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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
TRAFFIC IS STILL
IN BAD CONDITION
WASHINGTON LINES ARE
BADLY DEMORALIZED
All Traffic from East to West Forced
TO Follow Down Columbia-O. r.
& ". Roads Suffer Also-Sman In
dications of Flood Here.

Railroad traffic through the state
of Washington is still very badly de-
moralized today though the North
ern Pacific now has a line open to
Spokane. The Northern Pacific line
to Walla Walla is also open but in all
other directions, the o. R. & N, the
Northern Pacific. and the Great
Northern are being forced to use the
tracks of the North Bank road.
All traffic from east to west is being
forced to follow down the Columbia
river and then go up or down the
coast and the Cascade mountains are
proving an impossible barrier. The
o. r. & N. is still out of commission
between Walla Walla and wallula
and between the latter station and
Umatilla. Walla Walla is shut off
from the outside world except by the
Northern Pacific branch to Pasco and
the o. R. & N branch to Pendleton.
North of Walla Walla, the o. r. &
N. is completely out OF business.
Passengers who use the o. r. & N.
from either the east or west to reach
points in eastern Washington are be-
ing forced to leave that line at Pen
dleton and go out over the Northern
Pacific. A total of 102 passengers
went out last evening on train which
only has accommodations for 60. The
jam in the two cars was the worst
yet seen on this branch.
So far there are no indications of
a flood in Pendleton. The river is
still rising slowly and the water is
very muddy, but it is not believed that
the water will reach a very high
stage. All the snow has now disap-
peared from the lowlands and foot
hills and unless accompanied by an
exceedingly heavy rain storm it will
be impossible for the snow in the
mountains to melt fast enough to
cause a flood
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
PASTOR breaches ON,
PREVENTS FIRE PANIC

New York-The GOODNESS of Dr.
Emil Meury. pastor Of the Second Re-
formed church in Jersey City, and his
sisterin-law, Miss Minnia Huber
prevented a panic when the church
caught fire during the morning SER
vices
Fire started in the small basement
room where the electrical blower
which works the pipe organ is hous-
ed. Several firemen entered the
church from the rear, climbed up to
the choir loft, looked around, saw the
congregation calmly playing and no
sign of fire, and went away again.
The young women in the choir loft
saw the firemen and wondered.
Then Miss Huber went to the base
ment and saw the blaze. She quietly
notified the pastor, saying nothing to
anyone else. DR. Meury asked the
choir to sing and then went to the
basement The blaze was gaining
headway, but he kept cool. He turn
ed in an alarm; the firemen returned
and got to work, and the preacher
went upstairs and began his sermon.
While he preached the firemen
made short work of the flames below
and the congregation filed out with
out knowing of the danger they had
been in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
UPHOLDS AND JUSTTFTES
DOUBLE STANDARD OF MORALS

London.-Sir John Bingham, presf-
dent of the divorce court, spoke here
before the Royal Divorce commission.
which has been investigating the sub
ject of divorce in the United King
dom. Sir John came out fatty for
the double standard of morals.
"a wise WIFE," said Sir John,
should shut her eyes to many things.
I do not think single act of indis-
cretion on the part of a man has any
thing like the same significance as the
same sort of anact on the part of q
woman. All men know this perfectly
well.
"a trifling indiscretion on the part
of a man may be more or less acci-
dental and would in no way be in
consistent with his love and esteem for
his wife. Indiscretion on the part Of
a woman is quite inconsistent with
her love and esteem for her husband.
II am perfectly well aware" con-
cluded Sir John, that these may not
be the views of some people. but they
are mine. and stand by them"
In discussion as to the influence OF
the drink habit on divorce, Sir John
said:
Close the saloon doors and you
come near to closing the doors of the
divorce courts"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
Dickinson Would Make Laws
to Amend Alleged Control
of Coast Trade.
SHIP LINES COMBINED
AND FORCE OWN TERMS
Secretary of War Is Opposed TO Al
legged Control of Business Between
Coast Points and Isthmus Of Pana-
ma by Pacific Mail and Hartman
Steamers-Says They Force Him tn
Accept Contract Which Is Illegal.

