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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER,
VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OBEGON, TIIU11SDAY. AUGUST 25. 1910.
NO 6989
MEN OF MONEY
IN PENDLETON
Party of Eastern and Western
Capitalists Being Enter
tained by the City.
REPRESENTING LIGHT
AND POWER COMPANIES
Officers and Stockholders la Pacific
Power A light Company and Elec
tric Bond & Share Company Arrive
From East and are Met by Party
of Portland Business Men Look
ing Over West With 'View to In
. creawing Holdings Lea Ye for Wal
la Walla In Morning. "
This city Is this afternoon entertain
ing one of the largest parties of capi
talists, if not the lacgestt that ever
vlsted eastern Oregon. Foreign as
well as American, eastern as well as
western moneyed interests are repre
sented and they are looking over
eastern Oregon and Washington with
a view to Increasing their holdings.
Fourteen prominent eastern bank
ers and financiers who are officers
or stockholders in the Pacific Power
tc Light company and It officers and
stockholders of the Electric Bond &
Share company arrived this afternoon
on the delayed train from the East.
They were met here by a party of
Portland bankers and business men
who came up from the metropolis
this morning. They Will all leave to
morrow morning at 6:80 by special
Northern Pacific train over the O. R.
ft N. to Milton and Walla Walla.
Included In the party of easterners
are: S. Z. Mitchell president of the
Electric Bond St Share' company and
chairman of the board of the Pacific
Power A Light company; Marden J,
Perry chairman of the' board of the
Electric Bond & Share company; H. P,
Wright president of the Wright In
vestment company of Kansas City; TL
E. Breed president of the American
Gns & Electric company of New
York; F. C. Walcott and A. M. Yoang,
New .York bankers.
Those In the Portland party are C.
Hunt Lewis, Henry Teal, J. C. Alns
worth, preeldent of the' United States
National Bank; C. F. Adams, presi
dent of the Security Savings A Trust
company; Fhlllp Buehner, timber
man; A. D. Charlton, assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the Northern
Pacific; Guy W. Talbot and A. S. Gre.
nler.
The party was also Joined here by
H. C. Lucas of North' Yakima and
Joslah Richards of Spokane.
The Pacific Power A Light com
pany Is the newly organized 87,500,-
000 corporation of which Guy W,
Talbot of Portland is president and
which owns the Walla Walla Valley
Railway company and the gas and
electric plant here, the Portland Gas
ft Coke company, the gas and elect
ric plants at Astoria, and numerous
other valuable properties In Oregon,
Washington and Idaho.
WiU Visit Mllton-Freewater.
Milton and Freewater and Walla
Walla and Pasco, Washington will be
visited tomorrow.
The train will lie at Pasco until Au
gust 30, on which day the party will
proceed to Pnsco and Sunnyslde, and
arrive at North Yakima In the after
noon. Auist 31 will be spent In
North Yakima, the party leaving there
at 7 p. m. At Wallula, an O. R. ft
N. special trnln will take up the Pull
lnnn and private car equipment, and
en-route to Portland a stop will be
made at The Dalles to inspect the
power plant there. A visit will also
be made to Hood River to show the
members of the party the fruit or
chards of the valley. The train will
arrive In Portlnnd on the evening of
September 1, and the visitors will re
mnln here several days, during which
time they will be shown as much of
Portland nnd the surrounding country
as possible. A day will also be taken
up In Inspecting the Pacific Power ft
Light company's holdings at . Astoria.
For Many It Is First Visit.
This will be their first visit to the
Pacific Northwest for all but two or
three of the Eastern men, and the an.
nounced purposes of their trip Is to
Inspect the utility properties In which
they are Interested, gain Information
about the country served and look
over the prospective extensions.
Paramount directors of the Pacific
OLD MAN BREAKS
WESTON'S RECORD.
San Francisco, Aug. 26.
John Ennls, aged 68, who left
New York today, handed Mayor
McCarthy of this city letters
which he carried worn Mayor
Gaynor. Ennls' walked the dis
tance In 81 days, twenty-three
days better time than Weston
made. "I just! wanted to show
that there ar.e." more than one
of us old fellows who can make
the walk," he said.
