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DAILY EAST OREGON1AS, PESDLETO., OHEGOX, riUDAY, MAY 13, 1910.
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EXTRA SPECIAL BARGAINS
FOR SATUREAY ONLY
20 doz. Mens Soft
Shirts
Cvni neat patterns, well made,
values, Saturday, choice
LADIES' FIXE LEATHER PURSES,
1-3 off our complete stock.
WASH BRAIDS 1-4 off.
BELTIXG BY THE YARD. Many choice
dtsisns to choose from at 1-4 off today.
LOXG SILK GLOVES All staple colors
and all sizes, 1-4 off today.
WASH BELTS large" assortment at ' 1-3
off.
OIL CLOTH 25- value, white and fancy,
1S.
MODEL GROCERY IN
The cleanest, coolest grocery in Oregon,
to overlook.
.Scudders maple and cane syrup, regular value
40?, now '.. I 30?
Table fruit, regular value 25? at the very
low price, 3 cans for :.. 50?
We have the following varieties: Apricots,
("harries and Grapes.
Solid pack gallon fruits priced far below our
competitors.
Peeled teaches, gallon
Apricots, gallon 1
Pears, gallon
Apples, gallon
Pumpkin, gallon . ..
rpiash, gallon
Blackberries, gallon .
Strawberries, Oranges,
Apples,
The Peoples Warehouse
Where it Pays to Trade
SPORTS
W. L. P. C.
Portland 20 15 .571
San Francisco 22 IS .550
Vernon . . . . : 22 18 .550
Log Angeles 21 20 .511
Oakland 20 21 .488
Sacramento 14 26 .350
COAST LEAGCE.
San Franclaoo 1, Oakland 11.
Oakland, Cal., May 13. Fourteen
bits and 11 runs were gathered by the
Oaklanders off Pitcher Henley In
mine Innings yesterday at Freeman's
Park and the game passed into the
records as one of the untldlest sessions
of the national pastime ever witness
ed here. San Francisco got only one
run. The score: R. H. Ex
Oakland 11 14 1
San Francisco 1 4 2
Nelson and Mltze; Henley and Ber-
Tf. .
Vernon 4, Sacramento 2.
Sacramento, Cal., May 13. Roy
Hitt and Jimmy Whalen, both hot
weather pitchers, opposed one anoth
er yesterday afternoon, Hitt having
the better of the argument, Vernon,
winning 4 to 2. Whalen was a bit
wild In the first and third Innings
and a trio of walks tided by timtly
hitting encompassed his defeat. The
core: R. H. B.
Vernon 4 8 4
acranv-::o 2 6. 0
Hitt and Hogan; Whalen and. La
Lc.r.ge. Portland 6, Log Angeles S.
Los Angoles, May 13. One double
and five singles so timed that each
cnt In a run. won the second game
of the Los Angeles series -for Port
land yesterday. The score was 8 to
3. Dillon's men connected with Gregg
for eight hits but most of them failed
to come at the right time. Score:
R. H. B.
Los Angeles 3 8 S
Portland ..8 7 4
Delphi and Orendorff; Gregg and
Fisher. 4:
NORTHWEST LEAGUE.
Tacoma 2, Vancouver 0.
Vancouver. B. C, May 13. Tacoma
won a loosely played game from Van
rouvr yetTday, 2 to 0. Jensen
pitched a good gme for Vancouver,
.striking out 11 men, but hi support
ws weak and his turn mates could
not hit Schmul Tacoma bunched
Jilts In the latur part of the game,
1r'v!ng In the winning run after hav
ing been shut out for seven Innings.
Score: r. h. B.
Tecoma J o
Vancouver 0 4 I
Batteries Schmuls and Bliss; Jen
wn and Sugden.
Spokane , Seattle 5.
