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VOL. 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBIUT
9, 1912.
NO. 7300
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840.00QMIHERS
OUT ON SUE
Negotiations in Great Brit
ain Suddenly End and
Men Quit Work.
2,000,000 WILL BE IDLE
Compulsory legislation Will Prob
ably Ho Necessary to Bring About
SclllenMiit and ' Government Holds
Troops I tend y for Emergency.
London, Feb. 29. Nearly nine
hundred thousand miners
throughout the United Kingdom
struck this afternoon and It Is expect
ed that a million will be out tomor
row, according to reports received by
Premier Asquith, who tried to set
tle the differences. More wages are
asked by the mine workers.
Reports at a late hour Bhow that
the walkout la complete. The strike
loaders say the tie-up will affect oth
er industries and that at least one
million men In other Industries will
be thrown out of employment.
Orders for the big strike followed
negotiations between government of
ficials, mine owners and the mon for
the past week.
The coal operators absolutely re
fused, to treat with the men, who de
manded a general acceptance of a
minimum wago scale, claiming min
owners' propositions were unfair to
the men. The owners stood pat and
tho strike came with the expiration
of their working agreement.
At 5 o'clock tonight, 848 000 men
were out. .
Compulsory legislation seems the
only way of settling the great strike.
In a desperate effort to prevent, tho
paralysis of trade.
Realizing- that the country Is facj
lng a crista the government is hold
ing troops In readiness for Instant
service.
LOCAL MILL BUYS
EARLY WOOL CLIP
An interested wool sale was made
here yesterday when Clarence jishop,,
manager of the Pendleton woolen
mills, purchased the, lamb wool of the
Cunningham Sheep ,& Land company
of Pilot Rock. There are 3000 fleeces
and the lambs "have already been
shorn. The price has not been made
public but It is known that the price
paid was a slight -advance over the
price1 paid for the same wool a year
ago.
The wool purchased la to be used
In the manufacture of the product
of the Pendleton woolen mill and
shows the local mill to be not merely
of benefit from a manufacturing
standpoint but also from the stand
point of the woolgrower.
KXOX INSPECTS CANAL
. AND JI1KKS IX MID
Panama, Feb. 29. Escorted by the
engineering corps which Is construct
ing the big ditch. Secretary of State
Knox and his party today Inspected
the entire canal. Knox was nearly
mired at the gates of the dam and
laughed heartily at the figure he cut
In hip boots, as he Is a very small
man. At Colon late this afternoon
be will board the cruiser Washing
ton and . set sail for Port Llmon,
Costa Rica.
GOVERNOR WEST IS AFTER GOOD ROADS
TALK OF POLITICAL MACHINE INSINCERE
While In the city yesterday Inspect
ing tho work on the branch asylum
Governor 'West freely discussed his
read views with local friends. Tho
governor Is Inspired with a desire to
old the good roads move. He is a
man who believes In Improvements
nnd when he builds likes to build
well a fact that Is demonstrated by
the course ho takes In reference to
the branch asylum. But he Is not
Irrevocably committed to any especial
plan. . .
"I have been supporting the road
bills that have been up because they
provide for good roads. I will con
tinue to support them until soma bet
ter bills are presented. But tlf any
one can draft better bills I am ready
to give such bills my support."
As to -the state aid " provision the
governor points out several points
very much in favor of tho same. One
thing Is that a state aid Jaw will pro
vide for the taxation of all property,
not merely country, property, for road
purposes. At the present time about
two thirds the-property of the state
JUDGES NOT ABOVE
j iRECALL JOHNSON
California Governor Says
Only Bad Jurists
Menaced
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 29. Strong
arguments, favoring the initiative and
referendum and recall were made to
day by Governor Johnson of Califor
nia, speaking before the Ohio Con
stitutional convention.
He especially advocated the recall
of the Judiciary, explaining that this
measure tended to make Judges more
careful In rendering decisions.
This Is In opposition to Colonel
Roosevelt's stand on, the recall. Mr.
Roosevelt favors the recall of decis
ions. Speaking on the recall, Governor
Johnson said: "It seems a bit strange
that the opponents of the Judiciary
recall will admit that the voters have
sense enough to elect a Judge and
re-elect him, but cannot pass upon
his qualifications one, three or five
years hence.
