EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
TO ADVERTISERS.
The Kant Oregonlan t)M
the largest paid circulation
of aoy paper la Oregon, east
of Portland and nearly
twice the circulation la
Pendleton of any other
newipaper.
W EATIIF.lt REPORT.
Fair tonight with
heavy frost. Sun
day (air and warmer
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1912.
NO. 7386
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$1,500 RAISED
STATE BALL TEAM: NEED $1
BALANCE OF FUND
PRACTICALLY SURE
Business Men Respond Lib
erally to Request
For Money
As far as Pendleton li concerned,
the tri-state Clans D league as pro
. posed by the Boise Commercial club
now seems assured for, following; the
provisional endorsement of the prop
osition by the board of managers of
the local Commercial association yes
terday, the baseball committee con
sisting of James Sturgis, W. N. Mat
lock, Herman Peters, J. A. Cooper and
James Estes, began a whirlwind can
vass for funds this morning and by
2 o'clock fhi9 afternoon had passed
the $1600 mark. Inasmuch as $2500 is
all that is necessary and in view of
the fact that the majority of the con
tributions have been made by Indi
vidual fans, all doubt as to the abil
ity of Pendleton to finance a club In
a class D league has vanished.
A meeting will be called on Wednes
day night at which time an organiza
tion will be perfected.
The following are the contributions
made up until 2 o'clock:
Tim Fifty Dollar Givers.
Herman Peters. Martin Anderson,
Hotel Pendleton-W. A. Brown, W. W.
Hoch. Geo. Darveau, Peters & Mor
rison, Alfred Schnelter, J. H. Taylor,
East Oregonlan Pub. Co.
Those Giving $25
Bond Bros., Mark Moorhouse Co.,
James Sturgis, Carl Coley, Bowman
Hotel, F. C. Curl, J. Connor & Co.. W.
H. Lytic, John P. Robinson. Standard
Grocery Co., Frazler-Nelson Co., Geo.
Hartman. Jr., Pendleton Auto Co.,
Hamiev A Co- Oregon Market, Mur-
uhv Bros.. Griggs & Stangler, Grit
man Bros. J. V. Tallman, R. Folsom,
Frank J. Qulnlan.
SUrncd for $20.
Ed Nolf. R. L. Toungren, Fred
Hteiwer. T. D. Taylor, II . S. Miller,
H. Jenson. F. R Welch, J. P. Weln
man, R. O. Sturdlvant, Roy
anan Marshall Spell, J. H.
Buch
Estes,
Joe N. Bohl. John Dickson.
For Fifteen.
Ralph Coon. Will I. Humphrey,
R. C. Summers, Frank Martin, Louie
Bergevln.
Ten Dollar Subscriptions.
A. G. Graham, C. W. Molghan, E
R. Ferguson, Geo. Strand, J. S. Beck
wlth. B. F. Trombley, C. H. Marsh,
J. E. Montgomery, F. B. Hay, F. N
Shumakor. M. T. Mllorkey, R. R.
Johnson.
$5 Contributors. '
Frank Fuget, H. A. Anderson, Geo.
Young, J. A. Montgomery, Geo. La
Fontaine, Thos. Robertson, L. Shaver,
Wade Prlvett.
UNPAID TAXES ARE
DELINQUENT MONDAY
Next Monday morning being the
first day of April, the tax books In
the sheriffs office will be closed and
all property owners who have allowed
their taxes to remain unpaid to date
will be forced to pay a penalty of ten
per cent plus an extra one per cent
Interest per month. However, DeP'
uty Sheriff A. C. Funk, who has
charge of the collections, declares his
belief that the collection this year
will be the most successful of recent
vears and estimate? that less than
$100,000 will be delinquent.
Up until today, he has turned over
three deposits to Treasurer G. u
Bradley, aggregating $309,687. The
total amount of taxes assessed against
the property In tho county this year
was $676,000 and Deputy Funk, be
lieves that with the amount he now
has on hand and with that which will
come in by Monday, there will be ap
proximately $476,000 collected.
All of tho public service corpora'
tlons, which are the largest taxpayers
In the county, have paid, he states,
while the majority of the big farm
era have either made full or half
payments.
JAPAN SECURES
MEXICAN CONCESSION.
X New York, March 30. That
Japan has succeeded in getting
valuable concessions In Mexico
about Magdalena Bay, is the
purport of a special cablegram
from Tokio, printed here by the
Evening telegram. It says the
reported negotiations between
Japan and ' Mexico has been
concluded, providing for the re-
establishment of a Japanese
settlement about Magdalena
Bay, but protest Is expected
from the United States, based
on the Monroe Dostrlne.