Power & Light company were elected
in New York Saturday afternoon, this
being the company which recently
merged five light and power compa
nies in Oregon and Washington. The
directors elected are as follows: 8. Z.
Mltchelf, New York, chairman: Guy
W. Talbot. Portland; H. C. Lucas,
North Taklma; S. S. Gordon, Astoria;
O. Hunt Lewis. Portland; Joslah
Richards, Spokane; J. C. Ainsworth,
Portland; Philip Buehner, Portland;
Edward Cooklngham, Portland; Miles
C. Moore, Walla Walla; P. G. Sykes,
New York; F.L. Dame, New York;
A. 8. Grenlcr, Portland; George F.
Nevlns, Portland; Nlel A. Weathers,
Portland.
With the election of the permanent
board of directors the list of officers
the Pacific Power & Light com
pany is complete. The officers are:
President. Guy W. Talbot; vice-pres
idents, Edward Cooklngham of Port
land. F. G. Sykes of New York. F.
L. Dame of New York, E. W. Hill,
of New York; treasurer, E. P. Sum-
merson; secretary And assistant
treasurer and assistant secretary,
Lewis A. McArthur.
The company has recently taken
over the Columbia Power & Light
Co.;, Yakima-Pasco Power Co., As
toria Electric Co., The Dalles Elec
tric Co., and the Walla Walla Valley
Dallway Co.
Log Rolling In Phllly.
Philadelphia, Aug. 25. All of the
camps of tne Modern woodmen or
America In this section have sent
large delegations to Philadelphia to
day to take part in the annual log
rolling. A moonlight excursion up the
river will be the feature this even
ing. Tomorrow there will he compe
titive drills and a trip to Willow
Grove and on Saturday officers will be
elected and other business transacted.
It Is stated that the Modern Wood
men of America now has a national
membership of about 1,200,000. Tho
order was organized at Lyons, la.,
starting with a membership of twenty-two.
California Pair.
. SaqrampntouCal., Aug. 25. Califor
nia's annual state fair, opening here
a week from Saturday, will be the
biggest exhibition of Its kind ever
held In the Pacific coast, according
to the promoters who are now en
gaged In gathering everything In
readiness for the Inaugural. A special
day Tuesday, Sept. 6, has been set
aside as Panama Exposition day,
when the big world's fair scheduled
for San Francisco in 1915 will be giv
en a boom. ' 'ltO
DUEL BETWEEN AIR
AND WATER CRAFT
GOVERNMENT PIiANS
- NOVEL SHAM BATTI.E
War Department Will Test AalrJilp's
Powers In War on Monitor Mon
itor Will Be Hung With Bomb
Ironf Armor.
Washington, Aug. 25. The war
department today is planning a sham
battle between a warship and an air
ship. It Is reported the monitor Tal
lahasse has been selected as the ves
sel to face the aerial bombardment.
The monitor will be towed from
Washington and hung with bomb de
fying Armor over her gun rooms, am
munition holds, funnels and all vul
nerable points. The men who have
volunteered for the hazardous exper
iment will first shoot from the ship
at the airship overhead and then
mount In airships -and drop explosives
on the monitor.
State Fair In Iowa.
Dcs Moines, Aug. 25. All of the
principal products of the towns and
cities, the hills and vales and rolling
prairies of Iowa, Including lhsur
gents, have been gathered together in
Des Moines today and will be on ex
hibition at the State Fair during the
next eight days.
Eastern Maine Fair.
Bungor, Me., Aug. 25. A large
crowd is here today to attend the
Eastern Maine State fair, and tomor
row promises to be another big day.
The state fair of the Maine Agricul
tural society will follow at Lewlston,
beginning Sept. 5 and lasting four
days.
Nnpolcon's Grandnlece.
