EVENING EDITION Y"1mmwr'tr'. : g EVENING EDITION
Snow tonight and Bat- I I JDAJLV : 1 VAV TC mercial stationery and
urday. ' j r "'IIMI .MfaWtRKllA SV KnBi- f- C Job prinUng to order
J W TyJ Wgfy jrV, at the East OregonUn.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. , VJ-'c Vj - - ! CJ1T OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 22. " ' PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1909. J NO. 6786
IS
Prospects for Traction System
Bright Amended Agree
ment Sent to Directors.
LEGAL AUTHORITIES '
SAY CONTRACT GOOD
Lex ml Committee Hold Sessions Last
Evening and This Morning With
Traction Company's Representative
-Amendments Made at CoL Raley's
Snggetlon "Will be Acceptable,"
Bay F1U Gerald Pendleton Most
Raise $50,000 to Secure Long
Wanted Improvement.
Unless entirely unforseen difficul
ties now arts to block the progress
of events the agreement between the
Wanhlnnnn-OrHon traction comnany
and the committee representing the
Commercial association will be fully I
connWHfid at once and it will then be !
up td the people pf this city to raise
the 1(0.000 needed to secure a trao
tln system tor Pendetqn, t
tributary ternary..
Meeting Last Evening.
I At 5 o'clock last evening the tocaj
committee met with D. Fits Gerald at
the company's office, in the Smith
Crawford building and the agree
ment drafted and duly signed by the
Walla Walla stockholders of he
company was considered in detail.
After the committee had considered
the agreement nore or less at length
and during which discussion Judge
James A. Fee expressed his satisfac
tion with the same it was decided
with Judge Fee's sanction, to reret j
'the matter to Col. J. H. Raley for fur-
thelr consideration as to th, legal
features of the contract.
Today's Session.
At 11 o'clock this morning the
committee jnct again and Col. Rnley
went over the contract endorsing it.
though suggesting several changes In
the wording of the same. All of these
... nereed to by Mr. Fits Gerald
who said that the alterations wouia i
not affect the status of lu contract
GONTRACT
AGREED
as interpreted by the traction peo- , u lhat BoonH la to be suc-
ple. j reeded bv a former Southern Pn-
At the conclusion of the session i off)cjH, by the name of Mrrls.
this morning the committee voted to , noons g wel, knowl, ln th)s city
endorse the contract as emended ana n nd(llon , nnvng been divl
a certificate setting forth this action ellK,m.cr before being promoted
of the committee was executed "by p08,tnn of superintendent, he
Loon Cohen, secretary of the com- formerly one of the proprietors
mlttee. The "Jft,'1,l'n"!o( the Hotel Pendleton,
was then sent to Walla Walla this , unknown ,0 ,lK.al railroad
afternoon for ths signatures of the understood that he has
Walla Wnlla stockholders. , Jn the wrvU.e of the Harrlmah
The Contract. ! syg,em for a number of years
As drafted the contract is very, offlcai confirmation of the rc-
slmllar to the agreement first pre- , chnnBCB could be had at the
sented the local commU-tee and wh Ich Pr M l company, though
was published In the East Orego nl.n ocaij
at the time. The terms of the con- from pirBOtl8
tract renu.re -Zt Z I who have been n Portland reoently.
company to construct at least six
miles of street car track within the R MAX OF NOTE
city and suburbs vrtthln one yea r . ANOTHI.lt i KK Ass VSSIX
to rttabllsh a park and to spend a;
minimum: sum ,nf 00 00( I In this I ,e- Pl.0. 31. -
city and vicinity. The line Is to no , Qf the assl,s,lmi.
electrified by means or e'PLlr'' '
power generated by the company .
Slant, not by electricity secured from
it Is to be eiectruiea wnm..
years time. Until the company's
power Is developed the company Is
to operate gasoline electric cars on Its
lines tn this city. Tho company Is to
construct not less than 50 miles of
Interurban line extending out from
this city, this Interurban trackage to
be provided within a reasonable time.
