EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
WEATHER REPORT.
Rain or . enow tonight
and Sunday ; ' warm
er tonight.
Largest pUI efrco
lation of any pP l
Oregon, east of Port
land. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
NO. 7315
PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY G, 1912.
VOL. 24.
f B Bll B nHLS
icimii
snnns
Organizes on One Hundred
th Anniversary of White
Man's Coming. .
ELLIOTT MAKES ADDRESS
v Walla Walla Historian Recall Move
ments of Men Who Fin Found
Umatilla Valley While" Searching
for Opening to Pacific Coast.
It was just 100 years ago today
that the first white men set eyes upon
the broad acres In the Umatilla val-
lev. for It was on January 6, 181Z, ac
cordimr to all existing data, that the
Wilson Price Hunt warty reached the
top of the mountains that separate
TTnlnn anl TTmatilln. counties and
looked down upon the land that was
destined to become the greatest wheat
land in the country. . In recognition
of this centennial, a meeting is being
held this afternoon in the Commercial
club rooms for the purpose or rorm
Ing a Umatilla County Historical so
ciety as a branch of the state , organ'
ization.
Judge Stephen A. Lowell Is presld
Imr over the meetiri and Hon. T. C.
rciliott. the Dromlncnt Walla Walla
histonian. made the principal address,
his discourse being an account of the
earliest travelers on the Oregon trail:
In Dart he said:
It is to be noted that the year 1911
is anniversary year in the Pacific
northwest. At Kettle Falls in June
the centennary of the arrival of Da
vid Thompson on the Columbia, at as
torla during the summer the centen
nary of the founding of that city, and
now at the beautiful valley of the
Umatilla river the cntennary of the
arrival of the first white men In east
em Oregon.
Wilson Price Hunt was the first
traveler over the Oregon Trail from
Shoshone Falls to the Pacific ocean
He was the senior officer of the Pa
cific Fur company lit their Astoria en
terprise, and although not himself ex
perienced in field expeditions from
his business life at St. Louis he had
a working knowledge of the fur. trade
of the Missouri, which had been car
lied on for years prior to 1810. He
preferred to take the land route to
the Pacific rather than tho trip by
sea and he endured hardships and
overcame difficulties that do ' him
great honor. He returned to St. Lou!
after the affairs of the Pacific Fur
company had been closed out at As
torla and became. a prominent citizen
there, and served as postmaster for
nearly 20 years. He was a neighbor
there of Captain William Clark of the
Lewis and Clark expedition. The
(Continued on page five.)
WEST EXTENSION
HEARING JAN. 24
Washington, Jan. 6. Secretary of
the Interior Fisher, In conference yes
terday with Senator Chamberlain, said
that government engineers would
hold hearings on the West Umatilla
project January 24, at Pendleton and
Hermiston. provided that date proved
acceptable to the people there. Chief
Engineer Davis of the reclamation
service, Engineer In Charge Hopson
District Engineer Henny and Attor
ney Morton of the reclamation service
will Be in attendance. The govern
ment's purpose will be fully explain
ed and arguments for the opposition
will be heard.
IT WAS R. J. SLATER,
APPEARED IN COURT FOR BYERS COMPANY
It was R. J. Slater, not Judge 'J. A. 1
Fee who appeared for the Byers com
pany in the United States court at
Portland when the demurrer to the
Caldwell suit was overruled and Cald
well thrown out of court without his
knowledge.
In a 'phone Interview yesterday
Clerk Cannon of the federal court In
Portland Informed this paper that
Judge Fee appeared and Informed
the court that the plaintiff did not
wish to argue the demurrer.
It is evident, however, that the clerk
was mistaken or confused as to the
identity of the . two local lawyers.
CONFESSES
MANCHUS IN TERROR
AS REBELS APPROACH
Seven Hundred Slain in Ter
rific N Fight at
Hankow.
Imperial Capture Troops Who Mu
tinied fill ted States Will Probably
Send a Force.
