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VOL. 22.
I'ENDLETON, OliEUON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1JK).
NO. 6781
--TassxsB rirnT
ZELAYA iS
Former President of Nicara
gua Reaped Gigantic Profits
From All Industries.
VARIOUS MONOPOLIES NET
HIM $10,000 A MONTH
Tyrannical Dictator Had Has Hand
In Public Pocket Has Many In
dustrial Monopolies Controls Dock
' Privileges and Street Cleaning
Appropriates 66 Per Cent of Cus
tom Dues Make Soldiers Work
Ilia Plantation.
Managua, Nicaragua, ' Dec. 25.
The magnitude of the personal sacri
fice involved In the overthrow of
s Zelaya from actual power and a pos
sible flight from Nicaragua, is shown
in the statement that he derived from
various monopolies and financial ven
tures a revenue of $400,000 silver
($40,000 United States money )per
month. In the building in the
Champ de Mars that houses the min
istry of war, Zelaya conducts the
monopolies of alcohol, tobacco, cat
tle, petroleum, hides, gambling, soap,
candles, ice and drugs and lumber
for railroads, fuel and ties. . From
these quarters he also has controlled
local monopolies extending along the
. Atlantic coast and covering traffic in
Aguardiente, leaf and manufactured
tobacco, cocoanut groves, abatolrs and
turtle fisheries.
In addition to those he controls the
dock privileges at the piers of Corin
to, Granada. San Jorge, Monkey
Point, San Miguolisto and El Bluff
and the lease of the National rail
road and of the National stenmshlp
lines.
Through some .peculiar framing of
the customs laws he also benefits
from premiums on the exportation of
coffee, lumber, gold, hides and rub
ber and from duties of from 10 to 50
per cent on Importations of all sorts
of manufactured articles.
Even Controls Street Cleaning.
Among his other known Interests
are the street cleaning of Managua,
done by contract; the sugar refinery
of San Antonia; the pinning mills and
the sal' of property to or by the gov
ernment. He also exacts a share in
all concessions granted to the Blue
fields James - Deitrlck Guichora,
Salzaar, Emery and In a number of
mining concessions. Tho system Is
so perfect that no land owner can
devote his property to raising sugar
cane or tobacco without the authority
of trusts created and controlled by
' Zelaya.
On the Atlantic side, Zelaya has op
erated through the business house
of Lopez and Matlnez. Lopoi Is a
cousin of Zelaya and Is now Jailed by
the revolutionists. Through this
house alono Zelaya has Just received
profits of $5000 or $6000 American
money. Railways and steamers of the
country are managed for him by his
partner, Mr. Julio Wiest. a Swisrf The
contract for the construction of the
railway from Sn Miguel to Monkey
Point, which he controls ' through
West, is to cost tho government $20.
000 United States money per month.
The country already has subscribed
$(100,000 in the last three years on this
line and only four miles have been
'built. National finances also have
been used for his enrichment.
The system has been for Zelaya to
---underwrite government bonds at a
large discount and then to disposo
of them to bankers at 50 per cent
, profit.
It Is conservatively est mated .that
he appropriates 66 per cent of all
customs dues by the simple process
of compelling payment of customs
dues through compulsory purchases of
government bonds which he alone Is
supplied with and which he sells at
,50 per cent appreciation over par af
ter having bought them at 40 per
cent discount from par.
"Then, again, Zelaya operates a
plantation In the Champ de Mars,
which sold crs of the garrison work
for him. Another he owns in part
nership with the commander of the
penitentiary and they divide the prof
its, the labor being convict labor, for
which they do not pay. Through a
dummy ho has tho contract for the
new drainage system of Managua, and
In a slmilai: manner he holds the con
tract for the clothing and cqu pnient
of the nrmy.
Zelaya maintains n special office
for discounting salaries of state em
ployes, paying them 70 per cent of
their claims and retaining 30 per
cent commissions To render this ef
fective, the treasury Is ma. ntalnVdlii
nn empty condition. .
Each governor of a department
(province) 'has the exclusive priv
ilege of trading cigars, cigarettes and
tobacco, the local privilege of traffic
in Aguardiente and the licensing of
games of chance, and a compelled
to turn over to Zelaya 60 per cent of
the proceeds.
