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The Calumet news., 1912-05-08

NINE times out of ten. bad luck is
nothing more than shiftlessness
Out OF every ninety-three persons
IN Germany. one is a railroad employs,
All the railway workers in Australia
are coming into one Organization.
The Calumet news., 1912-05-08
RockLANp ST. sLucoERs.

The Rockand Street Sluggers
defeated the North Rockland street,
team yesterday by the score of to
2. The Sluggers lineup as follows
The Calumet news., 1912-05-08

"" desire 10 thank the friends and
heiehborf Tho assisted Is iu oar late
sad bereavement the death of our
father Especially 10 ne thank Rev.
e.. l. Adams. Calumet NJ r. Choir
sons OF -. George. Knights Of the
Golden Eagle and a.l those who sent
The floral offerings.
Ars. Charles Gra} and Family.
The Calumet news., 1912-05-08

Monetary conditions generally are
favorable-in he financial reports.
The Calumet news., 1912-05-08

You can't figure on much praise
from the opposition TIL you die.
a man isn't a real picture show fan
until ne begins to hiss the villain.
The Calumet news., 1912-05-08
INSURANCE. IN ALL IT'S
BRANCHES.
FAUCETT BROS. q GUCK.

You may have noticed that kick
er Is usually headstrong also
The Calumet news., 1912-05-08

Advertise in The News for results
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08

tional platform embodying his ideas
upon this subject and ask the Ore
gon delegation to present the same
before the platform committee which
is usually made up of one delegate
from each state. In the event he
should be the platform committee
man from Oregon, Judge King will
personally urge his idea upon the
other members of the committee
Incidentally Judge King believes
that the same arguments as to cam
paign funds during presidential cleo
tions may also be applied with refer
ence to state elections, particularly in
the election of the governor. He dis
likes the idea of having private par
ties finance any mans race for a high
position in the gift of the people. He
also believes that the term of the
president should be seven years and
that a president should be barred
from ever serving a second term. 1t
is his opinion that a constitutional
amendment to this effect will be ad-
opted before many years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
LADY AUTOIST HURT
BY ROPES IN DARK

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph BOIL had a
narrow escape from serious injury last
night as a result of the Wonder store
fire and, as it was Ms. Bohl sustained
a cut in the cheek which equired sew
eral stitches for closing While re-
turning from the circus grounds in
their auto at 10 o'clock, the machine
ran under the rope stretched across
Court street at Garden during the fire
and but for the steering wheel would
have caught them both and lifted
them from the car. 1t struck Mrs.
Bohl on the cheek, inflicting a pain
full though not serious wound.
Ropes had been stretched across
the streets leading into the fire zone
to keep back the crowd and, aSter the
flames had been quenched, lanterns
had been suspended from the ropes
as a warning to drivers or pedestrians.
Mr.. BOIL, however, declares there
was no lantern on the rope across
Court street at Garden when he ar
rived and states that he has since
heard that it had boen taken Tempo
rarily to guide someone around the
north end of Garden street He was
running his car at fair rate of
speed and the force with which the
rope was struck was sufficient to tear
the cap off the hood, break the glass
wind shield and bend the steering
wheel badly. 1t was when it slipped
from the steering wheel that it struck
Mrs Bohl.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
TYPOS VOTING ON
STRIKE QUESTION
Policemen Guarding all Newspaper
Stands in Chicago Down
Town District,

Chicago, May S.-A meeting of the
typographical union is being held this
afternoon to decide if it shall order
a sympathetic strike against the Chi
oago newspapers. If the printers
walk out, the mailers will quit also
The streets were quieter today and
the afternoon papers promised their
regular editions. Downtown news
stands are still guarded by police.
Strike sympathZers poured kerosene
on pile of newspapers last night and
a riot resulted in which Policeman
Jennings fired three times into a
crowd. No one was injured.
The war now on between the unions
of Chicago papers is believed to be
the opening gun in a nationwide
fight by the American Newspaper
publishers association for the "open
shop" 1t is rumored the association
has appropriated $3.50, 900 to use in
the publishers Chicago fight.
Organized labor of Chicago is in
sympathy with the strikers. Unionists
declare that despite the stories of vi
olence on the part of strikers, all vi
olence can be traced directly to train
ed sluggers who have been for years
in the employ of the publishers in
their circulation fights. They also
say the publishers have the entire po-
lice force at their backs and declare
officers of the unions have been
shadowed by plain clothes men even
at their homes
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
!. ! ii<.M.W.. POLICE
FIGHT BATTLE
San Diego Trouble Leads to Gun
Battle and Wounding of Industrial
Worker and Two Officers.
80 ARRESTS ARE MADE
Militia, Sailors and Citizens Combine
to Roundup Alleged Conspirators i'm
Attempt to Assassinate Two City
PatrOlmen.

