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VOL. 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 0, 1912.
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CHASE EACH
T. R. Keeps On Heals
Secretary Wilson, Taft
Exhorter
of
Galesburg, Ills, April 6. Address
ing a crowd at the depot, Governor
Wilson attacked the method of se
lecting candidates In vogue In most
of the states, as "boss rule."
C'l in hIiis1 Each Other.
Chicago, April 6. With three speci
al trains carrying presidential nomi
nation candidates touring Illinois;
with a score of minor spell binders
boosting their various presdentlal fa
vorites and a dozen gubernatorial as
pirants touring the state, Illinois Is
working up today a state of Intense
political excitement.
The' three trains are those of Col
onel Roosevelt, Governor Woodrow
Wilson of Xew Jersey, and Secretary
James Wilson, of the agricultural de
partment, who Is booming President
Taft.
Secretary Wilson's train Is running
a half an hour ahead of Colonel
Roosevelt's special. The secretary In
speaking at Pontlac, Clinton and De
nature In behalf of President Taft,
had Just time to leave as Colonel
Roosevelt's train pulled into the sta
tions, giving Colonel Roosevelt a
chance to tell his side of the story.
tlovernor- Wilson spoke today' at
Galesburg. Mollne, Sterling and De
Kalb. He will deliver his big ad
dress at Chicago tonight.
Colonel Roosevelt spoke today at
Rockford, Freeport, Dixon. LaSalle,
and Bloomington. Tonight he will
conduct the banner meeting of the
day at Springfield.
Senator Townsend of Michigan, will
conclude the campaign for President
Taft In Chicago tonight.
The Interests of Champ Clark In
the fight for the democatlc nomina
tlon for president are being upheld
by Senator Stone, of Missouri, ex
Governor David R. Francis of Maine
and George Fred Williams of Massa
chusetts. Supporters of Senator La Follette
nre working quietly throughout the
state today.
Colonel Roosevelt arlved In Chi
cago at 8 o'clock this morning, re
maining here half an hour.
BRITISH STRIKE
ORDERED ENDED
London, April 6. Operations at the
mines will be resume! Monday with
complete forces, according to an an
nouncement made tonight by offi
cials of the Miners Federation.
The miners Federation today offi
cially declared the coal miners' strike
off and ordered the men back to
work.
Clash In Federation.
London. April 6. A clash within
the ranks of the Miners Federation is
imminent today. Many members are
threatening to secede from the organ
isation If the officials persist In call
ing off the strike. Despite the at
titude of the men, the leaders are
unanimously In favor of returning to
work and there la practically no
chance that they will reclnd their or
der for the miners to return to the
mines . ,
The clash today came at a secret
meeting of the organization. Dele
gates were present from Scotland,
Wales and England. A majority of
the representatives are reported to be
opposed to calling the strike off and
the leaders are Just as determined to
call it off. No agreement was reach
ed. It was reported that one-third of
the miners have returned to work.
Guide's Slayer Buys Freedom.
Skowhegan, Me. An agreement, by
Dr. Charles D. Brooks of Rutherford,
N. J., to pay $1950 to the widow and
child of Harold Hlght, a guide whom
he shot and killed in mistake for a
deer on a hunting trip In the Maine
woods .last fall, and to meet the court
costs, $93, led to the quashing of the
criminal case against him In the su
prome court here.
A good thing about summer is your
appreciating it when the mercury is
flirting with the zero mark.
v. Talent In the kitchen and a balance
In the bank should form a combina
tion for generating domestic bliss.
PRES1D
NIL
CAMPAIGNERS
OTHER IN ILLINOIS
LA FOLLETTE IS
. HEARD BY 15,
Says Roosevelt Is a Good
Teacher But Is Not
Construtive
Lincoln, Neb., April 6 Traveling
two hundred miles and making twen
ty-two speeches before fifteen thous
and persons, is the remarkable rec
ord that Senator La Follette is cred
ited with today, after his first twenty-four
hours of campaigning in Ne
braska.
Beginning at Plattsmouth early
yesterday, Senator La Follette Jour
neyed through the farming section
between that city and Lincoln, being
heartily greeted at each stop.
He closed the day at a meeting at
th'e auditorium here, and the section
around Omaha Is his objective point
today.
