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. . f f l VOL. 21. PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 2J. 1908. NO. 6266 EVFHilJGEDITIQB i, . f"ilBp5' e tVEHINGEDITIIlli fndt:warmerdtty 1 f ''M m& yj rlrUg wp- r' ' - . i ,. ', - 1 , ., ,, , . . , . .. - - '..i . - . -m .i t1- DEATH AND DESPUC1I IRK 03 Ul Hundreds' Killed and Countless Villages Destroyed in Thirteen States from Dakota to the Gulf. Tfe.iuii IMtpii from Their Domes and Untold Suffering RfwulW Mirlrtv iJven Host in One MlsHliftdnoi Ton Hear of Kulna All That Remain of Certain Section of Small Cllln TlUrty Villages Leveled in Louisiana Alone Number of Fata I Hies Cannot Bo Ascer tained Until RuliM Are Cleared Away Twelve Dead, 150 Injured, 25 of I1ITTKR FIGHT IN ' ' 1 KENTUCKY CONVENTION. IUTTICR FIGHT IN KENTUCKY CONVENTION. Newport, Ky., April 25. A bitter battle la being waged to day at the congressional district convention between adherents of Taft and Senator-Elect Brad ley, whose men favor Instruc tions for Vice President Fair banks. Taft men took possession of the hall and locked the doors, barring the Fairbanks forces. Later In the day the police cleared the hall and then admit ted all the delegates. DISASTER NARROWLY AVERTED, Trans-Atlantic Llnerg Come Together In Dense Fog. London, April 25. An appalling sea disaster was narrowly averted today Wltoin Will Die Is Record in Albertvllle, Alabama Origin of Twister when off Yarmouth, the St. Paul art American liner, rammed the steamer Unknown BeHevod Tltat Two Cyclones were Traveling in opposite i Gladiator In a dense fog. fvwiiiin. A wild panic of passengers follow- Dlrcctlons, and West Late Reports Worm Tlian First Dfcjpateliea Indicated. New Orleans, Ajwll 25. The lateuHt estimate of the dead by tornado la 235 dead and 40 town dcKtroyvd. New Orleans, April 26. A total ot 225 dead, countless destroyed villages In IS states from the Dh U our to the Gulf of Mexico, untold suffering of thousands who were driven from their homes, Is the general estimate made today of a disastrous tornado that is still sweeping .the southern states. The lateBt reports come from Purvis, Miss., that 3e whites and 60 negroes were killed late last night by the "twister." The fury of the atorm Is spent in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi where all that remains of certain sections of eight law .towns a heaps of ruins under which nre thought to be the bodies of runny killed and In jured In Louisiana alnre It Is thought that SO villages vtre leveled. Re ports arc coming in slowly, but they show the first reports are not exag gerated. At Albertvlllo and Uergen, Ala bama, many were Tel lied and Injured. In the first town, 12 are known to be dend and 150 are Injured, 25 of whom will die. Florence, Texus, Is reported to be leveled. No one knows Just where the tornado started, but ap parently two cyclones were Angel ing in opposite directions, east and west and spread a wide trail of death and destruction over the gulf stales. live Killed at Griffin. Atlanta, Ga., April 25. Reportfc efl. The St. Paul keeled badly, but stayed up. The Gladiator made a Desperate run for the beach and grounded just In time to prevent sink ing. .'o loss of life is reported, as the small boats made a safe landing. Both steamers were running at a fair rate of speed. News Not Official. New York. April 25. No off'al from Griffin, a small town in western report of the collision of Me St. Paul Georgia, states that five were killed has been received here by the steam and 15 injured by the tornado. Dead May Reach 600. New Orleans, La., April 25. The grim roll call of the dead and injured as the result of the devastating tor nudo that swept the Gulf states yes tenlay afternoon and last night will total a full 500. Dispatches received up to -noon to day from various southern points In dicate this. ship officials. The St. Paul cleared from Southampton with a full com plement of passengers and a heavy cargo. 