EVENING EDITION
evening EDiTion
TO ADVEIITISERS.
The Kast Oregonlan bu
the largest pnld circulation
of any paper In Oregon, east
of Portland and nearly
twice the circulation In
Pendleton of any other
newspaper.
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and Sat
urday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. '
PENDLETON", OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY" 23, 19 1
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CONSPIRACY IN
U.S. TREASURY
Plan to "Give Guggenheim
Trust Monopoly On Refin
ing of Coin Metal.
PLOT APPROVED BY TAFT
Socialist Congressman Start Move to
Air Grali lCxpoaed by Chemist in
Frisco Mint Which Is to Surfer By
Deal.
Washington, Feb. 23. Quoting em
ployes of the San Francisco mint, In
their declarations that officials of the
United States treasury department,
conspired with the Guggenheim
Smelter trust to turn over all the re
fining of silver and gold' used in
coinage to the trust, Congressman
Berger today Introduced a resolution
in the house demanding a full lnves
tlgation of 'the alleged conspiracy.
California representatives, who are
trying to Bave the appropriation for
the San Francisco mint, are expected
to aid Congressman Berger.
Taft Approved Plot.
San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 23.
Charges that the Guggenselm Smelt
er trust, through conspiracy, planned
to control the refining of all coinage
metals In the country, were made
first by Harold French who resigned
as chemist of the San Francisco
mint. In order, he said, to make pub
lic the facts of the case.
He declared that preparations are
being made to close the mint here
as a part of a plan to deliver the re
fining of J175.O00.O00 annually to the
Guggenheim American Smelting and
Refining company.
He charged that the Morgan-Ald-rich
interests induced President Taft
to approve the net of discontinuance
of gold coinage at San Francisco in
March, 1912.
USRON ROYALISTS CHARGED
FOR MANUEL DEMONSTRATION
Lisbon. Feb. 23 Cheering for King
Manuel and Pope Plus, hundreds of
monarchists paraded the streets to
day. When ordered to disperse they'
refused until the military charged,
scores receiving bullet wounds.
0.-W. R. & N. TRAFFIC
HELD UP BY SNOW
All traffic on the main line of the
O.-W. R. & N. between here and
eastern points has been held up dur
ing the day by a snow blockade In
the mountains near'Kamela. How
ever, the plows have been at work
and reports Just before press time
stated that the tracks had been
cleared and the trains put under way
again.
The last train through lust night
was the fast westbound mall but the
blockade caught No. 5 at Kamela
No. 6 and No. 10, east bound, were
held at Duncan and Meacham this
morning awaiting the clearing of the
tracks. No. 5 running ns a special
of No. 17 and No. 17 regular are due
to arrlvo In the city somewhere about
three o'clock and unless further
storms occur, It Li anticipated that
the tracks will bo kept clear.
Big row over nothing much among
the hlgher-urs In the army; they've
little else to do.
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM
AGAIN DEFEATS
Duplicating their victory of a one
point margin here last week, the
Tendleton high school basketball
players last night won tho first of
their games In Union county, defeat
ing tho M. I. A. team of La Grande
by tho score of 82 to 31. In their
game with the same aggregation irt
this city they won out by a 28 to 25
score. As a result of their success
last night, they bid fair to retain
without challenge their claim to the
championship of eastern Oregon, as
tho M. I. A. boys are admitted to be
the best team east of the Cascades
outside of Pendleton.
According to Manager Clayton
Strain, who telephoned In the results
last night, the game was a fiercely
contested one and was undecided un
til tho final whistle blew. For Pen
dleton," Captain Jordan and Fee were
the scintillating stars,, according' to
reports, tho former playing a mag
nlfieent game a guard and the latter
by his great agility making fourteen
points for Ws team. All of the
boys were, however, In the game ev
DARROW LOSES APPOINT
Court IX'iiles Petition for Transcript
of Evidence.
Los Angeles, Feb. 23. Judge Hut
ton today denied a petition filed by
Earle Rogers, attorney for Clarence
Darrow, defender of the McNamara
brothers, asking a complete tanscript
of the evidence taken by the grand
Jury that indicted the labor lawyer
for bribery. In overruled objections
contained In a brief, submitted by
Rogers, on a statute, governing the
disposition of evidence, basing the de
cision on a supreme court finding.
Rogers gave notice of an appeal.
Judge Hutton intimated that Darrow
got his full rights. His trial will be
set next week.
