EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
WEATHER REPORT '
Fair tonight and Sat
urday. Calling cards, wed
ding tatlonery, com
mercial stationery and
Job printing to order
at the East Oregonlaa.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAVER
CITY OFFICIAL FA PER.
VOL. 23.
t'ENDLETON. OKE(iON, FKIDAY. MAItCII 23- 1910.
NO 6859
FIIIIS WRITTEN TO ANNUAL
CONVENTION OF TEACHERS
Inland Empire Teachers' As
sociation Adjourns After
Three Days' Meeting.
BuslnoKfl Session This Afternoon Last
Chapter In Big Gathering Spo
kane Gels Next Convention Lew
taton Man Elected President of As
sociationTwo Addresses This '
Mornlng-Many Delegates Go Out '
to Umatilla, Agency Leave
Home Tonight.
10 ,
dered a triple vocal number and then
Shortly before 2:30 this afternoon responded to an encore. Prof. Odes
the twelfth annual convention of the "a M Sterling of the piano department
Inland Empire Teachers' association , of tnft Whitman conservatory, ren
was adjourned and the largest edu- dered a solo and responded to a dou
catlonal gathering ever held in the ble encore. The two musical num
Inland Empire was brought to a sue- bers this morning were piano and vo
cessful close. At the present time cal solos by Miss Neva Green and
bout 500 of the visiting teachers are
the guests of the Pendleton Commer
cial association on an excursion to the
agency of the Umatilla Indian reserva
tion and within a few hours the great
er part of the throng which has been
In the city during the past three days
will be on their way to their various
homes In every part of the Inland Em-
plre. :
Spokane has been chosen as the next
place of meeting of the association and
Superintendent A. N. Wright of the
Lewlston, Idaho, city schools has been
named as the president of the as
sociation. Bruce M. Watson superin
tendent of the Spokane schools has
been named as chairman of the exe
cutive commutes.
The place of meeting and the elec
tion of officers occured this afternoon
t the brief session of the association
preceding adjournment. The follow
ing Is the complete list of the new
officers:
President, A. N. Wright, superin
tendent of schools in Lewlston, Idnho.
First vice-president, J. A. Church
ill, superintendent of schools. Baker
City.
Second vlce-prosllent. W. E. Har
mon, superintendent of public Instruc
tion In Montana.
Third vice-president. Margaret
Craig, Cheney Ni.rmal, Cheney, Wn.
Secretary, Henry M. Hart, Princi
pal of the North Side High school,
Spokane, Wn.
Treasurer, George Craig, Superin
tendent of Lincoln county schools,
Davenport, Wn.
Executive committee Bruce M.
Watson, superintendent of schools,
Spokane, Wn.; Frank K. Welles, sup
erintendent of Umatilla county, Pen
dleton. Ore.; A. A. Cleveland, head of
the department of education In the
Washington stnte college at Pullman.
A Greni Success'.
From every standpoint the conven- ; yersatlon was conducted in English,
tlon Just closed has been pronounced j ln the mpnn,1I10 tno khedlvnh re
the most successful since the forma- , cevei Mrs RooBCVplt nnd MBS Ethel
tlon of the organization twelve years wtn m mnrk of dstInetlon. Cof.
go. The attendance lins been me
largest, the list of speakers the
strongest nnd the Besslons of the dif
ferent sections, the most Interesting
of any convention ever held by the
association. Even the soelnl features
were not overlooked. Hundreds en
Joyed the opening reception given by
the Tendleton teachers the local wo-
man's clubs and the Commercial as-
ocianon iucs.u.y rv.-.n.iB, v,,,.c u.
dance Inst evening following tho pro-
gram at the church was greatly en
Joyed bv many of those who were at
the reception as well as by 200 or
J00 who arrived too late for the first
reception. Not the lenst of the social
features was the excursion to the In
dian agency this afternoon under the
auspices of the Commercial associ
ation. Morning Session.
