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V ? If v JT ' - J, - 4 c3trs JU t "Wily evening edition . JC51 r"" Sw DAILY EVENING EDITION The KAKt ' r'anlan In Kftstrra Or- i - l ' 1 ' ' rifwupnpT and aa a h. Ulna force giva to tha advertisers ovr twlcs the gmtranted paid clreti t .t..n In Pendleton and i'matilla coun i or any oth'r newspaper. N.lhilMl- of (-,,.. , ,,,., i ,,, Hului'tiuy'a IIiIh ii ii,,! i,, . ... n Ui Audit uru of Circulation.. I COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 31 CITY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAK, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1910 NO. 4900 REPLY REfmRA TES DEMAND FOR JENKINS INTERVENTION IN MEXICO APPEARS AN IMPOSSIBILITY Although Inevitable Ultimately, in Belief of Authorities, Armed Action Now Scorns MWtarfeWpk. RABID INTERVENTIONISTS ADMIT UNPREPAREDNESS Except for Ordnance, Border Forces are Skeletonized; Not Over 3000 Men Remain at . . Fort Bliss, Cavalry Cut Down KB paso, Tex., Dae. l. intcrven lion in Mexico now appears far off al though li In Inevitable ultimately, ac cording to authorities hero Unlay. While the JcnkliiM and Wallace Oajfaa have rendered the diplomatic situation Him, American military men mid ruhld Interventionists admit for the first time wince the Pershing expedition started after Villa that the American army la riot prepared for the job In Mexico. Bxeept fey ordnance, r,f which the re Is enough along the holder to supply five diviHionM, the army la not pre pared . Not over 1000 men ure at Fort Bliss. Regular Cavalrv compan ies arc down to Bl nien. Infantry and other units hue boon Hinillurly skein. tOnlatd by demobilization wince the armistice. T1UUCja on. oiidatc. KB paso. Paft I. Concentration or i 'aiiun.iHta troops along tin northern border of Mexico Is reported here to day. The largest mobilization In at . "Jlnnga, oppoHite the I'resblio. Tex, where relnforreinenta of 1 Ann nun buve arrived since the Jenkins affair grew n il leal. In the l-'uerte Valley ami ut N'fcVaJo and Senora. ahti-American Mexican federal Indians have tcplaccd (lie Va ouia friendly to the 1'nited Stales. The Juarez garrison, suspected of lacklhx L ymimlh with the farfanxlnf a cans haa been rapiaeed with Ibyallata. i.itth- Blgialflcaoce. American military (ntaHtgenc offl com who broughl theae rei-orta at tuch no apedal Mle-nlflraiw e to tb muHtiliiK of CarraiislHta troops, how ever. T LAwTOK. Midi., Doc i , police loda nre seeking Mrs. fjiBtof Tabor and her sun, Walter, last reported to be "aoniewhere in Oregon," following the finding of the body of Mias Maml Tahor In n trunk In the baaement of the Tabor h"ine here. Police any tho body has evidently been in the trunk for three .wars. Miss Tabor, a grad uate of the I'niverslly of Michigan, and a teacher of la nguagcH, disap peared about three eara iiro. I'oltre say that fallowing her disap pearance, Walter Tabor said she died on a ranch out west, where she had gone for her health. Authorities say She hail a sweetheart In-re at the time of her disappearance. Kxami- natlon of the body disclosed thai she wag a bmit t" bp mother. She was 4H years the fact come a Old. SILVER THAW PLAYS HAVO G WITH WIRES; j BROKEN POLES ARE STREWN OVER' COUNTY Silver thaw at several points in I'matilla eounty Saturday hlgfht and Sunday play d .havoc with tilepbone systems and the power line from Wei la Walla bid spared the West i in t'ni on wlri'H, All gay Hunda and jiarl of toduy Pendleton wag Isolated from the 01 it side WOlid by telephone but was able to keep In telegraphic communi cation In all direct Ions. Stanfield's telephone System at ' O'olOOk Sunday night hud bill one polo standing. I.oeal servlee there was vir tually ll'O pgr cent out. Rcho had a number of poles broken by the weigh! of the Ice and was also badl demoral ized. Weston had several cross aim- broken and wires wattl down in vart oiih places! Mm on reported 2 1 bro ken telephone pides. Walla Walla Mgg badly hit by till storm of sleet and treea as large In di ameter as a man's body were broken. Wires ail over that town oaitu down with frequency and telephone and power systems were badly disrupted. Pendleton Kerb I ifffcajta. F't-ndleton was Spared t be silver thaw but not the effects. Between I o'clock