East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, February 15, 1912, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITIO!)
WEATHER REPORT.
Itnin tonight and Fri
day; brisk southerly
winds.
TO AhVKJlTlSEKS.
The Kast Orgonlan has
the Inrjfint pnld circulation
of, any pnpor la Oregon, east
of Portland and nearly
twice the circulation In
Pendleton of any other
newspaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
yoi 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEI3KUA11Y 15, 1912.
tfO. 7349
STREET PAVING
FOR 65 BLOCKS
Council and Commercial
Club Committees Make
Such Recommendation.
MANY CITIZENS APPROVE
riim Culls for Forty-two Iilocks" of
Hard Surface and Twcnty-tlirco of
Macailani AKIcriiuuilc U'Hly Ad
opts Report. ,
A new era of street Improvement
will be ushered In here in Pendleton
of the recommendations made to the
council last night by the street com
mittee of the Commercial association
are carried out, and from the senti
ment expressed at the meeting, it is
evident thnt a great part of them will
be. The report of the council com
mittee which was adopted unanimous
ly favored the improvement of streets
along sixty-five blocks, forty-two
with hard surface and twenty-three
with macadam. The communication
of the Commercial Club committee
concurred with the councllmen's re
port in nearly nil particulars but sug
gested a few changes.
The following arc the recommenda
tions of the council committee:
1. That the intersection of Main
and Jackson streets bo improved with
hard surface.
2. That Jackson street be paved
hetween Main and Blaine streets, a
distance of eight blocks, the pave
ment to be 40 feet wide with parking
eight fett wide on either side.
3. Thnt Bush strict bo paved
from Jackson to Rnley streets, pave
ment to be 30 feet wide with eight
foot parking.
4. That Haley street from Bush
t.- Arc be paved, pavement to be 30
Icet wide with eight foot parkings.
C. That Haley street from Arc to
the western city limits be macadam
ized for a width of 30 feet.
C. That Perkins Avenue between
Jackson and Raley streets bo paved,
pavement to be 40 feet wide with
eight foot parkings.
7 That east Court street from the
Byers mill raco to the eastern city
limits be macadamized for a wlutn
of 24 feet.
8. That Lee street from Court
street to the bridge over the Uma
tilla be macadamized for a width of
thirty feet with eight foot parkings
9. That Webb street from its in
tersection with the O. W. R. & N.
tracks be macadamized to the west
ern city limits for a width of 30 feet
and with eight foot parkings.
10. Thnt Water street from Main
to Cottonwood bo hard surfaced for
a width of 40 feet.
11. Thnt Court street from Main
to Garden bo pavetl for a width of
4 0 feet.
12. That Court streot from Garden
to Ash be paved for a width of 30
feet lenving parkings eight feet wide
13. That Webb street between Cot
tonwood and Court be paved for
width of 30 feet wlLh five foot park
lr.gs.
Commercial Club Suggestions.
The following Is a brief summary
of the suggestions of the Commercial
Club committee:
Recommendation 1 of tho council
Is npproved.
Committee would suggest that
Jackson street be paved from Main
to I,ogan for a width of 30 feet, loav
ing the remainder of the street as it
Is.
Would change recommendations 3
and 4 so that Hush street would he
left as It Is until it Is definitely de
cided whether the old cemetery can
be legally confiscated and would In
Btead turn down Logan street to
Raley with pavement and down Ra
ley to Arc, pavement to bo 24 feet
wide.
Would suggest that nothing be done
with 5 and 6.
Recommendation 7 is approved
Would suggest that Lee street from
Court to the bridge bo hard surfaced
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GIRti PASSES DEATH
, SEXTEXCE OX RAriST.
Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 15.
Identifying an unknown negro
as her nsasllnnt, fifteen year
old Kate Hodges was given the
privilege to fix the fate of the
fiend, by the mob that caught
the black near Raleigh, Tenn.,
where the assault occurred.
The girl decided that the ne-
gro should be hanged and the
mob carried out her wish, add-
Ing several hundred revolver
shots, with which the rapist's
body was riddled as It dangled
from a bridge.
YUAN NAMED PRESIDENT
Dr. Sun Resigns An Head of Jfew ClU
neso Republic,
Nanking. ' China, Fet). 15. The
national Chinese assembly, the new
republican legislative body, today
elected former Premier Yuan as pres
ident of the Chinese republic, follow
ing the resignation of provisional
President Sun, which he tendered
yesterday. Dr. Sun has Issued a
statement urging all Chinese to sup
port the new president.
