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VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 30. 1908.
NO. G270
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Accidental Explosion of Projectile in Magazine Sends Former
Japanese Flagship to the Bottom. .
Anng tli Mining In a Son of Field Marshal Oyama and Oilier Prominent
JuiMincsc Men In Vicinity of Magazine Were Torn to Pieces Ship
Goes Down Before (lie Boats Coul d Bo Lowered Ca)taln of Uie Veasc
Id Among the Dead Those In Hold Had Xo Chance for Their Lives
and Wore Drowned Like Rats In a Trap Xono of tlio Survivors Alilo
to Explain Cause of the Disaster MatsuHhlma Was Flagship ut Hal tic
of Yalu Curried Flfy Officers, 801110 of Whom Arc Killed.
Toklo, Japan, April 30. In nearly
every household of military or naval
fame of Japan there is Borrow today.
Over one hundred of Japan's best
and youngest blood has gone from
her forever, wrapped In the waters of
the sea off the Plseadore Inlands
the Japanese training cruiser Matsu
shlma went down early this morning.
A faulty cartridge In a magazine
exploded and caused the explosion of
the entire magazine. The big cruiser
upon which Jqpan had been training
her Togos of the. future shuddered
and broke In two.
In less than three minutes there was
nothing but bits of wreckage upon
the face of he sea and a few startled
cries for help cutting Into the night
air to mark the spot w here the vessel
had been so short a time before.
Prominent Families Mourn.
Toklo, Japan, April 30. A supple-'
mentary report received from Admi
ral Moshlamatsu of the sunken Jap
anese training ship Matsuhlma, says
that only 141 men on board that
vessel when she went down early this
morning off Pescaderos Island, were
rtseucd. If this Is so, the l umber of
dead will exceed 200.
Among the missing ore sons of Field
Marshal Oyama and Vic Foreign Min
ister Chinda. The young men ere
cadets of which the ship carried 300.
Among survivors were 41 cadets.
The disaster was caused by the aeel
dental explosion of a projectile In the
magazine. The entire magazine blew
up before the boats could be manned
and the "hip went down like a plum
met.
Men In the vicinity of the magazine
were torn to pieces. Those below had
no chance to escape and went to the
bottom with the ship.
The cralsers Hashadate and Itsuk
kushlma stood by and picked up the
survivors.
The captain and other officers are
among the dead.
None of the survivors are able to
explain the cause of the accident. The
Matsushlma was the flagship In the
battle of Yalu and carried 50 officer."
as well as cadets.
159 Have Perished.
Toklo, April 30. Reports from Ad
mlral Moshlamtsu regarding the sink
Ing of the training cruiser state that
1B9 have perished. The accident Is
now believed to have occurred late
Wednesday instead of this morning.
America Sorry.
Toklo. April 30. A telegram ex
pressing the Sorrow of America over
the accident to the Japanese training
hip was received here today from
rtln Secretary nf the Navy Newberry.
MEETING f Tin
PAYERS IS OFF
STRAINS I MA ESS IS
CAUSE OF POSTPONEMENT
Gathering for Discussion of Assess
nuiit ami Taxation Wan to Have
Hern Monday Evening, Hut Will He
Later When Assessor Is Able to At
tend Taylor Says Sentiment In Fa
vor of Meeting Is Strong.
Owing to the Illness of Assessor C.
P. Strain and other reasons, the tax
payers'" meeting announced for next
Monday night will be Indeflnlely post
poned.
According to T. C. Taylor, chairman
of the Commercial association commit
tee appointed to provide for the meet.
Ing, Is was originally planned to have
fhe meeting Monday., But on learn
ing of Assessor Strain's Illness, It was
decided to postpone the meeting.
That the mass meeting will be held
Is assured by Mr. Taylor, who says
that there Is a strong sentiment In fa-
for of the meeting and that the coun
ty court and assessor also Indorse the
proposition. However, he does not
believe It would be fair to Mr. Strain
to hold the meeting while he is physi
cally unable to attend.
It has been suggested that when
the taxpayers' mass meeting Is held
the subject of a publicity bureau be
also taken up.
At Brockway, 10 miles west of
Roseburg, Thursday night, burglars
robbed the general store and postof
flee conducted by 1. B. Nichols, se
curing about $20 In coin, $12 In
stamps, a district -school order for
$40 and about . $50 In merchandise.
There Is no clew.
BASEBALL SCORES.
San Francisco, April 20. Portland
4, San Francisco 2.
