STRIKE MARRED
BY BLOODSHED
Anti-Negro Sentiment Respo
nsible For Serious Trouble
In Kentucky
TWENTY ARE KIIXED AND
MANY MOKE WOUNDED
Traffic at a Standstill Arined Moun
taineers Hold Three Trains Negro
Firemen Picked From Locomotive
Cabs by SliurpKhootcrs-Two Offl
et4 among tl'o Dead.
Somerset. Ky., March 13. Today's
nil of death is 11 and near a score
injured aa a result of the strike on the
Queen and Cresent raiiroaas. irau".
here and at Chattanooga is at
atnnrintlll
The strike resuled In the refusal of
the railroads to give assurances to
white firemen that they would have
preference over negroes in promo
tlons.
The .dead Include nine negroes,
nine firemen and two deputy sheriffs
Five negroes were killed yesterday in
engine cabs by sharp shooters. Four
negroes and two deputies were Kinea
liut nlKht In a battle near denary
Tenn.
The mountaineers today served the
railroad with an ultimatum that un
less the negroes are discharged the
officials will be killed and the bridges
dynamited.
Armed Men Hold Trains.
Cincinnati. Ohio, March 13. Armed
mountaineers have held up thrco
queen Crescent freights near Kings
Mountain. Kentucky, 120 miles from
hcra rtecordintr to' a telegram. Rail
road officials have asked Kings Mjin
taln to send deputies to the scene.
Complete Tleup Threatened.
Cincinnati, March 13. A complete
tleup f the Queen & Crescent Is
threatened. It Is announced that the
order of locomotive engineers has
notified the firemen that unless the
strike is settled soon the engineers
will give tho railroad a ten-days
strike notice.
MISSOriH MILLIONAIRE IS
SHOT IN PATHS CAFE FIGHT
Paris. France, Mar. 13. C. R. Dun
bar, a Missouri millionaire, shot him
self In the nip In a crowded cafe ear
ly today In a fight with a man nam
ed Morris, who said something to
Dunbar's companion, an actress. Dun
bar drew a revolver nnd fired twice,
the second shot entering his hip when
Morris forced his hand down.
nriiGLARS get bfst
, at r.sco SATCRDAY night
Pasco, Wash., March 13. Robbers
Saturday night broke Into the rear
of tho Pasco Drug Co., and secured
$145 In cash and razors, fountain pens
nd ii watch, to the amount of 100.
They also broke into the gents' fur
nishing store of Ncblctt & Painter,
and secured only $2 In cash as a re
compense for their efforts.
MASONS TO ERECT A
TEMPLE IX PASCO
Pnsro. Wash.. March 13. The Ma-
onlo lodge of this city Saturday eve
nlng gnve Al Oerry a contract for
the building of a Masonic temple on
third street between Lewis and Clam,
for 912.450. The. lower part of the
building Is to bo used for business
purposes. The building was financed
by the Western Union Life Insurance
company of Spokane.
P. D. Holsington and wife of Echo,
wore Sunday visitors In Pendleton.
FURNISH-COE CONTROVERSY IS
FINALLY
Tho end of tho famous Furnlsh
Coe controversy came this morning
when the suit instituted by W. J. Fur
nish and his companies against Hen
ry W. Coe et al, was dismissed fol
lowing an agreement reached late
Saturday night between the parties to
the suit by which all differences
were amicably settled. While the ex
act terms of tho agreement are kept
secret, the attorneys for both sides
have given out a statement to the
effect that W. J. Furnish takes pos
session of all of the bonds of the In
land Irrigation company and of the
Furnish Ditch company and that
Henry W. Coe retires from all con
nection with both companies.
The settlement here carries with it,
besides the dismissal of the suit In
the local court which asked for an
TWENTY-SIX MINERS
AltE DCHIED ALIVE
Virginia, Minn., March 13.
Ten bodies were recovered to
day from the - Normal mine.
Sixteen bodies aro still in the
debris. A large force is digging.
A slide attributed to Boftenlng of
the ground due to a thaw oc
cured yesterday, burying the
miners.
i
Galveston, Tex., March 13. Thin
city Is under a form of martial gov
ernment today, to prevent a repetition
of the soldier riots in the Mexican
and negro sections of the town. The
twelve hundred troops are restricted
to the camp while guards patrol the
disturbed districts. Twenty-five sol
dlers are in the guard house.
