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PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1913.
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. S
DR. HARRY LANE
U. S. SENATE
Procedure is Lacking in Spectacular
Effect in Either Branch of Law
Making Bodies, , .
THREE FAIL TO VOTE
Two Hoascg Will Meet Tomorrow to
OinviMM Vote and Finally Declare
Election Receives 28 Votes In Sen
am and 59 votes In HoiiNe of Rep
resentatives. State Capitol, Salem, Ore., Jan. 21.
Dr. Harry Lane, democrat, was el
ected senator to succeed Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., at noon today in a separ
ate session of the legislature, receiv
ing 28 votes from the senate and 59
votes from the house. The only mem
bers failing to vote for the people's
choice were Senators Bean and Calk
ins and Representative Meek - of
Washington county.
The election was lacking in spec
tacular effect in either house. In the
senate Lun was nominated by Miller
and seconded by McCulloch.
In th
house Iteames nominated Lane and
Hagood seconded.
Tomorrow the two houses will meet
in joint session to canvass the vote
and at that time the election of Lane
will be finally declared.
REBELS LOOT RANCH
AND ABDUCT WOMEN
Mexico City. Jan. 21. Killing foui
employes and abducting several wo
men, rebels raided the ranch of J. M.
Oleason. an American, near Chiaute
mpam. The ranch building was loot
ed and burned. Oleason's son with
his wife and child, made their es
cape with difficulty.
WICKKltMIAM DROPS
PHONK INVESTIGATION
Washington, Jan. 21. Attorney
General ' Wlckersham has abandoned
the proposal to attack the American
Telephone &' Telegraph Company or
' the Bell system under the Sherman
anti-trust law, and has referred the
whole telephone and telegraph sub
ject to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for investigation and regula
tion. The formal order to make the
Investigation will soon be issued by
the Interstate Commerce Commtssilon
Wickersham announced.
EXPLAINS HIS ORDER
CANCELLING LEASES
Washington, Jan. 21. In defense
of his order cancelling proposed
leases of eight hundred thousand
acres of oil lands in the Osage Indian
reservation In Oklahoma, Secretary
Fisher appeared before the couse
committee on Indian affairs. Fisher
and Assistant Secretary Adams were
questioned at length by C J. Leahy,
attorney for the ousted Osage Indian
chiefs. Leahy admitted that he had
two cousins related by marriage to
the Osafies and would have an inter
est In ine assignment. One of the
leases is for more than two hundred
thousand acres to the I'ncle Sam Oil
company.
COURT REFUSES TO
TAKE CLANCY'S BOND
Chicago, Jan. 21. Bonds for the
release of E. A. Clancy of San Fran
cisco from Fort Leavenworth prison
were rejected by Judge Baker of the
federal circuit court of appeals. This
means his release will be delayed two
weeks. The court ruled that the
bonds were not acceptable because ot
the liability of the bondsmen, It being
stipulated that the original ruling de
manded an unlimited liability from
each bondsman on every bond.
WILSON SAYS THERE'S TO BE NO
FUSS OVER HIS WASHINGTON TRIP
Trenton, X. J., Jan. 21. New Jer
sey affairs will occupy Governor Wil
son' attention up to the .time of his
inauguration. The governor discuss
ed the plans today and wanted it un
derstood no fuss will be made over
his trip to Washington.
"I don't expect to go to Washing
ton until March 3. Of course I don't
xpect to have a special car for the
trip. 1 don't expect any friends or
ELECTED TO
BY LEGISLATURE
PLOTTERS AGAINST
MADLUO ARRESTED
Washington. Jan. 21. Charg
ed with plotting against the life
of Madero, two supposed an
archists, whose names are with
held, were arrested at Tampa,
Florida, according to the state
department. More arrests are
expected, ,
MISS HELEN GOULD'S
GOWN COST THOUSAND
Tarrytown, X. Y., Jan. 21. Helen
Gould and Finley Shepard secured a
marriage license today. The cere
mony takes place tomorrow. Scores
of presents are arriving.
