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wiiwiit iiLrJfc'"''"M'-iir--i"-'-','KB 't EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITIOi! WEATHER REPORT. Fair tonight at Satur day; warmer tonight Calling cards, wed ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to order at the East Oregonlan. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. NO 7044 . if- VOL. 23. PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY. OCTODER 28, 1910. 1 Ei -j SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN VOTERS REAL . ASSEMBLY13UH0I BlflO Distinguished Statesman De clares Principles of Oregon System in Jeopardy. Before I-arRvwt Crowd of Campaign, Chamberlain Exposes Candidacy of Jay Bow or man Kehcarw History of ConventlonJsm, Showing Corruj) tlon of Such a System Compares Records of Two Candidates Show ing How Bowerman la Tool of Cor poratloas and West a Friend of the People. That United States Senator Geo ge E Chamberlain has lost none of his popularity In Pendleton was evidenc ed last night by the audience which filled the couYt house to overflowing despite the freezing weather and ac corded him a royal and enthusiastic welcome. Ills speech was frequently punctuated with enthusiastic aplause and with every available seat In the house filled, many remained standing throughout the two hours that the meeting lasted. That the Oregon system with the direct primary and all the people's laws on the one hand and assembly- Ism on the other are at Issue In this campaign, was the declaration made by the senator. He Insisted that the election of Bowerman, the admitted foe of the people's measures, would place them In Jeopardy, while the election of West would place them beyond the reach of the foes of the people. Giving a history of the convention system from , its very inclpiency to the present time, Senator Chamber lain showed that the word convex tlon had come to be a synonym for cor ruptlon, bribery and scandal from ocean to ocean. He insisted the only difference between the recent Port land assembly and the old convention was one In name only, declaring that the promoters of the affair knew they dare not use the word convention. Bowerman Fathered Assembly. The speaker then proceeded to show that the assembly was arranged by Bowerman, Its delegates selected un dor his direction and Its sole control exercised by himself and friends. Quotations were read from the Port land Oregonlan editorials In which It was admitted that the assembly slate was prepared behind closed doors in the office of a certain Portland cor poration and that immediately fol lowing the convention the Portland organ of the republican party was supremely disgusted with the choice of Bowerman for the head of the ticket. The matter of Bower-man's riding on a railroad pass to the legislature and then collecting mileage from the state was cited and declared to be be yond contradiction. He quoted Bow erman's attempted denial of the charge, which he showed failed to deny anything. Records of Candidates Contrasted. The records of Bowerman and West were contrasted, showing that all the achievements of the former had been for the railroads and cr porations. while that of the latter had been In behalf of the people. The splendid records of West In the state land office and on the railroad com mission wore pointed out with tell ing effect. John Manning for congress, Judges Thomas McBrlde, republican; F. A. Moore, republican; Will R. King; democrat and W. T. Slater, democrat, and State Senator C. J. Smith, were also all pleaded for by Senator Cham berlain last night. He showed how Lafferty had secured his nomination through the base slandering of Con gressman Ellis and the deception practiced on the members of his own party that he was an Insurgent, anti assembly candidate, whereas It was "now plainly evident that he was try ing to be both for and against the assembly. The present members of the Ore gon supreme court were declared by DISTANCE AND TIME RECORDS ARE BROKEN Etnmps, Prance. Oct. 28. Remaining aloft for six hours and ten minutes and eating two meals while he flew, Maurice Tabatcau broke all existing time and distance records to day. He sailed 283 miles, ' 89 miles further than the previous world's record. He used the Farman bl-plane in the aero drome here. . SHOWS CAMPAIGN ISSUE the speaker to have demonstrated that they were men of ability and In corruptible. He therefore pleaded for their retention on trie bench without regard to their party affiliation. Rurgc? Cannot Be Trusted. As for J. N. Burgess, the opponent of Dr. Smith, he Insisted that the deathbed repentence of .the candidate In signing statement No. 1 after he found his sole hope of election de pended upon his signing that state ment, demonstrated