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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-20
w. Mex. Clayton Tells Why
Proposed Body Should
Be Named.
PRESENT OFFICIALS
ARE KEPT TOO BUSY
Brightwood Park Citizens ASSocia-
ton Will Ask Congress TO
Act Next Session.

Claiming that one Of The urgent needs
Of the District OF Columbia at the pres
ent time is a separate Public Utilities
Commission, apart and independent OF
the present Board of Commissioners,
William NICK. Clayton. formerly, presi-
dent Of the Brightwood Park Citizens
Association. in & speech before that
body last night, urgently requested the
members to use their influence 10 bring
about the establishment of such a board.
1t is true" said Mr.. Clayton, that
we have the Board Of Commissioners,
and It is also true that the work they
are doing is of the highest order. But
we need something more. In addition
TO this body. we need another board,
entirely separate and independent,
which Will come closer 70 the people
and do for them what the present board
finds it impossible to find time for.
Commissioners Too Busy.
AT present the time Of the Board
OF Commissioners is so taken up with
the thousand and one things which
come under its supervision that II is
found almost impossible 10 spare time
10 attend 70 a certain branch or class
Of corporations which relate most in
timately TO the welfare II the people
and upon which depends a large amount
OF their comfort and pleasure I refer
10 the public service corporations op-
Grating within the District.
In my opinion, Congress cannot
create and empower a commission OF
this kind any too soon. n should be done
at the next session and l believe that
II IL were brought TO the attention OF the
HHsa In Hfarrr~
VIII be little trouble IN getting II
through But what we want Is not
merely a Public Utilities Commission
we need an adequate one, one which vii
be able TO do the work that II Should
do and can perform the duties which
viii fall TO It's share.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-20
Resolution SubrItt Ted.

Therefore 1 beg TO lay before this
association the following resolution,
" That Congress should authorize for
the District Of Columbia a Public Ctili-
ties Commission separate. apart, and
independent Of the Board OF Commits
sioners.
d. That the powers conferred upon the
said commission should be ample, fun
and complete, so as 70 secure 10 the
taxpayers and residents OF The DlStTICL
adequate supervision and control OF all
public service corporations operating
within the District OF Columbia
" That the salaries OF the members
Of said commission shall be large enough
TO secure the entire time and services
Of competent and experienced specialists.
&" That the Board OF District Com
missiOners be requested to recommend
10 the coming session Of Congress the
legislation needed 20 create and en-
power the above commission p"
In addition 10 approving and accepting
this resolution, the association also &C
Ceptec another set OF resolutions drawn
up by MI Clayton relative 10 the need
q the District Government for ready
money to carry on the Improvements
necessary 10 the city and District
Should Have Money.
we are told" said Nj. Clayton.
| speaking on this subject, that the rea-
son why the District Commissioners
cannot improve our streets and avenues,
cannot do this and cannot do that, IS
| because they have not the money. But
| they should have tit is their due ard
our right. Every dollar Of the present
revenue OF the District Of Columbia
| IS urgently needed for ordinary and
| present improvements and the cur
| reat operations Of the District gov
| eminent. Knowing this 10 be the case
! I recommend that the time for the re
! pay1.4ent Of all advances made from the
/ Federal Treasury 70 the District OF Co
! luulbia for extraordinary improvements
! and which are still unpaid. shall be in
/ definitely extended
In addition 20 this I think it only
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-20
FORMER v. i. CHIEF
ANSWERS LAST CALL
General Thomas T. Eckert
Dies At His Summer
Home.

