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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
SENATOR 7. C.PLATT
DIED YESTERDAY
END UNEXPECTED
WAS FEELING WELL
Noted Political Boss of New York
Had Chronic and Acute Brights'
Disease Was Unconscious for
Short Time Before Dying.

New York, March Thomas Col
ller Plat, formerly United States
senator from New York and for many
years a national figure in republican
politics, died at 3:45 this afternoon in
the apartment Of Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
tave Adele, on West Eleventh street.
from whom he had rented three
rooms for the last four years. Mrs.
Adele had been his nurse.
DR.. Paul Auterbridge, his physician
said last night that the cause of
death was chronic and acute Brights
disease. The body was removed to
the home of Frank H. Platt, son,
and will be taken on Tuesday to
Owego, n. Y, the senator's birthplace
where 1t will be buried Funeral SER
vices win be held Wednesday at the
Presbyterian church in Owegc.
The end was startingly sudden. An
hour before the senator died, his two
sons, Frank and Edward, with their
families and his son, Harry, with the
latter's daughter, Charlotte, and son.
Sherman, had left the house after
their usual Sunday visit. The SEN
ator said at that time that he felt
very well and thought he would read
the Sunday papers. At o'clock he
was taken with fainting spell and
DR.. Auterbridge was called hurriedly
The family was notified and returned
in haste. Mr.. Platte recovered from
his first lapse but sank into uncon-
sciousness again at half past 3 and
died 15 minutes later. The relatives
were all at the bedside.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
MAN WHO DISAPPEARED
YEARS AGO is KILLED

Jeff Spere. aged 80 years, and .
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Spere Of
Nye. who disappeared from this coun-
ty eleven years ago, was accidentally
killed in a train accident of some kind
at Sacramento. California. yesterday,
according to message just received
by relatives. The remains are expect
ed TO arrive here in day or two and
will be taken TO Pilot Rock for inter-
ment.
Spere was working in the harvest
fields north of Pcndleton eleven years
ago when he suddenly was seized with
an attack of the wanderlust and he
responded TO the call. One year ago
a brief message was received from
him. He was then In Phoenix, Ariz.
About a week ago a long letter was
received and yesterday came the mes
sage of his death.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
NEW STEAMER WILL HAVE
COZY CORNERS FOR SPOONERS

Tacoma, Wash, March First
aid to Cupid, in the way of cozy cor
ners exclusively for spoony couples
will be a feature OF the new steamer
Typhoon being built for Lorenz broth
ers. The corners are to be screened
off and just large enough for two.
Marriages are becoming all together
too scarce lately" said Captain Lo-
REM "And any one who can pro-
mote matrimony and at the same time
boost business, is boosting the COM
munity at the same time"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07

Philadelphia, Pa, Mar. IA car
carrying 90 passengers with a heavy
police guard. was dynamited today.
The car was lifted from the track and
hurled the occupants in every direc-
tion. Many were cut and several
bruised. none seriously injured. The
police charged the crowd of laborers
nearby. A battle ensued and several
shots were fired. The mob finally dts
perced. Two ring leaders were arrest
ed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
NOTIFIED OF CUTOFF

Salem, Ore, March THE rail-
road commission was notified today
that the Hartman line has decided
to build the Stanfield- Coyote cutoff
The new line will leave the present
main line at Coyote and strike it again
at Stanfield. All passenger trains are
to run this way.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
Injured Survivors Out.

Scenic. Wash, March 7.-Seven in
jured survivors of the Wellington
avalanche left here today for Everett.
Accompanied by guides they made
their way down the trail from Well
ington yesterday. They are Train
master Harrington, Conductor NJ. o..
White, Lusius Anderson. a por-
ter, Adolph Smith, porter, j. K.
Kerlee. fireman. H. H: White Of Sc
attic. With bandaged arms and heads
they made a queer spectacle as they
slowly wound down the trail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
Enraged Laborers Would Kill
Man They Say Responsible
for Death of Comrades.
MANY BODIES TAKEN
FROM BIG AVALANCHE
Eight Hundred Men at Work at Rog-
ers Pass-Eight Whites and Twelve
Japs Have Been Taken Out-In.
jured Survivors From Wellington
Disaster Have Reached Everett.

