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VOL. 22.
PENDLETON, OIIEGON, TUESDAY, APKIL 27, 1909.
XO. 6370
SHEEP
Between 20,000 and 25,000
Yearlings Reported Shipped
From Arlington.
10,1100,000 I-OVXDS IDAHO
WOOL ALREADY CONTRACTED
Hlglx Price Retried Paid for Ida
ho Wool Ih 21i Cents Reports
From Wyoming Place the Top rrlcc
Over a Cent Higher Trie Paid for
the Local Slurp SlilpiHxl From Ar
llngloii fa From $3 to $1 per I load
Irico In Much Above Tlmt of Last
Year and Considered Good Shear
ing Season Ncars Us Close.
Between 20,000 and 25,000 head of
mixed yearling sheep hnve been ship
ped from Arlington within the past
two weeks. This was the statement
made by Secretary Dan P. Smythe of
the state wool growers association,
who returned this morning from Port
land and Arlington, where he had
been to attend the sessions of the
state board of sheep commissioners
and to care for his sheep Interests.
The price paid for the sheep shipped
was from 13 to 14 per head. This
price Is considered very good. Inas
much as the same class of sheep were
selling this time last season at from
$2.75 to $3.25 per bead. Wright, tho
North Taklma buyer, R. F. Bleknell
and Scott Anderson were among the
heaviest purchasers. The first named
has shipped his -purchases to Yakima
while the last two "have shipped Into
Idaho.
Shearing Si-ason Near End.
According to Smythe. .the shearing
season In the vicinity of Arlington
will close In about ten days. The
Smythe plant will finish tomorrow,
after removing the wool from the
backs of 50.000 head of sheep.
In tTmatllla county the season will
Inst longer as some are Just starting
tn u-htle others have finished. One of
the lnrgest plants In the county, that
of the J. K. Smith company at Barn
hart will start up tomorrow.
As the shearing season progresses
tho nronhesles of good clips are be
ing realized. The wool this season Is
of especially good quality, the fleeces
'being unbroken and of good staple.
Ten Minimi rounds Sold.
A ii thorn tlvo reports from Idaho are
to the effect that 10,000.000 pounds
of this year's, clip has already oeen
contracted for In that state. The
highest price paid was 21tt cent.
Reports from Wyoming, however,
show that as high as 22 cents per
pound has been offered there and that
considerable quantities have been
sold at this extraordinary high figure.
The big storage warehouse at Chi
cago la neariag completion and will
ho ready to receive shipments from
the western states within a very short
time. The wool growers have em
ployed a man to place In charge of
the warehouse and are paying him a
salary of $14,000 annually. Tils name
Is Whitehead, formerly with a Phila
delphia firm and he Is regarded as
one of the very best wool handlers In
America.
A few more days will also witness
the close of the lambing season. It Is
practically finished now In the -vicinity
of Arlington and the western part
of Umatilla county, though It will not
be ended In the foot hills for several
days.
Lambing Practically Finished.
This has been an Ideal season for
lambing and the percentage of In
crease will be large. In and around
Arlington It will be from 92 to 100
per cent and It Is thought that the
average for Umatilla county will be
above 90 per cent. Secretary Smythe
Is In receipt of a letter from the sec
retary of Jhe Antelopo association In
which he says the percentage of In
crease In that vicinity will bo about
90 per cent.
In ordinary years the Increase runs
from 80 to 95 per cent, but with Ideal
weather and good grass It has been
possible this spring to save a larger
number of the lambs than usual.
Those who took a chance on winter
lambing were especially fortunate.
MOTHER AXD CHILD
KILLED BY AUTO.
San Francisco, April 27. Ar
thur Uecker, aged 2, was killed
and his mother Is badly bruised
today when run over by an au
tomobile. The mother was car
rying the child across Market
street and becamo confused and
stopped directly In front of the
marhlno. Both were taken to
chlno, tho child dying shortly
after the arrival. Chauffeur
Fred Brown was arrested.
RAILROAD TO FIGHT
RATE REDUCTION
Salem, April 27. Replying to the
notice by the Oregon railroad commis
sion to tho effect that the' Increase of
trans-continental freight rates were
excessive and unjust and that com
plaint will be made to tho Interstate
commission unless tho rates prior to
January 09, are established, Hill and
Harriman attorneys Intimated today
that rates would not be reduced with
out a fight.
