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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION Calling cards, w1 Vng stationery, cere erclal stationery ac'l jb printing to ord at the Eaat Oregonler. i C72T OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 22. I'ENDLETON, OliEUON, MONDAY, FEUIIUAIIY 21, 110. NO 6831 II i 234ZJPm iimwinfBiTiiiii 1.1, .J ' ' "ZJXmVt 'via f ! UUVJMTX UJf JrlVlAL PAPER. -akJPt, Xj j GREAT STRIKE IN QUAKER CITY Three Thousand Extra Police Called Out to Quell Rioting In Streets, STRIKERS BURN 207 GARS; MANY ARE IN HOSPITAL Platform Men of Rapid Transit Com pany Walk Out on Refusal of Com pany to Reinstate Discharged Men Strikebreakers Imported and ! Scenes of Conflict Follow Many Seriously Injured May Result In Strike of all Union Laborers. Philadelphia, Feb. 21. Every man ' Of the regular police force was called i out for strike duty and an enrollment : Of three thousand special policemen today gave this city the appearance of a beleagured garrison. Street fight- ' Ing was resumed at daybreak, follow- I lng an attempt of the Philadelphia "ule loner Ranirt Transit nnmnnn., no..4. "Nelson Is - - j u mi; i cars with non-union platform men Scores of worklngmen in outlying I more force' He hit8 Bnorter and with districts began attacking the cars as ! Detter Judgment. Then, again, you they left the barns. The police and n,ust glvo hIm a &00d Percentage for pedals broke up scores of incipient j hl" Breoter experience. He has been riots. The conflicts are not serious ln the rln tar th'rteen years, while and the display of force deterred the ' 11 wa8 on,y a ,lttle more than three crowds from violence. i years that Wolgast was fighting for The company made no attempt to5 PurBeB opernte the cars during the night but i " confined their efforts to preparing for 1 service today. Scores of strike breakers have been brought to the city and lodged In the various car- j barns under the protection of several i police. As a result of yesterday's rioting twenty policemen and thirty ; citizens are In hospitals. Hundreds ' of arrests followed. The rioters burn- I ed 297 cars. j The crowds are not as large as . those of yesterday when the rioting j resulted in the serious Injury to doz ens of persons among the police and mob. In the morning hours, a driz zling rain was falling, but although the walking was bad, worklngmen re fused to ride on the cars. , The enlistment of three thousand ' specials was considered by National Peoria, 111., Feb. 21. President Organizer Pratt of the platform men ' Lewis of the United Mine Workers, to as an indication of weakness by the ' day gave out statements saying: A company and a tacit admission that Joint conference will be held between the company Is "licked." Notwlth- the miners and operators and every standing this, leading members of the j miner In Ohio, Pennsylvania; Mlchi labor council have been considering a 1 Ban. Indiana and possibly Illinois, will call for a general strike of all union 8"Pt an advance In wages.. There will men In Philadelphia as soon as t be no strike. y may become apparent that the union ! According to the mine workers' carmen would lose. The present p8l',en5' Prlnary conference strike of carmen was called following i1" 06 Cincinnati next Wed- the dismissal by the company of sev Ami AmnlnvM nttltrnlu onffniroif In . union organizing, and a refusal to re-I instate the men on demand of union ! "... j ornciaia. Motormen Neorly Lynched. J ri uutMiipi ill. nuiiKinK "ccurrca un i Kensington Avenue where a car con taining four policemen and a plat form crew was blocked by sympa thizers. As soon as the car became Immovable the great crowd, armed with clubs and stones, surged forward and swarmed upon the platform. The ponce were swept asma ana tne crew ( werp niod and one mnn wa8 fatally dragged to the sldewajk. the crowd . inJurej when the California limited kicking and striking them at every of tne ganta Fe railroad crashed in step. Then some one shouted, "here's to automobile at Azusa, 20 miles A rope," and a noose was Bllpped over j eIlst of nere ingt nBnt. The dead are: the motorman's head. Mounted po-. Mrs. Anna Martin, widow, Pasa- llce arrived Just as the man was be- Ing swung up to a lamp post. The officers succeeded In getting him Into a cigar store on the corner. The mob tried to break in and get him. but J was beaten back by. the police. The i throng finally was dispersed. Follow. lng the riot, the company abandon- ed Its attempt to run cars on this' Un. ' Another Near Hanging. A Moody affray between the po lice and rioters occured this afternoon when a mob attempted to lynch a non-union motorman. The motorman and conductor were rescued by the ponce apparcniy in a dying condition. , es the railroad, a