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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHER RETORT. TO AIVERTISKR9 Tlii" Kant Orgonlan hn the largest paid clrcuta;loa jf any pap-r In Oregon, eaat of Portland and nearly twice the circulation In " ndlPton of any ether .paper. Fair tonight -with heavy frost; Thurs day fair; warmer. Iff COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. fr official pa pur If VOL. 26. PENDLETON, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1913. NO. 7846 RUMORS THA T JAPAN MADE WAR THREA TS ARE DENIED AMBASSADOR UNIT HOSTILITIES Better 'Classes in Japan are Trying to Quiet Jingo Talk Chinda Has Not Seen Wilson. BRYAN MAY INTERVENE I'mJilont Send Telegram U Cnllfor nla'H Governor and the legislative liemlerH, Asking If It Will Bo Ac-ci-plablo for Secretary of State to Confer With Them. Washington, April 23. Even though California passes the antl allen land law aimed directly at the Japanese, Japan will not attempt 8 warlike retaliation, was the declara tion voiced hy Baron Chinda, Japan ese ambassador, today. Chinda de clared the better classes In Japan are trying to quiet the Jingo talk by the lower classen and that war between the two nations Is out of the question. The ambassador asserted he had not seen the president for a week but expects to pay tomorrow his custo mary courtesy call on Secretary Bry an. It was emphatically denied at the White House that Japan had voic ed a war threat. M. Okobe, secretary of the Japan ese embassy, said: "We shall wait to see whst the California legislature Iocs, but I feel certain that war will not result, even should California en act a measure specifically directed against the Japanese. I don't know whether Japan will be Inclined to test the law In the United States court. The recent anti-American talk in Ja pan cornea only from the lower class es." Tumulty characterized as "base less" the reports thst Chinda Inform ed the president that Japan was un able to control the people, who would force the nation into a war If the California land bill passed He denied Chinda had seen the president yes terday. PRESIDENT SUNOS TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON Washington. April 23. President Wilson telegraphed Oovernor Johnson and the California legislative leaders today asking whether It would be ac ceptable for Secretary of State Bry an to visit Sacramento and take counsel with the governor and legis lators and to cooperate In framing an nntl-alien law which would meet the views of California and still would not interfere with national trentles. The president's telegrnm to Johnson wan sent In dnpllrnte to tho president of the senate and speaker of tho as sembly, except for the first sentence. The message read: "Thank you for your patriotic telegram. We find It difficult from this distance to un derstand fully the situation with re gard to tho sentiment and circum stances whic h lie back of the pending proposition concerning the ownership of land in the state of California and I venture to Inquire whether It will be agreeable to you and the legisla ture to have the secretary of state visit Sacramento for tho purpose of counseling with you and members of tho legislature and cooperating with you nnd with them, in framing a law which would meet the views of the people of your state and yet leavo un touched the International obligations of the United States." Tjbwh will Ro Passed. Sacramento, April 23. There's no question In the capital concerning the passage of tho antl-allen law. Fol lowing the attitude expressed hy Gov ernor Johnson that It's California's right to enact legislation concerning the ownership of land In the state, It In admitted on all sides that an antl-allen bill of some sort will be rushed through before the legislature adjourns. A discussion on the Bird sail measure Is not expected In the senate today. let Bryan Com. "Let Bryan come," declared Sena tor Boynton, the bull moose leader In the senate. "We will welcome him." Senator Blrdsall, who Introduced the bill now before the senate, ex- JAPAN IS PLEASED WITH ATTITUDE OF WILSON ON ANTI-ALIEN DILL Toklo, April 23. Japanese offi cials let it be generally known today that they are pleased with the atti tude of President Wilson regarding the nntl-nllen legislation. The press is unanimous in expressing gratifica tion for tho president's stand, while E 1 pressed surprise when Informed of the message and said, "Why, yea, It will be a fine thing." Rrjmi Will Be United. Sacramento, April 23. As u result of a conference of Governor Johnson with members of the senate and as sembly, the senate will act on a reso lution toilay inviting Secretary Bryan to come to Sacramento for the purpose of eoferrlng with the legislature on the anti-alien laws. A telegram inviting Bryan to come to the capital will be sent at once. The sentiment of the senators seems to be in favor of invit ing Bryan. There will be no action on the alien bill today. Sacramento, April 23 The Califor- , nla assembly ordered the chief clerk to transmit to the president by tele graph the resolution adopted by that body Inviting Secretary Bryan to con- ; suit with the lawmakers on the form In which