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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
KETCHELL WINS
DECISION IN 10th

Arena, San Francisco, July g.
Stanley Ketchell of Michigan is still
the worlds middleweight champion.
In a desperate gruelling battle during
which the champion was constantly
on the aggressive, he was awarded the
decision over Billy Papke of Illinois
at the end of the goth round-the
scheduled number. Ketchel claimed
to have broken his right hand in the
sixth round and this assertion subse-
quently was verified. His left thumb
also was dislocated. The decision of
the referee was greeted with a mix
ture of cheers and boots.
Feferee Roche, after the contest
made the following statement:
"Ketchel was the aggressor at all
times. Furthermore, he landed the
cleaner and harder punches and scor-
ed the only knock-down-in the tenth
although nearly everybody seems TO
think that Papke had slipped to the
floor.
"There is absolutely no question
but Ketchel earned a clear cut de-
cis.on."
AS to the fight itself, "The Assas-
sin," as Ketchel has been christened
by ring followers, bade fair literally
to live up to. this name. He forced
the fighting from the tap of the gong
and with the exception of the third,
enjoyed a clear lead in the first half
of the battle.
The feature of the fight was the ex-
treme viciousness with which both
men fought and the apparent hatred
that lurked behind every punch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06

New York. July 6.-Congressman
F. w. Cushman of Tacoma, died al
Roosevelt hospital at o'clock this
morning. Senator Piles was at the
bedside. Pneumonia followed a
slight operation on the neck, and he
had been critically III for five days
After the rally Saturday night it was
thought he would recover. Hope was
not abandoned by the physicians un-
til midnight. He was unconscious
from then until death.
Congressman Cushman was born
May s, 1867, at Brighton, Iowa, and
is a graduate Of the local high school.
He was in every sense a self-made
man. He studied law without aid,
after he had served as water boy on
railroad construction and a section
hand until 16 years old
Later he was a cowboy on a ranch
in Wyoming, in a lumber camp and
n school teacher. He was admitted
to the bar in Nebraska and settled in
Tacoma in 1891. He succeeded James
Hamilton Lewis in congress in 1898
and has been there ever since.
Cushman entered the congressional
with vigor. Although il
seemed almost impossible for him to
defeat Lewis he was nominated by
the republicans Since that time he
has been without opposition in the
party, and always has been re-elect-
ed with an Overwhelming majority.
He leaves a widow, an aged mother.
and a brother. The latter was recent
iy appointed judge of the federal court
Of Alaska
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06

London, July 6.-According TO the
Paris correspondent of the Times. ].
Pierpont Morgan has bought, through
Paris collector, some pictures from
King Leopold's collection, including
Fra Angelico's "Virgin and Child"
and a pair of pictures which are as
cribed to Franz Halls.
Mr.. Morgan has also bought two
important works ascribed to Peselli-
no, but now believed to have been
executed by a greater artist They
tell the story of the golden fleece.
Both are destined for the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
BOY IS CARRIED
UP IN BALLOON
BECOMES ENTANGLED IN
ROPES AS IT ASCENDS
Lad is Carried Away. Head Down
ward-PluclIy Fellow Holds on and
Soon Rights himself-Aeronau
Then Hauls Him up to the Trapese
Bar and Holds Him Fast-Balloon
Sinks in the Water But the Two are
Rescued.

Santa Cruz. Cal, July EN- the
presence of 2O,OO people, gathered on
the beach to celebrate the Fourth.
jess Wyman. a lO-year-old boy, was
caught in the ropes of a balloon dur
ing an ascension yesterday afternoon
and carried head downward 500 feet
in the air. Scores of women, includ-
ing the boys mother, tainted as they
saw the little fellow carried away.
Jesse had been standing very close to
the balloon and as it shot upward a
trailing rope from the parachute be-
came entangled around his legs. The
Mortified crowd expected to see him
dashed to the ground, but the rope
seemed to be securely fastened about
the little fellows legs and he soon
managed to get an upright position.
As the balloon drifted out over the
ocean Virgil Moore, the aeronaut,
drew the boy up to him and held him
close to his side on the trapeze bar.
After drifting out over the water for
a third of mile a gust of wind blew
the balloon on its side and ii slowly
descended to the water as the gas es-
capped.
A launch from the naval training
ship Alert had followed the balloo
and dashed up as the aeronaut and the
boy touched the water. Aside from
bad fright the boy was none the worse
for his thrilling experience.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
May Sutton Wins Champlonship

