
Louis. No schedule west of St. Louis
has been arranged, the contestants
being allowed to choose their own
routes.
the matter. , At the same time con
siderable financial backing was of
fered to carry out the Elks end of the
bargain.
As matters now stand the building
will be erected provided the two
lodges can reach an agreement upon
one or two minor points that have not
yet been settled. That a satisfactory
agreement can be reached is regard
ed as certain as both sides to the bar
gain aro anxious to proceed with tha
building.
At the present time tho building site
at the corner of Main and AA'ater Is
owned by tho Knights f rythhn and
tile buil ling proposed ;s to cover this
lot. It will adjoin the Bowman build
ing on the north and wi'l be a two
story strip lure ith a basement to
house a heating plant. It is estimate i
that tile budding will cos; fSJ.Oml. it
is understood that the matter of f".
tumeiitg tile lHiiid-'n.; has all be. n ar
ranged for and that It now merely re
mains fir th,. two lodges f., r.-i.-h nn
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