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EVENING EDITIOII WEATHER. REPORT. Fair tonight and Tues day. TO ADVERTISERS. Th East Oregooltn hat the (argent paid circulation of any paper la Oregon, urt of I'ortlaod and early twice the circulation la Pendleton of any otaar oewapaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL 25. HANFORD TOOL CONVICT SLAIN OF CORRUPTION IN PRISON RIOT Also a Judicial Pervert) and Moral Bankrupt, is Charge Made by a Seattle Attorney. GRAFTING IS INTIMATED Declares 1'iiitcd States Judge AllowVd llnormou Fees to lawyers and Then Became Their Partner In Venture; Thwarts 70,000. Washington, June 10. A bitter ar raignment of Judge Hanford of Se attle, whom he characterizes as a "Ju dicial pervert." moral bankrupt, tool of corruption and special privileges," was voiced here today by Attorney John Perry of Seattle, In an affida vit filed with Congressman Norrls of Nebraska, which supplements the Im peachment charges against Hanford made by Congressman Berger. A large number of specifications of alleged misconduct are made in Perry's affidavit, most of which are included in the Berger resolutions. Perry declared that Judge Hanford violated his oath of office by refus ig to give equal justice to rich and poor and he charges that Hanford is the tool of the Seattle, Kenton and .Southern railway company, is the agent of corrupt politicians and en joined the citizens from holding a recall election in Seattle March 17. 1911. In asserting that Judge Hanforu "abused hia power and discretion" In behalf of Franklin Scobie, plaintiff in a suit. Perry points out that Sco ble's interest in the suit was only seven cents. Hanford's decision thwarted the will or 70.000 voters. Judge Hanford, Perry asserts, "conspired with Attorneys Carr and McCord in bankruptcy proceedings in 1905, in which the Alaska Packers' association was interested. He charges that Hanford gave the at torneys as receivers, a Tee of $140. 000 and that the two lawyers and Hanford then organized the Hanford irrigation and power company. offers husband i on $12. Oklahoma Woman Ready to Give Up to Get Pension Hack. Washington. You can buy a hus band in Oklahoma for $12. If you think you can't, ask Representative It. S. McGuire of Oklahoma. McGuire was informed that if he could ar range a separation his correspondent would agree to any terms. ' I married a veteran of the civil war." ran the epistle to McGuire. "My husband died and I was paid $12 a month as his widow. Put I became entangled In matrimony again and married a worthless man. If you can arrango with the pension bureau to get my pension back I received as the widow of my first husband I will ngrco to divorce my second husbnnd." McGuire Is no despoller of families ami he has advised his female con stituent to stand by her second hus band. $1000 Verdict for Girl. Murphysboro. 111. A Jury in the Jackson county circuit court gave Miss Grace Schenk a verdict for 11. 000 against A. J. Hill, a farmer of Vergennes township. Miss Schenk is a school teacher In that township and sued Hill for J5000 damages for slander. She alleged that Hill visited her school and gave her a verbal lashing. Mr. and Mrs. W. P.. Mays returned Saturday evening from a week's visit with their son. Pert Mays, at Ellens burg, Wash. inn PENDLETON COUCIAL ASSOCIATION JOINS IN FIGHT FOR FREE PASSAGE THROUGH CANAL In response to a request from J. N. Teal, chairman of the Portland Cham ber of Commerce committee on the Panama canal, the Pendleton Com mercial club has Joined the forces urg ing the United States senate to pass the houso resolution which provides no tolls shall be collected at Panama and that railroad companies shall b barred from maintaining steamship lines through the canal. In a letter to W. L. Thompson of this city, Mr. Teal asked that the sub ject be taken up by the Commercial club and the Oregon eenatrs asked to ravor the passage of the bill. As chairman of the committee on pub lie policy Mr. Thompson took imme diate action by writing to both Cham berlain and Senator Bourne endorsing the house resolution. In his letter asking support of the .anti-toll bill, Mr. Teal denounced the Idea that tolls should be charged at Panama and also endorsed tho fea- turo of the bill which forbids rail - Many Others Wounded When San Quentin Guards Quell Mutiny With Shot,' Steam. GO ON A 'GRUB STRIKE' Penitentiary Authorities la Restoring Order, Turn steam in on lighting Diners, IUIimUiik Tliem Before Tlioy Will Submit. San Quentin, Calif., June 10. A mutiny, in the nature of a "grub strike" in the