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The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
CHARGE CROOKED
TIMBER DEALS
UNCLE SAM SAYS LUMBER FIRMS
ARE DUPING THE WHITE
EARTH INDIANS.
iNlUNCTI0NS TO Be SOUGHT
Attorney General Prepares Action on
Secretary 6aIIinger's Advice
Alleged illegal Land Trans.
+, actions Involve S., 100000.

Washington, Dec. 1.-Alleged wrong
dealing on the part of Minnesota lum-
Der firms cutting timber on the White
Earth reservation is expected to re-
suit in the filing of Injunction suits in
the United States circuit court at ST..
Paul, which will disclose scandalous
conditions in the relations between
the Indians and timber companies.
Attorney General Wickersham, act
ing on the recommendation of Sec
rotary Ballinger of the interior de-
partment, is prepared to bring injunc-
ton suits against the Minnesota tim
Der firms which have purchased White
Earth timber to prevent their cutting
any more timber from the lands or
removing the timber from lands on
which 1t has already been cut.
1t 10 understood here that there is a
remote possibility of the case being
settled out Of court, but under the
present plans the government expects
10 start civil proceedings as soon as
the representatives of the department
nf justice have arranged matters at
st. Paul. Il. ". ~ftas
Special Assistant Attorneys M. C.
Buroh and E. H. Long, acting under
The instructions Of Attorney General
Wickersham, have had secret confer
ences concerning the matter with
United States District Attorney Chas.
G. Houpt.
Previous to these conferences a
thorough investigation of affairs on
The White Earth reservation was
made by Indian Inspectors E. B. Lin
aen and Special Indian Agent Warren
K. Morehead. Their reports indicated
that the Indians had been sufferers in
many transactions and had been in
auced to dispose of their allotments
bearing valuable timber. Timber esti-
mated to be worth 100000 is said to
be involved in the proceedings which
will be started in the federal court
Secretary Ballinger sent recon-
mendation to Attorney General Wick
ersham Nov. 6, urging that injunction
proceedings be started against the
several purchasers of the Minnesota
indian lands or the persons to whom
they mad conveyed the lands.
1t is also asked that the court take
every other action that is necessary
10 protect the rights of the Indians.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
KING VISITS MUSEUM.
Manuel Of Portugal Having Good
Time In Paris.

Paris, Dec. liking Manuel Of Por.
tugal who is a guest of the govern
ment and municipal officials visited
the art galleries and museums, being
escorted by Mr.. Du Jardin- Baumetz,
the under secretary of fine arts. The
king manifested particular interest in
bon kings. King Manuel will leave
Paris in day or 50.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
DENY sUFFRAGETTEs' APPEAL
Miss Pankhurst and Mrs. Haverfeld
to Pay London Fine or Go
TO JAIL

London. Dec. 2.--The divisional
court denied the appeal of Miss Girls
label Pankhurst and Mrs. Haverfield.
the suffragettes who were sentenced
July 9 to pay a fine Of $25 each or to
90 to prison for month on the
charge Of resisting the police
June 80 the women were arrested
with ia other suffragettes who had
attempted to force their way into the
house Of commons to present a Pc
tition to Premier Asquith.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
BURNED THE NEGRO.
Georgia Disposes Of Another Black
Murderer.

Cochran, Ca, Dec. 2.-John Harvard,
= negro, preacher who shot and fatally
injured Will d. Booth, two miles from
this place, was captured by q mob of
enraged citizens, and burned at a
stake, more than carload Of light
wood. being: heaped about the body.
The murder was a result Of the .neero's
mules soaring at an automobile driv.
en- by Booth. Il.
. - =
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
Mitchell Discusses Violence.

New York, Dec. 2.-"More men are
killed as the result of playing football
in one year than are killed in labor
troubles, and more men are hurt or ar
rested as the result of election brawls
than all the strikes show" said John
Mitchell, vice president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, speaking
against the general impression that
violence always follows labor troubles.
His address was delivered at the
opening session of the sociological
conference held under the auspices of
the Presbyterian board of home mis-
sions.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
WANT $4,000 FOR. BOYS DEATH
Lad Was Walking Through Railway
Yards.

Mason City, Dec. 2.-The sum of
$4,000 is being asked for the life of
their son by Mr.. and Mrs. John Bal.
ley of this city in damage action
against the Chicago. Milwaukee & St.
Paul railroad, now on trial in the dis.
trict court. Willie Bailey. 9 years
old, was killed under the cars in the
Milwaukee yards here over year ago
while he was on his way home from
school,
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
GIRL FIGHTS HER AssAILANr.
Beats Him of, But Is Rendered In
conscious.

