' EVENING EDITION
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WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and to
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cold.
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VOL. 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1912.
NO. 7359
STAIE BOARD
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NEW BRICK BUSINESS BLOCK PROPOSED
FOR MAIN STREET BY AMUSEMENT COMPANY
SIMM TO
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JfER OF AMERICANS III
VEWS
WORK
Branch Hospital Proceeding
Satisfactorily and Will Be
Model Institution.
NEW PLAN FOR BUDGET
Governor West and Colleagues Will
Establish Business System of Learn
ing Needs of Ktato Institutions
Will Have Estimates Prepared.
For the purpose of inspecting the
work on th-j Eastern Oregon branch
hospital the members of the state
board, comprising Governor West
Secretary of State Olcott and State
Treasurer Kay, together with State
Architect Knighton and Dr. R. E. L.
Steiner, superintendent of the asylum
at Salem, have been here today. They
arrived on the early morning1 train
from Portland and devoted practically
the entire forenoon to an inspection
of the work.
"The work is proceeding- splendid
ly." said Governor West, after hla re
turn to the city. Everything is mov
ing along well and with favorable
weather rapid ' progress should be
' made. When the Institution Is fin
ished it will be the best arranged and
bctl built establishment of its sort In
the United States."
"When we drafted the plans for the
Eastern Oregon asylum we moved
slowly and took care to have everyi
thing right. Dr. Steiner had visited
many of the asylums throughout the
country and had made a close study
of the needs. We had the state ar
chitect right at our command and we
were able through careful work and
planning to prepare for a model insti
tution, "Thus far we have no reason to re
gret a single feature about the plan?.
The buildings will ho thoroughly mod
ern in sanitary, fire proof, ventilated,
and conveniently arranged in every
way. There will be no waste or lost
motion because of poor arrangement."
More Work Coming. '
According to the governor it Is the
intention of the board to do awny with
all the present fences and ditches on
the asylum grounds and to work out
a complete new scheme in keeping
with the Institution. All of the brush
upon tho tract will bo cut away and
the land brought Into use for agrlcul
ural or ornamental .purposes. The
arrangement will bo along improved
lines and with a view to symmetry.
While here today tho board located
the proposed dairy barns and the
piggery. Tho dairy barn will be di
rectly in tho rear of tho power house
and between the power house and the
river. The piggery will be between
the dairy and the river. Both these
establishments will be well and mod
ernly built so as to give the best re
sults and so as to bo inoffensive from
any standpoint. Through the location
of these buildings In tho rear of the
power house the dairy and piggery
will be convenient of access yet will
he entirely hid from view.
Just what will he done regarding
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CLUB TO FURTHER
Marked by much enthusiasm, the
Roosevelt boom was formally inaug
urated In Umatilla county last night
when twenty or more admirers of the
only living ex-prcsldent met in the
office of Dr. I. U. Temple and organ
ized the Roosevelt Republican club
for the purpose of actively supporting
their favorite for the republican nom
ination for president in preference to
W. H. Taft, present lncumbenfFol
lowing short talks by nearly every
man present, Dr. Temple was unani
mously chosen as president of the
new organization, Attorney. Geo. W.
Coutts, vice president, George Strand,
secretary, and Dave Nelson, well
known farmer, treasurer.
It is the purpose of the club to en
ter at once upon a vigorous campaign
for the crystallzing of Roosevelt sen
timent In this county, and for that
purpose a committee on organization
and solicitation, consisting of Dave
Nelson, Alex Manning, Dan Bow
man, J. Li Carroll and Adam Ruppe.
was appointed. Meetings will be held
every two weeks, the next one a week
from Friday night, funds will be rais
ed as needed and every Roosevelt
supporter within the four boundaries
of the county will be enlisted in the
cause of "the greatest living Amerl
can."
Rusk Denounces Taft
Denouncing the Taft admlnlstra
E
United States Attorney Gen
eral to See Officials Are
Punished.
CRUELTY REPEATEDTODAY
Striker and 1 'a ml lies Cliargc-d and
Beaten by Trooim ami Police While
Quietly Walking; Along Street and
Many Hurt.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 28. It was
learned this afternoon that Attorney
General Wickersham is determined to
prosecute the Lawrence officials who
prevented children from leaving the
town, unless the Massachusetts au
thorities act.
