EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
WEATHER llEPORT.
Ruin and enow and
colder tonight; Frl
dny generally fair.
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, OREGON, TIIUKSDAY, FEJiliUAUY 2, 1911.
NO. 7127
I. I
DOUBLE TRACK
TO
0,-W. R. & N. Co. Makes
Official Announcement of
Important Improvement.
6TANITELR-COYOTE CUTOFF
WILL BE BL'lIr THIS YEAR
Lino notwwMi I'niatnia and Coyote
Will Not lie Duplicated Parallel
Idikvi Will Extend from West End of
Cutoff to I'orlluiid Part of General
Improvement Plan.
By January 1. 1811, the O.-W. R.
-A N. company will have completed
double tracking their road from
Portland to Echo, according to an
announcement made yesterday from
.New York by executive committee of
the Union Pacific and Southern Pa
clfic line which announcement bears
out a prediction made In this paper
omo time ago. The plans of the big
corporation will Insure a set of paral
lel tracks for the entire distance be
tween Portland and Echo, with the
exception of a stretch of 40 miles be
tween Bonneville and a point five
miles west of The Dalles and another
piece about 25 miles in length be
tween Blalock and Echo, before the
end of tho present year.
The remainder of the old O. R. &
N. main line will be double-tracked
aext year, according to the plans of
local officials.
It is the Infection to begin work
on tho Stanfield-Coyote cutoff In the;
near future and this will serve as the
second track between those two points,
No mention, however. Is made ol
parallel lines connecting Umatilla'
and Arlington such as was reported
In a sensational story several months!
ago. it is stated that the cutoff will!
servo as the second tracK, making tho i
building of a second pair of rails be-!
'tween Umatilla and Coyote unneces-!
sary.
"The action of the officials In the '
east will en.'ible us to rush our work '
between Portland and Huntington,"
aald General Manager J. P. O'Brien.
As soon as the wenthnr penults wo
will lay the rails on tne lino between
Portland and Troutdale, grading f .r
which Is practically completed. This
will lenve the stretch between Trout
dale ainl The Dalies wttn but a single
track, but a part of that gap will be
filled. We alreadv have planned to
lay tho second set of rails from
Trout lale to Bonneville and from a
point five miles west of The Dalles
to The Dalles, leaving only a 40-mlle
plere that Is not double-tracked. Then
wo will put in the second track from
The Dalles to Deschutes early this
year.
"Work will be rushed on the Echo-
Coyote cutoff so as to make this com-
plete before tho beginning of 1912,
which will give us a system Of dou-
bio trackage over this portion of the '
lines, as the old rond can be used as
a second track. That will leave only
26 miles between Blalock nnd the
end of the cutnff not double-tracked
"I don't know Just how much
money the directors have allowed us,
but that they have authorized the
completion of the sysfcm Is sufficient
Information to warrant us to pro
ceed with our plans.'
No lmmedlnto nrnvlnlnn V,n 1
mn.ln for trip continuation rf th
double-track system east of Echo, but
the extension from that point to Hunt
Ington, the end of the Oregon-Washington
system, likely s Intended by
the Horrlman officials.
It Is understood that a complete
double-trnck system from Omaha to
Portland Is desired by the directors.
GROUNDED STEAMER
ESCAPES IX SAFETY
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 2. The Can
adian Pacific steamer Princess Ade
laide, which went- ashore near Seat
tlo Inst night In a snowstorm, got off
t high tide this morning undamaged.
!
PORTLAND
MOISTURE SHORTAGE III JANUARY
Though the month of January end
ed with a deficiency In precipitation
of 1.1 Inches tho amount of moisture
receved during the present wet sens n
Is still .38 of an Inch in excess of the
normal.
The normal rainfall for January Is
1.S9 Inches while during the month
Just ended the precipitation only
amounted to .49 of an Inch.
But since tho first of September
at total of 7.07 Inches of moisture
have been received, whereas the nor
mal amount of wetness due In this
period of time Is but 6 69 Inches.
February Is starting off very well
from the moisture standpoint and un
less the ground hog was so' blinded by
the reflection of the run's rays from
STOUM KILLS 200
ON" SPANISH COAST.
Madrid, Spain, Feb. 2. Two
hundred deaths are reported to
day as the result of a storm
which Is raging along the Span
ish coast. When reports from
outlying towns are received it Is
believed the lint will Increase.
Shipping is at a standstill. A
large number of vessels have
taken refuge In harbors and It
Is feared a number were
wrecked outside.
