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VOL. 23.
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WESTON FILLED
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Annual Reunion ol Early Set
tlers Inaugurated Pro
pitiously. SPLENDID PROGRAMS
RENDERED DURING DAY
Large Crowd In Attendance on First
Day of Two Days' Pioneer Picnic
Weston '11 1 row 8 Open Doors to
Guests Judge Lowell Makes Ad
dress During Afternoon Business
llouscs are Closed.
(Staff Correspondence.)
Weston, ore., May 27. Notwith
standing the damp morning and the
threatening weather, the present an
nual reunion of the Umatilla county
Pioneers' association Is proving to be
one of the most successful ever held.
The afternoon has turned off fine, the
crowd In attendance is large and en
thusiastic, the programs are except
ionally Interesting and Weston is prov
ing herself a charming hostess.
J. T. Lieuallen as president of the
association is the presiding officer of
the sessions.
The features of th.e morning pro
gram were the Hallelujah chorus by
the pupils of the Weston high school,
the vocal solo by Clarke Wood and
the reading by Jack Keefe. The music
Li being furnished by the Ladles band
O' Weston, which Is composed of 14
pieces. Bach selection rendered by
this unique organization has been
heartily cheered.
The feature of the afternoon ' pro
gram Is the address now being deliver
ed by Judge Stephen A. Lowell of
Pendleton. Notwithstanding the great
strain to which the speaker has been
subjected by his numerous addresses
during the past few weeks, he is In
fine voice and Is holding the large au
dience to the closest attention.
Athletic sports of various kinds will
follow the literary program and these
will be concluded by the baseball game
between the WeBton and Athena
league teams. Tomorrow afternoon
the game will be between the Pen
dleton and Weston teams.
This evening there will be a pro
gram In the opera house.
Though every town in the county Is
represented at the celebration, the
largest crowds are from Pendleton
and Athena. The latter town Is here
enmaRge, the stores and other places
Of business having been closed for the
occasion. A large number of Pendle
tonlnns came up this morning on the
train and still others have been ar
riving all day by auto. It Is expected
that the crowd In attendance tomor
row will be even larger than today.
ANOTHER MOVE IN THE
SWITZLER ISLAND CASE
Defeated In the federal conrt In his
fight to regain possession of the Lit
tle Switzler or Dave Bcavert Island in
the Columbia river, John B. Switzler
today filed a suit In the circuit court
against P. 13. Earnhart who is now
In possession of the Island. This tract
of land which contains about 80 acres
of alfalfa, a small orchard and a few
houses was purchased by Switzler
from Beavert In 1898 for the sum of
$700. He alleges that he simply pur
Chased the Improvements, Intending
to ultimately get possession by home
teadlng It. He says the Improvements
made by himself will amount to 82,-
000. It was a little more than a year
ago that the island was "Jumped" by
Earnhart. But the suit filed yester
day Switzler seeks to enjoin Earnhart
from harvesting the crop of alfalfa
which Is now ready.
REPORTS FROM BLUEFIELDS
ARE VERY CONFLICTING
New Orleans, May 17. The real
situation today in Blueflelds Is doubt
ful. Messages received from Blue
fields say Madrlz's troops were suc
cessful, while others declare Estrada
was successful and compelled Madrlz
to retreat. Messages telling of Es
trada's success were sent from the
wireless station at Blueflelds which
Estrada controls. Others came from
the stations which Madrlz possesses.
Private messages say a desperate bat
tle was fought. It Is generally be
lieved Estrada won.
TAFT DENIES SOUTH
TREATED nfM INHOSPITABLY
Washington, May 17. President
Taft made public a letter to Con
gressman Tawney, repudiating Taw
ney's statement In a clause yesterday
during the debate on the civil sundry
bill that somewhere In the south dur
ing Taft's swing around the circle he
- would have been charged for board.
Tawney's statements were made while
discussing the proposed $25,000 appro
priation for the president's traveling
expenses. Taft complimented the
hospitality of the southern people and
said that the criticism of the south
grieved him deeply.
