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EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
WEATHEK REPORT.
Fair tonight and Frl
dny. Calling cards, wed
ding stationery, com
mercial stationery and
Job printing to order
at the East Oregonlan.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OI5E(JON, TIIUJtSDAY, DIX'EMJiER 29, 1910.
NO. 7097
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ED'S DEFEAT
Ti
AI CONSIDERED RIDICULOUS
Judge Lowell Says The-e Are No Legal Grounds for Such
Procedure Thinks Selection Made on Merits.
Walls From Baker City Over toss of Eastern Oregon Branch Asylum
Cairo Much Amusement In Pendleton Telephone Message From Ba
ker Does Not Agree With Publish cd Report La Grando Tukes Decision
In Philosophical Manner Itaker Visr Accuses Bowerman of Playing
Politics Salem Paper Says Superintendent of Asylum at Salem and
Profj Scudder Both Recommend eU Pendleton site.
In local circles the complaints go
ing up from Baker City regarding the
election of Pendleton as a site for the
branch asylum arc regarded as ridi
culous and the story that Baker peo
ple may try to take legal proceedings
to stop the location of the asylum
here are regarded as unfounded.
"I had a 'phone conversation with
a prominent Baker man this morn
ing," says W. ti. Thompson, president
Of the Commercial association,. "He
was one of the leaders In presenting
Baker's claims before the state board
nd he told me he had heard of no
move to ask for an injunction. Fur
thermore he told me that such a move
If undertaken would meet with a vig
orous protest from him."
In view of this and of other facts
known to local men the rnbld state
ments cmenatlng from Baker sources
are not taken seriously. It would be
very poor grace for Kakerites to take
such action, local men assort, for it
would only place them In the light of
being poor loHers. Among local men,
politicians, business nun and others,
the sentiment is unanimous that Act
ing Governor Bowermnn strove hon
estly to locate the asylum upon Its
merits and did so. If political consid
erations had any henring upon the de
cision those considerations did not In
terfere in uny way with the real merits
of the. case,
Climate Won Out. 1
In the view of Dr. C. J. Smith, who
has always been a zealous worker for
the branch asylum and was the au
thor of the constitutional amendment
that makes Its location here possible,
Pendleton won the asylum because of
Its altitude. Its climate and its fine
geographical location. "I believe that
our altitude and our climate were es
pecially in our favor," said the doctor
this afternoon. "It is generally con
ceded that our altitude Is more favor
able than a high altitude. Then we
have a milder climate than has either
Baker or Union and we are free from
hard biting winds such as they have.
Yet I feel too that the board was
Influenced greatly by the fact that
this place affords a more central lo
cation for the branch hospital and Is
therefore the economical location."
No Danger of Injunction.
When asked this morning for his
opinion aa to the grounds for an in
junction against the building of the
asylum in Pendleton which course of
procedure is threatened by Baker
City, Judge Stephen A. Lowell said:
"I do not believe there are any legal
grounds whatever upon which to base
an Injunction. The selection of the
site was purely discretionary with the
board and the fact that Bowerman
constituted two thirds of that board
does not alter the legal phase of the
matter. Baker City may secure a
temporary injunction for Jt Is an easy
matter to trump up allegations, -but
when the case la taken up In the
courts, I think the decision will re
main favorable to Pendleton."
Judge Lowell stated further that he
believed the selection of the site was
made purely on the basis of relative
merits. "I believe the board Judged
Baker to be' too high and cold and
the Grande Ronde valley too windy,"
he said, "while Pendleton with Its
mild climate offered advantages to
the patients which could not be had
elsewhere In eastern Oregon."
Stelner . Recommended Pendleton.
"It was largely through the recom
mendation of Dr. R. K. Lee Stelner,
superintendent of the Oregon State
Insane asylum that Pendleton was se
lected. Dr. Stelner pointed out that
tho cllmntlc conditions of Pendleton
are superior to the other towns, In
that It Is much drier and that the
TWO DKAD, THREE
IN.KTREB IX WRECK
Spokane, Wash., Dec. 29.
Two men, whose names are un
known, were killed, and three
trainmen seriously Injured to
day In a wreck on tho Milwau
kee line near Rye.
Conductor Mnrre, Fireman
Voorhees and Brakeman M.
Fawcett. were hurt. A work
train got away and crashed Into
a freight at the grade bottom.
T5
IS HIT FEARED
winters are much milder.
