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Invited Friend 70 Ball.

At another time Mrs. Cramer. il is
stated. wrote to Mrs. Violet Hurd inviting
her TO come to the Inauguration and
promising to make Mr.. Hurd take them
to the inaugural ball and spend some OF
drop dead il he had to do that
Many Of the letters in evidence. how
ever, seem to show that Mrs. Cramer
was using her best efforts to secure re-
mtttances of money to DIR. Lee M. Hurd.
In one she explains that FentOn j. Hurd
had announced that he had great many
more years to live and that he had to be
economical He stated that he had de-
termined to cut Lees allowance in hall.
Mrs. Cramer says she talked plain to
him and told him 'he ought to be
ashamed to act SO in his old days after
giving Lee an allowance for so many
years"
II told him. she wrote, that I hsd
often heard him say that ii was Mary s
wishes for him to give it to you Uee)
as long as he lived, and if he had to
obey her wishes in other things that he
surely ought to where his grandson was
concerned, and this his wife had asked
him from her own lips, not through any
old fraud spiritualist.
Said He Wrote "Hard-Up" Letters.
On another occasion she wrote that
she understood grandfather was writ
ing his ''old stingy, hard-up letters
again. but advised that he had a roll
Of money and she would. try TO hasten
the remittance to Lee.
Again she wrote she was urging the
elder Hurd to buy the house in which
Lee lived to save him the expense Of
paying rent. Poor old SOUL" she wrote,
''he means to do all right by you, only
t,<. ,tiV ctr
he Is always talking about Lee. He is
both. very fond and proud of you. AS
late as last year Mrs. Cramer wrote to
DIR. Hurd to let her know IF there Is
anything l can do for you by talking to
him.
in Dread of Firearms.
That Byron Hurd knew of his father S
antipathy to firearms and played OH his
weakness in breaking off the engagements
Of Fentotn j. Hurd with two women
whom he had sought to MARI. is admit
ted by the son in his testimony in the
case.
The son, father Of DIR. Lee NJ. Hurd,
who is bringing the suit. admits he broke
off the proposed marriages. In his testi-
mony he says: My father is deathiy
afraid of firearms and he thinks II would
not take very much for me to shoot q
man. L nave not tile ioNShcS. eShPS,
probably that any human being has, and
we have used that influence to keep him
from marriage. We thought that influ-
ence was pretty good and worked 1t for
all 1t was worth.
Mrs Cramer, in her answer. SAID the
elder Hurd had charged that ne was IN
fear of bodily harm from his son and said
this was one of the causes that estranged
the elderly man and that when he was SO
estranged she cared for him as daugh-
ter might have done.
Attorney H. Gordon Pierce of New York
is associated with Attorneys r. a. Ford
and w. D. Mclean of the local bar on
behalf of the Hurds Attorneys A. A
Birney and w. +. Lester appear for Mrs.
Cramer.
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Valuable Mill and Lumber Burned

VANCOUVER, 3. c., March 2o-The
saw mill. shingle mill and lumber yard Of
the Pitt River Saw Mil Company, At
Pitt river, twenty-five miles east Of Van.
couver. were destroyed by are yesterday.
Loss, 500, 1000
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Plans Under Way.

This trade body has members in all of
the states, and John w. Hayes, its presi-
dent, in informing Mr.. Gordon Of his plan
to aid the movement said the knights of
Labor would be made acquainted with
the project by an announcement in the
official magazine of the order next week.
Mr. Gordon has already obtained a
pledge of support from Samuel Gompers.
representing the American Federation of
Labor. Labor men and women in every
city will be instructed to write personal
letters to members OF Congress in the
interest of government clerks who seek
higher pay.
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Mrs. Cramer Said to Have
Hoodwinked" Mans Folks.
HER LETTERS ARE QUOTED
Instances of 0ctogenarian's Alleged
Parsimony Mentioned.
GRANDsoN'S TESTIMONY READ
Woman Used Efforts to Have Re-
mittances Sent to DR..
Lee M. Hurd.

