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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
SPAIN PREPARES TO
MOBILIZE HER ARMY

London, April Madrid Dispatch
ea say that Spain is preparing to send
twenty thousand troops to Morocco
and is also mobilizing the navy. The
alleged interference with France in
north African affairs have caused the
activity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
BRYAN HAS CONFERENCE
WITH PRESIDENT TAFT

Washington, d. c., April w. j.
Bryan visited President Taft half
hour today. They talked politics.
Bryan refused to discuss his talk
with the president. He was asked
as to his opinion in the Lorimer case.
and replied he did not know it had
ever been closed except in the senate.
He denied that he endorsed the can
didacy Of Governor Wilson of New
Jersey as a presidential nominee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
WIND OVERTURNS STEAMER
IN MONONGAHELA RIVER

Monongahela, Pa, April wind
today overturned the steamer
Laughlin in Monongahela river. Effie
Hughes, Jane Lawrence and an un-
named fireman were drowned. Eleven
swan ashore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
TO RAISE FUNDS FOR
SURVIVORS OF FIRE VICTIMS

New York. April Tn order to
raise funds for survivors and relatives
of the victims of the triangle fire, one
of the greatest benefits ever held in
New York is being arranged for to-
day at the winter garden. Shuberts,
Lew Fields, William Brady and other
stars will participate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
TUGS FAIL TO PULL
IRENE OFF SAND SPIT

New ork. April Though the wa
ter is quiet five tugs failed to pull the
is quiet five tugs failed to pull the
Irene off the sand spit. The cargo
will probably be lightered. The pas
sengers were all removed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
Springfield Committee Sum-
mon Many Legislators 10
Appear eefore Them,
LA TOILETTE CENSURES
PRESIDENT TAFT
Says That it is to be Deplored That
Hines Statements Should be Denied
by the President-SenatOr Martin
of Virginia is Elected as the Demo-
cratic Leader of the Senate-Re-
ciprocity Committee to Report Soon.

Springfield, Ill, April THE sem
ate investigating committee have sum-
moned many legislators to appear
before them in an effort to learn
what they know of the hundred thou
sand dollar jackpot which Hines al
legged was collected to buy Lorimer'
seat in the senate. They will appear
Thursday. 1t is rumored that the
committee will go to Washington and
take former Senator Aldrich's testi-
mony regarding Hines statement that
Aldrich had on behalf of Taft urged
the election of Lorimer. No confirm
alton of this repOrt
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
Martin Elected Leader.

Washington, April 7.-Senator Mar
tin, of Virginia, was this afternoon
elected floor leader of the demo-
Gratis in the senate by caucus. The
progressives opposed his election,
charging him with repeatedly voting
with Aldrich on the tariff question.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
]. IN
BIZ IlAOTEsT
West End downstairs Proceed
irgs To Recover Damages
from Water
GOVERNMENT PROJECT Is
RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE

Seepage from Water Service at Her
miston Does Great Damage to
Stanfield Lands and Causes Loss Of
Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
New Break in Canal Yesterday
More Disaster-Send Resolutions to
Authorities.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
MINERS ARE
BURIED ALIVE
Forty Six Are it is Feared
Met Their Fate in PennsyI-
vania Mine
DEATH BY SUFFOCATION
CAUSED BY FIRE

ConflagratiOn Was Under Control
Early But Lower Levels Are Filled
With Smoke and Gases - Rescue
Through Tunnel-Fans Are Fore
ing Fresh Air Into Mine-Firc Boss
Rescued Unconscious.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07

The man who kicks because his Ice
bills have begun before his coal bills
have concluded isn't fit to appreciate
n real climate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07

Scranton, April death by suffo-
cation is feared is the fate of 16 mi
ncrs who were trapped in the Pan
cost mine Throop. wnen fire broke
out today. Although every effort was
made to save them. and although the
fire was controlled at I o'clock, the
lower levels were filled with smoke
and gases. and rescue parties could
not make their way through the tun-
mel. Big fans are forcing the fresh
air into where the miners were work.
ing. but old miners fear that black
damp and the gases from the fire have
already overcome those entombed;
The men are forcing air down a tun-
mel foot shaft where the men are be-
lieved To be imprisoned. The shaft
is chollcd with debris. Equipped oxy-
gen helmets and a trainlOad of res
cuers are being rushed. At a late
hour this afternoon it is reported that
several cars in the mine are on fire.
Water is being pumped into the mine
! tn cxtinguish the flames. &c. ....
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
La Toilette Censures Taft.

