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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT. Fair1 tonight' and to morrow, continued . cold. - . Largest paid circu lation of any pPr to Oregon, east of Port land. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER C7T OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24. PENDLETOX, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1912. i ; NO. 7312 KEARNEY 10 BE POLICE CHIEF Rumor Has Patrolman Suc ceeding His Superior Following Hot Caucus. FITZ GERALD RECORDER Mooting of New City Fathers Behind Closed Poors, Kent Willi Bitter Fitfht Over Selection of Department Head, According to Reports. Exit Tom Gurdane, enter John Kearney. If reports which have leaked out regarding the caucus of the now coun ell last night, the above statement will express tersely the result of the battle which has been made for the office of chief of police. Also, if re ports with a limited circulation are to be believed, Thomas Fltz Gerald will retain the position of recorder which he has held for the past nine years. The caucus, which was held In the business office of Councilman John Montgomery last night, lasted until 11 o'clock and according to reports, was marked by considerable bitter ness of feeling and sharp clashes be tween the champions of different candidates. Four for Gurdane. The first ballot for chief of police, it Is said, showed four councilman for Gurdane, three for Kearney and one for Alex Manning, and eight ballots were cast without a change despite the efforts made by the Gurdane men to win another vote by rehearsing the record of their candidate during his six years In office. Finally, realizing the hopelessness of tne division, it is wild, the factions agreed to leave the decision with Mayor Matlock, who, after his own candidate, Dan Downey, had been accorded a cold reception, had thrown his Influence towawl Kearney. His decls'on, therefore, was in tho latter's favor. It Is rumored that a committee was appointed to wait upon Gurdane and carry back his resignation but that Instead It returned with a message that the present chief would retain his position until he was ousted. Fits Gerald Easy Winner. Fltz Gerald won out for recorder by a seven to one vote, according to the best Information obtainable. Tho turn of affairs last night was rather unexpected, inasmuch as It was generally understood that Kear ney had declined to be a candidate against his present chief. He has been an officer of the night police force under Gurdane for a number of years and has won a reputation as a most fearless and efficient officer. He Is very popular about the city, and while many are sorry to see Gurdane let out, they are glad to see him suc ceeded by a man so competent. Council Meet Tonight. A regular meeting of the council win be held tonight at which it is ex pected a resolution declaring the of fice of marshal vacant will be adopt ed following which Kearney will re ceive his appointment. If Fitz Ger ald Is retained, no resolution will bo necessary. It Is also expected tonight that Charles H. Carter will receive his appointment as city attorney and that Dr. T. M. Henderson will be named city physician to succeed Dr. D. J. McFaul. Jap Is Murdered. Seattle, Jan. 3. Jlsura Tanaka, a Japanese 30 years old, was shot and killed by a countryman last night while sitting at a table In a restau rant In the Oriental section. Tanaka's as-allant dragged the body Into the kitchen and then made his escape. The murder Is the climax of several acts of violence that have occurred In the Japanese colony In the last few days. NEW YFAR CALLS PENDLETON To name a member of the new city council to serve on the library board will be one of the first duties of May or W. F. Matlock. Tho vacancy on the board is due to the expiration of the term of Councilman Strain who Is succeeded in the council by Charles Cole. It Is required by the rules pro viding for the library commission that one member be named from the city council and since Mr. Strain's time as an alderman has expired It devolves upon the mayor to name his successor, With the vacancy caused by the ex piration of Mr. Strain's term unfilled the library board stands composed of the following: Mrs. J. S. Landers, Mrs. Line H. Sturgis, Mrs. Norbourne Berkeley, Mrs. A. J. McAllister, Mrs. J. F. Robinson, Royal M. Sawtelle and Mrs. J. S. Fee. Mrs. Fee Is the chair man of the board. NEWBERRYIS U.S. DEPUTY Succeeds Mrs. Johnston Who Trans fers to Portland Court. With the combining of the federal clrcujt and district courts the first of the year, In conformity with a recent act of congress, Mrs. Vlda Johnston, who has been a deputy of the local federal court, has been transferred to Portland to work as a deputy under Clerk A. M. Cannon and S. A. New berry, well