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The Washington times., 1909-03-25
BAD BLOOD FLOWING
AMONG DEMOCRATS
Several Near-ScrapS Be
tween Representatives
Since Row on Rules.

Bad blood is circulating on the Demo-
cratic side of the House since the
recent row over the House rules. in
which faction OF the Democrats split
away from the leadership of Champ
Clark.
Already there have been several
near-fghts. and any day a real col
lision may be expected unless the po-
Htical complexion Of things becomes
less Sanguinary-
Before the row over The rules, Ben
Johnson of the Fourth Kentucky dis
trict and Representative Fitzgerald.
who led the revolt against Clark, used
to be fast friends. But that DAY is Past
Gossip about the Capitol is that two
or three days ago Fitzgerald walked
UP to the Kentuckian and put his hand
on his shoulder in the same Old way.
Johnson tried TO shake it of.
Have Fear-Fight.
Take your hand on my shoulder,
said Johnson.
Fitz didn't think Johnson meant it.
and didn't remove his hand.
Afraid I'll cOntaminate you, Benz
he asked
The question was asked jokingly. but
JO4uSOH Qluu look on II as a Joke. In
wrathful, forceful and not exactly
scriptural language he told the Brook
lyn man to remove his hand or there
would be things doing Then Fitz -un-
derstood. and there was a parIey that
came too near blows TO be comfort
able.
Another Close Call
Ollie james of Kentucky, and Francis
RuTtOn Harrison also had a narrow
/ escape from a fracas. Harrison is
something of a scrapper himself. He
had charged that some of the members
. OF the Committee Of Fifteen proposed
to revise the rules were not the choice
Of their delegations. This was resented
by Mr.. James, who went 10 Harrison
and, saying he understood he was re-
/ ferTed to. demanded an explanation.
He asked the source of Harrisons III
formation.
Il refuse 20 give it," said Harrison.
II you don't do SO, I'll denounce
your statement as an unmitigated
falsehoOd' said the Kentucky member.
BY this time the situation began 10
| look warlike, and il was only by the
/ Intervention Of friends that trouble was
avoided
In the New York delegation. among
| the Democrats, there is trouble, and
I Francis Burton Harrison nearly came
TO blows with Representative .Sulzer
and Wiliett when they met in the
House a few days ago. Harrison re-
scented being called diSlOyaI and a de-
/ serter and told his cOIIea CUES so, and
/ they I'm turn handed him number OF
I hot verbal packages.
The Washington times., 1909-03-25
SHAY INDICTED.

ALBANY, March 25.-Josepn II. Shay.
the New York lawyer, who figured in
the defence Of T. Jenkins Hams and
was afterward, on February 10, involved
IN allegations growing out of an at
tempted jail delivery at the Tombs II
New York city. shaS been indicted by
the grand jury in this city for Offering
false evidence in a case tried in the
supreme court
The Washington times., 1909-03-25
LATER INAUGURAL
AGAIN ENDORSED

HARTFORD, Conn, March 25.-The
lower branch Of the general assembly
has adopted a resolution instructing
the Connecticut delegation in Congress
10 favor changing the date Of the
presidential inauguration from March (
10 the last week in April The senate is
expected TO concurrently adoDt The
measure.
The Washington times., 1909-03-25
KILLS WIFE'S ASSAILANT.

KANSAS CITY, March 25.-Leon II.
Brady, a mining engineer, today shot
and killed Joseph Flanagan. mining
promoter, at the Brady home. FIana-
sans home is in Cleveland, where his
family lives.
=. Brady, when arrested. told the police
the hall of their home
The Washington times., 1909-03-25
The Vital Records
Births.

frank and Nirgie Norton girl
William II. and Mary Y. Green. girl
George Z and EmiIine r Long. how
John J. and Margaret +. FITZGERALD
boy.
Edward c. and Martha V GrigSbv. pitI.
Burr n. and Ethel r. Hyde boy
FRANK and Libby Foer. girL
Frank Je Roy and Mary Jackson girl
Pero and POrtia Chac0nas girl.
Edwin r. and Lydia Acher. boy.
William J. and Geneva M0ssdale. hoy
george r. and Clara J. Perry. girl
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29

