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VOL. 20. PENDLETON, OREGoJ FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1907. ' - NO. 016
SPECIAL
CLAIMS
WILL BE ICIEffi
n
Attornep Pleads v .jckefeller's
Wealth as Immunity From
Being a Witness.
LATER INSULTS WtTrXTE
LAXBSg OT CHAMBERS
Court I VlUf tto Excuse !Roclfel
liar Provided sjtbenj WW Give the
'Desired InfosmaUoo Subpsenaa
'Issued for Three Additional Ofl
Magnates, Whose Testimony la
VWauted ury -at 'Ftndlay, Ohio, la
. Staadasd Oil Cms, Out 48 Hoar
Chicago. June IS. "This court- la
no 'respecter of wealth 'nor 'Other
claims to Immunity," Judge .Landls
aid :thla morning when atttorney
Miller appealed .that John D. Rocke
feller be excuaed from testifying In
the Chicago rebate oaaea on account
of hi age and wealth.
Later Miller told Lend 'to the
chambera that the summoning of the
eil iking and his associates aa mere
aeaaaUonaUam.
The coart haa announced It may
-excuse Reckefeller If the etxier wit-
neaaee give the desired Information.
8ubpoeaaa :thls morning were Is
aued for three additional Oil men.
Jary -at Ftndlay Diffegrm.
' Ftndlay. 0., June 28. The Jury In
the Standard Oil case this morning
-reported K Is 'unable to agree, and
was discharged. The trust .to charg-
d with conspiracy In restraint of
trade by violating the state antitrust
laws, The Jury was out 48tbours.
Throe -More Subpoenaed.
-New York, June 28. Subpoenas-
were this afternoon served on Arch
Ibald Charles White, Wm. Howe and
.-Moffett, to appear in Judge Landts'
. court July In the Standard Oil case.
TIME LIMIT OX GltAN'I) .iil'llY.
'IToitrentlon Claims Hint It May. Exist
for a Year.
San Francisco, June 28. Before
Judge Lawlur last evening, the pros
ecution made Its reply to the argu
ments of t)e defense In support of
th motion to art aside the bribery
Indictments agonist vice rresinem
Lnsils Glaiw-tif the Pnclflc State Tel
ephone company, on the ground thnt
ih niK-i mtiiDt inrv which return
ed -them is and since last February
has been existing Illegally ami tn.n
hnn-a thnua Hiiiir-tmentR nre Invalid.
The-urgumentfor the defense by At
torneys Delmas and C'nngnn yester
day -ns In effect that under the law
of Ortllfornla the present grand Jury.
whlrV was llra-wn last October, died
when the new grand Jury I'st for 19W7
was certified and returned to the
county clerk in February of this
year. Therefore all the indictments
returned by the Oliver grand lury
are void.
The argument in response for the
prosecuthm was made by D. W. Cobb,
the law -partner of Assistant District
Attorney Tleney. "Mr. Cobb held the
meaning of the law to be this:
That the selection and return of
-the new grand Jury ltwt not operate n
n termination of the existing grand
Jury, but merely confers upon the
-court legal opportunity to draw ft new
grand Jury -upon the discharge by
the court of the existing fcody at any
time within a year after the empan
elmont of the 1ar and that nothing
-except an order of discharge by the
court can end the life of a grand
Jury within the 12 months for which
1t -whs Impaneled.
Mrgorden Tiling Today,
Salem, Ore., June 28. Hallver Mo-a-orden,
of Malheur county, uxorcide,
was hanged this noon at the peniten
tiary. The crime was committed In
rVpteatber, 1905.
Wife Murderer Eletiwnted.
Columtous, O., June 28. James
Cornelius, wife murderer, was elec
trocuted this morning. He made his
own funeral arrangements.
W". I Haywood succeeds Hugo
Beidek as physical director of the
state university at Eugene. Mr. Hay
ward's salary will be 81100.
Strike Conference In 'Frix.
-
San Francisco, June 28. The
ways and means committee of
the strike campaign commit-
tre, composed of representatives
of the central organisations and
non-afflllated unions, will head
a conference this afternoon with
Calhoun with a view to bring-
Ing the street car strike to an
end. What the committee has
to offer Is as yet unknown,
XEW YORK'S BONDING MM IT.
Reached by a Inane of 129,000,000
at 4 Per Cent.
- New Tork, June 28. New York
ty today reached the limit of Its
-rowing capacity, when Controller
ix offered for sale 4 per cent city
bonds to theamount of 829,000,000.
The money la to be used for Im
provements of various kinds, and for
the tlrtt time In some years the bonds
of Xew York city will bear Interest
coupons, for which variety of security
Jure haa been considerable demand
atnee the last bond sale, which was
unsuccessful.
