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VOr 21 I PEXDLETQN, QltEGOX, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1011, ' XO. 7201
BANGOR MAINE SUFFERS GREAT i;:ilWE IRE ;3lf!E DESTROYS
DAMAGE NEAR
16,000,000
Three Are Dead. Fifty Are
Injured and One-Thousand
Are Home'ess.
ENTIRE BUSINESS SECTION
IS DESTROYED BY FLAMES
Much of the Residence Section lit Al
ho III Ruins Only the Use of Dy
namite and tlie Assistance of Neigh
boring Towns Saved the City from
Being Wiped Out.
Bangor, May 1. With throe known
read, fifty Injured and thousands
IiomcleH the city under martial law.
and tlio soldiers guarding the lank
vault against the looters, Bangor to
day hcoh the last flickers of a fire
which cost Iut between five and six
million dollar. A Miction of the city
a quarter of a mile wide and two miles
long was destroyed. Only the use of
dynamite and the aid from neighbor
Ing clticN Maved live city. The fire
started ye Unlay afternoon and fan
ned by a strong brecxe It swept north.
ward devastating the entire btiNlneM
m-cOon and a large, port of the rest
dence wrtlon also. The conflsgra
Uon waa chcked at Hcvcn this morn.
lug, although a large number of the
lumber yards on the river front are
still burning. Mayor CuIIom today In-
Kurd an appeal for aid for the dewll
lute. Tents are being erectl and pro.
vision being made to feed homeless,
Vnder Martial Iaw.
Soon after darkness the city light.
Ing plant was crippled and the firemen
fought by the larld glare of the burn
ing buildings. Fire continued gain
lng till midnight when a light rain be
gan falling. There is no estimate yet
as to the number who lost their
homes. The state militia is on the
scene taking everv possible precau
tlon. They have been ordered to shoot
if necessary to prevent robbery.
XEW TARIFF SCHEDULE
HECOMES EFFECTIVE
Panama, May 1. Panama's new
tariff schedules became effective to
day, the date Vet by the national as
sembly of the republic. They Include
a measure Increasing duties on im
ports, with the exception of flour, corn
rice and lard. The duties on articles
of luxury are raised five per cent, and
on all other Imports except the sta
ples mentioned, two and one-half per
cent.
English Scullers Meet.
London, May 1. Ernest Barry, the
present title holder and William Al
bany ofNlnpton, will row on the
Thames today for the sculling cham
pionship of Great Britain. The course
is from Putney to Mortlake. The win
ner will receive $1000 in cash and
the Sportsman challenge cup. Al
bany has the advantage In weight,
tipping the scales t 184 pounds,
while the champion . weighs 163
pounds.
This is the first sculling champion
ship race between Britishers since
1 887, when George Perkns was de
feau-d by W. Q. East, the contest tak.
Ing pae on the Tyne. The Thames
has not been the scene of such a race
since 1878, whfl W( E!,lott won from
R, W, Royd, on A JMU, i,
' I,
ATTORNEYS DEFER
, REPORT TO ASS'R
It now seems probable that there
will be no report made to the local
bar association by the executive com
mittee which hns Just completed an
Investigation of tho charges against
Attorneys Perry, Bailey and Watts
until after somo disposition has been
mnde of tho St. Dennis vs. Watts
case, tho procedure In which led to
tho Investigation, tho nttltudo of tho
majority of tho attorneys being that
they should take no action that would
affect the merits of cither sldo.
Although tho committee was In
structed to ninke a report to the as
sociation not later than today, it is
Impossible for tho committee to do
so as tho testimony in the investiga
tion is not more than half prepared
by W. C. E. l'niitt, who acted as ste
nographer and for the further reason
that "several of the committeemen
have not yet heard all of the testi
mony.
n m 1 n I I a M aw, m I Snrrnmcntn Mnu i rlci A I.