Madison, Wis, April 7.-Basing his
arguments on the Lorimer scandal and
statement of Edward Hines, million
aire lumberman. that Taft, through
Aldrich, had asked for the election of
Lorimer La Toilette in his weekly says
today: when eminent gentlemen
like Hines swear to a statement of
fact, it is to be deplored that his
statement should be denied by the
president. Hines swore he did what
he could to have Lorimer elected be-
cause Taft wanted Lorimer elected
Taft denied it, but Aldrich is alsC
named oy Hines as an architect OF
the Lorimer fortunes. Aldrich is sill.
ert
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
REBELS READY
FOR AN ATTACK
Citizens Of Chihuahua Urging
Governor to Order Troops to
Fight Outside
MADERO IN COMMAND
OF INSURRECrOS FORCE

Smallpox In the Worst Form Exists In
Enscnada-Forty Deaths Reported
Within Two WcclSs--Prcvcnts Rcb-
els From Attacking City-News-
pabcrs In Mexico City Continue to
Urge for Pcace-Says Country VIII
be Ruined.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07

Rising in their wrath, the people
of Stanfield this afternoon sent a
delegation to Hermiston to deliver
their ultimatum to the Water Users
association and to H. d. Newell, the
government representative on the
project, because of the damage they
have been sustaining for a long time
from the government water service.
They demand immediate action to re-
move the source of damage or declare
their intention of starting proceed
ings to collect damages to the extent
of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The people of Stanfield and vicin-
ity have been complaining for many
months of the seepage from the gov
ernment water service and from the
water spilled over their land but have
been unable to secure any remedy.
! crisis came yesterday morning when
the government feed canal broke
again and precipitated water down
upon the land in Stanfield and vicin-
| ity. So much water came down that
! it is said that in the basement of one
store building there was several feet.
| A resolution was Immediately draft
ed and signed and dispatched to the
! responsible authorities at Hermiston.
If they fail to secure satisfaction
there. the Stanfield people intend to
carry the matter TO the secretary Of
interior.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07

FL Paso, April THAT the insur-
rents are preparing to attack the city
of Chihuahua is reported by travellers
who arrived here. The camp which
Is menaced by an insurrecto force Is
under the personal command OF Ma
dcro.
Arrivals declare that the citizens of
Chihuahua are urging the governor to
compel the federal troops to engage In
battle with the rebels I'm the open
country, thus preventing the sacri-
ficing of the lives of women and chill
drcn. Twenty-Five Mexican women
arrived at Juarez today to join their
husbands who are federal soldiers In
the garrison there. They pushed hand
cars OF loaded goods and children 200
miles.
Smallpox at Ensenada.
San Diego, April 7.-Smallpox Of
the most virulent form is reported in
Ensenada. Forty deaths are said to
have occurred in the Mexican federal
garrison in the last two weeks No in
formation about the plague has come
direct to San Diego 1t was first re-
ported in this city as coming from
Calexia5. These reports suggest that
rebels at Almo have refrained from
attacking Ensenada for that reason.
Mexicans Long for Peace.
Mexico City, April Tn ignorance
OF the character Of the measures that
the government may be taking TO ef-
feet an agreement OF peace with the
rebels. unofficial Mexico was inclin-
ed to be pessimistc last night regard
ing the immediate future. Both Mex
leans and foreigners. who long to see
the end Of the revolution, desire that
the unofficial negotiations. so auspi'
ciously inaugurated at Washington by
Foreign Minister de la Barra on the
eve Of his departure for Mexico, ant
DR.. Vasquez Gomez, may be contin'
ued, but there is a growing fear o'
failure.
At none of the government office!
was It possible to obtain any state
ment that would indicate thc progress
toward n cessation of hostilities, al
hough 1t was frequently denied tina
peace was an impossibility. In on
or two quarters 1t was hinted that !
was a probability.
Local newspapers continue to urg
the necessity for some sort Of agree
ment The Mexican Herald, especial
ly, is emphatic in its arguments for
compromise, declaring that a failur
on the part of the government and tn
rebels to get together would result !,
a civil Var that would ruin the coun
try.
Optimism was the dominant not
in all circles of the capital but tn
news was received this afternoon tina
Francisco l. Madero had moved hi
headquarters to San Andrez and ha
frightened the lines about Chihuahu
had the effect of producing pessi
mistic discord The governmer
may yet be attempting to effect a
agreement. but that such has not bee
consummated is a natural assumptiD
when the silence Of the department
is considered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
Fire Under Control.