Today's offering Is watched with
deep Interest In Investment circles,
as the manner In which It Is taken
up will furnish an accurate Indica
tion of the true condition of the bond
market, as bankers recognise the fact
that the first general demand from
Investors must come rather In bonds
than In stocks. Borne fear is express
ed that this offering, coming Just be
fore the 1st of July, will affect the
money market temporarily, but most
bankers agree that the time was well
selected, In that the city offerings
will get the full benefit of the July
disbursements and whatever purchas
ing power may result therefrom
There Is no doubt among the bankers
that the bends will be taken, but the
price at which they will sell la the
chief point of Interest
The .bonds carry 4 per cent Interest
and cannot be sold under par, but
as they are exempt from personal
taxes they are generally considered a
desirable Investment for estates. It
tsthought that some of the holders of
United States bonds which are to be
retired before July 10 will reinvest
their money In these securities.
s
FIGHT NEARING
ADVANCE ORDERS FOR
t-M00 WORTH OF SEATS
Rotting I Now 10 to In Favor of
Squires Every Indication of an
Ininciwc Crowd Roth Men Now
Down to Fighting Weight Squires
Weigh 1K2 and Burn Will Entrr
the King at 178.
San Francisco, June 28. Seats for
the Siiulies-nurns fight opened this
morning, and advance orders for JS
000 worth of seats were received by
the management before the tickets
were on sale and despite the car strike
there Is every Indication of a big
crowd.
Betting has switched and Squires
Is now a 9 to, 10 favorite. I'nless
more Burns money appears the price
will s:-.o't?n.
S'iUii continues to work hard,
but could step Into the ring tomor
row if called upon to do so and give
a good account of himself.
Burns began work at Oakland to
d:iy. having arrived from Harbin
Springs last night.
The fighters will begin to taper off
about Monday. Both are now down
to fighting weight, Squires at 182,
and Burns at 178.
IIERMISTON CITY ELECTION.
Citizens' Ticket Was Named Yester-
ilay and tho Content la Now On.
Hermlston, June 28. The citizens'
ticket nominated yesterday Is as fol
lows: For mayor, George Carr; re
corder, Olenn Williams; treasurer, no
nomination; marshal. Dug Phay; for
councilmen, J. R. Means, E. E. Mc-
Mlllen, George Tyacke, L. W. Davis,
C. J. Jackson and Henry Hanby.
The city election will occur next
Monday and great Interest Is taken In
the contest. The citizens' ticket Is
backed by the McXaught side of the
town and it Is thought will have the
support -of the reclamation forces.
The nominee for mayor, George Carr,
is seoretary for Engineer John T.
Whistler in charge of the Umatilla
irrigation project at Hermlston.
LABOR WILL BE PLENTIFUL.
One Thousand Mill Employes Come
to Eastern Oregon.
At least 140 men who will be forc
ed Into Idleness through the closing
down of Portland sawmills during
the month of July, will come into
Umatilla and Walla Walla counties
In search of work through harvest.
Thla morning about 60 of the ad
vance guard of this horde of idle men
passed through the city to Walla
Walla and others will arrive here on
every train.
Owing to the early season In this
and Walla Walla counties the Idle
men will come here first In hopes of
working In hay harvest until the
grain harvest opens. They are mostly
welt dressed, good looking working
men and there should be no dearth of
labor In thla county during harvest.
Farmers had feared that labor
would be scarce during harvest this
year owing to the enormous number
of men used In railroad construction
on the coast, but there la every prob
ability now that there will be no
scarcity. Very few of the mill em
ployes will go to the railroad caps,
as they can earn more money In the
harvest fields.
SQUIRES
BURN
BILL EASTERLY TELLS STORY
OF
Detectives and Mine Owners
of Violence Soldiers
A Sen ntlon Is Promised In the Inter
Come From Dtalntrreated Witne
to Statement That He Met Orchard In Wallace In July, 1904 Only
Member of the Federation of Mia
Afterward Turned Oat to Be a D
eration.
Boise, June 21. When Bill Easter
ly resumed the stand this morning
Darrow Immediately took him iato a
recital of the events In the Cripple
Creek district which culminated in
the wholesale deportatioas. ,
Easterly emphatically dented any
knowledge whatsoever of the VlndiJ
cator disaster, the Independence de
pot explosion, or any vieleaoe. which
resulted, stating that ' wMte street
fights betwen gna net" e the Mine-
owners' association and residents of
the district were comnrea, they were
the usual thing and expected in min
ing camps when the men were not
working. "We kept oor men In line,"
said he, "all tarovg the difficulty.