Vancouver, March ACCORDING to
information brought by the first train
from the neighborhood of the snow
slide at Rogers Pass, mob of Slavs
and Japanese attempted to lynch one
Of the railroad bosses at Glacier,
thinking he had compelled their
comrades to work at night notwith-
standing the danger. The man es-
capped by jumping aboard a caboose
and being hurried away by an engi-
neer who saw the danger The COM
pany says the victims volunteered to
work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
PASSENGER STEAMER BURNED
IN PORTLAND. ME-. HARBOR

Portland, Maine, March THE
passenger steamship Manhattan
caught fire in the harbor today. All
passengers were rescued. One sailor
is missing.
The Manhattan was completely de-
stroyed, with a loss of a hundred and
fifty thousand.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
BETHLEHEM STRIKE MAY
CONTINUE INDEFINITELY Y

Bethlehem. Pa. March Follow
ing the refusal of President Schwab to
recognize the union, indications today
are for the strike of the Bethlehem
steel workers to continue indefinitely.
Schwab declined to recognize the ex-
ecutive committee of the union, be-
cause the demands didn't emanate
from the men themselves.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
CHICAGO FEDERATION
CRITICISES PHILADELPHIA

Chicago, March "A resolution up
holding the striking street car men of
Philadelphia and endorsing the gen.
eral sympathetic strike, was passed by
the Chicago Federation of'Labor yes
terday at which Samuel Gompers
made an address. The resolutions
severely criticized the civic authori-
ties of Philadelphia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
Dickinson Gives Order

Washington. Mar. Secretary
Dickinson today ordered General Bell
to prepare to rush troops from Fort
Dupont and from Governors island
it the mint at Philadelphia is threat
ened during the strike.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07

Wellington, March Three more
bodies We're found early today in the
wreckage of the mail train. One was
John G. Fox of Seattle. another Chas.
Ladue, a mail clerk. The smoker
containing 80 Italians has been To-
Gated and one corpse was found. Ro-
taries should reach the tunnel from
the east side tonight.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07

Farmers are learning how to coax
the American hen to make the most
of her opportunities, The agricul-
tural department reports that rs per
cent of all eggs set last year were
hatched, and the mortality Of hem
hatched chickens was only 10 2-s per
cent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07

Vancouver B. c.. March THE
bodies of eight whites and IL Japan
ese were recovered from the avalanche
at Rogers Pass today. Eight hundred
men are working and the line is ex-
pected to be free tonight The wealth
er in the Selkirks is reported cold.
There are no more slides. The total
killed was sixty-two. p
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
John P Cudahy Finds Million
aire in His Home at Unex-
pected Hour.
TIES HOME INTRUDER
THEN SLASHES HIM
Jere Lillis Accused by Wealthy Pack
q OF Destroying Home-Timeiy Ar
rival of Policeman Saves Lillis from
Probable Fatal Injuries-Condition
Is Now Regarded As Critical.

}. Kansas City. March Pa
trolman Underwood, who went
, to the Cudahy home in answer
} to telephone summons. said:
"Cudahy and Chauffeur Fully
, were standing over Jere F.
, Lillis. who was lying on the
, floor, half nude and tied with a
, rope. Cudahy had a knife in
his hand. Lillis was saying.
, Don't do 1t, Jack, please don't
, do it. Cudahy seemed to be
, slashing him about the hips.
Lillis' lower limbs were bare"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
EDITOR CHRISTIAN HERALD
DIED THIS MORNING

New York, N. Y. March Louis
Klopsch, editor of the Christian Her
aid, died this morning He was
known throughout the world for his
philanthropic acts
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07

Chief Justice Fuller was born in
Maine 7S years ago, For at least five
years the discussion OF his successor
has been rife and yet he gives little
inclination Of affording anybody the
opportunity to name the man.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
SMOKED FOR % YEARS
DIES AT AGE OF 11O

Milford. n. H, March 1.-Ten years
past the century mark. Michael Lea
witt is dead at his home. He had
been an inveterate smoker for 90
years
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
Leaders Fear Arrest

Philadelphia, Mar. Alarmed at
the prospects of possible arrest strike
leaders today appointed secret pro-
visional committee to conduct the
fight in the event of the arrest of the
known leaders.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
CAUSES
MORE DISORDER
Car Laden With Passengers
0ynamited = Lifted From
Track Mo Deaths.
SECRETARY DICKINSON
ORDERS MINT PROTECTED

