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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
RAW WOOL ON FREE LIST WOULD j..
NOT MEAN SLAUGHTER IN PRICE
DECLARES A PROMINENT BUYER

the opening of the season in eastern
Washington last year. 1t will be re-
membered that the eastern Washing
ton market did not open with the
same prices that were paid when the
eastern oregon market opened"
SO far there has been but little con-
tracing of eastern Oregon wool and
it is predicted that there will be little
wool sold until the sales days. There
is disposition on the part of the
growers to decline prices now offered.
Therefore the market will probably
remain quiet until the remaining
members of the wool buying brigade
arrive and the growers can learn from
first hand sources what they will pay.
In the interval the tariff uncertainty
will be lessened IL not entirely re-
moved
Mr.. Defour. who has been a heavy
buyer in the northwest in past years.
is also here, having arrived on the
y. z. train this morning from eastern
Washington. ]. Sheuerman of san
Francisco has been here for some
time looking over the local field
Washington. April 3.-To lower the
cost of living. coal. wood. fresh meats.
fresh fish. brcadStuffS. biscuits and
pastry will go on the free list in the
impending tariff revision, according
TO the generally accepted belief here
Free wool may be opposed by the sem
Mt while the fate of free flour. but
ter. eggs, cheese. sugar and poultry IL
undecided. The house ways and
means committee is preparing an in
come tax clause for the tariff bill
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03

Even though the present congress
should place raw wool upon the free
list it would not necessarily mean
that the price would be slaughtered.
Instead the situation would then
hinge upon what was done with man
ufactured wool. Should that remain
sufficiently protected the mills of this
country would remain actively in the
market for domestic wool and the
sheepmen would benefit by the situa-
ton.
This is the view of Z. j. Burke.
prominent wool buyer. who came over
this morning from the eastern Wash
ington country. Incidentally the
same view is expressed by other buy
ers who have been here this spring
However. they do not advocate free
wool. Far from it.
I'm eastern Washington" says Mr..
Burke. 80 per cent of the wool al
ready sheared has been sold. Shear
ing however is far from being finish
ed. 1t is but well under way. The
prices paid for fine wool have ranged
from IL 1-2 to IA cents. The prices
paid are similar to the prices paid at
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03

Cairo, ILL.,, April 3.-Every able
bodied man i'm Cairo Is working fe-
verishly on the Ievees today 10 save
the city from the worst flood in its
history. At an early hour the river
registered fifty-four and half feet.
The situation Is critical. The fate of
the city depends entirely upon the
strength OF the leveeS, and the ability
of the citizens to prevent them break
ing. SO far as known no fatilities have
occurred but IL the Icvecs break the
property damage will Ike enormous.
a relief boat started down the river
TO ShawneetOwn where the situation is
critical. II IL said nearly every build
ing i'm the town has been destroyed.
Chicago naval reserves today rescued
forty-eight soldiers of the Sixth Mis-
souri, regiment, near Birds point. Mis-
souri,, from a two hundred foot strip
of the levee there which threatened
TO crumblc. Breaking Of the levee on
all sides marOoned them.
Had Lca1y. Sldff.
Their only means of escape was
leaky skiff. Captain Martin and Cap
tain Jameson, commanding the de-
tachment, ventured in a skiff and
rowed to Cairo through dangerous
currents to get help. The militiamen
were rescued and brought mere today.
They told thrilling tales of their ex-
perience. They declared that some
sections of the levee on which they
were marooned were under three feet
of water, with the wet dirt crumbling
beneath their feet
The village of Mound City. eight
mills north, is fighting desperately
against the flood waters. The light
plant Is inundated. The steamer
George Lee, which arrived from
Memphis. reported that every point on
the Missouri river from Cairo to Mad
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
MRS. PANKHURST
GETS 3 YEARS

