EVEIIIIIG EDITIOII
EVEllillGIDITIOn
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and to
morrow TO ADVERTISERS.
Tba Eaat Oregonlao baa
the largest paid circulation
of aoj paper In Oregon, aaat
of Portland and nearly
twice the circulation la
Pendleton of any otaaf
newspaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1912.
XO. 7415
FIRE DAMAGES
WONDER STORE
Early Evening Blaze of Unknown
Origin Causes Loss of Probably
Twelve Thousand.
STARTS WITH EXPLOSION
Very Small Per Cent of Stock Es
capes Loss by Flames or Damage by
Smoke and Water Merchants Tak
ing Precautions.
Presumably starting from a short
circuit of electric light wires, a fire
originated In the back of the Wonder
Store on the corner of Main and
Court streets at 8 o'clock last even
ing quickly swept through the Interior
of the building and before It was
quenched by the fire department had
done damage estimated at between
$12,000 and $15,000. The greater
part of tho loss was covered by In
surance. It was just a few minutes after
eight that a passerby heard n mils
like a dull explosion and simultane
ously saw flames burt out of a back
Court street window of the building.
The alurm was quickly given and
the response was Just as quick. Hose
Company No. 2 being assembled in
meeting at the time. The breaking
of the windows caused a strong draft
and the flames quickly spread to all
parts of the Interior.
Quickly allayed Jhough it was by
the streams of water, the fire burned
and scorched a great amount of the
goods while the water itself and the
smoke completed the work of dam
age so that but little of the stock es
enned. The cash and books were
saved by Charles Despaln. one of the
proprietors, who rushed inrougi.
smoke and flames to the office.
The housekeeping rooms In the
second story were soon filled with
choking smoke but the inmates were
warned in time make their escape
Fire Chief Vaughan stated this
morning that an Investigation leads
hi in to the belief that the fire origi
nated through a short circuit of wires
near the office. '
Messrs Despaln and Bonney, fhe
proprietors, were carrying a stock of
drygoods and sundries, the estimated
value of which was $21,000 and the;
were Insured aginst loss by fire to
tho extent of $16,000. The building
which is owned by Mrs. .Miller, for
merly of this city, was not greatly
damaged, some of the woodwork In
the rear being burned, the paper
scorched and the windows broken.
This is the second fire in tho Wonder
Store in little more than a year,
though the previous one did not do as
much damage as that last night. As
a result of the fire, many merchants
are today burning up their trash a'nd
having their wires examined for pos
sible defects.
I,n rollette nt lYIsoo.
San Francisco, May 8. Fresh from
a tour of interior counties in tho In
terest of his campaign, Senator La
Folletto arrived here today to hold
his first Sah Francisco rally tonight.
La Folletto declared himself In flght
triin and expressed pleasure at the
receptions extended .him on his Cali
fornia tour.
Steamer Stranded.
Washington, D. C, May 8. Wire
less reports state the British steamer
Indorc, from Liverpool, Is stranded
on the French reef in Flolda Straits.
The revenue cutters Vablcraw and
Forward are rushing to her assist
ance. AGRICULTURIST DIRECT
CAPITOL. LECTURES
Pendleton will have the opportunity
tonight of hearing the first story of
tho progress of agricultural educa
tion In the United States as It la to
be told for two weeks In Oregon by
Mr, C. II. Lane, assistant In agricul
tural education, U. S. department of
agriculture, Washington, D. C. The
meeting will be held at the city ball
at 8 o'clock p. m. As Mr. Lane is
to follow his story of what Is being
done In other sections of the state
with suggestions regarding legislation
for Oregon along these lines, he de
sires to have as many of the business
men of the city as possible out to
hear him.
A series of storeoptlcon views will
be used to Illustrate the work of the
famous boys' and girls' corn and poul
try clubs of the east and the middle
west. C. C. Thomason, field man
nger for the agricultural and indus
trial contests In Oregon, will explain
the origin and the purposes of the
Oregon movoment as an intaoductory
explanation of Mr. Lane'a visit to the
state. Mr. Lane's coming to Oregon
Is high recognition of the country life
Improvement work in this state.
TRUST BURNS
ALL EVIDE
Official of Worchester Plant Testi
fies He Destroyed Steel Corpora
tion Papers When Suit Started,
CO. HEAD SO ORDERED
Declares Also Tliat He Was Ap
proached by Chlcr Officials and In
structed Regarding Evidence lie
Was to Give at Hearing.
