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PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, .MARCH 29. 1910.
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Fair tonight with heavy ' 1 77 IL- ( 1LVAW
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. VJJL
PEOPLE FLEE
FROM
Authorities, Fearing Another
Eruption. Order Residents
to Leave Homes.
SCIENTISTS CLIMB AETNA
TO EXAMINE CRATERS
Returning Tlicy Report Imminent
Danger of Recurrence of Violent
Eruptions and Prefect of Catania
Orders People on Southern Slope
to Abandon Their Homes 75,000
Are Affected by Order Volcano Is
Clogged With Rock and Ashes.
Catania, March 29. Civil authori
ties today ordered 7B.O00 residents on
the southern slope of Mount Aetna
and vicinity to abandon their homes
In anticipation of a great eruption of
the volcano. This action is based on
the official report of a party of sci
entlst8 who risked their lives in
climbing the mountain and making
an examination of the craters. The
report shows that Aetna is choked
with masses of rock and ashes which
have been distended upward by the
pressure of gases In the Interior. It
Is believed that unless the volcano
throws off the clogging obstacles, an
other great earthquake will shake
Sicily.
Constant recurring explosions with
in the craters lead to the belief on
the part of the scientists that Mount
Aetna will soon burst Its temporary
safety valve and throw a tremendous
fountain of volcanic matter from Its
depths. The prefect of Catania, at
whose instance the orders to abandon
the towns on the southern slope
were Issued, today declared that more
than a dozen mountain villages were
Involved In his orders. The towns.
wlll be occupied by the military., whose
duty now places them In constant
danger.
Vegetation In the vicinity of the
mountain Is destroyed. Orchards and
vineyards arc beaten by a hail of hot
tones and cinders, and burled In lava
or smothered In volcanic dust. The
ruined area Is many miles in length.
SEVEN ARE INJURED.'
Mount Scott Electric Car Collides
With Automobile With Serlons
Results.
Portland, Ore., Mar. 29. Seven
persons were Injured yesterday In a
collision between a large automobile
and an electric train on the Mount
Scott car line, near Lents station, a
few miles enrt of this city. Three
of the seven occupants were pain
fully but not dangerously hurt.
Those In the car were J. C. Smith
and L. C. Clark, both of Sun Fran
cisco, and H. W. Eickenmyer. R.
Thompson, Leola Peterson, Jennie
Mitchell and Joseph Paulson, the
chauffeur, all of this city. The two
women are in the hospital with bad
ly wrenched hips. Paulson Is report
ted to have broken three ribs. The
others suffered minor Injury. The
automobile was hurled 30 feet against
a telephone pole and was almost de
molished. JEAOLOUS PEASANT RELIEVED
TO HAVE CAUSED BIG FIRE
Matsrka, Austria, Mar. 29. It Is
believed today by officials that the
dance hall fire at Okoorlte, in which
nearly three hundred were burned to
death, was caused by a Jealous pens
ant, who set fire to the building be
cause his sweetheart danced with
Other men.
Philippine LegllHature Meets.
Manila, March 29. A special ses
sion of the Philippine legislature is
meeting at Bngulo today mainly for
the purpose of enacting public works
legislation. Appropriations will be
made for road and bridge construc
tion and harbor and river Improvements.
FIRST SESSION OF 0. S. COURT
IN PENDLETON NEXT TUESDAY
For the first time the United States
circuit court will convene In Pendle
ton for a Jury session next Tuesday
morning, April 5. Judge R. S, Bean
will be upon the bench and at least
two cases will be tried out. As shown
by the docket now In the possession
of Mrs. Johnson, clerk of the court,
the cases are as follows: Minnie
Joshua versus the Northern Pacific
R. R. company; McCourt ft Phelps at
torneys for the plaintiff; Carr ft Kerr
for the defendant
Walter Neldner, receiver for the
'Farmers ft Traders national bank of
CORONER GIVES VIVID
DISCRIPTION OF CORPSE
Aatseka, 111b, March 29. A
vivid description of the mutllat-
cd body of Ranker J. B. Saylnr
and of the room in which he was
murdered, was given on the
witness Bland here today in the
trial of Mrs. Sayler, accused of
the crime. Coroner Hanlon was
the witness and he entered into
details which caused many of
the women in the court room to
leave.
i WILL CLIMB MT. M'KINLEY'
I for dr. cook's records
Tacoma. March 29. Belmoro
Brown haB decided on the personnel
! of a party w hich will accompany him
to Mount McKlnley to recover the
records claimed to have been left on
the summit by Dr. Cook. The expe
dition will sail from Seattle the lat
ter part of April. Prof. Hersehel
Parker of Columbia University, will
Hhiire the command with Brown.