Peking, Jan. 6. Terrified gy reports
that SO.OOflurebels are advancing on
Peking from Nanking, Manchu princ
es today summoned Premier Yuan,
who assured them, saying that he had
dispatches that the Imperial army is
to menace Nanking, the rebel capital,
and that this would stop the rebel ad
vance.
It Is' unknown whether the rebels
really Intend to attack Peking or are
merely feinting to bring the Manchus
to surrender.
Seven hundred are reported to have
been killed in a battle at . Hankow
yesterday and more fighting today is
expected there.
Considerab'e fighting is reported
from the vicinity of Lan Chow, be
tween the 3000 imperialists who were
rushed to put down the mutiny there
and the former Manchu soldiers. The
mperiullBts succeeded in capturing
them. .
The question of peace and war ap-
parently rests on whether wu can in
duce Premier Yuan to visit Nanking
and discuss peace terms.
mw, niu1v at Manila
Manila. Jan. 6 Troops here are
ready for immediate orders to sail
for China. It is believed the fifteenth
lnfantrv -lli h wnL if anv. Thirty
five hundred men will be held In re
serve here and 1500 will probably be
sent.
Sadllng Date Undecided
Washington. Jan. 16. When alvls-
ed that the Fifteenth infantry -is pre-
na, state department officials said to
day that 'it is unknown when the
troops will b eordered to sail. They
said the would decide when they
Heard from Minister Calhoun at Pe
king.
V. S. Troops to Ciiina.
Washington, Jan. 5. Secretary
Knox and First Assistant Hunting
ton Wilson today held a lengthy con-
rerence It is believed, in reference to
tne reported movement to sena
American troops to China. It Is be-
lleved tne war aepartment will De
Immedlately requested to send troops
from Manila.
WOMAN GETS 6,000.000
NAMES FOR PEACE LIST
London, Jan. 6. With 6,000,000
signatures to a woman's peace peti
tion to be presented at the next Hague
pnnforAncrt In 1911 np 1Q1K M!tn Anna
B. Echsteln. principal of a school of
languages in Boston, has arrived in
London after a tour of America, Ger-
many. Denmark, Switzerland, Aus-
trla; Sweden. France, Belgium and
Holland. More than f.000.000 trade
unionists of Great Britain have sign
ed the petition. Miss Eckstein says
she will have 100,000,000 signatures
. .... .
Transit llouso Burns.
Chicago, Jan. 6. The Transit
house at the Union Stock Yards, for
40 years one of the most widely
Known noteis in me west, was reaucea
to ruins today In a fire which cost
one life, for time trapped many per-
nuns ttiitx- iur iiuurs mrcciiencu me i
stock yards with a general conflagra-
nun. ijg Ittp.uiy uiu mo names unwp
through the building, a five story
structure of brick and wood, that
guests were forced to flee down fire
escapes and In many instances were
dragged from the burning building by
Algonquin, 111., was the sole victim.
NOT JUDGE FEE WHO
Judge Fee stated to the East Oregon
Ian today that he was not In Portland
at all and that it was Mr. Slater who
appeared for the Byers company. Mr.
Slater confirms this statement. Mr.
Slater returned to the cltjr yesterday
and in a conversation with William
Caldwell during the afternoon Inform
ed Caldwell that his former attorney,
D. W. Bailey had told him some time
ago that he, Bailey, would not appear
in court when the demurrer was up.
According to Mr. Caldwell he was
In Ignorance of such intentions on the
part of his lawyer and did not even
know the case was to be up.
1
ii
PROGRESSIVE, BUT
JUDGE STEPHEN A. LOWELL.
Pendleton's Candidate for United States Senator Announce?
Splendid Platform. - ...
Judge S. A. Lowell has Just filed
with Secretary of State Ben W. Ol-
cot, hla formal declaration of his
candidacy for the United States sen
atorship to succeed Jonathan Bourne.
In compliance with the provisions of
me uireci primary law ne nas siaieu
briefly the platform upon which ha
seen siecuon. it is as iouows:
" nominated and elected I will dur-
Ing my term of office favor: Govern:
conservation of natural resources.
wlth reasonable present use thereof;
nation-wide, presidential primaries;
Imprisonment of offenders against
anti-trust laws; 'banking system free
from W'all street domination; popular
Lenatorial eIectl0n8. m0derni'zed pub-
GETS $100 FROM YOUNG
LADY WITH FORGED NOTE
J.
