-tH(4 ., ,-, , v., -,-..' EVENING EDITION 'Calling cards, wed ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to order at the East Oregonlan. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 21 PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, .MAY 10, 1911. NO. 7214 EVENING EOITIOH ,. ' fSlb ' 1 g::::: COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPE T WILSON mis CORRUPTION Pays Compliment to Men who do Things But .Says Things are Wrong GOVERNOR ENCOURAGED BY ATTITUDE OP AUDITORS New Jersey Executive Is Guewt of Yale, Harvard and Princeton Clubs of San Francisco Deplores the Power of Money in Politic and Na tional Affairs. San Francisco, May 16. "It Is an encouraging sign when I can attack certain things before the men who do these things and not only not be put out of the room, but receive generous applause." When Dr. Woodrow Wilson, gov ernor of New Jersey, made the fore going statement here last night as the guest of the Yale, Harvard . and Princeton clubs of San Francisco, In an impromptu address in which he attacked political corruption, his hearers laughed and applauded. Dr. Wilson made the remark after declar ing that men who do not take orders from those higher up are social and political outcasts. He deplored the power of money In politics, the sway of political corruptlnnlsts In national , arrairs ana conciuaea ty saying tnat j )t.BI, tnan lne estimate. recent events have demonstrated thej The work of inducing the land own fact "that things are wrong." iVTB t0 glen ud for the water Is pro "The general debate as to whether greying very well and according to things are wrong Is settled, ' he said, 'those In charge there will be no dlf "Thlngs are wrong. Now we must fculty in getting the desired acre get up a debate on how they may be I age. But for obvious reasons It Is righted. Since the progressives out-! desired to have all the land In a body number the conservatives, wo will set if possible and some difficulty Is be- tho pnee In the debate." Dr. Wllaon dwelt at length upon tho 1 ers to sign upr There are a few large uprooting of social and political tradl- j owners who persist In remaining out tlons of recent years. islde the fold and until these con be "Party lines are so disturbed to-J induced to sign for water or until day," he said, "that what we aro do-' more progressive peoplo buy them lng Is conducting a campangn of' out the project Is being delayed. Identification. Wo have come fntol- cnangeu conditions nere ino oiu standards and old traditions do not fit. 1 We have lost our standards In poll-1 tics and we don't know where we j are. America hiis concentrated Tier gaze upon material things, without lifting up her eyes for so long that now w'e are looking about we find that we have passed into strange sur roundings. "Why are the people now thinking of direct legislation? Because In most of tho states representative govern ment has represented a of Influences an has not represented for the state and I). W. bailey for he sentiment of the community as a'the defendants. The demurrer al whole. j U-ged that the suit for the condemna- "You In California, as I understand tion of the Hendricks ten acre tract It, are not tired of representative gov- j west of the city for the branch usy- ernment. No community is ever tired of representative government that represents tho community, but we are all tired of the kind of govern ment that represents certain Inter ests. "Take the Issues of the Initiative and referendum. Why do you wish to uproot representative Institutions. This s the way to restore them. Re form processes are processes of re construction. Reform measures rep resent the renewal, not tho destruc tion of representative Institutions." HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES STANLEY RESOLUTION Washington, May 16. The house today unanimously passed tho Stan ley resolution ordering a sweeping In vestigation of the steel trust. LABOR UNIONS ARE DENOUNCED BY KIRBY New York, May 16. Vitriolic do unuciatlon of labor unions in general and a flat declaration that he believ ed the destruction of tho Los Angeles Times was a result of a general plot of labor leaders was mado here today at the convention of the National Manufacturers association by Presi dent Klrby. He said: "The Ameri can Federation of Labor is engaged in an open warfare on Christ and his principles. This irresponsible feder ation has been permitted to grow up uncurbed by law, unwhlppcd of Jus tice although its purpose Is to draw to common level all men and women. Klrby continuing his assault on la bor said: "I believe our constitution guarantees the protection of life and pioperty which Is being mado almost inoperative by the labor leaders. I demand this