20 ReiKtrted Lout. IjoikIoii. April 25. il'iioon finned rcixwt here Indicate that 20 of the crew of the crnlHor Gladiator were lost In the collision with the SI. 1huI. In rcMionKo to an npixvil for asMstance, All the hospitals In the warship have been sent to the scene small towns are crowded wth the in jured. Many lack facilities for ear lug for so many who need assistance, Because of this suffering In some lo calities Is Intense, It appears that the tornado start ed in central Louisiana, sweeping everything before It to the Georgia line. This tornado was of the collision. There are many In jured oil the Gladiator. DYNAMITER ARRESTED. of a second, which did further damage In Georgia., From what Is known today the property damage will emial 13,000 000. San Francisco, April 25. One the men ttho Mew up cx-Suporvhr f iilliurlif.r'a linli.a In Onklmi.l trnlnm. followed by llay llrllt ,,, ,1,, ,() l)0 ,n ,nc y BANKS CAN'T ITONTRIBUTE. Unlawful for National Banks to Aid Political Fund Under the federal law It Is Illegal .for any national bank to contribute to a political (und and the following .circular upon that subject has but recently been sent out by the cornp ;tro!ler of the currecqy: Washington. April 6, 1908. The attention of officers and directors of .national banks is limited to the fol lowing excerpt from the act of con gress approved January 26, 1907, prohibiting political contributions: ''It shall be unlawful for any na tional bank,- or any corporation or ganized by authority f any laws of congress, to make a money contribu tion n connection with any election to any political office. "Bvery corporation which shall make any contribution in violation of the foregoing provisions Khali be sub ject to a fine not exceeding $ 5000 and every officer or director of any eor poratlon who shall consent to any .contribution by the corporation In violation of the foregoing provisions shall upon conviction be punished by .a fine not exceeding $10H0 and not Bess than 1250, or by mprlsonment ior a term of not more than one year, or btdh such flno and Impris onment In the discretion of (tie ourt." T. P. KANE, Doputy and Acting Comptroller. BASEBALL SCORES. Pacific Count League. At Los Angeles Los Angeles San Francisco 3. At San Francisco Portland Oakland 6. of the IUv ami a confession has been secured. The arrest was made last night by Detective Petersen and the man taken, closely guarded, wits taken to l lie station and questioned. I( Is said the evidence 1m strong n trill nst the arrest el man. No one Is) allowed to see him. Ni RAILROAD Northwestern Imjrnc. At Spokane Spokane 11, Aberdeen At Tncoma Tacoma 3, Vancouver At Seattle Butte 3, Seattle '0. T HERS TRAIN FOR UMATILLA 0. R.&N. Will Run Demon stration Train Through Four Counties in May. DATE FOIl UMATILLA COUNTY IS MAY 13 Train h the First of the Kind Ever Run in Eastern Oregon ami Will Be Accompanied by Experts from Oregon Agricultural College Same Trains Have Been Highly Successful In Eastern WaslUngton This Year. Through the persistent efforts of Pendleton Commercial association, eastern Oregon counties are to enjoy the benefits of a farmers' demonstra tion train, over the O. R. & N. such as have been running this spring through the' eastern Washington counties. The East Oregonlan has received from General Freight Agent R. B. Miller of the O. R. & X., the itinerary of the train, Its dates, stopping places and program and today C. F. Van De Water and A. A. Morse of the O. R. N. freight department arrived In the city from Walla Walla to make definite arrangemnts for the meet ing in this city and to advertise the rain throughout eastern Oregon. Tlie train will be run through Uma tilla, Morrow, Sherman and Gilliam counties, remaining over night in this city o W'ednefcJay night. May 13. The objects of the demonstrations are to encourage farmers tn advanc- d .methods of farming, which will add to the productiveness of the soil make land more valuable, increase country settlement, build up the towns and furnish homes for more people in the farming sections. J"he trains have been highly suc cessful in eastern Washington and several thousand farmers attended the meetings. It is hoped that the far mers of eastern Oregon respond as well to the meetings as did those of the Palouse country. The fallowing letter has been re- eived by Pendleton Commercial as. HAYWOOD IS OUSTED FROM FEDERATION. Portland, Ore., April 25. William D. Haywood hag been ousted from the executive board ousted from the executive board cording to a report from Den ver. The official announce ment will be made public today in the Miners' Magazine. It is said that Haywood's re cent speech making tour in the east on which he strongly advo cated socialistic doctrines, an gered the federation men who believed he should devote more attention to the federation. TEAM III TRIM FOB MEET Students Enthusiastic Over Prospect of Winning, IUGII SCHOOL ATHLETES OUT FOR THE VICTORY Pendleton Institution Will Be Repre sented In Trl-StAte Meet