DAILY EVENING EDITION
TO ADVERTISERS.
Th Eaat Oregoolan has tb largest said
rtrroiatlua of any paper to Oregon, aaat of
Pertland and ortr twlca the cireulauoa la
fuxilttoa of any other newipaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL 20
TWO YEARS BEFORE UMATILLA BRIDGE GRAFT!
w irv Nrrnm vv r r vvr nnrnr a rjf
J. I HILL
THROUGH THE
YET GRAFT SCHEME CONT
Damaging Facts Relating to Bridge Business Revealed by Former County
Surveyor. Kimbrell Tried to Secure Lower Prices on Bridges and
Ran Into a "Frame Up." Eberhardt's Methods Shown Up.
Thl Uio county court during the
regime of T. I. Gilliland a county
Judge wu officially warned Hint the
court was vlolutiiu the lw hy award.
Ing important lri'tfo contract with
out advertisinj; Tor bids Is another
development In the scandal coniicctwl
with Uio purchase of bridge under
Uie GiUilaitd term. Tile warning was
given two )car irior to the I'matll
U bridge deal, jet despite tJul warn
Ing tit" court continued to violate the
law and tlie taii)crs 'were aluuiie
roMicd of $6mtO through one
tingle deal m c-xned l,tcrday.
TIm ttcmciit llto old county court
mm warned M to IU violation of tlc
law U nmdo upon auilwrtty of J. V.
JUmbrcU, county surveyor at the time
GilUland was counljr Judge. . Mr.
KinibnU state bo bitterly opposed
Uie U-iit under widen the county
allowed Ebcrliart to enjoy a monop
oly of bridge building in tld county.
He also rwnttxl the vlolaUon of Uie
law wlxn tike court awarded lmort
ant contract without advertising for
hid.
KlMIllirJJAS WAUMXC
-It wm in lOS," says Mr. Kl"
brcll. "that nir attention was flit at
tracted and my suspicion . aroused.
Tlie High Iirldgo on McKay itpi'Ii
hu awarded t Elsfhart without anj
ndwrtl-siiicnt for bids. Tlie bridge
-ost tlie county $l. The bridge l'a
no appnwt-lK-H and tlicre are no pier.
The t of Uio l"4 litltl lon at 11
lot Ko. k mo4 $13. 11"' cw'n of
i lm ln' the hrlilue wan llfiht.
Uutiin mipli-hm.i and mhUc toj
.IiuU-T rlMlH wlw wan HK-n iiMn
attoriM-y and lnfirnHtl litm the nmrt
wan loljttiiii; the law In not adM-rll"-
Ina: for Id'' non tlie-e hrldsrs.
"
told nw UiMl he wtndtl notify tlie
county iurt that lliry nIiouM oN-y
tle law ami he afterward t1d ne
lie lud hi InforiiMtl them." "
.VUi front Ukj lllrfi nrHlge and
the hrkkt) at I'niatllla, It U already
known that at let two cHher hrdc
were awarded by tlto old court with
out acinar for bid. One. of these
DO IE PEOPLE
10 IE
GARDI n EXPEH DITU RES
Judge Maloney Exposes Gilliland Regarding Violation of Law Requiring
Publicity- -Newspapers of Largest Circulation Publish Statements
at One-Fourth the Commercial Rate.
To The People of Umatilla County:
In a recent Iraue of tha Pendleton
Tribune ex-County Judge Gilliland at
tempts to explain why the law which
requires the publication of all ex
penses allowed by the county court
was disregarded by him during his
term of office. He gave as his rea
son for so doing that he was advised
to do so by a grand Jury. I would
like to ask Judge Gilliland what right
any grand Jury haa to abrogate or set
side a law or to advise an official to
violate a law. If a grand Jury has
i.uthcritv to disregard this law It
would have the right to advise the
breaking of other laws. Why dIJ
that grand Jury make such a recom
mend.ition? Was it not upon the re
Muet of the then county court?
Where did the grand Jury get the In
formation that thU law was being ob
served only In one or two counties of
the state? I have Investigated the
matter and am prepared to prove
that thiB law Is generally complied
with throughout the state.
