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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
CITY WILL hpPF OPR|ATELY OBSERVE CORNER
STONE LAYING OF INSANE HOSPITAL

The laying of the corner stone of
the branch insane asylum at the
western boundaries of this city will be
attended with ceremonials befitting
the commencement of construction
work on the largest building this side
of the Cascades, IL plans now being
made by the Commercial association
and the city council materialize. At
the meeting of the council last night,
an invitation from the Commercial
association to the council asking it to
join with the club in arranging for
the laying of the corner stone was
read and the invitation accepted.
The Commercial club also asked
the council to do what 1t can towards
the building of a good road to the
asylum and the matter was referred
to the street committee with instruc-
tions that it confer with the county
court towards secncing such a road.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
WILSON OUT
FOR CONGRESS
Urges irrigation of Reserya-
ton Lands by the Federal
Government.
WOULD USE TRIBAL FUND
Athena Attorney ANill Make Con-
gIessional Race as Out and Out
Progressive Follows RoOsevelt's
Attitude on Trust Question.

That he will run for congress from
the new eastern Oregon district and
will have as one of the chief planks
in his platform the proposition of ir-
rigating the Umatilla reservation
through the use of the tribal fund now
held in trust for the local Indians by
the government is the declaration of
5. f. Wilson of Athena in the Oregon
Journal.
In last evenings Journal appeared
the following story telling of Mr..
Wilson's candidacy and of his polite
cal and economic views.
S Fred Wilson of Athena, Umatilla
county. will be candidate for the re-
publican nom nation for congress in
the new eastern oregon district Mr..
Wilson. who is in Portland, made pos
tive announcement of his intention to
seek the nomination.
Il expect to make a vigorous cam
paign," said Mr.. Wilson. land it will
be somewhat different from others in
this state. / shall arrange for meet
ings in different parts of the district
where an educational discussion can
be had of political topics. Promn-
ent progressives will be invited to
speak at these meetings and give in
forming talks.
Among the matters which / ex-
pect to make issues in my campaign
are the development of irrigation on
the Umatilla reservation and adjoin-
ing lands and the question Of ton
mage tolls through the Panama canal.
Oh
100000 in fund derived from the
sale of tribal lands. A large part of
the reservation can be irrigated from
Pine creek and greatly inceased in
value. Adjoining the reservation are
other lands that may be irrigated
from the same source. / shall ad-
vocate the adoption of a plan to use
part of the tribal funds along with
an apportionment from the govern
ment reclamation funds for the irri-
CATION of this land and will work to
that end if I go to congress-
1.-THE question of tolls through the
Panama canal is one that calls for
early action. The railroads would
like to nave heavy tolls to prevent ef-
fective competition by water and con-
greSS should see TO II tnal lne Dene-
fit of the canal is not lost to the peo-
pie.
81 am a progressive in national poll
itics. belle e in presidential prima-
ries and election of United States
senators by the people l believe in
upholding the established progressive
laws of oregon.
"I am inclined to believe the pres
ent administration is making mis-
take in its attacks on big business
under the Sherman law Colonel
Roosevelt more nearly expresses my
ideas, The big corporations should be
controlled by government regulation,
and not made the subject of constant
attack in the courts. 1t will be too
big a task to attempt to regulate all
these corporations by suits in the
courts"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
TECHNICALLY MAY
DULL TRUST PROBE

Washington, Nov. 2S.-Chairman
Stanley announced today that he will
demand that the democrats back the
investigation of the steel trust, when
congress reconvenes.
He is convinced that Jno. d. Rookie
feller and Rev. Gates should be called
personally before the committee to
explain the story told by Merritt yes
terday of how the oil king mulched
him out of millions of dollars worth
of mining property.
The work of the Stanley committee
may be nullified by technicality in
the resolution, which created the
committee, according to steel trust at
torneys, who argue that the United
States dissolution suit against the
trust, forbids further inquiry by a
committee.
Chairman Stanley may be compelled
to suspend the hearings until congress
meets.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
INVENTION OF LOCAL
MAN is PRACTICAL

