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DAILY EVEIIII1G EDITI0:i DAILY EVENING EDITION Forecast for Eastern Oreiron. bf Has tmited staff Weather O hemes s at rortlaBd. V. TO ADVERTISERS. Th Rait Oregonlaa has the largest paid clrculatloo of aor paper In Oregon, eaat ef Portland and over twice tbc circulation In Vendition of asjf other aewepaper. Fair tonight nnd Tuesday. CITY OFFICIAL PAPSM. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 25. PENDLETON, OREGON, 1I0XJ)AV,FEBUUAKV 9, 19H NO. 8110 DM OOTLtt II III1IEL Bandit Leader is Held Responsible i for Horror Efforts are Made to Recover Bodies. BELIEVED ALL ARE DEAD Train Had Been Missing 'Since Wed neexlay Tunnel StIU Mazing and Rescuing Party Makcit Little Head way In Gaining Kntranco 50 Mexi cans Among those Who are Ixtt. JUARE2. Mex. Feb. 9. The six Americana and 40 or BO Mexican whnw fate has been a myatcry alnce the destruction of the Cumbre tunnel last Wednesday, were suffocated. Thia Information waa received here Friday evening at the headquarter of the Mexican Northwestern railway. The tragedy is laid at the doors of Maxlllo Vasttllo, the bandit leader. A special train carrying 20 Amerl runs led by W. J. Farragut of the Mex. lean Northwestern railroad, BO -oof fins and a rescue outfit, left here for the scene. CUMBRE, Chluahua, Mexico, Feb. 9 Nothing but charred bones and but tons were found by the rescuing party which, with the aid of oxygen helmet and pulmoters, succeeded lp pene trating the Cumbre tunnel from tne south portal as far as the locomotive and first two cars of the passenger train. These are supposed to be the remains of the engineer and .fire man of the passenger train. They were probably killed when their en gine crashed Into the burning freight train, which had been pushed into the tunnel by Castillo's bandits several liours before ' .' ,. It Is now believed that every one of the 50 or more passengers and the crew aboard the train when it washed Into the tunnel last Wednesday night ' re dead. ltemtic Work Delayed. Whether the train was hurried In to the tunnel to escape being captur ed by Castillo's bandits or 'sent head long to Its destruction by the bandits jnay never be known. Entrance from the north portal will not be possible until today at the ear liest and probably not until tomorrow, as the heavy timbering la still burn ing fiercely. The rescuing party which went In at the south end found ' its way greatly Impeded by the Iron framework of burning cars and by manses of earth and rock that have fallen from the roof of the tunnel Karth and rock Is still falling, making the exploration extremely dangerous and there .Is constant fear that other lives may be added to those already lost by cave-Ins when rescuers at tempted to penetrate the tunnel. Mourners Flock to Tunnel. The scenes around the entrance to the tunnel are heart-rending. Scores of Mexican women and children, rel tivee of men who lost their lives in the tunnel, are crowded around both por tals. Some have gone Into camp, stol cally awaiting the time when they can assist the rescuers. A complete list of ten Americans who lost their lives In Cumbre tunnel .follows: Mrs. Lee Carruth and fie children, family of an engineer employed at Madera. M. J. Gllmar.tln. division superin tendent of the Mexican Northwestern Railroad, formerly of Buffalo, N. T. where he was connected with the Buf falo & Susquehanna Railroad as as stptant superintendent, Bernard Schofleld, assistant division superintendent Mexico Northwestern Railroad, recently from Braxll. Ind. He was making his first trio over the line. John E. Webster, conductor of the passenger train, an old employe of the road. 93. J. McCutcheon, engineer of the passenger train. J. I. Morris, roadmaster Juarez di vision Mexico Northwestern. . Lb Williams, manager of the com missary department of the Madera Company, limited, at Medcra, recently from Philadelphia. II. F. Maederls, manager of the ex- , press service' of the Mexico North western railroad, formerly auditor of the Wells-Fargo Express company In Mexico, Thomas Kelly, passenger conductor who boarded the train at Pearson to go to the end of the division at Ma (tar. . . Burgess, given name and occupation unknown, said to ' be brother , of Mrs. John Brooke, of El Paso.' YOUNG BRIDE TAKEN ILlL ON HER HONEYMOON LOS ANGELES. Feb. 9. Stricken with appendicitis on her honeymoon, Mrs. Marlon Gaynor Isham. aged 1 n daughter of the late mayor of New York city, Is being' treated at a hos pfUI. Every effort in being made to avoid an operation. It waa stated her MID AH FEB rendition 1 "satisfactory." BUILDING TABERNACLE FOR BULGIN STARTS