known local attorney, has been given the Pendleton deputyship. While Mr. Newberry has not yet been officially notified of his ap pointment, he has received assurance that he would succeed to both of the positions held by Mrs. Johnston, that of United States commissioner as well as deputy clerk. With the transfer of Mrs. Johnston to Portland, the distinction of having the only woman commissioner on the coast passes from Pendleton. Swift Plant Damaged. Chicago, Jan. 3. Fire swept the stockyards last night and destroyed one of Swift warehouses. It was ex tinguished this morning with a loss of half a million dollars. MORE LABOR LEADERS FACING INDICTMENT Sensational Actions To Be Started Soon, Is Report Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 3. That the present federal grand Jury will conclude the dynamite probe and sensational action will start within two days, was a statement from a high source today. It is said to be possible that more ' true bills against Pacific coast, labor leaders will be returned. . Indicted Men hi Frisco. San Francisco, Jan. 3. Tvletmoe and Johannsen returned to San Fran cisco today, from Los Angeles, pro testing their innocence. "They have nothing on us," said Johannsen. "I consider the affair to have been anything but a misfortune for the labor movement. This will bring the people to cooiy consider all the facts In the McNamara cases and I "i the labor contest In Los Angeles. IiMllnnnolls Prols? Resumes. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 3. With D'strlct Attorney Fredericks of Los Angeles, who forced the confessions from the McXamara brothers recent ly, and Special Government Prosecut or Lawlor, present, the federal grand Jury resumed Its Investigations Into the alleged dynamite conspiracies here today. Counsel Not Yet Chosen. Los Angeles. Jan. 3. With Olaf Tvletmoe and Johannsen In San Fran cisco today, conferences here and at Pan Francisco are expected to deter mine who will defend the labor lead ers, when they are brought to trial for mlplltaoicncmfwy cmfwy cmfwy for implication In the dynamite con spiracy. Although they will plead January 12, It Is believed the big criminal calender will delay the trials for some time. Aged Couple Held Vp. Portland, Ore., Jan. 8. P. J. Shep pard, proprietor of a country grocery nt Shattuck station, three miles from Portland, was beaten over the head with a gun until he was senseless and Mrs. Sheppard, his wife, tied to a chair, by two robbers who held up the grocery store, kept by the elderly couple, last night. The men obtained but little cash. Cavelerl Xs Divorced. Paris, Jan. 3. Llna Cavelerl, the singer, was granted a divorce today from Robert Chanler, tho New York clubman. Chanler did not oppose the suit. ACTIVITY IN PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCLES Attention Is now called by the la dies of the library and civic club to the fact the dues for 1911 are now due and should be paid. The dues are collected annually and the money goes to a fund that Is given the pub llo library for the purchase of books, supplies, etc. It Is In the nature of a gratuitous offering and It is held most any local citizen should be glad to contribute to such a worthy cause. For the convenience of the mem bers of the civic club tickets have been placed with the following ladles: South Hill, Mrs. G. M. Rice and C. F. Colesworthy. North Side, Mrs. James Johns and Mrs. Will Moore. West Pendleton, Mrs. H. E. Bickers and Mrs. Lee Teutsch. East Pendleton, Mrs. J. A. Fee. Library, Miss Lotta Fleek. TAFI lil RACE ML DEATH But Is Anxious Regarding Colonel Roosevelt's Pos sible Candidacy T. R. FAVORS LA FOLLETTE Wisconsin Senator Counto Michigan in Progressive Column After Tour ing tho State Believes Osborn's At tack Is Helpful. Washington, Jan. 3. The white house today Is apparently puzzled over the political situation, whlcn revolves about the report that Colonel Roose velt's silence indicates that he is waiting to see if the popular demand is strong enough to warrant his ac ceptance of the presidential nomina tion of the republican party. Fr'ends of President Taft deny that he will withdraw from the race and quote him as saying that nothing but death can prevent him from remain ing in the race. Teddy Favors La FolIeUe. Cleveland, Jan 3. In a Washing ton . dispatch to the Cleveland Press, Gilson Gardner says: "Senator La Follette and Colonel Roosevelt are work'ng in harmony to control the next republican conven tion. Between them they have enough progressive delegates to write the platform and name the presidential candidate. "La Follette will remain a candi date. Roosevelt will favor La Fol lette and is not himself a candidate, but he declines to eliminate himself as a political factor." Believes Michigan Progressive. Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 3. "Michi gan republicans are progressive and the state is not In the standpat col umn," said Senator La Follette here, closing his Michigan campaign to day. Badgered by the reports that his campaign is really In Colonel Roose velt's interests, La Follette is consid ering issuing a report definitely de fining his position. This he will like ly Is ue tomorrow afternoon following a conference at Chicago. La Follette henchmen declare that Roosevelt's attitude is now the great est obstacle in the way of progressive SUCC0S8, '1m Follette Won't Dithdraw. Chicago, Jan. 3. Reports that Sen ator La Follette would retire from the presidential race in favor of Col onel Roosevelt or any one else was denied today by Walter Houser. La Follette's manager. He said: "The campaign will continue until the na tional convent'on and La Follette won't withdraw." Osborn's Athien Helpful. Grand Rapids, Jan. 3 Leaving to day for Kalamazoo, Senator La Fol lette began the last day of his Mlchl gn tour.' Tonight he will speak at Ch'cago. La Follette's friends today Insist that the vitriolic nature of Gov ernor Osborn's attack on La Follette at Lans:ng, Mich., yesterday will help his candidacy Inst, ad of damaging it. Progressives accuse Osborn of de liberately stealing La Follette's crowd when it was learned that La Fo'.lete, owing to a train mixup, could not ap pear. Standpatters regard Osborn's speech as a trap, deliberately laid by the progressives, to arouse sympathy for their candidate, by causing an at tack when he could not defend him self. ECHO MEN CHARGED WITH SHEEP THEFT (Special Correspondence.) Echo, Ore., Jan. 3. Charged with having stolen four sneep belonging to Francis Statts of this place, Harold Smith, age twenty-three years and O. F. Hotel, age twenty-six years, la borers who have been here for a short time, were this morning arraigned be fore Justice of the Peace Louis Scholl and bound over to await the action of the grand Jury. Their bonds were fixed at $500 each, which they have not as yet given and they will likely be removed to the county Jail at Pendleton to night or tomorrow. It la possible that relatives of the men residing here will furnish bail for them. At the hearing this morning, testi mony was given tending to show that the two men were caught in the act of butchering the sheep on the range at a point one and one half miles north of this place last night. They did not deny this fact, but maintained that the animals were strays, and they thought they had a right to kill them as such. Spite of too much politics, 1912 may be quite a good year. M mum STEAMER IIS Bill Introduced Providing for Vessels to Ply Between Coasts. WOULD END R.R. CONTROL Minority nejKrt Favoring Arbitration Treaties Is Permitted to go on File in Senate Congressional Session Promises to Last Many Months. Washington, Jan. 3. Government ownership of steam ship lines, plying between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and Central and South Ameri ca, through the Panama canal, is con. templated In a bill Introduced by Sen ator Bristow, of Kansas, today. It is proposed that fifteen vessels be provided. The bill provides that they be purchased abroad, if they can not be built or purchased In the United States, for a sum not to exceed 20 per cent of the purchase price abroad. Senator Bristow believes the rail roads control every big shipbuilding plant in the country. Minority Keport on Arbitration. Washington, Jan. 3. Senator Ray ner was given permission today by the senate In executive session, to file his minority report, as a mem ber of the committee on foreign rela tions. In favor of the ratification of the British-French-American arbitra tion treaties, unamended. Long Session Predicted. Washington, Jan. 3. That congress will still be in session when the pres- iuentlal campaign begins and until after the national convention is over, was the prediction of both party lead ers In the house today when congress resumed after the holiday recess. Congressman Mann, of Illinois, pre dieted the session would ramble along until October or November. Democratic Leader Underwood said: "We have many things to do. It will be a long siege, but we arc go ing to stay until things are done." Senate leaders expect adjournment before summer. The tariff will prob ably be the first big measure on the house calender. The ways and means committee is preparing to report on the bill for the revision of the iron and steel schedules next week. CITY HAS LARGE BALANCE ON HAND With a cash balance on hand of $49,621.28, the municipality of Pen dleton emerged from the year of 1911. a year In which a great many public improvements had been made at a considerable cost. A survey of the books of the city recorder and city treaturer shows the balance to be as above and nlso