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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITIOU WEATHER REPORT. Modern printing of all kinds promptly done at the Easi Oregonlan office. Showers tonight and Friday, VOL. 22. PENDLETON, OK EG ON, rilURSDAY, MAY 27, 1909. NO. 6596 9 1 f BimEi-----:1-! yV-g AsEMi-w&EKm "Sv VVjff- - " y lir-x. uvkicm v x. i. SEVERE FLOODS IX FOR MURDER Grand jury Returns Indict ment in First Degree Agains Slayer of Dixon, EXTREME CHARGE SAID TO COME AS SURPRISE Willi I)LhmsI of This Case Grand Jury Adjourned Arc Subject to Fu tiiro Cull Circuit Court PoIIm to Convict Charles Grant of Athena of Illegal Liquor Sctlllug Testl nvMiy In Liquor Cao Vneorrober' Bled Ilciico Insufficient Court Pocket Cleared tin Wulter Dlxoh Indicted. Murder In the first degree Is the charge cantalned In the Indictment returned by the grand Judy last even Ing, against Mike Ryan, the slayer o M. E. Dixon. This Indictment was a surprise to the general public ns well a to the attorneys for the defend ant, Winter & Lowell, as It was the general belief that manslaughter or second degree murder would be the extent of the charge. This disposal of this case finished the business before the Brand Jury nt this time and the members were al lowed to disband and go to their homes. . The-y are subject to call at any time however. With the failure to convict Charles Grant, the Athena man accused of II legal liquor selling, the circuit court also finished the business on the dock ci and adjourned. This precludes the possibility of the Ryan murder trial this spring. The failure to convict Grant was due largely to the failure of the employ, crs of the detectives who secured the evidence to have both their witnesses on hand. It seems that It was not known until after the Jury had been Impanneled that only one of the wit nesses was present, the other being somewhere In Canada. It was then too late to postpone the trial and the district attorney was forced to go ahead with It with the evidence at hand. The uncorroborated testimony of the paid detective, however, was not regarded by fhe Jury as suffl clent to convict and the verdict of ac quittal was promptly brought In. Among; the indictments returned by the grand jury yesterday was one against Walter Dixon of Milton on th0 charge of assault and battery. He has been arraigned before the Justice of the peace at that place and Is now out on bonds. AVOMAX RELEASED AFTER LOXG PRISON TERM Moundsvllle, TV. Va., May 27. After serving eighteen years In prison for complicity In the murder of her hus band, Mrs. Verglc Gibson was released . today and walked forth a free woman. She was only 27 when she entered the pententlary, and was youthful and beautiful In appearance. Today she Is old and shattered In health, and the long years behind prison walls have silvered her hair and drawn deep fur rowg on brow and cheek. Mrs. Gib on's accessories In the crime. Albert liewls and Albert Vlers, were hanged, and Clark Slaughter, a colored boy, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Robbery was the motive which caused the womn-n to conspire with ofhors for the murder of her husband. MISSISSIPPI STATE Jackson, Miss., May 27. The town of Quitman Is submerged today as the result of a flood. Business Is suspended and res idents are in the upper parts of their houses. The loss is heavy throughout the state. Miles of railroad are destroyed. TO BE TWO PERSONS DROWN UNDER AUTOMOBILE Stockton, Cal., May 27 Mrs. War ren Jones, wife of a well known farm er, and the 3-yeur-oid son of his sis ter, Mrs. Isaac Robinson, were killed In an automobile accident near Stockton today. Evidently they were drowned when the automobile was overturned In two feet of water. Mrs. Robinson was saved from drowning by her daughter, a child of seven or eight, who held her head above water until farmers came and raised the machine. The automobile was driven by Isaac Robinson, and with him were his wife and their two children and his sister-in-law. Nearlng the bridge across Middle river, on Union Island, the au tomobile skidded on a high embank ment and went into the water. The occupants were caught beneath thfl heavy machine. PRESIDENT TIFT LEAVES IN DISGUST A ITER SEEING ONE ACT IN NEW YORK Flay Shows Tenderloin District in New York Evel.ni Thaw's Chum Is Seen in Da nee President nad Reeii Recognized by Whole Audi ence Departure. Observed by All liny Not One of Worst in City. Deputy Bank Examiner ot Washington is Suspended Pending Investigation, RELATES TO THE AFFAIRS OF DEITXCT PALOUSE BANK Request Made by Slate Bank Exam iner Following Conference With