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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT. Snow, colder, with cold wave tonight; Friday fair. Large paid drew IaUon oC any paper la Oregon, east of Port land. C2T OFFICIAL PAPER. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24. PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, lx NO. 7307 ITALY'S INTENT WAS SANE WAR Had Not Figured on Much Resistance and Was Sur prised at It. GAVE TRIPOLITANS FOOD Flrt nittor Fight Wits Self Defense Aiul Cunuwbcn of Subduing Na- .I..-. ti... iuv..w. a Verv Aitar. fat Necessity. - ; (By Henry Wood, Correspondent of the United 1'resB.) i TnmA riftf 111 Vrtllnvi'lncr the nr- I tual duclaratlon of war and the al-1 most fclmultaneuus blockade of the coast of Tripoli and Cyrenalca, Italy's soldiers and sailors at once occupied the principal cities of the two prov inces. At all of tho four principal forti fied const cities. Tripoli, Horns, Ben gasi and Tobruk, nominal resistance was offered to tho naval occupation but In each case this was easily over come by the large Italian navy, with out serious loss to the Italians, with fho exception of Bongasl. There an effort was made to land marines in a heavy sea while the efforts of the battleships to keep from blowing up the powder magazines In the city, which would have completely demol ished the place, kept their fire from be'ng effective and the Italians suf fered heavily, especially in the first attempt which had to be abandoned. In tho second attempt a successful landing and occupation was effected. At all four of the cities, the Italian fleet confined its efforts merely to demolishes the forts and entrench-J mcnt and every possible effort was put forth to keep from lnfllct'ng any unneces-ary damage to private and business property within the cities. In the main, th's effort was success ful, and after tho forts had been re duced and abandoned by the enemy a landing was made and the formal control of the cities taken over by the Italians. I In each ca-o many of the Arab tribes submitted peacefully and the first phase of tho occupation was very much like that of a welcome to, Italian control Immediately follow ing Jho naval occupation, the mili tary expeditions which had been forming for weeks at the various ports of Italy set sail with great se crecy, under heavy naval escort, ana troops were later landed at the four cltle, lines of fortifications and trenches thrown up and complete oc cupation fully established. At -this timo and for some little time thereafter there was every In dication that the occupation was go ing to be a very peaceful and easy affair. This was especially the case at Trlpnl', where, although there were night attacks from the Arabs and the Turkish tribes without, yet they were attacks that wero easily repulse;' and indicating were that there wastllttle thought of very serious opposition. A a consequence, Italy gave Its at tention largely at this timo to the cnrry'ng out of tho Implied promises it had made In occupying tho two ter ritor'es namely the promise of their moral and material development. There had been a crop failure In Tripoli for the threo years previous, and tho Italian officials at once be gan tho distribution of grain and seed for the coming planting period. Pood wns also distributed to the na tives, the local currency was chang ed Into Italian money, the Italian (Continued on Page E'ght) GIRLS WILL Because he accosted two high I school girls yesterday afternoon and followed them for several blocks. O. J. Stockdale, who claims he was a resident of Pendleton eleven years ago, will spend the next ten days in the c'ty Jail, Judge Fits Gerald fixing that penalty for his offense after a trial in the police court this morn ing. From the testimony of the girls, whose names are withhold by request, they first met Stockdale near the de pot yesterday afternoon, at which time he greeted them and asked them which way they were going. Without response, the girls turned back, went south on Main street to Bluff and turned down that street, the stranger following a short distance behind. In their fright, they hastened around a corner and dodged Into a neighboring hou e. Stockdale, It appears, lost sight of them, and In his persistence to over take them, Inquired from Isaac Jay And several women whither the girls TO WIPE OUT PERSIANS Ru.sla ItiiHlieM 20,000 More Troops to J Suwio of Trouble-. si. retersrjurg, Dee. z. Having received orders to punish all Persians who took pint in the attacks on Rus sian troops following the Shunter controversy, twenty thousand addi tional troops were today dispatched for Fers'an territory. Apparently the Russian govern ment is bent on waging a war of ex termination and the war department Is greatly excited. It is also believed that Russia is preparing for an ex tended campa'Ign in Persia and to wage a bitter war If Persia further re fists her efforts to maintain a protec