the propose.! anti-alien land law shall be couched. ROOSEVELT SENDS PROTEST TO GOVERNOR JOHNSON New York, April 23. It was ad mitted at the offices of the outlook today that Boosevelt last night wired Governor Johnson urging him to pre vent the passage of the pending bills In the legislature which would ex clude Japanese ownership and lease holders of land In California. GOV. JOHNSON REPLIES TO WILSON'S MESSAGE Sacramento, Cal., April 23. Stating that he believes that It Is the desire of the majority of the members of the California legislature to do noth ing that will embarrass this govern ment of be offensive to any other. Gov. Hiram Johnson telegraphed yesterday a reply to President Wil son's communication concerning ' pending anti-alien land laws. ! The message follows: 1 "To the president, Washington: Im mediately upon receipt of your tele- ' gram of this dae. It was transmitted to both houses of our legislature. 1 ' think I cjn assure you that it is the desire of the majority of the members of the legislature to do nothing in the matter of alien land bills that shall , embarrass our own government or be offensive to any other. It is the design of these legislators specifically to provide in any net that nothing there in shall be construed ns affecting or Impairing any rights secured by treaty, although from a legal stand point this is deemed unnecessary. "If any act be passed It will be general In character. relating to those who are Ineligible to citizen- ' ship, and the language employed will be that which has its precedent nnd sanction in statutes which now exist upon the subject 1 speak I think, for the majority of the senate of California. Certainly I do for the ve toing power of the state, when I curt vey to you our purpose to cooperate fully and heartily with the national government nnd to do only that which is admittedly within our province without Intended offense or invidious discrimination. "(Signed.) HIRAM JOHNSON." SEVERAL MINERS REPORTED KILLED Butte, April 23. Several miners are reported killed In a falling cage at the Leonard rfilne today. The boiler, oi' the engine used to hoist the cage exploded nnd the men lost control of the contrivance. HAVING WON SUFFRAGE SOCIALISTS END STRIKE Brussels, April 23. Following their victory In gaining manhood suffrage through calling a nation-wide strike, the socialist leaders voted to end the strike tomorrow. It Is exnected the strikers throughout Belgium will ohey the mandate. tho popular clamor Is subsiding. The official Japanese view of the situation is that the friendliness of the American government will pre vent California enacting any law which would constitute an open slap at Japan. MAYOR FAVORS HOLIDAY FOR OPENING GAME In order to open the home baseball season with as much formality and eclat us have other clOesof the league, a move was started today to suspend all business during the progress of the game next Tuesday af ternoor. when Boise meets Pendleton will also be asked to declare a half holiday. landing himself to the movement, Mayor W. F. Matlock today issued the following procla mation: Whereas, the baseball season opens In Pendleton, Tuesday, April 29, at which time the Boise team of the Western Tri-State league plays the "Buckaroos," I. W. F. Matlock, Mayor of the City of Pendleton, It-sue this proclamation asking the business and professional men and women of this city to close their offices and stores on this date from two to five o'clock In the afternoon and attend the onen:ng game. The school board is also requested to declare a half holiday. W. F. MATLOCK, Mayor of Pendleton. REV. E. J. PKETTYMAX. New Chaplain of the Senate, succeed ing U. G. B. Pierce. MEN BLAMED FOR THE VICE PROBLEM Philadelphia. Pa.. April 23. De claring that the "problem is more of men than of women," an.l that "the strongest support for the Idea that prostitution roots in low wages is found in a study of the annual wage incomes of men rather than statistics or young girls." the vice commission appointed nearly a year ago by Mayor Blankenburg. in its report made pub lic urges the enforcement of the pres ent laws and the enactment of other legislation to provide for the punish ment of all those who benefit by com mercialized vice. The commission, which is composed of 21 prominent men and women Including clergymen, physicians, lawyers, heads of refor matory Institutions and settlement workers, appends numerous statistics secured by their Investigators to the report. Tlie report urges the appointment of n permanent commission to utilize the information obtained and to make effective the recommendations of the commission, which include the care and education of children; the estab lishment of social service department stores, manufacturing establishments and other places having a large num ber of employes and the strict super vision of places of amusement. The report opposes the policy of segrega tion. Public parks, dance halls, moving picture shows and other umusement centers are breeding placed of vice, the commission declares. TRAINING SCHOOL FOR CHINESE IS FUVNNER Will Ircpnre Student for Admlwdon to American Unvcrnitie. Salem. Ore. April 23. Rev. J. K.' Howard of