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-4T 1 1 EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION is' WKATHF.lt REPORT. Fair tonight and Sat nlght with light froHt. urday; warmer to- Modern printing of all kinds promptly done at the Eaat Oregonlan office. VOL. 22. PENDLETON, OKEUON, Fill DAY, APRIL 30, 1909. NO. 6573 hh Last Ifi&aHfe STORMS IN THE EAST Fierce Storms Sweep Through Mississippi Valley States, Killing Many People.' SMALLER TOWNS ARE REPORTED OBLITERATED Cyclone Itt-It of Southern States Are Swept for Sixth Time In Year At Least Six Hamlets Are Reported Obliterated Forty Are Known to Ho Head Property Losses Are From Ono to Two Millions B1U- card Is Still Raffing in North Two Are Head rn ClUcago Large Property Lowed Tliere. Memphis, April 29. For the sixth time In a year the cyclone belt of Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Mis slsslppl and adjacent states were swept by a series of storms, leaving forty dead and hundreds Injured, six hamlets destroyed and property loss amounting to a million dollars. A Golden, Mo., four were killed and every building there was leveled. The same number Is dead at Horn Lake, Miss., which was. destroyed, and five are dead at Young's crossing, Tenn. Towns Are Obliterated. Medina, Tenn., reports two killed and Locke, Tenn., entirely obliterated, u dozen buildings are demolished at Raleigh,, Tenn., und three are killed rt Henderson, Tenn. West Marion and Wheat ly, Ark, each report one dead. The latest reports from Texas City state tha town was totally destroyed and 1 killed. At noon authorities estimated that ' the total loss resulting from the storm was between onn and two million dol lars. Reports say that the blizzard is still raging In Wisconsin and Min nesota. Strike Lower Mississippi. Ijite reports Indicate that twenty thousand are Injured and a great many killed In the lower Mississippi valley, and scores of Arkansas and Tennessee towns devastated. i Two Head In Chicago. I Chicago. April 30. Two are dead, and fifty Injured, some fatally, as the J result of a storm here last night. I Wires are down n every direction and j communication with outside points is! Intermittent." Immense damage was 1 done throughout Illinois and Indiana. Twenty five houses in Chicago were wrecked. Two boys the sons of J. S. Ryers, are missing and it Is feared that they are killed. HENEY THOUGHT TO BE ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE San Francisco, April 30. Heney Is believed to be on the verge of a ner vous collapse. For a week he has been n poor health. It Is thought that the persistent worrying tactics. of the j defense of the Calhoun trial brought him to where a break down Is Im minent. When the proceedings were resumed today Heney turned the greater part of his work over to As sistant John O'Garra and J. Harrl gan. Members of the, old boodling board of supervisors took the stand, and told of accepting a bribe for their vote on the trolley franchise. SEATTLE WANTS SPOKANE IRRIGATION CONGRESS Washington, April 30. Government officials who were asked to decide the Seattle-Spokane controversy at the next meeting of national Irrigation congress, refused to be drawn into the quarrel. The government has notified citizens of the cities governing that the body of the Irrigation congress must decide where the next meeting will bo held. It Is scheduled for Spokane, but Seattle contends that It should be held in Seattle so that the government exhibit at the exposition could bo used at the Irrigation congress too. Committee tor Chamberlain. Washington, April 30. Senntor Chnmberlnln of Oregon, was today elected to a seat on the committee of Indian affairs, succeeding Bankhead of Alabama. G01?S TO GALLOWS WITH A SMILE. Sacramento, April 30. With a smIK; and refusing tlm attend ance of a priest, Antony CIp poln, the Ctcilian, was hanged this morning at Folsnm prison for the murder of Joseph I'l rnlno. "It's all right, boys," he shouted as the trap sprung. NEWBERG MAY 14 Friday, May 14 has been get as the date for the debate here between the Pendleton and Newberg high school team. This will be the semi final contest In the race for the state championship and the winner of the debate In this city will be entitled to try for the higher honor. The de feated team will be out of It. The ship subside question will again be discussed and the local team will again defend the negative. They have already won two debates with the same side of the same question. The