EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITIOI) WEATHER REPORT. TO ADVERTISERS. ' Tbe Kant Oregonlan has the largest paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, eaat of 1'ortlaDd and nearly twice tbe circulation In Pendleton of any other newspaper. Fair tonight Thursday. and COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24. PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APKIL 17, 1912. XO. 7390 11 HI IH'p Hill "'.'.l'WWJiilllM J'ffi'tfrli'' V-CP I .IKJ. jj J. I.I .1 I.. ' O (vSiffll 7' ,," , -JL--- -' V WORLD IS SHOCKED BY DISASTER LIST OF SURVIVORS IS CUT TO 755 BY WIRELESS MESSAGE Due to Reach N. Y. Tomor row Night Meager Reports Show Extraordinary Heroism Displayed by Vast Army of Lost Souls New York, April 1'. Only 755 sur vivor of the Titanic arc on tho liner t'ariathln, according to a. wireless messago received here Uus artcrnoon from Wiiificld ThoniDson, a Boston iHWMMiiMr innii on Hoard tho liner lYanoonia. Tho While Star officials earlier hr the day said the Carpathia carried 808 survivor. The message says Uio Caratlila this niorulng was 4HU miles from Ambrose channel and probably will arrive at New York at 8 o'clock Thursday night. From the meager reports that have been received it Is believed that noth Ing could show more plainly the he roigm of the crew and the men pas sengers who stood by the doomed ship facing inevitable death and who sent the women and children away in tne lifeboats. Soma would have to be left that was a certainty. Hundreds, in fact, were left. But to all appear ance8 the men who were left stayed deliberately, calmly stepping aside to let .weaker ones, those whom they owed nrotectlon. take their way to safety. Final Message, to World. "Sinking by the head; have cleared boats and filled them with women and children." This was the final message these brave men sent the world, for it was directly afterward that their signals sputtered and then stopped altogeth er. The picture that inevitably pre sents itself. In view of what Is known, is of men like John Jacob Astor, muster of millions; Benjamin Gug genheim of the famous family of bankers: Isndor Strauss, a merchant prince: William T. Stead, a veteran Journalist; Major Archibald W. Butts, soldier; Washington, Roebllng, noted engineer of any or all of these men stepping aside and bravely, gallantly, remulnlng to dlo that the place he otherwise might have filled could, perhaps, be taken by some sabot-shod, (Continued on Page 6) THRILLING PROGRAM OF FEATURES OF WIDE VARIETY GIVEN AT ROUNDUP PARK Anyone who happened by chance or design to stop at Round-Up Park yesterday afternoon saw a scene of varied activity. They saw a. force of men at work making improvements on the grounds and grandstand, saw a dozen or more aspirants for places on the Pendleton baseball team work ing out, saw Olen Cannon, the buck aroo, "choke the biscuit" to save him self from being propelled from the buck of a bucking horse and saw a score of scantily clad high school ath letes limbering up their muscles for the interclass meet which is to be held Friday. Painters were just finishing their Job of putting a first coat of white on the mammoth grandstand, greatly enhancing the appearance of that structure, and the south fence had already been treated in like manner. A steam roller was also puffing away at the labor of constructing driveways about the park and when this part of the work is done and the cinders .have .been spread over tho courses, the Improvement to the park will be very noticeable. Along with the oth er improvement work, Is the task of making a baseball diamond. The grass has been cut off of 'the infield, leaving a fan-shaped diamond which, when it is worked down and rolled, win make one of the fastest fields in the north wejt. ." The workout of the players yes'ter day consisted principally in batting practice, which is very essential to the developing of good stick work Manager Garrett will probably arrive tonight from Portland after which systematic practice wUl be undotak en. The general opinion of the fans who watched the men warming up yesterday la that there will be plenty of good material from which to se lect a team, FEW B Hop Is Abandoned. Washington, April 17. Cap- tain Decker of the scout cruis- er Chester, sent a wireless mes- sago to the navy department as follows: "Carpathia says list of first and class passengers sav- ed has been sent. Chester will relay names "of third class pas- sengers as soon as It Is