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VOL. 23.
PENDLETON-, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAKCII 8. 1910.
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STRIKERS STEAL
DYNAMITE CAR
Large Quantity of Deadly Ex
plosive Mysteriously Dis
appears. MOST SERIOUS SITUATION'
SINCE BEGINNING OF STRIKE
With Whole Carload of Dynamite
Sticks In Hands of Strikers, Au
thorities Face Grave Danger Po
lice and-DcWtlvea Are Searching
Director of Public Safety De
' dares Less Than 20,000 Laborers
Have Joined General Strike Labor
Leaders Scoff at Figaros. '
Strikers Return to Work.
Philadelphia. Mar. 8. Au-
thorlties announced this after-
noon that nearly all the mem-
bers of the building trades who
'struck Friday, have returned to
work. The strikers deny this
statement. There Is no rioting
today.
Philadelphia, March 8. Director
of Public Safety Clay today requls
tloned every policeman and detective
who could be spared to search for a
carload of dynamite that disappeared
mysteriously from the railroad yard
in West Philadelphia.
The car containing the explosive
arrived yesterday. Last evening the
yard officials telephoned to Clay the
startling news that the dynamite had
disappeared. With v the knowledge
that hundreds of sticks of the explo
sive may bo In the hands of strikers,
the authorities are confronted by the
most serious situation they have had
to face since the strike began.
Less Than 20,000 Strikers.
If the computation of tbe Philadel
phia police department Is correct
and the- officials declare It to be based
on a careful and complete canvass of
the city less than 20,000 workers
have responded to the call for a gen
eral strike.
Last night Director of Public Safety
Henry Clay issued the first detailed
statement purporting to show the ex
tent to which the sympathetic strike
In support of the striking conduc
tors and motormen of the Philadel
phia Rapid Transit company has af
fected the industrial life of the city.
It came at the close of the first full
working day under the general Btrike
order which became effective Friday
at midnight.
Tabor Ieador Scoff at Figures.
The labor Readers scoffed at the
police figures.
According to the police, establish
ments affected by the sympathetic
strike employ 54,954 hands.
There are 121,293 employes In oth
.er establishments affected by the
strike, and this gives, by police fig
ures, a total of 176,198 employes, of
which only 18,407 are out. Many
have quit work It Is declared, not
from sympathy with the striking car
men, but because they had been forc
ed out by the action of certain braneh
es of their trades.
For Instance, It Is said, at a carpet
mill 30 dyers quit work and this com
pelled the closing of the plant and
enforced Idleness of 2800 ether em
ployes. 1
The commandant of the Philadel
phia navy yard Isued an order for
bidding leave of absence to men on
any vessels at the yard during the
strike troubles.
Secretary Neil Bonner of the re
tail liquor dealers' assoclattoln had
requested its members, as well as oth
er cafe proprietors, to close their bars
should disorder occur In the vicinity
and keep them closed until the trou
ble subsides. A willingness on the
part of the proprietors to. comply with
the request was indicated.
Pollco Break Up Parade.
One of the Incidents of yesterday
was a parade of a small band of men
which was broken up by the police
without Just cause, the men claim.
As the marchers passed a hosiery mill
they attempted to persuade the fac
tory employes to Join the sympathetic
POPE BLESSES .JOHN D.
FOR GREAT CHARITY
New York, March 8. Repre-
sentatlves of John D. Rockefel-
ler were Informed today that
the pope has pronounced a
blessing on him for his recent
act In announcing the bestowal
of his great fortune for the ben-
eflt of mankind. -The pope or-
dered a cablegram sent from
the Vatican praising Rockefeller
and declaring him worthy of the
gratitude of mankind.
strike. Their effort was unsuccessful
and the police claim that the march
ers became disorderly. Clubs were
used freely and two arrests were made.
STATE FEDERATION IS
ASKED TO DELAY ACTION
New Castle, Pa., Mar. 8. The state
federation of labor In session here to
day received a telegram from Phila
delphia requesting them to defer ac
tion toward a state-wide strike until
after the arrival of President Mahon
of the street car company.
NO MORE THAN NINETY
DEAD IN AVALANCHE
Wellington, March 8. With every
car found and the scattered facts of
the railroad company put together to
day, It Is known that not more than
ninety met death In the avalanche.
Fifty-four bodies were recovered to
date and between twenty-six and thir
ty six remain In the wreckage.
Eat Poisoned Cakes.