New York, May 8. How officials of
the steel trust, facing government
prosecution on a charge of restraint
of trade, calmly ordered their subor
dinates to burn all evidence of their
lawbreaking the instant the federal
suit was Hied, was detailed here to
day' before Referee Henry T. Brown
by Harry Whitney, an official-of the
Worchester, Mass., plant of the Am
erican Steel and Wire company, a,
subsidiary of tho Steel trust. Whitney
declared he had destroyed all evi
dence; by direct order of Frank
Baackes, president of the American
Steel and Wire company.
Whitney testified that he received
President Baackes' order immediately
after the filing of the government's
suit to dissolve the trust and he de
clared he had, by .Baackes' orders
gathered papers containing all evi
dence against the Steel and Wire com
pany, In the office of George Cragin,
its assistant vsalesmanager, shipped
them to the Worchester plant and
personally took to the boiler room
where he directed the fireman to burn
them.
The government attorneys, former
Secretary of War Dickinson and Hen
ry Colton, are much pleased with
getting this testimony from Whitney
showing the trust decided to stop
government prosecution by being pre
pared to prevent the facts becoming
known.
They are preparing to call other
trust employes to show that In his
action President Baackes did not stand
alone, and that wherever possible the
trust officials destroyed such evidence
as they could gather.
Whitney sprang another sensation
when he followed up his testimony
about the burning of evidence with
a statement that President Baackes of
the American Steel and Wire com
pany, attempted to Interfere with; his
testimony before the grand jury which
voted an Indictment against the trust.
He said Baackes told him that If he
could in bis testimony to avoid refer
ence to the destruction of papers. He
said that George Cragin, assistant
salesmanager of the concern,- and
Baackes both tried to tell htm what
to say in his testimony. Whitney's
testimony was unshaken by cross-examination.
Whitney said: "Baackes said to me
'I suppose you remember your in
structions regarding those papers?' I
told him I remembered distinctly
that he told nie to see that they were
burned. He said. 'I never told you
any such thing." I Insisted he did."
llarriman for President.
Indianapolis, May 8. Job llarri
man, of Los Angeles, today loomed
up as the most likely to receive the
presidential nomination when tho
socialist national convention opens
here next Sunday.
Teddy Claims Ohio,
Oyster Hay, N. Y., May 8. Follow
ing a conference here with his ram
paisn manager, Senator Dixon of
Montana, nnd National Committee
man Ward of New York, Roosevelt
expressed confidence that he would
sweep Ohio, the home state of Taft.
FROM NATIONAL
IN PENDLETON T
T
Following tho meeting In the city
hall, Mr. Lane will go to the Commer
cial club rooms where he will address
the business men at 9 o'clock. Before
each address by Mr. Lane, Mr. Thom
ason will explain tho Oregon move
ment which he Is managing under Jhe
auspices of the State Bankers' asso
ciation, the state superintendent of
schools and the Oregon agricultural
college.
At the city hall meeting the follow
ing program by pupils of the Pendle
ton schools has been prepared by
superintendent Landers:
Garden Song," twelve pupils, sec
ond grade, Hawthorne school.
"Paul Revere's Ride," Jack Mill
lorn, sixth grade, Washington school
"Pony Song," six boys, third grade,
Hawthorne school
Recitation, "Moo, Cow, Moo," Nel
lie Ross, fifth grade, Hawthorne
school.
Four part song, "Santa Lucia,"
fifth grade, Washington school.
Illustrated address, C. H. Lane, as
sistant In department of agricultural
education, Washington, D. C.
KE
Will Urge Government Payment of Expenses
& &' H & & 5S f
of Presidential Candidates on Democrats
Judge King, Member of Oregon Delegation to Baltimore
Convention Would Thus Curb Interests
Judge Will R. King, former su
preme justice and one of the dele
fates chosen to attend the democratic
national convention at Baltimore, Is
an earnest advocate of prohibiting
private contributions to presidential
campaign funds and of having - the
expense of the presldental race borne
by the people themselves through an
appropriation by congress. Further
more he Is going to lay a suggestion
to that effect before the platform
committee at the national convention
in hopes of having a demand for
such a reform written Into the nation
al platform of his party.
