itr"'"i., ; fssT " EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITIOII WEATHER REPORT. Fair tonight and Fri day; colder. Calling cards, wed ding stationery, com mercial stationery and job printing- to order at the East Oregonlan. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 23. PENDLETON. OliEGON, THURSDAY, JANUAItY 5, 1911. NO. 7103 DIG BATTLE DUE IN MEXICO Government Cavalry and In fantry Attempting to Flank Insurffent Forces. BLOODY CONFLICT SURE WHEN TWO FORCES MEET Many American Adventurers Said to Be Found In Ranks of Rebels Who Armed Themselves In Tills Country Ml 'Crossed Arizona Border Fed ral Troops Well Organized and Commanded, While Opponents Are Disorganized. El raso. Tex., Jan. Three hun dred soldiers of the federal cavalry and Infantry left Juarec, Mexico to day for Pearson to execute a flank movement on the Insurgents In north am Chrhuahua. There will . be a fight as soon as they reach the lnsur rents. Aeeordmr to the reports which nave reached this city, the Impend- Ing battle will be the most bloody of the present Insurrection. It Is ap parent that for the first time, two bodies of armed men, approximately qua! in numbers are to come togeth er. The revolution Ists, who are ex pected to meet the federal troops this afternoon or tomorrow are composed for the most part of Mexican Insur gents and American .adventurers who armed themselves on the American aide of the line, then crossed the Ari zona borded despite the fact that United States troops had been dis patched to prevent It and are aald to be more than anxious for the ap proaching fray. , Though the opposing forcea are about ecranl In numbers, the govern ment troops will have the advantage of being oranlzed under the command of an experienced general. The rebels on the other hand are unorganized have had little or no drilling and will be left to fight very much as every man sees fit. Their advantage will be In that they will be on the defen sive. Second Rnttli Impending. El Paso. Texas. Jan. S. A detach ment of 600 Infantry with artillery left Chihuahua today for ujinaga 10 engage the rebel forces In the Big Remi Tho insurrectos are strongly entrpnrhtii nnd are capable of with standing vastly superior forcea. RETIRING AND INCOMING GOVERNORS OF ONE MIND Lincoln. Neb, Jan. B.-r-Retlrlng Governor Shallenberger, democrat. In his farewell address, and Chester LAldrtch, republican. In his Inaugural ddress both urged the legislators of (Nebraska to amend the Btate primary laws. Aldrleh was elected because of Ills stand on- prohibition and he de nounced the law which made it pos sible for James Dahlman, democrat, to defeat Shallenberger, who de nounced the open primary In which It Is said republican votes were used to defeat Shallenberger for renomlna tion. MICHIGAN GOVERNOR FAVORS CORPORATION TAX Lansing, Mich, Jan. E. The adop tion of a general corporation tax, lev ied against companies chartered In Michigan and not paying a tax, Is recommended In the message of Gov ernor Osborn which was sent to the legislature today. He also recom mends that express rates on inter-state traffic bo regulated; thnt the initia tive and referendum be established and suggests the investigation of de partmental Irregularities. L Boston, Mass., Jan. 6. The annu al messago of Governor Foss, assall- ng the boBsism of corporations and advocating the initiative and referen dum was sent to the legislature today. He urged that the employment of pri vate vehicles to convey voters to the bolls be prohibited. He said: "We have reached a crisis In the affairs of this commonwealth. the people have not confidence In many public servants. The dictator ship of political bosses, representing Ipeclal Interests Is resented because these men direct legislation for their pwn ends. This usurpation of power pan only end In the people taking In to their own hands government con trol and will bring direct election and recall Into being so that public serv ants can be recalled when they prove recreant to their trust." POLITECA STATE TAX LEVY TO BE 1.6 MILLS Salem, Ore., Jan. 6. The state tax commission yesterday afternoon an nounced the state tax levy for the en suing year at 1.6 mills. Lost year's levy was 2.2 mills and the decrease Is 0.6 mill. The amount that is es timated to be required to run the state government this year and to be raised by this levy Is, In round numbers, $1, 360,000, as against $1,528,000 in 1910. The total assessed valuation for this year is, in round numbers. 