The wedding gown is of ivory white
satin, cut princess style, with a long
court train, high neck and long
sleeves. It is trimmed profusely with
rare old rose point luce and cost a
thousand dollars. About 75 nprfinns
will attend the ceremony.
LABORMEN IN JAIL
REELECTED BY UNION
Los Angeles. Jan. 21. Oluf Tveit
nioe and E. A. Clancy, prisoners at
Fort Leavenworth penitentiary, fol
lowing their conviction on a charge
of conspiracy to illegally transport
dynamite, were re-elected to office
by the state building trades council
in convention here. Tveitmoe was re
elected general secretary and Clancy
a member of the executive board.
Telegrams were sent them telling of
the union's vote of confidence.
VESSEL FOUNDERS
WITH ALL HANDS
Charleston. S. C. Jan. 21. Accord
ing to Captain Hee of the Dutch
steamer Pheeda a large tramp steam
er foundered off Plymouth on Decem
ber 26 with all on board. The vessel
Is believed to have been the Ivar of
Copenhagen.
CENTRAL RESERVE
NEEDED IN REFORM
Washington. Jan. 21. Labor's view
of the needed currency reform was
presented to the house committee on
banking by John Mitchell, former
presldnt of the mine workers, former
Congressman Fowler and H. C. Wills.
"The needed reforms." said Fowler,
"should be based on a principle of
a central gold reserve, like that of
the Bank of England, and under the
supervision of an American clearing
house." Fowler declared the plan
would make every bank Independent,
decentralize credit and centralize the !
gold supply. j
FIRE ENGINS PUMP
WATER INTO MAINS
Reno. Jan. 21. Fire engines were
used to pump water from the Truckee
river Into the water mains to relieve
a famine caused by the ditches lend
ing to the city reservoirs being clog
ged with Ice. Most of the residences
are without water, while the business
section has only a meager supply.
WASHINGTON 1 OF L.
OPENS ITS CONVENTION
Olympla, Jan. 21. With 300 dela
gntes present the annual convention
of the state federation of labor open
ed today. It will continue all the
week. H. J. Hughes of Spokane prob
ably will be elected president to suc
ceed Charles H. Chase.
committees as an escort, either. There
will be no outsiders In our party, Just
Mrs. Wilson, myself and daughters.
I will stop at Shoreham hotel the
night of March 3rd. I expect to con
tinue as governor of Xew Jersey until
I start for Washington. On account
of business demanding my presence
in iew Jersey I want the time be
twecn the transfer of one office to
another to be as brief as possible"
said Wilson.
LA GRANDE MEETING TAKES STEPS
TO OPEN 1913 BASEBALL SEASON
W. X. Sweet of Boise was re-elected
to the office of president of the
Western Trl-state League and L. N.
Brown of Walla Walla, was chosen
secretary at the meeting of the
board of directors held yesterday af
ternoon at La Grande. Overtures for
admission into the league were re
ceived from Baker and Xorth Yaki
ma, the optional clause In the con
stitution was annulled, the election
of directors was postponed until next
month because of a rivalry In the
Boise camp, the' opening and closing
dates of the season fixed and other
matters preliminary to the opening
of the 1913 season taken.
This, according to telephonic ad
vices received is the result of the
directors' meeting at which all of the
four clubs of last year were repre
sented personally except Pendleton.
Besides President Sweet. Director J.
W. Cody and President W. F. Boss
nerr of the Boise club were there.
President Crawford and Secretary
Brown of the Walla Walla Commer
cial club represented the Garden City
club, while President Grant Lincoln
and others acted for La Grande.
Brown carried the proxy of L. G.
Frazier, who is the Pendleton direc
tor, i
The election of the president and
secretary was accomplished in a man
ner as placid as the bosom of a lak
on a breathless day but when it
came to naming" the directors, a
storm was descried approaching. It
secujs that there Is a bitter rivalry
between Cody and Bossner for the
HUNDREDS FLEE
FROM VOLCANO!
VILLAGES IN DANGER I
Mt. Colima In Mexico Is in State of
EmiXJon Many Livestock. I'eriwli
Inhabitants Ixwviiig Their Homes
In Terror Railroads Covered With
iJiva.
