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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
NO. 7320
PENDLETON, ORKGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1912.
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COLO WEATHER
RECORD BROKEN
Second Wave Sweeps Across
Middle Western States,
Causing Suffering.
LIVESTOCK . LOSS HEAVY
riltft of I'Mr of Cities Made More
r.rave, bv Coal Men Who Boost
Price of Fuel Famine Threatened
In Cl ilea go.
Chiraao. 111.. Jan. 12. With the
temperature standing today at nine
degrees below zero, Chicago la exper
loncing the coldest weather of the
present winter and a further drop of
the mercury is predicted ror tne im
mediate future. The coldest weather
ever experienced now prvails in many
middle weBt states.
The suffering of the vast army of
uoor people In the city Is Intense ana
the coal dealers have boosted the
price one dollar per ton.
Iowa Records Broken.
Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 12. With
the thermometer registering 28 de
crees below zero today and much
lower at other points In the state, all
previous cold weather records have
been broken and the Buffering is in
tense, while stock losses will be heavy,
To add to the situation here a coal
famine Is threatened and the prices
have been boosted beyond the reach
of poor people.
Severest known In Nebraska.
Lincoln, Nebr., Jan. 12. The most
severe weather and lowest tempera
ture ever known In Nebraska la 't'
day being experienced. At this place
the temperature registered at 2 de
greea below zero.
Heavy Los hps In Montana.
Helena, Mont., Jan. 12. With the
temperature in southeastern Montana
ranging from 12 degrees below ero
to 35 degrees below at Havre, siock.
men in thin section of the country
-state that enormous livestock losses
will result unless the weather mod
crates Immediately. At Butte and
viunnii the temperature Is ;above
iero.
Train service on all railroads
through this section is badly aemor
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.JAPAN HAS 32,000
TKOOPS ON V. S. SOIL
X Washington, D. C, Jan. 12.
A .declaration that thirty-two
thousand trained Japanese
troops have been smuggled into
Hawaii, since the Japanese-Rus--
-slan war ended, was made here
this afternoon by Major General
Carter, assistant chief of staff
of the United States army. He
declared that the United States
has come to a realization of the
danger of the Japs seizing the
Islands. In case of war nd has
taken steps to immediately send
thirteen thousand troops there
to prevent any surprise. The
announcement has caused no
little sensation among high of
ficials about the. capital.
RESPECTFULLY REFERRED TO THE DIVINE
REVEREND-PROFESSOR-CANNIBAL ZAMBO
The Rev. David John Henry Allen I
Zambo Swackhanner, Jr., Is Indeed
finding Pendleton a place barren of
all sympathies for ex-maneaters who
are striving to exist in a civilized
country by describing to young Am
erica the steps in the evolution of a
cannibal to a vegetarian. First the
newspapers refused to herald . his
worthiness abroad, next the schools
frowned upon his attempt to enlight
en the local pupils at ten cents per
head and now even the ministers and
church workers of the city, the class
of all classes which Bhould accept
him, aid him and encourage him, has
turned against him.
At least he will so construe their
action of last evening when they
agreed to recommend that the gener
ous public refrain from contributing
to any Itinerant solicitor of charity
unless endorsed and accompanied by
a representative of their body.
The following statement prepared
by their committee will explain their
attitude fully:
"At a meeting of some of the min
isters and Christian workers yester
day a committee was appointed to pre
pare a statement for the press in re
ADVANCE CO
GETS CONTRACT
Dnpllnnrl Pnnctpnotlnn P.nn.
Ul tiauu vuiigu uviivii vwn
cern Will Build New High
School.
BID ACCEPTED $74,000
Plans and Specifications Modified to
Bring Coft Within Amount Avail
able for Purpose Enough Funds
for All Work.
Pendleton's new high school build
ing will be built by the Advance Con
struct'on company of Portland, the
school board at its meeting yester
day afternoon declaring the bid of
that company as lowered In conform
ance with the modification of the
nlans and specifications to be the
lowest and best bid received. The
amount specified In the bid was $74,-
000.
