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EVENING EDITION
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mercial stationery and
job printing to order
at the East Oregonlan.
WEATHER REPORT
Fair tonight and Thurs
day. COUNTY OFFICIAL PArER.
CITY OFFICIAL PA PF.K
VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OltEGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31. 1910.
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StrenUOUS Une lalKS tO Kan
sas People on One of Great
Problems.
6THICT REGULATION OP
COMBINATIONS NEEDED
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Teddy Arrives in Insurgent State and i
Dedicates Memorial Park Great!
Throng Listens to Address Points j
Oue Measures Necessary to Secure
Equality "of Opportunity Advocates
FWleral Bureau of Corporations.
OBawattomle, Aug.
31. Colonel
the scenes
Roosevelt today viewed
where the martyred John Brown
fought. He was met at Osage City ,
by Governor Stubba and his staff and
escorted here, where Congressmen j based on a full knowledge of all the
Murdock, Madison and White and . facts. Including a physical valuation
other Insurgents greeted him. Roose- j of the property. This physical valu
elt was taken to Brown's cabin and atlon is not needed, or at least is very
later to the field where the Kansas ,
abolitionist with a handful of men
withstood the pro-slavery foes. Twen- j
ty-flve thousand people accompanied I
Roosevelt to the battlefield where lie )
dedicated the memorial park and acl- .
dressed the throng.
After briefly rehearsing the strug
gle of 'l-'65 and paying a tribute to
John Brown and Abraham Lincoln,
Rnn.vplt launched forth upon the 1
minclnal theme of his address. In
part he said: j
v..illiv of Onnortunltr. '
In every wise struggle for human
betterment one of the main objects, ;
and pften the only object, has been I believe that the officers and es
r hlpv In lara-er measure equality peclnlly the directors, of corporations,
of opportunity. In the struggle for ;
this great end, nations rise from bar-:
barium to civilization, and through it'
people press forward from one stage;
of enlightenment to the next, une
of the chief factors in progress is the'
destruction of special privileges. The;
essence of any struggle for healthy '
liberty has always been and must
always be to take from some one man
or class of men the right to enjoy I
power, or wealth, or position, or im-
munity, which has not been earned :
bv service to his or their fellows.
At many stages in the advance of(
humanity this conflict between the;
men who possess more than they
have earnea ana me men wno iwyo
earned more than they possess is the
central condition of progress. In ;
our day it appears as the struggle of
free men to gain and hold the right
Of self-government as agamm mo
special Interests, who twist the meth- j
ods of free government into machin
ery for defeating the popular will. .
At every stage and under all clrcum-
stances the essence or tne struggle is ;
to equalize opportunity, destroy priv-,
liege, and give to the life and cltlxen-'
ship of every individual me nignesi'
possible value both to himself and to
the comonwealth.
Practical equality of opportunity
for all citizens, when we achieve it,
will have two great results., First,
every man will have a fair chance
to make himself all that In him lies,
to reacn tne nignesi poim io wmc, : Boge Aug 81. Returns from the
his capacities, unassisted by special , ,daho primBrleg up to tn,s mornlng
privileges of his own and unhampered , ,ndlcated tnat Governor Brady wouId
by the special privileges of others, Hecure tne repubIcan gubernatorial
can carry him, and to get for himself ( nomination and that James Hawley
and his family substantially what he wou,d be ,ne next democratc candl.
has earned. Second, equality of op-,Unte for the Kovernorsnlp. ne ,n.
portunlty means that the common-, 8UrKPnt!, nre cloimlna; a victory for
wealth will get from every citizen theiBurton Krenchi tne conBref,,,,onn-, CBn.
highest service of which he is capable, i d(nte oypr Thomna Hamer the preg.
No man who carries the burden ofPnt congreS8nlnn and standpatter,
the special privileges of another can Frpnch s runnn anend ,n northern
give to the commonwealth that ser-, I(lnno but Hamer ,g 8trong)y
vice to which It Is fairly entitled. j pf,rted , BOUtnern an1 eaBtern Idaho.
