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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
HUSBAND SUSPECTED
OF MURDER, FREED

Colorado Springs. Colo. Sept. ga
a. j. Burnham, the sanitarium cook.
who has been held in connection with
the murder of his wife and two chill
dren, and three members of the
Wayne family, was today given his
liberty by the authorities He is al
most dead from the ravages of tu-
berculosis.
The police officials are today in
vestigating story that was told them
by MISS Helen Hunt, a fifteen-year-
Old girl, who stated that she had met
man named John, who said that
he meant to collect some money from
Wayne, one of the murdered sex
tette.
The girl said that after this she
again met the same man and that he
told her he had gotten that fellow"
The police believe that Mrs. Burn
nam, one of the slain women, held
some secret that melted the murder
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
JEERS SEND AVIATOR
TO F|REY DEATH

Dayton. Ohio, Sept. 23.-Forced in
to the air by the jeers of thousands
who called him a coward, Frank H.
Miller, 2S years of age. a Toledo,
Ohio. aviator, shot into the sky at
twilight last evening and when 200
feet up was burned to death before
the eyes of the spectators on the Mi
anna county fair grounds at Troy, near
here.
Miller had circled the race track
and was just starting on a spiral
glide into ne.ghboring cornfield
when something went wrong The
craft dropped like a shot for 90 feet
a tiny blue flame was emitting from
the engine and in an instant the gaso-
line tank exploded
The machine was wrecked, debris
was hurled hundreds of feet in all di-
rections. What remained of the aer-
oplane and its aviator was burned al
most to a crisp as they dropped rap
idly to earth.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
NEW OREGON THEATRE
OPENS THIS EVENING

With Max Bloom in the sunny
Side of Broadway" as the attraction
the remodelled Oregon theater is to
be reopened for the season tonight.
Owing 10 the fact that the stores will
be open during the evening, it being
Saturday, the curtain will no go up
until 9 o'clock.
But while the oregon will be re-
opened this evening Manager Mitch
ell states that the improvements have
not yet been entirely completed. The
balcony chairs have arrived but can
not be installed today. Some tempo
rary chairs will be used. Nor has the
Interior decorating been completed
yet However, the stage is in read
iness and hence the production may
be given despite the fact that all the
improvements have not been finished.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Fifteen Year Old Marie Rob-
ertson is Happy With Rel
atives, Says Friend.
RESENT STORY OF
REPORTED ELOPEMENT
Becoming Dissatisfied With Sur
roundings in Which Father Left
Her, Appeals to Grandparents and
Is Sent for to Enter Their Home.

There is no mystery surrounding
the sudden disappearance of the 15-
year-ol girl known as Miss Marie
Robertson. according to her friends,
for to them. they say, She revealed
her destination prior to her depart
ure. Tired of the uncongenial rela-
tionalship with family to which she
was not bound by ties of blood, She
left last week for Michigan, wnere
she has a grandmother and will
henceforth make her home there.
The girl was brought here seven
years ago by two men, one of whom
was her father and she was left at
the home of Mr. and Mrs Donald
Robertson to be raised as a daught-
er, her own mother having died Pc
riodically. it is said, the father sent
remittances for the purchase of
clothes and other necessities.
AS year followed year, her friends
say that the adopted girl grew more
and more unhappy. because she felt
that She was not treated as a daugh-
ter but more as servant in the house
and finally wrote>to her grandmother,
telling of her discomfort in her home
here. The answer was a sum Of
money sufficient for tran sportatlon
to Michigan, the draft coming to a
friend of the girl here in order that
her foster parents might not suspect
and thwart her purpose, according
to the statements OF her friends.
They resent the inimation that a
love affair is responsible for her de-
parture and that she eloped with a
lover, but declare emphatically that
she is now with her grandmother and
happy
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
ATTORNEY GENERAL
DENIES RESIGNATION

