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FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1909 THE ECHO REGISTER, ECHO, OKEGOJT, PACE THIt EE Perfect Time ML.BO.BHU)tfeiail J. F. KENLY PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER PENDLETON, OREGON A. L. SCHAEFER Successor tt Louis Hunziker. Jeweler and Optician Expert Watch Repairing Pendleton, : : ': Oregon Arlington Rooms The Best and Quietest Sleeping Quarters in Town Thad Barnes, Prop. Echo, Oregon : GEO. KNAGGS ; Blacksmith Wagon Maker IIornlihoeing nnl General Jtepair Work J ..Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Solicit a Share of your patronage g Hnckley Street, Echo, Ore. 5 DRAYAGE Wc Haul Anything Prompt Attention Given to AU Order Two Wagon Constantly at Work 0. G. THORNTON The Echo Drayman ttM4f, CO YEARS EXPERIENCE Tnsoc Marks Dcsions COPYRKIMTS Ac. Anront eetKlInt ail'h and dearrtMton mmf eulraif aerertata our oimiK.n fr htltr mu lnviillon t rthMf atntiirtff. Ctmronnto. lnniaincl,riiUtl.iillL HANOIOOX on Patent nt f re, i Mt- .cmirf for fte-urtre- palenta, laitiia taieti tliroaeti Munn a Cut receive tftetal a. it. M 'out ctufy, m tb. ScfeMific Jintcrlca ri!litn 'f fciif f-ict :iu Journal. 1fftn. 3 Tr ; fnrir mMiiU, L fck44 by ail redMrrta. tefUCQ,35'--'NEwYork Jlnuicti U.Tico, GS r L WaahUwiiuu,U.C. E. W. GATES, Contractor tod Builder Estimates Furnl-ltwl Jobbing and Re I airing At the Hotel Echo Echo, Oregon PORTLAND RESTAURANT Frank Okaniaur, Prop. Meal nerval nt all hours during the day. Board by the week ?5.00 We will always try to rive our customers the Best the market affords. PULL TOO ETHER FOR ECHO. PULL TOGETHER fOB XCHO, FOURTEEN DROWN AS STEAMER SINKS Collision In Dense Fog Near "Soo Costs Yessel Laden With Iron. Stricken Beat Sinks so Rapidly That Members ot Crew Have No Tim to Don Lifebelts Before Leaping From Doomed Ship Passing V. s el Picks Up Captain. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., July 13. Three minutes after tl steel steamers Isaac M. Scott and John B. Cowle bad collided in Lake Superior early today, about a mile and a half off Whitefish Point lighthouse, the Cowle bad gone to the bottom in 60 fathpms of water, carrying with her 14 members of her crew. The Scott, although badly damaged about the bows, put back to this port, where she arrived this afternoon with part of the crew of the Cowle. A heavy fog was responsible for the col lision. 1 be Scott, a new boat on her maiden trip to the hesd of the lakes, had just passed the light at Whitfiah Point, and straightened out her course up the lake, when she suddenly saw the Cowle loom up through the fog, broadside on and only a few feet away. The Cowle was down bound with 6,000 tons of iron in the hold. For 15 feet the bow of the Scott penetrated the side of the Cowle. Ton of water rushed into the great opening and in three minutes the Cowle hsd settled. Immediately after the collision a line was thrown from the deck of the Scott to the forward deck of the Cowle, and three members of the crew escaped to the deck of the up bound boat by this means. The rest of the crew who were saved jumped from the sinking steamer into the lake, some without life preservers, and were picked up by the Scott. STORM ALONG MISSISSIPPI. Waves Wash Over Levees, Inundate Farms and Drive Off Families. St Louis, July 13. A cyclonic wind struck St Louis and suburbs . at noon today. Telegraph and teU phone wires were blown down. In St Louis county trees were uprooted. Several persons were injured. The heaviest storm wss at Alton. 111., where the excursion steamer Alton was buffeted by the wind. Finding that hi boat could not make headway toward the regular wharf, the captain headed it acros the river in an at tempt to effect a londirg on the Mis souri side The boat wss tested back to midstream, which threw the p&ssen- gers Into a panic. The boat was jammed broadside into the pier of a drawbridge, where the wind held the vessel firmly until the passengers were taken off. Lashed by the wind, the waves dsshed over the levee protecting Ven ice, III., from the Mississippi river. Teii thousand acres of farm land were inundated and 150 families were forced to flee for their lives. The wind attained a velocity of 86 miles an hoar and telephone messages state that it was heavier north. TWO BANKS UNITE TODAY. Roberts to Be Head of Third Larg est in Chicago. Cbicrgo, July 13. Under the terms of an agreement reached today by the judicial committee representing the two banks, the Commercial National bank, of Chicago, tomorrow will ab sorb the Bankers' National. George E. Roberts, president