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DAILY EVENING EDITION Isn't It better to know thlngi about prices than to guess, wonder and fret? Then It's worth while to read the ads. WEATHER FORECAST. Rain and warmer tonight; Friday, rain, fresh southerly breeze. VOL. 20. PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1907. NO. OAILYEVENINGEDITION I J I Willi ' IIMWIIM IIIIMWIIIIi 11 III II II IIIIHI ! Ill I TWENTY HIS BURNED 10 DEATH An Equal. Number Either In jured or Scotched in Lodg ing House Fire. NARROW ESCAPES FOR A LARGE NUMBER OTHERS Panic Seised Upoa all the Occuimnt of the Flimsy Tenement, Thoae Who Gained the Outside Doing a Confused and Helpless, as Those Who Could Not Many Owe Their Lives to a Policeman and to the Firemen Wm. Cole, a Fireman, Wan Badly Hurt. San Francisco, April 4. From 15 to 20 Italians roasted to death and an equal number badly injured or burned In the destruction of a cheap lodging house at 114 Connecticut street early this morning. Over 100 were In the flmsy structure when the fire broke out, and but for the alert ness of a policeman who aroused many endangered Inmates by firing a number of shots from his revolver, the loss of life would have been greater. Most of the unfortunates were roasted to death while they slept, and before half the Inmates were aroused the structure was almost en tirely envelope! In flames. Many were forced to leap from the win dows to escape the flames and a num ber were sertoufcly Injured In this manner. So fierce was the fire It was almost Impossible to raise the ladders, but many succeeded In es caping by this means. The fire gilned headway so rapidly that those first aroused by the alarm did not think of the others, but rushed Into the street and stood around praying In hopeless terror, while those Im prisoned shrieked In their agony. In attempting to rescue an uncon scious man, William Cole, a fireman, was overcome by smoke and fell from a ladder, terribly Injured. Mrs. B. Flrho, wife of the proprie tor, was among the lost, her body bring recovered soon after daylight. Pitiful scenes were enacted while the fire was raging. Mothers who had lost thlr children knelt in the street and prayed, eall'ng to the flames to give them their loved ones. TROUBLE SHOP EXHIBIT. Mar-linl Giirilunc Dlpla Extensive1 Ctitlo AHyiirtmcnt. A "ttouble shop exhibit" has been prepared by Marthul Twin Gurdane and is one dsplay at the rvwisby see and on display at the Bowlsby sec ' exhibit" rompiises n varied assort ment of articles gathered In by the roi:ce, rnonlly during the present marshal's term. Several sling ("hots are In the collection, some being made of rocks nnd handkerchiefs, while others are of better manufacture. Jras knuckles, razors, pistols, knives nnd whiskey flasks and key alo fur nish a large part of the dliplay. One pocket Bible make a striking con trast to tb-j rest of the plunder, while several detective and con stable badges Indicate that outside ff fleers have at times gone wrong while In the city. The plunder has been placed on (Msplay so that those owning any of !he articles may secure the same by the proper showing. PORTLAND'S HEAVY SHIPMENTS. Aggregate for the Month of March Is Over $1,3.10.000. Portland's exports during the month of March aggregated a total value of approximately $1,250,000, says the Or egon Dally Journal. This Is a most remarkable showing In view of the fnct that a serious strike Interfered considerably with the handling of lum ber during a good portion ot the month. Large shipments of flour to China and Siberia help swell the total, oriental flour shipments alone being valued at more than 1500,000. European wheat shipments were comparatively light owing to the car shortage and the consequent Inability to get grain to the docks. One lnrge steamer cargo of wheat was dispatch ed for the orient, or vessels under charter for Europe would probably have had quicker dispatch. Trl-State Commission Meets. Helena, April . 