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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION TO ADVKUTISKUS The Kast Oregonlan has the largeitt paid circulation jt any paper la Oregon, east of Portland and nearly twice the circulation la Pendleton of any other newspaper. WEATHER REPORT. Rain or snow tonight and Thursday. Official paper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOI 25. PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1913 NO. 781G '1l ' ? T: r 1 rSfeW I 1 msA- y m W j aV &p Pf 1 1 v . TURKS ID ASSASSINATION 0 SIS GREEKJWULACE 10 FURY Belief is Current That Killing Was Results Plot in Which Turks Were Concerned Queen Olga is Hurrying to Scene Europe Mourns Death of King. CONSTANTINE PROCLAIMED RULER Salonikl, March 10. Only the strong hand of Ki"g Constantino, a brother of King George, prevented a terrible retaliation against Turkish and JewM residents at a result ol Uio UMMassiiiatlon of King George, whom the Greek people believe was slain by se-hlmuj an tlie culmination of a Turkish plot. Tlie Turks and Jews are cowering behind the burrieaded doors of their honied, expecting the outbreak of a iiuuacro. Athena, March 10. The elevation of Crown Prince Constantino to tlio throne, an King Constantino I, was for mally declared today by a council of r.nfic niluiHUTM. The ministers are preparing a proclamation ascribing tho a.a.winatlon of King George as the uct of u mad man. Dowager Queen Olga Is hurryhig to Salon. ki aboard a Russian warship. She emarked at midnight. All busl ik9 hi at a standstill. Public build-iiif-H are draied. Tlie obsequies will be lniixMng, as King George was re lated to every reigning monarch In Europe Salonikl, March 19. Evidence that Schinas was being introduced when he shot the king developed this afternoon. Sometime previous to the crime he sat In a cafe garden drink ing with two companions. After Schi nus left, one of the companions cried "He's murdered," when he heard the shot. He supposedly referred to the king and knew that Schlnas intended shooting. Constantinople, March 19. Tho Tanln, a Turkish newspaper charges that the Bulgarians were responsible for the assassination of Qlng George, referring to the alleged friction be tween the Bulgars and Greek officials. Sallnlkl, March 19. The assassin of the king on being arrested refused to explain his motive for the crime. He declared that his name was Alek Schlnas and, in reply to an officer who asked him whether he had no pity for his country, announced that he was opposed to governments. Schl nas maintained an impassive demea nor. The king fell into the arms of his aide when shot. Two soldiers ran up on hearing the firing and helped to support him. He was placed In a carriage and effort were made to stop the bleeding, but he breathed hit last on the way to the hospital near by. When Prince Nicholas bade the of ficers swear fealty to Constantino, they Bhouted: "Long live the king!" Salonika, March 19. Maintaining order tri the face of terrific obstacles, Prince Nicholas, third son of King George, showed his mettle today. Un strung bv the assassination of the CONSTANTINE IS POPULAR PRINCE London, March 19. Crown Prince Constantlne comes to the throne of Greece at the very height of his pop ularity, which ,he has won on the field of battle In Macedonia and which the capture of Janlna raised to the highest pitch. It was not always thus. He suffer ed with other members of the royal family for the failure of the Greek arms in the Turkish war of 1907 and when at the conclusion of the war, an act was passed creating the post of commander-in-chief and conferring 1t on Constantlne, the bitterest oppo sition waa aroused. His repeated triumphs In the pres ent war have aroused the wildest en thusiasm and only a few days ago It waa announced that an equestrlal statue would be erected In his honor In the capital. JfflS Bud F monarch, the Greek soldiers who ac complished the fall of Salonikl, threatened to storm the Jail and tear the assassin piece by piece, but the pleadings of Nieholus prevailed. He held the soldiers In check while the slayer was removed to quarters un known to the populace. It developed today that an unidentified man, who because of his close proximity to Alek Schlnas, the assassin, was mis taken for an accomplice and literal ly torn to pieces by a mob as Schlnas was led away. The authorities say Schlnas Is weak minded, while oth ers declare he Is a college graduate. He lived several years abroad and is reported to have once lived In Ameri ca. He Is believed to be an anarch ist. When King Constantlne I arrived from Janlna he was received with roy al homage. He ordered preparations started for the removal of the body to Athens. London, March 19. Queen Mother Alexandria is confined to bed at Marl borough house today, heartbroken over her brother's death. She Insists on going to Athens for the funeral. , against the advice of physicians. I Prince Arthur of Connaught will rep- 1 resent the king and queen of England ct the funeral. j The remarkable difficulty of ob taining confirmation of the assassi-1 nation kept London in a fever for : hours last night. I The assassination is expected to throw a damper over London's social' season as the court will be In mourn ing for months. After the first dis patch from Salonikl, which merely said the king was slain, not a single j Word confirming the report reached the cltv until nearly ten o'clock. Wild- i