"Prof. H. a. Scudder, a soil expert,
also reported favorably on Pendleton
and says the soil there is very fertile
and well adapted to the cultivation
of a variety of products and as soon
as the buildings are completed the
tract will be cut up and devoted to
dairying and diversified farming. In
mates of the institution who are able
to work will be detailed to do work In
connection with the rarm." Salem
fitutemiiHIl.
Raker Accuser lioivcrmaii.
What kind of a man Is Jay Bower
man? At the banquet given In his
honor here he stood before a score
of men of this city and stated that he
would award the asylum to the site
which merited it. But Before leav
ing the hotel he said to one of the
guests: "I have three friends In Pen
dleton to one here, so you can see
where the asylum Is going."
Bowerman's entire campaign
through eastern Oregon, especially at
Baker and Union, was one of decep
tion, for he told a few friends several
weeks ago that Pendleton was to have
the asylum. Then he had the nerve
to come up here and state publicly
that merit alone was to count In his
decision. He evidently realizes that
he Is down and out and Is playing the
game for all it Is worth. Baker City
Ji'-rald. j
Continued on pa go eight.)
MATLOCK TRACT
MAY BE BOUGHT
ENTIRE HOLDINGS MAY
BE HAD FOR $5000
Is Fine Bargain Assert Backers of
West Court Street Site Tract Com
prises 17 Acres all Told Arguments
for Both Upper and Lower Sites.
W. F. Matlock will sell to the
Round-up association the baseball
park on West Court street and all the
vacant land adjoining the same and
lying north of Court street for the
sum of 15000. An announcement to
this effect has been received here in
writing from Mr. Matlock and with
this as a basis of action an earnest
move is now on to have that land pur
chased and used as a permanent home
for the Round-up.
All told there are 17 acres of land
In the Matlock tract. Aside from the
present ball grounds he owns the va
cant land east and north of the
grounds and his rights extend clear
across the river. At the present time
much of the land Is covered with
gravel and considerable filling work
would have to be done to get the land
Into serviceable shape.
However, say the advocates of the
Matlock tract, the sum asked for his
property by Mr. Matlock is extremely
reasonable. In view of thesn mon
either the city or the Round-up as-
suciauon snouid purchase the tract
and convert it Into a stadium that
may be used by the Round-up and
also for athletic meets. Mr. Matlock
Is willing to grant anv terms riesimhi.i
as to payments and wants six per cent
imeresi upon tne dererred payments.
Already a move la on to in .in no vi
city to purchase this land.
is very Accessible.
Chief amonr thn nrmimpnto in fn.
vor of the Matlock tract for a Roun-
up location Is the fact that It is very
accessible. It Is held by many that
the frontier show should bo heid suf
ficiently close in to permit of people
walking to and from the grounds.
With West Court street properly Im
proved and with good walks lend
ing entirely to the entrance of the
grounds It Is argued thousands of peo
ple would walk. Therefore the at
tendance would bo better. This argu
ment applies with even more force to
football and baseball games than it
does to the Round-up.
For the Upper Site.
On the other hand there are ear
nest advocates of the site now owned
(Continued on page I.)
COMPLAIN
MltS. MABEL WARNER WINS IMPORTANT POINT IN
FAMOUS WARNER-YOUNG WILL OXTKOVKUSY
Judge H. J. Bean today handed down a decision In which he holds
that the so-called "fourth" will to the estate of the late J. W. Young
of Weston, Is valid and he therefore orders It admitted to probate.
This decision was rendered on the appeal from the county court In
which the will had been declared a forgery and Mrs. Warner had been
pronounced the forgoror.
By the terms of the will ordered probated by Judge Bean, Mrs. War
ner gains possession of the Young farm In the northern part of the
county and practically the whole of the estate of the late mill man and
merchant of Weston. The fight which she has waged for the past four
years hus been one of the most picturesque ever witnessed in the Ore
gon courts.
She was twice tried for forgery and twice escaped the penitentiary
through the inability of the Jurors to agree upon a verdict.
SAN FRANCISCO WILL
HAVE FAIR IN 1915
Washington, D. C. Dec. 29. No
matter what course is taken by con
gress, San Francisco will hold a fair
In 1915, according to Senator Flint
of California, who is here working in
conjunction with the San Francisco
committee.
