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VOL. 16.
PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY " 07.
NO. 5889
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LITTLE MOW
Organizer and Leader of the
Volunteers of America Was
in Pendleton.
LEADER OF ORGANIZATION
WITH 50,000 MEMBERS.
Her Specialty l Prison Work and
She Holds Advanced Idemsi an to
IrfAon Discipline: Methods anil Pur
poses FMvlnlly in Relation to
Young Wrongdoer! Holds Dully
IVess to Strict Accountability Mrs.
Ilooth Isj a Daughtcr-ln-Law of tlio
Founder of the Salvation Army.
To be the leader and Inspiration for
an army of 60,000 men Is iot a slight
task for a woman, but Mrs. Maud
Balllngton Booth, "The Little Mother"
of the Volunteers of Arnerlca, nn or
ganization which was separate! from
the Salvation Army In 1898, occupies
this strenuous and unique position.
Mrs. Booth arrived in Pendleton on
delayed No. 1 at 8:30 last evening, on
her way to Walla Wnlla. where she
was billed to lecture last night, but
owing to the demoralization or the
train service by the high water, was
forced to remain in the city, occupy
ing an apartment in the Pullman
coach "Shoshone," which remained
on the side track here lnst night..
She Is on a lecture tour through
the west on the T. M. C. A. lecture
course, her subject being -Llghts and
Shadows of Prison Life." She lec
tured at Boise Wednesday night, 'hav
ing arrived from Salt Lake the same
day after a tour of California. She
Is billed for Seattle tomorrow night,
and consequently will go direct to
that city, cancelling her date In Walla
Walla. To the East Oregonlan last
evening Mrs. Booth aald this is the
second lecture date she has ever been
forced to cancel In her long career
on the platform.
Tlio Manner of thei Lender.
When one sees and talks with 'Maud
Balllngton Booth, the reason why her
faithful soldiers In the Volunteers of
America call her "Little Mother" Is
made plain. There Is leadership In
her voice, her actions, heT very pose.
She Is a born organizer. Even her
husband, Balllngton Booth, son of
the founder and fnther of the Salva
tion Army, does not surpass her In
leadership, management, organiza
tion. There are now B0, 001) members
In the Volunteers of America and
headquarters and relief works are
conducted in 25 of the large cities.
Over this Immense system of charity,
with its complicated military organi
sation, the "Little Mother" reigns with
ease and grace and perfect confi
dence. Her finger is on the pulse of every
branch of her beloved organization.
She knows what each branch Is doing
today, what is did yesterday, what It
expects to do tomorrow. Her mind
grasps an Infinite scope of minor de
tails, while yet directing powerfully
the main objects and alms of the
Volunteers.
Her specialty Is prison work. To
the Enst Oregonlnn last evening she
said she believed more criminals were
made In penitentiaries and prisons
than outside of them. The treatment
of criminals, the herding of the young
and Inexperienced with the hardened
and calloused, all tend to encourage
and strengthen the criminal Instinct
In young men and boys who would
ordinarily reform after a short term
In prison.
She believes In segregating prisoners
according to their nature, and not ac
cording to their height and weight.
Young and inexperienced boys who by
some unfortunate chance are sent to
prison, should be kept away from the
old veterans In crlma.
Illume Newspaper.
Mrs. Booth, while believing In and
supporting the press for tts power for
good In the world, yet criticises the
dally paper sharply for giving all rtie
glaring details of crime, holding the
crlmlnnl up before the public gaze,
making him feel that he Is perpetually
disgraced before the world through
this publicity.
In this way she believes tho press
makes many fntnl mistakes In striv
ing to glut morbid curlosuy of the
public. If the press would "walk on
tiptoe," speak In whispers, concern
ing crime, and lenvo the forces of
good to work out the snlvatlon of the
criminal, she believes thnt many a
man would bo saved from a career of
crime.
Volunteers Arc (rowing.
