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EVEIIIIIG EDITION
EVENING EDITION
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and Tues
day. Largest PIJ drcn
latlon of any paper to
Oregon, cant of Fort
land. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 19li
NO. 7298
NIALOFF
FOR INDIANA
Makes Statement Before
Leaving, Involving Several
x Labor Leaders. 1
MISSING UNIONISTFOUND
DynumlUT Will Not Testify Before
JrYdcral Gruiul Jury Until After
IlolUlayS SuHieeU Are Being
WaUiied In Meantime.
Los Angeles, Dec. 18. While pack
ing up hiu few belongings In his cell
In the county Jail here today, pre
paratory to his departure tonight for
Indianapolis, Ortle E. McManigal, who
has confessed to exploding dynamite
at the Llewellyn Iron Works, on
which charge he has never been ar
raigned, dictated an evclusive state
ment for the United Press. McMan
igal fuels especially bitter towards
Clarence Durrow, chief of counsel for
the McNamaras, whom he holds di
rectly responsible for the estrange
ment now existing between himself
and Mrs. McManigal.
Ills statement follows:
By Ortlo K. McManigal.
They are going to take mo to In
dianapolis tonight to testify before the
grand Jury Investigating the dyna
mite conspiracy. Well, 1 am going to
tell all I know about It, and that is
more than anyono else knows beside
John J. McNamara and several other
"hlgherups" In union labor circles
who are now enjoying temporary free
dom. I am going to tell the Indian
apolis Jury things that I have even
withheld from William J. Burns, and
when the probe ends If Justice is done
a ucore of men who were responsible
for my contemptible deeds will find
lodgment behintj prison bars.
Now that the McNamaras have
confessed I wonder If the rank and
file of union labor still feels bitterly
toward me. I wonder If I could walk
alone unmolested along the streets of
Los Angeles. I bolievo that I could,
for 95 per cent of tho members ot
organijted labor are hard working,
tuoudminded and God fearing men.
If is tlie crookedness of their loaders
that has brought about all this
trouble. Most of the union men, I
believe, will thank me for what I have
done, for It is going to mean tho
cleaning out of tho corrupt "higher
ups" In tho labor unions. I have done
all that I could for the cnuse of Jus
tice and I now feel, that I have in a
measure atoned for my deeds. I am
glad that I took the stand I did from
the first and stuck to it regardless of
all tho threats that were made to
win me over.
The only thing that worries me now
1 tho estrangement between me and
my wife. With Clarence Darrow rests
the responsibility for this.
I never wanted to get Into the dy
namiting business anyway, and was
1'iduccd to do the work against my
will. After I started I W'ns forced to
keep at it by labor officials high up
In tho organization under threat of my
lifo. They told mo to do It, and
throatened that If I didn't they
would fix me. 1 did their dirty work
and now I am suffering for It, ns I
hope they will be made to suffer af
ter the grand Jury Investigation Is
endod. Then they double crossed me,
and I didn't got $1,000 coming to me
for Jobs I did.
I don't know what's In store for me.
Thoro have been no promises made to
me and I do not know whether I am
to go to Jail or got my freedom. 1
den't much expect to get out without
any punishment though, because I
feci that thero Is something coming
to me.
Tvlotinoci to Testify.
Los Angeles, Dec. 18. Olaf Xvlet
moo. secretary of the State Building
Trades council, who on his return
from tho east was served with a sub
poena to testify before the federal
grand Jury, arrived In Los,. Angeles
today from San Francisco, trailed by
two detectives. Ho v's'tod Spoelal
Government Agent Lawler and con
ferred with labor leaders. He declin
ed to! talk further than to state that
ho knew John McNamara slightly,
having met him at labor conventions,
but did not know Jim McNamara.
Italians Kill Arabs, .
Rome, Dee, 18. One hundred Ar
abs were killed or wounded by the
Italian at XTomg Saturday, according
to today's advices. Ital'an cru'sors
raked the Arab front and drove them
back Into a trap which the troops had
prepared for thorn in the rear.
Franklin's Caso Postponed.
Los Angoles, Doc. 18. Owing to
tho illness of Detective Browne, Bert
Frankl n's hearing, for bribery, was
postponed from today until tomorrow
ihe defense did not oppose the prose
cutlon's requo-t.
Testimony Delayed.
