EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT Calling cards, wad ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to order at the East Oregonlan. Fair tonight and Thursday; colder to night. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 22. PENDLETON, OKEGON, WEDNESDAY, JAXUAIiY !. 11)10. XO 0808 COINTY OFFICIAL PAVER. t-T VPO -" WEB WOVEN T ARNOLD Prosecution Presents Evidence Against Alleged Murderer Which Seems Conclusive. RUMORED THAT DEFENSE WILL SPRING SURPRISE Court Itoom Crowded With Curious People to Soo Mesh Woven About s Claml Arnold Tnklnjr or Testimony licgtiii YcMcrday Afternoon Pros ecution lion Much Circumstantial Evidence Rut It Ik Intimated Re. fense I Ins Card up Sleeve With every nvailable seat In the court room occupied and men stand ing up ugalnst the three walls of the court room the trial of Claud Arnold for the murder of A. Rnbeal Is draw lng the biggest crowd of any murder trial In local history. The Interest Js Intense and every spectator strains his ears to catch every word of the testimony .given by the witnesses on the ytand. With every witness the state Is drawing closer and weaving finer its web of circumstantial evi dence about tho unfortunate defend ant. Poginning yesterday afternoon with the Introduction of the testimony of Coroner Ralph Folsom the prosecu tion started its looms anj has been steadily weaving on Its web ever since. A thread here and a thread there, picked up and pieced together with a master's skill by Sheriff Taylor and his assistance. It Is being woven Into a woof for the benefit of the Jury. Testimony Begins. Coroner Folsom testified to the finding of the body and the Inquest. He was followed by Dr. Cole who tes tified as to the blows on the man's head, the crushed skull, the spatter ed brains and the death which must have been Instantaneous from such brutal beating. Sheriff Taylor took the stand and detailed to the Jury minutely tho spot where the body was foiind, the con dition of the body nn-1 the surround ings. It was near mile pout 192 on the Spokane branch about .six miles above Umatilla The body lay In a bunch of sage brush a short distance from the railroad track toward the river Kvldence showed that the body had been dragged from the south side tt the railroad track across the track to where 1t lay. Evidently the mur- derer Intended to dump his victim In to the river but finding the conditions unfavorable left It lying there after carelessly attempting to cover It up. The face was covered with some brush and grass Across the track at mile post 1U2 the sheriff found where two horses had been tied to n post. These tracks he .followed from thnt point on the return to where they were lost in the country road in the vicinity of Ihe Government reservoir. From there It was Impossible to follow the horses' track farther. At the point where the body was found the sheriff testified as to the condition of the ground and the find ing of several foot prints In the sand and dirt. Of these foot prints careful measurement were made and of our. especially a plaster cast was made. Also the big, ugly club with which the .deed was don bloody and covered with spattered brains, was picked up and Introduced in evidence. Witnesses Connect Prisoner. So far the defendant hail not been 'connected with the testimony except In a gejieral sort of way. Deputy. Sheriff llert Wilson took the stand And the principal points of Interest 1n h s 'testimony were the plaster cast j of the footprint found near the. body of the murdered man and the shoes: taken from the defendant at the time lie was !ii rested. These were put in evidence for the consideration of the Jury. The shoe, wis fitted to the plas ter cast and the jury was left to draw their own conclusions. Then the state began from Echo to connect tho defendant with the crime. Mr. Ronney. a liveryman, testlf ed that about the 21st of kjst November tho defendant came to his liverystablo and hired a team and buggy. At the time Mr. Ronney had known tho de fendant and of course did not ask him his name, but did ask him what his business was. Tho defendant, so Ronney testified. Bald ho was looking after cattle for a man named Sworn son and wanted the rig for that pur pose. Mr. Ronney let him have the rig and saw him drive up tho street and saw another man get Into the rig with defendant. This was on Sunday about 11 o'clock and the team was not returned to tho barn until about 11 o'clock that night. When Ronney saw the defendant on the streets the next morning or Tuesday morning he demanded pay for the rig and he testified that the defendant answered "Tho man I was looking for was to be here Sunduy, but he did not come and so I have no money and can't pay you for tho team " j Engage Two Horses. j n Tuesday morning the defendant j went to tho