ATTEL LOSES TITLE
TO JOHNNY KILBANE
Los Angeles, Feb. 23. A new
champion was born to pugilism In the
Vernon arena yesterday when John
ny Kilbane of Cleveland, O., decisive
ly outfought, outgamed and out
punched Abe Attell in their 20-round
contest and at the close was awarded
the featherweight title by Referee
Charles Eyton.
Kilbane led from start to finish,
and at no time was the result in
doubt.
Nearly 10,000 persons were Jam
med into the arena, which ordinarily
seats 8400. Fully D00O others were
turned away at the gates. It was
the greatest crowd that ever viewed a
prize fight in Los Angeles. The re
ceipts amounted to approximately
$25,000. The men fought for a
purse of $10,000, of which Attell was
to receive $6000, win, lose or draw,
and Kilbane $3500 Besides, they
agreed to divide evenly 60 per cent
of the moving picture privilege.
Attell is much displeased with the
decision and declares it would have
been awarded him had the fight oc
curred any place but In Loa Angeles
Spectators, however, Bupport the ref
eree's decision. Attell repeatedly
fought foul.
Johnny Kilbane was born and rear
ed in Cleveland. He will be 25 years
old on April 19. He Is married and
has a baby daughter. His habits are
of the best. He is the support of his
blind fatfier.
G0VERN0RSENDS C. P.
STRAIN TO TAX MEET
C. P. Strain, local county assessor,
has been honored by an appointment
ns a delegate to the convention of
the National Tax association which is
to be held in Des Moines, September 3
to September 6, Inclusive. The mo
tion of the appointment was receiv
ed this morning by the assessor in a
letter from Governor Oswald West
The honor Is conferred upon Mr.
Strain in recognition of his knowl
edge of taxation problems which
knowledge was manifested at the re
cent meeting of the state tax com
mission in Salem when he champion
ed the cause of the cow counties in
the fight which is being made to take
away the revenue derived by the
counties from public service corpor
ations and give it to the state.
PREVENT UPRISING BY
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER
Shanghai, Feb. 23. 'Whole
sale slaughter of Thibetans, by
Chinese troops Is reported in
dispatches received here today.
The troops, according to the re
port, fearing the return, of
Grand Lama, would precipitate
a general uprising, mitssacred
the Thibetans along the frontier.
CRACK LA GRANDE FIVE
ery minute of the play and It was
their puperlor gameness and stay
lng qualities that brought thorn the
victors'.
Aside from Fee, Houser was the
best point winner for the locals
having seven points to his credit
while Strain and Jordan each annex
ed four and Hampton two. Th
thirty-second and winning point was
secured by Pendleton through a ref
eree's decision, that official, who by
the way was a La Grande man
awarding Pendleton a point through
an Infringement of one of the rules
by a M. I. A. player.
Coach Asbahr did not accompany
the team on the trip and, conse
quently the local players have no of
iiciai witn mom. For that reason
news of the victory has been receive
ed with greater satisfaction for
there can now be no complaint of un
fairness.
Tonight, the Pendleton team plays
the La Grande high school and to
morrow night with the Union high
school.
75 BOYS LEAVE
FOR WALLA WALLA
Take Part In Forward
Movement of Relig
ious Men
Local Delegation to lie Banqueted
und Given Auto Tour Over City by
Business Men.
Fully seventy-five strong, the dele
gation of Pendleton boys to the Men
nd Religion Forward Movement con
ention in Walla Walla left Pendle
ton this afternoon full of enthusiasm
nd eagerly anticipating the program
which has been laid out for them in
the Garden City.
Upon arriving at th Ir destination
they will be met by business men 'n
utomobiles and will be given a spin
over the city. Tonisht they will be
anqueted and Chester Gordon, pres
ident of the high, school student body
has been chosen to respond to a toast
or them. Tomorrow they will be
taken out to the penitentiary on a
our of Inspection and the remainder
of their time will be fully taken up
so that their stay will be pleasant a
.ell as profitable.
According to reports from Walla
Walla the convention is meetlns with
11 of the success anticipated. And
the concluding' two days which will
be devoted to the boys Is expected to
be attended with even more success.