penitentiary here yes terday resulted in the death of one prisoner, the injury of two others who were shot by a guard and scald ing of others by turning live steam Into the dining hall where the mutiny occurred. The dead and wounded were not ringleaders only active demonstrates. H. 11. Lynwood, a naval prisoner committed from Alcatraz Island last March for desertion and Impersonat ing an officer, is the prisoner shot. He was under sentence of 6 1-2 yeart and had Berved time before at Salem, ore. Ho was shot through the breast and died almost instantly. Frank Taylor, a negro under sen tence of 20 years for a robbery com mitted in San Francisco, and also hi. nctlve rioter, was shot through the j band. He Is not seriously injured. The bullet sped through his flesh, struck the floor, and glancing upward wounded H. A. George, a prisoner who was trying to escape from the hurly burly, In the leg. Taylor and George are the only ones on the hos pital list. The live steam did more to blind and frighten the men than actually to hurt them. SOCIETY CIRCUS PROGRAM MAKING While the local public has been working itself up over baseball and politics, the committee of Elks which has In charge the preparations for the big Elks' Circus for June 28 has been quietly 'working and they are now ready In say something that will make baseball and politics matters of secondary importance. They have made out their program of matinee events and are now employing their time and energies toward securing vaudeville features which will sup plement the matinee events and pro vide a full day and night of innocent! enjoyment. The following aro the principal matinee events to be given in connec tion with the circus: One fourth mile running race, free for all. One half mile running race, free for all. one fourth heavy horse race, free for all. horses to wtgh not less than H00 pounds. One fourth mile Shetland pony race, free for all. Walk one-eighth, trot one-eighth, run one fourth mile race, free for I all. one fourth mile four horse chariot race, horses harnessed abreast. One fourth mile four mule chariot race, harnessed abreast. One-fourth mile low hurdle race, free for all. Prizes will be given for best stal lion, single drivers, polo team, gen tlemen's saddle horse, ladies' saddle horse, driving tandem team, riding tandem team, two horse draft team, four horse draft team and six mule team. roads operating boats through the canal In spurious competition with the railroad lines. On this subject ho said: "Experience has demonstrated that competition by railroad owned boat lines spell destruction to water transportation; that the destruction or control of independent lines Is the purpose and object of their opera tion." "There never will be and never can be a revival of water transportation until this blighting influence Is re moved. Tho houso of representa tives, in response to a well nigh uni versal demand, has decreed that this intolerable situation shall not be per mitted at Panama and must cease on all our waterways. The senate will respond to public opinion, as has the house, if that opinion finds expres sion. There Is every reason to be lieve tho bill will pass the senate In its present form. It will certainly pass If the people but express them- selves." PENDLETON, OREGON, CHILD BARELY ESCAPES DEATH IN CLOTHES CHEST WHILE POUTING AFTER A WHIPPING Limp, unconscious, wet with per spiration and almost lifeless, the lit tle three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Knapp of 118 Court street was found Saturday evening in a clothes box in which she had evident ly crawled while sulking from a chastisement administered by her mo ther earlier in the day. She was found after a search of several hours by the parents and neighbors and had the discovery been a little later, the little one would undoubtedly have suf focated, for the lid to the box was closed and she was underneath heavy clothes. Mrs. Knapp missed her little dau ghter about 4 o'clock Saturday af ternoon and, after a search of the premises failed to reveal her where AMERICAN MARINES ATTACKED BY CUBAN REBELS Havana, June 10. Reports, received here today from Santiago. say a force of negro rebels that were attacking a company of American Marines under Captain Mainfaiiing, were successfully repulsed. The marines were gtianling the F.1 Cuero mines. The marines suffered no casualties and it is Impossible to ascertain the loss to the insurgents. The negroes last night burned two villages In Oriente province and de stroyed several large sugar plantations. Several rebels are reported