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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-18
IS Bodies Recovered.

NEW CASTLE, Colo. Dec. Is
Thirty-five corpses have been recov-
cred In the explosion that wrecked
the Vulcan mine. 1t was believed
that only two remained in the mine
An investigation by Mine Inspector
Dalymple and tho inquest were be-
gun. Funerals of the victifs will be
held tomorrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-18
GOVERNORS PLAN TO SECURE FUNDS To
GIVE J0BLESS WORK IS TURNED Down

SALEM. Ore. Dec. 1S.-The
emergency board refused to author
ize deficiency of $4,000 to enable
the state highway department to give
immediate employment to jobless
men. The board turned down the
governors request for funds to re-
lieve the present conditions by vote
OF five to one. The members voting
against the deficiency said they did
so on legal grounds. as they held the
board did not have authority to take
such action.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-18
NEWS SUM MMARY
General.

Five hundred union men at Denver
demand removal of military officials
In mine regions. Governor turns
down demands and his recall will be
asked for.
Schooner. unidentified. believed to
have gone ashore at Point Elizabeth
off Washington coast.
Governor West declares there will
be no special session OF the legisla-
turc to consider remedy for present
registration laws.
Hans Schmidt, self-confessed mur-
dercr. apparently is little concerned in
the progress of his trial.
Generals Orozco ana Saiazar start
another rebellion in Mexico when
they have break with President HUI
erta. Four thousand troops are un-
der their cOnmmand.
Administration will soon have a bill
ready for congress proposing taking
over telephone and telegraph lines OF
the country.
Governor Vests plan to secure ap-
preparation for furnishing means to
promote work for the jobless In the
state is turned down by the cmer-
gency board at Salem.
Clyde Rudell, The Dalles man
found dead in Portland hotel. now
believed to have been murdered. In
vestigation will start.
President Wilson plans to take va
cation In the south as soon rs the
currency bill Is out Of the way.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-18
NO SPECIAL SESSION OF
LEGISLATURE SAYS WEST

SALEM. Ore, Dec. 1s.-There will
be no special session of the legislature
to fix up registration laws. Governor
West made this plain when he said
the use of little horse sense would
straighten out any supposed tangle OF
confusion in the election laws.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-18
Bill Drawn by Senator Lewis viii
Not be the One. However, -TeIs-
graph Lines to be included.
WILSON IS HIGHLY N FAVOR
Proposed Measure Will Re Framed
BY Postmaster General BurlesOu,
Who Thinks Government SHOULD
Control Lines-One Cent Postage
Is Also Ready to Be Launched.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l8.-The bill
drawn by Senator Lewis providing
governor ownership of telephones. did
rot meet the entire approval Of the
Wilson administration today. This
was made certain when house leaders
admitted they contemplated intro
ducing this session a bill providing
for government ownership of tele-
phone and telegraph lines framed at
the direction of Postmaster General
Burleson. Following an examination
of the proposed Lewis measure, by
Burleson and his assistants, 1t was
announced the formers bill win b
~ilnheid and an administration meas
ure substituted and introduced, pro-
viding 1t meets with the approval Of
the democratic caucus. 1t Il con-
sidered certain that Wilson favors
the government ownership Of the
telephone and telegraph but is unde-
cided regarding the wisdom Of TAX
Ing them over at this time.
Burleson advised the president that
his department has considerable sur
plus on hand and that the proposed
one-cent postage plan could be put
into operation at any time. Burleson
thinks that simultaneous with the
postal reduction, the government
should initiate. plan for taking over
the telegraph and telephone lines
First Assistant Postmaster General
Roper said committee has been In
vestigating for six months a plan to
take over these public utilities and
that it was expected to report soon.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1s-President
Vail of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company, came out def
nitely as opposed to public owner
ship of such public utilities as those
under his management
Experience has shown that gov
ernment ownership Is not SO salts
factory as private" he said. 1T has
been tried in other countries and has
not proved a success. or course, II
the government Is to absorb the linss
1t can. but a great appropriation will
b necessary. There Is a long step
tween appraising properties and
taking them over"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-18
Santa Claus Needn't Ask for Divorce.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1s.-Super-
ior Judge Graham's court is closed to
couples with minor children seeking
divorce. "If you have children" said
the court, you need not come around
until after the holidays. Minors
should have the society Of their par
ents at this season"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-18