Breton Woods, n. H, Sept. 23.-
Attorney General Wickersham here
today denied rumors that he contem-
plated his resignation "As to my be-
ing forced out of the cabinet by the
threats Of powerful corporations, he
added, 81 should like to see them. If
l continue serving l intend to send
some trust magnates to Jail. The men
under indictment at Chicago will also
go to prison, if have my way.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
The Commission Plan of Government
BY Richard Chds Member Advisory Board Short Ballot

persons in the town, who feared that
The politicians would elect old style
| officials and restore the old time in
efficiency and boss rule Their fears.
however proved groundless. for the
people proceeded to elect the same
commission and have continued to do
it at every election since. Except by
death there have been only two
changes IN the personnel of the COM
mission since the beginning.
Galveston's claim that it was the
best governed city in the United
States made Houston jealous, and af-
ter few years this city petit,oned for
similar government and was grant
ed it, Dallas Denison, Austin and
almost all the principal neighboring
cities in Texas have since then fol-
lowed suit.
A few years after Galveston first
began to attract attention some civic
workers in Des Moines began to study
the subject of popular government in
fundamental fashion. They devised
what has since become known as the
"Des Moines PLAN" which is simply
'HS S'iiiiiiAsSiOu loTIl Oh government,
with certain interesting additions,
known as the initiative, referendum,
recall and non-part!san primary By
the terms of the initiative provision
petition may be presented to the
commission signed by a certain num-
Der of people demanding the passage
OF certain ordinance, and if the
commission sees fit to refuse the re-
quest the matter must be settled bv
popular vote. BY the referendum pro-
vision ordinances can be held up by
protest signed by a certain number
of citizens and must then be rescind-
ed by the commission or approved by
popular vote. BY the terms of the
recall provision, the presentation of a
petition containing a certain number
of signatures may force any men,
Der of the commission to submit the
question of his continuance in office
to new election immediately. The
non-partisan' primary is simply an
eliminating election. All candidates
are nominated by petition Ono party
laoels), and the leading ten remain
on the ballot for the final election.
The publicity attendant on the in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
A neacefnl revolutionl

a peaCelul revolution.
Cities by the score sweeping away
boards of aldermen. mayors and a
host of minor Officials and setting up
new municipal governments on a
brand new plan!
The whole nation looks on with
amazed enthusiasm at towns that not
only get good government, but keep
It, election after election, Practical
ly every remaining American city has
it's group of men who are enthusiasts
tically organizing some endeavor to
secure the commission form of gov
ernment for their town.
What the "Commisslon Form" Is.
The spread of this movement was
begun entirely by accident. Gal
weston. Tex, after the great flood of
1900 was practically wiped out. So
much progressive and constructive
work was demanded of the city gov
ernment that the old system of a
board of aldermen and the usual
string of independent elective officers
broke down. A group of business
to suspend the local government and
TeplaCe II temporarily WIN COll-
mission of five men, This was done,
and the whole city was put under the
control of five men, three of whom
were appointees of the governor This
was where the term commission" or
iginated, and the name, for want of
better description. has stuck to it
ever since, although the board is no
longer Commission" in the true
sense of the word at all.
This commission IN Galveston was
able to make decisions and get things
accomplished in half the time that it
took the old board of aldermen to
get resolution referred to COM
mittee. The commission planned and
built a sea wall to protect the city
against further floods, raised the
ground level of a large part of the
town, got the city government run
ming again at one-third less annual
cost, made number of important i'm
provements and at the same time re-
duced the debt and the tax rate.
After two years, during which the
politicians were finding precious lit
tie to do, the commission was made
entirely elective by popular vote,
much to the dismay of many good
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Earthquake i'm Alaska.

Seattle Sept. ga strong earth
quake shock was felt in the Prince
William Sound country of Alaska
thursday night but its extent can not
be learned because the earthquake
severed the cable connecting Sitka
at valdez The cable is broken about
loO miles south of Valdez. The op-
oSator at Valdez was sending mes
sage to Seattle when wire trouble de-
veioped The operator explained that
the cable office was rocking and he
reared an earthquake was respon-
slble Communication was lost a few
minutes later
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
CARNEGIE MONEY INSTITUTION
TAKEN OVER BY OFFICIALS

New York, Sept. 23-A furore of
excitement was caused in financial
circles today by the announcement
that State Superintendent of Banks
George Van Tuyl had taken charge
Of the Carnegie Safe Depos-t com
pany. The superintendent announc-
ed that the company had been run
ming at a loss, but will liquidate every
thing
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Shopmen All Ready.