He said: "While we would like
congressional sanction of our fair
with seventeen millions at our dis
posal we will have an exposition that
will draw from any other fair when
the Panama canal is opened. I am
not worrying about what congress
does. All this talk of the logical
point being chosen as the official site
fruitless for the fact remains that
with the railroad rates properly re
duced, where hundreds would brava
the summer heat of Sew -Orleans,
thousands would go to an Fran
cisco. III. AUK HAND MEN
ARE NOT TERRIFIED
New York. X. Y, Dec. 29. The
practically life sentences given Ma
rie Rapp and Stanisle Patlenzi, the
bluekhander leaders a few days ago,
has not stopped the blackmailers In
the lower east side. Four bomb out
rages occurred today nnd thirty per
sons sleeping In a double decked
tenement house In the Italian quar
ter were endangered.
It wrecked the stores on the first
floor and demolished the stairway.
No one was hurt.
Previously Georgdino Sagno, n.
grocer whose store is in the building
wrecked, received a letter demanding
J2n0. He refused and the explosion
followed, Three other explosions
followed the refusals t6 pay extor
tlons, the police say.
GREECE TERRORIZED
BY EARTHQUAKES
Athens, Greece., Dec. 29. Heavy
earthquakes causing much damage
and probably loss of life, are report
ed to be occuring today In the pro
vince of Elis. The mender telegraphic
advices say a large number of build
ings have nlreadfy been wrecked.
Communication with Elis, Pyrgos and
Patros, the principal cities of Elis
province, is gone! The center of the
disturbance is at Pyrgos, near the
southern boundary of the province.
The shocks are Increasing In violence.
The people are reported to be ter
rorized. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IS
FELT IX rUGET SOUND
Seattle, Dec. 29 Two distinct earth
quake shocks were felt on Vashon is
land, situated In Puget Sound, be
tween Seattle and Tacoma late yester
day. The first shock was felt at 5:20
and the second soon after. The earth
quake shook the houses and caused
the residents to hurry outdoors, but
no damage was done.
Famous Tennis PTayer Dies.
London, Dec. 29. Reginald Do
herty, the famous tennis player, died
here today. With his brother, H.
Doherty, he was the world's double
champion.
Lester Means came up from Uma
tilla this morning to attend the Lam
bda Sigma dance In tho Eagle-Woodman
hall this evening.
BOILER EXPLOSION
KILLS FIFTEEN MEN
Tittsfield. Mass., Pec. 29. Fifteen
men were killed and twelve Injured
In the boiler explosion at the More
wood Lake loe plant today. More
than thirty men were In the plant at
the time of the explosion which prac
tically wrecked It.
Among the dead recovered and
Identified are:
William Dunn.
Edgar Allen.
John Raymond.
Martin Smith.
Most of the dead are Poles. En
gineer William Dunn was hurled 200
feet and Smith a hundred feet. Their
legs were broken and heads crushed.
Eleven of the Injured were brought
here.
GIRL IDE INSANE
BY JAP TREATMENT
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 29. May Har
rls, aged IS, and the daughter of Mrs.
O. W. Foster, a pioneer puget sound
family, was taken to the Steilacoom
state insane asylum today a mental
and physical wreck.
The girl had been rescued from
Imprisonment for 46 days in a dark
room of a Japanese lodging house,
where she had been held in unspeak
able bondage, the prey of Jap labor
ers.
The girl was married two years ago
to James Harris and has a child. Sev
eral weeks ago she dropped from sight
while . returning to her home after
visiting her mother. No trace of her
Was ootalned until a telephone mes-
sage was received by the police from
her asking to be rescued. Detectives
searched the place three times and
finally located the girl.
She was In a terrible condition and
said the Japs forced drugs down her
throat nnd kept her semi-eonsclous
most of the time. Judge Gay sent
her to the asylum to recover from the
effects of the drugs.
DENIES THAT -MRS. EDDY
r IS EXPECTED TO RISE
Boston. Mass., Dec. 29. Reports
that protests have been entered
agalnsi-; lacing guards at the tomb of
Mrs. Eddy are branded today as false
by Alfred Fallow, head of the Christ
ian S. ienee publicity committee. Far
low saiil he had come direct from the
board of directors to whom the pro
tects were reported to have been made.
His statement was issued in conse
quence of n widespread story that the
followers of Mrs. Augusta Stetson, who
was excommunicated, believes Mrs.
Eddy will rise from the dead and tS
the placing of guards showed a lack
of faith on the part of the church di
rectors. Farlow said nothing of the
sort was expected and that the guard
was placed there for the usual reasons.
