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PENDLETON, OHEGON, TUESDAY", DEC EMI J EI J 21, U)09.
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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.)
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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.