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' s EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT Fair tonight and Wed nesday. Calling card, wed ing stationery, com lerclal stationery and b printing to orler the East Oregonlan. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CIT7 nClAL PAPER. VOL. 23. PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 23. 1910. NO 6040 JEFF'S GROUCH Trainers of Big Fighter Rejoice Say It Means Champion i In Fine Condition. JOHNSON PLAYS PIANO UNTIL MIDNIGHT HOIK Trainers r White Hear Make Estl matc an to Length of Fight Arm strong Says Johnson Will Only Iast Six Hound Farmer Burns Says 15 Cornell Says It Will Bo En- durance Test Johnson Telegraphs Mother Daily Still Smiling. Mnana Springs. June 28. Jeff's grouch has returned and his train ers are rejoicing for they say It means he Is in the beat condition. Trainer Armstrong says Johnson will last six rounds, Farmer Burns esti mates 15 rounds, while Cornell says it will be a test of endurance and the first few rounds will be against Jeff. All agree that the man who delivers the punch In the stomach will hold the advantage as a blow in the midriff at this altitude means more than at ca level. Reversing his mapped out plan, Jeffries took a ten mile hike this morning an ( then promised to box this afternoon. Ricks' Training Camp, June 28. Six days more and Johnson Is Just the same smiling darkey. Last night he played the piano till midnight, but was out this morning, ready for the grind. Johnson daily telegraphs to his mother in Chicago. He is pre paring to leave for Chicago In a pri vate car after the fight, saying he will need it. Littlo Johnson Money. Chicago, June 2H. The betting on the Jeffries-Johnson fight took a lively turn today when the books opened with Jeff the favorite. The ' prevailing odds were five to one and ' thri'e to on.'. Money on Johnson is , even coy at these big odds. Will Not Permit Fake. Reno, June 28. "At the first sign of fake I have Instructed Captain Cox of the state police to stop the fight." said Governor Dickinson to day. "Cox will be my personal rep resentative at Mie fight and will obey Instructions. The promoters thus far have compiled with all of the pro-j visions of the law regarding prize fighting. I have every reason to be- llevo the fight is on the level It Is believed the governor will be present I at the fight. VICTIM OF YOUNG TAIT'S AUTO IMPROVING Beverly, June 28. Michael Thisth wolla.hurt by young Taft's mnchlne yesterday Is Improving today. The president wired him hoping for his re covery. Mrs. Taft, and Helen 'arriv ed at the summer capital today and the president comes tomorrow. ASSASSIN OF PREMIER OF EGYPT IS lLYNGED Cairo, 'Egypt, Juno Z9. Ibraham Wardanl. assassin of Boutros Pasha. 't late premier of Egypt, was hanged this morning. The government had 1 prepnred for any demonstrations by ! the nationalists who mingled with the . crown in great numbers Everyone '. dui oiticinis were exciuue.i rrom tnc janyaru. mere was no disorder. : DISCOVERER OF FRAUD I MUST WAIT FOR HIS REWARD 1 Washington, June 28. Because there is only 110,000 In tho govern ment Moiety fund Richard Parr, who was awarded $100,000 for discover ing the sugar frauds at New York, will have to wait until the next ses sion of congress for his money. He will probably get ten thousand In a few days, however, the remainder be ing appropriated later by congress. SENATOR M'EMERY OF LOUISIANA IS DEAD elded the company is entitled to onlv New Orleans. June ,28. United one fare, as Fern Hill district Is wtth States Senator McErnery died here In the city limits. Today the ram today. He was a native of Louisiana, i pany refused transfers to all who re ft veteran of the civil war, serving as ' fused to pay the extra nickel. lieutenant in the confederate army, j and has been senator sinco 1897, be-j ou. ,. Temple. Ing among the oldest democrats In ' l'utsburg, Kan.. June 2S --Promt-point of service. He was 73 years old. ; nf-nt Shrlners from Kansas, Missouri, i Arknnsns and Oklahoma are here to- Hiudiih (iet tho G. B. 