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VOL. 24;
PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1912.
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MONEY
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Commercial Club Takes Ao
vice of Senator Bourne
Regarding Federal Bldg.
$35,000 MORE NEEDED
Upon Recommendation of Postmaster
JJrowu Decision Is Made to Ask for
. Additional Appropriation Present
! Fund Cannot Uulld Adequate
Structure,
Adopting the telegraphic recom
mendation of Senator Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., the Pendleton Commer
clal association Saturday night vot
ed to urge the Oregon delegation at
congress to secure an additional $35,
000 appropriation for the construc
tion of the federal building granted
to this city rather than ask the gov
ernment to proceed with the building
with the $70,000 already appropriat
ed. Though the attendance at the meet
ing was not large, the sentiment of
those who were present was unani
mous. Following Postmaster Brown's
statement that all of the bids sub
milted on the plans already drawn
had been rejected because they ex
ceeded the amount appropriated und
his declaration that considerable time
would hve to elapse, even If the club
voted to bo satisf.ed with the present
amount available, iu order that new
plans could be prepared, it was the
opinion of all that if delay were ne
cessary in any ca.se, it would be advis
able that such delay be occasioned by
the desire to secure a bigger and bet
ter building.
No Opposition.
After Vice President Brock had
called the meeting to order and Sec
retary Keefo had read the J.eurne
telegram as published Saturday, Judge
Stephen A. Lowell, candidate to suc
ceed Bourne, asked for a statement
of the situation from the postmaster
who responded as chronicled above
and who concluded his remarks with
the recommendation that Pendleton
, wait two years more if necessary
rather than accept a building which
would soon prove Inadequate for the
needs to which it would be devoted.
Ho declared Pendleton needed a larg
er building than tho.se being con
structed at Baker and La Urande for
tho reason that the eastern Oregon
branch of tho foderaL court meets
here and tho headquarters of the
northwest department of the federal
bureau of animal industry is located'
here.
Dr. C. J. Smith made tho motion
that the club notify Senator Bourne
of its desire to await an additional ap
propriation and, fter few remrks, the
motion- ws carried without a dissent
ing voice.
Jive Trainmen Killed.
Now Castlo. Pa., Jan. 15. Five
trainmen wcro killed when a passen
ger train on the Baltimore and .Qhio
struck ii n open switch here today.
KRUSOW NOW HEAD
OF FARMERS' UNION
Grass Valley Man Succeeds
Late J. W. McAllister,
of La Grande
Fred Krusow of Grass Valley, is the
new state president of the Farmers'
Educational and Co-operative Union,
according to C. C. Connor, well known
local worker for the union, the execu
tive board having Installed him into
office at La Grande Saturday follow
ing the death of President J. W. Mc
Allister In that city Saturday morn
ing. Krusow was formerly vice pren
ident of the farmers' organization.
The funeral of the dead president
was held in La Grande yesterday at
ternoon, the Masons having charge of
the burial ceremonies. The casket was
borne to the grave by two members
of the Farmers' union, two members
of the Masonic order and two mem
bers of his church.
The dceased was one of the
most prominent pioneers in Union
county. Twice he had represented
Union county In the legislature, for
many years he had been actively iden
tified with the grange and at the time
of his death was serving his second
term as president of the Farmers'
Union. He had been a farmer all of
his life and when the call came he
was still the owner and manager of
Springbrook farm a mile arid a half
east of La Grande which farm was the
homes. cud hU father took up 53 years
ago.
GUARDSMEN CHARGE
ON RIOTING STRIKERS
Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 15. After
the police had been swept aside to
day by 3;O00 strikers who stormed a
factory, demolished fences and win
dows, two companies of militia and
the local battery with ball cartridges
were sent at the double quick to the
Pacific mills. The militia charged the
rioters with bayonets. Fifty men, wo
men and children were Injured in the
charge. The strikers fled. No seri
ous violence la' yet reported from the
factory towns of Lowell, Linn and
Haverhill, where thousands are strik
ing against the wage cut resulting
from the operation of the states' men.
datory 64 hour a week law.
The rioters were charged after they
had fired at tho troops trying to clear
tho millyards. Further outbreaks are
feared.
More than 100 foreigners were ar
rested after the riot. Most of them
carried revolvers and knives.
Boston, Jan. 15. Five moe com
panies were ordered to Lawrence to
day by Governor Foss. They left on
a special train.
