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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24
LOCAL CELESTIAL CELEBRATES NEW YEAR
BY BURNING HIS OWN HORSE AND BARN

and Americanized. John inwardly
cherished the customs which had been
handed down to him from the time
of ConfuCius and had not entirely
banished from his mind the super
stition making the celestial world
peopled with thousands of devils who
can only be kept away by the strict
observance of certain practices.
Therefore. when the new year week
rolled around, John bought some
candles and, after placing them in
different parts of his barn, lighted
them and retired to his cot. safe in
the assurance that no devils would
molest his belongings. But evidently
one of the devils got in the barn
long enough to tip over a candle for
when John awoke his barn was in
ruins and the incinerated carcass of
his faithful old Dobbin was shoulder
ing in the debris
Therefore is John Hans sad and
sorry for, as he puts it. the catas-
trophe has left him "pelly near
bloke."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24
LOCAL BOYS ENJOY
FORWARD CONVENTION

Though beset with difficulties in
getting from this city to Walla Walla
the local boys who left yesterday for
the Garden City to attend the Chris
tan forward movement meetings ar
rived in safety and from reports re-
ceived are enjoying their stay i'm
mensely.
Owing to the delay of the main
line trains yesterday because of snow
in the Blue mountains the Walla
Walla local did not leave at . O'Clock
as scheduled. 1t was held here for
several hours awaiting a westbound
train and for a time it looked like
the 10 boys would be disappointed.
However, through the activity of Rev.
Nathan Evans and others, arrange
ments were made to attach a day
coach to a freight that was about to
leave. This was done and by running
as a special the train reached Walla
Walla in time for the banquet set for
o'clock.
Aside from a banquet rendered
them last evening the boys are to at
tend a boys convention at the Con-
gregational church today and will be
shown about the city. They will re-
turn home tomorrow evening.
Telephone reports received today
state that the Pendleton delegation
is exceedingly we'll behaved and
that the boys are taking a lively in
terest in the proceedings of the meet
ings.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24
BLACKSMITH SHOP
DESTROYED BY FIRE

Fire of unknown origin broke out
in the rear of Jack r. Childers'
blacksmithshop on the corner of AL
ia and Garden streets shortly after
midnight and before it was subdued
had almost completely destroyed the
building and it's contents. The dam
age will total over $4,000, according
to estimates, the building being val
ued at about $500 and the tools,
woodwork and other equipment at
$4,000. However, many of the tools
and much of the other ironwork has
been recovered from the ruins little
the worse for going through the fire.
The residents of the city were
awakened from their sleep about 1890
this morning by the changing of the
firebell and bright blaze in the bus
iness section told the location of the
fire. The hose companies responded
quickly but not in time to save teh
building. However, they prevented
the spread of the flames which, be-
cause of the close proximity of build
ings, endangered the whole of China
town.
Fire Chief Vaughan believes the
fire was started either by a carelessly
thrown cigarette stub or spontaneous
as there had been no fire
in the part of the building where the
flames had their origin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24
Mr.. TAFT WOULD NOW
MODIFY EXPRESSION
Ment That Only Part of
People incompetent
to Govern.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Flat denial
of charges that he had said the Am
.erican people are untitled for self
was made by President
Taft today in an official statement is
sued at the white house.
1t said that among the falsehoods,
assidiously circulated by persons and
papers opposing him, is one that in his
Lincoln Day speech, he argued that
'the people are not fitted for self
government"
THE president said nothing on that
occasion which could be possibly dis
torted into such construction, it says
1t concluded by saying that in his
speech before the New York bar as.
sociation on January goth, President
Taft did say, however, that he be.
lieved in popular government but thar
there were "some whom we know are
not fitted for self government"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24
OFFICER
Is ARRESTED HERE
County Commissioner of Pas
co is Charged With
Bribery.

Indicted on three counts on charges
of perjury and bribery, Commission
er George Roe of Franklin county,
Washington, was arrested in this city
yesterday afternoon by Sheriff r. D..
Taylor and Deputy Joe Blakely and
this afternoon in company with his
attorney, T. j. Clarke, was taken
back to Pasco by Sheriff John
Hartong of his home county.
Roe, according to his own story,
had been in southern oregon on a
visit with his daughter, and during
his absence was indicted by the grand
jury which is still in session at Pas
co. His lawyer took the train for
Pendleton yesterday and suspecting
that he came to meet the commits
sioner. the Pasco sheriff notified To-
cal officers.
Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Blakely
took up a watch and noticing a man
who answered the description of the
attorney walking toward the North
ern Pacific freight depot, they follow
ed and saw him meet another man.
Overtaking them near the O.-W r.
~ iCuiuiipuScs NlitN that
their surmises We're correct and i'm
mediately placed Roe under arrest.
Deputy Sheriff Hartong came over
from Pasco this morning and took
the prisoner back to face the charges
on the Northern Pacific train this af-
ternoon.
The details of the case against the
commissioner We're not learned by the
local officers other than that he is
accused of accepting a bribe and of
perjuring himself in connection with
the granting of liquor licenses. Roe
declares he was on his way home
when arrested and had already pur-
chased his ticket. he processes to be
not at all alarmed over the indict-
ments and declares he will clear him
self.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24

