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WEATHER ItEPOUT.
TO AI'VF.UTISKRS
The Kast Oregonlan has
the largest paid olrcnla.lon
of nnv paper Id Oregon, eat
of Portland and nearly
twice the circulation In
Tendletoii-. of any other
newspaper.
Fair tonight and Fri
day. ff OFFICIAL PAPER.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 25.
PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL lM, 1013.
XO. 7847
LITTLE HOPE ENTERTAINED FOR
SAFETY OF IN CAUGHT IN MINE
, m
120 Are Buried Under Tons of De
bris Hurled Down in Explosion-
Rescue Bands at Work.
18 BODIES RECOVERED
Mncty-Tlroo Men E.sca Alive Toll
Horrible Slorie or Crawling
Through TimncLs Old Miners llie
Many of the Kntoinlied Will Survive
Troops on Scene,
Flnlayvllle, Pa., April 24. Little
hope Is entertained for the safety of
a hundred and twenty men burled un
der tons of debria in yesterday's ex
plosion In the Cincinnati mine. Res
cue squads from the federal bureau
of mines are working -with Mine Su
perintendent William Carter and his
men.
At a late hour this morning 18
corpses were recovered. Ninety three
escaped alive. They told horrible
stories of crawling through three
miles of debris filled tunnels, many
companions dropping by the wayside,
overcome by gases. Old miners hope
that many entombed will survive, pre
dicting the fatalities will not exceed
a hundred.
Flat cars are ready at the mine en
trance to receive bodies as fast as
they are recovered State troops and
two companies of rescuers, aided by
.scores of volunteers, are working
from the Courtney and Mingo en
trances, two miles apart. General
Manager Schleuderberg, refused to
Hive any information concerning the
cause of explosion or the probable
number of fatalities.
Flnlayvllle, April 24. At noon 30
bodied had been recovered. . Prep
arations are being made to force air
into the tunnels to clear the mine of
poisonous gases. Rescuers repeated
ly were foroed to climb huge piles ol
debris In reaching bodies and It l
feared many dead are burled In the
wrecks.ee.
WOUNDS GIRL THEN
TAKES OWN LIFE
Seattle, April 24. An unidentified
man shot Nellie Hart, 22. through the
check and arm while she was standing
in the street In the busiest section of
the city at noon today and then turn
id the sun on himselr. lie fired a
bullet through his brain, dying. The
girl was taken to a hospital She re
fused to tell her address or the name
f the man who tried to kill her.
SENATOR SOUNDS
ALARM OF WAR
Springfield, 111.. April 24. The
United States is in "prospects of war
with Japan," It has a "disturbance"
with England over the Panama canal
treaty, and Mexico nnd Central Amer
ica are enemies of this country, ac
cording to the views of United States
Senator James Hamilton Lewis ns ex
pressed by him last night in an ad
dress before the Illinois legislature on
the occasion of the one hundredth
anniversary of the birth of Stephen
A. Douglas.
Senator Lewis declared that Mex
ico. Central and South America were
making "combinations and alliances
against the United States out of rej
venge," and he added: "All of these
are biding their time to aid Japan or
any oriental or European enemy In
an assault upon us and In the destruc
tion of the Panama canal."
UNION WIRELESS OPERATORS QUIT
VESSELS AS THEY ARRIVE IN PORT
San Franclsoo, April 24. With the
wireless operators who are on strike
against the Marconi company, leaving
vessels as rapidly as they enter port,
President Konenkamp of the tele
graphers' union, who is handling the
strike situation here, declared every
thing is going satisfactorily and that
PROMINENT ONES
TESTIFY IN VICE
Springfield, III., April 24. The vice
and wage conditions of this city will
be thoroughly Investigated by tho leg
islative wage probe committee, ac
cording to an announcement by Lieu
HISKIAX PKIXCKSS
INJURED WIIILK FLYING
Johannaisthal, Germany, Apr.
24. Princess Schakowsky of
Russia, while learning aviation
was injured and her instructor,
Aviator Abramcvitch was fatal
ly injured when a biplane turn
ed turtle at 100 feet eleva
tion Immediately thereafter,
M. Dunetz, a Russian, fell with
a monoplane and whs killed.
WILL INSTALL
ALARM SYSTEM
COUNCIL TAKES ACTION
Oicmkiil Combination IIoso Wagon
Will Also Itc Ilirchiised Bid Is
Accepted for Flushing Tank for
Cleaning Street- '2U Alarm I$oxcs
Arc planned for Here.