It was a heart-breaking disruption
In the Booth family, which caused the
secession of Mr. and Mrs. Bnlllngton
Booth from the main body of Salva
tion Army In 1898, and which re
sulted In tho formation by them
of the Volunteers of America, an or
ganization so similar to the parent
body that it differs only In name and
leadership,
Mrs, Maud Balllngton Booth . and
her husband, founded the organization
which they lead today. At first it
consisted of but a few hundred faith
ful followers who followed them
from the ranks of the Salvation
Army. Now It numberB over 80,000
membere.
It Is said by those familiar with the
circumstances that It was a rivalry
for the leadership of the world-army
between father and son, William and
Balllngton Booth, which inspired the
accession of the Volunteers. There
was no supreme office for both of
these ambitious men in the one or
ganization, and so a division was
made and each of the Illustrious
Booths led an organization. ,
Long before the separation in 1896
Maud Balllngton Booth had been a
recognized leading spirit, in the Sal
vation Army and with the founding
of the Volunteers, at once became the
peer of her husband in its control and
direction.
She Is today recognized as one of
the most fascinating lecturers In the
United States.
HAYXEK ASSAILS PRESIDENT.
"I'Mirpntlnii of Power" His Groiinclj
for Complaint.
Washington, Feb. 1. Rayner at
tacked the president in the senate
todny upon what he termed his
usurpation of power and said:
"I believe If the democratic party
takes up as a battle cry the reserved
rights of the states and the Inviolate
constitutional distinctions of legisla
tive. Judicial and executive depart
ments, they could rally the Intelligent
suffrages of their countrymen."
ALASKAN-SIBERIAN RAILROAD.
Survey Han Begun on Source of White
River.
Vancouver, Feb. 1. Dawson ad
vices say Captain John Healy and
party have started for the source of
the White river on the first survey
of a trans-Alaska-Slberlan railway.
Soldier Were Acquitted.
Pittsburg, Pa Feb. 1. A Jury to
day declared Lieut. Drury and Pri
vate Dowd not guilty of the murder
of William H. Crpwley, a citizen, who
was shot while fleeing from a sentry
after copper had been stolen from the
Lawrence arsenal.
AT
FT.
WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE BROWNSVILLE RIOT?
White Officers of the Now-Famous
Twenty-Fifth Infantry (Negro)
Were Possibly Ijix in Discipline and
Diwlfht, and Their Dereliction In
Duty HeHH)iiHil)le for tho Torror
Izlnir of Brownsville.
San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 1. Ac
cording 'to present plans the court
martial called by General McCaskey,
communding the department of Texas,
will convene at Fort Sam Houston on
Monday next for the trial of Major C.
W. Penrose and Captain E. A. MacK
lln, (both white) of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry. Tho specific charge against
the two officers are conduct to the
prejudice of good order and discip
line In failing to exercise due diligence
In preventing rioting at Brownsville
last August.
Colonel George L. Brown, com
manding the Twenty-sixth Infantry, Is
president of the court, and First
Lieutenant Chacles E. Hay, Jr.,
Twenty-fourth Infantry, acting Judge
advocate of the department of Texas,
is Judge advocate of the court. With
one exception 1he court is composed
of officers attached to the depart
ment of Texan, The exception is Ma
jor E. D. Hoyle, artillery corps, who
was especially detailed by the chief
of staff at Washington to complete
the quota of the court.
Tho court martial proceedings will
be of great Interest, as they are ex
pected to develop nil the facts con
nected with the Brownsville raid, and
to settle beyond controversy, whether
colored troops took part In It. The
trials will be conducted In accordance
with the laws and the regulations,
and all witnesses will be sworn and
bo subject to cross-examination.
Against u Commission.
