As EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITI Oil WEATIIEK KEPOItT. Rain tonight and Fri day. Calling cards, wed ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to order at the East Orenonlan. COUNTY OFFICIAL Pi VOL. 24 CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1911. NO. 7204 1 " iLuii-iLjjii..mmManeB?j pBBBmumJtYH 'HlBBsJs)aBaTt REVOLUTIONISTS IKE ATTACK 8.000 REBELS Reports Tell of Robbery and Murder in All Parts of The Country GENERAL SITUATION IS GROWING WORSE Belief I General Tliat Some Oilier Power Must Intervene If Situation IKmw Not Improve Anotlicr Show er of Bullets Is Expected at Doug law. Mexico City, Mayl. With report! that 8000 armed rebels are concealed in and near this city it la predicted that the revolutionists will attack the capital either tomorrow or. next day unless some .sort of peace Is patched up. It will be tomorrow most likely as it is celebrated here commemorat ing the defeat of the French In 1882. The government officials belittle the rumors of an Impending attack. Mexico City, May 4. Owing to the interrupted railroad communication and reports that several thousand rebels near by are threatening to at tack this city, the food price have soared. It is believed that unless peace arrangements are made soon it will be too late to calm the country Reports ye pouring in from practi cally all points In Mexico, save the northern, moat states tell of pillage and murder by Independent bands terming themselves Insurrectos. The belief is general that agme power, either the United States or Europe, must Intervene If the situation docs not Improve. Man j- IVxIrrsJ Killed. Nogales, May 4. Messengers to day tell of the killing of 25 federal at Carlsa Canyon, 35 miles southeast of Magdalena, state of Bonora. They tried to surprise a band of rebels. Sign Pence Iact Today. Washington, May 4. Official ad vices to Taft from Mexico City today state that Do la Barra experts that Madero will sign the peace pact to day. Dispatches also declare that PI a a' anticipates peace in Guerrero and Morolcs will be reached soon through Independent negotiations with the revolutionists. Douglas Again Excited. Douglas, Ariz., May 1. Tension Is again high In Douglas. An attack on Agua Trleta s expected here within two or three days. It made, this city will come under a more direct fire from the rebels attacking than In any of the previous battles. The federal garrison, notwithstanding the prom ises made from Mexico City to Presi dent Taft, has so arranged Its fortlfl cations that an attacking force must fire directly Into the American peo ple on this side of the line. The trenches running from Agua Prleta to the American line on the southeast corner of the city where Douglas' homes are built up to the International line, have been deepen ed and embankments thrown up for breastworks. Directly south of Agua Trleta the federals have made heavy entrenchments, with adobe barricades and sandbags. In the exact center sl the line of entrenchments, they have erected an adobe block house, with a platform whereon to mount ma chine guns. The attacking rebels, fir ing from any angle, will shoot direct BIG RAILROAD STRIKE III EAST Chicago, May 4. With, tho refusal todav of the railroads to negotiate jointly with employe, a strike with in two days Is promised by 10,000 1 freight handlers here, and six adja- cent states, which probably means vl- I olence and bloodshed. The railroads I notified Labor Commissioner Nelll that the men must deal directly and j not through the organization. An official today openly charged . that hired slugs employed by tho ' strikers wero atacklng tho elevator, constructors employed by the Otis ' Elevator company. At the office of the elevator company It was said strikers hud attacked u number of non-union men with knives and clubs seriously injuring several. It Is not enough to admit that y are a fool; you must try to get ov ou over TO Oil MEXICO CITY ly toward Douglas, and only bullets stopped by the blockhouse Itself or buildings of Agua Prlota will fall to cross the line. Many maps have been made show ing Agua Prleta and Douglas which are now in possession of the American army, and Washington is fully ac quainted with the danger to Ameri cans. TAXING OF WOOLEN MILLS IS DISCUSSED QUESTION COMES UP AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING Majority of Councllmen Think That Plant Should Not Be Exenflited From Taxation To He Settled Next Semlon. Whether or not the Pendleton Woolen Mills should be made to pay taxes on their plant was the question brought before the city council at the regular meeting last night. To be more exact, the question raised