PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. L.-0. 15,439.
INCHOTISM
BARS
OF SETTLERS
Louis Hill Makes Caus
tic Comments.
LET LEGISLATURE INVESTIGATE
Blundering and Obstruction
Mark Oregon Work.
"RESERVED" BLIGHTS ALL
"Wherever Hardy Settler Wishes to
Develop National Wealth AVay Is
Blocked by Green Eastern Men
Who Know Not West.
Br R. G. CALLVERT.
KLAMATH FALLS, May 20. (Staff
Correspondence.) That an investigation
be instituted by the next Oregon Legis
lature of the procedure and work under
taken and accomplished by the Reclama
tion Bureau and Forestry Service in Ore.
gon is a suggestion that Is being made
by President Loads W. Hill, of the Great
Northern Railway, in the course of liis
addresses in Central and Western Ore
gon. Mr. Hill declares that such an investi
gation would be more thorough and
fairer than any hearing that has been or
would be held in Washington, and that
the results of the investigation could be
ma.de the basis of an effective rembn
strance or memorial if the conditions
were found to warrant it.
In his talks Mr. Hill has been pro
nounced in his criticism of the two bu
reaus of the Federal Government.
In speaking to about 20 business men
of Klamath Falls yesterday at a lunch
eon given at the farm of N. C. Merrill,
south of this city, Mr. Hill said:
"I was disappointed this morning In
not seeing the American flag, floating
over the Reclamation headquarters as we
passed. The raisins and lowering of the
flag seems to be the principal occupation
of the service."
Again, In the afternoon, in addressing
1000 people in the courthouse groundg in
Klamath Falls, he said:
Government Sends Incompetents.
"You have both the Forestry Service
and the Reclamation Service represented
here, and therefore I know you have a
good country, for wherever there is a new
country1" that could be developed, there
you will find the Government reserving
something. The Reclamation men who
are on the ground here are perhaps good
men. I believe they are. But .the fault
lies higher up. There is incompetency
In the direction of the service."
Mr. Hill advised the people of Klamath
Falls, however,, that as long as the
Government had undertaken reclamation
work here, it was wisdom for the people
to use the water and develop the coun
try. 1
Similar criticisms were made of the
Forestry Service and Reclamation Serv
ice at Lakeview. The administration of
Western forests, he charged, was put in
the hands of young college men from the
East, who knew nothing of Western con
ditions. There Mr. Hill was followed by
William Hanley, who endorsed Mr. Hill's
remarks.
In numerous conversations with the
rarmers and business .men of interior
Oregon, Mr. Hill has expressed views
antagonistic to Finchotism, and has a big
fund of illustrations to draw from of the
locklne- no of Montana by Government
bureaus. .
Everywhere these expressions of opin
ion have been received with applause by
Ills auditors, and the residents have come
forward with incidents of the holding
back of settlement on Government land
and hindrances, particularly by the For
estry Bureau, to the development of the
country
Juniper Suddenly Precious.
The work undertaken by William Han-
ley in the reclamation of 1Q0.000 acres
of land In Harney County and its hin-
j,.rt, by the Governments suddenly
i-ivrine a. value In juniper wood ased
. f vrr Hanlev's dredger, has
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described in a preceding article.
,, i viamath County a similar in
cident ia related of the Indictment of J
u- Ariams. one of the most suo-
tantial ranchers ifi South Central Ore
' who has devoted mons than a quar
ter of a century to the upbuilding of the
farming interests of this community.
Like Mr. Hanley, Mr. Adams has been
ir.Hlr.ted for buying juniper cut by set
tier . from worthless Government land
In his case the. juniper was to be used
for fAice posts. Substantial men of the
WAY
community 'assert that the juniper was
cut from rocky land bordering a lava
bed. The land cannot be homesteaded,
because it is unfit for agriculture, and
the Government has already created a
precedent by refusing timber filings on
Juniper land.
According to Mr. Adams, he was In
formed by the department that he was
entitled as a eettler to $50 stumpage for
fence posts per annum, and the stumpage
value of the Juniper cut Is well within
that figure. -
The men came to me," he said yes
terday, "and told me they were out of
work and needed money. They asked for
something to do. I needed fence posts
and offered them 8 . cents a post for
' Juniper. It was He only way I could
asrtlst them."
Mr. Adams established the first rec-
fOoBcluded on Pax 14-
LONG JUMP CHOSEN
AS MEANS OF DEATH
MAN LEAPS FROM TOP OF CALL
BUILDING IN SAN FRANCISCO.
