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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OREGON, THUItSDAY, MAKCII 31. 19lO.
NO 6834
LEWIS
MINERS OUT
Half Million Men Will Quit
Work Pending Settlement
of Difficulty With Employers
MINES FROM PENNSYLVANIA
WESTWARD ARE AFFECTED
Conference Between Operators and
Union Ijeailers on at Dubois and
Adjustment Hoped For Increase
Annoiinord by Rerwlnd White Com
pany Is Feature In Negotiations.
Indianapolis. Mar. ' SI. President
Lewis of the mine workers today .de
clared a suspension of work by the
minenr In the eastern coal fields. The
uspenafnn will last SO days with halt
a million members of the union affect
ed. '
St." Louis, Mar. 31. Four hundred
thousand coal miners in the district
between the Pennsylvania and Okla
homa fields will strike tomorrow, ac
cording to A. J. Moorehead, president
of the Illinois coal operators associ
ation. Moorehead stated that every
mine in Illinois will be closed pend
ing the adjustment of the wage scale.
May Adjust Difficulty.
Philadelphia, Mar. SI. Members
of the Central Pennsylvania Bitumi
nous Coal Operators association left
here last night for Dubois, Pa., where
they will meet officials of the United
Mine Workers tomorrow and endeav.
or to adjust the wage scale for the
comina- year.
The operators of central Pennsyl
vania, which comprises district No. 2
of the miners union, for some time
have been attempting to have the un
Ion equalize wages of all miners In
that territory. The operators say they
cannot compete with the non-union
mines If the union Insists upon a
wage increase.
The Increase of 6.66 cents announc
ed yesterday by th Berwlnd-White
Coal Mining company, which employs
non-union miners, created much in
terest among. the operators employ
Ing union labor.
Want 10 Per Cent Increase.
Indianapolis, March SI. Officials
of the mine-workers prepared this af
ternoon to leave for their respective
districts a personally supervise the
great mine strike which takes effect
at midnight.
The minors demand a general In
crease In wages of ten per cent.
.Texas Miners Out.
Dallas. Tex.. March 31. Without
waiting the arrival of formal orders,
four thousand miners In the Palop-
Ington country struck today.
GERM ANS KILLED IN RIOTS
ON THE IVORY COAST
Liverpool, March. 31. A number of
Germans have been assassinated and
minor clashes have occurred between
unorganized natives of Hinterland and
troops stationed on the ivory coast.
This is reported today In dispatches
from Africa. The ivory coast upris
ing is an extension of the rebellion
In Liberia, which is growing more se
rious. SIMPLE SERVICE OVER REMAINS
OP DEAD ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
Washington, March 31. In accord
ance with his own wish, the funeral
today of David J. Brewer, associate
Justice of the supreme court, was
aim pie. The men who occupied the
bench with Brewer, acted aa honor
ary pallbearers. The president and
members of the senate and house
committee on judiciary attended. Late
today the body will be taken to
Leavenworth, Kansas, for interment.
CHAUFFEURS FEAR TAFT
MAY HAVE SMASH-UP
Xew York, Mar. SI. The four
chauffeurs who drive autos for Presi
dent Taft are quoted today as saying
the president Is certain to figure In
an auto srnaah-up in which he Is li
able to be injured unless he orders
them to travel slower. Taft has t een
repeatedly warned that hi orders to
move fast" may result In a wreck.
A collision with a trolly car was nar
rowly averted here Tuesday while the
president was on his way to the rail
road station.
. S.
P. TRACK IS NOW
OPEN THROUGH -UTAH.
i
Salt Lake, March tl.
Trains were started across the
Lucln cut-off on the Southern
Pacific today. The damage by
the storm having been repaired.
Trains from the east today are
delayed by a heavy snow storm
In Wyoming.
MADAM CAVALIER PITS
CHANLEH OX ANXIOUS SEAT
Xew York, Mar. 31. Madam Llna
Cavalier Is aboard the steamer Lusl
tnniu today bound for Eurepe. Ac
cording to a telegram sent by her by
the wireless to her friends here, she
will cable an answer to Robert Wln
tlirop Chanler, the millionaire, to his
proposal of marriage1.
Chanler Is on the anxious seat to
day following the receipt of an aero
gram which reads: "Will cable my
answer on April fifteenth. It may bo
yes or no."
