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VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OKEGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1910.
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ETERNAL TOMB
Debris Packed Deep and
Firmly Over Mace and
Burke Can't Be Removed.
MANY THRILLING ESCAPES
FROM TERRIBLE AVALANCHE
Recuem Working Night and Day in
Hopes of Finding Some of Burled
Victims Alive Pall of Gloom Hangs
Over Death Scene Woman Ro
tates Her Experience Fmecr Pro
truding from Snow Save Burled
Woman.
Wallace. Idaho, Mar. 1. Under a
ma of Ice, rock and debris, packed
with almost the solidity of granite,
the little mining towns of Mace and
Burke, Idaho, lie burled, tombs for
both the living and the dead.
Crushed and piled in Inextricable
wreckage are the bodies of many of
the Inhabitants of the little villages.
Is the belief of the rescuers who are
laboring without rest that they may
perhaps be not too late. Coming
without the slightest warning except
for the thunderous roar momentarily
preceding the immolation of the sleep
ing residents of Mace the huge aval
anche swept down the precipitous
sides of Custer mountain and filled
the narrow canyon to a depth of 75
feet. The slide Is approximately 8,
000 fort long, and save for a few
places Is packed as solid as Ice.
Cold Wind Impedes Work.
Last night a cold wind was sweep
ing the canyon and impeding those
who were heroically working in the
hopes that a few more lives might bo
saved. Those who have Journey from
here to Mace and Burke say that the
dead will probably never be exactly
known as the huge slide can never
be entirely removed.
Thrilling In the extreme are the ac
counts of some of those who were
rescued alive from the two slides. Mrs.
R. II. Pascoe who was rescued at
Mace yesterday morning badly wound
ed, describes her experience as fol
lows: "I was sleeping soundly when our
home was struck by the slide. The
roar. of the avalanche awakened me,
and I had just sat up In bed wonder
ing what-the noise was, when our
home was struck. I was thrown from
the bed across the room and the Iron
bed was hurled on top of me. I re
member nothing after that until res
cued." Those who dug Mrs. Pascoe from
the ruins of her home found her se
curely pinned down by the twisted
frame of the Iron bed. Her life was
probably Bavod by this protection.
Mrs. Pascoo Is the sole survivor of
her family of four.
linger Above Ground Saved.
A finger sticking above the surface
of snow was responsible for saving
the life of Mrs. George Gibson burled
In the slide nt Mare. For more than
an hour the woman lay burled under
the snow with only a finger protruding
above the ground. Rescuers stumb
ling over the rough ground by the
light of lanterns saw the finger and
dug her out with great difficulty. She
' was half smoothered and almost froz
en when rescued. Her condition Is
reported serious.
Community In' Deep Gloom.
Depressing gloom hangs over both
Burke and Mace, where Sunday's
snow slides occurred. The Inhabitants
seemingly have Just como to full re
alization of the awful catastrophe
which has overtaken them. Around
miners' boarding houses and other
places where men congregate, con
versation Is carried on In whispers.
Notwithstanding the exciting scenes
attendant upon the search and remov
al of victims, the best of order pre
vails. By order of the sheriff every
saloon in the canyon was closed tight
yesterday morning, and so remained
throughout the day. It was noo.i be
fore the searchers found the body of
John Thompson, the foreman of the
O. R. & N. construction gang. It was
apparent that he had been thrown
from the car which was overturned
with several others, and tumbled down
WOMAN CLAIMS THAT
MARS IS INHABITED.
Boston. March 1. Prof.
Low's claims that Mars is in
habited were confirmed today
by Mrs. Mabel Lewis Todd, wife
of Prof. Todd. Mrs. Todd, who
is well known as a writer and 'a
lecturer, declares she has seen
the canals on Mars and that
they could not possibly be other
than of artificial origin. She
says It Is vegetation lining the
canals and not the water courses
which Is seen through the tele
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the embankment into tho river.
Thompson was caught beneath the
trucks and pinned down In two feet
of water.
Tho first slide came down a draw
between two of the tallest hills sur
rounding Mace, a distance of two and
a half miles. The momentum thus
gained explains the destruction of 11
house ucroxB the creek on the hi!I
sldo opposite tho residence of R. H.
Pascoe. The depressions In the val
ley were filled flth heavier snow. Ice,
and . rocks, while the main body of
tho avalanche, swept on over the level
thus made, was hurled with terrific
force against the houses which offer
ed no more resistance than paper. To
add to the horror of the situation tn
Mace, poles bearing telephone, elect
ric light and power lines were borne
down, and the town 'was thus In dark
ness, without ability to communicate
with neighboring places for more than
an hour.
