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'Vtttttttt volume xin. LAGRAM)E, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, "AUGUST 6, 1913 NUMBER -26; WILSON STILL ' MARKING TIME OVER MEXICANS MATTERS IN' STATUS QUO UNTIL AMBASSADOR JOHN LIND ARRIVES. . HUERTA VERY SENSITIVE President Hopes for Peace With the Arrival of Ambassador Li rid at Mex ico City in a Few Days Foreign Re lations Committee Consulted Prior to Naming Land as the Ambassador. Washington, Aug. 6. The president is marking time on the Mexican situa tion until the arrival at the Mexican capital of John Lind, his special emis sary. Despite the declaration of Pro visional President Huerta, that any in terference by the United States would be regarded as an insult, the president is still confident that peace with Mex ico may be established by mediation. Members of the foreign relations committee today denied that they were angered because Lind was named as ambassador to Mexico, insisting that the entire committee was consulted be f or! he was named. Lind Not Permanent. Minneapolis, Aug. 6. John Lind wrote to friends here that under no circumstances would he accept the post of ambassador to Mexico. Lind said that he expected to return to Washington as soon as it was possible afterA he completes the work in Mex- WHEATLAND QUIET. Militia Remains on Hand But It Is Not Believed Riots Brew. Wheatland, Cal., Aug. 6. Adjutant i General Forbes with a company of militia, remained on duty today despi the fact that hundreds of the hoppick- ers left for the fields. Peace reigns here after the riots of Sunday and no further trouble is anticipated by the officers of the national guard. Circles Globe In 35 Days. Cleveland, Aug. 6. John Henry Mears of the New York Sun, left here today on the last lap of his trip around the world, which he will have circled in 35 days upon his arrival at New York. YET SEN SEEKS SHELTER REBELLION FAILS AND LEADER FLEES. Objccfion to Conservative Nature of Government Not Sufficient. Tokio, Aug. 6. Dispatches received fromjCanton say that Dr. Sun Yet Sen, recognizing that the failure of the Chinese rebellion that has been in cinient for some time, has fled the 5 ritv and is now on his way to Tokio! , , , ., . , cuy aim " appeared before the committee today expecting to be allowed to find ref-. r' 1 . 1 and protested that he was worn out as ugs in Formosa. I Sun Yet Sen led the forces that were a result of the long ordeal before the disastified with conditions under the, senate insidious committee and de ne w regime. The rebels were more manded a rest. He 'was then excused opposed to the conservative nature of by Chairman Garrett, the administration than to the general "If you compel me to testify," Mul plan of the new government but on hall declared, "I shall get a physician's every hand the rebellion has failed certificate showing that I am physlcal dlsmally. 'y una0'e to testify. I have been un-j FREDERIC C. PENFIELD. Namsd Ambassador to Austria- Hungary by President Wilson. Pboto by American Press Association. AT OLILUTH STRIKE WALKOUT AFFECTS LAKE SHIP PING SERIOUSLY. Sympathy for Other Dockmcn Prompts Walkout This Morning. Duluth, Aug. 6. Six hundred work ers in the Duluth, Masaba & Northern! ore docks, struck tortav in svmnflt.hu . with the Allouse dock workers in a demand for higher wages and safer working conditions. All shipping and traffic on the Great Lakes is threat ened by a walkout. Many steamers are now waiting to be unloaded and unless the strike is settled soon, ship ping interests will suffer heavy loss es. Band Concert Tonight. The regular weekly band coilcrt will be held this evening on. Adams' avenue. n First Wheat Report Runs 54 Bushels To The Acre On Play le Ranches I not be necessary to keep the high Chas. Playle, prominent wheat grow-! ance of doing as well. That estimates priced experts here all the time. As er of Alicel, is one of the first men to get actual wheat crop returns through 1913 threshing. His first batch" of wheat threshed reached the surprising tocai oi 04 ousneis to tne acre, anQ:fjrst cuttii there are hundreds of acres of wheatj in his vicinity that have every appear-! HALL UNABLE E Washington, Aug. 6! The examina tion of Martin Mulhall will probably hein Mondav j tne house. Mulhall II PENDLETON FIRES AT SAME HOUR INCENDIARY Pendleton, Aug. 6. Every indica- r.iw structure hs:ico ti e oss is nomi tion points to wholesale attempts to into a few thoosand each. burn considerable portions of Pendle- XT , . ,. , , . ton last night. The Pendleton acad- N traCe o the f,re bn have beetl emy building on one side of the town,, found P" thouBh the authorities was very evidently fired and further-! are bending every effort on appre more at the same hour that the Do- hensive of suspects, mestic laundry on another side of - the city was fired by incendiaries There is no other conclusion to draw