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS SEIZE
LARGE QUANTITY OF "DOPE"
' Vancouver, B. C, Mar. 31. Smug
gled opium, worth about. twenty five
hundred dollars, was seized late yes
terday by customs officials on board
the steamer Titan, now here. The
"dope"' was hidden away in the coal
in the hold and in barrels. This Is
one of the lurgest quantities smug
glers have ever attempted to bring to
this port.
CASE OF ALBERT WOLTEK
RUSHED WITH ALL HASTE
New York. X. Y Mar. 31. That
the ease of Albert Wolter. charged
with the murder of Burn Wheeler.
whose mutilated body was found in
his -apartments, will be rushed was
Indicated today when Judke MuU
queen refused a ten days delay asked
by the defense. The prisoner will be
arraigned tomorrow and his trial date
set. It Is expected the trial will com
mence within two weekB.
IRATE RANCHMAN -
KILLED AUTO OWNER
CAR
HAD FRIGHTENED
MURDERER'S HORSES
After Quilling Team Threw Heavy
Wrench at Aged Capitalist With
Fatal Results Posse Now -Scouring
Mountains for Assailant.
Kossewall, X. M., March 31. Syl
vanus Johnson, an aged capitalist, was
killed today by a ranchman whose
team was frightened tiy Johnson's au
tomobile. The ranchman hurled a
heavy wrench at the auto, striking
Johnson and crushing his skull. Ac
cording to the chauffeur the farmer's
team became frightened as the car
approached. After quieting his
horses the chauffeur declares the man
seized a wrench and threw it as -the
auto shot past. Johnson fell back
with a groan. The chauffeur threw
on all speed and rushed Into Roose
wall. Johnson was dead when he
arrived.
The ranchman fled . to the moun
tains and a posse is now in pursuit.
CALANIA IS SAFE
FROM AETNA'S FLOW
Calania. March 31. The bells of
the cathedral and churches are ring
ing today 'while a Joyous procession
fills the streets offering thanks for
the delivery of the city from the per
il of Aetna's lava streams. The civil
authorities have announced that the
largest stream had been diverted from
Catania by the hills and Is now flow
ing toward the sea.
I'WO VILLAGES GIVEN UP
AS IXJST IN LAVA FIjOW
Naples, March 31. The mountain
villages of Borello and Bcllpasso have
been left to fate, according to ad
vices from Catania today. The- flow
of lava from the thirty-five craters of
Aetna has widened in Its progress
down the southern slope of the vol
cano. Soldiers have abandoned the
towns. The lava Is estimated at a
hundred feet deep in places.
MRS. ALRRECHT TESTIFIES
AGAINST SAYIAMVS MURDERERS
Watseka, Ills., March 31. Mrs. O.
F. Albrecht testified in the Saylor
murder case today, She declared
that on the night of the killing she
saw a revolver In the pocket of John
Grunden, one of the defendants. Her
testimony strengthened the conten
tion of the state that all three defend
ants took part in the murder She
declared when she saw them Bhortly
after the tragedy Bruden's shirt and
Mrs. Baylor's waist were blood stain
ed. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY J
ABSORBS PACIFIC COMPANY
Salt Lake, Mar. SI. G. C. Taylor,
manager of the Pacific district of the
American express company announc
ed today the American had absorbed
the Faclflc express company. In the
near future the American will put on
solid through express trains from Xew
York and Chicago to Salt Lake, cut
ting down the running time.
General Tlcrnan Dead.
Buffalo, Mar. 81. Brigadier Gen
eral John It. Tlernan, of the regular
army died today after a brief Illness.
Mr. Fairbanks, It Is reported, will
try to get Into politics again. It may
not be quite so easy as It was years
ago.
PIHSBURGJURY
IS STILL BUSY
Total Ninety-one Indictments President Will Invite Confer
in Two Weeks, Former, ence With Canadians to
Council President Latest. , !
JURY EXAMINES THIRTY'
MORE SUSPECTED MEN
John F. Klein, Whose ConfeHslon
Started Great Crusade, Went to .
