EVENING EDITION
EVENING EOITIO:)
WEATHER REPORT
Fair tonight and Sun-
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''Calling" cards, '.'wtd-',
ding stationery, com-'
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Job printing Jo order 1
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEg
Crr OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAKCII 5. 1910.
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NOW ON STRIKE
Philadelphia ' Face to Face
With Gigantic Struggle Be
tween", Labor and Capital '
RIOTING FEARED AT ! "
.),',. '" .NTGIITFALL TODAY
Workmen In All Linos Join Street Car
Strikers Coal Wagon Driven, Milk
men, Walter and Textile Workers
Among Those Now Out Non Union
Men Join Movement Militia May
Be Need!.' 1 ; ''' "'
Philadelphia, Pa., Mar, 5 Fifty five
thousand union men failed to report
for work today following an i order
from the central labor union direct
lng them to strike In sympathy with
the striking street car men., -
Non-Unionist Strike Also.
Philadelphia, Mar. ' Secretary
Hope, of the central labor union says
fifteen thousand non-unionists have
also Joined the strike. The total num
ber of, men who' quit reach one hun
dred and twenty-five thousand. , Eight
thousand eight hundred policemen are
on duty. They are not believed ade
quate to control the situation.. The
militia may be asked for.
Clash , I Imminent.
Mnyor Reyburn Issued a proclama
tion; today forbidding street gather
ing:!. The strikers plan a mass meet
ing at Independence Square this af
ternoon. The police announce the
meeting shall not be held. Unless one
or the other side recedes It appeared
at noon a clash couldn't be averted.
All men In the building trades have
quit. The united Hebrew trades and
iweniy-nve mousand memoera oDey
ed the strike order. 5
Enormous Buslneas Loss.
Philadelphia, Pa., Mar. 5. It Is es
timated business concerns will lose be
tween two and three million dollars
dally during the general strike. Both
sides are claiming . a victory. The
street car company , announces it ' is
operating half of the normal number
of cars. With darkness tonight it Is
feared serious rioting will Insue. Fam
ilies face the greatest bread famine In
the history of the city. Coal, milk and
bread wagon drivers Join the strikers.
Three thousand textile workers. It
was reported, had decided to strike.
This will cripple nine woolen mills.
It Is reported that 10,000 tailors and
cloak makers, 6.000 bricklayers unaf
filiated with the central labor union,
40,000 members of the building trades
council (75 per cent of that class) 300
members of the International Gold
Beaters union and 400 or 500 cabinet
makers are among those , who will
obey the order for a general strike.
Word was also received at head
quarters that 800 waiters would cease
work at midnight.
The Walters Union Is also strong
here, Its members being employed In
all the leading hotels and restaurants.
Their employers are doing all In their
power to secure competent substi
tutes. If-the reports received at strike
headquarters are correct the city au
thorities have greatly underestimated
the proportions of the strike. It was
stated by Director of Public Safety
Clay late this afternoon that he had
ascertained by a careful canvass, that
WHEAT CROP IN GOOD
E TO RESEED
According, to reports received by the
East Oregonlan from every part of
the county, Umatilla's '1916 wheat
crop Is to he a big one. In only a
few Instances have farmers noted any
discouraging , sighs , and these are so
few that Jhdy are really inslgnl 'leant
when the county Is considered as a
whole. Nearly every one reports a
splendid stand of fall grain end plen
ty of moisture to bring it to maturity
In good Bhape.
Dr. W. R. Campbell, tate organiz
er for the farmers' union, who came
In this week from his ranch In the
Holdman country, says the. wheat In
that section Is looking fine. He says
tho grain came up well In the first
place and that it has been fairly leap
ing Into the elr since the snow disap
peared. John Adams of Adams also
reports similar conditions In the vi
cinity of Adams, while reports from
the Athena and Weston country are
to the same general . effect
From Helix comes the only pessim
istic report. W, H. Morrison writes
the East Oregonlan that "several
prominent farmers after examination
have found that It will be necessary
for them to reseed most all of their
fall sown STaln, as very little of It
not 'more than 30,000 union workers
would respond to the general order,
but. his estimate falls, 50 per cent be
low the number already out, accord
ing to the. union figures.