of the Commer cial National, will continue as presi dent of the merged Institutions, and Edward 3. Lacey, president of the Bankers' National, will succeed Robert T. Lincoln ss chairman of the board of directors. The amalgamation will give the Commercial National a banking power of approximately $83,000,000, putting it In third olace among the Chicago National banks, the First National holdirg first place and the Continental second. Bolivia .ked to Explain. Buenos Ayre. July 13. The Argen tine government is in direct communi cation with the government of Bolivia through Senor Fonseca, the Argentine minister at La Paz, who baa presented to the Bolivian government a demand for an explanation of the attitude of the Bolivian minister here as well as for the recent attacks on the Argentine legation at La Pas. Senor Fonseca has informed the Bolivian government that be will withdraw from La Paz if the situation does not irrprov. Chinese Honor Traveler. Pekin, July 10. Prince Chun, the regent of China, toHay received Tang Shao Yi, who baa just returned to the capital from a tour of the world, which included in extended visit to tb Unit ed States. An imperial edict waa is sued today making Tang fehao Yi ex pectant vice president of one of the imperial boards, which is interpreted as meaning Uiat his service art to be recognized by the Chines govern ment. Put All Britons in Army. London, July 13. The rational ser vice bill, which provides for the com DUlsotT serrie in the territorial arm of all mala eitixets between tb agaa of 18 and SO, was introduced in tba nous of lords today by Lord Roberta. CHINESE PRETENDER KILLED Government Troops Stop Advance of Insurgent Army. Pekin, July 13. A remarkable story of the tragic fata of a youthful pre tender to the Dragon throne and a large number of his followers comes through missionary channels from dis tant Yunnan province. Under the influence of Taoist priests a prosperous member of the country gentry nailed Chu conceived the con viction that he himself was a descend ant of the Chus Ming emperors, and his son, aged 12 years, the rightful occupant of the throne. He rallied the clansmen and his neighbor 1 1 the number of upward of 2,000 men, variously armed with old guns, bows and spears. With the pre tender at their head, this insurgent army marched upon Yunnan Fu, the provincial capital, preaching an anti Manchu crusade. Near Yunnan Fu a detachment of the viceroy's modern troops overtook, attacked and routed the Insurgents. Several hundred of them are reported killed and wounded. All the members of the Chu fsmily were promptly slaughtered by the viceroy's orders. The youthful claimant, whose head waa so lately adorned by the halo of the Son oj Heaven, was after his execu tion, being paraded through the prov ince in a cage as an exhibit and warn ing to all questioners of authority in Manchu. TWO-CtNT FARE COSTLY. Roads Lose Heavily Because of Re duction in Charges. Chicago, July 13. The claim of Illi nois railroads that the 2-cent rate, while stimulating travel to a marked degree, had reduced the revenues of roar's from passenger traffic almost to the ruination point, is borne out by a comprehensive investigation by the Santa Fe road. The Illinois railroad commission in sists the law haa been beneficial to the roads. The latter say they have been compelled to employ much additional equipment and more help to handle the increased travel, which did not, by a large cum, compensate them for the extra expense. The Santa Fe worked under the operation of a similar law in Kansas, where a careful record waa kept for the first year. The Santa Fe carried 654,000 more passengers than it did the year previously under the 3-cent law. Meanwhile revenues from pas senger traffic for the same period de creased 1297,000. Railway men aay thia does not begin to tell the real loss, which is to be found in the great expense for equip ment and additional employes, the re vision of schedules and wear and tear of property due to more constant use. RIOTING IN BOLIVIA. Mobs at La Psz Engage in Pillaging and Looting. La Paz, Bolivia, July 13. La Paz is given over tonight to riot The people swarmed into the street and did much damage. The electric light wires were cut and pillaging was be gun on all sides. Shots were beard in every direction. The situation for for eigners, especially -Peruvian and Ar gentine residents, is extremely serious. The guard protecting the Peruvian and Argentine legationa were suddenly withdrawn laat evening for some un known reaaon. When this became known, street mobs renewed their at tacks. Senor Fozesca and