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PENDLETON, OKEUON, MONDAY, DECEMIJEH 1!)0!.
NO. 67 70
MAKES
ANNUAL REPORT
Secretary of Commerce and
Labor Would Widen Scope
of Bureau ot Corporations.
RECOMMENDS BROADER LAWS
FOR CURBING WHITE SLAVERY
Suggests That Corporation Bureau Iks
Developed In nn Agency With Conn-try-wide
Kooe Federal Authori
ties! Need Drastic Ijs to Fight
Successful White Slave Trafflo
Nearly Million Aliens Enter Country
During- Year.
Washington, Dec. 13. The report
of Secretary Nagel of the department
of commerce and labor, made public
today recommends development of the
bureau of corporations into an agency
to perform for the whole country
what it hHH been doing In specific In
stances. Secretary Kegel's recom
mendations suggest an agency to
which the management and condition
o all Interstate corporations must be
reported. The need of properly safe
guarding business secrets Is recognized
and would be provided for. The sec
retary declares the comparison that
the commercial and financial life of
the nation has become nationalized
and suggests that It Is now In order
to nationalize its corporato life.
Another imporlnnt recommendutlon
mude by Secretary Nabel Is for broad
er laws to stamp out the while slave
traffic. Wlille the present statutes
piohiblt the Importation of women for
immoral purposes,' there Is no law
against ' transporting them from one
state to another. The secretary says
It. must be realized that the white
slave trade Is an organized business,
and that tighter laws are needed to
enaille federal authorities to fight It
successfully.
Secretary Nagel recommends the
further development of the bureau of
corporations. At the end of the fis
cal year the department still has on
hand investigations of the lumber and
steel industries; the International
Harvester company, concentration of
water power ownership, transportation
by water in the United States.
A definite federal system of statu
tory publicity Is urged. This would
compel all Important corporations en
gaged in the interstate commerce to
report at staled Intervals to a federal
aRency, such as the bureau of corpor
ations, the essential facts regarding
their organization, management and
condition.
Any attempt to solve this problem
through state action has been, and
necessarily will be futile, says the re
port. No considerable number of
states ever can agree upon establish
ing or maintaining one system. No
one state alone can make Its system
effective.
Nearly Million Aliens Tnler.
In all during the fiscal year 944.
235 aliens entered the country and 67
,... f them came from Russia
and the countries of southern Europe.
A total of 29 per cent of Illiterates j
is shown by the report, in
brought $17,331,828 Into the country,
an average of $23.50 each. It Is be
lieved that 23 per cent of them were
assisted to reach this country.
in one portion of his report Secre
tary Nagel takes up the "white slave"
traffic.
The department's investigations
show that the traffic in Immoral wo
men Is an established and extensive
business, by no means confined to
trading In imported women. It In
cludes alien women who have entered
the country In a regular way and
American women as well. The pres
ent federal law merely prohibits the
bringing of women Into the country
for lyjmoral purposes.
Prohibits Interstate Truffle.
The secretary recommends that the
law be amended to prohibit as well
the bringing of women for such pur
poses from one state into another
KING LEOPOLD
NEARS HIS END.
Brussels, Dec. 13. King Leo-
pold is dying, accordli.j to the
announcement of one of his
physicians early today. It Is
stated that the ond is approach-
ing rapidly and that tho aged
monarch's death Is but a qucs-
tlon of a few hours. Cardinal
Mercler shortly before noon ad-
ministered to the dying man.
According to news from the
palace, Leopold realizes the
fcnd Is near. Prince Albert of
CTanders. is at the palace and Is
prepared to assume immedlate-
ly the duties of administration
that will fall to him should his
royal father die.
state and that $50,000 be appropriated
to enforce all federal laws against that
traffic. Tho need of amending Chi
nese Immigration laws to fit condi
tions existing Is recommended.
Secretary Nagel lays down the prin
ciple that tho government is entitled
to a "day's work for a dny's puy."
because of the low salaries estab
lished In 8Ymc of tho grades it was
found Impossible In his office, Mr. Na
get says, to get capable civilians. He
advocates the abolition of all clerical
positions paying less than $900 a year
and that places paying from $900 to
$1800 be created in their stead.
Growing Sponges In Florida.
Off the coast of Florida a series of
experiments have proved that we can
produce ouT own sponges. Somewhere
between Hatterus and Labrador there
Is an expert for the government beat
ing his way up the coast on a "wind-
Jammer," looking for that elusive fish
the mackeral. When he learns Ills
tricks, the government will tell the
fishermen.