C'K'AGO WHEAT MARKET
I ALMOST IN A PANIC
Chicago, May 27. The smashing of
prices Is driving the smaller brokers
to make sacrifice sales and the defeat
of Patten by his Inveterate trade ene
my, J. Ogden Armour, caused the
wheat market to open today In a con.
dltlon bordering on a panic. Floor
Helling orders tumbled In from all por
tions of the country and forced May
options down 3-4 to 11 1-4 ents under
yesterday's close.
It later became evident that bears
had possession of the market and
bear leaders predicted a drop of ten
cents a bushel before a halt would
come In the buying. Patten and the
leading bull operators, are credited
with doing the bulk of the selling. It
Is believed the bulls are minimizing
their loss by selling.
HETTY GREEN'S SON WILL
MANAGE HER AFFAIRS
New York, May 27. That Colonel
E. H. Green, son of Hetty Green, will
abandon his business Interests In Tex
as and come here to help his moth
er attend her affairs was admitted
today by his relatives. His mother
Is 75 years, old and falling In health.
Green Is president of the Texas-Mid
land railroad.
GATES TO SECURE HIS
DEAREST AMBITION
Galveston, Muy 27. The ambition
of John W. Gates to found a Univer
sity at Port Arthur, his home town.
Id about to be realized. Gates offereg
to add double the amount of any fund
the Methodist general conference
might raise. The conference has de
cided to raise 1125,000.
BLOOD FLOWS IN
FOLLOWERS OF DIFFERENT
FACTIONS HAVE CLASH
Riot Is Precipitated When One Party
Attempt to Make Speech One
Dead and Hundred are Injured.
New Market, Ireland, May 27. One
man Is dead, a dozen seriously wound
ed and several hundred injured as a
result of a clash between the follow
ers of William, leader of the United
Irish league, and John Redmond,
head of the nationalist faction. The
fight began last night when the na
tionalists attempted to speak here.
This Is one of the O'Brien strongholds.
Fists were used first, and then a riot
began. The infuriated combatants
wrecked several houses before the po.
lice were called. The authorities used
clubs and the mobs dispersed. There
will be further trouble unless Red
mond recalls his speakers which he
probably will not do.
Prison for Debt.
Hamilton, Bermuda. May 27. Im
prisonment for debt, theoretically
abolished throughout John Bull's vast
empire, continues to be enforced in
tnis little coluny. At the present
time, ono John Robinson, a driver.
languishes In Hamilton goal beacuse
he was tyiablo to pay a grocery bill of
about fifty dollars.
When called before the "worship
ful" police magistrate as that offi
cial Is dignified in this colony Rob
inson pleaded Irregularity of work
and consequent lack of funds as the
reason for his Inability to pay his
debts. Judge Appleby sentenced him
to six weeks in prison. Many similar
cases have come up In the local courts
and the system of Imprisonment for
pour people unable to pay their debt
Is firmly established here.
Living Costs" too Much. '
Aberdeen, Wash., May 27. Twenty,
seven students of Stanford University
California, arriving here yesterday
and today to take places of strikers
In a saw mill, and to work In con
struction camps of the Union Pacific
and Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget
Sound railways are going to quit be
cause of the high cost of living in
Washington. They say they Were told
that their wages would be 13 per day
and that board and room would be
$15 a month. They claim the facts
were misrepresented as to price of
hoard and lodging.
Sealing Treaty.
Victoria, B. C. May 26. Negotia
tions for a sealing treaty between the
United States, Canada. Russia and
Japan, are reported her to be practi
cally completed. Private information
received here today is that the United
States will compensate Victola sealing
schooner owners, and Canada will re
ceive a percentage of profit from the
Prlbyl of seal herds. Under the treaty
pelagic sealing will be stopped In the
North Pacific ocean for a long term
of years, and the Interested nations
will enact laws making it an offense
for a vessel to be cleared for seal
ing. The United States did this many
years ago.
Reunion of Veterans.
