Y EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITIOF) WEATHER REPORT. Rain or snow tonight or Wednesday'. Largest, paid circu lation of any paper to Oregon, enut of Port land and nearly twice the circulation In Pen dleton of any other newsiaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24. PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 19 1 1 f Willi jj-'-'agJII'WEOttY LA FOLLETTE WILL QUIT RACE ONLY FOR A REAL PROGRESSIVE HUSI UE POLICIES SIMILAR 10 HIS OWK Proposed Withdrawal Start of Boom for Roosevelt Is Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. Unless some bargain Is arranged with form er President Theodore Roosevelt, whereby tho colonel will make some public declaration of political prin ciples to which United States Senator La Follette can consclenclously sub scribe, Senator La Follette will posi tively not withdraw from the race for the republican presidential nomina tion and will enter the convention at Chicag"b against all comers. This in brief Is the situation today In the pro giesslve republican camp, following yesterday's practical general demand of his supporters that La Follette quit the race. Sock Roosevelt Bargain. A number of leading progressives today are trying to bring about cor respondence between Colonel Roose . , ,, .. . , velt and Senator La Follette, hoping, lllill Hie vuiuiici Will uui-ictl w along lines that are similar to those followed by La Follette. To Use It Against Tuft. Should such a declaration come from Colonel Roosevelt opponents of the renomlnatlon ot President Taft will use It to further the fight against a second term for the president. Senator La Follette today said that he was a standard bearer of principles and not an Individual and that no circumstances would cause him to Join the ranks unless a new leader publicly binds himself to truo pro gressivelHm. Only Ono Supjorer Loyal. Practically only on big political flguro today stands loyal to Senator La Follette. Ho is Governor John son of California, who says he Is pledged to support him and will re main loyal until La Follette releases him.' pcacrtiiig to Roosevelt. In a statement Issued from the La Follette headquarters today It was j admitted that Senator La Follette's friends were deserting him and turn' lng to Roosevelt. The statement said portly: "Senator La Follette claims before he consented to make that the fight, he had every assuranco from panics of this country, accused of Colonel Roosevelt, that under no , overcharging the public, are under conditions would he, Roosevelt, be a investigation today by the interstate candidate In 1912. I commerce commission and plans are "As reasons for President Taft's ( being mado for their prosecution by retirement grew. Indications of pro- ( the government. Wholesale viodation jrresslve strength developed and a of the law are alleged against the Roosevelt boom launched. big firms operating in New York, "The crisis was reached when many Chicago nnd San Francisco. Heavy who had pledged themselves to Sen-1 fines will be asked by the commls ator La Follette, suddenly announced s!on If the companies are found guil tho discovery that La Follette could ty. not win and the nation demanded I . . Roosevelt. Attack on press Had Break. "Tho first break carao Friday night, when Senator La Follette, who was suffering from a shattered nerve system,' committed what even his most loyal friends admit was a grlovl ous political blunder, by attacking, without discrimination, tho press of the nation." Cat Starts Fire. New York. Feb. 6 Miss Mary McDonald, 78 years old, waa fatally burned whon her cat overturned a small oil stove todpy, igniting its fur. Tho eat ran wildly about th houso, its coat aflamo, setting fires In half a dozen rooms and dashed against Its mistress, igniting her clothing. Another aged woman, Mrs. Roso Murphy was so seriously burn ed that she will die. The property loss from the fire was small. Texns Has Snow Storm. Laredo. Texas, Feb. 6. Snow Is re ported from four to six Ip-"" 'leP on the level of the LamDsas and Monterey. Mexico today. This is the first snow in that section In years. STATE SENATOR SINXOTT CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE Portland, Feb. 6. (Special.) State Senator N. J. Slnnott of The Dalles, who is here today, announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for congress, from the new eastern Oregon district. His formal declaration will be fllod next week. Others In the field are George Cochrane and John Rusk of La Grande. T. R. IS