LIQUOR SE1ZURH STOPPED.
Railroad Wins Knit Against Oklalioma
Officers.
Muskogee, Oklii., Dec. 15. Federal
Judge Campbell Issu;d a temporary
order yesterday In favor of the Mis
souri, Kansas & Texas Railroad com
pany, adjoining officers at Muskogee,
Craig and Mcintosh counties from
further seizure of liquor snipped into
the state while In the hands of the
ror.d.
The officers also were ordered to
return to the company liquors recently
seized, except that on which the
freight' had been paid and on which
the bill of lading had been surrend
ered without delivery being made.
The court reserves decision on this
class of shipments to determine
whether the surrender of a bill of
lading constitutes a delivery.
BIG STEEL CORPORATION
PLANS $100,000,000 PLANT
Chicago, Dec. 24. The second great
movement of the United States Steel
corporation to invade the territory ad
jacent to Chicago, following the rais
ing of the new town of Gary from a
sand waste, begun with the announce
ment that the corporation Intends to
spend $100,000,000 In building new
plants and the enlargement of exist
ing shops. Five thousand additional
men will be employed with the com
pletion of the plant. It is understood
that the Colorado Fuel and Iron com
pany is planning the construction of a
twenty million dollar plant in the Gary
territory.
NEWSY NOTES OE ECHO
SCHOOL CHILDREN RE
ENJOYING HOLIDAY VACATION
Force of Men and Teams Making Re
pairs to County Road Other New
Notes.
(Special Correspondence.)
Echo, Ore., Dec. 24. School closed
this evening for the Christmas hoi -days,
after completing the fourth
month of school. The first four
grades taught by. Miss Verna Van
nander and the Misses Roberta and
Mamie Rippey, gave a .':hort Christ
mas program yesterday mutiiooii.
,MI.h8 Margaret Wtnifre , on,, of our
teachers, leaves tonight for .Port
land to spend tho hol'diiys with h-r
father.
Miss Vannander Is in Walla Wail t
visiting with her mother, Mrs. Samuel
Gray. She will remain until after New
Years.
Mr. O. E. Cannon will leave tomor
row for Athena, to visit w th friends.
The remainder of the teachers w II
spend their vacat on In E iio.
A force of men and ttj'.ms under
Road Supervisor John Saling are
making extensive repairs on the coun
ty road, one mile below Echo. For
the past few years the river has been
gradually cutting away land adjacent
to the road, and it is now neceesary
to make permanent repairs. Rock
from the quarry west of town Is b--Ing
used.
Wm. Watenburger has purchased
a tract of land comprising seven
acres of clch alfalfa land of J. E. and
M. L. Taylor. The tract Is Just across
the river west of Echo. Mr. Watten
burger intends to build a $2500 resi
dence on It besides making other per
manent Improvements.
Miss Lottie Boreland Is here from
Pendleton to spend the holidays. At
present she Is visiting at the home of
F. W. Andrews.
Mr. R. II. Scott and family of
Woodburn, Oregon, aro hero visiting
with Mrs. Scott's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Bonney. Mr. Scott Is the
present mayor of Woodburn, this be
ing Tils second term.
Today Carl Weinke sold to his
brother, August Wleske, the N. E.
quarter of section 24, township 2
north, range 29, E. The consideration
was $1500.
Mr. Jay Pulmulter and family are
visiting wth friends and relatives in
Milton.
Judge Bean was here "today look
ing after business interests.
Miss Ina Watenburger came up
from Iono this evening to spend the
holidays with her parents.
SAD ENDING TO
CHHISTMAStCllliliR
Washington, Dec. 2s. Prepara
tions for the appearance of Sanfii
Claus same to a sad end In the home
of Trooper Frank Morton of the
Fifth United States cavalry at Fort
Meyer last night.
His little girl, Dorothy, 3 years old,
lies In a hospital, so badly burned
that she may die and his wife, sci
I o.isly burned, lies upon a cot next to
her. "
Mortou had wound n cloth around
tin chimney of a lamp to darken the
room for the appearance of Santa
t'laus. The lamp leaked oil, saturat
ing the cloth. An explosion followed.