Washington. March l. -, Secretary
Of War Dickinson today began an In.
vestigation of the subject of mail con-
tracts and the feasibility of charter
ing steamships and of any other pos
sible way of avoiding an enforced ac-
ceptance Of the terms offered by the
Pacific Mail steamship company in
the transaction of the business of the
war department. Dickinson appeared
before the senate committee of inter-
oceanic canals which is investigating
transcontinental railroad conditions
and the possible effect on the COM
mercial value of the Panama canal
He said he had been practically led
by circumstances into a position where
he must grant the Pacific Mail an ex-
elusive carrying contract. He declar-
ed the grant would be illegal as neith-
er he nor any other cabinet member
had the authority to make it.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
President Will Not Be Called
to Testify Before Investi-
eating Committee.
CLIFFORD PINCHOT AGAIN
ON THE WITNESS STAND
Probing Committee De-
cides TO Excuse Taft from Witness
Duties-Pinchot Tells of His Con-
versation With Glavis-Reads Let
ter He Received from President i'm
Which Latter Asks Tim Not TO Take
Up Claws Fight.

Washington. March 1.-The con-
versations Taft may have had with
Pinchot over the conservation poll
cies of Ballinger will not be introduce
ed in evidence for the present. The
question was decided today by the
congressional investigation commit
tee in executive session. The action
was taken to mean that Taft will not
be summoned to appear before the
committee.
Pinchot was then called to the
stand.
Pinchot told of meeting CLAWS at
Spokane and he said CLAWS then told
him he was afraid the Cunningham
claims would be patented. Pinchot
advised CLAWS to lay the matter be-
fore the president. The witness then
read letter which he said he reeciv-
ed from Taft in which the president
said he didn't believe the CLAWS re-
port was worthy of consideration be-
cause of lack of evidence. Taft's let
ter asked Pinchot not to take up the
CLAWS fight.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
Referee Eddie Smith Gives
Fight 10 Murphy After
Twenty Rounds,
MORAN PROTESTS AND
CROWD JEERS DECISION
in Lightweight Battle Last Night
Neither Fighter Is In Class of VOL
gast--Fans Voice Disapproval Of
Smiths Award-Battle Was Practi-
cally BIoodless One-Betting Fa-
vored Moran Strongly.

San Francisco, March with
both lads on their feet after 20 rounds
of desperate fighting, Referee Eddie
Smith declared Harlem Tommy
Murphy of New York winner over
owen Moran, England's crack light
weight. The decision was jeered and
Moran frantically protested, claiming
he had been robbed.
The fight throughout was practical
ly a bloodless one. Murphy scored
first blood in the ninth round with a
singing left mash on the nose and
Moran evened this up by cutting the
Harlemite's right eye in the 18th. Be-
yond this. however, the fighters bore
no marks of punishment after their
90 stirring rounds.
Moran had the advantage during
the first half of the battle. He forced
the pace and several times pushed
Murphy outside of the ropes. Mo-
rams favorite blow was a right hook
to rights which he worked with great
rapidity over the kidneys. Murphy
met these attacks with straight left
punches to the jaw. his most telling
blows. which Jared the Britisher on
several ocvcasions.
At the end of the fight Referee
Smith promptly declared Murphy the
victor. This decision did not meet
with the approval of the crowd which
filled the big rink from pit to dome.
Moran was favorite in the betting at
odds of 16 to 6. The general opin-
ion of fight followers is that neither
Moran nor Murphy could make a wor-
thy foeman for Champion Wolgast in
Il long distance battle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
R0OSEVELT'S NAME
IS WILDLY CHEERED
MANY MERCHANTS AND
SHIPPERS ACCLAIM HIM
Frank B. Kellogg, "Trust Buster" in
Address Gives Ex-President Credit
for Laws Preventing Railroad Re-
bates-Audience Joins i'm Demon
stration.

Minneapolis, Mar. 1.-The name Of
Roosevelt was cheered here by three
hundred leading merchants. manufac-
turers and shippers last night when
Frank B. Kellogg, the government
trust buster" gave him credit for the
enactment of laws preventing rail-
road rebates and today there is much
talk as to the significance of the dem
onstrations. Kellogg delivered an ad-
dress on the relation of the govern
ment to the railroads last night and
contended that until the government
is ready to control all railroad rates
and facilities, it should prohibit con-
solidation which would destroy COM
petition.
Kellogg urged against all railroads
owning control of steamship lines and
declared the Panama canal would be
useless IL it didn't develop competition.
His reference to Roosevelt was wildly
cheered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
Indians Abandon Trip.