lumber yard ob The noose was about jlhe carman's I scures the view of the track for a con neck. The mob then turned on the ' slderable distance and Anderson saw officers. Mounted police arrived and ' the train coming around the curve rode full speed Into the rioters, In juring forty so badly that they were taken to the hospitals. Twenty ar rests followed. Nearly every car that started today was wrecked and the guards are powerless. HUNDRED IJVE8 LOST IN BRITISH STORMS London, Feb. 21. Reports to day from along the south and East British coasts Indicate that a hundred lives have been lost In the storms .of the .last .48 hours. A steamer was drifting helpless last night off Cat Craig, Scotland, and Is believed to have gone down. Property damage along the coast will be heavy. THINKS FIGHT WILL GO TWENTY-FIVE ROUNDS San Francisco, Feb. 21. That It will require about twene,-flve rounds for Nelson to knock out Wolgast in tomorrow' fight at Point Richmond Is the opinion of Nelson's manager, John R. Robinson, formerly a prom- mem newspaper sporting editor. He is quoted as saying: "Wolgast is not a knockout fighter, despite his rugged build and strength He is a mauler and his blows lack the knockout snap. Nelson is a greatly improved fighter since his last meeting with Wolgast. He has dc veloped himself considerably along the speed route, and today Is a skilled boxer, "With this speed development he has lost none of his stamina nor punching powers. His punches seem to get harder the longer a battle pro gresses. In his fight with Eddie Lang In Memphis he was punching ten times as hard In the eighth round as he was in the first. He was like lightning on nlB 'eet and hB ring generalship was perreci. tie is still the same sugged Battler as before, his perfect methods of living being responsible for this. "I expect Wolgast to maul him for fifteen roundB. thcn get tired and dls- couraKed through his Inability to make a"y Impression on Nelson's cast lron frame- Bat wl!I then bpeln his real attnck- and inside of the next ten roundB for the "8t to go at least enty-tlve rounds, and possibly a a cleaner hitter than wolBBl ana nis diows carry mucn OPERATORS AT PEACE WILL ADJUST DIFFERENCES AT JOINT CONFERENCE President Lewis Gives Out Statement to That Effect Each Side Makes Concessions to Avert Industrial Struggle. : nesday between representatives of the leading operators and mine work- ers fop, " PurP08e of l88ulnf ca" fr' a,3 nt rence to settle the wage scale. It is apparent from Lew- Is' statement that both sides are will- lDg to concede 80mc of the demands order to avert a great Industrial struggle. AUTO STRUCK BY TRAIN. Two Women Killed and Man Fatally Injured at Azusa, Near Pasadena. Los Angeles, Feb. 21. Two women dena Miss Flora McEwen, nurse, Pasade na. ' Charles E. Erlckson, SO years old, t Pasadena, not married, was fatally injured. in the automobile at the time ot the accident, besides those killed and injured were O. Louis Anderson, pres. Ident of the Anderson Investment company of Pasadena and Howard Martin, the 3-year-old son of Mrs. Martin. Anderson was driving the car. He escaped with a few scratches. The boy was not Injured. At the place where the street cross- too late to cloar the track. V. P. S. P. DUTDENDS INCREASED SINCE MERGER New York, N. Y., Feb. 21. Figures presented by Julius Kruttschnltt to- day In the government hearing of the j merger of the Harrlman lines show I the dividends of the U. P. and S. P, j have Increased since the merger in I 1901 from three to nearly eight per , cent. t I Actor Suddenly Dies, Kansaa City, Feb. 21. Clay Clem jent, the actor, died at the university ' hospital here today. Hospital phy- slclans said his demise Is the result j of uraemia poisoning. Clement fln- i lshcd an engagement Saturday night. j Being ln poor health he decided to remain here until Tuesday to rest. Last night he was seized with con- ' vulslons and soon expired. 1 NOT REIN Chairman Democratic State Committee of New York States Position. WILL FIGHT MI RPIIY AND HIS COHORTS On Rnliim From Can vanning Among His Supporters, Conner Declares lie Will Not Submit Tamely to Being Ousted Says DoiiMKTats Mix in at Wrong TimeClaim Honor of Ktretig-tliciiing His Party in New York. New York. Feb. 21. "I've got Just one thing to say," declared William J. dinners, chairman of the democrat ic state committee last night, "I'll not resign and I shall be a democrat whatever happens." Mr. Conners had Just returned from Palm Beach and had canvassed the situation with his supporters. He had I hurried north to entrench his position before the special meeting of the state; iMHiiimiit't? in rje neia in Albany Thursday, when his opponent hope to ) hy which they would form a coalition oust him. Ho will remain