Monday and Tuesday will be passed
In Western Nebraska and Senator La
Follette and his party departs for the
Pacific coast Wednesday evening.
During all his speeches of his first
day's trip. Senator La Follette laid
stress on his demand for tariff reduc
tion, direct legislation, the recall, the
Initiative and referendum and trust
control.
In the course of his speech here
Senator La Follette said:
"Roosevelt does great good as a
teacher, merely political and civil,
but la hot a constructive statesman."
-Senator La Follette predicted h
will carry Oregon, California, Ne
braska and Utah.
OBJECT TO EAST
COURT ST. PAYING
The Improvement of east Court
street from the Byers mill race to
the city limits with macadam seems
In a fair way to be held up through
the proceedure provided by the or
dinances, a remonstrance against the
proposed Improvement having been
filed today with the city recorder. It
has not yet been determined whether
or not the signers represent eighty
per cent of the property affected but
the fact that the Byers Milling com
pany and the O-W. R. & N. company
are among the signers maKes It cer
tain that a great portion of the pro
perty is represented, the railroad com
pany holding the right of way along
the street in question and the mill
ing company owning a large tract In
the far east end of the city abutting
on the street. The remonstrance was
circulated by . W. McComas, repre
senting the Byers Interests.
WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO
KEEP CANDIDATE OUT
Sacramento, April 6. Secretary
McCabe. at the govrnor's office to
day, f'.atly denies a published report
that the state administration would
attempt to block the placing of a' La
Follette ticket on the presidential pri
mary ballot, even though technicali
ties might be discovered to allow
such opposition to be made. Secre
tary of State Jordan announced that
the verification of a deputy who was
improperly appointed would not be
considered a vital defect in the La
Follette petition.
Arrest of Haywood Expected Soon.
Passaic, N. J., April 6. The police
authorities here today refused to
confirm or deny reports that a 'war
rant has been issued for the arrest
of W. D. Haywood, tne labor leader
who Is prominent in the textile strikes
of the east. The report of Haywood's
Intended arrest follows the rioting at
Garfiold, near here. Haywood Is ex
pected to soon leave for Grays Harbor,'
Washington, and Tacoma to. take
charge of the lumber strike there.
BATTERIES FOR TODAY'S
COAST LEAGUE GAMES.
At Ixs Angeles.
Portland, Henderson
Howley.
Lot Angeles, Levereni
Boles.
At Oakland.
San Francisco, Toner
and
and
and
Berry.
Oakland, Parkins and Mltze.
At Sacramento.
Sacramento, Arellanes and
Cheek.
Vernon, Raleigh and Brown.
...
DEAN OF CHICAGO UNIVERSITY MUST PAY
$2,500 TO CO-ED FOR ATTACK ON CHARACTER
Chicago, Hi., April 6 Dean Ma
rion Talbot of the Chicago University,
must pay Miss Eshster Mercy $2500
damages. This was the amount a
Jury today awarded the plaintiff in
her suit for $100,000 damages
brought against Dean Talbot on
charges that she attacked her moral
character.
Miss Mercy, a co-ed of the univer
sity, was expelled by Dean Talbot.
ABE RUEF INVOLVES
PROMINENT PEOPLE
Gives Out Partial Statement
Regarding Frisco
Graft
San Francisco, April 6 Angry be
cause of a recent editorial in a San
Francisco morning newspaper, in
which he was described as a human
hyena .and a "surly, cunning, cyni
cal rogue," Abraham .Ruef, once the
powerful political rogue of San Fran
cisco, published in the San Francisco
Bulletin, a partial statement of his
connection with graft in San Fran
cisco He mentioned Patrick Calhoun, of
the United Railroads, William F.
Herrln of the Southern Pacific, and
others as being anxious for blm not
to give the Inside history of his life
He says he will tell all when the
Indictments against him are dismiss
ed, as they will be soon, if the ad
vice of the prosecutor Is acted on.
Rucf says he .will give a full his
tory of the conferences with Calhoun
and others of San Francisco, regard
ing the corrupt use of money.
APPENDICITIS IS NOT XKW.
Egyptians Knew of So-Called Mod
crn Disease 7,0(10 Years .gt.