London. April 3.-Mrs. Pankhurst
was sentenced today to three years
Imprisonment at hard labor on a
charge of having melted her follow
ers in an attempt to dynamite Chan
cellor of the EXchequer Lloyd George S
villa at Walton Heath on February
10. Justice Lash's sentence was
greeted by Kisses by women present.
When Mrs. Pankhurst realized the
sentence carried hard labor provi-
sion she turned pale, but showed no
other evidence of emotion. The jury
was out ten minutes Before sentence
she declared she would start a hun
gr strike and will come out of pris-
on dead or alive at the earliest pos
sihle moment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
CAIRO CITIZENS ARE FIGHTING
TO PREVENT DISASTROUS FLOOD
Every Able Bodied Man in the City is Working on
Levees- Fate Of the City Depends Upon Their
Efforts -ShaWneetown is Under Water Houses
Destroyed.
OTHER TOWNS ARE FACING DANGER

rid is flooded. The steamer rescued
several refugees.
Shawneetown Inundated.
The main levee at Shawneetown
which protects the town from the
Ohio river is holding but the east and
west levees are reported submerged.
No fatalities are reported. An un-
confirmed report that the levee at
Medley, Missouri, has collapsed has
been received. Reports from Padu-
cas- say the river is forty miles wide
and most houses on the waterfront are
submerged. Mechanicsburg is inun-
dated. 1t is reported that many are
trapped on housetops at O'Brien's
landing. Missouri.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
DISAPPEARANCE OF
GIRLS is MYSTERY

Chicago. April 3.-The mysterious
disappearance of twenty young immi-
grant girls from a Baltimore and
Ohio train, while en- route from New
York to Chicago. is under investigation
here by c. F. Dewoody, agent of the
department of justice. He fears they
have fallen into the hands of white
slavers
The girls We're members of a party
of a hundred and fifty immigrants who
left New York March -.
Upon reaching Newcastle, Pa, on
the 18th, the trainmen announced a
ten minutes stop for luncheon. The
girls got off the train which pulle out
before they returned They have not
been heard from since.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03

san Francisco, April 3.-Wholesale
deportations Of Chinese tong fighters
was planned by Federal District At
torney McNab today in an effort to
end the bloody tong wars that have
been waged in this state for years at
a cost of scores of lives.
Ten alleged gunner are now in the
governments tolls and If found to be
highbinders will be sent back to Chi
ma. A Chinatown squad armed with
axes, revolvers and ropes, are comb
binders.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
WHOLESALE DECORATIONS OF
CHINESE TONGS BEING PLANNED
RAINFALL is INCH
LESS THAN NORMAL

Despite the snow and bad
weather of March n the total
rainfall for Pendleton this sea-
son is almost an inch less than
the normal. Since the first of
September, the opening Of the
rainy season, the total precipita-
ton here has been S.9 inches.
according to the records of +.
f. Averill, weather observer.
The normal rainfall for that pc &
riod is 9.7S inches and there
fore the deficit thus far is SO Z
inch.
The shortage in the season
rainfall is due to lack of normal Z
precipitation during the last
three months of 1912. Since
the first of January the rainfall
has been "a greater than nor Z
NAL. During March the precip-
itation this year was 1SS while
the normal for the month of
March is 162 inches.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
DAYTON HAS AN ARMY OF MEN AT
WORK CLEANING UP THE WRECKS

Dayton, Ohio, April 3.-Major
Rhodes and an army assistant, in
charge of the sanitation work here,
have distributed twenty thousand dol
lars among two thousand men i'm
pressed to clear away the flood debris.
Business houses are forbidden to pay
laborers more than two dollars day
to clean away debris.
Governor Cox and Mabel Board
man of the Red Cross Society, and
members of the Ohio relief commits
sion, toured the city today, inspect
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03

ing the damage. They later attended
a lecture at which scenes of the ac-
tual flood and fire situation We're de-
picted by stereopticon. A map was
displayed and showed that it will cost
normally habitable
Columbus, Ohio. April 3.-Four
more cOrpses were recovered later to-
day, making the total of known dead
eighty-five. All have been identified.
Nearly forty are still missing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
INVITES OTHERS TO
RECOGNIZE CHINA

Washington. April 3.-An invitation
to all the powers to join the United
States in a concerted movement to
officially recognize the new Chinese
republic on April was issued to all
diplomatic representatives here by
Secretary of State Bryan. Notifica-
ton was also served that this govern
ment would recognize the government
headed by President Yuan Shi Kai
on that date.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
FEDERALS BOTTLED
UP: REBELS LEAVE

Douglas. Arizona, April 3.-Leaving
four hundred troops to hold General
Ojeda and his federals at Naco, the
day, its destination being unknown.
Ojeda during the morning sent sever
al scouting detachmets from Naco, ap-
parentlly to learn the disposition of
the remaining rebels.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
FRANCE TO HONOR
LATE J. P. MORGAN

Paris, April S.-Due his rank as
commander of the Legion of Honor
in France, military honors will be ex-
tended by the French government to
the late ]. P. Morgn when the body
is taken aboard the steamer La France
at Havre, en- route from Rome to New
York
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
LEVEE BREAKS AND
TOWN is FLOODED

jacksonville, ILL.,. April 3.-Thc IL
linois river leyec at Naples, near here.
broke In three places today, flooding
most OF the town which is under four
feet of water. The lcycc at McredOsia
broke, inundating ten thousand acres
of farm lands. More than hundred
are reported homeless at
BcardStONn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
Sentence Too Severe.

