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; tutu xt u. wvmtaMi ui II-' ! i EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATIIEB REPORT. Fair tonight and Tues day; heavy 'frost to night. TO AOVF.UTISKR8. The Kant Oregonlsn baa the (argent paid clrcnlatlon of any pnper In Oregon, east of Portland and nearly twice the circulation In rend let on of any otber newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOI 24. PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1912. NO. 7363 ; . . l A. P. PUT IN ANANAS Roosevelt Says Newsgather ing Association Faked Statement. T. R. BROKE WORD TAFT Former President Denies That H? Ever 'Promised HI Successor Sup lort for Second Term an Chief Ex ecutive of Nation. New York, March 4. A flat declar ation, that the Associated Press, through its Washington bureau, de liberately faked the statement that he had promised to support Presi dent Taft for a second term with a denial that he ever promised to do so, Is included In a letter from Colonel Roosevelt to Editor Van Valkenburg of the Philadelphia North American, which la also printed here this even ing by the New York Sun. The first hint of the letter became public last night when the Taft head quarters sent out excerpts indicating that Colonel , Itoosevelt had broken his word with President Taft. Dakota Campaign Starts. Fargo, N. D., Mar. 4. Followers of Roosevelt and Senator La Follette started their campaigns today for the republican presidential nomination. The presidential preference primary will be held In a fortnight. Roosevelt men are confident. Oifford Plnchot is now touring the state in the colo nel's behalf. Roosevelt a Juror. Mlneola, Long Island, Mar. 4. Col. Roolsevelt today answered a summons and was accepted as a term Juror for the supreme court during the next term. Although he Is en titled to exemption. Colonel Rooseve.lt announced his willingness to serve If needed. SliNNOTTENCOURAGED OVER HIS CANDIDACY Encouraged over his candidacy for the republican nomination for con gress, N. J. Sinnott of The Dalles is here toduy and hits been meeting with local pooplo, with many of whom he Is acquainted. He Is on his way back to The Dulles from a trip over the new eastern Oregon district. East of here he visited at Baker, La Grande and Elgin. He expects to return to Uma tilla county within a few weeks time. Senator Sinnott Is a native of The Dalles and at the time of his birth Wasco county included not only the present county of Wasco, but also Hood River, Gilliam, Sherman, Wheel er and Crook. Accordingly Sinnott lays claim to being a native son of five of the counties of the new dis trict. In tho race for the congressional nomination Sinnott Is relying upon his record as a progressive legislator and tho following Is from his platform:- If I im nominated and elected, I will, during my term of office, advo cate the trial at convenient places In tho secoTid congressional district of civil and criminal cases arising there in, and triable, in tho federal courts. The prevention of gambling in farm ' products. Income tax. Popular elec tion of United States senators. Presi dential primaries. Maintenance of the Oregon system. More liberal home stead laws, In line with the Borah homestead bill. Freest use of forest reserves and natural resources con- Histent with liberal conservation Ideas. A tariff modeled on the difference In the cost of products at home and abroad. Restoration to Oregon of its share of the reclamation 'fund. After my name on the nominating ballot, I wish printed,. "Progressive Republican, with the Interests of Eastern Oregon uppermost." FIGHT OS OREGON PRIMARY ABANDONED. Portland, Ore , Mar. 4. The republican state central com mittee decided not to bring ' a contest against certain parts of the Oregon presidential pri mary law, after maktng all prep arations on advice of prominent republicans against such a move being effective, and the commit tee quit. Chairman Nottingham of tho republican state central committee, said that the court test was abandoned bocause Us purpose was misrepresented by certain "demabobues." LAWRENCE RULE, OAKLAND Police Clairge Socialist Meeting and Club Women and Men. Oakland, Calif., Mar. 4. Aroused by the "Lawrence methods," employ ed by the police force of this city last night, when a number of patrolmen led by two captains of po'.lce charged, Invaded a socialistic meeting and In discriminately beat men and women In an effort to break up a meeting, socialists of the city held an Indigna tion meeting. The socialists leaders state that they will enter charges against Cap tain Berk and Captain Lynch of the police department. As