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VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OREGQN, TUESDAY, .JULY 20. 1910.
NO C964
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ISLAND IN GRIP
OF EARTHQUAKE
Tremors and Eruption ot Vol
cano Twist Japanese Island
Out of Shape.
BOTTOM OP GREAT
HAY IS HEAVED VP
Island of Yezo In Shaken by One
Earthquake After Another Big
Mountain Belches Forth Lava ami
Hot .Water Inhabitants Fleeing
Iiiliinil Great Fissures Open and
Mountain and Sides are Collupulng
Hay Vpheavea and Sends Water
Inland.
Toklo, July 26. The great island of
Yeso (Hokkaido) is being shaken
by continual earthquakes and by a
tremendous eruption of Mt. Usu in
the southern part of the Island. Eight
thousand of the people are fleeing
Inland to escape the rain of boiling
water and hot mud vomited from the
volcano. The great bay of Usu which
Is capable of sheltering the navies of
the world has been made a shallow
lake by upheavals in Its bottom and
Is now only 20 feet deep. 'Warships
have been sent to the scene. Few de
tails regarding the loss of life and
property have been received. One
hundred and eighty four shocks have
been counted already. The govern
ment is preparing to rush supplies to
the scene. The eruption started on
Friday.
Tho earthquakes started with the
eruptions, and grew steadily worse.
Saturday great rifts were torn In the
mountain and Sunday scores of fis
sures opened In Its sides and boiling
mud rushed out, engulfing houses.
Later the mountain blew Its head off,
and hurled a column ot water and
white hot sand into the skies. The
vessels In tho hay have moved appar
ently some distance out. The explos
ion lifted the bottom of tho bay and
forced the water Inland. Ships were
cnt ashore and scores were wrecked
on the beaches. Later reports say the
mountain Is collapsing on all sides and
It Is believed It will bo leveled.
No word b.ns been received from
Hakodate although many efforts to
communicate with that seaport have
been made.
Grand Circuit Seoson.
Kalamazoo, Mich., July 25. For
the first time since the organization
of the grand circuit fifteen yenrs ago
the racing season opens outside of De
troit, this city having the honor o'f
inaugurating the first meet of 1910
this afternoon. With the best trot
ters and pacers of both the grand cir
cuit and the great western territory
entere'd In competition for the $40,
000 In purses, the meet this week
promises to be an unqualified success.
The dates for the races in the differ
ent branches of the circuit as approv
ed by the sewards are: Kalamazoo,
July 25 to 29; Detroit, August 22 to
26; Readvlllo- August 20 to Septem
ber 2; Hartford, September 6 to 9;
Syracuse, September 12 to 16; Colum
bus, September 19 to 30. Robert H.
Newton- of Billings, Mont., was the
presiding judge of the season.
Great 1') Milan Conclave.
New York. July 25. Grand lodge,
Knights of Pythias, rtomatn of New
York state, will hold Its forty-second
annual convention at Far Kockaway
this week and already tho city by the
sea Is donning festal attire In honor
of the visitors. A ball this evening
opens the program and will be fol
lowed by the Initial session of the
convention tomorrow. A parade will
be held Wednesday ana the conclave
will close Thursday evening with a
banquet.
DISASTROUS FIRE
(Special Correspondence.)
Athena, Ore., July 26. A big fire
broke out In this city this morning
at one o'clock which destroyed the
Athena cafe and the building in which
was contained the offices of B. B.
Richards and Burk & Son. The flro
broke out In the Athena Cafe which
was conducted by Charles Grant of
this city and the flames soon spread
to Mr. Richards' office. As the
buildings were very dry they burned
with startling rapidity.
Night Watchman Hayworth had
Just passed the cafe on his beat and
had only gone about 2 blocks far
ther down when he heard the cry of
fire. He quickly gave the alarm and
soon firemen had streams of water
on the burning buildings. It took
about an hour and one-half to extin
REDUCES
FIVE Alti; IUKXED
IX IRELAND FIRES
Belfast, Ireland, July 26. The
daughter of Sir Valentine Blake
burned to death and five others
lost their lives In two fireB here
today, while two others were
fatally injured. Miss Blake lost
her life when Menlough castle
was destroyed. Two servants
tried to save the girl but per
ished also. The Hotel Kelvin
ulso burned. Tho fire spread
rapidly and, although many got
out In their night clothes three
perished in their rooms.
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To Deride Deadlock.