New York. May 27. Veterans of
the Ninth regiment, the Eighty-third
and Ninth New York volunteers, and
the Ninth coast artillery will hold
their reunion at the Hotel Cumber
land this evening.
HUNGER IS CONGRESS IT
SCORED HARD! PROBE SCANDAL
Attorneys Brandeis and Pep
per Denounce Secretary in
Their Arguments.
CHARACTERIZES HIM AS
IRRESOLUTE AND UNETHICAL
Uloincjs for Glnvig and Pinchot
Tkc Hot Shots at Secretary Gf in.)
terlor in Closing Argument Saj
as Public Officer He Has Been Tried
and Found Wanting Brandeis Says'
Ho Grew Strongly IXliical After He
Hcennic Public Officer,
Washington, May 27. A keen, crit-
ical analysis of Secretary Ballinger,
wnom ho characterizes as "Irresolute,
shifty, unethical and a public officer
tried and found u'ontlnir" n,
summing ud of hlso. h a....,,
.... J
uranac's before the committee today
Brandeis dealt in facts, summed ud
nis case coldly, and unemotionally
described the Cunnmrhnm -I.;.,
their history, .and said these showed
Ballinger unfit for office. The attor- a , , Proml8e8 8tart a con"
ney paid a tribute to the zeal of Gla- H?f"onaf1 .TT "V
an" Laand Sm.ssC r SS "E f'T ' tT "
srr rr Brand .su Tte wi, ?r52!
dp f plfn Investigation was a strug- 8ey wa8 a deputy federa, marshali
fl J Z T? ,f?f a demC- an employee of the Guggenheim Inte
rac. He declared Glavls' cause was esta whose tria, was an outgrowth of
the cause of the people. in battle between citizens of Va,deZf
Brandeis scored Ballinger for being nnd Guggenheim men. when two men
strangely unethical In the attitude he were killed in a fight over the pos
took ns secretary of the Interior In re- session of a railroad grade in 1907.
gard to, the Cunningham cases. He Delegate Wickersham presented be
said. Under the potent Influence of fore the sub-committee a photograph
the claimants when Ballinger resigned
his commlsslonshlp he forgot the rules
of professional ethics w fnn tk.
" iicu-u in nassey s aerense. rne let-
6 lnterIor department over ter was addressed to Capt. D. H. Jar
which he has presided, by which rules Vis. treasurer of the Guggenheim com-
1,1 uKuuirea irom practicing De
fore it for two years. But when he
became secretary after serving the
Cunningham claimants, he - drew
strange ethical distinctions. He had
felt at liberty to serve the Cunning
ham claimant but on becoming sec
retary he felt barred from represent -
ing ine people."
".Some of the harpies ready to
pounce." was the way BrandelB des
cribed the Morgan-Guggenheim syn
dicate, and Influential senator-makers
such as Charles W. Sweeney, C. J.
Smith and others interested In Alas
kan coal lands,
Pepiier is Peper.v
In stimminp. r. w; . u
tee Attorney Pepper for Pinchot bit-'
teriv arra iMipri K.-iilinror via oo t.i
"He is the kind of a man 'from whom
1 1) n tirnsMnnt rtiifrVtt . x 1 . . n ..
... - "ui.t iu iiici kil u iiy
aeuverea
Ballinger has proven un
faithful to the public whose property
he endangered and to the president
whom he deceived."
Tepper declared the policy of
ininer sue protection was tr won n
staggering blow when Ballinger took
office. He declared that as an offici- '
al, Ballinger had Injured the cause" e construction of the first 60 miles
of conservation and -the reclamation!" Its line ln Britlsn Columbia. This
service. I will be eastward from Port Mann, op-
poslte New Westminster on the banks
HILL
ROADS PUTTING IN
PHONES ALONG LINES
Wenatchee. Wash., May 27. The Endeavor Convention.
Great Northern today Inaugurated a1 Nushvdie, Tenn , May 27. Speech
telephone system for train dispatch-! CB of welcome and the annual address
Ing between Spokane and Puget the president occupied the Initial
Sound, marking the beginning of the
end of telegraphers on the Hill roads.
