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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
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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. !
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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
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