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at the Eat Orcgonlan. '
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ITY OFFICIAL PAPER..
VOL. 22.
PENDLETON, OH EG ON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1910.
NO. 078 7
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TIFT HOLDS
Nation's Chief
Throw Doors
Greet the World.
and Wife
Open and
GREAT THRONG WISHES
THEM "HAPPY NEW YEAR"
New Administration Holds first An
imal New Year's Reception Repre
sentative! of Nations FUe Through
1 Prefddentlal Abode No Specially
Invited Guests Present Diplomats
Enter In Line According to Rank
The Taft Smile Evident.
Washington, Jan. 1. The expan
sive Taft smile overflowed Its usual
boundaries today and embraced the
world. '
The occasion was the first annual
New Year's day reception of the new
administration. The big. broad Taft
personality reached out and gathered j
to Its kindly presence thousands
from the courtly members of the di
plomatic corps to the plainest of the
plain people.
It was "open house" at the presi
dential abode, with Citizen and Citl
seness Taft aa host and hostess.
Long before the White House doors
were unlatched the crowds began to
assemble In the president's front yard.
It was a motley gathering that had
come to wish "Big Bill" a happy New
Year, and shake his hand in greeting,
Young and old chatted in the line.
Fur-lined overcoats rubbed elbows
with garments that were shabby and
thin. Venerable gray-beards, young
bloods, timid maids, and matrons of
pclse huddled together in a netcro-, miggoni interstate Commerce Com
geneous American multitude. miMicm. Isthmian Canal Commission,
While the great American people
were aligning themselves In a snaky
column that filled the yard, and ex
tended for blocks up Pennsylvania
Avenue, their high priced servant was
doing his duty as the head of a great
world power, greeting the represen
tatives of the other world powers with
words of cordiality and regard.
As the great hall clock in the White
House boomed out eleven and four
buglers stepped from the band and
sounded the Presidential fanfare, the
Executive and Mrs. Taft left the fam
ily appartments on the second floor
and started down the great main stair
case. With the Vice-President and
Mrs. Sherman and the cabinet mem
bers and their wives, they took up
their position at the southern end of
the Blue room. The ladles stepped
to the right and formed a part of the
receiving line. Then began the bril
liant, formal reception of the dlplo-1
matlc corps, tne -eute- 01 onicui me.
No Special Guests.
Only one thing that has character
ized White House New Year's recep
tions In the past was lacking. That
was the gathering of specially Invited
guests who In former administrations
crowded the Blue Room. The sole
permanent occupants of the room to
day were President Taft and his offi
cial family. Mrs. Taft's health has
forced the curtailment of social fes
tivities at the White House, and It
was thought best to conserve her
strength on this occasion by omitting
the personal guests.
Diplomats In Body Attend, v
A gorgeous procession of diplomats,
clad In the brilliant panoply of the
court costumes of their various na-j
tlons, was the spectacle or tne oc
casion. Led by the Italian Ambassa
dor, Baron Mayor des Planches, the
dean of the diplomatic corps by virtue
of his length of service here In Wash
ington, and followed by 1 the entire
body of accredited foreign representa
tives, ambassadors first, then minis
ters, and both arranged according to
length of service the newest ambas
sadors and ministers last In the pro
cession of their rank they entered
from the south door of the mansion,
and with great formality made their
...... tn lh host ana nosiess. vun
tne num " " ,,,-'
ench am
f t,i suite and their wives. I
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ZELAYA SEEKS TO
RELEASE SON-IN-LAW
Mexico City Jan. 1. Former ' in his decisions and remarks pending
President Zelaya of Nicaragua j arguments. It Is hoped that he. will
has sent several messages to iplay to the people and endear himself
Managua urging his friends by an economical and honest admin
there to secure the release of Istratlon that will make of him presl
hls son-in-law. Joaquin Jassos: lntlal timber, contrary to all preoe
.... ihnt iho arrest was a : dent.