organisation t0 adopt resolutions favoring the un'form leg islation against this labor conspiracy. I believo every offlcor of tho Ameri can Federation from the president down Intends tho destruction of our system of government. Wo will bo fortunate If wo escape vicious class legislation at this ses on of con gress." SEAMEN'S UNION PLANS RIG SHIPPING STRIKE New York, May 16. An official communication from the Seamen's International committee was received today by Secretary Mathew Teals of the American branch of the National Sailors' and Firemen's union of Great Britain, stating that a proposed mam moth International shipping strike would start next week. WESTON PROJECT LOOKS LIKE SUCCESS ESTIMATES ARE RIGHT AND MANY SIGN UP G. W. FrocbsU'l Hopeful Over Outlook for Watering Land Adjoining His Town Contractor Reduces Cost. The work of getting the farmers to sign up for water under the Pine creek project Is now underway and the hopes for the success of the pro ject are very bright according to G. W. Proebstel, well known hardware dealer of Weston who has been down today upon a business trip. Estimates on the cost of the Pine creek project were secured some time ago and the engineers place the cost at a trifle over 160 per acre. This estimate "looks good" to the project enthusiasts who feel that the farmers may well afford to pay that price for having their land supplied with water any time It may be needed. That the engineers have been con servative In estimating the cost of building the project Is indicated by the fact tnat an intending contractor h ttritten the nromoters that he will be abIo t0 d tne work for jioo.000 ing had In getting some or the own DEMURRER 10 SUIT A demurrer In the case of the state of Oregon vs. C. C. Hendricks et al was argued and submitted yesterday afternoon before Circuit Judge Phelps, sinister etjcharles Carter appearing as counsel lu m purposes was unconstitutional on three grounds, namely: first, that tho title of the act directing the Btato board to select grounds for the asy lum did not state the object of the act sufficiently clear; second, that the state has no authority to condemn the ground because the act specifies nothing aout acquiring land by con demnation or by exercise of the right of eminent domain; and third, that it is not sufficient that the state should allege In its complaint that It had failed to agree with Mr. Hen dricks on tho price of the land but must also allege that It had failed to agree with each of the other three de. UndaiHS. . This Is the suit by which the state seeks to Gain possession of the Hen dricks land, alleging that Hendricks had put an excessive price on his land when Informed that the state needed It for asylum purposes. L. C. Dickenson Is made a party to the suit as he holds a $4000 mortgage on the land and Pearl Bowman be causo he holds a claim of $40 against Hendricks. Frank Nudo is the fourth of tho defendants, ho having Dcen employed by Hendricks to farm the land. Electric Trnfrie Man. Dayton, O., May 16. Traffic men of the electric lines of Ohio, Michi gan, Indiana and Illinois held a ses sion here today to consider Import ant matters. Congregational Conference. Locknort. N. Y.. May 16. The Con gregational Conference of New York opened Its annual meeting In this city today to last three days. TACOMA CITIZENS DEPOSIT THIRD RALIXTS. Tacoma, May 16. Citizens of Tacoma sighed with relief to day as they deposited their bal lots In the last scries of tho re call elections which has kept tho city In a condition of turmoil for the last six weeks. It has takon threo elections to recall tho mayor and an attempt to recall the commissioners, including todays. PEACE-RESTS Willi MAOERO Attitude of Rebel Leader Will Decide Wheiher or Not War in Mexico Ends SOMETHING DEFINITE WILL IJE DONE IMMEDIATELY It Is Relieved in View of Sweeping Victories of Insurgents That Ma dero Will Not Do Asked to Amend His Peace Terms Extensively He Must Say Yes or No. El Paso, May 16. Pence In Mexico today liiugcs on tlie attitude of Pro visional President Madero, according to Judge Carabajal, Diaz' peace rep resentative. The only thing that will block peace negotiations will he sonic lniHHKllle or arbitrary stand by Ma dcro, said tlie judge. . "Something def inite will be done In thirty hours. We have asHed the preliminaries and arc now dealing with tlie proposition where Madero can say yes or no.'' In the view of the recent sweeping victories of the rebels, and the anr nouncement of the withdrawal of the federal forces from the state of So nora, where there are millions In min ing properties, It Is believed here that Diai won't ask the rebels to amend their terms extensively. Rioting nt Piiiichuca. Mexico City, May 16. Following the surrender of Pauchuca to the in surrectos rioting and pillaging broke out there, according to today's ad vices.' Ringong for the rebel soldiers resulted in a defiance of their com manders. The banks were dynamited and the people are barricaded in their homes, fearing a general massacre. C;OES TO ENGLAND TO CLAIM HUGE FORTUNE Atlanta, Ga., May 16. Armed with a letter which she found a few weeks ago and with which she hopes to es tablish title to an estate worth $90. 