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tfe. fJ.Ujitiam 'I U.K. EVENING EDiTiOIl WEATHER REPORT. Fair tonight with light frost; Thursday fair. Culling cards, wed-' ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to orCtr at the East Oregonian COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. ittt i nrri tat d DPD VOL. 24 PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 191 NO. 7223 - - T Harriman Shopmen Give Rail roai Officials Few Hours to Meet Them, 11IUHSDAY XOOX IS TIME SET UY CMOSS General .Manager Krultscliuitt in Now York Conferring With Other Ilarrl nuu System Officers Lubor Doing All Possible to Avert Strike. Chicago, 111., Sept. 27. Unless tho railroad officials grunt a conference to the officials of the Federation of Shopmen by noon tomorrow, ull mem bers of the federation, cmplqyed by the Harriman System of Railroad lines will lay down their tools and walk out on strike, according to an ultimatum which was served on the officials of the railroads, with headquarters In New York. This is the substance of a statement that was this morning is sued by President Kline, of tho Inter national Blacksmiths union. Julius Kruttsehiiitt, vice-president and general manager of the Harri man system, has gone to New York to confer with the other officials of the system, regarding tta labor dif ficulties. Presidents of the various crafts unions art- here today conferlng with Piesident Kline. Kline declures that the Federation officials aro doing everything possible to uvoid a strike and secure a peaceable settlement of the trouble. A lid for Clerk. Cleveland, Sept. 2 I. 'J'lutt the striking clerks on the Harriman lines will receive the support of the Broth erhood of Railway Trainmen was of ficially announced here today after the brotherhood officials held a con ference. FOR REFORM LAWS North Yakima, Wash., Sept. 27. Organizations with an aggregate vot ing membership of one hundred thou sand men and women are directly and indirectly represented in the form ation here yesterday of the Feder ation of Farmers and Workingmcn, the purpose of which is the promotion of progressive political measures. The new organization will wage a vigorous campaign for tho adoption of pending constitutional amendments providing for the Initiative, referen dum and recail and will also demand that candidates for the next legisla ture pledge themselves to the submis sion of a constitutional amendment, giving the people the power to initi ate amendments to the 6tate constitu tion. TWO KILLED IX MEXICAN' RIOTS Mexico City, Sept 27. Two per sons were wounded fatally and 15 others Injured In riots here following the return of Francisco I. Madero from his speaking trip in the south. To restore order the police were forced to charge the mobs with .-n-bres. Hoys Perish in Snow. Slsson, Cal., Sept. 27. Harry Ma ples and Herbert Ball, two Slsson boys, are believed to have perished in the snow on Mount Shasta. Tho boys have been missing since Sunday. MAY W TOMORROW TWO iiiEfl OH FIRE FROM EXPLOSION JUMP INTO HORSE TANK AND SAVE THEIR LIVES To a horse trough full of water Harry Myrlck and Joe Fields probab ly owe the fact they are now alive. As It is both men are badly burned and John Myrlck, father of one of the Injured men, Is a loser to the ex tent of $4000 by a chop mill fire that occurred at Myrlck station early this forenoon. . . At the time of the accident, young Myrlck and Fields, who Is an employe on the Myrlck ranch, were working In tho Myrlck chop mdl, whlcn was run by a gasoline engine. The engine blew up and within an Instant both men were enveloped In flames and the mill was a blazing mass. Rushing to tho horse trough near by both men Jumped Into the water and by doing so managed to extin guish the flames. Yet both men were terribly burned. Young Myrlck was burned about the legs and is the more AFTER FIGHT ill WHICH FIVE DIE White Father Leads Negro Sons In Battle With Officers; Is Hanged. Pne Bluffs, Ark., Sept. 27. Fol lowing a pitched gun battle between a sheriff's posse and a number of negroes near Dumas, a small town fifty miles south of this city yester day, In which Sheriff Preston, Dep uty .Sheriff Barney Stein and two ne groes were killed, a mob this morn ing lynched Charlie Malpass, a white man, uged 67 years, and father of the two young negroes who were killed by the officers. A third negro, a member of the urns family, was kill ed by officers, shortly after