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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
DEBATE WON BY
LA GRANDE HIGH
BANKING SYSTEM, TOPIC
contest Is fiercely Waged from First
to Iast-LOcals Uphold Negative
Side of QueSuon-BOth Teams
Show Excellent knowledge OF Sub
ject Under Discussion.

By two to one decision, the Pen
dleton high school debating team last
ight was defeated by the forensic
gladiators representing the La
Grande high school The platform
contest was fiercely waged from first
to last ana opinion was pretty we'll
divided as to which would be award
ed the palm.
The question debated was "Resolv-
ed That Oregon Should Adopt a. Sys-
TEN of Guaranteeing Bank Deposits"
The visitors upheld the affirma-
tive side while the locals had the neg
| ative Judges of the debate were Su-
perintendent NJ. w. Kern of the walla
Walla schools, Mr.. Kemp, a repre-
sentative of the book firm of Allen
& Bacon, and Mr.. Witten, a stranger
whose home is in Illinois. Dan P.
Smythe presided at the debate.
The La Grande team was composed
of Miss Serena Rohan. Milton Stod-
dard and Gerald Moore and they
| spoke in the order named with Miss
| ROhan doing the rebuttal work Paul
| Finnell, Rupert Williamson and Os-
car Ferguson represented Pendleton
and the rebuttal was made by Fergu-
! son.
The La Grande team contended that
in order to remedy the present bank
| ing evils and to insure state banks
absolutely against failure, regardless
of national conditions, a state guar
anteeing system is necessary and a
tentative system, composed of what
they considered the best features of
the systems now in operation in Okla
homa, Texas, Kansas and Nebraska,
was submitted by the affirmative
speakers.
The local debaters attacked such a
plan on the grounds that it was only
theoretical. untried and composed of
points of several systems which
would not harmonic. They contend
ed that the present evils are due to
national conditions, such as lack OF
/. elasticity in the currency, and that the
remedies must come by federal law.
; They submitted the French plan of
guaranteeing deposits whereby local
banks are required to keep in reser-
vation ten per cent of their funds and
place this in repositories which in
turn deposit in the national treasury
and such secure governmental protec-
ton.
Both of the teams showed knowl-
edge of the subject gained only by
hard work. From standpoint of de-
livery, the Pendletonians had all OF
the best of the debate. a feature OF
= the debate was the rebuttal of Oscar
Ferguson. 1t was given off-hand, an
= swering the points brought out by the
| affirmative in a telling manner. and
his manner of address compared very
favorably with that of experienced
| speakers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
CUNNERS AT PRACTICE SEND SHELL
DANGEROUSLY NEAR CONGRESSMEN

Washington, April 26.-Confirma-
tion of the report that gunners on the
monitor Tallahassee engaged in tar
get practice off Judith Sound lower
Chesapeake Bay, sent an 500 pound
shell whiZzing over the government
yach Dolphin by mistake, was receiv-
ed today The report was verified by
the eleven members of the senate and
house committees on naval affairs,
who were aboard the Dolphin and who
returned to Washington this afternoon.
Representative Witherspoon of Mis-
sissippi said the mistake was ineXcus-
ible. He said the Tallahassee gun
ners were confused by white spot on
the smokestack of the government tug
Hercules, which they believed was the
old Katahdin. target mark. The
I-9olphin was lying directly behind the
Hercules. The leaden missile. Wither.
spoon said. whizzed over the Dolphin's
smokestack, sinking in the water only
fifty feet away. The conclusion
smashed every window in the Hercu-
les. The navy department is investi-
eating.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
SANCTIONED MURDER
is CHARGE MADE

Shanghai, April 26.-The governor
of the province of Kiang Su has ad-
dressed to the government at Picking,
provisional governors and members
Of parliament, sensational correspon-
deuce which seeks to show President
Yuan Shi Kai sanctioned the assassi-
nation of General Sung. former min
lister of education. General Sung was
shot down at the railroad station here
March 20. and died several days later.
His assassin escaped, but later Cen
aral sung received a letter purporting
t. have been written by the assailant
apoligizing for his attack and declar-
ing that Sung had been mistaken by
him for General Hsing, commander in
chief of the troops in southern Flu
Kien.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
MAYOR MAKES
A STATEMENT
DISCUSSES PAVING FACTS
Many Things Which Have Been said
Are Untrue, Declares City's ENecut-
ivc-Thc Council Is Not Forcing
Street improvements Upon People
Explains Competition.

