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EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITIOH
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and to
morrow. Calling card, w- ,
uing stationery, em
tnerclal stationery and?
Job printing to ocdfve
at the East Oregoirlatu.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24.
PENDLETON', OliKGOX, WEDNESDAY', MARCH 29, 1911.
XO. 71 73
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YORK STATE CAPITAL
IS BADLY DAMAGED Bf FIRE
AMOUNTS
TO 56,000,
Defective Wiring in Reference
Library is Held Responsible
For Conflagration.
STATE IJRRARY DESTROYED
WITH VALUABLE DOCUMENTS
Scnnto Assembly Chambers Hlnckoned
anil Water Soaked Offices In the
Ilulltllnii Gutted Structure Wan
Erected at a Cost of $27,000,000
and Covers Three Acres Flame
Lighted Up Whole City.
Allmny. V. Y., Mnreli 29. Approxi
mately $0,000,000 damage, was done
to the New York' trtato capltol build
ing by thlH morning's fire. This does
not include tlio loss of thousands of
Irreplncnhlo documents. In tlio state
library, 400,000 volumes were destroy,
ed. The nenuio and assembly cham
liers were bluckened and watersonk
ed. The officeH of the department
of education, court of claims cham
ber, office of tho senate president, li
brary, document mid cloak rooms
wciv i.u.' J. The struct lire cost $27,
0(10,0(10. It is said that the wreck Is
so complete that It Is Impossible to
tell whether or not It con 1 rehabill
Mtl. Tho structure covers three
acres.
The fire Is believed to have boon
cntfod iiv defective wiring In the rof
eri nci. libiary ol the usscmbly in tho
northwest corner of the building. One
of tlio ..riliTlles says a defect was discovert-,
1 yesterday, which was report
ed. The flames spread rapidly and
tho library was a seething furnace
when the firemen arrived.
Tho fire quickly destroyed all bills,
documents and papers, some of them
dating as far back as 1776. These
cannot bo replaced. The library also
contained documents of the codes and
Judiciary committees of tho present
session.
The fire soon enerod the document
room, which was quickly doomed.
The flames nte up to the roof and
swept over the dome.
Five minutes later, the fire leaped
Into the state library with a roar, and
lis inflammable contents were licked
up like oil In a furnace. The great
oaken door was partly burned through
but the firemen wore unable to gain
any point of vantage that would en
able them to train their hose on the
flames with success.
The firemen were hampered In
their early operations, and the flames
fanned by a north wind, ato tnelr way
through tho corridors and up to the
very doors of tho assembly chamber.
In fact ,tho fire was within ten feet
of tlio chamber before the firemen
could drag a hose around from State
Street.
Tlie state library, with Its valuable
collection of books and documents,
including manuscripts and almost
priceless relics, was soon to bo doom
ed. Every employe of tho capital who
could bo mustered Into service joined
the firemen In fighting the flames.
Among the early arrivals was As
semblyman Levy of New York, chair
man of tho judiciary committee, who
said the assembly library contained
All the records of the legislative ses
sions and thousands of law books.
State officials were routed out of
their beds and hurried to the blazing
building to rescue state records In
other departments should they become
endungercd. Many legislators wefv
also on the scene.
The flames quickly mado their way
to tho excise, department on the sec
ond floor, directly under the assem
bly library, and the hall of the court
of claims was quickly destroyed. At
4:06 o'clock tho flames had swept
across the entire west section of the
building and were bursting Into the
senate finance committee room and
the adjoining offices of the tompo-
SHIP REPORTED SUNK
WITH 100 ON HOARD.
Melbourne, Australia, March
29. The steamer Yongala.
with 160 aboard, is reported to
have sunk with nil on board
off Bowen, Queensland, In a
severe golo. Pieces of wreck
age coming in ar ebelleved to
ago coming In are believed to
She was en route from Towns
vllle to Mackey.
rary president of the senate. At that
hour the fire threatened to reach the
-senate chamber.
Tho flames lighted up tho whole
city, and had It not been for the fact
that 'the wind was blowing in an op
posite direction, would have threat
ened tho -new state education build
ing across Washington avenue to the
north, which is being erected at' a cost
of $4,000 000.
At 5 oCclock the fire was not under
control. It was advancing across the
front of the building and threatened
to destroy the entire structure.
The capltol is one of the finest
buildings of Its kind In the country.
Tho building Is of drilled granite four
stories high and houses the assembly,
the senate, the court of appeals, the
(Continued on page eight.)
MIX TUFT'S NAME IN
alleged that president
requested hs election
Wholesale Unofficial Denials Pouring
in from Washington I.orliner Is
Culled "Greatest Man Since Christ."
