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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OREGON, FIJI DAY, AIMML 29. 1910.
NO 6880
WEATHER REPORT
Fair tonight and Saturday.
billinger on
witness stand
Secretary of Interior Testifies
Before Congressional In
vestigating Committee.
REVIEWS CIRCUMSTANCE8
OP HIS OFFICIAL
LIFE
Balllnger Appear as Witness In Ills
Own Defense Attorney Vetrces
Conducts Direct Examination Sec
retary Outlines Political Career n
State of Washington Says he Only
Toole CommiHHloner Job at Roose
velt's Earnest Request.
Washington, D. C, April 19. Sec
retary Balllnger today went upon the
witness stand In the congressional In
vestigation of the Interior department
Attorney Vertrees, representing Bal
llnger, began the direct examination.
Balllnger outlined his career In Wash
ington atate, with particular reference
to his acta as mayor of Seattle. Then
he reviewed the circumstances attend
ing his appointment as commissioner
of land office. He said he consented
to accept It only on the repeated so
licitation of President Roosevelt and
Senator Piles.
Explaining the clear listing of the
Cunningham claims. Balllnger said
he and II. H. Schwartz, chief of the
field service, had looked over Agent
Love's report and decided it was fa
vorable to patenting of the claims,
there being no protest In the records.
Balllnger said he still believed these
claims should have been clear listed
on the records and would take the
same action today.
Calls Glavis Liar.
The witness declared he did not
know there was nny such group
claims as the "Cunningham claims"
when he became land commissioner
and subsequently, he said, he learned
that several of his acquaintances were
claimants but added he did not know
Clarence Cunningham, and that he
"had no Interest In the Alaskan lands,
directly or . Indirectly, and had
none today." Speaking of Glavis, the
secretary said: "Glavis made a de
liberate and wilful misstatement when
he testified he had talked over the
Alaskan coal cases In December, 1907,
with me. It was a wilful He."
A lll'NDRF.D MILES
OF NEW RAILROAD
Elcentro. Cal., April 28. A hun
dred miles of railroad trelllslng Im
perial valley nnd connecting all Its
towns and principal farming districts
With Los Angeles, San Diego and Arl
so napoints. will be started within a
few weeks, according to an announce
ment made today by officials of the
Imperial Valley Railroad company,
which was recently incorporated with
a capital of' $2,000,000. The lines
will extend north from Calexioo, on
the Mexico border, connecting with
the Rprockles San Diego and Arizona
road, with the Southern Pacific at the
northen end of the valley. Imperial.
El Ccntro, Brawley and Holtvllle will
be terminal points for several pro
posed branch lines nnd feeders which
will tap every farmtng district.
FIRE AT SANRPOINT BURNS ,
30.o00.00fl FEET OF LUMBER
Spokane, Wash., April 29. After
blazing fiercely nil night, resulting in
the destruction of thirty million feet
of lumber with a loss of three hun
dred and sixty-five thousand dollars a
fire In the Humblrd Lumber com
pany's yards at Sand Point. Idaho,
was extinguished early this morn
ing The combined efforts of the fire
department of Sand Point Pend
d'Orellle and Kotennt were required
to subdue the flames. The big plan
ing and cutting mills of the company
were saved. For a time the towns of
Sand Point and Kootenai were threat
ened with destruction, but were saved
by the efficient work of the fire
men. PAUMIAN SUFFERED
DURING HIS FLIGHT
London, April 29. Louis
Paulhan, the French aviator,
who won the great aerial derby
from London to Manchester, de
clared today his flight was one
of unbelievable hardship. He
was so nearly exhausted from
the cold and exposure that he
couldn't have remained aloft
another quarter of a mile, he
declared, and wouldn't make the
trip again for twice the amount
of the, prlzo. The fifty thous
and dollar purse will be present
ed to Paulhan at luncheon at
the Savoy Hotel tomorrow. ' A
purse Is being raised for White
who contested In the flight with
Paulhan.
"QUEEN OF FAKIRS"
IS FOUND GUILTY
MRS. MA I'D JOHNSON, ALIAS
BAVEY IS COXVUTED
Woman Who Swindled Pendleton
Merchants anil Who Lived By
IVniid, Will ITolmbly Got Prison
Sentence Verdict of Guilty He
turn In Vancouver.
Vancouver, Wash., April 29. Mrs.
Maud Myrtle Johnson was last night
convicted by a jury In the superior
court of defrauding the Northern Pa
cific railroad company of $1250 by
pretending to have received physical
Injury, while riding on one of the
company's trains. The Jury accom
panied Its verdict with a recommen
dation of mercy.
