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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 19
1 1 f Willi jj-'-'agJII'WEOttY
LA FOLLETTE WILL QUIT RACE
ONLY FOR A REAL PROGRESSIVE
HUSI UE POLICIES
SIMILAR 10 HIS OWK
Proposed Withdrawal
Start of Boom for
Roosevelt
Is
Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. Unless
some bargain Is arranged with form
er President Theodore Roosevelt,
whereby tho colonel will make some
public declaration of political prin
ciples to which United States Senator
La Follette can consclenclously sub
scribe, Senator La Follette will posi
tively not withdraw from the race for
the republican presidential nomina
tion and will enter the convention at
Chicag"b against all comers. This in
brief Is the situation today In the pro
giesslve republican camp, following
yesterday's practical general demand
of his supporters that La Follette
quit the race.
Sock Roosevelt Bargain.
A number of leading progressives
today are trying to bring about cor
respondence between Colonel Roose
. , ,, .. . ,
velt and Senator La Follette, hoping,
lllill Hie vuiuiici Will uui-ictl w
along lines that are similar to those
followed by La Follette.
To Use It Against Tuft.
Should such a declaration come
from Colonel Roosevelt opponents
of the renomlnatlon ot President Taft
will use It to further the fight against
a second term for the president.
Senator La Follette today said that
he was a standard bearer of principles
and not an Individual and that no
circumstances would cause him to
Join the ranks unless a new leader
publicly binds himself to truo pro
gressivelHm. Only Ono Supjorer Loyal.
Practically only on big political
flguro today stands loyal to Senator
La Follette. Ho is Governor John
son of California, who says he Is
pledged to support him and will re
main loyal until La Follette releases
him.'
pcacrtiiig to Roosevelt.
In a statement Issued from the La
Follette headquarters today It was j
admitted that Senator La Follette's
friends were deserting him and turn'
lng to Roosevelt.
The statement said portly:
"Senator La Follette claims
before he consented to make
that
the
fight, he had every assuranco from panics of this country, accused of
Colonel Roosevelt, that under no , overcharging the public, are under
conditions would he, Roosevelt, be a investigation today by the interstate
candidate In 1912. I commerce commission and plans are
"As reasons for President Taft's ( being mado for their prosecution by
retirement grew. Indications of pro- ( the government. Wholesale viodation
jrresslve strength developed and a of the law are alleged against the
Roosevelt boom launched. big firms operating in New York,
"The crisis was reached when many Chicago nnd San Francisco. Heavy
who had pledged themselves to Sen-1 fines will be asked by the commls
ator La Follette, suddenly announced s!on If the companies are found guil
tho discovery that La Follette could ty.
not win and the nation demanded I . .
Roosevelt.
Attack on press Had Break.
"Tho first break carao Friday
night, when Senator La Follette, who
was suffering from a shattered nerve
system,' committed what even his
most loyal friends admit was a grlovl
ous political blunder, by attacking,
without discrimination, tho press of
the nation."
Cat Starts Fire.
New York. Feb. 6 Miss Mary
McDonald, 78 years old, waa fatally
burned whon her cat overturned a
small oil stove todpy, igniting its
fur. Tho eat ran wildly about th
houso, its coat aflamo, setting fires
In half a dozen rooms and dashed
against Its mistress, igniting her
clothing. Another aged woman, Mrs.
Roso Murphy was so seriously burn
ed that she will die. The property
loss from the fire was small.
Texns Has Snow Storm.
Laredo. Texas, Feb. 6. Snow Is re
ported from four to six Ip-"" 'leP
on the level of the LamDsas and
Monterey. Mexico today. This is the
first snow in that section In years.
STATE SENATOR SINXOTT
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE
Portland, Feb. 6. (Special.)
State Senator N. J. Slnnott of
The Dalles, who is here today,
announced his candidacy for
the republican nomination for
congress, from the new eastern
Oregon district. His formal
declaration will be fllod next
week. Others In the field are
George Cochrane and John
Rusk of La Grande.
T. R. IS
BUI HOT REGRETFUL
Intimated That Another Can
Push Progressive
Movement
Oyster Bay, Feb. 6. Colonel
Roosevelt today expressed sympathy
regarding Senator La Follette's Illness.
He said:
"One man may retard or advance
the progressive movement but the
movement Is not dependent on one
man or group of men. It is bound
to be successful." '
Fight for Principle Unhurt.