San Rafael, Cal. July 6.-Miss May
Sutton took the state tennis cham
plonship from Miss Hazel Hotchkiss
in the challenge round for the title
on the courts of the Hotel San Ra-
fael yesterday The score was GA,
6-1. Miss Hotchkiss made remark
ably good showing against the former
worlds champion in the first set and
it seemed for a time that she would
defeat her when she led at S-2, but
Miss Sutton settled down to her old
game, and after evening up matters
at 2-S ran the set out at Ga.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06

the breeze July between the Ale
gheny county courthouse steeple and
the Flick building. It is 1870 feet long
80 feet wide and is suspended from u
two-inch steel cable, one end Of which
Is fastened around the courthouse
steeple, and the other passing through
the massive Flick building. When un-
furled the flag reaches within two
stories of the ground and it is estl-
mated that wind of 12 miles an
hour will put pressure of 60 tons on
the steel cable which holds it, In.
stead Of but one flag being unfurled
there were really Sol of them. as at
the top of the great flag there were
500 smaller ones arranged so that
with the dropping of the great flag
they, too, unfurled.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06

New York, July 6.-An unknown
miscreant attempted to injure Pres
ident Taft last night it is thought by
hurling a four pound chunk of coal
through the window of the coach at
tached to the presidents special
train. 1t was thrown with sufficient
force to kill The glass was shatter-
ed. 1t is supposed that the miscre-
ant thought President occupied the
car. There have been no arrests.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
'BOY MAYOR" SAYS
KETCHEL DID NOT WIN

San Francisco, July 6-"The de-
cision by Referee Roche was the raw
est, rankest judgment ever made in
prize ring" declared Sherwood
Becker, the former "boy mayor" of
Milwaukee, Wis, who witnessed the
Ketchel-Papke fight yesterday. Beck
er is an enthusiastic fight fan and
knows a thing or two about the game.
ut was a direct steal for Ketchel.
There is no doubt it was due to the
fact hat Ketchel was 10 to ia
vorite.' For the sake of the fighting
game I am sorry to see the fight go
that way. Decisions like that will kill
boxing"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
POWERS DO NOT RECOGNIZE
JAP-RUSSlAN TREATY

Peking, July 6.-Great Britain
Austria-Hungary and the United
states have notified China that they
do not recognize the preliminary
agreement between Russia and China
devised for administration of the Rus
sia railroad in Manchura.
These powers declare that laws ar
fecting the right to reside in the in
ternational settlements in China must
originate with the treaty powers. The
negotiations on this subject. which
were opened last month and which
contemplated detailed regulations. are
now blocked indefinitely.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
\ PARSON WHO HAS
MARRIED OVER 5000

Bristol, Tenn, July 6.-The Rev. AL
fred II. Burroughs, the marrying par
son of this Tennessee Gretna Green.
has just brough his matrimonial rec
ord up to the 5000 mark. Parson
Burroughs speciality is in tying knots
for eloping couples from Virginia and
West Virginia, who flee to this border
city to take advantage of the more lib
eral Tennessee laws governing matdi-
monial alliances So great Is the rush
of business at times, that the parson
has married as many as five couples
at one ceremony.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
Revolution I'm Ecnndnr-

Guayaquil, Ecuador, July GA pri-
vate cablegram from Nuena states
that a revolution has broken out at
Barranquilla, the most important
commercial city of Columbia, against
General Jorge HJlquin, who is act
ing president in the absence of
President Reyes and in favor of Con-
zales Valencia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
WOMAN HAS HEAD
BEATEN TO \ PULP

New York, July with her head
beaten to pulp, and her back and
arms covered with bruises, the body
of an unidentified woman was found
in the doorway of a tenement house
today. Philip Cali, the son of a sa-
loonkeeper, was arrested on suspic-
ion. The boy of IL was delivering
milk when he found the body.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
DAYLIGHT SALOON LAW
IN NEBRASKA EFFECTIVE