4. The rail road commission of Montana, with the railroad commission of Oregon, will meet with the Washington railroad com mission next month to discuss the railroad situation of the northwest. ,'OV. v Boomer of Central Orcgoi. Is Subject of Settlers' Wr.' A dispatch from Prlnevllle Oregon Dally Journal says: i W. A. Laldlaw of Portland, fo .er president of the Columbia Southern Irrlgaton company, and at present Its heaviest stockholder, was hanged In effigy last night on the main street of the town ow Laldlaw, which Is lo cated In the center of the Irrigated district ct western Crook county. Settlers who own land under the company's canulh prepared the dum my and, after pinning a placard on the coat, bearing the name of the former president, raised the body by means of a rope around the neck over thu arm of a telephone pole. The dummy was found there this morning, where It had been quietly suspended during the night In front of the bunk building owned by the Laldlaw Banking & Trust company. The remonstration Is the result of Intense feeling which has been kin dled against the company during the past year and which It Is said will re sult in the hangng In effigy other of ficers of the company. Feeling against the company for Its alleged mistreatment of the set tlers under Its canals sprung up over a year ago, was given an added Im petus when Governor Chamterlain visited the section last June and de nounced the company for its viola tions of laws and rules governing such projects, and received still more fuel when the report on the com pany's work by the govern engineers of the reclamation service was re cently made public. This report held the present Irri gation system to be practically worth Jess and of little value or no per manent value, whll: the expenditure of S10 an acre, the amount of the Hen fixed by the state land board, would be sufficient to provide an adequate litigating system, Includ ing torage reservoirs and canals of suitable width to carry an abundant supply of water to thoroughly re claim the entire segregation of 27, 000 acres of land. DECIDED THAT 15 E COMMISSIONERS FOUND A UNANIMOUS VERDICT The Trial of Thaw on Charge or Mur der, Will at Once Be Resumed, the Attempt of the Prosecution to Hnve Him Incarcerated as An Irrespon sible Having Completely Fallen Through. Now Votk, April 4. A unani mous p-poit from the commissioners handed by Judge Fltzgprald to the attorneys of both sides about 2:30 this afternoon, holding that Thr.v Is sane and capable of direct ing his own defense. Neither Thaw, the Jury, or the commissioners, were in the room when the announcement was made. The written report was handed the attorneys, whom the court told he would hear any remark they wished to make. This means that the trial will be resumed. Chlcngo Whent Market. Chicago, April 4. Whent opened 76 3-fi, closed 75 !-:; cora opened 43 3-8, closed the game; oats opened 43 3-4, clc-sed 42. LOW WAGES FOR CARMEN. Seattle Street Car CoiiiMiny Piijk Small Salaries. The human cargoes which arc carried on the streets of this jitv ro of less consequence than the .han dling of the most ordinary material, according to the scale of wag's fig ured out by the Seattle Electric company, says the Seattle News, The men who have the care of thousands of people dally and whose luty It Is to carry them about safely and well, are paid less than many of the most ordinary laborers of the street. This, too, under the new scale of wages which has JuBt gone Into effect tojay and which makes It possible fcr a conductor or motorman, to earn from tf.Bu to 3 20 a day of 10 hours. There Is not a pick and shovel man employed In the city, not a carpen ter's helper, not a teamster, excavator cr an unskilled workman of hardly any sort who does not command bet ter wages than do the men with whom the Seattle Electrio company entrusts the lives of thousands of paisengers. Aocordlng to the new wage st ale In effect today the men in charge of Iiiio uuiuijuu? b curs receive 2D cents an hour for the first six mon hs, n . slight Increase from then to such J time a they have seen four vei-3 if service wnen iney gel jlf cenis. f rom that time on they can expect no heavy advancement In salary until they have been with the company for I 15 years, when they are advanced to . 32 cents an hour. HANGED LAIDLAW THAW HUN SENT A LEGAL AGENT Did Not Appear Personally at the Interstate Commission's Investigation, AITOHNEY CRAVATH IN DEFENSE OF ALTON DEAL Openly Argues that Stock Watering; and Recapitalization of Railroads Are Beneficent Measures, Essential for the Unimpeded Development of the Country Rapid Industrial Growth Not Iogsiblc Wth Re straining and Controlling Legislu- , Hon In Force. Washington, Apll 4. Harrlman was nut present at the resumption this morning of the Investigation of his ralroads by the Inter-state com merce commission. He was repre sented by Attorney Cravatb, who be gan an argument defending the Al ton deal. He said: "If we had the stringent laws of England and proposed In many states the rapid development of the coun try would b Impossible. So-called 'stock watering' Instead of being a vce, has been a real aid. Ths Is no time to 'regulate,' and the Issue of stock and bonds and recapitalization of the Alton were all done at the height of the country's development following the panic of 1S92, and should be regarded In that light Everything was done Ir. the open." READY FOR TEMPLARS. Conclave In Saratoga Will Be Great Spectacle. The committee having In charge the local airnugements for the Tri ennial Conclave of the Grand En campment, Knights Templars of the United States to be held at Saratoga July 9-13. 