East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, April 21, 1910, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT Fair tonight and' Fri day; warmer Friday. Calling card, w ding stationery, c merclal stationery -Job printing to wr it the East Orecoa;. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER C7T OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 23. PENDLETON, OREGON, TJIUHSDAY, APRIL 2l, 1910. NO G882 REBEL AGIST IE RATES City Council Voices General Indignation Over New Tele phone Tariff. NEW COMPANY WILL PROBABLY BE INVITED Dissatisfied Over Outrageous Increase in K-iileM and Inefficiency of Service Onuses City Fathers to Wax Ex ceeding Wroth Earnings of Com pany Will Bo Almost 100 Per Cent. Home Cininny May He Given lYanclilso. The recent action of the Pacific Telephone company in Increasing the rate for the four party line phone from $1.25 to $100 per month will probably result in the Installation of a new telephone compony In Pendle ton. This became evident at last night's meeting of the council when the dissatisfaction of the citizens which has been smouldering for some time, was voiced by members of the city council. It was declared that In view of the already enormous earn ings of the company and the very un satisfactory service rendered that the recent Increase and Installation of new regulations are decidedly outra geous. No definite action was taken last evening but it was the unanimous opinion of those present that some thing should be done to protect the penpl,. of the city from what was termed the "hold-up" methods of the telephone company. May Invite Home Company. One of the plans of relief suggest ed was the granting of a franchise to the Home Tclrphone company of Portland. This company has had an application for a franchise before the council for some time and It was sug gested last night that the application be taken up and granted. According to figures furnished the council last night, the physical In vestment of the company In this city Is but $ 10.00(1, while the gross earn ings of the local office are $16,000 an nually and the net earnings are be tween $7000 and $8000. These are the earnings under the old rates. Under tho new rate the earnings will bo $200 per month more. To further add to the Indignation of the council It was pointed out that for two years the telephone company had refused to pay any taxes to either the city or county. New Rule Criticised. Another oction of the telephone company is the inauguration of a new set of rules for subscribers. Under these rules an applicant for a tele phone must make a deposit of $5 which the company keeps for one year, claiming to pay 6 per cent In terest thereon It -was suggested by one councilman last evening that If the telephone company was In such straightened circumstances It must compel loans In this manner 'that It might be Just as well to give the com pany's officials the right to arm" themselves with guns and go out to compel the people to make loans to them. In addition to the deposit of $5, the subscribers must pay J2.R0 for the installation of the telephone and then pay one month In adVance, mak ing a total of $9 which the subscrib er must pay to the company before he. can get a telephone Installed In his home. The Indignation expressed Inst eve ning seemed to he genuine and the mayor and the members of the coun cil all seemed to bo of one mind. They could not agree upon tho best action to be taken at present, but the matter was left In the hands of the city attorney for Investigation and he will make a report at the next meet ing. Not the least of the criticism heard last night wns that concerning the quality of the service rendered. It wag declared to be the worst the city has ever experienced and far below the standard of that maintained in most other cities of the northwest. Street Sprinkling Bids. The only other business of Import ance transacted last evening was the (Continued on PHge Eight.) HIGH PRICES SLUMP IN OLD NEW YORK New York, April 21. The high cost of living took a slump here today when retailers an nounced reductions In the prices of food stuffs. Until today, al though wholesalers had an nounced reductions the retailers kept up the prices. Among the commodities affected are flour potatoes, eggs, nnd , canned goods. Salted meats are slated for a drop before the end of the week. MONSTER OIL TANK in mi mi i ii rt taimii; lb BUKNINIi IUUAT San Pablo, Culif., Airil 21. One of tho largest oil tankH In the world. with a capacity of four hundred thou- sand barrels Is afire here today. The tank was brim full of oil and It will probably be several days before tho flra Is extinguished. Standard Oil employes und firemen ure fighting the flames, but are compelled to con fine their efforts