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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
JEROME BEGINS TO
SUM UP THAW TRIALS

White Plains, Aug. 7.-District At.
torney Jerome began this morning tc
review the two former murder trials
Of Harry Thaw at the Thaw sanity in
quest here. He said all the witnesses
in both trials, with the exception OF
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, appeared to have
tried to tell the truth.
He endeavored, by analyzing the tes-
tmony, to show that Thaw was a
paranoiac.
While Jerome outlined Harry's
tainted mental heredity" and alleged
Imperfect childhood" Harry's moth
er read a magazine.
While Jerome was speaking Mrs.
Thaw distributed to the reporters a
statement attacking several alienists in
the states employ. Jerome traced
Thaw's family history to Harry's life
to substantiate his claims that Harry
was the victim Of heridity insanity.
He argued that Thaw was not suffer-
ing a deluslon that White attacked
the girls.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
LA TOILETTE is SNUBBED
BY BOSS ALDRICII

Washington, Aug. 7.-One of the
most flagrant instances of enatorial
discourtesy on record it is claimed
by La Follette's friends was Witness
ed yesterday, La Toilette being the
victim. Aldrich and La Toilette had
been assigned each five minutes for
closing the debate. Aldrich began at
1850, at which hour, under the
agreement the final vote must be ta-
ken. Aldrich continued to o'clock,
when Vice President Sherman called
for the vote, cutting out La Toilette
entirely, The progressives were white
with rage.
At the last moment Bourne sue
ceeded in cancelling his permanent
pair, so he could vote on the tariff
bill. He voted aye Chamberlain vot-
ed no, his being the only adverse vote
west of Kansas.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07

/ the office it was o'clock yester lay
afternoon.
When she discovered that she had
missed her train, the man at the ho-
tel desk was made the recipient OF a
string Of German, which though un-
doubtedly expressive, was unintelli-
gible to the clerk, Exactly what She
said will probably never be known,
but *, L, Cooper, who happenel to
be at the desk himself at the time.
is very sure that it was not exactly
complimentary.
Finally the services of a German
travelling man We're brought into re-
QUESTION and through his aid the mat
ter was Strengthened out As the
girls ticket read by way of Spokane
she refused to throw this away and
purchase another direct to the sound
city over the Northern Pacific and
so waited over until the train today
Through the travelling fen, who
conversed with the disappointed girl,
1t was learned that she comes from
a wealthy German family AMI that
the man she is to marry is a well-to-
do German resident of Seattle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
WASHINGTON STATE LAND
OFFICE TO BE PROBED

Seattle, Aug. IA joint house and
senate investigating committee have
determined to investigate the office
of the state land commissioner ac-
cording to Chairman Pliny L. Allen
today.
He said the committee had deter
mined to ascertain what had become
of the lands the government gave tc
Washington under the enabling act
of 1889 and get a record of the sales
list and land left.
Land Commissioner Rose has such
list but Allen says the committee
has declined to consult it, and has
separate force of clerks working N
getting the information from the fed
eral land offices throughout the state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
POOR FARM HAS NEW
IRRIGATION SYSTEM

A gasoline pumping plant to irri-
gate 70 acres Of alfalfa, has just been
installed on the county poor farm
west Of town, and is now in operation.
Water to irrigate for the first and
second crops is secured from Nc
Kay creek, but owing to the low stage
Of the water in that stream, it be-
came necessary to devise some means
of securing water for a third crop
and the gasoline pump was installed
at the big spring on the farm.
The engine is a 12-horse-power AL
amo and the six inch cylinder pump
has a capacity of 1000 gallons per
minute.
Commissioner Horace Walker, who
has experience with irrigation in the
west end, says the supply Of water
is sufficient to water the entire 10
acres and make the third crop sure.
The second crop has already been
harvested and is now in the stack.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
PORTER BROS. WILL
EXTEND X. II. TO PORTLAND