That Mrs. Laura r. Cramer, the state
Department employe. hoodwinked the
relatives of her aged. henefactor, Fenton
J. Hurd, by writing to them of the miser-
ly disposition of Mr.. Hurd and of his
watchfulness OF expenditures while she
was receiving from him gifts of S,HH
5000 or $4,000 in lump sums, is one of
the allegations made by DR. Lee NJ. Hurd
of Greenwich, Conn, grandson of the
octogenarian and conservator of his es-
tate, in his testimony. which occupies
many pages of the voluminous record now
being read to Justice Gould in Equity
Court No. ,. in the suit to recover from
Mrs. Cramer the money alleged to have
been obtained by her from Fenton ].
Hurd
Extracts from letters were read in
which the relatives were told that Mr..
Hurd goes around looking terrible, too
darn stingy to buy suit" Another letter
tells that Mr.. Hurd held out So on his
board bill' and Mrs. Cramer had to wait
two or three days. and finally had to tell
him she wanted the 81
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Unsettled. with showers, to-
night. Thursday probably fair;
not much change in temperature.
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No Water at Hand

Rushing over to the room, which 10
in the rear OF the assembly. we looked
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The circulation of The Star,
both daily and Sunday, is greater
by many thousands than that of
any other Washington newspaper.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
ASSAULT CHARGE
FOLLOWS RELEASE

Joe Orten, the man tried for lar
ceny of a watch from Perry Gould
during the present term of court and
upon whose guilt the jury disagreed,
yesterday jumped from the frying pan
into the fire and il may be that he
has Wiggled out of the fire to free
dom Upon the motion of the dist
riCt attorney yesterday Judge Phelps
dismissed the case against him and
discharged the prisoner but immedi-
ately a new complaint charging him
with assault with a dangerous wea-
pom was sworn out against him and
ne was brought before Justice Parkes.
Chief of Police Tom Gurdane was
the complaining witness and upon his
testimony that the accused had on
September II drawn a revolver and
threatened him with it until it was
taken away from him, he was bound
over to the grand jury under $500
bonds. Although he failed to put up
the bonds. Deputy District Attorney
Pruitt and Attorney r. r. Johnson
for the prisoner reached some agree
ment whereby he was released from
custody. Chief. Gurdane arrested the
man again last night but released him
again this morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
TAFT BLUFFS
SAYS BRYAN
lnsinuates Supreme Court
Was Named BY
Trusts
ASKS FOR THE FACTS
With Aid of Corporations and Hopes
to Win Next by Same Method
HurIs More Challenges.

Lincoln, oct. 5.-Declaring it would
be practically impossible to convict a
trust magnate in criminal court, w.
J. Bryan, in The Commoner today,
takes up President Tafts challenge,
relating to the supreme court trust de-
cision, and characterizes it as a
bluff"
He then challenges President Taft
to give full facts regarding the ap-
pointment of the supreme court JUS
tices
Concerning President Tafts recent
utterances, that the antitrust law is
potent to curb the trusts Mr.. Bryan
says: "The president is bluffing. He
knows that the question he raises can
not be settled until after the election
and then it does not make any diff
ference, to him how it is settled.
with the trusts aiding, he won the
last presidential election. without pro-
posing a remedy for the trusts and
he hopes with the aid of the trusts to
win another, by endorsing the retro
grade policy of the supreme court -
He then asks If President Taft knew
the stand of the men whom he ap-
pointed to the supreme bench, before
he made the appointments and chal-
lenged President Taft to answer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
PLAINTIFF AWARDED
DAMAGES BY JURY

When the jury in the case of
Frank Brown, administrator of the
estate of Peter NelSon VS.. A. w.
Dauhner brought in a verdict giving
the plaintiff $500 and S25 attorney
fees yesterday, the present session
of the circuit court so far as jury
trials were concerned. was brought
to an end 1t has been long and
extremely arduous term and lawyers
as well as the judge are glad of it
end.
\ number of cases We're dismissed
by Judge Phelps and development
occurred in a number of others.
Default and judgment was take
in the case of G. 5. Andrus VS.. d. r
Andrus and an order for the sale OF
the attached property given.
The same action was taken in tn
case of O. b Steward VS.. o. b. Kid
der ct uX and $50 attorney fees "
allowed.
In the case of H. NJ. Todd vs.. Geo.
Trede judgment was rendered on the
pleadings for the failure of a reply
and for failure to plead further with
ing the time provided by rule of the
court.
The two cases in which E. NJ
Walsh former grocer, was defendant
and Sophie Byers and Lang < Co
plaintiffs, was dismissed because o.
the bankruptcy of the defendant
Other cases dismissed on motion
the attorneys for the plaintiff wer,
those of Columbia Land Co. VS.. Max
well Land & Irrigation company, vii.
liam G. V. Hughes VS. Violet Reesel
Hughes, and Albert Stickler vs. Mag
gle Stickler.
| In the case of the First Nationa
! bank vs.. Stokes Kirk ct al defaul
| against the defendants was taken auC
| decree for foreclosure given 500
attorney fees were allowed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
LIFE ENEMIES PAY
RESPECTS TO HERO