until Wed- J to support the ministerial program nvsday, when he will go to Albany. and make possible effective action. In the interval he expects to see every The-laborites have already made one of the state committeemen In-j known their displeasure and a lively rilvidually. j time is expected during the coming "Shall you see Charles F. Murphy?" session, he was asked. Added to the usual brilliancy of. the "I don't know whether he will call '. occasion was a feeling of suppressed on me or not." answered Mr. Conners. j excitement due to the momentuous "How many votes have you got problems, the most delicate handling against you In the state committee?" Df which will be required to prevent "They've got less than they think a speedy dissolution of parliament they have hnw many will he shown and the calling of another general Thursday." ' j election. "Mix at Wrong Time." ! Hundreds of thousands of sight- "We democrats." he went on, "al- j seers thronged the streets around ways mix it at the wrong time. The ! Wosi Minister when King Edward organization is In better shape than drove out In state. Lifeguards in pic I have seen it in 20 years, acd I j turesque uniforms guarded the line claim I am the man who had some of with drawn bayonets. Arriving at the the Ironor of doing it. I spent my j house of parliament the king was sa- mnney and my time, and I never med- lied In Brooklyn or New "York. I am in favor of calling a meeting of the state committee Tit this meeting, but I am not in favor of n party row. Ir they want to put me out. why don't they wait until the reeular meeting of the committee?" Conners was asked if he would re tire If his failure to do so meant the disruption of the party. "I am not disrupting the party," an swered Mr. Connors. "its Murphy that's doinfr that. I've made good nil along the line." SVPHF.ME COURT DECIDES FOR THE CORPORATION Washington, Feb. 21. The United States supreme cnurt today held that the Arkansas state corporation tax law is unconstitutional. The decision was rendered In a suit of the Western Union Telegraph against the state. .Magnate Falls to Get Divorce. Boise, Feb. 21. Valentine Winters, a traction magnato of Dayton, C . was denied a divorce by Judge Wood today on the grounj tnat legal rei' dence in Idaho was not established. This Is the first Instance of a failure of a member of the divorce colony to secure a decree. An appeal to the supreme court will ba made. ALL 0. H. ft N. T Snow and wind proved to be a com bination difficult for the O. R. & N. main and branch line trains to cope with, this morning. For several hours, two trains were stalled on the mountain, ,Just this side of Meacham while the Pendleton-Walla Walla lo cal was stuck In a snow bank be tween Weston and Milton for more than, three hours. The snow in the vicinity of Meach- nm Is said to be six feet deep on the level and because of the wind which has been blowing continuously during the past few days, drifts pile on the tracks faster than they can be re moved by the snow plows, though two large rotarles are kept In constant service on the mountain. When No. 6, the Ea8tbound Chicago train ar rived at a point, about a mile this side of Meacham at an early hour this morning, It was unable to go any fur ther. About two hours later it was Joined by No. 10 the fast mall. Here the two trains were compelled to wait until after noon before the snow plows succeeded ln getting the track cleared. For the first time In many days train No. 7 was on time when it S SPEECH 5 Indecision of Edward VII in Opening of Parliament May Be Costly. UNDERCURRENT OF FEELING BENEATH BRILLIANT SCENE Third Parliament or IMward'tt Reign Oim-ihiI in state This Afternoon, Attended by .Much Brilliance King IteiuU Sh;ocIi Which Precipitates Crisis Between Rival Parties Lively Time Anticipated Great Crowds Present. London, Feb. 21. The intrd parlia ment of King Edward's reign opened In state this afternoon with the read ing of n speech by the monarch. The scene whs brilliant. Edward' failed to cut the Gordon knot In his speerh and by his inde cision precipitated a crisis between the liberals on the one side and the nationalists and laborites on the other. These three parties are sun- posed to have reached an agreement luted with 41 guns. The king and queen donned their scarlet robes. Near the throne stood representatives of the foreign powers, all In full uni form. Puch a brilliant hight was never before seen. YAKIMA MAN INTERESTS EtJYITIANS IN IRRIGATION North Yakima. Feb. 21. A. W. Coffin, who is now visiting Egypt, writes home that he has interested the Egyptians in the methods of ir I l igation followed in the Yakima val ! ley. They regard the results obtain ed in Washington as remarkable. The chief products of the Nile