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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-27

of the Lehigh valley, c. e. Lee of
the Boston & Maine, M. S. Corners
of the Hooking Valley and other
prominent operating men are mem
bers of the committee.
The resolutions provide that in
the opinion of the association the
substitution of the telephone for
the telegraph in blocking and dis
patching trains can be made safely
and the use of the telephone for
such purposes is recognized and
recommended as a standard oper-
ating instrumetnality.
In connection with this import
ant change in operating methods
it may be said that many railroads
have either installed the telephone
on some part of their lines or are
preparing to do so, or are extend
ing their telephone system which
has already been installed. The
movement toward the use of the
telephone was accelerated by the
new nine hour law for telegraph
operators. The operation of this
law is costing the railroads fully
$10,000,000 additional every year,
and the substitution of the tele-
phone will reduce the cost of oper-
alton materially.
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FELL DOWN WELL; Is
NOT INJURED

SEATTLE, Nov. 27.--Carter VIII
liams, age IL, living at Riverton,
in the Duwamish valley, fell 1903
feet down well and escaped
bodily injury, although he is suf-
fering from mental shock
Williams attempted to repair the
pulley block on the well ana while
engaged in the work slipped. He
seized the well rope to steady him
self and plunged headforemost
down the we'll shaft.
The boys screams attracted his
mother.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-27
MARKETS
FURNISHED by Walter J. Nichols
& Coz

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Ameri-
cans in London irregular. with no
important changes. Pittsburg ex-
poets orders for 100000 tons of
rails within 80 days, mostly for
Baltimore & Ohio, Pennsylvania
and New York Central. Some cut
in steel tariff considered certain,
and consumers are holding off,
pending definite action. Regular
dividend on American Mailing ex-
pected December q. National Lead
interests say they will benefit
rather than lose by any change in
tariff ON lead. Anaconda mine fire
bad in spite of denials. Revivals in
business since election has not ex-
tended sufficiently to make any es-
sential change in easy money con-
ditions. A decided upward trend is
displayed by Atchison, Katy and
Southern Pacific, and they may do
better Northern Pacific, Louis
vile & Nashville and New York
Central display rallying tendencies.
Just above the high prices reached
Wednesday offerings are reported,
as expected would be the case, in
st. Paul, Reading, Union Pacific
and Northern Pacific.
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ONCE PASTOR IS NOW
DRINK MAD

LA CROSSE, Wis, Nov. 81
Once pastor of one of Americas
most fashionable churches, St.
Johns Episcopal at Newport, and
numbering among his parishioners
the Goulds, the Vanderbilts and
other millionaires, the Rev. 8. w.
Moran is now an inmate of an in
sane asylum at Mendoza, Wis. Ply
sicians say he lost his mind be-
cause of constant attendance of
fashionable social functions at
Newport and the excessive use of
alcoholic drinks.
The drinking habit, according to
Moran's statement when commit
ted, was acquired by him while he
was associated with Newport's
smart set.
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out on the scaffold each day and
worked away with her paint brush.
unmindful of the lake breezes
which whipped her skirts about
her sturdy limbs. Hundreds watch
ed her daily from the sidewalks
below. BY winning Flossie gets
$500, in addition to regular wages
as a sign painter. at which job
she Is no novice.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-27

Miss Flossie Sands OF Detroit
made a bet with a man that she
could work six hours q day for six
days, painting a sign on a bill
board on top of the Kanter build
ing. 1870 feet above the street.
FlOssie won the bet. Dressed In q
bright red blouse, a short skirt,
bloomer3 and high boots, she got
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START BIG MILL

lBELLINGHAM, Nov. 27.-L. o.
Waldo, manager of the Bellingham
Bay Lumber Co.'S big plant here,
returned from San Francisco,
where he was called for a confer
ence with the company officials,
with the announcement that the
plant is to be started up, after sew
eral months closedown. The mill
will be reopened by the first of the
year If lumber conditions continue
to improve, and that they are
bound to do SO is the firm belief
of the manager.
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PHONES BEAT TELEGRAPH
IN OPERA TING RAILROADS

