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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITIbN rrsssssssissassxixmsssx m...i .-. , ...... - Calling cards, wed ding stationery, com mercial stationery .nrt Job printing to order at the East Oregoclan- CITY OFFICIAL PAI'tK. I'ENJMjnOX, OltEUOX. Tl'KSfDAY, JANUARY 18, 1!M0. NO (JSOl VOL. 22. high southerly winds J,2mVffiiffiiiff SMW. JlAjfalP -HYji C c I i 'i;.v ; j m. in jr. v ... ins are STILL GAINING Indications Are That Laborites Will Control Parliament Without Nationalist Aid. CAN LOSE X1NTY SEATS W1TIIOIT LOSING CONTROL Interest Is (irowln-; Intense In Ens land ns Elect Ion Return Coino I" Government Euro ' Kelt or Tliaii Must Anient Supporters Anticipat ed "Honest" John Horns Turns Tory Hut Gains His Place . London, Jan. 18. Unless conserva tives take u decided brace during the remaining days of the national par 'liurnentary elections, it is predicted to day by liberals, the laborites will be able to control the next parliament without the aid of the nationalists. This estimate is based upon the solid liberal representation usually return ed from Scotland uud Wales, which place tiie total conservative gain to. but eighty seats. As the laborites are making slight gains liberals may be able to lose ninety seats without los ing control of parliament. There have been few surprises. Some expect, d. tiiat John Burns, president of the local board, would be defeated In Patterson, but Burns him self never had any doubt. Majorities ait! Hcxlucctl. Other state officials who had to fight for their scats, and were suc cessful were August Hirrell, chief soc r tary for Inland, ami C. E. Hot-, house, financial seen tary to the treas ury, in Bristol, and Dr. T. J. MacXa mara, m , n tary t tin- admiralty, in Chamberwell. Their majorities were greatly reduced. This happened all through the coun try, the huge majorities secured In 11106 showing big reductions in al most all cases. Many liberals who be onmo members of .the house of com mons by the grace of tlie landslide that year have been sent back to pri vate life. Among them Is llamar Greenwood, n f'anadian. who repre sdited York and was considered a prominent candidate for high office. Another Canadian. Joseph Martin, frrtner premier of British Columbia, was more successful, winning the scat for St. I'anrrens, east. Free Trader Defeated. Other prominent members defeat ed Included L. Chiozza Money, ap ostle of free trade, who lost his seat for North Haddington, and Will Crooks, labor leader, for Woolwish. Sir 11. Robinson, liberal candidate for North Kensington, failed to get a majority, as did also Sir John Gorst. an cxnilnistcr and at one time a mem ber of tin' fourth party, whoso lead ing spirits were A. J. Balfour and Lord Randolph Churchill. On the other side Lord K. Cecil unit George Stewart Boles, who ran aa free trade unionists, failed to over throw Philip Snowden. labor leader, and Sir Thomas Barclay Blackburn. Doctors had much to do with the defeat of Clud Hay, unionist in the Horlon division of Shoreditch. His opponent was nr. C. Addison, a ra inous consulting surgeon. Hay, on the platform made disparaging re marks about the profession, and, ns a result the whole fraternity turned out to assist Tir. Addison. Unionist leaders who ran, Includ ing A. J. Hal four, A. Bonar Law, Wal ter llmne Long and Sir William Bull, held tin in seats by increased majori ties. "lioneM John" Turns Torcy. Defeat has been proTlicted peren nially for "Honest John" in the last decade, and Mr. Burns- friends were "frightened this year. Since the most picturesque fighter in Westminster was sent to the house of commons by the enthusiastic socialists of his home district and slice he held positions of incrfascd responsibility, ho has out-grown gradually his old radical Ideas The John Burns of today is a vastly different politician ' front the old John Burns who exhorted the workingmcn In Trafalgar Square to rise against tlio police. He has be come