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WEAT1IEII REPORT.
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TO ADVERTISERS.
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VOL. 21.
PENDLETON. OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 10. 1908.
NO. 6347
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ANOTHER ID
CONSPICI CRY
Alleged That Lincoln County
Timber Land is About to Be
Gobbled Up.
gllJCTZ SETTLERS FIND
SQUATTERS IN POSSESSION,
Filings on iAnd Have Ik1!! Held Up-
Latest Comers Are Evidently Vic
tims of Land Sluu-ks HoniMteadcre
Allege that Portland Attorneys
Have Iiocntcd People on Claims,
FossohhIoii of Which Is Still Un
determined Interesting Develop
jnents Expected.
A special to the Oregonlan under
date of August 8, from Newport, says
an indignant party of homesteaders
started today for the SlleU reserva
tion to protect their homesteads
from a raid which has Just developed
and threatens if successful to trans
fer to a firm of Portland attorneys
the richest portion of the rich for
est that makes Lincoln county the
Mecca of the speculator. This party,
which consists of the most Influential
citizens of Newport, expects to bring
back a crowd of squatters, who In
turn are expected to call on the Port
land attorneys for the return of large
fees paid out for locating them on
lands already proved up.
The story of the transaction goes
bock several years. In brief. It Is
this: Over a hundred settlers offer
fed proof before the commissioner of
the land office four years ago and
brought their witnesses and paid their
fees to get patents on the land they
had filed on and Improved. Through
the report of an Inspector of the land
Office their final receipts were held
up for "nonresldcnre," and each one
so notified.
Filings Held Up for Years,
From that day till this these set
tlers have been vainly endeavoring to
get a hearing. Most or them were
compelled to leave their homesteads
and seek a llvcllhoiur elsewhere In or
der to meet attorneys' fees and the
expense Incidental "to the long and
expensive trials at Portland. But no
trials were set, and today these men
have been without pven ti hearing In
the matter.
Almost from the first they were ap
proached by persons offering them
small sums for their relinquishments.
asserting that "they had no chance
to win." They held on doggedly
Within the last six months they have
been the recipients of constant hints
that It was "time to sell before they
were ousted by the land office." Still
they hung on.
Last week come a party or men
from Portland who quietly bought
provisions at the local stores and then
hired packers to take them out on
the claims. So far five men hnvt
squatted on these claims, and each
train seemH to bring more. These
squatters claim possession and say
that the Portland land office has de
cided that theso claims are open to
entry again. The price the squatters
have paid seems to have been In each
case $500, payable upon acceptance
of the filing.
Settlors Take Determined Stand.
The settlers whose claims have
been thus forcibly taken away from
them are up In arms. They say they
realize that any slackness on their
part means the Inrush of hundreds
Into all parts of the Slletz reserva
tion of men Induced Into paying
money on assurances that these
claims are open for entry, though no
hearings have ever been had before
e,ny court.
After consultation with their attor
neys, the settlers state that they will
fight to the last ditch.
Today they start out In force to get
hold of the alleged trespassers and
hale them them In on warrants charg
ing them with violating the laws for
bidding the cutting of timber and the
taking possession of private property.
One of the squatters Is locate'd' on
the homestead of Frank Priest, whose
trial has already been held, his be
ing the only one of a hundred to
come off. His attorney at the time
gained tho case by default of the gov
ernment witnesses and prosecutor, but
It was reopened op orders from Port
land.
CoiiKpIraoy by Land Kliarks,
The whole matter will result In a
bitter contest. One of the settlers
concerned, whose present Interests run
Into many thousands, said today, . "I
know Just what this means. It Is an
organized conspiracy on the part of
land sharks to seize our lands and get
what money thy can from Innocent
men who take their word for It that
our land Is open for settlement again.
I have tried vainly for four years and
a half to get a hearing on the pro-
test of the government. If It takes
$20,000, I am here to tell you that
they won't get It. I'll fight this to
the last grasp. I'll have these squat
ters arrested every day In the year, If
needful, and I'll prove that we are en
titled to our homesteads and Intend
to have them. I have already taken
the matter to Washington."
