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VOL. 22.
W D SCUSS
ELECTRIC IAD
Meeting of Commercial Club
at Request of Washington &
Oregon Co,
FITZGERALD TELLS
BENEFITS NOW POSSIBLE
Elcctrle Road Enhance Value of
Realty from Three Hundred to Six
II ii ml red Per Cent Washington &
Oregon Conymny Seeking Site for
Pendleton Park Will Have Head
quarters Hero.
At the Commercial Association
rooms tomorrow evening a meeting
will be held for the purpose of lis
tening to D. FitzGerald and others
Interested In the Washington & Ore
gon Traction company. The meeting
has been called at the request of the
traction people.
Both D. FitzGerald and Max E.
Baumelster have been In the city dur
ing the past few days and they say
they will continue their headquarters
in this place. They will likely have of
fices in the Smith-Crawford building.
The following Interview bearing up
on the company and Its plans was
given the East Oregonlan today by
Mr. FitzGerald:
From Mr. FitzGerald.
"Electric railroading for the city
of Tendleton and Umatilla county
.mean so much to the citizens of
those communities in the way of
transportation accommodations for
both freight and pasengers and hence
enhancement of property values that
we cannot refrain from drawing a few":
parallels and indulging In a little spec
ulation. We are Informed from sta
tistics compiled by the "Railroad In
vestor." a creditable publication that
the advent of an electric railway into
a community, whether Interurban or
city, Immediately enhances real-estate
values not less thnn three hundred
per rent, and running all the way up
to as much as six hundred per cent.
It lifts a city out of the confines of Its
narrowness and stretches It Into all
such suburban regions as are brought
within the limits of the railway lines j
and the -nickel" fare, usually on such
beautiful and substantial lines of resl-
nnf n.t were un-
dental development and were un
thought of before the advent of the
"trolly" and gives the charms of both
city and suburban f.- to Its heighest
attainment. It takes the town out of
the sleep of its swaddling clothesv
dresses It In the garb of the mature
and vigorous, and by a single stroke
of enterprise places It among the
live fast growing enterprlselng cities,
attracting to Itself every person, fam
ily, Interest and Institution both eau
cational nnd Industrial, from afar that
ore alive to opportunity wish to be
In at the start of the open way in life
that leads to the certain success that
marks the way of all cities and com
munities Immediately following the
coming of the first electric railway,
tiie "greatest of the utilities" and
giant developer, and Its Inevitable
collateral enterprises.
"The lesson of development is
spread before us at our doors. All
of us who are familiar with tho
Wlllamet'te valley know that there Is
thpre much poor as well as fertile
land, thnt was of little account before
the coming of the "electric horse."
That since the transformation has
been of the usual phenomentl pro
portions thnt follow the trolly until
now the poorest land along the electric-
line is worth over one hundred
and fifty dollars and values run nl-
ways up to two inousann oounrs per i
acre. Nearer to home still Is the les-
son of Walla Walla. Only six years j
ago lierore that city got Us electric
steel railway, Pendleton as a city ex
celled It In every way larger in ex
tent, population nnd business nnd a
more desirable place to live, but Wal
la Walla was first favored with elec
tric transportation, nnd the usual fol
lowM it went nliead In leaps nnd
bounds, lenvlixr Pendleton so far be-
4.4.s 4' -f l 44-0
ASTOR'S YACHT IS
SAFE IN PORT
Tampa, Fla., Nov. 22. At
1:30 this morning wireless com
munication with Qunntnnamn
wns established nnd a partial
confirmation of the safety of tho
Nnurmnhnl nt Fnn Junn wns ob-
tnincd. The wireless station nt
that point report having henrd
messages early today to the of-
feet that the Nouiiah V was
safe In port. Effort to rnlse
San Junn have been unsuecess-
ful.
