East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, March 11, 1907, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOAILY EVENING EDITION j I DAILY EVENINGEDITION Spring, summer, autumn or winter, the best bargains are always to be found in Kant Oregonlan advertise ment. ""It , "TAST. POi ' to 'T Occasional nB- now tonight or TueBilay. VOL. 20. PENDLETON, OUECJON, MONDAY, MAltCII 11, 1007. NO. 5J)27 LOU 5VILL E 5 Street Car Strike Ties Up All Lines in City, by the Com pany's Orders. COMPANY CLAIMS TO RE Al RAID or DYNAMITE. CoiiiMiiiy Hum M"n Enough, Hut Al lege Tlmt Police Prntivtlnn Is .In sufficient mill Inefficient Humored Tlmt Armed PlnkcrtoiiH Will Ho Tut l.i Charge of the Lines Tomor row On l-nko Erie ."no Shipbuild ers) Strike Hcvmise riuiNiny Re fuse Recognition. Louisville. March 11. The street car strike Is assuming serious pro portions. Only three lines lire now running. The strikers are persuad ing men to quit. The company snys the strikers threaten to use dynamite. The Street Hallway company an nounces the suspension of all service with the following statement: "The city Is In the hands of a mob. The railway company has enough men to run the cars, but there Is no police protection, and the lives of the loyal men and passengers arc In danger. Therefore no effort will be made to run cars until rioting is suppressed. It Is rumored the company may put armed Plnkertons on the cars tomor row. Shipbuilder Strike. Cleveland. March 11. Fifteen hun dred employes of the American Ship building plants struck here, at De troit, St. Clair and Loralne this morn ing on account of the refusal of the company to discuss wages and hours with the unions. r.ri.o ariax ass ssixated. Was Premier anil Ilnl-ler of the In terior at Soflu. Sofia, Bulgaria. March 11. While walking In Bore's garden today M. Terkoff, the Bulgarian premier ami minister of the Interior, was assassi nated rv an unknown man who fired three shots, all taking effect In the premier's body. The fourth wounded M. nuenadleff, minister of commerce and agriculture. The assassin was captured. Roosevelt Hoy Hi-coverlng. Washington, March 11. Archie's condition Is favorable. The physl clnrs announce that nil danger Is past. chlcnso Wheat Market. Chicago, March 11. Wheat opened TS 1-2. closed the same; corn opened 47 1-K, closed 47; cats opened 42 1-4, closed 42. INDIAN REPORTED AS KILLED. Xo Confirmation Can He Learned Emm Any Source. That an Indian was killed on the railroad track two miles east of Cay use station was reported here yester day afternoon. Accordingly Coroner Ttnlph Folsoin left for the scene on the switch engine from the local yard. Hut on arriving at the place where the accident was supposed to have occurred no dead Indian could be found. A Jap section hand was the only man to he found and he wns a poor Information bureau because he was unable to speak English. However, by sign tnlk the Jap told the party that some Indlnns hnd come to the spot and carried away the body of their dead tribesman. Not cnrlng to Investigate further at that time, the coroner then returned to town. When communicated with by 'phone nt the agency this afternoon Agent O. C. Edwards declared nothing whatever regarding the killing hnd been reported to him. Consequently It Is Impossible to tell at this time how much credence should be given the story, If any. Diphtheria situation Holler. Tho members of the Bullock fam ily nt Umatllln, who have been criti cally 111 with diphtheria, are now Im proving and the disease has not been spread outside the Hullock family. It Is not thought that an epidemic -of the disease will be experienced, as It has been closely quarantined. The Clinrles U. Spencer. An Astoria papers says that the steamer Charles It. ."tencer has been purchaiod by the C. R. & N. com pany, commonly known as the Regu lator line. If such Is the case, no , "body up this way knows It, and Cap tain Spencer announces thnt he will sum commence running hlB beat In opposition to tho Regulator line. The Dalles Chronicle. HAND 0 NOB "got oi l' witoNG royr." In lion (hissed Ah u lteiictliiuury anil Eiicoiirngcr of Anarchy. ' The fuel that cattle nnd sheep men will pay more for range privileges in the mountains now In private con trol th'tn Is usked by the govern ment's forest reserve service, which Is exercising a henllhy control over Hie warring elements, and howl like hyneus because they have to pay anything to Lncle Sam, should have caused Senator Fulton, putting it moderately and modestly, to have been i little moro circumspect, Is tho opinion of the Hlue Mountain Amer ican. Hut, he has shot his wad, and the explosion will prove reac tionary or we miss our guess. The ranges should be under con trol and their policing by a corps of rangers certainly minus much to