EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION 1mra.m, np WEATHER REPORT Pair tonight end to morrow; colded tonight. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 22. y RAISE REST Good News for the Traction Workers Brought by Fitz Gerald. COMPANY WHJi COMPLY WITH PRESENT CONTRACT With Than $5000 Now to Bo Sc- cored From Iocal People Succcms of Traction Movement Norms Inevit ableTwo Voluntary Subscriptions --LlHt of Present Subscribers to the Fund. ' Fund Almost Raised. Thi8 afternoon the local so- llclting committee started for a whirlwind finish to the solicit- Ing campaign and at 3 o'clock hud run the fund up to $24,000. Among those subscribing during the afternoon were C. P. Blsh- op. It. 11. Wilcox, E. L. Smith, J. J. Ham ley. George C. Hill, Gray Bros., Taylor Hardware company, Fruzicr & Nelson, R. W. Hcnnemun, Ralph Folsora, Gus La Fontaine, Wohlenberg 4 Department store, Max Baer and 4 4 the East Oregonlan Publishing 4 1r company. 4 v 4 444444444444444 That the Washington-Oregon Trac tion company will start upon the es tablishment of Its traction system In Pendleton after the local stock sub scription fund has been brought up to the $25,000 mark was announced this forenoon by D. FitzGerald, who re turned from a consultation with di rectors of the company in Walla Wal la. According to Mr. FitzGerald, the company still desires to sell $50,000 worth of Its stock to local people. However, he says that after the local committee has run the sum up to 125, 000 the company will assume the task of raising the remainder. The trac tion company will at once proceed to close Its contract for steel and for equipment for the line and otherwise get ready for construction work. The company will follow out in detail all the provisions of the contract made with the local committee. This con tract culls for the completion of at least six miles of traction line within this city and vicinity wthln one year's time; for the operation of cars upon the line; for the establishment of a park, for the electriclfatlon of the line within a period of two years and other things. Nearly $5000 Needed. In order to bring the local subscrip tion list up to the $25,000 mark it will be necessary for the solicitors to secure nearly $6000 yet. When the committee made Its counter proposal to the traction men night before last the list stood slightly above the 120, 000 mark. Since then two voluntary subscriptions, aggregating $400. have been. made. It Is now the Intention to go after the remainder of the mon ey and to secure It as quickly as pos sible. After the amount has been run up to $25,000 It will then devolvo up on the traction company Itself to bc cure the remainder. , Those Who ITavo Given. The following is the list of sub scribers as It now stands: C J. Smith, R. Alexander, James A. Fee, Leon Cohen, E. J. Murphy. W. ti. Thompson, G. M. Rice, C. F. Coles worthy, Bond Bros., La Dow & Peter son, G. W. Phelps, J. F. Temple, C. H. Rosenberg, Robert Lalng, Schwartz & Grcullch, Will M. Peterson, J. F. Robinson, Will Ingram, J. V. Tallman. Will Moore, August Guderlan, J. 8. Beekwith, F. J. Donaldson, C. E. Roosevelt, W. J. Clarko & Co., George Darvcau. C. S. Wheeler, P. O. Elliot, H. M. Slonn, W. C. Hanscom, J. B. Dcspaln, R. M. Sawtelle, Cooper Bros, A. L. Schaefer, H. Koplttke, Gritman Bros., John S. Baker, John Slcbert. W. A. .Snedcker, J. H. Estes, Beddow & Miller, J. E. Montgomery, J L. Sharon, T. D. Taylor, J. M. Bentley, J. L. Vaughari, Pauline West, George W. Coutts, C. L. Bonney, E. A. Schiffler. V. Stroblo, Patton & Humphrey, George Roberts, E. B. Aldrlch, F. T. Welch, L. Dunlop, Georgo Clarke, D. A. Mays, J. H. Gwinn, D. S. Tatom, R. R. Hoslltt, George Peebler, Otto Hohbach, B. L. Burroughs, Kupers Implement com pany, H. H. Wessel, R. J. Slater, Ly man Bros., Doss Swoarlngen, C. P. Strain, A. W. Nye and A. D. Sloan. Ml s SHOOTS CHILD BECAUSE HE TEASED CAXIXE Oakland, Cal., Feb. 16. Angelo Formeck, a six year old child met death toduy from a bullet wound In the head, while the police this city and San Francisco are seeking Cliu.lcs Uurromeo, believed to have Uifllcted the found. According to Estearta Polllgrlnl, Barromeo became angry at the boy for teasing his dog. The girl who Is only 5 years old, said Barromeo had been cleaning his wea pon and that when the boy endeav ored to force a horse shoe into the dog's mouth, the man fired at him. O. A. C. INSTRUCTRESS DEAD; HELD TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Corvallls, Ore., Feb. 16. Because she refused