With Strong Team Twenty Sclwola Will Be Represented Local Boy a Took Second Pluae Last Year and Art Counting on First This Time. 12.000 TROUT FOR UMATILLA COUNTY STREAMS An Adtklonnl 38,000 Fry Secured by Anglers' Association. Altogether a total of 42,000 trout are to be sent here by the bureau of fisheries to replenish the stock in the streams of the county. Aside from the 8000 rainbow trout to be shipped at the request of Game Warden Tur ner, 36.000 brook trout fry are being sent here at the request of the Uma tilla County Anglers' association. C. K. Cranston, president of the association, has Just received notice from the bureau to the above effect. ! will be held and the number ot For the Umatilla river 10,000 brook j schools that will take part has aroua--trout will be sent w hile 8000 fry have ed the ambition of every athlete to da- Preparation for the track meet at Whitman, In which over 20 high schools of the Inland empire will par ticipate, are already being made by the local high school. The athletlo spirit of the high school is very high, now.. The huge scale on which the maetr been booked for each of the following streams, Meacham creek, McKay creek and Birch creek. ROOSEVELT IS PLANS ALL MADE his very best when he meets the rep resentatives of every high school ot: the inland empire on Whitman field, April 30 and May 1. Not only will the work be a great honor to the -athlete that shall receive a medal for his accomplishment, but it will also be an honor to the school that can sent out athletes who shall be sue- -cessful over every other school. Last year Pendleton took second ' I place in this meet and now while j every other school haa had to supply her team with new men, the local high will send the same team, nearly-' man for man, besides additional men TO HUNT BIG GAME, BUT WILL NOT MAKE TOUR that are now doing excellent work, . . I The Pendleton team. wCi constat j Presldcit Declares He W1U Not Com- ne Jay' 'i!"' ArIU,ur U' , , manager, Cliff Turner, Lester Moanst promise Country by Giving Euro- Xat KlmbaIli Cne8ter Gordon. Alfred penn Monarch a Clianee to Trea Euster, Brook Dickson, Harvey Mc- llim as Private Citizen After Be- Dill and Hawley Bean. lug Tlieir Equal for Seven Y'cars With these men Pendleton will. Diplomats Disagree. American cntc. Cleveland Detroit 1, Cleve- Floet SI emits North. Los Angeles, April 25. After a greek's stay at Los Angeles ports the fleet sailed thld 'morning for Santa Barbara. Immense crowds witnessed ;the maneuvers In the bay before starting. At the conclusion of the evolutions the fleet with flying col ors signalled a farewell to the hosts and at 9 o'clock stood out for sea. It t expected that Santa Barbara will be reached at 4 o'clock this afternoon. At land At Philadelphia New Tork 2, iPhil- adelphla 3. At Washington Washington 0, Boston 7. At St. Louis St. Louis 2, Chl'sago 1. MRS. KAXroBD. T. 11. HUBBARD AND CKOOKKK, PROMOTERS Tnconm to Be Terminus CQO Aeres Already Siviiml for Yard Will Tap Sxikam Walla Walla and North Yakima ami Will Be Known as the Pacific and Southeastern Ducked by $15,000,000. National Ijeagiie. At New York Brooklyn 4, New York 1. is Tacoma, April 25. Announcement made today that a new rtllroad, At Pittsburg Pittsburg 0, St. Louie the Pacific and Southeastern, will be 3. built with a terminus at Tncoma. ,U Chicago Chicago 2, Cincinnati where 600 acres for yards have been ecured, tapping Walla Walla. North At Boston Boston 5, Philadelphia Yakima ,U11 Snokane. Charles Lathrop, brother of the late, Mrs. Jane Lathron Stanford. Teddy I-oses Fight Vvtioral T. 11. Hubbard and Georre Washington, April 25. President Crocker nre Incorporators and the Roosevelt has apparently lost his road's capital stock is set at J15.000.- fight to force the senate, to amend 000. the naval appropriation bill o as to AM three men were nromlnentlv order four battleships constructed In- Identified with the buildln of the have entries In every event, of the Imeet and In weights and Jumps will have three entries. Washington, April 25. As an- The boys themselves have the "de nounced exclusively by the United or die" spirit and are going to Walia Press 'itecently, President RoosfcveH Walla to win' the meet. The team will probably go to Soth Africa next will leave Wednesday evening, at yfcar to hunt big game, but beyond a tended by Superintendent Landers. ociatlon from General Freight Airontlbrlef visit in England during the Orvllle Reeves also goes over to It. B. Miller, showing the object of ! transfer of vessels he will not touch represent the school In the trl-state the train, the subjects to be treated j8"' olner curopean country nor win uctiaiuoiujy wumcsi, wnicn is to De upon and giving the names of the ex- ; ne maKe a mp arouna lne worla- "tlu 'riuay evening. ;rts who are to accompany the I He announced to personal rrienas "ain. Mr. Miller says" yesieroay inai ne iiuu given up ine .