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U'" ; I'v-i'i'j.i i. -fr.-i -Jlw," rt ;M, ill EVEtlGEDITIOIi EYF.NINGEDITIOH TO ADVERTISER. Don't alt down In th meadow and wait tot the cow to back BP and be milked o af ter the cow. WEATHER REPORT. Fair tonight; Sunday fulr and cooler. . NO. 6371 4 :Ji ' s.3Avr PENDL N, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMHEK 7. 1008. ' .. VOL. 21. KEN! FIRES ill MONEY Strongest Argument Befter ing Pendleton Department Equipment. AUGUST FIRES COST CITY APPROXIMATELY $1000 Fire Chitf Soys $10,000 Worth of Xcw ApjxiriUus Would Have Saved Half Hi Recent L8 d Would Mean all Per Cent Decrease In IiiHur anc Roses Auto Engine and Electrical Alarm System Nettled. Since the first of August approxi mately $85,000 worth of Pendleton property has gone up In smoke and the city has paid out $1000 to Its fire fighter. "If the city had been equipped with proper fire apparatus, which would cost about $10,000," said. Fire Chief John Vaughan this morning, j "we could probably have saved half of that loss.- Furthermore, If we had arch apparatus, insurance , rates In the city would be 14 per cent lower and property owners would save be tween $6000 and $7000 annually In in surance premiums." For years the firemen of the city have heen asking for better appara tus and regularly their requests have been denied by the city on the ground o. economy. But during the past month the record of the department hows that It would have been more economical had their recommenda tions been granted. Fires Were Expriwlve. If anyone believes that Pendleton rv inrn!vv flip denartmcnt. " j if i . trAlnnlnPf nro-fl il y.fi t Inll , U"t upc 1 1 id c vi" v, o he Is snldly mistaken. Within tho past month the firemen bave earned approximately $1000 In wages. Every time the fire bell rings, under our present "economical" system It costs the city at least $30 mid If the central companies turn out In force, $-15. Since the first of August the depart ment has been called upon eight times and there has been practically 1000 hours of fire fighting. Firemen are paid a dollar an hour and when they turn out they are given credit for an hour's work even if they are not needed. They deserve It, and more besides, because their work Is hard and often times dangerous. Cost of Fires. The Alta House fire cost the city JOUU, Hie SCVt'11 llurM rinin'ciin.-.! uuvi : the hook and ladder company all be- today at a meeting; of the republican lug called out, approximately 10 men central committee. Thirty-three t.) the company. Tho Wllcox-Chrls-j counties of Oregon were represented tlan church fire was more expensive, i t,y 12 men. Ralph Williams, the na the entire department being out and tlonal committeeman, was made tem worklng approximately 375 hours, porary secretary. The meeting was Tho smaller fires occurring duflng the harmonious. The name of Taft was month have also cost the city money. ' signal for enthusiasm every time he 'None has cost loss than $30 and most Vas mentioned. James Kertchen, the of them have cost from $-10 to $60. secretary of the Multnomah county It cost tho city $30 to Investigate tho smoke nt the Hohbach bakery Satur day night for three companies were called out and responded. Tho Aniwratus WniUed. ! if vim Chief Vauirhan had his way , the city would, secure a chemical nu- hotel conferring with politicians from to engine, would employ one capable various parts of the state. No effort man to run the same and would In- was made to oust Cake as chairman stall nn electric alarm system. These Tho gap dividing the factions Is ap thlngs would mean expense, perhaps parently closed for the campaign, to the extent of $10,000. " j Cake has appointed a committee U But the Improvements would mean receive and expend campaign funds BUTE HEARING III PENDLETON SEPT. Z8 On Monday, September 28, the 'members of the Oregon railroad commission will be here for the pur pose of holding a hearing regarding the grain rates now In force upon the O. R. & N. company's lines in this state. If upon Investigation the commission finds that the rates now charged are too high they will order a reduction. News of the coming hearing was received here Saturday by District At torney Phelps, who has been asked by the commlsloners to assist them In gathering information from this fishing launch missing. Sun Pedro. Sept. 7. Sixteen persons who were passengers on the fishing launch O. K., have been missing since yesterday, and It Is believed they have been drowned. Efforts are be- lng made by wireless to com- munlcate with Catalina Island. 