Tacomo, April 29. Tacoma 6, Spo
kane 2.
Vancouver, April 29. Vancouver
5, Butte 0.
Seattle. April 29. Seattle 6, Aber
deen 4.
Los Angeles, April 29. Los Angeles
3, Oakland 1.
American League.
At Detroit, Detroit 3, Chicago 8; at
New York, Boston 5, New York 1;
at Philadelphia. Washington 2, Phil
adelphia 3: at St. Louis, St. Louis 3,
Cleveland 6.
Xiillonal Icugiie.
At Boston. Boston 7, New York 6;
at Brooklyr., Philadelphia 3, Brooklyn
1.
SENSATIONAL SI'ICIDE
IN NEW YORK CITY.
New York, April 30. Shout
ing to his wife, who was In the
street below, that he was about
to commit suicide, Meyer Glaf
fenburg Jumped from the sixth
story of a tenament building
and landed on his head at his
wife's feet. He was Instantly
killed. Mrs. Giaffenburg was
Just Btartlng for the Synagogue.
The man has been sick for some
tlme and became discouraged.
TWENTY HEAD OF HORSES
ARE ALREADY LISTED
Combine Harvester, . Hack ami Gang
Plows In the Lb Horse Include
Heavy Draft Animals and Colts
Other Will ITobably Be LWwl He
fort Time for Sale Saturday.
Suturday will be market day again
and another sale will be held at the
fair pavilion along the same lines as
past uffalrs.
According to Sam Bitner, manager
of the sale, ubout 20 head of horses,
consisting of drivers, draft animals
and colts, will be offered for sale. Al
so one combine harvester, a hack and
some gang plows will be auctioned
off.
In addition to the above property
other property will be listed for sale
between now and Saturday.
FHE' Mill.
IT A CIRCUS
CLUBS, BRICKBATS AND
FENCE HAILS ABE USED.
I.,f I AGENTS TO
GET TOGETHER
D. B. Costuma of Th!s City
Takes Lead in a New Boost
er Proposition.
list will be once more
signers.
opened for
CALLS A MEETING FOR
COUNTY HEAL ESTATE MEN'.
Every Dealer In the County Invited o
Meet With Fellows In Tills City next
Thursday .Meeting Will lie (cii
and ProMTly Owners Are Also I'rg.
ed lo Attend Publicity Bureau
Plan Will Ih! Puslicd .More Inter,
cut Being Manifested In Pendleton
Now Than at Richardson Meeting.
Fight Follow Insult at Hands of
Show Man Tent Is Demolished and
Half Dozen Men Are Badly Bruised
When Circus Employes ami CIUzciin
of the Town Mix In Fashion of Irish
Wake.
Portland, April 30. A special from
Grant's Pass tells of a free-for-all
fight! between employes of Norrls &
Howe's circus and a crowd of local
men (n which half a dozen men were
bruised and cut, constables called out
ind a small tent demolished.
The" fight started when one of he
circus employes made a vulgar remark
t a couple who were passing from
the grounds.
Clubs, fence rails and bricks were
used freely In the course of the bat
tle.
Country Girl Suicides.
Emmett, April SO. Miss Meta
Bailey, 19 years old, living on a
ranch about two miles from this
place committed suicide via the car
bolic acid route last night. The
members of the family were ail out
doors except Miss Meta, who dressed
herself carefully, then locked the
door and took the neld. When the
iamiiy round ner snc was uncon
scious. ro cause for the deed is
known. The funeral will be held to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
family residence. Rev. MeGrudcr
will officiate.
Oldest Pa ht Quit
Pekln, China, April .30. The Pekln
Gazette, the oldest newspaper In the
world. Isued today what will prob
ably be Its last number. ,It will be
ueceeded by the government Gazette,
which will be larger and more mod
ern In appearance and will be the of
fleial o-gan of the Chinese govern
meiit. The Pekln Gazette was estab
lished In 911 A. D. and had a wide
diculat'nn at a time when Anglo-
Saxons were little more than barbar
ians and America was inhabited only
by savages. J
Editor's "Thirty."
Chicago, April 30. L. II. Biekford
associate editor of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, died this morning of append!
eltls.-
Whltman Take Position.
Mr. Walter C. Whitman, who grad
uated from the shorthand department
of the Pendleton business college this
spring, has accepted a position as
private secretary to the warden of the
penitentiary at Walla- Walla.