- men im- .-i- The O. R & N SDecial fnrmlne 1 P,an to f"w the precedent estab- Against Forestry Bureau. - rain will cover our lines In shprmnn ! lished by Grant In making a tour. He Washington, April 24. The senate Gilliam, Morrow and Umatilla' eoun- declared that he felt he could not u?r inn Mav 11. 12. 13 and 14 on a 1 meet and be entertained by the rul- sehedule permitting stops as per at-;ers of Eur0Pe 89 a private citizen inched. Lectures will be given on;aftPr nnvl,1S been theIr etlual for the train in cars provided for that 8PVen 'ears. purpose by the following members of He declared tnat he believed the estry convention at Denver last year. . the Oregon Agricultural college fac-!dignily of the offfIee he now held This Is the first step In the fight of ulty: i would be compromised If he did so. .the lumbermen againts the forestry Dr. .James Wlthvcombe. rth-pctori Diplomats disagree with the presl- bureau. today passed a resolution presented by Heyburn of Idaho, asking the sec retary of agriculture to send In the -names of all officers and employes of the department who attended the for- . experiment station. Professor C. I. Lewis, horticultur ist. Professor C. 10. Bradley, chemist. Professor H. D. Scudder, agrono mist. The principal subjects to be dis eased are: Summer fallow, horticulture, ani mal husbandry, chemistry of the soil, rotation of crops, general cul tural methods. dent in this and say that if he visited jln Europe he would be received with .National Committee, all the honors due an actual presl- Indianapolis, Ind., April 24. Chair- ident. "He Is considered the greatest man Harry New of the republican i American, since Lincoln." said one national committee, has sent a let ter to the committeemen stating meeting would be held early In June to hear contests. prominent ambassador from a Euro pean power today. Great Ijttv School for California. San Francisco, April 24.. At dinner which Is to take place tomor- stead of two us now provided. The Plies amendment to this effect failed of adoption. Later the senate grad ed Piles a 'reconsideration. Southern raclflc. CALIFORNIA CRF.W WINS. Wife Is Grief Stricken. Paris The body of Due De Chaul- nes was removed from the botel Laugh am to the church of St. Phil lips Du Hole. The grief stricken wife Ntnnrmxl Three Bout Lengths Behind Captain Guy Expelled. San Francisco. April 2,ri. The crew of the University of California de feated Stanford today In the annual Cleveland Recovering. Lakewood. N. J.. April 24. Mn row night, one of the most Important Cleveland announced todav that hr The talks :to be given by the col- j """ouncemems maoe in educational husband Is making slow but certain lege people will be very instructive i ciMe on the Pacific coast since recovery from an attack of indiges and I am sure that much rood wm' ! s,anford announced the founding of tion. result to the farmers, and consennont. t nls ""'versity will be made by Pi;of. I.v to the country in general The .ectures are .free for all, but : it is the farmers whom we desire ' Ir11..,iln,.1. 1. ... .. I '""" iiiumi hi i.eituii, ana ir mey are able to derive any benefit therefrom we will feel repaid for our outlay. The train Is the first of its kind that hus ,ever been operated In Ore gon, although it is the third of a se rles of lecture trains recently In augurated bv this eomn.inv. George H. Poke, head of the law de partment of the University of California. is being eared for by frlenas ror fear riu b' tnrfl, lengths.