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VOL. 22.
PENDLETON, OKKOOK, WEONESDAY, FKliWUAKY 2. 1910.
NO 6814
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. ' c- -Mjk . .
THOMPSON
BE PRESIDENT
Most Spirited Election Held
in History of Local Com
mercial Association.
YOUN MEN PLACED
OX MANAGING HOARD
Ten New Menilicrs Will Bo Named to
Work on Traction Committee and
to Secure Remainder of Fund Fee
and Alexander Reported Success of
Movement to Bo In Sight.
New Officers.
W. L. Thompson, president.
Dan P. Smythe, vlco president.
lien Hill, secretary.
Will McKlnney, treasurer.
Managers.
Dr. C. J. .Smith.
W.'E. Brock.
ihnrles Bond.
Will Ingram.
A. 1.. Knight.
Clarence Bishop.
lii'n Burroughs.
Harry Gray.
E. B. Aldrleh.
In the most spirited election ever
held by the Pendleton Commercial as
sociation, W. L. Thompson was last
night elected president by a majority
of nine over his competitor, J. P. Win
ter. Other officers w ere elected i.s
given above, but there were no con
tests save upon the presidency.
Attracted by the prospect of an ex
citing election the club rooms were
filled last night and when President
Moon- railed the gathering to order
a hush of expectancy settled down
over the meeting. t
C. R. Roosevelt launched the nom
inations by placing tho name of Mr.
Thompson before the meeting as a
candidate for president. Ho hailed
Mr. Thompson as a man well qualified
to represent the business interests of
the community. In a strong second
ing speech Judge James A. Fee also
endors. d Mr. Thompson's candidacy.
T. C. Taylor placed Mr. Winter In
nomination after an earnest talk in
behalf of that gentleman and during
which he referred to the valuable
work Mr. Winter has rendered the as
sociation. A ballot was then taken to deter
mine the choice for president, ana J.
F. Robinson and .T. It. Haley were j
named as tellers. The ballot showed
47 votes for Mr. Thompson and 38 for j
Mr. Winter.
Young Men Given Control.
Following the race for the presl- i
deney the meeting settled down to
the work of electing the remainder of
the officii. Pan P. Smythe was
named by Judge S. A. Lowell for vice
president and this nomination was
seconded by W. L. Thompson. The
election of Mr. Smythe was by accla
mation. Ben Hill was also elected
by acclamation upon motion of Jack
Huston who had been nominated for
reelection but declined to run. Mr.
McKlnney was named for treasurer
by rieorge Hartman, Jr., and his elec
tion was also uncontested. The nine
managers were nominated successive
ly and were elected by acclamat'on.
Practically all the members of the
board of managers uro young men
and the result caused some good na
tured merriment. Previous to the
election the young men had agreed
to ask for several representatives up
on the board, but had not anticipated
they would be given such complete
control.
Good Feeling Evident.
That the best of feeling exists with
in the ranks of the association was In
dicated by tho speeches made follow
ing tho ejection. In a short but ear
nest talk Prosldcnt-clect Thompson
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4 TYPHOID THREATENS
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FLOOD SWF.1T PARIS
Paris. Feb. 2. Several cases
4 of typhoid fever wero reported
4 to the authorities today., and an
4 epidemic Is feared among ose
who have used tho water from
the city's usual supply. This
water hns been polluted by the
breaking of mains and trunk
who have used tho water from
the city's usual supply. This
water hns been polluted by the
breaking of mains and trunk
4 sewers under the streets, and the
4 health authorities have Issued
4 warnings against its cpnsump
4 tlon. The department of health
Is urging upon the people the
necessity of boiling the water 4
UHed for domestic purposes.
The Seine Is falling rapidly to-
day, and Is now practically with-
In its own bounds. The author- 4
4 itles, have permitted the use of 4
4 most bridges that were deemed
4 unsafe, and traffic Is fast re
4 suming Its normal conditions.
thanked, tho members for the honor
conferred upon h'm and pledged
hlmlf to work for the advancement
of the city. J. P. Winter likewise
brought forth much applause by a
manly talk In which he accepted the
result of the election with good grace
and urged all to work hard for the
success of the association and the
welfare of tho city.
Additional Traction Workers.
Following the election and after
soma minor business had been tran
sacted the subject of the tracl'on
movement was brought up for dis
cussion. R. Alexander and Judge
James A. Fee both spoke in behalf
of the committee and asked for the
naming of ten additional committee
men to work with the present com
mittee in getting subscriptions to the
fund. Both declared their confi
dence In the final success of the trac
tion movement.
A motion that a committee of ten
be named was carried but President
Moore deferred the appointment of
the committee.