The principal address of the morn
ing session was that by Prof. Edward
o'slsson of the University of Wash- j
Ington on "Abraham Lincoln and Am.
erlcan Education." Tho speaker de
i..A.i tVtnf T.tnnnln urns the "first A m
erlcnn citizen" given him precedence ,
over "the Father of His Country" and
declared that the life and character
of Abraham Lincoln was the great
asset American educntlon has today.
DYNAMITERS BLOW
UP PATROL WAGON
Philadelphia, Penn., Mar. 25.
The police are seeking for the
perpetrators of another dyna
mite outrage which last night
Injured six policemen who
were riding In a patrol wagon.
The wagon was moving along
the street car tracks when the
evploslon threw it to one side
and the policemen were hurl
ed to the pavement. It is be
lieved the dynamite was intend
ed for the street car.
He declared that Lincoln was the one
man whone life could be held up as a
model for the youth of nil landH and
of all ages.
The address l.-ixt evening by Dr.
San ford Hell, editor of the Rocky
Mountain Educator, was listened to
with much Interest. His quotations
from the world's masterpieces were
appropriate and excellently Interpre
ted.' The editor Is not without humor
and though the hour was lnte and his
hearers tired, he succeeded In holding
his audience to the last.
I Another interesting address last
I evening was that delivered by Presi
dent E. A. Bryan of the State College
at Pullman, Washington. His sub
I Ject was "The Modern Tendency To
j ward Education .In Agriculture," and
i vii3 handled In a masterly manner.
I The music feature of the sessions
last night and this morning were of
f classical order and especially pleas-
ion 10 Biuuemg ui music, mr. ,iins
Blum of the faculty of the Whitman
College Conservatory of Music, ren-
Miss Floren.ce Bohannon, both stu
dents of the Whitman conservatory of
music,
EnMern Oregon Axsoeiatlon Election.
jesterday afternoon a business ses-
slon of the Eastern division of the
state teachers' association was held
and officers chosen for the coming
year. County Supt. E. E. Rragg of
Union county, was chosen president,
and Principal Mansnger of La Grande,
as secretary. The next meeting of
the eastern , division is to be held In
La ; Hinde. The date of the gathering
(Continued on Pn Kleht. I
ROOSEVELT TRAVELS
BY DESERT SHIPS
:X-PRESIIENT JOURNEYS IJY
CAM Eli TO SEE TEMPLES
Colonel Much Interested in Pictures
of AniinalH on Walls Khedive and
Wife Show Party Much Honor,
Cairo, March 25. Former Presi
dent Roosevelt Journeyed by enmels
and sand cars to Memphis today to
visit the tombs of sukkarra and the
Temple of Bulls. The colonel Is
greatly interested in the animal pic
tures on the walls of the temples.
Hulf an hour was spent yesterday
afternoon in conversation with the
khedlve, who showed the keenest In
terest In Colonel Roosevelt's hunting
tour. Politics were not discussed, but
there was an exchange of views on
irrigation anrt ncririiltiire. The pnn.
fee was served in gold cups encrusted
with diamonds. The khedlvah begun
tile conversation in French and It
was carried on In that language.- She
was particularly Interested In the po
sition of women ln America,
Tho kbnrilvn rnllirnn.l thA AT.nrnaL
dcnt.s vgt a th(j Amprlcnn BKency
whpre h(j remanea Bome tlme Tne
cxcllnnge of vIsltg hns B,vpn the great.
(,s, pi,.nsure to both.
In the evening the Roosevelt party
went by automobile to the Mena,
which is close to the pyramids, to see
th' sphinx by moonlight.
2000 ARE HOMELESS.
Inhabitants of Village of Mt. Hope In
Dire Straits,
Charleston, W. Va., March 24.
With almost every house In the pros
perous mountain village of Mount
P. royed bv fire today a, leas.
2000 homeless persons are tonight
: sleeping on the commons.
' Conditions which followed the con-
f'ngration are much worse than early
reports Indicated.