New York, Feb. 6. Ames Plnchot,
brother of Gifford, today discussed
the progressive republican nomination
imbroglio, saying:
"Many supporters of Senator La
Follette feel that Colonel Roosevelt Is
not as fur advanced as Senator La
Follette, in progresslvelsm but It Is
clear that they ngree on the funda
mentals and, above all, have the same
conviction that country belongs to the
iiu iiiub tiiw Vt mucin tuuai
bj an ,nstrument for t, eopie.a ben.
.....J V, U . . . . . .
cfit
"Senator La Follette's withdrawal
would mean simply thut the progres
sives realize, that owing to the de
mand for Mr. Roosevelt and on ac
count of Senator La Follette's health,
he 'cannot accomplish the purpose.
nuh him out, the progressives
could continue the old fight for tho
principle, under a new leader.
"Nothing to Say."
New York, Feb. . Despite all
pleas to ascertain whether Colonel
Roosevelt would run now that there
Is a big chance of sAiator La Follette
dropping out of the race, Mr. Roose
ve'.t still has "nothing to say."
West Still For 1a Follette.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 6 Despite the
setback for Senator La Follette's
boom In the e;ist, petitions to place
his name on the ballot for the Oregon
April primaries are circulating in
West Const States will stmt In Tnrt.
land this week and in eastern Oregon
soon.
PROBE OF OVERCHARGES OF
EXPRESS COMPANIES ON
Washington, Fob. 6. Express corn-
MONTGOMERY GUILTY
OF SIMPLE ASSUALT
C. L. Montgomery, who was tried
yesterday on a charge of assaulting
Ong Tong with a' deadly weapon, was
neither convicted or acquitted of the
chargo when the Jury reported yes
terday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The
verdict brought in pronounced ths
defendant guilty of simple assault,
thrt penalty for wh'ch is not severe
The young man has i ot yet been sen
tenced. The time of the court has been ta
ken today with the cas eof the State
vs. Harry Brltt. tho -Jcfendar.t being
a bartender at H?.ix charged with
n;ault with a dangerous weapon i;p
on tho person of Joe Bannister. Tie
evidence shows that .It ring disturb
ance In Gua Arp's sa'.o .n at Helix l.iot
Ji'ly, the defendant struck Bannh: ,?
twico wilh a' "billy club." The d. -fri'so
Is trying to Oo ablish that Biitt
struck the blows only after tn.i .rjm
b'alnlng. witness ha i mads several
M.ieais (nil naa ctun.pted to
them out. Carter & Smythe
sent the, defendant
carry
rpre-
TONG WARRIORS RESORT
TO USE OF DYNAMITE,' During the past year the board of
San Francisco, Feb. 6. Dynamite
today entered into the fight among
the Chinese Tongs here when repre
sentatives of the Hop sing tong plant
ed one hundred dynamite caps and
lit a slow fuse in an attempt to slay
Duh Wah, secretary of tho Sen Suey
tong. Another Chinese found the
death machine and extinguished it.
It means that the war will branch out
and Include a general fight among the
tong men on the Pacific coast.
THIRTY-TWJ LABOR LEADERS INDICTED FOR
CONNECTION WITH
IudiunupoliH, Iml., Feb. fl. Bulletin Thirty-two Indictments against
prominent labor leaders were- this arterooii returned by tho federal graiu
jury which has for several months been probing the alleged nation-wide
dynamite, conspiracy. It is announced that at Jeast forty labor leaders are
Involved In tho indictments.
The Indictments charge the men
with "Conspiracy to violate the Unit
ed States laws, by transporting ex
34,000 TROOPS HELD
BY U. 3.
To Be Sent to Mexican Bor
der Unless Situation
There .Clears
Warships Also Sent to Southern W.
ters Rut Officials Evudo Giving
Definite Reason.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. Thirty
four thousand United States troops
today are under arms and are ready
to start immediately, upon receipt of
orders from the war or state depart
ments, for the Mexican border to
protect American Interests which are
Jeopardized by the hostile political
situation in President Madero's coun
try. Five thousand American troops are
already in Texas and close to the
Mexican border and should the other
troops be ordered out, the United
States government would have forty
thousand men to keep the Mexicans
from violating the American neutral
ity laws.
President Madero has not as yet
made a reply to President Taft's ulti
matum that fifty American prisoners
must be released Immediately and
that a bullet from a Mexican gun,
falling on tho north side of the Rio.
Grande will be sufficient cause for
actionby American troops.
Announcement was made here to
day that the South Atlantic fleet of
warships are now under orders to
sail for Guantanamo, off the coast of
Cuba. In explaining the orders, the
state department this morning said
that it was possible that some of the
ships might be ordered to proceed to
New Orleans to participate In the
Mardl Gras celebration.
