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WEATHER REPORT
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VOL. 23.
IMWDLETON, OK ISC JON, SATUliDAY. JUNE I 1. 1910.
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1
Mutilated Body ot Former San
Francisco Woman Found in
Italian Lake.
relieved her young
111 sham) is murderer
Police of Count, Kuly, Appeal to Au
thorities! nt Itomc to Institute World
Wide Search for Porter (liurleton,
Relieved to lie Guilty of Illcnous
Munler Young Man Posed as Nep
hew of I Hi Wife Mved In Villa by
Ijikcwlde.
Conio, Italy, June 11. The murder
Of Mary' Crittenden Castle Charlton,
nee Scott, formerly of San Francisco,
and late of New York, became an In
ternational problem today when the
police appenled to the authorities In
Rome to Institute a world .wide
search for Porter Charlton, the young .
American, 12 years her Junior, who
married her three months ago. He
was living with her under the name !
of Charlton Porter and posing as her '
nephew. Their cottage was on lake ,
Como. While the man is suspected
the police are working also to ascer- ;
tnln whether she was murdered by ;
some admirer. i
The body was found yesterday In ,
an Iron trunk by fishermen whose net 1
caught It In the bottom of the lake.
Mrs. Castle recently shot Frank
Craig, a prominent attorney in New .
York nt a hotel, but the bullet was '
deflerted by a fountain. She was
recently divorced from her husband, I
well known California attorney.
who Is now at Rnme4
While a senrrh Is being made far
Charlton, Constantlne Ismolatoff, a
Russian who rented the couple the
Villa. Is being kept In custody. He
denies all knowledge of the crime,
hut has given the police a clew of the
movements of the couple the last days
they were seen together. He said they
quarreled much and alleged the man
bent the woman. She is a cousin of
President Harrison.
Woman Surfocntcl.
Como, Italy. June 11. An autopsy
today on the body of Mrs, Mary Crlt- '
tendon Castle-Charlton revealed thnt
she suffocated after her body had been ,
thrust Into the trunk and dropped to
the bottom of Lake Como. The
wounds where she had been beaten
were not sufficient to cause death.
Constantino Ismolntoff. the Russian,
who leased the villa to Porter Charl
ton, and his wife. Is being held. He
Is alleged to have asked fishermen
where the deepest part of the lake
was. There is no trace of Charlton.
Sensation n ev York,
New York, N. v., June 11. The.
Castle murder has caused a sensa- '
tion here. Ms. Charlton was original- i
ly a Callfornian,. where she was di
vorced recently from her husband, an j
attorney. She married Charlton ,
three months ago. Both were prom- 1
Inont In the smart set. !
Elder Cliarlcton Collapses.
Washington, June 11. Judge
George Charlton, father of Porter, the
missing American suspected of the
murder of his wife, Mary Crittenden
Castle Chnrlton, collapsed today fol
lowing the sensational reports from
Como, Italy, where the woman's body
wns found in the lnke. Charlton ask
ed the state department to secure all
possible Information. He says he
NEW 0. R. A II.
Plans for the concrete walks and
depot platform at the new O. R. &
N. station have at last been complet
ed. They are to cost nearly $3000 and
the appropriations for this purpose
has been approved by General Mana
ger J. p. O'Brien.
Such was the announcement made
this morning by Local Agent T. F.
O'Brien, who returned from Portland
this morning after a conference with
his brother, the general manager. The
exact amount of the appropriation is
$2700.
According to tho plans, two walks,
16 feet wide, will be constructed
from the present concrete platform
to Main street. They will follow the
railroad tracks on each side of the
present concrete platform to Main
street. They will follow the railroad
tracks on each side of the present de
pot and near the west end of the pres
ent structure will be connected by
another board walk. The platform
will also be extended to the track on
BROAD CONCRETE WALKS FOR
I funs IiIh son h ulso murdered by Hume
I inie who killed his wife.
