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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHKIl REPORT. Occasional rain to night and Wednesday. Calling cards, !d- ding stationery, com mercial statiqnery nl Job printing; to i-rder at the East Oregonian. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24. PENDLETON, OBEGON, TUESDAY, MAItCII 7, 1911. NO. 7154 AMERICAN SOLDIERS RUSHING TOWARD MEXICO 20,000 STRONG M l IS AVAR DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN SECRET ACTION Information Obtained as to Roads and Bridges jn Mexico and Army May De Sent Across the Border .Residents of Inncrlal Valley Send in Frantic Appeals for Aid. t PRESIDENT DIAZ IS ON HIS DEATH BED. Washington, March " f. "Diaz Is on his death bed and Is being kept alive only by the use of strong heart stimulants," de- dared an attorney for Madero of the revolutionists today. "Messages received from our secret agents assert that an- anarchy is already breaking out In the capital of Mexico. .Should ' Diaz die, and he Is apt to at any moment, Amcrioun rule only 4 can save Mexico from Diaz's own soldiers." This is the way the Insurrectns explain the has- ty mobilization of troops on the border. The revolutionist profess to believe that Wilson reported to Taft that Diaz is in imminent danger of dying. They assert their agents gave them the in- formation about the same time. Washington, 1). C. Mnrt-h 7. A great naval und military demonstra tion, involving 20,000 lrcHw und four armoured cruisers, ordered by United Stales government today is to bo made Immediately on the Mexican frontier. Though the officials refuse, to discuss the iKisslbilliy of troops be-' lug sent across the international line it is known that the Mate d'Nirtinent ' lias leen considering the iHKvdbiltty for several days. j As the Mute detriment ojienly ad mits It support of Diaz, and as Am erican , capitalists luivo Investments aggregating $10O.iMM),000 In Mexico, largely in concessions. It Is Ix-Ucvcd here that the demonstration Is direct ed against the Mexican relicls. ' The action followed the return of Anihassudor Wilson from Mexico and In coincident with a cabinet meeting . attended by General Wood, who later announced tlint the sudden dispatch-1 lug of one-fourth of tho army to tho bonier was merely a "war game." Tills Is not credited here. j Washington, D. C, March 7. Se-. cret military Information obtained to- , day is that the war department is or-1 derlng the mobilization of 6000 troops along the Mexican border. The eleventh cavalry from Oglet thhrope, Ga., the seventh infantry from Fort McPheraon, Atlanta, In ad-' dltlon to three batteries of artillery from Fort Meyer, Md., have already been ordered south and are preparing to start Texasward. Others will be rushed borderward apldly. i Dickinson officially asserted the! troops are assembling for the purpose . of manouvers, but It is rumored that, tho American troops will be sent In to Mexico and Dickinson did not de ny that this may be the Intention of tho government. Information Gathered. Washington, March 7. Three , troops of field artillery from Fort Meyer have been ordered to proceed ' to Texas where they will be sent o omo point along the Mexican border. The war department Is preparing In-, formation regarding bridges and roads In Mexico and it Is said the American troops will be sent Into Mexico. Utah Troops Rush Borderward. ! Salt, Lake, Utah, March 7. The fifteenth Infantry under rush orders left here for the Mexican border tnia morning, - Americans Send Appeals. Washington, March 7. The state department la receiving frenzied ap peals from Americana In Imperial vaU ' ley, California, for protection against the Mexican brigands who have been . purloining food, money and clothing. No protection has been offered from j either the Mexican troopa or the in-' tnrgenta. "Joint Manouvers," Says Wood. Washington, March 7. Major Oen-i eral Wood announced that Joint man-. ouvers of the army and navy will be held Immediately at San Antonio, Gal veston, San Pedro and San Diego. It Id said the manouvers arfe for the purpose of trying out military organi sation and equipment and to take ad vantage of conditions on the southern border. He would not comment on the connection the movement have with the Mexican situation. Torpedo Fleet Receives Orders. San Diego, Calif., March 7. The torpedo fleet of eight vessels entered . the harbor and received rush orders I this afternoon to load provisions and ! nmunltlon and bo ready to sail to ' night. It la believed this Is In con- ncction with the Mexican situation. Colored Troops Also, Denver, Colo., March 7. It was an nounced at