Famlngton, N. M., March 8. Eight
persons are seriously HI at the home
of B. B. Black from eating cakes
made of arsenic Instead of baking
powder, which were served to the
family and several guests at their
Sunday dinner. It Is believed they
will recover, although two children
are seriously III,
SOLONS AT CAPITAL
ARE GRINDING AWAY
SENATE COMMITTEE PROBES
INTO HIGH LIVING COST
Witnesses Show Hqw Meats Have In
creased In Price In Last Ten Years
P, O. and Agricultural Appropri
ation Bills Pass.
Washington, Mar. .8. The ' special
senate committee Investigating the
high cost 4f living, started a scries
of open hearing today. Several wit
nesses were called. The testimony
showed the price of beef during the
past ten years had Increased fifteen
per cent, fish twenty five and pork a
hundred per cent.
The annual postoffice appropria
tion bill carrying two hundred forty
million dollars was passed by the
house this afternoon. A provision re
quiring the Installation of letter boxes
in all houses was stricken from the
bill after a prolonged argument.
The agricultural appropriation bill
carrying J13!C0fl.0O0 was pasted by
the senate this afternoon.
87.000.0(H) ILLEGALLY PAID
BY STATE TO CONTRACTORS
Harrisburg, Pa., March 8. Suits
for the recovery of seven million dol
Inrs alleged to have been Illegally
paid to contractors from the state
funds nre pending today in the Dau
phin county court. The suits nre
brought by the attorney general
against the estate of Contractor John
H. Sanderson and the Pennsylvania
Construction company. They arise
from tho alleged misapplication of
funds at the time the contractors re
ceived payments for supplying the
furnishings for the state eapitol.
JEFFRIES TO FINISH HIS
TRAINING AT SANTA C1UZ
Los Angeles. March 8 Jeffries
will-put on the finishing touches to
his training for the Johnson fight in
the Santa Cruz mountains, according
to Sam Berger today. The site has
already been chosen and Jeff will
leave April 1. He will do HgRt work
for a month and a half, then with
Gotch as his chief handler, the big
man will get down to the hardest work
of his life.
FRENCH OFFICIAL GETS
AWAY WITH MILLION
Paris, March 8. Edmund Duez,
the government liquidator, was charg
ed today with embezzling approxi
mately a million dollars of money and
government property. The alleged
embezzlement occurred at the time
when the church and state were sep
arated recently, and the property of
the church was confiscated by the
government.
Aviation Meet at an End.
Portland, Ore., March 8. The first
aviation exhibition ever given In the
Pacific northwest was brought to an
end here yesterday In the presence of
several thousand people. Charles K.
Hamilton In his own Curtlss machine
made several flights, novel to behold
ers. One was a cross country flight
of about ten miles and another was
rising to en altitude of about 750 feet.
Hamilton also made an effort to as
cend In the Curtlss machine owned by
E. H." Wemme of Portland, but the
motors were apparently too weak.
This aeroplane is the one in which
Hamilton met his accident at the Los
Angeles meet. ,
Hamilton left for Seattle today.
Some ancient . philosopher said:
"Those who want fewest things are
nearest to the gods." What an Im
mense distance away many people
must be these days.
PUT LID ON
LPOT
Parties to Cudahy-Lillis Cut
ting Affray Attempt to Hush
Matter Up.
.SEPARATION SLIT AND
LEGAL STRUGGLE EXPECTED
.Mrs. Cmlaliy Returns to Home of Inno
cent Childhood Lillis Will Wear
Scars AH His Life Fumes of tho
Scandal Kept Away from . Public
Nostrils Cudahy Maintains Abso
lute Silence Separation Action
Will Be Next Move.
Kansas city, March 8. Jere Lillis
will wear deep scars from the knife
of John P. Cudahy all his life. Mrs.
Cudahy will probably return to the
home of her parents. Action for sep
aration and a legal struggle for the
possession of the Cudahy children is
expected today to be the only publjcly
apparent results of the sensational
fight at the Cudahy home Sunday
morning. It Is definitely known that
Cudahy will not be prosecuted for his
attack on Lillis. On all sides efforts
to "hush up" the affair are very ap
parent. Cudahy" remained silent to
day, and refused to talk. He has ta
ken up residence at"the Coates home.
SLAVE OWNER TO PEN.
Max Thuroa Convicted of Dealing in
White Slaves Given Sentence.