Pocatello, Feb. 1. The Pocatello
Commercial club met last evening and
passed strong resolutions against the
passage of the railroad commission
bill. Copies of 'the resolution have
been mailed the members of tho legis
lature. Great Ollvo Grower Doitd. -Stockton,
Cal Feb. 1. William
Crump, once the largest olive grower
in America, died tonight at his home
near Acampo. He leaves a largo es
tate. John Ashhnlm, a miner from Ton
ofili was beaten by footpads and rob
bed of $11H at Sun Francisco. He
probably will die. He was found at
3 o'clock In the morning In a dnzed
condition, lying In the street.
CQURTMARTfAL
Si
HOUSTON
TEDIOUS
T.
FOR LAST JUROR
Defense Was First to Exhaust
Its Peremptory Challenges,
State Makes Concessions.
STATE IS APPARENTLY
ANN IOCS FOR GOOD .1TJRY.
One Juror Protest That HI Health
Is Inipnired by the Habits Impos
ed I'isiii Him Since Being Drawn
for Jury Service Special Venire of
Ten Jurnm Drawn Today During
Seurrh for the Last Juryman Now
Practically Certain That the Open.
Ina Address by Counsel Will Be
MondnV.
New York. Feb. 1. The hunt for
the twelfth Juror is tedious In the ex
treme. The defense exhausted Its
peremptory challenge ana the court
then awarded 10 extra for each side.
The defense exhausted those this
morning, but the Jerome-Hartrldge
agreement will prevent difficulty, the
state affording every facility to ob
tain a Jury to which no possible ob
jection can be made.
Both Sides Confer With Court.
New York, Feb. 1. Counsel on both
sides had another conference this
morning before the opening of court.
It Is understood a Juror has protested
that the confinement has so disturbed
his routine habits that his health Is
endangered. He is said to be very
nervous.
Evelyn and May McKenzie reached
court early despite the bad weather.
The girls talked with Delmaa for a
few minutes, and Delmaa told them
the state would like open the case
Monday.
The Judge and attorneys conferred
at the bench Immediately after the
opening, and the examination of
luiesmen pruueeuea.
Assistant attorney White Is having
certain talesmen shadowed and a
score of detectives are working to
prevent any being approached. It
appears certain the box will be filled
todny. when court will adjourn until
Monday.
TO PROHIBIT FREE SERVICE.
Would Restrict Telephone and Tele
graph Franking Privileges.
Denver, Feb. 1. A bltt has been
Introduced in the house to prohibit
papers, news associations or their
employes from using franks or free
service by the telephone and tele
graph companies.
IIOVSES AND LIVES LOST.
MisKlmippi River Doing Damage
Ill
Missouri.
Charleston, Mo., Reb. 1. Two
houses and a school house were swept
away by the Mississippi at Dorent, a
village far from railroad or wires. It
Is reported several lives were lost.
The river Is rising.
MFMPIII3 LEVEE HAS BROKEN.
Many Driven From Their Homes ami
Water Still Rising.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 1. The
levee In the nerthern part of the city
broke this morning, driving many
from their homer. Water is two feet
de--p and encroaching on the business
streets.
Tlio Lid On at Lewiston.
Lewlston, Feb. 1. Prizefighting
was killed at Lewiston Wednesday
night by the prosecuting attorney of
Nes Perce county, when he ordered
the arrest of Joe Gorman and Jack
Reilly, who were scheduled to fight.
The two fighters and their backers
we're booked on the charge of pro
moting prizefighting. They were all
released on $200 bonds to appear for
a hearolng tomorrow. The act of
tho prosecutor came as a surprise,
and is taken to mean the closing of
the lid In Lewlston.
Examining Eighth Grnffe Papers.
At the county school superinten
dent's office tho Indies of the eighth
grade examining board are now busy
corccting the pnpers of the examina
tion Just closed. They began their
labors yesterday and expect to com
plete the work tomorrow. The mem
bers of the board are. Mrs. C. F. Coles
worthy, Mrs. Max Baer and Mrs. John
Halley, Jr.
Smothered by a Fire.
Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 1. Joseph
Klrkland wns smothered this morning
In n fire ho Btarted In his bedroom In
the California hotel.