Paris. Princess Jeanne Bonaparte,
daughter of Prince Pierre Bonaparte,
sister of Prince Roland Bonaparte,
and grandnlece of Napoleon, died In
a Parts nursing home at the age of 49
The princess married the Marquis de
Villoneuve In 1882. At one time she
was a distinguished figure In Parts,
and her receptions at her residence
in the Rue de Prony were famous.
Cotton Mill Strike Ends.
Enchede, Holland. A compromise
was effected today in the dispute
over wages between the mill owners
and employes of the cotton mills
which resulted August 3rd In a lock
out. The cotton mills form the chief
Industry of Enchede and about 10,
000 workmen were affected. The em
ployes will resume work August 16th
Originality is the original sin, ac
cording to the bigot.
TERRIBLE REAR
I END COLLISION
Passenger Train on Grand
Trunk Crashes Into Ch'c3-go-Montreal
Express.
I I UK BKEAKS OCT AND
PASSENGERS ARE BURNED
I
Elgin Bodies Already Recovered
from Blazing Wreckage Near Dur
and, Michigan Feared Many More
IVrislied Express Was Stopped,
and Through Failure to Set Out Sig
nals, Train No. 4 Crashes Into Pull
man Haines Prevent Work of Res
rue. Durand. Mich., Aug. 25. The bod
ies 'of six women, one man and a child
were recovered today from the blaze
of the wreckage of the Chicago, Mon
treal Express on the Grand Trunk
which was run down by passenger
train No. 4 near this city last night.
The heat from the blazing coaches
was so great that rescuers could not
secure portions of the bodies seen
dropping Into the fire. The Injured
numbers 3. It Is believed out of 20
Pullman passengers but four escap
ed. The accident is said to have been
caused by the failure of the express
to display signal lights when the train
stopped so the engineer could fix his
broken engine. No. 4, traveling at 30
miles an hour crashed into the rear
of the express.
' Wh-n the engine struck the Pull
(nan it split and tore through follow
ed by the coaches. Fire almost In
stantly broke out and it was impos
sible to rescue the passengers who
were mangled in their berths. Brake
man Graham of express says he set out
signals.
In addition to the known dead,
eight to eleven passengers of train
Xo. 4 are missing, and It is feared
they were burned in the wreckage.
Wildest Wet Ever Known.
Cheyenne. Wyo., Aug. 25. The
calm that precedes a storm was brok
en today by the arrival of the first
bunch of cowboys, cattle kings, mln.
(ts. Indians and tenderfeet who will
take part In the wildest "wild west"
celebration that the history of this
section wots of. Beginning tomorrow,
Cheyenne will turn herself loose and
the annual Frontier Celebration, "big
ger better and grander than ever,"
will be In full blast. What is more,
"full blast" in Cheyenne means some
thing more than a pink tea, a Chau
tauqua or a Sunday school picnic, es
pecially In view of the fact, as set
forth with great detail In the small
bills, the gorgeous and glittering cul
mination on Saturday is to be verbal
pyrotechnics by one whom all Am
ericans delight to honor referring,
ladles and gents, to that riproarlngest
of rough riders, that niftiest of nlm
rods, CoU Theodore Roosevelt.
Catholics Sail for Montreal.
London, Aug. 25. What Is said to
be the largest party of Roman Cath
olic prelates and laymen which ever
crossed the Atlantic together sailed
today on the Empress of Ireland for
Montreal, to attend the Eucharistic
Congress opening in the Canadian me
tropolis early in September. The
party represents the Catholic clergy
and nobility of Italy, Spain, Austria,
Germany, France and Belgium, as
well as Great Britain and Ireland.
Alvln Edmlsten and Guy Cook re
turned this morning from a grouse
hunting trip to the Meacham country.
PORTLAND
PEOPLE WILL SEE ROUND-UP
Portland Day at the Umatilla-Morrow
county district fair will be one of
the last three days of fair week and
will therefore come during the big
"round-up," thereby giving the Port
landers a chance to see the biggest
fair ever held in eastern Oregon and
at the same time an opportunity to
witness the greaest frontier exhibition
the northwest has ever seen.