San Diego, Calf, May S.-Joe Mi
kolash, a Bohemian, is dying in the
hospital, two policemen are serious
ly wounded, and more than thirty al
legged members of the /. w. W., or
sympathizers, are being held under
arrest as a result of battle which
the police say followed an unsuccess-
full attempt to assassinate Policeman
Stevens and Heddon. The officers
say they were suddenly attacked by
an unknown man, who fired on them
with revolver and they engaged in
the fight.
Turning in a riot call, a force of
policemen, many miltiamen, sailors
and citizens responded. The police,
aided by the citizens and others
rounded up the 1. w. VS. and sympa-
thiZers and declare they will clean
the town of them.
The police declared that several
members of the 1. w. W., found in
the house where the shooting occur
red. will not be sent out of town but
will be held and charged with con-
spiracy to commit murder.
Search of the K street house, where
the fight took place resulted in find
ing three loaded revolvers and rifle
to which was attached Maxim si-
lencer.
A ]. Van Bidder, secretary of the
Cooks and Walters union, was am
ong the prisoners. The police refuse
to give out the names of the other
prisoners.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08

Pendleton will have the opportunity
tonight of hearing the first story of
the progress of agricultural educa-
ton in the United States as it is to
be told for two weeks in oregon by
Mr.. C. II. Lane, assistant in agricul-
tural education, u. S. department Of
agriculture, Washington, d. c. The
meeting will be held at the city hall
at o'clock p m. AS Mr.. Lane Is
to follow his story of what Is being
done in other sections of the state
with suggestions regarding legislation
for Oregon along these lines. he de-
sires to have as many of the business
men of the city as possible out to
hear him.
A series of stereopticon views will
be used to illustrate the work of the
famous boys and girls corn and poul-
try clubs of the east and the middle
west. C. C. Thomason, field man.
ager for the agricultural and indus
trial contests in oregon, will explain
the origin and the purposes OF the
oregon movement as an introductory
explanation of Mr.. Lanes visit to the
state. Mr.. Lanes coming to Oregon
is high recognition of the country life
improvement work in this state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
Will Urge Government Payment Of Expenses
y Y
of Presidential Candidates on Democrats
Judge King, Member Of Oregon Delegation to Baltimore
Convention Would Thus Curb Interests

Judge Will r. King, former su-
preme justice and one of the dele
fates chosen to attend the democratic
national convention at Baltimore, is
an earnest advocate of prohibiting
private contributions to presidential
campaign funds and of having the
expense of the presidential race borne
by the people themselves through an
appropriation by congress. Further
more he is going to lay suggestion
to that effect before the platform
committee at the national convention
in hopes of having a demand for
such reform written into the nation
al platform of his party.
While here today in connection
with cases before the supreme court
Judge King discussed his ideas upon
the aboye subject and his purpose of
trying to have his plan put into ef-
feet.
1T is improper" he declares, "for
private financiers of Wall street or
elsewhere to furnish the money with
which to carry on a presidential cam
paign for either or for both the lead
ing parties. When the campaign is
financed in that manner it means
the administration will be under OBJ
legations, direct or implied, to the
men who supplied the money. No
president should be under any obli-
cations whatever except to the peo-
pie as a whole.
"A campaign fund is necessary for
each party in order to maintain an
organization, pay for the printing
and circulation of literature and for
the service of speakers. The people
themselves should provide that mon
ey. Congress should adopt a plan of
supplying the leading parties with
sufficient funds, say a million dollars
each, to meet their legitimate expens-
es and such parties should be abso-
lutely barred from securing campaign
money from any other source. When
there are two or three leading parties
each party should be given an equa,
sum so as to provide fair race be-
tween their respective candidates. A
party that casts very slight vote in
the election may safely be allowed to
solicit campaign money from private
sources and should be given no ap-
preparation until it secures a reason
ably strong following"
According to Judge King he will
draft a proposed plank for the ma
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
AGR|CULT TUR|ST DIRECT FROM NATIONAL
CAPITOL, LECTURES IN PENDLETON TONIGHT