Attorney Cotton for Harriman, In a
letter to tho Commission says to tho
Commission: "We can assume that
no action will be taken by tho rail
road to substitute the old rates for
the new ones." Other roads ask for
a further statement of facts.
RECLAMATION SERVICE
XEEDS MORE MEN
Washington, April 27. The recla
mation service announces that It 13
having considerable difficulty In se
curing eligible applicants who have
parsed the required civil service ex
amination for tho position of field
clerk In tho service. In order to se
cure a sufficient number of ellglbles
to meet the 'needs of the service, ex
aminations will be held on May 26 at
Denver, Montrose and Grand Junc
tion, Colo.; Rupert, Idaho; Helena,
Malta, Olendlve and Huntley, Mont.;
Engle, N. fl.; Klamath Falls and
Hermlston, Or.; Mitchell, Neb.; and
Provo, Utah. The positions to be
filled command salaries ranging from
$60 to $125 per month.
K CAPTURED
SUPPOSED TO RE MEX
WANTED AT WESTOX
Three Dangerous Looking Men Are
iAK'kcd Up in County Jail Thought
to Re Men Wanted for Blowing I'p
the Safe at Weston Are Armed
With Xltro-Glyccrlnc and Safe
Cracking Tools Are Supposed to
Re Mm With Records Refuse to
Talk.
Armed with the proper tools and
enough nitro-glycerlne to blow open
every safe In Umatilla county, three
yeggmen were locked In cells at the
county Jail this morning. They are
the three men accused of blowing the
safe and burning the store at Weston
Sunday night. Two of the men are
believed to have recently served
terms In the Oregon penitentiary and
look capable of pulling off most any
klnd"of crime from robbery to mur
der. The third Is a young fellow of
libout 20 years and has evidently
only recently Joined his confeder
ates.
All three of them refuse to make
any statements whatever, declaring
they will not say anything until they
have secured lawyers. They decline
to make any effort to account for
their whereabouts on the night of
the crime of which they are now
charged.
Would Resist Arrest.
When arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Wilson at Wallula, one of the trio
grapped the officer's hand that held
the gun, but when the revolver was
pressed against his abdomen, he made
no effort to Use his own gun.
Each of the prisoners had a new
pair of gloves, shoes and a hat, which
they had evidently taken from the
McCulley store, though every posi
tive mark of Identification had been
carefully removed, some of them by
burning. They Insolently refuse t
tell where they secured these articles
of clothing.
' The burglary outfit found on the
men was divided among them, each
having part of it In their pockets.
Most of the keys, bits for boring steel
and other tools were found on the
boy, while the other two carried the
explosive, fuse and dynamite caps."
Two Are "Rati Men."
While Sheriff Taylor Is not posi
tive as to his Identification of the
men under arrest and will not make
any statement until he Is positive, he
feels sure his surmises ore correct
and that he has landed at least two
bad men, whose presence behind the
prison walls la greatly desired by
northwest officers. He and his dep
uty are Justly proud of their cap
ture. Taking up the cold trail eight or
ten hours after the crime was com
mitted they had all three under ar
rest within 24 hours after they had
entered the Weston store. The ar
rests were made a 11 o'clock Sunday
night and It Is believed that It was at
about that hour that he charge of
explosives opened the safe. It Is now
thought that the fire followed several
hours later as tho result of matches
dropped while tho robbers were at
work.
THREE YEGGMEfl
THE SULTAN
IS DEPOSED
Young Turks Take Abdul
Hamid From Palace and
Hold Him Prisoner.
HIS BROTHER MEIIEMID
KFFEXDI IS SUCCESSOR
Sultan I Taken from Ills Palace and
His Brother Is Installed Wild En
thusiasm Prevail in the Capital
City Ceremony of Enthronement
Is in Progress Xational Assembly
and Mohammedan Church Jointly
Endorse the ' Deposition Former
Sultan Taken Away to Another
Palace Remains Prisoner.
Constantinople, April 27. Sultan
Abdul Hamid was deposed today, his
brother, Mehemid Reehad Kffendl
being proclaimed his successor. The
sultan was removed from his palace,
and his brother Installed amidst the
wildest enthusiasm. The ceremony
of the enthronement is in progress.
Great crowds are about the palace
shouting. "The Tyrant Fallen, Hail to
Rechad." The deposition was decid
ed upon Jointly by the national as
sembly and the Mohammedan
church.
Sultan Is a Prisoner.