4 Five women were among the. passengers. The party Intended to return to San Pedro last night. After they left the Island a squall blew up. Captain John Gishler was In charge of the boat. The fact that none of the rela- tlves or friends have heard from the missing ones Is taken as a certain Indication that they have been lost. Carl E. McStay, the president of the McStay Supply company, organized two rescuing parties. The launches Lou Kelly and Pearl have been sent out. that In cases of fire an alarm could j be given quickly and accurately. Only tne necessary companies would be caca out. An auto engine and drver WOuld mean that the depart- ment would get Into action quickly and therein lies the secret of fire fighting. If the department had been properly equipped the fire at the Golden Rule stable would probably have never gotten beyond that struc ture. But when the firemen sleep at .their own homes and have to rush to the fire station and drag their hose carts out by hand, how can really prompt work be expected? According to the fire chief, J. C. Stone, manager of the Pacific board of underwriters, has assured him that if the department were equipped as outlined above Insurance rates In the city would be lowered 14 per cent. This being true, what should be done . E FACTION'S OF REPUBLICAN PARTY IX) WORK TOGETHER Chairman Cake Appoints a Commit ter to Receive and Expend Cam paign Funds In Oregon Xo effort Made, to Oust Cako as Chairman Meeting Was Enthusiastic. Portland, Sept. 7. W. M. Cake, republican state chairman, presided central committee, Injected some hu mor Into the meeting 'by denying there was any factionalism In the republi can party. While Cake was planning the campaign for the state committee, Senator Fulton was at the Imperial county. Tho "grain" caso has been brought by the commission upon Its own lnl atlve and In the statement it has sent out it seemingly Intends Inquiring In to from all. points on the O. R. & N. between Portland and Huntington and also from points on the branch lines. Tho rate from Pendleton to Portland Is now 15 3-4 per hundred pounds In carload lots. From Pilot Rock the rate Is 20 8-4 cents. The rate hearing will be held at the court house and will commence at 10 o'clock In the morning of Sep tember 28. nn WATCHWDRD lll3 f STEM E Woman Held in Jail at Omaha for Killing Dr, Rustin Makes Statement. KILLED SELF TO SAVE FAMILY FROM POVERTY. Had Lost Everything and Been me Discouraged and Despondent Car. rlcd Large Life Insurance Which Would Have Lapsed on Account of Non-payment of Premiums so Com mitted Snlcldo to Secure it to Fam ily. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 7. Mrs. Abbie L. Rice, who has been detained at the city jail for three days In .connection with the mysterious shooting of Dr. Frederick Rustin last Wednesday morning late tonight gave to Chief of Police Donahue and County At torney English a long statement. In which It l said, she clears up consid erable of the mystery surrounding the shoofing of the physician and makes it an evident case of suicide. The girl said she had known Rus tin since last December, but that It was only four weeks ago that he told her his troubles. She said he told her that he had lost everything, that he was in debt to an extent which wruld make it Impossible for him evf r to get out. He had received no tice to vacate his office for non-payment of rent; had borrowed from his friends and had several checks at the bank with no funds to cover them. This had driven him to a deliberate plan to end his life. The girl says she left him in a con dition of mental agony Tuesday and could not sleep for fear something terrible would happen. She had tel ephoned the Rustin' house several times and when she learned he had not reached there she was sure that he had carried out his declared Inten tion of taking his life. The state ment also intimates that Insurance he carried, amounting to $50,000, had much to do with his action, ho wish lng to protect his family. Many of the policies had lapsed for non-pay- ment of premiums and others were coming due every week or so. DEMOCRATIC SQUABBLE ' IX SUPREME COFRT Factional light Over Tickets to be Contested in Court. Boise, Sept. 7. Upon petition filed by Attorney R. H. Johnson on behalf of the Dubois ticket, an alternative writ of mandate was Issued by the supreme court today directed to Sec retary of State Lansdon, and return able Wednesday next at 10 o'clock, to show cause why he should not file the Dubois ticket and certify It to the county clerks as the legal democratic ticket. The petition Is filed In the name of Jesse J. Walling who alleges that he is the nominee of the regular demo cratic convention for the office of secretary of state. Mr. Johnson was the only attorney present In court for Mr. Walling, but the names of Henry Z. Johnson, T. D. Cnhulnn, S. H. Hayes, Milton G. Cage, C. H. Jackson and A. T. Ryan appear as attorneys for that side. James H. Hawley am Karl Paine ap peared for the secretary of state, though a number of other attorneys will appear when the answer is filed. Roth sides express anxiety; to have the case pushed ns rapidly as pos sible, and Judge Allshie, speaking for the court, asked the cooperation of tho attorneys In securing a speedy determination of the question. FOREST FIRES SURSIDIXG. Change In Wind Enables