one of the most conservative of H. JUR6EN, o. n. RESIGNED E. C. H. Jurgens, popular O. It. & N. ; roadmaster at this place for tho past! SO months, has resigned his position i and Ih buccceded by E. C. Buhrer. Mr. ! Jurgens has retired from railroading ! work nnd Intends to leave very short ly for Med ford, where he has some j properly Interests. His going Is much . regretted by his fellow employes and ! AM RHK'AXS' M 1ST Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. IS. The supreme court of Nicara gua, totlny received a mcKM?o from President Madriz demand ing the trial of officers wind of ficials Involved In the execu tion of Orotic nnd Cannon, tfie two Amcrlenns. Madrlz declares the shooting appears unwar ranted and court should satisfy Itself who Is responsible for the miscarriage of justice. the liberals and Is said to be at heart . a good tory. John Burns has so far outlived his : famous dictum that no man could . honestly earn more than $2000 year- ! ly that he holds a $10,000 position, find- Is likely to be promoted to n ; $271,000 post, although his style of , living remains as modest as ever "The czar of Battersea," as some of the workingmen call h'm. has not hesitated to stand against some of the demands of his old time friends when he considered them unreasonable. He has opposed the unemployed and has spoken pla'nly about workingmcn's tendency toward Improvidence and drink. While he has gained the re spect of all parties In parliament and Is considered one of the ablest legis lators, "tivitor" and "renegade" are some of the mild -st terms applied to him 'n the labor camp. A Shirley Benn made a strong tar iff reform campaign and received much outside help, but "Honest John" in his familiar jacket and bowler for he Ht ill scorns the ministerial s'ik hat and frock has been seen every where, renew ng acquaintances with old followers. Austos Fill Street. Hundreds of automobiles, bedecked with the un'onbt colors, purple and ye"c-,v. filled the Battersea streets to day, taking voters to the polls. Long rio s of them were drawn up outside factories waitintr for workm -n. Bonn's placards in windows outnumbered Burns cards ten to otic. The social ist posters reminded the workingmcn that John Burns had said that each of them spent a shir.ltm.-n week on drink. f"ie of them accused him of 'a king poop which some outcast should have had when he vinited the bread I no on the embankment. Another ex horted the voters to turn the 'cant ing hypocrite out." Still another rcp- I I sen ted him ill court suit labelled "The gdded poppinjay." Bimds of children paraded with Burns' emblems on their banners, which said that, under protection the father would have to rob the eat of Its meat for his dinner. WILL OCCUPY PENS SI'lt WGK AND VARIED WILL HE HIKD EX It I HIT New Sus-ex Chickens, ImMirtcd from Ireland In the Hflff. Probably Only SMVliiiens In America. Have Con sented o Grace Hlg Poultry Show. Ginml SwrvpslaUcs Iri.e. As an indication of the great amount of Interest being taken by the local business men in the coming show Is the fact that the Taylor Hardware company hunted up the secretary, of the show this morning to nrk per mission to offi r a s;x foot roll of their I'nion Lock poultry net t'lig as grand sweepstakes prize for the highest seorlnT pen of checkclis of any variety at toe show. The total value of prizes offered now. Is more than l500. Bare an,l almost unheard-of i hickens will be on exhibit nt the coming poultry show, which is to be he!.' ;n this chy next week. There will not only be op exh b t all the' kinds of birds that the ordinary por--o!i ever hoard of or imagined existed, but there will also be some kinds of tiirds that the ordinary person never heard of. Among the new varieties will be an (Continued on rage's. iiu m BUHRER IS SUCCESSOR iikcW i Mm. by local people who knew Mr. Buhrer, the new official, I recent arrival from Ohio, where he was with the Lake Shore read. He j " Is now In charge of the office and as I ill Adopt Conference Report, roadmaster for tbhi Pendleton district 'Washington. Jan. IS. The house will have charge of the rond work j to, lay voted unanimously to adopt the from Heppner Junction to a point a, conference report on tho Ballinger few miles this side of La Grande. 