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PEXpLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1911.
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cowrr omcMt iMPJM. 1 " Jaqyy czrr official paper.
Veterans and Guardsmen
Turn Out to Show Respect
tc Departed Heroes.
ball ;ame eeatire
tims aeterxoox
AU Public Places losed an.l IJukIiiosh
1 louse Closo During Afternoon
All Available l'lowcr I'sed to Beco
rulo liruvcs of Departed Veterans
Rode In Autog.
Like tho rest of the nation, Pendle
ton Is honoring tho memory of tho
dead. The postoffice, Jhe courts, and
all public offices are closed and busi
ness will be suspended this afternoon
between the hours of 2 and 6 in ob
servance of tho uccas'.on.
No elaborate program la marking
the day here, but alnuist every per
on who has a relativo buried In lo
cal cemeteries have walked or driven
out to lay tlicjr flowered tributes on
the graves. l-ully one hundred peo
ple were at Olney cemetery last eve
ning preparing the curthern billows
for tho morrow.
The veterans of two wars, assisted
by the guardsmen of Company L,
Joined In doing military honor to the
dead of their number this morning.
At 9 o'clock, headed by Lieutenant
George llartman, they marched from
the armory to Main street, up Main
to Alta ami up Alta two blocks,
where they were picked up by autos
and. taken to tho cemeteryi where
their comrades sleep. Such flowers
as they were able to gather were
spread upon the graves, three, volleys
fired an.l taps sounded, after which
the return was made to the city.
Ball ;anie Thl-t Afternoon".
":h three victories from Pendle
ton already banning to their belts
end confident of annexing another
this afternoon, the Weston Mountain
eers headed by V'ommander-ln-chlef
.Tack Keefe arrived on the local this
morning and at 2:30 will enter the
game nnnnged for tho holiday. The
3u karooos have recovered from the
gruelling content of Sunday and with
Southpaw) M i's on the mound will
make a valiant effort to down the
lads from over tho hill.
A game with Weston is always cer
tain of a goodly number of spectators
for that town is an old rival of the
county seat, albeit a friendly rival, and
there Is always kom sport when tho
two clash. The Mountaineers have
already defeated the Ruckarooes In
two league games, but both were dur
ing tho period when the locals were
playing tomball. With the rejuven
ated organization, however, Pendle
ton was again defeated last Friday
in a 2 to 1 game at the Pioneer pic
nic. Umpire Bucrstatto win officiate
with the Indicator this afternoon be
cause Weston, like Pendleton, believes
him to be. the most efficient and
fairest umpire In tho league.
Roosevelt to Dedicate Statue.
Newark, X. J., May 30. Former
president Theodore Roosevelt will bo
the speaker at the unveiling of tho
Lincoln statue, this afternoon. Tho
statue is on an open plat In a square
facing the court house. Mr. Roose
velt comes here after delivering an
address at Grant's Tomb, New York
City.
Memorial to Indiana Heroes.
Marion, Ind., May 30. The Wo
man's Relief Corps and Sons of Vet
erans will unveil a monument hero
today erected to tho memory of all
Grant county men who served. In tho
civil war.
FARM HAND KILLS 5
Pawnee City, Neb., May 30. James
Fielder, a farm hand employed by
J, A. McVlttle, living seven miles east
of here, angered becnuso McVittia ob
jected to Fielder's attention to his
daughter, yesterday killed McVlttle,
Mrs. McVlttle and their two children,
dangerously wounded a third child,
fatally shot Sheriff Claude Fuller, nnd
then killed himself.
After shooting the members of the
McVlttle family Fielder, nt tho point
of a revolver forced Miss McVlltlo to
accompany him In a buggy and fired
two shots at her when she made her
escape while he stepped from tho vo
hlcle for R moment. Fielder went to
or. empty school house where ho bar
ricaded himself. Sheriff Fuller soon
arrived with a deputy nnd tried to
foreo Fielder to surrender. Instead hs
responded by sending three bullets
Into tho sheriff's body. Fielder then
fired a bullet Into hlH own heart. Phy
slclans said last night that Fuller can.
not live.
St i ii - i- i
I5i:X W. OLCOTT
Orvgc.n'H Xew ScxTetury of State.
FOR CELEBRATION
om.mitti:k ijkady for, .
act1vk akuaxge.mexts
Secretary J. 10. Keefc Will Act Willi
Committee and Rear Much of the
Harden Solicitors Not Entirely
Through Worfe.
