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DAILY EVEIIIIIG EDITION 1 -..TV . Ar-Z ... - DAILY EVEIIIIIG EDITIO.'l TO ADVERTISERS. IVirmMt for Eastern Oriynn, by the United Slates Weather Observer at Portland. . The East Oregonlan baa th largest pal circulation of any paper In Oregon, Mat of Portland and oyer twice tha circulation la I'endletoa of any other newapaper. M Fair tonight and WednesJuy, Crr OFFICIAL PAPER i. i i rw i . m ? ?" ra . i i hi i i i i iviiiii,.iiiiiiii 1111 a r V TOst?- T COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. if VJ-Qlfc- j" I .... . . - t , M VOL 20 tint IS CALLED HACK TO THE I SEIflOUS QUESTION Expert Services Needed in Matter of International Affairs to Avert Grave Complications. W!Ml 6R0WIK6 RESTIVE Mexico Becomes Topic of Most Im portance Before Cabinet Bryan Criticised for not Having Informed Himself Concerning Fall's Know ledge of Mexican Situation. WASHINGTON., March 10. Mexico was the topic for grave discussion at the cabinet meeting today. John Bas- aett Moore who resigned as counsel lor of the state department has been recalled, It was stated, on account ot the danger of serious complications. It was explained that the services of -an expert in international law are much needed and he consented to ut line the general procedure in cases j hat are worrying the administration. He declined to resume all his old du ll ph. . No pretence was made at denying the administration Is anxious concern ing reports that Germany is growing restive over the prolonged Mexican disorder. Concerning the Vergara incident, leneral HI Ins telegraphed Secretary ot Avar' Garrison that the dead Ameri can's body was taken from its grave -and brought to the border by Mexi cans who had been hired by X. T. Hill. "Vergara'a brother-in-law. He said that 1400 was paid them. Report that the body had been mutilated be fore execution were baseless it vat Mild. ' - The cabinet discussed an answer to Senator Fall's attack in the senate on Wilson's Mexican. policy. It was not denied that Fall had the best of the ttrgument with. JShlvely, and hcp herd. Bryan came In for criticism for not having Informed himself concern-' lug the New Mexican's familiarity with conditions and his failure to provide the administration's spokesman with nmmunltion for a better defense.' Senator Stone Is expected to answet Fall, basing his speech on facts thnl will be supplied by Bryan. MEXICO CITY, March 10. An of fensive federal campaign against thn rebels has been ordered by Huerta who was said to consider ' that his forces have been on the defensive too long. Federal generals have been warned that he will visit his wrath on them unless they initiate aggressive tactics Immediately. Word was received that rebels near Torreon had dynamited two troop trains on the way to strengthen the garrison but without casualties. Charge d'Affatrs O'Shaughnessy it still heavily guarded. DOPPERFIELO CASE WILL BE CONSIDERED BY JDRY TMTNG SESSION . IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN MANY IN DICTMENTS. BAKER, Ore.. March 10. The grand Jury Investigation at the com ing session, March K, promises to center around .Copperfleld. with the many canes which were hinted at by CSovcrnor West coming up for a searching Inquiry. District Attorney itodwin Is said to have obtained soma conclusive evidence and several In dictments are expected to result. One Copperfleld case, evidence In which was provided by Colonel R. K. IiWHon when at Copperfleld with the inllltlii. Is gainst William Wlegand, the CVpperrie'M saloonman who Is su ing (jovrriiur West for $4000 for the i- tlt'Ktructlon o his business. Colonel Lawson has been subpoen- ned to appear. The case Is an out' growth of Colonel Lnwson's finding In Wlegand'a saloon alleged Impropei 1'lrtures. and nn indictment Is to be soiifrht on these grounds. 7 ROBBERS SECURE $2000 AT POINT OF REVOLVERS CASHIER AND CLERK ARE FORCED TO n.ND OVER THE MONEY. KUMAR. Wash:. March 10. The ; bank at Abbotsford, B. C, was held up and robbed of $2000 in gold and ' currency by seven masked men. Three ot the desperadoes waited outside af ter the bank had opened and four companions with revolvers forced the cashier ,and clerk to surrender the money. A little flattery now and then will of ten up the toughest men. 30 UNEMPLOYED MEN RAID TOWN : AND ROD POKE OF CASH . v One Report Says $700 Secured, Another That Over $3,000 Was Taken . From Safe--Posses Are in Pursuit of Band California Towns Suffer at Hands of Desperate Men Gun-fight Ensues LOOMIS, Cal., March 10. At an early hour today thirty or more des