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VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 4, 1911.
NO. 7102
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and tomorrow.
TWO
YEARS
OF
DISASTER
Secretary Smythe Says Wool
Growers Have Suffered
During 1909 and 1910.
RALLIES SHEEPMEN TO
SAVE WOOL SCHEDULE
Declares Industry la Endungcred by
Threatened Tariff Legislation
Calls Upon Fellows to PreHcnt unit
ed Demand Lens Dissatisfaction
, With Forest Reserve Conditions
Noted Better Freight Rate Se
cured. WOOLGROWERS' TO MEET
LN BAKER CITX NEXT
ForUand, Or&, Jan. 4. The Ore
gon woolgrowers' association this af
ternoon selected Baker for their next
annual convention place,
Portland, Ore., Jan. 4. Secretary
Dan P. Smythe. of the Oregon Wool
growers' Association, declares the last
year to have been one of disaster for
Oregon woolmen. But the fact that
there has been & merging of the Ore
gon association with the Willamette
Valley Association, and a general
lengthening of organized effort,
and the entire West Is becoming ar
oused over the menace to sheep from
attacks upon the tariff. Secretary
Smythe accepts as a partial recom
pense for individual losses.
"I need not again recall to you,
gentlemen, the events that have trans
pired since the Pendleton convention
to eat up profits," says Smythe in his
annual report read yesterday before
the state convention. "The trouble
began with a long, dreary, heavy feed
ing winter. That was followed by a
aharp decline in both wool and sheep.
From that we passed to an extremely
dry summer. And last, but not least,
there Is a new congress 'insurglng
with desire to take a long shot at
schedule K."
Forest Conditions Better.
"There has been less dissatisfaction
with the administration of Vhe Na
tional forests the last year than be
fore." continued Secretary ..L
work, a united front, unanimous co
operation, and powerful organization
will possibly save this wool schedule.
I trust a plan of action will be for
mulated at these Portland conventions
to dlBjl the poplar and legislative
opinion that we are each and all rich
barons, who hog the free range and
are unjustly nursed by the earnings
of an excessive tariff. Tariff In my
opinion Is as essential to the Indus
try today, as it was In the beginning
of time, i Don't forget this important
question In the course of your delib
erations."
FORMER PEXDLETOX RESIDENT INVOLVED
IX THEFT OF GOLD FROM STEAMER
National Meeting Convenes.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 4. The na
tional woolgrowers' convention was
convened shortly before noon, with
President Gooding of Shoshone, Ida
ho, presiding. This- Is the forty-sev
enth annual meeting.
Over a thousand delegates are In
the armory and it Is expected there
will be two thousand before adjourn
ment Saturday, many having been
delayed In Montana and Wyoming by
storms.
The convention makes ft strong
fight for the retention of the tariff Oil
wool as it is asserted that a free trade
or a lower rate would do heavy dam
age to this western Industry,
Portland, Ore., Jan. 4. Charged with having property stolen from
the mulls In his possession, James Whealen, a saloon man, was arrest
ed early today by United States postal authorities in connection with
the $59,000 gold robbery aboard the steamer Humbolt last summer
while enroute to Seattle from Alaska. Ten thousand dollar worth of
gold bars were recovered from the place where It Is 'alleged Whalen
hid It. f
Ever since the arrest of Henry and John Woodson, Margaret Smith
and Elmer Smith, at San Francisco, Whealen his been under survi-il-
ance. It Is alleged that Smith is Orville Cavenas,' a member of a prom-
lnent Pendleton, Oregon, family. Margaret Smith Is likewise from
eastern Oregon. It Is said Smith Is an assumed name and she really
once was prominent In Pendleton. The Woodson's who were released
also came from eastern Oregon, It is alleged.
TRAINS CRASH
FIRE DESTROYS FRISCO
ROOMING HOUSE TODAY
San Francisco, Col., Jan. 4. One
woman was probably fatally injured,
one fireman was knocwed down by a
sheet of flame and - thirty lodgers
narrowly escaped death In a fire early
today which destroyed the Commer
cial rooming house on Stark street
near Van Ness avenue. Mrs. A.
Schwartz, aged 60, was rescued, al
most suffocated, from her room on tEs
third floor. She was taken to a hospital.
SPOKANE
Five Are Killed ar.d Seven
' Injured in Rearend Collision
Early This Morning.
WALLA WALLA SLEEPER
MADE INTO KJXDLIXG
PENDLETON TO
FlpOTEST
Drydock for Panama Canal.