Penitentiary 'Today Will Serve
Three and One-Half Years Sentence
Jury In Session Today. '
PlttKburg. Mar.'Sl. Dr. E. H. Wa- Washington, March 31. Following
ters, former president of select coun- the proclamation of a complete tar
cll. now director of public health and iff agreement with Canada yesterday,
chHiities, was indicted yesterday as
the alleged recipient of $1,000 In bribe
money and 15 other former selectmen
were named In the grand Jury's report
today uk having received amounts
from $500 to $250. I
The indictments make a total, of 91
In two weeks and there are more to
come, says uisinci Attorney mane- mijon government. The note ex-
' presses satisfaction at the happy ter
The Jury had before It today 30 m;naton of the tariff negotiations and
more officials, directors and employes advancP tne hope that tne way hag
of the six banks alleged to have paid been e(, for a earl BeUlement
money to obtain an ordinance naming f diffcrenceg betwcen the two
them as city depositories. There Kvernnienlli. including the trouble
were also four local express agents of(? quegtlnn of the ,vater boundary
before the grand Jury, which Is seek- u
Ing now to trace' the $54,000 which , ,'u . " 4. , ,, ,
was sent or taken to Xew York to be ' . e nte then, P" the belief
passed over there to former Council- h-e ' n erenf loo,k"
man Charles Stewart
The progress of the grand jury In
its probe for the "men higher up"
was still undisclosed today, but it Is
declared progress is being made and
file early naming of bigger men Is
certain.
The Indictment of sixteen former
selectmen today was based upon the
confession of Stewart that he had
distributed to these men $12,000 to
buy their votes In favor of the bank
ordinance. '
The grand Jury will be In session
attain tomorrow.
John F. Klein
whose confessions
let loose all recent developments In
the graft scandal, went off meekly to
the Western penitentiary today to
serve a three and a half years' sen
tence. FATE OF W. H. MOORE
IS
tf u
JURY;
Portland, Ore, Mar. 31. With thfe
completion of the argument of the
district attorney, the case against W. Jeffries-Johnson fight by the author
H. Moore, president of the defunct ' Hies of Alameda county, where the
Oregon Trust and Savings bank who contest will take place," said Tex
has been on trial for the last two Rickard today when his attention was
weeks, on an indictment charging the called to a movement started by the
acceptance or deposits alter ne Knew
the bank to bo insolvent, was placed
in me o.tiiua ui uie jury in noon 10-
day. A verdict Is expected late this
afternoon.
Aerial Cruiser Station.
Dusseldorf. Rhelnlsh Prussia. The
city government has arranged with
the Zeppelin company for a station
here' for one of the large types of
aerial cruisers to be used for excur
sions to Brussels and other points
within a radius of a hundred miles.
The craft will carry eighteen passen
gers. Many a young wife assumes a heavy
responsibility when she makes her
first batch of biscuits.
GAMBLING FINES
Another $100 in fines collected by
the county today and two patrons of
Sam Miller's green table resort are
poorer by $60 each.
Jule Winston appeared through his
attorney, J. B. . Perry, this morning
aiid entered a plea of guilty to the
charge of gambling. The fine of $50
was promptly paid. This afternoon at
1:30 Lester Swaggart appeared in
person, pleaded guilty to the charge
of gambling and also paid his fine.
An old fine of six years' standing
was also collected this morning when
Oscar Rust, one of those recently In
dicted on the charge of gambling,
appeared at the office of County
Clerk Sallng' and paid a fine of $50
which was assessed against him six
years ago. The charge, then as now,
was gamhllng.
Several others were also indicted
recently by the grand Jury for the
same offense and It Is probable that
they will all be arraigned this week.
MORE COUNTY TREASURY
TIFT WOULD
BRING PEACE!
Settle Tarhf Tangle.
A X XOUXt KM EXT M ADE
FOLIiOWIXG AGREEMENT
Nolo Exiwew' Satisfaction at Con-
( Iiislon of Negotiations and Pro
dirts Way Has Reen Opened for
Settlement of All Differences Be
tween Two Governments.
it is announced that President Taft
has invited Canadian officials to a
conference looking to closer trade re
lations between the two "countries and
to a general readjustment of duties.
The president's invitation is includ
ed in an exchange of notes between
Secretary of Sta"te Knox and the do-
' Hons between the two countries. The
unofficial story of the negotiations
with Canada looking to the settle
ment announced, by which Canada is
declared entitled to the minimum
rates of the Payne-Aldrich law, is
perhaps more interesting than the
specific announcement as to Just what
articles are included in the conces
sions granted on either side.
llrltiery Prle Shows Corruption.
Xew York. March 31; Superin
tendent Hotchkiss' probe into the
alleged bribery of state assemblymen
by representatives of fire insurance
companies went deeper today. The
evidence indicates large sums of
bribe money was exchanged for fa
i vorable legislation.
RICKARD SAYS CAN'T
STOP 616 FIGHT
San Francisco. Calif., Mar. 31.
'There can be no Interference with the
church federation ot Oakland to en
join the big fighters from engaging in
me oattie. "me law nas been -con
formed to in every detail," added
Rlckard. "The slate law grants the
city of Emeryville the right to grant
a permit for holding the contest. Fur
thermore the articles call for but 45
rounds and not a finish fight as Oak-
land people claim."
