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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHEIt REPORT. Fair tonight wjth a heavy frost; Thurs day fair, warmer. Calling card.-!, wed ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to order at the East Oregonian COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL, 24 PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, -MAY 10, lull. NO. 720'J REBELS GET ENTIRE CONTROL OF JAUREZ TAFT INVITED TO KEEP OUT Reported That President Has Besn Asked by Other Powers Not to Intervene FEDKK.1L TROOPS HAVE FLED TOWARD DAITHE Bullet Fall all Forenoon In Center of El Paso Man la Pierced lit Heart RclxMn Wait for Reinforce menu Hcforc Making an Attack on Enscnuda. El Paso, May 10. The rebel cap tured Juarez ut 10:30 today when 300 reinforcement arrived from Ilaiicho and took art In tho general ssuult. After a short Interval of fighting the fctlcral garrison In the jail, church ami niunlciul building were ovcrwwerl. Tho Insurgents then ran up the Irl-colorcd flag as a sign of victory. The rebels took the chiircli first and Jail next. The pris oners were rclunxcd and the jail fired. At II there is only Mime Miiltcml firing.. Tho rebels telephoned that Navarro with tho bulk of his troops fled toward luiiiehc. Hlanco headed the nttnek on the church and jail. Kl Paso, May 10. The bull ring: has been burned and the rebels this fun noon desperately attacked the Jail and cathedral. j The first death occurred In Kl Paso this morning when Simon l)omin- guest fell In the center of the town his heart pierced with a bullet. All I the morning the bullets fell around the. United states Immigration station and among Company F, which is sta tioned there. ' Plan to Attack Knsciuuln. ! San Diego, May lo. it is unknown' bow long the rebels will remain here but it is belb-ved that they will re main until they believe themselves sufficiently strong to capture En senada. one hundred recruits are ex pected from the oast today and 200 more are expected from Los Angeles and San Diego during the week. With 600 men, the rebels say they will attack Enscnuda.. With twenty corpses recovered from the Tla Juanta battle field, It la be lieved that a total of 30 will be found before night, General Pryce permit-1 ted the federals to claim their dead today. j Federals Hold Hcrniosille. i Douglas, May 10. After three days, fighting, Ilermosllle, tho capital ' of Sonora Is still held by the federals. ! The rebels have surrounded It nnd an ! attack Is expected. j Tnft to Keep Out. Washington. May 10. Taffs disln- cllnatlon to interfere In the Mexican revolution which puzzled tho pnllticl-, nns was explained today by a state ment from high authority that the president had been Informally Invit ed by other powers to keep "hands off." It Is reported that England. Prance, Germany, Italy and Spain nsked blm not to make a move which would cause Intervention. It was not learned bow strong the bint was put , TRACK TEAM LEAVES With the championship of Umatil la county anil tho Inland Empire al ready annexed, the Pendleton high . school team will leave on the early train in the morning for Eugene1 Where they will attempt to win the championship of the state in the ln terscbolastlc meet held under the nils pices of the University of Oregon. Tho team Is composed of Gordon, Chap man and Taylor, sprinters, Boylen, ' distance runner, Pec, jumper and hurdler, Chapman and Dickson, hurdlers. i The university meet will he held on Friday and the boys will enter an- ' other interscbolitstlc meet the follow- j Ing Friday at Corvallls under the di- rectlon of tho Oregon agricultural college. , Coach Bi'eltbaupt, who is accom panying the boys, has strong hopes that bis team will be successful In both meets. All of the athletes arc. in good condition and, with a good track, will be able to make a strong! showing. i The colleges pay the expenses of but four men but the student body t and merchants have made up a sum which will enable nil of the point win-! tiers to go, THIS ill ToImu-co Farmers Collect, Lexington, Ky., May 10. Distrlbu tlon of $2,600,000 to farmers of Ken tucky, Ohio And Indiana was com menced today by the Burley Tobacco society. The money represents the second distribution this year of pro ceeds from the 1909 pool of white burley tobacco. Three more payments of similar amounts are expected. Richmond Much Celebrate. Richmond, Va., May 10. Members of the Rlchmnd Light Infantry Blues Battalion will celebrated the 123d an niversary of the formation of that famous command th:s evening. TELEGRAM CON (1 K.MS