PRAIRIE FIRE IS
Bartlesvllle, Ok., Feb. 2. A prairie
fire which has dona more than $100,
000 damago to oil and farm property,
Is sweeping across Washington coun
ty. The oil waste on the Cancy river
Is burning for two miles. Oil com
panies have 200 men fighting the.
names.
The flro started yesterday after
noon in the oil pools near Young's
lake. In the northern part of the state
and fanned by a northwest wind,
swept derricks, tanks and rigs before
It No loss of life has been reported.
A number of farmers living In the
district were compelled to build back
fires, plnce their belongings on the
burned tracts, and flee.
It was hoped the fire would be
checked when It reached Caney river,
but oil waste on the water carried the
fire to the opposite bank.
A call was sent to Bartlesvllle for
help "and automobiles carried men to
fight the flames. Persons living north
of Dewey were greatly alarmed but
no serious damage Is reported there.
FOUR KNOWN DEAD,
MANY ARE MISSING
DVNAMITE EXPLOSION ,
RESULTS AliE IMS STKOVS
Bodies of Victim Rlown Into Rlier
And swept (o Sen Half
Dumngc In New York.
Million
New York, Feb. 2. Four men are
known to be dead and twenty-two arc
missing with the possibility of oven
more dead as the result of vest. ra iv-
explosion of dynamite on the Jersey j
City pier. Exactly how manv were
killed will probably never be known
as sotne bodies were undoubtedly
"'""ii mi- .Minn river nnd car-
rird t0 ea.
Two bodies and a portion of a thir.l
have been found. Cantain riol.ert
Barnett of the tug Twnhy. died,
No trace of the captain and cr
crew of
,,,x of barge Catherine anchored
"cor tne P'or has heen found. The
'mtnogo to New York nnd Jersey city
"bout half a million,
Tn, Brand Jury, Coroner Haughton
rltv Combustible Inspector Con-
no".v are separately investigating.
1 rlmlnal prosecution of the powder
trust held to be responsible t . th
presence of the dynamite on the pier
against the law Is being considered.
ALIEN PROPERTY RILL
APPEARS AT SACRAMENTO
Sacramento, Cnl.. Feb. 2. Antl-
ft"pn land bill, aimed at a cornora-
""n wnlnl1 hv JaP wn are ac.
quiring large holdings In agricultural
districts- was Introduced In tho as
sembly today. The measure came as
a surprise as It was generally under
stood the alien law questions would
be dropped this session.
The measure would make It unlaw
ful for corporations to own land that
have capital stock or membership
controlled by persons not citizens of
the United States or have not declar
ed their Intentions of becoming nat
uralized. This law does not apply
to countries with which this country
has treaties bearing on property rights
but as soon as such treaties expire the
law shall become effective.
the snow that he was unablo to seo his
shadow today, superstitious people say
this section of th state Is duo to re
ceive still more moisture before the
month Is ended.
Thero was some dispute this morn
ing ns to whether tho piggy would
attempt to boro through the snow
and as to what would be the result on
the weather If he did not get out. This
question was settled later, however,
when tho snow molted and the fol
lowers of tho shndow theory are pre
paring for a six-weeks stormy period.
During the month of January tho
coldest temperature recorded was two
above xero and the warmest was fll
above. Tho month on the whole was
mild.- -
LITTLE COLORED CHILI) BURNED
lO DEATH IN FIRE THIS AFTERNOON
IX A SECOND FIRE THIS AFTERNOON' ON BLUFF STREET IN
WHICH A COLORED ROOMINO HOUSE WAS ALMOST TOTALLY
DESTROYED. THE LITTLE CHILD OF A COLORED FAMILY BY
THE NAME OF LEE WAS BURNED TO DEATH. WHEN THE FIRE
MEN ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, THE DISTRACTED MOTHER
TOLD THEM THAT HER CHILD WAS IN THE BURNING HOUSE
BUT SOME ONE SPREAD THE REPORT THAT IT HAD BEEN
RESCUED. HOWEVER, WHEN THE FLAMES WERE SUFFICI
ENTLY SUBDUED TO ENABLE THE FIREMEN TO ENTER, THE
LITTLE CHARRED BODY WAS FOUND. THE CHILD'S FATHER
IS A PORTER ON THE SPOKANE RUN. LATER IT WAS REPORT
ED THAT THE CHILD'S MOTHER IS NAMED BADDEN AND TH4T
THE MOTHER HERSELF IS NOW IN SPOKANE. THE FIRE
BROKE OUT AT 4 O'CLOCK AND WAS QUICKLY SUBDUED.
REBELS LOSE,
T KILLED
News of Fierce Encounter
Fought Last Sunday Just
Received.