According to the following from
the Portland Journal, the idea Is
meeting with much encouragement in
Portland and a special excursion Is to
be run to Pendleton from the Oregon
metropolis:
There will be a Portland day at the
big Pendleton fair and It will be held
during the "round-up," which Is
booked for September 29. 30 and Oc
tober 1. During those three days
things will be very lively in the bust
ling eastern Oregon city.
Harry Gray Is here today from Pen
dleton to interest Portland and ' the
railroads In the "round-up," and he
T. R. WILL TEST
Roosevelt Begins Tour of the
West During Which He
Will Speak to People.'
WILL ESPOUSE CAUSE OF
SEVERAL INSURGENTS
Roosevelt Confident He Will Find
People Will Support His Policies
Despite Ilia Recent Defeat in New
York Tour Under Auspices of the
Outlook Goes to Cheyenne First
and front There to Denver Several
AddrcssCK Will Be For Insurgent
Candidates.
Aboard Roosevelt's Train,
Dunkirk, N. Y Aug. 25 Five
hundred railroad men sur
rounded the colonel's special
when it pulled into Dunkirk.
Roosevelt spoke briefly, his re
marks being punctuated by fre
quent Interruptions of whistles
blown in his honor. As he fin
ished a man shouted, "Do them
up in convention, Teddy."
Roosevelt grinned and shook his
fists.
New York, Aug. 25. Colonel Thee
dore Roosevelt is to put his popular
ity to the acid test. Treated with
scorn and contumely by the republi
can leaders of the Empire state, he
leaves today for a grand swing around
the circle, confident that he will find
"my policies" still alive and flourish
ing in the vast stretch of country west
of i!oboky . . .
Congressman Malby is quoted as
saying that the recent "lesson" given
the colonel was for the purpose of
teaching him "that me people of the
country protest against his 'butting
In' everywhere In the sometimes dirty
it. ire of politics and expect an ex
president to remain In dignified re
tirement." But the "lesson" has been
lost upon Mr. Roosevelt, who is not
accustomed to play the humble role
of pupil. Moreover, he has an idea
that the sovereign voters of the west
will not agree with Mr. Malby, and
that the existence of a "dirty mire,"
as alleged, is sufficient excuse for the
return of an ex-presldent to active
life.
There is reason to believe that Col.
Roosevelt has aligned himself defi
nitely with the republican Insurgents,
and while he will seek to prevent
an open break with the regulars, he
will devote his time and energy to the
success of progressive candidates. In
doing this, he will be throwing his in
fluence against the Tart wing of the
party. In addition to speaking for
Senator Beverldge in Indiana, it is ex
pected that the former president's ad
dresses at St. Paul, Denver and Ossa
watomie, Kan., will be of a decidedly
"Insurgent" tendency. I
Before leaving for the west today,
Col. Roosevelt has been busily en
gaged in canvassing the political sit
uation in the west. Garfield and
Pinchot, it is understood, have sup
plied most of the figures and statis
tics with which Mr. Roosevelt has
armed himself for the fray.
Mr. Roosevelt's present tour of the
west is under the auspices of The Out
look, the weekly Journal upon which
the former president Is now engaged
as contributing editor. The Outlook
provided a private car for the trip,
the party consisting of Col. Roose-
THE DALLES
hns already met with a great deal of
encouragement. The Portland Com
mercial club. Manager C. C. Chap
man assured Mr. Gray, will arrange
for an excursion on Portland day, and
that will mean that a large number
of representative citizens will Join In
the exodus. The "roundup" Is given
by the Northwestern Frontier Exhi
bition association, and It will consist
of broncho busting, riding, roping and
cowboy races, such as have never
been seen anywhere in the west since
the days of tho real "wild and woolly
west."
Leading citizens of Pendleton are
at the head of the undertaking and
thew will do everything to make it a
most glowing success.
The Dalles Greatly Interested.
Among the northwest cities which
are displaying the greatest amount
of Interest In the big northwest
"round-up," The Dalles to be consld-
(Continued on pare I.)
velt and his privi Itary, Frank
Harper, together) William B
Howland, publisher--.' The Outlook
and Ernest H. Abbott and Harold J.