"The argument hurled at us Is that
a Judge, under the recall, would be
swayed by popular opinion. Our re
ply Is that we much prefer him to
keep his ear to tho ground than In
the tracks of the special interests.
"Judges are but men; they have
the same blood and are actuated by
the same Impulses and by the same
bad spirits of action, as the rest of
us,
"The recall will make no weak
Judgo weaker or strong Judge less
strong.
"It menaces Just one kind of judge
the corrupt judge and he ought
to be menaced."
-Long time now between holidays
but there are St. Patrick's day and
Easter.
is exempt from paying for roads.
Without a state aid law Multnomah
county, with one third the assessment
of the state will have no way of as'
slsting In paying for permanent roads
outside of Multnomah county.
Another feature pointed out by the
governor Is the' fact that the state de
rives considerable revenue from in
direct sourse. He is of the opinion
this indirect revenue will Increase
with the future and that unless we
have state aid in road building none
of that money will be available for
road work.
That there is nothing to the charge
made against Governor West by some
that bo desires to use a state road
policy to build up a political machine
is fcost shown by the actions of the
committee which the governor re
cently named' to bring the warring
elements together. This committee
has reported In favor of a state aid
bill under which most of the road
work will be done entirely under
county control with a state highway
official acting In a 'merely advisory
capacity.
THE NOMINATION TWINS
WHICH WILL WIN?
TAMA JIM MAY v
-LOSE OFFICIAL HEAD
Washington, Feb. 29. It
was learned today that Secre
tary Wilson of the agricultural
department Is in imminent dan
ger of losing his official head,
because of the " Florida Ever
glades scandal. It Is reported
that President Taft has offered
Wilson's job to three different
men recently.
WANT ORDINANCE TO
REGULATE GASOLINE
As a result of the recent fires In
Pendleton cleaning establishments,
the city will in all probability adopt
an ordinance regulating the amount
of gasoline and other explosives
which can be stored within the city
limits. Such an ordinance will doubt
less secure the removal of the clean
ing departments of the different shops
out of the city limits or to localities
where .a fire will not Jeopardize other
property.
C. S. Wheeler, the well known pho
tographer, who owns a building ad
joining that of the Pendleton Clean
ing and Dyeing works on Alta street,
appeared before the council last night
and urged that action be taken to
safeguard his own and other property
in the vicinity of cleaning establish
ments. He declared that the pres
ent conditions keep these property
owners in a constant state of fear and
anxiety.
His complaint brought to light the
fact that the city at this time has no
ordinance such -as most other cities
have regulating the storage of explo
sives and the 'mayor referred the
matter to the ordinance committee
with instructions to draw up such an
ordinance and report it to the coun
cil. TWO ALLEGED HORSE
THIEVES ARE JAILED
Ralph McBane and Burt Pixler,
alias E. Smith, charged with having
stolen 28 head of horses from Indians
on the reservation on Tuesday eve
ning, are now behind the bars of the
local county jail, Sheriff T. D. Taylor
and his brother, Jinks Taylor ot
Athena, having traced the men to
Walla Walla, where they were picked
tip by Deputy Sheriff S. D. IlcCaaley
of that city. Jinks Taylor went to
the Garden City yesterday and return!
ed with the prisoners last night.
The horses were taken from here
to the State Line neighborhood where
they are b?lng cared for and where
they have been Identified as the Btol
en animals. Both of the accused men
are said to be ex-convicts, Pixler havv
lng at one time been an inmate or
the Oregon penitentiary, it is said.
It was learned this afternoon that
McBane Is a quarter breed Indian
which," together with the fact that the
crime was committed on the reser
vation, may take the case Into the
federal courts. Both men deny any
connection with the theft but Sheriff
Taylor believes he has plenty of evi
dence to secure their conviction. A
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With polorle to
Uold liust Twin
TEDDY GOING ON
WARPATH HIMSELF
Will Start In Ten Days
r Hunt for Scalp of
Taft
On
New York, Feb. " 29. Colonel
Roosevelt will take the war path in
ten days' time.. He will start on a
personally" conducted delegate hunt
and the scalp of President Taft. This
announcement was made this after
noon after the colonel had lunched
with Senator Dixon of Montana, who
will announce tonight that he will
take charge of the Roosevelt boom.
Previously he conferred with Me
tlf "I MoCormack, Senator Dixon and
Frank Knox, chairman of the Michi
gan state republican committee.