Seattle, March 8. Max Thurna.
owner of a slave girl named Lillian
Stein, was sentenced today to hard la
bor in the state penitentiary for not
less than two and a half years, having
been convicted of living off the wo
man's earnings. Thurna Was prose
cuted .by the United States immigra
tion service, which introduced as evi
dence horrible letters written In Yid
dish to a fellow slave owner, from
which It appeared that Thurna had
been long In the- business; that he
had been driven out of Spokane and
Oreat Falls. Mont., hut had prospered
In Seattle. The letters spoke of the
capture and sale of women as though
thoy were cattle. Judge J. T. Ron
ald in parsing sentence said:
"If Thurna had actually murdered
the different girls with whom the tes
timony showed he had associated he
would have Inflicted less injury on
society than he has done.
RAILROAD COMPANIES ARE
TRYING TO CLEAR TRACKS
Wellington. March 8. Packers are
hauling coal to the stalled rotarles
between here and Scenic today and
by afternoon the dead snowplows
should be again battling with the
drifts. Giant powder is already
booming In the mountains where the
Groat Northern laborers are blasting
away the ice and snow. The tracks
are expected to be clear Thursday.
HERTS OF GREEN TABLE
SILL COFFERS OF CfTY
Fines to the amount of $150 have
been paid Into the city trensury as the
result of the gambling raid pulled off
recently by Chief of Police Gurdane
and Night Officer John Kearney. Sam
Miller, manager of the room in which
the games were conducted, contributed
$100 toward defrnylng the expenses
of the city, while Jake Sheuerman
the well-known hide and wool buyer
and Jewel Winston, bartender, each
contributed $25.
j Though the visits of the police to
I the gambling Joint were made on the
! evening of Feb. 25 and the afternoon
or Feb. 26, no arreBts were made
until Saturday evening, when Sam
Miller was taken into custody and
notified that hts case would come up
for trial Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock. The other two men were
railed as witnesses and they did not
know until they arrived at the court
room that they were also to be made
defendants In separate cases.
The operations of the gamblers have
been carried on for some time under
Miller's direction in room 9 of the
Taylor & Brownfleld' building, over
the Taylor hardware store, and not In
the Hendricks building. According
to the testimony of the police the
door was locked on the occasion of
their first visit and when they finally
were admitted, no one was playing.
The arpearance of the cards and the
chips on the table Indicated that a
game of poker had been Interrupted.
Miller,. John Page, John Endlcott,
I Lester Swaggart and Steve Hampton
PUT WILL NOT
EXHIBIT PROOFS
Arctic Explorer Refuses to
Show His Data to Congres-
siona! Committee.
SAYS HE WILL LOSE
MONEY BY THE ACT
Declines Positively to Turn Proofs
Over to Committer Is Under Con
tract With Publishers and Cannot
Afford to Break It Hobson and
Moore Champion Alleged Discover
er of North Polo Macon Bust Be
Shown.
Washington, March 8. Command
er Peary declined yesterday to sub
mit to congress the proofs of his dis
covery of the north pole. He sent to
the subcommittee of the house com
mittee on naval affairs the following
statement:
"Commander Peary and his friends
say that contracts signed months ago
with his publishers render it impos
sible to make his records and scien
tific data public now. It will not only
subject Peary to heavy damages a
loss which .he cannot meet, having
Just extricated himself from debt in
curred In connection with his vari
ous expeditions but it would be
breaking faith with his publishers,
which he is unwilling under any cir
cumstances to do."
A'fter hearing statements by Repre
sentatives Hobson of Alabama and
Moore of Pennsylvania urging a con
gressional reward to Peary irrespec
tive of the question. of his proofs, the
committee adjourned until Wednes
day without taking action.
Of the committee of seven members
it is known that three are opposed to
granting- recognition to Commander
Peary unless the proofs of his discov
ery of the pole are submitted to con
gress and made public. These are
Representatives Butler, Roberts, and
Macon. Representatives Bates, Daw
son and Gregg have not committed
themselves and Representative Engle
brecht favors granting an award.
Both Mr. Hobson and Mr. Moore
vigorously urged the committee to
honor Commander Peary without fur
ther quibbling over the proofs. The
fornux declared that the granting of
the rank of rear admiral was none
too much honor to bestow. He ar
gued that the endorsement of Peary's
proofs by the National Geographical
society was sufficient
Mr. Macon- told the committee that
since he publicly declared a few days
ago that he -would insist upon seeing
Mr. Peary's proofs and was opposed
to any "legislation In the dark" he
had received letter containing 3,000
signatures endorsing the stand taken.
The committee has received a mass
of interesting communications on the
subject. One from H. L. Hopkins,
secretary and treasurer of the Ameri
can association of Masters, Mates and
w ere In the room.