ward doing away with the wars that have disgraced eastern Oregon hills In which human life was no more to some of the bullet-headed hire lings of the cattle barons than the bulls-eye at a shcotlng gallery tar got. The fact that the strong arm of f-deial authority mluht get them has deterred the.e fellows since the stututes and the forest reserve ad ministration foic?s have been In the field. This Is one Instance wherein the ethical rights are going to worst the spl'lt of commercialism. ThlB spirit has heretofore grabbed every thing In sight and known only the law of might. On rage three of this lsue we re piiHlsh the writings of a Prinevllle man anent the matter. The stock men and the fool friends of Fulton, who take the umbrage at any crltl rism of him, for purely political rea son", who may have been misled by his rather anarchlstes letter, will be wise to read and digest the contri bution, because It may save them much trouble. They should also bear In mind that the test cases thus far geetting Into the tribunals of the lind have sustained the reserve of flcia's and the law creating them. It may he characterized as court-made law, but that Is decidedly stronger In Its operation than senatorial fulmi- n-itlons of which Fulton was guilty. fi. N". AND X. P. ALLEGE GENUINE INABILITY. Interstate Commission Suggests ns a .Solution a Homing Combination I'or Puget Snnil Liuulier Products That tiie Roads Mentioned Have Heretofore Rcfuscri to Entertain Over iliirrliiian Roads. Washington, March 11. Lumber men In the Puget Sound region have complained to the Interstate com merce commission that they have been unable since January 20 to ob tain transportation of tin lr products to eastern po'nn lectins., of ihe stat ed Inability of he Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads to handle the traffic. Commissioner Lane of the Inter state commerce commission has re ceived letters from lumbermen west or the Cascade mountains, saying that it Is Impossible for them to get their products to Missouri river points and asking whether the com mission can not nfford some relief. Commissioner Lane has suggested that they ran make formal complaint to the commission, requesting it to grant them a through route from the Paget sound region via Portland, Ore., over the. Northern Pnclfls railroad and thence via the Oregon Short Line or the t'nlon Pacific to the Missouri river points. The Great Northern nnd the North cm Pnclflc admit thev can not car ry more thhn one-third of thi lum ber that is offere.l, hut heretofore they hnv refused to permit the Ore gon hort Line or tho Union Pnclflc to make a through route or a Joint rate vlth them. It Is expected thnt the lumbermen will act on the suggestion of Commis sioner Lane. Knowllle Volet on License Question. Knoxvllle, Tenn., March It. Whether the city of Knnxvlllo shall be wet or dry Is to be decided by the voters nt the polls today. The campnlgn to decide the fate of the sa loons has been In progress for some weeks and has been one of the most nrtlve nnd Interes'lnj; political con tests In the history of the cltv, Tho prohibition element has been mnklnc a whirlwind fight, sending out tons of literature nnd holding nightly mnss meetings with prominent speakers from this nnd other states. Doth sides appear confident of victory. Shriner on Trial. Kansas City, Mo., March 11. The caso of Henry H. Allen, who Is charg ed with embezzling $7614 from the Mystic Shrlners while acting as re corder, was called for trial today. Considerable Interest Is manifested In the case from the fact that the accus ed Is said to be the first official since the foundation of the order who has ever been accused of embezzlement. LUMBERMEN CANNOT SHIP OF TIE RUEF TRIAL Is Making a Desperate Fight Through Technicalities to Secure Release. NO PRETENSE AT ARGUING THE MERITS OF HIS CASE. A Vut Crowd Assembled to Witness the First Round, Which Was OjH'n ed by Heney IKnuindlng That the Action of .Indue Ilebbanl In Grant ing a Writ of Error Taking the Cane to the Lulled States Supreme Court be Quashed by Judge Dunne Will He Tried Before Dunne. San Frnaclsco, March 11. The state supreme court this afternoon denied Rutt't appli- cation for a writ of prohibition against Dunne. This clears the way for the trial of the case be- fore Dunne. San Francisco, March 11. Rucf had a day in three courts today, and before the day's legnl skirmish Is over It is not unlikely his attorneys will have gone Into another court for aid In securing the release of their client and further blocking his trial on the charge of extortion. The day's battle began In Dunn's court. As early as 8 a vast crowd gathered In and about the court room and at the hour set for bringing Ruef before Dunne the court room was packed, It being Impossible to