EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITIOII WEATHER REPORT. Fair tonight and Sun day; colder tonight, with heavy frost. Calling cards, wad ding stationery, com mercial stationary o.l Job printing to rsi at the East Oremn. a 'SH u COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER e a C72T OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 2-1. PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY. MARCH If, 1911. NO. 7158 I I I ill STREET DEMANDS THAT DIAZ RESIGN. SAY REPORTS LIMANTOUR TO BE SUCCESSOR Move to Prevent Anarchy is Plea ot Financial Interests In New York MEXICAN' ALLIANCE WITH JAPAN DENIED BY MINISTER n Financial Representative of Southern Republic I twists There Is No Pos sible Excuse for American Inva sion Declares Report That Japan Is Financing Insurrection Is Ab surd. Washington, March 12. 11. The reports that Wall street financial in tercuts liave decided tlial Diax must retire in order to prevent anarchy in Mexico were given strength Unlay by the simultaneous apearance of Am bassador De La Hurra and Attorney General Wlckcrsliam licre. It is stat ed that a conference lias been called in the hopo or settling the Mexican troubles by selecting Yves Liniantour, the Mexican mlnlsiT of finance, as Diax' successor. Liniantour Makes Statement. New York, March 11. Insisting his government had not formed any alliance with Japan and that there could not be any cause for possible American invasion, Llmantour, the Mexican minister of finance, issued a statement saying the report that Japan is financing the Insurrection Is absurd. Llmantour paid In ..part: "As I set forth In my statement yesterday, my government does not for a moment consider intervention. I think the United Slates has no Intention or In tervening. Naturally Mexico desires the United States to prevent the smug gling of arms and recruits from the United States. That Is what the Am erican troops expect to do. Promisee Reimbursement. San Francisco, March 11. Any losses sustained by American ranch or mine owners In Mexico through revolutionary activities will be met by the Mexican government, according to private advices received here. Ruliels Deny Diaz Assertions. Washington, D. C. March 11. Re volutionary leaders here today Issued a statement saying that despite the official denials that Mexico would not countenance Intervention, that Diaz really would welcome It. Private Messages for Taft. Augusta, Ca March 11. Taft la settled In his temporary headquarters here today. He received dispatches from the Mexican frontier by a pri vate telegraph operator. Galveston, Tex., March 11. The scout cruiser Chester steamed away during the night. It is reported she went to Tamplco, Mexico. Commanders in the Dark. San Diego, March 11. The tor pedo boat destroyer Lawrence arriv ed from Mare Island today and tne expectation is that the smaller boats will soon receive some orders to move. Ten companies of the tenth infantry arrived today also, on the transport Buffalo with 500 marines aboard. The gunboat Yorktown Is already here. General Taaker Bliss, commanding here, says he knows nothing of why the troops are being mobilised and that he would like to know. Be said the men are chafing at the delay. Practically 400 troops of marines are here. Admiral Thomas, commanding the vessels here, said the same as Bliss. He said, "I am In the dark The cruisers are here with fires under their boilers and the word to move can't come to me too soon. We are ready to strike anywhere the gov ernment says." Investigate Japs. Washington, D. C, March 11 Au thoritative Information says the Unit ed States will soon begin the Investi gation of a number of Japanese em MILLIONAIRE IIILLMAN IS FOUND GUILTY. ' Seattle, Wash., March 11. At liberty under 1100,000 ball, Clarence HUlman, the million- aire townslte promoter, wound guilty of using the mails to de- aire townslte promoter, found cary his case to the higher courts. He was convicted on thirteen counts. The trial last- ed six weeks. v ployed in Mexico, a greater number of whom are In mines. The deter mination to Inquire was reached after It was learned that overtures for the establishment of a naval base at Mag dalena Bay had bcun made to Japn by Diaz. It is said Japan received the suggestion but did not act on It. The report of a secret treaty for of fense and defense between Japan and Mexico is not credited. Hiillroud Are Criticized. San Antonio, Tex., March 11. Ar my officers here criticize the railroads today. They say the alertness of the