Work By Lantern Light.
Rescue parties worked by the light
of bonfires made of oily waste and
lanterns taken from Mace by the Wal
lace relief party.
An act that aroused much favorable
comment wbs that of James Murphy,
Injured In the Burke slide. Suffering
from numerous wounds, he discover
ed near him A. J. Newman, who on
account of a broken leg was unable to
help himself. Murphy had almost
succeeded In freeing himself and New.
Irian when a minor slide buried botn
again. Murphy worked away with al
most superhuman effort and finally
dug his way out with Newman.
Some of the miners at the scene
of the first slide are confident that
the remains of two, possibly three,
Italian laborers are beneath the over
turned boarding cars at the bottom of
Coeur d'Alene river, from which place
the remains of Foreman John Thom
pson were taken yesterday afternoon.
When the Burke slide occurred
men who had been working at Mace
appealed to all who could be spared
and all doctors were transferred to
the scene of the latest catastrophe.
Among them was James Rogers, a
young man living at Burke. His
clothing being soaked, he went to a
room to change before beginnlug the
work of rescue. While undressed, the
second slide descended upon Burke,
wrecking the house In which Rogers
roomed. Ho was found at 1:30 this
afternoon, nearly dead from loss of
blood from a deep cut In his right hip
and another on the top of his head.
Asks For Her Babes.
Mrs. A. J. Newman, the first to be
located after the slide at Burke, when
reached, said:
"I am nofhurt. how are my ba
bies?" Two children, aged 18 months
and four vcars, respectively were
found nenr her, both of them dead.
Burko is almost deserted, men,
women and children Oarrylng every
conceivable kind of personal property
they had to Wallace.
ROOSEVELT'S NAME
IS
MANY MERCHANTS AND ,
SHIPPERS ACCLAIM HIM
Frank II. Kellogg, "Trust Buster," in
Address Gives Ex-President Credit
for '"Laws Preventing Railroad Re
batesAudience. Joins in Demon-
' straHon.
Minneapolis, Mar. 1. The name of
Roosevelt was cheered here by three
hundred leading merchants, manufac
turers and shippers last night when
Frank B. Kellogg, the government
"trust buster" gave him credit for the
enactment of laws preventing rail
road rebates and today there Is much
talk as to the significance of the dem
onstrations. Kellogg delivered an ad
dress on the relation of the govern
ment to tho railroads last night and
contended that until the government
is ready to control all railroad rates
and facilities, it should prohibit con
solidation which would destroy com
petition. Kellogg urged against all railroads
owning control of steamship lines and
declared the Panama canal would be
useless If it didn't develop competition.
His reference to Roosevelt was wildly
cheered.
WALTER ADAMS WILL BE
NORTHERN EXPRESS AGENT
Walter Adams, local agent for the
Northern Paclfio railroad company,
Is to be agent for the Northern Ex
press company, hereafter, as well. L.
G. Fraxier, who lias been agent here
tofore, will devote all his time to the
business of the Frazier & Nelson com
pany which was recently incorporated.
Tho announcement of the appoint
ment of Adams was made this after
noon by C. F. Heywood, route agent
for tho Northern Express company,
with headquarters In Portland. The
office will be moved tomorrow from
the FTBzler bookstore to the office of
the Northern Pacific company In the
East Oregonlan building.
Ralph Howland, assistant book
keeper In the First National bank, re
turned this morning from Ellensburg,
Washington, where he had been call
ed by the serious Illness of his sister,
Miss Hazel Howland,
TRACTION. COM PA XV HAS CREW OF ENGINEERS 4
WORKING OCT ALIGNMENT OF ROAI) WITHIN CITY
Steps townnls nctuul construction work by the Washington-Oregon
traction company were taken today when a crew of engineers
arrived In the city and began surveying work. There are 11 men
in the -engineering party and they iire at work today under the di
rection, of D. FitzGerald, manager for the traction company. A man
named Goodwin Is the foreman of the surveying party. This after
noon the party is at work on the hill south of the city. As to what
the engineers will do Mr. FitzGerald declines to state further than
to say that they will remain here until the alignment is worked out.
TUFT ESCAPES
FROM GRILL
President Will Not Be Called
to Testify Before Investi
gating Committee.
GH'rOKD PINCHOT AGAIN
ON THE WITNESS STAND
Senatorial Probing Committee De
rides to Excuse Taft from Witness
Duties Ptncliot Tells of His Con
versation With Glavls Reads Let
ter He Received from President In
Which Latter Asks Urn Not to Take
l' Glavls' Fight.