The Dalles, Ore, Aug. I'm state
ment to the Associated Press yester-
day Johnson Porter, of Porter Bro
theirs, contractors and owners of rec
ord of the Oregon. Trunk line which
is making spectacular contest
against the Hartman system for con-
troll of the Deschutes canyon in CEN
tral oregon, practically admitted that
his road would be extended to Port
land from this city. Mr.. Porter de-
MED that Porter Brothers are bluff
ing" and declared that unlimited capi-
tai is back of them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
NEW AER0PLANE
RECORD IS MADE
FRENCHMAN REMAINS IN
AIR FOR . HOURS, % MIN
Roger Somer Beats Record Made by
Wilbur Wright by Eight Minutes
-Rcmains at an Average Height
of 60 to 100 Feet and Is Visible TO
All Residents of the City.

Paris. Aug An aeroplane record
for sustained flight was won today by
Roger Somer, a Frenchman. if the
flight at Mourmelon lie grand is au-
thentic.
He remained in the ar for 2:27:15.
Wilbur Wrights record is eight
minutes shorter
Somers maintained a height aver
aging sixty to a hundred feet above
the ground during the flight
He began early this morning when
the moon was shining and the ma
chine was plainly visible to a large
crowd.
The speed was made slow at first
by the sagging of the linen under
plane which the propellers finally
cut. and the speed increased.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
CHICAGO RAILROAD co.
WANTS TO AVOID STRIKE

Chicago, Aug. president Mitten
Of the Chicago Street Railway COM
pany, today issued a statement de-
claring the railway company desired
to avoid a strike ana calling atten-
ton to a clause in their contract with
the employees providing arbitration for
disputes. He explained that the COM
pany was willing to arbitrate.
The statement outlined the wage
scale acceptable to the company and
urged peace, but reiterated the de-
sire to arbitrate. The conference of
the labor leaders and railway Off
cials was postponed this afternoon
till later, to give the unionists time
to consider Mitten's statement before
entering the conference.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07

Annapolis, Aug. Tt is under
stood today that the charge of mur-
der has been placed against one of
the officers in the brawl which re-
suited in the death of Lieutenant SUIT
ton.
Up to the present all officers have
been cO-defendants in the investiga-
ton without any specific charge
against them.
A secret session of the court this
morning will hear letters written by
Mrs. Sutton, the mother of the dead
Lieutenant, TO the authorities at An
napolis.
In one of these letters. ii is said.
the mother makes grave charges
against the officers.
Mrs. Sutton was called to the stand
in the secret session it is said. to read
to the court some letters she wrote
to the secretary of he navy and other
officials soon after the death of her
son.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
LAND REGISTRATIONS
REACH TOTAL 2S5, ,62S

Spokane, Aug. 7-Applications re-
ceived at the land office yesterday
for land registration bring the total up
to 2S5,623, distributed as follows:
COeur dAlene reservation 105, $50;
Flathead reservation SO,559; Spokane
reservation 99.52S.
The applications coming in at pres
ent are those mailed from a distance.
The applicants posted them on their
homeward journey. It is not expected
that further receipts of these applica-
tons will be large.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
CHARGED WITH STEALING
MRS. GRISWOLD'S DIAMONDS

Deputy Sheriff Bert Wilson has gone
to Lynd, Washington to arrest Mrs.
Bessie How, wife of ]. ]. Howe, who
is charged with stealing a diamond
brooch from Mrs. Maybelle Griswold.
The brooch is valued at SIS and Mrs.
Griswold says that in addition to the
jewels she also lost s12 or $14 in cash.
The evidence leading to the arrest
was secured from persons to whom
Mrs, Howe is alleged TO have shown
the pin, saying they had been given
her by Mrs. Griswold.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
Wants Him TO Define Policy.
KERR CLIFFORD BUYS
$4,000 BUSHELS BARLEY

Waitsburg, Wash, Aug. 7.-One of
the largest grain deals made here
since the new crop commenced to
come into the market was reported
yesterday F. NJ Denton, manager
for Kerr-Gifford company bought
$4,000 bushels of white barley from
Miller and Manis at $23 a ton deliv-
cred in the warehouses. Today deal
ers are offering only s22.50 for bar
ley and the market is quiet, most far
mers holding for S24 and $25. Wheat
is being held for 80 cents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
JAPANESE BEGIN WORK
ON DISPUTED RAILROAD

