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NO. 7101
VOL. 24.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PATER. Z" '
WORLD
FAB
EXPERTS PREDICT JAP III
STATEMENTS
BY TWO MEN j
American Naval Base
Philippines Intolerant
Japan.
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MIKADO HAS TRAINED ARMY
IN HAWAII AT PRESENT
Count Ernest Von Revcntlow of Rcr
llu Says Drow n Ilcn Will Make At
tack on American Islund Posses
sions Before canal Is Completed
Washington Officials Make No De
nials. Berlin, Germany, March 15.
Count Ernest Von Revcntlow, a not
ed military writer, declared today
'that the American naval base con
structed In the Philippines Is an In
tolerant menace to Japnn. Supremacy
In the waters of the Far East Is ne
cessary to the life of Jnpan, and real
izing this her statesmen are preparing
to strike soon, probably before the
canal construction Is completed," he
said In summing up his essay.
The count gnve his advance proofs)
to the United Press papers today and
aid. "It Is not denied, even by the
skeptical, that Japan Is preparing for
an aggressive war with the United
States. The main object of the war
will not be the annexation of territory
but to prevent permanent Russian oc
cupation of Korea, Kwantung and
Port Arthur. Leading Japanese are
convinced that Japan as a.great pow
er cannot exist unless she Is nnvally
upreme In the Pacific. America Is
her rival.
"The Japanese conquest plans pro
vide for the seizure of all American
lBland possessions in the Pacific. Thus
Japan would create a permanent ad
vantage for herself."
JaMncso Army In Hawaii.
Washington, March 15. Discussing
Von Revcntlow's statement on the
preparedness of Japan for war with
the United States, Frederick Huidc
kepor, the noted military expert, said
today thnt It Is the sanest statement
he had seen.
"There are 60,000 Japanese, many
of them veterans of the Russo-Japanese
war In Hawaii," he said. "Wltn
In three days they could be organized
Into a trained fighting force."
Ho said he believed they had arms
concealed on the Islands.
He said we would be bea'on the
first year and then would begtn to
wake up and fight.
Officials Make No Denials.
Washington, D. C, March 15. Of
ficials here won't deny the report that
Japan has an army of veteran soldiers
In Hawaii and that during the last
year the mikado's agents have been
active In a military way In the Phll-
Innines. Army and naval officers
have letters bearing out statements
that Japan plans to seize the Philip
pines, Hawaii and Samoa, In event of
war. It Is believed the first attack
would be on Hawaii.
Japan lUnnies Germany.
Toklo, Japan. March 15. Recog
nizing that the United States Inter
ests In Mexico Justify the American
mobilization the Asahl, the leading
paper In Toklo, today editorially de
plores that Germany is the source of
Interviews on the estrangment of Am
erica, Japan and England. It se
verely criticises the semi-official
press agency, the Welt Correspond
enz, for the publication of anti
Japanese news. Intimating the exist
ence of a secret alliance between Ja
pan and Mexico. It Is believed the
Asahl article was officially Inspired.
Mobilization Complete.
San Antonio, Tex., March 15.
Eight and a half days since the order
for mobilization was Issued the
entlro first division was encamped
and completed today. The arrivals
of the 9th cavalry completed the di
vision and the skeleton divisions are
.being filled by raw recruits who are
arriving hourly.
It is reported that General Carter
Is preparing to entrain a division for
points along the Rio Grande during
the week. The map department la
busily engaged in preparing military
maps of northern Mexico, according to
Washington advices, which leads to
the opinion that the maps will be sent
to Carter. .
Mexlcall, March 16. Not divulg
ing their destination, Generals Ber
thold and Leyva with the greater part
of the Insurgent garrison left Mexl
call this morning, headed toward the
south.
MILITARY
RUSSIA DELIVERS
ULTIMATUM TO CHINA
St. Petersburg, March 15. It
was officially announced today
that unless China replies to
Russia's mandatory note with
in ten days, further procedure
will be left to the war office.
It Is understood that military
demonstrations against China
will be pushed vigorously.