4 'measure of retaliation and that
lit: nj " -
President Madrlz cannot prove
charges made. Had fassos
been found guilty of misappro
priating funds, Zelaya says that
ho would have accompanied
him to Mexico. Notwithstand
ing statements to the contrary
there is good reason to believe
that Zelaya Is arranging to stay
for weeks or months In this
country-
At the rear of the ambassadorial,!
procession came the brilliant suite, of ;
Baron Yasuya Uchldn, the new Jap-
aneso ambassador, who arrived In j
Washington a llttlo more than a week
ago.
Two of the new ambassadors Hus
sein Klnzlm Hey, of Turkey, and Senor
de la Parra, of Mexico were absent.
They were represented by the charge
d'affalrs of their respective embassies.
The ministerial parade was led by
the representative from Costa Rica,
Senor Calvo. Chan? Yin Tang, the
new Chinese minister, was officially
received only about a week ago, and
he was the last of the diplomats, but
the brilliant Oriental appearance of
his train more than made up for the
rear end position. The other new di
plomats of ministerial rank attend
ing their first New Year's reception
were: Mr. Shannon, - from Haiti;
General Velez, from Cuba; Senor
Rojas, from Venezuela; Mr. Coromllas
from Greece; the Marquis of Vlllalo
bar, from Spain: Senor Jubert from
the Dominican Republic, and Count
de Bulsseret, from Belgulm the lat
ter with a bow of crepe Instead of a
gold sword knot, the official badge of
mourning for his late sovereign. King
Leopold.
JufttloeM and Military Officials There.
Whert the gaily apparelled diplo
mats had filed past the receiving line,
and had been cordially greeted, the
venerable Chief Justice Fuller led the
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court and other members of the Ju
diciary. Then came former cabinet
members. United States ambassadors
ministers, and members of con
gress. There were but tew or tne lat
ter, the holiday season having sent
most of them to their homes.
The buglers sounded another call,
and representatives of the army and
navy filed Into the room. Decked out
in all the glory of full dress uniforms,
the military and naval officers made
a brilliant showing. They were the
last of the uniformed visitors. The
assemblage took on a more subdued
appearance as they departed.
They were Immediately followed by
the civilian officiate of the govern
ment and representatives of various
organizations, as follows:
Regents and secretary of the Smith
sonian Institute. Civil Service Com-
commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia, assistant secretaries, at the, de
partments, the Solicitor General, as
sistant attorneys general, assistant
potmasters general, treasurer of the
United States, librarian of Congress,
public printer, heads of bureaus,
president of the Columbia Institu
tion. Society of the Cincinnati, and a
score of other minor organizations.
Common People Crowd In.
Then there was a pause. Mrs. Taft
and the ladles of the Cabinet depart
ed for the refreshments which the
hostess always serves on New 'Year's
day, to the wives of the Cabinet mem-
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6AYII0R IS MADE
MAYOR OF GOTHAM
ENTERS UPON DUTIES
OF ins OFFICE TODAY
His Direct Patronage Compares Fa
vorably With President Taft's
Unlet! Over More People Than
Many Potentates Much Interest In
New Administration.
New York. Jan. 1. Judge William
J. Oaynor today became Mayor Wil
liam J. Oaynor. Tho direct patron
age that goes with the office of mayor
of New York compares favorably
with that of President Taft His pri
vate secretary receives $6,000 per
v-pot 11.000 more than Taft's, while
his legal adviser receives $3,000 more
than Taft's. In almost all other of
the cabinet offices the salary is cor
respondingly larger than the same of
fices In the federal service. The new
mayor will exercise rule over twice
as many people as are In Norway, 2,
000,000 more than there are tn Den
mnrk, Servla or Greece, and over a
million more than Switzerland. There
are enough people on the city's pay-
a Topekn, Kan., with a budget ex
ceeding that of many states,
! W..t. Int.,.nn tU In (hA tlOW
IHULII IHirnni villi."