Indianapolis, ' Ind., Dec. 18. Ortlo
JUDGES OPPOSE
WEST'S ROAD PLAN
Object to Counties
ing Control of
Highways
Los-
AIho riixl Fault Willi Proposed Equal
Division Among Counties of States
Funds.
The measure proposed by Gover
nor West's good roads commission for
securing improved highways through
out the state is not the best one to be
had, according to the way of thinking
of the different county Judges and
ocunty commissioners in tho state.
County Judge Maloney and Commis
sioners Walker and Cockburn are
back from Portland, where they at
tended the annual meeting of the
county courts and they announce that
nearly every official present was for-nlns-t
the measure drafted by the good
toads commission.
The measure In question seeks to
create a state highway commissioner
and to bond the state for $20,000,000
which sum will be divided equally am
ong the different counties, provided
e:fch county bonds Itself for an am
ount equivalent to Its share, the
wholo to be spent under the direction
of the highway commissioner.
The objections of the county offi
cials to this plan are two, according
to Judge Maloney. Firt they believe
that such improvement work as Is
done on the roads should be under the
supervision of the county courts and
secondly they do not believe that
statu funds should be divided equal
ly among the different counties Inas
much as the taxable property in
some of the counties Is many times
the amount in others.
While good roads was the principal
matter brought before the convention,
a number of other questions, among
them the Juvenile and probate courts
were discussed at length and many
helpful suggestions were made, ac
cording to the Umatilla county dele
gates. NECROMANCER WILL
APPEAR TO MOD DOW
ni i unn uiiiimiiun
Joseffy, the necromancer, who will
entertain a Pendleton audience to
morrow night in the Christian church
as the second attraction of the high
school Lyceum course, is heralded as
bo'ng one of the greatest exponents
of magic and mystery now appearing
before tHe public and, In recommend
ing his performance to the city, the
school people fee that they are Justi
fied in promls'ng one of the best en
tertainments ever seen in Pendleton.
A few of tho personal and press no
tices which have followed his appear
ance are printed here to show how
others have enjoyed him.
Wcs'ey A. Stanger Evanston, 111
"Tour work in magic, under the most
adverse circumstances, was the most
wonderful I ever saw, and was so
pronounced by all who saw It. Enter
tainers of various kinds have tried at
different times to please fastidious
Kvanston audiences, but to my knowl
edge, none have ever been so well re
ceived as you wore. I shall always
deem It a pleasure to testify to tho
high qualities of your work, the clev
erness of manipulation, and the ab
solute novelty of your tricks.
Lowells to Hood River.
Judge S. A. Lowell and wife loft thl.
afternoon- for Hood River, Parkdalo
nnd Portland. Mrs. Lowell will visit
former Pendleton people, the families
of Will Ingram and Rev. VnnXyss,
while Judge Lowell will deliver his
lecture on "Law and Lawyers. Then
and Now" at Parkdalo Wednesday
evening. Tomorrow evening, Miss
Mnrgaret Lowell nppears as a vla
linist In the concert at Hood River
given by the Pacific University Glee
Club.
Itnto Henrlnc Advanced.
Washington, Doc. 18. The supremo!
court today advanced the date for
hearing tho "Interniountam rate case
involv'ng the constitutionality of the
long and short haul clause and ef
fecting the northwest, to February ,
19. j
McManigal Is unlikely to testify bo
fore the fedoral grand Jury here un
til after the Christmas holidays. No
Indictments w 11 be returned until he
testifies. Federal authorities are not
sur all men named in McManigal's
confosslon can be indicted and so no
hasty action will bo taken. The gov
ernment can afford to go slow as all
those suspected are under 'surveil
lance. Grand Jury Reports.
Los Angeles, Dec. 18 The federal
grand jury, lnvostlgnt ng the dynamite
conspiracy, will report to United
States Judgo Wellborn this afternoon.
It is reported that several indlet
monts will be returned but whether,
they are in regard to Ch'neso smug
gling cases, which tho body also con
sidered, or the dynamit'ngs, could
not be learned.
13 DIE IN
n. r.
Chicago, Milwaukee and Jt.'
Paul Limited Run Into
From Rear By Freight.
CARS PILEUP, CATCH FIRE
SooreH of Injured Caught In Debris of
Telescoped SHvpIng Car and Are
Heroically Rescued by Squads of
Citizens Official's Family Killed.