1907, ure busy with the work and many of the details are being perfected. , Special attention has been given recently to the trans portation feature and the railroads are making arrangements to trans port the thousands of Sir Knights end their friends who will visit Sara toga next summer. The second day of the triennial conclave, Tuesday, will occur tin great parade of the plumed Knights, and as this will take the greater part of the day the enti rtalmnent com mittee has planned nothing for the d iy, but will let every one see the parade. In the evening there vill be an exhibition drill In front of the Grand union end i band concert In the park. In the evening will occur also the grand reception of the conclave. The grand commandery of the state of New Yo:!c will tender a reception to tiie BV'ni! i-:irnnipinent and their la dles at loiivcr.ltm hall. To thfs function any sir knight In uniform will he admitted. In fact, all the en tettalnmi nts will be fre to the tem plar uniform. That will iie his pass port. This reception will b.- one of the most attractive of the social functions of the conclave. The hall will be elaborately decorated for the occa sion with palms, flowers, rare plants and special decorations. Many ele lrlcil decorations will be put up In the hall. The new principal of the schools dt llntnes Is L. Dell Smith, a recent arrival from Ohio. He Is a brother of the county superintendent of linker. E. C. E. C. Smith, who has for the past three yaars been agent for the O. R. & N, in this city, has resigned that poil'.lon and today wlven the plan's was offered to Cashier Jack Mc Laughlin, he declined It and resigned from the service of the O. R., N. to become travelhig freight and pas senger agent for the Illinois Central In Oregon and Idaho, which position he will assume as soon as relieved In the O. R. & N. offices here. When Mr. Smith left for Portland Monday it was not thought that he would return to the city ns he had Intended resigning from his position for some time and after reaching Portland he formally handed In his resignation and the office was at once offered to Mr. McLaughlin. As Mr. McLaughlin had already decided to accept a position with the Illinois Central he Immediately de clined the agency and wired his for mal resignation to Superintendent D. SMITH AN JACK M RESIGNED SETTLEMENT IS This is the Opinion of Morris ' sey, Chief of a Railroad Trainmen's Organization. FIRST ADMISSION OF THIS KIND YET MADE Up to the Managers to Yield a Few , .Minor Points; Doing So, An Aml , cable Settlement Can Be Reached, as the Employes Will Accept the Latest Proposition Made to Them Believed the Joint Conference of This Afternoon Will Result In An Announced Agreement. Chicago, April 4. Chief Morrls sey this afternoon said a settlement Is possible. This is the first time the labor leaders have admitted peace is In sight. Morrlssey said If the man agers yield a few minor points, the employes will accept the latest prop osition made to tmem. It Is believ ed the conference this afternoon will result In a settlement. SETTLEMENT MADE NO STRIKE Chicago, April 4. (3:30 p. m.) There will be no strike. AH issues arc settled. The siHikesman for the roads this afternoon announced that every point In the dispute is settled. The basis ot settlement was a lQ-liour Any for the men In die work train Service, and an Increase of wages av eraging 10 per cent. The men waived' the demand for a nine-hour day and 12 per cent. . .1 orty-nlne railroads with 49,000 men are. affected by the settlement. The Increase amounts to 1 1,500,000 unnunlly. WILL BUILD CHILDREN'S HOME. Great Work of Home Finding So. del y In Washington. Mrs. E. I.. Birr Is In North Yakima for this week In the Interests of the Washlnrton Children's Home society, which desires to raise funds for Its new $25,000 home in Seattle, says the Yakima Republic. This will take the place of the present home, and will bt erected on a three-acre tract presented to the society by a Seat tin citizen, who has also agred to give $500(1. The society has already se cured $18,000 of the needed funds. an.1 it. working hard fcr the rest. This society, which Is one of the 32 branches of the national organiza tion, is too well known to need any special comment. The Washington division has been established for 10 yeais, nnd during thr.t time has round homes in