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EVEM1MB EBITIOH , J 0? . HKEDITION heavy frost; Thurs- , Af mmT J' I JAJLTr . . . T JT . day probably fair C "J, 'T?! Mr-wgrM V J . 1 done at the Eaat and warmer. s J "' ' ' "1 7 c r.. , .,,u. Oregonlan office. 11 'I " "n r 1 1 ? 1 n i VOL. 22. PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1909. NO. 6571 t DESIGNATES NELSON CALLS OFF MFARLAND MATCH DESERT ID Secretary of Interior Selects 157,000,000 Acres Open to New Land Law. 7.00,000 ACTUS ARE IX STATU OF OREGON New York, April 28. Be cause Harry Gllinore, manager of Packey McFarland, said In Chicago that Batteling NelHon was bo "land poor" that he can not raise five thousand to cbver McFarland's forfeit, Nelson has called off the match with Mc Farland, scheduled in Colma, Calif,, July 6th. ISTRICT CHANGES Large Tract of Land to Which the New 320-acre Land Act Applies Is Select! Affects Most 0r the West- Three petitions have been received by crn Slates Largo Tart of tho To- County School superintendent Welles tul In Two Slates of Oregon and f0r changes in school districts. All iv.ui.i..n..Tii..n...... I ot theB wl Probably be acted upon " k. at a mectmg 0f the district boundary Selection are Sent to the Local j board to be held about the middle of i.mm wiiu-vn iwiicve liiai per . nexi mouui Cent Already Held. One of the petitions Is for the cre ation of a new district, about ten Washington. April 28. Secretary ,nol, w TQm m.,.h r. t of interior Ralllngor today designated cm,r E, D. Warner, George Fiedler "'"" "C"'B "l m"a l"B and Andrew Fiedler. United States to which the new 320-1 The otner two p(,tltloils are from acre law applies as within the provls- i agtrlct8 No. 25 and 27. These are Ions of the law. The .tales affected J(Kated on McKay creek and aJo(n are Oregon. Washington. Utah. y- ' h other. So. 25 was recently en- w..,. dlrJUL... n,,.. ar(cd anJ arrangements made for Tin, Luiiirnuo, hiiu mumuim. ed In the land designated are seven lzo lareo . " nCIUQ- , roitinvlnir Ihi anhrtnl hnn. ohnni I - n v..v. .... , . i i. ni; ii "Ul n mile from Its present location. As million a hundred and sixty thousand J tnlg wouId ,eave 0 resld(nt ,n lha, acres In Oregon, and 3,676,960 In Washington. Diagrams showing the lands sub ject to entry are being sent to the lo cal land offices. It Is believed that forty per cent of the area designated, except In Nevada, Is already held by Individuals. If all the land were suit able there would be room for 492, 000 homesteads. REMARKABLE OPERATION FOLLOWS GUN WOUND San Francisco, April 28. Eugen "Mviore, the son of a capitalist of Flalnfleld, N. J., who shot himself In the eye at Golden Gate park Wed nesday Is alive In the hospital here after one of the most remarkable surgical operations In medical his tory. According to Dr. Harold Brunn,Blg Card of the Defense Seems to Ho who performed the operation, Moore I may live, but will never again have district, a long distance from the school house It is now proposed to change the boundaries so It will bo Included In No. 27. As this Is satis factory to the patrons of both schools there will be no opposition. 1 IMPEACH WITNESS CALHOUN TRIAL DRAGS HEAVILY ALOXG his sight. The bullet entered the right temple, pierced the eyeball and lodged In the sensitive brain mem brane behind the nose. To perform the operation It was necessary to remove the right eye ball and probe for the bullet behind the nasal cavity. After the lead was removed It war necessary to extract thirty small splinters of bone forced Into the grain. A silver plate was In serted to replace the shattered bone. By wearing a glass eye he can hide all trace of the wound. TACOMAS DOG SHOW OPENS THERE TODAY Tacoma, April 28. Three hundred high class dogs wagged welcome to guests at Tacoma'a dog show, which opened at the Btate armory today. Aristocratic canines from Seattle, Portland and other coast cities are entered. Judge John Bradshaw ot San Francisco, Is here to award the cups. T.he ahow will last all of the week. to Iniieaeli Testimony of Wit lies cm Coleman, a Member of tlu? Doodling Hoard, Is on Stand His Testimony Contradicts Former Tes timony Heney Gets me Decision. ban Francisco, April 28. That the defense In the trial of Calhoun is depending largely upon the ability to impeach tho