STATE MENT THAT NAME WAS CASEY Police Are Working In Brockton In vestigating Family Relations So far They Have Been Unsuccessful -Message In Detail. The Umatilla murder mystery Is to day apparently no further solved than It was yesterday. Sheriff Taylor has been working on the case with all of his energies but is presented with a baffling lack of 'clews. Every tramp and transient is being closely ques tioned in an effort to discover the man who rode Into I'matilla on the freight with Casey. That the man's name was really Casey and that his former home was In Brockton, Mass., as dated by one of the men who Identified the body yesterday seems probable from a tel egram received this morning by the East Oregonian from the Brockton Enterprise. The message follows: Brockton, Mass., May 10. (East Oregonian, Pendleton, Ore.) In th's city hut little s known of Casey. The police are at work investigating fam ily relations but tire thus far unsuc cessful. A man by the name of Casey was formerly enrolled as a member of the Major James A. Frye camp of Spanish war veterans, but left town two years and a half ago. Nothing i has been heard of him since. Accord ing to description, members of the camp believe the murdered man might be the former member. Ills full name has been -erased from the books but his first name is remem bered as John. He was about 40 years old and employed as a laborer. Secretary of the Camp Harry W. Loud, and William Stack, a member, discussed his whereabouts leys than a week ago In hopes or locating him. but were unsuccessful. M. A. EAOAN, Brockton Enterprise. Sheriff Taylor has sent pictures of the dead man to both Loud and Stack in an effort to learn whether or not be was known In Brockton. Kccption to Gibbous. New York. May in. A great recep tion will be tendered Cardinal Gib bons by the Catholic club of New York this evening In honor of the double jubilee of the fiftieth anniver sary of bis ordination to the priest hood nnd the twenty-fifth anniversary to the cardinalate. The affair will be the most brilliant ever held under the auspices of the premier Catholic so cial orgnirzatlon of the United States. Get Acquainted Cn'iipiiigii. Baltimore, May 10. In accordance with ,a proclamation of Mayor Ma hool, a "get acquainted" campaign , was started today with the observance' of "Broadway visiting day." People from every section of the city are flocking to Broadway today. Other visiting days will bo observed In oth er sections of the city, to the end tint citizens may become famil'ar with ad parts of tho city. Is Ticonderoga Day. Ticonderoga, N. Y., May 10. Many people paid patriotic pilgrimages to day to old Fort Ticonderoga, this be ing tho nnniveusary of the capture of the stronghold by Ethan Allen nnd his Green Mountain boys, In 1775. The fori has been restored to Its or iginal condition by Mrs. S. H, P. Pell of New York, who owns the property. O FORMER GOVERNOR OF OREGON DEAD Portland, May 10. La Fayette Grover, governor of Oregon from 1 873-77 then United States senator until 1SS3. died nt his homo today from natural cans- es, aged Si). He was one of the best known pioneers in the west. He was a lawyer. Ho was born In Betliel. Maine, 1S23. SEATTLE CLUB APPLAUDS ACTION OF CORDOVA CITIZENS Seattle, May 10. It Is predicted that next week there will be a hot j discussion at the meeting of the com- ' merclal club over the resolutions ap plauding the action of Cordova citi zens wh.9 dumped tho British, coal Into the en an a protest against the failure of United States government to open the Alaskan coal fields. Last night they refused to accept resolu tions and proponents promised to bring them up again. The opponents of the resolution say that the club should not say that Cordovans were right and government wrong. Sopwlth to Fly. Philadelphia, May 10. Thomas Sopwith, the young English aviator who won the $20,000 De Forest prize by his victory In the cross-the-chan-nel flight from England to Belgium, will make his initial flights in Am erca at Point Breeze track during the four days commencing today. Sopwith although only twenty-two years of age, defeated Grahame-White and the pick of Br'.tlsh aviators In the Bel gian flight, and won second place In the Michelin trophy contest. AMERICAN BONDERS SHIPPED TO GERMANY New York, May 10. An American sonder yacht armada was placed on board ship today for carriage to Ger many,, where in June the fourth In ternational contest between Yankee and German boats will be held. The yachts are the Beaver, Bibelot and Clma. Skippers and crews will leave for Germany In a few