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VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, () KEG ON, FRIDAY, MAY 13. 1910.
NO 6901
T. ,
NEW TACK IN
INVESTIGATION
Prosecution In Ballinger Case
Turns From Alaskan Coal
Lands
NOW PROBING RESTORATION
OP WATER POWER SITES
Ballinger Admits lie Has Not Made
Close Study of Reclamation Attor
ney Pepper Defends Newell Bal
linger Reads Letter from Wicker
sham Admitting Ante-dating Uw
lor No Longer Has Ills Notes on
Ills Investigation.
Washington, Hay 13. Charges of
bad faith on the part of President
Taft and Attorney General Wick
ersham In connection with the Bal
linger Investigation were made in the
house today by Representative Har
rison of New York. The charges were
made when Harrison withdrew his
resolution calling upon the attorney
general for the original memorandum
and other' data In connection with his
preparation of the summary of the
Glavls charges. Harrison, a demo
crat, presented the resolution after
the Investigating committee had re
fused the request of Brandels for the
papers.. Harrison wltlidrew the reso
lution as Wlckersham in a letter read
by Ballinger yesterday admitted that
the summary was prepared after the
date It bore, which Harrison wanted
to prove.
Washington, D. C, May 13. The
prosecution In the Ballinger case has
turned from the Investigation of the
Alaskan coal lands to probe restora
tions to entry of water power sites
under the Ballinger regime. Attor
ney Pepper, Pinchot'a representative,'
forced Ballinger to admit he had not
studied reclamation closely. It is ap
parent that Pepper sought to, defend
Director Newell of the reclamation
service from previous charges by Bal
linger. .
The surprise yesterday In the Bal-llnger-Plnchot
Injutry was the reading
by Secretary Ballinger of abetter ad
dressed by Attorney General Wlck
ersham to a house committee In
Which he made the admission that he
ante-dated the summary of the Gla
Vis charges which he prepared for
the president.
Mr. Wickersham says he had dis
cussed the matter with the president
and had supplied him with a mass
of information bearing on the sub
ject, but the summary "necessarily
was made up afterward and properly
bore the date upon which the matter
It contained was presented to and
considered by the president."
' v Coincident with the making public
of this letter, a reply was received
. from Oscar Law lor, assistant to the
attorney general fon the Interior de
partment, also concerned In the prep
aration of the letter of September 13,
1909, exonerating Ballinger and dis
missing Glavls, stating he had kept
no copy of his ' memorandum.
Mr. Lawlor says he prepared a re
sume nt the request Of the president
and delivered It to the attorney gen
eral. In compliance with a renewed re
quest by Attorney Brandels. counsel
for Glavis, the committee again called
on the attorney general for this mem
orandum. Glavls' counsel Is trying
to prove that Lawlor, practically an
employe of the Interor department,
. really "tried" the case for the presi
' dent and the attorney general, sub
sequent to the promulgation of the
"verdict" and prepared a summary
In an effort to justify the president's
action.
H. H. Schwarte. chief .of the field
division of the general land office,
will follow Mr. Ballinger on the stand.
He Is one of the "defense's" two Im
portant witnesses remaining.
Mr. Pepper questioned the secretary
about his statement on direct exami
nation that he had the Menominee In
.dlan reservation In Wisconsin inves
tigated and that It was reported there
had been a reckless and almost wan
ton waste of $31,000 In .connection
With logging and milling operations
during tho time he was in charge of
the forest service. Mr. Ballinger
said the Investigation was made un
der Special Agent Coulter. Mr. Pep
per brought out that the report con
tained a great deal of Irrelevant mat-
BURIED MINERS ARE
LEFT TO THEIR FATE
White Haven, Eng., May 13.