- she will collapse. If 1 y j-" The "Four Mile House," dno of the oldest dwellings In the west end of Umatilla county, situated four nilleti east ot Umatilla on the Umatilla river, and Owned by Carl Brownell, burned to the ground today with all of Its contents. It Is not known how the fire start ed, but nothing was saved, the house hold goods of Carl Brownell and his brother, Llouallen, who also lived in the house, being totally destroyed. The "Four Mile Hminse" was erect ed in 1808. by a Frenchman of Uma tilla named Theodore and was use I by him as a farm dwelling and stop ping place for immigrants and freighters. Tt was situated on the main road leading out of Umatilla Landing and was one of the most prominent stopping places In the in land empire. Theodore located the farm on which the house was built In 1S67, accord ing to old pioneers of this city, while he kept saloon In Umatilla Landing his wife conducted the farm and ran the roadside hotel at "Four Mile Hous,e." The Stanford crew had lost Captain Gny because of the recent suspension which greatly weakened tho Cardinal boat. California had a snlemlld crew whose work was as fine as any ever seen on the coast. Coach Pan Murphy of Stanford.hns been In the hospital the entire season which Is partly responsible for Stan ford s condition ui suiiiy is to De looked probably leave here In Juhe to In the new curriculum. , . Cossacks Scatter Kurds. St. Petersburg, April 25. Beating off thousands of Kurds In repeated cavalry charges the Cossack detach ment which was surrounded In the mountain country south of the Araz liver, has completely scattered tho outlaws and Is now In hot pursuit of the broken bands. The 1000 rein forcements which had such difficulty In reaching the surrounded Russian troops, have joined the vanguard and are now participating In the pursuit. To Work for Government. Geary Kimbrell. city engineer, has secured a surveying contract fmm It is the announcement of the en- the government and will snend nhmit- dowment of J 1,000,000 for this school two months of this summer in the which will make the law school of the mountains of southwestern Oregon. University of California one of the He will be employed In locating sec best equipped In the United States, tion lines on land that has never been It will also allow California to secure surveyed and will he in the Rogue the ablest legal educators In Amerl- river mountains, west of Jacksonville ea on her faculty. l.As this ls ln thl? hoart of th ' Following Is the complete itinerary', a m of the scho w" b to hunting territory left In the state he of the train, showing the stopping! , y0XXng att0rne'8 not Hr in le- expects a pleasant outing in connec- ..I.. .. Cfl 1 mltf ArO lull l nfntA MMi .. . . inures, me lengtn of time at eachiffci C anairs and tion with his summer's work. Ho will stop and other details: Monday, May 11. Arr. Kent S:30 a. m., remain 1 hour Arr. .Grass Valley 10 a. m.. rem. 1 hr. Arr. Moro 11.30 a. m remain 1 hour Arr. Wasco 2:30 p. m remain 1 hour Tuesday, May 12. "'r- onaon s:ift a. m., remain 1 hr. I A$r. clem 9:45 a. m.. remain 1 hour ! lone, 2:15 p. m.. remain 1 hour.' Lexington 3:45 p. m.. rem. 1 hr Heppnor 5:15 p. m rem. 1 hour. Wednesday, May 13. Iriigon S: 1 5 a. m., rem. 1 hour ITermlston 9:45 a. m.. rem 1 hr Arr Echo 11:15 a. m., remain 1 hour Arr. Pilot Rock 2:15 p. m., rem. i hr Arr. Pendleton 4:00' p. m., rem. 2 hrs. Tliurstlay. Mav 1 1. Milton 9 a n , . .. , , 'A few days ago Edward Fennzi d!- On account of the rising water In xnnAr trnm h,' r... icontlm?IUimb,a;, Wrk b6en nenr Tac"' aMd Jnesdav his continued on the government canal dead body was found In a reservoir i at Ceillo and will nrob.ihiv not u ...i., ., sim, ... ,,; "oicn supplies tne village with drinking water. Arr. Arr. Arr. Arr. Arr. Arr Arr Arr Arr m., remain 1 hour Weston 10:4.-. a. m.. rem. 1 hour. Athena 1:15 p. m., remain 1 hr. Ml mis L'MS p. m 0. 1 1 1 mm MEET HERE A conference of O. U. & N. offi-1 an tne divisions on the system bo held In this city 'tomorrow. This will be the first rrenernl eon- remain 1 hr. j ference of the officials ever held in .. : t"ls P-irt of the state and is held for S, Pr n .s n U ' "k. the purpose of bringing the different S. n Francisco April 2a.-. slight departments closer together for co ear luinake shock was felt here at 1 operation In the work of operaUn tiCM, woZa !" haY'Ul "tal""1 ne road and for the 1 purpose of hnvinff a jrenera; under- ! stnriiliniT nf rnlre r.n.i rninti ctals, including superintendents, assis- ernim- the operation of the road. "'""'"""I!'. iiiM.-ion eiiKin- General Superintendent M. -.-..-, ui.-iKiu-iiers aim roaiimnsters ...hi .T. rtllelr. f ley and Superintendent T. W Cimn- nen. wno are in the city today, will remain over to take part In the gen eral conference and it is expected that about 20 officials will be present at tho meeting. Hereafter these meetings will be held often and the heads of the de partments will keep In closer touch than formerly. It Is believed that the results will be very beneficial. ! I