livery stable of Mr. liar- ker In Echo and engaged two saddle horses about 8 o'clock. He did not j come for tho horses until about l i o'clock. When he did, so Mr. Bar ker testified, ho said he and his fr.end wanted to take a little ride. Mr. Bar ker saddled up tho horses and the defendant mounted one, saying he would ride over to the hotel and see if his friend was ready and If he was they would goy Ir came back In a few minutes and got tho other horse and led him away toward the ra.lroad track and Rarkcr said he saw the oth er man meet him unn they mounted tho horses and rode away north. Mr. liarkcr said that was about 1 o'clock in the afternoon and at 12 o'clock that night vvheii he loft the barn and went home the. horses had not been returned. He got up at 5 o'clock In tin? morning and went to the barn and the horses were there. He had left no one in charge of the barn. About 8 o'clock he met the defend ant on the street ' Mr. liarker testified that the de fendant then asked him what fine tho horses got in. Mr. Rarker replied that he didn't know, but some time be tween midnight and & o'clock in the morning. The defendant then said: "Well, I hired those Iutfcs for two other fellows, but as I hired them I suppose I will have to pay for them. I don't suppose they paid fur them, and I will h.H e to pay you f r tin in. That is the way I am always treated " Anil he pulled out a purse from his pocket to pay for the two horses and !r. Rarker testified that he had a five dollar gold piece and a Ion dol- UPTOTHE POULTRY SHOW I Hit OH BREAKS RECORD I I i Big Property Owners Must Be; Brought Into Traction j Movement. ' : Local -Exhibition Opens With Largest Attendance of ' Any Show on Coast. nearly ssotio is ALREADY pledger K I EN EST COMPETITION . ALSO AMONG BIRDS irforts Now Centered on Getting Sup- port' or Irincipnl Renefhiaries" Merchants and .Men Willi Moderate ' Holdings I.'nthiihiaMic for Traction j System Compromise .May Save tlie I Day. " More People In At ti nulance on First Evening Than, in Eirst Two Days of Portland and Walla Walla Shows Judge Dixon Pays Tribute to Ex- liioitlou SjM-elal Music Tonight- Show- To lJst Through Saturday Awards Made. it : ! .;. k. v The List at Present. '' Dr. C. J. Smith $ 1 000 It. Alexander loon fr Li em Cohen land James ,. Fee moo ' E. J. Murphy loim W. L. Thompson louo I ' ' V. Colesworthy 500 1 Bond Bros 500 ; Ft-.-! r:k o'Oara 500 j J. F. Robinson 2T,0 - K. A. Schiffler 100 ' : v. str-.tie inn ; $7. SOO is the status of the trac subscription as it stands it stood yesterday after- close of a brief oam- (Cnntinui-d on page S.) The iH.OV t on cnmpai t day and ; noon after the paign ty the committee. Although the solicitors have hardly started up : tin lr work they have already se cured marly .S00i) of the sum t'aal ,idi'd. If the rest of the money e;.n he secured with the same ease as this amount the movement to git a liaition system for Pendleton wli! stfcci d. ' At this ( I r f lull j !' tiding s HAkEIl CITY ATTORNEY GIYES IMPORT WT I1Y1RENI I Enimett Callahan Connects Ringer With Fraudulent Schemes for First Time In Trial Hermann Told Him Thnt Oregon Mrm Would Retiefit It.v Transaction. Portland, Jan. 26. Ringer Hermann was connected directly with n knowl edge of the Mays-Jones activities in the schiied lands of the nine moiin ta.n reserve for the first time today by the testimony of Enimett Calla han, a liakrr City attorney. "Calla han, why bother about It." Hermann Is quoted as having said during a con fen nee in Wash ngton, conce rning the Blue mountain reserve. "It Is only a matter of some 200.000 neves. The state will benefit by the transaction, as well as a few men and these men are our friends, and are Oregonlans." This in substance, is the conversa tion of Hermann with Callahan, as told by Callahan in the present trial, lie continued by saying that Hermann had mentioned Mays and Odell as be ing two of the Ore gon men who would benefit hv the creation of the reserve. time however there is a ri the work of solicitation :ne negotiations between i i,i icIm i s of the committee nnd some e.f the heavy property owners of the jeity. The committee Is taking the ii in.l that the support of the big jnalty holders Is absolutely imperative j If the movement is to succeed. The silicitors do not want to ask merch lents and small property owners to jln ar the full burden of the movement I when the wealthy property owners will be the chief beneficiaries of the ; improvement." Accordingly work is now being done j towards bringing Influential property I ow ners and members of the eommit I tee together so as to provide prope r support from the realty owners tmv j anls raising the fund. Those who are J backing this lino of nction hope by I some manni r of compromise to elimi ! n.ite objections to the