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HUH mjhb1 W'l lirH'-i mmA-"I"imm .1 a, .bw uan EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHEIt REPORT. Fair tonight and to morrow. TO ADVERTISERS The F.aiit Oregnnlan has the largint paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, east of Portland and nearly twice the circulation In I'endleton of any other newspaper. COUNT Y OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 25. PENDLETOX, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY U, 1915 XO. 7923 1 TO 8E CALLED ON JUST YET His Appearance Before the Lobby In vestigating Committee Has Been Postponed a Few Days. SUGAR MAN TESTIFIES A. I. Baldwin, Interested in Sugar Duty, is First Witness Called To day Declares He's Paid $:lil u Day ami Exjicnses Hut Admits lit is Not Worth That Amount. WASHINGTON, July 9. When the lobby committee resumed Its hearing Chairman Overman announced that the appearance of Mulhall had been postponed. Muihall Is expected to testify to the part played by the Na tional Association of Manufacturers in certain political campaigns, while he was an agent of the organization. A. 1. Baldwin of Cleveland,' of the firm of Alexander and Baldwin, said to be the largest sugar producers In Hawaii, was the first witness today. He testified he had been here since April in the Interest of the duty jn sugar. He said he received $30 per day and expenses. He admitted he didn't think he earned that much, but paid the sugar interests wanted him to remain. All Baldwin did, he said, was to call on about 20 senators and write a few letters. On cross examination Bald win's story remained substantially the same as that told by others who tes tified regarding the efforts to keep sugar off the free list. WASHINGTON, July 9. A resolu tion providing for a lobby probe In dependent of that now In progress by the senate committee was passed by the house this afternoon. Clark then appointed a committee to conduct the Investigation. To Have Special Counsel. WASHINGTON, July 9 After a desperate search of coak rooms the house mustered a quorum today and voted to permit the proposed special house lobby investigating committee to employ special counsel In the probe of the charges made by Mulhall. This reverses the action taken earlier In the week. CITY PHYSICIAN MAKES REPORT Dr. I. U. Temple, city physician, has Just filed his quarterly report containing v'tnl statistics for the months of A).rl'. M.iy and June. The report shows there are now two cases of typhoid within the city and a case of smallpox, the smallpox patient be ing confined to the annex at the St. Anthony hospital. During the quarter the city physi cian inspected 15 places requiring such investigation and treated a total of four cases for the city. Of these one ca.se was alcoholism, one hysteria, one scalp Injury and one venerlal dis ease, v Contagious diseases reported during the quarter were smallpox, three: measles, three; typhoid, five; a total of 11 cases. . During the quarter there occurred a total of 88 births In Pendleton. Of the new arrivals 20 are girls and 16 boys. The total deaths for the quar ter numbered 19. UNIDENTIFIED MAN DIES HERE Found unconsclouus at the Umatilla depot, a stranger whose name Is be lieved to have been Albert Thomas, was placed aboard No. 2 last evening but expired shortly before reaching thla city. The body was taken to the Baker undertaking parlors and efforts are fcelng made today to locate his relatives. In one of his pockets was found a membership card of the Western Fed eration of Miners bearing the name of Albert Thomas. It signifies that the owner had at various times been a member of the Kennett. Silver Peak, Tonopah, Manhattan, Round Moun tain and Butte unions and telegrams have been sent to the unions In an en deavor to locate the man's home. He was about forty years old, dress ed like a laborer and indications were that he had been "beating" his way on the trains. The nature of the Illness from which he died has not been as certalned. ' PRESIDENT BUSY PLAYING GOLF AT HIS SUMMER HOME WINDSOR. YU July 9 The president will Hpend the remain der of the; week here 'playing golf and motoring. His morn ings will be spent with his wife and daughter Eleanor In wan dering about the Harlskenden estate. The president and his wife will spent the afternoons motoring. 