London. April 27. The Constanti
nople correspondent Bays: "Sultan
Abdul Hamid Is a prisoner In the
palace of Cheraghan, on the Straits of
Rosphorus." He was conveyed there
by Young Turks and the decision was
submitted to Kpelkh ul-Islam, who
has Issued a religious edict approv
ing the action.
Sultan to Lose Fortune.
Constantinople, April 27. Sheikh
Ul-Islam, who Is at the head of tho
church, has based his decree approv
ing the deposition on the ground that
tho Sultan violated the laws of tho
Moslem religion by inimical acts, and
J it is declared therefore that it is not
an irreligious act to uemrone nun.
A secret session of the assembly
began at noon yesterday and contin
ued all day. It Is certain that the Sul
tan will be stripped of his large for
tune. At sunrise tomorrow the Sul
tan will officially be declared deposed
at a religious ceremony. Civil war
may De me outcome, as many aro
still loyal to Humid. A salute of 101
guns officially announcing the en
thronement of the new Sultan will be
flved at 2:05 this afternoon.
Sultan RcMrtcd Dead.
London, Opiil. 27. Rumors are
current In Constantinople this after,
noon that Sultan Hamid Is dead.
Constantinople says' Uic nimors arc
generally credited.
Sultan Fnund Unconscious,
Constantinople, April 27. Bereft of
all If his suits except a few slaves.
Abdul Hamid, the deposed Sultan was
today found by Macedonian soldiers
lying unconscious on the floor of the
last chamber of the harem. Soldiers
forced open the doors. The deposed
Sultan failed to respond to their de
mand that he meet them In a confer
ence. When searching the palace
they found him unconscious. Soldiers
carried him to Cheraghan palace.
The wildest kind o frumors are cur
rent that he died after his arrival
there.
Dr. J. A, Donaghue, veterinarian,
went to Athena on the noon train to
day, having been called to the Link
Swaggart ranch near that -plaoe.
TWELVE PER GENT
III
Walla Walla, April 27. The some
what startling announcement that
fully 12 per cent of the hogs sold to
local butchers are Infected with tuber
culosis germs, rendering them unfit
for food consumption. Is made by Dr.
J. C. Exllne, United States govern
ment Inspector, of the plant of the
Walla Walla Meat & Cold Storage
company. Dr. Exline says the per
centage of tubercular infected hogs
Is large, and emphasizes the necessity
of proper Inspection of all places
where slaughtering is done.
"People of Walla Walla have little
Idea of the amount of turbercularly
Infected meat which Is sold," said
Or. Exllne yesterday. "Probably B0
per cent of tho meat sold In Walla
Walla Is uninspected by government
Inspectors, and with the laxity which
nearly always prevails among those
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BIG TRIAL
ROWS H
Heney Clashed With Lawyers
ot Defense in Exciting Day
of Calhoun Trial,
IIEXEY SAYS HE WILL
' DEFEND HIS CHARACTER
San Francisco Trial Bristles With
(lushes Bctuccn Rival Attorneys
.lodge Is Forced to Call Order in
the Court Room Hcney Says He
' Will Defend Himself Even If Forc
ed In Go to Jail Objections and
Counter Objections Tukc Up Full
Hour in Trial .fudge Rules in Fa
vor of Defense.
San Francisco, April 27. The
Calhoun trial Is brintling today with
epithet and inuendo on the part of
the opposing attorneys. "I do not
pay any attention to barking curs,"
replied Heney to the char.es of At
torney Byington for the defense that
Heney made unfounded statements
regarding the relations of James Gal
lagher to the boodling hoard of su
pervisors. "I may be a cur, but not
a trailing dog," shouted Byington.
Judge Lawlor demanded order and
a lull followed.
Addressing the court Heney said:
"I will return In like kind If I go
to jail. I stood this sort of thing
from Ach four months ago, so help
he God, I will not permit my charac
ter to be asaslled again without re
plying." The first question put to Gallagher
Honey today precipitated a storm
o fobjections and counter objections
consuming an hour.
The defense filed objections to ac
ceptance of testimony concerning the
relations of Gallagher and the blood
ling board prior to Calhoun's alleg
ed connections with hte supervisors.
"We want to show the actual state of
affairs existing at that time." said
Heney. "It was a matter of public
knowledge at one time that Ruef met
the supervisors every Sunday to de
cide upon what acllon would be tak
ed regarding certain affairs."
Tho court ruled in favor of the de
fense, and testimony relating to this
period was stricken out.