the first battle. The negroes had been charged with bottlegglng whiskey, and the officers had started out for the purpose of effecting their capture. Malpass, the white man, has assisted the negroes In resisting the officers and received a serious bullet wound In the first battle. He was captured and was being brought to this city by the officers when a mob gathered, overpowered the officers, took him Into custody anil hanged him to a convenient tree. Much excitement prevails among the blacks and more serious trouble may follow. ENGLAND EHJOICES OVER DEFEAT OF RECIPROCITY London, Sept. 27. Editorials of a distinctly anti-American nature, are appearing in conservative newspapers here. They rejoice over tho defeat of reciprocity and say that Canada has proved a loyal province and one which won't allow tdio solidity of the LYltlsh empire to be Jeopardized by American politics. Toss Heads Ticket. Boston, Mass., Sept. 27. As an out come of the first state-wide primaries is Massachusetts, held yesterday. Governor Eugene N. Foss will head the democratic state ticket for tho second time and Lieutenant Governor Lou s A. Fr ithinghum will be his re publican opponent In the November elections. Both cand.dates are from this city. Governor Foss had no opposition except from Thomas L. Hisgen of Springfield, the presidential candi date of the Independence league league three years ago. Mr. His gen's vote was not heavy: SMOKE "AKTMA" liROKE; SOAKS AITO AND JEWELS London, Eng., Sept. 27. Having run through with a fortune of $120, Ooo which he made In his fight with James J. Jeffries, in a little more than one year, Jack Johnson, colored .heavyweight chnmp'on prize f;ghter of the world, todiiy Is dead broke' and be was forced to pawn his automobile and diamonds in Paris in order to obtain money to pay his traveling ex panses to this city. The champion and his retinue, who !'ss than a year ago were travd'ns In special palace cars and wearing diamonds the slzo of a ten cent cut of Ice, traveled from the French cap ital to this place, second class. Johnson Is greatly worried for fear that his scheduled match with Wells the English champion, will bo can celled. Rnnk of Egypt Suspends. London, Sept. 27. The Hank of Egypt announced today that it had suspended payment. No reason Is as signed for the action, but It is un derstood that the crisis Is chiefly due to the partial failure of crops. The nffa'rs of the bank will be liquidated. severely Injured of the two. Fields was burned on the shoulders and also about .ho legs to Borne extent. The fire occurred about an hour before the arrival of the Pendleton-bound Northern Pacific train at Myrlck. Preparations were mmedlately made to bring the two men here and they came down on the 10 o'clock passen ger. Young Myrlck was at once ta ken to the Myrlck home on Locust hill, while Fields was cared for down town. This afternoon tho employe is also being taken to the Myrlck homo for treatment. Neither man Is cr.tlcally Injured, according to re ports, but both were painfully burn ed. The chop mill contained much grain belonging to Mr. Myrlck and to neighbors and the mill and contents were completely destroyed. The loss Is estimated at $4000 and none of the property was Insured. ill TO FIGHT GOV'T. Will Use Name and Weal:h to Combat Effort at Trust Busting. PERSONALLY SIGNS WAR DECLARATION AG A IN. ST U. S. Declares Steel Trust is Anxious to ! Have Prosecution Stur:..I Ercn-! zhll Buying; or Steel StofU. I'ullows j Finance King's Activity. New York, N. V., Sept. 21- iji.-.e.-mined to defend his title, of king of finances, J. Plerpont Morgan early today opened his office to arrange a campaign which he will wage to up hold the market and incidental- to combat the efforts of the government at trust busting. To allay the fears of holders of stock in the United Steel corporation Mr. Morgan personally signed a de claration by the trust of war in de fense of the government. He has fur ther Informed his associates that he expects to reassure the investors, in steel, by the power of his name. It was today reported that at a meeting of the board of directors, of the steel trust, that Mr. Morgan de clared that the corporation was ready to resist the dissolution fight that is being made by the government and really wants the government to file a suit, charging the corporation with being a trust, with the view of reliev ing the present financial situation. Frenzied buying