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VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 27. 1908.
NO. 6319
ill PRESIDENT
OF TIE BANKER
(Pendleton Man Choben Head
.of State Association for the
.Ensuing Year.
WILL MtOBABLY MEET
NEXT WITH NEIGHBORS
Convention for 1909 Will Prolwbly no
JoUrt Affair Willi Washington and
Idaho in Seattle Session Were In-
lerwrtlng -Bankers Arc Optimistic
Moraiaig Seioi of First Day Was
Adjourned Out of Respect lo Clove
land Visitors SI town Country From
Automobile.
Montle B. Gwlnn, president of the
Pendleton .Saving" bank, has Just been
honored by being elected as president
ot the Oregon State Bankers' assoc.!
atlon, which concludes Its annual
meeting In Salem today. The election
of officers was held this morning and
at that time Mr. Owlnn was pluced at
the liea (I of the organization for the
coming year.
The next meeting of the association
will likely be held In Seattle during
the Alaska-Yukon exposition and It
will be a joint meeting of the bank
ers of Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
The following Is a partial account
of the first day's session taken from
the Portland Journal:
Hanker 0tfliiilstlc.
With prospects ahead for a bumper
crop und a heavy fruit output, the
bankers of the state look forward to a
year such as has ntt occurred for per.
haps a decade. Last year was a nota
ble one for big wheat crops, but the
off-apple year and the "off-banking"
year rather damaged the profits and
the glory, even, of being a money
lord. The panic had Its effects In
ntore ways than one.
.Interesting Session Promised.
All these subjects and many more
are heard discussed In the halls and
on the streets by the visiting Roths
childs. It has been one of the most
Interesting banking years ever record
ed, therefore there are many Inter
esting things to come before the as
sembled bankers. Oregon, perhaps,
bus survived the bankers' panic better
than any state In the Union, for both
from the east and south still come re.
ports of hard times and struggles to
keep afloat.
liaiikcni Arc Welcomed.
At 11 o'clock, when the convention
opened In the Elks' hall, Mayor Geo.
Rodger welcomed the bankers to Sa
lem. The response was made by Mr.
Haines, who touched upon matters of
importance that the convention will
likely be called upon to discuss.
Among them will probably be bank
Insurance, such as Oklahoma lias,
and perhaps, more strict regulation
by the state and laws to be proposed
lo the next legislature for the protec
tion of the depositors and bankers;
savings bank methods and minor mat
ters afecting more strictly the bank
ers and their business relations be
tween themselves.
Automobile Spin,
SHERMAN ALMOST
ENTIRELY WELL.
MM
Condition KttaialiM Normal Through
out Day and Still Improves.
Cleveland, O., June 27. Represent
tatlve James 8. Sherman's condition
was absolutely normal all today. After
leaving the hospital, probably next
Wednesday, It la the purpose of Mr.
and Mrs. Sherman to become the
guests of ex-Governor Myron T. Her
rlck, at whose house Mr.. Sherman was
taken 111 lust Tuesday. They will re
main there .until Friday morning,
when they expect to return to Utlca,
N. Y., the congressman's home. Plans
now are being perfected so that his
"home-coming" reception can be held
on the night of July 30.
The conference In Washington to
select a national chairman will be held
July 8. After that Mr. Sherman may
submit to an operation, that he may Dalilman Suys Injunction Plank Will
BELL, CHAIRMEN
Bryan's Representative An
nounces They Are Choice
of the Peerless Leader,
DEXVEIt PliATFORM TO
HAVE POSITIVE PLANKS
MEXICO HIS
I HEVDLUTIOII
: i
not be bothered again during the fall
campaign.
Mean Something and Tliat Platform
Will Declare for Actual Tariff Re
vision Theodore Bell of California
Will , be Temporary tlialrman
WlUlc Henry D. Clajton of Alalia
inu Will bo Permanent Nebraska
State Platform Will Re Adopted so
Far As It Affects National Issues.