TOMORROW EVAXGELLST WILL BE HERE SIX- DAY. FOR SERIES OF RE VIVAL MEETIXUS. Construction work on the taber nacle In which Is to be held union evangelistic services by Rev. Elwood J. Bulgin commencing next Sunday will begin tomorrow morning and will be rushed to completion by a large force of volunteer workmen. The building will be 70x112 feet in dimen sions and will have a capacity of over a thousand, George L. Rose, singing evangelist who is working with Rev. Bulgin, came over from Walla Walla this morning and at 10 o'clock met with the pastors and building committees of the Presbyterian, Episcopal, Meth odist, Christian and' Baptist churches all of which have united to bring the noted revivalist here. Everyone was enthusiastic and the present indica tions are that the services wilt be the greatest of their kind ever held In Pendleton. With five churches ac tlve and enthusiastic In making pre parations and arousing Interest, the at tendance is expected to tax the ca pacity. . All of the local lumber companies, contractors and carpenters are assist ing the churches In the movement and all of the labor Is expected to be vol unteer. Twenty promised to assist yesterday and fully fifty men are ex pected on the job in the morning. At noon they will be fed at the Metho dist church, the various Ladles' Aids combining to serve a meal that will make the workers feel repaid Mr. Rose has called a meetina- of alll singers and the music committees oi I sponsible bandit, but a constitution the various churches for tomorrow I allst commander who is disputing Vll- evening at 7:30 at the Methodist church and his Intention is to organ ize and train a eholr of 200 voices for the services. Tomorrow morning he will speak and sing , to the students of the high school. Wednesday evening a union prayer meeting will be held In the Methodist church In connection with the forth coming revivals. JAIL AND FINE METED 00T TO TWO LAND SWINDLERS PORTLAND. Ore, Feb. !. Con- vlcte-i In December on a charge of misusing the malls, J. T. Conway was sentenced to eight months In Jail, und Frank Fllrhet was sentenced to a month In Jail and to pay $4000 fine by Federal Judge Bean. . As officers of the OreRon Inland Development company, they are alleged to hav sold eastern end Ventral Oregon mountainous lands In small acreage for "orchard"' tracts. WELL KXOWX LA GR V"DE LAWYER KEEKS DIVORCE LA GRANDE. Ore. Feb. 9. District Attorney F. S. Ivanhoe filed suit for absolute divorce from his wife, who Is county school superintendent. He alleg es cruel and Inhuman treatment.. PRETTY HIGH SCHOOL DID DOROTHY ARNOLD All the police of New Tork, the newspapers and mucU of the popu lation are excited again over the dis appearance of a young woman. Flor ence Lawlor, a high school girl of seventeen, has gone, leaving no trace behind, and the case Is not unlike that of Dorothy Arnold. The young wo- V V ri J . vs OUTBREAK LIKELY TO III Despite Precautions of Huerta Dis satisfaction Continues and Revolt May Prove Successful. FIGHT AT TORREOH GOES OH l'oHltiotr of Dictator More Dc)erute Than At Any Time Si net; He A mimed Control of the vennient SioiMM-r Are rrtder Close Watch Hut Trouble Appears Brewing. MEXICO CITY. Feb. 9. Huerta'i position seemed more desperate today than at anytime since he seized con trol of the government. The attack progresses against Tnm plco and Torreon is menaced. Dissatisfaction continued to simmer In Mexico City. Huerta Is watching those suspected like a hawk. For all the dictator's vigilance even hl friends realized an outbreak might occur at any moment and it will like ly prove successful. Huerta newspapers are trying to make capUal out of the Cumbre tun nel Incident, asserting that Castillo, leader of the band who waa respon- sible for the tragedy, wasn't an irre- ln's authority. CUMBRE, Mexico, Feb. 9. Oxy gen helmetmen still are searching the rallroa 1 tunnel for bodies of those who perished in the wreck of a pas senger train which last week dashed Into the tunnel and clashed with a freight train previously pushed In side and fired by bandits under Max imo Castillo. , Of.. the estimated 60 odd passengers they said It is certain nnne has survived. , JCAUEZ. Feb. 9. Gen. . Villa Is here directing a hunt for Maximo C.