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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION TO ADVEUTISKKS The East Oregonlan. baa the largest pnlil circulation jf any paper In Oregon, east of Portland an! nearly twice the circulation la Pendleton of any other newspaper. WEATHER RETORT. Fair tonight and' Sun day. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 25. PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1913. NO. 7813 DEPARTMENT STORE GIRLS AND WOMEN DEMAND MORE WAGES si Plan to Form Unions is Now Under Way Under Direction of Miss Mc Dowell, a Settlement Worker. WANT PUBLIC'S SUPPORT proliera Into Conditions Meet at Pe oria Actors and Actresses of Vau deville Theaters Will bo Culled to Tewtify IHiartnM'nt Store Heads tilvo Testimony. Chicago, March 15 Anticipating a possible unfavorable outcome of the present wage probe, department store girls and women clerks are organiz ing unions and will demand higher wages and better working conditions and depend upon public sentiment for support. Miss McDowell, head of the Chicago University settlement house Is leading the unionization scheme. Peoria, 111., March 15. Headed by Lieutenant Governor O'Hara, the state senate "starvation wage" prob ers, continued their Investigation to day. Actors and actresses of various vaudeville theatres have been sum moned to appear before the commit tee. W. E. Parsons, manager of the Lar kln company said his firm employed three hundred and sixteen girls and that the lowest wage paid was five dollars a week. George Young, man ager ow the Woolworth five and ten cent store, denied any, relation be tween low wages and prostitution. DEMOCRATS PROPOSE COMMITTEE REFORMS Washington. March 15. Senator Kern, majority leader of the senate, -and the democratic caucus commit tee, today were presented with re form proposals of the democratic '"steering" committees. Among the reforms are: That the democratic members of all conference committees and sub-committees hereafter bo cho sen from the democratic members of the respective committees affected; that tho democratic caucus, Instead of a caucus chairman, hereafter choose a steering committee; that a major ity of each committee .elect Its own chairman and that vacancies of all committees be filled by the steering committee with the approval of the caucus. , "We propose," said Kern, "that the senate bo democratic In reality. I hope these resolutions will bo adopted so the country may know that the senate Is under democratic control and is an active, efficient, and sympathetic branch of a popular government which will respond quickly to the will of the people." CAUCUS APPROVES OF CHAIRMANSHIPS Washington, March 15. The demo cratic caucus today approved the steering committee's recommendations for committee chairmanships and ap pointments aa follows: Chairman ap propriations committee, Martin; agri culture, Gore; banking, Owen; Cana dian relations. Shields; census, Chil ton; commerce, Clarke of Arkansas; conservation. Smith, of Arizona; edu cation and labor, Smith of Georgia; finance, Simmons of North Carolina; foreign relations, Bacon; Immigration, Smith of South Carolina; Indian af fairs, Stone; industrial expositions, Asburst; lnter-oceanlc canals, O'Gor- man; Interstate commerce, Newlands; Judiciary, Culberson; manufacturers, Reed; military, Johnston of Alama- ma: naval. Tillman; Pacific Islands, Shafroth; pensions, Shlvely; Philip pines, Hitchcock; postofflces, Bank head; privilege and elections, Kern; public lands. Chamberlain; rules, Overman; territories, Plttman; wo man suffrage, Thomas. Chas. Stanton well known Helix liveryman was a Pendleton visitor to day. 84 ARE KNOWN TO IN WIND STORM Memphis, March 16. Taking the heaviest toll of life in Georgia, Ten nessee, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, eighty-four are known to have met death In the storm yes terday which swept the mlddlewest and south. Colder weather today caused much suffering among storm victims in the southern states and ad ditional deaths from exposure are feared. The death list la: Georgia, 29; Tennessee, 23; Alabama, 13; Texas, HAWTHORNE GIVEN - CHANCE OF PAROLE New York, March 15. To make it possible for them to ' apply to the federal court for parole on March 25, Judge May- er today dated back the sentenc- es of Julian Hawthorne, son of the famous author, and Dr. Wil- Ham J. Morton, who were con- vlcted of fraudulent use of the f malls In promoting Canadian 4 mining claims. The Judge ex- pressed great sympathy for both men. . NOVELIST'S