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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVEHING EDITIOII Forecast for Eastern Oregon, by UM foiled States Weather OlwtWt at Portland. TO ADVERTISERS. Tt Rant OrcKonlsn hae the largest paid rlrrulatiuD of any paper Id Oregon, eaat of 1'ortlaod and over twice the circulation In I'eodleton of aor other newspaper. Unsettled, probably lth rain or Know tonight and Saturday. Colder tonight. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 2C. PENDLETON, OREGON, FIJI DAY, JANUARY 23, 1914. NO. SO06 jH fmr; TROOPERS USE SABERS; FOUR WOMEN INJURED -Soldiers Charge Into Crowd at Trini dad Believing Attempt to be Made to Rescue Mother Jones. SEVERAL ARRESTS ARE MADE Intent Bitterness Prevails in Colo rado Strike District Protest Is Nnt lresldent Wilson Aguint Holding Motlier Jones General (tiasc Denies Soldier Used Swords. TRINIDAD. Colo.. Jan. 2 3. Four vonirn and one man are Buffering from saber wounds and eight women and ten men are under arrest while the most Intense bitterness prevailed In labor circles as a result of the mi litia's action yesterday afternoon In charging Into a crowd believed by the soldiers to. be on the way to San Rafael hospital to rescue Mother Jones. At a meeting of the woman's or ganization, formed today, resolution were adopted denouncing Governor Amnions for keeping the soldiers In the coal strike zone and a protest was telegraphed President Wilson against the detention of Mother Jones. Trouble started with a gathering of women, mostly wives, daughters and ulsters of the striking miners, many accompanied by children, to discuss the strike situation. According to the women today the meeting was author iced by General - Chase on condition that no move be made In the direc tion of the hospital. His version was that the women UJ fall In line and started for the hospital. The women denied It. The troopers made three dashes wltb lrawn sabers. Chase denied the wea pons were used, saying those hurt came In accidental contact with the weapons. Five, suffered cuts at any rate. Eighteen prisoners were held Incommunicado. HO.I REPAIRS CRITICISED. Oregon City Uvo Wire Relieve tlie ttounty Has' Wasted Money. OREGON CITY. Ore., Jan. 23. To boost for permanent road construction a good roads league will be organized In the city, with membership In ev ery section of the county. . Good roads was the single topic of discussion at a meeting and the way that the $318,000 road fund Is spent and has been used for the past 10 years brought down a great deal of criticism from all members of the or ganization. - The boosters believe that the coun ty would get better results were even a few miles of hard surface road built than by scattering a large sum over 2200 miles of mud every year. A committee comprising H. E. Cross. Jesse Hazel, M. J. Brownv Grant R. Dlmlck, John N. Selvers and M. D. LAteurtette were appointed to form the organization of the new league. CREW SAVED BY LIFELINE. Captain and Seven Men Rescued by Use of Breeches Buoy. CI! ATA M, Mass., Jan. 23. Captain Hart and his crew of seven men were rescued by the use of the breeches buoy when tholr vescl, the New York two-masted schooner General Ames, was wrecked off Monomoy Point. The Ames, which registered 450 tons net, was bound from St. John for Philadelphia. The schooner struck before day break on Bears Shoal, about 200 yards off shore. Llfesavers In their surf hont were driven back, and the beach gun was brought out. The combined crews of the Monomoy and Monomoy Point llfesavlng stations, working .waist deep In the Icy water, complet ed the fescue. Why does the average woman use more judgment in buying a cow than she docs In selecting a husband for her daughter? ' NO TANGO AT YALE PROM . . "Boys Won't Dance .It," .Says Bean F. S. Jones. , ,, . NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 23. "There will be no tango danc- ed at the Yale prom," Dean -f. Jones said. . "There Isn't one on the card. I have looked It over. The boys won't dance it any- way, I'm sure. . There will be too many men of good breeding there. In fact, the whole tone of the occasion Is against It." The prom Is the most elabo- rate of social affairs In under- graduate life at Yale. ' POLICE ORDERED 10 E NEW YORK. Jan. 23. Orders to the police to exterminate New York's notorious gunmen were Issued by Mayor Mitchel today. Less