The one hundred and thirty-
seven miners entombed In the
Wellington coal mine have been
left to their fate. The mine was
sealed today to smother the
fires raging In the lower work-
Ings. Following yesterday's un-
successful efforts at rescue all
hope was abandoned.
ter, and also secured an admission
from trie witness that he was not able
to vouch for Its accuracy. The forest
service claims It merely look, the work
off the hnnds of the Indian bureau,
that It did not initiate the operations
and that the loss to the-Indians was
greatly exaggerated.
The Perkins " black tent" affair was
broached. E. T. Perkins, purchasing
agent at Chicago for the reclamation
service was charged by Director Xew
ell and Chief Engineer Davis of the
service with Improper conduct In ac
cepting a salary of $500 a month from
the Harrlman railways, while he was
drawing a salary from the govern
ment. Secretary Ballinger Insisted he was
not hostile to the reclamation policy
under Newell, but admitted he had
little confidence In either Newell or
Davis.
Mr. Pepper secured an admission
that he had not made. a study of the
fiscal system of the reclamation ser
vice and brought out'that Balllnger's
statement there was an $8,000,000 de
ficit was not accurate.
He showed that much more money
had been allotted for reclamation
work than was available, but that the
allotment did not mean contracts had
been entered Into.
The witness was forced to 'admit
the balance between assets ' and lia
bilities always had favored the ' assets.
HANGED MAN PLEADS
AT END OF THE ROPE
STRANGLING HE WANTS
TO BE DROPPED AGAIN
I Grewsome Execution at Walla Walla
Richard Qulnn Drops Through Trap
j Door But His Neck Is Not Broken
Pleads for Several Minutes to Imj
Dropped Again.
Walla Walla, Wn May 13. The
thirteenth hanging In the Walla Walla
penitentiary today was the moBt grew,
some ver witnessed In a prison. For
twenty minutes after Blchard Qulnn
dropped through the trap. Tie Tiung
pleading with the executioners to draw
htm up and drop him again to end his
agony. He maintained a bravado air
to the last, and would not have u
priest. The trap was sprung" two
minutes after five, and tn flody shot
to the ' end of the rope. Quinn
shouted, "My God this is awful. Pull
me up boys, and drop me again. Hur
ry take me back and let me drop
again." His cries lasted several min
utes before he wavered, and finally
he strangled and at 6:22 was riend.
Quinn murdered -his wife at Everett,
Washington.
j I'. AUGUSTUS HEINZE
i IS GIVEN ACQUITTAL
New York, May 13. Frederick Au
gustus Hetnze was acquitted at 9:50
Inst night of charges of misapplication
of the funds of the Mercantile Nation
al bank while he was president of the
institution in 1907, and he was cleared
the charge of over-certification of 22
checks of Mis brother's firm, Otto
Heinse & Co.
Thus failed the government's at
tempt to hold Heinse responsible for
alleged Illegal financiering during the
panic three years ago. Heinle's
transactions were held legal, notwith
standing the prosecutor"s vigorous
attempt to prove him a gambler with
millions not his own.
John B. Stanchfield summed up for
the defense yesterday morning and
United States Attorney Henry A. Wise
denounced the defendant for three
hours and 85 minutes yesterday after
noon. Not Done With Helnze.
New York, May IS. Prosecutor
Wise announced today that the cases
against F. Augustus Helnze. acquit
ted last night of the charge of having
violated the federal banking laws,
were not yet ended. Wise declared
he Intends to prosecute Heinz and
his'brother Otto on the charge of hav
ing spirited away the books of the
United Copper company. Hetnze said
today he Is through with Wall street,
and will go back to Montana to de.
vclop his copper mines. He claimed
his legal troubles cost him five mil
lion dollars In fees and depreciated
values.
HUNDRED ARE THROWN
INTO GREAT SALT LAKE
.Salt Lake, Utah., May 15. More
than 100 persons, two of them women,
were precipitated Into Great Salt Lake
lust night when the stairway leading
to the Saltair hippldrome gave way.
They fell a distance of 12 feet into five
feet of briny water. The work of res
cue begun without delay and in a few
minutes all were drawn dripping and
strangling to the piers.