ELBERONs n. J.. Oct 20.-Gen-
Thomas T. Eckert. chief Of the War De-
partment telegraph stan during the
civil war and one-tirne president OF the
Western Union, died al his summer
home here at 7-20 o'clock this morning.
He was eighty-fve years old
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-01
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

w. ]. Bryan has sailed from Eng
land for Montreal aboard the steamer
Royal George. Mrs. Bryan accom-
panied him.
Colonel Roosevelt will attend the
annual meeting of the Colorado Live
stock Association, to be held at Den
yer September 1.
Daniel Sully. the old-time actor, Is
dead at his home in Woodstock, N.
Y, from Bright's disease and heart
failure. He had been i'll for three
months.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who was
married to Miss Eleanor Butler Alex
ander in New York few days ago,
arrived in San Francisco with his
bride. The couple will make their
home in San Francisco, where young
Roosevelt will be connected with a
large carpet establishment, as assist
ant to the sales manager
Chief of Field Service H AIRY H.
Schwartz, OF the general land office,
rendered his resignation, and will en-.
gage In the practice of law in Port.
land. Oregon.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-01
GENERAL NEWS NOTES

The Ballinger-Pinchot investigating
committee has adjourned to meet in
Minneapolis on September 5, when an
effort win be made to agree on re-
port.
Trade of the United States with
France in the fiscal year ending with
this month will probably aggregate
about $3.50, 900, the largest total on
record.
About 10000 900 worth of diamonds
are struggled into United States an
nually, according to a statement is
sued by the Importers Protective
Union, which has just offered to pay
rewards of $4,000 and up for informa-
ton leading to the arrest of offenders.
A military carnival which eclipses
all previous affairs of its kind in the
United States was opened in Chi
cago Tuesday. An entire division of
the United States army Is encamped
in Grant park and military maneuvers
and spectacles will continue daily un.
til July IA.
The senate and house agreed to
the conference report on the bill auth
orizing the survey of all unsurveyed
railroad land grants so that they may
be taxed. The bill affects more than
100000 acres. of which 100000 are
In Oregon, 729,O34 in Washington and
ST. 500 in Idaho. The expense of the
surveys is to be born by the railroad
companies.
The census bureau expects soon tc
begin giving out to the press and the
public the population returns for thu
cities Of the country. Announcement
will be made from day to day, as rap
idly as totals are correctly ascer
tanned
Federal Judge Campbell dismissed
on jurisdictional grounds the actor
brought to enjoin Governor Haskell
and Secretary of State Cross from re
moving the capitol of the state to Ok
lahoma City The court did not pass
directly on the validity of the enab
ling act
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-01
RAILROADS FEAR A
SHORTAGE OF CROPS
Retrenchments Ordered in View
Of Anticipated Lack of
Business.

CHICAGO-Alarmed over unfavor-
able crop reports, railroads ext snding-
into the Northwest have decided to
inaugurate one Of the most rigid re-
trenchment policies of recent years.
All Western railroads, including those
running from Chicago into the North
west and into Canada, have had ex-
perts out on their lines for the last
ten days gathering data regarding
crop conditions. These men have
made reports to various railroad man
agements, which have caused general
alarm as to the tonnage of the future.
Railroad crop reports indicated
that along the lines of the St. Paul,
Burlington, Northwestern, Minneapo-
lis & Omaha and other roads the
wheat crop, in several states, will not
be greater than SO per cent. The ex-
perts declare that in Minnesota and
in North ana South Dakota, for exam
pie, large proportion of the wheat
acreage is being plowed up and sown
to fax.
An early drouth, followed by days
of continuous hot winds, which took
the moisture out of the ground and
started the wheat to heading out, have
been the causes Of the threatened crop
shortage. On all of the Northwestern
roads all new construction has been
ordered stopped. One road which had
several hundred miles of new road
graded and ready for rails has ceased
work on this improvement.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-01
CRIMES AND MlSHAPS

Formal application has been made
for the extradition of Porter Charlton
the American youth, who has con-
fessed having murdered his wife at
Lake Como, Italy. Charlton was ar
rested in Hoboken, N. j., as he
stepped from a North German Lloyd
liner, and in less than an hour after
his arrest confessed that in a fit of
temper he beat his wife into insensi-
bility with mallet, damned her body
into trunk and sank it in the wa
tiers of the Italian lake.
After killing Thomas A. Landregan,
a shoe manufacturer, and James Car
roll, policeman. on the streets of
Lynn, Mass, three young Russian
Poles were all caught or killed. The
double murder was committed for rob-
berry, the trio carrying off a sack con.
tanning $4,000
With 1900 excursionists on board,
fire broke out in the hold of the Home
Packet Company's steamer J. S., while
en- route on the Mississippi river be-
tween Geno and Victory, near La
Crosse, Wis, and before the vessel
could be beached three men persisted
in the flames, one woman was drown
ed and scores were injured, many Sc
riously.
Joseph E. Hidalgo. assistant in
structor in romance languages at the
University of California, has been in
dicted by the grand jury on the charge
Of a conspiracy against public morals
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-01
Hamilton Theft Not From state.