On Striking. Pavement After Drop of
320 Feet Body Bounces 'Hlgh
in Air Again.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 20. (Spe
cial.) Jumping from the cupola of the
Call building at II o'clock this morn
ing, Nicholas Lichkaskis struck the
sidewalk amid a crowd of passersby
with sucft force that his body bounced
and fell in a heap amid passing wagons
and automobiles.
Death was instantaneous upon strik
ing the sidewalk and the body lay in
the street an almost unrecognizable
mass. -
That the leap of 320 feet was long
ago adopted by the man as the means
of committing suicide was established
when a receipt for $75, made out to an
undertaking firm to be set aside to de
fray his funeral expenses "in case of
death," was found, in a pocket of the
dead rfran's coat.
To reach the . highest point of the
building he had taken, the elevator to
the 16th floor and thence gone up
through the hoisting machinery to the
topmost point of the big structure. y!
The leap was watched by many from
the street, but so rapidly did he drop
that few imagined that It was a man.
SHOCK KILLS BIG PANTHER
Beast Falls, Grabs Wire and Is Elec
r trocuted at Victoria.
VICTORIA, B. C, May 20. (Special.)
An eight-foot panther crawling along the
eteep cliff underneath which runs the
high-power wire .from the Goldstream
power station to Victoria, made a fatal
misstep or over-spring shortly after 9
o'clock late night and, falling, clutched
the' first thing visible or material, which
chanced to be the high potential wire.
The surprise was complete, and, grip
ping the wire zealously, the big cat curled
around it like a great caterpillar and
brought it to the ground, the electrical
shock killing the animal. As a result
Victoria's street railway and electric
light services were temporarily suspended
until the exceptional cause was ascer
talned and removed.
The panther, is now exhibited at the
store warehouse of the British Columbia
Electric Railway Company and is to be
mounted to adorn the den of Electrical
Engineer Tripp.
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ROOSTER ATTACKS CHILD
Four-Year-Old Fights Losing Battle
. in Barnyard.
DAYTON. Wash.. May 2,0. (Spe
clal.) Four-year-old Dale Tewalt, son
of Charles Tewalt. a Touchet Valley
farmer, proved no match for a large
Plymouth . Rock roo3ter when attacked
by. the fowl in his father's barnyard
yesterday. When the youngster at
tempted to quell a disturbance among
the domestics with a short stick, the
old warrior resented the intr'i- .jn and,
flying onto the child, pecked, spurred
and beat him unmercifully while the
child screamed with pain and fright.
The mother rushed out In time to
save her boy. from probable serious In
jury Only a few days previously the
old rooster attacked a girl aged 13,
but she had beaten him off.
Today the warlike fowl received his
death sentence. ' He had been a pet of
the.' family in his younger days.
"COTTON KING" ESCAPES
Indictment Found by Government
Employe Fails to Hold.
WASHINGTON, May 20. Theodore
H. Price, of New York, the cotton king.
Indicted here for connection with the
cotton leak scandal of 1908, cannot be
prosecuted in the District of Columbia,
according to a ruling of the Supreme
Court of the District today. Price's plea
that the grand Jury which Indicted him
had as a member a Government em
ploye was sustained.
Price faces similar charges in New
York and he may have to stand trial
there. He Is the only one of the four
men charged with conspiracy In connec
tion with the cotton leak who will not
have to face a jury here. Frederick A.
Peckham, Moses H. Haas, of New York,
and Edwin S. Holmes, Jr., of this city,
although relieved by the court's action of
the 1908 indictment; jwill still have to an
swer the old indictirient returned in 1905.
ONION SET SUIT DBOPPED
Court Decides Testimony Does Not
Show Fraud.
OREGON CITY, Or., May 20. (Spe
cial.) A legal action of many compli
cations, in whjjtl onion sets were the
original cause of complaint, was dis
missed today by Judge Campbell, in
Circuit Court.
E. L. Dose, of Woodburn, filed the
original action against R. B. Beatie,
Sheriff, alleging the wrongful conver
sion of the onion sets. Next the Sheriff
filed a cross-bill in equity asking that
the action for damages be stayed and
that the suit In equity prevail. Today
after the evidence was all In Dimlck &
Dimick, attorneys for Dose, with E. P.
Morcom, moved a dismissal of the suit,
on the ground that the complaint was
not supported by any testimony prov
ing fraud. The court granted the mo
tion. C. D. Latourette and John M.