MADHI2 WILL, RESIGN IF
, AMERICA ASKS SUCH ACTION
Managua, March 6. Madrlz an
nounced today he would resign the
presidency Tf the. United States refus
es to recognize the existing Nlcara
guan government after a complete' re
storation of peace. It Is believed here
that Washington "Will compel Madrlz
to retire. ' u
Madrlz announced ' the ; revolution
has been quelled and the remnants
of the provisional army In flight,
closely pursued by General Vasquez.
Madriz declared his only ambition was
to secure peace for' Nicaragua and if
hi presence 'prevented American rec
ognition he would retire. ' "
FAIRBANKS TOOK LUNCH
WITH PRINCE OF WALES
London,' March 6. -Former Vice
President Fairbanks, and " wife were
guests of the Prince of Wales today
at' a luncheon given in Marlborough
house. Fairbanks had' already been
entertained by the king.'.
Will Examine Charges.
Washington, Mar. 6. The charges
made In the house yesterday by Rep
resentative' Steeneraon, republican, of
"Minnesota ' that Improper 'Influences
were at work to obtain the passage of
I a ship subsidy bill caused a special
meeting of the judiciary committee
today. As a result a sub-committee
was appointed to . hear Representa
tive; Steenerson and determine wheth
er an Investigation should be made of
the charges. , ; ' 1
. FROM STORMY EAST
Future Oregon settlers are pouring
into the state today by the hundreds,
each of the delayod eastern train cur
rying extra coaches and being liter
ally "loaded to the guards." Many of
them are wildly enthusiastic over the
west and seem glad to escape from
the rigors of the eastern winter which
Is still prevailing in the states from
which the most of them are coming.
Some of them have Umatilla county
for their destination, while many of
them are going -on to western Ore
gon points, though many of them ex
pect to return to investigate eastern
Oregon.
' The trains are still pouring in from
both directions on the wain line of the
O. R. & N. In bewildering succession
and are taxing the capacity of the
local train dispatching facilities. It
was erroneously stated in this paper
yesterday that some of the trains
were forced to go out without full
crews. Agent C. J. Jackson says this
was not the case. He says oil trains
were supplied with full crews though
It became necessary to Impress freight
crews and all the extra men available
Into the passenger service.
This has necessitated the "annulling
of most of the freight trains, but
despite this fact 21 trains were han
dled at the local depot in the twelve
hours today between 8:15 this morn
ing and 5:15 this afternoon.
The Southern Pacific trains are
still being routed over the O. R. &
N, one of them going through today
being loaded with soldiers en route
to Snn Franlsco at which point they
will tnke ship for the Philippines.
The Pendleton-Spokane branch of
the O. n. & N Is still out of com
mission and the company Is being
forced to make use of the lines of the
. P. and the S. P. & S. In order to de
liver Its eastern Washington passen
fters. .
CONDITION FEW
E
came up and most of what did has
heen killed out. That which did' not
sprout had rotted."
This report, bowever.Js not entire
ly substantiated by J. E. Montgomery,
local representative ,f the Puget
Sound Warehouse company, who went
out to Helix for the purpose of mak
ing a personal' Investigation. Ha
found that only In a few Instances
had tho frost done any damage, that
being on the points where the wind
had blowed the snow off, leaving the
growing grain exposed. He Is of the
opinion that these areas are too small
to be taken Into consideration and In
the fields examined by blm there will
be no need of rcseedlng.
There Is especial rejoicing In the
Pilot Rock and western sections of
tho country, for after two dry seasons
In- succession they now have moisture
enough In the ground to Insure good
crops. The rainfall has heen heavy
In these sections and the snow went
off In such manner that practically all
of tho moisture wont Into the ground.
