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PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY dj
NO. 7317
VOL. 24.
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Secretary of New Brother
hood Reaches Pendleton
From Washington.
TO RETURN IMMEDIATELY
Job cralir Say- practically All Amerl
l.wllana Have or Will Become
Identified With Organization Car
ncgle Would Glve Building.
nw.nunn Tils new duties will require
great deal of his time during his
term as secretary of the Brotherhood
vrii, American Indians, Joe
r-roir th well known local redman,
will leave again for Washington, D.
c. next week to attend the second
meetimr of the new organization
whifh win be convened on the 16th
of this month. Craig will In the next
year spend considerable of his time
In the capital city In carrying out his
part of the great work upon which
Tninna nf the nation have em
barked.
Th. wall Vnnwn Interpreter who
was so signally honored by the fed
.ai-ataA trihes arrived back In Pendle
ton last Wednesday and has spent
most of his time since returning at
hla farm home on the reservation, the
month of city life making mm appre
ciate his natural surrounding as nev
r before. That his people may hear
from him and from the other aeie-
gates to the convention just what was
accomplished and wnai , is contem
plated In the future, a meeting will
be held tomorrow at the agency.
Craig Sleets Carnegie.
Craig's return to .Pendleton was a
week or more later than that of the
rest of the local representatives at the
convention for the reason that he,
with fifteen other of the leading spir
its In the new movement, were sum
moned to New York by Andrew Car
negle. the great Iron magnate and
public benefactor. The trip to "New
York was made In a special car and,
when the Indians arrived In the na
tion's metropollc. they were conduct
d to the great financier who confer
red with them for several hours.
Mn Construct nulldlng.
According to Craig. Carnegie Is
reatlv Interested In the Indian
brotherhood and Is planning to con
struct a magnificent building at
Washington as headquarters for the
organization If he receives sufficient
assurance that the redmen can main1
tin It. He will held another confer
ence with the officers of the brother
hood following the January meeting.
Secretary Is Enthusiastic
The secretary returns Imbued with
the spirit of the organization and in
tensely enthusiastic for Its success. As
explained by him, the purpose of the
association la not only to secure the
payment of claims but to become
factor In the education of the Indian,
In raising him from a state of de
pendence upon the government to a
state where he can take his place In
the Industrial life of the nation. "Un
der the proper Influences," he said,
"the Indians will develop . Into
strong, self-reliant race and It Is to
ward making them walk alone on
plane of equality with the white man
that the organization will work.
Craig reports that the gathering of
the redmen and the formation of the
brotherhod was heartily endorsed by
President Taft, many governors and
congressmen and other men high In
the official life of the nation. He
met the president personally and
states that the chief executive told
him that the formation of the organ
ization was the greatest thing the In
dians had ever done.
Loyal support, financial and legisla
tive, was promised them by congress
men, he says, and many inscribed
their names on the honorary roll of
the brotherhood. "Everywhere we
went." he said, "we were royally en
tertained and encouraged ' In our
work."
Fifty tribes were represented at the
gathering, according to the secretary,
and, while the convention was In pro
gress, so many further .applications
for membership from unrepresented
tribes came In that it was decided to
hold another meeting this month.
"'The Indians everywhere, even the
most benighted and ignorant classes,
are Joining In the movement," he de
clared, "Old war chiefs who were
present at the meeting made speech
es that would have done credit to any
white orator and all promised to en
list their people In the perfection of
the brotherhood. Here on our reser
vation we will Immediately take steps
toward forming a local organisation
to cooperate with the national body."
Saves Her Doll In Fire; Dying.
New York. As a result of her he
roic efforts to rescue a Chr'stmas
doll from the flames of her mother's
kitchen stove, Emma BenBon, two
years old, Is dying at BeMevue hosplt
INDIANS
MEET
AN
COUNTY TAX
LEVY 8 MILLS
Much Larger This Year
Than in 1911, Account of
State Demand.
COUNTY TAX ABOUT SAME
Pendleton Citizens Will Pay a Total
Tax of Over Two Cents on livery
Dollar's Worthy of Property They
Own.
