EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
WEATJIEU REPORT
Fair tonight and Satur
day. Calling cards, wed
ding stationery, com
mercial stationery and
job printing to orJer
at the East Oregonla.i.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OUEGON, FRIDAY, MARCH. 4. 1910.
NO 6841
11 , V
MOPi
E SLIDES
ARE FEARED
Rescuers 'at Wellington are
in Momentary Peril From
Further Avalarches.
NOW SEEMS THAT DEATH
LIST WILL TOTAL 100
Terrifflo Snow Storm Turn Into Hard
Rain Increasing Danger to Work
ing Pnrtie All Bodies May Never
Be Recovered Rumored That One
Car Containing Ten Still Alive Has
Been Dug Out Thirty Five Bodies
Recovered.
Total Reaches 113.
Wellington, Wash.. March 4.
The reports that ten people
were rescued alive today from
the day coach last night are un
founded. The thirty Italian la
borers sleeping In one of the
coaches before the avalanche
struck are still missing and to
day must be put down with the
list of dead, swelling the total to
113. R. F. Roberts, a white
man, was arrested today by a
deputy sheriff for robbing the
bodies of R. H. Bethel of Se
attle and Sol Cohen of Everett.
Their corpses will be hauled
over chasms and slides with
ropes. If the trip is successful,
other victims will be taken out
In the same manner.
Scenic, Wn., Mar. 4. A blinding
snow which lasted all night turned to
heavy rain this morning and danger
of new slides grows hourly, me res
cuers are In grave peril. It was ru
mored early today that one car had
been unearthed containing ten per
sons still alive, but this Is not con
firmed. All foreigners at Wellington
were forced to leave because of . the
report that Italians have been rob
bing bodies of the dead. A total of
thirty five bodies has been recovered
thirty two of which have been Identi
fied.
Lint nas 86 Names Now.
A list of. passengers, trainmen and
postal employes who were carried
down by the avalanche that destroyed
two Great Northern trains Tuesday
morning and who are dead or miss
lng contains eighty-six names. State
ments of the number of laborers en
gaged In fighting the snow and who
were sleeping on the Ill-fated trains
varies from 20 to 30. Consequently
an estimate of 100 dead seems con
servatlve. No one who has looked at
the wreckage has the slightest hope
of finding any of the missing people
alive. The explorations have uncov.
ered only dead, and some of these
shockingly mangled. An avalanche
of dry snow might have covered Its
victims alive, but the gorge at Wei
lington Is packed tight with wet snow
Ice, huge trees and glacial bowlders
of enormous weight.
Two of the bodies recovered today
were those of electrlclnns who were
living In a cabin at the edge of Wel
lington and who were carried with
their home 300 feet down the slope.
All day a stream of men with
picks strapped to their bncks wound
up the mountain path from Sky
komlsh to Scenic and Wellington, re
minding Alaskans of the caravans that
crossed the Chllcoot trail In Klon
dike days, for the Injured and some
went up to dig for the bodies of
friends and relntlves. A few were
sightseers, and these were told that
they were not wanted. A laborer was
caught taking trinkets from a dead
woman's body and was compelled to
start down the trail nt once.
Men Dig For Bodies.
One hundred and fifty men dug for
bodies In the avalanche debris today.
Among the bodies found today were
those of former Prosecuting Attorney
R. M. Barnhnrt of Spokane; Conduc
tor J. I Petit, who after a trip on
foot to SkykomlBh went back. to his
post of peril, and Mrs. M. A. Coving
ton of Olympla, who left Spokane to
"KILL UNDESIRABLES,
ABOLISH MARRIAGE."
London, March 4. Jn a
speech before the Eugenie Edu-
cation society last night, Ber-
nard Shaw advocated a social
system by which all undeslr-
ables would be killed and prop-
erty and marriage abolished.
Shaw asserted that marriage Is
practically a matter of Income
and social station.
According to Shaw, the state
should take possession of all
property and then provide each
citizen with an Income, then
"see that he earned It"
celebrate In Seattle today her golden
wedding anniversary. If the search
ers locate the Pullman cars intact In
the snow they may taks out many
bodies in a short time, but it Is likely
that the dead are strewn all through
acres of debris. At the present rate
of progress it would require weeks
to recover all the bodies. After the
track Is open engines and tackle will
lift the huge trees and blwlders.
Follow Trail of Blood.
Workers searching for bodies fre
quently find victims by following Ualls
of blood through the snow. The
melting snow .has carried the stains
from the mangled bodies down to the
stream at the bottom of the gulch.