valley are cotton, corn and beans and Coffin demonstrated to them that much' greater returns would be possible from fruit. IJI-m iNG TEN TO SIX IN FAVOR OF NELSON San Francisco, Feb. 21. Nelson and Wolgast are both below weight and resting today for the battle to morrow afternoon. Both boys are confident. The scat, sale is expected to reach the eighteen thousvid dollar mark. Betting is ten to six in favir of the Dane. Herbert Boylen, the Pilot sheepman, Is in the city today. Rock reached La Grande, but because the other two trains were In the way It was held at Hilgard and did not ar rive In Pendleton until after 4 o'clock. The local train from Walla Walla, left that city on time and was on time when it passed through Milton. Then for three hours it disappeared from the outside world, being stuck in a snow drift several miles from the nearest stations. After three hours of shoveling on the part of the crew the train was finally able to push Its way through and reach this city more than three hours late. A fullfledged chlnook was In pro gress here all of yesterday and con tinued until early this morning. The more hopefully inclined of the local citizens professed to see in the Chi nook the end of the long severe win ter. Their hopes were d.itmed to the ground this morplng when the wind shifted to the north, tho temperature dropped to below freezing and snow began falling again. According to re ports from official Weather Observer Beate in Portland, snow will fall to night and tomorrow and another cold wave will prevail for a few days. RIS HELD I THIS MORNING ZELAYA IS IV SPAI.V. Former Nicaragua n President Charges United States' With Had Faith. Madrid, Feb. 21. Ex-President Zelaya of Nicaragua has arrived here. zeiaya accused Guatemala and the United States of being responsible for the revolution In Nicaragua. These two countries, he said, had violated all treaties. In disregard of law and Justice, and the United States had dared to dispatch warships laden with troops on the false pretext of defend ing American citizens. He had re signed from the presidency and left the country so as not to hinder efforts of his successors to obtain that peace and liberty that had been the sole aim of his policies. He declared h6 Intended to follow events from Eu rope. TRANS-CHANNEL AERIAL SERVICE WITHIN YEAR London, Feb. 21. A trans-channel aerial service, operating both dirigib les and aeroplanes, will be in operation within a year, according to an an nouncement today by officials of the Paris-London Aerial company. Ne gotiations have been opened for erec tion of sheds at Dover, which will be the English terminal. JIM JEFFRIES INSTELS CONFIDENCE INTO FRISCO San Francisco, Feb. 21. Public opinion here today seems to be that Jeffries Is in a hundred per cent bet ter condition than when he appeared In a local theater a year ago. A TIg crowd watched Jeffries at Recreation Park yesterday. He hopped the rope as nimbly as of old and boxed a live ly set with Berger. The spectators were delighted. LOST WALLA WALLA WOMAN FOUND DEAD MILL CREEK GIVES UP BODY" OF MRS. EATON Corpse of Aged Woman Who Wander ed From Odd Fellows Home Two Weeks Ago Discovered In Water Foul Play Not Suspected. Walla Walla, Feb. 21. While en gaged in letting out the Pacific Flour ing Mills' dam in Mill creek a short distance above Fire station No. 2 yes terday afternoon Allen Mulkey and Stanley Johnson, two employes of the company came upon the body of Mrs. Alice M. Eaton, the aged woman who wandered from the Odd Fellows home here on Sunday evening, February 6. The Ice cold water had preserved the body but it was apparent it had not been in the water for many days. Her jacket had caught on a small root In the bed of the stream and this was holding her fast. Foul play is not suspected. FAKIR SAYS MINISTERS ARE ALL EASY MARKS San Jose. Calif., Feb. 21. When ar rested yesterday and accused of hav ing Joined 20 churches and borrowed money from 20 pastors within a week Albert Nler'of San Francisco, confid ed to the chief of police, "preachers are the easiest game ln the world." Nler was captured after an investi gation instituted by the Pastors' un ion of this county, and held on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. When taken, at the German Lutheran church, he admitted that he had been earning a living by Joining churches and borrowing money from pastors. The man has become a profession al at the game and boasts of having affiliated himself with 20 churches within the week. On the plea that he yas a newcomer in town and that his family was ln poor circumstances, Nler succeeded ln obtaining small cash advances everywhere. He Is said to have been arrested on a similar charge ln San Francisco two years ago and it was a local