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EVENING EDITION - EVENING EQITIOH Calling card". ulng stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to rdr at the East Oregenlaft. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. PENDLETON OBEGON, FRIDAY. MARCH Jl, Hii. NO. 7169 VOL. 24. - fe. III I! II I I -I'll 11'J.LJIJl COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. C T THINK MOTHER IS Two Boys Succumb After Eat ing Chinese Noodles and Cake. PTOMAINE IS DOUBTED IJV ATTENDING DOCTORS Mother, Separated from llustiaiid, lint) Police Court Record in Home Town ltoyn Carried Small Amount of Insurance rrcmlum Paid Up Few Minute Ilefore Fatal Meal. FRIEND OF WOMAN UNDER ARREST , Portland, (Ore., March 24. Rowley Moon, a bartender, was arrested here today and taken to Vancouver, Washington whore he will lie held while the police Investigate the death of Edwin flood win, aged 13, and C'llde Ransome, nged 10, both sons of a widow, Mrs. Edwin Goodwin. Moon is said to be t 4) close friend of the woman. Portland. Ore.. March 24. William E. Goodwin, aged 13, and Clyde R. Goodwln. aged 9 years, died between 8 and 9 o'clock yesterday morning In the Terry rooming house. In Vancou ver, apparently as the result of pois oning, and nn autopsy will be held to ascertain whether or not ptomaine poisoning is responsible for their deaths. The boys were the sons of Mrs. Bans Goodwin, a woman having rooms In the house. The lads Wednesday evening went to a Chinese, restaurant and bought a quantity of Chinese noodles some chocolate roils and cream puffs, and these they consumed about 6 o'clock. An hour later they became 111, and as the night advanced they grew stead ily worse, until at 2 o'clock their mother visited the landlady of the house, telling of the children's Illness, but she did not call medical aid un til 7 o'clock in the morning, when two physicians examined the little fellows but were unable to do anything for the sufferers, and they died within a few minutes of each other, between the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock. The two children carried Industrial Insurance In the sum of $100 eat In one Q,f the old-line companies, and before going for the Chinese noodles, one of the lads called at the home of the company's agent and paid the premium due. The mother of the two lads has been living In the rooming house for some time. Her husband has not been wi'h her recently. The woman herself has been In the police court several times. She has two children, a. son aged 15. and another 6 years old. The physicians scout the theory of ptomaine poisoning, as this form of Attack is also accompanied by con- (Contlnued on poge five.) ATHLETIC CARNIVAL IS TO BE HELD TONIGHT Sport lovers will assemble. In mass this evening at the high scho d gym nasium to witness 'the annual Indoor athletic tournament, which consists of a series of boxing, wrestling, fenc ing and other bouts, a basketball game, a tug-of-war, and a number of comedy contests. The athletes have nil been In training for their events and some exciting contests are assured. The following Is the official program us announced by Manager Devlne: Rough and tumble basketball game, participants, Russell, Ferguson, Hampton, Duhlgren. Dor gey, Carroll, Hartwell, Hoch, Gill, Mentzer, Sturtivant and Terry; box ing. 145 pound class, Sturtivant vs. Terry; 133 pound class, McCoy vs. Simpson; Dickson vs. Thompson; 140 pounds, Carroll vs. Ferguson; tug-of-war, freshmen, captained by Tallman, sophomores, captained by Owens; class rush, sophomores vs. freshmen, time three minutes; biscuit shooting, Prof. Rrelthaupt vs. Prof. Ruth; class fight between five seniors and five Juniors, time five minutes, wrest ling, Graham vs. Duvlne. CAL1FORNLV ADOPTS STAT EM ENT NO. 1 Sacramento, Calif., March 21. The next senator from California will be elected by direct vlo. Young's dlnvt primary hill which today is ready for tho governor's slB"nture (rives Califor nia the Oregon plan ot Statement Number One which pledges tho can didates for HUito Ht-nutor o vote for tho senatorial candidate recolvlnir the lilghest niiinlicr of votes, preceding tlie general election. mur nil MILLIONAIRE MIST go to rmsox Cincinnati, Ohio, March 24. Harrison, the millionaire, con- vlcted of using the mail to de- fraud waii sentenced to nerve three years in the penitentiary and pay a fine of a thousand dollars. Ho fraudulently adver- Used his vacuum cleaner throuhg the malls. O IIALLINGER GIVEN DOUBLE WELCOME TO SEATTLE Seattle, Wash., March 24. Ofricnl Seattle will welcome Ballnger homo tonight and will repeat the welcome tomorrow night In a public reception nt the Hotel Washington. The cham ber of commerce will control the re ception. 