at the market op ining Is attributed to Mr. Morgan's influence. The Intial sales of United States steel were 3 MOO shares. GRAND JURY FINDS NO CONSPIRACY AGAINST JUSTICE Tacoma, Wasn , Sept. 27. After considering evidence for three days, the federal grand Jury here today re fused to indict the eight Seattle men and former Mayor Fawcett of Tacoma on charges of "conspiracy to obstruct justice," because they caused to be culled, and spoke ut, a mass meeing, for the purpose of launching a move ment to impeach Keuera. Judge Han ford, as an autgrowth of which Judge Hunford was hanged in effigy. Suit Again Lumber Trust. Washington, Sept. 27. It was learn ed todiiy from the department of jus tice that a number of trust suits, in tended to break up the Colorado and Wyoming Lumber Dealers associati on, on the ground that they violated the Sherman law will be brought im mediately. COLORED M HELD Accused of breakln; into the r t.-n. "!' 'v I'onlan ' lodgni;; h-u-. stealing articles belonging to occu- pnnrs, Charles Dial, colored, is now i".l:ud ia the county jail pending an invistigation of the alleged crime. Dial had himself been rooming at the lodging house for some time nast land recently the f.nger of suspicion negan to point toward him when oth ers of the lodgers missed articles of value from time to time. The officers were notified and the negro was ar rested. In his possession par. of the mis-lng plunder was found and .t is suspected that he has hidden the oth er part of it in other places or el-e has a confederate with caches the goods. whom he PROSECITION OF TRUST WILL RE THOROUGH Denver, Sept. 27. That tho govern ment's nrosprllHiin rf f.n . ... j ... ,. 4 MIC IUI11ULI trust is to be thorough is indicated I ... ir im,i.v uy me iuci mat an entire new prosecution is modeled along the same line as the original suit, brought in New Tort II II .1 1 lO i t. ... 1 the Co.lol . I . I .-j i-uuii jivre. unougn Federal Judge Lewis ordered that all Information be withheld. It la known that the big lumber Interests of the country are affected and it is said that the companies have been operat ing under sale and territorial agree ments. ADJOURNMENT POSTPONED TO HEAR COMMONER Kansas City, Sept. 27. The ad journment of the National Conserva tion congre-s, which has been In ses sion here for three days, was post poned today until tonight, to give W. J. Pryan an opportunity to speak. Walter Fisher, secretary of Interior, spoke today. He dented he Intended to slur the progressive party In Kan sas yesterday. It Is expected that J. D. White will be elected president. no MAYOR IS BEfiTEFJ BY R8LPH, Landslide Buries Union Labor candidate in Direct Primary. i San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 27. (Bulletin) Practically complete re turns from yesterday's primary elec tion Indicate that Rolph's plurality over McCarthy will reach 20,000 and 14,000 majority over all candidates. Sin -is.-o. C'a'.f., Sept. 27. In- -.:.. '. rMurns .run the elect.on ; ! . y-.v ;, t t'r 'riy indicate that Mayor P. H. McCarthy, union labor candidate for re-election, is buried beneath a landslide which will give his opponent, James Rolph, Jr., a majority of more than fifteen thou sand votes over all other candidates. In practically every precinct, the labor element suffered heavily and j there is every probability that Rolph, as mayor, will have aimost a solid an- u-union lauor aumm.'-irauon oen.nu j him. ! Approximately 7S.000 votes were cast in the primaries. Explaining his defeat, Mayor McCarthy declared that the vote was in a sense a def.' note vote against labor unions. He stated that party machines were lined up against him and asserted that Holph's promise to favor an eight hour day and an even break for labor unl .ns, re-ulted in his own de feat. It will not be known which one of the b'nnket candidates will make the race in the November election, which will finally decide all offices, where a majority was not secured in the prlmures. 