Springfield, Ills.. March 29. ;
Wholesale unofficial denials from
Washington arc pouring In here to
day following the statement by Ed-,
ward Mines, the millionaire lumber
k'ng, that he helped elect Larimer ,
because Aldrlch and Penrose told
Mines trnt Taft wanted Lorimer cho
sen. Possibly Penrose and Aldrlch
will bo asked to testify whether they '
ever mentioned Tuft's name In the
matter.
There Is milch taik going today,
mi account of the statement made by
John Hughes, capitalist, before tho
eii'.'cry iuvc.-tiH.i'ing conur.iiti e now
in ses-ion that Lorimcr is "the 'great
est man since Christ." Hughes said
this while he was testifying as to 1
why ho worked for Lorimer. Hines
said he hud only talked to one senator
asking him to vote for Lorimcr.
Springfield, HI., March 2!). The '
flat decimation that the interests had
raised n fund of $100,000 to l icit ;
Ijoriim-r senator was made today by
II. II. Kohlsnat, publisher ot the C hi- '
en HO Record Herald when lie was cxJ
n mined N'fore the senate iiivostignt- '
lug committee which Is probing the
case. He mi Id he is certain of his In- '
formation. i
kohlsaat declined to give the name '
of his Informant sa.vlng lie was pro- j
mint-nt and that he hud promised not 1
to diviilgo It. )
Tho committee announced thnt for-
tier United States Senator Hopkins
would lie summoned to testify. j
The committee has decided to give j
Kohlsaat until tomorrow to give the
name of his Informant. If lie then re- !
fuses they will ask punishment by the
sena te.
PLUNDER HANDS EXISTS IN
CHICAGO ITALIAN QUARTER
Chicago, March 29. The existence j
of a plunder band In the Italian quar- j
ter to collect funds for tho defense of
the Cammnra gang on trial at Vlterbo,
Italy, is asserted here today by the
local newspapers. It Is alleged that
$100,000 have been collected from
Ita-lnns here. The postal money or
ders here show large sums have been
sent recently to Vlterbo.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
DISCUSSING THE TARIFF
Washlmrton D. C March 59. Tho
now democratic house ways and i
means committee today met and dls-
cussed the tariff. Chiefly the wool I
schedule, which It Is expected, will
he the first port of tho tariff attacked
by congress.
TRWELING SALESMAN IS
CONVICTED OF MURDER
' i
Coeur D'Aleno, March 29. John .
McDowell, a traveling salesman, was j
convicted of murder In tho first de-
'greo today on the charge of poison
ing his wife last summer at Spring
town. He will be sentenced Friday.
KNOX DRAFTING BUSY
ARBITRATION TREATY
Washington, D. C, Mnrch 29. Sec
retary of State Knox Is today busy
drafting tho new arbitration treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain. The work Is being hastened
In order to submit It to the senate
for ratification during the special ses
sion beginning April 4th. It is Inti
mated that in case England also ap
proves, other like treaties with other
powers will follow.
TEDDY CREATES
NT
'Ananias Muckrakers" is
Name Given to Publications
That Misrepresent Senators
.MIND OP THE PUBLIC
HAS BECOME CONTUSED
Former President Delivers Lust of
Earl Lectures, nt University of Culi
fornlu "Shaping of Public Opin
ion and the Ninth Commandment"
is Text Largo Crowd Occupies
Theatre.
Berkeley, Cal., March 29. Theo
dore Roosevelt concluded his series
of Earl lectures here yesterday with a
ringing condemnation of those news
papers and magazines the "Ananias
Jluekrakers," he termed them that
misrepresent and discredit honest pub.
lie servants, with the result that the
mind of the public Is so confused that
I: Is unable to distinguish the honest
official from the dishonest. Another
great crowd that occupied every avail
able Inch of space In the. big Greek
theatre of the University of California
heard the lecture, the text of which
was "tho Shaping of Public Opinion
rnd the Ninth Commandment."
President Wheeler of the university
in introducing him, called for an ex
pression of opinion from the audience
as to whether it "had been glad to
have Colonel Kosevelt," if so, he
told the big crowd, "raise your risht
band and say 'aye'." Instantly the
audience was on its feet with a tre
mendous cheer of affirmation.
"The public man, " said Colonel
ltoosevelt, "occupies a very important
end responsible position; but in a
country like ours where public opin
ion prevails so paramountly, the public-
man doesn't occupy nearly so 4m
I ortant a pos'tion as he that moulds
public opinion.- The cardinal sin of
;i public man ihat; the cardinal sin
of the moulder of public opinion Is
mendacity. 1 abhor the thief, but 1
abhor more the assassin of character,
he tli at tries to destroy the public's
I'.iUlT'in the honesty of the man who
rightfully should be where he is."
