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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 22.
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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
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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.