BLACK HAND LIABILITY
GANG IN CITY LAW UPHELD
Sends Letters to Two Well
Known Ladies Demanding
Money. .
HOMESTHREATENED; FIRE
Mrs. Cllve Cheshire and Mrs. .Tohn
Stockman Frightened by Ominous
Mbwlvos Police Lay Trap But Fail
to Catch Culprits Think School
Boys Guilty.
Threatening to destroy the homes
of Mrs. Cllve Cheshire and Brs. John
Stockman if compliance were not
made with their demands for money.
members of a black hand Kane: have
succeeded In causing considerable un
easiness among those acquainted with
the attempts to extort money. Let
ters were received by each of the two
laaies last week but the Dolice have
kept the fact secret In the hopes of
being able to apprehend the culprits.
Airs. Cheshire received the first
letter in which she was ordered to
leave $80 in gold at a water hydrant
at the corner of Wilson and Garfield
street and a day or two later Mrs.
Stockman received a similar letter.
evidently written by the same per
son and in which the same spot was
designated for depositing of $35. Both
demands were emphasized by a threat
to burn the residences of the reclp-
ent9 upon failure to respond.
- The letters were turned over to the
police and Chief Kearney stationed
an officer for several days and nights
near the' hydrant mentioned in the
hopes of apprehending the black
hand men when they came to ascer
tain If their Intended victims had com
plied with their demands. These ef
forts proved fruitless, however, for
no one appeared to get the-bag of
washers which had been left there.
Probably School Boys.
Chief Kearney is of the opinion that
the letters were the work of school
boys for the handwriting is of the
vertical style now being taught in
the public .schools. Investigation,
however, has failed to throw any light
on the identity of the culprits and the
chief announced this morning that ho
wouia pay a substantial reward for
CHICAGO GIRL HAS
SCORN FOR MONEY
United States Supreme Court
Declares Congressional
Act Constitutional.
SUPERIOR TO STATE LAWS
Opinion by Justice Vandevantcr Cov
era Four Suits Pending Wife of
Northern Pacific Engineer Gets $8,
OOO Case Appealed from Mon
tana.
Washington, Jan. 15. The U. 8.
supreme court today declared the em
ployers' liability law passed in 1908
constitutional. The opinion was de
livered by Justice Vandevanter.
Vandevanter's opinion says In part:
"It rested with congress to say
whether a law operating In all the
states Is better than laws in several.
It Is true liability is imposed only on
interstate carriers but it doesn't fol
low that this preference is in viola
tion of the constitution."
The court holds the act rightfully
supercedes acts in the various states.
The opinion was delivered in four
cases, a f reman on the Northern
Pacific named Babcock was killed in
a collision at Young's Point, Mont.,
1008. His wife sought $8000 dam
ages under the employers' liability
law and won. The company contend
ed the federal law was unconstitu
tional for the reason that a Montana
law governed the case. The supreme
court rules cases may be brought in
either state or federal courts having
concurrent jurisdiction.
Quits Rich Home to Be With
Poor Waiter Who Is
Sweetheart
New York, Jan. 15. Infatuated
with a waiter, Jack Clewjie, and
found working as 3 a week nurse
girl that she might be near him, Vio
let Buehler, a 15 year old Chicagi
heiress who disappeared November
25, and for whom the skyscrapers of
Chicago were searcnea because it was
believed she had been kidnapped. Is
held here. She was arraigned today
before Justice Olmstead in children's
court on a charge of being under im
proper guardianship and held until
her parents arrive. Clewne was ar
dested and then released. The police
declare his relations with the child
were proper.
The girl admitted her Infatuation
for the waiter, she said she expect
ed to marry him when older. She
said she met him in Chicago where
he used to "bum around with her
gang." They say I'm foolish to leave
all that $100,000 to work for $3 a week
but I can't see it that way," she said.
"I would rather work and make my
own way than be rich in Chicago. My
foster mother treated me right but
would not let me go out or have any
boy friends.
US
ARE
LOSING our
Fall of Dynasty Now Admitted
By Wu Ting Fang to Be
Certain.
FIERCE FIGHT AT SIAN FU
Province of Shcn SI in Turmoil Re
ported Killing of 10,000 Mancbns
by Rebels is Confirmed Russia
Enters Province of Mongolia From
Tliree Points.