Kir I'nder Control.
Harrlshurg, Feb. 1. The fire was
under control by 10. Aid was required
from neighboring towns. The great
est loss was the opera house.
MORE FRENZY
JAPANESE ISSUE
Scareful Talk by American
Officials and Politicians and
Some English Diplomats.
ROOSEVELT SMD TO BE
SERIOUSLY CONCERNED.
J:ipnnce Said to Be "All Swelled Vp"
by Their Victory Over Russia, and
Will Insist I'pnn Recognition as the
Ont-and-Ont Equal in Every Re
spect of Any Other People on Earth
Administration Believes President
and Orrieliils of 'Frisco School
Hoard Hold Key to the Situation.
Washington, Feb. 1. The Japanese
w.ir cloud will not blow over. A
member of the California delegation
who attended the conference of Wed
nesday night says tho conferees were
preotly surprised ut the president's
serious view of the situation, and say
tl.ey learned much they did not know
before. "The situation Is more serious than
you Imagine," he continued. "Schmitz
may think a war with Japan will not
amount to much, but we are dealing
with a proud, brave people. War
w!th Japan will be nothing like a
war with Spain. When Japan strikes,
she strikes nulckly and without warn
ing, und will not exhaust her resour
ctr In diplomatic preliminaries. We
must dispose of the San Francisco
school question If possible without
awaiting the courts. We must do all
possible to avoid war, so If war comes
it must not be our fault."
Japan's Pride Unit.
Washington, Feb. 1. Root is n
lorted aa saying the Japanese have
been sounded in their tenderest spot
national pride. The Japanese re
gard themselves as the equal of any
other people on earth, particularly
feeling themselves superior to the
Chinese. Anything which tends to
place them on a level with the Chi
nese in the eyes of the world Is de
grading and humiliating.
Tact will be necessary to remove
the Impression in Japan this country
is not willing to treat her as well as
the roost favored nation.
The administration believes the
president, board of education and the
superintendent of schools of San
Francisco hold the solution In their
own hands.
English Diplomatists Scareful.
London, Feb. 1. Diplomatists re
gard the feeling of the common peo
ple of Japan, aroused by their vic
tory over Russia as the most danger
ous element of the present situation.
Recent travelers say the war engen
dered a fighting spirit which the peo
ple demand to he satisfied. The
people think America Is a pigmy be
side Russia,
California Defers Action.
Sacramento, Feb. 1. The senate
this morning withdrew a resolution
requesting California's congressional
delegation to oppose the naturaliza
tion of Japanese.
A democratic senator Introduced a
resolution calling on the governor to
appoint the attorney general as spe
cial counsel to go to Washington to
present California's side of the Jap
anese question, but the republicans
opposed and defeated It.
Immediately upon convening the
legislature a message from the gov
ernor was presented In accordance
with the request to the California
delegation sent last night, the gov
ernor asking that all legislative ac
tion on the Japanese question be
postponed for the present.
A majority of the California delega
tion favors the president's compro
mise. If they can persuade Walsh
and Roncoverl to view the situation
In the same light an alarming crisis
can be averted. The president be
lieves San Francisco Is wrong, there
fore the nation could not suffer In
pride by acceding to the deamnds of
the mikado.
Japan Hands I s nn Vltlmntiini.
Washington, Feb. 1. It Is learned
todny the representations Aokl made
to Root were polite but really in the
nature of nn ultimatum.
This government is Informed the
Toklo government insists thnt Its sub-
Jects be treated as those of the most
favored nation. Acknowledgement of
this principle is made condition
precedent to further negotiations.
Japanese subjects at San Francisco
must be accorded the snme privileges
as subjects of Great Britain, Ger
many or any other first-class power.
This Is why the president sent for the
San Francisco officials.
Japan Getting Bendy.
Washington, Feb. 1. It is learned
at the navy department thnt all bat
tleships of the Japanese navy aro be
ing thoroughly overhauled.