preacher who re cently came from San Francisco who recognized him and exposed his swin dle. BANKER TELLS FRAUDS t.vV t OilKED Boise, Feb. 21. Confessing his own part in the alleged conspiracy, Clar ence W. Robnett, former bookkeeper of the Lewlston National bank, to day told of a long line of transactions by which Kettenbach, Kester and Dwyer secured title to valuable tim ber lands and declared the plot to steal timber was formed in Ketten bach's office. He admitted asking Kester and Kettenbach to get In on the deal. ADMINISTRATION TROOPS CAUGHT IN A TRAP Bluef.clds. Feb. 2L General Vas quez, commander of the administra tion troors outside Managua, Is hem med Jn by three insurgent divisions and his position Is precarious. He Is unable to communicate with his base of supplies. Many of his troops are deserting and it is believed Madriz' cause is hopeless. 1U WALLA IS LOST W R. Stewart, Proprietor of Coast Lodging House, Sud denly Disappears. MIND MAY HAVE BECOME CNBALLANCED Aged BuMiicbs Man Drops From Sighs Saturday Night and All Efforts to Ixx-ate Him Unavailing Police Are Working on Case Lost Msa Had Just Lost Salt in Court Disap pearance Is Very Mysterious. Walla Walla, Feb. 21 William R. Stewart, proprietor of the Coast House on West Alder street and one of the best known citizens of thia city, has disappeared. He left his room ing house Saturday evening about 6:30 o'clock and has not been seen since. The family was considerably" wor ried when Mr. Stewart, who is 4 years old, did not return home Sat urday night and yesterday every friend and relative of the aged man was communicated with, but they had seen nothing of him. The family is heartbroken over the mysterious dis appearance, of the father snd hus band and Is unable to accoun: for It, though they- refuse to believe he has gone insane and say they do not think he has met foul play. In fact, they did not know what to think. Mr. Stewart came to Walla Wails; in the early days and for many years was engaged In the livery business For the past several months he h) been running the Coast House which is in the Drnmheller building. When erable damage and brought suit I Stewart alleged he suffered consid erable damakge and brought suit against the Drumheller company. The case was tried and Stewart "lost, being " assessed the costs of prosecution. Stewart contemplated appealing the case, but Friday the suit was com promised and dropped. This ha caused both Mr. and Mrs. Stewart considerable worry. It was not hard to detect Mr. Stewart's health was) failing. He also had financial worries which he is said to have declared would drive him insane. Friday Mr. Stewart called on his son, who is employed at the City mills, and told him of the compromise. When seen by a reporter yes terday evening the son declared thnt he had noted his fathir seemed mucn relieved and was much more optimis tic than for many months. This the son said encouraged the entire fam ily. For several mouths Mr. Stewart is said to have been very melancholy Saturday morning, according to tho son, his father seemed to be in much better spirits than on Friday. He stayed about his home all that day and in the evening about 6 o'clock declared he was going out to attend . show. This was very uncommon, hut one of the family remarked that tt was too early for any of the shows to begin. Mr. Stewart stayed with the family about half an hour and at t:t0 p. m. left. That was the last he has been seen WOULD UNEARTH MOTIVE. Witnesses In Swope Case to Ten Graad Jury Motive for Murder. Kansas City, Feb. 21. When the grand jury that is Investigating the deaths of Colonel Thomas H. Swope" and Chrisman Swope resumes its work it Is believed It will begin the exami nation of witnesses who can tell of s positive motive for the alleged pois oning of the millionaire and his neph (. ' ' At tomorrow's session, it is under stood John O. Paxton, executor of the Swope estate, and Thomas Swope, a nephew of the dead philanthropist, will be on the witness stand. Mr. Paxton. it is expected, will tell of the amount of the Swope estate and of the manner ln which it was di vided. A report that Colonel Swope had considered changing his will also will come in for consideration. Frank P. Walsh, attorney for Dr. B. C. Hyde In his $100,000 slander suit against Mr. Paxton, will continue the taking of depositions tomorrow. It was said last night that Miss Margaret H. Swope, a niece of Colonel Swope, may be subpoenaed to give her deposition. ROOSEVELT WILL NOT RETURN BY PACIFIC Paris. Feb. 21. Roosevelt has confirmed the report that he will not return by way of the Pacific coast, according to a dispatch from Gondokoro to day. He says he hopes to make a special trip before long to California and the other coast states. MAN