At Afognak, Alaska, a new salmon
station has liberated more than 3,000,-
000 young red salmon to the rivers,
and during tho year the government
deposited In various waters or tne
United States more than 3,000,000,000
fish.
The effectiveness of the Immigration
liabilities agreed upon between the
government and Japan is demonstrat
ed In the reports which show that of
2664 Japanese who applied for admis
sion to tho country, 2432 had the prop.
er passports from their home govern
ment and only 212 were debarred.
The magnitude of the foreign com
merce is amazing. The total value of
imports was more than $1,300,000,000.
The value of exports was more than
$1,600,000,000.
No News of Khrnaped Girl.
Louisville, Ky., Dec.' 13. The sixth
day since Alma Kcllner was spirited
away by 'kidnapers brought no clew
to her swhereabouts. The child'
mother Is In a critical stage of col
lapse. The father Is alslio showing
the terrible strain.
JANUARY TERM OF
T
I
.MANY CASES OF INTEREST
APPEAR ON DOCKET
Darveau und Drown Will lle'Trhil j
Freight Deimt Thefts Come Up :
Two Dig Damage Suits on Docket
Morse Horsestealing Cm so Will He
Retried.
According to the docket as arrang
ed this morning, the January term
of the circuit court for Umatilla
county is to be a very important one.
There are no murder cases on the
docket yet but there are several oth
ers of much interest and import
ance. Tho trial of the cases against
George Darveau and W. A. Brown,
proprietor of the Hotel. St. George
and Pendleton, respectively, have been
set for January 4, while the cases of
State of Oregon versus Frank J. Ely
and William Edwards have both been
set for July 11.
Freight Deit Thefts.
It will bo remembered that both
Darveau and Drown were Indicted
some time ago by the grand Jury on
tho charge of illegal liquor selling.
When arraigned they entered pleas of
not guilty and their cases are Just
now being brought to trial. The Ely
and Edwards cases are the famous
O. R. & N freight depot theft cases
in which Charles Dickens confessed
and Implicated Edwards and Ely.
Tito Rig Damage Suits.
In addition to these there are two
big damage suits to be tried. The
first on tho docket Is that of Joseph
Dowlln against-the O. R. & N. com
pany. Ho is BUlng for $15,000 dam
ages as the result of injuries received
at Gibbon while working as a brake
man for tho company. The other is
that of John Bergevin against J. R.
Sponogle In which a father is suing
for $15,000 damages for the alleged
degregatlon of his daughter. A date
has not been Bet for either of these.
Second Morse Trial.
Still another important caso Is the
second trial on the chargo of horse
stealing against Clarence Morse,
Harry Morse, John Pambrun and Roy
Ellsworth. It will be remembered
that these four men wero tried last
fall for tho larceny of four horses
ond that the Jury was unablo to agree
upon any kind of a verdict with re
ppect to elthor of tho four defend
ants. Morrow County Case.
Not tho least Interesting case on
the docket is that of tho State of Ore
gon versus L. G. Earnhart. This case
waa transferred from Morrow county,
Earhart being tho ex-convlct who
shot up the town of lone, last spring,
caused a reign of torror for several
hours and was directly responsible
for the serious wounding of an inno
cent bystander.
Several civil cases are also on the
docket and there are a few men In
the county Jail awaiting the action
of the grand Jury. Some of these are
sure .to be Indicted and tried at this
term of court.
JOHN VEItT PLEAD GUILTY AND WAS
FIXED 83000 I5V JUDGE WOLVERTON
In tho United States court in Portland John Vert of this city en
tered a plea of guilty to the charge of , conspiracy and was fined the
sum of $5000 by Judge Wolverton, . Verli arrived in Pendleton from
the east Saturday night and left yesterday for Portland. Among lo
cal people the feeling prevailed that ho intended fighting his case.
Deputy United States Marshal Nicholson was here today summoning
T.n iiiirwHt'H iu l oi iiiiiin ior ine irim
of this month. Upon being informed
guilty he cancelled the subponeas.
.witnesses to l'ortl
4t
Maryland Senator Makes Stir
ring Speech Demanding
Revenge.