to saving the sur rounding property. A dense cloud of black smoke is rolling upward and spreading over the bay region. ' Review of Alrsliips. Merlin, April 21. The first Imperial review of airships belonging to the army took place today. The emperor ordered the three aerial cruisers which recently engaged In maneuvers at Cologne, to proceed In squadron formation to Hamburg where his ma jesty held a review. The airships are the Zeppelin II, the Parseval II, and the Oros I, constructed on different systems. They left Cologne before daylight, so as to arrive at Homburg at 11 o'clock. FIVE CONVICTS MAKE SENSATIONAL ESCAPE FEDERAL PRISONERS SEIZE WORK ENGINE IN YARDS Convicts lit Leavenworth, Kansas, So euro Arum ami Force Engineer to Use Engine to Hatter Down Uates Ekohh Into Country Two Re captured. Lonvenwuitli, Kansas, April 21. Five convicts of the federal prison here today overpowered a crew of a switch engine In the prison yards, and ferced the engineer to run the loco motive Into the country, where they escaped. Two have been recaptured, but the others got away and they are armed, i One of them Is Frank Grlgware, a j train robber, sentenced from Omaha. He wns captured In Idaho following ' bis robbery. The convicts told the engineer they would fight to the death. It Is believed the fugitives got their aims from ex-convicts. The escape from the prison' yard was one of the most spectacular ever recorded here. The convicts compelled the engineer t use his locomotive as a buttering rum in breaking down the prison gates At first the engineer refused but when three of the prisoners drew revolvers and threatened to shoot him, he consented. After smashing the gates, the engin went a distance of four miles, where it was stopped by a broken bridge. DEPEW HAS NOT YET ENOUGH OF POLITICS New York. April 21. Senator Chauncey M. DepVw. on his arrival here last night from Washington, set at rest a rumor that he intended to re sign. When asked .directly if he in tended to announce now or in the fu ture that he would not seek reelection, the senator replied he would devote his time nnd all the money he can spare to aid In the election of a re publican state ticket and legislature this fall. He added: "If the legislature Is democratic, of course. I will not care about being a candidate. If it Is republican well, we shall see after the elections not before. "Why should I announce my retire ment because Senator Aldrlch and Senator Hale have done so? Senator Aldrlch is far from-well and the same is true. I understand, of Senator Hale. As for me, I shall be 76 on Saturday, but I never felt better In my life." Go Ruck to Work. Philadelphia, April 21. All the motormen and conductors who have boon on strike were ordered last night by their leaders to report for work tills morning nt the various barns of tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit com pany. The leaders of the car men said they had received satisfactory as surances the men would receive fair treatment by the company. Rllly Blunt Dead. Cincinnati, April 21. An Illness extending over a period of, several months terminated last night in the death of Charles T. O'Hara, 38 years old, widely known as a sporting writer. Mr. O'Hara, writing under tho pen name of "Billy Blunt," was employed at various times on papers of this city and was a contributor to publications throughout the country. Can't Fix Scale. Altoona, Pa., April 21. Operators and miners of the central bituminous district were unable to agree on a wago scnlo today. If no result is reached tomorrow It Is probable that a strike will be declared that will keep 40,000 mine workers Idle Indefi Cf fflj Til wLLIlU I U m I I Fowler Introduces Resolution That Would Make Speaker Powerless. WOl I.I) CREATE COMMITTEE TO APPOINT COMMITTEES New Jersey HcprcHtmtatlvc Picks Vp Gauntlet I lul led hy "Uncle Joe" by Introducing Resolution Taking Power of ApiMilutlng Standing Com mittees Out of Ills Hands Would Create Tho Committees, One From Majority and Ono From Minority. Washington, D. C, April 21. Ac-; o pung cannon s cnaiienge. uepresen- , iJt-lieveU today that all of the 40 mi tative Fowler of New Jersey, todav I . . , , ,, , , , introduced a resolution which if j nerH tomh th Mulga mine of adopted will strip the speaker of all lhe Birmingham Railway and Coal powers except that of a mere presid- company are dead. Ttescuers who ing officer. "It's final step Is to in- worked all night attempting to re sure the absolute freedom of the move the twisted iron cages which j house," Fowler declared. block the shaft decjare that gases 1 The resolution creates two com- permeate every crevice of the mine, mittees of the members of the house, 1 in which an exnlosion occurred late I one from the minority and one from the