SON IS FOUND GUILTY New York, March 15. The Haw thorne mining trial which has drag ged along nearly four months before a Jury In a federal court here, came to a conclusion with a conviction of three of the defendants, Julian Haw thorne, Dr. Wm. J. Morton and Al bert Freeman and the acquittal of Joslah Qulricy, twice mayor of Bos ton and assistant secretary of state during the Cleveland administration. Hawthorne, Morton and Freeman were found guilty of making fraudu lent use of the mails In selling stock In a Canadian mining claim. Qulncy, exonerated by United States Judge Mayer on all counts of five Indict ments before th ecase reached the lurv was held not guilty on the one remaining Indictment by the Jury of allowing his name to be used in ad vancing the stock. The Jury was out 27 hours. "HUNGRY FOR LOVE" SAYS ERRING WIFE Milwaukee, March 15. "I was sim ply starved for love." This was the explanation of Mrs. Mabel Clarkson, wife of Rev. Nestor Clarkson of Chi cago, ..who deserting her husband and children, eloped with Owen D. Conn. Conn told the San Francisco police she started him In a career of crime, but this the woman denies. "I was married when only eighteen and my husband soon tired of me," she said. "He treated me shamefully. I was so hungry for love I would have been grateful for the attentions of anyone. This condition of mind blind ed me to the sort of man Conn really was." The woman expressed a desire to see her children and admitted writing to her husband for a reconciliation. Detroit, March 15. A formal war rant, charging Mrs. "Kitty" Pope, mentioned by Owen D. Conn the San Francisco "hundred thousand dollar burglar," with being a fugitive from Justice, was issued today. The wo man Is at liberty on bonds, but will be formally arraigned this afternoon. Mrs Pope showed a complete change of front today. Yesterday she announced her willingness to return to San Fran cisco on the first train but today she declared she will fight extradition. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS FELT IN OREGON Medford, Ore., March 15. Two slight earthquake shocks were felt about noon today by the weather bu reau. Furniture Store Opens. Pendleton's new furniture store, with J. T. Brown as proprietor, form ally obened for business today in the Taylor building at the corner of Main and Water streets. Mr. Brown has purchased a large. stock of up to date house furnishings and will make an aggressive bid for local business. He has also opened an undertaking parlor In connection with the store. HAVE MET DEATH THAT SWEPT SOUTH 5; Louisiana, 7; Mississippi, 7. The loss Is estimated at between four and ten million dollars. xeiepnone and telegraph com munication Is shut off from a score of small southern towns and the death list is almost certain to be materially Increased when It Is restored. The storm in the middle west caused i heavy property damage, but this sec tlon escaped the heavy loss of life ex acted by the tornado In the south. 10 LOCAL MEN ASPIRE TO BECOME POSTMASTER OF PENDLETON OFFICE No less than, eight or 10 local as pirants are being discussed or are ac tive candidates for the Pendleton postmastershlp. Among those In the race are T. J. Tweedy, A. W. Nye. Fred Taylor, W. I. Gadwa, D. Brusha, William Chamberlain and M. R. Chessman. Some of these have al ready been endorsed for the appoint ment, while others are merely being uYged by friends to get into the game. A report from Washington, publish ed In the Portland papers, places the name of W. P. Matlock as a candi POWERS TAKE UP PEACE QUESTION WITH BALKANS London, March 15. Ambassadors representing the several powers met today Informally to consider the reply of the Balkan allies In regard to terms on which they would negotiate with Turkey for peace. It was admitted by several Embassadors that the pow ers cannot accede" to the allies' de mands. The Indemnity Is regarded as exorbitant. The powers probably will refuse to agree to an extension of the Bulgarian frontier to Rodosto, or give Greece the Aegean Islands. It Is reported the Balkan states purposely made the de mands exorbitant to prevent a peace conference until Scutari and Adrian ope are captured. It "is believed ca pitulation of the two fortresses is a matter of a few days. DR. BLALOCK IS CALLED BY DEATH Walla Walla, Wash., March 15. Dr. Nelson G. Blalock, pioneer physi cian of Walla Walla and perhaps the best known pioneer of the northwest, died at 3:15 o'clock yesterday after noon at the Walla Walla hospital, following a stroke of paralysis suffer ed