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VOL. 24.
PENDLETON. OH EG ON, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1911.
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JAPANESE AGT1VITY 9S CAUSE
OF U. S. ARMY MOBILIZATION
LONDON
OUT THE NEWS
Startling Information Partial
ly Confirmed by Washing
ton Officials.
MIKADO SEEKS NAVAL
BASE ON WEST COAST
"Munetivers" Ordered Ono Week After
American Consul Sends Rciort to
Washington Thousand of Japan
ese Already In Mexico Ready to
It-xmd to Mikado's OrdiTs.
London, March 14. Declaring that
It has Information from a most au
thoritative source, the Standard today
printed a dispatch from Washington
saying that Japanese friendship with
Mexico Is the real cause for the Unit
ed States mobilization. The article
says that Japanese intimacy with
Mexico Is Increasing dally and Is fos
tered by powerful Mexicans, who dis
like Americans. It Is said the dem
onstration Is a warning to Japan and
Mexico that the United States won't
tolerate any relations that will In any
wise threaten America In the future
from the south.
The Cable says: "There are thou
sands of Japanese In Mexico, some
say 100,000, and all would unhesitat
ingly accept military orders from To
klo. There has also been unmls'ake
able evidence that powerful Mexicans
have gradually been obtaining posi
tions where they can dictate Mexico's
foreign policy and have become bold
er In a willingness to ally them
selves with Japan. Diaz himself
doesn't favor the cultivation of. Jap
anese friendship but he cannot con
trol the situation.
Pnrtlnl Confirmation.
Washington. March 11. The Lon
don Standard's explanation of the
mobilization today created a sensa
tion in government circles. The pub
lication appeared simultaneously with
official confirmation that the Japan
ese lino Toyo Klson Knlshl Is nego
tiating with tne National railways of
Mexico for a coaling station at Cam
pos at Mazanillo, the Pacific coast
terminal of the Mexican Central. The
Jap line is close to the government.
In an of.V'ial communication to
the state department, American Vice
Consul Staden at Manzanlllo, writes
In part: "The Toyo Klsen Kaisha
ships touch at Manzanlllo on the run
from Yokahoma and Valparaiso. If
a coaling station is secured'here these
vessels would coal home-bound at
Manzanlllo."
This report reached here March 1st
and the mobilization started a week
later.
The line Is heavily subsidized hy the
Japaneso government and is practi
cally government owned. The coaling
station, If secured, would practically
be an emergency coaling station for
tho Japanese navy.
Ridiculous, Says Japan,
Toklo, March 14. Officials here
officially designated the stories that
Japan Is allied with Mexico as ridic
ulous. They accounted for all their
battleships, which are In Japanese
waters.
It l going to be a Wg year for
Oregon.
LOCAL
ONE
WAS ON CARPET LAST NIGHT
Are so Die of the Pendloton saloon
men feeling the weight of the lid up
on which Bit Mayor Murphy and others
of the city administration They are
If appearances are not deceiving.
That the owners of one saloon were
upon the carpet last night became
known today. The saloon in question
la the Olympla, conducted by Peterson
ft Morrison, and the members of the
firm were given a hearing last even
lng before the members of the police
committee.
The exact nature of the charges. If
any, against Peterson & Morrison have
not been disclosed. It Is rumored
though that trouble came close to the
Olympla owners when the Greek riot
occured there a week or so ago and
PREACHER NAMED
AS SPOKANE MAYOR.
Spokane, Wash., March 14.
Reverend J. Hlndley, opposed by
the ministerial alliance and oth-
er church organizations for city
commissioner In the election on
March 7, was today unanlmous-
ly elected mayor of Spokane blfc
the commissioners.
PORTION OP BATTLESHIP
MAINE IS REMOVED
Havana, March 14. The turret top
of the battleship Maine has been re
covered. It weighs twenty-one tons
and is 21 feet In diameter. Althougn
the great piece of metal Is unwarp
od th 300 heaw bolts that held It in
place are sheered In half as though !