Tlie Square Deal. ! Arthur Bowen is leading over John
I stand for the square deal. ButiSewp for the democratlc conKres.
when I say that I am for the square . sonn, nomnntlon It ,ook9 ke Idah0
deal I mean not merely tnat I stand j w rernan wet
for fair play under the present rules; '
of the game, but that I stand for,
hnvlng those rules changed so as to! H II,W AY HAS TROVBI.E
work for a more substantial equality; VrTTH TACOMA OFFIOALS
of ' opportunity, and of reward for '
equally good service. Tacoma. Aug. 3!. Damage suits
This means that our governments. R"nlnst ,ne city are likely to
National and State, must be freed : the wrecking of the Tacoma
from the sinister Influence of control j Hallway & Power company's track
of special Interests. Exactly as the on c,,fr avenue overlooking the
special interests of cotton and slav-lSound' yesterday by a crew of men
ery threatened our political Integrity j from the department of public works,
hefnre the Civil War. so now the : The city ordered the removal of one
great special business interests too
often control , and corrupt the men
and methods of government for their
own profit. We must drive the
special Interests out of politics. That
Is one of our tasks today. Every
special Interest Is entitled to Justice
full, fair, and complete but not
one Is entitled to a vote in Congress,
a voice on the bench, or to represen
tation In nny public office. The Con
stitution guarantees protection to
property, and we must make that
promise good. But it does not give
the right of suffrage to any corpor
ation. Party, Servant Not Master.
The true friend of property, the
true conservationist is he who Insists
that property shall be the servant
and not the master of common
wealth; who insists that the creature
of man's making shall be the servant
and not the master of the man who
made It. The citizens of the United
I States must effectively control the
mighty commercial forces which they
i have themselves called into being.
There can be no effective control
of corporations while their political
activity remains. To put an, end to
I it will be neither a short nor nn easy
tunk, but It can be done.
We must hnve complete and ef-
iccuve puuuuuy uk curpuruie auairs,
so that the people may know beyond
peratventure whether the corpora-
tioim obey the luw and whether their
management entitles them to the con
fidence of the public. It Is necessary
that laws should be passed to pro
hibit the use of corporate funds di
rectly or indirectly for political pur
poses; It Is still more necessary that
such laws should be thoroughly en
forced. Corporate expenditures for
political purposes, and especially such
expenditures by public service corpor
ations, have supplied one of the prin-
cipal sources of corruption in our po-
jtcal aftlilrf.
Regulation Necessary.
it has become entirely clear that
we must have government supervision
of the capitalization not only of pub
lic service corporations, including
particularly railways, but of all cor
porations doing an inter-state busi
ness. I do not wish to see the nation
forced into ownership of the railways
if it can possibly be avoided, and the
only alternative is thoroughgoing and
eirective regulation, which shall be
rarely needed, for fixing rates; but it
In needed as the basis of honest capl
tallxation.
we have come to recognize that
franchises should never be granted ex
pi tor a limited time, and never
wiUiout proper provision for compen
sation to the public. It Is my person.
al belief that the same kind and de
gree of control and supervision should
be exercised over public service cor
poratlons should be extended also to
combinations which control necessar-
les ' llfe. ue" meat, oil and coal
nr which deal in them on an Important
"hould be held personally responsible
he any corporation breaks the law.
Combinations in industry are the
r(i,"'t of an Imperative economic law
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BRADY HAS A LEAD
RESENT GOVERNOR WILL
PROBABLY BE RENOMINATED
Returns From primaries Also Indicate
Haulejr Will be Democrats Noml
nee French and Ilamer Run Hard
Race Wets are Ahead.
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French Wins.
Boise, Augv 31. Idaho insur
gents and regulars admit
French, the progressive, . has
beaten Congressman Hamer for
the congressional nomination.
rf the double tracks which the com
pany refused to do. Thereupon Com
missioner of Public Works Woods
headed laborers and tore up the
track. Woods said today Jf the com
pany tries to relay the track his men
will throw the traction men Into the
bay.