The convicted woman was charged
with pretending that while traveling
on the Tacolt branch of the road,
April 9, 1909, she was thrown vio
lently against the seat In front of her.
She contended her ankle was dislo
cated and that she suffered hemor
rhage of the lungs.
Claim agents of different roads be
tween the Pacific coast and the Mis
sissippi river were present and testi
fied that they paid the woman under
arreBt various sums in settlement for
Injuries which they now believe, were
pretended.
Under the name or Myrtle Johnson,
the woman was tried In Seattle in
December, 1909, on a charge of hav
ing defrauded 'he Seattle Electric
company by the alleged shamming of
injuries. In that case, however, Mrs.
Johnson was acquitted.
Mrs. Johnsop will be remembered
In Pendleton, where she was known
as Mrs. Maud Baney. Under the
latter cognomen she filched some
rood money from Pendleton mer-
hants and after pleading guilty she
was finally released on parole. Fol
lowing her trial and acquittal In Se
attle she was brought back to Pen
dleton and charged with breaking her
parole. 1 When It was found that she
could not be held on this charge she
was turned over to the Vancouver au
thorities, but owing to the fight which
she made against extradition she was
kept In the local county Jail for a
week or ten days longer.
When the Washington authorities
are through with her, the woman will
be turned over to the California
courts as she Is wanted In that state
on a charge similar to the one on
which she was found guilty last eve
ning. It therefore seems evldeift that
the woman is scheduled to spend a
large share of her time for the next
few years In Jail, even though she
may never be sent to the penitentiary.
IDAHO SCANDAL INQUIRY
SITS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Boise, April 29. Behind closed :
doors, the state land board is con
ducting Its 'Investigation into the" al
leged Irregularities of Register M. I.
Church. The refusal to make the
hearing public Is being condemned
as an attempt to whitewash tho.e in
volved. There are no new develop
ments today.
ALBANIANS ORDER ALL
MALE ADULTS INTO FIELD
Belgrade, April 29. Declaring all
Albanians who refuse to Join in the
revolution against Turkey to be trai
tors and punishable with death, 'Al
banian leaders today Issued an lrade
ordering all adults to Join the army.
Forty five thousand rebels are now In
the field and the order Is expected to
bring many thousands more to the
revolutionists.
WILL HANG FOR CRUSHING
WIFE'S HEAD WITH HEEL
Los Angeles, Calif., April 29. Er
nest Wlrth, who murdered his wife
by crushing her skull with his heel,
was sentenced today by Judge Willis
to be hanged. Wirth Joked and laugh
ed with the officers who took him to
his cell. He said he was pleased at
the prospect of execution.
Expect Bat Me.
Bluefields, Nicaragua, April 28.
A decisive engagement between the
government forces, estimated at 1800
men, and the combined armies of the
rebels, 2500 strong, is expected to take
place before Bluefields within the
next eight days. It Is contended that
the battle will probably end the war.
GET BUSY
The Pendleton Commercial club is
going to help in securing a fair census
enumeration for this city. At the
noonday luncheon of the ' board of
managers today the subject of the In
efficient count being made was one
of the chief topics of consideration.
Much indignation was expressed over
the situation. Upon motion of Dan
P. Smyths It was decided to name a
committee to start a whirlwind cam-
IK
YE UNENUME
SEEK THE CENSUS
t you have not Imm-ii enumerated In the cciihiih, phono Main 114
or drop a card to the Coiimicrcliil association giving your name and
address, at once. The secretary oslhatvirnlitloii will we that you
are counted. y
There Is only one more day after this in which the census is to be
taken and If you have not been counted, now Is the time to get excited
about It. Do not wait until after the census Is complete and the world
is told that Pendleton only has a population of 4.000 or less when she
is entitled to 6,000 or more.
Scores, possibly hundreds, have been missed by the enumerators
and it is now up to the citizens themselves to -see that Pendleton Is
given credit for every man, woman and child whose home is in this
city. In making a canvas of the woolen mills this morning, Mr. C. P.
Bishop found that ten of their employes had not been counted. Re
ports from nearly every section of the city received by this paper to
day indicate that whole families have .been missed. Similar conditions
to those found at the woolen mill probably exist In every establish
ment in the city nnd every employer Is urged to take the census of his
establishment at once.