The riots started yesterday when
leans, ninny of whom rushed close
Mexicans and negroes. Furniture
was demolished and two buildings
burned General fist fights occured
last night.
FEAR OF CAMORA MAKES
SELECTION OF JCRY HARD
Vlterbo, Italy, March 13. Contin
ued fear of the Camora on the part
of talesmen In the trial of 33 members
of the band for murder, has caused
Judge liianchl today to announce he
would punish the prospective Jurors
by Jail sentences should they attempt
to evade service through false ex-
euses. Two panels have already been j
exhausted.
RATE FIGHT ENDS.
Ruilroads Withdraw nil Schedules and
Action by Commission Is Not
Necessary. "
Washington, March 13. All sched
ules for rdvancel freight rates dis
allowed by tho Interstate commerce
commission have been withdrawn. The
last schedule was withdrawn today
and the formal order of suspension
will not be necessary on the part of
the commission. This ends the big
rate fight for a time nt least.
ROOSEVELT WILL TALK
TO SPOKANE NEGROES
Spokane. Wash., March 11. Roos
evelt wftl address the colored people
of Spokane during his visit here n
April In tho interest of the negro up
lift movement, according to Reverend
Gordon McPherson of the Peoples
tabernacle, today, who, extended tho
invitation. Roosevelt telegraphed his
acceptance.
GENERAL STRIKE OF
TEAMSTERS DOESN'T OCCUR
New York, March 13. The gen
eral strike of the teamsters of New
York, Hoboken and Jersey City, pre
dicted for today, failed to material
ize. It was announced this after
noon that a general strike would not
be ordered at this time. Fifteen
hundred drivers and helpers- for the
Adams Express company will remain
out. Only a few of the company's
wagons are operating.
Honor French Poet.
Paris, March 13. A great memo
rial meeting, attended by many mem
bers of the academy, was held today
In honor of tho memory of Nlccolas
Hoileau. the French poet. Bolleau
died 200 years ago today.
Charged Willi Awful Crime.
Great Harrington, Mass., March 13.
Charged with selling five cents
worth of candy to a child on Sunday,
Maurice Joseph of Housatonlc, has
been found guilty and will be sentenc
ed today.
IT TO i
accounting between Coe and the In
land Irrigation company, the dismis
sal of the two Portland suits also, one
of which was the famous million dol
lar damage suit instituted by Coe. All
that yet remains to be done Is to dis
charge the receiver, E. J. Sommer
vllle, who was appointed last month
to take charge of the notes, contracts,
and other Instruments relating to
Coo's transactions as selling agent for
the Furnish Interests.
Dr. Coe, although no longer con
nected In any way with the Inland Ir
rigatlon company or with the Furnish
DltcJi company, still retains his pri
vate Interests in the west end of the
county and will continue as head of
the Columbia Land company, which
(Continued on page eight)
1 JAPAN LOOMS
j AS BFJ. CAUSE
Belief Growing In Washington
And London That Mobiliza
liun Has Purpose
TREND OF EVENTS C.:vOT j
I!E FORECASTED AS ltl
Officials M Not Accept RosiHinsf
blllty of Quotation Cablegram
Received n England Tell of Oriental
Complication Government Con
tinues to Maintain Secrecy.
Washington, March 13. Although
no official would accept the respon- '
siblllty of being quoted, the sentiment;
is crowinc that developments soon
v ill cause Japan to loom up as an im
portant factor in the mobilization In
the Mexican trouble none, What trend
events are likely to take is unknown,
but the attitude of the attaches in the
state department Indicates concern.
Rumors fr.m the Pacific coast tend
jo connect other forces beside Mexico
with the military demonstration.
London, March 13. London news
papers today prominently displayed
special cablegrams from Colon sug-
Resting Oriental complications as the '
reason for the mobilization of Ameri
can troops. The cable says: Arn
erlinns generally are suspicious of
the Japanese, but whether the mobll-
iation M-
lue to fear of Japan or ac
tual developments in Mexico cannot
be stated, owing to. the United States
government's secrecy.
