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VOL. 23.
PENDLETON. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 24. 1910.
NO 693T
HCIERS FROM ALL OVER
MEET IN FIFTH
FIRST SESSION OF BANKERS THIS
Representatives ot Many Institutions Gather to Discuss
Money Problems.
Oregon State Rankers' Association Couvciicm nt 10 A. M. About Sixty
Members lit Attendance Washington ami Idaho Hunkers Visiting
Col. J. II. Haley Welcomes Moneymcn President It. W. Schmeer
Makes Annual Report Points Out Healthy Coiiditloii of Ranks
Advocates Effort to Secure Protective Legislation Thinks Postal
Savings Rank Will Xot Affect State Ranks Criticises the Assessors.
On to Wenaha.
It is announced by the auto
committee that the start for
Wenaha springs will be made
from the Hotel Pendleton In the
morning. All auto owners are
requested to have their machines
at the hotel by 8 o'clock. Ma-
chine owners not already listed
by the committee are Invited to
participate In the trip. ,
The smoker which Is to be
held In the Eagles-Woodman
hall this evening will be open
to local business men as well as
to those attending the bankers'
convention. '
With bankers present from every
section of the state, the Oregon State
Bankers' association was convened In
fifth annual convention In the Eagle
Woodman building In this city at 10
o'clock. President R. W. Schmeer,
who Is also president of the United
States National bank of Portland,
called the session to order. Then with
the members of the convention stand
ing. President W. H. Bleakney of the
Pendleton Junior college, pronounced
the Invocation and the session was on.
In his usual happy manner! Col. J.
II. Raley welcomed the visitors to
Pendleton. He recalled the days when
Pendleton was so small that It little
dreamed that one day there would
be gathered here the representative
financial men of the state. He recall
ed the establishment of the first bank
In this city, which then held sway In
a small wooden building and was
equipped with one small Iron safe. He
then pointed out the wonderful devel
opment which the city and county
had undergone and said that It was
with much pride that the bankers
were, welcomed to Pendleton.
N. TT. Carpenter of the Portland
Trust conipnny, responded to the ad
dress of welcome, expressing the ap
preciation of the visitors for the sin
cere manner In which they had been
welcomed by the local bankers, and
the citizens of Pendleton In general.
The annual address of President
Schmeer was listened to with much
Interest after which the reports of
the secretary and treasurer were read.
These both showed that the associa
tion was In a very healthy condition,
both as to membership and Interest,
as well as financially.
According to the report of Secre
tary J. L. Hartman of the Hartman
& Thompson company of Portland,
the membership has Increased during
the past year from 145 to 171 and
more than 75 per cent of the banks
of the state are now represented In
the membership.
Another Interesting feature of the
secretary's report was the showing
that during the past year there have
been more cases calling for the at
tention of the detective department of
the association than during the for
mer four years of the organization's
history. He attributed this to the
Seattle fair, giving It as his opinion
that crooks of all kinds who were at
tracted to the fair remained In the
FRISCO WHITE RliAVE
TRADE IS APPALLING.
San Francisco, Cal., June 24.
A special committee of the
grand Jury is preparing to re
port to the Jury that the white
slave traffic Is appalling. It Is
alleged that not only are wo
men enslaved In Chinatown but
that many women and girls of
th'lB city have fallen victims to
an organized band of men and
women. It is announced that
the police will be asked to co
operate in breaking up the traf
fic. It Is believed this an
nouncement Is mado to mask
the real movements of the Jury
and that Indictments will really
soon be returned.
OREGON
northwest to operate during the suc
ceding months.
The appointment of the committee
was the next order of business, but
President Schmeer said this would be
left uutll later and called E. T. Co
man, president of the Exchange Na
tional bank of Spokane. The Spo
kane banker then read a very Inter
esting paper on "Limitations and Lia
bility of Bank Directors."
The feature of this afternoon's ses
sion Is the "five-minute report by
counties on local conditions." These
were headed by George N. O'Brien,
cashier of the American National
bank of Baker City; C. A. Dobell,
cashier Benton County National hank.
Corvallis, and C. R. Higglns, ass!stant
cashier of the Astoria National bank.
Several others are due to speak be
fore the convention adjourns for the
day.
The feature of the morning session
was undoubtedly the annual report
of the president which appears In full
below:
Annual Retort of President.