KLAMATH FALLS. Ore, Dec. 1S.--
A baby christmas tree, taken from the
forests in this vicinity. will be ship
ped by parcel post in few days to
Cherokee. Okla. by Postmaster w. A.
Delzell Of this city. to his brother. He
Will procure young pine small
enough to coma within the weight
limit
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-18
son OF FAMOUS AUTO
DRIVER INSTANTLY KILLED

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 1s.-Ray
Harroun. 10, the son of the famous
automobile driver, was struck and
killed by an automobile.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-18
Local.

Frank Harximan sustains broken
back In fall from scaffold.
O.-W. r.. s N. planning 10 mile
change Of track near Cayuse.
Miss Sabra Mason Of Minnesota Is
named ~ new librarian.
Mayor Matlock to have street in
city named for him.
Bridge Co. to send Kimbrell and
Colo to Omaha to select steel for
Star street bridge.
Report on water commissions
books is delayed a week.
Roundup performers prepare vsu-
deville stunt.
City Physician says quarantine
cases are not always reported.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-18

The East Oregonian has the largest paid
circulation OF any paper In Oregon. east Of
Portland and over twice the circulation In
Pendleton Of any other newspaper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
CONDEMNS SING SING CELLS
Prison ASS n Tells Governor 800
Men Should Be Transferred.

The New York Prison Association has
sent letter 20 Governor Sulzer decIar-
Ing that the physical conditions In the
lowest tier OF cells at Sing Sing Prison
are co deplorable that the inmates should
no removed as soon as possible. and rec
ornmending that At least three hundred
men he transferred Immediately 20 Great
Meadow Prison.
When the special committee Of the
association was ~ Sing Sing on Friday
NsN d" said an Official OF the association
yesterday. 1T was rainy DAY. The
walls i'm some OF the cells, all OF which
have Less than l75 cubic feet OF air space
nor inmate. we're wet These cells are
nearly one hundred years old, have IN
sufficient light and very inadequate ven
tilation. are damp and unhealthy and arc
altogether improper for the housing OF
human beings. even n It were for the
purpose OF punishment"
The special committee went TO sing
Sing 10 determine whether 1t were feast
ble 10 erect additional buildings AT that
place The members are quite convinced
that prisoners should he removed TO farm
and other outdoor work al Great Meadow
Prison.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
"CL0UDED'
BY CONWCT'S DEATH
Continued from first page.

the burden of the punishment inflicted
they are relieved by treatment that Is
less severe. At the end of three days.
If the prisoner is still obdurate, the
punishment is relaxed. Yet even i'm
this prison and under the careful
supervision Of the physicians some OF
the prisoners punished have bcen re-
moved from the dark cells 10 the hos
pital, where they have had TO remain
for several DAYS under careful medical
treatment. This is ample proof that
this kind Of punishment ought TO be
abolished. and that a single punishment
should be inflicted instead Of the pres
ont triple punishment Of dark cells,
solitary confinement and insufficient
food and water"
Commissioner Blake recommends that
the Legislature be asked TO appropriate
S1oooOo for the construction and equip
ment Of hospital for tubercular
patients. of6whom there arc ~ In the
prison and hospital accommodations for
only 10
Sing Sing Prison" SAYS the report.
has sent to this hospital since 1904
sJ3 tuberculosis patients. many OF
whom contracted tho disease in that
prison. or the disease was developed
there. The state is responsible for this,
and tho state in simple justice ought 10
Give those men a chance for their
lives
"A still sevorcr indictment of Sing
Sing Prison is shown in the statistics
Of the Dannemora state Hospital for
the confinement 81 criminals who have
become insane during their iucarcera
ton.
For tho year ending September 80.
1912. Sing Sing Prison sent thlrty-t"o
patients to tho hospital thirteen Of
whom were suffering from dementia
prrcox. This is the largest number
sent there by any penal institution
tho next largest number was sent from
Auburn prison. whence came nine suf-
ferIng from tho same form Of insan-
ity."
Examination Of the books Of the in
dustrial department OF Clinton prison
Mr.. Blake SAYS, shows that the in
dustrics have been incompetently and
improperly managed No control
whatever was given TO Warden Kaiser
over this department. according 10 the
investigator, who SAYS II was handled
entirely by Colonel Joseph +. Scott.
Superintendent of Prisons, who was
removed b. Governor Sulzor. and by
Frederick II. Mills. who was dismissed
as sales agent Of the Prison Depart
mont by Colonel Scott
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
T. R. TO REINFORCE SULZER
Will Appear Beside Governor at
Albany Primary Rally.

