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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Glass Case Was Postponed.
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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.
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