The steamer Mnscotte of the
p. nnd O. line which - reached
here last night, reported henr-
I. lug n portion of the messnge to
s the same effect yesterday. ?
hind that by thin time we scarcely
appear In- the race. Yet why should
this not be a better city? Pendleton
M on two main trunk steam railway
lines, in the center of a larger and
richer territory even If our Immedi
ate vicinity .h not so productive. We
are the center of the greatest wheat
stock and wool growing country In
the world. We have the most fnvor
ed of climates, soil, water, weather,
health and general abundance and
poverty - Is unheard of In our com
munity. It Is true the electric later
urban railway running from Walla
Walla to Milton' has sent the value
of farming land up to prices ranging
from $600 to $2,000 per acre, and
made It blossom forth Into such a
region of close farming the prosperity
as to beggar description, all of which
of course Is tributary to that city. In
deed It would seem that electric rail
roading alone can wake our city out
of the lethargic sleep It has fallen In
to In recent years and by the Inevit
able great Increase in the values of
suburban real estate It would serve,
break up the monotonous monopoly
of wheat growing with Its limited
profits nnrt the tendency of the farm
er to buy out his neighbor and curtail
the population, make close farming
of Innumerable small holdings, vastly
more profitable than the wheat grow
er could ever realize until Umatilla
county, of which over 96 per cent Is
tillable will blossom Into such a re
gion of values and paradise as will
be' found nowhere else In th,o world.
This can be realized through the
medium of electric railroading alone
emanating from the city of Pendle
ton which serving the produce and
market of these favored regions into
us, with our superior advantages for
manufacturing, shipping and general
industrial development to Walla
walla, is bound to start us In giant
strides Into becoming a city of the
first order. Let us have an electric
street railway and also an Interurban
as quickly as they can bo built. Let
Pendleton give, every reasonable as
sistance within Its power to the men
who with their shoulders to the wheel
have now undertaken the task for
in this way alone can Pendleton be
come what fate and nature Intended
we should be a great city.
"Pendleton has the assurances from
the men and capital interested In this
project that It Is entirely Intended to
be a Pendeton projec t, for the special
benefit of this city and its suburban
communities all of which are to be
developed for and served Into her, and
that we have nothing to fear from the
dominance of our larger sister Wal-
,
la Walla but rather she from us. Rep-
resenta Ives of a majority of the cap-
ital going Into the project have al-
ready become permanent residents of
Pendleton nd they are now actively i
nt WOrk selecting a park site to l.e
nPVP,pP(, ln eonjunc.lo,, with the
railway.
..n , , , u .,..1
'The builders of the line are de
slrvous of having local citizens take
some substantial Interest In the prop
osition in the way of subscribing for
an amount of stock In the enterprise,
the same, however, not to be pa'.d for
until the road is built."
NOT A SINGLE LIFE LOST
IN SHIP'S DISASTER
Entire 115 Passengers nnd Crew
Reached Shore in Safety Watch
Ship Hum to Walr Endure. Many
Hardships Stewardess Is Ilcroiuix
Los Angeles. Nov. 22. One hun
dred and fourteen passengers and sea
men from the ill-fated St. Croix, a
dozen of whom are suffering from
painful injuries, and many file worse
for a fearful night of exposure on
wind swept sand dunes' on Mallbu
beach, are safe In this city after a
thrilling escape from a firo that left
tl,0 si,p twisted hulk. That scores
rs,.;llM,,i with their lives is regarded as
almost miraculous by the. refugees
who experienced the hurried dlsem-
baikineiu from the doomed ship and
who from the shore huddled around
fires of driftwood, watched the
flames burn to the water's edge when j
a careful rollcnll accounted for every J
soul aboard the St. Croix.
But once during the destruction of j
the doomed ship was the authority of
Captain Warner questioned, nnd thnt
was when Mrs. Haven, the steward
ess, defied the captain's order to
leave the ship n a boat with (ho oth
er women. She said: "No, I am a
seaman and belong with the rest of
the crew. I'll stay here ' until you
go." She continued her work of sup
plying blankets to the refugees until
the last boat, containing tho officers,
left the boat.
WITH WIFE DIVORCED
LIFE 1 HARREN
San Francisco, Nov. 2'i Despond
ent over the separation from his wife
by a divorce last week, Arthur A.
Glllerest, bead of the Gilierest Auto
mobile company, nnd manager of the
Golden Gate. School ol Automobile
Engineering, attempted to suicide to
day by shooting himself through the
head. His condition is dangerous.