majority, empowered to select all members of standing committees. The census bureau is instructed to draw six parallel lines dividing the coun try into seven sections, each with a population approximately the same as mat oi me otner. iiemuers or me' house within each section will select 1 one or tin ir number as a member or j democratic congressmen .will thus se lect the deocratic members of the st.md ng committees and seven re puhlienns will select the republican members of their committees. The greatest confusion followed the pnseiitatlon of the resolution. After the opening- parliamentary skirmish Fowler said he would not insist on imine Hate consideration. MUNICIPAL ROW IX ABERDEEN City Attorney Critlciz-cn Police nnd Is Ousted from Offk-c. Aberdeen. Wash.. April 21. City Attorney A. M. Wade was removed from office by a vote of the city coun cil late last night on the recommen- lath.,, of Mayor Bennett. This ac- Mo,, resulted from the controversy between Wade and the police depart ment during which the city attorney caustically criticised the methods of the police. Several days ago a man was arrested for theft and held with out bail Before the case was called in court, however, the prisoner was released hy the officer In charge of the police station, who declared he had been ordered to do so over the telephone and supposed he was Wade. Wade denied issuing the order and made uncomplimentary remarks about the police. The mayor then took a hand and the removal of Wade fol lowed. NEW YORK SUN SAYS HUGHES WILL RE JUSTICE New York. April 21 A-or,IinS to today. "The Rlngsider." one of the ; been .blamed in any way, as the holy lhe New York S,,n President Taft i sreatost of ring authorities, com- fee does not consider he has created has decided to offer lhe vncni.cv on I menis on the contrast displayed by any incident by paying a call of cour iho supreme bench caused by the ! the big fighter while at work and tesy on Ambassalod Kerens when he death of Justice. Brewer, lo Governor j afterwards, which he says Is causing , could not help but meet Mr. Roose- Hushes of New Y'ork. Whole Family in Auto Accident. Tacoma. Wash.. April 21. L. G. Wallace, mother, wife, infant child and niece were Injured in collision between their automobile and a street car today. The automobile was thrown forty feet, and Wallace's mother was probably fatally hurt. The other oc cupants of the machine were not seri ously Injured. iiiiii-r iimiinni nniinrnr i-n r nn imiiinnii" I'linii'i m i i 11 iimi i ilium wtm m OPENING ran ROADS Instructions have been received by ment at Washington and while used I one has lvu1 nny Doneflt- The ral! Major Swnrtzlander, agent upon the ' for the benefit of the Indians those roads. having property not taxable. Umatilla reservation, to circulate pe-j upon the reservation receive no di-! nave heen content to hold the lands titlons among the Indians asking for reet benefit from thn rhnr. ! f"r natural increases In value. the abolition of the toll charges now exacted when white men drive stock across the reservation. If a majority of the male adults of the reservation ; roads the highways fill be Improved Twain is weaker this morning al wlll sign such a petition the Indian j and the Indians, being the principal though he Is resting comfortably, department will approve of opening 1 users of the roads, will benefit more the roads across the reservation. Though the task before him seems a difficult one Major Swartzlander Is entering upon the same with energy and he hopes to meet with success. , He has already discussed the subject j with some of the Indians and has call- ' ed a council for next Wednesdny to discuss the proposition. ' Some of the Indians are taking a I stand against the opening of ii.e roads because they think they secure the money that Is charged as toll. How ever the money goes to the depart FORTY MINERS Explosion in Mine Near Bir mingham, Alabama, En tombs Nearly Fitty. HEM EVER TH AT ALL IMPRISONED MEN ARE DEAD Mulga Mill of Birmingham Railway & Coal CoiiiMiiiy Scene of Terrible Disaster Explosion Mocks All Ex its a'kl Fire Breaks Out Feared Gases Have Iroved Fatal, Although Air Has Rccu Pmiicd In Fifteen Are White and 25 Are Negroes. P.irmlngham, Ala., April ?1. It is i yesterday. Fifteen of the men are j white and the balance are negroes. ; Following he explosion, flames shot ! up the mine shaft 400 feet and the ground was covered with charred tim- j bers which were blown up from the I ; bottom of a 350-foot shaft by the ex- pision. Every window In the little mining village was broken. After the explosion timbers were; I piaceu over me mouin oi ine snait . to prevent a draft as it was feared j the Interior of the mine might be on ' i fire but as far as known there has beeip no fire and as