Seattle, May 13. Seattle had the
same well In hand until the eighth
tnntng when Spokane broke loose with
a batting rally netting five runs, win
ning 9 to 6. ThU la the fourth con
Collar
regular 75
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fine gauge lisle, good wearers, 25 value,
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20 PIECES XEW PERCALES 12 l-2
and 15 values, todav '.. 9
30 PIECES FIXE WEIGHT MUSLIX
12 1-Sy value, 8 l-2, 12 yards for $1.00.
25 PIECES FIXE LAWNS fine assort
ment, 12.1-2 and 15 values, 8 l-3, 12
yards .'. $1.00
LOXG'CLOTH, 36-in. 25 val. 16 l-2
AMERICAN PRIXTS, 17 yards $1.00
See what you can pick up on our 5 and 10
tables.
Goods specially
and all kinds fresh vegetables.
have them going.
Closing out Purity Brand Olive Oil.
now at these low prices.
Pints, regular price 50?, now, 38?
Quarts, regular price 85?, now 69?
Happy Iloine sliced Pineapple, regular 35?
value, T. P. W. price - 25?
Choice Pineapple, 2 cans" for 25?
Shrimp, at the can 15?
Minced Clams, at the can 15?
Gallon jrlass jars, fancy sour, plain or mixed
Pickles, reg. val. $1.50, Saturday $1.25
For One Day Only Saturday Jersey Brand
Condensed Milk, regular price 12 1-2?,
this day, can 10?
50?
50?
45?
40?
' 40?
40?
60?
Bananas,
secutive game Seaton haa. lost. Weed's
batting was the feature. Score:
R. H. E.
Seattle 5 11 6
Spokane 9 9 3
Batteries Seaton and Shea; Hick-
ey. Brooks and Ostalek.
National League.
Pittsburg, May 12 The score;
, . R. H. E.
Brooklyn 11 17 2
Pittsburg 9 17 3
Batteries Ricker, Wllhelm and Er
win; PhilippI, Moore and Gibson.
Twelve Innings.
Chicago, May 12. The score:
R. H. E.
New York 9 11 1
Chicago 1 4
Batteries WllUe and Meyers; Mc
Intyre, Carson and Kllng.
Cincinnati, May 12. The score:
R. H. E.
Philadelphia .. '. .1 8 1
Cincinnati 8 11 1
Batteries Foxen, Maroney,
Humphreys and Dooln; Suggs and
McLean.
St. Louis, Mo., May 12.--The score:
R. H. E.
Boston - 4 9 2
St. Louis 6 11 1
Batteries Brown, Mattern and
Smith; Backman and Bresnahan.
American League.
New York,- May 12. The score:
R. H. E.
Detroit 3 6 0
New York 6 7 1
Batteries Browning, Klllian and
Stanage; Warhop and Sweeney, Mitch
ell. Boston, Mass., May 12. The score:
R. H. E.
St. Louis 2 7. 8
Boston 1 S 1
Batteries Lake and Stephens; Col
lins, Clcotte and Carrigan. .
Washington, May 12. Chicago
Washington game postponed; rain;
Philadelphia, May 12. The score:
R. H. E.
Cleveland . . . .' 0 0 6
Philadelphia 4 9 0
Batteries Lynke and Easterly;
Bender and Thomas.
SWEPT THROUGH FLUME.
Carried to Almost Certain Death by
Rush of Water.
Bellingham, Wash. An escape
from certain death In a pool of
churning flood waters and shingle
bolts, a successful race for life In a
buggy, over the Nooksack river In
a basket and to Bellingham In an
automobile to St. Luke's hospital was
the, series of experiences of S. A. Till
man, who was caught under a flood
in a bolt flume at the camp of Hoff
& Pingey at Demlng early Wednes
day morning.
Tillman was walking in the dry
flume to his work. Without warning
the down-rush of bolta and water
overwhelmed him, and for 300 yards
he was swept toward the falls. The
first shock crushed his breastbone
and three ribs, which pressed against
the smuggler's heart
"It seemed that I went at the rate
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priced that you cannot afford
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prices
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of 100 miles an hour," said Tillman,
upon his arrival in. this city, "but
kept grabbing at the side of the flume
and just a couple of feet from cer
tain death I managed to flop out of
the current somehow."