On the occasion of the next visit
the officers found a game of "three
card lou" In progress. Sam Miller,
Jewel Winston, William Roesch and
Jake Sheuerman were playing while
John Endlcott, John Hethman and
John Page were on-lookers. Heath
man was at one time chief of police
In this city.
Of the four who were playing,
Roesch was the only one who escaped
being fined. When he took the stand
the former brewer swore that the
chips with which they were playing
did not represent anything to him
and that he did not know what they
represented to the others In the game.
It now develops that Roesch was
acting In the capacity of a "capper."
All the witnesses were loath to ap
pear In answer to their subpoenas and
Pheuermnn did not arrive until a
bench warrant had been placed In
Mhe hands of the chief of police. Then
when he was made a defendant In
stead of a witness the surprise was
complete and almost pitiful. He beg
ged to be let off, insisting that It was
a shame to fine a man- who transacted
all his business In Pendleton. The
court was obdurate, however, and the
fine of $26 was Imposed.
The convicted men are all amen
able to the state law . forbidding
gambling and it Is very probable that
the grand Jury when It meets here
next, week will be given an. opportu
nity by the dlstlrlct attorney to In
vestigate these cases on behalf of the
state.
Pilots, questions the reports of Mr.
Peary's soundings, taken near the
north pole.
"How did Peary with one man,
sound in 1500 fathoms of water?"
wrote Mr. Hopkins to the committee.
THE TEDDY FAMILY WILL
BE ROYALLY ENTERTAINED
Khartoum, Egypt, Mar. 8. Exten
sive peraparatfons are being made to
day for the entertainment of Roose
velt and his family upon their ar
rival here. Roosevelt Is due March
seventeen. They will be feted and
dined by British and Egyptian offi
cials. The authorities are taking
every measure to protect Roosevelt
from anarchists.
Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter
Ethel have reached Cairo, from
where they expect to depart Thursday
for Khartoum. Officials ' hope the
former president can be prevailed
upon to remain four days before pro
ceeding on his homeward Journey.
GOMPERS DECLARES THAT
PROHIBITION IS FAHiURE
Chicago, Mar. 8. Prohibitionists
here were disappointed today by the
declaration of President Gompers, who
said prohibition is a failure and he
was not In sympathy with the move
ment. Gompers' remarks followed an
invitation by local optlonlsts to ad
dress a meeting.
FEDERAL BUILDING
i TO BE BUILT
OCCUPANTS OF GROUD
NOTIFIED TO VACATE
Must be Off by May 1 Looks as If
Long Deferred Construction Is Soon
to be Started Buildings to be
Moved.
That Pendleton's new federal build
ing will soon be under way is evi
dent from the fact that occupants of
buildings on the government ground
have been notified to vacate and have
their-buildings off the ground y May
1. This would seem to indicate that
actual construction work Is to be
started by that date for the contracts
can be let and all arrangements made
for the commencement of work with
the buildings as they are. .
The government property Is located
on the comer of Alta and Garden
street. It extends along Garden from
Alta 140 feet and along Alta from
Garden, 150 feet.
The most Important buildings to be
moved are the large rooming house,
fronting on Willow street and owned
by W. L. Thompson of the American
National bank and the two story res
idence building fronting on Garden
and owned by Mrs. Leona Thompson.
The rooming house Is to be moved
across the street and turned around
so that It will still be facing Willow
street but will be on the west side
of the street.
Mrs. Hays has been conducting a
rooming house in the building for the
past several months. The work of
moving It will be commenced at once.
There are some other small build
ings on the property but some of
these are very small and compara
tively worthless. It Is therefore pos
sible that some of them will be torn
down.
PATTEN TAKES REST BY
INVADING COTTON MARKET
Liverpool, March 8. In spite of
the statement of James A. Patten
that he Is in search of rest, the "wheat
king" visited the cotton exchange to
day! and conferred with prominent
cotton brokers. A report that he is
engineering a big deal in cotton caus
ed the market to show unusual ac
tivity. FISH TRUST CHARGED WITH
HIGH COST OF LTVIXG
San Francisco, March 8. Following
an Investigation by the state senate
committee on the high cost of living.
Attorney General Webb today prom
ises the prosecution of wholesalers al
leged to have combined to keep the
price of fish at a certain fiugre. The
testimony tended to show that the
members of the alleged fish trust pre
vent dealers from purchasing fish
from the Puget Sound or Columbia
river.
