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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 2,'J.
EHU T
ELEVEN ESCAPE FROM
DEATH IN
KESCUIKC PARTY SDR1VEH BACK Blf FLAMES
Entrapped fflflen Cut Off From Escape by Fire, Which Spreads
to All Parts of Mine.
TerrtTIc "Explosion Followed By Fire, Width shoota from aln Sliaft,
OotnnleUru; Work of Destruction Twenty Bodies Removed Second
Rescuing Party Will Attempt ' En trance Before Night names Being
v.
Subdued' With Difficulty Ouly Hope for Safety of Any of Entombed
Dion hi 'That They Tave Been A ble to Wall Themselves ta Some Gal
aery Which Is Not Burniag Caus o of Explosion Is Not Yt Determined
Offala4g Hold Out Little Hope.
Slunchester, Eng., Dec. 21. Two
hundred and eighty-nine out -of three
hundred miners employed In .the Lit
tle llulton company's mine near Leigh
are bellevsd to have been killed In
an explosion and fire this morning.
Only eioven were rescued. The re
maining mir.ers were trapped. Twenty
bodies were removed this afternoon
It Is believed the majority. If not all
the others,; perished.
The exploflon was terrific, .lire five
minutes afterward shooting out the
main . ntranre drove back the rescu
ers. After "ho flames tn the main
shaft tad subsided a small party en
tered .u short dlstanre and removed
a few bodle, but could not go fur
ther a.s the wain shaft was blocked.
The flamer apparently spread to
all parts of tlie mine. Though efforts
were made tc subdue the fire, It was
many minute before the first out
burst was controlled. The- iflre Is
still railng further In.
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New York, N. Y., Dec. 21. Senator
Aid rich was M en to the Roosevelt
hospital today to undergo nn operation
on his tend. Although It was given
out that the seaator is not In a se
rluus condition, an ambulance was
used to convey him to the hospital.
The aliment Is described as a stif
fening of :the tenbons of the left band
as .a result of the acciaent which be
fell Aldrlch a few months ago. At
the time f the accident It was an
nounced that Aldrlch was struck by
a taxloab r Btreet car, but no wit
nesses who saw te accident were
found and the report spread that he
had been , attacked.
FLLISG AND LICENSE
FEES SHOW INCREASE
Ealom, Ore., Dec. 21. An Increase
of about $60,100 In the filing and li
cense foes of the corporation depart
ment at the oapltol la noted for the
two year period closing with 1910 as
against the two year period closing
In 1908. The secretary of state's bi
ennial report will show that the re
ceipts for the corporation department
for the year 1910 and 1910 were
I371.319.S3 as against $311,671.39 for
1907 and 1908.' For the two years
ending in 1906 tho receipts were but
$240,049.71 and in 1904 they were
only $191,616.87. There has been an
Increase since 1904 of nearly $200,000.
Of the $371,319.53 in fees collected
by the corporation department this
year the last $266,737.66 were from
annual licenses and $106,681.98 for
filing new or supplementary articles of
Incorporation.
DAUBER TO RECEIVE
PUBLIC MONEY IN IDAHO
Washington, D. C, Dec. 21. Presi
dent Tnft today nominated Benjamin
Barber as receiver of public money at
Lewlaton, Idaho.
SEVERE KNOW STORM
RAGING IN OOI.ORADO
Denver, Colo., Dec. 21. A ie
vere snow storm extending ( urn
southern Kansas to the conti
nental divide is raging today.
Telephone and telegraph lines
report considerable wire trou
ble and trains are delayed. The
story Is moving eastward.
MINE
. Another rescue party has been or
ganized and will attempt to enter be
fore night.
The cause of the explosion has not
yet been determined.
Mine officials are hopeing that a
number of the miners succeeded In
reaching some gallery which Is not
burning and have walled themselves
up. This Is believed to be their only
chance of escape.
Among the dead are many boys who
were employed as loaders and help
era.
One survivor, badly Uurned, was ta
ken from the mine this afternoon but
was unable to account for the explo
sion.
Dead May ReaUi 300.
Roll call this afternoon showed the
list of missing Is 350 out It Is believed
that many reported missing are safe
with friends. Mine officials say not
over 300 were In the mine.