) Upon the arrival at Mount Hope to
. night of the special train bearing tho
' National Guard, tents were distribut
ed and an effort Is being made to
house as many as possible. Many of
tne families lost all their household
renacrea oy me troops, tne situation
l.s frnught with grent suffering.
Grain and Produce ln New Tork.
New Tork, March 24 Flour steady
with a quiet Jobbing demand. Re
ceipts 21,625; shipments 428 barrels.
Wheat Spot steady.
Option market was firmer on the
continued dry weather In the north
west, further unfavorable crop news
and covering by shorts for over the
holiday. At the close values were un
changed to l-2c net advance. May
closed ll.JS 1-4; July, tl 17 1-J; Sep.
tember, $1.14 3-8. Receipts 8,400
bushels.
DIE IN FLAMES
Fire in Chicago Fun i 'ure
Store Claims Twelve Vic-'
tims.
CHEAT ( ItOWl) SEES
HELPLESS GIRLS PERISH
Another Terrible Catastroplie Added
to Chicago's Record When llsh &
Co.'s Store Catches Fire-Atitoinnt-le
Fire Poors lrevent Esoae of
Girls Eight of l-Hlier and Four
Mm Meet Dentil One Girl Killed
lly Jumping Firemen Helpless.
Chicago, March 2'.. Twelve per
sons, eight girls and four men, were
killed today in a fire that destroyed
the building of Fish & Co., furniture
dealers, and the list may reach up to
fifteen. Eleven were burned to death
and one girl was killed when she
Jumped from the sixth story.
The women were on the sixth floor
and their escape was cut off by au
tomatic .fire doors which closed when
tho fire broke out. The flames bar
red the way to the stairways and the
women were forced to the windows.
The girls clustered on the narrow
ledges and watched the firemen en
deavoring to reach them with scal
ing ladders. The fire approached
gradually nearer and it became a race
between the firemen and the flames.
A great crowd watched the attempts
of tho girls to client death by running
i the windows farthest from the
fire. Finally It was seen the girls
were doomed, for the firemen reached
the fourth floor but could not go
higher.
The fire started on the fifth floor
by a buy falling on a c!gar lighter.
The room was soon afire and the boy
fled. The elevator shaft was closed
to prevent the escape of the flames
and the occupants were forced to use
fire escapes. The loss Is a hundred
am! fifty thousand dollars.
The dead are: Ethel Finkiestein,
Veronica McGrath, Mrs. Hanna Bur
den, ttvso Rruch. Gertrude Quinn.
Lillian Sullivan. Minor Rei;, Herbert
M. Mitchell, Rert Sinclair. William
Green Ethel Anderson and Mary
Wargn
CLOTHES BASKET SAVES I.IKE.
Girl nills live Stories Into Basket
Pull of Clothes Is Unhurt.
New York, March 24. Mary Davis.
a 19-year-old school girl is ;n good
health and cheerful spirits today de
spite the fact that she fell back
wards from a fire escape five stories
up in Harlem last night and landed
in a basketful of wet clothes In the
back yard below. She was scarcely
scratched.
As she struck the basket with a
damp thud, Mary narrowly missed
Mrs. Peter Little, a Janitress, who was
taking clothes from the basket' and
hanging them on a line. Mrs. Little
fainted and so did Mary, who was
found unconscious but unhurt ln the
basket.
Sealing Steamer Ashore.
St. Johns, N. F.. Mar. 25. The
sealing stenmer Viking Is ashore to
day orf the Fcnch Island of St.
Pierre. The vessel carries a crew of
5S, nnd nil are reported safe. It la
feared the ship will be a total loss.
Efforts are being made to salvage her
cargo of twenty four thousand seal
skins.
NEW RULES
Washington, Mar. 25. The' new
rules committee of the house over
which the recent sensational fight was
waged, wus formulated today. The
committee is made up as follows:
Republicans Dajzell, Pennsylva
nia; smith, Iowa; Fossett. New Tork;
Boutell, Illinois; Smith, California;
Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Democrats Clark, Missouri; Under
wood, Alabama; Fltz Gerald, New
York; Dixon, Indiana.