that the sheep man could not be trusted. Ho liken ed Burgess' action to the deathbed re pentence of Andrew Jackson who in formed the parson in leaving that If he recovered from his illness that ftie repentance would not be In ef fect. Chamberlain insisted that the chances were strongly In favor of Burgess not regarding the promise he was now making to the people of the county as binding. In case he was elected to the legislature. Puts Principle Above Party. In closing, Senator Chamberlain de clared that while he was a democrat and always had been a democrat, that the present campaign was not one of parties but of principle. He declared that he had always placed principle, the state and the country, above par ty and Insisted that It was up to the voters of Oregon to place principle above party at this time if they de sire to retain for themselves the pow ers which they have secured after so many years of endeavor. "They say the assembly Is dead," he said, "but it is not dead and will not be until the people kill and bury It. Mark my prediction. If Jay Bower man Is elected governor of Oregon, there will be an assembly held two years hence, and I seem to see, lurk ing in the shadow of Jay Bowerman, the tall figure of a Portland corpora tion attorney who hopes by the elec tion of a corporation governor to gain a seat In the United States senate. They are laboring to restore the con vention system, and I bid you beware of the day of such restoration, for the same old rottenness, the same old corruption, will return with It" In the absence of John Manning, candidate for cogress against A. W. Lafferty, who was unable to be pres ent, John H. Stevenson of Port land, delivered a short address In be half of the congressional candidate, The records of the two men were con trasted and the achievements of Manning while district attorney for Multnomah were proudly pointed out. Chairman Will M. Peterson of the democratic county central committee acted as the chairman of the evening and Introduced each of the speakers In his usual eloquent manner. AERONAUTS OF AMERICA Ft ARE ROYALLY RECEIVED New York, Oct. 28. Aeronauts Hawley and Post of the balloon Am erica II reached this city today from Canada, and were given a rousing re ceptlon. They ill be entertained lavishly. COLLEGE STUDENTS FAIL TO PAY TUITION j SUSPENDED Boston. Oct. 28. A hundred stu dents of Tufts college have been sus pended for non-payment of their col lege tuition fees. It ts the first time In the history of the institution that such an action has been taken. FLIES 195 MTLES WITH PASSENGER IN MACHINE Brussels,. Oct 28. The longest cross country flight In an aeroplane with a passenger was accomplished today by M. Mathlcu, a Frenchman, who flew from Paris to Brussels, a distance of 195 miles. He made the flight In three and a half hours. Nearly $50,000 for Farm. Peter P. Pearson has purchased the Wilbur F. Marsh farm near Juniper for 148,000. There are 1380 acres of land In the farm and It Is used for growing wheat. ABYSSINIA TORN BY CIVIL STRIFE Rome, Oct. 28. A dispatch from Adis Abeba, Abyssinia, today says that hundreds of men, have fallen In a battle between the armies of Em press Tnl-Tujtal-Tuand and the young Emperor LIdJ Jessau. No details were given. It has been known for months that the empress has been plotting to wrest the thorne from the youthful successor of King Menellk nnj that her agents have been pre paring for usurpation for nearly a year. The Italian authorities are watch ing developments closely and it Is be lieved Italy will attempt to regain her foothold In the kingdom should op portunity offer. It Is reported that Abyssinian agents have made over tures to both Italy and England for Intervention to prevent a civil war. AND DREXEL CHOSEN TO REPRESENT AMERICA IX COUP INTERNATIONALE Iatliant, Aiibmn and Lo Blanc Enter ed for France, Graham-White, Rad ley and Ogllvie for England Big gest Event of Meet. Belmont Park, Oct 28. Brookins, Hamilton and Drexel were today nam ed as the American team in the coup Internationale with Moissant, Hoxsey and Mars as substitutes. Brookins will drive a. new Wright racer of fif ty horsepower, Drexel, a Bleriot mon oplane, and Hamilton his 110 horse power Hamiltonlan. Latham, Abrun and LeBlanc will represent France, and Graham-White, Radley and Og ilvlo will represent England. The race, which Is the principal event of the meet, will be run tomorrow over a total distance of 62 1-10 miles. The weather today Is ideal. The selection of Hamilton and Drexel caused some disappointment among the fans, who say they can't handle themselves well enough. America's hopes are said to lay with Brookins. CUMMINS SAYS CLARK POKING FUN AT HIM 'Kansas City, Oct. 28. Senator Cummins of Iowa treated the predic tion of Champ Clark, democratic house leader, that Cummins would be the next republican nominee for the presidency as a Joke. "It is always pleasant to be mentioned in connec tion with the presidency either in Jest or earnest," he said, "but I bellece the the Misosurl humorist is having fun with me." Cummins has been cam paigning a number of states and Inti mated he saw republican success In the November elections but was not sure. Asked If his presidential aspirations depended on the attitude Roosevelt might take toward another term, Cummins replied emphatically: "I have nothing to say on that score." PBOTECTOR OF BROTHELS MUST SERVE SENTENCE Springfield. 