Indignant at a campaign of vilifi-
cation and abuse directed against the
city council because of paving activ-
ity. Mayor W. f. Matlock today re-
cites few facts in the history of the
recent improvement era. He author
lied today the publication of the fol-
lowing statement from him:
For fear lest some people may be
deceived by published insinuations
and Misrepresentation, l desire to
make few simple statements of fact
as a matter of justice to the city coun-
ell. There has been so much said
that is untrue, so many facts twisted
50 much else hinted and intimated and
altogether such an unfair campaign
waged by those who do not want paved
streets that l feel called upon to make
public statement lest some few peo-
pie get the mistaken impression that
the failure to deny implies outlines
of the charges made"
Not Forcing Paving.
"In the first place I want to say that
/ the council is not forcing any street
Improvement, much less Cramming
gravel bitulithic down the throats of
the people. During my campaign be-
| fore election. street Improvement was
one of my principal planks and think
| 1t had a great deal to do with the
| outcome. | have been trying to fulfill
my pledge but never against the wish
es OF the property owners affected
have always said and still say, and
the council has taken the same atti'
tude. that If the majority of the pro-
perty owners are against the improve
ment of their street, it shall mot be
improved, regardless of the provision
of the ordinance which calls for al
eighty per cent remonstrance. Ever!
street improvement v hich has beer
taken up has been done, not upon thu
, initiative of the council. but upon {
} petition of the property owners them
, selves.
, Want Competition.
} Now as for the cry about the re
} fusal of the council to allow compe
titive bids and the insinuations tina
the members of the council are bough
up by the Warren Construction Co.
want to recall a meeting which wa
, held in the city hall just about yea
, ago, a mass meeting of citizens adver
} tised in advance and before which RI
ITAnNfntNnI \
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
MISSING DAUGHTER OF
MILLIONAIRE Is FOUND

Boston, April 26.-Miss Ramona
Borden, daughter of Gail Borden, a
millionaire condensed milk manufac-
Jersey sanitarium several days ago.
was found this afternoon by detectives
in fashionable residence in the back
bay. Miss Borden was found in COM
pany with the Misses Gladys and Vio-
let Sheldon, nieCes Of Mrs. Helen
White.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
DETECTIVES IN
FRISCO SHARED
COIN WITH GANG
INDICTMENTS EXPECTED
Eight Officers Facing Charges of
Sharing Illicit Earnings of Italian
Bunco Ring Which Cleared up More
Than $500, O,O0O-BuncO Men Confess
TO Grand Jury.

San Francisco, April 26.-The in
dictment of eight San Francisco de-
tectives on charges of sharing in il
lioit earnings of the italian bunco
ring. which cleaned up more than
100000 here, is certain according to
the representation of District Attor-
ney Fickert.
One difficulty said to confront the
grand jury, which is investigating the
charges, is to bring the allegations OF
According to Fickert the grand jury
is greatly impressed by stories told on
the witness stand by members of the
ring.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
BjXBY WILL APPEAR
SAYS HIS FRIEND

Los Angeles. April 26.-Assured by
Oscar Iawler. former special assist
ant United states attorney general
that George H. Bixby will appear be
fore them on Monday, members of the
grand Jury investigating the vice con-
ditions rested the inquisition until
Monday. Process servers are search
ing for additional witnesses as result
of revelations said to have been made
in the jury chamber yesterday. BiXby
who is a millionaire of Long Beach
has decided to aid the grand jury in
ANY way possible, according to Law
Ter who is his personal friend.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26

Sacramento, April 26.-While the
anti-land legislation is in abeyance,
pending the arrival of Bryan on Mon
day, discussion of the probable eff
feet of the visit on the pending legis-
at the capitol. Although it is freely
predicted that Bryan's visit is pri-
marily a diplomatic move made with
the intention of assuring Japan her
interests will be looked after by the
government, there is a growing con-
vction among some of the legislative
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
SCHOOL CHILDREN REMAIN
ON STRIKE AGAINST HEEIEii