was whether the amount of their taxes should be refunded for they have al ready been paid. In presenting the question to the council, the mayor stated that at the time the Bishops put In their plant here, after $30,000 had been raised locally for the purchase of five per cent bonds, the council at that time was asked to exempt the property from taxation for a number of years. The members were at that time dis posed towards making such an agree ment but found that there Is a state law which requires all such property to be assessed. Inasmuch as the coun cil at that time had no right to en ter into a promise to rebate the tax es after collection, the Bishops were told that the matter would have to be decided by later councils. The de c'slon Is mow up to the present coun cil. Mayor Murphy asked for the dif ferent councllmen to express their views upon the matter and the gener al sentiment was that the taxes should not be rebated unless a promise had been made to that end. Councilman Stroblc was of the opinion that the old council had had an understanding that taxes on the woolen mills were to be refunded for a period of ten years. Councilman Montgomery fa vored rebating the taxes this year but not In the future. Councilman Strain did not think the company should, be exempt unless it was not making a fair profit on its investment. Coun cilman Brook, one of the aldermen since elected, was willing to keep any promise thai nad bcen made by his predecessors, bul did not see, why the Company should be favored over oth er businesses. Councilman Sharon re-echoed these sentiments while Councilman Dyer was strongly oppos ed to any rebating. The question was not settled last evening, but Mayor Murphy asked that each oouncllman consider It dur ing the time before the next meeting when it would be settled. In the meantime the city attorney was In structed to determine whether or not the city has any right to rebate taxes under any circumstances. ALL SUGAR INDUSTRY TO BE INVESTIGATED Washington, May 4. Investigation of not only the sugar trust but all , branches of the sugar industry 1 provided for today by the house rules , committee which appointed Lenroot, democrat, of North Carolina; Hard- , wick, democrat, of Georgia, as a com- , mlttee to draft the Hardwlck's reso lution, which is aimed solely against ifiu sugar iruai. TOM PURDY DID NOT KILL HIS WIFE Reports to the effect that Tom Purely, formerly of Pendleton, had made a second attempt to kill his wife and had succeeded were set at rest last evening when the East Oregonlan received "the following message from W. F. Beckton, town marshal at Klmberly. Klmberly, Idaho, May 3, East Orcgonlon, Pendleton, Ore. Purdy's wife was not Injured and shot missed her W. V. BECON. The message was received shortly before. 5 o'clock last evening and was bulletined at the Welch cigar store. Mcditl for Andy. Washington, May 4. Andrew Car negie will bo presented with a modal tomorrow by the rnn-Amrrloan Union in recognition of his services to the cause of arbitration between nations. Herbert latham says . no moke aviation Paris, May 4. Hubert Lath am, the famous aviator, return ing today to Pari after a trip around the world In which he flew In practically every coun try, announced today that he would never fly again, at least until the aeroplanes are much Improved and more strongly constructed, "It's Just luck I am alive today," lie said. He i quitting because his mother so w ishes. - LAItOH INSPECTOR COMERS WITH LABORING MEN Portland, May 4. U'lth a view to suppressing the alien labor, ex-governor of Idaho J. McConnel, now V. S. labor inspector, Is in Port land where he will remain two weeks conferring with organized laboring men and government officials. Un der the new ruling contract a laborer can sue a contractor for $1,000 If the laborer will testify against him in the government prosecution. McConnel) will visit all parts of the country. Wentern Association Begin. Joplln, Mo., May 3. After a check ered career, during which practically every city of the southwest has been a member, the Western association opens the 1911 season today as a strong and compact organization. The association is now composed of Jop lln and Springfield, Mo., Independ ence and Coffeyville, Kan., Sapulpa, Tulsa and Muskogee, Okla., and Fort Smith. Ark. It Is possible that one or two of these townB may be dropped before the end of the season in favor of Parsons or Pittsburg, Kan. JAMES JEFFRIES SAILS OVER SEAS New Tork, May 4. Jamea J. Jef fries, the idol of the pugilistic world until a dark man crossed Ms path out In Nevada and put a jinks on him, Is going away front here. The big fellow, accompanied