San Francisco, Calf, Sept %
President Reguin. Of the Federation
Of Shopmen, this morning said that
he was not surprised, when told of
the message received by the Los An
geles union officials, regarding the
probability of an immediate walk-out
on the Hartman lines. He stated
that all the shopmen are ready to quit
work the moment the strike order is
issued. If the strike is called, San
Francisco will be the headquarters Of
the strikers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Officials Of Hartman Lines
ShopmenS' Federation Are
so Advised.
ALL MEN READY
TO QUIT THEIR JOBS
Code Message From Convention of
Machinists, Indicates Mems Griev-
aBces Are Recognized by National
Delegations-Erisco Headquarters.

Los Angeles Calf, Sept. 23.-Offi-
cials at this place of the Boilermak-
ers' union today received a code mes
sage from j. II. Franklin, president
of the union, telling them that a strike
Of the shopmen on the Hartman lines
is likely to be called at any moment
now.
The shopmen at this place are
ready to walk out on a moments no.
tice and tie-up this system of the
Southern Pacific railroad. President
Franklin is attending the Machinists'
convention at Davenport, Iowa.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
STOLYPIN'S ASSASSIN
CONDEMNED To DIE

Kiev Russia. Sept Announce
ment was today made the Borgroff,
assassin of Premier Stolypin, had
been found guilty by court marital
and sentenced to pay the penalty Of
his crime by hanging Minister of
Finance Kokovsoff has succeeded the
dead premier, whose funeral was held
yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
VICE COMMISSION OF
PORTLAND is NAMED

Portland, Sept. 23.-Mayor Rush
light today announced the names OF
fifteen persons who will act as a vice
commission, to investigate the con-
ditions in the city. The commission
Is headed by Reverend Tablet, of ST.
David's Episcopal church and will re-
port on the best method of dealing
with vice, to the city authorities.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
NAVY RUSHES COAL
TO PACIFIC COAST

Norfolk, Va, Sept. 2S.-That some
big movement is on affecting the Pa
cific coast and of which the public is
yet Ignorant, is the gossip in marine
circles here today, caused by the ex-
traordinary heavy shipments of coal
by the navy department. Steamers
loaded with coal have sailed from here
for Pacific coast ports during several
weeks, and three more will leave this
month
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
AUTO AUTOMATICALLY
STARTS; OCCUPANTS HURT

Pasadena, Calf, Sept 23.-While
attempting to crank his auto here at
noon today the machine suddenly
started and ran over its owner. e. B.
n Osborne, Of Los Angeles and threw
MS sister, Mrs. f. w. Diebler out. She
sustained a broken leg.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Dreadnought Launched

camden, N. j., Sept. 23.-Although
1t is the biggest warship ever con-
struc.ed, less than one hundred per-
sons witnessed the launching of Ar
gentine,s super r-dreadnought, Morena
at the New York ship building yards
today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Investigation Continued

Tacoma, Wash, Sept 23.-Investi-
CATION by the federal grand jury of
evidence in the cases against the
eight Seattle men and Former Mayor
Fawcett, of this city, charged with a
conspiracy to obstruet justice. in the
burning of Judge Hanford in effigy.
have been continued until Monday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Aged COupIe yVeds

olympia, Sept. 23.-Miss Caroline
M. Enright aged 67 years, and George
Whitemarsh, sc years of age. both
well known residents of Mason conn
". were united in marriage yester-
day in Olympia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Judge Threatened