his wife bad a narrow escape. They made their way out of the legation and ran eight blocks, finally seeking protection in the home of the president of Bolivia. Manifeststions have been numerous in public places, and at a meeting held Saturday a portrait of Figora Alcorta, president of Argentina, was held down ward on a pole and stoned to pieces. It is reported here that considerable excitement prevails at Lima and Bue nos Ayres, and the Argentine govern ment's silence in the face of Bolivian protests is regarded as ominous. Upper Air to Be Studied. San Francisco. Julv 13. A meteor ological and atitronomical observatory ai an am tune or about 14,000 feet i to be erected on Mount Whitnev hv the Smithsonian institution. The work of preparing the trail up the mountain over which the material wiil be trans ported by packmules is already under way. It is expected the station, which will be temporary, will be completed by September 1, when Professor W. W. Campbell and Professor Abbott, of the Lick observatory, will go to Mount Whitney to make obaervations. Prince Names Successor. Berlin, July 13. The emperor has asked Prince von Buelow who he would suggest as his successor in the chancel lorship and the prince haa recommend ed Dr. von Bethmann-Holiwegg, min ister of the interior and vice chancel lor. The opinion anxng government officials appears to settle upon Dr. vn Bethmann-Hollweg, especially as the widening circle learn of Chancel'or von Buelow' recommendation. The emperor is expected in Berlin today. Frog Drifts Stop Train. Utica, N. Y July 13. A measage from Gooverneur tonight states that in a heavy wind and rain storm there thousands of amall frogs fell, covering the sidewalks to such an extent that walking was difficult. The rails of a railroad for half a mil were covered and rendered so slippery the speed of tb trans waa materially lessen ed. !A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON THE Tuesday, July 13. Washington, July 13. An unexpect ed burst of speed wss exhibited by the tariff conferees tonight and the first coniideration of the bill was complet ed. When tomorrow's session begins the struggle over important differences of the senate and house will open. Thus far all questions involving raw materials, which have been the sub jects of heated disputes, have been put over after brief discussions. The ses sion tonight adjourned at 9 :45 o'clock in order that the conferees could get the benefit of a good night's rest and be ready for the big battle at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. By passing over the cotton and wool en schedules without taking up any of the amended paragraphs and skipping the disputed points of the lumber schedule, the conferees were able to dispose of about 400 senate amend ments. Monday, July 12. Washington, July 12. By the decis ive vote ot 317 to 14, more than the necessary two-thirds, the house today passed the senate joint resolution pro viding for the submission of an income tax onetitutional amendment to the states. The negative votes were all cast by Republicans. The resolution now goes to the president for his sig nature. The debate lasted four hours. Chair man Payne, of the committee on ways and means, voiced the sentiment that such a tax would make "a nation of liars." The burden of the Democratic speeches waa that it waa simply a case of stealing Democratic thunder, al though same of the remarks on that side incidentally touched upon tariff and the corporation tax, with no little amount of castigation of the Republi cans for failing to keep party pledges. Friday, July 9. Washington, July 9. During a ses sion lasting nearly four hours, the sen ate today passed the Philippine tariff bill, and the bill automatically contin uing the Porto Rican budget Only a nominal resistance waa offered by the minority to the measure. An amend ment to the Philippine bill by John ston, of Alabama, declaring the inten tion of the United States eventually to grant independence to the Philippines, was rejected. Washington, July 9. The tariff bill is now in the handa of the conference committee. After an hour and a half of debate the house today, by a vote of 178 to 151. disagreed to the senate amendments. Eighteen Republicans voted sgainst sending the bill to con ference, and one Democrat voted with the Republican majority. Washington, July 9. The house and senate conferees on the tariff bill this afternoon mapped out the program for the many sessions they must hold to make the final draft of the measure. An agreement may be reached in 10 daya, though the house conferees are expected bitterly to