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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT. TO ADV1WITI8KB8 " The East Oregonlan 6U the largest paid clrcolatloo ot an paper In Oregon, e of Portland and nearly twice the circulation Pendleton ot any other oewapaper. Fair tonight and to morrow. COUNT? OFFICIAL rAPER. Crr OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 25. PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1913. NO. 7871 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR O'HARA IS CLEARED OF THE CHARGES MADE AGAINST HIM BY MRS. ROBINSON Springfield. Ohio, May 21. Lieutenant-Governor O'Hara offi cially was cleared of all suspicion of immorality laid against him by an affidavit of Mrs. Maude Robinson by the report today of the senate com mittee under Senator Ettelson, which investigated the woman's allegations. The Ettelson report also censured the white slavery and starvation wage -committee of which O'Hara Is ehair anan, for the methods employed in TOKIO BECOMES THE CENTER OF INTEREST "Washington, May 21. Interest in the negotiations between the United Slates and Japan over the California l.'ii.l legislation has shifted from Washington to Toklo. The American government, having delivered its re ply to the Japanese protest, is await ing the next step of Japan and the tdtuatlon was not even mentioned it jesterday's cabinet meeting. In of ficial circles it Is regarded as signifl cant of the desire of the administra tion to convince the Japanese govern ment of Its purpose to do everything possible to maintain the best of re lations that American Charge Man chard has called upon the foreign minuter at Toklo to assure him of the determination of theUnlted States to find a friendly and satisfactory solu tion of the controversy. Secretary I'.ryan already verbally has given such assurances to Viscount Chimin. It is believed here that the visit to California of the Japanese statesmen Ebara and Hattori. representing both of the great political parties of Japan, will be of benefit as they will be able to enlighten their people at home as to the conditions in California affect ing Japanese. other Influences are working In the same direction and the Japanese-American society In Toklo Is sending one of Its trusted members to this coun try, ehnrged with personal messages to prominent Americans, calculated to relieve friction between the two countries. Rt SSIAX G1HI.S CLAW PARENTS SELL Til KM Los Angeles. May 21. After hear ing the stories of two young Hussian girls, who declared that girls in Los Angeles Hussian colony are being stild for marriage. Humana Officer D. F. McLaughlin announced that he will nut iiutrtct Attornev Fredericks to order a grand Jury Investigation of conditions there. Jennie Evdokimoff, 13. told Mc Laughlin that she was forcibly en gaged to John Sehllefkoff Then, the elrl claims, the prospective groom's father gave her father a large roll of j bills to hind the nargain. Mary Evdokimoff. Jennie's cousin, complained that her parents are try ing to force her to marry William Kochersky. Hoth declared that the custom of selling brides In the Rus sian quarter Is firmly established. 1ikk17s a chance to ;kt a vacuum cleaner The East Oregonlan has an emancipation proclamation of its own to make, one that will free all women who have been slaves to the broom and all n..n Vio have been thralls to the carpet beater. Briefly put. it is offering a bargain In a vacuum cleaner, and. by an ar- rangement made with the man- ufacturlng company, will place this modern household necessity in the reach of nil for less than half of the regular market price. ir..m in the offer. All sub scribers to the East Oregonlan may secure a Jaeger guaranteed cleaner for $4. ST., the factory price, and those who are not taking the paper may take ad vantage of the offer by sub scribing to the daily for four months If delivered by carrier or for six months If delivered by mall. That is the proposi tion in as few words as possible. Anyone interested in the plan may have the vacuum cleaner demonstrated at their home by telephoning to the T.