' administration. Judge Oaynor has
frequently been referred to while on
the bench as catering to the galleries
W.....I... ..(., Ihsl tho
M! Ut.'tlll1Tl JIIUII'IIJ lAlllil .""I
1 new mayor will distribute a liberal
'share "of patronage In Tammany's fa-
vor.
Prohibition in Tennessee.
Nashville, Jan. l.--Tho manufac
turers bill to prohibit the manufac
ture of liquors became operative at
midnight.
In Chattanooga and Memphis It Is
understood that suits will be brought
by retail dealers as "well aa by manu
facturers and wholesalers.
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STILL WAITING
New Year Brings Strikers No
New Hopes for Settlement
of Difficulties.
PERHAM HAS MADE
NO GREAT HEADWAY
Switchmen's -Representative at Wash
ington Prow vn In lToblcm to Knapp
and NeiTl, Hut Huh Arranged No
Conference Willi " President Will
Be Nothing Furtln-r Doing Until
Monday Perliam Submits .Much
Documentary Evidence.
Washington, Jan. 1. It was a wait
ing game last night in negotiations
for settlement of the switchmen's
strike on railroads entering St. Paul.
All yesterday the government medi
ation board, consisting of Chairman
Knapp of (he interstate commerce
commission and Commissioner of La
bor Nelll, together with H. B. Per
ham of the order of Railway Tele
graphers, head of the railroad branch
of the American Federation of La
bor, wrestled with the problem of
what to do In behalf of the Interests
affected by the strike, but without
definite action.
Meantime, Mr. Perham has made
no appointment with President Taft,
who It Is said at the white house, has
not taken up tho matter in any way.
The conference with the mediation
board was solicited by Mr. Perham,
following the railroad's refusal to
make vacancies for strikers, but oth
er matters. Including general condi
tions .affecting the men, were con
sidered. - No- Confcrijoiv Probable' Today.
Mr. Perham said that there would
be no conference today "unless some
thing extraortfinary develops," and
that he did not expect to confer again
until Monday, and that he did not ex
pect In the Interval to do any tele
graphic negotiations.
Mr. Perham submitted much docu
mentary evidence bearing on the dis
pute between the railroads and the
switchmen.
He further pointed out that his ef
fort was to seek some way of reach
ing a settlement; that he wanted a
resumption of negotiations between
the railroads and the men.
The railroads say they have the sit
uation well In hand; strikers hold the
contrary. Switchmen want all of the
strikers reinstated without prejudice;
railroads, which have employed
strikebreakers, refuse to make Vacan
cies for the strikers. Something like
2 BOO switchmen were said to be af
fected by the strike originally, and
the understanding here is that nearly
all that number are still out.
Mills and other Industries depend
ent upon full transportation facilities
are said to be affected, and the may
ors of St. Paul and Minneapolis tele
graphed here urging a solution of the
problem. To these telegrams Messrs.
Knapp and Nelll have replied, pledg
ing their willingness to aid if the way
were clear. Many informal proposi
tions were considered, but none crys
tallzed. FRYING
After drawing a. few deep draughts
of freedom last evening. Mrs. Maud
Baney, Maud Johnson or Hazel Hazle
ton, Is again in durance vile. She was
freed by Judge Hean last evening on
the habeas corpus proceedings insti
tuted by her attorney. Judge James
A. Fee, 'but she was almost Immedi
ately plared under arrest again on a
fugitive from justice warrant which
had been issued in the evening by
Justice of the Peace Joe H. Parkes.
The heading of the habeas corpus
proceedings which had been set for
yesterday mprnlng at 10 o'clock, did
not commence until about3:30.Then
for more thrtn an hour a war of words
was conducted by Judge Fee for the
defense and District Attorney Phelps
for the state.
Fee argued that tho Washington au
thorities were not entitled to tho cus
tody of the woman for the reason that
they hud her In that state and vol
untarily allowed her td be brought
Into Oregon. He further held that
this court had no Jurisdiction, Insist
ing that it was purely a discretionary
matter with the governor. He also
declared that the local court could
not deliver Mrs, Johnson to the
Washington authorities so long as she
I was under conviction and sentence in
QUEEN
II!