0. R. & I. WHS DAMAGE ilT: The Fireman's Fund Insurance company will not recover the amount it paid to the Grant Steen company of Weston for fire which destroyed grain belonging to the company in 1!"S, as a re ult of a verdict return ed shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday evening .n the local court. The suit was against the O. R. & X. com pany, it being alleged that the two fires which did the damage were caused by sparks from an engine of that company. The trial occupied two days and wa hard fought, Lowell & Winter an l O. G. Moore of Spokane pr. se eming the ct'se. wh.le Charles II. Car ter of this city and W. A Robbins of Portland acted as counsel for the de fendant. The points made by the. attorneys for the railroad company were two, namely, that there was not sufficient proof that the fires were started by the engines and that, even if they were, the evidence showed that the company bnd used every reasonable procaut on to prevent a fire and was therefore nut responsible. ' '.".snuii'li ns a i, umber of grain . .. -.o. ,.,,n eau-eu oy spai-Ks i-'--' o xmuirs occur eacn on- i-.:mici oi ine jury may; hae a bearlnu farther :iim ti., .,., I just decided. Wjiul Prevents Flight Emigrant Gap.. Calif, sept. 27 A strong wind today prevented Avj-' ator Fowler from starting acro-s the ! mountains. ' Know Mmi Tlmt Was i Oman. liav T.eoniv.i .1, . ... ..,i , ti....,7 .7 7 . eooeur oi . V M lrs 1K,seJ as a """"ui u oe.og uspectoci tliat h in was in reaLty a woman was I well known to E. L Power of this, city, he having conducted his store alongside the Leonard shop ;, tjKlu years. Mr. Power declares, although he saw the "man" every day during that ):me and attended the same church with "him," he did not once entertain a suspicion that "his" sex was other than as represented, so masculine was the appearance of M!ss Leonard. The disee-verv was mmtn at the asylum when she was taken ' -ere tor committment. J Sues to Determine Proiertv Rights Asa H. Thomson, well known Echo : .v.v.n, lu(IUj commenced two equity ator Curtis who with Governor suits for the purpose of determining1, ii . interests In two pieces of rea? prop! blubb' mVnyme the president erty on Butter creek. The one is tl,roilli tl,? state, each frankly flirt- against James P. Young and the oth- ci 8mnsi Hliliam I'. King, both of ivlitov. ,i.,.i.... . ... . v..lV , Vu . Km trso to the plaint.tf's claims. Raley ' & Raley are attorneys for Mr. Thorn- son. 'I;.!f K.V..1.W, m,n. TT--A. . t David H. Saundei.. an,, i.y ., .......... ,,...e o.ii in 11. .Moimyro oi inc same town, the half of section 29, two. S, N. R. S4. which lies about two miles east of Waterman station. The consideration named In the deed is $25,000. IIHUIISH DISPUTE W ME All EUROPE INTO IR . H WS flKh N. , K N wim.iw mil. Wkklllliu 'Italy Gives Turkey Until Tomorrow to Reply to Demands--: Will Then Occupy Further Fighting Strength Tripoli Is a Turkish possession purposes. Turkey has refused to any special trade connections and the present trouble is a result. Turkey has a stronger army and Italy a better navy. Turkey has a standing army of 375,000 with 350,000 reserves and - 2,000,000 unorganized men for duty. Italy's standing army numbers 225,000. She has 300,000 reserves and 1,200,000 unorganized men to draw on. - WILL TALK ABOUT Those who are interested in the subject of children and children's books will enjoy being at the public library this evening to meet Miss Helen T. Kennedy, or the Oregon li brary commission and to hear that la dy discuss the subject upon wh eh she is working. "Children's, books for home read ing will be the topic of Miss Ken- ly's talk and she will exp'ain the subject by exhibiting a large collec tion of juvenile and holiday books which she will have with her. These nooks w:II also be on exhibit at the brary tomorrow but none of the luiiie.s are to be left here. According to the announcement. Mis-i Kennedy is to be at the library at S o'clock and the library manage ment has issued an invitation to all friends of the library to be present. CONGRESSMAN' LITTLEFI ELD TO DEI END ACCUSED SENATOR Milwaukee Wis., Sept. 27. Former Congressman Littlefield cf Maine will act In the capacity of chief coun sel for United States Senator Steph enson, the millionaire lumberman, who is aecu cd of having bought h.'s seat in the United States senate, it was announced today. The senate investigating commit tee, named during the special session c f congre s to look .nto the charge against Senator Stephenson, with Senator IKyburn as chairman, will begin the invtsugation October 2 and indications are that a national pol.t Jial sensation will be sprung. JO UN SON -WELLS FIGHT liLOCKED 1SY JUDGE Sept. 27. The Wells- London, Johnson fip-tf fni o.. t i ' . S U"IU1U11 is BOOKS FOR CHILDREN ci ncerned, was definitely blocked to-! ing to resist an invasion by the Ital day by Judge Bush, who enjoined . ians and Italian business men in Triiw ine lighters and promoters from hav- ing me battle, because it ml-tit en. danger the license of Earl's court auditorium, where it was scheduled to be held. Rolls Off L; La Grande. Or. Katros. a granger, slipped from a log iii the river near Perry Sunday evening and drowned. Ho had been sunning himself while baiau.