Seores of farmers have been In the
city today and they all tell practically
the same story of good stands - and
plenty of moisture, the two things ne
cessary to make good crops.
PENDLETON BOY KILLED
YESTERDAY
Portland, Ore., March , 5. (Special
to the East Oregonlan.) Caught un
der a falling wall, Frank Walker of
Pendleton, was crushed yesterday af
ternoon and died on the way to (he
hospital. The accident happened at
Fourth and Alder streets, , , where
workmen are wrecking old buildings.
Apparently the tragedy was the re
sult of Walker's failure to follow the
instructions of Foreman West.
The wall was, 12 feet high and 12
inches thick. A rope had been at
tached to the top and workmen had
been trying to pull It over. Falling
to pull it over, orders had been issued
by Foreman West to'weaken the wall
by the removal of one brick at the
foundation. Walker said that he had
cut a hole clear through.
POSTAL BANKS
Passed Administration Meas-
ure Today Smoot Amend
' ment Carried.
"REGUIAR" CONGRESSMEN
FEAR ORGANIZED LABOR
Association Said to Have Been Form
ed to Offset Influence of 'American
, Federation In Balllnger , Inquiry
Chairman Nelson Clianges Ruling
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Washington, March 5. The sen
ate this afternoon passed the postal
saving bank bill, one of the adminis
tration's measures demanded by Pres
ident Taft.
The Smoot amendment was then ta
ken up and passed 46 to, 24. This
amendment prevents the investment
of bank funds in two per cent bonds,
hut permits purchasing Panama three
per cents.
' ' Cummings' Amendment Ixst.
Washington, March 5. Cummins'
amendment to the postal savings bank
bill was defeated 1n the senate today,
40 to 18. The amendment sought to
prevent the removal of money from
banks for the purchase of govern
ment bonds except in war time. An
amendment by Borah providing that
funds not be Invested lit state bonds
or other securities paying less than
two and a quarter per cent Interest
was carried.
Organize Against Labor.
Washington, March 6. Several New
York capitalists and congressmen who
have been opposed In their districts
for reelection by the American Fed
eration of Labor are repprted today
to be behind a new organization form
ed for the purpose of driving the la
bor faction from politics. The new
organization Is to be called thd Na
tional Labor Alliance. The utmost ,
secrecy Is maintained. Generous cam-
pnfgn fund Is said to have been col-
lected. John W. Hays, grand master
of the Knights of Labor, Is said to be
Interested In the. movements. ,
Nelson Changed Ruling.
Washington, l. C, .Mar. 5. Chatr
man Nelson of the Balllnger Investi
gation committee today reversed a
ruling which had prohibited witness
es from examining papers filed In the
case. Hereafter witnesses for both
sides will go over papers with counsel.
Vertrees devoted some time to ques
tioning Pinchot regarding the Cate
bill, which Pinchot alleges would pro
tect the Cunningham claims. The
attorney was unable to shake the wit
ness In contention regnrding the
measure.
Rllzznrd at Wellington.
,, Wellington, Mar. 5. A fierce blix
znrd Is rasing. The train Is getting
more dangerous every, minute. 1 The
bodies of Engineer Jarnigan and fire
man Partridge were recovered today,
making a total of 47.
COUSIN OF EX-PRESIDENT
llFld IXH1 SHOOTING WOMAN
Pittsburg. March 5. Edward O.
Miller, formerly a society man Of
Canton, Ohio, who claims 'to be a
cousin of tho late President MeKIn
ley, is In Jail here today awaiting the
result of a bullet fired Into the neck
of Mrs. Alexander Wright at Zwlck
ley. Pa. It Is feared she will die. No
cause Is known for the shooting.
