r EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION M.. - WEATHER REPORT. Haln or snow tonight und Tuesday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 2 BATTLE ON III Imperialists and Fight Among Thousand Slain. Rebels Several RUSSIA SENDS COSSACKS I'owvth I'rcimrliiK o Grub Choice SiiivH or Chinese Territory When .MancJii! Government Falls JajMin to Aid Chinese in Opposing Pilfer. Shanghai, Nov. 13. Fighting hand to hand, among great piles of dead and the burning buildings, which the rebels fired to hide their movements, a terrific battle is on In Nanking and suburbs. The Issue Is doubtful. The rebels nre determined to avenge tho recent massacre. The rebels occupied Che Foo with out any resistance, Peking reports say Premier Yuan is rglng the emperor to abdicate, If the rebels will guarantee his person al safety and give hi ma life pension. Russia Send CoNMii-kfl. Yladivostock, Nov. 13. Fifteen hundred Russian Cossacks left here yesterday for Peking. It Is reported that they will be used as an advance guard to troops which Russia pro poses fending to China to watch Rus sian Interests In an expected Interna tional scramble for Chinese territory following the Inevitable .dlsintegCa tion of the Chinese empire. St. Pe tersburg believes the partition of Chi na among the powers Is Inevitable If the empire -falls. -. .TaMin Will 0Msc Grab. Toklo, Japan, Nov. 13. Opposition t the expected grab by tho powers of China, developer! here today in semi official statements by the Japanese government which declared that Ja pan will consistently oppose any nt t nipt on the part of the powers to grab China, should the Manchu dyn asty fall. Threats are also made by tho Chinese that they will combine and light any attempt to grab their country. BEATTIE GETS NO RELIEF FROM COURT Richmond, Va., Nov. 13. The su preme court of appeals today refused t grant another trial to Henry Clay Healtle. Jr., convicted of wife murder. I Tho governor Is now the only man : between him and tho electric chair, November 24. Powerful Influences will be brought to bear on the gover nor to commute tho sentence of deatlf to imprisonment. . The court's decision simply reads: "The Judgment of the circuit court at Chesterfield, being plainly right, the writ of error is denied." It Is gen erally believed that Beadle will be executed. Mrs, It. Wlsslor returned to her home In this city Saturday after a visit In La Grande with Mrs. Jack lleuhan and other friends and relatives. LIFE BURN NG TOWN CHIEF JOSEPH, ALSO CONQUERS GRAVITY In the November lssuo of tho Tech nical World Magazine Is an article en tilled "Gravity Conquered at. Last," and tho Inventor of tho remarkable device described by which It is claim ed one of the great powers of nature, can be overcome, Is nono other than Edward s. Farrow, remembered by many old timers hero as tho Lieuten ant Farrow who organized the fa mous Indian Scouts of 1S7S and with them played an Important part in tho conquering of Chief Joseph. He was a brother of Mot Farrow, a well known resident of Pendleton twenty years ago, but ho himself was In Pendleton often In the days when his business was to help In the win ning of tho west from tho original Americans and mad many friends hero among the plonoers. Among those -who wore well ac quainted wit hhlm are Lot Llvcrmore, W. M. Blakely and A. W. Nye. The former In telling of Mm this morn ing recalled the great ovation he re ceived at the mission on the reserva tion whn, with his Indian Scouts, he returned in triumph from battle with Old Joseph. Got Inspiration Hero. - According to the magazine article, JU It DM AX ROIH.IKS FALLS ix sight or goal Pa aclena, Calif., Nov. 13. 1 Aviator nortgcrs, coast to coast birdmun, today In suffering from a slight concussion of the brain, sustained yesterday In a 125 foot fall In his machine, as ho reached a point only six miles from his goal the ocean I proper. He will recover In a w Tew days and resume his night a soon as his machine Is re- paired. FARM ERSUN ION MEETS HERE IN DECEMBER C. S. Barrett, National Pres ident, Will Be Import ant Speaker Convention to bo Ojieiicd Willi Ban quet IfcHvmlKT 4 MemlKVM Ijook for Attemlunoe of Hundreds. Beginning December 4 and lasting through tho two succeeding days the second annual convention of the Stat union of the Farmers Educational & Co-operative union will be held In this city. Preparations for the gath ering are now being made by the lo- cal