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L'ENDLETON, O I? EG ON, MONDAY, MARCH 21. 1910.
NO 6855
VOL. 23.
DOUBLE WRECK NEAR
RESULTS IN
THREE JUMP FOR LUES
Lone Engine Leaves Track
and Freight Train Plunges.!
Into Wreckage.
Engineer and Fireman Dead, Two En
gin and Five Box Cars Dcmollsb
ed in Big Double Wreck Eight
Miles East of City First Engine
Leaves Track While Rounding a
Curve Engine and Five Cars of
Freight Train Go Into River Three
Trainmen Jump.
Engineer S. L. Risk and Fireman
Edwin Hopple were killed, one engine
completely demolished and half bur
led in tho earth, another badly
smashed up and partially submerged
In the Umatilla river and five loaded
box cars with their contents piled in
a confused mnn In a double wreck
on the, main line of the O. R. & N.
eight miles east of Pendleton be
tween 7:30 and 8 o'clock yesterday
morning. It Is the first double wreck
In the history of the road, but It oc
curred within a few yards of the
"wreck of four years ago, when eight
cars of coal were dumped over the
embankment and within five miles of
the disastrous Cnyuse wreck of three
years ago which resulted In the death
of four persons and the serious Injury
of others.
Tava for RockWwness With l ife,
Everything seems to Indicate that
the -wreck was due to the reckless
running of a light engine and that
Engineer Risk pnld the penalty of his
recklessness with his life. It is pos
slble, however, that the wreck was
caused by some obstruction, which
had rolled onto the track or by a soft
roadbed, though neither of the latter
theories are generally accepted by
railroad men and others who have vis
Ited the scene.
Engine No. 215 was running "light"
without train from Kamela to
Umatilla, after having assisted extra
freight train with engine No. 386 up
the mountain from La Grande. .The
freight went ahead at Kamela but
was passed by the "light" engine at
Porter, a wood station between Mea
chnm and Huron.
No. 215 was In charge of Engineer
Risk and Engineer Hopple and was
apparently coming down the river at
a great rate of speed, wnen in rouna
ing a nine degree curve at mile post
239 or. at the point where the road
first meets the river, east of Mission
the engine failed to take the curve,
and instead, apparently leaped from
the track and hurled Itself Into the
bluff on her left side. Every bit of
her trimmings were stripped off and
a large part of the Iron monster is
buried in the soft alkali dirt forming
h hiirh bluff on the side of the
mad opposite the river.
Engineer Cooked Alive.
The body of the englneei had been
thrown backwards, out of the cab
on top of the coal. Though he was
lying entirely free of the debris with
Vi cTpentlon of the one arm, this
arm was pinned down In such a man
ner that his body was held over the
escaping steam and literally coonea
Though probably unconscious he was
undoubtedly scalded to death. The
hnav of the fireman had been
lammed down In against the firebox
an buried under a ton of coal. It
required several hours' work to dig
him out.
Though both the engine and tender
were hurled clear of the rails the cor.
ner of the tender was so close to the
tniv that another train could not
tiass. Therefore, while the block slg
ni registered "clear track" to the
heavv freight train following 20 mtn
utes behind, the wreck was so near
ho trneV that the train could not
pass, even though the track was ap
parently uninjured.
Thr Have Miraculous Escape.
Engineer Walter Q. Robertson and
Fireman C I Wilson of La Grande
were In charge of engine No. S85 and
with them In the cab was Brakemnn
W. O. Rose. They were coming on
LIVE MAX OBJECTS TO
BEING LABELED DEAD
Seattle, Mar. 21. The cor
orenr's Jury Investigating the
Wellington avalanche left for
Wellington this morning to com
plete the taking of evidence. A
verdict Is expected tonight.
Joseph Benler, a timber crui
ser, walked Into .the morgue
here yesterday and looked at the
corpse tagged with his name.
"There is some mistake," he
said, "I missed the train."
E
DEATH OF ID
the down grade at a rate of speed va
riously estimated at from 25 to 35
miles an hour, when upon rounding
the curve they saw the wrecked en
gine but a few yards in front of them.
The engineer was evidently the first
to see the obstruction and without a
word he closed the throttle, threw on
the air brakes and swung out of his
side of the cab. He was followed an
Instant later by the brakeman, who
went through the window. Though
neither had said a worn, Fireman
Wilson concluded something was
wrong so swung out onto the run
ning board on his side and dropped,
just as the nose of their engine struck
the corner of the derailed tender and
was shunted off on the other side,
own the 75-foot embankment into
the river. Had he been a moment
later death would have been his por
tion also.