Peking, Jan. 15. After a terrific
fight in Kan Su the Imperial army
is reported within sixty miles of Sian
Fu. The province of Shen Si is re
ported in a turmoil. The reported
massacre of 10,000 Manchus by reb
els is confirmed.
CITIZENS REVIVE
RELIEF ASSOCIATION
JUDGE WILLIS BROWN
IS COMING TOMORROW
Tomorrow night in the auditorium
of the Methodist church, Pendleton
people will hear one of the greatest
authorities on boys in the world tell
of his experience in reclaiming young
Americans rrom evil tendencies. Judge
vv mis Brown, will deliver a lecture as
me third number of the high school
Russia Is Encroaching.
London, Jan. 15. Dispatches from
Odessa say the partition of China has
actually begun. Coincident informa
tion received at St Petersburg states
that the Manchu emperor wilf resign
immediately. Russian troops have
crossed into Mongolia at three points.
An announcement of a Russian pro
tectorate over Mongolia Is expected.
Dynasty Has Fallen.
San Francisco, Jan. 15. Special
cables received from Shanghai today
quote Wu Ting Fang as admitting
without reserve that the Manchu dyn
asty has practically fallen. He said:
"While it is settled the Emperor's
abdication shall take place soon I am
not advised officially afs to when it
will occur." Negotiations will con
tinue with Premier, Yuan to decide
upon a form of action of the provis
ional government to frame a consti-
Ilr is improvable that Yuan
will be elected president of the republic.
entertainment nn1. in vloro n( ,
nformation leading to the arrest of tional renutntinn nf th i
the guilty parties. I crowd is exDected.
v Tlic betters. Judge Willis Brown, Is the origlna-
The Cheshire letter bore the signa- tor and administrator of the Parental
ure B. H. S., presumably meaning Court of Garv. Tnrl.
liiacK nana society, but the Stockman
letter was unsigned. The letters ap
pear here in full:
Would Imj Seattle Mayor.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 15. Thomas
Parish resigned today as state tax
commissioner to devote his time to
his candidacy for mayor.
Herbert Strohm, well known Her
mlstonlan, came in Saturday from the
project town and spent yesterday In
me cny with friends.
Mrs.
Pendleton, Ore., Jan. 8.
Cheshire, personal.
This Parental Court is the first one
of its kind in exlstance, and is the
latest advanced method of caring for
the deficient child. 'Judge Brown
had defined the undisputed legal stat-
We want you on Wednesday, just as , us and proceedings of this new sys
NEW IHGH SCHOOL TO BE REM FOR USE
BY OCT. 1; LOCAL IN GET MUCH WORK
At a meeting Saturday evening, the
contract between tho school board
and tho Advance Construction com
pany of Portland was signed up and
the company thereby agrees to have
a new high school building complet
ed in Pendleton and ready for occu
pancy by October 1 of this year. For
every day beyond that date that the
completion is delayed, the company
agrees to pay to the school board $20,
and for every day before that date
that the building Is completed, the
board agrees to pay the company $10.
Work of dismantling the old
building will probably commence be
fore the present week Is over, as the
company has announced that It
wishes the grounds cleared by Feb
ruary 10 In order that It can com
mence work on the new structure. The
old Pendleton academy buildings on
the north side of the river are rap
Idly being cleaned and made ready
for occupancy and Superintendent
Landers and Principal Hampton an
nounce that they will begin the work
of moving desks and apparatus of the
high school on Wednesday and will
have completed the work by Saturday
evening.
So eager are the faculty and stu
dents to fee work commence on their
new bu'ldlng that they are but await
ing the word to take up their books
and walk tc their temporary quarters.
It In expected that two rooms in the
academy buildings can be made ready
by Wednesday and during the rest of
the week the janitor, his assistants
and a volunteer corps of Students will
be kept busy. Superintendent Land
ers lellevcs the work will be com
picted this week so that the students
c.-'.n commence unon their semester
examinations Moi.day in their new
quarters.
Hampton to Begin Demolition.
In recognition of his services in
building up a good high school un
der the handicap of an out-of-date
building and of his efforts in secur
ing a new building, the board has no
tified Principal A. C. Hampton that
he will be given the honor of com
mencing the work of demolishing the
old structure by casting the first brick
to the ground. Needless to say, the
principal has accepted the task with
keen relish.
Home Labor to Do Work.