Every citizens is urged to see that every person living in his block
has been counted and every lodging house keeper is urged to see that
everyone having a home at his or her place has not been missed. Those
knowing of persons who are temporarily absent from the city or who
may for any reason have been missed by the enumerators are urged to
communicate such Information to the Commercial association by
'phone or card.
Now is the time to act. A slight delay will mean a defect in the
census an Incomplete count. If you do not do your part you will be
kept busy explaining for the next ten years.
LUES in 10
JOIN JUNKET TRIP
Ladies will also be invited to at
tend the Commercial club's Junketting
trip to Walla Wallu and towns along
the line next Wednesday. This de
cision was reached at the weekly club
luncheon today. It became known
that some Interest in the trip was
lining manifested by the ladies and
in consequence it was decided unani
mously to extend them an Invitation
to participate In the trip.
At the luncheon today many sub
jects of Interest were discussed, the
chief topics being the census and the
proposed division of the county. The
action taken with reference to the
census is covered elsewhere In this
Issue.
President Thompson today named
the following men to serve upon the
committee to provide entertainment
for the bankers' convention which Is
to be held here June 24 and 25: G.
M. Rice, G. A. Hartman, T. G. Mont
gomery and J. R. Raley. Mr. Thomp
son will be the chairman of the com
mittee, having been named for that
place at the last session of the mana
gers. CAPTAIN AND MATES
FROZEN TO DEATH
Seward. April 29. The three mast
ed schooner Staley of San Francisco,
has been found a total wreck on Sa
nak Island, with the bodies of Mates
Maucrs and Williams frozen still to
the rigging. Captain Koehler was
dead from exposure and the cook was
swept overboard and drowned. The
vessel went on the rocks March 28.
Five seamen who survived Jumped
overhoard next day and were rescued
by dories. The captain died Just as
the rescue party reached him.
1.151.080 HAVE LEFT
IRELAND IX 50 YEARS
London. A report on Irish emigra
tion during the year 1909, Issued as a
government white paper, shows that
the total number of emigrants from
Ii eland during the year was 29,230.
This figure shows an Increase of 6,
278 over the number of persons who
emigrated in tbe preceding year, and
represents a rate of 6.7 per thousand
oi the population of Ireland. The col
lection of Irish emigration returns,
dating from May 1 1801, shows that
the total number of emigrants na
tives of Ireland who left Irish ports
between that date and the end of De
cember last amounts in the aggre
gate to 4,164,986. The largest num
ber of emigrants for any year of the
period, was 190,322 In the year 1852,
tills number representing a rate of 30.0
per thousand of the population and
the smallest number was 23,295 in
1908.
It is doubtful if the recording angel
ill take down the fibs old by women
to the census takers. The dear things
mean no harm by It.
AND HELP
paign to enumerate all who have been
overlooked by the, enumerators. The
committee as named is composed of
D. P. Smythe, W. E. Brock. E. B.
Aldrich, Ben Burrougns and Charles
Bond.
Already 2000 enumerating blanks
have been printed and a large squad
Of volunteer enumerators are to ret
busy tomorrow with the Intention ofj
T
READY FOR TEST OF
LOCAL OPTION LAW
The stipulations have been filed and
all Is now In readiness for the trial
of the case which Is to test the local
option law In so far as It applies to
Umatilla county. The fight is to be
made on the ground that the county
court had not been officially notified
of the result of the election and that
the ensuing prohibition order was
ther'ore invalid.
The case against Thomas Murrel
who was one of the large number re
cently indicted, is the one that has
been taken for a test. It Is agreed by
both sides that he did sell beer con
taining more than four per cent al
cohol, but it Is denied by Murrell and
his attorneys that he violated any law,
giving the reasons as alleged above
for their contention that there was
no local option law In this county to
violate.
The dates for the argument of the
case have not yet been set but prob
ably will be agreed upon this week.
DEFENSE PLAYS CARDS.
Dr. Hyde Seeks to Prove Poison Was
Injected Into Dead Body.
Kansas City, April 29. Testimony
tending to prove the casket of the
late Colonel Thomas Swope was rifled
and the body tampered with was the
feature of the trial of Dr. Hyde to
day. R. D. Mitehc.l. the undertaker,
testified the coffin was fastened se
curely by him Just before the funeral.
The defense claims the body was ta
ken from the vault and poison in
jected Into It.
Half a dozen undertakers and as
sistants and attendants at the ceme
tery where Swope was buried, were
called to the stand today. They gave
evidence tending to disprove the the
ory that poison was injected Into
Swope's body after death.