torate. To He-Try Case. New York. Dec. 28. Justice Davis 1 In the supreme court today followed up his action of a week ago In refus- ing to confirm the report of Wm. S. Kelly, the r.eferee who recommended tha' Vpton Sinclair the author, be granted -an Interlocutory decree of di vorce from Meta Fuller Sinclair, by directing that the case be ro-trled. The Justice appointed Marshall S. Ha-1 "'n as reieree 10 near me lesumony. ' Reed F.n Route Home. isun niaeio, ca n., uec. zs. ajuvI bassador and Mr. Whitelaw Reid are now en route from London to take up residence In the Mills mansion here j which has been remodeled at a cost of $100,000. They took possession after the death of Reld's father, D. O. Rcld. LA FOLLETTE FLAYS PAYNE-ALDRICH BILL President Taft Will Follow Opponent in o Ohio Norway Ohio, Dec. 28. Senator La Follette left here today for his second day In Ohio, after delivering an address here on the tariff In which he attacked the trusts, Presi dent Taft's plan for licensing corpor- otions, and the Aidrich-Payne tariff t law. At noon today he spoke to a large number of railroad men and denis of a rural community near vn lb- resl. Xor! In his speech here, he said in part: i "The progressives have seen this ! vast revolution in economic conditions and have recognized the need of rad- i. rhn i r tnriff r.vi.inn while the standpat republicans have)nano' ranking second n-iuseu 10 recognize me cnanged con- unions, rney Deiieve In keeping the tariff wall as high as possible, not withstanding the growth of extortion ate monopoly. They believe It more important to keep up the profits of the combined manufactures than to keep down the prices. "The passage of the Payne-Aldrich bill was tho most outrageous assault of privato interests upon the People recorded In tariff history." Taft Takes Notice. Washington D. C. Dec JS. Presi- dent Taft Intends following Senator ; La Follette's Invasion of Ohio, it was announced today. It was stated that the president expects to speak at Cleveland January 29, Columbus, Jan uary 30, and at Akron January 31. He Is considering one more date but is undecided where It will be. It is considered significant that announced after Warren Harding, re announced after Warren harding, re cent republican candidate for gover nor of Ohio, was called to Washing ton. It is understood that Harding told the pres'dent concerning La Fol lette's chances for Ohio's delegates, and they considered a similar trip urgent. SPEND 10 DAYS IN JAIL had gone, referring- to them once as' "prostitutes." Meanwhile some friends of the girls had notified the officers! and, to keep the man near at hand un til he could be arrested, the girls re appeared on the street, Stockdale covertly watching them from behind tree. Here he was discovered by Officer Myers and arrested. According to his story told to the court, he was passing through Pen dleton on his way to Lewieton, and, while waiting for the train undertook to look up some of his friends whom he knew eleven years ago when he drove the bus to and from the Bisters' school. Wishing to find out where a Mrs. Peters 1 ved. he said he ac costed the g'rls and denied he was ro towing them but was simply hunt Ins; for the Peters house. However, I say that they have unearthed treas he failed to explain wny he made In- ure worth $160,000. They say, gold, qulrles aa to the direction the girls sliver and copper coins were found in had gone and Judge F'ts Gerald was a strong box Those who have seen Impressed with the evidence of his the coin ay they are more than a "t. century old COW'S KICK DRIVES PITCHFORK INTO FARMER'S STOMACH WITH FATAL RESULT Having- lingered for thirty-six hours after his stomach had been penetrated by the sharp long tines of a pitchfork which were forced into his flesh by a cow's kick, Chrin Roberts, a prosperous farmer of Umatilla county succumbed to the Injury at 7 o'clock this morning at his home near Echo, according to a report which was received In this city today. The report had It that Mr. Roberts sustained the injury Tuesday evening while engaged in cleaning out a stall In his barn. He was-worklng with the pitchfork, when a cow, which was kept In the place, suddenly kicked at him. The animal's heels struck the handle of the pitchfork with such force and In such manner as to re- verse It,' with the result that the tines entered the abdominal cavity. Mr. Roberts was about forty years of aqe and is survived by a wid- ow and three children. His farm is located on the Umatilla river about three and one-half miles from Echo. MERCHANT SLAYS 7 ' OF FAMILY; SUICIDES Young Son, Sole Survivor, Dim-overs Slaughter on Returning to His Home. Renton, Ark., Dec. 28. Because he was in "deep de.