perate men, believed to be members of the army of unemployed, raided this place and breaking down the doors of the post office, blew the safe and obtained $700 in coin and stamps. Postmaster 8. W. Turner who waa roused by the explosion, dressed and armed himself and hastened to the scene. He encountered several men and engaged in a fight with them Two were seen to fall and were taken away by. their companions. The town was aroused and ; dozens of armed men engaged in the run ning gun fight. The marauders stole horses and buggies and escaped. A posse was formed to run them down. Constables rode all along the lino ot the highway , warning the auto PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHO SHALL PAY FOR JACKSON ST. PAVEMENT There is a strong probability that the people of Pendleton will have an opportunity to say whether or not all the property owners of Jackson street will pay for the Improvements made on that street or whether some of them shall be exempt because of a technical error in the proceedings. t has been rumored for several days that at (he same election at which the kw-nfre wJtt vtnemj a $40,000 addition al water T ttind IsAid,, they will also Vote-upon ah amendment to'the char ter whereby assessments for street Im plements, annulled by any court or held void for any other reason, may be reassessed against the property. These reports were so far confirmed today as to be given as authentic. In itiative petitions are expected to be In circulation within a day or two. Not only will the reassessment mea sure prevent In the future any such result as secured from the Johns vs. Pendleton case but it will by retroac tive powers, actually compel those property holders exempted from pay ment by the ruling of the supreme court to pay the assessment made by the city against them plus Interest from the date upon which payment was due, according to reports. It will be remembered that the su preme court, in reversing Circuit Judge Phelps in the locally famous case of Johns vs. Pendleton, upheld the plutntiff. not upon any of his ma- "Pendleton Is the kingpin city of the state bjt reason of her annual Round-up, and If we can rid this city of flies so that the thousands of people who come here for your Sep tember show will not see a single fly, then our anti-fly campaign will re celve an advertisement of Incalculable value. And Incidentally, so will your oily." This was the statement of Dr. Clif ton Freemont Hodge, head of the de partment of civic' biology nt the Uni versity of Oregon, who, last evening at the commercial association started a crusade against the housefly which carried along by the schools, the Commercial association and the Civic club bids fair to make "fly loss Pen dleton" a renllty. J. V. Tallmnn, president of the Cominerclnl asso ciation, was named chairman of a committee to work out the plan of campaign and was given power to se lect his assistants. Dr. Hodge spoke at some length up on the fly, showing how much of the sickness and death Is directly attri butable to the Insect that Is common ly regarded as a nuisance but not a danger. .- " - " - In the United States, he sald. 'ap- proxlmntcly one-third of the sickness and deaths can be laid to the door ol the housefly which, as a carrier of disease germs, has no equal. He told how a campaign In Johannesburg. South Africa, against the fly had re duced sickness by one-fifth. " , Friendly Cooperation. The keynote of his campaigns, he said, and his watchword, is "friendly cooperation." The people of th community must, work together rath er than spilt Into two factions. When a neighbor refuses to take the proper DR. HODGE URGES CAMPAIGN BE STARTED AT ONCE AGAINST FLY mobile caravan members to beware of an attack from ambush and urging them to keep close together. SACK AM ENTO, March 10. The sheriff received a telephone message verifying the report of the Loomlc outrage. It said, however that the robbers secured more than $3000 and are now believed to ' be making for Folsom. A large posse Is in pursuit. Warnings ' have been sent to beware of onslaughts from the scattered mem bers of the armies. RIPON. Cal., March 10. The post office here was robbed early today of $121 worth of blank money orders. Scattering bands of the unemployed army are suspected.. The intruders were frightened before they could blow the safe. terlal contentions, but upon the ground that an error had been made by the city engineer when he mistook the" letter C for the figure g in hi description of the Improvement dist rict, this In spite of the fast, as point ed out by the city