JUAREZ PREPARES FOR
ATTACK RT INSURRECTOS
City Barricaded and Mines Secretly
Placed In Many Places Sit uu lion
Regarded As Extremely Critical
Revolutionists Reported to Be With
in 100 Miles of City.
EL PASO SEES EIGHT
FROJIy HOUSETOPS
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 2. Am
erican Consul Edwards at Juar
ez this afternoon ordered all
Americans to leave the city as
he fears the government build
ings have been mined to blow
up thy rebeis if they attempt
to sack 'he city. Hundreds of
Juarez refugees are coming to
Ei-! I r-' tills aftcrno m on street
cars. Business here is sus
pended and ptoplu on the rooms
nre watching the steadily ad
vancing rebeis. The sound of
ha '.tie is plainly audible. Am
erican soldiers are patrolling
the line, preserving neutrality.
It is reported that "00 have
he n killed but this is probably
exaggerated, as It can t be cuii
firmed. ,
Great Buttle in Progress.
- I I Pa-o. Tex., Feb. 2. The rclxl
at (in k on .Jim re.. Mexico. just arrow
the line ls'giiu today. Fie Iriudivd
Mexican cavalry and infantry are cn
yanxHl HSJiinst the advance gunrd of
a thousand rebels under General
Pasenl Orozen. whose main body Is
advaucliiK between the city ami Sum
nluyucn. EUdcuco. of the first el;isli wns seen
when n largo number of riderless,
blood staiuled horses stampeded Into
American territory.
Oro7.ro wtis coming to duniiv. In two
Mexlrnu Out rul train.? which Intel
been comma mleered hut the officials
learned this and rushed five hundred
troops with dynamite to destroy the
bridges. This compelled him to
march. This afternoon the rebels are
within four miles of the terror strick
en city.
The desernte nature of the battle
Is Indicated in that of the III Mexi
can Infantrymen who clashed, only
tH returned this afternoon.
Seemingly the rebels nre winning.
Doctors Rush nnd Sinks, left hero
under n red cross flag for the scene
with a view of giving medical atten
tion to Orozco's wounded. If the gov
ernment permits nu emergency hos
pital will le established here for the
enre of tho wounded on both sides.
The Red Cross s being organized now.
It Is reported thnt Orozeo delivered
nn ultimatum to American Consul
lUlwnrds nt Juarez and to .Mexican
Consul Lomcli, demnndlng a surren
der of the city to prevent further
Woodshed.
Mexico City, Feb. 2. Sev'entv-flve
revolutionists and 12 federal soldiers
wore killed In a battle at Sierra Mon
IJ1 near San Lorenzo, chihuahua, Jan
uary 29, according to an unofficial
telegram received here last night. The
message, dated tho day of the battle,
was delayed by tho cutting of tele
graph wires. The report said among
these slain In the fight were Vasquoz
Orizco, father of one of the leaders
In the revolutionary movement, and
Jesus raeheco, who has taken part
In the Insurrection In the north
Many rifles and horses were cap
tured by the federals. According to
this report the rebels were routed af
ter a fight that lasted from 2 in the
afternoon until dark.
Situation Is Acute.
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 2. Authorities
of Juarez, across the river from this
(Continued on page eight.)
1
SPAIN'S ARMY
IS
Military Conspiracy Discov
ered to Overthrow King and
Establish Republic.
ALFONSO'S THRONE 13
SAID TO RE TOTTERING
Split 111 Republican Ranks on Account
of Grafting Delays Intending Rev
olution Ruler's Antics With Pa
risian Dancer and Threats of Qneen
to Leave Him Help plotters.
Madrid. Spain, Feb. 2. The dis
covery of a widespread army conspir
acy to overthrow King Alfonso and
establish a republic was the cause to
day of a'great movement of Spanish
troops. Stronger bodies or supposed
ly loyal troops and civil guards are
being concentrated at Barcelona and
o'hrr cities where the dread of an
nutoreaK is greatest. The govern
ment r-cry the expected outbreak jg
j impending unles ftringenf measures
-i p i lor awnue.
The expect, d revolt is said to have
!'(n delayed somewhat, owing to a
!:p!it In the republican ranks on ac
count of the discovery that certain of
ficials were grafting. It Is said that
'ff.ccrs o- the prop.
d provisional
ii. ( rnment have been ch' sen. Perez
Oir'des. the au'hor. will be present,
n.eirpo Soriano, minister of finance,
rMi.l Senor Aracarat. minister of f . r--:sn
affairs,
Alf.n.-y.s prip on the throne has
sensibly wrakcnc l during the last
few d::s by the revelation of his
amours with the Parisian dancer.