at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Dr. Blalock lost consciousness at 7 o'clock Thursday night and remained In that condition until his death. He was in such a dangerous condition that he was not taken from his offices in the Rees-Winans building, where he was found. At 10:30 o'clock yes terday morning he was taken to the Wa'.la Walla hospital, but he sank rapidly. Nelson Gales Blalock was born Feb ruary 17, 1836. on a farm on the Toe. River, Yancey county, Mortn Carolina. Through his father. Jesse Blalock, he was of Scotch and French descent, and on his mother's side came from Ger man stock. His grandfather, John Blalock, was a member of George Washington's regiment, was associat ed with him throughout the revolu tionary war, and received from him the" Masonic degrees In Lodge No. 2 of Virginia, over which Washington presided as master. At the time oi his death John Blalock was the own er of a Masonic emblem on which was engraved the date of his being made a Mason by George Washington. BRINGS MOTHERLESS CHILD OVER SEAS San Francisco, March 15. Alone and unassisted. Miss Irene Robinson, a sixteen year old girl of Troy, Mis souri, accomplished the difficult task of bringing a motherless nine weeks old Infant from Manila to this port. She arrived on the transport today. She is a sister-in-law of James Dry den, superintendent of the Manila de- nrtment of education, whose wire died In childbirth, and Miss Robinson brought the little one home. MAN HEATEN TO DEATH; WIFE HELD BY lOLlCE Chicago, March 15 Vincent Tro Inskl. 4 5. a baker was beaten and strangled to death today, and Min nie LIske, his common law wife was arrested. Trolnskl was Inhumanly tor tured. His head was twisted until his neck was broken. Elk Show Rehearsal Tonight. The members of the cast in "The College Pennant," the Elks' big mu-" sical comedy, will all rehearse in Ar mory hall tonight, commencing at 9 o'clock. Contrary to the announce ment made last night, the chorus girls and boys will not meet tonight, but all who take part, .both chorus and cast. will meet Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock In. the armory. Ir. Cook Is Back. San Francisco. March 16. Dr. Cook arrived at San Francisco today on the steamer Sierra. He says he regained his health. In Honolulu and IdlHo will resume his lec date for office. However, the report 14 declared to be In error as Mr. Mat lock is said to have merely endorsed one of the other applicants. As was true in other Instances, the lists of candidates and endorsers have become confused. Candidates for the postmastershlp at Kcho are Charles S. Cordez and M. S. Wallis. Charles A. Ray la listed as an applicant for the Freewater office; F. K. Follam for the Milton office, while applicants for the Weston office Include H. A. Brandt and Merrett A. Baker. YOUNG MAN HELD TO GRAND JURY Karl Bartholomew, station agent at Mi'.ton. has been bound over under $1500 bonds to the grand Jury on a churge of attempt to commit rape, according to advices received here. It I." alleged that Bartholomew during the early part of the month, made an attempt to assault a seventeen year old girl. A warrant was Issued for his arrest, but hearing of the war rant, it is said, he fled to Walla Wal la, but later returned and submitted to arrest. Several friends furnished the necessary bail. GOVERNMENT WILL PROTECT FRIEDMANN New York, March 15. Hereafter the government will supervise clinics of Dr. Friedmann. Frledmann will perform his Inoculations under the dl tectlon of United States Surgeon Stlm son, and thus the necessity of tho Berlin doctor getting an American li cense to practice medicine will be -avoided. He returns tomorrow and on Monday will Inoculate a score of pati ents in Bellevue and Mount Sinl hos pitals. HYDEl'JURY CAN'T AGREE ON VERDICT Kansas City, March 15. The Jury in the case of Dr. Hyde reported it was hopelessly deadlocked today, but was sent back to its quarters by the court for further deliberation. It is r ported It stood eight to four for conviction. LA F0LLETTE CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE Washington, March 16. Senator La Follette made his first call last night at the White House in more than three years. He was the invited guest of President Wilson, and spent almost an hour with the president. He would make no statement as to the purpose of his visit, but it has been an open secret for days that he was expected to discuss mattesr of legis latlon with the president. It was generally understood that President Wilson wished