B. Gerton, Well Known Young Pen
die ton Man is Imprisoned on
Serious Cliarge.
-n flrgt arrest made by the new
cnief of police war that of J. B. Ger-
ton, a weli known young man of the
city, when he took him into custody
this morning on the charge of forg-
ng the. name of J. Roy Raley to a
note on which he secured $100 from
Miss Ethel Thompson. Young" Gerton
wus taken before the grand Jury
which was in session and an indictment
will probably be returned against him
at the report of the Jury this after
noon. Miss Thompson is an employee of
the O.-W. R. & N. company and be-
ln wf lacq"aniAnte Gerto,n ad
yanced him 100 when he turned over
' her a, no.te t0 ?ch w h,B name-
",B
"ow n " nte which Raley
had B'ened wa3 Sood' he considered
she was making a good investment.
However, a few hours later her sus-
Pleln8 ere. a"d 8ne com"
munlcated with Chief Kearney who,
after a brief investigation, confirmed
her fears. After a short search, he
discovered Gerton and placed him
under arrest. He had on his person
at th time 176.46 anrt declared he
nad pald of( several debts with the
balance
muTIS1I SHII.rEUS cuy
AGAINST "FREE" CANAL
T-nnHnn Tan A rirof lnJIrntln
, expresse(1 here by Br,ti9h shipping
, the 8Ugge;tl0n that a pref-
erence Bhou,d be ,yen Amerlcan vea.
, , through the Panama ca-
na, The 8r0posltlon ,3 regarded with
incredulity by the leading shippers
who declare that such a policy would
be a breach of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty.
PACIFIC COAST PLUMBING
TRUST IS ENJOINED
Los Angeles, Jan. 6. Federal' Dis
trict Judge Owen Wellborn today is
sued an injunction in favor of the gov
ernment against the so-called Pacific
Coast Plumbing trust. The defend-
ants consented.
The combination for
years' has controlled
the plumbing
I business on the coast.
INDEPENDENT MOOSE
CANNOT INCORPORATE
Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 6. The
I secretary of state oday turned down
articles of incorporation for the In
deendent Order of Moose of the
World, organized at Los Angeles on
tho ground that the nam ewas too
I much like the name of an existing or
1 der.
NOT A RADICAL"
lic land laws; government coasuns
vessels operated in connection with
the Panama canal; reformed court
procedure: graduated income tax,
equal legislative consideration to la-
bor and capital; moderate, equitable
and stable protective tarirr; pronioi-
tion of alien lanaioraism; jusi waiia-
portation regulation; ' development of
western harbors; ample navy In Pa
cific waters; gradual government as
sumption of express and telegraph
business; Justice to Oregon in federal
appropriations.
After my name on the nominating
ballot I desire printed: Lincoln Re
publican a Progressive, but not a
radical. (
STEPHEN A. LOWELL,
Candidate for Senator in Congress
DEMOCRATS GATHER FOR
NATIONAL MEETING
William Jennings Bryan is Again Cen
tral Figure and Wllsonites are
Flirting With Him.
Washington, Jan. 6. Hundreds of
leading democrats are either here or
are coming today for the national
committee meeting and the Jackson
Day banquet Monday.
It is evident that William Jennings
Bryan Is again the central figure anj
the big question confronting the lead-
ers, is what "will Bryan do?' .Bryan
will arrive Monday.
Governor Woodrow Wilson arrived
this afternoon. His adherents are
Dusiiy laying tneir wires, to get ury'
an's support for him.
Thomas Taggart, of Indiana, is the
only candidate for the chairmanship
of the national committee. He favors
Governor Harmon of Ohio, for the
democratic presidential nomination.
NEGRO ARRESTED WITH $5000
WORTH OF OPIUM IN GRIP
Los Angeles. Calif., Jan. 6. Fifty-
five tins of opium, valued at $100
each, were found in a suit case car
ried by a negro named Davis, shortly
after his arrival here today on the
Southern Pacific New Orleans ex
press.