to have been wounded when they attacked a party of Cuban volunteers, near Santiago. Quiet prevails here today. LAND FRAUD CASE CONVICTION UPHELD Supreme Court Postpones Other De cisions and Adjourns for the Summer Washington. June 10. The United States supreme court today affirmed the conviction of Hyde and Schnei der of San Francisco, of extensive land frauds in Oregon and California. Holding up the decisions in many importan teases, including those of the Anthracite Coal trust of the Southern Pacific and seven state rate cases, the supreme court adjourned this afternoon till October 14. Before adjournment the supreme court sustained the injunction grant ed by the commerce court, holding up the order of the interstate commerce commission, prohibiting payment by a dozen railroads Wrminatig in Xew York of "lighterage rebates' to ship pers transferring their own feright within the free lighterage zone of Xew York harbor. Fire Reveals Treasure. Wilmington, Del. Firemen sum moned near midnight to fight a blaze in the stable of George Older, discov ered a hoard of monev hidden .in a small frame shack adjoining the burn I ing building and Immediately in the j reur of the home of William Agster, I a baker. William Fincher, a member of In dependence Fire company, had gone into the shack to see if there was any fire there He found old stockings, bags, hoes and bundles of rags con taining money in every denomination from a cent to a silver dollar. He notified Fire Chief Moran, who had the treasure carried into Agsteh's house. "Look out for th paper money, It is in the trunk," shouted Ogster to the firemen. The firemen found the trunk and it required three to lift it. Agster re fused to open it when It had been carried Into his home and refused to explain about the money stored in the shack. Chief Morarl estimated the sum he saw to be at least J 1000 -to say nothing of what the trunk con tained. Wife Cared for Horses. St. I.ouis. Mrs. Ida Hichter has filed suit for divorce against Charles H. Hichter, Jr., alleging various in dignities. She says he compelled her to get un every morning at 4 o'clock and look after his horses. If she did not arise on time he forced her out of bed, she avers. She also asserts that he allowed her only fifty cents a day for a family of three, although he has a large income. When she asked him for money to buy a new dress, he said her calico dress wa good enough, the petition alleges. According to Mrs. Rlchter her husband objected to her reading. She says he destroyed her books and newspapers. They were married In February 12, 1909, and separated ten days ngo. To End Duelllivc In Army. Berlin. The clericals introduced a resolution in the Reichstag calling on the Imperial Chancellor to take steps to end duelling in the army, particu larly the practice that makes It com pulsory for an offended person to challenge or leave the army. Pending this reform the resolution demands the observance of the im perial order of 1897 restricting duell ing. Tho resolution will be adopted, as the Clericals and Socialists demon strated yesterday that they have a clear majority when co-operating. MONDAY, JrXK 10, Utl abouts, she summoned several neigh bors and another search was conduct ed. F.very nook and corner of the house was examined and the neigh borhood was likewise subjected to a thorough search but for several hours, the efforts to find the missing child were vain and the mother was almost frantic. Finally one of the searchers chanc ed to raise the lid of a clothes box in a bedroom of the house and, digging- beneath the clothes, found the almost lifeless form of the little girl. It was at first thought that she had been suffocated and the mother was hysterical with grief but when medi cal assistance was secured, the child was revived and today is quite recov ered from her experience. SLEEPING FAMILY OF NINE SLAUGHTERED Home of Prominent Iowa Merchant Blood Soaked; No Clue to Murderer Des Moines, Iowa, June 10. The bodies of nine persons with their heads crushed in with an axe, were found today In the home of J. 13. Moore, a prominent hardware merch ant of Villisca, Iowa, according to tel ej.'vme messages from that place. The dead are Moore, his wife and five children, and two women whose names are unknown. The bodies of the victims lay as if asleep and there were no signs of a struggle. Xo clue to the murderer can be found, although a bloody axe, which is supposed to have done the work, was ' located in an upstairs room, containing the bodies of Paul and Floyd Moore, ages 7 and 6 years respectively. Moore