Director of Public Safety Mininizes
Strength of Strikers-Declares but
10000 Are Now Out-Five Persons
Shot and Many Injured During Past
2i Hours-Innocent Woman In
jured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07

Philadelphia, Mar. 7.-Director of
Public Safety Clay denied today he
would ask for government troops He
He says they are able to control the
situation. He denies the claims of
strike leaders that one hundred ana
fifty thousand are on strike. He de-
clares there are only twenty thousand
out. 1t is reported the coast ARTILLERY
at Fort Dupont has been ordered to
prepare for duty at Philadelphia to
protect government property.
The number under arrest are So.
Many of these are prisoners in the
hospitals with serious wounds. In
the last "a hourse five persons were
shot and seriously beaten.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-03-07
Woman Was Shot.

Mrs. Bessie Weiner was seriously
shot by mounted police while trying
to protect her baby. She was caught
in a crowd of rioters.
1t is estimated merchants. manufac.
turers and shop keepers have already
lost five million dollars as a result of
the strike.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-05
HIS FILTHY MoUTHINGS

II appears that there was distin.
guishcd encouragement extended to
President Hcber G.. Kimball 10 address
himself to the saints in public as he
did in the early days of Utah. We arc
led to think this from an expression
once made by President Brigham
Young in a sermon preached on August
., 1857. in which he said: 81 can say
Furthermore that you cannot, the best
of YOU. beat Brother Kimball's Ian
cuape. You may call up the college
bred man, and he cannot beat it (See
Journal of Discourscs, volume ., page
97.)
Merely for the purpose of indicating
the prophetic taste IN the matter OF
language and expression in the pulpit,
The Tribune had intended TO here pre-
sent few quotations from the KIM
ball sermons as they are printed IN the
Journal of Discourses, and as uttered
upon the stand in the old tabernacle or
the bowery here in Salt Lake City.
with a request to its readers to remem-
Der that this language was not The
Tribune IS. but President Kimball s. ap-
proved and commended to the Mormon
people by Brigham Young. But upon
examining these extracts tn the num-
bcr of a dozen or more, we found II
impossible to reproduce them aud to
expcct decent citizens 10 admit the pa
per To their homes. They arc so filthy
and so vile that they would shame the
mind and defiIe the mouth OF the low
est blackeuard in Utah today.
And yet they were the utterances OF
pretended prophet, seer and revelator,
and were commended to the Mormon
people by the chief of the pretcndedly
prophetic cult.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-05
DAVID WHITMER' TESTIMONY

As one OF the "evidcrces OF the
truth OF the Book OF Mormon story
told by Joseph Smith. the founder OF
Mormonism. the investigator is invar
iab!y referred TO the testimony OF
David Whltmer. one of the "thrce wit.
nesscs.' II Mr. Whitmer s testimony
upon that point was good, il must be
accepted by Mormons rs being of equal
value in respect to other matters.
With that logical conclusion in mind,
wc present the following. which VIC
find in his An Address TO All Bclicv-
ors in Christ, page 90:
To show you that Brother Joseph and
myself still loved each other as brethren
after this, I will tell you that he had
so much confidence In me that IN July.
1884 he ordained me his successor as
Prophet Seer and Reyelator" to the
church. He did this OF his own free
on my part | did not know what he
was going TO do until he laid his hands
upon me and ordained me,
Now. bear in mind. brethren that j
am not claiming this office; rs ] have
told YOU. I do not believe in any such
an office in the Church of Christ.
Now, those who arc fond of attempt
ing to prove the divinity Of the origin
OF the Book Of Mormon by David Whit
mer's s testimony, aud who at the same
time declare that Brigham Young was
the legal successor of Joseph Smith as
prophet. seer and rcTolator to the Nor
B'on church. are placed in a rather pc
collar position through this particular
assertion SUD claim made by David
Whitmcr. Mr. Whitmer was alive ana
hale aud hearty al the time Joseph was
killed; and ii the founder of the chU:eh
had set apart and ordanci Da"id Whit
mer as his successor, wl,y did not the
LCrd-if the Lord had anything TO do
with it al nli--opea up the way for
David s ascension to the Mormon
thronc7 It is true that Mr.. Whitmcr
left ,ne church, but that should make
TO difference with the purposes Of the
Almighty as expressed and determined
through His authorized mouthpi9cc-
Besides. if David is to be believed n
one thing, why not in anothcr' And if
in the othe-, then tn church mas lll
gone wrong through Brigham
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-05
ITS RECORD OF FALsEHoop

