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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION 0 WEATHER IlEPOKT. TO AIVKIiTISKKS Th East Ort-gonian ha the largest paid circulation of any paper la Oregon. eat of Portland and nearly twlre the circulation lo Pendleton of any other newspaper. Showers tonight or Tuesday. j: it r COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 25. PENDLETOX, OREGOX, MOXDAV, JL'XE 2:5, 1U13. NO. 7900 . , ' 'fef I'1 -ift' f- - . j v m n i i x " l -.. . WILSON BILL READY TO "No President Audacious Enough to Play Politics With Nation's Cre dit" Wilson Says.l TO FREE BUSINESS MEN Whether Temple or the Hankers Shall CVmtrol, Are Only Alternatives Currency Bill As Much Adminis trative Measure As Tariff FUner pwjr Fund Is In Plan. Washington, June 23. Declaring that no president would "be audacious rnough to play politics with the cred it of the nation," President Wilson announced to correspondents today the whole weight of the admli.lstra tlon will be put to (support the cur rency reform bill, to be Introduced this afternoon' or tomorrow In the Fenate by Owens and In the house by Class. Ho said the only fwj alter natives possible for reorganizing the currency was whether the people I themselves or the bankers shall con-j trol. The currency bill Is as n;uci! fc h ailinlnlutrntli'n tnADDiira an tot I iff. he said. The proposal for a central boarl of control to be appointed by the president, with the consent of the senate will not be changed, h said, if he can help It, however much the bankers object. "Wilson said he considered the cur rency plan In line with the present system of control of the rallroadr by the Interstate commerco commission The bill provides to Issue half a bil lion emergency currency availabli only when needed and to be retire 1 when the stringency Is ended. It would not conflict with money al ready In circulation. He admits that the amount to be Issued Is debatable and might be changed. - "It Is the only weapon which takes from the banks the despotic power they now enjoy In granting or re fusing credit at will." said the presi dent. Washington. June 23. Declaring the occasion was vital to the country, President Wilson for the second time In his administration, came to the capltol personally today to deliver his message to congress He demanded Immediate action on the currency, the keynote of the speech being that the currency bill Is a twin of the tariff Mil, and that the currency bill is no- I ressarv so business Interests can ad-j Just themselves to the new conditions arising fhom a revision of the tariff schedules. He pleaded for govern ment control of the banks so that they will be "servants, not masters, of the people." ' Wilson said he thought the bill would enable the small bankers to apply directly to the government for needed cash, if their security was suf ficient and get it regardless of the at tltudo of powerful banks. The Inevit able result of the passage of the pro posed currency bill, the president thinks, would be that the people would rule the banks Instead of the banks ruling the people. When he arrived at the capltol Secretary Tumulty was his only com panion. Wilson went directly to the speaker's room whence the commit tee escorted him to the speaker's I desk. Despit a heavy rain, numerous leaders of fashion were present to listen to his plea. A hundred and twenty-six seats were vacant on the floor of the house during the reading of the mes sage. The administration members declared the reason was many con gressmen had been excused to enable them to visit their homes. The presi dent's arrival was applauded. He be gan reading without any preliminary. BRANCHES BREAK IN CHICAGO LOCKOUT IS REPORTED; GARMENT WORKERS ARE IN FAVOR OF CALLING A STRIKE Chicago, June 23. Twenty-five thousand building trades workmen Tejoleed today when the police re ported a break In the ranka of the contractors. ' They declare suburban contractors are allowing the men to return and that patrolmen guarding the plants have been withdrawn. Union leaders are trying to force the contractors to aibltrate the dispute. The strike situation was compli cated when It was learned a canvass of the ballots of 25,000 garment workers resulted In an overwhelming READS MESSAGE ON CURRENCY BE INTRODUCED - i:iitoi:s 1IAVK A BIG BAXQUKT. Colorado Springs. June 23 The National Press Association which convened here June 17 closed today with its annual banquet held out of doors In stead of the banquet being the regulation hotel affair of the regulation six to eight courses beginning with soup and ending with nuts, the editors were treated to a true western style, out of doors "beef steak fry" at South Cheyenne Canon. They went to see the Seven Falls and afterwards "sat at table" under the towering granite walls of the canon. Dancing and a band concert at Stratton Park this evening will be the last af fair before the editors return to their typewriters, sheers and paste pots. The house adjourned immediately aft wards. The President's Message. Washington, June 23. President Wilson personally read his currency message today to a Joint session of the senate and house In full the message is as follows: Mr, Speaker, Mr. President, Gentle men of the Congress: It is under the compulsion of what seems to me a clear and imperative duty that I have a second time this session sought the privilege of address ing you In person. 