East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, December 21, 1909, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text3ri EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION Calling cards, wed- ' ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to order at the East Oregonlan- CITY OFFICIAL PAVER. VOL. 22. PENDLETON, OHEGON, TUESDAY", DEC EMI J EI J 21, U)09. NO. 0777 m. COUNTY OFFICIAL FAPEU. S a ' h ... i .1,1. ... i in i m 7- 1 ; 1 "-, 1 '. 1 1 - . I. 1 1 - 1 ... - , J T STATE COMMERCE COH 0 MAKES POH WANTS MORE CONIROL Points Out Urgent Need of Physical Valuation of Interstate Railways. Sonte MoaiiH Must lie Furnished to Uphold Killing" of Commission Abo Necessary Tlial Railroads be Prevented from Changing Regula tions Pending Investigation Rail roads still Dlscrlmlnato Over $300, OoO Collected In Fines. Washington, Dec. 21. In enumerat ing certain amendments to existing law which It dyem desirable, the in terstate commerce commission In Its annuul report made public today plac es foremost the urgent need of a physical Valuation of the interstate railways of the country. In this con nection the report says that If rates established by the commission are to be successfully defended when at tacked by the carriers, some means must be furnished by which, within reasonable limit a value can be es tablished which shall be binding up on the courts and the commission. The report also urges that some meth od be provided by which railroads can be prevented from advancing their rates or chunglng their regu lations and practices to the disad vantage of the shipper pending an Investigation Into the reasonableness ot the proposed rhitnKes. The need of control over railway capitalization Is again urged upon the attention of congress as a subject con stantly Increasing in Importance. Referring to the adoption by the national association of railway com missioners of a uniform code of car demurrage rules, the report says that It Is estimated that-the general en forcement of these rules will he equiv alent to the addition of 100,000 cms to the countrs';; available enr supply nn.l that, Incidentally, many unlawful advantage which powerful shippers have bom able to secure through leased enr service rules will he reme died. Over SitOO.dOO in Fines. The sum of $.104.2.1.1 has hem col lected iltirl.is the year In fines for criminal violation nf the law hy car riers and shippers. These fines fol lowed Indictments against curriers for rebating In various forms from pun llshed rates and for transporting" prop erty without having traffics on file, and indictments iiorainst shippers for regular relinks and for mis-billing shipments of property and so secur ing lower rntes. The only Indictment against any prominent railroad offici al during tlio year are two against the president of the Luilsvillo. Hen derson and St. Louis railway, charg ing him with giving rebates when lie was general freight and passenger agent of ids road. It is believed thnt violations of the law are decreasing In number, hut there seems to be no decrease In the more Insidious forms of rebating resulting from arrange ments, legal In every respect except In the result produced, i Carriers Lease to Shippers. ". number of complaints are In hand." the report says. "coniVrnlng the h asing of property hy carriers to shipper for n 'nominal rental, with n further agreement that nil shipments .made hv the lessees shall he routed over the lines r the lessors. The ownership of shipping corporations by enrrjlnir corporal Ions, bavin? been held hy the supreme court not to he In violation of the commodities clause, still continues and gives rie to many discriminations. Tt becomes Increas ingly i vh' nt that complete freedom from discrimination can be secured only by a rvomplete si partition of the Imuiposs of transportation from all oilier business. I ntVH Circumvented. "The evil most, difficult to detect and prove today are rhoso arls ng frm the Identification of owner-' sh'p of carriers and shippers and those arising from the pretense that services performed by shippers for tin mselves are n reality services for the carriers to be paid for by tho latter. The so-called elevation al lowance, on grain Is a fair example of the arrangements by which serv ices performed by shippers for them , solves are pretended to be services for the carriers and paid for as sueh. The elevation allowances are simply to make a rate upon shipments of grnln unloaded Into elevators lower than is open to shipments unloaded In any other way." Recommendation Is mode for ad ditional legislation to require the railroads to supply such safety ap pliances as steps, ladders, roof hand- T fiFXEHAL STRIKE WILL BE DECLARED. Minneapolis, Dec. 21. More than 2000 fre