Chicago. Dr. Carl H. von Klein,
after twenty years' study and t,n owj.
lay, of $60,00.0. has translated - the
"Papyrus-Ebers" as Egyptian medi
cal work 7,000 years old.
The papyrus was revealed in 1872
by George Ebers, who with the aid
of Ludwlg Stern and some Egyptol
ogists, published the fact that Hop-
pocraies, tne Greek, who had been
known as the "Father of Medicine,"
no longer possessed that title. Hip
pocrates died in 357 B. C.
"The Egyptian physicians were the
most learned In all the world," said
Dr. von Klein last night. "The in
cantations In the papyrus are beauti
ful. They cover all diseases." Even
appendicitis, which we considered a
new disease a few years ago, is de
scribed."
LA FOLLETTE MEETING NEXT SATURDAY
TO SPEAK FROM STEPS OF CITY HALL
Senator La Follette Is to arrive In Pendleton on train No. 17 next
Saturday afternoon and will speak here In front of the city hall at 2
o'clock In the aftternoon of that day. Word to this effect was re
ceived here today by James Johns from Thomas McCusker of Port
land, Oregon, manager for La Follette.
Whether or not It will be possible to have a Pendleton address by
Mrs. La Follette upon the subject of equal suffrage, has not yet been
learned. It is understood, howevei. ttiat the senator and wife will be
here all of Saturday afternoon and the early night, so such an ad
dress may be possible.
JUDGE LOWELL'S CAMPAIGN FOR REPUBLICAN
SENATORIAL NOMINATION COST HIM $1,020
It cost Judge Stephen A. Lowell of
this city Just $1020.20 to get his
name before the people and upon the
primary ballot as a candidate for the
republican nomination for United
States senator and this amount In
cludes all' of his expenses from" Oc
tober 1. 1910, which was the date
upon which he made his first tenta
tive announcement of intention. Yes
terday he transmitted the itemized
expense account of his campaign to
the secretary of the senate of the
United States In conformance with
the state and federal laws which re
quire that such statements be filed
not less than ten nor more than fif
teen days before the date of the pri
mary election. ,
Judge Lowell's statement shows
$369.95 spent for postage, $230.60 for
stationery and printing, $297.20 for
clerical and miscellaneous expenses,
and $122.45 for the circulating of his
petitions, making the total as given
above. By the state law he was per'
mltted to expend fifteen per cent of
what hla first year's salaj-y would be
Is elected and the per cent amounts
to $1125. His expenses are thus more
than $100 under the amount allowed.
Lowell vs. Selling.
, Judge Lowell 'puts the same con
struction upon the law as does Attor
ney General Crawford which is to
the effect that all money spent in fur
therlng a man's chances for office
The Jury ruled that' she assailed Mis
Mercy's character when in dismiss
ing her, she said: "Go! I consider
you nr better than a woman of.. the
streets."
Several hundred university stu
dents and co-eds gathered In the cor
ridors and cheered when the verdict
was returned.
Miss Mercy said she is entirely sat
isfied as she sought vindication rather
than financial gain.
JAPAN EXPLAINS
DEAL IN MEXICO
Admits Fishing Rights
Granted Japanese
Companies
Are
Washington, April 6 The Japan
ese embassy here today Issued what
purports to be a full explanation of
Japan's activities in Mexico. The
claim is made that the Japanese gov
ernment has no negotiations wltr
Mexico for the, establishment of a
large settlement about Magdalena
Bay.
The statement says the Toyo Taiha
KaUha and Oriental Steamship com
pany obtained fishing rights on the
west coa.t of Mexico, later transfer
ring them to the oriental Whaling
company of Japan.
It is claimed the fishing district ex
tends from Tapio to Oaxaca state and
has no geographical connection with
Magdalena Bay.
The statement says fishing rights
run for a term of ten years only and
have no political significance but are
only purely an Industrial enterprise
by a Japanese concern.
It says it is not a privilege excep
tionally granted to Japanese subjects,
as similar rights have been granted
to citizens and subjects of the United
States, England and Italy.
2 Texas Iwcllsts Killed.
Beaumont, Tex,, April 6. W. A.
Knight and W. C. Whitney, leading
citizens of Beaumont, are both dead
as a result of a pistol duel following
a quarrel over their work.