from the circumstances attending both! cases The Powers residence was also badly damaged by fire last night but it is not known if incendiarism had anything to do with the matter. The losses are not as serious as the cir- cumstances attending the fires. The of this county, is recruiting 600 dep- with receipts from his chautauqua academy building was not destroyed uties as an aid for the present deputies talka calls to mind the fact ther8 entirely but severely damaged and the in guarding the men when the troops are luite a number of "chautauqua lfundry building was not an entirely leave. " teers" held involuntarily in Washing- . . ton this summer. And worse still for JURY SECURED . WITH DISPATCH MAURY DIGGS JURORS HURRIED-' LY ACCEPTED. Believed Evidence Will Be Introduced This Evening Sometime. San Francisco, Aug. 6. With the government defenses having each ex- 1 Raustec na'f ot the peremptory chal- lenges for the examination of venire - , men to try Maury Diggs, at the nd - journment of the noon session, it seem- runds Wltn wnIcn t0 r,Knt Pcar bl,fe'nt . . . . . , . . and fire blight that has been ramp ed certain that the impanelment of . . , . , .... . the jury will be completed late this afternoon and the first evidence will be intiodueed. Biased opinions against the lattitude of the Mann white slave act were brought out today when three veniremen were excused for pre - judice against the enforcement of the act. made by the Observer on authority of wheat growers placing the probable 'croP f wheat at a million and a quar ter to a million and a half bushels is tn a ranliOfl is indicated from the inrrs. bd. Kiddle, veteran wheat buyer of this valleVi pIaceg hls estimate at 1,250,000 bushels. TO APPEAR der the doctor's care for a week and HOUSE PROBERS NOW! ... , i cannot continue." , j behalf of Mayor Blankcnburg. Rcpre-! jectcd to the most horrible forms of a daily occurrence. Seven victims of Mulhall asserted that he had found sentative J. -Washington Logue, of torture during their examination. One this regime have recently become in 15 more files of letters containing "im-' Pennsylvania, was the principal speak- of them, a youth named Timofyeef, sane. portant puolitical information." 'er this afternoon. A public outdoor .was pinioned with his arms beneuthl A letter from a prisoner at A'pat'h Chief Counsel Emery of the manu- meeting will be held tomorrow at Wil- .his bent knees, a stick being passed says: We are making a special study facturers, testified before the senate low grove. Bishop Canevin, of Pitts- j through them so he could not stir. Ha of suicide. A comrade who hm been committee today. He was examined burgh, and Rev. P. J. O'Callaghan, of was then thrown to the floor, and one able to bring poicn in with him is re by Attorney McCarter for the asso- Chicago, national president of the un- of the detectives belabored his naked 'garded as exceptionally fortunate ciation. The hearing was marked by ion, will be the principal speakers feet with a rubber whip, afterwards j Those of us who are not thus provided frequent wrangles between the com- Archbishops Kecne, of Dubuque, Ire- using the butt end on the lad's body are practicing the art of making dead mitteemen, some of wlom insisted land, of St. Paul, urA many distin- When he cried out from pain, the do- ly nooses which we may tighten with that McCarter be asked specific and guished laymen from the west also tectives gagged him, grippd his throat our own hands in case we are called not general questions. will speak. ' until he was sensless, revived him with to the awful punishment cell." Mining District Still Quiet. Calumet, Aug. 6. General Abbey commandinc the state troons is nre- paring to remove part o'f the force from the corner mininir district and expects an order to that effect from Governor Ferris. Sheriff Houghton T BLIGHT STORY APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC FUND MADE TODAY . ' , Friutmen Present Appeal In Person to Court and Commissioners. i-iuii. men ui uniuii cuumy uppeurea In nersnn this mnminff hpfnro tVia ' " v" county court and commissioners at . their first day's session of the August . term and presented a petition for ant in local nrcharils this summer. As a resuIt( the cour(;.and commissioners are this afternoon deliberating on the ! petition which is held up as a corn- munity matter in that a tremendously big industry of the valley is affected by the blight. ! The action bv the court was the re- suit of an appeal sent to the court a i few weeks flpn whpn n mnan mppflnw of fruit growers was held in this city, The situation was so serious it was admitted at that time that the thou sands of acres of apple and cherry orchards were in danger of complete i destruction. The general plan is to J have experts come heiva and go into the orchards to cut out scientifically the diseased parts and to instruct dep- i