davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26
RACE IN SNOW WON BY DEATH.
Aged Woman Walks Miles to Get Help
for Husband. Who SuccumbS Alone

La Grande, Ore.-Some of the dlf-
ficulties and hardships of the pio-
neers were experienced last week
when Mrs. NJ. NJ. Burnap was forced
to walk several miles through deep
snow and bitter cold to the home of
ne ghbors to get aid for her husband,
lying critically i'll at their home at
Lone Elm ranch. Before help could
reach the isolated home Mr.. Burnap
was dead. The body was brought to
La Grande for burial. Mr.. and Mrs.
Burnay were in town from their
ranch last Wednesday doing their
shopping for Christmas. They said,
at a local store, that they had hard
trip ahead Of them. On reaching
home Mr.. Burnap became quite Ill and
his wife started out on foot to a
neighbor's home, a mile and a half
away, for aid, but before she return
ed home the husband was dead. The
struggle through the snow was a
great task for Mrs. Burnap, as she is
past so years of age.> The family
came to their mountain home two
years ago.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26
Zbyszko Given Decision.

New York, Lee. ga wrestling
bout between Zbyszko, the Polish
wrestler. and Ra,sevich, the italian
champion, broke up a muddle at Mad
ison Square Garden last night Most
of the 400 spectators feft the garden
thinking the italian had won, but
the referee, Tom jenkins awarded the
deci sion to Zbyszko. The Polish wrest-
Ter had agreed to throw Raisevich
three times in 80 minutes. 1t took
him 81 minutes and so seconds to Sc
cure the first fall, which was a for
ward double arm hold. In the sec
ond bout, after three minutes wrest-
ling, Raicevich got just such a hold
on the Pole as he had been floored
with. One shoulder, however, was
off the mat, and jenkins tapped the
man with the idea of giving him
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26
VIII Build Rock Road.

Freewater, Ore.-This section of
Umatilla county between Freewater
and the Washington state line, will
Immediately after the first of the new
year begin the building of a macad-
amized road which VIII be one of the
best in the state. Umatiila county
will furnish the rock crusher and SUI
perintend the construction of the
road and the farmers adjacent will
furnish the rock. Work has already
started in hauling rock to be crush
ed. The road will cover a distance OF
four and onehalf miles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26
SPORTS
Mcycy Wins Oyer Iangford.

Sydney, n. S. W., Dec. 26.-In the
t ght here yesterday between Sam Nc
Vey and Sam Langford, both Ameri-
can pugilists, McVey won on points.
The bout went the scheduled 20
rounds. In the first and second
rounds honors were fairly even both
men showing caution, but landing
hard. In the third round Langford
scored a heavy right to the jaw. Nc
Vey came back with a hook which
sent Langford to the floor, but he got
to his feet Immediately
The fifth round was McVey's. He
continued to send the left to the jaw
and Langford's mouth and tongue
were bleeding and he seemed dazed.
Ry the ninth round Mcvey had piled
UP many points and Langford had
been cautioned for using his fore
arm.
Both showed signs of punishment
and Langford had a marked discolor-
alton and swelling over his right eye.
McVey's nose and mouth were bleed
ing. 1t was give and take in the
tenth, but the eleventh and twelfth
rounds were Langford's.
McVey's left, which had done con-
siderable execution up to this time,
began to lack steam. For the next
FIVE rounds the men spared, few
heavy blows being exchanged. Lang
| ford was aggressive, but McVey out
| boxed him. Langford's eye was clos
ed tight, his opponent frequently
! landing on this shining mark.
Both were tired and more than
| cautious in the nineteenth and when
the bell rang for the twentieth came
warily to the center of the ring al
most too exhausted to fight.
They clinched throughout this
round. All through the fight both men
showed gameness and fought with
great fairness, the crowd showing its
approval by frequent applause. but
the verdict giving the fight to McVey
on points was vigorously hooted.
Eighteen thousand spectators wit.
messed the fight, which took place ir
the open air under a broiling sun
The betting was 4 to 5. Langford
being the favorite. mitigating was
not allowed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26
STRAW VOTE FAvORS
SENATOR LA TOILETTE
FARMERS MAGAZINE BALLOT
SHOWS HIM STRONG FAVORITE
Nsivcn More Votes Than President
Tsn and Colonel Theodore Roose-
vEclt Togcthcr-Lowcr Tariff Is
Also Wanted by Country.

