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CITY OFFICIA L PAPER.
VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OUKUON, WEDNESDAY, Al'UIL 6. 1910.
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. a-4X
WETS" WIN
III ILLINOIS
Thirty-two Dry Towns Vote
Saloons Back in Local Op
tion Elections.
ONLY
THIRTEEN TOWNS
VOTE OUT THE SALOONS
Returns From Yesterday's Elections
Show That Prohibition Force) are
Losing Hold In Illinois 112 Towns
Still Are "Dry" Bat Many "Dry"
Towns Open Doors Again Partisan
Feeling Huns Strong and Fights
Occur.
Chicago, April . Incomplete re
turns on the local option issue voted
on in 240 cities and towns through
out Illinois yesterday Indicated gains
for the wts."
. These figures show that 32 towns
changed from "dry" to "wet" and 13
changed from "wet" to "dry." Of 93
towns, 48 voted "wet."
Among the cities which had been
"dry" but which returned to "wet"
were Decatur, Pana and Rlverton.
The issue waa not put before the
voters In Chicago, the plans for doing
ao having fallen through because of
Insufficient signatures to the petition.
Danville township voted "wet" af
ter one, of the most exciting elections
lu its history.
Fights Among Partisans.
At Grape Creek there were numer
ous fights and at one time it looked
if It would be necessary to call out
the troops. During the afternoon
Judge Allen wired Governor Deneen,
asking him to order out the militia,
but later the sheriff swore in a large
number of deputies and the order for
the troops was cancelled.
The following Important cities went
"wet," the numbers indicating major
ities: Carml, 105; Springfield, 1200;
Decatur, 695 (dry by 1,000 two years
ago); Jollct, 1600 to 2,000; Centralla,
178; Rockford, 206; Freeport, 1,011;
Elgin, 1200; Pana, 101; (dry two years
ago); Hanville, 485; Clinton, 70 (dry
two years ago); Bloomington, 84; Ma
toon, ; Dock Island, ; and
Aurora, .
Majorities were won by the "drys"
In the following places:
Monmonth, 200; Tayforville, 41; Ur
bana, 510.
Hartford, Connecticut, Is "Wet."
Hartford, Conn., April . For the
first time In nix years the democrats
elected a mayor yesterday when their
candidate, Edward T. Smith, defeat
ed Edward W. Porter, the republican
candidate, who was up for reelection,
by a majority of 360. ,
License carried by 4,697 majority.
"Wets" and "Dry" In Colorado.
Denver, April 5. "Wets" and
"drys" In a score of Colorado towns
engaged in a bitter battle In today's
municipal elections. At midnight re
turns showed 10 towns had voted
"wet" and eight "dry." i
In the "wet column appear all the
mining towns in which the saloon was
OF
The god of accidents seems to have
Visited Pendleton last evening, leav
ing three suffering victims when he
took his departure. Two of them are
at St. Anthony's hospital while the
other Is en route to his home In Spo
kane. The first of the accidents occurred
at the O. R. & N. depot when a heavy
drummers' sample case fell onto the
foot of C. 3. McKenna, brakeman on
the Pendleton-Spokane passenger
train. The O. R. & N. surgeon was
called to attend tho Injured man and
after dressing the wounded foot, al
lowed the man to leave this morning
for his home In Spokane.
Aged Man Is Run Down. '
The second accident occurred at the
Intersection of Court and Cottonwood
atreets. Jacob Bender, the aged tail
or who has been conducting a suit
pressing and cleaning shop near the
Hotel Pendleton sample rooms on Wa
ter street, was crossing Cottonwood
street along the west sldo of Court
when a runaway team came down
Cottonwood at, full speed. As the
man Is a sufferer from palsy he was
unable to get out of the way of the
frightened horses. He was struck by
the tongue and knocked so high In
the air that at least one onlooker was
positive that he had been flunk from
the seat of the tiacn over the heads
of the horses. lie came down In front
of the runaway and the entire outfit
pasted ore him.