-palr" and "be'.leved he and his family would be better off ln heaven," James Grant clubbed his wife, five children and a stepson to death and hanged himself some time ; Tuesday n'ght. The bodies of the children were found In their beds last night, the skull of each being crush ed. The body of Mrs. Grant, was found In the hall half dressed. Evidently she had been kll'ed as she was about to retire. A heavy club covered with blood was found In the house and it ' was annarent It was with this Grant . killed the seven members of his fam- ily. The children ranged in age from five to 15. Hugh Grant, a 16-year-old son the only remaining member of the fam ily, discovered the bodies when he returned from a holiday celebration at a nelghbor'ng farm. He found a not signed by his father which ex plained that "owing to deep despair ( and that I see nothing for me or my children who I beMeve, would be bet ter off in heaven, I commit this act." Grant lived near here on a farm and was reputed to be well to do. He also conducted a mercantile business. CHAMPION GOTCII DECLARES HAS QUIT WRESTLING Kansas City., Dec. 28. "I want to ouit while I'm at my best, which is now." said Champion Frank Gotch today, following his victory last night , over Alexander Munroe, the English j champion, whom he threw to the mat twice in seventeen minutes , "I'll begin to decline some of these ' "" 1 aon 1 "anno grow eia.e ..u u t some feigner beat me. , Gotch 8,lld thnt he e 'eved the best) '"ten wrestler li Mahmout. the; "Terrible Turk," with Pederson, the U)S ANGELES HAS A . RIG RANKING MERGER Los Angeles, Dec. 28. Involving more than $44,000,000, the biggest financial deal in tho history of this ivty, the merging of the Security Sav ings, the Equity Savings and the Southern Tru-t compan'en Into one, to be known as the Security Trust anu Savings Hank, is about to be consum nted here. The total resources of the concerns Is J44.000.000 with deposits of 143,000,000. There are 80,000 de- sitorg. I'ORTLAND GIVING WORK TO UNEMPLOYED MEN Portland, Dec. 28. Declaring that the problem of the unemployed is not one for red tape. Mayor Rushlight, acting under the council's appropria - tion of $10,000 to give work to Port - land's idle mtn vl ittiiiiiita, emu i"- day he would put as many as pos sible to work on the Mt. Tabor road tomorrow. Tho county's fifty Jobs have already been snapped up. It Is estimated that fully 10,000 men are jobless here. ! GERMAN'S FEAK THEY HAVE HEEN STRICKEN BY PLAGUE Berlin, Dec. 2S. With fifty indi gents already dead, In the Berlin municipal night shelter and at other asylums, and one hundred more cases reported, the whole city Is terrified lest it has been stricken by some un known plague. It was thought the patients had ptomaine poisoning from eating tainted herr'ng, but later the physicians say it Is some d'sease. The victims die quickly in convulsions. Torpedo Roat In Storm. . Washington, Dec 28. Wireless dis patches tell of imminent danger to the torpedo boat Warr'ngton, which is In distress on the h'gh seas, fifteen miles northwest of Cape Hatteras. The revenue cutter Onondaga and the scout cruiser Salem are hurrying to the rescue. It 'a believed the boat will weather the storm. Bpya Ftnil Treasure. Jacksonville, Dec. 28. Guided by an ancient chart found in the ruins of a Spanl h shell house on Fort rteorsTA Island, two bov of this eltv MISS ERMALMANN WEDS AND SURPRISES FRIENDS Couple Attend Fraternity Dance Pol lowing Performance of Secret Ceremony. Latest of all the recent innumer able surprise weddings wus the one yesterday in which Miss Ermal Mann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Mann and one of the mo-t popular young ladies in Pendleton, became the bride of George C. Eaer of Portland. Although friends suspected that the nuptials were not far distant, they were not aware that the ceremony was to be performed yesterday, and so secret were the young people, that they attended the Lambda Sigma dunce last evening without their friends su pect'ng that they were man and wife- They left for Portland on delayed No. S this morning but did not succeed in completely eluding their friends, and bore on the train with them several grains of rice from a parting shower given them Mr. Baer is almost as well known in the city as his bride, having attend ed the local high scnool a number of years ago and having spent last win here. He is at present employed in the S. P. & S. office atPortland. LAKE REGION' IX THROES OF DEATH DEALING BUZZARD Chicago, Dec. 28. With the mer cury at five degrees above zero, the coldest wave of the winter struck Chicago and the lake region today. Two deaths have already been report ed and thousands are suffering. At Minneapolis it is e'ght below, at Mil waukee, zero, and' at La Crosse. Wis. seven b?low, f-Trj A MAI I HT IO ItAU t - D All U U 1 1 TO BE WAR DINNER New York, Dec. 28. The "Peace j Banquet" here Satrday, which Colo nel Roosevelt flatly refused to at tend, threatens to merit the designa tion of "War Dinner." The commit- . tee on arrangements decided today 1 that the result of complications threaten to destroy the purpose of the affair and Chanrman Clews has ta ken direct issue with Colonel Roose