"Detectives and mmeowners circu
lated among the anion men and
counseled violence, but every union
officer stood ftna against It and used
his Influence to prevent any disturb
ances. We kept the peace as much as
possible, although our men were or
dered off the streets and from the
vicinity of Vhei nnlen halls."
Plnkertons) as fidrrersup of Strife.
The defense promises a big sur
prise soon. It is claimed to have dis
interested witnesses, who will testify
regarding Plnkerton operations in the
ranks of the unions.
McUee Saw Orchard In 1901.
Prior to Easterly telling his story,
the proceedings were Interrupted by
a permit to recall Dr. I. L. McGee
by the stale. McGee had testified he
saw Orchard In Wallace In .July.
1901. which statement absolutely
contradicts that or Orchard, who
swore that at that time he was in
Denver preparing to set out for Cal
ifornia to blow up Bradley. McGee
stuck to his originul story again to
day, fixing the year positively by the
fact that a republican campaign was
on at the time.
Spy Drtcollvp Cinnwi'liil Violence.
The only m:.n Easterly ever heard
advocate violence In the union r.as a
visiting member named Charles
Hcckmnn, who aftcrw.ird turned out
to be a ileteoV.ve.
Following the Independence explo
sion, Kns'.crly went to Cripple Creek
and then with a number of friends
took a cr.r for Victor. The cars were
crowded, ne:ir!y i-verybody cnrrylng
arms. He had a revolver. Got over
to Victor and found a street meeting
In progress, It being announced that
lenders of the Citizens' Alliance would
speak. Citizens' alliance men were
openly cursing the federation men,
declaring they ought to be hung.
When the meeting began, C.
Hamlin and Samuel Crump got in a
wagon to speak. Hamlin declared
the Independence explosion was due
to the federation, and declared the
citizens should hang 60 members and
run the others out of the district.
"Then," continued the witness,
"the fireworks began. I fired with
others. When the shooting was over
I took to the upper part of town on
the hill. I saw soldiers surround
PHELPS BELIEVES NECESSITY FOR
ANOTHER
Hopeful of victory In the fight that
Pendleton Is making for an extra
train and better passenger service be
tween this city and Portland, District
Attorney O. W. Phelps returned home
this morning. While the railroad
commission has not yet passed upon
the matter nor Intimated their pur
pose, Mr. Phelps believes that the
facta presented by the two sides In
the controversy show that an addi
tional train is necessary for the ac
commodation of the people.
As was expected, the railroad peo
ple contended that to place another
train upon the run between Pendle
ton and Portland would be unprofit
able. In support of this contention
the company presented statistics giv
ing the costs of their passenger busi
ness between Huntington and Port
land. According to their figures the
cost of running a passenger train is
$1.67 per mile, This estimate In
cludes the cost of equipment and sta
tion expenses. The monthly passen
ger revenue derived from the terri
warn
Counseled the Miners to Deeds
Looted a Union Store.
ests of the Defense, the Testimony to
anea Dr. McGee Adheres Tenaciously
eta Who Ever Counseled Violence
elective Boyoe's History of the Fed
the miners in Union hall and fire into
the building and arreat all there.
"I went home and stopped on the
way to warn the boys to get out
got my Winchester pump gun and
plenty of ammunition and marched
down the street through Indepen
dence to Goldfield, where X met
number of members, some armed,
others not We went to the city hall
and could see from there five car
loads of Citizens' alliance men and
militia go up Bull hill. They got off
and gathered up all the union men.
Troops Loot Union Store.
"I then saw them loot a union
store. I got away to Gillette, where
I stayed 24 hours and then boarded
a train and escaped to Denver and
reported what bad happened."
Orchard Made Money as an Agent
Boise, June 28. After wandering
about considerably. Easterly finally
located at Silver City, Idaho, where
he has been working since.
He met Jack Simpklns at Silver
City, December, 1905. Simpklno told
him Orchard was selling mining
stock, and writing Insurance in
southern Idaho. Simpklns, he said
came to Silver City at the request of
the union there to organize a new-
local.
Soon after Simpklns went back Or
chard wrote hlra and told him he
was doing fine and wanted' him to
come out and Join him in selling
stock and writing lnsnrance. On two
occasions he had similar letters from
Orchard.
Borah then cross-exnmlned Easter
ly, who said he knew Steunenberg
was opposed to the federation.
Orchnrd told him In A 11 man In
August, 1D03, that because Steunen
berg had deported him he would get
even. Easterly admitted he knew In
November, 1905, that Orchard was in
Caldwell, but said he did not know
Sfunenberg lived there.