000,000, Mrs. J. C. White of this city bus gone to England to lay claim to the fortune of Richard Hazzard, founder of Beaufort Hall, who came to South Carolina in 177 3 and died soon after the estate had been willed him. Mrs. White is the daughter of William llorton Hazzard, Jr, who was prevented by profiting from his inheritance by legal entaglements. The letter found by Mrs. White am ong soine old papers will. It la al leged, clear up the matter. Texas Rankers Meet. Dallas. Tex., May 16 Leading fi nanciers of New York, Chicago, St. Louis and other cities will address the Texas bankers during the convention opened today. 19 Rattles in 5 Months. Winnipeg, Man., May 16. Jack Dillon, the Indianapolis middleweight will fight his nineteenth battle this year when he takes on Tony Caponl here tonight. NAMED EOR FOURTH Here are tho men who will consti tute the fourth of July committee for Pendleton this year: T. G. Montgom ery, chairman, Mayor E. J. Murphy, Sam Thompson, Lee D. Drake and Fred Stelwer. The appointment 'of Mr. Montgomery as chairman of the commlttco was made by President Smythe of the Commercial club sev eral days ago while the other mem bers of the committee were announc ed today. According to Mr. Montgomery he will call tho committee together as soon as possible and at that time an outline of the work to bo done will be agreed upon. It is tho intention to make each member of the general committee a chairman of a subcom mittee to look after different features of tho celebration. One of the first things the committee will have to do will be to raise money for financing the celebration. Royal M. Sawtelle has gone to Port land upon n business trip and will be absent for several days. C. E. Lyons, a representative of the Edison phonograph company. Is Yiow In the city. He Is a friend of C. B. Sampson, formerly of Pendleton and who Is now In business In Boise. Missionary Conference. London, May 16. Members of mis sion boards of various countries, in cluding ten from North America, commenced a conference here today. Session of Foresters. Syracuse, N. Y., May 16. New- York members of the Foresters of America commenced a three-day con. volition In Syracuse today. TROUBLE ENDS AMONG REBELS Orozco Says Whole Matter .WasWorkof Political Ad versariesSwears Fealty ARMY AT JUAREZ IS INCREASED TO . 2500 General Flgiicrou is in Command of 12,M0 Soldiers in Southern Mexi co Rebel Attack on Chihuahua is Now Expected Two Thousand In Biirrectos Approach Town. El Paso, May 16. General Oro zco today applied a short ugly word to all newspaper men who published an account of his quarrel with Ma dero, In a letter to Madero, Orozco deplored the publicity and declared the whole matter was the "work of political adversaries." - He swears eternaj fealty to Madero and the rev olution. This is believed ends all chances of trouble among the rebels at Juarez for a while. Federals Escape Annihilation. Negaleg. A force of 200 federals under Colonel Diaz narrowly escaped annihilation Vy the rebels yesterday; according to ranchers arriving here today. The federals progress were cut off by the burned Southern Pacif. 1c bridges, and they were attacked by three times their number. They repaired to the track Rnd hurried south to Guaymas leaving their dead behind. The casualties are unknown. Juarez Army Increased. Juarez, Mexico. May 16. General Vllljean and other advisers of prov's ional President Madero are preparing to try powder instead of salt as a f dative sprinkle for the tail of the wary doze of peace. Today prepara tions for a vigorous pushing of the revolution, were grimly evident. . The war plans of the insurrectos contem plate the capture of Chihuahua and th-n Mexico City. The Madero armv at Juarez has been Increased to nearly 2500 men by heavy enlistment of volunteers. Most of the Juarez insurrecto army of occupation will soon move south ward as a part of the war plans. Telegrams received from General Fipueroa, commanding the rebel for ces around Mexico City and In south ern Mexico, .states the southern lead er has nearly 12,030 men In the field and that he will co-operate to the last with Provisional President Ma dero. A party of American mining men, including D E. Gilles. arrived at the border today from Chihuahua, and asserted that General