date of the contest was not definitely known until a message to that effect was received this afternoon by City Superintendent Landers. FEATURES OF TARIFF BILL ARE REPORTED Washington, April 30. Senator Al drlch announced the text of the max imum and minimum features of the tariff bill agreed upon by the senate finance committee today following a consultation with President Taft, and i Attorney General Wlckersham dur- lng which they placed the stamp of their approval upon the plan. The new section provides that minimum j rnteS be the same as In the Aldrlch bill and maximum be 25 per cent ad val orem In addition to the rates specified In the tariff bill. CUTOFF ENGINE AND ONE MAIL CAR Northern Pacific Xo. 3 L HcW Up I.ast Night Three Mile Out from Sokanc Men Ride on Top Tor a Long Distance Come Down and Cut Off Mall Car Take a Shot at Fireman Take Posedon of En gine Powve In Iiirsiilt. Spokane, Wash, cial from Hauser April 30. A spc Junction, Idaho, says: Northern Pacific train No. 3 was held up at exactly 10:25 p. m. last night three miles east of this place by two men, described by Conductor A. F. Mlley as being, one a very large proportioned man, the other of ordi nary build. They cut the engine and one mail car from the train, took shots at the fireman, missing him by a very nar row margin, and ordered him off the engine. One of the men put a gun to Engineer Whittlesey's head, com manding him to go ahead until he told him to stop. The other bandit took the place of the fireman and as they passed through Hauser at 10:30 p. m. he was throwing coal Into the firebox In an Inexperienced manner. Together with the fact that there were no markers on ttie rear of the ,, ftnJ , englne clw i!re(?ar(,. ed the signals, which was unusual,' it was at once surmised by the operator that it was a holdup. He Immediately notified the dispatcher In Spokane to that effect, which proved to be cor rect. Officials In Spokane, as well as Rathdrum, were at once notified and while the mall car was being rotibed between Trent and Yardley, possees were forming at either side of the bandits to overhaul them. The engine and mall car ran by signals at Trent, 10 miles east of Spo kane and had not yet shown tip at Tardley, 40 mlnuteg before midnight. SiiSeets Arrested. (Later) Four suspects were ar rested aa the result of the holdup last night on the Northern Pacific passen ger three miles west at Rathdrum. Two bandits separated the engine and mnil ear from the train, n'nd com pelled the engineer to run down the track, and stole a valueless mall, over looking valuables in one corner. They rifled n sack of registered mall for Seattle and other points. Haste caused the robbers to leave the ex press car behind In uncoupling. Pas ses are scouring the country. It Is be lieved that the robbers arc hiding in Spokane. Ililliker Returned to Washington. Oakland, April 30. F. H. Hilliker, accused of embezzlement in Washing ton, Is enroute to Spokane today In custody of Sheriff Pugh, indicted of the theft of eighteen thousand dollars while agent of the defunct Pacific Livestock association in Spokane, . Alleged Defaulter Arrested. Oakland, April 30. Earl E. Bogar dus. tlie paying teller of the bank of Germany. In this city, Is In jail as the result of alleged defalcation of (wo thousand dollars. The amount is cov I ered by bonds. ID IIP SPOKANE NORTHERN PACIFIC THROW BABIES FROM WINDOW New York Tenement is De stroyed by Fire and Over Twenty Killed and Injured. HAWKS THROWN FROM WINDOWS TO FIREMEN lire Destroys Tenement In the Italian Quarters of New York City Moth ers Throw Rabies Front UpKT Win dows to tlie Firemen Helow Two Slip Through the Officers Hands and are Killed live More are Saved In Tills Manner Officers KcMcuo Thirty-ono Huddled To gether in a Room. New York, April 30. Eight an killed, six missing and -4 In the hos pitals as the result of a fire which destroyed a tenement In the Italian quarter today. Two babies were kill ed and five saved when their moth ers threw them from the upper win dows into the arms of Officer Bros ner. The two killed slipped through the policeman's arms. After catching the babys Bossner Joined Officer White In a dash through the flames and smoke to the upper floors, where they found 31 panic stricken Italians huddled in one room, all of which were rescued. OREGON-IDAHO DEY El jOPM EXT CONGRESS AT WEISER Weiser, Idaho, April 30. No di vision in sentiment regarding state- aided railroad construction is appar ent among the delegates to