Christian families for oYer 1000 children. During the 20 jfnra the national orgariraton has Veen at work 30,000 children have been placed In beneficial surround i'lss, and the nation has benefited thereby. Funds that it s desired to give to this cause should be sent to the Washington Children's Home so ciety, at Seattle, or should be paid to Sirs.. Parr. Death of Young Rube. Janle V. Ambrose, the lfi-days-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Am hros died last night at the family home la the east end of town. The funeral service was held this after noon, the Interment being In Olney cemetery. The sum total of school apportion ment for Union county this year is $21,574.50. E W. Campbell this morning. The company auditor expected to arrive today to check In the office to Mr. McLaughlin, but this will not be done and he will remain In chnrge only until a permanent agent ar rives. At this time it Is not known who wl!l be appointed to the place. It Is not known what Mr. Smith will do as he had no plans for the future when he left here with his family last Monday. Mr. McLaugh lin will take the place held by "Kit" Lindsay as traveling freight and pas senger agent for the Illinois Central with headquarters In Portland, under W. H. Trumbull. Both Smith and McLaughlin are popular railroad men and both have a host of friends In this city. As Pendleton Is one of the princi pal O. R, A N. stations considerable speculation Is being Indulged In as to who will be appointed agent for the company here. LAUGHLIN BIG HOTEL FOR WALLA WALLA. Plans for Seven-Story Building to Cost $200,000, Are on Foot. Rumors of another large hotel for Walla Walla have been floating around for several months and yester day a proposition was brought to light which has the appearance of being not all "hot air," says the Walla Walla Union. According to the plans an nounced yesterday It Is the Intention of the promoters of, the scheme to build a thoroughly up-to-date seven story hotel, second to none In equip ment, service and elegant appoint ments. The site selected for the building Is the property east of the Die Brucke building and has 270-foot frontage on Main street. Capitalists of Walla Walla, together with Portland business men are re puted to be furnishing the capital for the undertaking and the capital sock Is placed at $280,000. $200,000 of which Is held by Portland people. The building will have 300 rooms. with 200 of them furnished with baths. As planned, $200,000 will be required for the grounds and building, while the remainder will be used for equip ment. COUNCIL HELD A TALKFEST. Afterward Allowed Bills and Then Adjourned. For over three hours' last night the city council wrestled with charter changing problems and broke the rec ord for lengthy sessions by holding until nearly 11 o'clock. At that time Mayor' Fee called attention to the fact that he had to appear in a casr- In court today and desired to retire before 3 o'clock, which state ment brought forth a motion to ad- jnurn. During the meeting the varous features of the new charter were dis cussed in detail and in the near fu ture a public meeting will be held for the same purpose. Numerous bills for the past month y;ere ordered paid. ROOSEVELT DECLARES OPEN WAR FROM NOW ON Ills CIO? Friend Spcnklng "By the Card" Says the President Is Glad of the Opportunity to Make an Open Fight on the Great Railroad .Manipulator nnd He Courts His Opposition. Washington, April 4. "From now on It will be a fight In the open be tween the president and his enemies. All the world will be able to see the prettiest scrap pulled off In many years," la the comment today by a high offcial of the administration close to the president. He contin ued, "The president welcomed the op prrtunlty of placing Harrlman among his enemies. Hereafter, in his speeches. Instead ' of generalities against demogogues, he will boldly declare he hates men like Harrlman. The president is glad Harriman's fu ture enmity must be open. He courts the opposition of such men." EIGHT SHEEP INSPECTORS. Five More Will Be Appointed , and Announced Later. Dr. W. H. Lytle, state sheep In spector, today announced the ap pointment of eight of the county hc p Inspectors for eastern Oregon. They are as follows: Umatilla county, John Bryant, present Inspector; Wasco county, P. .7. Walsh of Antelope: Crook coun ty, J. A. McCoy of Hay Creek: Mal heur county, H. L. Anderson, of Skull Springs; Grant county, George Irwin of Monument, present Incum bent: Morrow county, Andrew Cook of Heppner, present Incumbent; Wal lowa county, J. W. Dale of Wallowa, present Incumbent; Baker county, A. N. Ingle of Richland, present