had no known enemies. The police are seeking a relative of Mrs. Moore's sister, who it Is believed can throw some light on the murder. SMAU. "AD" FREES A MAX. It Proves That Subnet Pound n Brooch and Did Xot Steal It. Chicago. Charle? Knight, after two months in jail awaiting trial for the supposed theft of a diamond brooch, proved his innocence by a small advertisement which he insert ed in a newspaper. Knight found the brooch in a res-j taurant. He was sick and needed money, so he pawned his find. With part of the money he inserted the ad vertisement announcing the finding of the brooch. In the meantime the pawnbroker had been notified that the property had been stolen from a Mrs. Artinueller. Knight borrowed money front his brother and went to redeem the brooch. He was arrested. I When the court heard that Knight had repeatedly called to see if there were an answer to his advertisement he gave him his freedom. MAMMOTH crtOWI) MKF.TS REMAINS OF DF.AH SENATOR Reno, Xev., June 10. Accompanied by a congressional party headed by I'nited States Senator Xewlands, of Nevada, the body of the late Senator Nixon of Nevada, who died in Wash ington of spinal meningitis, arrived here early today. In spite of the ear llness of the hour, the body was met by a mammoth crowd. A public fu neral will be held tomorrow at two o'clock on the lawn in front of the Nixon home. DIVORCE FOR Hl'SBAXD BECAUSE WIFE SMOKES San Francisco. Superior Judge Graham went on record as being op posed to women who smoke cigarettes when he granted a divorce to Edward F. Huddleson, a foreman carpenter who lives at 1550 O'Farrell street. Huddleson charged his wife with cruelty. The couple were married In May, 1911. Huddleston declared his wife hns cursed him on various occasions and insisted on her right to smoke clgnrettes On one occasion he and his wife with a party of friends were dining at a local cafe. Mrs. Huddle Ron, much to his mortification, asked for a cigarette. He refused and, af ter expressing herself In unladylike words, she left the cafe.1 Attorneys for the wife said there might be a possibility of a reconcll lation. Judge Graham said he was opposed to a reconciliation if a woman I insisted on smoking cigarettes when her husband objected. '( ' NO. 7580 IrTdiana delegates at large are given president Taft Steam Roller Successfully Used in Postpone ment of California Contest FIRST BALLOT WILL INSURE TAFT. SAYS I1ILLES Dixon Denies Claim and Declares Many Supposedly Taft Delegates xWill Scramble for Seats in the Roose velt Bandwagon. Chicago. June 10. j M-ating Tour dclexafN at large from Indiana the Tart K-ople have Rained u material advantage as rormer. Vice-President Fairbanks is ono of the number. The latter lias lnvii selected for chairman of the resolutions t-onuiiittee, should Taft control tlio convention. The de cision, seating the Taft delegates, was made unanimously. Kv'ry indication this afternoon is that the winner will control the convention by not more than hair a dozen votes.. Both Tail and Roosevelt leaders are In secret ses sion today. Humors of desertions from ImiIIi rami were denied by leader of ImHIi. BOISE-PENDLETON BATTLE TOMORROW Tomorrow will usher in the baseball series which local fang have been an ticipating these many days. The Poise Irrigators will arrive tomorrow morning to cross bats with the Pen dleton Uuckarooes for six games and Interest in this succession of battles is at a fever heat. The Boise bunch is the one team which has not yet been seen in action here and for this rea son as well as for the fact that Dad Gimlin has an aggregation of real, live ball players who are out for the pennant local fandon is aroused. The local boys have met the Irri gators only once before and split even on the series. Several of the games were the most sensational of the season, going extra innings, since them Gimlin has secured some ad ditional players and the team demon strated its strength last week by cop ing four of the series with Walla Wal la, thus enabling Pendleton to take a seat with the Bears on the per centage summit. Garrett is pretty well satisfied with the bunch he now has and, by keeping- almost the same Personnel since the openine of the season, he has been able to develope I in it a machine-like movement which is more valuable than the playing of I a galazy of stars. He is negotiating lor another twirler and is in hopes that he will arrive during the series. Phil Knell will remain here this week to referee the games which in sures the fact that they will be um pired from the umpire's box and not