After heroic work on the part of
the firemen and rescuers, the fire
was controlled at ! o'clock. Despite
the fact that red hot embers blocked
all entrances of the NINE, the fire
fighters aided by frantic relatives
started the work Of removing the de-
brls. Unless the mine is filled With
poisonous gases it is hoped that all
the entombed men will be rescued.
Hundreds Of women and children are
crowding the entrance, seriously
hampering the wo-k.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
The Resolution.


The following Is the resolution in
full.
We the citizens of Stanfield and Vi
cinity at a mass meeting assembled,
on the 9th day of April, 1911, here
with present for your consideration
the following statement of facts, rela-
tive to the matter of damages from
your wtaer service around this city
and surrounding region. We have
waited long and patiently ror you TO
provide proper safeguards in your
supply and service, but patience has
long ceased to be a virtue.
We therefore demand immediate
action or we will take action against
the Water Users association on ac-
count Of damages already amounting
to hundreds of thousands of dollar-.
Your supply ditch is built of soft ma
! terial in a horseshoe around this city
and the seepage has already Destroy
| ed many hundreds of acres of the beet
| land here. You have also made al
most valueless much of the town
property. You have repeatedly spill
ed water over the lands up on this
! townsite, with no apparent concern
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07
Fire Boss Rescued

Late this afternoon the mine was
penetrated and Joseph Vickers, the
fire boss, was rescued unconscious.
Officials stated there is a chance for
others to be kept alive If air is being
pumped down the shafts
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07

Continued on page ten.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-07

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mercial stationery ana
job printing to order
at the East Oregonian.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-15

in the Independent colleges that are
under the generous leadership OF lib
eral-minded men OF faith.
Second. the moral leadership OF
state and nation Is begotten and nur-
tured in the classroom and upon the
campus OF our many colleges. and all
good men must, therefore. be per-
suaded to give their most loyal sup
port.
Third. the most benef1cent OF al
educational institutions is the Local col.
lege of high ideals that brings the
best there Is to the boys and girls OF
the country about. and that Upper
Iowa Is such an institution and can be
and should be the queen Of the mind
and heart OF northeastern Iowa."
DIR. Cooper Is well known among
educators and college men. He Is a
native of Delaware. where his father
was q prominent iayman In Methodist
church circles. He is a graduate OF
the Wesleyan University at Middle
town, Conn.,. where he specialized IN
political history and English litera-
ture Upon his graduation he taught
English for eight years at Wesleyan
academy. the first Of the Methodist
preparatory schools famous through.
out the country.
From there in 1899 he went to the
northwest to establish and build uE
the department Of English literature
at Hamline University. St Paul. MINI
While there he gained wide hearing
as preacher. lecturer upon English 1T
crature and speaker upon educational
policies. Two years ago he went to
Upper Iowa and has succeeded 10
placing that Institution among the
foremost in the state
~nscken0 ano HUMANS.
There Is constant chatter while the
pullets are eating-a flow of table-talk
that would delight the heart of host
ess. But in the cockerel pen there is
no small talk; they saw wood. Every
fellow for himself, and the chopping
block takes the hindmost. Oh, we'll,
to each his own. And the pot has
no need to call the kettle black.
The men would rather eat than talk,
and the women would rather talk than
eat. We may as we'll own up.-Sub.
urban Life.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-15
FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGE
Or. Cooper Believes Moral Welfare o.
Country Lies In Liberal Minded
Men of Faith.