With scarcely the semblance of a
struggle, the democratic members of
the , house last night nominated the
four minority members of the com
mittee: Champ Clark, of Missouri, re
ceived 125 votes; Oscar Underwood of
Alabama, in2; Lincoln Dixon of Indi
ana, !lfl; John J. FltzGernld of New
York US.
A long list of candidate received
scattering votes.
Representative Slnyden of Texas re
ceived 63, the highest number given
to an unsuccessful aspirant The
total vote of the caucus was 140 and
N LI W
COMPLETELY FORMULATED
T
FORTH DEATH
Terrible Eruption of Volcano
Pours Streams of Lava Over
i Many Towns.
(EIGHTEEN CRATERS SEND
j FORTH FIERY DESTRUCTION
Six New Craters of Famous Volcano
I 0Hii Today People of Mountain j
Town Fleeing by Thousands Lava
Stones and Allies Threaten Death
i Strcuiu Is Fifty Feet Deep and
j Half Mile Wide Many Thrilling
Rescues.
i
I ' i
Catanlo, Mar. 25. The eruption of
Mount Aetna Is growing In intensity
every hour. Six new craters opened
today and shot forth streams of lava,
which have joined the boiling torrent
that is despoiling city, town and farms.
The towns of Borello, Belpasso, San
Leo. Donazzi. Copello, Albanello and
Nicolosi have been wholly or parti
ally destroyed. Thousands are flee-'
itig from their mountain towns. It Is
feared the disaster may prove one of
the most destructive of modern times.
There' are now eighteen active cra
ters pouring forth sulphurous vapors,
stones and ashes.- while each Is an
overflowing well of molten lava. The
clouds of smoke which are pouring
from the craters obscure the sun and
increase the superstitious fears of the
peasants.
The scenes following the destruction
of the mountain towns, resemble those
following the Messina earthquake.
Whole villages are on the move and
streams of refugees, composed of
terror stric'flp'n men, women and chil
dren are coming into Catania. Al
ready the authorities are facing a seri
ous problem in caring for the home
less. ,
The government engineers are vain
ly endeavoring to avert the destruc
tion of towns in the path of the lava
torrent by hastily erecting dykes and
digging trenches to divert the streams
but the irresistible flood of hot mud
and boiling lava has swept away all
obstructions. The lava is traveling at
the rate of thirteen hundred feet an
hour. The main streams are fifty
foe i deep, and half a mile wide.
I Word has been received here that
scores of refugees have been cut off
by diverging lava streams and volun
teers have left for the scene. Many
thrilling rescues have been made. In
addition to the lava, the inhabitants
of the mountain towns are threatened
with death by the out pouring of
rocks and a shower of hot ashes from
tho main crater. The extent of the
disaster measured by property loss Is
' enormous.
ULTIMATUM TO STANFORD.
Student Body Must Accede to Four
Year Ruling Requirement.
San Francisco, March 24. Unless
the student body of Stanford Univer
sity In a meeting to be held tomor
row agrees to accept the ultimatum
of the University of California with
reference to the extending of the elig
ibility rule to a period five years af
ter marticulation. the athletic rela-''
tions between the two educational in- i
stitutions will cease. This was the
decision reached tonight at the Joint '
meeting of the executive committees '
of the colleges held in the rooms of
the University of California club. '
When the Stanford men were asked !
whether they had decided to accept j
California's proposition they answered !
that they had come uninstructed. '.
the number necessary to elect was 71.
The expected fight on Representa
tive FitzGerald for his attitude on the
rules question at the beginning of the
present congress, when he with 23
other democrats, left the leadership of
Champ Clark and voted with the re
publicans, materialized ariy In the
meeting, but failed of any definite re
sult. Representative Sims of Tennessee,
headed the faction opposed to the
selection of FitzGerald and Introduc
ed a resolution to Instruct democrat
ic members to support a resolution to
provide for tho election by the house
of a committee to select all of the
standing committees. The power of
selection Is now vested ln the speak
er. The maximum strength shown by
the followers of Sims was 89, which
they polled against a motion to ad
journ. The Sims resolution did not
come to a vote as a motion to adjourn
was carried before he could get It up
for consideration.