1844,000,000, as ngalnst $694,000,000. The state board of equalization has as sessed the corporations of the state, not wholly In any one county, and therefore not assessable by counties, at $132,800,000, but In apportioning this sum among the counties It will be reduced to about $97,200,000, in or der to correspond to the assesments in the various counties. The apportionment of the state tax between counties, according to as sessed valuations of the respective counties as equalized by the state board of equalization will be com pleted this afternoon. On the pres ent assessed valuations, 1-25 of a mill levy for the normal school at Monmouth, voted by the people last November, will produce $21,795. DEMOCRATS TAKE HELM IN INDIANA MINORITY IN CONTROL AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS Governor and Legislature of Same Political Faith Lawmakers Warn ed to Beware of Special Interests and Lobbyists. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 5. Gover nor Thomas Marshall today sent the first message of a democratic gover nor to a democratic legislature that Indiana has known in eighteen years. He warned the legislators to be ware of the special interests and he recommended legislation against the trusts, the enactment of a corrupt practice act nnd warned the members of both houses against lobbyists.' He said: "There isn't any money In honest public service. Beware of the man who as soon as he Is Introduced, wishes to show you a good time. He has an axe to grind, arid Intends to chop wood with It." "The progress of th federal gov ernment In eliminating the trusts," he said, "was like the frog that fell In the well and which, In trying ti escape, Jumped up one foot and fell back two." HIGHER VPS" IN FLECTION FRAUDS INDICTED West Union, O.. Jan. 4. After the New Tear's vacation the special grand Jury which Is Investigating the Adams county election frauds, recon venes .tomorrow. Forty-seven wit nesses have been summoned. It Is understood that men higher up who are alleged to have purchased over 1000 votes, hnve already been Indict ed, and that th'elr names will be pub lished soon. WOULD FOLIiOW EXAMPLE HARRIET BEEC1IER STOWE Los Angeles, Cal, Jnn. 4. Aiming to do for the factory girls of New York what Harriet Boecher Stowe did for the slnves by her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Miss Pauline Worth to day announced her intentjon of going to New York at the end of this month and live as a factory girl In order to secure mnterlnl for a book. She Is a well known magazine work- CIUTSER MARYLAND WINS CHAMPIONSHIP PENNANT Washington, D. C, Jan. 6. The pennnnt awarded for the best marks manship of any ship In the navy was run up on the halyards of the cruiser Maryland today. The cruiser led toe other vessels of her class by several points during the 1910 practice, mak ing about 40 per cent of hits under varying conditions. To Curtail Tobacco Output. Lexington, Ky., Jnn. 6. A conven tion composed of delegates from Ken tucky, West Virginia. Ohio. Indians and Missouri, 'representing the tobac co growers of those states began here today to consider the question of cur tailing the tobacco output. A defi nite organization will be effected and officers . chosen. The tobacco grow ers of those states have already agreed to pool their 1911 crops and to raise no crops in 1912 has already been reached. More than one hun dred thousand growers representing a combined business of 300,000,000 pounds annually are affected by the new organisation. She was not quite what you call re fined. She was not quite what you call unrefined. She was the kind of a person that keeps a parrot. T CITY LIMITS Seattle Bandits Shoot Mall Clerk in Mouth and Escape With Registered Mail. CRIME COMMITTED ALMOST IN HEART OF SOUND CITY Seriously Wounded Man and Com jmuiIoii Looked in Closet Found by OtluT Trainmen Through Trail of Blood Sheriff and Posse Scour ing; Suburbs While Detectives Are Searching Rooming Houses Chief of Railroad Force Rushing from St. Puul. Seattle. Wash., Jan. 5. Mall Clerk Harry Clark, who was shot In the mouth last night by two bandits who held up -the North Coast Limited shortly after she pulled out of Seattle, Is resting comfortably at the hospital today. It Is believed he will live. He lost practically half of his teeth when the bullet ploughed through his face. The sheriff's posse is still search ing the suburban district, while 30 detectives are scouring local . lodging houses. The chief of the railroad de tective force of the Northern Pacific , left Ft. Paul for Seattle today to take charge of the investigation. It is not known how much the thieves got. After they entered the car they , conduct of legislative affairs and the shoved Charles Reld and Clark Into ! resolutions presented are necessary a closet, after shooting Clark. They , Bteps ln the ref0rm house proceed then grabbed the registered mall