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The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16

Wheat sold about &c higher today than
yesterdays high point and WAS at no time
than 14c lower than yesterdays top.
Trade has been of very much the same charac-
ter heretofore. except that there has been
little selling from Europe. the east and
northwest Local shorts have been nervous
and few of them have covered. Apparently
the leading longs have been letting them have
wheat on the swels. Both foreign and domestic
news today has been of a depressing sort. the
slack demand for cash wheat, however being
natural to this season of the year Australian,
Argentine and Russian crop news today has been
good. Argentine has shipped nearly 1,000.000
bushels of old wheat this week against $4,000
bushels last year. Beneficial rains reported in
New Zealand. One of the leading authorities
estima ties worlds wheat crop at only 100000
bushels less than last year. Threshng returns in
northern Argentina continue excellent. Primary
receipts this country exceed those of last year
by nearly 80 per cent and in the southwest are
three times large year ago, de-
spite the dry weather claims for Kansas and
Oklahoma. Kansas City receipts today are more
than five times as large as year ago. No
cash whe3t sales reported here today. Wheat
market took on a weak tone late in the ses-
sion and closed lower.
sCorn-Prices had quite bulge today, but.
like wheat. have taken weak turn late in
the day. Leading longs in December corn were
bidding the price up along with good buying
of May by the wheat longs. Quite guam
tity of corn has been sold the advance much
of 1t by leading shorts while smaller shorts
were frightened into covering during the bulge
Argentine corn shipments this week were esti-
mated less than last week. Argentine
crop is officially estimated at 164,00oseoo bush
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Meat Market


Slaughterers' rates TO dealers and butchers are
follows:
Beef-sis acc per rb for steers. TGsc for cows
and heifers.
veal-s@sc for large and 1OG1ic for small
Mutton-Wethers, 9G9%c; ewes, ~ GSHc
per 10.
Iambs-1oh6TH per To-
Dressed Pork tper lbl-10di2c.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations are for good. sound
livestock, delivered in San Francisco, gross
weight:
No. fat steers, over 900 lbs. alive. 51s d5at c
per III; under 900 lbs. 5 Il Q5lac; second quality
all weights. 5G5Ae; thin. undesirable steers.
4A @4&c
No. cows and heifers ~ G4Hc; second quail
ity, 404Lc; common. thin. undesirable cows
81 @3ac.
Desirable bulls and stags- 2s4 0sc; half fat
or thin bulls. 2G21ac.
Calves-Iightweight. per ID, 6@6Lc; medium
51a @5%c: heavy. 4ia @5c
Sheep-Desirable wethers AZ G5c; ewes, ~ a
415c.
Lambs (per lb)-Unshorn lambs 6M6Lc
Hogs-Hard grain fed, weighing 100 to $50
lbs, 715@7Ac. $50 to 600 lbs, Sc; 2JO lbs up
7%c per h.
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Cash Grain and Provisions


CHICAGO Dec. 15.-Cash quotations were as
follows:
ing barley 60G72c: fair to choice mailing, s2FI
sec: fax seed. No. 1 southwestern. s2.27: No
northwestern 81. 40; timothy seed. S10 clover
s15: mess pork per Dbl. $40 1a@fe. %: lard,
per 100 lbs S1-.5: short ribs. sides Goosel,
$9sT15 5G1o.371e; short clear sides (boxed),
S10.3Tl Is M10.50.
GRAIN STATISTICS
Total clearances of wheat and flour were
equal to 81 900 bushels. Primary receipts were
$4,000 bushels. compared with 500, 600 bushels
the corresponding day year ago. Estimated
receipts for tomorrow: Wheat cars: corn,
453 cars: oats. 200 cars; hogs $4,000 head
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,rlnneapoli- and DulutI, Grain and F,Ia1

MINNFAPOIIS. Dec. 15-Close: Wheat-De-
cember. S1oo5s: May. 81 OBJ: July. S1.o414.
Cash: No. / hard, S1-o31s; No. l northern.
S1.O1si al 1.O2as: No. . northern, 93&cGs1O1 Il !;
No. 8. 971a 699Lzc.
Corn-No. yellow. 421k d4315c.
Oats-No. 3 white. 30630l5c.
Rye-No. 2. 76d7715c.
Flax-Closed at $2.3e.
DULUTH. Mimi. Dec 15-Flax-zOn track
and to arrive. $2.ss; December, $2.Ss; May,
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Deciduou. ana c-It-,,. r-,..,,.