Raleigh, X. C, July 26. The fifth
congress district democratic conven
tion, which was In session four days
earlier this month without deciding
on a nominee, resumed its balloting
today. It Is expected that the dead
lock will be broken. At the first ses
sion of tbe convention there were
314 ballots taken, nnd In all of those
Major Charles M. Steadman of Greens
boro led except on the last ballot, the
final ballot being Seatdman, 149; for
mer Judge E. B. Jones of Winston
Salem, 155; Brigadier-General B. S.
Royster of Oxford, 85 and Dr. George
D. Mehons of Spray 16.
Christian Endeavor Meeting.
Wheeling. W. Va., July 26. Chrls-
, tlan Endeavorers of West Virginia
are gathering today at Rerra Alta,
where the annual state convention
, will be In progress during the next
thre days. The stand taken against
the pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson
fight moving pictures will be endorsed.
BIG TRAIN WRECK
NEAR BAKER CITY
22 FREIGHT CARS LEAVE
TRACK IX NARROW GORGE
All Traffic Held Fp nnd Will Be 21
Hour Before Normal Schedule I"
Resumed No One Injured Cars
Piled Fp in Mass of Debris.
With 22 freight cars wrecked and
piled up in a cut six miles east of Ba
ker City, the main line of the O. R. &
N. Is blocked for traffic and will re
main so for at least 24 hours. Such
is the substance of messages received
in Pendleton this morning.
Westbound freight train No. 55 was
nearlng Norton station, five miles east
of Baker City, at 4:40 this morning,
when n broken flange on a loaded
coal car precipitated a wreck. Load
ed cars to the number of 18 were
smashed to pieces or plied on top of
the other, while four empties were
converted into kindling wood. The
train was In charge of Conductor
Gibson and Engineer Fields. No one
was Injured.
The wreck took place In a deep
cm and for that reason it Is Impos
sible to build a temporary track
around It and much difficulty will be
encountered In removing the debris.
It Is estimated that 24 hours will be
required to open the track and as It
usually requires a longer period of
time than first estimated, It Is prob
able that trains will not be running
regularly before tomorrow.
A wrecking train, accompanied by
Superintendent Bollons, left La
Grande shortly after the accident,
while another wrecker has been or
dered to the scene from Nampa, Ida
ho. No. 10, the casthound fast mall, Is
being held at La Grande, while No. 6,
the eastbound morning passenger has
been ordered to proceed to the scene
of the wreck where its passengers
will be transwerred to No. 7 and No.
T's passengers will be taken on and
brought west. Another transfer of
passengers will probably be made to
night between trains No. 8 and No.
5.
IN ATHENA
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guish the flames, but that was not ac
complished until they had burned to
the ground and the other building
was almost ready to fall.
The building in which was the
cafe was owned by Hugh Worthing
ton and was not covered by any In
surance, but the fixtures were insur
ed by Mr. Grant for $1000. There
was also insurance on the other build
ings but none on the contents and
Mr. Richards and Mr. Burke &. Son
suffered considerable damage, al
though most of the fixtures and pa
pers owned by Mr. Richards were
gotten out before the building was on
fire Inside. It Is considered a very
fortunate fire for the sparks were
blowing over the whole town but none
sprung into any new blazes. The or
Igln of the fire is not known.
BUILDING
ASHES
1 CONVENTIONS
IN NEBRASKA
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Both Republicans and Demo
crats Meet to Draw up Plat
form.
ISRYAX WUX FIGHT
FOR COUNTY OPTION
Insurgents Lose First Buttle in Lln
eoln Convention When They Fall to
Win Chairmanship Fight Will be
Carried to the Floor Bryan and
His Followers Will Put up Hard
Fight for Option Plank Have Com
promise Proiosition.
Lincoln, Neb., July 26. The in
surgents lost the preliminary struggle
for control of the republican state
convention today, when Congressman
Xorrls was defeated for permanent
chairman. As the chairman names
the members of the resolution com
mittee, therefore the standpat plat
form will be adopted. It is likely the
insurgents will carry the fight to the
floor. National Committeeman Rose
water and Senator Burkett are the
leading regulars. The majority of the
delegates say they favor a local op
tion plank.
Bryan and His Fight.
Grand Island, Neb.. July 26. An
exciting time Is expected today at the
state convention. When It convenes
W. J. Bryan will oppose Governor
Shalenberger and the regulars in an
er.deavor to force the convention to ad
opt a county option plank in the plat
form. If the Bryanltes are forced
to compromise they will insist that
the convention refer the matter to
the various legislative districts and
that the gubernatorial nominee will
be pledged to sign a county option
bill should such a measure pass the
legislature later. This will probably
satisfy Shalenberger but would fail
to please the mayor of Omaha, who
Is also a candidati for governor.
