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EVENING EDITION
Warn,
WEATHER REPORT
Generally fair tonight
and Tuesday.
Calling cards, we 1
ding stationery, corn
merclal stationery nl
Job printing t . r
at the East Orefoi.un.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. .
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 3. 1910.
NO 6909
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CITIZENS NOW
TABU HAND
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Investigating Committee Re
ceives Complaints Against
Departments,
OREGON FORESTERS ARE
BRANDED AS RUFFIANS
Balling? Committee Receives Many
Letters Accusing Forestry Service
and Department of Interior With
Violation of Law and Injustice to
Homesteader- Springfield Man
Says Foresters Are Curse of the
Country.
Washington, May 23. Complaints
against the forest service and the In
terior department are on file feefore
the Ballinger Investigating committee.
Scores of letters have been received
by the committee since January 1, in
which It Is charged violations of law
and Injustice to homesteaders have
been practiced by both branches of
the government service. Guy White,
of Whitewash, Mont., and W. Fletch
er of Boise, Idaho, allege an illegal
contract was made by Ballinger for
the survey of the Idaho-Montana
boundary line because no competlve
bid was asked.
The complaint describes the forest
rangers of Oregon as "a set of official
ruffians." P. F. Gibson of Spring
field. Oregon, wrote that they were
the "curse of the country." and com
plained "there Is no need of laws by
congress If the forester Is allowed to
revise them." .
SEATTLE HOLDUP MEN
CAPTURED IN PORTLAND
Portland, Ore., May 13. Ed Col
burn, Frank Ford, William Wilson,
three alleged holdup men, whom the
police allege robbed a Seattle street
car on the South Park line May 12,
when they lined up the passengers and
secured $1500 In cash and 310,000
worth of Jewels, are under arrest here
today awaiting Seattle authorities.
They were Jailed last night by local
detectives In the north end. Each
was heavily armed and carried bur
glar tools. The police allege Colburn
confessed. Implicating his companions
after some of the Jewelry was taken
from hint.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION
BILL PASSES SENATE
Washington, May 23. Senator Bur
ton's amendment to the naval appro
prlatlon bill providing for the con
struction of one battleship yearly was
defeated in the senate today by a vote
of 26 to 39.
Bulletin Naval appropriation bill
passed scnate this afternoon.
WILL TRY TO JUKE ROUND
TRIP CHANNEL FLIGHT
Calais, May 23. Count Jaquln De
Lessepp announced today he Is soon
to attempt to make a round trip
across the English channel. The avia
tor said he probably would make the
attempt this week. After crossing
over Saturday high winds frustrated
the plan of returning.
PASSENGER OF FIRST TRAIN
IN U. S. IS NEAR DEATH
LaGrande, Ore., May 23. Grandma
Palmer, aged 97, who. rode on the
first railroad train ever run In the
United States, Is dying today. She
came here in 46, crossing the contl
.nene In a prairie schooner.
Immigration Station for Seattle.
Washlngton.'D. C., May 23. A bill
providing for the appropriation of a
quarter million dollars for the con
struction of an Immigration station
at Seattle was passed by the senate
today.
Report Is Denied.
London, May 23. The report that
James Bryce, British Ambassador at
Washington, requested to be relieved
from duty at the American capltol
was denied by foreign officials today.
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SPAIN WANTS SECOND
MAINE INVESTIGATION
'Washington, May 23 Accord-
Ing to rumors here Spain may
demand a second Investigation
of the blowing up of the Maine.
4 It is understood that Spanish
experts made a secret report that
the vessel was blown up by spon-
tarieous 'combustion In the mag-
azlne. It Is reported this re-
port may be formally presented
by the Spanish government as a
basis for the demand on the
United States to Investigate the
affair. No official announce-
ment has yet been made.
OLVMPIA MEN SATISFIED .
WITH JEFFRIES CONDITION!