Asked why lie had not given infor
mation to law officers that Orchard
had threatened Steunenberg, he said,
"I never have been an Informer."
"Easterly denied he left an infernal
machine under his bed when he left
the district. He did, however, leave
two rifles there.
Orclianl "Backs Water."
Joseph Sholtz, a Mullan miner, for
merly of Cripple Creek, who was ac
cused by Orchard of having made a
trip Into the Vindicator at the time
an attempt was made to blow up a
carload of powder, was called. He
confronted Orchard on the stand and
the latter said he was not the man
he meant. Sholtz said the only other
Sholtz lie knew In the Cripple Creek
was a man he understood was a gun
man for the mine owners. Sholtz
was not cross-examined.
George Breen, a rancher, formerly
a railroad man on the Florence-Cripple
Creek railway, was in Independ
ence the day of the explosion. He
saw the hounds brought from the
penitentiary at Canyon City to the
scene of the crime. I
T
tory between Huntington and Port
land was given at 865,134, and from
Pendleton alone at 812,000.
Also the railroad people contended
that that the business throughout
this section had been at a standstill
during the past few years. However,
this assertion was offset when at the
Instance of Commissioner Altchlson
the company was required to produce
Its sworn statement made to the tax
commission, of which Mr. Altchlaon
was a member. The sworn statement
showed a very substantial Increase in
the company's business.
Mr. Phelps declares that the rail
road company did not make as strong
a showing In opposition to the new
train as he had expected.
At the request of the commission
the railroad company Is now prepar
ing statistics to show the cost of
passenger service considered from an
interstate standpoint. When these
figures are received, the commission
will arrive at Its decision, and the
case will probably be disposed of
early next week.
RI
WA
SHOWN
A recess was taken at this Junc
ture.
Testimony Late Yesterday.
Boise, June 27. Ed Boyce again
took the stand and went fully Into
the history of the federation.
He said his wife had an Interest
in the rich Hercules mine, one-sixteenth
of which Orchard once owned.
He began as a miner In March,
1888, in the Coeur d'Alene, where
he worked two years.
He was discriminated against be
cause he belonged to the union, and
was arrested and held in the Boise
Jail six months In 1893. Fourteen
members of the union, he said, were
sent to Jail for violating an Injunc
tion by the federal court restraining
them from trespassing on mining
property. Hawley carried the mat
ter to the supreme court and got all
out He said the Western Federation
had Its inception In the Boise JalL
Hawley advised them to federate, as
the owners had organized In Helena
in 1890.
WOULD CONDEMN THE LIVES.
Action Would) Rest Upon Law
Passed About 1S4S.
Chicago, June 28. Secretary Rus
sell today issued an appeal to all lo
cals to co-operate In preparing for
an Immediate presentation to con
gress of a petition for the condem
nation of the property of the West
ern Union and Postal and Its purchase
by the government The basts of the
action is a law enacted Just after the
civil war, giving the states authority
to purchase the telegraph tines.
FELL THROUGH
THE SKYLIGHT
CAME DOWN ON CONCRETE
PAVING SS FEET BELOW
Was Badly Cut by Glass, and Wag
Much Bruised, But May Not be
Dangerously Injured Mistook the
nimsy Skylight for a Safe Place
and Stepped Upon It to Recover a
Button.
Charles Miller, news agent on the
train between this place and Spo
kane, was badly cut and otherwise
Injured this forenoon by falling
through a skylight in the rear of the
Hotel St. George. The place through
which he fell was the skylight over
the court which separates the St.
George kitchen from the dining
room. He dropped a distance of
about 35 feet and struck on the con
crete walk beneath. He was badly
cut about the head and body through
contact with the glass, and was also
bruised by his fall. However, he may
have escaped serious injury.
Miller was rooming at the hotel
and says that last night he dropped
a brass button upon the skylight. On
arising this forenoon he started to
walk out on the glass to recover the
button, and says he thought the sky
light wes perfectly safe. A moment
later he plunged through to the
floor beneath and astonished the
crew of Japs at work In the St.
George kitchen.
Miller is a young man, and says his
home Is In New York. Immediately
after his injury Dr. C. J. Smith was
called to attend him and the injured
man was removed to the hospital.
"BOOZE" BURNED UP.
Sixty-Five Barrels of Portland Whis
key Destroyed by Fire.