Douglas county, member of the house, of representatives In the twenty-seventh legislative assembly, appeared at the office of the secretary of state to file articles of incorpora tion of the "Oregon Chinese Training School." The school Is to be located at Glen dale. Briefly. It is to be a secondary school for Chinese students, to pre pare them In the English branches for admission to the American col leges nnd universities Students dl ultlmately the school, after it Is fair ly esablished will be taken over by rectly from China are to be enrolled In the Institution Tt Is thought that the board of education of the Presby terian church. When a man lives a double life he may have to do two men's work, so what's the use? ' - V I it at Bound-up Park. The schools GRAND JURY WILL PROBE SLAVE CASE Ios Angeles. Cal., April 23. The county grand Jury will begin an in vestigation of the immoral acts attrib uted to a southern California million aire by forty-three alleged w'hite slaves who, according to the police knew him variously as the "Black Pearl" and the "King." H. S. G. McCartney, deputy district attorney, declared that information placed before him so far was not suf ficient to warrant his issuing any complaints against any of the promi nent men named In affidavits given by their alleged girl victims. He said however, that he would institute a grand jury probe. When McCartney reached this de termination. Chief of Police Sebastian upon whose Instructions Police Detec tives had asked McCartney for" a fel ony complaint against George B. Blxhy, a Long Beach banker and cap italist in connection with the white slave accusations, stated that he would go before the grand jury him self tomorrow and give the names of forty-three girls alleged to have been enslaved. These girls, according to Sebastian, supplied him with Information con cerning the Jonquil, the pseudo hotel where Mrs. Josle Rosenberg was al leged to have pandered to many weal thy men by introducing them to young girls. Many of the alleged victims have expressed perfect willingness to tell their story to the Jurors. JOHNSON ESCAPES WITH. SMALL FINE Chicago. April 23. Jack Johnson escaped easily when he was tried the federal court on charges of smug gling today. Johnson withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded nolo contendre. He was fined $500 on each of the two counts in the Indict ment against him nnd the smuggled diamond necklace, valued at $2000, was confiscated The counts In the indictment charged concealment of smuggled property. Four Indictments of smuggling were dismissed. John son was pleased with his easy es cape. His white wife did not appear in court. WIRELESS MEN TO TIE COMPANY UP i San Francisco. April 23. The strike of the wireless operators against the Marconi company is pro gressing as well as could be expected, according to President Kohnonkamp, of tho telegraphers' union. He as serts it will be several days before the strike can be made very effec tive, but declares that within a week the company will find itself In a crit ical situation. FRISCO JUDGE IS OUSTED BY RECALL . San Francisco, Aprfl 23. The first application of California's new law for recall of the judiciary has been successful. By a margin of 815 votes Police Judge Charles L. Wellcr, accused of Incompetence, was remov ed from office at a special election here and Wiley F. Christ, an attor ney put forward by women voters who were chiefly active in the cam paign, was named as Weller's suc cessor. The vote was light but the recall contest was spirited and close. Christ's total was 30,722 against Weller's 29. 907. Weller was specifically charged with having reduced the ball of a man named Hendricks, accused of white, slavery. Hendricks "promptly left the state and the police could not trace him. MONTENEGRINS 8000. KILLED WOUNDED IN FIGHT SHERIFF IS DEAD Medford, Ore., April 23. Sheriff August Singler died this morning as the result of a du el in which he killed Lester Jones, an 18-year-old desperado. The shooting occurred last evening on a ranch a mile from Jacksonville. READY TO OPEN IRVINGTON HEIGHTS Here from Seattle for the purpose of getting his Irvington Heights lots upon the market, Charles Cowan, owner of that property, Is planning to dispose of a considerable block of lots and to put the monew received from the sale thereof into Improvements in the addition. .He has a plan to have local realty dealers set the prices to be charged for the lots to be sold in order to open the addition. He also has had plans drawn for a dozen bungalows of varying sizes and is planning to erect buildings for those who want them. Mr. Cowan has great confidence In the possibilities of Pendleton but feels that the town has been asleep to its opportunities. He is particularly anxious to see a fine hotel built here and says there Is need of an apart ment house or a number of such buildings. CHARGE POLITICS ARE BEHIND BILL Washington, April 23. The declar ation that state politics are behind California's antl-allen land bill, now pending In the California legislature, was voiced to President Wilson by Theodore A. Bell and Congressman Kettner of California today. Tel grams were produced to back up