East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, February 08, 1912, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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EVENING EDITIOII
EVENING EDITIOII
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and Fri
day. TO ADVEItTISKFtS.
Tlie Kant Oregonlan hal
the lari?"t paid rlrculattod
of any paper in Oregon, east
of Portland and nearly
twice the circulation In
Pendleton of any other
newspaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24.
PENDLETON, OREGOX, TIIUHSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1912.
NO. 7343
TO
BEAUTIFY
ROUNDUP PARK
Directors. Announce Plans
For Eclipsing Playgrounds
of Other Cities.
CITY WILL LEND ITS AID
LandHtttpo Artist to Re Given Tasfc
of Mulling Place Most Beautiful
, IlcwcaUon fcot to bo Found In
Medium Size Towns.
To make Round-Up Park the most
beautiful park in the country for a
city of less than 10,000 inhabitants is
the ambitious plans of the director!
of the frontier associations and tney
have already taken the first steps to
that end. It is thelr-lntentlon to se
cure a landscape architect of estab
llHhed reputation, to have him draw
up the plans for the beautiflcatlon of
the park grounds and a perspective
of the park ns It will look when all of
the plans are carried out. With
these plans as a guide It is the in
tention of the association to spend
$5000 or more each year in tho com
pletion of some part of the work
contemplated.
At the meeting of the city council
last night. I G. Frazler, who has
charge of the grounds, and Treasurer
O. A. Hnrtman presented a petition
to that body asking its cooperation
In tho plan of tho Kound-Up associa
tion, requesting specifically that the
city purchase a number of, cheap
lots on the Bouth hill as a sourco of
supply for surface dirt, that It attend
to the water rights which were deed
ed to the city along with the park
property, and that it pipe the water
to which it Is entitled to the grounds
for irrigation purposes. The matter
from expressed by members, It is
was referred to a committee but from
rentimont expressed by members, It
Is evident that tho council Is very fa
vorably deposed toward assisting tho
directors.
Plnns Ar0 ExjlnliiNl.
A representative of the East Ore
gonlan yesterday afternoon accom
panied Presldont Taylor and Messrs.
Frailer and Hartman to Round-Up
Park and the plan of beautiflcatlon
was explained in detail. Already a
force of men aud teams Ls at work
doing the 1912 Installment of tho
work. The east end of the enclosed
area, which was left uneven and rocky
by tho excavation necessary to secure
(Continued on page eight)
OLIVER AND MANN IN
LEGISLATIVE RACE
A "positive announcement to the
effect he will bo a candidate for tho
republican nomination for represen
tative In the legislature from Uma
tilla county was made today by Rol
and Oliver, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.
L. Oliver of this city. He will take
statement No. 1 and endorse tho
Oregon system throughouqt.
For some time past Mr. Oliver has
been considering entering the race
for the post now held by L. L. Mann.
However, ho did not fully make up
his mind to run unttl last evening.
He was under tho Impression Mr.
Mann would not seek a reelection
but states now that he will stay In
tho race regardless of whether or not
Mann goes after a renomlnatlon. It
is understood Mann will run, though
ns yet he has made no definite an
nouncement, Should L. L. Mann run for reelec
tion as representative there will bo
at least four candidates out for po
sitions from this county. S. D. ret
erson, of Milton, who is out to suc
ceed himself and J. T. Hinkle of
Hormlston have been In the field for
some time. There are but two rep
resentatives to be elected this year
and ono Joint representative from
Umatilla and Morrow counties. Both
senators hold over another two years.
The primary election will be held
on April 18, though the state elec
tion does not occur until next fall.
.
VOTERS TO DECIDE
FATE OF MURDERER
Salem, Ore., Feb. 8. Gover-
nor West today reprieved Frank
Garrison, the Coos county
murderer, until December 13.
He was sentenced to hang to-
morrow. Garrison ls the sec-
ond man whose life Governor
West has placed In the voters'
hands. At the next election, a
1)111, to abolish capital punish-
ment, will be voted on. If the
Voters kill the bill, the gover-
nor, who opposes death sen-
' tenses, will let them hang on
the same day.
CHURCHILL IS UNHARMED
llstciltcs Do Not Curry Out Threats
of Violence.
Belfast, Feb. 8. Threats of death
and other violence to the Home Sec
retary, Winston Churchill, John
Redmond, Irish leader and Lord
Plrrie if they carried out their an
nounced Intention and delivered ad
dresses for Irish home rule In Bel
fast tell flat today.