Bender was rendered unconscious
mm
an lHsue, while the "dry" contingent
won only in the agricultural districts.
The real storm centers of the fight
were at Klfle, Buena Vista and Brigh
ton, all of which were credited to the
"wets" by small majorities.
Eight Wisconsin Towns "Wet."
Jant'Hville, Wis., April 6. Janesvllle
Monroe, Dclavun, Edgarton, Sharon,
Darlen, New Richmond and Albany
were, carried by the "wets" yesterday.
Lincoln MM itoozo supply.
Lincoln. Neb., April e.-Loqai )n-
tcrest in the election centered in the
vote at the suburban town of Have-
lock, which has been the source of
liquor supply for Lincoln since the.
city abandoned saloons a year ago.
Havelock went "dry" by a majority
of 84 after a hard fight.
"WETS' GAIN SLIGHTLY AS
RESULT OF NEBRASKA VOTE
Omaha, Neb., April 5. Return re
ceived tonight from 122 cities and
towns in Nebraska which held muni
cipal elections today, indicate "1 went
"wet" and 61 "dry." The changes
were slightly favorable to the "wets"
numerically, but Havelock, one of the
most important towns, on which Lin
coln has drawn for Its supply of li
quors since the latter cty voted out
the saloons, was one of those chang
ng to the "dry" column.
ANGRY WOMEN MOB
RAISERS OF PRICES
BITCHERS HAVE NARROW ,
ESCAPE FROM HOUSEWIVES '.
I-Rooscvelt in his usual manner now j It l probable the new council will
Infuriated by Raise of Two CVnts In , ,.(.mes forth and denounces the Metho. j have to deal with the problem of con
Price or Meat, Three Hundred Wo- ' lit minister who enme to his de- i structing a passage subway and with
meii Maul Meat Market ITopric- I " " Why? So that American Cath-j S and telephone rate
.. .... , I "Hes mav be appeased. But this will! Except for the arrest of about 40
tors YuUi-e Rescue. I hem Ictlms i (), uUW(, nOSevelt. although the saloonkeepers for keeping open dur
In Hospital. greatest press agent the world has i i"g the voting time, the election was
New Tnrk, April 6. An extra de
tail of police was placed in the vicin
ity of Second avenue and 101st street
on East Side today, following the
housewife Hot yesterday when the
price of meat Jumped two cents. Dur
ing the melee a number of persons
were beaten and five, including two
policemen, were set upon by a mob
of women and scratched and mauled
so badly that the victims wore taken
to hosuttals for treatment
The trouble started when n er.,w.i f I
three hundred women h-? a fn.il. i
ado of decayed fruit and eggs at the
proprietor of a butcher shop which
had raised prices. Following this, the
women attacked thirty shops in the-M""
vicinity before police reserves rescued
the beaten proprietors.
TEDDY AND WIFE WILL
LIVE OVF.lt HONEYMOON
Rome. April 6. Desiring to retrav
el a route taken 24 years ago on his
honeymoon, Col. Roosevelt today ask
ed the correspondents accompanying
him to temporarily withdraw from the
party and meet him again at Genoa,
on April 13.
So strong is the colonel's desire for
seclusion and abandonment of him
self and Mrs. Roosevelt to the tender
memories that even Kermlt and Eth
el will not accompany them from Spe
zia to Genoa. Roosevelt plans to leave
Rome tonight.
and picked up for dead. He was ta
ken to the office of the city physician
and taken from there to the hospital.
A gaping scalp wound In the temple
was sewed up, ho soon regained con
sciousness and today Bcems to be on
the road to recovery.
The third accident victim Is George
Lubbes, aged 21 years and claiming
no particular place as his home. Ac
cording to the story told by Lubbes
and people who happened to be at
the depot when the accident happen
ed, about 1:30 this morning, the
young man was waiting for west
bound passenger train No. 6. He had
wandered south on Main street to kill
ime and when ho undertook to come
back to the depot a freight train bar
red his path. Without waltjng for
the train to pass, he attempted to
cross between the box cars. Just as
he was stepping on the "bumpers"
they separated, allowing his foot to
drop between them and then came
together again with a jam.