Smam "11 SP" IDE EARLY j
I'ENDLETON, OltEUOX, MONDAY, XOVKMKEK 22,
III T
1
Cigarette Changes Marriage
, Bells Into Tolling of Death
Knell.
ALTO PLUNGES OVER
BRIDGE, KILLING THREE-
Parly Failing to Secure Minister Be
cause, uf "Tlnilli of Parties, Returns
In Machine and Plunge to Death
Chauffeur Attempts to Light Cigar
ette Throe Are Killed nnd Two In
jured in Fatal TTungc.
Cuthbert, Ga., Nov. 22. Three per
sons are Head and two probably fa
tally Injured as a result of an auto
mobile accident here late last night.
The dead:
Curtis Williams, Fort Gaines, Ga.
James Shepard, Edison, Ga.
Horace Shepard, Edison, Ga.
The Injured:
Miss Helene Mattox,'. aged 19, Cole
man, Ga. """
Miss Mary Mattox, aged 16, Cole
man, Ga.
The accident occurred as the party
was returning from Cuthbert to, Cole
man. Were Refused Marrlnge.
With the purpose of being married.
James Shepard and Miss Helene Mat
tox, accompanied by Horace Shep
ard, a brother oC the bridegroom,
and MIbs Mary Mattox, a sister of the
bride to be, obtained an automobile at
Fort Gaines late yesterday afternoon
and were quickly driven to Cuthbert
.v Curtis Williams Upon reaching
point all the ministers refused
arrv the couple because of their
I HIS
to marry
twentieth birthdav.
fter belnir un-
able to secure the services of a min -
isttr the rarty hastily left the town.
Speeding along at a rate of 30 miles
an hour and wh?? attempting to"wht
a cigarette, Williams lost control of
h;s machine, crossing a 30 foot bridge
over the Central railway, and the rar
dashed to the tracks below,
t as Jlne faHl ng upon Shepard
the mWM fal n U,pn 10p rt
" inJ:" '"'a
"'" n
The two Shepards died in a few min-
tes.
M. Helene Mattox suffered Inter-
nal injuries.
Miss Mary Mattox was badly in -
juied.
.nielli in jn- ....
x- , v.... oo TI... c,.hr,n.i..r
. .. ... 1 !.....
nnvl.m-v was eaucht In an ice floe at
Port Clarence bay, and reports say
r .i h,.ra Th crew
reached shore on the Ice,
Seven rooming houses nnd one of
the lending hotels f the city were
raided In the early hours of Sunday
morning by the police and a special
committee of the council who were
engaged in a moral crusade. Tbe're-
sult of the raid was the arrest of
two couples and the stirring up of no
little Indignation.
Those In the -raiding party were
Chief of Police Gurdane, Night Offl-
rers Kearney and Shear, and Council-
men McCornnnaeh.' Knight and Stro-
ble. Mayor Murphy assumes tho re -
sj.'onsihillty for the affair, saying this
! " 111 ' """" mu "l
! the fun ,u ,wj "I'Pointed
uie commmee. ,
The houses visited were, the room-
jing house conducted by Elmer Sea ivy
ion the co.rner of Cottonwood and
Railroad streets, The Columbia, Idle abolishing the district. numerous
flour, St. Klmo and Palace Rooming complaints had come in concerning
House on Main street, the Empire; the lodging houses and it had there
lodging bouse on West Webb street, fere heen decided to make the investi
the State Hotel- nn East Webb and 'gnt'ion of all places of -which co i
the Bowman Hotel. The managers ; plaint had been made. When first
of the latter place, Messrs James and; seen. Mayor Murphy said to sec
Kenneth Cooper Are very indignant , Councilman Knieht. Win n Knight
because their bote) was placed by the
raiding party In the same class with
the rooming houses nnd because their
guests were hauled from their beds
at 4 o'clock in the morning. The
gu. sts tin-itis. .i . s v. . iv J.-.hlo.iiy ;.:i
gry. Indignation is also expressed by
citizens in general who are familiar
with the hotel nnd who know the
churn, h r of the place ns well lis that
nnd who know the
place ns well ns that
of the managers. Not so much as n : cwak-'ned bv V
suspicion character wan found In the j -- t--f of po'ice s-iys I
hotel and everything wns found ns it i mission by him t
should be.