Two Important actions which wilV
tend to place Pendleton well up In
the rank of progressive cities were
taken by the city council last even
ing when it was unanimously voted
to advertise for bids for an auto
chemical combination hoso wagon and
an electric fire alarm system and
when a bid was accepted for a flush
ing tank for the cleaning of the
streets.
Just before adjournment last even
ing Chairman Ell called attention to
the report of the fire and water com
mittee recommending the Improve
ment of the Tire fighting apparatus
of Pendleton by the Installation of
a fire alarm system and an auto
chemical combination truck. Council
man Dyer moved the adoption of the
report and the instruction of the re
corder to advertise for bids. Ell sec
onded the motion and It passed unan
imously, Hids are being asked for a twenty
box alarm system with a two circuit
automatic storage battery controlling
switchboard, one punching register,
one six inch gong and one motor gen
erator. It Is estimated that such n
system will cost heiwcen iszvu anu
14r.no.
Separate bids are being asked fori
an auto chemical combination hose!
wagon which will carry at least 1000
feet of hose and a sixty ga'.lon tank, j
Such a wagon will cost, it is esti- i
mated, in the neighborhood of $3000. ;
The fact thai bids are being adver-1
tised for does not mean necessarily j
that the council will make the im
provements for bids were received a
rard Temple was accepted. The
local firm guaranteed to furnish a
Studebaker flushing tank for $1050
and the street committee reported
that they considered the Studebaker
better than the other tank offered for
$1000.
Will.
IM S1I PKOP.F OF
TIIK BASEBALL
Tltl'S'l
WashitiBton. April 24 Whether
"Ty" Cobb signs to play with Detroit
or not. Congressman Gallagher Is de
termined to push the demand for n
congressional probe of the baseball
trust. Senator Smith of Georgia Is
Investigating contracts which base
ball players must sign and promise?
io make some trouble for the mag
nates of the upper house.
victory will be the ultimate result.
Konenkamp said that the Marconi
company will be able to replace the
union men for a few days, but that
me suppiy or non-union operators
will soon be exhausted and the com
pany will then be compelled to treat
with the union.
TO BE CALLED TO
AND WAGE PROBE
tenant uovernor o tiara today. The
investigation win start tomorrow. It
Is reported many prominent resident!
of the city are subpoenaed to give
testimony.
vear mho and were all refused wneni , protest, doclarinit ne ami. . , , , ! thus j.reventimr the council last even-j ha
l " - .. cinnm I- . . . ,,111 III r S I l I mll ltl.
the council deemed that the l,t' tlios he reprcsentc.i would protest that he had I i"g awarding the contract to the War- wt
could not stand the expense. un-' ... -.,, the city continue witn, , ' , ,en company, whose bid was the only
cilman Ell. who has fought for an I .. ,,' pll,nB. He attempted to. "een am o ..i . o, , . submitted I
electric alarm system for years, is ; . tho majority of the prop-, past six mom ns ..... j HauniKardmr basis his suit upon ; clu
hopeful that this year will see his '. . in thl. district is opposed , donate f u h. tor 8iu n a u,,. ' ' " j lhe a:,eRat,on that "gravel bitulithic'
dream fulfilled. ' ... ,tivlnil declaring tnat Mayor Mai- level. nee.....eu " .. patente,, paving material and is j W
Two bids for a flushing tank were : . IiromW that if the majority luuvlseu him npain ln omn V ... laid with patented machinery and ap- of
received last night and that of Je- . . '0ertv. aside from that he in any way ofliclaiiy in ht cn a m ,y , ,.,, bv the Warren Broth-'
RALEY STREET PAVING ORDINANCE
IS PASSED; A NEAR FIST FIGHT
ENLIVENS MEETING OF COUNCIL
The passage of the ordinance for
the paving of Haley street, the relet
ting of the contracts for the paving
of College and east Webb streets, the
prevention of the letting of the con
tract for the paving of west Webb
street by a temporary Injunction, the
threat of another suit against the city
if the Haley street contract Is let,
along with several other matters ol
importance made the session of the
city council last evening a notable
one. To add to the ir.frest of the
evening was a hot word battle and
a neur fistic eiieoumer between one
of the eounoi'nien and a newspapei
man.
I A remonstrance against the propos
! ed paving of Hal-y s treet from Huh
i to the westei w limits was filed last
! evening but wes nut allowed wren
Chairman Cole of (he street commit
i tee reporte 1 that it represented but
I 35 1-1! per cent of the property in
clude I within th.' district. The ordi
nance ordering the work done and
SENATOR ROBKHT I,.
