DAILY EVENING EDITION
DAILY EVENING EDITION
TO ADVERTISERS.
Tb Rait Oregonlan haa the largest pair
circulation of auy paper In Oregon, nut of
Portland and oer twice the circulation la
Pendleton of any other newipaper.
Force for ICantem Oregon, by U
United Mates Weather Obre
at rortland.
Shower and thunder storm to
night or FrlJay. Coolor Friday.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL 26.
PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1914.
NO. 3156
OUIT CITY AFTER
LITTLE FIGHTING
"Rebels Advancing Oust Federal Gar
rison From Position Latter Falls
Back to Make Last Stand.
RETREAT ACROSS DESERT
Adjutant General llnxcr Inntructed to
Keep lYiurx' flub Under Guard
Ilace May be Kq'H Cloned Until
End ok Governor Wont's Term
Militiamen to t-cne.
JVw Detail or Engagement Are Glv
en In Dlxau4i irom Rebel Com
nuuider Uclievetl Tluit FederaU
Will Eventually Reach Mexllco City
to Make IHwperate Resistance.
JUAREZ. May 21. General AngeU
telegraphed rebel headquarters that
the federals are evacuating Saltlllo,
after brief skirmishing. He said they
are retreating southward but gave no
further details.
The belief here was the retreating
garrison is bound for Sanluls Potosl,
a. 200 mile march acrons the desert
anj that it will make the hurt stand
there before falling back into Mexico
City. This is the first official news
of the past few days' doing at Saltlllo.
Btie picked up two girls who were
WASHINGTON; May 21. Despite t drinking with men at the club. The
the War Department's Silence it l' cmrrnnr unlil rnilv nn nr tun mllltlii.
Alleged Serving of Drinks to Girls
Under Age Cause Governor to
Take Action.
WARRANTS OUT FOR 3 MEN
burned the government has an en
tire transport fleet equipped to ac
commodate an army and ready to
sail fur Galveston at an hour's notice.
. It is said, however, that this merely
1h prccautlonHi-y. The President and
Erynn are understood to believe that'
10 days will decide the question of
peace or war. It is known, that both
are confident mediation will succeed.
VERA CRUZ, May 21.
Senor Beryatyn, the
-Because
WEST ORDERS CLUB THE THREE MEW WHO HAVE BEE!! THE COHTEHDINS FIGURES IN MEXICAN situation I
AT UllE TO .-S' vv
CLOSE ITS lODS ' ::P .
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SALEM, Ore., May 21. The alleged
finding of two girls under age drink
ing Intoxicants with men at the Fri
ars' Club, Mllwaukle. caused Gover
nor West to order Adjutant General
Flnzer to close the club and keep it
under the surveillance of the militia.
The governor said the club may be
kept closed until the end of his term.
The governors action In again plac
ing the club in charge of the militia
is based upon a report made to him
by Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin who said
men will be sent to the club grounds,
and thut the place will be boarded up
PORTLAND. Ore, May 21. War
rants have been issued for the arrest
of Dr. J. O. Xibley and Dr. Kenneth
Long, and for a third man charged
Ith contributing to the delinquency
of minors In connection with the Fri
ars' club crusade. Four girls In the
custody of the department of safety
most popular are alleged to have stated they visited
i. tne Friars ciud and were served with
'Continued on Pag B) liquor.
ORDINANCE ORDERING SALE OF
$40,000 BOND ISSUE ADOPTED
An ordinance ordering the owners along the proposed riverside
ale of bonds of $40,000 for the com- arlv "ad their attorneys draw up.
1'letlon of the gravity water system
-was passed unanimously by the city
ouncll last evening, this action be
ing sequel to the recent city election
at which the bonds were voted by a
majority of seven to one.