Con Gallagher, fire chief of Murray,
sustained a broken leg and an arm;
Miss May Clark suffered two broken
legs, J. U. Eldrldge, Jr., United States
assayer, was painfully bruised, and a
dozen more were less badly hurt.
The crowd that had Just witnessed
the Thompson-Sullivan fight, was
pouring out of the hippodrome when
the accident occurred. Several per
sons were reported missing immediate
ly afterwards but all were finally ac
counted for.
HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS DIE
Six Girls and Two . Bo)S
Drown While. Boating on
Lake Abova Dam.
ONE BOY PERISHES WHILE
ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF GIRL
One Bout Spring Leak and Other
Sinks I'mler Double Load Boys
Swim for Shore Ixuvinx Girls to
Drown One plunges in ,aiul At
tempts to llewno Girl But Both
Sink When Almost to the Land.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 13. Eight
high school students, six girls and two
bnys lost their lives yesterday while
boating on the Paper Mill dam at
Huntington Mills, about 20 mfTes be
low this city.
The dead:
Maud Sutllffe, 17 years old, of
Townline.
Caroline Koons, 16 years old, Har
veyville. Ruth Bonham, 18 years, Townline.
Iris Davenport, 16 years, Water
town. Rachel Thompson, 16 years. Town
Hill.
Madeline Good, 17 years. Water
town. Robert Minnich, 18 years, Koons
ville. Ray Hudson, 17 years, Fairmont.
Twelve students of the Huntington
public school secured two boats at
the noon hour and started . to row.
The dam Is nearly a hitu' mile wide
and when the two craft had reached
the center, It was noticed one of them
had sprung a leak. The two boats
then were fulled together by the
young men In the party ana an effort
was made to transfer the girls from
the leaky boat to the safer one. The
Inst one of the party had scarcely set
foot in the boat when It began to sink.
The girls were helpless and the
jlx.ys, who, with the exception of Bod
J si n. were expert swimmers, struck out
1 for the shore, which they reached
'in safety.
Minnich had no Booner gained the
ilmnk than he noticed two girls cling-
ins to the sinking boat. He dashed
I Into the water and swam swiftly to
j the water-filled boat. The girls were
clinging to the boat, the others hav-:
ing gone down. Seizing Miss Daven
port. Minnich again started for thej
shore but the exertion was too much
for the land and the two went down
together when they were - within a
stone's throw of the bank.
As soon as the accident became
known grappling parties began a
search for the bodies. All the bodies
were recovered.
WRESTLERS NOT ALLOWED TO
DESECRATE DECORATION DAY
Chicago, May 13. Mayor Busse an
nounced this afternoon that he would
not allow the Goteh-Zbysck wrestl
ing bout on Decoration day and he
instructed, the police to arrest the pro
moters If they attempted to stage It.
"Decoration day is sacred to our dead
heroes, and I won't permit Its dese
cration by promoters of at wrestling
tnntch," said Busse.
Will Invest ignte Sinking.
St. Louis. May 12. Federal investi
gation of the sinking of the packet
City of Saltillo In the Mississippi riv
er at Glen Park, Mo., last night, with
a loss of 12 llv.es. will begin as soon
as the crew of the lost vessel arrives
here. The seven passengers and five
tf the crew were drowned by the tilt
ing of the gang plank when It hit a
tree.
HIGH
PENDLETON
FOR STATE SUPREMACY AGAIN
For the second time In succession
a Pendleton high school debating team
Is to have the honor of representing
Eastern Oregon and the Columbia
river district of western Oregon in the
annual contest for state supremacy.
After all eastern Oregon rivals for
championship honors had been met
and defeated the three remaining
teams In the Columbia river district.
Hood River, Newburg and Tillamook,
forfeited their claims to Pendleton,
rather than run the chance of losing
In a contest and Pendleton now has
only Eugene standing between her
and the championship of the state.
