East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, July 11, 1911, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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    EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
WEATHER RETORT.
Fair and warmer to
night; Wednesday
fair;
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 24.
TWO PASSENGER
DERAILED WITH
PASSENGERS
COOKED HI CAR
Steam From Smashed Engine
Envelopes Coach and Pas
sengers ar3 Trapped
AliOLT FORTY MORE Olt
LESS SERIOUSLY INJURED
Spcx-ding- Train Strikes l'oint Where
Kails Had Spread ami Plunges Off
IitibiinUmciit Into Dlti.li Ilelow
Hospital Heavily Taxed.
Tlii. Dalle, ore., July 11. rive
persons are dead li' ro today us u re
suit of a derailment of the Madras
pas-eng! r train on the Oregon Trunk
line near Dyke, late yesterday.
Louis Rising, postmaster of Warm
Springs, was instantly killed.
.Mr-. Rising, Mrs). J. W. Easmuss
Of Ellsworth, Wis.; Mrs. O. W. Ba
ker of Siu-i loan. Urc, and C. T. Ar
thur ul Scuttle died In tiie hospital
here today.
Five others wore seriously injured
ni ; !.. i ari-l three or four will not
recover. Mortis Baker of Sheridan,
and Fireman George MoKellip are In
the most eritieal condition.
Tiie attiituiiiua uuu io sureaJing
Of tiie rails.
Tho train was behind time and run-j
nimr veiv fast
At the curve the engine left the
raii.-. and rolhd down an embankment.
Tiie mail ear and one coach follow
ed and were piled on top of the en
gine. Passengers I toasted.
. Forty Passengers were In the coach
which soon tilled rtilh steam, virtu
ally roasting tiie occupants alive.
SI.. ay were fnghtlully burned, the
flesh on their faces and limbs being
Cooked,
today.
(tilers
Mori'M
Hester,
J. V.
An imprest is being held
injured are:
Haker, seriously, may
daughter, seriously.
die.
Uasmus, seriously.
Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrc
l!as!inus, seriously.
A. A. Camp. Seattle, cut ami nuose
broken.
Thomas Miles, engineer, Vancouver,
Wash., slightly Injured.
Walter Larson, Vancouver, lirake
inau hands cut.
ticorge Su kich, Hums, Ore., scald-
ed
C.
oils,
S.
fatal
chut
Swnnson, i'Mkeman Minrieap
slitrhtly injured.
L. Arthur of Seattle, one of those
:v s'liMcl, rushed to the )es-
s' lilde I
riv'r. 2'
feet away and jump
ed in. 1'Y'dow pas-cngers saw what
he Intended to do, hurried after him
and pulied 1 1 : 1 1 1 out Just in time to
save hi.- life, as he was about to be
Carrie t away by th swift current and
roild iiothnv" gotten out owing to
hi; ,e;,',; rendition.
PIONEER WEE POLO SILVER iEODIflS
RECEPTION fiT RANCH HOME THIS EVENING
At the 11. J. Taylor ranch near
Fulton u rilver wedding reception will
be given this evening ut which Mr.
and Mis. Taylor will be host and hos
tess to some 40 or 50 friends and rel
atives. Many prominent residents of
the city are among those Invited and
they are preparing to make the trip
to tho Taylor ranch by auto during
the evening.
It was Just 25 years ago this fore
noon that tho well known couple
were made man nnd wife. The cere
mony wus performed In" the parlor of
the old VUlard hotel at 10 o'clock In
the forenoon. The officiating min
ister was tho Rev. Mahanna, pastor
of the Methodist church of Pendleton.
Among, those attending the pioneer
wedding were Uncle George Webb,
former state treasurer, who la still
alive hut 1b unable to attend the sti
ver wedding reception tonight, and
C. S. Jackson, former publisher of
the East Oregonlan and now owner
Ca , -
DEATH
TINS ARE
FATAL RESULTS
13 DIE III B
mm k
i several dead cannot
! HE IDENTIFIED
Tailing Cars Crash Through Trolley
Wire ami Art' Enveloped In minding-
Electric Flame Officials illume
Demi Engineer for Accident.