Poor John Hans, the slant eyed
son of the orient who raises vegeta-
bles for Pendleton tables at the east
ern limits of the city, is the sorriest
Chinaman in all oregon. and he, like
many brothers in the far away new
born republic, is about to cast old
habits, customs, traditions and super
stitions into the discard and adopt a
new order of things. For Poor John,
be it known, has been the victim of
his reverence to the creeds of his an
cestors which We're age-old when this
country was yet undiscovered.
To make a long story short, as
John has done his hair since the anti
queue edict, the celestial truck gard
ened is mourning the loss of his barn,
his horse, his harness and many other
small things which went up in smoke
and flames several nights ago in the
midst of his celebration of the last
new year by the old Chinese calen-
dar
Although outwardly quite modern
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24
COCHRAN WON'T QUIT
CONGRESSIONAL RACE

Before returning to his home at La
Grande yesterday, after attending
the sessions of the Oregon irrigation
congress, George 7. Cochran gave
positive denial to the report that he
might withdraw as a candidate for
representative from the Second Con-
gressional District says the Portland
Oregonian. The rumor that Cochran
would quit the race was based on the
supposition that the entrance of Ellis
into the fight might detract from
Cochran's following.
"There is no foundation whatever
for the report that I may retire as
a congressional candidate" said Mr..
Cochran yesterday. 81 am actively
prosecuting by candidacy throughout
the district and have received a great
deal of encouragement. | have every
reason to believe that am especially
strong in the east end of the district
and shall remain in the contest to the
finish"
Three other republicans are con-
testing with Mr.. Cochran for this
nomination, and they are all working
hard to land it. They are n. J. Sim
mott, state senator from Wasco
county; John p. Rusk, state represen-
tative and speaker of the last house,
of Union county, and W. II. Ellis, ex-
representative from the old Second
district.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24
HERMISTON GETS
S. S. CONVENTION

Hermiston will be the scene of the
annual convention of the Umatilla
County Sunday School association this
year, having been so designated by
the executive committee of the organ
ization. according to Mrs. S. A. Low
ell of this city, who is one of the most
active of the workers. The dates of
the convention are March 8 and 6.
Rev. C. A. Phipps, state general
secretary, will be In attendance at
the convention and will be one of the
principal speakers, Other speakers
have been arranged for and the lead
ers of the association anticipate a
most successful meeting at which
much helpful work will be accom-
plished.
All delegates to the convention arc
requested to send in their names at
once to Rev. II. b. Emmel of Her.
miston in order that proper arrange
ments may be made for their ac-
commodation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24

MUTE TESTIMONY OF RIVER TRAGEDY IN
DISCOVERY OF HORSE AND BUGGY IN WATER

News of a possible tragedy was
contained in a letter received this
morning by Supt. Henry Laatz of the
local water department in which it
was stated that a drowned horse at
tached to a buggy had been discover
ed in the Umatilla river at Thorn
Hollow on Feb. 10, but that, owing
to the depth of the water and the
turbulence of the stream, it had been
impossible to recover either. Because
Of the fact that no such loss has
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24

After clubbing the helpless people
right and left, the authorities placed
eight men, five women and ten small
pitifully crying children under ar
rest.
The trouble started when the fam
lilies of the strikers. unable to pro-
vide the children with sufficient food
to prevent suffering, sent fifty of the
children to the railroad station, for
the purpose of starting them to Phil
adelphia, Providence and other cit
les, where homes had been found for
the starving mites of humanity.
Chief of Police Sullivan, had de-
cided that no more children would be
allowed to leave the city and five
minutes after the party arrived at the
station this morning, he arrived at
the head of the soldiers and police
force.
He refused LEI the party board
trains and when some of the strikers
asked him for an explanation, he
without further ado, ordered his
armed force to charge the crowd
which was done, in the waiting rooms
of the station.
The strikers today state that this
is all that they can endure, and
declare that from now on they will
prepare to defend themselves as best
they may, against such attacks and
brutality Serious trouble is likely to
result.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24

been reported, it is feared that the
driver met the same fate of the horse
and his body now lies somewhere at
the bottom of the river.
The letter was written by G. w.
Jones who made the discovery. and,
though brief, states that the body of
the horse is badly entangled in the
harness and is lying at the bottom of
about fifteen feet of water. Supt
Laatz has notified the county author
tiles and an investigation will prob
ably be made at once.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24
Gilbert Protected His Own
Children in LegaIizing
Land Frauds.
GRABBER HIS RELATIVE
Many Reasons, Any One of Which Is
Sufficient, Come to Light, Explain
ing Decision Favorlng Piiferers of
Public Domain.

