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New-York tribune., 1908-09-16
yHE R4JLR04D TO THE KAABA

In certain respects the most remarkable rail
road in the world IS that which opened for
traffic at the beginning of the present month
from Syria into the Hedjaz, from Damascus to
III Medina and its construction and completion
afford a curious and impressive illustration of
the iconocIastic progress of which even the
most reactionary deSpOt may be capable. 1t
was in the spring of 1900. at the very height
Of his fanatical autocracy, that Abdul Hamid
announced his intention Of building railroad
from Damascus to FL Medina and Mecca, and
himself subscribed large sum from his pri-
vate purse for the purpose; and it was on
August 81 of that year the twenty-fifth an
niversary of his accession to the Ottoman
throne that the work was actually begun. On
August 81. 1908. his thrty-third anniversary,
the road was completed rs far as FL Medina
and was opened for travel
There are men now living who remember
well when Burton, disguised an Afghan pill
grim. made his famous journey to the two holy
cities of Islam. But Burton did not penetrate
to the innermoSt shrine, nor has any person
not ut least processing the Mahometan faith
ever done so. Sadlier, in 1919, was the first
Christian not a prisoner nor In Moslem service
to look upon the minarets of Ell Medina, but
he did not enter the city. Keith the former
Seaforth Highlander. who was taken prisoner
and became Mahometan, was for a time
Governor of that city, and Varthema the rene
gade of Bologna. who became Il Mameluke
once entered it. John Wild of Austria and
Joseph Pitts. of England, were taken thitber
as captiyes. bat probably did not approach
the tomb Of the Prophet Seetzen, Russian,
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16
nERu4N}~S FISCAL PROBLEM.


The suppostion, which was mentioned in these
columns. as to the extraordinary action taken by
the German government concerning Morocco
and recognition of the successful uSurper there
namely. that it was intended TO divert atten-
ton from or TO exercise influence upon domestic
affairs in Germany-seems to receive some CON
firmation from the inspired utterances which
are now being made about the inevitable neces-
sity for n considerable increase In imperial tax
alton Such a proposal is never welcome in any
country, and there is obviously Il feeling at
Berlin that it may be regarded unfavorably by
q large part of the German people. Hence these
studied and elaborate efforts in ''Ihe North Ger
man Gazette to explain the situation and 10
persuade the people that prosperity depends
upon taxation.
There can be 10 question that radical re-
vision of imperial finances IS desirable, and
probably necessary. We have remarked upon
the rapid and apparently inevitable increase OF
the imperial debt. In 1877 it only $4,000
900: BY 1900 ii had risen TO $J75000000 NoIV
il is S1.OIj.G00.O00. and il is increasing mt the
rate of S1000o0000 year. There seems to be
no way Of diminishing the expenditures or cf
checking their steady growth. Therefore, The
debt must keep increasing unless some
means can be found Of prOportiOnately increaS-
ina the imperial revenue. Obviously the re-
ceipts from customs excise and other indirect
taxation are not and not be made sufficient
to pay for Germanys gigantic army and rapidly
growing navy. Some other source of income
must therefore be found to meet expenses and
create sinking fund, unless the empire is TO
be overwhelmed with debt.
PROFESSIONALLY, it is sound finance " seek to
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16

A correspondent from Kansas calls our atten-
ton to the fact that Senator J. 3. Davies Of
New York" has been telling glowing tales OF
Bryan's strength I'm New York to a reporter Of
The Topeka Capital" There is such New
York Senator the rolls at Albany. Probably
some practical Joker is merely amusing himself
at the expense of the Kansas public.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16

This ne1cspaper is opned and puohShed oV
The Tribune Association, NeIc York corpora
tioH; 3foe and principal place Of business
Tribune Building, No. I54 Nassau Sfreef, NeW
York: Ogden MfI8. president; Ndthdmfel Tuffie'
,ecretarv and treasurer The address Of the
officers Is the Office of this newspaper
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEu.o,-
rBy TsleS-aph ~

tBy Telegraph 70 The Trft1na1
Newport, Sept. 15-There was m,
for the Newport summer colony to do go oeas
and Mrs H. H. Ward gave luncheon. M =. 70.
Dyer olnner and Miss Annie Leary a recen+a. .saa
Mrs. James P. Kernochan has fsa,.5 7p1oa
a large dinner party on October I ns
Colonel and Mrs Howard A Stsvenso,
and Mrs BraddIn Hamilton will rsmat, - 1-'o 4 Nj
port until the latter part OF October NJ = NeS.
Elisha Dyer will also be late stayers 'irS
Registered at the Casino TODAY v,,-.
O'D. Iselin- Eugene Higgins and the c.. ~..'ara
Bernis. OF Paris. ' %
Cornelius Vanderbilt departed to-day for N..
York Ns1
Prinz Vincent windisch Gras,z a, a..
has returned TO Bar Harbor Iia
Miss Louise McAInster, Of New York
tain and Mrs r. p Croft. OF England - ~. Cap-
been the guests Of DR.. and Mrs ] 7 Nc -o aaFs
ended their Newport visit. HaFs
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16
ANOTHER TERM FOR HUGHES.
An Early Forecast.