Odessa, Minn., Dec. 18. Thirteen
persons were killed and scores of pas
sengers more or less seriously Injured
this morning when a special silk
train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul, crashed into the rear end
of the Columbia Limited.
The death let was piled up in the
sleepers of the limited, four of these
cars being telescoped when the im
pact occurred. Only four cars were
left standing on the track.
The first victims to be identified
were the wife and daughter of Super
intendent J. P. Richards of the Trans
Mississippi division of the road, sta
tioned at Mobrldge, S. D., and Mrs.
C. W. Barber of Terry. Mont. Mrs.
I. Revey of Three Forks, Mont., and
Mrs. Annie Deutsch of Butte were
slightly Injured.
Fire broke out in the overturned
cars, adding greater horror to the dis
aster and it was extinguished only
after an heroic fjght by citizens who
rushed to the scene of the wreck.
The corpses of eleven of -the vic
tims were brought to this city on a
special train and a wrecking train and
physicians have been rushed to the
scene.
Passengers In the front cars escap
ed with slight Injures, while it is mi
raculous that any escaped In the rear
cars, as they were piled on top of
each other and smashed to pieces.
Rescuers found many badly injured
persons held by the wreckage and
unable to move without aid.
i
MYSTERIOUS BILLY
SMITH FATALLY SH0T
Portland, cVe , Dec. 18. In a pistol,
duel which they fought on the streets
in this city last night, "Mysterious
Rilly Smith,' a former welterweight
champion pugilist, was shot four
times and probably fatally wounded
and Captain Loomis, of a river boat,
his adversary, was slightly wounded
under the right arm. Loomis is be
ing held in Jail without ba'.I, pending
the outcome of the shooting, as no
hope is held out for Smiths recovery.
Both men claim that the other was
the aggressor.
The troublo between the two men
was caused by Loomis wife, whom he
married four months ago and who
was formerly tho wife of Smith, they
having been divorced. The men had
been going about armed for some
t;me past, each fearing that the other
would make an attempt on his life.
Juror Waldron, who escaped from
the Hyde Jury ,was thought to be
insane. But Isn't his escape evidence
of an unusual degree of sanity?
Only 5 More Bays
You Know the Rush In the
Last Days. Spare Yourself
by Shopping Early.
DYNAMITE CAPS
ON NEW BRIDGE
Finding of Explosive Fur
nishes Mystery For Offi
cials of City.
SOME NEAR HOTEL ALSO
Would Have Caused Damage, Possibly
Death, Hud Horse Steped on High
Powered Little Bombs May Have
Been Ixwt.
Did some miscreant seek to blow
up"" the-i Hotel Pendleton and Pendle
ton's fine new steel bridge Saturday
night or did a careless workman lose
some dynamite caps out of his pocket
while sojourning about that part of
the city?
This is a topic that agitated num
erous people yesterday and incident
ally it made some of them nervous.
For dynamite caps are sensitive things
to fool with inasmuch as i single cap
exploding under right conditions will
work havoc with things nearby.
Whatever the cause or the purpose
may be it Is a fact that a number of
dynamite caps were found yesterday
near the north end of Main street. One
or two were found upon the bridge
while others were in the street in
front of the Hotel Pendleton. The
arnearance of the cam would indicate
they were lost by someone and this j
is the generally accepted theory.
How anyone could be so careless with,
dynamite caps is another question.
Fortunately none of the caps ex
ploded and no harm was done. It is
pointed out that had a shod horse
chanced to strike one of the caps an
xploslot would have occured In all
piobability and the horse would have
lost a leg at least. Should a pedes
trian have stepped on one of the caps
in just the right way there would also
have been trouble.
Henceforth parties who have dyna
mite caps to sprinkle about ore gently
requested to throw them into the
river.
(OLIVE BRANCH FOR
TONIGHT'S MEETING
Pursuant to a call issued Saturday
by Vice President Brock, the Com
mercial club will meet tonight to pass
a resolution that has been drafted by
Judge S. A. Lowell and which will be
presented at the meeting this even
ing. The resolution is endorsed both .
by friends of the west extension and
by the executive comm'ttee.of the
Umatil'a County Waterusers' associa
tion so it seems in line to pass with- '
out opposition. I
In a notice of the meeting Saturday
by Secretary Keefe that official states
that the resolution is endorsed by all
concerned and is intended to show the
good faith el the Commercial club to-I
wards upper river waterusers and
that it in no way rescinds any action
taken by tho club last Wednesday
evening.