by his better half Bnd Jack Kipper, his business partner In a Los Angeles thirst quenching resort, boarded a steamship today toot, toot and sailed away. Germany U the destination of the party. Jeff t Id the friends who gathered at the pier to see him off that he expected to remain on the other side at least three months. The former bollerniaker indignant ly denied that he Intends to take on any of the German scrappers and de clared em-phat-l-cally that he was through with the boxing gloves for ever. With the bitter memory of last Fourth of July still fresh in his mind, he raised a hand heavenward and re marked, "Never again," Mr. Jeffries, although taciturn as of yore and not given to the loquacl-tk-Sj plso desired, to leave, another parting message to Ms friends, Ro mans and fellow countrymen, viz: "All of them squeals about me being doped I never said. There's nothing to them, and I never said a word, 1 repeat, about being doped. All them that says I did are liars. I ain't a squealer. Johnson licked me and that's the end of that. T'ell with all them yarns about dope and plots." The vocabulary of the White Hope, retired, Is limited, but his statement lmvrs tmthlng to the imagination. Mr. Jt f fries was not doped on July 4 last. He was all there, such as there was or him, hut there warn't enough. With 11 bad checks already dls-' covered and a number of others prob ably not yet known, the city police and sheriff are today looking for the most successful forger who has oper ated in Pendleton for a number of pears. The worthless paper waa passed yesterday afternoon between the hours of 3 and 5, and, In each in stance, the name of George Sutherlin, the contractor who Is extending the water main to the asylum grounds, was forged to the checks. The man Is supposed to have left the city on one of the evening trains but the of ficers have thrown out such a net that It is believed he will be appre hended soon. The man came here about six weeks ago when work was begun on the pipe Hue to tho asylum grounds, was giv en a Job by Sutherlin. Ho quit work there Monday and since has been do lus; nothing. Did Wholesale Work. Yesterday shortly before 3 o'clock ho went to his room nnd donned his working clothes and, with a number of soiled checks made out to differ ent men employed by Sutherlin. h" sallied forth to his work. He worked 1 fast, operating chiefly in clothing SMOOTH FORGER BAD CHECKS SUSPECTS FACE NEW CHARGES More Indictments will Probab ly be Voted by Grand Jury Late this Afternoon PROSECUTION'S PLANS PRACTICALLY COMPLETE Ills Conference Is Held Today Pre paratory to the Arraignment of the McNaimiras ami McMnnigal At torney Ford Han Arrived at Ls Angeles from Indianapolis. Low Angeles, .May 4. McNamaras, the alleged dynamiters, will fuee their aoeiiM'rs hi court tomorrow oil new Indictments which it s e.veeed will le voted by the jrrand jury late this afternoon, according to an announce ment of Attorney Fredericks.. The jury was summoned at noon. Los Angeles, May 4. District At torney Fredericks, his assistant. Ford and Judge Bordwell and several oth ers Interested In the case held a final big conference today preparatory to the arraignment of the McNamaras and McManlgal. Ford's arrival from Indianapolis was apparently what the prosecution has been waiting for. It is understood that the prosecution's plans are practically completed. COUNCIL TO INVITE ; THE ODD FELLOWS That the local Odd Fellows are leaving no stone unturned toward bringing their. grand lodge to this city In. 1912 was evidenced last evening again when Councilman Sharon sug gested that the council extend an ln vitation to the grand lodge to make Pendleton the convention place of next year. Upon a motion the city attorney was instructed to draw up a resolution to that effect which will be adopted and signed at the ' next meeting when it will be d.spatched to the grand lodge, which meets in Port land May 17. Councilman Sharon in suggesting the Invitat on, pointed out that a con vention of the grand lodge in this city would be of great benefit inasmuch as there are six or seven hundred delegates each year. He stated that in all probability next year would be the last opportunity for Pendleton to secure the convention as the number of delegates is growing so large that Portland will soon - have to be made the permanent meeting place. . The C'pimerclal association at It?' meeting Tuesday night Voted" Id ex tend an Invitation to the Odd Fel lows and the local lodge has already written to every other lodge in the state asking for their support and cooperation. Therefore, when the lo cnl delega'es leave for the grand lodge this year, they