From The Tribune May 3. 1908.
The people of New York might generally regret
the mpossibility of avoiding this conclusion that
Mr.. Hughes could not be nominated for PresidenO
If 10 necessarily meant a temporary retire
ment of Mr. Hughes from public life at the ex-
piration of his term Governor But that is not
its necessary meaning. On the contrary. unless
the public misconceives the spirit in which he con-
strues his duty, he Will not resist OverwheIn-
ing public demand that he continue the work he
IS doing until il has been more nearly done.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16
EUGENE HIGGINS ARRIVES.

IBy Telegraph 10 The TribuneI
Newport. r. l.. Sept. 15.-Eugene Higgins arrived
here early to-day the steam yacht NarunI
from Cherbourg. France. thus completing his
twenty fifth trip across the Atlantic He has as
guests Benjamin NicolI. Count de Bernis. viscount
du Perigny and DIT. whitman OF Paris.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16
PUBLIC FUNERAL FOR BISHOP PolIs

The public funeral services Tor o'sIef ocps
will be held In Grace Church ON 1ueS01ss 1u.,,l r,se
20. at IL a. m This was decided ST 49, . f,rs
ing of the committee appointed oy .,sr,yr.
Bishop Greer VIII offciate' ou' Ths EI
%q 9sbnD g "I1,e pnsta will rest In the crypt Of s'
tbs1roI ~ s. Josn ths Divine. and will % '-'
10 he entCnbed there.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16

Two months ago Mr.. Herman RIdder was so
convinced that Mr.. Bryan could not be elected
that he went TO Lincoln TO urge the Neoraskan
leader to put aside ambition and let Governor
Johnson Judge Gray be nominated. The sor-
rowful pleader of July is the radiant prophet OF
September He has already carried the West
for Bryan, and thinks Of throwing in New York.
New Jersey and New England for good meas
ure Mr.. Bryan's educational canvass has at
least thoroughly educated Mr.. Ridder.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16

The Hon. John wesley Gaines says that his
defeat for denomination TO Congress was due
ito the work Of the powder trust the tobacco
trust and the express trust" II ne Is sure OF
his facts Mr.. Gaines should apply to Mr.. Bryan
for a mandamus compelling his successful
Democratic competitor TO withdraw. Shall the
neopIe or the trusts rule in the 6th Tennessee
CONGRESS District?
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16
KING MANUEL REVIEWs TRooPs.

Lisbon Sept. 15-F0ng Manuel reviewed eight
thousand troops to-day the occasion OF laying
the foundation stone OF a monument to the heroes
of the war OF 1903 who drove the French out Of
Portugal The King was cheered by the popuiace.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16
ESTATE
BUYS AoplcKs NEWPORT EslA'
TBy Telegraph to The rrioune.I

TBy Telegraph TO Ihe I III'1''rs r,-tis Jsr'
Newport. r l.. Sept t5.-Arthur -. hiss %
OF New York. who spent the summer zsraiss
chased BeIvoir. one OF the handsO,'leSs Osa'
the Beacon Hin district. 1t was 10 ss5. aOe
bv =. Edwards Addlcks and Is taXSu ~
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16
GETS LICENSE TO WE'D MISS p

Among the applicants for narTlas ,I+s gugh v
the city Hall yesterday was the [,.,,,Ow [U,,i sOi
vile Howard. son Of the Earl or "oTlity uonility. =
Irish-born member OF the BRUSH souds dsrs
Howard is to marry Miss May Emmy seo,,thaIaps
ter of Benjamin Aymar sands - - is a ns,
Long Island. on Saturday The 5s as Mr. y.
ber Of the law firm OF Bowers 8 sS"sn tsTnoxssa
ard gave his addess as the
mszxo, LAgo d Como <t24x
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16

To keep track OF the new records being made
in aerial voyages nowadays makes man dizzy.
but the task will grow less arduous after a
while
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16

Mr.. and Mrs Peter H B. Frelinghuv,.,
to-day to their place at Morristown YIN "a
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16
About People and Social Incident,

Island. on Monday for her country plac, =,
ford, Conn. 5sau
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16
THE TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Total. September Is. 19os

Contributions. preferably by cheek. nioH's s.ssr
press order. should be made payaoe - - NJ
and mailed TO the Tribune Fresh All
York
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16
Nep71prk DaiIp srihnme.

WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 16 1908.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16

Mr. and Mrs Henry Lewis Morris have returned
TO town for the season from the White Mountains
Mrs H. o. Haverneyer will leave Islip, Long
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16

Mrs. Whitney Warren Is booked TO sail on Thurs
day week to Join Mr.. Warren in Paris
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16

Mr. and Mrs. w Storrs Wells have gone 70 Bo
ton where they will stay until the end OF the wee
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock. tT-. have re-
turned to their country place at Westbury Long
Island.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-16

Mrs. Edward Mitchell Townsend sailed yesterday
| for Europe Mr. Townsend and his two Sons will
return to town from his country place at Oyster
| Bay next month.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11
This is My seth Birthday-CharIes w.
Fairbanks.

Charles Warren Fairbanks, vice.
president Of the United States, was
born May IL, 1852, in Union county,
Ohio, and received his education at
Ohio Wesleyan university. In his
early career he was engaged in news
paper work, which he abandoned to
study law and in 1874 he was admit
ted to the bar. He removed to In
dianapolis the same year and began
the practice of his profession, in
which he was eminently successful.
Though he took a more or less active
interest in politics for many years he
never held public office prior to his
election to the United States senate
in 1897. Mr.. Fairbanks was re-elect-
ed to the senate in 1902. In 1908 he
was appointed a member of the joint
high commission which met in Que
bee for the adjustment Of questions
between the United States and Cana
da. He was one of Indiana's delegates
at large to several of the republican
national conventions and was tenn
porary chairman of the convention at
st. Louis in 1896. In 1904 he was
unanimously nominated for vice
president of the United States, and
was elected on the ticket with Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11
OPEN. YAKIMA LAND
INDIAN RESERVATION
TO BE SETTLED UPON
The Portion of Yakima Land to Be
Thrown Open Comprises 1,145,OOO
Acres OF Every Character-Wapato
Project to BE Extended-POrtion TO
BE Settled Upon Can BE Irrigated.

The Yakima Republic says of the
opening of portion of the Yakima
reservation to settlement:
The most important part of the
work preliminary to the opening of
the Yakima reservation has been
completed, earlier than was expected
here. by the selection by the depart
ment of the interior Of the lands to
be withdrawn from entry for the Wa
patio project.
The officers of the local United
States land office have received notice
from the department of the lands
withdrawn and this shows that the
government contemplates the exten
sion of the Wapato project over an
additional area aggregating over 50,-
900 acres and including all of the
most desirable land from the north
and eastern boundaries of the reser-
vation as far south as Fort Simcoe
and embracing the area which could
be irrigated from the Simcoe and
Toppenish streams.
Vast Increase I'm Irrigation.
Not only does this decision of the
department mean the vast increase of
the irrigated area of Yakima valley
land but 1t also indicates that the date
of the opening of the reservation may
not be so far distant as was gener-
ally supposed, and that the govern
ment may be able to throw the reser.
vation open, as originally intended,
late this fall, or, at the latest, early in
the spring of next year.
The principal work which had to
be accomplished prior to the opening
of the reservation was the surveying
and classification of the lands and in
this department the fixing of the
boundaries of the land to be irrigated
under the Wapato project was the
most important part.
There are 1,145,000 acres of land
to be opened to settlement and this
area embraces lands of almost every
class--homestead, desert and ston,
and timber lands. A part of the ter
ritory has not been completely sur
veyed yet but this work is In progress
and should be finished during the
summer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11
Free to Our Subscribers.

We will be glad to have every reader
of our paper take advantage of the
following offer; If you will send your
name and addres to the Pineule Med
icine Co., SS9 La Sale avenue, Chica-
go, ILL.,, they will promptly mail you,
postpaid, full weeks trial of their
most excellent preparation. "Pineu-
les" The preparation, is put up in
little gelatin globules, easy and pleas
ant to take and are truly remarkable
in their quick effects on all Backache,
Lame Back, Rheumatism and all Kid
ney and Bladder affections In writ
ing them it will be necessary to men,
tion this paper Please do so. We
hope any of our readers who are suf-
fering from any such complaints will
take advantage of this offer at once,
as we know the preparation is most
highly recommended.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11
Sale of Rare Old Coins.