Notwithstanding the excruciating
pain he was undergoing the young
man swung himself on through to the
depot plntform and then summoned
assistance. A cab was called and he
was taken to the hospital.
Tho point of the foot was so badly
crushed . that It will probably be ne
cessary to amputate a large part of
It. '
Though Lubbes has no place that
he calls home, he has relatives In
Nyssa, Oregon, and these have been
notified of the accident.
NT
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SAYS T. H. HAS DEMOCRATS
i MET WATERLOO ARE WINNERS
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r,i U-i A. u:i
rather Hannon in Washington
n . . .
1OmfTientS OH , the Vatican
,
Incident.
SAYS ROOSEVELT ACTED LIKE
A BILL IX A CHINA SHOP
C atholic Minister Creates Sensation
in Washington by HI Utterance
Declare Poe Showed Colonel
.Plainly Tliul Holy Sec Was Not
' Given to Assist In Political KxJ"lt
alion Says lie Can Fxpeet But Lit
tle Hereafter From American Cath
olics. Washlngtorj, April 6, "Roosevelt,
the politician has met his Waterloo."
These words, uttered by Rev. Father
Eugene Hannon, pastor of St. .Martin's
Catholic church here, created a sen
sation here today.
I "Like a bull in a chim shop," said
! Father Hannon. "He attempted to
ljump into the Vatician and over-ride
the etiquette of the most august court
IIUUI lilt i lit 1 1 j lino cyii nuun II. jnc
court of Rome is not given to assist- !
iing political exploitation and surely j
. .U... .1... ...n.U 1...C ........ TO'.
lei Roosevelt know it in no uncertain
manner."
Father Hannon concluded hv saving '
lever kn(.wn can expect little from the
Catholics in this country In the fu- ! wedge in a vote when ur. fcara jan
lure." ! son appeared at the polls and de-
, I inanded a ballot. Her name appeared
Vatican Incident Critical. j V,e list "f registered voters but
London, April 6. London tele-; "be was not allowed to vote.
grains from the Rome correspondent!
concerning the Roosewlt-vaiioaii in- j Sociitf Democrats. Winners,
cident. say: "The affair has added! Milwaukee, Wis.. April rf. Social
strength to the campaign against the democrats, led by Emll Seldel, candl
vatican at a time when the holy see I ,ate for mayor, swept Milwaukee in
nee ds all the forces 1: can muster to ,lie' municipal election yesterday by
resist the enemy's onslaughts. The
funeral opinion is that Cardinal Mer
" Val's reputation, as a diplomat
Is shattered."
Roosevelt will make, the journey
from Spezia to Genoa by auto. While
uie h" wi" '"' t,mv days at
the Villa of Miss Carew, Mrs. Roose
velt's sister, at Forto Maurizlo.
ROBBERS KILL FOUR BANK
OFFICIALS; WOUND TWO
Pittsburg, April 6. Five suspects
are under arrest today in connection
with the robbery of the Victor Bank
ing company at McKees Rocks, where
Igimlz Swartz, the cashier and Samuel
Friedman, manager were shot and
killed and two others wounded by
four robbers who entered the bank
late yesterday. Today detectives found
two dynamite bombs in a shed hear
the bank. It Is believed they were
left by the bandits who Intended to use
them to blow open the safe. Officials
say the loss will not exceeu vur hun
dred dollars.
ENGINE HOISTS. KILLING
OXE AND DOIXti HAVOC
Butte. "Mont., April 6. Engineer
Elmer McXabb was decapitated late
yesterday by a section of a hoisting
reel which got beyond his control and
broke into a thousand pieces. The
engine, accelerated to a terrific speed,
flew to pieces, sending a rain of oast
iron through the roof and sides of the
engine house. The engine which cost
a hundred thousand dollars was totally
destroyed. Three hundred men had
Just been lowered to the bottom of the
shaft. Chunks of Iron wetgnlng three
hundred pounds were hurled a quar
ter of a mile and the havoc wrought is
without n parallel in camp. The ac
cident will close the mine for several
months.
