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COUNTY OFFICIAL Pi
VOL. 24
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1911.
NO. 7204
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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.
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