Cannot Locato Steamer. 1
Amsterdam, Mar. 6.' The Dutch
Cruiser Ptrecht reports from the Bar
bados that the search for the miss
ing Dutch merchant steamer Prlns
Wilhelm II has been fruitless and will
be discontinued. :
SENATE FDR
IN PORTLAND
BY FALLING OF A WALL
"Don't do that," shouted a fellow
workman, "you will weaken the wall
too much -and It will fall on us."
, He had hardly spoken, when the
wall began to topple. All of the
workmen cleared the falling wall ex
cept , Walker. Another step would
have saved his life.
. The wjill struck him upon the head
apd felled him to the ground. His
companions dug him out. No one
else was hurt.- " - ' "
Frank "X'aiker is the son of Mrs.
Charles Howard, wife of the proprie
tor of the West End grocery. He was
about 20 j-ears of age and had spent
a greater part of his life In this city.
The remains will be brought to Pen
dleton for burial and are expected to
arrive on this evening's train.
Canadian Pacific Has 61 Dead
, As Result of Big Slide In
, Selklrks,
TWO ROTARY CREWS
BURIED IX AVALANCHE
Disaster at Rogers Pass, Highest Point
In Canadian Selklrks Wires Down
ami IU'xrts Are Meager Body of
Conductor Recovered Majority of
Ioal Are Japanese Blizzard at
Scene of Wreek.
Revelstoke-, B. C, Mar. 5. Sixty
one men, twenty four whites, J7 Jap
anese are believed to be dead today
at Roger's Pass on the Canadian Pa
cific as a result of a terrific snow
slide that swept down upon two ro
tary snow plows engaged' in clearing
tracks over the Selklrks and buried
workmen and locomotives under tons
of rocks and trees, shortly after mid
night. Only one body, that of con
ductor R. J. Buckley, has been re
covered. Three More Found.
Revelstoke, Mar. 5. Three more
bodies were found this afternoon,
those of J. J. Fraser, roadmaster, T.
Griffith, fireman and William Phil
lips, engineer.
A fierce blizzard is raging at the
scene of the slide and rescue work Is
carried on with difficulty.
From Vancouver.
Vancouver, B. C, March 5. Mea
ger dispatches from Revelstoke, B. C,
say between sixty and a hundred lives
are 1st in a snow-slide which burled
two rotary crews In Rogers pass this
morning Only three escaped. A re
lief train left Revelstoke. Wires are
all down. Details are lacking.
Vancouver, B. C, Mnrch 6. Later
reports give the number of men
probably dead In slide as twenty-four
white men and thirty-seven Japanese.
The body of Conductor Buckley has
been recovered. There Is no hope that
any of the victims will be found alive.
Rogers' pass is the highest railroad
point in the Selklrks.
HOUSE MAY KILL BILL.
Administrative Conservation Measure
Liable to Summary Execution.
Washington, Mar. 5. The adminis
tration conservation bill, prepared or
iginally by Secretary Balllnger and
passed by the senate, providing that
the United States shall issue J30,
000,000 in three per cent bonds for the
reclamation of arid lands, may meet
a summary fate In the house. It Is
contended by members of the house
that this Is a revenue producing
measure and" thnt such legislation can
originate only In the ways and means
committee of the house.
Representative Mondell of Wyom
ing Introduced practically the same
thing In the house, but about the same
time It was Introduced In the senate
and the bill was referred to the ways
and means committee.
WIN LOCK, WASH., HAD
. $50,000 BLAZE TODAY
Wlnlock. Wash,, March 5. Fire this
morning destroyed a block in the bus
iness section. The loss Is fifty thou
sand. The cause is unknown.
Ic Drifts Dam River.
St. Joseph, Mo., March 5. Ice
drifts, 50 feet high have formed at
the water works head about two miles
north of St. Joseph. The river is
dammed until It Is four miles wide at
the water works and within two Inch
es of the high record mark. A hun
dred farmers are working building
dikes tp protect the bottoms.