especially to get the views of Senator LaFollette frs a true progressive upon tariff revi sion, currency legislptlon. Alaska, and the efreet of physical valuation of railroads as provided for by congress in the closing days of the last session. The conference was merely prelimi nary to others to be held later. Other progressive senators will be asked to the White House from time to time and the president hopes that many of them will find it consistent to line up with the democrats In passing what he believes Is progressive legis lation. Senator La Follette was apparently in high good humor when he depart ed, for, although he would not talk about his visit, he Joked with the' newspapermen Who were waiting to see him. "This is my first visit in three years to the White House." he said in answer to an inquiry. "I came once after the special tariff session, callei by President Taft, but I was not re ceived." "Well, how do you feel now?" aV8 asked. "Fine " said the senator as stepped Into his automblle. he he DENMARK CHOOSES SITE AT THE PANAMA FAIR San Francisco. March 15. With Count Chamberlain Brun, minister from Denmark to this country, plant ing the Danish flag. Denmark's site at the Panama exposition was chosen this afternoon. The ceremonies were elaborate. Son Gets Tllg Estate. Santa Barbara, March 15. Bearing the body of Mrs. Christian Herter, for mer society leader of Washington and New York, who died Wednesday, the private car of President Ripley of the Santa Fe railroad, started today for New York. Mrs. Herter's will leaves a million doHar estate to her .son. FEDERALS NACO: REBELLtADY TO ATTACK AMBASSADORSHIP IS DECLINED BY OLNEY Washington, March 15. rRichard Olney declined the post of ambassa dor to Great Britain In a letter re ceived by President Wilson today. Wilson appointed Governor Burke of North Dakota, treasurer of the United States. Burke's nomination was sent to the senate. RANCHERS BATTLE OVER FENCED ROAD L. R. Ciilr Has Bullet In 1fjr and Two aro Under Arrest at Vale. Vale, Ore., March 15. L. R. Culp is in the hospital and he and Henry McNee are under arrest as the result of a shooting which took place on the Owyhee, about 10 miles southeast of Vale. Both have been bound over to the grand Jury. Culp fenced a road passing through the Huffman ranch, on which he re sided, and when McNee, accompanied by his nephews and C. M. Barton, drove up with their wagons, they were forbidden by Culp to pass through the ranch. Culp notified the men that they must go around, and that he would shoot the man who attempted to cut the wire. Parton cut the wire, whereupon Clp fired upon him. sending a bullet dangerously close to his head. Mc Nee. SDringlne from his wagon, re turned the fire. After firing several shots, Culp fell, with a bullet wound through his left leg. McNee went to the house of a neighbor, notmed mm of the shooting artd told him to go and see how badly Culp was injured. ROOSEVELT TALKS OF WAGE MINIMUM Philadelphia, March 15. Urging the need of thorough organization -for studying and securing the ideals on which the platform of the progressive party was based, ex-President Roose velt addressed an audience which crowded the Metropolitan opera house. The meeting marked the close of the first day of a two-day session of the first annual progressive confer ence of the state of Pennsylvania. Members of the electoral college of this state who voted for Roosevelt for president and the leaders of the Wash ington party who conducted the cam paign for him are the leaders In the conference, which has as an aim the perpetuation of the party. FRANCE TO BE NEXT SAYS SUFFRAGETTE Paris, March 15. Miss Christobel Pankhurst, daughter of England's most militant suffragette, declares that France Is soon to see women battling for suffrage. She is of the opinion that the French women will obtain the ballot with much less trouble than their British sisters are experiencing, and that they will not have to resort to such revolutionary methods. French women will obtain what they want af ter the fashion of American women, she declares. Miss Pankhurst is a "fugitive" making her home in Paris because of her militancy in England. She is ac lively assisting the cause, however, by mall and cable. COUNTERFEITER ASKS LONG TERM IN PRISON Want Clinnce to Escape Droit Habit and Gets Three Years. San Francisco, March 15. Frank Murphy, a convicted peddler of coun terfeit money, stood up In the prison ers 'dock of the United States district court and begged Judge Van Fleet to Bend him to prison for a term