Portland, Feb. 24.-Calling atten-
ton to the fact that j. Thorburn
Ross, the convicted bank wrecker
who was also indicted in the Oregon
land fraud cases, and Judge Gilbert
of the United States circuit court of
appeals, are brothers-in-law an af
ternoon paper here today publishes a
sensational attack on Judge Gilbert's
recent decision in the Barber Lum-
ber company land fraud case, which
well known conservationists declared
has practically legalized the use of
dummy" entrymen by big land grag-
bing corporations.
The publication intimates the de-
cision would help Bank Wrecker
Ross and charges that Judge Gilbert's
son and daughter once acted as dunn
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24
New President Proclaimed.

Ell Paso, Feb. 24.-Decrying Presi-
dent Francisco Madero. conqueror of
former President and Dictator Diaz,
as one who has profaned the banner
of Mexico with THE scurrilous hand
of the Yankee" and declaring that
capital furnished by American capit-
alists backed him in the former rev.
oiution, which resulted in his ascen-
sion to the presidency of the nation,
a manifesto, which Is purported to
have been signed by General Orozco
until recently an ardent Madero
supporter-and other prominent rev.
olution leaders. proclaiming Senior
Geronimo Trevino provisional presi-
dent of the country, has been scat
tered broadcast through northern
Mexico.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24
More American Troops Or
dered to Rush to Mexi-
can Border Today.
PROCLAIM NEWPRESIDENT
Insurgent Leaders Issue Manifesto,
Naming Trevino Provisional Head
and Denouncing Madero as Tool Of
Yankee Capitalists.

Washington, d. c., Feb. 24.-Con-
WINGED that crisis is very near in
Mexican affairs and that the lives of
American subjects and their prop
erty in Mexico are in grave danger,
President Taft and Secretary of War
Simpson have decided to order more
troops rushed to El Paso and held
in readiness for any emergency that
may arise in the troubled country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24


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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24

On arriving amid the strikers, the
police chief beloved out:
Not a child shall leave this city"
The mayor had earlier in the week
given an order that the strikers
should be allowed to send their chill
dren away, if they wanted to, and
that they should not be interfered
with by the militia or police.
With this decision in their favor,
the strikers believed that they were
safe in attempting to carry out their
plans by this mornings action.
When the exodus was held up this
morning, one of the strikers said to
the police chief:
Our children are starving and we
have purchased their tickets and we
think they should be allowed to go
away, as the mayor promised"
Chief sullivan answered this man,
by ordering his armed force to charge
the defenseless families.
Industriously welding their clubs
and bayonets, the police and soldiers
soon succeeded in separating the chill
dren from the parents and when a
feeble resistance was made by the
parents, they We're numerically club
bed and many seriously hurt. The
attacking party did not discriminate
between women and men, treating all
alike
Sullivan was recently named chief
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24
WOMAN CAUSES DEATH
OF EIGHT BABIES

New York, Feb. 24.-Winifred
Akers, kitchen woman at the
Brooklyn Nursery Infants hos
pital today was formally charg-
ed with murder. She repudiat-
ed her former confession that
she put oxalic acid in milk
drunk by the babies, which re-
suited in eight Of them dying.
1t is charged she wanted to get
square with some nurses and
wanted the babies to get sick,
to indicate that the nurses were
were not taking good care of
them. 1t may be that she is
demented,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24

Washington, Feb. 24.-Inves-
. tigation of the textile outrages
= at Lawrence where the consti-
= tutional rights of the strikers
= are being disregarded, is GER
. tain. Chairman Wilson of the
= house committee on labor, to-
= day wired President Golden of
= the Textile Workers union, for
= an official statement regarding
. today's attack by the police
= and troops and the investiga-
. ton will start as soon as an
= answer is received Senator
. Borah bitterly denounced the
. action of Chief of Police Sui
. livan, saying he had gone be-
. wand his authority in restrain
= ing the departure of the strik-
. ers' children.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24

Rev. Sprattier, the German Luth-
eran preacher, came in from Helix
this morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24

Hugh Bell of Myrick is making
another visit today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24
BAyONETS USED ON CHILDREN
WOMEN AND MEN At LAWRENCE
Troops and Police BrutaIy Assault Party to Force
Starvation of Strikers Babies
ATTACK MADE TO PREVENT DEPARTURE OF TOTS

Chief of Police, At Order of Mill Owners Leads Force
Against Families As They Acted on Permission Of
Mayor to Deport Infants.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24