days. America has won two of the three prev'ous contests, both victories over the Teutons having taken place at Marblehead. In 1906 and 1909. The Germans' proved superior In their home waters at K'el in 1907. and the Invaders are anxious to retrieve this defeat. At least two of the present yachts are expected to prove well adapted to th rough water condi tions that usually prevail on the nar row bight of the Baltic where the racp will be held, June 19 has been set as the starting date for this year's International soner races. Emperor William has of fered the trophy that will go to the winner, while Prince Henry of Prus sia contihutcs the second prize The Bibelot is owned by Harry Payne Whitney and B. W. Emmons. 2nd of Boston. The pr:1Vrr Is the property of G. B. Dabney, George Nichols r?tul A. H. Eust'tro and will be sailed by them. The yacht won second in the Spanish sonder race last yar, while the Clma, owned by Guy Lowell, finished third. MEXICAN CAPITAL IS San Francisco, Cal., May 10. "If IMaz docs not resign soon be will never leave Mexico alive." Is the opinion of John Kenneth Turner, au thor of barbarous Mexico, who Is on a lecture. tour to raise money to ob tain the release, of the fugitives held along the border by the United States authorities. Turner predicts that the City of Mexico may fall within a week. He declares that the capital Is seething with a suppressed revolt and that the revolutionists cannot fall. He said that most of their arms are be ing imported from Guataniala. Turn er declares that the talk of Interven tion is duo t wall street's efforts to nuso the troops! to cross the border ar.d protect its interests in Mexico. 'Rev. Charles Qulnny, rector of the Church of the Redeemer, returned on the motor car today from Echo where he had been upon ministerial duties. PENDLETON Will FOURTH OF Pendleton will have a Fourth of July eelehratl.ion and the' most of the program will be given at. the Bound up park. It will not be a mercenary affair but will bo intended for the comfort kind entertainmenl' of the people, and especially of those who come to the city from tho-rountry and the small towns of the country. This was the unanimous decision reached at the mee'lng of the Com mercial dub last evening where the question of a celebration was the special order of the day. The report of the committee that canvassed the sentiment of the business men was made by Mayor Murphy and It was favorable to a celebration held at the Roundup park. Will Moore, another member of the committee, supple mented the report with more dot. ills and also declared that the sentiment was strong for a celebration else where than upon the streets. The report of the special commit tee was adopted nnd the proposition of arranging for a celebration then came up for consideration. T. G. Montgomery moved that a 'celebration lAiflnnn uaq iinvniinu uriu SURRENDERED Federal General and Volunteers Give up to Rebels this After- noon ALL REVOLVTIONISTS HAVE ENTERED CITY Insurrectos are Celebrating Their Vic tory by Ringing of Hells Number of Dead and Wounded is Not Known RemuanU of Federal Army Has Fled Southwest. El Iao, May 10. General Navar ro surrendered to the rclg-Is this af ternoon. He had taken refuge. In the barracks after Blanco's attack.. The iiisurrcctos are celebrating the victory. All the bells are ringing and the streets are filled with a jubilant crowd. It Is unknown as yet how many were killed or wounded. Twenty five of the wounded were taken care of by the American". Thirty federal dead are rcMrtcd to have been found on the streets. The remnant of the federals have fled to the southwest. All the rcliels have entered the city this afternoon. The volunteers have surrendered. Fighting Is Desperate. El Paso, May 10. While Orozoco's force were attacking the federals last refuge in the school house, the feder als touched off a mine. There was a terrific explosion and rebels fled to cover. They then returned to the at tack and the school house was de s i ted. Then the Bianco forces, who had finished the Jail swept up the street and the church was attacked, livery fedtral there was killed. De spite defeat and flight the town this afternoon had not entirely surren dered Sounds of volunteers f might f: om behind barricades. Portions of the town are burning. The triumph of the rebels Is practically complete. SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE I FI. T AT LOS ANGELES Los Amreles May 10.