East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, May 07, 1912, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    . -i
EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITIOD
-I
a a
WEATHER REPORT.
fair tonight and Wed
nesday. TO ADVERTISERS.
The East OrefonUn
the largest paid elreolatl
of any paper la Oregon, oast
of Portland ana dmtij
twice the clrcnlatloo ta
Pendleton of any oth
newspaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
PENDLETON", OREGON, 1 UESDAY,' MAY 7, 1912.
VOL. 2.
NO. 7414
SIXTEEN
THOUSAND
WAGING BATTLE AT TQRREDN
Orozco's Army Opens Engagement with Cannon
Attack On Federal Force
f.l ADERISTS BEATEN AT
Revolutionists, Eighteen Hundred Strong, Drive Two
Thousand Government Troops From Mountain Fast
. ness in Bloodiest Fight of Revolt.
Eagle Pass, Tex., May 7. Heavy
cannonading today opened the battle
of Torreon by rebel troops under com
mand of ueneral Orozco, according
to dispatches received here.
General Huerta's 8,000 federals
have withdraw Into the city and reb
els to an equal number are surround
ing it, and attacking at half a dozen
points.
It is reported that a battle between
eighteen hundred federals and two
thousand febels at Monclova was a
crushing defeat for the Maderalsts. It
was the bloodiest battle of the revo
lution. The rebels admit a six hun
dred loss and it is reported the federal
louses are greater.
The battle was fought In a narrow
pass eight miles from Cuatro Clene
gaza, the federals firing, from the
mountain sides. The rebels finally
routed the federals, who retreated on
Monclova,
Scores of Americans today are flee
ing from Torreon. Monclava and Cu
atro Cienegas. Two hundred Ameri
cans are still In Torreon.
Cars fr Cavalry.
Cheyenne, Wyo., May 7. The
Northern Pacific and Colorado and
Southern railroads are delivering
stock cars to Fort Russell.where they
are being stored. Army officers de
clare they have received no orders,
-- which presage a movement of the
ninth cavalry to the Mexican border.
The officers say they believe the
roads are merely preparing for a
possible emergency.
Aiitl-Aiiiorienn Sentiment KxpliiiiM.nl.
San Francisco, May 7. That the
decided antl-Amerlcan sentiment, ex
isting among certain classes of citi
zens in the Cwfitral .American repub
lic, 1 due to a well organized pro
paganda of Interests in thise coun
tries, who profit by existing conditi
ons and are antagonistic to advance
ment and who us the native press to
further' their schemes, was the state
ment of Secretary oU State Knox to
day. CONDEMNED PREACHER IS
VISITED HY SISTER
I
Boston, May 7. Miss L. V. Rlcfie
son visited her brother, Rev. C. V. T.
Uicheson, who Is condemned to die
for the murder of his nlneteen-year-old
sweetheart. Avis Llndell. The
guard about Rleheson has been dou
bled. Rlcheson will be executed May
19th.
SUPREME COURT WILL
MANY WATER USERS
Questions of much Interest to the
people of the east end of this county
will bo'laid before the supreme court
here Hhursday, If the calendar is not
changed, when attorneys will argue
tho two big Irrigation suits-that have
been pending from that section for
many years. Tho suits are those of
the Peacock Milling company versus
several hundred individual waterusers
and the Little Walla Wolla Irrigation
union versus other waterusers on the
river.
Both big suits have been pending
fo many year and are now before the
supreme tribunal for final decision. C,
M. Radcr of Walla Walla and Judge
Will R. King of Portland will argue
the cases for the Peacock Milling
company and the Little Walla Walla
Irrigation union. The corps of law
yers for the defendants includes Col.
J. H. Raley, Judge S. A. Lowell, R.
R. Johnson, R. J Slater, all of this
city, and T P. Oose, Sharpsteln &
Sharpsteln of Walla Walla, and S. D.
Peterson of Milton.
Attorney General Crawford Is also
here to appear in behalf of the state
which Is also a party to the suit
Fdlir Taking Exanis.
All day today four embryo lawyers
have boor, pouring over four sheets
of questions which constitute the ex
amlnatlon which they must pass be
fore they will be allowed to hang out
MEXICANS
MONCLOVA: LOSS BIG
ir
Murderer Age 5 Years."
V
Grand Junction, Colo., May 7.