PERU
AND ECUADOR
ON VERGE OF WAR
Washington, April 6. The state de
partment and the Iitln American
diplomatic body here are on tiptoe
today awaiting developments of the
extremely critical situation In South
America between Peru and Ecuador.
A war between these two republics is
regarded as almost a certainty, un
less the United States Interferes and
brings pressure to bear. l Is expect
ed that Peru will soon break off her
diplomatic relations with Colombia
because Colombia has offered to aid
Ecuador In the event of war between
the two nations.
Floods May Outse Damage.
Denver, April 6. Although the
strike situation in northern Colorado
Is quiet, evpry mine being Idle, an
alarming feature is that the mines
generally and particularly the Simp
son mine at Lafayette are threatened
with floods. Unless the operators get
pumpmen soon the water threatens
much damage. The operators were In
conference today.
Many Cities Elect Democratic
Mayors and Councilmen
Yesterday
SEPI BLICANS LOSE
CONTROL OF CHICAGO
"Windy City" Elects 21 Democratic
Coiineiliiien - Milwaukee Social
Democrats Win and Democrats
Make Ijirge Gains hi 40 Oklahoma
Cities Missouri Towns Democratic
Tacoiiiu Holds Election Santa
Fe Elects Democratic Mayor.
Chicago, April 6. The complexion
ol Chicago's city council was changed
from republican to democratic in yes
terday's election. In the 35 wards the
democrats elected 21 candidates, re
publicans 12 and independent two.
The election was characterized by
a crusade by the Municipal Voters'
league, a non-partisan organization,
against the selection of alleged 'grey
wolves" for the new city council. The
new council will be composed of 39
" - r
democratic members, 29 republicans
and two Independents. Alderman John
t . Cougnnn trsatnnouse jonnj oi me
first ward, was reelected by a large
majority.
quiet. The suffragettes attempted to
" vu. n.c mJ(5-
jest plurality of any party in a similar
I contest in the history of the city.
The social democrats will control
I the common council, having elected
i all six aldermen at large and carried
I 14 yXirds out of 23. V. J. Schoenecker
jr., democrat, who ran second, was
about 8.000 ahead of Dr. J. M. Beffel,
republican. "
The platforms of all three parties
advocated home rule, the Initiative
and referendum and regulation of the
liquor traffic.
Democrats Win Councilmen.
Joplin, Mo., April 6. Democrats
elected seven out of eight councilmen
in the city election here yesterday. The
result leaves the city council tied.
Commission Government Downed.
Guthrie, Okla., April 6. In the mu
nicipal election here yesterday the re
publicans scored a swoeplng victory
and the commission form of govern
ment was defeated for the second
time.
Tacoina Holds Election.
Taeoma, April 6, The f'rst election
under the commission form of govern
ment was held yesterday. In 26 pre
cincts out of 71. A. V. Fawcett, for
mayor, has 2. 072 votes, running about
five to ten ahead of six other candi
dates. If this proportion keeps up
Fawcett will have a majority over all
candidates and be elected.
There are 33 candidates for the com
missionership and the result will not
be known for several hours.
Democratic Mayor Elected.
Santa Fe. X. M.. April 6. Santa
Fe, onllnnrily republican, yesterday
elected Arthur S. Sellgman, democrat
as mayor by 193 majority. But one
republican councilman was elected.
Reelect Democratic Mayor.
St. Joseph, Mo., April 6. Alvah P.
Clayton, democrat, was yesterday re
elected mayor of St. Joseph by 2,504
votes. His opponent was Frank B.
Fulkerson, republican police commis
sioner, who was running on a strict
law enforcement platform.
Toneka Elects City Officers.