and county workers In the union ; and the members nre looking for- ward to the big meeting with Interest. It will be open to all members of the union though the state union Is a del I egated organization composed of rep resentatives from the local and coun ty organizations, j As arranged by those in charge of affairs tho coming convention will open on Monday evening, December 4 with a banquet which will be in the nature of an open meeting to which sumo non-members will be invited. The two succeeding days will be de- j voted to transacting business and to ! the election of state officers. I C. S. Barrett, of Georgia, national i piesldent of the farmers' union is to i be a guest at the meeting in Pen dleton and his presence will add much ' interest to the gathering in view of his position. At the first stute meeting of the j union held lat year at The Dalles there were 2Mt in attendance. In the j opinion of W. W. Hurrah, prominent b cal member of the union the attend ance at the coming meeting in Pon 1 tlleton will probably he as great or greater than at the first meeting. ri:ii:i:.Tiox orrio i.s MAKi: AXXI AI, REPORT Atlanta. On.. Nov. 13. At the thirty-first annual convention of the American Federation of Labor, in ses sion in this city today, tile officers' reports were submitted President Samuel Gompcrs in con cluding hl-s report, which was lengthy and went into detail in ev( rv craft said: "Despite nil opposition of the most relentless kind the American labor movement grows and thrives; its ben eficent influence for the common up lifting of labor and of all our people extends to all fields of useful activ ity and is becoming more generally recognized. Tho power which labor holds within its grasp is understood by our opponents as well as aye, perhaps better than by many of the toilers themselves." Mr. Farrow's invention is the product of thirty years of thought and labor, the beginning of which was from ob servations made while commander of tho scouts in this part of the World. Soldiors in camp demonstraing their "spiritualistic" power.' by making a table move with only fhe ends of their fingers, eagles and buzzards soaring without a flutter of their wings and tho strange performance of a Uma tilla medicine man started a train of thought In the boy-lieutenant's mind wh'ch Ins lead to a most important invention. . By on electric apparatus which he terms a "condensing dynamo," Far row claims he can suspend or neutral ize the force of gravity. This device placed on an aeroplane or balloon, he claims, will prevent Its fall to the earth when an accident occurs in the air. ' It Is the possible application of the Invention to aerial warfare that has Interested United States army engi neers In It and they are now conduct ing experiments to determine Its val ue. cine of PENDLETOX, OREGON, NEW OFFICERS FOR ROUNDUP Election to be Held Tuesday Evening in City Hall As sembly Room. DIRECTORS CALL MEETING Proposed Amendment to Constitution Drafted by Governing. Body and Will be Submitted to Stockholders With Schvtions of Officers. Tomorrow evening in the. assem bly room of tho city hall will be de cided the personel of the crew which will direct the Round-Up during the next year. A meeting of the stock holders of the Northwest Frontier Exhibition association has been call ed for that time and place for the election of directors for the ensuing year and the present officers and directors urge that every stockholder be In attendance that his voice may be lifted in the decisions to be made. If an amendment to the constitu tion made yesterday at a meeting of the board of directors be ratified by tho stockholders, there will be but eleven directors elected Instead of fif teen, the present number. Some of the departments, separate this year, can In the future be combined without imposing too much work on one man, according to the opinion of the direc tors and It Is to this end that the amendment seeks. To Abolish Board of Control. Abo, the present directors believe that the board of control should be abolished and the board of eleven di rectors have the complete control of the Round-Up and this change is in corporated in the amendment. Also the amendment seeks to give the stockholders power to elect the eleven directors and to leave for these di rectors-elect the privilege of naming their own officers. Seven Directors Retire. At the meeting yesterday, seven of tho officers and directors of the