Inhnbltants to Save Many Homes. Duluth, Sept. 7. The fire which yesterday covered the greater portion of St. Louis, Carleton and Ithaca counties, and northern portion of Douglas county, Wis., Is subsiding. The wind chanked and enabled the in habitants of Buhl and Naskwauk to save their homes after a hard fight. XPEIED IN Formally Opens Campaign With Labor Day Address at Auditorium, GUEST OF IROQUOIS j CLUB AT DINNER Monster Parade In Which Bryan Wau Star Kern Accompanied Him Throtigiiout the Day Discussed the Courts and Jury System and Hays Taft Says the Democratic Plat form 1$ Ideal. Chicago Sept. 7. William Jen nings Bryn was the Labor day guest i here today. The whole celebration centers around him. When he ar rived from Lincoln he was met at the depot and- (tscorted to the Auditorium hotel by k special committee of 50. National chairman Mack personally greeted tho Nebrasttan. John W-. Kern accompanied Bryan through the day's events. At noon the candidates were guests of honor at a dinner at the Iroquois club with the state committee. Im mediately afterward they proceeded to the balcony of the hotel where they viewed the parade iiu which practically all labor organizations In Chicago participated. The Labor day exercises were. be gun immediately after the parade was disbunded. Bryan was cheered by the parudOL' He' faced a tremendous throng when he started his speech. In part Bryan said: "Were I to speak from a text I would select a passage from Proverbs, one furnish ed by the words of Solomon when he declared 'as a man thinketh In his heart, so Is he.' This bible doctrine is but common sense. I begin this speech with this proposition because I want to impress It upon the minds of those who listen to me. The world is growing more toward a uni versal brotherhood, our nation is leading the way. There Is more gen uine altruism in this country than in any other In the world. The labor organization Is a part of the great movement of the masses toward clos- er fcllowhlp. Some assume that to settle the labor question permanently we need only to enforce the law rig orously, but we must remedy Uje abuses by the law if we would insure a respect for and obedience to the law. A long step toward the eleva tion of labor to Its proper position In the nation's deliberations could be found in the establishment of de partment of labor with a cabinet of ficer at the head. The republican convention not did not deal candidly with the laboring mai) on the sub ject of the writ of Injunction. Taft's promises offer nothing In the way of a susbtantial reform." Taft Is Xot An Unbiased Judgv. Rryan discussed the questions in volving the courts and Jury systems, saying: "Taft Is not an unbiased Judge where the Jury system is un der consideration. He Is not only known as the father of government by Injunction but Is prejudiced against the Jury system. His long service upon the bench has led him to underrate the importance of the system. Taft has fallen Into the er ror of assuming that any Improve ment in the methods of court pro ceedure Is an attack upon the author ity of the court. One of the greatest problems of the day Is to secure an equitable distribution of the proceeds of toll. The material w'ealth of this country is largely the result of Joint products. ' Where men work togeth er, like an army organization, it ap plies to some degree as some direct and others are directed. The labor question as it presents itself at this time Is chiefly a question of equitable distribution. The legislation asked for will secure to each all that his services entitle him to. As legisla tion Is secured through the ballot everybody should use their ballots to obtain legislation. The democratic platform presents the Ideal toward which the democratic party Is striv ing, namely Justice in distribution of rewards." SPEAKS CHICAGO REXATOH KXOX IX AUTO SMASH UP Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 7. Hurled from an auto when the machine cblllded with an other car, United States Sena tor Knox of Pittsburg, and wife, were slightly injured here today. His son was hurt se riously. The party was travel ing at a high rate of speed when the chauffeur seemingly lost control of the machine and it collided with another car, then went Into a ditch, throw ing the occupants high In the air. The senator was plcged up apparently dead. Philander C. Jr., was unconscious for sev eral minutes and Is thought to be Internally Injured. GILBERT TO WED. Olympic Victor to Marry on Arrival in Portland. Chicago, Sept. 7. It was announc ed today that Albert C. Gilbert, the Yale athlete who won the world's pole vault record at the London Olympic games is to become a bene dict upon his arrival at home In Port land, Ore, Miss Marie Thompson of Seattle. Is to be the bride. The cou ple will go east late this month. He will take a post graduate course In medicine. . " THAW TO GO TO prTTSBURO. Will Icave Xew York State First Time Since His Arrest. Pittsburg, Sept. . 