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U c .-8 a EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT. Fair and warmer to night and Sunday. Calling cards, wed ding stationery! com mercial stationery and Job printing to order at the Cast Oregonlan. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24. PENDLETOX, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1011. 7188 HO FIRE IF IS Reported that Federals Way to Attack ihe at Agua Prieta, are on Rebels RESIDENTS OF DOUGLAS PREPARE TO SEE BATTLE United State Soldiers Blockade tlio BordT and Allow No Ono to Pass Captain Guajot Warns Federal and Rebels Not to Shoot Across In- ( tcriiailonul J J no Ixmdoii Xcwsjia pers X'rgo That United States 1 Troops Cross Rio Grande and Make Intervention Say Tnft Was Justi fied In Warning Mexico. Douglas, April 15. Following the. rexrt that 1200 federals near Agua Prietu are fronting to uttaek the. 1100 rcliels now holding the town. Cap tain Gmijot of the United Stales army bloekiided tile International border to day and u I lowed no one to paw. Ho gave the reliels notification Unit If any Hliots go iierows the border it will mean prompt reprisal by the American troops, and be will give the federals the niiiio notice. IKmglus Is wildly excited mid despite the warning of Captain Gmijoi to keep away they are ,reMinx lo approach tlie, liordcr to witness the cxixvtcd Iwttle. Regulars Ordered Out. San lilrgii, Oil.. April 15. The brigade f regulars at Grossmont near San Diego will leave yn a five days hike with ample provisions and two fifty rounds of ammunition to each man. General llllss refused to di vulge the destination of the brigade. Five days marching would bring the troops exactly to Calexlco. Taft Sends Ultimatum. Washington, April 16. It is un doubted that Taft believes the silua tlon is critical following the receipt of a cipher message from Douglas the president conferred long with the heads of state, war and Justice de partments and today sent ultimatum to chiefs of both the revolutionists and federals warring near the line. Thjs action was partly caused by tho attitude of Europe as the condition Is such thnt the Monroe doctrine is virtually on trial, as under it Europe looks to the United States to safe guard her property and lives of Euro pean subjects In Mexico and the fail ure to do no might result In Europe taking invading action themselves. Invjsloii Considered Near. American Invasion in Mexico is de clared by many officials here today to be nearer than ever before. It is learned thnt explicit orders have been sent Captain Guajot at Douglas to notify Mexican wjarrlors that any shooting Into the American territory means thnt Americans will cross tho line and ninko an affective stand to end tlie dangers to Americans. Cavalry Ordered to Douglas. President Taft today ordered four troops of cavalry to he sent to Poug 1ns from the nearest station. IjoikIoii Papers Comment. London, April 15. Declaring that only American Intervention can pre- L ARM SHOTS DOUGLAS MUCH EXCITED SMITH NEW WHEEL FOR AUTOMOBILES After fifteen years of planning and labor, Isaac Jay, tho well known lo cal blacksmith, has perfected an In vention which ho thinks Is destined to revolutionize tho manufacture of wheels for all rolling vehicles. He has apptled for a patent and his pa pers are now in Washington ready for tho signatures which will give him governmental protection. Mr. Jay's Invention consists of a steel spring spoke which he thinks will take up the Jar and do away with pneumatic tires. His model, which ho has on display at his shop on Cot tonwood street, Is designed for a Max well runabout and has a cushion rub ber tire. Tho spokes are made of steel curved into a half circle, which gives the wheel considerable spring and, according to a number of au tomobile men who have examined it, makes the wheel stronger than the old wooden ono. It Is calculated to take up all of the Jar, for which pur on ins vent anarchy in Mexico, newspapers In London today urge that United States troops cross the Rio Grande. Mlllitary experts quoted in lengthy opinions that Taft wiii be forced to order an invasion. The British for eign office is plainly excited by the situation and the general opinion is that the rebels sek intervention, as the border patrol has largely cut off their supplies. Most of the papers declare that President Taft's warn ing to Mexicans to quit fighting where it endangers Americans, was Justified. Insurgents Wire Taft. Augua Prieta, April 16. The In surgents wired Taft today that they would as far as possible prevent the wounding of Americans when the fighting is resumed. Big Crowd to See Lcwlse. Paris, April 15. Billed as the pu gilistic big noise of the year in the