Provisional President Sun will,
however, remain In office until ar
rangement can be made for the In
auguration of President Yuan.
The selection of ministers of the
republican cabinet will take place at
tonight's session of the assembly.
ROASTING TRAINMAN
GIVEN CHLOROFORM
Pinned Under BurningWreck
Doctor Humanely In
terferes A T)ay of Bad Railroad Accidents
Numbers Three Sinnsliups and Man;
Rentlisr
Portland, Maine. Feb. 15. Pinned
beneath the burning wreckage of a
Grand Trunk train with his arms
lowly cooking and no hope of being
rescued before ha would be roasted
alive, Harry Corliss a trainman, pre
vailed upon a country doctor who ar
rived on the scene, to administer
chloroform to him and allow him to
die a painless death. Fifteen minutes
after the physician had complied
with the request, the man's body was
only a mass of charred flesh.
Two other trainmen were also kill
ed In tho wreck, which was the re
mlt of a headon collision of two
freight trains.
Train mils on Bunk Roof.
Salt Li ke City, Feb. 15. Five per
sons were killed and three seriously
njured this morning when a locomo
ive, pulling a Ulo Grande ore train
was derailed, rolling over an em
bankment seventy-five feet high and
rashing through the roof of the
State Hank and the Bingham Dye
Works at Bingham, Utah.
Tho dead are:
Engineer Fred Annis, Felix Lom
bard, a boiler washer; C. A. Lewis and
P. J. Gilllgan, tailors employed at the
dye works, and nn unidentified man
Four Killed.
Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 15. Four
persons are reported to have been
ki'led, twenty-five Injured at Warrior"
Ridge, Penn., when east bound No.
Limited, was derailed and ten cars
precipitated Into a ditch. The en
gine and mall car kept the track, the
other cars going over an embank
ment. The train left Pittsburg this
morning for this city.
Death List Uncertain.
Altoonn, Pa., Feb. 15. Latest re
ports this afternoon from Warrior
Itldge variously estimate the number
of dead from 5 to 15. Relief trains
nro rushing.
DRAYAGE BUSINESS
VERY COMPLICATED
Hereafter, when a family In the
city changes Its place of residence,
thnt fact will be recorded In tho of
fice of Recorder Fitz Gerald or If a
man should happen to hire a dray to
transfer some of his personal effects
to some other place in the city, h
must notify the driver of tho dray
whether or riot such transfer means
that he Is leaving the elty or chang
ing his domicile or what not. If he
doesn't furnish such Information up
on reqqucst, the poor drayman Is
doomed to pay a fine of ten dollars
or less, for it Is so written in on or
dlnanco passed by the council last
right.
Tho ordinance in question is one
substituted for the one recently in
troduced in the council through agi
tntlon by tho regular draymen for a
city law that would not permit any
man to haul .baggage, passengers,
merchandise or anything else for hire
or compensation without first obtain
ing a license. The clause relating to
the change of residence was tacked
on to the substitute presumably to nld
tho merchants to keep careful tab up1
on their debtors It requires a dray
mnn to appear at the office of the
city recorder within throe days after
he has hauled household goods or
baggage from one part of the city to
another and to file Information re
gnrdlng such transfer.
The main part of the ordinance
simply provides for tho licensing of
teams and wagons hauling for hire,
exempting only such vehicles as are
hauling grain, hay or other farm
produce, freight wagons hauling mer
chandise through the city or teams
conveying building material Into the
city or about the city for city im
provoments.
It Isn't "Will" and "Theodore- any
mo..
REBEL FORCES
W VICTORIES
Federal Troop Train Goes
Through Dynamited R. R.
Bridge, Killing 57.
LOOT CITY, KILL CITIZENS
Torreon Surrounded by Revolutionists
and Fear Felt for Safety of Four
Hundred Americans Who Fled
From Doomed Town.
.
El Paso, Feb. 15. El Pas'o
and Juarez wer thrown in,to
an uproar today when Mexican
guards arrested a squad of
eighteen American cava'.rymen,
who to save time, passed from
one international bridge to an-
other over Mexican territory.
Street cars were stopped while
the argument continued and fi-
nally the Americans were re-
leased.