That this Is a good law framed for
tne protecuunu. i... "
i. Tim rust of Nuoiisning
the list of' expense. Is Insignificant ; revolution has started In Portugal
when we take Into consideration thej ;n asserted In a Lisbon dispatch to
protection and Information It affords! the Exchange Telegraph company
the public. Tho law requires that; here.
monthly statements be published ln Humors have been current here
tli two papers of this county havlngj fur sunn' time that the friends of ex-
. I.ui'cst circulation. t'omplyingi Kinjr Manuel bad promised to fl
wHh this law the contracts were' name an ui'iising in his behalf.
DAILY
oiD
CAVE WARNING
DISTRICT ATTY.
bridge N tlo Ithea CrX'k bridge and
the otlM-r tlio IJttle Mi'Kay vtvtk.
live Khea Tcck bridge co T83 ami
tlie IJttle M-kay brUle $079. How
many other bridge wre built in vi
olation of the law ha not yet ticcn
determined.
MOKK SKUIJ.DlCfii:itV. j
lint the fat he caed tin- old!
county wnirt to lie warned n'Kardiiu
the lolutlorm of tlio biw Is not all J.
V. Khnbrell has to wuy on t:n brldue!
praft hubjwt. llero Is anotlier Im1-i
dent 1m m'alls and it throws further j
IlKht on the methods employed by A.
K. lMThart n tnonopollihio; the;
bridge htisiiH-MH of I'matllUt county
for four years.
TltlKD TO SAVE COrXTV.
In 19," naya lr. Klmlirell. "Um
county arraaccd to bulkl tit brhlge.
all of tlicm alike. Hie iN-hta
were tlie rslland liri'lffe. tlie Ttiel
I. hriilfe ilrf Adams brldce. tlie
KaiilMone hrrbjr, tlio John
PrX
lirUUte and tlie Ijee brlOjrr. over Pry
tTeek at liee'a i-roHslnir. I detcnnlned
If poodle to ltrlntr about Mine com
lettion so as to olitaln clieaper prices
than the county had neenred on for
mer bridge. I took tlie matter up
u III. at laaLl.M ftntmiAfia lltlil n-Hl"
Nil
.n..i. -wiiph-r are -racked and
ilium-it ..A.'Ka', . ..,
here to po oer the cr"nnd. I thrill t
to dn HlHiwInz hlin the wltes of tlicj
various hrltlges and was to .pet fori
hlin prlers on concrete work. l!
i-liariMNl imthlii! fT my work.
taki: noth'i: or this.
The iK-t dav I went to f'd Mr.
Gullaplier to tell him attont tlie con-j
i-n-t iriee. He was hi room In j
,,
Hotel St. ;eorge.
I went to the
iimiiii mill kiHN-keil. Tlw dour wn
Hkcil and I received no answer. I
knew lliere was someone In the room.
HteKtl down the corridor and wait-i
ed. A little later A.
came out of the room
j- (:iH'riuirt
lie had Issni 1
In snMiliaton with nv man. I knew)
th.-re was a frame-up." Wlien thej
I.I.I. .kn. mI. Lrklirm 4n nn.,"1 " " w suohmt--o an"
ni i.v n.M n..mi, rv-.r, the 1,1,1 '
nuule by t;allaglier s nnn was jst at
few dollar aNive tlie bid submitted
by KlMThart.'
awarded to the Eaat Oregonlan and
the Milton Eagle, those papers hav
ing proved by certified circulation
lints that they have the largest circu
lations in this county. Notwithstand
ing the fact the law allows the soc
ccKtful bidders a rate of five cents per
line for publlHhlng these statements,
these papers are charging only one
half that rate. The rate they charge
Is Just one-fourth the regular rate for
commercial advertising. Are the tax
payers of I'matllla county willing to
go back to the old system under which
they were kept In the dark In regard
to the expense of running the county?