It had been done with a sharp knife. I
During the Inst fortnight pile driving
has been suspended because of an
obstruction In the bed of the harbor. ,
RATTLERS WILL WEIGH
IN AT 116 POUNDS
Chicago. Johnny Conlan and Har
ry Forbes, who are to meet at Ken
osha, Wis., will weigh in at 116
pounds at 6 o'clock on the night of
March 28, according to an announce
ment just made.
"JACK THE SPANKER."
..SHkane Police Have One in Jail
While Second is nt Large.
Spokane, March 11. Another "Jack
the spanker" is at large. With Charles
Urown the alleged assailant of seven
small boys In Jail, another man is ter
rorizing the residence district, whip
ping small boys and attempting to
entice small girls to a hut on Hang
man's creek, the police report today.
GOULD IS STILL IN
LOF
St. Louis, Mo., March 14. A spec
tacular fight to wrest control of the
Missouri Pacific from Gould ended
today with the election of directors
and Gould retains control, through the
four directors slated for election In
February hy Gould, Rockefeller and
the Kuhn-Loeb Interests failed. S. F.
Tryor and S. C. Clark retain their
places although Gould announced they
would be dropped. E. R. Pryor, vice
president of the Wabash will succeed
J. J. Slocum who represented the Sage
Interests. R. L. Ancaster Williams
representing Gould, was elected.
WOMAN DROPS DEAD
IN A BANK HOLDUP
Rushville, X. Y.. March M. Rob
bers this morning dynamited the safe
of the Rushville hnnklng company and
escaped with 14000. Mrs. Clving Jones
wife of the cashier dropped dead from
fright. Armed posses arc pursuing.
Roe Goes to Boise.
O. D. Roe, well known typewriter
salesman who has been living here
during the winter, has been tendered
the position of Boise manager for the
Underwood company. He has accept
ed the position and will shortly leave
for Boise to take up work there. Tho
Boise office Is a very- good position
.and his promotion to the place attests
Mr. Roe's good standing with the
company.
tjn Sprinkling Begins.
The Janitor of the courthouse today
started the lawn sprinklers to whirl
ing their water to the parched grass,
In which Jap Gulllford was stabbed.
It Is also possible that the saloonmen
have not been sufficiently particular
In observing that section of the city
ordinance which declares liquor shall
not be sold to an Intoxicated man.
Under the city ordinance the first
conviction for violation of the ordi
nance requires a fine and also that
the saloon in question be closed to
business cnt'rely for a period of SO
dnys. The second conviction works a
forfeiture of the license and the $2000
bond.
"Some saloon man will have to get
hurt before they fully realize what
our ordinance means," said one of
ficial today. As to what he meant
future happenings may show.
FIRM
REBELS DRUNK
Band of Thirty five Hurl De
fiance at Mexicans and
Americans Aliks.
FEDERAL PRISONERS ARE
TO RE SHOT HY INSURGENTS
Official Notice of Order Is Served on
Mexican Consul ity General Bertli
olil Today Explains Step By De
claring Ho Regards the Mexicans
as Oppressors.
Tecarte, Calif.. March 14. Well for
tified with spirits, 35 rebels still hold
the village across the line today, hurl
ing defiance at the American troops
just across the border.
Mexican, Mex.. March 14. Notice
that all federal prisoners captured
by insurrectos will be shot was serv
ed on Mexican Consul Sierra at Cal
exlco today by General Berthold, sec
ond In command of the rebels in
l ower California. He says he took
the step because he " regarded the
Mexicans as oppressors.
A Modern denning Works.
Dick Sullivan, proprietor of the
Pendleton Steam Cleaning and Dyeing
Works on East Alta stret. has just In
stalled some new machinery which
makes his establishment the most
modern of its kind in the state outstme
of Portland and the metropolis Itself
has no shop better equipped. This
machinery consists of a distillery and
a pressing machine. The former is
for the purification of the cleaning
fluids and the process which the 11
iuld is put through Is quite elaborate.