a resu't of the clubbing adminis tered by the patrolmen, three social ists are today In hospitals suffering from their Injuries. The trouble started when the so cialist speakers held an open air meeting In defiance of police orders. COUGAR SLAIN WITH .22 CALIBER RIFLE Deputy Game Warden Brings Brute Down After Chase There Is one less cougar In Uma tilla county today to decimate the herds of deer and the flocks of sheep as a result of Special Hunter S. W. Purdy and Game Wurden E. F. Aver Ill's first sally into the mountains In the war of extermination which the state has declared on predatory ani mals. After trailing the big female for fifteen hours, the hunter's three dogs treed the animal and it was brought to earth by Averill with a .22 calibre rifle. Though he made the kill, the game warden gives full credit for the ach ievement to Purdy and his dogs, de claring without them the feat would have been Impossible. "All other hunters with whom T have gone Into tho mountains are amateurs compared with Purdy and I never would have believed It possible for dogs to do what his did had I not have seen It with my own eyes." Take OKI Track. The two men and the dogs left here Friday and at 9 o'clock struck the three days' old trail of a cougar near Duncan. Though the trail was cov ered with two and a half inches of snow, the dogs took It at once and all day long followed It as It wound and circled about the mountains. Night catching them still on the trail the hunters camped at the ranch of Ben F. Brown and early next morn ing again put the dogs on the trail, now four days old. As the chase con tinued through the morning, the scent became stronger and the hunt ers knew by the action of the hounds that the quarry was close. The spirit of the chase so seized the deputy game warden that he pressed close on the heels of the dogs and soon left far behind him Purdy and Brown, who had Joined the party. The snow was waist deep and the Underbrush thick, making pi ogress very difficult but dogs and men struggled on and Just at nooir had the big cat up a tree. Averill was armed only with a .22 rifle hut taking careful aim, he caught the cougar In the ear with the first shot and three more bullets in the head brought It to earth where one to the heart ended Its struggles. The animal proved to he an unus ually large female, measuring seven feet from tip to tip and weighing 150 pounds. It was carried out of the mountains by Purdy and brought to the city on the train and today has been attracting considerable atten tion in the show windows of La Dow & Peterson's store. Being his first cougar, Mr. Averill will have the hide, which Is a splendid one, made Into a rug. " Sheepmen Will Pay Iliinter. Sheepmen of the county are re joicing over the employment tof Pur dy to hunt predatory animals as they suffer greattly yearly losses through the depredations of these animals. Dan P. Smyths and J. E. Smith, whoso ranges are adjoining, anrouno- ed this morning thnt they would du plicate the bounty which the state pays on cougar, bob cnt, and lynx scalps and would also pay five dol lars fo reach bear brought down These sheepmen believe other flock- masters will make like offers to en courage the hunter to systematic ef forts. Purdy declared this morning that he will devote the next few weeks to hunting cougar and would then start after coyotes. "I always keep my dogs after one species at a time," he said In a few days he and Mr. Averill will leave again for the Wenaha Springs country as the mate of the dead an! mat and the big one which has be come known for Us ravages, are still In that mountain. Senate Confirms Pltncr. Washington. May 4. The senate Judiciary committee today adopted a report recommending the confirmation of Mahlon Pltner of New Jersey, as associate Justice of the United States supreme court. STRIKE LEADER A! Unknown Assailants Attack Laborite White He Is Asleep in Room. MILLS OPEN; FEW ATWORK Prediction or Owners That Strike Would Ik Broken Today, Not Home Out WlX'ii Thousands Re fuse to Enter Mills. Lawrence, Mass., Mar. 4jUnknown assailants eurly this morning attemp ted to murder James Thompson, gen eral organizer of the Industrial Work ers of the World and an active lead er in the strike of the Textile mill workers, upholding the demand of the strikers for an Increase of fifteen per cent in their wages. The party or parties entered . his room while he was asleep and badiy beat him over the head with a Muck Jack. Thompson also declarfs that his assailants fired at him with a re volver before they left his room Mills Start Running. Lawrence, Mass., Mar. 4. Deter mined to continue the strike