Tacoma, Wash, June 29.-De-
manding an investigation Of the state
supreme court by the legislature, At
torney Herbert n. De Wolfe of Ia
coma filed with the legislature a
complaint in which every member OF
the court, except Judge Parker, is
charged with directly and willfully
violating his oath, and that in four
specifically named cases erroneous
decisions were handed down either
for a monetary consideration or po-
litical prestige"
In the three cases cited De Wolfe
was counsel in the interests of the
Stone and Webster people, operating
the Seattle Electric company. In the
fc urth case the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company, Represented by at
torneys interested in the Post-Intelli-
gencer was the victor by the courts
decision. The justices who are
charged with corruption are Rud-
kin. Fullerton. Mount, Dunbar, Crow,
Gose. Chadwick and Morris.
De Wolfe says he will also present
the case to the State Bar association.
He declares ''practicing attorney
dare not raise a voice in protest in
the court, and must graciously re-
ceive the harpoon and say nothing"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29

San Francisco, June 29.-Simulta-
neously with the arrival of John D..
Spreckels from San Diego today his
newspaper, the Call" printed an
editorial pledging its support to the
graft prosecution, and saying with
reference to the candidacy of Henry
for district attorney that "he is the
only man in the field now who seems
to fin the bin"
The action of the persons who, in
the name of the Good Government
league, sent out the "straw ballots"
bearing hidden marks by which per-
sons who wished to vote anonymous
ly could be Identified. was con-
demned by the paper
The editorial says: The Call is
on the peoples side in this struggle,
and Will stay there. IT has not
wavered in its support of the district
attorney during the long fight to
catch the authors Of San Franciscos
shame, and it will continue the course
until no indicted CRATER remains un-
tried. 1t will do its best to secure in
Langdon's place a district attorney
who will vigorously and efficiently
carry on the work begun under
Langdons administration. Let it be
understood that the Calls support of
tie graft prosecution is given not on
account of the relationship between
Rudolph Spreckels and the owner of
this paper. but in spite of it. Ru-
dolph Spreckels has not nor never
did have the remotest interest in this
paper or the slightest influence in
shaping its policies. His work would
have been endorsed if begun by
Smith, Brown or anybody at all.
The papers that defend the brbe-
giNers are crooked. The Oakland
for example, is crooked, and
the Chronicle is both crooked and
cowardly The Examiner. nursing
inflicted upon its circulation
by an outraged public, is cowardly,
and the Globe is merely a handbill of
Calhoun"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
EVIDENCE OF ANOTHER
MYSTERIOUS MURDER

Still another murder mystery may
be added to Umatilla county's already
long list. George McCutcheon of near
Nolen has reported to Coroner Folsom
that his brother, Ed McCutcheon, had
discovered the bones ana TIM arm and
head of a man projecting from the
soil in the river bottom three miles
below Nolen on the Slusher ranch.
The spot where the bones are reported
to have been found is just below the
Smith place and about half a mile
from the Frank Cheasley ranch.
The coroner notified McCutcheon to
make further investigation and then
report his findings, He is now wait
ing for this latter report and until it
comes little will be known of the mys-
terry. In the message received by Fol-
som nothing was said as to the ap,
pearance of the bones and it is not
known whether the man had been
dead one year or twenty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
A Great Unsolved Mystery

BE that as 1t may, his disappearance
has been one Of the unsolved myster-
les of the northwest.
The skull Of the man found in the
Columbia river had been crushed. The
clothing had then been stripped from
the body, the naked form of which,
was then crowded into the box and
covered with quick lime. Why this
lime did not completely destroy the
body as 1t was intended to do, is not
known. The general appearance of
the body, however, established the
fact Of a cruel murder, beyond the
shadow OF doubt,
Coroner Folsom, who Is an expert
enced undertaken also declares that
the body found in the box was in about
the condition the body of Pless must
have been in at that time, had he
been killed within a few days after his
disappearance. The cold running wat
er In which the body had undoubtedly
been for some time would tend to pre-
serve 1t to a great extent and after
its removal from the river decompo-
sition set in at rapid rate, indicat-
ing that death had occurred several
weeks before.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
AGAIN ARRESTED
FOR STEALING