'rinebot resolution. MARPLEY TIES I MESS STB First t.f String of Witnesses Expected to Implicate Her mann in Fraud Testifies. BEGINS HIS STORY OYER OBJECTION" OF WOKTIIING TON Testimony Is Expected to Connect Ev l.and Commissioner Willi Conspir ators in Utile Mountain Land Fraud Tarplcy Tells How In; and Vcfilnley Kent Mays and Jones to Hieh ,ii ml .Mays Demanded Hall' i.f Spoil to Pay "Men in Washing ton." I'ortlund. Jan.. IS. Dan Tarplcy. the first of a string of witnesses thai are expected to link Binger Herman with the alleged conspiracy to create the Blue Mountain forest resrve for private gain, was put on the stand bv I'ro.ecutor V. J. Heney today nnd trade a start on his story this morn ing over the objection of Colonel A. S. Worthington, and this nin rnoon v. iil conclude his testimony. He is j ti lling the story of how he and Itor- a vo McKinloy secured advance infor mation regarding the creation of the i'luo Mountain reserve and how they purchased 1TC00 acres of school land .'.cad or the reprt senlative of K. I. Mays and W. X. Jones, an 1 how :..'.iy:i demanded one halt" of the land bought tilling Tarplcy the proceeds from Die lands were needed to "pay the people ii. V..;-i'..10Uoll." 'OFG GIKL ANDCrrED IX l!ltOl DAYI.lt. HI Chicae pretty i. Jan. IS. Marein Morocco. 17 year old girl. v.a.'. -.hrown o d o ili todav and one of the n then leaped into the box "ml whipped u.n the horses. Before the ; d ee could he summoned, they dis ci pea red around the corner, and have , not been seen since ih spite the ef forts ,.f a score of officers who were detailed upon the case. The kidnap ing occur. J' near the home of the widow of Besedetto Cienl, who was murdered a week ago as be. lay in his iown bed presumably by blackhand laguits. The police are inclined to be lieve the kidnaping of the Morocco girl can be laid at the door of the ', sa me gang. I!IIV 151.1 SS" H I'M AX ELEPHANT GOES INSANE Bloomington, 111., Jan. 18. Leonard Bliss, popularity known as "Baby Bliss" because of his 575 pounds of fhsh-'and bonis, famous as the holder of a number of freak bicycle records, suddenly became insane today and at tacked his family with a club. The fat man was overpowered and dis armed before he had Injured any one seriously. .CHRISTY WAS DAD ONCE I j t HIT HAS REFORMED,1 Xamsvllle. Ohio, Jan. IS. Howard , ('handler Christy testified In bis own; , behalf today nt the trial of the habeas ; ! corpus proceedings brought by his' jwlfo for the possession of their child. .Natalie Christy. He freely admitted the truth of the charges made against ihim by his wife, and witnesses, but .insisted tli.it since he took up the, ,1'hri -linn Sci nfe faith two years ago be has eolnpiololy n formed. Mi'.S. II 111 1 1 M AX ACQl'IRES CONTROL OF RIG RANK Yo ok, Jan. 1 S It was learn ed today that Mrs. F.. II. Harriman. wi.'o . .:' :iv late r'ilroad wizard, had .teu,u'red a controlling interest 'n the Night and Day bank here and will nir -t herself in the conduct of its ,!'fa:v: Y1 VTIOX MEET WILL CLOSE OX THl'RSD Y Los Angeles. Jan. IS. It was of fi lially given out today by Conrtlaul B;: l. op. pr sldeut of the Aero Club of .v co Tic. i that toe Los .Mieeles aviation u .'i i w ill he broucht to mi official end Thursday afternoon at the conclusion '' the day's aeroplane flights Internal Strife In Spain. lid. .bin. 1 s. t-o! lowing toe re. ill hostilities In Morocco be- iff tribesmen and the Spanish neral Marina, much popular dissatisfaction (s finding expression to day in Spain, and another outbreak of domestic strife, similar to that j which threw Barcelona into a condi altion bordering upon civil warfare Is ' feared. FARMERS Hi i Mid Wirter Convention of Educational and Co-operative