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WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight; Thursday
fair and continued
warm.
Take your itore new
to the people and the
people will bring their
patronage to your store.
VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1908.
NO. 6322
TELLS 10 $11
Makes Light of Fact That She
Was Carried Off Clad Only
in Nightgown.
USED BY BANDITS
AS SHIELD FROM BULLETS
Pathetic Feature of Case Was Chasing
of Bandit by Ills Own Hither Who
Did Not Know Desperado Wus Ills
Soil Ix-athT EtiHt), But Is Held at
Bay by Heavily Annex! Posso
Dcutli or Capture Is Sure to Follow
Within Few Hour He Flayed
Coward's Fart.
Coallnga, Cal., July 1. "Of course
I was scared at first, but It did not
take me long to recover my nerves,"
said beautiful Edna Domengine today.
She makes light of the-fact that she
was kidnaped, clad only In her night
gown "and carried Into the mountains
by bandits, and used as a shield from
bullets by one of her captors when
the posse overtook the pair in the
astnesg of the Fresno county moun
tains. "I was awakened from a sound
sleep by the glare of a light and the
sound of guns," she said. "Without
waiting to dress I ran down stairs to
see what was the matter. Father and
mother were watching the carriage
house, wlifi'h was a mass of flames
and two men were standing between
the house and the barn shooting rifles
in the air.
After the house was ransacked by
the men they hitched up and placed
papa and me In a buggy and drove
down the Coalinga road. After driv
ing a fe wmlles, durjng which time
one'of the men threatened papa that
If he refused to pay the $5000 ran
som and then allowed papa to alight.
"At Collnga they stopped at the
pest house and turned the horses
loose. We walked three miles and
my feet got sore.
IBde in Hut.
"Finally we reached a little' pond
called Jack springs. One of the men
told me to go Inside the small hut
there. We sat there the rest of the
night and through the next day until
the posse came.
"Rogers, the name of the man with
me, talked only once, 'saying: 'I guess
we fooled them.'
"Suddenly we heard a pistol -shot
and the bullet crashed through the
hut. Rogers picked me up and held
me In front of him while he fired at
three men running up the hill.
"Dr. Seebery, who was in the posse,
saw us and fired two shots. Rogers
laid a gun across my shoulders and
began shooting. My ears hurt yet
from the shots. Rogers shoved me
behind a rock and continued shooting.
Finally Rogers threw up his hands
and shouted: 'I surrender.' The posse
rushed to me Inquiring If I was hurt.
I said 'No.' "
Ijcadcr at Bay
Tony Loveall, leader of the kidnap
pers Is at bay today In Warthen can
yon, 15 miles from here. He Is sur
rounded by a posse, heavily armed.
His death or capture Is expected at i
any moment.
A pathetic feature Is that one of'
the posse who captured Rogers is his
own father.
The father had no Ide
he was chasing his own son with a
gun.
The resentment of the community,
is directed against Loveall, who Is
accused of planning the kidnapping.
It is learned he sent Rogers ahead
with the girl and fell back and Join
ed the posse, avoiding suspicion until
the kirl was rescued.
Adopt New Rulings.
Washington, July 1. As the " re
sult of a new ruling adopted by the
Cuban government, on and after to
day every master of a vessel arriving
In Cuba must, Immediately upon land
ing, send by registered mall to the
Cuban auditor at Havana, a true copy
In Spanish of the manifest of his ves
sel.' Neglect to comply with this rule
will entail a heavy' fine.
FIRE DESTROYS 16
The first grain fire of the season in
Umatilla county occurred last evening
near Cayuse station on the O. R. & N.
when 16 acres of good wheat belong
ing to Robert Klrkpatrlck, was de
stroyed by fire.
The fire started near the railroad
track and burned fiercely under a stiff
breeze and was only checked by
reaching the green wheat which would
not burn. A large force of men work
ed in trying to put out the fire 'but
only succeeded when It reached the
green grain.
THREATENS TO
THROW BOMBS.
London, July 1. Mary Lelth,
the suffragist, when sentenced
to prison today for two months,
charged with breaking windows
in the house of Prime Minister
Asquith, exclaimed to the court:
"I threw stones this time, next
time I will throw bombs." Sev
eral attendants seized her and
dragged her out.
MAD RUSH TO OYSTER BAY.
Publishers Wild Over Roosevelt's
Story of Hunting Trip.