35,000 TROOPS SLAIN IN WAR FIGHTING IS DESPERATE Bulgarians and Servians Engage In Fierce Combats 200,000 Men Take Part in Fighting About Ishtip One of Bloodiest Buttles in Modern Times. VIENNA, July 9. Following severe reverses at the hands of the Greeks nnd Servians, It Is rexrted here to nl.vrht that Bulgaria is now ready to discuss terms of iKu"e In the renewed Ihilkun uar. Bulgaria Is reported to have buffered heavy losses in the Inst few engagements. BELGRADE, July 9. It is estimat ed that 35,000 Bulgarian and Servian soldiers have been killed In the re cent battles about Kochana, and Ish tlp. The war office claims Servla won a great victory, asserting the troops occupy t both towns. Two hundred thousands troops participated in the struggle. The fighting about Ishtip will go down In history as one of the bloodiest battles of modern times. Re ports lndicatesthe fighting will contin ue for days. First the Servians captured Ishtip. Then it was retaken by the Bulgarians only to fall Into the hands of the Ser vians again. The war office at Sofia admits the Bulgarian troops have evacuated both towns. Despite news of a victory, government officials are concerned over the armies condition. Cholera is feared. LONE BANDIT ROBS BANK AND ESCAPES RIG BY. Ida., July 9. A daring daylight robbery of a state bank of Rigby occurred here Tuesday after noon by a lone robber who secured 13800 and escaped. A posse is in pur suit. About 5:25 p. m. a short, heavy set, dark eomplexloned man. evidently a forelgned, entered the bank door of the bank. Cashier Ellsworth and his assistant were engaged in work on the books. Thi holdup ordered the two men Into the vault and told them to throw out to him the paper money and gold. He expressly stated to them he did not want any silver. After se curing the money the robber locked the men In the vault and escaped. WILSON'S ACTION IS REPRIMANDED . SAN FRANCISCO, July 9 Strict ures upon actions of President Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds In connection with the resignation of United States District Attorney Mo Nab are contained In the report of the federal grand jury before which was presented the evidence In the Diggs Caminettl white slaVeiy cases, the postponement of which led to Mc Nab's resignation. When the report was read In the United States district court. Judge Wm. C. Van Fleet would not allow It to become a part of the court record. He directed the grand jury to formulate a new Report. TELEGRAPHER IS MURDERED; ROBBED SPOKANE. July 9. Edwin B. Ir win, a telegrapher, employed by the International Railroad, was held up and brutally murdered at Grand Junc tion, 20 miles east of here early today. Three bullets holes were found In his body. The office was ransacked. No clue has been found. PE LA It Aim A HAS QUIT MEXICAN .IOB MEXICO CITY". July 9 Francisco De La Barra resigned as minister of foreign affairs. He may go abroad as he annonced several weeks ago but It Is possible ho may return to Toluca. capital of the state of Mexico, to com plete his term as governor to which office ho was elected early in the year. PUBLICITY FOR ROUND-UP THIS YEARJHEGUN LITERATURE IS RECEIVED W. V. Prultt Will Head Publicity Bu-! reau KeMrts Received Indicutej That I mi tat Ions or the Round-up in; Other Cities Will Not Hurt the Show Here. Now that the Fourth of July cele bration has become a memory, the next gala occasion of significance to Pendleton is the Round-up during the middle of September and the direc tors are commencing upon a more ex tensive advertising campaign than ever before, w. C. E. Pruitt, well known former attorney and newspa perman, has been secured to handle the publicity department and is al ready at work at P.ound-up head quarters sending out literature. The Round-up yesterday received from the hads of the printer, many thousands of the little enclosures for letters and will distribute them over the city. They are snappy and at tractive and it is safe to say that ev eryone will be read. Mr. Pruitt Is now preparing copy and cuts for a folder which is to be sent out. Posters will be sent out to all of the frontier towns where there are no railroads in order to apprise the many cowpunchers of the dates of the big show. Reports being received by the direc tors do not indicate that the many small Imitations of the Round-up have hurt the local show In the least and It Is predicted that the vlsttors this year will exceed those of any other year. CHARGE LOCAL MAN VIOLATED POSTAL LAWS PORTLAND, July 9. Information was filed today against R. M. Beere of Pendleton, before the federal au thorities charging that he mailed at fourth class postage rates four copies of a Pendleton paper on which he had written messages and made nota tions, in violation of the postal laws. A warrant has been Issued against him. NATURAL PLAGUE WEST END OF That the rabbits of the west end of the county will become depleted through a natural plague that ensues whenever rabbits become too numer ous is the belief of Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian who has sent the following letter to Secretary Ritncr of the Pendleton Commercial Club in response to a letter from Mr. Ritncr. Salem, July 3rd, 1913. Mr. Roy V. Ritner, Secretary Pen dleton Commercial Club, Pendleton, Oregon. Dear Sir: I have your letter of the I 2Mb ultimo, and have written the de partment of agriculture to find out if they would consider any form of co operation between their department REPURLICANS CAN'T HAVE A PART IN FRAMING THE CURRENCY RILL PROPOSAL DEFEATED. WASHINGTON, duly 9. The re publican proHsal of a noii-partlsuu consideration of tlie currency bill was