Following the meeting in the city
hall, Mr.. Lane will go to the CONNER
cial club rooms where he will address
the business men at 9 o'clock. Before
each address by Mr.. Lane, Mr.. Thorn
ason will explain the Oregon move
ment which he is managing under the
auspices OF the State Bankers asso-
citation, the state superintendent of
schools and the oregon agricultural
college.
AT the city hall meeting the follow
ing program by pupils Of the Pendle-
ton schools has been prepared by
superintendent Landers:
Garden Song" twelve pupils, sec
ond grade, Hawthorne school.
Paul Revere's Ride" Jack Mill
iorn, sixth grade, Washington school.
Pony Song" six boys, third grade,
Hawthorne school
Recitation, MOO, Cow, Moo" Nell
lie Ross, fifth grade, Hawthorne
school.
Four part song. "Santa Lucia"
fifth grade, Washington school.
Illustrated address, c. II. Lane, as
sistant in department of agricultural
education, Washington, D. c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
FIRE DAMAGES
WONDER STORE
Early Evening Blaze Of Unknown
Origin Causes Loss Of Probably
Twelve Thousand.
STARTS WITH EXPLOSION
Very Small Per Cent OF Stock Es-
capes Loss by Flames or Damage by
Smoke and Watcr-Merchants TAX
ing Precautions.

Presumably starting from short
circuit OF electric light wires, a fire
originated in the back of the Wonder
Store on the corner of Main and
Court streets at o'clock last even
ing quickly swept through the interior
of the building and before 1t was
uuenched by the fire department had
done damage estimated at between
$4,000 and $4,000. The greater
part of the loss was covered by in
surance.
II was Just a few minutes after
eight that a passerby heard noise
like a dun explosion and simultane-
ously saw flames burt out of back
Court street window of the building
The alarm was quickly given and
the response was just as quick. Hose
Company No. being assembled In
meeting at the time. The breaking
OF the windows caused a strong draft
and the flames quickly spread to all
parts of the interior.
Quickly allayed though 1t was by
the streams of water, the fire burned
and scorched a great amount of the
goods while the water itself and the
smoke completed the work of dam
age so that but little of the stock es-
caped. The cash and books were
saved by Charles Despair. one OF the
proprietors, who rushed througl
smoke and flames to the office.
The housekeeping rooms in the
second story We're soon filled with
choking smoke but the inmates were
warned in time make their escape
Fire Chief Vaughan stated this
morning that an investigation leads
him to the belief that the fire origi-
mated through a short circuit of wires
near the office.
Messrs Despair and Bonney, The
proprietors, were carrying a stock oi
drygoods and sundries, the estimated
value of which was $4,000 and theS
were insured aginst loss by fire to
the extent of $4,000 The building
which is owned by Mrs. Miller for
merly of this city, was not greatly
damaged. some of the woodwork in
the rear being burned, the paper
scorched and the windows broken.
This is the second fire in the Wonder
store in little more than year
though the previous one did not do as
much damage as that last night AS
a result Of the fire, many merchants
are today burning up their trash and
having their wires examined for pos
sible defects.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
SUPREME COURT ADMITS CLASS OF -FOUR
TO OREGON BAR; UNATILLA CASES ARE UP

The former suit involves a note
which Hill had given Madison Jones
and which he now has in his possess
sion, claiming to have taken it up by
settlements, but which plaintiffs al
lege was secured by him surreptitious-
ly. Will NJ. Peterson presented the
case for the appellants and Charles
H. Carter for the respondent The
latter case came up late this after
noon and involves life insurance
policy which Mary Parrazo carried
with the defendant. Raley & Raley
are representing the appellant and
Fee & Slater the respondent.
Other cases which came up today
were as follows:
Pickard & Laughter app, VS. ].
Marsh, resp. from Sherman county,
w H. Wilson for appellant, c. II.
Bright for respondent
Isaac w. sharpe appellant. VS.. W.
E. Lees and NJ w. Blackaby. resp.
from Malheur county. J. c. Johnston
for appellant, William E. Lees for re-
spondent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08