Berlin, May 11.-Agents for sew
eral American coin collectors were
present at Frankfort today at the
opening of the widely-discussed sale
of the coins and medals of North,
Central, and South America, belong
ing to George F. Ulex Of Hamburg,
one of the greatest of European coin
collectors. Among the pieces to be
sold at auction is what is supposed
to have been the first coin issued in
America, which is ascribed to Sir
Walter Ralegh's unsuccessful attempt
in 1884 to establish a colony on the
coast of North Carolina.
The collection to be sold embraces
more than 1000 lots of coins and
medals, many of which have not been
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11
Knights Of Columbus Meet.

Fresno, Cal, May 11.-Knights OF
Columbus are arriving here for the
first event of the long program to be
carried out at the state convention of
the order, which lasts until Thursday.
The preparation for the reception Of
the many visitors is complete and
there will be no difficulty in accom-
modating the crowd. General head
quarters were opened at the Hughes
hotel today and the officers were
kept busy issuing credentials and
badges to the arriving delegates.
Prior to the opening of the business
sessions tomorrow morning the dele
gates will attend solemn pontiflcal
mass in a body. Bishop Conaty will
preach the sermon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11
JUDD FISH is WELL KNOWN
New Proprietor of Hotel Bowman
Has q Record as Hotel Man.

new HrOpr1etOr OF HOtel bowman
Has a Record as Hotel Man.
The Dalles Optimist says Of Jud
Fish the new proprietor of Hotel
Bowman, who has just taken charge
Of that popular place and who is one
Of the best known hotel men in cas-
fern Oregon, having conducted the
Umatilla house at The Dalles for a
number of years. The Optimist says:
Jud Fish the versatile, he of the
glad hand and the sunny smile, he
who always looks so pleasant himself
that his guests part with him as with
a long lost brother-Jud is to be a
Boniface again, having taken the
Bowman house, a large hostelry. at
Pendleton.
Pendleton has three good hotels,
the Pendleton, the st. George and the
Golden Rule, but they are always
crowded.
In addition there is the large build
ing known as the Bowman. VIII Jud
do well? Sure. His old friends will
go miles out of their way to stop with
him, and borrow money from him!
(No checks or drafts cashed at the
BowmanD
Here's to you Jud; you are the gen.
ial host of Oregon, and we would
rather eat hash at your board than
quail on toast at the mahogany of
the chaps, who are always peddling
their tales of woe.
And Pendleton needs you, Jud
They need lot of chaps like you who
have some get-up-and-dust about
them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11
PERSONAL
MENTION

George w. Proebstel Of Weston Is
In the city today on business trip.
q. Ii. sunderman IL in the city from
:. Echo ranch for few days.
D.. II. u. Earnsworth leaves this
vening for Salt Lake City, where
be will locate.
w. e. Lust, a rancher Of Connell,
Wash, is here today and is visiting
with ]. B. Kennedy.
o. v. Robbins of Toppenish is a
guest of the Golden Rule while here
today on business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Sanderson Of
the Freewater Times are in the city
today on business trip.
Mrs. j. D. Plamondon returned to
her home at Athena today after
business visit to the city.
c. A. Youngberg Of Portland is
guest Of Hotel st. George while in the
city today on insurance business.
Jonathan Johnston, agent for the
Canadian Pacific irrigated lands at
Calgary is in the city for a few days
on business
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Furnish came
down from their summer home at
Bingham springs today, after spend
ing Sunday there.
zoeth Houser, former United
States marshal for oregon, came
over from Pendleton last night on
short business errand.-La Grande
Observer.
Rev'J. D. Lewellen, presiding elder
of the NJ. e. church south, for this
district returned this morning from
Walla Walla, where he held quarterly
conference yesterday.
John Wilson has purchased from
Pastime electric theater, recently
opened in the Lewis building and
the new proprietor will have charge
hereafter.-La Grande Star
Mrs. l.. E. Hiatt who has been vis-
+iting with her brother, Postmaster ].
T. Brown, will make Pendleton her
home. She and her daughter, Miss
Clara, will occupy one of the John
Vert cottages, 500 College street.
S. B. Calderhead, general agent of
the Northern Pacific at Walla Walla
is in the city today making arrange
ments for the special train to be run |
from this city to Seattle on the oc-
casion of the visit of the Atlantic fleet |
to the Puget Sound, on May %.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11
To Make Rain In sherman.

A telegram from Charles NJ, Hat
field. Crows Landing, California,
which was received by w. NJ. Bar
rett the first of the week, brought
the news that. Mr.. Hatfield will be on
the ground by or before May ii to
commence his rain precipitating op-
Grafton. Mr.. Hatfield did not sue
ceed in fulfilling his entire contract
In the given length of time this year
in California. His success, was how
ever, great enough that the farmers
felt Ike remunerating him to the
amount of $1,000. The farmers in the
nelghborhood of Crows Landing are
looking forward to bumper crop
the coming season.-Wasco News
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11
Rer. Marren,s Wife Dead.