ANOTHER BIG
RAILWAY SLIDE
MEXICAN RAILWAYS NOW
IN AMAUiAM.VTIOX
Chicago, III. March 5. The amal
gamation of the national railway of
Mexico with the Mexican Railway
company, limited, was announced to
day. It means the withdrawal from
active business of the freight and
passenger offices of the Mexican rail
way. Instructions were sent from
Chicago recently to the effect that so
licitation of freight and passenger
business should cease. This order was
believed to be a preliminary step In
the plan for a combination of roads.
DR. ROLLER BESTED FRENCH
WRESTLER AT DEN VER
".Denver," March 5. Dr. Roller of
Seattle, defeated Raoul DtRouen, the
French heavyweight wrestler. last
night on a foul In the second fall.
Roller got the first fall In 36 minutes
of extremely rough work. Rouen was
disqualified for using the strangle
hold.
LOUIS JAMES. THE ACTOR.
DIED AT HELENA YESTERDAY
Helena, March 5. Louis James,
Shakespearian actor, died this morn
ing of heart failure. He was stricken
last night and his performance was
cancelled.
Platte River Over Banks.
Fremont, Xeb., March 4. The
Platte river is out of its banks and
threatens to Inundate the lower part
of the city. A gang of men is at work
on the dyke southwest of town and
preparations are being mule fir an
emergency. Railroad reports are that
the ice is breaking up and that gorges
are forming in the Platte from Co
lumbus to the mouth of the river.
SCHOLASTIC MEETS
NOW ARRANGED FOR
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The Umatilla county athletic asso
ciation Is now a full fledged organi
zation, the constitution and by-laws
having been formally adopted at a
meeting held for that purpose In the
office of the high school this morn
ing. The meeting was attended by
the heads of several of the schools of
the county and In addition to making
the organization permanent, the date
and place for the field meet and ora
torical contests was also fixed and the
plans for the event were made.
Slay 14 was named as the time and
the town of Athena as the place for
both the meet and the oratorical con
tests. Both will be open to all the
schools of the county. Including the
Pendleton Academy and the Columbia
Junior College of Milton.
All the usual field and track events
will be on the program for the field
meet while the oratorical contest will
Include 'declamations as well as ora
tions. This department will also be
divided Into three sections. The first
will be for the high schools and those
of academic grade, the second -will
include the seventh and eighth grades
while the third section will be for the
grades below the seventh. Two med
als will be awarded In each section;
a gold medal for first place and a sil
ver medal for second.
The business men of Athena have
put up a beautiful silver cup to be
contested for by the competing ath
letic teams. The team first winning
the cup three times will be allowed to
keep It.
Those attending the jneetlng this
morning were President W. H. Martin
of Columbia College. Principal H. G.
Case of Athena. Principal J. E.
Keefe. of Weston. Principal A. C.
Hampton of Pendleton and Prof. A.
E. Groenwald of the Pendleton Acad
emy. Every year more and more people
pursue a literary career, and every
year fewer and fewer catch up with
it.
OF TEACHERS COMING-LOCAL
COMMITTEEMEN ASK FOR ASSISTANCE
There will be 600 or more people In
attendance at the big Inland Empire
Teachers' association convention to be
held here commencing March 22. How
to arrange accommodations for this
throng Is a problem that Is now puz
zling Clarence Bishop and Mark
Moorhouse, chairman and secretary,
respectively, of the sub-committee
that is looking out for this feature of
the convention work.
In order to ascertain as closely as
possible how many people will be here
for the big educational gathering the
"committee on accommodations" has
written to the various school superin
tendents for lists of those who are to
attend. Replies already received run
the list up close to the 600 mark. As
there will be many In attendance aside
from the teachers It may easily be
seen that the convention will draw
somewhat of a crowd to the city.
Personal letters are being sent by
the local committee to every prospec
tive delegate to the convention. Those
Intending to come are asked "to notify
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DIFFICULT
Wellington Victims Taken io- x
Scenic on Sleds Drawn by-
Men. " . . .