and in sist on their demands for a. fifteen per cent Increase In-lead of a less than five per cent Increase In their wages, In order that they may be en abled to more than simply exist thousands of the striking Textile mill workers here heeded not the opening of the mills today and made vain the predictions of the mill owners that the strike would be broken today. Hundreds of the strikers went out on picket duty and succeeded by quiet methods In turning a large pro portion of the workers, who had start ed to work, bick to their homes with a promise to stand by until their full demands have been conceded tfy tho owners. No disorders occurred, with the opening. SEES NOMINATION OF WILLIAM J. BRYAN "William Jennings Bryan is the greatest man In the United States," was the declaration of County Judge J. W. Maloney, who returned yester day from Portland where he had been as a member of the reception commit tee for the Great Commoner and in the Interests of his candidacy for del egate to the national democratic con vention. Judge Maloney also declares his belief that Bryan may yet "be the standard bearer of tho democratic party at the November presidential election. "I have heard Bryan speak a num ber of times," said the Judge today, "but after studying the man and iContinued on Page 6) O'CHL SAVES WRESTLING TITLE BUT IS PINNED TO HAT BY (Special Correspondence ) Hermiston, Ore., Mar. 4. Eddie O'- Connell of Portland Is still the champ Ion wrestler of his weight but his ti tle was never In more Jeopardy than on Saturday when he met Jack Ken nedy, the "pride of the project." He won from the local grappler but not until he had lost a fall and came near to losing the match. In fact, it is de clared by the spectators, that if the Multnomah man had not have re sorted to rough tactics and rendered useless Kennedy's left arm by pound ing the letter's elbow with his knee, he would never have won the bout. Kennedy won the first fall In 32 min utes and O'Connell the second and third in 34 minutes and In 23 seconds, respectively. The match was beyond a doubt the best wrestling match seen In this part of the state. O'Connell, who won the match says that Kennedy is the toughest proposition he has ever been up against and the local man has the honor of being the first man of O' Conner's weight who has ever thrown him. Tlio Match In Detail. O'Connell & Kennedy weighed in at 8 o'clock, O'Connell weighing 149 1-2 pounds and Kennedy 149. When the time came for the main bout the 400 fans who had come prepared to witness a hard struggle, were on edge and were not disappointed. wnen the men met a month ago the match was Interesting from an ex- hibitlon point of view but the match Saturday had a different atmosphere from the start. The men met and OTHER CHINESE TROOPS MUTINY Republican SoIdiersThrough out Three Provinces Ter rorize Country. PEKING DISORDER ENDS Arrival of Troops of Foreign Nations ami Wholesale Executions by Gov ernment Restores Quiet in the Metropolis. Shanghai, March 4. Looting and killing, republican troops mutined today throughout the province of An hui. Kings! and .Shensik are terror izing the country. Tonight's dispatch er state all is quiet at Pekin. Vigorous measures restored order in Tien T.sin tonight, it is reported. Tien Tsln Is Seorelied. Tien Tsln, China, Mar. 4. With inure than twenty bad fires raging in various parts of this city and hun dreds of mutinous troops expected to nnlve here from Peking, within a very few hours, the situation In Tien Tsln is extremely serious. Forelgn( subjects have barricaded themselves In the crowded foreign quarters and are sending out urgent appeals for troops for their protec tion, a general massacre being fear ed. As a precautionary measure, no natives are allowed to enter the for eign quarters. (Continued on Page 6) BLIND MUSICIAN RUN DOWN BY AUTO Carl Guiott.. well known musician, who just recently recovered from a broken leg, had a narrow escape from serious injury today wnen an auto mobile driven by Walter McCorm mach, proprietor of the Pendleton Auto company, ran him down at the corner of Main and Court streets. For tunately, he escaped with only se vere bruises although physicians at first thought a bone in his ankle had been broken. 