Gearin appeared for. Sheriff Beatie.
Ex-Governor Pleads Guilty. .
NEW YORK. May 20. Frank W. Rol
lins,- ex-Governor of New Hampshire, en
tered a formal plea of guilty before Judge
Hand late this afternoon and his coun
sel made a plea for clemency. The court
imposed a fine of $2000, which, the ex
Governor paid at once in cash. The
TAFTPBHISESTO
UPHOLD BALLINGER
Secretafy Innocent Is
Belief of Executive.
HE SAYS NO CASE IS MADE OUT
AH Testimony Placed Before
Investigating Committee.
5-HOUR PLEAS TO BE MADE
After Public Arguments Next Week
Attorneys for "Defense" and
Prosecution Will Have 15 Days
in Which to FiIe Briefs.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, May 20. President Taft told sev
eral callers today he intends to stand by
Secretary Ballinger, for he Is convinced
of Mr. Balllnger's innocence either of
wrongdoing or of improper motives. The
President says he does not consider that
Balllnger's accusers have made out any
case against him. . .
On top of this announcement from the
White House comes the reiteration of
Secretary Balllnger's purpose to hold on
to his position, notwithstanding a re
newal of the reports in friendly papers
that he is soon to resign.
Inquiry Soon to Close.
With all the testimony before it that
was to be presented, the Ballinger
Pinchot. Investigating committee today
took steps to bring to a speedy conclu
sion the Congressional Inquiry that has
been in progress four months.
. Two days next week Friday and Sat
urday have been allotted to the lawyers
to make their closing arguments. Then
the public hearings will end and the at
torneys will have fifteen days- in which
to submit briefs, after which the com
mittee will begin legislative sessions to
weigh the evidence.
. .'.Records May Be-Added: To.
The "prosecution," as the Pinchot side
of the controversy is called, began the
presentation of evidence January 26 and
concluded March 18. Since that time the
committee has been hearing the Ballin
ger "defense.'
Both sides still have opportunity to add
to the already bulky records, papers and
affidavits of a certain character.
Attorney Vertrees, counsel for Ballin.
ger. today put in the agreements be
tween L. R. Glavis and W. W. Barr,
land broker of Seattle, to show Glavis
had a pecuniary interest in obtaining tim
ber lands from the Government. It was
the avowed purpose of the "defense" to
show Inthis matter Glavis" information
obtained while in the employ of the Gov
ernment.
Glavis Again Attacked.
Portions of th testimony at the trial of
the Cunningham coal land cases also
were presented by Mr. Vertrees, who
said It showed Glavis and Special Agent
Jones knew there was nothing in the
charge that the Guggenheims were plan
ning to get control of the Cunningham
claims when they toek the affidavits of
the Cunningham ' claimants, and that
Glavis and Jones deceived the claimants.
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, . 69
uegrno minimum. 4o aeicrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. . . .
Foreign.
King- Edward VII rests In tomb of his an
cestors, borne with mournful splendor.
Page. .
National. '
Federal appointments for Oregon are still
pending- Pago 7. -
President Taft says he will stand by .Bal
linger; declares no case is made out.
Page 1. a
Senators Hale and Clay lead attack on In
crease or navy. Page 2. .
Sutler Ames bitterly attacks Payne In House
lor suppressing move for Canadian reci
procity. Page 1.
Domestic.
Sugar frauds trial brings out new develop
ments, .fage ;:.
Ex-Governor Rollins . of New Hampshire
lined for defrauding Government. Page 1.
Man leaps from ton ut Call building In San
irancuco, a JO feet, to his death. Page 1.
Tornado sweeps Oklahoma towns, leaving
aeatn and destruction in path. Pace 1.
Americans Join Britons in services In honor
of late King in many American cities.
Page -4.
Sport.
Pacific Coast League results; Oakland 7,
Portland 6; Vernon 5. Los Angeles 3; San
Francisco 4, Sacramento 1. Page 8.
San Francisco District Attorney will not
prohibit big fight. Page 8.
University Oregon athletes defeat O. A. C
in fast track meet, 84 to 38. Page 8.
Jefferson High School shuts out Columbia
at baseball. Pane 9.
Commercial and Marine.
Another advance in local butter market.
Page 19.
Small changes in wheat prices at Chicago.
Page 10.
Stocks are stronger, but trading is small.
page i.