TWO DIE WHEN WALL
FALLS AT BIO FIRE
Cincinnati, Dec. 21. One fireman
and one spectator were killed and ten
firemen severely hurt tc a fire today
which did two million dollars damage.
The dead are Robert Greer, fireman,
and a boy unidentified.
The fire broke out early In the
Krippendorf company's factory,
spread rapidly to the Taylor-Poole
Leather company, destroyed It, and
damaged eight other factories before
it was subdued. A wall or the Krip
pendorf factory fell squarely on fif
teen firemen. They were rescued by
other firemen and the injured rush
d to hospitals.
LORIMER IS FORMALLY
EXONERATED FROM CHARGES
Washington, Dec. 21. Exonerat
ing Lorimer of the charges of bribery
In connection with his election to the
senate, the committee on elections and
privilege filed its formal report to
day. Senators Beveridge and Frazier
did not sign.
"In the opinion of the committee
Senator Lorimer's title to a seat In
the senate Is not shown to be vitiated
by the use or employment of corrupt
methods or practices,'1 says tho re
port. The committee In Its report asked to
be excused from further consideration
of the case.
Senators Burrows, Depew, Dilling
ham, Heyburn and Bulkeley, republi
cans; Bailey, Pnynter, Johnson and
Fletcher, democrats, signed.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
HAY BE ABOLISHED
Sonttle, Wash., Dec. 21. Mrs. Kath
erine Stlrtan today began the cam
paign that alms at the abolition of
capita punishment in tho state of
Washington. She is circulating pe
titions that will be offered to the next
legislature. She says hundreds of vot
ers have expressed a willingness to
Blgn. A bill repealing capital punish
ment is to bo Introduced In the legis
lature by representative Goss of Se
attle, according to Mrs. Stlrtan.
GRAND JURY FAILS
TO FIX RESPONSIBILITY
Rock Springs, Texas, Dec. 21.
Without finding any Indictments or
fixing responsibility, the (rand Jury
which has been Investigating the
lynching of Antonio Bodrlgues whose
death caused the antl-Amerlcan riots
In Mexico was discharged today.
DISASTER
PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. DIXWMUER 21,
L
ARE ANGRY AT TAFT
PIQUED BECAUSE FLEET
PASSED BY GERMAN PORT
Regard Alleged Affront as Affair Be
tweeu Nations Frutcrnlziiig .of
English, American and French Ves.
sels to Exclusion of Others Also
Cause of Bitterness.
Berlin, Germany, Dec. 21. Frater
nizing of English, American and
French fleets to the exclusion of all
other vessels is Bald to have caused
bitter feelings on the part of Ger
many's naval heads.
The failure of the American fleet
on its European tour to stop at Wll
helmshaven although it passed with
in four hours run of that pot, is re
garded as an affront by Germany's
naval officials. The itinerary of the
fleet was outlined by Taft and the
navy department; they regard It as
an affair between the nations. Count
Reventlow, an eminent German na
val expert Is one of the leaders of the
anti-American faction who are mak
ing much concerning the alleged
slight.
HOPE FOR PATRICK'S
RELEASE GROWS SLIM
New York, Dec. 21. The New York
Medico- Legal society, which has been
trying to get another trial for Albert
Patrick, the lawyer serving a life-term
for the murder of millionaire William
M. Rice, In 1900, will hear the report
of their committee selected to wait
upon Governor White, at a dinner this
evening. It Is not believed, however,
that the report will be very encour
aging, although none of the members
of the committee will discuss the mat
ter. The committee, which Is headed
by Clark Bell, the well-known lawyer,
wants Governor White to commute
Patrick's sentence, pending a sclentlf.
le inquiry. This case is one of the
most fatuous in the country, because
of the number of distinguished men
who are fighting both for and against
the release of Patrick, who Is a lawyer
ot eminent abilltv himself.
OBJECTION TO HOLDING
OLYMPIC GAMES HEBE
Paris, France, Dec. 21. Tremend
ous opposition is to be made to the
holding of the Olympic games at
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1916 by England
and other European countries, accord
ing to the Excelsior, a Paris sporting
journal today. The objection, the pa
per says, Is not to Cleveland but to
America. The announcement In Paris
that the American athletic union had
endorsed Cleveland and referred It to
tile International committee created a
sensation in the sporting circles of the
continent. The paper says the extra
cost of the journey is the principal ob
jection. To Study Koreans.
