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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.