troops in quitting the garrisons has been retarded materially by the slow ness of the railroads. Only 11 troops of cavalry and 17 of infantry have arrived here in 108 hours after or ders were Issued. The eleventh ar rived this morning, also the tenrs regiment. The troops will continue arriving until Tuesday when the di vision will be mobilized. Even the troops arriving are unable to take the field. The eleventh cav alry is without horses as five sections of the train carrying their mounts have not arrived. The fifteenth in fnntry from Fort Douglas, arrived with a whole batalllon missing. They got switched off somewhere. Pontoon Bridgea for Itlo Grande. San Antonio, Tex., Marcn 11. Two companies of engineers with pontoon equipment, sufficient to throw the entire first division across the Rio Grande, arrived today from Leaven worth. The officers admit that such unwelldly equipment precludes its use for ordinary maneuvers. Thirty flat cars are necessary to transport the pontoons. PLANS FOR ROUND-UP GRANDSTAND MADE PORTLAND ARCHITECTS TAKE INTEREST IN BIG SHOW Present Association Willi Complete I'huiH for Structure Work on Track Progressing Rapidly Citizens In vited to Park. Work on the new Round-up track Is progressing rapidly and the as sociation will soon be ready for the next step in their preparation of a stadium which will have few equals on the Pacific coast. Swingle & Wells, the well known Portland firm of ar chitects, have presented the directors with the complete set of plans and specifications for a grandstand and, with a few alterations, these will be accepted. Bids for the lumber for this structure have already been asked and as soon as these are all in the contract will be let. According to the plans, the grand stand will be 300 feet long, will extend along the complete south straightaway and will be flanked on either aide by 150 foot bleachers which will follow the curve of the track. The grand stand will be twenty seats high and will have a capacity of almost 5000 people. Box seats with a capacity of 250 will be built along the front. The work on the track was delay ed somewhat by the recent cold weather but the directors predict that the whole w'U be completed within another week. The soil for surfac ing it is proving to be exceptionally good for that purpose and indications are that the track will be one of the fastest In the northwest. An invita tion is extended to all 'n the city to visit the grounds tomorrow and to in spect the work being done. PRESIDENT IN ATLANTA. Taft Given Tremendous Ovation Pleads for Closer Relations. Atlanta, Ga., March 11. Pres. Taft arrived In Atlanta yesterday and was escorted by a citizens' committee through streets lined with cheering people to the hall where the Southern Commercial congress Is in session. The appearance of the president berore the assemblage representing the bus iness Interests ot Dixie was the signal for a tremendous ovation. Seldom be fore has President Taft received a greater tribute to his position and his popularity than was manifested In Atlanta today. All partisan and sec tional differences were forgotten, and every sentence of the president's speech a masterly plea for closer relations between north and south was greeted with applause. Following the convention session the president was the guest of honor at a' luncheon given by the Capital City Club and the local chamber of com merce. Later he visited the executive mansion, where a reception was giv en in his honor by the governor. The program of the day Is rounded out with an address to the negroes of Atlanta, a dinner with the other dis tinguished guests of the congress at the Piedmont Driving club, and an address before the congress on "A Greater Nation Through a Greater South." TOF Commercial Association Goes On Record Condemning High School Building NEW STRUCTURE DECLARED TO nn A NECESSITY Tax-payers at Meeting Instruct School Hoard Not to Attempt to Enforce Law ITovldlng for Collection of Tu ition From Outside Student May Enlarge District. Without a single dissenting voice the report of the committee of ten prominent business men and taxpay ers, condemning the high school building was unanimously adopted by the Commercial association last night and the sentiments of the report were expressed as the sentiments of the as sociation. The report declared the present building to be Inadequate lor .school purposes, a veritable lire trap and unsan'tary because of luck oi' proper heating and ventilating tuii'.uUs. The tearing down of