Des Moines, Dec. Cecilia Kouri,
pretty girl of %, was found un.
conscious at 1880 in the evening in
the woods near the high bridge. Her
body was terribly bruised and beaten.
She was attacked by an unknown man
while returning alone from a visit to
the mines and, after a terrible bat.
tie, succeeded in beating her assail
ant Of
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
MAGAZINE IS BLOWN UP.
NitroaIycerin Tears Man To Pieces:
Injuries 500 Houses.

Cameron, w. Va. Dec. with a
roar that could be heard at Washing.
ton, Pa, twenty-five miles away. the
nitroglycerin magazine Of the Mari.
eta Torpedo Company near here ex-
ploded. An oil we'll shooter named
Sinister was blown to pieces as was
also horse and wagon. 1t is not be.
lieved other fatalities occurred. Win.
dows in 500 houses were shattered.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
Find Second Body In WeIl.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec 2.-Portions
of second body have been found in
the abandoned we'll on the ranch Of
the skeleton of man with bullet
hole in the skull was found two weeks
ago. The water in the we'll will be
pumped out and the we'll will be ex-
amined.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
Veteran Dies at 1903.

Dover, Del, Dec. 2.-Captain John
Downing, who passed his 1O3rd birth
day on July last, died at his home at
Little Creek near here. Captain
Downing served in the Civil war, hold.
ing the position of master.at-arms on
the United States gunboat Yankee.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
1000 Retiring from Command,

/. Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 2.--Admira]
Togo, chief of the general staff Of the
navy, retires from naval command
and becomes a member Of the military
council. He is succeeded by Vive-Ad.
miral Sir Zero Ijuin.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
1870 Out at Spokane.
Frozen In Cold Depot.

Duluth, Dec. AFTER waiting six
hours in an unheated railway station
at Gheen, during, which she made q
desperate attempt to keep herself and
two small children from freezing to
death, Mrs. John Jokobick, found that
her seven-months-old babes legs were
frozen
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04

Dean to Lead Wisconsin,.
Madison, Wis, Dec. Jimmy Dean,
Wisconsin's star right end, was elect.
ed captain of the Badger football team
for 1910.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
Now Rich Girls COMPANION.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. because she
sang and danced 80 divinely in the
society production of "The Pirates of
Penzance" here last winter, Miss
Anna O'Neal has just entered the
Henry c. Prick mansion as compan.
ion to little Miss Helen Frick. Miss
O'Neal's salary is $500 month.
The Irish standard., 1909-12-04
ALLEN duplicates OTHERS.
More Arrests Are Expected at Mineral
Point


La Crosse, Dec. 2.-Philip Allen, Jr.,
former vice president of the wrecked
Mineral Point bank, was hurried back
to La Crosse Unexpectedly from Madi.
son, and spent almost the entire day
in conference with United States Dis.
trict Attorney George H. Gordon. AL.
len will appear before the grand jury
again.
It is learned on authentic informa.
ton that three others, said to have
been implicated with Allen, will ap.
pear before the grand jury Friday.
United States Marshal Flint has been
commissioned to bring them here. A
telephone message from Mineral
Point says arrests are expected there
hourly.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
OFFICER PLAYS TORPEDO.
Escapes From Submarine Through
Whitehead Tube.

Washington, Aug. 10.-The navy de-
partment has received word of Q won
derful performance of Midshipman
Kenneth Whiting. in command Of the
submarine Porpoise, now in Manila.
For the purpose of demonstrating the
possibility of an escape from sub.
marine through torpedo tube, Mid
shipman Whiting. who is an expert
swimmer, had his vessel lowered to the
bottom of the bay near Cavite. Far
under the water, probably go or 70
feet, Whiting crawled into the torpedo
tube. The end of the tube In the boat
was closed behind him. The tube in a
submarine is closed or opened on the
outside by port. which is moved by
powerful machinery. When under the
water there is a great in-rush of water.
filing the tube as the torpedo flies out.
Whiting, within the tube, got hold
on the port. The officers inside the
vessel turned on the power and the
port was swung out. Whiting went
with it, cleared himself of the torpedo
tube, and then let 60, flying upward to
the surface Of the water. He was un-
injured by his experience.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
Thursday, August 5.