Los Angeles, Sept. 2S.-With the
opening of the McNamaras' trial less
than three weeks away, Judge Bord-
we'll is daily receiving many threat
ening letters. He says he does not
read them and wont pay any atten-
ton to them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Rodgers Has Mora IIl-Iucl,

Elmira, n. Y, Sept 23.-Aviator
Rodgers was prevented from resum-
ing his flight to the Pacific coast this
morning when he broke a guy wire
and puncJured the elevation plane of
his machine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
WIDOW OF TIMES
VICTIM FILES SUIT

, Los Angeles, Sept. 23.-Suit
, for $4,000 damages was today
, filed against the Times Pub
, fishing company, by the wife and
} mother Of A Churchill Harvey
, Elder. assistant city editor Of
, the Times, who was burned to
, death when the building was
, destroyed. The suit alleges that
, the Times was destroyed by
} fire.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Woman's Body Found

San Francisco, Sept. ga body
round on the beach yesterday was
Identified today as Mrs. Ada Hannah,
or Goldfield, Nevada. A murder theo-
ry is offset by the discovery of a
tumor in the stomach which may have
caused suicide,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
IS GIRLS DIE
FASTENING CUPID

Siebendurgen, Hungary, Sept.
2S.-Following out the rules of
an old superstition, that bath
ing in the Aluta river on Sep
tember %, would be followed
soon by matrimony, twenty girls
went in swimming today. Eigh-
teen of them went beyond their
depth and lost their lives by
drowning, before they could be
rescued.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Prison Bags Reduced

Walla-Walla. Sept. 23.-With over
hundred thousand on hand unsold
the state Board of Control has issued
orders to reduce the price of prison
MADE bags to Ia cents, these prices
TO go into effect immediately.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Gardner Succeeds Senator Erve

Portland, Me-, Sept. 23.-The gov-
ernor has appointed Obadiah Gard
ner of Rockland, to succeed the late
Senator Frye. Gardner was defeated
for governor in 1906.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Killed by Mistake

Centralia, Wash, Sept. 23.-Mis-
taking his companion for a bear.
Robert Waddle of this city yesterday
shot and killed J. c. Gales,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-09-23
Earthquake Registered

Berkeley, Cal, Sept. 23.-The seis.
mograph at the University of Califor-
MIA here registered slight earth
quake shock.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-06-02

The Vicksburg Post draws a
parallel between Senator La Fol
lette of Wisconsin and Vardaman.
We believe they both wear shoes
and stockings and perhaps are
akin in other attributes common
to the ''ginerality of mankind in
general, as Davy Crockett would
say. But La Toilette is out of the
running in the comparison when
it comes to butterfly chasing and
hobby horse riding. La Toilette
is a constructive statesman; bat
tier for practical results; an up
builder and leader in all that is
progressive; a man to create with
out an atom of the iconoclast in
his composition; man whose
words find ready echo in every
state and to whom Wisconsin is
merely the rOstum of a wOrtd lead
er. He never made an appeal to
passion or prejudice in his life.
Vardaman is everything that La
Toilette is not.-Aberdeen Exami-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-06-02

The first of the Commercial Ap.
peal's weekly cotton condition re-
ports was published in Mondays
issue of that paper. Being the
first of a series, which posses de-
cided value in cotton circles, it
contained estimates of acreage in
advance of the bureau report. In
crease is set down for all of the
states except Mississippi, which is
reported unchanged. The general
increase is figured at 40 per cent,
which is reasonable. Oklahoma
leads with 18 per cent, Louisiana
coming next with IA, which is a
recovery from boil weevil discOur
agement. The condition is thus
cOnservatively stated: "AltOgeth
er conditions are we'll above au
average and perhaps better than
last year, as there is no complaint
from any cause save dry weather
and irregular stands. There is
no grass or weeds. The use of
fertilizers east of the Mississippi
river is the greatest ever known,
and there is a tendency to better
land preparation and to the en-
pIoyment of improved machinery"
-VickSburg Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-06-02
Vardaman's Opinion Of Vardaman.