Chicago, Dec. 21. Professor Fred
erick Starr, "head of the department
of anthropology of the University of
Chicago has completed all arrange
ments for leaving here tomorrow for
Korea, where he will make a study
of the Inhabitants. He will be accom
panied by Manuel Bonzales, who has
been his companion on previous trips
of this kind. Prof. Starr's previous
Investigations have been In the nter-
lor of Africa, Mexico and Japan.
The Dam Bids Opened
New York, Dec. 21. The Board of
Water Supply today opens bids for
the $4,000,000 Kensico dam, which
will be one of the largest In the world.
when completed. It Is to be construct
ed in connection with the Cntsklll wa
ter system and will Include five lines.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS ARE
DESTROYED IN WRECK
Chicago, 111., Doc. 21. Christmas
gifts valued at $250,000 were destroy
ed today In n wreck on the Pennsyl
vania railroad when a passenger train
and a westbound freight collided In
tho yards here. The boiler of the pas
senger engine exploded setting fire to
a car of registered mall.
After the fire was extinguished a
guard was thrown around the ashes
which were sifted and diamonds an 1
Jewelry recovered.
The engineer of the pnssenger was
probably fatally scalded.
M'CHORD AND MEYER ARE
NOW COMMISSIONERS
Washington, D. C, Dec. 2t. The
senate this afternoon, confirmed the
nominations of McChord and Meyer
as members of the Interstate com
merce commission.
D
PRESENT DISPENSERS
ARE NOT DAUNTED
Applications to be Made Tonight for
Full Number Allowed Under New
I..U--All Thirteen Near Beer Men
3'rvf Petitions in and Others are
.-ted Licenses Also Requested
lut Drug Stores.
That the new saloon regulating or
dinance as adopted recently by the
city council is not so stringent as to
be prohibitory is proven by the num
ber of persons who have made appli
cation for licenses. Every man who
is at present conducting a near beer
establishment, and there are thirteen
of these, either has already filed or
will file before the council meets this
evening, his application with Recorder
Fitz Gerald and it is probable that
two or three others not now In busi
ness will do likewise. As the new or
dinance limits the numbers of saloons
to 12, it la certain that Pendleton will
have the full number allowed.
Up until 2 o'clock this afternoon
the following men had filed their ap
plications with their $2000 bonds:
Antone Nolte, Alfred Schneiter, Wil
liam A. Hock, W. G. Bogart, Antone
Kraft, David Gorgon, James Harvey
Taylor, and W. A. Brown while Mar
tin Anderson, George Darveau and
others had signified their Intention of
applying before evening. The Pen
dleton Drug Store, Tallman Drug com
pany and the Red Cross Drug Store
had filed their applications and bonds
for drug store licenses, while Gus La
fontaine, proprietor of the Quelle had
applied for a restaurant license.
The council will receive these appli
cations at the meeting this evening
but will' probably refer them to a com
mittee for a week.
DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS
LOSING NO TIME
Washington. Dec. 21. Within a
day or two, even before the holiday
adjournment, t'v democrats expect
to have their plans for complete or
ganization uiid- r such pert'ef t control,
that they will be able to get right
down to business after the New Year.
All of the democratic representatives
elect will meet here in January and
a caucus of the congressmen-to-be or
their proxies will pass on the meth
od of appointing the majority mem
bers of the committees of the next
house. It will also consider the re
vision of the tariff. Champ Clark,
whose election as speaker is now cer
tain, is devoting nearly all of his time
to a study of the tariff. It Is well
known that he favors a reduction of
the ti.riff by a sliding scale and in his
plans he has the support of Colonel
Henry Watterson.
W ANT EQUAL RIGHTS
FOR JEWS IN RUSSIA
St. Petersburg, Dec. 21. A new bill
designed to give equal rights to the
Jews was received by the duma com
mittee which defines the rights of
Russian subjects In Finland. It is
framed to overcome objections in the
bill which was recently rejected.
