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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT. Fair tonight and Tues day. TO ADVERTISERS The East Or?gonlan hl the largt paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, east of i'ortland and nearly twice the circulation In Pendleton of any other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 25. PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1913. NO. 7921 30.000,000 IN DEPOSITS ARE TIED UP bank Failure in Pittsburg Results Also in Receiver for American Water Works Company. WALL ST. NOT DISTURBED Action Is Taken by Government After a Three Weeks' Examination by Special Examiners Failure Cnu.sc Much Excitement Debitors WiU Bo Protected. Pittsburg, July 7. Deposits aggre gating $30,000,000 are tied up by or der of the assistant controller of cur rency, closing the First-Second Na tional bank, the second largest In the city. The first and second banks re cently were consolidated, the majority of the stock being held by the J. S. and W. S. Kuhn interests. Represen tatives of the Kuhn interests announc ed a receiver will be appointed for the American Water Works Company, a $20,000,000 concern operating in many cities. The Kuhn interests are heav ily Interested In water power, water rights and other industrial enter prises. Several banks and trust com panies in neighboring towns and cit ies are associated with the bank. The institutions were closed fol lowing a three weeks' examination by special government examiners. The failure has caused much excitement among the foreign depositors. Reas suring statements to the effect the de positors will be protected when the bank's affairs are straightened were Issued. Wall Street Not Disturbed. . New York. July 7. The failure of the First-Second National bank of Pittsburg did not disturb Wall street. It is regarded us an isolated case, having no bearing on the general banking situation Kuhn's of Pitts burg are not connected with the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb and com pany, of New York. Stock tickers carried the following regarding the failure: "Failure of the First-Second National bank has been expected for some time. It Is not regarded as im portant. The failure was due to loans on collateral that had greatly depre- elated in value, Including Wahash, Water Works and other issues." McKeesport. Pa., July 7. The Firt National Hank closed Its doors as a result of the failure of the First-Second Nationnl bank of Pittsburg. The McKeesport Institution was owned by the Kuhn Interests. Washington, July 7. Closing the Hank of Pittsburg was ordered by the administration to protect the "little fellows." It whs stated the institution had been shaky for some time and the secretary of the treasury Interfered in order to niakc rertaln that nil de positors should receive equal treat ment. New York, July 7. The Pittsburg bank failure and the Balkan situation did not effert the stock mnrket to day. A man seldom discovers the dan gerous microbe In kisses until about a year after marriage. WATER FIGHT ON SATURDAY BRINGS BIG TWO DAYS' PROGRAM TO CLOSE A fiercely contested water fight be tween Hose Companies No. 2 and No. 7 at 5:30 Saturday evening ended the formal program of entertainment for the big two-days celegratlon and it proved to be the most exciting and most interesting feature staged. It bad not been scheduled by the com mittee but grew out of the rivalry be tween the two companies and was ar ranged on the last day. The two teams charged each other, No. 2 starting at Water street and No. 7 at Railroad on Main. The former company connected with the Court treet plug and the latter with the one on Webb street and they met at Alta. No. 2. which lost the match race on the Fourth, succeeded In get ting water first and had It playing on the No. 7 nozzlemen almost fifteen seconds before the latter could return It. The exchange of streams contin ued at .ong range and In rather a desultory manner until No. 2 attached another length which permitted fight ing at closer range. Thereupon, five or six of the No. 2 men charged No. 7, but were beaten back several times and finally utterly routed when the No. 7 general dispatched a scout to turn off the source of supply of the other, left unguarded by the No. plugmen. The water was again turned on. ALLEGED PLOT TO BURN LONDON IS DISCOVERED SUFFRAGISTS BLAMED Aviators Were to My Over City, Drop ping Itomlwt on