As a guaranty that the company
will fulfill the terms of Its contract
the company gives a bond to perform
its obligations within the required
time or to forfeit to the local sub
scribers In cash or In the company's
property a sum equal to the sum to be
subscribed by local people. The sum
of 150.000 Is asked of local people
and unless this sum Is raised the com
pany Is under no obligations. On
the other hand the local people are
to be under obligations to the com-
( COUNT BONI'S SON
CAN SCARCELY WRITE.
Paris. Dec. 31. Jay DeCas-
tellane, son of Count Bonl,
whose former wife Is now Prln-
cess do Sngan, though nine years
old can scarcely read or write.
is the story told by the bailiff
In the court of appeals today.
In serving papers on tho prln-
cess, charging her with neglect
of her children's education and
making her a party to an ap-
peal by Bonl, the bailiff was
requested to watch Jay's writ-
Ing exercises given by the gov-
erness. He wrote a few elm-
pie sentences, but was constant-
ly prompted. His signature Is
the only , thing he Is able to
write unassisted. '
.
pany only to the extent of the Indi
vidual subscription and In making
these subscriptions they are safe
guarded by the bond to be given by
the company.
In the opinion of Col. J. H. Raleyi
as expressed to the committee this
morning, the contract drafted will be
binding upon the Washington-Oregon
company and the directors of that
company Individually, to the extent
of their personal resources.
Fitr Gerald is Hopeful.
Following the committee meeting
this morning D. Fits Gerald sent the
amended contract to-Walla Walla for
the signature of the directors of the
company. To the East Oregonlan he
expressed confidence that the amend
ed contract will be satisfactory to the
company as the changes do not ma
terially alter the contract from their
standpoint.
GANG DEFRAUDS RAIL
ROADS HY
passes
Indiannpolis, Dec. 31. The frau
dulent disposition of free paAses has
cost the Great Northern railway up
wards of 1600, 000 la the past four
years. It is alleged that this is a
result of an organised system sup
posed to extend throughout the west.
Special agent A. L. Kay has been
working on the case for the railroad
for over a year. Two arrests have
been made. Paul Carbon, a St.
Paul saloon keeper and an employ
ment agent at Grand Forks, N. D.,
were taken Into custody accused of
disposing of passes to Investigators.
It is alleged that the passes were pur-
lolned from the Maintenance of
Ways department and sold to em
ployment agents and others for ship
ping laborers over the road.
IN 0. R. & N.
REPORTED BOLLONS ILA8
RESIGNED SUPERINTENDENUY
fwtUT Rumored That Will Ac-
pany In Portland- Morris to Take
Rnllons' Place,
'Aerrdlng to rumors which origi
nated in Portland, William Bonnons
has resigned as superintendent of the
r-.....,.n .liviulor, nf I ho O R. & N. to
a(.oepl a pol,iUon with the Terminal
, portiami. The same ru-
1 1. ,,. nf Hnssen Tihim Pasha,
, of the Yomen valley
go "r t() the
Sea Hassen recently i-iwie
young turks were responsible for the
granting of valuable concessions and
franchises to foreigners without suf
ficient returns to Turkey. His assas
sination ls directly attributed to this
.nonbble. No details of the crime
have been received.
ISiUy Pnnll to Run.
Ruffalo, N. Y.( Dec. 31. Billy Va
of Penn. who holds the Intercolleginto
mile record and Is the fastest" mile
runner born in America will run his
first race since hla record run at Cam
bridge, Mass., last spring, when he
goes against some of the best in, the
east at Buffalo today.
Not since his school days, and tho
latter part of them, has he competed
In his native city, Buffalo, for ns a
Mcrcerburg runner he was too busy
t.. enter open games and while he has
been at Penn Mike Murphy has only
used him a few times.
Pauil denies that lu intends to quit
the cinder path and says he will be In
his old form for this yoar"s intercol
leglatcs. Machine Falls In Tree.
Mourmclon. LeC.rande, France, Dec.