10 START FEDERAL BUILDING IN FAIL CONGRESSMAN ELLIS SAYS ARCHITECTS AUK AT WOKK Thinks Plans Will Do Started in July niwl That Actual v in struct Ion Will Ho Started Few Welts Ijitcr. That he hopes and believes the work on the Pendleton federal build ing will be started by the coming fall was the declaration of Judge W. H. Kills in an interview with the East ( iregonlan today. "Shortly before leaving Washing ton." said the Judge. "I called at the treasury department and found that the architects were then busy on the plans for the building at La Granne. The plans for that building are quite well along and the Pendleton build ing Is 20 numbers b'hlnd the La Grande building. I am of the opin ion that they will reach our work about July and that actual construc tion work may be undertaken this fall. However the building' wlTl "prob ably not be completed this winter." Is (o Locale Here. According to Judge Ellis he will resume his residence In Pendleton and he expects to remain here permanent ly. Asked if he intended rsumlng the practice of law he declared Tie would not do so at once. He has .va rious matters to attend to this sum mer and If ho again opens a law of fice he will not do so until fall. The Club's Resolution. In endorsement of the good work of Congressman Ellis in behalf of this city and particularly for his ef forts In having the federal building appropriation enlarged the following resolution was adopted by the Com mercial club at its monthly luncneon last evening: lie It Resolved, That the Pendleton Commercial association hereby ac knowledges the Indebtedness of the first congressional district, and of this community, to the Honorable W. It. Ellis, for his untiring labors and efficient efforts In congress In behalf of the livestock, Irrigation, farming, commercial and other Interests of his 'district, and for the splendid results obtained by him for this community and for the state of Oregon; and that this body Is deeply appreciative of the results obtained in gaining for Ore gon, and especially for this district, numerous public Improvements, which have been a vital force in the present great development of Ore gon, and are nlso a testlmonlar of the high esteem In which our distin guished fellow townsmen Is held by his colleagues in congress. COMMERCIAL CLUB LUNCHEON IS "The, best affair of this sort ever held In Pendleton." This Is the way loal people are speaking today of tho first monthly Commercial club luncheon held last evening nt 'the Ragles-Woodmen hnll. The luncheon was nttended by 200 nnd from start to close the gathering was character ized by good will nnd enthusiasm for Pendleton. Much of the success of the luncheon wns due to the good work of the entertnlnment commit tee, which committee under R, M. Snwtelle ns chairman, mnnnged the affair. Orent credit Is also due the Indies of the Civic club who provided the luncheon and who were assisted p serving the same by a number of young ladles of the city. The United orchestra likewise enlivened the. oc casion by plnylng during the seating of the guests and until the speaking program was taken up. The Stcnkln(r. Owing to the presence ht the luncheon of the party from Wclser nnd of representative people from other parts of tho county, tho local program was cut short In order to hear from the visitors. Dan P. Smythe, president of tho association, acted as tonstmnster and started the hnll rolling with a brief but enthu siastic talk regarding the work of the club. W. Ii. Thompson. As chnlrman of the committee on public policy, W. L. Thompson, for L Majority of Nearly Three to One in Favor of New Build ing. PROGRESS! VE ELEM E.NT WINS DECISIVE VICTORY Official Count on $10(1,000 Ilond Issue Election Gives 315 In Fiivor and 13!) Against First Accomplishment in Progressive lrogram of New Commercial Club Administration. As announced by an East Oregonian special yesterday evening, the progres sive element of Pendleton won a de cisive victory yesterday when they voted by almost, a three to one ma jority to bond the- district for $100, ono for the construction of an $!5, 1,00 high school and the building oi a $15,000 addition to the Lincoln , school building. The total vote cast ! was 4S4 and there were 315 in favor I of the proposition und 139 against it. The news of the outcome of the el ection was received with general de light last night and coming Just be fore the holding of the first big boost er banquet of the Commercial associ ation, it served as a stimulus and was at much responsible as any one ele ment for the unqualified success of that affair. It was the first accom plishment in the progressive program outlined by the new administration of the cl'ib and it was a good omen for the general advancement planned. Members of the board who follow ed closely the election yesterday had no fear fot the outcome after the first hour of voting. The great part of the opposition voted in a body and was among the nrl to cast tncir uanois. The leaders of the "knockers" sent t'.