Washington, Jan. 4. An adminis
tration measure providing for a dry-v
dock for the Panama canal, is being
drawn up by Senator Flint of Califor
nia. The bill would place the powr,r
and maintenance of the drydock Vyjth
the president,
spokane mm
a kll sai
SB BE
"Yet there seems to
j ttiiieh room
,,id a better solu-
The for
iTlGE GOVERNOR TO
DENY EXCUSE PETITION
for Improvement, t
(Inn rt Dra.lnr, .t
rri,. ulfflcultles.
be better Ue that there should
putes, adjustment of graxlng dl
erat' ' -"1 have promised full co-op-r.-
..on and consideration of vital
.rid Important grazing questions with
the duly authorized advisory boards
of the woolgrowers' associations.
"This office has had up for consid
eration several times the question of
best methods of marketing wool.
Some find serious objection to our
present public sale-bid wool sales.
The wool warehouse at Chicago, own
ed nnd operated by the sheepmen,
has been given a short trial, and It Is
hoped consideration will be given this
very Important subject, Xtith a view
of arriving at some better solution
of it.
"Your secretary takes pleasure In
advising that the O. R. & N. co. fin
ally acceded to our demands and put
' Into effect last June a loose-sack rate
on wool. This rate Is only 25 cents
a hundred higher than the baled rate
simply being the normal charge for
baling added to the old rate. Thus
ended a hard struggle waged for years
to obtain a loose-sack rnte. Several
of the prominent wool buyers from
Boston estimate that this will mean
a saving of 1-2 cent to 1 cent a pound
to the. grower on nil wool sold. This
matter, at the time of putting the rate
Into effect, was being vigorously
pressed before the Interstate Com
merce Commission by the Oregon
Railway Commission.
Issues Tariff Warning.
"You are too familiar with the low
wool tariff under the Wilson bill, and
the consequent ruin of the Industry,
for me to remind you of the danger
that lurks In the general clamor In
certain sections of the country against
schedule K of our present tariff. If
the democrats and Insurgents who
compose the coming congress act and
legislate anything like they talked
and blustered In the congress Just
passing Into history, the wool Industry
is In erave danger.
"We should stand as never before
to save schedule K. Some good, hard
Prominent Workers In Suffrage Move
ment Active Against Move of Sister
Voter-Ma..i' s,a, T,,0,r Opto-Ions.
Spokane, Wash.. Jan. 4 Promi
nent workers in the suffrage move
ment, members of exclusive clubs and
scores of working women In Spokane
are writing letters to Governor Ma
rlon E. Hay, urging him to deny the
petitions, of women electors request-
ug to be relieved from Jury duty if
called upon for service.
"When I asked for the privilege oi
citizenship." sold Mrs. May Ark-
wright Hutton, president of tne
Washington Equal Suffrage League,
"I was ready and willing to accept all
the requirements. 1 am willing to
serve on a Jury and will do so without
protest, If cnlled to that or any other
duty required by the state."
Mrs. Hutton Is the wile oi L,evi w.
Hutton. a millionaire mining operat
or, and has extensive Interests In Spo
kane and the Coeur d'Alene mining
district In northern Idaho. She fi
nanced a" state-wido campaign for
equal rights In 1910 and was a fac
tor In securing the ballot for women
at the last state election.
Mrs A. P. Fassett, who has been
identified with the suffrage and oth
er women's movements in Spokane
for years, said:
I have written to Governor na,
asking him to refuse to take any ac
tion oif the petitions of women voters
requesting to be released from Jury
duty. I have also Interested a large
number of club women to write
similar letters.
"When I worked for equal suffrage
I fully understood all the duties that
would devolve upon the women as
voters. I am afraid now that If the
women start to balk at sitting on a
tnrv thev will lose their right of
- - 0 -
franchise."
That the women of Spokane are In
terested in the ballot Is evidenced by
the large number registering for the
spring election In March, when five
commissioners will be chosen to re
place the present city government,
headed by Mayor Nelson S. Pratt.
Crack North Coast limited of North
ern Pncific Taf,lie,i Info Rear ol
Hurling at chency sidtngNurs
es Utl Physicians Hushed From
Kikaw by Scctal Train Thick
Fog RcsKnsible for Big Disaster.
Spokane, Wash., Jan. 4. At 10
o'clock the bodies of four dead pas
sengers had been taken from the
wreckage of train No. 42. the Burling
ton, while the body of Express Mes
senger Starr had Ix-en taken from the
wrecked mail car on train No. 2. the
North Const limited.
