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VOL. 22.
PENDLETON, OliEGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUA11Y 15, 1H.
NO 6826
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NOW UP TO
TRACTION CO.
Local Committee Offers
Raise $25,000 If W.
Company will Proceed.
to
0.
DECISION HAS NOT
YET BEEN GIVEN
With Slightly Over $20,000 Subscrib
ed Committee Forces Hand of
Washington - Oregon Company
FUxGerald Says Company Might
Accept $30,ao0 Doubtful About
Sum Offered.
With the traction fund resting at
a figure a little above the 120,000
mark the members of the local solicit
ing committee have gone to the
Washington-Oregon company with a
request that the company begin
work- upon the raising of the sum of .
126,000. Whether or not this offer
will be accepted by the traction peo
ple Is not yet known. The directors
of the company are conferring upon
the matter at Walla Walla today.
At 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon
the committee of SO, handling
movement In tl Is city, met In
the
the (
hall
council chambers at the - city
with Dr. J. C. Smith In the chair.
Reports were received from the varl- j
ous sub-committees. These showed !
that the fund had been brought to
lightly over $20,000, with quite a
large list of people still to be seen.
After the situation had been dls- j
cussed to some extent It was decided ,
to go before the traction company t
with a proposition to run the local j
fund un to 125.000 provided the com-
panywlll then undertake Its enter
prise and agree to carry out the pro
visions of the contract drafted on the
assumption that $50,000 be raised.
At 6 o'clock, the members of the
committee proceeded In ft body to
the office of the traction 'company
In the Smith-Crawford. Judge James ,
A Fee acted as spokesman for the j
committee and submitted the propo- j
Itlon of the committee to D, Fit- l
Gerald, representative of the com- i
pany.
In reply Mr. Fltz Gerald promised,
to take the matter before the direc
tors of the company at Walla Walla.
He said he could not speak for the
company but declared his belief that j
the company would not agree to be-
gin operant... - I
raised. .He Intimated however that ,
rln onerations wlin dui io,uuv
with $30,000 subscribed the company
would bo willing to proceed.
. . trit rinrolfl left
inn mor ., .. "" mother who is seeking a separation
for Walla Walla to confer wltti tne . , ,
?' ..hl.lnn.nMn!f',n tne enator' son. The decision
director, ui u " I
company.
WANT ARMY TO HAVE
HUNCH OF AEROPLANES
Washington. Feb. 14. Cortiand
Field Bishop, president of the Aero
club of America, accompanied by a
committee representing the WaBh.ng-
ton and Baltimore Aeronautic socle-
' ties, called on the president today to
urge him to recommend to congress
appropriations for tho equipment of: cQwt procecaing(, werc ln.
the army with aeroplanes Intituled by the mother to regnln tho
The president regretted that be- chndren Senator Tillman filed a
cause of the necessity of strict econ- (nKthy nnJ earnfM ftff)davlt He
omy. It would not be possible for him present Instance was the first
to urge this project upon congr ess , whch hj appelred ,
during the present session, but ne , court etnpr fls ft pla)ntff or dPfend
thought something might be done in nnd thnt he wouW nQt have then
that direction at the next session. th(U tme bjjt for tne fact thRt ne
1 was dragged Into the case. The
MHS. KPItECKLEB DIES. elder Tillman declared the mother
- i was not a proper person to care for
Widow of Late Sugar King Passes j t10 children, becauso she cherished
Away nt Old Age. (antipathy for the family of her hus-
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 16. Mrs. ; band nnd declared the children would
Anna Chrlstlnna Spreckles widow of , have a good home with himself and
the late sugar king, died early today j Mrs. Tillman, and that unless direct
at the Spreckles home on Roward ed to do so by the courts he would
trcet. She was 79 years of age. not aurreuder the charge.
STRONG
COMMITTEE
TO FIGHT FOR E. 0. S. N. S.
(Special Correspondence.)