Men with shovels, upon finding one of
these crimson leads, start at the edge
of the stream and tunnel through the
snow until they come to the body of a
victim. The snow Is packed like ce
ment and the bodies that were not
mangled by the wreckage of the cars
were horribly crushed by the weight
of the Icy mass.
It is feared that many of the bodies
will never be recovered. The warm
weather and rains of the last three
days have turned the little mountain
stream that flows through the canyon
Info a raging' torrent and the water
in fast undermining the snow which
was carried far out across the bottom
of the gorge.
HENEY WILL CONFER
WITH ATTARNEY GENERAL
San Francisco, March 4. The sub
ject of further procedure In the Ore
gon land fraud cases will be discuss
ed by Attorney General Wlckersham
and Francis Heney. Heney is direct
ed to go 'to Washington for a confer
ence and will leave Monday.
Western Montana Blockaded.
Helena, Mont, March 4. The Mil
waukee and Northern Pacific railroad
Is tied up Indefinitely today in west
ern Montana. Bridges are out and
tracks covered.
TAFT AND CANNON
TRIP THE FANTASTIC
PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER
HAVE DANCING CONTEST
"Uncle .Iik" Tempt "Big Bill" Onto
the Floor to Execute n Few Fancy
Stops Honors Are Even Cannon
Guest of Honor at Dinner.
CANNON WILL BE VP
FOR RE-ELECTION
Washington, Mar. 4. Can
non Is to bo a candidate for
speaker at the next congress ac
cording to authentic information
today. It Is reported that Taft
agreed to throw the adminis
tration's weight behind the
Cannon forces.'
Tnft gave a dinner nt the
White House Inst night at
which Cannon was the guest of
honor. One of the guests said
today that the president feels
the country will experience a re
action by next fall and will be
ready to repudiate the "Insur
gents" by voting "straight ad
ministration" ticket In the con
gressional' elections.
Washington, March 4. While more
than 50 guests looked on and applaud
ed, Speaker Cannon tempted Presi
dent Taft last night to a test of terp
sichorenn agility In the cast room of
the white house. Both stopped, pant
ing, when the trial was ended, but
the opinion was unanimous that
honors wore even. Dancing followed
a dinner given by the president to
"Uncle Joe," said to be the first for
mal affair ever accorded a speaker
of the house of representatives by a
president.
The dinner ended, the guests went
to the east room which boasts an am
ple and smooth dancing floor. An
orchestra played a gentle waltz and
the president led off with Mrs.
Joseph H. Gaines, wife of the repre
sentative from West Virginia. The
speaker, with Mrs. Laughlin, a sister
of Mrs. Tnft, glided out on the polish
ed floor In the wake of his chief.
In the Intermission, however, when
the orchestra struck up a lively tune,
"Uncle Joe" stepped briskly Into the
middle of the room and brought his
heels together sharply. There was a
patting of gloved hands and voices
called encouragingly to the guest of
honor. In a moment the speaker's
heels were twinkling In a brilliant
highlnnd fling. "Excellent, eh?" he
called exultlngly to Mr. Toft. "I was
something of a dancer when I was a
youngster."
For answer, the president stepped
smilingly forward and those who
were present say the two executed sev
eral steps of an old-fashioned hoe
down'. Both were puffing when they
finished.
Following the dancing, the presi
dent led his guests to the smoking
room on an upper floor of the white
house, where on Intimate talk was
held In which partisan politics Is said
to have hold no place. The women re
mained In the east room.
ANOTHER TERRIBLE TRAIN DISASTER REPORTED
CARS IN DITCH AND SEVEN CONSUMED BY EIRE
Spokane. Wash,, March 4. It I 8 reported at the local Northern
Pacific offices here that a passenger train was ditched at Eddy,
Mont., and seven cars consumed by lire. It in not known whether
any were killed.
MANY KILLED
Hi EXPLOSION
Bodies of Thirty Victims of
Mine Disaster In 'Alaska
Already Found.
MEN ALIVE IN MINE
CANNOT BE RESCUED
Forty Hoxc of Giant Fonder In j
Tread well Mine, .lunenii,
Alaska.
Explode Killing Twenty-Seven In
stantly Threw Perish from Injuries
Sinee Six in Hospital and Twelve
or Fifteen Still In Mine Careless
ness Causes Tragedy.
Juneau, Alaska, March 4. The
bodies of thirty miners killed in an
explosion at the Treadwell mine yes
terday are in a temporary morgue
today, six Injured are In the hospital
and between twelve and fifteen are In
the mine with no hope of rescue.