Union Meets. ,r. c I.AWItKXCK SI'F.AKS ON" "FHFIGHT HATES" Member of State Kailuay Commission Addresses I'lieked House ut Kveuing Session Outlines Hans of Work and Steps of Invei-dlsation Popula tion Alons: Good I load Index to Its llii-iness. Walla Walla, Jan. IS. At the; oning session yesterday of the mid- w. liter meeting of the Fanners Edu cational and Co-operative union, J. C. Las'i-cnce, member of the state rail way c"mm'-'s"nn. occupied th'e princi pal oosltlou on the program, address irir the assembly on the subject of "Freight Bat'-s." Mr, Lawrence, from his position, is j perfeetly competent to speak on the I subject with authority and contrary to h's opening remarks in which he ch:' aei r:?.e,i the- talk as "dry." it was I iiir-!:seiy intere-titiir from every point j of view. I Outlines Plans for Work. He explained that as he was dealing ! with a prosaic subject the talk would ' have to be made aceordhigly, and told ! v by he would have to m ike use of "dtiy" words in order to make the sub ject fully comprehended. He then re- i itcd br'cfly the eu'.lir.cd piaa of t'.ic jcomm'ssion since i'; creation, and I showed in minute detail the hardships i under wh'cll it labored. "Our first work." he explained. . Vwas to investigate the work of other , roads and this has taken years. It ; also took a whole year for piapara :''"' i i hetriuoing the work." The hindrance of the courts was then dwelt upon and 'Mr. Lawrence showed how it was incumbent upon the commission to hew an entirely new ! way and one that was not blocked j by he legal processes of the law. ! Soundlmr once more the main topic, the speaker said: i Steps of Investigation. I "There are several steps in deter- minin" the grain rate and the first 1 was to asccrta'n the market value of ' the products which the roads are ac ' customed to carry. The roads should i have a profit a reasonable one of course and this fact is estimated i Then we had tho cost of labor on the i road. That was really the first work j of th oomm'ssion. We secured the ! original cost of construction of the ! roids of this state in the face of the ' strictest opposition, and we also pro- cured the cost or the right-of-way. i the terminals, etc. This work alone I enst us about $40,000 , ! "Then our next step was to deter j in'ne H'e depreciation of the rond, and 1 rs an examrdo I will say tnat ine , j Northern Pacific had cost about $100.- j j nnn nno to construct in this state, and I that the depreciation was approxi- I ; match- $10,000,000. After estimating : the appreciation in valuer the ques ! tion was then raised. 'Ts this the true i cost of the road?' ' ! This was dwelt on more fully then by Mr. Lawrence, who made h's point clear by showing that If a road runs ; !...... ....1. tV..-. --,.., ivOllrns It WflQ 1lCS ! profitable than that ' running throneh densely populated and fe'-tile val- ley ; Population to IV Considered. "The number of people a'ensr a line are a good index of the ror Ts bus!- ; oe-is." he continued, "and this fact j is taken "in'o deep consider:! t o when i cof struetion is begun. Then. too. fu el supplies enter Into determ'n'ng the ; cost of maintaining' a road and fig- . ili-har its pr-'f'ts After all this f'g ni i-nT wo cam.- to the conclusion that . 'he market value of the Northern Pa-, cific would be $110,000,000. tlr's In-j .rcaso be'iv allowed because of Its cs- ; abVshed business. j "'ho cost of constructing the O. R . ! & X. in th!" state was about $15,000, ! 000. and its depreciated value is now ; $13,000,000. The Creat Northern cost I about $02,000,000, nnd It bn depre- i ! elated In vahie $(5,000,000. due from , ' lack of business, etc." ! . The talk was then dire, i nl.-.v: ' riTp.ther step In the progress of ; termlnlmr the flxin-r of frciirht rat 'and th's the soenker declared to solve the question of conflict be i tween the federal authorities and the ! commission. The talk from this point was purely technical and showed to what strain the commission had been put in fixing what is now recognized ns the greatest boon the farmer has yet received. lt. H MacWorter. manager of the consolidated Independent telephone company, left this morning for Stan field where his company has just opened a new exchnnge. He took down some new "phones which are to be Installed. 