French capital, tonight's fight between liarry Lewis and Willie Lewis has put the Parisians on the qui vlve and all of the seats have been sold far in ad vance. Many men and women prom inent in the society of the gay cap ital will be at the ringside to witness the encounter. STATE LOSES ONE ' DF ITS BUILDINGS OLD ROBERTS' HOUSE BURNED TO THE GROUND Defective I'lue Causes Fire Was Oc cupied by W. M. Wolf and Family Captain Murphy Saves Household Goods Idit Could Not Quench IImiucs. Throimh 'n lire started as the result or' a defect've flue, the big frame building on the ljranch asylum site and which formerly belonged to George Roberts was burned to the ground shortly after 2 o'clock this af ternoon. Nothing could be done to save the building as the structure was beyond the city limits and outside the reach of the fire department. At the time of the fire the building was occupied by W. M. Wolf and fam ily. Mr. Wolf la in the cxpressbusl ness while Mrs. Wolf - is a school teacher. They were occupying the property when it was sold by George Roberts to the state and were given permission to remain until June. The firo was discovered by Mrs. Wolf In the upper portion of the bouse. She Immediately closed the door of the room and rushing to the 'phone called Captain Murphy who , was at tho Oliver place. I Saved' Household Goods. j Jumping into his auto Captain Mur phy quickly reached the scene and ttwik nr. I Iw. work nf sivlnir the house hold goods of the Wolf family. Prac tically nil the household effects were saved but It was impossible to do any thing to etny the flames. At 2:30 the structure had burned to the ground. As the state carries no Insurance upon its property the fire will involve a loss to the extent of tho value of the building. It was the Intention of the state board to use the Roberts building a.s quarters for workmen on tho brnnch asylum buildings. The burned building was erected along nbout 1 S 3 by Jake Platter who owned the place at that time. The house cost In the neighborhood of $2(100. It was purchased by Mr. Rob erts some years ago nnd passed to the, slate whun the board bought the Rob erts tract for asylum purposes. pose pneumatic tires are at present used on .automobiles. Or In case pneumatic tires are used with it, much of the wear and tear on tho costly rubber casings will be relieved. Al though tho wheel is designed especial ly for automobiles, Mr. Jay states it can be used on any vehicle. As stated before, Mr. Jay has been working on his device for fifteen years, but not until last February did tlfl succeed in perfecting it so that he thought It would bo practicable, llo will try his model out on a Max well car In the near future and Is confident It will prove a success. As ho stated this morning, "If It doesn't work, I'll bo a mighty surprised man." Certainly, the principle upon which It Is based Is right and to all appearances the wheel should prove all that Its Inventor claims. Mr. Jay has protected himself In all pos sible ways so that If his Invention meets with the success he anticipates none can rob him of his Just reward. INVENTS INSUHRECTO HUES AT COIiONEL DE CLAIRMONT San Francisco, April 16. The po lice arc searching today for the al leged Insurrecto who last night fired three shots at Coloned DeCIalrmont whowas here for the purpose of pur chasing explosives for the Mexican government. Clalrmont also fired thrice. He received no injuries. NOTED YHAIX ROBBER FREED FROM PRISON Sacramento, April 14. Cris Evans the noter bandit and train robber was freed from the Folsom prison today on parole after serving 14 years of a life sentence. Falling health prompt ed the leniency. When told totlay that he would be released from the penltent'ary In May, Evans broke down and wept for Joy. He Is practically an Invalid now. He suffered from apoplexy recently.-Soon as he is released he will be taken to Portland to spend the remainder of his days with his aged wife, who is seriously ill not at a hospital In Port land with pneumonia. She was not told the news for fear It would cause her death. SPOKANE WILL HAVE WOMEN POLICE OFFICERS Spokane, Wash., April 15. Spokane will have women police officers in Its public parks this summer If the rec ommendations of Colonel W. .1. C. Wakefield, acting president, and mem bers of the park commission are car ried out. The commission has pre pared rules nnd regulations, which wil bo submitted to the city commis sioners for approval, and it is expect ed that the appointment of women police will be made early next month. Colonel Wakefield says that while the primary purpose Is to have women as police officers on tin- grounds where many children assemble, he believes the plan can be carried out success fully in