Washington. March 1. The con
versations Taft may have had with
Pinchot over the conservation poli
cies of Ballinger will not be Introduc
ed In evidence for the present. The
question was decided today by the
congressional investigation commit
tee In executive session. The action
was taken to mean that Taft will not
be summoned to appear before the
committee.
Pinchot was then called to the
stand.
Pinchot told of meeting Glavls at
Spokane and he said Glavls then' told
him he was afraid the Cunningham
claims would be patented. Pinchot
advised Glavis to lay the' matter be
fore the president. The witness then
read a letter which he said he receiv
ed from Taft in which the president
said he didn't believe the Glavls re
port was worthy of consideration be
cause of lack of evidence. Xaft's let
ter asked Pinchot not to take up the
Glavls fight.
PASTOR PREACHES ON.
PREVENTS FIRE PANIC
New York The coolness of Dr.
Emil Meury. pastor of the Second Re
formed church In Jersey City, and his
sister-in-law. Miss Minnla Huber,
prevented a panic when the church
caught fire during the morning ser
vices. Fire started In the small basement
room where the electrical blower
which works the pipe organ is hous
ed. Several firemen entered the
church from the rear, climbed up to
the choir loft, looked around, saw the
congregation calmly playing and no
sign of fire, and weni away again.
The young women In the choir loft
saw the firemen and wondered.
Then Miss Huber went to the base
ment and saw the blaze. She quietly
notified the pastor, saying nothing to
anyone else. Dr. Meury asked the
choir to sing and then went to the
basement. The blaze was gaining
headway, but he kept cool. He turn
ed In an alarm; the firemen returned
and got to work, and the preacher
went upstairs and began his sermon.
While he preached the firemen
made short work of the flames below
and the congregation filed out with
out knowing of the danger they had
been In.
Will Return of Free Will.
Victoria. B.' C. Mar. 1. A. S. Ged
des. who was arrested here Saturday
night on a charge of embezzling $6,
000 from a Denver firm, has agreed
to return to Denver without waiting
for extradition proceedings.
Railway Guards Givo In. .
St. Petersburg. An extraordinary
scene was witnesses recently at Fe
dosla (Crimea) on the return of a
party of ""Mahometan pilgrims from
Mecca. The railway authorities In
sisted that the large boxes containing
flasks of holy water, which the pil
grims had brought back with them,
should be ploced in the luggage van
of the train.
The pilgrims made a loud outcry,
and about 100 of them lay down on
the rails lh front of the train and de
clared they would rather die than be
separated from the boxes.
In view of their frantic state the
railway authorities eventually allowed
them to take the boxes into the pas
senger carriages with them.
Mr. F. A. Berlin of Athena, came
down from that place this morning
and Is transacting business at the
county seat. He Is one of the well
known wheat farmers of that section.
HARLEM BOY
GETS DECISION
Referee Eddie Smith
Fight to Murphy
Twenty Rounds.
Gives
After
mohax Protests and
crowd jeers decision
English Fighter Gets Worst of Deal
In Lightweight Battle Last Night
Neither l ighter Is In Class of Wol-
v gast Fans Voice Disapproval of
Smith's Award Battle Was Practi
cally a Bloodless One Betting Fa
vored Moran Strongly.
San Francisco, March 1. With
both lads on their feet after 20 rounds
of 'desperate fighting, Referee Eddie
Hmlth declared "Harlem Tommy"
Murnhv of New York winner over
Owen Moran, England's crack light
i weight. The decision was Jeered and
J Moran frantically protested, claiming
i lie had been robbed.
The fight throughout "was practical
ly a bloodless one. Murphy scored
first blood In the ninth round with a
stinging left mash on the nose and
Moran evened this up by cutting the
Harlemite's right eye in the 13th. Be
yond this, however, the fighters bore
no marks of punishment after their
20 stirring rounds.
Moran had the advantage during
the first half of the batle. He forced
the pace and several times pushed
Murphy outside of the ropes. Mo
ran's favorite blow ,was a right hook
to rights which he worked with great
rapidity over the kidneys. Murphy
met these stacks with straight left
punches to the jaw, his most telling
blows, which Jarred the Britisher on
several ocvcaslons.
At the end of the fight Referee
Smith promptly declared Murphy the
victor. This decision did not meet
with the approval of the crowd which
filled the big rink from pit to dome.
Moran was favorite in the betting at
odds of 16 to 6. The general opin
ion of fight followers is that neither
Moran nor Murphy could make a wor
thy foemnn for Champion Wolgast In
a long distance battle.
CHINESE IN FRISCO WILL
BOYCOTT AMERICAN GOODS
San Francisco, March 1. The Chi
nese city is today preparing to en
force a boycott on American goods
both on the Pacific coast and indi
rectly In China because the federal
government refuses to remove the
Chinese detention sheds from Angel
Island to San Francisco. The inacces
sibility of the island Is the cause of
the Chinese complaints.