North Yakima, wash.-word has
reached here from Fort Simcoe, on
the reservation that the Indians have
abandoned their plan of sending a
delegation to Washington to present
their claims with regard to the irri-
CATION of reservation lands.
Instead the Indians win request
that an inspector be appointed to hear
the questions at issue. The Indians
claim half the water OF the Yakima
river and all the water OF the reserva-
ton creeks under treaty with Gov
ernor stevens.
They say that II they are willing
TO give up these rights the govern
ment should furnish irrigation water
without payment. They object to In
reference with the reservation creeks
by white men.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
RAILWAY Guards Give In.

st. Petersburg.-An extraordinary
scene was witnesses recently at Fe-
dosia (Crimea) on the return of a
party of Mahometan pilgrims from
Mecca. The railway authorities in
sisted that the large boxes containing
flasks of holy water. which the pill
grims had brought back with them.
should be placed in the luggage van
of the train.
The pilgrims made a loud outcry.
and about 100 of them lay down on
the rails in front of the train and de-
clared they would rather die than be
separated from the boxes.
In view of their frantic state the
railway authorities eventually allowed
them to take the boxes into the pas
senger carriages with them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
WALTER ADAMS WILL BE
NORTHERN EXPRESS AGENT

Walter Adams, local agent for the
Northern Pacific railroad company,
is to be agent for the Northern Ex-
press company, hereafter, as well. L.
G. Frazier, who has been agent here
tofore, will devote all his time to the
business of the Frazier & Nelson COM
pany which was recently incorporated.
The announcement of the appoint
ment of Adams was made this after
noon by C. f. Haywood, route agent
for the Northern Express company,
with headquarters in Portland. The
office will be moved tomorrow from
the Frazier bookstore to the office of
the Northern Pacific company in the
East Oregonian building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
GLEASON FAILS TO APPEAR.
Rickard and Nelson Wait For Hin
For Three Hours in Vain.

San Francisco. Mar. Tex Rick
ard and Joe Nelson, president of the
Saltair Beach company of Salt Lake
City, who is here to take the Jeffries-
Johnson fight to Utah if possible
waited at their hotel for three hours
last night for Jack Gleason, the part
ner of Rickard, who has promised to
meet them and make final arrange
ments for the handling of the contest.
Gleason did not appear and sent no
word to explain his absence
II do not know what to think"
said Rickard 81 have waited a long
time and these people out here have
given me nothing in the way Of salts
faction. am patient though and will
keep my head cool.'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
CHINESE IN FRISCO WILL
BOYCOTT AMERICAN GOODS

San Francisco, March 1.-The Chi
nese city is today preparing to en-
force a boycott on American goods
both on the Pacific coast and indi-
rectly in China because the federal
government refuses to remove the
Chinese detention sheds from Angel
Island to San Francisco. The inacces-
sibility of the island is the cause of
the Chinese complaints.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
warship's Idfeboat Drifts Ashore.

Victoria, B. c., Mar. IA life
boat, evidently from a war vessel,
drifted ashore two miles west Of the
Carmahan lighthouse, and was found
by a beach patrol today. The boat
was built of elm, planked with oak.
with mahogany gunwales and brass
fittings. 1t contained one oar and an
emergency provision box. No marks
were found to identify it. An Indian
in the same district found the stern
of another boat and two sails.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
IMMIGRATION
is ON THE DECREASE

San Francisco, March According
to data given out from the office OF
the consulate general of Japan here
today, the number of japanese to ar
rive in this country is steadily decreas-
ing. The figures show that nearly
two thousand less Japs came to Uni
ted States last year than the preced-
ing year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
POWERFUL. INFLUENCES SEEK
TO HAVE STRIKE ARBITRATED