OUTLOOK HOPEFUL
FOR NEW THEATRE
As the result of negotiations that
have been carried on during the past
21 hours between C. J. Mitchell, man
ager of the Oregon theatre and W. F,
Matlock It is possible a new playhouse
may be erected by Mr. Matlock this
summer. It Is proposed to erect
theatre In the rear of the Association
block, on Main street.
In answer to an offer made by Mr,
Matlock In nn Interview In the East
Oregonlan Mr. l!iohe!l has offered to
lease the theatre on a basis of guar
aneeing the owner a six per cent an
nual profit, net.
However no final arrangements
have yet been made between the tww
parties. This forenoon Mr. Matlock
asked that a bond of f 10,000 be pro
vided to guarantee the six per cent
earning capacity of the theatre. Mr.
Mitchell has wired to John Cort, sec
retary of the northwest circuit, asking
If such a guaranty can be furnished.
Should a favorable reply be received
from Mr. Cort, the new theatre will
soon become a reality.
OF ROES SOLD
butchers who slaughter and sell with
out government supervision, a large
amount of unsanitary meat undoubt
edly is put on sale and eaten by Walla
Walla people.
"If people only realize the danger
they are subject to, when they buy
meats not propery Inspected and
handled In sanitary manner, they
would see that every slaughter house
In the state of Washington was pro
perly regulated and the meats Inspect
ed by competent veterinary surgeons.
"As It is now, the laws are weak In
this state as fur as they apply to the
Inspection of meats, and It Is only
when any firm does an Inter-state
business, that the meats are assured of
being sanitarily inspected, and con
sequently free from disease germs,
for then the United States government
requires that a government Inspector
pass on the meats."
ARE TUBERCULAR
1 TRIBUNE
CEASES EXISTENCE
It Is announced by the managemem
of the Pendleton Tribune that the
publication of the daily edition of
that paper will be discontinued. The
Issue this morning was the last that
will Oje gotten out. Henceforth a
weekly edition will be published on
Thursdays and a Sunday edition Sun
day morning. (1
Already a number of those former
ly employed In the office and me
chanical departments of the paper
have been let. out. Most of these
men have already secured positions
elsewhere.
As a semi-weekly the Tribune will
be continued under the same man
agement as at present, J. T. Dougall
being editor and T. C. Warner, busi
ness manager. The Tribune Is own
ed by a company In which W. L.
Thompson is the chief stockholder.
FIREMEX ARE ATTACKED
BY HORDES OF RATS
New York, April 27. Firemen who
were called to fight a blaze in a Junk
shop in One Hundred and Eighteenth
street late last . night were attacked
by hundreds of large rats. So vicious
.was the onslaught of the rodents as
they climbed the legs of the firemen
and bit their hands and ran over
their shoulders and helmets that the
firemen turned streams of water from
the fire onto the rats. After the rats
had been washed away by the terrific
force of the water the fire was extin
guished. WILL MEAX THOUSAXDS
OF DOLLARS TO CROPS
A Total Precipitation of 3-5 of an
Inch Falls Since Early Yesterday
Afternoon Rains all Night and Up
to Eight This Morning Practically
all of the Moisture Goes Into the
Ground Total Rainfall is Still
Short for Season.
Thousands of dollars have been
added to the value of this year's wheat
crop by one of the best rains of the
season. This started in early yester
day afternoon, continuing without
ceasing through the night and until
about 8 o'clock this morning.
The total precipitation for that per
iod was 3-5 of an inch, practically all
of which went Into the ground. Com
ing at this time and following the re
cent heavy frost which cut much of
the wheat on the reservation, the rain
fall will do untold good. Followed
by sunshine and warm weather it will
convert the recent frost Into a bless
ing, for the wheat will not only come
out uninjured but It will stool out bet
ter and greatly Increase the yield.
Therefore while the growing grain
was not actually suffer. ng, the rain
win be very beneficial. Coming
quietly and evenly for several hours
the groud was able to absorb practi
cally nil of the moisture as fast as it
fell. More good will therefore result
than If the rain had come down in
larger quantities but for a shorter pe
rlod of time.
Reports indicate that the preciplta
tlon was general throughout Uma
ftlla county, though It did not rain
tn the counties west of here up to 11
o'clock last night. At that hour It
was cloudy at Arlington, but no molS'
ture had fallen.
According to H. F. Johnson, official
weather observer, the rainfall for the
wet season so far, is between seven
and eight Inches. Although this la
still an Inch or two short of the aver
age rainfall for this section. It Is more
than was received last year. Very lit
tle rain fell after this time last sea
son, while the present Indications are
that more Is available for the Immedi
ate future.