-ut rirnirnnlan. Main 1. Oeorge Zaln, a representative of the Jaeger Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, Is here and it Is his business to explain the opera nt nt thn cleaner. It Is a simple piece of machinery and ran be operated successfully by a child os by an expert me- rhiniK it neli in retail markets at $10 and the arrangement by which Pendleton people are en abled to save $5.15 Is made by the company as an advertising medium. The offer will hold good for a limited time only. its investigations as a result of which Samuel Davis who was forced to tes tify, procured Mrs. Robinson's affi davit through revenge. Davis was bit terly censured. The report of the Ettelson com mittee recommended that any one who tries in the future to inerfere with the work of O'Hara as Davis did, be cited before the senate for con tempt. It declared that O'Hara and vice probers were unduly severe on the Springfield witnesses. FOUND GUILTY OF THREATENING WILSON Newark, X. J., May 21. Scoley Da venport and Jacob Dunn, mountain wood choppers of Wharton, X. J., were convicted by a . federal grand Jury last night of sending threaten ing letters to Woodrow Wilson when president-elect. The communications mailed to Mr. Wilson were received by his secretary Joseph H. Tumulty, In May and Xo vember of last year and demanded money in sums of $1000 and $5000 under penalty of death. Warren F. Johnson. Mr. Tumulty's i confidential clerk, testified that the! letter demanding $5000 contained a threat to shoot the president-elect If the money was not forthcoming. It told him to rlaco the money under the platform of the railroad freight house; at Ledgewnod. X. J., and reminded j him of "what happened to McKlnley." j BOMB DESTROYS ROYAL BUILDING Edinburgh, May 21. A bomb, be lieved to have been planted by mili tants, slightly damaged the royal ob servatory today. It tore a hole in the second floor of the building but aside from ruining several delicate instruments, did no other damage. REPUBLICANS WILL OFFER AMENDMENTS Washington, May 21. That repub lican senators plan to insist upon am endments to nearly every item in the Underwood tnriff bill when It comes before the senate for discussion be came evident yesterday when Senator Penrose, former champion of the fi nance committee, declared that every member of the minority would have amendments to propose. Senator Penrose told the senate he knew of no concerted effort to be made purposely to delay the passage of the bill but suld he was assured that tho minority would offer many amendments to the schedule. Senator Smoot also announced that many roll calls would be demanded. REITMAN GLAD TO LEAVE SAN DIEGO x.os Aiigeipg, .May :i. i ney , meant business. It was best for us to leave." j This wasthe statement of Ben Reit-1 man, .manager for Emma Goldman, looming still further separated from who was sent from San Diego yester-lher by her marriage to John Atter day. bury of this city, a resident of Weiser. The mob at San Diego was keyed i up nil right," said Reltman. "Some people were spreading J20 bills on bars, giving everyone a chance to ; drink. There was no mistaking the crowd " Reltman declared he 'had no wish to return to San Diego, but Emma Goldman wants to make another visit In the near future. . CUBAN PRESIDENT IS INAUGURATED Havana, May 21. Amid scenes of Intense patriotic enthusiasm, General Mario Menocal ww Inaugurated yes terday as third president of the Cu ban republic. The ceremony took place In the historic palace of the Spnlsh captain general In Havana and was attended bv a brilliant as semblage Including a special Ameri can mission. Special fetes were held last night when all the city was brilliantly il luminated. General Menocal was escorted to the palace by a squadron of rurales and cavalry and was met at the en trance by the retiring president, Gen eral Jose Miguel Gomes and the mem bers of his cabinet. President Menocal and General Go mes appeared on the balcony of the palace where they were greeted by tho pladults of an lmmence gather ing last night. BREEN SAYS HE SUGGESTED THE DYNAMITE PLAN TALKED WITH ATTEAUX Tlant Dynamite and Scare .Strik ers" lirt-fn Testifies Ho Suggested at Conference Atteaux Alleged to Have Arranged Matters Tells of Planting Explosive. Boston, May 21. Expert testimony on dynamite and its handling was of fered by Walter Whitney today at the trial of William Wood. Frederick j Atteaux and Dennis Collins on trial j charged with planting explosives in! Lawrence to discredit the strikers. I Whitney examined the explosives i found In Lawrence and pronounced them 75 per cent dynamite. He produced three sticks resem bling dynamite and the spectators in (he courtroom were badly frightened. Their fears were dispelled when' Whitney informed the court the ex-j hibit was nothing but wood, with dy-i namite coverings The witness