Killed Man, Fined a Cent.
vMontgomery, Ala. For killing Robert-
Wilson, Robert Glass was fined
one cent by a Jury after a trial that
lasted all day. Glass was Indicted for
murder In the first degree and has
been In Jail several months. The
The Jury held he. was guilty of man
slaughter in the second degree.
About three months ago A. Lee
Long, a negro, of Ope'ika was given
nirfty days in Jail for killing a white
man. He was charged with murder
In the first degree.
whether or not it be spent after the
formal announcement of candiducy
should be included In the expense ac
count placed on file. This interpre
tation of the- law. it will be remem
bered, was given by the attorney gen
eral in response to an injuiry from
Jay Bowerman asking if the money
spent by Ben Selling in sending out
letters to each voter prior to his pos
Itivo declaration of his candidacy con
stituted a violation of the corrupt
practices act. Judge Lowell, there
fore. Including all of his expenditures
during the past eighteen months
made for the purpose of promoting
his candidacy.
The section of the federal law which
applies to these expenditures Is as fol
lows: "No candidate for representative in
congress or for senator of the Unit
ed States shall give, contribute, ex
pend, use or promise or cause to b
given, contributed, expended, used or
promised, m procuring his nomina
tion and election, any sum, in the
RreKaie, in excess of the amount
wnich he may lawfully eive. eon
tribute, expend use or promise under
tne laws of the state In which he re
sides." This section contains pro
vlslo clauses relating to states which
have no such laws. Here In Oregon
the amount which a candidate for the
nomination for senator may spend is
firteen per cent of the first year's sal
ary of the office.
ST. fAl BASIN IS DOOMED
Til dtVASTl BY MISSISSIPPI
Government Engineers Admit Inability to Control
Raging Flood Waters
FARMERS AND FAMILIES
Twenty Thousand People Are Already
Thousands of Others Will Be Before
Waters Will Have Passed.
Memphis, Tenn., April 6. All hope of caving the St. Francis levee and
the St. 1-Yaiicis basin lias been abandoned by government engineers and of
ficials. A dozen weak Foots were reported simultaneously and it appears
certain that the dykes will soon go out. Tills means that thousands of acre
of tillable soil in Tennessee and Mississippi lli )e inundated.
It is feared that the break of the
000,000 railroad bridge, here. The crest
here !efore Sunday and with the bursting of tlie levee it is not believed the
structure will stand the terrifflc pressure that will be put' on it. i
Practically the entire eastern part
of Arkansas is covered by a back wa
ter flood.
Thousands of refugees are arriving
from the lowlying districts and are
being temporarily quartered in public
buildings and private homes.
The situation In the surrounding
country is growng worse daily. It is
conservatively estimated that 20,000
persons are homeless.
Louisiana and Mississippi farmers
are gathering the families and live
stock, and are hurrying to higher
ground. The farmers In the threat
ened districts were warned today to
leave at once.
Suffering Is Intense.
Memphis, Tenn., April 6. The flood
area of the Mississippi river is wid
ened and lengthened today. It is es
timated that more . than 150 square
miles of tillable soil are inundated.
Suffering in the flooded district Is
Intense and is becoming more acute
hourly.
One hundred workers who were
marooned on the lower end of the
government levee when It collapsed,
l.uve been rescued.
Another Break Ke)orted.
St. Louis, Mo , April 6. The break
in the levee below Hickman, Mo., Is
360 feet wide and no attempt is be
ing made to stop the gap, according
to an official report received here
from the weather bureau at Cairo,
Illinois. The river had fallen three
Inches at Hickman and one foot at
the break.
Mark Harper, a railroad engineer
arrived here today from the floodej
district.
He said:
"The conditions are terrible at
Columbus, Ky. Persons perched on
the tops of houses and in trees, were
floated away by flood waters.
"The common danger among . the
flood victims is the fear that some
relative has disappeared and, they re
fuse to leave the threatened territory
till assured their loved ones are safe
"As I was leaving Columbus, I saw
a snake, a rabbit and a chicken, all
floating down the river on one log.
"I could not run my engine fast,
because of the danger of the water
extinguishing the fire under the boil
er. Cairo Still in Danger.
Cairo, April 6. With the Mississ
ippi river at the fifty-four foot stage
and still showing a tendency to rise,
nearly every able bodied resident in
Cairo is today at work strengthening
the dykes about the threatened city.