It gives me great pleasure to meet
you again and to have the honor to
preside over such a splendid gather
ing of bankers.
It Is with much regret that 1 ter
minate my work as an officer of this
association, however, you will always
find me in the ranks ready and will
ing at all times to work for the good
of the association.
Owing to the short time allowed us
for our business meeting. I have made
my report as brief as possible and
will confine myself to a review of the
work accomplished by our associa
tion during the past year.
General Conditions.
The entire banking interests of our
state were never in a more healthy
and satisfactory condition, and with
honest and conservative management,
backed by the wonderful resources of
the state of Oregon, there is no rea
son why any bank should become in
solvent and the record of our state
In this respect has been a gratifying
one, not a failure having been re
ported during the past year.
At the last call of the comptroller
of the currency, we had In Oregon 144
state hanks and bankers with deposits
of $52,839 969.88, and 72 national
banks with deposits of $47, 777, 500,
making a grand total of $100,617.
469.99, which shows a large Increase
of deposits over the same period In
the year 1909.
Railroad development In the state
of Oregon has just begun and with It
will come the development of the ma
terial resources of our state, rapid
Increase In population, the building
of villages, towns and cities, all of
which will demand banking Institu
tions sufficient to meet the necessi
ties of the people. The prospects for
the state of Oregon were never bet
ter. American Institute in Bunking,
I doslro to call your special atten
tion to the work of the American In
Itute of Banking, an organization
with which most' of us are more or
less famillnr and which Is doing good
work In educating and Increasing the
efficiency of bank clerks. This or
ganization Is entitled to and should re
ceive the moral and financial sup
port of all the banking institutions
of the state. There Is but one chap
ter In Oregon, Portland chapter, with
a membership of 15S. Other chap
ters should be organized In the small
er cities and towns and I hope that
the members of this association will
encourage and assist the boys In every
way possible.
Moinltcrslilp.
We have been very successful in se
curing new members during the past
year and we now have a membership
of 163 uiiil five non-resident mem
bers. When elected as your presi
dent at your last meeting, I said that
I would not be satisfied until every
bank in the state of Oregon was a
member of our association and while
we have grown. I will not be satis
fled until every bank has become a
member. And right here I want to
Impress upon you the necessity of
every member of our association tak
ing It upon himself to make an ef
fort to bring all banks not members
ANNUAL CONVENTION
of the association Into the fold for
I am sure that if the social, education
al and protective features of our as
sociation were impressed upon them
by our members, no trouble would be
had In securing their applications for
membership.
Legislative Committee.
Owing to the fact that the past year
has been without legislative enact
ment In our state, no committee was
named by your, president. However,
the legislature of this state meets In
January, 1911, and I would recom
mend and suggest that a legislative
committee be appointed by the In
coming president and an effort made
to secure the passage of laws recom
mended by the American Bankers'
association, among which the follow
ing, to siy mind, are the most Im
portant: 1. An act 1o punish the making of
false statements to obtain property
or credit.
2. An act defining the crime of
burglary with explosives and provid
ing the punishment therefor.
3. An act covering the payment of
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O.E.
FROM HIS INJURIES
cream fry manager
COllD XOT RECOVER
Mail Injured" In Accident Yesterday
Xocr Recovered Consciousness
Has Keen Resident of Pendleton for
Past Ten Years.
O, K. Harper, president and man
ager of the Pendleton creamery, died
lust night at .St. Anthony's hospital
as a result of the injuries received In
the accident at the local plant, yes
terday morning. He passed away
without ever having regained con
sciousness. Oliver Eugene Harper was born in
(iwatonua, Minn., August 25. 1869,
and was therefore, nearly 44 years of
age. When a mere boy he accom
panied his parents to South Dakota
and later came to California. For the
past ten years he has been a resident
of Pendleton and eastern Oregon.
He was united In marriage October
3, 1895, to Miss Flora Camp, of San
Jacinto, Calif,, and In- addition to his
wife Is survived by two daughters.
Olive and Lllah. a father, mother,
two brothers and two sisters. His
aged parents reside here, while his
brother. C. L. Harper, and his 'sisters,
Mrs. Ella Humble and Mrs. Emma
Jones, live in South Dakota. His
brother, A. W. Harper, who recently
visited here, resides In Minnesota.