prosecution's witnesses was made evidenytoday when Daniel G. Coleman, a member of the bood ling board of supervisors replaced Jim Gallagher upon the stand, Henev qutstloned him regarding alleged con versauoiw with Gallagher during which the granting of the Parkslde franchise was discussed. He said he did not recall the con versatlon. Attorney Rogers, for the defense, leaped to "his feet and Intro duced transcript evidence first of the ttuef trial claiming the witness's tes tlmony on that occasion was contra dictory to the answer returned to He ncy's question, and demanded that coieman be impeached. Henev ob Jected. and Rogers then declared that the defense would prove a conspiracy 10 Tioid up the defendant existed. The court sustained Heny's objection, stating that the matter would be gone Into fully later. BRANCH ROAD COMPLAIN C Towns on the Wallowa Branc Say Their Railroad Rates Are Unjust. FILE FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH STATE COMMISSION Commercial Clulm of Enterprise and .lox-ph Charge O. R. & X. Wlm I'njiiKt Discrimination Claim That Undue, Inference In Shown Elgin in Comparison Place Matter He. fore the Railroad Commission Say That tlio Towns on tho New Wallowa Itranc'ii Do Not Receive Justice In Comparison With Other Brunches. Salem, April 28. A formal com piaint nas Deen filed with the rail road commission against Enteriirise ana josepn, and undue preference in favor of Elgin and other towns near er the main line on the part of the u. it. & N. ine towns Involved are on the Wallowa branch. The comnlalnt charges that " continuous dis tance tariffs are applied by the railroad to the transportation io an towns on the main branch- lines except to towns on the "exten sion of the Wallowa branch. A rate proportional to the mileage is added to the continuous distance and places a tariff on all business origin ating or destined from those towns to Jr-igin whose principal commodity re lates to shipping sacks and bales from these towns. IUCHARD CHOKER --- LEAVES VOll IRELAND LCMBERMEX MAY CCRTAIL NORTHWEST LUMBER OCTPCT FRANCE WILL EXinniT TAINTINGS AT A-T-P Seattle, April 28. Representing three hundred exhibitors of France, Victor "Laruelle, commissioner for the Frencli section of the Seattle ex position, Is here today grivihg dlree- Seattle, April 28. A delegation of tlons for the construction of tlu I prominent Oregon ' lumbermen Is to day conrerring with leading Wash ington mill men, discussing ways and means of Improving the condition of the Pacific northwest lumber mar ket. The plan for a runner cutall ment of the output from Washington and Oregon mills until conditions Im prove, will be taken up in detail. Many lumbermen In both states are openly advocating the closing of all mills until tho demand Is brisk. booths in the space allotted to France. The exhibits will arrive May 20. It hi estimated that the paint ings alone are worth half a million dollars. Roosevelt Will Hunt Tomorrow. Nairobi, April 2 8. Roosevelt's real hunt will begin tomorrow according to official announcement made at the Pease ranch today. LARGEST TAX COLLECTIONS or New York. April 28. Richard Cro- ltrr sailed today n the Lusitanla to his home In Ireland. This puts an end to the runur that the former Tammanv boss win iai n active part In the coming municl- iai campaign. . This greatly relieves the friends of the present boss, Charles F. Murphy nun mpiirpii upon brokers presence here at this time with considerable apprehension. As one of Murphy's men said: ao one wishes Croker a heartier b.n voyage tlian Charley Murphy. CONDEMNED MAX JOKES A HO IT HIS HANGING Roise, April 28. "All right, let them shoot their wad. When is the big thing coming off?" remarked Fred Seward today, when Informed that the state board of pardons had refused to Interfere with the death sentence Imposed by . the Moscow court In which he was convicted of murdering a woman of the under world. Seward will be hanged Friday in the state penitentiary. He was twice granted a reprieve on the ground that new evidence could be prqduced. KILLED WHILE TRYING TO RECOVER ms HAT San Francisco, April 28. Edward Kenneally, a recent arrival from Ire land, is dead as the result of a ter- rlfflc wind storm which struck San Francisco yesterday. Kenneally fell from a street car while