It Is now possible for the property
owner of Umatilla county to ascertain
exactly how great a tribute will be
demanded of him In taxes for the
next year, the county court at its ses
sion today fixing the general state and
county levy at eight mills divided as
follows: for state, three mills or $137,-
6.75;. for general county expenses,
one and one-sixth mills of $55,376.00;
for school purposes one and twenty
nine sixtieths mills of $67,830.00 (this
amount Is fixed on the basis of ten
dollars per capita for school children);
for roads, two and one third mills or
$95,000; for library purposes, one
sixtieth of a mill or $890.
This general tax Is larger than that
of last year but the Increase Is due
to the demands of the state and not
of the county, the levy fixed for coun
ty purposes being practically the
same.
This- levy of eight mills means that
Pendleton property owners will pay
taxes at the rate of 20 31-60 mills on
every dollar's worth of property
which rate Is 2 31-60 mills higher
than last year. The city tax this year
la nine mills, the same as last year,
ana me scnooi tax is six mills, one
mill higher than . last year, and in
asmuch as Pendleton and all ihcor
porated towns are exempt from the
general road tax, the total for this
city la brought up to .20 31-60 mills,
AMERICAN TROOPS
ORDERED TO CHINA
Washington, Jan. 9. Five hundred
American troops today were ordered
rusned to Chin Wang Tao, China,
from Manila, to guard the American
concession of the railway lino from
Peking to the sea. They will start in
the transport Thomas immediately.
To Organise Cabinet.
Shanghai, Jan. 9. Wu Ting Fang
left here today for Nanking to com
plete the cabinet which will organize
the new state. All those who were se
lected have accepted office. Li Yuen
Hung has been named generalissimo
and will lead an attack on Peking at
the conclusion of the armistice, pro
vided a basis of peace Is not arranged
by then. ,
WESTMINISTER BANK ROBBER
SUSPECTS UNDER ARREST
Los Angeles, Jan. 9. Suspected of
being concerned In the theft of $258,
000 from the Bank of Montreal, at
New Westminister, B. C, Charles
Hoffman, whom the police say really
is Charles Dean, is under arrest
awaiting the action of Canadian au
thorities. His alleged companion, John Mc
Xamara, who Is known as "Australi
an Mack," is in Jail In Now York
charged with the same offense. De
tectives say they traced them from
British Columbia to Los Angeles and
New York.
Former Frisco Saloonnmn.
San Francisco, Jan. 9. McNamara.
who la under arrest in New York, for
merly conducted a saloon here and is
well known.
TWO SENTENCED
TO STATE PRISON
Frllowlng their pleas of guilty to
the charges against them. Circuit
Judge G. W. Phelps this morning sen
tenced Frank Clark and George Can
non to serve indeterminate terms of
from one to seven years in the state
penitentiary.
Clark was indicted for larceny from
a dwelling, he being the man who on
Christmas day entered the residence
of Fred Earle, and . made away with
a sliver toilet set and a considerable
quantity of clothing. He was cap
lured at La Grande and all of his
plunder was recovered. .
Cannon was indicted for stealing
wneat from the warenouse of J. E.
and Charles McLean of Athena and
was arrested during December by
Jinks Taylor, special deputy sheriff.
Almost the entire day has been ta
ken up today with the hearing of the
Toner vs. Spokane Harvester company.
WESTON MAN INSTANTLY KILLED BY LIVE WIRE
Gene Graham, aged 22 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham,
a pioneer Weston family, was electrocuted about 2:15 this afternoon in
the basement of D. P. Jarman's store at Weston, according to a tele
phone message, received at this office from Weston a few minutes
after the tragedy. When discovered his body was a mass of flames
and could not be touched until the power had been shut off at Athe
na In response to a hurried telephone communication.
Wires In the basement of the store were discovered to be In dis
order earlier In the day by Mr Jarman, who experienced an electric
shock and warned his employees against touching them. Young Graham
however, thinking he could adjust the difficulty, went below with
out the knowledge of the proprietor and it is supposed that in handling
the wires he received the full voltage which the wires carried and
which was unusually large today for some reason.
The body was horribly .burned when It was finally recovered.
The victim of the accident had been a resident all his life of Weston
and was universally popular so that the news of his death came as a
great shock to his many friends.
RICHES0N DOOMED
TO DIE NEXT MAY
Pleads Guilty and Almost
Collapses When
Sentenced. .
Boston, Mass.. Jan. 9. Pleading
.guilty to ..a charge of murder In the
first degree for killing his former
sweetheart. Avis Linnel, Rev. Clar
ence Virgil T. Richeson this afternoon
was sentenced to be electrocuted In
the electric chair during the week of
May 19th.