the present structure and the erection of a new one on the same ground was also the recommen dation carried in the report which en dorsed the action of the school board in calling a special election to vote $100,000 in bonds to construct the building and complete the Lincoln school building. While the attendance at the meet ing lust .light was not as large as had been anticipated it was a thoroughly representative gathering of all class es, the number of heavy taxpayers present be'ng especially gratifying. The members of the investigating committee who all signed the report were: G. M. Rice, W. L. Thompson, James Johns, Leon Cohen; T. C. Tay lor, R. Alexander, Elmer Snyder, C. M. Bishop, E. J. Murphy and G. I. LnDow. Tuition Cliurgc Not Favored. The matter of complying with the ! strict letter of the law and compelling pupils enumerated in other districts to pay tu'tion when uttending the local schools was called up last evening by Dr. C. J. Smith. The quest'on had been brought to the attention of the board in a report from County School Superintendent Welles in which he made a number of suggestions and recommendations concerning the schools of this district. This report. 'says Mr. Wells, was made in com pilance with the school laws. Dr. Smith explained that for sever al years the school board has been 'g noring this section of the school laws for the reason that they had found it unprof'table to attempt to collect this tuition. He said the board was anxi ous to have an expression from the taxpayers present and upon motion of R. Alexander, the board was directed to pay no attention to that part ot the superintendent's report recommending that the district compel outside stu dents to pay tu'tion, unless It be ab solutely necessary. May Enlarge District. The question of enlarging the school district so as to Include Riverside ad dition was brought up by T. C. Tay lor and upon his motion the school board was directed to take the matter up with the county school superin tendent and take the necessary steps to bring this settlement into the dist rict. It was intimated that if neces sary the city charter be so amended that this territory could be included within the city limits. Special Meeting, President Dan P. Smythe called a special meeting of the Commercial association for next Tuesday evening to consider proposed charter changes. HIS TV0 SISTERS Healdsburg, Cal., Mar. 11. Tempo rary Insanity is the cause assign ed by some today In explanation as to why Fred Schwara, a wealthy young rancher, killed his two sisters Lou'se and Lena, in their home, with a shot gun. The authorities today say he had trouble with the women over the division of a $10,000 estate left by their parents. He shot down the girls and was reloading when his brother Charles rushed in and in a desperate struggle disarmed him and turned him over to the authorities. The man this afternoon collapsed when he re alized the enormity of his offense. G. H. Upthegrove secretary of the Umatilla County Water Users associ ation, is up from Hermlston on bus iness today. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Thomas came up from Hermlston on the local this morning. TEN T T IS War Bureau Fails to Take Secretary Knox into Con fidence SECOND AND TIIIIID DIVISIONS -OF ARMY MAY HE CALLED War Department Acting as Though Trouble Is Certain Pacific Coast National Guard May Ho Ordered to tlio Front Recruiting Stations Busy. MEXICANS WILL RESENT INVASION " Mexico City, Mex., March 11. Mexican troops will be rush- ed to the border and encamp opposite the American troops, preparatory to resist invasion. If martial law is declared In Chihuahua and Coahulla, Sun- day, oy the Mexican congress convened in extraordinary ses- sion here it is probable the Mex- leans will encamp near Juarez. RcIm-Is Will Ixst City. El Paso, Tex., March 11. The arrival of a second courier from C;isa Grandes with the word that the federal reverses had bitn announced at the in- surgent Junta that Madero re- captured Casa Grandes Wed- nesday r.lght and that Colonel Cuellar, with his force, had surrendered. The Junta lead- ers declare 7000 Insurgents are in the field and that a large force is assembling under Ma- : dero for an attack on Chlhua- hua. e e e 4 e a- ' Washington, March 11. That the war department has usurped the rune tlons of the state department In the Mexican situation was seen today rn the fact that Secretary of State Knox hadn't been consulted previous to the issuance of orders for the mobiliza tion. Army officers