BALLINGER PROFESSES
INTEREST IX CONSERVATION
Washington, April 27. After a
conference with President Taft, Sec
retary of the Interior Ballington today
Issued a statement defending his re
cent seemingly nnti-conservatlon ac
tions, and expresed enthusiasm over
the policy of conservation. It is un
derstood that the president intimat
ed to Pallinger that he was displeas
ed with the affairs of the land office
Recent reopening ot tracts of public
lands brought criticism on Rallinger
Feature Week at the Grand.
Opened last night at the Grand
theater. Ln Rell and Dougherty, a
team just received from the Orpheum
circuit, in a very laughable German
comedy act. Also Mr. Dan Mart. Just
finished touring with one of the big
minstrel shows giving a correct imi
tation of old time minstrelsy in con
nection with good pictur and Illus
Hi IS GENERAL
OVER UMATILLA
trated songs.
F
John Drew of Mission Accus
ed of Stealing Coal and Ped
dling It Out to Farmers.
ARRESTED RY DETECTIVE
WOOD OF O. R. & N.
Officers Recover SU Tons of Coal In
Small House Is all Xlccly Sacked
up Ready to be Peddled Out Ac
cused Man Admits Taking the Coal
Says However That Part of It
Was Given to Him by Railroad
Men Says the Remainder was
Picked up After it Had Fallen from
the Cars Extent of Theft Un
known. James Drew, a grain warehouse
employe at Mission station was placed
under arrest last evening on the
charge of stealing coal. The arrest
was made by O. R. & X. Detective
Wood who was accompanied to Mis
sion by Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakeley.
When confronted with the charge
Drew admitted having taken the coal
but says part of It was given to him
by an engineer and the remainder
was picked up along the right of way,,
where It had fallen from the cars. He
pointed out six sacks to the officers
but when Detective Wood took an en
gine and car up there this morning -he
brought back 114 sacks.
The coal had been stored In a small
house Just west of the warehouse and
not far distant from the railroad.
From this place the fuel was peddled
out to the reservation ranchers. The
coal received w-as neatly sacked and '
tied up, ready for distribution.
It Is alleged that whenever a train
loaded with coal would take the aid
ing at Mission, at night, that Drew
would climb onto one or more of the
cars and throw off as many of the
choice chunks as he could while the
train was waiting. In this manner he
was enabled to secure large quantities,
of the very best quality of fuel.
The amount of coal taken w-ill prob
ably never be known but It Is believed
that the six tons recovered Is but a
small part of the aggregate. It Is
said that the stealing have covered a
period of several months, extending
back to the summer of 1908.
This Is but one of a number of ar
rests made by Detective Wood In the
past several weeks.
WILL INSTRUCT COLLEGE
STUREXTS IX JOURNALISM
Seattle, April 27. To give practicat
Instruction in all phases of jaurnalism
the regents of the University of Wash
ington have ordered the purchase of
a type setting machine, and other
equipment necessary for the produc
tion of a full fledged dally newspaper
by the students. The "Pacific Wave"
will be its name. It will carry a tele
graphic service, and will be edited
by students, and will be exclusively
circulated among students.
M'REES WILL SPEND
SUMMER IN
EAST
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. McBee
leave tomorrow on an extended tour
of the middle western states. They
will first go to Britton. South Da
kota, where they will visit relatives
for several weeks, and later they will
visit In Missouri and Iowa. They ex
pect to spend about six months In
the east and returning will come back
over the Canadian Pacific through
victoria and Vancouver to Seattle,
where they will spend some time at
the fair.
BROWNSVDLLE MERCHANT
VISITS IN PENDLETON
James Cooley, a prominent mer
chant of Brownsville, is in the city
accompanied by his wife. They are
on their way to Wyoming for a visit
at the home of Mrs. Cooley's parents
and stopped off here to be the guests
of Mr. Cooley's uncles, Messrs. Wil
liam and Joe Blakeley.
A. J. McAllister of the Pendleton
Drug company, has returned from a
brief visit to Walla Walla.
MANY DEATHS FOLLOW
RF.I.IGOOUS RIOTING
Durango, Mex., April 27.
Twenty-five Nummary execu
tions by federal troops sent to
restore order following the reli
gious rites at Velardena. Mex
ico, with seven deaths during
the rioting, indicate the total
number of fatalities accord ng
to official reports Issued today.
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