The most remarkable part of the
performance is the fact that the two
teams winning this high honor 'each
yttrr have been composed of entirely
different persons and that prior to
limn jtrm mi nieiiiuvr 01 me present
'team had ever engaged In a debate.
PLEADS FOR
'S LIFE
Attorney Brewster Brings
Tears Even to Eyes ot Pros
ecutor Conkling.
IMKTOR CONFIDENT HE
WILL BE ACQUITTED
Despite In lucky Day, ' Friday the
18th, on Which Jury Will Likely
Report, Accused Physician Is Op
timistic His Attorney Makes Emo
tional Plea for Life of Doctor, His
Wife and l'nlorn Child Mrs. Hyde
Near Collapse.
Kansas City, May 13. Declaring
that not only Hyde's, life but that of
his wife and unborn child depended
on the Jury's decision. Attorney
Brewster strongly pleaded for the life
of his client in his closing argument
today. He brought tears to the eyes
of Prosecutor Conkling. .Brewster
told the Jury Hyde could not be hang
ed on circumstantial evidence unless
they said so. Conkling is closing the
state's case this afternoon and it will
probably go to the Jury tonight.
Dr. Hyde said today he expected to
be acquitted Friday, May 13, and he
didn't expect any "bad luck" as he
was not superstitious. .Ten indictments
remain again him, but It is not prob
able he will face trial again If acquit
ted this time. Mrs. Hyde's condition
is delicate and friends fear she is on
the verge of a collapse.
MAN IS ARRESTED
FOR WIFE MCRDER
Santa Anna. Calif., May 13. Fol
lowing the testimony of his military
and, several neighbors at a coroner's
inquest, . Frank Skelly, a con
tractor and lumberman, was arrested
last night pending an Investigation of
the allegations that he murdered his
wife, who unt 1 the startlhrg devel
opments of the iniiu ry was supposed
to have died of burns received Fri
day In the explosion of a gasoline
stove.
According to the testimony of the
mother-in-law, Mrs. T. J. Lewis, there j
was no stove explosion but Skelly
threw a quart of gasoline over his
wife and then appped a match. Mrs.
Lewis swore that her testimony was
based on a statement her daughter
had made as she lay dying last Sun
day In a hospital here. Mrs. Lewis,
however, was not the first to bring the
allegations of murder to the attention
of the authorities. She declared her
daughter begged her to keep It secret
for the sake of the children, but ru
mors circulating among the neighbors
brought about the Inquiry which re
sulted in the arrest of Skelly last
night in a hospital where he is being
treated for burns received in the fire
that brought death to his wife.
Sullivan Worsted.
Salt Lake, Utah. May 12 The
fourth meeting of the lightweights
"Cyclone Johnny" Thompson of Syca
more, 111., and Pete Sullivan of Fall
River. Mass., at Saltair,, ended in the
ninth round, when Thompson landed
a knockout. Sullivan had the better
of the first round, but after that
Thompson had his own way.
Will Try Democratic Leader.
Chicago, May 13. District Attorney
Wyman created -a sensation this af
ternoon by the declaration that he In
tended to call to trial Lee Onelll
Browne, democratic leader of the
Illinois house, indicted for bribery In
connection with the election of United
States Senator Lorlmer
TO DEBATE
No little share of the credit Is due
Principal C. Hampton, for the sue.
cesslve victories have been due to the
special training which he has given
the debaters and to the standard of
scholarship maintained at the school.
The showing is one of which the en
tire city can be Justly proud.
The debate for the championship
of the state will be held at Eugene
the last of this month or the first of
next. The question to be discussed is
"Resolved, That the state of Oregon
should adopt a plan of guaranteeing
bank deposits." The question of sides
It yet to be determined.
An interesting feature of .the com
ing debate Is the fact that Principal
George Hug of Eugene High and
Principal A. C. Hamptow of Pendleton
High 'were both students at the Uni
versity of Oregon at thP snme time
and were members of the same fraternity.