COMMITTEE IS !
0. R. ft N. DEMONSTRATION
TRAIN HERE THIS EVENING
Immediately it was suggested by Ber
keley men that the matter be submit
ted to the entire Stanford student
body and this found favor with both
sides.
RATS PREVENT CO-EDS '
WEARING MORTARBOARDS
Seattle, Wash., March 25. There
will be no mortarboard caps and col
legiate eowna for eradnntlnir rn.crla
at the University of Washington, this'
year. If there is any attempt to en
force this time honored custom, war,
far worse than the hatpin rebellion in
Chicago, will ensue. "It is the way the
hair is being worn that makes the
difference." said a senior todav. '"In
the first place there is not a spot on
the head where the things will fit.
They have been tried with hatpins and
with ribbons tied under the chin, but
the effect was startling. The cause
of the difficulty is rats."
NEW CHAIRMAN REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE IX WASHINGTON
Seattle. Wash., March 25 James
D. Hoge, the Seattle banker, today ac
cepted the position as chairman of
the republican state central commit
tee, following the resignation of Ellis
Debruler. The state committee will
be called together in Seattle .April
27. when arrangements for calling
the state convention to nominate can
didates for the supreme Judges will
be made.
GEORGE GOULD'S DAUGHTER
PLANS BRILLIANT NUPTIALS
New York, N. Y., Mar. 25. Cards
are out today announcing the date of
the wedding of Miss Marjorie Gwynne
Gould to Anthony Joseph Drexel,
April 15. The nuptials are planned
to be the most brilliant of the New
York season. A reception will follow
at the home of the' bride's parents,
Mr.'and Mrs. George Gould.
L
CONTEST IS REOPENED
EFFORT MADE TO OUST MRS.
WARNER FROM YOUNG FARM
Legislation Which Has Been Smould
ering for Few Months May Burn
With Renewed Vigor Mabel in
Possession of Valuable Real Estate.
The long legal struggle for the pos
session of the J. W. Young will estate
has been re-opened by the filing of
an injunction suit against Mabel
Warner. For more than a year Mrs.
Warner has been ln possession of the
Young farm, valued at 15,000 and
located in the northern part of the
county. So far she has resisted all
the efforts of the other heirs to the
estate to oust her from the farm and
the injunction suit yesterday was
brought as a final act. The tempor
ary injunction has been granted, the
papers served and now it remains to
be seen whether or not the order of
the court will be heeded.
It is barely possivle Mrs. Warner
win have an opportunity of spe.iding
a few hours in jail. Those who have
watched the battle the fair contest
ant has been putting up for what she
terms her rights, would not be sur
prised to see her decide to remain on
the farm despite the injunction and
the only thing that could result would
be her arrest on a charge of contempt
of court.
The Warner-Young will contest
which has been in the courts contin
uously for more than four years has
been dorminant for several months
but now that it has broken out anew
it Is possible that It will continue with
renewed interest.
In the complaint to the injunction
suit Mrs. Warner Is charged with hav
ing conspired to defraud the remaind
er of the heirs out of the estate of the
late J. W. Young and to have forged
the three mysterious wills which ap
peared under such mysterious cir
cumstances and all purporting to
leave to (his woman the bulk of the
estate.
FIVE FORMER PITTSBURG
COUNCILMEN INDICTED
Pittsburg. Mar. 25. Five former
members of the common council were
Indicted today by the grand Jury on
the charge of receiving a hundred
and five thousand dollars from local
bunks for votes for naming the banks
as municipal depositories. The men
Indicted are William Brand. Charles
Stewart. John Klein, Jos. Wasson and
Hugh Ferguson.