Improvement In iron and steel trade.
Page 19.
Pacific Northwest. .
Louis Hill proposes Legislature, investigate
blight which Plnchotlsm has put on o.e
velopment. Page 1.
University of Oregon girls edit college paper
tomorrow. Page 6.
Dr. A. S. Cooper, after 15 years in tropics.
much Impressed by work on Panama
Canal. Page 7.
Medford entertains President Hill and party.
now on- way back to Portland, page -f
Frank Tllfany, who died of fright during
burning of Marhoffer, is buried at New
port. Page 6. -
Portland and Vicinity.
Epworth League convenes in annual con
vention nero June z-a. rage x-.
When divorce Is granted. Mrs. Dora Chick
drops suit against Airs. uora. inompson
Page 12.
California fugitive loses lit race to liberty.
which he enjoyed only six; months after
shooting countryman page 18.
Mrs. Hannah Smith missing since last Fri
day with SOOO; murder is feared, page 11.
Solution to Broadway bridge difficulties
near, is rumor. Page 13.
Rush to beaches is on fully a month earlier
than usual. Page 13.
Alienists testify Scrlber was Insane when he
forged bank securities. page V.
Fifteen-vear-old srtrl refuses to allow ex
amlnation for contagion -by inspector and
may be expelled. Page 20. ,
Portland people 'fail to see comet In west
and are disappointed. Page 9.
YARDMEN WANT INCREASE
Official of "Western Roads to Hear
Request or Same Scale as Kast.
DENVER, May 20. Presidents and
managers of- 12 big Western railroads
have been summoned to Denver for a con
ference May 25 to take action on the
demand of the yardmen, who insist that
the roads put into effect at once the new
wages and working rules adopted by the
general. managers' committee for Chicago
and Eastern territory.
Headers of the yardmen assert that un
less the wages and rules are put into
effect, a strike may be declared on all of
the Western lines.
ANOTHER QUAKE RECORDED
Disturbance Believed to Have Oc
curred in Costa Rica.
WASHINGTON. May 20. A moderate
earthquake estimated to be from 4O0O to
6000 miles from wasnington was recorded
by the seismograph at Georgetown ijnl
versity this morning.
Father Francis A. Tondorf, professor
of astronomy, said he was inclined- to
believe that the' disturbance was In the
vicinity of Costa Rica, which only a few
weeka ago was the scene of an appalling
quake. .
'PORTLAND FOR ME!"
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BY BUTLER MIES
Arrogance of Leader
Is Claimed."
WISHES OF MEMBERS IGNORED
Move for Canadian Reciprocity
Suppressed.
THOUGH TAFT INDORSED IT
Ames Secures Support of 7 7 Repub
licans and President's Letter.
Says Payne's Methods Sim
ply Foster Insurgency.
WASHINGTON, May 20. A sensation
was sprung unexpectedly in the House
late today by Butler Ames, a Republican
member from Massachusetts, when h9
obtained the floor for five minutes and
proceeded to read a series of letters that
had passed between himself and Sereno
E. Payne, of New York, chairman of the
ways and means committee and Republl
can floor leader. He scored Payne in
strong language.
The letters concerned a resolution in
troduced in the House March 31 by Ames,
advocating that negotiations be opened
with Canada to establish closer commer
clal relations with that country.
Wishes of 7 7 Ignored.
Ames' resolution was referred to the
ways and means committee and the au
thor charged that Payne refused to al
low the committee to consider it, al
though he (Ames) presented a petition
favoring it, signed by 77 Republican
members.
"On three separate days I approached
your august person and asked verbally
and politely for a hearing by your com
mittee on my resolution," said Ames in
one letter, "to my first request you ar
rogantly insisted that, "as far as you
could find out, no one wanted the resolu
tion and it was not good political sense.'
"Believing your lack of courtesy was
excusable and you were unable to under
stand or appreciate that many Republi
can members of .the House not only
wanted the resolution adopted, but who,
not yet having lost all touch with pres-
ent desires, of the party and the country
generally, did believe the resolution to
be good political sense, I went to the
unusual labor of circulating a petition
which I Inclosed."
Payne Doubts Tart's Good Faith.
Continuing, the letter said the peti
tion was signed by 77 Republican mem
bers, but Payne had given it no con
sideration. It was recounted that its
author had seen a letter dictated in
his presence by President Taft and
addressed to Payne favoring the reso
lution. It reciietl Ames had twice
spoken to Payne about the President's
letter and Payne told him that "his
(Payne's) relations with the President
were such that Payne knew when he
wrote such a letter he did not want
the resolution."