OLYMPIA Although ex-Adjutant
General Ortis Hamilton Is now serv-
ing sentence in the penitentiary for
embezzlement of state funds, the At
torney General now takes the position
that Hamilton did not steal a cent of
state funds and, despite this asser-
ton, has made demand upon Hamil-
tons bondsmen to make good the full
amount of the $4,000 bond on an al
legged shortage of about $4,000.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-01
OREGON SHORT line
TRAIN IS HELD UP
Three Men Club and Rob 400
Passengers of Money
and JeWeIry.

The second section of the Oregonl
Short Line train, No. J., was held up
three miles north of Ogden, Utah, at
1870 o'clock Monday morning by three
men who dubbed every one offering
resistance and robbed 400 passengers
in the day coaches of money and jew.
elry of the estimated value of $500.
The robbers drove from Ogden in
buggy, with which they made their
escape. They stopped the train by
placing railroad torpedoes on the
track. When the engineer brought the
train to a stop the head brakeman
went forward to ascertain the cause
Of the delay, and was struck over the
head with revolver by one of the
robbers. He was then taken at the
point of gun to the express car and
compelled to call to the messenger
to open the door, AS soon as the
door was opened one Of the bandits
crawled in and commanded the mes.
senger to open the safe. After rif1ing
the safe the robbers turned their at
tention to the coaches.
Although there were nearly 100 pas
sengers on the train, every one Of
whom lost something, the conductor
estimated the total losses at less
than $500. The officials of the Amer
lean Express Company state that the
robbers secured less than $500.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-01
Spokane Permits Street Speaking.

POKANE.-Spokane, after two
years of fighting, has granted citizens
the right to speak on the streets with
out interference, as long as they do
not obstruct traffic or create disor-
der. The new street speaking ordi-
nance places the power of granting
permits in the hands of the chairman
of the board of police commissioners.
The first permit was granted to sis
ter" Flora Bilkiss. woman evangelist
and slum worker.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
state q Ohio, city Of Toledo. Lucas. Cour

ty, ~.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he 1.
senior partner Of the firm Of F. J. Che
oey Co., doing business In the City OF
Toledo, County and State Aforesaid, and
tnat said firm will pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of Catarrh that canno. be cured h,
the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure,
FRANK :. CHENEY.
sworn to before me rad subscribed ir
my presence, this 9Th day Of December,
d. 1885
A ". GLEASON,
loeail Notary Public
Halls Catnrrh Cure is taken internall,
and acts directly on the blood and mucou,
sur faces OF the system. Send for testlmo
aials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, @
Sold by all Druggists. 75c
Take Halls Family FIlls for con,tips
tiop.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
SITS UP
AND WINKS ONE EYE

Portland.--"A man has been thrown
out of a restaurant at the corner of
Burnside and Second and killed" was
the message which came in an excited
voice to police headquarters. one
morning. Another murder at the
north end" commented the policeman
to Captain Baty. In moment the
usually quiet station was in wild ex-
citement. Detectives Hepner Endi-
colt and Sloan we're hurriedly sent
to the scene of the tragedy while the
patrol wagon was ordered out for
district duty. In few minutes the
three sleuths We're in front of the res
taurant Lying face downward on
the sidewalk was the inert body of a
man. There were no signs of respir-
alton and gingerly the body was roll
ed over while they searched for the
fatal wound To the the consterna-
ton of the officers the supposed
corpse blinked one eye and then the
other and finally sat up.
HUH" remarked one, "it's only
Jim Casey"
A close inspection showed that
Hepner was right. Casey, who was
released from the city prison on Sun
day morning after finishing his 456th
consecutive sentence for drunkenness,
began at once to celebrate his release
with North End whiskey. 1t nearly
cost him his life, but with the aid
of the patrol wagon he was carried
again to the prison.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
Jim Casey"
BUSHEL OF GOLD AND
GEMS RAINED IN CHURCH