past year declared their intention of re tiring from active participation In tho management of the show because of tile stress of their other duties. These retiring men are President J. Roy la ley, Frederick Steiwer. director of competitive events. Lee D. Drake, di rector, of advertising, Paul Spcrry, parade manager, Harrv Gray, director of transportation, W. E. Frock, busi ness manager, and Dan P. Smythe, director of accommodations. SCORE KILLED IN SERIES OF STORMS Chicago. Nov. 13. More than a score of persons were killed and great suffering is being experienced today as the result of a scries of .'tonus and tornadoes which swept the middle western stats during the last two days. The property damage is esti mated at more than 51.SOO.000. Revised reports of Saturday's tor nado in Wseon-in, "ear the Illinois state border, show that twelve persons and a large number of vessels on Lako Michigan, were beached. The storm was the worst that has been experienced in this section of the country in many years. Three pi rsons perished in Chicago from tlte cold weather ami the hos pitals are filled with victims of the unusually low temperature. All Indications point toward a gen eral tie-up of all lake shipping, for several weeks to come, on account of the extremely cold weather. Forecast of Winter. Washington, Nov. 13. A touch of winter will be felt practically over the entire country this wide and there will be many sudden changes In the weather, nccordlng to weekly forecast issued by the weather bureau. "The present week," says the bul letin, "will be one of pronounced weather changes and low tempera tures over practically tho entire coun try. The cold wave that now covers the middle west, will advance rapid ly eastward and give the lowest tem peratures of the season. An exten sive disturbance that Is now off the North Pacific coast will advance slow ly eastward and be attended the first part of the week by stormy weather In thu North Pacific states. It was across the Rocky mountain Tuesday. Fireman Killed. Teorla, Ills., Nov. 13. Chester Mooberry, a fireman, was killed and two others were Injured In a fire which destroyed the National hotel this morn'ng and sent seventy guests flee'ng Into tho streets In their night clothing. -The loss is one hundred thousand dollars. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1911. 11 GARBAGE ROTS Metropolis Menaced By Epi demic as Strike Goes Merrily On. USE TONS DISINFECTANT Several Regiments of Slate Militia Oi tiered to Get, Ready to Take Charge of Situation Ma.Jor f Is f irm Public Favors Strikers. New York, Nov. 13. This city is reeking with vile odors of putrid garbage and the situation is men acing the lives of tens of thousands of Inhabitants. The streets and alleys are piled high with filth and only ten scavan ger wagons are operating today. These are accompanied by a patrol wagon full of armed police. The conditions are the worst ever experienced In the city's history. The striking garbage collectors contsol the situation and wont return to work, they say, until they win their point. The east side conditions are almost intolerable. Mayor Gaynor is standing pat. Ii i known that 40,000 tons of garbage remains uncollected today. It Is reported that several New York state military regiments have been or dered to hold them. ives in readiness for duty here. Three thousand pounds of carbolic acid have been scattered through the district suffering the most, and more I ! being distributed today. A mass meeting of 3500 strikers will be held at the Coopers' union hall tonight, under the auspices of the so cialists. Public sentiment faver-- t'u. strik ers, particularly as an epidemic is fen red. ROYALTY GUARDED BY ENTIRE NAVY London, Nov. 13. Although four erui ers hav cbeen officially assign ed to escort King George and Queen Alexandria to India, where they are to be the chief characters in the elab orate durbar, the royal ship will not be allowed to get out of reach of the different Eritsh fleets. The squadrons of the homo fleet are hovering about the royal ship in the channel, the- Bay of Biscay and along the Spanish const, to see the royal party safely through that stake of the Journev and half of the Medit erranean fleet will escort the mon arch. the rest of the way to their des tination. During his absence from England, King George will conduct the affa;rs of his government by wireless teleg raphy from his ship. Ivvplrcs in Clitircli. Portland. Nov. 13. While sitting on the platform during the service of a revivalist here yesterday, Rev. H. L. Wave, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Montaville, a suburb of this c:ty, wns seized with an attack of heart failure and expired before med ical aid could be summoned. Mr. Wave had previously had trouble with his heart He was GO years of age. X. P. Kills 119. Olynipia, Nov. 13. The annual re port of the Northern Pacific Railroad company for the year ending Juno 30. 