Howland of the editorial staff of that
publication. The facetious report to
the effect that The Outlook would get
out dally pink extras to chronicle the
details and events of the grand tour
was indignantly denied today by Dr.
Lyman Abbott.
At Cheyenne First.
Leaving New York today, the
Roosevelt special will be rushed di
rect to Cheyenne, Wyo., where the an
nual Frontier Celebration begins to
morrow. Mr. Roosevelt will reach the
Wyoming metropolis Saturday and
will address what probably will be one
of the largest gatherings of pioneers,
old-timers and native sons ever held
in that section. Any bad taste left
In the mouth of the colonel by the
New York republicans will probably
be forgotten after he has tasted of
Cheyenne hospitality.
Next Monday he will be in Denver
and the Colorado capital may also be
expected to -do things for and to. its
distinguished visitor. The national en
campment of Spanish War Veterans
will be in session at the mile high
town and this will add to the eclat of
the big parade which will be the op
ening feature. Then will follow a
cowboy luncheon given by the Denver
Press club, after which Colonel Roose
velt will address a public meeting at
the auditorium. x Later in the day he
will speak before the Spanish War
Veterans' convention, ana the pro
gram will close with a "round-up"
dinner at El Jebel temple.
Address in Kansas!
When Colonel Roosevelt was still
hunting lions in the Jungles of Africa,
he received and accepted an invita
tion from Governor Stubbs, the insur
gent chief executive of Kansas, to de
liver an address at the dedication of
the new park on the site of the battle
of Ossawatomie, which was fought In
August, 1856, between the anti-slav
ery forces commanded by the Immor
tal John Brown and pro-slavery raid
ers. This engagement will be filled
on Wednesday next,
Friday will find Colonel Roosevelt
In Omaha, the metropolis of another
Btronghold of Insurgency. He will be
the guest of the Ak-Sar-Ben, a non
partisan organization of Omaha
boosters and business men. President
Taft was a guest of the organization
of the same organization last fall, and
comparisons of the enthusiasm dis
played by public press and pulpit will
be Interesting, if possibly odious in
some quarters.
On Saturday, September 3, Colonel
(Continued on page five.)
BALLINGER MAKES
PUBLIC STATEMENT
DEFINES HIS CONCEPTION
OF TRUE CONSERVATION
Does Not Believe In Withholding Any
Land That Can Assist In Building
U,o n Community.
San Francisco, Aug. ' 25. Charac
terizlng the criticism of his policies
as hysteria. Secretary Ballinger re'
plied to his opponents today in a long
published statement. He also de
fines his Idea of conservation. He
said he believed In "the development
of that character of conservation that
will permit the development of the
country, and this may be obtained un
der rational laws without violence to
any of the just views of conservation."
He said he was opposed to withhold
Ing any lands in the public domain
reserved or unreserved, that Is ca
pable to assist in upbuilding any of
the communities.
"UNWRITTEN LAW" CAUSE
OF MAN-KILLING EPIDEMIC
New Orleans, Aug. 25. Following
the acquittal of Mamie McLaughlin
on a plea of the unwritten law after
shooting and killing Hugh Smith
whom she alleged betrayed her, the
police today are facing an epidemic of
man-killing by disappointed girls. The
first shooting was last night when
Katherine Fretsch. a member of an
old family, shot and killed Frank
Mischler. The girl was about to be
come a mother and is confident the
Jury will acquit her. She alleges the
unwritten law gives her a right to
avenge herself. The police have been
informed that numerous young men
have been recipients of letters threat
ening death and many of them have
hired bodyguards.
Church 150 Years Old. '
New Ipswich N. H., Aug. 26.
Members of the New Ipswich Congre
gational church are today celebrating
the 150th anniversary of its organi
sation. The first minister of the
church was the Rev. Stephen Barrar
of Concord, Mass., who, beginning his
pastorate at the age of twenty, serv
ed the church for fifty years.
Sherman on Stump.
New York. Aug. 25. Vice-president
Sherman will take the stump today
for the republican congressional cam
paign committee, and will make an
extensive tour of the West. He has
placed his services at the disposal of
the committee until 8ept 10.
