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' DA1DT EVENING EDITION ll -r fffk ' I DAllY EVENING EDITION J rlNCO (I WOQVQPiiv) -., WHATnER FORECAST. jN aln or enow tonight and Satur- It you wish to know how to buy what to buy, when to buy and where to Duy holiday goods, read the East Orogonlan advertisements. VOL. 19. '(ETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1906. NO. 5855 CLARKE SHOT BY OFFICER WATERS Waters Took Clarke and a Companion In Custody When . They Fought Him. lHHflCEMAN BKATEN WITH HIS OWN BILLY. Offciulnn llml Mutlo Trouble In n Trlli and the Womnn Occupying the Place Complained A Third Party Who Refused to IIHp the Police- ninn Was Afterward Arrested Clarke lnlnrnll' Hut Not 'Danger ously Wounded Sncoinl Sinn Club bed by Waters anil Hoth Were Jull cd by Him. In a bloody fight which occurred about 6 o'clock thin morning In one of the cribs on Cottonwood street Of ficer Waters shot a mnn named Clarke after he had been badly beaten by the latter and a companion. The bullet from the policeman's gun en tered the right side of Clarke's mouth and lodged In the bnck of his neck.. While a pnlnful wound It Is not re garded as dangerous. "He is now at the county JnIL The fight happened In the first crib on the alley which leads from Cotton wood street to the rear of the sa loons. Early this morning Officer Waters was called to the place by the. woman occupying the crib. She complained thnt the men had retimed! to pay for drinks they had ordered nnd were otherwise making them selves offensive. On learning the state of affairs the officer quietly asked the men to leave. This they refused to do, nnd after having re peated his request with no better re sult, took hold of Clarke and led him Into an adjoining room. As he did so he was attacked hy the other fel low, whs grabbed the ofllcer to pinion his arms to his side. Hreaklng away from them Waters drew' his club, hut In the fight he was hnndlcapped hy the smalTness of the room, and his weapon was taken from him by his assailants, both at whom are large men. The officer was then knocked backwards across the foot of the Iron bedstead In the room, the rod being hent beneath his weight. While In that position he was struck over the head several times with the club that had 'been grabbed from his hand. He was partially stunned by the blows. As soon as be "had recovered silt flclently to protect himself Waters Jumped up. drew his gun and shot Clarke In the face. The wounded man dropped to fhe floor with a thud and the orflcrr turned the gun on the other fellow. However, the cartridge missed fire and. giving up hopes of using It as a firearm, the policeman began clubbing the necond man with the butt of the gun. In that way he soon reduced n1m to -subjection. Both men were then taken to the city Jnll nnd locked up. While the fight was on In the crib a third mnn appeared nt the door of the place several different times. He was ordered by Ofricer Waters to as sist him. However, the fellow refused with an Insulting; reply. 'Later hi the morning he was found In the Colum bin saloon and tnken to -Jail nlso, for having refused to nsslt an officer when called upon. Although his head was battered and bloody from his fltfht Officer Waters remained on1 duty until after 8 o'clock this morning. His Injures were not In any way serlona, though he has a bad cut over tils right eye. and his scalp was cut in several places by the blows on bis head. Immediately after the fight Dr. W. O. Cole was summoned to care for the man who had been shot. A prelim inary Inspection was made of the wound and not being found danger ous It was temporarily bandaged un til the man could be removed to some other place. Superintendent -McDIIl, of the county hospltnl was notified to come for the Injured man, and did no soon afterwards. However, In the meantime District Attorney Phelps had Investigated the case and In order to Insure safekeeping for Clarke or dered him tnken to the county Jail. tip to . 2:30 this afternoon the wounded man had not yet been given full surgical attention, and conse quently his condition Is not definitely Another Flood Threatens. Seattle, Dec. 21. The White, 4 Oreen nnd Puynllup rivers have risen eight feet as the result of rnlns and heavy snows In the mountains during tho last few days, threatening another flood between Seattle and Tacomn. The Northern Pacific bridges are weakened and passengers are being transferred on Inter- urban lines. known. However, the other prisoners In the Jull say he Is badly hurt. Dur ing tht day ho has been In a stupor most of the time, either from the effects of his drunk, or from the wound. Ho has talked some though. and tins been able to move about on hfs bed more or less. Fred Hodlne Is the name