7. Harry K. Thaw will be brought to Pittsburg on September 11 for the first time since he left here prcceodlng the shooting of Sanford AVhite to appear in the bankruptcy hearing. SAYS HE LIES ABOUT THE RED SPECIAL. Victor L. Herjrer, Socialist National Committeeman, Scores Goinper and Democratic Party Says Gom jkts Would Drink Whiskey With the Devil. Milwaukee, Sept 7 In a signed editorial in the Social Democrat Her ald, Victor L. Berger today attacks Gompers as follows: "I am not going to answer Sam Gompers' Inuendo about capitalistic support for the Debs red special. As ft member of the national executive committee of the socialist party, I am .. . !..- posted about all the details of the matter from the beginning to end. J Every donation received and every cent expended has been properly ac counted for. In casting the asper. sion Gompers did so against his bet ter knowledge, in other words, lied wilfully and did It in order to help Bryan and the democratic party. "I know Taft from the capitalistic standpoint, .is more desirable than Bryan, and from the worklngmen's standpoint Bryan is the more insin cere, and hypocritical of the two. Now why should the working man vote for the democratic ticket? Should he do so because the Tamma ny leaders, and democratic ward heel ers of the large cities socially drank whiskey In Denver with Gombers? The average democratic leader would drink whiskey with the devil and so would Gompers. To vote for the democratic party, even as a protest against the other wing of capitalism 1 nonsensical and useless." FRENCH AERONAUT Paris, Sept. 7. Leon De La Grange the French aeronaut, president of the Aviator club of France, established a new world's record today at Issy when In an aeroplane he sailed for 31 minutes, beating the world's rec ord established by him yesterday. He SERGES SAYS GOMPEftS EIES SHOES SHOW BIB INUE ' Enrollment in Pendleton Over Ten Per Cent Heavier Than Last Year,, "DRY TOWN" XO BAR TO SCHOOL FAMILIES. Gains In Attendance Xocessitates Ad ditional TeaclRT Good Increase at Every Scliool Save One Last Year 719 Enrolled on Opening Day While Total of 812 Appeared This Morning OtlK-rs to Come Later". There Is encouragement, to be found in the enrollment in the pub lic schools today for the enumeration shows a gain of more than 10 per cent over that of last year. If prohi bition has driven people from th city It has evidently had little effect upon families with children.. This forenoon the public school children of the city were enrolled for the coming year and when a sum mary of the enrollment was made at noon by Superintendent Landers it was found that the enrollment was greater than that on the opening day lr.st year by 92. The following la the registration by schools and last year's enrollment is also given for compari son: Field school, 85; for '07, 76. Lincoln school, 83; for '07, 85. Hawthorne school, 246; for '07, 224. Wabhington school, 27$; for '07V 220. High school, 123; for "07, 114. Total enrollment for "08, 812; for 07, 719. Xcw Teacher Needed. Because of the heavy attendance this year It will be necessary to em ploy an additional teacher for the Hawthorne school and Superinten dent Landers says he will take the matter up with the board at once. Begin Work Tomorrow. Today was devoted entirely to the registraion of the pupils, giving of Instructions regarding books, etc. The children were then dismissed for the day. ' Tomorrow morning regular school work will be taken up. Other Schools. Of the private schools in the city the St. Joseph's academy Is already under way, having started last Mon day with a splendid attendance. The Pendleton academy will open its doors next Monday, September 14, and the -prospects for a large attend ance there are also good. The Pendleton business college will commence work tomorrow morning. .T,. - i ...in o,!ii initio., tha ine sen "i "c i-s-"" " management of Miss M. M. Slattery of Spokane. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN' TO RECEIVE FORTUNE. Colonel Vilas Makes it a Beneficiary in lib Will. 1 Madison. Wis., - Sept. 7. It was ! learned today that the will of the late Colonel Vilas leaves the Univer sity of Wisconsin the sum which Is o pected to total 30,000,000, some day. I The estate Is valued at $3,000,000. The widow Is to have the income during her life. The daughter Is to have $30,000 yearly and after that half the income of the trust fund Is to be used for the university and the other half added to the fund until 1: reaches $30,000,000. George Ayre, former principal of the Pendleton high school, passed it rough last evening on his way to Poise, Idaho, where he Is to teach this winter. ' BREAKS ALL RECORDS circled the parade grounds 17 times, going at least 16 miles under perfect control. The aeroplane maintained an average height of 20 feet and as cended as high as 30 feet and as tow as 12. Wilbur Wright, the American inventor, was the first to congratu late the Frenchman.