FOR LOCAL TRI
BLUE MT. LEAGUE
MAN PROTESTING
lark Wood Says Breach of
Faith and Predicts
Disaster
Declaring Pendleton and Walla
Walla will be gui'.ty of a breach of
faith If they enter the tri-state league
nd predicting fullure for such a
league, Clark Wood of Weston, pres
ident of the Blue Mountain League,
this morning gave out the following
telephonic interview to the East Ore
gonlan: "If Pendleton and Walla Walla
fail to send delegates to the Freewa-
ter meeting tomorrow, it will mean
the disruption of the Blue Mountain
League. Moreover. It will be a se
rious breach of faith on the part of
both cities should they enter a Class
D League after encouraging the for
mation of the Blue Mountain League.'
"I wish to go on record as predict-
ng utter financial failure for a
Class D League such as is proposed.
had bo me experience with profes-
ional baseball in Pendleton twenty
ears ago when money was more
plentiful' and interest keener than at
present."
CAMBRIDGEiBOATjiS
SUNK, OXFORD RACE
Annual Contest Must Be
Rowed Again to Decide
T Winner
London, March 30. Owing to a
choppy sea which swamped the
Cambridge shell, the Oxford-Cam
bridge annual boat race was declared
no contest. Oxford outclassed Cam
bridge but the rough sea overturned
the light shell and the Cambridge
rew was compelled to swim ashore,
The Oxford men stopped in the mid-
dleton the course, emptied their shell
of water and then paddled to the
finish. The race officials upheld the
protest of Cambridge and declared
the race no contest. The race was
rowed on the River Thames, as usual
and four and one-quarter mile course
It was the 69th battle between the
two Institutions. Oxford has won 87,
Cambridge 30 and one was a dead
heat.
Cambridge has had bad luck, hav
ing to do without several of its best
oarsmen, who are sick. Oxford was
able to take most of the best men
of the lust year. In preliminary
practice Oxford showed better form.
Thousands of spectators were on
hand.
A heavy galo was blowing when
the boats lined up for the start. Ox
ford won the toss and chose the Sur
rey side, which afforded a slight
shelter from the wind. The two
shells started at 11:41, Cambridge
rowing 38 strokes a minute and the
Oxonians 26. The end of the first
mile found Oxford leading by four
lengths. Both shells were rapidly
filling. As the two boats neared
Cheswlck a wave swept both boats,
the Cambridge going under. The Ox
ford captain concurred in the deci
sion of the referee, calling it no con
test. The race will be rowed again
Monday.
KMBEZ7XF.lt OF WIFE'S ESTATE
VNABLli TO FINNISH BAIL
Los Angeles, March 30. Gorham
Tufts, Jr., charged with embezzle
ment of part of the estate of his rich
wife, who was Mrs. A. H. Roe of Chi
cago, and Fort Worth, Is still In the
county jail, unablo to raise bail of
$20,000. Charles Parnell, a former
valet of the late King Edward and
a friend of Tufts Is trying hard to
raise ball.
After Shipping Trust.
New York, March 30. The govern
ment, through United States District
Attorney Wise, has filed suit In the
foderal court seeking the dissolution
of the various steamship companies
engaged In traffic between New York
and the far east, via Sues canal. The
companies, Wise says, are pooling
freight rates and giving rebates to
concerns shipping over their lines
only.
Smith Dakota Sclocta Site.
San Francisco, March 80.- Gover
nor R. S. Vessey of South Dakota, Is
here today to seloct a site for the
South Dakota state building for the
Panama-Pacific exposition In 1915
The governor Is accompanied by the
state board of commissioners and will
remain till Sunday night when he
will go to Los Angeles to Join his fam
lly and return , from there to his
home state.
AMERICAN AID FOR MEXICO IN PUTTING END
TO REBELLION INDICATED BY TAFT'S ACT
Washington, March 30. With the
greement of the administration to
How ammunition to be shipped from
the United States to Mexico", the
diplomatic relations established with
President Madero, indicate that Pres
ident Taft has decided to aid the
Mexican government to stamp out
the present rebellion. The Mexican
government has imported arms and
mmunitlon for use of the cavalry
and rurales under general Trevlne
In the north. It is evident the ft-der-
s intend to organize a strong force
HEARST DOOR SMASHED
South Omalia Chief Held for Slaying
Farmer Held by Convicts.