'day in tnke part in the elaborate eere San Francisco, June 28. Eighty , monies w hich will mark the Instltu Hlndu laborers were deported today tlon of Murza Temple, which was on the Siberia. The deportation waajgrnnted a charter nt the recent nn ordored after an investigation of tli9tiona convention In New Orleans, ruling of the Hart North immigration ; The Shrlners of this city are keeping commissioner, who allowed large ; open house today nt tho new Masonic numbers of Hindus to land. He al-j Temple recently dedicated here, leged tho present laws did not ex- i lade the Hindus. A complaint w Henry Pwartz nnfl family left this mado to Washington and Special morning for Seaside. Mr Swarti Commissioner Watts was sent to this will remain for a couple of weeks, city and the deportation was on the while the family will spend tho sum rwului of his work. I mer at the coast. I'LOODS .MAKE MANY FAMILIES HOMELESS White Hiiro, Ky., Juno 28. .Scores of families are homeless today, their homes In the Val- ley of the middle fork of Beaver creek, being washed away by a flood caused by abnormally- heavy rains of the last two days, v Hundreds have fled to the higher grounds. Crops' are dam- aged and hundreds of head of livestock are drowned. Two cloud bursts last night added to the flood. i ' : ! i I I j t WICKERSIIAM TALKS TO HARVARD LAWYERS Cambridge, June 28. Attorney General Wlcktrsham discussing the relation of legal education to gov ernment problems before the Harvard law school association described the growth of federal power as exempli fied in the Interstate commerce com mission. He said he was also sorry the crippled condition of the supreme court prevented early decisions in the tobacco and Standard Oil casts, which corporations are accused of be ing trusts. He expressed approval of railway legislation. Maryland Educators. Ocean City, Md., June 28. A con vention of the educators of Maryland the forty-third of the State Teachers' association, began here today, and will continue to Friday. UTAH BANDITS ARE POSSES Si RROl'ND MOVXTAINOl'S RICTREAT Track Buggy to Little Mountain on Shore of ljiko Itclicvc Quarry Is Lurking There. Fourteen Suspect Are u Jail. Salt Lake, June 29. Posses are surrounding the little mountain on the shot., of the lake today and it is believed the three railway bandits are hiding in caves, pected If the robbers Buggy tracks lead to Fourteen suspects arc den. The officials of the A fight is ex- j ate located. the mountain. : in jail at Og- j American Ex press company announced that the robbers secured less than $500. The express officials are or the opinion that the robbers had intended to hold up the first section which carried i many valuable packages. The robbers drove to the scene of the' holdup In a rubber tired vehicle with which they made their escape to the west. A farmer In a field near j Slatervllle, 15 miles west of Oirdcn. I I suw the three men dr.ving furiously toward the cutoff of the Southern i Pacific company across Great Salt! 1-akc at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. GRE.VI FIX AXl'lEK KAYS RAILROAD BILL IS O. I Seattle, June 2S. Jacob Schiff, i head of the great hanking firm of I Kuhn & Loeb. New York, arrived here I today enroute to Alaska on a pleasure trip. He says financial conditions nre generally good, and that President Passing to , Tuft has been a good president. Hell" Canfield said: "Taft's railroad bill is a good ; one as it showed the railroads where they are at. Ail the railroads need j to do Is to adjust themselves to the ! new conditions. This will take maybe three or four months, but by harvest, 'all will be well. He said he was on admirer of Roosevelt but did not have tlie slightest idea what Roosevelt purposed doing. Ho will spend four weeks in Alaska with his family who li accompanying him. i POLICKMEX TAKE PART IX TACOMA RAILWAY FIGHT j Tacoma, June 28. A policeman Is , riding on every street car In the ten cent fare zone to prevent citizens and conductors from fighting over five ( cent fares, for which the city is bat tling against the railway company. i The action of mayor Fawcett yes terday In putting men on the cars from I which they had been ejected for pay ing only five cents, precipitated the crisis. The supreme court has de- IS Aerial Liner Deutchland Starts on Trip But Soon Becomes Prey to Storm. TWENTY NEWSPAPER MEN ARE AltOAIHI Giant Aircraft Ik Heinle Before Wind Has Been Aloft for Ten ! Honrs 1-Var Entertained for Oe fiipiiiils Soldiers Hold in Readi ness to Assist Uiinuinngoahlc Liner Predictions of Failure Made Be fore the start. Airship Is Wrecked. Berlin. June 2S. The Deutschland was wrecked near Iburg according to a message re ceived here this evening. Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28. Helpless and drifting In a high wind the aerial liner Deutchland with 20 newspaper men aboard became un manageable today and it is feared the passengers are in grale danger. When last seen the Deutschland was being driven by a wind over Osnabrueck, 15 miles away. It has htcn aloft ten hours, and was sup posed to descend in two after the as cension. The pilot made two at tempts to land but it was too danger ous so quit. Messages have been sent broadcast readiness iar.iis. and soldiers are ordered in to assist when the airship Failure Predicted. Dusseldorf, June 28. The aerial liner Deiitsohland with 20 newspaper n porters aboard sailed from here to day for a time the storm delayed the sailing of the airship. It has been lying in the sher for three days owing t.i bail weather. It is predict ed freely that the Deutschland will prove a failure. Promoters are san. guino of success however. I 'AX FIELD'S FAMOUS CLUBHOUSE CI.OSEH Saratoga X. Y. "Dick" Canfield's famous Saratoga clubhouse has been "npticl of its tumbling paraphernal- la and a carload of roul.