the Oregon-Idaho development congress as- sembllng here today. William Han- ley of Burns, Oregon, Is talked of as successor to President Lowell, re signed. Weiser made elaborate prep arations for entertaining the con gress. Streets were decorated and every train bringing delegates is met at the depot by a band. The first mad built under the new Idaho dis trict law will be an extension of the Pacific Idaho Northern to Grange vllle Hill lines, giving Idaho compe t'.on with the Harriman monopoly. DAUGHTER BORN TO QUEEN OF HOLLAND Hague, April 30. A bulletin issued at noon today states that Queen Wil helmina of Holland Is resting easily today following the birth of a daugh ter. No complications are expected. Tliere Is great rejoicing as the birth prevents the possibility of the pas sago of the reigning dynuasty to the German house, which was feared by the Dutch. FORMER BANK PRESIDENT NOW BREAKING ROCKS San Quentin. April 30. nalitoll Prown former president of thi Cali fornia safe deposit and trust company Is now breaking rocks with a gang of convicts. He was transferred to the rock pile because his eyes were fall ing under the strain of work in a jute mill. Gototi Outclasses Roller. Kansas City, April 28 Frank Ciotch wrestling champion of the world threw Dr. B. F. Roller of Seattle last night In straight falls, m 27 minutes 65 seconds and 18 minutes and 29 sec onds, respectively. The first hold was a combination crotch and half nelson, the samo that beat the big Turk, and the second a reverse nelson. SUPREME JUDGE M'BHIDE 111 IE IN When the supreme court sits in Pendleton next Monday morning, one familiar figure will be absent from the bench. That figure will be Jus tice Bean, who after twenty years up on the supreme bench of the state of Oregon, has stepped up to the fed eral judgeship. His resignation went to Governor Benson today and when the court meets here Monday, his place will be filled by Judge Me Brlde, his newly appointed succes sor. According to a Salem dispatch. Judge Bean received a message from Senator Bourne yesterday afternoon, which notified him thnt his nomina tion had been confirmed by the sen ate. He therefore hurried to finish up Ms supreme court work and ten dered his resignation to take effect Monday. Gill IN BATES Railroad Commission Finds Rates of Pacific Express Company Unjust. MEANS BIG REDl'tTION PORTLAND TO PENDLETON Railroad Commission Makes General Reduction of Rates on the O. H. & N. Affect All Cities Between Huntington and Portland The Dulles Is the Only Exception Or der Becomes Effective In Twenty Days Oregon Rates Higher Tlian Other States Express Company May Not Resist. Salem, April 30. The railroad commlslson today Issued an ordei making wholesale reductions in rates enforced by the Pacific express com pany. "Merchandise class rate be tween Portland and Huntington, now four dollars per hundred, was re duced to three dollars, and a rate of $2.25 between Pendleton and Port land will be substituted for a ?3 rate; and the rate from Baker City Is re duced from 3.75 to J2.80; La Grande from 13.50 to $2.65. The reduction applies to all points on the O. R. & N. Toad In a corres ponding degree, The Dalles being the only exception. The order becomes effective In twenty days after the or der Is served on the company.. For several mouths the commission has been investigating comparing the rates of the express company In Oregon and rates enforced In other states. . Tt was learned that rates are far lower In Missouri and Texas, and other states than In Oregon. The com mission has determined that the rates In Oregon are nnjust and unreason able. It is believed that If the express company regards the new order as reasonable 'they will not resist it, but if the reduction is greater than they anticipated they may seek an injunc tion. A similar Investigation is beint, conducted by the commission relative to tlie rates of the Wells-Fargo Co. on the Southern Pacific road. IMIRTLANB LIQUOR PETITION FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE Portland, Oregon April 30. The discovery has been made that the Gothenburg initiative petition does not contain an enacting clause, and is therefor vitally defective. Without an enacting clause, even though the proposition be passed by the people, the measure would be In effective, is one contention, although others assert that the adoption o the measure by the people makes it ef fective, despite the absence of the enacting clause. Naturally, a fight will be made