Mexico City, Mex., Feb. 15. Thirty
seven federal troops today were killed
when a train on which they were be
ing transported crashed through the
Ixtla bridge over the Amasusa river
in the state of Guerrero, which ha2
been destroyed by the rebels who
blew it up with dynamite. Another
bridge was also destroyed in the
same manner by the rebels.
RclKis Surround Torreon.
Dispatches which have been
ceived here today from Torreon
re
in-
dicatu that that city is surrounded by
a revolutionary force which threatens
t- destroy the town.
More than four hundred American
citizens last night chartered a special
train on which they fled from the city,
and no news has been received con-
erning them since they started. Grave
fears are felt for' the safety of the
party. ,
Torreon is believed to be doomed
unless General Trevino, who is in com
mand of a federal force of fifteen hun
rhcr men, can arrive at the scene
within a short time, as the garrison
there Is wholly insufficient to with
stand an assault by the rebels.
RclKis Defeat Federals.
Terrific fighting was today re
sumed at Santa Maria where the fed
eral troops have been trying since
yesterday to dislodge a large force of
Zapatistas.
In a battle between the govern
ment and revolutionary forces at
Cahto Barrero, fifty seven federals
were killed and the battle was won
bv the rebels who looted the entire
own and slaughtered a large num
ber of residents.
Flighting In Sonora.
Nognles, Arizona, Feb. 15. Four
federal guards were killed and a score
of persons Injured in uprising at Can
anea, Sonora, according to news re
ceived here. They battled for an
hour when the insurrectos dispersed.
Minor disturbances also occurred at
Hermosillo and Guaymas.
.Tap Amltassndor Arrives.
San Francisco, Feb. 15. The new
Japanese ambassador to the United
States. Viscount Suteki Chinda, ar
rived today from Japan. He will
enve in a few days for Washington.
He was given nn unofficial and in-
formal welcome byt the Japanese
consuls and other Japanese.
EASTERN OREGON BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
IS NOW WITH PENDLETON HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
Tn the fastest and hardest fought!
basketball game held on a local floor
for several years, the Pendleton high
school quintet last night won the
eastern Oregon championship by de
feating tho crack M. I. A. team of La
Grande by the score of 26 to 25.
The visitors were much heavier
than the local boys and they combin
ed speed and science with their
weight, making them most formidable
opponents. Their stylo of play, how
ever, lacked a great deal of being as
clean ns that of the scholastics and
It was this element that probably
contributed mostly to their defeat.
Indeed, had It not have been for the
combination . of repeated fouls. Um
pire Sturdlvnnt's vigilant eye and the
remarkable lability of Houser to
convert the fouls into points, the Pen
dleton team would have probably
come out with the smaller score. Ten
points were added to tho local string
In that manner while La Grande got
but three by the same route.
The first half ended 14 to 11 In
TAFT A FIVE CENT ACTOR
Will. Reach People Through Moving
Picture Shows.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 15. Con
fident that he can reach the people In
larger numbers and more effectively
through the moving picture shows of
the county, President Taft will be
come a five cent actor to further his
candidacy Dur renomlnation for pres
ident. He has commenced talking Into a
phonograph and moving pictures of
himself and his c'.erks at work will
be sent out to all moving picture
houses.
Films have already been completed
showing the president and his men
at work at their desks and these will
be the first to be sent out broadcast
over the country.
CHINAMAN MURDERED
OR KILLED HIMSELF
Coroner Ascertains That
Wong Tong Died of
Hanging
Fellow Countryman First Rooorts
Natural Death and I.ater Declares
Man Suicided.
Wong Fong. the celestial who was
reported to have died In the city
Tuesday night, did not succumb to
a disease but died a violent death by
hanging and is either the victim of
a suicide or a murder. This was the
startling discovery made this morn
ing by Coroner Ralph Folsom and he
will probably hotd an inquest to de
termine the responsibility of the
crime.
Coroner Folsom was summoned
yesterday morning to take charge of
tho body of the dead Chinaman, his
countrymen In the wash house on
Railroad street telling the undertak
er that the man had been suffering
from a disease for a long time and
h-r) finally died from it.
This morning, however, Glen Stur
divant, Coroner Folsom's assistant,
heard it rumored about that the Chi
naman had been hanged. Examining
the body with the coroner, the marks
of a rope about the man's throat were
plainly to be seen and the two men
became convinced that the rumors
were based on the truth.