His hands were lacerated to the
I bones from slipping along the sides
of the flume. He was found by fel
low workmen, rushed to Nugent's
bridge, a distance of four miles. In a
buggy. There the crossing was made
In the basket swung on a cable. The
bridge has been closed since the
floods last fall.
TIME TABLE FOR RISING AND
SETTING OF IIALLEY'S COMET
Berkeley, Cal. The phenomena, to
be presented by Halley's comet from
now until It reaches perihelion on
May 18 are causing a vast amount of
mental disturbance In the universities
of the world.
The latest feat of the astronomers
here Is a time table with which the
veriest tyro may be able to locate the
comet. Those desiring to get a view
must get up early or stay up late,
some clear, calm night.
Briefly, the following table holds
good for the comet's rising, up to
May 17, Inclusive:
May May May
Oregon and Wash.... 2:42 3:02 3:26
Northern California ..2:48 3:08 3:32
Central California and
-Nevada 2:49 3:09 3:33
Southern California ..3:04 8:25 3:49
The comet crosses the sun's' disk on
May 18 and Is Invisible because It Is
outclassed by the sun In the matter of
brilliancy.
May 19 the comet becomes an even
ing star, but is hardly to be seen be
cause of strong twilight.
Its setting times:
May 19. May 20.
P.M. P.M.
Oregon and Wash 8:14 9:16
Central California ... .8:05 9:05
Southern California ...7:50 9:51
From Mny 21 to about May 28 the
comet will be visible, long after sunset
and will be a. glorious spectacle. It
hurries on Its way, however, and fades
from the view, except of -those using
telescopes, about May 29.
MIRROR AND FLIRTING.
How Albany Woman Signaled to Her
Affinity.
Albany, Ore. That his wife used a
looklng-glasa to flash sunlight from
their home on the hilltop to an ad
mirer who resided In the valley below
as a signal for secret meetings, was
the statement made by W. A. Allen In
the state circuit court here the other
day. He said that when he left home
his wife flashed this signal to her
"affinity" and he came up the hill to
see her.
The secret visits continued, Allen
testified, until October 1906, and then
the two left their respective homes
near Brownsville simultaneously and
are now reported to be living aa man
and wife, in Idaho. .Allen accordingly
sued for dlvorca and Judge Galloway
granted the decree. They were mar
ried In Brownsville,' November 14,
1892..
SCRIBER'S DEFENSE
BROKEN BY CATCH
NATIONAL HANK EXAMINER
GIVES IMPORTANT TESTIMONY
'loll'; story of Failure of I.n Grande
- limik Wliich Itorules Theory of
Moiiomaiiui Made fyrgi-ry After
Forgery Asa It. Thomson Note Ile
iiii; First.
Claude Gatch. national bank exam
iner, told the story of the defalca
tions of J. W. Scriber in the United
States court today, n story of the
wreck of the Farmers and Traders"
National bank of La Grande, says
yesterday's Portland Journal; of big
shortages In tlfe cash accounts, of
sheaves of forged notes written by
Scrlber to cover up these shortages
and to deceive the examiners,, and of
admitted forgery and deceit.
It was a tale that brought no. good
to the defense, that shattered. In so
far as the statements of Gatch could
the theory of the defense that Scrlber
was a sick man and not mentally re-
sponsible for his misdeeds, and It was
a story that brought no credit to the
name or reputation of Asa B. Thom
son, former receiver of the land office
at La Grande, who Is held by Scrlber
to have been the cause of his first
forgery and his consequent descent
Into the valley of banking dishonesty.
Shortage Revealed.