-uitlllo. the bandit whose destruction of the Cumbre tunnel was responsible for the wrecking of a passenger train and the loss of more than CO lives. Ke hnd 100 mini on the bandits' trail. He sai l thst If he failed to capture them Inside of six days he would order every n n-combatant out of the dis trict so as to starve the bandits out. DIG6S IS HELD FOR TRIAL BY SAN FRANCISCO JUDGE SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 9. Police Judge Crist held Maur biggs and Wal ter Gilllgan to the superior court for trial. They are charged with offense ugulnst Ida -Pearling, said by herself to be 17 and by the defense to be 21 Bonds remained at $10,000 each. Nel ther could furnish them so they were returned to the city prison. GIRL DISAPPEARS AS THREE YEARS AGO man walked from her home to go to a photograph gallery to nave some pictures taken for her sorority, and about 5 o'clock In the evening she disappeared. Her home was In a suburban part of Brooklyn, where her father kept a drug store and was a man of con slderable means. CAPITAL SENATOR OLIVER BEARDS PASTOR IN HIS PULPIT f X r f 1 ! Senator George T. Oliver of Pitts burg accepted the challenge of the Rev. Charles E. McClellan. issued a few days ago, that Pennsylvania had no senator whom he might call to his pulpit He went Into the pulpit, that in the Falrhlll Baptist church, and gave definite answers to seventeen questions by the pastor The senator was cheered by the congregation, which Is largely made up of persons Irving In the textile district of the city. He said the. laboring men shoull organize to gain by proper means the best wages tnel.Vmployers could af ford to pay: that ''employers and em ployes should submit to arbitration before strikes were called; that good wages could be paid only when busi ness was prosperous; that he feared the democratic tariff would cause in dustrial depresidon. and that all that could be done was to "wait and see. DAMAGE VERDICT IX TITANIC DISASTER UPHELD LONDON, Feb. 9. The Titanic disaster was caused by negligence, ac cording to the deceslon of the court of appeals here in affirming the ramage verdict by relatives of four steerage victims. In a test case from the lower court. The decision Is ex pected to precipitate an enormous lit igation by relatives of the victims. PROBE MADE IXTO DEATH HOTEL EMPLOYE PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 9. James Mcintosh, a cripple waa arrested and is being held pend ing investigation of the death last night of his wife who was strangled In her room at the Rhelnfali hotel where she work ed as a chambermaid under the name of Annie Meadows. The bedclothes were fired apparent ly to conceal the crime. ( NEWS SUMMARY tieueral. Mexican outlaws responsible for death of six Americans and 50 Mexi cans when tunnd is fired and passen ger train Is destroyed. Outbreak seems near in Mexico City despite precautions taken by Huerta. Situation Is Mid to be dexperate. Relations with foreign nations make aeccMxary a change In free tolU pro visions declares Wlbon, Speculations of bank president re sults In his arrest and the cIomo of the Mercantile State bank at Memphis. Dlggs Is held for trial on charge ot outrage against 17 year old girl. Young army aviator, IJcut, Post, la killed when he falls 500 feet Into bay at San Diego. v Road contract for section of state highway will give enidoment to about 400 men. Local. Secretary lirown arouses enthusi- for another year of orgaolara baseball, r Work, on construction of tabernacle for revival begins tomorrow. Fire truck collides with Dr. nest's auto and smashes It. Lawrence iJcoallen badly hart, Ueorge C. Raer buys Ia Dow bard, ware store. -J O.-W, It. X X. announce Important changes) In traffic schedule. Railway company will give moving picture lecture, First standard school In county . la formed. ' . 1 mm hi ' ! rnnrinn iiitiiii UntU HAIIUh J - Y Free Canal Tolls Provision in Balti more Platform Nullified by Inter national Complications. WILSON 6IVES HIS VIEWS President Says He Expects Congress Will' Repeal Exemption Clan-' In Meamiro No Special Memagc Xe- . -ewary. He Say lTp to Democratic Iarty to Remedy TrouWe. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. The free canal tolls provision in the Baltimore platform has been nullified by inter national complications. As a result It Is up to the democratic party to disre gard the declaration. This waa the pinion voiced by President Wilson to.lay. He also made ft plain that he expects congress to repeal the ex emption section of the tolls bill. The president told callers It prob i bly will be unnecessary to send a special message to congress on the subject. The president thinks' the clause might have been all' right at the time it was put in the national platform but holds that the foreign relations of the-country hare changed blnce then; He wouldn't explain what changs hnd taken place. He said England was the only country pro'etlng against the free tolls clause, but that It was not a pressing matter as Eng land seemed content" to await t he pleasure Of the United States. The president declined to discuss lile personal views on the education al test in the Burnett-DITfingham 1m migration bill. He said he hoped to announce the complete membership in the federal reserve board not later than March 1 PROBE OF COAL STRIKE IN COLORADO OPENS AT DENVER DENVER, Feb. 9. A congressional Inquiry Into- ttie- coal miners' strike opened today. The investigators are expected to remain here three days. then go to Trinidad,, the strike center. HANCOCK. Mich., Feb. 9. A con gressional Inquiry Into the copper miners' strika Is- scheduled to' begin ' this afternoon. Hundreds of miners are arriving to attend. About 40 will appear as witnesses. 