attorney in' a sub sequent motion, that the actual boun daries of the district were shown in a plat, on fjle and that nobody, least ofll the plaintiff, had been deceived Jijr the error,! i i . i ; : " '. The .decision stirred up much ill feeling here inasmuch asw number of other property owners on Jackson street refused the payment of their assessments under Its protection. In the recent commission charter sub mitted to the people, there had origi nally been incorporated a reassess ment clause but which was stricken out by the committee, without any explanation, a short time prior to the election. Undoubtedly this act con tributed toward the defeat of the charter. , . Just who is back of the move to submit the reassessment amendment to the people at the special election Is not definitely known but It is rumor ed that the council decided to circu late the petitions after a caucus. The petitions calling for the water board election are being circulated to day and are being freely signed. It Is believed they will have the neces sary 15 per cent for submission to the council' tomorrow evening. steps to prevent the breeding of files, he should not be arrested, said the speaker, or In any way antagonized. If he will not listen to argument .or .cannot afford the small cost of a fly trap, his permission should bo eecur- ea to show others to place a trap on j the breeding place upon his premis es. Unity of action is Bhanlntl sentlal In an anti-fly . campaign, he said. '''."' "The trouble In most communi ties," beald, "is that the people are lost In the cold gray doless mesh of w hats-the-useness. What's the use of me going to nil of this trouble when Bill Jones won't do it, one man says, and the next man -echoes his senti ments., . There would be lots of use If they would go about It right." " The first pnrt of the campaign here will he the securing of a survey of the city by the high school stu dents for the purpose of locating all breeding places. "Get the breeders" Is Hodge's slogan.' The manual train ing department will manufacture fly traps at cost and. Inasmuch as they consist only of a little wood and wire screen, will be very inexpensive. These traps placed In any barn, shed or near any other breeding, place will catch every ny in a radius of 100 feet, . de clared Dr. Hodge, and h ought to know for he has caught some billions. Where cows, horses or poultry are kept in the city he advises that peo ple use the manure as fertilizer In stead of allowing It to accumulate. The soil will take care of a great am ount of this fertiliser and, mixed with a very little soil. It ceases to be a breeding place for files. Dr. Hodge thinks that if PenJleton (Continued on paga eight) PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, 3IAUCIE 10, 1914, IS 81 SUFFRAGIST TO T $200,000 Painting is Mutilated by Miss Mary Richardson in National Gallery at London. wm htcesteo by police Experts Will Try to Repair Damage " But Picture Will Never B the Same Militant Berlarex She Com mitted Deed 'As Irotct Against Government's rrroatmont of Leader. LONDON. March 10. In retalia tion for the arrest of Mrs. Pankhurst, VEI1US CHOPPED III Miss Mary Richardson, a prominent or the Missouri Athletic Club build mllltant, took dx chops with a meat '"g but firemen were unable to reach ax at Velasquex" $200,000 painting of Venus In the National gallery. Miss Richardson was arrested, the gallery cleared and closed and ex perts were called to see if the dam age could be repaired. Though it was said the picture will never be the same. It is hoped it can be patched In some sort of fashion. "I tried," Bald Miss Richardson, "to destroy the picture of the most beau tiful woman in antiquity as a protest against the government's destruction of Mrs. Pankhurst, the most beauti ful character of modern history." FINAL TOUCHES MADE ON TRADE COMMISSION BILL MEASURK PROVIDES VOK BOARD WITH AUTHORITY OYER CORPORATIONS. WASHINGTON. March 10. The finishing touches were put on the trade commission bill by the house commerce committee todav and Chair man Adamson expected to give out the text of the completed bill later In the day. ' Hearings in the railroad security regulation bill probably will conclude this afternoon. The trade commission bill is expected to pro vide three commissioners at salaries of $la.000 and will have jurisdiction over large corporations and discre tionary authority over smaller corpor ations. The inquisitorial powers, however, will bo limited. ALASKA RAILROAD BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE MEASURE WUJi NOW BE RUSHED TO PRESIDENT FOR SIG NATURE. WASHINGTON, March 10. The senate passed the Alaska railroad bill as amended In the conference com mittee. The bill Is now ready for Wilson's signature. Nothing jolts a mean man like dose of his own medicine. IXH'AL OPTION CASES ARE HELD VOID SALEM. Ore., March 10.