New York.-Wth the help of an
appraiser, Canon William Sheaf
Chase is engaged in the process Of ex-
amining a bushel of gold gems and
silverware, the proceeds of a unique
collection taken Sunday at Christ
Protestant Episcopal church, in
Brooklyn.
The collection was taken to raise
a fund for paying off a debt on the
rectory. Ushers carried big baskets
down the aisles and into these mem
bers of the congregation dropped jew
elry and coins, each being wrapped
and sealed. A sale will be held later
at which those who gave up cherish
ed pieces of jewelry VIII have an op-
portunity to bid them back again.
The silverware and gold which can
not be sold will be disposed of at the
assay office and melted down. One
of the smallest packages accidently
became unsealed ana $40 goldplece
fell out
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
-CHAPPY" MORAN. DEAN
OF SWINDLERS. JAILED

Chicago. - Charles better known
as NChappy" Moran. alleged by Post
office Inspector Stuart of Chicago 10
be the dean of American swindlers is
under arrest here
In the last twenty years Moran's al
legged gains are said to aggregate close
TO million dollars He never oper-
ated on small scale.
Moran was found occupying an ex-
pensive suit Of three rooms in a hotel.
a valet attended him and had plenty
to do caring for his masters extern
sive wardrobe. He rented a taxicab
In which to go to jail.
Moran is known on both sides of
the Atlantic. Later ne became known
as daring and successful wire tanner
and is said to have originated the
sick engineer swindle.
Moran, working with william
Clark, now a fugitive from Justice,
operated the Eastern Grain company
in Philadelphia" explained Postoffice
Inspector Cortelyou today. "They
collected from fifty to seventy-flve
thousand dollars as margins from
would-be investors and then suddenly
shut up shop. I found him here run
ming a handbook on the races and
living high.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29

Save money by reading todays ads.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
HERMlST0N TO HAVE
STONE BUILDINGS
RANKING COMPANY AND
j. w. REID WILL BUILD
Two Two-story Stone and Concrete
Structures Will Be Erected Soon
Strong Testimonial for Project
Land-Beeman Arrives to Make
Honey.
Especial Correspondence J

Hermiston, Ore, April 2S.-Plans
nave been drawn for the new bank
building soon to be erected by the
Hermiston Bank & Trust company to
be located on Main street across on
the corner from the Oregon Hotel 1t
Is to be built of stone and to be two
stories high, the lower story to be
used for banking purposes and the
upper story has been rented for Of
fices. j. w. Reid of jefferson, Ore
gon, is the owner of the adjoining 81
feet and has been planning to move
the present frame building away and
build stone or concrete building
there in the fall, but since Mr.. Reid
has decided to build at once he is
considering the matter OF building
at the same time and of using the
same kind OF material
P. A. Stewart is here from Seattle
Washington, looking after his prop
erty Interests, and also his employ
ers, the Gratnober Lumber company's
holdings which are to the extent of
one hundred and thirty acres. Before
making the purchase the company
sent him here from Iowa and had
him spend six months in investigat-
ing the orchard lands of the north
west and after a very careful study
he decided that the Umatilla project
had them all beaten in a number of
ways, mainly in transportation, water
supply, altitude, depth of soil and
climate.
John Intlekofer is here from AL
sona, Iowa, and will make this his
uture home. He is planning to build
m his land north OF town near the
farm.
George A. Cressey arrived yester-
ay with car Of emigrant moveables
rom Hilbert, Wisconsin Mr.. Cres-
ey is large aparist and is known all
yer his part of the country for his
inc honey. He will engage in that
usiness here and is the owner of a :
inc tract of land west Of town. He :
lie brought with him half carload !
bees and bee supplies.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
Mr.. Hogg, who has been transferred
to The Dalles.
Raisin Day April 80, 1910.