State Receives Land Money.
Olympia, Dee. 25. State Treasurer
Lewis has received $19,303 from the
federal government, being the 5 per
centum of moneys received by the gov
ernment from land entries In this state
for the year ended June 30 last.
COOK IS VOTED
COLOSSAL Li
Governors of Explorers' Club
Silently Strike. Him From
Rolls tor Fraud.
DOlTOll NEVER REACHED
TOP OF MT. M'KINLEY'
Committee, After Searching Investi
gation Finds Cook Practiced Fraud
Upon Club ond Upon Public Ac
tion Independent From Arctic Con
troversy Cook Lied Repeatedly
liarrill's Testimony Disregarded
Printz's Likewise.
New York, Dec. 25. The board
of governors of the Explorers club
met yesterday In executive session,
and standing in silence voted with
bowed heads that Dr. Frederick A.
Cook be dropped from the rolls of the
club, for frauds practiced on its mem
bers and on the public.
Coming hard upon the heels of the
crushing verdict lately rendered by
the University of Copenhagen, the ac
tion of the Explorers club is the result
of independent investigations which
In no way touched upon the polar
controversy, and the weight of its
disapproval thus becomes cumulative.
Preliminary to Its vote of expulsion
the board met to pass upon the re
port of its committee which has been
investigating the validity of Dr. Cook's
nport that he reached the top of
Mount Mi Kinley. This committee, p.
ronrludirig i!ii exhaustive report, sa t:
"Dr. Cook's claims that he aseenued
to the summit of Mount McKlnley In
1906, be rejected by the Explorers
c lub us not worthy of credence."
Cook's Lies Convict Him,
"Die committee's recommendations
!mre base! on its finding that "Dr.
i 'imk lio, repeat'-iliy male statements
'that have irt been in accord with
i f;ic;s. and that he had i ntered into
j crn enients which lie has failed m
1-ci i. and Hint tile misstatements,
:and broken engagements deal not only
with matters appertaining to discov-
ery, but to ordinary transactions, si.
I that no credence can be given to
'statements nimle by him."
Among the seven signal uitu.. np
ipended to tills arraignment, arc those
j or Caspar Whitney and Anthony Fialn
both personal friends of Dr. .Cook.
The committee Is further explicit In
; 'is statement that it undertook Its
I investigation only after first appris
ing Dr. Cook of its purposes, which
he approved In person, and that It
has disregarded entirely the testi
mony of Edward liarrill. Dr. Cook's
guide and of Frederick Prlntz, -his
packer although such testimony was
before them because it wished no
cloud of partisan contention, or ques
tion of financial interest to dim the
integrity of Its verdict.
iO.MPF.RS ROASTS TAFT.
Dislike His Decisions Regarding In
junctions. Writs, Etc.
Washington. Dec. 25. Samuel
Gompcrs, president of the American
Federation of Labor, published a vig
orous ' editorial In this month's Issue
the labor body, against both the ac
tion of the supreme court of the dis
trict of Columbia and tho recommen
dation In President Taft's message to
congress with reference to the neces
sity for notice and hearing before in-'
Junction writes nre granted.
Roth the action and the recommend
ation of the president are criticized
The former on the ground that It was
without sanction of law, and the lat
ter on the ground that the president
did not advocate anything that could
be attached to any existing law or that
could modify It.
Referring to President Taft's re
commendation, Mr. Gompers declares
It proposes no Improvement on nny
existing law, because no such law ex
ists DESOLATE CHRISTMAS
IX HI. I EITELD'S CAMP
lilucficld. Dee. 2i. Today is Christ
mas at l'lueficld in name Mnly. At
llamii where 2,000 of the captured
government soldiers are quartered
there is a scene of desolation. The
men are sick, hungry a .id suffering
from wounds despite 'American aid.
1'aellities arc inndiqitaic for food and
medical supi'.ly is short. Scores of
wounded soldiers are in danger of
death, owing to the absence of anti
sept lis. and competent surgeons. Cnp
tain Shipley s practically at the head
of the relief work. General Estrada's
inarch against Managua Is not to be
not ten under way until next week.