Phones were also started today be
tween Spokane and Leavenworth.
Phones between Spokane and Troy,
Montana, will be ready Inside of 'a
week and then the railroad will have
2200 miles of phones.
Many men are presidential possi
bilities, but some are longer shots
than others.
IN
INDIANS TO
FEAST OF THE
Between five and six hundred In
dians will participate in the celebra
tion of the "Feast of the Corpus
Christ!" at St. Andrews' Mission, Sun
day morning. The celebration will
be conducted by Bishop O'Reilly of
Baker City and participated In ' by
priests and other officers of the
church at the mission and from this
city. It will be the great ecclesiastical
event of the year for the mission and
will probably be witnessed by a large
number of people from this city.
Bishop O'Reilly arrived today on the
noon train. He was the guest of
Father Durgan of St. Mary's church
for a few hours, after which he left
for the mission. When a short dist
Public Investigation of Gug
genheim Affair May Result
FromCh.fges.
ALLEGED SYNDICATE PAID
FOR FEDERAL OFFICERS
Charges of Alaxkan Delegate at Sub-
Coniiiilttce Investigation, If Sus
tained, Will Probably Result In Con
erpttKlonal Iroliiig Photo or Let
,ter Ireseiiteil Which . Purports to
Show WiliiesNCN in Murder Trial
Were Paid For.
Washington, D. C, May
27. The
Delegate
',:,'"ct charges of Alaskan
gate Wickersham before the sub
committee of the senate Judiciary
committee that the Morgan-Guggen-
nelm syndicate caused the appoint
- t T ,
"
rict Judge' and the nomInatlon
John Rustgard as United States dlst
rlct attorney, and Herbert Faulkner,
'? United States mar8ha1'. lf 8Usta,n
Guggenheim attorney who with Lyons
, . - . . . .
pany at Seattle. It purported to con
tain an expense account of M. B.
Morrisscy, an alleged employe of the
Guggenheims who "took care" of the
witnesses for the defense In Hassey's
case, and who entertained the Jury
men. The letter contains an itemized
' account.
CHURCH DEMANDS HAVE
NOT STOPPED FIGHT YET
i San Francisco, May 27. Sheriff
Finn, of San Francisco county said
I today he would not take any action
, at the present time toward interfering
1 " 11,1 lne jenries-jonnson llgm roiiow-
,nf the demand bv tne church feder-
uut'ii iii lji.a inai ne give as-
"'ranr;e8 that
tight.
he will prevent the
Calls for Tenders.
Vancouver, B. S May 26. An
nouncement was made today that the
Canadian Northern railway, which re
cently made a contract for the contin-
uatlon of lts ,i,1e from Edmonton to
the coast- ,s calling for tenders for
j of the Frazer river. The line will fol
low the south bank of the river.
session this morning of the Tennessee
state convention of Christian socie
ties. Bishop Carter will speak to
night and other prominent church
men will be held tomorrow and Sun
day, Curtis Not Yet Aloft.
New York, May 27. Continued bad
weather today caused Curtiss to post
pone his flight from Albany to New
York for the World's prize.
CORPUS
ance from that Institution he was met
by n procession of Indian student
ami was escorted with much ceremo
nial splendor to his destination.
Sunday morning at 10:30 the great
procession will start. The bishop will
carry "The Blessed Sacrament" about
the mission grounds, followed by 600
or 600 Indians, Including the mission
Indian band.
This celebration is called the "feast
of flowers" by the Indians for the
reason that thoughout the progress of
the procession, the little Indian chil
dren preced the bishop, strewing
flowers ln his pathway.
The mission is 11 miles southeast of
Pendleton, being located at the very
foot of the Blue mountains.
CELEBRATE
CHRIST
3.