Following the opening of the sixteen
bids received on Wednesday evening,
when It was decided tnat certain
modifications in the plans were ne
cessary because none of the bids
were low enough' to be acceptable,
Architect Troutman changed the
secificatlons enough to lower the cost
of materials about $13,000 and the
contractors were allowed to reduce
their bids In accordance with these
changes. That of the Advance Con
struction company being the lowest,
It was accepted and a contract was
drawn up this afternoon.
The modifications made in the
specifications enough to lower the cost
chltect, will not affect the appearance
or the strength of the structure se
riously. The changes include the sub
stitution of terra cotta for atone, the
substitution of oak for cement In
the two tipper floors and one vail
and a number of other minor substi
tutions. With the price reduced to $74,t00,
the board will now nave sufficient
funds for the installation of the heat
ing plant, the plumbing and wiring,
as well as for the completion of the
annex to the north side school.
SHUSTER LEAVES
PERSIA FOR HOME
Teheran, Persia, Jan. 12. Having
been removed, on the demand of the
czar of Russia, as treasurer general
of Persia, Morgan Shuster the Am
erican last night left this place, ac
companied by his wife, for London.
With the departure of W. Morgan
Shuster from Persia, Russia has won
her most important demand his ex
pulsion.
Although Shuster was not expelled
In so many words his position was ta
ken from him and .he left the coun
try knowing that It might be danger
ous to himself to remain.
Shuster was dismissed because he
did his work too well.
He was made secretary-treasurer of
Persia on the recommendation " of
President Taft. Persia's financial af
fairs were sick. Within a few
months he had almost $1,000,008 In
the treasury and Russia began to
grow uneasy. She and England, It
is said, planned to partition Persia
when the country became hopelessly
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gard to the many traveling solicitors
professing to represent some foreign
school or mission, raising funds for
their own education or some other
professedly worthy cause.
"Most of these people have been
exposed again but exposed In one
place, they flew to another and con
tinue their manipulations of the pub
lic confidence and its willingness to
assist every deserving cause.
"It Is a fact that the churches car
ry on through carefully governed
boards, schools and missions on prac
tically every foreign land. They also
raise funds to help worthy but Indi
gent students at home. Every legiti
mate kind of work for the uplift of
mankind Is fostered by the churches
represented In our city.
"These churches do not send out
irresponsible solicitors. Every man
who solicits funds must be acredited
by a local pastor or officials of the
local church. We would urge the
generous people of Pendleton to give
their money through the regular
channels of religious and benevolent
work, thereby guaranteeing Its honest
expenditure."
( COMMITTEE.
DAN P. SMYTHE GETS $1600 FOR INJURIES
RECEIVED UNDER NORTHERN PACJFIC TRAIN
Portland, Ore., Jan 12. The jury in Judge Wolverton's court today
awarded Dan I. Smythe. of Pendleton, the sum of $1600 for the loss
4- of his arm and other injuries received under the wheels of a North-
em Pacific stork train during the summer of 1910. Smythe says that
he is undecided as to whether or not he will appeal tne case. The rail-
road attorneys are highly pleased over the verdict and say they will
pay the amount.
Smythe sued the company for the sum of $60,000 for the injuries
received and alleged the injuries to have been due to fault on the part
of the railroad. The railroad based its defence on the proposition
that Smythe's injuries were due to his own recklessness.
275 RATTLESNAKES
KILLED IN ONE DEN
Young Rancher Has Exper
ience With Angry
Reptiles.
Major Lee Moorhouse is now the
possessor of 275 new rattlesnake skins
as the result of the extermination of
a whole den of the poisonous reptile?
near Nye last week by Jam?s Fix,
a young rancher of the Conml'j can
yon country, and they may be uel
by the local Elks as a part of t'.ieir
distinctive attire in the big parade at
the grand convention In Portland.
Young Fix while walking over the
hilly country near Nye, located a den
bf rattlesnakes and immediately pro
ceeded to dig them out. Being slug
gish during their winter hibernation,
the rattlers did not manifest much
fighting spirit and Fix soon had the
ground Uttlered with their carcasses.
An unusual feature' of his experi
ence was the dlscsovery among the
slain snakes of a number of bull
snakes and blue racers, a fact that is
surprising to many.