Albany. June Plans for direct pr
mary meetings 70 be held during the neat
two weeks before the converting OF the
extraordinary session Of tho Legislature
we're considered by Governor Suzer to-
dsy.
The Governor Will speak al Glens Falls
on Wednesday. AZ Catskill on Friday and
at Poughkecpsle on Saturday Early the
following week he Will 20 70 Rochester
and on June u will address meetings IN
Yonkers. New Rochelle and Mount Yer
non. The next DAY ne will speak at
Cooper Unior. New York city. the Acad-
envy OF Music, Brooklyn, Timer Park and
Brownsville.
II was announced that Colonel Roose-
Welt would appear with the Governor a.
the meeting In Albany on the evening Of
June t. Other speakers will be eX-Rep-
resentatiye W Bourke Cochran and
William s Bennett. ~ New York Daniel
J. Dugan. Of Albany. state committee
man. and ex-senator Frederick NJ. ia
venport. Of clinton
Arrangements also have been made by
the Governors campaign committee for
meetings in Ithaca, Haverstraw. Water
town. Syracuse Ogdensburg and other
upstate cities The Governor will attend
rs many Of these meetings as possible
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02

Economists have long been prophecy
ing the time when there would not be
land enough 10 go around. and now the
time has come Corlears Hook Park was
tho scene last week Of land famine
crisis. when three thousand voud-be
farmers presented themselves I'm response
TO call sent by the international School
Farm League there were only -
farms" 10 go around What though the
farms were only six feet by four In size
They bulked large in the eyes of the
2772 disappointed applicants. and many
were the tears that coursed down grimy
little checks for il Was first come, first
served" There Was nothing else TO do but
20 turn away those who failed 10 get near
tho head Of tho long line that wound
around tho park on opening day
It's back TO the streets and back TO
the tcncmcnts for YOU now. children.
said Mrs. Henry Parsons. fairy god
mother of tho school farm movement and
president of the league. when tho man
who kept the gate said. NO more plots
10 give ont
ITS back 10 the streets now. but some
time the city Of New York viii wake up,
and thercll be a place for every child In
It to dig IN the ground and raise green
things
Maybe the 3gs wise ones who came
carly and received titles 20 land weren't
happy, Their number viii he increased
10 $50 before the seasons end. for as soon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
WOULD PROTECT INVESTOR
Van Tuyl Outlines Problems Be
fore New Commission.

Albany. June 1.--Gcorre q. Van Tuyl.
Superintendent % the state Banking DC
partnent called attention to-day 20 the
problems which would confront the COM
mission recently authorized 10y tho Legs
lature 10 revise the banking laws.
There are several great problems that
should be solved 10y this commission, said
Mr. Van Tuyl Zone relative 10 the super
vision Of private bankers and another the
protection of tho general public from Tho
depredatious of fake investment com
panies.
"The great majority of the private
bankers Of tho state are receiving the de-
posits Of ;he general public while under
no supervision and no restrictions what
ever The great firms Of private hankers
connected with tho New York stock Ey-
change not only accept deposits largely
exceeding those received by our largest
banks and trust companies. but actually
control the greatest and most powerful OF
tho state institutions and Of tho national
banks
small investors are being 1ceced POS
spurious investment companies not or
gained under the banking law and not
subject 20 state supervision"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
FAIR WEATHER PROMISED
Only Local Rains Predicted for
Most of the Week.