INSTITUTE SUITS TO
RECOVER LAND.
Charge Southern and Central raolfle
Roads and Trust Company.
Reno, Nev., June 27. A special
from Carson says:
In the United States circuit court
yesterday United States District At- Denver, Cojo., June 27. Mayor
torney Sam Piatt instituted two suits Dahlman of Omaha, arriving this
In the federal court against the Cen- morning as Bryan's representative,
tral Pacific Railroad company, the confirmed the report that Bryan pre
Southern Taclflc Railroad company, fers Theodore Bell of California and
and the United States Trust company Henry P. Clayton of Alabama for tha
of New York. chairmanships of the convention. He
The suits are brought to compel the I says Bryan has no choice as to the
Central Pacific company to forfeit Its vice president and says the last plat-
patent to land In Nevada on the form of the Nebraska state onven
ground that the patents were obtain-I tlon will probably be adopted as far
ed by fafte affidavits by sworn state- as It applies to national issues.
ments to the effect that the land on He said: "I suppose It will contain
which patents were granted were nnn- an anti-injunction plank really mean-
Government Officials Finally
Forced to Admit Real Na
ture of Fighting,
FIERCE FIGHTING IS
IN PROGRESS TODAY
Fifty Reported Killed In Battle at Las
Vagas Last Night, Though Real
Number Is Probably Much Les
One Trooper Killed Today and One
Revolutionist Captured Raiders
May Not Number More Than Fifty
Though Some Reports Say Tliere
Are Muny More -Rebels Repulsed
iMut Night, But Renew tlte Attack
This Morning Railroads Being Repaired
of Las Vacos by bandits have met with
failure.
Th office of the secretary of the In
terior has remained closed during the
night and at the residence of Minis
ter c-orrai no visitors are being re
ceived. The secretary of the interior
refused a statement regarding the af
fair.
Dispatches from various points In
northern Mexico show that section to
be in a state of ferWnt. During all
last night armed men, many of them
being Americans, occupied the roofs
of the Banco le Naceonale and the
Banco le London and Mexico.
mineral in character.
The land in question Is located
Washoe and Humboldt counties.
In
1
I
Ing something and there will probably
be strong planks favoring actual re
vision of the tariff und control of
corporations,"
Dahlman represents Bryan at the
meeting of the BUb-commlttee, mak
ing the preliminary arrangements for
the convention.
It Is unannounced whether Bell
will be temporary or permanent chair
man.
Ik is stated on good authority that
Clayton will be permanent and Bell
temporary chairman. It is understood
thiu lu ripalrn.t hv Mia lonrlnr'a In Viol
in' . . . I'T. I '
1 r,.1.1.11lit.j.l I ,.f ,1,-, ., .,,.! aA ..nn.ln.n,.
BIT IS DISQl ALIFIED. Clayton, who has been a member of
the democratic national
E
ME CMMPIS
Columbia Aum-dcd Second Place by
the Judge Oirnel Wins Freshman
Eight by Four Lengths Syracuse
Abo Second in This Event Time Is
Fast Conditions Ideal.
Poughkeepsie, X. Y., June 27. The
Syracuse crew won the 'varsity four
oared race. Pennsylvania was second,
but was disqualified by the Judges,
giving the second place to Columbia.
The official time of Syrncuse was
0 minutes, 52 4-5 seconds, Pennsyl
vania, 10 minutes 67 4-5 seconds, Co
lumbia unofficial, 11 minutes 6 2-5
seconds.
Cornell won the freshman eight by
four lengths, Syracuse, second; Co
lumbia, third; Wisconsin, fourth;
Pennsylvania, fifth.
committee
since 1888.
He was elected to congress from
the third Alabama district In 1897,
and has served continually since. He
was a presidential elector in 1888
and 1892 and served as United States
attorney for the middle district of Al-
abania from May 1893 to October,
1896. He lives at Eufaula, Ala.
$1,000,000 Fire.