While here today in connection
with cases before the supreme court
Judge King discussed his ideas upon
the aboye subject and his purpose of
trying to have his plan put into ef
fect. "It is improper," he declares, "for
private financiers of Wall street or
elsewhere to furnish the money with
which to carry on a presidential cam
paign for either or for both the lead
ing parties. When the campaign Is
financed in that manner it means
the administration will be under ob
ligations, direct or Implied, to ths
men who supplied the money. Xo
president should be under any obli
gations whatever except to the peo
ple as a whole.
"A campaign fund Is necessary for
each party In order to maintain an
organization, pay for the printing
and circulation of literature and for
the service of speakers. The people
themselves should provide that mon
ey. Congress should adopt a plan of
supplying the leading parties with
sufficient funds, say a million dollars
each, to meet their legitimate expens
ei and such parties should be abso
lutely barred from securing campaign
money from any other source. When
there are two or three leading parties
each party should be given an equal
sum so as to provide a fair race be
tween their respective candidates. A
party that casts a very slight vote In
the election may safely be allowed to
solicit campaign money from private
sources and should be given no ap
propriation until it secures a reason
ably strong following."
According to Judge King he will
draft a proposed plank for the na-
MISSISSIPPI S1ILL
BREAKING LEVEES
Warships Rushing to Rescue Ma
rooned Flood Sufferers; Home
less Number 117,000
New Orleans, May 8. Lettswnrth,
La., is imperiled today, being almost
directly in the path of the rapid rush
of water which Is pouring through a
Rap in the levee. The residents have
fled to the upper stories of the build
ings. The levee at the junction of the
Mississippi and Old Rivers, five miles
below Terras, broke today, making a
crevasse one hundred feet wide.
Damage of $50,000,000.
Washington, May 8. Floods in the
AT iuuluutnnf i-fl!!nv tinvo rnitRorl SltO -
OOO.U00 loss already and probably
win cause as mucn again, is me esti
mate by government flood experts.
Damage to cotton alone Is stupend-
fiiw rVitioroua lifla nlronritr annronrlnt-
ed $2 250,000 for relief and probably
win auu $2,uuu,uuv.
Warships Rescuing Refugees.
Washington, May 8. The navy de
partment today ordered tho battle
ship Nebraska and gunboat Patrol
to steam up the Mississippi river and
rescue flood victims. It is expected
tho boats' launches wl'd prove effec
tive in the work. The Nebraska will '
bo able to go up the river as far as J
Vlcksburg. Miss.
V. S. Caring for 117,000.
Raton Rouge, La., May 8. It is es
timated today that tho government is
aiding 117,000 refugees in the flooded
sections from the mouth or the Ar
kansas river down the Mississippi to
the Gulf of Mexico.
Wilson Wins Texas.
Dallas, Tex., May 8. Practically
complete returns from the state pri
mary give Wilson 837 state conven
tion delegates, Harmon 124 and Clark
41 Wilson thus Is assured of the
Texas delegation of 40 to the national
convention. Roosevelt has 80 dele
gates to the republican state conven
tion and Taft 39.
Shrincrs at Sea Shore.
Los Angeles, May 8. Long Beach
and the Great Maier ranch near here
divided honors today In the entertain
ment of the Shrincrs. More than
20,000 went to Long Beach for a day
at the sea shore.
WILIj URGE GREAT REFORM
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JUDGE WILL R. KIXG
tional platform embodying his ideas
upon this subject and ask the Ore
gon delegation to present the same
before the platform committee which
is usually -made up of one delegate
from each state. In the event he
should be the platform committee
man from Oregon, Judge King will
personally urge his idea upon the
other members of the committee.
Incidentally Judge King believes
that the same arguments as to cam
paign funds during presidential elec
tions may also be applied wth refer
ence to state elections, particularly in
the election of the governor. He dis
likes the Idea of having private par
ties finance any man race for a high
position in the gift of the people. He
also believes that the term of the
president should be seven years and
that a president should be barren,
from ever serving a second term. It
is his opinion that a constitutional
amendment to this effect will be ad
opted before many years.
TYPOS VOTING ON
STRIKE QUESTION j
!
Policemen Guarding all-Newspaper!
Stands in Chicago Down
Town District,
Chicago, May 8. A meeting of the
typographical union is being he'd this
afternoon to decide if it shall order
a sympathetic strike against the Chi
cago newspapers. If tire printers
walk out, the mailers will quit also.