ex-1 plained the danger of handling dyna-! mite and described the laws affecting I its use. j John Rreen, a Lawrence undertak-; er, followed Whitney. He testified I that Atteaux conferred with him re-1 garding the strike in Lawrence. Breen said he reported that things were "pretty troublesome" in Lawrence and i that rumors of n plot to dynamite thej textile mills were rife. Preen said hej suagested that Atteaux use thej "strikers own methods" and plant j dynamite to scare the strikers. At-j teaux. according to Preen, then tele-j phoned Ernest Pittman. a contractor.) and arranged fr Breen to meet Pitt-j man later. j Breen said Pittman introduced him j to a man named nice, wno nanneu him a package of frozen dynamite. Breen sail he gave the package to Collins, who carried it to Lawrence. j Breen corroborated Collins' testi-j mony yesterday. Collins' statement that he did not know of the existence of a plot was contradicted by Breen. The witness said that In choosing I places to plant the dynamite he wish- I ed to leave the explosive where the ! strikers were thickest. Breen de-! scribed telephoning Police Inspector! Rooney. telling him that he knew! where the dynamite was planted. He! told of Rooney finding the dynamite and of the arrest of occupants of thej places where it was found. One of those arrested, he said, was a woman with a baby in her arms. District At-I torney Pelletire questioned Breen ; closely regarding the alleged meet-i ing with Atteaux. I Breen stuck to his story, adding j that Atteaux afterward sent him $200! by special delivery. Breen declared that Atteaux gavel him a second sum of $200 after ne was arrested and had asked that At teaux help him. Under' cross-examination by Attorney Coakley. repre senting Atteaux. he got Breen 4o ad mit no criminal intent prevailed In placing the dynamite. Conkley con tended that unless criminal Intent was shown it was not a criminal offense. WINS HIS FORMER WIFE FROM ANOTHER (Special Correspondence.) Stanfield. Ore., May 21. Losing hlsj wife more than two months agoj through the divorce courts and be-l Tdnho. name unknown here, did some reclamation work a little out of the ordinary yesterday when he appeared here .interviewed his former wife dur- Ing the absence of husband Xo 2. ap parently won her back and left with j ber for Weiser on the evening train. When Atterhury returned home and found his bride fled, he was in a great wrath and further developments may result as throats of gunplay have been made. He was married to the woman only about three weeks ago and It Is said she had been divorced but about five weeks st the time. She had two small children, one about two years and the other three years old. Hus band Xo. 1 while here, stated that he had received a letter from his for mer wife, asking him to come for her and the fact that she packed her trunk and had it sent to the depot In dicates that she was not an unwilling party to the elopement. It Is said that Atterbury broke up the home In Weiser before the divorce. business men meet to discuss relations Znnesville. Ohio, May 21. One hun dred bankers, merchants, manufactur ers and men of affairs from Pittsburg, came to Zanesvlllo today to discuss closer business relations between the two cities. From here they go to New Lexington and Lancaster and from those cities to a dosen other municipalities in Ohio and West Vlr glnla. They will return to Pittsburg May 24. IDAHO WOOL BRINGS GOOD PRICES REGARDLESS OF PROSPECT FOR FREE WOOL That Umatilla county growers will obtain good prices for their wool this season despite the fact the' tariff on raw wool seems doomed to go is in dicated by news of the sale at Moun tain Home. Idaho, yesterday. Six tllr were sold at the sale held in the'j.ner will be visited following the trip Idaho town and the prices paid ranged t. ;:cho. from 13 cents to 15 3-4 cents. It Is In view of the fact but little wool stated by buyers now here that last I has been contracted this year and year the same wool sold at prices j that the tariff revision has upset cal rangiritf from 14 to 17 3-5 cents, culations to some extent there is con- These figures show the market to he j opening at prices but a cent or two under last years prices, regardless of the Im.Tiinency of free wool. How the market will open in east ern Oregon will be Known rrniavito oi when the first sales day of the yearUame for this territory will he held at Pi lot Hock. Many buyers are now in the city and preparations have been