Portland, Ore, Feb. "a Z
Telegraphic dispatches which =
have been received here today Z
from various northwest cities .
and coast cities, that newspaper =
editors. private citizens and or Z
CARNATIONS in great numbers, 4
are sending hot telegraphic Z
protests to Governor Foss of Z
Massachusetts, begging him to Z
do all in his power to end the
outrages committed by the mi
litia and police against the
textile strikers, and to take I
some step toward giving the 4
strikers an even chance and I
their constitutional rights, as a
result of the attack made on
them today when they attempt
ed to send their children away.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-24

TO ADVERTISERS.
The East Oregonian has
the largest paid circulation
Of any paper in Oregon, east
OF Portland and nearly
twice the circulation In
Pendleton Of any other
newspaper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-20
EDDYTORIUL

Dogdays is almost once more
again in our midst and in this same
conneckst1ion we desire to dash off
a eddytoriul relating to dogdays
which is a very important subject
whichever way you look at it.
Dogdays is something which
comes only once a year and it is
our humble opinion that if dogdays
come more less often than that the
general run of folks would be jest
as we'll pleased. What causes dog
days seems to be a mystery. Many
people have wrote about dogdays
but none of EN- have ever went and
told how it happens dogdays oc-
cur which is jest what we want to
know. While looking up some in
flan1ashion on the subjeckt of dog
days tother day we found in a copy
of old almanac of 1779 that when
dogdays occurred the dogstar was
IN the ascendency, wherever that
is. This, however don't throw any
light on the why and wherefore of
dogdays. In fact it only makes it
worse.
AS editor and prop. (and every
thing else) of the Bingville Bugle
we have never posed as mach of
zoologicaiistician, and yet from
what little we have observed we
calldlate that dogdays was invented
for the benefit of dogs. We may
be mistaken about this, but we
can't help it if we are. We believe
it was NAPOLEON or Nero or Martin
Luther who said Every dog has
his day." This sounds reasonable
and if every dog has his day it also
sounds reasonable that a few DAYS
should be set aside every year and
called dogdays else they wouldn't
be enough dogdays to go round
among the dogs in this locality.
We like dog as well as any
body but after mature deiiberation
we venture the assertion that the
supply of dogs m Bingville and Wis
nifty exceeds the demand There
be more dogs in this neck of woods
than their owners can afford to
support. It is also true that Hank
DewbTry our LATEST and least ex-
pected of citizen has done more to
increase the dog populashion of
Bingville than perhaps any other
citizen Hank he raises dogs for
sale and swops them and dic1ers
and barriers and trades IN dogs year
in and year out Just at present
Hank has on hands seven dogs of
various kinds and sizes. Now Hank
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-20
Abe WltherOW Stuck Fast

Abe WItherow, while driving two
horses and a heavy wagon to the Co.
seat last Tuesday, got stuck m bog
hole in the road beyond fuckers Hill
going and couldn't get neither way
Abe had about made up his mind to stay
in the bog hole all night when Brad
Hinsley come along with a team and
hitched onto him and pulled him out.
AS it was then too late for Abe to get
to the Co. seat and back to Bingville
the same day he turned around and
drove home in disgust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-20
Locals

Muskeeters seems to be thiclcern usual
this month.
Miss Molly Tucker, who plays the
meloder1m IN the church for the choir to
sing by, reports that two of the white
KEYS and seven of the black ones amt
been worldn quite right for a spell
back. Probably new ones could be got
quite reasonable which would be better
than patching up the old ones. The
deacons ought to see about this.
We understand that new family
from Pottowassie Co. has moved into
lin Tewksbury's house on the turnpike
road consisting of father, mother. two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-20

can't afford to support seven dogs.
His dogs prove this by their looks.
Gabe Hardness is authority for the
assersf1ion that Hanks dogs is so
thin and skinny that person can
almost see through any one of EN-.
Some person has said, ga poor
man for dogs and children" which
we caldlate about hits the mark
Old Slime W1rslow who used to
live down Sorrow Hollow way was
a poor man and Slime had nine
children and II dogs. 1t was a tur-
rible chore for Slime to support his
dogs and his children, too. In fact
he couldn't do it and so he had to
send three children to the Town
Farm, but he KEEP all his dogs.
AS for us we will be glad when
dogdays is over. In our eddytoriul
opinion it IS the meanest time of the
whole year. The weather is sticky
and muggy and everything else
mean you can say about it and the
way the flies and rnuskeeters stick
to a PERSONS skin is simply ar1az-
ing and scandalous. What we need
is less dogdays and also less dogs
IN our midst 1t is the general opin-
ion that it is u1lucly to be bit by
a dog during dogdays. 1t is our
own opinion that it is unft1cl1y to
be bit by a dog any other time in
the year.
Dogdays is a good time to pay
up your subscripsl1ion so that if a
dog bites you and you die of hydro
fobia you will have the satisfack-
ton of passing away without leav-
ing any debts bel1int you. Pay UP
while you are a1ivel