111.. Oct. 28. Police Inspector McCann, convicted of levy ing tribute on the Inmates of resorts In Chicago, remarked laconically, "I am done," today when the supreme court upheld the sentence against him. McCann expected a retrial. His funds are now exhausted. He was sentenc ed to serve an indeterminate sentence of one to five years in the state pris on. McCann had charge of the west side police station and had the repu tation of being an excellent officer. A year ago charges that he collected tribute for protection shocked the city and caused an investigation of the entire department. SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE OF DYNAMITING IN SPOKANE Spokane, Oct. 28. It was learned this afternoon that detectives of a certain well known agency are work ing among the union men here In an attempt to learn something that might Implicate organized labor in the Times dynamiting. Many union men recently arrived here from Los Angeles. Unionists are aroused to an. ger because of the continual Intima tions that organized labor Is respon sible for the outrage. MRS, GEER ESCAPED BUT HER HUSBAND KILLED Seattle, Oct. 28. Mrs. VashI Geer escaped but her husband, Earl Geer, was slaughtered by the Manabos tribe, according to dispatches receiv ed here by relatives from the Phil ippines. Mrs. Geer cabled she es cabed to Zamboaga. It Is believed the arrival of troops saved her. FROM THE What manner of man Is Jay Bow erman, assembly candidate for gover nor of Oregon? Has he no regard for the truth concerning the normal schools? When he spoke In this city he de clared that during the last year of one of the normals there were two graduates and each during his senior year cost the state 12,600. In a statement published over his signa ture yesterday he said he referred to the Drain normal. The session laws of 1905. page 408, show that the last biennial appro priation for the Drain normal nmotinted to $21,000. It was to cover expenses and repairs at that Institu tion for two years. Not for one year. In other words the Drain school was given but the sum of $10,500 an nually during Its last two years and that paltry sum had to meet all ex penses. It Is' Improbable that Drain or any other Oregon normal ever had such a sum as 825,000 to expend in one year. The eastern Oregon nor FURTHER CONFESSION III ORDER GRIDIRON CONTEST IS BEING WAGED HIGH SCHOOL AND PEARSON'S ACADEMY ARE PLAYING ITrtrt Game of Year on Local Field In Projrres Walla Walla Boys Heav ier, But Pendleton Boys Fight Hard i tVlNAL SCOHE 0 TO 0. The first quarter ended with the score 0 to 0 but the advan- tage seemed to be on the Bide of the local high school boys. 4 Pendleton football enthusiasts are this afternoon witnessing the first contest of the year on a local grid Iron. The contending teams are those of the local high "school and Pearson's academy, the preparatory school of Whitman college. The game with the Walla Wallans was arranged yesterday afternoon, following the cancellation of the game with Co lumbia collebe at that time. When the opposing gridiron war riors lined up at 2:30 for the strug gle, the visitors appeared to have the advantage In weight and height. The contest had not gone far, however, before It was seen that the advantage, if there was any any, was not suffi cient to make much difference. The game as played under the new rules puts a premium on agility and for that reason a lighter team may easily win from a heavier one. It Is only In the line plunges that Che weight of the visitors seems to be effective and at time of going to press very few gains had been made through the lbie. , i The forward pass, on-slde kicks and trick plays are being resorted to with a frequency which Is resulting in the ball changing hands often and afford ing excitement for the spectators. The crowd Is small but enthusiastic and with the exception of the few substitutes on the side lines, the vis itors are without supporting rooters. Coach Clemens and the 17 mem bers of the Pearson's academy team arrived this morning on the local train from Walla Walla. Having wit nessed the local team perform In