London, Aug 7.-Foreign office
advices from Toyko say that the Jap
anese this morning began the con-
struction of the Tntung- -Mukden rail-
road, in accordance with the ultima
tum sent to China yesterday A
japanese military force is guarding
the work and prepared to resist any
attempt of China to interfere.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
BUSINESS MEN TO HUNT
GOLD IN SOUTH SEAS

Riverside, Calf, Aug. TEN bus
iness men of this city bound for the
Islands of the Malay peninsula in
search of gold are on the nigh seas
today They left late yesterday on
the liner Mariposa, The party was
led by NJ. A. Chase, who claimed he
had discovered gold in the South Sea
Island. The expedition was organ
led by Ray Beacon and financed by
members of the party.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
SHOOTS COUSIN,
THEN SUICIDES

Oak Creek, Ore, Aug. believing
his love unreturned, Charles Hen
erickson, aged 25, shot and killed his
cousin, Miss Iga Erickson. aged TWEEN.
ty, and then suicided with a bullet
through his heart.
Lena Erickson, aged eighteen and
Johnny, aged 8, a brother and sister
of the dead girl witnessed the tragedy
which was enacted at the girls home
IL miles from Roseburg.
The girl was shot near the heart,
and died thirty minutes afterward, un-
able to tell Of the circumstances.
1t is reported that the parents of
the girl were opposed Hendrick.
son.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
BIG ARTESIAN GUSHER
TAPPED IN WALLA WALLA

Walla Walla, Aug. 7,-Following
quickly on the news that a new ar,
tesian well flowing 600 gallons to the
minute had been Drought in" on the
Blalock fruit farm, comes word from
College Place that yesterday after
noon water was struck by those put
ting down a well on the grounds OF
Walla Walla college, says the Union
The water is now gushing four feet In
the air. 1t was only a question of Il
few minutes until the earth about the
well was flooded to a depth of several
feet. The fire in the engine was put
out and there was a regular river
coursing its way through valleys to
the Walla Wala river. Late last night
laborers were still working trying to
cap the flow, which is one of the larg-
est struck in the valley. Word from
the Blalock farm last night was TO
the effect that the new well was not
affected the flow of water in any of
the wells on that farm. This is al
most unparalleled as in many instanc-
ei where a second artesian well is put
down the flow from the first one Is
weakened considerably.
There was no indication of water
in the well brought in" yesterday
and the men were pounding away in
rock almost as hard as fine when sud
denly they broke through into the
pocket and the water gushed up. So
forceful was the flow that the tools
were lifted from the well and 1t was
impossible to sink them. Pieces of
rock as large as medium sized peb-
BILE were thrown to the surface.
The water will be used for irriga-
ton purposes as well as using it in all
buildings of the institution of learn
ing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07

Portland, Aug. 7.-According to a
statement of Johnson Porter, of Por-
ter Brothers, the contractors, they are
spending two thousand dollars daily
on the work of building the Oregon
trunk line.
Six new camps in the Deschutes
canyon are to be opened early next
week, and the equipment now stored
at Vancouver, Wash, for the North
Banw railway is to be rushed Des-
chutesward as soon as possible.
Porter said: "The Oregon Trunk
isn't bluffing. 1t has a prior right.
The opposition hasn't the right of way
or deeds so that it appears that the
Hartman people are doing the bluff
ing. 1 don't know whether they are
bluffing or not but l know they never
intended to build a railroad up the
Deschutes and wouldn't be there now
but for hampering u.s."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
FOUR SCALDED TO
DEATH IN BOILING BLOOD

Chicago, Aug. 7.-Terribly scalded
by a bursting vat containing boiling
blood. four employees of the Hammond
Packing comany at the Union Stock
yards, are at st. Bernard's hospital to-
day. and probably will die. The vat
contained fifteen hundred gallons.
Other workmen have lesser burns.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
Rnssia VIII Enlarge NAVY.