other public parks. The com missioners will not say that the wo men to be appointed are to wear spe cial uniforms, but it Is" learned from another source that distinctive dress will be worn by the officers. Spokane has 14 parks in various parts of the ci'y, the total acreage being T12, most of which was acquired through gifts by residents of the city. The com mission will soon have a fund of $1. ooii, ooo, voted at a recent election, to extend and improve the park sys tem. Another "White lloe.'' Melbourne, April 15. Another "white hope," Jack Lester by name, will be given a try-out before the Australian fight fans tomorrow, with Till Lang as his opponent. The fight U to go twenty rounds. Tommy Burns discovered Lester and has been boom ing him as the man who will take the heavyweight title away from Jack Johnson. 4500 MOWS IN MIS DAY RUSH The colonist season closed Friday with a grand flourish, says the Port land Journal. Over one road, the O.-W. K. & N., a total of 1095 peo ple were brought into the state on three trains, one of which, No. 17. with 417 passengers, will not arrive until tonight. Although not so defi nitely compiled, figures from the Northern Pacific and Great North ern offices show that the arrivals of the last two days in Portland have ap proached 3000. un No. 5 over the o.-W. It. & N. 35S colonists arrived today lyid on No. IT. with 12 cars, 318 people arrived at 3 o'clock this morning, tlie train hav ing been delayed more than seven hours. All the trains of yesterday and to day were made up in two sections. Most of the colonists arc coming with the lUdi Tiuiuation of staying in Ore gon. Like tho thousands who have preceded"-them during the coloonist rush Just closing they Intend making homes in the Willamette valley, the coast counties, central or southern Oregon. The commercial organiza tions in every Oregon town have been receiving the newcomers and arc go ing to no small expense to see that I hey aro located as satisfactorily as possible. "1 want the privilege of saying one last word about these colonists," said William McMurray, general passen ger agent of the O.-W. U. & N. and Southern Pacific companies, yester day. "These people are in Oregon, hiought here at the expense of a great amount of advertising of our resour ces and the inducement that they can make better homes here and bo more prosperous than they have been in the pinees when they came. Having ad vertised that Oregon has the goods, wo must deliver them. Otherwise our advertising Is a loss and not an in vestment. It will he well worth the effort of every commercial organiza tion in Oregon to co-operate in mak ing the colonists at home. If this is done, the next summer will see thou sands of new homes, not so much In the cities as in the country on the land that has been needing people." BOOT ME NORTH TONIGHT Wife ot Dead Secretary of State is III From Long Vigil by Side of Husband. M ' ESSOR-TO-BE IS A REPUBLICAN Under Orders from Governor West Official Courtesies Will Be Shown at Burial of Departed Former Gov ernor Office Is Now Closed Out of Rcsicct and Will Remain Closed Until After Funeral. Itedlands. Calif., April 15. Ac companied by Mrs. Benson and Dr. It. E. L. Steiner, the body of the late SCecretary of State Benson will be taken to Koseburg, Oregon for bu rial. They depart tonight. .Mrs. Benson Is ill on account of the long strain of nursing, but is not confined to bed. Under instructions from Governor Oswald West and executed by Adju tan General Finzer a military escort ill ic et the funeral party at the California line and accompany the re mains to Koseburg. Out of respect to the memory of the dead secretary the office of secretary of state is now closed and will remain closed un til after the funeral. Oleott n Republican. Hen W. Oleott. of Bend, Crook county, uivMvIll be named to succeed Secretary Benson, is a republican In loLis and was the manager of Gov ernor West's campaign last fall. He i- a!e a dose friend of State Treas- i-. i- K;iv and so will be In sympathy .r.: .u' -policies of the present "pro n ssive" board. Oleott is regarded as an excellent office director and his life work and training peculiarly fit him for the work he will be obliged to assume. He is about the same age as Gover nor West, about 37 years old. He came to Oregon from Keithsburg, III., his home at present being in south eastern Crook county, where he owns extensive farm lands. He came to Salem from Keithsburg in 1S90, and was given employment by William Brown & Co., dealers in hops and wool. Afterwards he accepted em ployment in the banking house of Ladd & Bush. He returned east anil started a bank with his father at Keithsburg, but sold out and return ed west again. He went to Alaska with