1 know of course, that the heated season of the year Is upon us, that work In these chambers anil In the committee room Is likely to become a burden as the season lengthens, and that every consideration of personal convenience and personal comfort, perhaps. In the case of some of us. considerations of personal health (Continued on Page I ) POWERS LINED UP FOR PEACE IN THE BALKANS OUTLOOK. IS CRITICAL 11om of IreveiiliiiK Hostilities Iixiks Doubtful Austria I ITccly Ad mitted to lie Behind Dissension Among AHie Bulgaria, servla ami Greece May Clash. Iondon, June 23. In the hope of preventing impending hostilities In the Balkans, the powers are bringing all possible pressure to restore peace on Greece, Servia and Bulgaria who are on the verge of war over the ter ritories captured from the Turks. The powers are seeking arbitra tion for the territorial disputes. While no confirmation has been received, it 'Is freely reported that Austria is secretly fomenting the dissension am ong the allies, desiring to muk Im possible the formation of a powerful slav coalition which might soon unite to disrupt Austria Hungary. May Ik Ambassador. Washington, June 23. Following an announcement that the. president had granted an Interview to Frederick C. Penfleld it Was reported the New Yorker Is to he tendered one of the European embassies. Russia, Austria. Germany, Italy and France are yet unfilled. vote in favor of a strike unless the demands wora mat tka ...,..,....., ..... , . . u CAlVUlltC committee will determine ' tonight whether to quit Immediately or open negotiations with the employers. President Simon O'Connell of the building trades council said only a few contractors In the Loop district were observing the lockout order. Less than 3000 men are Idle. Presi dent rtyan of the Chicago local of Architectural Iron Workers, said sympathetic strikes had been declar ed In Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Pittsbursr. Of CONOR REPORTS JAGKRABBITS DEVASTATE 180,000 ACRES OF WHEAT LAND IN COUNTY ARE NOT FOUNDED ON FACT Umatilla Given False Advertising is Verdict of Farmers Local Grainbuyers Deny Knowledge That Pests Are Overrunning the County Reports Declared False That the published reports to the effect that Jack - rabbits have devas tated 180,000 acres of wheat land in Umatilla county are exaggerated grossjy, are with very little foundation in fact, and are giving this county false advertising Is tne general verdict of farmers, grainmen and a good many local citizens. The reports in question were pub lished in a local newspaper and In the Portland Oregonian under a Pendle ton date line. They represented that hordes of the rabbits are laying waste the country about Holdman, as far north as the mouth of Vancycle can ytn, and covering a territory of 2S8 square miles. t is stated that this big area has been swept clean of wheat and rye and that the farmers are fating a staggering loss. Local grain buyers, whose business it is to keep informed on grain con ditions, without an exception were surprised to see the stories In print, declaring they were the first intima tion that they had had that the rab bits were injuring- the crops. Will Moore, agent for the Pacific Coast Elevator Co., declared his belief that the reports were without any real foundation. "There are only about 273.000 acres of wheat land in the county," he said, "and if 180.000 acres of this amount had been devastated, the. grain buyers would not be the last to learn of the fact"" v" Henry W. Collins, representative of the Balfour-Guthrie company, de clared he had known nothing of the alleged damage until, he had read the stories but had since been told by J. H. Hoops that there were quite a few rabbits on his place and that they were doing him some damage. Hoops' ranch is a 400 acre homestead about four miles northeast of Holdman and he has 200 acres sowed. F.. C. Mc Cook of this city, who has a farm adjoining the Hoops place, when asked trday whether or not his crop was be ing damaged by rabbits, declared he WET WEATHER SEEMS TO BE THE GENERAL PROGRAM; NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE IS REPORTED TO CROPS HARD RAINS ARE EXPERIENCED IN UMATILLA COUNTY Though extraordinarily hard rains were received over the county yester day, Saturday afternoon and night, there was but little additional dam age done to the crops, according to the best information obtainable, and such damage as was done where the grain Is heaviest, will be more than offset by the benefits of the moisture received to the light land sections. . During yesterday more than a half Inch of water was precipitated ac cording to the official weather ob server, and. though the downpours were heavy, there was no hail mixed with the rain and but little of the growing; grain was beaten down. Ac cording to H. W. Collins, grainbuyer, he drove out over the reservation yes terday and observed but little grain down other than was put dow n by