EVENING, EDITION
EVENING EDITIOII
WEATHER REPORT.
Occasional rain to
night mid Saturday.
TO AIVK!tTlSEItS.
Tbe East Oregonlnn has
the largest paid circulation
of any paper la Oregon, east
of Portland and nearly
twice the circulation In
Pendleton of any . other
newspaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL, 24..
PENDLETON, OREGON, FWDAY, MAKCII 15, 1912.
XO. 7373
MILE W ESI IS
TIED-UP, GALE
PassengerTrains Snowbound
and Lake Steamers Are
Believed Doomed.
WORST STORM OF WINTER
lilUzaril S-'iH Many Stales and
txintlniiutiou Is lourecastcd by the.
Weather Bureau Many Human
IjiiIcii TraliiH Aro Vnlieard ITom.
Chicago, II!., March 15. the mid
dle went is tied up today by the worst
blizzard of the winter. AU traffic on
the big railroads centering in Chicago
is at a standstill.
Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, parts of
Oklahoma, Iowa, Minnesota and the
Dakotas are being swept by a terrific
gale with snow accompanying.
No oastbound trains, due early to
day, have been reported up to noon.
The weather bureau predicts a con
tinuation of the utorm tomorrow.
A terrific gale is sweeping the Great
Lakes and it Is feared that many craft
will bo unable to v;ather the storm.
Nebraska Snowed Under.
Lincoln, Neb.,. March 15. Many
trains are stalled throughout Nebras
ka today and traffic is paralyzed.
Hundreds of laborers aro working In
an effort to shovel snow out snow
drifts which are blockading tmlns.
25 Trains Snowbound.
Denver, Colo., March 15. Twcnly
fivo passenger trains are stalled
through the middle west by the storm.
Ten Hock Island trains are tied up
at Goodland, Kansas, and nine Union
Pacific trains aro nt Oakley. Kas.
Half a dozen others are overdue. The
Jturlington and Santa Fe trains have
ii"t been reported;
AMPUTATION OF LEG
MAY CAUSE DEATH
Conrad Platsoeder, fur many years
a leading butcher of this city. Is to
day in a precarious condition at S't.
Anthony's hospital as the result of
an attack of diabetic gangrene which
necessitated the amputation of one of
lils legs yesterday afternoon, but, ac
cording to his physicians, his condi
tion is hopeful anil warrants the be
lief that he has, yet a fighting chance
to recover.
Mr. riatsoeder has been suffering
from the malady for the past three
weeks and his condition became so
bad yesterday that an operation was
determined upon. Pr. H. S. Garfield,
assisted by Dr. C. J. Smith. Dr. E. O.
Parker and Dr. 11. K. Ringo. perform
ed the surgical treatment from which
the patient rallied unexpectedly well.
OMMITTEE r.WOP.S KILLING
COURT OF n)M.Mi:i!(T.
Washington, March 15. By a vote
of 11 to 8 the house Interstate foreign
commerce committee today decided to
report favorably on Representative
Sim's bill to abolish -ho United States
commerce, court, despite Attorney
General Wlekersham'n plea for a "fair
trial" of the court. Last year twenty
of twenty-seven rul'ngs by the inter
Mate commerce combmlsslon were
nullified by It.
Sweating Would-llo Assassin.
Rome, March 15. By vigorous
sweating, the police today are trying
to gain from D'Alba the would-bo as
sassin of King Kmanuel, some Idea
of his reasons fur making the at
tempt. The condition of Major Lu
na is unchanged and ho will probably
recover. Tho celebration over the
king's escape continue unabated
throughout Italy,
n e. eices RESIGNS ss Sinn
0F BUBO-HEW SENEW WANTED
Because of his connection with a
company colonizing Canadian lands,
II. E. Rlckers has resigned as secre
tary of the district fair board and the
members of the board aro now seek
ing a new man for tho position. A
session of the board is being held at
the Commercial club rooms this after
noon and the session will be contin
ued over tomorrow.
Tho resignation of Mr. Dickers was
submitted to tho board this afternoon
and accepted. Owing to the vast
amount of work now on hand in con
nection with holding tho fair this fall
It is desired to fill the position as soon
as possible
Among those discussed for the aec-
HOT SHOT FOR T. R., TAFT
Senator La I'Vdlctte Hays 0Knents
in North Dakota Primary Campaign.