of Clarke's partner In the tight which he had with Officer Waters, while the name cf the third man arrested Is Hubert Lnmont. Should Clarke recover he and Podinf will doubtless be prose cuted for assault with a dangerous weapon, while Lnmont will be tiled for having refosed to assist an offi cer. The penally for assault with a dangerous weapon varies from (100 fine to a 10 years' term In the peni tentiary. The penalty for refusing to help an officer Is u fine of from $25 to $509. or from one to six months In the county Jail. According to Hodlne, all three of the men hnve been working for the rutlroad company near Plngham. The name of the. man who was shot Is James J. Clarke. LOUS DAHNER WILL HE HANGED He nnd Sicniscn Arc Accused uf Sev eral Other Murders. San Francisco, Dec. . 21. Louis Dubner, one of the trio ot gasplpe thugs, aged 18, was this morning sen tenced to hang for the murder of M. fflunakata, mannger of the Japanese bank, Oct. 3. John Siemsen, his com panion, awaits trial. Dabner pleaded guilty. The pair Is also accused of the mur der of Johan Pflstner, a shoe dealer, and Anton Friede, a clothier. NEGRO HUNG AND SHOT. Governor Warfleld Listens anil Does Nothing tn Preserve Law nnd Or der. Annapolis, Md , Pec. 21. Henry Davis, a negro who committed an as sault on Mrs. John Held a week ago near Brownsville, was taken from Jail here this morning by masked men ad lynched. The hanging body was rtddled with builds. Governor War- field heard the shots. IS ENTERTAINED IXQl'EST COXDI CTEn ON THAT ASSUMPTION Taeoina Telegrapher Under Arrest Charged With the Murder of His Wife) by Healing Her Vnrorwclmis ami Turning; on the Gas to Produce Asphyxiation Accused Husband In- HlHtH That Ills Wife Tried to Tellh. erntrly Suicide. Tacomn, Wash., Dec. II. On the theory that Mrs. A. C. Conner, wife of the telegraph operator, was struck on the head nnd rendered uncon scious and then placed In a room to die ns nsphyxlated, the coroner Is holding an Inquest to solve tfce mys tery. Conner Is under arrest. A quarrel was heard In their rooms at 1 o'clock In the morning. At 11 o'clock Conner reported the death to Mr., Douglass, who nnd been the woman's physlrlnn for two weeks. Conner said that he found Ws wife lying on the kitchen floor With the gns turned on. When the coroner visited the house he found the body of the woman lying on the bed. The right temple Is discolored. The ouuple came here recently from Chlcag utter a short way In Seattle. Conner told the police that he mar ried the -woman In San Francisco In August lat. He says that she went Into the kitchen ami turned on the gas. He awakened sometime during the night and found -tier.- She was partly con scious and tie says he picked her up and placed her In bed. When he awoke at 8 o'clock this morning she was dead. Conner has , been held without ball pending further Investi gation. Mother and Brother Held. Dayton, O., Dec. 21. Collins Oil man and his mother are held to the grnnd Jury .today charged with being accessories to the murder of Donn Oilman. Fnyne, Dunn's sister, was dismissed. Resort to Habetia Corpus. Kansas City, Dec. 81. Habeas cor pus proceedings were -begun In the federal court here today by an at torney for Mrs. Agnes Meyers, sen tenced to hnng January 10 for the murder of her husband. Ten Terrorists Executed. Rlgn, Russln, Dec. 21. Ten terror ists were executed today, who were guilty of a series of robberies, bomb outrages and murders extending over many months. One Man Serving Two Life Sentences. Cynthia ,Ky Dec. 21. Curtis Jett was sentenced for life 'today for the murder of James Cockrell, Ho Is al ready serving a Ufa sentence for the murder of J, B, Marcum. MURDER THEORY Xm IS STILL ORE CAR Rescuers Unable to Make the , Progress Hoped for and Confidently Expected. LAST ACCOUNTS COCLD JiOT HE REACHED TILL SATURDAY. Last Night It "Win Tlrotight Probable Ho Could He Tuken Out This Morn Iir Workmen Ann Now Digging Upward .From Hcticutii the Ore Car Great DlfiiinMaiitinciit Is Fell In Many ConuiiuisitlcM, Where Prep arations Are Made to Celebrate the Rescue of HloVs. Bakersfleld. Pec. 21 tl!,v still lmVrlsoiHd at 9 o'clock this morning ana may not be reached to dav. the rescuers are nrminlArln. much arfflotilty tunnelling under the car. Cutting "Rails From Beneath Car. Lo Angeles, Dec. 21. Officials of the Edit-on company In Whose tunnel Hicke Is entombed, stated at 10 o'clocli 'this morning the mnn cannot be rescued before noon. It was ex pected late last night be could be taken out hy 7 this morning. Workmen are now cutting the rails beneath the car under which Hicks Is Imprisoned. Delay Is Disappointing. Bakersfleld,. Dec. 21. Still thcVe hnsTeen'no rescue of.L. B. Hicks, and still the wonder grows of his remark able vitality