Pittsburg. April 26.-Despite
threat to fine each household two dol
lars daily for each day their children
remain from the public school, the
school children's strike over the ac-
ouittal of Superintendent of Schools
Heeter on a betrayal charge, contin-
ues Despite the activity of the truant
officers the attendance at the schools
nrincinally affected by the strike is
less than twenty per cent OF the nor
NAL attendance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
COMMITTEE SAYS ARREST
GLOVER FOR SLAPPING SIMS

Washington, April pa recon-
mendation for the arrest of Charles
Glover. president of the Riggs Ma
tional bank for slapping Congressman
Sims. an aged representative of Ten
nessee. was made by the house sub
committee named to investigate the
incident. The committee asks that
Glover be compelled to appear before
the house to answer charge of con-
tempt. He probably will appear after
the tariff bill is passed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
FIVE MORE BODIES
ARE TAKEN FROM NINE

Monongahela, Pa, April 26.-Five
bodies were recovered from the Gin
cinnati mine at Finlayvile today.
Charles Crawl and Philip Legner, en-
tombed on Wednesday by the explos-
ion and who were rescued alive yes
terday are recovering. The known
dead total ninety three. Thirty bod
les are unidentified.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
HUERTA NEAR
HIS DOWNFALL
BIG CHANGE is COMING
Another Revolution That Will Mark
Fall OF Present Government Is Ex-
pccted-MOvements OF Rebels Show
Plans for Concentrated Attack on
Mexico City Soon.

Washington, April 26.-Carrying
with it the downfall of President HUI
erta and his government, revolu-
tion destined to change the entire po-
ltical and economic complexion Of
Mexico, is expected in diplomatic cir
cles. Maps that are kept by officers
of the general staff of the United
States army show that the movements
of regulars and rebels in Mexico day
by day indicate Mexico City will soon
be made a point for a concentrated
rebel attack.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
WOMEN SET FIRE
TO LONDON TRAIN

London. April 26.-Militant suffra-
gettes burned three compartments ot
a London and South Western rali-
road train at LeddinGton station to-
day. The carriages were empty. An
oil canister was found in one carriage
with suffragette literature scattered
about. Miss Kenney, a militant, was
arraiqned in Bow street court, charg-
cd with disturbing the peace.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
BELIEVED BRYAN'S VISIT Will
MATERIALLY CHANGE LAND LAW
Proposed Legislation at StandstiII Awaiting Arrival
of Secretary Of State democrats and Progress
sWes Seem Ready to Accept His Proposals.

leaders that Bryan will succeed ma.
terially in changing the character ol
the alien land bill that eventually
will be enacted.
81 think there will be a great dea,
of laying down on the part of demo
crats and the progressive side, too,
said Assemblyman Benedict a pro-
gressiye leader close to the admins
tration. q believe the effect of Bry-
ans visit will be to change the char
acter of the anti-alien land legisla-
ton to a considerable extent"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
POOR MAN PAYS MORE
TAXES THAN RICH, SAYS HULL

Washington. April 26 -Represen-
tative Hull, the Tennessee democrat
ic income tax expert, discussed the
proposed income tax in the house to-
day:
"Under the present system Of tax
ation," said Hull, "a poor man with
la large family pays more taxes thar
rich man with a small family. Con.
sequently it may be expected, the
wealthy man, who Is too unpatriotiC
to pay taxes, vigorously will oppose
the income tax"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
COBB CAN PLAY BALL
AT ONCE, Is SPECIAL RULING

Detroit April 26.-Under specla'
ruling of President Johnson of the
American league Ty cobb will be per-
mitted to play ball at once. Cobb was
under suspension for failure to report
for duty at the opening of the season,
The national commission at Cincinnati
announced it would pass on Cobh's
case Wednesday. Cobb will he allowed
to play tomorrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
SPECIAL LEAVES
HERE AT 10 FOR
WALLA WAlLA GAME

