EVENING EDITION fgpiS EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. Th Kant Oregonlan hu the largest paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, cant of Portland and Dearly fwlre the rlrciilatlon In Pendleton of any other newspaper. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24. PENDLETON-, OREGON, 310 X DAY, MAKCII 18, 1912. NO. 7375 COUNT Y OFFICIAL rAVJSK. w w J y y, , m . TAFT ROAST!i PEOPLES' POWER Insinuates Presidential Pri mary Would Be Fraud and Mean Violence. SLAPS AT COL ROOSEVELT Detlurcs lHHilo Cannot Take Direct Pan in l"unet'ons of Government and Again Deplores Bitterness Against Courts Kuts Seven Meals' Boston, March 18. The pet politics or tho "peoples power') movement were roasted by President Taft here today. Addressing tho legislature ho bitterly denounced what he termed tho soap box presidential primary as an "open avenue for fraud and vio lence," unless properly safeguarded. He also took a slap at Colonel Roosevelt, whllo discussing tho re call of Judges, which Taft opposes, by asserting that Roosevelt's plan of the recall of decisions, is impossible and adding that It is impossible for the. people to directly particlpato in all governmental functions. He de plored the agitation against the courts and constitution. The defeat in the Benate of gener al arbitration has not discouraged President Tuft, he told members of tho Massachusetts Peace association. Ho Is now working on a' new plan, by which the essential features of the treaties with Great Britain and Fiance will bo incorporated in anoth er convention, which will bo framed in a manner intended to meet the senate's objections. Ho said the de tails will be withheld until the meas ure U completed. "' - He declared the constitution was the foundation of the government and de clared It- was significant that irre sponsible assaults on the constitution and courts, either In intemperato lan guage or in baseless assumption of corruption, bias and Incompetency, were made by those whose influence with any part of the people is a so rlous menace to an enduring govern ment. Ho said In part: "Ono can easily discover a tend ency In modern politics to exalt above the written law and above the writ ten constitution, what is called 'pop ular will' as if there were a higher law to which wo must admit allegi ance and, by obeying it, Ignore ot transgress the statutory and constitu tional limitations. "This heresy Is not stated exactly in the form of on assertion, that the Judges and others are to ignore the statutes and constitution because of conflicting popular will, but it Is the more Insidious proposition that tho plain construction of the statutes or constitution is to bo defeated or strained and otherwise Impossible construction put upon the language of the statute or constitution in defer ence to what Is supposed to be pop ular will." Taft Kuts 7 Meals Today. Boston, March 18. President Tafi Is a. busy man today, especially from nn ipieurnn standpoint. . Up to-noon he had gotten away with three of seven meals scheduled for today. He arrived here at seven o'clock on his "follow-up" trip through Now England in which he intends to go over tho ground covered by Colonel Roosevelt recently. Mr. Taft ale ono breakfast at the Boston City club ot seven o'clock, and another with the city officials at 9:30. The third meal was an infor mal "get together" meeting, by the Pilgrims Publicity association. After lunch he nddressed the statl legislature then reviewed the St. Patrick's day parado. He will eat four dinners tonight. Ho leaves for New Hampshire tomorrow. 3 NEBRASKA CONVICTS ARE SLAIN BY POSSE Lincoln, Neb., March 18. Twi posses who finally struck the trail of tho three convicts who escaped from tho ponltentlnry last week after i murdering the ' warden and two guards, surrounded them this after noon between Gretna and Springfield, and as a result all the fugitives are dead. Pouring a deadly fire from two sides, Convicts Gray and Merley were cornered In a barn and killed by the pesse. Convinced that his escape was hopeless Convict Dowd committed suicide by shooting himself. Sheriff Reported Killed. Omaha, March 18. It is reported here that Sheriff McShane of Omaha, was killed In the convict battle. MINIMUN WAGES FOUGHT Plan to End English Coal Miner' Strike May 111. London, March 18. All England is eagerly awaiting the fate of dhe min imum wage bill, which will be intro duced tomorrow by Lloyd George, chancellor of the .exchequer. On the outcome will hinge the life of the coal miners' strike, involving more than half a million men. which Is causing untold distress to millions more. It Is generally