predict now that the second and third divisions of the ar my will be called into service upon the dispatching of the first Into Mexico. The war department Is proceeding as though trouble were certain. The occupation of the border is planned for a year. Should the troops now en route bor derward advance Into Mexico and Lower California, the second division of 15,000 regulars will be mobilized on the border and if It advances, the third division, comprising the militia of Pacific and southwestern states will be called out. Los Angeles, March 11. Special or ders have been issued by the navy de partment to all recruiting officers on the Pacific, urging them to increase their naval enlistments. Fortress Monroe, March 11. Twenty-four companies of coast artillery sailed for Galveston today on board the transports Sumner, Kilpatrick and MeClellan. Recruiting National Guards. Olympia, Wash., March 11. On or ders received from Washington the national guard In the principal cities are recruiting and bringing their companies up to a war standard, and also Increasing their drilling to three times weekly. H. Moore of Echo, is a Pendleton visitor today. TWO ARE MURDERED San Rafael, Calif. John Lafranchl and his nephew Augustine Albertine were shot and killed, while Mrs. La Franchl as seriously wounded in the legs by an Italian this morning when the Lnfranchts rose to milk the cows. As the men entered the house for breakfast the assassin kill ed them in the doorway and then shot the woman as she leaped through the window. She feigned death. He looked at her and then ran. The murderer escaped, and posses are searching Lucas valley this af ternoon. The woman crawled two miles, wounded, and summoned aid. She says there was no motive for the crime. She denied they had ever had trouble in Italy. Unable to walk, the woman reach ed the roadway where she lay four hours before she regained strength enough to drag herself to the home of County Supervisor Pacheo. Sher iff Keating found a soft felt hat left by the murderer, who has a good start of his pursuers. . . DEPARTMEN USURPER STdms ON CUYOTE ECHQ COT-OFF JUNE FIRST NEW TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS TO BE TRIED Washington, March 11. The tor pedo boat destroyers Roe, Paulding and Perry, recently added to the navy will be given their final acceptance trial off the Virginia capes during t.ie latter part of March or early in April. COLLIER JUPITER WILL COST MORE THAN A MILLION Mare Island, Calif., March 11. Or ders to begin construction of a new collier, to be called "Jupiter" and to cost 11,200.000 have Just been re ceived here from Washington. Com mandante Caterhaus of the Mare Is land navy yard, immediately Issued orders for beginning the construction of the vessel. Plans for the big ship were prepared last year, but actual work on the vessel was held up by the na department. BRAKEMAN MURDERED Robbers Crush His Skull and Loot Box Car of Merchandise. St. Louis. Mo.. March 11. The third train robbery with murder as an adjunct within recent months was discovered early today when the K. K. & T. train reached Lorimer sta tion Brakeman T. J. Cahill was found dead with his skull crushed in a box car which had been pried open. Valuable goods are missing. "WAR" NEWS MAKES GUARDSMEN GLAD CAPTAIN KERN APPLIES FOR "MANEUVER" DUTY Adjutant General Recommends Twenty Oregon Officers But Keeps Names Secret Local Officers and Ex-Officers Would Like to Go. Captain M. S. Kern, former com mander of company L of this city and now a member of the regimental staff, in the third Infantry, O, N. G would like to go down to the, Mexi can border and take part in the "ma neuvers" that are to be held. So would some other local guard officers and ex-officers. But wnether or not any will be allowed to go seems doubtful. At the request of the war depart ment. Adjutant General W. E. Fin zer has forwarded a list of 20 guard officers for duty In Mexico should they be desired. He has refused to divulge the names of those recom mended. However In the Portland evening papers the name of Captain Kern appears among the list of those who have applied for such duty. Of the other guard officers In Pen dleton none have made special appli cation to go but the idea of such ser vice would appeal strongly to them. At this time Captain Ferguson is at Klamath Falls on a business trip. First Lieutenant Charles Vlnier said today he had not spoken to the adjutant general but would be glad to do so if he thought it would do any good. The other company