Sixty-five barrels, 262.080 drinks,
or about 16,880 Fourth of July cele
brations, were destroyed by the burn
ing of a car of whiskey consigned to
Rothschild Brothers In the terminal
yards this morning. The shipment
was valued at $8450, says the Oregon
Dally Journal,
For more than six hours a thirsty,
hungry-eyed crowd of professional
hoboes lingered about the flaming car
contemplating upon the ' Joyous, ca
rousing times that were dashed to
the ground by the destruction of the
ardent spirits. Streams of water
were turned upon the blazing barrels
by members of chemical company
No. 1, but the fire fiend sputtered
and brightened in a mocking man
ner as it slowly and surely consum
ed the boiling liquor.
Although the shipment was valued
at $8450, a sad-eyed saloonkeeper
drew out pencil and paper and figur
ed out ' that the whiskey would be
worth about $40,000 sold over the
bar at 15 cents a drink.
Chicago Wheat Market,
Chicago, June 28. Wheat opened
94 8-4, closed 5H; corn opened 6SH,
closed the same; oats opened 43, clos
ed 42 3-8.
The St. Louis National League
club has secured First Baseman
Burnett, of the Tacoma team of the
Northwestern League. It Is stated
that Robinson paid $2250 for Bur
nett's release.
At Depew, Ni Y., William Cle
denne, former member of the Cana
dian parliament and once mayor of
Montreal, was cut In two by a train.
CHIEF FORESTER
GIFFORD
PINCHOT
In Pendleton' Enroute to
Northern Idaho and Mon
tana From Denver.
CO-OPERATION OF STOCKMEN
HOPED FOR BY DEPARTMENT
Outlined to an East Oregonlan Re
porter Plans for the 'Better aod
More Completely Carrying Oat of
the Forest Reserra Policy of Use
Government Would Enlist the Co
operation of the Individual States -Income
From the Reserves Is Ex
pected to Increase Rapidly.
Glfford Plnchot, chief forester of
the United States, was a' guest of
Pendleton this forenoon In passing
through the city from the Denver
public land convention to northern
Idaho and Montana, where he goes to
look after forest reserve Interests.
To the East Oregonlan Mr. Plnchot
briefly outlined the policies of the
forestry department and expressed
the hope that the government would
have the hearty co-operation of the
people, and especially the stockmen,
in adjusting the new conditions made'
by the creation of forest reserves con
taining over 121,000,000 acres in the
United States. ,
"This is a big proposition, and it
will take time to adjust the new con
ditions created by the reserves," said
Mr. Plnchot, "but the department la
using every possible means at hand to
make it both agreeable to stockmen
who must use the reserves and satis
factory to the government which is
determined to save the forests and
the ranges for the benefit of the bona
fide settlers and stockmen.
"There Is an Infinite number of de
tails and local conditions to be met
and we are working them out as rap
Idly as opssible. Next year we hope
to adopt the plan of making direct
appropriations for the support of the
forest reserves in each state and thus
Increase the interest of the people In
the management of the reserves,
"A separate appropriation should
be made for each state and then that
sum. or such part of it as might be
needed, should be wholly applied to
the management of the reserves In
that state. In this way we will be
able to pay higher salaries for fores
try superintendents and rangers and
better men can be employed from
year to year and the service will thus
be kept on a basis of the highest ef
ficiency at all times.
"Last year we expended $1,900,000
In support of the forest reserves and
next year it will require almost
double this amount to adequately
manage them. A large part, if not
all of this immense sum will be de
rived from the sale of range and
timber In the reserves and will there
fore be expended directly in the states
and counties from which It was col
lected. Money Stays at Home.
"One complaint which has been
made to me frequently on my present
trip to the west, is that the money
derived from the sale of range and
timber is sent out of the states from
which It is collected to become a part
of the general fund of the govern
ment. In one way this may be true,
but on the other hand the govern
ment Is spending almost as much as
Is collected In managing and con
ducting the reserves, right In the lo
calities from which It was taken in
rentals for range .
"The same money which is collect
ed from your stockmen for range is
turned back Into your local circula
tion again through the salaries of the
superintendents, rangers and other
forestry expenses. It is not taken out
of the country entirely. It costs a
very large sum to conduct the re
serves. "We expect the Income from the
reserves to Increase very rapidly In
the future, from the sale of timber.
This feature of the reserve Income
this year was very marked and prom.
Ises to be largely increased from year
to year. The Income from range leas
ing will not necessarily Increase ex
cept by the creation of new reserves,
as the range In the reserves Is now all
(Continued on page 8.)
Ice and Garbage Drivers Strike
New York, June 18. New
Yorkers are facing an Ice fam-
ine as a result of the strike of
2000 ice drivers this morning.
They want the union recogntz-
ed. Public health Is menaced
by the garbage rapidly accum-
ulatlng In streets, caused by the
strike of garbage drivers, who
say 2000 street cleaners will
be called out tonight If the
trouble Is not settled.
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