comply with the court's orders to close the doors and prevent any more entering the room. A few minutes after 10. Ruef, In custody with Elisor Blggy and three deputies, pushed his way through the mob and proceeded immediately to the sent set aside for him. The "curly boss" wore a smile and seem ed to be bubbling over with good hu mor. He hailed the newspaper men, saying, "If It was not for me you fel lows would have been fired long ago." Heney began proceedings by mov ing that the writ of error to the su preme court of the United Stntes, granted by Judge Hebbard, be quash ed on the ground of a lack of Juris diction. Heney contended the writ had been secured by trickery. Attorneys for the defense opposed the motion, contending that as long as the matter Is before tho supreme court of California on a petition for a writ of prohibition, that Dunne had no Jurisdiction. Osage Indian Lands. Oklahoma city. Okln., March 11. The S'.'O'unl drawing for the allotment of the "sage Indian lands was com menced today, the method being the snie as that followed at the first drawing, namely, by the aid of a wheel and numbers on the general plan of a lottery drawing. Knch Indian Is en titled to about "CO acres of land, to be selected by him In three separate drawings In order that each may share equally In the best land. T Umatilla and Morrow county farmers will Join In the purchase of grain sacks In wholesale lots, this sea son, If plans of the Whentgrowers' association are carried out as con templated. At a meeting of the association held In this city last Saturday evening It was planned to Incorporate the as sociation nnd place It on a legal foot ing that Its acts might be binding and that It may be recognized in the northwest as a bona fide concern. Judge S. A. Lowell Is now preparing UMATILLA HAS 23 Umatilla county has 23 students at Oregon Agricultural college and wdth this number stands well toward the head of the list of eastern Oregon counties In point of attendance. Those now attending tho college from this county are as follows: Athena: Hamon S. Hllyein Eugene K. Dudley, Thomas E. Foster. Edythe E. McBride, Rawla A. Miller, William E. Tompkins and Richard Wright. Pendleton: Ralph B. Cresswell, Frank lin B. Jones, William E. Lowoll, Ralph E. Porter, Frank E. Porter, and Marcus Struve. Weston: George B. RESUMPTION FARMERS SENSATIONS HE PROSECUT Jerome Begins Introduction of Rebuttal Testimony in the Thaw Case, i ALIENISTS ON" II VXD TO PROYE THAW TO HE SANE Dclinns' Objection to One of the First Questions Asked, Was Sustained A Former Attorney for Thaw Will Testify for the State Suite Will Etulci'take to Prove by Testimony by Members of American Lcgutloii at Imelon that Evelyn Said Thaw Mistreated Hit. New York, March 11. Frederick W. Longfellow, a former counsel for Thaw, will be called by Jerome as the first witness In rebuttal. Like the beginning of a new trial, it the opening of the eighth week this morning everyone was alert and anxious to see tha cards Jerome has. Everyone expects a surpilsc. Thaw showed signs of anxiety. The court room w.'is crowded and the corridors thronged. Frederick W. Longfellow was the first witness. Two or three new faces Inside the railing are said to be those of new alienists. Jerome has revealed his Intention of overthrow ing Thaw's Insanity defense. Heglnnlng the examination of Longfellow, he questioned the wit ness about the suit Ethel Thomas be gan against Thaw in 1902, alleging that he had whipped her. This was suit brought by Hummel, but never pressed. Deimas challenged a question by Jerome and In his argument clearly I showed his hand. He argued that he proposed to show the tales that Eve lyn told Thaw of other girls being ruined by White nnd his friends could not have upset his mind be cause he had known of the cases re cited by Evelyn before he ever heard her own story. Jerome declared he could show that Thaw secured this Information from lawsuits. Evelyn's story told to Thaw, Jerome declared, could not have caused the "brain storm" which led to White's death. Jerome went Into details In his ar gument, getting before the Jury facts he could not have brought out on the stand. Deimas fought hard, Insisting It was an effort to contradict Evelyn's testimony of what she had told Thaw and therefore was lnadmlssable. The storm was precipitated by a seeming ly little question. "In the suit brought by Ethel Thomas were pa--.o-s served on Thaw?" Deimas read from tin: records of the case, when the court had ruled that the truth or falsity of Evelyn's story was not at Issue; that It could be considered only as to Its effect upon the mind of the defendnnt. The records showed Deimas at that time said he was perfectly willing to slate should go into the truth of the Hory. "And now you object," said Jerome. Deimas rend from his statement that it was the law that prevented him going Into the case; that he had to try tho case according to law. Incorporation papers and the organ ization will be completed within a short time. An order for several hundred thousand grain sacks was sent to a Seattle firm Saturday afternoon. The price of the sacks will be not more than 9 cents and a number of large farmers have signed an order for large quantities at this price. As soon as the organization can be finally ln porporated It Is tho Intention to fur nish sacks for a large portion of the whent growing area of eastern Oregon. 