Congressman Ellis, who Is here, has
been besieged by these Indignant men,
who assert that It Is time some one
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Husband Beats Unoffending
Preacher Into Insensibility
When Discovery is Made,
TWO BOATS IN
fiui nut
SPENDS NIGHT IN CORN FIELD,
WHEN HE COMES TO,
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ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST
NEW LUMBER ORGANIZATION.
Texas and KaiiMia Will Try lo Prevent
Formation of World's Mwt Com
plete MoiiohI) Attorney Generals
of MLvwurl him! Oklahoma Also In.
vcrttlgnting.
Suits have been brought In twd
slates In an effort to dissolve the al
leged lumber trust recently formed In
St. Louis. The attorneys general of
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma . and
Texas enUrs'J Into an agreement
months ago to Investigate the lumber
business In unison, and the gathering
of evidence has been In progress since.
This evidence has been exchanged by
the officials and much of it can bo
used In each state. Nearly all of the
companies against which suit has been
brought arc Missouri concerns and
have offices in Kansas City.
The Texas suit Is ready to file and
the attorney general of Oklahoma Is
almost ready to move against the trust j
In that state.
The suit In Kansas Is In the form of
an application Tor an injunction
against the following lumber compa
nies, whom Attorney General Jackson
charges with having entered Into con
spiracy In restraint of trade:
It was on July S of this year that
Ihe alleged agreement on which the
suit is based was made in St. Louis.
It Is charged that the corporations
and persons named above met In St.
Louis and entered Into an agreement,
pool or trust to fix and maintain the
price of lumber In Kaiwas and other
states, to limit the amount of lumber
produced and manufactured, with the
purpose of limiting or restraining the
trade In lumber.
The attorney general recites that
committees were appointed at this
meeting and attorneys were employed
o draft an agreement to carry out the
arrangements and that the contract
entered Into at that time Is now about
o be put into force.
The attorney general asks the court
o grant a temporary injunction
gainst these companies to prevent
the alleged trust agreement going ln
to effect In Kansas, and If It does go
Into effect he asks tho court to for
feit the corporate rights and fran
chises of the companies doing business
In Kansas. All of the companies In
the suit are Missouri corporations ex
cept the Chicago Lumber & Coal com
pany. They are licensed to do busi
ness In Kansas and have Kansas char
ters. The companies Involved in the suit
represent a capital of $300,000,000 In.
vested In the yellow pine lumber In
dustry of the country. These com
panies practically control the entire
output of yellow pine In the middle
west and absolutely control the
amount of lumber which may be ship
ped Into Kansas. It Is charged by the
attorney general that these companies
are planning to extend their trust
agreement to cover the entire yellow
pine Industry of the country.
Hev. Stephen B. Shlpman Says Wo
man Came into Hit) Room and
Tempted Him, but that He Is In-
nocent Begged Mm to Love Her
and Pray for Her, when Ho Ordered
Her to ICave Sentiment of Church
Is With Him A Washington
Preacher.
Herlock, Md., Aug. 10. Rev. Ste
phen B. Shlpman. pastor of a Wash
ington Metnoaist church, who was
beaten Insensible by Thomas Carow,
who found his wife in Shlpman's bed'
room in the Carow home where Ship-
man Is visiting, declared today he will
make the defense that the woman
tempted him, but he Is Innocent.
After regaining consciousness he
spent the rest of the night In a corn
field, fearing Carow would kill him.
Shlpman says he was awakened by
Mrs. Carow's hand on his face.
"I ordered her to leave," said Ship-
man, "but she said, 'Oh, won't you
love me; pray for me-' "
The pastor has the sentiment of the
church favoring him.
MOKE TROUBLE FOR ROADS.
Sun Francisco Merchants Say S. P.
and Santa Fe Evade Laws.