CHERRY MINE REOPENED
AND RESCUERS AT WORK
Cherry, 111., Feb. 2. A great crowd
of survivors of the St. Paul mine dis
aster in which were killed nearly 400
men, gathered about the mine shaft
today to watch workmen clear away
the gases that impeded the work of
rescuing dead bodies. It Is believed
that 210 corpses are still und'r
ground. "
Nat'nmil Bunks Must Report.
Washington, Feb. 2. The comp
troller of the currency today is calling
for a statement of thy condition of all
national banks at the close of busi
ness Monday, January 31.
FIRE ID POISON
DO DEADLY WORK
ATTE.MIT IS MA BE TO
MIRDElt WHOLE FAMILY
House Is Fired and Inmates Poisoned j
Otic Child Dciid From Poi-oii mid
Three Other Dying Father F.s-
capes With Life. '
Washburn. Wis.. Fell. '.--Poison
unci fire are believed to have been
the weapon of unknown assassins in
attempt to destroy the family of P.
Bchrants today. Behrants's home is
practically in ruins, h!s three children
are dying of poison and another Is
dead. Uohrants escaped with his lite
but' Is suffering from the effects of the
poison. The home was discovered
afire early this morning. Neighbors
wlio responded to the alarm found
Hchrunts clad In his night clothes,
running about the yard, apparently
crazed from pain, Rescuers entered
the burning home and found the body
of Mrs. Hehrants. In her arms was the
dead body of her child. Neither had
li'en touched by the flames. Three
other children were found in the bed
room unconscious and lying. In
vestigation by the authorities is under
way. nchmnts declared he could not
ascribe the motive for the supposed
crime.
M BS. MAY TALBOT IS i
ACQurrTEn of murder j
lino. Nev., Feb. 2. Mrs. May Tal
bot who shot and killed her husband.
A. K. Talbot of this city, was given
her freedom today. She was acquit
ted of the mulcr charge after the
Jury had deliberated forty-five min
utes. I'oudor Trust Henrlng.
New York, Feb. 2. Uncle Sam's
suit ngalnst the E. I. du Pont do Ne
mours Powder company, commonly
called the "gunpowder trust," charg
ed with violating the Sherman anti
trust law, is scheduled to he resumed
today.
At the last hearing Ireneelu Pont,
assistant treasurer, testified that the
cash profits in 1903 wero $5 54S.G40,
a percentage of profit of a Utile more
than 13 per cent. The good will of
the company, he said, was worth
$25,000,000. Excluding this he gave
the earnings of the company In 190T
as 8. 00 per cent, and In 1908 as 10.
4 1 per cent. N
.Morgans Brought in.
Cleveland, Feb. 1.' J. P. Morgan,
his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr., and J. p.
Morgan & Co., were charged with be
ing agents of the Bell Telephone In
terests In their purchase of control
of the United States Telephone com
pany, in a petition filed In court to
day by Samuel J. Schwer of St. Louis.
Interrogatories addressed to J. P.
Morgan were attached to the petition
asking If he were not recently tho
agent of the Bell Telephone company
In the sale abroad of $125,000,000 In
bonds.
Democrat Wins Out.
Butler, Mo.. Feb. 1. C. C. Dickin
son of Clinton, a democrat, today de
feated Philip Griffith of Greenfield,
a republican, in the special election
In the Sixth district to select, a suc
cessor to the late Congressman David
A. DeArmond. It is estimated that
Dickinson's majority is S500.
HERH1 POT
ON THE CARPET1
Heney Subjects binger to a
Rigid Cross Examination at!
the Morning Session, '
GAIXS TWO IMPORTANT
ADMISSIONS FROM HIM
Prosecutor Hum His innings in Her
mann Figure in Sharp Word Duel
Former Pierces Armor of Witness
mill Scores Two Polo l Hiiigcr Ad
mits II,. Kno. i Frauds Were Pos
Mble mid Could Have Checked
Them. ..
Portland. Feb. 2. Francis J. Ho
ney is having bis inning today at the
Hermann trial. Beginning slowly
yesterday afternoon, in his cross-examination
of Hermann, he took the
defendant through his early career in
Oregon up to the time when he be
gan bis service as commissioner of
the land oft ice. Then hi- plunged
sharply into the subject, and during
all the morning session it lias been
a game of fence, thrust ami parry
lietwen the government prosecutor on
the one side and the defendant on
the other. Candor compels the state
ment that at different times during
the contest IlTiey passed the armor
of the defense and drew blood.