Estrada Is now engaged In freshening
up his army, burying the dend nnd
recruiting.
Medical Building Burnt..
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 25. The
medical building at the State univer
sity was destroyed by fire last night,
cruising a loss of $75,000.
ONE IEK OF
WEDDED BLISS
Brokaw Testifies That Such
Was Extent of His Happi
ness Since Marriage,
WILLING TO TAKE WIFE
TO HIS ARMS AGAIN
She Must Promise Not to Accuse Him
of Meeting Other Women and Not
to Call Him Names Mrs. Iirokaw's
Counsel Thinks Tills Move is a
Sympathy BlufC One Week of
Marital Felicity Was During His
Illness.
New York, Rec. 25. One week of
happiness in two years of married life
was the best W. Gould Brokaw could
get out of his bargain, he testified m
court yesterday. And yet he is willing
to take his wife back. She, how
ever, seems to prefer separation and
$60,000 a year alimony. .
"I bear absolutely no rancor to
wards my wife," he volunteered in
his testimony, and if she will promise
to be good, I will take her back In my
arms. All I want her to promise is
that she will not accuse me of going
with other women and that she will
stop calling me names. If she makes
that promise I will wish her a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year."
Mrs. Brokaw was not present to
I oat her husband's offer of reconcili
ation. A severe cold kept her away
yesterday. But her counsel was dis
inclined to credit Brokaw's sincerity.
"If Brokaw means what he said,"
commented Mr. Baldwin to the court
"there is no reason why they should
not lie reconciled, but T believe it Is
n'iii:ir: - more than n will plauned
I s heme to create favor for tn" de
I fi-ndant."
j Wife Kind Wli-n He Was Hi.
j At the resumption of hearing Brok
;aw was asked to describe the single
jweck of wedded Miss he would allow,
i He was sick at the time, and quarrciK
land worry were not good for him. he
said. His physicians advised him not
to see Mrs. Brokaw, but he insii-'.ej
and won.
"1 could not seeiil to get Mrs. Bro
kaw off my mind." he said, "and fin
ally the doctor said she could visit
me. I drove half way to meet her and
for a week she was loving and affec
tionate." Biokaw's lawyers did not press him
for the quarrel that terminated his
one bright week. Instead, Mr. Mc
Intyre brought out details that Bro
kaw never set his servants to spying
on his wife, or that he was Jealous
ot her physician. He never suspected
he said, that Mrs. Brokaw would
elope with one of the doctors, whose
name has figured in the suit, because,
said Brokaw, the doctor was too ef
feminate. He never heard his wife mention
the name of "Bunnle" Wells, whose
presence In a house party at Great
Neck, L. I., precipitated the final es
trangement. He only knew that a
man had slept In his private room
what man he could not find out.
"I was deeply grieved," testified
Brokaw, "to learn that a man oc
cupied my room when there were
bachelor quarters upstairs. Nobody
except myself had ever slept In my
bed before. I had given orders that
nobody should sleep In my prlvtee
room and Mrs. Brokaw knew of It."
Door Was Always Locked.
Brokaw described how close his
room was to his wife's, and how he
! demanded the name of the man who
occupied it. Brokaw then explained
why ho twice broke down the door
of his wife's private room. Every
time he tried to talk confident-illy
with her. he said, either he found the
I door locked or there was a maid In
the room. Once, he admitted, theso
j tactics drove him to exasperation and
jthe other time he feared his wife had
' attempted suicide.
! He denied that he ever spent $30,
'. ono in one year on his wife. A better
j estimate, he said, would be $S,000.
! During their separation he directed
his lawyers to pay her $150 a week.
Never Was Extravagant.
He denied that he ever spent $35,000
on Jewels for her. "The most I ever
paid" he testified, "was $1,000 for her
ngagemeut ring."
"Did you ever buy her any other
J.welry?"
"Yes, a necklace of pearls and em
eralds to n place one of my mother's
that she had been wearing. When I
gave i! to her, she said it was paste
and threw it in my face."