Mandan, N. D . March 15. Hot shot
for both resident Taft and Colonel
Roosevelt for their failure to cripple
tho trusts In their formative period,
Is being poued out through the state
by Senator La Fo'.letto In sizzling per
sinal speeches In tho fight for repub
lican delegates. The primaries will
bo held In North Dakota next Tues
day and the campaign Is the fiercest
in the state's history.
Will Extend VlzM.
Jamestown, N. D., March 15. Sen
ator La Follette announced here to
day that he will return to Washington
soon and then stump Oregon, Nebras
ka, California and other states having
presidential primaries.
STRIKE OF MINERS
NOW SEEMS CERTAIN
Reject Offer of Operators
and Adjourn England
Suffering
New York, March 15. Disputing
many statements made by the mine
operators, representatives of the east
ern anthracite coal miners today for
mally presented to the owners a re
jection of the operators' offer to con
tinue for three years the present
agreement which expires In April. Un
less some further action Is taken it is
almost certain that 1 80.000 miners
will strike.
After the meeting between the mi
ners and operators today, the con
ference adjourned sine die, after the
operators said that their original
proposition stood.
English Situation Worse.
London, March 15. With four mil
lion persons throughout the United
Kingdom already directly affected
and tho suffering rapidly increasing,
the great coal strike situation grew
more serious today. r'"
Striving hard to sett'o In some way
the Industrial war before the millions
of sufferers are materially increased,
and their hardships augmented,
Pemier Asiulth today brought the op
erators and miners together for fur
ther conferences.
Restlessness of the miners Is In
creasing and It Is feared that clash
es may occur.
FERGUSON-STEPHENS
WEDDING ASUPRISE
Another wedding which took Pen
dleton by surprise occurred yesterday
evening when George Ferguson and
Miss Frankle May Stephens were
made man and wife. Although their
friends have been expecting tho an
nouncement of their engagement for
some time they were not prepared for
the news of the nuptials.
Miss Stephens, who has been em
ployed at the Peoples Warehouse for
some time past, resigned her posi
tln several days ago but her friends
believed she was going back to Kan
sas to visit relatives. Yesterday af
ternoon after the newspapers had.
Bono to press, Mr. Ferguson arpeared
at tho court house, secured a license
and he and, his bride stole away on
the east bound tran without any of
their friends being the wiser. Their
destination Is still unknown.
WILL IT UK MRS. CLERK?
First Woman Candidate Starts cnui
IMiIkh for City Klcotlon.
San Jose, Calif The first woman
to go before the electors of Califor
nia will be Mrs Ruby Furman of Los
Gatos, who filed her petition as a
candidate for the city clerkship of
Los Gatos. She Is opposing E. A.
Winning, tho Incumbent. Mrs. Fur
man Is assistant manager of the Los
Gatos Telephone company.
If a man's conscience never trou
bles him, it's a ign he has It well
trained.
rctaryshlp are Wesley Matlock,
James Johns and Douglas Leffing-
well. A selection will very likely be
made within a dav or two.
At the scsstlon tomorrow, It is tho
intention of the board, according to
President G. L. Hurd, to take up the
subject of a permanent fair nnviiinn
The fair premium lists are also being
revised considerably, such work be
ing made necessary by tho fact the
board has voted $500 of tho premium
money for use as prizes to'tho school
cnimren or the county who are enter
ing in tno agriculture contests.
H. M. Sommerer, membor of tho
board, Is hero from Hefmlston at
tending the meetings.
SAYS II, BEAT
PEACE TREATY
Head of Illinois Taft Club
Severly Criticises Alleged
Work of Colonel.
'SACRIFICED THE PEOPLE'
Significantly Analyzes Dei-lding Vote
Cart by Former President's Cant
aijrii Manager and Declares De
feat Is Destructive to Country's
Welfare.
Chicago, March 15. "That the de
feat of the peace treaties must be
laid at the door vpf Colonel Roosevelt
Is the substance of a statement given
out here today by David Forgan, head
of tho Taft Club of Illinois.
The statement is an attack on Col
onel Roosevelt's motives and declares
he has "sacrificed the welfare of tho
people- to promote his political and
selfish ambition."
Mr. Frogan declares the treatit-3
negotiated by
England and
President Taft with
France expressed th
overwhelming sentiment of the Am
erican people: that Colonel Roosevelt
the "so-called friend of the people
was the only conspicuous republican
opponent" and that Senator Dickson,
his campaign manager, changed front
abruptly and cast the deciding vote
which "emsculated and destroyed
them."