Omaha, Xeb., March 30 W. R.
Hearst the publisher, faces today a
libel suit of $400,000. It is alleged
is newspapers In the presidential
campaign of four years a?o libeled
former Governor Thomas X. Haskell
f Oklahoma. The suit was filed in
the United .States district court here.
The case has been under consideration
hreo years. Hearst was served as he
as passing through Omaha, his
stateroom door being battered down.
WORKERSfUNEARTK
PREHISTORIC BONES
Fifteen feet below the surface and
eneath heavy layers of volcanic ash
and cement rock, the contractors ex
cavating for the new high school
building have unearthed bones which
are believed to be those of some pre
historic animal. Unfortunately a
heavy blast shattered the bones so
that only small fragments have been
collected, making it extremely diffi
cult for authorities tj determine their
nature. ;
Architect C. E. Troutman took the
bones to the Office of Dr. C, J. Sri ;.,
this morning and the latter immedi
ately declared them to be dissimilar
to any bone in the human body. In
asmuch as they were found beneath
the cement rock which was deposited
ages before, the volcanic ash was
poured over the surface of the earth,
he declared his opinion that they had
ain there for many centuries and un
doubtedly were those of some pre
historic beast. The large size of the
bloodvessel pores nxt to the center
of the bones Indicated to him that
the animal was one of large corpuscled
blood which in turn suggested the
possibility that it was aquatic by na
ture.
t;i it i,
PITS BURGLAR
TO FLIGHT W ITH CLOCK
San Francisco. March 30. When
she caught a burglar In her apart
ments early today. Miss Ethel Irving,
pretty society girl, sprang at his
throat, seized his hair and then threw
clock at him, but missed. The
burglar, getting the worst of it. leap
ed through an open window and slid
down a fire escape. By her bravery
the girl saved several hundred dollars
worth of Jewelry.
To AValk Across Continent.
Olympia, March, 30. Carrying a
letter from Governor Hay, of Wash-
ngton, to Governor Dlx of New York.
Clyde Patton and Guy Neeley both
age 19 years, will start April 1 to
walk across the continent to Albany,
X. Y.
Allegtnl Briber Arrested.
Portland. Ore.. March 30. C. D.
Hessions. former agent of the J. D.
Adams Bridge Construction company
of Seattle, was arrested here on a
charge of attempting to bribe commis
sioners of Lincoln county, Washington.
GRAND JURY URGES BIDDING FOR POOR FARM
In the final report to the court
made by the grand jury this after
noon, the recommendation was made
that hereafter all contracts for sup
plies for the county poor farm be let
by bids Instead of being given to one
firm as has been done In the past,
the ' recommendation arising from
charges made before the Jury that the
practice of purchasing supplies with
out bids admits of graft. Aside from
this recommendntion, the grand jury
has no crltlclsfs to make of the man
agement of the poor farm, stating
that it had made a careful investiga
tion of conditions there and found
them as a whole satisfactory.
Kllpack Is Criticised.
J. G. Kllpack. representative of the
Boys and Girls" Aid society of Port
land, came In for a scoring in the re
port, the Jurors utatlng that he had
disregarded a subpoena Issued to him
and had left for Portland, thus de
laying tho Jury two days In the con
sideration of a Freewater Juvenile
case. Kllpack, who returned to Pen
dleton last night, states that his sub-
poenae required him to respond on
near the northern border and renew
a vigorous fight.
Aubert Eludes Rebels.
Mexico City, March 30. General
Aubert, commander of the federal
force, has been successful in his at
tempts to evade a clash with the rev
olutionary forces of Generals Pasqual
and Orozco. Anbert is in retreat to
day in the direction of Torreon.
There the federals will concentrate
and make a last stand to prevent the
rebels from marching to Mexico City.
DEATH FIXED ON POLICE
Officers ' Serve Publisher With Pa-IM-rs
in Haskell Libel Suit.
Springfield, Xeb., March 30. Chief
of Police Briggs of South Omaha,
was found guilty by a coroner's jury
of criminal culpability in killing Hen
ry Blunt", a farmer, in the recent hunt
for the murderous convicts who es
caped from the state penitentiar.
Sheriff Hyers of Lincoln and Deputy
Fire Warden Trouten, of South Oma
ha, were censured as accessories to
the killing of Blunt.
ARRANGES FOR MEET
OF I. 0. 0. F. HERE
For the purpose of making arrange
ments for the convention of the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows which meets in
Pendleton on May 21, 22 and 23, E.