Mr. Gatch testified that he had
found approximately 500 depositors
recorded In the records of the instl.
tution and that thefr approximate de
posits totalled $104,776. There were
savings accounts approximating $15,-
299 when the bank failed. The books
showed that the bank was short $12,-
481 to that fund when he made his
Investigation. Scrlber had explained
this shortage .at the time by saying
that he had been forced to make in
vestments and that ho had Invested
the saving account fund in bonds" of
the Grand Ronde Electric' company,
and the Hot Lake sanitarium. Theso
bonds, which were not listed as as
sets of the bank on the books, were
found In a pouch on top of the safe
and were about $400 short of the ac
count. Gatch said he had found a pri
vate ledger kept by Scrlber, in which
he had noted entries concerning the
notes forged by him, the false certi
ficates of deposit and other entries
showing his Illegal transactions, to- i
gether with the Interest paid on them
in order to keep the books checked
straight with the record.
Gatch said that he had talked with
Scrlber about the condition of the
bank long before the failure. Scrlber.
had told him of having been advised
to sell the Institution, and Gatch, as
an old friend, had advised him to sell
out and get Into another field. Ho
had told him that he was at outs with
many of the. people of the community
with whom he had to do business and
that as he had opportunity to sell at
a profit, it would be wise for his own
interest and that of the bank to ac
cept these offers. . Scrlber had told
him, however, that he Intended to
"stay with It."
Thomson Forgery First.
After the bank had failed, Gatch
testified, he had asked Scrlber what
had been his first illegal act, and the
banker had told him that it was the
forgery of Asa B. Thomson's note for
$6000, and had explained the deal to
him.
Scriber" had told him, the witness
said, that -he and Thomson had been
associated In the land deal with men
from Heppner, and that Thomson had
put his note for $6000 In the bank.
After the note had been In the bank
for some time, so Scrlber had told
Gatch, Thomson came to the bank
In the absence of Scrlber and demand
ed the note of Guy E. McCulloch, the
assistant cashier. At that time Thom
son had said that A. R. Greene,
special agent of Secretary of the In
ferior Hitchcock, was coming to in
vestigate the La Grande land office,
and -that he would come to the bank
to check his account. He said that
If the note were found showing his
connection with a government land
deal that it would get him into trouble
with the department, and that it was
necessary to preserve himself to have
the note covered up and out of the
way. He had demanded it insistently
of McCulloch, who had finally deliver
ed It to him.
After his return to La Grande, so
Scriber told, Gatch, he had been told
of Thomson's action and had gone
to Thomson and demanded the note
or its payment, but Thomson had re
fused. Then he heard that Bank
Examiner Maxwell was coming to the
city, that he was then In Pendleton
on his way to La Grande to make the
regular check of the La Grande bank,
and that he knew he would be short
without the note. Face to face with
this situation he had again demanded
the return of the note of. Thomson,
and that being refused he had forged
a duplicate of the note and put It in
the pouch In the place of the original
and genuine note. The bank exam
iner had come, Jiad checked up the
bank and departed, satisfied, and that
It had seemed so easy and successful
that he had forged note after note
as occasion demanded to keep the
failing and weakened condition of the
Institution from the knowledge of the
examiners.
Gatch said that when he made his
examination of the bank after he had
taken charge that he found on record
assets of notes on hand $72,000; over
drafts, $7294; securities and claims,
$19,064; fixtures and bank property,
$15,611; real estate, $6000; balance In
other banks $3082; Items in transit,
$5096; due from national banks,
$3746; due from state banks, $753;
cash items, $3981; cash and currency,
$20,072; 6 per cent redemption fund,
$720, making an approximate total of
$167,643.
Shortage" Totals 9112,038.
The liabilities had -been: Due to
banks, $726; due to national banks,
$8220; dividends unpaid, $200, sub
ject to check, $142,276; certificates of
deposit, $49,092; national bank bills
In circulation, $15,000, making a to
tal of approximately $213,516. This
ndded to the capital stock account of
$60,000 and the surplus fund of $2000
made a grand total of liabilities of
approximately $277,000.
This gives a general shortage of
$92,8i2. which added to the savings
shortage of $12,080 and notes and
certificates discovered later raised the
total shortage to approximately $112.