Weston, Ore., Feb. 15. At a meet
ing of the local normal school boost
ing commltteo held Inst evening and
at which Mayor O. C. Turner presid
ed, an executive commute was named
to draft a measure usklpg for sup
port for the Eastern Oregon normal
school and also to have charge of the
campaign In behalf of the bill.
Those named upon tho executive
committee are as follows: C. A.
Johns and J. L. Rand, Baker City;
W. M. Fierce and Turner Oliver, La
Grando: J. H. Raley, R. Alexander,
Dr. C. J. Smith. James A. Fee and
Frank Sallng, all of Pendleton; C. W.
Steen and A. R. Shumway of MiltonJ
COOK REFUSES
TO GIVE INTERVIEW.
Santiago, Chile, Feb. 14.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook arrived
here tonight from Valdevldla.
He was accompanied by his
wife. The explorer seemed to
be In perfect health but refused
to see the representatives of
the press. He said he wanted
to be left In peace and declined
to be Interviewed.
Delieves In Cook.
Berlin, Feb. 14. Rudolph
Frank, who was Dr. Cook's
steward at Etah, opened his lec
ture tour here tonight and af
firmed his confidence In Cook.
The audience was small.
Since the death of her husband in
December, 1908, Mrs. Spreckles has
been lU.-and during the last month
grew constantly worse. At her bed
side when she passed away were the
members of her family with Dr. Ru
dolph Baum, the consulting physi
cian. Mrs. Spreckles Is survived by
four sons, and one daughter. The
children are John D., Claus A., Ad
olph, Rudolph Spreckles and Mrs.
John Ferris, whose home is In Eng
land. Mrs. Ferris three weeks ago
concluded an extended viwlt with her
mother, and today is on the Atlantic
bound for England.
Meadows Wins 15 Mile Race.
New York, Feb. 16. Fred Mead
ows of Toronto, Canada, won all the
way last night In one of the greatest
Indoor 15 mile professional running
races ever seen in this country. His
time of one hour, 21 minutes, 15 1-6
seconds. Is the fastest , ever made In
Madison Square, but Is 9 1-5 seconds
behind his own world's record made
last week at Toronto. He was never
pressed. Acoose, the Indian, finished
a poor fifth, two laps behind Jim
Crowley of New York, fourth, who
was two and a half laps behind the
third man, Sellen, LJungstroni of
Sweden, finished second,
LOSES GRANDCHILDREN
COURT GIVES THEM
RACK TO
MOTHER
After Strenuous Fight Carolina States
man Is Defeated for Possession of
Llttlo Ones Ron's Wife Sues for
Divorce.
Columbia, S. C, Feb. 15. The chll-
dren of Ben Tlllmun. Jr., were today
or(,ered- wUndrawn from the custody
of their grandfather, Senator Tillman
and awarded to the care of their
wns made Iw the state s.inremo nmirt
and was based on habeas corpus pro
ceedings. Instituted by the attorneys
for Mrs. Tillman. Back of the trouble
in the Tillman families lies the love
of all concerned for the children. Ben
Tillman, Jr., after denying every al-
' nf.m ,fa tw ,. m
L care fop the cnUdrcn but admlt.
th(j alleBaton of intemperance,
Bnve th(j mUe onpn n(Q tne cnre of
s tor T1UmBtl nnd ie BPnator's
C. A. Barrett- of Athena; T. A. Liou
allen of Adams; P. A. Worthlngton,
of Portland; O. M. Richmond andD.
I F. Lavender' of Weston. ,
I A meeting of this executive com
mittee has beep called to bo held at
the court house In Pendleton on Sat
urday, February 26. At that time
plans for drafting the Initiative meas
ure nnd for supporting tho same will
bo drafted.
For the purpose of rnlslng money
with which to finance the Initiative
campaign and expenses Incidental
thereto, a committee of three has been
named. This committee Is composed
of William McKenzle, S. A. Barnes
and J. H. Price. At the meeting last
evening $300 was raised for the fund.