Clarence Morse, his son. Harry
Morse and Roy Ellsworth, the three
men who were arraigned last week
on the charge of stealing a calf and
who were released because of insuffi-
cient evidence have abain been
charged with crime. This time they
are alleged to have stolen six head
OF horses from ranchers near Weston.
The elder Morse was arrested this
morning and is out on $500 bonds
pending a preliminary hearing. The
others have not been arrested.
Will Jameson of Weston, is one Of
the complaining witnesses. He al
leges that he went to the Morse ranch
Saturday evening and recovered the
stolen animals, finding them in
Morse's pasture.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
INDIANS PREPARE FOR BIC CAMP
MEETING AND FOURTH CELEBRATION

Announcement is made today of
the Christian Indian camp meeting
and Fourth of July celebration which
is to be held at the Tutuilla Indian
church. beginning Thursday. July l.,
and continuing over the Fourth. and
possibly the 5th. The Tutuilla mis-
sion church is six miles southeast Of
Pendleton on the Umatilla reserva-
ton.
The services begin Thursday at S
o'clock in the evening. and each sue
ceedng day they will commence at
9 a. M, p. m. and S p. m. The big
public dinner will be served Satur-
day. July 3, and a general invitation
is extended to the public to attend
and participate.
The Indians are already gathering
with their tepees for the event. and
in view Of last years successful af-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29

fair it is anticipated that this one will
be even more successful, both in
point of attendance and in interest
The feature of this years meeting
will be the series of stereopticon lee
lures on the mission work in Oregon.
one Of these lectures will be given
each evening by DR.. ]. V. Mnligan,
d H., synodical Sabbath school mis-
sionary for oregon.
Popular meetings will be held al
different times in the interest Of tenn
perance. Christian Endeavor work
and the Presbyterian brotherhood
movement. Talented local speakers
will address these meetings and
other gospel services.
Those in charge Of the meetings
have issued an invitation to any
Christian friends who wish to camp
on the grounds and enjoy the lee
lures and other services.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
SHOOTS MAN ACCUSED
OF KILLING HER HUSBAND

New York, June 29.-Driven to des-
peration by the thought of her baby
starving, Mrs. Louisa Versiga, pret-
ty widow of 25, today shot and NOR
tally wounded Rominico Versagia,
whom she accused of numbering her
husband a year ago. The shot was
fired on the street in the presence OF
thousands of factory employees going
to work. The woman explained that
the death OF her husband left her pen
niless and she expressed the hope that
te victim would die
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
ELEPHANT PRACTICES TRICK
AND STOPS FAST TRAIN

Tacoma, June 29.-Passengers on
the North Coast Limited on the
Northern Pacific were given the
fright OF their lives early today when
the heavy train of IA coaches came
to sudden stop mile from Napa-
vine at the foot OF the Cascade noun
tans. Visions of holdup filled the
minds of the passengers. Conductor
Youngs rushed through the coaches
to learn the trouble. Engineer Payne
reported that three sharp pulls of the
bell rope were felt in the cab Pres
entity the express messenger leaped
from the car and offered an explana-
tion. 1t developed that three ele-
plants were in the baggage car. The
trainer had taught mike" one of
them. the trick of pulling string
with his trunk that fired gun
Mike" spied the bell rope and took
advantage Of the opportunity to do a
little rehearsing; hence, the stopping
of the train.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
SIX INJURED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
MACHINE COIIiDES WITH
FREIGHT CARS LAST NIGHT
MI Six of the Party Are In Hospital
and Two Are Probably Fatally In
jurcti-Drlycr Tries 10 Dodge an
Intcrurban Train and Crashes Into
Freight Cars-Automoblle Broken
Into Small Pieces by the Impact
Three of Party Are Women.