The above date has been set apart
as an annual event by the people of
California in which all are asked to
join by eating raisins in the form of
"Raisin Bread" or in any form that
may be desired. The object of this
special day is to create wide
spread raisin sentiment that will re-
suit in a greater demand for that
fruit, and to direct the attention of all
good housewives to the excellence of
the raisins as an article of food. The
good people of the Northwest are in
vited by their neighbors to participate
in the pleasant custom and break"
raisin bread on April 30th.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
WORK IS PLENTIFUL
AROUND UMAT|LLA
GRAVEL PIT AND RANCHES
AFFORD MUCH EMPLOYMENT
About so Men Engaged at Present in
Sand and Gravel Pits-Hobos Ar
irving TO Take Look at Work
Anglers Make Good Catches-Other
Notes,
Especial Correspondence.N

Umatilla, April 2S.-There are at
present about so men WORKING at the
gravel and sand pits getting out ma
tefial for contracts in Walla Walla
and Portland. Mr.. Bob Mccall, who
had charge of the work for some
months has resigned and is succeeded
by Walter Willstead.
Spring brings the usual number of
'boes who get all the work they want
to do at the ranches and at the gravel
pits. There are, however, the real
hobo who would rather travel than
work
A number of local sports made some
good catches of trout here last week.
Some weighed as high as 2 pounds
and were taken in and around the
Umatilla river.
Geo. H. Noyes, travelling for Cotton
& Buffman, Walla Walla, was calling
on his patrons here this week.
A number Of North Dakota and
Spokane capitalists were here this
week looking over lands in and around
Umatilla, Your correspondent may
be able to give some information in
a day or so as to the consummation
of a large land deal.
The river boat Inland Reporter un-
loaded a large quantity of freight for
local merchants here yesterday.
Mrs, w. Baker Of Pendleton was
visito: to the city today.
D. F. McGee and A. S. Grenier of
Portland arrived here today in a toru-
ing car, having passed through the
Hermiston and Stanfield projects on
their way here.
F. L. Corkendale, assistant super
intendent of the o. r. & N, was
visitor here today and left for Port
land on No. 3.
c. ]. Forsyth, operator, has been
transferred to Umatilla, succeeding
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29

Do you take the East oregonlan?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
Can you believe your senses? When

Can you believe your senses? When
two of them, taste and SMELL having
been impaired If not utterly Destroy
ed, by nasal catarrh, are fully restored
by Ely's Cream Balm, can you doubt
that this remedy deserves all that has
been said of it by the thousands who
nave used it? 1t is applied directly
to the affected air-passages and be-
gins its healing work at once. Why
not get it today? All druggists or
mailed by Ely Bros, 56 Warren
street, New York, on receipt of SO
cents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
Congress of Poles

Washington, April 29.-Arrange-
ments are nearing completion for the
great international convention of
Poles to be held in Washington next
month. Henry Sienkiewiez author of
several .widely-read novels, will ac-
company large party Of Austrian
Poles
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
Ladies' and Gentlemen!

Bring me your FhQes and oxfords
that need repairing. soles sewed for
ladies' shoes 65c, and gentlemen
shoes 90c per pair. My latest moderr
machinery insures you better work
A. EKLUND.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29

ASSIST NATURE. There are times
when you should assist nature. 1t Is now
undertaking to clean your system-if you
will take Hoods Sarsaparllla the under
taking will be successful. This great med
icine purifies and builds up az nothing else
does
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
A. ". GLEASON,
For Cemetery Improvement.

All parties who wish to have con-
crete walls built around the graves
OF their dear friends or relatives, be-
fore decoration day, will find me do.
Ing this work at the cemetery now or
may phone Red 1927. Information
given free. FRANK DUPRAT.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
.iQuid Foot Ease.

Relieves tired, aching and sweaty
feet. Happiness for evedy one at 25c
a bottle. First Glass Drug Stores.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-29
,Jacks for Sale.

have at Athena. Oregon, a num-
Der Of fine native registered jacks for
sale. B. F. SWAGGART.