-Af-firming a decision of the lower court the supreme court held valid the local option elections in the valley, deciding the ca.so of W. B. Wiley versus Washing ton county, involves the Hills boro election All other con tests hinge on this ca.se. NEWS SUMMARY (cneral. Death list lit St. Ixtuls fire will rtuuii at least 40. Iaintig of Venus U mutilated by suffragist win) chops picture with an ax. I'nemployed men at Ioomls, Cal., raid town and secure large amount of caKh from postoffioe. John Basset t Moore Is recalled to advise administration on question of International law growing ont of Mex ican situation. Federals at Torreon reported to have repulsed rebel with great loss. .' Senate passes ilio Alaska railroad bill. Iiooal. (rand Jury In session; subpoenaes Issued; Judge Issues special instruc tions. v People will vote on reassessment amendment which will decide who Is to nv Jnckson street Improvement. UBhlr oamgtf organised with J. V. Tallman at head. CVmnty ministerial association form, ed here by 20 minister. DEATH TOLL BE AS Hi Smoldering' Ruins and Tottering Walls Make it Impossible for Fire men to Search for Bodies. ELEVEN MORE CORPSES SEEN Victims llled Among Debris and it Will be Impossible to I teach Them Until Walls Hare Been Torn Down Club Register Lost Makes Ac counting Difficult. ST. LOUIS, March 10. Eleven more corpses were in sight in the ruins iln oodles on account of danger from tottering walls against' which they were heaped. The walls will be pulled down in the meantime. Seven victims taken out yesterday were the only ones to be brought to the morgue. Between thirty and forty dead is the best guess of search ers of the number that perished. The loss of the club register makes it dif ficult to get the actual number of per sons who were in the building at the time of the fire Final Action on Alaska Bill. ' WASHINGTON, March 10. Final action on the Alaska railroad bill waa expected today when the senate con vened. The house already has af firmed the conference report. Bulgin Punctures Bubble of Frivolity in Stinging Sermon Against Pre sent Day Tendencies "Get Right With God and You Won't Want to Do These Things" He Cries. (By J. M. (orndison.) Subject tonight What I believe and why I believe it. For the high school. Subject Wednesday night Prayer. Why doesn't God answer all our prayers? Subject Thursday night What Is Business? For the businessmen of the city. "By the earnest solicitation of the ministers with the people back, of them, I am remaining this extra OAVID UNO, ONE-ARM In the contests of skiers at Strough ton. Wis., where there Is the steep est slide In the world. Davi.l IJnd. a one-arm skier of Mount Horeb, Wis., showed remarkable daring. He com peted with the professionals In feats that astonished thousands of onlook ers. Since skiing requires a balance. HIS IE ill STllDPOENAES ISSUED BELIEVED1 : Will TO WmifC CAMRIIUC fW! AS d ? MANY CANDIDATES DECLARATIONS COMING - SALEM, Ore.. March 10. Two candidates for governor, two congressmen from the first district, and eight others' filed declarations today. Charles A. Johns of Portland, republican. for governor makes slogan: "A clean cut business admlnls- tration." Gus C. Moser of Portland, republican, for . gov- ernor, has his slogan, "Lower taxes, payable semi-annually; fewer commissions, economic, . efficient and dignified law en- forcement." W. q, Hawley filed his dec- laratlon for re-election to con- gress on the republican ticket. J. E. Anderson of The Dalles and C. H. Stranahah of Hood Rlvef, filed for the republican nomination for representative from the 2th district.- TIE ON TRACK BOY'S WORK. HOSE BURG. Ore., March 10. William Keller, 1 6 years old, who lives at Dillard. eigbt miles south of Rose burg, Is Jn the county Jail here after having 'confessed that he placed a tie on the . Southern Pacific tracks last Sunday nigbt;to wreck southbound passenger, train. No. 5. week," said Dr. Bulgin In announcing his subjects for the coming nights. The theme last evening was, "The lean cow. or some of the preying' evils of modern society, and the text was Gen. 41:20. "The lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine." The speaker took the setting and historical back ground for his sermon from the incident in Pharoah's life when he .dreamed of the seven fat