Captain Barnett, founder of the city of Fair banks. He bought gold dust In the mines nt a bank founded by Cap tain Barnett. He knows every foot of Oregon, having tramped over it on hunting, prospecting and exploring expeditions. He loves outdoor life. He was appointed upon the recommen dation of Governor West by Governor Chamberlain to assist the state In extricating the tangled affairs of the Title Guarantee & Trust company. He was afterwards employed by the sur ety company that was bonded to the state In that affair and was also em ployed by Ladd & Tilton to assist It. S. Howard in the receivership of the Title Guarantee & Trust company af terwards. In late years he has em ployed himself improving his Crook county ranch and came to Salem last fall to help elect Oswald West gover nor and has been here ever since. He recently formed a partnership with J. W. Ferguson, of Portland, expert ac counta nt. Heads Are Likely to Fall. oleott's appointment will doubtless mean a great many changes in the state house. The secretary of state is custodian of the state house and grounds. He employs a great deal of help. Whether there will be any changes in the heads of any of the institutions It is too early to predict, but some are freely talked of today. At any rate material changes In the direction of affairs at Salem are bound to result through Mr. Benson's death. "THE SQUAWMW" PROVED F.N.10YABLE PERFORMANCE With Lee Wlllard in the loading role the "Squawman" was presented at the Oregon last even'ng and It Is very safe to say that practically all who saw the performance were highly pleased. In the "Squaw-man." as dramatized, there Is a play of much force nnd interest. It appeals espe cially to westerners. Though In real ity a squaw-man is no object of hero worship, the particular squawman de pleted In the play Is a specimen of manhood that leaves little to be de sired. The cast is also good. Lee Flllard Is not a star of great magni tude, but he is a very fair actor and he has good" support. Especially Is this true of the huekaroo boys In tho east. As "Big Hill. Frederick Monley would bo hard to beat. Wayne Ross as "Cash Hawkins," tho bad ninn, Is a nifty vllllan. Others In the cast also do creditable work. Paul Gllmore In "The Mummy and the Humming Bird," will be the next attraction nt the Oregon, April 23. J. E. BEE6E CHECK FOR $35 J. E. Beebe has discovered that it does not pay to issue checks and sign another man's name even if that other man is his father. He Is now in the county Jail iacing a charge of forgery although he claims that. he Intended to place enough money in the bank of Hermlston upon which the checks were issued to cancel the checks. He passed five different checks in Pendleton day before yes terday aggregating 35, but when they were presented to a local bank they looked suspicious. A communication with the bank in Hermlston revealed j the fact that the checks were a for I Eery. Sheriff Taylor was notified at j oi.ee and picked up the young man Just as he was about to board a train. ! His father whose name was forged ! refuses to help him out of his trouble. CHARGED WITH USING CHICAGO FIRE FUNDS Chicago, April 15. Charging that Harlow Hlgginbotham, retired capi talist and chairman of the stock yards fire fund, with having Invested mon ey and refusing to make cash divi dends, the widows and orphans of the fire victims have filed an application for appointment of a receiver for the $211,000. Some say they are desti tute and demand an immediate dis tribution. WOOL SALES DAYS E MOST WOOLGROWF.RS TO HOLD THEIR CLIPS Executive Committee of State Asso I elation Fixes Dates for Sales After I Buyers Deeline to Do So Buyers ! Not Yet In tlie Field. By action of the executive commit tee of the State Woolgrowers' associa tion the sales days for this spring have been set and today Secretary Pan P. Smythe announced the dates to be as follows: Pendleton May 23-June 9. Pilot Rock May 26-June 10. Echo May 24. Heppner June 1-June 22. , Vale June 13. Ontario June 14. Shaniko June 6-June 27. Baker City June 16. Enterprise and Wallowa County June 30-July 11. Many to Hold. This year the dates for the sales days have been set by the sheepmen themselves without the assistance of the buyers who in the past have been cooperating in the matter. The buy ers, declined to share In the work of arranging the sales days this year on the plea that the sales were not suc cessful last season. However, It ap pears at this time that the majority of thq woolmen will hold their clips for the sales days. Thus far the buyers are not In the field and there has been no contracting of clips in advance of shearing. According to Secretary Smythe it is possible some changes may be made in tho schedule