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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
M|LL|ONAIRES TRY TO
PURCHASE IMMUNITY

Washington, March Attorney
General Wickersham today is consid-
ering an offer by the Duveen Art
Importing company of New York to
pay back more than one million dol
lars which they are alleged to have
defrauded the government through
undervaluation of goods brought into
the United States from abroad. The
Duveens are also said to have agreed
to pay fines in the courts If they are
promised immunity from the peniten-
tiary. 1t is said that U. S. District At
torney Wise of New York favors a
compromise.
1t looks pretty black for the mil
lionaire brothers today however fol-
lowing the declaration of Assistant
Secretary OF the Treasury Curtis who
announced that there was not enough
money IN the world to purchase i'm
munity for the Duveens and that the
government would reject all offers of
compromise.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
Prospective Local Work.

By action of the board of water
commissioners taken last evening 1t
has been decided to construct grav-
ity water system for Pendleton pro-
yided the people approve Of $780,
600 bond issue for the purpose. Le-
gal work looking towards calling the
special election is now underway.
An announcement to this effect was
made today by j. 7. Brown, chairman
of the water commissioners. Follow
ing the meeting of the board yester-
day evening MIR. Brown Informed
Mayor Murphy of the action taken
and the mayor has already given In
structions to the city attorney with
reference to preparing, for the cleo
ton. 1t is probable that two elections
will be necessary. one to vote char
ter amendment permitting the issu-
ance oft gravity water system bonds
and the second to pass upon the
100000 bond issue. The first cleo
ton will be held in about six weeks
time and the second election as soon
as possible following the first.
Prom Thorn Hollow.
Under the plans adopted by the wa
water Supply to the springs in Thorn
Hollow, in the foothills of the Blue
mountains 1t is estimated that the
flow of water from the springs am
cunts to from three to five million
gallons daily. Is at present the city
uses from 100000 to a million gal
Ions daily It will be seen that the sup
ply will be ample for many years at
least. Should the supply eventually
become inadequate then Getty may
80 farther into the mountains and
draw q supply from the north fork
of the Umatilla river abore Wenaha
springs.
Under the plans adopted water will
be brought distance of IA miles and
an is inch main will be used part way
and a 40 inch main the remainder.
The engineering work was done by #.
c. Kelsay.
Two Reservoirs.
Two reservoirs will be established
one on the north side hill above the
Charles Ferguson bungalow and one
on the hill above the present reser-
voir. Each reservoir will have ca
pacity of one million gallons and each
will be 40 feet higher shan the pres
.ent reservoir. Those reservoirs will
be of such elevation and size as to as
sure an abundant supply of water for
all sections OF the city and likewise
for the branch hospital.
The Right of Way.
Regarding the proposition of secur-
ing a right of way across the reserva-
ton for the pipe line Chairman Brown
says that the way now seems clear.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01

the matter.
Under the law all men and women
owning property within this city and
paying taxes upon the same are en-
titled to vote at school elections. All
men and women who have children
extending school are also entitled to.
vote, regardless OF whether or not
they pay taxes. Citizens who do not
pay taxes and do not have children
in school are not eligible to vote.
On March 2S the polls will be open
from l o'clock until for the purpose
of permitting those entitled to vote
to do SO.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
THIEVES GET $4,000
IN REGISTERED MAIL

Vancouver, B. c., March There
is no trace of the thieves who robbed
the registered mails of the princess"
of approximately $4,000 while en-
route from Skagway today. The
northwest mounted police have been
notified to be on the lookout, as it is
believed the robbers will try to work
their way inland from Prince Rupert
where the police believe the thieves
landed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
VOTE ON SCHOOL BONDS MARCH g

On March 2S the people of this city
will be called upon to vote yes or no
upon the proposition of voting a S1O0,.
coo bond issue for the purpose of
erecting a new high school and to
complete the Lincoln school build
ing.
The date for the holding of the
special school election was fixed at Il
meeting of the school board held last
evening. Charles H. Carter, attorney
for the board, is now drafting the call
for the meeting and attending to
other legal steps in connection with
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
BOSSES OVERTHROW
BY CHICAGO VOTERS

Chicago, March 1.-The net result
of the Chicago primaries is the heavi-
est blow to the bosses and machines
of both parties the city has ever seen"
said Professor c. e. Merriam of the
University of Chicago who won the
Chicago mayoralty nomination over
his republican opponents. Former
Mayor Harrison won over the demo-
cratic machine. Former Mayor
Dunno, also a candidate, threatens to
contest Harrison's nomination on the
ground Of fraud.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
RUSSIAN PAPERS FORSEE
BIG REVOLT IN CHINA

st. Petersburg, Russia, March l.
The newspapers at Reitch, which re-
Gently voiced the imperial govern
ment's demand on China declares to-
day that a great revolt against the
Manchu dynasty is being organized in
Peking. The impending revolts, they
say are fraught with the greatest
danger to foreigners and they init
mate broadly that Intervention by
European powers may be necessary to
prevent a repetition of the boxer
troubles
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
LAB0RER FALLS To HIS DEATH