ATTEMPT MADE TO BRIBE
JUROR IN MORRIS TRIAL
Portland, Ore., May 13. District
Attorney Cameron and his deputies
today began an Investigation Into Ju
ror Barton's charge that an attempt
had been made to bribe him. . Barton
was sitting on W. Cooper Morris In
the Morris embezzlement case. He
said previous to Morris' conviction
yesterday on an Indictment of embez
zling $75,000 In notes from the Ore
gon Trust & Savings company, while
cashier, a stranger approached and
offered him $1500 to hang the jury. He
declined and then reported to Cam
eron. Howard Guilford, a private
detective, has been arrested and Cam
eron said today that he had confess
ed," implicating several local attor
neys. Cameron expects to unearth
a wholesale plan of bribery In con
nection with all of the Oregon Trust
cases.
Twenty Injured.
Logansport, Ind., May 13. Three
hundred pounds of powder stored in
the magazine of -the Casparis Stone
company at Trlmruer, Ind., seven
miles west of here, exploded last
night, injuring about 20 residents of
the town. John Elroy, In charge of
the magazine cannot be found and Is
believed to have been blown to at
oms. Houses In the town were badly
damaged and the explosion could be
felt for miles In every direction.
SOMEWHERE THE
EARTH IS QUAKING
MANY SEISMOGRAPHS
RECORD BIG TREMLOR
Thought to Have Occurred in Cen
tral America California Has Slight
Shocks Washington Professor Says
Coast Line is Rising.
Cleveland, May 13. A seismograph
here registered a heavy earthquake
shock today. The vibration began
shortly af.ter 2 o'clock and continued
many minutes. It is believed to have
occurred in Costa Rica. The shock
was greater than the one which de
stroyed Cartago.
Gonzales College, Spokane, Wash.,
May 13. Slight earthquakes were re
corded here shortly after midnight.
They occurred probably south, three
thousand miles. It is believed the de
structive tremler may be In Central
America.
Telegraph Lines Down.
Port Iimon Costa Rlna Mnv 1 a
Telegraph lines Into the Interior of
Costa Rica were put out of commls
sion suddenly today. It is feared an
other disastrous earthquake occurred
and devastated the district.
Quakes in California.
San Bernardino, Cal., May 13. .
There was an earthquake here last
night but no damage was done. The
tremler lasted for several seconds.
Redlands, California, May 13.
There was a slight earthquake here
last night. No damage was done.
Coast Line Rising.
University Washington, May 13.
Professor Henry Landls of tha geolo
gical department, one of the best
known geologists in the west said to
day the recent earthquakes on the
Pacific coast from Alaska to Central
America were caused by the gradual
rising of the coast line, which has.
been going on for centuries.
St. Louis, May 13. An earthquake
shock lasting (3 seconds was record
ed on the seismograph of the St.
Louis University today, it Is believed
is occurred on the Central or South
American west coast.
BOY'S FATHER WILL
FIGHT FOR LIFE
Seattle, May 13. C. B. Bussell,
father of Wallace A. Bussell, 23 years
old. who went single handed on a cru
sade against vice shortly before day
light yesterday morning and killed
Joseph Bonner, manager of the Mon
te Carlo saloon and gambling house,
said he will clear the young man of
responsibility for his acts. The man
lives in Seattle, owning much tide land
property and Wallace is his only child.
The father said that he had been
dreading a violent act by the youth
and had "been planning to send him
to central Oregon In two weeks, where
he hoped rough outdoor life would im
prove his mental condition.
Going East to Compete.
' Palo Alto, Cal., May 12. Four ath
letes of the Stanford university track
team have been chosen to invade the
field of the eastern colleges after the
conference meet at Champaign. 111.,
and compete with the best men of the
Atlantic coast In their respective
events. Captain Leland Scott, who
recently broke the world's pole vault
record, will lead the select team. With
him will he Coleman and Reed, the
short distance runners, and Lee. the
mile runner. They will meet the men
of Yale, Harvard, Cornell. Princeton,
Columbia and Pennsylvania.