HUls for the construction of a
concrete bridge across the Byers'
mtllrace on Court street were opened
lt evening, and upon the recommen
dation of the street commltte, the bid
nf Connor & Eon was accepted as tha
lowest and best bid. The cost of
Fred Walters, who owns the land
along the race from the old academy
to the Matlock street bridge, will sign
a deed conveying the roadway to the
city providing the land will be ex
empt from any assessments or taxes
for Improving the deeded land. The
other deed was more complicated and
was referred to the street committee
until next week.
A restaurant liquor license was
granted to Lott's Cafe.
Quite a numlier of people were
present to learn the disposition of
the structure, according to this bid. j the remonstrance to the proposed
will be 12400.50
City Attorney Carter presented two
forms of deeds which the property
paving of West Alt street but the
matter will not be brought up for a
w eek.
r Left to right: General Pftncho
Villa, the rebel leader; General Car
ranza, head of the rebel government;
General Huerta. the pesldent of the
so-called government at Mexico City.
Huerta Is the man whom It Is agreed
must be eliminated and while the sit
uation is grave as to the final out
come. President Wilson feels confi
dent the mediation conference will
solve the problem and restore peace
in Mexico.
NEW RESERVOIRS BEING SCOTCH PIPERS WILL BE
USED KOW BY THE CITY SEEN HERE THIS EVENING
Pendleton people who got up early
this morning to water their lawn were
astonished by the force with which
the water Issued from their hose and
could not understand the increased
pressure until they learned that the
old reservoir, used for so many years,
has been abandoned for the twin
reservoirs of the new gravity water
system. Though the gravity system
will not be completed much before
July 1, the 'water commission decided
to muke use of the reservoir before
and last night gave orders for pump.
Ing direct Into the new reservoir
The new reservoirs are about 70 feet
higher than the old one with a cor
responding increase in pressure. This
is especially advantageous to the
residents of the hilly sections and It j
RAXI) FROM It)RTI,.Xl) ON WAV
TO ATHENA Wl IX MAKE
STOP HERE.
PaKpipe music will sound through
the streets of Pendleton this evening
and those who chance to be on the
"main pave" shortly after the hour of
rls'hs are being made by many local
people' to go to Athena tomorrow for
the "Pendleton Day" exercises of the
b!g celebration. A great many will
M by auto but train, accommodations
are good for those not fortunate en
ought to get seats in gasoline cars. A
train leaves Pendleton at 8 a. m and
returning, does not leave Athena until
4. OS p. m., or after the exercises are
over.
Will M. Peteryon has been selected
by the local Commercial association
to make the response to the address
of welcome which will be made to
may see a little band of pipers. ! the Pendleton visitor.
clad In their plaid kilties, paradinu
along to the strains of their own stir
ring airs. The pipers will arrive this
evening from Portland and will be met
by Capt. Alex McDonald of Walla
Walla, a piper of renown. They will
be met by a delegation from the Pen-
was for their benefit that the corn I
mission decided to make use of the j dleton Commercial association, escort
new reservoirs at once. Os the reser- ed to the hotel and after eating will
voirs fill, the pressure will be still appear for their parade.
greater and some of the old plumbing! They are the Scotch pipers who! they will be taken
may vuffer. . have been secured by Athena to grace ' place about 8:30.
An event on the program which
will prove of especial Interest to local
people will be the hose race between
Pendleton and Athena teams. The
Pendleton team shipped their cart this
morning and will follow In the morn
ing Though handicapped by lack of
practice, they expect to make the con
test Interesting. Two races, one a
huh-an-hub over a 150 yard course,
and the other a wet test will be run.
j her annual Caledonian picnic and
by auto to that
A DETACHMENT OF THE FOURTH REGIMENT OF FUNSTON'S FIFTH BRIGADE, ANSWERING THE ROLL CALL IN VERA CRUZ
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PRICES FOOD CTS
Till III '13
IB TELLS STORY
OF BEING EIJTICED
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Pretty Madge Grothe Tells Police
She Became Infatuated With Stra
nger and Left Parents.