MISS H NHOfl s.:i: AMP NOC
OAKLAND SUFFERS
$100,000 FIRE TODAY
Oakland, Calif., May 1. A half
block of the down town section was
burned this morning. The loss is
$100,000. The Dletz opera house and
polytechnic business college are
among the lost. Five narrowly es
caped deuth.
RAINFALL TO DATE
BELOW THE NORMAL
TOTAL SINCE SEITEMBEH
AMOUNTS TO 9.01 INCHES
Heavy Ruins During November
Keep Precipitation up to Standard
Spring Months Have Been Dry.
Although the rainfall at this place
during the past four months has been
considerably below the normal the to.
tal precipitation for the rainy season,
beginning September 1 and ending
May 1, Is but slightly less than the
normal. According to the figures of
E. F. Averlll, local weather observor,
the total precipitation since Septem
ber 1 has been 9.94 Inches, while the
normal precipitation would be 10.79
inches. 1
It was the heavy rains last Novem
ber that saved the day for Umatilla
county. During that month over four
Inches of rain fell and the precipita
tion broke all previous records. Since
the first of January we have had but
2.36 inches of rain and the normal
precipitation for the first four months
would be 5:69 Inches. During the first
four months of 1910 we had 5 53
inches of rainfall.
On May 1. 1910 there has been a
total of 10.63 Inches of rain, slightly
1m than an bich more than has fall
en this rainy season. The rainfall
last rainy season was the greatest in
three years as this county had gone
through two years of partial drouth,
there being but a trifle over eight In
ches of rain one year and nine Inches
the next. During the year 190S onlv
8.07 Inches of rain fell in Pendleton.
The rainfall during the month of
April, Just closed, amounted to .18
Inch while the normal rainfall for
April is 1.01 inches. During the month
of April there were 21 clear days, ac
cording to the record; two cloudy
days and seven days that were partly
cloudy. The night of April 14 was the
coldest night ever experienced here
In April. The thermometer went down
tc 19 degrees above lero.
Hurke-Smith Rattle.
New York, May 1. Sailor Burke
and Jim Smith, the Westchester fight
er, will go on in the principal event
of the Alympie Athletic club's pro
gram this evening. Hurke recently
knocked out Montana Dick Sullivan
In the ninth round of a battle in this
city and is a favorite over Smith in
tonight's fistic session.
FORMER LOCAL MAN
TRIES TO KILL WIFE
A well known former resident of
Pendleton Is in serious trouble at
Klmberly, Idaho, where he has been
living since leaving this city, he Is
charged with assault with Intent to
kill, It being alleged that he fired sev.
eral times at his wife and another wo.
man and leveled his gun at his child.
Furdy was employed "while here at
Uitr "jlcox Implement house and his
present p-ife was formerly the wife of
John Hfchufdsmi.
in" following in hm account of the
near tragedy ns It appeared 1 the
Twin Falls News last week:
XUomas Furdy ot KlmberJy was ar
rested on Saturday last on a warrant
sworn out by hla wife, charging him
with assault with Intent to commit
murder.
Furdy, who Is said to have been un
der the Influence of liquor nt the time
of the shooting, opened fire on his
wife and n Mrs, Severance, but the
bullets went wide of the mark. He
also level his gun at his child and
also fit a man employed upon the
ranch, but evidently changed his mlrd
and did not pull the trigger.
Purdy was arrnnged before Judge
Smith In Justice court nt 2 o'clock p.
m. on Saturday last, but through his
attorneys, William H. Hornlbrook nnd
John E. Williams, waived his prelimi
nary examination, and was bound over
to the district court In the sum of
$2000.
The case will be heard at tho next
term of court.
PORTLAND ITALIAN
LABORERS (JO ON STRIKE
Portland. May 1. Their wage cu'
I'lom $2 to $1.75 ier day. 300 Italian
laborers employed by linker & Sc:ir
pelll struck today.