OWEN
Chairman of the New Senate C om- j
mittee on I'.anKing anu v.u.. ...,.,
'This Committee W i 1 lianuie
: on Banking Heforni.
.Mliinw for bid- was thereupon pass- '
ed unanimously.
1 B
The osumai.Mi
cost of the work is J17.MT.6n.
Vert Voices objection
John Vert. whos.
wife owns
five
ar
lots in the Haley street district, ar- ,
rive! at the
meeting alter ine oiui
voiced I
of the propi'
owned in the district.
should be op-
the improvement.
he would
ii., t bis property to secure
it. on
the petition asking for the improve
ment, he stated there was S3 T-cr ccn
. the property represented but that
.a his request, the mayor had ex-
punge,
,1 his name, leaving ""i '
: cent He statea mat ni- -
; . nf tto :
, i. . . i. u.'lint. 11 1-
trlet which owns six i tl '
property, retuseil to o1"' ,
pro or eon. which reduced the actual
property
percentage iiiienr.it,.
per cent. He
4 . ler cent of
but live or six property owners were,,
renresented on the remonstrance and
that with the mayor's
lenature- there
would be over t r ' ""
property represented.
-a ,,..,, ,ii in.
Mayor Matlock aeiiai.u
lie
. . m .v.... 1,1a urnoertv would
staieu in. i. . i"
counted whichever way the owner
of 51 Pr cent of the property no
sired, and further than that declined
to argue the question. . "
Sole, however, attacked the state
ment of Vert that tnerc
cent of the property represented on
the remonstrance, declaring Mr. Vert
had made his estimate upon the basis
of the assessment when the ordinance
provides that it shall be mane upon
the number of square feet. Further
more, he stated that he had ngureo.
in every square foot of property set
down on the remonstrance, even
though some was not In the district,
and that the total was only a little
over 35 per cent.
OoiWraets Kclet.
The contracts for the paving of
enst Webb street and College street,
which were canceled recently bcause
of irregularity in proceedings, were
relet last evntng to the Warren Con
struction Co., after the street com
mittee had reported that the bid on
one was $7 less and on the other $34
less than the sums in the previous
contracts.
Webb Street Held Fp.
The council was prevented from
accepting the bid of the Warren Con
-1 . i ...t'I't
roinee ha.l oeen pas.-eu .! - .... ,...,.. t . n.o. .m.l i 1 :,00 I lemporarv injunction was sranieu
struction Co. for the paving, of west
Webb street from Cosbie to Tutuilla,
because of the temporary Injunction
granted by Judge Phelps upon the
suit of J. J. Baumgardner, filed dur
ing the afternoon.
To Itegnlate Train Spwl.
An ordinance was Introduced In
the council last evening to regulate
the speed of locomotives within the
city limits. The ordinance limits th
maximum speed to fifteen miles an
hour and makes it unlawful for a lo
comotive whistle to be blown in the
city limits except as a warning sig
nal. It was reported that the o.-W.
U. & N. authorities have signified an
intention to repair the Main street
c r oss i n '.'s immediately.
Almost n Fight.
At the conclusion of the council
meeting a little excitement was caus
ed when Councilman W. H McCorm
inach and George A. Hobbins, pub
lisher of a local newspaper, became
involved in a verbal altercation. The
trouble arose when Councilman Cole
demanded to know whether Robbins j
had said to MeCormmaeh that there
are only three honest men in the i
council and naming MeCormmaeh as J
one.. Hobbins denied making the i
statement, whereupon MeCormmaeh i
ga.ve him the lie. Hobbins explained j
that he had said that the people are i
rnakim? that statement. The sally !
led up to a hot interchange of words.
during which the lie was passed and
' repassed. No blows were struck, but
i MCormmach declined to continue the
! argument after he had voiced his
' opinion of the other and his paper
and had received a like reply unless
i the scene could be transferred to theisU ,.,. nown to Imj buried In the
nf the altercation ,i
. -i i ... j
came a lew minmes miei much . i .
. . ... l .. i o
! A. I.nnergan. superintenaeni oi inc
Warren Construction Co , assailed R-
M Beere, an employe oi koddmis. ioi
intimating that his company was
bribing the council.