movement and get all the people of the city behind the scheme. How well they will suc i i i d remains to be seen. Yesterday's Work. Although yesterday's soliciting work did not swell the subscription list greatly the work that was done proves that the merchants and prop el ty owners with moderate holdings are enthusiastically behind the move ment. All of those who subscribed d'd so willingly and readily, much to the gratification of the i otninittcf. The committee was out for but a short time yesterday but the result shows that there will he much sup- I . port froni the "rank and file" of the-' j l'i ople of On- city. As the situation j .stands tlie matter is entirely up to the i I big propirty ow ners. i j By having nearly exactly 600 birds on exhibit and by having tho largest opening day attendance of any poul- ! try stow e.n tho eopst this year, the ! Pen 'Met. n show easily takes its place in Hi.- wry front rank of western show. More than 500 people passed ' Shr-uifh the doors last evening, fully as large as was the attend. nice for the 4f Tirst two days of the Portland and . W-'Hi Walla shows. V While the loe;i people are pi.in:- f os tints a greet denl of interest and f ; nre giving the undertaking the sup- 1 port it di-Ferves. the crowds that are fr ; i oni'io daily from out of town nre helping to swell tjie attendance. Peo- plo are coming from every part of j I'mat Ila and Morrow counties and i there are some here from Union coun ty. : nc-se are in aeiu.tlon to the ex- hihitors who are here in person from all over the northwest. , Keen Competition, j Judge Elmer Dixon, who has offi ciated ft practically all the leading j shows on' the coast from tho Califor nia line to Victoria and Vancouver, B. , C, sr.yvthe compe-tition in the bar ' red Plymouth Rock class Is the 1 s;roi,jret he has seen this winter. He i explain. . '.hat be meant b that state- j meiit that there wire the greatest ! number of bad'ng nortWwest breeders 1 at this show of any show held In the j northwest this year and this !s say i ing h rrreat deal. Wh'le the competition Is keen in h! classes the closest is found In the barred and buff rocks, the white and buff Orpingtons and the Minorcas. 'Awarding Prizes. judge n.xon is making rapid pro gress in scoring the birds and w.ll have the cards finished by this eve ning or early te morrow morning. The awards will be placed as soon there after as possible. Many of those have ! already been made nnd the winners have taken occasion to decorate their i coops with ribbons, cups and trophies I won In former contests. These form f'one of the most attractive features of the show and as the days go by this feature will grow better and better. Show leasts All Week. Many expressions of satisfaction at the decision to continue the show all week are heard on all sides Pen dleton people are delighted at the chance to go night after night while the exhibitors are delighted at the opportunity offered for more exten sive advertising. Birds Given Away. ti-, 'irst of the . standard bred cockerels was given away last eve ning and at least one will be given away each oveivng this week. The lord given away last evening was won by I.. K Tipton of Kamela. a forest ranger in the Whitman forest. S?v e"al numbers were drawn out before bis was reached, as many people had gone home ami were not in the room when the drawing took place. The numbers nt drawn out each evening will be left in the box and m x. d with those put in the box the evening the drawing takes place. Ac cording to present plans there will be a more extensive drawing Saturday night. There will be three or more prizes of the total value of $23 or $30. All the numbers given out dur- Injr the week and not drawn from the ! box during one of the evenlmrs will have a chance atthe grand drawing on -the closing night. Prlxt Winners. The following Is a list of the prize winners announced thus far: Barred Plymouth Hocks. T). C. Gurdane, Heppner First on cockerel and hen. M. J. Myers. Portland First on pen, third cockerel, second cockerel, second hen. Douglass & Durrant, Walla Walla First pullet, first cock and third pen. E. S. Foss, Walla Walla Second cock, third cock. Breed & Roblson, Walla Walla-r-Sc-cond pullet, second pcn, third hen, third pullet. White Plymouth P.oeks. Wm. Hill, Heppner First pullet, first and second hen, first Ci ki rel and second pen. C. E. Johnson, Irrigon Second and third pullet, first cock, third cockerel and first pen. J. F. Kurtz, Irrigon Second cock erel. Rnrf Roe ks. R. F. Williams, Milton Second cock, second hen. third hen. Windlo Bros. Eents First hen, first and second and third cockerel, first pullet, also second and tlvrd. OoliTen Wynndottct-. -Pleki.son & Levy, Walla First, sec ond and third pullet, first hen, second and third cockerel. SEARCH EICRT IS