Fix's slaughter proved quite profit
able for him for, besides the money
he received from the sale of the skins,
he secured 20 pounds of oil which
sella In the open market at $9.50 a
pound. Had he taken the pains to
extract the poison, he would have re
ceived a greater reward for the liquid
Is a very valuable commodity.
JURY BRIBER MAY TELL
ALL ABOUT TAMPERING
Los Angeles, Calif , Jan. 12. Des
pite persistent rumors that he will en
ter a plea of guilty to a charge of
bribery in connection with the jury
of the McNamara case, Ben Frank
lin, the detective in the employ of the
McNamara defense, and his attorney
today declared that he would not
I plead guilty when he appears In court
tomorrow for trial. The rumor has it
that Franklin has .agreed to plead
guilty, take a short sentence and tell
all he knows In connection with the
bribery of Jurors, which may involve
some prominent figures.
NO HATCHERY IF
INDIANS OBJECT
Unless the Indians on the local res
ervatlon give their consent, the state
will not be able to secure permission
from the government to use the pro
posed site for a fish hatchery near
Gibbon recently se ected by the fish
and game commission. At the annual
meeting of the Umatilla County Fi-h
and Game association last night, the
matter was brought up for discussion,
the committee appointed to confer
with the Indians reporting a meeting
on the reservation yesterday at which
no action was taken because of the
small number of Indians present.
Roy T. Bishop and William Humph
rey comprised the committee and they
reported also that they had arranged
for another meeting for next Thursday
and hope to win the consent of the
Indians to the use of the land in
question.
This was the most Important mat
ter brought up before the association.
However, the annual election of offj
cers was held and Wesley Matlock
was chosen to succeed G. I. La Dow
as president. The other officers were
re-elected, John Vaughan as vice
president, C. K. Cranston as secretary
and William Humphrey as treasurer.
Secretary Cranston, who Is also
chairman of the state fish and game
commission, explained the policy of
the commission regarding the distri
bution of the fish fry to the satisfac
tion of the anglers present.
OAKLAND WOMAN MURDERED
BY HER FORMER HUSBAND
Oakland, Jan. 12. Mrs. Jessie
Blgelow, age fifty, was shot through
the heart and instantly killed today
by Joseph Rider, her former husband
from who mshe was divorced In St.
Louis two years ago.
She married Blgelow a short time
ago.
It Is believed Rider followed her to
California and lived at Los Angeles.
He came here last night. His own
son and daughter were In the house
and 'heard the shooting but he held
them off flth a revolver and escaped.
A posse Is In pursuit.
HUMAN NATURE IS
NOT TRUSTWORTHY
Carnegie So Informs Prob
ers of the ,Steel
Trust.
Washington, D C, Jan. 12. Before
Andrew Carnegie resumed the stand
before the committee today, Howard
Bridge, author of the "Inner History
of the Carnegie Steel Company," was
called to the stand. He identified
portions of his book and also quoted
. ectons of it bearing on the papers
and documents of the Carnegie com
pany. Carnegie admitted that a law must
be invoked to prevent excessive prices
on steel commodities. He said:
"You cannot trust human nature.
Anyone Is justified In doing every
thing pos ib'.e under the law. It is
certain sooner or later, offenses
against natural competition will force
the making of a real law to govern
such conditions."
He then compared President Taft's
and Colonel Roosevelt's ideas on
trusts. He said Taft's Idea Is that
corporation 4 should be dissolved and
Roosevelt's that they should be rec
ognized and carefully governed. He
said "he heartily agreed with Roose
velt Jflea.
MAXCIIl'S SKIN REBELS ALIVE:
MUTINEERS BURN CHILDREN
Tien Tsin, China, Jan. 12. Skin
ning rebel officers ana soldiers alive,
as though they were slaughtered
hogs, butchering hundreds of other
Chinese and committing numerous in
describable atrocities against all ene
mies of the Manchu house, hordes
of imperial troops are today reported
to be carrying on another series of
massacres at Lan Chow. They offer
as justification of their brutalities
that their victims have been guilty of
treason.
Burn Children Alive.
.St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 12.