Bridgeport, Conn., July 11. Thir
teen ; : sons were killed and forty-
j five I ji. :'d in a wreck of the Colonial
Expr eastbound, on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford
i railroad here early today.
I Twelve dead bodies were removed
from tile wreckage immediately fol
1'. wing the (.rash. While running at
a high rale of speed the cxpre.-.-struck
a cross-over switch and ran
onto the siiling, plunging over a via
duct into the rtrect below.
i The dead nre:
; C. W. Christie, of Philadelphia.
I Mrs. George Uogcr.se and infant
.-on of Washington.
An unidentified soman about six
I ty years of age.
An unidentified hoy and an uni
dentified young toman.
Two unidentified children and a
i i.C'i'0 passenger.
i Geo. It. Saunders of New London.
C 1 1 n . . a:.d ;he engine, r and fireman.
Through Tifiiley Wires.
I When the train hit tile viaduct and
crashed inio the street, blinding
flashes j'roiH broken trolley w ires,
through which it phiiifcd, t, roused the
neighborhood an 1 hundreds of peo
1 !e rushed to the rescue of the lm-
peiiiled passengers.
Although, apparently tin
mass of smashed and twist
entire
1 ears
were bathed in an electric fire, no
passengers were injured by tiie el
ectric current.
The wreckage took fire, 'out the
flames were extinguished by firemen.
Twenty of the injured probably win
die. M'ist of the dead and Injured
were In the (lay coaches, which wor
torn to splinters. The Pullman
telescoped these cars.
Dull Players in Wreck.
In the sleepers were the players of
the St. Louis National League base
ball club, none of whom wire injur
ed. All of the ball players worked
heroically to rescue the other per
sons from the debris.
orricials Make Statement.
New Haven, July ,11. Officers of
the Now York, New Haven mid Hart
ford railroad company, today in re
gard to the wreck at 1 hidgi p"jt. is
Ued the following- st iteioent:
"Train No.
this morning.
;x cais of tli
went down a
Ing sleeper-",
tracks. The
v-i-s -1 vi K in ,r
while s,,nir s
time earl ca!
mi!-s r ho
ti cor "a. i
Kya n .. i- i v '
TL was wrecked early
The engine and fir -1
e train b ft the rails and
bank. Of the remai-:-two
remained on " tin
cause of the accid. nt
a eross-mer swit;-'u
b.ty miles an hour. Th
N for i
ir at t
! S,
'.it
fi't-e'l
Kitai-
M 'uriis. Ki reman V
, ! - cr pass- n -,'
in. .1. '
f O'tV-one
The Id
on th.-. ,.
! 1:-:-.
oud-i.-'or M
pasSl n:;ers W'
ne fur the vi
id i itiiii.'i r bv
injur, d.
id
tdla county for several years, he hav
ing come here in is 79. His bride's
of the Oregon Journal.
At tho time of their Wcddliie Mr.
Taylor had been a resident of I'ma-
maldeu name was Flora M. Christy
and she came west from Browning,
Mo., to marry the man whose wife
and help mate she has been during
me last quarter century.
Immediately following the wedding
many years ngo Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
drove to their ranch at Fulton and
there they have made their home
since that day. During tho Interven
ing years Mr. Taylor has been yery
successful as a wheatgrower and he
Is now ranked as one of the prosper
ous and prominent farmers of the
county. He is also prominent ns an
Odd Fellow, having been recently el
ected ns one of the grand officers,
and he holds the position of pres'dent
of the Umatilla county good roads
association, a post he has filled with
credit during the past two years.
PENDLETON", OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1911.
IXQl'IKY STARTED IX
SANTA ROSA WIUX'K
San Francisco. July 11. Cap-
tain Ounison and First Mate .