When seen yesterday by Kennei.n
Cooper and two of the enraged guests.
the mayor assumed responsibility for
the raid, so Mr. Cooper says, but de-
tiled that nny complaint hnd been
made to him concerning the place.
When seen this afternoon by a re-
REPENT ACT ON
'Executions of Americans May
Call Down Wrath of United
I
States,
GOVKRNM ENT ORDERS '
WARSHIPS TO NICARAGUA
ITeshlent Taft and Secretary Knox
Hold Conference on Situation !
Cruiser Ruffalo Speeding Southward I
. .... .... . .. ... .. .. ..
and Other Ships Will I ollow Ma-
rhic May be Landed to Protect j
Uves of American Residents i
Knox Authorizes Statement.
,,, . .
Washington. Nov. 22. For two
hours last night President Taft con-
" 'wi oeciemry ivnox on W1B ' to arrive-tonight.
Nicaraguan situation. The secretary j Xi'Ui Build Church
was accompanied by Henry 11. Hoyt. Catholics would erect a stone or con
counsellor for the state department. crete chur'ch here- Father Haycinth
Mr. Knox previously conferred with of Chicago, is here raising money for
Assistant Secretary Huntington Wil- tne purpOSe and $1500 has already
son- j been subscribed.
The secretary carried a formidable j
array of papers to the white house j GIRL'S REFUSAL TO DANCE
and Counsellor Hoyt also carried a j PRECIPITATES FATAL BATTL15
bulging portfolio. i
Orders were sent to the transport j Mobile, Nov. 22. Because Nellie
Buffalo on duty on the Pacific coast, kelson of Barnwell, refused to dance
to sail at once for Panama. The navy
department's instructions to the com-
mander of the Buffalo were clear and
explicit;" and the vessel was expected
to sail last night from Fitchilinque
Hay. California.
" oruermg or me cuuaio soum
I hurry "P "chedule is taken to
mean that this government is making
. . . . . i . i - . - i .
, ready to throw a column of United
! Mat marines into the. Nicaraguan
t turmoil lor ine proiecuon oi aiiiiti -
! " liV(-" and property.
. i i. i . i r n ,' i : . . . . i .. nn,An I
ili.e me uuv iiiui ii.ta nit olbhicu
generally over the canal zone they
t nn be concentrated by means of the
railroad quickly in Panama, wherV;
there are military stores and supplies,
Any expedition against Nicaragua
.
in which the marines ngure would De
! undertaken on the Pacific coast of the
; isthmus. The. Buffalo wouId lanJ tne
! men at the port of Corinto. 40 mile.
in which the marines figure would be
, ..
j from , Managua in,iotcJ thnt
i AU'n' 'l 31 ' " ' ,
the nHpatch to th u ffai o
! atcepted as meaning an .xpeamon
; Is to be launched against the Zelayan
government, but that the vessel is or-
dered south to be in readiness to be
In readiness should occasion suddenly
,
arise
l: The Buffalo carries six guns, is of;
6S8S tons burden, and her engines de- j
velon 3600 horsepower. The vessel i
will be driven at top speed to Pan-
i
porter he snid complaints had come
to the committee and tneretore mat
house was Included in the visiting
list. Neither the Mayor, the commit
tee from the council, nor the chief of
police, will say who is directly re-
sponsible for the visit to the Bowman.
All admit, however, that nothing
wrong was found.
j One couple was arrested in the Co-
lumbia lodging house, while another
' couple was found In the Hotel State,
Jennie and John Doe were the names
given by one couple and they put up
, ball of $J5 each which was forfeited,
The other two were allowed to go on
: ......
appeared in police court
l i aj,......... i.o- ...n nn
noon Mayor Murjl-.y raid in :n-
; vt'gating the condition of the red
l'Kbt district and the advisability of
v as seen he said to see the chief of
police and wheu. the chief wns seen.
he said he was acting under orders.
Cooper Are Wroth.
Kenneth Cooper, who was nt home
::i :!'e ;"-'y t' t'"1. ' 1 ..v.-V 1
lid not know anything of It until tho
next day. is very indignant and says
j the visit was ent'v ly unwarranted,
; .lames Coop. r who 1 5 . in the hotel
j the visit was ent'v 'V
; .lames Coop. r who 1 1 .