James Whitworth, expert on boys'
work,, is an interesting speaker, ac
cording to the Walla Walla Union,
nd his suggestions as to how to keep
boy clean and interested in the
best things of life, are worth the time
and trouble of any parents. One of
his statements which appeals to the
practical mind of the business man.
i the bringing of the Sunday school
from a dreaded hour of scripture and
senseless prayer every Sunday morn
ng to occupy an active parV In the
boy's life, toy taking part and leading
n the things which naturally -Inter
est the growing youngster, keeping
lim on the right track without the
boy being aware of any conscious ef
fort on the part of the Sunday school
teachers to keep him in the straight
and narrow path. In other words, to
place an antmosphcre of cleanly and
manly Christianity about the young
ter from the cradle up, with a mini
mum of preaching.
MILL OWNERS ABUSE
COTTON OPERATIVES
Keep Employees Always Hopelessly
in Debt, Says Department
Of Labor.
Washington, Feb. 23. "A family
account at a company's store usually
exceeds tho wages of the father,
mother and children and the family
is then forced to borrow money from
loan sharks to meet added debts
This Is the outstanding feature of a
report Issued today by the department
of commerce and labor, following its
Investigations of conditions prevail
lng in the cotton mills of the Caro
Unas, Georgia, Texas and other south
ern states.
Prisoners at the Atlanta federal
prison, the report says, are better fed
than ' the cotton workers. Their
homes, it is charged, are insuffici
ently heated, sanitary conditions are
bad, epidemics are frequent and their
home life is conductive to tubercu
ATTRACTIONS CHOSEN
FOR LECTURE COURSE
Preliminary steps have been taken
towards securing a lecture course for
Pendleton for next winter and If the
plans succeed some attractions of
much merit will be scheduled for the
city.
Four numbers have been selected
by those who are working on the
matter. They include Governor
Hoch of Kansas, a speaker of great
Interest, so It is said; Gunckle. famous
as president of the newsboys union
and who Is to spenlc particularly to
the Juvenile population; Borgen &
Marx, musicians; and Montavilla
Flowers, readers. Flowers and Ber
gin have appeared in Pendleton be
fore. As now planned a solicitor for the
lecture bureau will be sent here next
fall and the attractions scheduled
will be secured provided the proper
patronage is accorded.
EIGHT MIXERS KILLED
IX OKLAHOMA WORKINGS
McAlester, Okla., Feb. 23. Eight
miners met death In an explosion In
the Lehigh mine last night when fif
teen miners were entrapped. Their
bodies were recovered this morning.
T. R. Room Starts.
Seattle, Feb. 23. Plans for organ
izlng the state to secure delegates
pieageu to uoionel Roosevelt were
made by the adoption at a banquet
of progressives last night of resolu
tions seeking to perfect a statewide
movement.
U.S. NOW HAS CAUSE
TO ENTER MEXICO
Rebels Seize an American
Smelter--Two Towns
Endangered
Jnurox Is Objective Point of Large
Force of Revolutionists and Is
Without Protection.
Eagle Pass, Tex., Feb. 23. Plan?
for a simultaneous attack on Juarez
and Chihuahua are seen here today
In dispatches which say General
Cumpa and 1800 rebels are marching
southward toward Chihuahua. At
the same same time two forces are en
roi-te to Juarez.
The way for United States inter-
ventl i". was opened today by the seiz
ure of the American smelter at Aras-
so, Durango, by rebels.
Juarez Is Doomed.
El Taso, Feb. 23. Defended by
V?s.s than three hundred loyal troops,
Juarez is threatened by a force of
several thousand Vasqui.stas who tre
manhing from the south The reb
els, commanded by General Baiazar,
are determined to make Juarez the
revolutionary capital. It is believed
the town will fall without a strug
gle. Chihuahua Is isolated, through the
burned railway' bridges. The rebels
have the upper hand In many parts
of Chihuahua state and Americans
are without means of escape-.
Oroxo Reads Rclel9.
Washington, Feb. 23. General
Orozco. right hand man of Madero
at the last revolution, has Joined the
rebels and is marching on Juarez
today, heading 1400 men, according
to word received by the war depart
ment. Orozco would be invaluable,
as he knows Madero's military tac
tics. He was peeved because Madero
did not make him military governor
of Chihuahua.
PARTIES UNITE TO
PROBE MONEY TRUST
Latest I'iiuiiielul Consolidation Re-
vivos' Talk of Investigation
by Congress.
Washington, Feb. 23. A "real In
vestigation" into the so-called Money
trust Is threatened by members of the
house today, as a result of the con
solidation, in New York of the Man
hattan and Ranker's Trust Company
institutions controlled by J. P. Mor
gan and company. Despite the ac
tion of the democratic' caucus in re
jecting the Henry resolution, calling
for a probe of the monty trust, re
publicans, democrats and progres
sives announced today a plan of com
bination to force the adoption of the
resolution.