Washington, d. c., oct. 5.-After
denouncing Admiral Schley during
his life time and officially refusing
to approve his conduct at Santiago
the United States navy outdid itself
in rendering respect at his funeral to-
day.
1t was one of the most impos ng
ceremonies at the national capital.
Fifteen hundred midshipmen from
Annapolis. marines and blue jacket,
We're in line. The services were
his home and later at st. Johns
Episcopal church and intermont at
Arlington cemetery.
Men who were bitterest in denounc-
ing the living Schley, who character
lied him rs coward, caitiff and trail
| tor" We're the most prominent in the
funeral cortege The military and
navy displays were elaborate.
Admiral Dewey, Schey's champion
and friend, was unable to attend. He
! is reported to be in feeble health.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
Two Provinces Tnken.

London, oct Sin accordance with
the announcement made yesterday,
two provinces in northern Portugal
were taken today and occupied by the
Royalist-revolution forces and the
monarchial government was proclaim
ed, according to a statement given
out here today by Marquis La Varadie,
formerly private secretary to the de-
posed King Manuel
Today is the time set for the coun-
ter revolution of the Royalist party
and the marquis says that the Repub-
lican troops are deserving the present
government and enlisting by the
wholesale with the Royalists. He de.
clares that a report sent out from
Lisbon, stating that the revolt haC
been suppressed, is false.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
COAST TRUSTS TO
BE PROSECUTED

San Francisco, Calf, Oct. 5.-That
a startling prosecution is to imme-
diately be started by the United
States government against several Pa
cific coast jobbers, FOR the violation
OF the sherman antitrust law, was
the statement made this morning by
Joseph Darling, a special agent for
the United States department of JUS
tice, who has been here several days
gathering data and making prepara-
tions to institute the proceedings
against the alleged offenders.
Mr.. Darling stated that he could
not at this time state just who would
be indicted by the federal grand jury
but declared that the ones slated fol-
prosecution are four of the larges
corporations in California, Oregon
and Washington.
only two prosecutions for violation
of antitrust laws, have been re
corded on the Pacific coast in tn,
last twenty years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
SCHOOL FOLK TO Be
GUESTS At BANQUET

In a big get together" banquet
that promises to be an event of much
interest, the members of the local
school board and their wives, MEM
bers of the high school faculty, stu
dents of the high school and Pondle-
ton business college, and all grade
teachers of the city will be guests of
the Christian Endeavor society of the
Christian church tomorrow evening.
The banquet is to be held in the big
dining room in the basement of the
church and plates will be laid for
$50. DR.. c. j. Smith is to act as toast
master and the banquet is to be serV-
ed at o'clock.
According to those in charge of O.
banquet, it is the intention to make
it get acquainted affair and it will
probably be made an annual event.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
HILL PROMISES OREGON
MORE RAILROADS

Bend, Ore. oct. 5.-Cheers and
tears from 5000 people greeted James
J. Hill today when he drove the gold
en- spike here today, marking the COM
pleton of the oregon Trunk line. the
nine years wait for a steel highway
and the inauguration of the devel-
opment of central Oregon's millions
of idle acres. Hill in a speech prom
ised more railroad development if this
project is successful. The Harrima
lines, which has a 999 year contrac,
for joint use of the tracks into Bend
was represented by r. b. Miller, traf-
fic manager.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05

Bids for the construction of the
federal building in Pendleton are To
be opened at 5 o'clock tomorrow af-
ternoon in the office of the supervis-
ing architect in the treasury depart
mout at Washington. d. c.
This is in accordance with the no.
tice given recently 10 contractors
when October was set as a date for
the opening of the bids. At the time
Postmaster J. T. Brown was furnish
ed with copies of the 9lans and speci-
ncations for the building and was in
structed to supply a copy of the sam,
to each contractor making applica-
tion therefore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
PORTUGUESE
IN REVOLT
Uprising of D epose d
| Kings Followers
Spreading
MANUEL WILL RETURN
Forty Thousand Monarchists Under
Prince Joseph, Marching on Oporto
Republican Troops Deserving and
Enlisting Wlsh Royalists.