Oyster Bay, July 1. S. S. McClure
and Casper Whlttney, editor of Out
ing;, are today the guests of Roosevelt.
The publishers are endeavoring to ar
range for the publication of Roose
velt's account of his hunting trip In
Africa.
It Is understood the president has
already arranged to write an account
of his travels for magazines. It is
rumored that publishers of another
weekly magazine will pay Roosevelt
$100,000 for an account of his adven
tures. There is a mad rush of publishers
to Oyster Bay, every one realizing the
story of the hunting trip will be the
literary beat of the year.
It is understood Roosevelt has been
offered the biggest sum ever tendered
for a single series of articles by one
magazine, which wants the series ex
clusively. GETS TEN TEIS
SCENE IN COURT
FOLLOWING SENTENCE
Believed Tliat Wakcr Bartnett, Con
victed of Stealing Securities and
Sentenced to Serve Long Time fn
Prison Is Losing Mind Judge Say
Jury Had No Right to Recommend
Leniency.
San Francisco, July 1. Walter
Bartnett, attorney for the wrecked
California Safety Deposit & Trust
company, convicted of hypothecating
the Colton securities, was today sen
fenced to serve 10 years In san Quen
tin prison.
There was a scene In the court
room when the sentence was an
nounced. Bartnett's attorneys being
hardly able to control him. It Is be
lleved he is losing his mind.
A petition by the attorneys for
Bartnett's release is pending on ap
peal and will be heard tomorrow.
In pronouncing sentence Judge
Conley said the Jury had no right to
recommend leniency for the prisoner.
He said he could see no reason why
the defendant should be treated that
way because the evidence showed the
guilt of the defendant.
Tax on Near Beer.
Atlanta, Ga., June 30. An ordl
nance imposing a ta of $200 a year
on all persons or firms selling "near
beer," an imitation of lager contain
ing less than 2 per cent of alcohol,
I will become effective tomorrow and
will doubtless result in driving many
Individuals out of business. Near beer
has become highly popular since the
pasage of the Georgia prohibition act
and merchants of all kinds handle It,
as well as scores of near-saloons. The
ordinance also prohibits free lunch to
be served with near beer,
May Save Murderer.
Harrlsburg, Pa., July 1. A rehear
ing In the case of Miko Holka, under
sentence of death for the murder of
Policeman J. E. Meehan, will be held
today by the board of pardons. The
Austrian ambassador has Interested
himself in Holka's case and will at
tempt to secure a commutation of
sentence to life imprisonment.
Const Town is "Dry."
San Jacinto, Cal., uly 1. The most
stringent prohibition ordinance eve
adopted in this section, passed by the
temperance board of city trustees, be
comes effective today.
ICSES OF WHEAT
The wheat was Insured with the
Oregon Fire Relief association through
the local agents, Coutts & Bittner, and
the loss was estimated at 620 bushels
or 32 V4 bushels per acre on 16 acres.
It was insured for 70 cents per bushel
and the full amount will be paid on
the loss, although wheat is not sell
ing at that price at this time.
This Is the first fire to occur In the
wheat fields of this county this year,
although the grain is ripe and very
dry in many places. Practically all of
the standing grain Is fully insured by
local companies.
WRECKER
DECISIVE' BUTTLE
15 II, PUSS
Rebels Concentrate Forces in
Tebria, Which is Besieged
by Shah's Troops.
GENERAL MASSACRE
WILL FOLLOW CITY'S FALL
First Pitched Battle of the Revolu
tion More Hun 200 Rebels Killed
Already Northern Provinces and
Hussion Soldiers Said to Have Join
ed With Malcontents Government
Soldiers Surround City and Cut Off
Communication With Outaldo
World Field Artillery Being Used
to Batter Down City's Walls.
St. Petersburg, July 1. News of
the first decisive battle of the revolu
tion In Persia reached this city to
day. The city of Tebria, in the north ot
Persia, where the rebels have con
centrated their forces for a fight, Is
In a state of siege. Heavy fighting
is going on and over 200 have already
been killed by the shah's troops.
The city is expected to fall and it
is feared that when the troops get in
to the city a general massacre will
follow.
The fighting at Tabria started last
night, reinforcements having been
sent from the south.
The disaffected provinces of north
ern Persia and Russian soldiers are
reported to be allied with the malcon
tent.". The shah's troops came to the city
last night and Immediately cut off
communication. Field artillery Is
being used to butter down the city's
walls
Reduce Electric Hates.