from the grandstand or players' bench. Coast Ad Men in session. Portland, Ore., June 10. The ninth annual convention of the Pacific Coast Advertising Men's association began here today, A delegation of seventy-six arrived from Spokane and also a number of others from other Pacific coast cities Xo business was transacted today. Light Men In Seattle. Seattle, June 10. More than twelve hundred delegates are in this city to day to attend the convention of the National Electric Light association which begins a three days' session to morrow. An elaborate program has been arranged. Mr and Mrs. A. D Sloan were out: going pussengers on the west bound local this morning. DETECTIVE BURNS WILL CASE AGAINST ATTORNEY CLARENCE DARROVV Los Angeles. Calif., June 10. Wil liam J. Burns, the detective, arrived Sunday in Los Angeles to testify for the prosecution In the trial of Clarence S. Darrow, charged with jury bribery. Not until the arrival of Burns did it become known that he would be a witness In the case as District At torney Fredericks has stated upon several occasions that Burns had no connection with the case. The latter announced upon his arrival that his object in coming to Los Angeles at this time was to testify In the Dar row trial and that he would remain until the prosecution had concluded with him. Mr. Burns declined to discuss tho nature of the testimony he expected to give, but It is believed that it will consist of evidence concerning the al leged attempts by the McNamara de Chicago, June 10. After unani mously seating all the uncontested California delegates, the committee by a vote of 38 to 14. decided to post pone the hearing of the contested fourth California district till Wednes day. This action was taken on the re quest of Taft men and despite the protests of Francis J. Heney who ap pears for the Itoosevelt men and Cal ifornia's national committeeman. Knight. Senator Borah of Idaho, also a member of the national committee and a leader in the Roosevelt fight, expects the committee to oust all Itoosevelt contestants and said: "They have decided to steamroller us out of all shape. They probably will give us a few voters, trying to make it ap pear as an indication that they are disposed to be fair. This will be done to delude the voters." George A. Knight, the California member of the republican national committee forced the hand of the committee, demanding that it hear the California contest at once, instead of postponing it, as he said he under stood was plotted. Knight said it would be a grave justice to Califor nia to go outside the alphabetical or der in hearing the contests and would leave a bad taste in the mouthe of l'le People, T1,at President Taft will receive 577 votes on the first ballot, forty more laan ls sunicient to insure his nomt- nation, was the won sent to Taft to day over the long distance telephone by Secretary Hilles. Ililles said tho initial roll call will be: Taft 577, Roosevet 453. La Folette 36 and Cum mins 10." Roosevelt leaders scoffed at Hilled' claim, declaring it is based on the statements of Taft leaders and does not represent the feeling of tho indi vidual delegates Senator Dixon, commander in chief of the Roosevelt forces, said that' so many supposedly Taft men would climb Into the Roose velt bandwagon that Itoosevelt will have 700 votes on the first ballot T. R. May ;o to Chicago. Oyster Bay, X. Y., June 10. Col onel Roosevelt would not deny today that his supporters might have a spe cial train ready with steam up to leave with him for Chicago on a mo ments notice. "I know nothing of such a ;)lan," was the colone.'s com ment. "I have no present Intention of going to Chicago this week. I will not go unless it becomes necessary George W. Perkins telephoned me today and I feel sure if a big trip had been contemplated he would have told me." TESTIFY IN BRIBERY fense to corrupt witnesses who had been summoned to testify for the prosecution in that case. Asked about statements made in court In the Darrow trial that he had attempted to implicate Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in tho corruption of Jurors and witnesses alleged tt have been practiced by the McNama ra defense, Burns stated with a smile that he would tell all he knew when placed upon the stand. The Darrow trial will be resumed this afternoon with Bert II. Franklin again on the stand but his examination will prob ably be concluded after a few ques tions. Members of the prosecution announced today that he would be followed by P. J.' Cooney, a detective formerly employed by the McNama ra defense.