1 ! TO FORCE CHANGE YOUNG ARMY AVIATOR KILLED BY 500 FOOT SAN: DIEGO, Cal.. Feb. 9. Lieu tenant Henry B. Post. 28 of the army aviation corps, was killed in a fall to day while maneuvering over the har- bor in a Wright hydroplane. He started apparently to- glide from a PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHTER FOR ORGANIZED BASEBALL IN CITY In the Interests of the Western Ttl state leage. Secretary L. M. Brown has been in Pendleton today and, as a result of his visit, prospect are much brighter for another year ot or ganized bull for this city. In fact tht plan for running the league this year, as outlined by the secretary, is o much more practicable than in the past that a decided impetus was giv en the move to keep a franchise In this city. Mr. Brown declares that $1000 or at the utmost $1500 should carry Pendleton through the proposed sea son. Inasmuch as the $4200 raised last year did not bring the club clear of the boards, his statement waa ta ken with much skepticism by local people until he explained the new sys tem, A short season, one lasting only until the middle of July, and an abso lute $1200 salary limit are the two features which he relies upon to keep the clubs off the rocks of bankruptcy. "We all recognise that the fate of the league la at stake right now. said Secretary Brown, "and we all know that without a strict adherence to a $1200 salary clause It cannot ex 1st. Walla Walla and North Taklma reallxe It aa much as Pendleton does S r 1Mb IIWKII w , t &CHHIE 0!l WAY TO FIRE - TOMOIHLE BEIX).N;IXG TO PR. THE BIG TKl'CK. White rounding the wrntr ot Main and Alta streets shortly after noon yesterday, the aulo fire truck, driver by Cliff Bellinger, collided with the automnbib of Dr. Jame A. Best n hich was standing alongside the- curb In front of the American National Bank,, and badly distasolishe the mi part of the machine. The big track sustained 8'ie minor damages as did the auto of Dr. T. M. Hndensot which was standing fast in front of the Best car. Still another anrt played a part In the accident- thw back-firing of the- can- of Will Haiur- enm causing the turning in f th alarm. The alarm was turned in from Box 12 at 12.28 when the garage in the rear of the Hansconv Jewelry store! took fire- from a small' explosion o; gasoline, Bellinger Jumped into the auto truck, rounded the corner t AI- ta and had Just started t turn north on to Main wften he nott'eed . team and wagon driving south in front of the Schneiter- saloon. R' " her . Shan collide with rftem. he threw on his brakes and the heavy truck waa swerved sharpCr around toward the east line curbi . The frot wheels caught onj of the hind wheels of the Pert auto and' smashed it to kindling The other rer wheel' crumbled against the curbing and the whole bacfc end of trie ear suffered" consider able damage. The impact forced She Pest ear Into the Henderson machine but the damage done to it was- slight One of the lamps of the Kruck ytaa smashed and w fender bent. ' Befthiger batrf ed out quietly and wa on his way again: Despite the -lav he arrived art the scene of the fare four minutes after the turning hr ef the alarm and" quickly extinguished the blaze. Practically no damage woe done by the- fire. Eellinger estimates ' that the true was onlv going about IS" imSes-an hxwsr when he made the turn, stating that he was alltne.on the truck and was running slowly In order to picfc an? some firemen. ' ROAD COTRACT (JUL GIVE WQRK TO 400 LABORERS SALEM. Ore., Feb. 9. A contract for th construction of the Wasco Briggs branch of the state highway which was let at this time upon rec ommendation ot Governor West as a relief measure for the unemployed situation in Orgon. was signed by the state highway commission. From three to four hundred men wilt be ena plopiKt. FALL INTO height of about SO feet to the water Something went wrong and the ma chine turned over. Poet either Jump ed or fell and landed in the water some distance