BlK Mining Man Die.
Boston, Mar. 29. Alexander Ag
gaziz, president of the Calumet and
Heclu mining company, died today
aboard steamer enroutc to Europe,
according to a wireless message.
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SENTENCED TO PEN
ONE IS PAROLED VXD
OTHER MAKES APPLICATION
lUlgar Williamson Sentenced to Two
Years But Released on Good Be
havior Judge Lowell Mukm Plea
for Parole for Leo Lent .Man's
Character Against Him.
Edgar Williamson, charged with
assisting to rob the cash register m
the Elliott restaurant, entered a plea
of guilty this morning, was sentenced
. to serve two years in the penitentiary
.'lid was then pnroled during good be
havior. Leo Lent, charged with bur
glarizing the Mcachnm store and the
East End grocery, has also entered
a plea of guilty, but the application
of his attorney. Judge S. A. Lowell,
that he be admitted to parole was
taken under advisement. Application
: for parole was bIbo made this morn-
' ing by Will M. Peterson, as attorney
for Wilbur H. Bailey.
Judge Lowell made an eloquent
plea for the parole of his client, de
claring that the present system of
sending young boys to the peniten
tiary to make good men of them was
all wrong and that It has been a total
, failure. He Insisted thatthe young
man who Is sent to the penitentiary
is Invariably converted Into a full
fledged criminal Instead of Into a
good citizen. District Attorney Phelps
ulrongly opposed the paroling of the
prisoner, however, and the Impres-
. sion prevails that the application will
be denied. It Is said that Lent's gen
eral reputation Is very much against
him and the fact that he was recent-
; ly one of the ring leaders In the Jail
break and then stole horses and sad
dles with which to make their sen
satlonnl flight across the country to
i the mountains where they were cap
tured by Sheriff Taylor will also not
; work to his advantage. Slmpkins,
who was with him on this run, Is al
ready behind prison bars.
In the case of Bailey, the district
attorney made no . recommendation
either way and but for the fact that
he was one of the Jail breakers It is
believed that he would certainly have
been given nnother chance under the
pnrole system. As it Is, It Is consid
ered that his fate is very much in
doubt.
Local near beer dealers and cigar
store proprietors who were recently
indicted hy the grand Jury will be
given an opportunity to plead tomor
row morning when they will be ar
raigned before Circuit Judge Bean.
It Is believed that pleas of guilty will
be entered by all but It Is possible
that some will decide to fight the
eases.
La Grande versus F. C. Bramwell;
Rnusman & Keller and W. M. Ramsey
attorneys for the plaintiff; J. D. Sla
ter, for the defendant.
Tn addition to trying out these two
cases arguments will ulso on made in
some of the Indian allotment cases
that are pending. All told there are
14 of these cases though some of them
are not at Issue at present. The testi
mony In these cases was taken some
time ago before a referee and the rec
ords are now In the local office of the
federal court and are open to the In
spection of the attorneys Interested In
the cases.
006 THRUST
INTO INQUIRY
Presence of Animal at Time
of Brownsville Affair May
Have Effect.
BLACK BRUTE APPEARED
IX LEAD OI' RAIDERS
Testimony Which May Have Import
ant Influence on Decision Wheth
er Negroes Cun Re-enlist in Arm'
Shows That Canine Led Soldiers
When They Fired Into Inhabitants
of Town Dog Belonged to Co. B.
of 25th Regiment.
Washington. Mar. 29. A big,
black dog may influence the decision
ax to whether any of the negro sol
diers, discharged for the famous
shooting up of Brownsville, Texas, are
to be allowed to re-enlist in the
I'nited States army. Such a dog is
said to have bounded along ahead
of the raiders on their mission or
lawlessness, August 13, 1906.
Captain Charles It. Howland, re
corder of the court yesterday assert
ed this dog belonged to company B
of the 25th regiment, and scampered
along ahead of the soldiers, with
whom it came in daily contact. His
story of the dog was only one of the
points marshalled by the armv officer
In support of his contention that thf,
soldiers were guilty.
The tale of the dog was told the
court when faptain Howland reach
ed the part of his argument dealing
with the raid through the town. As
the raiders went through Corn alley,
he recalled that Mr. and Mrs. Odin
heard the noise, and looking out,
saw a dog leaping along ahead of the
men and thought the men were
shunting at this supposed mad dog.