As proof that Mrs. Brokaw was
mistaken about the gems being paste,
her husband said, Mrs. "Jimmy" Mar
tin afterwards offered to buy the
necklace.
"Mrs. Martin." he commented, with
an r.ir of finality, "does not wear
paste."
Co ji t .adjourned until Monday.
PIIAXK MAY END IN j'
Oregon Roys Yell "Burglars:" Man
Shoots Ono of Youths.
Salem, Ore., Dec. 25. A telephone
message received here late last night
states that Mason Seufert was shot
and probably fatally Injured at St.
Louis, a settlement In this county, as
the result of a boyish prank.
Seufert, In company with Arthur
Gofflns, ran into the store of Seufert
& Miller, crying out, "Burglars, bur
glars," with the supposed intent of
frightening some men who were
lounging around the store.
One of the occupants began shoot
ing at the two boys, the Seufert boy
receiving wounds in the shoulder and
hips from which he probably will die.
He is now at the Willamette Sanl
tarium, ARMENIAN GIRL ASKS ALMS
OF "OILY JOHN;" IS NABBED
New York, Dec. 25. A 12 year old
Armenian girl rang the door bell and
sought alms at John D. Rockefeller's
town house last night. She was de
tained by the butler and turned over
to the, children's society, where she
will be held pending arraignment on
Monday. The little mendicant said
she was Lillian Rayaglan of Worces
ter, Mass., a daughter of a street
sweeper who had approved her plan
to come to New York to obtain money
from Mr. Rockefeller to buy presents
for the family. A five dollar gold
piece and a quarter were found In her
pockets. She will spend Christmas in
detention.
MUST TAKE ALL BACK
SWITCILMEN ARE FIRM
IV THEIR DEMANDS
Big Strike About Settled Railroads
Agree to Take Men Back As They
Find Room for Them Switchmen
Demand Simultaneously Re-ein-ployment
of Whole Body.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 25. Only one
obstacle remains in the way of a
settlement of the switchmen's strike
j iii the northwest as the result of the
('(inference between railroad officials
! and i'rw renresentatlves of the- rail
way council of the American Feder
ation of Labor in Governor Eberhart's
office. Both sides are agreed on an
Questions except the time when all
striking switchmen shall be taken
back to work.
The ra'lroads offered to take back
as marry of the strikers Immediately
as they have places for and then re
employ the others Just as soon as
places can be made vacant. It was
suggettrd tint it may take thirty days
before oli f the men could be put
pack to work, but President Hawley
of the switchmen's union said he
would agree to nothing short of sim
ultaneous re-employment of all the
men.
Governor Eberhart Is trying to ob
tain a concession from the railroads
on this point, and he announced this
evening that the officials have already
taken steps to reach some agreement.
The striking switchmen agreed to sub
mit the controversy to arbitration and
abide by the decision of the board
now being organized in Chicago to
settle the dispute between the Chicago
lines and their switchmen. The con
cessions demanded by the Twin City
and Chicago switchmen are identical.
The rate of pay pending v.he outcome
of the Chicago proceedings will be
that in effect November 1. If the
Chicago conference results in an In
crease in wages, the lines here will
put it Into effect.
President Hawley, of the switch
men's union last night, said:
"There will be no agreement to ter
minate the strike unless the companies
agree that every man that went out
on strike will be reinstated to posi
tions occupied before the strike began,
and that without prejudice."
Some Christmas Hilarity.
Though last night was Christmas
eve and naturally a time for some
festivity, there was lttle disorder
about the city. The only arrests were
for drunkenness and the only fellow
who created anything like disorder
w-.i.s one who imagined he was the
Cnited States marshal for Oregon and
sought to show his authority at a lo
cal livery stable.
lloiiald McRne Is Dead.
Donald MeRae, well known pioneer
of Umatilla county and former coun
ty commissioner, s dead. Ho passed
away at Walla Walla Wednesday ami
!r funeial will be held tomorrow af
j u rnoou. The deceased was for many
years a resident of Cottonwood pre
j l inct. near Milton. Ho was a prom-
loeiil in 1 1)' a 1 ii . ui Li'iiiu v .urn
served as commissioner during the
70's when Judge Yoakum was county
judge. Alex MeR.ic of Athena, is a
son.