With ITS usual insincerlty and mock
piety the Deseret News. on last Mon
day evening, deplored the existence Of
falsehood in the earth and bswailcd
the evil effects of the same when given
currency for a period. This, among
other things, is what it says;
And that is just the case with the
many falsehoods about the Mormon
ticians and circulated for political pur-
poses. They die hard, and travel fast
while they live and IL takes truth a
long time To overtake them.
The moral proposition set forth is
true. but its application TO GentiIes is
altogether false. And when il comes
to lying for political purposes, The Des-
eret News has record covering more
than fifty years that il would he quite
impossible 10 duplicate anywhere else
on earth. From the beginning IF its
history il has lied 70 shield the leaders
Of the Mormon church IN every way
possible. knowing that charges acains.
them were true. and knowing that in
denying them - was uttn-ins the. gross.
est falsehoods. lI has lied in behalf OF
political interference and domination
by the Mormon ecclesiasts. II has lied
10 protect polygsmv. IL has lied to
shield the hierarchs in their robbery
Of their followers. It has lied 10 pro
tect thieves Of its own faith who. had
they been Gentiles. would have gone to
tho penItentiarv. IT has lied for the
purpose of projecting church influence
into the politics of neighboring States
and Territories. II has lied to secrete
thc unchastity of Mormon missionar.
les. It has lied in behalf of new polyg.
amous criminals II has lied TO pro.
mote the commercial and financial in.
terests OF its robbing high priests. II
has lied to protect in office men who
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-05
Mr.. BABooCK's REVIEW

The Tribune prints this morning a
communication from Commissioner $.
II. Rabcock Of tho Commercial Club
Traffic Bureau. in reply 10 a statement
m last sundays Tribune on the basis
of railway freight raffir The Sunday
communication was signed bv n rail.
road man of prominence IT undertook
Ia criticize tho Commercial Club Traf-
iic Bureau 9 case against the railroads
as being founded too much upon the
mileage basis. To this complaint. Mr..
Babcock makes conclusive reply. show
ing that the mileage basis is the rule
in fixing rates. An exception 10 this
IN degree is the transcoufinental
bunch, flat or blanket rates that are
put into effect and agreed upon by tho
different railroads interested. These
blanket rates are. however. the cxccp-
tion and not the rule
And YET. considering the matter
from every standpoint. the Traffic Bu.
reau Of the Commercial Club made
proper concessions. realizing the nature
of The questions involved. and showing
that the Utah shippers. both sending
and receiving, are not unrca asonable or
strenuous for their exact proportional
rights. but are willing to make. and
did make. concessions TO the railroad
view of the case. Mr.. Bsbcock 5 reply
seems to us to be entirely conclusive.
and a complete vindication Of the Traf-
flc Bureau S case as presented to the
Interstate Commerce Commission
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-05
IS THIS YOUR BIRTHDAY. TOO?
WEDNESDAY,, JAN. 5,