IN ION COUNTY NEAR DEER
DESPEN'SERS AUK INDICTED
La Grande, Ore., June II. It was
learned on good authority today that
the 43 IndletmentH returned by the
Brand jury yesterday were directed
against alleged operators of near beer
saloons and druggists for alleged Halo
of Intoxicants in Union county. A "e
tective named Morgan has been work
ing for two months. The country
from North Powder to Klgin is in
volved. 'Authorities are swamped with
warrants. It is probable the indict
ed men will be arraigned next week.
Relieve Fire Wus Incendiary.
Fresno, Calif., June 11. Police to
day are working on the theory that
the fire destroying the warehouse con
taining 2000 tons of raisins last night
was Incendiary, as has been several
others lately. The estimated loss is
$100,000.
WOOL BUYERS BID
LAST PUHLIC WOOL SALE
HELD AT PILOT KOCK
Prices Offered Range From 11 1-2 to
16 1-2 Cents Growers Have I'ntll
H O'clock to Accept or Reject.
SMYT1IK BROTHERS
SKI J j BIG WOOL CLIP
S my the Brothers, of which
firm Pan P. Smythe of this
city. Is a member, have disposed
of 225,000 pounds of wool at
Arlington to J. P. Dufour. rep-
resenting the I-ayfette mills of
Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The
price has" not been made public.
This Is the largest single sale
made in this vicinity tills sea-
son. 4
Approximately 300,000 pounds of
wool were offered for sale at Pilot
Rock today, this being the time for
the second and last pnhlic sale at this
place. The prices bid range from 14
1-2 to 16 1-2 cents per pound but at j
2 o'clock It could not be learned thnt '
any of the bids had been accepted. !
The growers have until 6 o'clock, this j
evening, to decide, however, and the
impression prevails at Pilot Rock thnt :
the bids on several of the 20 clips
will be accepted.
The sale was concluded soon nfter
noon and the buyers are now on their
way to Pendleton, the trip both ways
having been mnde by nuto. A few
went out on the train this morning
and will return' by the same means
tills afternoon.
It Is probable that tlif J. E. Smith
clip, now in the local warehouse will
be offered for sale when the buyers
reach tills city this evening.
AMUSEMENT COMPANIES MAY
SUPPRESS FIGHT PICTURES
Los Angeles. June 11. It Is report
ed here that the Chine Amusement
company, recently Incorporated for
$(100,000, will attempt to purchase the
fight pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson
battle to prevent them being
shown before people. The company
operates a string of moving picture
theaters along the const nnd it is re
ported eastern companies will Join to
suppress the pictures on the grounds
tile exhibition will Injure business
throughout.
Bob: "I see Smith in town; what
motive brought him? Bub: "I don't
know for sure, but I think it was a
locomotive."
OFPOT PLATFORM
the north side of the new structure
and west of that building along each
track there will be a 12 foot walk
for a considerable distance. After the
12 foot wa'k leaves off there will be
a narrow extension as far as is ne
cessary to handle the business.
With the construction of the plat
form and walks as now ordered Pen
dleton will be equipped suitable to her
platform room needs.
The local agent will return to Port
land on No. 7 tomorrow noon to at
tend a meeting of the Pacific Coast
Local Freight agents which is sched
uled to be held there next week, Juno
13 to 17, Inclusive. Mr. OBrien will
therefore be gone all week, returning
home next Saturday morning.
He expressed himself as being very
much pleased with the plans for the
new platform and he thinks tho peo
ple of this city will also be satisfied
The new depot Is nearly completed,
with the exception of the platform and
it is probable that It will be occupied
within the next few days.
SUGAR OFFICII
FOUND GUILTY
Charles Heike Convicted on
One Count and Ernest Ger
bracht on Six.
.11 ICY RETURNS VERDICT
AFTER TWELYK HOCKS
While I la i rci I Secretary of American
Sugar Refining Company Convicted
on Indictment Charging Him Willi
Conspiracy to Defraud llie Govern
ment - Gerbraclit May Draw
Twelve Ycnr Sentence Jury Labor
ed KnrnCHtly.