St Louis. April 3.-That the SEN
tence imposed on Mrs. Pankhurst is
too severe is the concensus of opinion
at the Mississippi valley suffragette
convention in session here. There is
a division of opinion among the dele
gates as to whether she should have
been sentenced at all. Some dele
gates urged that resolutions demand
ing the release of Selie Emerson, an
American suffragette, from Holloway
Jail be sent, but the Chicago delegates
opposed this
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
SIR THOMAS WILL SEND
UNCONDITIONAL CHALLENGE

London April Sir Thomas LA
ton announced it was his intention in
the near future to send an uncondi
tioal challenge for race for Ameri
cas- cup to the New York Yacht club.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03

San Francisco. April S.-"Mrs.
Pankhurst will never survive this sac
rifice. She will be the first suffra-
gette martyr in England" This was
the prediction made today by Mrs.
Josephine St Germaine Stedman. an
English militant. when told of the
science.
MRS. Pankhurst," she added, 'is
one of the most wonderful women in
the world. She gave herself up to
this mockery of trial. She was will
ing from the first to become mar
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Adams of
Baker, We're at the Bowman last
evening.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03

Washington, April 3.-Remov-
al of all tariff from raw wool Z
has been agreed upon between
President Wilson and members
of the house committee on ways
and means as the result of con-
references that ended last night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
California Determines to End Fac
tionaI Fights Among Foreigners
Which Have Cost Many Lives.
10 GUNMEN ARRESTED

Squad Hunts Through Chinatown in
san Francisco for More Highbind-
er-Federal District AttOrDey
Takes Up Matter i'm Endeavor to
Rid State of the Fighters.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
Suffragists Cut Wires.

Plymouth, England. April 3,-Suf-
fragettes here cut many wires today
in protest against the conviction of
Mrs. Pankhurst.
New-York tribune., 1913-10-23
FIRST TO PAY INCOME TAX
U. S. Steel Faces Collection at
Source" Clause Soon.

The first OF the larger companies whose
securities are listed on the Stock TX
change to feel the effect OF the new in
come tax law is the United States Steel
Corporation. which has maturing on No
vember the semi-annual interest on
SlS7,sll 900 5 per cent bonds. This is the
day that the so-called collection at the
source" clause goes into effect. and un-
less the legal department can evolve some
method of avoiding the tax the corpora
tlon must pay / per cent OF the maturing
interest Of 81. sos 20. or $685..
A striking feature Of the transaction is
that the bondholders receive the full
amount OF their interest because of the
provision in the bond agreement that all
taxes hereinafter imposed" must be paid
by the company. Had this clause not been
inserted the bondholders would have been
compelled 10 wait until the Steel Corpo-
ration's army Of clerks had computed the
sum to be deducted from the interest OF
each bondholder.
New-York tribune., 1913-10-23
GO THROUGH GATUN LOCKS
Three Dredges and Other Yes
sells Lifted to Lake Level.

Panama. Oct. 22.-Three dredges ana
other vessels. numbering In all fifteen'
were lifted together from the sea chan-
mel to the surface Of Gatun Lake
through the Gatun locks to-day. Ihe
operation consumed about four hours
a longer time than usual owing to the
difficulty experienced in maneuvring
so many craft at one time into proper
position.
These dredges and auxiliary craft are
to form part Of the dredging fleet In
the Culebra Cut section. That part OF
the cut which is blocked by the Cuca-
racha slide is filling with water slowly.
depth OF thirteen feet was attained
this morning.
The work Of trenching and blasting
has been abandoned as useless, and
the engineers have resorted to sue
ton dredge which Is pumping water
over the barriers into the south end
Of the cut. When the water in this
section reaches depth Of 2S feet a
dredge from the Pacific entrance will
be lifted through the Pacific locks and
set TO work excavating the slide.
New-York tribune., 1913-10-23
$4,000 PENSIONERS IN u. S.
More than Fifth of All Civil War
Soldiers on List.