trying to re cover his hat which was blown off by the wind. His skull was frac tured and he died while being taken it a hospital. I ARE KILLED Fanatical Moslems Murder ' or Burn One Hundred Mis sionaries at Adana. IIODIES ARE DISCOVERED IX RUINED CHURCH HOUSE Itiiildlng Is Ruriied to tho Ground liodics arc Found in the Ruins Not Known Whether Murdered or Rurned to Death Missionaries at Hiidjiii arc Threatened Willi Star vation District Said to be Entirely Without Food arc Refused Pro tection by the Authorities They Appeal for Help. London, April 2S. A hundred pro tectant missionaries were killed by fanatical Moslems In the Adana dis trict, where they were discovered in church which was burned to . the ground. The missionaries either were burned to death or murdered. Threatened Willi Starvation. Constantinople, April 28. Ameri can missionaries at Hadjin are facing starvation today, if they have escaped death. A letter by Miss Rose Lambert a missionary, was received here today. She wrote: "Hadjin is almost entire ly out of food, and everybody Is threatened with starvation, aside from the danger of being murdered since the provincial authorities have refus d to protect us. Outside aid is Inr partlvely needed. Will you send It." New Sultan Recognized. Washington, April 28. The United States will ' Imediately recognize 'Rec- had as the lawful sultan of Turkey, according to an announcement made In the state department today. Amerl- cun ambassador Lclshman has sent n official notification of the de thronement of Abdul Hamid. ItOChVA ..ER CARRI ES CHILD UP MOUNTAIN. Hot Springs, April 8. Rocke feller, the richest man In the world, on the verge of three score and ten years, Is resting .today after carrying his grand daughter, Mathilda McCormlck, two miles up the ruggedest part of the Warm mountains trail yesterday. The child became tired. EXPERT LECTURES OLD PIONEER DROPS DEAD Jeremiah Barnhart Dies Sud denly From Heart Failure at 10 o'Clock Today. ONE OF OLDEST AND BEST KNOWN RESIDENTS Congratulates Xow Sultan. Paris, April 28. President Falll- eiies. France, today sent a message f congratulation to the new sultan. Massaedcs Sweep Eastward. Smyrna, April 2S. The wave of the massacres Is sweeping eastward from Adna today. Every mission center In sla Minor Is in danger of extinction. nless troops quell the revolt thous ands will be murdered. Thousands of Christians Killed. Beirut, April 28. Scores of scatter ed villages in the Vilayet of Adana are the scenes of massacres of Christians day. Meager reports indicate that thousands are killed. Kasaba Is aflamo and it Is reported that tho Moslems have killed every Christ Ion there. Abdul Hamid to Salonlca. Constantinople, April 28. The de posed Sultan was secretly sent to Sa- nlca under a guard last night as the best place to Imprison him, His even wives were permitted to ac company him. isyron Hunter, horticultural ex pert In the United States department of Agriculture, with headquarters In Walla Walla, left this morning for Hermlston, where tonight he will ad dress a meeting of fruitgrowers on the Umatilla project. The department of the Interior has turned the development of the pr Ject over to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and that official la sending Mr. Hunter down to give the actual ana prospective fruit growers some valuable hints. , These will Include care of the trees in winter time and the prevention of damage by frosts as well as the best methods to pursue in producing a desirable quality of fruit Hunter is one of the best posted men In the service of the department and the Hermlston ranchers are for tunate in securing his advice and as sistance. He will probably spend all day tomorrow on the project, return ing In the evening and leaving for Walla Walla on the connecting train. Without Warning the Old Pioneer Drops Dead at Standard Grocery Was Apparently Well a Moment Before Death Ascribed to Heart Failure Deceased Was Bom in Ohio In 1810 Came to Oregon in 1800 A Resident of Pendleton and Umatilla County for Many Year Leaves Wife and Three Children. BRLID GOES UP IN III I III! WILL BE ADVANCED 20 PEH CENT OX SATURDAY Bakers Say They are Forced to Take Action in Self Dcfensr Hold Meet ing and Decide Upon United Ad vance Price of Loaf Will go up a Cent Buns Advance Fifty