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-- av7 i 'Qk SjjlJ. EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT Calling cards, wad ding stationery, com mercial stationery and job printing to enter at the East Oregoniaa. Fair tonight and Sun day. Cooler. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 23. PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 l0. NO 6985 54 SPAIN'S FIGHT AGAINST POPE Hard to Forecast When Actual Fighting Will Result From Strained Relations. SPAIN'S STATE CHURCH IS A MIGHTY TRCST . Prewent Crisis Is Result of Ever In creasing Commercial Power of Church Protest Is Not Against Ro man Catholicism But Against Church ax a Ye ted Interest Alf on- so Forced by Revolts to Draft Laws for Curtailment of Power Ctinreh May Support Don Jamie. (By . Charles P. Stewart, staff corres pondent of the United Press.) Cerebere. France, Aug. 20. Just how quickly the pending church-and. state situation in Spain Is going to de velop real fighting is pretty hard to guess. Hostilities may begin almost any day now. Or they may be warded off for a good many months. Each aide is afraid of the other and their fears make them hesitate. At the same time, things can't stand still. There's a climax coming and the only question Is how much time is going to intervene between now and the mo ment of its arrival? Whoever gets the Idea that the Spanish antl-clarlcals' quarrel is with the Roman Catholics is mistaken. Out of the country's total population of close to 20,000,000, It is estimated that not more than 10,000 are anything but Roman Catholics. . Naturally the people are not at outs with the church of which they themselves are mem bers. It is the state ehurch they are attacking Spain's one great, over shadowing vested Interest It Is as monsterlnd-holdlng, commercial and industrial organization that the anti clerical are opposing it. The Papal administration has, as a matter of fact, taken sides with this organization, which seems to put the antl-clerlcals In a position of hos tility to Roman Catholicism, but an overwhelming majority of them are good Roman Catholics for all that. Incidentally, there Is he best au thority for the statement that more than one-half the members of the College of Cardinals believe the Va tican Is making a mistake in support ing the Spanish state church, or that, at any rate, it Is making a mistake In supporting It so unqualifiedly as It Is doing. So that if the Spanish anti clerical are Injuring their standing as Roman Catholics by opposing the Papal administration, a majority of the catholics are Injuring theirs, too. . Church Is a Vented Interest. The whole of the present trouble is due to the fact that the church, as a vested Interest, has been appropri ating to Itself so large a proportion of the country's wealth that the masses of the people have been and still are kept upon the very verge of starvation. As might naturally be ex pected of so enormous a vested Inter est the church is Intensely conserva tive, not to say reactionary, and as It has had until very recently the tight est kind of grip on the government. It has been able hitherto effectually to suppress every attempt in the di rection of progress, Ir Improvement in the people's condition. With that portion of the great ar my of churchmen which concern itself purely with spiritual matters that Is to say, the parish priest-hood no fault is found. This class, Indeed, is praotlcally as poor and oppressed as the masses of laymen. It Is the so called "religious ' establishment" against which the antl-clerlcai cam paign Is being waged. The members of the various "orders" which con duct them are estimated at upwards of 100.000. They conduct agricultur al operations upon an enormous scale, run factories, laundries and mercan tile concerns, loan money, mannge vast estates and In fact, engage In every line of business open to the lay community. It Is not so much that they do all these things, however, tHnt the anti clerlcals complain of, ns that they do them under conditions giving them an overwhelming advantage over pri vate enterprise. The enormous capi- NEGROES PLEDGE TTTFTR SfPPORT TQ TEDDY. New York, Aug. 20. Colonel Roosevelt Is sure of the negro support of the United States to day both for a third term and an endorsement of "My poli cies," as a result of the action of 1100 delegates to the Negro Business Men's league In con vention at New York. The support of the negroes was pledged to the colonel after he had spoken to the convention on the opportunities .for ad vancement of the black yesterday. tul at their command makes them, to start with; exceedingly formidable. Secondly, they nre wholly independ ent of the regular labor market, the rank and flic of the members of the "orders" doing all work required. In return merely for the living th church allows them. And