New York, June 11. Charles R.
Heike, the wlilte haired secretary of
the American Sugar Refining com
pany, was convicted last night on one
count of an indictment charging con
spiracy to defraud the government of
customs duty on sugar.
Ernest W. t.erbracht, former su
perintendent of the Williamsburg
I Brooklyn) refinery, was convicted on
all six counts.
For James F. Pendernagel, former
cashier of the refinery, the jury stood
7 to 5 for acquittal. He will be tried
again.
The verdict was announced at 10:30
p m. after the Jurors had deliberated
for 12 hours, less 14 minutes. They
had labored earnestly from time to
time, sending out for transcripts of
the testimony, particularly that re
ferring to Heike. But it was Bender
nagel's case that caused the long ses
sions. Over his fate more than 20
ballots were taken.
This ends the government's second
attempt to imprison the group of men
responsible for the vast undorweigh
Ing frauds to which the so-called trust
virtually lias confessed by the resti
tution of more than $2,000,000 in duty.
Heike Is the highest official of trie
company upon whom blame lias been
fixed, nnd he now fnces a possible
sentence of two years in the federal
penitentiary and a fine of $10,000.
He Is 6,r years old nnd broken In
health and spirit. His counsel In
summing up declared repeatedly that
a prison term meant nothing less than
death.
Twelve Years llie Limit.
Convicted on nil six counts, Gerb
raclit can be sentenced to 12 years
in prison with a maximum fine of
$10,000. He is 63 years old.
OSCAR HAMMEHSTEIN IS
BARRED FROM RUSSIA
Paris. June 11. Declaring he had
applied to the state department to
attempt to force the Russian govern
ment to allow him to enter Russia.
Oscar Ilamuierstelu admitted today he
had been barred from Russia because
he was a Jew. He says he must go
to St. Petersburg to see some musical
artists with whom he has business en
gagements. . "I will join the church
or even apply for membership to the
Greek church If that will get me to
St. Petersburg,' said Hammestein. He
offered likewise to knock Stein off his
name.
OCCUPANTS OF SUBMARINE
SMOTHERED To DEATH
Calais, June 11. The sunken
French submarine Pluviose was towed
to this harbour today and 27 dead
bodies removed. Surgeons reported
that about half of them l.ved a day
after the collision in the Channel and
then suffocated. This confirms the
report that divers heard them tap
ping on the sides of the vessel. Tin
who worked outside the compart
ments of the submarine were instant
ly killed. Half could have been sav
ed had the submarine been raised
within a day, according to surgeons.
PANAMA CANAL WORKERS
THREATENING TO STRIKE
Colon, June 11. Eight thousand
union men working on the Panama
canal threaten to strike if their de
mands for a 20 per cent wage inr
crease are not granted. The union
ises are paid by the hour, and other
emp'oyes are salaried and given a
month's vacation on full pay. If the
unionists are given n vacation they
will probably withdraw their demands
for an Increase.
NORTH W EST CORPORATION
ANNOUNCES ITS SALE
New York, June 11. The North
west Corporation of Philadelphia an
nounced todny it had disposed of Its
gas, traction nnd electric property to
the American Power & Light com
pany. The ileal involves properties
nt Walla Walla. North Yakima,
ljcwlston and Pendleton, light proper
ties at Walla Walla, Pendleton and
Athena. Traction line at Walla Wal
la and North Yakima and the Stra
horn properties along the Yakima and
Columbia rivers.
Even the wise men are occasionally
otherwise.
STILL SHI
Presbyterian Minister Frust
rates Plans of Brodie Duke
to Marry.