Seattle, June 29.-Three women
and three men are in the county hos
pital at Georgetown, a suburb, suf-
fering from injuries which are eX-
pected to result in the death of two
of them as the result of collision of
an auto in which they were riding
with freight cars on the Northern
Pacific near Vanasslet at / o'clock
this morning The fatally injured
are: Carl Schott, the chauffeur, of
Seattle and Grace Thompson, also of
Seattle. The seriously injured are:
Hattie Webster of Vancouver b. c.,
Ada Weber Ben Bowman and Rus
sell Butt, all of Seattle. The chauf-
feur was trying to avoid an inter-
urban train when he crashed into the
freight cars with such force that the
automobile was broken into small
pieces.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
NORTHERN PACIFIC GUILTY
OF VIOLATING 16-HOUR LAW

Olympia, June 29.-The state su-
preme court has unanimously affirm
e6 the decision of the local superior
court. holding the Northern Pacific
guilty of violating the 1907 law limit
ing to 16 hours per day the employ
ment of trainmen. The company adj
mitted the men were employed 10
hours continually, contending that the
state law does not apply; first. because
the men were running between Seat
tie and Huntington, b. c., engaged in
interstate commerce; second. because
congress passed the 16-hour law.
which. while not effective at the time.
barred any state law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
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SCATTERS S315 IN GOLD
IN SAN FRANCISCO STREETS

San Francisco, June 29.-After
scattering 1915 in gold around on the
streets of San Francisco Saturday, P.
e. Travers of Manila, steward on
the transport Crook, sought the aid of
the police today. Travers told the
desk sergeant that he remembered
laying IS gold pieces on each fire hy-
drant as he passed. and also recollect-
ed hurting $40 gold pieces up the side
streets. He is flat broke now. "Its
tough luck" he told the police. be
cause l can't find a single street where
| threw money"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
DECISION MAY
KNOCK HENEY OUT
CAN BE NOMINATED ONLY BY
REPUBLICANS, SAYS COURT
Primary Law is Upheld by Last Nights
Decision of the Supreme Court
Says all Candidates Must be Regis
tered Two Years i'm Succession In
Same Party-Would Force Heney
TO Be Republican Candidate-Lit-
tie Chance for Such Nomination.

San Francisco, June 29.-Francis
]. Heney is no longer a possibility in
the race for the district attorney of
San Francisco as the result of the de-
cision handed down last night by the
state supreme court, upholding the
direct primary law. The court upheld
the section providing that no candl-
date could accept two nominations.
and that he must have registered two
years in succession in the nominating
party to be qualified.
If Heney allows his name to come
before any partys primary election
and is defeated he will be out of the
race altogether
The union labor ticket received Il
particularly hard blow from the de-
cision. Seventeen of its candidates,
including nine supervisors, were dis
qualified and cannot run on the tick
ct. Heney registered as a republican
year ago and he has been offered
the nomination for district attorney by
the San Francisco democratic club,
an Independent wing of the party. The
supreme court decision prevents his
acceptance of any nomination except
that of the republican party, and it is
considered certain that he can't get
that.
Heney's only hope for the office is
TO remain out of the primaries and
run as an Independent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
RECEIVE 10000 TROUT FRY FOR
UMAT|LLA COUNTY STREAMS

The fry were of good size, however
and appeared to be in the best of
shape. They arrived on train No s
and were placed on No, IL and taken
on to the mountains.
J. A. Borie of the Wenaha Springs
met the party at Gibbon with wagon
and team, to take part of the little
fish up the river while the remainder
are to be planted in Meacham creek
and in the north fork of that stream.
The fish were shipped in ten large
ten-gallon milk cans, each can con-
tanning 1000 trout. They were of the
Rainbow and Dolly Warden species.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
FATALLY INJURED IN
TRYING TO KISS HUSBAND

Pittsburg. June 29.-In her anxi-
ETY. to kiss her husband farewell at
Charlerio station, Mrs. Marie Antonio,
of California, neglected to take the
car window into account and thrust
her head through the glass in the
window.
She was severely gashed on the neck
and she is not expected to survive.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29

C. K. Cranston of the First National
Bank. William Humphrey of the Pat
ton-Humphrey barber shop, and
"Chick" Humphrey of the Ingram
grocery store, left last evening for
Meacham creek and the headwaters
of the Umatilla river, to deposit 1o,-
600 trout FRY" which had been re-
celyed from the government hatchery
M Clackamas. A total of 10000 had
been promised for the streams In this
vicinity but for some reason not
known as yet, last evenings shipment
contained only half that number,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
Hartman Rcported Better.