Heney has forced two important
points from Ikrmann, one that he
had a general knowledge of the fact
tha; school lands could be', and per
haps were being used for frau.Iub r.t
ex hangc under the lieu land act of
19 In. and the other that, had he made
temporary withdrawals of the prn-P'-ed
reserves as soon as the inves
tigation imo the feasibility of re
serves was commenced, it would have
served as .".:i effectual bar against
school lands or other frauds. These
two points came into Heney's posses
sion afti r much parrying between the
witness atol ti'e ;.roseeulor. and many
trips about the various details of laud
office routine and back again into
the main qiroslion which was always
skill'ully parried by tile witness.
Oi l l F.KS HUNT DESPERADO
IM'X ACROSS AGED HERMIT
San Jose. Cal.. Fib. 1. Searching
for the bandit of Alvaiado. officers
surrounded a rude hunt ng lodge on
the line between Santa Clara and
Alameda counties today, but found
In it a Frenchman believed to bo a
niaruuis of the old aristocracy. Tb
Frenchman had a buliet wound In his
body.
The officers have been heating the
country for the desperado who held
up the railroad station at Alvaiado
about a month ago. learning that
there w as a w ounded man living in the
little shack they rushed it, but found
at once that this was not the man
wanted.
borders secure haul
from postoffice
San Diego. Cilif., Feb. Two
robbers cracked the safe of the Na
tional City postoffice early today and
got about $:ioii0 in money and $1S
worth of stamps, but overlooked a
package containing $100 in stamps
and $t"o In money.
Taft Is Improved.
I .os Angeles, Feb. 1. The condition
of Henry W. Taft, brother of the pres
ident, who is In a hospital in this city
suffering with erysipelas, is greatly
improved.
CATTLE ARE STARVING
With the supply o feed long since
exhausted, with tho ground covered
with snow and with the thermometer
registering zero. weather, cattle In the
John Day country are said to be actu
ally starving to death.
Reports of loss of stock in the In
terior have been coming in for some
time and these were confirmed last
night by a long distance telephone
message received by Walter Adams
from his son, Robert Adams, at Ukl
ah. He says that any number of cat
tle can bo purchased at $6 ahead In
the John Day country, but that they
are expensive at that price for the
reason that no hay Is to be had and
tho animals ore too weak to be driv
en out where It can be obtained.
Conditions are said to be even
wp'o further sourh In Grant county
and with a continuance of the pres
ent severe weather the loss to the
stockmen of interior Oregon will
mount Into the thousands of dollars.
The trouble has been caused by the
DEATH ENTERS
ANOTHER MINE
Explosion of Gas Kills 29
Miners and Injures a Score
of Others.
I XfOVERED LAMP IS
BELIEVED TO BE CAUSE
.Mine in Itrovuler, Ivy., is Latest to
Claim Victims Accident Occurred
YeMcrduy Aliont 100 Men in Shafts
at Time of Explosion .Many arc
Rescued From Jaws of Death En
friis lire Blocked ii Track Re
pairer Carried Uncovered Lamp.
MIXES EXACT TERRIBLE
TOLL OF HUMAN LIFE.
i
Primcro. Colo.. Feb. 2. The
livis of at least S3 men who la
bored deep In the earth for
their dally bread have been
snuffed out by explosions and
fire within the last three days.
In addition to those at least 2 ii
others are missing and it is re-ci-rded
as almost certain that
taey. t io. are killed. Fifty-two
el';irie i b ulies h ive been taken
frnn t:o- wrecked tunmls of the
Color. ub, Fu.! & Iron com
pany's mine at Primcro and at
least 2J ale still in tile mine.
Thirty three bodies have heen
removed from the Broiler mine
in Prak. shorn, Ky.. where a ter
r'i'b i Jwplosion occurred yester
day. Two other miners are
V'lown to be buried in the lower
levels and search is being made
f'T the';- bodies.
1 i-i:kevb..r.i. Ky.. Feb. 2. Nineteen
corpses r"i:iove.; from the Browder
a inc. t n bodies in siitht in the work-in::-
end six others known to be dead,
was the count at midnight in the
ibat'.i ri! iciailting from the explosion
el siases in the mine yesterday.
Nearly a score of men were lining
I'd by the explosion, and many of
these probably will die.
The confusion and panic following
the disaster were so widespread that
t!-.e extent of the calamity was ap
parently undetermined until the work
of oar. vine out the mnnuled bodies
well under way.
Hundreds of women and children
. ere grouped about the shaft, snatch
ing at the bodies as they were brought
up, endeavoring to obtain some iden
t tication of the dead.