H. o. Patch, laborer Of Pilot Rock
is dead at the Folsom undertaking
parlors as a result of a fall down
stairs yesterday. At the time of the
accident he was intoxicated and was
starting down the stairs in the Brad
burn building in Pilot Rock. He fell
O distance of 10 feet and struck his
head in such a manner as to fracture
his skull from the back of his head
to the temple bone.
Despite his terrible injury Patch
lived for several hours. He was
brought to the city on the afternoon
passenger train and taken to the St.
Anthony's hospital where he was op-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01

Grated upon by Drs Parker and
Lieuallen. However he was so badly
injured that recovery was impossible
and he succumbed within an hour
following the operation.
The dead man has been living ar
ound Pilot Rock for the past Is
years. He has worked at odd jobs for
different people during that time. He
was about As years of age. He has
no relatives living in this section but
some of his people living in Denver
have been notified Of his death. I'm
arrangements for the funeral are be-
ing withheld.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
CHICAGO PACKERS MAY
FACE FEDERAL CHARGE

New York, March Federal in
dictment of Chicago packers is pre-
dicted here by attaches of the district
attorneys office. The federal grand
jury has begun an examination of the
evidence produced by District Attor-
ney Garven of Jersey City, which re-
suited in the indictments in the state
courts. The state indictments were
ineffective because the courts held
the packers could not be extradited.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
NO BOXING ALLOWED
IN WASHINGTON

Olympia, Wash, March. There
will be no boxing in Washington The
senate today killed the bill providing
for ten-round no-decision contests
which Tommy Burns had been at
tempting to have passed. The vote
was ~ to 22. The bill died by in
definite postponement.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
B0ARl OF commissioners TO
SUBMIT BOND ISSUE To VOTERS
MILLION DOLLARS IN IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED

Pure Mountain Thorn Hollow Springs
Special Elections Nee
sary-Acion Nights Meeting Of the Board
in WeelTwo Reservoirs VIII be Cohstruc'ed-
Federal Building Catholic Church.
Work Bring Value Of
Summers Activities to More Million
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
Line Cavalicri VIII Sue For Divorce

st. Petersburg, Russia, March l.
Madame Lima Cavalieri, wife of
Chanler, terminates her engagement
tonight here and leaves Immediate
ly for Paris. 1t is understood she
will soon bring divorce suit for
separation from Chanler from whom
she received $4,000 in full settlement
for her ante marriage contracts.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
>Pinkertons Look for Stolen Jewels.

<FTIktTIUIIs IIUVk tut S0ofcTI UC"VTS'
New York, March 1.-The Pinker-
tons today took a hand in the search
for the jewels valued at slS0.0O0
stolen from the stateroom OF Mrs.
Drummond on the liner America. she
had them insured for 100000 SO rs
taking the loss philosophically,
LID MEX
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
Former Boss OF San Francisco
Must Sperd Fourteen Years
in San Quentin.
SUPREME COURT VACATES
ORDER FOR REHEARING
Last Chance of Escaping Sentence
GOes-Return to First District
Court Observation-Disclosures for Arch
CRATER Unable 10 Secure New
Trial for Their Cient-Case IN
Court for Five Years.

san Francisco, March LIN jail
facing fourteen years in San Quentin
for bribery Abe Ruef today pleaded
his last fight for freedom. He says
he'll carry the case to the United
States supreme court now that the
state supreme court has reversed its
order granting him a rehearing.
Ruef was arrested at midnight and
after breaking the news to his family
hc went quietly to the county jail.
Ruef says he is ready TO take his med
icine.
Sheriff Finn has decided to take
Ruef to san Quentin to begin his sem
tence this afternoon.
: n Francisco, March 1.-The last
chance of Abraham Ruef escaping
the service of Il years in San Quen-
tin, on charge of bribery was dis
s.pated late yesterday when the state
supreme court vacated the order
granting the former boss a re-hear-
ing.
The order was made on the motion
of Attorney General Webb which was
argued at length before the court
sitting enbanc last week. AT the end
of several days of argument, the mo-
ton was taken under advisemenr,
with yesterdays decision concurred in
by the entire court as the result. The
order was made on the ground that
the absence of Justice F. w. Hen
shaw from the state at the time of the
order granting the rehearing became
effective, made the action a nullity.
In arriving at the decision to vacate
the order this was the only point con-
sidered by the court, which contend
ed in the decision accompanying the
order that no other contention of the
attorney general was worthy of con-
sderation.
In the decision granting the motion
to vacate the order of rehearing, the
court explained that the point on
which it had been granted had never
before been brought to the attention
of the supreme tribunal of this state.
The court declared that the raising
of this point by Attorney General
Webb had raised the gravest doubt
as to the correctness of the courts
procedure and the subsequent con-
sideration of the question by the court
had entirely satisfied it that the point
was well made by the chief attorney
for the state.
Return Ordered.
In conclusion the decision ordered
the return of Ruef to the first district
court of appeals, which has sustained
the order and judgment of the fed
eral court. Within "a hours the ap-
pelate tribunal must issue a remit
tance to the superior court depart
ment which tried Ruef. This court
will then sign an order directing the
sheriff to take Ruef to San Quen-
tin.
Abraham Ruef during the incum-
bency Of Mayor Eugene Schmitz was
credited with being the political oic-
tator of this city. AS the result of
the graft disclosures following the
fire of 1906 he was indicted by the
Oliver grand jury on 70 odd coun~.
charging the acceptance and bestow-
al of bribes.
He was placed on trial before Judge
Lawlor on charge of bribing Super
visor John ]. Furri TO vote in favor
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01