defeated by a straight jwrty vote at a meeting of the entire house banking committee. It was decided to bold 0en ami public committee meetings. The democrats contended they will lie responsible for the measure, and In sisted the preseiue. of the republican CUBAN POLICE CHIEF DIES FROM WOUND-PUBLIC FEELING IS HIGH HAVANA, July 9. General Amado Rlva, chief of the Cuban national po lice, who was shot in a revolver duel with Governor Asbert and Congress man Aris, died today. Public feeling Is high. Despite assertions that the shooting affair- had no political significance it BIG MEN MAY BE BROUPWFORE . ,nnnrno rnUDCno ALDRlo: JANNON NAMED National Association Asks That For mer StaeHinen Re Called Request Is Refused at This Time But Over- man says ir Jliey Are A ceded lliey Will Be Notified. WASHINGTON, July 9. Attorneys for the National Association of Manu facturers asked Chairman Overman of the senate lobby committee to subpoe nae 40 former leaders of congress, in cluding Cannon and Aldrich. It is stated they will refute the testimony which Is anticipated to be given by Mulhall, involving the association in certain political deals. Overman de clined to issue the subpoenaes at this time. Explaining his reason for refusing to subpoena Cannon and Aldrich and others at this time. Overman said: "If Mulhall'? story develops that these men may be needed here to testify we will issue subpoenas Unless we have Mulhall under oath there is no us subpoening them." The names suggested by the manu facturers included those of Senators Crane, Lodge and Penrose and Con gressmen McDermott and Shirley. TAX FIGHT TO GO INTO COURT SALEM, July 9. According to the present schedule, the controversy be tween State Treasurer Kay and heirs of the Pennoyer estate of Portland ov er of the amount of inheritance tax to which the state Is entitled will go be- fore the Multnomah county court Monday. The heirs claim the prop- erty Is worth only $85,000. Kay es timates the value of the property at $300,000. nwliices Rate. The state railroad commission an nounced today a reduction In the de murage rate on railroad cars from two to one dollar per car per day. At a recent hearing the railroad compan ies made a ptea to Induce the com mission to Increase the rate to $3. MAY RELIEVE EXCESS OF RABBITS and officers of the state live stock sanitary board. I do not know what we can expect from the department In this line as such work as has al ready been done has reached only the experimental stage in animal Innocu lation. It Is altogether probable that, if nothing is accomplished in the arti ficial innoculatlon line, there will ar ise a natural contagion this following winter in the rabbits of the west end of the county. It appears that these rabbit plagues appear whenever the multiplication reaches such a stage as to permit of the ready transmission of "the disease. Therefore it seems (Continued on Page 8.- minority will only U.v. hinder their netlv- WASHINGTON. July 9. The entire house banking committee considered the problem of procedure for enact ment of the proposed currency legis lation. It discussed the democratic policy of closed doors which bar the republicans from consideration of the measure. The democrats take the stand that they are responsible for the measure and Insist the minority mem bers should not hinder framing the bill. Is: believed the killing of Riva will complicate the political situation. On ms death bed Uiva asserted that As bert fired the fatal shot and feeling against the governor is Intense. It is believed In some quarters that the shooting resulted from Riva's crusade against gambling in political clubs. ALLEGED GRAFT BRAND JURY M'COMBS REPORTED TO HAVE RECOVERED FROM AN OPERATION PARIS, July 9. William F. McCombs. chairman of the democratic national committee, was operated upon for appendi- citis at a private hospital The operation was declared entirely successful. The patient is rest- ing well. DEPOSITORS TO BE MID FULLY HOPEFUL VIEW IS TAKEN Financial Situation Seems Brighter Following Failure of Pittsburg First-Second National Bank Direc tors lteorgani Kuhn Interests Eliminated. PITTSBURG, July 9. A more hope- ful view was taken of the financial situation, following the failure of the First-Second National bank. It is now expected the depositors will be paid in full. The board of directors of the bank are reorganized and the Kuhn Interests will be eliminated before the bank is reopened. Agents of the treas ury department are .investigating charges that dummy .loans were made. W. S. Kuhn, president of the Insti tution, Is expected to arrive some time today to assist in straightening out affairs. An application for receivers i u-uu mntla In tho fnHpral fniii't frr ttiA j sfx subsdIaries of tne Amer,can Wa. j terworks and Guaranty company. WASHINGTON, July 9. An examl- nation of the books of the defunct evening snows tne association to nave First-Second National bank of Pitts-; a surplus of $38 55 in the treasury burg will be made by Investigators