conven- lent." This is taken to mean that for the noted persons miss- lng, there Is no hope. Those on the Carpathia whose names were not sent, are steerage passen- gers. ' SEARCH-BEGINS FOR BODIES OF VICTIMS Halifax. N. S., April 17. No relief of tho suspense felt over the Titanic passenger's fate' is yet In sight. The liner Parisian is due to arrive here tonight and will possibly bring details. It is known that half a dozen fish ing boats were within two hundred miles of the Titanic at the time .of the wreck. They may have visited the scene. The Commercial Cable ..company's ship, Mackay-Bennett, has been char tered by the White Star company to visit the scene of the wreck ant! search for bodies. It sailed this af ternoon with a crew of eighty men and a cargo of 200 coffins. A local undertaker and a staff of helpers will accompany the ship. It Is expected the Mackay-Bennett will be gone ten days. As the Mackay-Bennett started away the British flag on the citadel was lowered to half mast. The vessel Is equipped with wireless apparatus, and if any corpse is found the White Star line will be notified at once. Six small boats, provided with grappling irons, were taken along. Vincent Astor, son of John Jacob Astor ,ls depending on the Mackay Bennett to find his father's body. If any bodies nre foond they will be sent here. Cruisers Jo To Scene. Washington, April 17. The White House received Information this af ternoon that the scout cruisers Ches ter and Salem are rushing northward to the scene of the disaster. The wireless aboard the Salem has a range of one thousand miles. Senate May Prolie Wreck. . Washington, April 17. A resolu tion, calling for an investigation of the causes of th'e Altunie disaster, was introduced In the senate by Senator Smith of Michigan. The most entertaining feature of the program yesterday afternoon was Cannon's ride of one of Judge Fee's wild bronchos. He had tried to stick him once before but was thrown so hard that yesterday he refused to es say tho feat without the use of a stiff bit Even at that he would have been unceremoniously dumped had it not been for his death grip on the horn or. tne saddle. Upon the showing made in the two tryouts, the animal was purchased for 175 by Director J. H. Sturgls. It is a four-year-old, strongly built and a "sunflsher" in style of bucking. It has been work ing in harness dally and will now be rested up for the fall contests Track Men Showing Up. The high school track men annear ed ready for work shortly after 8:30 ana spent an hour or more going through their vaious stunts. Indica tions ae that a strong, well-balanced team will be developed this season despite the loss of several men last year. In the weights, Jordan, Fee and mnderman are doing good work Gordon Is in a class by himself so rar in tne sprints, but Houser is de veioping speed and may push his running mate to the limit before many weeks. Fee In the hurdles and Jumps will win his share of points, while Hampton, Straughn and Houser are all good seconds in these events. In the quarter O. Ferguson, McDonald and Haw are expected to put up i grand fight while Finnell, William son. Ferguson, Strain and Koch are leading In .the longer distance races. the two former probably showing the best form. Coach Asbahr Is working with all of theso men every night while Dr. W. H. Lytle I assisting in tho develop ment of weight men. Q LU . New York, April 17. Revised figuufs Riven out by the White Star 4 officials place the "umber of victims of tho Titanic disaster at 1,312. It Is reported that all women and children were Hived. It Is believed 1(10 stearage passengers, 328 cabin survivors and 1 10 ineinlKTs of tho crew were saved. '. The Carputhlii, on which 88 survivors are said to be, Is proceed ing to Xcw York and reports that they ure well. MAD RACE FOR MARINE SUPREMACY MAY END Britons Demand Punishment for Ship Owners and Revision of Sea Going Rules London, April 17. A concerted de mand for punishment of those respon sible for the appalling lows of. life lr. the titanic disaster Is made in all Lon don morning newspapers. In addition to demanding the abandonment of the dangerous north ern route and the adoption of a south ern route which would be safer, the papers Insist that a thorough Investi gation bo made of the speed compe tition between transatlantic liners. A revision of the regulations, with re lation to life saving facilities of liners is also demanded. N Enough Life Boats. Washington, D. C, April 17. That