to follow the advice of her friends to secure medical aid, Miss Stella Newman, instructress In lutln at the Oregon Agricultural college to dead. MIks Newman has heen in poor health for the puwt two months but would receive no other treat ment. It Is alleged, than that of Chris tlan Scientists. Miss Newman died t six oclock yesterday eveniw?. SEINE RIVER IS ON RAMPAGE AGAIN GAY PARISIANS FEAR ; ANOTHER DEVASTATION ! French Stream 1 linen Several Feel and Predictions Say It Will Climb- Still j Hlcjher Inhabitants of Lowlands Abandon Homes. Paris. Feb. 16. The Seine is rising' again today and the flood situation Is assuming an alarming aspect. Houses at Alfortsvillc and other low lying suburbs of the capital arc be ing abandoned b the Inhabitants, who are moving to higher ground. General rains throughout the coun try and molting snow at the headwa ters of the Seine and marine are re sponsible for the condition confront ing the city. A further rise of four or five feet is pred'.eted. The Seine ! at Pont De Austcrlitz measured 19 fee E inches. - The hydrometerlc bureau announced that indications are ' for a general rise the next two days and It is possible the river may go to 24 feet, which is within four feet of the recent maximum when flood conditions prevailed. JURY CONSIDERING CHARGES AGAINST REPUBLICAN LEADER Pittshurg. Feb. 15. After hearing Mayor William A. Magee and others as character witnesses for M. C. Les lie, county republican leader, the Jury retired at 4:4 5 o'clock to consider the charges of perjury against Leslie in connection with tho selection of the Columbia National bank as a city de Dosltorv. At 9 o'clock tonight the Jury, hav- . ing failed to reach a verdict, was lock ed up for the night. A lip rnnigrn v, jui j - upon alleged false statements made to the grand Jury In 1908 when an Investigation of councllmanle bribery was being conducted. Leslie denied statements of bank officials, who had sworn that Leslie had been paid $26,000 to get the se lection of the bank. Dates on which the money Is alleg ed to have been paid, June 2 and 6, 1908, LeJe swore he was not In Pittsburg, but attending the races at Gravesend. New York.- He told of betting on a horse. The bookmaker with whom ho placed his bet was called and a racing chart arul records were Introduced to show Uiat the horses Islln mentioned won the race that day. STEAMER SIGHTS LOST "NINA;" NO WORD YET Boston. 'Feb. 16. Although the i whaleback steamer Bayvlew reported It spoke to the government tug Nina off Mauntauk last Sunday, no word of the little vessel which has been mlaalncr alnn FehriiArv 6. hns been received at tho Charleston navy yard j today. Navy yard officials figured that if tho tug was off Mauntnuk I Simrinv it should Viava rCAChed here ' yesterday, or early this morning. They j are of tho opinion that officers or the ! Bayvlew spoke to another tug resem- I bllng the missing vessel. The Nina ! carried ft crew of 32 men. Income Tax Amendment Ratified. Columbia, S. C. Feb. 16. By a vote of 100 to 3 the house of repre sentatives of South Carolina last night ratified the Income tax amendment to the federal constitution. The amendment will come up In the sen ate today. It Is estimated that there are al ways 4,000,000 peoplo at sea and 10 times that number "up In the air." c-" VJao I'KNDLEION, OHEGON, WEDNESDAY. FEIMKJAHY 1, S ASS Prominent Japanese Newspa per Insists. Upon Naturali- ! zation of Nipponese. N WS OPPOSITION CO.MI'OSED OP LOW CLASS AMERICANS1 Tlie Amis) Prim lldtloi-lal Scoring HaycH i:Hnsion Bill Which Is Aim- cd at orientals Says Such Attacks ' Arc (Ji-ohIiik Wearisome Appeals ' lo Country to Act DcclarcH Nal- 1 uriilintinii Is Only Solution, j Tokio, Feb. 16. "We're tired of anti-Japanese -American politicians." declared the- Asnsl today in an edi torial which is a typical comment up on the Hayes Bill in the American congress. "The question of the nat uralization of Japanese In America is oiii. of the most important matters of the present time," continues the Asa si. "The time has ripened for Japan to take a decisive step toward co-oper-ii imi with the better elements such us that represented by former Presi dent Roosevelt. It is time for this country to begin negotiation with the better class of Americans looking to ward legalizing Japanese' naturaliza tion. Naturalization will be the only solution to the problem. "The Japanese should become Am erican citizens. Such attacks as that made upon the Japanese in the Hayes' bill are hecoming wearisome. They are made only by