A mild sensation was created in
court when It was learned the wife
of A. W. Beebee, one of the Jurors,
was dangerously ill, and believed to
be dying. Death seems to hover over
the Hyde case.
The testimony took a turn in favor
of . the defense today when Leonora
Cooperidge testified that typhoid had
broken out in the cabin occupied by
negro relatives of one of the Swope
servants. The disease appeared about
six months before It became an epi
demic in the Swope home, it was al
leged. The testimony raised the possibility
that Swope was infected through the
negro, servants.
RATTLE BETWEEN TURKS
AND ALBANIANS IMMINENT
London, England, April 29. A
great army of Albanians and revolu
tionary Turks have Invaded Monastir.
according to advices received here to
day and are being met by the Turkish
army near Machik pass. A great bat
tle Is reported to be imminent. Al
ready fighting Is reported at Ipek.
FOR A FULL
looked. It is the Intention to have
young men from the high school cover
the residence section of the city sauth
of the river and for the Pendleton
academy students to do similar work
on the north side. In the business sec
tion employes from the stores asd
other business houses will attend to
the count.
It Is conservatively estimated that
up to this time not more than-two-
LOYAL TO UMATILLA
SEN TIM EXT UNANIMOUSLY
AGAINST COUNTY DIVISION
Business Men and Community Leaders
Denounce East End Scheme Pro
posed Boundaries Regarded as Ri
diculous. That the people of Athena and
Weston do not want to see Umatilla
county divided and will hotly oppose
the scheme of the Mliton-Freewater
rilvlsionists is plain. Yesterday a
staff representative of the East Ore
gonian visited in both Athena and
Weston. Though no particular effort
was made to ascertain the sentiment
upon the subject of county division
voluntary expressions on the part of
prominent men In both towns showed
I the sentiment to be unanimously
against division.
That the people of Athena and
, neighboring country have always op
posed county division and will do so
, again was declared by Col. Fred Boyd
editor of the Athena Press. Appar
ently he knew whereof he spoke, be
cause similar declarations were made
i during tbe day by all the leading
business and professional men of the
city. In Athena the Idea of forming
j a new county with the boundaries
j proposed by the Miltonltes is regard
j ed as ridiculous. This for the reason
; that the greater part of the territory
' proposed for the new county has
, nothing In common with Milton and
: does not desire to be Included In a
J county with Milton as the county
Beat-
At Weston the sentiment was found
to be identical with that at Athena.
There are no friends of division In
' Weston, at least not among the tnflu
: entlal people of that burg. Clark
; Wood, publisher of the Weston Lead
1 er, the official voice of the people of
Weston and vicinity. is fern Inst
the scheme. He can see no good in
the plan, but plenty of harm. The
; same view is taken by all the other
( business leaders of Weston. This Is
I especially true of the normal school
: advocates in Weston and that class
Includes practically all of Weston.
! The normal school serves as a 'bond
j of friendship between Weston and
: Pendleton because most Pendleton
; people have always been staunch for
; the school and Pendleton influence Is
counted upon to assist In the inltia
: tive fight in behalf of the school this
! fall.
LAW MAY INTERVENE TO
PREVENT SELF-STARVATION
' Seattle, Wash., April 29. For twen
' ty-six days, L. E. Rader, land broker
and former state representative, has
tasted no food and touched no wa
, ter, in an effort to regain his health,
, according to Coroner Snyder. De
j daring death may come at any time
, if the man is not made to drink wa
ter, the coroner ha.s asked the prose
: cuting attorney to Issue a warrant for
; the arrest of Rader on the ground of
' Insanity. Rader is making his long
fast under the direction of Dr. Linda
fiurfield Hazzard who has come Into
conflict with the police and prosecu-
tor before owing to his method of
treatment. Health Commissioner
Crlchon visited Rader, and urged him
to receive medical attention but Ra-
i der refused.
TEDDY IN HOLLAND.
Roosevelt Is Entertained by Queen
Wllhelmina.
Aroheln, Netherlands, April 29.
Colonel Roosevelt and party arrived
at noon today and were taken to the
Royal Palace, where he was received
by Queen Wllhelmina and Prince
Henry. The colonel was given a
rousing welcome at the station by a
big crowd. The party left this after
noon on a special train for Amster
dam. The burgomaster will give a
dinner tonight at the queen's Amster
dam palace. At 11 o'clock tonight
Roosevelt will start for The Hague.
Attell Bests Murphy.