the department of Colo rado headquarters here that the col ored fifteenth Infantry at Ft. Doug las, the eighteenth Infantry at Ft. Wlngate and three troops of cavalry at Boise, Idaho, have been ordered to Arizona. Dos Moines Sends Quota. Des Moines, Iowa, March 7. Twelve troops of the sixth cavalry at Ft. Des Moines have been ordered to be In readiness to start for the bor der. Armored Cruisers Leave. Washington, D. C, March 7. The American armored cruisers Washing ton, Tennessee, Montana and West Virginia, have been ordered sent to the Texas coast. , Secretary Meyer said: "We are sending these ships down there so the people can see what an American fighting ship Woks like." Orders have been Issued for 700 marines at Philadelphia to prepare to board the Prairie for Guantanamo, Cuba, the government's naval base, which Is within easy striking dis tance of Mexico. A full army division will be con centrated at San Antonio and It expected that Wood and Dickinson will Inspect them there. It will con sist of nine regiments of infantry, two regiments of field artillery, seven of cnvalry, a battalion of engineers and a signal corps with Wood command ing. Among those ordered to San Anton io was the 10th infantry from Fort Benjamin Harrison, Montana. Troops for San Diego will be sent from California garrisons and for Texas from the Atlantic coast. SUFFRAGETTES STORM ILLINOIS CAPITAL Chicago, March 7. Five hundred suffragettes start for Springfield to day to demonstrate to the legislature that they favor a woman's rights plan. A "votes for women" flag is fly ing on the state house. Twenty-five women will address the legislature tonight and later in the evening a re ception will be given them by Mrs. Deneen, wife of the governor. Hardware Men Meet. Syracuse, N. Y., March 7. An ex position was opened today In the state armory In connection with the ninth annual convention of the New York State Retail Hardware association. IIOMU EXPLODES NEAR GREEKS Attempt Made to Assassinate Colony of Foreign Laliorers at Salem. Salem, Ore., March 7. Wholesale assassination of a colony of Greek la borers, employed in sewer construc tion work in this city and housed on Miller street In South Salem, is be lieved to have been attempted late lest night when a bomb was explod ed within 10 feet of the door of a large shack Containing 18 Greeks. A ragged holo was torn In the earth six or seven feet deep and gravel was thrown In all directions, shattering windows and generally shaking thtnga up. The explosion was the source of much alarm to residents in the neighborhood. The Greeks themselves lay the blame to the Black Hand, saying that they Incurred the enmity of a Greek labor ccntractor in Seattle, and that he has adopted this method of intimidating them, while others lay the incident to 111 feeling that has grown up between local white laborers and Greeks who were imported by contractors to work on the South Salem sewer con struction. Had the bomb Btruck the ground immediately in front of the door of the shack instead of ten feet away several fatalities among the Qreeka would have occurred. RUEF IS NOW WEARING STRIPES OF CONVICT San Francisco, Calif., March 7. Ruefa long fight ended this afternoon when he left San Francisco for San Quentin to begin his fourteen-year sentence. His seven-day stay of sen tence expired this morning and Judge Lawlor refused to grant further time. He was taken to prison In a taxlcab which was placed aboard the Ferry and taken to Tiburon where the trip was oompleted in an automobile. He can-led five suitcases containing books and clothes. He will have two suits of stripes In the penitentiary. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe nan died 1S61 more loaded cars the first week of this month than the same pe riod last year. INDICTMENTS IN HI FBI Seven Individuals Charged With Conspiracy Againsj he United States. ! M ICR IGAN-ALASKA COMPANY IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT Government Charges Defendants With Violation of Land Entry Laws of 1910 by Making Fictitious Locations on Coal Lands Penalty Is Two Years In Prison and line. Detroit, Mich., March 7. Govern ment Investigation Into alleged Alas kan coal land frauds Involving ap proximately 4 8,000 acres of land val ued at more than 150,000,000 result ed In the Issuance last night of fed eral indictments charging seven Indi viduals with conspiracy against the United States government. The defendants are Wilbur H. Me Alpine, Albert H. Itoohm, George W. Ros's ''rank D. Andrus, Arthur L. Homes and McCurdy C T.eboau. all of Detroit and John 11. P.uhnfss of Chicago. Th'' are official.