The situation in fresh fruits remained exactly
Ine same yesterday the preceding day
The market was featureless. with business In alI
INES copnned 10 narrow limits and n the ah-
senee Of trading quotations for everything wefe
unchanged Receipts OF grapes were less than
IOO packages, but there was very little demand
for them and portion OF the arrivals was still
on hand at the close. Strawberries and rasp-
berries sold IN a peddling way at irregular
strawberries -S3Gs per chest for Melinda
and SSG10 for I4Ongworths
Raspberries=S661O per chest.
Huekleberries-Nominal
Cranberries-Cape Cod. 14dfJ per Dbl for late
Howe and s10d11 for early black.
Apples (per bOx)-Fancy tier red. S5cdS1 l. !.
Newtown pippIns. 9OcdS1.1O: belIhOwer 75cdS1 ::
choice fruit, S5deOc: Christmas apples. 81 5O0
ESQ per box.
Pears-winter NellIs. s2025O per box; cook
ing varieties. S101.25 per box
Persimmons-J0tdI I5c per box
GrapeS-Crates, $101.5O: small boxes. T5c0Sf
Citrus Fruits (per bOx)-Navel oranges 81 80
91-90 for choice and $2025O for extra choice,
tangerlnes. Slu1.IS; grapefruit S3d3.j0 for
seedless and S1d150 for common: lemons S3G
$50 for fancy. So 256l2.5 so for choice and 81 50f1
Tor standard; Mexican lines. S4 50d5.
Tropical Fruits-BanaDas. 7jcdS1.2 .25 per bunch
for Hawaiian and 81 1-5O052.50 for Central Ameri-
can; pineapples, S292.50 per dozen.
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Chicngo Grain and Provision Futures

OF, 70c per gal; salad oil. I5c per sal; califene
for 5 tierces
Beef-Local prices are quoted. Export lots.
inspected by the government. are 81 per bhl
higher. Extra family beef, SIS per hhl; family
beef. $3.50 per bbl; extra mess beef. $3.50 per
bbl; smoked beef, 211ac per ID.
Pork-Extra prime. in barrels, $50; clear. $50;
mess. $50; pig pork. S34; pigs feet. $5.75 for
half bbls $2.40 for SO lb kegs and 81 s5 for kits
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els last crop Country selling and eonsigning
freely. No eastern demand Total easn s3ies
100000 bushels -, -.ins drr-
ing the morning. losing much OF the adNslSe adlSs
in the. last hour. There was consl9elau.V i.
covering by small shorts, much ,n oeiabyu bT leading
shorts who had covered lower down some tlule t
ago. December shorts we're best buyers IN tus ~
pit today. Cash sales poor, at 1lU'OOo pusn
Government Crop Report
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Final estimates soSa 1o
the important farm crops Of the country Ior 5'Io
announced today by the crop reporting 6oaro OF
the department of agriculture are as foIoNs -
Corn 3125 713Ooo bushels OF Weign5 25e otS'l oes
ia OO2. 900 acres: total farm value, Sl'S-"'9oo'
OO0, or 1850 per bushel.
Winter wheat. 464. .O44. 600 bushels OF Teignt a5a
from 29.427.0 600 acres; total farm Vaiue' Sfi''
Spring wheat 231. $4,000 bushels OF weight .a6I
from 10, 7Ts. 900 acres: total farm value $2o''-
All wheat 695,44S.oOo bushels Of weigh. from TON
40 POS 600 acres: total farm value, $62l 445.uyu.
se.4c per bushel. All wheat in 1903. 49, 49,
oats. i. ice. .7s5. 600 bushels of weight from
e5 2sS GOO acres; total farm value, SSS4'.lo'VVV'
Tobacco. ss4. s49, 600 pounds from 1.2ss, 500
acres total farm value. Se1. $4,000, or s.Sc per
pound.
to $3.50 900 bags Of 1S6 pounds. from I22,soO
acres total farm value $16,624o ooo or 6%-sc per
FIaxseed-1411s.Oo0 bushels In weight. from
2916OOO acres; total farm value, So. 2.554. 600,
or 2-306 cents per bushel. -. e-.
Harley-162. .227 900 bushels or weight, from
I. 7.257 600 acres Total farm value. $SS, S,ISo,OOO,
or 57-S cents per busbel-
Rye-33, ,O39. .000 bushels in weight from 2OZS.-
600 acres Total farm value, SO, $40, ,Ooo. or
1872 cents per bushel.
Buckwheat-1T. .239. coo bushels in weight from
S26. 900 acres. Total farm value. 81, ,321 coo.
or 65. Z, cents per bushel.
Potatoes5S3S S11. 900 bushels in weight from
g. 591 600 acres Total farm value, S1s7. .9S5, 600,
or 53.5 cents per bushel.
Hay-60, ,97s. 600 tons from 5.691, 600 acres
Total farm value, S74T. .769. 900. or s12.26 per
ton.
The total value of crops above specified vas
Sc. 1885, .464 900 on December L. against $S,9Sl,-
426. 600 on December 1 last year The average
of prices was about SIS per cent lower on De
cember l this year than last year.
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Dried Fruits. Rai.ins. Nut. and Honey