from the machine be fere to sunk. He sank - and didn't come to the surface. This clause has been violated in the past because there was no way of holding the clubs to their agreement Our plan this year Is to have the di rectors of each club, personally and separately, pledge themselves bj sworn statement that the club shah keep inviolate their promise and that they will guarantee any fine levied for a violation. The woods are full of baseball players and there Is abso lutely no reason why the clubs should rill up with high salaried men. Last ear we had Class B and C and even Class A ball at times, and we Da Id for It, too." The secretary stated this afternoon .that he found sentiment' strong here ir Pendleton for contlnulg the local frachlse under the plan outlined President Matlock will probably ac company him to Baker tonight and they will undertake to bring that city Into the fold. It la possible too that La Grande and Lewlston will Join In and make the league a six team af fair . Electric flatlrona are rapidly re placing hand and gai Irons In English tailor shops. BAY OF Win RESULT III OF Bill President Raine is Arrested Charged Witfr Shortage of Over Half Mil ion of Dollars, yi MOTHER SAKS HE'S MSJCE Mer-jnUle State Baa Mem ' pba is- be Trookte t'gly Riuators Cunrent faid Kainer Spevadaaed Ones Beforv but Lucky Tarn of Use ' Market Ma4 Huge Suaav ME1TPH1S. Feb. .. 9. President Raine of tne Mercantile State Fank was arrested charged with . a shortags of 178.804'. - It was reported thC Raine specu lated ' with the bank's funds once be fore, pri.w to his election as presi dent. Ugly rumors are current, and ft is reported he aarrowry escaped be ing whipped out of town then but at the last moment the market turned and1 he made aboat a million dollar. It was then he was promoted to the presidency:. Officers who came to ar rest him today found htm In bis bed room clad only in a bathrobe, hie faee drawn and" haggard. His mother maintains fte had been insane alnce the- sudden; death of hiv wife a year ago. MEMPHIS'. Feb. 9 I its surplus and capital wiped out with- a toe exceed ing $$00.0. the "Mercantile State Bank failed to open today. In the di rectors" statement they blamed Pres ident C. Hunter RaJno, .who la said to have- lost half a million dollars in cotton speculation. Raine turned over his personal estate, estimated at 109. oo. ' ROPE FUR SAFETT OF CMY TU3RAS EEFJI ABO01E0 POTOMAC IS I-OXG OVERDUE AND WTRELESS CALI FAIL TO GET RESPONSE. . WASHINGTON. Feb. 9 Hope of wfety of the navy tug Potomac, mim ing In the tee somewhere In the south Bay of Islands, began to fade as the afternoon prorressed and no answer waa receive I from repeated wireless calls. Mesmges were flashed at 15 minute Intervals from the North Syd ney station, but there was no response. The Potomac carried a crew, of thirty-six. - Navy department officials- are be ginning to fear that all perished. The Potomac which made an unsuccess ful attempt to aid the American fth Ing fleet Imprisoned in the ice in the Bay of Islands for several days la long overdue. There are 40 men In the fishing fleet. Little anxiety to felt for them since It la believed they coold get ashore across the Ice, but It 1-t reared their boats will be crushed la the Jam. COPPERFIELD SAMBO OUTFITS ARE DESTROYED HHi BONFIRE COXSUMES. KMt4 SEIZED BY COLONEL UXW SOX RECEXTLY. BAKER. Ore.. Feb. 9. Gambling paraphernalia taken by Colonel Uw son and his militiamen from Copper field and Huntington last month went up In smoke yesterday, in accordance with orders ot Governor West. A huge bonfire, built on the edge of th city, was lighted aad every roulette wheel, slot machine, faro bank and "crap" table captured from the sa loons of the two towns on the eastern edge of Baker county was piled on this bonfire. There was no resistance on the part of the attorneys for the Copperfleld saloonmen. Adam Schortgen, ho hut been a special agent for Governor West for several months, being employ! at the penitentiary at Salem In special road work and handling convicts, arrived in Baker and destroyed the equipment He did not touch the liquor taken front the Copperfleld saloons, but turned It over to a local transfer house for storage. , When he first arrived Mr. "chort gen did not know whether or net h would destroy the liquor, but he got Into communication with Governor West over long distance telephone, re ceived Instructions from the govern"? to store the liquor and acted accord ingly. The granite status of King ICdward VII.. recently dedicated at Aberdsn. Is believed to be the first granite stat ue of a ruler erected sloes the days of the Pharaohs. i -. . . PEflA