Formidable l'leet Assembled
San Diego, Calif., March 13. The
cruisers Maryland and West Virgin- ;
it arrived today. This makes the Cal- '
jt'ornia Pennsylvania, South Dakota
pnd the troop ships ROffalo, Mary
land and West Virginia, under Ad
miral Thomas here.
it Is believed the troops and cruis
ers here will soon be started on scout
duty. Just what action will be-taken
Is problematical. The activities of
army men, who have been collecting
information concerning the routes
southward has convinced
observers
that some action Is expected by tne
officers. Some even believe the Buf
falo will sail up to Magdalena bay,
within two weeks, and land 500 ma
rines. Troops Still Arriving;,
fan Antonio, Tex., March 13.
Troops are still arriving, but officers
say the complete mobilization cannot
be completed until Wednesday. This
U causing much criticism but it Js
suld the complete mobilization of a
b'g armv can't be done until the pres
ent railroad system of handling troops
1.- changed and small out of the way
military posts abolished and the
troons ouartered in posts nenr rail -
road centers.
CORPORATION TAX
LAW IS UPHELD
Washington, D. C, March 13. The
constitutionals of the corporation
tax law was upheld by the United
States court today. Justice Day read
the decision In which all the Judges
concurred. It affected fifteen differ-
cnt federal court cases throughout the
country affecting corporations engag -
ed in real estate, mining manuiactur-
Ing, Insurance, merchandising, etc.
The decision declared the tax Is up
on the privilege of doing business.
WALTER Lv FISHER IS NOW
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
Washington, D. C, March 13.
Walter L. Fisher today took the oath
of office as secretary of the interior.
Balllnger will remain till Fisher be-
comes familiar with his duties and
then will go to Seattle for the pur
nose of nrepnrinii his suits for elan
der.
Troops Recruited Hurriedly.
San Antonio, Tex.. March 13. The
feverish haste shown In recruiting the
ninth and eleventh cavalry regiments
has led to the belief today that they
are intended for the first active ser
vice. The regiments are below normal
strength, but each will be Joined to
morrow by 600 recruits who are en
route from the north. The officers
predict that both regiments will start
scout work soon after tho arrival or
General Wood, tomorrow or Wednes
day. Roosevelt visited the camp shortly
after daylight, and was welcomed by
Major General Carter commanding.
The presidential salute was fired In
his honor, after which he Inspected
tho camp. Before leaving for Austin
Roosevelt addressed the school children.
HEROINS
WATCH BATTLE
Thousands Watch Spectacular
Contest From This Side Of
Border
FEDERALS LOSE MORE THAN
SCORE IN REBEL ATTACK
IiiHurrcclo Leader Declares It Was
Merely a Test of Strength and That
Real Fight Will Occur Today or
Tomorrow Americans Give First
Aid.
Huachua, Ariz., March 13. Gener-
al Blanco said today t'hat the battle
of ,Blln Prieta yesterday was merely
a test of strength and that the real
battle would come today or tomorrow.
The American physicians who attend
ed the Injured estimate the casual
ties at 21 killed and 15 wounded on
the federal side, while the rebel loss
was two killed and three wounded.
The United .S'utes troops were i;ned
up on the border ready for any
emergency. Captain Wheeler or tne
rangers reported today he had been
fired upon by federals while rounding
soldiers on leave entered the houses of
caped to Douglas.
The battle was spectacular and was
witnessed by several thousand Amor
Imans, many of whom rushed close
: ie the battlef-'eld while the firing was
still at its heifht. After the smoke
had cleared away, it was Americans
in automobiles who gave the first
, aid to the wounded, hurrying them to
t Apua Prieta where two American
physicians were in readiness to Usst-t
the Mexican army surgeons,
Diaz Issues Drastic Order.
Mexico City.- March 13. That th
determination of Diaz to exterminate
the revolution will result in even
more drastic steps than the mere sus
pension of the personal guarantee pro-
vision of ih, constitution Is the een-
era belief here today. It was ex
pected the orlcr refusing civil trials
to persons charged with the destruc-
Hon of property and ordering the dis
turbers shot would end the .depreda
tions, but the reports today say that
lawlessness still exists despite the or
der. , Two Reporters Missing.
j San Diego, Calif., March 13. W.
; Dixon Vanblarcom, Jr., city editor of
! the San Diego Tribune and Harry krt
ler, reported to have crossed the Mex
ican line In an automobile for Tla
Juana yesterday and expected back
last night haven't been heard of. It
is said they might have gone on to
. Ensenada but the theory
Is not be-
gloved.
! Asa Thomson was up from
Echo
.Saturday evening.