All three of those who Jumped mi
raculously escaped without so much
as a scratch, despite the rate or
peed at which their train was
moving. The engineer and brakeman
rolled down the soft embankment.
while the fireman landed In a pool
water that had escaped from the
wrecked tender. He remained where
he fell for what seemed to him like
n age, expecting to have the cars pile
on top of his.
live Rox Cars Smashed.
Five of the box cars followed the
lead of the engine and were smashed
kindling wood, while their con-
(Continued on page I.)
SHERIFF TAKES TWO
MORE OF FUGITIVES
KINDS THEM IX SHEEP
CAMP YESTERDAY
Cleveland Gould and Harry Sperling
Recaptured by Taylor Only One f
Seven Who Escaped from Jnil Re
mains at Liberty.
Cleveland Gould and Harry Sper
ing. alias Harry Ray, two of the sev
en prisoners who made their sensa
tional break for liberty from the
county jail, one week ago, were taken
nto custody yesterday morning about
daylight by Sheriff Taylor. They
were found In one of the J. R Smith
onmpany's lamping camps at the forks
of Rear creek, about ten miles south
of Pilot Rock. Only one of the sev
en fugitives, Peter Bloom, Is still at
largo.
Sheriff Taylor received his first
clue to the direction taken by these
two Saturday forenoon. He soon dis
covered that he was on the right
track and by making use of the tele
phone traced the fugitives through
Pilot Rock and on to tho sheep camp
beyond. It was late In the evening
when he finally located them definite
ly, but Instead of waiting until morn
ing ho hitched up his team and by
daylight was at the camp.
They had both been employed as
herders and were still in bed when
the sheriff arrived. They were there
fore somewhat surprised when the of
ficer walked In on them. They were
ordered to get up and dress and with
out waiting for breakfast the Journay
back to Pendleton was started.
Another Corporation Indicted.
Chicago March 21. Indictments
charging the National Packing com
pany and subsidiary companies with
operating a combination In restraint
of trade, ' were returned today by the
federal grand Jury. Simultaneously
the government filed a bill asking for
a dissolution of tho company.
New Appendix Disease. -London.
A fresh series of Indict
ments was brought against tho appen
dix In a cause of human suffering at
a meeting of the Royal Soofety of Med
icine. Twenty four operation cases,
In which the chief symptoms .were
stomach pains due to an unrecogniz
ed disease of he appendix, were de
scribed. In 15 cases tha operation was
undertaken for a supposed ulcer,
either In the stomach or In the ad
joining Intestine, only to find that
these parts were normal, while the
appendix was diseased.
Dr. Herbert J. Paterson, who read
a paper on the subject, suggested the
name appendicular gastralgia for the
new discaso, on account or Its most
prominent symptom, a stomach pain
due to a disease of the appendix.
Seek Carnegie Library.
Jackson, Mich. A. Carnegie library
for tho city of Jackson is among the
possibilities for the near future. At a
meeting of the council was adopted
submitting a propoaitlon to Mr. Car
neglo, and It Is believed that it would
be accepted. Jackson wants Mr. Car
negie to give the public schools a li
brary and building, costing $60,000,
on condition that the city will provide
a support fund amounting to 10 per
cent of the original Investment, or $6,
000 per year.
MANY DIE IN
GREAT WRECK
Derailment ot Double Header
Results in Death of Forty
two People.
FLAMES BREAK OUT
IX WRECKED COACHES
KrK'k Inland Passenger on CI ilea go,
Great Western Road Goes Into
Dltoli With Awful Conseqiienec
I -a lot Report Says 42 Killed and
Over Twice Number Injured lire
Breaks Out In Wreckage.
Chicago, Mar. 21. Rock Island
railroad officials here say that four
teen bodies have been recovered from
the wreck of a double header passen
ger derailed today at Relnbeck, Io
wa. They reported the total number
of killed as twenty-Jive and 24 in
jured. The train was bound for Min
neapolis and was running over the
Chicago Great Western tracks because
the Rock Island tracks were blocked
by another wreck. ,
Des Moines, Mar. 21. The latest re
ports from the Reinbeck wreck say
that 42 persons were killed and near
ly twice that number injured.
Relief and wrecking trains have
gone to the scene. Automobiles car
rying doctors and nurses are headed
for Marshalltown where many of the
Injured were taken. Telephone re
ports say the wreckage Is afire and
that the rescuers are fighting to save
many persons In the debris of the
wrecked cars. A train carrying the
dead and Injured has left the wreck
for Marshalltown. When the engines
left the track, three cars piled upon
them and fire broke out. The cars
destroyed were the baggage car, a
chair car and one sleeper.