31. Bncrdor'H biplane today fell into
a tree which probably saved the nav
igator's life. Baerdor wan not hurt
but the machine was wrecked.
Elys tor Mnlf Hour.
Puuo. France, Dec. 31. Paul Tis
saudir today flew a Wright biplane
over tho city for half nn hour. Count
Miilinsltl accompanied him as a pas
senger. First Trnln on New Road.
Shreveport, La., Doc. 31 It is ex
pected that the Louisiana & Arkan
sas will run Its first train Into
Shreveport tomorrow.
mm mi i aim m v niiRiirn , iIEBf DEMONSTRATES HIS CLASS
ill 1 1 i ii 1 1 i ii i ill iu nil iii n
iiui iiLLnui in. i. unn lii
HE IS PAINTED
Zelaya Declares Stories of
Nicaraguan Conditions Are
Biased or False.
SAYS KNOX IS GUILTY'
OF BAD DIPLOMACY
Former ITtwIdcni of Nicaragua IX-
rluifs Ho Has Not Bmii Given Op- '
porliuiily to Slate Ills Side Thinks '
Knox Han .Made Mlxtuko in Ills Ac- j
tion Laugh at Stories of Hit ' Al- j
logttl Hobberii-H Not a Prisoner j
While In Mexico.
Itwee Negotiation Off.
New Orleans, Dec. 31. A
Bluefields cable Bays an open
rupture in the peace negotia
tions has come and Estrada has
announced he will continue the
revolution. Troops will be
rushed at,once towards Man
agua. Mexico City. Dec. 31. "Americans
have been misled by biased reports
. . j . i r .T . I
umue iu uiuer, muricn til alleged i
j crimes defalcations and the 1'ke In
If I nsn given an opportunity to state
my side of the case, they will begin j
to understand the, true stale Of af- T
luirs," t-aia eoiaya to ine unueu
r .... .. ... i . . . i . . . . 1
, " "1 , , o. . Z
also friends m the Lnlted Stntes and. !
the
latter firmly believe no matter
what faults are found with my pol-
! ' ... -.J . ., . . ' , , 1
iaya inuxneo i i nv imry nii-i ne n.i-i j
plundered the treasury and declared
he had paid the $50,000 Emery claim
out of his own pocket. He Is not
ton plot. A sub-secretary of foreign
affairs today denied that Zelaya
is
might do us he pleased "He can
spend a million dollars ln building
palaces, can drink, talk, gamble, be
merry, sleep inid live in Mexico with
out fear of molestation."
MILLIONAIRE OFFERS REWARD
FOR KIDNAPED COUSIN
Chicago. Dec. 31. Frank Fehr. I
millionaire brewer and a cousin of;
Anna Kellener. who offered three
thousand dollars reward for the girls,
return, arrived here today and imme-
diately consulted with the police. Im-
mediately after the parents received
a letter yesterday demand ng five
thousand dollars ransom, Fehr left
Louisville for this city and It Is be-
lieved the girl Is hidden here. Fehr
said: "I would increase the reward
if I thought, it would make the police bpst known of southern Oregon plo
more active. e nvera. He was 84 years old.
KING ALBERT WILL NOT j
HAVE LEOIOI.D"S CABINET.
Brussels, Dec. 31. It is authorita
tively but unofficially announced that.
King Albert has accepted the resig
nation of the entire civil and military
stuff of Leopold, Including Baron
Wahis, governor general of Belgium.
This action is accepted us a prelimi
nary step toward stamping the old re-
jiiiie of the Congo.
LOCAL AVIATORS
T
1
Portland, Ore., Dec. 31. A gasollneThe cylinders lire set In double op
eiigliie for Installation In an aeroplane I Visn type and the little engine Is a
. model of neatness. The operations of
at Pendleton, Ore., has just been , ppn,n(im avlat(rg wil, be wMch.
completed at the Willamette Gas En- ed wltl, ,lt,,)Vst jn Portland,
g ue & Machine Works, 350 East !