air was at once , pumped into the mine, the families of the entonitied men are still hope ful that some, if not all. will be tes cued alive. The hospital car of the Tennessee Mining company, contain ing gas helmets and all other neces sary paraphernalia, has been sent to the scene. Mulga has only one telegraph wire to Ensley. the nearest town, over which communication Is almost Im- "stmeu concerning me aeam oi im possible and details of the catastrophe onel Moss Hunton, one time, named are meagre. The cause of the explo- . a executor of the Swope estate, siop is unknown. ' i she continued her description of James Bonnlman of Birmingham, ! general manager of the Birmingham Coal & Iron eompanv. left for Mul- ga shortly after midnight to take per- sonal charge of the rescue work. Mul- ga is about 12 miles northwest of BIr. mlngham. Several parties of rescuers attempt, ed to enter the mine today but each time were driven out by the gas fumes before trace of the entombed men could be found. Rescuers have now decided to set machinery to work t clear the shaft of gas. Xo hope for any of the men survives. PUZZLER FOR FIGHT FAN'S Jeff Is Full of Vigor When in Action Rut TiCllinrgy Follows. San Francisco. Anril 21 In his oMs- n:itch from the Jeffries training enmn- speculntion bordering on anxiety. The vigor displayed by Jeff In training Is really remarkable and every action bespeaks wonderful athletic power. Put nfter his work is over reaction sets in. Jeffries moves about unstead ily with apparent effort and a falter ing gait suggests n very weary man. All of this disappears, however, as soon us he resumes his work. What Is responsible for this apparent lassi tude no one has been able to explain. Then It Is urged UDon the Tndlnns that if the roads are taken over and ; maintained bv the countv as nubile than nnyone else. Indians will be ! protected from depredations from stock by the fact that they will be i able to obtain damages from stock- men for any injuries inflicted. It seems that Commissioner Val- entlne, of the Indinn bureau, consld- ers that the government Is under agreement with the Indians, such agreement being made in 1908, to ; charge toll for stock that crosses the reservation. Accordingly he does not wish to open the roads unless the In- dlans consent to the arrangement. COLD SNAP IN EAST CAUSES GREAT LOSS Cincinnati, April 21. Damage ag gregating five millions of dollars has been done by a cold wave which swept Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and southern Indiana, during the last five days. Berry and small fruit crops are practically destroyed. Many truck gardens and small farmers have been ruined. In northern Kentucky the snow still stands on the ground which a week ago was covered with grow ing things. FLOODS GRIP SEICVIA. Torrential Rains Raise Streams Out of Their Banks. Belgrade, Srvia. Servla is again in the grip of floods, a result of torren tial rains. At Kragujevatz 12 deaths have occurred and the damage to property is enormous. The whole country from Kraguje vatz to Lapovo, a distance of 20 miles resembles a vast lake. Several vil lages have been inundated. It is feared a large number of persons and thousands of sheep and cattle have been drowned. ANOTHER DEFEAT EOR HYDE'S ATTORNEYS DENIED PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING LETTERS Judge Ilatchow Again Rules Against Counsel for Defense Pearl Kellar Tells of Bleeding Operation Says Hyde Was Warned by Tvryman. Kansas City. April 21. Judge Lat shaw again ruled in favor of the pros ecution today when he decided the attorneys for Dr. Hyde were not en titled to have produced In court, cer tain letters written by Chicago toxl cologists to Attorney Paxton, admin trator of the estate of Colonel Swupe. The letters are said to have an important bearing on the poison the ory of the prosecution. Pearl Kellar, Colonel Swope's nurse, was again on the witness stand and the bleeding operation penormed d ' r. Hyde and said Dr. Twyman. the '. Swope ramily physician, had warned Hyde he was drawing too much blood ! and that he knew of a man who bled i to death from a similar treatment, I Prosecutor Conkling announced to-. day that he had set detectives at work to discover how the record of the grand jury proceedings came to be in the hands of the defense. REPORT OF RECALL OF PAPAL NUNCIO UNFOUNDED Rome. April 21. Tho report that Monsignor Granito di Belmonte Pig natelli. the papal nuncio at Vienna, has been recalled, is declared by the Vatican to be absolutely unfounded. It : is added that not only has the nuncio , not been recalled, but he has not even , veiu wne oi me mhii-hu umt.aia the papal nuncio would noi leave vi- enna until the next consistory, when he would be created a cardinal and the consistory is not