Krouse, of the steam schooner
Helen P. Drew, appeared before
Federal Inspectors liufger and
Holies today In an Inquiry that
is being made Into the wreck
of the stepnu-r Santa Rosa last
Friday. Captain Gunnison said
he kept his ship within easy
reach 'if the doomed vessel so
assistance could be given at any
time. Krouse corroborated the
captain's testimony. The in
i -Ration will be continued
tomorrow.
ATWOOI) ESTABLISHES
AMFHICAX HECOKR
Washington, July 11. After a per
ilous flight from Haiti more. Aviators
Harry Atwood ami Charles Hamilton
arrived here at 6 o'clock this morn
ing at the army aerodrome. At wood's
feat has established n new American
record, it being estimated, he Iws
flown six hundred miles in the pas:
twelve days.
OLD m IS VICTIM
OF CARD SHARPERS
X AT K 1'CII. IS i:SV M.VIIK
l'Oi: TK1CKY GAMHLKi;S
.Marked .ml- Allev,! to Have ISeen
r-cd Against Ilim Font' Arrests
Made and Case in Court This Af
ternoon. N'eii Dolor, sain Kndieott. n man
named Vaugh.'.n of lb ppner and Nal
C"ii' will apptar in police curt 'Ji s
ajternoon i., ;iivcr ' -. a.ii.is of
gambl ng in violation d a. c'iy erd.
nai. i. They v. ere cauglit, it is i-.l-1-
te-1 at the:'r game last night in the
Palace 1-idg :n.. b.ou- e by Night Ot'ii
n is Kearney and Sheer.
The for.iier three are- more serious
ly inveHcd, aet'irdlng to the officers,
than Cecil, 'as it i:ppocrs tiiiit the i. li
ter, who is a la-iiicd stockman of
considerable wealth, wis the victim
which the other three are said to have
sought to fleece, by sharpers' tricks.
It is alleged that the cards used in
the poker game were marked and
that a man ft 1 behind the chair of
i'"(i ti . further assist in placing the
eld gambler at the mercy of the three
tricksters.
The local officers have had sus
picions that gambling has been go ng
on in the Palace lodging house for
some time ami the arrests lasA night
at s,:3 is the result of their watch
lullless. Attorney J. Pi. Perry has been re
tiiiued to defend the former three
gamblers. The fine for violation of
the ordinance is from $25 to $100.
A S20OO Transaction.
The Western Land & irrigation
company has sold ten acres of land
in section l;;. township 4 north, range
27, to Hiiriy A .Warn, r lor a cn
sioeiatam of 2oi,lu,
I USE
HAY BE INDICTED;
V.'ilh a suit case filled with -pium
'-piU'ii ;. pes and other arti I. s u !
by siav. s ef the dream dope. Mrs. Y.da
aollll-ion. hi, ji United State- t :-.;-.
s out. l.-f; on No. 17 tins a 1 iei noon
i ir Portland v.-hole she wi'.l, submit
her evident i I ' a lederal grand jury
Ttiur.olay 1:1 ;.i tifort to set lire
cietna tits ag.iibsi i.itile ,1 h , a (Vi
na. a. in. and Fay .Vt.un.., p.Mpi :t i-n- u
lite .i.dsor House on I'ott inwoo :
siic-i t, in whose p .is. cs.-o-an the opium
outfits were found.
The raid which resulted in ihi:-ceinflse-ation,
was conducted by In
spector of Customs A. F. Statter and
deputies assisted by local officers sev
eial weeks ago. The Oriental was
placed under $150 bonds and lite .Ad
ams woman under $250. local business
men furnishing the bonds of the for
mer while the latter put up the cash
herself.
According to Mrs. Johnston there
is a better case against the white
woman than against the Chinaman
for the reason that she was found
with considerable opium in her pos
session, the drug having been smug
gled in on the pucks ot playing cards,
while Little Joo had but a pipe and
outfit when found.
Another Umatilla county case will
come up before this session of the fed
eral grand Jury, that of Frank John
son, the Indian accused of stealing
several head of horses. Agent
Swartzlander will go down to Port
land in connection with this case.