-.elr henchmen out early and by the time the polls were opened, had gath ered qu'te a large number at one of the Main street cigar stores who marched up in a body to register t'.'cmselvcs as enemies of the publi-j schools. Friends of the measure, who were watching the polls, were alarm ed at this demonstration of strength on the part of the enemy and feared lest another large squad was being kept In reserve until the last moment. These fears, however, proved to be unfounded as the ballots showed in the counting that the remainder of the c pposltion consisted only of stragglers. I'll until the counting of the first bunch of votes put In the box, the vote stood five to one for the bonding. School Hoard Happy. Members of the school board are happy today, for the' vote" of the tax payers have vindicated their Judg ment. As expressed by Chairman Tallman this morning, the outcome of the election has stamped rendle ton as a friend of education. "While at no time was I in doubt as to vic tory," he said, "I did fear lest our ma jority would be small. As It was, It U most significant as It shows beyond a question that the great number of the citizens of Pendleton belong to the progressive class, and the news that this city has gone on record as favor ing good schools will redound to her credit. Speaking for the members of the school board, I can say that for the past four "years we have consid ered that the Improvements voted yesterday were badly needed but we did not consider tTInt the time was (Continued on page eight.) mer president of the club, was the first speaker of the evening. In re sponding Mr. Thompson outlined his views with reference to the work of the club for the coming year and dwelt at some length upon the work of the past administration. He urg ed that In starting the present year's work the club first worked out a scheme for financing the work and he also advised the selection of a pafd secretary to devote his time to the affairs of the club. The Mayor Wns TIk-iv. Mayor Murphy with a brief but for cible talk awoke the enthusiasm of those present. He plainly showed his delight over the passage of the school bonds by the peoplo yesterday and predicted grent things for Pendleton for tho Immediate future. "I want to say to you gentlemen," said he in concluding, "that I am more proud than ever of the fact that I am mayor of Pendleton. It Is the best little city of its size In the world." Kcrublo Told Stories. Joseph Scrable, new attorney In the city nnd member of the law firm of Johnson & Scrable, proved himself a gifted talker by a discussion of the general subject of commercial club work during which ho told several amusing stories to emphasize his points. He closed by lauding those who take nn Interest In the affairs ot their community. . Would llulld New Theater. TROUBLE IS YET EXPECTED War Department's Significant Orders are Received in Chicago. UAJI.nOAD DIRECTED TO HOLD CARS IN READINESS Recruiting Officer Directed to Let Down Rars to Applicants Blankets for Iiiiniediate Use Being Purchased In Oregon Looks Like Plans for Winter Service. Chicago, 111., March 24. Indica tions that Washington still expects trouble as the outgrowth of the Mex ican situation were seen here today in a message from the war depart ment ordering the railroads to hold every available tourist and baggage car for instant use. A second order was to Captain Kenny, in charge of the recruiting office and authorrzeii him to accept men applying for en listment even though they are short on requirements, somewhat. Buying Oregon Blankets Washing, D. C, March 24. The fact that the government has order- ed a large number or army blankets from Salem, Oregon, and Napa, Calif., woolen mills and from near Portlanu, Oregon, is taken to indicate that there is a possibility that the government ;!uns to have winter maneuvers along tho border also. Tuft's Altitude Pruised. London, Eng., March 24. Lauaa tion for Tail's determined attitude m mobilizing the army and navy or trie L lined Mates is voiced editorially to- are Captain John Hentz, of Engtne o.;.y tjy the Express. It says it is now Company No. 9; Lieutenant John apparent tint the mobilization played ' Houlahan, of No. 9; fireman Richarl tnu part of it.uctful diplomacy. That Burke of Xo. 9; fireman Edwin Haao he made clear that Ainerie will pe.- or Xo. IS; and truckman Frank Ca in:t of no in:r!ngeiiient of the Moil- vanaugh. roc doctrine. 