Two of the identified victims arc
(. E. Brown of Baker. Oregon, nnd
C. I.. Marrcn of Dnvenjnort, Washing
ton. Two porters were also killed.
Seven wvrc seriously injured, most
of tlieni lM'injr iMisscngers in the rear
clinch of Xo. 42. which was the one
run Into. They were brought to
hospitals in this city for treatment,
A thick four wlilch hid Urn trains
wns rcMMisihlc for the accident. The
iliMihitfon had lieen ordered to take
the siding hut did not clear fust
euoiili mid the trains collided at n
hlli rate of speed. The uninjured
crawled from beneath the wreckage.
Hie wrecked couch wns the Walla
Walla slcciicr which left that city last
evening.
Commercial Association. Pass
es Resolution Asking for
Extension of Project.
LOCAL PEOPLE WILL
BACK FORTLAXD'S EFFORTS
Dr. C. J. Smith Had Previously Wired
Oregon Senators Upon Subject
Letter from Manager Chapman of
Portland Organization SI iow8 Peo
ple of MctrojMilis Are Busy.
Spokane. Wash., Jan. 4. The North
Coast Limited on the Northern Pa
cific dashed Into the rear-end of the
Burlington express Itils morning, kill
ing n number of people. Four of the
dead are already recovered.
The accident occurred at Cheney
siding. IS miles southwest of this city.
A special train bearing twenty-five
doctors nnd nurses left nt 8:30 and a
second train nt 10. A number of the
dead are unknown. The rescue work
is progressing rapidly.
Hnilroad officials here refuse to di
vulge the real facts. The North Coast
is the crack transcontinental train of
the Northern Pacific and has right of
way over everything.
GREAT EARTHQUAKE
SHOCK RECORDED
Umatilla county will Join with the
people of Portland in protesting
against the slight that has been shown
Oregon by the president and those in
charge of distributing the J20,000,000
of reclamatjn money. Lost evening
the Commercial association vested the
extension committee with power to
draft a stirring resolution setting forth
the feelings of the local association
upon the subject. This action was
taken at a brief meeting which was
presided over by T. C. Taylor In the
absence of both the president and
vice president of the association.
At 7 o'clock last evening the mem
bers of the extension committee met
In the committee room at the associa
tion headquarters. Dr. C. J. Smith,
l-hatrmau. "i0"! 1 t ! following
members of the committee were prei"
ent: D. C. Brownell of ITmatilltf, J.
v fnmnhpll of Hermistoil, T. O.
Montgomery, George Haftman, jr.,
and Will Moore of this city.
At the committee meeting the prop
osition was discussed at length and
the various members expressed indig
nation at the attitude of the govern
ment in refusing to order the exten
sion of the project, it was the gen
eral sentiment that a formal protest
should be made ogalnst the action ta
ken and that furthermore Portland
people should be encouraged to con
tinue the fight for a redistribution of
the $20,000,000 fund. Dr. Smith and
Will Moore were designated as a sub
committee to draft and forward the
resolutions upon the subject.
At the meeting Dr. Smith reported
he had already wired Senator Bourne
upon the subject and had written to
Senator Chamberlain at length upon
the subject. Thus far he has had no
reply from either senator.
XEW YORK'S JAILS
CROWDED TO OVERFLOWING
New York, Jan. 4. This state
should prove a haven of delight for
the hobo and all members of the so
ciety for the prevention of work. To
day the fact was disclosed, through a
committee t-j ask the legislature for
increased prison facilities, that the
penal Institutions not only of the
state, but of the city, are more crowd
ed than -ever before in their history.
The committee Is composed of repre
sentatives of various organizations
whose aim Is to restrict the tramp
and the aggressor against law gen
erally. And what is most interesting this
committee states that the crowded
conditions of the prisons Is not due
so much to the rapid growth of the
large cities of the state as to their
laws and methods of treating crimi
nals. The legislature will be asked
to frame new laws or so amend exist
ing ones that can be so executed as to
punish crime in accordance with the
conditions and motives of criminal
acts. The representatives of the va
rious organizations declare that if
the criminal himself were Instructed
and educated, so as to effect avail
able reform in his purposes there
would be larger results for good,
without too great changes in government.