1 " COOK CKli lCAIXY 11.1 IX GF.HMAX HOSPITAL Frankfort, Germany, Jan. 18. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Arctic explorer, lies critically 1!1 in a sanitarium nrar Ileidleburg is the statement published In the Zeitung today. Cooks nerves are said to be shattered and his mind in danger from melan cholea. He has suffered a seri ous physical collapse, the Zei tung's correspondent declared. The report that Dr. Cook's wife was with him is unverified. The Zeitung stated it is pledged not to make public Cook's re treat. , i : TITLED WOMAX DAXCT.S j CLAD ONLY IX GAI ZF. London, Jan. 18 tle else than a title Richardson is appea -Clothed with lit -, Lady Constance ring nightly at a local music hall as the "barefoot dancer." As Lady Richardson is clad in a filmy gauze only the police are doubtful as to tho correct application of the term "barofeet." but have re- 1 frained from acting in tho matter be I cause the Danseusc Is a titled woman. If she were s mply a professional dancer, the costume or luck of it, ' would not. be tolerated. VESSELS ON PAC IFIC ENCOXNTI .It liKi GALES San Francisco. Jan. IS. Every ves j sol reaching this port within tf; las: i few days encountered teriffic gales j off the Tacific coast and bring talcs of suffering and distress. I lie latest to arrive was the American P.arken tine Kaiukin from Honolulu, which came Into harbor today minus a part of her rigc-'ng and with several in jured men in her crew. FACES HIS JUDGES CHAHl.SS EltHAHT OF IONE TRIED HERE Man from One County Heing Tried in Another liefoi'e Judge from n Third Erlmi't Alleged to' Have Started Riot in lone. Charged with, rts.sanlt with attempt to kill, Charles Erhart of lone. Is on trial .in the circuit court for this coun ty today. Judge Putler of Condon is on the bench and the unusual spec tacle i.s presented of a man from one county being tried in another before a Judge from still a different county and judicial district. Charles Erharf is the man who is alleged-to have been responsible for the riot In lone, the night of July 2 of this year. The trouble is alleg ed to have 'originated In the Pastime saloon In lone, and was started by a drunken saloon brawl This resulted In Erhnrt being chased by an armed posse of citizens and a general shoot ing up of the small Morrow county town. Erhart was finally captured after being wounded "and compelled to lay out all night. The accused man is be'ng defended by Samuel Van Vactor of Heppner. aiid Judge James A. Fee of this city In outlining his case to the jury. Van Vactor declared they would prove that the shot fired by Erhart and the one on which tho Indictment is based was' fired accidentally as the result of his stumbling as he was walking 'S tn s,,0,lk He s:d further that they would prove that a conspir acy was formed by the armed mob for the purpose ef murof-ring the ac cused man. The state is endeavoring to shoe, that E-hnrt went to the drinking re sort in search of trouble or revenge, and that h's af.a. k wlrch resu't- d in the rio- was unprovoked, but that the accused man w is the aggressor throughout. There are a large number of wit nesses here from lor, . :i 1 it is ex pected that the trial .t the case wi'l con-unie the greater Hurt of the !' nia'nder of the week. The Jury. The jury before whom Erha'. I i b" -hg trial is composid of the follow ing: Douglas Beits. Charles Stanton. Eugene McCuliey. Louis IVngio. Jo seph Wurz r, Ed P.yrd. George Cannes. M. O. La Hue. C. M. Pierce.' :EilSS EDNA BATES CHOSEN AS VOCAL INSTRUCTOR ! Miss Edna Gates, the talented j enlist, has been elected to f.ll the pe sltion of vocal teacher at the Pendle ton academy and takes the place re ceiit'y vacated by