Boston, July 1. A reduction of
rates of from 15 cents to 12 cents per
kilowatt hour was made by the Edi
son Light and Power company today,
upon the recommendation of the gas
and electric light commission. A fur-j
ther reduction will be demanded by j
the commission within a year.
Honor IjcwIs and Chirk.
Helena, Mont., July 1. In com
memoratlon of the Journey of Lewis
and Clark from Montana to Idaho In
1902, a four-day carnival was com
menced in Helena today, to culminate
In a big Fourth of July celebration.
Engineer to Get Big Fee.
The engineer to run the first en
gine over the Lawyers Canyon rail
road bridge in Idaho, on the Lewis-ton-Grangevillc
railroad may receive
a sum between $1000 and $2000 foi
the risk he takes. While the bridge
is built with the expectancy that it
will support the heaviest of trains,
there Is always a chance of a flaw ex
isting In the steel in the structure
and the consequent danger of an ac
cident. Forty ton locomotives will
be used on this line.
Mrs. OottercU Loses Suit.
In the supreme court at Boise, Ida
ho, Monday, the suit of Mrs. Sarah
A. Bowers against Mrs. May Belle
Cotterell, was decided in favor of the
plaintiff. Mrs. Cotterell Is a daugh
ter of Mrs. Bowers and she was al
leged to have secured deeds to prop
erty belonging to the plaintiff un
lawfully. Mrs. Cotterell Is now in
the Spokane county Jail on the charge
of having raised a check given her
by Col. D. P. Jenkins, from $125 to
$925.
Cfiorry Crop Large.
Up to date about 25 carloads of
fancy cherries have been shipped from
Lewlston-Clarkston and Snake river
orchards. Cherry picking and pack
ing is now at its height and it is esti
mated that the yield of this fruit in
this section will amount to over 200
carloads.
Passed the Examination.
Robert R. Thompson of Lewiston,
Idaho, has passed the physical exam
ination for admission as a cadet at the
Annapolis academy and will today
enter upon his service of eight years,
four of which will be spent In the
academy and the balance In servlcb
on shipboard.
Robbers Ilfow Safe.
At Kelso, Wash., Sunday morning,
robbers blew open the safe In the
postofiftce, secuiftng aboujt '(400 In
cash. It is believed the work was
done by professionals. No stamps or
money .orders were taken.
Steps are being taken at Tacoma
to prosecute the management of sev
eral social clubs for violations of the
Sunday law. It Is claimed they are
In the habit of selling liquor to mem
bers and their friends. It Is proba
ble the clubs will combine and fight
on one case to make a test of It.
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Naked Body of Well Dressed
and Beautiful Woman Found
in Rooming House.
FOUL MURDER WILL
DEVELOP SENSATION
Police Believe Names of Persons So
daily Prominent Will Be Involved
Victim Was Strangled to Death
By Cord Which Cut Into Neck
Body Badly Bruised, Sliowing Wo
man Had Been Kicked and Beaten
Before Being Murdered Victim
Wore Diamonds.
Chicago, July I. With a cord
which strangled her, tightly twisted
Into the flesh of her neck, and a sheet
tied about her mouth as a gag, the
naked body of a woman, believed to
be Mrs. E. Thompson, was found In
a pool of blood today In a room of
a lodging house. The feet and arms
were tightly bound with a rope, the
skull crushed, and bruises on the
body showed she had been brutally
kicked and beaten by the murderer,
before he committed the crime.
J. H. Raymond, who rented the
room for himself and "wife" Is being
sought.
It Is evIJent the woman has been
dead three or four days. Raymond
rented the room last week and dis
appeared Sunday. When he depart
ed he told the landlady he would be
back in a few days. She though the
"wife' 'had gone until she found the
body today.
The woman was pretty, about 35
years old, and well dressed. She wore
two diamond rings and a diamond
stick pin.
The police believe the murder will
develop Into a great sensation, In
volvlng the naay? of persons socially
prominent.
The Raymond woman has'the ap
pearance of being aristocratic.
Mae Wood Indicted.
New York. July 1. Mae Wood was
i indicted oday on the charge of per
Jury In connection with her sensation
al suit against Senator Piatt. This is
the second charge brought against
her. She will be arraigned Monday
on the two charges.
Accident ,Not Suicide.