Sacramento, May 1. Cris
Evans, at one time a famous
California train robber and ban
dit was released on parole from
the Folsom prison today after
confinement of 17 years. Ev
ans will soon leave with his wife
and daughter for Portland, Ore
gon Where he will reside. This
was part of his parole order.
GRANITE CITY HAS
SOCIALIST MAYOR
Oranite City. III., May 1. This city
oi la, 000 inhabitants Is now. next to
Milwaukee, the largest municipality
In the country to have a Socialist
chief executive. Marshall E. Kirk -
Patrick ,who was elected on the So
cialist ticket, today assumed the of
fice of mayor.
in taking up the reins of office,
Klrkpatrick declared that he will
stick strictly to the water wagon dur
Ing the two years of his term and that
he Intends to discharge the entire po
lice force and appoint new men. He
also advocates public ownership of
gas and electric lighting and power
plants and the establishment of a mu
nicipal coal and ice concern, which
will supply those commodities to con
sumers at exact cost.
CHICAGO ELECTION COST
MERRIAM $162,480
Chicago, May 1. It cost Prof.
Charles E. Merriam of the University
of Chicago the sum of $162,480.23 to
be defeated for the mayoralty of Chi
cago by Carter H. Harrison. This
stupendous sum, said to have been
the largest ever publicly admitted by
a mayoralty candidate in the United
States, is said nor to contain a list of
the expenses of the Merriam cam
paign uring the last week of the pri
maries, and a total of $230,000 is fix
ed upon as the actual sum spent.
The report of the Merriam cam
paign committee was made public
Saturday night. JuliU3 Uosenwald
was the largest personal contributor,
having given $37,100 while the Mc
Cormmick family gave $26,000, and
Charles U. Crane, appointed minister
to Ch.na. by Taft and then recalled,
donated 118.000 to Merriam, his kins
man. James A. Patten, the wheat king,
gave $10,000, while Victor F. Lawson
g.;e $10,000.
Of the enormous sum raised, the
expenditures in round figures were as
follows:
Stat.onery und printing, $20,000;
advertising. $31,000; music, $SOOO;
hall rents, $13,500; salaries and head
quarters expenses, $27,50; postage,
$2750; lithographs and posting, $5,
000; ward headquarters and expenses
manning poles, $20,000.
BOSTON SOCIALISTS
OBSERVE MAY
DA V
Huston, May l'. May Day was cele
biated on a great scale In Boston to
day by the socialists and labor un
ions. Among the speakers on the
piogram of the big muss meeting in
Tremont Temple are Victor U Berger,
of Milwaukee, the first socialist ever
elected to congress, and Robert Hun
ter, the wealthy author and sociologi
cal student who was the socialist can
didate for governor of Connecticut
last November. Socialist locals
throughout New England have sent
representatives to the Boston meet
ing. ROBERT TODD LINCOLN
RETIRES FROM BIMM
:ss
Chicago, May 1. Robert Todd Lin
coln, son of President Lincoln, today
retired from the presidency of the
Pullman company, and was succeeded
by John S. Runnels, who was vice
president. Ill health and a desire to
be freed from business cares are giv
en as the reasons for Mr. Lincoln's
res'gnation.
Robert Todd Lincoln was the first
born son of Abraham Lincoln and is
now nearing his sixty-eighth year. He
served during the war as a captalu
on the staff of General Grant. In
JS67 he was admitted to the Illinois
bar and practiced in Chicago. He,
served as secretary of war In ,a
cabinets of Presidents Gart a"nj
Arthur, and wa V.'nllCi spates, rninis.
ter t vreat npltain from 1889 to
$08. After the death of George M.
Pullman he became president of the
Pullman company, for which he had
previously acted as attorney.
LOSS
(Special Correspondence.)
Ilermlston, Ore., May 1. By a fire
which broke out about 1 o'clock this
afternoon the warehouse of tho ller
nilston mercantile company and the
residence of Janus Means were de
stroyed. The loss will lie about JtUMlo
an I tin- creat. r part of this will be
covered by Insurance.