Madrid, Spain, oct. 5.-Bulletin-
The Portuguese monarchist uprising
10 rapidly spreading today. Prince
Joseph of Braganza, at the head of
a well armed army of 10000 Royal
lists, is advancing on Oporto. King
Manuel is expected to arrive here soon
from England, where he has been in
exile since his dethronement one year
ago. He will go into the country he
formerly ruled and again be proclaim
ed king, if the revolution is success
ful.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
SENATOR AND ATTORNEY
EXCHANGE BITTER WORDS

Milwaukee, oct. 5.-BeCauSe Ed
monds has been eVasive and showed
no knowledge, practically, of eNpen-
ditures during senator Stephenson's
campai%n. Senator Hepburn and At
torney Littlefisd had war mtilt to-
day. Hepburn severely criticised Ed
monds and Littleton sair the burden
OF proof lay with the committee. Hey
burn replied: The burden of proof
makes little difference. am after
facts. If | fail to get them the re-
sponsibility rests with those failing
to furnish them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
McDaVit Enters Plea.

San Bernardino, Oct. with less
than a dozen persons present, Dent
list McDavit entered a plea of not
guilty before superior Judge Bledsoe,
in connection with holding Jessie Nc
Donald a prisoner in his room for
sixteen months. He is charged with
statutory offense. The case was
continued until October l6th.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05

The handsome new Main street
bridge will be thrown open for traffic
at 6 o'clock this evening. This was
the announcement made today by
Mayor Murphy and Chairman Stroble
of the street committee. Although
the time specified in the contract for
the hardening of the concrete floor
ing will not expire until next week,
IL is the opinion of both the company
officials and the city engineer, that
the bridge is ready at this time to re-
ceive traffic.
The bridge was formally accepted
at meeting of the council last NIGH
when City Engineer Geary Kimbrel
made his report on the structure. anC
the last installment was paid to thu
Coast Bridge company. The tota
cost of the bridge was a little more
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
new BRIDGE TO Be THROWN OPEN
TO TRAFFIC At 6 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING

than $4,000, few hundred dollars
additional being necessary because Of
extra work which had to be done by
the company The contract specified
that the bridge was to be completed
by Sept 10, but as there was no PEN
atty attached for failure of such COM
pletion, no complaint was made last
night
The approaches to the bridge are
not yet completed and the filling of
gravel which has been put in will be
utilized until the bithulitchic APP
proaches are built, according to Coun-
Gilman Stroble.
The completion of the work gives
Pendleton one of the finest bridges in
the state and the citizens are gen.
orally expressing their pride in the
new structure.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
Austria Preparing to Take Steps Against Further
Operations in Albania
BALKANS AWAIT FALL OF PREVSA TO REVOLT
Turks Succeed in Holding Port Against Enemy and Slay
Small Number of Italians Capture
of Trpoi Announced

) Constantinople, oct. 5.-Wild ex-
element was caused here when uncon-
firmed reports were received that the
Turkish fleet had been destroyed in
a naval engagement with the Italians
off Mitylene.
1t was reported that the Italians
sank and captured the fleet and then
seized the Island of Lemnos Of which
Mitylene is the capital.
1t is reported that heavy firing has
been heard in north Dardanelles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
OPEN BIDS TOMORROW FOR CONSTRUCTION
Of THE PENDLETOA FEDERAL BUILDING

In accordance with the instructions
liNeD. Mir. Brown supplied four diff
tereut concerns with the plans and
specifications one of the prospec-
tive builders is 4 Pendleton firm; an
other is from salt Lake; the third is
from Walla Waua and the fourt
from seattle. II is understood that
the salt Lake concern is the firm Of
Campbell Bros. which ulready hu' =
contracts for the construction Of GOV
ernment buildings elsewhere. In view
of their experience in this class o.
work they may be able to land the
Pendleton contract. They are now
at Ia Grlnde.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
TrainInen Neutral.