Mexico City. Jan. 21. The vol
cano Colima is vomiting enormous
quantities of lava, sand and poison
ous gases and has sent the Inhabitants
of several villages fleeing in terror.
So far as known there nave been no
fatalities.' Hundreds of head of live
stock are dead. Railroad tracks in
the vicinity are covered with several
feet of lava. It is feared several
towns will be destroyed.
MEN ARE NAMED FOR
NEWFRENCH CABINET
Paris. Jan. 21. The personnel of
the new French cabinet formed by
Premier Briend, Polncare's successor.
Is as follows: M. Jonnart, minister
of foreign affairs; M. Etienne, min
ister of war; M. Maudln. minister of
marine. Briend will continue to act
as minister of the Interior until Poln
care is inauguratd.
VICTIMS OF FLOOD
SUFFER FROM COLD
Evansville, Ind.. Jan. 21. The
cold snap is increasing the suffering
among the flood victims. The gen
eral situation is Improving, however.
The rain has ceased and the river ap
pears to have reached its crest.
CONVICTED MINISTER
HERE ON WAY TO PEN
En route to Boise, where he wiP
enter the Idaho penitentiary to serve
a term of from five years to life, Rev
David M. Hand, the Moscow Baptist
minister who was recently convicted
of contributing to the delinquency of
seventeen-year-old Hazel Benedict
is spending the day in the Pendleton
City Jail. Accompanied by Deputy
Warden Thomas Jolley of the peni
tentiary, he arrived this morning on
the delayed local from Walla Walla
and will leave this evening on No. IS.
Still protesting his Innocence. Uev.
Hand maintains an attitude of piety
but his demeanor shows that the ex
posure of his crime and the disgrace
it has brought to his family has been
a crushing blow to his spirit. The
affair. Involving a hitherto respected
minister of the gospel in the ruina
tion of a girl of tender years who
was one of his congregation, created
one of the biggest sensations of re
cent years In the northwest.
NOMINATES LEE FOR
IDAHO DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Washington, Jan. 21. President
Taft nominated William Lee as Unit
ed States district attorney for Idaho.
honor of representing Boise on the
directorate. Bossner, it Is said, ha;
the backing of the home town Com
mercial club, but Cody has friends
among the fans and considerable
prestige to help out his aspirations.
Rather than precipitate a battle, the
election q( dlr-tntors was postponed
until a meeting set for February 7
and 8 In Boise, at which time the
making of the schedule will also be
taken up. ' ,
Pronabjy the most Important ac
tion taken was the striking out of
the so-called "optional agreement"
clause by which any clui) was en
titled to borrow three players from
a higher league. This action will
make every player in the league the
property of the ' Individual dubs
which will profit by any drafting of
be free to make a sale. Last year
Pendleton had several players bor
rowed from Bob Brown of Van Cou
ver and Walter McCredie and Xick
Williams of Portland and was forc
ed to turn them back at the end of
the season. Walla Walla had five of
Joe Cohn's men and both La Grande
and Boise were in a similar boat.
Secrtary O'Gorman of the Baker
Commercial club was at the meeting
and announced that his city wished
I to be considered if the league were
to be expanded. Xorth Yakima made
a simalar announcement and is said !
to be eager to grab a charter. These l
matters will be decided at the Febru- '
ary meeting. j
It was decided that the season!
should open on April 22 and close'
on September 12.
HITCH GOMES TO
BALK INAUGURAL
COMMITTEES IN MIX-UP
j IMan to Substitute a Reception for
Grand Rail .May Be Abandoned
Citizens Committee Passes Matter
Up to Congrwdonal Commit!
Ijitter Will Not Serve.
Washington, Jan. 21. The plan to
substitute a reception for the cus
tomary inauguration ball may be
abandoned as the result of a mix-up
as to which committee should plan
the event. The citizens' committee
passed the matter to the congression
al committee but the members say
it is not up to them.
Trenton, X. J., Jan. 21. "If an in
augural reception Is held my wife and
daughters will be there." This was
President-elect Wilson's answer to
reports that Mrs. Wilson and their
three' daughters would take no part
in the reception on the day of the
inauguration.