finally, they pay no taxes. Against a monster "trust" an fnvnr. ed and so powerfully entrenched the anti-ciericais say It is practically Im possible for any lav enterni-ixe to stand. More than this, the masses of the people are compelled, out of the meagre share of the country's re sources which the church Leave to them, to pay the entire expense of government. Cause of Revolt. Last summer's widespread disor ders were a revolt against this con dition. The drafting of troops from the country for service in Africa was indeed, the Immediate cause of tho outbreak, but the Intolerable burden of the church was really the funda mental reason for it. The church, through the government, which it ab solutely controlled, put the rebellion down with savage violence. But the antl-clerlcals refused to stay beaten. Premier Maura was forced out of of fice and Premier Moret tried to con tinue the same old system. He, too, failed and was succeeded by Premier Cnnalejas. Senor Canalejaa made up his mind some months ago that another revolt was coming and felt no certainty of the government's ablflty to crush it ns Senor Maura succeeded, with much difficulty, in doing last year. He rep resented to King Alfonso that the time had come when there must be a cur tailment of the church's power and a lightening of the burden it was forc ing the country to bear or the govern ment was going to be overthrown. Alfonso acqulescend. Probably neither Premier Canale jas nor King Alfonso is entitled io much credit for their decision. The premer is a so-called liberal; but a Spanish liberal Is really a conserva tive, while a conservative is a bitter reactionary. The premier decided as he did to save the throne. Alfonso has always been completely under the clericals' control.. He would undoubt edly have vetoed the premier's pro posals If the latter had not convinced him that it would cost him his crown if he did. Fight With the Church. With the king's approval, the pre mier accordingly took preliminary steps in the Cortes towards a reduc tion of the number of "religious es tablishments" In Spain, towards the taxation of the others which engage In Industrial and commercial under takings and towards a slightly wider toleration of protestant sects. The Spanish archbishops and bish ops promptly protested against any Ifgislatlon along these lines, assert ing that the "religious orders" and (Continued on page s.) E TO SEVER QUEUES KOYAL EDICT SOUNDS DOOM OF PIGTAILS Prince Chun will Institute On of Most Radical Reforms of Years Order Will Be Issued When Public Sentiment Is Ready for Change. Peking, Aug. 20. A royal edict, promulgated by Regent Prince Chun is being prepared today which orders all Chinese In the empire to sever their queues. This order will be Is sued as soon the the grand council deems public sentiment Is ready for sueh a radical change. Behind the order lies the biggest fight of the reform element In years. At first the soldiers, then the sailors of the emperor and then the public will lose their hair. The queues have been worn as a badge or obedience to the Manvhu sovereignty for hundreds of years. -MAN Y PEOPI.E WILL ATTEND FIESTA OF DAWN OF GOLD Sacramento. The leading hotel, in Sacramento .are receiving a flood of letters asKing reservations during the fiesta, and at a meeting of the gen eral fiesta committee last nlsrht a special committee waa appointed to arrange at once for an Information bureau and booking office, for the purpose of assisting visitors to secure accommodations during their stay in Sacramento. A list or all the hotels and lodging houses will be preparea to facilitate this work. It Is also pro posed to erect a large number of tents in capitoi park to accommodate the overflow. The question of transportation is also receiving attention. The local street railway companies are laying new tracks and preparing the road beds In preparation for ntcreased traf fic, and It is probable that their equipment will be augmented by bringing a large number of cars from other points. The new. automobile road to Agricultural park will be completed before the 1st of Septem ber. The laying of the new cable between Nagasaki, Japan, and Tamsui, For mosa, to cost $568,000, will be begun at once by the Japanese government TEDDY DEMANDS SHERMAN'S HEAD Reported Roosevelt Would Sacrifice Vice-President as Price of Peace. TAI T CONSIDERS DEMAND PREPOSTEROUS. IT IS SAID New Development in Opening Breach Between President and His Prodc essor Report Says T. R. Has De manded Dropping of Sherman from "Administration Political Circles Administration Supporters Will Not Bow to TeUily Crisis at Hand. Beverly, Aug. 20. It Is reported that Roosevelt has demanded that Vice President Sherman be dropped from the administration political councils as the price of peace. It Is said President Taft considers the de mand preposterous. It