J. W. MALONKV.
I.ONPON'. Oct. 21 That a royalist
HIT 10 CO BACK
010 P U (If SECRECY
RHSIS SI TO
RAVE BUI REV0L1
EAST OKEGONIAN, PEXDLETOX. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, (XTOIJEi: 21, UU.
cower
THESE PICTURES SHOW WHAT THE PEOPLE GOT WHEN THEY PAID $13,070.00 FOR UMATILLA BRIDGE:
Alxne U nlHiwn tlie condition . all
Im present time of tlie i-otKTete work I
on tlie I'maiilia graft bridge ens-ted i
in violation of tlie law during the re-;
glioc of T. . ;lliUnd as county
judjjf and by whlcli deal I'matllla
-ounty was Kwlndll out of $6000 In
cold bhsMl. j
' A ohown by tlie plMitographs which
were taken al we-k the eoiTte'
work was torly done. Many of tlie,
broken witli
tin re-iilt- It Is molllc to teh hov j
lorn; the bridge will he fit for us. It!
N n-iluriil 1 1 ut t -Hir work was done;
n this bridge. t was built vtithout;
IK'cit'irjilloiLs and the contractor mi- '
is-rvl,-,! his own work.
The alH ln-tratiii Is made
from it group of liotis i.ioiiu; !"-;
tiiili-d defi-,1.. in tlie otlicrele work
n tlie liritle. lltlier d'fis'te pier '
are not -Juiwn lir' but tiie group
picture is MilTUiciit to show the Mir
( Ias4 of work on the bridge.
ioi-r i'ii"- !"";
Straplde Ww of the I'matillu lirldge
"I'lH-nnti u.irin- me mgii water,
I"-"1"' r " " As may lie;
practically out of u-. One of th
' ,,, hlcle T.Hsing the bridge;
Means of I'matllla. j
I iihi tlie lirutge would lie siilimerg.
cd during tlie hlgli water icriodi
should liave lsen a fegoiu ismclu-l
clou wIh-ii the bridge ww trcctcd. It
Is a very low hrhlge ami an iuiiiroii-1
r t)io of bridge In vh-w or tlie PHI
the rlvv at tlwtt Milnt is always rals.
COPPERFIELD CASE WILL
BE ARGUED HERE MONDAY
M'ATK sri'KKMK X)I ItT WILLI
thkx opkx m:ai-ii. I
TKI5M IX 1'ITY. I
The
which
sought
others
famous Copperfleld case by
the Copperfleld saloonmeni
to enjoin Governor West and
from Interfering .with .their
business or with their conduct of af
fulrs of their town will be argued in
this city next Monday before the state
supreme court at Its regular eastern
Oregon session. Tlie rase has been
placed first on the calendar, thus In
suring It being argued before the
election.
The case was originally tried be-)
fore Circuit Juilge Gustav Anderson;
of Maker and he sustained a demur
rer filed by Governor West. The
case was appealed and It Is upon this Yanv have been checked accord
appeal that the argument will be ig lo ngllli ami Ircncli rcorts.
made. James II. Nichols or UaKer
will represent the saloonmen and
Frank T. Collier will ngmn appear for
the governor. A repetition of the
"fireworks" which marked the first
argument Is promised before the
higher tribunal.
The Copperfleld case Is only one
of 22 or 23 cases on the supreme
court docket for the full session In
this city. Deputy Clerk Lee Moor
house Is now preparing the calendar.
Ucpul- of Anil's ( lulincd.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. Troops I
of the Kranco-Anglo-Relglan allies j
havo been repulsed on ttie advanced,
line of the Germans near Nleuport. j
1'elglum, with heavy losses, a Rerlln
wireless message to the German em
has'.v stated this afternoon.
poultry show will be hold at
Albany on January 7 to 10.
was warned abo
SIX THOUSAND D01LAHS OF WHICH WAS
: -
i
,y tH. Istckwater from tlie Coluni
ja wlien tlie foluint.la Is liigh.
This jswirly con-4ructl and ' lm
iroisrlv idaniKHl bridge was built bi
Khcrlmrt for tlw county at a cot of;
ms.OTO AO. Tlie count v hud coitrailed
with Kbeiiiart for a two s-ian. liigh
I truxs bridge for a smaller uin of
RUSSIA WITHDRAWING ITS !
TROOPS FROM MANCHURIA:
ALL I'lliST 1.1XE SOLDIERS WILL
HE lll'KLED AGAIXST
THE GERMANS.