HAD SCItl'PLEK AGAINST
.MARRYING DIYORCED MAX
"Best Laid Plans of Mice ami Men,"
Etc. Cupid Is Thwarted by Min
ister of Gosiiel Tobacco Magnate,
Three Times Married, an Twice
Divorced. Is ConielIel to loslKne
Plans to Wed Mi Wylaula Ro
wrlicllc. Washington, June 11. Urodie L.
Duke, the tobacco magnate, came
quietly to Washington yesterday to
negotiate for his fourth marriage
contract and after carefully laid plans
ran afoul of a Presbyterian clergy
man's aversion to divorce.
Mr. Duke had planned to be mar
ried at 4 p m. to Miss Wylanta Ro
schel'e of Durham, N. C. where are
situated his tobacco Interests and his
magnificent estate. The Rev. Don
ald C. MacLeod, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, had agreed to
perform the ceremony.
That understanding was reached
between Duke nnd the pastor about 9
o'clock in the morning, soon after the
tobacco manufacturer and Miss Ro
chelle had arrived in the city.
The law of the" District of Colum
bia requires that the name of the min
ister or marrying justice appear on
the license application and on the li
cence before it is issued, and Mr, Duke
accompanied by a friend, called on
Rev. Mr. MacLeod before he applied
for his license. Having nrranged to
be married in the minister's study at
4 o'clock, Mr. Duke procured his li
cence. He gave his residence and
that of Miss Roschel'e as Durham, N.
('.. his nge as 62 years and hers as 28.
Later in the day the newspapers
printed a story that Brodie L. Duke,
the tobacco man, three times married,
twice divorced and on several occa-
i sions involved in martial difficulties,
j the chief of which involved trouble
with h s latest wife, the late Alice
Webb Duke, was to be married, and
' reporters and photographers gathered
' at the Firs: Presbyterian church. Half
an hour before the appointment. Rev.
MacLeod arrived at the church. He
entered the study and a few minutes
later came out and requested the re
porters to leave. To the reporters he
said there was to be no wedding.
FRIEND ATTEMPTS TO SAVE
HOME OF CLARA MORRIS j
White Plains. X. y June 11.
Friends of Clara Morris the actress,
who has been seriously ill for several
weeks, are attempting to prevent the
sale of her old homo place at River
dale avenue, Yonkers. Judge Keogh,
of the supreme court appointed Lau
rence Crosby, an attorney, referee to
sell the property to satisfy a $25,000
mm mage held by a trust company.
Mrs, Taft Takes Lake Trip.
Ashtabula, June 11 Mrs. Taft, the
wife of the president, is aboard a big
lake freighter en route to Duluth. She
is taking the lake trip to see If it
won't benefit her health.
Cyclone DiK's Rig Damuge.
Tyler, Tex., June 11. Forty were
injured, some fatlly, in a cyclone near
here late yesterday. Wires are down
iiiiii ileiails are meager. It is report
ed crops are heavily damaged.
MODERN REMOST1 1 EN ES
DEFENDS POOR NEGRO
New York. The spectacle of Wil
liam Hourke Cochran, silver-tongued
orator, brilliant wit nnd master of
repartee, defending a penniless negro
charged with murdering a fellow ne
gro in a laundry last March, wns an
unusual feature of the week in Gen
eral Sessions. The appearance in the
case of this modern Demosthenes,
who. it will be recalled, received $1,
000 a speech from the. Gold Demo
crats to stump the country for Pal
mer and Buckner against Bryan in
the hitter's first campaign, caused a
stir in the criminal courts building,
where he Is a stranger. Cochran was
.issiirnej to defend the negro by the
court, which of late has been desig
nating lawyers of the front rank to
defend impecunious prisoners in hom
icide ca"ses Instead of assigning po
lilii.tl shysters to the work as here
tofore, it is doubtful If the negro
realized the value to him of the ser
vices of the eloquent pleader assign
ed to defend him. To have regularly
employed Cochran would have cost
him in the neighborhood of $25,000 If
lie could lie retained even at that fig
ure. For his trouble the state will
give the lawyer $500, the regular fee
paid to counsel assigned by the courts.