DAYTON MINISTER WAS
TOO CHUMMY WITH SINNERS
Dayton, Wash., Aug. 31. Rev.
Harris, for three years pastor of the
First Christian church here leaves
his pastorate today because he was
"too chummy with sinners" and mem
bers of his congregation complained
that he dressed "too much like a
traveling man," Harris doubled the
membership of the church and Is al
ready overwhelmed with calls. He
will accept an offer to go to Waits-burg.
OLD SOLDIERS
JOLT SHERMAN
Draw Up Resolutions Declar
ing His Refusal to Address
Them is Insult.
ALSO DECLARE HIS
ACTION UNPATRIOTIC
ItnxtfT Springs G. A. R. Reunion As
sociation Highly Indignant Because
Vlfo President Passed Tlicm By
Sherman Told Tliem Matter Was
In Hands of Campaign Committee
But Committee Shifts Responsibility
to Sherman.
Joplln, Mo., Aug. 31 Vice Presi
dent Sherman may be Jolted when he
opens a letter containing the resolu
tions adopted by the Baxter Springs
G. A. R. Reunion association. Sher
man Is en route to Oklahoma on a
speaking tour. Owing to his refusal
to speak before the association, the
old soldiers drew up resolutions to
the effect that his "action" was un
patriotic, an effront to the old sol
diers and a deliberate Insult to the
organization and also that "previous
ly Sherman had told the association
committee that the matter was In the
hands of the congressional commit
tee, but the association had wired the
committee and received a reply that
the matter was left entirely with Sher
man. Sherman May Not Be It.
New Tork. Aug. 31. Vice Presi
dent Sherman may not be temporary
chairman of the republican convention
of New York, despite his appoint
ment. Following a conference of the
state progressives it was announced
that Roosevelt's name will be present
ed a temporary chairman and now
the regulars are preparing to fight
against him. They are expecting a
heavy fight both at the convention and
at the city primaries to name dele
gates to the convention and they are
preparing for it. Roosevelt is certain
to capture the country delegations,
THIRD OF HOLY ROIJJER
FASTEKS PASSES AWAY
Los Angeles, Aug. 31. Mrs. Nellie
Boyle, one of the quartette which
fasted for forty days In a religious
frenzy, died today in the county hos
pital. She rTad starved so long that
when the fast was broken ten days
ago her stomach was too weak. She
is the third of the four to die. The
others were Reverend John O'Neill,
Alice Griffin, aged 15, a niece of Mrs.
Moyle. The survivor is James But
ler, but his condition Is so critical
that it is believed he will also die. The
tasters were members of the Holy
Roller sect and were found in a cot
tage on the outskirts of the city.
METHODISTS OF CANADA
CONCLUDE LEGISLATION
Victoria, B. C, Aug. 31. After a
two-weeks' session In which much
legislation affecting the Methodist
church in Cnnada was accomplished,
the general conference is today wind
ing up Its affairs and the SO dele
gates are preparing to go home. Two
of the most Important matters passed
were upon the church's policy regard
ing more liberal laws governing the
conduct of its members and the vote
In favor of church union.
ltllMJLARS ATTEMPT A
WIIOIJ0SA1.E ROBBERY
Springdale, Wash., Aug. 31. The
town is recovering from the shock of
a wholesale robbery which began yes
terday and ended last night when a
gang of burglars attempted to blow
open the vaults of the Merchants
bonk with nitroglycerine unsuccess
fully. T
Duncan E. McRae, one of the larg
est horse men In Malheur county has
written to Ben Hill of the frontier as
sociation, pledging his support and as
sistance for the "Round-up." He has
therefore been elected to membership
on the board of directors and will be
counted upon to bring up a string of
Malheur county outlaws.