Citing the obverse of that declar
ation, the colonel declared that "the
newspaper man or magazine writer
that sustains the crook, shares tho
crook's guilt." Hut the honest man
that is fit for public life, the speaker
thought, should have a fairly thick
skin and be capable of viewing with
grim contempt the accusations of
those that make a living out of men
dacity. Ha so Exnmple.
"There's a type of magazine," the
colonel went on, "a type that it fs
hardly fair to call 'muckraking,' be
cause certain muckraking magazines
have performed a splendid public ser
vice a type which may be designated
as 'Ananias Muckrakers,' than which
no Influence can play a more con
tenipfblc part. No convicted alder
man or disgraced public man doing
time 'n a penitentiary is baser than
this type of magazine wh'ch purveys
iMsgraeeful accusations against hon
est men whom they know to be true
to their principles."
The danger of such magazines, he
said lies In confusing the public mind
and if once they get the public think
ing nil public men were "pretty much
alike," there is great danger of ruin
ing American citizenship. He said he
IN CLARE OE
In the full glare of the street lights
and in the principal business district
of the city, one of the boldest burg
laries ever confronting the local po
lice was committed in the early hours
this morning when a large stone was
hurled through the big plate glass
window in the front of the A. L
Schnefer Jewelry store on Main street
and several nrticlos of Jewelry taken.
Two men on whom suspicion rests
strongly were arrested by Chief Gur
dano this morning pending an investi
gation of their movements.
The crime was not discovered until
n bout 4:30 o'clock this morning when
Officer John Kearney noticed the
broken window. The Schnefer store
is within the boundaries of Officer
Shear's bent but that patrolman was
.seized with a severe attack of rheu
matism about ten o'clock hist evening
and hn.l to be taken homo. This
placed the entire city under the enro
of Kearney nnd the perpetrator or
ivrpotrators of the deed must have
known this fact and have kept watch
of tho single officer.
Upon making tho discovery, Officer
Kearney summoned Mr. Schaefer nnd
a hasty examination was made. At
(Continued on page eight.)
BOLD filGLARf PERPERTRATED
EIEA1G-UP
COMMITTEES
City Divided Into Districts
' With Women in Full Con
trol of Work,
EACH SECTION TO HAVE
CHAIItM AN AND ASSISTANTS
Schools Will Participate in Campaign
Men mid Hoys Will He Pressed
Into Service Itako Will He Popu
lar In Pendleton Friday ajid Sat
iirduy. On Friday morning a general city
wide crusade against rubbish, trash
and dirt of all kinds will be Inaugur
ated by the city council assisted by
tho ladles of the Civic association, the
high school students and all good
citizens of Pendleton. It will contin
ue throughout both Friday and Sat
urday and, when it is over, the first
sf.c p in the movement to make Pen
dleton a city beautiful will have been
accomplished.
Th"se clean-up days were designat
ed by the city council two weeks ago
In accordance with an annual cus
tom. Every resident of the city ls
expeeted to remove all dirt which has
accumulated about their premises
.'lid the city will provide teams to
haul the trash away. The school chil
dren will cb an up the school prop
erty on Friday and on Saturday will
be instructed to assist in the work
about their homes.
Mrs. James A. Fee, president of the
Civic association, has named the fol
lowing committees to act In the dif
f rent communities.
North Side Mesdames H. D. Jones,
chairman, fi. A. Hartman, N. Ankeny.
K. P. Mar-hall, r,. W. Phelps. F. E.
l.ivngoo.1. C. itcit. e, E. J. Murphy,
S. stockman, D. Bowman, F. Taylor.
Central Mesdames Alice Sheridan,
S A. Lowell, T. M. Henderson. It.
I ! into, J. W. McGinn, W. Hale, R. F.
K:rkpatrick.
West Court to Bluff Mesdames
Lee Teutsoh, chairman, G. I. La Dow,
Klla r.ond, Alex Manning. D. Swear
ingen, Miss Helen Moussu, Mesdames
It. W. Ilenneman, M. It. Yates, N. M.
Sawtolie, C. Cole, E. Strahorn.
East End S. A. Hampton, chair
man. S. A. Newberry. A. J. Black, J.
Dyer, Till Taylor, J. Baker.
South Hill A. J. Owen, chairman,
T. B..Gurdane, C. P. Strain, I. U.
Temple, T. Vaughan, X. Berkeley, J.