the allegations. It was suggested to the president by Bell and Kettner that the governor and the progressives of California are trying to force the ad ministration to interfere in the same manner In which Roosevelt was forc ed to interfere. SAME OLD STORY OF BAD CHECK MAN A man giving the name of Bud Stubler is the latest alleged bad check artist to run afoul of the law here in Pendleton. He was arrested yesterday morning by Chief of Police John Kearney after attempting to pass a worthless check for $25 at the Columbia and Olympia Bars. The check was made out In his favor and bore what purported lo be the sig nature of N. E. Lee. He had secured a bona fide check for $2.50 from Mr Lee and had evidently tried to copy the Hatter's handwriting upon anoth er check. While the chief was search ing him at the station, he slipped the check between his outer and under shirt but the movement was noted and the check secured. He will bt transferred to the county Jail this aft ernoon and will be given a hearing when Justice of the Peace Parkes re turns. CHINESE MERCHANTS WANT THE TONG WARS ENDED San Francisco. April 23. Driven to desperation by the stagnation of their business due to the partial blockading of Chinatown by the police, five prin cipal merchants in the district pre pared to nppeal to the Chinese minis ter at Washington to stop the war be tween the Bing Kong and the Suey Sing Tongs, which is causing the blockade. They declared an emissary Is on the way to Washington with the appeal. Misses Iva Hill and Genevieve Clark were among the Pendletonlans who witnessed the game in Walla Walla yesterday. BRYAN'S PLAN TO SECURE WORLD PEACE IS APPROVED DY COMMITTEE Washington, April 23. The confer ence with Secretary Bryan and the senate committee on foreign relations, voiced approval of the general fea tures of the plan suggested by Bryan for securing world peace through a new system of providing for a judicial settlement of international disputes. Bryan said: "The details of the IE SCUTARI; ON BOTH SIDES -6 Final Assault is Successful- -Situation With Powers Now Becomes More Complicated. 20,000 ARE PRISONERS Victorious Army Enters City Amid Popular Demonstration Open De fiance of Montenegro Believed to Have Upset Plan for Settling War Powers Puzzled. Cettinje, April 23. The capture of Scutari by the Montenegrins was offi cially reported today In a dispatch. It is estimated that 5000 Turks and 3000 Montenegrins were slain In the ! final attack. The Turkish soldiers. after surrendring their arms today, were allowed the freedom of the streets. Twenty thousand Turks were taken prisoners. The Montenegrins entered Scutari this morning amid a popular demonstration. Plans Are Upset. Diplomats regard the victory of Montenegro as seriously complicating the Balkan situation. Montenegro's open defiance of the powers is be lieved to have upset the plans for set tling the war. One of the principal contentions of the powers has been that Albania be granted an autonom ous government with Scutari as the capital. The powers are now puzzled over how to dislodge the Montenegrins from Scutari without an actual fight SENATE READY T0 PASS TARIFF BILL Washington, April 23. Confident that all democratic senators will sup port the measure, with the possible exception of those from Louisiana and one western member who opposes free sugar and free wool, the senate dem ocrats are preparing to pass the Under wood tariff bill as It leaves the house. It is believed the party must stand or fall by this measure. DEBATE ON TARIFF BILL ON IN HOUSE Washington, April r 23. The house began a general debate on the tariff bill this afternoon. It is expected the open discussion will conclude Monday, when consideration under the five minute rule will begin. Five minutes after the house met. Underwood moved that it go Into a committee of the whole to consider the tarif f bill, closing the general de bate on Monday. In his opening speech. Underwood charged the re publicans had broken faith with the people by passing the Payne tariff law in 1910. EXPLOSION PENS 100 MEN IN MINE Pittsburg. April 23. Several fatal ities are reported and nearly a hun dred miners are believed penned in as the result of an explosion which wrecked two entries to the Cincinnati mine at Courtney. The company ad mits the explosion occurred. It is stated that ten miners have been taken from the mine and they hope to rescue the remainder. CHINAMAN DIES ON STEADY TEA DIET Would Not Eat Anything Offered and Finally Sucvumlw as the Result of Hi Weak Food. Baker. Ore., April 23. Ieo Sen, a local Chinaman. 65 years old, died. He had been confined to the hospital with pneumonlan and was released only four Jays ago. when he returned. He would eat nothing, but would drink tea most of his waking hours. Finally, infirm by his otd age. he succumbed. He will be burled by the county. plan will be published after I hnv reported It to tho president. Nothing has been published yet giving any ad equate idea of the proposal which the senators have Just approved. The Japanese situation was not discussed. Among other thing. I recommended the leasing or purchasing of American embassy buildings abroad as rapilly as practicable."