.
Rainless for 12 Years.
Cleveland. Ohio Mrs. Elizabeth
Keller told Judge Strlmple that her
husband, William, a former employe
of the Cleveland Window Glass com
pany, had not taken a bath in twelve
years. Mrs. Keller filed application
i for alimony.
NET 1100
Since those with whom they are al
leged to have been playing have al
ready pleaded guilty, It Is evident
that pleas of guilty will be entered as
fast as the arraignments are made.
Anthony Bloom, father of Peter
Bloom, the only one of the seven es
caping prisoners still at large, was
arraigned this morning on the charge
of larceny from a dwelling. He
pleaded guilty and will be sentenced
Saturday. It will be remembered
that father and son were arrested on
the charge of having burglarized the
cabin of a neighbor In Coombs can
yon. Other near beer saloon proprietors
have been arraigned, have given bonds
and will plead Saturday. Among these
are Al Zigman, George Brlsbols, Pete
Murray. J. Huggins, Will Karden,
George B. Kardin, L and John Brad
burn. It Is rumored that a number of the
indicted men are to Join together and
make a fight.
BETRAYS KANRIT
SWEETHEART TO OFFICERS
S.in Jose, Call.,' Mar. 31. Charles
Chlften, said to be an Oklahoma cow
boy, arrested here has confessed, ac
cording to the police, to various rob
beries and officers assert''' they have
evidence which tends to connect Chif
ten with the shooting of Night Watch
man George Whyback, who was kill
ed in a pistol duel at Santa Clara on
the night of March 14. The prisoner
was betrayed by his sweetheart.
WOULD COM PELL GOVERNOR
TO ACCEPT V REFERRED BONDS
Carson City, New, Mar. 31. Action
to compel Governor Dickinson to ac
cept four hundred thousand dollar?
worth of repudiated bonds of North
Carolina, in behalf of the state of Ne
vada, Is hemg argued before the state
supreme court today. The governor
refused to aerept the bonds as a gift
to the state. This resulted in a suit
to compel him to do so. The bonds
are said to be valueless.
WASHINGTON DOCTORS
RAISE THEIR FEES
Everett, Wn.,.Mar. 31. The Sno
homish County Medical society an
nounces a new scale of prices to be
charged by doctors, beginning tomor
row. Hereafter day calls will be
$2.50 and night calls double. Ob
sterlcal cases will be $25. -Increased
running expenses of the physicians is
given as the reason for the raise.
CITY COUNCIL JILL
BUY ROAD GRADER
WILL IMPROVE STREETS
IX OUTLYING DISTRICTS
Aldermen Will Inaugurate Good
Roads Movement 1000 Locust
Trees to Be Set Out In Cemetery-
Bids for Sprinkling Wanted.
A road grader is to be purchased
by the city end an effort made to
put the streets in the outlying district
ot-tha-jjUy m better. shape. Mayor
Murphy announced last evening that
with the scraper and the road roller
which the city now owns it would be
possible to put these streets in first
class condition, but that without the
grader it is not .possible to do very
much.
The street committee was there
fore Instructed to take the matter up
and secure prices and other data and
report the result of their findings at
the next meeting of the council.
It is the purpose of the mayor and
others interested in the Improvement
of the streets that the grader be pur
chased as soon as possible and work
started this spring.
Sluidn Trees for Cemetery.
One thousand black locust shade
trees are to be set out in Olney ceme
tery as soon as they can be deliv
ered. As the result of action taken
a the council meeting, two weeks ago,
the committee was last evening in
structed to purchase 1000 of the trees
and have them set out at once.
City Hall Janitor Eggers was made
street commissioner last evening and
hereafter his monthly salary will be
$75. He will work under orders from
the street committee and will be ex
pected to put the streets in the dif
ferent parts of the city in better shape
than they are at present.
Sprinkling Bids Wanted.
The city recorder was instructed to
advertise for sprinkling bids. The
system employed last year of letting
the contracts to different men for
the different districts was found so
satisfactory that the same plan will
be employed again this year. No man
will be given the contract for more
than one district.
City Recorder FitzGerald reported
that two building permits had been
Issued during the week.
An ordinance providing for the con
struction of a sidewalk along the west
side of Jane street from Bluff to
High, was passed and bids for the
construction of the walk will be adver
tised for.