DR.
NAMED
J
N
THE FILIPINOS
Reported .Several Thousand
Japanese Rifles Were Land
ed on Tayalas Coast.
MAY HE TRYING. TO
GAIN A FOOTHOLD
Great Excitement Is Caused in Offi
cial Circles by News Cruiser Sent
to Apprehend Ship Supposed to
Have Landed Arms Some Think
Traders Are Supplying Natives With
Arms and Encouraging Them to
lie volt Battle Kith Moros.'
Manila. Feb. 15. Great Interest
was aroused In official circles here
today by the report that several
thousand Japanese rifles had been
landed on the Tayalas coast. It Is
feared by some that Japan Is plan
ning to Install an armed force in the
Philippines such as she is believed to
have In Hawaii. The cruiser Chatta
nooga was dispatched to Lamon Bay
in search of the ship in which the
rifles were brought here. It is believ
ed by many that the rifles were de
liberately brought In by Japanese
traders, and turned over to the na
tives, in order to encourage them to
rebel against the Americans. Au
thorities are hav'ng great trouble re
cently with smugglers and Japanese
set-going maurauders have been
among the most serious offenders.
Rattle With Mt.ro.
Manila. Feb. 15. News of a fight
between an American scouting party
and some Moros ln which two Am
erican soldiers were fatally wounded,
was received here today from the
Province of Lanao, on the Island of
Mindanao. The report stated the
party was dispatched Into the moun
tainous country near Lake Lanao,
where a band of Moros was commit
ting a series of depredations. The
natives' fled further into the moun
tains, where they were followed by
the troops. A fight oecured when
the Moros made a night attack upon
the American outposts. Several
Moros are reported to have been
killed. The rest of the party was
driven back Into the hills.
7.HYSKO WINS MATCH.
Miihinoiit Fnlls to Throw Pole
In
Sccifled Time.
Chicago, Feb; 14. Zbysko won a
handicap wrestling bout from Yousiff
Mahmout tonight when the latter fail
ed to get a fall in one hour. Accord
ing to the terms of the match Mah
mout was to throw Zbysko twIcV in
60 minutes or forfeit the purse and
side bet.
The decision of a jury of newspa
per men will decide which foreign
wrestling star is entitled to meet
Frank Gotch In a match for the
world's championship. The men ap
peared so evenly matched tonight that
it is probable the Jury will refuse to
give a verdict and ask for a finish
match.
After 29 minutes of sparring for a
hold without cither man going to the
mat. Mahmout got behind Zbysko. The
Turk's right hand was- badly swollen
and bandaged and he appeared to be
able to do little with. It After four
minutes of work on the mat with
Zbysko on the defensive, the bout
was stopped for a few seconds, while
the referee adjusted the bandages.
Mahmout tried repeatedly for a toe
hold, but the massive strength of the
Polo rendered such a hold well nigh
Impossible. The pole took the of
fensive after 38 minutes, but was un
able to hold the advantage only six
minutes. Mahmout struggled to his
feet after getting away from the Pole
and both were up wheu the hour end
ed. Rivers and Harbors Considered.
Washington. Feb. 15. After con
sidering tho rivers nnd harbors np
tironrlntlon bill for about seven
hours today the house succeeded Ifitodav. Wire communication with Min
dlsnoslne of 70 of the 100 pages
without inmor!nt changes. A uni
que feature of the day's proceedings
was a speech by Speaker Cannon.
No senator being prepared tO( dis
cuss the postal savings banks bill,
that measure wns laid aside by the
senate for the day.
Portland Has Fire This Morning.
Portland, , Ore., Feb. 15.' Fire
which broke out apparently about
12:45 a. m. In the engine room of the
veneer plant of the Portland Manu
facturing company nt St. Johns, a
suburb of this city, consumed the
plant nnd did damage variously esti
mated from $60,000 to $100,000. One
man Is missing, the son of J. E. Jones
of St. Johns.