Lincoln. Neb., July GA law which
Is designed to send convival Nebras-
kans home to their families at night
went into effect today. The statute
confines the sale of liquor between the
hours of a. m. and s p. M, and pro-
vides a severe penalty for saloon keep
ers who keep their places open at
other hours. 1t is expected that the
law will go far toward preventing
drunkenness and undue indulgence in
liquors.
1t was while arguing in favor of the
passage of this bill by the state legis-
lature that former Governor Poynter
was stricken dead last April.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
PRISONERS ESCAPE
FROM VANCOUVER JAIL

Vancouver, Wash, July 6.-Four
prisoners, Charles Dempsey, John
Brown, George Lawson, the latter
serving thirty days for stealing a bicy-
Gle, Ernest Vorndahl, serving fifteen
years, escaped the county Jail last
night. Some one entered the new
addition to the Jail and sawed a six
teen inch hole in the steel cage con-
tanning the men. They have not been
caught
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
MARSH WINS FIRST
TACOMA MARATHON RACE

Tacoma, July 1.-Two thousand
saw John ID. Marsh of Winnipeg, win
the first marathon race ever run in
Tacoma at the Athletic park last
night. He covered 26 miles and 3S5
yards in two hours and 46 minutes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
CUSHMAN DIES
IN NEW YORK
Congressman From Washing
ton Passes Away as Result
Of Attack of Pneumonia.
HAS BEEN CRITICALLY
ILL FOR But FIVE DAYS

Pneumonia Followed Slight Opera
ton ON the Neck-IIope Abandon
ed by the Physicians Last Night
The Congressman Was Self-made
Man In Every Particular-Grad-
ually Advances Until Elected TO
Congress from Washington In 1898
Has Been Without Opposition In
the Party Since That Time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
SUGAR TRUST MAGNATES
PLEAD NOT GUILTY

New York, July 6.-Officers of the
American Refining company, indict-
ed by the federal grand ury charged
with conspiracy in restraint of trade,
appeared in the United States court
today and entered a plea of not gull
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06

TAX AMENDED.
Senate Exempts Certain Cor
porations From Taxation
Under the New Law.
TARIFF BILL AS COMPLETED
BY COMMITTEE Is REPORTED

TO the Corporation Tax
Exempts From Taxation Fraternal
and Loan Associations-AlsO all
Corporations Operated for Educa-
tional and Religious Purposes-FR
nance Committee Will Postpone Un-
til Next Session Questions Relating
to the New Bond Issue for Panama
Canal-Tobacco Schedule POST
poned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
PROBE MURDER
AND HAZINC
West Point Officers to lnveS-
tigate Hazing of R. Sutton
and Death of Brother.
CADET SUTTON OF PORTLAND
HAS RECOVERED FROM INJURY

Was Set Upon by Upper Glass Men at
West Point and Thought to Have
Been Permanently Injured-Sutton
Refused to Aid Investigation-Will
Also Investigate Mysterious MUIR
der of Brother of Cadet Who Was
Shot in 1907-Mrs. Sutton of Port
land, the Mother of the Boy, In
sists on Probing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
HEAVY RAINFALL IN
WILLAMETTE VALLEY

Salem, July 6,-At eight this morn
ing 1.5O inches of rain had fallen
since Sunday night It is feared that
the cherry gair the biggest event
since the state fair. which will be held
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
this week will not be a success unless
the rain stops now.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
THAW WINS FIRST STEP
FOR DISCHARGE FROM ASYLUM

Fishkill Landing, n. Y, July c.
Thaw today won the first step of fight
for discharge from Matteawan asylum.
Attorney Morschauser his counsel, pc
titioned for a transfer of his client
from Matteawan to White Plains Jail.
The petition was granted by Judge
Mills.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
NEW PROJECT
IS POSSIBLE
Government Men at Work on
Scheme for Reclamation of
Land West of HermiSton.
WOULD DAM UMATILLA
AT BUTTER CREEK

Crew of Men ut Work ON Test Pits
Causes Speculation as to Reclama-
ton Plans-Land Affected Was En-
braced Under Original Umatilla
Project and Later Under John Day
Project-Embraces 100000 Acres
Much of Which May be Watered
From Daming of Umatllla River.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06