Cremating small Manchu school chil
dren, hacking adults to pieces, loot
ing all houses and burning large sec
tions, the Imperial solfilers who have
mutined today are waging a most ter
rible war at Kuldjn, Chinese Turke
stan, according to telegraphic dis
patches received here. It Is reported
that all foreigners fled to the consul
ales which are being guarded.
Children Drink Acid.
Huntley, Mont, Jan. 12. The 3-year-old
son of Mrs. T. O. Threet
found a bottle of carbolic acid In a
trunk while his mother was away
from the house last night. He gave
the baby, 1 year old, a drink and took
some 'of it himself. Both children
were dying when Mrs. Threet got
home.
BAPTISTS HOLD
ANNUAL BANQUET
The eighth annual roll call and ban
quet of the First Baptist church was
held last night at the Eagle-Woodman
hall. Members of the local
church and a few Invited guests, num
bering in all nearly 150 persons, par
ticipated in the sumptouous banquet
that was served. After supper a de
lightful program was rendered.
Prominent members of the church
responded to toasts, and these were in
spersed with songs by the Pendleton
male quartet. The following program
was rendered:
Toastmaster, Frank K. Welles
"Our Baptist Fellowship," Mrs. Mary
C. Harvey; "Our Children," Mrs. J.
Glenn Miller; "Our Fathers and Moth
ers," Miss Fern Edwards; "The
Bridge," "Neber Yo' Min' Ma Honey,"
male quartet; "Our Young People,"
Miss Lillian Holman; "Our Ladles,"
Mrs. A. F. May; "Our Gentlemen,"
Rev. F. C. Stannard; ."Our Sinews of
War," R. H. Wilcox; "When the Twi
light Shadows Fall," "Hie-a-way
Home," Male quartet; "Our Mission,"
Rev. H. T. Cash; ''our Future," J. H.
Morris; "Blest Be the Tie that Binds,"
sung by all.
Alleged Wlfo Murderer Hanged. '
San Quentln Penitentiary, Calif.,
Jan. 12. Mark Wllkens was hanged
here today for the murder of his wife
In Alameda. He died protesting his
lr.nocence.
W10TH SN
TO HAVE BOR ED
Large Party of Neighbors
Icy Mountain for
MISSING FROM HOi HEAR GIBBON THREE DAYS
Searchers Find Riderless Horse and Follow Trail to the
Edge of Mass Left By Avalanche in Bobsled Canyon
Near Weston Mountain.
Certain that somewhere in Its Icy
depths Is hidden the body of John
Narkau, a prominent young stock
man of the county, a large force of
men is today attacking with shovels
a great mass of snow in the bottom
of Bobsled canyon, a few miles above I
Gibbon. The young man has been
missing since Monday and a search
ing party yesterday tracked his horse
up the canyon to the pile of' snow,
and it is the belief of all that he was
caught In a snow slide and perished,
a victim of the recent storm.
Narkaus, who conducts a ranch
near Weston mountain and back of
Wenaha Springs, started out Monday
morning to search for a cow and a
calf which had been caught In the
snow. He did not return that day nor
the next, nor the next and yet no un
easiness was felt over his absence for
his family was contiuent mat ne naa
made his way to the farm of some
relatives.
Search Party Organized
Yesterday morning, however, when
he did not return and no word had
been received from him,, members ofi happened to be In the region of We
hls family became alarmed and a nah springs yesterday and Joined th
searching party was organized. Then
it was that P. H. McPhee, manager of
Wenaha Springs and several of his
employes remembered having seen
Narkaus' horse on two different days
standing as if tied at the mouth of
Bobsled canyon, which is just across
the river from the Furnish summer
home above Gibbon. At the time, the
sight occasioned no comment but now
it was significant and the searching
party made its way to the point where
the horse still stood.
There they saw that the nalmal
was not tied but was held fast by the
bridle reins being entangled in some
brush. Tr.e horse's tracks had not
been obliterated by any fresh snow
and were easily followed up the can
yon. Suddenly they stopped right on
the edge of a huge mass of snow
which had slid down the mountain
side. The men made their way to the!
other fide of the obstruction but no
tracks were visible and, although
members of the party made their way
under difficulty to the mouth of the
TREASURER-ELECT
HAD POOR MEMORY
(Special Correspondence.)