Topekn. Kans., April 6. This city
held Its first election under the com
mission form of government yesterday
and late returns indicate the election
of J. B. Billnrd for mayor over Wil
liam Green, incumbent. The cam
paign was waged largely around the
personality of the candidates.
Billard was accused of favoring a
"liberal" policy and Green was sup
ported largely by those who faror a
strict enforcement of the prohibitory
law.
Municipal elections also were held
throughout Kansas yesterday. Cher
ryvale voted to adopt the commission
form of government.
MYSTERIOUS ROBBER AND
MURDERER IS CAPTURED
Springfield, Mass., April 6. Bert
ram Spence, the police declare, has
made a full confession that he killed
Martha Blackstone and wounded
Harriet Dow, In the Dow mansion here
March 31st. The police say the con
fession shows beyond a question that
Spence Is the mysterious bandit who
terrorized this section for a year. The
murder at the Dow residence was oen
of the most sensational in the his
tory of Springfield.
A small gold locket, bearing the
initials "B. G. S." and containing the
pictures of Spence's mother and sla
ter, led to his capture. The locket
was found nearly a year ago In the
back yard of the residence which had
been robbed. Spence was watched
and finally arrested when It was learn
ed he was preparing to leave town.
In his room were found black masks,
a revolver and much loot.
GEN.
WOOD AND CRUISERS
GO TO ARGENTINA'S FETE
Washington, April 6. The armored
cruiser, Montana, which will lead a
special squadron of cruisers to Ar
gentina where they will reperesent
America at the centennary celebra
tion .May 25th will sail from Hamp
ton Roads Friday. The vessel will
carry Major General Leonard Wood
who will convey the congratulations of
the United States to her sister repub
lic. Rear Admiral Staunton will com
mand the squadron. Other ships will
join them at Havana.
FEDERAL JURY MAY
BE UNABLE TO AGREE
CASE OF BANK VS.
BRAMWELL IN DOCBT
Judge Bean Advised Verdict Favor
ing Farmers ft Traders Bank But
Jury Hesitates Arguing Indian
Cases Tofay. "
Though the Jury in the case of the
Farmers' and Traders' bank against
F. C. Bramwell has been out since
about 11 o'clock this morning, no ver
dict has yet been agreed upon and the
belief is growing about the court
house that a "hung jury" will be the
result.
This was a case in which F. C.
Bramwell had given his "accommo
dation" note to J. W. Scriber for the
Farmers & Traders National Bank of
La Grande. Bramwell claims that it
was given an an accomodation to
Scriber while the attorneys for the
bank's receiver allege that it was given
to the bank and that he should be
held accountable to the bank for It.
With the exception that the defen
dant had made some payments to the
bank on the note and that the note
read payable to the bank, the bulk of
the evidence seemed to show that the
note was given as an accomodation to
Scriber, since he had given his own
note and some stock to Bramwell as
collateral.
In giving his instructions to the
jury. Judge R. S. Bean exercised the
prerogratlve of a federal court Judge
and declared that it was the opinion
ot the court that the jury should find
for the bank. Evidently, however,
the instructions of the court are not
being followed literally since a verdict
in accordance with his Instructions
would have been brought in immedi
ately. The delay is taken as an Indi
cation that it will either be a hung
jury or that the verdict will be In fa
vor of Bramwell.
Arguing Indian Cases.
The question as to whether or not
there Is such a thing as divorce am
ong Indians, according to Indian cus
toms, was brought up this afternoon
in the argument of an Indian heir
ship land case. It is the case in which
(Continued on page 6.)
MOTOR CAR TRIP
TO
, That the O. R. & N. company's new
motor car will be here n time to make
the business men's Junketting trip to
the west end of the county on Satur
day was announced at the Commercial
association meeting last night by Pres
ident W. L. Thompson. Mr. Thomp
son stated that he had received Infor
mation from J. H. O'Neill, traveling
passenger agent, to the effect that the
car will start upon its regular run
Sunday. So It will be necessary for
local people to make their trip the
day previous. Accordingly plans are
now being made for the trip and all
members of the Commercial associa
tion have been asked to go with the
car. The car will leave this city In
the morning and during the day will
visit all the towns of tho west end,
returning to Pendleton in the evening.