Seattle Troojwj Ready.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 6. Colonel
Jackson, commandinfg the Twenty
fifth infantry, today was notified by
the war department to be ready to
go to the Mexican border on short
notice.
BRITONS THANKFUL
FOR RULER'S RETURN
London, Feb. 6. Accompanied by
Queen Mary, King George attended a
special thanksgiving service at St.
Paul's Cathedral today to celebrate
their safe return from India. The
Archbishop of Canterbury officiated
assisted by most of the high digni
taries of the Angeliean church. It
was the most imposing ceremony held
since the coronation.
At Temple Bar, the western boun
dary -of the city, there was a short
pause in the march to enable the
Lord Mayor to present the city sword
and key-! to the king.
A distinguished congregation lis
tened to the impressive service which
opened with tho national anthem andi
closed with the hymn "Now Thank I
Wo All Our God."
A man at the piano! It's a kind of
fancy work.
COMMERCIAL CLUB ELECTION LOOKS
PEACEFUL; MAY BE HARD
Though the general indications
point to a quiet election nt the annual
meeting of the Commercial club to
night, it is barely possible that a
spirited contest may be waged tor
control of the board of managers.
What gave evidence of being a very
loving and peaceful session may be
thrilled with more or less excitement
because of the apparent efforts of tho
,nt ,h .tronm of elh nnltMc,
managers has been very independent
and progressive in its handling of
subjocts relating to the electric com
pany and other public service cor
porations. Seemingly there are par
ties who would like to change this
status of affairs and so would love
to bring about the defeat of ot least
one member who is proposed for re
election to the board. The man they
are after is Dr. C. J. Smith.
For the presidency of the club It
Is conceded that W. E. Brock, present
DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY
plosives on passenger trains engaged
In Interstate commerce" and with
"concealment of their knowledge that
felonies had 'been committed."
W. E. De Larm' Controlled
Telephone Line In
This Section
Orchard Company Headed by lllin Is
Defunct' und He is Mysteriously
Missing.
Pendleton has been connected with
the latest sensation in wildcat finan
ciering by reason of the fact that W.
E. De Larm, head of the defunct or
chard companies in Washington, for
merly operated here, having several
years ago secured control of the tele
phone line running out of 'Pilot Rock
and of which W. L Thompson and
Herbert Boylen are now at the head,
and having at the same time contract
ed to take over the Butter Creek line.
At that time, according to Dr. C. J.
Smith who is interested in the But'er
Creek line, he declared his intention
of paying for the system by the sale
of orchard land bonds. The Mrs. C.
Kirk Swafford mentioned in the fol
lowing dispatch la well Remembered
here for her connection with the Pilot
Rock telephone system. Following Is
the dispatch which tells of the latest
development In the case now att.i(.l
lng attention:
Is Mining.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 6. W. E. Lc
Larm, the missing head of the Insolv
ent Columbia River Orchard company
and the Washington Orchard Irriga
tion & Fruit company, also went in
to the telephone business and operat
ed it as a side line for his orchard
lands enterprise.
Mrs. C. Kirk Swafford, of this city.
held 110 of the 120 shares of the !n-
terstate Telephone company w:th
headquarters in Pendleton, Ore., and j
when seen at her home here said that j
In October, 1910, she sold her interest
In the telephone company to DeLarm
for $15,000, for which De Larm gave
her an agreement In escrow to run
one year. She said De Larm issued
$20,000 in telephone bonds and with
$8500 of these bonds and $7500 of
bonds of the International Veneer
company a Centralia project headed
by De Larm, made a contract with
George Armstrong, of Spokane, and
H. H. Humphrey, of Portland, for
lands In Grant county, this state, con
stituting part of his orchard land
scheme.
When the escrow agreement expir
ed the telephone company went into
the hands of a receiver and the Kenno
wick bank, which was a creditor to
the extent of $8000, bid the proper
ty. All Mrs. Swafford got out of her
jicui was iouu in teiepnone Donas.
TEN KILLED IN TWO
QUAKER STATE ACCIDENTS
McKeesport. Fa., Feb, 6 Five
were killed and twenty-five injured
today when a street car got beyond
controll and jumped the tracks.
Five at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Feb. 6. Five were
killed and five injured In a gas ex-
plosion at the home ot John Darzaw
I nt Baker today.
vice president, will have the inside
track. Seemingly ho will have no op
position. The same Vecms to apply I
also to Jack Keefe, the paid secre
tary. Dan P. Smythe, president of the
club, has declined to seek a reelec
tion and several members of the man
aging board have also declared them
selves as anxious to give way to oth
ers. Of thoso very prominently men
tioned for places on the new board
the following may be named: Q. M.