likely to be held be fore the end of the year. ' RAILROAD LANDS ! ARE TO BE TAXED i I Washington, April 21. The senate committee on public lands purposes ' to make unpatented railroad grant 1 lands which lie within forest reserves ! eiiVtfnnt in tnvfltton SIon.ntOT- TTtltfhes yesterday reported to the senate the Vl. Kill hth .n,.t.o V. ..II. 1 roids to supply the money for resur- veylng of such lanfls. There are between four and five million acres of the railroad grant I lands in the United States, of which ! about 2.000.000 acres are in Montana and S00.000 acres in Oregon. The I states could not tax the lands and no Mark Twain Weaker, Redding. Conn., April 21. Mark RrldiroEToom Not Careful. Tncoma Wash. Attorneys for the Northern Pacific railway have set up as a defense In the suit of Lafayette P.ortlc for M!sn for the death of h:s spn. that the young man was nervous ' on account of the fact that he was to I be married the next day and that he j therefore not as careful as he should have been, j Toung Bortle was employed by the ! company and was rrushed between an engine tender and a pile of wood beside the track. TEDDY ARRIVES N E Roosevelt and Family Reach French Capital and Are Warmly Greeted. CALLS I 'POX PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER Roth lYencli Officials Return Visit and Show Great Respect to Ameri can Statesman American Business Men will Banquet Colonel Scned uled for Icetiire Saturday Paper Extend Him Warm Welcome For rim 'Minister Eulogizes Mm. Paris, April 21. A great throng greeted Colonel Roosevelt today whe he arrived from Budapest The Rooa evelts went to the home of America Ambassador Eacon and later Ot American statesman called on Pre ident Fallieres at the palace and up on Foreign Minister Pinchon. Botk Fallieres and Pinchon returned tho visit. American business men In Par is will give a reception to Roosevelt at the embassy and President Fal lieres will tender him a banquet. On Saturday Roosevelt will lecture at Sor bonne. f Papers Welcome Him. The Paris morning newspapers unit in warm expressions of welcome to ex-President Roosevelt. The Matin prints a message of eulogy from M. Pinchon. the foreign minister, who j says Mr. Roosevelt ever was foremost in the cause of peace. ! "We French have more cause to j remember this than any one." say the foreign minister, "for Mr. Rooso- velt is surely a faithful friend to , .France. He has manifested friendship to us under all circumstances, witn. perfect dislnterstedness. He has acted, as a statesman who understands that the two great republics owe eaca. other support, since they obey tho sme principles and carry out tho same ideals. It is a friend we aro going to receive, a friend sincere, Just and tenacious. Let us honor him. "Theodore Roosevelt appears to mo as a man without fear who consults only his own conscience and make willing sacrifices to the inspiration thereof, notwithstanding the conse quences which might follow his ac tion." EGYPTIAN ASSASSIN COMES UP FOR TKIAI Cairo. April 21. The trial of R rahim Wardani. charged with the as sassination of Premier Boutrous Path began today. .International interest attaches to the affair because of tho prominence given it in Roosevelt's speeches here when he denounced Um assassination and roused the anger of the Egyptian nationalists. Soldlero are held in readiness at the barrack here to put down any demonstration that may result from the trial. SAYS ROOSEVELT WILL ENDORSE ADMINISTRATION j Washington. D. C, April SJ. "Roosevelt upon his return to Ameri ca will support the present admin(s- tratlon from the ground up." This is the positive statement to day made by one of the most promi nent of the Taft advisers and Is tho latest sensation In political circle here. The statement coming after the an nouncement that Senator Root is sooa to derart for Europe and will so Roosevelt has increased interest. McMIUen a Candidate. Nashville. Tenn., April 21. Benton McMlllen, former governor of Ten nessee and for several terms demo cratic leader in the national house of representatives last night announced himself as a candidate for the United j States senate, subject to the action of the democratic primary of June 4, to succeed James B. Frazer. whose term expires on March 4. Senator Fraier has declared that he would not be a, candidate. Weston In Palmyra. Palymra. N. T . April 21 Edward Payson Weston arrived here at 9.SS o'clock last night from Rochester. FOOD PRICES FALLING OX THE COAST AI-SO Portland. April 21. The prices of foodstuffs today show a general tailing off in this and other Pacific coast cities The largest reduction has been made In flour, which is sixty cents per barrel cheaper today than It as three weeks ago. Even meat shows an average re- duction of a cent a pound.