His arrest, it Is believed, will
throw light on the operations of the
opium ring which authorities have
been after for weeks
Davis' attempt to slip quietly away
from the depot aroused the suspicions
of a policeman, who opened the suit
case.
INDIANAPOLIS READY TO
RECEIVE ORTIE M'MANIGAL
Indianapolis, Jan. 6. Two rooms In
the federal building today are rroar
ed for the reception of Ortle McMau -
lgal, the confessed dynamiter, who
Is en route from Los Angeles. He is
expected to arrive here Monday.
Commits Suicide,
Olympia, Jan. 6. Having taken an
overdose of carbolic acid, laborer, who
gave his name as Gus Walker was
found asleep on the door step of the
Fred Carlyon home, south of the city,
and brought Into Olympia' early this
morning. He died before noon at the
police station. Nothing Is known of
him and it is believed that he com-
mitted suicide.
FLYNN AND JOnNSON TO
SIGN AGREEMENT TODAY
Chicago, Jan. 6. Jim Flynn and
Jack Johnson this afternoon will meet
to sign fight articles for a champion -
Bhlp bout. Each, It Is reported, is to
put up $10,000 as evidence of good
faith. The date will be decided later,
IJLM1
SUFFERINGS OF POOR
IN EAST INCREASES
Temperature Still Falling
- and Death List
Grows ,
Cliarities Forced to Close Doors In
Faces of Freezing Hordes, as Funds
Are Exhausted.
Chicago, Jan. 6. With the ther
mometer at 10 degrees below zero this
morning, Chicago and the midd:e west
have endured the sixth day of cold
witti no relief in sight. It is the worst
siege In five years here. The condl
tion of the poor Is piutul in me ex
treme. Many leading charities have
been forced to turn the poor away.
Train service Is demoralized and bus
iness Is at a standstill.
The fire department has been call-
id upon 168 times in twenty-iour
hours.
The Children's Aid society, one of
the largest charitable institutions In
the city, is penniless and was com
pelled to c'.ose Its doors today with a
long )ine of freezing women, outside
SO Below In Canada.
WinnlDee. Man.. Jan. 6. The tem-
perature dropped to 60 degrees below
zerQ at white River on the north
gnore 0j Lake Superior. Through
the Canadian west, the temperatures
range to forty below zero. Many
trains are stalled and the engines art
g0lng dead.
Four Die In St. Louis.
St. Louis. Mo.. Jan. 6. Four deaths
and appalling suffering are a few of
the results of a terrific buzzard that
swept down on this city early today,
The temperature was four below zero
at 8 o'clock today and it is predicted
that it will drop to 10 below before
night. Trains are running 12 hours
behind time.
New York, Jan," 6. Shivering at
eight degrees above zero here this city
Is suffering from the coldest day of
the year and a blizzard Is blowing.
Municlpal shelters are overcrowded.
the department of charities has or
dered the steamers Lowell and Bren-
nan moved alongside a pier and hun
dreds last night s'.ept In the cabins.
TONG WAR BREAKS OFT
IN N. Y.; ONE IS KILLED
Xew York, N. Y.. Jan. 6. Fifty ex
tra nolice reinforced the Chinatown
sauad todav in anticipation of another
battle in the Chine.se tong war which
was renewed here last night after
several months' peace. One tong lead
er was killed and another is dying in
a fight over a slave girl. Seven Chl-
nese are being held as witnesses.
ALL WESTERN SHOPMEN
MAY GO OUT ON STRIKE
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 6. There
is a possibility today of a general
strike lof shop employes on all rail
roads west of the Mississippi river.
Word has been received from the
executive board of the railways de
partment of the American Federation
of Labor, to tho effect that the move
Is under consideration.
It Is being considered In answer to
a plea made by striking Harrlman
lines shopmen who want a sympathet
ic strike.
WORST SNOW STORM
YEARS SWEEPS DOWN l PENDLETON
One of the most persistent snow
storms Pendleton has experienced in
many years is now raging and with
i approximately a foot of snow upon the
ground the storm shows no sign of
abating. About four inches of snow
fell here last night and another four
Inches covered the ground during the
forenoon.