Salem, Ore., July 1. The coroner's
Jury returned a verdict late yesterday
holding Llndstrom's death to be acci
dental. It Is thought he leaned too
far forward and fell from the win
dow. Blown to Atoms.
John Bloomquist, a young laboring
man of Junction, Jefferson county,
Wash., in a fit of despondency, has
committed suicide by blowing his
body into bits so small that a trace
cannot be found. The young man
had been missing since Thursday af
ternoon. Two messages to relatives
were found in a woods camp stating
that ho would end his troubles by
suicide, and that the remains would
never be recovered.
Passes the Examination.
Insurance Commissioner J. H.
Schlvely, aged 21, has successfully
passed the mental and physical ex
aminations for admission to Wesi
Point, although 20 of the class failed.
Hugh was born In Luckaow, India,
when his father was in that country
as a missionary, but received his edu
cation in the schools of this state.
Held for Murder.
William Howell, proprietor of the
Kennewlck bar at Kennewick, Wash.,
has been held for the killing of Hen
ry Williams, a negro, a few days ago.
Williams was knocked down In the
saloon Thursday night and dragged
Into the alley In the rdtir. He was
picked up by the marshal and placed
In Jail, where he died shortly after
ward. Clutsed by a Cougar.
While passing through the big ce
dar swamp near Colbert, Wash.,
Monday, James Patterson, a mail
carrier, was chased by a largo cou
gar. On his arrival at Colbert a pat
ty of hunters started out and succeed
ed In killing the animal, which meas
ured 7 feet 10 Inches from tip to tip.
Town of Lament.
A new town has been started in the
extreme northwest corner of Whitman
county, Washington, to be known as
Lamont. It Is located on the line of
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail
way. Vancouver Growing.
The white population of Vancouver,
B. C, has Increased by no less than
16,607 since the last Issue of Hender
son's directory of 1907.
MURDER
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HARRY ORCHARD
WILL NOT HANG.
Boise, July 1. The death sen
tence of Harry Orchard, con
victed of the assassination of
former Governor Steunenberg,
of Idaho, was today commuted
to life imprisonment by the
board of pardons. Orchard is
dissatisfied. He wanted to
hang Friday, the day set for the
execution.
BIG DUTY ON STEEL.
Mexican Government Gives Its Own
Manufacturers a Monopoly.
City of Mexico, July 1. A largely
Increased duty on steel, which Is
practically prohibitive and will give
Mexican steel manufacturers a mo
nopoly of the home market for steel
products, goes Into effect today. The
shutting off of the Mexican market
will be a heavy blow to the United
States steel trust.
For the last few weeks steel from
the United States has been rushed
across the border by tralnloads, con
signed to American manufacturers in
this republic.
BIG CUT IN THE
PRICE OF COAL.
San Francisco, July 1. Every- city
on the Pacific const will probably Ik?
affected by the cut of $3 a ton In the
price of coal, made here today. The
Western J'liel company, which con
trols' the coal supply of the coast, an
nounced hereafter that coal will be
sold to the retailers for $9 instead of
$12. The retailers' have promised to
make a like reduction to customers.
JUDGE BEAN REFUSES
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
Decision Rendered In Famous Case,
J .ate in the Evening of the Last
Day There Will be No Appeal
Sulooiimcii and Attorneys Realize
HoiKiessncss of the Fight.
At 9:15 last evening Circuit Judge
H. J.. Bean passed upon the Nolte
case and his decision was adverse to
the saloonmen. By the terms of the
decision the Injunction prayed for
by the attorneys for Nolte was de
nied and the prohibition election is
sustained.
Coming as It did when the saloons
were gasping away the last few hours
before the prohibition law became ef
fective the decision was received with
decided interest. The fact that the
court had not passed upon the mat
ter immediately after the attorneys
had finished arguing the case led some
to believe the Judge was considering
the situation.
But among attorneys it was taken
as a foregone conclusion that the
court's mind had been made up long
ago, though the decision had never
been given "out loud," and they took
but little Interest.
None of the lawyers in the case
were present last evening when the
decision was given nd Judge Bean
merely dictated his findings to Ste
nographer Beck with. The notes were
not transcribed until today. The
complete decision is a very lengthy
document, covering M pages of type
written manuscript ajid the various
things involved In the case are treat
ed in detail.
No Appeal.