. Although the speakers were sub
jected to all manner of abuse, no ac
tual attempt, at physical violence was
made. Thousands of troops and po
lice had the situation well in hand.
A heavy rain did not prevent the
Ulstermen from parading the streets
and hanging Churchill In effigy. His
auto was repeatedly stopped by the
Jeering crowds.
MRS. WARNER READY
TO FILE 7TH WILL
Many Witnesses In City to
Testify to the
Signatures.
It is reported that Mabel Young
-Warner will offer her new will to
the estate of J. W. Young for pro
bate this afternoon or tomorrow but
up until press' time she had not ap
peared before the county court Hom
er I. Watts, attorney for her broth
er, Fred Young, came down from
Athena this morning for the purpose
he announced, of securing the proba
tion of the will and a number of per
sons who will appear to Identify tho
signatures of the witnosses to the
will are in the city. Among these
latter are Victor Hunziker, well
known Walla Walla jeweler and
brother of Louis Hunziker, deceased,
whose nanio appears on the docu
ment. He ls reported to have declar
ed to friends here that he will swear
that In his Opinion the signature
which purports to be that of his
brother Is genuine. It ls also report
ed that a number of people who were
acquainted with the signature of Pe
ter West are ready to testify to tho
genuine appearance of the signature
which purports to be his.
WASHINGTON" MAY LOSE
SLICE OF II Ell TERRITORY
New Westminister, B. C, Feb. 3.
It may be only a story, but If true
It means that the boundary line be
tween Cunada and the United States
In tho coast district will be shifted
south and that Blaine and Sum as,
reckoned hitherto a.i a part of Wash
ington, will bo In Canada. It is said
that two survey parties representing
the United States and Canada are re
surveying the line and that they are
working two miles souths of the
boundary now recognized.
Ship Iong Overdue.
San Diego, Feb. 8. Local pilots are
anxious concerning the whereabouts
of tho barkentine Arago, laden with
lumber for San Diego. She is twenty-two
days out from Coos Hay and
usually makes the trip in twelve. No
word has been received sfnee she sail
ed. NEW IRRIGATION
PLAN CONSIDERED
A new projject for the reclaiming
of farm lands In Umatilla county was
presented to tho investigating board
at Hermlston yesterday, according to
Horace Walker, who was In attend
ance at the meeting. Tho "project Is
similar to the Sturgis Ditch under
taking and Is backed by Messrs Hos
kins, Hardin, Copplnger et at., who
were among the proponents of the
reviving of the' Sturgis project. The
new plan proposes to divert water
from the Umatilla at Barnhart, car
ry It along the mountain by means
of a tunnel and spread It over 62,000
acres in the vicinity of Prospect
Farm. In proposing such a plan to
the board yesterday, Mr. Walker
states that the promoters expressed
their belief that the project could be
put through at the cost of $20 an
acre. The purpose of the men, it Is
said, is to use only enough of the
flood waters to spread about threo
lnchos of water over the land, which
with the nine inches secured by rain
fall, would be sufficient to produce
big crops. The board was asked to
hold up its decision fqr three months
In order to Investigate this new pro
position more thoroughly. .
HOLDUPS CHARGE $90 FOR
CURING TOOTIUCHE
Portland, Ore., Feb. 8. It cost E.
I Berg, of Amity, Oregon, $90 this
morning to cure a toothache. He
was walking the floor In a room at
tho Perre hotel, when two men
I knocked and ' told htm to dress and
I come to the door. He did. They lev
i e'ed a revolver, at him, relieved him
! of his coin and went down a fire es
cape. Later Jay Bruce and C. H.
' Stephens, whom Berg Identified as
the robbers, were arrested. "I've for
l gotten my toothache," said Berg.
62
NOB
MRS
AV
Imprisoned 24 Hours in
Bowels of Earth Follow
ing Cavein.
FED THROUGH SMALLPIPE
Dcspcrato Uattlc With Death Won
By Rescue Squad and Endangered
Men Restored to Arms of Frenzied
Wives and Families.
Amador City, Calif., Feb. 8 Im
prisoned in the bowe'.s of the earth,
sixty-two miners were rescued at noon
today from the two hundred foot lev
el of the Bunker Hill mine, where for
twenty-four hours they were entomb-
ed, while a large force of rescuers
worked desperately to reach them by
clearing away a huge mass of debris
which was piled up yesterday after
noon by a landslide which filled the
entrance to the level for a distance
of sixty feet.
