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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT. Fair tonight and Fri day. Calling cards, wed ding stationery, com mercial stationery arid Job printing to order at the Kant Oregenlan. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24. PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY. MA1JCII 10, NO. 7162 BARRACKS ARE DYNAMITED Insurrectos Enter City of Juarez and Explode Des tructive Blast MINISTER LIMANTOUR IS CALLED HOME. Columbus) Ohio, March 18- Limantour, the finance mlnls- ter of Mexico, passed througn ' here en route to Mexico !n re- sponse to secret messages of Importance. He declined an ln- tervlew. DOZEN FEDERAL SOIJMERS ARE SLKiiriXY WOUNDED Only Two of the Rebels Aro Wounded and Captured Citizens Thrown Into Junlo IUivolutlonlHU May Still 15o Concealed Within City Held Iiy Mexicans. El Paso, Tex., March 16. No one was killed ut midnight, when the fed eral barracks at Juarez were dyna mited, apparently by Insarrectos. A portion of the barracks was de molished and 12 soldiers Injured. The rebels entered the city easily and all escaped after the-explosion save two who were captured. It is believed the dynamiters are still in Juarez. Tho rebel Junta announced today that a general uprising would take place In interior Mexico within tho next week. A battle near Douglas between tlanco's insurgents and the federals Is reported In progress. j Following the fxploslfi .Navarro posted heavy guards at the Interna tional bridge to prevent the panic stricken inhabitants lenving the city. The populace Is still nervous today. Trains In Readiness. San Antonio, Tex., March 16. Though 14,000 troops have arrived here, the government still holds near ly every car used to transport them and their equipment. The ammunition was left aboard tho trains. The first "maneuvers" were held to Cr.y. Several regiments were ordered to eontcnl themselves In the near-by country and Lleuaenant Foulels and aviator Parma lea wore ordered out In an aeroplnne to ascertain the number of men, guns and positions. The troops aro being recruited to the strength of 20,000. Tourist sleepers, day coaches, 400 gondolas, stock cars and locomotives are being held here. The railroad won't say whether demurrage is being paid on them. It la Intended that the aeroplanes be given the most severe tests. Navnl Vessels Mysterious. San Diego, Calif., March 16. Mys tery as to the whereabouts of some of the navy vessels marked the progress of the war game here today. Other wise the brigade camp routine was not relieved by war' alarm. The gunboat Torktown is missing. Some reports say she has gone to Magdalena bny while others have her near San Diego. The torpedo boat destroyer Truxton Is still at sen. The rest of the torpedo boats and fleet is In the harbor. Submarine boats are practicing dally. Destroying Railroads. Washington, D. C, March 16. Be cause the Mexican railways refused to comply with Madero's order to cease transporting federal troops the rebels today began a campaign of bridge destruction according to a revo lutionary Junta here, which predicted that roll communication into the In terior of Mexico will be cut within two flays. They deny that Madero is suing for peace as reported. Rebels to Bo Reinforced. , Mexican, Mex., Marchl6. The significance of the departure of Gen erals Berthold and Leyva was appar ent today when couriers returned and reported that the rebels were well on their way to Tecarte to relnrorce the hebels there. Protecting Livestock. Washington, D. C, March 16. Steps to protect the livestock of Mex ican ranchers from the Insurrectos were taken this afternoon. The war department Issued a special order al lowing cattle to be brought across the border under bond, duty free. The department declared the tariff laws were stretched a trlflo owing to the unsettlod condition In Mexico. SENATOR TILLMAN EXPECTS TO DIE ANY MOMENT Augusta, March 16. That he con sidered tho stroke of paralysis he sustained recently as the beginning of his end, was admitted today by Senator Tillman. He Is certain lie will never recover. "I find my old strength gone," said he, "and I expect the end at any time." i ... VIOLENT SCENES MA UK TRIAL or BANDITS. Vltorbo, Italy, March 16. Violent scenes marked the first day's progress of the Camor- rulsts trial. The Jury demanded more pay and was refused The defendants frequently In- terrupted the trial and Alfano, the ringleader, spat in the faces of the spectators and de- nounced the court. O sk;ns THAT SPRING IS HEItE ARE NUMEROUS Again la coming the day when Irish men deck out In green; In many win dows a glad array of Easter hats may now be been; from out the South comes wondrous words of mighty sluggers with eagle eye; , we hear the twitter of dicky birds and old King Winter's