San Francisco, Cal., May 23. Mem
bers of the Olympla club who visited
the Jeffries training camp j Sunday
are back today singing the praises of
the big fellow. ' All were astounded
at Jeff's wonderful form and some of
the best Judges among them who were
not convinced by frequent reports re
garding the boiler maker's condition
are now converted and believe Jeff
could fight In two weeks. - In one
week Johnson promises to get dofn
to hard wrk. Yesterday he worked
before a large crowd at Ocean Beach
putting Jn an hour going through the
best program since he began traln
inb. SCRIBER DEFENSE WILL
CLOSE. THIS AFTERNOON
Portland, May 23. It Is expected
that the defense will close this after
noon in the Scriber trial which starts
at 2 o'clock. More 'alienists will prob
ably be put on the stand to attempt to
show that Scriber was mentally In
capable when he forged the notes.
Scriber looks like a ghost of his for
mer self. In the court he spends
most of the time figuring on a blot
ter and muttering to himself.
POLICE SEARCH FOR
BELIEVE MRS. SMITH WAS
MURDERED FOR MONEY
Drew 9600 From Man Who Handled
Her Business and Has Not Been
Seen Since Message Conies From
" Her at Los Angeles But Relieved
to be a Fake.
Portland, May 23. The police to
day redoubled their efforts to find
Mrs. Hanna Smith, the widow who
disappeared May 8, after withdraw
ing $600 from E. E. Erlckson, an un
dertaker, who handled her business.
Yesterday Mrs. Anna. Harper, her
niece, received a telegram from Los
Angeles signed by Mrs. Smith saying
she was all right, and wanted her be
longings shipped to Los Angeles. Mrs.
Harper and Erlckson say Mrs. Smith
could not write and believe the mes
sage to be a fake. The police are
working on the theory thlat the woman
was murdered for her money and have
asked the Los Angeles police to ap
prehend the sender of the message.
When last seen Mrs. Smith was In the
company of two strange men.
TABLEAUX WILL SHOW
GREAT BRITAIN POWER
London. A brilliant series of tab
leaux, designed to afford an object
Ject lesson of British naval and mili
tary power, have been arranged for
"Britannia's Muster," the principal
feature of this year's Royal Naval
and Military Tournament at Olympla.
"Brlttanla's Muster" will take the
place of "The Millennium," and has
been drawn by Colonel G. C. Nugent,
the new honorable secretary of the
tournament.
About 600 home and colonial -nd
Indian troops and bluejackets and
100 horses will take part in the tab
leaux. Oakland Takes Two.
San Francisco, May 22. Oakland
made It five games out of seven for
the series when they took both the
morning and afternoon trophy from
Portland today. In the forenoon at
Oakland they felt on the overworked
Mr. Steen for 14 hits and when the
battle was over had nine runs to the
northerners lone mark on the score
card. Swander and Nelson each reg
istered a home run. Fisher's wild
throw In the" fourth Inning was res
ponsible or Portland's defeat at Rec
reation park after lunch. Krapp who
was pitching a grand game, made
Cameron hit to Infield when the bases
were full and there were no outs.
Cutshaw was put out at the plate and
then Krapp duplicated the play on
Wolverton, the next man up, catching
Wares at the plate. When he tried
It on Swander It worked fine and he
returned the ball to Fisher in plenty
of time to allow Fisher to double
Swander at first. But Fisher tossed
the ball .wide and Hogan and-Cam-eron
scored. Moser, Oakland's star,
allowed three scrawny singles; struck
out six and walked no one. Scores:
R. H. E.
Oakland .....9 14 2
Portland ...1 6
Nelson and Pierce, Steen and Mur
ray. .
Afternoon game: R. H. E.
Oakland .. . 8 6 I
Portland 1 8 2
Moser and Mlts; Krapp and Fish
er. Umpires, McGreevy and Van
haltren. San Frnnclsco 5; Sacramento S.