made f.r a tur of the various points KING AND QUEEN ARRIVE IN GERMANY! P.erlin, May 21. The king and! queen of England arrived at Potsdam today to attend the marriage of Prin cess Victoria Louise. Thev were es corted to the palace by a strong body of cavalry. FLAGLER'S BODY LIES IN STATE Palm Beach. Florida. May 21. Thej late Henry Flagler's body lay in state I at bis Xautilus cottage from 2 to 5 ! this afternoon and w-as viewed by! hundreds who thus honored the mem-j ory of the railroad builder who didj more to develop Florida than any other man. Tonight the body will be taken to St. Augustine to be placed beside that of his daughter in the family mausoleum. Put the lid on your pack of trouble. MEXICAN CONGRESS SANCTIONS THE PROPOSED HUNDRED MILLION LOAN Mexico City. May 21. Congress has sanctioned the proposed hundred million dollar loan to be negotiated by the Huerta government at six per cent. A guarantee of 36 per cent of STRIKE OF ELECTRICAL MEN IN CALIFORNIA TO BE SETTLED SOON San Francisco. May 21. That a settlement of the strike of the Califor nia Light and Power council against the Pacific gas and electric company will be brought about within a few days was the statement of officials of the San Francisco labor council to day, who are endeavoring to settle the controversy by arbitration Offi AUSTRALIAN MEAT SELLS AT LOWER PRICE THAN HERE; IS IN DEMAND San Francisco, Cal . May 21. That Australian frozen meat has come to stay and that the general' public is more than eager for meat at prices less than those asked for American meat, from 20 per cent up. was a statement of local retail dealers to day. They say the consumer chooses STUDENTS COMPLETE EXAMS TODAY; SENIOR CLASS DAY HELD TOMORROW With the last examination com pleted today, the nine months high school work has been brought to a close and the remaining two days of the week will be devoted to fitting ceremonies. Tomorrow afternoon, the graduating class will hold Us class day exercises in the high school audi torium and the public Is extended an Invitation to attend. The exercises will commence at 2 o'clock and at the conclusion the rooms of the new building will be thrown open for In spection. Many people have not yet where sales are to be held. A special car has been chartered by the buyers as Is their custom and Pilot Rock will be the first placj on their itiner ary. Following the Friday sale a sales day will be helo at Echo, and Hep- sl.lerable speculation as to what pri ces will prevail at Pilot Hock and the sale is being awaited with interest. If a recent sale made In the Pilot Rock country is a criterion the prices eiven hen- will show about the comparative decline as at the Mountain Home sale yesterday. A Pilot Uoek grower recently contracted hi? clip at a figure one cent under Cue Pi ice he received last year. TO CONSIDER KERN RESOLUTION TODAY Washington. May 21 The senate labor committee named Senators Bo rah, Swanson and Shields today as a subcommittee to consider the Kern resolution demanding an investiga tion of the situation In the coal fields in West Virginia. They are expected to report favorably. RAKER 11 HECTORS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR TEAM Paker. Ore.. May 21. The directors of the baseball team held a short meeting last evening, and the matter of strengthening the team was the main consideration, although details of the club's affairs were briefly dis cussed. It Is agreed that certain po sitions need strengthening and the di rectors are doing ail in their power to remedy the present defects. They are in touch with several players who, if secured, will be a great strength to the Diggers, and they expect to get action from some of their negotiations in a day or two. the Mexican customs receipts to pay the loan was agreed to. The entire! amount of these duties will go to French bankers, who are being ap- proached for the accommodation. cers of the light and power council say a meeting of the several strike committees throughout the territory involved has been called for this aft ernoon, when it is expected a definite conclusion will be reached as to the method of procedure. They refused to divulge the proposition to be consid ered. The strike is affecting many cities in California. Australian meat in preference to the home" produce. Australian porter house sells at 20 cents a pound against 25 and 30 cents for the local product and other cuts are quoted in the same ratio. The steamer Sonoma arrives tomorrow