Proving entirely satisfactory and
upholding the claims of the inventor,
a trial was given yesterday of the
new spring spoked wheel Just recent
" patented by Isaac Jay, the well
known local blacksmith. and a num-
ber of prominent business men in
the city who rode by invitation in the
auto upon which two of the new
wheels had been placed are enthusi-
astic in their commendation of the
invention and express their firm be-
lief that it will revolutionize the
Matchmaking industry.
Mr.. Jay has just finished making
the first two of his patented wheels
and yesterday substituted them for
the two hind wheels of his big auto.
The machine was then sped around
the city and Il special test was made
of the jar-absorbing ability of the
spring spokes. Extra speed was put
on when crossing cross-walks and
the railroad tracks and those who
rode in the machine declare that the
jar from the bumps was felt much
less than when the ordinary pneumatic
tired wheels are used. Indeed they
declare much difference could be no.
ted in the jar sustained when the
front wheels struck an impediment
and in the response of the back
wheels to the same obstacle.
Mr.. Jay has not yet perfected his
invention to his own satisfaction as
the wheels just made are lacking in
some of the details which, the inven-
tor claims, will make the wheels more
durable
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23

At the meeting last night a special
committee recommended the follow
ing appointments for judges and
clerks of the firemen's election which
is to be held on the same day as the
municipal election:
Judges-D. d. Phelps, Ed STAINS
berry and l.. Dunlap; clerks Alex
Manning. Jess Mcconnell and Charles
Miller The appointments were forth
with made and confirmed.
\ committee consisting of Council
men Strain. Brock and Kirkpatrick
was appointed to consider the matter
of creating new precincts in the Sec
ond and fourth wards of the city and
to take it up with the county.
Final assessments on the Alta
street paving district were made last
night and the figures contained in
the report of the city engineer will
now remain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Two Icncrs in philadclrhin.

Philadelphia,,-Two cases of lep-
rosy were discovered in this city The
case of Mrs. Becky Schleifman. fifty
eight, was diagnosed by the physi-
clans of the Pennsylvania hospital
1t is said she is in the early stages
of the disease. She has been in the
country twenty years. The case of
Mrs. Becky Feeder, thirty-six, was
reported by the physicians of the Or
thopaedic Hospital. She came to this
country in 1905 and IS said to be in
an advanced stage of the disease. Both
women were Quarantined.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Bculah Binford Talks.

New York, n. Y, Nov. 23.-Beulah
Binford, the girl for whose sake Hen
ry Beattie dies tomorrow, today gave
what she stated was the last inter-
view she will ever give.
She said; IF justice is being done
II is all right.
II am sorry for Henry but / know
nothing of the murder.
II am going to be born again.
am going to hide behind a new name
and forget. "a
Il was the victim of Beattie; his
Castoff.
Il was picked from a dozen of his
victims in the murder case, because
| was helpless and ha3 10 one to pro-
tect me.
For Gods sake let me alone, Beu-
lah Binford is dead"
The girl is living at the hc-le of Is
ador Bernstein and is constantly un-
der the eye of Rev. Madison Peters.
She is working and next week will be
operated on for appendicitis.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Prohing ENnress Cnmnanics

New York, Nov. 2S-Crticisms
and remedial recommendations. rang
ing from mild to rational, were pre-
sented to the interstate commerce
commission at the opening of a series
of hearings to be held throughout
the country in investigation of the ex-
press business.
The magnitude of this business
was brought out by Attorney Frank
Lyon, counsel for the commission,
who said the combined express busi-
ness operate more than 100000 miles
of railway and do business through
Sl,S2S stations. He placed the cost
of operating the express plants at
$21000,O0o. the operating income at
$lo,000,000, or a fraction over IS
per cent on plant valuation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
LABOR HEADS
IN CONTEMPT.
Justice Wright So Declares
Against Officials of Fed
GRAFTON of Labor
MUST FACE SECOND TRIAL
President Samuel Gompers Says Dist
rict of Columbia Chief Justice is
Not Competent to Render Fair and
Impartial Decision.

Washington. D. c., Nov. 23.-In a
scathing decision Justice Wright, of
the District of Columbia supreme
court, refuses to dismiss the contempt
charges against Gompers, Mitchell
and Morrison, heads of the American
Federation of Labor
They are declared in contempt of
court, for placing the Buck stove and
Range company on the unfair list of
the federation's journal.
This means an attempt will be made
to force the labor leaders to trial
again.
The United States supreme court
last spring dismissed the defendants
then under Judge Wright's sentence,
but allowed a nenewed action.
Through their attorneys, the three
labor leaders filed notice of a spec
ial appeal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
No Need of Haste.