T
AN ASSASSINATION
Seoul, Korea, March 15. A plot to
assassinate former War Minister Sal
ke Terauchl, the new Japanese gov
ernor general of Korea, by dynamit
ing the train on which ho Is travel
ing, was frustrated through an Am
erican missionary who gave the warn
ing a few hours previous, today. For
ty Koreans were arrested and will be
executed If convicted. The trial will
start Immediately.
The military police arrested An
Ming Konox as the ringleader. He
l. a cousin of An Chung Ken. the as
sassin of the late Prince Ito, who was
resident general of Korea.
The Japanese adrnltted the plot
was well laid and would have suc
ceeded but for the missionary who
risked his life exposing it. Further
arrests will be difficult as the plot
ters have fled into Russian territory.
Probably Russia will be asked to aid
In apprehending them.
HELEN TO THE RESCUE.
Goulds Retain Control of Missouri-
Pacific Through Girl's Efforts.
St. Iyuls. Mo., March 15. The
fact that the Goulds retained con
trol of the Missouri Pacific is attr
uted today to Miss Helen Gould. It
is said she Joined forces with Frank
Gould and threatened financial war
against George if he relinquished con
trol. Gould thereupon entered Into
another agreement with Kuhn, Loeb
& Rockefeller whereby Gould would
retain control.
INDICTS THIRTY-FIVE
TRUE BILLS FOR CHAIRMEN
OF COMMITTEES AND OTHERS
Names of But Few Prominent Men
Included in the list of Those to Bo
Held for Trial.
Danville, 111., March 15. After re
turning thirty-five indictments but
fourteen of which were for political
offenses, the grand Jury was dismissed
this afternoon by Judge Klmbrough
until April 1", the day preceding the
city election. No politicians or lead
ing citizens were indicted, the accused
being precinct chairmen and workers
about the polls.
William C. Brown, a member of the
city election commission, was Indicted
for receiving money from a candidate
o Influence his vote.
Tho grand Jury, before adjourning
adopted resolutions which will be sent
o the governor and members of the
state assembly from this district, ask
ing that a law be enacted making the
first offense of purchasing votes dis
franchisement for five years, and the
second offense disfranchisement for
life.
Other resolutions were adopted
complolnlng of the obstructive tac
tics of leading men and condemning
County Judge Lawrence T. Allen for
appointing W. C. Brown on the city
election commission.
WOMAN MURDERER OF SON
NOT INSANE BUT DEGENERATE
Albany, N. Y., March , 15. The
prosecution In the trial of Mrs. Mel
ber. accused of murdering her son,
today said she Is not Insane but a
moral degenerate. Chief of Police
Qulgley today said she appeared per
fectly rational while confined In the
Rochester Jail.
"I FEEL LIKE A TWO-
YEAR-OLD" ROCKEFELLER
Augusta, Ga., March 15. With a
check for $4,050,000 In his pocket,
Rockefeller was one of the earliest
arrivals at the golf links today. The
check arrived on this morning's mall
from New York and was his share of
the dividends of the Standard oil
Co. He felt like a two-year-old, he
!
said, as he teed his ball.
!T0 INVESTIGATE iGflEYS' SPEECH PROPOSED
STEEL TRUST EPOCH MAKING
J
Democrats Will Force Resolu- j Most Important Address De
tion Through Comirg Ses- livered in Parliament in
ion Of Congress
MOST POWERFUL OF ALL
TRUSTS SEEMS IMMUNE
I
Measure Favored on Its Merits And
Also For Campaign .Material i
Champ Clark is Pledged to its Sup
lort Morgan Ktncd Former In
vestigation by Threat of Panic.
Washington, March 15. Th.it one
of the first measures to be pushed ! Grey's epoch-making speech as ev
through by the democratic majority ery liberal calls It, has aroused enor
In the house of representatives at the ! mous interest throughout Europe and
next session of congress will be the was again the absorbing topic In the
resolution for the investigation of the I parliamentary lobbies yesterday.