est rumors of the death scene were i circulated, some declaring the king was slain before the verv eyes of Queen Olga. A final confirmation of, the killing came In a dispatch to King George which gave the facts briefly 19 President' Washington, March Wilson today cabled Queen Olga his condolences on the death of King George of Greece. Athens, March 19. The govern ment will Investigate whether Schlnas was unbalanced or an anarchist who acted alone or as the agent of a gang. SENTENCED TO LIFE. GOVERNOR GRANTS PAUDON Columbus, Ohio. March 19. Stir red by the "Injustice of his sentence," Governor Cox today pardoned William Welch, who was given a life sentence in the state pententlary for stealing $1 worth of bacon when hungry. Welch Is now almost Insane. Six years ago Welch, penniless and hun gry, broke open the door of a dwell ing and stole a few pounds of bacon. The Judge sentenced him to life imprisonment. WILSON WILL NOT RECOMMEND THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT TO SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS Washington, March 19. It waa definitely learned today that In his special message to the extra session of congress President Wilson will not recommend the woman's suffrage am endment and the currency reforms. His single recommendation will be for a revision of the tariff. The pres ident wants the tariff alone confided to the special session and wants the work expedited as much as possible. POSTOFFICE STEALS UNEARTHED THROUGH ARREST OF SALEM MAN Salem, Ore., March 19. What are believed the biggest postofflce steal in the history of the state were un earthed today when William Martin, a messenger at the Salem postofflce, was arrested by postofflce Inspectors. ARMY SHOULD BE READY FOR ACTION Washington, March 19. In an offi cial statement of policy, Secretary of War Garrison declared In favor of Im mediate preparation of the military forces of the United States to meet any emergency, holding a discussion of disarmament by International agreement to be entirely out of place in the consideration of what the Unit ed States government should do to meet existing conditions. The sec retary proposed retention of the regu lar army at Its present strength, im provement of the national guard and creating a reserve. Declaring that he was not urging militarism Mr. Garrison said the lead ing men In the United States army do not advocate militarism, which means the existence of a large stand ing army, but precisely the reverse a small, compact, but thoroughly ef ficient army. The most rabid anti militarists, he said, could not serious ly suggest that the present army of ninety thousand to look after a pop ulation of more than 110,000,000 in the United States ana the insular pos sessions had any hint of militarism in it. WATSON NAMED CORPORATION COMMISSION Salem, March 19. Governor West appointed his private secretary, Ralph Watson, as corporation commissioner, the new office created by the blue sky law passed by the recent legisla ture. Miss Fern Hobbs. will succeed Wat son as private secretary. The gover nor said he selected Watson as the proper person to put the blue sky law into effect. TURKS DRIVE BULGARS FROM THE TRENCHES Vienna, March 19. News of a great Turkish victory over the Bulgarians at Tchatalja has been received from Constantinople. It Is said the Turks verv eyes ot,"acKea me nuigars auer tnree uays of battle and Inflicted heavy losses on the allies Turkish troops are said to have driven the Bulgars from the trenches then Btormed tne heights held by the Bulgars which were captured at the point of the bayonette. It Is said the losses to both armies are very heavy but no details are given. Turkish aeroplanes are Bald to have aided in the Moslem victory. INFANT IiO UN OX TRAIN SNOWBOUND OX PRAIRIES Norfolk, Neb., March 19. Train service has not been completely re stored In Northern Nebraska as a re sult of last Thursday's blizzard, which was the worst In 20 years. Not a train has been moved west of Valentine, Neb., on the Black Hills route In five days. A baby was born on a North-West-prn train at Valentine Neb. At Cha dron a funeral party headed from Hot Springs, S. D., has been hold since Thursday. Retribution Is something: we expect will eventually overtake other people. The principal features of the tar iff reform bill were outlined at a conference between Representative Palmer of the ways and means com mittee, Senator Simmons, chairman of the senate finance committee and. rrwiueni wiison. xne president said he hoped the business men of the country would know what to expect He hopes to eliminate all friction at the extra session. The stolen goods consisted of parcels post packages containing all manner of articles, aggregating thousands of dollars and a total weight of more than a ton. Martin has a wife and ten children and claimed he needed the goods for use by his family. HAIR DEALERS ARE INDICTED FOR FRAUD New York, March 19. Antonio Musica and his son Phillip, dealers in human hair, who have branches and connections all over the world, were indicted here on a specific charge of defrauding J. and W. Seligman, bank ers, out of $1 6,793 by means of fraud ulent invoices. The transaction, Dis trict Attorney Whitman asserts. Is only one of many through which Musica Is said to have defrauded two foreign and American banks out of approxi mately $1,000,000. Father and son have fled the city. Detectives ex pressed the