the great loss of life on the Titanic was due to Inadequate life boat pro tection and could not have happened under the United States navagatlon laws, was declared by George Uhler, supervisor of the federal steamboat inspection service. If the Titanic had sailed under an American register she would havo been required to carry forty-eight life boats. When collision occurred It was easy to save those who got Into the lifeboats but the remainder were left to sink with the ship. ARTIC TRAVELER BLAMES CAPTAIN That In his belief from experience in ice-laden seas, the captain of the ill-fated Titanic was largely to blame for the appalling marine disaster is the statement of Beverely B. Dobbs. who Is exhibiting Alaskan pictures In the city and who has spent ten years In Arctic regions. He states that al'. modern ships which p'.y in waters In fested with icebergs have devices by which mariners are able to "scent" an icebarg a hundred miles away and thus steer their course accordingly. , which devices make it impossible, he says to go at full speed in the foggiest of weather and during the darkest nights. Why the proximity of the great block of ice with which the steamer collided was not discovered he declares he is unable to under stand. Explaining a'.so the reason why the craft which was supposed to be un- inkable went down, he declared that a steel snip nas no cnance uniting the ice because a collision such as the Titanic encountered will spring the steel throughout the length and breadth of the vessel. "In the Arctic regions," ho stated this morning," all ships are of wood heavily plated with an African bark as hard as steel. These vessels will plow their waj through fields of ice and never suffer Injury. The icebergs at this time of year coming down from Greenland are very hard and tho Impact with which the Titanic struck must have sprung the vessel throughout." Pitifully Iicg for Xews. Xew York, April 17. Asking for news, which is consistently uenicu, h large crowd of foreigners has sur rounded the third class offices of the White Star company and heartrend ing scenes. are enacted as they beg for Information, men, women and children giving way to the wildest emotion. Friends of Isador Strauss have giv en up hope that the New York mer chant prince and his wife are alive. Mrs. Strauss is said to have refused to leave her husband and take to the small boats. Victim's Brother Collapses. Rome, N. Y., April 17. Nathan Strauss suffered a complete collapse when Informed that his brother, Is ador Strauss, the New York million aire merchant and philanthropist, had probably perished In the Titanic disaster. His condition is reported serious. Ship's Officers Go Down. New York, April 17. A dispatch received here by Frederick Rtdge- way, of the International" Merchant Marine, says that all officers com manding the Titanic went down ex cept the third, fourth and fifth of fleers. Men who sow wild oats never com plain If the crop Is a failure. n u SHIP COMPANY HEAD NOT ONE OF HEROES Deserts Doomed Sea Companions to be Rescued with Weak Wo men and Children Xew York, April 17. Bitter de nunciations of J. B. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star company and also his company, are being made here by re'atives and friends of the victims of the Titanic. "Why did not Ismay stay with the ship and go down like a man?" are frequently heard criticisms. Ismay is aisp denounced as respon sible for the secretive methods of the White Star company an l the failure of the Carpathia to send news of the wreck. Ismay's presence on the Car pathia is believed to be the reason why the ship sends no word of the terrible scenes enacted when the ship sank. i Officials of the White Star line de .fend Ismay's conduct, saying it was necessary for some one in authority to leave the sinking ship so he could keep the boats together. They say Ismay probably was chosen to do this. Fragmentary advices, however, say hat most of the Titanic officers, other than Captain Smith, took to the boats. This Is believed to puncture the company's claim. That J. P. Morgan knew of the sinking of the Titanic Monday and forced the suppression of the news till the close of the stockmarket was positively denied by Vice President Franklin of the White Star line, of which Morgan is a director. Franklin said neither he nor Morgan knew the Titanic had sunk till 6 o'clock Mon day night. News Supresslon Indicated. Montreal, April 17. Wireless mes sages received here indicated that the