st. Petersburg. Aug. Russia S
naval program for the next few years,
according to plans jlRt completed by
the navy departmbt includes the
construction of eight battleships, a
division of armored cruisers and SO
torpedo boats. This program, it was
learned will be discussed during the
fall at a special conference of the cab
met and be presented to Emperor
Nicholas for his sanction.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
HENEY ON HUNTING
TRIP IN CENTRAL OREGON

Portland, Aug. 7.-Francis ]. Heney
the San Francisco graft prosecutor
and also government prosecutor in the
Oregon land frauds, arrived here to-
day from Seattle, He left this morn-
ing for Huntington where he will leave
for a hunting trip into Central Oregon,
He will probably return to Seattle in
a few days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
BANDITS ROB AUTOISTS
AND STREET CAR MEN

Tacoma, Wash, Aug, 1.-Two
masked men held up and robbed two
women near American lake late last
night Then they put out the auto
lights and signalled a nearby pass
ing electric car and relieved the mo-
torman and the conductor of their
change at the revolver point, and told
the motorman to continue. They es-
capped in the automobile after GUST
ing the autoists The police are pur-
suing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
MURDER THREAT TO GET
MONEY FROM MAYOR.

Los Angeles, Aug. 7.-Ex-
Mayor William Workman last
night received a threatening let
ter, similar to others sent to
prominent residents recently It
demanded that five thousand
dollars be left in the park on
the penalty of murder of the
family, particularly Workman's
children.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
BUSCH, MILLIONAIRE
BREWER, SERIOUSLY I'LL

Paris, Aug. THE proprietor of the
hotel Bristol T'rln, today received
a message from Hainz saying.
"Adolphus Busch, the millionaire
brewer is critically i'll. He will never
get back to America"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07

Spokane, Aug. 7.-Delegates from
all parts of the United States are
here today to attend the irrigation
congress and are discussing the COM
ing battle over Secretary Ballinger's
reclamation policy which promises to
be the hottest subject Of the sessions
The board of governors met this
morning and adopted a tentative pro-
gram. The executive committee
meets this afternoon to act upon the
tentative program and also recon-
mend amendments to the constitution
making the congress a permanent or
ganzation and to perpetuate the
work between congresses.
Wants Him TO Define Policy.
1--WE want the secretary of the in
terror to define his position exactly,
and what he intends to do" declared
a prominent Coloradan in comment
ing on the project this morning.
There will be the kenest interest
when Secretary Ballinger takes the
rostrum. Director Newell, head of
the reclamation service, is expected
tonight, Forester Pinchot Monday
morning and Secretary Ballinger
Monday. Pinchot speaks Tuesday
morning and Ballinger Wednesday
afternoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
Iinemon Is FIectrocntcI

Portland, Ore. Aug. bradley
Saunders, a telephone lneman. while
working on top of a pole in this city
was electrocuted yesterday when a
dead wire he was holding came in
contact with a power wire.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
PRESIDENT TAFT AT
HIS SUMMER HOME.

Beverly Mass, Aug. T.
President Taft Arrived here
this morning and was met by
his wife and her sister, Mrs.
Lewis Moore. He was greeted
by the officials, who extended a
welcome. The president went
to the Evans estate on Burgess
Point, where he will endeavor
to have solitude.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07

Willamette valley will be the fruit
basket of the world, says the Salem
Journal "The" is putting It rather
strong.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
OFFICER HELD
FOR MURDER
Direct Charges Made Against
One of the Companions of
Lieutenant Sutton.
NO SPECIFIC CHARGE MADE
PREVIOUS TO THAT TIME

Name of the Companion of Sutton
Who Is Charged With Murder Has
Not Been Made Public-All of His
Companions on the Fatal Night
Have Been Made Co-defendants
PreviOusly-Secret Session Meets
to Consider Letters Written by Mrs.
Sutton,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
WILL DISCUSS
IRRIGATION
Prominent Men Gather at
Spokane to Attend National
Irrigation Congress,
EXPECTED TO BE BATTLE
OVER BALLINGER'S POLICY