, Instead of going to Walla Walla
on the o'clock morning train, 4
excursionists to the. last game 4
, of the series between Pendleton 4
, and Walla Walla will be given
the advantage OF n special train
B which will leave the local depot
at 10 a. m. and, returning. will
3 leave the Walla Walla depot at
, 1880 p. m. This arrangement
= has been made in order that To-
. cR folk desiring TO make the
. trip will not have to arise early
= nor stay up late. A fare of one
= and a third for the roundtrip
= has been granted and 1t is eX-
= pected that many will go from
= here and that others will be
= picked up at intervening sta
. tions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
DANIED ACCEPTS POST AS
CORPORATION COMMISSIONER

Washington, April 26.-It was stat
ed at the White House that Joseph
Davied Of Wisconsin has accepted the
commissionship of corporations and
that the president probably will send
his nomination to the senate on Mon
day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
CARDINAL O'DONNEIL
SAILS FOR ROME

Boston, April 26.-To pay a
visit to the pope to examine the
work being done on his titular
church at san Clemente, Cardi-
nal O'Donnel sailed for Rome
today. He will participate in the
celebration at Rome marking
the sixteen hundredth anniver-
sary of the edict of Emperor
Constantine which declared
Rome q Christian empire.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
URGE BELMONT FOR
PHILIPPINE HEAD

Washington, April 26.--New York
democrats are urging the appointment
of Perry Belmont as governor general
of the Philippines. 1t is known that
Belmont desires the appointment.
Mrs. Belmont. formerly Mrs. W. h.
Vanderbilt. wants her husband nam
ed as ambassador to France.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26

Philadelphia, April 26.-An unqual-
flied denial of the report that he soon
is to marry Miss Anna b Scully of
Cambridge Mass was made this aft
ernoon by Walter John, the Star
Washington pitcher.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
POPE SITS UP FOR
80 MINUTES TODAY

Rome April 26.-The Pope sat up
80 minutes today and through a win
dow watched 500 children participate
in a calisthenic drill He frequently
waived his hand
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
WILSON AND DAUGHTER
ON SHORT VACATION

} Washington. April 26.-Worn "
} out by his labors in connection
} with the democratic tariff bill
and anti-alien land laws and
} other matters of state, President
, Wilson accompanied by his
daughter Eleanor and Surgeon
, Grayson, boarded the govern
ment yacht Slyph and started for
} a cruise down the Potomac
river and into Chesapeake bay
} today. 1t is not known how far
the trip will extend. He in
tends to remain aboard until to-
morrow night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
BOARD TO FIX
RAILROADS VALUE

Washington, April 26.-The inter-
state commerce commission announc-
ed today 1t has about completed the
personnel of the board of engineers
who will place a physical value on
roads. The board is scheduled to
meet May first and outline plans. The
tentative values, fixed by the board,
will be submitted to the railroads, the
department of justice and the COVER
nors of states wherein the properties
are located If no protest is filed
within 80 days, the value becomes FL
nal The commission is acting under
law signed by Mr.. Taft.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26

Washington, April 26.-Frantic ef-
forts to verify a report that gunners
of the monitor Tallahassee mistook
the government yacht Dolphin with
eleven members of the house and sem
ate naval committee aboard, for a tar
get and fired several shots in her di-
rection were made here by the naval
department officials today The de-
partment either believes the report is
IN error or has been exaggerated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
EXPLODING SHELL
ENDANGERS SOL0NS

New York, April 26-Eleven MEM
bers of the senate and house commit
tee on naval affairs had a narrow es-
cape from being blown to pieces while
witnessing target practice at Judith
Sound, 80 miles south of Washington,
late Thursday, according to a Wash
ington dispatch to the Times. The
monitor Tallahassee shooting while
thick haze hung over the water, mis-
took for the target, the United States
yacht Dolphin, on board which were
most of the members of the official
party and an eight hundred pound
shell fired from a 12-inch gun passed
directly over the stern of the Dolphin,
so close as to cut one of the ropes at
tached to the yachts rigging, the dis
patch says.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26
NEW SHEARS FOR BAD rags
Postal Department to BE Asked 4
StOp Suggestive Songs