CHICAGO. Nov. 26,-The Ameri-
can Railway association. the high
est authority on problems of opera
ton, has set the seal of. approval
upon the use of the telephone in
place of the telegraph for the opef-
alton of trains. The position of
the association was clearly defined
during the last session of the asso-
citation here, when resolutions COW
ering the matter were passed.
The resolutions are taken to
mark a new and important epoch
in the railway oepration of the
country, for the, association de-
clares the use of the telephone to
be as safe and more expeditions
than the telegraph. The departure
is somewhat startling, because the
association Is the most conserva-
tive body in the world, and never
approves of departure from exist
ing methods until after the fullest
investigation and trial.
The resolutions were passed
upon the recommendation of a
joint committee on interlocing and
block signals, at the head of which
is F. c. Rice. general inspector Of
transportation of the Burlington;
w. A. Garrett of the Seaboard Air
Line, II. II. Ashton of the North
western, w. G. Bester of the Cen
trail of New Jersey. A. M. Shower
OF the Pennsylvania, nj. B. Cutter
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U. s. Government Bonds.
Chicago Grain Market.

CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-Wheat
opened steady. While local and
pit trade favor decline to prices
they are not selling much. Best
people in northwest certain OF
smaller receipts next week. Argen.
tine surplus of 30.000.000 to 100000.
900 below last year. Condition Of
winter crop doubtful and situation
bullish.
Corn-Shorts in December are In
tight place. Armour long six mils
lion. Little contract corn in sight
Visible wheat, 100000 against
$685. 900 last year; corn, $4,000
against 1.l21,000,
Wheat, close: December $1,03%
May, $1.0S1s; July, $1.01%.
Corn. close: December, 62%c;
May, 62ssc; July, 62hc.
Oats. close: December, 4S&c;
May, 50Nc: July. 46asc.
Liverpool close-Wheat II to u
lower: December wheat 7-10ss
Corn, u lower; March corner
5-5M.
st. Louis cash wheat I cent
higher, good demand. Minneapolis
demand for cash wheat only fair
mills say new -four very poor.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 27.-Mos'
of the corn Is husked and cribbed
on the farm.
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PRISONERS REMEMBERED.

The inmates of the county and
city jails were treated to Thanks
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MUST EXCHANGE
PANHANDLE STOCK

handle will be taken off the board.
A large number of sales were re-
ported after the exchange session
ino Panhandle Smelter, Rambler
Cariboo and Snowstorm. The
stock Of the Majestral Ameca,
Patsy Clark's new Mexican prop
erty, will probably be listed very
shortly. Already the stock is be-
ing placed among local traders.
While there was no particular ac-
tivity, the market was very good
for day after a holiday.
Sales today: Panhandle, 1000
at .05; 5000 at .05
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And so the jury acquitted her
upheld the "unwritten law" on the
first ballot and returned a verdict
in seven minutes; nor was the
burst of applause that followed the
mot guilty" rebuked by the wet
eyed man on the bench.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-27

Snowstorm continued on its up.
ward course but no sales were,
recorded on the exchange. Monitort
was very much stronger, no Offer
ings being registered under 40.
Idaho Smelling & Refining Co.
stock will be listed on the ex-
change tomorrow and it is not un-
likely that it will be listed in New
York within the next 80 days. All
the outstanding Panhandle stock
must be exchanged for Idaho
Smelling & Refining stock before
January / and after that date Pan
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-27

Z jewel Elgin. or Waltham. S4,25
National Jewelry Co., 122 Post
street. ss
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Only a fool would waste any
time trying to argue with a-man
who Is in love,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16
HINDUS ARE PESTS.
w. II. Frey Tells of Conditions In
Brkish Columbia.