two different contests on Ankeney field in Walla Walla, they were none too sanguine of victory, yet they hoped to win. Their observations of the two games in question made them famil lar with the Pendleton style of play. They also had an opportunity to lo cate the strong and the weak places in the Pendleton lineup. The local boys never saw their opponents In ac tlon until this afternoon. The lineup of the visitors Is as fol lows: Center, Duff and J. Martin; right guard, P. Hansen; left guard, Martin and Hoffman; right tackle, Captain Lange; left tackle. Brian; right end, Milne; left end, Mulkey; quarter,, D. Martin; right half, O'Neill; left halt Waage; fullback, Taylor; sub ends, Willis and Young; sub linemen, P. Willis; sub back field, Baker and Drumheller. BRYAN WILL FIGHT DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 28. W. J. Bry. an today admitted he intends to fight Mayor Dahlman of Omaha, democrat ic candidate for governor. . Monday night Bryan will speak here, begin ning his campaign against his politi cal enemies. He Is financing his own campaign. He is opposed to DahJ man because Dahlman won the noml nation by opposing Bryan's Ideas on local option. . Alexander McLean Wllkie of Edin burgh, Scotland, who has been visit Ing at the John Vert home for sev eral days, left today for Portland. SCHOOL KILLER II mal was given a total of $174 000 for all purposes during its existence of 19 years. Now as to the number of graduates during the last year of the Drain school's existence. The report of the state superintendent of public in struction for 1909, page 101, shows that the Drain normal had 14 grad uates during its last year. The last class was graduated In 1908 and funds for the completion of the term were raised privately by Drain peo ple. When did the Drain normal school spend $25,000 In one year and have but two graduntes? It will be in teresting to have a further confes sion from Mr. Bowerman. He l.as confessed that he did not refer to the Weston, Ashland or Monmouth schools when he declared normal graduates had cost $12,500 each. Now he should confess that ho has libelled the school at Drain. Let us have the full truth, Mr. Bowerman. Come on with it. STRIKES H MORE SER UU9 More Expressmen in Jersey City and Garment Workers in Chicago Walk Out, NEW JERSEY MILITIA HELD IN READINESS Riots Prevail in Eastern City and Governor Will Take Action New York Drivers Strike for Higher Wa ges Chicago Faces Serious Situa. tlon from Walkout of Garment Workers Sixty Thousand Out by Night. Chicago, Oct. 28. The Internation al officers of the garment workers union took charge of the strike to day and predicted that sixty thou sand would be out before night. A statement was Issued by the strike committee declaring they were will ing to arbitrate. If the employers re fuse to do so, It Is probable that this winter will see more suffering among them than among those who struck in New York this summer, Thousands of strikers' families swarmed throughout the manufactur ing districts today but as a whole they were orderly and disturbances were infrequent. The Trade Union league today star ed a movement to have society girls and settlement workers Join forces with the strikers by acting as pick ets. A statement Issued by the strik ers' committee denied the unionists were responsible for yesterday's trou ble, but charged the employers hired thugs to start trouble in order to turn public opinion against the strikers. In New Jersey. Jersey City, Oct. 28. The nation al guard of New Jersey was ordered in readiness today by Adj. General Sadler for strike duty in this city where the express wagon helpers are out In all companies. Nine strike breakers are in the hospital here suf fering from serious injuries received during riots last night Today the rums of a dozen express wagons lie In the streets and the police seem powerless to preserve order. Despite the assertions of Mayor Penn that the strike disturbances are being pre vented Governor Fort Is considering calling out troops because the situa tion is acute. In New York. New York, Oct. 28. Drivers of wa gons of the Adams and Wells-Fargo Express companies struck today for higher wages. Joining the Jersey City strikers in their demand for $5 daily. Several small riots accompanied the walkout. Strike leaders predict a strike of union teamsters throughout New York. Soon after the walkout rioting com menced, particularly at the Grand Central station where most of the ex press wagons were congregated. Non union drivers were dragged from their seats and unmercifully beaten. The police reserves were called out and succeeded somewhat in restoring order. ELLEN TERRY IS NOT AN ARDENT SUFFRAGETTE New York. Oct. 28. The report that Ellen Terry, the actress, has been