than an hour later, the police arrested Max Minsky, a gangster, and charged him with the murder of Max Levlne, the latter the chief rival of "Dopey Ben ny" Fein for the gang's leadership. Nathan Perlmutter, who squealed to the police, was responsible for Mln- sky's arrest. He Is closely guarded a gunmen are numerous about Judge Mulqueen's court where Mlnsky was aralgned. Perlmutter swore he and Levine were in a saloon when four gangsters entered. He fled, he said, but returned later and saw the gun men shooting Devlne's body full of holes. He also identified Waxey Gor don as another of the gunmen. COLORADO AND MICHIGAN STRIKES TO BE PROBED WASHINGTON, Jar. 23. Congres sional Investigation of strikes in the Colorado coal mines and the Michi gan copper mine fields was agreed upon last night at a caucus of the house democrats by a vote of 149 to 17. Tlie Investigation will be con ducted by the house committee on mines and mining, of which Represen tative Foster of Illinois is chairman. Representative Keating of Colora do, who with Representative McDon ald of Michigan led the ftght for the Inquiry, said after the caucus he ex pected hearings would be in progress at Denver and Pueblo and possibly Trinidad, within a fortnight. The reoslutlon to authorize the Investigation will be urged for action In the house at the earliest possible moment. To meet questions as to the constl tutionality of tlm proposed proceed ing, the Keating resolution, was modi fled to follow that under which the senate rommittee investigated the West Virginia strike. INSANE MAX ARRESTED IX COLORADO STATE HOUSE DENVER, Jan. 23. Charles Rehr man, 40, was arrested In the state house while attempting to enter Gov ernor Amnion's office. He Is bellev ed Insane. At the . police station he resisted the officers and asked Police Chief Nell to kill him. XTERMINATE GUNMEN 2 ABE DEAD III FLOODS III CALIFODIIIA SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. Two deaths from drowning In flood wa ters are reported here. In each case the victim was swept from a saddle while fording swollen streams. JACKSON, Mich., Jan. 23 Four bandits went through the Michigan Central's Detroit-Chicago flyer with drawn revolvers at 3:30 a. m. toda and robbed passengers of $200 In-cash and several thousand dollars worth of Jewelry. They then forced the en STATE HOSPITAL HAS An Important Improvement in the firm of a reservoir. to store water for Irrigation purposes Is the newest thing In sight for the Eastern Oregon State Hospital and preparations are being made to carry out the project soon. The reservoir Is to be located on top of the hill back of the superin tendent's cottage now being erected. The reservoir will have a capacity of 300,000 gallons and water will be pumped Into the same from a well on the flat. The pumping will be done by electricity and here is where the hospital officials are doing some good scheming. Under the rate the state secures from the electric company the hos- pltal pays for electricity on a "basis ot ; the peak load. In other words the maximum amount of electricity . used during any one day will determine the rate for the month. Under this ar rangement the hospital can utilize this full amount of electricity all the time and pay no higher rate. So the new irrigation system Is being devised to make use of this surplus electricity. Purine; the hours when but little cur rent Is needed by thi institution the pump 'Will be kept In operation and thus the reservoir kept filled. . According to Superintendent Mc Nary the reservoir project will not be mm m r m w FOB PROVIDING HI II SYSTEM CTH MAY ACCEPT PLACE UNDER MITCHEL Mayor of New York Offers Engineer Position as Police Commissioner of the Metropolis. MATTER BEIS6 CONSIDERED Mitchel Says Tliat Result of Negotia tions Thus Far Are Satisfactory Official In Washington Surprised at XeH and Cannot Relieve That Goethals Will Accept. NEW YORK. Jan. 23i Mayor Mitchel announced that he Intended to appoint Colonel Goethals. chief engineer of the Panama canal, police commissioner of New York to succeed Rhlnelander Waldo, who was remov ed from office by former Acting Mayor Kline on the last day of his term. "From the beginning of my term," said Mitchel, "I havetried to get Colonel Goethals. I hadn't intended to say anything about it until Mon day when I proposed to Issue a statement. When George W. Perkint went to Panama he