PILOT ROCK CLUB
BANQUET A SUCCESS
With approximately one hundred
scats filled, the first banquet given
by the new Pilot Rock Commercial
club last night was a huge success and
served to further stimulate the busi
ness men of the little city in their In
auguration of an era of progress. Op
ening as it did the new hotel to the
public, the banquet had a double
significance.
Pendleton was represented at the
banquet by J. F. Robinson and J. K.
Keefe. president and secretary of the
local Commercial association, Clar
ence M. Rishop, Frederic W. Steiwer,
Charles W. Meighan, Roy Alexander,
Jerome Friedman, Carl Cooley, Les
ter Hainley, Carl Power and others,
while James P. Neai and L. D. How
land represented the east end of the
county.
Speeches were made during the
course of the banquet by E. 13. Cas
teel. Herbert Boylen, J. N. Burgess.
T. P. Gilliland, K. W. Warrington,
John P. McManus. Douglas Belts, J.
E. Keefe, J. P. Neal and a number
of others. Dr. Fred A Lleuallen act
ing as toastmaster.
The local people made the trip in
autns, returning early this morning.
WATTS MAY ENTER
RACE, DISTRICT JUDGE
That lie may be a candidate for
the republican nomination for circuit
Judge to oppose Gilbert W. Phe!ps,
the present Incumbent, was intimat
ed yesterday afternoon by Homer I.
Watts, the well known Athena attor
ney, who was transacting business
here. He declared he is being insist
ently urged to enter the race by his
friends and has been strongly consid
ering the matter but has as yet reach
ed no definit decision.
Watts, besides being a practicing
lawyer, farms on an extensive scale
and declares that this combination
of Interests is deterring him from
making a race, which, if successful,
would require the sacrifice of his
personal business. While not belittle
ing the strength of Judge Phelps, he
is of tho opinion that he would re
reive strong support should ho de
cide upon running for the nomination.
O REG OMAN'S SELECT SITE
AND THEN SEE SIGHTS
San Francisco, March 15. Tho
delegation of Oregonlans having fin
ished selecting the slto for tho Oregon
building at tho fair today are giving
themselves entirely to suiting their
individual tastes.
Nevada was a close second In
choosing her site and selected ground
adjoining Oregon's. N
Next Wednesday the governors of
Idaho, Washington and Montana with
delegations, will arrive for selections
of sites for their state building.
Lynch Again Heads Printers.
San Francisco. March IS. VI nn 1
returns In tho ndvlsory vote for the
nomination of officers of the Typo
graphical Union shows an adminls
tratlon victory. James Lvnch. for
president, got nearly a two to one
vote over Fred Barker of Spokane.
DR. WILEY QUITS GOV'T.
Will Reeimic Associate Editor of Good
Housekeeping Magazine.
Washington, March 15. Dr. Har
vey Wiley, "pure food man," resigned
today as chief chemist in the bureau
of chemistry. He handed his resig
nation to Secretary Wilson of the ag
ricultural department. 'Wilcy has
resigned. That's all I can say now,"
said Secretary Wi'.pon.
Will Become Editor.
Neiv York, N. Y. March 15
"Good Housekeeping," a magazine,
today announced that Dr. Harvey Wi
ley has accepted a position as "di
rector of the department of Food,
Health and Sanitation, which the mag
azine will establish in Washington,
where Dr. Wiley will remain.
Dr. Wiley . will have his own li
brary In Washington and be free to
pursue his work as he sees fit.
SNOW HAMPERS CHASE
OFNEBRASKACONVICTS
Militia Sent to Pen to Pre
serve Order Among
Prisoners
Lincoln, Neb., March 15. Hamper
el by eighteen inches of snow, arm
ed posses today continue the pursuit
of Convicts Morley, Taylor and Dowd,
who escaped from the penitentiary
yesterday, after assassinating Warden
Delahunty, Deputy Warden Wagner
and Usher Heilman.
As the snowstorm prevented trains
from leaving last night, it is believed
the convicts are hiding in Lincoln and
are possibly being cared for by friends.
It is believed weapons were smug
gled into them by former prisoners.
The penitentiary today is quiet and
no more trouble Is feared'.
Adjutant General Phelps, com
manding a company of state militia,
has complete control of the peniten
tiary. All the four hundred convicts
will be kept locked in their cells un
iu SunOav.
PaEACHER PLEADS NOT
GUILTY TO MURDER
Pittsburg, Mrch 15. Holding the
hand of his aged wife, the Rev. Dr.