Washington, D. c., Dec 26-As
g Inc resu OF national plebiscite OF
referendum conducted during a pc
Nod Of sixty days by the Farm and
Home Magazine, the striking fact APP
Pesred that La Toilette received a to-
tai of 1850 votes for the pres dency
rs against Se3 for Roosevelt and l.
9s2 Tor Taft While the characteristic
5c Iz Toilette strength is shown in
the states Of the middle west. swo
Surprising items in the poll evidence
that the Wisconsin senator is head
and shoulders above ali other repub-
fcan candidates in New England and
sfae south.
ia Fo lette." answer 65 per cent
of the voters while Taft receives 25
ger cent and Roosevelt 10 per cent,
There are practically no scattering
votes
La Toilette leads heavily in every
section and even in Ohio has more
chaH twice as many votes as Taft.
Only IN Maine and Connecticut did
Taft lead; in most OF the other states
ne was in a hopeless minority.
Direct Power to the People.
The vote was practically unanimous
in all sections for the initiative. refer
endum and recall; also for election of
United States senators by direct pri-
ularies OF the people. The sentiment
in favor of these policies seemd to
be as strong as the so-called conser-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26

indications point to murder. Ryan
was founl lying in a pool of blood
and an az opsy held by Coroner II. b.
Hunter night developed that his
condition was due to conclusion from
a blow.
Ryan, who was swamper in n sa-
loon, was elected from the place
Thursday night Bysranders say the
old man was thrown from the saloon
Ike shot out of gun. He struck
the sidewalk with his head and lay
unconscious for several minutes. Ar
rests will likely follow tomorrow. Ry-
an was 55 years old.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26
odd Fellows, Lodge Celebrates.

Freewater, Or.--Freewater Lodge,
No. 202, I. o. o. F., celebrated the
fourth annual anniversary at which
more than 900 Odd Fellows and their
families were present. Visitors from
NJ lton, Hudson Bay. and Walla Walla
lodges attended. A program was Civ
en- at which Past Grand ]. Fl. Chap
man presided, after which an elabo-
rate banquet was given The Free
water Lodge starts out the new year
under favorable conditions. The lodge
owns it's own hal and good rental
* received from the lower floors
which are leased for a term Of years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26

Deep-seated coughs that resist ordi-
nary remedies require both external
and Internal treatment If you buy a
dollar bottle of BALLARD'S HORE-
HOUND SYRUP you get the two
remedies you need for the price of
one. There is a HERRICK'S RED
PEPPER PORUS PLASTER for the
chest, free with each bottle. Sold by
4. c. Koeppen & Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26
Anson Saves Lads.

Chicago, Dec. 26.-"Cap" Anson,
veteran of the baseball diamond, saw
ed two young boys from drowning in
a lagood at Jackson park yesterday
afternoon. Anson was playing golf
when he saw the two boys break
through the thin ice of the lagoon and
sink from sight. Plunging into the
lagoon, Anson rescued and swan to
shore with one boy at a time. While
making his two trips into the icp wa
ter, Anson was severely chilled, but
said he expected no bad effects from
the exposure.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26

warning, but the uproar from the
crowd drowned his voice and the Ital-
ian, thinking ne had been tapped as
the winner jumped up and ran to his
dressing room. The crowd thereupon
moved out of the garden without
Raicevich hearing the announcement
of the referee that Raicevich had not
got his man altobether on the mat,
and therefore there was no course to
take but to award the lewiston to
ZbysZko.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26

The quicker cold is gotten rid of
the less the danger from pneumonia
and other serious diseases. Mr..
b. w. l.. Hall of Waverly, Va,
says: II firmly believe Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy to be absolutely
the best preparation on the market
for colds. l have recommended 1t to
my friends and they all agree with
me-" For sale by all dealers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26
Portland If Wins.