JAPANESE IMMIGRATION'
IS ON THE DECREASE
San Francisco, March 1. According
to data given out from the office of
the consulate general of Japan here
today, the number of Japanese to ar
rive in this country is steadily decreas
ing. The figures show that nearly
two thousand less Japs came to Uni
ted States last year than the preced
ing year.
LEANING TOWER OF PISA
MAY BE CONDEMNED
Rome, March 1. Government en
gineers are today formulating a re
port In which they express the con
viction that the famous "leaning
tower" is unstable and likely to fall.
Recent floods aided In the general dis
integration of the masonry. The
structure may be condemned.
Warship's Lifeboat Drifts Ashore.
Victoria, B. C. Mar. 1. A life
boat, evidently from a war vessel,
drifted -ashore two miles west of the
Carmahan lighthouse, and was found
by a bench patrol today. The boat
was built of elm, planked with oak,
with mnhogany gunwales and brass
fittings. It contained one oar and an
emergency provision box. No marks
wore found to Identify It An Indian
In the same district found the stern
of another boat and two satis.
Attorneys Will M. Peterson and
Robert J. Slater went to Athena this
morning where they have a ease In
the justice court today.
GLEASON FAILS TO APPEAR.
Ilickard and Nelson Wait For HI in
lr Three Hours in Vain.
San Francisco, Mar. 1. Tex Rick
ard and 'Joe Nelson, president of the
haitair Beach eomr.anv of Knit TjiU
City, who Is here to take the Jeffries
Johnson fight to Utah if possible.
waited at their hotel for three hours
last night for Jack Gleason. the nrt.
ner of Rickard, who has promised to
meet them and make- final arrnnee.
ments for the handling of the contest.
Gleason did not appear and sent no
word to explain his absence.
"I do not know what to think,"
said Rickard. "I have waited a long
time and these people out here have
given me nothing in the way of satis
faction. I am patient though and will
keep my head cool."
TRAIN WRECK PLOT NIPPED.,
Five Foreign Boys Arrested Plotting
to Wreck Fast Train.
Greenwich, Conn., Mar. 1. Five
boys of foreign parentage, the oldest
only 19 and the youngest 10, confess
ed today a plan to wreck a fast New
York, New Haven and Hartford pas
senger train Saturday and then plun
der the bodies of the dead. Plans for
i the wreck probably would have gone
j through had not a switchman seen
one of the boys use a skeleton key to
open a switch.
The train carried a special club car
on which WTllllam G. Rockefeller E.
C. Benedict and a score of other weal
thy men ride to their country places
in Stanford and Greenwich.
GIVE TEDDY FREEDOM OF
LONDON IN A GOLD BOX
London, Mar. 1. The corporation
of London next Thursday will hold a
special meeting to consider a request,
which has been signed by many Influ
ential members, to present the hon
orary freedom of the city to Theo
dore Roosevelt in a gold box and to
entertain him at a reception and lun
cheon at the Guild hall.
This distinction has been accorded
to Garibaldi, General Grant, George
Peabody, the philanthropist, and
Count De Lesseps.
J POWER FYL INFLUENCES SEEK
TO I LAVE STRIKE AJtBITIlATtJJ
Philadelphia, March 1. Powerful
influences are working today to avert
a general strike. The situation re
mains unchanged, both sides main
taining a firm atitude of non-recession.
.The street car company still
refuses to arbitrate. All newspapers
of the city are urging both sides to
make concessions. 1
TRAFFIC IS STILL
IN BAD CONDITION
WASHINGTON 1JXES ARE
BADLY DEMORALIZED
All Trarflc from East to West Forced
to Follow Down Columbia O. R.
& X. Roads Suffer Also Small In
dications of Flood Here.
Railroad traffic through the state
of Washington is still very badly de
moralized today though the North
ern Pacific now has a line open to
Spokane. The Northern Pacific line
to Walla Walla is also open but In all
other directions, the O. R. & N., the
Northern Pacific, and the Great
Northern are being forced to use the
tracks of the North Bank road.
AH traffic from east to west is being
forced to follow down the Columbia
river and then go up or down the
coast and the Cascade mountains are
proving an impassable barrier. The
O. R. & N. is still out of commission
between Walla Walla and Wallula
and between the latter station and
Umatilla, Walla Walla is shut off
from the outside world except by the
Northern Pacific branch to Pasco and
the O. R. & N. branch to Pendleton.