Stop Suggestive Songs.
Chicago, April 26-Speakers before
the National Federation of Musical
clubs went on record as opposed to
suggestive songs and steps were taken
to have the postoffice department and
interstate commerce commission sup
press their shipment. The speakers
said they did mot want to attack the
common ragtime songs because it fills
real want of the people," but did
desire the suppression of suggestive
songs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26

A proposal never seems just right to
a girl unless it is backed up by some
moonlight scenery.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-26

Continued on page ten.)
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-11-13
Seventeen Hundred Dollars Now Subscribed
Great Display Of Generosity on the Part
of Adjacent Farmers
Contributed

(Contribated.)
Nothing in years has been agitated
that will be of so far.reaching i'm
portance to Hendersonville and Hen
derson County rs the proposed He
b~ron-Jump-Of Loop" HendersonvilIa
has been sorely in need of a great
scenic, mountain highway. Strange
ly. enough this opportunity has lain at
cur very feet. With the base of Jump
OF mountain coming down to the ac-
tEal limits of the city, it was, only nee
essary to conceive the essential idea of
such a splendid undertaking and the
project was fairly we'll assured.
AS is SO well shown by the above
picture, the curse of the proposed
Loop" is as follows: At the Laurel
Park end of Fifth Avenue West, the
road turns to the right skirting the
ToXaway r. r. tracks, where a new
road is made winding to the north OF
Laurel Park to a point i~ntersectins
the present Jump-Off road, thence
substantially following this road to a
point near Jump-Of Mountain, with a
new road to CantreIl's, or School
House Gap, thence, again with the
present Hebron road back to the city.
Is it possible to imagine a highway
that would be more beautiful? Where
In the South, indeed, could there ne
found such an automobile loop road?
This fine highway, of twelve miles in
length, is to have a uniform width o1
q feet, worked out on easy grades,
the most approved automobile signals
posted at the sharper curves, and all
bridges and c~ulverts to be stone laid
IT, cement-a superb monumental high
way.
Contemplate for a moment the
pleasure of such a trip! On leaving
the city of Fifth Avenue West, on a
m~atchless stretch of asphalt, skirtfng
the side of Laurel Park, with all it's
manifold beauties, one reaches the
sleeper slopes of the mountain. Very
soon there are spread out before the
s~ight-seerer the splendid views back
over the city with the Blue Ridge
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-11-13
1T IS SOLICITOR sCHENGK.

That was a pleasing announcement
made by Governor Craig on last Fri
day morning, naming Michael Schenck
of Hendersonyi1le as the successor OF
Solicitor A. Hall Johnston, resigned.
Only a few of his close personal and
political advisers were ware that an
effort was being made in behalf of
Mr.. Schenck, and the announcement
that he had found favor with the Gov
ernor came as a surprise to his num-
erous friends throughout the district.
All agree that Governor Craig has
"Gone the handsome" by recognizing
Henderson county in reaching a con-
clusion and acted with wisdom in the
exercise of his official prerogative By
naming the capable and deserving
young Democrat Mr.. Schenck has
shown himself to be.
While deeply regretting the resigna-
ton of Solicitor Johnson this paper
is about reconciled to the change. al
ready, since his mantle falls upon the
shoulders of one so worthy to bear it.
The new Solicitor needs no intro
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-11-13

duction to the people of the eighth
teenth Judicial district. He was 9
formidable candidate before the con-
vention which nominated Mr.. Johnson
a little more than three years ago.
That he will fill the position accepta-
bly,. goes without saying. Ability.
energy and an inclination to do the
right as he sees the right" are charac-
teristics possessed by Mr.. Schenck,
which form a basis for the hope that
his duties as States attorney will be
discharged in a manner most accepta-
f.le to his friends and the Governor
himself. He will be a terror, we feel
confident, to evil doors, and like his
worthy predecessor, stand for law and
order. peace and contentment. AL
ready placed on the ban by the form
err Solicito blind tigers will receive
no quarters with the consent of Solic-
itor Michael Schenck. His is the type
of character which makes for the ups
life of the State and all public posi-
tons should be filled by men like
Mike Schenck and Hall Johnston.
Our heartiest congratulations to the
new Solicitor and a thousand thanks
: Governor Craig.