Washington street, and will be ship -
pt d tomorrow to Pendleton. The
aeroplane is the invention of n manjtalned by telephone from Mrs. Bahr,
by tho name or aicuennls Maccoigan
and he Is being backed in his ven
ture by Sidney CJoodwing and John II.
Bnhr of Pendleton.
While little is known by Manager
Weber of the machine works as to the
prlnclplos of the aeroplane, it Is said eolgan are In Portland, at the pres
to be of a type not hither experiment- ent time, but they are expected home
ed with. Its propellers ' are said to i early next week with tho engine and
have no rotary motion, but a fold- according to Mrs. Bahr they will
Ing, slld.ng motion like the wings of j probably have it Installed and ready
a bird. They arc operated by means for n trial trip, .by the last of the
of levers In the hands of the opera- i week. She refuses to give out any
tor.
The engine built by the Willamette
Gas Engine & Machine Works Is
principally aluminum and weighs but
225 pounds. It develops 30 horse
power and has a 4Hx5-tnch stroke.
WRECK
111
Spencer Trask Killed on N. Y.
Central in Collision Between
Passenger and Freight.
ANOTHER FATAL WRECK
S'EAR TRENTON MISSOURI
Heavy Yelght Crartu-N Into Pullman
Killing Ranker Instantly Official
lteMirt8 Say lie Ls only Victim
Five Bodies Already Recovered
From Wreck in Missouri Fifteen
Mor Tnder Burning Cars Train
J'ft Rails and Toppled Over.
New York. Dec. 31. Word was re
celved . at the office of the Spencer
Trask company, bankers, that Spen
cer Trask has been Killed In a wreck
on the New York Central.
At least two others besides Trask
were killed when a freight train rant
ed the Montreal express at Croton,
N. Y., one a negro porter, and the
other unidentified.
Trask occupied the drawing room
of the rear sleeper and was instantly
killed ' when, the heavy freight
plowed through his car. Officials are
Inclined to blame the crew for the
wreck. " "V - .
XeV
York. Dec. 31. (Later.)
Railroad official have announced
definitely that Traslc was the only
person killed. Three others were se-rlotsly-
hurt. ' , , -
.Z-.-j,
i.
Another Wreck Reported.
Trenton. Mo., Dec. 31, A i serious
... .N. , . , v .,,, r.,rt.n
,,, n ,K r.n6rtea.
The e elne and all cars are said to
Tinve" crHizfd. - No details have ween
received
Liter Five bodies have been re
covered and It Is reported fifteen are
! buried under the wreckage. The
I cars are burning and scores are In-
Ijliretr. i lie uiviiuii
I K,... ittt-it-itti- Uilli. mii the en-
t . ti. : tnrt v
I gineer escapeu. i in- nam n-i
! rails and toppled over two anti a half
miles north of here. The cars were
badly smashed and the injured were
rushed to hospitals here. Wreckers
armed with axes attacked the sleep
ers attempting to rescue the Impris
oned passengers. The train was the
California special and not the Golden
State limited.
OIJ PIONEER EXPIRES
WITH THE OLD YEAR
' Medford lire.. Dec. 31. With the
lllliSnt of th(? ol(j year, Silas J. Day,
,h'0i.1cst pioneer of Jackson county.
haa passed out into the night. He
(,d ,,arly tni8 morning at his home
ln Jacksonville, where he has resided
; snoo 1849, being one of the first to
r,1(u.h this place after the discovery
n. Judge Day wos perhaps the
dames D. Campbell Retires.
Philadelphia. Dec. 31. James D,
Campbell, general solicitor of the
Philadelphia & Reading, leaves that
road today and will retire under the
oenslon system He has held the of
fice since 1980.
E J Johnson, rond supervisor for
the Holdman district, has been In
town today attending to bus ness and
visiting relatives.
PREPARE TO
AT
1 According to the above dispatch
j from Portland and Information ob-
brother of the inventor. It appears
thnt the big airship which has been
In course nf construction on the
Ruhr farm for the past few months Is
ncnrly ready for the trial trip.