Fruits-Evaporated apples. 9ll a 1Oc; apricots
liza 13c; fancy Moorparks, 13l@ a 614c: peaches.
6G6l5c; fancy, &c; prunes. Ga 0615e basis; figs.
nominal; pears. 1O01Sc-
RaiSins-Layers. cluSters-6 crown So so
crown. 81; crown. S1.4O; crown. S1.1O. 2
crown. 81: seeded. 4&sc for choice and 5itc for
fancy; Thompson's seedless. 43t 6l5c; loose mus
eatel, crown, 415c; 3 crown. 4c: crown
SIC; seedless. 315Q4c; raisins in sweatbox at
Fresno, 2025c.
Nuts-Almonds, nonpareils 15c: IxL. 14c: ne
plus ultra. 13e; peerless. 12c. Brakes 111bc:
lsnguedoes, lie; hardsheu 715aSe; shelied
No. 1 softshelIs 14i9e for No. 1 standards: No
standard. lie; pecans 1415 715c: peanuts
4laN5e; pine nuts, 1s02Oc; Italian chestnuts
S61Oc
Honey-Wster white comb. sage honey. 140
16c. white do. 1201215c: amber do. 1Od1lc:
Sacramento river comb, 1Od13c: extracted. 81 n
&c for white. TGse for light amber and 81 "a
SIC per ID for amber.
&c for dark.
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New York Grain Market

NEW YORK. Dec 15.-Flour-Quet and
about steady. Receipts, 2S.43O barrels; ship
ments, Sill barrels.
Wheat-Spot steady; No. red. 9Sssc ele-
vator and T. O. b. ahoat: No. northern Duluth.
$1.1SA f. {. b. afoat The futures market was
steady most of the day on small offerings. due
to dry weather in the southwest. but prices
eased off a little later UNDER liquidation. clos ug
L 6Lc net lower. December closed at 9I14 4c,
May at 81 O2at and July at $1.0oA. Receipts,
8, 900 bushels; shipments, NIL.
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Los ANGELES OIL EXCHANGE
ISeeeial Dispateh 10 The Cain

: Los ANGELES. Dec. 15.-Mexican petroleum
common was the star trader on the stock ex-
cnange today. The price advanced zone point
over Wednesdays quotations AiHalgamated
went UP nye points and. Union Provident also
made gain Associated was Arm. Consolidated
Midway was heavy trader around 20A cents
california Midway was quiet while Cleveland
and Jade were firm. The call.
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Northern business
TAroMl

TACOMA. Dec. 15--Clearings. s721-157; bal
ances, $40, 442.
SEATTLE. Dec. 15-clearings, s1.7s5 oes;
balances $151 935.
SPOKANE, Dec. 15.-c1earings. s7e4.7ls; bal
ances. ST.. T94.
PORTLAND. Dec 15.-clearings. s1.5ss 72s;
balances, S130,413.
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|LOCaI Securities Sell Actively !
Trade Quiet in the Other Stocks

These figures exclude Panama canal and pub
lie debt transactions.
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Portland Butter Market