Delegates Say They Want Secretary
of Interior TO Define His Policy Ex-
actIy-Ballinger Newell and Pin
chOt VIII Have Arrived in Spokane
tby Monday Mornlng-Secretary
Ballinger VIII Speak on Monday
and Chief Forester Pinchot on
Tuesday,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-07
SAY HARTMAN.
IS bLUFF|NG
Porter Bros Insist They Will
Build DeSchuteS Road and
That Hartman is Faking.
SAYS OREGON TRUNK HAS BIG
CAPITAL BEHIND CONSTRUCTION

One of Porter Brothers Says His Com
pany is Spending $4,000 a Day on
Work of Building Oregon Trunk
Line-Says Hartman Never Intend
ed TO Build Road and That he Is
Only in the Deschutes to Hamper
Them-Say They Have Prior Right.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
Didn't Even Interest Them

Signor Scarfoglio, the world famous
came across in the course of his recent
around-the-world journey, the Chinese
impressed him as being the cleverest
because, he says, they are the only
people who paid no attention to us.
Everywhere we passed there had been
no end of banQuets, acclamations, flag
waving, speeches, congratulations,
hand shaking and even kissing-espe-
cially in the United States; but the
Chinese-well, never thought that hui
man beings could be so superior, in
different. or uninquisitiye.
Not only were the Chinese we met
in Manchuria not in the least afraid of
our great noise, but they did not even
turn their heads to watch us. 1t was
rs if we had never existed. never
passed by them, and yet many, if not
all, had never seen a motOrcar, or per-
haps never even had heard of that ma
chine.
Il thought at first it was mere stu
pidity, lack of understanding but when
| asked a mandarin in Hardin what he
thought was the cause of the absolute
of the people of his race,
he replied in placid tones: There is
nothing extraordinary in the motorcar.
There is nothing extraordinary in any
thing. Men invented it yesterday.
They will invent something else to-
morrow. Still the world goes around,
and we are not an atom the happier ,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
PRIZE FOOD.

Palntab1e, Economical, Nourishing.
A Neb. woman has outlined the
prize food in few words. and that
from personal experience. She writes ::
After our long experience with
Grape-Nuts, cannot say enough in its
favor. We have used this food almost
continually for seven years.
I'VE sometimes tried other advertised
breakfast foods, but we invariably re
turned to GrapeNuts as the most pala-
table, economical and nourishing Of
all
when 1 quit tea and coffee and be-
gan to use Postum and Grape-Nuts,
was a nervous wreck. L was so irrita-
bic 1 could not sleep nights, had no in
terest in life.
After using Grape-Nuts a short time
/ began to improve and all these all
ments have disappeared and now 1 am
a well woman. My two children have
been almost raised on Grape-Nuts,
which they eat three times a day.
They are pictures of health and
have never had the least symptom Of
stomach trouble, even through the most
severe siege Of whooplng cough, they
could retain Grape-Nuts when all else
failed.
''Grape-Nuts food has saved doctor
bills, and has been, therefore, a most
economical food for u.s."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full Of
human interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
The Public Pays the Freight.

Expressed in terms of value, the
enormous drain for lumber, which uses
up more than half of the entire re-
manning supply, merely staggers belief.
But put it on your bill as sashes, doors.
blinds, floors, roofs, stairway-railings.
ornamental house-fittiHgs, office and
store iXtures-the thousand and one
items you pay for either through your
landlord or direct to your builder then
add the item for shingles and laths,
which amounts in the aggregate to
some thirty millions a year; is it diff
cult to see why, with an average in
crease of twenty to fifty per cent in
the cost of the raw materials for these
products, your rent and house-buiidins
cost more, by just so much, than they
did ten, or even FIVE years ago. exclu-
sive OF labor ?-Success Magazine.