Yalo to Oien Hockey Season.
New York, Dec. 21. Hockey enthu
siasts will attend the opening sea
son of the Yale team in this city this
evening at the St. Nicholas skating
rink, when the team of St. Paul's
school will be the opponents. Al
though a small school, St. Paul has
one of the best hockey teams In the
country, having defeated Inst year the
Princeton champions by a score of 4
to 0.
HOUSE OF LORDS TO
BE SHORN OF POWER
London, Dec. 21. A secret confer
ence held today between King Ed
ward and Premier Asquith gave rise
to the belief that the king has de
cided to create a sufficient number
of liberal peers to out-vote the con
servaives on legislation and to deprive
tho house of lords of it's power to
veto. Tt is known the conference was
upon the veto question but no other
information has been given out. It Is
probable nothing definite will be
known until tho king addresses par
liament when it convenes.
Already politicians are discussing
probable legislation to bo enacted by
the approaching parliament. That the
semi-public execution of Crlppen will
have an Influence upnn the penal laws
was intimated today by A. C. Benson,
son of the late Bishop of Canter
bury. He is preparing a bill abolish
ing hangings and substituting death
by Lethal means.
1SMO.
b
Question to Be Decided With
in Twenty-four Hours, Says
President Stone.
COMMISSIONER NEILL UNABLE
TO AVERT OPEN RUPTURE
Engineers are Finn In Their Demands
and Railroads Refuse to Make Ad
ditional Concessions Sixty-one
Western Roads Will Probably be
Tied up Before Tomorrow Night
All Offers of Compromises Have
Been Rejected.
Chicago, 111., Dec. 21. Whether lo
comotive engineers will strike on sixty
one western roads is to be decided
within twenty-four hours, according
to President Stone today.
He said: "We won't tolerate fur
ther delay. There must be short,
sharp and decisive action."
Commissioner Xeill who Is trying to
arbitrate the differences has held a
conference with th railroad manag
ers and holds one this afternoon with
the employes. Indications are that
they are not near any settlement..
"Unless Xeill is able to do something
for us this afternoon, we are going
to act," said Stone. Delay in intoler
able. "The best the railroads have offer
ed us thus far is an increase of 9 1-2
per cent. This of course was refused.
All other offers of the roads made re
garding the questions at issue have
also been rejected.
Railroad officials say Stone is only
bluffing. Xeill said he is doing all he
could to prevent a strike. He would
not discuss the situation.
ARE DEMANDED
Washington, D. C, Dec. 21. Phy
sical valuation of railroads is demand
ed in the report of the interstate com
merce commission submitted to
congress today. The report says the
railroads' balance sheets purporting
to give "cost of property" does not
give reliable suggestion even of the
money Invested or present value of
the railroads. The report says the
railroad's operating revenues for July,
August and September were $745,134,
204, an increase of forty-two million
over the corresponding quarter of
1909. The expenses ror the same pe
riod were $489,699,378, an increase of
about fifty million.
The number of passengers killed
during the year ending June 30th,
was 450; injured, 15,616; employes
killed, 3418, employes Injured, 68,
925. The report asserts the most Im
portant feature of the new railroad
regulation law is a provision authoriz
ing the commission to suspend the pro
posed increases pending investigation.
SAYS HER HUSBAND
PAINTED HIS FACE
New York, Dec. 21. The im
was so astonished last week when the
Weisses took their domestic troubles
to him for settlement that he decided
it WOUld be best tO fix the hluhanH'.
bail at $300 and let him return today
to face the wife's charges. No lawyer
could put It better than Mrs wia
whose testimony is as follows: I
could tolerate his looking occasionally
at other women, judge, and also his
staying out late at night, even though
we were married only a year, but I
couldn't stand his painting his face,
It's had enough for a woman to do so,
but a man a husband who spends
fifteen minutes before the mirror every
morning painting his cheeks rosy and
penciling his eyebrows! Well, judge,
I left him." Mrs. Weiss Is seventeen
nnd her husband Is two years her sen
ior. The Judge will decide today
whether she ought to have a separa
tion or an out-and-out divorce.