Denver, Colo. oct. 5.-"If the
striking shopmen of the various roads
now involved in strike trouble. van
their struggle it will be without any
aid from the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen" today said President Lee
Of the organization.
President Lee said that the difficult
ties of the shopmen We're of such a
nature that the brotherhood of train
men could not take cognizance of it
and the latter organization would re-
main neutral.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
Austria Prcnares for War.

London, Oct. 5.-The Evening
Times. in an extra edition asserts it
has reliable information that Austria
is determined to prevent continu-
aDce of Italy's operations against
Turkey on the Albanian coast.
Many rumors are afloat concerning
the war, but it is hard to tell what
is true.
1t is believed the Italians have oc-
cupied Tripoli, but they control the
cables and will not give out any in
formation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
Italian Cruiser Destroyed.

London, oct. 5.-A report reached
this city today from Tripoli, stating
that the Italian cruiser Cavout,
struck a submerged mine in the Trip
olitan harhor yesterday and was de-
stroyed. with all on board. The re-
port has not been officially con-
firmed.
The same report says that the Ital-
ian fleet is bombarding the port of
Mitylene.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
Service Crippled.

Portland. oct. 5.-Many trains are
running behind schedule, and in Port
land, Ashton, Roseburs Huntington
and Umatilla, numbers of locomotives
are dead today because they can not
be repaired, according to the strikers
committee Los Angeles wires that
the men are optimistic aud have re-
ceived information from Chicago in
dicating the roads are weakening and
! they expect the strike to end in a
month. Many dead locomotives are in
| California also
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
Three str,kebrealsers Shot

Augusta. Ga, oct 5.-The strike
has spread to the Georgia and Flor
ida railroad and is already marked
with violence. While a freight train
in the Southern yards at Hamburg
S c.. the strikebreaking crew was
fired upon. supposedly by strikers.
one. man was fatally injured and two
Others of-the crew were wounded
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
ARE SOON
TO SEE THEIR MOTHER

Los Angeles. oct. 5.-The Nc
Namara brothers We're overjoyed to-
day when told that their attorneys
would send Immediately for Mrs. Nc
Namara. their mother. Although the
accused men are scheduled to face
trial Wednesday, for dynamiting and
murders, they are seemingly not
worrying.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05

Q New York, oct. 5.-The Ma 4
= tional baseball commission met 4
= here today and decided the first
= game Of the world series will be
played in New York October II. I
; The second game will be play 4
= 81 in Philadelphia. The teams I
. thereafter will alternate be- (
Z tween the two cities until the
. series is decided. In case of a
. postponement the game will be
2 played in the city originally
4 scheduled a coin was tossed
q to decide where the first game
= would be played.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
Numerous Clashes Result in Wounding O
Strikers and Their Successors
OFFICERS ENGAGE IN BATTLE AND SHOOT GUARD
Brotherhood of Trainmen Will Remain Neutral In
Present Difficulty Declares the
Organization President

McC6mb, Miss, oct $50 serious
has the strike situation become at
this place that Governor Noel has or
dered that the entire state militia be
concentrated at this point to prevent
anticipated violence among the strik-
ing shopmen of the Illinois Central
railroad and strikebreakers.
The fear has been spread that an
attempt will be made to destroy by
dynamite the shops here which are
valued at more than $2,O0O,OOO
Eleven companies Of the state mi
litia are now Camped in the city and
six more companies are en- route to
this city. Martial law practically
prevails
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
Taft Among MornnonS.

Salt Lake, Oct. 5.-President Taft
is spending a busy day here with
Senator Smoot supervising. Mr.. Taft
is the center of "Old folks week" and
he received many callers at the new
Utah hotel and then went to the tab
ernacle and heard the choir. He
lunched at the commercial club. Sc
cret service men are doubling their
precautions in guarding him since the
scare at Denver.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
Attempt Assassination.

Vienna. Oct. 5.-An unidentified
man created panic in Reichsrath to-
day when he fired several shots from
a gallery into the benches occupied
by the ministers justice and of ed
ucation. Neither were hurt. The man
was arrested. The place was crowded
at the time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-05
Striker shot During Riot.

Jackson. Miss, oct 5.-Continued
rioting among the striking shopmen
of the Illinois Central and other lines
with terminals here. is more serious
today than since the Inauguration of
the strike the first of the week.
In a general mix-up between the
strikers and strike breakers this
morning many shots were fired and
John Tardy. a striker, was seriously
wounded.