Miss Editfi Piersol. who has been
in the cloak and suit department of
the Peoples Warehouse for the past
eighteen months, has resigned her position.
T
CIS
TO
Provisional President of Nic
aragua Starts Troops to At
tack of Managua.
STRIKE HARD AND
FAST," MESSAGE SAYS
Machinery of War at Lat Set in Mo
tion by Telegralilc Command to
Ciiauioro Courier Hurrying With
Electric Word Administration
General Attacks Matagal Ameri
can Consul's Request Disregarded,
Bluefields, Feb. 15. Bearing or
ders to Ooneral Chamoro to begin im
mediately the long deferred attack up
on Managua, a courier dispatched by
Provisional President Estrada is hur
rying toward Matagalpa today. Es
trada's order was wired to the tele
graph station nearest Matagalpa,
where Chamorro lies. At this point
it was entrusted to the courier,
follows: "Strike hard and fnst."
tiencrol Lara Attacks.
Mangua, Feb. 15. General Lara, of
the administration forces today re
sumed the bombardment of the city
of Matagal which is held by the in
surgent general, Chamoro. Today's
dispatches say little damage was done
to the city yesterday from shells Lara
hurled into It. They also confirm the
report that Lara began the bombard
ment lni utter disregard of the re
quest of the American consul. The
consul "has notified both Lara and
Chamoro that he will hold them re
sponsible for the damage done to
property owned by Americans.
EMBEZZLER ROSS
MUST DON STRIPES
Salem, Feb. 13. J. T. Ross, for
mer president of the Title Guarantee
& Tr.ust company of Portland, who
was convicted In the circuit court here
of the crime of embezzlement which
consisted of appropriation of educa
tional funds of this state placed on
deposit In his bank, will have to serve
his five years sentence In the state
penitentiary according to a decision
of the supreme court in denying his
petition for a rehearing today. Ross
upon conviction was sentreed by the
lower court to serve five years and
pay a fine of $576,853.74 and directed
to serve time in the Multnomah
county Jail until the fine was paid
not exceeding 288,426 days. The su
preme court reverses the fine part of
the sentence but the state prison sen
tence remains.
POLICE TOO VIOLENT.
StK-ial'ists Charge That German Of
ficials Unnecessarily Severe.
Berlin. Feb. 15. Except for a
bandaged head to be seen here and
there In the east side streets and a
few cases In the hospital suffering
from saber wounds there was no ef
fects of yesterday's demonstrations
against the proposed Prussian fran
chise reform measure to be observed
here. The socialist papers protest bit
terly against ivhat they term the un
necessary and provocative violence of
the police.
Reports from the provlnlcinl ci
ties indicate more serious collisions
between the police and the people.
Official figures from Tniie, Saxony,
give the number of wounded there as
102.
BLIZZARDS SWEEPS OVER
NORTH MIDDLE STATES
Minneapolis, Feb. 15. A furious
blizzard Is sweeping In the north
Mississippi valley nnd mountain Btates
nest!l nj Wisconsin Is crippled
The cold throughout coin states is
intense. The Dakotas are being
swept by bitter winds. Western Mon
tana wns covered last nigiu n
heaw snow fall.
Edward Averlll Dies.
Chicago, Feb. 15. Edward S. Av
erlll for 16 years general superinten
dent of the United States Express
company, died yesterday.
In explanation let it be said that
this Is not the Kd Averill who acts as
official news gleaner for the East
Oregonlun. The latter gentleman, is
still very much of a live one.
Forbes Knocks Out Coster.
New York, Feb. 15. Harry For
bes, one time bantamweight cham
pion of the world, last night knock
ed out Joe Coster, Brooklyn bantam
weight, in the eighth round of a
scheduled 10 round bout.