T-nito et.fo. romnrn.lnn to ! ' universay consent it is the most
,i,trmin -ih. It u rnmhina-!
tlnn In vlnlntlnn if tho onti. trust law. !
was the statement made today by
Representative Stanley of Kentucky
nuthor of the resolution, who has been i
canvassing sentiment among
members-elect on this subject. The
proposed investigation was strongly
urged at the session Just closed but
the resolution authorizing it was fi
nally plgpon-holed In the rules com
mittee, of which Representative Dal
zell of nttsburg, was chairman. The
minority members of the committee,
Including Speaker-elect Champ Clark.
were all committed to the measure
and other democratic leaders are in
fafor of pushing the resolution
for of pushing the resolution
through as early as possible. Not
only is the resolution favored on its
merits, but It Is believed that it will
provide valuable material for uxp in
the next presidential campaign.
"The attitude of the members of
the democratic majority, and also I t i,is ground with regard to nego
of many so-called Insurgents who fa- 1 tiatlons with the United States be
vor this measure." said Represents- fere going so far in public utterances,
tlve Stanley today, "is thaj, the steel! Lord Reay, the British delegate to
trust Is one of the most dangerous The Hague conference In 1?07. in an
combinations of capital In existence, I interview, thinks that a general arbi
because It controls not only the man- J tration treaty between the United
ufacturlng side of the steel Industry, j States and Great Britain might be
but also by far the greater part of the ' the occasion for the establishment of
raw material required by the Indus-' n permanent arbitration tribunal and
try. Through Its domination of lead-1 that the Nhly possible opposition in
Ing transportation lines it even con-! America would come from the Irish
trols some of its most important cus- sections.
tomers and prevents opposition from : The nationalist members in the
that source. house, discussing the matter, are
"If the tobacco trust opposes the frank in declaring that it would be
farmers they can hold back their quite impossible to secure acceptance
crop as they have done until rea-,of
sonnble prices can be obtained. If
the meat packers treat the cattle
growers unjustly it is within the
bounds of possibility for the latter
to slaughter their own animals, and,
If necessary, to get Into direct rela
tions with consumers. Those great
packing plants In which millions of
dollars have been Invested would be
valueless heaps of Junk in the face
of the combined opposition of the
producer and the consumer. But when
the steel trust advances the price of
wire nails, or any other of its pro
ducts, three hundred per cent, the
public is helpless because the trust
controls the sources of supply and dic
tates to the few independent manu
facturers the prices they shall
charge. It can enforce Its will upon
these manufacturers by the threat to
cut off their supply of raw material.
"There is another point on which
It will be Interesting to obtain light.
It Is significant thnt while there have
been federal proceedings against the
oil trust, the tobacco trust, the meat
(Continued on page eight.)
GET
Advocating the closing and vacat-1
lng of Aura and Lllleth streets at their
Intersection with the railroad prop
erty as a first step toward the selec
tion of Pendleton as a freight divi
sion point. President Dan P. Smythe
and a number of prominent members
of the Commercial association ad
dressed the meeting of citizens mst
night In the club rooms at the con
clusion of the discussion of the pro
posed amendments to the city char
ter. So strong was the sentiment ex
pressed In favor of this action that
Mayor Murphy announced an ordi
nance to that effect would be taken
up by the council a week from to
night.
It was pointed out last night that
the railroad company is hampered at
the present time for a lack of room
In their yards and that Pendleton
would not for a moment be consid
WOULD
ACCOMODATE
AND
Years Praised By Liberals
FAVORS ARBITRATION TREATY
WITH THE UNITED STATES
Conservatives Scoff und Ask "How
About Mexico?" Enormous Inter
est Aroused Throughout Europe
Apiiearanccs Indicate Grey Was
Sure of Ground With America Be
fore Speaking.
London, March 13. Sir Edward
important speech made in parliament
J'earS.
Some conservative morning
papers, taking the ground that the
foreign secretary's ideal Is almost 1m-
. , ,? 1' , , "
ncuiiy oi me pain.
The liberal organs, on the other
hand, hail it with unbounded enthus
iasm, and express strong resentment
at the scoffing remarks heard from
the conservative benches, while Sir
Edward was speaking, such as "How1
About Mexico?" and similar interjec
tions offensive to the United States.
"The wagon of the English-speaking
people Is now hitched to a star,"
said Sir Henry Norman. "The rest
may come slowly, but It will come
ana it will date from 1911."