None of the men are be'ieved to
have been killed or injured and they
were kept alive by food that was te
diously sent down to them through
tho pump pipe.
Communication was kept up with
them over a telephone and as far as
they are able to ascertain no deaths
have resulted from the slide.
Tho cave-in was caused yesterday
when a cable parted, . allowing a
heavy load of rock to shoot down the
Incline to the mouth of the tunnel,
completely smothering the shaft by
crushing the heavy timbers.
When the men emerged from their
enforced captivity they appeared lit
tle the worso for their experiences.
Most of them were Italians or Aus-
tiinns und they took the situation
cooly, saying that they slept well last
night and thoroughly enjoyed the food
that was pent to them through the
pumps.
All last night and 'today, the wives
children and other relatives of the
entombed men hovered about the
mine, fearful lest the efforts to reach
the prisoners would fail and many
emotional scenes were enacted as the
begrimed men were again reunited
with their families after twenty-four
hours of tense separation.
JERRY RUSK SAYS HE
IS IN RACE TO STAY
Jerry Rusk, speaker of the last
house of representatives and candi
date for the republican nomination
for congress has written a local
friend to the effect that he is In the
race to stay and that ho will not
withdraw because of the entrance of
J. N. Sinnott. Rusk ls making an
aggressive campaign and has just
filed with the secretary of state his
declaration of- intention.
The following is Trom the state
ment filed:
"If nominated and elected I will
during my Verm of office faithfully
support the efforts of Roosevelt, La
Follctte, Cummins and other leaders
of the progressive movement to re-
(Continued on page eight)
QUESTION AS TO WW
, PAVING NOW HAS
Who will pay for the improvement
of that half of East Court street
which abuts on the O. W. R. & N.
company's right of way. If the city
decides to cooperate with the county
court In Improving the road along
Wild Horse creek Jnto tho elty Will
the. railroad company be required to
defray tho expenses; will they be
charged up against the city property
owners on tho opposite side of the
street or will the city have to p; for
the work These are questions which
came up before the city council last
night when the matter of concurring
with the county, officials In the pro
posed cacadam road camo up. In
tho opinion of City Attorney Carter
the city will have to pay for one-half
of the work along streets abutting
railroad right of way unless the rail
road company voluntarily offers to
assume the expense. He explained
that the railroad company does not
own the soil whereon Its tracks are"
laid but owns a right to use It for
railroad purposes and ls not there
fore legally liable to expenses charg
ed up against it. Again, he declared
his belief that the property owners
on the other side of the Btreet cannot
be held for the cost of street im
provements beyond the center line of
the street, which would leave the ex
penses to bo defrayed by the city.
PARKER DEFENDS LABOR
Former Democratic presidential Can.
didute to Defend Indicted Men.
Indianapolis, In., Feb. 8. Judge
Alton Parker of New York, former
democratic candidatu for . president
against Colonel Roosevelt, will defend
the Indicted labor men, it was an
nounced today.
Admissions that no concerted ef
forts will be made to raise defense
funds for the Indicte labor leaders
for the alleged dynamiting conspir
acy were made here today by offi
cers of the various international
unions, with headquarters here.
The Ironworkers already have a
135,000 defense fund, which will be
used.
Copies of the Indictments are be
ing mailed to the cities where the in
dicted men reside.
Ail
Speakers Favor West
Extension of Umatil
la Project
(Special Correspondence.)
Hermlston, Ore , Feb. 8. Last
night the members of the engineer
ing board from the U. S. reclamation
service were the guests of honor at
a banquet tendered by the people of
Hermiston, the ladies of this city
serving the spread. The banquet was
served at the Hotel Hermiston and
200 were In attendance.
II. T. Irvln, president of the Uma
tilla River Waterusers' association,
served as toastmaster and during the
evening talks were given by many of
those present and the speaking pro
gram was Interspersed with musical
numbers.
E. P. Dodd, presidenfbf the Coni
ng rcial club, traced the history of
tlfe work done by that organization
towards aiding In securing the West
Extension.
F. li. Swayze, Hermiston banker,
told of a recent visit to the proposed
reservoir site and of the sentiment
he found among those located there
on. Wm. Reardon, manager of a local
lumber company, talked from a bus
inessman's standpoint in favor of the
extension.