ght handlers and railway clerks employed on the railroads of the northwest are to strike in sympathy with the members of the switchmen's union, according to a statement today by H. B. Perham, chair- man of the railway department of thevAmerican Labor Feder- ation. The proposed strike,' It is reported, will extend over the entire territory affected by the switchmen's strike. holds, running boards and hand brakes and to see that they are maintained in the best possible con dition. (Special Report Later. The commission announces that it will shortly publish a special report of a complete analysts of 2600 com panies which, under one form or an other, are engaged In moving freight, showing answers to eighty-four spe cific questions. These questions cov er 'nformatlon relative to corporate, physical andoperatihg conditions. In dustrial and traffic operations, rela tions with carriers and accounting conditions. The total mileage owned, including all tracks, for th year 1908 was 333 645 miles There were 67,699 locomotives, and of cars ,all classes, 2,244.357. -The number of employes was 1,458,244. The number of pas sengers carried during the year end ing June 30, 1909, was 890.909,571 and the number of tons of freight was 1.532,981.790. Tlie average cost of running a train one mile was $1.17. The average re ceipts for passenger service per train mile whs 11.27 and the freight $2.65. MAQRIZ IS ELECTED TO SUCCEED ZELAYA COX t; BESS PICKS HIM As HEAD Or XICAIt A(U ViM-iferoiiH Cheeirins: (reels An An nouncement Estrada Opposes Se lection and lYcpnros to Coiitlnpc Itcvnltitlon. Managua. Nicaragua, Dec. 21 lr. .lose Mailriz, former 1udgo of the Ci nfnil American court of justice at Cartapno. and Zelaya's candidate, was yesterday elected president of Nicara gua by the unanimous vot" of con gress The session was stormy but perfect unanlm ty seemed to exist, with regard to the election of Mad rid and when official announcement was made tin re were voc ferous eherrlng and cries of "Viva Madriz." "Viva Leon," "Down with monopo lies." "Down with tyranny." "Long live tho constitution." Nomination Causes Ilnihiislasiu. The adoption of this report was rol'rev.l hv the eleet'on of the new president, the 'nomination of Dr. Madriz being greeted with much en thusiasm The strength of his fol lowing In the house was attested by the fart that on the call f"r n stand ing vote every member rose In the off rmntivo, The election of Dr. M.idrz as ch'ef executive has been expected, for Influential delegates strong in his favor have been pour Imr Into Managua from Leon, the riioiuvhold ef the liberals. Chinan d nga and Cranadn ami they came w'th the iivnweil purpose nf carrying the candidacy of the rman to vic tory. Zelay.i still exercises a strong pow er here and. wh.le it has been brought to lvnnotice that M idriz is not look ed upon with favor by the govern ment of the United States, he still urges. Madriz to the front as bis suc cessor in office. Senator Jones after reading th - let ter In tho senate declared he h id no wish to whitewash Halllngcr. lie said if the charges were tino Kalliiutrr Is unfit to hold office The people of the slate of Washington demand an investigation whether the charges are true or not. After the matter had been talked over by th - cabinet it was detenu n ed that the administration 'will pro ceo.V.to press an investigation at the request of r.allinper. 21 Purrees Itclow ii Nebraska . Norfolk, Neb., Dee. 21. Tho cold est weather of the winter was ex per'eneed here this morning when the government thermometer reg'stered 21 degrees below sero. C. R. Cameron of Echo, Is transact ing bus ness. In Pendleton today. ITS" II IN IB WRECK WALLA WALLA WAS MIRACLE Result of Yesterday's Election Declares for Continuance of Saloons. OM.V OM; PltLClXCT IX CITY OOES "BUY' Great Excitement in Garden City Over MoiiiciituoiiH (Question Two Factions Work Hurd at Boll- Sub- ! hlaiillal Majority Accorded to BusI- ' news Men's Committee Xo Dlsor- dor Mark Voting Xo Special Of- j fleers Nivcssary. i Walla Wallu, Dec. 21. Hy a sweep- ing majority or 622, the voters of Walla Walla yesterday ruled that a , restricted city was more to be desired , than a prohibition community, and the j "dry" agitators were put in the "down and out" class by the veritable ava lanche of "wet" ballots that came ; sweeping down upon them shortly after the polls were closed at 7 o'clock last night. All day yesterday the two j factions -worked like demons to get ; every qualified elector to the polls, j and when the final count was made it was found that 2649 voters evpressed I their preference. The total registra- ! tion for the special election was 3235, ' and the large vote was surprising to j many, even U those who were In close I touch with