The contest for senator in Mis-
sissippi is waxing warm-that is,
if ex- Gov. Vardaman is to be be-
lieved. And if the ex-governor is
correct in his figures and estimates
Mr.. Vardaman is going to be elect
ed and then the country will be
safe, because he tells us so him
self. Mr.. Vardaman speaks of
himself i'll his own paper, the Is
sue, in the following fashiOn-a
typical manifestation of the vani-
ty of the long haired agitator:
HsVardaman and Tillman are not
gone. Vardaman is just coming
under full head of steam, and
when he goes to the senate, as he
surely will in 1913, his influence
will be felt for the good of the ma
tion, as few men who have ever
occupied seats in that body dur
ing the war. Not that Vardaman
excels others in intellectual at
tainments, but because he will
dare to tell the truth, the whole
UFuCu anu HOUAIuS OuU OuC u uOA
about the South and her prob
lem."
Fortunately Vardaman has his
own newspaper through which to
exploit himself, else the country
might be in ignorance of the civic
salvation to be theirs when he
goes to the United States Senate.
Chattanooga Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-06-02
Supreme Court Decides Bond Suit.

There may be lawyers and bank
ers who will dissent from the de-
cisiOn of the supreme court in the
case of the interest on the state
bonds sold some months ago. But
under the view and the reasoning
Of plain common sense, the Herald
does not see how any other ruling
could have been reached. 1t, how
ever, makes it all the more un
fortunate for the credit of the
state that such a situation should
have been created. 1t has already
led to publication in the New
York papers of warning notice
to foreign investors against Invest
ing in state securities. This warn
ing will, of course, be accentuated
by a decision denying the pur-
chasers of this issue of bonds of
some ten or twelve thousand dol
lars of which they were assured.
We observe that State Treasurer
Edwards felicitates himself rather
lavishly for saving the state the
amount of interest, the ten or
twelve thousand dollars, that was
the subject Of the controversy be-
tween himself and the governor.
AS this saving was at the cost of
innocent purchasers, who placed
faith in the states Interpretation
of her own laws, it is heped there
is no room for doubt that the leg
iSlature will provide reimburse
ment to them. Mr.. Edwards only
has cause to congratulate himself
on standing out for what he be
lieved 30 be a right construction
of the law. But that cause would
have been greatly magnified had
he, as a member of the board ap-
pointed to sell the bunds, asserted
his opposition to the manner of
the sale promptly and unequivO~
cally, and before sale was affected.
-Vicksburg Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-06-02

We wonder if Oliver Wendell
Holmes was thinking of Varda-
man when he wrote the follow
ing: Fear of open discussion
implies feebleness of inward con-
viction, and great sensitiveness
to the expression of individual
opinion is mark of weakness.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-06-02

While Vardaman was making
President Taft feel awful by
ridiculing and criticising him in
his speech to his toters last week.
the great concourse of Confed-
crate veterans at Little Rock,
Arkansas, We're wiring Taft their
thsnks and appreciation. AbeF-
deem Examiner; -
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-06-02

And Vardaman conplalns that
he is being haFshly criticised :
when he himself, by tongue and
pen, has criticized every man of
note in state or country, from
President down to fifth corporal,
and regards every one as a fool
or scoundrel who opposes his;
pompaas preteRtiORS. -AbeFdeen'
Examiner,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-06-02

We wonder if Maj. Vardaman
ever should get to the senate if he
would be assigned to the Commit
ter on Contingent frpeRafs
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-06-02
Vanity Bag Lost.

On streets of Macon, with initials E.
P. engraved on it. Also small gold pin
with same initials, Reward
win be- paid for return Of same.
F ELMA PRuITT,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-06-02
If the galoots who tote Bilbo and
around on their shoul-

ders were asked by their wives
to bring in scuttle of coal or
qold the baby, they would plead
physical inability. But every
man and caricature of a man has
some work staked out for bim by
the power which sizes US all up.
Aberdeen Examiner.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-06-02

have about 200 bushels of peas for
sale. r. A. BRYAN,
Msy19-2m Cliftonville, Miss.