admitted that the liberals will be forced to muster their full strength to pass tho measure. Members of the labor party are fight ing, believing the measure is intend ed as an opening wedge for compul sory arbitration of all industrial dis putes. ARIZONA MAY YET RECALL ITS JUDGES Governor Urges First Leg islature to Insert Clause Phoenix, Ariz., March IS. The first Arizona legislature, overwhelmingly democratic, convened at noon today. Governor Hunt's message is dis tinctly progressive. He declared the first official act of the legislature should be the Incorporation into the state constitution the Judiciary re- cull plank which President Taft re jected. He also asked Immediate woman suffrage, Industrial arbitra tion, better labor laws, a child labor law, free text books and prison re forms. Regarding woman suffrage Gover nor Hunt said: "If adopted tho stato's standard of intelligence will In no wise suffer thereby." Prison reform also occupies an Im portant part in the governor's mes sage. Ho demands more humane treatment of convicts. He created a distinct surprise by advocating that every newspaper in the state be com pelled to publish a complete list of its owners and stockholders. 53 BOYS FROM OTHER TOWNS ATTEND MEET 'A list of boys from Umatilla coun ty, out side of Pendleton, who at tended the convention of "Tho Men and Religion Forward Movement" follows: Herniiston Will Crandall, Ray Swienard, Gordon Troutwell, Henry Garland. Earnest Potter, Ho'lis Per cy, Dorrls Jones, George Prindle. Ed ward McKeem, Henry Gunn. Arnold Shotwcll. Total, 11. Echo Herbert Coburn, Ora Young, Basil 'Mlkcsull, Asa Bowman. Adolpli Rhode, Earnest Waterman, Fejp Es teb, Fred Hoskins, Lemuel Esteb. Total, 9. Adums James Jalmer, Hobert I'erlnger, Eddie Chittenden, Dan Maclntam, Ewen Stockton. Revellir. Lleuallen, Chester Spencer, Atto Stoll. Total, 8. Helix Theodore Norveli: St. Clair Draper, Walter Craner, Clifford Ken dall, Ammla Bryan. Total, 5. Pilot Rock Marvin Roy. Clay Nichols, Earl Terry, Galo Dick, Mau rlco Roy, Winfield Reed, Earl Ab bot, Dewey Jakes, Arthur Osborn, William Baker, Elmer Preslev. Ualor Gilbert, Virgil Smith. Ralnh Harrison, Sidney McReynolds, Alfred Westgate, Lewis Beck, Claud Baker, Ciyde Dickenson, Clarence Roycr. Total, 20. Total, 53. BURNER $65,000 IX CHECKS. Boy, Arrested for Small Theft, Con fcssVs to Mail Robliery. Council Bluffs Checks and drafts to the amount of $65,000 were piled up In a heap and burned by mail rob bers In this city, according to a con fession made by John Prultt, a nineteen-Year-old boy, who Is under ar rest. With him at the time of tho robbery were two others of his ago. All three are in jail. . Frultt was arrested in connection with a small robbery of freight. Ho suddenly confessed to the mail robbery and said that whllo a small amount of cash was secured checks and drafts aggregating $65,000 were found in the letters. Seeing that they could not cash these, the boys piled them up and burned them. FEDERAL GENERAL REPORTED EXECUTED El Taso, Tex., March 18. Official verification Is sought today from General Orozco, tho rebel commander, of a message received here and signed by his name, saying that Federal Commander Villa has hcen ran- tured and would be executed Sunday. Nothing has been heard of Villa for several days and he may be a captive. ALLEN GANG IS BESIEGED Cordon of Detectives, Depu ties and Mountaineers Surround Bandits. WILL STARVE THEM OUT State Troop May Take Part in Guarding Impregnable Stronghold of Virginia Outlaws Sidney Allen's Wife Xot Killed as Hearted. Hillsville, Va., March 18. With the Allen gang of bandit", slayers of the Carrol county court officiate, sur rounded in Devil's Den, an Inaceess nble stronghold high in the Blue Mountains, more than one hundred detectives, deputies and mountain eers are today gradually closing in on the band and it Is believed that a siege will have to be kept up for many weeks before the Aliens will be taken. The detectives were all in favor of rushing tho stronghold, but the dep uties and mountaineers, knowing the nature of the stronghold and of the futility of trying to force an entrance, have prevailed upon the others to try the starvation plan. Tho Allen gang Is well supplied with food and ammunition and may be able to withstand a siege for a long period. Devil's Den is situated twelve miles from this place and near the North Carolina Btate line. It is possible that a force of the state militia may be necessary to thoroughly establish a siege. Tho victims of tho court slaughter, were yesterday burled here, with tht? exception of Judge Massie, whos -body was removed to Lynchburg for burial. The reported