MONEY RAISED FOR
STREETIMPR0VEMENT
A move has been started to raise ,
money by subscription from farmers, j
lodges and others who use west Webb
street frequently in order to relieve
the burden which the proposed im- I
provement of that thoroughfare would
..i.. .. mitiilit.i at iinor ttroruT- :
maUer br(ulgnt
. ,tl lt eveninir but
All Hills, "P ,
it was decided to let the Commercial j
'ciub take the initiative in the matter
i ;.. ..-.I.... ih llir. ."llv- Itself should llOt i
" ,
.,... ....i., ,,Q.i tii.it he lnul
HI i It lilil.' ill 'i 1
Oil I M 111 II V ....... .. ;
(talked with a number of farmers who I
'enter the city by way of Webb street
I i tv,.,. .i.i,,.t without exception!
,,vi,,(.lu.eli ;, ,-eadiness to contrib-
. . , esti.
ute from
lor fear ies, sucn aeuon ; ers Co and thal n) company can lay
an irreuulanty of procedure. Theie-; ,;aV(.m,.nt or use its name i.
fore, the mayor stated that the mem- , i(hlin witllout the consent of War
hers of the council could take it up i ,,nitherw 1( is further alleged
personally with the Commercial club, j lha barren Construction Co. has
Considerable discussion was indulg- j a ,.ntr.u t wilh Warren Bros, to lay
ed in. one member of the council de- ; (njs v,,nu,nt alld that this contract
claring lie lelt sure inai eer imif.e
1 tu.. .!.. n,, .1 ,...n rihnt.1 nncm, rn
m no- t u ..i v
11 .1 . . .1... .-.,i
,an .to u.im-i i i.ie . i .. ..-
inis mi.
However, in order that such finan-
e'.ai assistance siioum reacn oniy tnose
er deii. iicu ""jwho merit it. it is proposed to appoint
property and nil;., committee of three disinterested
itizens to determine upon whom the j
loir. l.'ii ..t n:ivim f:ill m.tst li.:ivilv i
'..TmiIV lll;mv people willing to I
contribute for this purpose. - Mayor
.(Matlock said, "if they are assured
... ....
that their money will help the poor
people in paying their assessments but
they do not feel like helping those
who need no help. I will give $10.1
but I do not want it to be applied on
Baumgardner's assessment for he is
able to pay his own 1 mention Haum
gardner because he has brought suit
against us."
Mac ARTHUR NAMED
FOR FEDERAL JOB
Washington, April 24. Walter Mac
Arthur today sent a wire accepting
of the post of United States shipping
commissioner for the port of San
Francisco.
Washington. April 24. Following
the alleged urging of his appointment
by Secretary of the Interior Lane
alter MacArthui, editor of the
Coast Seamen s Journal, at San Fran
cIsco, is named for the post of Unit
ed States shipping . commissioner in
San Franelsco by Secretary of Com
merce Redfleld. It is not known
whether MacArthur Is willing to lay
down , the editorial pen to accept the
federal post.
ANTI-ALIEN IEOI0N HELD
IIP 1 W V
i
SCHOONKK Ill'KNFI)
TO WATKU S KIX;E
Eureka, Cal.. April 24. With
a deckload of 75,000 feet of 4
lumber, the steam schooner !
Charles Nelson of San Francisco !
was burned to the water's edge.
Two members of the crew are
missing, according to Captain
John Olson and it is feared they
have perished in the flames.
I
i
j
j
DYNAMITE LETS
GO; 11 KILLED
1000 POUNDS EXPLODES
Five IVxIics Are Kecovoretl Deal and
Missing Are Mexicans and Indians
Fmployed at Riverside I'ortland
Cement Company's Quarries h".
plosion Premature.
Riverside, cal., April 21. F.lcvcn
men are dead n.s the resiilt of a pre
mature explosion of a thousand
pounds of dynamite at the quarries
or the Riverside Portland Cement
company, at Crest more. live bodies
were recovered shortly nfter the ex
plosion which oeenrretl last evening.
U( III Willi I' t.1 Vll
foreman. Gum Olson, the dead and
missing urn Mexicans and Indians.
The ixxlies of the missing are burled
under hundreds of tons of rock and
earth loosened by the blast.
The explosion let go while the last
charge of a series requiring four
thousand pounds of dynamite was be
ing placed. As the remainder of the
dynamite is buried in the debris the
search for bodies is being prosecuted
carefully.