TEACHERS HOLDING
INSTITUTE AT ECHO
A local teachers' Institute in which
the teachers of districts 6, 6. 8, 14,
28, 50 and 61 are in attendance is be
ing held today at Echo and a num
ber of schoolmen from other parts of
the county are also present for the
occasion. The following is the pro
gram of the day:
10 a, m. Opening exercises: sing
ing; How to Use the Course of Study,
W. W. Wiley; The Use of Pictures in
Language Work, Blanche E. Small;
Music; How to Secure Better Writing,
B. T. Touel; noon intermission, 1:00
p. m.; singing; Thoroughness in
Arithmetic, Joel Davis; music; Civil
Government, L W. Keeler; Indian
Club Swinging. J. L Thompson; ad
dress, State Supt. L. R. Alderman.
Evening. 8 p. m. Music; addres,
Supt. J. S. Landers; address. State
Supt. L. R. Alderman.
Miss Gladys Scroggs is conducting
the singing, and Mr Ottlmer A. Can
non has charge of the instrumental
music.
FLEEING TO THE HILLS
Homeless and
Crest of High
St. Francis ieveo will destroy the $5,
of the flood is not expected to reach
The high water stage today la two,
tenths of a foot higher than yester-?
day but the ' levees are still holding-.-The
supply of fresh meat Is ex
hausted here. City oficlals lrnmedl-;
ately established a commissary de-t
partment, and are distributing food,
prepared at restaurants to private
homes. -. , '
100.000 Acres Under Water.
Hickman, Ky., April 6". More than;
one hundred thousand acres of cotton
land worth $100 an acre is sub-;;
merged between Hickman and Tip-j
tonville, Tenn., as the result oft the''
breaking of the government levees
six miles below here late yesterday.) ..
The damage is conservatively esti--mated
at J 1,000,000. The gap In the
levee la five hundred feet wide. The
number of homeless people In! this
vicinity is estimated at eight thous-i
and. More than three thousand are.
sheltered in tents furnished by the:
government. ; j
Dorena, Mo., lying directly across--'
the river from here, is practically de
population. Only eleven persons re-;
main at Craig's Landing, Mo.S
Launches are busily, engaged in tak-;
ing persons but the flooded districts.;
WOULD SHORTEN
SEASON ON DUCKS
If efforts being made by sportsmen
about Hermlston and Uklah meet with
success, the open season for ducks
here In Umatilla county will be short
ened by three months. Deputy Game
Warden E. P. Averill has just receiv
ed petitions from these two towns
asking that he use his influence to se
cure a law making the open season
from Sept. 1 to Jan. 1 Instead of
from Sept. 1 to April 1 as now. for
the reason that after the first of the
year the food becomes scarce and the
ducks grow poor, and for the further
reason that the shooting seriously in
terferes with their brooding.
The petitions were both signed by
a largo number of sports .-nen which
fact will probably have considerable
bearing upon the lawmakers. Deputy'
Averill stated today that prior to re-
jceipt of the petition he had made the
recommendation desired to the fish
and game commission but he consid
ers that his recommendation will be
come much more effective now.
backed up as it is by the hunters.
SUFFRAGISTS QUIZ
GOVEHXOH S DOUBLE
'Twasirt Wilson After All, Hut Wo
men Thought So Till the Pittburg
er Explained.
Pittsburgh. While pondering over
matters pertaining to his position as
president of the Manufacturers' Light
and Heat Company in the Fort Pitt
Hotel, where he lives, John E. Gill
was confronted by a delegation of wo
men. "Governor, what do you think of
us " shouted the spokesman. "Are
you with us or against us? What is
your opinion of our movement to get
our rights?"
"I don't believe I understand you,"
GUI murmured. "You ask me as
Governor' of something or other. Oh!
I see," Gill concluded and a grin
spread over his face. "I'm not Gov
ernor Wilson."
The resemblance between Gill and
Governor Woodrow Wilson is so strik
ing that the Plttsburgher has been
mistaken for the Jerseyite on several
occasions. They met for the first
time last Friday and Governor Wilson
expressed amazement that another
looked so nearly like him.
J. T. Hinkle, one of the four repub
lican candidates for representative,
spent hut nisjht in, the city.