Coroner Folsom this morning went
to the house from where the body
had been takpn and confronted the
onlv Chinaman there with the nn-
nounccment of hisa discoverv. If h
Is trniltv of murder' his impassive face i
failed to betray the fact. "Yes," he
answered, "him sick, him hang him-
self." This was all that could be
learned from him beyond the state
ment that he himself had cut the
body down.
Coroner Folsom believes that the
facts of the case coupled with the
undercurrent of strife between Pacific
coast Chinese tongs, warrants a thor
ough Investigation and will probably
impanel a jury.
CREDIT ASSOCIATION
CEASES TO EXIST
The Credit Men's association, an
organization of merchants formed
several years ago for the purpose of
giving rating as to credit to the dif
ferent people who mnko Pendleton
their trading point, has censed to ex
ist, tho merchants concluding that it
had outlived its usefulness inasmuch
as a Portland mercantile protective
association with branches all over the
United States, has worked the field
so suuccepsfully that the purpose of
the local association was better sub
served. The announcement of the dissolu-
j tlon of the organization was formally
mode this morning.
Pendleton's favor.
With the local boys in the lead,
the second half opened at a terrific
pace. Tho La Grande men set the
pace and for the first few minutes
swept the local players off their feet
and soon took the lead. For fully
ten minutes Captain Jordan and his
men failed to annex a point except
through fouls but managed to keep
close beside the Union county shoot
ers by this method. However, during
he last ten minutes after Houser
had hooked In a beautiful basket.
they started a fierce rally which kept
the La Grando men from making any
more points. During this period the
ten men were chasing across the floor
at breakneck speed, lightning passes
were made and the ball was hardly
allowed to touch tho floor.
Points for Fendleton were made as
follows: Houser 16, Strain 8. Jor
dan 2; for La Grande, Hollister 4
Llndsey 8, Bean 6, Woods 7.
LABOR AID FOR
WORKERS 1 1AY
Aggregate Bond of $340,000 Required of Fifty
four Alleged Dynamite Conspirators
OTHER UNION LEADERS
Ortie McManigal Sees Vindication of Himself, As
mer, in Arrest of Former Companions and is
Pleased With His Work.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 15. United
in the belief of the innocence of at
least a part of the fifty-four labor
leaders. Indicted and under arrest for
connection In the alleged dynamite
conspiracy, executives of other trade
union, with headquarters here, are
planning to render them such aid as
is possible In an effort to secure for
the accused men fair and Impartial
trial. Prominent among the leaders
of this defense movement, Is James
Lynch, president of the International
Typographical union. He is arrang
ing a conference of other union lead
ers for the purpose of discussing ways
and means of raising a defense fund.
Heavy Bond Fixed.
Fourteen of those indicted are each
required to furnish $10,000 bond, and
forty are each required to furnish $5,-'
000 bond, miking an aggregate bond
required of $340,000. Swine of those
whom the government was unable
to find were reported to have disap
pears 'reu,-;h fear of inability to
furnish bonds. t was intimated that
the Iron Workers' association would
be unable to furnish security for its
indicted members, as they have a de
fense fund of only $35,000.
Forty-Ono Under Arrest.
Of the fifty-four indicted, forty
one had been arrested at noon to
day and others will probably be tak
er, into custody before tonight. They
are: M. J. Young, of Boston, a mem
ber of the executive board of the Iron
Workers and whom Ortie McManigal
Matl'1 assisted him in several dyna-
n'Utf iohs- William Benson, president
l"e ueirou reiteration or Laoor;
John McGray of Wheeling, W. Va.,
and Milton Davis, of Philadelphia,
former members of the Iron Work
ers' executive board; J. R. Irwin, of
Peoria, 111., Frank Painter, Omaha,
who has mysteriously disappeared,
and Patrick Ryan of Chicago,
limbic to Furnish Bail.
Of those who were arrested yester
day. Ernest Basey and Edward Clark,
of Cincinnati, and Herman Kline, of
Indianapolis, members of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Carpenters,
were not able to furnish bonds, of
$3,000 eacli and they spent last night
In prison.
Each of the indicted men are ac
cused of thirty-two cbunts of con
spiracy and of engaging in illegal in
terstate transportation of dynamite.
They were all arrested on only one
indictment, charging conspiracy, but
are also named in the other indict
ments.
Goiiix-rs will Testify.