Duluth, June 27. Elevator "D" of
the Consolidated Elevator company
was destroyed by fire ysterday, en
tailing a loss on the building and con
tents of $1,000,000. An adjoining
dock and warehouse belonging to the
Northern Pacific railroad suffered to
the extent of $30,000.
City of Mexico, June 28. Govern
ment officials today admitted for the
first time since the uprising in north
ern Mexico began that the war is In
the nature of a revolution and not as
attacks by bandits.
Dltpatches from the scene of war
state fierce fighting is progressing.
The band last nlghtwis overtaken
at Matemoras De Laguna by troops
commanded by Governor Miguel Car
denas.
One trooper was killed today and
many wounded. One revolutionist was
captured, but the remainder escaped
The fight at Las Vacas was re
newed this morning by the revolu
tlonists, who were apparently re
pulsed by the troops last night.
Expect to Capture Dlaj.
Austin, Texas, June 27. According
to a message received by Thomas La
brlada, the Mexican revolutionary
leader, here, the revolotionary party
has undermined the Mexican army
and expects to capture President Diaz
Jn two days.
The report says a hundred soldiers
have Joined the ranks of the revolu
tionists and that Col. Cervantes, with
eight hundred cavalrymen have re
nounced allegiance to Diaz. Great
excitement prevails. Another report
says the revolutionists from Las Ve
gas and Jlmlnez were Joined by sev
eral companies of Mexican troops who
were sent to capture them.
The revolutionists are confident oi
capturing the entire state of Coahulla
within 48 hours.
f No business was undertaken this fIve crews are evenly mutchpd. The
morning further than io complete tlidit,ghfs 0f Syracuse, Wisconsin, Penn-
No Office at Racetrack.
Shecpshead Bay, June 27. The
Western Union Teleeranh ronmanv
i . . i
mini i-iiitT. announced today that the telegraph
Poughkeepsie, June 27. Ideal I office at Sheepshead Bay race track
weather this afternoon indicate the will be closed after' today.
Intercollegiate regatta on the Hudson
river will be a great success. The
water Is smooth, the air clear and
the city full of visitors. The west
shore Is lined with spectators. The
Fifty Killed in Battle.
i;i raso. Texas, June 27. In an
encounter between revolutionists and
troops of ftu Mexican government at
the town of Las Vacos In Coahulla,
Mexico, near the border across from
Cel Rio, Texas, early yesterday morn
ing, between 40 and 60 were killed.
The dispatches still characterize
the raiders as bandits but it Is believ
ed here that they are half criminal
aggregations of political discontents
whose main purpose Is to loot under
the guise of insurrection. It is said
that they have secured $2000 thus
far.
Raiders N More Tlian Fifty.
The government says that the raid
ers do not number more than 50
armed men, other reports place their
total number as larger. The rail
roads In Coahulla, Injured by the
bandits, have been repaired. and
trains are now carrying troops to that
region. Troops have arrived In the
city of Torreon and will spread over
the northern country to form a net
work for the capture of the marau
ders. Report of impending trouble
In the state of Neuvo Leon cannot be
confirmed at this hour.
No Official Information.
City of Mexico, June 27. Repeated
efforts to obtain official confirma
tion of the attack on the border town
LEVEE COMMITTEE ANSWERS EWES
organisation and get acquainted. The
business session was resumed after
luncheon and at 3 o'clock the visit
ing bankers will be taken for an au
tomoblle ride through the country
tributary to Salem
A discussion of "credit currency"
by Arthur Reynolds, president of the
Des Moines National bank, was the
feature of today's session of tho Ore
gon State Bankers' association. Mr.
Reynolds is one of the best banking
authorities in the United States, be
ing a member of the currency com
mission and chairman of the Ameri
can Bonkers' association.
Only a short session of the associa
tion was held. Due to the absence -of
President E. W. Haines, It was an
nounced by Vice President Montle B.
Gwlnn that the annual address of the
president would have to be dispensed
with.