1911, has been filed with the public service commi-sion, and it is shown that this company was responsible for the death of 119 persons while were injured. This number In cludes the persons killed in Washing ton only, and but two were pa-sen-gers. Girl Vrl-xincr Suicides. Everett, Wash., Nov. 13. Mrs. Letha Lamara. the fifteen year old wife of Louis Lamara. a Greek, com mitted suicide in the county jail here yesterday by choking herself with a piece of rope. Lamara and his wife were arrested November. 2 and were being held pending Investigation of their conduct. Capital Winter Season 0cns. Washington, Nov. 13. With the re turn of President Taft to Washing ton and opening of winter season, congressmen from all sections nre flocking Into the capital after their vacations. New Lender Chosen. London, Nov. 13. In a caucus to day the British conservatives approv ed the selection of Andrew Law. as successor to Balfour, as conservative leader. SINKS ACCI SKD MATRICIDE ATTEMPTS SlfClDK Portland, Ore., Nov. 13 -Jlil-da Johnson, the young woman domestic, who is being held by the officers on a charge of kill ing her illegitimate two days old baby, attempted to commit suicide today in her cell in the county Jail, by opening an ar tery in her arm, with a safety I'in. She had lost considerable blood when discovered, but will recover. 8 PROBABLE JURORS IN McNAMARA CASE Judge Bordwell Rules Favor of Defense Once in General Otis' Severely Criticized for Intention to Dedicate Monument Before Trial Begins. Los Angeles, Nov. 13. With three permanent and three temporary ju rors in the box, the McNamara trial resumed today with District Attorney Fredericks striving to eliminate Alex ander Gribling, a civil war veteran, who said he had been swindled by the Los Angeles Times and dinn't favor circumstantial evidence. Fredericks challenged Gribling for implied bias and after Clarence Dar row said the prosecution was simply trying to save a perempti ry challenge. Judge Bordwell diisalloned the chal lenge. It Is expected the sixth panel will be drawn this afternoon as only nine of the fifth are loft. Both sides are exercised over the announced Intention of General Otis to dedicate a monument to 20 of the 21 persons who lost their lives In the Times explosion, next Wednesday. It s admitted that this will revive tho hard feelings, engendered by the original charges and counter charges and also make it more difficult to se cure jurors. Even General Otis' friends are rriticizing him. Robert Burdette, the preacher whose funeral oration caused a dis t'net sensation, because of the lan guage used to denounce organized la hor and its officers, will make the chief address at the dedication. The defense passed T. J. Green n stock raiser who was being interro gated by the prosecution when lunch eon recess was taken. MEAT TRUST MEN FACE IMPRISONMENT Chicago, Nov. 13. Hen meat trust barons, today are facing a fine of t'i. 000 and nyear in jail, each, for an al leged monopoly, in restraint of trade, as a result of nine years of investi gation by the government, which has railed them to trial here under the I Sh.-rman Ami-Trust law November j t The government expects to prove I its case through the testimony of j thirteen proniinet railroad men who were subpoenaed today to take the! v. itness stand w hen the trial opens. Among the defendants, are Louis Swift. Edward Swift, Ogden Armour and Edward Morris. They plead "not guilty."' PENDLETON-BAKER GAME ENDS SEASON OF FOOTBALL IN EASTERN OREGON Bringing the football season to a climax in eastern Oregon just as the ' Harvard-Yale game does in the east, as the Stanford-California game does j on the coast and as the Oregon-Washington game does in the northwest, is I tlie Pendleton-Baker game which will be played at Round-l'p Park next Fri day afternoon and over which the lo cal football world is all agog. Since ages remote when the inflat ed pigskin first became a part of the academic