L. Rowland, C. L. Crockett, C. Pen
land. South West to Alta E. F. Averill,
chairman, W. A. Storey, Rose Arbo
gast, X. P. Swearingen, M. B. Keys,
Hooves, s:ebert, Chatman, A. B. Wis
dom, C. Finch. Xettie Armstrong,
Water to Court and East Lee
Mocrhousc, chairman, J. A. McAllist
er, Powers, Thompson, Tom Thomp
son, MeXabb, Blakeslee, Joe Tallman,
F. O'Gara.
WILL ATTEMPT TO UNSEAT
LOKIMER NEXT CONGRESS
Washington, March 29. Progres
sive members of the senate It Is re
ported, decided today to again at
tempt the unseating of Lorimer at the
next mooting of congress. A Spring
field investigation, it Is said, will be
made the basis of attack. It Is gen
erally believed that the senate can
reopen the case.
STREET LI6RTS
first it was thought that nothing in
the display window had been disturb
ed and that the deed had been done
by a drunken rowdy. Later however,
two of the plush jewelry trays were
found near the Horseshoe restaurant
which proved that robbery was the
motive. Mr. Schaefer stated this mor
ning thnt, as near as he can deter
mine at this time; the robber or rob
bers secured only two gold watch
cases and a Knights Templar charm,
the value of all of which hardly ex
ceed $25, which is but poor reward
for tho r'sk taken.
Tho rock must have boon hurled
with gro.it force for, besides breaking
a large hole in the thick plute glass
It traveled across to the side wall of
tho window and smashed a heavy
Plate mirror. The rock itself has
been on exhibition in tho window all
day and tho citizens quite generally
pronounce it as foreign to this county
which leads to tho belief that It was
brought here in tho pocket of a hobo.
Tho greatest loss os thnt of the
plate glass but J. R. Dickson who
owns tho building in which the store
is located states thnt the loss Is fully
covered by Insurance.
REBELS 11 DECISIVE VICTORY
OVER FEDERALS AT ALAMO
NAT GOODWIN HAS
HAD ENOUGH WIVES
St. Louis, March 29 . "Never
again; I have had enough wives," said
Xat Goodwin, the actor, today, in.
speaking of the divorce which was
secured by Edna Goodrich, his fourth
wife, yesterday. Goodwin says he
cares nothing about her.
ULRICH CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT ON WASHINGTON
Xew York, March 29. District At
torney Whitman today filed informa
tion charging Albert Ulrloh with third
degree assault on Booker T. Wash
ington. Ulrich will plead Monday..
!L IS
BODY OF UNIDENTIFIED
VICTIM FOUND YESTERDAY
Heniuins Half Concealed In Brush on
Vacant Loe in Suburb Was About
15 or 10 Years Old.
Portland, Ore., March 29. J. P.
O'Xtlll, a street contractor doing
work 'n the Itose CUy Park district
reported to the police at 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon that he had Just
found thebody of a young girl, ap
parently about 15 or 16 years of age,
half hidden In the brush back from
the street some distance, and about
seven blocks north from the Rose City
Park car line on Sandy road. The
body was lying near East Forty-seventh
street. That section is sparsely
settled and is being improved and
grad-d She apparently had been
murdered.
A gunshot wound was found in the
light temple, and it appeared to those
who discovered tlio remains that the
girl had not been dead longer than
perhaps Monday evening. Her cloth
ing was not disarranged in any man
ner, and no evidence of a struggle was
to be found at the scene of the trag
edy. Tho dVad girl wore a plaid dress
and a blue cape, but had no hat on,
nor could any be found near. This
latter fact has caused the police to
believe that she resides near.
Mr. O'Xeill is doing grading work
near, the place where the body was
discovered. A man came to him in
the afternoon when he and his force
of men started to work, and said that
a dead girl lay in the brush near. Mr.
O'Xeill went with the man to the spot
and verified the statement. Ha. im
mediately notified the police and ask
ed the man to remain until the offi
cers arrived, which the stranger did.
When Patrolman Evans reached the
scene he took the stranger into cus
tody, although there is no evidence
to implicate him. The officers thought
it best to hold him until further de
tails could be worked out.
For several days, Mr. O'Neill says,
the man has been seeking wof'k of
him. He evidently was bent upon the
same m ssion when approaching the
grading crew this morning, when he
says he saw the body for the first
time. His demeanor is calm, and no
one suggests that he is guilty of the
crime.
An alarm was quickly spread
through the neighborhood of Rose
City Park, and a canvass is in progress
to learn if the dead girl lives there.