PEKIN. Oct. 21. Russia Is with
drawing practically all Its first line
troops from Manchuria and Siberia
to hurl them against the Germans on
the western frontier. It was reported
here. Their places were being taken
by the reservists.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Germany's attempts to move forward
Kaler Is licllcvcd to lie preparing
his fleet for a test of strength with
the l!ritih navy hi the North tca.
lU'rlin reMrts gains being made In
eastern and western theater of war.
Ko.tali-.ts in ivirtugal are reported
to lie In uprising.
Protest made to England by the
I'nlted States over seiure of Standard
Oil steamer.
Local.
- Round-up bucket's will go to war.
Copiwrflcld case to lie argued Iktc
net Monday.
Itlg muss meeting last night; an
other tonight,
leakage In water system very small
MciiiInmx of old school txicird arc
sued.
Old coiintv court sniil Imhi( law
io:Mlotis.
Judge Maloney gives statement re
ni.nr c; cudWlires.
STRAIGHT GRAFT; HOW 00
money. Tliat contract was annulled
by T. I. (WTliland and Horace alkj
er, acting as the county court in lIO. i
A m'w coi"" for tlie praft brklge,
was tlM'n inaoe in violaiioii
f UK
law and tlie county seenre-d a brid
that competent engineer, unite
GERMIirS EFFORT
10 BREAK HUE IS
TURNED 01 AILIES
War Office at London Expresses Con
fidence That Kaiser's Attempts in
France Have Failed.
LONDON. Oct. 21 The war of
fice expressed confidence thi after
noon that the kaiser's attempt to
break Into France along the line of
the north coast had been cffcctuaTy
blocked.
It was admitted that harj fishtins
was exxcted in thLs district later but
at this moment, it was said, the same
thing was happening in the north
that had happened further south
ward, both sides entrenching so as
to make progress for one another as
difficult and as costly as possible, i
The Germans were reported to be
j brineing heavy artillery to the north
'and the war office was of the opin-'
j Ion that they planned to use these
I heavy pieces in attempting a slow
advance, entrenching l!ne after line
as they progressed. assuming of
course that they succeeded in making
nny prognss which ltiltish military
experts wete sure would not happen.
Atlcicpt to sink Destroer.
COPKNHAGKN. Oct. 21 An at
tempt by lirir.sh su!:narin s to riiik
cVci.d ilcini.ia ilestrojers off ll.ii.-cri
(Ccnt.nucd on p i. f vt )
f CCURRED
" i T 1 fT7 TFi
LAW VIOLATIONS
YOU LIKE IT MR. TAXPAYER? iij
yins could be du4icatcd pr $TO0
or k ,
If you want to revive JumnV
grafts of this sirt. vote fr t.ilhUnd.
fttr ,wn,r jmtgs. if ,,m want
hiHHHi lMtimw-liL mitniini4rtiaTB
. ..a rr.. : e r -a. i mm '
1 fr uiil) jutU:c.
PROTEST MADE BY U. S.
AGAINST SEIZINS VESSEL
WASMI NijT X. Vt.
icaiii-t the j-eirure of
21 rrt-terf
the i;aiard,
Oil steamship Rockefeller
the,
Orkney Islands was handed the lirit-
ish ambassador by an official vf thej
state department today. It was con
tended the vessel was an American!
and that its carito of petroleum
not been in a fnreign reg:str.
"u
, l lv Fred Lockl.-y in t'
r-rtlard
! Journal.)
ALl'.ANY, Ore.. Oct. 21 The jeiir
i ral has si i;t me ut to rep.-rt .-n the
political hituatio:
to report truthf
i. tnder ii:structi.
illy vh.it 1 f:i;l
M m r.-(.itt ;,iwfM-K.I.. .4......
not with reference
thev rhould be.
to
t I th:nit
I spent s-veral hojrs in a livery n 1
feed st.itie in Altianv t h!.,.v, . jr
ing farmers en hiw lhe are K --.:.g t
vote The first man I q;:eru-d
a t-ig farmer w h a
well car,.! f,.r !.. c h
pa:r
II fed.
s;.. ke
I "1
H-
with a stuhtly f r r-n a
thr.-w the I. .'.:'.. .. I Ml. r -i
lie s cd ". . ITi.; n i. . t. c
X- wit. I 1-.. e U' !
i'te c.:. 1 km, 1 !1
"'ii-i-ii f-ir si'MTi'.-r ."