Sunday morning and 11 o'clock power was off. . The morning newspa per was prinieu oy connecting a gaao- line engine to the press. Other places lacked light and power OWlhg In the breaking of trees all annK the Walla INDICTMF SAN FRAN us Mooney and c. 1 tho district attorne) t'fice casess have been pending1 three and a half years. The indict ments charged murder in connection with the preparedness pa rade bombing here. Judge Ward criticized the district attorney's office for it failure to act and said the case against Mrs. Mooney, which conies up tomorrow, will he dismissed unless the state is ready to proceed. Mooney's atorney protested against dismissal of the cases, declaring Mooney wanted them brought to trial. EAST OREGONIAN PUBLISHING CO. PUTS MECHANICAL FORCE ON INCREASED SCALE OF PAY Fourteen mei I mechanical hi irfi;()iiiaii, reased scale , roprceepyUng the au di partniont of the wt'i'r pigged tipon ;t 1 1 'f pay. 'ffoottve today. The new stale rcpn-scnts a substantial for all the lueii itffeefed and, bv .contract with the local typographical union. Is to remain In effect through j out the year 1920. i Buring the present year printers. j pressuuoi and I heir helpers In Pen dleton have been paid slightly 1'-hs than in the majoritv of Oregon towns having dally newspapers. The new Kali brings their pay nenrer the lcel which other towns are now paying I heir mechanical forces. U cll-Puhf Men liriieient. Realising that the cost of living la! steadily increasing, the Kast Orego- j nian has willingly signed the new i contract at thla time In appreciation ' of t he work Its force produces. The management believer that a well-paid man in t he heal producer and that I first class producers are necessary to maintain the standard of ggogflenee which the East oregonlan strives to keep. The higher wage scale, together with the rapidly mounting cost of print paper and alt materials connect ed with the production of a newspa per, make necessary alight increases In the advertising rates of the Kast rcgonian. also effective today. Even at the new rate, llm Bad Ol agi Hill 111 iharue is lower than that of 17 dallies in II egon, outside of Oli land, while I Only aix cbarg ia ir inch than are M full time adult ranplexea on th 'ba n HiIk papaftj These latter are In j Salary liat and 26 pari time worl:er , Mai-Kr eitb-H than tVnJblon. w hfve who iTtcbiih- coiintir.v rnrrenporidi nta In their field admits 'If i Kroater clreu- bt t ion and, contention tl" proportion- ' PENDLETON F03T WILL MEET AT 8 TONIGHT Fourteen matters f !egila tlon inltted in the state organization o A Rierlcan Legion win be eoneM tonight by Pendleton Post in itH i tar aHonthly meeting at I o'eloc the assembly room of the count M ar . The judicia r COtnmittes last week to dtgeat tneat matters will present them, with recompie tionS) to the meeting tonight. Be vi the il il ms of imp' irta ti" us welt as rc 'rts o t he recent national convention, prob 1 ably will come before the meeting. The membership of the local post hei been swelled considerably since tho A 1 in 1st ice Day d cm oust rat Inn against the soldiers at Gentvalia and pros pecta for s flourishing orgee teat lob here up' much brighter. Sreviee men whether members or rtol are welcome . attend this evening and apply for membership if Utiai desire. I Walla river, the ROUroe or thw felly" lOWer Again la I e( ntug light I went OUt for a short time, due to ibcii i ' roubles between Pasco and Wall Walla No wires were broken hen I I he Pacific Power gj I agbt Com; a n j reported today'. Telephone communication Wltmi the ctty was uninterrupted but runt and long distance lines were wtthou sceptlon hampered. Maniigcr J. A J Murray wont lo StanfleM today to pei sMtally supervise the rccon tructln ! of tinea t give temporary s rvlce, ti Western I id on wires this Moon wet rpeh to Portland. Walla Wa'ta an I .a (Irande ami no troubles are and clpatccl. . Baker cut Off. BAKKK. Dec, I. Bakei Wtul ci I off from telephone eommunicatioi with Malheur, Canyon Clt'y and Port Hand Saturday night and Stindav by 1 snowstorm t hat dost ro ed telepbon lines. One hue to Portland w as I; operation Sunda bid service Ws pooi-. The other line was out entirel between I .a Grande ami Pendletot Aei 01 ding to the local