Twenty seven were killed instantly
and three others have died since. The
disaster was caused by the explosion
of forty boxes of giant powder. All
of the men In the mine were foreign
ers. The company says carelessness
cnused the explosion.
TO DIVIDE NICARAGUA.
Government Forces Abjert Strenuous
ly to Insurgents' Plans.
Managua, March 4. The proposal
of the. defeated revolutionists to divide
Nicaragua Into tvo republics will meet
with the opposition of President Mad
t.t. and the entire governmental ar
my, according to official, announce
ment today. If Estrada issues a pros
pective proclamation announcing a
secession of the eastern half of Nica
ragua, General Vasque will lead an
army against him immediately. The
defeat of the revolutionist army which
Is reported to be hurrying to Blue
fields, has brought many neutrals to
the support of the government and
strengthened the hold of the Madrlz
administration in the country. The
insurrectionists now admit their prin
cipal hope of success lies in the inter
vention of the United States.
Unless the clouds disappear, the
aviators won't have to fly very high
to he "out of sight."
With trains arriving every few mltf-
utes and with six of them in the yards
at one time, the O. R. & N. depot this
morning presented a fair Imitation of
the Grand Central station In Chicago
or some other large city for a short
time. The rush was caused by the
opening up of the Oregon Short Line
east of Huntington and the routing of
Southern Pacific trains this way from
Ogdcn, Another rush will start soon
after 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Altogether fourteen passenger trains
were handled In the local yards this
forenoon between 3:30 and 11:30. As
many or more are due this afternoon
and evening. There are not passen
ger crews enough to handle the con
gested business and practically all the
freight crews are being pressed Into
service. One hrakemnn was . seri
ously injured in the local yards, some
trains were sent out without any
brakeinan or only one while In some
Instances extra men were pressed In
to service.
Trucks were piled high with trunks
and other baggabe while the others
were loaded with mail bags that haa
been delayed In transit as long as 51
hours. 1
One of the trains which went
through first was the special bearing
the famous Chicago White Sox base
ball team. They had been held at
Ogden for the greater part of the
week. The last one that went through
carried the special car of General
Manager J. P. O'Brien who was on
his way home from New York and
who expressed delight at once more
being in Oregon.
The first train to arrive was No. 9,
the fast mall. It came in at 3:38.
Two minutes later the first section of
TDIS COME ID CO IN
BEWILDERING SUCCESSION
1
TOF
IS
AM Efforts to Arbitrate Differ
ence in Philadelphia are
Abandoned.
GREAT SYMPATHY STRIKE
IS NOW INEVITABLE
IVu Negotiations Are Called Off By
Both Sides Labor licaaers win ie
Forced to Make Good Tlielr Threats
, by Calling Out All Labor at MW
nisht Tonight Council Concurs
With Mayor and Refuses to Inter
fere. Philadelphia. March 4 Peace ne
gotiations looking to a settlement of
car strike have been called off and
union labor leaders will be forced to
make good their threat to call a gen
eral strike. The period set by the
central labor union In which to adjust
the strike expires at midnight. Both
sides regard the general strike as In
evitable. Council Meets Secretly.
For the first time in five years, the
citizens of Philadelphia were exclud
ed from the sessions of the select and
common councils yesterday afternoon.
A. vast crowd had gathered on the
tin.- of y. the city hall, but policemen
kept all save a few privileged persons
outside.
The strike practically was ignored
by both bodies. A message from
Mayor Reyburn reviewed the situa
tion briefly in these words:
"It is not the city's duty, nor yours
or mine, to interfere ' between the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
and Its employes. The courts of law
are available for the redress of any
real grievance which either may have.
No reason exists, nor can exist. In
proper cases, why they and at! oth
er disputants should not submit their
differences to the courts or adjust
their disputes between themselves.
"It Is of the utmost Importance,
however, for the good name of the
city and for the safety of its citizens,
that no step should be taken by your
honorable body or by any others
which would undo or in any way or
manner interfere with that which has
already been done or lead any person
to believe that he can, by the aid of
No. 5, pulled into the station and In
rapid succession the next five sec
tions of the same number arrived, the
last one reaching here at 11:30.
Three of these 'were Southern Pacific
trains while one was sent up into
Washington by way of Umatilla and
Wallula. At Wallula it was trans
ferred to the tracks of the Northern
Pacific and at Pasco It was again
transferred to the tracks of the S. P.