Semmering, Austria, June 29.-Pro-
fessor Struempell made an examl-
nation of Il. II. Hartman this morn
ing. He reports the American fl
nancier's condition improving.
1t is understood Mr. Hartman will
remain here for three weeks and then
proceed to eastern, noted for its hot
mineral springs
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
HIGHER COURT
UNDER BAN
Tacoma Attorney Files Com
plant and Wants LegiSIa-
ture to Investigate.
SAYS MONEY AND POLITICS
INFLUENCE DECISIONS

All Members of State Supreme Court
With One Exception, Are Named
in Formal Charge-Four Specific
Cases in Which They Are Charged
With Violating Their Oaths of Of
fice-Acusing Attorney Says He
Will Present the Charge to the Bar
AssOciation-Eight Justices Are
Named i'm the Complaint.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
MAN AT PRAYER
SHOT BY SON-IN-LAW

Chicot, Texas, June 29.-While j.
r. Moser, A years old was ON his
knees in a church near here last night
Roy Burnham, 19 years old, his son-in
law, arose in his pew and fired at
Moser, killing him instantly. Burn
hams wife, who had recently left him
was beside her father when the shoot-
ing occurred.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29

WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
ASSOCIATION IN SEATTLE

Seattle, June 29.-Delegates
from every state will arrive here
tonight by special train to at
; tend the first annual convention
; OF the American Woman's Suf-
; frage association beginning
; Thursday, and lasting week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
FOUR HURT IN
ID. & II. G. TRAIN WRECK

Denver, Colo. June zs.-Denver &
Rio Grande passenger train No. G,
which left Ogden, Utah, Sunday
morning, struck broken Joint near
Sedalla, Colo, 20 miles north of Dem
ver at IL o'clock yesterday Two
sleepers and a dining-car were de-
rallied. Four passengers were slightly
injured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
SAYS PAPERS
ARE CROOKED
San Francisco Call Takes Up
Reform Fight and Calls
Other Papers Harsh Names.
SAYS 1T Is ON PEOPLES
SIDE IN THE STRUGGLE

Action of Good Government League
I'm Marking STRAW Ballots Is
Condemned-WDl Support Heney
for District Attorney Because 'He
Is the Only Man Before the Public
Who Will Fill the Bin''-Declared
That Spreckels Has Never Had
Any Interest in the "CaIP'-CalIs
Other Papers Crooked.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
MAY SOLVE
MYSTERIES
Body Found in Box in CoIum-
bia May Be That of Missing
Bellingham Man.
GLUE Is GIVEN OFFICERS
by A WASHINGTON WOMAN

Mrs. Wixon of Sherlock Reads Two
Newspaper Clippings at About the
Same Time-Onc Tells of Disappear
ance of Curt Plcss, Prominent
Bellingham Man-The Other Tells
of Finding OF the Body of a Man
Floating In Box In the Columbia
Early I'm June-Coroner Folsom
Thinks There are Elements of Slmi-
larlty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29

Since the construction of the great
Transsiberian railroad and the extern
sion of other means of communication
the commercial Importance of the
great annual Russian fair at Nizhi-
Ncvgord has been injured, while the
progress of Moscow has been accele-
rated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
NEW BUSINESS
FOR PENDLETON
Jack WohIenberg a ID ASsoci-
ates Will Establish Up-to-
Date Department Store.
'.THE EMPORIUM" WILL USE
SCHMIDT BUILDING LOCATION

Owners Secure Five Years Lease Up
on Building and are Now Purchas-
ing StOck-Will Aim at Large and
Complete Department .Store-Mrs.
Wohlenberg and Jack Watson VIII
be in Corporation-Are Popular
Store People-Mrs. CampbelPs Mil
Iinery Store Will Move to Beta
Building-New Store TO Take Pos
session July is.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-29
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: SEVENTY BABIES DIE
!. IN WASHINGTON IN WEEK

+ Washington, June 29.-Sev-
I enty babies have died in Wash
Z ington within six days as the
+ result of heat and poverty, ac-
+ cording to an announcement
Z made today by the coroner.
!. Charity is trying to alleviate
: the suffering. No relief from
; the heat is in sight.