l'riiicla Iltilldlngs Cellur of the Stock Exchnnge Is Pui'tiully Wrecked by a Itomb ctte Literature Found. London, July 7. A suffragette plot to burn London lias been discovered by Scotland Yard; according to the Evening Standard. The jniK'r de clared it was proosd to have several French aviator fly across the English Channel md drop phosphorus bombs on the principal buildings in London. Liverpool. July 7. The ecllur of the stock exchuiigo was artially wrecked by a Ixiiub. Suffragette literature wm found after the explosion. FRIEDMANN CURE IS TO BE DISCUSSED Denver, Colo., July 7. The Fried niann "cure" for tuberculosis, its ef ficacy In treating the white plague, and the general feeling of the medical profession towards the German's dis covery will be the principal subjects discussed during the sixty-ninth an nual convention of the American In stitute of Homeopathy which opened Its sessions here today. The conven tion will be In session until July 12. between 1500 and 2000 physicians from all parts of the United States, Canada and South America are In at tendance. The Institute Is the oldest medical society In the United States One of the featlures of the convention which attracted many visitors today is an exhibition or medical supplies and Instruments for all sorts of opera tions. HOLDS RECORD FOR SUICIDES St. IVtersburg IawLs in Xumlier of Citizens Taking Their Own Live. St. Petersburg. July 7. Official po lice statistics submitted to the muni cipal authorities today show that the Czar's capital holds the world's rec ord for suicides. In the past twelve months there were 1.20" who took their own lives a fraction more than I 100 for every month. In the same period 387 persons were murdered and 2.308 lost their lives in accidents. INIYERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL Many New Course Are Added to 1Vii'' Ivan'u State Institution Open Today. Philadelphia. July 7. With many new courses added to its curriculum and nearly a thousand men and wo men from thirty-eight states attend ing, the tenth annual session of the University of Pennsylvania Summer School opened todav. The course will continue for six weeks, ending Fri day. August 15. Professor J. P. Wlckersham Is director of the school. The Vacation School and Recreation Center for Poys and Glr's under the direction of th university and the Philadelphia Pally Bible school also opened today. There is a great advantage In being in love. While it lasts your other troubles seem Insignificant. however, nnd then the fighting be-tan In earnest. Time and again No 2 charged the stalwart nozlemen of No. 7. only to be beaten back, half drown ed. The Coffman brothers, strapping young giants, held the 7 nozzle and. with arms entwined, alone withstood the relayed assaults of the other company. They never gave an Inch and held their nozle true to the mark from first to last. When one No. 2 squad had been beaten back by the terrific force of the other stream, an other squad would relieve It and re peat the attack with like results. Fi nally the attacking party gave evi dence of submission when John Mumm, well known young farmer, emerged from the crowd, seized the hose and advanced upon the Corf mans. The defeated firemen rallied about him and began the attack anew. Three time they were re pulsed but finally Mnimm led them with a fierce rush to within a few feet of the twin oaks and finally forced the latter to give ground. The palm of victory, however, be longs to No 7, for It was only by the help of an outside man that No. 2 was finally nble to make any impres slon upon the other. A big crowd saw the fight and grew so enthusiastic (Continued on Page 8. GREEKS DEFEAT. THEIR Bulgarians Claim Important Victory Over 80,000 Troops, Scattering Their Line of Battle. HEAVY LOSSES REPORTED Greeks Were Under Personal Com mand of King Constantine Mom. of the Troops Are Said to Have Ween Captured by Hulgnrs Kuiscr May Interfere for Peace. Sofia. July 7. The Bulgarian war office issued a bulletin today claim ing a great victory over the Greek army as a consequence of a maneuver executed by General Ivanoff, which resulted in scattering the 80,000 troops in the Greek line of battle, extending from Nigrita to Ambolrkoel. It assert ed most of the troops were captured by the Bulgarians and that the Greeks lost heavily in the fighting before Ni grita. The Greeks defeated were un der tiie personal command of King Constantine. Berlin,, July 7. It