A Mercantile Change.
From this time on the store of Liv
eiigood & Co. will conf ne itself to the
dry goods line nnd to ladles' furnish
ing goods, etc. The gents' furnishing
goods stock Is being closed out and
the room formerly used by that de
partment will be given up. This room
will be occupied after January 1 by
the Ingram grocery.
CITY OBSERVES
I
Sfo
n. ah pi..j r . n
ui ca nil oiuseu rui udj
Following Customary Xmas
Rush Business (Good
TREE SERVICES AT
VARIOUS CHURCHES
Weather Man's "White" Christmas
Did Not Materialize, Yet Fact Doe
Not Mar, Christmas Spirit Knight
Templar Commandery Held Usual
Christmas Service Th Postoffios)
and Express Offices Busy Places.
With Christmas tree services in th
various churches and in many home
and with the cheerful Christmas spir
it In evidence everywhere, Pendleton
has been observing the holiday In
regulation manner today. .
Last evening the Chr stmas shop
ping came to an end and it was a busy
close of a spirited season. Almost
without exception merchants report
that they enjoyed a satisfactory busi
ness "and it Is noticeable that those
who anticipated a good business by
purchasing the larger stocks enjoyed
the heaviest trade. Today all the lo
cal stores are enjoying a full hoi day
and the banks, public offices, etc..
are likewise closed. The busiest
place during the forenoon was the
postoffice which was open only be
tween 9:30 and 10:30. At the time
for opening the windows this morn
ing the lobby of the office was com
p.eteHy filled with a long line of
wa ting patrons. The express office
has likewise been a much sought
place today. In order to accommo
date his patrons Manager Steels of the
Pacific Express company is keeping
his office open during the entire
day.
As usual most of the activity last
night-and today is. confined to the
churches. Several of the churches
have held tree services for the Sun
day school children. At the Church
of the Redeemer the exercises were
held at 4 o'clock yesterday and a
special program was rendered. At St.
Mary's Catholic church a program
was also held last evening and mid
night mass was held. The customary
masses are also being held today.
This morning the Pendleton com
mandery Knights Templars held their
regular Christmas service at the Ma
seni6 hall.
Although the forecast yesterday was
for snow today the morning broke
upon the city minus a storm and Pen
dleton has not had a "White Christ
mas" save that there is snow upon the
hills adjoining town.
5IU PORTUGAL FLOOD
CAUSES MUCH DAMAGE
Lisbon. Dec. 24. Ten persons have
been reported drowned and three hun
dred others made homeless by the
collapse of 60 houses as the result of
a flood at Guldad Rodrlgo, near the
Spanish frontier today. Extraordinary
heavy rains throughout that section
have caused much property damage.
The Duoro. and Thormes rivers are .
overflowing their banks, and fields are
inundated.
Bowman Was on Wild Train.
William Bowman of this city, was
one of the fortunate passengers on the
runaway freight tram at Kamela early
this week?. However, he was all un
conscious of the fact that he was up
on a wild train. Mr. Bowman was
with the painting crew and was in
the paint car at the time the tra n
started. He supposed that the train
was under control but along with
others cursed the engineer for reck
lessness, it was not until the car in
which the men were riding careened
and left the track that the truth
dawned upon the crew. The car Just
in front of them was smashed t
splinters.
A Technical Work.
Iu his "History of architecture."
A. D. F. Hamlin, professor of the
History of Architecture, in Columoia
University, School of Architecture, has
given iu about four hundrcVl pages,
a sketch of tho various periods and
styles of architecture, and mentioned
the "most important works of each
period or style."
The book Is brief, concise, defines
nil technical terms, "and is just what
ll-e gi ncral reader desires.
It is among the books on fine arts
In the public library.
To Reopen l"rcnch Restaurant.
T. B. Swearlngen Is now- preparing
to reopen the French restaurant and
rooming house The well known hos
telry will lie ready for business Mon
day morning after having been well
renovated by Mr. Swearingen. It is
the intention of the proprietor to con
duet the place along the same line
he followed when he formerly had
charge of the French and did a very
successful business.