READY TO WATER
STURGIS PROJECT
All arrangements have been made
for the securing of water for the ir
rigation of the thousands of acres of
land in the vicinity of Pospect farm
according to a telephone message re
ceived this morning from J. C. Hos
kins head of the group of farmers
who recently organized to secure the
fulfillment of the project undertak
en years ago by Samuel P. Sturgis.
deceased. No details as to what the
arrangements consist of were given
but a meeting will bo held at Echo
tomorrow to discuss the matter.
According to Keefe, who was cho
sen secretary of the temporary organ
ization some time ago, the money for
this project has nlready been sub
scribed, more than a nu.lion and a
quarter of dollars in all, and ' the
project itself Is well on tho way to
ward realization.
WILSON CAMPAIGN
REACHES PENDLETON
Will M. Peterson, democratic coun
ty chairman for Umatilla county, has
received copies of the nominating pe
tltlons for Governor Woodrow Wil
son and will have them placed in cir
culatlon among local democrats with
in a few days.
From indications Governor Wilson
will prove very popular in this state
at the primary election in April be
cause of his advocacy of the Oregon
system and of other progressive re-
forms. There are many who regard
him ns the most formidable demo
cratlo opponent for President Taft,
particularly so in view of the presl
dent's recent criticisms of the direct
primary and direct legislation.
A largo number of copies of Gov
ernor Wilson's noted speech upon the
subject of the tariff, given before the
National Democratic Club of New
York, have been received here. Cop
ies of the speech may be had of Mr
Peterson or at the office of County
Judgo Maloney.
LA F0LLETTE HAS HOPES
Says It 1.4 Not Time to Compromise
on Principles.
Madison, Feb 23 'Without em
phatically committing himself but
still imp'ying that he still has hopes
of securing the nomination, La Fol
lette, in Washington, replied to a
letter of Wisconsin progressives who
had unanimously endorsed him and
thanked them for the support, then
declares the progressive platform
"must be thoroughly constructive
and uncompromising on great issues
that are to be fought out to a finish."
He said It wasn't time to compromise
on principles or men.
DICK AUSTIN WAS
VICTIM OF JOKERS
Colfax, Wash., Feb. 22, 1912.
East Oregonian,
Pendleton, Ore.
Dear Sirs: In behalf of myself and
company I would like to explain a
Joke that was played on myself and
company at Dayton Saturday night
after the show that came near ending
seriously for ah concerned. My bro
ther lodge members at Dayton gave
my company a spread after the last
show Saturday night and presented
each member of the company with a
sliver spoon with their names en
graved on them as a souvenir. My
company left Dayton for Colfax on
the early train Sunday morning and
after we had left some of my friends
in Dayton found out that the Sheriff
of Dayton was over at Colfax and
proceeded to have some fun with me
They called up the sheriff and told
him to hold the whole company as
we had come away with some silver
ware. When we landed in Colfax
both the Colfax and Dayton sher
Iffs were at the depot to meet us and
it took two hours of explanation and
long distance calls to make them see
the Joke.
A couple of representatives of the
Portland and Spokane papers were
at the depot at the time andtook it
for granted that we t?e arrested
and shot the account of it into the
papers. The Spokesman Review of
Spokane was good enough to retract
the statement as soon as they found
out the truth but some of the other
papers ai;e not so quick to print the
truth as they were to print a lie and
try to put us in wrong.
I want my friends and brother lodge
members in Pendleton to know the
truth. We have been doing a good
l.usiness since we left Pendleton and
will open up the Empire theatre in
Butte, Montana, March 2nd for an
r.definite period.
Kindly print as- much of this as
possible and right me with our friends
n Pendleton. Thanking you in ad
vance, I remain,
Yours truly,
DICK AUSTIN,
Colfax, Wash.
MULKEY STARTS T. R.
BOOM. IX OREGON
Portland, Feb. 23. Declar
ing that Colonel Roosevelt is,
in his judgment, the only re
publican that could be elected
president at the next election,
Representative F. W. Mulkey,
of Oregon, who is on the Roose
velt National committee, today
declared he is preparing to take
up an active campaign for
Roosevelt. He said that no
matter whether Roosevelt came
out as a candidate or not, that
he would put his name on tho
Oregon primary ballot. "Taft,"
he said, "is reactionary."