is reported the Kaiser is prepared to mediate in the renewed Balkan was bo far as Bul garia and Roumania are concerned. Roumania has officially notified Tur key of the mobilization of the Rou manian army. Athens, July 7. The government authorities admit the casualties in flicted on the Greek army at Nigrita aggregated 10,000 killed and wounded. They will not concede, however, that the entire Greek force has been routed. HIGHER WAGES ARE DISCUSSED Convention of American Flint Glass Workers 0mmis Today at Newark, Olilo. Newark, , Ohio, July 7. Better working conditions and higher wages were the two important subjects disj cussed today at the opening session of the annual convention of American Flint Glass Workers' Union. LOS ANGELES MAYOR TAKES UP HIS DITIKS Los Angeles, July 7. Henry H. Rose was Inaugurated mayor of Los Angeles today. His assumption mark ed the end of a long regime of the good government organization which elected George Alexander, the retir ing mayor. Nine city concllmen also were inducted Into office. TOR 0 STRIKE OF GOLD MINERS NOT ENDED Johannesburg. .Tidy 7. The settle-! ment of the strike anions the gold miners in the Hand district, which the government arranged with a commit tee of strikers, has proved ineffective. Mobs reassembled Sunday. Ail trains EXAMS HERE SEPT. 10-15, OCT. 15 Washington. July 7. Civil service examinations for departmental service In Washington will be held in Pen dleton September 10 and 15 and Oc tober 15 and also will be held In oth er towns In the state. MANY SIGNATURES BELIEVED FRAUD Sulem, July 7. It Is rumored that Harvey Beckwlth and C. D. Babcock, members of the workmen's compensa tion commission, hav discovered what is. believed to be many Illegal signatures to a petition to refer the compensation act to the people In the November election. It is said Dtstrlct Attorney Evans of Multnomah county will be asked to investigate, as there are but 164 names to the petition filed with the secretary of state, more than required to make it operative. Many eliminations may nullify the effect of the petition. MANY CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES Tennis ExperU llattlo Today for Titles Several Crack Games Will 1h llekl. New York, July 7. Besides the bl state championships at Louisville, die lawn tennis schedule of the National Lawn Tennis association today in eluded: Connecticut state champion ships at Litchfield; Tennessee cham pionships at Nashville; Iowa state championships at Des Moines. DECLARES THAT PERJURY PLAYED PART IN STORY r - DETECTIVE ED IT S New Light Is ThrcC. , Cases In San lrj' J '.unco Ring Ma J Not Telling TnJl vestt'iation Com - 2 (ion.Hrfracy J -Member of a nfesslon of A'imess In- San Francisco.' Sworn ad mission that he cmin....ad perjury at the direction of William A. Mundell, manager of the Pacific division of the Burns Detective Agency, in the con spiracy cases resulting In the convic tion of Detective Sergeant Arthur MacPhee and Patrolman Charles Taylor, was made lu District Attor ney Ficekrt's office today by Loulsano Rovigo. a bunco man brought here from St. Louis to testify against the men. Rovigo was the only witness claiming he paid graft money directly to the defendants. "Munsell told me," Rovigo's con fession says, "that he would save me from being sent to New York on a murder charge if I testified against McPhee and Taylor." Fickert promis es an investigation. HERMIST0N YOUNG MAN IS DROWNED Hermiston, Ore., July 7. (Special) While swimming in the river near this place yesterday afternoon, John Peterson, a well known young man, was drowned and his body has not yet been recovered. In company with a dozen or more other young men he had gone bathing In the river and. getting beyond his depth, his strength failed him and he began sinking, .sev eral of bis companions attempted to rescue him but their efforts were of no avail. A searching party was at once organized and the river was dragged but the body has not yet been recovered. Deceased was abouf 20 years old and had been employed by the Newport Land & Construction Co. for the past few years. AMBASSADOR GOES TO TOKIO Georwe W. Guthrie Leaves for Japan Today Will Make Stop at San Francisco. Pittsburg, Pa.. July 7. George W. Guthrie, former mayor of Pittsburg, departed today for Tokio to take up his duties ns ambassador to Japan. Guthrie has been invited to speak at a banquet to be given In his honor when he arrives in San Francisco