Investigation Ordered.
. Washington, D. C, Feb. 28. An
official investigation of the Textile
Mill workers' strike at Lawrence, was
today ordered by the Un(ted States
department of commerce and labor.
More Brutality.
Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 28. Wives of
Textile strikers, many of them moth
ers of small children, suffered brutal
treatment again today when Troop B,
of the state militia, aided by a squad
of pollccment suddenly and without
warning charged down on 250 women
and a score of men strikers, who were
quietly walking along flssex street
and although the strikers' families
started to run to-places of safety from
the onslaught, they were overtaken
by the troops and police, many knock
ed down and several women injured.
One woman was placed under arrest,
on a trumped up charge.
While many women were hurt, the
police were somewhat disposed to
modify their tactics of Indiscriminate
clubbing of women but used their
clubs freely on the men. It is con-
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XKGltO MUIUHCKS WIFE
AT WALLA WALLA
Walla Walla, Wash., Feb. 28.
Charging that she deserted
him at Franklin, Wash., and
came here- to live with a man
named Hudson, W. J. Shaw
yesterday shot and killed his
wife.- Alice Shaw and surren
dered to the officers. All par
lies are Negroes.
Murderer Was Here."
W. J. Shaw, the negro who
killed his wtfe in Walla Walla,
was In Pendleton Monday and
tried to purchase a revolver
from Al Richardson, a local
colored man, presumably for
the purpose of committing the
deed. He left for Spokane that
same evening and Hudson, the
other man in the case, was on
the same train enroute from
Texas to Walla Walla to join
tho woman who was slain.
MEET AND FORM
ROOSEVELT'S INTEREST
tlon as a complete failure. "Jerry"
Rusk of La Grande, candidate for
congress, was enthusiastically np-
piauaed wnen he .declared that he
would rather have his ambitions
thwarted than be forced ,to "swallow
William Howard Taft" In nriW ha
elected. "God knows I want to so to
congress," he said, "and my wife and
dear 'old mother want roe to go too.
but I can't endorse a mnn like Taft
or siraotue tho fence. I am for the
things for Which Roosevplt otnn.la ar,A
I make the declaration boldly."
husk in tne course of his remarks,
called attention to the published
statement of the acmmnllnhmnnta p
tho Taft administration as made by
the locaj "standpatters" several days
ago. "I notice they say that Taft has
dissolved the trusts,'' he said. "Yes,
but such dissolution an he secured Is
an old political trick resorted to Just
before election. The people are not
concerned In the dissolution of trusts.
What they want is results, results ap
parent In the reduction in prices and
this Taft has not accomplished. To
my mind, William Howard Taft Is a
cold, pulseless man, out of tune with
present conditions and out of har
many with the body of the nation. As
the late Senator Dollver characteriz
ed him, he Is a large man entirely
surrounded, by a body of politicians.
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CZAR
If present plans which have almost
been completed are carried out, a
new brick block onthe Berkeley half
lot on the corner of Main and Alta
street will be constructed in the near
future, thus filling out the solid
brick front of Main street. Negoti
ations between Xorbourne Berkeley,
the. owner, and the Portland Amuse
ment company are well under way
looking to the leasing of the prop
erty to the corporation and the con
struction by the latter of a brick struc
ture for the housing of another mov
ing picture theater,
Mr. Berkeley stated today that the
success of the plans depended large
ly on whether or not satisfactory ar
MILTON FARMER IS
CHICAGO EMBEZZLER
Captured at Place Purchas
ed With Alleged Stolen
Funds
After living In fancied security on
a fruit farm near Milton since last
July, A. W. Montaux alias W. A. Van
Duren alius Henry Werner, wanted
in Chicago for the embezzlement of
more than $4000 from the funds of
the American Brotherhood . of Ce
ment Workers, Is in the toils of the
law. Sheriff T. D. Taylor having him
in custody here In Penitleton. Hd
was arrested last night at Milton by
Constable Propeck acting under in
structions from the sheriff.