Two years ago the deceased became
a member of the First Presbyteriitn
church ami has been an active mem
ber of that organization since that
time, lie was also a loyal member
of the order of Knights of Pythias.
In speaking of the sad accident this
morning, a friend said:
"By his death, his wife loses a kind
and loving husband, his daughters an
affectionate father; his parents,
brothers and sisters, a noble, loving
son and brother; the community one
ot her best citizens and a man one
was pnuid to take by the hand and
call a friend.'
The funeral arrangements will not
be completed until eastern relatives,
who are now en route to Pendleton,
arrive, but Interment will probably
take place Sunday.
Editors to Cruise.
St. Paul, Minn., June 24. Minne
sota editors are gathering today for
their annual outing, which will begin
tomorrow, when the party leaves this
city for Puluth. There the quill push
ers will board a vessel which will take
them to Georgian Bay and back.
THE MYSTERY
It develops that there Is very much :
of a mlxup regarding Pringle, the I
missing Portland man, for whom rel- '
atlves hove been searching this city,
as well as Portland and the lnterven- '
Ing country. It seems that the Prln- 1
gle who sent a message from Pendle-'
ton to his wife In Portland, the night ,
of June 9,. was not the man who Is1
missing but was Col. R. M. Pringle,
supervisor of engineers In the In
dian service.
Col. Pringle had been at the In
dian agency for two or three weeks,
Installing a system of lights and be
fore leaving for his home in Portland
sent a message to his wife. A few
hours later he boarded the train, In
PRIMES COMPLICATES CASE
DKTE4TIVE SHOT VOL'TII
IM)VX IX COLD ltU)OD
Spokune, Wash., June 24. Joe Cur
ry, who was shot through the leg by
Detective Downy Wednesday night,
has a fair chance of recovery. Pend
ing an investigation the officer has
been suspended. A dozen witnesses
Bay he shot the 20-yeatr'old youth de
liberately. Downy sa.y: his' foot slip
ped and his gun .'accidentally dis
charged. The men had an alterca
tion In a saloon when Curry was or
dered to move on by Downy who was
in civilian's clothes, which order he
refused to obey. Then Curry ran and
the shooting followed.
Oldl'ield Again Breaks Record.
St Paul, June 23. Barney Oldfleld
In' his 200 horsepower Benz again
lowered the mile automobile record
for a circular track at the Twin City
a'iation met this afternoon. Oldfleld
drove the mile In 49 2-5 seconds,
which is two-fifths of a second better
than the record he made yesterday af
ternoon and 1 2-5 seconds better than
the time made by Ralph DePalma on
the same track one year ago. '
Harvard Commencement.
Cambridge, Mass., June 24. Com
mencement week at Harvard was In
augurated today with the class day
exercises. Diplomas and degrees will
be conferred next Wednesday, when
former President Roosevelt is ex
pected to be here. The class of 1885
Is in charge of the program.
EX
IF
JOHN M'GRAW PASSED.
AWAY LAST XIGHT
Funeral Held This t Afternoon Body
Cremated Dead Man Has Been
Prominent Figure in Washington
Politics Rise from Poverty Was
Phenomenal.
Seattle, June 24. The funeral of
John McGraw, former governor of
Washington, who died last night fol
lowing a hard fight against death,
was held this afternoon, the body be
ing cremated. A limited number of
friends and relatives attended by re
quest. The dead man was wealthy.
He came to Seattle broke, but rapid
ly climbed from a position of hotel
clerk to governor in 14 years.
John Harte McGraw was born at
Rarker plantation, Penobscot coun
ty, Maine. October, 1850. When he
was a little more than two years old
his father was drowned, and when
he was 14 he left home because of
a disagreement with his step-father.
In 1S76 he came west, arriving at
San Francisco in July and remain
ing there until December when he
came north to Seattle. While in San
Francisco he worked as a hor car
driver.
For several months after his arrival
on Puget Sound he was a clerk In a
local hotel, and finally purchased a
small establishment, which he con
ducted until 1S79, when the building
was destroyed by fire. In quick suc
cession he secured a position on the
Seattle police force, was elected town
marshal and was made chief of police
and in 1SS2 was elected sheriff of
King county. He was twice elected
to succeed himself.
In 1892 he was elected governor of
Washington, serving from 1893 to
1S97. At the expiration of his term
he retired to private life, dividing his
attention between his law practice,
banking affairs and business interests
in Alaska.