the hall and rain of Thursday. Other re- ports from farmers and grainmen arej confirmatory. The rains of the past two days seem to he quite general over the northwest. Reports from the Wil lamette valley have It that that coun try received heavy showers. All sec tions of Umatilla county were visit ed. Reports from the west end state that a heavy downpour fell Saturday night and that yesterday a number of hard showers were received. The south and north eads also received nard rains. CORVALLIS WOMAN AND DAUGHTER; TAKES OWN LIFE Corvallls, June 23. Mrs. E. S. Tunell fired four shots at her hus band and daughter and then killed herself with a bullet through her had not knowledge of any such dam age. Another farmer of the same lo cality, whose name is withheld by re quest, branded the reports as the pro duct of a fevered imagination E. L. Smith, the local combined harvester dealer who is in constant touch with the farmers of the county, did not hesitate in declaring his be lief that the stories were entirely un warranted. "I have talked with a dozen farmers of the Holdman com munity during the past week and not one spoke a word of damage being done by rabbits. I had heard that earlier in the season squirrels had done some damage but I have never known in the thirty years I have lived in the county of rabbits damaging wheat. Moreover, there is but very little wheat land in the section said to be laid waste." Saw One Kabhit. As he was talking, A. F. May, who owns a farm in the Holdman section, passed, and Mr. Smith called him in. In response to the question as to whether or not rabbits were doing damage to the wheat crops, Mr. May statted that the published report was the first news he had had of It. "1 was out to my ranch last week," he said, "and rode all over the Holdman community with another man and a dog. During the entire ride, we saw- Just one rabl.it. I did not notice any evidence of damage and my hired men said nothing whatever of any depreda tions by rabbits." Mr. May declared that most of the land described In the published re port was sheep pasture controlled by Pearson & .Johnson, the big sheep men, f Jacob Rhode, who farms near Yoa kum, was another who declared his disbelief of the reports. "There are no more rabbits down there than us ual." he said, "and I have never known of them doing much damage (Continued on Page 8) MONTH OF JUNE WILL HOLD THE RECORD FOR RAIN If the hard rains of the past few days continue during the remainder of the month, the month of June, 1913. will go on record as being the wettest June in Umatilla county since observations were taken. According to Weather Observer E,' F. Averill. the normal peclpltatlon for June is but .97 of an inch, while, with an other week yet to go, the present month has had 1.71 Inches. The wettest June on record was In 1S91 when 2.21 inches fell during the thirty days. In 1890 1.80 Inches fell and next to those two was the June of 1912 which, contributed 1.77 inch es of moisture. I'p to date, the precip'itatlon for the year has been over 2 1-2 Inches in excess of the normal, which Is 8.12 inches. The total rainfall since Jan uary 1 as recorded here in Pendleton is 10.77. With all of this excess, there Is a small shortage for the wet season which commenced last September. The normal since that time is 13.22 inches, whereas to date there has been hut 12.83. leaving a shortage of .34 of an Jnch. Mrs. William Edwards arrived home this morning after visiting with relatives In Missouri. She was ac companied home bv her mother, Mrs. L. M. Taylor. SHOOTS HUSBAND heart at noon during a fit of anirer. Roth husband and daughter probablv wlli live. The bulleta lodged In their lungs. Tuneii was her second hus band. WILSON IS ASKED TO REMOVE ATTORNEY GENERALM'REYNOLDS FROM OFEICE; WILL PROBE CASE m PARCEL TOST HAS HAD BIG GROWTH Washington, June 23 Growth of the parcel post since its Inauguration January 1, has Increased to such an extent that the postoffice department has had to purchase 40 addi- tlonal automobiles to be used exclusively In the collection and delivery of parcels and depart- ment officials today are consid- ering open bids for the ma- chines. They will be distributed in New York, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Baltimore and San Francisco. All will be of the enclosed type. LETTERS HINT AT EXISTENCE OF OPIUM PLOT CHINESE . IMPLICATED Protect White "Slaves and Gamblers ami Pay Gunmen for Assassinations Are Said to lie Among Objects of Hot federal Officers Begin an Investigation. San Francisco, June 23 An in vestigation by federal Immigration officers of the correspondence seized when Wong Do King, supposed head of the tongs, was arrested, leads to the belief that he is implicated in a gigantic plot to smuggle opium, pro tect whit slavers and gamblers and pay gunmen for assassinations. Captain Ainsworth. head of the im migration service, says it looks as if the Chinese were operating independ ent of any society but had lieutenants whom the authorities will attempt to run down all over the coast. He said the Chinese wars can be stopped and possibly it will be found that the tongs were forced by an Inner clique ; into going to war. the