belief that they , are bound for South America. Antonio Musica's daughters, Louise and Grace, also have disappeared. On the Fabre line pier are 288 cas es of human hair consigned by the Musica's to merchants in Europe. This hair, the Musicas asserted five days ago, was of the finest quality on the market. They billed it at top fig ures, and on the strength of the in voices, it is charged, obtained from bankers here, advances covering the supposed full value of at least a por tion of the shipment. The entire shipment, experts said, was worth about what it would cost to haul it away. BRYAN REFUSES TO TALK ABOUT MEXICO Llnccln. Neb., March 19. Accom panied by Governor Dunne of Illinois, Secretary of State Bryan arrived here today. Bryan predicted that the friendship of the United States and China will be fostered as a result of President Wilson's attitude on the six power loan. He approved the pres ident's statements but flatly refused to discuss the Mexican situation. Bry an and Dunne will be guests of hon or at the annual banquet of the Bry an club tonight. RAILROAD STRIKE SEEMS PROBABLE Chicago, March 19. Little hope of a settlement of the existing differ ences between five thousand yard switchmen and eastern railroads," Is expected to result from a conference today between representatives of the switchmen and the companies. Be fore the conference, several railroad officials announced the companies would make no concessions. Vice President Whittman of the Brother hood of Railway Trainmen, predicted a strike unless the railroads granted the demands for a semi-monthly pay day and pay and a half for overtime. STORM HURTS . SHEEP MEN Spring is not yet. To the contrary winter seems to be strong on the "come back" stunt and today sent a s'.eet and snow storm which has held the county in its grasp all day. While no great damage Is anticipated In the farming sections from the storm, the sheepmen will doubtless suffer a great deal Inasmuch as they are all in the midst of lambing. The snow began falling here In Pen dleton early this morning and has I continued throughout the day. It has been very wet and not a great deal has remained on the ground. How ever, the fall has been much greater in outlying communities. According to Will Wyrlck, Cayuse farmer, there was six Inches of snow on the ground there at noon and It was still coming down hard. A heavy fall Is reported in the mountains. At Helix, Athena and Adams the storm has been more severe than at Pendelton, according to reports. More unfavorable weather for the sheepmen could not have arrived at this time for the lambing season is at Its height. The snow and chilling winds will undoubtedly cause a great mortality among the newborn lambs unless adequate shelter has been pro vided. Local farmers are not at all happy over the change In the weather, de spite the fact that there is little dan ger to their crops already In. The snow while It Is on the ground, will delay work and, as It is thoroughly soaking the ground, it will be some time before seeding can be continued. The weather has not been a sur prise to many, they having expected a change owing to the nearness of the equinox. 3 MEN SERIOUSLY UNDERWORLD GANG ATTACKS THEM FOLLOWING QUARREL IN SALOON Three men were seriously injured and another slightly last night when they were ambushed and attacked at tlie corner of Cottonwood and Webb street) by an underworld gang led by the notorious Ernest Todhuntcr. Charles Morrison, one of the propric 1 tors of the Olynipia liar, lie at his BANKER TOO ILL TO APPEAR IN COURT San Francisco, March 19. The arraignment of Charles F. Baker, assistant cashier of the Crocker National Bank, charg ed with embezzling nearly two hundred thousand dollars, was postponed by Federal Commis sioner Krull, until March 26th, because of the physical condition of Baker, physicians declaring he is too ill to appear in court. Baker has been confined to his home with erysipelas for sever al weeks, and the alleged short ages were uncovered by the man who worked In his place. ! HOLLANDER "BUYS" BROOKLYN BRIDGE . New York, March 19. After buy ing" the Brooklyn bridge for five hundred dollars and paying one hun dred dollars for a contract to shave thirteen thousand policemen every morning, Karl Hoopes a Holland bar ber is on his way back to the Hague. Hoopes came here with several thou sand dollars to spend on Investments. The first Individual he confided In was a manufacturer of golden cobbles. The stranger sold him the Brooklyn bridge, and the barberlntt contract and was pawning the Flatiron building when Hoopes emelled a rat. The "con" man escaped with all the coin. BLAL0CK WILL IS FILED FOR PROBATE Walla Walla. Wash.. March 19 The will of Dr. N. G. Blalock was fil ed in the superior court yesterday afternoon with the petition of Dr. Y. C. Blalock that It be admitted to pro bate and the petitioner and May I. Blalock and Rose M. Wlnans be ap pointed as executor and executrixes. The home, together with all personal property is left to May I. Blalock, Y. C. Blalock and Rose M. Winans. Complying with the wish of Dr. Bla lock in his will the petitioner has usked that the estate be settled with out the supervision of the court and that no bonds be required. The will was made In 1911, witnesses being Julia Vaughn John H. Pedigo. the and NEILL OPPOSED AS LABOR COMMISSIONER Washington, March 19. Senator Overman, who is leading the fight against the confirmation