-; of tho MlchiK.in-Ala.ska development com pany. The government's contention Is that th defendants conspired to Induce 200 to 300 individuals to become stockholders in the company by mak ing fraudulent and fictitious location of certain Alaska coal lands" th.ere.iy violating the land entry laws of 19VJ, which made it illegal fur more than four persons to form a company for locating Alaska coal lands and tak ing out patents on more than 640 acres. It is alleged the several stockhold ers of coal lands "were led to believe that thuy were really . locat ing the lands for their exclusive use," but In truth and in fact "for the use of he seven defendants and the de velopment company." The Michigan-Alaska Development company was organized under the laws of Arizona. W. W, McAlphine Is president. The coal lands Involved are at Juneau, Alaska, and include several contiguous tracts near Homer on the western end of the Kenai pen insula, bordering on Cook Inlet. The claims are said to have been located by about 200 Michigan residents and a hundred other claimants from New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Seat tle, and other western points. It is said by the defendants that strictly Individual entry of the lands has been made and that the Michigan-Alaska company was organized as a benefit association to aid the stockholders or claimants better to protect their title and to develop their lands. They de ny the stock was to be sold, and in sist the corporation was not formed for the exploitation of the coal lands. District Attorney Watson announc ed last night that he will prepare for an early trial. The penalty is two years' Imprisonment or a fine of not more than $10,000. NEW SULTAN ON MOROCCO'S THRONE. 4 Tanglers, Morocco, March 7. Rebel forces who hold practi- cally all the territory between Allazar Keblf and Fes today proclaimed the restoration of Abrul Aziz ns sultan In place of Mulaj Hafid, after the sultan's troops had been repeatedly de- feated. Aziz lost the throne to his brother in 1908. Hundreds were slain In recent battles. New York, March 7. Hugo Kelly and Jim Smith are expected to supply a snappy scrap for the members of the Fairmont Athletic club tonight. The men will fight ten rounds. HE MM TAKE OFFICE THIS E This evening the regular monthly meeting of the Commercial club will be held and the feature of the session will be the fact that the new officers of the association will enter upon their duties. Henceforth Dan P. Smythe will be president, W. E. Brock vice president; C. M. BIsliop, secretary and Royal M. Sawtelle, treasurer. Tho managing board for the coming year consists of the following men aside from the officers: Dr. C. J. Smith, A. J. McAllister, T. C. Taylor, G. M. Rice, W. L. Thompson, G. I. Ladow, T. G. Montomery, H. D. Gray, J. P. Winter and E. B. Aldrlch. No formal program has been ar ranged for the meeting this evening HEM HEADS MM Membership of Most Power- ful Body in Lower House is Designated. TEXAS MAN WILL BE NAMED AS CHAIRMAN Ways mid -Means Committee. Discuss es Democratic Program for Sixty second Congress Tariff Revision and Canadian Reciprocity Are tho Principal Problems. Washington, March 7. The rules committee, one of the most powerful of the house committees of the 62nd congress with Representative Robert L. Henry of Waco, Texas, at its head, was formally selected by the new house ways and means committee at its firs' meeting yesterday. The following were announced as the seven democratic members: Robert Lee Henry, Texas; Edward W. P.u. Smithfield, X. C. Thomas W, H.i'.lwick, Sandersonville, Ga.; Augustus O. Stanley, Henderson, Ky.; fin s .1 Garrett, Dresden, Tenn.; Martin D. Foster, Olney, 111.; and Matthew IS. Denver, Wilmington, Ohio. The committee will consist of 11 members. The four republlan mem bers will be chosen by the republicans Inter, with the other republican mem bers of committees of the new house. The ways and means committee, wljic-h is charged under caucus dictum with (ho function of selecting the committees, is not empowered to name the chairman, but it recommended to the new rules commiittee that it elect Mr. Henry as chairman, which is tantamount to designation at this time. The committee will meet tomorrow to confer over its preliminary work. There was some discussion over the program of tariff revision, but the committee is deliberating' carefully over that, which is the greatest task before it. The committee expects to report Its program to congress soon after April 4. The democratic members realize there is considerable difference of opinion among their party associates In the house as to the methods of re vising the tariff, some favoring that wholesale