, There are some men so lazy that
' they will not even file liens.
FIX LAN D IS XO LONGER
A FREE COUNTRY
.St. Petersburg, June 11. Finland
today Is no longer independent of
Russia. By a vote of 164 to 23 the
douma passed a government measure
giving the douma authority over the
Finnish diet. This action Is causing
much bitterness on the part of Fins
who heretofore were a free nation
'nly under Russia's protection.
ROSE FESTIVAL WILL
WIND UP IX RAIX
Portland. Ore., June 11. The rose
carnival concludes tonight with a
great parade, a combination of all
which has gone before which will
wind through the principal streets.
Thousands now crowd the city. Some
rain fell last night and more today
and probabilities the for more to
night. IN BIG LAND DEAL
FURNAS TRACT IS SOLI);
CONSIDERATION IS S56.000
R. R. I,cwis and Associates Secure
Sill Acre Partly Within and Partly
Outside of Hermlston Will Sell It
for Siibiirbnn Homes.
Another large an. important west
end real estate transaction was con
summated in this city this forenoon
when R. R. Lewis and associates se
cured possession of the 320-acre Fur
nas tract, lying half wthin and half
without the city of Hermlston. The
tract Is considered one of the most
desirable in the west end of the coun
ty, the consideration being $56,000.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Furnas have
lived in Hermlston since 1903 and
are therefore the pioneer residents of
that town. Their nearest neighbors
at that time were four miles distant.
The following year they each filed
on a desert claim and it is the land
thus acquired which they are now
selling. Of the 320 acres, 300 are ir
rigable, and 160 are within the city
limits. The balance adjoins the city
on the north and is sure ultimately to
be within the city. The land lies on
both sides of the railroad track.
There is a small orchard of 400
trees which is just beginning to bear,
while 35 or 40 acres are now seded
to alfalfa. The remainder of the 300
acres is now under water and ready
to be cleared and cropped.
Mr. Iewis stated this morning that
one eastern, one Portland and several
Pendleton men are interested with
him in the project and he says they
intend to subdivide the land into acre
age tracts of from one to ten acres,
making them into suburban homes.
Instead of the one house and the one
family at present, there will soon be
60 or 70 houses and as many families
on the tract. If the plans of Lewis anoj
his associates prevail.
Lewis says it is not the purpose of
the new owners to plot the land for
city lots nor sell any of it to the rail
road company for depot facilities.
They are more anxrous to sell it to
people for suburban homes and they
think the location ideal for th:s pur
pose. Furnas will continue to make his
home in Hermiston as he has other
property interests there. He says,
however, that he and his wife will
take a vacation during the summer.
L
Beginning with tomorrow the Pen-dleton-Port'and
local train will run
on through as far as Baker City. The
new time card is out and goes into
effect tomorrow morning at one min
ute after midnight. The arriving time
of the train from Portland will be
the same, 5:10 in the evening. It will
lie held here 30 minutes for dinner,
however, leaving Pendleton at 5:40.
The arriving time ot the train from
P.aker will be 10:15. making the leav
ing time of the Portland train about
10:10.
Ti e Wnlla Walla train will also be
changed so as to make direct connec
tion and Instead of arriving In Pen
dleton at 8:40 as at present, it will
not arrive until 10:05. The leaving
time of this train will be the same,
5:25.
Another Important change is the
one making trains No. 7 and 8 lim
ited. That is, they will consist en
tirely of Pullman coaches and will
not carry coach passengers.
The following is the complete
schedule as it will be in effect after
midnight tonight:
Westbound.
Arrive
No. 6 Ore. & Wash. Ex.. 1:10 a. m.
No. 1, Local 10:15 a. m.
No-. 7, Chicago limited. 12:15 p. m.
No. 15
No. !. Fast Mall -11:45 p. m.