capture of Sid ney Allen and the tragic end of his wife, who was reported to have been killed in a battle with the detectives. have proven untrue. So far as known, no officer has had sight of any of the gang since their flight in to the mountains. IXLAXD FMPIIIM EXCURSIONISTS ATT EX 1) POUTLAXD SHOW Portland, Ore., March 18. Bearing 257 enthusiastic boosters from east ern Washington and Idaho, the In land Empire excursion which left Lewiston yesterday arrived Tiere to day. The excursionists were greett-d at the depot by a large delegation of business men and taken to the Com mercial club for breakfast. Then came a parade and reception. They came here to attend the Pacific Northwest Livestock show, which be gan today and ends Wednesday. La Follette Confident. Fargo, N. D.. March 18. "I never felt better in my life and am much pleased with the welcomes. I am confident that North Dakota will en dorse me next Tuesday at the prim aries," said Senator La Follette here today during an address. Tonight he speaks at Devils Lake. Angel City Has Bad Blaze, Los Angeles, Calif., March IS. Fire today caused $100,000 damage In the Stinson block, In the heart of the retail district. - JUVENILE OFFICER AFTER HERE, URGES PARENTS Appealing to the citizens of Pendle-e ton to assist In remedying the deplor able conditions locajly which make for delinquency among the boyhood and girlhood of the city and to the existence of which the mass of peo plo are blind either through Ignorance or Indifference, J. G. Kilpack. repre sentative of tho Boys and Girls' Aid society, today addesses an open let ter to the public. His statements are more timely because of the interest being manifested in tho youth of the city through the Men and Religion Forward Movement convention just closed and through tho efforts being made to organize a Y. M. C. A. In this city. His letter follows: Juvenile IXihupicney. Being particularly interested in the welfare of the children and young people of Pendleton and ob servant of Juvenile conditions over a goodly part of this state I write these few lines trusting they may awaken tho consciences of those who havo the sacred duty of raising children and to hrlng to their attention tho fact that there are conditions exist ing in this community as In others which can and should be remedied. The first duty of human society Is to Its young. The young of both sexes are tho natural prey of the dissolute and depraved in every phase of so- SEES END OF fill AN Population Being Transfered to American Territory Is Declaration. U.S. ASKED TO STOP IT .Nation's Council of Dublin, in Letter to President Taft, Declare Xon Inforeeinent of Laws Here is Rc impidutifig "Auld Sod." Washington, March 18. Declaring that Ireland has lost nearly one-halt' of Its population in the last sixty years "by unnecessary abnormal im migration, the Nation's Council, of Dublin, today appealed in a letter to President Taft of the United States for a rigid enforcement of the Am erican immigration laws, as a means toward preventing further depopu lation. Saying that most of the Irish nat ivrs come to the United States, the letter says that more than one-third of them travel on tickets which have been purchased and sent to them in Ireland by friends in the United State Thus, declares the letter, Is a vio lation of the United States immigra tion law. The letter further contends that to tal obliteration of the Irish nation Is threatened by the exodus of its younger element. CONRAD PLATZOEDER , PASSES TO BEYOND Conrad Platzoeder is dead, as a re sult of the amputation of one of his legs last week, necessitated by an at tack of diabetic gangrene. Although he seemed at first to recover from the operation, the disease had gained too firm a foothold and death would not be denied, the end coming at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The fu neral will be held tomorrow morninvi at 10 o'clock at the Presbyterian church with Rev. Sprattler of the Ger man Lutheran church officiating. Deceased has been a resident of Pendleton almost continuously for tho past 2i years and during most of that time has been engaged in the re tall meat business. He leaves to mourn his death a wife and two chil dren, a son and a daughter, all of whom live in this city. He belonged to several lodges and they will escort the body from the Baker undertaking parlors to the church in the morning. At the grave, members of the Woodmen of the World will take charge or the cere monies. Seattle's Xew Mayor Seated. Seattle, March 19. George Cotter ill, Seattle's new mayor, took office today. About 2000 people packed the opera house when the Inauguration was