John Xy Santos, age 5 years, is
under "arrest here, charged with
killing John Maloney, a 7-year-
old playmate. It is alleged the
bqys quarreled and young Santos
shot Maloney with a revolver.
Santos is the youngest, prisoner
in Colorado's history.
Q
EASTERN ELECTRIC
MEN NOT COMING
Pendleton will not get to entertain
the visiting electric bondholders when
they are in the west upon their tour
this spring and In consequence the
wild west entertainment that was be
ing provided for their benefit will
have to be dropped. Word to this
effect was received today by Dr. F.
W. Vincent, local manager for the
Pacific Power & Light company,
when the following message was for
warded to him from Portland:
Boston, Mass , May 4.
J. E. Davidson,
Portland, Ore.
Letter regarding entertainment at
Pendleton received. Deeply regret
special trains will not pass through
Pendleton on way to Seattle. South
ern Pacific is the route from San
Francisco to Portland. Seems a
shame to miss such a fine entertainment-
Please forward this Informa
tion to Dr. Vincent.
C. H. HODSKIXSOX.
Slirincts Parading.
Los Angeles, May" 7. Shrlners ac
companied by bands, flanked by
thousands of visiting lodgemen today
mnrched In the first formal parade of
their thirty-eighth annual conclave
and were viewed by more than 100,
000 persons. They will parade again
tonight, after which will be held the
electrical parade.
Ln Follottc- Roaches Frisco.
San Francisco, May 7. Returning
from a tour of San Joaquin valley.
Senator La Follette today plunged in
to the campaign around San Francisco
Hay. He spoke at Richmond, Port
Costa, Martinez, Antloch and Xiles.
and tonight he will speak at San
Jose.
HEAR CASE IN WHICH
ARE DEEPLY INTERESTED
their shingles. The examination is
being conducted by Attorney D. W.
Sheahan of Wallowa county and will
be concluded tomorrow.
The second days' session of tho
court commenced nt 9 o'clock this
morning with the submission of a
Grant county case entitled George
Austin Bowman; a minor, by Crlzona
McLellan, guardian, -npp. vs. George
Anderson and S. F. Slater, resp., A.
M. Crawford for the appellant and
Cottanach & Wood for the respond
ents. This afternoon four local op
tion cases appealed from Wallowa
county are being presented with Dist
rict Attorney Ivanhoe appearing for
the state and D. W. Sheahan for this
appellants.
Other cases which came up- today
are as follows:
Alex McKenna et al., app. vs. R. R.
McHaley et al., resp., from Grant
county, Errett Hicks for respondent,
Cottanach & Woods for appellant.
Jesse T. Purdy, app. vs. Van Dusen
and Hlgbeen, resp., from 'Grant coun
ty, same attorneys as in preceding
case.
Maggie A. Webb, adm., app. vs.
Mutual Life Insurance Co., resp.,
from Union county, Crawford and
Aiken for appellant, J. E. Bronaugh
and Cochran & Cochran for respond
ent.
WADING IN BLOOD PRESIDENT TAFT TO
CARRY ON WAR UNTIL END OF CAMPAIGN
Cincinnati, Ohio, Maj 7. Presi
dent Taft's secretary, Hilles, has an
nounced that the president will end
his visit to Columbus tomorrow night.
The following Wednesday he will re
turn for a four days' campaign In an
effort to capture the state primaries
May 21.
Ohio is designated by President
Taft as his "bloody battleground"
for the decisive fight of the campaign.
He will pass the next few days rak
ing over the record of Roosevelt for
points which he can attack in his
speeches here.
Colonel Roosevelt will be in Ohio
CLARK CONTROLS
WASH. CONVENTION
Seating of Delegations from Two
Counties Causes Delay In .
Organizing
Walla Walla. Wash. (Bulle-
tin). The convention seated
both King county delegations
by a vote of 333 to 221. This
gives Clark absolute control.
Walla Walla, Wash., May 7. Little
was done, aside from settling, the
contests in the Adams and Kings
counties delegations, in the remocrat
ii; state convention here today. The
entire forenoon was passed in quib
bling and fighting over the seating
of delegates.
At noon the "Ritzvllle'' or first el
ected delegation of Adams county had
been seated and the Kings cpunty
people had one hour "to debate the
matter.