Washington, D. C , Feb. ' 15. The
United States department of justice
today announce:! that President
Gompers and Secretary Morrison of!
the American Federation of " Labor,
probably will be summoned to testi
fy at Indianapolis In the cases of
the alleged dynamiters regarding the
official connection of tho federation
with tho MeXamara brothers.
It was a'so intimated that further
arrests of labor leaders heretofore
unmentioned in the case will occur
in case government secret service
agents succeed in uncovering facts
which they expect to bring to light.
McMnnignl Mensed.
Los Angeles. Feb. 5. "I'm glad
of It," said Ortio McManigal when
told today of the arrests made in
connection with the alleged dynamite
outrages nil over the country. "It's
Just as I expected, In view of the
testimony that I gave to the federal
grand jury at Indianapolis."
Beyond these few words McManigal
refused to talk. Ho had been asked
by the federal authorities, it was
said, to refrain from saying too much
for fear that he "might let something
drop that would Injure the govern
ment's case."
McManigal is in jail here. He will
be a witness before both the federal
and county grand Juries here.
Denies Ho Is Informer.
Denver, Colo., Feb. 15. Answering
intimation made by Detective William
Burns, who unfolded the alleged dy
namite conspiracy, that A. E. Glancy
of San Francisco and S. W. Logleltnor
of this city, had "squealed" on the
other Indicted Iron workers, Legleit
nor, a former member of the execu-
THOSE OE IRON
NNOCENT
MAY BECOME INVOLVED
Infor
Highly tive board, today made a sweeping
denial of the intimation.
Investigation Metises Gompers.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 15. Re
fusing to discuss the arrests of the m
iron workers, President Samuel Gom
pers, of the American Federation of
Labor, the officers of which were ex
onerated by the government depart
ment of justice from any connection
with the dynamite conspiracy, today
said:
"I knew that the more thorough
the investigation Into the affairs of
the American Federation -of Labor,
the more complete would be the ex
oneration and vindication against any
act or event suspicion of unlawful
conduct."
N'ew Phase "Uncovered.
Los Angeles, Feb. 15. The Los
Angeles county grand jury will con
tinue its investigation of dynamiting
affairs tomorrow. Tvietmoe, Johann
son and Clancy who have already
been Indicted, will be witnesses,
probably as they have been subpoen
aed. Assistant District Attorney Ford
admits that a new important phase
of the alleged conspiracy has been
found and will be probed.
INDIANS DELAY
TRANSFER OF LAND
Temporarily held up by the protest
of a few Indians on the reservation, '
the bill authorizing the sale of about
200 acres of scab land near the
Thorn Hollow springs to the city of
Pendleton will probably again be put
upon the skid roads to passage when
a resolution passed by the council
last night reaches Washington.
The water commissioners were yes
terday notified by Senator Chamber
lain that the bill was delayed In the
committee room through receipt of
a protest from the redmen, which
protest was based upon the alleged
fact that Pendleton did not need the
land asked. A resolution setting
forth the need of the land was at
once drafted and upon the urgence of
Chairman Brown and Commissioner
Moore was passed unanimously last
' right.
The land in question is absolutely
worthless for crop purposes and is un
allotted because of its little value.
But, ns pointed out by Chairman
Grown last night, It is necessary that
the city own It in order that the
Thorn Hollow springs be kept free
from contamination.
FOUR CHICAGO MURDERERS
MUST HANG TOMORROW
Springfield, 111., Feb. 15. Com
mutation of sentence denied them,
four men must hang tomorrow, for
tho murder of Fred Cuelzer, Jr., who
was killed In Chicago last October.
The prisoners are: E. Wald, Frank
Shiblasko, Philip Somerling and
Thomas Sehultz. They set upon the
truck gardener, beat and shot him to
death.
CAMORRISTS' TRIATj IS
XEARIVG AN END
Viterbo, Italy. Feb. 13. Ultmate
failure of the Italian government to
convict Enrico Alfano, and nineteen
other members of the Camerra, on
trial here, Is forecasted today through
the discharge of twenty-two of the
tridty-two accused conspirators In
the Cuoccole murder. Unimportant
witnesses are on tho stand today.
THREATENED RUPTURE
WITH TEDDY IS PAST.
Xew York, X. Y., Feb. 15.
The rupture danger between
the progressives and Colonel
Roosevelt has passed. Today
he sent his Columbus speech to
the printers and it is said with
the progressives' endorsement
of Its contents.