T
II ICE ITEfl
Sixty Nine Precipitated in
Mississippi When Ice Jam
Hits Bridge.
C'AfTAIN OF TUG BOAT
j PERFORMS HEROIC WORK
Three Hundred Kill of False struc
ture Carried A way by Ice. .Men
Tin-own Into Chilly River Tug
llit Hcmcucm Forty After Two
JIiiui-h' Fight With Ii Itoatnuui
Makes Heroic Attempt to Warm
Mcin Property lAt is $250,000.
St. Louis, Jan. L Three hundred
feet of false structure of the McKlnley
bridge now. under construction across
the Mississippi river was knocked out
by an ice Jam at E o'clock last night.
Sixty-nine men were thrown into
the river and some may have been
drowned. One hundred and fifty men
were at work on the structure , when
the Jam began to move. Eighty-one
heard the warning snap of the tim
bers in time to escape to the steel
work, but 69 others went down In the
twisted mftss of timbers.
Struggling Men Imperiled.
Three hoisting engines and a trav
eler also went down, imperilling the
struggling men below.
Captain John Short, in charge of a
tug and two barges, picked up 40 men
and got them ashore after two hours'
battle with the ice, which Is Jammed
six feet high In many places.
Several times the barges threatened
to crush the tug, and several times
the vessel nearly turned turtle when
forced upon the Ice by pressure behind
it:
The 29 men unable to reach the tug
nr. m1Iivp,1 tof hnw rMrhrt shore
Jnrfia ttio f limit nir tpp 'fTfieu "TlllFfchm-
pany officials last night said they
would not know whether any lives
were lost until today, when the men
will be paid off.
The property loss is estimated at
$;50.000, and completion of the bridge
will be delayed several months. The
bridge is being build by the Illinois
Traction system.
Captain Proves Hero.
Company officials said that many
lives would certainly have been lost
but for the heroism of Captain Short.
Twice his little tug was caught be-
'tween the barges and threatened with
j destruction, and each time he fought
(back the men on board to prevent
them from risking their lives on the
floes.
Twice his rudder became Jammed,
but he stuck to the boat. Once he
risked his life to clear the tiller by
climbing down into the Ice and pulling
out the Jam.
The second time the rudder Jam
med, he could not release it and the
boat drifted helplessly down stream,
threatened by instant destruction by
the barges and ice. Finally, rescue
parties with ropes reached him from
ashore after two hours battle, and
he and his men were landed.
Eleven men were unable to get
aboard the tug when the span went
down and clambered upon a pile drlv.
er moored In a small barge. This
barge drifted with the ice for three
Pi INTO FIRE
this state.
In making his ruling Judge Bean
finally, dismissed all charges against
the woman In this state, eliminated
the affidavit of Sheriff Sappington of
Vancouver, which was contained In
the return of Sheriff Taylor and held
that the petition for the Issuance of
a -fugitive from Justice warrant from
his court should have been made a
separate proceeding. He further In
timated that owing to the congested
state of the business of his court that
the warrant should be secured from
some other committing magistrate in
this city. His tip In this regard was
taken .and the warrant was secured
from the Justice, court.
A part of these rulings were an
nounced Immediately at the termina
tion of the arguments at 6 o'clock,
but the woman was not turned loose
until after 8 o'clock In the. evening.
It will probably be ascertained to
day, whether or not the Oregon gov
ernor Is to honor the requisition pa
pers from the state of Washington. If
the Washington authorities are final
ly baffled she will be arrested on a
warrant from California, as she is
wanted In Santa Crux and Ventura,
two cities of that state, on similar
charges to the one on which she Is
wanted at Vancouver.
H
miles before the men were rescued.
Stelmel Slakes Heroic Attempt.