uties to do the work so that it will soon 88 ,ocal deputies can be taught the corrf 1 ,way cut u.p bliKht; plan is to keep them going until the fight is victor jus immediate action by a general force under one head was deemed to of the struggle. be the best solution i Catholic Abstainers Meet. Philadelphia, Aug. G. Following the ,' formal opening of the convention of I the National Catholic Total Absten- ance union with solemn pontifical mass has been di-ected es friuli;' to Riga for life. at the cathedral several thousand dele-' ,n .he past fiv'duys. The evi leni o A report from the Schluesselburg gates from every section of the coun- shows that thu fluteiir'e department , prison states thut fie food is vile; sll try settled down to business this aft-j t-rore has pracli.n.d methods which iiv-i hygiene has been dispensed with; there crnoon for a three day session. ThOj'.i" 'ie atro---: "' pelu:iL-d m c is no medical treatment; for the most morning session was devoted to Spanish inquisition. Thirty-seven trifling offenses prisoners are con specchmaking. Director of Docks Fer-! workmen, arretted on suspicion of demned to a month in the dreadful ris Norris welcomed the delegates in, Many Silvery Tongues Still SUMMER LEGISLATION CUTS BIG SALARIES BRYAN IS ONLY ONE Murdock, La Follette, V.rahall, Et Al, Must Stay at Capitol. Washington, Aug. C- The tempest of criticism which arose when Secre- tary of State Bryan declared that he C0U-Idn,t live on the 12,000 yearly sal- arv he receives as head member of the President's cabinet and that he was compelled to augment nis salary ulceus erniwuuu pmu.urm cnurmurs, k is generally conceded here now that i the extra session of congress will con ; tinue right on through the chautauqua ' season until the latter part of Sep tember if not later thereby putting a disconcerting and jagged dent into the planned incomes of a good many '.public men. ii i - : .. i .. .j. .i I l Vice President Marshall hoped when 6,291,776 citizens voted him into the :vice nresidencv. that he would be ! able to add to a rather thin purse by raking in a few shekels which some of these ciUzeng might pay to hear hjm ,ecture Hfl ma(,e govera, circuit, but he doesn't dare leave for:'t,,,!''''5'$S'$, -.. i-j :j lm- i-. any exienueu penou. wmie congress is; in session, Marshall hus to sit tight' on tne jb because at any moment that scant Democratic majority in fl.ii ennafii mil.f irat rt iiinliin( ll.Mrl . and make it a tie vote on some ad- ministration measure.' Not only does this summer legislat- ing hit the legislators hard in the ro- gion of the pocket book, but it has also played havoc with innumerable vacation plans. Mighty few Demo- crats will be permitted to leave Wash - ington from now on, and some of them are acting just like the office boy does when the boss tells him he can't go off on that cruise or camping trip he hd looked forward to with such plea - sureable anticipation. While all of the men of official life I (Continued on Page Three.) PRISONERS St. Petersburg, Aug. 6. Almost un- h(.i,.v:il)li atrocities are .heintr reveal ed daily in connection with the gen- r-al investisiri.,n of J-c Il issiun prii- tn system now being erndjetr-d by a i j ei'ial govert-.-nental c.nimisi'on. The attention of tb1 vommissii.n murdering an engineer, were all sub- CROP REUS: SHOMAMS GRANARY FILLED' CORN AND OATS ALONE ARE NOT UP TO RECORD STANDARD IS REPORT. ! r' T L Wheat Crop Exceptionally Good An Over Winter Seeded Section of Wheat Are Exceptionally Good Continental National Bank Compiles Interesting Data on the Crop Out- ktib ' .' . -u ' ' j. $ CONTINENTAL BANK'S ESTI- & S MATE OF YIELDS. 4 $ Crop . Est 1913 Wheat, bu 739,730,000 $ Corn, bu. ...... i . . .2,800,000,000 Oats, bu 1,003,266,000 S Rye, bu 36,854,000 ? Barley, bu. ........ 200,527,000 Hay ton8 66,610,000 turn, bales 14,702,000 Chicago, Aug. 6. The annual crop report issued by the Continental & Commercial National Bank of Chicago issued this morning, says m part: . Less prodigal on the whole than last year, the important crops of the coun- try are above the average, ample for- breadstuffs for export. The enormous yields of the previous season have left an unusually large surplus of crops ; consumed on the farm, so that with lighter yields in corn and oats the amount available is not far from that of a year ago. The gradual, and al- most constant rise in the yield per 'acre in this country is indicative of j better farming methods. : Ten and 20 years ago, the Climate conditions such I (Continued on Page Seven.) REVEALED DAILY cold water, tore out his hair by hands ful, knocked y!t head against the floor and subjected him to othe: unprint able indignities. A month later, all ! the prisoners, including Timofyeef, were released without any charge having been placed against their names. Timofyeef will be a cripple punishment sell, and floggings are S 1