ARMY OFFIi
ARD
TRIP PLANNED
Seattle, Wn., May 27: Brigadier j
General Marlon Maus, commander ot j
me aepanmeni oi tne Columbia la
enroute to Alaska today aboard the
steamer Dolphin with the most ardu
ous trip ever undertaken by an army
commander ahead of him. He will
make a trip from Fairbanks to Valdez
afoot with nne guide. He will land at
Skaguay and take the railroad to
White" Horse then a boat to Fairbanks,
and expects to make 'the trip In a
month and a half.
URI EL PUNISHMENT MAKES
CONVICTS GO TO WORK
Columbus. Ohio. May 27. One hun
dred and forty-seven convicts of the
state penitentiary quit striking today
and returned to work after Warden
Jones had them "hung up," put their
arms in handcuffs, and pinioned them
to hooks above their heads, making
them" stand on their toes. They
struck because their food was poor.
SUGAR CHECKERS CHANGE
THEIR PLEAS TO GUILTY
New York, N. Y., May 27.
Withdrawing pleas of not guilty
of the charges of fraud in con
nection with the shortweighting of
sugar, three former sugar checkers
of the American Sugar Refining com
pany, co-defendants with Charles
Helke, the company's secretary, plead
ed guilty today and asked the court's
mercy. The men are Harry Walker,
Jean Hoelker and James Halllgan.
SHEEPMEN 111 PILOT
ROGK LET GO WOOL
NEARLY 100,000 POUNDS
ACQUIRED BY BUYERS
80.000 Pounds Sold by Noon at Prices
Ranging From 14 to 16 Cents More
Will be Let Go.
- Nearly 100,000 pounds of wool has
changed hands at Pilot Rock today,
according to a telephone message re
ceived by the East Oregonian this af
ternoon from Charles Green, one of
the leading buyers. He said that about
80,000 pounds had been sold at that
time and that more was to be offered.
The prices paid range from 14 to
16 cents. But few of the clips offered
for sale this morning were withdrawn
by the growers after the bids were
opened.
The following clips were sold:
Alonzo Knotts 15 7-8
Mill 14
Stanfield 16
Herbert Boylen 14 3-4
One other clip was sold and still
others are under consideration.
ABANDON HOPE OF
RECUING SUNKEN CREW
Calais, May 27. The Pulviose lies
in 30 fathoms of water In the Eng
lish channel. Divers who put chains
around the craft for the purpose of
later raising It say they heard tap
pings on the Inside of the hull. It is
believed, however, that none can live
If any are alive owing to the fact that
the vessel can not be raised until to
morrow as suitable apparatus will
not arrive until tonight. Commander
Callot had 26 men In the submarine.
Hope of rescuing the Imprisoned
officers and men of the submarine
was abandoned today when Minister
Payrere telegraphed Premier Brian
that considerable water had entered
the submarine and that the crew had
undoubtedly perished.
SHOT WITHOUT HAVING
CHANCE TO SURRENDER
Seattle. May 27 Without being
given a chance to hoia up his hands
H. R. Castleton. an Iron moulder,
was shot In the right breast by hold
up men at 40th and Latona streets
this morning. The man escaped after
seizing a grip which Castleton carried.
The wounded man will recover.
Hoppp Adds Another.
New York, May 27. Willie Hoppe
added the 18.1 balk line billiard cham
pionship to his record last night by
defeating Harry P. CHne of Phila
delphia the defending chamlon, 500
to S94. His high runs were 84, 81 and
71 and his average 17 24.28. Cllne's
average was 14 16.27 and his high
runs 66. 52 and 45. Hoppe now holds
both 18.1 and 18.1 titles.
Ketohel-Iiewis Fight.
New York. May 27. Willie Lw1s
an. Stanley Ketchel are matched for
what promises to be an Interesting
ten-round battle before the National
Sporting club tonight. Lewis Is con
fident that he will be able to outpoint
the middleweight champion, as he al
leges that Ketchel fights Just thj way
that suits him.
Adopts Pjnehot Policies.
Denver. May 86. Chief Forester
Henry S. Graves, returning to Wash
ington from a trip of Inspection In
the west, arrived here tonight "Ton
may say that the policies of Mr. Pin
chot have been made mine," he said
to Interviewers. "I don't care to dis
cuss the Ballinger-Pinchot imbroglio.