Go to Seattle.
Salem, June 27. Montie B. Gwlnn,
president of the Pendleton Savings
Bank, was today elected president of
the Oregon Bankers' association at a
meeting Just before noon. S. L. Blair
of Baker City, is one of those elected
to the executive committee. Efforts
will be made to extend the associa
tion in Oregon. The invitation to at
tend the Alaska-Yukon fair was accepted.
Undergoing Repairs.
San Francisco, June 27. The bat
tleships New Jersey and Wisconsin of
the Atlantic fleet which have been
undergoing repairs at the Bremmer
ton navy yard arrived In port yester
day. The Wisconsin preceded directly to
Mare Island
sylvanla, Columbia are reported In
fine condition. All will row down
stream and finish at tho same place,
one mile belQw Poughkeepsie bridge.
Belllngham, June 27. Although
the lumbermen understand the rail
roads are considering appealing the
Interstate commission decision but
case, they feel such action will not be
taken. 'If the fight Is thrust upon
them they will fight hard in self-defense.
Captain Everett Griggs, presi
dent of the Pacific Coast Lumber
Manufacturers' association, said: "If
further contesting Is forced upon the
lumbermen and "the rate case taken
to the supreme court, lumber inter
ests will spend every dollar they
have In defense. If an appeal Is tak
en and lumber conditions remain un
settled as they have been for six
months, no business worth mention
ing will bo done until the appeal Is
settled."
Suit to Settle Wage Dispute. .
A suit was filed here today .by the
O. R." & N. Co. to restrain W. C.
Thompson from proceeding with a
suit at law whereby they seek to re
cover money alleged to be due as
wages. The case grows out of an at
tachment proceeding and the railroad
company desires to have the court de
cide to whom the money is due. The
suit was filed by C. H. Carter In be-
half of the O. R. & N. company.
Advices received at Washington
state that the renegade Ute Indians,
who last year left their reservation
in Utah and spread consternation
among the white settlers in Wyoming
and western South Dakota, are now
The New Jersey Joined peacefully settled in the latter state.
the other ships of the fleet In the bay. and no further trouble is anticipated.
That the contract for the ievee work was awarded to V. C. Betts
strictly upon merit and that prohibition or anti-prohibition sentiment had
absolutely nothing to do with the matter. Is declared by members of the
council levee committee.
In support of their assertions the members of the committee offer a
detailed statement showing the estimated cost of the work under the terms
offered by both the Newport company and by Betts. It will be seen that
the Betts bid is more than $2000 less than the Xewport company's bid,
nnd this amount the committee declares the city saves by their action.
Regarding the charge that they were unfair In that they allowed
Betts to submit a bid after tho contest had closed the committee declares
that the same Is buncombe. In his first bid Betts gave no prices on old
rtprapptng and on the work at the Main street bridge. However, that work
amounts to but little compared with the total Job and when the commit
tee found that Betts' bid upon the main Job was lower than that by the
Xewport company, they Informed him (Betts) that If he would make a
satisfactory price on the old rlprapplng and on the Main street work he
would get the contract. This Mr. Betts did and thereupon the committee
voted him the contract.
According to the committee they did entirely right in asking Betts to
submit a bid upon the work which he had previously left out and no In
justice was done the Xewports. In submitting their bid the Xewport
company stated that they must be given all the work or none at all.
The following statement of the estimated cost of the levee work under
the respective bids has been furnished the East Oregonlan by Councilman
A. L. Knight, of the leve committee, and Is self-explanatory:
Newport Bid.
Excavating 1 to 3 feet, 40c cubic yard, 5000 yards $ 2,000.00
Excovatlng 3 to 5 feet, $1.60 cubic yard, 1600 yards 2.400.00
Building grade for levee, 40c cubic' yard, 10,000 yards 4.000.00
Laying rock for toe wall, $3.16 cubic yard, 700 yards 2,205.00
New riprap, 90c cubic yard, 9500 yards v 8.560.00
Old rip rap, 45C cubic yard, 4000 yards . . . 1,800.00
Building stone wall at Main street, $3.39 cubic yd. 200 cubic yd. 790.00
FIFTEEN KILLED IN ACCIDENT.