Although a man of deep religious
convictions. President Richard Watson
Cooper. of Upper Iowa University ut
Fayette, is a firm believer that the
Independent colleges OF the country
under the leadership Of liberal minded
men of faith are in a great measure
responsible for keeping wholesome the
religious life of the country.
When asked recently why man
who is an idealist and lover of liter
allure, such as he Is known to be.
should give so much time out of his
best years to the trying task Of
financing an Independent college. he
quickly replied:
For these reasons:
First, the religious life Of the coun-
try cannot be kept wholesome or Wig.
orous without the superior work done
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-15
1000 State and Savings Banks.

Des Moines, Sept. l2.-Iowa now has
under state supervision one thousand
banks, greater number than any
other state in the United States.
That number was reached for the
first time in the history of the state
banking department yesterday when a
charter was issued to the Farmers
Savings bank of Ledderdale, Carroll
county, Iowa. The capital stock of the
new and one tbousandth bank is $lO,-
600. The officers are: john Sanderson,
president; John Schleismann, vice pres
ident; John Roelfsman, cashier.
Although more than one thousand
charters have been issued only one
thousand state and savings banks are
in operation, due to consultations and
suspensions.
Added to the one thousand state and
savings banks are about 1926 nat ional
banks and about 300 private banks,
giving Iowa more than 900 banks.
That is 800 more banks than postofices
as Iowa, according to the last official
report, only had | 1851 postofices.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-15
Reciprocity and the Farmer.|

Those who may imagine that the
Iowa farmer and our business men
generally would be the loser through
reciprocity with Canada should survey
the following figures presented by Sec
rotary Wilson in Nebraska address:
From 1906 to 1919 inclusive, the Uni.
ted States exported to Canada. $l4,-
liz, 175 worth of horses, and imported
from Canada 50, $40, POI worth of horses
difference of $l1, 622,794.
During the same five years the Uni
ted States exported to Canada ST., COS, :
135 worth of meats and dairy products
and imported from Canada 81, 3Sl, 1889, a
difference of SIS, 623, 247.
We exported to Canada during the
same five years breadstuffs amounting
to $3l, 500, 655 worth and imported from
Canada breadstuffs amounting to &c.
GIG, 1884 worth, difference of $24, GIG, :
772.
During the same years we sold to
Canada 81, 57S, 1877 worth of cattle, and
bought from her 81, 1913, 796 worth of
cattle, difference in our favor of 1884,
1888.
The total of exports of all domestic
merchandise from the United States to
Canada during the five years 19O6-l9lO,
was 1856, 4l7,376 The total of all do
nestle merchandise from Canada into
the United States during the same
poriod was 1891, 149, 299. The differ
ence is $495, 26S,O77.
The United States exported in 1910
81, 364, 3lS bushels of wheat and flour
reduced to bushels of wheat. Canada
exported in 1910 67,971, 222 bushels in.
GLIDING flour reduced to bushels. The
United States is gradually reducing ex-
ports of wheat, owing, no doubt, to
the rapidly growing population and the
desire of farmers to adopt animal hus-
bandry as the leading feature of their
operations.
The fact is that no legitimate Ameri-
can interest could suffer through reci-
procity with Canada. Canada would
get our market for nothing that could
not be sold here without disturbance to
the legitimate and sufficient profit of
the American producer. In return we
would get the Canadian market for
those products of farm, garden and
dairy which our milder climate enables
us t. produce to better advantage. OPP
position on this side of the border to
reciprocity originated not with the
farmer, but with politicians seeking
personal advantage and with protected
interests which fear that its success
would mean the beginning of the end
of the whole policy of protection.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-15
Tobacco Growing at McG.egor.

A waving field of tobacco near Nc
Gregor has been attracting consider
able attention this summer. The field
belongs 10 E Pullen, truck gardener.
He grew tobacco on the same land last
year His two years. experiment has
demonstrated that as good tobacco can
be grown i, the eastern Iowa valleys
as in the premier tobacco sections of
Wisconsin and furthermore can be
grown with such luxuriance that an
acre of land which yielded $50 crop of
corn will produce a $3.50 crop of tobac-
co.
This years crop on the same land
was harvested the last of August and
is now drying in the shed. The yield is
heavier than last years and with the
present high price of tobacco will bring
from $3.50 to $500 an acre. Mr.. Pullen
will put in mnch larger acreage next
spring and it is lot improbable that
others in this vicinity will go into to-
bacco growing. The soil of the Iowa
valleys next to the Mississippi, accord
ing to Mr.. Pulen, is the same As that
of the best tobacco sections of Wiscon-
sin. The surrounding hills are a pro-
lection from frost and also from the
winds which tear the leaves. The long
er tobacco is grown on the same land
the better the quality providing fertili-
cation is not omitted.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-15
Poisoning Case at Northwood.