HOUR SEES NO
CAUSE EOR ALARM
Ccw York, March 13. In a state
ment today in which he carefully
j quoted the word maneouver whenever
i it occured Llmantour declared Mexico
had done nothing warranting the
j doubling of the American force on the
' frontier. He said this country had r
( right to call out as many troops as it
: saw fit and because they were called
out Is no indication that conflict is
about to occur between tho United
States and Mexico or any other pow
' er. He said he believed it meant
merely that the United States is de
termined to stop smuggling and to
i practice the war game simultaneously.
BANDITS ARE BOLD.
, Take Booty rrom Hotel in Center of
Ojnlcn Business District.
- 1 Ogden, Utah, March 13. Arter
- i holding six men at bay, two masked
bandits rifled the safe In the Reed
hotel at daybreak and escaped with
$700. Half an hour later two sus
pects were Jailed. The money was
not located, however. The holdup
was In the business district. r
No Quarter to Bo Shown.
El Paso, Te., March 13. Macrero,
commanding the eastern revolution
ists has given orders to give the fed
eral troops no quarter, according to
couriers from Casas Grandes. This
order believed been result Dlas or
der suspended personal guarantee pro
vision of Mexican constitution. Entire
fourth cavalry now encamped here,
two troops arrived last night. Scouts
report Insurgents gathered hills south
Juares.
Much of wh- ' . Xi love nt first
sight fails whrr it comes to the sec
ond, sober v'
-
THIRTY REBELS
CAPTURE TOWN.
Tecarte, Calif., March 13. III-
otously drunk the 30 Mexican
insurgents, headed by Louis
v Rodriguez, who captured a
small Mexican town Just across
the line, are likely to be attack-
ed by federals reported to be
near tonight. The American
troops' watched the scrap yes-
terday when the federals were
beaten.
MM m NEK
WHOLESALE MURDER
Washington, March 13. The estab
lishment of martial law in Mex'co
means wholesale murder, unrestricted
shooting and killing with anarchistic
riots, said Juan Azonca, a political
refugee here today. The reign of
murder will be started by the execu
tion of 9500 political prisoners con
fined in Mexican Jails. The revolution
will continue. It may sound para
doxical but the revolutionists Till be
glad if the prisoners are shot They
must die slowly by disease or starva
tion anyway so the bullets simply
saves suffering and at the same time
will add thousands to the revolution
ary cause.
CONDUCTOR KILLED.
Northern Pacific Employe Crushed
Ret ween Curs at Eureka Sut unlay.
Walla Walla, March 13. Conductor
A. D. Brower, a regular main line
conductor for the Northern Pacific
who had been running until recently
out of Spokane, was killed at Eure
ka Saturday afternoon.
He had been ordered out on this
train Saturday afternoon and every
thing went all right until they reach
ed Eureka.
It seems that Conductor Erower
was standing on one side of the track
and was s'gnaling the engineer to
back up with the two or three cars
th-it were attached to tho enr-ine.
When the cars had almost reached
him he started to step across the track
his foot was caught in a cattle guard,
and before he could extricate himself
1 the cars were upon him. He was out
of sight of the fireman and engineer
who supposed that everything was all
right and before he was missed the
train had almost passed over him.
Death was instantaneous for the body
was terribly mangled.
As soon'as discovered he was picked
up, carried to the caboose and brought
t.- this city by a special, Brakeman J.
F. Foster and J. E. Rowe of Pasco,
rccompanying.
PLAN TO FORESTALL AN
ATTACK ON PRESIDENT TAFT
Washington, D. C, March 13.
Tians to forestall a congressional at
tack upon Taft as a result of the
"manouvers" is being considered to
day by administration supporters. In
order to avert a resolution of inquiry
the war department will probably an
nounce the details of the administra
tion's version of the causes for mobil
ization. It Is understood LaFollette.
is preparing a resolution Inquiring
whether the troops were mobilized to
aid Wall street or not.
FAKERS ENTICE CIin.DREN
FROM MONTANA HOMES
Helena, Mont., March 13. Com
plaints of the operation in different
parts of Montana of what is believed
to be a band of fakers who entice
children from their homes by tales
of pecuniary enrichment nave reached
the secretary of the bureau of child
and annlmal protection, Kenncoy,
who said today that he will soon re
sort to vigorous action to eradicate
the band. Boys particularly are be
ing enticed. Several of them have
returned to their homes after leaving
with men to get rich.