converted to the suffrage move ment and would take an active part in its promotion in the United States was partly confirmed and partly de nied by the actress today. "Women should vote," she said. "I have often told my daughter that there Is noth ing gained by knocking off police men's hats, and I don't believe suf frage would help me much. I al ways had more rights than I knew what to do with." PROGRESSIVE'S Detroit. Mich., Oct. 28. In a speech delivered today Gifford Pinchot out lined what he believed Is the progres sive platform of the people of this country. He talked at a luncheon given by the board of commerce. He said ho believed the exorbitant cost of living was due to the special in terests' control of politics and busi ness; that the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill was made by servants of special privilege; that old parties were slip ping off; that the progressives of boih parties truly represent the par ties; that the; people had lost their confidence In congress because con sress does not represent them; that the people should know the source of campaign contributions; and that they should directly nominate, elect, con Uol and recall their own legislative representatives. PJNCHOT DEFINES TIMES BLOi UP BY GAS California Federation of Labor Finds Dynamite Did Not Cause Disaster. HAS LONG LIST OF REASONS FOR FINDING Asserts Explosion Was Rumbling Na ture and That Flames Shot Straight Up, Contrary to Nature of Dynsw mite Excoriates General Otis for His Attacks on Unionism Says Dy namite Would Have Blown Outside . Walls Down. . t San Francisco, Oct. 28. That the Los Angeles Times was destroyed by an explosion of gas and not of dyna mite was the finding of the commit tee of the executive cbuncll of the California Federation of Labor whicJs for weeks has been conducting an In vestigation. The report was prefac ed with a detailed account of the committee's reception by Mayor Alexander, who was very cold, and then excoriates General Otis for hut insistence . of the unproved charge that organized labor Is responsible for the explosion. The report reviews the history of the Otis fight against unionism and. the unmodified terms he applied In his paper when writing regarding unions. In connection with the find ing of infermal machines under tJ Zehadlaar and Otis residences, it say 'one Exploded" without sufficient force to destroy an ordinary alarm, " clock. The report says the flames of the Times building shot straight up to the sky, that the explosion was slow and rumbling, that the fire was simultan eous, 'that the explosion tore upward and that various employes smelledL gas on the same night This, the re port asserts, indicates that gas and: not dynamite was the cause. Far ther it asserts dynamite would hav blown the outside walls down and broken all windows and that the ex plosion would have been sharp and. not rumbling. Witness Says Dynamite; Los Angeles, Oct 28. The special grand Jury Investigating the Times) explosion continued Its work today. One witness, E. Nashold, a Kens county miner, who was looking at the. building at the time, testified that he had handled dynamite many timee and so was certain that the explosion was caused by dynamite. Nashold said a hole fifteen feet wide was torn through the soota wall, and this he said, was followed by a burst of flame through the aper ture. Chief Engineer Mulholland of the Los Angeles acqueduct also testi fied dynamite caused the explosion. The coroner's Jury summoned to pas upon the victims of the disaster met today and adjourned immediately till Monday because of the absence of two Jurors. BISHOP SAYS JAPAN DOESNT WANT FIGHT St. Louis, Oct 28. Bishon MeKtav of Toledo, Ohio, today became the latest champion of the oaclflo. Inten tions of Japan toward this country. japan has no Intention of flehttn the United States. There is no name more revered " than is Commodore Perry's In Japan," said the bishop. PENLAND TEAMSTERS DID NOT STRIKE" Editor East Oregonlan: An article published In a Pendle ton paper of October 26. stated that the delivery boys of the Penland Brothers Transfer company had gone on a strke. We, the undersgned, be ing the delivery boys referred to. hereby declare the statement in the article to be absolutely false and un true: CLAUDE EBY. GEORGE N. WHITFORD, CARL McGINNIS, ED COFFMAN. TOM FOLLETT, ALVA SAMPLE, VANE BOYNTON". WILFRED EDMOND, G. F. EDMOND. PORTLAND RETURNS PADDED ABOUT 5000 Portland. Ore., Oct. 28. It Is generally believed the official census returns of this city's population have been cut from five to seven thousand by Spe cial Agent Urban Hester who has Just completed rechecklng over the returns. Hester Inti mated he found some padding. It Is believed Portland's popu lation is about 216,000. r