CORMEX REJECT OFFER
OF STREET CAR COMPANY
Philadelphia. March 21. The car
men's union today rejected the prop
osition of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company looking to a settle
ment of the strike. A vote was taken
after an all night session. President
Mahon of the carmen, advised its ac
ceptance, but he was overruled. The
men Insist on a recognition of the
union.
First Day of Spring.
Washington, D. C, Mar. 21. Ac
cording to the weather bureau an.
nouncement spring has begun today
The forecast for the opening of ver
nal senson was generally higher tern
peratures throughout . the country
than for the same period last ear.
GEORGE W. SCHIJ-XiEL, V. S.
COM MISSION EK, VINDICATED
(Special Correspondence.)
Pilot Rock, Ore., March 21. Word
reached Pilot Rock this morning that
the United States grand Jury in ses
sion In' Portland, after investigating
the charge against George W. Schle
gel. United States commissioner for
this place, had reported that the
charges were not well founded. The
news was welcomed by the friends of
the man who had been accused of
irregularities in the conduct of his
office and they will tender him a pub-
! lie reception in the Swearingen hall
tonight.
On the trains tomorrow will arrive
a large percentage of those who are
to attend the sessions of the Inland
Empire teachers' association conven
tion. Accordingly the preparations
for the accommodation and entertain
ment of the crowd are being rushed
to completion so that everything will
bo In readiness for the throng.
Naturally the largest task In con
nection with handling the convention
Is that of providing all the teachers
with rooming and boarding accom
modations while they nre here. In
order to secure plenty of rooms for
the delegates a systematic canvass of
the hotels, rooming houses and the
private homes of the city has been
made. All available rooms have been
listed and' plans have been worked
out in detail.
The work of assigning the rooms Is
left with a committee of which Clnr
ence Bishop Is chairman and Mark
Moorhouse secretary. This commit
tee Is to have headquarters at the
Commercial association rooms and up
on their arrival aH teachers are re
quested to report at that place. While
the convention Is on the club rooms
will be used aa a headquarters for the
teachers and the various committees.
w
TIFT UNO GREY
EI TO AGREE
President ot U. S. and Gov
ernor of Canada Cannot
Settle Tariff Difficulties.
CANADA REFUSES TO
CONCEDE ANY POINT
ITesident .Tuft Leaves Albany After
Vain Attempt to Reucli Agreement
Willi Earl Grey, Governor of Can
adu 4'omVrcnco Lasted Many
Hours But Ten Days Left for
Friendly Negotiations. President
Sends Message to Canada.
Albany, March 21. President Taft
left early today for New York. A
conference with Earl Grey on the Ca
nadian tariff yesterday was without
result as Canada refused to concede
anything. The president arrived at
New Haven this afternoon to attend
the meeting of the Yale Corporation.
Ten Days Remain.
Ten days remain for "friendly ne
gotiations" before the maximum rates
of the Payne-Aldrich law automati
cally go into effect against those
countries that are regarded by the
president as "unduly discriminatory"
against the United States. The law is
arbitrary as to Its application, but
the president Is given judicial pow
ers In reaching a conclusion as to
what constitutes "undue" discrimina
tion. Up to this time Canada has been
regarded by the president's tariff ad
visers on the "unduly" discriminatory
list and unless concessions are grant
ed by. the dominion government to
place the United States on an e,..al
footing with France and thirteen
other countries that have been given
perferentlal rates under the Canadian
tariff it seems inevitable that Canada
will be the one Important country In
the world against which the 2 per cent
Increase in the maximum American
rats will be applied.
Would Avert Tariff War.
The resident has been keenly alive
to the situation. In his speech at the
University club banquet here Satur
day night Mr. Taft referred to the fact
that he had invited Mr. Fielding to
meet him here to see if some means,
might not be devised to avert a tariff
war between Canada and the United
States.
In view of the fact so short a time
remains for the adjustment of the
tariff differences with Canada, Pres
ident Taft before leaving Washing
ton consulted with his advisers, if it
would be within the power of the ex
ecutive by proclamation, subsequently
to grant a reduction. Secretary Knox
without definitely committing himself
he'.d the opinion that a change in cir
cumstances favorable to the United
States might warrant the president in
rescinding' the maximum tariff.
Taft Sends Canada a Message.