"Equal and exact justice is an im
posibillty in this imperfect world.
Maybe it will be different "over
there."
In Which to
Shop Before
Christmas
The East Oivonian is r
complete fruide for Christ
fnns shopping. You can
easily select your list of
cifts from tho advertise
ments in today's paper.
SHOP EARLY WHILE
THE LINES ARE
ilORE COMPLETE
PROMINENT LOCAL
CITIZENS ARRESTED
War Between City and Dray
men Takes Decided
Turn
Hotel Owner, Coal and Wood Dealer
and Another Charged With Oper.
allng Drays Without License.
The arrest of three well known cit
izens this afternoon has appeased the
wrath of local draymen and., in con
sequence; they will pay their quar
terly license fees which before they
refused to do. George Darveau, pro
prietor of the Hotel St. George, Hen
ry Koplttke, coal and wood dealer,
and William Gardner,, are the three
men whose heads, tiguratvely speak
ing, were demanded before the ire
of the professional haulers would be
aHayed.
Darveau, Kopittke and Gardner are
accused by the draymen of doing a
draylng business without a license, in
other words of being engaged In the
"bootlegging" of their services. There
fore, when the officers demanded the
payment of their quarterly license
fees, they rebelled and declared they
wou'.d fight the city to the last ditch
unless the three offenders were made
to pay like fees or were fined for Il
legal hauling.
Kopittke and Gardner this after
noon took out licenses and Darveau.
who is sick today, will probably do
the same tomorrow. These men de
ny the charyes made against them, de
claring they have only used their
teams and wagons in their own busi
nessv but hereafter, they declare they
will be active competitors ot the pro
fessional draymen.
CHILDREN TAKEN
FROM THEIR MOTHER
Judge G. W. Phelps this arternoon
signed an order giving to Perry Whit
worth of Echo the custody of his two
girls who were taken from him at the
time he secured a divorce from his
wife. Pearl Blanch Whitworth. This
is the latest development in a case
which has occupied the attention of
the authorities for the past few
months. The action of Judge Phelps follows
the arrest of the mother on a va
grancy charge In Spokane whither she
took her two girls in disobedience to
the mandates of the local court. Mrs.
Whitworth formerly conducted a
rooming house on Court street and
shortly after the participation of her
daughter, Gladys, in the almost fa
tal joy ride several months ago, her
former husband petitioned the court
for a modification of the decree of
divorce in order that he might secure
the custody of the children.
Mrs. Whitworth secured counsel to
oppose the petition with the result
that Judge Phelps took the children
from both parents, giving them Into
the care of Mrs. Charles Lyle of Port
land until the opening of the sisters'
school in this city. After keeping
them for a few weeks, Mrs. Lyle sent
them back to the mother who Im
mediately took them to Spokane.
Mr. Whitworth will send an offi
cer after his children and will at
tempt to give them the care and at
tention whfeh was denied them by the
mother.
YoungTon Wedding; a Surprise.
Latest of all of the recent surprise
wedding nnd the biggest surprise of
oil was that of Levi Youngren, popu
lar steward of the Elks' Club, and
Miss Verne Waddell, one of the pro
rrletors of the St. George Grill which
was announced Saturday evening. The
marriage took place In Walla Walla
on July 6 and has been carefully
guarded from the public since that
date with such success that none !
guessed their secret. Mr. nnd Mrs.
Youngren have secured a house at
413 west Court street and will con
tinue to make Pendleton their home.
Sirs. Youngren will continue her con
nection with the grill.
HOLY GHOST AM) t'S
LEADEK SENTENCED TO PEN
rortlnnd, Me., Dec. 18. Elijah tha
Reverend Frank Sanford. lender ol
the Holy Ghost and Us society, who
recently allowed five of his follow
ers to starvo to death ' during th
oru'se of the cult's snip "Kingdom,"
was today ntenced to ten years at
hard labor. Ho will be taken to tho
Atlanta federal prison tonight. He
snld: "God is behind me. He knows
what's In me. He told me not to
talk. Ho pities who doesn't look to
Shiloh."