David Bispham. grand opera singer of
Quaker training, who evolved from flute
player TO singer in the Uavcrford College
Ciloe club is % years old today He wa
born IN Philadelphia and the first music
that stirred him WAS that OF the fife and
drums of the soldiers on the way TO
war.
Henry l.. Nelson, professor OF political
economy In Williams college. whence Inc
Was graduated Is g. He was once
Washington correspondent for the Bos-
ton Post and afterwards editor OF Har
pcl's Weekly.
Slason Thompson, who coIlates facts
he is not playing golf in Chicago's en-
E!rons. Is OIL He was born in New
BrHnSNick and was a newspaper cdi~
toriai writer many years.
w. a. Northcott. formerly lieutenant
governor of Illinois. and now federal at
torney in the Springfield dip. district,
head OF the Modern Woodmen OF Amer
Asbury r, Lever, congressman from
fathers farm and won class honors from
Ncwbcrry college, is SO. He once wss
private secretary, TO j. William Stokes,
Eugene W. Hileard OF the University
ot Caliiornis. who established In that
state the first agricultural experiment
station in the United States and made
exhaustive examinations Of the soil OF
oregon and Washington. is a. He mar
ried the daughter of colonel in the
Spanish army,
or the distinguished dead whose natal
anniversary falls today are, Stephen De-
catur, American naval hero who whipped
the hey of AlGiers and was killed In 1920
in a duel with Commander John Barron;
William p. Johnston. the great educator
and once president or Tulane university.
who WAS captured with Jefferson Davis
and eXiled himself for months i'm Can
ada; Cyrus Hamlin the Maine man who
Roberts college i'm Constantinople: John
G. Moss. who invented the process OF
photo engraving. using his wife's
kitchen utensils in his earlier expert
mcnts. David Wilkinson, American in
veutor. who is said TO have anticipated
Robert Fulton sixteen years in using
steam as propulsion for a boat,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-05
TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 1910

saws, good even il ignorant; but IL was
the devilishness of their leaders that
continually dragged them into trouble
and kept them constantly at sword s.
point with their neghbors. Because of
their leaders the Mormous were bad
ncighbors. There were men prominent
in the church who could see into the
source of all the trouble. and they des-
peratcly determined 20 end it-and end
il they did at Carthage on June %.
lSi4
We submit that all of the prcsenta.
lions made by Mr.. Hay must he nc
ceptcd by the Descret News. for it was
that paper that brought him into the
controversy. Meantime, we assure our
readers that VIC shall have further re
course to this fruitful witness.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-05
TODAY IN HISTORY
January 3

Today the United States is represented
IN practically every part OF the world
by either an ambassador minister. consul
.or diplomatic representative OF some
character, who looks after tho interests
OF this country I'm the places 10 which he
rs assigned. The diplomatic service Of
IN" United States may DC said To- have
begun with the appointment Of benjamin
FRANKLIN rs agent 10 France In 1875.
II WAS on January OF tho following
year that Franklin arrived at his post of
hOiN. The trip WAS some what hazard
Gus one. for England had many ships
on this coast and TO capture. Franklin
would have been great stroke for her
navy. franklin made his start from a
point near Chester. Pa. sailing on board
the ErpriSal. and the voyage occupied
NOR" than month. Tho sloop was fire.
qucntly chased by British ships before
us arrival off the French coast. and Dr.
FRANKLIN WAS put on shore I'm fisher
mans boat. This was a hard experience
lor man 80 years old.
Upon his arrival. by tactful methods,
he soon had the French people completely
under his influence, Everywhere nc was
nailed as The Great Franklin His pic
ture was in every bookshop window. His
witty sayings, his stories aud his writ
inEs wcrc known to all Parisiaus. He
was much sought In society and he enter
talned frequently at his house at Passy.
When lie was presented at court he
wore no wig or sword and for these
reasons the kings chamberlain was
doubtful about letting HIN pass the door
PROBABLY no one but Franklin could have
thus set aside court etiquette, but his
costume was decent and becoming. n sui,
OF black velvet with white rlffles at the
bosom and wrists, white stockings and
black shoes With large silver buckles.
Franklin was nine years In France.
Previous 10 the time he neeotia tod the
treaty OF alliance, which had such u vital
effect upon the Revolution. he could not
enter any official door. and he was un-
recognized officially by the diplomatic
representatives OF any other country,
When, after the treaty, he was appointed
minister. ho was hailed as the ablcst
diplomat in i'aris.
His labors as minister were tremendous.
To HIN was due tho naval force with
which Paul Jones SO gloriously fought. .
the contributions OF men. arms and treas
urc that France so lbcrally sent TO
America. and the treaty Of peace that
concluded the War Of Independence.
Other important events In history which
occurred on January >. were the capture
OF Captain John Smith by the Indians in
1908 the famous Battle of the Kegs"
in lTIS: the birthday OF stephen Decatur
076D, Dr. Benjamin Rush G7i5); Ed
ward the Confessor U0G6): Catherine dc
Medicis Q5s9), and Zebulon NJ Pike
QIT9).