BUI HOT REGRETFUL Intimated That Another Can Push Progressive Movement Oyster Bay, Feb. 6. Colonel Roosevelt today expressed sympathy regarding Senator La Follette's Illness. He said: "One man may retard or advance the progressive movement but the movement Is not dependent on one man or group of men. It is bound to be successful." ' Fight for Principle Unhurt. New York, Feb. 6. Ames Plnchot, brother of Gifford, today discussed the progressive republican nomination imbroglio, saying: "Many supporters of Senator La Follette feel that Colonel Roosevelt Is not as fur advanced as Senator La Follette, in progresslvelsm but It Is clear that they ngree on the funda mentals and, above all, have the same conviction that country belongs to the iiu iiiub tiiw Vt mucin tuuai bj an ,nstrument for t, eopie.a ben. .....J V, U . . . . . . cfit "Senator La Follette's withdrawal would mean simply thut the progres sives realize, that owing to the de mand for Mr. Roosevelt and on ac count of Senator La Follette's health, he 'cannot accomplish the purpose. nuh him out, the progressives could continue the old fight for tho principle, under a new leader. "Nothing to Say." New York, Feb. . Despite all pleas to ascertain whether Colonel Roosevelt would run now that there Is a big chance of sAiator La Follette dropping out of the race, Mr. Roose ve'.t still has "nothing to say." West Still For 1a Follette. Portland, Ore., Feb. 6 Despite the setback for Senator La Follette's boom In the e;ist, petitions to place his name on the ballot for the Oregon April primaries are circulating in West Const States will stmt In Tnrt. land this week and in eastern Oregon soon. PROBE OF OVERCHARGES OF EXPRESS COMPANIES ON Washington, Fob. 6. Express corn- MONTGOMERY GUILTY OF SIMPLE ASSUALT C. L. Montgomery, who was tried yesterday on a charge of assaulting Ong Tong with a' deadly weapon, was neither convicted or acquitted of the chargo when the Jury reported yes terday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The verdict brought in pronounced ths defendant guilty of simple assault, thrt penalty for wh'ch is not severe The young man has i ot yet been sen tenced. The time of the court has been ta ken today with the cas eof the State vs. Harry Brltt. tho -Jcfendar.t being a bartender at H?.ix charged with n;ault with a dangerous weapon i;p on tho person of Joe Bannister. Tie evidence shows that .It ring disturb ance In Gua Arp's sa'.o .n at Helix l.iot Ji'ly, the defendant struck Bannh: ,? twico wilh a' "billy club." The d. -fri'so Is trying to Oo ablish that Biitt struck the blows only after tn.i .rjm b'alnlng. witness ha i mads several M.ieais (nil naa ctun.pted to them out. Carter & Smythe sent the, defendant carry rpre- TONG WARRIORS RESORT TO USE OF DYNAMITE,' During the past year the board of San Francisco, Feb. 6. Dynamite today entered into the fight among the Chinese Tongs here when repre sentatives of the Hop sing tong plant ed one hundred dynamite caps and lit a slow fuse in an attempt to slay Duh Wah, secretary of tho Sen Suey tong. Another Chinese found the death machine and extinguished it. It means that the war will branch out and Include a general fight among the tong men on the Pacific coast. THIRTY-TWJ LABOR LEADERS INDICTED FOR CONNECTION WITH IudiunupoliH, Iml., Feb. fl. Bulletin Thirty-two Indictments against prominent labor leaders were- this arterooii returned by tho federal graiu jury which has for several months been probing the alleged nation-wide dynamite, conspiracy. It is announced that at Jeast forty labor leaders are Involved In tho indictments. The Indictments charge the men with "Conspiracy to violate the Unit ed States laws, by transporting ex 34,000 TROOPS HELD BY U. 3. To Be Sent to Mexican Bor der Unless Situation There .Clears Warships Also Sent to Southern W. ters Rut Officials Evudo Giving Definite Reason. Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. Thirty four thousand United States troops today are under arms and are ready to start immediately, upon receipt of orders from the war or state depart ments, for the Mexican border to protect American Interests which are Jeopardized by the hostile political situation in President Madero's coun try. Five thousand American troops are already in Texas and close to the Mexican border and should the other troops be ordered out, the United States government would have forty thousand men to keep the Mexicans from violating the American neutral ity laws. President Madero has not as yet made a reply to President Taft's ulti matum that fifty American prisoners must be released Immediately and that a bullet from a Mexican gun, falling on tho north side of the Rio. Grande will be sufficient cause for actionby American troops. Announcement was made here to day that the South Atlantic fleet of warships are now under orders to sail for Guantanamo, off the coast of Cuba. In explaining the orders, the state department this morning said that it was possible that some of the ships might be ordered to proceed to New Orleans to participate In the Mardl Gras celebration. Seattle Troojwj Ready. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 6. Colonel Jackson, commandinfg the Twenty fifth infantry, today was notified by the war department to be ready to go to the Mexican border on short notice. BRITONS THANKFUL FOR RULER'S RETURN London, Feb. 6. Accompanied by Queen Mary, King George attended a special thanksgiving service at St. Paul's Cathedral today to celebrate their safe return from India. The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated assisted by most of the high digni taries of the Angeliean church. It was the most imposing ceremony held since the coronation. At Temple Bar, the western boun dary -of the city, there was a short pause in the march to enable the Lord Mayor to present the city sword and key-! to the king. A distinguished congregation lis tened to the impressive service which opened with tho national anthem andi closed with the hymn "Now Thank I Wo All Our God." A man at the piano! It's a kind of fancy work. COMMERCIAL CLUB ELECTION LOOKS PEACEFUL; MAY BE HARD Though the general indications point to a quiet election nt the annual meeting of the Commercial club to night, it is barely possible that a spirited contest may be waged tor control of the board of managers. What gave evidence of being a very loving and peaceful session may be thrilled with more or less excitement because of the apparent efforts of tho ,nt ,h .tronm of elh nnltMc, managers has been very independent and progressive in its handling of subjocts relating to the electric com pany and other public service cor porations. Seemingly there are par ties who would like to change this status of affairs and so would love to bring about the defeat of ot least one member who is proposed for re election to the board. The man they are after is Dr. C. J. Smith. For the presidency of the club It Is conceded that W. E. Brock, present DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY plosives on passenger trains engaged In Interstate commerce" and with "concealment of their knowledge that felonies had 'been committed." W. E. De Larm' Controlled Telephone Line In This Section Orchard Company Headed by lllin Is Defunct' und He is Mysteriously Missing. Pendleton has been connected with the latest sensation in wildcat finan ciering by reason of the fact that W. E. De Larm, head of the defunct or chard companies in Washington, for merly operated here, having several years ago secured control of the tele phone line running out of 'Pilot Rock and of which W. L Thompson and Herbert Boylen are now at the head, and having at the same time contract ed to take over the Butter Creek line. At that time, according to Dr. C. J. Smith who is interested in the But'er Creek line, he declared his intention of paying for the system by the sale of orchard land bonds. The Mrs. C. Kirk Swafford mentioned in the fol lowing dispatch la well Remembered here for her connection with the Pilot Rock telephone system. Following Is the dispatch which tells of the latest development In the case now att.i(.l lng attention: Is Mining. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 6. W. E. Lc Larm, the missing head of the Insolv ent Columbia River Orchard company and the Washington Orchard Irriga tion & Fruit company, also went in to the telephone business and operat ed it as a side line for his orchard lands enterprise. Mrs. C. Kirk Swafford, of this city. held 110 of the 120 shares of the !n- terstate Telephone company w:th headquarters in Pendleton, Ore., and j when seen at her home here said that j In October, 1910, she sold her interest In the telephone company to DeLarm for $15,000, for which De Larm gave her an agreement In escrow to run one year. She said De Larm issued $20,000 in telephone bonds and with $8500 of these bonds and $7500 of bonds of the International Veneer company a Centralia project headed by De Larm, made a contract with George Armstrong, of Spokane, and H. H. Humphrey, of