PORTLAND. Dec. 15.-Butter-Citv creamery.
solid pack, SIC; eastern. 5O935e; butter TAT. IS
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Chicago Discount Rate
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Exchange on New York
sc premium.
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New York Mining Stocks
New York Curb Stocks

NEW YORK. Dec. BE. F. Hutton Co. 5
wire says; The duilness which has character
lied the curb market for the last week was
again in evidence today. Even the low price
changes were narrow, and there were no features
IN the mining list. Many issues were late in
opening. among them being Greene Cananea, La
Rose. Butte Coalition and British Columbia and
Inspiration. In the closing trade the market
showed little improvement in business and quo
tations were about the same level as those pre-
vailing during the forenoon
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UNLTsTFD sECURITIEs
SALES

30 Wells Fargo Nev Nat Bank $50 90
. California Wine Assn (pfd) -. So ~
- Pacific Gas & Electric (com) . 50 so
30 Noble Electric Steel Co........ 80 80
:, COO Pacific Gas & Electric 5s. -. 90 80
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EARLY GAINS ARE
LOST IN CLOSING
Rum0r of Earthquake on Pacific
Coast Has Small Influence
on Exchange
FaiIare of Bank of England to
Reduce Discount Rate
Weakens Market
- N-nrI- SfncL Liet

New York Stock LIST
p r Eufron & Co 400 California street.
members of The New York stock exchange, fur
nish the following list OF bond and stock safes
yesterday
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London Closing Stock,

Money-2d2Ia per cent
Tue rate Of discount in the open market fo,
snort bills Is 3l1 per cent and for three months
bills 3ss d3ls per cent
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DiztiIlers IS 49,. II IL S steel I'd IS. .1o3 y
Erie prior lien As. 81 Va Car Chem 5s. 100
DO gen As -. - Wabash 1st 5s. 1OS15
Do cv As ser A T3 Do 1st & ext is $685.
Do cv 4s ser B 69Lz Western Md IS. Se1a
Gen Elect cy IS. Isl Westng FL ev 5s. 92l4
III Cen 1st ref As 97L Wis Central As. 9294
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Boston Stocks

BOSTON, Dec. 15.-E. f. Hutton & Co.'S
wire says: Trading in the Boston coppers is
practically at a standstill. About the only
active feature in the trading has been Lake,
which has advanced further to 35I The bal
snce Of the copper list has been more inactive,
but the undertone is fairly firm Other de-
partments are also dull. American woolen pre-
ferred sold e31s. American telephone was about
the only active feature at 142.
Miami. Ray consolidated and Chino estimates
range all the way from sc. 600 600 75. 200. 600
pounds from these three properties. but 1t would
appear 70 be pretty safe to figure on q mine
production Of 5000. 600 pounds in 1911 as fol-
lows Arizona-Miami and Ray consolidated.
30. 600. 600; New Alexico-Chino Is 600 0O0; Utah
Utah copper, 20 600 600
The returns to investors in copper stocks dealt
in the New York stock exchange are wider
at the present time than they have been in
months For example. Nevada consolidated, sell
ing at 1S3A, net the investor 81 per cent; Utah
copper at 46. G.5 per cent: Anaconda at 40 )
per cent and Amalgamsted at SO. 80 per cent
The following list is furnished by r. F. Hut
l.tOn & Co., 490 California street San Francisco:
Bid Ask Rid Ast
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LOCAL MARKETS
Rece,pt~ of Produce December rs
Provisions

Flour, Or SKIS. ............
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Horses and Mules
Butter. Cheese and EgE.

ictly high grade creamery butter continued
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-17
MARY B. CLOPT0M :"
DIES N PORTLAND

Mrs. Mary B. Clopton, well known
III Portland and Pendleton died sud-
denly yesterday afternoon about $50
in Portland at the home of her dau-
ghter, Mrs. c. S. Jackson. She was
76 years of age and though she had
been i'll for some time death was
entirely unexpected as she was sup
posed to be improving.
News of the death was received here
last evening by Miss Ida Boyd, sister
OF the deceased, who left this morn
ing for Portland to attend the fun
eral. Aside from her sister Mrs.
Clopton's only other Pendleton rela-
tive is Miss Sibyl Clopton, a grand
daughter.
The deceased made Pendleton her
home for a number of years and for
that reason was we'll known to scores
OF residents of this city who heard
with regret the news Of her death.
Several weeks ago she was stricken
with paralysis but she rallied quickly
from the attack and only last Thurs
day Miss Boyd received a card from
her sister which had been written by
her own hand. The nurse had left
the room temporarily yesterday af-
ternoon and when she returned a few
minutes later the patient was dead.
death having apparently occurred nat
urally and without pain. From the
position of the body the patient had
reached for the call bell when life
passed from the body.
The funeral services will be held
in Portland tomorrow afternoon and
the remains will be cremated and sent
back to their old home in Virginia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-17
Prominent Speakers Secured.