At lecture a well known author
ity on economics mentioned the fact
that in some parts of America the
number OF men was considerably larg-
er than that of women, says Tit-Bits,
and he added. humorously:
II can therefore recommend the
ladies to emigrate to that part"
A young woman seated in one Of the
last rows of the auditorium got up
and. full of Indignation. left the room
rather noisily, whereupon the lectur-
er remarked:
u did not mean that it should be
done in such hurry!"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Labor Denm,noes Wright.

Atlanta, Ga. Nov 23.-Angry ex-
pressions of disapproval met the an
nouncement that Justice Wright of
the supreme court of the District of
Columbia had decided that Samuel
Gompers and the other officers of the
American Federation of Labor must
face trial at the convention today, and
the delegates Immediately adopted
resolutions roasting Jusdce Wright.
The convention endorsed President
Gompers report.
Regarding Justice Wright, President
Gompers said: In so far as my case
coming before Justice Wright involves
the men of organized labor, as de-
eendants, he is mentally incompetent
to render a fair and impartial de-
cision"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
PACKERS AIDED BY
u. S. CHIEF JUSTICE

Washington, d. c., Nov. 23.-An-
other delay in the trial of the Chica-
go packers was probably secured this
afternoon when attorneys for the
beef packers got Chief Justice White
TO consent that their appeal should
be presented to the United States su-
preme court when it convenes next
week. Justice White refused to or
der a stay in the proceedings but the
attorneys believe that Judge Carpen-
ter Will continue the case until the
supreme court decides.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Strikes Sunl>en Wreck.

Victoria. B. c.. Nov 23.-Bumping
on sunken wreck, or being shaken
by heavy submarine earthquake. the
liner Luceric, which arrived here to-
day, had a strange experience when
nine hours out from Yokohama on the
night of November S, about 130 miles
from the Japanese coast. There was
a heavy shock, the liner shivering
heavily and q number of shocks fol-
lowed as though the liner was bump
ing over a reef. The shocks were so
heavy that some of those on board
were shaken from their berths.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
BEATTIE SEES KIN
FOR The LAST TIME
Buelah Binford, Woman for
Whom He Dies, Is
Sorry
Has Changed Her Name, Secured
Position, and Minister as Advisor
and Wants to be Let Alone.

Richmond. Va, Nov 23.-Henry
Beattie goes to the electric chair some
time between 7:20 and 1925 o'clock
tomorrow morning. He will arise at
$3.50 and will shave and take break
fast.
Two clergymen win escort him to
the death chamber While two
guards will hold his hands.
The father, sister and brother of
the doomed man bade him farewell
today and they all prayed in his cell.
Beattie is more cheerful since he ac-
Cepted religion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
MURDER -R0BBER
SUSPECT ARRESTED

San Francisco, Nov. 2S.-His bloody
overalls found in the basement of the
produce company, where it is believ-
ell the jewelry salesman, Benjamin
Goodman was murdered for $1,000
worth of diamonds and his alibi re-
futed by his own mother, John Rog-
ers, employed by a local produce
company is being held by the police
as knowing more of the murder than
he cares to say.
He said he was at his home Sat
urday and Sunday, but his mother and
sisters say he left home Saturday
night and was not at home all day
Sunday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
KILLED WHILE SHOWING OFF
FOR BENEFIT OF LADY

Oakland, Calf, Nov 23-Driving
a machine rapily, F. Saville Smith,
cashier of the Security Building
company, struck a pile of Bunkle
building construction blocks at First
street. The machine was demolished
and Smith killed.
A. F. Waltsey, superintendent of
construction of the Security Building
company was perhaps fatally injur-
ed
Miss Annie Carlson of San Fran
cisco. was seriously hurt. Miss Carl
son told the police that Smith was
trying to frighten her by reckless
driving, when the disaster happened.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Women Jurors IlIcgaI.

San Francisco, Nov. 23.-All cases
in which women have sat as Jurors
in California are invalid according
to a statement made by Attorney Gem
eral webb. He said that equal rights
do not entail jury service, as a jury
under the common law is twelve free
lawful men,"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
WAR ON ALIENS
IS CONTINUED
Rebels Class Foreigners
With Manchus and SIau-
ghter Large Numbers.
PRES. TAFT is WAKING UP
Holds Conference With Secretary of
State, Regarding Matter of Send
ing United States Troops-German
Warship Rescues Refugees.