Portland, for lands In Grant county, this state, con stituting part of his orchard land scheme. When the escrow agreement expir ed the telephone company went into the hands of a receiver and the Kenno wick bank, which was a creditor to the extent of $8000, bid the proper ty. All Mrs. Swafford got out of her jicui was iouu in teiepnone Donas. TEN KILLED IN TWO QUAKER STATE ACCIDENTS McKeesport. Fa., Feb, 6 Five were killed and twenty-five injured today when a street car got beyond controll and jumped the tracks. Five at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 6. Five were killed and five injured In a gas ex- plosion at the home ot John Darzaw I nt Baker today. vice president, will have the inside track. Seemingly ho will have no op position. The same Vecms to apply I also to Jack Keefe, the paid secre tary. Dan P. Smythe, president of the club, has declined to seek a reelec tion and several members of the man aging board have also declared them selves as anxious to give way to oth ers. Of thoso very prominently men tioned for places on the new board the following may be named: Q. M. Rice, Dr. C. J. Smith, R. H. Wilcox, Clarence Bishop, W. L. Thompson. H. D. Gray, J A Borie, A J. McAllister, H. W. Collins, W. , J. Clarke. J. P. Winter, Leon Cohen, R. Alexander, L. G. Frazlcr and E. J. Murphy. Of these men, Messrs. Rice, Smith, Thompson, Gray, Winter and McAl lister are members of the present board. The officers elected this evening will begin their terms tho first of March. NO. 7311 MEL MM ANNOUNCES HER DISCOVERY OF WILL ilER 1 Acquitted On Charge of Forging Similar Document, Will Offer Latest Find , For Probate FOUND BURIED IN ALLEY Declares Conversation Between Dr. Watts and Wife Over heard by Herself, Led to Search That Revealed Type written, Age Yellowed Paper in Rusted Box. Mrs. Mabel Young Warner, who was acquitted Saturday night on a charge of uttering a forged will to the estate of her uncle. James W. Young, today announced publicly her possession of another .will, which she declares is the last will and testament of her unc'.e, and her Intention to of fer it for probate as soon as she can secure her witnesses to establish the validity of the signatures. This Is one of the three wills which the prosecu tion demanded be produced during the course of the trial and which the defense admitted having but refused to produce. This will, according to Mrs. War ner, was found by her in a metal box buried under earth artd rubbish back of the Farmers' Bank of Weston last August following a -conversation which she overheard between Dr. F. D. Watts and his wife, who are now in possession of the bulk of the Young estate. "It was not found by Lou Hartman, the, detective," she Htateri this morning, "as some people be-1 ee. but aft;-r I found it. I called the Hartman Detective Agency and through that agency the wholo affair has been cleared." Will Is Exhibited. A representative of the East Ore- eonian called upon Mrs. Warner at her home on Lilleth street this morn ing and was allowed to examine the box and the will and waa told the story in connection with its appear ance. By the isde of the box laid a .32 caliber Colts revolver, loaded and ready for action, which Mrs. War- ner declared she kept by her bed at night and on her dining room table by day. Rox Is Old and Rusty. All of the claims of Mrs. Warner are substantiated by the appearance of the box and document. The box Is made of heavy tin which is coated with rust and rusted through at the edges. The lock and handle la lying inside the box, Mrs. Warner explain ing that they dropped off when she had first opened the box after the discovery. The will is typewritten on four pages of paper which is yellowed COMMITTEES NAMED FOR LIBRARY BALL Committees for the annual library ball to be given in the Eagle-Woodman hall February 13, have been an nounced as follows: General arrangements Mrs. Sam uel P. Sturgis,. Mrs. James A. Fee, Mrs. G. M. Rico, Mrs. George Hart man. Jr.. Mrs. C F Colesworthy, Mrs. T M Henderson, Mrs Norbourno Berkeley, Mrs John F. Robinson. Mrs. Edwin P. Marshall. Tatroncsses Mrs. William F. Mat look. Mrs. James A. Fee, Mrs. C. F. Colesworthy, Mrs T. C. Taylor, Mrs. A. J. McAllister,' Mrs. W. L. Thomp son. Mrs. F E. Judd. Mrs. J. I... Dickson, Mrs. C. P. Bishop. Mrs. Ed win P. Marshall. Mrs. Norbourne Berkeley, Mrs. G. M. Rice, Mrs. L-vanir FVji zier Miss Fleek, Mrs. Robert Forster. Decoration Mrs. A. C. Hampton, .nr.. r. W Phelps, Mrs. Nesmith Ankenv". Mrs. R. E. Ringo, Mrs. W i.