Tho pressing machine supplants the
old electric iron and besides expedit
ing the work. It does a much better
Job. The steam is sent through a
perforated bottom board and a pres
sure of SOO pounds is exerted on the
cloth. Mr. Sullivan has also secured
tho agency for a cleaning paste which !
i mailt in Fr.mp nnd whlrli tj flven I
to but one shop in a town. This
paste makes It possible to dry clean
an article of clothing which ordinar
ily would have to be steam cleaned.
Mr. Sullivan has been proprietor of
this shop for three years and in that
time, he says his business has in
creased 150 per cent.
J. E. Ream in Bankruptcy.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed
today by J. E. Beam, Man street ci
gar dealer, through his attorney
Charles H. Carter. The petition sets
forth th.tt the liabilities of the bank
rupt amount to $3000 nnd the assets
to $3500. The liabilities are In the
form of accounts carried for the most
part by wholesale houses In Portland,
Cincinnati and Detroit. Allen &
Lewis and Wadhams & Kerr Bros,
are among the Portland firms having
claims. The assets consist in a stock
ol goods valued at $2500 and a set of
fixtures listed as worth $1000.
GUNBOAT MYSTERY
PARTIALLY CLEARED
VORKTOWN APPEARS AND
THEN DISAPPEARS AfSAIN
Army Now in California Is Apparently
to bo Moved to the Mexican Bonier
Within a Eew Dnys.
San Diego, Cal March 14. Mystery
concerning the whereabouts of the
gunboat Yorktown which left here
Saturday ws cleared today when U
was learned she had been at Ensen
ada and then sailed southward, des
tination unknown.
Public notices were posted at army
headquarters here yesterday calling
for bids to move freight of 60,000
pounds. Xo distance is specified.
This Is taken to indicate t hat the
troops will advance to the border line.
San Antonio, Tex., March 14. The
encampment around here has been
turned into a vast drill ground and
raw recruits arriving hourly are being
assigned to regiments of regulars and
field hospitals established. Foreign
military attaches arrived this after
noon. CRAZED SAIIiOR KILLS HIS
"BARBARY COAST" FIANCE
San Francisco, Cel., March 14.
Crazed with jealousy John Shnrkey, a
sailor from the cruiser California, to
day shot and killed Miss Bessie Cook
a "Barbary Coast dance hall singer"
to whom he was engaged. Hugh
Rhunn, night clerk at the Louis ho
tel then blew out Sharkey's brains. He
quarred with the girl and Rhunn Interfered.
TD
Poindexter Says Real Cause
of Mobilization will be As
certained TA FT WILL BE BLAMED
IN ANY EVENT HE SAYS
Kxpense Incurred Is Too Great and
Unprecedented for .Mere Maneuvers
Washington Senator Declares
President Has Usurped Powers of
Congress.
St. Paul, March 14. Congress will
investigate the action of President
Taft in mobilizing the American
troops said Senator Poindexter of
Wasington today. It is understood
Taft gave two different statements
with reference to his order. There in
no doubt but that the inquiry will
make certain which Is correct.
He said, "If the mobilization was
merely planned as a maneuver, the
cost Is high and unprecedented. If
the second statement was correct, then
Taft has usurped the powers of con
gress by making a demonstration
which Is almost equivalent to a decla
ration of war."
Poindexter intimated that he be
ieved the American trusts' demand
for protection caused the mobilization.
Jaim'e I .'cave lr Home.
Bellingham. Wash., March 14. It
I? persistently rumored here that there
has been a large exodus of Japanese
from Pacific coast cities during the
last month, but it Is conceded that the
commercial conditions are possibly re
sponsible. Active preparations are be
ing made to place the coast military
reserve here on a war footing.
Portland Japs Also.
Portland. Ore., March 14. Quitting
without notice today sixteen Japs em
ployed in the -Monarch lumber mills
s;,id they were going to Seattle to see
friends and then sail to ehe Orient. It
is reported that other Japanese are
quitting and leaving for cities along
the border unobstruslvely. Some have
been questioned but say that Mexican
developments which 'nvolve Japan
have nothing to do with their actions.
Mrs. M. Smith, son and daughter,
leave Thursday night on No. 5 for
their White Salmon ranch, where they
will spend the summer.