Washington, Aug. 5.-The tariff has
been revised and the extraordinary ses-
sion of congress is ended. Both houses
andjourned sine die at 8 o'clock today.
The conference report was agreed to
by the senate, a to 81. at 2 p. m.,
and soon afterward the concurrent res
olution making certain changes in the
leather schedule was adopted by both
houses.
President Taft arrived at the capitol
ut 4:45 and entered the presidents
room. His appearance there. the first
time since he became president, caused
congressman to form in line TO be re-
ceived by him. There was a constant
procession Of handwriting statesmen
through the presidents room from the
time Of his arrival until his departure
at 5 so p. m. At six minutes past 5
the Payne tariff bill, as the measure
will be known, was laid before the
president. He picked up a pen sup
piled by Chairman Payne, which had
been used by both the vice president
and the speaker in signing the bill,
and attached his signature. After
writing William H. Taft" the pres
ident added: "Signed FIVE minutes
after 5 O'Clock, August 5, l909.-W.
III. T."
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
OREGON MAN GETS
FIRST LAND PRIZE
Little Girls Are Kept Busy for Hours
Drawing Winning Numbers Be-
meath ScorcI,ing Sun-Double Set
of Numbers Are Drawn to Guard
Against Accident.

Spokane, Aug. 10.-When little
Helen Hamilton, niece of Mayor Boyd,
Of Occur d'Alene, walked into O pile of
l05, 900 yellow envelopes containing
applications for land of the Coeur
d'Alene Indian reservation yesterday
morning, shortly after 10 o'clock, the
great land drawing on the three tracts
Of government land--the Flathead, the
Coeur d'Alene and the Spokane Indian
reservations-was on.
Several hundred people stood around
the platform, on which Judge James
w. Witten. Of Washington, d. c.,
formally opened the drawing on one of
the last of the big tracts of Uncle
Sans public domain. Unlike the rush
in "squatter" days, the modern method
Of distributing land moved along with
the precision Of clockwork.
When Miss Hamilton, daintily dressed
in white, had plucked the first lucky
envelope from the mass and handed it
to Judge Witten and the name Of Isa-
dore Selig, of Myrtle Greek, Or, had
been read aloud, the gathering crowds
began to evidence increased interest
and quivering excitement.
A faint cheer arose and followed in
rapid order as Miss Hamilton, aided
by Miss Christine Donian and Miss
Harriet Post, plucked the other lucky
envelopes from the pile. Men and
women. now anxious to hear the YER
diets in the first 20 envelopes, crowded
up to the platform where newspaper
men and government clerks grabbed
at the bits Of news-bearing names and
started them throughout the land by
special wires run TO the drawing stand.
The whole affair is a perfect deline-
alton Of the large scale on which Uncle
Sam conducts his official business. The
drawing for the first day closed at 4
O'Clock. The mark of 1900 set by
Judge Witten as the labor for the
first day, was reached and the remain
ing 1900 will be drawn today. There
are but about half that many claims to
be given away, but the extra 1900 are
drawn to Oil in where winners fail to
file by April /.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
Crops Show Decrease.

Washington. Aug. 1l.-An indicated
winter wheat total yield Of 532, ,920,-
900 bushels. as compared with s437,-
90s. bushels. finally estimated last
year: an average of winter wheat of
90.3 against 90.l year ago; corn,
s4.4, against s2.5; spring wheat, 9l.6,
against s0.7, and oats, s5.5, against
1873.
This summarizes today's crop report
of the department of agriculture.
The comparative figures for corn in
clude 1913 last month and 1915 as
the average of August for the last
10 years. The preliminary returns for
the winter wssst yield indicate about
1875 bushels per acre. compared with
14.4, as finally estimated last year.
The condition Of spring wheat is COM
pared with 92.7 last month and 81 J.,
the 10-year average on August J..
For comparison the oat crop averaged
sS.3 last month and SO. / for 10 years
on August I.
The proportion Of last years oat crop
IN the farmers hands on August was
about 3.3 per cent, or 26, 232, 900 bush.
els-
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
HID CONFEDERATE SEAL.
Colored Government EmpIoye Was
Davis 6odyguard.