W. D. MeFarland, who has grown
gray in the service of the public
schools and the ministery, entered a
plea of not guilty when brought to
trial in criminal court here for alleged
connection with the death of his for
mer secretary. Elsie D. Coe. as the
result of a criminal operation.
District Attorney Win. A. Blakeley
in his opening statement, declared
that before her death Miss Coe made
a statement in which she placed the
rsponsibility for the operation on
the minister, who had come here from
Greenville, Tenn., where he was in
charge of a United Presbyterian mis
sion. Later when Mr. Rlakeley pre
sented' the statement in evidence it
was admitted by the court, although
Attorney Homer I Castle, for the de
fense, objected on the ground that
Miss Coe was not of sound mind when
It was made.
GULL IX.HRES A CLAMMER.
H ird Utilize Cranium of Dlg-ger to
I iron k Shell On.
Ashury Park. N. J. John Messen
ger, a Belmar clammer, has a lump
on his head the size of an egg Clams
started to "migrate," as the? clam
mers say, and the movement of the
bivalves as is usual, was accompan
ied by the arrival of hundreds of sea
gulls, who swoop down into the water,
carry the clams aloft and drop and
break them on the Ice, if there is any,
housetops or anything else handy.
They follow the descending clam
closely.
Whether by accident or design
(Messenger believes it was intended)
a gull dropped a big fat clam from a
height of more than 100 feet this af
ternoon and it struck the clammer on
the top of the head.
The hungry gull, following the lus
cious clam closely, flapped its wings
In Messenger's face and otherwise
scared him half to death. The swell
ing on his head is painful.
Pucker Plan Arfnimcnts.
Chicago, March 15. Tho packers
and their attorneys held a conference
today for the purpose of outlining
arguments for their defense, to be
submitted next week.
Taft Men in Majority.
L.vansvillo, Ind., March 15. The
First District Republican convention
will begin its sessions hero late this
afternoon. Adherents of President
Taft claim to be In the majority.
SX EE7.ES till he pies.
New Jersey Athlete Meets Death In
Curious Way.
Camden, N. J. Andrew Herd, an
athlete and for many years a life
guard on the beach at Atlantic City,
began sneezing- and sneezed until he
died there.
BIA BANDITS PURSUED
Bl ARMY OF TROOPS, OFFICERS
After Conducting Carnival of Blood in Court Room,
Mountaineers' Flee For Carolina Border
GIRL IS VICTIM OFBATTLE; ALLEN CUTS THROAT
Slayers of Court Officials Gather Gang of Friends and
More Bloodshed is Expected in Predicted Battle With
Posses Detective Reported Killed in Fight.
I;urrcit Springs, Yu., March 15. The death or a thirteen year old girl,
Betty Ayres, fmni a millet wound received yesterday in this Ilillsville court
room battle, precipitated by the Allen Rang, swells the death list to four and
it may ulso result in llio death or Floyd Allen, the mail who caused the riot.
Allen today tried to cut his own throat, while on a cot in an improvised hos
pital in the jail. He 1ms three bullet in his body, from yesterday's battle
and his leg is- broken. He is not c.ecteil to recover.
The Ayres girl was shot through
the body as she ran down an aisle in
the court room, trying to escape from
the flying bullets.
An unconfirmed report from Hills
ville, has it that one of the detectives
sent from Richmond to pursue the
outlaws, was slain in a battle vthatj
occurred in the mountains between
a posse and the bandits
Posses Pursuing Gang.
Barren Springs, Va.. March 15. The
armed Allen gang of bandits, more
than twenty in number, and who yes
terday conducted a carnival of death
in the court room at Ilillsville while
resenting the conviction of Lloyd Al
ien for wounding the sheriff several
v.eks ago and Riding a bunch of
moonshiners to escape from the jail,
have taken to the Blue mountains.
They are being pursued by scores of
heavily armed citizens, many of whom
are members of the most prominent
families in Virginia and who are bent
on revening the death of the Carfoll
county court officers.
A report has reached here that sev
enteen of the outlaws in one bunch
ae racing for the North Carolina bor
i'e. Two companies of state militia
t day leave for the hills, supplement
ing a force of two hundred soldiers
who left for the scene last night.
Detective Fells. leadlmr twentv
deputies, arrived at Hillsville todayl
and formally arrested Floyd Allen,
the man who caused the shooting, and
his son Victor. Floyd Allen Is a strik
ing specimen of the mountaineer and
is fifty years of age. He. was wound
ed several times during yesterday's
battle, but will probably survive his
injuries.