curriculum in this part of the commonwealth, the annual clash on the gridiron between the stalwarts of the Pendleton and Baker high schools has been paramount in inter est and enthusiasm for the reason that there nre no colleges in eastern Oregon and hence the high school ! teams must act na the safety valves for the relief of the high pressure among tho fans. Rivalry Is Intense. Intense rivalry exists between tho two schools and for their battle each year their teams are carefully groomed. All other games may be lost without a grimace but the defeat In this contest is a dose so bitter that Calling cards, wed ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to order at the East OregonJan. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. NO. 72G8 Steamer Washington Stuck On Treacherous Columbia River Bar. 2 OF CREW MEET DEATH Torrents of Ituin Driven by Terrific Gale and Angry Surf, Defeat All Efforts Made to Reach Stranded Vessel. Portland. Ore., Nov. 13. Stranded one hundred yards off the shore of Northead, near the mouth of the Co lumbia river, two members of her crew carried to their deaths by be ing washed overboard by a mammoth wave and the surf chopped to a ter rific state with little hope of the In creasing gale subsiding, it seems cer tain that the steam schooner Wash ington with forty-eight other mem ber sof her crew and passenger car go are doomed to destruction. A torrential rain, driven by a ter rfic gale, has driven back all at- , tempts of the life pavers of Point Adams and Cape Disappointment, to reach the distressed vessel and other craft cannot get within even hailing distance of her. The lifesavers are desperately trying to shoot a line to the ship, but their efforts at noon to day had been without success. The Washington left Portland Sat urday for San Francisco, laden with lumber and a passenger list of thirty. She struck on the Columbia rivn- bar yesterday afternoon oner leaving As toria. Those who sailed from Portland on the Washmgton Saturday night were: Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Pangle, H. S. Pangle, 14 years of age; Coleman Duell, J. II. Stanner, M. J. Grattinger, J. W. Gillespie, J. Doyle, Alaska; D. H Eastabrook, Ed Nelson, A J. Smith, Charles W. Wright, S. E. Ken dall. M. L. Vanhorn, Theodore Curd, Wallace Warren, Earl Young, Ed win J. Williams, Martin Branty. M. MeVittie. R. E Ross. L. R. McCoy, Ed Wade and John West. It is impossible to obtain the ad dresses of the passengers' except those noted. Sure Death Apjtarcnt. ' North Head, Ore., Nov. 13. It looks like many. If not all, aboard the Washington will perich. The steamer's fires are out and she is helpless. The gale is blowing the ship toward the rocks of the Head. Life savers will shoot a line as soon as she is within distance, hoping to rescue the people by breeches buoy. Captain Stuart and lifesavers to day carted a big isle gun to the beach from Fort Canby and are ready this afternoon to shoot a line to tho Washington at the turn of the tide. The weather is moderating and v bile the chances are slim for rescue, and launches this afternoon, they will make a trial with the gun. The vessel is holding together Fplendidly ami is drifting toward shore. Several of the passengers were en route from the races at Spokane. This afternoon the gale dropped from forty-eight to th'rty miles an hour. Through glasses a few passen gers can be seen once In awhile in (Continued on page eight.) tho essence of gall and wormwood is a honey brew in comparison. It so happens this year as in many past years that the approaching game will in oil probability decide the cham pionship of eastern Oregon. Certain ly if the local gladiators get the vic torious margin they can fly the champion flag but if tho boys from the mining town are the conquerors, their title to high honors In this part of the state 'will be disputed by La Grande because of the scorless game, which was played last Saturday. For Friday's contest, the local school is making extensive prepara tions for one great day. A gigantic rally will be held Thursday night so that the townspeople may bo propely appaised of tho event of the morrow and that rooters may be in-tilled with the proper amount of enthusiasm. An automobile parade to take place Just before tho game is also being arrang ed and the students have yet other stunts by which they intend to ad vertiso their most Important struggle of the year. HUMAN LADEN SHIPJO SINK