is believed that Grlscom, who will soon call on Taft, and Representative Longworth, who U at Oyster Bay today, will inform the president officially of the colonel's position. Administration supporters say the demands will not be heeded as they would make the party yield to Roosevelt. Many believe Roose velt Is trying to get Taft to rebuff him so he can openly break with the president. Sherman la picked as the sacrifice which Roosevelt demands because the vice president was used as the first direct move against Teddy. The dropping of Sherman would mean a rupture In the administration forces. The breach between the president and the former big stick wielder la se rious and an open break is expected soon. The colonel denied this afternoon that he had sent Griscom or Loeb to deliver his ultimatum to Taft. "Sueh a report is a tissue of falsehoods," said "Roosevelt. Son-in-law Calls. Oyster Bay. Aug. 20. Congress man Longworth arrived today from Beverly for a conference with Roose velt. It Is believed Longworth is try ing to bring about an understanding between Taft and Roosevelt to pre vent a breach. STREETS OF OREGON CITIES ARE PAVED WITH GOLD Portland, Or. Oregon has two cit ies whose streets are paved with gold, and neither lays claim to being the New Jerusalem, either. Medford and Jacksonville are the towns with the expensive pavements. Sand used in the cement sidewalks of Jacksonville Is taken from the tail ings of the Opp mine, an extensive gold producer. These tailings were piled up before the construction of the cyanide plant and not all the gold was extracted from it. The tailings will run $1 to the ton in free gold. The same material Is used In paving the Medford streets. It is estimated that Medford pavements have more than $30,000 contained in them, ex clusive of the cost of these Improve ments to the municipality. Loyalty leads to better life and lends a charm to living love Is the key to loyalty. f. WESTWARD HO" "Westward Ho." i This is to be the name of the big twilight parade, one of the features of "Round-up" week in Pendleton. And If the reports concerning the arrangements for this event are to be relied upon, the parade will be en tirely tpylcal of its name and will be one of the most spectacular things of Its kind the northwest has ever seen. With uncle Sam's soldiers, military and cowboy bands, Indians in war paint, cowboys and cowboy-girls In characteristic costume and several hundred people representing the vari ous features of frontier life in the far west, it will be an event, in itself worth coming a hundred miles to see. If the plans of the committee ma terialize, "Westward Ho" will be in the minds and mouths of everyone for months after the first annual "Round up" has passed into history. Idaho Indiana Coming. News of the "Round-up" the biggest and best the northwest has ever seen is spreading like wild fire and engen dering enthusiasm wherever It goes, as is indicated by the following letter from Yellow Eagle, a prominent Net Perce Indian of Sties, Idaho: Stites, Idaho. Aug. 18, 1910. Maj. ' Lee Moorhouse, Pendleton, Oregon. ST FOREST FLAMES ! RAGE UNABATED Fires in Southern Oregon, in r i Idaho and in Montana are Spreading Rapidly. I MORE TROOPS REQUESTED TO AID IN FIGHTING Associate Forester in Portland Asks 500 More Troops to Send to South ern Oregon Four Big Fires Still Uncontrolled m That District Fifty Additional Fighters Sent to Wallowa ReserveConditions Are Very Grave. Portland, Aug. 20.' Associate For ester Cecil has requested General Maus, commanding the troops at Am erican Lake, for 600 troops to fight the southern Oregon fires which are beyond control and spreading rapid ly. Four big fires rage inside the tri angle between Medford, Ashland and Klamath Falls and the wind Is driv ing the flames which are wreaking terrible destruction. Later . reports show conditions are graver. In Montana, conditions like in southern. Oregon obtain and troops are being rushed to the fires there. In Idaho, the fires In the Wallowa re serve and on the south fork of the Clearwater are spreading. Associate Forester Cecil wired to Huntington to day for fifty additional men to fight the Wallowa fires. There is another blaze In the Rainier national park in Washington. Fifty men are fighting near Roseburg, Oregon, fifty near Grants Pass and a hundred near Ash land. Nearly all of the troops are out fighting. General Maus has only 200 available left and the Vancouver bar racks are almost empty. A regiment of Philippine troops is expected soon to be sent to the fires. Of Incendiary Origin. . Medford, Ore., Aug. 20. That the present fire in the Crater national park which has already burned over 30 square miles and done a million dollars worth of damage was set by disgruntled squatters is the belief of officials today. The squatters and rangers clashed previous to the