Northwood, Ia, Sept. 11.-Iowa has
q big poisoning scandal. Four or five
times lately the family of Douglas
Rhodenbaugh, one of the wealthiest
farmers of Worth county, narrowly es-
capped death from paris green and
arsenic.
Pretty fifteen year old Marean Rho
denbaugh finally made a confession,
saying she put the poison in the tea
and coffee pots, at the suggestion Of
her older sister, Mrs. Eta Larson.
Now Eta and her husband, Chris
tan. are under Indictment, charged
with mingling poison with the intent to
injure human beings.
Although the alleged crime itself is
sufficient to startle the whole northern
half of Iowa, the circumstance is all
the more sensational because of the
motive mystery.
If the little girls story is true au-
thorities can see only two possible rea-
SUtlS why ClCa LdVoou "ouAu "1oh w
get rid of her father. These possible
motives are:
Dislike Of the step-mother, the new
Mrs. Rhodenbaugh, or desire to get
holp of Rhodenbaugh fine 800 acre
farm, worth $25, 900 or $50, 200.
The Rhodenbaugh family was first
poisoned in 1909 They were terribly
sick. Every few months afterwards
they were again made very sick from
some unknown cause, and at length
Rhodenbaugh suspected that somebody
was trying to put the family out of ex-
istence. His investigation led to the
astounding story of his black-haired
daughter, who said she had blindly fol-
lowed the advice of her older sister.
With childlike simplicity and confidence
in what others told her, she had been
made to believe, her father says, that
she was in great danger Of her father
and mother.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-15
FEEDING PIGS FOR RESULTS ON The FARM
"nslgx Dow" Corn Proves Itself Profitable Way Of Feeding
the Shoats-Resuts Of EXPERIMENTS

glng down corn. Tnls may be met
by fastening woven wire fencing to
the corn stalks with binder Irvine. II
well done, that sort of fencing will
answer the purpose.
Professor Evvard's experiments
show very conclusively the value of
hogging down corn. He advises it
because it pays, in money and in la.
Dor saved.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-15
lmpollto to Aud Cootie.

In comforting the sacrament of bap-
tism our old Scotch priests were ac-
customed to treat his satanic majesty
with quaint incivility. The Latin was
usually translated into the vernacular,
and when they came to "Exi alb 60, i'm
munde spiritus," the unclean spirit re-
ceived his command in the broadcast
Doric such as "Gang cot o. the BARN.
70 muckle deevil!"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-15
Organ Many csnturle, Old,

OOdU "dVy VUVSOTISO VVOs
What is believed to be the oldest
organ in existence has been discov.
cred by q German musical director,
who visited 50 churches in Cortland,
and in a village called Sundae came
upon the remnant Of the quaint old in.
strument. Tho case alone has sur.
vived the fret Of seven centuries, and
its exterior is adorned with paintings
from about tho year 1910.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-15
Criticism Of Absent cowardly.

Criticism Of Absent cowardly.
Don't criticise the absent. Make II
q point when any man is under dis.
cussion to say something nice about
him or to keep still. There's always
something mean and cowardly in .
criticism made upon an absent person.
You fall at once in the estimation of
right-minded people who hear you.
They may think you small, and pos
sibly may set you down as q cad.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-15
How Disease Starts.

Nine times out of ten chronic d.
senses like rheumatism, kidney trouble
heart disease. skin diseases. etc, start
with disorder of the stomach or
bowels. To cure constipation, liver
trouble indigo ton. sour stomach.
heartburn, ETC., take DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Peps'n. which cures and pre-
vents these diseases 1t is absolutely
guaranteed to do what is claimed, and
YOU want 10 try it before buying, send
your address for free sample bottle
to Pepsin Syrup Co., ll9 Caldwell
Bldg Mont cello. III 1t is sold by all
druggists at SOC and 81 a bottle