Philadelphia, March Powerful
influences are working today to avert
general strike. The situation re-
mains unchanged. both sides main
tanning a firm attitude of non-reces-
sion. The street car company still
refuses to arbitrate. All newspapers
of the city are urging both sides to
make concessions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01

the embankment into the river
Thompson was caught beneath the
trucks and pinned down in two feet
of water.
The first slide came down draw
between two of the tallest hills sur
rounding Mace, distance Of two and
half miles The momentum thus
gained explains the destruction OF IL
houses across the creek on the hill
side opposite the residence of r. H.
Pascoe. The depressions in the val
ley were filled fifth heavier snow, ice.
and rocks. while the main body of
the avalanche, swept on over the level
thus made, was hurled with terrific
force against the houses which offer
ed no more resistance than paper. To
add to the horror of the situation IN
Mace, poles bearing telephone, elect
ric light and power lines were borne
down, and the town was thus in dark
ness, without ability to communicate
with neighboring places for more than
an hour.
Work by Lantern Light.
Rescue parties worked by the light
of bonfires made of oily waste and
lanterns taken from Mace by the Wal
lace relief party.
An act that aroused much favorable
comment was that Of James Murphy,
injured in the Burke slide. Suffering
from numerous wounds, he discover
ed near him A. ]. Newman, who on
account of broken leg was unable to
help himself Murphy had almost
succeeded in freeing himself and New
man when a minor slide buried botn
again. Murphy worked away with al
most snperhuman effort and finally
dug his way out with Newman.
Some of the miners at the scene
of the first slide are confident that
the remains of two, possibly three,
italian laborers are beneath the over
turned boarding cars at the bottom of
Coeur d'Alene river, from which place
the remains of Foreman John Thorn
pson were taken yesterday afternoon.
When the Burke slide occurred
men who had been working at Mace
to all who could be spared
and all doctors were transferred to
the scene of the latest catastrophe.
Among them was James Rogers,
young man living at Burke. His
clothing being soaked. he went to a
room to change before beginning the
work of rescue While undressed, the
second slide descended upon Burke,
wrecking the house in which Rogers
roomed. He was found at 1880 this
afternoon. nearly dead from loss of
blood from a deep cut in his right hip
and another on the top of his head.
Asks For Her Babes.
Mrs. A. ]. Newman, the first to be
located after the slide at Burke. when
reached. said:
81 am NOT hurt, how are my ba-
bies?" Two children, aged is months
and four years, respectively were
found near her. both of them dead
Burke is almost deserted, men,
women and children carrying every
kind of personal property
they had to Wallace.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
GIVE TEDDY FREEDOM OF
LONDON IN A GOLD BOX

London, Mar. 1.-The corporation
of London next Thursday will hold a
special meeting TO consider a request,
which has been signed by many influ-
ential members, to present the hon.
orary freedom of the city to Theo-
dore Roosevelt in a gold box and to
entertain him at a reception and lun-
cheon at the Guild hall.
This distinction has been accorded
to Garibaldi, General Grant, George
Peabody. the philanthropist, and
Count De Lesseps.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
HONDURAN TROOPS JOIN
FORCES OF GENERAL MADRIZ

New Orleans, March THE gov
ernment forces of Nicaragua have
been reinforced by five hundred Hon.
duran soldiers. according to Dispatch
es from the front today. The Hon.
durans Joined Madriz at Managua. It
is believed they will be commanded
by Gen. Lara. 1t is reported many
Salvadorians are also fighting for
Madriz.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
LEANING TOWER OF PISA
MAY BE CONDEMNED

Rome, March 1.-Government en-
gineers are today formulating a re-
port in which they express the con-
viction that the famous leaning
tower" is unstable and likely to fall.
Recent floods aided in the general dis
intesration of the masonry. The
structure may be condemned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
FERRIS MAKES OFFER FOR
STAGING OF BIG FIGHT

Los Angeles, March 1.-Dick Fer
ris, the local promoter, has offered
Rickard and Gleason guarantee of
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
to stage the Jeffries- johnson fight.
Ferris claims he will be backed by a
Coterie of wealthy Californians.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
TRAIN WRECK PLOT NIPPED.
Five Foreign Boys Arrested Plotting
10 Wreck Fast Train.

Greenwich. Conn, Mar. Five
boys of foreign parentage, the oldest
only 19 and the youngest 10, confess
ed today a plan to wreck a fast New
York, New Haven and Hartford pas
senger train Saturday and then plum
der the bodies of the dead Plans for
the wreck probably would have gone
through had not a switchman seen
one of the boys use a skeleton key to
open a switch.
The train carried a special club car
on which William G. Rockefeller, E.
c. Benedict and score of other veal
thy men ride to their country places
in Stanford and Greenwich.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
VIII Return of Free VIII.