WOULD REPEAL LAW
AGAINST HANGING
Seattle. Dec. 29. Hundreds of Se
attle voters are signing petitions be
ing circulated by Mrs. Katherine Stir
tan asking the legislature to pass a
law abolishing capital punishment in
Washington. Representative Frank
Goos will present a bill to repeal the
hanging law at the- coming session of
the legislature.
NUMBER INDICTED FOR
ELECTION FRAUDS 1000
West Union, Ohio, Dec. 29. One
hundred and six new Indictments in
connection with the Adams county
election frauds were returned today,
bringing the total to 988, since the
grand Jury Investigation began. It
It said the Inquiry will be completed
by Saturday. The Judge continues
the hearing of cases ana disfranchis
ing men. One farmer, worth J50.000,
confessed he and his son each sold
their votes for ten dollars each.
HARRY THAW'S CREDITORS
WILL GET LITTLE
Pittsburg, Dec. 29. Harry Thaw
was discharged from bankruptcy to
day by Judge Orr In the United States
court. The action followed the with
drawal of Attorney Graham's objec
tion. It is reported his creditors will
get twenty cents on the dollar.
PLAN TO MURDER
London, Eng., Dec. 29 A plot to
assassinate King George on corona
tion day, next June, tins been un
earthed In connection with the dis
covery of a bomb factory In London-s
oast end. according to secret agents.
The discovery of the infernal ma
chine works Is a sequel to tho
lloundsditch crimes In which three
policemen were killed by burglars.
Documents found at the factory and at
the burglars' lair, authorties say,
prove conclusively that a plan was
on foot to kill the king.
Mrs. W. H. Clarke and Mrs. E. O.
McCabe of Spokane, are here upon
a visit with their father, B. M:
Graham and other relatives.
FORESHADOWS
JAP TROUBLE
Attack on American Vice
Consul Taken Seriously by
Washington Officials,
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
ASKED FOR EXPLANATION
Officials la Manila Are Still Silent
One J a pa n cm) Deported and Others
to be Tried for Concealing Explos
ives Congress to !e Asked to Pass
a Law Against Soles ltooort of
Work on Coast for Month.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 29. That
the attack at Dalny by Japanese and
Chinese on the American vice-consul
foreshadows anti-American disturb
ances is the belief of the officials here
today. The Japanese government has
been asked for an explanation and
the severe punishment of the offend
ers is demanded. The report received
at the state department Indicates that
Vice-consul Williamson barely escap
ed with his life.
Officials Are Silent.
Manila, P. I. Dec. 29. Although
the officials are still silent about the
discoveries made when they conducted
the raids on the Japanese quarters in
seorch of hidden explosives the ac
tivity against the Japanese In Manila
indicates that startling conditions
were unearthed.
One Japanese reported to have been
the operator of a mysterious wireless
outfit has been deported and another.
it is said will be tried for concealing
explosives. Rumors are still thick
that a plan to mine the harbor has
been nipped.
Law Against Splc.
Washington, D.. C, Dec. 29. Con-
gross will be asked soon to enact leg-
slation against foreign spies as a re
sult of the present agitation at Ma
nila against the Japanese. A law for
the same purpose will be also asked
of the Filipino assembly.
Reports say that wholesale spying
y Japanese both In the island pos
sessions and on the Pacific coast has
een going on for months.
MAYOR HAS PLAN'
FOR BETTER STREETS
WOULD DIVIDE CITY INTO
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
Citizens to Bo Given Opportunity to
Vote on Proposed Amendment to
Charter Present plan Unfair Citi
zens May Also Vote, on Street Clos
ing. Pendleton is at last to have an op
portunity to build good streets If the
night meets with success. The mayor
Murphy at the council meeting last
night meets with success, he mayor
pointed out that under the present
charter It would never be possible to
Improve the condition of the streets
to any great extent. Inasmuch as all
expenses of such Improvement is as
sessed to the abutting property. This
plan, he declared, was exceedingly
unjust and unequitable because of the
fact that a few were compelled to
pay for the benefits which many de
rived. The system advocated by the mayor
was the division of the city into im
provement districts by wMch the
property owners In one community
would pay for the Improvements pro
rata. This plan seemed to meet with
the approval of the entire council
and it is very probable that an Initia
tive bill to change the present char
ter will be drawn up and the peti
tion circulated so that the people can
vote on the proposition at the next
election, which occurs towards he
end of February.
O.-W. R. X. vs. City.