of days. It may be determined later to hold a sales at the new town of Madras In Crook county. AMBASSADOR RESIGNS ON ACCOUNT FINANCIAL DRAIN New York, April 15. Inability to withstand the financial drain of main taining an elaborate establishment required of an American ambassador was today assigned as the reason for the resignation of Dr. Hill as the United States Berlin representative. Hill, who has been visiting in New i Viirt- ,,-lll ,ilnrn t,-, Cormnnv f-n 1 to arrange the affairs for the new ambassador. L TO EIRST By action of the school board taken taken today the $100,000 bond Issue for the erection of a new high school and the completion of the Lincoln sihool has been sold the First Na tional Bank of Pendleton. The bonds svdd at par and draw Interest at the rate of four and one-half per cent. They run for n period of ten years and the board will have the option of another ten year's extension when that time arrives. When bids for the bonds were open ed by the school board today It was found that four concerns bad bid for the bond Issue. Both local banks had Hd and there were two outside bid ders. The bid of the First National bank, which was submitted by Cash ier G. M. Rice being the lowest sub mitted was accepted. The bonds were DEBATE BEGINS 0 0 T Passage !: Se'mingly Certain Kitchen of North Carolina First Speaker. XEW IMMIGRATION BILL WOULD EXCLUDE ASIATICS Resolution Is Introduced by Repre sentative Hays Who Says That tlie Coat. uncus Influx of Asiatic La liorers to Pacific Coast Has Men aced the Standard of Amerlman Workmen Would Mean tho Ex clusion of All Japanese Kitchln Says In Speech That Democrats Will Stand by President In Reciprocity Washington, April 15. With its passage seemingly certain, the house today began the consideration of the Canadian reciprocity bill . as pre sented by Representative Underwood, representative Kitchen, democrat, of North Carolina, opened the general debate. Kitchin declared that republican "constructive statesmanship," was really destructive. He said: "No leader of the republicans dare to commend the president for his action. Dalzell In his report on the reciprocity bill, denounces the president a3 the leader for turning traitor and adopt ing the democratic principles. We shall stand by the president. We al ways have supported a republican president when he is right. The re publicans stand by a republican pres ident when he is wrong. Reciprocity is a democratic doctrine." The exclusion of Japs, Koreans, Hindus and other Asiatics on the same basis as Is now applicable to the Chi nese is provided in the resolution introduced in the house today by Rep resentative Hays of California. In speaking of the resolution Hays says that the continuous influx of Asiatic laborers to the Pacific coast men aced the standard of living of Amer ican workmen. NevV Immigration Bill, Hays' resolution provides that "all laws in force prohibiting or regulat ing the coming of Chinese or persons of Chinese descent into the United States are hereby made applicable to Japanese, Koreans, Malays, Afghans, East Indians, Hindus and all other Asitics or Mongolian races." OE ARE GIVEN $50,000 County School Superintended Frank K. Welles today finished mak ing the apportionment of the county school funds and has dispatched war rants to the clerks of the different districts. The total amount portion ed out lacked a less than $15 of be ing $50,000 and the distribution was made on the basis of $S per capita, which puts the school population of the county at almost 6230. Of the 112 districts, Pendleton of course receives the largest slice of the fund, getting as her share $13,352 or $S per capita for 1669 people. Mil ton is second with 721 pupils and $5, 768. The following are the amounts received by the other larger districts 'of the county: Vincent, 111160; ! Fruitvale. $SSS; Ferndale. $2016; j Weston. $2320; Athena, $20S6; Adams, '$904; Echo $1960; Hermiston. $1680; j Stanfield. $1024. Umatilla, $530; Pl- ' lot Rock, $S32. NATIONAL 6 purchased direct by the First Nation al bank as an investment but they will be payable nt the National City Bank, New York. Off to Involute. Now that the problem regarding the sale of the bonds has been work ed out the members of '.he school beard are now off to Portland to in vestigate the school buildings In that city and to perfect their plans for the new buildings. Some of the members of the board left today on train 17. Others will go down tonight. The plans submitted by Architect C. E. Troutman have been accepted by the board but they aro subject to change and the members of the board desire to Investigate fully regarding the ar rangement of the high school rooms before proceeding with the erection of the building.