Washington, oct 22.-More than one
fifth Of the men who served in the army
and navy Of the United States in the civil
War were still on the governments pen
sion roll at the beginning of the present
fiscal year. This was revealed to-day by
the annual report Of Commissioner Saltz-
gaber. showing that on July there were
462,379 Civil War pensioners. The esu-
mated number Of individuals in the United
States army and navy in the war was
2,213.365
In the last year there was decrease
OF 34,SS4 Civil War pensioners, while the
net loss In the entire pension roll was
4o,O94, leaving $4,000 pensioners of all
classes. There remain Lac Mexican War
pensioners and 1860 from Indian wars.
The last surviving pensioner of the War
OF 1872 died eight years ago, although 1873
widows Of that wars fighters still receive
pensions. a decrease of 80 since last year.
Ohio leads the states with the largest
number Of pensioners, 1859; followed br
Pennsylvania, with 1850; New York,
6S,27O; Illinois. 56,4S2 Indiana, 49,9S7
Missouri. 39.i90; Michigan, 1925, and
Massachusetts,. 34,ig4.
New-York tribune., 1913-10-23
CITY SUED FOR S2,0OO,OOO;
SUBWAY FRAUD ALLEGED
Inventor of Tunnelling Devices
Used by Contractors Charges
Infringement of Patent.

A two-mllion-dollar ssuit against the
City Of New York was instituted yester-
day in the United States District Court,
by Duncan d. Mclean. Besides the
city. other defendants are Arthur Nc
Mullen and the Hoff Company, contrac-
tors, and the United States Realty and
Improvement Company, and Snare &
Triest.
Mr. Mclean asks for an Injunction
against the building of that section OF
the subway now under course OF con-
struction in Lexington avenue between
l25th and 10th streets, as well as that
part of the subway being built under the
Harlem River.
He contends that he is the inventor OF
various devices which are used i'm the
construction of the cofferdam and the
foundations well as the sheet metal
driving m the tunnel. He alleges that the
defendants are part of pool or combi-
nation. Ito which large sums of money
have been contributed and now are being
contributed by the defendants and
others with the intention of defraud-
ing him and protracting litigation begun
TO bring about an end to the alleged in
fringement Of his patent rights
Mr.. Mclean alleges that he lost 81 ,0O0,
600 through the infringement, and further
charges that the alleged violators of his
patent rights have realized at least 81 =
0Oo.000 Although the suit is for 81, 600 600.
he asks for treble damages, under the
patent law. which would make the sum
he might recover from the city $1,000, 600
100000 being treble damages. and ST.
100000 the profits which the defendants
are alleged to have gained
New-York tribune., 1913-10-23
MAY HEAR FROM ANNETTE
Car Smoking Question to Come Be
fore Bod To-day.

Can Or. Charles G. Pease come back?
The question will be answered this morn
ing at II o'clock at meeting OF the Pub
lie Service Commission to consider the
advisability OF providing smoking cars on
subway and elevated trains. DR.. Pease
has been in retirement since Annette"
confessed to everybody under the sun that
she revered DR.. Pease.
Hundreds OF petitions for smoking cars
have been signed in the tobacco stores of
the city. When the anti-smoke crusaders
appealed to the commission TO abolish the
rear smoking seats on open cars DR..
Pease was on hand to deal blow on the
jaw OF kid" Nicotine But that was
before the days Of Annette"
New-York tribune., 1913-10-23
SHOE LAST CONVICTS HIN
Wife Slayer, Who Feared Sirbt
of Implement, Convicted