I '!' ! . t !v ,:i '. . .v ,
i :!- .1.1. I., v...- f
"OOJS" SUPPORT SMITH BECAUSE BE
i S1IIC STAND FOB LAV ENFORCEMENT
i
i -
DAILY EYEli'lHS EDUIOH
11 !
finuK for ri Orca. hf dw (
Taavral S&atew ra&w Ot n 1 (
at
Tcr.-fct aJ Th?rar. Pr:r
rif,nr: irUat!y raa
COUNTY OFFICIAL TAPER
NO.
m mm
REET TO EIBE
IS BELIEF
irlres Vi"r.3 Tc:k Part Li Cpera
i t:ns Efcre A-rerp Esirg Re
! C2:id and S:;;!'2S F!..;s.el
'TEST OF STF.EKSTH IS KEAR
l-i!ih I--a-ja-ir 0er R-
anor Ttat Grrna;'t W arxf ii i-s at
1-4 ytrma ttt Cta-fa UHb IXi-li
ia rifn -a flritons OmRdera of
Annihilate IJTny.
j lyiNrw-N". Vt. ziT.r.r-j that
; t'K ic i n n :t ;rat:ota r r-
cl.-g caj;r ,! An:Tp anl
j That the Te'.c tic er tk-
rnoch -r.tiuU.m hre aj It wig con
1 -cT-rd that the Gria ftt u at
Ujt a.fcoct to Teeture from the shel
ter of the Gemia chore Jfete to
give batt:e to the Erlth la the oea
The British psMic ha be thirst -in
for roch a trial of atrrrth alac
the war Una ac 1 cccnJese has
Ibeea expreapei that froai the aimer
ical rcrriority of Ergcd"a aaaJ
I roa. the Germaa e rtreegrh wd
be acn-hHiJtd.
PAKI. Oct. tl. ?-!!?n tlthten
! icg todiy ef the cea-orshlp hinted f
j lmi-ortart ievelorsaeaU airj th
! rtetticg Irx-ct in Fr-r.
It ii r r -m tnit f.e allies wer
; clrt-ctir.? a 3r trniir-i attack a4Ta:nrt
, ih 0rr-.r.s at Li-. which, at heal
' -.arry. t'ievel to be the ki--
: .t j n;ht :r.i
Th r.:r.:. n is w !e'y h'li that
th 1rrr,iTi trrv-r-s were ret.ric"; t
! e.j:'wirJ of th EeTrtin frontier.
No c. nr:rT-ji::--ia h ret beea re
' Toif3 .f T-iv" rrort that th
Grrr.ar evacuitej CVtenJ.
"Thrc-uiut T5e!av. r - -ncr J
; the war efnee at rorieaix la the $
, o"cVk report, ftesr i attacks
i ere pini:-ili.T'x :-:r.t at Xiecport.
' P xTr.uJe and LN.. b-jt an vera
1 repute J with ?ret eceryr tr the al-
lies.
I 'Elsewhere, the rr.ral itmt:on
a!ccg the front re-ni ns uschange'l.'
DUB EVIDEKGE GriUI
IS TRIAL OF MRS. CARMAN
.1
XFGRO lAIO niXTURES SCENE
OX XIGlfT Nil HP ITS WAS
COMMITTED.
MINE-'LA. r.
testimony aa:nt
-t II- Paro-Lgiajr
ilrs. Carmaa was
Ce'.a fo3un, her
. c-'fere j trd.-,y br
j rierro m:d.
"On the right of the murder.- the
u.Aiu iTyi..,r-a. .Mrs. carman r rr.
downstairs acl walked out of th
house through the k.tefcen. A min
ute or two later 1 hearl a sound of
breaking c'-aas anl the rerort f
revolver. In less than a minute tho
i ceiencart entered the kitchen and
j cnaer cross examination the
lt-
seea said Mrs. Cancan had
Hue revolver in her hand.
loct
the LqiT 5 xs:r.Vs.
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fr Dr. U;;htoKiW
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