the lower element in America, but the time is come for Japan to act." The Aasl is one of the leading pa pers in Japan and has wide influ ence. Since the report published here thai the congressional committor has reported favorably on the Hayes bill, the papers have been strong in their Indignation. Hayes BUI Aimed at Japs. Washington. Feb. 16 The exclu sion bill Introduced in the house by Hayes of California, will come up for final action soon. It has been reported I, favorably by tho committee on im migration. One clause of the measure Is: "To exclude persons who under the provision of the revised statutes of the United States are ineligible to be come citizens of the United States un less they are merchants, teachers, students or travelers for curiosity or pleasure." The bill Is general In char acter, but refers directly to the Asia ties, as they are the only people nol eligible for citizenship. imoTIIKIt-lN-L.YW OF CHAMBERLAIN SUICIDES Natchez. Miss.. Feb. 16. That VI dal Davis, brother- In-law of Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, committed suicide Is admitted here today. It was first reported that Davis died of heart failure hut developments sub sequently show that he shot himself at his home In Cannonshurg, Miss., with buckshot. Business reverses Involv ing the loss of a large sum or money Is believed to have caused him to take his life. OFF STATE- For the purpose of heading off, If possible, the proposed vote next No vember on the proposition of state wide prohibition, the liquor Interests within the state are now circulating petitions of protest In Umatilla coun- ' ty. Two or three of these petitions ' are now being circulated In Pendle- ton ono was at Athena yesterday In th0 hands of J. E. Taylor of Echo and it Is supposed that others are being circulated In the other parts of the I county. I The petitions state that: "The undersigned are opposed to state prohibition In Oregon for the following reason: "There Is no public demand for it. j "There Is already In existence' a law which permits any community to de- i clde this question for Itself the local i option law passed In 1904. "State-wide prohibition deprives communities of local option. "It Is not fair to all to force pro- I hlbltlon upon communities where public sentiment is against It, any JAPS AROUSED M'CARTHY RAS Bf HAYES BILL ill HANDS I " I i LIQUOR INTERESTS WOULD HEAD: E!i IF A Deposed School Board by .Injunction Administers De feat to Mayor. III.K i: KEEP MEMBERS FROM THEIR OFFICES Development in Fight Between Mayor of San Francisco and School Honnl Which ho Ousted Despite Conn Injunction Chief of Police Would ITcvcnt Them From Enter- Offices McCarthy Preparing Counter Move. San Francisco, Feb. 16. Respite the apparent efforts of Mayor Mc Curthy, Chief of Police Martin, and a squad of patrolmen, the board of education which was in power dur ing the administration on Former Mayor Taylor is in office today, while McCarthy's appointees are shivering before the injunction prohibiting them from interfering with the old board. Last evening Stuftevant urarited the injunction. This morning wtten the . Taylor hoard appeared at their 6ffices they found them guarded by the police chief, and un imposing array of blue coats. It is reported that Chief Mar tin instructed his men to ignore the court order, and to prevent the old board from entering tneir offices. Shortly before Judge Sturtevant's court convened today, it is whispered that the mayor had been advised to permit the old board to .emain in power until a counter move could be made. The Taylor board of educa tion applied for the injunction to pre vent the appointees of the new mayor P. H. McCarthy, to make room for whom they had been dismissed, from assuming the duties connected with he office. Mltl KIAS GAVE FOOD TO NAPOLEON'S SOLDIERS Berlin. Feb. 16. Marin Kias, said to have been 114 years of age. who distinctly remembered having given food to the soldiers of Napoleon dur ing his famous campaign of 1812, is dead at her home in Lubschau. Sile- sia. At the time of her death she was believed to have been the oldest wo man in Prussia, but she preserved all her faculties until the time of her demise. , Marin Kias was born in Russia, but came to Germany at the age of 15. Here she entered the service of a farmer and outlived four generations of the same family. At the time she served food to Napoleon's soldiers she was u pretty miss of 16 summers. The great conqueror compelled her to taste every article of food herself, us he at that