cows coming out of the river Nile and then seven lean cows coming up later out . of the same river to devour the tat 'cows. No one could Interpret the dream until Joseph the Hebrew boy was called and through the dream Pharoah was shown what was coming to pass and hereby Joseph was rais ed up to a position to help his people. Said the speaker: "This was a dream tut God used it. and from it I am going to show how closely associated (Continued on page 1 ) SKIER, SH0OTIN6 SLIDE obtained to some extent by stretch ing out both arms, his undertaking was considered very -dangerous As shown In the illustration, he had to balance himself with one arm. In this photograph he Is shown go ing at eighty miles an hour as he reaches the foot of the slide. NO. 8235 Alleged Violations of the Law May Be Considered by the Grand Jury Now in Session. JUDGE HSTRiSTS JUSYUEn "Satisfied Yourself of the Trash or Falsity of Charges and Act Accord ingly," be States Cofudderabte la- . terest Being Manifested fa to Owt- come of Session. ' With the grand Jury in session and the reported issuance of between 10 and 40 aubpoenaes, there is much In terest being manifested in that body today. The Interest arise principally from the fact that charges of open gambling, bootlegging and prostitu tion have been made publicly 'and were followed by the organisation of a law and order league. Despite the illness of uror Jake Hohbach, the Jury went Into session this morning. Judge Phelps excused Hohbach and in his stead C. S. Jerard of this city was selected. The Jury Is thus composed of the following reven men: Chairman M. L. Akers of Pendleton. R. W. Brown of Weston. . John D. Rice of Hermlston, S. R, Ed wards of Adams, Henry Rosenberg of Pendleton, James Kirk of Freewater and C. S. Jerard of Pendleton. ? From the personnel of the witness es called today. It Is not believed that the Jury la now considering tha charg es which have attracted wide atten tion. Several criminal cases are pend ing and several old indictments have been resubmitted to the Jury. Because of the presence of aw Juror, Judge Phelps this morning re charged tha whole Jury and. la ad- dition to the regular instructions, gave a few special Instructions which may have , been . prompted "by local con ditions. ' ' 4 "It is not important " he said in part, "who brings to' your attention facta which indicate that some of the laws are being violated nor is it Im portant In what manner you get the information. It Is important that you satisfy yourselves of the truth or fal sity of the charges made, and then act accordingly." Another part of the. instructions read, "Under the law and your oah you will Indict no person through envy, hatred or malice nor leave any ' person not indicted through fear, fa vor, affection or hope of reward, but yon will indict according to the truth on the evidence before you. "There must b no compromise with crime and It nritters not what the of fense may be nor who the offender so long as you feel that you have evidence which. If unexplained, would warrant conviction by a trial Jury." SUIT BROUGHT TO COMPEL INCORPORATION OF BAK SALEM. Ore., March 10. A man damus suit to compel Corporation Commissioner Watson to accept ar ticles of Incorporation from the Ore gon Savings and Loan Association, was filed by William E. Powell and Edgar J. Adams of Eugent and is be ing argued today before Judge Gallo w ay. Watson refused to file the articles because the organizers of the company declined to qualify under the budd ing and loan laws, regulating saving banks. CAMPAIGN SCANDAL WILL r BE PROBED IN SEATTLE CITY CO UN (TL WILL MEET SPECIAL SESSION TO CON SIDER CHARGES. IN i SEATTLE. Wash.. March in.--Th city council decided to me-t in so cial session Friday to Investigate charges that two council men. Albert Goddard and John Pierre, were In volved In the solicitation of i-amp-ilsn funds from c.ife proprietors d'trln the recent municipal campaign In th" Interest of the mayoralty candidares of Councilman Goddard and John ('. Slater. The Investigation was atlced by" Councilman Goddard, who was men tioned In the report of a volunteer committee which Investigated th sources of the campaign furrln tut on of the candidates In hoiM intereM funds had been sollcted from i-sfe proprietors. Ban rut on (Igarettm, LEBANON. Ore.. March 10 Th Lebanon city council hat pasned an ordinance making it a misdemeanor for any minor to smoke a rlgarett. or use tobacco in any form in Leban on. The punishment for tha first of fense Is a reprimand from the muni cipal Judge, and the second la a fin of from $2 to $19.