Hotisor Makes Other Charges.
Portland, Feb. 29. Following us.
his charge that Colonel Roosevelt
"double crossed" Senator La Follette,
Walter Houser, La Follette's cam
paign manager, today charged that
Governor Johnson quit La Follette at
Roosevelt's behest. He said the
Roosevelt boom was started in Oif
by Dan Hanna, son of the late Mark
Hanna, who was vitally interested in
the steel trust.
Johnson Not a Candidate.
Columbus, Feb. 29. Governor
Johnson this afternoon made a quali
fied statement to the effect that he
was not a candidate for the vice
presidency but that he was willing to
take it.
Johnson Treachery Denied.
Washington, Feb. 29. Bitter de
niul of a report that Governor John
son deliberately deserted Senator La
Follette in the latter's fight for the
nomination because of a promise that
Johnson would be given the vice
presidential nomination as an ex
change, was made by Congressman
Kent here today. Johnson, ' Kent
said, remained loyal after all others
had quit, and quit only when it was
evident that La Follette could not
make a go.
Governor Xames Boost Committee.
Olympia, Wash., Feb. 29. A pro
gress and prosperity committee of the
state of Washington was created by a
governor's proclamation today. It is
composed of members of each roeu-
lar commercial body of the various cit
ies. John Slater of Seattle, Is chair
man of the committee. In reality it
la simply a big state booster commit
tee. KILLS WIFE. TWO
DAUGHTERS AND SELF
. '
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 29.
Samuel Fisher, proprietor of
the Elk Tamale factory today
shot and killed his wife and
two daughters, Ruth, aged IS,
and Aileen aged 16. He then
set fire to his home, at 120
First Avenue and blew out his
own brains. Fisher was in-
sane from overwork. His bus-
lness was in excellent condition.
All were clad in their night gar-
ments.
MAH
8
HELP
Soldier of Fortune From Eu
rope to Put End to Mexi
can Revolt.
U. S. BOY HELD AS SPY
Revolutionary Army Three Thousand
Strong Starts Tonight on Postponed
March for Chihuahua Juarez in
Xo Danger.
Rome. Feb. 29. Colonel Beppino
Garibaldi, a veteran Italian soldier
of fortune sails for Mexico, from here
today, where he will take command
of the Mexican army, at the earnest
request of President Madero. He
will start an active campaign to sup
press the rebellion.
Yankee I5oy Held as Spy.
San Diego, Calif., Feb. 29. Leon
ard Xapierskie, a 19 year old Ameri
can of San Diego, charged with be
ing a spy is under arrest at Tia Ju
ar.a and is to be taken to Ensenada,
Lower California, for trial. United
States officials were denied an inter
view with him. It is said the boy
fought with the insurrectos during
the Madero rebellion.
Start for Chihuahua Tonight.
El Paso, Feb. 29. His army swell
ed to 3500, General Campa today is
making active preparations for his
march against Chihuahua, which was
scheduled for last night but postpon
ed. His boast that they will take the
city easily.
It is claimed that General Orozco
will join the rebels tonight, as his
service to President Madero expires
today.
Presider: Madero today officially
closed the custom house at Juarez
and the officials promptly reopened
it. The American custom house here
is accepting Mexican export.
When the rebels leaye for Chihua-J
hua. they wi'.l leave 200 men In the
garrison at Juarez. They don't ex
pect that President Madero will :no
lest the town for some time.
UNIDENTIFIED BODY
OF SUICIDE BURIED
Unidentified, the body of the man
who was discovered yesterday near
the railroad track between Cayuse
and Mission was brought to the city
today and Interred in the cemetery.
There is no papers about his clothes
to give a clew to his name and his
features had been so badly disfigured
by birds that it was Impossible to
secure much of a description of his
looks.
According to Coroner Folsom, he
appeared to be about fifty years old
and had red hair and a red moustache.
He was dressed in very respectable
clothes and in one of his pockets was
a good sized gold - nugget.
That he was a suicide is considered
certain In view of the fact that a bot
tle of poison was found a few feet
from the body. A chemical analysis
proved that the contents was cyan
ide of potassium, a deadly poison, in
stead of "snow" ns ' thought yester
day. The position of the body Indi
cated that the man had suffered from
severe cramps before death.