contest many of the senate amendments. Senator Aldrieh and Representative Payne are fearful lest the final action on the conference report in the two houses be delsyed, and an effort is be ing made to have President Taf t take part in the threatened controversy. Thursdsy, July 8. Washington, July 8. The tariff bill passed the senate just after 11 o'clock tonight by a vote of 45 to 34. Ten Republicans voted with the Democrats against the bill and one Democrat vot ed for the bill. As it passed the senate, the bill con tains almost 400 paragraphs. The senate made 840 amendments to- the house bill, many of which were added today. Consequently the enrolling clerks sre finding the preparation of the bi'l for the house an arduous task. Tbey have been following as closely upon the heels of the senate as was possible, and have the work well in hand, but aav they probably will not be able to complete their labors before late tomorrow. There, will be no delsy in sending the tariff bill to conference after it reaches the house. It is expected that the bill will be sent to that body by the senate late tomorrow. The house will met daily from now until the end of the session. Aa soon as the bill is received, Dal- zell is expected to offer a resolution by which the house will disagree to tlx senate amendmenta en bloc and agree to a conference. Wednesday, July I. Washington, July 7. With a gene ral understanding that the final vote on the tariff bill should be taken by 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the senate ; adjourned at 7 o'clock this evening. The arrangement for a vote t -morrow waa arrived at as an alternative for a session tonighL The income tax qu'S- ! tion, including the corporation tax! provision snd inheritance tax, received much attention in the senate todsy and the straight income advocates were afforded the opportunity to get a vote Taft Given "Big Stick." ! Washington, July 14. President! Taft was presented with a bludgeon six I feet leng and shsped like a big stick of Rooaeveltian authority, which became famous during the laat administration. The doner waa J. E. Forbes, of Ottawa, Kan., who sent it with this message: "The Almighty probably grew this big stick for some good purpose, and I ex pect tht it waa to allow yoo to swat tba tariff bill and other scheme of criminal extortion." WORK OF CONGRESS in favor of the income tax as opposed to the corporation tax. The income tax was defeated by 48 to 7 and with the corporation tax provision securely established as a part of the bill, there was considerable effort to amend it FALL EXAMINATION DATES. Civil Service Tests Will Be Held in Northwest Cities Generally. Washington, July 9. Civil service examinations to fill vacancies in the government departmental service in Washington are to be held generally throughout the country thia coming fall, and will cover appointmenta as clerks, stenographers, typewriters, etc. The examinations will be held at Port land September 8 and 20 and October 13; atAstoris, Baker City and Eu gene, September 8 and October 13; Grants Pass, September 18, and Pen dleton, September SC. In Washington the examinations will be held at Seattle September 8, 23 and October 13; Spokane, September 8 and 29; Pullman, Bellingham, North Yaki ma and Port Townsend, September 8 and October 13, and additional examin ations at Bellingtam September 15 and North Yakima September 28. The Idaho examinations will be held at Boise September 8 and October 1 and 13; Pocatello, Octob-r 4, and Mos cow, September 8 and October 13. Wrights Displease Army Officers. Washington, July 8. The signal corps officers concerned in the aero plane trials exhibit signs of irritation at the apparent unconcern of the Wright brothers regarding matters which to the army officers seem ex ceedingly important. Brigadier Gene ral James Allen, chief signal officer, and every member of the corpa want members of the house to witness the flights that congress may treat more kindly requests for appropriatioss. Will Cruiae Asia's Cosst. Washington, July 12. Tentative ar rangements have been made by the Navy department to have the first and second divisions of the Pacific fleet cruise in Asiatic and Philippine waters during next autumn and winter. Rear Admiral Sebree, commander-in-chief of the fleet, will arrange the details. The vessels probably will leave the Pacific coast late in August and return to the United States late in March. McCleary for Mint Head. Washington, July 10. There are strong indications that James T. Mc Cleary, of Minnesota, former repre sentative in congress and later assist ant