- A slight earh'tuake was fell here this morn- ins; at 5:?0. No damage was done. ; G II S SftlYTHE NAMED ON SHEEP BOARD With the appointment of A. K. Smythe, brother of Dan P. Smythe, as a member of the state sheep commis sion the membership of the board Is now constituted as follows: Charles Cleveland, of Gresham; Herbert Boy letn of Pilot Rock, and A. K. Smythe of Arlington. Mr. Smythe has been appointed to take the place of H C. Hooper of Antelope whose term ex pired. A. K. Smythe, or Gus Smythe as he is generally known. Is one of the firm of Smythe Bros., and is one of the most experienced sheepmen of east ern Oregon. He is a college gradu ate and because of his general infor mation and particular experience in the sheep business is well qualified for a place on the sheep commission. The appointment of Mr. Smythe to the hoard was made by Governor Oswald West. CELEBRATE JULY IN STILE be hold that the exercises he held at j the Roundup park and the naming of j the necessary committees be left to th president. The nioi'on carried by a rising and unanimous vote. President Smythe has mt yet ap pointed the committee, but Is busy upon the selection of the men to serve. Previous to the voting of the motion for the celebration enthusiastic talks were made by Mayor Murphy, Pros' dent Smythe. Leon Cohen. R. Alex ander. T. G. Montgomery and others. The sentiment in favor of holdjng the exercises nt tb- Roundup grounds was practically unanimous but a question arose as to whether or not the forenoon program should also be held there. J. R. Ualey suggested that the speaking program in the forenoon bo held at the fair pavilion and the afternoon program at the Roundup park. This would remove the necessity for the people walking to the Roundup grounds twice during the day. It was finally decided to leave such details as this to th- com mittee. JAPAN FEARS CHANGES IN CHINA'S NEW CABINET Tokio, May 10. Commenting on the Chinese edict which establishes a responsible cabinet of ten for the empire, the Japanese press today Is unanimous in sounding the note of apprehension that the change may not be profitable to Japan. Hochi, Ash! and Nippon newspapers all de clare that the cabinet Is strongly pro American and they fear that the cab inet acts will likely estrange Japan from China and incidentally strength en America's hold. "Sunny Jim" Won't Run. Washington, May 10. James Schoolcraft Sherman, who, it may be recalled was elected vice president of the United States a few years ago, will not be Taft's running mate next year, it is stated on good authority that "Sunny Jim" has enough of the Job. John Hays Hammond is look ed upon ,as the most probable vice presidential candidate. CANADIAN PAPER HITS E SAYS TAFT'S ARGUMENT IS INSULT TO CANADA Publication Says That American Cousins Believe Canadians Do Not Possess Political Susceptibility. Ottawa, May 10. Speaking edi torially today the "Journal" which has been a supporter of the reciprocity measure declared that Taffs argu ment in behalf of the bill was an in sult to Canada. It said: "Our Am erican cousines seem confident of our having no Ideas except those of dol lars and evidently believe we are too thick skinned to possess any political susceptibility and too dense to pos sess ordinary logic." FOLK FRIDAY Pendleton people vin have an op portunity Friday evening to hear one of tiie foremoft American statesman speak when ex-Governor Joseph W. Folk of Misosuri, appears nt the .Methodist church as the last number of the Lyceum Bureau course for the year. No matter whether men agree with him politically or not there are few who do not admire the great Mls sourian for he has a record behind him that stamps him as one of the foremost citizens of the United States. So popular a leader has he become that he is one of the few men men tioned for the honor of carrying the democratic standards in the next presidential race. Ex-Governor Folk was only secured as a Lyceum attraction after con siderable effort and the number of bis engagements is limited. He has two lectures, "Soldiers of Peace" and "The Era of Conscience" and In each be delivers a message that Is well worth hearing. He is crtaln to draw a crowded bouse, for Pendleton peo ple are not backward In appreciating greatness. GOV. WILSON CONTINUES ON WESTERN TRIP Denver. May 10. With an address on "Business Interference With I. -"-islation."at a banquet given by t"v Male High club. Governor Wilson brought a thro days' visit to a clos and left today for the Pae.fie coast TENNESSEE VETERANS MEET AT KNOXVILI.E Knoxville. Tcnn May 10. "N'o--thencrs" who wore the blue In the civil war and who n.iw- reside in Tennessee are assembled in Knox ville today for the state encampment of the