-i wheels, faro tables and pok. chips were ship-, pel away to a destination lh.it n i- j body in authority wanted to divulge, j but which is generally believed to be i Mexico, where Canfield is said to be . planning to begin business again. ; After the final tabic had been re-1 moved from the clubhouse, the doors , in,i winnows were nailed up and in- iiuuers were tout tnat Lanneid wouiu ! never make an attempt to open the I piaee again. I The clubhouse was made famous e.ws ;i . n .iiMlll .uim lissey. iUOT other hands and finally who spent $500,000 upon the grounds and a new restaurant. For several years the authorities dealt leniently with him and h-? was permitted to run when other places of a similar kind were shut up. Three years ago, however, he was told that he would have to take the tables fiom the big gaming room on the fiist To r. He immediately replied by ottering the property for s.tlo Since that time the gambling apparatus has remained In the building, out for two seasons the restaurant ami clubhouse has been shut tight. OF MEN Charges against eight different men are being Investigated by the grand jury which Is now- been convened this morning. With one exception the eight men are charged with larceny In one form or another. The one exception Is F. W. Gilllng bam, the waiter who is charged with indecent exposure. It Is understood that he will plead guilty. The others all say they will stand trial, GRAND JURY W L DISPOSE Tho grist includes one negro, two , fession. Now he Is trying to repudl lndians, and five whites. The negro ute that confession and says he will U William Hodgen. charged with stand trial. burglarizing the home of R. Moss on the reservation. He Is in jail as Is also ( lillingham. The Indians are Waiter Davis and Walter Bomson. charged with the larceny oj a horse and Tots-homi who is charged with a similar offense. Both are in jail. Walter Arnold Is charged with larceny from a store. He Is out on bond. Dave Meyers Is charged with WIRELESS ill OUT Hi BONDS Seattle Representative of the United Wireless Company is Arrested. CHARGED WITH USE OF MU1.S TO DEFRAUD George II. Parker in Toils of Iiw Arrest ('onus As rturprise Result of Letters from Iowa Man Releas ed Under Bonds of $10,000 Pre liminary Hearing Set for August 1 Parker Says There fs No Merit in the Prosecution. Seattle, June 28. George H. Park er, fiscal agent for the I'nited Wire less Telegraph company for the ter ritory west of the Mississippi river, was arrested late yesterday on a fed eral warrant charging the use of the mails to defraud. Mr. Parker was released under $10,000 bonds. The preliminary hearing was set for August 1. The warrant upon wntch Parker was arrested was based on a letter written to li. B. Shepperd, of Des Moines, la.. April 8, in which Parker, it is alleged, misrepresented the af fairs of the company for the purpose of selling stock. The arrest vas made by two post office Inspectors and a United States marshal. Parker was taken complet ely by surprise, and had difficulty in finding his attorney. He was taken Before I'nited States Commissioner W. 1). Touch, who fixed the bond at $ia.M(Ml. Parkei-s attorney protested that that was too high, but United S'ntes District Attorney Elmer E. Todd, insisted that it was the proper amount, calling attention ho fact that this was the minimum bail al lowed In similar arrests recently made in Xew York. Furnishes Certificate. Owing to the lateness of the hour, I'arker was unable to find any of his friends down town and after some de lay offered to put up a certificate of deposit Issued by a local bank for $10,000. Commissioner Totten agreed to this, and i'arker and the marshal went in an automobile to a safe de posit vault, where Parker got the cer tificate. I'arker is reputed to be a millionaire, and is said to have come his ,-,.,,. within th lilst few vt,.irs ,,.,. -iU, n.,s ,M.P1, (nnected in! .. h,K caM1 ilv nl,i, the United Wire- ! j,, eompain ! "The Krr,.s",' f Parker has a direct j i,0i,ring upon the recent arrests in Npw Ylk ,,r president Wilson and; vice President Bognrt. of the United I wireless eompanv and of W. V. ! Tompkins, of the Xew York