postmaster general, will be ap pointed superintendent of the mint, succeeding Frank Leach', who resigned to accept a business proposition in California. His nomination is expect ed before the expiration of the present session of congress. Csnnon Will Leave Vacancy. Washington, July 9. It has been decided by Speaker Cannon not to fill the vacancy on the ways and means committee resulting from the death of Representative Cushman. That com mittee will not meet again to consider tariff legislstion and until another tariff bill is framed, will be less im portant than it has been this session. The Pepublicans still have a majority of four. Twenty-One Lose Placee. Washington, July 10. Seventeen in spectors and fur revenue agents on the denatured alcohol rolls of the in ternal revenue bureau have been dis missed because their services are no longer needed. The expectation that denatured alcohol would make rapid strides in supplanting easohne as a motive power for small farm engines. automobiles, etc., has not held good. Professor Newcomb Dies. Washington, July 13. Professor Simon Newcomb, the famous astronom er, deid at his home in this city at an early hour this morning at the age of 74. Probably the most noted American agronomical mathematician a'nea the days of Benjamin Franklin, Professor Newcomb was recognized at the time of his death as one of the world's great est scientists. Corporations Plan Fight. Washington. Jul 10. Confirmation of the expectation in many quarters mat tne large corporation or the coun try .wj'J seek to hold up the collection of taxes under the corporation tax bill by an appeal to the court to test the constitutionality of the law, wa given here today by a prominent official of the Treasury department "Many Places Want Taft. Washington, July 13. Since the an- nounrement of President Taft's tenta tive itinerary for his Western trip, the White House has been fairly flooded with telegram and letter requesting that the tour be extended to include varioi elate a-:d cities that did not ha'-e a place on the preaideont'a list. Yakima Land Again Opened. Washington, July 13. The Interior dp; artment has cancelled an order with drawing 2!0,000 acre of public Isnd in connection with the Yakima irriga tion project in Washington, and tie same beromee lubjeet to rettlement October 5 and to entry November 4. Wheat in Farmer' Hand. Wa hington, July 13. It I estimat ed by the Department of Agriculture that on June 1, ISMi'J, there was in farmers' hands, 195.00 bushels of wheat in Oregon ; 215 000 bushels in Washing'on, and 130,000 buabela in Idaho; total 04,000 buabela. TEE WORLDS GREATEST SEVi'INS MACHINE .LIGHT RUNNING. Jfma want either Vlhrntlnffhnttle. Rotary bUuUWnr aKInslo Tltnwil Chai Slilclt tearing Machine write to THE NEW HOME SEWINB MACHINE COMMIT Orange, Mass. . f mit tewtnr machine r made to Mil rrcartllci. el Qiuliiy, but ih Mew Home U made lo treat. Our guaranty never runt out. . Sold bjr Mihortaed dealer eaXfe roe salb av Pendleton Furniture Co. Pendleton, Ort.oa A. C. CRAWFORD U. S. Land Commissioner Ilermiston, Oregon W. E. THRESHER LAWYER echo, : : : : : OREGON1 r. it. Doitx, m. d. l'liywlelun ami Surgeon. OREGON ECHO 1U. A L ICY AN I Kit iti:n lMiyMlclun & Surgeon Echo IMione lllack 74 J. 1'lt.WK siikitox, Attorney at law. ECHO OREGON It. It. JOHNSON, Attorney at Law. ECTIO OREGON IXIGE DIIUXTOJtY. Overlnml InIk No. 23, 1. O. O. F Meet every Saturday evening In the Odd Fellow' hall on Dupont atreet. Henrietta Heliekah Lodge No. 36, I. O. O. -Meet second and fourth Wednesdays of each month In Odd Fellowa' hall. t'maUlla lodge- No. 40, A. F. A A. M. Meets first and third Saturday of each month in the Masonic hall on Dupolnt atreet. Fort Henrietta ramp No. T73, W. O. W. Meet first and third Wednes days of each month In Odd Fellow hall. CllfRfll MKIXTOUY. . .Metli'iMliKt Church Sunday school at 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m., every Sunday. r)ll SAI.K. Huy tilunka at the Echo Hi-glxter office. Are yiu seiiiling the Register to your friends T foii ham:. Old nnwiniM-rH for aula at this office, 25 cents per 100. For sale A two linrs-owpr gasolino engine. It is u good oik and can t; sean running at any time. For particulars call nt tliis olhVe. (let your print in; lit tint liegix ter ofiice, where they print tiling riht. Typewriter riMions for sale at the Register ofliec. The friend of thin papi-r will weaned, a marriage afl'-r the hon ph ase hand us in news it. m-t when they are fresh. We prefer not to publish a birth after the child in eymoon is over, or the death of man after his widow is married gain. Ka mm