'MORE BIRTHS
THflND EAT H S
I
I
FEDERAL AGENTS GO
AFTER LOTTERY GAMES
Los Angeles, Calif, Jan. 4. Feder
al agents here, It was learned yester
day are bent on a w-ar against all lot
teries, pursuant to instructions to ex
purgate the entire country of gamb
ling institutions. The Individual
states have successfully combatted the
lotteries and now the government is
going to finish the Job.
HERMANN REELECTED
HEAD BASEBALL COMMISSION
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 3. Garry
Hermann, was reelected president of
the national baseball commission
practically without opposition yester
day. Secretary Bruce was also reelected.
STANFIELD SUIT
IS
(Continued on page eight.)
FILIPINO TALKS
4 EXPLOSION KILLS
4 EIGHT MIXERS.
4 Sydney, Australia, Jan 4.
Eight miners were killed In the
explosion of a colliery in the no- w
va Scotia company's mines yes-
. terday. Six bodies have ben re-
covered, three miners have been
taken out alive and rescuers are
after two missing today. The
mine was wrecked for a mile.
niu had accumulated and the
fact that the fans were not w
working is given as the eauae.
4
WOULD REGULATE THE
FLIGHT OF AIR MACHINES j
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 4. The regu
lation of aerial trafflo Is regarded as
a matter of such Importance by Gov
ernor Simon Baldwin that he has In
corporated recommendations concern
ing It in his annual message to the
legislature which was delivered to
day. Woman suffrage In a modified
form, direct election of senators and
the Income tax are also recommend
ed.
He said rapid balloons will soon
be so common as to end. ngor prop
erty over which they fly and the
regulation of them should be considered.
CENTRAL ASIA IS SHAKEN.
Tashkend, Asiatic Russia,
Jan. 4. Many were killed and
much property destroyed by an
earthquake which shook Cen-
tral Asia today. Turkestan
province was the center. The
loss here is roughly estimated at
82.000.000. Many cities through-
and much damage. According to
reports buildings fell, crushing
scores.
Cleveland, Ohio. Jan. 4. The most
serious earthquake shock registered
by the St. Ignntlus college selsmo
graph for Years, occurred last night
shortly before S o'clock and continued
until 8. Today It Is estimated that
the shock was 6500 miles distant and
either In South America or Hawaii
Much damage must have been done,
say the officials.
Hawaii Not Affected.
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 4. The
cable to Hawaii is working uninter
ruptedly. The cable men say Hawaii
was presumably not affected by the
quake.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 4. The
practicability of punishing Felipe
Buensaliino, a Filipino assemblyman
for alleged seditious speech delivered
In the Philippine assembly, was dis
cussed today at the war department,
The assemblyman was severely crit
icized but he probably cannot be pun
ished, owing to the lax laws.
The man cast all fears of treason
aside and declared that he hoped to
see the Japanese blow "the hated
Americans" off the Philippine islands
in a few months.
ACTION TO FORECLOSE
MORTGAGE IS WITHDRAWN
Roliert Stanficld Again Secures Con
trol of Land Included in Townslte
pf Stanficld and Several Acres, of
Adjoining Fnrni Land.
Record ot City Physician Mc
Faul Shows Favorable Gain
of Thirty.
SEPTEMBER BANNER
MONTH OF YEAR
March Carries Off Second Honors
Twice as Many Deaths as Births
During November May and Aug
ust Split Even With Equal Num
ber of Each June Poorest Month
for Physicians December Reports
Incomplete.
There have been more lives come
into the world in Umatilla county
during the past year than have gone
out. According to the records kept
by City Physician McFaul the num
ber of births in the twelve months
just closed exceeds the number of
deaths by approximately 30. The ex
act number can not be exactly stated
as the physicians over the county
have not all turned in their December-reports.
The month of September bears the
distinction of giving to the county the
greatest increase In population by vir.
tue of excess of births over deaths,
31 births being recorded to 9 death v
March comes in for second honors the
proportion being 24 to 13. November,
on the other hand makes the poorest
contribution to the world, only 11
lives having been kindled during that
months while 22 were snuffed out.
May and August were neutral, having
the same number of births and deaths,
while June seems to have been the
poorest month for the doctor, the
number of births being but 6 and the
number of deaths 11.
The following table shows the rel
ation between the births and deaths
for the year 1910:
Births. Death
January 21
February 19
March 24
.:.i
9
April
-May
June 6
July 18
August 19
September 31
October 16
November 11
pecember 22
Totals 211
18
17
19
19
15
11
18
19
9
18
22
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Neckwear Makers Win.