Seattle, Dec. 26.-Portland's unde-
feated Multnomah Athletic club team
added another victory to their credit
yesterday when they won from the
Seattle all-stars, an aggregation made
up of college football heroes of the
days gone by, by score of 8 to O
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26
OLD SPARRING PARTNER
OF SULLIVAN MURDERED

Hoquiam. Wash.-Jack Ryan, for
mer sparring partner for John L. Sui
Ivan and Jake Kilrain was found
dead in his shack at Cosmopolis and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26
ANIUNDSEN To SEEK POLE.

Vallejo.-Word has been received
at the navy yard that Captain Amund-
sen who made the trip through the
northwest passage in the sloop Gjoa,
which is now on exhibition at Golden
Gate Park in San Francisco, has aban-
doned his intended trip to the Arctic
and will start out to seek the south
pole. Amundsen vi ted this city and
Mare Island shortly after his trip
through the Northwest passage, being
compelled to bring the Gjoo to the ma
val station to prevent the vessel being
stripped by souvenir hunters.
Marrying Nat Goodwin and getting
a divorce is worth while; s615,000 for
Edna.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26
Blow on Head Costs Boy Speech.

BLOW on Head costs Boy Speech.
Richmond, Va.-David Pu' liam, the
S-year-old son of Attorney Pulliam OF
Forest Hill, lost his power of speech
on the 18th of last month when he
and his l'ttle brother bumped heads
while at play.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-26
vative east as at the south and west
Lower Tariff-Reciprocity

The popular mandate is for lower
tariff. since 81 per cent of the Ballots
voted for a decrease. Practically al
the rest said, "leave the tariff alone"
but only four wanted any increase
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
Belgium'S Future.

If Belgium had been wise enough to
adopt the methods of the Swiss in build
ing up her defenses. there would now
be no need for worry over threatened
invasion in case of war between Ger
many and France The Swiss have
built up their forces by beginning rife
practice in the schools and turning the
entire male population into an army
of fine marksmen. Belgium has done
nothing but debate in Parliament and
now she is distressfully squeezed in be-
tween two great powers, either OF
which would not scruple at devastation
when forced by the fortunes OF war.
The little kingdom is wretchedly un-
prepared for war. 1t has. notwithstand-
ing the adoption OF the army reform
measures in 1909, only $4,000 men on a
peace footing. or perhaps $4,000 when
modified. But how long would it take
Belgium to mobilize an army which is
without an effective general staff and
whose reserves are not trained con-
tinually or under strict discipline? 1t
was in 1902 that Gen. Brassine, minister
of war, resigned because his plan to
raise the peace army to 10000 was dis
regarded. For several years the Bel
gian Parliament, dominated over by the
Socialists, debated his clear showing
that a German army could sweep across
the little kingdom almost unopposed, and
finally the peace footing was in
creased, but not the war strength.
Belgium has trusted, since 1870. to the
guaranty of her neutrality, but there is
no such de facto guaranty now in ex-
istence Belgium has only old style
fortihcations, outside of Namur, the
only fortress upon which millions have
been spent since the last Franco-Prus-
sian war. There are, however, neither
men nor modern artillery to equip this
fine fortress, which, incidentally, would
shield her only against France, while
the little beehive of industry is prac-
tically open toward Germany in the
Flemish Netherland section.
We hope there will be no war, but
perhaps the present distress, the
calamity that would befall her indus
tries, the fear of perhaps being alto
gether wiped off the map, may at last
teach the Socialist majority in the Bel
gian Parliament the lesson that it is
wise in time of peace to prepare for
war.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
High School Elective Course.

Thousands of Washington boys and
girls who enter the, high schools this
month will be called upon to make
election of the subjects which they will
take in the school course. They will
be face to face with what always has
an important bearing upon the after
career of many of them.
No less an authority than Charles w.
Eliot, emeritus president of Harvard
College, 4las come out within the past
year with plain, outspoken denunci-
atiQn of the elective system as practiced
in high schools of this country. His
lead has been followed by noted edu-
Gators in all parts of the United States,
who insist that a broad choice Of stud
les should no longer be extended to
pupils who are entering upon what may
properly be viewed as the elementary
work that forms the course of study in
high schools.
1t is, unfortunately, true that pupils
are largely influenced in making their
selections on entering high school by a
desire to make their course as easy as
possible and to follow the lines of least
resistance to a diploma, That such a
practice is against sound pedagogy is
now coming to be the conviction OF au-
thorities who, like DR.. Eliot, were once
the strongest advocates OF permitting
an extensive election to young people.
If it is deemed wise to limit the
election of studies in conformity with
these views, the present would form one
of the most convenient tis1es for mar
rowing the choice and putting the inn
provement.Vif improvement it be, into
force at once.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
The Middleman.