The streets were quieter today and
the afternoon papers promised their
regular editions. Downtown news
stands are still guarded by police.
Strike sympathers poured kerosene
on a pile of newspapers last night and
a fiot resulted in which Policeman
Jennings fired three times into a
crowd. No one was injured.
The war now on between the unions
of Chicago papers is believed to be
the opening gun in a nation-wide
fight by the American Newspaper
publishers' association for the "open
shop." It is rumored the association
has appropriated $150,000 to use in
the publishers' Chicago fight.
Organized labor of Chicago is in
sympathy with the strikers. Unionists
declare that despite the stories of vi
olence on the part of strikers, all vi
olence can be traced directly to train
ed sluggers who have been for years
in the employ of the publishers in
their circulation fights. They also
say the publishers have the entire po
lice force at their backs and. declare
officers of tho unions have been
shadowed by plain clothes men even
at their homes.
V'ndorwood Wins Mississippi.
Jackson, Miss., May S. Practical
ly complete returns from the demo
cratic primaries yesterday in Missis
sippi, give Underwood 5206 and Wil
son 3010.
Louis Hill to Resign.
New York, May 8. James J.
Hill today confirmed the report
that Louis Hill, his son, will re-
tire from the presidency of the
Great Northern railroad In favor
of C. R. Gray. J. J. Hill re-
fused to discuss the report that
he will resign the chairman-
ship of the Great Northern
board of directors in favor of
his son.
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REBELS FOITM., POLICE
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BAlIK
Battle in Progress Today and Heavy
Loss of Government Troops is
Reported Unofficially.
0R0ZC0 DEPOSES GOMEZ
Revolution Comniandcr-ln-Clilcf Puts
Provisional President in Bad Ire-dioaiiK-nt
United States Troops
Moving.
Eagles Pass., Texas, May
8. Fighting between rebels and
federals is in progress at Sua-
tro Ck-nogas today. Under Gen-
eral Auhert 1500 federals, at-
tacked the main force of rebels
there. Reliable though unoffi-
cial information says the feder-
als are being pushed back with
heavy loss along the railroad
toward Monte Lova. Reports
from government sources say
the rebels are retreating.
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El Paso, May 8. Realizing that
General Oroczo's repudiation of his
claims to the provisional presidency of
Mexico will place him In a serious
predicament unless Orozco relents,
Emilio Vasquez Gomez sent emissar
ies to the rebel commander-in-chief,
in an effort to adjust their differ
ences. Unless Orozco' recognizes Gomez's
claims the latter will be in disfavor
with the rebels on the Mexican side
of the border and liable to arrest In
America for violating the neutrality
laws.
American Trootis Moving.
Monterey, Calif., May 8. Company
C, Twe'fth United States infantry,
consisting of sixty-five men under
command of Lieutenant Smith, left
here today on a special train for Tia
Juana where they were ordered b
the war department. Company C
goes into the field prepared for any
emergency and with a full fighting
equipment. It is rumored that other
troops of the Twelfth infantry will
leave this afternoon for other points
on the Mexican border. ,
WALLA WALLA WON
IN STREAK OF LUCK
That Pendleton has a baseball team
that will make a strong bid for the
Western Tri-State pennant is the opin
ion of local fans who were in Walla
Walla yesterday and witnessed the
opening game of the season. So well
did the Buckarooes perform, tbey
say, that only the greatest run of
good luck on the part of Dade's Bears
enabled tho Garden City bunch to win
by a 2-1 score.
time after time, Strand, the Walla
Walla twirler, pitched himself into
a bad hole, according to their reports,
only to pull himself out by valiant ef
forts. Garrett, on the other hand,
pitched masterly ball and was steady
throughout, losing his game only be
cause of the phenomenal homeruu
secured by the hard hitting Brown
who caiiRht for Athena last year.
With Osborne in the box today and
the team playing behind him as it did
yesterday, these fans believe Pendle
ton should annex the victory and
should emerge from the series with
a lead.
Mr and Mrs. William Potts of He
lix, came in this morning on the
northern Pacific train.
SUPREME COURT ADMITS CLASS OE EOUR
TO OREGON BAR; UMATILLA CASES ARE UP
Four new lawyers were made today
when the supreme court admitted to
the bar the full class which yesterday
took the examinations under J. P.
Winter of this city, T. H. Crawford of
La Grande and D, W. Sheahan of
Wallowa, Leslie L. Parker of Port
land, Phil Ashford of Vale, M. A.