and will power. This morning a report was circulated the miner was released, but at 11 a. m the rescue party was still hard at wofk. Conflicting reports come down from the mountain now rescue is Imminent, the next hour his lelease is Indefinite. Hicks himself seenia confident of early release. Failure to complete the rescuj Is "keenly felt In Bnkersfleld, and on the streets. In homes and at business houses everything Is laid aside for discussion of the work on the moun tain. Great preparations were made last night to celebrate the effecting of a rescue by whistles and firing of cannons, enthusiastic men sleeping beside sound-producing Instruments. The newspaper offices are swamped with queries as to the progress of the .rescue work and hundreds of queries are pouring Into thcclty. Another Day to Reach Him. Bakersfleld, Dec. 21. At 1:30 to dny Hicks was still not rescued and It is believed it win require another duy to liberate him. OOWLIT7 R1VFR WOING DAMAGF GsMlc Rock, Dee. '21. The heavy rains of the past few Hays have cnus ed rapid rise of the Omiltz and water Is rnvlilng through a ttew channel cut by the recent floods In torrents. Fam ilies are moving ont of their homes. The river banks are cutting away badly. Tho house of IPred Holbrooke wits ' undermined nnd 'fell Into the river. A few feet more will endanger other : nouses. Confessed Tliey Stole $14,000. Utlca, Dec. 21. This afternoon a woman was arrested with Frank Hellherg as his wife, confessed they stole tM.AOQ worth of plnte and Jew els from the home of Charles Stein, of Chicago, where they were employ ed as servants. Henry Hose Hanged. Salem, T)ec. 21. (Special.) Henry Hose, aged 82, was hanged this noon for the murder of Madge Doyle, alias Wilson, tn Portland last October. He admitted the crime on the scaffold and prayed for forgiveness. The Ju rors who c&nvloted witnessed the ex ecution. Accused of Being Accessor. Kensburg, III., Dec. 21. David Kellem was arrested today accused of being an accessory In the assassi nation of Sheriff Compton. It Is al leged Kellem ordered his son to kill Compton. Crop Acreages for 1006. Washington. Dec. 21. The nctnnl acreage of winter wheat of the crop of 1906 was 492,886,004; spring wheat, 242,879,966 acres; corn, 2,927, 416,091 acres; oats, 964,904,622 acres. Suit for Divorce In Milwaukee. Milwaukee. Dec. 21. rin w.ui as a result of her rniRhnniVa of her Bister's contest for the Scande'n millions, filed a suit for divorce from Jacob Heyl today. The Pacific & Idaho Northern has bought 900 acres of land two miles west of Meadows, upon which the railroad company will build a new town. OF TRAFFIC ISSUE Many Witnesses Accuse the Railroads of Discrimination In Furnishing Cars. OTHEItS SAY TIIEKE ARE NOT ENOVGII CARS IN SERVICE. IlU'tol Central Accused of Discrini Inailon in Selling Coal Claimed That Standard Oil Octopus Is Vol iiiitnrily Letting Go Some of Its Tentacles. In Compliance with Law Nebraska Supremo Court De cision Will Result in the Farmers' Elevators Having a Chance to Com pete for Business. Chicago, Dec. 21. The interstate commerce commissioners. Lane and Harlan and Sessions are Investigating the congestion of traffic. Testimony by shippers shows the car shortage is general, particularly In the northwest and south. Many witnesses accused the roads of discriminating In furnishing cars; others said that with the short num ber of cars some are bound to be dis appointed and the last served are likely to charge discrimination. The Illinois Central Is accused of owning coal mines and refusing to ship from other mines until Its own product Is sold. Standard . Now Obeys Some Laws. New Tork, Dec. 2l. It Is learned today the Standard Oil of New Jer sey, the great central holding com pany, finding It Is conflicting with federal laws, has given up its stock in all constituent companies and now complies with the statutes. The United States' attorneys -villi prove this when federal proceedings begin in St. Louis. HHTCE TO WASHINGTON. Will Come at Once as Ambassador From London. London. Dec. 21. James Bryc admits his appointment as ambassa dor to America. This is his last day In parliament. After reading the king's message both houses adjourn ed nntll February 2. SEVENTY-FIVE COfNTIES. In Oklahoma Convention Adjourned Till January 3. Guthrie. Okln.. Dee 51 Thn .n stltutlonal convention today adopted tne report of the committee dividing Oklahoma state into ?K ennnttea and took a recess to January 8. Takes Fall Out of a Trust. Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. 