Four new lawyers were made today
when the supreme court admitted to
the bar the full class which yesterday
took the examinations under j. p.
Winter of this city, T. H. Crawford of
La Grande and D, w. Sheahan of
Wallowa, Leslie l.. Parker of Port
land, Phil Ashford of Vale, NJ. A.
Biggs of Burns and II. \. Rodee of
La Grande are the successful aspir-
ants and may now hang up their shin
gle anywhere in the state. Edward
S. Treadwell of California was also
granted courtesy certificate which
will permit him to practice in Ore
gon.
Two Umatilla county cases were
presented to the supreme court today.
the first appealed from the local court
to be taken up at this session. These
cases are entitled George w. Jones,
executor of the last will and testa-
ment of Madison Jones, appl., vs
Charles A. Hill. Mary A. Hill and
John Dozier resp, and Joseph Perrazo
resp, VS.. Women of Woodcraft, appl.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
BURNS
ALL EVIDENCE
Official of Worchester Plant Testi-
fies He Destroyed Steel Corpora
ton Papers When Suit Started,
co. HEAD so ORDERED
Declares Also That He Was APP
preached by Chief Officials and In
structed Regarding Evidence He
Was TO Give at Hearing.

New York, May S.-How officials OF
the steel trust, facing government
prosecution on a charge of restraint
of trade, calmly ordered their subor-
dinates to burn all evidence of their
lawbreaking the instant the federal
suit was filed was detailed here to-
day before Referee Henry T. Brown
by Harry Whitney, an official-of the
Worchester, Mass, plant of the Ann
erican Steel and Wire company, d
subsidiary of the Steel trust. Whitney
declared he had destroyed all evil
dence, by direct order of Frank
Baackes, president of the American
Steel and Wire company.
Whitney testified that he received
President Baackes order Immediately
after the filing of the governments
suit to dissolve the trust and he de-
clared he had, by ,Baackes' orders
gathered papers containing all evil
dence against the steel and Wire COM
pany in the office of George Cragin
its assistant Vsalesmanager, shipped
them to the Worchester plant and
personally took to the boiler room
where he directed the fireman to burn
them.
The government attorneys, former
Secretary of War Dickinson and Hen
ry Cotton, are much pleased with
getting this testimony from Whitney
showing the trust decided to stoI
government prosecution by being pre-.
pared to prevent the facts becoming
known
They are preparing to call other
trust employees to show that in his
action President Baackes did not stand
alone, and that wherever possible the
trust officials destroyed such evidence
as they could gather.
Whitney sprang another sensation
when he followed up his testimony
about the burning of evidence with
a statement that President Baackes OF
the American Steel and Wire COM
pany, attempted to interfere with his
testimony before the grand jury which
voted an indictment against the trust
He said Baackes told him that If he
could in his testimony to avoid refer.
ence to the destruction of papers. He
said that George Cragin, assistant
salesmanager of the concern, and
Baackes both tried to tell him what
to say in his testimony. Whitney''
testimony was unshaken by cross-eX-
animation.
Whitney said: "Baackes said to me
4 suppose you remember your in
structions regarding those papers?'
told him I Remembered distinctly
that he told me to see that they were
burned. He said, 4 never told you
any such thing. l insisted he did"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
WALLA WALLA WON
IN STREAK OF LUCK

That Pendleton has baseball team
that will make strong bid for the
Western Tri-State pennant is the opin-
ion of local fans who were in Walla
Walla yesterday and witnessed the
opening game of the season. So we'll
did the Buckarooes perform, they
say, that only the greatest run of
good luck on the part of Bade's Bears
enabled the Garden City bunch to win
by 81 score.
Time after time, Strand. the Walla
Walla twirler, pitched himself into
a bad hole, according to their reports,
only to pull himself out by valiant ef-
forts. Garrett, on the other hand,
pitched mastery ball and was steady
throughout, losing his game only be-
cause of the phenomenal homeruD
secured by the hard hitting Browr
who caught for Athena last year
With Osborne in the box today and
the team playing behind him as it did
yesterday, these fans believe Pendle-
ton should annex the victory and
should emerge from the series with
a lead.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
Damame of $50. 900. 900.