Rabagn's forc es of federals had turned back when they received news of the fall of Ju arez, and now is back in Chihuahua city. In spite of this move, continued preparations for sending a large force of Insurrectos under General Pascual Orozco southward to re'nforce the rebels who have been watching the trails leading north are being made. The Americans also reported that the whole country was ablaze with revo- (Continued on page five.) WITH BAD OFFENCE Hang, a Chinaman who owns a truck garden about two and a half miles "east of the city, was placed un der an arrest this morning on a war rant issued from the justice court charging him with polluting waters used for domestic purposes. As he had a wagon load of vegetables to peddle about the city he was allowed until 2 o'clock this afternoon to ap pear In court but as he had not arriv ed at that ime, Chief of Police Tom Gurdane, who is also constable and deputy sheriff, started out to ills farm to bring him in for trial. The warrant was. sworn to by Wal ter Wells, an employe of the city wa ter department, who nllegs that Hang has been dumping slops Into the Uma tilla river. Wells states that this practico l.as been going on for some time and that, for tho past year and a half he has been" attempting to de tect tho Celestial In the act but until yesterday was unsuccessful. The law under which ho was arrested Is a state law and Is punishable by a tine of from ten to fifty dollars. It Is reported that there aro sev eral other residents on the river who have been making It an open sewer and the authorities Intend to brtn them to Justice as soon as possible. Oklahoma Iatids 0Kned. Washington, May 16. Lands aggre gating 21,830 acres near tho Wichita national forest. Oklahoma, became subject to settlement today. Maryland Eagles. Annapolis. Mil, May 16. Over a thousand Eagles are here today for jthe sixth annual convention of Mary' land aeries of the order. AIRSHIP DEUTSCHLAND WAS DESTROYED TODAY Dusseldorf, Germany, May 16. Count Zeppelin's big passenger car rying airship Deutschland II was de stroyed here today. The wreck of the airship resulted from a high wind blowing the bag against a hangar, destroying three sections. Eight persons were unin jured and taken from wreck. IN BUCK SIOVE CASE WILL DETERMINE GUILT OF FEDERATION' OFFICERS Justice Wright Will Base His Further Action in Noted Cane on the Decis ion of tlie Commission. Washington, May 16. Justice Wright of the supreme court of the District of Columbia today appointed a commission to determine whether Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison of the American Federation were guilty of contempt of court. Upon the decis ion of the commission, Wright will base his further action In the noted ca.se. Wright Is proceeding under the decision of the United States supreme court which ordered the dismissal of the case yesterday. Wright says the decision left open a possibility of him self ordering the contempt proceedings against labor leaders because they disobeyed his injunction In the Buck stove case. He held that the court dismissed the Jail sentence on the ground that the action had been brought by the Buck company. In such an event on ly a fine could be imposed. Wright said he ordered the inves tigation so his court would be vindl cated and sustained. Negro Democrats. Indianapolis, Ind., May 16. .Sever al colored men arrived in Indianapo lis today to hold a national conven tion of negro democrats. The ses sion will open tomorrow. Veterans to Meet. Wheeling. W. Va., May 16. West Virginia Union Veterans will open their annual reunion at Morgantown tomorrow. IS Umatilla county is being abundant ly blessed with rain and tho bless ing is evenly distributed so that no one section will have the advantage over the other. Reports are that the rainfall In the vicinity of Echo has been heavier than about Pendleton and this means that the light lands of of the county will produce a good crop this year. Moisture was needed bad ly in that sectin to Insure a good yield. According to the weather observer, the rainfall since yesterday afternoon has been .19 of an inch which brings the precipitation for the year up to 11 Inches, approximately the normal. Some of the farmers are now com plaining that they are getting too much rain, which goes to prove that there ore no climatic conditions which will entirely please a farmer. They say that the heavy rains are produc ing a rank growth and causing the grain to fall down but the more op timistic only smile and declare they can't get enough rain to injure a crop in Umatilla county. Therefore, the prediction is freely made that the 1911 crop will be one of the largest in years. GOVERNOR WILSON ADDRESSED UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Berkeley, California, May 16. Gov. ernor Wilson addressed the law so ciety of the University of California today. He spoke on the rights of cor porations and the effect that the new- laws are having on them. $15,000,000 Tunnel New York. May 16. Kids were opened today for the high pressure water supply tunnel to be built under the city at a cost of about $15,000, 000. VICTORIA MONUMENT UNVEILED TODAY. London, May 16. The Queen Victoria monument in front of Buckingham Fnlace, was un veiled by King George. In the presence of Queen Mary, the kaiser and kaisorin and other queens, kings, princesses and princes. The ceremony was at tended with full state and mili tary honors. Three thousand guests. Including King George's household and personal staffs both King George and tho late Edward, were allotted scats be hind the line of ex-soldiers. i PROSECUTE OIL OFFICIALS Government May Take Crimi nal Action as Resu't ot Yes terday's Decision COMPANY WILL. OBEY ' DECREE BY DISOLVINQ If Prosecution i. Started Company Will Probably Claim Immunity on Account of tho Statute of Limita tions In formal Conference la Held Today. j Washington. May 16 A high govern ment official today stated that crim inal prosecutions 'of the Standard Oil officials may follow the declsldn. At torney General Wlckcrsham will con sider the matter soon. Possible ob stacles to the prosecution may con-, front the government as it la expected the orncials will claim immunity on account of the statute of limitations. To offset this the government will take the position that a combination con tinued after the trust was ordered dis solved by the lower court. Disgruntled with the supreme court decision In the Standard Oil case, the progressives at an informal conference today decided to urge an amendment to the Sherman anti-trust act reading, "No combination of trade shall be re garded as reasonable under the terms of this act." ' Advances In Trade Expected. New York, May 16. Higher prices for oil and its products, it is believed here will be the only real offset of the decision ordering the Standard Oil company to dissolve. Business men agree that immediate advances in the trade are certain as many investments were held off awaiting the decision. Will Oliey Decree. M. F. Elliott chief counsel for the Standard Oil company in a statement issued today said the company would obey the courts decree and would Im mediately take steps to dissolve. Discussing the effects of the de cision it is pointed out that the Stand ard Oil of New Jersey won't change its ownership of various plants. It will merely retransfer its property to original companies. Stocks Are Quiet. London. Despite the epoch mak ing decision of the United States su preme court in the Standard Oil case after the close of the market yester day, the stocks opened here today with no excitement. . Will Not Affect Oregon. Portland, May 16. Leading bank ers on being interviewed today stated that the Standard decision won't af fect Oregon. They look for an Im petus in trade by the new decision rendered, as many investors will come into the field. Newspajx-r Comment. New York, May 16. Newspapers commenting on the Standard decision are almost unanimous in the state ment that the decision is good for business. The Sun says: "The rights of property will not and cannot be affected." World: "If the corporations are violating the law they may purge themselves by reorganization after it Is found Illegal; they can proceed as before and the Sherman act will be a rope of sand." Herald: "The country's business Interests for tho first time in years now knows what the law means and the path Is free to normal activity and prosperity." Times: "The decision of the su premo court and Justice White's al luminating opinion have freed tho country from a terror that for so long has been paralyzing its ener gies." IN STRIKERS RIOT Grand Rapids, Mich., May 16. A score of policemen are in a local hos pital today following a riot of 2,000 striking furniture workers and sym pathizers at the plant of the Whlddl comb Furniture company. Tho dis turbance started when Ralph Whlddl comb, who was taking the strike breakers from the factory was attack, cd by a mob. Several policemen were knocked senseless and others wound ed by missies hurled at them. A stream from the fire engine quelled the riot. Missouri Church Convention. St. Louis, May i. with an ad dress by Bishop D. S. Tuttle, the con vention of the Missouri dloceso of the Episcopal church was opened this morning In Christ Church Pathcdral. The sessions will continue dally throught the week and will close next Sunday with tho annual meeting nf the Missouri Host. This Is the seventy second annual meeting f the Mis souri dloctse. J