Rice, Dr. C. J. Smith, R. H. Wilcox,
Clarence Bishop, W. L. Thompson. H.
D. Gray, J A Borie, A J. McAllister,
H. W. Collins, W. , J. Clarke. J. P.
Winter, Leon Cohen, R. Alexander,
L. G. Frazlcr and E. J. Murphy. Of
these men, Messrs. Rice, Smith,
Thompson, Gray, Winter and McAl
lister are members of the present
board.
The officers elected this evening
will begin their terms tho first of
March.
NO. 7311
MEL MM ANNOUNCES HER
DISCOVERY OF WILL ilER 1
Acquitted On Charge of Forging Similar Document,
Will Offer Latest Find , For Probate
FOUND BURIED IN ALLEY
Declares Conversation Between Dr. Watts and Wife Over
heard by Herself, Led to Search That Revealed Type
written, Age Yellowed Paper in Rusted Box.
Mrs. Mabel Young Warner, who
was acquitted Saturday night on a
charge of uttering a forged will to
the estate of her uncle. James W.
Young, today announced publicly her
possession of another .will, which she
declares is the last will and testament
of her unc'.e, and her Intention to of
fer it for probate as soon as she can
secure her witnesses to establish the
validity of the signatures. This Is one
of the three wills which the prosecu
tion demanded be produced during
the course of the trial and which the
defense admitted having but refused
to produce.
This will, according to Mrs. War
ner, was found by her in a metal box
buried under earth artd rubbish back
of the Farmers' Bank of Weston last
August following a -conversation
which she overheard between Dr. F.
D. Watts and his wife, who are now
in possession of the bulk of the
Young estate. "It was not found by
Lou Hartman, the, detective," she
Htateri this morning, "as some people
be-1 ee. but aft;-r I found it. I called
the Hartman Detective Agency and
through that agency the wholo affair
has been cleared."
Will Is Exhibited.
A representative of the East Ore-
eonian called upon Mrs. Warner at
her home on Lilleth street this morn
ing and was allowed to examine the
box and the will and waa told the
story in connection with its appear
ance. By the isde of the box laid
a .32 caliber Colts revolver, loaded
and ready for action, which Mrs. War-
ner declared she kept by her bed at
night and on her dining room table
by day.
Rox Is Old and Rusty.
All of the claims of Mrs. Warner
are substantiated by the appearance
of the box and document. The box
Is made of heavy tin which is coated
with rust and rusted through at the
edges. The lock and handle la lying
inside the box, Mrs. Warner explain
ing that they dropped off when she
had first opened the box after the
discovery. The will is typewritten on
four pages of paper which is yellowed
COMMITTEES NAMED
FOR LIBRARY BALL
Committees for the annual library
ball to be given in the Eagle-Woodman
hall February 13, have been an
nounced as follows:
General arrangements Mrs. Sam
uel P. Sturgis,. Mrs. James A. Fee,
Mrs. G. M. Rico, Mrs. George Hart
man. Jr.. Mrs. C F Colesworthy, Mrs.
T M Henderson, Mrs Norbourno
Berkeley, Mrs John F. Robinson.
Mrs. Edwin P. Marshall.
Tatroncsses Mrs. William F. Mat
look. Mrs. James A. Fee, Mrs. C. F.
Colesworthy, Mrs T. C. Taylor, Mrs.
A. J. McAllister,' Mrs. W. L. Thomp
son. Mrs. F E. Judd. Mrs. J. I...
Dickson, Mrs. C. P. Bishop. Mrs. Ed
win P. Marshall. Mrs. Norbourne
Berkeley, Mrs. G. M. Rice, Mrs.
L-vanir FVji zier Miss Fleek, Mrs.
Robert Forster.
Decoration Mrs. A. C. Hampton,
.nr.. r. W Phelps, Mrs. Nesmith
Ankenv". Mrs. R. E. Ringo, Mrs. W
i.- rr.,iTt Mrs J P. Winter. Miss
Laura D. Nash.
Refreshments Mrs. Norbourne
llerkelev. Mrs. John F. Robinson.
TV. nnnr coffee Mrs. Mary La
Dow, Mrs. Mary J. Lane, Mrs. H. B.
Johnson. Mrs. R. Alexander, Mrs-. E.
J. Sommervllle, Mrs. T. M. Stark
weather, Mrs. George Clark, Mrs. Lee
Moorhouse, Mrs. H. E. Bickers, Mrs.