The accused an an is alleged to have
embezzled $2,312.05 from the joint
council of the American Brotherhood
of Cement Workers and $1,812.81
from the Chicago council No. 2 of
the same order. Through the detec
tive bureau of the Windy City he
wus traced to this county "and Sheriff
Taylor was recently notified that he
was living on a fruit ranch 23 miles
from Freewaterv and was receiving
mail under the name of W. A. Van
Duren. It developed, however, that
lils ranch Is only a mile and a half
from Milton and that he purchased
it last July from a man by the name
of Martin and that he was known in
that city by the name of Henry Wer
ner.
Trying to Settle.
This afternoon, he is busy in a con
ference with a representative of the
surity company which was forced to
pay the amount of his shortage and
It Is supposed that he is making a
settlement. He admits he is the man
wanted and also that he took the
money but tells a story of himself
being robbed of a large amount of
money, which story, however, is not
believed by the officers. He ex
presses confidence that he can ad
just mutters satisfactorily but will,
nevertheless, be taken back to Chica
go to face the charges against him.
He is about fifty-five years of age,
and gray haired. He has a wife who
is staying at the home of Mrs. H.'
Loom in Milton, pending the outcome
of the trouble. According to a tele
phone message from Milton this mor
ning, he has been living near Milton
for nearly a year, having purchased
a ranch when he first arrived upon
which he paid $3500 down. He rep
resented "that he had made his money
In the saloon business in New York
and that he still .owned valuable
property In that city.
PR0HIBS ADDRESSED
BY EUGENE CHAFIN
The visit of Eugene Chafin, late
candidate for president of the United
States, yesterday was . made the oc
casion of an assembly of the stal
warts of the Prohibition party in
Umatilla county and yesterday after
noon they met In business session
and named the following men as del
egates to the state convention. F. S.
Chllders, Freewater; Guy Denney,
Jerry Stone, Oliver Dickenson, Rev.
A. Mackenzie Meldrum, all of Athena,
Rev. Flnloy, J. W. Jones, B. F. Hop
per and W. C. Hopper.
The members of the count commit
tee were named as follows: F. S.
Chllders. chairman, Dr. M'Luan, sec
retary-treasurer, Rev. Meldrum, first
assistant chairman and Mr. Faucet,
second assistant chairman.
A falrlv laree audience gathered in
the methodist church last evening
and listened to the eminent visitor
make an address, eloquent and ap
pealing, in the cause of prohibition.
Millionaire's Slayer Acquitted.
Redwood City.. Calif.. Feb. 28.
Samuel Timothy, the chauffeur who
killed Millionaire John J. Moore in a
revolver duel, was acquitted last night
by a Jury.
Blizzard Sweeps Colorado.
Denver, Colo., Feb. 28. All Colo
rado Is shivering In one of the worst
blizzards of the winter. The ther
mometer is below zero and many
trains are stalled.
rangements can be made with the
occupants of his present building, the
Horseshoe restaurant and the Reetz
barber shop. The proprietors ofthese
establishments have leases on their
rooms which do not terminate for
some little time but if they can be
induced to move for a - reasonable
consideration, the new work will
probably start soon. A definite an
nouncement will be made within a
few days.
The present building on the site, is
the only wooden building on Main
street between Water and Railroad
and "citizens will hail with delight the
positive announcement that It is to
give way to a modern structure.
LAWLESS METHODS OF
STEEL TRUST SHOWN
Made Billion Profit in
Years Controls
80 Per Cent
Nine
Washington, Feb. 28. That the so
cial functions known as "Gary Din
ners," control absolute'y the prices in
the steel industry and that United
States Steel corporation in restraint
of trade through this price control
and its domination of raw material,
are conclusions reported to the Stan
ley steel committee of the house to
day by Farquhar J. MacRae, the
committee's expert accountant.
MacKae's report was the result of
a detailed examination of the books
of the steel trust, made while the re
cords were under subpoena by the
committee. In several particulars the
report contradicts testimony given by
officials of the steel trust before the
committee.
The Gary dinners, the report says,
operate to maintain prices and ex
clude competition.
"The arrangement is designed and
intended so to operate," it continues,
"and it does so operate, to steel rails,
although it is claimed that the so
called independent companies can cut
prices without fear of penalty except
the dishonor of declaring in favor of
a named price and then selling at,
some other prices."