E Sharon,-grand secretary of the
grand lodge and grand scribe of the
Encampment, is in the city today. He
announces that a contract has al
ready been made with the O.-W. R.
& X. company to run a special Pull
man train out of Portland on the eve
ning of May 20 and will remain over
Lin Pendleton two days. - -
Preparations for the accommoda
tion of the large number of out-of-town
people who will attend the con
vention are already under way. It
is estimated that there will be between
1100 and. 1200 visitors here during
the three days and a local committee
Is already to list the city for rooms
"V.ch as was done during the Round
t'P. All of tne county lodges have been
invited tosend their entire member
ship to participate In the grand pa
rade and Indications are that a ma
jority of the Umatilla county OdJ
Fellows will be in line.
Mr. Sharon, while here Is visiting
his brother J. L. Sharon and his many
friends. Prior to his election to his
present position in 1895, he made his
home here.
ALLEGED RANK ROBBER
MAY RETURN TO CANADA
Los Angeles, March 30. The case
of Charles Dean, charged with com
plicity in the robbery of the New
Westminister branch of the Bank of
Montreal of more than $250,000, will
be continued Tuesday before United
States Commissioner Van Dyke. The
Canadian government is seeking the
extradition of Dean. Affidavits and
depositions regarding the robbery and
citing subsequent events were read
before a commissioner yesterday.
Manager Hatter of the Los Angeles
branch of a detective agency, to. a of
Dean's movements here. H. White
Mortimer, British consul, Is prosecute
Socialists Favor Indianapolis.
Chicago, March 30. John Work
national secretary of the socialist par
ty, announced that a referendum vote
shows 25,501 socialists favor holding
the national socialist convention at
Indianapolis, May 12th an 11.521 fa
vor Oklahoma City.
the 26th, that he had done so and,
not being called, had gone on to
Portland under the supposition that
the case demanding his testimony had
been dropped.
Fourteen True Rills.
The grand Jury reported that it
had returned fourteen true bills dur
ing its five days' session and three
not true bills. Eleven of the true
bills were returned yesterd.ty and
three today, two of the ones today be
ing bills against James Morgan, the
man who stole the overcoats of Judge
Maloney, Will M. Peterson and Wal
ter Plerco at the democratic banquet
The person named in the other In-
dictment is not yet In custody and
his name Is withheld.
One. Pleads Guilty.
Ed Adams. Indicted yesterday for
attempted rape and larceny, pleaded
guilty yesterday evening to the for
mer charge and was sentenced to an
Indeterminate term In the peniten
tiary of from one to ten years. Tho
others indicted will plead Monday
morning.
650.000 AMERICAN MINERS WILL
-WALK OUT TOMORROW NIGHT
Practically All Coal Output Will Cease in United
States for at Least Two Weeks, Probably Longer
WORKERS TO VOIE ON
Operators and Representatives of Union Agree to Suspen
, sion of Production Pending Referendum Which May
Mean Continuation of Strike.
Cleveland, March 30. Complete
suspension of the coal mining indus
try in the entire country for at least
two weeks, beginning next Monday,
while both the bituminous and an
thracite miners take a referendum
vote, will be the result of the com
promise proposed. The proposal was
made at a Joint conference of the bi
tuminous operators and miners in
Cleveland today.
Today's compromise follows quick
ly on the order of President White of
the United Mine Workers, suspend
ing operations in the anthracite coal
mines of Pennsylvania and calling for
a walkout at midnight Sunday of
170.000 miners.
The compromise, as drawn up by
a Bub-committee on the wage scale,
calls for an increase in the bitumin
ous coal mines of 5 cents per ton on
OFFER 7TH WARNER
WILL, HEARING SET
Witnesses' Relatives Identify
Signatures on Young
Document
On April 12 the fate of the seventh
will of the J. W. Young estate will be
decided for that date has been set by
County Judge' J. W. Maloney for a
hearing, following the submission of
a petition and affidavit for probate
late yesterday afternoon, as predict
ed. Although the widow of Peter
West and the brother of Louis Hun
ziker testified to the validity of the
signatures to the instrument. Judge
Maloney refused to Issue an order for
probate on the grounds that the ac
credited heirs are claiming that the
statute of limitations forbids such
action. Therefore, ha. provided for
a hearing at which Attorneys Brooks
and Watts for Fred W. Young and
Mabel Young Warner and James A.
Fee and R. J. Slater for the accredit
ed heirs will fight the issue.