fire and unmistakeable evidence that many conflagrations were of incen diary origin has been found. The troops left for Butte Falls early to day. WILL GO AFTEK MEN WHO TRIED TO FIX JURY Chicago, Aug. 20. The trial of Lee O'Neill Browne, which is now on, will be followed by an investigation of at tempts made to influence the venire men summoned in the case. The Jury was completed late yesterday and the hearing will begin Monday. State Attorney Wayman J today the grand jury will begin probing Sep tember 12 in an attempt to indict the jury fixers. Eight hundred venire men were summoned before the Jury was completed. Ft. Dodge Homecoming. Fort Dodge, la., Aug. 20. Fort Dodge's first "homecoming week" celebration will begin here tomorrow and it is expected to attract a large crowd every day of the coming week. TO BE GREAT T My Friend: I 'read in East Ore gonian paper, that you are going to have big show in Pendleton, last part of September and that all Indians are Invited to come and also you hang up big purse $150 for horse race. I have two good race horses, I want to bring down. Tell the Umatilla In dians that couldnt come down for their Fourth of July, but that I will come to big round up and bring my race horses and If they have any good race horses, ' I will run with them. Now I hope you send me letter right away, Your friend, WAPTDS MOX-MOX. (Yellow Eagle.) Securing Outlaw Horses. Sheriff T. D. Taylor is meeting with good succes in his efforts to line up the 100 head of outlaw horses needed for the three-day celebration. Horses that are believed to be un tamable have already been promised and the entire eastern Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho country is being scoured for the wildest and toughest that can be found. Everyone seems anxious to help and to contribute his or her part to the big event The result is no longer In doubt It is sure to be a success from every standpoint AR FRONTIER PAGEAN CRICAN WOMAN TO BE HONORED IN BRUSSELS jssels, Aug. 20. One of the greatest honors ever extended a wo man by the world's celebrated men of letters, scientists and savants, will be given to Mrs. Kate Trimble Woolsey, an American, who, as an official del egate from America, will open the In ternational Free Thought congress In Brussels tomorrow. The free thinkers are jubilant at the religious revolt in Spain and Por tugal and leaders declare that the cause of rationalism Js making great strides in all parts or the world. Nine-tenths of the great men of France, it is claimed, are now agnos tics, and Japan is also cited as an example of the great Intellectual and moral progress possible under an atheistic regime. Anatole France, the French aca demlcan, novelist and essayist, is president of the congress. The last congress was held In Rome, when a statue to Brune was unveiled facing the Vatican, on the spot where he was burned at the stake because of his as. tronomical views. The sessions at that time were opened by Prof. Er nest Haeckel, the distinguished evolu tionist. The previous congress was opened by Pasteur. ' Several hundred delegates are here for the met:ng, in cluding some of the leading scientists and literary men of the world. CIUPPEN AND MME. LENEVE BOARD STEAMER FOR ENGLAND Quebec, Aug. 20. Aboard the liner Megantic, Dr. Crippen, Mine. Leneve and Inspector Dew, headed for Eng land today where the prisoners will face trial for murder. The couple were rushed aboard the steamer at Sillery where it awaited them. ONE MORE SACRIFICE TO INSATIABLE EPKF.D GOD Brighton Beach, N. Y... Aug. 20. Tearing along at a- terrific pace a Marion car in the midnight-daylight race, this morning turned completely over. Driver Owens was killed and Mechanican Thomas Williams was hurt. The race started at nine-thirty last night. ARMOURED CRUISER RUNS - AMUCK IN HARBOR Vallejo,, Aug. 20. The armored cruiser South Dakota ran amuck at the Mare island navy yard today and smashed the tug Unadilla and went aground near the receiving ship In dependence. Unsuccessful attempts were made to refloat her. She broke from her anchorage and the tide car ried her about The Unadilla, with a large hole in her side, is still afloat It is probable a board of injuiry will Investigate the accident. HOLY ROLLER DIES FROM STARVATION FANATIC KEEPS FAST AND REFUSES FOOD TO LAST With Two Ladies, Abstains From Food for Five Weeks Officers Seek to Make Them Eat But Man Resolutely Refuses. Los Angeles, Aug. 20. Reverend John O'Neil, a religious holy roller fa natic died today in a cottage near the outskirts of this city as a result of a fast which, together with J. E. Butler, Mrs. Nellie Boyle, and Alice Griffin, a 16 year old girl, and Mrs. Boyle's niece he kept up for more than five weeks. O'Neil died refusing food which the authorities tried to force on him. Neighbors- complained they were starving themselves