938. On ornss examination Mr. Gatch
said that he had found certificates
of deposit, in favor of Henry Stryker
amounting to$8000. These had been
in Scrlber's desk. These had been
cancelled and Gatch had then. called
ed upon Stryker, when he found that
Stryker held duplicates of these cer
tificates which were evidently renew
als. When he had questioned Scrl
ber about these Gatch said that Scrl
ber had told him that the new certifi
cates had been given to Stryker to
cover the old certificates which had
run their time. He was unable to ac
count for the money which Ue bank
supposedly held to cover the amount
of the certificates.
' The witness said that on the sec
ond .day after he ' had taken charge
of tlte bank that Scriber came down to
the Institution In the afternoon where
he had aided In checking up and had
given information. At that time, the
witness said Scriber seemed to oe
under a severe mental strain, but that
he asked him a good many questions.
Scrlber's Illness Denied.
Here Senator Fulton tried to estab
lish the fact of Scrlber's severe Ill
ness and mental Incapacity by the
witness, but Mr. Gatch refused to give
testimony satisfactory lo the defense.
He said that Scrlber was not very
weak, but that on the contrary he" had
walked to the bank 'from his home
and was not confined to his bed.
In the cross-examination covering
the story of the Thomson note. Sena
tor Fulton tried to get rid of the Im
plication of forgery. He asked Gatch
if Scriber had not said that he simply
made a copy of the Thomson note be
cause he felt that the Thomson note
was genuine and really due the bank.
Gatch maintained that Scrlber had
told he had made a new note and that
It was his first violation of the law
and his first step downward from the
path of legality In his-transactions.
Mr. Gatch said that. at the time 'e
had considered that Thomson's" ac
tion was an outrage on Scriber and
that he had. believed that Thomson
had done It for fear of the Investiga
tion of Special Agent A. R. Greene.
And that he had Inferred that Scriber
was mixed up in the deal because he
had never sued Thomson for the re
covery of the note when It was pos
sible -for Mm to do so.
Walter H. Evans, deputy district
attorney, followed Mr. Gatch on the
stand and corroborated his testimony
In many particulars, especially regard
ing the Thomson note, and the admis
sions of Scrlber that he had formed
many notes. Evans said thai Scriber
had explained to him that many of
the forged notes had been sold to
other banks and that Scrlber had been
compelled to take them up as they
fell due; which had been responsible
for much of the shortage in the cash
account. Evans finished his testi
mony at noon.'
TEST "NEAR BEER" IN IDAHO.
Moscow Prosecutor Starts Action in
Court.
Moscow, Idaho. Is "near beer" a
nice Sunday school picnic drink or
Is It booze? This question Is agita
ting the mind of Prosecutlfrjs Attor
ney Supplnger and Is one which he
will have passed upon by the district
court as goon as he can have a certain
soft-drink dealer In "neat beer" at
Troy arrested for violation of the law
prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
liquor without a license.
The prosecutor is of the opinion that
the counterfeit booze contains enough
alcohol to cause intoxication, and as
such Is under the ban of the law and
in order to spe whether the courts
will sustain this view he has entered
Into agreement with the "near beer"
dispensers In the county to make a
test case, and the Troy man has been
selected as the victim, with the un
derstanding that If he Is convicted
and fined the others contribute to
pay the penalty.
The "near beer trust" as the com
bination of dealers Is called, has re
tained Morgan & Morgan of Moscow
to defend the case, and If they are
defeated In the lower court say they
will appeal. They are putting up a
fight for existence and will exhaust
the resources of the courts In their
efforts to have the pronei-ating at
torney's construction of the law
knocked out, for If he Is sustained he
has served notice on them that every
"near beer" dispensary In the county
must be closed.
Liquid Foot Ease.
Relieves tirecL, aching and sweaty
feet. Happiness for evedy one at 25c
a bott'e. First Class Drug Stores.
Habit on the Diamond.
"Why docs that umpire call on
that fellow to strike?"
"Probably he used to be a-walking
delegate.
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