shows a few other In teresting figures. The total receipts of tho year, as revealed, amount to $120,202 07, wh:le the total expenditures aggregate $101,483.01. The chief sources of revenue of the city for the past year have been the taxes, fines and licenses. The largest amount was secured from taxes, the property owners having paid in $41, 186.73. From licenses $18,252.15 was derived, while the fines of offenders made the city richer by $7,432.65. The remainder of the receipts was divid ed among a number of lesser revenue sources. Of the sum expended, more than half was for improvements, the bet terment fund showing a total of $63, 390 36. The general expenses of the city amounted to $33,620.63 while the balance of the expenditures, $14,483. 02 Is charged up to the operating ac count. Reyes' Son Arrested. Mexico City, Jan. 3. Charged with implication in tho Reyes revolution ary plan, Rodolfo Reyes, son of Gen eral Bernardo Reyes, was arrested yesterday afternoon and placed In Santiago military prison, where his father is confined. Young" Reyes prior to his arrest placed himself voluntar ily at the disposal of the authorities. He denies his guilt. General Reyes today became slightly ill and unless lmpovement Is shown tomorrow he probably will be transferred to the military hospital. BIG LINEU CARRIES ONLY THREE Women on tho Finland Have 35 Stew ards to Watt on Them. New York. With thirty-five stew ards to wait upon them and a band of sixteen pieces to entertain them at luncl.coa and dinner. Miss Mary R. Fcone. Miss Margaret Randolph and Mrs. A illiam Auorbach, the only cab- In passengers on board tho Finland, of the Red Star line, arirved In this city. LAUNDRY STRIKESPREADS 23,000 Workers Are Out and 60,000 WIIJ Be Tomorrow. New York, Jan. 3. With 25,000 laundry workers out, and another 10, 000 ready to strike tonight. New York is facing one of the most serious laundry famines in her history. To morrow it is expected that 60,000 workers will be out. necessitating the closing of six hundred steam and fif teen hand laundries here. William Armour, who is conducting the strike, said today that the strike would spread to the laundries of oth er nearby cities. It will be hard to put on unskilled laborers, as the claims for torn clothes would make the expenses too high.' Margaret Hlnchay, speaking for the strikers, sad the conditions are wretched: that the cnlld labor laws are persistently violated; that the low wages of four or five dollars weekly, forced the girls Into lives of Immor ality; that the rooms are unsanitary and tuberculosis is common among the workers. They demand the reduction of the working day to ten hours, the safe guarding of machines and Increase of wages. DID REV. MILNES FEAR LOSS OF SCALP? Keeps Gun Close By at In dian Feast; Forgets To Eat Hew J. M. Cornellson, Presbyterian missionary at the Tutuilla mission, Is responsible for a good story on his brother minister. Rev. Frank J. Milnes, pastor of the local Presbyte rian church. The Indians who are under the spiritual guidance of the missionary, had planned a gigantic New Year's feast and had invited all of tholr friends, both red and white, to Join with them in partaking of the vianas. Rev. Milnes was among those in vited and, never having attended such an occasion, he promptly responded. Now it seems that the local minister has a Krag-Jorgenson rifle of which he is very proud and with which he has become quite a marksman. Wish ing to. test his eye and nerves while in the country, he took h:s trusty weapon with him and, when he seat ed himself at the table, laid the young cannon by his side. Now, according to Rev. Cornelison, the novelty of sitting among 200 or more native Americans quite delight ed the minister from the east, so much so In fact that he forgot to eat, and. while all others were busily engaged in devouring the good things spread before them, he was looking from left to right in his enjoyment of the unique experience. His actions, it seems, were mlslnter rupted by one of the braves whose business it was to see that every one was supplied with enough to eat. See ing the minister with his rifle beside him and glancing, as he thought, un easily about him, he made a sign to Rev. Cornelison and asked him to in terpret the following message to the stranger, "Tell the visitor to help himself and not to be afraid of us." The feast itso'.f, according to the well known missionary, was one of the besf ever prepared by the local red men, a great abundance of fresh salmon, a barbacued steer and $50 worth of cakes and dainties from the city furnished a New Year's dinner to more than 200 people. It was served at the Tutuilla mission and following the feast, exercises appro pros of the beginning of a new year were held, the Indian ministers and deacons taking a prominent