San' Francisco, Aug. 10. Alleging
that the Southern Pacific and Santa
Fe roads are raising the rates, despite
the law. by Imposing extra switching
charges In' connection with freight
charges, and other extras, bringing the
rates ubove. tho published schedule,
the San Francisco merchants will file
charges against the two roads when
the interstate commission meets here
next week and will contest the legal
ity of the extra charges. The Jobbers'
association will Join with the mer
chants.
German School Ship Freya
Runds Down and Sinks
Schooner,
CAPTAIN AND EIGHT
OF CHEW DROWNED.
SERIOUS STRIKE IN DENMARK.
Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 10. A
strike of typesetters today caused all
newspapers to suspend. The situation
13 serious.
Murdered His Wife.
Denver, Col., Aug. 10. A dispatch
says Judge A. S. Swanson of Ishanoca
near Yellowstone, Wyo., . murdCTed
his wife and blew out his own brains.
The couple met through a matrimon
ial bureau.
Bryan Prt'iNireti Speeches.
Lincoln. N'eb., Aug. 10. Bryan to
day completed a draft of the speech
to be mode at Des Moines on the tar
iff question. He then began the pre
paration of a speech to be maie at
the notification of Kern. ,
Fatal Accident.
London, Aug. 10. Two are dead,
four fatally wounded and seven seri
ously injured as the result of a trolley
wrecked here today. The car was run
ning fast when It left the track, pre
cipitating the passengers into the
street.
Four Members of Crew of IU-Fated
Maggie and ) May Are Rescued by
Destroyer Lost Vessel Was an
American Vog Responsible for Sea
Tragedy Sunken Ship Cut Almost
in Two by Steel Prow of the Dutch
Boat Most of Fishermen Die In
Their Bunk.
Halifax, N, S., Aug. 10. The Glou-
ccster, Mas,, fishing schooner Maggie
and May, Captain Erlck McCathran,
was run down and sunk by the Ger
man school ship Freya Captain Haas,
60 miles southeast of Halifax, at 11:30
p. m. on Saturday and Captain Mc
Cathran and eight of the crew were
drowned.
Four men were rescued.
At the time of the collision a dense
fog prevailed.
Drowned:
Captain Eric McCathran, Glouces
ter, Mass.
Koch Wentzel, Llndenberg, N. S.
Walter Finder, Condroy, N. F.
Patrick English, Conception Bay,
Rueben Porter.
DeLeon Porter.
Alfred Musle.
Gus Luder, all of Monmouth, N,
The ship was going about eight
knots at the time of the collision
When the schooner was sighted the
course of the ship was altered as
quickly as possible, but the collision
roul4-not be averted. With a crash
the steel prw f the Freya clashed
into the side of the fishing vessel
cutting her almost In two.
It is believed that many of the fish
ermen were instantly killed I ntheir
bunks, as few were seen struggling
later. The warship boats were quick
ly launched and life buoys were
thrown to the men in the water.
The school ship remained In the
vicinity of the accident until early
this morning. She then headed fa
Halifax, where she arrived this even
Ing. United States' Cnsul-General
Wilbur was at once Informed of the
disaster. The four Burvivors will be
landed In the morning.
The Freya was not damaged.
tween the edge of the car and a huge
stone.
Entangled in Stearlng Gear,
Mr. Pohlmann, who was driving the
machine, was entangled In the stear
lng gear, the wheel crushing his crest
Death came to Father Vahey Instant
ly and Mr. Pohlmann lived less than
a minute. Pohlmann's neck was prob
ably broken.
MILLIONAIRE WILL
MARRY WAITRESS
Now York, Aug. 10. Although he Is
worth $10,000,000, Godfricd Probst h
walling on table in a little Brooklyn
restaurant. The fortune was left him
by a distant relative. Hie estate Is
worth $."0,000,000.
Probsrt will start for Germany at
once to get his share and says he will
return and marry a waitress.
Fuaston Transferred.
San Francisco, Aug. 10. Colonel
Marcum P. Maus today took command
of the department of California, U. S.