Through some work that is being
done by the reclamation service in
the vicinity of the mouth of Butter
creek rumors have become rife that
the government is intending to take
up an irrigation project on the west
side Of the Umatilla and covering a
large section OF the now desert land
of Umatilla and Morrow counties.
For a number of weeks past crew
OF men under Mr.. Copeland. one of the
reclamation engineers has been at
work on test pits near the mouth of
Butter creek. These pits are being
sunk for the purpose of ascertaining
the water retaining powers of the
land in that locality. Though no in
formation has been given out by the
reclamation men 1t is generally be-
lieved by parties familiar with the To-
cality that the land is such that it
may be used for reservoir purposes.
Details of Scheme.
According to rumors that are now
in circulation the government is inves-
'tigating the proposition of watering
land on the west side of the river with
water to be stored in reservoir at
the mouth of Butter creek. If foun
feasible the Umatilla will be damned
Just below the mouth of Butter creek
and lake formed extending as far
up the streem as Stanfield. Lower
Butter creek would be converted in
to a lake.
Should II be possible to store suf-
ficient water by such a proceeding IL
is argued that the project could be
carried out very economically through
the fact that no feed canal would be
needed. However the land being con-
sidered for a reservoir site is valu-
able and to secure 1t by purchase or
condemnation would mean a heavy eX-
pense.
Where the Land Is.
West OF the Umatilla river there Hes
great arid plain embracing in the |
neighborhood of 100000 acres lying |
in Umatilla and Morrow counties. This |
is land which came under the origi- |
nal Umatilla project. For a time the
reclamation men considered plans for |
a reservoir i'm the vicinity of Tub |
springs but the plans were not car
ried out but given up temporarily in
order to permit of the reclamation of |
the present Umatilla project. Dur
ing the past few years the land on the
west side of the river has been known
as being under the John Day pro-
lect' Under this scheme water would
ne taken from the John Day river
apove the mouth of Thirty Mile
creek and carried across Gillian coun-
ty 10 the thirsty desert. To carry out
the John Day scheme would take
many millions.
Would Water Many Acres.
Since the reclamation men have
been busv with the test pits at the
mouth uf Butter creek much specula-
tion has arisen as to the purpose of
the movement. 1t is regarded as en-
tirely probable that the government
will abandon the John Day project
for the less expensive plan of daming '
the Umatilla at Butter creek. AS to {
how much land may be reclaimed by
the latter scheme little is known. '
However it is Ihe general belief that ,
upwards OF $4,000 acres may be {
Should the government proceed with {
the establishment of a project west !
Of the Umatilla river 1t will be by far
the largest project in this county and |
the reclamation OF the desert land |
would work untold benefit to the '
county and especially to the west end
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
BANDIT KILLED WHILE
ATTEMPTING HOLDUP

Butte, July 6.-In duel
with Deputy Sheriff NJ. r. Ira
cy an unknown bandit was shot
and fatally wounded early today
while attempting to hold up a
street car on which Tracy was
riding. In the following pistol
battle Tracy's Workmanship was
superior.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
ELATHEAD INDIANS IN
RIOTS AND DANCES

St. Iganitus Mission. Mont,
July 6.-Over a thousand warri-
: ors of the Flathead tribe of In
! dians are today participating in
: riots marking the passing of the
: tribe and the throwing open of
: their reservation to the pale
: faces The weird and impress
: sive dance of death. and the
gorgeous sun dance were among
the chief events.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06
WOULD |NJURE
PRESIDENT TAFT
COAL Is HEAVED THROUGH
WINDOW OF PRIVATE CAR

Glass of Private Car To Presidents
Special Train Is Shattercd-Four
Pound Chunk of Coal Is Thrown
With Sufficient Force 10 Have KiH-
cd Man-Supposed That the Mis-
creant Thought the President Was
i'm the Car.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-06

PITTSBURG UNFURLS THE
BIGGEST FLAG IN WORLD
Pittsburg, July 6.--By far the larg-
est flag in the world was hoisted to
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

The king knows that this journey
through the Congo BODIES no good to
him. His consent to it was asked
only as matter of form Prince Al
bert. rich by Inheritance from his
father. endowed with revenue by the
Belgian parliament, owes little to, and
knows he will get nothing from the
king When he returns from the Con-
so he win throw of all preIense of
submitting to leading strings, follow
a policy of his own. and Inevitably
will find himself at the head IF a
party hostile to the king.
There may be no open scandal The
prince. surrounded by the atmosphere
of the German courts. viii break no
rule of etiquette In public he will be
deferential to his sovereign King
Leopold. most acute of men, will be.
in public. as loving to his nephew as
ever But war there Will be. with or
without scandal Prince Albert. while
holding aloof from politics, already
has done and said enough to show
what his policy is. II is a policy op-
posite in all things to that of King
Leopold
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28
LESSON IN NATURAL HISTORY
Amusing, But Somewhat Expensive
as Miss Patty Realized When
the Goat Was Through.