DENOUNCES DICTATOR
AS MONSTER OF VICE
Says Nicaraguan People Are Not Rc
sKiisille for Death of Cannon and
Groce Zelaya Alone Must Bo Pun
ished -Crime Ha Born Committed
Against Rights of American Cltl
nslii Zelaya's Private Vices
More I nra moils Than Public Ini
quities. Washington, Dec. 13. Senator
Raynor of Maryland, today made a
notable speech In support of his res
olution authorizing President Taft "to
take necessary steps to apprehend
President Zelaya of Nicaragua and
to bring him to Justice for the mur
der of Cannon and Groce. the Am
ericans executed at his order. "A
great crime has been committed
against the rights of American citi
zenship," declared the senator "and
it cannot bo allowed to slumber. The
guilt does not rest upon the Nicara
gpan people, therefore to punish them
would not subserve the purpose of my
resolution.
"The- resolution Is directed at the
dictator of Nicaraguan individually.
I want It entirely separate from any
steps we may make in reference to
Interference with Nicaragua."
Cannon and Groce were merely
prisoners of war. He said he had
watched the Nicaragua!! situation for
yenrs, and was familiar with the "Im.
posters, usurpers and motely loaders"
that have sprung from the chaotic
conditions there "and Zelaya is prob
ahly the most despicable figure that
has ever arisen there," he said. "In
the school of corruption, dishonesty,
perfidity and crime, Zelaya stands
without a peer. 1 have been reliably
informed that the vices of his pri
vate life are more infamous In their
indescribable details than the Iniqui
ties of his public career."
SWITCHMEN'S HEAD DELIVERS
ULTIMATUM IX) RAILROADS
Minneapolis. Aug. 13. President
Hawley of tho Switchmen's union to
day delivered an aultimatum to the
railroads in the shape of a public
announcement that unless the strik
ing members of his organization went
back to work before Christmas every
switchman west of Buffalo would
strike before January 1.
Another prominent Umatilla coun
ty resident is to be made a defend
ant In a land fraud suit brought by
the government. Douglass Belts,
one of the wealthiest residents In the
Pilot Rock section of country. Is. the
man, hut If he loses out In the suit he
will not be subject to a fine or a jail
sentence, but will be In danger of
losing land valued at $10,000.
The suit was filed In the federal
court at Portland, Saturday, by Uni
ted States Attorney John McCourt,
who alleges that the land was fraud
ulently acquired from the government.
Tho suit seeks to recover the lands
or their equivalent in cash.
The case Is an outcome of the
prosecution of what is known as the
Umatilla conspiracy, which was clos
ed In the court a few days ago when
Judge Wolverton imposed fines aggre
gating $45,500.
The defendants in 'the Umatilla
case wero required to face criminal
prosecutions. Belt will, escape such
a prosecution for the reason that it Is
conceded that the statute of limita
tions expired some months ago.
Bonns Offered to "Settlers."
It is recited in the complaint that
between July, 1900, and August, 1902,
Douglass Belts solicited P. T. Belts,
RAYNDR WANTS
ZELAYA'S READ
ANOTHER UMATILLA RESIDENT !
INVOLVED IN LAND FRAUDS
wuuwi wan di-i ioi ijn iim-i'iiui
this afternoon of Vert's plea of
ZELAYA ADOPTS
Nicaraguan Tyrant Puts 500
Persons in Chains and Tor
tures Them.
MAKES DEMONSTRATION
AGAINST AMERICANS
Makes Prisoners of Politically Promi
nent People, and .Subjects Them to
Tortures Places Five Hundred
Troop In Intrenchnieiits to Prevent
American Marines From Passing
Over Bridge Into Corinto Estra
da's Itrother s Made a IHsoner.
da s Itrother is Madi
Bfoefields, Nicaragu
icaragua. Dec. 13. It
Is learned from an authoritative source
that a reign of terror is being main
tained In Managua, and that not less
than 500 persons identified with poli
tics iaie in chains in the prisons.
AiCatholic society has been ordered
to cfase sending food to the prisoners
and! these may starve to death, as
they are allowed only two cents a day
for food. Corporal punishment is
met.d out daily to various alleged of
fenders. Zelaya, to create an impression that
the sentiment of the people of Man
agua is hostile towards America and
Americans, recently ordered Amelio
Estrada, a prominent liberal and
brother of the revolutionist chief, to
organize a demonstration against the
United States, but this he refused to
do. and Zelaya had him arrested on a
fiititious charge.'
It is understood that Dr. Julian Ir
ias. minister general, who has many
adherents at Leon and Chinandega,
has been making attempts to start
an uprising in his favor as Zelaya's
successor, but whether with Zelaya's
consent is not known. It is reported
also that Iris' home has been sur
n untied by soldiers.
Would Stop Americans.