MOVE
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY
IN DYNAMITE CASE
Santa Rosa, Feb. 15. As
sistant District Attorney Heyle
went to Berkeley today "to seek
William F. File at whose resi
dence Luella Smith lived before
she went to the Burke canl
tarlum, where she recently nar
dowly escaped death In a dyna
mite explosion. In a recent
statement File said that while
the woman lived at his home
she know no men except Dr.
WUIard P. Burke, who is un
der arrest on a- charge of hav
ing attempted to .kill the wo
man with an explosive. It is
believed here that File's testi
mony regarding the habits of
the woman while she was going
to the state University will have
considerable Import In the
hearing.
RATTLER WOULD RATHER
FEAST THAN TRAIN
.San Francisco, Feb. 15. Battling
Nelson took another day off today,
cutting out all work except an easy
road Jaunt early In the morning.
When the champion returned from
the road he rested a bit and then
donned his glad rags and made ready
for the banquet to be given tonight
to Hestor and his associates, and Nel-
t son and his manager, Jack Robln
PSYCHIC SWINDLER IS
HAULED BEFORE COURT
Denver, Colo., Feb. 15. Charged
with swindling poor women servants
of their savings, J. Howard Cashmere
who admits his true name Is John
Clark, a practitioner of psychic sci
ence, was placed on trial here today.
His swindling is alleged to have net
ted him a sum of more than thirty
thousand dollars.
SECURE RICH BOOTY
BANDITS MAKE GETAWAY
wrrn $10,000 iv money
liltxtiiiiiiKton. Illinois, Is Scene of Bold
Uaid Night Watchman Is Over,
powered. A9 Is Citizen W'lio Inter
feres Posse Is Pursuing.
Bloomington. Ills., Feb. 15. Five
masked bandits dynamited the vault
of the Citizens' bank at Chatsworth,
Ills., today. According to the bank
officers the amount stolen Is $10,
000. A sheriff's posse is pursuing.
The robbers operated with surpris- j
ing ooiuness aim ueuuermiu... invy
appeared In the city shortly after
midnight and found William Kayle,
a night watchman, guarding the bank.
Taking Kayle by surprise, they seiz
ed, bound and gagged him and carried
him across the street to a building
where one robber stood guard over
Four men were approaching
him
the bank when Albert Kerben. a cltl-
ten, attempted to interfere but was
overpowered
bound and then placed
in company with the night watch
man. After forcing an entrance to the
building the robbers used four charges
of nitroglycerine before they suc
ceeded In breaking the safe. They
took eight thousand dollars In cur
rency, and about $2000 in gold
silver.
and
E PER CENT
SUCCESSFUL
Out of 61 applicants for county
teaching papers at the recent exami
nation In this city only seven failed,
while 44 were successful. This Is re
garded as an unusually high average
and is another Indication that the
standard of the teachers of the coun
ty is being raised. Miss Delia Sam
uel of Milton, made the highest av
erage with 94 to her cred.t. while
Miss Esther F. Conipton of the same
town, Is second with an average of
l3 4-16
One of thu features of the examina
tions was the remarkable average
made by Miss Mary Graham, a stu
dent In the Columbia Junior College
of Milton, who took all the subjects
for second and third grade papers and
made an average of 92. high enough
to entitle her to a first grade paper
had she been old enough or had she
had the required experience. All
those who made higher grades were
only required to take the examinations
in a few subjects.
The following s the lis of success
ful applicants:
First Grade Certificates.
Esther V. Compton, Milton; Pat
rick S. Rogers, Weston; Flora 1.
Foreman, Hermlston; J. A. Hawks
LARK
PARLIAMENT
IS ASSEMBLED
Third of King Edward's Reign
Begins After Epoch Making
Election.