Washington June Temperatures
slightly above tho seasonal average In
the Gulf states and near or slightly
below the average throughout tho rest Of
the country were predicted tonight by
the Weather Bureau in its weekly bull
letin Generally fair weather is looked
FOR. conditions indicating only local pre-
cipitation usually below normal
4 disturbance that IL now over the
Great Lakes viii move eastward and
cause local rains and thunderstorms
Monday I'm tho Eastern and Southeastern
states. and IL will be followed by rising
pressure and generally fair weather for
several days in the region east ~ the
Rocky Mountains.
Another disturbance Will develop Tues
dav or Wednesday over tho Western
plateau region and move eastward
crossing the Middle West Thursday or
Friday and the Eastern States near the
end OF the week. This disturbance viii
be attended by local showers and thun-
Jerstorms and be followed by cooler
weather.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
| land FAMINE HITS
YOUTHFUL FARMERS
Children Scramble for Lots in Corlears Hook
Park and Weep When They
Can't All Get Them.

a. the crop just planted is harvested the
land will be ploughed again and new
got of farmers will get a chance.
This Is the first time tho farm plan has
been tried in Corlears Hook Park. The
sgue began some years ago In De Witt
Clinton Park. where chldren's farms are
now an established institution. There.
too. other features have been grated on
housekeeping lessons FOR tho girls and
fresh air lounge in winter for tuber-
culous folks in the neighborhood
Then the league reached out TO Jetfer
son Park and made II the garden OF a
THOUSAND farms" Although the avail
able ground I'm Corlears Hook Park is
much lcss-barely an acre-it is prettily
laid out. with a round flower bed in the
centre. green sod and hedge Of sprout-
Ing box around the sides and along the
paths.
The noighborhood around this little
waterfront breathing spot is cosmopoli-
tan. "Tkey" Cohen and Mike Flanns-
gan and Giovanni Tresca and 'Fritzic'
Schmidt dug happily side by side In the
bows section. and over i'm the girls part
there was an equally diversified congress
Of nations The guardian Of the place IS
Hugh Murray. who oversees the garden
ing weekdays and Sundays and watches
out 10 see that tho baseball teams play
ing in the inclosure tho other side NJ the
fence don't plough up the children :
farms with their shoes every time their
bail bounds over tho dividing line
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
NO DEFICIT. SAYS PENROSe
Democrats Split Hairs on Postal
Service, He Thinks.
From The Tribune Bureau

Washington juno l.-POstmastcr Cen
era. Burlesou's criticism OF the admins
tratlou OF his predecessor. ~. Hitchcock
and his charge that the Pcstofiicc Depart
meut did not become scf-supporting IN
1911 bur was shown 20 have overcome the
usual d,ncit by unjustlnable bookkeeping
methods. Was answered to-day By Sen
ator Penrose. who was long chairman Of
the Senate Postofice Committee
When Nc are dealing with deficits run.
Ming away no into the millions. said
Senator Penrose. 'it seems Ike splitting
hairs FOR the present administration 10
try 10 show small Discrepancies relating
10 costs and expenditures, as estimated
and stated hy the previous admiuistra-
ton. and 50 determined by the inquiry
made boy the present administration. Even
conceding. for the sake Of argument. That
q discrepancy may exist OF Slcoc@ or up-
ward according 10 the method Of book
KEEPING. yet the discrepancy IL trivial
and insignificant compared with the enor-
NOUS deficit which has been overcome.
running up into the millions.
The very comparison and criticism re-
suit In practical admission that the
deficit has been wiped out and constitute
q striking tribute 70 the practical results
obtained bv the last Postmaster General
Fx-Postmaster General Hitchcock rs
now in the Grand Canyon Of Arizona. on
his way 10 San Francisco. and out 81
reach Of telegraph or telephone ~ was
learned here last ngnt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
POWDER IN SHOES
AS WELL AS GUNS.
Foot.Ease 20 Be Added TO Equip
ment OF Hospital Corps
al Fort Wayne