Three propositions were made: One
a report of a majority of the com
mittee that the primary delegation
of Kings county be seated; second, a
report of the minority that the
"Handplcked" delegation be seated;
third, that both be seated with half
a vote each.
HOME PAVEMENT
IS LATEST OFFER
For the purpose of arousing Inter
est in a home paving company, two
Ia Ura'nde business men are here to
day and are placing their propo
sition before local property owners.
They have already secured subscrip
tions to stock in their home town ami
hope to meet with the fame success
here.
Their pavement Is known as Vbitu-
mass" and is very similar, so they
claim, to the gravel bitulithlc which
the Warren Construction company is
offering to lay nt $1.45 per square
yard. Their pavement they declare,
ecu Id be laid at the very highest, for
$1.35 per square yard. Considerable
interest Is being manifest in their
proposition and It may yet prove the
solution to the paving situation which
Is stirring the owntis of property.
BRITISH COMMONS MEMBER
MAY YET INVOLVE BRYCE
London, May 7 Renewed attempts
to connect James Bryce, British am
bassador to the United States with
the correspondence of President Taft
and Colonel Roosevelt, regarding the
question of Canadian reciprocity, were
made today by Henry Croft in the
house of commons.
Sir Edward Grey, minister of for
eign affairs, announced that Bryce U
on a vacation and will return to the
United States as soon as his vacation
Is over. Sir Edward said he had no
idea of recalling the ambassador or
hear tho reciprocity charges.
ARIZONA SALONS DISTURBED
BY MURDER AND SUICIDE
Phoenix, Ariz., May 7. While the
ptate legislature was in session, F.
Coffman, age twenty seven, entered
the office of the state surveyor it)
the capltol and Instantly killed Chief
Clerk Malcolm Gillette of the sur
veyor's office He then shot himself
through the head and fell down by
the side of his own victim.
Knox Arrives at Frisco.
San Francisco, May 7. Secretary of
State Knox arrived here and was
greeted and welcomed by Mayor
Rolph and President Moore of the
1915 exposition and a company ol
others. He was conducted to the St.
Francis hotel and will be a guest here
of exposition officials.
Arkansas Delegation Split.
Little Rock, Ark.. May 7. Arkansas
will send contesting delegations to the
Chicago convention. The state re
publican convention Is beinir held to
day and will undoubtedly result In a
spilt. Both Roosevelt and Taft fac
tlons are naming delegates at large.
simultaneously next week with Pres
ident Taft and their trails may cross.
Bitter recriminations are expected.
Taft will speak fourteen times in
Ohio tomorrow, first at Batavia.
Taft Declares War.
New York, May 7. A strenuous
speaking campaign, to last till the re
publican national convention meets at
Chicago June 10th, has been an
nounced by President Taft. The re
sults of the primary elections in
Maryland, Massachusetts and Pen
nsylvania has caused him to Issue a
declaration of war, till the last day
of the nomination campaign.
MRS. MABEL WARNER
SCORES A POINT
Watts Faction Ordered by Court to
Show Authority for Use of
Certain Names
Before the ownership "of the 1911
crop of the Young estate land can be
decided, the attorneys for Mrs. Xora
Wutts et al must show by what au
thority they .appear to represent the
twenty or more heirs of J. W. Young,
deceased. Judge Knowles yesterday
afternoon postponing the case until
July, following tne filing of a motion
for the dismissal of the case on the
grounds that the attorneys are with
out the proper authority.
As the reason of this motion, R. R.
Johnson, attorney for Mrs. Mabel
Warner, Introduced the letter recent
ly received by Mrs. Warner's father
from Louis Young, his nephew. In
which the writer denied that either
he or any other of the eastern heirs
with the exception of his aunt, Mrs.
Cynthia Brophy, had given Dr. F. D.
Watts power to use their mimes in
the proceedings.
The filing of the motion was a sur
prise' to the plaintiffs in the cke and
Judge James A. Fee, .their attorney,
asked time to produce his authority.
However, he returned from his office
without the papers and asked for a
i-or.tlnuance of the case until he
cf.ulj confer with John McCourt of
Portland, who, he declares, was the
original attorney for the plaintiffs.
An order was, however, made for
the sale of the grain under dispute
that the harvesting expenses might
bo paid and the $500 due A. W. Xye
for services as receiver. The remain
der of the money will be held until
the disposition of the case.