held. Judge Ronald of the superior court, who was one of halt a dozen ex-mayors on the stand, administer ed the oath of office. , INVESTIGATION 10 LOOK AFTER YOUTH ial contact and none are so helpless as the young. So many people will permit harmful influen the lives of the children and console inemseives with the fact that it is none ot their business, until the situ ation becomes so serious as to de mand the attention of the authorities and the heme has to be broken up. It Is well to care for the young after the home ties are severed but still better to be able to keep the home Intact by timely Intervention. The old maxim that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" Is a truth that need to bo constantly pressed home. What are a few of the causes of this Juvenilo delinquency? First and foremost a woeful lack of parental supervision and example in the home and on the street. Those who have the sacred responsibility of rearing children need to wake ' up and look tho situation fairly and suuarely in the fuce before it Is too late, and their run accomplished. In homes and upon the public thor- OUChfarn It In nrmnlllno- t.- llutnn t.i the disgusting and obscene language usea in tno presence of children. We might well nsk ourselves which are the worst dellnnuents; thosn xehn aot such an example and know better or t Continued on Pago 6) 14 DIE IN EXPLOSION Many Others Hun and Southern Pa cific Shops in Tcxus Destroyed. San Antonio, Texas, Marc hl8. Fourteen persons are known to be dead as the result of an explosion to day of a locomotive In the Southern Pacific roundhouse at this place. Parts of their bodies were hurled several hundred feet. Unofficial es timates place the number of dead at 20 or more. ' Most of those killed were strike breaking shopmen. The bodies are so badly mangled that several of them will never be Identified. The cause of the explosion is un known. The machine and copper shops and a portion o fthe round house were wrecked. A number of men were also injured. The police suspect some outside cause for the explosion, possibly dy namite. SPLIT THREATENED IN BASEBALL LEAGUE Pendleton May Refuse to Meet Conditions Wanted By Other Clubs Unless the other teams of the Blue Mountain league recede from the position they have taken relative to a salary limit, Pendleton will refuse to enter the league and the fans here will direct their energies toward or ganizing a city league. This la the decision which has been reached by the leading fans and in a meeting in the Commercial Club rooms tonight a formal ultimatum will probably be delivered to the other teams. James Estes, who represented the Pendleton club at the Athena meeting Saturday, reported the other teams voting to restrict the salaried mem bers of the teams to the batteries and fixing a limit of $225 to the sum which can be paid monthly to these men. Estes. as instructed by the lo cal club, vigorously protested to this action, but was not heeded, hence the present state of mind of the local fans. The local promoters of the game take the position that it will bo impossible to secure teams capable of putting up good article of ball by prohibiting the purchasing of ma terial other than the pitcher and catcher and are. not willing to un dertake the putting of a team in the t'k-ld unless they can get a good one. THIRTY THOUSAND TEXTILE WORKERS RETUUX TO WORK Lawrence, March IS. Thirty thou sand texeile workers returned to work in the mills here today, after winning one of the greatest industrial strug gles in the history of Xew England. Operations were resumed without disturbance, except at the Washing ton mill, which is owned by the Am erican Woolen company. Asserting that the owners were discriminating, five hundred workers quit in a body. Strike leaders say this can be adjust ed. I'IREMAX KILLED AND SHIP CARGO DESTROYED San Francisco, March 18. With her cargo a total loss as the result of a firo which caused the death of one man and injury of several others, the steamship Manchuria, disabled, is in port today.. The fire, starting sup posedly from spontaneous combus tion, had been smouldering between decks, several days. During the fire fighting squads equipped with oxygen helmets ventured into the hold, where Hoseman Ahern was suffocated and five comrades injured. Tho cargo was mostly cotton. Vigilantes After Thieves. Medl'ord. Ore., March IS. The Cit izens' Vigilance Committee, which was organized some time ago to run out cattle rustlers in the Applegate Valley, have taken to hills again, hunting for thieves. MORE RENT FOR HETTY. Mrs. Green of N. V. Receives S.tO.OOf, 11 Year From Chicago Property. Chicago. Mrs. Hetty