Richeson almost dropped to the
floor when Judge Sanderson pro
nounced sentence on him. The mur
derous clergyman was hardly able to
stand until the sentence was pro
nounced. The proceedings, aside from the
minister's demeanor, were not sensa
tional, as deputies had cleared the
court room when the time approach
ed for the arrival of Richeson and his
attorneys and guards.
The ordeal was' over in less than
fifteen minutes. The minister limp
ed badly as a result of his self muti
lation several weeks ago.
Governor Foas Is now the only one
who can save the minister from pay
ing the penalty of his cowardly crime
In the electric chair. Many believe
that the governor wl'l commute the
death sentence to life imprisonment.
WASHINGTON SIXTEEV
HOUR LAW IS INVALID
Washington, Jan. 9. The United
States supreme court today declared
unconstitutional the Washington state
law prohibiting the employment of
railroad men for more than sixteen
consecutive hours, reversing the state
courts. It held the law conflicts with
a similar federal statute which also
limits the hours.
RATE DECISION UPHELD
Washington, Jan. 9. The United
States supreme court today reaffirm
ed the constitutionality of the Hep
burn law regulating Interstate com
merce, in deciding the cases of the
Great Northern, Northern Pacific and
Union Pacific railways.
It also held that the order, reduc
ing rates on lumber from northwest
points to the east, was valid.
NOT A CRIME TO
SOLICIT BRIBE
Portland, Ore., Jan. $. Deciding
that under the statutes of Oregon It
Is no crime for a Judge or other pub
lic official to solicit a bribe, State Cir
cuit Judge R. Morrow dismissed an
indictment against Max O. Cohen, a
lawyer of this city. j
Cohen was charged with having,
while acting as municipal Judge dur
ing the absence of Judge George Taz- :
well offered to dismiss a . charge
against one Eleanor Maceo If she
would employ an attorney by Cohen
at a fee of $150.
The Indictment returned by the
grand Jury was based upon an alleg
ed affidavit by the Maceo woman that
Cohen had made such offer but that
she replied that she would "see about
It." The statement of the woman
that she did not agree to comply with
Cohen's alleged offer was seized up
on by Cohen's attorney as grounds for
Invalidating the Indictment and they
were upheld In their contention.
Reagan Given Decision.
Salt Lake City, Jan. 9. Jimmy Rea
gan of San Francisco was given the
decision over Chalky Germain of St.
Louts last night after five rounds of
a scheduled ten-round bout. Germain
went to his corner in distress at the
end of the fifth round and the three
boxing commissioners of Salt Lake
City appointed by Chief of Pollco
Grant ordered the bout stopped.
Commits Suicide.
Nome, Alaska, Jan. 9. Mrs. J. II.
Wood, wife of the United States com
missioner at Teller, committed suicide
last night by hanging herself. She had
previously tried to take her life by
drinking carbolic acid but prompt
treatment saved her. She suffered
greatly from rheumatism.
BRYAN SAYS HE IS
NOT A CANDIDATE
Can Do More For Another
Man Than For
Himself
Washington, D. C, Jan. 9. Final
declaration that he is not a candidate
for the democratic presidential nom
ination was this morning made by
William Jennings Bryan the Nebras
ka Commoner, while addressing the
Jackson club at a banquet.
"I have been accused of harboring
that ambition," declared the com
moner. "I have been a candidate
three times and some people believe
that I am Indispensable to the demo
cratic campaign. But I will not let
you believe that that has been the one
' object of my life.
"I will be ab'-e to do more effective
work for the man who is selected as
the standard bearer for democracy in
the next campaign than I could pos
j sibly do for myself."
Convention at Boston.
.Washington, Jan. 9. The demo
cratic national committee set June 25
as the date for the democratic nation-
' al convention . today and Baltimore
' was chosen as the convention city. '
'LILATHA'CHARGES BRIBE
Chicago, Jan. 9. In sworn state
ment Johnson today answers James
Corbett to the effect that Johnson Is
the greatest "staller" the fight game
ever knew.
He declared Corbett and H. H.
Frazes offered him a substantial sum
if he would allow Corbett to stay ten
rounds and later they offered him
$100,000 to lay down to Al Kauff
man, after the Jeffries scrap. He
says he. declined.
WIRELESS T OSTOP FIRES.