with 129,000 pounds of Australian meat. had an opportunity to see the build ing from top to bottom and many others have not seen the school since work was taken up there. Friday evening will be the reg ular commencement program and the public is also invited to be present on this occasion. Dr. Joseph Shafer of the University of Oregon, will deliver the commencement address, there will be several musical selections. Chair man W. E Brock or the school board will present the diplomas and a num ber of the graduates will deliver oration. JAPS DISMISSED FROM CLUBS MAY HAVE BEEN SPIES DENIAL, HOWEVER. MADE Army and Navy Club and United Ser-vfc-e Jub Discharge Ten Jaimnese Their Attention to Conversations Aroused Suspicion Said That "Work Xot Satisfactory." New York, May 21. Suspicion that perhaps Japanese are too attentive listeners of conversations haa result ed In a dismissal of ten Japanese waiters, eight from the Army and Navy club, and two from the United Service club, an organization of re tired army and navy men. No mem ber of either club could be found who would say the discharged Japan ese were suspected of being spies, the general explanation being that their work was unsatisfactory. It was sig nificant that no other Japanese should take their places. WHITLA KIDNAPPERS SEEKING PARDON Harrisburg, Pa., May 21. The "Billy" Whitla kidnaping case, which mystified the police of the country about four years ago, and which re sulted in legislation making the of fense a crime punishable by life sen tence in several states, was fought over again here today when lawyers for Helen Boyle argued before the Pennsylvania state pardon board in behalf of leniency for their client. Helen Boyle is serving a twenty-five year sentence in the western pennsyl year sentence in the Pennsylvania prison for her part in the sensational kidnaping case. Her husband, James Boyle, is serving a life sentence. Attorney Fred E. Reese today pre sented evidence tending to show that Helen Boyle's "record" which count ed heavily with the court In consid ering her sentence, was a complete "frame-up." The Boyles were con victed after a record trial after the Whitla boy was found In Cleveland In Mrs. Bpyle's keeping. The Boyles had demanded a heavy ransom for the little fellow. At the time of the trial. Gilbert B. Perkins, head of the Perkins Detec tive Agency, who had led in the search for the boy. furnished" practi cally all the evidence for the prose cutor. Among other things Perkins brought to light an alleged five-year police record against Helen Boyle. She denied the record as a frame-up and during one session of the trial dramatically denounced Perkins, tell ing him. despite efforts of court offi cials to quiet her, that he would live to come before a judge as a defendant begging for mercy. Perkins Is now serving a term in the Leavenworth penitentiary. Attorney Reese today' declared he has evidence which will absolutely prove that the alleged police record was without foundation. He present ed to the pardon board affidavits from Helen Boyle's parents and friends in Chicago in which it was de clared that during the five years the police record covered, the woman had been with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William McDermott and that she had not left her Chicago home until thirteen months before the kidnap ing of Billy Whitla. SCHEDULES MAY BE SLASHED MORE Washington. May 21. California senators anil congressmen fear the house cuts in citrus duties may be exceeded when the senate acts on the Underwood tariff and that the possi bility of lemons being placed on the free list approaches a probability. It is freely rumored that the senate con templates lower rates on various manufactured goods and members of the senate finance commute declare that the senate, finding itself "up against it." May decide to give the democratic administration Us fill of low duties by slashing the Payn schedules even more than the house did. LORIMER WANTS TO GO BACK TO SENATE Chicago. May 21. It was an nounced thut within a month ex Senator Lorimer would open a cam paign for the senatorship. Lorimer seeks election at the republican pri maries. Lorimer was expelled from the senate about a year ugo. Affcd Man Mid Life. Pomona. Cal.. May 21. Leaving a note saying he could not longer Im pose on his son for support. Freder ick Steele. 62. was found dead In the bac kyard, his brains scattered on a walnut tree, beneath which he killed himself with a rifle.