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PORTLAND SETS
L
I
Oregon Metropolis Wir.i at
Alantic Cit in Fight tor
Next Grand Lodge.
CAMPA5C.N OF TWO Y FAILS
i;i:VAlii)KD 15Y SUCCESS
Mwllnj; Seeurwl Over Strong- Cum.
petition Among; Large Kustcrii
Cities Local Memliers of Order
Highly Pleased Over Victory.
Atlantic City, July 11. Portland,
Oregon, was today awarded the next
I"iks t.ra'id Lodge meeting.
I'y action of.'the grand lodge of
F.lks, taken at Atlantic City today,
Portland was chosen a- the place for
holding the 1912 convention.
Tiie selection of the Kose City for
the next g,-aiid lodge' came as "the re
sult of a t.v years campaign waged
I ' t.'-" P'-rt I n-j lodge and its western
friends A large delegation went tasi
I from Portland to secure the grand
i I'Mige. arot ;:. t m!ed Pr"ss announce-
menl ii.di .les tlo-y have been s'tce?
i f ul.
, Among Portland .-o.e: e; tors Mr
tile lion. o- oi eniei -i'.iniio- uie n- vt
erai ln.ia- v.,-t Pi.ts;-;:;g, Ihi-il.y:
ai.d N I ii leans. However. .". -fi. r
rc'l . the nttshurg d. Ijgaie.o
iol At 'an; ;,. City I - '.pie int- rfered
v.i:h
li. : 11
I :;:sa;ir.; ce ::: ; :i;'n a::.l the
ii the i-'m-'v- Cite cor.t-.T.te 1
I t!:--i!i:-.-lv . itli asking for the 191"
i i ? 1 1 1 in.
j Local .Vim Piev.-il.
I Among- loi ai mi i-iia-is o; the antb-r-
d herd lie:- is nj. icing- today over
tiie new.- thai Portland has- heeti
cho-e:i a- die i-l.-.-e f ir li dding th"
MX! grand lodi . T'.;.. grnnl lodge
si .---.-ion is always u.- event of the
r-..t test i.-'oni'-nt in Klkdom and many
tiiotisands atti nd the sessions. Tiie
holding of the grand lodge in Port
land will mean that local elks will be
able to attend in a body if they so
Ouinlan is Fast.
Frank J. Quir.lan. past exalte 1 rul
' r of Pendleton lodge, is "now at At
lantic e T.v the rejiresi ntatlve from
. n.'.Vton 1 lilge.' He was with the
did'gation that strove to bring the
next ses.- i. n to Portland.
WIT.!. MAX CIHAV WILL THY
TO FLY ACROSS ATLANTIC
I
Sf. Paul. July 11. Jack Irwin, the
wireless pdegrap'i opetntor who ac
ee.Mpaiiieo Welti r Wellman en his
attempted b.i.Moon fbght across the At
hit'.tie ocean, left today for Atlantic
't.y to Jooi Melvilie Yanimvn who is
prei.-.ring to sail for Europe in a di
rigible ha'ioo'i August ir.. The new
fii:I' is -invtar to ti-e "A meri....."
W d'-na i raft.
CROWD IS PROBLEM
!e is a. l.l r:
i P 01 six, u i schemes
r iau:i- .or the out- ,de rs who will
ae iii-t,' during the i'.g s'aow.
ore ; iaii audi r consideration tmlay
s that of ordering several thousand
t ots to be d.sposed of to hotels, room
ing houses and private re-sid. nces of
tin- city. A representative of a manufacturing-
company is here today and
it is possible that before evening an
order tor the cots will be placet!
with him.
Wallowu Iike Tents.
J. F. Egensberger, manager of the
Wallowa lake company, is also here
today and negotiations are on with
him with a view to Having the tents
from' the lake resort brought here for
use during the Round-up. The Wal
lowa lake company has 100 wall tents,
completely furnished, which are used
for accommodating the tourists at tho
lake during the summer. As the sea
son closes there before the opening
of the Round-up Mr. Egensberger says
he will be able to bring his tents here
provided the expense's incident to do
ing so are not too high.