per Cent. Shutrum Advance was Predicted. BRYAN OPPOSED FEDERAL LIQUOR LICENSES Lincoln, Neb., April 28. In today's Issue of the Commoner W. J. Bryan urges upon congress the advisability of enacting legislation forbidding the is suance of federal liquor licenses in prohibition states and communities. The plea is supported by the prohi bition element of Lincoln. mm The largest and best tax collection ever made In Umatilla county Is re ported by A. C. Funk, deputy in the office of Sheriff Taylor. A total of $329,000 has been collected, though nearly 19000 of this was turned back as rebates. This total Is greater than tho total of the next best year by $25,000 or more, and Is taken as Indication of the prosperous condition In which the taxpayers of this county now find themselves. also very small and is practically nothing compared with the total. But $55,000 remains to be collected and a largo part of this is half payments, many taxpayers having taken advan tage of the law which enables them to pay half their taxes by tho first Monday In April and then have until the first Monday In Ostober to pay the balance. While the sheriffs office employes would make no estimate as to the pfrcentnge of the $55,000 which Is de linquent It Is believed that It will be The amount of delinquent taxes Is much loss than half this amount. EVANGELIST ACCUSED OF ASSAUmNG GIRL Tacoma, April 28. Rev. Benjamin Lngan, who conducts evangelistic meetings here, Is held In the county Jail accused of assaulting Margaret Roxenfeld, aged 11, who lives at tho Logan home. Logan Intended to adopt the child. Steel Earnings Increase. New York, April 28. During the past three months the net earnings of the United States steel corporation were three million In excess of earn ings for corresponding quarter Inst year. The total figure is $22,921,268. Dr. J. A. Donagliue, veterinarian left this afternoon for Arlington, where he will Inspect some livestock which Is about to be shipped across the Columbia river Into Washington. Salonlca. The former Sultan ar rived here this afternoon so feeble that sulch carried him to the carriage, men carried him to the home of General Robilant, commander of the Gendarmeries where he will be held prisoner. PLAN GREAT NAVAL PAGEANT AT SAX FRANCISCO San Francisco April 28. San Francisco, April 28. If plans of the committee in charge of the Portola festival occurring in this city in Oc tober Is successful, San Francisco bay will be the scene or one of the greatest naval pageants In the world's history. C. C. Moore, for mer president of the local chamber of commerce, will go to Washington soon to request that the Pacific fleet cruise be postponed until after the festival. They will visit many Euro pean capitals, and endeavor to secure from the greatest nations the prom ise that they will b! represented at the festival. President Diax of Mex ico will be Invited to referee the sham battle with the vessels of foreign na tions arrayed against the American squadron. IlEIXZK PAYS .-.oo FOR HITTING A CHAUFFEUR New Tork, April 28. F. Augustus Holnze, the millionaire, will lose five hundred dollars if ho falls to appear in court to answer a charge of assault niado by Joseph Hubhnrd. a chauffeur whom Holnze knocked down when he asked him to pay $6.40 as taxlcab fare for taking himself and party to the enfp Boulevard. Holnze has not np- poared In court since ho ball. Walla Walla, April 2S. Save your pennies for they will be In demand, commencing next Saturday when the retail price of bread will be raised one cent per loaf. From that time on bread will sell for 6 cents per loaf. Forced to take some action In their own behalf on account of the recent raise In the price of flour, the bakers of Walla Walla met last night and decided to raise the price of bread to consumers to 6 cents per loaf. With flour soaring among the clouds at $6 for barrel wholesale, the action of the Walla Walla bakers Is declared by them to be absolutely necessary if they would continue to stay In busi ness. Along with the raise In bread prices comes the announcement from the bakers that all cookies, buns and rolls will hereafter be sold at 15 cents per dozen. Just 5 cents higher than In the past, or two dozen for 25 cents. And the end Is not yet, for lovers of the cinnamon roll will now