But while the fall of snow is heavy
It Is causing no worry on the part of
farmers. Prominent ranchers who
have been in from the country today
1 say the snow is beneficial. It Is now
sufficiently deep to thaw out the
ground from the previous freeze and
I the snow blanket will serve as a fine
protection for the growing wheat.
I Sheepmen and cattlemen, however,
are not Jubilant over the outlook for
I the storm means expensive feeding for
them.
Trains Are Late,
Storms farther east have been re
sponsible for continued delayed
1 trains. All westbound trains have
I been behind schedule for several days,
I No. 6, the early morning westbound
passenger, passed through the city
SLEW HER TO ,
WED HEIRESS
Remorse Siezes Rev. Rich
son When Insanity Play is
Unsuccessful. (
THINKS HE IS STILL GOOD
Expecting' No Leniency from Courts,
Coward Claims God h Still Show
ing Him Mercy May Get Ofr Wltto
Life Term in Prison.
Boston, Mass., Jan. . Having con
fessed to murdering His wrmer
sweetheart, eighteen-year-old Avis
Llnnell, Rev. Clarence Virgil Kicne
son, until his arrest last October pas
tor of the? fashionable tlmanuei uap
tint church of Cambridge, a suburb
of this city today is not exhibiting the
same symptoms or Insanity mat ne
has attempted to show fof some time
past and he Is now facing death in the
electric cluilr for his crime, although
It is thought possible that the prose
cuting attorney may consent to a life?
prison term.'
Murdered to Marry Ilelress.
Rev. Richeson's confession was
made yesterday afternoon In a letter
(Continued on page eight)
STOCK FINE; SNOW
DEEP IN SOUTH END
That the stock cattle in the Camas
Prairie and John Day country are in
splendid condition is the declaration
of Edgar F. Averlll, deputy game war
den, who returned yesterday from a
week's horseback trip into the south
end of the county. Up until ten days
ago, Mr. Averlll says there had not
been a forkful of hay fed to the cat
tle, the open winter enabling the ani
mals to graze.
Since snow began falling ten days
ago, the farmers have been feeding
hay In large quantities, but as this
feed Is remarkably cheap this year,
ranging from $4.50 to 5 00 a ton, Mr.
Averill declares the farmers are not
complaining but on the other hand
are rejoicing that the snow Is coming
so heavily this early in the season.
They believe It means that the hardest
part of winter will soon be over.
Mr. Averlll reports Borne extremely
cold weather In the south end, the
thermometer being It degrees below
zero when he passed through Uklah.
The snow Is ten Inches deep there and
measured twelve Inches at Alba while
on Yellow Jacket Hill it had reached
a depth of twenty Inches.
Mr. Averlll was accompanied on his
southern Jaunt by Milton Sullens,
special deputy game warden, and the
two men went south as far as Rltter,
across the north fork of the John
Day on Ice. The trip was a part of
the campaign the game authorities
have undertaken to prevent the ruth
less slaughter of deer during the win
ter and the deputy game warden be
lieves he will prevent a repetition of
the wholesale killing of the past few
years.
EXPERIENCED IN
about 9 o'clock this morning. No. 17
the noon train, is marked five hours
late. Yesterday No. 17 did not arrive
until after 8 o'clock.
The motor car from Umatilla was
delayed by the snow this forenoon
and did not arrive until noon.
The outgoing Northern Pacific train
was stalled three times while pro
ceeding eastward on Webb street this
afternoon. It took the train a half
hour to get under way.
Clear the Sidewalks,
The heavy snowfall last night and
today has brought forth strong calls
for the enforcement of the ordinance
requiring people to clear away snow
from the sidewalks adjoining their
premises. Under the city laws it is a
misdemeanor not to clear away the
snow and unless the ordinance la
complied with arresta may follow.
In the business section the ordi
nance is being observed fairly well.
Yet there are parties who have not
cleared away the snow and it remains
piled high to the discomfort of pedes
trians. In the residence districts the
situation Is far worse as some of the
walks are almost Impassable.