TURNED ON Congressional Committee Be gins Its Investigation ot Ballinger Charge. PROBING WILD BE MINUTE AND THOROUGH Members of Congress Start Inetl ;ra(ion of Allegations Made Against Se-eretary of Interior Clavls First to Take Stand Tuking of Testi mony Will be Extended Commit tee Will go to Alaska to Make Per sonal Investigation, Silver. Wyandotte. I. U. Temple. Pendleton Third pulli t, third cockerel. White Wyandottes. Chas O. Curtis, Pasco, Wash. First pullet, third cockerel. A. E. Dickson. Pomeroy. Wash. Second pullet, frst cockerel, also sec ond. F. M. Barrows Third pullet, first h-n. also second and third, second cock. Hoiiduns. Lee Drake, Pen.dleton Third hen. Ruff Orpingtons. Wrindle Bros, Lents First, second, (Continued on page ,5.) STAGE GULCH PHONES CONNECT WITH CITY FORMAL CONNECTIONS MADE THIS MORNING Washington, D. C, Jan. 28. Actual probing of the famous Balllnger-Pln-thot controversy bsgan today when I R. Glavis. who was removed from the office of chief of the field divis ion of the land office by President Tuft, was called before the Joint com mittee of congress to begin his testi mony. It Is not expected that all of the evidence will be obtained and re ports submitted before next con-, gress. The taking of evidence will place in the records the most minute de tails of the manner In which the dis posal of public lands has been made under the direction of Ballinger, and ! every phase of the famous Cunnlng j ham-Ali?kan coal cases with a vast i amount of d'l?113 regarding other leases, c.loSOd propod, fltv.t pending. !ln addition to the hMnn. .V evidence hi re, the committee -!n . into the northwest in the oil in mot- .will go to Alaska where it will actu j ally investigate at first-hand the j charges that the government has been defrauded nf most of its valuable coal ! deposits. IVople Crowd Room. j Great public interest is shown by jibe enormous crowd which thronged jthe committee room and all adjacent ; halls, anxious to hear a word of the tcstimon v trip and or to j pants in the affair I so much confusion 13 New Line Is Eleven Mile's Long and at Present Only Four Subscribers Work on Line to Holdman Nenring Completion. The Sage Gulch Telephone com pany's new rural line, Just completed, was formerly connected with the city service of the Pacific Telephone com pany today and as a result this city now h is ";'i mo connections with the Stage Gulch region northwest of town. The line as it now stands is 11 miles in length and has four subsciybers. They are Alfred Lang, Brady 'Howdy shell. Charles Chancy and Virgil Moore. Of these tho Moore ranch is the most distant from the city. The work upon the rural line from the city to Holdman is now npproach ing completion and it Is understood the lino will be ready for use within a couple of weeks. When this line is completed a switchboard will be es tablished at Holdman and through the : same; several small rural lines will be i backers brought into connection w ith the city, i I'rit's.T st e leading Duriiol- which has caused in high Places. Tt believed the investigation will nro- gress somewhat slowly at first as the committee evidently Intends to go In to the matter systematically with the purpose of clearing up every phase ut.der discussion before passing on to the next feature. Attorney George Pepper, of Phila delphia, appeared' as counsel for Gif ftrd Pinchot. The public expects Pinchot will appear in person and give voice to his grounds of complaint against the interior department, the expression of which led to his dis missal and that of his subordinate. Glavis is attended by Attorneys L. p. Brandtis of Boston and Joseph Col ti n of Xew York. owex Moras loses DECISION TO BALDWIN Boston, Jan. 21. A left hand body blow Is regarded here today by sports as the cause of the defeat of Owen Moran, the English fighter by Bald win of Charlestown last night. Bald win was picked as the winner by the referee after twelve rounds of fight ing at the Armory Athletic associ ation. He handled Moran in a clean cut style and showed a complete re versal of form since the bout In which he was defeated by Moran. Moran's put up the excuse that the showed the effect of his long lay-off. AIMS COU.M II. CONDUITS SPECIAL "CALAMITY" SESSION 3 WOULD FORM NEW PACIFIC COAST STATE. Yrekft. Calif., Jan. 25. A e movement to make a new state to bo called "Siskiyou," out of fourteen counties, half In north- em California and half In south cm Oregon, comprising tho rlch- est part of the Pacific coast, Is growing today. Treka, the county scat of Siskiyou county, In favored for the capital of tho projected commonwealth. Great Interest Is helng manifested here. Paris. .Ian. 20. Tha chamber of deputies this afternoon went Into a special "ca'amlty" sess'on following the reports which indicate tl(- city Is face to face with a ton- Me catas trophe which. It Is f. 