Sacramento. May 22. Before one
of the largest crowds of "the season,
the Senatorial Infield went to pieces
this afternoon and allowed the Seals
to win by a score of 6 to 3. Baum
pitched fine hall for Sacramento but
received poor support Both teams
showed n lot of ginger. Score:
R. H. E.
Sacramento 3 6 5
San Francisco B 6 2
Batteries, Baum and Splesman,
Henley and Berry.
TnPPnDT nnnflflp
IHUuHni DUUIVIJ
FOR MARSHALL
Pledges Support to Indiana's
Governor For Presidential
Nomination.
DECLARES KERN WILL DEFEAT
BEVERIDGE FOR THE SENATE
Former Chuirinaii of Democratic Na
tional Committee Stirs wp Consider
able Comment by Endorsing Man
With Whom he Has Just Been at
War Generally Supposed that
Taggart Was Numbered in Ranks
of Humion Men.
Washington." Mav 23. PIedln
support to Governor Marshall of Indi
ana for the democratic presidential
nomination In 1912, Thomas Tag
gart. former chairman of th demo
cratic national committee, today dis
cussed the political situation In In
diana. He predicted John Kern,
.rice-presidential candidate with Bry
an two years ago, now endorsed by
Indiana democrats for the senate will
defeat Beveridge (republican). Tag
gart's declarations are causing- con
siderable comment among Indiana
politicians as it was believed he would
be found among the ranks of Harmon
boomers. Taggart and Marshall
clashed recently In the state conven
tion and Marshall was victorious, but
Taggart Intimates no rancor Is left.
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ATHENA IS AT LAST
VICTOR IN A GAME
(Special Correspondence.)
Athena, May 22. In the ball game
at this place yesterday the Athena
tossers scored a victory over Pilot
Rock and so pulled themselves away
from the goose egg class In the Blue
Mountain schedule. The score yester
day was three to one in favor. of the
home team and It brought Joy to the
hearts of the local fans. . Picard and
Lleualleii constituted the battery for
Athena, while Lobaugh " and Gilbert
served for the visiting team. Athena
is credited with eight strikeouts and
three hits. Pilot Rock with three
strikeouts and three hits.
MONACA TO BE GIVEN
DUKE FOR NEW RULER
Paris. For some time past there
have been rumors in circulation here
concerning the future ruler of Mon
aco. It was stated In some papers
that Prince Louis, son of Prince Al
bert, had renounced his right of suc
cession, because he was not present
at the Inauguration of the Oceano
graphic Museum, to which he had
been Invited.
The fact that the Duke of Urach,
cousin-german of Prince Albert, was
present at the ceremony, was taken
to Indicate that he would become the
ruler of the principality.
It is shown that Prince Louts dis
pleased his father by his morganic
union with a woman of simple degree
and that, according to the laws of
Monaco. Prince Albert may appoint
his successor by simply changing his
will.
The temporary Christ was he who
came to reveal to us the eternal hu
manity of God. The eternal Christ is
that human side of God that for
ever loves, and seeks to be loved by.
His children. William H. Lyon.
Tomorrow is the date set for the
first wool sale for Pendleton this year
but unless the situation changes ma
terially within the next 24 hours the
fleecy clips will remain in the hands
of the growers. Here as at other
points over the eastern Oregon country
there is a deadlock on between buyers
and growers. At Vale where a sale
was to have been held Saturday the
buyers were talking 1ft cents per
pound for wool and the growers re
fused to offer their clips under the
circumstances. A sale Is scheduled for
Ontario today and It Is the Impres
sion that the same situation will ex
ist there.
It Is understood that the buyers
are now offering to purchase local
wool at private sales and ore quoting
14 cents per pound. This price does
not tempt the growers a little bit.
Then contend wool should be worth
as much or more than last year and
say they are at a loss to understand
the position of the buyers. If left to
the growers the price of wool at this
point would be 20 cents or htgher.
This afternoon a meeting bf the
Umatilla county woolgrowers associ
WOOL SALE TOMORROW MAY OE
PASSED UP DEADLOCK IS ON
WAITS FOR U. S.