EVACUATING MANCHCRIA.
RusHia is Carrying Out a Treaty Stip
ulation. St. Petersburg, Feb. 1. Premier
Stolypln today Issued a circular to
the governors and prefects of Russia
and the Caucasus ordering their co
operation with the parliament, which
the premier says must be the main
factor In Russia's regentatlon. He
announces the government Is prepar
ing creative and conciliatory bills for
settlement of the labor troubles.
The Russian evacuation of Manchu
ria began today, a Moscow regiment
departing first.
HE DEFENDS GOV. SWETTEXHAM
Also the Putting Ashore of German
Tourist Refugees.
London, Feb. 1. Sir Alfred Jones
and party arrived from Kingston to
day. Jones says he was forced to put
some refugees ashoro from the
steamer at Kingston because It was
overcrowded. Most of those put
ashore were tourists of a German line
and he thought the Germans should
care for them. Hhe denied all
charges of Inhumanity and defended
Swettenham.
ONE WORKMAN KILLED.
Car Ilarn Fire Causes $200,000 Loss
to Property.
Chicago, Feb.' 1. Fire following an
explosion In the car barns on North
Clark street this morning killed Jas.
Mackus, a workman, and burned 100
cars. Lobs, $200,000.
EIGHTEEN FEET OF SN'OW.
Almost Unprecedented Weather In
Central Europe.
Berlin, Feb. 1. Traffic Is tied up
by 18 feet of snow. Nothing of the
kind known before within a genera
tion. Rail and wire communication
is Interrupted in central Europe.
FOR THREE-CENT RATE.
Would Make Travel Cheaper in Ne
vada Than at Present.
uarson, Kev., reb. 1. A bill was
Introduced In the senate this morning
by King, to make passenger rates
three cents a mile over the entire
state. v '
WOULD LEGALIZE
FREIGHT RATES
LEGISLATURE MAY BACK
THE COMMISSION'S RATES.
Steamship Line Owner Testifies Be
fore Interstate Commission at San
Francisco Thut Harrlinan "Drove
Hun Out of Business" and Now
Owes Him, But He Cannot Collect
One W.'tnew Is Ignorant.
St. Paul, Feb. 1. A bill was intro
duced in the senate today intended to
render inoperative the Injunction 10
inads have secured against the state
railway commission's order 1 educing
rates. The bill Includes the rate the
commission fixed, and declares It the
maximum for traffic in the state.
Says Ilnrrimun Drove Hint From
Business.
San Francisco, Feb. 1. In the
freight traffic examination Mr. Jones
of the Southern Pacific, and R. A.
Graham, who formerly operated the
original Oregon Steamship line, but
who was forced out of business by
the Harrlman lines, were examined
by Commissioner Lane today.
Jones professed his ignorance of
the general business of his deDart-
ment, and nothing valuable was elic
ited from him.
Graham admitted he owed the own
ers of the vessels he chartered a
large sum, but was unablu to pay be
cause Harrlman drove him out of
business. He said he would pay when
Harrlman paid what he owed him.
STANDARD OIL CHARGES.
Trial on 1003 Count Set for Mnrch
4 at Chicago.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 1. The trial of
the Standard Oil company of Indiana,
on the charge of receiving concessions
on shipments of oil from Whiting,
Ind., as set forth In one of eight In
dictments, recently sustained by
Judge Landes of the United States
district court, was set today for
March 4 after John O. Millar, attor
ney for the company, had entered a
formal plea of not guilty on behalf
of his clients to the first count of the
indictments.
There are no less than i?03 counts
in the Indictment and Mr. stiller tried
to have quashed all except the first
count of each of the eight Indictments
against the compnny. these reducing
from 138,000.000 to $30,000 the possi
ble maximum fine against his clients
upon conviction. The motion to have
these counts quashed was promptly
overruled by Judge Landes, and Mr.
Miller then declined to enter any plea
upon the counts in question. The
court ordered the clerk to enter a
plea of not guilty.