North of Walla Walla, the O. R. &
N. Is completely out of business.
Passengers who use the O. R. & N.
from either the east or west to reach
points in eastern Washington are be
ing forced to leave that line at Pen
dleton and go out over the Northern
Pacific. A total of 102 passengers
went out last evening on a train which
only has accommodations for 60. The
Jam In the two cars was the worst
yet seen on this branch.
So far there are no Indications of
a flood In Pendleton. The river is
still rising slowly and the water is
very muddy, but it is not believed that
the water will reach a very high
stage. All the snow has now disap
peared from the lowlands and foot
hills and unless accompanied by an
exceedingly heavy rain storm it will
be Impossible for the snow in the
mountains to melt fast enough to
cause a flood. ,
FERRIS MAKES OFFER FOR
STAGING OF BIG FIGHT
Los Angeles, March 1. Dick Fer
ris, the local promoter, has offered
Rickard and Gleason a guarantee of
a hundred and fifty thousand dollars
to stage the Jeffries-Johnson fight.
Ferris claims he will be backed by a
Coterie of wealthy Callfornlans.
1NT5 END PUT
TO
Dickinson Would Make Laws
to Amend Alleged Control
of Coast Trade.
SHIP LINES COMBINED
AND FORCE OWN TERMS
Secretary of War Is Oosed to Al
leged Control of Business Between
Coast Points and Isthmus of Pana
ma by Pacific Mall and Harrimaa
Steamers Says They Force Hun to
Accept Contract Which Is illegal.
Washington, March 1. .Secretary
of War Dickinson today began an In
vestigation of the subject of mail con
tracts and the feasibility of charter
ing steamships and of any other pos
sible way of avoiding an enforced ac
ceptance of the terms offered by ths
Pacific Mail steamship company In
the Jransaction of the business of the
war department. Dickinson appeared
before the senate committee of inter
oceanic canals which is investigating
transcontinental railroad conditions
and the possible effect on the com
mercial value of the Panama canal.
He said he had been practically led
by circumstnees into a position whers
he must grant the Pacific Mail an ex
clusive carrying contract. He declar
ed the grant would be illegal as neith
er he nor any other cabinet membtf
had the authority to make it
HONDURAN TROOPS JOVS
FORCES OF GENERAL- MADRIZ
New Orleans, March 1. The gov
ernment forces of Nicaragua havs
been reinforced by five hundred Hon
duran soldiers, according to dispatch
es from the front today. The Hoo
durans joined Madriz at Managua. It
is believed they will be commanded
by Gen. Lara. It is reported many
Salvadorians are also fighting for
Madriz.
UPHOLDS AND JUSTIFIES
DOUBLE STANDARD OF MORALS
MONOPOLY
London. Sir John Bingham, presi
dent of the divorce court, spoke her
before the Royal Divorce commission,
which has been Investigating the sub
ject of divorce in the United King
dom. Sir John came out flatly for
the double standard of morals.
"A wise wife," said Sir John,
"should shut her eyes to many things.
I do not think a single act of Indis
cretion on the part of a man has any
thing like the same significance as the
same sort of anact on the part of a
woman. All men know this perfectly
well.
"A trifling indiscretion on the part
of a man may be more or less acci
dental, and would In no way be in
consistent with his love and esteem for
his wife. Indiscretion on the part of
a woman Is quite inconsistent with
her love and esteem for her husband.
"I am perfectly well aware," con
cluded Sir John, " that these may not .
be the views of some people, but they ,
are mine, and I stand by them."
In discussion as to the Influence of
the drink habit on divorce. Sir John t
said:
"Close the saloon doors and you
come near to closing the doors of the
divorce courts."
Indians Abandon Trip.
North Yakima, Wash. Word has
reached here from Fort Slmcoe, on
the reservation that the Indians have
abandoned their plan of sending a
delegation to Washington to present
their claims with regard to the Irri
gation of reservation lands.
Instead the Indians will request
that an Inspector be appointed to hear
the questions at Issue. The Indians
claim half the water of the Yakima
river and all the water of the reserva
tion creeks under a treaty with Gov
ernor Stevens.
They say that If they are wllllag
to give up these rights the govern
ment should furnish irrigation water
without payment. They object to In
terference with the reservation creeks
bv white men.
RUMORED FRENCH
PRESIDENT WILL QUIT
Paris. March 1. It Is rumor-
ed here persistently that Presl-
dent Fallieres of France, will
soon resign. It Is believed the
president is suffering from the
"sleeping sickness," for It has
been noticed that he has gone to
sleep many times during the
cabinet. In spite of his denial,
the president's health Is very
poor and friends fear the con-
sequences unless complete re-
pose Is had.