selt. He plainly states that Roosevelt Is ""mistaken" in declaring that the "original purpose of the banquet was : changed from the specific endorse ment of the peace treaties to anything that would aid in securing universal peace." It was announced that i Roosevelt will publish a letter Sat j urdiiy addressed to the committee of j arrangements, in which he bitterly 1 scores their plans and the motives of those who arranged the dinner. SCANDAL l. NEW YORK 1 I" A RAN TI N E DEPARTMENT , Nuw York( Dec 2S. Declaring ' lmt , th lntl?rl)osition of Provl. dence, prevented "cholera and other Infectious diseases from gaining a foothold in New York," Governor Dix today (remanded the immediate res ignation of Dr. Alvan Doty, chief of quarantine since 1907. Governor Dix charged that Doty had failed to maintain an effective safeguard to the health of the city and state and that he allowed lewd practices between his orderlies and other employes and immigrant wo men and girls, while they were held in quarantine. Governor Dix closed his letter by saying: "There has been the grossest fail ure under you to cither establish or maintain such a quarantine law as the country demands at the port of New York." LABOR LEADERS' TYPIST BEFORE GRAND JURY Los Angeles, Dec. 28. The federal grand Jury shortly before noon today resumed the inquiry into the alleged dynamlt ng conspiracy. Miss A. Murphy, a stenograpner In Tvlet moe's office, was the first witness. H. W. Pohlman, a labor leader of Se attle, who It Is said had important Information, was the second witness. After hearing him the Jury adjourned until tomorrow. Spaniards Win Battle. Mollllla. Morocco, Deo. 28. More than tour hundred natives were killed th rty Spanlirds perished and ten were wounded in a six hour machine un battle here today. The tribesmen removed their wounded but left the dead on the field. BOMB SUSPECT DEFIANT Refuses to Keop Promise and Confess to the Police. Moncssen, P-nn., Dec. 28. After having admitted that confederates gave mm the suitcase in which wore; a number of sticks of dynamite when he was arrested a few days ago, George Bridges today became defiant and refused to confess as he promised the police he would do. He said he was convinced that the police did not have a case against him and will not be able to prove that he had conspired to destroy the mills here, if he keeps his mouth shut. He refued to say whether he was a un ion or non-unionist. Fl-h Causes 37 Deaths. Berlin, Dec. 28. Thirty-seven home'ess men who sought with de-l cayod smoked herring to add to a fru- gal meal of bread and soup, served to them at the municipal lodging house last night are dead. More than 4 0 otheres are 111, several of whom are believed to be dying. The cause of death has not yet been an nounced, but the authorities are con fident that the putrid fish are respon sible. Hoy Shoots Mother. St. Loui;-, Dec. 27. With a rifle re ceived as a Christmas gift, 10-year-old Harry Lowall today shot and In stantly killed his mother. Mrs. Caes ar'na Lowall, In their home near Jef ferson barracks. Harry did not know the rifle was loaded. PACKERS WATERED STOCK $650,000,000 Idea Was Brought From Europe By Louis Swift Chicago, Dec. 28. Arthur Vecder former counsel for the beef trust and one of Its orcajilzers, resumed the stand today in the trial of the pack ers. Through him the government attempted to show the schemes by which the packers tried to induce Wall street to help float the billion dollar concern, in 1902. "They finally decided to use twenty-five times their individual annual earnings as a basis for capitalization,' said Veeder. He said they thus added f650,000,0no of water to the stock of the new concern, the National Pack ing company. "Before reaching a final decision,' continued Veeder, "the packers dis cussed many schemes. Finally the flan of turning over their properties to the new concern at two for one was offered. The packers saw the humor of that time-honored plan and decided to devise other means." Veeder said that Louis Swift got the idea of combining from Lord Gordon in London. Gordon said they should combine for economic reasons. Swift brought the idea back with him and broached it to the others. GEORGE COCHRAN, WATER SUPERINTENDENT DIVES HIS VIEWS OE DUTY CF WATER George T. Cochran, superintendent of water division No. 2 in this state, pave a lecture last evening before the Walla Walla valley society of engi neers at Walla Walla In which he dwelt upon northwest irrigation problems and upon several questions that are now at issue in this vicinity. In speaking about the duty of water he made statements that are of par ticular local interest in view of the fact he is one of the board that must adjudicate the- local rights and de termine the duty of water on streams in this section, Mr. Cochran's address in part was as follows: Duty of Wnter. "The question of duty of water should be scientifically worked out In each case. Experiments