At the Gary dinners representatives
of the steel corporation and Inde
pendent concerns meet and agree "to
reduce their production conformably
to their estimate of the demand- ex
isting" "It can be no justification of the
co-operation of the participants in
tho Gary dinners that no penalty at
taches to a violation of the declara
tions mutually exchanged," the re
port commented, "because, perforce,
the anti-trust set would prevent the
enforcement of any penalty for re
ducing prices or exceeding one share
of the business."
The report drew the conclusion
that the Gary dinner agreements
were in reality just as binding on
steel manufacturers as the pool
agreements of the old days, which
were legislated against in the Sher
man act.
A fabulous profit was made out of
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T. R. FLAYED BY LA
F0LLETTE MANAGER
Portland, Feb. 23. Makine n di
rect charge that Colonel Roosevelt
doublo crossed" Senator La FYiIlottn
and that the senator entered tho mpo
a year ago at the earnest solicitation
oi uoosevelt and other prominent
progressives. Walter Honser mana
ger of the La Follette campangn, who
arrived here today from North Da
kota. Issued a statement thl after
noon denouncing Colonel tj
and saying that Governor Johnson of
canrornia, "flopped" to Roosevelt on
a promise of the vice presidential
nomination. He predicted that Ore
gon, Washington and California will
go for La Follette.
Ho said that if tho dm
went for Taft that Roosevelt forces
could be blamed. He asserted that
Roosevelt Is not a true progressive
and that La Follette is In the race to
stay.
MAX'S BODY IS
FOUXD IX RIVER
The body badly decomposed,
the eyes and nose pecked away
by birds and with al evidences
pointing to a suicide, a dead
man was found between Mis-
slon and Cayuse today by one
of the Japs working under
Section Moreman Mike Mor-
an. A bottle of "snow" an
opiate, was found by the side
of the body indicating self de- 4
structlon by poison. Corner Fol-
Bom was notified this afternoon
and left to secure the body. q4
MEXICO IS NOW THREATENED
President Madero, Through Underling Warns Unit
ed States Not to Cross Border
Rebels Boldly Cross Into Texas, Raid Cattle Ranch and
Give Battle to Pursuers, Four Being Killed
Marching On Chihuahua.
Mexico City, Feb. 28. Sanchez Azcona, private secretary to President Ma
dero, today issued a statement, duelaring tliat a massacre, of Americana la
.Mexico City Is iK)SsibIe If American troops cross tho border. Representa
tives of tho various foreign legations immediately conferred and planned to
unite for tho defense of foreigners in the event of such acrlsis.
Foreign diplomats are puzzled as to why the statement was issued.
President Madero declares that the fall of Juarez Is trlval and tluu Col
onel Villa would soon force the rebels to coma out and fight by starving;
them out.
WASHINGTON" OFFICIALS ALARMED.
Washington, p. C., Feb. 28. Tho administration fears a slaughter of
Americans in Mexico, which will force American invasion, as the result of an
Incendiary statement today of President Madero's secretary. President Taft,
Secretary of War Meyers and Acting
conferred protractedly, following the
ment was Issued to cause the United
a neutral zone on Mexican soil, to bo
Lodge said Mr. Taft considered the situation "very dangerous."
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 28. Boldly I a siege and will not give up the sup-
crossing the boundary, Mexican reb-
els today raided the Wilson
cattle
ranch near A'pine, Texas, stole a
bunch of cattle and engaged in battle
with Americans who pursued and
overtook them. Four invaders were
killed and Charles Tuttle, an Ameri
can, was wounded. Badly beaten,
the Mexicans recrossed the Rio
grande and escaped. Intense excite
ment prevails along the border. Tho
cowboys at the Nelson Morris ranch
across the line in Mexico, rescued to
day by a relief crowd of American
cowboys. Pasqual Brown, the ranch
manager, was wounded, and two
friend'y Mexicans were killed in yes
terday's fight, it is reported.
On to Chihuahua.
El Paso, Texas, Feb. 28. Follow
ing the- capture of Jaurez by the
Mexican rebels, the Insurgents are
preparing to march on Chihuahua to
night, with the view of capturing that
city which is the capital of the state
of Chihuahua.