Republic. commander-in-Chief John GiImor. of Boston, will address the veterans Tennessee grand army men will at tempt to secure the U12 national en campment of the order. If they are successful. Chattanooga will proba bly be the city chosen, as the war department has offered to provide tents so that the Veterans may go in camp, as in days of old. in Ch'cka mauga. It is possible that tho Con federate veterans may meet at the same place and time. GREAT ANXIETY FELT FOR PASSENGERS. Nogales. May 10. The great- est anxiety is felt here today for passengers aboard the w t coast Mexican train due at this place this morning. With the bridges behind and In front dy- nimilod It is feared an attack is contemplated on the s'.ill- d train somewhere below Magdi- lena, Sonora. PENDLETON TO GET P i All Six Amendments Proposed by Initiative Petition Carry at Election IMPROVEMENT PLAN BECOMES EFFECTIVE AT ONCE At Regular Meeting of Council To night, Votes Will be Canvassed and Amendments will Become Laws Votes by Wards on the Different Measures. Progressive citizenship won a de cisive victory In this city yesterday when all six of the amendment pro posed by initiative petition were vot ed by sweeping majorities, as an nounced by the East Oregonian bulle tin last evening. By this victory Pen dleton will secure a gravity water sys tem and will be supplied with as pure water as it is possible to secure; the pledge which the council made to the state at the time when the asylum grounds were located near here will be fulfilled: and a more Just system for the defraying of the expenses of street improvement will be inaugur ated. Majorities Large. The majorities for each of the six amendments were large. The vote for the water bonds amendment was ' almost four to one, while that for the sewer bonds was eight to one. Tho street improvement amendment had the smallest margin but the vote even on this was almost w0 to one. The three subsidiary measures were adopted by three and four to one votes. At the regular meeting of the coun o 1 tonight, the votes will be canvass ed and the amendments will become laws. The new street improvement plan will liecom.. effective nt onna Before work can be started on the water system, however, the council must inspf-ct and accept the plans prepared by the water commission, the bonds must be voted and adver tised and the contract let by bids. Only a part of the money from the sewer bonds will be used now for the extension of the sewer to the asylum grounds as there is something" 1'ke J9000 already in the sewer fund. Vote by Wards. . Following are the votes by wards on the different measures: Amendment authorizing council to issue bonds not exceeding 2"0,000 for the construction of a gravity sys tem of water works. First Ward Tes, 73. no, 33. Second Ward Yes, 139; no, 36. ' Th'rd Ward Yes, 9S; no. 16. Fourth Ward Tes, 126; no, 35 Totals Yes, 436; no, 120. Amendment directing the water commission to set aside not less than five per cent of gross receipts from water rents as a sinking fund for water bonds: First Ward Tes, SO; no, 24. Second Ward Yes, 151; no, 23. Third Ward Tes, 99; no, 14. Fourth Ward Tes, 124; no, 29. Totals Yes, 434; no, 90. Amendment authorizing council to issue bonds not exceeding $20,000 for sewer purposes: Firt Ward Yes, S6; no. IS. Second ward Yes, 157; no .) 'h id Ward Yes. 104: no, 6. Worth Ward Yes. 146; no "3 ''""'''- Y.-s (S3; no, 67. i'Joiitmii..,t ,in pH-e eight.) MAN WITH A SECRET DIES AT HOSPITAL Who is x w. ,;1Ven, the man who di. d List i;Uht at St. Anthony's hos pital i:: il-.U i ir. .' What was his real cam., and what was the secret of his past which so oui'iittercd his life as to make death a welcome relief from the tortures which memory inflicted upon him? Tins- are questions which hnv I'icii raised since he passed away through the !':'. rts of Coroner Folsotn to learn his identity. The man canto to this city some tituo ao and s- , employment from x. Imnl.ip. the lo,a! carpenter. Si vera! das ago lie was taken ill with typhoid pneumonia and was placed in St. Anthony's ho.spita f,,r treat ment but modiiu! -kill could not save him and he expired last t veiling. Shortly before his dath, he told the nurses that bis name was Green and that he had a sister by the name of Mrs. U n i t Ot El w in. in Santa Ro sa. California, an, I requested that she he notified of his end. Accordingly Coroner K.dsom sent a telegram to her and receive 1 an answer stating that she had no brother by the name of Green and requested a description of the man. This was sent to her (Continued -n page fight.)