Cna.r the above heading the Detroit
ire Pros among other things says.
The theory is that soldiers whose feet
are in good condition can walk further
and faster than soldiers who have corns
and bunions incased IN rawhide.
The Governments foot powder order IS
regarded as the last word In the scien-
INC Quitting Of the defenders Of the
ssg"
This foot powder shaken in the shoe
soldiers has long been in use In the
Serman army. and Uncle Sans adoption
o. this form Of treating and easing the
leet is IN line with the expressions hesrd
aaly FOR more than twenty years. IN all
PARTS OF the world from those VINO are
enaklng Aliens Foot Ease. the antiseptc
powder for the feet. into their shoes. as
ne only practical and lasting treatment
10y easing and preventing sore feet. l.
an ne obtained from dealers every here
..or -5c. or trial package VIII he Sent
zee II you write 20 Allen ;. Olmsted'
- koN y N-Adyf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
WOULD LIMIT IMMIGRATION
Dillingham; Has New Plan to
Bar Undesirables.
Trnn M TrLhunc Rnraan-

Washington, June / To carry out the
recommendations Of the immigration
Commission without running foul OF the
hteracy test which led to the veto OF the
Dillingham; Burnett bill OF last session
by President Taft Senator Dillingham; OF
Vermont has embodied I'm a ncW bill
which he will introduce tomorrow, q
provision to restrict undesirable immj-
grants
The Dillingham; pan limits immigration
OF aliens OF any nationality. exclusive OF
temporary visits in any fiscal year to 10
pcr cent Of the number Of persons of such
nationality resident I'm tho United States
AT the time Of tho census next preceding.
but tho minimum number Of any nation
ality admissible In any fiscal year shall
not be- less than 800 Countries of the
Western Hemisphere are exempted from
the operation OF the provision.
Tho bin provides that when tho maxi
mum number of any nationality har hc n
admitted an other alious of such nation
atty who may amply for admission dur
ing tho same fiscal year shall be- excluded.
except that aliens returning for tenn
porary visit abroad and aliens coming 20
Join near relatives as We'll az member
Of professional and business classes may
be admitted without reference To such
maximum number. II also provided that
the Secretary of Labor may admit aliens
in excess of the maximum number when.
in his opinion. such action is unsuitable
as a measure OF humanity. Transporta-
tion companies are subject 20 fine OF
tl"o for each alien brought 90 the United
allowed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
WRECK AT BOSTON STATION
Two Injured and More than a
Score Badly Shaken UP.

Boston. June Two persons were in
iired and more than 4 score OF passengers
in two Pullman cars Of New York
bound train on the New York. New Haven
G. Hartford Railroad were badly shaken
I'D to-day I'm collision In the railroad
ward lust outside the South Station. The
engine Of a local train from Providence
struck the third car of the New York
train. overturning H. and then plunged
into the fourth car
Daniel NJ. Morrison. a leather merchant.
was the only one severely injured ~ the
fifteen passengers in the third car. lie
suffered a scalp wound and abrasions of
the face and body. He was taken 10 a
hospital but later went TO his nome.
william Cook. OF Atlantic. brakeman.
u,ho was scalded BY escaping steam. was
also taken 10 hospital.
None Of the twelve passengers In the
fourth car was hurt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
lad" MAN HERE FROM AFRICA
Great Demand There for U. 5. Arti-
cIes. II Advertised. he Says.

Among the passengers who arrived mere
Yesterday from Liverpool on the Caronia
was 4. J. Sibbett, an advertising man
from South Africa. who Is on his way
10 Baltimore 10 attend the Conference OF
Advertising Managers there on June
Mr. Sbbett. who is managing director
~ the South African Advertising Con-
tractors. Limited. said that his company
handled advertising for 30 publications
in Africa lie said that " paid well Tor
American manufacturers and producers
to advertise in the South African publ
cations. as there vas = great demand
Their. for American products.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
cANoEIsTs swAMPED IN RIVER

Frederick Snyder. OF the Knickerbocker
Canoe Club, and a companion had a mar
row escape from dron ming yesterday,
when their canoe upset in the Hudson
of 18th street.
\ strong wind swsmped the craft.
throwing Snyder and his friend into the
wafer They hung 10 the canoes gun
wales. but were in momentary danger
~ being swept away by the high waves
Cantain Schott, Of tho Manhattan Island
Yacht club. heard 'heir cries for help
and went to the rescue IN his motor
boat. taking the exhausted men back To
their clubhouse.