I'endleton will celebrate the
Fourth of July and will do so at tho
Round-up Park. An announcement
to this effect was made this morning
by T. G. Montgomery, chairman of
the celebrailon committee nnd It sits
at rest rumors that have been current
for several days to tho effect that the
celebration might bo abandoned.
Already tho celebration committee
has secured enough money to insure
a celebration ami a fClfebratiop there
will be. according to the chairman.
However, the work of rais'ng funds is
not yet entirely over with and the
sort of celebration to be held will de
pend upon tho total amount of mon
ey that Is finally raised.
This evening the general arrange
ments committee is to meet at the
Commercial club rooms for the pur-po-e
r.f taking up the active work of
arranging for the celebrat on. Sec
retary J. K. Keefe, who is now ready
to enter upon his duties, will be In
attendance. Mr. Keefe will serve as
secretary of tho celebration commit
tee and much of the responsibility for
tho program will be upon his shoul
ders. BOER MAY GO FREE
El Paso, Texas, May 30. Daniel
Do Vllliers, the Roer, who Is being
held here on a charge of conspiracy
to kill Francisco I. Madero, Jr., may
go free provided he confesses the
names of the Mexicans implicated
in the allied plot. This was the de
claration of General Vlllpecn, his
Roer countryman and Madero's mili
tary adviser, who has filed the com
plaint ngalnst DeVilllers.
"We have no doubt about the guilt
of De Vllliers, and also Dunn, who
was arrested In Monterey yesterday,"
said General Vllljcon, "but we know
these two men personally were not
lhterested in tho plan to hurt Madero.
What we aro after is the names of
thoso who have been furnishing the
money and plotting to kill Madero."
General Villjecn tonight received a
telegram from Detective William S
Smith, who arrested V. L. Dunn at
Monterey, Mexico, yesterday, stating
that many papers were found on
Dunn, "showing that Adolfo Garza
Gulnn, of tho Rank of Coahulla in
Ciudad Porfiro Diaz, and others have
been putting up tho money to start
trouble."
Oalan Is a brother of Andrey Garza
Galnn, whom Madero claims was nt
tho bottom of a plot hatched against
hint nt San Antonio, Texas, recently,
but which was not prosecuted.
Senator Madero today sent a tele
gram to Rafael Hernnndez, the new
minister of justice, explaining what
General Villjecn had told him of the
activities of Dunn nnd Do Vllliers
here, nnd stating thnt Rosendo Pine
do, the Clen'ifico leader in congress,
and Andrew Gnlan.nnd others had
been mentioned by the two men, as
being Implicate,! In the plan to start
more trouble In Mexico.
J. E. Wharton, attorney for I
Vllliers, stale, 1 today that the defense
nf his client would be that tho plan
which ho was engineering here com
prehended only a political movement
nnd contained no criminal intent.
Would Entertain Postmen,
Asbury Park, N. J., May 30. A
campaign to secure the secure tho
next convention of the National Let
ter Carriers' association for Asbury
Park was lnunched today at the
state meeting of Now Jersey carriers.
M PROSECUTE
TOBACCO. IN
Judge White's Opinion Opens
the Way tor Criminal Ac
tion Against Magnates. -
DIRECTORS A X I Ol Tl( EltS
PARTU S TO CONSI'IRACV
It U Relieved 1 hat it Will lie Year
Rcfore Trust Is I)N-olvcl Final
Dissolution Left in Hands of I'uitcd
Slate Circuit Courl to Handle
Washington, May 30 .Much of the
cnsolation which the blir business
Interest purported to find in the su
preme court decisions in the Standard
oil and American Tobacco cases were
dispelled today when the attorneys
expressed their opinion that Judge
White's opinion In the Tobacco case
opens the way for criminal prosecu
tions of the tobacco magnates. The
decision also urges in the strongest
language tor such action. Py revers
ing the lower court's decision, the
supreme court held that the directors
and officers are parties to the con
spiracy and significantly referred to
"manifestations of conscious wrong
doing." It is believed that it will be
a year before the trust I dissolved.
It is generally believed that the trust
will seek a delay by frequent appeals
to the courts In litigations.
I'nder the decision it Is expected
thnt the PriMsh trust will In forced
to discontinue Its export business to
America. The ruling will mean more
litigation. The final dissolution is
left In the hands of the I'nited Slates
circuit court to handle.
XEW YORK TO HOLD
OT'TDOOR ROW-WOW SHOW
NV-.v York. May ?.. Pr'shton
Reaeh racecourse has gone to the
dog today or rathrr the doge have
gone t.i the racecourse to show off in
the first open air can'ne exhibit'on of
the season. The Long Island Kennel
club Is "n charge of the show, which
itu hides classes for'all breeds and
varieties of dou.s except "yaHi r."