Coroner Folsom estimates that the
man had been dead four or five
months, the body being In a bad state
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CALDWELL RETURNS FROM WASHINGTON
ENCOURAGED IN
After spending two weeks at the
national capital in rho Interests of
the fight he is making for the estab
lishment ot water rights upon the
Umatilla reservation, William Cald
well returned hohie this afternoon.
While in Washington Mr. Caldwell
went over the situation very thor
oughly with officia's in the Indian
bureau, the department of the Inte
rior and the department of Justice.
He was shown every courtesy and
talked with the various officials sev
eral times regarding the situation. He
was given much assistance by mem
bers of tho Oregon delegation and
particularly by Senator Bourne and
his secretaries: Mr. Caldwell speaks
very highly of Senator Bourne and
the regard in which he U held In
Washington.
As to the prospects for having tho
rights of the Indians to water estab
lished, Mr. Caldwell Is much encour
aged. Officials promised to go Into
TEXTILE STRKE
NEAR NG
END
Lawrence Mill Owners Have
Explosive Planted in Their
Own Property.
CRUELTY IS A BOOMERANG
With Government Agents Brought by
Publicity, Textile Employers Slake
Feeble. Efforts to Stem Tide of
Turning Sentiment.
.Lawrence, Feb. 29. Early
Stlement of the strike of the
Textile workers is expected to
O fo'.low a semi-official announce-
ment that President Wood of
the American Woolen mills, had
wired from Boston, notifying his
assistants here that the strike
must be settled immediately.
It is expected the mill owners
will submit to the strikers some
kind of a compromise agree-
ment before the week end.
Lawrence, Feb. 29. That a quan
tity of dynamite, found in a train
load of goods for the American
Woolen company, was another "plant"
by mill owners to arouse the public
sentiment against the strikers was
the assertion made here today by
strike leaders. William' Haywood,
former secretary of the Western Fed
eration of miners, who is directing
the strike, said that the fact that
federal detectives are to make' an
Investigation, caused private detec
tives to rea'.ize that they had to rid
themselves of the explosives and took
this means of doing It. The strikers
are elated and declare their fight Is
almost won.
That the fight against the strikers
Is collapsing, is shown by the" scar
city of arrests, which are becoming
fewer.. On last Saturday 'forty were
arrested; Monday, thirty; Tuesday,
forty-two. Wednesday, with the
publicity given to the outrages by the -United
Press, which brought govern
ment investigators on the scene, only
two were arrested.
Today, although the strike pickets
are more active than they have been
for two weeks, not a single striker
had been arrested at noon.
The Impression Is strong, that the
millowners have found their clubbing
campaign was a boomerang and they
are pulling in their horns.
SXEAD JURY UXABLE TO
AGREE IS DISMISSED
Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 29. Un
able to agree after 12 hours delib
eration the Jury In the case of J. B.
Snead the millionaire Amarillo bank
er on trial for the murder of A. G.
Boyce. sr., was dismissed. It Is re
ported that seven stood for acquit
tal and five for conviction. Snead
shot Boyce following an argument,
over elopement of Mrs. Snead with
Boyce's son. '
Street Soflkers Arrested.
San Diego, Calif., Feb. 29. Sixteen
street speakers who attempted to
speak inside the prescribed limit, are
in jail today, making a total of 150
arrested since the free speech cam
paign started here. Twenty others
are out on bail awaiting trial.
Reward for Stolen Gems.
San Francisco Calif, Feb. 2 9. Re
newed zeal in hunting for the thieves
who sto:e the J30.000 Desabla jewels
Today Desabla offers a-$5000 reward
for the recovery of the gems.
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FIGHT FOR WATER RIGHT
the matter thoroughly and the reser
vation farmer Is of the opinion that
in time the reservation rights will be
established. Mr. Caldwell Is direct
ly interested only to the extent of se
curing water for a few hundred acres
of land he has rented. However, his
fight is of importance Inasmuch as
the establishment of his right to use
water on that land would lead to the
general establishment of the reserva
tion rights.
On going to Washington Mr. Cald
well had in mind to lay the entire lo
cal affair before the house commit
tee op expenditures In the Interior de
partment, of which Representative
Graham 13 chairman. That commit
tee Is now investigating various phas
es of mismanagement in connection
with a number of reservations.
However, the matter will not be plac
ed before the committee at present.
Mr. Caldwell taking the view that
such a course may prove unnecessary.