That the invasion of western Can.
ada by the Hindus and other Asiatics
is becoming serious is declared by w.
r. Frey, who arrived here this morn
ing from British Columbia During
the past year or more the Freys have
been at Vancouver and Victoria, b..
c., and were there during the hottest
of the agitation against the Hindus
and the Japs.
zone fifth the population of Van
couver at present are Asiatics, prin-
cipally Hindus," says Mr.. Frey. "Out
of a total population of $4,000 there
are 10000 Hindus. Japs and Chi
nese"
According to Mr.. Frey the Hindus
have become much of a pest about
Vancouver. He says they are q lazy
class of people who will not attempt
anything like hard manual labor but
confine themselves to seeking such
jobs as splitting wood, caring for
lawns, etc.
A peculiar thing about the situa-
tion in Vancouver is the fact that
while the city is caring for a horde
of unemployed white men, all the
city's scavanger work and street work
is being done by Greeks and other
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16
FOR v|OLnF|NG
I4-HOUR LAW
0. R. & N. Officials Indicted
by District Attorney G. W.
Phelps.
INFORMATION FILED
AGAINST NJ. j BUCKLEY.
Superintendent Of o. II. g. n.
Is Made Defendant by the State
Violated 14-Hour Law in Keeping
Train Crew on the Road Over IL
HOurS-First and Last Case Under
the Late Oregon Law.

This afternoon District Attorney
Phelps filed a criminal information
against NJ. ]. Bucgley, general super
intendent of the o. r. G. n. company,
charging him with violation of the IA
hour law and the railroad official will
have to plead to the same before
Circuit Judge Bean.
In several ways the indictment filed
against Mr.. Buckley is one of interest
1t is the first criminal action ever
brought under the 14-h0ur law that
was passed at the last session of the
legislature. incidentally it will prob
ably be the last one for the recently
enacted federal law, making 16 hours
the maximum time railroad men may
be kept at work, supersedes the state
law.
However, the federal law did not go
into effect until March 4, and as the
offense with which the railroad COM
pany Is now accused occurred in Oc-
tober, the general superintendent is
subject to prosecution under the state
law. Henceforth violations will be
prosecuted by the federal courts.
In the information filed today. M.
]. Buckley and John Doe the latter
being the train dispatcher at The
Dalles, who was then on duty, are
both charged with violating the law
on October 13, 1907. The railroad
record for that day shows that freight
train No. 22 bound from The Dalles
to Umatilla. was upon the run for a
period of II hours and five minutes.
The case was referred to Mr..
Phelps by the railroad commission,
who asked that it be prosecuted. Ac-
cordingly an investigation was made
by the district attorney, in the course
of which he took testimony from j.
P. O'Brien. general manager Mr..
Buckley and others. No reasonable
excuse for the delay was offered by
the railroad people and 1t is believed
that a plea of guilty will be made
when the case comes up in court.
At the same time the above case
was given to Mr.. Phelps two other
charges were also filed with him.
However the offenses occurred in the
other judicial district so no action
has been taken by Mr., Phelps.
Under the state law the penalty
for violating the 14-hour law varies
from a fine of from 800 to $500,
Imprisonment in the county Jail from
six months to one year, or both.
1t is very probable that the facts
in the present case will be stipulated
and passed up to Judge Bean without
a trial. Since October the dispatcher
then on duty at The Dalles has re-
signed and his present whereabouts
are not known.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16

Portland, April 16.-After a thor
ough canvass of the state made today
by the Portland Evening Journal, it
is declared that the estimate that 55
members of the next legislature will
be for statement No. /, is extremely
conservative.
Today it is freely predicted that the
entire Multnomah county delegation
will be statement No. l men. Op-
ponents of the statement are not is
suing any announcement and refuse
to make any prediction as to the out
come.
Down the Willamette valley re-
ports are to the effect that the state
ment No. candidates will win by
800 majority, although the fight is
very bitter.
At Medford the prediction is made
by George Putnam of the Tribune
that the democratic candidates for
the legislature will be elected because
of the fact tha' they are for the
statement and chat the republicans
didates
At Pendleton, Bert Huffman of the
East Oregonian, declares that C. A.
Barrett, statement No. candidate,
will undoubtedly be elected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16