Similar expressions were expressed
by the most progressive members of
the coojnons. Indeed, many members
connected with the arbitration, move
ment found it difficult to believe that
Sir Edward Grov had not made sure
the treaty until home rule has been
granted Ireland.
The morning Post, In an editorial,
says, that such a treaty would in
volve on the part of both nations the
sacrifice of what is called sovereignty
At that sacrifice, the agreement Is
possible.
The Morning Leader says that Am
erican diplomacy has often shown to
advantage by the side of the elaborate
European methods but such a treaty
would make all former triumphs pall.
Some of the morning papers point
out some of the difficulties In the
way to Great Britain's foreign alli
ance. The Daily News remarks that inci
dentally this is the first time a Brit
ish foreign secretary has recognized
the right of parliament to share in
the treaty-making power.
The Times says editorially Great
Britain is equally ready, as nt the
time of the Pauncefote-Olney nego
tiations, to accept the arbitration
treaty; provided it can be shown that
the American people desire it and that
the negotiations will not prove abor
tive. FREIGHT
ered as a freight division point un
less it is shown that the city is dis
posed toward assisting the railroad in
the securing of an adequate amount
of room. It was farther stated tnat
tho O.-W. company is at present
handicapped In their operations In
the city by a constant fear of kllltng
or maiming some person at these two
streets.
Would Increase Values.
Councilman Stroble made a strong
speech In behalf of closing the streets
and his arguments were of the kind
which would most effectually silence
the opposition of property owners in
tho neighborhood of the two Inter
sections. He pointed out thnt in case
Pendleton was selected as a dlvtsron
point that the value of property in
the neighborhood of the railroad
.
(Continued on page eight.)
DIVISION
T
ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENDORSED.
RAILROADS ARE FINED
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
Buffalo, X. Y., March 15.
The New York Central was
fined $35,000 and the Pennsyl-
vania $20,000 In the United
States district court today.
The roads pleaded guilty to re-
bating. The case Involved the
standard OH company in con-
nection with the shipment of
oil four years ago. The Stand-
ard has already paid a $20,000
fine.
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mm com cm
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CO
' Rome, Italy, March 15. A water
spout in the strait of Messina deluged
the coast near Keggio Inflicting enor
mous property damage and causing
heavy loss of life, according to dis
patches this evening. The greatest
damage was near Guarnlerl where it
is reported scores of persons were
killed and injured and 130 buried in
a marble quarry.
MANY KILLED BY A
COLLAPSING STORE BUILDING
Nashville, Tenn., March 15. Three
were killed and five are dying, while
lit least fifteen are believed to bo bur
ied under the walls of the G. II. Falls
hardware company building which
collapsed this afternoon while work
men were clearing the ruins caused
recently when the building was fire
putted. MILWAUKEE FIRE COSTS
LIFE OF ONE FIREMAN
Milwaukee, Wis., March 15. Fire
today destroyed the entire stock of
the Hilty Lumber company, consum
ing ten million feet of lumber, valued
at $300,000. The flames threatened
Menominee Valley, a manufacturing
suburb. Fireman Frank Clark fell
from a ladder and is dying
TIN YOUTHS MAY
CAUSE IHHTIIIII
MEXICO SAYS THEY WERE
CAUGHT ACROSS THE BORDER
Secretary Knox Declares Tlicy Were
Arrested on American Soil and In
sists They Must be Freed.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 13. Ameri
can intervention In Mexico when the
rtiiels capture Chihuahua is predict
ed by I lilted States Senator Burton
today. Tl ic Americans will invade Mex
ico, place tile government on a firm
footing und then withdraw, he said.
Washington, D. C., March 15 Some
persons profess to believe that the
positive statement made by Knox that
the American youths Blatt and Con
verse, now imprisoned at Juarez as
spies were captured on American soil
and the equally positive statement of
the Mexican officials that they were
captured in Mexico may offer the
United States cause for intervention.
According to international procedure
Mexico's stand would Justify pushing
the troops over the frontier. It is
pointed out that this would enable the
United States to force the Japanese
question to an issue and prevent Mex
icans favoring Japan to secure a foot
hold on the coast.
Mexican Officials Not Notified.