He said Mr. Odin described it Is "u
large black dog."
"This big black dog which has
heretofore been neglected in the
case." says the recorder, "enters in
to it with very illuminating effect,
because not half an hour before he
was standing watch at the gate
post."
Stress was laid by the recorder on
the testimony that the fire that night
was done by volleys. An attempt by
civillians to fire by volleys, he con
tended, would not hav? been success
ful. Another point taken up by the re
cordcr was the location of the bullet
holes found after the shooting.
"N'ot one scrap of evidence," he
si. id. " has ever been furnished before
any tribunal or official, that a single
building or object of any kind in the
limits of Fort Brown was struck by a
bullet fired from the direction of the
town of Brownsville. The town was
riddled with bullets during the firing,
and men, women and children resi
dents of the town and who belonged
t every class of society, except ne
gro, were exposed to danget.
'Consideration of the above facts
alone is sufficient to show the" firing
party came from the protected zone,
namely Fort Brown."
A study of the trajectory of the
bullets fired that night was made by
experts for the court of Inquiry.
This report. Captain Howland said,
demonstrated there was firing from
the porches of D and B barracks and
probnhly from C barracks and much
firing from the post between the bar
racks and the wall.
ALLEGED MURDERER WILL
NOT CONFESS CRIME
New York, March 29. The police
failed today to gain from Albert Wal
ter a statement that might lead them
to connect him with the murder of
Ruth Wheeler. Wolter learned that
his father had retained an attorney
to aid him and he soon gained the
composure which deserted him un
der the "third degree" of the police.
The police declare they have suffi
cient circumstantial evidence to bring
about the boy's conviction.
Piiichot Lands at Plymouth.
Cherbourg, March 28. When the
Hamburg-American steamer Presi
dtnt Grant arrived here tonight ef
forts were made to locate Gifford
Pinchot, former chief forester of the
United States, who was reported to
have sailed as a passenger on this
steamer from New York, March 19,
but the officers of the President Grant
said Mr. Pinchot had landed at Ply
mouth. Steamer Is Reported.
Mahe, Seychelles Islands, March
2S. The steamship Island, which has
been searching for the missing steam
er Lcadinna of the British India
steamship line, reported ashore on
one of the Cosmoledo Islands, in the
Indian ocean, has returned here and
reports having found nd sign of the
Leorlna. The Btcamer left Port Louis
Mauritius, on January 10 for Colom
bo. Fate is a fickle goddess who laughs
at mortals for believing in her.
SUPREME COURT
David J. Brewer, Associate
Chief Justice of Supreme
Court, Dies.
STRICKEN BY APOPLEXY,
END IS UNEXPECTED
Aged Jurist Suddenly Falut Dead In
Bath Room of Home While in Ap
IMireut Health Has Had a Career
of Renown.. Was friend of the
West Well Versed In Corporatioln
Law Death May Affect Standard
Oil Cases Now Pending.
Bowers May Fill Vacancy.
Washington, March 29. Pies-
ident Taft is deeply affected to-
day by the death of Associate
Justice David J. Brewer, who
passed away suddenly last night
of apoplexy. The president and
Justice Brewer were close per-
sona I friends. It is freely pre-
dieted that Lloyd Bowers, now
solicitor general, will be ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy.
Washington, Mar. 29. David Jo
siah Brewer, associate Justice of the
supreme court of the United States,
died last night at 10:3Q o'clock of a
stroke of apoplexy. His death oc
curred before he could be carried to
his bed. Mrs. Brewer was with him
when the end came. Justice Brewer
was 73 years oid.
The end was altogether unexpected.
Althodtfli he had hot Deen feeling well
for the last few days, the aged jurist
was up and out yesterday and appar
ently in good health and spirits. He
was in equally good spirits at dinner
j and spent the evening reading.
Miorny oetore to o clock he retir
td to his room and within a few mo
ments Mrs. Brewer herd a heavy fall
and went to investigate. She found
h. r husband prone on the bath room
floor. He did not regain conscious
ness and died before a physician, has
tily summoned, could reach the house.
The two daughters of the aged jurist,
Mrs. James F. Karrich and Mrs. H.
J. Jetmore. were summoned at once,
but reached the residence too late.
Cnine from Kansas.