County School Superintendent
Welles has been notified that the in
structors for the annual meeting of
the eastern division Of the Oregon
State Teachers association which is
to be held in La Grande, next month,
have been secured. They are Presi-
dent John NJ Cook of the North Illi-
nois Normal, Miss Katherine Mont
gomery of the training department Of
the Bellingham State Normal, Presi-
dent Campbell of the University Of
Oregon, H. A. Adrian of Santa Bar
bara, California and State Superin-
tendcrt ]. H. Ackerman. A rate of
one and a third fare for the round
trip has been ordered by the rail-
road company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-17
Ralph Watson Here.

Ralph Watson, a prominent Port
land newspaper man who is well
known in Pendleton by reason of his
previous connection with the East
Oregonian and Tribune, spent yes
terday In Pendleton. AS staff cor
respondent of the Portland Journal
he has been accompanying Oswald
West on his tour of eastern Oregon
and while West went on to Portland
yesterday morning Watson remained
in Pendleton for the day. The skin
on the bridge Of his nose is being
held together with court plaster as
the result Of slight automobile ac-
cident in which the West party par
ticipated Saturday. They were just
out Of Baker City and were running
along the country road at the rate
of about 30 miles an hour when the
machine struck an open culvert. All
the occupants were badly shaken up,
and Watson, though not a light
weight, was bounced against the front
bow Of the cover.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-17
SOME NEWS CRUMBS
PICKED UP At ECHO
Especial Correspondence


Echo, Ore, Oct. IA heavy rain
fell here last night which is very
helpful to winter pasture.
Nathan Evans, NJ. E. pastor of
Pendleton preached here in the Meth
odist pulpit yesterday morning to a
crowded house.
George Sprattler, German Lutheran
minister, held services here yesterday
at p. m. 1t was communion SER
vices. A large audience was in at
tendance.
District Superintendent Sykes is
here and will hold quarterly confer
ence for the Echo Methodist church at
10 a. m.
On last Saturday evening the mem
bers of the I. o. o. F. lodge of this
place were pleasantly surprised at the
close OF the session to be greeted by
large number of sister ~Rebekahs
who came with we'll filled baskets. A
feast was spread and a general social
time INDUCED in until a late hour.
Miss Melissa Briggs hurriedly left
Saturday evening for Wichita, Kan
sas, in response to telegram stating
that her foster father was near deaths
0eof.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koester Of Ger
vais, are here visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. e. Ripper.
Mrs. Jacob Rhode was pleasantly
surprised by the arrival Of her father
John Harken Of McLain county, ILL.,.
last week. This Is Mr.. Hansen's first
visit west. He Is well pleased with
the country
Mrs. T. D. Matthews and daughter,
Miss Ada Matthews, left yesterday for
Pendleton, where the Matthews fam
lily will spend the winter.
Miss Minnie Baker, who Is teach
ing at Stanfield. psent Saturday visit
ing with her sister, Mrs. ]. T. Hos
kins of this place
Ed Ware went to Portland Satur-
day morning to visit with friends.
J. Frank Spinning returned last
evening from business trip to Walla
Walla.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-17