Pat McKee. yardmaster, leaves Fri
day for a visit with relatives In Kan
sas. He will be accompanied by Mrs.
McKee.
a sure sign that spring is with us.
New Bootblack Stand.
Charles Hammond, who has just re
turned from a visit to England after
an absence of forty years, is setting
up his bootblack stand today In front
of Jake Welch's cigar store on Court
street.
IS
REPORT SAYS ORDER WAS
TO PLACATE DICKINSON
Secretary of War Makes Denial
IiBtisrlis at Possibility of Troops
Crossing Border ami Ridicules Jap
Theory. . ,
Pan Antonio, Tex., March 14. A
high military officer today asserted
that the hurried mobilization was
made In answer to Dickinson's sup
pressed report on the preparedness
of the United Start's fdr war. It Is
said Dickinson threatened to resign
unless the troops were mobilized to
test the efficiency and that Taft
agreeing," ordered the troops out.
Dickinson Denies Friction.
Xew York, March 14. Interview
ed today, Secretary of War Dickinson
denied there had been friction be
tween cabinet members over mobil
ization. He said tho hasty gathering
was only for maneuvers. He laugh
ed at the reports that the troops
would cross the border and ridiculed
the London story that the mobiliza
tion was Intended to prevent a Mex
ico-Japanese agreement for a coaling
station on he Mexican coast.
DEMOCRATS UNABLE TO
BREAK SENATORIAL DEADLOCK
Albany, N. Y., March 14. A two.
hour conference between Governor
Dlx, Mayor Gaynor and Charle Mur
phy today was followed by the an
nouncement that no step toward
breaking the senatorial deadlock had
been reached.
INVESTIGATE
FIFTEEN AS i
T Tii uEATH
WOMEN DO NOT WANT
WANT THE BALLOT.
Harrisburg, Pa., 'March 14.
To prove woman's place Is In the
home, scores of prominent wo-
men from all over the state
left their homes to come to Har-
risburg to protect against grant-
ing woman suffrage In Pennsyl-
.vania. The suffragettes are also
here enforce.
ARMY WILL REMAIN
IN FIELD ALL SUMMER
Washington, March 14. The Am
erican "frontier army" will remain
in the field all summer, according to
General Leonard Wood, who asserts
that the most of the mobilization will
be made of. He said:
"This Is the first time we have had
an army division in the field for a
long time and we intend to make the
most of the opportunity to maneuver.
It is the department's plan to have
every general officer visit the camp
before tho maneuvers are ended. Af
ter General Carter has had two
months of command some other major
general will be designated to succeed
him. The brigadiers will also be re
lieved in turn.
I 'EAR OF JURORS CAUSES
DELAY OF CAMORRA TRIAL
Viterbo, Italy, March 14. Inability
to secure a jury postponed the Camor
ra trials today. Carbineers have been
sent out to find recalcitrant Jurors who
fear to serve.
TEDDY WARMLY WELCOMED
IN CITIES OF TEXAS
Fort Worth, Tex., March 14.
Roosevelt was warmly welcomed here
today. He spoke briefly at the coli
seum and then started for EI Pasn.
IS
BY SHERIFF TAYLOR
Once again has Sheriff Taylor's
dragnet gathered in a crook who had
the temerity to operate in this coun
ty. R. M. Vermillion, alias H. F.
Bush, who last week forged the name
of E. E. Hutchinson, the local feed
yard man, to a check for $12.50, and
passed it upon Mrs. F. Myers, pro
prietor of a boarding house at Helix,
was yesterday caught at Haines and
is now behind the bars in Baker
awaiting the time when officers will
bring him to the county jail in this
city. He was traced from here to
Xorth Powder and from there back
to Haines, where he was apprehend
ed by the Baker officers.
BREAD TRUST FORMED.
John Gates and Friends Would Con
trol Market in New York.
Xew York, March 14. John Gates
and his friends are behind a $30,000,
000 corporation which will be form
ed to control the bread market In
Xew York and vicinity, It is reported.
A billion loaves are sold annually In
New York alone.