YV!v! Qneru Victoria is far from
'"ipu'ar, the king has lost much
gr.uin.; vi:h his subjects owing to her
thr. a;; to leave him.
BALLINGEH-PINCHOT REPORTS
IN CONTROVERSY AGAIN
Washington, D. C, Feb. 2. Hold
ing it has no jurisdiction to consider
the report of u regularly constituted
committee from two branches of con
gress, the house committee on agri
culture today voted unanimously to
refer back to tho house the Balllnger
Pinchot reports of the Investigating
committee.
The committee recommends that
'.lie Bulliuger report be put on the
calendar again.
FLOODS HOLD TRAINS
IN CALIFORNIA
Stockton. Sal.. Feb. 2. The South
ern Pacific has operated no trains
out of Stockton vlu San Francisco for
12 hours. The Western Pacific Is
tied up and will probably be unable
to oMntlc for three days. The Santa
Fe Is the only line which lias not
suffered from the floods sweeping
the Snn Joaquin river. The water Is
subsiding.
SNOW DRIFTS STOP
ALL CANADIAN TRAINS
Port Arthur, Out., Feb. 2. The bliz
zard which swept Ontario Is subsid
ing hut the snow rf piled In drifts
twenty feet deep nnd trains nre ahnn.
dnned. Apparently it will bo several
days before anything like regular
schedule can he resinned.
LID STOPS FIGHT
IN CITY
OF TACOMA
Tacoma. Wash., Feb. 2. Citizens
know the lid Is on In Tacoma today.
Severn! thousand were disappointed
lat night when In compliance with
the orders of the commissioners the
ten-round bout between Denver Ed
Martin and Jack Lester, Tommy
Burns' protege, was called off. It Is
said the disorderly houses are next on
the taboo list.
PORTLAND COMPANY
DAMAGED RY FIRF
Portland, Feb. 2. Fire started by
defective wiring practically gutted the
third nnd fourth floors of the plant
of the Gloss & Prudhomme Printing
company today. The damage Is esti
mated at I3B.000. It Is fully Insured.
IT S
JOY RIDE RESULTS
IN DEATH OF
FIVE
St. Joseph, Mo., ""eh. 2.
Through a Joy ride, Edna Coop
er, aged 17, and Stanley Clark,
aged 18, are dead, while Joseph
Spencer, Roger Morton and Mar
garet Smith are dying. The au
to collided with an interurban
car and was wrecked. The car
was not damaged.
ram's buds
New York. Feb. 2. Ridiculing
Peary's proofs that he reached the
pole, as unconvincing and assailing
the manner in which the national geo
graphical society endorsed Peary's
claims, Cook today discussed the Arc
tic situation.
Interviewed by the United Press he
said that "In Arctic latitudes refrac
tion Is a problem which represents
possible innaccuracies, not of seconds
or minutes but of degrees. As a re
sult mirages of the whole polar topo
graphy are distorted, giving a possi
bility of errors In observations which
might easily amount to sixty miles.
WARREN'S SENTENCE
SOCIALIST EDITOR NEED
NOT GO TO JAIL
Publisher of Appeal to Reason Found
Guilty of ,"A Crime Without a
Name."
., . , .
W ashington. Feb. 2.-Pres. Taft yes -
terday commuted the six months' sen-
'""'"- IT'. io reason, wis,
f!io was reduced from liflOO to Jlrtft.
to be collected by civil process. War
ren had asked for no commutation.
When the supreme court of the
United States ruled that the kidnap
ing of Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone
and their removal from Colorado to
I Idaho was legal-Tan, proper. Fred D.
Warren questioned lr the supreme
court would rule the same way when
the accused was a capitalist and of the
same political faith as the supreme
court members. Haywood, Moyer and
Pettibone were of socialistic tenden
cies and without influence, such as
was possessed by ex-Governor . Taylor
of Kentucky, who was a fugitive from
a em.rge oi compuc-.ty orcgonian this afternoon. -I under
Goebel'V'!?aSS'n " Pf GVern0r-elect. stand that the doctors committeee will
-y, ' . ,. . ... A. , , submit their report some day this
The socialist editor, therefore. Is- weck noth, t iven
sued on advertisement published on garding the same. The members of
he exterior of envelopes stating that tne legisiative committee are reticent
.... " "
reward of $1000 to the person or per
sons seizing Governor Taylor and re
turning him to Kentucky, where a re
ward of $100,000 for the capture of
Governor Taylor had been offered by
the state.