The suggestion made by Secretary
Wilson some weeks ago that commit
tee of representative business men of
Washington make a careful investiga-
tion into the causes for the present high
cost of living in the District should be
carried out, if for no other reason than
to throw some light upon the necessity
for the middleman. The allegation is
made against him that he is the cause
Of the nigh price of food to the con-
sumner and the low price paid to the
farmer. 1t is said that he is unneces-
sary. Some one really ought 10 show
whether this is the case.
In New York the other day Mayor
Gaynor was visited by a delegation of
sixty Pennsylvania farmers, representing
62,Soo voters in that State. They accused
the middlenlan and submitted some re-
markable figures in support of their
charge Il was said that the farmers
who raised potatoes for which con-
sumers paid S6ooooooo last year were
paid only S8,5ooooo for them. Cab
bages which brought the farmers ST.
100000 were sold to consumers for 3d.
Iz5,ooo, and milk for which the farmers
received S23yooo,ooo cost consumers
S4oooo,ooo If these figures be true, no
wonder the price of living is high.
There is no piece of constructive
craftsmanship which holds so much
promise as the solution of the problem
Of how to get the products of the farm
to the homes of consumers at the least
possible cost. In the event of an in
quiry, the middleman will, of course,
have an opportunity to present his side
of the case, If there is to be no agent
to handle the product of the farm, how
IS the farmer to get his goods to the
consumer, who is to see thlt his per-
ishable freight is promptly taken from
the cars or STEAMBOATS,. who is 10 make
his collections and remittancesl There
stes rnqrestionably two sides to the
situation, and ii will take some wisdom
to reach an adjustment whereby the
producer gets fulI value, the consumer
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
The Lawyer and the Common Veal.

As nation We are governed by law
yers. They fill our legislatures, are in
the majority in Congress, and occupy
most. of our executive Offices. If the
administration of the laws is not what
it should be, lawyers are largely re-
.sponsible The recent meetings of the
American Bar Association served to
demonstrate that lawyers in reality do
take keen interest in all public issues.
Eminent members of the bar and jurists
ably discussed the recall of judges, the
reform of legal procedure, regulation
of public utility corporations, and gov
ernment control of rates and prices.
These matters were not discussed
from the viewpoint of the legal pro-
fession alone They were debated be-
cause of their bearing on the public
interest. At such gatherings the sense
of obligation to the public which con-
scientious lawyers feel is plainly mani
fest. Not every lawyer can go to a
legislature or to Congress to aid in
actively shaping public affairs, but all
lawyers ought to realize that they are
under a peculiar obligation to volun-
teer ;heir services in times of political
crises and at all times to do all in
their power for the improvement of laws
and of the legal process.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
state Control for Marriages.

From the New York American.
Thus the solution OF this grave question
must be left to education, to conference
between the States, and to the operation
OF the law of the survival OF moral fit-
ness. The State whose laws of marriage
and divorce are truest to the nature Of
God and man is likely TO prove by the
demonstrations of comparison and expert
ence that 1t is the best place to live in.
And IT may be confidently expected. in
the long run, that the law Of that State
will become the general laws OF the land.
Thus uniformity will be arrived at. not
by fat of arbitrary law, but by the dis
covery and revelation of the law that
exists in the nature Of things. The
United States is definitely committed to
this view of the case, since our law does
not and. by its whole tradition. cannot
take any account Of marriage as sac
rament or divine ordinance. Under Amer
ican law marriage is a civil contract;
and nothing short OF a revolution could
make II anything else
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
THE TARIFF THAT KILLS.
Seven Cincinnati Clothing Manu-
lecturers to Close Up shop.