New Plan Proposed, tor Protection
of Forests.
Helena, Mont Wireless telegraphy
will become a factor in the preven
tion of forest fires In Montana if
experiments planned by R. P. Mc
Laughlin, forest supervisor, are suc
cessful. It is proposed to establish a sta
tion and open communication with
the wireless plant at Kalispell high
school. If" the experiment is suc
cessful several stations are to be
operated in connection with the tele
phone system already In operation.
CHINOOK MAKES FLOOD
DANGER FELT OX COAST
Portland, Jan. 9. Flood conditions
for Puget Sound and Willamette river
districts is predicted today as the re
sult of a Chinook which is melting
snow rapidly on the west coast. East
of the Cascades the temperature has
risen generally, and a snow storm Is
raging at most points. A Chinook
saved thousands to Portland.
15 Injured In Wreck.
St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 9. Fifteen
persons were Injured, none fatally,
when a ChirAjn, Rock Island & Pa
cific passenger train No. 78, east
bound, was struck by a freight train
on a hill ten miles east of here last
night.
Wilde Case Postponed.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 9 Due to the
crowded condition of the docket, the
trial of Louis J. Wilde Indicted for
alleged embezzlement from the Ore
gon Trust and Savings bank, which
was to have commenced yesterday,
was postponed until Wednesday.
Vessel In Distress.
Portland, Jan. 9. An unidentified
vessel is reported In a dangerous po
sition off Coos Bay and Is sending up
rockets, signals of distress, according
to reports received this morning. The
wires are down and the boat's fate is
unknown.
Whitman Loses a Case.
Washington, Jan. 9. The United
States supreme court today decided
against Whitman colege in its suit by
Institution against the state of Wash
ington to secure exemption from tax
ation. The college claimed exemp
tion under its charter terms.
10 LIVES AND EQUITABLE LIFE
BUILDING DESTROYED BY EIRE
Insurance Society's New
Securities Go
DAFflAGE WILL PROBABLY TOTAL $20,000,000
Fire Chief and Banker Meet Death in Flames That- En
trance One Million Gothamites and Drive Fireman Insane-Death
List Uncertain.
New York, Jan. 9 The known
dead are:
Batallion Chief William Walsh.
Special Policeman Seibert. .
' Guisseppl Contl and John
Savz, porters; an unidentified
citizen and porter.
John Campion, night watch-
4 man
officer declare the monetary
loss Is not less than fifteen and
not over thirty million dollars.
Xew York . V. V.. Jan. 9. Ten pc
sons are known to have lost their
lives ami late estimates place the
nrOncrtv loss at $20,000,000. as the
result of the destruction by rflre this
momln-r of the lourteentn sun-y
liiiililinff of the Eauitable Life Assor
ance society and other buildings in
the same block, which Is bounded by
Rrfu.lum:. radar. Nassau and Pine
The Equitable buiiding was "sup
posed to he fire proof. .A high wind
was blowing at the time of the fire
and spread the flames. More than
three thousand firemen battled with
the flames all morning and succeeded
in getting it under control at noon.
Fire Chief Walsh was among the
number who perished. He fell with
the third floor when it collapsed and
his body was precipitated into a vault
in the basement.
The rescue of President Gibbin of
the Mercantile Safety Deposit com
pany, was dramatic in the extreme.
Locked in a steel vault with the
flames p'aying about them, firemen
sawed at the steel bars while other
firemen played streams of water on
them.
Meanwhile Father McGean, fire de
partment chaplain, went to the vault
and amid the flames with the water
freezing to his garments, the priest
calmly administered the last rites to
the dying men who accompanied Gib
bon. After several hours the steel bars
which prevented Gibbin and Fireman
Sheehan and Campion from escaping
were broken and the men dragged
out.
Gibbin was probably fatal'.y burn
ed. Campion was dead when gotten
out and Sheehan was unconscious.
Entire Department Fights Flames.
New York, N. Y.. Jan. 9. (Bulle
tin.) Twenty, and probably many
times that number of people lost their
lives and the handsome modern sky
scraper building of the Equitable Life
Assurance society, was totally de
stroyed this morning by fire which
started at 5:30 o'clock. The property
damage wl'.l run from $5,000,000 to
BACKBONE OF COLD
WAVE IS BROKEN
Suffering citizens of Pendleton will
welcome the prognostications and in
dications of warmer weather for this
', community. Supporting the forecast
of the government weather bureau,
the mercury in the thermometer did
not fall as low last "night as the night
before and today it has been suffici
ently high to admit of exposure on
the streets without great discomfort.