21. The state supreme court today smashed the Nebraska elevator and grain trust by amrming tne referees' finding In the suit brought against the combine by Attorney General Brown. In the fu ture the farmers' en-nnernrlvA ele vators will have a chance to compete with tne elevator trust, which in the past has been undnlv favorer! hv the railroads, the latter refusing to grant elevator sites and trackage to farmers. "Spirits Are Not "Whisky." New York, Dec. 21. James Wilson. secretary of agriculture, and Dr. H. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemis try, today ruled thnt Bourbon whis ky, colored and flavored and labeled blended whisky," can not be In the future described as "whisky," as it is simply a spurious Imitation of the genuine article. The ruling was made for food Inspection guidance, and ns a very large number of deal ers will be affected by It, an appeal has been lodged. Vast Texas Lands for Sale. Washington, Dec. 21. Over 1,000,- 000 acres of public lands in Texas will be sold on January 1. It will be sold to the highest bidders In lots of from one to eight sections, the Btate giving the purchasers 40 years' time to pay for it. Most of the land is situated in the western part of the state. BRYAN COMING TO THE WEST. Pendleton Lecture Bureau Hopes to Secure a Lcctnre From the Ne- brnskan In January. William Jennings Bryan Is sched uled for a lecture at Moscow, Idaho. January II, and the Pendleton lec ture bureau hopes to secure a date for him In this city some time In January. Percy Fclsom and Dave Hill, of Pendleton high Bchool, who are mnn- aglng the lecture course, expect to receive definite Information as to Mr. Bryan's coming to this city, within a few days. Jacob Rlls, the world fa mous reformer and writer of New Tork, will lecture here on January 18. this to be th second attraction offer ed by the lecture course. . CONGESTION HfNG FOR WHOLESALE MURDER Quarrel Over a Saddle Results In Death of Six Persona. Houston, Mo., Dec. 21. Joda Ham ilton, a youth convicted of killing the P- 'ons family October 12, was nanged today. The largest crowd ever In the city attended the execution. Hamilton quarreled with Carnle Parsons, over an old saddle. He shot Parsons and then killed Mrs. Parsons with an ax. Three sons of the couple aged 5, 3 and 1, crawled into the bushes, but Hamilton dragged them out and one by one cut their throats. He then piled the bodies Into a wagon In which the Parsons family were making a pilgrimage to their old home in Illinois, drove to a creek and dumped them In. Hamilton was at church with his fiancee when he heard the bodies had been found at a mill dam. He bade her good bye and fled on one of Parsons' mules, but was soon cap tured. TRANSFERRED HIS PROPERTY. Hnnk Wrecker Tries tn Hold Woman Stenographer Responsible. Chicago. Dec. 21. W. J. Atkinson, accused of wrecking the Lincoln hank at Morton Park, III., was before Fed eral Judge I.andors this afternoon, and told the court Miss L. Armstrong, a stenographer cf Plttsburr. signed for him good notes aggregating S30,- 001, upon which he secured cash. The notes, he said. Were fully sc-cuied. He admitted he transferred his property to Pittsburg parties before closing the bank. MILLIONAIRES QUARREL. Ordered by Secretary Shaw to Sit Down and Keep Quiet. Pittsburg, Dec. 21. Secretary Shaw routod 20 millionaires out of bed this morning to meet him at 7:30 to discuss the new postufflce iie. He listened to arguments three hours and told them he would decide later. Puling the hearing ont Pittsburger leaped to his feet and challenged his neighbor and said, "It Is not so; you are not teeing the truth." Shaw saM, "Sit ,1twn!. If you rals another dls. turbance ri! have you put out. TRIED TO KILL JUDGE CUTTING LATTER FOUGHT FOR HIS LIFE WTTH INSANE MAN, Bullet Fortunately Deflected and the Weapon Would Not Work There after .Assailant Claims Cutting Is Responsible for An Estate In Which He Is Interested Being Eight Years In Litigation, and He Wants a New Judge. Chicago. Dec. 21. A man whnm the police say is insane, fired at Pro bate Judge Cuttimr at the entrance tn the elevator at the criminal court building this morning, exclaiming; "If you don't settle that estate I'll kill you." Judge Cutting slapped the man's face and thus deflected the bullet. The revolver, which Is of ancient make and defective mechanism and small calibre, failed to work there after, as the man repeatedly pulled the trigger while the judge held him for the police. The prisoner gave the name of Frank Ellershrnnk. ns-pri R0 nrnnnn. tlon salesman, nnd said: "T nm Inter. 