Biggs of Burns and H. A. Rodee of
La Grande are the successful osplr
ants and may now hang up their shin
gle anywhere In the state. Edward
S. Treadwell of California was also
granted a courtesy cerlficate which
will permit him to practice In Ore
gon. "
Two Umatilla county cases were
presented to the supreme court today,
the first appealed from the local court
to be taken up at this session. These
cases are entitled George W. Jones,
executor of the last will and testa
ment of Madison Jones, appl., vs
Charles A. Hill. Mary A. Hill and
John Dozler. resp., and Joseph Perrazo
resp., vs. Women of Woodcraft, appl.
FIGHT BATTLE
San Diego Trouble Leads to Gun
Battle and Wounding of Industrial
Worker and Two Officers.
30 ARRESTS ARE MADE
Militia, Sailors and Citizens Combine
to Ron ml up Alleged Conspirators In
Attciniit to Assassinate Two City
Patrolmen.
San Diego, Calif, May 8. Joe Mi
kolash, a Bohemian, is dying in the
hospital, two policemen are serious
ly wounded, and more than thirty al
leged members of the I. W. W., or
sympathizers, are being held under
arrest as a result of a battle which
the police say followed an unsuccess
ful attempt to assassinate Policeman
Stevens and Heddon. The officers
say they were suddenly attacked by
an unknown man, who fired on them
with a revolver and they engaged in
the fight.
Turning in a riot call, a force of
policemen, many militiamen, sailors
and citizens responded. The police,
aided by th'e citizens and others
rounded up the I. W. W.'s and sympa
thizers and declare they will clean
the town of them.
The police declared that several
members of the I. W. W., found in
the house where the shooting occur
red, will not be sent out of town but
will be held and charged with con
spiracy to commit murder.
Search of the K street house, where
the fight took place resulted In find
ing three loaded revolvers and a rifle
to which was attached a Maxim si
lencer. A. J. Van Bidder, secretary of the
Cooks' and Waiters union, was am
ong the prisoners. The police refuse
to give out the names of the other
prisoners.
LADY AUT0IST HURT
BY ROPES IN DARK
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bohl had a
narrow escape from serious Injury last
night as a result of the Wonder store
fire and, as it was Ms. Bohl sustained
a cut in the cheek which equired sev
eral stitches for closing. While re
turning from the circus grounds in
their auto at 10 o'clock, the machine
ran under the rope stretched across
Court street at Garden during the fire
and but for the steering wheel would
have caught them both and lifted
them'froni the car. It struck Mrs.
Bohl on the cheek, inflicting a pain
ful though not serious wound.
Ropes had been stretched across
the streets leading into the fire zone
to keep back the crowd and, alter the
flames had been quenched, lanterns
had been suspended from the ropes
as a warning to drivers or pedestrians.
Mr. Bohl, however, declares there
was no lantern on the rope across
Court street at Garden when he ar
rived and states that he has since
heard that it had been taken tempo
rarily to guide someone around the
north end of Garden street. He was
running his car at tt fair rate of
speed and the force with which tho
rope was struck was sufficient to tear
the cap off the hood, break the glass
wind shield and bend the steering
wheel badly. It was when it slipped
from the steering wheel that it struck
Mrs. Bohl.
Mrs. Harry Pinkerton, wife of Dr.
rinkerton, local chief of the bureau
of animal Industry, and her sister.
Miss Clara Bell Meek, left last night
for Indianapolis. They are to spena
three months in that city and in Ohio.
The former suit involves a note
which Hill had given Madison Jones
and which he now has in his posses
sion, claiming to have taken It up by
settlements, but which plaintiffs al
lege was secured by him surreptitious
ly. Will M. Peterson presented the
case for the appellants and Charles
H. Carter for the respondent. The
latter case came up late this after
noon and Involves a life insurance
policy which Mary Parrazo carried
with the defendant. Raley & Raley
ore representing the appetlant and
Fee & Slater the respondent.
Other cases which came up today
were as follows:
Fiekard & Laughter, app., vs. J.
Marsh, resp., from Sherman county,
W. H. Wilson for appellant. C. H.
Bright for respondent
Isaac W. Sharpe. appellant, vs. W.
E. Lees nnd M. W. Blackaby. rtsp
from Malheur county. J. O. Johnston
for appellant, William E. Lees for respondent.