with ac curate measurements should in all cases be made. Soil experts can be used on soil moisture. Our agricul tural colleges have ascertained that you cannot put more than one and one-half acre inches in the first foot of soil without saturation or having excess water, and that three Inches for most soils is sufficient water to put on the ground at one irrigation However, there are some soils upon which five acre inches can be put at one irrigation without injury, but these soils do not require so many lr-i rlgations during the season. On this basis it would take only from 20 to 30 acre Inches of water to Irrigate an acre of land. "Again, actual experiments have shown that it takes about 750 pounds of water to produce one pound of dry matter in alfalfa. Now, alfalfa hay is ordinarily about 15 per cent water. Five tons of alfalfa per acre per year is a very good crop, or 10,000 pounds. Deducting the 15 per cent water leaves- 8500 pounds of dry matt Mulfply this by 750 and it gives us tho number of pounds of water re quired to produce that amount of dry lAHSAGREE Tl) ARIHRATF I ft M UM B- bVm Issue Edict, Acknowledging Hopelessness of Further Resistance. ORDER ELECTION PLANS Will Call Convention of Delegates, Which Rebels Feur Is Attempt to Gain Timo for Intervention of Pow orRoyul Family hi Flight- Shanghai. Dec. 28 An Imperial edict was Issued today at Pekln by the Manchu prince-, virtually assent ing to the abdication of the emperor and the establishment of a Chinese republic. The edicts came after a heated conference of members of royalty and assents to the proposal that a nation al convention be called to decide be tween a limited monarchy and a re public. '' . It also orders the cabinet to decide immed!ately on election laws by which delegates to the convention may be chosen. The edict specifically directs that Tang Shao Y! and Wu Ting Fang con sult with each other regarding the permanent suspension of hostilities and it says It hopes the convention's decision may finally aeclde whatever la best for. the country. The edict came after Premier Yuan had told them that their ca?e is hopeless. The publication of the edict is taken here to mean that, finding- further resistance hopeless, the Manchus fi nally decided to yield and adopted this course to save a portion, at least, of their properties, as well as to de lay the day of final reckoning. The edict, as soon as It was Issued, was telegraphed to Shanghai and Wu went into conference with the rebel chiefs preparing an answer. While be would make no definite statement. Wu Ting Fang, it is un derstood, is not enthusiastic over the convention scheme as outlined in the imperial edict. He apparently fears that the apparent surrender Is mere ly an expedient to gain delay and to permit the country to drift into a state of anarchy, thus causing fore'gn in tervention. Anxious to Settle. London, Dec. 28. Peking dispatch es say tho empre-s dowager and Manchu princes have notified Premier Yuan that they will ab'de by any de cision the proposed convention may reach. Tien Tsin dispatches say the Man chu royal family is preparing to flee from Peking in a panic. matter, which is 6,375,000 pounds of water. Now. one acre inch . f water weighs 226,875 pounds. Dividing the weight of water required to produce the dry matter by the weight of one acre Inch of water gives ua the num ber of acre inches required to irri gate an acre, which la th's case is 28.1 acre inches, or less than one half a miner's inch. About New Rights. "In obtaining new rights, the first thing that the state must guard against la monopoly. Our water sup ply Is a natural resource. The great est fortunes have been built out of the monopoly of natural resources. It is not right to permit such to be done. Therefore, the law wisely says that beneficial use shall be the measure of the right. It is impossible to insti tute a water right in a short space of time. Hence the initiation of the right must be under some central control. The Oregon code places this supervision with the state engineer. Application on blank forms furnished by him is filed in his office, together with mays and plans showing the proposed use. of the water. The law then allows a certain time, not more than five years, as designated by the state engineer, within which the wa ter must be applied to a beneficial use. Under certain conditions this time can be extended. The use so de veloped measures the right, and that right by relation dates back to the time of filing the application. In the administration of this law, the date of the initiation of tho water right is very important. Now the granting of a water right Is not absolutely compulsory. In certain cases the state engineer may deny an application. Our supreme court has passed upon the legality of these powers of the state engineer in the case of Cooking ham vs. Lewis. This decision sustains the law in every respect and liberally 1 construes these powers."