July 11. He will sail from that city on the! Mongolia on July 16. I and street cars suscnded service, the crews refusing to work. No newsjw Hrs were able to .publish. . Additional trooH guarded the Rand Club, the sene of serious encounters on Satur day. The troow were hooted. FORECAST WEATHER SEASON IN ADVANCE Chicago, July 7. Astronomical dls coverles that scientists say make it i possible to forecast weather conditions a season In advance are announced by Professor E. B. Frost of Yerkes ob servatory, Williams Bay, Wis. The announcement Is the result of 10 years' tabulation of observations of I the sun. The records show that the "solar constant" does not exist, as the sun is a variable star and that solar radiation Is Indicated by the sun spots which wax and wane in a reg ular cycle of 11 years. The observa tions were made, according to Profes sor Frost for the purpose of bringing the science of astronomy to the aid of agriculture In order that farmers may know In advance of planting sea sons what crop prospects are. Variation In solar heat amounting to more than 5 per cent In a week was discovered. Radiation from the sun Is high when sun spots are nu- merous At present sun spots are few but In four years it may be expected that a large number will develop, ac cording to Professor Frost. Astro-physical observers are now devoting their chief attention to the observation of sun spots, which ex perience has shown are the things which most affect all conditions of life on this planet PEN FIELD NOMINATED AS AMWASSADOU TO AI'STIUA Washington, July 7 Frederick Pen field of Pennsylvania, today was nom inated to be ambassador to Austria. A young man courts danger when the girl's father objects. LAUTERBACH DENIES KNOWLEDGE OE IMPERSONATIONS OF LAMAR WI.VMJKS 1' ALL 50 ! FEET INTO LAKE MICHIGAN ! Chicago, July 7. Aviator Glenn Martin and Charles Day. a passenger, plunged 50 feet into Lake Michigan when Martin's flying boat turned turtle and fell into the water. Both were rescued. Martin was testing the machine which he proposed to use In tomorrow's Chicago-Detroit reliability cruise. He ig nored the advice of friends not to start In a high wind. MANY REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN TERRIFIC STORM Natchez. Miss., July 7. Several were killed at Carey. 20 miles north of Ylcksburg. in a terrific storm last night, according to advices received liere. One rejort 6a Id 20 met death. Wires are down. Confirmation of the report is Impossible. OMAHA PACKING PLANT ON FIRE Omaha July 7. The six-story plant of the Omaha lacking company Is on fire and shortly after noon there apHarcd no chance to save the build ing, uiiich is valued at more than half a, million. FRISCO MAN ENDS LIFE IN CHICAGO Chicago, 111., June 7. With a bul let hole In his heart, the body of a man registering as J. Henry Smith, of San Francisco, was found In a room of the Great Northern hotel today. He left a note addressed to Mrs. John L. Sale of San Francisco, reading: "To avoid Cathleen, I chose death." . San Francisco. July 7. J. Henry Smith, who ended his life In a Chi cago hotel, was employed by an in surance company here. He started east 10 days ago to visit relatives in New Jersey. SHOW AT TAC0MA IS NOT UP TO ROUND-UP Having attended the annual meet ing of the Panama-Pacific Festival Association and having witnessed two performances of the wild west show staged In connection with the Monta mara Festo. Roy W. Ritner and Charles H. Marsh, vice president and secretary, respectively, of the Round up, arrived home this morning. They report that the association decided to do extensive advertising of the fes tivals and fairs represented by it dur ing the coming year and to pay par ticular attention toward the middle west with a view to drawing from that section. As for the wild west thow. neither Mr. Ritner nor Mr. Marsh consider it in the nature of a rival to the Round up. Both state that there were a number of good features staged at the exhibition but that, compared with the local frontier carnival, It was rather tame. "One of their principal difficulties lay In the fact that practically the same men had to participate in all of the events and necessarily there were delays," declared Secretary Marsh Lee Caldwell of this city captured the first prize of $250 In the bucking contest, while Art Seals, the youngest of the brothers who hall from Con don, took second place. The judges were Bert Whitman of this