II
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10.
KEFOKM MOVEMENTS
IHDHTI.EI) IX SENATE.
Washington, July 11. Ridi
cule of the initiative and refer
endum end the r aeall, was the
burden of a speech In the sen
ate today by Senator Suther
land eif Utah. He said the tend
ency of so-calied "popular gov
ernment" is to emasculate and
ultimately destroy repre r.t i
tive goveriinv-it. The legisla
tures, he said, wouie: tje swal
lowed up by the initiative and
referendum, the courts would
be obliterated by the recall and
the political parties would be
juggled out of existence by the
direct' primary.
!
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Aniericnns i;.viK-ct to Win.
Loudon, Juiy 11. The Ail-American
college athletes meet the all
English team here today. The en
trants include the crack college men
of both sides of the Atlantic ocean.
The events are all of the classiest
order. The Americans figure on
winning a majority of the events.
CUT-OFF WAITS Oil
RESERVIQR SITE
.1. P. OVMIIEX TELES JF
STATUS OF UXDEUTAIiEXG
Seleeiion of Ilscrvoir Site Xot Yet
Made unit Kailrtiad Waits Decision
Eusu-rn -Terminal Not Yet SelecK'd
s.is ticiicral Manager.
Portland, Ore., July 10, 'IE
Editor Fast Oreg-onian,
Peiiiih .on. Ore.
Yoilr wire the sec:illi on' account
of nb-iiec J;is:' rcevhed. The ast
ern terminal uiul the starting; of work
on the 'iit off will depend entirely
upon where the goveriiine'iu IiK-ate-(he
dam for the West Umatilla pro
ject, as the storage reservoir will af
fect the proposoti cut 'iff line.
J. P. O'BIHEX.
Until the reclamation service de
cides definitely as to the location of
the big reservoir for the West Uma
tilla project the plans for the O.-W.
K. i- X. cutoff from Coyote to Echo
or to Stanfield are held hack and the
work on tiiat uniU rtaking delayed in
definitely. It was vpeeted by many that an
announce mt-nt regarding the cut-off
would be made by General M.iuag. r
J. P. O'llrlen following his return
from Chicago recently. However, an
interview which he gave a Portland
paper contained no news of the Coy
ote cutoff anf the general manager
was then enieried by wire regarding
the same. The above reply was re
ceived last evening and institutes
the most definite information ob
tainable as to when the cutoff will
be started and where the line will
run.
In the interview given by Mr. O'
PrbMi following his return from Chi
cago the following appeared:
"Among the improvements likely t
be authomcl by the eastern of'ici-
i
! a Is is 111- ( on-.;.!' lion of the Xatron-
nil.- t'l-. -a - ta. : - l a- ,;-.-. ! iv ei ia id la
'ions p.,:- ... t'-. :-v-;..ia Th- o.-W. I't KU ! a WILL
NDMNA-KERn ROiAsOE RESULTS
tad is mi
INTERESTING
A ronuti.ee of oil Indian.! was i u i
ininated here at noon today wh -.
Mr. lb'lau.i Kay dimming-, you:;;
lawyer of Henv.ist on. and Mi.-- Nin.
Olive Hoover, of St. Joe. Mo., we-e
united ill the holy bonds oi wedl.HK
by Rev. Nathan Evans, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
The bridegroom is a recent arrival
at Hermiston from the Hoesier state
and he Is endeavoring to build up a
law practice in the project town. His
bride came west from Missouri to
marry him und with several Hermis
ton friends the party arrived this
morning lor the big event.
At high noon the ceremony was
performed in the Methodist church
and though both members of the bri
dal couple were far from home and
relatives their wedding was attended
by new made friends and it was com
plete in all details. Fred R. Hlggens
served as best man and Miss Bertha
Ifi
Calling carls, wed
ding stationery, com
mercial stationery and
Job printing to order
at the East OregonUn.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
NO. 7202
TJ.