ELKS CHANGE DATE
OF PROPOSED SHOW
At a meeting of the committee of
Elks which is arranging fur the big
two day show planned by their lodge
last" night, it was decided that it is
advisable to change the date from
May 31 and June 1 to some time late
in June, on account of the closing of
school and the coming of the Sells
Floto circus coming close to the dates
selected. A committee was appoint
ed to present a propositon to the
Commercial association this evening
whereby it is hoped to secure the co
operation of that body in the presen
tation of the show.
At the meeting last night, the va
rious committee chairmen were nam
ed and the program committee con
sisting of J. E. Keefe, L. G. Frazier,
J. R. Raley, Paul Sperry and Mark
Moorhouse. appointed. An advisory
board consisting of J. R. Raley, R. W.
Ritner, L. G. Frazier, Mark Moor
house and Carl Cooley were selected.
Moorhouse in addition was chosen as
field manager. The following are the
committee chairmen appointed: R
W. Ritner. admissions and grounds;
J. E. Keefe, burlesques; Fred Earle,
parade: Carl Cooley, professional
acts; dive Cheshire, music; F. J.
Quinlan. transportation; ThonVas
Fltz Gerald, advertising; Frank Fra
zier. harness and running races; W,
H. Lytle, ladles' drills; George Strand,
chariot races; Ross Wimer, burlesque
Indians; Roy Raley, hippodrome
races; James R. Thompson, competi
tive show teams; G. W. Bradley, stal
lion parade; Clark Nelson, Shetland
ponies; Frank Saling, hurdle races;
Marshall Spell, spielers and clowns;
Ben L. Burroughs, concessions.
It is the Intention of the Elks In
charge to have the ontire membership
of the lodge divided among these va
rious committees so that each will be
working for the success of the show
Diamond Thieves Get $12,000.
Indianapolis. Ind , May 7. Rob
bers looted the safe of the Sussman
Jewelery company and escaped with
$13,000 worth of diamonds. They
cut a hole in the floor above Suss-
man's store and descended to the
snow cases by rope ladders.
Fine Hotel Rurnlm
Waukosaw. Wis., May 7. The Rest-
naven Hotel, valued at $500,000,
burning here today.
Is
TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE ARBCUT
OFF BY RAGING MISSISSIPPI
Hudled Together In Frightened Squads, Marooned
Farmers Helplessly Await Rescue
LOUISIANA ALONE HAS
Engineers Express Hope That Flood Crisis has been
Reached and Believe Levees Spared Will Hold Against
Attacks of Water.
Teddy Wins In Maryland.
Baltimore, May 7. Practical-
ly complete returns of the prl-
maries show Colonel Roosevelt
will control the state conven
tion May 14th, assuring him of
the solid delegation of 16 to the
national convention. Roosevelt
elected sixty-six delegates and
Taft sixty-three. Clark elected
eighty delegates, Wilson forty-
five and Harmon 2.
Late returns show Roose-
ve'.t's majority will reach 3500.
Late reports also strengthened
Clark's lead.
V
CANADIANS DOUBT
ROUNDUP PICTURES
That people who have never seen
the Round-up are Incredulous about
the stories of the doings at the big
show is shown by a letter which R.
E. Perry of this city received this
morning from his step daughter Mrs.
Flora Severson of High River, Al
berta.
In a letter to her relatives in Pen
dleton Mrs. Severson tells of the ap-
ptarance of the Round-up pictures
in High River, the pictures being
brought there from Winnepeg. The
show was witnessed by a large audi
ence and all took keen Interest in
the events. But when the film re
vealed Buffalo Vernon in his fantous
bulldogglng stunt, holding the steer
down by his teeth, a man in the au
dience shouted: ,
"That's alright for you to tell us
Canadians, but show us. Xo Yankee
can do that."
STRIKERS IGNORE ORDER
TO RETURN TO WORK
Chicago, Ills , May 7. The stereo
types who went on strike here to aid
the striking pressmen, today ignored
orders from their" intenational offi
ces, to return to work Immediately.
Their representative told Interna
tional President Freel they will not
fulfill his orders.
Plans have been laid by the strik
ing newspaper workers to interest
the American Federation of Labor in
their cause. Stenographic reports of
the union meetings here have been
sent to the federation and the parent
organization Is asked to take' action,
The morning papers issued their reg
ular editions today. Those down
town were sold by negroes who were
guarded by the police.