El Paso, Tex., March 13. Mexican
officials have not received any infor
mation concerning the release of
Converse and Blatt, imprisoned In Ju
arez. It Is believed the negotiations
will take a week but their friends
think they will be freed.
Converting Artillery Into Infantry.
Galveston, Tex.. March 15. Making
over the coast artillery men Into in
fantry occupied the military com
manders here today. They will drill
today, and take a long march tomor
row. The transports Sumner, Mc-
Clellan and Kllpatrick with 3,000 ar
tillerymen arrives tomorrow or Fri
day.
Conflict Expected.
San Diego, Calif., March 15. Three
hundred Mexican regulars, members
of the famous "fighting eighth," are
expected to reach Tia Juana from
Ensenada today.
General Tasker Bliss, commanding
the American troops, has strengthen
ed the American forces at tho border
to safeguard American interests If the
Mexicans and Insurgents start hos
tilities on the line.
NO OBJECTIONS
ARE VOICED
Men Formerly Opposed to
New Plan of Street Improve
ments Are Satisfied.
SIX ALTERATIONS ARE TO
BE PASSED UPON BY VOTERS
Gravity Water System Bonds, Sink
Ins Fund for Water Bonds, Issu
ance of Sewer Bonds, and Formation
of street Improvement Districts aro
Irlnclpal Questions to be Settled by
Tax Payers.
Enthusiastically endorsing the pro
visions incorporated In the proposed!
amendments to the city charter, a
lr.rge number of citizens were pres
ent at the Joint meeting of" the Com
mercial association and the city
council last evening. No objections
were voiced to any of the amend
ments although a number of men
stated that they came up to the meet
ing opposed to the new street im
provement plan, but found that these
objections were founded on a mis
understanding. The meeting was presided over by
President Dan P. Smythe and the
purposes of the meeting was explain
ed b Mayor E. J. Murphy. The
amendments, six in all, were then
read and the duty of explaining each
in detail fell upon City Attorney Roy
Raley. The following are the amend
ments as proposed:
1. Authorizing the city council to
Issue $200,000 water bonds.
Providing for a sinking fund
for the water bonds.
3. Authorizing the city council to
issue $20,000 sewer bonds.
4. Providing for a sinking fund
for the sewer bonds and for the loan
ing of the money in this fund on,
real estate security.
5. Providing that these two bond
Issues shall not be Included in the
$10,000 floating Indebtedness which
the city Is permitted.
6. Providing for a change In the
method of meeting the cost of street
Improvements.
The Improvement Plan.
It was this last amendment w-hrcr
aroused the most interest and caused
the most discussion and, because of
the fact that its purpose seemed to
be more or less generally misunder
stood, a brief resume of Its provi
sions as explained by the city attor
ney, will be In place.
Under the proposed plan there
will be two vital changes from the
present system. The one now m
vogue taxes the cost of improvements
to the abutting property regardless of
the fact of whether or not this prop
erty Is benefited to the extent of the
expense involved, and the city rs re
quired to pay for the work on the
Intersections. Under the new sys
tem, the total cost of Improvement
will be assessed against all of the
property In the community which is
directly benefited, each lot paying In
proportion to the benefit derived.
This does not mean thnt all the prop
erty within the limits of a certain
district will be taxed but only such
property as the council shall deter
mine to be benefited.
By this plan, also, the city would
bo freed from paying the expenses of
Improving the Intersections, which re
quirement under the present svstem
has been a great obstacle to Improve
ment worit.
As stated before, the council Is to
determine the extent to which prop
erty Is benefited and shall publish a
notice of their apportionment of the
expenses. Following the publication .
of this notice, there will be fifteen
days In which any of the property
owners affected can file objections
with the city recorder, after the ex
piration of which time, the councr Is
to sit as a court to hear and Jurtge
all complaints. The council also has
authority. In case any assessment
should be burdensome on any prop
erty, to pay any part or all of the
assessed cost out of the city treas
ury. The Second Change.
The second vl'al change over the
present system is the authorizing of
the council to do improvement work
Itself by buying the material and em
ploying ine laoor, in case all bids
should be Judged too high. It was
pointed out last night that the pres
ent plan of doing all work by con
tract has resulted rrrtiny times In an
(Continued en page five.)