city, George Carnes of Pilot Rock and Wil liam Searcy of Condon. The show was managed by Clarence Adams of Pilot Rock, with A. C. Pow ers assisting and Johnny Baldwin as arena director. Secretary Marsh states that the Festo management declared to him that no attempt would be made to re pent the show In the future and he anticipates a large crowd from that city In attendance upon the next Round-up. PRESIDENT ENJOYS GAME OF GOLF WITH KENNEDY Windsor. Vt.. July 7. The president gave himself up to relaxation today from official cares During the fore noon he played golf with Frank Ken nedy, the biscuit manufacturer of Bos ton. Francis Sayre. who is engaged to Miss Jessie, is a member of the 1 .'.rty. ! Witness is Nervous When Called to Testify Before the Committee Probing Alleged Lobby. "LAMAR WAS MY FRIEND" Will Is Introduced in Senate Making IiiVMTsonating of Government Offi cials a Felony Sentence Fixed at live Years. $5000 line or Both Aimed at Lainu Case. Washington. July 7 That criminal prosecution of those concerned in the impersonation of congressmen In con ection with the lobbying of Wail street Interests may be sought by the, senate investigating committee, was indicated when Lauterbach, before he testified was asked to waive his rights to immunity. Washington, July 7. The first wit ness examined today by the insidious lebby investigators, was Edward Lau terbach, regarding the sensational testimony of David Lamar, who ad mitted he Impersonated over the tel ephone several members of congress In conversation with leading finan ciers and railroad magnates. In the senate a bill was Introduced by Cum mins, making impersonating federal officials a felony punishable by a maximum penalty of five years In Jail and a fine of J5000 or both Cases like that of Lamar will come directly under the provisions of the bill. One section of the bill is aimed at conditions similar to those disclosed by Mulhall. former agent of the Man ufacturers' Association, concerning In fluences alleged to have been exerted to encompass the election or defeat of certain members of congress. The bill makes It an. offense to Improperly in fluence a member of congress or sp.kor i suilr influ or write a false statement that ence was brought to bear. Ijiuterlwch Is Nervous. Lauterbach was extremely nervous while on the stand. Chairman Over man read to him the testimony of Lewis Cass Ledyard. In which it de clared Lauterbach claimed he repre sented Speaker Clark, Senator Stone of Missouri, and other democratic leaders. Lauterbach formally waived immunity. He read the original tes timony and denied he knew about Lamar's impersonations of prominent men in telephone conversations with financiers and others "David Lamar was my friend." said Lauterbach. "and I realized I had lost my entire law practice because of his friendship for me. But I knew he was honest. He had done many hon orable things for me. He got Henry H. Rogers to be my personal client. I did many big things for Rogers, no tably In preventing the Guggenheims from taking the American Smelting and Refining company under their control in their own way." Denies Allegations. Lauterbach denied he told Led yard that Lamar was a blackmailer, but Insisted he told Ledyard that he (Lauterbach) did not depresent Clark. Stone, or anyone else in au thority. He said he came to Wash ington to investigate the steel in quiry, but did not see any high offi cials of the government or any demo cratic leaders. FIRE DESTROYS M'SINESS HOI SES AT EASTOX, WASH EHensbiirg. Wash.. July 7. Fire starting in a defective flue at Easton. destroyed 11 business houses. The loss is rrom $25,000 to 850.000. Only one business house is left standing. BIG CITIZENSHIP CONGRESS CLOSES Portland. July 7. With 15.000 per sons, their faces uplifted, singing "God Be With You Till We Meet Again," the second citizenship con ference concluded bust night. Among the speakers were Ng Poon Chew, of Canton, whose address flamed with patriotism of the New China. Several others spoke. BETTERMENT LEAGUE ATTACKS DAY BILL Salem. July 7. An injunction suit to test the constitutionality of the Day bill calling for a special referendum election in November w-as filed before Judge Galloway of the Marion countv circuit court today by ! Attorneys Parkinson and Yamck- wieh. acting for A C. Libbey, president of the educational In stillation betterment league. The bill is attacked on the ground of its unconstitutionality.