Gus Steimel, a boatman, saw the
gorge begin to move and attempted
to warn the men at -work on the
bridge by running across the Ice. He
was caught half way to the bridge
In the breaking Ice and nearly lost
his life before he was rescues. .
William Frederick, one of the men
rescued on the tug said:
"I don't know whether all of those
at work near the river got aboard, as
every man looked after himself. If
many tried to get ashore by Jumping
the floes some of them certainly
drowned."
Short's battle with the ice was wit
nessed by a great crowd on shore
and there was a long cheer when
rescuers reached him.
The company has been working on
the bridge from both ends and the
two Hhore spans were connected by
the false work that collapsed.
The river banks are being pa
trolled, but there is little hope of
f nding any bodies, In cane some of
the men were drowned, as the river
Ik choked with ice.
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TV-SIX HOUR LABOR
LAW IN RHODE ISLAND
Providence, R. I., Jan. 1. The new
labor law reducing the legal hours of
work to fifty-six per week, went Into
effect today. There is much com-,
plaint by the manufacturers of Jew
elry because the law does not in
clude the "average clause," wMch
permits the Jewelers to work longer
hours during the rush season, and
shorter hours during the slack sea
son, thereby averaging the time for
the year. This provision is contained
in the Massachusetts law and local
Jewelers fear that business will great
ly suffer thereby.
FIRST REPUBLICAN
MAYOR IN 2 YEARS
Hoboken, N. J., Jan. 1. "Little
George" Gonzales took the oath of of
fice as mayor today at noon, being
the first republican to occupy the ex
ecutive chair in twenty-six years. The
democrats lost out by their "cock
sureness," having ridiculed the cart
tail meetings the friend of all Ho
boken's poor, the longshoremen and
downtrodden. -' '
POPE CELEBRATES 51ST
ANNTVERSARY OF WORK
Rome, Jan. 1. Fifty one years ago
today. Pope Pius, then plain Father
Oluseppe. of the little chapel in Reise,
sang his first mass to the poor folk
of that congregation. Today, as su
preme head of the Catholic church,
he celebrated In St. Peters the fifty
first anniversary of that first mass,
with no more pomp or show or pow
er than characterized his entrance in
to the priesthood.
IMPORTANT DEAL III
TELEPHONE CIRCLES
INTERSTATE COMPANY
TAKES OVER E. O. I. T. CO.
Secretary MacWhorter of the Inter-
. state Company Closes Deal Which
Involves Nearly $50,000 Merger
Company Will Be- Largest Inde
pendent Line in Eastern Oregon.
One of the most important tele
phone deals ever made In eastern
Oregon was consummated in this
city last evening, when the Interstate
Telephone company took over the sys
tem of the Eastern Oregon Independ
ent Telephone company. The latter
Is probably better known as the But-
ter Creek company. Secretary R. H.
MacWhorter of the purchasing com
pany, "went to Echo this morning to
take formal charge of the system.
The deal waa made by Secretary
MacWhorter of the Interstice com
pany and Asa B. Thomson of the In
dependent company. The considera
tion is between $45,000 and $50,000.
and the number of miles of line in
cluded in the deal is about 200.
President W. E. De Larm and Sec
retary R. H. MacWhorter of the In
terstate company, will be the presi
dent and secretary of the newly ac
quired system which will retain its
present name. It Is probable that
tne name of the purchasing company
will be changed to that of the one
purchased.
The Eastern Oregon Independent
company has supplied all the country
between Pendleton and Heppner with
telephonic communication. Aside
from having connections with tho Pa
cific company in this city, at Heppner
and Umatilla, it has maintained ex
changes at Echo. Stanfield, Hermis
ton and Umatilla.
The stockholders of this company
were Asa B. Thomson of Echo; J. R.
Snylor of Freewater; H. O. Newport,
Hermiston; W. J. Furnish, Portland;
T. C. Taylor, Pendleton; Frank Fra
iler. Pendleton; William SI usher. ,
P.ni1lAtiM, Tama Uaam V,. r on.l
and
Mrs. O. F. Thomson, Echo.