have to pay an extra nickel for 12. The retail price hereafter, beginning May 1, is fixed at 20 cents per dozen. This action on the, part of the ba kers of Walla Walla was foretold two weeks ago. Delay In the decision to make the raise was encountered at first as some of the bakers were fear ful of putting up the price, believing that It might have a detrimental ef fect on their business, and that their action might be misinterpreted by consumers as an attempt to arbitrar ily work a "hold-up." Jeremiah Barnhart, one of the old est and best known residents of Pen dleton, dropped dead about 10 o'clock this morning. He was In the Stand ard grocery store at the time, being one of tile owners. The cause of death. 1b supposed to be heart failure. Not having been ill and toppling over without a mnent's warning, the news of his death came as a great shock to his hundreds of friends aa well as the family. Though nearly 69 years of age he was apparently en Joying the best of health. The deceased was born in Ohio, June 21, 1840, and came to California when but a boy. In 1860 he came to Oregon and has resided in this state ever since. During most of this time he has been a resident of Pendleton and vicinity, the station of Barnhart, Just west of Pendleton, having been named in his honor. He was one of the wealthy men of the county In early days, being in partnership with R . G. Thompson and engaged in tfie sheep business. The building in which is located the Tall man Drug company and the Penland Bros. lodging house was erected by Barnhart & Thompson. He was married to Mary Isabel!' Hopper. April 5, 1870. Nine chil dren were born as the result of thlr union, only three of whom are now alive. They are Mrs. William Baker Dayton Barnhart and Mrs. Melvan. He is also survived by hi wife and one brother, residing at Red Bluffs, California. All his children are residents of Pendleton. Mr. Barnhart was prominent in Masonic circles, being a charter mem ber of the Pendleton lodge. Arrange ments for the funeral service had not been completed at time of going to. press. MRS. STEWART OF ECHO DIES AT HOSPITAL. Mrs. Pearl Stewart, wife of E. H. Stewart of Echo, died at St. Anthony's hospital at an early hour this morn ing. The deceased was 22 years of age and death resulted from tuber culosis. The deceased was the daughter of L. E. Willard and was born In Iowa. Her husband has been conducting a barber shop at Echo for several months. Mrs. Stewart having been brought to the hofpital for treatment only a few days ago. The remains will be shipped to Hood River on tomorrow's train for Interment. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN TO MEET AT A-Y-P Seattle, April 28. The national council of women of the United States will convene at Seattle July IS to 16, In the exposition auditorium to discuss questions of interest to wo men of the world. Countess of Ab erdeen, president of the international council, will preside. Delegates frorv all parts of the United States and Canada will be present. W. F. MATLOCK TO SPEND 30.000 IMPROVING HOTEL PENDLETON That the Hotel Pendleton will be enlarged by the addition of two more stories, an elevator installed and the hotel otherwise improved was form ally announced this afternoon by W. F. Matlock. An agreement between Mr. Matlock and W. A. Brown, whereby Mr. Brown eases the hotel for a term of seven years dating from the time of enlarge ment, has been reached. Though this had been Informally agreed upon be fore, tho agreement was not reduced to writing until within the last 24 hours. According to Mr. Matlock, who Is deposited chief owner of the hotel, the work ot I enlargement will be started as so.'n as the plans can be fully perfected by Architect T. F. Howard and a con tract for the work let. The additional stories will conform to the present throe story structure, being 100 feet by 100. The cornice work and other ornamentation at the top of the pres ent hotel will be removed. The eleva. tor will be Installed with the lower landing within the present hotel lob by. Fire escapes will be provided for the Main and Water streets sides and also in the rear of the building. New stairways will also be built. Tho improvements upon the hotel will cost approximately $30,000 and all of the work Is to be completed by September.