New York, N.. Y., April 29. Abe
Attell, had the better of a ten round
fight with Tommy Murphy Before the
Empire club Inst night. Every round
was Attell's except the eighth when
Murphy put him to the floor.
Unless that comet can show a long,
bright tail, it can scamper out of
sight as soon as possible, as far as
earth mortals are concerned.
E
thirds the local population has been
counted. It has been disclosed that
two of the enumerators have been do
ing other work during the past two
weeks, making the census taking a
"side Issue."
Get one of the Commercial club
blanks tomorrow and fill It out. If you
have not already been couifted. If
you know of anyone not yet counted
fill out a blank for him and give It
to some of the club workers.
NUMERATION
FLAYS
TUBE
Attacks Yellow Journalist Bit
terly Before Banquet of
Newspaper Men.
ROOM THROWN INTO
UPROAR FOR HALF nOCR
Mayor of New York When Asked to
Address Journalists, Makes Sting
ing Comments on Methods of His
Political Rival, and When Friends
of Hearst Attempts to Reply, Ban
quel Hall is Scene of Prolonged
Uproar.
New York, April 29. The regular
annual dinner of the Associated News
paper ruimsners association was
thrown into riotous and prolonged
disorder last night when Thomas T.
Williams, business manager for Wil
liam R. Hearst, was refused permission
to speak as he rose to reply to biting
criticisms Mayor Gaynor had Just
made of Mr. Hearst's part in Jour
nalism. For 25 minutes the uproar contin
ued while men stood In their chairs
and women craned from the" balcon
ies of the banquet hall.
"Mr. Hearst is not here. I am his
friend and have a right to be heard
Mr. Williams shouted, climbing on ths
speakers' table and shaking his fist
In the face of the mayor.
"Put him out." "Phut up." "Fres
speech," came from all parts of ths
hall.
Toastmaster N. G. Wright of ths"
Cleveland Leader, hammwed In vain
for order, while Mr. Williams stood.
Impassive but obstinate and waited
with folded arms to be heard.
"This Is a disgrace to the press of
the United States; It must be ended,"
shouted A.dolph S. ochs. proprietor of
the New York Times, as he stood
on his chair behind the toastmaster
and begged for a word.
"Mr. Williams, I promise you, has
less than forty words to speak; let
me say them for him."
"Xo, no," yelled the diners.
"Mr. Williams," began Mr. Ochs.
"No, no," broke In the thoroughly
angered diners, with added Insistence.
Mr. Ochs sat down while the orches
tra thundered "Dixie" but Mr. Wil
liams still kept the floor, and a sem
blance of calm was not restored until
the Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis of
BrooV'yn with a fellcltlous speech
brought laughter that drove out anger.
The directors and members of ths
Associated Press and of the American
Newspaper Publishers association had
met at their annual joint banquet at
the Waldorf Astoria to sink for ths
moment their -wholesale rivalries as
competitors In the fellowship In one
profession, and a realization of their
cooperative endeavor to Inform
000,000 of a reading people, their sub
scribers and critics.
Several hundred sat down to tables,
and after the coffee the hosts began
to hear things about themselves from
their gueses.
Mayor Gaynor. the guest of honor
and first speaker, took for his sub
ject, "The Press in its Relation to Pub
lic Officials." He spoke as Is his wont
and as he had been invited to do,
without mincing words.
In an attack of almost unexampled
bitterness on William R. Hearst, who
ran against him for mayor and who
has since criticised his administration
sharply, he ap; '.' epithets seldom
heard In public speaking. Then fol
lowed the scene described.
GUESTS OF HOTEB BURN
WHILE THEY SLEEP
Cornwall, Ont., April 29. Nine
lives were lost in a fire that burned
the Rossmore Hotel early today.
Property to the value of a quarter of
a million dollars was destroyed.
The victims were all asleep. Among
the dead are C. A. Gray, of Montreal,
wife and two children, and Charles
Gagne. teller in a bank and Ben
Fielding, accountant.
SHE DIDN'T LIKE I NSIGHT
AND UNSEEN CONTRACT
Wenatchee. Wash.. April 29.
W. N. Cromwell of Leaven
worth, is today temoanlng the
disappearance of his bride to
be. Cromwell corresponded
with T.aura May Bell of Lamar.
Oklahoma, learning of her can
didacy in the matrimonial field
through the correspondence
club. She agreed to come to
Washington to live and Crom
well met his affinity yesterday
and came to Wenatchee to se
cure a marriage license . But
when he returned to the hotel,
Laura May Bell had disappeared
and has not been seen since and
heVe whereabouts are a mys
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