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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-22
Heavy Fleece From Yearling,

McMinnville-G. W. Keen, living a
mile southwest of this city, seems to be
in the lead thus far for tie heaviest
fleece from one sheep. The animal is
a yeariing, and yielded zS pounds,
while a full sister, 2 years old, pro-
duced % pounds. Mr.. Keen sold the
clip for 221a cents a pound, and the
two feeces netted him s11.25.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-22
Man Missing, So Is SI3 .OOO

Omaha, Aug. 17.-Theodore Olsen.
ex-Danish vice consul here, and once
city comptroller of Omaha, is missing.
1t is alleged his accounts with the Dam
ish government are short $4,000, on
account OF estates he handled as trustee
for the government of Denmark.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-22
RESUME OF THE
WEEKS D0lNGS

General Review Of important Hap
penings Presented in Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers-National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27

Every supporter of straightforward city government
Mayor Moore something in the commendaon for the
stand be has taken against repeal qualification the anti
poolrOOm ordinance.
may differences opinion as the of
its necessity at the present. time, but
grounds the action by the Interstate
ment and the business it has CONVINCED that the cys
prosperity this fall depends the of gambling
at the fair, be defended. e.
council consents to become legislative jumpingjack
passing ordinance repeaHg the next the
of with conception az the dignity of city
government is certainly needed In thk respect Spokane
pears be fortunate What the council willing in
this in other instances in the past been and STILL
uncertain quantity The mayor leaves no doubt about his
position.
gambling wrong-that is disputed it's staunch
behalf of the fairbu whether the
tions city council be back forth suit
the demands of any man set Of men,
is demonstration of whether the council knows what
is doing in the first place. whether hav
to stand by its decision.
The result will settle the question Observation-Disclosures
city ordinances passed for what they worth and for
what they needed to be offered expermenay to
be hastily withdrawn If influential opposition develops.
Interstate Fair association the chamber
other bodies constitute court which ordi
affecting their interests inclusive the well
be submitted for approval?
so, what earth is the maintaining council and
stated salaries? would cheaper
each body that happens to have interest in
fashion the suit ITSELF the would
differ materially from that proposed behalf the
Interstate association
One of features present
Spectacle of Of the most energetic in the election
Mayor Moore trying to influence him action
which the himself declares would make him lose his
self respect.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27
LAUNDRY WAR IS LAUNCHED
Unions Buy Laundry to Start Work tuesday and
Will Later Erect $25, 900 Plant.

cal Laundry Workers union, was
selected as manager Of the White
Star, and permanent organization
Of the company will be completed
later. The fight Is fairly launched,
however, and there is an excellent
prospect that the laundry trust,
with its blacklist against union
workmen and. its hold on supply
dealers that has hitherto been it,
surest safeguard against COMPETE
ton, will go glimmering. 1t is only
a question of the local unions fur
nishing the means to get the union
laundry started and the patronage
to keep 1t busy, and this they are
able and willing to do.
Several business men today ex-
pressed willingness to take stock
in the new laundry. but were re-
jected because of the rule that
none but those holding union cards
will be sold stock. The unions are
taking no more chances on being
sold out Once was enough.
A special meeting OF the unions
already interested and to which all
union men are invited, will be held
at Central Labor hall tomorrow at
p. m. for the purpose of putting
the final touches on the co-opera-
tive project.
Reports from Los Angeles show
that the union cooperative laun-
dry there is doing more than half
the work of the entire city. A SINH
lar laundry in San Francisco has
more business than it can handle.
TIE Laundry Workers union last
night admitted to membership a
girl workers who walked out with
them yesterday. The union Is re-
ceiving encouragement on every
hand.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27
COMBINE IS
ALWAYS ON THEIR TRAIL
One Member Who RebeIIed Was Driven Clear
Out Of City.