Tho fire originated in the Means
l"i sideiicc wliii li was no; occupied a-
EI AT H
UO
1 LnUUII LLnULIIu t
Burns Has Information That
Will Lead to Examination of
San Francisco Men.
ATTORNEY FREDERICKS
GETS THREATEN I N LETTER
1 GoiniM'rs Confers With Labor
lend
ers Relative to Defense of (lie
McNamiirus' Will Simply See That
Defendants Get n Fair Trial I
Not Putting I nlons to Test.
Los Angeles, Cal., May 1. Infor
mation in Hums' possession which
he will lay before the grand Jury aft
er ills arrival here Wednesday in
connection with the trial of the Mc
Namaras' is reported today will re
sult in an examination and possible
indictment of two San Francisco la
bor leaders. The alleged informa
tion is that Chaplain and Schmidt,
who are wanted for complicity In the
dynamitng, told two men of their
intentions of blowing up the Times and
afterward sought shelter with these
,men. The defense Is now preparing
for arraignment. Several attorneys
have arrived. The district attorney
today admitted that it is possible he
Employ SK-ci Irosecutor.
A report that a special prosecutor
may be employe brings the name of
Ear! Rogers, former attorney for the
Merchants' Manufacturers' association
and one of he defenders In San
Francisco to'the front. If he is cho
sen it would place Burns and Rogers,
once bitterest opponents in San
Francisco, side by side in the case.
Andrew Gallagher, of San Francisco,
n member of the labor council, arriv
ed yesterday and is conferring today
uith local labor leaders. It is under
stood that the defense will ask for
the- appointment of Elisor to care for
the prisoners, as they fear Burns'
detei tives may be appointed deputy
sheriffs and they also want Elisor to
hold the jury list so no one can as
eerta n flie names of the prospective
Jurors.
Fredericks N Threatened.
District Attorney Fredericks today
receive a threatening letter from
M. J. Schmidt, dated New York, and
is almost a duplicate of the one writ
ten Burns. Fredericks said the pros
ecution feared nothing. Schmidt Is
one of the dynamiters wanted.
Iahor I.eadcr Confer.
Indianajolis, May 1. Gompers is
here today confering with the labor
leaders, relative to the defense of the
Mc.N'amaras and looking up their rec
ords. Gompers said his efforts were
simply to see that the McNamaras
get a fair trial and that he does not
look upon the trial as putting the la
bor unions to test at all.
I'llWli GOTCH MAY
MEET HACKENSCHMIDT
Chicago. May l. Frank Gotch,
championship heavyweight wrestler
of the world, comes to Chicago today
to complete arrangements for a match
with George Hackenschmidt. the
"Russian lion." It is probable that
the two men will meet in this city on
labor day at the Amer.can League
baseball park. The champion will
get $20,000 for his share, regardless
of the result, while "Hack" has con
sented to a percentage arrangement.
Hackenschmidt is now at his home
in Cracow, Russia, but will return to
America this summer fo prepare for
his battle with Gotch. The Empire
Athletic club Is In charge of the nego
tiations between the wrestlers. Gotch
recently declared that the talk of his
retitenient is all "bosh" and that he
is now ready to push the match to
a finish.
Another "Carnegie, tloy" Quits.
New York, May 1. William B
Dickson, first vice president of the
United States Steel corporation, retir
ed from that position today. Dick
son rose to greatness in the steel
trust through the friendship and In
fluence of Andrew Carnegie, and Is
about the last of "Carnegie's boys" re
tained under the Morgan-Gary regime.
THIS AFTERNOON
the time and the cause of the blaze
uia not yet been discovered The
flames quickly spread to the ware
house which adjoined the house and
p. big conflagration was underway al
most before the people of the town
naliy.ed tlio fact.