V li ty nn 1 the
was riven l . i
o tl-roiigh the
: house
M'
Cooper
lenies thi. how -
-ever, declaring tii.'.t he gave thc:n
permission to look trontrh his ow n
room, and that. only because be
thought thev were looking for sum
one in particular. He says he then
went back to bed without knowing
thnt the entire hotel was being raided.
lib hi mm
1'JOy.
!nm where, nn her arrival, her com
mander has been Instructed to report
Immediately to Washington.
Knox Makes Statement.
Following the conference with the
president at the White House, Secre
tary of State Kriox authorized the fol
lowing statement:
"If certain representations of fact
which have been made to the state
department concerning the Grace and
Cannon cases are verified by inquir
ies that have been made, this govern-
I ment will at once prepare a demand
i on the Nlearaguan government for
CpT'on fr the death of these two
IIERMISTOX LAND
IS SELLING FAST
(Special Correspondence.)
Hermiston, Ore., Nov. 22. Seven
hundred acres of land have been sold
In this vicinity since Saturday noon.
when the first of the nrosneetlve
bomeseekers arrived from the east
and I",dd,e west The Prlces ranSe
from $200 to $450 per acre. One of
the ,argegt ga,e8 WM ma(Je th,s fore
noon when 15 acres in the McNaught
meadows were sold at $450 per acre.
Eighteen buyers are now here and
as most of these are representing
'from two to four others. It Is s-xpect-
! pA ,hat ih, ..i. .m Vw ami
otner prospective settlers are expected
: wlln vvestiy McKenzie, Bert Pierce
j and Mark McKenzie are dead and
Jonn Farley, Walter Pierce, John
Pie. Fred and Walter McKenzie
j are seriously injured. When Nellie
refused dance; Young McKenzie
- ; - "'"upon
I the girl formed her brother and a
j neral fight in which thirty persons
, were involved trna nm, n .ata,i
, were Involved, was precipitated,
. I Iwce s head was crushed by a club
; - w."u5n mc
heart.
j DEATH SAVES AGED
DARK ET fROM POORHOFSE
J
j AlexandYftr. "La., "Nov. 22. Spared
j ,he mortif.catlon of spending the last
, r 1. : 1 : . r ,
. "l "lc "n a pounarm, Aaron
. " i"""""", asiou
' f"""8""- a negro, is 'dead
; In Pineville. The centenarian 4 lived
"" more thnn a quarter of a cen-
' tury on the
esterdav It was de
would be more comfc
e
hands nslsted
manj ham s n. sisud
Glenmora plantation.
decided that he
comfortable on a poor
brought and the
the old darkey
i e eiani-
j bered over the wheel, the horses
started suddenly, throwing him to the
' erounrt
I Brouna.
mis necK was broken and he
Led Ws.tantl.
U till BATTLES
GIRL TELLS STORY
ON WITNESS STAND
Says Amies Promised to Marry- Her
When She Told Hint of Her Condi
tion Refusal to Keep . Promise
Was His Death's Doom.
Auburn, Cnlif. Nov. 22. Alma Bell,
slayer of her lover, Joe Armes. took
, the stand today in a personal battle for
life and freedom. Her d.rect state
ment was lengthy but was confined
to t lie main facts contended for by
the defense, namely, the statement
that Armes had promised to marry
her and had then refused.
The examination brought forth all
the incidents and conditions prior to
the murder of Armes. "I told Joe
my condition the first of May. but ho
said he thought I was mistaken. On
Lie tenth' of May I told him again
r:) I s-i!.I: 'J o, we had better get
married right away.' " testified the
witness.
The court ordered this stricken out.
Then she testiifed: "After that Joe
s:iUl to me 'we'll get married. I will
go to tiie court house right away and
get a license.' This has all happened
because he refused to keep his prom
ise. That was the cause of the trou
blo between us."
j
BOMB WAS INTENDED
I FOR HARON ROTHSCHILD
I
London, Nov. 22. What is believed
to have been nn nttempt to assassU
nate Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild"!
head of the family of bankers, with
a bom'i. oe.urred at Cbil.lersdorf.