Lack of a checking system made
it impossible, 12 hours after the ex
plosion, to obtain an accurate count
of the dead and injured, while identi
fication of either living or dead seem
r.i almost hopeless. The Injured, are
s altered among the straggling dwel
I'titvs near the mine nnd no roll call
o-' the survivors is as yet obtainable.
Damage to the mine, investigating
parties have discovered, was not ma
terial, as it Is confined to the east
intry. One hundred men were in the
mine at the time of the explosion,
more jhan half in the west entry. All
hastened to the cages and were
, quickly drawn to the top. Later all
in the east entry, except the unfort
unate 27, fought their way to the
shaft andwere brought to safety.
I As soon as it was safe to begin the
is. ue work, mineis were sent down
j in relays under direction of J. Ab-
unusually long winter which follow
ed a short hay harvest. The stock
men were compelled to start feeding
their herds early in November and
have been compelled to keep It up al
most continuously since that time,
whereas usually they are not forced
to feed more than a few weeks dur
ing the entire winter.
There has been no actual loss or
suffering in Umatilla county so far,
out a continuance of the present
weather might prove disastrous. The
price of feed has already soared to
such heights that it Is almost prohibi
tive and large sheep owners are forc
ed to feed out $60 to $100 worth of
hay daily in order to save their flocks.
The horses and the few head of
cattle belonging to the Indians will be
the first to suffer as the improvident
redinen never have a supply of feed
on hand sufficient to last them
through the winter and the white
renters will not be able to divide with
them.
IN JOHN DAY COUNTRY
ercrombie, mine foreman, und O. Rey
nolds, mine superintendent.
In the Immediate vicinity of the
explosion, ten men had been work
ing. The concussion threw the bodies
many feet. What caused the ignition
of the gases has not been ascertained.
Entries Blocked Up.
The other men were in entries only
a few feet from the workings where
there was the greatest known loss
of life, and searching parties have
been unable to find these entries. It
is believed all the men entombed there
ire dead.
At the pit mouth, wives of the dead
and missing miners crowded about
waiting report from the rescuers.
Jesse Jonghan was rescued alive,
but is so badly bruised that his recov
ery Is doubtful.
It is believed that the explosion
was causd by a track repairer going
Into an abandoned roon. with an un
covered lamp. The room is shattered
almost to atoms, and the body of the
repairer is nowhere to be found. The
mine is not on fire, and the fans are
working. This gives rise to the hope
that all the bodies may be recovered
by daylight.
The Browder mine with three oth
ers in this vicinity, recently was pur
chased by a syndicate of Tennessee
and West Virginia capitalists.
FORTY NINE BODIES ARK
RECOVERED AT PRIMERO
Primero, Colo.. Feb. 2. FArty-nine
hoilies have been recovered from the
wrecked mine of the Colorado Fuel
& Iron company arid officials expect
to' explore thi- tunnel where they be
lieve at least 27 more bodies lie, be
fore night. State Mine Inspector
Jones and his assistants are trying to
day to determine the cause of the
disaster.
MUST SPEND LIFE
Ifi STATE PRISON
CLAUD ARNOLD IS GIVEN' !
LONG SENTENCE IX PEN ;
luilgc Bean Pronounced Sentence This
Mornint; on Convicted Murderer
Prisoner Asserts His lmxcnce nnd
Betrays No Emotion.
"The jury 'n this case lias returned
a verdict of guilty against youand in
that verdilt I concur. I therefore
sentence you to spend the remainder
of your natural life behind tho walls
of the penitentiary of the state of
Oregon."
The above was part of tho statement
made this morning by Circuit Judge
Mean in pronouncing sentence upon
George Tracy or C. W. Arnold, who
was found guilty Saturday evening ot
the murder of Alfred Biblal, near
Umatilla on the night of November
23.
When given tin opportunity to speak
before sentence was pronounced, Ar
nold said. "I am innocent and time
will prove it." A similar statement
was made by Homer I. Watts of coun
sel for the defense.
In receiving his sentence Arnold
was as cool as any man in the court
room. He did not display a particle
of 'emotion and during the entire
trial he did not manifest any more
feeling than a wooden Indian might
be guilty of. ,
The conduct of this man, who has
been found guilty of the most brutal
murder ever committed in Umatilla
county, has been beyond the under
standing of the officers and even of
his friends and relatives. He sat in
his chair and smiled at the witnesses
for the state as they wove the chain
of evidence about him and as his at
torney with tears in his eyes, pleaded
with the jury for the young man's
life, the object cf his pleading sat as
unconcerned as though he could
neither see nor hear what was going
on about him or know that the hang
man's noose was dangling above his
head.
Dugan Gets Job.