New Tork, Jan. 4. The last details
of the neckwear makers' strike, which
affected 3999 workers, principally
women, were completed today, fol
lowing which the strikers returned to
work? The last of the firms practical
ly yielded to terms last week, leaving
a few technicalities to be overcome
New York is the center of the neck
wear trade In the United States and
supplies 89 per cent of the neckties
sold in this country. The representa
tives of the union made their de
mands In the height of the winter
season, when neckties were made for
the winter and spring trade.
One of the most striking differences
between a cat and a He Is that a cat
has only nine lives.
That the suit brougnt Dy R N.
Stanfield against Dr. H. W. Coe and
others to foreclose a mortgage he
holds upon town property at Stanfield
has been settled by a compromise is
the substance of a story from Port
land. The following is from a story
published yesterday by the Oregon
Journal:
A compromise effected late this af
ternoon, practically removes a legal
handicap, which temporarily, has re
tarded the progress of the town of
Stanfield in western Umatilla county.
Within a year this town has develop
ed from sagebrush land to a munici
pality with 500 Inhabitants, enjoying
many modern conveniences.
"A few weeks ago Robert Stanfield.
former owner of the townslte, began
a legal action against Dr. Henry Wal
do Coe, the head of the Columbia
Land company, to foreclose a J55.000
mortgage on the townsite and lands
adjoining, embracing 420 acres. The
institution of these proceedings disar
ranged all development of the Stan
field irrigation project.
"When the suit was filed about two
thirds of the lots in the original plat
of the town, comprising 70 acres had
been disposed ,of by Dr. Coe and a
small portion of the acre tracts ad
Joining the townsite had been trans
ferred to newcomers. Robert Stan
field originally had a selling arrange
ment with Dr. Coe for the disposition
of the lots In the townsite on a com
mission basis, and Mr. Stanfield re
leased all lands sold under this agree
ment. About a year ago Dr. Coe, for
the Columbia Land company, pur
chased the remaining town lots, and
all of the acreago tracts lying adja
cent. Including in all about 400 acres.
Only a partial payment was made on
this purchase, and for alleged failure
to perform the specific details of this
sale, the foreclosure was begun.
"By the terms of the agreement
Robert Stanfield again secures con
trol of all the land embraced In the
original sale and a new selling com
pany will succeed to the rights for
merly enjoyed by the Columbia Land
company with Dr. Coe as Its head. In
lieu of payments already made on the
purchase price and the extensive im
provements placed in the townsite by
Dr. Coe, he is to have SO per cent of
the original stock In the new com
pany and Mr. Stanfield and his asso
ciates will have 70 per cent of the
stock. All court proceedings will be
dismissed as far as the Stanfield trac
Is concerned, and the titles to the
property will be clarified and the ne
cessity of going into court and hav
ing the tand sold under foreclosure
will be avoided."
Estimated.
In the list of deaths, many of the
victims of the grim reaper are shown
to have been pioneer residents, a con
siderable number were Indians and
quite a large proportion were transi
ents or destitute people who were
buried at the expense of the county..
COXXECTICUT HAYING
LEGISLATIVE FIGHT
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 4. According
to the leading representatives here
today of the legislative session just be
ginning, Connecticut Is to have one
of the most important sessions In Its
history and the eyes of the country
will be directed toward this state tow
ard which such little attention has
been paid by national politicians in
recent years. Governor Baldwin's
record and his politics are among the
important reasons for Connecticut's
being In the limelight.
These are some of the questions
which will come before the legisla
ture and whose making Into law will
also make history for the state: The
employer's liability, a new public util.
ities commission with larger powers,
erected on a firmer base of law, re
districting the state for congress, the
election of a United States senator.
The senatorial fight has been the sub
Ject of much canvassing already and
made more famous by certain lead
ing republicans asking Colonel Roose
velt to keep hands off in the matter.
MAN WHO SHOT
GAYXOR GETS 12 YEARS
Jersey City, Jan. 4. James Galla
gher who shot Mayor Gaynor on the
deck of the Kaiser Wllhelm der Cros
se, was today sentenced to twelve
years in the penitentiary for his at
tack on Commissioner William Ed
wards. Edwards seized Gallagher
Just after the shooting and the men
fought.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
BURN IX CHURCH.
4
Mexico City. Jan. 4. Seventeen
persons, mostly the wives and
children of workmen, were burn-
ed to death and eight others
were injured at San Luis Bososl.
during the ending of the New 4
Tear's celebration. It was learn-
ed today. They had crowded
Into a church for a religious fes-
tlval and were fire-trapped.