ASTERN ELKS MAY BE
FOR VISIT WITH
A suggestion of advertising value to
the city made by Judgo Fitz Gerald
secretary of the local lodge of Elks,
this morning and endorsed by Sec
retary Keefe of. ho Commercial as
sociation will probably be formally
brought to the attention of the lat
ter organization some time In the im
mediate future. The judge pointed
out that sometime during the latter
part of June and the early part of
July, a number of special excursion
trains bearing citizens of the east
to the annual Elks' convention In
Portland will pass through Pendle
ton and he declared that invitations
to stop for a short time in the city
would undoubtedly be accepted and
that such visits would be of more
value to the city than any quantity of
pamphlets circulated over the coun
ty. ,,
Judge Fita Gerald stated that the
local E'.ks would themselves extend
such Invitations and attend to the en
tertainment of the guests were they
not already overburdened iby their
building and the responsibility of
raising $4000 for "putting Pendleton
on the map In the big Elks' parade
during the convention.
E
One Chinaman is Killed and
Another One is Seriously
Wounded.
ASSOCIATES OF MRS. UNG
Injured Man Is Cousin of Trunk Mur
iler Victim and HaJ IKn Active in
Pushing Prosecution of Two Sus
peetctl Slayers.
Portland. Ore, Feb. 23 Two
shootings occurred last night in Chi
natown, one of them resulting in th
death of the victim and the other in
serious injury. The crimes, in the
opinion of the police, are Tong af
fairs resultant from the slaying of
Seid BIng, whose mutilated body was
found January last In the trunk in
the Seattle, Wash., depot, and for
which Mrs. Ung Goey of Pendleton Is
held prisoner.
Shue Ding, a canneryman, fifty
years old, was the victim of a fatal
shot for the firing of which the po
lice ae holding Jonfi Wah on a charge
of murder.
According to the information given
out by the police, Shue was standing
in the kitchen of a tenement in Chi
natown when John, it is alleged, op
ened the door and fired two fatal
phots at him. The police say they
have been unable to learn the cause.
Shue was not a member of any so
ciety. While Seld Wing, cousin of Seid
Bing, was on a stairway In China
town. Lee Sam, who the police say
is a Hop Sing man fired a shot which
struck Sold Wing In the hip and ser
iously Injured him. Seid Wing has
been zealous, It Is said, in the prose
cution of the Chinese who are charg-'
ed with killing Seid BIng. The po
lice have Lee Sam under arrest on a
charge of assault with intent to kill.
They state that this Is undoubtedly
a Tong affray, as the prisoners
charged with Seid Bing's murder are
all Hop Sings.
MUSIC WILL MARK
ALEXANDER OPENING
With a Grand Opening tomorrow
afternoon and evening during which
music will be furnished by the or
chestra the Alexander department
store will Install the famous S. & H.
(Sperry & Hutchinson) trading stamp
system. The orchestra will play In
the afternoon from 2 o'clock until 5
and in the evening from 7 until 9.
During the opening tomorrow all
who attend will be given a book of 10
stamps free and will be shown the
premium goods which consists of fine
cut fiass, silverware, furniture, pic
tures, bric-a-brac, etc. The premium
stamps will be given all cash custom
ers The stamps wi'.i be given to
seven per cent bonus to cash custom
ers. The stamps will ge biven to
customers in the grocery department
as well as In all other departments
of the store.
During the big opening tomorrow
special sales will be conducted on
many lines and regarding these facts
are set forth in today's advertisement
for the Alexander store.
How would It do to disfranchise,
for a while, men who won't register?
INVITED TO STOP
LOCAL LODGE MEIERS
His plan would be similar to that
already adopted by the cities of Ta
coma, nnd Baker, namely to send in
vitation to all Elk lodges asking that
their special trains be stopped for u
brief time in this city and upon ac
ceptance of such iuvitation by any
train load, provide simple entertain
ment that would interest the stran
bers and prove of benefit to the com
munity. Autos could be secured in
sufficient numbers, he points out, to
take the guests a short distance out
Into the rich agricultural communi
ties and show them how grain Is
grown In the best wheat county In
the west. Also he would have them
taken to Round-Up Park, served with
the early fruits for which this county
is famous, entertained with a few
band selections and short talks and
then returned to their train with the
name of Pendleton fixed in their
memories as a place surrounded by
resources and where opportunities
abound.
Secretary Keefo expressed himself
as heartily in favor of the suggestion
this morning and announced that he
would take the matter up with the.
association.
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NSHOOT
2 AT PORTLAND