The strength of the rebel army at
Jaurez was brought up to 2500 today
with the arrival of 800 troops under
command of Colonel Rojas.
The situation here is tense. The
rebels may complicate the situation
at any moment by firing across the
American line, which would be a sig
nal for invasion of Mexico by Ameri
can troops. National guardsmen are
guarding the several public utilities
plants of this city to prevent any pos
sible damage being done to them.
The situation at Juarez is somewhat
improved and street cars are again
running. Large numbers of Ameri
cans, out of pure curiosity, are visit
ing the Mexican town, despite the
warnings of American officials.
Cowboys Will Fight.
San Antonio, Texas., Feb. 2S. Al
though expecting an attack will be
made on them by Mexican rebels, the
American cowboys on the Nelson
Morris ranch, across the . Mexican
border continue to prepare to stand
their ground, refusing to take refuge
on the American side of the river.
Despite the fact' that they will be
outnumbered when the rebels return
to the attack from which they were
driven off yesterday, the Yankees de
clare that they will be able to stand
BEN OLCOTT FEELS OPTIMISTIC OVER
"Now on the Job" is the slogan of
lien W. Olcott, secretary of state who
Is a candidate for the republican
nomination to succeed himself and is
here today in connection with the in
spection of the branch asylum.
Olcott "ViU succeed himself any
stay upon the Job if his local friends,
made up largely of former Salemites,
can-'brlng about such a result. While
here today the secretary was shown
about the city by Clarence Bishop,
manager of tho woolen mill and who
has known the official for years.
As to the outlook Olcott is optomis
tic though he realizes that he has
opposition for Jiie nomination. His
opponent is Frank S. Fields, county
clerk of Multnomah county. However
there are many who predict that the
Multnomah man will bo the second
In the race when the votes are count
ed after April 19. Fields is in a bad
Secretary of State Huntington Wilson
Information. It is believed the state
States to modify Its position, regarding
policed by American troops. Senator
J plies demanded by the attacking par-
ty. Many Americans are reported to
be on the American side, ready to
go to the aid of the cowboys, should
the rebels return to the attack.
The report that three of the cow
boys were killed yesterday, has not
been confirmed today.
3 LOCAL INDIANS GO
TO FACE INDICTMENT
Indicted by the federal grand Jury
in Portland on February 24 on a
charge of taking intoxicating liquor
on the Umatilla reservation, Charley
Shapleigh, better known as Charley
Whirlwind, Jim Luke and Jim Mox
Mox. three well known local Indians,
were taken to Portland this afternoon
to answer the charges against them.
Whirlwind and Mox Mox were taken
into custody yesterday afternoon by
Deputy Marshall-W. B. Griffeth, but
Luke was not located until this morn
ing. The accused redskins waived a
preliminary hearing and consented to
make the trip to Portland without
delay.
According to Deputy Griffeth, the
arrests mark the beginning of an effort-
to break up the liquor traffic
among the Indians, which has been
going on for a long time. The tak
ing of liquor upon the reservation Is
a violation of federal laws, but the
"bootlegger" who furnishes Indians
in the city with "fire water" Is be
yond the reach of the government, al
though he Is punishable under the
city ordinance.
I.OXE BANDIT ROBS A
PRIVATE BANK OF $1,500
San Jose, Cal., Feb. 28. Boldly
entering the private bank of J. A.
Costa, an unmasked robber compell
ed Costa to go into a back room
where he he was bound. Then the
thief looted the safe of $4300, jump
ed into a waiting auto and disappear
ed in the direction of San Francisco.
The Costa bank does business mostly
with Italians. Costa was found later
by a real estate man.
situation in that he can scarcely ap
peal to either the progressive or re
actionary wing of the republican par
ty. Olcott Is a distinct representative
of the progressive element and seem
ingly will have tho support of that
element. On the other hand Fields
can scarcely ask for reactionary sup
port since he fought the assembly last
year.
However, the principal point urged
In behalf of the reeloctlon of Secre
tary Olcott is that he has been ren
dering the state thoroughly good ser
vice and should bo retained In office.
During his term thus far Olcott has
done much towards Improving the
methods In the secretary's office .and
hag been a valuable businessman up
on the state board. He is a clean cut
type of official and has been admin
istering his office without regard to
politics.