As soon as her Identity is discovered,
the officers will have something on
which to work. Those who saw the
body believe it is th!Tt of a schoolgirl
who was enticed 'nto the brush by a
jealous youth or person of more evil
intent, and then shot down, perhaps
before some other purpose could be
carried out.
;f The dress of the dead girl is very
good, indicating that she comes of
good family. Her face has the ap
pearance of refinement and educa
tion. From the hasty examination
made by the first policeman to arrive
on the spot, there Is no suspicion of
assault.
JACK JOHNSON
SERVING SENTENCE
Snu Franolseo. Calif., March 29.
.luck Johnson, the fighter, in jail for
2," days for siccdlug. declared that
jail life vtns not good and thnt the
food was lmd. hut that he Intended to
lie game and stick it out
San Francisco, March 29. Snug In
a cell where ho is serving a twenty
five day sentence In the county jail
for speeding. Jack Johnson, the fight
er, awakened today for a breakfast of
mush nnd milk before being taken
into Judge Weller's court to answer
to the charge of speeding. A new
charge may be filed to get Jack an
other sentence.
INSURGENTS If,
PITARLE PLIGHT
Some Are Nearly Crazed on
Account of the Lack of Food,
and Water.
GENERAL HERTIIOLD ILS
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED LBB
Ue Lu Barrc Will Meet Madcro Fam
ily and Limiuitour Tomorrow VYSK
Go Into Chihuahua Under Flag off
Truce and Talk Peace Is Dae so
Ultimntuin of Tuft.
San Diego, March 29. Arriving -from
Ensenada, Lower California ta
uuy a steamship brings news of a
cisive victory of the rebels unctar
General Bcrthold, who with 4300 men
marched from Tecarte on the" boritor
over the desert to Alamo sevtrsfi
hundred miles and captured the tons.
It is expected they will attack Es
senada next. The plight of the in
surgents is said to be pitiable. Sou
are nearly crazy for lack of food ajad
water. Alamo Is 80 miles soutl f
Ensenada. General Berthold warn
slightly wounded in the leg.
San Antonio, March is. Embasstr
dor De La Barre arrives tomorrow, aw
will meet Madero, Sencer and otter
members of the Madero family. Urn
will then go to Monterey to mnet Li
mainour tnd later under flag of tratns
will probably go into Chihuahua to
meet the rebel Madero and talk
peace. The army officers believe that
it peace is to end the contest it i31
be due directly to ,the ult'matum
Taft carried to Diaz by TJmantoor.
It is believed that Taft's threateoJ
invasion will occur unless the coca
promise of the warring factions sunk
consummated.
Taft Would Avoid Questions.
Washington, D. C, March 29. Ai
tlcipating awkward questions when
congress convenes It was learned to-day
that lieutenants of Taft are work
ing quietly among the senators In sub.
effort to t-tave off the LaFolIette r
clution demanding an explanation W
the army mobilization. Taft think
the majority of the senators know
the real leason for the war-like man
and believes he may. escape the em
barrassment of being formally forca.
to define the attitude of the admiuis
tration to other countries.
Ohio Militia to the Front.
Columbus, Ohio, March 29. Claim
ing to have been tipped off that tbm
entire Ohio militia would be sent U
California passenger agents of four
western railroads called upon Adju
tant General Weybrecht for the prfr
liege of transporting the troops. They
said the militia would be sent frit
to San Antonio. The general declare
the statement was news to him &rxC
denied he had received any official
advices to this effect.
Not to Call Militia.
Washington, D. C. March 29. Fol
lowing the reports from Ohio that
the militia would be cent to Califor
nia the war department this after
noon denied that it intended to call
out the militia of any state.
TRIANGULAR DERATE
HELD FRIDAY NIGIIT
University of Oregon, Eugene. Ore.
March 29. Friday night of this week,
simultaneously at Seattle, Stanford
and Eugene, the debating teams
the three institutions, Washing;ci:.
Stanford and Oregon, will clash in de
bate on the shipping subsidies ques
tion. One week later .April 7, the Uni
versity of Oregon sends another de
bating team to Salt Lake City to fighC
out the question with the University
of Utah.
LOS ANGELES OFFICE OWNERS
J ARE VIOLATORS OF LuVW
I Los Angeles, March 29. As an afl-
termath of Xew York's tragic firew
seven owners of office buildings here
were arrested today for violation
the law compelling fire escapes.
v
ST KIKE OF TELEGRAPH
OPEKATORS THREATENED
Chicago, Mar. 29. Indica- er'
Hons are that the 1500 tele-
graphers on the Illinois Central -
between Chicago and Xew Or-
leans will quit work unless their
demands are granted. A vote is
being taken today at union
headquarters. A