selling! ney. The local inspectors and the ! ,!lstI jet attorney have been in fre- ,,uent communication with the federal uifieers handling the cases in y(,rk and have been working in Xew har- mony with them. jOI.t in Action. Counsel for Mr. Parker Issued the following statement in his behalf last night: "There is no merit in this prose cution. It is actuated by brokers, discharged employes, and holders of stock who secured the same without consideration. Mr. Parker is one of tl.e largest stockholders of the United Wireless Telegraph company, having now over 50,000 shares. He has at the present moment $33,000 loaned to stockholders and has the stock as his only security. Xine-tenths of his wealth is in United Wireless stock Mr. Parker has no fear of the out come of this prosecution." OF ALL COLORS larceny and he Is not only out on bonds but apparently is out of the Jack Gabhart is charged with horse stealing. He Is 1n jail. Wesley Atfield Is the man who faces the most serious charge! It is alleged that while acting as night express agent at Umatilla, he took $486 that did not belong to him. Wlien first -j.uier.ieu in inis cny oy unici OI 10 lice Gurdnne he made a complete con- According to District Attorney Phelps who came down from Meach am this morning, the present session of the grand Jury will be brief. He says the Jurors are very 'anxious to get away and that he has very few matters to present to them. Appar ently there are no cases of alleged vlo latlons of the local option law to be Investigated. EXPLODED CROWDED IN THEATER Buenos Ayres. June 28. Three hundred men are in jail today and the police are ex hausting every means to learn the Identity of the person who threw the bomb in the Collor theater last night during a play. The place was crowded and eight were mortally wounded. A panic was barely averted by. the orchestra, which played the national anthem. A reward of fifty thousand dol lars for information leading to the identity of the bomb throw er has been offered. ANOTHER BATTLE IX THE OKLAHOMA CAPITAL FIGHT Guthrie, Okla., June 28. The sec ond movement on the part of state officials to block court interference with the removal of the state capital to Oklahoma City was made today when Attorney General West argued the second demurrer to the petition for an injunction against removal. The case will be fought out in the state courts but the battle may not end there. If the officials succeed in pre venting the Issuance of an injunction the federal courts will be asked to in terfere. Federal authorities say they wont interfere until the state courts pass upon the matter. IN U. S. HISTORY CONGRESSIONAL RECORDS CONTAIN 10,000 PAGES Each Page Longer Tlinn Xews Col umn Estimated Statesmen Utter ed 10,800.000 Word Also Record in Presidential Appointments. Washington. June 28. In addition to spending $1,074,000,000. the re cent congress was the wordiest on record. The Congressional Record totaled ten thousand pages, each page containing more words than the average newspaper column. It is figured that statesmen uttered 10.SOO.000 words. Twenty-seven thousand and sixty five bills were introduced in the house and eight thousand, eight hundred in the senate. Thousands of these were pension and private claim bills. The senate ratified three treaties, no great importance, and confirmed 10. MIO presidential appointments, wh'ch is a record. Music in the Air. SyrneiiM-. X. Y., June 2S. A great music festival will accompany tne twenty-second annual convention of the Xew York State Music Teachers' association opened here today. Five concerts, in which man;, noted artists will appear, will lie givn during the coming three days. Grand Rapids. Mich., June 28. Several hundred music teachers are here today to take part in the three day program at the state convention. SENATORS TO INVESTIGATE MATTERS IN THE W EST Washington, June 28. The west ern sub-committee on judiciary mat ters consisting of senators Borah, Brown and Stone, will go west in July to investigate several matters. Possibly they will take up the alle gation of Dr. E. li. Perrin, that he was unjustly convicted and accorded improper treatment by the United States Attorney Devlin and Special Agent Burns in connection with land frauds. 