'Guiatt, who Is almost totally blind, was crossing the street when the au tomobile coming north on. Main street started to turn up Court. Seeing the man In front of him, Mr. McCorm mach applied the brakes immediately and the wheels slid for a distance of twenty-five feet Before the machine collided with the man. However, the force of the Impact was sufficient to hurl Guiott to the street and he was dragged for a considerable distance. Medical aid was at once secured and the unfortunate man taken to his home where he is recovering from the shock. Witnesses of the accident are not inclined to blame the driver of the car. HISTOH GRAPPLER N went ater each other with a deter mination that was plainly evident. Kennedy seemed to puzzle O'Connel from the first, showing a vast im provement over his former match. The men matched strength and Ken nedy showed himself superior In this first fall, which he won In 32 min utes and 10 -seconds. It looked like he would be the win ner, but O'Connell was able to come back strong and after hammering away for 34 minutes trying to weaken his opponent he found and injured Kennedy's left arm and secured a fall with a hammer lock and bar arm hold. In securing this fall the spec tators were quite sure that O'Connell gave Kennedy a couple of hard wrenches that strained his shoulder and from the demonstration against the trick, after the referee had given him a fall, it looked as If trouble would ensue. When Kennedy went to his corner It was plainly evident that he was pretty badly hurt. Instead of giving up as most men would and everyone expected, under the circumstances, Kennedy went on for the final fall and lost to O'Connell In 23 seconds. O'Connell securing a hold on the In jured arm and shoulder. The Preliminaries. In the preliminaries Young Glrte won over Gunn In 15 minutes. The other preliminary between Sea horn and Kennedy went to a draw In 25 minutes. W. A. Maxwell acted as referee, J. L. Thompson acted as timekeeper for Kennedy and Dr. Adams of Portland kept time for O'Connell. MORE WINDOWS SMASHED IOiulon Siirrurgettes Renew Outbreak In light for Votes. London, Eng., March 4. Armed with hammers, stones and other tools of destruction, large numbers of suf fragettes today renewed their window smashing campaign which they started last week and which led to the arrest and Imprisonment of one hundred and fifty women. In Kensington and Knights Bridge, thousands of dollars worth of windows were shattered by the fair rioters as they sang new suffragettes songs and before they were finally dispersed by the authorities. Thirty women were placed under arrest. Later a second outbreak occurred and many windows in the house of parliament and In the homes of high government officials were destroyed. HATS OF 5 COUNTY OFFICIALS IN RING File Declarations of Inten tion to Run for Re election "Our hats are in the ring," or words to that effect. County Clerk Frank Saling, Coun ty Recorder Ben S. Burroughs' Coun ty Treasurer George W. Bradley, County Assessor C P. Strain and County School Superintendsent Frank K. Welles, this morning silenced a'.l conjecture as to whether or not they will be candidates for re-election by filing their declaration of Intention In the office of the county clerk. They are out to succeed themselves and want evey one to know It and will commence the circulation of their petl tlons at once. Circuit Judge G. W. Phelps Is also in the race for-electiou to the office which he received by appointment when Judge H. J. Bean was elevated to the supreme bench. His formal an nouneement will be filed with the sec retary of state within the next few days. Inasmuch as County Commis sioner Horace Walker has already fil ed h's statement, this leaves Sheriff T. D. Taylor the only expiring office holder yet undeclared. With, the exception of Recorder Burroughs, who is serving-his first term, all of the men who filed their declaration today are old officeholders. Strain has been In office the longest, having assessed the property of the county during two four year terms and one two year term. Saling has been elected to his position four times and Is now closing his eighth year as. clerk. Welles is nearing the end of his second four year term and Brad ley is finishing the last year of his third two-year term. MEETING TONIGHT TO ARRANGE BIG EVENT For the purpose of arranging for the Christian Forward Movement pro gram for this city a meeting Is to be held at the city hall this evening, be ginning at 8 o'clock. All who are In terested in the move, Including fath ers, mothers, boys, churchmen and non-churchmen are requested to be present. The Christian Forward program is to be given here during the last week in March and some of the prepara tions have already been perfected. The ladles have agreed to provide a ban quet for the boys and much enthusi asm is being aroused. As planned the men's meeting will consume the first few days of the ses sion and the boys will have the last day of the week. It is planned to bring young men here from nil the smaller