The proposition of Improving
Franklin street, south of the mill
Vace, was also taken up at the meet
ing last evening. The city engineer
will be Instructed to establish the
grade and estimate the cost of cut
ting through the rock bluff which ob
structs the passage just south of the
race.
THOUSANDS ATTEND FUN ERAL
OF FAMOUS MORMON LEADER
Salt Lake, March SI. Sixteen chil
dren, 85 grand children, 116 great
grand children and ten thousand
friends of John R. Winder, member
of the first presidency of the Mor
mon church, attended his funeral ser
vices today. Many of Winder's de
scendants came from various parts of
the country to attend the annual
convention of the church which be
gins Sunday. Winder's death may In
terfere with convention plans.
Rellingham Bank Closed.
Belllngham. Wash., March SI. The
Home Securities Savings hank closed
today upon the order of the state
bank examiner.
GIRI
JOHN BULL HAS
ANOTHER FIT
Departure of First German -Squadron
For New Base
Causes New War Talk.
WILHELMSHAVEN TO BE
FUTURE BASE FOR FLEET
Change In Naval Plans Makes Brit
ish Anxious ITcct Could Descend..
I'kii England at Moment's Node
First Squadron Now Out Upoa
Cruise and Will Follow Manouvera.
London, March 31. Another war
scare was started today when newspa--pers
published a story of the departu
re of the fir.it German squadron foe -
North sea maneuvers. When the
squadron sailed, it was stated it
would remain permanently in tha
North sea, instead of in the Baltic a
heretofore. Many look upon the lat
est move of Germany as another ste
in preparation for a war with Eng
land, which, is accepted as inevitable.
According fo plans announced by
the German government, the first
squadron will carry out a series ot
maneuvers in the vicinity of the Is--land
of Heligoland and then proceed ,
to Wilhelmshaven, which has been, .
named as a permanent swuira iw
the f'.eet. English experts say witli
Wilhelmshaven as the base the Ger
man squadron could descend upon tha
English coast at a moment's notice.
V1TRIOLED WHEAT IS
GOOD FOR SEEDING,
Walla Walla. Replying to th
statement given out at the Farmer--union
headquarters conducted hera
ducted there show that vltrioled
wheat will not do for seed If treated
.in. the fall, G. L. Bradley of Pomeroy.
a well known wheat grower of that
country, says seed wheat will keep
for more than a year, in perfect con
dition for seeding purposes, if it la
treated right.
The experiments made by the Far
mers' union gave poor results for vit
rioled wheat,, a small percentage of
the grain sprouting. Mr. Bradley
says that if wheat is properly treated,
and the right proportion of vitriol
used, the grain will be in no way
damaged.
"SLOPPINESS" OF WOMEX
WRECK MANY HOMES
Pittsburg, Pa. "The slopplness of
women is responsible for most of tha
divorce cases." said Rev. Father
Joachln. a Passionist priest. In a lec
ture at St. Peter's Catholic church.
"Before marriage many of them
are neat and tidy at all times, bat
after the marriage ceremony they are
careful about their looks only on the
street
"Many homes are w recked ' by tha
nagging and fault finding by both
man and wife and a disposition on
the part of both not to bear with each
other's feelings."
GREAT SCARCITY OF
ROOSEVELT LETTERS
Xew York. In spite of Theodore
Roosevelt's reputation as a ready let?
ter writer, his autograph letters are
very hard to get. A report to the So
ciety of Autograph Collectors here
says that they command better prices
than thitea n t anv rvtnop llvlnv AmA4
can.
The reason is, it seems, Mr. Roose
velt dictated nearly all that he wrote
and most of his letters, therefore, are
typewritten, with only his signature
In his own hand. Most of the other
presidents wrote a majority of their
letters out by hand.
NEED MISSIONARIES
FOR COLLEGE MEN
. Chicago "We are not getting half
cf the college men." said Professor
Mathews of the University of Chicago,
to the Methodist preachers "In too
many cases the college man has an
Idea that his education has raised him
above the conception of a religions
mind. I do not thing the modern
man likes Jesus Christ. I do not be
lieve he goes to Christ naturally, but
rather to Pilate. Let us not only send
missionaries to China, but also to
modern man."
ROOSEVELT WIIX SEE
ERUPTION OF AETNA.
Xew York. March SI Roos
evelt will arrive at Taormlna.
Sicily, tomorrow to witness an
erurtion of Mount Aetna, ac
cording to a dispatch received
here from Cattanla. The col
onel will proceed to Xaples
through the straits of Messina
If he follows the new plan.