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PENDLETON-, OREGON, 310 X DAY, MAKCII 18, 1912.
NO. 7375
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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