Though the season is now well ad-
yanced, not a sheep has been sold out
of Umatilla county this spring and
the deadlock that is on between the
sheepraisers and buyers is much
greater than usual Compared with
last spring the situation is radically
different for by this time a year ago
practically all of the surplus sheep
of the county had been bargained
for.
That the sheep buyers are holding
back this spring in order TO learn
more definitely where they are at be-
fore buying was declared this morn
ing by Howard Stevens, the well
known sheep buyer. According TO
Mr.. Stevens the drought that has
prevailed all over the sheep region
during the past few weeks has af-
fected the situation greatly, while
another reason that tends to delay
matters this spring is the fact that
the growers do not know yet just
how much OF their flocks they will
have to sell.
bul d lew udlS dEO llt Oltbpu
woolgrowers executive committee
petftioned the forestry bureau to fore
go any cut in the number Of sheep to
be allowed upon the reserves in this
state this summer. II his petition Is
granted IT will help much In strength
ening the market, for II the cut is not
made II meanes that there will be
100000 less sheep for sale than
otherwise.
From appearances there will be lit
tie doing in the way OF sheep selling
this spring until the forestry bureau
acts upon the woOlgrowers' petition
or at least until the situation assumes
a more definite shape.
As Is true in the wool market the
buyers this year are talking low
prices on the strength OF the finan-
cial condition, the prospects Of tariff
changes, drought, etc.
But on the other hand the buyers
maintain that the sheep and wool
markets should both be strong and
they object strenuously TO accepting
lower prices for their surplus sheep.
Thus far no prices have been estab-
lished in this county and according
to those we'll informed il is impossi-
BILE to tell at this time what figures
will prevail
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16
Returned TO Pendleton.

Mr.. and Mrs, w, r. Frey have re-
turned to their home in this city af-
ter an absence of a year in Vancou-
YER and Victoria, B. c. They are de.
lighted to be back in Pendleton and
find conditions here much more ia
vorable than in British Columbia.
The winter at Vancouver has been
most unpleasant and business condi-
tions have not been good The fl
nancial furry of last fall affected
British Columbia much more than the
northwest states and in many places
the Canadian provinces have not vet
entirely recovered. They are pleased
to note the many improvements and
changes in the city since their de-
parture and look upon Pendleton as
the favored spot of the northwest,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16
Whitman Musical Contest.

Whitman College. Walla Walla,
April l6--At Whitman college on
April 2S and "a will occur the music
contests for the four $3.50 scholar
ships in the Whitman conservatory Of
music for next' year, for which 80
contestants will strive. On the even-
ing of Thursday April 23 the contest
ants in voice and violin will compete
and on Friday evening the piano COM
petition will be held. The scholar
ships cover each of the principal ex-
penses of year in the conservatory
of music at Whitman, including tu-
ition in music and board and room
in the college dormitories.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16
CITY HALL BIDS
WERE OPENED
GIBSON AND COLES BID
OF $S4,92O. is LOWEST
Three Firms of the City Bid ON New
Building-Bulldlng Committee VIII
Meet This Evening to Pass Upon
the Bids-Cemetery Water Supply
VIII BE Secured From City Mains
Drug Store Liquor Ordinance Is
Being Shaped Up.

Last night bids for the construc-
ton of the new city hall were open
ed by the council and this evening the
building committee will meet for the
purpose of passing upon the same.
Three bids were found on hand last
night and when opened were found to
be as follows:
Gibson & Cole. $34,920
Boothby, Hale & Horn, sS5,S64.
G. I. LaDow, $35,742.
The bids received are for the con-
struction of the city building ac-
cording to the amended plans adopted
by the council recently.
AS was predecited the question of
the cemetery water system also came
up last night and the cemetery COM
mittee was instructed to have plans
drawn for a system under which the
water is secured from the city mains.
The work will be done as quickly as
possible and bids for installing the
system then asked for
1t is now thought that sufficient
water can be secured from the city
system to irrigate the cemetery, but
should the supply fall short a we'll
may be dug at the lower end of Webb
street and used as a reserve.
The drug store liquor selling ordi-
nance is now in the hands of the
druggists, according to a report made
last night by Councilman Hinkle, and
they are trying to draft a measure
that will be adopted by the council.
Last night resolution was passed
condemning land needed for street
extending from West Court street to
the city's garbage dumping grounds.
A special committee had been lookins
the subject up and at their request
it was decided to condemn land for
the new roadway.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16
FLOOD LOSSES
ARE ENORMOUS
MONTANA RANCHMEN
LOSE EVERYTHING.
Thousands of Head of Livestock and
All Kinds OF Property in the Path
of the Water Swept Away-Loss
May Reach $1,000, ,OOO-Twenty
Miles Of Great Northern Track Out
of Service-All Traffic Is stopped.