towns of the county and from Walla Walla. The meeting will be of the same nature as the Christian Forward meeting recently held In the Garden City. TWO FINE MEN FROM OLD MISSOURI STATE In honor of the seventieth birth day of A. W. Nye, respected pioneer citizen, former sheriff of Umatilla county and more recently deacon of the Pendleton Commercial club, a dinner was served at the Nye resi dence on Water street yesterday. Col. J M. Bent ley was the guest of honor and the good old days In Missouri was tho subject of conversation.. It so happens that both these pio neer residents were born and raised In the same section of the famous old state, Boone county. Col. Bentley ar rived Just six days later than did the man who had a birthday yesterday. Dr. Nye, father of A. W. Nye, was tho attending physician. The two boys were raised In the same neighbor hood, attended school together and haye been lifelong friends. Tester day they talked over old times and laughed and cried like children rather (Continued on Page 6) BATTLE IS ON UAUA Fight May Be Deciding Con test of Revolution Against Government. MADERO CALLS FOR AID As Rebel Forces Start March South ward Toward Capitol, President Announces Ho Will Fight and Ap peals for Soldiers. El Paso, Texas, Mar. 4 A terrific battle, that may prove to be the de ciding contest in the present rebellion against President Madero in Mexico, Is today being fought at Chihuahua between. General Orozco's force of rebels and seyen hundred federal troops commanded by General Villa, according to advices received here to day. General Villa captured Chihuahua Sunday night after a short battle and w hile it is believed that he will be able to hold it against the attack of Orozco, the former Madero support er, it is believed that the Vasquitltas will retake It when the larger rebel forces from the north combine and march against the town. General Campa, with 2100 rebels Is today encamped near Suaz, a small town half way between Juarez and Chihuahua. He Is awaiting the arrival from Juarez of General Salazar's forces, which departed from Juarez last night, for Chihuahua. ' Juarez is still controlled by rebels and will probably not be. attacked by federal troops for some time to come.' Madero Apienls to Mexicans. Mexico City, Mar. 4. Through the press of the nation. President Made ro today is making an appeal to all Mexicans to come to the aid of their harassed country. In a long open letter, addressed to "My Fellow Coun trymen," the president sets forth ar guments for the defense of the con- stitutional government. . Madero Will Fight. Mexico City, March 4. Public ac knowledgement of the alarming growth of-the Vasquitites revolution was made here today wheen Presi dent Madero, in a manifesto in which he urged all loyal Mexicans to Join his army i na united effort to suppress the insurrection. Additional soldiers, he declares are necessary to estab lish military rule and bring peace to the republic. The manifesto reads that Madero will fight to the last ditch. Madero's determination is express, ed: "If necessary, I know how to die at the post of duty." Cousin Denounces Madero. New Orleans, March 4. Declaring that Madero had violated promises he made to the Mexican people and that the whole- nation Is opposed to him, G. Garcia, a cousin of the presi dent, has arrived bere from Europe. He declared that Madero will be over thrown Inside of two months. Germany Alarmed. Berlin, Germany, Mar. 4. Alarmed by reports of peril facing foreigners In Mexico, the German government Is considering the advisability of order ing all German subjects in Mexico from the danger zone. WEST EXTENSION WORK STARTS AT EARLY DATE Washington, March 4. The recla mation service reports for February from the Umatilla irrigation project contain the Important Information that ample water for next season's Irrigation is assured. The govern ment reservoir contained March 1 more than 35.000 acre feet of water and the heavy spring floods are yet to occur. Applications for water to irrigate more than 14,000 acres have been received. The prospect of begin ning construction of the west Uma tilla extension at an early date has given great impetus to business In the valley. Settlers are looking for ward to first class crops this year. BRITISH STRIKE GROWS MOKE SERIOUS HOURLY London. March 4. As a re sult of the coal strike 2590 trains were discontinued today on railroads. They included every possible local freight and many suburban stations are closed. With the factories throughout tho British Isles closing because of coal short age, the strike situation la more serious. Fuel and food prices are soaring. V