In the razing of the old building,
the board Intends that the work shall
be given to home laborers who are
out of employment, thus assisting in
solving the problem of the unemploy
ed. Many applications have already
been received and the board believes,
that, with the amount of men avail
able, the grounds should be cleared
of all evidences of the present struc
ture In two weeks.
The Advance Construction company
according to the board has the repu
tation of filling its contracts in rec
ord time and no fear Is felt that the
building will not be ready for occu
pancy by the time school opens. The
company officials announce that they
will unload their materials at the foot
of the high school Bite by means of
a donkey engine.
Murphy Bros, of this city have
already secured the sub-contract for
painting the new building,
the clock strikes twelve without de
lay to put.JSO in gold at the bottom
of that hydren on the corner of Gar
field and Wilson streets.
If the contents is ever let out of
your family or if the said money is
not there at the appointed time, we
will burn your house sooner or later.
So you better do as we say.
B. H. S.
P. S. Place it at the bottom of the
north side of the hydren not in a
purse.
The Stockman Letter.
Mrs. John Stockman, Jan. 10, 1912.
e want you to p'aeo $35 on the
tern which is conducted on purely ed
ucational methods.
Ho is the founder and first judge of
the Utah Juvenile Courts, which are
pronounced the most advanced of any.
Utah having a state system, separate
and apart from all other courts.
He is the originator of the Boy City
movement of the National Boy City
located at Charlevoix, Mich.
Ho devised the Boyville civic plan
which is an educational system of boys'
worked on preventative linos.
He is the instigator and leader in
the movement for civil law and edu-
For the purpose of rendering aid to
the sick and the suffering, the poor
and the destitute, the City Relief as
sociation, which existed during the
nard times of the 90's, was revived
this afternoon at a meeting held in
the Commercial club rooms. R. H.
Wilcox was named as president of the
organization, Mrs. J. S. Landers, sec
retary, J, T. Lambirth treasurer, and tution.
an executive committee consisting of
the officers and Mrs. James A. Fee,
Clarence Penland and J. E. Keefe, Jr.,
was chosen. -
The meeting which was called by
several prominent sitizens began at 2
o'clock with Judge Stephen A. Lowell
presiding and the purpose was ex
plained by him. He declared that
the number of cases in the city need
ing relief was unusually large this I With every evidence of a big pat
year and this statement, he said, was ronage, the Spanish American War
not based upon the great number of veterans' of .Malabon camp will give
men on the streets begging the price tne first of three successive perform
of a meal, but upon information se- ances in the Grand theater this eve
cured through local physicians and nin- They believe they have pre
ministers. pared a program of assorted num.
Whether the task of relieving the Dtrs which will please anyone from
situation should be left to the minis- a highbrow to a cannibal and they
ters working in co-operation with the are not reluctant in recommending
county, the ladies aid societies of the the entertainment to their friends.
WAR VETERANS PUT
ON SHOW TONIGHT
north side of that inr i,tflM n fci-V"u,uu Heinous to govern all deal
vumi'i ui uiuuiiu ami wiison streets
mis- must be In gold and placed
there before 6 o'clock Thursday, Jan.
11. 1912, and if this is not there then
or if you tell anyone we will burn
your home inside of two weeks. Now
remember this is a small sum for your
house and maybe your life. If you
don't do this you will pay dearly.
Put money in a paper and place at
hydren.
Both Mrs. Cheshire and Mrs. Stock
man live on Garfield street not far
from the corner designated and both
being of nervous temperaments were
badly frightened by the threatening
letters.
This is the first black hand attempt
whlch has been made in Pendleton for
about a year, or since Mrs. Rose
Campbell, the milliner, received a
letter demanding money. The writer
of that missive was never found but
the police were so vigilant that he
never carried out his threat if he ever
intended so doing.
gs with children who need the in
tervention of the state in their be
half, as against the present universal
fundamental except in Utah of
criminal law basis for Juvenile Courts
I with trials and commitments of chil
dren to institutions for punishment
and reformation.
different churches or to an organiza
tion of citizens was the subject up
for discussion, he said. R. H. Wil
cox responded with the suggestion
that the old City Relief association
be revived and the suggestion was
accepted unanimously.
Those wishing to join the associ
ation or to contribute to the cause are
requested to notify J. E. Keefe, Jr.
t
DOES TAFT FAVOR
OWNING TELEGRAPHS
une or the principal numbers of
the program will be the comedy war
drama, "Obeying Orders" by the Aus
tin company in which will bo seen
some clever acting. A special fea
ture will be the 125 slides showing
the boys of Old Company "D" en
route to and from the Phillipines and
in the land of Aguinaldo and his na
tive bands.