and Ure," said Norris dropped off as the train slowed up. Continuing he' said: "it prevents either at Argo or Kent. an evasion of the responsibility here- The train left King street station at tofore possible in throttling bills in 7:30 p. m. Soon after leaving, the j committee. men opened the side door of the mall "At present a bill referred to a car and entered with leveled revolv- committee can be killed without anv ers. They orderd the mall clerks to ; one aspumnft tne responsibility. It throw up their hands and shot Clark ; lmply disappears. I propose to before he could obey. They then mnkP ov,.rv mcmber of everv com. grabbed the valise containing four- mlttoe re.sponsibe to thehouse" teen pieces of registered mall, drag- ; pel Clark Into a closet and locked Reld in also. The trainnun discovered the open door at Auburn and the trail of blood '.vlitli lo.l tit fV (ilne.tf Clark 'was brought .'back to this : citv. but Held continued on his trip. ! i ! "CENTRAL" MARKIKS AND j HINDERS DIMNESS New York. Jan. 5. The New York " '7', v the government by means of false a ed the new schedule of hours' baggage declarations, entering un ejght instead of nine a day which . Iawfu ,nto the commerce "f tfte shoulfl have enne Into, effect tho first I of the year but which was delayed ow iiig to the many marriages among the operators. There are 7000 operators ! in New York and of these 200 are new employes who are being drilled j to take the place or those who left he company to get married during the hohdays. Truth is stranger than fiction to ! the second degree for killing Patrol some people, but I am measurably fa- man Thomas Eckhan in this city two miliar with It. years ago. PENDLETON MA y PARK III EAST END OF Gin Pendleton may yt have a park In the east end of the city despite the recent rejection of the city site by the Round-up association for a stadium and athletic park. 'lie water commis sion took the first step toward im proving the tract owned by the city at a meeting held Tuesday when a motion wns adopted signifying tho willingness of the commission to ap portion four or five hundred dollars for that purpose providing the city council would furnish a like sum. By converting $600 into a park fund last night, the council evinced a favorable disposition in the matter, and it seems likely that the long cherished am bitions of the ladies of the city are soon to be on the way toward reali sation. A sum of $1000 would not go very far toward converting the tract into a park, but as severul members of the council pointed out, a start must be made some time and that sum would be amply sufficient to carry out the preliminary work such as vacating the streets, fencing, the grounds and protecting it from loose stock and hiring a landscape gardener to work out plans for improving and beauti fying the grounds. Tho Depot Park Also. While the council was discussing the park question, the matter off as sisting the ladies' clubs and the rail road company ln preparing nnd main taining a park on the vacant depot grounds was taken up. The railroad company ha signified its willingness to keep up any Improvements which INSURGENTS REFORM Representative Norris Intro duces Resolution to End Committee Secrecy. FIRST MOVE MADE AT PRESENT SESSION Reformers Would Conipcll Members of Committees to go on Record on Every Measure Referred to Them, Thereby Fixing Responsibility Would Give Author of Bills Power to Force Reports. Washington, D. C, Jan. 5. The first move at the present session of congress by the insurgents for re formed house rules was made today when Representative Norris of Ne braska, Introduced two resolutions which are Intended to end committee secrecy. The first rule will compel a record to be kept of the committee men's stand on all measures referred to them by the house, and doing away with the secret vote. The second rule changes a former rule amendment providing for the discharge of committees on the re quest of the members Introducing the bills. "The abuse of the committee is one j of the greatest evils In the present Charged With Custom Frauds. New York, Jan. 5. Max Rubel. president, and Louis J. Finkelstein, secretary of Max Rubel & Company m,a"u?i'cturers of 8uits and cIoaks at '9,Flft!, avenue' Placed on trial before United States Commissioner Shields today, charged with customs fraUllSi which are pai(j t cover a pe rio1 of tw0 ears. Xhe compnjnt filed by the federal authorities savs that the Rubel company defrauded coun'ry household effects and cloth- ing which he valued at only one-third pf tlu.h. true va)ue - " ludgc'tf First At Is to Set Trial Salem, Or. As his first act of im- portan(.t. J1(, P R Ke IU!v t.Iccted Mt the date