motives of which they really were the victims. The methods, said to have involved the collection of tribute from mer-! chants, are said to be revealed In the correspondence. TOO MUCH TROTTING. Woman H Bend from Heart Trouble In Kffort to Become CI tam pion Dancer. Xew York, June 23 Mrs. Edna Wagner Is dead from heart disease, resulting from four hours of contin uous lurney trotting in an enort to become the champion dancer of Rldgewood. A thousand couples danced at the annual pageant of the Ridgewood party association. BAKER AND LA GRANDE ARE OUT OF WESTERN TRI-STATE LEAGUE The Western Tri-state league w 111 finish the season as a four team league, the Raker and Li Grande fran chises being forfeited at a meeting of the league directors in Faker yes terday. According to Director R. V. Ritner, who attended the meeting, Caldwell failed to display the eager ness to take over the La Grande fran chise that had been expected and. a Raker evidenced a willingness to quit, it was decided that the best interests of the league would be subserved by curtailing the two tallend clubs. At the meeting yesterday Caldwell's representative could not give satis factory assurances that his town could maintain a team during the remain der of the season. He wished to se cure a franchise without putting up any guarantee and his statement ot the money raised already to support a team made the directors extremely dubious.., The Baker management has been having financial difficulties and ex pressed a willingness to drop out of the league providing her $600 guar antee was not declared forfeited. The settlement was finally made upon this basis, The dropping of the two clubs ne cessitates a revision of the schedule REFORM Federal Investigator Upholds M'Nab's Action in Resigning; Latter Pro mises New Sensation. PRESIDENT INTERESTED Miua iniH-u nw an ine l'apcrs m San rram-isco ca.se says He Will Per sonally investigate McXab Disap pointed That His Resignation Is 'ot Yet Accepted. Washington, June 23. President Wilson announced today he would personally investigate the circum stances of the resignation of District Attorney McXab. He said he had called for all the papers in the case. The fact that Secretary of Labor Wil son has taken the responsibility of the postponement of the trials, of Caminetti and Diggs. because ha wanted Caniinetti's father to come to familiarize himself with the duties of the commissioner f immigration, caused the president to take an In terest In the case. The elder Camin etti refuses to discuss the matter. San Francisco, June 23. Clayton Herrlngton, a federal Investigator of the department of Justice, who helred work up evidence against Diggs and Caminetti of the Western Fuel com pany, went on record today as strong ly supporting the action of District Attorney McXab In tendering his res ignation because he was ordered from Washington to postpone action. He sent a telegram to President Wilson asking him to remove McReynolds. That unless the president accepts his resignation forthwith he will fire another Jolt at McReynolds, which will be entirely unexpected, was the threat of District Attorney McXab. He reached his office early today ev idently disappointed that his resigna tion was not acted upon. He said he appreciated the explanation regarding the postponement of the Caminetti case because Camenitti senior was unable to attend the trial. He said this had nothing to do with Diggs w ho is accused with Caminetti of vi olating the white slave Haw. The district attorney had little to say about the Western Fuel company except in an ironical strain. "I guess Sidney Smith (a fuel man) proved his innocence at Washington or the attorney general would not have postponed the case indefinitely." WOMEN BLAMED FOR ATTEMPTING WRECK London. June 23. Militants are he'd responsible for an attempt to wreck an express train on the Lon don Southwestern in a tunnel at Da venport. Just before the train was due. a motor collided with ties piled on the rails. Xone was injured. and the directors will probably hold a meeting at a later date to work out the order of play. At the meeting yesterday the temporary schedule was fixed up and by it Pendleton and North Yakima w ill play here this w eek and Walla Walla and Boise will meet each other in HoLse. Xext week P.n. dleton will play in Boise and North Yakima will pUy in Walla Walla. The directors decided that, hereafter the games would be played in the cities that paid the best and Director Ritner states that unless the Pendleton fans patronize the game here in a liberal manner that the city will not secure her proportion of the remaining ser ies. Uado After Released paer. Manager August Bade of the Walla Walla team took the first train for Pendleton after he had heard the, news which meant that the players of two clubs had been made free agents. His object was to secure the signa tures of Jamieson and Fitch ner. La Grande's two star twirlers, to con tracts but there Is some probability that the local officials heat him to It in the matter of securing the former. Both of the men were rated as two of the best twirlers In the league and would strengthen any one of the re maining four teams.