time lived in deadly fear of treachery. . Military Reservation Opened. Washington, Feb. 16. The senate today passed a bill opening lands In abandoned military reservations num bers 23 and 24 in the state of Wash ington, to homestead settlement. The allotment for cadi entryman Is Hmlt- ; ed to twenty acres at $2.60 an acre. more than it Is fair to force a license law upon communities opposed to li censes. Continued agitation of the liquor question and "Its Injection into active politics is harmful, not only to the cause of true temperance, but also to the business interests and Industrial development of Oregon. "We favor strict regulation of the liquor traffic wherever licensed and strict enforcement of tho law In all communities, but are opposed to a continued agitation of a measure, like state prohibition, that can accom plish no useful purpose. "We therefore protest against any movement that has for Its purpose the calling of an election to make Oregon a prohibition state." The petitions were prepared in Portland and are being distributed from that city. It Is not known in this city to what use they will be put or whether it would be possible to pre vent the prohibition election by the securing of signatures to the above. WIDE PROHIBITION 1110. GOVEKKMENT CHARGES RIG COAL LAND FRAUDS Denver, Feb. 16. Suit was filed In the federal court yesterday against David C. Dodge, George Foster Pea body, George A. Krause. and Charles Mellen, as executors under the will of General William J. Palmer, charg ing extensive coal land frauds. The action is in equity to recover $543,- 000, the value of 362.000 tons of coal. Attorney General Wlckersham and Frederick E. Maynard, assistant to the attorney general with headquar ters at Salt Lake, filed the complaints. It Is alleged that between January 1, 189, and June 30, 1900, Peabody and Palmer erected mining shafts and dug coal out of 1292 acres of govern ment land that had been Illegally ac quired. F The lands are said to have been part of a tract controlled by the Ute Coal company, a subsidiary of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, and were involved in charges against prominent western men In the federal courts recently. The cases were dis missed in the higher courts. "Genera! Palmer died March 13. 190S. at Colorado Springs. NINE THOUSAND ARE IDLE AROUND BUTTE 1NTERXAU DISSENSION CATSES MIXES TO STOP Attempt of Union Engineers to With draw from Western Federation of Miners Causes Employes to Lay Dohu Tools. Butte. Feb. 16. Every mine in and around Butte, with the exception of the Silv.-r Row, Berkeley and Mon tana Consolidated, suspended opera tions today. The suspension is the result of an attempt on the part of union engineers employed at the mines i , separate from the Western Federation of Miners and to organize a union to affiliat,- with the local en gineers' union. It i.s estimated to day that nine thousand men are Idle. The smelting works of former Sena tor W. A. Clark were closed this morning. The mines which have not been closed all belong to the Amal gamated company. THROUGH ROUTES AND JOINT RATES ARE ESTABLISHED Washington, Feb. 16. Against the vigorous protest of the Atchison. To peka and Santa Fe and several oth er railways the interstate commerce commission today in an opinion hand ed down in the case of the Cedar Hill Coal and Coke company of South eastern Colorado established through routes and joint rates from the Wal senburg Coal district of Colorado to points In Kanea?, Texas and New Mexico. Heretofore the rates on coal from the' Walsenburg district to some points in other states have been prohibitive. As was testified to by a Santa Fe of ficial, "the figures are prohibitory. They are meant to be so." Under the law a satisfactory through route is required If demand ed, and the commission established the routes and rates requested by the complainant. To Select Cnnai Fortifications. Washington. Feb. 15. General Witherspoon, head of the army war college; Major Haam of the coast ar tillery corps; Captain Knapp and Commander Maxwell of the navy left Washington today for Panama. Gen eral Crozler, chief of ordinance; Gen eral Murray, chief of coast artillery, and General Marshall, chief engineer of the army, will leave for Panama within two weeks. These officers comprise the Joint army and navy board, and their mission la to deter mine the site for canal fortifications. The party probably will return to Washington on April 1. OPERATORS ON A "JAG" TIE UP V. P. TRAFFIC Rawlins, Wyo., Feb. 16. It was