GENERAL WOODS WANTS
CANTEEN REESTABLISHED
j
Washington, D. C, Dec. IS. De
claring the concensus of opinion in the
United States army is for the can
toon. Staior Gencr.il Gnr,1i hlnf nt
staff, in his annual report today, de-'
c arcj h'msclf in favor of its recstab
li hmopt. iu recommends also gar
rsoning the ranama ranal fort, stat
ing his belief that it will bo necessary
to protect the canal and assure its
neutrality.
TAFT TO END
1832 TREATY
Notifies Bear of Russia That
Agreement Dies With the
Old Year.
CONGRESS FORESTALLED
Pre-Went Says It Is . Obsolete, While
Foreign Rotation Committee Says
Two. Countries Lo 'ot Put Same
Inu-rprctation on Matter.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 18. Presi
dent Taft this afternoon notified the
senate foreign relations committee
that he had notifed Ru-sia that the
treaty is abrogated, to become effec
tive December 31, 1911. This is a
commercial treaty and does not mean
that diplomatic relations will be end
ed. Taft's message on the Russian
treaty was read before the Benate this
forenoon. Senator Lodge then intro
duced an amendment to Congress
man Sulzer's reso'.ution, as approved
by the senate foreign relations com
m'ttee, but action was postponed un
til tomorrow on Senator Heyourn's
objection. Taft's message said hi9
letter to the czar recited that the ab
rogation Is due to "a mlsunderstand,
ing in interpretation" of the treaty.
Washington, D. C. Dec. 17. Offi
cial announcement was made, at the
white house today that President Taft
has notified the Russian government
that the treaty of 1832 will be abro
gated by the United States govern
ment, December 31.
Ths action on the part of the pres
ident apparency takes the matter out
of the hands of congress and fore
stalls any possible action on the part
of the senate, which was considering
the Sultzer resolution, which provid
ed for the abrogation of the treaty.
and against which Russia vigorously
protested.
President Taft's action followed a
conference w.'th Senators Raynor,
Burton and McCumber, who are mem
bers of the foreign relations commit
tee of the upper house of congress.
What the resu t of this action will
be is problematical. It is said that
President Taft will notify Czar Nich
olas that the treaty is "obsolete." The
foreign relat'ons committee is ex
pected to take the stand that the ac
tion is the result of "difference of in
terpretation of the treaty, rather than
violation of its provisions, by the
Russian government, in discrediting
passports of American citizens in
Russia.
"I am satisfied that the treaty will
bo terminated," said Senator Raynor
this morning. He continued, saying:
"The question of proceedure Is now,
whether President Taf will terminate
it or the president and bjth houses of
congress will act togethr."
Congressman Sultzer stated Tie la
willing to have his resolution amend
ed: "l have no vanity of phraseol
ogy," he said, "while I believe the
resolution as it is worded amply tells
the truth, I'm perfectly willing to
have the wording altered if neces
sary.'' NO UGLY POLES WAR
STREETS OF PASCO
The town of Pasco, a much smaller
place than Pendleton, now has its
business streets adorned with cluster
lights and there are no electric or
telephone poles to obstruct the view,
All the poles are either on side
streets or in alleys while the wires
that serve the cluster lights; are laid
underground.
At this time Pasco's cluster l;ght
system consist? of S4 l ghts and there
w!; be a big celebration when ther
art- turned cm thU weekj The cost of
instnll.it'on and i.:ainteuancc of tho
light-i at Pasco is given as follows by
the Pasco Expre
"Tho now cluster lights on Fourth
and Lewis streets are eighty four In
number, installed at a cost of ap
proximately J63 for each post, mak
ing the total cost of installation In the.
neighborhood of 15500.
"The cost of maintenance w'll am
ount to about $2S per post per year,
and on a ton-year contract, Buch as
will probably bo closed at an early
meeting of the council, about $2 33
1-3 per month for eai-h post, or $2352
per year for all of the cluster lights.
The arc lights on these streets will
be d'spensol with."
In-amo.Mnn Ilefusos to Eat.
Ell Halsten, a nntive of Finland,
was th.ls morning committed to the
asylum alter an examination beforo
Judco Maloney. Ho was taken Into
custody FrlJay nkht and s lice that
time has steadfastly refuse.! to cat.
drinks a glass of wvt r (K-cisionally
ar.,1 smokes his pipe Incessantly bat
no food will ho touch