carried a message to Goethals from me with a view of getting him to accept the appoint ment. I expect to see Perkins tomor row night. All I can say now Is that the result is satisfactory." WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 The re port that Goethals will soon be ap pointed police -commissioner of New York city and would accept, astound ed Washington officials. "I can scarcely credit the report,' said Secretary of War Garrison. "1 know Goethals recently declined the proposition to become general man ager of a big business concern of Dayton, Ohio. I think the report of his appointment to be police commis sioner In New York city will prove unfounded." A woman's husband sometimes causes her almost as much worry as her dressmaKer. Oren Woods, 17. was drowned near Marysville and a man believed to be William Still, a steamship engineer, was drowned near Santa Rosa. . So rain .fell In California today, but the streams still are very high. gineer to stop, jumped off and fled Posses are pursuing. They boarded the train and took seats like ordinary passengers. When the conductor called for their tickets they drew revolvers and ordered hlro to put up his hands. Every passen ger in the Pullman was robbed. HEAT SCHEME expensive. He is planning to use his own labor in excavating for the res ervoir. This will leave nothing but the concrete work to be done by con tract and the cost will not amount to more than $600 or $700. No direct appropriation has been made for the work but it la Dr. McNary's purpose to do the work out of a surplus he has In the maintenance funds. The irrigation system will be used io proviae water tor about S7 acres Immediately surrounding the hospital and including the lawns. Water for Irrigation purposes will also be pro vided for the hillside where the su perintendent s house is located. It Is proposed to set out a vineyard there and also some nut trees. The pipes about the hospital grounds are already 4n and hence that work will not have to be done now. It Is not planned to use the new sys tem for fire fighting purposes or foi household use as the hospital already has connections with the city water system. Under the little project the state will secure both 'water and pumping energy free of cost and hence the In stitution will be in the favored po sition of securing an Ideal Irrigation system without any .maintenance ex pense. LEAH SDH IS III TIN F Aged Madero Sees Picture of Raoul Fighting as an Aide in the Army of General Villa. NEW YORK. Jan. 23. Through moving pictures Francisco Madero, father of the late president of Mexico learned that hut son Raoul is fighting with Villa's rebel army. . Members of his family kept this from their father. The elder Madero. witnessed a private exhibition of moving pictures taken at the recent battle of OJinaga. Villa stood out prominently in the picture Suddenly an aid galloped up. It was Raoul Madero. "Raoul, Raoul," the aged man whispered, "I never knew you were fighting." UNER SENDS CALL FOR HELP BULGARIAN PRINCE IS REPORT ED TO BE ON FIRE OFF SANDY HOOK. NEW YORK. Jan. 23. The liner Bulgarian Prince today signaled for help. Reports said she was on fire off Sandy Hook. The Maritime Ex change denied there was a fire, ex plaining that the vessel carried a car go of sulphur, which smoked when it became wet. W EST W AITS ON REIORT OF LABOR CONDITIONS SALEM, Ore., Jan. 23. Any furth er effort made by Governor West to provide work for the unemployed in Oregon will depend upon the report of conditions made h'm by Portland city officials. He that if conditions warranted, he will take the matter Into his own hands and see that re lief Is provided, the same as he would do In the case of a great fire or flood or other calamity , requiring prompt action. SUIT llltOKillT TO BREAK AGREEMENT SALEM, Ore., Jan. 23. Suit was filed today to have the un ion label agreement, entered into between state printer Har ris and the allied trades coun cil of Salem declared void. A temporary restraining order was granted by Judge Gallo way, prohibiting the secretary of Btate and state treasurer from Issuing warrants for paying the wages of printers employed In the state printing plant, pend ing the outcome of the suit. The plaintiffs are W. C. Francis, manager of the Oregon Employ bent association. James Ar cher and F. R. Bussard. print ers. The complaint alleges the agreement constitutes unlawful discrimination between citizens of the state. NEWS SUMMARY General. PtoIms will be made by congress In to Colorado and Michigan strikes. IJncr Bulgarian Prince sends calls for help. Vessel is reported afire off sandy Hook. James Smith of Boston prepares to wage right over large estate of late lord Strathcona. Bandits enter Pullman on Michigan Central and rob passengers. Mayor Mitchell of New York orders police to exterminate gangsters. Two rich Secillans are assassinated In streets of Chicago. Trooxrs at Trinidad. Colorado, strike fields charge crowd of women using their sabers. Four women are injured. 