1 MANUFACTURER STUDENTS AT 0. A. C. Cnrmlchael and Frederick 0. 5k Grew. Umatilla: Cyril G. and Rob ert H. Hrownell. Helix: Jessie 11. Ed Ington and Zeph Lockwood. Echo: Kate I. Moore. Aura A. and David S. Thomson. Milton: Earnest A. Hud son. The attendance at the agricultural college this year Is past 800 nnd Is constantly growing. This will be the banner year for the Institution, both hi point of attendance and also In ma terial progress. A new building to cost $17,000, is being constructed by the college Y. M. C. A. Jerome then said he did not wish to attack Evelyn's story, but merely wished to show that Thaw had knowl edge two years previous. Fitzgerald sustained the objection to the question. Evelyn Said Thaw Mistreated Her. London. March 11. An unofficial statement from the American embassy gives what is claimed to be the real facts concerning the connection of Craig Wadswnrth with Mrs. Holman during their visit to London In 1903. It Is declared thnt Mrs. Holman was If ft without funds while Thaw and Evelyn toured Europe. Wadsworth allowed the attack of the society pa per. The Throne, on Wadsworth to go unnoticed officially. Today's statement Is expected to set Wadsworth right. The statement says Thaw, Evelyn and Holman say much of Wadsworth, whom they had pre viously known In New York. At lunch one day Evelyn told Wads worth thnt Thaw had been mistreat ing her. Immediately the couple went to Paris saying they would re turn In a fortnight. They left Mrs. Holman at Clarldge's without funds, but In expensive apartments. She ap pealed to Wadsworth, who suggested she remain until Thaw's return. Wads worth suggested that Mrs. Holman appeal to the American society for assistance. She did. The society of fered to send her home second-class, but she refused. Mrs. Holman, then Mrs. Nesblt, got Wadsworth to wdre her fiancee, J. C. Holman, who cabled Instructions to do all he could for Mrs. Nesblt. ERNEST EGGERTII DEAD. Died Early This Morning at the Age . of 73. Ernest Eggerth died at the home of his son In this city early this morn ing from the effects of troubles brought on by old age. The deceased was 73 years old and a native of A us trla. He had lived here for many years and Is survived by his wife and a number of children. Up to this afternoon no definite time had been set for the funeral as relatives at other places were being communicated with. However, It Is the Intention to hold the service some time Wednesday. ILL MEET AT WESTON STATE SI'PT. ACKERMAX WILL BE PRESENT ON 23D Also City Siierlmeiident Landers of Pendleton Schools, and n Large Delegation Generally from Pendle ton and Other Outside Points) Visiting Teachers Will be Enter, tallied at the Xormal. On Saturday, March 23. a local teachers' Institute will be held at Westm and preparations for the event are now being made by thosj In charge. Superintendent Frank K. Welles is now engnged In arranging the program for the Institute and ex pects to have the same completed within a few days. J. H. Ackerman, state superintend ent of public Instruction, will be among those present at the Institute. City Superintendent J. S. Landers of this place will also be present, as well as several others from the lo lea schools The Institute to be held will be the f'rst in this county this year and one of three that must be held an nually. The Weston meeting will be for all teachers within the district between Adams and tho mountains east of Weston. The second local In stitute wjll be held at Milton, while no place has yet been selected for the third meeting'. Last year the In stitute was held at Athena Instead of Weston. President French of the Weston Normal has Just written Superintend ent Welles Inviting the visiting teach ers to be the guests of the normal school while In Weston, and stntlng that a luncheon will be prepared for them on the day of the Institute. Fierce Storm In Grand Ronde. Ln Grande, March 11. (Special.) A fierce snowstorm nnd hailstorm Is raging all over Grand Ronde valley this afternoon. Several Inches of snow has fallen and It Is extremely cold. Stock hnd been turned on the range nnd It Is feared that much suffering and possibly some