dying sigh; garden "suss" odors from market stall this, too, 's a sign that spring Is near; but the sign that is surest of them all Is the welcome sign that reads, "bock beer." And,' faith, that same gentle spring will be given the glad hand. ENGLAND SEES PURPOSE IN JAPAN'S RICE BUYING It is believed In England that there Is a deeper reason behind Japan's re cent purchase of one hundred thous and tons of rice from China than has been given out by that government, lihas been stated that the purchase was made necessary by Japan's sel ling her own rice abroad at a better price, the reason for the puying from China being enforced this year by tne necessity of feeding the thousands ot sufferers from the devasting floods of last year. This sounds fairly plaus II le, but there are those who say that Japan Is preparing to send her entire fleet, as soon as possible, to the most unprotected spot on the Pacific coast of the United States. SUBMARINER TO BE FITTED WITH SUBMARINE BELLS Experiment with submarine belH ni Cherbourg, and with wlrcdess tele graphy as "applied to submarine boats have given excellent results. Four submarines were sent in different di rections from the coast guard cruis er Houvlnes, which Is fitted with a microscopic receiver, their command ing officers carry scaled instructions. When seven miles away the subma rine plunged and the instructions were signalled by means of the sub marine bells to the Rouvines. where they were received with perfect clear ness. As a result the minister" af ma rine has order all submarines to bo fitted with these bells and receivers. PEN S. COLA BURNING. Willi Haines Spreading. Firemen ore Powerless and Residents Frantic. Pensacola, Fla., March 16. With the firemen powerless, the populace seml-panlc stricken and a wind blow ing, the fire which started In a factory near the depot has spread rapidly this afternoon and within an hour ten city blocks were burning. The fire Is con tinuing its spread. Aided by volunteers late this after noon It was announced the fire would he controlled before nightfall. The loss Is not estimated. We are limited only by our capacity to accomplish. CLEAN-UP DAYS ARE NAMED BY COUNCIL Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1. will be Cleanup days in Pen dleton when all loyal and patriotic citizens will be called upon to assfst In making all rubbish, trash and fle brls disappear. Tills action was ta ken by tho council at their regular meeting last nlgbt upon the recom mendation of Mayor Murphy and In accordance with the usual annual custom. Resolutions were adopted asking the Civic club and the public schools to lend their assistance In making Pendleton a city beautiful, the mayor stating that such assistance In tne past has proved Invalunble. Every resident of the city on those days will be expected to clean up the little plot of ground which they call home and the city will see that all rubbish gathered together will be hauled away. TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE WILL RECEIVE nALF A MILLION Tuskegee Institute, Dr. Booer Washington's Alabama Institution for the education of negro youth, will benefit to the extent of about half a million dollars through the will of tho late Dr. Emmet Densmoro, a mri llonalre chcmlcol manufacturer. The bulk of the estate goes to the widow, Dr. Helen Densmore. Only the fact that Mrs. Densmore survived her husband prevented the execution of a prolslnn of tho will bequeathing the body of Dr. Densmore to a medical school for dissection. This novel clause was to be effective only If Dr. Densmore survived his wife. IEIANS NOT RELEASED Discovered That Converse and Blatt Were Arrested on Dis puted Territory. REBELS BEGIN CAMPAIGN OF RAILROAD DESTRUCTION Failure to Comply Willi Mudrro's De mand to Quit Carrying Federal Troops Causes Issuance of Destruc tion Orders Trains Held' in Readi ness for American Soldiers. Prisoners Not Released. Washington, D. C, March 16. That Converse and Blatt will remain im prisoned in Juarez indefinitely was the prediction here today, following the news that the young Americans were arrested on the strip of land the ownership of which Is being disputed by Mexici and the United States. At riescnt the question is before the In ternational boundary commission and It 1b . possible they will stay in Jail until the commission acts. Maneuver Field Found. Washington, D. C, March 16. General Bliss reported to the war de partment today from San Diego that he had found a favorable maneuver field at La Mesa, IS miles from San Dkgo and will encamp two regi ments there temporarily. BlrK'kade Runner Arrested. Mexlcali, ilex., March 1C. Lou's James, an American, was arrested to day while attempting to run tne border blockade with ammunition. The rebels here are entrenching, In dicating that they are preparing