Although none of the snow in Pen
dleton was melted today, reports from
Pilot Rock and outlying district have
been received to the effect that a Chi
nook has visited these nearby sections
and that the snow is being turned In
to water. Local"weather prophets
predict that the warm wind Is about
due to reach this city and there are
few who would regret such an arrival,
although some of the farmers would
! not complain if the snow remained
for a few days longer. -
The train service of the city Is still
in a badly demoralized condition. No
train from the east except stubs has
reached Pendleton since Sunday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock owing to a snow
blockade in. the mountain's, and all
trains from the west over the O.-W.
R. & N. lines are coming In many
hours late, the drifting snow near The
Dalles giving the railroad workers
much trouble.
York Home and Valuable
Up In Smoke
$20,000,000, according to the amount
of securities that were In the com
pany's vaults at the time and no es
timate of which has as yet been made..
So fierce was the fire that the en
tire fire department of the city was
called out and for hours surrounding
buildings and a vast scope of the sky
craper district, in the vicinity of
Broadway and Nassau Btreets, where
the destroyed building was located,
were threatened with destruction. : ,
Millions Watch Flames.
More than, one million people were
attracted to the scene of the fire and
from the tops of other buildings and
in the streets they watched the de
struction that was being wrought and
the battle put up by the firemen, un
mindful of the raw weather.
One thousand policemen were de
tailed to do duty in the vicinity ow the
fire, to keep the masses of curious
people back out of danger.
Bankers Lose Uvea.
During the hottest part of the fire.
President William Gibbin, of the Mercantile-Safety
Deposit company and
two companions, who. went to the fire
as soon as learning of It, rushed into
the bliiMlnir In nn effort f n mva vfl.1-.
uable securities that were kept in
; their office in the came building.
They were driven into an empty safety
deposit vault and hemmed in by the
flames. Firemen worked several
hours before the ysucceeded- in res-
j cuing them. Gibbon was dragged out
in a aying condition and his two com
panions lost their lives.
Fire Chief .Missing.
The extent of the death list will not
be known for hours but it is believed
certain that District Fire Chief Walsh
is among the number. When last seen
he was on the third floor and shortly
afterward this floor crashed and fell
to the basement among a seething In
ferno of burning debris. - .
Shortly after the fire started sever
al porters on the fifth floor were cut
off by the flames. They Jumped from
windows and were lost in the burning
debris below.
Death List in Doubt.
At eight thirty o'clock the fire had
gained such headway that the fire
men working on one side of the build
ing were called away and within a
few minutes the walls on that side
crashed. The flames at that hour
were sweeping the entire block, bound
by Cedar, Pine. Nassau and Broad
way. Just how many lives were lost
will be In doubt for hours.
Among the offices in the building
were those of August Belmont, Koutz
Brothers, the Western Maryland Rail
way company, the Equitable Trust
company, the Mercantile Trust com
pany, the Mercantile Safe Deposit
company, and the general offices of
the Equitable Life Assurance associa
tion. ,
Fireman Driven Mad.
Timothy Manning, one of the fire
men who participated in the Gibbon's
rescue, was made temporarily Insane
by the terrible experience. .;
The body of Conrad Seibert. a spe
cial officer of the Equitable building,
has been recovered.
Trust Company Uninjured.
New York. N. Y.. Jan 9. Thn M'
cantile Safe Deposit company, whose
offices and vaults wpro in th ir.,i.-
auie uuuaing. issued a statement to
day to the effect that their vaults are
Intact and that no serious loss was sus
tained by the company In the fire this
morning.
Armistice Extended.
London, Jan. 9. Peking says the
armistice has been extended to Jan
uary 15th. The public favors a divi
sion of the country, the republicans
taking the south half, and the Man
chus the north. .
Torpedo Boats Missing.
Washington, Jan. 9. Wireless mes
sages to the navy department from
the second division of the South At
lantic squadron say the torpedo boats
McCali and Mayrant are the only ones
which disappeared In the story not
yet located.
New Grand Jury Ordered.
Los Angeles, Jan. 2. The venire
for the new United States grand Jury
to continue the dynuamit probe will
be drawn today. Veniremen are or
dered to report January 23.