The Commercial club quartette with
Jack Keefe featured will present its
riot of rough stuff and a number of
other stunts, are scheduled to fill out
an enjoyable evening.
NEW MEXICO INSTALLS FIRST
GOVERNOR WITH MUCH POMP
Santa Fe, N. M.. Jan. 15. W. C.
McDonald, New Mexico's first gover
nor, was inagurated at noon today in
the hall of representatives. Thous
ands witnessed the parades and ceremonies.
McManlgnl to Testify.
Indianapolis, Ond., Jan. 15. With
McManlgai scheduled to testify be
fore the federal grand jury either to
day or tomorrow the government in
vestigation into the alleged national
dynamite conspiracy is rapidly clos
ing. Lawler who conferred with
Taft returned today. : ,
MINISTER CHARGED
WITH SERIOUS CRIME
Pittsburg, Jan. 15. A case almost
paralleling the Rlcheson case de
veloped here today when a warrant
was Issued for the arrest of Rev. W.
F. McFarland, aged 60, pastor of the
United Presbyterian mission, .at
Grennvllle, Tenn. A coroner's jury
recommended he be held, pending an
investigation into the death of Mrs.
Elsie Coe, aged 28, his private secre
tary. The police say the minister
performed two criminal operations on
her here at her home. The police
are searching a dozen cities for the
minister who ls married and has
children.
LORIMER DENIES CORRUPT
DEAL FOR SENATORIAL VOTE
Washington, Jan. 15. Lorimer re
sumed the stand before the senatorial
committee Investigating his election
today. Regarding the events leading
up no his election, he admitted he
told State Representative Shepard he
would do all he could to prevent the
reappointment of the postmaster at
Jerseyville, Illinois, Shepard's home.
He denied this part of the deal by
which Shepard voted for him.
Washington, Jan. 15. That the
government control of telegraph and'
government ownership of them per
haps is a Taft policy was made clear
this afternoon following a conference
between Hitchcock andTaft. A state
ment that Hitchcock and the white
house are in harmony was given out
after Hitchcock called on the president.
TWENTY SEVEN DROWNED
IN GERMAN RIVER EMS
Emden, Germany, Jan. 15. Twenty
seven are known to be drowned and
several are missing as a result of the
breaking of ice on the river Ems
while hundreds were skating today.
UNIONISTS AND SOCIALISTS
.MAY UNITE IN CALIFORNIA
Fresno, Jan. 15. With the defense
of Olaf T-letmoe, its secretary treas
urer, to charges in connection with
the MeXamara dynamiting and pos
sible political action looking towards
the merging of the unionists with tho
socialists as two big things before it,
the California state building trades
council opened Its eleventh annual
convention here today.
SPANISH PREMIER WILL
STAY WITH HIS POST
Madrid, Jan. 15. Alfonso's efforts
to induce Premier Canalejas to re
consider his resignation have
born fruit. Tortay Canalejas said he
would continue his office.
DR. C. J. SMITH BOOMED FOR DELEGATE TO
L
DEMOCRATIC
NATIONA
CONVENTION
Friends of Dr. C. J. Smith are out
with a movement to have him elect
ed as a delegate to the national dem
ocratic convention which Is to meet
this summer to nominate the demo
cratic presidential ticket. They be
lieve they will be successful and are
going upon the assumption that Dr.
Smith will accept the post If elected.
Under the presidential preference
law the democrats elect their nation
al delegates at the primary election
to be held in April. Oregon is en
titled to eight delegates and the eight
mon receiving the highest number of
votes will be chosen. It matters not
how many men run nor from what
section of the state they come. Each
voter at the primary election may
vote for but one candidate.
Because of his prominence In demo
cratic circles and hvs excellent record
as senator from this county for eight
years Dr. Smith has a standing that
Is second to no other member of the
minority party in eastern Oregon. It
If understood here that should he
run there will be no candidates from
Union or Baker counties.
Thus far the move In behalf of Dr.
Smith is being carried on entirely by
his friends and the doctor himself
is making no effort In his own be
half. The doctor is known to be a
supporter of Governor Woodrow Wil
son for the presidency and should he
run it will be as a "progressive" democrat.