Mrs. Valentine, who his cone to California Miss Gates has been in Pendleton for several mouths nnd has sung on several pub lic occasions, always meeting with much favor. S friends who ai .s a result she has many ire glad to know she has FLATLY DENIES ALL CHARGES Ballinger Defends Himself Against Accusations ot Rep resentative Hitchcock. SAYS HE DID XOT FAVOR HIS RELATIVES Secretary of Interior Issues Lengthy Statement Denying Charges of Kx iravagnneo and Favoritism In Con. duel of Ills Department Explain His Action In Selecting Relatives for Positions Defends Chief of Field Service; Schwartz. Washington, Jan. 18. Secretary Ballinger late last n?ght issued lengthy statement in which In moat vigorous terms he declared the char ges made by Representative Hitch- ock before the hou"e committee on expenditures and aimed at the inter na r department and general land of fee were without foundation. Answering in turn each of the charges made yesterday by Mr. Hitchcock in his statement. Secretary Ballinger asserts that "insofar as they allege any extravagance, wrongdoing, or favoritism on his part, they are ab solutely without foundation." "False, ridiculously false; equally false; equally ridiculous; a peculiarly unwarranted assnult upon an efficient government officer" the latter re ferring to Mr. Schwartz, chief of field service. are expressions of the vari ous chajges. In regard to appointing a relative. -T S. Ballinger, as confidential clerk when he became commissioner of the land office, the secretary says, this w as because he was not personally ac quainted before coming here with any officer or clerks in the land office and desired to have some one whom he knew. ' He says that Judge Weight was removed, not to make way for J. S Ballinger. but Judge Wright's age, he being nearly SO, made him "phy sically disqualified to perform his du ties " The vacancy on the law board, he says, was filled, not by Jack Ballin ger. but by Judge Grey. He says that the "certain large brick chimney." to which Jlr. Hitch cock alluded, "was erected pursuant to a specific appropriation for the purpose by congress; that the addi tional clerks in the land office com plained of were necessitated by the congressional appropriation of $L 000,000 for protecting public lands, and that the charge In regard to the purchase of furniture "Is on a par with that relating to the employment of additional clerks." The statement of Mr. Ballinger came as a surprise as in the afternoon he evinced a disposition to -let the matter go unanswered unt 1 the Joint Investigation committee Is organized. MAY MAKE EXPEDITION. Secretary Xacel Conslderiiur Scndiiiff. Shlo Into Antarctic Sea. Wcsuincto-i. Jan. IS. An expedi tion to the South Atlantic and Ant arctic oceans !:i the interest of econo mic and scientific work by the fish commission steamer Albatross, is un der consideration by Secretary Xagel o; the department of commerce and labor. It was suggested by Henry F. Oshorn. president of the American Museum York. Mr. i if Natural History New ys lie has i -..wived nation from one who from the a atari, tic main on rcoicte is- jthcrti fur seals In to promise commer- Mr. Osborr. says a s! - c'l'S of v. '.ales U and that l.e ,s in- n limbers of si a ele- ouii has tl-at !.' ll : such cin! ! in i fi" . h. ' 'I r.u nin dt ti: elt' Pl at. ihoress Dies. Cab. Jan. Bus c.l. iia M-rcaret C -Mrs. a.u- it her M rs. 'oilier Graham. I'.-j.'.'!!,. writer, di today, ag. .1 sa thor and n ho ire here (Ira'i.vi w : . c.s.- Cai published among the first writers onia mater'al for stories the eastern mr i.in, AT PENDLETON ACADEMY bei ti chosen to the academy fa.uhy. As the academy school of music now stands it is very strong in all de partments. M.ss Young is head of the department and is Instructor in instrumental music Miss Lola per ry is assistant i:i tb.s department. In addition Frank Curruth has a private violin class made up of academy stu dents, though Sir. Curruth is not a m mbei of the aoaj. my faculty