bill, and others 'schedule by schedule. In accordance with the views of leaders like Messrs. Clark ' and Underwood.. There is no conclusion yet as to whether the schedules are to be packed to the Canadian reciprocity bill but the bill itself will carry out the terms of the agreement In good faith. I The committee has not yet passed I upon the committee chairmanships ' beyond those of the ways and means ! and rules committees, but In any in stance, more or less complete assur ances of individual members of the ways and means committee have made the chairmanships largely a matter of ratification by the formal action of the committee. Those constitute some of the ten tative chairmanships, some of them being fully assured: Ways and means Underwood, Ala bama. ..Public lands Robinson, Arkansas, Naval affairs radgett, Tennessee. Indian affairs Stephens, Texas. Agricultural Lever, South Caro lina, or Beall, Texas. Rivers and canals Knorbly, Indi ana. Private railroads Slaydcn, Texas. Merchant marine Clark, Florida. Mines and mining Foster, Illinois. Rivers and harbors Moon, Ten nessee: Randall, Louisiana, or Spark man, Florida, (Continued on page five.) but considerable Interest attaches to the session through the fact that the new officers will take the helm. Ac cording to President-elect Smythe ho will announce the chairmanships of the committees this evening but the full committees will not be named at once. Each member of the managing board is given a committee chairman ship and he will recommend other men for places on his committee. This plan of having the chairmanships held by members of the managing board was followed during the past year' by President Thompson. It worked very successfully owing to the fact that when the board was in ses sion each committee chairman waa likewise present. ME SECRETARY CER PACIFIC'S NAVAL PROBLEMS. ExixrrU Gathering in Los Angeles to Study Conditions Existing. Los Angeles, Cal., March 7. Naval problems and needs of the Pacific coast will occupy much of the atten tion of the experts who assembled to day for the annual national conven tion of the Navy League of the Unit ed States. The sessions will occupy two days and promise to be unusually Interesting. Naval problems arising from the completion bf the Panama canal will also come up for attention. In the opinion of many influential delegates, the completion of the bis ditch will render Imperative a larger battleship fleet In the Pacific. The purpose of the Navy League is to foster patriotism and encourage the upbuilding and development of the United States navy, The officers are Horace Porter, president; Henry W. Ward, secretary, and J. Plerpont Mor gan, jr., treasurer. Skeleton Uncovered. Ashland, Ore., March 7. While excavating for the erection of a hnns i George Mathes unearthed a skeleton. The skeleton was found buried stand- ing up, and from an examination niade of the skull and teeth It is sup- posed to be that of an Indian squaw. The supposition Is that' this was an Indian burying ground. CONCENTRATING ALL MARINES IN CUBA Washington, D C, March 7. Secretary Meyers announced late this afternoon that 2000 marines will be concentrated at Guantanamo within a few days and that the fifth division of the 4 Atlantic fleet will leave New 4 York within two days for Guan- tnnnmo. 444444444444 FEDERAL TROOPS TO ATTACK INSURRECTOS SCOUTS RETURN WITH ALARMING INFORMATION Women, Children, Merchants and All Non-combatants Ordered Out of Mexieiihi, Threatened Rebel Strong- . hold. FEDERALS LOSE 230 IN DEVD AND INJURED El Paso, Tex., March 7. Couriers asert that Madero's forces have engaged Colonel Es cudero's federals fifteen miles west of Montezuma, killing and wounding 250 federals. Ma dero ambushed the federals In a deep canyon with a withering fire. The federals attempted to retreat, but only a remnant es caped. Mexlcala, March 7. Five rebel scouts, one of whom apparently had been wounded, rode back Into this Insurrecto stronghold last night with Information that a body of federals had entered the valley and would probably attack the town today. The report of the scouts caused General Leyva, commanding the In surrecto forces, to order all non-com- nnd nncnored of West Baden, when batants out of Mexican. The women tne creW( as hnrdened a lot of DUC. residents and merchants of the town. caniers as ever sailed a pirate ship most of whom are Americans, imme- over tne gad gaIt seaSi came ashoro diately crossed the boundary to Ca- , and took possession of the city. The lex'co. j Invaders, who admit to being pirates The information of the scouts was and ghamelessly confess to being from supplemented by reports from