will have done everything possible before the making of the actual request. Interscholastie Meet. State College, Pa., May 4. An In terscholastlc meet under the auspices of Pennsylvania State College will be held tomorrow on Heaver Field. PASSES ELEVEN stores and saloons. The known vic tims are Bond Bros., the Peoples Warehouse, the Alexander department store, the Boston Store, Max Baer, Antone Kraft, proprietor of the sa loon in the theater block, Peters & Morrison, proprietors of the Olympla saloon, and Fred Schneider, proprie tor of the Office saloon, Working men's Clothing Co., and H. H. Wessel. A check was also presented to the First National bank by another of his victims, but the forgery was detected by the bookkeeper. It Is probable that he also passed a number of oth er 'checks, but as all merchants do not bank their money each morning, they have not yet been discovered. The forgery of Sutherlin's name was not a good one but the merchants wero not familiar with .his signature, while they knew that ho was employ ing 25 or 30 men. In each case the size of the check was about tho amount of a week's wages for a la boring man. In all it is thought tho j man got awal with about $130 in cash and merchandise. Resides pass- ! Ii;:r worthless checks, he is known to have stolen two neckties at the Bos ton store. AND DR. TOWNSEND BRADY HITS WOMAN SUFFRAGE Washington, May 4. "So long as a woman buttons her clothes up the back she certain- ly hasn't sense enough to vote." This dictum vouched by Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady before the Episcopal congress here has caused a storm among the fashionable devotees of Wash- Ington. Other speakers had urged woman suffrage. Brady . however, went further still as he talked over other "absurdl- ties" of woman's dress. He then calmly left the platform. V MAP SHOWS ASYLUM GENERAL PLAN OF INSTITUTE EXHIBITED Plans to lie Ready by June 1, Says Superintendent Murphy and Con tracts Will Then Be Let. In the window of the Taylor hard ware store there Is now being shown a topographic map of the branch asy lum grounds indicating the size and location of the buildings to be erected here by the state, he map has been a source of much interest today. As previously announced, the branch asylum will consist of a group of buildings with the main adminis tration building as the center. The ward buildings will lead back from the east and the west corners of the administration building and the entire group when completed will form a semi-circle with the front fac ing the north and the main line of the O.-W. R. & N. When all the buildings are completed they will have a combined frontage of 1100 feet. In the opening between the gTOup of buildings and the river will be lo cated the power plant and the laun dry, neither of which buildings are shown on the map. A spur. will ex tend down through the rear of the grounds and this is indicated on the topographic map. " ' At this time the state will not erect all the buildings proposed for the asylum. Work will first be underta ken upon the main administration building and upon the ward buildings that will connect immediately with that structure. The other ward build ings are to be erected as the attend ance at the institution demands. Soon to Be Busy. "It is the intention of the state board to take up the construction of the buildings just as quickly as pos sible," says Captain Charles A. Mur phy, local superintendent for the board. "I understand that the plans will be completed by June 1. On May 28 the time will be up for filing a referendum petition against the ap propriation and so it will then be pos sible for the state to proceed with the letting of contracts for the construc tion work. The topographic map shown at the Taylor hardware store was made by Geary Kimbrell, while the plans for the buildings were drawn by State Architect Knighton. . PASSENGERS OF YONGIIALA THOUGHT TO BE LOST Victoria, May 4. Advices received here today say that no trace of the 141 passengers of the wrecked steam er Yonghala which went down off Quensland, have been found. It is believed that all perished as It Is nearly three weeks since the ship sank. PENNSYLVANIA STRIKE IS SPREADING RAPIDLY Pittsburg, May 4. The Pennsylva nia strike is spreading. Three hun dred more skilled workmen walked out of local shops today and It is ex pected more will follow this evening. Strikers say walkouts are expected to day as far west as Alliance. MORE LEGISLATORS Columbus, May 4. When the grand jury resumed its investigations of the alleged wholesale boodling among the senators, Detective Burns and Prosecutor Turner predicted that more indictments will be returned than was made yesterday when three state senators, two representatives and Sergeant of Arms Diegle were in dictCil for accepting bribes. 