Hermiston, Ore., Jan. 12. J. M.
Scarborough, local merchant who was
elected treasurer of Hermiston, but
failed to qualify in time, states that
he entirely forgot the provision which
required him to file a bond within a
specified time following his election.
He intended to qualify for the office
but cannot do so now as the city
council has declared the place vacant
and will proceed to elect a man for
the position. At the recent election
Scarborough defeated Ash Pierce for
the treasureship.
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS WILL HEAR WEST
EXTENSION ARGUMENTS LAST OF MONTH
In coroboration of a special news
story from Portland, published In
this paper Tuesday, comes the follow
ing announcement from Project En
gineer Newell of Hermiston:
Hermiston, Ore., Jan. 11, 1912.
Editor East Oregonian:
I have been advised that a Board
of Engineers will be convened the lat
ter part of the month, probably at
Hermiston, to consider the proposed
West Extension of the Umatilla pro
ject. The Board will be glad to meet
persons or delegations Interested In
the proposed extension and to hear an
expression of their views. If invited
to do so, the Board may be able to
hold hearings at convenient locations.
Definite information as to dates can
not be given at present, but those
Interested are requested to communi-
OH BELIEVED
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Frantically Digging in
John Narkaus
canyon, no further trace of man or
beast did they find.
Man Caught in Snowslide.
Reluctantly they were forced to be
lieve that the body of the man they
sought was lying under the dee
snow. Observations showed them that
the trail along which Narkaus had
ridden was some distance up the hill
tide and all agreed that the unfortu
nate man, had been caught In one ot
the frequent snow slides and carried
be'.ow into the bottom of the canyom
In some manner, they believe, the. '
horse escaped the fate of the rider
j and managed to make its way out of
tne canyon.
No Hope of Life.
The party went back for shovel
and returned last evening to the task
of digging Into the white mass. N
hope Is felt that the man is still living
whether he is buried beneath the
snow mass or whether he escaped that
fate. If under the slide, he has been
dead several days and If he escaped:
the slide, he undoubtedly perished.
from exposure in the mountains.
Deputy Game Warden E..F. Averitt.
searching party. Thoroughly ex
hausted, he left the remainder of the
men when they went for Bhovels and
returned to the city last evening with
the news of the probable tragedy.
No telephone communication could
be had with settlers in the vicinity of
Gibbon today and it Is not known
whether or not the body has been re
covered. Narkaus was about 27 years of age
and unmarried. However, he has sev
eral brothers and sisters and a host of
friends who will be shocked to hear of
the news regarding his disappearance,
Halifax Has FlreJ
Halifax, N. S., Jan. 12. Several
business buildings, Including the
Halifax Herald and the Munnie Dry
Goods company, were destroyed this?
morning with a loss of half million
dollars.
ITALIANS SINK SEVEN
TURKISH GUNBOATS
Rome, Italy, Jan. 12. Seven
Turkish gunboats, which were
loaded with contraband goods
for the Turkish troops In the
province of Iteman, Arabia,
were sunk in a battle with Ital
ian Battleships and torpedo
boat destroyers off Konfunda,
according to dispatches receiv
ed here today. The Turkish
squadron was sighted after a
hunt of one week by the Italian
ships and were sent to the bot
tom after a fierce fight of one
hour. A large number of
Turks saved their lives by tak
ing to the life boats, while a
large number lost their lives.
No Italians were reported killed.
cate with the project engineer at Her
miston, Oregon.
Very respectfully,
HERBERT D. NEWELI
Project Engineer..
Want The Facts.
That the Investigating board will
desire definite statements of facts
rather than demonstrations of senti
ment was declared by Supervising En
gineer Hopson to a delegation of Pen
dlrtonlans who called upon him the
early part of this week.
Written statements are preferable
yet oral statements will not be barred.
It Is not the Intention of the board
t j hold any mass meetings but rather
to have a number of minor sessions
so as to allow all parties a full op
portunity to present their views with,
full freedom.
In Portland It Is generally believed
In well Informed circles that the re
port of the board will decide the fate
of the West Extension.
STOCKMAN