Justice Brewer came to the su
preme court of the United States from
the federal court in Kansas. He was
tile second oldest member of the
court, Justice Harlan only being his
senior. He was regarded as the most
democratic of all the members of the
court, most affable, approachable and
accommodating. He was the one man
on the bench who had proof copies
! of his opinions prepared for the
newspapers and this he did consist
ently. Another characteristic of the jurist
was he never took any of the time of
the court or the public in announcing
his opinions. He reached the con
clusion probably many years ago that
the audience in the court room was
so extremely limited it was a pure
waste of time to read opinions there.
He would give In a few words his con
clusions and then hand down the
proof sheets of his opinion, always
completely arranged.
Justice Brewer essentially was a
western man, and his sympathies were
always with the west. He was deeply
versed tn corporation law and will
be missed immensely during the fram
ing of the opinions of the supreme
court on the momentous questions
concerning the Standard Oil and the
tabacco cases now under consider
ation. Fond of Outdoor Life.
In his earlier days Justice Brewer
camped regularly'in the Rocky moun
tains and was fond of outdoor life.
He was a member of the old Field
family, being a nephew of the late
Justice Stephen J. Field and Cyrus W.
Field. Justice Brewer's death raises
a serious question as to the action
of tho court regarding the Standard
Oil and American Tobacco company
suits, and it is not improbable, since
there now remains but seven justices
to pass upon them, Justice Moody not
having participated in the trials by
reason of continued illness.
Justice Brewer was the one mem
ber of the supreme court who was
in almost constant demand as a lec
turer and after dinner Bpeaker. He
was an orator of unusual ability. With
a picturesque personage, a rich voice
and a command of strong and pow
erful English, he always held his au
dience until his last word had died
away. He expressed his opinions
forcibly and clearly on any subject
unless, for some reason. It might af
fect the pending decision of the su
preme court.
Born in Asia Minor.
David J. Brewer was born In
Smyrna, Asia Minor, June 20, 1S37,
the son of Rev. Joslah and Amelia
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S. p. TRAINS AGAIN
ROUTED BY PORTLAND.
Ogden, Utah, March 29. The
waters of Great Salt Lake, whip-
ped by the heaviest windstorm
In years, washed away the east-
em and western approaches of
the Southern Pacific trestle
crossing the lake and put the
main line out of commission
today. All trains are being di-
verted via Pocatello and Port-
land.
Field Brewer. He was graduated from
Yale university in 1856 and the Al
bany law school in 1S58. He received
and a sister of Stenhen J Field ac
companied her husband to Turkey as
a missionary in 1830.
After his graduation from the Al
bany law SChOOl in 1RSS ho otnHioH
law In the office of his uncle, David
Dudley Field, in New York. He en
tered tne practice of law In Leaven
worth, Kas. There he nroirressetl ran.
Idly in his profession and was made
United States commissioner of the
circuit court in 1861. judge of the
probate and criminal courts of Leav
enworth county in 1863-64 and of the
first district of Kansas, 1865-69; dis-
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FOR CONSERVATION
OREGON SENATOR CONDEMNS
CONGRESS TOR WASTES
Says There Has Ik-en Conservation
at "Presidential Spigot" But Big
Waste at "Congressional Bung"
Attack Other Land Laws.
Washington, D. C, Mar. 29 "While
there has been conservation of nat
ural resources at the presidential
spigot, there has been an enormous
waste at the congressional bung," de
clared Senator Chamberlain, of Ore
gon, in speaking today on the bill em
powering the president to withdraw
public land from entry for forestry
sites. "The exercise of power neces
sary to protect from legislative Im
providence what is left of the public
domain makes the bill advisable," he
said. Chamberlain condemned the
law which permits railroads to select
the finest government lands in ex
change for worthless land taken
from, them In the creation of forest
reserves.
TEX" DENIES STATEMENT
ABOUT JOHNSON'S CHANCES
San Francisco, Mar. 29. In un
qualified terms "Tex" Rickard, who
returned today from a trip through
the Southern part of the state, de
nied he had stated to a Bakersfield
reporter that he believed Jack Johnson
would whip Jeffries.
"It's a fake, pure and simple,"
said Rickard, "and hardly worth de
nying. I am not so foolish as to give
an opinion as to the merits of either
man, even if I had formed one."
Rickard will leave for Nevada In
a couple of days. He reports the re
servation for seats already amounts
to a hundred thousand dollars.
CAPITA Ii STOCK OF A. T. & T.