of Charles P. Neill as commissioner of labor, has asked President Wilson personal ly to Investigate charges that Neill was perniciously active in connection with the use of child labor In the south. "Since the senate adjourned." said Overman today, "Nelll's nomination has been automatically killed and will not come before the senate committee unless It Is renewed by the presi dent." A woman's Idea of heaven Is a place where every day Is bargain day. HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOUND HIDDEN IN WOMEN'S HATS WHEN FAMILY IS ARRESTED BY POLICE New Orleans. March 19. With half a million dollars in bills and checks concealed In the women's hats and in the grips and pockets of the men, Antone Martinez, his four sons and two daughters, alleged swindlers, were arrested today. Martinez, who also goes by the name of Antone Fusseale, Is declared to be a promi nent New York merchant. The party was literally clothed in greenbacks and inability of the members to success fully hide all the currency aroused the suspicions of the police. It Is de clared the family conducted enor mously profitable swindling opera tions In many parts of the country. They were en route to Honduras. It JURED WHEN home with a deep cut on one side of his head, numerous contusions and several torn ribs. Carl Churchill, a bartender, is at tlie hospital suffering from a fractured jaw and Roy Stuart, another bartender, may lose one of his eyes as a result of deep knife -S wounds. From the stories told by the Injured men, it appears that the trouble which led up to the assault occurred earlier in the evening in the saloon. Nelson St. Dennis, who tends bar at the Olympia, had laid off for the day and his place had been taken by Stuart. However, he dropped around at the saloon during the evening and asked a number of friends to have a drink. depositing 52.50 on the bar. Think ing that this might not be enough, he stepped over to Morrison and asked him for another five. When he re turned, the cash which he had laid on the counter had disappeared and he inquired who took it. With an accusing conscience. Tod hunter, who was lined up at the bar. Immediately demanded to know whether he was accused of stealing the money. This led to hot words, made more hot by reason of the state ment of Morrison that he had seen Toddhunter pocket the money. No blows were struck but Toddhunter was ordered out of the saloon. Are Waylaid. Shortly after the closing hour, 11 o'clock, Morrison and the three bar tenders went over to the noodle par lors in the State Hotel, orner of Cot tonwood and Webb streets and ate a midnight lunch. Toddhunter, in the meantime, had evidently collected his gang for when the four men stepped out of the restaurant, five or six others dashed around the corner of the build ing and attacked them. St. Dennis was knocked down by a fist but Immediately regained his feet and ran to the police station. Morri son' was struck several times with fists before he fell stunned by a blow from a vitrified brick". Churchill was knock ed unconscious with a brick at the first onslaught and declares he rem embers nothing of the occurence. Stuart was cut Just above and below one of his eyes, the wounds being made by a knife, according to the' opinion of the attending physician. Night Officer John Russell was at tracted to the scene by the noise but at sight of him, the gangsters broke and ran In all -directions. He pursued one of them but In the darkness the fugitive eluded him. Besides Todd hunter, only one of the gang was rec ognized, he being "Shorty" Saunders, a well known character who has been much In the company of the under world gang. All of the attacking party evidently left the city for the search conducted by the officers has so far been una vailing. Warrants have been Issued for their arrest upon complaint of District Attorney Steiwer and It is be lieved the men will be captured, for messages have been sent to all neigh boring cities and towns. Dr. J. A. Best, who attended Chur chill and Stuart, stated this afternoon that the former had suffered a com plete fracture of the left lower Jaw bone besides numerous bruises and abrasions, and that the latter would probably not lose the sight of his eye though a knife had cut through the lower lid, leaving the ball exposed, while a three cornered missile had struck him above the eye. Stuart is also a mass of bruises, he declares. Churchill's Injury will not permit him to talk. Dr. O. E. Parker attended Morrison and declares he found him suffering from a great many bruises and contu sions on the head, face, body and legs. He does not believe the In jured ribs were torn or broken. TiMdhunter, the leader of the gang. Is w'l known to the local criminal world, having been Implicated In any number of crimes from "bootlegging" to larceny and white slavery. was announced that one of the pris oners confessed the family swindled twenty banks In New York. New Or leans, London and Berlin with fraud ulent invoices. "Musica" was the name under which Martinez operated the United States Hair company in New York. The party arrived early today from Mobile. They were sleeping in their berths in the steamer In which they hoped to sail for Honduras when ar rested. The father fought the offi cers and a detective prevented one of the women from throwing the hats Into the Mississippi. Later three hun dred thousand dollars were found In the lining of the women's hats. 1 1