the situation. i liut one precinct out of the eight was carried by the "dries." and that hHd been conceded by the "wets," j with u larger majority than was re- I lorded. Clarke precinct, with a ifia- 1 jority of 67, was captured by the J "dry" people, the vote having been 1S1 in favor of license and 212 op posed. Wh'inmn pief-inct, which had been conceded to the "dr" faction, v.mii "' t" by a vole of 273 to 257, ai d tile other six roiled up substan-. titil majorities. , Xo Disorder at polN. 1 Although Inti rest In the election was Intensce throughout the day, as it had been for the past two weeks, lit tle or no disorder marked the event, and the police were not called upon . i iieil any disturbances. Every member of the two factions was in the fight to win the victory, but even though invited arguments were in or- ' der all day yesterday, the debaters kept their heals and the election : passed o.r much more calmly than had been expected. Chief Davis re- ' fused to swcnr special officers Int. service for the oi ensinn, saying the city was deeply enough in debt and '. that those who were indiscreet ! (nought to indulge in pugilistic en- : i entiti rs morht take tho cmseouonces. ) His position was well taken, for later , developments proved that, although 1 Walla W::'l'i voters rr vitally Inter- ' i red, they dt 1 not propose to dis- ' eiaee the city by unseemly conduct at ! the polls. j The results follow: I'lccinet. For. Against. 'Total. I Clarke IS :MS 430 Lewis 231 154 3SB ! Stevens . . . . I!21 103 42ii jsimms 1 S 2 64 21(1 ! Whitman 273 257 r.34 Steptoe 77 35 133 I Fremont 294 SI 375 jMullan 102 4 7 14 3 i Totals . . . lfilU 1009 2i)49 Total I Reg. ' 512 47A I r.37 fin-, I it; s I 37!1 I 200 ! I ' S VCIlll'ICE OF SKIX DOES XOT SAM MAX Walla Walla. Dec. 21. Reed Crews, who was terribly burned here October 23 by fulling on the wires if the Xorihw estcrn corporation sub station, il'.e,! this morning of lis wounds. tie made a great fight. Physicians grafted "li !10o inche.j of skin donated by 350 persons. it IBIS? Uncle Sam is playing the role of Santa t 'In us to the Indians on the ''to-'.t'l'a Indian reservation this week and between $uTi.(ino aud $30. iie ill vi ill tuoii: y i.-: Vol'!,.' distributed among the Indian owners of land. While the payment at this time Is not large It v iil be very acceptable to both the lndiam and the merchants with whom the Indians have been do ing business. Approximately $7,000 was paid out yesterday and It Is expected thnt $10. 000 will be distributed today The books will be kept open during the remaining four days of the week. As the art of saving Is not one of the m m u i s its Details of Runaway Train 5how it to be One cf Most Lucky in History, SI-EX M EX ABOARD AND NO LIVES IAKST ITovldeiico .Scorned to Be With Men and Animals for of Cars Smaslied Xot One III Which They Were Rid ing Was Included Two Save Lives by lA-oping from Train---Men Who Roiiinjiicd With Train Entirely Unaware of Runaway. As the details of yesterday's re markable, freight train wreck on the mountain come' in, it becomes more and more evident that the wreck was ono of the most freakish and lucky In the history of transportation In the went. With seven men scattered at different points on the train, with six cars of livestock and with nearly every other car in the train smashed to kindling wood and the only life lost, that of a cow. railroadmen will never cea.se wondering at the marvel'. four of the seven men In the wreck were In a construct'on car near tlie middle of the train. They did not know they were In a wreck until their car struck he bank and rolled over on Its side without doing any more damage than to be set on fire by an oil can which rolled across the floor and struck the car. The car just behind them wns smashed to kindling wood. Leap Saves Life. The latter was a paint car and when the train started from Kame- la It was occupied by the company's painter. Seeing that the train was ru'ii i'jjjiway without an engine he mad.' a flying leap before the runa way had proceeded m re than half a mile. He escaped with noth'ng more serious tiian a few bruises, though' he rolled for a considerable distance through the snow. Had he stayed with the car, instant death would have been his portion. One other man missed the wild ride, that man being the owner of some of the stock which made up a p-irt of the train's load. Surprised at tlie ease and rap dlty with which the train started off he became suspicious end yelled at a surprised looking flreek who stood beside the track and a ked .1" thf re w as an engine fasten ed to the-tra il. As the Creek shook his head In a puzzled sort of way li lost no tini in leaping. Fortunately, he,, too, landed in a snowbank and escaped without