TO INTERVENE!
Estrsda Fights on in Hopes
Uncle Sam Will lake
Hand in Affair,
HAS NO HOPE OF
CRUSHING GOVERNMENT
Politician State That Revolutionary
Leader in Nicaragua In Borne Up
By Hope That United States Will
Interfere In Struggle Knows . He
Can Not Crush Madriz -Desires
That Latter Attack Blueflt'lds.
Bluefields. May 23. The Nlcara
guan revolution is being kept up by
the nope that the United States will
intervene. This admission was made
today by politicians who are close to
Juan Estrada, the revolutionary lead
'er. One of his followers said today:
"Estrada knows he can never crush
the present government "or overthrow
Madriz, but he believes he Is strong
enough to keep up hostilities until the
country will demand American inter
ference." Thus hoping, Estrada di
rected his general to keep up desul
tory fighting at the optpost which
guards Bluefields. He wants Madriz
to attack the city, believing that a
clash with American forces here may
result In their intervention.
Ill ILDEHS OF BRIDGE
RACE WITH SUMMER
Cordova, Alaska. The builders ot
the great $1,000,000 cantilever bridge
of the Copper River railroad that will
span Copper-river diagonally between
the Miles and Childs' glaciers, are en
gaged In a race' with the summer.
The false work for the bridge was
built on the six-foot ice of the river,
and the steel is being put in place by
men supperted by the wooden scaf
folding that rests upon the ice. Three
feet of water is flowing over the ice
and the Ice may be swept out any day.
and with It the false work. If the
bridge Is not completed before the
falsework is swept to sea, the loss in
extra labor Involved will be $150,000,
besides the delay to the operation of
the railroad.
The bridge builders work 18 hours
a day. in the bright Alaska sunshine,
and high speed is maintained by a
bonus of $100 offered to each man if
the bridge Is completed before the Ice
goes out. Precautions have been ta
ken' against the loss of any of the'
steel in any event. By the time the
river opens the huge glaciers will
have come to life, and icebergs will
fall from their faces, to float to the
ocean, and menace ships. But for
the glaciers, emptying on- opposite
sides of the river, the bridge would
not be necessary.
Three thousand men are at work
here on the Copper River railroad,
taking advantage of all the daylight.
A bridge across TIekel river at Mile
102 has been begun and track to the
steamboat landing at Mile 104 will
be laid In a few days. Navigation Is
expected to open about May 25. Trains
will probably be running to Chitina by
July 10
The Copper River railroad, under
construction by the Morgan and Gug
genheim interests, extends from Cor
dova to the Bonanza Copper mountain
and will be completed before Novem
ber 1.
ation. Is being held and It Is under
stood that one of the big topics up
will be what to do with the wool this
year. It is very probable that at the
meeting the growers will decide what
to do with reference to the sale to
morrow. If they follow the example
of the Vale men they will not place
their clips on the market. They may
hold them until the local market be
comes stronger or they may consign
the clips to the Chicago cooperative
warehouse. At this time the Uma
tilla county men do not own stock In
the Chicago wnrehouse7 but Secretary
Pan P. Smythe Intimates they may
purchase some stock In the event they
do not come to terms with the buyers.
Attracted by the sale slated for to
morrow many of the buyers are now
here. Among those of the corp al
ready In the city are Messrs. Ellerj'i
Frankenstein, Brlngham, DeFour and
Hooper. Charles IT. Greene Is expected
here this evening. Among the tran
sportation men travelling with the
buyers and who have already arrived
are B. H. Trumbull and Jack Mc
laughlin, of the Illinois Central, and
Mr. Payne, representative
Northern Pacific.
of the,
SPOKANE WOMEN MAKE
DEMANDS FHOM MAYOR
Spokane, Wn., May 23. Each car
rying an empty pall, a band of wo
men from the North Hill section,
which Is Inhabited by working people,
called upon the mayor today and de
manded water. The city is building a
municipal plant and during the com
pletion of It many parts of the city
are suffering from a shortage of Wa
ter. The women refused to be pla
cated by soft answers, and charged
their troubles to the failure of the
men under him to carry out the meas
ures of relief ordered a year ago. The
tin bucket brigade promised to camp
In the cjty hall until water was fur
nished them.