A second matter which the people
of the city may be called upon to de
cide under their Initiative prilleges Is
the question of whether or not Aura
and Lilleth streets shall be closed In
order to give the railroad company
mnro grounds. This matter has been
up before the council for Beveral
months but. In the opinion of Mayor
Murphy, Is too great an Issue for de
cision by that body. He himself feels
that the streets should be closed be
cause, he says. It is apparent that the
O.-W. R. & N. company needs more
space If thoy are to carry out the
work they contemplate.
More Rooiy, For Library.
There was not much other business
'transacted by the council last night.
A petition was rend from the library
board In which the council was ask
ed to fit up one of the new rooms In
(Csatlmuea an page five.)
POWDER BETS
SIX VICTIMS
Premature Explosion of Four
Thousand Pounds of Powder
Results Fatally.
EL PASO,. TEX AS. SCENE
OF LATEST HORROR
Half Hundred Men, Women and Chil
dren More or Less Seriously Injur
ed Imprisoned Miners Prevented
From Escaping by Dead Bodies of
Companions Work of Rescue Slow
and Dangerous Steam Shovel Aids
in Removing Debris.
El Paso, Texas, Dec. 29. Two men
are known to be dead, four others are
believed to have perished, at least 50
men, women and children were injur
ed, and a number of small houses were
wrecked by an explosion of nearly
4000 pounds of powder in a huge slag
pile at the EI Paso plant of the Am
erican Smelting and Refining com
pany yesterday. Three men are still
Imprisoned. The dead and missing
are Mexicans, and no accurate list of.
the names can be given.
Three tunnels had been bored in
the slag pile by the El Paso and
Southern railroad for the purpose of
removing the slag from the road bal
last. A premature explosion of pow
der in one of the tunnels, where a
gang was at work filling in back of
the timbering, burying four men.
Foreman John Sikes, who was stand
ing near the mouth of the tunnel.
was blown 20 feet away, and suffered
a broken collarbone and other painful
injuries.
The shock of the explosion caused
the slag to slip, blocking the en
trances to the other two tunnels. Just
I how many men were working In these
tunnels, is not known but six were
rescued alive and two dead bodies
were recovered. Three men are im
prisoned, but alive, and are pleading
with rescuers to save them.
The four men buried in the tunnel
where the explosion occurred, are
most likely dead, as they have .been
entombed more than nine hours.
A steam shovel was placed in coi.i
misslon to assist in reaching those
inside the tunnels.
Able to Talk.
At midnight Eustavo Aguiliar was
still confined in the third tunnel where
the disastrous explosion occurred and
there seemed little likelihood of his
rescue before morning. The man is
partially buried in slag, but Is able to
talk to the rescuers.
At 10 o'clock Joaquin Chaparra was
taken alive from the first tunnel after
12 hours' imprisonment. He was pre
vented from escaping sooner by the
dead body of a fellow workman,
which completely blocked the passage.
The rescuers finally reached and fast
ened a rope to the body and it was
dragged forth. It proved to be that
of G. Domtnguez, who had been re
ported alive.
A large force of men worked des
perately throughout the night to res
cue the Imprisoned men and recover
the bodies. The work was slow and
laborious, and the crumbling slag re
tarded operations.
The fact that 200 cans of powder
remained In two of the tunnels lent
an element of danger to the situation.
No demonstrations accompanied the
rescue of the men and bodies. By
o'clock the crowds had dwindled to
those actually engaged in the rescue
work, and the families of the impris
oned workmen remained quietly in
their homes.
It is considered remarkable that the
lost of life was not greater, as hun
dreds of children were playing in tho
vicinity of the slag dump at the time.
Aviator Falls.
London, Dee. 29. Failure again
marked the effort of Lorraine to fly
across the English channel. He took
a trial trip first and found his machine
faulty. He Is after the J 20.000 prhte.
IIOXDURAX REBELS
DEFEATED TROOPS.
Puerto. Cortez, Honduras.
Dec. 29. The first skirmish
between the revolutionary forc
es under Former President
Bonilla and the federal troops
was fought today near Cape
Orceins. The rebels won and
with the disorganized govern
ment forces fleeing before them
started on the march to Te
gucigalpa, the capital. The
rebels number approximately
3000.
Bonilla and Lee Christmas,
an American adventurer, are
heading the revolutionists. They
arrived this morning on the
gunboat Hornet. Their arrival
was a signal for the opening of
hostilities.
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