cording to the witness the greater
part of the egg shell found lodgment
in the eye.r ,s,t.t - te
Saw Vert Throw the Eggs.
The Myrtle Point minister testified
to seeing Vert walk up quickly, take
his position behind another man, and
throw an egg. This one went wide
of its mark, whereupon Vert threw
a second egg, which struck the speak
er in the face. He then said that
ne started toward the thrower of the
egg to get his name, but that Rev.
J. c. Lininger of the local church,
was ahead of him and was tapping
the thrower on the shoulder. Prior
to the incident he had not seen Vert
but he picked him out of the court
room crowd and identified him posi-
lively as the man who threw the mis-
sile which struck the minister.
The following are the ministerial
petitions which resulted in the mis-
missal of the charges:
Petitions.
Mr.. ]. r. Raley,
Pendleton, Ore.
Dear Sir:-In the matter of the
suit of the City of Pendleton versus
Mr.. John Vert, as the party made the
victim of the assault, so called in law,
1 believe, permit me to say that it is
my desire that If possible the suit
may be dismissed, as l do not per-
sonally desire to push this suit against
Mr.. Vert, and, furthermore, 1 believe
that the fair name of Pendleton will
not suffer by such dismissal. Certain
ly the city has a right to defend and
must defend its reputation as a law
abiding and peace loving community.
And while there is very good evidence
showing that guilt may be shown in
this case, yet the ends of justice
sometimes can be secured through
mercy and the bitterness of contro-
versy avoided. l therefore, most re-
spectfully ask you to ask the court to
grant a dismissal of the case without
further prosecution.
Yours truly,
CHAS. w. HAYS.
Pendleton, Ore, Oct. Is, 1910.
Mr.. ]. r. Raley,
Pendleton, Ore.
entered against Mr.. John Vert which
to some extent touches the Synod of
Oregon, 1 wish to say as moderator
of that body that the spirit of the
synod is precisely that set forth in
the accompanying letter of Mr.. Hays.
We earnestly hope that the citizens
of Pendleton who feel that the matter
should be further prosecuted, will
feel justified in checking the pro-
ceedings. The members of Synod in
cluding Mr.. Hays will return to their
respective homes with only kindly
feelings toward Pendleton. saIN
Yours very truly, Es}
". H. BLEAKNEY,
Moderator of Synod.
1 concur in both these statements.
JOEL c. 1ININGER.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-10-17
MINISTERS |NTERCEDE
FOR EGG THR0WER
CASE AGAINST JOHN
VERT Is DISMISSED
Members of Synod Petition City At
torney to Drop Charge Against Lo-
cal Man Accused OF Hurting "Hen
Fruit" at Preachers.

John Vert is relieved of the neces-
sity of defending himself upon the
! charge of throwing the egg which
struck Rev. Charles w. Hays of Port
land in the face during Friday nights
riot. Upon petition of DIR. Hays and
the ministers comprising the Synod
of Oregon OF which the assaulted man
7 is a member, City Attorney ]. Roy
Raley moved that the case be dis
missed. Acting upon the motion OF
the city attorney, Judge Fitz Gerald
ordered the charge withdrawn,
though announcing that in future per-
sons guilty of such acts would be
prosecuted even though he be COM
PEELED to employ a prosecutor to do
the work.
Vert was arrested Saturday after
noon and as two of the principal wit
nesses desired to leave the city that
evening, the case was called for trial,
the testimony of the two witnesses
taken and the trial continued until
2 O'Clock this afternoon.
Women in Court Room.
By the time o'clock arrived the
police court room was packed to ov-
erflowing, about half the chairs be-
ing filled with members of the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union,
each of whom was wearing the bow Of
white ribbon. AS soon as the case
was called City Attorney Raley read
the petitions signed by DR.. Hays and
DIR. Bleakney as moderator of the
synod and stated that in view of these
petitions he would move that the case
be dismissed.
Judge James A. Fee, who Is known
as one of the strongest and most in
fluential supporters of the prohibi-
ton cause in Umatilla county, but
who had been employed to defend
Vert arose and requested that the mo-
ton of the city attorney be allowed
to prevail He consumed consider
able time in explaining why he
thought the best interests of all con-
cerned and especially those of the
city would be best conserved by dis
missal.
Trial Started Saturday.
The two witnesses who testified
Saturday were c. w. Hays, the Port
land minister who received the egg
and Rev. George W. Taylor, pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Myrtle
Point. Before the trial began Hays
appeared before Judge FitZ Gerald
and City Attorney Raley to ask for
leniency in behalf of the man who
threw the egg. The minister re-
quested that the thrower be compli-
mented upon his good craftsmanship
and then allowed to go with the ad-
monition not to do 1t again. He
stated that he did not bear any NAL
ace toward the man whatever
Upon the witness stand Hays told
of his attempt to speak and of being
struck on the left temple, near the
Corner Of the eye, with an egg. Ac-