The warehouse of the Hermistor.
mercantile company was filled with
w.mons. The loss to the company i
e.-tiinutcd nt $501)0 while til,. 1 'S
tile Mean's house Is phi -cd ,. !.
Hong Kong, May 1. Dispatch
es from Canton today say the
situation is getting worse. There
are thirty thousand soldiers
within Us confines and it is fear
ed many of them will Join the
revolt at the first rebel success.
Assassinations and executions
are reported regularly. Two
British gunboats have arrived
and the American gunboat Wil
mington Is at Shlamen enroute
to Canton to protect the for
eigners who have not already
fled.
STATE SUPREME COURT
CONVENES TODAY
ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP
IS IN ATTENDANCE
Many Out of Town Attorneys Are in
the City Alxitit Twenty Cases Will
Be Heard Swion Will Last Sev
eral Days.
With the entire membership of the
state supreme court consisting of
Chief Justice Robert Eakin and Asso
ciate Justices Thomas A. McBride.
Frank A. Moore, Henry J. Bean and
George H. Burnett, present, the reg
ular semi-annual Pendleton session
of the supreme court was convened at
9 o'clock this morning in the circuit
court room. Deputy Clerk Lee Moor-
house Is acting as clerk and D. B.
Waffle as bailiff.
The first case to be argued and
submitted was from Gilliam county.
C. F. Armstrong vs. A. S. Hollen with
Jay Bowerman appearing as attorney
for the respondent and T. A. Weinke
for the appellant. The only other
rare to come up this morning was
that of James M. W!''.s vs. George
Palmer Lumber company from Union
county, T. H. Crawford representing
the respondent and T. S. Ivanhoe the
appellant.
The first case to be argued th s af
ternoon was also from Union county,
Frank K. Brown, administrator, vs.
Franklin Truax, Cochran & Cochran
appearing for the respondent ' and
Turner Oliver for the appellant. The
Morrow county case of State of Ore
gon vs. E. C. Maddock was the next
case on the docket and will probably
be reached this afternoon.
To Examine Applicants.
A committee of attorneys consisting
of Judge Stephen a Lowell of Pen
dleton. C. E. Cochran of La Grande
and Sam Van Vactor of Heppner. was
nppointed to examine applicants for
admission to the bar. There will be
about s x embryo attorneys in the
class.
Among the out of town attorneys
in the city to attend the session are
F. S. Ivanhoe, George T. Cochran, C.
E. Cochran. T. H. Crawford and Tur
ner Oliver of La Grande; Jay Bow
erman and T. A. Weinke of Condon;
J N. Hart and M. D. Cylfford of Ba
ker and Sam E. Vanvactor of Hepp
ner. Attorney General A. M. Craw
ford is also in attendance.
The session will continue for sev
eral days, there being about twenty
cases to be heard.
ECHO SALOON HAS
SHALL FIRE SUNDAY
(Special Correspondence.)
Echo. Ore., May 1. A small blaze
occurred here yesterday morning at
1:30 o'clock. The rear end of the
Louvre saloon building on the corner
of Main and Dupont streets and used
as a restaurant, was completely de
stroyed by fire. Only by the very
prompt action of the Echo fire de
partment were the I. O. O. F. hall,
the, Louyre saloon, the building con
taining Gilbert's barber shop and Bln
ney's harness shrop saved, as they are
all wooden buildings and situated
closely together. The contents of the
restaurant which belonged to Harry
Coyn and Ed Stover and value'd at
$300 were complete loss. No Insur
ance. The damage to the building
which belongs to C. R. Lisle was es
timated at $400 with Insurance. While
the Echo firemen seem to be falling
down a little on baseball they are
second to none in fighting fire.
J. O. Thomas was transacting busi
ness in Pendleton today.
Frank Cunha visited friends in
Pendleton today.
Samuel Sweeney of Walla Walla,
h a business visitor here.