Following the conference between
President Taft and Lord Gray, the
president sent the following message
to Canada through the editor of the
Toronto Globe: "My most sincere de
sire is that not only the present unfor
soen difficulty, but all other difficul
ties between Canada and the United
States be settled with Justice to both
and in a spirit of friendship and gen
erosity. The present difficulty has
been in Interpreting a statute, which
OE TEACHERS
TOM
From the headquarters rooms the
teachers will be taken by hotel buses
and autos to their rooming places.
More Rooms Needed.
Tarties having rooms they have not
yet listed with the accommodations
committee are requested to 'phone
Mark Moorhouse at once. At the pres
ent time the committee is fearful of
not having a sufficient number of
rooms for the accommodation of the
crowd. Between 500 and 700 teach
ers are to be here for the gathering.
Public Reception Tomorrow.
Tomorrow night the first gathering
of the convention will be Meld at the
Eagles-Woodmen hail when a public
reception will be given in honor of the
teachers and others present for the
convention. All local people are in
vited to this assemblage. The recep
tion Is to be given under the combin
ed auspices of the Commercial asso
ciation, the ladies clubs, and the lo
cal teachers association. The recep
tion is to begin at 8 o'clock. Dur
ing the early part of the evening a
program will be rendered. This will
consist of music by the United orches
tra, addresses of welcome and respon
ses, vocal and instrumental selections.
At the conclusion of the program
dancing will be in order.
flEGULSRS WILL ATTEMPT TO
DOMINATE RULES COMMITTEE
never before has been interpreted. I
am hopeful of finding a solution
which will have regard for my Ju
dicial responsibility as president ard
also serve the trade interests In both
great countries."
CHINESE MUTINEER IS
GrVEN THREE YEARS
Prince Rupert, B. C, Mar. 21. Ah
Wey, a Chinese sailor on the ship
Cape Brenton, is cji his way to the
penitentiary to serve a three years
term while the five hundred dollar
head tax paid by the captain of the
ship reposes in the local government
treasurer. Ah Wey with other Chi
nese sailors, started a mutiny on the
ship, In which a fireman was badly
injured. Ah Wey was given three
years, but his countrymen were dis
charged. As the constable took the
prisoner from the ship, the collector
of Canadian customs demanded a
head tax. Capt. Warden refused to
pay but the collector was sustained
by the government at Ottawa and the
captain was compelled to pay before
he was granted clearance papers.
FOUR FISHING BOATS
LOST IN BIG STORM
Lisbon, March 21. Four fishing
boats, carrying 32 men, are lost to
day in a storm raging long the Por
tugese coast. Five bodies have al
ready washed ashore. 'There is lit
tle hope that any on board escaped.
GRAFT FUMES RISE
IN THE SMOKY CITY
CONFESSIONS OF ACCUSED
MEX REVEAL ROTTENNESS
Five Former Coiincilmcii and One
Present Memlier Expose System '
Banks Bribe Aldermen Grand Jury ; the party."
Return Indictments. ! Indications are today that toe in-
I surgents will have no place on tn
' j rules committee. 1
Pittsburg, Mar. 21. Five f ormer j A Quiet Day.
city councilmen and one present mem- I xhe day's session of the house was
ber today confessed to Judge Fraser j without incident. Routine business
In open court connection with the j was transacted and there wfas noth
system of graft. The men are to be ijyg to indicate the turbulent times of
indicted this afternoon by the grand Saturday. The democrats blame ths
Jury, according to the district attor- j insurgents for Cannon's final victory,
ney. . They may be given Immunity , xhe insurgents showed a yellow
for implicating more prominent and j treak." said Sims of Tenness"4.
wealthy citizens. Champ Clark is pleased with t: e re-
The men who made confessions are sut Things nre in better shape than
Thomas McGrath, J. X. Purnell, N. ) fof twenty vears, he says.
F. Savage, Irwin Rothplets, William J
T TT hfnnlev i
'
Representing that
Councilman
Kleins confession showed over a bun- i
.aj Hi ...iMti.1 H n 1 1 a T-a Kail Vtoan nflM
former councilmen by six Pittsburg Council Bluffs, la., March 21. John
banks. District Attorney Blakeley se- C. Maybray. leader of the notorious
cured order for an extra session of gang of race swindlers and ten asso
the grand Jury. The banks paid the j dates, were sentenced today to two
monev to be made nubile depositar-
ies. Blakeley said a startling con
dition of corruption has been reveal
ed. The grand jury today began an In
vestigation of the alleged complicity I Clarence Glass, Edward Leacn, lsa
of sixty former councilmen in the j die Morris, Clarence Forbes, Harry
system graft reported to have been re- Forbes Frank McCoy and Eddie MC
vealed by the conviction of Council- I Coy.
man Charles Klein. Klein Is alleged j )
to have disclosed the operations of the
great ring which
"white slaves."
trafficked in
MEX MAY CONTINUE TO
SMOKE AT SERVICES
,
Atlantic City. There will be a con
tinuance of the services here for men
with smoking, although the conser
vative members of the fashionable
Episcopal church of the Ascension
had the Rev. Sydney Goodman, who
started the services for Sunday night
last summer, removed. The sermons
were devoted to morality rather than
theology, and this did not suit the
more staid members of the church.