-ed on u, j n.i ce ... , ..... on suooaiv. ing caught under the surface of tlvj water by other logs. lie had iere a month. i PRESIDENT AT LAST FINDS SECTION DF COUNTRY WHEREREGULAR S PREDOMINATE Toipeka, Kas., Sept. 27. Prest- dent Taft today entered the Kansas . ... ... . ' .... ... . . J I ulars of the republican partv. ii is nit? iHuiii.' oi 4 nueti Maxes son- inK with Mr. Taft, in an effort to draw hi simnort to their reel.... .t i . - , s,'lv,s "" 1110 sonnoriai toga. Insurgents claim that Unite.) States Senator Bristow declared war against! the president In his speech at Hutch- ir.son. wnen no said: "The insnr. wnen no said: . ... ....... . " irms win K" nsm aiong, seeKing right In their own way. which is not ine way or rresuient rait. Forty thousand people, the largest crowd that has vet irroeted lh nr. Ident. was on hand today to hear him deliver his address .n defense of his j .plans relative to tho peace treaty be-. W4Y r R H F flfll IU (.11 U IIIUUVLL Tripo'i Without Any Discussion. of Italy and Turkey. of which Italy desires for trade lease the Berlin, Sept. 27. It was admitted' today that hostilities, in Tripoli, may ! result in a clash of the European nowers and an a result nil nation. are seeking a peaceable settlement. Austria and Germany have intimated' that they will oppose anything mora serious than a demonstration before Tripoli. The German ambassador la conferring with the Turkish grand visler. seeking a way out to avoid hostilities. Turkey Receives Ultimatum. Constantinople. Turkey, Sept. 27. Th TtAt'nn iTftvprnmnnt ,-..ta. ilrA' ered an ultimatum to the Turkish. government, demanding that Turkey j give her permission for Italy to oc cupy Tripoli, the disputed territory. In the message. Italy declares that unless Turkey replies to the demand before tomorrow 'hat Italy will oc cupy the covetet'. province without any further discussion. This is taken to mean that actual hostilities will begin in Tripoli be tween the Italian fogies and those of Turkey, .f the latter country persist in her intention to re-ist the occupa tion by Italy. Italian Ships Off Tripoli. Vienna. Sept. 27. Reports that have been received here today from Tripoli ports, state hat three Itallaa warships are patrolling the coast of Tripoli, apparently for the purpose of intercepting any troops that may be sent by s.a by the Turkish govern ment, to Tripe' to resl-t the Itallaa forces. More Ships En Route. Malta. Sept. 27 Two Italian bat tleships and four torpedo boats pass ed this port today, en route to the coast of Tripoli. Lloyds Advance Policies. London. Eng., Sept. 27. As a re sult of Italy's ultimatum to Turkev ' Lloyds today advanced their anti-war polic'es forty per cent. The situa tion over TriVoli is here considered very serious. Native Turk are arm- ; oli are leaving :h country as rapid- I u- as they can loake necessary ar rincements j Oregon ;irl Swindled. -r l erl eliy. Cal.. Sept. 27 M'ss Mil- nud Drowns. j died Clemens of Portland. Ore., be Sept. 27. John ! g'nnlne the first term of her iresh- man year at the Universitv of Call- fornia, reported to the police through; university authorities, that she ha5 been sw.ndled out of $248. all tha 1 ,.. i. i. i . . iu..,.. .-no nau micu lor ner years work by a man who promised to make $l"rt more ..lit of it In three, days; She will go home. tween the United States and EngiauJ ! a"d France He scored severely the members of the senate relations commif.ee, who j . . . . , ,, . , . the treaty. Contractor Killed. Seattle, Sept. 27. J. W. Spring ston, chief engineer of th. Wrleht- Contracting company of Tacoma , whi.-w ia : 1 .1 ; n . .. , t,u..v.o.s mc urcrn itver , flume line for Tacom.Vs new water ! svstem. wa auni . mikj , t-id.iv i.v i Ar,ir..,.,n. ; tractor whose work had not been ,. riioct..,, i.:m , " -...r.- me engineer .vraiessono committed ' suie do. The shooting occurred near I I'.nuniclaw In the southern iart of King coun y where construction crews aro at work on the flume. Ar Iress- SOne nnd Rnrinfctnn niritv.i t. gument over the work done by Ard" ressone and the shooting followed