Lunch will be taken at Hermiston, an
Invitation to take lunch ln that little
city having been received from prom
inent Hermistonians.
The association meeting last night
was an Interesting session and several
subjects of vital Interest to the city
came up for discussion. Most of the
talking was in reference to the prop
L
OPTION ILLEGAL
Attorneys Raley 2nd Winter
say Order Banishing Saloons
From County Not Lawful.
CANVASSING BOARD DID
Attorneys for "Near" Beer Defend
ants Raise Technical Point De
clare Records Do Not Show Th
Court Was Officially Notified and
Therefore in Ordering Saloons Out.
Acted Not According to Law.
That the canvassing board failed to -comply
with the law and officially
notify the county court of the result
of the election which is supposed U
have made Umatilla county "dry" and
that the county court therefore acted
without Judicial knowledge of the re
sult of the election when it made its)
order banishing saloons from the con
fines of the county, is the point upon
which Col. J. H. Raley and Attorney
J. P. Winter are to base their attack
upon the local option law in so far as
it affects this county. While th
point raised is purely technical It rais
es a clear cut issue and the only mys
tery is why the point has never been,
raised before.
No attack is tu be made upon the
law in general but only in so far as
it applies to Umatilla county. If the
attorneys are successful In the con-
leniion ine men now under indictment-will
not only escape the pay
ment of a fine but saloons will be per
mitted to flourish unmolested In every
town and city within the county.
According to Col. Raley the law
specifies that the canvassing board
shall canvass the election returns and
officially notify the court of the re
sults of the election. He asserts that
in this instance the board failed to
do this, according to the records, and
that therefore the county court in is
suing the "dry" order was acting oa
hearsay knowledge and not on offi
cial information. He therefore allege
that the order is without foundation)
and is worthless.
It is understood that the attorneys
for the "near beer" men and the di
trict attorney will stipulate the facta
in the case and allow it to go to tha
courts for a test case. It will prob
ably be several months yet before a
final decision is rendered.
Jiminez Elected President.
San Jose, Costa Rica, April 5. At
the most orderly elections in the his
tory of the country, Ricardo Jlminea,
republican, was elected president of
the republic for the term of 1910
14, which begins May g. Jiminez waa
chosen president over Rafael Igleslaa
last August, but the election was an
nulled by the courts upon the alle
gation that President Zelaya of Nica
ragua has shipped a boat load of Nie
araguans Into Costa Rica to vote for
Jiminez. The new president is a law
yer and succeeds Cleto Gonzales VI
quez. Greece Wants Large Loan.
Washington, April 5 The Greek
government, according to Information
received at the state department, has
passed a bill for a loan not to exceed
$ 4 S. 000.000. A British syndicate U
said to have offered to take up the
loan in return for a waterworks con
cession in Athens.
TO WEST
MADE
osition of the proposed eastern Ore
gon insane asylum ajid the subject of
a substantial fund for carrying on
the work of the association.
New Financial Plan.
By President Thompson 1 waa
proposed that money for the Commer'
cial club's work be raised by a month
ly subscription plan simlar to the plan
followed when money was raised two
years ago for for the publicity bu
reau This scheme w-as general- en
dorsed by those present and a com
mittee composed of W". E. Brock, Will
Ingram and Frank O'Gara. was nam
ed to work the plan out in detail and
to present the same to local business
men for consideration.
Garden City Visitors.
An announcement from the Wall.
Walla Commercial club to the effect
that a delegation of business men wdl
be here" on April 12 was read. Ar
rangements are being made for en
tertaining the visitors while here and
it is the Intention to give them a
luncheon. The arrangements for this
are being looked after by President
Thompson of the Commercial
elation.
SATURDAY