Colored Government EmpIoye Was
Davis 6odyguard.
Washington, Aug. 6.-James H.
Jones, colored employe of the senate
stationery room, is III at his home in
this city, and his friends fear he will
die. Jones was Jefferson Davis color.
ed bodyguard and valet, and Ia the only
living being who knows where the
great seal of the Confederacy is hid.
den. He declares he will die with the
secret.
Jones hid the seal himself under in
structions from Davis at the time
Richmond was evacuated and prom.
ised Davis when he was on his death
bed that he would never divulge the
hiding place.
He positively denies that the seal
was thrown into the James river, as
one story declares. He says he could
put his hand on the seal today, but he
never will. The negro has been offered
large sums of money for the seal by
various Confederate SOCIETIES, etc., but
always refused.
Jones has been in the government
employ for about 20. years. He was
originally appointed laborer in the
senate stationery room by Secretary of
the Senate Cox. He made good, and
is well known and liked by members OF
the senate and officials.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
MAY AVERT STRIKE.
Chicago Labor Controversy Appears
to Be Near End.

Chicago Labor Controversy Appears
to Be Near End.
Chicago, Aug. 10.-According to the
outlook tonight there will be no strike
Of the streetcar employees OF Chicago.
and settlement is likely to be reached
by tomorrow night.
1t is said an offer Of wage increase,
based on employees length of service,
will be made by President Mitten, OF
the Chicago City Railway company.
John M. Roach, president of the Chi
cago Railways company. has had his
auditors at work figuring out a method
Of advancing wages, and it is said his
first offer to a committee of his en-
ployes tomorrow will be on the same
general basis as that Of Mr.. Mitten.
The controversy probably will be ad-
justed without resort to outside arbi-
tration. The employees say they are
decidedly opposed to arbitration, and
rather than submit to 1t will accept any
reasonable compromise coming from
the companies direct.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
Bank Guaranty Law Effecfixe.

Austin, Texas. Aug. 10.-The new
guaranty of bank deposits law passed
by the recent special session Of the
Texas legislature went into operation
yesterday. The law is similar TO the
Oklahoma law in all its most import
ant provisions. II provides for and de-
fines two alternative methods or plans
for the protection Of the depositors Of
state banking corporations which are
referred to as the guaranty fund
plan" and the "bond security plan.
respectively. The state banks may
decide which plan TO adopt.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
CoREA SORE SPOT AGAIN.
Many Clashes Occur Between Japs
and Chinese.

and Chinese.
Victoria, B. c., Aug. lO.-Passen-
gers arriving on the steamer Monteagle
from the Orient today in discussing the
situation between Japan and China.
say conditions at Cheintao, on the
Corean border, are more likely to cause
serious trouble between the two na-
tions than the dispute over the Antung-
Mukden railway.
When the Monteagle sailed reports
had been received that the Chinese had
massed 5000 soldiers at Cheintao
and collisions between them and
the Japanese police were frequent.
Seoul dispatches received before sail
ing state that following the arrest of
party Of Coreans by the Japanese ut
Cheintao, the Chinese troops attacked
the Japanese and rescued the prisoners,
several of the Japanese being wounded.
A boycott has been declared against
the Japanese by the Chinese and Cor
cans Of the district.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
Wednesday. August q.

Washington, Aug. 4.-As though
protesting against being called out to d
night session, senators were very tardy
in their attendance upon the meeting
of the senate tonight. Nearly an hour
passed after the appointed time before
quorum could be assembled. II
was finally obtained after an order had
been issued to the sergeant-at-arms to
bring in the absentees. For over an
hour the senate employees had been tel
ephoning to the homes of senators, and
were told that the telephone had been
temporarily detached.
A number of the senators spoke on
the tariff measure when q quorum was
finally assembled. Simmons, of North
Carolina, declared rates were higher
on goods used by the common people
than by the rich. Beveridge insisted
that the next tariff measure should be
drawn up by a commission.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
CANNOT STOP STRIKE.
King Unable to Control Labor Situa-
ton In Sweden.

King Unable to Control Labor Situa-
ton In Sweden.
Stockholm, Aug. l0.-The tie-up Of
the business Of the country as result
Of the strike is so serious that King
Gustav intersened in an endesvor to
secure q compromise. The king to.
day sent message to the parties at
conflict, exhorting them to agree q,
the earliest moment possible and ad-
vising arbitration.
1t was after King Gustav's message
had been approved at a cabinet meet.
ing Saturday that he summoned to a
conference at the palace the two lead.
ers Of the warning factions-Director
Sedow, OF the employers, and Senator
Lindquist, president Of the federation
Of trades unions.
The result of the conference has not
yet transpired, but apparently the
kings efforts for q peaceful solution
of the trouble were without result.
Tonight 1t was announced the printers
would strike tomorrow, and the Ma
tional labor union has issued a procla.
nation that, beginning tomorrow morn
ing, every drag wagon whose driver is
not wearing a union badge will be
stopped by strikers. No exception, II
was stated. will be made 'for owners
driving their wagons.
The union further declares it will
try to Illustrate the attempt of the
Stockholm streetcar company to start
its cars on the surfscs lines.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
Special Session Scheduled.