'ested in an estate nf 30.000. which Is In litigation in the nrobate court for ine pasi eignt years, i got no sntls- laciion ana tnougnt lr I filled cutting we might get a Judge who would give some action." Chicago Market KcHrts. Chicago, Dec. 21. Wheat opened 74 H, closed 71 3-S; corn opened 41 ,-S, closed 41 3-8; oats opened closed 33. Perkins Before the Grand Jury. New York, Dec. 21. George W. Perkins was for half an hour before the grand Jury today. Jerome told him to be ready to come again. CHRISTMAS FOOTBALL IS OFF. Also New Year Game, at Wnlla Walla Tenm's Request. This mornlne startll ii tr nett's ..ne received from Walla Walla In the form of a request from the rinM.n City football management asking to be excused from their game here Christmas. The reason given was that it is Impossible to get a proper tea mtogether for the occasion, as the entire idea Is given up. The Walla Walla boys nlso desired to be excused from their engagement there on New Year's day. In local gridiron circles there has been much regret that the Garden City players were selred with frosty feet, for preparations, were being made to give them a very warm game next Tuesday. In view of the recent "splendid prospects" for the Walla Walla eleven some surprise Is ex pressed ovtr their failure to play. O.H.&N. TRACK y High Water Carried Away 100. Feet of Grade and Large Amount of Riprapping. TEMPORARY REPAIRS COMPLETED AT NOON. Melting Snow on the Mountains Causes Sudden Rise of All Streams Meaclinm C'rek Carried Away New Repair Work Just East of North Fork Many Small Slides at Different Points on the Blue Moun tains Considerable Snow Yet to Melt If Warm Weather Continues. Traffic has been seriously delayed on the O. R. N. today by high wati-r and washouts on the Bluo mountains. At a point a mile east of North Fork where Meacham creek makes a sharp turn and strikes the grade almost directly over 100 feet of track was washed out last night and for a considerable distance was badly damaged. General Superintendent M. J. Buck ley, of Portland, arrived on the scene of the washout early this morning and put two work trains and a large force of men Into service at once In making repairs and at noon today the track was temporarily repaired sufficiently to let trains pass. No. 6, which arrived here an hour lat'i from Portland fjfils morning was held until 10:30 before starting over the mountains, and Nos. 6 and 1, westbound trains, both being east ot the washout, were delayed until this afternoon. New Riprapping Washed Away. The damage to the track occurred at a place at which a large amount nf new riprapping has been built dur ing the past summer In repairing damage done by the flood of last May. An Immense breastwork of riprapping had been constructed at that paint to protect the curve, but the rising water rushed In behind the nw riprapping, against the grade, and washed away practically all the repairs made. At other places along Meacham creek the high water has caused more or less damage and several small slides have occurred where the ground bas been loosened by heavy blasting in making repairs during the summer. For about 36 hours this week a wet snow fell on the Blue mountains and the weather immediately turned warmer melting this snow and caus ing all the snall streams emptying Into Meacham creek to rise rapidly. The result has been that Meacham creek and the Umatilla river have become very high with prospects for becoming still much higher if the warm weather continues. On the Spokane branch between here and Walla Walla all the streams are very high, but there is no proba bility of uny damage at present. Roadmaster J. Conners, of Walla Walla, went over the line this morn ing and found it In excellent condi tion. Dnngcr West of Pendleton. The O. R. & N. offices here re ceived word by a messenger at noon today that the .Umatilla river was threatening to wash away the grade at mllepoft 228, three miles west of the city. At that point the grade has recently been repaired and the sec tion crew had been engaged this morning In hauling in sacks of sand to protect the grade. It will be nec essary to send a work train there to place rock on the new grade to pro tect It. No Danger Here, Vnles. During the day the members of the levee committee, Levee Engineer Avery and Ross Newport, of the con tracting comrany, have been busy wa-chlng the levee und preparing against a further rise in the rivcr. Mne the recent high wair torn menced Mr. Avery has patrolled the rlvti on horseback In order to keep fully It. termed regarding- ;ha situa tion. Tills afternoon he declared there Is no danger as far as Pen dleton is concerned unless the river should rise several feet more, which Is improbable. The levee is holding well, so far. Even along the portloi that has not yet been rlprapped the bank Is still Intact and shows no signs (Continued on page 7.) Two Railroaders Were Rilled. Spokane. Dec. 21. Rninee. a George Saulsbury and Fireman mum fnuppert were killed this mornlnz In a freight Ion In the Great Northern yardu in this city. Fireman Frank Howard Louton mnv iia a Engineer L. Hanson Is badly nun. I WASHED I 1 rv.f