MEMBERS IN SCRAMBLE
FOR CHOICEST
SEATS
First Session Opens Tills Afternoon
-Only Formal Matters Incident t
Organization for First Four Daja
Crowd Gathers In Street Lloyd
George Is Wildly Acclaimed A
quith, Fearing Suffragettes, Goes
to House Underground.
London, Feb. 16. After the hard
est fought election England - has ever
known, the third parliament of Kins
Edward's reign assembled at West
minister for business sessions this
afternoon. The business thus far haa
been purely formal and four day
will be occupied in no more sensa
tional way than the swearing in of
members and affecting the usual or
ganization. Although the house will not con
vene until 2 o'clock, the doors opened-
as usual at midnight, and all through
the early hours of the forencon thera
was the customary rush of the tit
members of the commons for the
best 500 seats in their chamber. Aa
2 o'clock approached an enormona
crowd began to pather in the streeta
of Westminister to watch the mem
bers arrive. Notable politicians were
eagerly looked for.
Exchequer Chancellor Lloyd Georga
was so enthusiastically greeted that
it took a strong squad of policemen
to get him In safely from his official
residence, No. 11 Downing street to
the house. Prime Minister Asqulth,
more apprehensive concerning the
suffragettes who are prominently In
evidence, took no such risks aa tha
chancellor but went across from hla
official residence by way of an under
ground passage provided for such
emergencies.
ROAD NOT TO BE BUILT
FROM COAST TO IDAHO
Salem, Ore., Feb. 15. The supreme
court of this state today sustained the
decision of Judge Galloway of the
circuit court of Marion county by de
claring the legislative acts passed at
the last session of the legislature ap
propriating $100,000 for the con
struction of a road from the Pacific
ocenn to the boundary line of IJaho
1 unconstitutional.
ROOSEVELT PARTY WILL
TAKE A BRIEF RESPITE
Gondoroko. Soudan, Feb. 15. The
advance guard of the Roosevelt par
ty is here today, and the rest of the
nrirtv will arrive tomorrow. The
party is in excellent condition, and
after two oays re ... -
; Khartoum.
Srcekles Will Case Decided.
San Francisco, Feb. 15. Judge
Ciffey today decided the Spreckela
will case which has been pending In
the courts for nearly two years in fa
vor of John D.. and Adolph Spreck-
els. plaintiffs. The
I about fifty millions.
estate Involved
OF TEACHERS
IN EXAMINATIONS
Nolin; Ida L. Stoola, Milton; Delia
Samuel. Milton; Inez Scott, Holdman;
Mrs. Florence Kelley, Milton.
Second Grade Certificate.
O. K. Goodman. Freewater; Minnie
Naylor, Echo: Martha J. Gerking.
Pendleton; Ezilda .L. Scott, Helix;
Mary E.. Ijinsdale. Weston; Louene
Holsington, Pendleton; Pearl Por
ter. Pendleton; Daisy Waddlngham.
He'.ix; Verva E. Roberts. Pendleton:
Bessie Porter. Pilot Rock; Mrs
Grace Benedict, Echo; Daisy McPher
son, Pendleton; Bessie Hammltt
Freewater; Mrs. Ruth Swa'.n. Milton:
John A. Haylock. Pendleton; Mao M
Sterr, Pendleton; J. A. Cavanaugh.
Freewater; Mrs. Mabel Wo'.fe, Pen
dleton; Mrs. J. A. Cavannush. Free
wattr: J. S. Hunter, Freewater: Iter
Neil. Pendleton; Nettie Beverly. Athe
na; I. B. Sevy. Milton: Mrs. Orpha
Sevy Milton.
Third Grade Certificate.
J. M Small. Pi'.ot Rock; Delia
Martin, Freewater; Flora M. Morris
M.lton; Catherine Carson, Irrigon;
Ttarlo Hoch, Pendleton; Jessie D
Wells. Milton: Hazel E. Martin, Free
water; Mary G. Graham, M.lton; Bes
sie Morris, Milton: Albert W. Warner.
Freewater.