The grand jury this afternoon re
turned 31 Indictments against the
present and former members of the
common council and reported that
evidence -warranted the Indictment of
25 other former councllmen, but no
irdlctments for the twenty-five were
returned because of voluntary confessions.
I
WILL ARRIVE T 4:30
Train Operated by 0. R. k N.
and 0. A C tor Benefit of
Farmers.
Arrived In City from Wallowa County
This Morning and Is Touring East
End of County Is Late on Account
or Bad Tracks Several of Men Ac
companying Train Left Here and
Forced to Take Special Every
thing of Interest to Ranchers
Aboard.
The largest and best equipped farm
ing and demonstration train ever
seen In the west, if not in the entire
country, will arrive in Pendleton at
4:30 thiB evening and will spend the
night here. Lectures will be deliv
ered by the experts in charge and a
demonstration given- from 4:30 until
5:30 or longer. It is expected that
business and professional men as well
as farmers will be present at the O.
It. & N. depot this evening when the
train arrives.
The train arrived in Pendleton this
morning from Wallowa county and
this forenoon Is making a tour of the
principal towns in-the east end of the
county. The train win spend the
night here and tomorrow it will make
Pilot Rock and the towns in the west
end. Two whole days will be spent
in Umatilla county, the greatest
length of time spent in any one coun
ty during the whole trip of ten days.
The train consists of seven exhibit
cars, a sleeping car and the private
car of Superintendent Bollons, which
is being used as a business car for
the accommodation of the railroad
officials, the farming experts from
the Oregojr Agricultural college and
the newspapermen.
Several Are Left Here.
The train had been delayed in Wal
lowa county on account of the poor
condition of the roadbed and the lack
"f sufficient motive power and for
that reason those on the train were
ravenously hungry when this city
was reached at 8:45. Most of them
made a run for the restaurants and
when the train pulled out for Milton,
Prof. H. D. Scudder of O. A. C; D O.
j Lively of the Union Stock Yards in
Portland; Fred D Pasley of the
Portland Journal; P. G. Calvert of the
Portland Oregonian, Phillip Bates of
the Northwest Farm & Field, and S.
W. Robinson, assistant general freight
igent of the O. R & N., were still
eating. There was some tall rustling
around when it was discovered that
they had been left and a special train
was made up to overhaul the demon
stration train.
Everything of Interest Exhibited.
The exhibits carried on the train
Include livestock, poultry, dairy ma
chinery, grains, grasses, seeds, fruit
trees and agricultural, horticultural
machinery and implements, and near
ly everything of interest to farmers
of all kinds and classes.
The plan of the train is as follows:
One stock car for livestock exhibit,
one f'.atcar for farm machinery and
livestock space exhibit, one flatcar
for poultry yard exhibit, one gaggage
car for poultry supplies and demon
strations, one baggage car for horti
culture, one baggagi car for agron
omy, one baggage car for dairying
machinery and supplies, one Pullman
sleeper, one business car.
The experts from the Oregon Agr.
cultural college and experiment sta
tion who are with the train are.
Dr J. W. Wlthycombe. director of
the Oregon experiment station; H. D.
Scudder, agronomist; F. L. Kent,
dairy husbandman; James Dryden,
I poultry husbandman; H Umberger,
superintendent of the Moro experi
ment station: A. L. Applewhite, fore
man of the college farm at Corvallls;
E. H. Spellman, assistant horticul
turist Eastern Oregon experiment
station. Union, and A G. Lunn, R. W.
Roes and R. J. Dryden, assistant
(Continued on page .)
NEW SERUM CURES
SPINAL MENINGITIS
New York, Mar. 25. Physi
cians throughout this city are
discussing the possibilities to
day of the serum discovered
by Dr. Simon Flexner, which he
contends hns reduced the mor
tuary percent attending spinal
meningitis to a minimum. The
doctor claims the serum has
cured 107 cases out of 123. The
usual mortality from the dis
ease Is from seventy to eighty
per cent.
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