Reports from Nome are to the ef
fect that the spring cleanup of gold
which will be shipped to Seattle will
be upwards of $3,000,000. The ship
ments will begin as soon as the boats
j get through the Ice.
i is
PURCHASED
Twenty-nine combine harvesters
have been sold this spring by E. L.
Smith, agent for the Holt machine,
and If the1 ordrs,contlnuo to come,
all past records for thresher sales
will be smashed.
According to Mr. Smith the 29
combines which he has already sold
will go to nearly every portion of the
county. However, the majority of
them will be unloaded In Pendleton
for distribution among the farmers In
this vicinity and south of here. ,
In shipping the machines out from
the factory two cars are used to haul
three machines. Consequently Mr.
Smith has already sufficient orders
for 20 carloads of machines alone.
This first shipment of machines is
now here and today Mr. Smith has had
his men at work setting up the first
combine to be delivered.
To set up the comblnfs, deliver the
same and see that they are In proper
working order Is the task upon which
Mr. Smith will now be busy for sev
eral months. . When the machines are
all delivered he will take a vacation
at the coast.
Half Thousand Died.
New Orleans, April 30. Practically
complete reports from ihe tornado
districts show that 502 were killed,
and 2296 Injured.
Moved Shearing Plant.
The Stanfleld-Cunha sheep shear
Ing plant which has been located at
the Rector place near Echo for the
past thre weeks was moved to Nolln
yesterday and will now be employed
In shearing about 20,000 sheep at that
place In the next three weeks. The
Slasher sheep and a portion of the
Cunningham Sheep and Land com
pany's herds will be sheared at Nolln
aside from a few small herds of that
vicinity, after which the plant will be
moved to Heppner to complete the
spring's work. It employs 25 shearers
and Is able to shear about 2000 head
per day of 10 hours.
Suit to Collect Note.
Suit has been started by the Pen
dleton abstract company, through
Attorneys Raley, Richards & Raley,
to collect $2304 from Henry T. Hill.
The amount Is alleged to be due upop
a note given by the defendant to the
Savings bank which account was later
transferred to the plaintiffs In the
present suit. An attorney's fee of
$200 IS also sued for.
Famous Stallion Dies.
The famous black stallion Rosen-
burg, owned by the Davenport Horse
company at Davenport, Wash., died
yesterday after a few days' Illness.
He was valued at $8000 and no Insur
ance was carried upon his life. He
took first prizes at the Chicago horse
show and at the St. Louis exposition
and was one of the finest animals
In the entire northwest.
With the aim of uniting the real
estate men of' the county In a move
ment for the development of the
county and especially the west end;
D. B. Costuma, representative of the
Columbia Land company, has Issued
a call for a meeting to be held here
Thursday evening, May 7.
The object of the gathering propos
ed Is set forth by Mr, Costuma In
the following letter which he mailed
to 25 Umatilla county realty men this
morning:
Pendleton, Ore., April 30, 1908.
Dear Sir: In conversation with sev
eral of the real estate men In the dif
ferent parts of the county, It has been
suggested that a meeting of the men
intersted In the development of Uma
tilla county for the purpose of outlln
ing a campaign of publicity In con
Junction with property owners ami
business men, would not only tend t'
a better understanding, but also ma
terlaily aid all of us.-
I believe that our Interests are all
closely enough allied to set aside any
selfish consideration,, and as your co
operation Is needed to assure ultimate
success, we earnestly request your
presence at the Commercial club, on
Thursday evening. May 7.
I enclose herewith a list of the
gentlemen who have been Invited
and if there are any others In your
section whom I have overlooked, will
you kindly see to It that they are
also present.
Yours truly,
D. B COSTUMA.
Those Invited.
The following Is the list of those to
whom Invitations were Issued: D. C.
Browneli, Umatilla; S. R. Oldaker,
Hermlston; A. C. Crawford, Hermls
ton; Colonel H. G. Newport, Hermls
ton; Colonel J. F. McNaught. Hermis
fon; W. H. Skinner. Hermlston; L. W.
Furnas, Hermlston; W. H. Daughtrey,
Echo; R. N. Stanfleld. Echo; Louis
Scholl, Jr., Echo; J. F. Shelton, Echo;
Asa B. Thomson, Echo; George Rob
erts, Pendleton; J. H. Gwlnn, Pendle
ton; Cnutts, Blttner & Hayes. Pendle
ton; E. T. Wade, Pendleton; C." B. Ad
ams. Pendleton; Lot Llvermore, Ien
dleton; R. E. Tarbett. Pendleton; John
F. Hill, "Pendleton; James Johns. Pen
dleton; Clark Wood, .Weston; A. S.