England's Poet Eaurente Celebrates.
London, May Ho. Ali'red Austin,
poet Laureate of England. Is seventy-six
years old today and among the
congratulations received were those
of the king and fU. en. Mr. Au-t'n
Is In good health, a" 1 Is busying on a
coronation ode.
MEMORIAL DAY IS
MARKED BY SPORTS
New York, May 30. Hundreds of
thousands of Xew Yorkers are tak
ing advantage of today's holiday to
visit the country and seaside resorts
and sports and games are occupying
the attention of a majority of the
stay-at-homes. Patriotic exercises
and the decoration of graves occupied
a minor place on the program. The
big regatta of the Harlem Boat club
attracted great crowds to the Speed
way course, where some of the best
amateur oarsmen of the country will
compete.
A parade of work horses, the fifth
annual Memorial Day event of its
kind to be held by tho Women's
League for Animals, was witnessed
by thousands. The route of the pa
rade was down Fifth avenue, nnd in
that section of the city Old Dobbin
was more honored than the odr vet
erans. Yachtsmen of the, various clubs of
the metropolitan district got busy to
day and regattas were held by the
Seawanhaka Corinthian, the Harlem,
the Rrldgoport and the National yacht
clubs. The New York ami New Jer
sey Cricket asociation opened its sea
son at Vlmer Park, and a tennis
tournament Avas commenced at the
lreat Neck Hilfs Country club. A
ten mile handicap motor boat race
attracted many followers of that sport
to Clason Point. The spring games of
the Irlsh-Anierlcnn Athletic club
were held In Celtic park.
Memorial Day Fights.
Los Angeles, May 30. Frankie
Conlcy, the Kenosha fighter, who be
lieves tho featherweight champion
ship should be his instead of that
classy little battler, Abe At tell, will
box Joe Rivers, tho Los Angeles
featherweight hero tonight before
Tom McCarey's club. Tho men will
go ten round, weighing 122 at the
ringside.
Jon n of Arc Anniversary.
Taris, May 30. Today Is tho 480th
anniversary of tho burning nt tho
stake of Joan of Arc, and marches
nnd decorations of tho memorials
erected to France's patron saint will
mark the celebration of the day.
BANDITS 11
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Oklahoma Man Wanted for
Horse Stealing Cp2ns Fire
on Masked Posse,
PANDITS WIFE ASSISTS
ix i.oADixr; ins guns
.loo Davis and Pony Starr Make Es
cape to Mountains After Fierce
Rattle Willi Members of the Anti
Hors:' Thief Association Sheriff Is
After R.mdits.
Porum. Okla., May 30. Standing
in the doorway of his home here,
Pony Starr, assisted by Joe Davis,
il!td one man anil dangerously
wounded five others of a masked
posse supposed to have been compos
ed of 30 members of the Anti-Horse
Thief association yesterday. During
lh'.' conflict Starr's wife stood by his
side, loading his guns.
Ti.e posse rode up to Starr's home
to take Starr and Davis prisoners on
charg-s of cattle and horse stealing.
Jn the struggle which followed,
Starr's 7-year-old daughter, hearing
the firing, came runn'ng across a
li- id from a neighbor's screaming at
the top of her voice that her mother
was h ins killed. In this field were
a number of t!i posse kef-ping up a
cr.s-ant fire ..ii the h-iu.se, but the
child was unharmed.
The dead:
George Maxwell, n welUknown
noekman.
The wounded:
Cl'fford Hester, son of a ranch
owner, shot through the stomach,
will die.
E. A. Maxwell, stockman, shot
through the groin, will die.
Jess .daxweil, a (armor, shot
'.it ..! 'ii i i-.ht arm.
Peii- G'-ah-im. a farmer, shot
lliji'ti-ii r:glit hip.
Tiv.i other men, unidt ntified.
Pony Siair ulso was reported to
have la en shot through the breast,
but aftvi r- puising the posst- he and
Davis mounted their horses, flour
ished their revolvers and boldly rode
through ii-u. str-ets of Porum for the
mounta Us south of town.
lint:- horses were saddled and
bridli d by Mrs. Stair during the fight.
While sh" was U-ading the horses
from t;u. barn to the house, one of the
posse fired four times at her. Be
coming uai-y because he missed her,
he finally throw the gun at her. Mrs.
Starr caught rhe gun and fired twice
at the owner who rode away ;is fast
as his horse could carry him.