ranch- Pittsburg. Pa., will remain for ten ers that a large force of federals had days before again boarding their ship crossed the Cocopah mountain passes and getting forth on the long cruise and were rapidly marching In the dl- ' t0 n0i Springs, Ark. rectlon of Mexican. One body of In-j According to Mister Clarke, the surgents was sent southeast two days chief of the Pirate band, the buc ago to protect the engineering work cnnecrs wji spend seventeen days In now being prosecuted to curb the Hot Springs before starting out on overflow of the Colorado river. The thelr exhibition tour. The University workmen are being threatened by a 0r Arkansas nine will play the Pirates band of outlaws who had raided their ; tn Little Rock on April 4. and then commissary. At the approach of the ; will come exhibition fames with insurrectos the bandits disappeared. Tho Insurrectos Impressed a train on the Inter-California to take them to and from the site of the American government works. This gave rise to the erroneous report that the ln- surrectos themselves were threaten- Ing the project. nut? in intj vicinity ui me i;uiu rado the rebels scouted about In search of federals but found no trace of any. SEATTLE VOTERS ARE CHOOSING COUNCILMEN Seattle, Wash , March 7. Out of 18 candidates Seattle voters today are selecting nine members of the city council. Nine reformers are pitted against nine supporters of the Gill administration. OF INTERIOR Rl RESIGNS RIS OFFICE BRIEF CAREER IS TURBULENT QUITS WHEN DEMOCRATS PLAN HIS IMPEACHMENT Two Years of Stormy Political Life Sufficient for Former Seattlcite Wanted to Give Up orffce In Jan uary But Held on Until Close of j Session at Tail's Request. Washington, D. C, March 7. After two years of stormy politics, Ballln--ger today resigned as secretary of the interior. He first resigned January 19, but on Taft's request postponed- ! 11 until the adjournment of congress. Yesterday he wrote a second formal j letter of resignation which was ac- . . . , ! Cepted b' Taft today- - 11 ls announced that Walter L. i Fisher of Chicago, will be his suc- cessor. The resignation followed the nouncement that the democrats tended to impeach Ballinger at next congressional session. an-ln-the Successor Is Pinchotlte. Fisher is a Pinchot conservationist, and his selection is regarded as an at tempt to placate the progressives anl restore peace in the conservation war. Fisher is president of the National Conservation association, which waa organized in opposition to Ballinger's land policies. Baliinger says he will return to Seattle as soon as possible. Fislier Is a Lawyer. ! Chicago, March 7. Walter Fisher, the newly appointed secretary of the Interior is a member of many clubs and a reform politician. For the last . six months he has been sitting as a j member of Taft's railway secuntrea i commission, investigating the finan ' cial condition of American railroads. ! Taft Praises Bal linger. In a letter to Ballinger Taft said he knew what a good public servant Ballinger was. "I do not hesitate to say you have- . been the object of one of the most j unscrupulous conspiracies for defa 9 i matlon of character that history can- i snow," wrote Taft. Then he said he demed it his duty to stand by Ballinger to the end and that those who attacked Ballinger were "unprincipled conspirators." Taft, In his letter accepting Ballin ger's resignation roasted the muck rakers, and praised Ballinger who said his health was responsible for his resignation. land Commissioner to Resign. Washington, March 7. It waa learned this afternoon that Fred Ben nett commissioner general of the land office will resign in a few days, fol lowing Ballinger's action. Bennett has been one of Ballinger's closest supporters. PIRATES AT WEST BADEX. Plttsburgers on Their Way to not Snrings for Boiling Out. West Baden, Ind., March 7. A long, . low, rakish craft, flying the black flag with the skull and crossbonea emblem, sailed un Lost rtvpr trutiv Memphis and Chattanooga, Tenn., and Columbus and Dayton, Ohio. To Meet on Pea Ridge. Fort Smith, Ark., March 7. Today ls the fortv-nlnth battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., one of the niost desperate encounters nt th ein war, and a project is now under dis cussion to commemorate the semi- centennial of the battle next year by-' a great reunion of both the Unlotv and Confederate soldiers who took part in the bloody conflict. Pea Rldga ic in the northwestern corner of th state, in Benton county, and it ls pro posed to hold the peace gathering of the Blue and Gray on the exact site of the battle. Special Agent E. B. Wood of the O.. W. company came in last evening..