SETTLEMENT OF
IS PLEASING TO
(Special Correspondence.)
Stanfield, March 13. There is great
rejoicing over the settlement of the
controversy which has been going
on for several months past between
Dr. Coe and W. J. Furnish over the
question of ownership and sale of the
Irrigated lands known as the Furnish
Coe project adjoining Stanfield, which
has caused several suits to be start
ed on both sides. These suits are now
withdrawn and dismissed as the re
sult of this settlement which was
consummated Just before the hour of
midnight Saturday, an agreement be
ing arrived at and closed at Pendleton.
Lowell & Winter acted aa 'attorneys
for Dr. Coe and Raley & Raley with
C W. Fulton of Portland lobked af
ter the Interests of Mr. Furnish.
While tho trouble referred to did
DEMOCRATS IN
BIG QUANDRY
Ways And Means Co
mmittee'
Has Strenuous Two
In Prospect.
Months
Ml'ST CONSTRUCT A PAYNE-
ALDRICJI TARIFF SUCCESSOR
Will Attempt to Revise Schedule by
Schedule May Compel Taft'8 Sup
port by Tacking Reciprocity Treaty
Onto End of Tariff Bill Hoped to
Widen Republican Breach.
Washington, March 13. These
days are sad days for the new demo
cratic ways and means committee. All
they are supposed to do in" the next
two months is to change the entire
system of tariff framing, grant hear
ings to Interested parties that is,
constructively speaking, raise the tar
iff wall, build a careful revenue
only structure in its place; "bone" up
on the dreary piles of statistics of Im
ports, manufactures, cost of labor and
transportation and finally bring into
being a successor of the Payne-AId-rlch
tariff Jaw.
It took the republican ways and
means committee practically a year
to accomplish the present tariff lav,-
and the democrats must do the
same work, in two months, if they
can. But they lack a majority in the
senate, and are handicapped by a re
publienn administration In charge of
the executive departments, and there
is a big chance that Taft, a strong
proponent of the present tariff, may
veto their measures even if they
succeed in JammiDg the proposed
schedules through congress.
AH Summer Session.
In light of these obstructions, lead
ers on both. Sides are clniost unani
mous in tho" opinion that the extra
session will not end befor October.
It .'s known that "Uncle Joe" Can
non has made arrangements to re
main in Washington until November.
There is too, a strong possibility that
the coming session may establish a
record. The extra session of 1909
lasted 14 4 days and the present rec
ord of 166 days made in 1841 may
go by the boards in 1911 with a 200
day session.
A democratic caucus has already de
termined in favor of a schedule by
schedule revision of the Payne Jaw.
This means that the ways and means
committee can concentrate their en
ergy by taking up a schedule at a
time and get each schedule through
congress , before tackling another.
This system wil ldelay the final repeal
of the Payne law and it is believed it
will have a less drastic effect on tne
Industrial world than a brand new
tariff law.
It is probable that the democrats
will hold Taft's pet measure Cana
dian reciprocity in abeyance or will
tack it on to their schedule by sched
ule revision program. This it is ar
gued will gain Taft's support to re
vision and prevent him from vetoing
the democratic tariff measure. Should
the latter proposition obtain it is
probable that reciprocity will be held
up until a few new tariff propositions
have been put up to the president and
the republican senate. .
All in all, the democrats are pro-
paring to make things interesting for
Taft and the senate. They hope to
widen the breach between the old
guard in the senate and the progres
sives, and In other ways to embarrass
the republican leaders.
District Attorney Sam Van Vactor
returned to his home at Heppner yes
terday by automobile following the
conclusion of the adjourned term of
court.
CONTROVERSY
nit in anj way jeopardize the titles
to the lands that had been sold un
der contract to buyers, most of whom
were non-residents, the fact that it
caused matters to be badly tied up did
have the effect of creating a feeling
of uneasinuess for there was no ef
fort being made to carry on further
sale of the lands, and therefore many
of those who had bought lands under
contract were slow to make further
payments and also hesitated to carry
on the improvement of the land.
These conditions have to some extent
retarded the general growth of this
community, but since this Is over
there Is already a much more satis
fied feeling abroad among our people
and plans ore being laid to mako some
substantial Improvements In tho
town and vicinity immediately.
TH