Passenger and Freight Trains Collide
Near Baroda, India.
Bombay, June 27. Fifteen persons
were killed and 27 were Injured in
the accident between an express and
a freight train on the Bombay and
Baroda railway yesterday near Baro
da. Four of the passenger coaches
and four mail cars of the express
train and four cars of the freight were
burned.
SALOON CASE
IS POSTPONED'
Entire Time of Circuit Court:
Today Consumed With St.
Dennis Case.
NOLTE CASE COMES
UP NEXT MONDAY.
Bitter Battle Being Waged Over Deal
Pulled' Off by Harms, the Butcher
of More or Less Fame Many Wit
nesses Examined and End Is Not
Yet Harras Delivers Invective
Against Hie Big Butcher and Is
Tlirentened With Violence No
Trouble Has Yet Resulted Fergu
son Drawn in.
EARLY OETUHS
FROM BOOSTING
ANSWER TO SUNSET
ADVERTISEMENT RECEIVED
North Dakota Man Is Interested In
Irrigated Ijuids Will Be Supplied
With 'information Publicity Work
Already Bearing Fruit Soliciting
of Subscrlixlons Will Be Resumed.
Though the Ink upon the Pendle
ton advertisement in the Sunset mag'
azlne la hardly dry, figuratively
speaking, yet results have already ap
peared from the same.
This morning the first inquiry In
response to the advertisement was re
ceived by J. H. Gwlnn, secretary of
the publicity bureau committee. The
letter was from a man in North Da
kota, who is looking for irrigated
lands. In replying to the communi
cation Mr. Gwlnn referred him to
the different land companies of the
county.
For a week or more no soliciting
work has been done by the publicity
publicity committee, but it is the pur
pose of the committee to get busy
again in the near future, for more
money is needed for the financing of
the bureau.
$21,745.00
Belt's Bid.
Excavating 1 to 3 feet, 83 cubic yard. 6000 yards $ 1.650.00
Excavating 8 to 6 feet, 60c cubic yard, 1500 yards 900.00
Building grade for levee, S3o cubic yard. 10,000 yards 3,200.00
Laying rock for toe wall, $2.94 cubic yard, 700 yards 2.058.00
Laying new riprap 98c cubic yard, 9500 yards 9,310.00
Laying old riprap, 43c cubic yard, 4000 yards 1,720.00
Building stone wall at Main street, $4 cubic yard, 200 yards 800.00
$19,638.00
PROMINENT SOCIETY
WOMAN IS KILLED.
Many Others Seriously Injured Port-
Iuivl Woman Has Narrow Escape.
Xewport, U. I., June 27. Mrs
Henry Wynn, wife of the mayor of
Maiden, Mass., one of the most promi
nent club women In the east, died In
a hospital here today from injuries re
ceived yesterday afternoon in the
wreck of a tallyho carrying 14 dele
gates to the Federated Women's Clubs
convention from Boston to this city.
Mrs. Bennett Davenport of Water
town, Conn., Mrs. Helen Sundeau of
Lincoln, Neb., .and Mrs. Edwin Hayes
of Iowa, Mrs. Agnes Morgan of Kan
sas City, reported fatally Injured, are
Improving, today.
The accident was caused by the
collapse of one of the front wheels of
the tallyho. The horses were run
ning at the time. Mrs. Wynn was
pinned under the railing and both legs
broken, her arm Jerked from the
socket and spine hurt.
Mrs. J. D. Hayes of Portland, Ore.,
and others, were held under the
wreckage and had narrow escapes
from serious Injury,
Owing to the fact that the entire
time of the circuit court since yester
day morning has been occupied with
the Ferguson-St. Dennis case no fur
ther work has beeh done In the Xolte
case, upon which hangs the fate of the
Pendleton saloons. It Is now proba
ble that the Xolte case will not be
reached until Monday and possibly not
until the afternoon of that day.