'iied will p -nil during the n'ght from rising waters. The towns of Nugent and S'hil Maur are completely inundated. The cabi net this evening est'mates the loss throughout France from high water at $100,000,000 with a strong prob ability of it reaching $2.r0,oon,ono. The Seine Is roaring Its fury, which Is increased hourly by the great wo'ght of water coming down upon it from above Paris and toVtight threatens to tear all barriers ami send Its floods sweeping through the great city. PIISIS BATTLE mi! one DESPERflTELY FLOOD ITEfiS TAUT BIDS TRUSTS TO SLEEF IN PEACE .Paris. .Ian. WATER HAS NO TERRORS FOR AMBASSADOR R CON Tarls. Jan. 25. Although water stands fivo feet deep In the basement of the residence of Robert Bacon, the new United States ambassador to France, he Is sticking manfully to his post today. The house, which is In Avenuo Gcrber, Is almost surrounded by water from tho river. Its heating and lighting facilities have been put out of commission, and telephone connections are severed. oi m st; 2 0. At li.iod vi, t tasted tiding to wiV da .i ll today limy, manv of food for in soup the public tlie relief thousands which had days w i in bread lines leading kitchens established fund to which wealthy Parisians con tributed. The city today is in a wretched state. Following a heavy fall of snow la-t night, warmer weath er prevails today and melting snows are swelling the floods that ara sweeping down the Seine. The Paris weather bureau offers no immediate relief. Indications point to more rain nnd snow during the day. Two hun dred thousand people, have been ren dered homeless in the Inundated dist rict. , People Ready to Flx People are preparing to flee nnd al most every citizen with the valuables for which he cares most. Is holding himself In- readiness for any emerg en jr. i terror The fianlion Is one of such ind anxiety as lia seldom been two known except in a city about to be nnd, sacked by an oncoming army. The inilitiiiN forces today were t i resort to actual cannon. idin; In their battle with the oncoming wa ters, to save tin- little town of Lux from immediate destruction. The dyke was bombarded, and great holes torn in its structure w ith cannon balls to permit the river's swollen waters to spread over the surrounding low lands. A new danger arose today from an unexpected quarter, when the en croaching water made its way toward the great gas plant i f the quarter of west Paris. Nearly the entiro city uses the gas supply furnished by this plant for lighting and cooking. Should the waters rise the city will be almost wholly without this form of fuel upon Washngton. Jan. 2a. Five initi al after .l imes J Hill, the "empire luiilder" of the northwest, emerged from a conference with President Taft at the white house tou.iy. the president issued a statement to the effin that there shall bo "No dis criminate prosecution" of trusts. Hill told the president yesterday that hints front the white house that a vigorous campaign against trusts under tho provisions of the Sherman anti-trust ! r.v. h id toused a crumbling of pri ns in Wall street and toll the pres ident that such a course, if persisted in. would result in a financial chaos. mpi '!!' if is believed the president assur&d It II the government contemplated no 'ndiscrlminate action, nd that he thereafter decided to make an offi cial announcement to that effect I l.EI" TRUST SEEKS TO IXIMINATK SMALL DEALERS beef o" i i.incsco, Jan. 26 "The trust lias r.iready entrenched itself sol idly ,, tH, pacific coast, but ;s now - iiga -r. d jn trying to make its posi tion impregnable. The trust Is going after city councils and boards of health 'n an effort to have laws pass'-d with prov'slons that s-nall slaughten rs couldnot meet." Till' ' was the statement of J. M -Menaminv. president of tho local butchers' board of trade, when oakod for an explana tion of the h'gh prices of meet or. 'he coast. (Continued on page 6.) 9 il (I (1 r YACI1T1NO PARTY IS MISSING AT EYERE TV TAFT NOMINATES RECEIVER OF MONEYS AT OT.YMPIA Washington. Jan 26. President Taft today nominated Robert W. El well as receiver of public moneys at Olynipla, Wash. IIiKulaniltC9 on Meat Strike. Hoeiuiam, Wash., Jan. 25. The Hoiiuinm Trades and Labor Council today voted unanimously to abstain from the use of meat for SO day? nnd urges all local fraternal organisations to follow suit. Everett, Wash . Jan 26 Much anxiety Is felt here today for the safety of a party of five young people from th s city, who set sail on a pleasure trip yesterday in a sixteen foot sloor and who have not been heard of since. They expected to re turn In a few hours. Search is being mado today but no trace has been found of them. Last night was very stormy, and it Is thought tb,. sloop may have foundered.