officials of the White Star line, when they gave out reassuring messages re garding the Titanic, knew the ship had sunk. Cruiser Xcnrs Carpathia. Newport, R. l. April 17. A wire less message received here from the ITnlterl Ktntpa neoiit ernispr. Salem. gayg tmU tne ve3Sel ,g approaching the steamer Carpathia. The Salem's wireless apparatus carries a great distance and it is believed an accur ate list of the survivors can be ob tained before the Carpathia arrives at Xew York. CLOPTON RESIDENCE HAS CHANGED HANDS One of the largest residence prop erty transactions in the city for some time was culminated today when Mrs. Frank B. Clopton sold her beau tiful home at 121 Monroe street, to Thomas Thompson, well known wheat farmer, who has been living at the corner of Cottonwood and Water streets for several years. The con slderation is said to amount to about ten thousand dollars. As part payment for the property, Mr. Thompson today, filed a deed transfering the house and two lots at the corner of Jackson street and Perkins avenue, which two years ago he acquired from H. J. Mann, to Mrs. Clopton, the property being put In at $2000. The Clopton home is one of the most handsome in the city, being situated on the north hill, which has grown to be the most exclusive resi dential section of Pendleton. It ad joins the Hailey property which last week was sold to R. Alexander. Mrs. Clopton and her daughter. Miss Sibyl Clopton, have not yet decided fully upon their plans for the future, but they are contemplating spending the summer at Portland and coast points after which they will decide upon their permanent residence. The Thompsons will move Into their new home in about a month. HOURS BETWEEN WHICH BALLOTS MAY BE CAST. The polling booths over the county will be opened next Fri day morning for the primary election at 8 o'clock and will close at 7 o'clock in the evening. Thin is the official declaration made over the signature of County Clerk Frank Sallng In the notifications which he sent out to Judges of the election. X STRONG IN World Should Profit. San Francisco, Cal., April 17. "If the world la to profit by the ,terrib!e Titanic disaster," says Wa'.ter Masarthur, a mem ber of the executive legislative committee of the International Seamen's Union of America, "the lawmaking bodies must be compelled by an aroused public to declare to ship owners that human life is more valuable than profits and physical' prop erties. More stringent laws should be passed at once. STEAMER CALIFORNIA FINDS TITANIC VICTIMS (By Roy W. Howard. Copyright 1912 by United Press Ass'n) Aboard Steamer Olympic, via Wive- less, April 17. The bodies of at least some of the victims of the Titanic disaster will be brought to the United States, probably to Boston, by the Leyland liner, California. Wireless telegraphic advices reach ing us, aboard the Olympic, show that seme of the bodies have already been recovered. The Olympic, when word was re ceived on board of the wreck, rushed for the scene, but was too late to render any assistance. Bodies Knroiite to Boston. Boston, Mass., April 17. Announce ment' that the steamer California, one of the first vessels to reach the scene of the Titanic wreck, had started for this port, was made here today by officials of the Leyland line. They would not say if the vessel carried any bodies of wreck victims. ROUNDUP PICTURE MAN ON TITANIC That William Harbeck and his wife who took the moving pictures of the Hound-Up last fall may have been numbered among the passengers of the ill-fated Titanic and that the or iginal films of Pendleton's wild west show may now be at the bottom of the ocean is evident from the follow ing story which appeared in the Port land Oregonian of yesterday: Friends of William Harbeck, offi cial photographer of the Canadian Pa cific Railway, fear that he and Mrs Harbeck may have been among the passengers lost with the Titanic. Mr. Harbeck had gone to Europe with his wife to show the motion pictures of the Pendleton Round-up in the cit ies of the Old Wor'.d and a letter re ceived by acquaintances here today announced that they intended sailing for America on board the Titanic. SOCIALISTS WOULD ntOVIDE EMPLOYMENT Sacramento, April 17. With a view of thhining the ranks of the unem ployed in California the socialists party here is preparing to send throughout the state as an initiative measuse a "right of employment" bill v.hlch provides for the establishment by the state legislature of labor agencies throughout the state and the Inauguration of state Industries so there will be work for all citizens able and willing to earn a living. National League Results. Xew York 4; Boston 1. Rest of major league games post poned on nccount of rain. LISTEN! 1. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT ALSO TRIES Do the people of Umatilla county want a tax dodger In the county school superintendent's office. If so they already have their wish, for F. K. Welles Is such a fellow at least he tried to be last summer. The story of Welles" tax-dodging experience Is one that has been go ing the rounds for months and is very interesting. It so happens that the superintendent is a man of consider able personal property and he also holds some realty. But he seems to abhor the Idea of paying taxes. With the evident intent of avoid ing a considerable personal tax Welles, allowed his salary warrants to remain untaken In the county clerk's office last year until he had a total of $840 to his credit. When he was visited by the assessor he had not yet drawn this money. Therefore he did not Rive it in and he escaped taxation on that amount of His wealth. ic viciii DEMANDED OWNERS' GREED IS CAUfcE OF LOSS OF LIFE ON VESSELS Trans-Atlantic Ships Ire Ali Dangerous Admiral George Dewey Declares that Every One Crossing. Ocean Is in . Peril Washington, April 17. Admiral Dewey says the transatlantic steam ship companies arc so greedy that they don't care for human life. He says it Is simply appalling that enough life boats were on tho Titanic for only one sixth of the passengers, lie says no vessel should be permitted to clear from any port unless it 1ms enough boats to carry a great majority of tho pussengcrs, should necessity arise. "Let all good Americans exert every energy to have the laws amended, re garding life saving apparatus on every passenger carrying vessel," Ad miral Dewey said. I"n my opinion every passenger who crosses the north Atlantic takes his life in his own hands. I would rather go around the world in a well equipped man of war than make a voyage on a north Atlantic liner. "The most unfortunate part of the Titanic disaster is that most of the victims were Americans and we Am ericans should have something to say about it. "I hope congress will attend to the matty of caring for the lives of pas sengers aboard transatlantic liners. Or Is a more striking example of dan ger to which tney are suDjeciea needed." Admiral Dewey then told of an ex perience of his, to show that ice bergs are sometimes found much further south than they are supposed to be, and not safe to lay In a ship's course, according to books. He said he dodged icebergs for hours in 1884 when making a trip from New York to France, carrying provisions to tho starving people of France. The berga were much farther south than they were supposed to travel. HJLLMAX TO ENTER PRISON SATURDAY Seattle, April 17. C. D. Hillman, millionaire real estate man convlcteu of misuse of the mails in a fraudu lent scheme, will be taken to the fed eral prison at McNeils Island Sat urday to begin serving his term. Names Children Chief. Washington, D. .C, April 17. Miss Julia Lathrop, of Chicago, today was appointed by President Taft to be chief of the new children's bureau at a salary of $5000 yearly. She is a graduate of Vassar and is an as sociate member of Hull house, Chi cago, and tho state board of charities. To Vote ut Bridge. . The county court has ordered that the election booth for the newly cre ated asylum precinct shall be sta tioned Friday at the north approach to the Lee street bridge Just out side the city limits. A cook house will be used for the voting booth. TO BE TAIL TAX DODGER . But the thing did not work out ex actly as he had planned. The fact that Welles had not taken his salary warrants was made known by parties in the court house who had discovered the trick. So the matter was placed before the equalization board last October. Learning the facts In th case the board very promptly gave Instruction that Welles personal as sessment be increased by the sum of $840, thus giving him a total assess ment on personal property of $2183. The tux on the additional $S40 am ounted to the sum of $11.76. and the thrifty superintendent had it to pay. Though he has been living In Pen dleton for eight years Welles still maintains hi9 legal residence at Fern dale. Though this course he avoids paying any Pendleton tax. though he regularly enjoys the blessings of life ' In this progressive community.