1 At the hospital are sixteen Injured, "We cordially welcome this proof five fatally, of his determination and sincerely be- ; Previous to the collapse of the roof lieve the Monroe doctrine makes for t.ie world's peace." Di'imrtineiit Denies Trouble. - Washington, D. C, March 2V The war department this ariernoon denied liat recruiting is being rushed be cause trouble is anticipated. It ks said the orders to enlist able bodied men is merely to bring the strength up to the normal. ltefugees Are in Need. San Diego, Calif., March 24. army than 150 Mexican refugees at Tia Juana uud Tecarte in Lower Calif or nit, are near starvation. They also netd clothing, uccording to army of ficers, w ho appealed to the San Diego Ked Cross society today. It is said they need something immediately or that serious sickness will result. ,x.e ited Cross will immediately set about soliciting funds. lira mis RcIh-Ls us Murderers. San Diego, Calif., March 24. Francisco Salinas, the insurgent lead er, now has a price or $400 on his head, according to Ensenda advices. The Mexican government, tiring 'of the border warfare, proposes to brand the revolutionists as murderers and outlaws. It is proposed to take out extradition papers to get them from the United States. Just what stand will be taken on the extradition by the United States authorities is un known. are near starvation. They also BEST OF ITS KIND T. O. Montgomery, chairman of the city interests committee of the cruo. broached the subject of a new the ater for Pendleton and declared that in his view the securing of an up todate playhouse for the city would be about the best thing his commit tee could do for the coming year. Dr. C. J. Smith. In responding as chairman of the committee on promotion and trade ex tension. Dr. C. .1. Smith, who is also a prominent member of the school board, congratulated those present upon the success of the high school bond issue yesterday and spoke with optimism for the future of Pendleton. He nlso outlined to an etxent the aims of the-committee on trade- extension. Idaho Men Gallant. Sheriff George Waters of Wclser, Idaho, made one of the hits of the evening with a witty response to a call to speak In behalf of the visitors from Weiscr. He declared It a for tunate thing for the members of his party that they had been unable to leave tho city on tho evening train and extended thanks to the Commer cial club management for tho courte sies extended the party. He com mended the spirit ot enterprise and enthusiasm prevalent here and de clared that this was surpassed only by the beauty and the grace of the ladles who were serving the luncheon. other members of tho visiting par ty to respond were J. R. Blackaby of ALL UNMARRIED MEN PAY1, r TO AID NEEDY CHILDREN . Oconto, Wis., March 24. To sup port orphans and other needy' chil dren, the city council has adopted an ordinance Imposing a tax of $6 upon all unmarried men residing In the city between the ages of 21 and 50 years. ISOLD ROBBERS HOLD IP BANK AND ESCAPE Springfield, 111., March 24 Two un masked robbers held up the First-National bank at Mound., 111., this after noon and escaped with $2500 cash. The bank Is in .the heart of the city. Posses are trailing them. SALEM HAS TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FIRE Salem, Ore., March 21. The Wil lamette Manufacturing company's building was practically destroyed by firo last night. The lows is 820.000. hill CRASH THROUGH ROOF SIX. OF THE DEAD HAVE ALREADY BEEN REMOVED Others Arc Still in the Ruins While Five of the Sixteen Seriously In- jured Will Die. Milwaukee, Wis., March 24. Twen ty or more firemen today crashed through to the basement of the burn- ing Middleton Manufacturing build- ihe roor fell in. j-'lre Chler Clancy was among them Without a moment's loss the other firemen cashed into the ruins and dragged out their companions, one after another. Within fifteen min- utes fifteen men, including Chief Clancy, had been dragged out, some le? i fully burned. Torrents of water were then pour ed in and at one this afternoon six of the dead had been removed. Five of the dead were identified. They tive fireiuen had rescued 30 panicked girls on the upper floor. The cause of the fire is unknown hundred thousand. The loss Is a . COAL LAND CASES. ' 'IVInl Will Imlil,K' V... .v.., I-til I . Septcmlier, Spokane, Wash., March 24. Argu- ments on the demurrer filed by the m , i dcfendants in he cases charging them : provided for the residents by two pri uore ! with intent to defraud the government i . -i... j .uo. . -- ! o: 20.000 acres of AlllsUa coaI Iani1s I " heard in the federal court here, were : conclude-! to.biv. It Is nimnst a .r.l..:.,.. . .7 . . tainty that the cases won't be tried : the matter of securinK sufficient pres until September, as Judge Rudkin has ' gure. Hermiston butte is the natural taken the matter under advisement, j , for reservoir but the be. Tn? u-mi n're ?aymn Blrown. ongs to the government and it would Charles McKensey of Seattle; Harry . , , . , White of Los AnJl.s and former May. CUrf. P"sf f " ' and e general or of Seattle Donald McKensey of sentlmt is that such a proceaure nshington. GHOULS ItODIFS OF YELLOW FEVER VICTIMS ; Memphis, Tenn., March ; 24. The arrest of the ghouls who broke into ! the family vault of W. W. Whitset to! rob the six coffins of jewelry sup- j posedly burled with the family who 1 died of