BABY FALLS FROM HIGH
CHAIR; EYE GOUGED OCT
Freewater, Ore., Dec. 21. A most
distressing accident oceurred at Fern
date station three miles north of this
city, when the little 2-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Haun, while rock
ing In his high chair, overbalanced
himself and fell to the floor, strik
ing his eye on the spout of the tea
kettle. The spout literally gouged out
one eye, the sight of which Is utterly
destroyed, and grave fears are felt for
the child's recovery.
STRIKE CftNT
BE AVERTED
Calling cards, wed
ding stationery, com
mercial stationery and
Job printing to order
at the East Oregontan.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
NO. 7000
This Number Shipped by the
Milton Fruit Growers
Union During Season.
REPORT OF MANAGER IS
MADE AT ANNUAL MEETING"-
Organization Sends Fruit to All Parts
or Nation East End of Umatilla
County Better Advertised Than
Ever Before as Result of C-operation
on Part of Growers Straw ber-
rice, Prunes, Apples and Pears Form.
Greater Part of Year's Business.
Nearly one-half million boxes and"
crates of fruit and berries were ship
ped to various parts of the country
by the Milton Fruit Growers' union
this year, according to the report of
Manager H. D. Lamb, which he sub
mitted to the members of the assoc'a
tion at their annual meeting and ban
quet In the Oregon Grand theater im
Milton yesterday.
Over 200 members of the union and1
their f am flies attended the meeting, -whichlas
td all day, and tre principal
purpose of which was to hear the man--agfr's
report.
P-ts!dent E. P. leasen presid-i at -the
meeting and made the openim; ad--dress,
in which he traced the rapid,
development of the union vith'n the--ar
fue years. Dc:ap.;'r in," trv
val.pj was better advc;ti.;d than ev
.r I f .ore he said this w.i' it.ie urn.
to the union. "This section of the val
ley Is in better shape this year than
ever before," he stated. "And I thir.fc
t'l.ii is due in no life degree to th
un'c n."
I.'iactly 475,841 boxes nrd crates of
fiuit and berries were sh'pped by the
unicn during the ysi-, ac;ording to.
Manager Lan b's repo.:. Of these
26,101 were crates of strawberries,,
which brought the growers an aver
age of $2.03 a crate, or a total of
$52,928.20. The principal varieties
shipped were Magoons, Gibsons and
Hood Rivers. Two years ago the
union handled only 2564 crates.
In all 150,551 crates of prunes, or
over 150 carloads were handled. These)
netted the growers $30 a ton. Of ap
ples, the union shipped 170,382 box
es. Of these 62,408 were of the Ben
Davis variety and 41,238 of the Rome
Beauty. ,
Among the other fruits and berries
handled by the union were the follow
ing: 12.688 boxes of pears, 1208
boxes of crabapples, 4000 crates of
blackberries, 10,000 crates of cherries.
947 crates of raspberries and 2.402
boxes of peach plums. Only a small
amount of vegetables were shipped,,
among the lots being 62,000 pounds -of
beans and 52,000 pounds of peas.
Following Mr. Lamb's report, the
members of the unioi.and their guests,
atended the annual 'banquet. After
this the annual meeting was resumed..
NEW AIR RECORDS
MADE IN FRANCE
Paris. France, Dec. 21. Flying 322'
miles without alighting, LeGagneux, a
French aviator, today broke the
world's record for long distance flight.
The time was five hours and fifty-one
minutes. He used a Blerlot mono
plane. Passenger Record Also.
Chalons, France, Dec. 21. A new
world's record for a non-stop passen
ger carrying aeroplane was made here
today. Lieutenant Cammerman of the
French army aviation corps accom
panied by Captain Hugonr, flew 14S
miles. Time, four hours and three
minutes
J. E. Connors, the well known con
ductor on tho Pendleton-Huntington
fun, Is taking a short vacation
and his place Is being rilled by W. E3.
Fergus.
CAVE-IN CAUSES
RAILROAD WRECK.
4 San Bernardino. Calif. Dec. 21.
One man Is dead and five In-
Jured as the result of a cave-In
on a branch of the Salt Lake
Lake road at Meadow valley.
O. F. McCarthy was killed.
1
IE MILLION
BOXES FRUIT