Further authorative dispatches
state that five hundred of Zelaya's
forces have been entrenched to pre
vent American marines from passing
over the bridge into Corinto.
Since last Thursday when General
"Estrada became certain that General
Vasquez, in command of a portion of
Zelaya's troops, was attempting to
make a retour of Rama to seize an
unguarded river point and descend
upon Bduefleld's forces of the pro
visional government have been acting
with great energy. Bama has been
occupied and other less important
river landings have been strongly
guarded. All available boats have
been held In reserve to rush rein-
Martha M. Belts. Lloyd O. Sheek,
Frederick T. Forbes and Howard W.
Harvey to make entries at the La
Grande land office under both the
homestead act and a special act of
June 3. 1878, relating to lands in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho. It Is
alleged that the defendant agreed to
defray all the expenses of the entry
and patenting the lands, and to give
each of the persons named a bonus
of $100 for the use of their names
and time.
In pntentlng the lands It Is stated
by the government that each entry
man made oath that he had complied
with the law, when the facts are that
none of them ever established a home
or in any manner improved the tracts
as required by the law.
Violation Only Technical?
It is considered that Belts is prob
ably in the same position as those
citizens of Umatilla county who
pleaded guilty to offenses of an ex
actly similar nature last week, when
Judge Wolverton stated front the
bench that he considered the of
fenses more technical than willful.
The only difference is that Belts act
ually acquired title, while his neigh
bors were stopped by Investigations
of the special agents before that
stage was reached.
MOOES
forcements to any point that may be
threatened.
General Chamorro and 250 men ar
rived today to assist in guarding the
entire 60 miles of the Kscondido river
from Rama to Blueficds. General
Chamorro left 300 men guarding the
land pannage, between Bluefields and
Greytown.
TROOPS WERE FIRED UPON
New Orleans, Dec. 13 A wireless
message from Colon this afternoon,
states that the American marines
tried to land at Bluefields today but
were fired upon. The report did not
say what soldiers attacked the ma
rines but it Is believed here, from this
report that Zelaya has captured Blue
fields. The -city heretofore was held
by the Estrada forces, who are friend
ly to America. The last definite re
ports from that region Indicated the
Zelayan army near Bluefields with
orders to capture and sack the town.
News during Sunday showed that Es
trada was using every means to inter
cept such a movement. It is reported
that the Zelayan forces greatly out
numbered the Estrada men in that
vicinity.
C HARGES MEXICO WOULD
UNITE FIVE REPUBLICS
New Orleans, Dec. i3. Declaring
that Mexico had concerned herself In
a plan for the confederation of the
five central .American republics. Pro
visional President Estrada of Nica
ragua, in a lengthy cablegram today
urged his United States sympathizers
to align themselves against the Diaz
government to prevent a consumma
tion of his project.
The mission of Senor Creel, former
ambassador to the United States from
Mexico who is at Washington, Is the
furtherance of this plan, according to
charges brought by Estrada In his
' cable.
TO ENFORCE SCREENS
ALL DITCH OWNERS -
SERVED WITH NOTICE
MoA Ulster Will Put An End to Ruth
less Waste of Fish Ditehowners
W ill Be Prosecuted on Failure to
Observe Law.
A day of reckoning is about to
dawn for Umatilla county mill race
and ditch owners who have disre
garded and defied the law. requiring
the screening of ditches. Master Fish
Warden A. C. McAllister has sent no
tices to Deputy O. F. Turner with in
structions that they be personally
served on the Byers Milling company,
Frank Walters, the engineer in charge
of the reclamation project at Hermis
ton and the Irrigon Ditch company.
These notices will be served at once
and the instructions of the master fish
warden were to start prosecutions
without delay in case there is furth
er defiance of the law.
Those named above were particu
larly mentioned for the reason that
fliey are believed to be the principal
offenders, but notices will be served
on every ditch owner In the county,
great or small, within the next few
days and they will all be given until
January 1 to comply with the re
quirements of the law and Distrist
Attorney Phelps declared this morn
ing that the grand jury which meets
on January 3, will bo called upon to
Investigate those who disregard the
notices. It Is expected that indict
ments wiil then be returned and In
that case prosecutions will be started
Immediately thereafter.
Tlie cases against the worst offend
ers will probably be taken up first
and then the officers will go right on
down the line until every ditch is
screened or every offender punished.