'llio senators indicted are: Isaac Hoffman, L. It. Andrews, George Ca t n. The representatives are George Nye and A. C Lowery and Chairman Nye. only one Indictment is brought against each. Nye Is indicted with soliciting a bribe and accepting it In l'.:veo instances. Both salt and fresh water fish are caught In Lake Maracalbo, forming an important food supply for Venezuelans. WILL SECURE NEEDED ROADS West Enders Will be Granted Pstitions if Conditions Are as Represented. COUNTY COURT TO VISIT WEST END OF COUNTY Attitude of Court Was at First Not Favorable But Arguments Were Convincing as to Iloadst Necessity Petitioners Were Principally Her nilston Residents. There Is every probability that the west end of the county will secure the roads which are so badly needed to connect up the different commun ities and to serve as outlets to the rapidly increasing number of settlers. Fifteen different petitions for road on the project all fostered by the Her miston Commercial club, were sub mitted to the county court yesterday and the members of the court have consented to visit the west end of the county for the purpose of ascertain ing the need of the roads proposed. If all conditions are as represented the petitions will undoubtedly be granted. The attitude of the county court .hen first informed of the petition, was not favorable to the roads as, on the surface, it looked as If an attempt were being made to 'establish more highways in the project than that sec tion was entitled to. Deputy Dist rict Attorney Prultt, therefore, mark ed "disapproved" upon a majority of the petitions. These marks, however, were erased when the petitioners had laid their arguments before the court. Roads Inexpensive. The petitioners were represented principally by E. P. Dodd. J. H. Strohm and C. S. McN'aught, all of Hermiston. They pointed out that the roads are an absolute necessity to the settlers on the project and will not entail any great expense upon' the county either for establishment or maintalnance as they will be laid out along section lines which will obviate the necessity of paying damages to the owners of land. It was also point ed out that, if the county deferred the establishing of these roads, settlers would probably build fences and hedges Hong the lines whl?h would necessitate the payment of consider able damages. They further claimed that experience has shown that the cost of maintaining roads in irrigat ed districts is very nominal. Thus, they concluded, while it may seem on the first consideration, that the pro ject dwellers are making an expensive request, in reality they are only pe titioning for what is absolutely ne cessary and for what will cost the- county but little. A Hotly Contested Road. While the efforts of the Hermiston- people to secure their roads will prob ably be crowned with success, there is no such assurance in the case of the petition of O. D. Teel and a number of other people to secure a road out from Echo about a mile. D. P. Hlg ginbotham. of Hermiston, is heading another faction which is contesting bitterly the movement. When Teer introduced a petition with twenty-five signers for the proposed road, Hlg ginbotham immediately came for ward with a remonstrance containing twenty-six names. Thereupon much heat was displayed during which) warm discussion Higginbotham ex pressed some opinions of Teel whichv were anything but complimentary. The cause of Higginbotham's pro test lies in the fact that the proposed! road will go through his land much, to his damage, it is alleged. The court set next Monday as the date of hear ing and during the interim both fac tions will secure testimony to prove that some of the signatures on the (Continued on page tight.) WANT TO ORGANIZE COUNTY PRESS ASS'N. If plans that are now in contempta tlon are carried out a Umatilla coun ty press association wjll soon be formed and the first meeting will be held in Pendleton this spring. The formation of such an association ha9 been considered more or less for sev eral years past, though no definite action has ever been taken toward perfecting an organization. Editor Hard of the St.'infiekl Standard, is an enthusiast for a coun ty organization and says he believes such a gathering would be of much value in connection with the boosting work that is being carried oil in bo ll, r of tile county. 11..- is anxious to see such a'i association f .rin.,) this spring and :t s understood that other outside pu'nl shers would als'i like U af'il'at,.- wi'h s'i.h an association. J