Gregorio Giordano was convicted vs.
terday Before Judge Foster in Gensr.,
Sessions of the murder of his wife "a,
vatora, whose body was found in N.
woods at Inwood on August 10. Aimee.
the only evidence against him wa.
stained and rusted shoe last which u.-
found beside the body.
Witnesses testified that the Las; w,.
owned by Giordano. Isidor Wasservovo,
Assistant District Attorney, asked G,or.
dano to take off his shoe and see ~ n.
last fitted 1t. Giordano threw up h,s
hands In horror. He would not touch ths
thing; there was a curse on it; II did M,
lay a finger upon it.
Mr.. Wasservogel finally compelled him
to insert it in his shoe. He did it with
many shudders. II fitted exactly.
The only motive which Mr. Wasseryosa,
could show for the crime was that Gior.
been compelled to marry her by her rela
tives under threat of a warrant from ths
Domestic Relations Court He married
her willingly enough at the City Hall on
March 81, but three weeks later, when
according to Italian custom, the religious
ceremony should be performed, Giordano
declared that he had lost his money and
could not afford to marry. When his
wife obtained summons for him he con.
sented to complete the ceremony.
On Monday Giordano will be Sentenced
TO death.
New-York tribune., 1913-10-23
THOMPSON CASE HEARD
Attorney Says Former Miss Van
Allen Is Not Citizen OF U. S.
From The Tribune Bureau.l

Washington, oct. 22.-Arguments 10
prove that Mrs May Van Allen Thompson
is a nonresident OF the United States and
that she was entitled to bring into this
country free OF duty about $4,000 worth
OF jewels and gowns. which were seized
by customs officials at Boston, were pre-
sented to the Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury, Charles S. Hamlin, by James F.
Curtis this afternoon.
The contention was advanced by Mr..
Curtis that Mrs. Thompson. who was re-
Gently married 10 a New York broker in
London, was a person entering this
country" within the meaning OF the tarin
law and not n resident He argued
that the fact that she had married resi-
dent OF the United States recently did not
affect her status as a person. as set
forth by law.
Denial was made that Mrs. Thompson
had attempted TO conceal any OF her
Jewels Mr.. Curtis stated that the charge
was due TO a misunderstanding OF Mrs.
Thompson's position. az she insisted that
she was not resident Of the United
States.
Mr.. Curtis submitted a brief setting out
that the seizure Of his clients baggage
was illegal. He offered 10 prove that ap-
proximately four -hfths Of the jewels seized
were bought i'm the United states and
were not dutiable. Mr.. Curtis also assert
ed that some of the property was regis
tered in the Custom House I'm New York.
and therefore not dutiable
Dir. Hamlin took the case. under advise
ment for further investigation.
New-York tribune., 1913-10-23
HARD COAL TRUST DENIED
Five Companies File Answers
to Government Suit.

Philadelphia, oct 22-Denials that they
are parties to any alleged combination I'm
restraint Of the anthracite trade were
filed in the United States District Court
here to-day by five Of the nine companies
mentioned in the governments suit to dis
solve the alleged hard coal trust"
The answers filed 10 the suit brought
by Attorney General McReynolds on Sep
tember were by the Reading Company.
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Company the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company. the Wilmington
G. Northern Railroad Company and the
Lehigh & New England Railroad Com
pany.
The government. in this suit. which is
the second step in its efforts to break up
what 1t alleges is an illegal combination,
desires to bring about the separation of
the Central Railroad Company Of New
Jersey and its affiliated companies from
the Reading system, and also seeks to
separate the Reading Company from the
coal and iron and from the railway com
pany and other smaller concerns.
New-York tribune., 1913-10-23
VICTORY FOR MERIT SYSTEM
Wilson Promises Civil Service
Protection TO Revenue Officials.
IErnm m TrIhnne Rurcan |

From The Tribuu" Bureau
Washington. oct 22.-The President
signed the urgency deficiency bill to-day,
but issued "A statement in which he inti-
mated that, by Executive order, he would
checkmate the Objectionable provision
taking civil service protection away from
deputy collectors Of internal revenue and
deputy marshals. The bill carries appro-
priaticns aggregating approximately 81
$1,000
Il is maintained by the President that
the bill cnCroaches In no way on mis-
power to give all civil service protec-
tion necessary. lie was so advised by
the Attorney General. President Wilson
says I'm his statement:
Il am convinced. after a careful exam
ination Of the facts. that the offices Of
deputy collector and deputy marshal were
never intended Ia he included under the
ordinary provisions OF the civil service
law The control of the whole method
and the spirit Of the administration OF
the proviso I'm this bill which concerns
the appointment OF these officers is no
less entirely I'm my hands now than II
was before the bill became law: my warm
advocacy and support Of both Of the prin-
ciple and of the bona ide practice of
civil service reform is known to the
whole country, and there Is no danger
that the spois principle will creep in
with my approval or connivance.'
The Commerce Court is abolished by the
bill, but it's judges will remain In Office
as circuit judges