Washington, Aug. THE admins
tration and the leaders in congress are
considering plan for a special session
of congress to be held in October,
1910. to consider the report of the ma
tional monetary commission. II has
been decided not to attempt to present
the report of the commission at the
next regular session, which will begin
December /. 1t is realized that the
subject will demand extended debate
and there is strong belief that it
would be best to consider it at ses-
sion called especially for that purpose.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
IRRIGATION CONGRESS OPEN.
Large Number Gathers at Spokane to
v Discuss Important Affairs,

Large Number Gathers at Spokane to
Discuss Important Affairs,
Spokane, Aug. l0.-The congress
opened with the Irrigation Ode, >" sung
by the Spokane chorus of $50 voices.
The address of welcome TO the state
was delivered by Governor Hay. of
Washington.
On behalf of the city Mayor N. S.
Pratt spoke. He caused the suggestion
of a sensation by charging private cap
ital with interfering with government
reclamation projects.
The response on behalf of the con-
gress was made by George E. Barstow,
president Of the congress-.
1t is understood that number of
state delegations have declined to COM
init themselves in the matter Of indors-
ing candidate for president. This
is true in the case of President Bar
stow, who, although an announced can
didate, has not been urged strongly for
q second term because of the feeling
that the honor should be passed
around." Other candidates for the
president of the congress developed
during the day in the persons of ex-
Governor Gooding, of Idaho: ex-Gov-
ernor Pardee, Of California. and Con-
gresham Mondell, of Wyoming.
The question of next meeting place
has narrowed down to fight between
San Francisco and Pueblo, Colo, with
Denver pledged to aid the latter.
The new constitution privilege, the
busniess-like basis 50 much desired by
the congress, was adopted without dis
sent.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
Sues for Half Browns Cash.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE story of
the killing Of ex-senator Arthur Brown,
Of Utah. who was shot to death in the
Raleigh kotel here. two years ago, by
Mrs. Annie Bradley. will soon be re-
peated in the Salt Lake City courts,
when Mrs. Bradley sues for half of the
estate of sl25. 900 left by Brown. Mrs.
Bradley will base her claim on the
proof she advanced at the murder trial,
when she showed that her two children
are sons of Brown.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
Smokers Are Protected.

Washington, Aug. 1O.-Purchasers
of Philippine tobacco hereafter will
have a government guarantee as to its
quality and cleanliness, as result Of
an arrangement made by the bereau Of
insular affairs. with the Philippine
government. Every package imported
into the United States will be stamped
with a certificate indicating the quail
ity Of the material used and the work.
manship. The arrangement was made
to insure strict compliance with the
new Philippine tariff law.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
Six Die in Fire.

Chicago, Aug. l0.-Fire which
swept away 20 residences in South
Chicago this morning burned at least
six persons to death. All the occupants
were asleep and the FIRE spread with
great rapidity. In the great confusion
il IL feared several children were
burned TO death in their beds. A ma
jority Of the victims are Poles. who
lived in small tenements, closely
crowded together, with scant chance
for escape.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
Seattle Fair Half Over.

Seattle, Aug. 10.-With the closing
of the gates Sunday, the first half of
the Alaska Yukon-Pacifc exposition
was ended. Figures compiled by the
exposition management show the at
tendance for the first half of the fair
to be l,744,S6l. Basing their esti-
mates upon the percentage Of increase
for August and September over the
preceding months at previous exposi-
tions, the officials estimate that the
total attendance at the close of the Sc
attic exposition October 16 will be
more than 4, 600, 600.
The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909, 1909-08-13
Opium Cause of Revolt.

Victoria, B. c.. Aug. 10.-Further
particulars brought by the steamer
Montesgle concerning the Mohamme-
dan uprising in Shensi and Kansu dis
tricts state the revolt was due to the
severe methods taken by the Chinese
local magistrate to suppress the opium
habit. He seized one of the local gen
try who was an opium smoker, and had
his eyes gouged out and his arms
taken off. The people then rose in re-
bellion and attacked the magistrate