The decision by Judge Bean settles
absolutely the question of the lagal-
ity of the election. According to the
Nolte attorneys themselves their case
is in such a shape that an appeal
would be almost Impossible If one was
desired. But as the saloons are now
closed and would have to remain so
during the appeal, there would be
nothing for the saloonmen In taking
the case to the supreme court. It
would require a year or more to get
a decision from the higher court and
by that time another election would
be drawing nigh.
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The Pilot Rock branch of the O. R.
& N. Is 14.21 miles In length and Is
valued at $22,551 by the Oregon rail
road commission; the Condon branch
Is 45.31 miles in length and Is val
ued at $97,350 and the Columbia
Southern or Shaniko branch Is 69.46
miles In length and Is valued at $147,
869. These valuations were arrived at
yesterday by the Oregon railroad
commission In session In Portland and
now as the branch lines have been
disposed of the commission will pro
LIQUOR HOUSES
IRE CLOSED IIP
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SlIINS CD, BUT
BUILDINGS FILL
Half Locations Engaged frr
Advance for Other Busi
nesses. PROHIBITION LEAVES
FEW EMPTY STRUCTURES
Many Men Engaged in Liquor Bust:
ncss Think Too Much of Pendleton
to Leave and Will Engage In Some
thing Fl-e Cigar Stores, Soft in-tnJt
Establishments and Amusement
Parlors Will Be Numerous Lotrrr
Will Be Converted Into Lunch .
Counter.
When the saloons went out of busi
ness last night practically half the sa
loon locations of the city had already
been taken for other purposes andl
from present appearances there will '
be few vacant places In the business
section in spite of prohibition.
In many Instances saloonmen have
decided to stay with this city, even
though the liquor business has been
placed under the ban, and they win
henceforth engage In running cigar
stores, soft drink and amusement es
tablishments or other lines of busi
ness. 1
Among those who are known ur ru
mored to intend converting their
places into soft drink stands are
"Fergy," Bogart & Keegan, Will Hoch
and Corrigan. The Medernach loca
tion is to be fitted up for a moving
picture show, the Ogg saloon Is to be
converted into a cigar store by James
Devlin, a lunch counter will be estab
lished at the Louvre, owned by John
Schmidt, the Pullman saloon loca
tion Is already taken by the Eagle
Show Shop and the amusement parlor
recently established in the American
block, has moved to the old State
saloon location. The corner room of
the Hotel Bowman Is to be fitted up
as an office for the new Bowman
hotel. Negotiations for several of the re
maining locations are known to b
under way at this time. In many In
stances delay in relenting places will
doubtless occur through the fact that
old tenants are still held down by
leases, thereby relieving landlords
from any Immediate worry.
Closing Was Quiet.
In contrast to what was generally
expected the last hours of the "wet"
era were passed rather quietly last
evening. Though many were out to
see the closing there was almost no
disorder. Two or three fights occur
red between drunken men, but wlthout"
serlos results. In only one Instance
was an arrest necessary for fighting
and this morning the quota before the
police court consisted of one solitary.
Indian.
Hanna Navy Solicitor.
Washington, July 1. By operation
of a recent law, the office of the so
licitor of the navy was today separat
ed from that of Judge advocate gen--eral
and a new and distinct office, .
that of solicitor of the navy depart- -ment,
was organized.
Edwin P. Hanna, who has been so
licitor for some time, has been ap
pointed as the head of the new office.
Major Henry Leonard, of the marina
corps, is Hanna's principal assistant,.
Three New Colliers.
Washington, July 1. Bids will be
opened at the navy department to
day for three new steam colliers, to
carry 7200 tons of dead weight and
to cost not more than $525,000 each.
The vessels must be turned over to
the government complete.
Reporter for Vice President.
Harold King Rockhlll, reporter on
a Tacoma paper, Is being spoken ot
as a probable nominee for the vice
presidency of the United States on
the prohibition ticket. Rockhlll was
until recently, an editorial writer on
a Cleveland, Ohio, paper, and has ta
ken a prominent part in the affairs
of the prohibition prty In the east
ern states.
ceed to fix tile valuation of the main
line of the O. R. & N. system.
During the next few months th
commission will continue Its work ot "
ascertaining the values of all the rail-
road lines in the state, with a vie'-,
to securing a Just basis on which to
establish freight, rates over the dif
ferent branches and divisions:
Tax Agent J. W. Morrow and At
torney A. C. Spencer of the O. R. &
N. company, are in conference with
the commission and are assisting the
commission In arriving at a Just val
uation of O. R. & N. lines.
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