Both Mr. Ruhr and Mr. Mac-
details regarding the machine or tho
plans of the Inventor, but she said
that at tho proper time, representa
tives of the press would be Invited to
watch the trial trlp make photo
graphs and examine the ship.
T
MOSPHERE
Portland, Dec. 31. The three thou
sand Portlandites, who saw last
night's boxing exhibition between
Monte Attel and Jimmy Carroll, both
of San Francisco, are today proclaim
ing the little Hebrew the rightful
bantamweight champion of the world.
Attel is around the streets today
without a scratch, while Carroll's
right eye Is closed, his face , badly
battered and bruised. Had a decision
been rendered. Attell would un
doubtedly have been the favorite one.
He was the aggressor all through the
ten rounds and landed cleaner blows.
Morover, the little Hebrew had plen
ty of steam back of his punches and
made carroll wince time arter time
as he sent in body punishing blows.
Attell used a straight left to good ad
vantage and In the first session start
ed the' claret flowing freely from
Carroll's nose and partially closed his
right eye. , Carroll put up a game
and clever battle, but was outclassed.
PIN PERMANENT RELIEF
FOR CHERRY" SURVIVORS
Ch'cago, Dec. 31. Plans are be
ing made today by Ernest Blcknell,
national director of the Red Cross, to
call a meeting for councils here -and
the executive committee of the Unit
ed Mine Workers to adopt plans for
the permanent relief of the Cherry
survivors. Replying to charges that
the Red Cross didn't properly relieve
the suffering. Blcknell said nearly
S206.000 had been expended and the
families of the dead miners are being
cared for even better than their own
bread winners could have done.
E
ASKS SHE BE HELD AS
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE
Supplngton Makes Counter Move to
Fakercss' Attempt to Free Herself
Argument), Made Tills Afternoon
Before Judge Bean. '
The hearing of the habeas corpus
proceedings Instituted by Judge Jas.
A. Fee to secure the release of Mrs.
Maud Baney or Johnson is now in
progress before Circuit Judge Bean.
The hearing was scheduled to take
place at 10 o'clock this morning, .but
the counter move of Sheriff Sapping
ton necessitated a postponement of
the hearing until S o'clock this after
noon. Just before the arguments on the
habeas corpus proceedings were to be
made. Sheriff Sappington, who is de
termined to take the woman back to
the Washington town with him. filed
an answer in which he declared that
he was familiar with the circumstan
ces of the case and in which he asked
that a warrant be Issued from this
court for the arrest of Mrs. Baney on
the ground that she ls a fugitive from
justice. '
In order to properly meet this turn
In affairs and to prevent the con
sumation of the sheriffs purpose, Fee
as'ked that the hearing be postponed
until 3 o'clock, which was done.
It is expected that Judge Bean will
render his . decision immediately at
the conclusion of the arguments and
that Mrs. Baney will either be given
her freedom or that she will be turned
loose only to be Immediately rear
rested on a fugitive from justice war
rant. Sheriff Sappington has had consid
erable experience in cases of this kind
and be feels confident that the fair
prisoner will not, be able to escape
the clntches of the law.
Monoy Orders by Cable.
Washington. Dec. 31. Under an
agreement . entered Into between the
postal authorities of the United States
Canada nnd Great Britain and the
Western Union Telegraph company,
money orders may be exchanged
cable on and after tomorrow.
The maximum amount for which
a single money order may be Issued
in England will be 40 pounds sterling.
but for orders issued In the United
States and Canada for payment In the
United Kingdom the maximum
amount will be 41 pounds, ls. 4d..
which is the equivalent of $20.0.
CliliMigo's Big Budget.
Chicago, Dec. 31. Chicago's muni
cipal expenditure for 1910 will be the
largest in the history of the city. For
schools, libraries, water bureau and
corporate purposes it will be ln the
neighborhood of f55.000.000. which is
$3,000,000 in excess of tho largest np
propriaiion heretofore made.