by the backers of the Gothenburg meas ure to keep the measure on the bal lot s'lonld the city attorney recom mend that it be Ignored, and In the event of its adoption by the voters he Gothenburg crowd will bring the question Into tlv courts. Notwith standing that the Gothenburg people paid 10 cents for each name placed on the petition, there Is no assurance that enough of these names will stand the checking test. It is known thai many of the names superficially ex amined will have to be rejected by the clerks when the list is gone over. Should the list of names fall down, there will be no occasion for Barbur to place the measure on the ballot with or without an enacting clause. Judge McKride will therefore ac company the court to this city, to morrow or next day and will be sworn In and enter upon his term of serv ice here. Jutlgc Bean's first service on the federal bench will be at Butte, Mon tana, where he goes to hold court for Judge Hunt, Slay 6. While the session of the supreme court to be held in this city, next week, is not of very great Importance when considered from the standpoint of cases of general Interest to he heard, the one which will be held at Salem, immediately fallowing the re turn of the court to fhe capital, will be extremely so. Among the most important ones will be the J. Thor burn Ross case, th Onk Grove rate case, the Finch murder case and sev eral other erim'nal cases from Mult nomah county. , OFFICE II PEN El EXHIBITION An impromptu bronco busting ex hibition was pulled off on Webb street about 6:30 last .evening. Johnson Chapman, a well known Umatilla brave, had been In town most of the afternoon and had succeeded In get ting near something stronger than "near beer." As a result he was feel ing pretty gay when he got ready to leave for home. Mounting his horse, he proceeded to "scratch" the animal with the result that Indian and horse were both soon on the ground. Both picked them selves up without much difficulty and the horse was again mounted. This time the animal gave about three jumps and pitched his rides over his head. A third time the Indian got up and straddled the cayuse only to again be landed In the street. The third time was enough how ever and when the Indian again mounted, he was careful not to touch his steed with the spurs and rode out of town. ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK FIRST IN CALIFORNIA Berkeley, April 30. Ex-President Roosevelt will make his first public speech when he returns from Africa in the Greek theatre on the university of California campus, according to announcement confidmed at the uni versity. President Wheeler of the university will Join Roosevelt In Ber lin In the fall. ARETHREATFNED NURSERY EMPLOYEES ARE NOTIFIED TO LEAVE TOWN Notice Is Found Tacked to Door of House Where the Greeks Lived Given Until Saturday to Leave Town Employers Say That the No tice is a Bluff Thought that the Local People Resent Presence of the Foreigners, Milton, Ore., April 30 (Special) Excitement is Intense here among citizens as the result of threats which have been made against the lives of five Greeks employed by the Milton Nursery company, by unknown par ties signing themselves "Lawful Citi zens of the United States." The only reason known for the threats is that the men are foreigners and, It Is claimed, work for less wages than Americans. The first intimation that there was any feeling againt the Greeks, who have been residents of this city for the past two years, came this morning when a notice written on a typewriter was found tacked to the door of the house where the Greeks live. In an evident attempt to disguise the au thorship and prevent detection the words of the message had been mis spelt. The notice was dated Freewater and was as follows: "Freewater We will gl you til Sat urday night to leve town, and let de cent men work. If you don't It-ve by that time we wil raise the devil with you. Signed.) "Lawful Citizens of the United States." With Its discovery the Greeks were terrified and hastened to the author! ties, Informing them of the threats made against them. The authorities are convinced that the notice was written by local parties and that the Freewater date Hnr was merely In serted to ward off suspicion. After consultation with the business men and authorities the Greeks have de cided to pay no attention to the threat against them. ROSEBURG BAD MAN MAY BE WANTED HERE A message received this afternoon from Fortland, says a man giving the name