ton members. Instances Of this
have been brought to The Press by
parties tot whom such representa-
tions have been made. And the in
dependents have been forced to for
felt good contracts occasionally by
the master plumbers Industrious
efforts to that end.
Manning & Lydon are also under
the ban and buy their material in
Seattle. They are putting up such
strong fight that the association
has ceased to hurt them in a busi-
ness way except In minor in
stances. But it's a question of
keeping everlastingly awake with
the firm. No supplies will be sold
them at Holly, Mason Marks big
store. The Crane Co. will sell them
nothing with the Crane name on 1t.
The Hugh Co. is also unfriendly-
all because the association has said
these men cannot earn a living at
the plumbing business in Spokane.
And what the independent does Sc
cure here he gets at about 10 per
cent advance In prices.
Usually the independent plumb
ers are able to buy supplies here
for work outside the city. One in
dependent used some of such sup
plies for work in town and was i'm
mediately cut off by Holly Mason
Marks.
All the independents, however,
are doing all the work they can get
on account of being able to prompt
ly secure the material needed in
Seattle. II the master plumbers
trust could influence the dealer
there they would wipe out all
semblance Of competition. The in
dependents are making good their
ground in spite of having to pay
exhorbitant freight rates.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27

The action of the laundry trust
yesterday in forcing the open
shop" on the union employees of the
Eastern laundry, which resulted in
a walkout, crystalized a movement
that will test the strength of the
combine and bears a good prospect
Of breaking 1t up altogether.
Immediately following the trou-
BILE yesterday noon the Central La
Dor union, Structural Trades al
lance and Laundry Workers union
committees closed a pending deal
for the White Star laundry at 1911
Broadway. They purchased the
machinery and leased the property.
All the union employees will go to
work there Tuesday morning and
enough work to keep them busy
has already been pledged.
Last night the committees met
at Central Labor hall and organized
a project that will result in the
erection of $4,000 laundry plant
in this city in which nobody but
a union member can hold stock. 1t
Will ne incorporated as tne UNION
Laundry Co. and will be ample to
handle all the union work in this
city. Every employee will be union
and the force thus furnished EN-.
poyment will be suffi GENTLY strong
to balk any attempts of the trust to
smother the organization. The
union scale of 9 hours and ad.
vanced pay will be strictly OBJ
served, and the union employees
will furnish a convincing demon
stration to the rest Of the laundry
workers of the value of labor or
ganization. The White Star will
serve as makeshift until the big
laundry is ready.
G. G. Moore, president Of the To-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27
EVEN GAMBLERS ADMIRE
MAYORS NERVE

Mayor Moore today has been the
recipient of the congratulations
and fluctuations Of people in every
walk of life for his firm stand
taken yesterday on the poolroom
question. He remarked today that
he did not know he had so many
friends.
1t had quite generally been pre-
dicted by those unacquainted with
the mayor that, if the city council
amended the ordinance he would
consider their action as the will Of
the people exercised by their repre-
sentatives, and sign 1t.
But he anticipates no such ac-
ton. Should the council pass the
repeal the mayor will veto it.
The mayors action has cooled
the ardor Of some of the workers
for the fair, who did not anticipate
his firm stand. -
Even professional gamblers, al
though deploring the fact that the
mayor has probably killed what
hopes they had of reaping a rich
harvest, at the same time honor
the man who, in the face of the
petitions signed by almost all the
prominent business men of the
town, would stand on his prin-
ciple and refuse to acquiesce in
the passage of an amendment
which would make imperative for
2 weeks a law which a month ago
was generally demanded by all
the better class of people.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27
YES
LAUMER, NO
OTHERS :? :? F?

Just how the city council now
stands on the question of amending
the poolroom ordinance so as to al
low gambling on horse races at the
fair from Sept. % to Oct. 5, will not
be known until the matter is dis
cussed in council, probably next
Tuesday night.
Councilmen who were asked for
views today were not anxious to
express themselves on the pro-
posed amendment except N. S.
Pratt and Nick Laumer. Mr.. Pratt
stated in positive terms that, de-
spite the exclusive interview in
The Press in which Mayor Moore
took a stand against the amend
ment, he would vote for it.
Councilmen E. v. Lambert, Capt
John Gray, Brown and Fred e.
Baldwin, declined to make state
ment.
Nick Laumer says he is directly
against allowing pool selling at the
fairgrounds because the measure
attempts to reverse action which
the council took in good faith and
meant to be permanent-if II
wasn't it would not have acted as
II did. He voted for the ordinance
with such understanding.
Councilman Lambert is undoubt
eddy in favor of the repeal because
he introduced it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27
DIVER TO SEEK
BODY OF BOY