11 ucrt a is believed to have present ed a new plan for his resignation. Aged Madero learns through mov ing picture that his son Raoul is fight lug with rclcls under General Villa. Japan means to protect her own In terests and subjects in Mexico. General Gothals may accept positi on as police commbdoncr of New York. Two persons are dead a result of floods in California. Local. ' Simons arson ease goes to Jury; Hermlston burglary ease on. County librarian leaves to com' menee organisation of branch librar ies. P. II. S. girls will play Walla Walla girls this evening. Express rates to take tumble Feb ruary . Supt. McNary of state hospital has neat plan for Irrigation system. Will K. King comes west to fight Harwell I And aV Irrigation Company's suit before supreme court. "Advanced wheat land prices cause discussion. JAPAN INTENDS m TD GUARD HER OWN INTERESTS Will Not Wait for Action of United States in Mexican Affairs is Plain Intimation. ATTITUDE IS UNEXPECTED Antl-Amcrican-Mexican Policy- Gomes ax Surprise to Secretary of State Bryan Subjects of Mikado Will Be Iynoked After With the Help of England, It Is Said. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Secretary of State Bryan admitted "today that the news of the distinctly anti-American-Mexican policy, which JaVan has adopted came as a great surprise to him. The intimation was conveyed to him by Ambassador Viscount Chin- da that the mikado intended to look after his own subjects in Mexico,' "with the aid of his ally. England." The plain implication that he would not leave it to the United States to do. was certainly unexpected. There is a growing feeling in of ficial circles that the Japanese gov ernment plans a series of attacks In retaliation of the California land law on American foreign policies. SIMONS CASE GOES TO JURY DEFENSE ENDS TESTIMONY TUIS MORNING AFTER TWO DAYS ' OF THE TRIAL. After listening to evidence, pro and con, for two days, the jury this after noon retired to deliberate upon the guilt or innocence of A. A. Simons of Echo, charged with burning a nelgh- bors house. Not until this morning did the defense bring its testimony ! 10 an end and the arguments were, not concluded until about 3 o'clock this afternoon. Horse tracks are playing an Import ant part in the case. Inasmuch as it seems evident that whoever was the incendiary rode to the scene of his crime on a horse, the prosecution un dertook to show that a peculiarity in one of the tracks left -in the road was caused toy the club foot of the horse ridden by the defendant on the night of the . crime. Measurements were taken of the tracks by different wit nesses and the discrepancy between the tracks are shown by measuring sticks in evidence. The defense is attacking the credi bility of the witnesses of the prose cution, claiming that without excep tion they have been Impeached on material points and have been showi. to harbor animus against the defend ant. Relative to the tracks, the de fense contends that different meas urements could be taken of the same track and challenged the measure ments of two different witnesses which were exactly the same, claiming that It would be utterly Impossible for such measurements to be Identical,. Prosecuting Attorney Steiwer made the opening and closing argument for the state while L. A. Esteb opened for the defense and R. R. Johnson closed. The next case set is that of -the State vs. Anderson. Harris and Walton charged with burglarizing the store of F. C. McKenzie of Hermlstou. PHONE SERVICE NOW FREE Rays creek Comiwny Find Charges to Patrons Vnncccstry. SALEM, Ore.. Jan. 23. So far as telephone service In Days Creek and vicinity Is concerned, according to in formation received by the state rail road commission, an Utopian condl tion exists. The commission