Shortly after three o'clock yester
day afternoon, the petition was pre
sented to JuSge Maloney but he re
fused to consider the matter until the
proper affidavits were secured. Just
before six o'clock, Mrs. Warner, her
brother and the latter's attorneys, ap
peared with the necessary papers.
Paulina West, the widow of Peter
West, made affidavit, declaring that
the signature purporting to be that
of her deceased husband was to her
knowledge genuine and Victor Hun
lker of Walla Walla made like affi
davit relative to the signature pur
porting to be that of his deceased
brother. Mrs. Warner and Fred Young
both made affidavit declaring the
signature to the instrument proper
to be that of J. W. Young, their uncle
and step-father.
Mrs. Warner also Introduced tin af
fidavit intended to show why the in
strument had not been offered for
probate before, setting forth that she
had discovered the "will" in a tin
bank back of the Bank of Weston on
Jan. 29, 1912,, after a diligent search
of several years, that she had never
had access to the papers of J. W.
Young after his death in 1905, that
after her discovery of the instrument
she offered it p Dave Lavender, ex
ecutor of the estate, but that he hud
refused to attempt to probate it after
which she had turned It over to her
brother. Fred Young also made affi
davit to the same effect and declar
ing his belief, that the "will" had been
hidden by persons who would profit
by the action.
When it was pointed out to Mrs.
Warner this afternoon that the 12th
of April falls on Friday, she declared
Friday had always been her lucky
day and that she was bound to se
cure the probation of the Instrument.
She also declared there Is no statute
of limitation In the Oregon code rel
alive to the probating of a will, the
only such statute referring to the
contesting of a will.
COMPROMISE SCALE
lump coal after it is put through tho
screens, or three cents per ton on the
run of mine basis. Including the
screenings.
Approval of compromise .was as
sured today when the Joint commit
tee of the whole reassembled for fi
nal action in the bituminous contro
versy. The-miners' policy committee will
submit the compromise to referendum
vote to the bituminous miners, pend
ing which work will be suspended.
It is believed an early renewal of
negotiations between George F. Baer
of Philadelphia, chairman of the an
thracite operators committee, and
President White of the miners, may
resu'.t in the adjustment of the hard
ing to resume negotiations,
lng t oresume negotiations.
Tho taking of the referendum vote
means that 650,000 miners will cease
work Monday.
Many Miners Now Out.
Shamekin, Pa., March 30. Antici
pating a general strike order at any
time, many miners employed In the'
surrounding collieries refused to re
port for work today. Others merely
got ready for a walkout.
Massachusetts Men to Quit.
Springfield, Mass., March 30.
Work in the Sangamon collieries will
suspend Sunday night, according to
a statement made public today.. At
thata time 7347 men will quit work.
English Advised to Accept BUI.
London. March 30. Officers of the
Miners Federation headquarters here
are counseling the coal miners to vote .
to acceut the government minimum
wage bill and thus end the strike. In
Lancashire district most of the mi
ners have voted against accepting the
measure unless the minimum wage
of five shillings for adults and two
shillings for miners is specifically
provided for.
Paralysis of spring building opera
tions is threatened here as a result
of the executive counsel of the car
penters' union ordering its 17,000
members out on strike. They will
walk out Monday. ,
FARMERS HEAR PLEA
FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
Standing on the seat of an automo- .
bile, surrounded by a huge crowd of
farmers, from every section of Uma
tilla county, Mrs. Sarah Bard Flell
Erhgott, field worker of the Oregon
Equal Suffrage league, this afternoon
made a plea to the voters of the
county for a favorable expression on
'"votes for women" at tho coming
flection, explulning to them the rea
sons the ladies of the state have for
asking for franchise.
Introduced by Judge Stephan A.
Lowell, Mrs. Erhgott explained to the
throng that it was not her choice of
time, place and occasion of address
ing them but took advantage of the
opportunity to show the men that
the women really do want the privi
lege of the ballot.
Recalling to them that it was the
farmers of more than a century ago.
who inaugurated and successively
fought the Revolutionary war, In
protest against taxation without rep
resentation, she urged her audience
to grant to the ladles of Oregon the
same rights for which the Americans
fought Great Brittain.
RAXDIT MURDERS TWO
PORTLAND AUTOISTS
.
Portland. March 30. Sheriff
posses and police detectives are
today scouring Portland and vi-
clnity, looking for i bandit who
held up an auto party last
night, and shot and killed
George Hastings and Donald
Stewart and wounded Irving
Lupton. They have found no
trace of him but round hl
mask.