Ed Shanks ule deep sea diver
who is in the city from Lewiston,
Idaho, may attempt this afternoon
to locate the body of Harry Egg
gleston. age 10, drowned north of
the Post st. bridge. Shanks is con-
fident he can locate it If it is In the
water where it was see to disap-
pear His partner will arrive some
time today from Lewiston with the
diving outfit The men have been
doing some work in the Snake riv-
err near Lewiston. This morning,
fearing that the crowds might in
jure the Post st. bridge, the police
stretched a rope so as to keep clear
the north side.
Experiments conducted with a
dummy sent over the rocks where
the boy was lost seem to indicate
the possibility of the body being
drawn into a hole or subterranean
outlet from which 1t may never be
recovered. A bouy attached to the
dummy by 40-foot line was drawn
around by the eddy and suddenly
disappeared. The dummy could
not be found below the pool.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27
MIDDLE,
GETS WORSE
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ASHEVILLE, July 27.--Presi-
dent Finley, of the Southern rail-
road, was arrested today upon a
warrant issued by state authorities
in the rate war muddle. He was
promptly released on habeas cor
pus issued by Judge Pritchard,
whose interference in behalf Of the
railroad has caused strained rela-
tons between federal and state au-
thorities.
A warrant was also issued for
Agent Wilson, of the same road.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 81
Sanford arrived here this morning
to confer with officials of the de-
partment of justice. 1t Is declared
here that the action of Judge Lyon
in causing the indictment and ar
rest Of ticket agents puts the issue
squarely up to Federal Judge Prit-
chard.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27

corroborated testimony of an ac-
complete"
Plunging into Orchards evidence
the judge went to great pains to
show it must be carefully weighed.
He said:
THE jury is instructed that Or
chard claims he is an accomplice
in the commission of the offense
charged. onder the statute this
person cannot be convicted OF
crime upon the testimony of an ac-
complete unless such accomplish is
corroborated by other evidence
which of itself, without aid from
the testimony of the accomplice,
tends to connect the defendant
with commission of the offense
charged"
"Corroboration Is not sufficient if
1t merely shows commission of the
offense and circumstances there
of. The law views with distrust
the testimony of an accomplice on
account of the motive he may have
for laying responsibility of his
crime on another, when by so do
ing he may secure immunity for his
own participation.
IF you believe from the evil
dence Orchard was induced or in
fluenced to testify by any promise
his testimony should be received
by the jury with caution and
scrutiniZed with great care. I'm
less there Is some evidence other
than the evidence of Orchard there
can be no conviction.
ut is not necessary, however,
that corrobOrative evidence itself
should be sufficient to actually
show commission Of crime or con-
meet the defendant. 1t is sufficient
If it positively tends to connect de-
PENDANT with commission of the
crime charged"
The Judge concluded as follows:
"YOu are instructed that under
the Indictment in this case, defen-
dant may, II evidence warrants, be
convicted OF murder in the first de-
gree, murder In the second degree,
manslaughter, or you may find him
not guilty"
Haywood, surrounded by his en-
tire family, looked decidedly nerv-
GUS during the reading Of the
courts instructions. The court
room was crowded and the au-
dience maintained GREATNESS ST.
lence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27
VI. W.P. HAS DELAYED
BRIDGE WORK TILL FALL

The bridge gang that is to con-
struct the piers for the north chan
mel bridge at Howard st. has COM
pleted the building of heavy
barge which will be used to carry
the cables and sounding apparatus.
1t is stated that frost will be on the
ground before the piers are COM
pleted. It begins to look now as
II the actual construction of the
new concrete bridges at Howard st.
will be delayed until fall on ac-
count Of the dilatory tactics of the
city council evidently following out
the dictatiOn Of the Washington
Water Power Co.
This company has entered objec-
ton after objection, seemingly for
NO other reason than to delay the
work. First 1t must have its own
engineer inspect the plans. This
engineer could not report until the
return from somewhere of d. l..
Huntington; then the bridge wasn't
planned just right and new plans
were asked for. Then the COM
pany wants another imported and
expensive engineer to revise the
plans and act as consulting en-
gineer. And the council stood for
all that.
Here the matter is tied up. The
Washington Water Power Co., per-
haps, in the far distant future, will
report to the council that its en-
gineer is to be had from somewhere
or other. Until 1t does, 1t is doubt
ed II the actual bridge construction
will be commenced.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27
OVER so But MAKES
GREAT RIDE +