- rr.,iTt Mrs J P. Winter. Miss Laura D. Nash. Refreshments Mrs. Norbourne llerkelev. Mrs. John F. Robinson. TV. nnnr coffee Mrs. Mary La Dow, Mrs. Mary J. Lane, Mrs. H. B. Johnson. Mrs. R. Alexander, Mrs-. E. J. Sommervllle, Mrs. T. M. Stark weather, Mrs. George Clark, Mrs. Lee Moorhouse, Mrs. H. E. Bickers, Mrs. H. D. Jones. Assistants Mrs James Johns. Mrs. J. F. Robinson, Miss Adna Raley, Mrs. Thomas Vaughan, Mrs. I. U. Temnle. Mrs. William Moore, Mrs. Charles Bonney, Mrs. J. E. Jerard Mrs E. T. Wade, Miss Una Smith. Punch Mrs. George Hartman, Jr.. Mrs T. M. Henderson, Mrs. Edwin P. Marshall Assistants Mrs John Hailey, Jr.. Mrs. Thomas Thompson, Mrs. B. S. Burroughs Mrs. F. E. LIvengood, Mrs Adolph L. Schaefer. Mrs. G. I. La Dow, Mrs. E. T, Wade, Mrs. Wil liam McKlnney Floor manager Mr. Frank Frailer. BEHIND WESTON BANK with ag? and wliloh has worn through in the creases. The document had a double covering, the first having been torn off, Mrs. Warner says, by a Wal la Walla attorney but It has been kept and is in the box witti the will. Be sides the will, the only papers in the box are two notes, one for $600 and one for $1100, made payable to J. W. Young and bearing the signature of F. D. Watts. These were enclosed n an unsealed envelope backed with the name of Mrs. Nora Watts. Mrs. Warner Principal Heir. By the provisions of the will,' Ma bel Young Cain, which was the name" of Mrs. Warner at the date in the will, October 8, 1904, is made the principal heir, being given all of the property in Weston, the three-quarters section of wheat land, ilie Young water rights and all of the rest, resi due and remainder of tho property above certain other bequests speci fied. Her brother, Fred Young, is given $5000, that amount being writ ten with a pen after a typewritten "$3000" had Utea. cros.-d out. .Td... Nora Watts and Grace Rodgers, nieces of Young and the heirs by the accred ited will, is given one dollar each and , all other heirs- at-law one dollar. To his sister, Caroline Phillips, a silver spoon belonging to their mother is bequeathed. Provides for Lady ITiend. The bequest to Mrs. Warner is made subject to the following ex press charges, "I direct the above named devisee, Mabel Young Cain, to pay from the proceeds of the property devised to her the sum of $20 per month to my esteemed friend, Mrs. Clara Pickard of Walla Walla as long as said Mrs. Pickard shall live." Mrs. Pickard, according to Mrs. Warner, was to have been the fourth wife of Young and has letters now showing that she was to have been provided for. Executor nnd Witnesses. Dave .Lavender Is named as execu tor without bonds and ho is directed, In case he should need legal counsel, to employ Charles H. Carter of this city. The will is signed by J. W. Young and witnessed by Peter West and L. Ilunziker, both deceased, and the signatures have all the appear ance of being genuine. Mrs. Warner states that the widow of Peter West has acknowledged the signature, as have others who knew It. Other provisions of the will are that a monument to cost not more than $200 be erected over the grave of his first wife, Naomi B. Young, that Ivs body be buried by the side of his second wife, Hannah Young, who was the mother of Dr. Watts, and that E H. Ilenncsy, a Walla Walla undertaker, will act at his fu neral and inter his oody in a metal lic casket. Mrs. Warner's Story. In explanation of her side of the long fight, Mrs. Warner told her story in detail and a part of It bearing on the new will Is given below: "I believe that the Knox will, un der which I was tried last week, was a genuine Instrument but I never have believed that it was the last will drawn up by Uncle Jim," sho said. "JFrom conversations I hive had with many people intimate with him, I was convinced that be had drawn up a later will but I suspected all along that It had been hidden or destroyed by Dr. Watts nnd B. B. Hall. You heard the testimony last week of Dick Gerberding that o:i the Sunday night he saw Watts, Hall and another man. (Continued on page five.) CONSIGNS NON-SINGING SINGERS TO SING SING "Any man who can sing and won't sing ought to oe in "Sing Sing," said Rev. Evan, evangelist, at the Baptist church last nignt wnon again he spoke to a full house. A large number of men were pres ent last night and many fae vhlch have not been seen In church for a long time aro being seen every night. Mr. Evans spoke on Peter's back sliding. No one left the houso until the service was over. There were thoso who made a start for a better life. ! ; I J1