C. V. DANIEL LOCAL GLOBE TROTTER RETURNS
FROM TRIP TO UNDERSIDE OF THE EARTH
C. V. Daniel, Pendleton's most pro
nounced globe trotter, returned last
evening from a tour of several months
in Australia. Xew Zealand, Tasmania
and other islands of the south Pa
cific. He was there during the sum
mer season in the southern hemis
phere and returning as he does just
at the beginning of our present sum
mer will have the novel experience of
passing through two summers in dl
eet succession.
"There is some good scenery to be
seen In Xew Zealand and it is inter
esting also to observe the conduct of
public utilities under the government.
I was out particularly as a sightseer
and took most pleasure in viewing the
wonders of Xew Zealand and Austral
ia. Among other places I visited the
German group of caves in Australia,
the most famous caves in the world.
They are located 100 miles west of
Sidney, in the Blue mountains."
"In Victoria and Xew South Wales
wheat farming is a main industry and
land ranges in price from two to fifty
pounds per acre or from $10 per acre
up to $250. In Tasmania fine fruit
OVER 60.000 SUFFERERS
New Orleans, May 7. Two thou
sand persons are huddled together
along the levees in various parts of
Louisiana today, waiting to be res
cued. Relief is being hurried to the
threatened sections and every avail
able craft has been requisitioned.
Refugees are making their headquar
ters at Bat Rogue and Xatchez,
where they have been housed in
schools and churches. Food has been
distributed to 60,000 sufferers In
Louisiana alone.
Saint Sophia levee, forty miles be
low Xew Orleans broke at noon.
With a two hundred foot gap, the sec
tion hitherto considered safe is be
ing flooded.
The flood situation continues threat
ening, but there were no reports of
breaks in the levees and the engi
neers who are directing the thousands
of laborers in the fight again express
ed hope for victory.
Tard rains fell all along the river
as far north as Torras. In the face
not count for much in the battle
of these conditions today's labor did
against the ever riling flood stage.
The situation in Xew Orleans, not
withstanding the heavy rains, is said
to be more reassuring, though the
danger of levee trouble along stretch
es Just above Jackson barracks and
In the vicinity of the big plant of the
American Sugar Refining company
is sufficiently pronounced to demand
the labor of hundreds of men for
several days.
Further precautions were taken by
the Xew Orleans levee board and city
officials to guarantee the quick clos
ing of gaps in the Xew Orleans pro
tection levees above the city.
Water from the Torras crevasse
reached Morganza and it is a foot deep
in some streets of the town. This wa
ter is sliowly backing up against the
land side of the big Morganza levee.
The levee on the west side of the
Atchafalya river at Elba, five miles
north of Melvil'.e, has sloughed free
ly over it for some time. The few
persons who remained in that sec
tion were panic stricken.
I. W. W. Agitators Arrested.
San Diego. May 7. Eighty three
men. all I. W, W. or sympathizers,
who had come north to enter the so
called free speech fight here and who
climbed aboard a Santa Fe freight
train at Santa Ana. were arrested at
Old Town, a few miles north of here,
when the trin arrived.
Killed Over Woman. ,
Fresno, Calif., May 7. Frank
Agordon, a wealthy rancher was shot
and killed by Jesse Webb, a bartend
er during a quarrel over Mrs. Mar
garet Cane in whose lodging house
the shooting occurred.
land is to be had for 50 pounds or
$250. The price of Sand in Xew Zea
land L much the same.
"In Xew Zealand the government
owns and operates the railroads, tele
phone and telegraph lines and renders
very good service. Of course the rail
road lines are not of a class with those
in America because the traffic Is lighc
compared with whst tt Is In this
country. In Australia the rai'.roads
are owned by the various provinces
and there is no uniformity about the
width of tracks."
Asked as to how he enjoyed his trip
Mr. Daniels said that he had a pleas
ant tour and his only complaint was
against the English system of cook
ing he encountered during a large
part of his absence- The English sys
tem he declares, provides many
courses and little to eat. The minla
ture mutton chops with which he was
provided much of the time did not
satisfy his eastern Oregon appetite
and he fell off 2 pounds during his
trip.
Xext winter Mr. Daniel will muke
a trip to Europe, spending much ot
the time in France and Italy,
4