"I merely asked." added Wilson,
"that Mrs. Wilson and our daughters
be excused from handshaking. It
will be hard on them to stand in line
all the afternoon and I see no reason
why they should."
Wilson characterized as ridiculous
the reports that the. Inaugural ball
was abandoned because Mrs. Wilson
feared the guests would dance the
turkey trot, the bunny hug and -the
Texas tommy.
BRANDT WILL TRY
TO LIVE DOWN PAST
St. Ujiul. Jan. 21. "I have come
to Minnesota to forget the past and
make good in the future." This was
the declaration of Foulke E. Brandt,
recently pardoned by Governor Sul
zer of Xew York, after serving six
years of a thirty-year sentence for
burglarizing the home of Mortimer
Schlff, a Xew York millionaire. Sen
ator Xelson of Minnesota promised to
look after Brandt's future.
SAYS MOVING PICTURES
KEEP STUDENTS SOBER
Xew York. Jan. 21. Moving pic
tures are helping to keep Cornell stu
dents sober, according to the report
of Theodore Tweston, proctor at the
university. Evenings now spent at
the "movies." he says, formerly were
more generally taken up by carousals.
Tweston also reported that under
graduates were no longer allowing a
false college spirit to overcome their j
good sense, and realize that an in
toxicated student is a disgrace to the
university.
INJUNCTION PUTS
DAMPER ON STRIKE
New York. Jan. 21. The striking
garment workers are disheartened as
a result of Justice Greenbaum's in
junction preventing picketing about
factories and shops. Leaders admit
a settlement is not in sight.
ENTIRE i,iTY MAY BE WIPED
. OUT BY FIRE; FLAMES RAGING
Winnipeg, Jan. 21. For 12 hours
the business section of Fort Saskatch
ewan has been swept by fire and It
THREE LABOR LEADERS ARE
ER
RAILROAD FIGHTS SNOW
TO KEEP LINUS OPEN
Everett. Wash., Jan. 21.
With snow falling in the Cas
cades, the Great Xorthern rail
road is keeping the main line
over the summit open with
difficulty. Trains are late.
BRIGANDS HOLDING
WOMAN FOR RANSOM
Rome, Jan. 21. Mrs. William
Mansfield an American has disap
peared. The police insist that bri
gands are holding her for ransom and
that her husband will soon receive
their demands.
Xew York, Jan. 21. Professor
William Mansfield, head of the col
lege of pharmacy of Columbia Uni
versity, is alarmed over the reports
that his wife has disappeared at Salo.
Italy. He said he heard from his
wife four days ago.
PRETTIEST Nl'FFR AGIST
WILL LEAD BIG PARADE
Elaborate Phil Are ImA for Demon
stration In Washington March 3.
Washington, Jan. 21. Miss Inez
Millholland. of Xew York City, desig-
nated as "the most beautiful girl in
the suffrage movement," is to lead
the suffragist parade March 3, it was
announced today. Wearing the livery
of a herald of medieval times, Miss
Millholland will go down Pennsylva
nia avenue ahead of a woman's band
which in turn will lead a troop of
"petticoat cavalry."
Arrangements were made also to
have several hundred striking women
garment workers from Xew York and
Baltimore march in tatters and rags
behind a-float depicting the injustice
of the "sweat shop" system.
OPPOSITION ARISES
TO LINCOLN MONUMENT
Washington. Jan. 21. Bitter opdo
sition to the bill Drovidine for the
plwilnn nf n 12.012.000 monument to I
the memory of Abraham Lincoln U
threatened when the measure is ta-
ken tin in the house. The bill ai-.
ready has passed the senate. It pro-
vides for the erection of a statue and
Greek temple on the Mall near the
Washington monument, and its oppo-
nents are trying to substitute for it a
plan to construct a memorial high-
way from Washington to Gettysburg.
Hankers Sent to Prison.
New York. Jan. ,21. Two days and
three months respectively in the pen
itentiary were given David A. Sulli
van and Brice R. Shears, prominent
bankers convicted of grand larceny.