manager, a' ftnea w.11 be restored by tonight. Snea fell to the depth of lour im lies In lin ker n nd was ri'iimlcil 11s dceo as five (inches al tanyon 'tt yestrday. in Co mountains the fall WaS much h avier. ,NST MOONEY DISMISSED All Indictments uKuin.st Thorn fJillinKH were dismissed today betausi was nut ready to prosecute. T i.dy iour cost of proddctfun. tliur;ui(4-e ( tfYMllottoa. J RoadJUSl ine'it of advertising rutes Is marje, hove.r with full guarantee of I eiretiiation. Th- Kast (Ueonian hits a larger pro rata circulation to pop j illation t ban any newp;i per in the 1 northwest, as li proved by its '17 net E average paid copies for the six months lending September in a city whose estimated population is soon. The guarantee of circulation is given hy 'he Audit BufeaU of I'ir' ula ! tlons. a service founded ly the Xa UOnaj Ad . iti isers of A on -rica to in siir t heir getting the circulation for which they pay. This service ma kiv. a check of the Baal OraeoalAn'a cir colatlon records twice annually, in as thorough a manner us the state and federal Imnk eaamlnersr audit bank record. All ricwjmapcrs in Portland, as well ;is (Mi leading d.ul, in ;tH f -re-gnn's irrportant cities, are audited by the A. P. C At lean one daily In vir jtoally n .. al! the larger Dragon cities Is B. G. paper and the Kast Ore gon ia tl is 1 'f ndh ton's representat i e. Pandl TotaU glSS a Day, What all increase in wage scale, and the patraabOadlng readjustment of ad vertising rates, portends, can be un iaratood when the payroll and force of this newspaper la made known. During th year 1 1 1 . the averaae monthly pa: roll of the Boat Orego- nian has Poen filflfi, or more than I rill Tor -each working day. The everv town tn I'matflla COtintv. and city route ( arriers. PRINCE OF WALES IS IN LONDON AGAIN AFTER U. S. VISIT UXixN, Dec. i. Tim prlnee of Wales arrived hero today from Ports-I nioinb wh re he landed after coirjdet- j iiiU his Voyage fr6w New York. ..." Incbea oi snow. The snow reading in Pendleton is 6 inches today. The maximum fern-eratun- is S2 with a mlnbnVm of 29. u- report Is from Major Lee Moor ouse.. weather: observer. I WILL VILLA RESCUE ANGELES? i MIHUAHUJk Blipe Ant-. l.-s. CITV, Mm.-O Vllla'a rishi hiiii'l man, iw not deitd nccordim; to lut ''porm hut In avalllnr hi fute by ourtmurtlHl hro. villa ronal4en Anitnh'M ho strong a Mupport tliat lhi people .,r this city iroald not he ur priHcd lo him duh Ihroush the main street at the hiad of hl ham nd dellvpr his aide from confine sialic BURLESON PHONE RATES USERS WILL GET REBATE AND LOWER CHARGE W ALLEGED IJJ. DISCHARGE 0 Highway Contractors Bring News of Spread of Bolshevik Propaganda at Camp; Pen dleton Police on Lookput. alleged l. v. w syni&pthls- pra, who have been workin as t.-am- Stera on the on the state highway be tween liieth and Bcho. were discharg ed this mdrnlnc after i. w. w. litera- iro bad been discovi rod known lo hi in their Tl apt K. C. Amann, and Mr. Clifton both Of Clifton. Applegate and Toole, con. tractors, who are employed In Che Estate highway work, brought the news to Pendleton toduy and nKlfled Chief Al Cob. i ts to be on the watch for the men. chief Roberta says that Pen dleton is ready to deal with the "wohblitV and that no 1. W. W. ac llvltlea will be tolerated. 'GET BUSY!" - DECLARED ILLEGAL; ! S.W.K.M. I I Service conn Burlaonma R"n Alegai a eo. i. Th- Btaia PuUfc nsKK.n too'uy .leclared tha ! iv talopnona rattw In Ora 1 i annminfcd that sub.tl- ' lute ratea are effective. Practically SVeT' exchaniTH in f Jrenon i& affected by the decision. The Pacific Telephone and Tele-j graph "omanv was ordeFed lo credit! to Ita vubcribera all chorgea abov the new rates, since the Burleson charges became effective on May 1, ; lam. Bates for business telephones Which were in effect before Burleson raised ( t he rates, are virtually restored. New rates for residential Tnos are slightly j higher than the ones which were abro gated by tiie Burleson rates. ICi-sidemial Kate- Pised j ftjThe resid ntial T-1one chaTffes for Pendleton, as fixed by the commission .li-- aa foloWS: ne-pai I y. $2.25 per month; two-party. $2 per month; four party $1.75 per month. I Changes in residential phone rates in Pendleton represent decreases of IS and 50 