In prepar ation for the end of the world. The law would not allow their removal against their will and finally health officers took the matter In hand. It Is questionable whether the others will survive. The girl has broken her fast and the others are expected to. WILL PREVENT INTRODUCTION OF CHOLERA IN ENGLAND London, Aug. 20. Port authorities were today ordered to examine all ar rivals from the continent to prevent the Introduction of cholera which is raging in Italy and Russia. Over fif teen thousand Russians are dead al ready and hundreds of Italians have perished. English health officers say fifty thousand are dead In Russia. Rome officially denies that cholera is there. AEROPLANE FALLS AND AVIATOR IS KILLED Rome, Aug. 20. Lieutenant Ri valdl was crushed to death beneath a Farman biplane in a flight between Clvita, Veechla and Rome today. Lieu tenant Savoka who accompanied him In another machine made the flight successfully. MAN AND WIFE FOUND CLUBBED TO DEATH Wilmington. Del.. Aug. 20. Rob ert Casey and his wife were found dead at their home In Claymont to day. They had been clubbed to death and their little store robbed during the night. A posse is seeking the murderer. Ml ML annex State Departmental Washing ton is Expecting Announce ment Today. KOREAN-AMERICAN TREATY WILL THUS BE ABROGATED .Minister O'Brien at Tokio Advises Washington Authorities That Ai nexatlon of Korea by Japan WiU Soon ,Take Place U. S. Will Not Object But Will Keep Carefal Watch of Terms American CiUaesM in Korea Will be Affected. Washington, Aug. 20. Following recent advices from Minister O'Brlea at Tokio, Washington is today ex pecting a formal announcement of the annexation of Korea by Japan. Al though no protest will be made by this country it is believed a carefal watch will be kept on the term by which the Japs acquire Korea. AH the time Japan has been saying they only wanted to protect Korea and did not want to annex hat. If Korea becomes a part of Japan, the Korean-American treaty, whica was very favorable, will be abrogated and American residents will On themselves amenable to the stricter Japanese-American treaties. The state department will be made to preceive the extra territorial jurisdic tion of the United States over Ameri cans in Korea. MAYOR GAYNOU WILL SOON LEAVE HOSFFTAL Hoboken, Aug. 2s.- the hospital are cons Mayor Gaynor to mountains or his home land to recuperate. He will probably leave within ten days. BITTER CLASHES EXPECTED. Advocates of Different Theories WiB Meet in St. Paul. St Paul, Aug. 20. As proponents of the two opposed theories of con servation will be present at the con gress here in Setember. bitter clashes are expected. Colonel Roosevelt will advocate the principle that the fee simple of public domain is In the fed eral government. He will speak Sep tember 6. Senators Borah and Reed Smoot are both vigorous advocates of the theory that the state should con trol the forests and water power sites. Governor Brooks will probably be the orator of the states' rights ranks. Wyoming is the mother of the Wyo ming system by which much of the power is put in the hands of the state engineer and the authority of the for est service antagonized at evtry chance. Desperate Situation in Montana. Missoula, Aug. 20. The forest fire situation is desperate. Forestry offi cials are appealing for ten companies of troops but only two are available. They will be rushed from Camp Spar ta, Wyoming, to Coram and Kalispell. A company of colored troops will probably reach Borax where the fire is spreading today. Fifteen compan ies of troops are fighting the Lolo fire in western Montana. The fire la six miles in width. Numerous other fires are reported. Professionals In Race. New York, Aug. 20. Svanberg, Holmer, Harvey, Conn, Jimmy Lee, Al Haines. Ted Crooks Shrubb and many other champions and near champions will compete in the fif teen mile professional team race to be held today at Wasnlngton Park, Brooklyn. W. L. Jones, referee of all important Amateu., Athletic . Union events, has consented to referee the race. " - Home Education Meeting. Brussels, Aug. 20. Following tho international congress on physical cul ture, the third international congress for home education opens in the Bel gian capital tomorrow. Educational bodies, philanthropic societies and wo men's organizations of all nations are represented by delegates. THOUSANDS ATTEND NURSE'S FUNERAL. London, Aug. 20. Flv thou sand mourners assembled at St. Paul's Cathedral today, attend ing the memorial services In honor of Florence Nightingale. Representatives of the king and queen, members of the cabinet, leaders of the foreign diplomatic corps all rendered their re spects to the famtd nurse. Thousands of nurses In uniform were among the mourners. Rev erend Watson conducted tho services. Interment was made at Westweli this afternoon.