Music for Cow-s.
Detroit, Mich. July 26. Several
Michigan farmers have found a new
and profitable use for phonographs.
The canned music machines are plac
ed In the cattle barns and rag time
selections, brass band busic and grand
opera rendered for the benefit of the
cows while they are being milked.
This Is said to cause them to "give
down" their milk with surprising re
sults in the way of increased output.
Some of the agriculturists and dairy
men who have been trying the plan
declared today that cows are good
judges of mnie, ;uid that they imme
diately recogii;;:e the voices of Caruso
and other giet artists, expressing ap
preciation by an Increased flow of
milk. Those who have been trying out
j the'venture will not tell what singers
the cows listened to when they gave
tho least milk.
PAYMASTER AND CORPS
ARE HELD FOR SHORTAGE
Bremerton, ffn,, July 26. Pay
master Eugene Prices, ranking lieu
tenant, and his clerk Garrlty, are
under arrest on the receiving ship
Philadelphia, and the entire pay
master's corps Is confined to their
quarters while a $2,200 shortage is
being Investigated. Telephone wires
to the ship are cut and every member
of the paymaster's force Is under sur
veillance. No one is allowed to leave
"i board the vessel.
Professional Golfers.
New York. July 28. Crack players
of the Eastern Professional Golfers'
association today commenced the an
nual championship tournnment on
the Salisbury links at Garden City.
Mure than the usual interest attached
to the meeting, for the reason that
conditions have been changed so as
to combine medal and match play.
Contestants will qualify in an eight
bole stroke round and then fight it
out in flights of eight according to
tho merits ,,i their scores. There will
be three eights. Only on rare occas
ions have professionals been pitted
against each other at hole piny and
the innovation is bound to prove pop
it la r.
To Roost Son Frnnelsco.
San Francisco, July 25. Knights
of Columbus of the Pacific coast left
here today on a special train for Que
bec, Canada, where the international
conclave of the order will be held next
week. The local knights will boost
San Francisco and the Panama-Pacific
international exposition nlong the
route.
To Hear Customs Cases.
San Francisco, July 25. General
Appraiser Fischer arrived here today
for tho purpose of hearing classifica
tion and reappralsement appeals aris
ing under tlie tariff laws. The hear
ings will continue today and tomor
row, then Mr. Fisher will go to Los
Angeles, whose docket will be dispos
ed of on July 28.
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RACE OVER SEA
Scotland Yard Inspector Will
5eat Dr. Crippen and Para
mour to Port.
PRACTICALLY. CERTAIN THEY
ARE ABOARD THE MONTROSE
Ixindon Paer Prints Story to Effect
That Dr. Haw ley Olppen and Mme.
Leneve Have ISeon Arrested Aboard
Steamer Inspector Dow Will Meet
Them at Port Believed He Is In
Wireless Communication With
Fugitive' Vessel.
Quebec, July 26. The liner Lau
rentia, with Jnspector Dow of the
Scotland Yards aboard, is racing but
200 miles astern the steamer Mont
rose, on board of which is supposed to
be Doctor Hawley Crippen and Mme.
Leneve. It is believed Dow is In
wireless communication with the of
ficers on the Montrose. l"t is calcu
lated the Laureritia will pass the
Montrose Friday in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence. At Rimouski Dow leaves
the steamer, where he will await the
arrival of the. Montrose Sunday.
That H. Crippen and his former
typist, Ethel Clara Leneve, are aboard
the steamer Montrose is the firm con
viction held by Scotland Yard. The
accumulating evidence points to the
certainty that they are aboard the
Montrose. Their movements have
been traced since they left London
most of the time being spent In Bel
gium under the alias of Robinson, the
iglrl passing as Robinson's son. When
j purchasing passage tickets at Ant
I werp, Robinson particularly Insisted
I upon having a double berth cabin.
The London Express publishes a cir
cumstantial story of their arrest on
board the Montrose. On Friday the
couple were overheard discussing their
i escape, according to the paper and
the captain of the steamer then com
municated with Scotland Yard and on
Saturday decided to arrest the cou
ple. Crippen was searched and de-
prived "f a revolver and cartridges
and pen knife. He demanded to know
what offense he was charged with and
was informed that he "had contraven
ed the law by giving an assumed
and traveling with a woman in the
guise of a boy. As he was unable to
prove that bis name was Robinson or
that the woman was his wife he and
the girl were placed under arrest In
separate cabins and are being watch
ed night and day.
New Line to Africa.