D. Stapish. official of the Wct?rn
Land & Irrigation company, also
Fpoke in favor of the extension as
did also Dan Campbell.
All of the visiting board comprising
Messrs Davis, Henny, Hopson, Newell
and Morton were called upon and
responded. In his talk Chief Engi
neer Davis confined himself almost
entirely to the engineering features
of the project and refrained from
giving any Intimation as to what ac
tion his board might take in the
matter.
Praise for Umatilla Project.
However, regarding tho Umatilla
project Mr. Davis was not so cautious.
He openly lauded the project now
under settlement and declared It to
lie equal to any Irrigation project he
has ever seen.
Imperials Mutiny.
Tien Tsln, Feb. 8. Angered be
cause they have not been paid, the
imperial troops at Hanchow mutinied
today and looted the native quarter
of the city. Foreigners were unmo
lested. This Is the first serious out
break since the official announce
ment of the emperor's abdication.
SHOULD PAY FOR
ATTENTION OF COUNCIL
T. F. Mahoney, representing the
Warren Construction company, was
present during the discussion and ex
pressed his opinion that the railroad
company would assume tho expense,
declaring ho had known of similar
cases wherein It had. City Attorney
Carter volunteered to take the mat
ter up with the officials and ascertain
their attitude and plans for the im
provement will be held up pending
the result of his effcrts.
Other Business Transacted.
The matter of paving between the
N. P. traks on Webb street was
again brought up, Hit. Carter ex
plaining that the company officials
had not yet given their definite an
swer as to whether or not they would
pay for the work pending an Inves
tigation they are making as to
wnetner of not they are legally 11
able.
Among the other t jsiness coming
before the council last night were the
reading of the treasurer's and re
corder's monthly report, the paying
of monthly bills,' the acceptance of
Chief of Police Kearney's $2500
bonds, the reading of a petition from
tho Round-Up association and the
discussion of several matters of ml
nor importance.
BANQUETS
STATtS
Washington Government
Flee From
UNITED
l: o r J n u
40,000 U. S. TROOPS READY TO CROSS BORDER
President Madero and General Orozco Wire Remarkable
Statements, Exclusively For Members of United Press,
Describing Situation.'
Washington, Feb. 8. High government officials today said tluit the stato
department is preparing to want all
lief that their lives arc endangered there. Diplomats here believe that the
announcement means that President Madero Is to ask tho assistance or tho
United States in restoring order in Mexico ami that President Taft will com
ply with the request.
This, it is believed, Is the undcrlj
the Mexican rebels would not overlook
or their property, if intervention camo
There are now 6,000 American troops stationed In Texas ready to crossl
tho Mexican border and 31,000 additional men, practically tho entire mobile
army, are under orders to prepare to move at any time. Thet gunboat.
Wheeling, has arrived at New Orleans.
New York, N. Y., Feb. 8. Answer- j New York, Feb. 8. "American ln
ing charges that he ls disloyal to terests have noting to fear."
the Mexican government, General! The foregoing is the subsance of a
Orozco, one of the chief figures In reassuring telegram received by the
placing President Francisco Madero j United Press association here today
In power, today wired the United l from President Francisco Madero at
tress, from Chihuatuiia, saying that
the people of Chihuahua state are
displaying discontent because Presi
dent Madero had cot carried out
promises he made during the revolu
tion which lie himself headed and
for that reason, the discontented
Mexicans believe the president is In
curable ot properly filling his high
otfice.
Akin: permission - to reserve his
personal opinion, Orozco concluded
his remarkable statement by saying
that ho would die for the government.
Rebels Take Many Towns.
Kl Paso. Texas, Feb. 8. Refugees
who are reaching here today from
Chihuahua, report that armed adher
ents of General Gomez are capturing
many small towns In the troubled
state and are rapidly gaining strength.
They declare that a decisive battle
with Madero's troops will be fought
within a very short time.
They also report that Beutallo Her
mandez has declared himself provis
ional governor of the state of Chi
huahua. TO PROBE EVERY PHASE
OF M'XAMARA DEFENSE
Los Angeles, Feb. 8. Several Im
portant new witnesses are expected I
to testify before the county grand
jury which resumed Its probe today.
Is. very phase of the McNamara de-
rense at tho recent trial will be
probed.
