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WEATHER REPORT.
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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.
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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.
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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. !
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"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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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