A., succeeding Funston, who Is trans
ferred to Fort Leavenworth as com
mander of the department of the
Gulf.
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ALLIANCE NEEDED
SENTIMENT AT AUCKLAND
IS STRONGLY FAVORABLE.
rUTOMOBIIJB GOES
OVER HIGH BANK
Two Men Are Crushed on Rocks Be
low, Dying Almost Instantly.
Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 10. When an
automobile plunged over a steep en
bankment on the Mitchell road, two
and .a half miles west of ' Pylvanla,
Sunday afternoon, Charles W. Pohl
mann, a wealthy Cleveland merchant
tailor, and Father George Vahey, pas
tor of Columbkills parish, Cleveland,
were Instantly killed. Mrs. Charles
W. Pohlmann, her daughter, Florence,
and F. C. Detzel, a Cleveland dentist,
were In the touring car, but escaped
Injury.
The automobile landed at the bot
tom of the embankment bottomslde
up. The priest's head was crushed be-
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England's Island Province Welcomes
Sailors of American Fleet as Broth
ersWould Form Alliance for Siu
prcinacy of the White Race in the
Pacific.
ORE THOUSAND
EXCURSIONISTS
Hundreds of Picnickers Spend
Sunday in Natural Paradise.
MANY ENJOY OUTING
ON NEW RAILROAD.
Two Trains Run From La Grande to
Mouth of Looking Glass Creek
One of Mot Beautiful Spots for
Picnic in tho Northwest Stream la
Appropriately Named Excursloa
Under Auspices of Railway Condno
tors A Number of PendletonJana
There.
Auckland, Aug. 10. Sentiment here
favors the formation of Anglo-American
alliance In the Pacific for the ad
vancement and defense of the inter
ests of white men as against the yel
low races.
Crews of the ships were received ,
here today with the wildest enthusl- ,
asm and welcomed as brothers. The
sailors are glad they are with people
who speak their language.
Everywhere Is the sentiment that
white men must control the Pacific.
On all sides is the confidence of their
ability to do so.
One thousand picnickers from
Union, Umatilla and adjoining coun
ties enjoyed the hospitality of the O.
R. & N. conductors yesterday on a
delightful outing at the mouth of
Looking Glass creek, 18 miles nortn
of Elgin, on the branch of the O. R.
& N. now being built Into Wa'llowa
county.
Two heavily loaded excursion tralna
If ft La Grande early yesterday morn
ing for the scene of the picnic, which
li one of the most beautiful spots In
the northwest and during the entire
day the picnickers thronged up the
beautiful canyon of the Looking Glass,
fishing, lunching, climbing the moun
tain side and enjoying the delightful
scenery and drinking from the Look
ing Glass creek, which as may be
Judged from the name, is one of the
clearest, coolest and most attractive
streams In eastern Oregon.
The picnic was under the auspices
of the La Grande division of the Or
der of Railroad Conductors and about
1000 tickets were sold. Two bands
were furnished and excellent musio
was discoursed on the ground and
everybody had a most enjoyable time.
Fine Body of Timber.
The Looking Glass empties Into
Grand Ronde river four miles south
of the mouth of ftie Wallowa rives
and at the mouth of the Looking
Glass and In that vicinity Is one ot
the finest bodies of yellow pine tlm-
FORTCNE TO GIRL
WHO
JILTED HIM.
ID
L BRINGS BETTER
PRICE IN MONTANA THAN AT HOME
A dispatch from Baker, Mont, a new
station on the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul railroad, In the eastern
part of the state, says that the most
which this wool clip was short had
were held at that place last Friday
and Saturday, when over 1,000,000
pounds of wool sold at an everage of
18 cents, the highest average of the
entire Northwest for the season.
About one-half of the sheep from
which this wol clip was shorn had
been shipped to Forsythe and other
Montana ranges this season, and were
shorn there, making practically half
of the 1,000,000 pounds sold, Oregon
wool.