&, S. and run on "Into Spokane.
While the through trains were be-In-
cared for the Portland local was
al'.i. rent out, the Pilot Rock train
started and one arrived and one was
sent out to Walla Walla. These to
gether with trains No. 6 and No. 10
from the west made a total of thir
teen trains In the eight hours. The
local did not go out until 9.40 while
the Pilot Rock train did not leave
the yards until 9:65. The train ar
rived from Walla Walla at 8:45 and
left again for the same place at 9:55.
The two trains from the west were
both late, the mall arriving at about
7:30 nnd No. 6 at 8:20.
At one time there were six trains
In the yard. Some of them stopped
here for breakfast and every restaur
ant In the city had all the people they
could positively accomodate. The
"newsies" also did a flourishing
business, selling everything In sight
that looked like a newspaper. The
ones containing the accounts of the
big Great Northern "Wreck were also
picked up with avidity.
The first train this afternoon Is due
to arrive at 4:15. while two others
are marked for 4:45. The first and
third are Southern Pacific trains
while the second section is the regu
lar No. 7. Other trains will be ar
riving at all hours of the night.
ED
the machinery of the executive or leg
islative branches of the municipal
government, enforce any demand not
recognizable In the courts or voluntar
ily adjustable between the parties.
"Any attempt, however honest It
may be, which tends to draw away
from the parties themselves or from
the Judiciary, the determination of
disputes, which under the constitu
tion and laws of the commonwealth
are entrusted to them, necessarily
weakens and Impairs our form of
government, and in the present case
could but tend to prolong the agita
tion. I confidently believe by the
continuance of present peaceful con
ditions that full service by the com
pany will soon be restored. In bring
ing about peace and good order I rely
on the cooperation and aid of coun
cils and the support of all law abiding
citizens."
ASTOR CELEBRATES FREEDOM
WITH SUMPTUOUS BANQUET
New York, March 4. In celebra
tion of his freedom from Mrs. Astor
Colonel John Jacob Astor last night
gave a magnificent banquet to his
friends. Mrs. Astor, who may get
her final decree of divorce from the
colonel today or tomorrow, Is prepar
ing to become a shining light In Lon
don society. The guests at the banquet
numbered the choicest in New York
society, and the cost was twenty-five
thousand dollars. Mrs. Astor is ex
pected to marry an English noble
man. MRS. ASTOR SECURES
DIVORCE AND ALIMONY
White Plains, N. Y., March 4. Mrs.
Ava Willing Astor was awarded a fi
nal decree of divorce today from Col
onel John Jacob Astor. The counsel
for Colonel Astor made no objections.
It Is reported that Mrs. Astor will re
ceive' three hundred thousand dollars
alimony. The decree restores her
maiden name.
QUINLAN TO BE
EXALTED RULER
LOCAL ELKS CHOSE
OFFICERS LAST NIGHT
Antlered Herd Will Henceforth Meet
In New Home at Corner Cotton
wood and Court Furniture Not
Yet Here.
Frank J. Quinlan is to be exalted
ruler of Pendleton lodge B. P. O. E.
and as such will be the leader of the
local antlered herd during the com
ing year. At the regular annual elec
tion held by the lodge - last evening
Mr. Quinlan was unanimously chosen
as presiding officer and he will suc
ceed G. W. Phelps In the chair.
Other officers chosen last evening
are as follows: Leading Knight.
Mark Moorhouse; Loyal Knight, Carl
Cooley; Lecturing Knight, E. E. Rup
pe; Secretary, Thomas Fitz Gerald;
Treasurer, C. J. Ferguson; Trustee, H.
W. Collins; Tyler, Thomas Smart;
Grand Representative, G. W. Phelps;
R. Alexander, Alternate.
Attracted by the election the large
Eagle-Woodmen hall was filled with
Elks last night. But though much
interest-was manifested In the oc
casion the best of feeling prevailed
and there was but one contest. That
was over the selection of a trustee.
The session last evening was the
last one Pendleton lodge is to hold In
the Eagles-Woodmen building.
Henceforth the sessions will be in the
Elks hall, corner of Court and Cot
tonwood streets. The rooms are now
all ready for use save that the furni
ture has not yet arrived. The lodge
hall will be provided with temporary
furniture to suffice until the new fur
niture arrives.
CHICAGO OFFERS $22,000,000
IN BONDS TO PUBLIC
Chicago. March 4. Bonds to the
amount of twenty-two million dollars
for the purposes of providing funds
for the reorganization of the street
railway system here are being offer
ed for public subscription today. The
bonds are five per cent and are Issued
by the city of Chicago and are con
nected with the railway companies.