FOURTH ANNUAL POULTRY SHOW IS
OPEN TO PUBLIC IN TAYLOR BLOCK
With hundreds of full-throated
cooks crowing their greeting in a
hundred different keys from the rau
cous notes of the Cochin to the shrill
siren of the Bantam, the fourth an
nual exhibition of the Umatilla-Morrow
County Poultry association was
opened this afternoon in the Taylor
block, corner Main and Water streets.
The opening attendance met the ex
pectations of the directors in charge,
the children of the Hawthorne and
Field schools being among the first
i to Inspect the btrrts.
The show is all that was promised
In advance, and promises to be the
best all-around exhibition ever held
here. The number of entries runs fai
into the hundreds and among them
are birds that have captured ribbons
all over the northwest and some that
have taken honors in eastern exhibi
tions. Almost every variety of poul
try known to this country has its rep
resentatives and vie with each othei
in attracting the admiring glances ot
the spectators.
Judge Purvis, the noted Idaho fan
cier who scored the birds at the ex
hibition last year, has arrived to as
sume the same responsibility again
is feared the entire city will be con
sumed. The city Is on the Canadian
Pacific near Edmonton.
ED FROM LEAVENWORTH
Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 21. Their
bonds properly signed, W. J. McCain,
and Bert Brown of Kansas City and
W. E. Reddin of Milwaukee. convict
ed labor leaders, left the federal pen
itentiary toaay. Warden McCiaugh
ery treated the trio to a fine dinner
before their liberation.
CHOPPED DOWX POLE
TO AVOID POLL TAX
"Oh, TlUs English !" Cried the Ger
man When Clerk Tried to Explain.
. Xew York, Jan. 1. An Indignant
holder entered the office of the tax
receiver in Jersey City yesterday aft
ernoon and said to Clarence Miller,
a clerk:
vYou charged me $1 pole tax last
year. Here you charge me $1 for
pole tax again this year. I have no
poles in my yard. I chopped down
the only pole I had in my yard last
year. My wife hangs the washing
on the roof to keep from having poles
In the yard."
Mr. Miller explained that he was
taxed on his poll, and said:
"That sort of tax ' bears the ex
penses of the elections. You go home
and tell your wife she can have all
the clothes poles in her yard she
needs and there won't be a cent of
fax on them."
"Oh, this English:" burst out the
taxpayer, a German. . "It is getting
me all mixed."
POWERS POSTPONE
ANSWERING TURKEY
London, Jan. 21. Constantinople
dispatches say that the meeting of the
national assembly to consider Tur
key's reply to European powers' note
containing suggestions for peace in
the Balkans has been postponed un
til tomorrow.
London, Jan. 21. King Peter ot
Servia is seriously ill, according to
Sofia dispatches from nervous ex
haustion. TALESMEN MAKE ALL
KINDS OF EXCUSES
Los Angeles, Jan. 21. Excus
es varying from a proposed
world tour to the necessity of
working on a ranch to offset
prospective financial deficits,
resulting from the recent orange
freeze in Southern California
were made today by the pros
pective jurors to try Clarence
i Darrow charged
with bribing
Darrow per
Talesman Bain.
sonally queried several of the
talesmen today, paying particu
lar attention to their opinion
regarding union labor.
and commenced upon his work this
afternoon.
The large room in the Taylor
building is ideal for a poultry exhi
bition. The commodious lower floor
and the balcony affords ample spac
for the arrangement of the coops
without crowding, a feature that Is
appreciated by the spectators.
Tonight, a special provision has
been made for the entertainment ot
the crowd. Between the hours of
7:30 and 9 the United Orchestra un
der the leadership of Frank D. Car
ruth will give a concert and there
will be a drawing for prizes in which
every spectator may participate. Th
following is the program which the
orchestra will render:
1. War March of the Priests
Mendelssohn
2. Selection from Faust ...Gounod
3. Evening Breeze Langey
4. Stilt Dance Keith
5. Lost in Idleness Macbeth
6. Barcarolle from Tuleit of Hoff
man Offenbach
7. Amaranthus Gtldei
8. Funeral March Beethoven
9. Stephanie Gavotte Cxibulka
10. National Emblem.