Continued on page eight. }
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01

Sheriff Finn has decided to take
Ruef to san Quentin to begin his sem
tence this afternoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01

CONTINUED on page eight.)
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-23
A HEALTHY, HAPPY OLD AGE.

May be promoted by those who
 gently cleanse the system, now and
 then, when in need of a laxative
 remedy. by taking deseltsPOOniJ
 of the ever refreshing. wholesome and truly beneficial Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. which IS the cnly family laxative generally ;aP- proved by the most eminent phy,- scians, because 1t acts m a natural; strengthening way and warns and tones up the internal organs wlfho1i weakening them ltis equally bench 6cislfor the very young and the mid, de aged. as its always efficient and free from all harmful ingredients. lo eet its beneficial effects ii is always necessary to buy the genuine. bear mo the name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co.-Plainl, pripfed on the frontol eyeryPaekage
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-23

izing that it is being squeezed by the operation of what political econ omists call the law of industrial evoIution'-which means the gradual but inevitable tendency for all bus mess to pass into bigger and stronger hands, with a consequent elimination of little business'-this small mer chant class, 1 say, naturally squeais as it feels the screws of evolution and shTieks for any old legislation which will force the big corporations to give up as much as possible Of their earnings. Then comes along the socalled reforner, the foxy ln- s1rgent politician, and he sees at once that the easiest way for him to climb into office Is to get up Q yell for cnntroI of the robber corpora tons That's just what is happen ing.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-23
aRAIN STORM pEFEMsE.

WHITE PLAINS. N. r., May 22.-
 The case of Corporal Lawrence spohr, who is charged with the mur- der of Rosa OToole, came up for trial here today. Corporal Spohn is a musician and marksman of Battery c., First United States Coast ArtiL Iery, stationed at Fort Slocum- The murder of which he is accused oc' cured here on the night of April zi. Spohr found the girl out walking with a young railroad brakesman
 He followed them to her home, seir ousiy wounded the man and ther killed the girl. It is underst, ,od his defence win be that he had '.brair storm" at the time of the shooting
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-23
CALLS CONTROL AN
 ATTACK ON PAYROLL

Government control of the rail roads is an attack on the payroll of the railroads employees. according to H. A. Adams, NJ. A., a noted mag azine writer and speaker on econom- ics, who in an interview granted recently, made the following state ments on the subject Government Control of the Railroads and the Wage Earner's Interests"
 This question" said Mir. Adams Is not a question as between railroad men and their employers. the railway companies. Such questions arise at times and must be settled, like all family quarrels, by a member of the family. But this is not a family quarrel It a question as between the employers and certain so-calied re- form politicians who are just now seeking to get into power and L. keep in office by attacking the em- ployer's interests. Therefore, 1t Is up to you, as railroad employees. to pro tect your own interests. by resisting this unreasonable attack upon the general prosperity of the business WHICH SlNeb you d uNtuB- oOihS AoCF ish political economists would like us to believe that the interests oi the employer and the employe are identical. Every workingmans however unlss he is a fool. knows that the interests of the wage-earner and the employer are not identical. because their interests are like those of an, buyer and seller. The employe wants to sell his labor power as hign as possible. That is simply common sense. And when such an Issue arises 1t is a family quarrel ana must bt settled in the way all wage qnes tians are settled. But this issue-o attempting to control the business of a railroad by a commission O politicians--is quite another matter 1t is a fight in which your interest las wage workers are precisely tn same as the interests of the employ ing company. Let me show how.
 What Employes Get.
 Out of every collar that the raj
 roads earn, 42 cents goes at ono into the pockets of the employees |
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-23