loss will be exper ienced. It Is the most severe storm of the entire winter. Gather for GchxI Honds Convention. Pittsburg. March 11. Scores of delegates and visitors arc arriving In Pittsburg to attend the National Good Roads convention, which Is to begin Its sessions tomorrow. Tho Indica tions are that there will be an attend ance of from 1000 to 1500 delegates who will come from many parts of the country. John English, aged 85, feeble and somewhat demented, fell over a bluff adjacent to the Tn louse river, a short distance from Pulouse. Wash., and was killed. TEACHERS CHARTER CA AFFORD A METHOD City's Basis for Credit May Be Broadened, Making Needed Improvements Possible. COUNCIL WILL APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE AT LARGE. Most Imperative. Needs Enumerated Below, Totaling $11.1,000 Interest Payments Would He Increased Only S3250 by the Xow Deal IroKWcd Rond Sale to Local Inventors Meets With Approval Yogel Gets tlie Sprinkling Contract Cleuiiing-up Duy Discussed. If the charter changing plans of the council are Indorsed by the people, the city will be brought out of the finan cial "slough of despond" In which It has been floundering of late, and many long-needed public improvements will be made possible. At the special council meeting Sat urday night the changing of the char ter was the special order of the day, and the question was taken up with a relish. All through the present ad ministration and especially during the past six months the city has been hampered by a bankrupt treasury and the Idea of being able to secure funds with which to "do things" was pleas- Ing to all present. After an extended caucus It was agreed by the councllmen that money was needed for different purposes as' follows: The erection of a city hall, $40,000; for redeeming levee bonds, $30,000; for extending the levee, $20, 000; for extending the sewer system, $10,000; for paying off the city's street paving Indebtedness, $10,000; for Improving Olney cemetery, $3000. Total, $113,000. It was calculated that In order to provide means for carrying on the above Improvements It will be neces sary to Increase the city's bonded In debtedness to $225,000. With such an Indebtedness the annual Interest payments would amount to $11,250, instead of the $8000 per annum which the city now pays. In order to meet the Increased payment It Is estimated that an Increase of 2 mills ln the city tax levy will be necessary. It was suggested that In selling the new bonds preference be given small local bidders, as has been done with success ln Salem and other places. The bonds will bear 5 per cent in terest. City Attorney McCourt has been In structed to draft a charter embody ing the desired changes and to sub mit the same to the council when completed. It Is then proposed to have a mass meeting nt which all may have an opportunity to express them selves and propose new changes or oppose those suggested. After the meeting an Initiative petition asking for the new charter will be circulated and presented to the council. The council will then order a special charter election, at which the charter shall be adopted or rejected by the voters. Voeel Gets Contract. At the special meeting Saturday the street sprinkling committee re ported In favor of accepting the sprinkling hid of A. L. Vogel. The report was adopted and an ordlnnnce awarding the contract to Mr. ogel wns presented and passed. In his bid Mr. Vogel offered to do the work for the year at the price of $118 for each team. 'Cleanlnc-iip" Day. The subject of cleanlng-up day was also discussed nt length by the coun- II. nnd each member was appointed to have charge of the cleaning work In his ward. Friday and Saturday of this week have been designated as clean ing days, and It Is requested that all garbage tie collected on Friday and is much burned as possible. On Sat urday the city will send teams nround for the purpose of hauling off the re- alnlng trash. During the cleaning crusade the ordinance prohibiting bondholders from burning rubbish will be waived. Freight Shipments Arriving. After the long congestion In the freight traffic during the past winter, numerous delnyed freight shipments are now arriving In the city nnd owing to the large number of ship ments the work of unloading the goods Is necessarily slow. Many spring shipments which have been ex pected by local merchants for many weeks are now In the yards and will! be unloaded as rapidly as possible. Wood Is Plentiful. There are about 3 1 0 0 cords of woo I In the yards at Mearham. Nlbley, Murdock, Kaniela nnd Spring Spur, on the Blue mountains. A large num ber of teams are engaged In hauling wood from the timber while the snow lasts for sledding. Arrangements are being made to cut large quantities during the coming summer.