For twenty years Mr. McGraw was
probably the best known man in Se
attle. He was vice president of the
Alaska-Yukon Pacific exposition,
president of the chamber of com
merce for several terms, and at the
time of his death was president of
the Rainier club. His personal brav
ery was displayed In suppressing the
anti-Chinese riots in 1S85 In Seattle
and In his vigorous advocacy of the
gold standard in 1S96 when he stood
almost alont. among Washington pol
iticians. company with Major E. L. Swartz
lander and the two men went to Port
land. When they arrived there it
was found that the message had not
been delivered to Pringle's wife but
t.. some other woman. Evidently It
was delivered to the woman who is
now looking for her missing husband.
It seems peculiar that the message
should have been delivered to a Mrs.
Pringle who was looking for her hus
band, but this seems to have been
what happened. It is therefore prob
ahle that the man for whom the offi
cers have been scouring the state,
was never In Pendleton. Col. R. M.
Pringle who was here is now In Montana.
DEEPENSTWO
T
Attorney General Wickersham
Says Government Should
Control R. R. 8ond Issues.
PROSECUTION OF PACKING
COMPANIES WILL CONTINUE
Attorney General Addresses Illinois
Bar Association Advocates Feder
al Control of Railroad Stock and
Bond Issues Present Practice He
Says is Demoralizing Declares
Flaws in Indictments Will Xot Stop
Prosecution of Packing Companies.
Chicago, Lll., June 24. Federal
regulation and control of railroad
stock and bond issues was advocat
ed by Attorney General Wlckersham
addressing the Illinois Bar association
today. He argued the government Is
empowered constitutionally to exer
cise such control. He said: "Eco
nomists and courts condemn the
reckless issue of railroad stock and
bonds which are certainly as demoral
izing as lotteries. The record of rail
road receiverships, for the last 20
years, testifies to the effect such Is
sues have upon the ability of the rail
roads to perform their functions.
Watered stock and bonus stock which
have been Issued is the greatest abuse
connected with the management of
corporations."
Wlckersham today declared that the
government""" prosecution of various
indicted packing companies will con
tinue despite the court ruling that
the Indictments are faulty. Wlcker
sham declined to discuss the matter
regarding the causes for the faulty
indictments. He intimated the pack
ers will be prosecuted as individuals
instead of under joint indictments Ly
the grand Jury.
GOLDEX RI LE CHIEF OF
CLEVELAND IS ACQUITTED
Cleveland. June 23. Chief of Po
lice Fred Kohler. known throughout
the country as the golden rule chief
and lauded by Colonel Roosevelt as
the nation's police executive was ac
quitted today of charges of gross Im
morality and habitual drunkenness by
the civil service commission before
whom he has been on trial. An hour
after his acquittal he was reinstated
as chief by Mayor Baehr. who had
suspended him when the charges were
filed.
The trial lasted nearly two weeks
and about two hundred witnesses were
examined. Eearly in the proceedings,
the prosecution dropped 13 of the or
iginal 23 charges on account of lack
of evidence.
In Its decision, the commission ex
culpated Chief Kohler unreservedly.
KITCHENER IS 60 YEARS
OLD; MAY BE PROMOTED
London, June 24. Viscount Kitch
ener of Khartum, who Is today cele
brating his sixtieth birthday, has re
signed the Mediterranean command,
to which he was appointed last Au
gust, succeeding the Duke of Con
naught as Inspector general of the
Mediterranean forces. Since Kitch
ener returned from his world tour,
during the course of wntch he visited
the United States, there has been
much agitation to have him appoint
e to a more Important position.
DIRIGIBLE MAKES TRIP
WITH FORTY PASSENGERS
Dusseldorf, Germany, June 24.
The dirigible Deutschland today made
the first purely commercial trip In the
history of the world when It left here
for Frlederichshafen with 20 passen
gers. After three hours it traveled
100 miles. Frlederichshafen will be
reached tomorrow as It will travel at
night. I
Insurgents Win Again.
Rluefields. June 24. General Menn
commanding the main insurgent force
has routed the Madriz troops and
occunled Acovana. the strategical no.
sltion for attack on Managua. Acoy-
apa will be used by the revolutionists
as a base for a campaign against the
Xicaraguan capital according to to
day's reports. Interior reports show
the battle's tide has turned in favor
of the Insurgents again.