Green of New York has given a 99-year lenso to another parcel of her large realty holdings In Chicago. Tho property has a frontage of SO feet on Michigan avenue, near Hubbard Court, and a depth of 172 feet. The average an nual rental for tho term Is $30,000. CONGRESS MAY FORCE TAFT INTO 1MUMARY Washington. March IS. Senator Cummins today Intro- duced in congress, a bill pro- posing a comprehesive plan for the primary nomination of presidential candidates and vice president. It provides that a primary be held In every state this coming July on the second Monday. - E IS BEGINNING Meetings of Three Days End But Good Work is Only Given a Start. Y. M. C. A. MEET TONIGHT Citizens Urged to Attend Gathering at Commercial Club to Help Start Movement for Organization and and Purchu.se of Building. Ending the three day impetus to a movement of incalculable value to the boyhood of Pendleton, a big mass meeting was held in the Methodist church last night and the united con gregations of all of the churches in the city listened to able and eloquent men explain the purposes, hopes and ideals of the men and Religion For ward Movement which is sweeping over the nation. Though this meeting concluded the convention, the work for a better and more complete manhood has just begun. Tonight as an offshoot of the convention, a public mass meeting will be held in the parlors of the Commer cial association for the purpose of enlisting the support of the citizen ship in the organization of a T. M. C. A. here in Pendleton and in the pur chase fit the old academy buildings as a home for the association. Another outgrowth of the conven tion will be the formation of a per manent working committee 'to have charge of the movement locally and to aid other communities in the un dertaking of the work. The commit tee which has had charge of the con vention will meet with the local min isters tomorrow and win ask each pas tor to appoint five men from his con gregation, the whole to form a per manent committee for the continua tion of the good work begun. Already Hermiston and Pilot Rock have extended invitations to Pendle ton to assist them in initiating the movement and other towns of the county are expected to make like ap peals Dates will be set In the near future for conventions in these towns and a local team will take the field to assist In spreading the influence of the movement. v The meeting last night was marked by exceptionally able addresses by tho visiting workers. John Gibson, L. E. Meacham, Rev. Raymond Brooks and Lowden Jones. Each told in clear, practical talks of the five lines of work undertaken by the M. & R. F. M , boys' work, social service, evan gelism, missions and bible study and the audience felt the spirit with which each of the workers seemed inspired. A men's meeting was also held in the afternoon and in all of the churches in the morning the minis ters talked to the boys of the congre gation, taking as their text "God give, us men" and appealing to the youth of the city to develop the three .great principles of life, courage, self-reliance and sacrifice. Rhodes Speaks Tonight. At the meeting tonight in the Com mercial rooms, State Secretary Rhodes of the Y. M. C. A. will be present to launch the campaign for the organization of a branch of the association here. Everyone ia asked to attend and lend a hand toward se curing a place other than pool rooms in which tho young boy may find amusement. SAM WALKER MAY BE R. R. VICTIM'S NAME Two receipts on the body of the dead man found along the railroad track near Thorn Hollow Saturday wi'l probably be the means of estab lishing his identity. Both were mado out to Sam Walker by the L. E. Hil len company of Riverside. California. A telegraphic communication front Chief of Police Coburn of that city brought the Information that the vic tim of the local accident is a German Jew, that he has no relatives in that city, but is supposed to have a father living in B'iston. Some o'd letters bo longing to the deceased are being sent to Coroner Folsom which may throw further light upon the whereabouts of relatives. Until they arrive tho body will be held at the morgue. Examination of the body Saturday afternoon showed that the body must have struck tho rocky bluff with ter rific force as the left log was broken in three places, the left arm fractur ed, the face and head badly cut and the body bruised nil over. In addition to the papers, eighty cents In cash and a few trinkets were tho only things found in the dead man's pock ets. Of course the brldo doesn't marry the best man at her wedding, but sha should try .to mako the best of the man she marries. FORWARD IV