Seven Cincinnati Clothing Mann
facturera to Close Up shop.
From the Indianapolis News.
BY January / sever ready-made cloth
ing manufacturing concerns in Cincin-
natl viii go out of business, and loo
taiiors. cutters. house helpers, and sales
men will be out OF work. The houses
that already have liquidated. or are now
hquidating, according to the Cincinnati
Enquirer, are Marks & Friedman. Bett-
man. Bloom & Co., sommerfield & Co..
Seasongood. Guiterman & Co., Loeb
Bros, Herburger Bros, and Mayer,
Scheuer, offner & Co., a hrm which
dates back to 1855 and has the distinc-
tion of having been the foundation Of the
international banking house OF Kuhn,
Loeb & Co. These industries have been
killed by too much tariff, and the 100
workers will be out of work for the
same reason.
The greatest drawback TO the whole
sale clothing business to-day is the high
tariff on WOOL" said Max silberberg. Of
FEEDER, SiIberberg & Co. The wholesale
clothing industry was prosperous under
the Mckinley law, and also for the first
few years under the old Dingley law.
That was because Of the great competi-
tion in the wooden business; 1t produced
good cloths. Then the ApIerican Woolen
Company came along and absorbed thir-
ty-two OF the best mills IN the country.
Since then conditions have turned un-
favorable to the clothing manufacturers;
prices advanced, and the quality Of
cloths deteriorated."
. ]. II. Warner, OF the Stanford &
Warner Company, and other manufac-
turers give a similar analysis. He says:
These cloths look workable on the
sample, but when we have them shrunk
and the mill gloss taken OF they won't
work right. The weave is loose and the
cotton shrinks and draws when the gar
mert is completed. making an unsalable
product. bolt of goods will run from
sixty to eighty yards. and the shrink
age, which the maker must pay for, will
run about six yards. In other words,
since the cheap foreign woolens are
taken out of competition the American
mills have taken TO stretching the cloths
and pressing them"
There has been a great plea for the
high tariff for the sake Of the work
ingman.' Here we see how II not only
increases the cost OF his clothes, but at
the same time, in the hands Of a trust.
takes the quality out of them. and finally
throws him out of work.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
A Martyr to a Mob.

Nothing more pathetic or tragic in
connection with aviation has happened
than the death of John J. Frisbie, at
Norton. KanS Possessed of an aero
plane which was manifestly in no condi-
ton for flying, he was jeered by the
crowd and finally openly accused of
being a faker. Resenting the absolutely
false accusation, he ventured into the
air, and a few minutes later was a
corpse.
The courage which induced him to
show the excited mob that he was not
a coward is not to be criticised, now
that he has paid the final penalty. 1t
was not recklessness or foolhardiness
which sent him into the air 1t was the
feeling which every right-minded man
experiences when he is the subject of
misrepresentation and false charge, and
especially when his honor is attacked
He probably knew when he seated him
self in the machine that he was taking
his life in his hands. This, however.
was a minor matter. He was deter
mined to prove that he was not playing
false with the people who had paid to
see him fly.
1t is to be hoped that the lesson of
this tragedy will not be lost upon future
occasions of the same character. The
mob that drove the man to his death
ought not to find its counterpart any
where in the United States.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
A Suspicious Move.
WHIST FOR CHURCH FUNDS.
Emotional Pastor Would Rather
Have EdIhce Destroyed by Fire.

From the Newark Evening Star.
IAN churches that have to be supported
by bridge whist or gambling affairs or
vaudeville entertainments ought to be
destroyed by fire." declared Ridgefeld
Park pastor to his congregation. The
provocation for the pastors remark was
the announcement of a bridge whist
party in aid OF a church rebuilding fund.
As bridge whist is played for prizes that
are of pecuniary value, and therefore the
game comes under the ban Of the anti
gambling law OF the State. the pastor is
amply justified in his condemnation of
the use of a legally immoral game for
church purposes. But IL was enough TO
condemn the game. The emotional pas
tor goes to the extreme length OF ap-
proving the destruction by fire of a
church building built by such means.
He would rebuke a minor statutory
crime by sanctioning a much greater
one.
But IL the sources " all church build
ing funds were critically looked into,
would 1t not be found that bridge whist
is not the only one that is questionable
in not a few cases? II II were Justiiable
morally TO destroy by fire every church
edifce built from funds that included
some tainted money, might there not be
a considerable loss in church property?
But granting that funds for church
building are sometimes given by un-
worthy hands. could the money be put
to. any better purpose? Should it be
devoted to purposes OF evil?