of Frank Miller has been arrested- at Roseburg for pulling off a worthless check Job and that the fel low Is supposed to be wanted In Pen dleton. There are several men who are wanted by the local officers but none of them 1wvp been going by the name of Frank Miller. It may turn out however that the Roseburg bogus check artist is .one for whom the lo cal men have been searching. More Information will probably be obtain able when Sheriff Taylor returns from Salem tomorrow morning. Indian Lund Sold. Through a sale just consummated by Norborne Berkeley the James and (!us Bushman allotments upon the reservation have been sold to Ben M. Myrlck. Great Britain consumes about IS,- 800,000 worth of Danish eggs a year. lira LOCAL FARMER' IS SWINDLED Reported to Have Dropped $5000 to Smooth Swindler Operating in This County. FULL PARTICULARS OF FACTS NOT AVAILABLE Exact Amount of the Swindle is not Known Thought Ilowever to be in Neighborhood of $5.000 Fall Par ticulars Cannot be Learned First Report of Swindle Comes From North Yakima Swindlers Sup posed to be Pointed That Way Facts are in Possession of Sheriff Taylor Who is Out of Town. According to an authentic report which can not be confirmed as to de tails, some farmer living near Pendle ton has been swindled out of a large sum of money. The exact sum is not known but it is believed to be in the neighborhood of $5,000. Sheriff Taylor Is In full possession of the details but he is in Portland to day and It Is not probable that he would give out anything if here. De puties Funk and Blakeley evidently know little or nothing about the case. District Attorney Phelps is also in pos session of some facts or alleged facta in connection with the swindle but he la evidently , .of the opinion that no good can be rendered the public by a publication of the details of the game at the present time. First public Information concerning the swindle came from North Yakima, to which place the swindlers were supposed to be going. As the infor mation was sent to the officers there by Sheriff Taylor there can be no- doubt of the truthfulness of the re port. One of the swindlers goes by the name of H.' C. Howard and some times uses the alias of Hall. The name of the other fellow Is not known. According to the best reports ob tainable locally, the farmer was In terested In a land deal. Though the transaction was supposed to be some what shady the farmer was to be given by far the most favorable end of the deal. One of the features of the game was for the farmer to show that he had a sum of money equal to that which the strangers had. This being done, the combined sum was placed in a grip before the farmer's eyes and turned over to him for safe keeping while the swindlers came to. Pendleton to complete some details of the transaction. When after a couple of days the strangers did not return, the farmer opened the grip to find he had noth ing but some worthless paper, the strangers having worked a slight of hand tri-k of some kind on him. It was but a variation of a game which has been worked In every pan of the country, particularly the east, for a number ofyears. NEW YORK CAPITALISTS INVEST IN COAST BONDS New York, April 30. The consum mation of a deal whereby J. P. Mor gan and company, the First National band and the National City bank pur chased five million dollars worth of unifying refunding five per cent bonds of California gas and electric corpo ration Is believed to be a forerunner of enWmous investments of capital on the Pacific coast by New York fi nanciers, . Total investments since Ju ly reached twenty millions. WESTON'S WALKS SEPARATES HIM FROM WIVE St. Louis. It Is reported that Ed ward Payson Weston, the famous old pedestrian, who is expected to arrive here this afternoon, will meet his wife, from whom he separated 42 years ago, and two grown children. when he arrives at San Francisco, his destination. Weston has declined to discuss the story, which Is to the ef fect that he separated from his wife because she did not like his feats of pedestrianism, which he would not abandon. According to the story, the pair have not seen each other for 42 years. Those who have arranged for them to meet at San Francisco hope a reconciliation will result. Mrs. Weston is now in California. TRIAL OF KIDNAPER ISO VIE POSTPONED. Mercer, Pa. Aprl 30. The trial of James Boyle, accused of kidnaping Billie Whitla, was to day postponed until Wednesday. Boyle's wife will be tried first, her trial starting Tuesl.iv. J