'IGHT I'AXS CROWD SOLON'S OUT OF BERTHS Washington, June 28. Many sen ators and congressmen, riding west ward today, were compelled to oc cupy upper berths owing to the crowds of fans flocking to Reno. . On the westward train Congressman Needham of California was the only statesman farseeing enough to re serve a berth several days ahead. PORTER CHARLTON IS ARRAIGNED FOR .MURDER Jersey City, Juno 20. Fur or Charlton was arraigned today and re manded to the custody of the sheriff until July S. His attorneys stated no attempt will be made to socur- his release on habeas corpus or a lunacy writ. They wanted a delay so they could ascertain the government's at titude towards extradition. It Is gen erally believed there won't be any extradition. Charlton is apparently unnerved. School Clerks Are Prompt. According to County School Super intendent Welles, the clerks of the various school districts have been very prompt this year In sending In their annual reports. At present all but three reports have been received and one of these was delayed by an accident. Usually many of the re ports are very slow tn coming In. BOMB E JURY OUT 90 HOURS Twelve Men in Whose Hands Rests Fate of Illinois House Leader Still Out. ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS FOR JURIES BROKEN Deadlock in Bribery Case Lasts for Over Xinety Hours Judge Will Not Will Only Interfere Before Friday Xot Dismiss Jurors Then If One or Two Disagree Loo Distance tered. Record for Slate Is Shat- Chicago, June 28. The jury In the Browne bribery case has broken the deadlock record for Illinois. At tea this morning the jury was not de cided and they had deliberated for 3" "ours, xne previous record waa me iameu Dr. Cronin case when the jury was out 82 hours. Judge McSurely went to his horn at 9 o'clock last night and announc ed that he would not return to the criminal court building until noon today. He reiterated his plan not to interfere with the jury until next Fri day, and then if he finds it Is hope lessly divided he will discharge it. It however, one, two or three men are balking the majority he will send them back for further deliberation. This afternoon Judge McSurely summoned the Jury and gave addi tional instructions. He said they ought to reach a verdict. The jury retired without saying how they stood. Browne is cheerful today and de nounced the district attorney. Marry? Nay, Say College Girls. Wellesley, Mass.. June 28. Of the more than two ' hundred sweet girl graduates who received their dlplo mas fi-om Wellesley college at today's cemmencement exercises, only eight or less than one-twenty-fifth profess an intention of becoming wives and mothers. Attempts were made by the authorities to suppress the results of the canvass, as they fear the effect the news will have when it is called to the attention of Colonel Thvnitnra Roosevelt. According to the statistics called for by the class secretary, one-third of the class will take up teaching as a profession, while another third plan to stay at home. Two of the seniors intend to be come farmers, asserting their belief ! that with the increase in the price of itiin pi.'uucis mere is a good livelt liood to he gotten out of the soil. . CARUSO SINGS FOR THE POOR CHILDREN' Paris Madame la Comtesse de Greffule recently invited the golden voiced Caruso tj sing for the benefit of a poor school. The hall selected was the Troeadero. which seats 10 -ooo peopde. It is needless to say that every seat was filled and the lobbies packed with people unable to buy seats. When the concert was over, the benevolent countess found her char ity the richer by $13,000. She sent her secretary with a letter of thanks to Caruso. When he opened the en velope he found it contained 10.000 francs. Without a moment's hesita tion he took 5000 francs from his own pocket, added it to the 10,000 which the countess had enclosed and sent the whole back for the benefit of the children for whom he had sung. This was indeed a magnificent gift, but Caruso says it was a privilege as well as a pleasure to help along so worthy a work. He makes light of his generosity; Indeed .he refuses to talk about it, but there are several thousand poor walfe in Paris who bless his name and will never forget ,his kindness. Caruso was very pop ular in Paris before this concert. H has now become the lion of the hour. TEDDY WANTS TO KNOW WHO STARTED REPORT Xew York. June 28. Theodore Roosevelt left Oyster Bay for Cam bridge today. He shook hands with every one aboard the train. He isked newspapermen for tho name of the teporter who started the story that an operation would be performed on his throat. Phi Delta Kappa Session. Chicago. June 2S. For the first time since 1S72. the American Society of Engineers Is holding Its annual convention In Chicago, the session commenced today to continue three days. The conclave represents a mem bership of 5.000. "X'onsene," Says Fenry. New York. June 28. Rudolph Frnncke's suit, set for a hearing In Berlin today, is branded as "non sense" by Commander Peary. The latter will be represented today by an attorney, who will seek to have the case thrown out of court. w li