tents ft mont h. accord mg to the local office of the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph Company. -One-oariv lines in Pendleton oot $2.75. two pa rty lines now cost $2.25 ami four party lines $2, under the present toll schedule. Bills Being Held Up, Bills for December phone rent. Which are ordinarily sent out from Portland In advance of the first of the month, bae not yet been received by the local office, it was said this after noon. While the local exchange has not been notified of any action by the commission, ii is surmised here that (Continued on pnge G.) UNITED STATES DISCREDITS CLAIM OF CONSPIRACY; MEXICO ! WILL HURRY WITH EVIDENCE Reported Release of Consular Agent From Puebla Jail Heard in El Paso But Not Credited: Alleged Mexico City Answer Will Reveal Threats Made by Prisoner Himself. Ik IMNMOFC. Walla Walla. Pendleton and Ba ker Councils Confer Degrees After Morning Mass; Promi nent Speakers Present. One of the biggest events in the hls j tory of Pendleton Council 1 673, I KnighLs of Columbus, oceured yester- day when a clajw of 3? candidates from Several Ka.stcrn Oregon towns took the exrnpllf ication of the first. second and third degrees of the order. The candidates initiated were (Thomas DIneen. Frank Smith. A. Mc- J Cabe, Jim Dnyle, John Mulligan and Kugene Newman, all of Condon: Frank V. Carelle, John J. Curtiss, R. D. Bradshaw, and Fred Dixon, all of I I'matilla: F. A. Boumagoux, A. H. 1 htloer, J. Dindanio, V. Rtroble, A. W. Kleer, John McLeod, M. Donahue, Charks Meurer. W. K. it'Bourke, M. Doyle and W. V. Pedro, all of Pendle ton; Thomas Brady, M. M. Joa'piim. I and A. M. Joanuim, both of Echo; j John Kilkenn , Jr., of Heppner. ; Ralph Jackson, of Lexingf-n. Victor j Bracher. of Pilot Hock. W. T. Roberts f BTermlSton and Kugene Doherty, of I lene. One man from the state of ; Washington. Karf C. Amann, of Spo kane, was Initiated also. Aiicnd Haas l Morning The candidate, with local members and visiting knights, met at the K. of j C hall at S:3 a. m., marching from ! there to St. Mary's Catholic church. I where they attended high mass. Fath t Van Bnomlssen officiated. St ' f irv's choir gave special music undo ,l ;. , r.t ,.. folItrtr AfTir services the candidates had luncheon at Hohbachs grill, P. J. Heater being In charge Of the arrangements. The exemplification of the three 4cejc.es t"(k place in the Odd Fellows hall at 1:30 p. m. The first degree was put on by the Walla Walla coun cil; the second by the Pendleton council and the third by Baker coun cil, under the supervision of Frank J. I-onergan of Portland, state deputy of the order. Mr. Bonergan is a bro ther of I. P. A. Bonergan of this city. Bencjwc. fa vercd Culminating the ceremonies1 of the day. a banquet for 200 was served at 7 p. ni. under the direction of the Catholic Ladles Build. During the dtn it-; music by three piece orches tra. With Mrs. Bert McDonald at the Diana. Bert McDonald, violin, and LO Mol'tor, cello, was a feature. The hall was attractively decorated ia pat riotic colors, and cut flowers and greenery through the courtesy of s. H. Forshaw. b-cal florist. A social hour followed the banquet. ilh vocal and instrumental music by Miss Laura CahUI, soloist. Mrs. Alma !ranelli and F.uaene Molitor. A rendition of "O'brlen Is Booking for You" Bene Joyed ther sketches, land, wort bv Oeorge if Lrt much en- A. V. Smith Speaks A. A Smith, of Baker, district dep uty of the order, gave an address in "The attitude American Should Take During the Industrial Crisis." tPmnk !.oii"rciin recalled the history Of the Knights "f C-dumbus !OTge, and outlined the educational program which the order intends to carry out i "or the development of the rising gen- oration and for immigrants for the I j betterment of American citizenship : Father Van Hoomissen In his talk ex- plained that the principles which! I guide ih lodge nre derived from the; doctrine of Christ and from the con- 1 dilution of the United States. Henry Taylor. prominent local li dgeman who was an Invited guest j I - . lolb on the a 1 111 miniHC( - snirit of f raturnal charity. sass that n spirit of co-operation ahoeW ' animate all fraternal organizations 1 '-Vaneis A. McMcnnamln. prominent ' 'leppner attorney, acted as toast mas r t r the