PLAN CARRIES
Voters of Wella Walia Decide
on New Form uf Municipal
G iv rn m-i.t
DEMOCi; TIC M.WOK
WINS liY GOOD MAJORITY
Final Eley-tlon fr Co :j.i:issloners to
lie Held Ijitter l'aii or August and
Clioso Ofrieiuls to Take Office
During September.
Walla Walla, Wash., July 11. By a
two to one vote, the people of Walla
Walla yesterday determined to adopt
commission government under the
Allen law, and by a big majority put
the matter of technicalities out of th
way. The vote was large, and th
count slow, but sufficient returns are
ir. to show that the new form of mu
nicipal government carried by a heavy
majority, the total vote cast in the
special election, being in many pre
cincts larger than that for the regu
lar general election.
Dr. J. F. Cropp was elected niiiyor.
in a race that looked at times as if
it might go the other way. But witi
the precincts unheard from, in, it
was conceded eatly this morning that
in a Deiuoi rat would win' out over T.
C. Eiliott. P.epublican. Jesse Ferney,
so- iaiist, pulled a good vote. .The lat
est returns of 13 precinct-;, give Cropp
a majority of 2SS.
11. II. Ciampton wen a hard fight
for street comniissh.ner. being re
elected by a majority of 7, over R.
1 - '' ':" rat. This was one
of tin i-Io.-'si r.ice-s of the day.
John Ankeny defeated C. S Bow
ers, l"e-m liit. for councilman in the
first ward, by a good majority, win
ning tus.ly with a majority of 92, the
vote being 002 to 410.
Sim Wertheimer won out over .1.
U. Flande-'rs, the race being close. 320
to 2:2. This was in the second ward
councilmanic race.
Unopposed, the following officers
were -elected: T. D. S. Hart, clerk;
i erry L. Lyans. treasurer; Michael
Davis, marshal; J. W. Brooks, attor
ney; A. l:. Dor win. a.-sessor; AS". R.
Kehorn, surveyor; T. M. MeKinney.
justice; A. L. K.ng, sexton, C. E.
Montgomery, health officer; Byron
Lutcher, councilman third ward.
Of the oStib votes registered, there
were U047 votes cast.
Under the Allen law, within 60 days
there must be an election for com
missioners, the prim iries preceding
the- second Monday before. No: less
than 15 days nor more than 25 days
are to be- given for the filing 0f can
didacies for major and commission-ari-.-s.
which red tape being finally
unwound, shows the election will
probably be held August 7 to 14, and
tile election August 2i or 2S; and the
commissioners v...u d take effice the
stc-oiid Moiv.u.y a lt r, ii.dja .y Sep-
teinoer 4 or 11. Y
lle'l'e likely he l..-e
-e r eiates will
.-'ei.iemocr 4
gill huhd..y.
ec jnimi.-i-u la
la-l s c.e'e te'o i.t;- t 1
lit 1
loiie -. iirs from next Dc
i ; a in. ii tiie eiee ti-M'.s will
1 '. e e 1:1 i.-er.
LOCAL WEDDIHQ
iui
A xalld. V of 1 a
while Ml-- i.i.i
v, d ding mart h.
; t u v as hri iiiaid.
.. t ilivt r pla e l the
K P. I odd of Iler
'.; master .if airange-
a ii-toii w a- gei
nients.
Following i iie wedding at the
church Jie members of the bridal
party gathered for a wedding lunche
i on at the Quelle and this afternoon
!Mr. and Mrs. Cummings are being
.entertained about tho city.
This evening the bride and groom
j w ill leave for Wenaba Springs, where
they w ill sojourn for several days.
They will then return to Hermiston
to take up their home in the bustling
little city.
Town Almost Destroy oil.
North Sydney. N. S., July 11 All
the principal stores, wharves and sev
eral residences at Murgrave Harbor.
New Foundland were destroyed by
fire today. The loss is $100,000.
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