N JUNCTION SUIT IS BEGUN TO
PREVENT W. WEBB STREET PAVING
Alleging that a monopoly exists In
i? Pendleton street paving. J. J.
th
I Baumgardner.
west ebb street
pronertv owner, has commenced sun
-
for an in.iuncti.in restraining the
council fiom leiiing the, contract for
the imorovinc of West Webb street to
the Warren Construction Co. The suit
Wils fii,Hi yesterday afternoon ana a
; jf. different from the license agree-
I ... .... . i. . 1 l.
; n,,.nt on me wnn wie coy im'in
i . . . --
. tna, lts terms are neuer.
; Thus, it is alleged, me wan en v .
! ruction Co . which, it is charged, is
i ow n,.,i and controlled iy xaneu
Hn.s has an advantage in in, untie
which effectually shuts out all com -
petition.
WILSON CRITICISED FOR GOING TO
SENATE TO TALK ON APPOINTMENTS
Washington, April 24. Leaving the
White House at noon today President
Wilson went to the president's room
in the capitol and conferred with va
rious senators regarding appoint
ments. In many caseR the president
wishes to select appointees instead of
appointing those favored by the sen
ators.
f.VMANIGALWHO
IN DYNAMITE
Los Angeles. April 24 Ortie Mc
Manlgal, self-confessed dynamiter
who turned state's evidence, will be
a free man within a month, according
to well foundd reports. ' For two
years McManlgal hits been a nominal
prisoner in the county jail, although
was g(ven every attention and
3 m
Secretary of State is Expected in
Sacramento on Monday Wilson
and He Hold Conference.
.
SITUATION niSP.IISfsFn
IK'lieved That Limit to California's
Authority Ha lieen I)etermlnxl
Too Much Publicity Given Question
Says Wilson To Hold No More
Meeting With cMnda.
.Sacramento, April 24 Anti-alien
legislation is at a standstill and will
remain so until the arrival of Secre
tary Bryan on Monday. Although am
endments to the senate bill are being
prepared and discussed in caucus, a
discussion on the floor of the senate
will wait until Bryan's arrival.
Washington, April 24. Confident
in the end that California will accept
the "natioal view point" In the anti
alien legislation, President Wilson de
clared himself satisfied today there
will be no attempt to embarrass him
by anti-Japanese legislation in Sar
ramento before Bryan arrives there
on Monday. Bryan and the president
discussed the situation, and it is be
lieved they determined a line beyond
which California may not go. This
decision will be communicated to
Jovernor Johnson.
The president thinks there already
has been too much publicity given
California's stand and declared here
after the theater of interest will be
at Sacramento only. He thinks the
dispatch of Bryan to . California
should be sufficient to convince Ja
pan that her Interests will be protect
ed and does not plan to have any
further conferences with Ambassador
Chinda until Bryan and Johnson and
the California legislators have consid
ered the matter.
Among the other allegations in the
complaint is that the pavement which
is being laid at a cost of $1.45 pf$ .
square yard is inferior and not worth
more than 95 cents a square yard and
could be secured at such a price were
it not for the patents. It Is charged
that the Warren Brothers Co.. the
Warren Construction Co . the Consol
idated Co. and Elwood Wiles all of
whom are laying gravel bitulithic.
confederated and conspired to
ri rd maintaining the prices of the
pavement and that a monopoly has
been created in Pendleton which pre-
les all competition.
Furthermore, it is alleged that the
arren Construction Co. made offers
rebate, pay and inducement to
property owners on west Webb street
in order to secure their signatures to
a petition for improvement.
Besides the city of Pendleton, May
or W. F. Matlock and Councilmen
John Dyer, Charles Cole. Joseph Ell.
John Piebert. H. F. Kirkpatrick. John
Montgomery. W. H MeCormmaeh and
X. D. Swearingen are made defend
ants. Each councilman has been
served with a temporary injunction
restraining him from letting the con
tract to the Warren Construction Co.
and the mayor is likewise restrained
trom approving any sucn cooir.ici.
j R. R. Johnson and J. H- Kaley are
attorneys for the plaintiff.
Considerable criticism of the presi
dent's action In going to the senate
Instead of making the senate come to
him was heard today. The president
evidently expected criticism to fol
low as he refused to comment. Ha
merely explained he wished to sav
his own time as well as that of the
senate members.
MADE CONFESSION
PLOT, MAY GO FREE
luxury. With his usefulness to Up
state as a witness passed, it is believ
ed certain he will be released before
May 15th. Attaches of the distrlcr
attorney's office professed no knowl
edge of tho reported release or the
origin of the report. McManlgal sal I
he had no Intimation he was to be
freed.