IRE CHANGES IN
PENDLETON
SEATTLE RAS
T GLAZE
Six Slocks ot Washington
Metropolis Laid in Ruins by
Conlagration.
LOSS IS ESTIMATED AT
A MILLION DOLLARS
Largest IMre in City Since 1889 Burn
Many Business Houses Hurricane
Fans Flame and Firemen Are Help
less Drizzling Rain Saves North
Seattle Fire Occurred on Water
Front ana Cut Way to Second
Avenue.
Seattle, Wash., June 11. Till early
this morning firemen fought the most
disastrous fire in the history of Se
attle with the exception of the great
conflagration of 1889. Nearly six
blocks are in ruins and the loss is one
million dollars. The fire started at
nii.lnight In the Galbralth-Baoon
warehouse and stables on the water
fn.nt. With a hurricane blowing
wiihin thirty minutes it had cut 1U
way through to second avenue, a dis
tance of five blocks. Only a sudden
lull in the gale and the commence
ment of a drizzling rain saved North
Seattle. THe business section was
not threatened. Among the buildings
burned are the Galbralth-Bacon ware
house and stables, the Chlooesk cold
storage and Ice plant, the Puget
Sound Metal Works, three saloons,.
12 frame residences, three lodging;
houses and several other smcture
containing various businesses. Three
hundred people are rendered home
less by the blaze.
It is supposed Its origin was, from
sparks of a passing engine which
struck on the roof of the warehouse.
A violent wind sprang up about
sunset last night and tore down signs
and drove people from the streets.
At 10:20 o'clock an alarm of fire was
turned in from the large three story
frame warehouse of Galbralth, Bacon
& Co at the foot of Battery street. By
the time the firemen had reached the
scene the whole building and its in
flammable contents were a roaring
furnace. The wind from off the salt
water was blowing flames and fire
brands against other wooden build
ings to the north and east, and the
problem immediately became not one
of savins: property already attacked,
but to prevent destruction of a thick
ly settled district occupied by old
wooden buildings of the flintiest con
struction. The firemen could not
do much, and only when open space
were reached was it possible to stay
the flames.
PINCHOT AND GARFIELD
AT CONSERVATION SPREAD
St. Paul. Minn. June 11. Former
Chief Forester Pinchot and. former
Secretary of the Interior Garfield, ar
rived here today to attend the ban
quet of the national conservationists
today. Pinchot said he did not know
what Roosevelt planned to use as &
text when he addressed the conserva
tion congress.
T
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Depart
No. 5. Ore. & Wash. Ex.. 1:25 a. m.
No. 1. Local 10:35 a. m.
No. 7, Chicago Limited. .12:15 p. m.
No. 15, Motor 4:35 p. m
No. 0. Fast Mail 11:45 p. m.
East Bonml.
Arrive
No. 10, Fast Mall 1:50 a. m.
No. 6. Ore. & Wash. Ex.. 6:15 a. m.
No. 16, Motor 10:20 a. m.
No. 2. Baker City Local 6:10 p m.
No S. Chicago Limited. 5:15 p. m.
Depart
No. 10, Fast Mall 1:50 a. - i.
No. 6. Ore. & Wash. Er.. 6:25 a. m.
No. 16 Motor
No. 2. Baker City Local 6:40 p. m.
No. 8, Chicago Limited.. 5:15 p. n.
Washington Division.
Arrive
No. 5, Pendleton local. . 1:30 a. m.
No. 4r. Local 10:05 a m.
No. 7, Fond. Passenger.. 5:00 p. m.
Depart
No. 6. Spokane Local... 2:15 a. m.
N.. 8. Pend. Passenger. . 8:00 a. m.
No. 48, Local 6:25 p. m
Though the above schedule show
the No. 6 of the Oregon division
leaving for Portland five minutes be
fore the No. 5 of the Washington di
vision arrives from Spokane, such will
not be the case. Local Agent OBrien'
announced this morning that the two
train would make connections at this
point.
RI SGHEDUL