injuiy. Cut'se Engineer for Rccklcssnes. Ton other stockmen wire in the caboose and they stayed with the Ir.t n throughout the wild ride and like the four other men, they did not In "w they were .n a runaway, but. like the others, were cursing the en gineer for being so reckless. The seventh man Is said to have been a tramp who was well up near the front of the train Cars on all sides of his went into the canyon or were smashed to pieces. How ho es caped unscathed is one of the mir acles which will always remain tin . x;eHIi-,ed. I'u-ciimT'j. Narrow lir-cjioe. The wild dash down the mountain stsrteil from the summit, as was stated yesterday. Passenger train No. 10 met the .fre ght at that point and by ill it narrow margin, it missed destruction. Had they been sched ule! to meet at Meaeham the worst wreck ami greatest lo.. of 1 t'e in I ho history of the road would undoubted ly have occurred. Just ai'Ur tho passenger passed, the engine was detached to coal and the em re cic.v of the train was either v '' "i' ' """ t'o oi tip- bunkers or in vd'i ics of t'i, red niant'io most of M in" losing 'little time in getting to town. ! :- to ho said in their fa v r, huw.yi r. that first net of tho iil) aler number of tho Indians Is to I- i off deo;- with h tin y ).i a ve eon tr.li ted since the last pay day and the coffers of local merchants are helng sw idled. The money now being paid Is tne rent money ' which was due, Oct. 1. and this is one of the regular semi annual payments. The other (ftite on which lease, money Is due Is April first. The spring payments are al ways much .heavier than those made in tiie fa'd. Cotit'nued on Page Ten.) is ins ! ISIT WfPf TSj i i DR. FREDERICK S. COOK DID HOT DISCOVER NORTH POLE FRISCO MM K lift UNDER WHEELS San Jose, Cal., Dec. 21. Dr. Ed ward H. Gleason and Dr. T. M. Bot- Ison of the Gleason-Cournen drug store of San Francisco, today posi tively identified the body of former Patrolman Walter R. Jarrell, as the drugstore bandit, the murderer who successfully defied the police and conducted a sensational '" career of cr me in San Francisco during the last few weeks. Both Gleason and Bettlson saw the bandit on the oc casion of his two visits to their store, Gleason having been the first per son known to have been held up and robbed by the man. Carroll was killed by a train here last Friday. Carroll committed su'clde here last Friday night by hurling himself be neath the wheels of a Southern Pa cific train. He frist came into prom inent public notice In September when hlg wife shot herBelf after a domestic quarrel. The coroner's Jury return ed a verdict of suicide . Shortly af terward Carroll resigned from t".e po lice force In which he had served as ft mounted patrolman and dropped out of sight. ikci.ai:es socialist a male sifi'hagist London. Marie Corelll has issued a manifesto to the electors of the United Kingrom In view of the com ing election. She denounced social Ism, saying the very life of the land is In the balance and the empire is stand ng like a victim on the rock of suspense waiting to be hurled down into the water of socialism or rescued and led back -to th -security of homo with peace and honor. A socialist Miss Corelll describes as a "kind of male suffragette, seeking to upset the laws of nature in order that he may assort h'mself as supe rior to nature." CONGRESS 10 PROBE BALUNGER AFFAIRS PECIMOX WAS REACHED IX TODAY'S SESSION Senator Flint P-rins Matter to Crisis by Resolution Which Was Adopted Tiift Must Turn Over All IIc lits Itnllingcc Courts Invcs-tia. tloii. Washington, Dec. 21. It was fi nally determined today that there shall he a congressional Investiga tion 'of the so-ca'.led Ballinger-Pin-rliot controversy. Senator Flint to day introduced a resolution which was adopted, which calls upon Pres ident Taft to turn over to congress all reports and statements purport ng to contain charges made by L. R Olavis, former ch'ef of the field di vision of tho land office against Sec ilary of the Interior it. A. Ilallin ger. - After the resolution was adopted. Senator Jones of Washing ton, read before the senate a letter tVon. TnHtn-ov .1 e jl 1 n d Tl " 'O rOtlT- est terms a thorough nvestigat on of Ids department, and of the forest ser vice. Senator .Tones also declared he would offer ' a resolution call'ng for an Investigation immediately after the holidays. INtiiida Asain Murchc. l'dtiefields. Nicaragua. Poo. 21. H tort fio.o U 1:11.1 to.i.iy say th;'.' Estrada's army Is advawolrig acain-t "i ' '' V:- ':: .i'e-I .u:- !- o: . K.n.i.i . ml th. ' a br.ttle N .m --.t.! immedi ately. T'os :s 'ho i";r-o dooi--ice n-.-ivi on the pru t of ihc v. volution:.-!- i'pst til- i ;e, t. oi ef V:i.iri:'. as sue . rs.