The consolidation , of the two sys
tems will give the new owners by far
the largest and most Important Inde
pendent telephone system in eastern
Oregon.
TWO RAILROADS
REDUCE RATES
0. R. & N. and North Bank
Both Announce Reduction
in Freight Tariffs.
STOCKMEN WILL PROFIT
MOST BY REVISION
Chief Clianges in Rates Will Effect
Hogs, Cattle, Sheep and Packing
Iloose Products Revision Made aa
Concession to New Packing HdtoM
and Stock Yards in Portland Re
ductions Will Amount to Cut of One
Fourth. .
A reduction of freight rates which
is of considerable importance to stock
men of Umatilla county as well aa of
all eastern Oregon Is announced by
the O. R. & N. and North Bank roads. .
While the revision of freight tariffs,
which is now in progress will effect
a number of lines, the chief changes -will
be in regard to the rates on boga, .
cattle, sheep and packing house pro-
ducts. "
According to reports from Portland
the changes are being made princt- -pally
as a concession to the new pock-
ing house and stock yards Industry on
the peninsula but the stockmen of
eastern Oregon will also profit there
by as it will mean an Improved mar
ket for their products. It will also
probably mean that more livestock
will be' shipped from this county to
Portland In the future and lessto Pa
get Bound points. Heretofore the
greater part of the shipments mode
from this ity have gone to Seattle and
Tacoma.
A One-Fourth Reduction.
Cattle, sheep and hogs are to take '
a rate equivalent to 75 per cent of the
standard rate out of Portland. It la '
said that in buying bunches of stock-'
frequent ill-fed animals are deliv
ered with the better ones. The new
rates will give stockgrowers an oppor.
tunity to purchase animals unfit for
slaughter and ship them at low rates
t-i points where they may be fed to
good condition.
Packing-house products will take an
east bound rate In carloads of 40 cents
per 100 to Pasco, with a ' 50 -cent
rate to Spokane. The old rote waa 41
and 65 cents. Fresh meats and poul
try, heretofore taking a rate of 88
and 95 cents, will take a rate of 10
and 65 cents.
The new rates on packing-house
products apply on both lines, and both
the O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific,
as well as the North Bonk, ore pub
lishing the 75 per cent rate on stock
cattle to Oregon Interior points for
feeding and grazing.
On the North Bank road the Spo
kane rate on pig iron shows a reduc
tion from $6.60 to- 83.50 per ton of
2240 pounds. This rate has been car
ried by existing O. R. & N. tariffs for
about 30 days, and will be continued
in the new tariffs. In all particulars
the new rates will be the same be
tween Portland and competitive points
on the O. R. & N. and Spokane, Port
lund & Seattle.
In addition, the North Bank has
made a revision in Its tariffs between
Portland and Grand Dalles and way
points where rates are affected by
water competition. Heretofore com.
petition has been met with low class
rates, but the class rates have been
Increased to figures proportionate to
rates to other points and reductions
have been made in certain commodi
ties that are handled by the boats.
The North Bank tariffs, too, will
give Linton and Intermediate points
the same distributive rate that Port
land now possesses, the idea being to
aid the upbuilding of industries la
those localities.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Spohr gave
a watch party at their horns on Wa
ter street, last night.
NEW DEPARTMENT
ON THE O. R. N
La Grande, Ore., Jan. 1. A
new department of the O. R. &
N. company has been establish-
ed. It will be known as La
Grande freight and pasenger
district. The district will in-
elude the main line from Pen-
dleton to Huntington and the
Wallowa branch. "Jack" O'-
Neill, who for a number of years
has been assistant passenger
agent of the O. R. N., has
been placed in charge of this
district. His title will be assist-
ant freight and pofsenger agent,
His headquarters will be La
Grande.
Mr. O'Neill's brother. Huh
J. O'Neill, will hold a similar po-
sltlon on the district from Port-
land to Pendleton, with head-
quarters at Portland.
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