fo trla, of George M flg Jan re- the January i6. Meyers was convicted of murder In YET HE are made by citizens, nnd the ladles' clubs are ready to undertake the pre parations for these improvements and it was the sense of the council that the city and the business men should do thi ir share. Mayor Murphy suggest ed that the council bear the expenses of mulching the ground at once and that the business men furnish the seed for the grass plots. A commit tee consisting of Councilmen Brock, Montgomery and Kirkpntrick was ap pointed to confer with the railroad, the ladles' clubs and tho business men regarding the mutter. In the course of the discussion. Mayor Murphy paid a glowing tribute to the Indies with out whose aid, ho said, "tho fibers of our civilization would disintegrate and defray and the world relapse Into Its original chaos." For a New Bridge. The council seemed to be in an im provement mood last evening for, af ter disposing of the park matters, the subject of a new bridge across the Umatilla on Main street was broach ed nnd discussed to some extent. The general sentiment was that a new one was badly needed especially since the location of tho branch asylum on the Oliver tract would Increase the traffic across the river. Councilman Strain wns of the opinion thnt the city would soon be upon such a sound financial basis that tho structure could be built without any Increase In the tax levy. No definite action was taken but the city engineer will be asked to give his attention to the matter and esti mates upon the cost of different styles of bridges will be secured. DISTRIBUTING RAILS With a work train and a gang of rail layers, the last part of the million and a quarter dollar Improvement work undertaken by the O. R. & N. com pany nearly a year ago was begun out of this city this morning. Under the direction of L. C. McCoy, who is assistant under Chief Engineer Boes che, the work of distributing the rails along the twelve miles of track will be accomplished within a few days, after which the actual laying of the rails will begin. McCoy is the man who has charge of the laying of rails on the Des chutes road and he is assisted in his work by George T. Ross. The grad ng work, which was let by contract to Twohy Bros., is now completed be tween Pendleton and Yoakum and when the rails are laid, the distance between this city and Portland will be cut down two miles and many grades will be reduced and curves eliminated. The work train began work this morning at the Walters' mill where ten miles of 90-pound rails have been stored for some time. Just bow long a time will be required to complete this part of the big improvement work Is difficult to say but will de pend largely on the size of the force of men employed. TAFT APPROVES OF y APPORTIONMENT OF MONEY SUBJECT OF SPECIAL MESSAGE President Stipulates Tliat Changes May Be Made Asks for Easier Payment Terms for Settlers Rec ommends sale of Surplus Waters. Washington, Jan. 5. Approving the report of the board of army engineers recommending the apportionment of the $20,000,000 for reclamation work, Taft sent a special message to con gress today. The report of the board accompanied the messages. The president's recommendation provides for a. readjustment of . the apportionment, recommended, from time to time as found necessary for intelligent and proper prosecution of the work. He urged further legisla tion empowering the executive to mod ify the conditions of the payment for water rights in certain projects de claring the return to the government for the cost of the projects could not be secured unless the settlers were given easier terms than those au thorized by the interior department. The president also urged legislation permitting the surplus store of water available for reclamation purposes to be disposed of to persons, associations and corporations operating systems of delivery of water to Individual users f ir the Irrigation of arid lands. WOMAN' MURDERER IS GIVEN FIFTEEN YEARS Portland, Ore.. Jan. 5. Mrs. Carrie Kersh. convicted of manslaughter for assisting Webb in tfie murder of Wil liam Johnson, the trunk victim, was today sentenced to fifteen years ln the penitentiary. She took the sen tence enlmljT A stay of sentence for thirty days was granted. A Belligerent Irishman. Chief of Police Gurdane proved his physical fitness for the Job he holds yesterday when he arrested an Irish man employed by tne J. E. Smith Livestock company. After he had ta ken him to the marshal's office in tne city hall, this bibulous son of Erin set upon the chief with his tongue and both fists. It required the officer but a few minutes to reduce him to a state of submisstveness, but upon