to fight if the federals cause the re treat of Berthold and Ioyva, now en route to Tecarte. PREPARING FOR THE COUNIY HELD firlEET Superintendent M. S. Pate of tho Athena schools and formerly a mem ber of the local high school faculty is sending out letters to inch school in the county urging a representation at the second annual meet of the 1'mutllla County Athletic and Oratori cal association which is to be held at the city park in Athena, April 29. Ho states that preparations are being undertaken to make the event this year much larger than last and one In which many more schools will enter candidates for honors. As an Induce ment to schools having only grammar grades to send a representation, a separate prize will be offered to the winning grammar school aside from the cup which Is presented to the combined high nnd grammar school team which cuptures the greatest number of points and which cup Is now held by the Pendleton schools. The local schools are already pre paring to be present with a strong team in order to duplicate their vic tory of Inst year. Before the cup be comes the permanent property of any school. It must be won three consecu tive times and it Is to this end that tho local athletes aro working. But few of the members of last year's vic torious squad have left school, so Pendleton's chances seem very good this eaiiv In the seoson. PHYSICIAN DISCOVERS HOW TO PREVENT DREAD DISEASE Dr. Simon Flexner, head of the already a scientific certainty, and the prevention of that dread and deadly disease, Infantile paralysis, Is already a scientific certainty and that that It Is only a matter of a short time before a certain cure will be dis covered. This statement was made by Dr. Flexner in his appeal to the state legislature not to yield to the de mands of tho anti-vlvlsectlonrsfs. Such law-s as are demanded, by the antl-vtvlsectlonlsts, he declares, would retard medical science to an ex tent undreamed of by laymen. Yel low fever and tuberculosis. It Is as sorted, have become preventable and curable only as a result of experi ments made on animals. , TRAIN KILLS MAN. Morphine- Fiend Struck Wlillo In a Dazed Condition. After being driven from Tho Dalles yesterday because he was addicted to the" morphine habit, Will Weather ford, a stronger whose home and rel atives re not known, was struck by O.-W. R. & X. pasenger train No. 1 which Is due there at 2:30 o'clock, one miles west of Celllo. Badly Injur ed, tho mnn was taken to the hosp'tal where he died a short time later, death resulting from a crushed ab domen and Internal lnjur'es. The right leg was broken and the body was considerably bruised and cut. 1 SID IN STRIKE Armed Strikers and Mountain eers Attack Engine. Fatally Wounding Fireman. ARMED GUARD IS MISSING AND MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED Railroad Han Already Suffered a Loss of Million Governor Wilson Or- dews Sheriff to Secure 500 Deputies to Protot Probity Traffic Is Completely Tied Up Along tlie Line. Somerset, Ky., March. 16. Armed strikers and mountaineers attacked a Queen & Crescent engine in the mountains near here today and fa tally wounded Fireman Powers, a white strikebreaker. The engine guard is missing and it Is believed he has been killed. Powers declared the guard refused to fire on the moun taineers. The loss to the railway from the strike to date is estimated at a mil lion. Traffic between here and Oak dale is at a standstill. Governor Wil son has ordered the Pulastal counry sheriff to deputize 500 to protect property. " CHRONIC DYSPEPSIA GIVEN AS CAUSE FOR PENSION Chronic dyspepsia, incurred during the discharge of his official duties, rs the ground upon which a councillor of the Paris perfecture has applied for his pension before the age at vhich it becomes due. Attencrnce at state banquets, he declares, has pltyed such havoc with his digestive organs that his health will not per mit him to remain in office any long er. His application was rejected. UGLY ROLLERS OFF FOR LOPEZ ISLAND Seattle, March 16. Tom Gourley, fcrmerly chief of detectives in Kansas City, Mo., and now leader of a so called band of holy rollers, with his flock of 17") men, women and chil dren, are today bound for Lopez Is land. The only one left is Mrs. Gourley who Is guarding the house hold effects and goods until the boat returns. No reason Is given for sud denly leaving Seattle, where they have lived for four years. They sang hymns a.s they departed. KEN VOX IS NEARLY ELECTED U. S. SENATOR Des Moines, Iowa, March 16. By gaining sixteen votes from Deemer in today's nalloting for senator, W. S. Kenyan, assistant United States Attor ney General came within 13 votes of election. It Is believed that tomor row he will be elected. ROCKEFELLER CHURCH CLOSES WHEN PASTOR RESIGNS Dr. Charles F. Aked, who will retire as pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, commonly known as "Rocke feller's church," early next month, will, It is alleged, become the minister of a Congregational church In San Ftancisco. The "Rockefeller church" as a result of his retirement, will be merged with the Calvary Baptist church, and the property of the for mer will be sold nnd the money used as an endowment fund for the latter. LONDON PREPARING FOR BRILLIANT SUMMER SEASON London Is preparing for the most brilliant summer season In Its sls tory. From the beginning of May onward London will be the center of European Interests. During the first fortnight in Moy King George will open the Festival of Empire at the Crystal Palace. On May 16 ho w!ll unveil the Queen Victoria Memorial in the Mall, and the kaiser and kals erin will be present at the ceremony. The imporlnl conference will open on May 23. The coronation will take place June 22. The royal progress through London will bo made June 23. On June 2fl a third royal pro cession will go from Buckingham Pal ace to tho Guildhall and back. Eight days will be devoted to the corona tion festivities. SAME OLD MEMBERS TOR BOARD OF HEALTH Salem, Ore,, March 16. Governor West yesterday afternoon . announced the reappointment of Dr. Andrew C. Smith of Tortlsnd, Dr. A. C. Kinney of Astoria, and Dr. C. J. Smith of Pendleton to the state board of health. The terms of these members expired 'January 15. They' were ap pointed for four years j E4TED STRIKE OF Cf , MIXt Winnipeg, Canada, March 16. A strike of the coal miners in the Crows Xest district through- out western Canada Is expected soon. The Canadian Pacific of- fkials have announced there Is little likelyhood of a settlement. The demands are for Increased wages and a recognition of the union. The' road's agreement with the miners expires April 1. KING OF MONTENEGRO IS AN INTERESTING INVALID One of the most Interesting inva lids of the moment in Europe Is the king of Montenegro. He is the most paternal ruler in Europe and Judges , his little kingdom onlhe traditional methods of the cadi under the palm tree. Law never bothers him, and i when he has made up his mind what , an offender deserves the offender gets It then and there. Of all the mon I archs he is the most unconventional. He has revived the art of farriery by l working In his own blacksmith shop ' and made his haughty braves to un ! derstand that what is good enough for j the king Is good enough for them. He gives evidence of his intense patriot ism by always wearing the exceeding ly showy Montenegrin costume. ( ORONATION SEASON CAUSES CHANGE IN FASHION COLORS The cohonation season promises o be one of brilliant colors. Cloth sell ers in London and Paris are prophe sying that bright reds and blues will be very popular with the women of both cities, while old gold is to be taken back Into favor after years of neglect. Rose in various shades will be a reigning favorite. One vlvtd eai tion of it is to be known as Bacchus, while another distinguished for ks delicacy is the exact hue of the Eng lish cabbage rose and the girls who are coming out are to make it their own for evening wear. STEEL TRUST UNDER FIRE. 1 Washington. D. C. March 16. De claring the United States Steel cor- poratl'iii- u.es its powr ;o srlfin com I ,,1-tiilon in direct defiance of the law 'the Alpha Portland Cement company ! today filed charges with the inter i state commerce commission against ' the "trust." It charges the corpor ation either owns or controls through :' its directors, all eastern railroads in cluding the Pennsylvania, Baltimore K- Ohio, Central and Union Pacific. It also charges that the universal Portland Cement Co. which is controll ed by the steel company is given a preference by the above named lines. 'FATE OF WOMAN MURDERER IN HANDS OF THE JURY Albany. N. Y.. March lfi. The Jury liroucht In n verdict of second degree murder. Albany. X. Y., March 16. The case against Mrs. Melber, charged with murdering her small son, went to the jury this afternoon. Attorney Palmer eloquently plead ed for the woman. He laid stress on the testimony of her relatives who said she had been queer for several months. Prosecutor Sanford main tained it was premediated murder, asserting the woman was a moral de generate. PORTLAND GIRL IS ' KILLED BY FIEND Portland. Ore.. March 16. The fiendish murder of a five year old girl wos revealed yesterday when Mrs. Rertha Nelson, proprietor or a lodging house at 107 Russell street, this city, prompted by curiosity as to what had become of a lodger who rented a room the day before, went to tho apartment and discovered hud dled on the bed the body of little Bar bra Holtzman. whose disappearance was reported the night before. Tho litle one had been brutally as saulted and murdered, and the bed on which the body lay was