BOTH TAKEN TO WALLA WALLA
Large Number of Clips Change Hands
at Pilot Rock Today at Noon
Nearly 200,000 lbs sold.
With prices ruling in some Instances
as much as four cents a pound above
the prices paid in May, 1913, the first
regular wool sale was on at Pilot Rock
today and a large number of clips
changed hands.
At noon nearly 200,000 pounds had
been sold and it' was then estimated
that before the . sale closed this af
ternoon a half' million pounds would
have paused from the grower to the
buyer. Pat Doherty was the only
sheepman who had offered coarse
wool up to noon and it brought It
cents. The top price, 13 cents, for
fine wool was received by the Cun
ningham heep Ac Land Co. The fol
lowing were the sales as reported at
noon:
Cunnint-'hant clip, HO.OiiO lbs. to E.
J liurke, 18 cents.
Put Doherty clip. 4 0.000 lbs., coarse
to J. P. Dufur, IS) cents.
Put Doherty clip. 10,000 lbs, fine,
to A. IJningston. IT 3-S cent.
t. (J Jone clip, 18.000 lbs., to
Holden & Frankenstein, 1 3-4 cents.
A. P. Warner clip, S00O lbs., to C.
II. Creene. IT 1-4 cents.
Wilbur n. Wolf Probably Will Fsoe
Chartre of White Slavery and
Forgery ia Connection With Ar
retfUt Made In Thi City Man Ad.
mita He Ia Already Married.
That she left a good home to ac
cept an alluring position as book and
map saleswoman offered her by Wil
bur R. Wolf. later became Infatuated
with him and consented to travel as
his wife upon his promise to marry
her was the statement made yester
day afternoon in the police station by
pretty Madge Grothe, college gradu
ate who was picked tip with Wolf In
this city yesterday by Chief Kearney
and Deputy Sheriff Estes and la be
ing held as a witness against Wolf,
who will probably be accused of both
white slavery and forgery. The two
were taken to Walla Walla last eve
ning by Sheriff Mike Toner and the
charges will be brought In that city.
The denouement came when Wolf
admitted to Walla Walla officer that
he had a wife and children In Seattle.
His fair companion declared it was
her first knowledge that he was a
man of family and It was after this
disclosure that she told her story. Sb
was, not willing to condemn her b
trayer and half defended him while
she made her statement.
She stated that a little friction at
home made .her desirous of earning
her own way In the world and that
the offer made by Wolf seemed a good
one. They worked together selling
books and map for a short time In
Seattle, she said, and later took the
road together. . 'As they became mora
Intimate, she -became infatuated with
him with the result that they traveled
everywhere as man and wife.
They stopped at the leading room
ing house in Walla Walla, according
to reports from that city, and It waa
there that the end of 'their liasion be
gan. Wolf Is alleged to have bought
a money order for S3S payable to
his wife in Seattle and to have paid
for it with a worthless check. He
was traced to this city and K was
while Investigating his movement
that the officers' began to auspect a
more serious charge. In Walla Walla
Wolf represented himself a connect
ed with a Boise farm journal.
The local officer believe the young
lady told a straightforward story for
her appearance of refinement and her
conversation bore out her statment
that she 1 new to the kind of life sh
was leading.
(Continued on page five.)
POUCE AND WOMEN CLASH
AT KING'S PALACE, L0XD0
LONDON, May 21. Suffagette and
sympathizers to the number of several
thousand had a hot encounter with
a force of a thousand policemen
while marching on Buckingham pal
ace, the king's London residence. The
affair was prefaced by an announce
ment from Emmeline Pankhurst she.
would viHit Buckingham and dVmjri'1
an interview with the king A pro-e-i.n
was formed but In the mean
time l'o!l'e rushed to the royal park
gates and more patrolled iul 1- (h
aik. In a flying werixe the women
tried to break through the poil e
lines. A truK!e er'Ui-d In hlii
about forty arrest were made. In
i tiding neveral .lien.
IJAIL FOR UN PRISONERS
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