T
TO BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT
Citizens of Pendleton will have an
opportunity tonight to acquaint them
selves with the provisions of the pro
posed amendments to the city char
ter, petitions for which will be crr
culated very soon. For sometime past
the city councllmen have been con
sidering these amendments and to
night they will meet with the Com
mercial association in the club rooms
for tho purpose of discussing the pro
visions of these measures, and all per
sons Interested are asked to be pres
ent to voice any suggestions or criti
cisms they might have. Preliminary
steps will be taken at the meeting to
frame up the initiative petitions ac
cordance with the sentiment of the
majority present.
There are three principal amend
ments under consideration. As ex
plained by City Attorney Raley this
morning, the first of these la to au
thorize the city council to Issue bonds
to the amount of $200,000 for the
construction of a gravity water sys
tem. The second is to authorize the
issuance of $20,000 sewer bonds.
While the amendment does not pro
vide for any specific sewer extension,
the money asked is wanted for the
extension of the outlet of the city
system beyond the asylum site. The
PRISONERS
BY BANS
NO DOUBT OF
THEIR FATE
lyiadero Scouts Sent to Invest
igate, Report Their Findings
to Commander
ACTION INTENDED TO
DISCOURAGE REBEL AID
Federal Troops Take Advantage of
Martial Law to Kill Hated Grin
goes Missing Newspaper Men
Wire News of Their Safety Had
Been Gone Since Sunday.
El Paso, Tex., March 14. Fifteen
Americans, captured at the battle of
Casas Grandes, were shot to death
by federals, according to Madero's
scouts who were sent to ascertain tho
fate of the prisoners, following tho
engagement. Gonzales Garcia, the
provisional secretary of state, today
said there is not the slightest doubt
but that the Americans were shot a
under martial law the troops would
not feel any hesitation. He said they
believed the action was taken to dis
courage other Americans from as
sisting the rebels.
Chihuahua in Serious Plight.
It is reported by the revolution
ists that all hope that Chihuahua can
bo relieved by federals is gone and
the situation In the city is desperate.
The rations are nearly all gone and
the water supply Is practically ex
hausted, because the insurrectos have
diverted the stream. The Insurgents
also surround the city.
Newspaper Men Found.
San Diego, Calif., March 14. W.
Van Blareom, the newspaper man
and his auto party believed to have
been captured on Mexican soil, tele
phoned today that they were safe
at a construction camp on the San
Diego-Arizona railway. They had
been missing since Sunday.
Release of Americans Demanded.
Washington, D. C, March 14. Tho
state department today asked the re
lease of Edward Blatt and Harry Con
verse, Americans Imprisoned at Jau
rez by Mexico. The government as
serts they were arrested on Ameri
can soil. The Mexican embassy of
ficials received the demand here.
.Mexico Prohibits Explosives.
Xew York, March 14. American
manufacturers and mine owners today
received word that Mexico prohibits
the importation of more high explos
ives for the time being. The order
will seriously affect mining operations.
Maneuvers Start Immediately.
San Antonio, Tex., March 14. Ma
jor General Carter announced this
afternoon that the army maneuvers
would start immediately.
War is not as popular as It used to
be.
third principal amendment is for the
purpose of changing the method of
meeting the cost of street improve
ment. It provides the total cost of
the Improvement of any street shall
be divided pro rata among all of the
property directly benefited by such
improvements, each lot paying In pro
portion to the benefit derived. The
council Is to determine the respective
amounts after the publication of a
notice and a subsequent hearing for
all persons affected.
In addition to these three amend
ments, there will be several others up
for consideration, the purpose of
which will be to make effective the
first three. Principal among these
minor amendments Is one providing
for a sinking fund for sewer and all
other bonds and authorizing the coun
cil to loan out on real estate the mon
ey In this fund.
In order to secure the submission
of these amendments to the voters. It
will bo necessary to secure the signa
tures of fifteen per cent of the total
number of legal voters to the peti
tions. Following the securing of
these names, the council will order
an election on a certain date, at
which the people will decide whether
or not they desire those amendments.