Harvey Corey, age 62, accompan-
led by his son, Byrle, arrived in
this city yesterday after riding on
bicycles from Sac City, Iowa, to
Billings. Mont. more than 1000
miles. At Billings they abandoned
their wheels and came the rest Of
the way by train. The elder Mr..
Corey weighed over 200 pounds
when he started and lost 35 along
the way. He undertook the trip
for his health and stood 1t fine.
They started in May and rode 80
to so miles day, for the most part
following the Burlington railroad
across Nebraska and Wyoming.
After a few days visit at the
home of DR.. j. Farquhar, 818
Twelfth av., the elder Mr.. Corey
will continue the trip to North
Yakima and the coast. He has a
daughter at Yakima. The son will
also go to the coast. They expect
to leave Tuesday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27
GLASS JURY. IS
tST|lL OUT
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 81
With every indication OF not being
able to arrive at a verdict the jury
IN the case Of Louis Glass appeared
In court at $50 this morning and
requested Judge Lawler to give
further instructions and have the
testimony Of Homer King, Evan
Pillsburg, Fred Eaton, A. ]. Steiss
and Henry T. Scott re-read.
The jury also asked the court
10 inform 1t when e. ]. thinner,
who Is In the county Jail serving
3 days sentence for refusing to
testify, was elected vice president
OF the Pacific States Telephone Co.
The jury held a stormy all night
session and when dawn came was
as far from a verdict as when they
retired. It Is reported the jury
stood . to 3 for acQuittal on the
ballots taken.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27
HAYW0OD'S CASE HAS
BEEN GIVEN TO THE JURY
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Omitted Press Association.)
BOISE, July 27.-The jury that
is to decide the fate Of Haywood
as far as this court is concerned
retired to deliberate on the verdict
at 1905 this forenoon.
When the clerk called Haywood
to the bar the accused showed for
the first time the terrible strain he
is under. His face was drawn and
haggard, but still determined.
He gazed wistfully into the face
of each Juror filing past him in
hopeless endeavor to learn, If pos
sible, how the men who are to de-
cree life or death for him felt.
Everybody connected with the
trial was exhausted at the finish by
the last 6 weeks Of strain and near
ly unbearable heat.
The room in which the jury is
debating the verdict Is stuffy lit
tie apartment measuring Sx12 feet,
furnished with IL chairs and plain
tables. The sun streams down on
the roof, adding to the high tenn
perature within.
On the lawn below armed depu-
ties keep back the curious crowds.
Many persons tried to get close to
the wall to penetrate, If possible,
the secrets of tue jury room.
BOISE, July 27.-The oratorial
efforts of attorneys on both sides in
the Haywood trial were set at
naught today by Judge Wood who,
as presiding judge had the last say.
His clear exemplication reduced to
dry facts the real kernel of this ia
NOUS murder case.
Haywood, the court plainly
stated, was on trial only for the
murder Of Steunenberg, On the
surface his instructions would
seem to favor the Defense. but the
real fact is that they favor the law
of Idaho.
The instructions were probably
the most voluminous in the GRIM
inal annals of the country. Sum-
ming up the case in $4,000 words.
Judge Wood insisted that the jury
must convict, If at all, after all rea-
sonable doubt had been removed,
and he very carefully analysed
what a reasonable doubt is, accord.
Ing to law.
IF it is possible for you to recon-
ellie the facts in this case upon any
reasonable theory, consistent with
the innocence Of Haywood, it is
your duty to find him not guilty.
The burden on the prosecution
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27
YOUNG GIRL ESCAPES
GOOD SHEPHERD HOME

ficers stationed at the depots to in
tercept any flight from the city by
train. The girl is penniless. and it
is the belief of the authorities that
her escape was prearranged by
someone outside WHO was waiting
for her.
The following description of
her was furnished the police: Age
16, but looks IS; round face: fat
and weighs about l40 pounds; 5
feet inches tall; wore dark blue
waist and dark skirt; hatless and
wore veil over her head.
She was not captured at the de-
pots and Truant Officer Peters was
detailed to make especial search.
He knows the girl and would easily
recognize her.
She and her sisters came here
some months ago from Genesee.
Idaho. The other sisters, who
have also been in trouble, were
taken home by brother.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27