Many Killed in Wreck.
Mexico. June 24. Thirty-seven per
sons were killed and 50 severely in
jured today when a troop train was
wrecked In the state of Colinin. Fonr
cars broke away on a downgrade and
pitched over an embankment, the oc
culta nts being crushed to death.
Christian Women Meet.
Seattle. Wash., June 24. North
Beach. Wash.. Is the Mecca today of
hundreds of religious workers who
will take part In the northwest con
ference of the Young Women's Chris
tian association during the next ten
days.
fj
CHARLTON Will
FICHT FOR UFE
Self-Confessed Murderer Wii
6e Defended by Best Attor
neys in the Land.
FATHER OF SLIVER SAYS
HIS SOX IS INSAXE
Italian Government Will Have '
Fight Battle in American Court -Before
Extradition Papers WUI Br
Granted Chariton Says He Still
Loves Wife He Murdered Attor
neys Say He Can Only Re ConTtctedL
of Manslaughter in Italy.
Hoboken, June 24. A hard legal
battle will be fought in the Ameri
can courts against the return ef '
Charlton to Italy to stand trial for '
the confessed murder of his wife
whose body was thrown into Lalte
Como. The powerful relatives oC
Charlton have already set machinery
in motion to prevent extradition. Em
inent lawyers have been employed by
his father, Judge Charlton. TTv
father says his son Is insane and will
try to prevent his extradition on tbl
ground. Captain Scott, brother of
the woman, says he Is not insane. At
torney Clarke, Charlton's represen
tative, has forbade all Interview
any more. Alienists will examine the
slayer.
Charlton says he still loves his wife
and treasures the rings and Jewel
she wore, yet he calmly discusses the
murder and his attempt to hide the
crime. Attorneys say Charlton can
not be convicted on anything but -manslaughter
In the Italian court, .
the penalty for which is six years' im
prisonment. As Charlton has tuber
culosis this is the same as death. The
Itaftan government will use every ef
fcrt to secure extradition.
Charged With Murder.
Como. Italy, June 24. Procurator
Guglin today signed an affidavit
charging Charlton with murder.
Italy will demand the extradition of
Charlton.
BRITISH AGEXT IX
EGYPT TO BE OUSTED
Manchester, Eng.. June 24. The
Manchester Guardian today carries
story tending to confirm the dispatch
es recently carried by the United '
Press from London to the effect that '
Sir Eldon Gorst, British agent In
Egypt, will be recalled. It save:.
"We have good authority for the
statement that the foreign office hae
decided to recall Gorst and appoint
Sir Arthur Hardings, present minis
ter to Belgium, to succeed him. Col
onel Roosevelt Is not responsible for;
the reported change. It Is said, ft
Gorst is reported to have resigned be
fore Roosevelt spoke at Guild hall.
MF.XICO BATHING DAY
MAY BRFXG CRISIS
El Paso, June 24. San Juan Day, -one
of the greatest religious days In
the Mexican calendar, was the cause
of unusual activities on the part of
Mexican authorities today. The prin
cipal ceremonies attending the day
Is a general bathing of religious dev
otees In rivers and lakes. Revolu
tionary leaders predicted today will
witness "Mexico in a Fiery Bath."
This has caused the government to
double police and rurales. Everywhere
the people congregate an uprising 1
feared. The nearness to election gave
Crazy With the neat.
St. Louis, June 24. Two men and
two women driven Insane by heat at
Illinois and one death by prostration
in eastern St. Louis is the record to
day. Montreal Observes Day.
Montreal, June 24. French-Canadians
of Montreal and throughout the
province of Quebec today observed the
birthday of their patron saint. St.
John the Baptist. Celebrations were
held in nearly all the towns and cit
ies by the St. Jean Baptiste society.
TAFT SAYS PARTY HAS
FULFILLED PLEDGES. .-
Cincinnati, June 24. President
Taft in a signed statement re-
celved by the Times-Star, his
brother's newspaper, expresses
great satisfaction with the ac-
compllshtnents of the present
session of congress, and
declares all of he party pledges
have been fulfilled. "I am
elated at the legislation which
has been enacted by this con-
gress. It has fulfilled the pledges
and It is a great satisfaction '
that we have accomplished so
much. The republican party
has a good record to take before
the people.''
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