New York July 25. With the sail
ing of the steamship Otavi today, New
York is placed in direct connection
with the west coast of Africa. The
new line is a Joint venture of the
Hamburg-American, the Hamburg
West Africa lines. Steamers will call
at the Canary islands. Sokondi, Acora,
Lagos, Calabar and Duala It Is be
lieved that the new line will open up
much fresh territory to American
trade and will be of great assistance
to manufacturers of this country. The
Elder Dempster company an English
corporation, will establish a rival ser
vice from Xew York to West Africa
in October next.
WHOLE TOWN Tl'RNS OFT
TO RECEIVE PRESIDENT
Rockland. Maine. July 26. Rock
land Is festlvally attired today in hon
or of the first visit of any president.
Large crowds collected early in the
day. The president landed from the
Mayflower at 11 o'clock this forenoon
and was received by a committee that
numbered most of the townsmen and
escorted to an auto and whirled away
to see the sights. Taft will pass the
day at BIddeford pool, the home of
Professor Moore, the husband of
Mrs. Taft's sister.
SHIP ITI.L OF SHELLS
AFIRE IN NAVY YARDS
New York, July 26. Loaded to the
guards with blank eight inch shells,
a lighter caught tire in the Brooklyn
navy yard today. Before the flames
were extinguished they had started
fires on tho training ship Hancock and
the supply ship Culgoa. Tbe Brook
lyn and navy fire departments put It
out after a hard fight. Many narrow
ly escaped the exploding shells but
none were Injured.
Quizzes for Teachers.
Springfield. 111., July 26. Ambi
tious pedagogues and school ma'ams
of Illinois are taking examinations for
st:ite teachers' certificates today.
Shooting Tournament.
Nelson. B. C, July 26. Some of
the crack shots of the Northwestern
United States nnd Western Canada are
competing; today In the trap shoot
ing tournament here. From here the
sportsmen will go to Seattle, where
the Taclflc Coast handicap will be
shot next week.
REBELLION NOW
IX t I'BAN ISLE.
Havana. July 26. General
Monteagude and 1000 men have
started for Santiago province to
suppress the revolution begun by
General Minlet, the liberal lead-
er. Minlet's force is small and
weak, but his power politically
is strong, and It Is feared the re
bellion will spread. The troops
were dispatched after the gov-
ernment had been advised that
a number of Spanish war vet-
enang and many malconten's
had Joined the liberals. The
rurales'are pursuing the rebels
in the mountains. President Go- t
mez said the reports are not
worrying him.
GREAT STORM IX EUROPE
DOES HEAVY DAMAGE.
Milan, July 26. Scores of fishing'
boats and a number of pleasure craft !
were wrecked on Lake Como today J
in a heavy storm. Wires are down, j
but It is reported a number were kill- 1
ed in the gale. There are also terrific !
storms in Hungary. Thirty were kill
ed in Buda Pest.
I "1 I" 1 IIOI V I It 1)1 II 11.
Juan. P. R.. Julv 26. Porto
San
Ricans generally celebrated yesterday
u . ....t
ine iweiun anniversary or the occu
pation of the Island by the United
States troops. Much patriotic fervor
marks the observance bv all rlasse.
calc ji I IP lew .snanun rMie ca nhi, :
remain true to the memory of the old
i eg I lilt?.
RAILROAD VIOLATES
GRAND TRINK TRIES
TO OPERATE ITS FREIGHTS
Compact With Strikers is Broken ami
IITIIII
AGREEMENT
IflUIUHL
i.uuer are indignant utile Hopejwara tnese policies and make them
or riiitraiion jn Omcers
Trainmen Con fori ng.
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Toronto. July 26. Despite the fact
that strikers on the Grand Trunk and
officials have agreed to submit their
difference to arbitration, the officials
tiled to operate freight trains today
and hope of arbitration is now slight,
Presidents Ganetson of the conduc-
Uts and Lee of the trainmen, are here
to confer with Vice-Presidents Berry
and Murdock concerning the next
hVn i-HoV Tr
Trunk freight to other n in ,J
up. This wi.l probacy compete
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employing PInkertons to guard the
yards after importing strike break
er a,i r,mu.; ... .
to have caused unionists SconsWer
withdrawing their n,rComt o. -
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uuruie ana ngnt instead.
North Dakota State Fair.
Fargo. X. D., July 26. North Da
gota's annual state fair, the first ex
hibition of its kind in the United
States this year, opened yesterday and
will continue throughout the week.
A North Dakota wild animal show,
arranged by the game wardens of the
state, nnd the educational exhibits are
noteworthy features. Every rural
school of the state Is now teaching
In some form the fundamental prin
ciples of agriculture, many having
small experimental farms attached,
and the display sent by the rural pu
pils supply proof of the beneficial re
sults attainable from such courses.