Pearson. Freewater; R. H. Patton,
Freewater; Ira Kemp, Athena, and N.
A. Davis, Milton.
Want Publicity Work.
The prime object of the meeting of
the real estate men will be to discuss
the proposition of a publicity bureau
or some other means of advertising
the resources of the county. It Is
possible that the real estate men will
combine forces and agree to contrib
ute a fixed sum per month towards
the maintenance of such a bureau.
According to Mr. Costuma 'the meet
ing that he has called will be made
an open one and all local property
owners ahd business men are Invited
to participate.
Publicity Idea Growing.
From the sentiments now express
ed upon the streets by representative
people it Is plain that the Idea of a
publicity bureau for Pendleton Is now
much stronger than It was on the
evening of Tom Richardson's recent
meeting. It is freely declared that If
a meeting were held now ample sup
port would be forthcoming.
Thus far the soliciting committee.
of which R. H. Wilcox Is chairman,
has done nothing more towards se
curing subscriptions. According to the
committee they wish to let the sub
ject "soak In" a little more and they
say that at the opportune timethe
FOR COAST DEFENSE.
Torpedo Bout and Destroyers to Hold
Joint Maneuvers.
Washington, April 30. An exten
sive system of maneuvers, In which
destroyers, torpedo boats, submarines
and other craft will take part, will
be held during the coming month by
the navy department. The object Is
to perfect a system of mobile defense
for the Atlantic seaboard.
There will be between forty and
fifty fighting craft In command of
Commander Marsh. Practically all
of the 33 torpedo boats available will
be Included, with six or seven sub
marines and two destroyers. Three
submarines of the Viper class will be
available, besides two of the Adder
class, without counting the Octupus
and the old Holland.
The feature of the mobilization will
be the demonstration of the value of
the submarine for coast defence pur
poses. The navy department contem
plates materially Increasing the util
ity of the submarines by providing
each flotilla with what is termed a
"mother ship."- The gunboat' Castine
of 1,11" tons, will be used as "moth
er ship." The great advantage of the
"mother ship" will be the movable
base which It will, provide the sub
marines, thereby Increasing their ra
dius of action in a very large degree.
Aside from the praclcal demonstra
tion of this new idea the submarines
will go through experiments In div
ing, In avoiding seagoing craft and In
approaching and fleeing from the
enemy.
Nb'W POT
BEGINS TO BOIL
R, J. Slater Announces Candi
dacy for District Attorney
as Democrat.
REPUBLICAN' TO RUX
OX DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Homer I. Watts Will Make the Race
for County School Superintendent
Though a Registered Republican,
Ills Xumc Was Written In by Demo
cratic Friends at the Primaries
Heathman and Bentley Will Be Op
posing Candidates for Constable
Nearly All Nominees Have Filed
Their Acceptance.
With R. J. Slater as democratic
candidate for district . attorney and
Homer I. Watts of Athena, as the
minority's candidate for school super
nltendent, the coming election now
promises to be more a thing of Ufa
than has been previously supposed.
That he will consent to run for dis
trict attorney upon the democratic
The mobilization of the destroyers i ticket was announced this morning by
. ( , . . . r f . 1 . TTt I 1 TT .
ana me torpedo ooats will be as
complete as that of the submarines
ind will take place at the same time.
WOOL DEADLOCK.
Scouring Mills Will Xot Reopen May
First as Planned.
Because there Is no wool on hand
to scour, the scouring mill will not be
started May 1, and the date for com
mencing operations Is now said to be
Indefinite.
Owing to he deadlock that Is now
on between woolgrowers and sellers
no wool whatever has been purchas
ed by the scouring mill people. Nor
has any of the new wool yet reached
the city. The first wool sales day oc
curs In this city May 25 and there Is
a feeling that there will be little do
ing In the way of wool sales until that
time.
JONATHAN FAILS
TO
GET
L
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
ENDORSES SECRETARY TAFT
Senator Bonnie. Loses His Grip ' by
Harping on Second Elective Term
( for President RcKWevekt Delcga
tion Will Probably Go to ClUeago
Instructed for the Big War Secre
tary. Portland, Ore., April 30. When
the state central committee of the re
publican party adopted a resolution
endorsing the Taft candidacy for
nomination for president, Wednesday
afternoon, it struck a fatal blow at
the hopes of Senator Bourne to bring
Oregon's delegations to the Chicago
convention uninstructed.