His letter follows:
Riverside, Ore.. Aug. 26.
Mr. Ben Hill,
Pendleton, Oregon.
My Dear Sir: I am more than wil
ling to assist you in my humble ca
pacity, but with what success, I -can
nqt say. However, please command
me, stating what you wish and. expect
MALHEUR
COUNT
PLAN 10 FORGE
BALLINGER OUT
Reported Bo!d Political Stroke
Decided Upon by Adminis
tration Leaders.
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
MAY CENSURE SECRETARY
rian As Reported is to Eliminate
Votes of McCall and Root, Ttius
Insuring Adverse Report by Con
gressional Committee Taft Would
Thus Be' Forced to Dismiss Secre
tary of Interior Root May Be Dis
qualified. Beverly, ;Aug. 31. Report is cur
rent today' that Secretary Bellinger
will be forced out of the cabinet by
a bold political stroke. It Is declar
ed that instead of being whitewashed
by the committee, he will be censur
ed, thus forcing President Taft to ask
for his resignation.- The success of
the plan depends on eliminating the
votes of Congressman McCall and
Senator Root. If this works, the vote
will stand 6 to 5 against Ballinger.
Senator Root is now at The Hague
in the Interest of the New Foundland
fisheries cases for which place he
sailed before the hearing closed. It
is planned to disqualify him because
he did not hear important testimony.
It Is understood Senator Crane of
Massachusetts, is using pressure to
force McCall to change his vote. It is
intimated the administration leaders
deemed It advisable thus to force
Ballinger out.
I.AURIER FAVORS OPENING
OF COLUMBIA RIVER
Portland, Aug. 31. Open river pro
ponents are much encouraged today
following the roport that Sir Wilfred
Laurier, premier of Canada, yester
day met the Oregon and Washington
Columbia river delegation at Nelson
and said he favored the scheme for
making the Columbia navigable to
Robson, B. C. Laurier said he would
immediately instruct the minister of
public works to survey the river from
Lake Wlndemere to the International
boundary with a view to ascertaining
the cost of improvements. Should
Canada Join with the United States it
Is believed the river will be open to
navigation1 from the sea to Robson,
with the completion of the Celilo ca
nal above The Dalles. This would
immensely benefit the Inland empire,
it is asserted.
ARMY ENGINEERS TO INSPECT
LOCAL PROJECT NEXT WEEK
Portland. Aug. 31. Director New
el!, head of the government reclama
tion service, accompanied by a board
of army engineers, is Inspecting the
Kittitas Irrigation project near Ellens
burg today. They expect to go to Se
attle for a three days visit and thence
to Portland next week. They will In
spect the Umatilla and Klamath pro
jects In Oregon and then visit Ida
ho, Utah and Colorado projects. They
have been in the field for a month
and expect to be out two months
MYSTERIOUS GIRL IS
DAUGHTER OF COLONEL
New York, Aug. 31. Identified as
Vera Fitch, the daughter of a late
cdonel in the army, the girl who shot
herself in the Hotel Astor. is dying
t !.! in Flower Hospital. Physicians
assert she can not live more than a
day or so. She continues to deny her
identity, although her mother, Mrs.
Henry Fitch, who now lives here with
her family, has identified her as also
have relatives. Miss Fitch formerly
lived in San Francisco with a sister.
Mrs. Conger, the wife of Roy Con
ger. THE
-UP
of me.
Most sincerely yours
DUNCAN E. M'RAE.
It was also announced by Frederick
Stelwer of the committee on com
petitive events, that the program,
containing the premium list and list
01 events, competitive and otherwise,
would be placed in the hands of the
printer this week. It is therefore prob
able that they will be ready for dis
tribution by the first of next week.
There has been a big demand for these
programs from all over the West and
many local people have also been
anxious to get them so they could send
them out to friends In different parts
of the northwest.
HORSEMAN
END OF WORLD AT HAND
SAYS HOLY ROLLER
Boston, Aug. 31. Only a few hours
more and this old world will go to the
demnition bow-wows. This statement
is made on the authority of Elder A.