1. r:. :..!. .! rdtn to the Dalziel's
n. 1 ' . " in . A nicss.'ngor
was employed to carry a package to
the baron by a stranger. While en-
jrou:. ilo- ;-.e 1; exploded and the
messenger wus Injured. The would
be assassin is bcl'ewd to be a crank.
J. Kauffman, former marshal of
W:lla Walla, but now engaged in
bus-in s in that city, arrived in P. n
dleton this morning on the local train.
NO. 075a
RYAN'S FATE f
JURY'S HINDS
Testimony and Argument in
.Famous Murder Trial is
'Completed.
JTRY HAS SEVERAL
ALTERNATIVES IN VERDICT
Prosecution Introduced New Testi
mony Tills Morning In Rcbutal
Shows by Tests That Gun Could be
Distinguished From Nenner's
Stclwer and Phelps for State, Raley
and Whiter for Defense Make Ar
guments Jury Instructed.
When Mike Ryan goes to sleep to
night It will probably be as a free
man or as a man convicted of the
crime of murder. His fate Is now in .
the hands of the Jury and it is be
lieved the verdict will be returned
within a few hours. If acquitted he
will be turned loose, without delay -and
If convicted the case will be ap
pealed to the supreme court. Thu de- .
gree of murder fixed by the Jury will .
determine whether he will be admitted
to ball.
The state finished the introduction
of rebuttal testimony this morning
and Immediately afer the noon hour
the making of the arguments was be
gun. Deputy District Attorney Stel
wer opened for the state. He was fol
lowed by Col. J. H. Raley for the de
fense and then by Judge Stephen A.
Lowell for the defense. District At
torney Phelps closed the argument
and James Bean gave his instructions
to the Jury. According to these ln
:structIons It will be possible for then
to bring in a verdict of murder in the
first or second degree of manslaugh
ter or of acquittal.
The testimony introduced In re
buttal this morning by the state was to
show that from a point in the lane
near the Neuner house it was possible
to distinguish a gun in the hands of
a man near the Ryan house. Though
I the spot from which the observations
were made was between a quarter and
a half mile west of the Neuner house
It was from one of tire three spots
from which the witnesses for the state
declared it was impossible to distin
guish a gun. Several witnesses were
placed on the stand by District At
torney Phelps and they all swore they
could not only see the gun but that
they could tell which end was forward
and whether it was carried on the
shoulder, across the arm" at arm's
length or by the side. Among these
witnesses were Dan Kirk. Claude
Beal, Ed Hoon, E. C. Simonds. They
made no tests from the spot where
Neuner nnd Schubert sa they saw the
gun.
EMBEZZLER SEEKS TO
WtKfe5l.FTa?a M7v :?T T:-'
Olympla, Nov. 22. Attorneys for
the state appeared In the supremo
court this morning and asked that the
date of the hearing of the application
of former Adjutant General Hamilton
for a writ of habeas corpus be set for
tomorrow instead of December 5, in
order to prevent further delay of the
trial.
While Hamilton's attorneys do not
appear hopeful that they will be suc
cessful in securing a writ of habeas
corpus, it is known that an' appeal
to the United States supreme court
will be taken if the state court re
fuses its application. Hamilton Is
accused of embezzling approximately
thirty thousand dollars of the funds
of the Washington National Guards
which it is alleged was lavished on
Mrs. Florence Moore of Oakland.
E. B. Wood, special detective for
the O. R. & N., spent Saturday night
and Sunday forenoon in Pendleton.
SEEK TO RFSCI E
OTHER ENTOMBED MIXERS
Cherry. I!!.. Nov. 22. Fifty
volunteers are today working In
an effort to tear down the barri
cade behind which it is believed
seventy or more survivors are
Imprisoned.
Therirst newspaperman to
enter the mine was John M.
lieffel. staff correspondent of
the Vnite.l Puss. t S:05 this
morning he donned a miner's
4" gaih and was lowered Into the
shaft. Nearly all of those re-
moved Saturday are in good con-
dition. Despite statements to
the coinr.ry. twen'y-one hnve
j been taken out up to this time.