The detectives also arrested a
mountaineer named Strickland, who
it is believed, smuggled a revolver
to Alien yesterday as he sat at the
MEXICAN REBEL DOES
NOT EEAR V. S. LAWS.
Eagle Pass, Texas. March 13.
A flat declaration that he ex
pects American friends of the
rebels to defy President Taft's
proclamation, making it a vio
lation of law to send arms into
Mexico. General Orozco has said
that he revolution would con
tinue until President Madero is
whipped and that arms would
come from Americans despite
the Vnited States army guards.
PROPOSITION TO THROW NORTH SIDE INTO
ONE DISTRICT SEEMS DOOIVIED TO DEFEAT
In all probability the north side of
the river will not be thrown into one
improvement district in order that tho
expenses of paving Jackson and Raley
streets might be defrayed by all prop
erty deriving benefits. Although a
committee of north, side dwellers ap
peared before the council meeting
Wednesday night to urge the north
side district plan and, notwithstand
ing tho fact that no surface opposi
tion by any councilman was mani
fested, it appears from the tenor of
remarks made at the adjourned meet
ing yesterday afternoon that the ma
jority if not a'.l of the aldermen are
not in favor of it and will not accept
it.
No official action has been taken
upon the matter, although resolutions
were adopted yesterday afternoon
declaring the necessity of Improve
ment with hard surface pavement of
Jackson street from Main to Blaine,
Ferklns avenue from Jackson to Ra
ley and Raley street from Perkins to
Arc. Tho resolutions further order
ed the city engineer to draw up pla.is
prisoner's dock, just before the shoot-
ing. The. detectives then started on
the trail of the fugitive bandits.
There is every indication that the
mountain clans will now inaugurate
a reign of terror and Detective Fells,
after sizing up the situation, has sent
a message to Governor Mann, reading
as ioiiows: "mooasned la certain to
follow when the deputies and bandits
meet"
A hardware store at Mount Aire,
North Carolina, was raided last
anil stripped of all guns, and ammuni
tion and it is believed that the Aliens
or their friends executed this job.
A revised list of the dead and in
jured, caused by yesterday's court
room battle, follows:
Dead: District Judge Massie;
CommonwealUi's Attorney Foster and
Sheriff Webb.
Injured: Floyd Allen, the prison
er, his brother, Sidney Allen, who is
leader of the outlaws, but who es
caped; Court Clerk Goad; Jurors
Faddis, Kane and Fowler and five
spectators, named Howlett, Bruce.
Marshall, Stuart and Worrell.
All the Jurors were of the better
class of mountainees. It was impos
sible to secure a jury of townsfolk, aa
a conviction meant nothing less than
the destruction of the town by the
bandits, according to popular opin
ion. A reward of $1000 for the capture
of the band, offere.l yesterday by Gov
ernor Mann, was increased to $3000.
The governor's proclamation states
that $300 each-will be paid for indi
vidual members of the band, dead or
alive.
Captain F. Wr. Devant of the Second
Virginia regiment has been ordered
out with 200 men. rif'es and ammu
nition The troops at Roanoke and
Lynchburg probably will not be called
for.
The shooting terrorized Hillsville
to the point of paralysis. There was
not a man to give an order or to or
ganize a pursuit.
Judge Thornton L. Massie rose from
his chair as the bullets struck him
and fell across his desk. Common
wealth Attorney Wm. Foster, with
half a dozen bullets in his brain,
crumpled down to the floor. Sheriff
Lewis Webb was shot and killed as
he reached for his revolver. Bullets
grazed Clerk Goad and in the confu
sion he was reported killed. Jurors
who had been wounded slightly, were
reported dead and reports of a whole
sale slaughter went out
Fred Anderson was In from
home at Gurdane yesterday.
his
showing what property wi'l be bene
fited and what portion of the expense
must be borne. Thus the city engi
neer is empowered to lay out the
boundaries of the improvement dis
trict an.i lie will unquestionably pro
ceed as in the past by assessing back
a half block from the streets to be
improved.
The couueilmen take the attitude
that "each tub should stand upon it3
own bottom" as one of them express
ed it this afternoon. They point out
that there should be no discrimina
tion in favor of property owners
along the north side streets and that
tae same line of procedure should be
followed in their case as when Alta
street was ordered paved.
Through unintentionally mislead
ing headlines in an article in this pa
per yesterday, it was made to appear
that the north side district plan had
already been adopted. However, there
was nothing in the body of tin- artie'e
that would substantiate this idea, the
substance of tho report being that
the matter had simply been put up
to the eoumil and property owner.