If they tried to be as agreeable as in courtship days.
 If they kissed and made up at once after every quarrel.
 If each would try to be a real support and comfort to the other
 IT household expenses were al ways proportioned to receipts.
 If women were as kind to tneE husbands as they were to theii lovers.
 If each remembered the othe was only a human being, not ai angel.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-23
Married Folk Would Be Happier

If men were as thoughtful foI their wives as they were for them when sweethearts.
 If both parties remembered that they were married for worse as well as better.
 If there were fewer please dar lings' in public and more politeness D private
 ls wives and husbands would take heir pleasures as they go along md not degenerate into mere toll ng machines.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-23

u.-rers weekly: You won't "sns Mr
 hA5psss ,Ipsssske in buying this car. mr. MI any ,yuinss ms said the agent. Tt IS , .ns Jngsins' inc market There isn pest .a-oesack ,n to our output any ..-rsen eo don't want 1t" retortsS ,nr1irs Hs There wasn't any comeDaek ,o inc last car had, and l hao ~alk back. Haven't you anylnlns vou can show me with @ few return attachmentsz"
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-23

the shape of wages Another 10 per cent goes to workers in other branches of industry, such as mines. steel mills. and coal and oil produc- ton. So. you see, fifty cents out of every dollar received by the rail roads belong immediately to the working class. Last year the rail wav employees in America received over one billion doliars-much more, that is, than either the bond-holders or stockholders or anybody else re- ceived. It is perfectly plain, there fore. that the more the railroads earn the more money finds its way into the hands of the working class Oi course, some ranting demagogues ask you to believe that anyIn~ which reduces the earnings of what they call the robber corporations must be good for the people Good for which people? Certainly not foi the 1.750,000 railway employees in the United States. Look at it-selfsh
 ly. fntelIigently. as sensible met who do your own thinking and VII
 know how to safeguard your owl interests. If the Santa Fe had earnef only half what 1t earned last year who would have been -he first tt suffer? Why, you, of course! Recol
 feet that you men get only about nai
 of the earnings. If the earnings in crease, you get more; if they oe crease, the workers necessarily ge
 just so much less that year.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-23
Small ones equeaI.

And now let me polnt out to you what all this 1nsurgent talk against the railroads really means It is the middle class (not the work ing class) that demands reduced rates The small merchant class, real
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-23
What Employes oet.

'Out of every collar that the raii roads earn, 42 cents goes at once into the pockets of the employees in
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-07-11

was above the average; its cotton
yield had never been paralleled, and
part of the complaint of the farmers
! unions and the Populists was the re-
sultant fall in prices for those staples.
TO find a year in our history, in
! deed, in which the whole country was
! burnt up with heat and all of its har-
vests seriously damaged, one must go
back as far as 1881. That was in all
respects a curious year-nOt least so,
in that the great drought of August
and September came on a structure
of wholly over-expanded financial
speculation. The crop season started
/ badly; the winter had been severe
and prolonged, and was followed by
almost unprecedented floods. 1t was
perhaps this moisture which pro-
tected the young crops into the mid
die of the summer; for although July
was month of scorching heat and
drought throughout the United
States, the governments condition es-
Inmates were not heavily cut down,
even as of August l. On July Is, Chi
cago grain houses We're predicting
better winter wheat crop than ex-
pected, and nearly an average spring
wheat yield. But by August the out
look was no longer in line with such
predictions
The Damage in 1881.
Between the flooding rains of early
spring and meager downpour at the
close of August in the Missouri val
ley, there was virtually no moisture
There are people who will remember
that week of torrid heat throughout
the country, early in July. when Pres
ident Garfield was shot at Wasnin
ton-a week much like this present
first week of July. and they may re-
member also the parching of the Ohio
valley; the burnt cotton fields, the
suddenly-contrived occupation of
hauling water to houses whose wells
were dry, in Kansas and Ohio as in
the suburbs of New York, and. to cap
the climax, the famous yellow day"
at the opening of September, when
smoke from the blazing forests of
Maine obscured the sun at points as
far away las Connecticut and New
Hampshire. For most of the country,
INC 6ledl drought OI 1881 was not
broken until the torrents of rain, in
the third week of October, washed out
the fields and swept down railway
embankments throughout the agricul-
tural northwest. The wheat crop con-
dition of September l was go, as
against - q month before and 81
at the same date in 1880. The wheat |
harvest was cut down % per cent from
the year before; the corr yield 80
per cent; the cotton 20 per cent.
The harvest outcome of that unlucky
year was accompanied by great de-
cline on the stock exchange-the bank
position being already overstrained-l
and by serious setback in general
trade. But before comparisons are
drawn. two things must be remem-
bered-one, that weather conditions
have by no means duplicated 1881 as
yet. and will not do so if rain comes
in time; the other. that the country
is now prepared in a financial way!
through preceding year of liquida- !
ton instead of the reckless boom
year. which preceded 18S1-to take |
whatever comes.