New Y'ears 0eit House.
The Methodst church will keep
open house on New Year's day In the
church parlors from 2:30 to 5 and
7:30 p. m. A literary and musical
program will bo rendered, beginning
at 8 p. in. All the friends of the
church are invited to come at any
time that is convenient and stay ns
long as possible. Strangers will find
a cordial welcome.
Herbert Jjuoi.ia ui .uiuualou. "'
turned home this morning after tran
sacting business in Pendleton for two
or three days.
BATTLE WITH
Bandits Are Frustrated One
is Killed and One severely
Wounded.
OFFICERS DISCOVER PLOT
AND HURRY TO SCENK
Police Comical Themselves Xesur
Bank and Await Appearance of
Robbers Wbrti Three Appeared
Were Ordered to Surrender Mem
Attempt to Escape But PoUce Bac
Two Other Makes Get A war
lead Robber Identified.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 31.
One robber was killed, one fatally
wounded and another escaped early
today when the Oklahoma City polio
frustrated an attempt to rob the state
bank at Harrah, a small town twenty -miles
east of here. The dead robber
has been identified as Frank Kulggs
of Kansas City, and the wounded
man gave his name as Frank Carpen
ter. The .police discovered a plot to rob
the bank and hurried to Harrah last
night.' There they concealed them
selves near the hank and waited early -
today until the three men appeared..
When the police ordered them to sur
render, the men fled whereupon the-
police fired, hitting two. '
LIMITS CAVALRY MOUNTS.
War Department Taken Action Against
Ostentations Display of Wealthy
Officers.
Washington. There are a number
of rich young officers in the army
and sometime they try to outshine
tlieir less fortunate comrades by the
"lugs" the puCoiLi" . ;..
In the cavalry, particularly,., the
opportunity to do this has been pre
sented through the ability of the
more wealthy men to keep a lot of
horses one fit for every occasirn.
(They have blooded horses for parade
purposes, hunters for social anairs,
and polo ponies.
The war department has taken no
tice of this condition of affairs and.
in a recent order, has endeavored to
put a limit upon the number of ani
mals that may be kept W any offi
cer. The order says:
"It is believed that seven horses is
an excessive number for one officer
of the rank of second lieutenant to
have at one time and that the pre
cedent established by the approval of
the possession of such a number
would be liable to degenerate Into an
abuse. It is further thought that no
officer should, as a rule, have in his
possession more than four mounts,
though In exceptional cases the num
ber might be temporarily Increased
to five or six. especially when It is
the intention to replace wornout or
unsuitable animals by better ones, and
that It should be clearly understood
that the possessing of more than four
animals should be exceptional and
temporary. It should also be dis
tinctly understood that it is highly
improper for mounted officers to
make use of government facilities for
the purpose of speculation or person
al gain ln this connection."
Finds Pendleton Improved.
Prof. Fred Berkman, formerly in
structor in the Pendleton Business
college, but who is now In his third
year with the Blair Business college
of Spokane, was In the city this fore
noon on his return from a Christmas
reunion in Nebraska. He has only
been away from Pendleton a little
in. ire than three years but In that
time he finds there have been many
Improvements made. He was parti
cularly impressed with the paved
streets, the absence of the saloons
and the improved appearance in the
stores.
Mrs. TT. G. Rudd of Baker City, is
the guests of Pendleton friends today.
WOMAN BRITALLY
ATTACKED BY
NEGRO
San Francisco. Dec. 31. The
entire police force is working
and the community aroused by
the brutal assault upon Mrs.
Bessie Huntress, aged twenty
three, by a negro burclar who
entered her home at 1434 Turk
street at midnight and demand
ed money. Finding none, he at
tacked the woman, binding and
gagging her leaving her half
dead. In which state she was
found by the landlady and she
was rushed to a hospital where
her condition was found to be
serious. The woman is separ
ated from her husband, and has
been employed as a book