FAMOUS BnXIARD PLAYER
DIES FROM TUBERCULOSIS
Denver, March 8. Jake Schaeffer,
the famous billiard player, died here
at noon today from tuberculosis.
"The Wlxard," as Schaeffer was
called, died at the age of 55. He was
born In Milwaukee and began his
billiard career in 1879. He retired
eighteen months ago on account of
111 health. A widow and three chil
dren survive him.
President Taft having discovered
that most of the newspapers do not
altogether approve of his administra
tion, he would be wise to find out why
If he doesn't know, t and consider
whether their reasons are good.
TO PUT BAN ON
DEADLY HATPIN
Chicago Council Orders Ordi
nance Drawn Declaring it a.
Public Nuisance.
WOMEN PROTEST LOUDLY
AGAINST THE LEG ISLATIOIT
After Week's Crusade Against Wo
man's Weapon, Public Hearing I
Had Ordinance Will Forbid' Hat
' Pins from Extending More Hhaa
Half Inch from Crown of Hat
Ladles Protest Against Dictation Aj
to What hey Shall Wear.
Chicago, March 8. Women's lone
hatpins were declared to be a "pub
lic nuisance" and an "anti-hatpin" or
dinance was ordered drawn up by tha
judiciary committee of the city coun
cil yesterday.
The action followed a week's cru
sade against the long hatpin, which
culminated in a public hearing. The
ordinance will stipulate that hatpin
worn in public places "shall not ex
tend more than one-half an Inch be
yond the crown of the hat." It l to
be drawn up by the corporation coun
sel and presented for action by the city
council next Monday night.
Nine aldermen, three or four law
yers and a score of protesting women
were present at the public hearing.
Dictation Not Appreciated.
"We want to protest right her
against this attempt to regulate wo
men's attire," declared Attorney
Francis Hickley, representing the wo
men. "It does not become the city
of Chicago to try to dictate what it'
women sjiall wear."
"Well, you women want to regulat
what we men drink, don't you?" In
terposed Alderman Carmack.
Amid a chorus of "boo-hoos" from
female voices. Alderman J. Bauler,
who started the agitation in the coun
cil, stepped for ward and described
what he called the "truth about the
hatpin situation."
"I don't believe that there was ever
a time in history when women have
shown so much eccentricity, in their
personal adornment as at present," h
said. "We have had the tight skirt,
the sheath gown, the Marcel wave and
now comes the yard-wide hat with lt
remarkable accessories.
And Now the Deadly Snickersnee.
"In addition to ribbons, laces, wlra
flowers, vegetables, animals and birds
women's headgear is srmed with tha
deadly "snickersnee." If women car
to wear carrots and roosters on their
heads, that is their own concern and
it cannot be interfered with by the
city, but when it comes to wearing
swords they must be stopped.
"One man told me he was almost
decapitated in the city hall elevator
by the sweep of a hatpin like a scim
itar worn by one of the city hall belles.
In the street cars people are in danger
of losing their eyes by sitting beside
some lovely devotee of fashion.
"The hatpin may be the only wea
pon woman has to ward off attack,
but let her wear it sheathed in her
belt. Hidden in a mass of plumage or
hair, it comes under the designation of
concealed weapons."
There were more "boos" from the
women and the committee sent its
Instructions to the corporation coun
sel. DR. HYDE IS RELEASED
FROM JAIL FOR $100,00
Kansas City, March 8. Dr. B. C.
Hyde, indicted on eleven counts by a
local grand Jury In connection with
the poisoning of Col. Swope and mem
bers of his family, was released today
on $100,000 bonds. Hyde was In Jail
only about 18 hours.
BETTING IS 4 TO 1 THAT
GILL WILL WIN IN SEATTLE
Seattle. Wash., March 8 Bettirg 19
4 to 1 that Hiram C. Gill will carry
every ward in this city and win by
seven thousand majority shows the
confidence of the republicans and
their candidate for mayor In today's
election. The fight is squarely on th
Issue of a "wide open town." William
Hyckmnn Moore is Gill's opponent.
AUTOIST RISKS DEATH
TO SAVE FOOLISH WOMAN.
Seattle, Wash . March 8.
The new automobile of the fire
department Is a wreck today
and Asslstarit Chief Clark and
Lleutennnt Norrls are suffering
from severe Injuries because a
woman and a baby ran In front
of the flying machine last night
while the motor was on its way
to the fire. The driver dellber-
ately sent the machine into a
telephone pole to save the wo-
man and child.