The district attorney's office has , are recognized as valid in a decision
declined to reveal the identity of j handed down Monday ia the San
witnesses, but has Intimated that they Francisco Court of Appeals, a copy
were connected with the defense and of which decision had just been re
possess important information regard- ceived in this city. The case was one
lng its methods. It is expected the known as Maggie Ellen Parr vs. the
Investigation will last" several weeks, j United States and Louis Colfax In
which the plaintiff was contesting the
DICKENS CENTENARY
CELEBRATED HERE
The 100th anniversary of the birth
llsh novelist, did not go unobserved
yesterday In Pendleton. A Dickens
program was given last evening
In1
the public library rooms before an'?", '"""en , ne "a
.Tr.nroni,itu- o.iiQ nk. .i. Lmi!s CoUax according to th
mints in th n,rm n ,!."
school students and their effort, to
explaln something of the life and
work of the great writer and the lm -
portance of his contributions to liter
ature were received with interest. Miss
Alice Green wald read a brief bio
graphy of Dickens and she was fol
lowed by Walter Owens who gave a
review of "Hard Times," one of the
best known masterpieces of the nov
elist. Miss Aliene McMonles con-
cluded the program with a reading of
"The Cratchits" Christmas Dinner"
from tho "Christmas Carol," probab
ly Dickens' most popular production.
Following the program, the audi
ence walked about the rooms to In
spect the pictures and sketches of
some of the most noted characters
In Dickens'" novels as well as some
likenesses of the novelist himself of
the different stages of his career.
MUM ON' LIQUOR; IX JAIL.
XcwsiMjper Man Refuses to Answer
Questions in Kansas Trial.
Topeka, Kas. J. E. House, a news
paper writer, who was placed In Jail
for refusing oo answer questions in
court as to the sale of liquor, was re
leased on habeas corpus proceedings.
House was called as a witness at the
request of Governor Stubbs. The
caso will be taken to the Supreme
Court.
PREPARED FOR
EST OT TROUBLED MEXICO
Warns All Americans to
Danger Zone
Americans to leave Mexico, lu tho be
lug cause of the reported warning, T
an opiiortiinity to destroy Americans
from tho United States.
Mexico City.
President Madero's telegram
said
in part:
"After thirty-five years of oppres
sion, the press of Mexico Is now ab
solutely free, but In certain cases It
has overstepped the limits of pru
dency. It will soon change its atti
tude, however, as the public will soon
realize its exaggeration and its ap
peals to passion, it will then lose con
fidence in the press. But with the
people who are with me, I am sure
that we will realize our plans soon."
President Madero concluded his
message, by saying that the trouble
in the state of Chiuahua was merely
a mutiny of undisciplined tr,oops,
without a political goal and that he
expects to restore tranquility within
a few days.
S
Reliels Commit Atrocity.
Mexico City, Feb. 8. Rebels today
captured the towns of Coceyetla and
Santa Rosalia in the state of Chi
huahua. At Coseyetla it Is reported,
they dragged a district judge from
the bench and cut htm to pieces.
TRIBAL MARRIAGE
CEREMONIES VALID
Tribal ceremonies of the Indian?
; on the Umatilla reservation by which
1 most of the marriages are performed
ngnt or Liouls Colfax to Inherit the
allotted land of her husband after
having been married only according
to tribal custom. Federal Judge R.
S. Benn a year ago handed down a
I derision for the defendants and it Is
aScMon wI,ich has J"t been sus-
I ,,ori"n R; J" 4fIater'
'"r, ndnt,T' he government
I in .iiiuiit-u uiuu m isaac wooer and
after the allotment he had married
e custom
i of his People. They had one child
f,nAupf"the enh. f "ober the aU
' to this child. The
i!?I1ld aftCr died and tho mother
clalmed the property but Ellen Parr,
a sister of Gober, contested her right
and took the matter Into tho court.
Tama Jim Getting Sore.
Washington, Feb. 8. "For tho
four hundredth time I say no!" Thus
roared Secretary Wilson of the de-
i rnrtme,u of Agriculture, when asked
today whether he Intended to resign
AT LAST TEDDY HAS
SOMETHING TO SAY.
New York, Feb. 8. Colonel
through Alexander Moore, pub-.
Usher of the Pittsburg Leader.
announced today that he would
take an active part In the com-
ing presidential campaign in the
following message to the pro-
gressives: "I don't believe my
bitterest enemy will say that I
ever was a deserter. You
can say to the progressives
that I - will not desert
the cause and that they will
find me fighting side by Bide
with them to the finish."
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