H. D. Jones.
Assistants Mrs James Johns. Mrs.
J. F. Robinson, Miss Adna Raley,
Mrs. Thomas Vaughan, Mrs. I. U.
Temnle. Mrs. William Moore, Mrs.
Charles Bonney, Mrs. J. E. Jerard
Mrs E. T. Wade, Miss Una Smith.
Punch Mrs. George Hartman, Jr..
Mrs T. M. Henderson, Mrs. Edwin P.
Marshall
Assistants Mrs John Hailey, Jr..
Mrs. Thomas Thompson, Mrs. B. S.
Burroughs Mrs. F. E. LIvengood,
Mrs Adolph L. Schaefer. Mrs. G. I.
La Dow, Mrs. E. T, Wade, Mrs. Wil
liam McKlnney
Floor manager Mr. Frank Frailer.
BEHIND WESTON BANK
with ag? and wliloh has worn through
in the creases. The document had a
double covering, the first having been
torn off, Mrs. Warner says, by a Wal
la Walla attorney but It has been kept
and is in the box witti the will. Be
sides the will, the only papers in the
box are two notes, one for $600 and
one for $1100, made payable to J. W.
Young and bearing the signature of
F. D. Watts. These were enclosed
n an unsealed envelope backed with
the name of Mrs. Nora Watts.
Mrs. Warner Principal Heir.
By the provisions of the will,' Ma
bel Young Cain, which was the name"
of Mrs. Warner at the date in the
will, October 8, 1904, is made the
principal heir, being given all of the
property in Weston, the three-quarters
section of wheat land, ilie Young
water rights and all of the rest, resi
due and remainder of tho property
above certain other bequests speci
fied. Her brother, Fred Young, is
given $5000, that amount being writ
ten with a pen after a typewritten
"$3000" had Utea. cros.-d out. .Td...
Nora Watts and Grace Rodgers, nieces
of Young and the heirs by the accred
ited will, is given one dollar each and ,
all other heirs- at-law one dollar. To
his sister, Caroline Phillips, a silver
spoon belonging to their mother is
bequeathed. Provides for Lady ITiend.
The bequest to Mrs. Warner is
made subject to the following ex
press charges, "I direct the above
named devisee, Mabel Young Cain, to
pay from the proceeds of the property
devised to her the sum of $20 per
month to my esteemed friend, Mrs.
Clara Pickard of Walla Walla as long
as said Mrs. Pickard shall live." Mrs.
Pickard, according to Mrs. Warner,
was to have been the fourth wife of
Young and has letters now showing
that she was to have been provided
for.
Executor nnd Witnesses.
Dave .Lavender Is named as execu
tor without bonds and ho is directed,
In case he should need legal counsel,
to employ Charles H. Carter of this
city. The will is signed by J. W.
Young and witnessed by Peter West
and L. Ilunziker, both deceased, and
the signatures have all the appear
ance of being genuine. Mrs. Warner
states that the widow of Peter West
has acknowledged the signature, as
have others who knew It.
Other provisions of the will are
that a monument to cost not more
than $200 be erected over the grave
of his first wife, Naomi B. Young,
that Ivs body be buried by the side
of his second wife, Hannah Young,
who was the mother of Dr. Watts,
and that E H. Ilenncsy, a Walla
Walla undertaker, will act at his fu
neral and inter his oody in a metal
lic casket.
Mrs. Warner's Story.
In explanation of her side of the
long fight, Mrs. Warner told her story
in detail and a part of It bearing on
the new will Is given below:
"I believe that the Knox will, un
der which I was tried last week, was
a genuine Instrument but I never have
believed that it was the last will
drawn up by Uncle Jim," sho said.
"JFrom conversations I hive had with
many people intimate with him, I was
convinced that be had drawn up a
later will but I suspected all along
that It had been hidden or destroyed
by Dr. Watts nnd B. B. Hall. You
heard the testimony last week of Dick
Gerberding that o:i the Sunday night
he saw Watts, Hall and another man.
(Continued on page five.)
CONSIGNS NON-SINGING
SINGERS TO SING SING
"Any man who can sing and won't
sing ought to oe in "Sing Sing," said
Rev. Evan, evangelist, at the Baptist
church last nignt wnon again he
spoke to a full house.
A large number of men were pres
ent last night and many fae vhlch
have not been seen In church for a
long time aro being seen every night.
Mr. Evans spoke on Peter's back
sliding. No one left the houso until
the service was over. There were
thoso who made a start for a better
life.
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