was no tified that at the annual meeting of the stockholders. January 11, a reso lution was adoted by an unanimous vote "to make our line free to all subscribers and non-subscribers and non-subscribers." The company's plan of meeting fixed charges, the cost of upkeep and other expenses has not been divulg ed to the commission. "Battle Parties" the Rage- in Texas. PRECIDIO, Texas. Jan. 23. Pre sidio, 1 Paso and San Antonio today are engaged in a fierce rivalry' for the entertainment of "Battle Parties." "Battle Parties" here and at the other two Texas cities are quite the rage. Several men in each of these cities have organized Into "seeing batttles" companies which have been doing a thriving business supervising trips to advantageous points near the Mexican cities of OJinaga, Juarez and Nuovo Larodo while the recent engagements between federals and rebels were In progress there. Man has always had a tendency to go up in the air. FIGHT TO BE WAGED OVER IMMENSE ESTATE NEW YORK, Jan. 23. A legal fight over the fifty million dollar es tate of the late Lord Strathcona Is expected here. It was not denied that Attorney Sterling is making an inves tigation for James Smith of Boston the supposed claimant. Whether Smith claims to be Lord Strathcona'a son couldn't be definitely learned. The records show .Stratchona was the father of but one child, a daughter She is the wife of R. J. Bliss Howard. BOSTON, Jan. 23. Efforts to learn just what claim James Smith had, if any, on the estate of Lord Strath cona failed completely. "My husband will make no state ment at this time " Mrs. Smith said "The time may come when he will have a statement to make. He is ill now and unable to see any one." UMATILLA COUNTY LIBRARY NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC The Pendleton Public library, which from now on will be known as the Umatilla County Library', is now open to-all residents of the county. Its new quarters are on the second floor of the city hall, occupying the west half of the building. The walls have been reflnished in cream tints and the floors covered with Hgnt brown cork carpeting. This with the mission finished bookcases and im proved lighting, makes most attrac tive rooms. People from all parts of the county are now invited to visit the library, where after registering, they may draw out books for home use. Nearly 5000 volumes, already pro vided bjr the Pendleton Public Li brary, are immediately available to any Umatilla county resident. As fast as possible, branch libraries will be established In all the towns of the county In which suitable quarters have been provided. These branches will be opened In the order In which notification is given to the library board that such quarters are ready. Corespondence regarding these mat- ters may be addressed to Mrs. Lina H. sturgls, President of the Library Board at Pendleton. The county librarian. Miss Sabra L. Nason. begins her visits to the towns of the county today, taking In Milton, Freewater and Ferndale. It is expected that some of the towns In the west end of the county will be vistied early next week. MAXWELL LAND CASE TD BE HEARD IN SUPREME COURT Of so much Importance to the gov ernment Is the suit of the Maxwell Land & Irrigation company against the Hermlston Bank A Trust company that Judge Will R. King, chief coun sel in the reclamation service Of the department of agriculture, journeyed all the way from Washington to par ticipate in the arguments before the state supreme court last Monday. Assistant United States Attorney E. A. Johnson was appointed special counsel to represent the government Ir the case as a co-defendant with the trust company. , The Maxwell com pany owns 8000 of the 25.000 acres of the Umatilla project, and It was its agreement,, along with others, to abide by the government Irrigation statute that caused the government to start' developing the project. The Maxwell company, to show Its good faith, deeded its land in trust to the Hermlston Bank & Trust company. Alleging misrepresentation on the part of government agents, the Max well company Is suing to cancel the contract and the deeds. Johnson over a year ago filed a demurrer to the suit on the ground that the govern ment Is the principal party concerned: that the government Is not named a party In the suit, and that the gov ernment cannot be sued in a state court. Jjudge Phelps at Pendleton