FUNERAL CORTEGE WINDS ,.
ALONG TREACHEROUS TRATJj
Gigantic Drift Threatens to Wipe Out .
llotti and Entire Town Forty
Eight Bodies Now Recovered -Tank
Will Require at I yeast One "
Week Special Officer Guard Mon
' ey and Personal Effects of VlctlmsC'-
Wellington, Wash., March 6. A
strange (uneral cortege is slipping and
sliding Over the dangerous mountain
(trail, to Scenic today from, where the,
victims of the avalanche are to be
shipped to relatives and friends.- The ,
procession Is made up of Alaskan
sleds drawn by men. On each sled
is wrapped in blankets one of the bod-""
ies dug out from the snow and, shat
tered cars. In 'places the1 trail skirts)',
chasms' where' a false " step would1
send the living and dead' down a thou
sand feet The tracks may not be
open for ten days. The bodies which
were buried in temporary ice tomb
have been uncovered and the little
Wellington' depot Is so crowded wlta
dead this morning that survivors and
rescuers have often stepped on the
hand or foot of a corpse in gettlnc .
in and out of the telegraph office.
Seven undertakers are working stead
ily embalming the bodies. It will be "
a week before all the bodies are recovered.-
The total number? brought
out from the ruined trains js now 4S.
Four., unidentified mail clerks were
found last night. Ballet's hotel,
wher evervbodv is now living. la
j pressed' from the rear by a gigantic
drift. A new slide would wipe out
the town and everybody here. The
danger is great. Thirty thousand dol
lars in registered mail, money orders
and personal effects have been found.
The mail is being guarded by govern
ment officers. . t " -
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Russians Appeal for AkL
Honolulu, Mar. 5. The 400 ..Rus
sians recently brought here by the
territorial board of lmmigrantion to .,
work on the sugar plantations but
Whn have refused tn nneent mnlnv.
- r ' s
ment at the wages offered, have cab
led to the Russian " ambassador at .
Washington for assistance to enable
them to return to teir homes. ' They
claim they were promised double the
amount of wages to come here now.
being paid plantation laborer.
Denver Express Derailed. '
Durango, Colo., Mar. 5., The Den-
! vf r-San Juan express on the Denver '
I, Tl rl Pin Hrana nll.naj wn- 4mI1I
. - - - v. ....... .ua.tvnu " MO uctnfim
last night at Rockwood, 21 miles from
Durango. Two passengers were ser- ,
iously Injured and several hurt slight
ly. The accident occurred at a nar-
i row point m Animas canyon. Three ,
jcars left the track and plunged to the
I water's edge. A detective flange 1 '
; said to have been the cause. , ,
Steamer Battles With Storm.
lng with giant seas and great ates,
Halifax. N. Mar. 5 After battl
the Canadian Pacific steamer Empress
of Britain arrived here last night. 30
hours over due from Liverpool. One
steerage passenger was killed and five
others Injured on Tuesday, when a
big wave poured down Into the "well"
sending six steerage passengers crash
ing against the sides of the cabin and
the stairs. ' 1
the committee of the fact so that ar
rangements may be made for their
accommodation. Also the request is
made that all who can do-so arrive
In this city during tho day time Tues
day. March 22. This request Is made
for a double purpose, to Insure that
the visitors will be here for the re
ception to be given In their Jionor.
Tuesday evening nnfl for the further '
reason that those arriving during the
daytime may be provided with ac
commodations more easllv than at
night. ' " .
Citizens Mut nelp.
"In order to secure ample aciom- 1
modations for the big crowd." says
Clarence Bishop, "it will be necesry
for many local poorle to open their
homes to the teachers during the con
vention. Put of course the rooms are
to be paid for by those using them.
People are not asked to provide rooms
gratis. Those having rooms that may '
be used during the convention are
asked to' phone Mark Moorhouse at
his office."
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