Victoria, B. c.. Mar. IA. S. Ged-
des. who was arrested here Saturday
night on a charge of embezzling s6,-
900 from a Denver firm, has agreed
to return to Denver without waiting
for extradition proceedings.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01

Wallace. Idaho. Mar. Under a
mass Of ice, rock and debris, packed
with almost the solidity of granite,
the little mining towns of Mace and
Burke. Idaho, lie buried tombs for
both the living and the dead.
Crushed and piled in inextricable
wreckage are the bodies Of many of
the inhabitants Of the little villages,
is the belief of the rescuers who are
laboring without rest that they may
perhaps be not too late. Coming
without the slightest warning except
for the thunderous roar momentarily
preceding the immolation Of the sleep
ing residents of Mace the huge avail
anche swept down the precipitous
sides of Custer mountain and filled
the narrow canyon to a depth of rs
feet The slide is approximately 81
600 feet long. and save for a few
places Is packed as solid as ice.
Cold Wind Impedes Work.
Last night a cold wind was sweep
Ing the canyon and impeding those
who were heroically working In the
hopes that n few more lives might be
saved. Those who have journey from
here to Mace and Burke say that the
dead will probably never be exactly
known as the huge slide can never
be entirely removed.
Thrilling in the extreme are the ac-
counts OF some of those who were
rescued alive from the two slides. Mrs.
r. II. Pascoe who was rescued at
Mace yesterday morning badly wound
ed describes her experience as fol-
lows:
II was sleeping soundly when our
home was struck by the slide. The
roar of the avalanche awakened me,
and l had Just sat up in bed wonder
ing Wharf.-The noise was, when our
home was struck. / was thrown from
the bed across the room and the iron
bed was hurled on top of me. / re-
member nothing after that until res
cued."
Those who dug Mrs. Pascoe from
the ruins OF her home found her Sc
curely pinned down by the twisted
frame of the iron bed. Her life was
probably saved by this protection.
Mrs. Pascoe is the sole survivor of
her family of four.
Finger Above Ground Saved.
A finger sticking above the surface
of snow was responsible for saving
the life of Mrs George Gibson buried
In the slide at Mace. For more than
an hour the woman lay buried under
the snow with only finger protruding
CT, ~
ling over the rough ground by the
light of lanterns saw the finger and
dug her out with great difficulty. She
was half smoothered and almost froz-
en- when rescued. Her condition is
reported serious.
Community in Deep Gloom.
Depressing gloom hangs over both
Burke and Mace, where Sundays
snow slides occurred. The inhabitants
seemingly have just come to full re-
alization of the awful catastrophe
which has overtaken them. Around
miners boarding houses and other
places where men congregate, con-
yersation is carried on in whispers.
Notwithstanding the exciting scenes
attendant upon the search and remov-
al of victims. the best of order pre-
walls. BY order of the sheriff every
saloon in the canyon was closed tight
yesterday morning, and so remained
throughout the day. 1t was nool be-
fore the searchers found the body OF
John Thompson, the foreman Of the
o. r. & N. construction gang. 1t was
apparent that he had been thrown
from the car which was overturned
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01

Ralph Rowland. assistant book
keeper in the First National bank, re-
turned this morning from Ellensburg,
Washington, where he had been cali
ed by the serious illness OF his sister.
Miss Hazel Rowland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01

Mr.. F. A. Berlin of Athena, came
down from that place this morning
and is transacting business at the
county seat. He Is one of the we'll
known wheat farmers of that sec
ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01

Attorneys VIII NJ. Peterson and
Robert ]. Slater went to Athena this
morning where they have a case in
the justice court today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
WOMAN CLAIMS THAT
MARS is INHABITED.

Boston, March 1. - Prof.
Lows claims that Mars Is in
habited were confirmed today
by Mrs. Mabel Lewis Todd, wife
Of Prof. Todd. Mrs. Todd, who
is we'll known as a writer and'a
lecturer, declares she has seen
the canals on Mars and that
they could not possibly be other
than Of artificial origin. She
says 1t is vegetation lining the
canals and not the water courses
which is seen through the tele-
scopes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-01
RUMORED FRENCH
PRESIDENT WILL QUIT

Paris, March lit is rumor-
ed here persistently that Presi-
dent Fallieres of France, viii
soon resign. It Is believed the
president is suffering from the
sleeping sickness" for il has
been noticed that he has gone to
sleep many times during the
cabinet. In spite OF his denial.
the presidents health is very
poor and friends fear the con-
sequences unless complete re-
pose is had