sustained the government's demurrer, and the Maxwell people appealed from his decision to the state supreme court. If that hody sustains Judge Phelps' decision, it will mean that the Maxwells will have to start a new suit in the federal court. The government has already spent $1,500,000 In developing the project. Johnson contends, and the withdraw al of the Maxwell lands, he declares, will make It almost worthless. The lands under water now are valued at $60 an acre, and for the Maxwell lands to be withdrawn would mean that the remainder of the project would have to be valued at $90 an acre. Man Rolls in Snowball. PEABODT. Kan.. Jan. 23 Alex ander McGregor, an aged man. was rolled a distance of 150 feet through wet snow In front of a' locomotive. When assistance reached him he was In the center of a snowball six feet In diameter. He probably will die. HA MAKES L TO Dictator is Said to Have Submitted Plan for His Resignation as Pres ident of Mexico. WANTS TO TAKE THE FIELD Believes That if be Leads His Troops in i-mon lie can Pnt Down the Revolution Would Resign In fa vor of Be La Barra Desires to be Eligible as a Candidate. VERA CRUZ, Jan. 23. That Huer ta has signified to John Lind his wil lingness to resign on certain con ditions is widely reported here. The offer is said to have been made through Jesus Magon, who had a Ion conference with Lind a few days ago and who is still at Vera Cruc,- sup posedly awaiting an answer. Lind is understood to be suspicious whether he is fully empowered to speak for Huerta. and to have asked for satis factory' credentials. The rumor was that Huerta pro posed to retire in favor of Francisco De La Barra, provided the Washing ton administration would agree to his taking the field in person against the rebels and consider him eligible as a presidential candidate at the next el ection. CHIHUAHUA CITY. Jan. 23--Jap-anese residents in Chihuahua state have expressed anxiety concerning their safety at the rebel's hands be cause their government is regarded as friendly to Huerta. , . V General Chao, constitutionalist mil itary governor of the state, has pub-' llshed an order guaranteeing protec tion fer persons and property. ' Villa is expected to remain here un til all the available rebel forces have been sent against Torreon. General Ortega, the rebel commander, already is Just outside the town and has 12. 500 men under hlrrt, with 9,000 on the way to Join him. General Valesco. the federal commander, has 1,000 with reinforcements of 4,000 coming. "FRAME UP," SAYS HETUESS. Orphan Accuses Aberdeen Lawyer of 910.000 Conspiracy. ABERDEEN. Wash., Jan. 23. Mil dred Veysey. an orphan girl, to whom a fortune of $17,000 was supposedly owing, made through her attorney charges that Walter L . Agnes-, a prominent Aberdeen attorney, had co-operated with her uncle . before death three years ago. in an attempt to hoodwink her out of more than $10,000 worth of property. The girl alleges that a settlement was made with Mr. Agnew several years ago by which she was to receive $17,000 in cash and securities. She says that less than $1000 of this has reached her. RICH SICILIANS KILLED BY ASSASSINS IN STREET CHICAGO, Jan. 23 Two rich Sicilians were assassinated early to day, supposedly for "squealing" on members of the Mafia. Rosana Des pensa. one of the victims, was a pri vate banker, and well known. The other was Antonio Pucclo. the owner of several saloons an. I a former part ner of Despensa in the banking bus! nes. Puccio was funding at a ilreet corner chatting with an Italian whns ! name the police didn't learn, wnes thVe shots rang out and I'uccto fell dead. His companion was hit in the arm. The latter fled as two police men rushed towards the s-ene. Re fore they reached the snot, IVspenit. stepped from a doorwny. Two more shots were fired ani I'tcpenna f-ll lifeless. The assisting etenped. Row-Wmv on Show. FARGO, N. l., Jan. 23. A string of the most arlstocrutlo canines ever seen on xhlbltion in the state, toduy are attracting unusual attention and Interest at the Fifth Annual North Dakota Kennel Show, which opened here Wednesday. The comptl- tlon between dog fanciers has he- come so keen in this part of the country during the past two years that extra room had to be provided for the entries. There are forty-eight silver cupa of fered, several of them hugs af fairs that have created much competition. NW PR A JOHN UN