officer is Elmer Storie, second lieutenant. The "war news" is also causing members of the old Second Oregon to think of the days they spent in the Philippines, while the militiamen are likewise becoming excited. Thus far no orders have been given for the mobilization of any guard regiments but such an order may come at any time. Should any of the guard be called out it is generally believed that Pacific coast regiments would be ta ken in which event the Pendleton mi litiamen would get to go. The local company is part of the third regi ment, which would be the first Ore gon command to take the field from this state In the event of need. IXJRMER POLICE CHIEF PLEADS NOT GUILTY Seattle, Wash., March 11. Former chief of police Wappensteln, indict ed for accepting a bribe of $2500, was arraigned today and entered a plea of not guilty. CALIFORNIA MAY ELECT SENATORS ON OREGON PLAN Sacramento, Calif., March 11. The assembly today unanimously passed an amended primary luw providing for the nomination of United States sen ators on the Oregon plan. The measure has not passed the senate. ROOSEVELT TALKS TO PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI Jackson, Miss., March 11. Roose velt arrived here today and breakfast ed with Governor Noel. He address ed the people at the capitol grounds at noon and departed for New Orleans. NT COMPLETE No Official Announcement Made but Information is Reliable r- THE LONG-CONTEMPLATED IMPROVEMENT TO BE MADE Contract Let to Twohy Brothers Con struction Company Which Is Now Ready to Start Operations Eight Miles of "Track to Be Eliminated Will Cost Nearly One Million of lars. Work on the construction of the Coyote-Echo cutoff will be started June 1 if nothing unforseen arises to cause a change in the plans of the O.-W. company officials. This is the word passed around in railroad cir cles, though no official announce ment of the matter has been made. From sources known to be reli able the East Oregonian learned to day that practically all preparation are now made for the beginning or work on the above mentioned date. The contract for the work has al ready been let to Twohy Bros, and It is understood they are ready o begin operations whenever orders to do so arrive from General Manager James P. O'Brien. They are now prepar ing to begin work the first of June. The Coyote-Echo cutoff calls for the construction of an additional track from Coyote, on the Columbia river, cross country to Echo. The cutoff will eliminate eight miles of the present distance between those two points. However, the present main line track will be continued in use so as to provide a double track for the road. Just how the trains will be routed after the cutoff is made has not been announced. It is the supposition of Hermiston people that all westbound trains will proceed over the . present track, while east bound trains, save perhaps the local, will pass over the cutoff. The work of building the Coyote Echo cutoff will cost slightly less than a million dollars and the build ing of the road will add much to tne activity of this section of Oregon during the coming summer. MRS. EDDY WEALTHY. Estates In New Hampshire Valued as More Hum Two Million. Concord, Mass.. March 1 1 ti,. states of Mrs. Eddv in v u.. shire are valued at $2,512,146, ac- coramg to the appraisers' report made today. Henrv Baker. i,tA. Christian Science founder, has esti mated that her Massachusetts prop erty is worth $250,000 additional. Copyrights are her lartrest item Th are appraised at $1,400,000. TIMES DYNAMITER SUSPECT ARRIVES AT ELCENTRO Calexico, Mex.. March 1 1 . Sii.anAj.t- ed of being J. A. Brvi nn nt k. three men charged with dynamiting the Los Angeles Times, a man giving the name of Smith Jackson, Is under arrest at Elcentro. Constable Crane arrested him while trying to cross tha border. CALIFORNIA WEATHER IS CLEARING, FLOODS SUBSIDING" San Francisco, Calif, March 11. With the weather clearing today It expected that traffic will be re sumed soon and that the floods which, have heavily damaged parts of the state will subside. P. C. Nelson of Echo, Is In the city today transacting business with the court FIFTEEN HUNDRED DRIVERS OX STRIKE. New York, March 11. FIf- teen hundred drivers and help- ers for the Adams Express com- pany struck this afternoon. They claim the company has not fulfilled the terms which set- tied the last strike. No wagons are moving here, in Hoboken or Jersey City. The company is recruiting strikebreaker The men demand the recognl- v tion of the union.