The same grade of wool was sold
In Eastern Oregon this spring and
summer from 11 to IS cents, or from
6 to 7 cents lower than the Mon
tana prices. The Oregon sheep were
not washed before being shorn, but
had all of the Oregon sand In their
wool, thus dispelling the claim that
the higher prices In Montana are the
result of cleaner and lighter fleeces.
The Herald says editorially: "The ! ber left In Oregon. The Stoddard
visit of the American fleet emphasize ! Lumber company owns about 21,000
the .fact that the United States is not j acres, the Palmer Lumber company
going to take a secondary position in 1 about 20.000 and other companies at
the Pacific, even if the mother coun- .least $50,000, so the entire body of
try has chosen to abandon her ocean timber Is now deeded. It Is estimated
daughter and not allow her to follow ; that there Is enough timber In that
in those footsteps. The United States . district tributary to the Wallowa
has the Gibraltar of the Pacific at ! branch of the O. R. & N. to last the
Honolulu and splendid harbors at ! mill companies now ownlne It for
Pagopago and the Philippines." over 30 vears.
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j Historical Stream.
The Looking Glass is one of the
, historical streams of eastern Oregon
j and one of the important Indian bat
t ties of the early days was fought near
; the mouth of the stream. The Cayuse,
i Walla Wallas and Nez Perce-rnjoyed
the fishing and hunting attractions of
this stream from time Immemorable
1
j and It was named for one of the fa-
mous war chiefs of tho Xez Perce
i tribe, and one of Chief Joseph's strong
j warriors and strategists. Looking
1 Glass.
I Pemlletoninns There.
Among the Pendleton people to at
I tend the picnic were Mr. and Mrs.
! Geary Taylor, Conductor and Mrs. J.
j L. McCrary, W. D. Humphrey, Mrs.
Cast Off Because He Piqued Her,
Golilficld Mining an Leaves Her
All.
Log 'Angeles, Cal., Aug. 10. (Spe
cial.) Years ago Miss Mollle Morrill 1
nd Alfred Kinney were betrothed. !
The ring had been purchased and the 1
day set. One rainy night they went!
to a theater, and Mr. Kinney thought-,
lessly dragged his bride-to-be through
a sloppy street Instead of calling a
ab. When he went home he carried
his presents In a bundle and Mollle's
farewell kiss on his lips. Next morn
ing he left for the Nevada mining
camps.
Mollle became the wife of Frank ' LauM Xelso". Bt Livermore, Wade
Wagner, who died soon after. The!rivc,t Rpy Mtrris- Franl Fustt.
widow went to work as a seamstress ' FranceR an Vena ?mth. Earl Peter
and has struggled with poverty since. json and Mr and Mrs- Bert Huffman.
Two years ago Mr. Kinney, who had' The entlre party turned this
prospered, passed out at Goldfield. ! morning on 0 R- & N- train &
Recently his sister died at the same'aftPr a m0?t enJ'able outing,
place and the will of Mr. Kinney was; '
found among her effects.
In it he bequeathed to Mrs. Wag-
Raise Texas Rates.
Houston, Tex., Aug. 10. A raise of
ner all his property, worth $35,000. 10 Fpr cent ln interstate freight rates
The sister had been taking care of it, an1 s'eanshlp rates in Texas com.
and but for her death Mrs. Wagner, mon Points become effective today,
whose name Mr. Kinney did not
know, might never have received the
estate. -.The dressmaker's sign has
been taken down .
Many Are Drowned.
London, Aug. 10. According to a
dispatch, a large number of passengers
were drowned when the Dutch ship
Anistelland caught fire off the coast
of South Africa August 6,
Owing to neglect In filing the new
tariff with the interstate commerce
commission, the Increase will not af
fect the seaport cities, Galveston,
Houston and Beaumont, until next
month.
number of dead is unknown.
Ten Killed; Score Hurt.
Eckerntoerde, Germany, Aug. 10.
Ten persona were killed and a score
The exact hurt today in a collision of passenger
grains on tlte Feinsbtu-g Kiel road.
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