Word has just been received in the
city that the wife of Rev. John War
ren the well known Episcopal minis
ter, formerly of this city, but now To-
Gated at Astoria, has just died at their
former home in England Rev. War;
rem was in the city few days ago on
his way to Hermiston to visit his son.
and it Is probable that he will go to
England soon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11
City BreUities
Ice cream at Hohbach,s.

Ice cream at Hohbachs.
Billiards and pool at Hennemans.
All kinds of good dry wood. See
Minnis.
wanted-To rent cottage Of sever
or eight rooms. Inquire this office.
Just arrived and set up. new bill
Hard and pool tables at Hennemans
Unfurnished housekeeping rooms
for rent. Enquire at East oregonian
office.
Plano instruction given by Laura
Nelson, S25 Ann street. Phone Black
3691.
New and first class. Billiard and
pool tables at Henneman's cigar store.
No kids.
All kinds OF transfer work done
promptly. Stansberry & Milne,
Phone Main 8.
Wizard Lawn Mowers excel Our
prices are right. Goodman Hardware
Co. See our line OF lawn hose.
Safety Insurance Gasoline Stoves
are approved by the National Board
OF Fire Underwriters Made right.
works right. Sold by Goodman Hard
ware Co.
Now open-California restaurant
next door to Empire Meat market.
Just opened under new management
Best cook, meals zoe, Give them
trial.
$50 will buy an Eldridge rotary
sewing machine at Goodman Hard
ware Co.'s. This machine is equip
ned with ball bearing stand. light run
ming. mission oak mirror finish
Guaranteed for 10 years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11
SPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Monday.

Southern intercollegiate tennis tour
nament opens at Atlanta.
Tommy Burns VS.. Bill Squires, 20
rounds, at Chelsea. England.
Interstate trap shooting tourna-
ment opens at Dallas, Texas.
Tuesday.
Willie Fitzgerald VS.. Aurelia Her
rera, 12 rounds. at Boston.
Joe Grim VS.. Al Kaufman, 8 rounds,
at Oakland, California.
Iowa State shooting tournament
opens at Des Moines.
Idaho state shooting tournament
opens at Walla Walla,, Wash.
Missouri-Illinois baseball league
opens its season.
Southern Michigan baseball league
opens its season.
Wednesday.
Spring meeting at Belmont park
opens with the Metropolitan Handi-
cap.
Thursday.
Annual national tournament of the
Anglers club of New York
Joe Cans VS.. Rudolph Unholz, 25
rounds, at San Francisco.
Eastern Illinois baseball league
opens its season.
Northern baseball league opens its
season.
Friday.
Algonquin hffl climb of the Chica-
go motor club.
Iowa-Minnesota dual athletic meet
at University of Minnesota,
Annual meet of South Dakota in
terscholastic Athletic association at
Brookings,
Saturday.
Jay Gould and L. II. Miles contest
in London for amateur court tennis
championship.
University of Iowa interscholastic
athletic meet at Iowa City.
University of Illionois lnterscholas-
tic athletic meet at Urbana.
Southern interscholastic athletic
meet at Tulane university.
Pennsylvania Princeton dual ath-
letlc meet at Philadelphia.
Harvard-Princeton baseball game
at Cambridge.
Pennsylvania baseball game at
Philadelphia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11
More GraM Cases.

Harrisburg, Pa, May 1.-THE sec
ond of the alleged graft cases hav-
ing to do with the building and furn-
ishlng of the state capitol was calico
for trial today. This is the metallic
furniture case, in which the defend
ants are Architect Huston, Congress-
man Cassell, former Auditor General
Snyder, former State Treasurer Math-
eus, former Superintendent Shumaker
and Travelling Auditor Irvine. Form
er Governor Stone and Pennypacker
are among the notables who are to be
subpoenaed for the trial.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11

Albany, ~ Y, May 1.-THE gener-
al assembly convened in extra session
today in pursuance of the call or Gov
ernor Hughes. opinion is at variance
as to what the governor will be able
to accomplish through the extra ses-
sion. 1t is well understood, however,
that he will work hard to push
through the anti-race track gambling
measures which the regular session
refused to pass,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-11

Spain is the second largest pro-
ducer of olives in the world, and the
industry is handled there with great
interest and care. About 3,5O0,O00
acres of land are planted in olive
trees, from which, in a good average
year, about 100000 tons of olives
are produced and about 60,00O,O00
gallons of oil.