of . nJ that the total expense of the show the department of justice, according aside from the premiums that were to an announcement by officials of donated, was but $10. Next year it the treasury department. Acting con-j probable that an admission of 10 troller of the currency Kane who ar-' c?nt! will be charged, so as to make rived from Pittsburg, declared the fi-, the show self sustaining, thereby eli nancial situation in Pittsburg is good. I ruinating the necessity of a subscrlp- "It was purely a local disturbance." i tion l'1 said Kane. "It extended only to the I President J. V. Tallman of the Com Kuhn banks and institutions. The mercial Club attended the meeting condition of this bank has been known in banking circles In Pittsburg and New York rnr a long time and the failure caused but little excitement." C. E. SOCIETY OPENS ITS CONVENTION LOS ANGELES. July 9 Dozens of transcontinental trains are landing thousands of delegates for the 26th j international convention of the Chris-1 tia Endeavor, which opened today. Itj is expected before night that 10.000 delegates will have registered. The annual meeting of the society's cor poration, the election of officers, ap pointment of committees and trans action of general business were sched uled for this afternoon. 2 POLICEMEN ARE SENT TO THE PEN SAN FRANCISCO. July 9. Detec tive Sergeant Arthur McPhee and Patrolman Charles Taylor, convicted of conspiring with Italian buncoists to obstruct justice, were sentenced to a year in jail by Judge Lawlor. Mo tions for a new trial were denied. BASEBALL STAR RECOVERS BODY TOWER, Miun., July 9 R. Waddell former star twlrler of the Philadel phia club of the American league, figured in a new role when he dove to the bottom of Lake Vermillion and recovered the body of Emmett Gary, a victim of drowning. Waddell Is spending a vacation here. ANDERSON UNDERGOES SERIOUS OPERATION LOS ANGELES, July 9 Bud An derson, who was operated on for ap pendicitis last night, Is resting well today. His complete recovery is as- insurance arter her home burned. Shu sured by physicians. It will ho ; died In May from the result of what months before he can re-enter the seemed natural internal trouble, Mad ring, if ever. ison signing the death certificate. BEING PROBED IN PORTLAND Reports That Money Was Extorted From Applicants for Municipal Positions Are Investigated. MANY MAY BE INVOLVED Rumored That Prominent Men May Bo Mixed Up in Trouble Police Department Is Center of investiga tion Intimated Corrupt Iractlce9 Act Violated. PORTLAND, July 9. The grand jury continued its investigation today of reports that money was extorted from'applicants for municipal posi tions, especially in the police depart ment. Deputy District Attorney Ma Guire who Is in charge of the inquiry, practically admitted that the grand jury investigation la along these lines. He intimated that allegations that candidates in the recent campaign had violated the corrupt practices act, also will be gone Into. It is rumored that men prominent in the former city administration might become Involv ed, -a number of policemen appeared before the Inquisitors today. ROSE SHOW IS PLANNED AGAIN Pendleton's rose show will be given again next year and it will be virtu ally under the same management as was the recent show. At a meeting of the rose society last evening Dr. I. U. Temple was reelected as president, Mrs. A. C. Hampton as secretary and Leon Cohen, treasurer. The date for the next show is left indefinite and will be set next spring in accordance with weather conditions. An execu tive committee is to be named by the president. The financial report submitted last last night and volunteered to offer next year's $25 cash prize for the best display of roses. The offer was ac cepted. LISTEN TO PLAN FOR ALASKAN ROAD WASHIVOTnV Tnl,. Th Viniiea territories committee began hearings in the proposal of the government to build a road In Alaska. It consid ered the plans of the proposed bills introduced by Congressman Lafferty of Oregon, and Delegate Wickersham of Alaska. WEST NAMES MEN SPECIAL AGENTS SALEM. July 9. At the request of Mayor Anderson of The Dalles, (Jov emor West apiointcd the men the mayor had named as policemen as siecal agents for the state. THE DALLES, duly 9. The con flict IhMwccii Mayor Anderson and the city council apparently has reached the status of a deadlock. The town fa now mi trolled by tw0 sets of pidioe men. the "old jniard-' and the mayor's apixdiitees. The council refuses to confirm Anderson- appointment. ACCUSED OF ARSON, MAN HANGS SELF SAN DIEGO, Cal.. July 9. Dr. F. M. Madison, 60. accused of setting fire to the Leland Hotel block In which he had a China store, endanger ing the lives of 70 sleeping guests, killed himself In the city jail. He strangled himself with a necktie anil a handkerchief. Madison Is reported to have made a partial confession of a life of crime in several cities. He hinted at the murder of Mrs Lydia Burns, to get money which she collected from fire