Warren wasp rosecuted for this ad
vertisement and convicted. His com
plaint that the supreme court had le
galized kidnapping In the Moyer
Haywood-Pettibone case was
not
heard. Documentary evidence eon-
sidered essential was not admitted. The age pf hous ti!1 number 278. It au
eomplaint was that damage had been thorizes the creation of a retirement
done the character of ex-Governor fun,, assciation and the granting of
Taylor. The allegation that damages
could not well be done a man under
indictment for murder was not admit
ted as evidence. Judge Pollock of the
federal court where Warren was tried
Issued an opinion that, while kidnap
ping had been declared not an of
fense in the United States if success
fully consummated, that It was none
the less an offense In the different
states. The assertion that If it was
a state and not a federal offense It
should be tried In the state courts.
was not seriously considered by the
federal Judge. Ever since Warren's
convictlon socialist forces have been
working for the commuting
sentence.
of his
The reciprocity thnt most
favor is a one-sided kind.
people
E
Office of United States Weather
Burenu, Portlnnd, Ore., Feb. 2. A
cold wave Is headed toward the north
west and tho temperature Is due to
fall twenty degrees or more tonight
nnd within the next SO hours the mer
cury will go down to about zero. Very
cold weather will continue for several
days.
The above warning was received by
the East Oregonlan this morning nnd
those who will be affected In any way
by tho sudden change of temperature
bad better heed It.
Beginning early last evening with
a light drizzling mixture or half snow
WAV
s
E FIGHT
Indications Point to Deadlock
in House When Committee
R o rls.
MANX AND PETERSON'
BOTH IX THE FRAY
Umatilla County Representatives op
Opposite sides of Opening Sldrmlsb
Real Struggle Coming Saturday
Kcllaher Due for Roasting Fish
Commission Rill Passes the House.
Salem, Ore., Feb. 2. (Special)
The good roads measures caused A
skirmish this morning In the house
ands the indication are that a dead
lock over the measures will result
later. Those favorable to the bills
attempted to have them considered la
a committee of the whole Saturda
but lost by four votes.
I "'iiuiuk ui .uuunoman, opened
the preliminary fight by moving that
all bills, including those passed by
the senate and others, be considered
In committee of the whole. Mann of
j Umatilla, chairman of the roads and
; highways committee said the com-
mittee also would prefer to have the
j house consider them, thus relieving
.the committee of the responsibility.
Neuner, Brook and Peterson of
I Umatilla, opposed the proposal and
j won on a rising vote. As a result
the committee will report Saturday
and the fight will be on.
Senator Kellaher is due for a toast
ing this afternoon in the senate for
his conduct by the senators who Kel-
.laher indirectly accused of being the
! tools of corporation Interests,
, A few bills were passed.
A message was received this after
noon by President LaDow of the an
glers association from C. K. Cranston
at Salem, stating that the fish, com
mission bill, slightly amended had
passed the house and that the chances
are good for its passing the senate.
As amended the bill provides that the
four members of the commission ap
pointed by the governor shall select
the fifth member.
No Asylum Site Report.
"Neither the doctors' committee nor
the legislative committee have yet
submitted their reports," said Ralph
Watg secretary to Gove
in a ,pnone intervlevv wit,
ernor West,
about their report and do not even
say when it will be submitted."
TEACHERS URGE
PASSAGE OF BILL
Rill 273 Authorizes Creation or Re
tirement Fund mid Suits Teachers,
Salem, Ore., Feb. 2. A number of
Portland teachers appeared before
members of the Multnomah delegation
yesterday afternoon to urge the pass
annuities to retired teachers In school
dls,ricts having more than 10,000
children of school age.
Under the proposed law teache
would contribute $1 per month dur
ing the first ten years of service. t
in the second decade and $3 In the
third. It was argued by the teachers
that experiences of many states and
countries which have annuity laws
sanction such a measure and that In
asmuch as the public is asked to con
tribute only 10 per cent of the am
ount necessary to put the fund on a
firm basis, there should be no objec-
tlon to Pensioning those so intimate
ly connected wun the country s wel
fare. Mrs. A. H. Rocleon of North Yakima
Is registered at the Hotel St. Georgo.
and hnlf rain, the moisture turned to
real snow about 9:15. The f!akes fell
faster and larger in size than any
snow of tho season. In less than two
hours tho ground was covered to the
depth of an Inch and had it contin
ued at that rate the remainer ?t the
night there would have been good
sleighing this morning.
It did not last l"n. however, and
this morning the covering of white
was only nn inch and a half deep.
Tho farmers have been praying for
rain to moisten the ground and pro
tect the grain but as the most of It Is
melting today under the rays of Old
Sol It will probably only accomplish
the formor purpose.
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