Miss Patty Shepard of North Thir-
teenth street went to the country with
a party of friends on Memorial day
They stopped at a farmhouse where
some of the party are well known
Browsing about was an old goat
When Miss Patty saw her the nanny
was piacidly nibbling at n few blades
of grass. and she innocently thought
that goats were strictly vegetarians,
On the lawn in front of the porch she
had put her handsome new peach
basket hat. trimmed with pretty ar
tificial roses. which she had got from
the store the night before The goat
saw the hat and advanced joyfully to-
ward it Miss Patty laughed. The
old thing thinks they're real roses, :
she laughed Won't she be fooled
when she smells theme"
Everybody sat still to watch the
goat smell the artificial flowers and
walk away But the goat fooled them
The next week Miss Patty bought
another Philadelphia Times.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

ton in January, 1905 Although for
merly identified with the conservative
or clerical party, Cen Reyes adopted
some of the principles of the liberals
which aroused the bitter enmity of
the conservatives His most radical
departures from the policies of his
predecessors were the separation o.
church and state and the establish
ment of capital punishment for trea-
son. which previously had been lightly
dealt with
Before becoming president Gen
Reyes had spent many years in the
military and diplomatic branches of
his country, one of his posts having
been minister to France He is a
man of wealth, with large estates in
the province OF Cauca- Cen Reyes
rendered distinguished service for his
government in the rebeIlions of 1885
and 1895
Gen. Reyes quietly left Bogota
some time ago for Santa Marta. on the
Atlantic seaboard, where he boarded
a steamer for Europe At that time
it was reported that the general had
abandoned Office. and 1t was openly
asserted that his voluntary resigna-
ton from office or a revolutionary
coup was the only possible solution OF
Colombia's political troubles
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28
MONARCH AND HEIR At WAR.
Prince Albert. BeIeium's Crown
Prince. Is LeoPoid's Dearest Po
liticaI Enemy.

Lcadon.-No band played, no royal
salute was fired. no kingly message
was sent when Albert of Belgium
heir presumptive to the Belgian
throne. started last spring on his long
voyage through the Congo The band
will play loudly when he returns. but
there will be discord in its sound
King Leopold allowed his nephew to
start without a friendly message for
the most sufficient OF reasons He had
no friendly message 10 send him
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

The reversing of = judgment by
an appellate court en- the ground of a
mere eechnicality when substantial
justice has been administered is an
outrage" says Justice Brewe- of the
supreme court of the United States.
the highest legal authority in the
world This is u confirmation of the
public ideal Of law as the conservator
and defender OF justice and of tech
nicality as the form by which is pre-
served the spirit
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

out cane, and as I continued my
health gradually returned. 1 was so
greteful made public statement of
my case, and now seven years have
passed, 1 am still perfectly WELL"
Sold by all dealers soc box Eos
ter-Milburn Co. Buffalo, n. Y.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

Fifty cents per acre is the price at
which the State of Colorado is selling
land in the Little Snake River valley,
Routt County, Colorado, which is
open for entry under the Carey Land
Act.
Purchasers of land must also con-
tract for a water right, to be paid for
in ten annual assessments, the total
cost including a perpetual water
right in the Little Snake river canal
system, being thirty-five dollars per
acre.
This is pronounced one of the most
fertile valleys in Colorado, and record
crops of all grains. grasses and roots
are now being raised there. Both
the Moffat Road and the Union Pacific
are building into the district.
Persons desiring full information
about the land and water should write
to the Routt County Colonization Co..
1874 Welton St, Denver, Colorado
The land is sold in tracts of 10, so.
100 and 16o acres
Those desiring land will have to
act quickly, as the applications be-
ing received indicate that the desir-
able land will be quickly disposed Of
The canal plans, water supply, etc.
are all Investigated and approved by
the State Engineer
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-08-28

Now they are talking of the Ameri,
can Peril" in Europe. There is not a
more peaceful or peace-loving power
in the world than this country, and its
possibility as a peril" exists only in
the excited European imagination in
whose minds the war scare is turning
into a panic.