Incum bent. In Wheeler, Harney, Lake, Klam ath and Gilliam counties the appoint ments are still under consideration, but will probably be announced shortly. Herman Warner's Leg Broken. While trying to roll a barrel Into the basement of the St. George res taurant this afternoon Herman War ner ("Bllnky Jim") had one of his legs broken and crushed. At the time he was endeavoring to let a barrel Into the basement by means of a plank. Immediately after the ac cident Drs. Cole and Ringo were called to attend the Injured man and he will be taken to the county hos pital. Alfred Brlgham of Kettle Falls, Wash., was engaged In burning a lot nf trash In a bonfire, when a cartridge exploded which had been raked up In the debris. The shell badly lac erated Biigham's neck. The wound li serious, but not fatal. WELCOMES EIGHT WITH HARRIMAN L ARE DISSATISFIED Range' Allottments in Blue Mountain Forest Reserve Are Not Satisfactory. SMALL OWNERS CLAIM THEY HAVE BEEN SHUT OCT An Adjuster of Range Disputes 1st Demanded by the Small Stockmen Many Instances of Seeming In justice Are Brought to Light Pio neer Stockmen Who Have Lived Beside Reserves for Years Are Dis regarded In the Range Allotment. May Appeal to Department. There is widespread dissatisfaction among small owners of both cattle and sheep In the southern part of Umatilla county over the distribution of range in the Blue mountain for e.t reserve and over the management of the reserve In general. The small owners who have lived close to the reserve for many year claim that the large owners living at a distance are monopolizing the range In the reserve and that some thing; must be done to protect the small owner or he will be forced to abandon his business and leave the country. Without the privilege of ranging in the reserve he cannot live on his farm. Numerous Instances of what seems to be gross Injustice have been brought to light since the distrbu tlon of the range in the Blue moun tain reserve at Sumpter last fall and the dissatisfaction among the smalf owners continues to increase as time goes by. In the first place the majority of the stockmen of the south part of Umatilla county complain ot being forced to go to Sumpter to attend the range meeting. They claim that a meeting should be held in ' Pendle ton for the accommodation, of lima- ' tllla county stockmen who comprise a large proportion of the applicants for range In the eastern section of the Blue mountain forest reserve. Siiirpteris out cf the way and many of the small stockmen cannot afford to go there and remain away from their homes for weeks while waiting for the range allotment. Demand an Adjustor. In the second place the small stock men demand a disinterested adjustor or range disputes, outside of the big stockmen and the forestry official They demand a government adjustor who will see that the rules of the forestry department are justly en forced and that the Interests of the actual home cwners living near the reserves are protected. Numerous Instances of small stock men being denied grazing privileges for half of their stock have come to light, and In many of these Instances the small owners are pioneer resi dents and have used the reserve range for many years. A petition will perhaps be sent to the forestry department asking for the appointment of a disinterested adjustor who shall Investigate range disputes and see that the people who are entitled to range arc not denied their full rights. FOR MUNICIPAL STABLE YARD. North Yakima Starts Movement to Benefit Farmers. A movement has been started at "orth Yuklira to establish a munici pal stable yard in which incoming farmers can leave their teams while transacting business in the city, says a North Yakima dispatch. Now that North Yakima Is about to have as phalt pavement In the business dis trict, many of the business men want the hitching posts abolished ai'.d a Ilace provided where teams can be lft while the farmers are trading or talking. These business men say that so many teams standing along the busi ness street streets will Interfere with the street car service. The farmers insist, on the other hand, that North Yakima Is more than anything else a farmers' town, and that they should be allowed to retain tho hitching post system, which Is more convenient for them than a municipal stable yard would be. The question will be discussed at the next meeting of the city council. , Glass Case Was Postponed. e San Francisco, April 4. Lou- Is Glass, general manager of the Pacific States Telephone company, appeared In court this morning to plead to nine Indictments charging bribery. but the case was postponed a e week. MA L STOCKMEN f 1 1 7