evening. BASKETBALL PRACTICE STARTS AT HIGH SCHOOL ',. r'latl I'pri'rp started today at 1 Vrob- ton b irh school. Brls teams gad th- floor the first hour and the Freeh man and npr tearas played 5 to The laanui v - ; -ernate in irac Hmea, thereby uiving all players an RUUaJ chance. At 7 g Ttieedavy SVawlWg a general practice Will be held. The first team will be Chnaeh. aftr the hoIidas and ocotal tk to thi coach, a heav y s. he. I o!e w.i; irobabB he arranged, "We I hav- Mfne splendid material for a 1 a Inntng baaketaadu team," he said, in j a basketball talk g the b" of the 4hish s-hool this morning; : WAHHINOTON, Dee. 1. Declaring i ita belief that the prejury charge against him Is unfounded, the 1'nltcd Htatea has reiterated ita demand that 'Mexico immediately release from prl aon Counsular Agent Jenkins, it Is of ; flcfatly announced here today. The '. reiterated demand eras made In tb American reply to the Mexican refusal to release Jenkins. It ia assumed It has already reached the Mexican for eign office, as It waa sent Sunday. The note characterized as "mere excuses" Mexico's reasons for not re leasing Jenkin. Secretary Lansing's communication to Carranza brushes aside the Mexican reply to the first note, saving "The Cnited Rtatea Is not to be driven Into defense of its request for the releaae of Conaular Agent Jenkins. It is for Mexico to show cause for hla detention, not for the United State to plead for his libera tion. To Forward KUdcnre M KXIO 1 CITY. Dec. 1. Evidence tedding to show that American Con sular Agent Jenkins is guilty of per jury in connection with his recent kid napping will be forwarded to the Cnited State immediately. It was offi cially stated here today. It Ls alleged that evidence will also show that Jen kins was guilty of threatening the lives of workers if they revealed he had a coo fere nee with bandit leadera previous to his abduction by them. Release Reported ISO, Dec. t. -A report that KB P ' 'onsular Agent Jenkins has been re leased from Puebla Jail has been given currency here today by Mexican Con sul Oarcia, and Vice Consal Sandoval hut It not vouched for by them. They said they heard it in Jitarea. and trac ed it 10 a Chihuahua CHy newspaper, but nre unable to confirm It. The re port is not believed at army head quarters here. EIGHT SET IN MESHES OF CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN Warning of a clean-up of undesir able moral characters was issued by hief of Police Roberts today, follow ing a weekend of activity in rounding up several couples on disorderly con duct charges. As a result of the cam petgrn, the city coffers were swelled $-00 this morning: J. E. Waldon, who gives his home as Yakima : M Las Marion Martin, of Thermopotta, Wyoming, and A. Ar thur, of Portland, wefe arrested Sun day morning together in a room on Cottonwood street. They were charg (d with disorderly conduct under the Immoral acts ami practices ordinance and each put up J5t bail for appear and' In court this morning. None ap peared and their bail was declared for felted. It is understood that they left town. The house in which they were found has been under police surveillance for some time and the chief of police said that complaint would be hedged against its owners as soon as City At torney James A. Fee returns from Portland. L W Be Bedeau and John J. Bent lex pa nl fines of $2." each in police court this morning on charges of dis orderly ceomluct. According- to the hief's story the mn had an alterca- ti,,., tnev ver a woman Thursday tiiuht but were not arrested until Saturday. Three young women, of the alleged parasitic type, wore accosted by the chief Saturday with Instructlona to mend their ways or depart from Pen dleton. Two are known to have left, the chief reports, while investigation was being made today regarding the movements of the third. These es s. he sabl are only the forerunners of several likely tn come to light. BOY lit N Tl B ! I l ITS SI . V BTl.ANP. Dae 1 . -Oeorge ir- ban, B yt-ars dd, f 7Ji north Sml'b : venue, accidentally shot himself in the right arm while bunting duck- n Columbia shaigh esterday. IB WU tuken to St. Vincent's hoaplt' . it ntcht. The boat had bst a gfeat qitmtlly of blood and adM weak. IBs onditton was serious. m mm FORECAST