Pekin, Nov. 23.-The massacre Of
foreigners and Manchus in San 81 pro-
vince continues. 1t is estimated that
1000 Manchus have been slain. For
eigners are also reported to have
been slain at Nun Mar. As a result
OF a ten day battle at Hankow 5000
dead bodies lie on the field.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Foreigners Flee.

Nanking, Nov. 23.-Foreigners are
fleeing. Eleven thousand imperial
lists are awaiting the rebel attack by
land and sea and chaos reigns inside
the city walls. General Chang to-
day refused to surrender the city.
Hordes of revolutionists are ready to
give battle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Taft is Waking UD.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 23.-Pres-
iGent Taft and Secretary of State
Knox hurriedly conferred today, fol-
lowing the receipt of dispatches, re-
garding the massacres of foreigners
in China. 1t is understood they dis
cussed the advisability of sending
troops from Manila Immediately.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
NAV Modify Russian Treaty.

Washington Nov. 23.-There was
well defined report today that
Pre- ident Taft in his message to con-
gress might have something to say
on the subject of negotiotions between
the United States and Russia, looking
to ro"'eion of the treaty OF 1892,
principally to remove the present re-
strlctlon upon the rights of travel
and domiclle of American ews in
Russia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Hankow Battle Continues.

Sh-aGhai, Nov. ga furious fight
Is in progress at Hankow. The casu-
alties are heavy. The main attack is
on the Hankow water front. 1t is
expected that fighting is already go
ing on inside the city and the rebels
are winning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
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POLICE DONY
FAVORS>, IRS. PATTERSON

Denver, Colo, Nov. 23.-When
b the Patterson trial resumed to-
B day, a riot was started by a
} crowd of women who fought for
entrance to the court room.
Mrs. Patterson was calm. Po-
lice Surgeon Mudd was the first
witness for the defense. He
stated that when he arrested the
D woman following her killing
of her husband, she showed him
the mark of a blow on the face
which the husband had dealt
and she told him that her hus-
band gave her the gun and said,
Now damn you, go kill your
} self"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
JURY HAS TAR AND
FEATHER TESTIMONY

Lincoln Center, Kas., Nov. =
23.-The jury which heard the I
testimony in the case of the men Z
on trial for administering :
coat of tar and feathers on the I
young school teacher, Miss I
Chamberlain, retired at noon to- I
day to consider the evidence. 4
The testimony introduced tend I
ed to show that the motive for I
the outrage, was alleged impro- I
per relations of the girl with I
two men, and the subsequent I
, reflection on the character of I
, number of married women Of 4
this place, who sacrificed the I
} girl.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
Gunboat Rescues Refugees.

Shanghai, Nov. 23.-(Rulletin)-
wireless message says the German
grnboat Otter, rescued $50 foreign
ers who were trying to reach the
coast on the upper Yangtze Kiang.
1t is doubtful if they would have sue
ceeded if the war vessel had not ar
rived.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
French Murdered.

Tien Tsin, Nov. 23.-The murder of
DR.. Togondro and other French mis-
sionaries at Ming Yuan Flu, has been
confirmed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
'453,630.21


The above total of liabilities does
not include $4663 40 special improve
ment bonds outstanding. These bonds
are debt against abutting property.
The accountants assert that the un-
collected assessment rolls date back
to 1898 and strongly urge that some
adjustment be made. The sinking
fund Investments are all first mort
Cages on real property or the am
cunt of cash on hand, the report
shows that SO 4SS.S3 is carried in the
American National bank and $1,977.-
90 in the First National.
The auditors also call attention
that for the past year the gas COM
pany has paid into the city only 5000
whereas an ordinance passed In
March, 1910, had raised the amount
of the franchise to $500.
Auditing Is Costly.
Messrs Bland and Wilson put in
their bill for their work to the coun-
ell last night and 1t was ordered
paid. 1t amounted to $562.90 and
the total time paid for was sixty days.
The auditors are now at work expert
ing the books of the water commits
sion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
100000
$453,630.21
Liabilities.