FIRE FIGHTERS
ARE MISSING
Twq Parties, Numbering 186
Men, Are Missing in Fire
Zone.
ALL HOPE GFfEN CP
FOR ONE OF PARTIES
Two Bands In St. Joe Oountry Have
Not Been Heard From For Several
Days Believed Death List Will To
tal Over 150 $15,004,000 Worth of
Timber Destroyed in Idaho Fire la
Clark County, Washington, Threat
ens Many Lives Settler
Spokane, Aug. 25. Forest Super
visor Welgle of Wallace today wired
that the official number of dead asn-
ong the fire fighters t uute Is 14,
Two bands of firefighwis last heard
of In the hottest part of the tst. Jo
country numbering 1S6, are miiwilssj
A relief party is enroute from Wal
lace searching for the parties and It
Is now believed there will be lit
dead when full reports are iu. Thirty
are dead in Grand Forks. 12 in Avery,
20 in Setzer Creek, 8 in Dullion, I at
Boulder Creek and 2 at Pine ereak.
There are two new fires at Grismty
creek. The other on the north for)
of the St. Joe is slightly improved. '
Hope is Alunulnned.
Spokane, Aug. 25. Hope for th
safety of a party of 55 headed by Jo
Halm, of 8pokane, was practically
abandoned today according to a spec
ial from Wallace. They have bee)
three days fighting at the head of th
St. Joe and have not been heard troop
despite desperate effort: to commgt
Icate. Forestry experts estimate III,
000.000 worth of timber has been do- .
stroyed In Idaho.
Many lives Threatened.
Vancouver, Wash.. Aug. 25. Forest
fires in Clark county have already
done a quarter of a million dollars
worth of damage, and are threatening
the lives of hundreds of settlers.
Eleven men at Bad Boy camp ar
missing. The village of Eureka s
surrounded by fire.- Communication
at Yacolt is lost. Before the wire
went down it was reported 250 em
ployes of the Twin Falls Logging com
pany were hemmed In with a ravine
the only avenue of escape. The set
tlement of Shanghai of SO houses
was destroyed last night.
Snow and Rains Help.
Helena, Aug. 25. Governor Notrfcf
probably will not order out any mors
troops unless the situation in Monta
na grows worse. The wind Is moder
ating much, as the snows and rata
did much to confine the fire to area
already burned. Troops are held la
readiness, however. The most threat
ening district today seems to' a
Thompson Falls and points along th
Clark's Fork valley. A steady down
pour yesterday saved the Flathead
country and snow saved the Gallatia
forest. ,
Ashland Fire Improved.
Medford. Aug. 25. Little Prospect
Is threatened, and one hundred sol
diers and fifty civilians are attempt
ing to check the fire. The sltuatoa
at Ashland is Improved. Unless high
winds come It Is believed the city ts
out of danger.
BEN BURROUGHS SECURES
COAL AND LUMBER CONTRACTS
Ben L. Burroughs wn lnat aAit.
ing awarded the contract for supply
ing the city of Pendleton with one car
loan or screened coal and one car
load of brldee lumber. He n-iU h
paid $8.25 per ton for the coal and
17 per tnousnnd ror the lumber.
The sewer question was again
brought un last evening but It s
decided that the construction of the
proposed sewer In the west end of the
city is out of the question at the pres.
ent time. The lowest estimates se
cured, for the proposed work were not
witnin z.uoo or the money avail
able and for that reason the sower
will not be built at present.
The question of stricter regulation
of the near beer saloons was brought
up a,nd discussed at some length last
evening but no action was taken.
TO ELECT VICE PRES.
BY DIRECT PRTMXRY.
Desmolnes, Aug. 25 V. S.
Senator Cummins of Iowa will
be the promulgator of a bill
providing for the nomination of
the vice president by direct prl-
mary when congress convenes.
Cummins gave out his statement
today defining his views, saying
it was a natural move and the
outcome of the progressive tend-
encies now asserting themselves
In the republican party.
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