CHICAGO STREET RAILWAY
IN HANDS OF RECEIVER
Chicago. 111., May 2 3. The Chicago
Street Railway company was unex
pectedly thrown Into the hands of a
receiver today by Judge Grosscup.
The court appointed Henry C. Blair
and John Roach, receivers, under $25,-
000 bonds on a petition of the West
Inghouse Electric company. The com
pany owes Westinghouse $69,000
which It Is unable to pay owing to
outstanding Judgments aggregating
$1,300,000. The company was organ
ized to take over the property's bank
rupt Union Traction.
MSURGENTS VOHT
ATTEND THE CAUCUS
PLANS OF REPUBLICAN
WHIP FRUSTRATED
Dwight Planned to Start Postal Sav-
ings Bill on Road to Passage But
Five Insurgents Balk at His Plans1
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Polndexter Is One of Them. j
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Washington. May 23. The dove of
peace probably wih not be among'
. , . ,, ,
those present at, the republican cau-;
cus of the hpuse members Tuesday .
night. Representative Dwight, whip
of the house, is expected to have all '
republican members present to con
fer on the postal savings bank bill.
Further he expected there would be'
quiet agreements between the oppos- :
ing wings of the party and that the
j bill soon will be en route for pas-
sage. But he reckoned without the tsenaernagie and ex-superintendent
Insurgents.' as five of them declared Gerbacht, who are among the defend
today they would not be present and ants. He said whenever he decided
declared they feared the bill might to raise the wages of checkers he had
not suit them and did not want to be to consult with them. He said after
bound to vote for It. It is" expected hj; had the checkers discharged, Ger
others will Join them. They are Len- bacht met him once and handed him
root and Nelson of Wisconsin, Lind- a package containing the weekly sal
berg and Davis of Minnesota, and ary. These payments were continued
Polndexter of Washington.
SWEDISH KING IS
BALED INTO COURT i
! Salt Lake, May 23. Cracked walls
Copenhagen, Denmark. It is not and leaning chimneys today are evi
often that a king appears as defendant dence of a sharp earthquake In this
In court. but this novel thing section yesterday. The state univer
happened in Stockholm. Some time sity seismograph recorded three sep
ago papers told about the ac- arate shocks within 30 seconds. Only
tion brought by former County Coun- ' one was felt here. It affected an
cilor Johansson against the- royal , area of fifty miles,
family. i
The case was brought before the j Report Unusual Fish,
high court and still Is In progress. ; C. K. Cranston of the local anglers'
The king appears by counsel and the association, is anxious to secure re
procedings attract an audience which 1 ports on any unusual fish caught in
crowds the court room. . : the Umatilla or trlbuary streams.
Johansson, a former county coun- These reports are wanted by the gov
cilor, asserts that the royal family Is ernment to show the results of re
indebted to him In the' sum of 6.000.- ' stocking the streams with fries from
000 kronen, or $1,650,000. He is the ' the hatcheries. Those who catch
heir af the late Madame Helga de la . brook trout or other fish that are un
Brache and he alleges that some let- ' usual in these streams are asked to
ters which King Oscar I borrowed 1 notify Mr. Cranston,
from her prove that she was the 11- '.