part. It Is nonsense to say that Roosevelt cannot prevent his candidacy for the presidency. He could prevent it by 10 positive, explicit words. FOLLOWING LATTER'S A certain burglar about the city will hereafter give the home of Claud Penland a wide berth follow ing a narrow escape he had Monday night from capture at the hands of the well known rooming house man. The story is a good one but might have never reached the light had not Penland enjoyed the Joke on himself in connection with the escapade. Mrs. Penland Is at present visit ing in Spokane and her husband has, in consequence, been at his place of business until a late hour every night since his departure. Monday night he went home late and climbed into bed for a restful slumber. Scarcely, how ever, had he closed his eyes and set tled himself into the feathers before he heard a suspicious noise in the basement of his house, which is sit uated on the south hill. A few moments of tense listening UPPER CREEK FARMERS FILE Birch and McKay Folk to Use Flood Waters if Gov ernment Relinquishes. WILL GREATLY AID CROPS State Engineer Permits Action With Payment of Filing Fees Only Five Thousand Acres Are Involved In Latest Move. Upon the advice of their attorneys and following the consent of the state engineer to make their filings with out the customary fees, many of the land owners along Birch and McKay creeks have forwarded filings upon the flood waters of those streams subject to the relinquishment of the government filings. Today many of these filings are being entered with, Engineer Lewis, the papers having been forwarded Monday. It Is estimated that filings will be "made upon at least enough water to Irrigate 5000 acres, attorney Frederick Steiwer himself having forwarded fil ings for 2485 acres lying in a strip of bench land along Birch creek this side of Pilot Rock and extending for a distance of five or six miles. The land owners who have made the fil ings are Frank Sherman, George Male, J. A. Guderaln, G. W. Bush, Amos Owing, Carl Hemphill, J. M. Hemp hill, Mrs. Carrie Sparks, John Sparks, George W. Runyan, Jessie V. Mulr, John Bain. f All of this land Is at present under cultivation and the owners believe that with one irrigation in the spring, they can produce three crops of al falfa on it. In March, 1909, the government fil ed upon all of the flood waters of the streams and. Inasmuch as there Is no summer flow, this action prac tically prevented Irrigation by the farmers along the courses. The gov ernment has never used the water and It Is believed may abandon its rights to it. In this case It will be available for use by the farmers whose filings are now being made. By special permission frob Engi neer Lewis, these farmers are enabled to enter their filings by paying only the filing fees and without going to the expense of making surveys and sending in maps. If, however, the water should become available for them, they will be required to com plete their filings for fulfilling all of the specifications of the law. PREMIER YUAN' PREVENTS PEACE BEING DECLARED Shanghai, Jan. 3. A renewal of the war was presaged here today by the refusal of Wu Ting Fang, for the reb els, to negotiate further with Premier Tuan, unless Yuan comes to Shang hai. It Is believed that Yuan wont come. Backed by the funds of the dowager empress and Manchu princess' private fortunes, it is believed he will fight to the finish and begin soon. Wu charges Yuan with bad faith. In making no attempt to comply with the peace terms, which Tang Shae Yl, the premier's representative had part ially agreed on. Ulcheson Unnerved. Boston, Jan. 3. Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson collapsed in his cell late today when two of his counsel. Wil liam A. Morse and John M. Lee. broached the subject of his recent self-mutilation. According to Morse the subject had no sooner been opened than the former Cambridge pastor paled and seemed to lose all strength, sinking back upon his bed. from which he did not rise during the con ference. PLUNGE IN ICE WATER convinced him that a burglar was In his fruit cellar and, stealthily climb ing out of bed, the householder se cured his revolver and laid plans for a capture. He knew there was but one door through which the unwel come visitor could emerge from the cellar and he softly tiptoed Into the kitchen off of which the door opened. Stealthily and with painful caution he crept nearer the door, consuming considerable time In the operation, for the boards were thin and he did not want to let the Intruder know of his approach. Finally, but a few feet remained between him and the door, and, throwing all caution to the winds, he made one wild bound. In tending to throw wide the door, pre sent the revolver and demand the sur render of the marauder. (Continued on page eight.)