Payne replied, saying: "The fact that
77 men have signed your petition does
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ARBA1GNED
FRAUD IS ADMITTED
BY. EXtGOVERNOR
F. V
ROLMNS CAUGHT TRYING
TO CHEAT CUSTOMS.
New Hampshire Man Pays $2000
Fine and Gives $1500 Additional
m to Escape Charges.
NE WYORK. May 20. Frank West
Rollins, ex-Governor of New Hampshire,
pleaded guilty today to the charges of
conspiracy to defraud the Government of
custom duties brought against him by
customs inspectors last Friday.
Judge Hand, sitting in the United
States Circuit Court, construed it as an
admission that Mr. Rollins had violated
the law, "knowingly, wilfully and ma
liciously," and fined him $2000. The law
provides a maximum penalty of two
years In prison, a fine of $5000 or both.
The ex-Governor took a big roll of bills
from hlspocket and paid his fine without
comment.
The total value of the articles Mr.
Rollins neglected to declare is given as
$4736. The original complaint named
Mrs. Rollins, his wife, and Douglas Rol
lins, as parties to the conspiracy, but the
Federal grand Jury today handed down
but one-indictment, naming only the ex
Governor.
As soon as Mr. Rollins learned of it
he promptly entered his plea and when
he had paid his fine visited the customs
house, where it Is said he paid an addi
tional $1500 in duties on the understand
ing that further proceedings against his
family be dropped.
LAD, SHOT, DIES IN AGONY
Clackamas Boy's Brother Rides
Through to Doctor Loses Race.
EST AC AD A, Or., May 20. (Special.)
One of a gang at work building a
trail under the direction of Forest
Ranger Mendenhall, 50 miles from the
nearest doctor, Mark Jones, aged 16,
the son of Len Jones, of Clackamas
Station, shot himself yesterday with ,a
revolver he was cleaning. He lingered
in agony Ave hours and then diea be
fore surgical aid could reach him.
News of the accident reached here
this morning, brought by Wade Jones,
a brother of the injured boy, who rode
all night to get a doctor. Without
stopping to rest after he reached here
he started back with Dr. Adix, of this
place. They had gone some 25 miles.
as .far as Roaring River, when they
met a party from the camp that told
them the boy was dead.
The party is at work on a trail from
the old Hatchery on the Clackamas
River to Detroit, a distance of 30 miles.
Young Jones, after the day's work was
done, was putting his revolver in shape
One cartridge remained in the barrel
unknown to him. This was exploded.
the bullet striking him in the groin.
Rude camp treatment . failed to give
relief. .
PASTOR MET, ELOPERS WED
Runaway Marriage Ceremony Per
formed Beneath Oak Tree.
ROSEVILLE, Cal.. May 20. (Special.)
. E. T. Mlspley. of Sacramento, and
Miss Stella Stuhr, formerly chief oper
ator of the local telephone exchange,
went to Auburn Saturday and procured
a marriage license.
The next day they drove down
toward Loomis with Mr. .' and Mrs.
Scribner until they met Rev. Mr. Ec
cles, of Loomis, whether by pre-ar-rangement
or accident not being stated.
The party of five then assembled be
neath the branches of a large oak tree
by the -oadside and the minister per
formed the ceremony that united the
young couple.
The wedding waj kept secret until
today, when the couple announced It
Just prior to departing for their honey
moon. Parents of the bride opposed
her marriage on account of her youth.
SOCIALIST SEEKS FARMER
Party Changes Constitution to Make
Him Eligible.
CHICAGO, May 20. An important
change was made in the constitution o"
the Socialist party in its congress to
day when the phrase in the pledge of
the party was changed from, "a politi
cal party distinct and opposed to all
parties formed by the propertied
classes" to read "by the capitalist
class." There was a heated debate
before the vote on the proposed change
was taken out the word "capitalist'
won by 58 to 38.
According to delegates who voted in
favor of "the change, it was felt that
the words "propertied classes," would
be considered to Include farmers. The
sentiment of the party at present is
said to favor the admission of farm
ers. A committee of nine was appoint
ed to consider the "farmer question,"
and make a report at the con-vention
in 1912.
CHERRY CROP CUT SHORT
Late Frost Hurts Yield in Orchards
Near Woodland.