The more President Louis W. H1U
sees of Oregon the better he likes It. of
course.
CONCERTS ARE
ARRANGED FOR
Commercial Club and Ladies
Civic Club Will Co-operate
in Meeting The Expense
NO FOURTH OF JULY .
CELEBRATION THIS TEAR
Managers Decide to Forego Celebra
tion for One Year 'and Attend Cele
brations in Other Towns Excur
sions to Be Run to Adjoining
Toung on "Big Days."
At the board of managers' luncheoa
today arrangements were made for
the holding of a series of open air
orchestra concerts during the next
three months. They are to be glvett
by the United Orchestra of 15 .pieces,
or more, under the direction of Frank
Carruth. It is the Intention to hav
one concert each week, and the first
program will be rendered a week from
last night. The concerts will be held
in the fair pavilion which Is now grass
covered and is well adapted to the
purpose.
Part of the expense of the concert
will be borne by the Commercial club,
out of the money now being raised,
and the remainder is to be raised by
the members of the Ladles Civic club.
The managing board today voted to
engage the orchestra for concerts on '
condition that the ladies raise a por
tion of the money.
Will Ingram is the Commercial as
sociation committeeman having charge
of the arrangements for the concert.
"Summer Fallow" July 4.
The subject of a Fourth of July
celebration was also up for considera
tion today and was discussed pro and
con by those present. At the con
clusion tf was decided not to attempt
a celebration this year, but to "sum
mer fallow" on this line for a sea
son. The sentiment of the members
was that instead of celebrating In Pen
dleton this year the local people
should attend the celebrations that are
to be held at Pilot Rock and at other
small towns throughout the county.
Next year a celebration will be held
and it will be made all the better be
cause of a one year's respite.
Visit Neighboring Towns.
The proposition of visiting neigh
boring towns on occasions such as the
Caledonian picnic at Athena and the
Pioneers' reunion at Weston was also
discussed. The general discussion wu
to the effect that local people should
attend these gatherings more than
in the past. A committee consisting
of Charles Bond, Clarence Bishop and
E. B. Aldrich was named to promote
excursions to these affairs during tho
present spring.
In the absence of President W. L
Thompson today the vice president of
the association, Dan. P. Smythe, pre
sided at the luAcheon. R. Alexander,
R. W. Folsom and Ralph Folsom
were guests. In the course of a talk.
Mr. Alexander suggested that ar
rangements be made for a general
Commercial club "feed" once each
month, the same being open to all
members of the association.
Resolutions of condolence over the
death of W. P. Temple were passed,
the deceased having been a member ,
of the association.
ROOSEVELT WILL STUDY
SOCIAL CONDITIONS HERE
Berlin, Germany, May 13. That
Colonel Roosevelt intends to apply
himself to the study of social condi
tions upon his return to the United
States was' Indicated toda when hv
visited the model tenements for the
poor and the old people's homes, as
a substitute for other features of his
entertainment here. He made copi
ous notes and announced his Inten
tion of making similar studies in Eng- '
land. His voice Is much Improved to
day. Conlon Is Better.
New York May 12. Johnny Coulon
of Chicago, champion bantamweight,
outfought and outpointed Phil Mc
Govern (Terry's brother) In ten slash
ing rounds before the Madison Ath
letic club tonight. McGovern finish
ed strong, but Coulon was clearly the
better boy. McGovern floored him
with a right hook to the Jaw In the
third round, but Coulon got up quick
ly and with a glancing blow to the
head knocked McGovern down.
TEDDY WILL BE
HOME JUNE 18'
New York, May IS. Cornell-
us Vanderbllt received a tele-
gram today from Colonel Roose-
velt saying he would arrive at
New York Saturday, June 18.
despite the death of King Ed-
ward. Vanderbllt Is chairman
of the reception committee. De-
finite plans for Roosevelt's wel- 4
come will now be made.
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