A speeiai trail nrought Sheriff
Wisener. 12 deputies, two doctors
and olio nurse to Porum from Musko
gee this afternoon. Last night the
streets of Porum were patrolled by
deputies and searching parties are
looking for Star and Davis.
Jersey Postoffice Clerks Gather.
Paterson. X. J., May 30. Delegates
from all sections of the state ac here,
also several officials of the postof
fice department to attend the elev
enth annual convention of the' New
Jersey State association of postoffice
clerks. The cleihs will d scuss the
question of government employes
forming themselves into labor unions.
PORTLAND MAY ENTER
TAIN ELKS IN 1912
Spokane, Wash., May 30. Spo
kane Lodge No. 22S, B. P. O. E., has
begun a campaign to assist Portland
in its efforts to land the national con
vention of Eiks for 1912. Sol E.
Levi and Harry L. Stone have com
posed a booster song to bo sung nt
tho national meeting at Atlantic City
in July. The i-borus is a play upon
the letters R. P. O. E., as follows;
R stands for beautiful flowers, you
know,
P stands for Portland, the place
where they grow;
O stands for Oregon, the land of tho
fair,
E stands for everybody, who'll be
welcome there.
Richard L. Jose is singing the song
throughout the country,
Mr. Stone said today that more than
r.0,000 copies of the song will be dis
tributed. Ren H. Rice, exalted ruler of Spo
kane lodge, announces that every
thing will be done to assist Portland.
J. J. White, past evulted ruler, nnd
William F. Connor, secretary, who aro
delegates to the assembly nt Atlantic
city, have been Instructed to vote for
Portland.
"Tho Portland campaign is assum
ing boom proportions," Secretary
Connor said, "nnd thero Is every in
dication that the Rose City will win
tho big prize In capturing the 1912
convention."
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Xalicnul Leader of the Republican
Progressives.
IN AUTOMOBILE RACE
MPLEX. CAR OVERTURXFI)
ARCHIE OREIXER IXJCREI)
orty Rig Encvrs Flashed Away at
10.1 This Morning Over 10,000
Persons See the Start Retting Is
Heavy.
Motor Sietla.v, Iinlianawdis, Ind.,
.May :!(. StripiHil forty big; raeers
flashed away at 10:4 this forenoon in
the 500 mile international t-weep-stakes
automobile race. Oxer 100,
000 persons saw the start. The hel
ling is heavy, much money is bciiis
Iilaeed on number that would be kill
ed, llarroum, driving a Marnion, is
the
favorite. Riirnian, (.rant, Rruee
nnd
The
lap.
ami
Rrowii are also heavily bucked.
fir-t i.italit) iKViircd in the i:tih
The AiiipU-v car was overturned
Archie (.n-iner fatally injured
and
the .'ilct'lianicaii. S. P. Divon was
instantly killed, (ireinor is a million
aire. 'Hi,, time for the first twenty
miles Is fifteen minutes and -ix sec
onds. Ilefore the race Riirnian was crown
ed --speed king" with all the ceremony
of a coronation.' On his head was
placed a gold crown studded with rub
ies and sapphires.
Indianapolis. Ind.. Slay 30 Long
before Old .sol poked his nose over
the horizon this morning a mighty
host of motor fans turned toward the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where
the greatest automobile race in the
h'sti-ry of the sport will be decided
today. The gates to the great grand
stands, which are capable of seating
TS.eijit people, were thrown open at
6:30 o'clock and from that time un
til the start of the big race at 10
o'clock a constant stream of human
ity poured Into the enclosure. Special
trains from Chicago, Detroit, Louis
ville, Cincinnati, Cleveland and other
cities and the regular trains from ev
ery direction have been emptying
their human freight Into Indianapolis
since yesterday, unt'l now about the
biggest crowd In the city's history is
here.
At 10 o'clock the forty-six cars en
tered the five-hundred mile race lin-
(Contlnued on page eight.)
STEEL CORPORATION
TO READJUST PRICES
New York, May 30. The United
States Steel Corporation has decided
t make a readjustment of prices. The
action is in reply to the bombshell
thrown into the steel market last
Wednesday by the Republic Iron and
Steel c -mpany in announcing a cut
in steel bars.
Judge Gary, chai'-man of the Un't-
ed Steel Corporation. la-t night gave
out a statement which says in part.
"The commodities generally affect
ed, witli the new prices are: ste-1
bars (!." cents a hundred pounds off)
? 1 - T base. Plates ;t n-1 structural
i five cents per hundred pounds off)
$1."5 base.
"I'.lack sheets (20 cents per hun
dred pounds o'.'f) two cents per
pound for number .2S92S gauge.