J. Raw-son, an apostle of the Holy Rol
ler sect, who declares that the world
will come to an end at midnight to
night. Rawson alleges that at midnight this
globe will round out Its 6,000th year,
and claims that he can prove from
the Bible that the world Is due to suf
fer a great change on Its 6,000th birth
day. The great tragedy will begin
with a fire against which the puny ef
forts of mundane fire departments
will be as nothing. All of the peoples
of the earth will be consumed in the
big blaze, except those who have been
born again, namely, the Holy Rollers.
The Rollers will enjoy the spectacle
of seeing their neighbors, protectants
of other sects, Catholics, Jews, agnos
tics and all other adherents of false
religions or of none, burned to ashes,
but angels will come down from heav
en and carry away the' Rollers, safely
nestled in the folds of the anegllc
wings.
Finally, when the world has been
entirely "cleaned" by fire, a new spirit
will descend upon the earth, a garden
of Eden, world-wide in extent, will
spring up in a day, and the Holy Rol.
lers will descend again and claim the
whole world da their own. But the
Rollers, instead of stomach, liver,
blood, gizzard and similar Internals,
will be filled to the nozzle with im
mortal glory, and will live forever In
this worldly arcady.
All the Rollers In Massachusetts are
spending the day in fasting and prayer
as a preparation for the new world
that Is to come. Varacious reports
from several places state that some
of the Rollers already have a goodly
growth of fuzz upon their shoulders.
FORMER TELEPHONE MANAGER
JUMPS FROM BUILDING
Salt Lake, Aug. 31. David Murray,
former manager of the Rocky Moun
tain Bell Telephone company today
Jumped from the top of the Desert
National bank and was Instantly kill
ed. Murray had been escorted to his
room by police who believed him in
toxicated. He crawled through the
skylight to the roof.
IS BLINDED BY
ACID III GARDEN CITY
MYSTERIOUS MAN IS
MYSTERIOUSLY ASSAULTED
Loses On Eye as Result of Add
Throwing but Refuses to Call Po
liceLeaves for Spokane Was Ida.
ho Man Assailant Unknown.
Walla Walla, Aug. 31. The police
today have practically dropped the
case of acid throwing yesterday which
probably will result in the loss of one
eye to Fred Cornelius of Murray, Ida
ho. Cornelius left this city this mor
ning for Spokane. No one seemingly
knows the identity of his assailant and
least of all of the victim. He was
leaving the hotel when the blinding
fluid was thrown in his face. Im
mediately he returned to his room and
would not call the police which leads
to the belief that he does not want any
Investigation Into the case.
WATERWAYS CONVENTION
OPENS IN PROVIDENCE
Providence, R. I., Aug. 31. An in
land water route from Maine to Flor
ida is the ambitious project fostered
by the Atlantic Reeper Waterways as
sociation, which convened here to
day in third annual session. Although
President Taft has cancelled his en
gagement to address the convention,
scores of other noted men are on the
program for addresses. Congressman
J. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia,
is president of the association. Com
mander Robert E. Peary, the north
pole discoverer, has agreed to deliver
an oddress tomorrow.
Much money has been spent in fur
therance of the waterways scheme
since the last meeting of the associ
ation, Including a large part of the
$100,000 appropriated for a survey by
army engineers of routes for canals
to connect the streams and bays along
the Atlantic coast from Portland to
Jacksonville.
Local waterways boards of cities al
ong the route have also accomplished
much of value during the twelve
month, and the reports to be present
ed at the convention will be of great
interest.
President Moore declares that the
hie protect has now renehert thp em.
clal point. The report of the army'
engineers who surveyed the route will
be presented to congress this fall. !
Whether the Atlantic seaboard shall!
remain "bottled up." asserts Repre- j
sentative Moore, depends now upon
the enthusiasm and Influence to be
brought to bear within the next year.