IS INCREASED $200,000,000
New York. March 29. Stockhold
ers of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company at a special meet
ing today approved the plan of In
crease the capital stock from three
hundred million to five hundred mil
lion dollars. It was also ;!;v;.'.ed to
Increase the membership of the board
of directors from eighteen to twenty
five. Infant Hangs Itself.
Vancouver, B C, March 28. Rob
ert Hazlett. aged three, accidentally
hanged himself today while playing
with a swing rope fastened to an ap
ple tree in his father's garden. The
child was dead when found.
OPENS ft
Pendleton's wool buying season op
ened last evening with a sale of 20
cents per round. This indicates that
the present season Is to be fully as
good as last and many believe that
the prices to be received by the grow
ers will be greater than last year.
J. E. Smith & Co. were the sellers
while the Pendleton Woolen Mills
company made the purchase.
Though buyers have been in the
field more or less continuously for
several weeks, this is the first sale
of the season thus far reported and
it is believed that no others have been
made. While the buyers have been
endeavoring to convince the growers
that prices were to be lower this year,
the sheepmen have shown a disposi
T
STURM
T.B.
Nationalists Make Great Dem
onstration Before Roose
velt's Hotel.
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GUESTS FLKE IX TERROR;
TEDDY IS UNDISTURBED
Howling Mob Appears at Hotel tm
Cairo But Roosevelt Pays No Atten
tion to Them Nationalist Press
Ioes Not Criticise Roosevelt for
Recent Sjeech Distinguished Pari
ty Visits More Ancient Ruins.
Cairo. March 29. Several
thousand nationalists made a
demonstration this evening be-
fore the hotel where Roosevelt
is a guest. "Give us a constltu-
tion." they shouted. "Down .
with autocratic government."
The guests on the veranda
fled In terror but Roosevelt paid
no attention to the demonstra-
tion.
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Cairo, March 29. Roosevelt's par
ty visited the bazaars and spent the
morning buying souvenirs. Later
Commander Tanakao of the Jap
anese fleet called. The Roosevelt
were entertained at luncheon by
Count Hatzfeldt of the German em
bassy. In the afternoon the family
visited the famous citadel of Cairo,,
the two museums and six mosques.
Contrary to expectations, the na
tionalist press did not attack Roose
velt for yesterday's speech. The na
tionalist comment followmg the Khar--toimi
speech was very bitter. Today
there was no trace of bitterness. Th
absence of severe criticism U attrlb
uted to the heart to heart talk Roose
velt had with the nationalist editor
Sunday.
SAYS BUCKLEY SOLICITED
BRIBE FOR SENATE VOTES
New York. N. Y.. Mar. 29. Dar
win P. Kingsley, president of the
New York Life Insurance company
today testified before Superintendent
Hotchkiss that William H. Buckley
came to him and solicited a bribe of
three thousand dollars for the vote
of six senators in connection with,
the bill which Kingsley wanted am
ended so the companies would not b
forced to publish the names of the
policy holders.
J. J. HILL PREDICTS GREATEST
TRAFFIS CONGESTION IS DCS
Chicago. March 29. James J. Hill
today predicted the railroads of thi
country wljl experience next fall th
greatest traffic congestion in history.
He is of the opinion that there is no
way to prevent this.
"The tonnage offered to the road
is increasing daily," Hill said, "and
all Indications are that before fall
they won't be able to supply sufficient .
traffic units to care for It."
Walsh Is Much Improved.
Washington, March 28. Thomas F".
Walsh, the Colorado millionaire, wh
was brought here from San Aatonlc,
Texas, in a serious cond'tion, has Im-
I proved so much during the last 14
hours that his physicians are optimis
tic. They say. however, Mr. Walsh
will be confined to his house for
month at least.
Olympia Has Big Fire.
Tacoma. March 29. The Olympic
Foundry and Machine works on the
tidelands burned at midnight, with a
loss of $150,000. The Pacific Glass
& Paint works was scorched.
TWENTY CENTS
tion to have faith In the reports from
the eastern wool markets which seem
to indicate to them that prices are
to be good.
There is no question of the quality
of this year's fleeces in Umatilla
' county, for they will be as fine as any
ever clipped from the backs of eastern
Oregon sheep. In addition to the fact
that the quality of the sheep has been
steadily advanced the sheep came
, through tho winter strong and fat and
there has been a wonderful dearth of
dust storms which usually fill the
fleece with dirt, making It heavy but
' less desirable. Therefore, If Umatil
: la county wool does not bring top
j prices this year It will not be due to
the quality of the clips offered.
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