Hurras Vs. St. Dennis.
The St. Dennis case now has de
veloped Into a hard and very bitter
legal battle and the end la not yet in
sight. The case results from a deal
that was made last fall between Rein
hold Hurras, the butcher, and Desire
St. Dennis, whereby the latter was to
lease his ranch to Harras for a term
of 10 years. St. Dennis brought suit
to cancel the contract on the ground
that he was hopelessly drunk when
Induced to sign the same. In his
opening remarks yesterday. Will M.
Peterson, leading attorney for St. Den
nis, administered a glowing roast to
Harras and. It is said that following
the same Harras threatened the attor
ney with violence. However, no trou
ble resulted.
Among the witnesses on the stand
today have been Oscar Cain, the
Walla Walla attorney, Gus Harras, W.
M. Peterson, Desire St. Dennis, Mrs.
Funnymark and others.
C. J. Ferguson Is made plaintiff In
the case now through the fact that
Harras' Interest was taken up by him!
MOTHER'S BODY IS FOUND.
Was Floating in West Naples Canal
Efforts Made to Find Missing
Child.
Long Beach, Cal.,' June 27. Tha
body of Mrs. William D. Watklns was
found yesterday floating in the West
Naples canal. On the bank the cap
of her seven year old daughter Eva,
was found and efforts are being made
to recover the child's body. The horse
and buggy with which Mrs. WTatkins .
and the girl started from home early
yesterday morning for a drive, stood.
near the. canal, the horse tied to a-
sign board. The theory Is that the
child slipped while playing on the
shelving bank and fell Into the wa
ter and that the mother was drown
ed In trying to save her.
AIRSHIP OW NER ARRESTED.
Sultan Wants $600,000.
Tangier, June 27. Sultan Abdul
Aziz has applied to certain French
bankers for a new loan of $600,000 as
security for which he offers mort
gages on property of the government
at Tetuan, Rabat and Saffl.
The news of the operations of Mulal
HaId, the usurping sultan at Fez. and
Tetuan Is causing agitation at Rabat,
where Abdul Axis now Is.
Million and a Half Sale.
Great Falls, Mont., June 27. James
J. Hill and associates have sold the
property of the Great Falls Water
Power & Transit company to John D.
Ryan and others for $1,600,000.
Is Charged With Obtaining $300ft
Falsely.
San Francisco, June 27. John A.
Morrell, Inventor and ' b'urrder of the
big airship which burst on Its trial
trip In Berkeley recently and which
resulted In 15 members of Its crew
being Injured, was today arrested
upon a warrant sworn to by Alexan
der Otl, who charged Morrill with
obtaining $3000 from him by false
pretenses. Certified checks to the
amount of $4000 wefe found upon
Morrell when searched at the city
prison. Attorneys for Ots Immediate
ly secured a writ of attachment for
the checks. The police, however, re
tained possession of them and Judge
Cabanlss released Morrell on his own
recognizance pending the settlement
of the question whether the ball
money, for which purpose the airship
Inventor said it was furnished him by
friends, can be attached.
Fiends Wreck Train.
Hazleton, Pa., June 27. One man
was killed and 10 Injured In a wreck
of a passenger train at Lofty. 12 miles
east of here early today. The wreck
was caused by spikes placed on the
rails with the intention of derailing
the train. The accident occurred on
a steep mountain grade.
Recruits for Third Infantry. .
A detachment of U. S. soldters bound
for Fort Wright have been here to
day. They are unassigned men from
Columbus, O.. and are to be stationed
with the third infantry at Fort
Wright.
The landscaping of the grounds of
the Alaska-Yukon-Paclfie exposition
has been begun and the site Is begin
ning to take on the appearance It win .
'have In 1969.