More Rioting hi Spain.
Bllboa, Spoin, Aug. 31. Following
a vote by the labor federation here
to Join the general strike, rioting be
gan In the mining region today. The
mine owners have demanded troops.
At present the miners have It all their
own way.
0 . SMITH FOR
RE-ELECTIOH
Umatilla County Senator Will
Make Race to Succeed
Himself the Second Time.
WAS URGED TO TRY
FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP
Popular Senator Has Been in Upper
Legislative House for Might Yeavs
Led Fight for Eastern Oregon Nor
mal Former Mayor of Pendletosi
Will Issue Statement.
Dr. C. J. Smith, state senator from
Umatilla county, today announced his
candidacy for reelection to the sen
ate and he will go before the people
for their endorsement in November.
The announcement of his candidacy
was made by Senator Smith today af
ter he had been urged ror weeks to
seek reelection.
According to Senator Smith he was
averse to running for the senate
again but has consented to do so he
cause of the insistent requests of
friends of all political parties and re
siding in all sections of the country.
For a long time Dr. Smith was prom
inently mentioned as a prospective
candidate for the democratic nomina
tion for governor. By friends in va
rious parts of the state he was urg
ed to try for the gubernatorial Job
and it Is possible he might have done
so had there not been a multiplicity
of democratic candidates. Had he
entered the race it la the prediction
of his local friends that he could have
easily secured the democratic noml-
nation.
A Strong Record. -
Because of his long public service
few residents of Umatilla county are
more widely and more favorably
known than Senator Smith. During
the past eight years he has served
this county in the state senate aad
served it with credit. Numerous
' measures are now upon the statute
books as a result of his work. I
the last legislative session he was the
leader of the fight for the Eastern
Oregon normal school and for many
measures affecting the welfare of
eastern Oregon.
Aside from serving as senator from
this county, Dr. Smith has also held
many other public positions, though
they have been offices with much
work and no pay. He served a term
as mayor of Pendleton and has been
a member of the local school hoard
for 17 years. He has been secretary
of the " local pension board for 19
years, Is now a member of the board
of higher curricula which has to do
with the courses of Instruction of
fered at the Oregon agricultural col
lege and at the state university; he
Is a member of the state board of
health and is a former president of
that body.
At this time Dr. Smith has not con
cluded his official statement of his
candidacy, but he expects to have the
same ready within a few days when
the same will be published in this
paper.
Pittsburg Exposition Opens.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 31. With the
exhibition halls and galleries filled to
overflowing with displays, the twenty-second
season of the Pittsburg ex
position, beginning today, promisee
to surpass all past records. As usual,
a great festival of music will be a fea
ture of the exposition. From now
until October 22, when the exposition
closes, some of the greatest musical
crganizations of the world will be
heard daily. Victor Herbert's orches
tra is the opening attraction to be
followed by Pamrosch, John Philip
Si.usa and other bands and orchestras
almost as famous.
Brethren Begin Conference.
Winona Lake. Ind., Aug. 31. Min
isters and laymen from many states
are assembling here today for the na
tional conference of the Brethren
church. This denomination is what
is known as the progressive branch
of :he Dunkard or Brethren.
The International Lyceum associa
tion, which has recently made Wino
na Lake its permanent home, will al
so noli"; daily sessions here during the
coming ten days.
British Scientists Meet.
London, Aug. 31. Some of the
world's greatest savants in all branch
fa ct scientific research are assembl
ed today at Sheffield, where the Brit
ish association for the advancement
of science began its annual session.
The association, which is the greatest
scientific body in the world, held Its
meeting last year at Winnipeg. Man..
Canada. The Sheffield meeting will
continue through this week and a
part of next week.
Walsh to Fight Britt.
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 31. Jimmy
Walsh, the Boston bantam, and Yourg
Britt of this city, are matched to box
six rounds tonight before the Eureka
Athletic club. This will be Walsh's
first fight since he met Pat Moore.