learned today that the tieup of the Union Pacific system In Wyoming last Saturday was due to the action of two operators at Dana. These men cele brated Lincoln's birthday so earnest ly that they refused to clear trains, turned the red signal board, holding all fast mall trains and then hung a sign on the door saying: "This of fice Is closed." Railroad officials at Laramie finally got the sheriff and the men wcro arrested and will be prosecuted for delaying the malls. Captain Chlltts Pics. Topeka, Kas., Feb. 16. Captain John B. Chllds, under whom no less than six rear admirals of the United States navy In and Just after the civil war were either midshipmen or en signs, died last night, aged 84. He served in the Mexican and civil wars. Calling cards. " - 1 ing stationery, e ierclal stationery i job printing to o -' at the East Oregon ... CITY OFFICII L PAPER. X f827 E MID SOCIALISTS PAV A BLOODY TOLL Gather in Streets to Protest; When Troops Charge With Bayone!s and Sabres. HAND TO HAND FIGHT IX THE THOROUGHFARES Cituiuii Socialist In Creat Number ColhH-t In Strecu of NoiinraJister aul KefiiKc to Disperse Troops Charg With Buyoiiels, Cavalry W'iO Sa liers and Bloody Scene Is Enaoted Many Are Horribly Mutilated. Berlin. Feb. 16. Socialist and their sympathizers gathered in the streets of Xeumunster today and re fused to disperse at the orders of the military, whereupon they were chare ed by the troops. Scores were taken, to the hospitals suffering from horri ble wounds The soldiers sent U breuk up the socialistic demonstra tions, charged with fixed bayonets in to a compact mass of men who were unable, owing to the crowded streets, to escape the troops and weapons. Driven at bay by their very numbers, the mob turned on the soldlera and hand to hand conflicts raged In th thoroughfares. Cavalry was used to break up the fighting hordes, but only when they were ridden down and trampled beneath the horses' hoofs or slashed with sabers did the socialists break and t un to shelter in the door ways, courts and houses. Those taken to the hospitals axs suffering from terfible mutiliations. Many victims lost ears, noses or hands from the saber slashes. Heads were laid open and deep stab wounds from the bayonets were inflicted. Many of the injured are in a precarious con dition and several may die. The toll of blood paid by the social ists tod.iy emphasized the protest of their delegates when the Prussian government's new franchise bill wi3 adopted. Following the adoption of the measure, rioting by socialists oc curred in various parts of the em pire. LIN (j LAND LOSES MUCH IN RETIREMENT OF L.FAVIS London, Feb. 16. The retirement of Sir George Lewis from the prac tice of law removes from active life one of the most prominent barristers in England. The mere recital of the cases in which he has been engaged since his entrance Into the legal field, in IS06, would be to epitomize the an nals of criminal history in Europe. He Is a tomb of secrets. At one time he kept a diary, but, as he says, "When I found my practice becoming; of such a confidential nature I determin ed that never again would I chronicle any case which was given me, and ho has kept his word for the last 15 yean. CRISIS IN TURKEY IS BELIEVED TO BE AT HAND Constantinople, Feb. U. Troops ocupied Athens today anticipating; an attack by the Greek, navy which army partisans believe will be a cli max to the long standing enmity be tween the land and water forces of the country. News of the occupation of the city reached here In dispatches from Athens today. The message stated a strict censorship is now be ing maintained and the situation Is be lieved here to be more critical than the dispatches stated. SFK CRACKERS AT SALEM FUGITIVES FROM SHERIFF Snlem, Ore., Feb. 16. Safe crackers today blew open the safe of the Salem Falls and Western railroad In the de pot on the west bank of the Willam ette opposite Salem and escaped. The safe was completely wrecked. Sheriff Polk with bloodhounds V pursuing them. SEN ATOR EI.KINS NETCK TRIES TO KILL HERSELF Kansas City, Mo.. Feb. 16. Miss Agnes Elklns. niece of Senator El kins, of West Virginia, shot herself above the heart In a room at a local hotel today. Thyslclnns who attend ed her announced that she had a chance for recovery. Kent Votes Out Saloons. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 16. The town of Kent has 90 .more wet days, and then Imbibers will have to pay car fare to Seattle or Tacoma. Kent has voted Itself dry by a vote of 239 to 20! on a registration of 482.