The premium list of the fair offers
about $21,000 In the various depart
ments. The talk about big dividends on
airship stock is merely wind.
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BADLY DAMAGED BY BLAZE
Mrs. Alice Sheridan of 400 East
Alta street, suffered a $3'ie0 fire loss
at 1 o'clock this morning. Insur
ance to the amount of $100 was cov
ered. Two policies, amounting to
$1500 had been permitted to expire
a few days before the fire.
The cause of the blare has not been
ascertained and probably over will
be. though the general imposition
is that it was due to defective wiring.
The fire origin; ted in n room In the
attic, which, though furnished, had
not been used for some time.
This room Is located .lust above the
one occupied by Mrs. Sheridan on the
second floor of t'ae targe double
house. About 1 o'clock she was
awakened by the crackling of the fire
but not being able to tell what was
causing the noise, she called to one of
her roomers and persuaded him to go
up to investigate. On opening the
GARFIELD HAS
i INSIDE TRACK
Progressive Candidate ' tor
Governor of Ohio Looks
Like Sure Winner. '
ILS NOT TAKEN STAND
Ji AGAINST ADMINISTRATION
! .
; Roosevelt and Taft Both Send Wefl
Wishes to Former Secretary Gar
field Opposing Forces Can Not
Agree and It Is Probable Conven
tion Will Stampede for Progressive
Garfield States lie Will Not As
sault President Taft.
Columbus, O., July 26. Carrying
'. the well wishes of Colonel. Roosevelt
:and President Taft, foinTieii1 Secretary
j Garfield is ready to enter the fight
J for the progressive platform in tit
" " kM
6 tate republican convention which,
meets this afternoon Tka
Hiiu-uai-
field forces have conferred long, but
have failed to agree on a concerted
movement Senators Burton and Dick
it is admitted, have failed to am.
This makes Garfield's stand the more
commanding. Representative Lone-
worth will make the kevnnt n,irtr.
tin n will m
Garfield has stated 'his attitude tow
ard the administration that he doe
not mean to fight with the whit
house, and that his platform is not
an assault on the president. This has
helped him much.
The plank endorsing Taft, favored
by Garfield says: "We reaffirm our
adherence to the great policies of the
last republican platform. We ex
press confidence in the patriotism
and sincerity of President Taft in hie
efforts to fulfill his party pledgee.
We endorse his action in obtaining
(much that was promised and his loyal
support in his endeavor to carry for-
directive by proper legislative, and
administrative action." It is beliered
that, unless delegates supporting the
regulars tret together tho mhouiHiiii
will be stampeded for Garfield for
governor.
Roosevelt for Procres-ive
Xew York. July 2S. "I want to see
the progressive platform adopted.
that's all." said Colonel Roosevelt to
day, when asked his views on the
Ohio republican situation.
Corfmar,., convene.
ewP- . W 2 A gen
IZXT Bi
"avin the station "without be!
lnir relieved On rpotieet nf T.l
Beal the court adjourned until to
day when the defendant's counsel la
ua- ,vnen lne aerenaanrs coui
I Th'r 8 V JiTTot Hi
lSmUn - l- s- N- 18 President of the
.court.
Horse Show at Long Branch.
Long Branch, N. J.. July 28. The
Monmouth County Horse Show asso-
elation today opened its annual ex
! hibition. Trotting races under sad
dle are an Innovation which is expect
i ed to add much to the Interest in the
' show.
Southern Mills Idle.
Charleston, S. C, July 2 By
runninsr only part time this month
and August, S uth Carolina cotton
manufacturers expect to reduce the
ou'.j u: by m-TO tha ntwo million
pieces of cloth.
Flks in Cnpital.
Washington. July 26. Good fellows
from Xew York to Norfolk are gath
ering In the national capital today
for a union session of the grand
lodges of E'.ks In the east.
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door the flames burst out Into his faV
He Immediately closed the doi.r and
dressed in his night robes made a rec
ord run for the fire station. At the
same time Mrs. Sheridan rushed to the
telephone and sounded the alarm In
this manner.
The fire department was slow in
responding and before the hose could
be lnld from tho hydrant to the houso,
the flames were bursting through the
windows and the roof. Ey the time
tbe water was turned on the fire had
gained such headway that It required
a croat amount of water to extin
guish it.
Every room In the house and prac
tically every bit of furniture wis
damaged.
Considerable clothing was carried
out and Mrs. Hunter who occupied one
I half of the building, saved practically
all of her belongings.
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