City bonded Indebtedness $295, 100000
warrants outstanding. 2SS.O5
Sinking fund, ...... 15,O5O.47
Excess of assets over La
bilities ............143,291.69l
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23
C|Ty'S BOOKS
POORLY KEPT
Experts Sharply Criticize
0ut-of- Date Method Used
for Municipal Records.
DISCOVER MANY ERRORS
No Loss Has AS Yet Resulted, But
Council Urged to Install New Sys-
tenn of bookkeeping - Finance
Shown i'm Good Condition.

Declaring the present system of
bookkeeping used by the city to be
poor and deficient and the books to
be replete with errors. but refrain
ing from censuring any one official or
set of officials and finally giving
their opinion that the city had not
yet suffered from the system In vogue,
Messrs. Bland and Wilson. expert ac-
countants of Spokane. last night ten
dered to the city council their report
on their work of auditing the city
books from January /, 1905, to Octo-
ber 81, 1911.
The report is long and detailed,
many erroneous entries being pointed
out and list of corrections tabulated.
Many changes are recommended
whereby the accountants declare, a
more safe and systematic record can
be kept of the city's business.
"The secret of municipal account
ing" the report concludes, 'lies in
correctly and intelligently recording
the returns Of the various departments
and il IL in this respect that your
books are most deficient. The gen.
eral books of the city as kept by the
finance committee are q succession Of
errors and 1t Is chiefly to avoid fu-
ture occurrences of such errors that
we are advocating changes in the sys-
tenn in vogue. The errors are
mainly clerical and in accounting and
the city has not suffered by them"
City in Good Condition.
1t is shown by the report OF the
experts that Pendleton is in healthy
financial condition despite the many
improvements which have been un-
dertaken in recent years. The excess
of the assets over the liabilities am
cunts to over $4,000 when the ap-
proximate value of Roundup Park,
$4,000, is added to the list of assets
in the report. the experts putting in
the park at $220, the amount paid
out by the city for recording fees The
full statement of assets and liabilities
Is given below:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-23

Real estate ......s 5,119.55
CITY hall ........... 5O,343.6O
Water works system. est. i00, 100000
The Caucasian., 1911-08-03
The Substitute
Nurse
Escapade of a Masqueradef
and Its Happy Result
BY EMMA ARCHER OSBORNE
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

Now that you have finished your
hospital apprenticeship, this is fairly
good place for you to fit in for awhile
as city physician" went on DR.. But
Ter, rushing around the Office occupied
in preparation for his departure,
You'll find the majority Of your pa
tents poorer than the proverbial ro-
dent, but your salary, with an occa-
sional fee or two. will take care of
you until something better turns up"
A workman had effaced the sign OF
the retiring physician from the door
glass and was lining in another name.
Butler went on: "My colors have
been hauled down, and up go yours.
Good luck to you, DR.. William V.
Mainardr'
Thanks. The Lord knows l need
lt! H
Here is list of memoranda scrap
ed together for you, even to "a list of
nurses" said DR.. Butler, handing
Mainard some sheets Of paper. If
you need some one especially compc
tent and painstaking call out Miss
The Caucasian., 1911-08-03
CHINA SILK NOW
USED FOR WAISTS
Is More Comfortable For Sum-
nneT Than Muslin.

When the real hot weather comes in
women cry out for clothes that do not
carry starch Flour and water mixed
to paste and stiffened by hot iron
is as hot as porous plaster. 1t can
keep every breath of air away from
the body.
Blouses and frocks that call for it are
all very well on days with moderate
weather, but during weeks of the kind
of temperature that we have been
treated to recently we want something
that is limp. China silk serves this
need, and it is much in demand for
one piece frocks and for separate
blouses.
Those who make uniform of white
duck and linen skirts with thin blouses
for all the warm weather days have
gone In heavily for plain white plated
waists instead of the muslin ones. The
silk washes well, irons with little
trouble, and does not wrinkle and
crush like a material that owes its
body to starch. IS,
Another reason for the use of silk
shirt waists is that they can be so
easily carried in a dress suit case for
an overnight visit. Muslin that has
embroidery or lace needs careful pack
ing and it invariably gets crushed be-
fore it is worn; china silk folds into a
small space, and if 1t is not put away
when damp it comes out minus
wrinkles. Even IL there are a few In
it by accident, they shake out.