MELTING SNOWS,
RAG NG
WATERS
Washouts, Flooded Cellars and
Debris-Strewn Highways at
Athena, Milton and Helix.
THE MOUNTAIN'S DID NOT
CONTHIHUATE TO FLOODS.
O. R. & N. and W. & C. R. Suffer
Considerable Loss, Embankments
and Culverts Being Scoured Away,
and a Thirty-Kive Foot Bridge Wai
Carried Out at Kllllan Junction
Wagon Roads and Bridges Damaged
Much Wheat Not Damaged, as the
Ground Was Too Cold to Wash.
Fears that th6 freshet yesterday
would cause the Uinitl"j. to rln ab
normally and threaten the city with
another flood have proven groundless.
Although the water came up gradual
ly during the afternoon and night it
was but little higher this morning
than at dark last night. From all in
dications it had been higher during
the night than it was at daybreak.
However It at no time reached any
thing like a dangerous stage.
Apparently tho snow In the moun
tain" did not melt yesterday as It did
In this vicinity, or else the bulk of
water from the mountains has not
reached here yet Since the Chinook,
as usual, touched the higher point
first, it is probable that the worst of
the danger Is now over with.
As far as Pendleton is concerned,
the real danger inflicted by the thaw
yesterday was light. It consists en
tirely of Injury to the lawns and cel
lars of a few places on the north
side. Knontt Hall, the Pendleton
academy girls' dormitory, suffered
more severely than any other place,
as the lawn was covered with sedi
ment und the basement flooded. A
number of other homes on that ilde
of the river were similarly afflicted,
but the financial loss In each case
will be light. ;
At Athena. '
In a 'phone message to the East
Oregnnlan this morning Fred Boyd,
editor of the Athena Press, reported
as follows regarding the flood at that
place yesterday:
"The flood at this place was caus
ed entirely by the sudden melting ot
he snow In the immediate vicinity.
On Wednesday night the warm rain
that fell around Athena and vicinity
started the snow to melting and the
warm sun yesterduy caused It to dis
appear rapidly. About noon water
began rushing down from the Westor
road east of the town and flooded
many lawns and basements.
"About 1 o'clock In the evening a
flood commenced from the direction
of Alkali flat, which stretches about
seven miles to the westward. The
water from the latter source flooded
the streets, damaged many lawns and
filled bisements in the business part
of town. At the Corner saloon the
water became four feet deep in the
basement und most of the other sa
loon basements were also flooded.
At the Jarman store the water be
came four inches deep in the base
ment. The depot platform was com
pletely swamped.
'Damage was also inflicted to both
the O. R. & N. and W. & C. R.
tracks, the embankment being wash
ed from under the roadbed In several
places. There are three washouts on
the O. R. & N. track between Athena
and Adams. No. 8. yesterduy morn
ing's northbound passenger train, is
still here. It went as far as Downing
station, the other side of Weston, yes
terday, but was forced to stop there.
It was then ordered back to Athena
and hts remained here ever since.
"The water has now all subsided
and the general damage will not be
great, consisting mostly of flooded
lawns and basements. Reports are
all to the effect that the growing
crops have not been Injured. Dur
ing tho flood no extraordinary water
came from the mountains at ail. Wild
Horse creek remaining at about a
normal stage."
Milton Was flooded.
From Milton comes a tale very
similar to that from Athena, the dam
age all being from the sudden melt
ing of the snow and not from high
water from the mountains. Accord
ing to C. Brown, editor of the Mil-
(Contlnued on page S.)
Five Asphyxiated by Gas.
Dayton, O., Feb. 1. Dr. N. M.
Hendricks called at the home
of J.ihn MeCauslund. on 11 reg
ular visit this morning to treat
the children for measles, ami
found McOnusIand's wif,, two
young children und a brother of
Charier MeCauslund. dead, and
McCniisland himself ilyiim by
asphyxiation hv gas fumes.