legitimate daughter of King Gusta- j Fair Premium Lists,
vus IV., who was dethroned in the Secretary Thomas FItzGerald of the
year 1809, and that she was deprived ' district fair board, has received the
of the above mentioned fortune. She ' premium lists for the fifth annual ex
never received the letters back again hibitlon to be held here from Septem
and Mr. Johansson now claims that ber 26 to October 1. This year $2000
the royal family shall deliver them 1 will be given in premiums to exhlbi
to the court. , tors. Farmers, stockmen and others
Mr. Johansson conducts his own ' desiring to secure copies of the list
case. His opening address made a ! nlay obtain them by calling at Judge
good Impression. He said the letters ' FIt Gerald's office in the city hall,
in question were written personally j Premium lists will be mailed free of
by King Gustavus IV in the year 1832, ' cct to those writing for them,
JfTrd he asserts that Madame de laJ -Brache
was In reality the king's ! Miss Gray Resigned,
daughter. j Miss Sarah Gray, one of the teach-
The defense denies that the letters , ers f the Hawthorne school. - has
are in the possession of the royal fam- Haced her resignation with the school
lly, and asserts that Madame de la br&- It Is understood Miss Gray has
Brache was the daughter of a cus- : resigned in order to accept a position
toms officer, named Magnnsson. j 1,1 western Oregon.
SPLENDID BACCALAUREATE !
SERMON IS TREACHED' Anfon olte Is now engaged In es
. ' i tabllshlng a cold storage plant near
To a class of 30 expectant aradu- ' tnp Northern Pacific track in the west
ates comprising the students who are ,
to be turned out this year by the high j
school and the Pendleton academy,;
Rev. Rnvmnnit C Rrnnln nt Wnllu 1
Walla, preached the annual baccalau- !
reate sermon yesterday. His text was ;
from Acts l-S and was as follows: !
Yo shall receive power after the ,
spirit comes upon you." His theme ,
waa the Importance of the spiritual !
side of educational work and the ad-
dress was listened to closelv bv the :
large congregation at the Methodist
church.
Special music was furnished for the '
baccalaureate service. Features of j
the musical program were solos byl
Mrs. J. S. Landers and Miss Edna
Gates.
FRAUOERS GET
Sugar Trust Officials Fxposed
by Former Employe Jus
Out of Prison.
DECLARES SAND WAS USED
TO SECURE SHORT WEIGHTS
Forces of Accused Sugar Officials Are
Demoralized by Explosion of Sud
den Bombshell-fc-Oliver Spitzer, For.
mer Dock Superintendent, Tells of
Secret Methods Used to Defraud
Government Defendants Ask fa
Postponement.
New York, May 23. The govern
ment threw a legal bombshell into
the ranks of the accused sugar trust
officials today in a trial of Charles R.
Heiks, secretary of the trust, by in
troducing to the stand Oliver Spttxer. a
former dock superintendent at Wil
liamsburg. Spitzer was recently par
doned by the president after having
j served several months of a two year
sentence In the federal prison at At
lanta for fraud In connection with tha
short weighting of sugar. His testi
mony involved some high officials of
the trust. Helke's attorneys were ta
ken by surprise and asked for an ln-
definite postponement of the cross-ex-
amination. Spitzer testified as to the
metho used to cheat the govern-
ment by the short weighing of sugar
importations. Prosecutor Stlmson said
he would show Helke had a knowl-
edge of these frauds,
sPltzer "a' bas"9 f s-nd had beea
used on the scales by the sugar com-
pany to make faUe welhts " B4 thu
when the scaie8 were boarded in ha
furnished the sugar checkers with
small springs as substitutes. The wit
ness declared he bored holes for the
; purpose of the springs, and also ar
.' ranged a system of signal lisrhts to
warn the checkers when they were
being watched by" government agents,
Spitzer relates various alleged con-
versations he had with ex-Cashier
J until February, 1910, when he was
; sent to prison.
Earthquake at Salt Lake.
Building Storage Plant.
enJ ' the cltv.
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TONIGHT IS TIME
TO SEE THE COMET
University of Washington,
May 23. Tonight is the best
night to see Halley's comet, ae-
cording to Professor Gould.
8
head of the university astron
omical department as the moon
goes Into total eclipse, and the
comet sets at 10:39. The
eclipse will last four hours be
fore the comet sett.
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