being locked in the city Jail, he proceeded to attack a fellow prisoner, and be fore the chief could come to the res cue had beaten the latter up pretty badly. The bellicose sheepherder was then locked in a separate cell, whre ln to cool off. He drew a three day sentence In the police court this morning. Indians Return Home. Forty-eight members of different northwest Indian tribes left for home today after having participated in the annual mld-wlnter camp meeting at the Tutullla mission for the past sev en days. The larger number were Ner Perce Indians and left for Lap wal, Kamlah. Stites, Spalding, Mead ow Creek and Cottonwood, all ln Idaho. Six left for Yakima. Wash ington, and one for Warm Springs, Oregon. The meeting was very suc cessful, a large number of additions having been made to the church and to the temperance society. Simple rules for saving money: To save half, when you are fired by an eager Impulse to contribute to a char ity, wait and count forty. To save threequnrters, count sixty. To save It all, count sixty-five. Ill West Virginia's Wealthy Sen ator Succumbs to Myste rious Malady. DECEASED WAS REPUBLICAN LEADER IN UPPER HOUSE Death by Virtual Starvation Caused by Peculiar Disease Began Prac tice of Law and Legislative Career in New Mexico Held Many Public Offices and Served as Secretary of War. Washington, D. C, Jan. 5. Sena tors, representatives and other offi cials called at the Elkins home to day, to express their sorrow over the death of Senator Elkins. It occured. last night after a month's illness fromv a mysterious malady which virtually ; caused starvation. Senator Elkins was one of the lead-; ers of the majority in the upper house. He was etremely wealthy, his fortune being estimated at thirty. millions. Congress Honors Dead. Washington, D. C, Jan. 5. The -senate, after a seven minute session today, adjourned out of respect to the memory of Senator Elkins. The house was in . session thirty minutes and adjourned for the same reason. The senate convenes again Monday. Two Democrats for State. Elkins' death means that West Vir ginia will be represented by two dem ocratic senators as Scott's term ex pires in March and the legislature is democratic. Private funeral services will be held at the Elkins home tomorrow. A special train will convey the body and the family to Elkins, West Vir ginia Friday where public services will be held Saturday. Biography. The following is the biography of Senator Elkins as It appears in the congressional directory: Stephen Benton Elkins. republican, of Elkins, was born in Perry county, Ohio, September 26, 1841: received his early education in the public schools of Missouri and graduated from the university of that state at Columbia in the class of 1860; was admitted to the bar in 1864, and in the same year went to New Mexico, where he ac quired a knowledge of the Spanish language and began the practice, of law; was a member of the territorial legislative assembly of New Mexico in 1864 and '65; held the office of ter ritorial district attorney, attorney general and United States district at torney; was elected to the forty-third congress and while abroad was re nominated and elected to the forty fourth congress; during his first term in congress was made a member of the republican national committee oa which he served for three presiden tial campaigns: after leaving congress, he moved to West Virginia and de voted himself to business affairs; was appointed secretary of war, Decem ber 17, 1891, and served until the close of President Harrison's admin istration; in February. 1S94, was el ected to the United States senate to succeed Hon. Johnson N. Camden, and re-elected in 1901 by unanimous vote of the republican members of the legislature, giving him a majority of 40 on Joint ballot. Again unani mously re-elected In 1907. WILL CHALLENGE lORTMER WHITEWASH REPORT Washington, T. C, Janu. 5. Sena tor Beverldge announced today he Is preparing a minority report on the Lorimer Investigation. He did not sign the majority report extenu ating Lorimer of the charges that he secured his seat through bribery. He will probably present his report to the senate Monday. E L El Paso. Tex., Jan. 5. Two masked bandits held up Night Clerk Price at tho Angelus Hotel early today, took $5000 from the safe and escaped. Tex as rangers are pursuing. The bandits fled north. The robbers are believed to be the same who robbed the Sunset Limited two weks ago and for whose capture large rewards were offered. The money belonged to the Juares racetrack men. The robbers forced Price to open the safe. When1 I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I. am moved, to lead a different Ufa. WASH NGTDN J