smeared with the life blood of the little victim of the fiend's lust. Tlie Identity of the perpetrator of the crime has not been established and Mrs. Xelson could give only a meagre description of the man. She said he appeared to be about 4 5 or CO years of age. He was clean shaven save for a small moustache, shot with gray. He was well dressed but had an unhealthy look. This description practically la all the de tectives have to work upon. Police nt Work. The police are searching for the murderer, going on the theory that the man Is a recent arrival from Spo kane where it is reported there have been numerous attempts of a man to entice small children to shacKs on Hangman's creek. No clews have been obtained, but every hotel is be ing searched. It Is believed the mnn Is still In the city. Rewards aggre gating $1000 have been offered. Wo unconsciously take off our hats to the truth. II DENOUNCES 1 Lorimer and Haskell 'Unfit to Hold Office" Says Theodore Roosevelt. DECLARES TWO MEN ARE DISGRACE TO THEIR STATES Colonel Delivers Lengthy Address on Good Citizenship Charges Nation al Government With Breach of Faith In Not Admitting New Mex icoFavors Direct Elections. Albuquerque, X. M.. March H. Colonel Roosevelt paid his respeeis) by name to Senator Lorlmer of Illi nois and Governor Haskell of Okla homa last night. He denounced both as "unfit to hold public office." Their election, he said, was a disgrace to the communities which elected them. The denunciation was made in tne course of Colonel Roosevelt's address to an audience which crowded the opera house and left hundreds stand ing outside. In opening his talk, the colonel declared that in its failure o colonel declared that in Its failure to the last regular session of congress, the natinal government had commit ted a breach of faith. Arizona, he said, might have offer ed ground for question: although e favored its admission, but with New Mexico, there was no question. Turn ing to the duties which the citizens of New Mexico must take up when the territory did become a state, Colonel Roosevelt warned his hearers that while good laws are necessary, good citizenship must back them up. He said that unfit men had been elec ed to office both by poiiar and repre sentative vote. Such a man remarri ed unfit for office, he said, "whether I he is unfit, as Mr. Lnrimer Is unfit, j -,vho waselecte.'t by .U'i legirjature of ! Illinois, or as Mr. Haskell "is unfit, who was elected by popular vote." The colonel recommended a drastw I corrupt practices law for Xew Mex ico when It becomes a state. He also declared for direct election of United States senators, in this connection, he said Xew York offered an object les- j son. With direct election "somebody" would have been elected senator from that state, he concluded. He also de clared that Justice toward corpora tions must characterize all dealings with combinations of capital and af ter an explanation of his views on this subject, devoted the rest of a long address to a plea for good citi zenship. STORM CLAIMS TOLL. Cleveland, Ohio, March 16. Eight sailors' lives is the toll of last night's storm on Lake Erie. One tug Is still missing and it is predicted that the death list will be extended. Seven perished when the fishing tug Silver Spray sank outside the Cleveland breakwater. The tugs Monarch and Gerald D. badly battered, reached port today. Two bodies were recovered and two more were seen on the Ice in the lake. The tug Swan is still missing. PAY FINES FOR KILLING ELK. Deonty Penneli Arrests Trapjiera Near Kooskia. Kooskia. Mar. 16. Smith Rupe and William Montgomery, who reside near Harpster, were arrested Friday by Deputy State Game Warden R. M. Penneli for killing elk last Decem ber after the season had closed. The offense was committed in the upper middle fork territory, where the men were trapping. They were brought before Justice Smith yesterday, plead guilty and were fined $160 each, to which was added f 50 costs. Deputy Penneli appointed Tom Da vis deputy game warden for the Clear water section. 1010 OF O. A. C. PLANS REUNION IN 1915 j Corvallis, Ore., March 15. O. A. C. I graduates of the class of 1910 are al ready busy with plans for a big re union at the college In 1915 when members now scattered In Korea, m dia, the Philippines and various states of the union, will return to their alma mater. A bulletin whfch will contain a directory of the class is in preparation. NEW YORK SENATORIAL DEADLOCK IS UNBROKEN Albany, X. T.. March 16. The fif tieth ballot was taken today. The senatorial deadlock Is unbroken, 'ihe Insurgents say they will compromtse but won't consider Sheehan. GAVNOK INDI CES STRIKERS TO GO RACK TO WORK New York, March 10. Accepting Oaynwr's proposal to arbitrate. 1500 express drivers of the Adams Express company returned to work today. J