Washington, May S.-Floods in the
Mississippi valley have caused $780,
100000 loss already and probably
will cause as much again, is the esti-
mate by government flood experts.
Damage to cotton alone is stipend
Gus Congress has already appropriat-
ed $2250,000 for relief and probably
will add $2,000,000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
MISSISSIPPI SILL
BREAKING LEVEES
Warships Rushing to Rescue Ma
rooned Flood Sufferers; Home
less Number III 900

New Orleans, May S.-Lettsworth,
La, is imperiled today, being almost
directly in ,the path of the rapid rush
of water which is pouring through a
gap in the levee. The residents have
fled to the upper stories of the build
ings.
The levee at the junction of the
Mississippi and Old Rivers, five miles
below Torras, broke today, making a
crevasse one hundred feet wide.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
Wilson Wins Texas.

Dallas, Tex, May S.-Practically
complete returns from the state pri-
mary give Wilson 3S7 state conven-
ton delegates, Harmon 124 and Clark
Al Wilson thus is assured of the
Texas delegation of 40 to the national
convention. Roosevelt has so dele
gates to the republican state conven-
ton and Taft 80.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08

Ell Paso. May S.-Realizing that
General Oroczo's reputation of his
claims to the provisional presidency of
Mexico will place him in a serious
predicament unless Orozco relents,
Emilio Vasquez Gomez sent emissar-
les to the rebel commander-in-ch chief,
in an effort to adjust their differ
ences.
Unless Orozco recognizes Gomez's
claims the latter will be in disfavor
with the rebels on the Mexican side
of the border and liable to arrest in
America for violating the neutrality
laws.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
American Troops Moving

Monterey, Calf, May S.-Company
C. Twelfth United States infantry,
consisting of sixty-five men under
command of Lieutenant Smith, left
here today on a special train for Tia
Juana where they were ordered by
the war department. Company c
goes into the field prepared for any
emergency and with a full fighting
equipment. 1t is rumOred that other
troops of the Twelfth infantry will
leave this afternoon for other points
on the Mexican border.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
In Toilette at Frisco.

san Francisco, May S.-Fresh from
a tour of interior counties in the in
terest of his campaign, Senator La
Toilette arrived here today to hold
his first San Francisco rally tonight.
La Toilette declared himself in fight
trim and expressed pleasure at the
receptions extended him on his Cali
fnrnin tour
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
Warships Rcscuing Refugees.

Washington, May S.-The navy de-
partment today ordered the battle--
ship Nebraska and gunboat Patrol
to steam up the Mississippi river ana
rescue flood victims. 1t is expected
the boats launches will prove effec-
tive in the work. The Nebraska will
be able to go up the river as far as
Vicksburg. Miss.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
Teddy claims Ohio.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, May S.-Follow-
ing a conference here with his cam
paign manager, Senator Dixon of
Montana and National Committee
man Ward of New York, Roosevelt
expressed confidence that he would
sweep Ohio, the home state of Taft.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
Hartman for President.

indianapolis, May Sob Harri
man, of Los Angeles, today loomed
up as the most likely to receive the
presidential nomination when the
socialist national convention opens
here next Sunday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
steamer stranded.

Washington, d. c., May S.-Wire-
less reports state the British steamer
Indore. from Liverpool, is stranded
on the French reef in Floida Straits
The revenue cutters Vabicraw and
Forward are rushing to her assist
ance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
Shriners at Sea Shore.

Los Angeles, May S.-Long Beach
and the Great Maier ranch near here
divided honors today in the entertain
ment of the Shriners. More than
10000 went to Long Beach for a day
at the sea shore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08

Mrs. Harry Pinkerton, wife of DR..
Pinkerton, local chief of the bureau
OF animal industry, and her sister.
Miss Clara Bell Meek, left last night
for indianapolis. They are to spend
three months in that city and in Ohio.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
u. s. Caring for 117.OOO.

Baton Rouge, La, May SIT is es-
timated today that the government is
aiding 10000 refugees in the flooded
sections from the mouth OF the Ar
kansas river down the Mississippi to
the Gulf of Mexico.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-08
Louis Hill to Resign.

New York, May S.-James j.
, Hill today confirmed the report
that Louis Hill, mis- son, will re-
, tire from the presidency of the
, Great Northern railroad in favor
of c. r. Gray. j. ]. Hill re-
, fused to discuss the report that
, he will resign the chairman
, ship of the Great Northern
, board of directors in favor of
, his son.