A large number of baseball fans
from here went up to Pendleton yes
terday to attend the game and return
, home on the motor Inst night.
t'has. Ha: tlioloinew w as a passen
ger to Pendleton on the motor this
morning.
No Betting in Florida.
Ja.-ksoYvill". l"la May 1. Tin
loath knell of rasing in Florida was
sound, d today w hen the anti-betting
law enacted by the legislature became
effective.
WESTON HOTEL
Other Buildings are Eadly
Damaged in Fierce Con
flagraMon SEVERAL HOTEL GUESTS
ARE SERIOUSLY' INJURED
Man Falls From Second Story ot
Hotel and Receives Broken Hip
Boy Seriously Injured by Broken
Glass Fire Starts at Early Hour
Sunday Morning.
(Special Correspondence.
Weston, May 1. Fire which start
ed in some unknown manner in tha
Hotel Royal about 2 o'clock Sunday
morning, completely destroyed that
structure and five other small ad
Joining buildings before the flame
were gotten under control. The fire
department and many citizens re
sponded to the alarm, but although
they used their best efforts to confine
the fire to the hotel it soon spread
to the several frame buildings ad
Joining, Guests Seriously Injured,
While no fatalities are recorded aa
a result of the fire, many of the guests
at the hotel were seriously Injured by
jumping from the second storv of the
hotel.
Boy Is Injured.
A son of Mr. Klein tried to make
his escape from the second story of
the burning building By tying sheeta
together and would have alighted
safely on the ground but one of the
sheets groke and let him fall. Hit
face and hands were badly burned
and he was seriously injured in the
side by coming In contact with some
broken window glass. He was taken
Sunday morning to Walla Walla for
treatment.
Hip Broken by Fall.
Eph Williams jumped from the
second story and sustained a broken
hip. His head was also badly bruis
ed by the fall. His condition is con
sidered serious and he was taken to
Pendleton where he will receive med
ical aid.
Domestic Animals Suffer.
A favorite dog owned by Master
Teddy Klein Is a victim of the fire
and a white cat belonging to NorDean
& Duncan was badly scorched by the
names, it was found alive after the
fire but its white coat had been turn
ed to one of black.
Ball Team Works.
The fire raged about two hours be
fore it was brought under control
and the members of the baseball team
worked until they were almost pros
trated to subdue the conflagration.
They endeavored to have Walla Wal
la cancel the game for Sunday on
account of this fact, but this the Wal
la Walla team refused to do.
Other Buildings Damaged.
Besides the hotel, a small building
owned by Willie Jamieson, located
on the Young property was destroy
ed. The Brant building in which was
located the barber shop, was com
pletely destroyed with the entire con
tents.
The corner building In which waa
located the NorDean & Duncan "near
I beer" Joint, was badly damaged. The
I latter building, together with the ho
I tel. was partially covered with in
surance.
The heat from the fire was so in
tense that the Jarman department
store and other buildings suffered
from broken windows and glass doors.
The Grant restaurant was slightly
damaged, and the proprietor has
moved into the Marshal house, where
he will continue the business.
The lodge hall which is above the
bank, was badly damaged by the
flames and it was only through the
heroic efforts of Ira Kept that the
building was saved.
OHIO LEGISLATURE
Columbus, May 1. Through the
arrest here of E. H. Harrison. A. O.
Bailey and D. Ferry by three of
Burns detectives, the Ohio legislature
today faces a grand Jury investiga
tion for the alleged boodling during
the present session. Under the sup
position that detectives were lobby
ists they were taken into custody, ac
cused of attempting to tribe Dr.
George Nye, representative. They
immediati ly amioiin, e,l tri, y have c.i-
oence ..i corruption against at
IHt
2' members of tip. legislature
w ould b- pres. nted le r t n,
jury tomorrow. 1 N'. . ; t '; 1. s
w re arr 'ii'.n.'d an 1 r.-V.is, ,i
j'!U0 bonds.
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