"Galvanized sheets (20 cents per
hundred rounds off) three cents per
pound number 28 gauge.
"lUue annealed sheets (10 cents
per Iiundre pounds for number 10
gauge.
"Steel billets, four inches square
and larger, $21 per gross ton.
"Sheet bars $22 per gross ton.
"All prices f. o. b. cars at Pitts
burg. Pa., effective Juno 1. 1911. for
sh'pment prior to October 1, 1911."
It was not announced whether the
readjustment might later be extended
to rails, wire and tin plate, but It was
intimated by some manufacturers
that there would be no price changes
In these products.
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SHORT BALLOT
LEfiGUE FORMED
SLFir.!;
Organization is lamchfd at
Portland for Purpose of
Fighting B:g Election Evil
SOCIETY OITHXED BY
ROOSEVELT AXI) WII.SO
Will Endeavor to Have Improvement
Made In Connection With tho Ini
tiative) and Referendum Laws
Senator Ben Selling Elected I 'resi
lient. Portland, May 30. Convinced that
a short ballot is necessary to correct
evils and that Improvements in con
nection with the initiative and ref
erendum should be adopted to mak
the Oregon system work perfectly,
the Short Ballot League of Orego
was formed yesterday at the Commer
cial club.
Ben Selling was chosen president
and J. M. Ambrose, secretary. Mr
Selling is president of the state sen
ate and Mr. Ambrose is a member at
the lower house of the legislature
from Multnomah county.
The object of the league is to an
nounce propaganda for a revision of
the Oregon br.". ;t laws, which mem
bers of the league say should be
changed and shortened. Another meet
ing will be held June II to begin l
campaign to obtain a change in th
ballot laws either through an initiative
measure or by enactment by the leg
islature. The society is formed om
lines outlined by Colonel Roosevelt
and Woodrow Wilson, governor of
New Jersey.
WiUon Heads similar Body.
Governor Wilson Is president of the
Short Ballot organ iz uion, a National
society, which has been in exister.ee
for mure than a year. It has for it
object the weeding out of needless
election of officials when appointment
ot them would serve better. It is al
so suggested by members of the so
ciety that the percentage of signa
tures required for petitions filed t
j submit an initiative measure shoul
be ma le more than 10 per cent of the
total value as at present, a measure
to place on the ballot would have
to be not only popular, but one that
has already secured intelligent con
sideration of the people.
"I am heartily in favor of a shorter
ballot," said Senator Selling. "It 1
what we need. 1 have with me the
sample ballot for my vote at the com
ing city election. It contains manr
names and 16 legislative measuret.
Not only i.re the names of some of the
men unfamiliar to me but I am sure
that many of the measures, which it
i.i desired to have become law, are not
fully understood by me. I am going
to spend a good portion of a day t
post myself thoroughly. Then . I
doubt if I shall be fully informed t
act with intelligence. What I am in
favor of is this a shorter ballot and
a larger percentage of names for
submitting an initiative measure te
the people. Vnless some action sim
ilar to this Is taken it will bring the
Oregon system into disrepute."
Vote "Xo" In I'rged.
League members declared that they
believed attention should be called te
the faults of the present system and
that voters should be warned to vote
"no" on all measures not fully under
stood by them as an intelligent vote
was necessary and an unintelligent
vote might work great harm.
The principles of the league as an
nounced are In part:
"Each member believes in the in
itiative and referendum, the recall
statement No. 1. the direct election ot
United States senators, tho direct pri
mary, the corrupt practice act and
the commission form of government.
"The ballot should not be incum
bered with great numbers of meas
ures. Only questions of general pub
lic importance should be presented
under the initiative. Every proposed
measure should be read most care
fully and considered by every voter.
No voter should become a party ti
making a measure a law unless he has
actually made himself familiar with
each an.l all of its provisions. In
case of doubt it is always safe tn
tote "no". if a proposed measure
has merit it will stand the test of
time and be presented again.
"We believe the alarm sounded by
Colonel Roosevelt and Governor
Woodrow Wilson is timely We feel
that the only real d inger now for
the Initiative and referendum lies In
the over use of both."
Baltimore's Wot k horse Parrade.
Baltimore. Md.. M.iv iM. Over on
thousand horses of all classes will b
entered n the first workhorse parade
held in this city today. The object
of tho parade !s to inspire pride in
drivers for their horses and teams.
Cheyenne. Wyo. May 30 The prin
cipal sport'ng event of the day hero
will be the fistic encounter between
Frankie White tnd Kid Ross, In a
ten round go.