There are 4 master plumbers in
Spokane, that are outside the pale
of the association but right in close
to that organization resentment.
They are the Petyus Plumbing Co.,
Manning & Lydon, j. E. Wormald
and the Weston Co.
Each of these has felt the weight
of the associations displeasure.
BY hook or crook some of them
have Jared better than others, but
none has had chance for mo-
ment to forget that the plumbers
trust was after him. 1t is case
of hare and hounds all the time.
Petyus especially has been tar
get for attack. He used to belong
to the association but rebelled. For
while last winter, through refusal
of supply houses to sell him mate
rial and the constant warfare Of as
ISOLATION members on him person
ally, Petyus was driven out of bust
ness entirely, driven out of town,
in fact. He had to go to his farm
to keep from starving to death.
1t was the average system" as
applied by the association to all
bids on plumbing that knocked out
Petyus. When a builder solicited
estimates on a Job the association
plumbers he applied to would take
measurements and send their es-
Inmates into the association office,
where the estimates would be add
ed, the result divided by the num-
Der of bidders on the work, and the
job assigned to the member whose
estimate was nearest the average.
To this was added what was call
ed a fixture tax, which meant an
additional charge Of $40 for every
5 fixtures installed, and this tax
went to the association. 1t was
clear rakeoff. A big building meant
an additional charge of 5000 above
the actual cost and profit on the
plumbing. Hrel
With the average" all fixed up,
the plumbers in the pool went
ahead and submitted their bids. II
the man nearest the average" got
the job, all right. If for any rea-
son another bidder got it, the lucky
man was assessed a sufficient per-
centage to make up the difference
to the average" holder in the as
ISOLATION. Naturally there are ways
to make the builder pay that, too.
1t probably explains somewhat OF
the mystery of the extras" the
plumber usually finds excuse to in
clude in the bill. The association
has to live.
Petyus was unpopular with the
association, Notwithstanding he had
paid his membership of 5000. He
claims that although he paid up
his deficiency when the average"
was against job he got, when
other members owed him on the
same score they refused to pay. 1t
looked like a 1-sided proposition to
him and he drew out. Since then
the making of a living has been
highly interesting for him, although
of late things are coming easier. as
he has established connections
with Seattle supply house that
has no fear of the master plumbers,
But there is no forgiveness for him
here.
On several occasions Petyus has
lost work through attacks made on
his ability and standing by associa'
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27

A sensational escape from the
Home OF the Good Shepherd was
made this morning by Pearl Clay.
age Is, who was serving time there
for running around the streets at
night.
The girl pretended to have the
nose bleed and asked permission
to go to her room on the second
floor in the rear OF the building.
The matron was at the front. After
Pearl reached her room she quick
ly tied the sheets on her bed to-
gether and then, peering cautiously
out the window to see II the coast
was clear. let down the sheets and
followed hand over hand to the
ground below.
Then she made a daring break
for liberty. The matron saw her
fleeing. but the fleet-footed girl
soon dlstanced her pursuer.
The police were notified and Of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27

to prove conspiracy was formed
that In its execution the same par
ties killed Sleunenberg.
"The burden is upon the prosecu-
ton throughout. 1t never shifts to
the defendant. Therefore If the
prosecution failed in each and ev-
cry one of these facts you should
acquit.
you are further instructed that
such combination or conspiracy
cannot be established by the UNI
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-27
AUTO CAUSES
SERIOUS INJURY

Mrs. g. H. Cox, who lives on a
farm at Wild Rose prairie, was
thrown out of wagon by run
away team about 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon and seriously injured. Auto
No. 1046 frightened her team.
When the horses ran away the
driver Of the auto made no effort
to stop and assist the woman. She
was taken to the home of Mrs. NJ.
T. Fowle, 1924 College av.