-or to I'f-sol ; '.' '. lav .1. ' - FlMtTVl'X LI VI S VFUE LOST IX 1 .OX DON" I'lill T. endoii. Pit. 21. --,1'. w as d finitt ! slated tod 'V tie" i i.-'ntooi'. ; orsoe. lost their lives la a fire which destroy ed 'lie great Ard:n:; Hohbs store a Clapbani suburbs at noon yesterday. Kiirht bo, lies have !"on t'-covorc i and ten oilier persons are missini; and it is belie evdt'iey are burled in tho store ruins. Yokel Defeats O'Conuell. Salt Ijike. I'tah. Dec. 21. Mike Yokel of Salt Like took two straig'i falls In his wrestling match with K. J. O'Connell of Portland last night The first fall took 90 minutes, hnlr N'elson and leg locks; the second three minutes, reverse arm hold. O'Connell proved himself very' clever but wu. not so strong as Yokel. Brooklyn Doctor's Claim Flat ly Repudiated by Emjnent Danish Savants. Committee Officially Reports III Data Insufficient Xo More Con vincing Than Newspaper Account Observations Were JTo Obeerra lions at All Ills Appeal Disre garded Danes Feel Action Keenly. Copenhagen, Dec. 21. The com m'ttee which has been Investigating the data of Dr. Frederick A. Cook today officially reported to the con sistory of the University of Copen hagen that Dr. Cook's records and observations are wholly Insufficient to warrant a verdict that he dlscoy ered the north pole. t I The consistory of the un'versity ; adopted the report of the committee, j thereby flatly rejecting Dr. Cook's j claims, and throwing out the records and observations. Cook's data, ac cording to report, is no more con I vincing than a newspaper account. I His private secretary, Lonsdale, who j represented the explorer here, is bit , terly disappointed. He is mak ng an effort to Induce the consistory to withhold final Judgment until the ; whole of Cook's data can be present- ed to It. Lonsdale told the commit- tee that the missing data, which Is part of Dr. Cook's original docu i ments, was sent here from America ! by a route d fferent from that which j the records already examined here ! were brought. He said the addition I a data arrived, a few days ago. The secretary .said the method of send ! ing the data by two different routes : was adopted for protection purposes. , The consistory refuses to pay any at ' tention to Lonsdale's appeal, and the t finding announced today is final as far as the consistory is concerned. Mow to Danes. ; The d'screditing of Dr. Cook is a severe blow to Danish sclent sts who ' had firmly given him support under j Commander Peary's charges. The great reception given Dr. Cook upon his Arrival here, the honors raid 1 him by high and low, includ ng the kin;?, are recalled somewhat openly.. ; It is known that Danish experts were I personally ncllned to favor Dr. Cook, ! most of them having come out with statements to substantiate his claims. ; Therefore the absolutely flat decision against him is all the more convinc j ing. It is believed if the data re ) corded had have provided grounds j upon which the sc entists could have (S'ablished a reasonable basis for claiming the Prooklyn explorer real ly reached the pole, this claim would have been upheld as long as pos sible. 'The committee consisted of the following world's renowned sci entists; Prof. Elis Stromgren, Com mander Gustav Holm, director of the hydrograph'c bureau. Commander Jensen, director of navigation. As , trcnomer Pechyle of the University of Copenhagen, Captain Ryder of the meteorological inst tute, and Prof. Land of the University of Sweden. A member of the comm ttee said: "It took the committee but a few minutes to see that Dr. Cook's ob- i servations and so-called records were worthless. We would have reported . ;mmed ately but it took several days for us to recover from the surprise. Tho so-called notebooks upon which Cook relied to a great extent for his . vind'ontion. had only accounts ef his observations rather than the obser vations themselves. These note books wore thrown aside w'thout a moment's consideration. I cannot understand how a man of Cook's re puted scientific attinments could have aitemp'cl to bolster up his claim with them. "I Told Yon So," Say Peary." Washington. Dee. 21. --When show today's d'spatoh tVor.i Copeiiba'-oi: Commander Piary said: "Thr months age from Labrador I sounde expl'cltly an 1 deliberately a warni'.i to the world bsed upon Civnple; and accurate information regar '.li the (laims of Cook. In d ;nc so accepted the r. spn.-ibil'ty dev .'v.. on me to fulfil a du'.y to th.. wot! mid myself " i Clad Danes Found Kottenness. Rrooklyn, N. "., Dec. 21. "Well. I I'm gl id the Danes have found tie" rottenness In Denmark, anyway." Thus Herbert Bridgeman, secretary of the Peary Arctic club, commented on the notion of the Copenhagen ol entlst in rejecting Cook's claim to the discovery of the polo. Klamath Falls is to have a shoe factory.