The company will control four hun
dred miles of track.
S. P. FIREMEN WOULD
JOIN IN CHICAGO STRIKE
San Francisco. March 4. Oakland
and Sacramento lodges of the South
ern Pacific firemen have voted to
strike should the trainmen's demands
at the Chicago conference next week
be refused. A secret ballot has Just
been completed. The result at Chi
cago will affect all of the railroads
west of the Mississippi.
ALL
COUNTERFEITERS ARE
NOW BEING ROUNDED UP
Chicago, Jiarch 4. A roundup of
all men having police or government
records as counterfeiters is being
made by federal secret service men
here. This activity Is caused by the
liberal circulation of counterfeit five
dollar bills.
MOB
BRUTALLY
And Now the Authorities Are
Investigating Indictments
May Follow.
AGED DARKEY, PRAYING AND
FIGHTING KICKED TO DEATH
Angry Mob Attacks Court Hous
' When Rumor of Change of V ca
ll e Gained Circulation Door Bat
tered Down and Officers Overpow
ered Rooe Placed Around Negro'
Neck and Dragged from Two Story
Window Mob Seeks Other Victim.
Dallas, Texas, March 4. Authori
ties today began an investigation of
the lynching of Allen Brooks, the ne
gro assailant of the two year old
white girl, with the hope of securing
jury indictments against the leaders
of the leaders of the lynchers. The
city is quiet today, but the militia Is
heid in readiness.
After Brooks had been hanged the
mob took possession of Dallas for
nearly three hours. The Jail wu
stormed and death was threatened to
three other negroes held on a chars
nf murder. Thev ha.il been taken
away however and after a vain search
the mob dispersed!
The wounded victim of Brooks was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J.
Buven. ;
Change of Venue Granted.
Immediately after his arrest last
week the negro was taken out of th
city for safe keeping. He was re
turned early this morning and taken
to the court house to await his trial
in the criminal court. A great crowd
gathered and when attorneys for the
defense, who had been appointed by
the court, began arguments for a
postponement until tomorrow, rum ore
started through the crowd that
change of venue had been granted.
This statement caused a demonstra
tion and the court house was charged
by the mob. Scores of officers, hast
ily summoned, were overpowered, the
locked doors of the court room were
wrecked and the negro, crouching in
a corner, praying, was seized by the
leaders of the mob.
Thrown from Window.
. This was in the second story of the'
building. Outside, the main body of
the mob was waiting.' A rope wae
ready and when it was announced
from the window that the negro had
been taken, the rope was thrown into
the room. The noose was placed
about the prisoner's neck and he was
thrown from the building, fighting like
a tiger for his life. He struck on the
pavement on his forehead and It was
believed fractured his skull in the
fall. Instantly dozens of men Jump
ed on him and his face was kicked
into a pulp and he was bruised all ov
er, probably dying within a few min
utes A score of men seized the rope
and at the head of the mob, dragged
the negro's body 12 blocks up Mala
street to the Elks arch, which was
erected during the Elks national con
vention here In 1908.
There the body was suspended from
a telephone pole.
The police cut down the body at
once.
After the lynching the mob march
ed to the county Jail. The sheriff al
lowed the committees selected by the
mob to search the prison. The three
negroes wanted could not be found
and finally the mob moved away.
SHIPS COLIJDE; ONE SINKS
BUT ALL OF CREW ESCAPE
Norfolk, Va., Mirch 4. The three
masted schooner Asbury Is sunk at
sea and the crew is en route to New
York today as the result of a collision
yesterday between the vessel and the
steamer Jamestown of the Old Do
minion line. The Asbury was nearly
cut In two and sank rapidly. The
crew was saved only by the heroic ac
tion on the part of the men aboard
the Jamestown.
e "WAS TAFT ELECTED e
e ON IMPLICATION?" e
e
e Madison. Wis., March 4. e
e.,rvTas Taft elected to the presi- e
e dency on 'Implication?' ' This e
e question is asked by Senator La e
e Follette in his weekly paper to- e
e day. The "Implication" referred
e to was the supposition that the e
e tariff plank in the republican -
e platform meant that the revl-
e sion would be downward. The
e editorial virtually accuses Taft
e of attempting to dodge the Is- e
e sues in his Lincoln Day speech e
e when he declared there was nev-
e er any specific promise on the e
e part of the republicans that the e
e turlff would be revised down-
e ward. e