REVOLUTIONISTS HAVE
THEIR HOPES REVIVED
Bluefields, Dec. 13. The arrival
from Graytown of 300 revolutionary
troops under General Chamorro, who
has abandoned temporarily his siege
; at that point has given place to more
' settled conditions. Zelaya's army
' still lies outside the city, but the dic-
' tator made no general advance, j
' Charntnorro's presence here may en
able the defenders to withstand a '
' siege until reinforcements arrive j
' from the vicinity of Rama, where the
! strength of Estrada's army is mass
ed. STRIKEBREAKERS FILL
VACANCIES OF SWITCHMEN
Spokane, Dec. 13. The Northern
Pacific yards are rapidly filling with
non-union men to take the place of
the strikers and It s believed It will
be possible to run nearly all trains
within a week without a settlement of
the troubles. The Groat Northern here
has many men on the waiting list,
whom they cannot put to work. Of
ficials declare they wont put the
strikers to work If they should wish
to return.
L. S. Irvine of Hermlston, retnrn
ed home this morning after transact
ing business in Pendleton.
DEATH T E
WT
Torn Throat of Dead Man
and Bloody Muzzle of Dog
Tells Story of Tragady,
SHUT IN A ROOM
MAX FIGHTS FOR LIFE
New York Man Meets Horrible Deatb
from Teeth of Vicious Bulldog
Animal Belonged to His Sister and
Had Intense Hatred of JIan Body
Found In Pool of Blood and Room
Indicated Terrible Struggle. '
New York, Dec. 13. The horrible
story of a battle to death between a
man and a huge bulldog In which the
man was killed and left lying in a
pool of his own blood, was told today
at the coroner's inquest into the
death of Carl Llmpert. The dog that
figured In the unique tragedy was tha
property of Limbert's sister and had
developed an Intense hatred for Llm
pert and had on several occasions at
tacked him savagely. 1
Despite Limpert's advice, his sis--ter
refused to part with her pet, and
early yesterday when Llmpert en
tered her flat he found the dog in
sole possession. Fiercely the bmte
flung himself upon the man and for
nearly half an hour they fought and
rolled about on the floor in a deadly
struggle." Llmpert seemed unable to
gain the door. Later in the day his
dead body was found lying on the
floor, beside an overturned table. His
throat was torn Into shreds and his -shoulders
lay in a fast drying pool'
of blood. . The dog. his muzzle
stained a darkening red and his head
and body bleeding from gashes re
ceived when he was hurled against
the furniture by his. human antagon
ist, lay cowering in a corner.
DECLARES WIFE MURDERED
HIM BY INCONSTANCY
Spokane. Dec. 13. Declaring his
wife his murderer because of her In
constancy and by wrecking his life
with her frivolities in a letter written
in a bank book sometime last night
and which was left In his overcoat
pocket, Charles J. Paine a prominent
hardware man shot himself through
the head in his bed this morning
while his wife was preparing her toilet
in an adjoining room. When she
heard the shot she rushed in to find
her husband shot through the head
and dying, still holding the smoking
revolver. She was taken In hysterics
to the station. Police fear she will
take her life also if she is released.
BUTTE SWITCHMEN REFUSE
TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENT
Butte, Dec. 13. The tie-up re
sulting from the switchmen's strike
on all roads penetrating the Pacific
northwest is unchanged today. At a
meeting last night the strikers failed
to agree upon the terms of the pro
position advnnced that provided for
their return to their posts until an
amicable settlement of differences
with their employers could be reach
ed- The attitude of the other bodies
of the organization here and In the
state exerted an influence which had
much to do with their failure to ac
cede in advocating a temporary re
tur nto work.
Record Rim by Sawmill.
Springfield, Ore. The Booth-Kelly
sawmill has made the biggest cut of
lumber in the history of the mill, cut
ting 172.000 feet of lumber In ' ene
day's shift of 10 hours in a mill, the
rapacity of which Is only rated at
125,000. The record before stood at
about 160,000 feet.
William Swltzler of Umatilla, re
turned home this morning, after
spending Sunday with friends In this
city.
TAFT RECOMMENDS
LURTON FOR JUSTICE
"
Washington. Dec. 13. The
nomination of Judge Horace
H. Lurton of Nashville, Tenn.,
to succeed the late Rufus W.
Peckham for Justice of the
United States supreme court
was sent to the senate today
by President Taft- Judge
Lurton w-as formerly chief Jus-
tlce of the supremo court of
Tennessee and at the time of
his recommendation by the
president was Judge of the
United States circuit court In
the sixth Jurisdiction to which
he was appointed in 1893. He
Is 65 years old and for many
years has been the president's
warm personal friend.