Helena, April 16.-The latest figures
on the losses sustained by the break
in the Hauser dam, fix the property
loss at 100000 to $1,OOO,OOO.
The floods have covered such wide
territory that 1t is impossible to get
an accurate figure at this time.
The greatest loss was among the
ranch owners whose property was in
the path OF the flood, is completely
swept away. Thousands of head of
livestock are drowned.
Twenty miles of track of the Great
Northern is swept away or submerg-
ed. 1t will be two weeks before traf-
fic on that part of the road can be
resumed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16
Transferred the Golden Rule.

]. Popejoy. the new lessee Of the
Golden Rule hotel, arrived last even
ing with his family and this morning
the hotel was turned over to him by
H. c. Means, who retires from the
business. Mr.. Popeioy is well pleased
with the outlook and will conduct the
hotel along the same lines as former
ly. Mr.. Means will go down to Una
tilla for brief business trip, but will
possibly remain in this city perman-
emily Mr., Popejoy was formerly
resident of Umatilla county and is
well known to all the old pioneers. He
invites share of the patronage for
the Golden Rule and will give the
best possible service.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16

Washington, April 16.-Alfred O..
CroZer, a student of financial condi-
tions and prominent financial writer
whose home is at Wilmington, Dell,
today made the sensational charge at
meeting of the house committee on
banking that the members Of the
currency commission of American
Bankers association had been
bought" by Wall street to agree to
a compromise on the Aldrich finan-
cial bill now before the house.
The currency commission came to
Washington to defeat the measure
but Crozier declares 1t has suddenly
changed its mind in a most peculiar
manner. He did not mention any
names in making the charge. add
ing that he was enabled to obtain his
Information because of the fact that
a banker was dissatisfied with the six
per cent tax on emergency currency
and that they held this emergency to
be wrong in principle and dangerous
in practice.
But at 10 last night" he contin-
ued, "our distinguished banking
friends held a conference. Today
they are holding another with the
promoters of the Aldrich bill to agree
on a compromise. Now they are
holding out for an amendment reduc-
ing the tax to three per cent.
ut appears that Wall street knew
its quarry and was familiar with the
best way to get support for it."
Crozier then attacked the bill,
which has passed the senate, givins
Wall street power to create money
panic at will, terrorize and plunder
the business industries.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16
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foreigners. This fact has tended to
Increase the bitter feeling which the
white workmen have for the Asiatics
Throughout British Columbia the
sentiment is strong for japanese and
Hindu exclusion, according to Mr..
Frey. but the people are powerless be-
cause of the treaty existing between
the dominion and Japan and the fur
ther fact that the dominion govern
ment seems to favor the policy Of
bringing In the Asiatics.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16
0. R. { \. OFFICIALS ON TOUR Of SYSTEM

engine S74, left here for the east at
6 o'clock.
The party Of officials will look over
the mountain division where work
trains are now distributing 9O-pound
am and where extensive improvements
are to be made.
Special efforts are to be made this
season to change the track In places
where Meacham creek washes It out
with every flood, and it is possible
that a vast amount of new grade will
be built on the mountains this year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16
Raining in Malheur Comfy.

NJ. b. Gwinn received word today
from his sheep ranch foreman at
Skull Springs, Malheur county, say
ing that it has been raining there for
the past "a hours. As "A result the
of the sheepmen has been
greatly improved and little anxiety is
now felt concerning the drought. Re-
ports received here also show that
heavy rains have been falling in
Union county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-16
Roller Is Coast Champion.

Portland, April 16.-Dr. Frank
Roller of Seattle and Victor McLaugh-
len of Tacoma, wrestled in this city
last night for the heavyweight cham
pionship of the Pacific coast, Roller
made easy work of his opponent, put
ting him to the mat in two straight
falls in see and 1923 respectively.
The great weight of the Tacoma man,
22O pounds, availed him little in COM
petition with his lighter opponent,
who weighed in at 19S pounds, Nc
Laghlen announced that ne would
never wrestle again. but hereafter
would devote his attentions to prize
fighting, it being his ambition to
become heavyweight champion of the
world.