Pueblo, Coio., Feb. 1. P. F. bugun
was today elected president of the
board of control of the Eighteenth Na
tional Irrigation congress to succeed
J. H. McCorkle, who resigned on ac
count of ill health. J. S. Green was
elected to succeed Mr. SlcCorkle on
the executive board.
Disastrous Fire.
Modesto, Feb. 2. An entire busi
ness block of Turlock was destroyed
by fire today, according to message
received here. Ten business houses
were completely wiped out, and the
probable loss Is estimated at between
fifty and seventy-five thousand dol
lars. Terminate Agreement.
Washington, Feb. 2. The com
mercial agreement between England
and tho United States and drummers'
samples entering the United King
dom entered into on November 1,
1907, was officially terminated to
day. County Commissioner H. B. Lee
arrived this morning from hia home
near Milton for the purpose ot at
tending tho February term of the
county court, which convened at 10
o'clock.
WILL RAVE NO
COMPROMISE
War Between Insurgents and
Regulars Assumes Bitter
Aspect,
'UNCliE JOE" THREATENS
TO RESIGN SPEAKERSHIP
I'niKident Taft Attempts Vainly t
Affect Compromise Between War
ring Elements- Insurgents Refuse
( Have Cannon on Rales Conuntt
tee and Cannon Will Resign If He
Is l.pft Off Taft in a Dilemma.
Washington, Feb. 2. Following the
failure of President Taft to induce
the Insurgents to compromise on t!i
house rules, and a threat by Speaker
Cannon to resign the speakership If he
was removed from membership en
the rules committee, the war be
tween the insurgents and the regulars
is more bitter- than eve"r today. "We
will not compromise unless it meajis
that tho speaker is removed from
the rules committee." declared the
insurgents to the president. "I'll re
sign the speakership if I'm taken out
of the rules committee," said Can
non to the president.
Taft then tried to induce the in
surgents to agree tj a compromise
that would not require the removal of
Cannon from the committee and the
insurgents replied: "Cannon must go
or we absolutely cannot compromise
under any circumstances. We win
support all of the Taft legislation we
consider good, but will not enter
caucus," is the final ultimatum of
the insurgents todfy. Theao devel
j
opments which followed the failure
Monday put the warfare against
Cannon forward in a more open man
ner than ever before and presents It
as one of the most Important immedi
ate problems t the present session of
congress,
At; ED PEDESTRIAN STARTS.
ON ins LONt; JOURNEY
Pasadena, Feb. 2. Edward Payson
Weston today began his long foot
journey across the continent. Al
though he walked from Los Angeles
t) this city yesterday, he declared the
jaunt was merely preliminary to the
center that today actually begins ht
trip. Weston is due at Uplands at six
o'clock tonight, and expects to reach
S; n iVrnardlno tomorrow.
Fourteen Believed Dead.
Norfolk, Va., Feb 1. With. a north
west wind blowing at 52 miles an
hour, the three masted schooner Fran
ces. Captain Coombs. from New
York to Jacksonville, Fla., was wash
ed ashore on the Hatteras coast this
morning and was pounded to pieces.
Fourteen men are supposed to have
been lost before lire savers could
reach the vessel. None of the bod
ies have been washed asnore.
Owl rcek Cnso Up.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 1. The trisJ
of the case of the United States
against the Owl Creek Coal company
operating mines at Gebo; Wyo., began
before Judge Vandeventer in tho cir
cuit court today. The government al
leges that the coal company acquired
9500 acres of coal lands by fraudulent
filings ami prays for a permanent in
junction preventing the company from
operating the Gebo mines.
Another Unsolved Problem.
Benecia, Feb. 2. Sheriff McDon
ald after a thorough investigation of
the mysterious death of Mrs. Mar
garet MoGuiro. who wiiB burned to
death at her home here early Monday
announced today he is unable to find
any clew. It appears ttiu. for want
of any means of probing the mystery
further, it will remain an unsolved
problem.
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HINDU MASHERS AROUSE
CITIZENS' INDIGNATION
Vallejo, calif., Feb. 2. The
attacks upon women and at
tempts to ogle and molest un
protected girls by Hindu labor
ers employed by tho Southern
Pacific railway have aroused
the citizens here today to tho
highest rltch of indignation.
City officials have taken action
and warned the orientals that
their misconduct must cease
under penalty of arrest while
the people of Vallejo are talk
ing of tarring and feathering
tho dark skinned "mashers."
Complaints of women who have
been compelled to go abroad at
night that they have been spo
ken to, Interferred with and in
some instances forcibly detained
are growing. Officers have been
forced to take action In the mat
ter in response to the Increasing
wave of protest and complaint.