A movement, which is now assured
of success, has been started to take ed today that the night telegraphic
up the work and provide the Rev. weather reports will be resumed
Mr. Goodman with a church here. March 24th. The distribution was re-
cently discontinued because of lack
Shipbuilding Record. I funds- The action caused many
London. England's latest "Dread- j protests,
nought," H, M. S. Vanguard, has es- ... . .
tabllshed a record In rapid evolution The house of lords proposes torn
from bare keel to commissioned ship, form itself Britishers might take a
Only 23 months elapsed between the!"" from the revision the tariff In
laying dow of her keel and the date i this country by Its friends.
of her commissioning as a completely
Annlnno.l art A mnnnoi) fichtlnir unit of
V4U' I - o B .
V, iAA Thl. la f Via cVi ,-rt&nt tlmA 1
i irj 1 1 1 1 1- i-' niv - ' -
occupied In building any of the big
battleships, except the original Dread- )
nought, which was constructed under !
exceptional rush conditions. The i
other Dreadnoughts have taken an av- j
ernge of 2" months to build.
Horse Dies from Rabies.
Danville, Ky. V. J. Pe Baun. a
prominent Perryvllle stockman, lost
a valuable thoroughbred mare from an
attack of hydrophobia. This Is the
first case reported in this section of
the state, but in counties Immediately
south of here much stock has died as
the result of being bitten by rabid
dogs.
MAY SECURE MAJORITY
Cannon's Followers Seek to
Regain Contrcl Through
New Committee.
Admitted That Regular Forces Will
Control Caucus That Names Mem
bers of " New Committee Insur
gents' Victory ' Would Be Robbed of
Benefit if They Succeed Measure
Suppressed by Aged Speaker Will
Come Up Today Is Quiet Day.
Washington, March 21. Among th
first matters to betaken up by the new
rules committee of the house after th
organization, are 23 measures on
which the old committee took no ao
tlon. They include many matters. It is
declared, suppressed by Cannon. Ths
new committee expected to have ft
big task. It is admitted today that
the Cannon forces will control ths
caucus that names the members of
the committee and it is believed they
j will attempt to capture the majority,
I thus leaving the insurgents only a pa
! per victory.
The greatest result of the rules rer
! olution In the house so far as the pres
1 ent session is concerned, will be a full
j discussion of the Taft legislative pro
I gram on the floor, according to ln
j surgent leaders today. "No matter
how the new committee on rules la
constituted," said Norrls of Nebraska
today, "it has been settled who has
the control no matter what ths
new committee may do, the house It
self will have the last say. I believe
our victory was a step toward the ful
fillment of the platform pledges of
- T" inc iS ft V3
. -M.i isit.i .a.iu mo
DRAW PASSES TO PEN
years in the federal prison at ieaven-
worth and to pay a fine of two thou
sand dollars. 1
The others sentenced were Leon
Lozer. Tom Robinson, Willard Powell,
KING IS REPORTED BETTER
BUT PEOPLE ARE SKEPTICAL
London. Mar. 21. Despite favorable
j reports regarding the conamon or
King Edward, issued by physicians at
! Biarritz, today, people are tnorougn-
ly alarmed owing to the fact the
king didn't leave his room yesterday.
Edward is reported suffering from
bronchita trouble.
Alarming reports are being circu
lated in London, in connection with
the king's Illness. The government
officials insist he is Improving
Resumption of Weather Reports.
Washington, D. . C. Mar. 21. Of-
i ficlals of the weather bureau announc-
NEIL TRYING TO
AVERT BIG STRIKE
Chicago. 111.. Mar. St. Labor
Commissioner Nelll is working
desperately today to avert a
strike of the firemen of the
western railroads. Chairman
Knapp of the Intorstatte Com
merce Commission has already
returned to Washington. Unless
Nelll can bring about an agree
ment today it is believed the
strike will be ordered tomorrow.
There Is little hope of settlement.