WOODLAND, Wash., May 20. (Spe
cial.) The cherry crop in the Lewis
River Valley will be far short of the
usual one. owing to frost that came
lust as the trees were in bloom. In
some localities the apple crop will -not
be full, but It Is expected to be of bet
ter size and color than usual, as there
Is not so much fruit on the trees, aad
the further fact that Horticultural In
spector Miller has compelled pruning
and spraying tne past season.
The strawberry crop will be very
heavy ad of fine quality, and picking
will be on in full force on bottom
patches in about ten days.
TORNADO SWEEPS
T
Several- Persons Re
ported Killed.
HAIL STONES WRECK CROP
All Signs of Vegetation Gone;
Girl Seriously Hurt.
TEXAS GALE DESTRUCTIVE
Lightning Slays, Wind Overturns
Oil Dericks at Famous Beaumont,
and Houses Demolished Like
So Much Paper-Mache.
rACL'S V3tX.E'S, OkTa.". "ATay"
Maysvllle, a small town 15 miles north
west of here, was wiped cut by a tornado
early tonight.
Several persons were killed, according
to meager reports received.
The town of McCarthy, near Maysville,
was almost swept away and three per
sons killed. All wires are down and de
tails cannot be learned. Relief parties
probably will be. sent out tonight.
One of the hardest hall storms In the
history of this section swept over a
stretch of country near here tonight. In
places practically obliterating all signs
of vegetation.
HAILSTONES
INJURE
GIRL
O.klaltoma Crops Suffer by Storm.
Streams Rising Fust.
ADA, Okla., May 20. A destructive hail
storm visited this section early this eve
ning. Crops are considerably damaged.
Mies Ruby Bngleman, a telephone op
erator was seriously injured by falling
hail stonea.
Heavy- rains fell at Coalgate, Caddo
and Lehigh, but no damage is reported.
Streams are rising rapidly in southeast
ern Oklahoma.
A heavy hail storm in the vicinity of
Wynnewood, Okla., Is reported to have
damaged crops.
COAST . HOUSES DEMOLISHED
Gale In Number of Texas Towns
Does Much Damage.
HOUSTON, Tex.. May 20. Heavy wind
storms on the coast last night and to
day blew down scores of houses and sev
eral substantial structures in a number
of little towns.
At Beaumont oil derricks were over
turned. One death by lightning is re
ported. Man Killed; Houses Blown Away.
MAD1LL, Okla., May 20. W. S. Lindsay.
an oil mill operator, was killed in a small
tornado here this evening. Ton houses
were blown away.
MANIPULATION IS ALLEGED
Receiver AbkedT for Commonwealth
Coal Company.
TACOMA, Wash.. May 20. (Special.)
I. B. Winsor, ex-president and trustee of
the Commonwealth- Coal Company, filed
suit in Superior Court today asking the
appointment of a receiver.
The company was reorganized last De
cember, Newton H. Peer, C. O. Bates, R.
L. McCormick, George H. Stevenson and
others getting control .of 676,589 shares
from Winsor. who had owned 764,311
shares. He now alleges the defendants
have made no provisions for the bonded
indebtedness, have conspired to depreci
ate the value of the holdings, have dis
charged him as sales manager and sales
agent, and refuse to keep him posted on
the financial status of the company. His
petition will be heard May tM.
ASTORIA CRJO FOR HELP
Labor Scarce 4 2 Go to Work and
Within Week 30 Leave.
ASTORIA. Or.. May 20, (Special.)
Common labor was never as scarce In
Astoria as at the present time and with
the mills paying $2-60 per day. One mill
recently secured 42 men from Portland
aiid within a week but a dozen were left,
the men leaving because they heard of
better jobs some other place.
For the past week a logging company
has been hunting without success for an
engineer to run a donkey engine at $4.50
per day.
CONVICTS GIVEN PILLOWS
Rest Made Easier for Prisoners in
State Penitentiary.
SALEM. Or.. May 20. (Special.) For
the first time in the history of the Ore
gon State Penitentiary, every convict in
the prison is sleeping tonight on a neat,
clean pillow. Heretofore, prisoners have
used their coats for pillows or have gone
without.
Superintendent James is responsible for
the Innovation.
Cushman to Be Eulogized Today.
OREGONIAN NEWS BURAU, Wash
ington. May 20. Eulogies on the late
Representative Cushman will be held
In the Senate tomorrow, according to
the original order of the Senate.
OKLAHOMA
OWNS
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