yellow fever, is expected hour- ly. Important clews have been found and the place Is swarming with de- I lectives. , . , i EVER HELD HERE Ontario and Charles Bohrer of Wei-j ser. ' j Ovation for Judge Ellis. I An Interesting event of the evening I ; was the introduction n,l n.l.tio,, rf a resolution praising the work ofiTh,y e on west tomoow Congressman W. u' Ellis in behalf "We are makin a triP of inspec of Pendleton. The resolution was In- tion anJ t0 aC(luai,u ourselves with trodueod bv P M RUhon .,r,..,,r,- conditions in this section." said Mr. of the club, and was adopted by a rising vote. In resoondinir. .tuds ttih on.ir., with feeling and thanked those ores - ent for their evidence of kindness and good will. He declared he would rather have the support and good will of his immediate neighbors and friends than to be blessed with tho endorsement of others, while lacking the friendship of those nearest to him. The Weston Project. Jack Keefe, principal of the West on schools and an enthusiastic boost er for the Wes'on irrigation project, responded with enthusiasm in behalf of those present from Weston. He said the Weston Irrigation project was going to succeed in spite of tho knocking of the anvil chorus. "We will soon have sweeter music than that." he said. "It will be the music of the water trickling through the irrigation ditches and enriching the lands coming under the project." Other Speakers. Among other speakers called uvn (Continued on page five.) idCMI CCTT CDC IlLVV ULI ILLIIU I FOR WEST END i . Eighteen Colonists Headed tor Hermiston Spending Day in Pendleton. MOST OF THEM ILWE ALREADY PURCHASED LAND This Rand of Immigrants Oidy Part of Steady Inrush to Irrigated Sec tion of Umatilla County Project Town Is Rapidly Forging to the Front Electric Service. When Xo. 17 pulled into the depot shortly after noon today, eighteen immigrants descended from the cars and will leave in the morning for . already purchased land under the project. Most of the colonists are from Indiana and had become so in terested in the Oregon irrigated lands that they decided to cast in their lota there. This is only a. part of a steady in 1 rush to the lands in the west end of ' the county. Since the colonist traffic began, there have been many famrrfes located on irrigated tracts near Her ' miston and Stanfield and the citizens of those two towns are kept busy showing the newcomers over the pro- t ts and apprising them of the vir tues of the country. According to prominent citizens of Hermiston, that town has averaged an addition of one family a day since the first of the year, which average is likely to be raised by the heavy colonist rush. Hermiston Goes Ahead. Hermiston is in the midst of steady progress and each day sees a farther step in the transition from town to city. The Commercial club is alive and acCive to the needs of the com munity and is engaged in a campa.-sn of civic improvement that is re markable for a club in a town the size of Hermiston, The electric plant is now in opera tion and the business houses and res- idences are rapidly being wired and : connected. Stakes have just been set j for the extension of the telephone sys- , tem to the west side of the river. Main street is to be paved in the near fu ture and the city council Is now con- ' sidering submitting to the people the proposition for bonding the city for ! a water works. At nresnt water t ' V"'"' ", "J "e l" ouij a milium lur uomcffuc purposes, i, i ,.-i ij.,. , (Continued on page five.) WESTERN UNION MEN IN THE CITY TODAY For the purpose of inspecting the I local office and arranging for im provements in the connections and I equipment a party of Western Union officials has been in the city today. Those in the group are E. Boenlng, ; district commercial superintendent; ' IS. S. Jones, district commercial man ager, W. J. Smith district commer cial agent, and A. C. Xelson, private secretary to Mr. Boening. All mem bers of the party are from Seattle and tney arrived in Pendleton on -o. it irom ixi uranae loaay. Smith to the East Oregonian. "We are all new men and are from the east and have come here following ' the reorganization of the company. rne fenuieton ottice is to be sup plied with some new equipment and the connections with the commercial centers of the northwest improved." Mr. Smith himself is a former news paper man of Providence. Rhode Is land, and he came west from Prorr dence but a short time ago. TWO ATTEMPTS TO INJURE FIRM WITH DYNAMITE Omaha, March 24. Two charges of dynamite in different parts of the $1,000,000 court house were exploded this morning, damaging the building slightly. Blood hounds are being us ed in pursuit of the dynamiters who. are known to have sought to Injure the contractors Caldwell & DraKe of Columbus. Indiana. Columbus, Ind., March 24. The offices of Caldwell & Drake were wrecked with dynamite here today, mails.