long enough to enable him to break him self of the morphine habit. He got three years in the federal prison on McNeil's Island. Edward Jones was given a like sentence. Both were members of the Johnson gang, the leader of which, "Hockey" Johnson, also a drug user, received a sentence from Judge Van Fleet of 20 years. The men are said to have op erated in all the Important cities of Columbus to prevent him from dying the Faclflc coast. wlth grief over the loss of his mate. MODIFIED PLAN FOR DISSOLUTION OF R. R. MERGER IS ABANDONED St. Louis, March 15. Because of the opposition voiced by the Califor nia railroad commission. Judge Lo vett. chairman of the board of direc tors of the Union Pacific system, an nounced in the federal court today that the modified plan for the disso lution of the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific merger had been abandodned. Federal District Attor ney Houts, speaking for the govern 7iED UP AT Ill-Fortune Seems to Follow Soldiers of Huerta's Government After De feat at Nogales. U.S.WATCHESMOVEMENTS Three Troops of Fifth Cavalry Patroll ing tlio Iiorl(T Two' Additional Troopa Are W itlUii a Few Miles of Naco Federal Reinforcement are on the Way. Naco, March 15. Astounding the rebel besiegers. General Ojeda. at the head of three hundred federals sal lied from Naco at noon today and as saulted the rebels. A division of reb els under Calles, three hundred and fifty strong, was driven from its posi tion by a determined federal attack, supported by machine gun fire and a score are reported killed and wound ed on both sides. The rebels were unprepared. At the first volley a doz en rebels fell. The attacking party suffered heav ily when the fire was returned. Calles, retreating, finally came to rest in the Agua Prleta canyon a mile from his original position. Colonel Bracemonte with four Ifundred rebels, started to his aid. Federal Marshal Hopkins was shot through the leg by a rebel bullet while watching the engagement from the American side. Naco, Arizona, March 15. General Aubert is the last hope of the besieg ed federal troops at Naco, Sonora, to day. Aubert Is reported hurrying to the relielf of General Ojeda and six (hundred federals who are bottled up In the federal post. Three miles west pf the town, Colonels Calles and Bra camonte, with nine hundred rebels. anxious for battle are ready to attack on the arrival from Nogales of two hundred veterans of the Nogales fight on Thursday. Ojeda declared he will resist to the end. OJeda's men appear well armed. Three troops of the . Fifth United States cavalry are patrolling the bor der In command of Captain White. Tw;o additional troops from Fort Hu achuca, are within a few miles of Na co to reinforce the American com mand. MOB ATTEMPTS TO LYNCH YOUNG MAN Salem. Ill , March 15. Sheriff Pur cell today eluded a mob bent on lynch ing, and took Frank Sullens, twenty one, who confessed to the assault of Dorothy Holt, fifteen, from the city jail to East St. Louis. The girl is criti cal but probably will recover. A lyn ching was narrowly averted yesterday by militiamen. The girl was assault ed Thursday night, but it was not generally known until yesterday. PURSE RAISED TO AID WOMAN AND CHILDREN Ellensburg, Wash., March 15. Passengers at the Milwaukee station made up a purse for Mrs. C. S. Rey nolds and her seven children, as the woman had no money with which to pay her fare from Ellensburg to Bev erly, to meet her husband. The Rey nolds family resided at Toppenish. and some, months ago the father se cured employment at Beverly. Yes terday he sent his wife $12 with which to purchase tickets for the family to Beverly, but the money was only enough for tickets as far as Ellens burg. The oldest of the seven chil dren is 12 years of age. while the youngest Is less than a year. MIRROR TO CONSOLE LION WITHOUT MATE Cleveland, O., March 15 To con sole the big lion, Columbus, in the Brookside zoo for the loss of his mate park officials will place a mirror in the sld of his cage so that he will gaze at the reflection of his neighbor, the leopard, and believe a new com panion has been sent to cheer him. The deception will be practised on ment, then declared that Attorney General McReynolds had. been ac quainted with the modified plans and that the government was In no position to either accept or reject them. A continuance was asked be cause the California commission re jected the plans the railroads had prepared to present to the court. An other hearing Is set for April 14th, when a new plan will be filed.