That Bourne lost his grip on the
state organization because of his per
sistent efforts to boom "a second elec
tive term for Roosevelt" Js the belief
of republican leaders today.
Senator Fulton was warmly en
dorsed by the state central commit
Mr. Slater. Ever since C. H. Carter
declined to accept the nomination
which was tendered him by the dem
ocrats at the recent primary friends
friends of Mr. Slater have been urg
ing him to make the race.
In order to get on the ticket as the
democratic candidate at this late day
It will be necessary for the democratic
central committee to select Mr. Slater
as that party's choice for the office
or else a petition must be circulated.
There Is little doubt but that In view
of Mr. Carter's declination the com
mittee will endorse Mr. Slater and
consequently he will be upon the bal
lot In opposition to District Attorney
Phelps.
Watts Changed Mfnd.
Last evening Homer I. Watts' ac
ceptance of the democratic nomina
tion for school superintendent was
received at the clerk's office and as
a result his name will go on the bal
lot a3 that party's candidate for the
office.
Shortly after the primary election
Mr. 'Watts announced that he would
not accept the nomination but his ac
ceptance filed yesterday, Indicates a
change of heart upon the subject.
Fqr the recent primary he registered
as a republican.
J. M. Heathman has accepted the
republican nomination for constable
for this precinct and J. M. Bentley
has done the same by the democratic
nomination.
All acceptances of nominations must
be filed with the county clerk by to
morrow evening or the names of can
didates will not go upon the ballot.
Practically all of the nominees
have already filed their acceptances
and the nominations made by the so
cialists have likewise been entered
by the socialists chairman, G. A. Rob
bins. Cannot Run As Democrat.
Under the direct primary law, as
Interpreted by County Clerk Saling,
It will be Impossible for Mr. Slater
to become the democratic candidate
for district attorney. The law specifies
that should a party nominee die or
leave the the district the central com
mittee may select another man to
run, but' for no other reason may
a change be made in candidates.
A Suit lo Quiet Title.
A suit to quiet title was begun in
the circuit court today by Mrs. Cof
fee or Rattigan. The land In question
tee and recent attacks upon his career is 'the vacant lots at the
denounced as "untrue, unmanlv and
vicious,"
W. M. Cake was elected chairman.
Wheat in line Condition.
Thomas Campbell, who has been at
his wheat r.tlich in the north part of
the county for the past two weeks,
has Just returned to his home in this
city and says that practically all of
the wheat in the north part of the
county is In excellent condition. The
recent winds did but little damage
and the prospect for an Immense crop
is good. The ground Is moist and
wheat Is growing rapidly notwith
standing the fact that no rain has
fallen for many weeks.
corner of
College and Court streets. She alleges
she furnished her husband with the
money to buy the lots. The suit was
filed by Attorney D. W. Bailey.
Railroad Prospects' Good.
J. M. Mitchell of Joseph, w ho held
a sub-contract on the O. R. & N. work
in this county returned Wednesday
night from Portland where he had a
conference with the head officials of
the road, says the Elgin Recorder.
While they would give out nothing
definite in regard to the work on the
road, they promised him that the old
contractors on the road should have
the work as soon as the work will be
resumed this summer.
S CO TO
MEETING
IN AUTOMOBILES
Tonight the Presbyterian evangeli
cal meetings to be held by the Indi
ans upon the reservation will com
mence and many are now here from
the different reservations of the north
west to attend the same.
The meetings are to be held In a
large tent under the Presbyterian
mission and this morning It was rais
ed and made ready for use. The
meeting tonight will be conducted by
T?pv f iln n t Arthur an tr. Mrmnn
I will be delivered by Rev. Robert Par
sons, Indian evangelist of Cottonwood,
Idaho.
Autos for Visitors.
This evening a delegation of 30 or
40 natice Christians will reach here
from the Nez Perce reservation and
they will be met at the train by the
local Lndlans with autos which will
convey the visitors to the camp meet
ing grounds.
A delegation of six Is now here from
the Yakima reservation and a crowd
from the Warm Springs reservation
Is expected Friday or Saturday,
..r-.k"' i
At 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon a
pie social will be held In the big re
vival tent. under the auspices of the
Christian Endeavor society. The pub
lic at large, whiles as well as Indians,
are Invited to attend.
The revival meetings will be con
tinued for several weeks and five dif
ferent Indian minsters will preach.
According to Rev. J. M. Cornelison,
minister In charge of the reservation
Presbyterian church, white people de
siring to attend any of the camp meet-.,
lngs will be welcomed..