It covers too wide a range."
J. W SGBIBER
FOUND GUILTY
La Grande Banker Convicted
in Federal Court on Several
Counts.
WILL GET FROM FrVE
TO 15 YEARS IN
PEN
Cashier of Defunct Farmers' and
Traders' National Bank Found Guil
ty of Embezzlement, Misapplies tioa
of Funds and Forgery Ten Days'
Stay of Sentence to Consider Ap
peal Defendant is Unmoved.
Portland, May 27. J. W. Scriber,
cashier of the defunct Farmers and
Traders National bank, of la Grande.
Oregon, today was found guilty of
embezzlement, misapplication of funds
and forgery. In the federal court. Hla
penalty will be from 6 to 15 years la
the penitentiary. The evidence showed
that for five years he had been mis
applying -funds. A shortage of $134,-
000 was uncovered and forged securl
ties aggregating $90,000 were found
In the vaults. The defense took an
order for a 10 day's stal of sentence to
consider an appeal. Scriber showed
no emotion when the verdict was glr
en. He pleaded business and family
troubles had caused temporary la
sanity. The trial lasted three weeks.
Nomination Bill Lost.
Albany. N. Y., May 26. By the de
cisive vote of 46 to 94, the Cobb com
promise direct nominations bill, after
havijig passed the senate today, was
debated in the assembly tonight at the
climax of a session of 14 hours. As
the legislature will adjourn tomorrow
and as Governor Hughes has an
nounced, he will veto the Meod-Phtl-lips
bill, which has passed both hous
es, the only hope of direct nomination
legislation this year lies In the possi
bility of- an extra session. Leaders
of both factions regard this as prob
able. Uprising in China.
Hong Kong, May 27. Several reg
iments of Chinese troops have been
sent to patrol Changshan, where an
uprising against the "foreign devils'
seems imminent. Posters have been
distributed setting next Sunday as the
date for a general destruction of all
white people, missionaries and native
Christians. The government officials
assert that they may come on Sun
day, but several British and French
gunboats have been sent to Chang
shan In case of possible need.
Attorneys General Meet,
St. Paul. Minn., May 27. Legal lu
minaries from many states are in at
tendance today at the convention of
the National Association of Attorneys
General. The purpose of the organ
ization is to bring about uniformity
and and other reforms In legal pro
cedure. Fred S. Jackson of Kansas,
is president; U. S. Webb of California,
vice president, and James Bingham of
Indiana, secretary.
Middies vs. Cadets.
Annapolis, Md., May 27. Embryo
admirals and future generals will meet
on the field of battle at Annapolis
tomorrow, when the annual contest
for baseball supremacy will be de
cided. The historic rivalry between
the middies and the cadets' is again
very much ln evidence today, and
every student is prepared to back his
fellows with all his available cash
assets.
Episcopal Convention.
Des Moines, la.. May 27. Arrange
ments were completed today for the
annual convention of the Episcopal
churches in Iowa, which will be held
ln this city Sunday and Monday. The
clergy are expected to assemble to-
j morrow night for the inaugural cere
monies on Sunday, when the sermon
will be preached by the Bishop of To
ronto, Canada.
Suedes to Celebrate
New York, May 17. Swedish-Americans
all over the country are arriv
ing In the metropolis today, bent on
taking part In the quadrennial nation
al song and musical festival of the
American Union of Swedish Singers,
which begins tomorrow and w.ll con
tinue four days.
Ask New Trial.
Seattle, May 26. Attorneys for
Harry Dewey today filed a petition In
the super. or court for a new trial bas
ed on the affidavit of Edward Bush
and Harry Crawford who swear that
they are guilty of the robbery for
which Dowel was convicted and that
Dewey was not In their company.
Odd Fellows Attention.
All Odd Fellows are notified to
meet at the court house Monday
morning at 9 o'clock to participate in
the Decoration Day exercises Con
veyances will be provided for all those
who can go to the cemetery. By or
der of the committee.