Governor Hay Deputy Examiner Was President of Rank for Years Sold Ills Interest Eenrly In Year to Vice ITvsidcnt Examiner Thinks Deficit cf $50,0(10 D:r to Bad Man ugement on Part of Deputy. TESTIIlf IN HANLEV IRI EDl'CATIOXAL EXHIBIT ' IS SHIPPED TO SEATTLE Washington, May 27. President Taft last night expressed forcibly his disapproval or the trend of certain branchip of this year's theatrical product. He attended a performance of "The Revellers," which depicts the tenderloin of New York and includes presentation of the "white light' life. . The muscle dance was per formed by one of Evelyn Thaw's former chums. The president, who had been In a box, departed In dis gust at the end of the first act. His presence had been noted by the en tire audience and his departure was observed by all. "The Revellers' h. not the worst of the plays produced n New York this year. Seattle, May 27. Following a con ference with Governor Hay, state bank examiner MohUndro today Issued an order suspending former Senator Boone 'as deputy bank examiner pend ing an Investigation of the affairs of the defunct Palouse state bank, of which Boone was president for many years. Boone sold his Interest In January to W. J. Manklnson, vice president. Examiner Mohundro said: "Hank inson and the old national bank of Spokane, to which the Palouse bank Is indebted, went to th( superior court In Colfax and asked the appointment of a temporary receiver without call ing In my office, or making the banks condition known to us. We discover ed on examination that the books are about fifty thousand dollars in the hole. The amount may be more or less, and In my opinion is, all due to poor management on the part of the hank officials prior to and during Boone's administration. It is not known whether the suspension of Boone will be permanent." FALL FROM 8TII FLOOR TO BASEMENT; WILL DIE J?an Francisco, May 27. Stepping on a loose board on the eighth floor of a building under construction In the business section today, John Hem mey and George Harrison, a structural Iron worker, was hurled Into an open elevator shaft. They crashed through the ttemporary wooden elevator car on the first floor Into the basement and was burled under a pile of debris. They will probably both die. They ere extricated with difficulty. Ham- mey has flve children and Harrison three. Both were terribly lacers.tnfl. Seven Drown In CanaL Vlcksburg, Miss., May 27. The gas oline boat Dorrle, with 10 passengers on board capsized In the Yazoo ca nal during a storm tonight and seven persons are believed to have been rowned. LARGEST GATHERING OF TEACHERS III HISTORY OF NORTHWEST HERE BAKER CITY TRIP T Government Closes Its Case Against Man Charged With Fencing 80,000 Acres, IM PORTAXT TESTIMONY GIVEN BY EMPLOYES SIioxmi That Fences Were Down in Certain Places Wires Ordered Cut by Attorney for Hanley Fence Afterwards Repaired, Though Xot I'nder Direct Order of Hanley Mas Are Produced Showing Ho Vust Tract Is Controlled Govern ment Case Closed Yesterday. Salem, May 27. The exhibit of the state educational department for the Seattle exposition was shipped today and consists of two cabinets contain ing Illustrations of the growth of edu cational work In Oregon. One Is a card showing the growth of the aver age dally attendance of the public school an it begins In 1878 with an attendance of 22,423. M'CARTIIY CHARGES 'FRISCO CALL WITH LIBEL San Francisco, May 27. Claiming that he Is accused of an attempt to betray the union labor party by an article appearing In the San Fran cisco Call, P. H. McCarthy, president of the building trades council and mayoralty candidate, yesterday swore to a complaint charging Ernest Simp son, managing editor, and Charles Hornlck, general manager, with libel. E 1 Announced That Secretary Ballinger Has Withdrawn 80,000 Acres on Owyhee, OTHER WITHDRAWALS MADE IN" STATE OF WYOMING FIRES MAY HAVE DESTROYED A TOWN Xegaunee, Mich., May 27. Forest fires are raging In this section of the upper peninsula. Reports from Dal ton say that the town has been de stroyed. When the fire threatened Dalton last night a special train was ordered and the inhabitants and their possessions were carried to places of safety. TO Portland, May 27. Long miles of sage brush, and bunch grass lands were traversed figuratively by the fed eral court' this morning following the defense Introduced In behalf of Wil liam Hanley, charged by the govern ment with fencing eigthy thousand acres of public land of Harney county. A. Faulkner, a civil engineer of Hums, also surveyor of Harney coun ty, produced maps of the contested Iind. Thp purpose of the defence was to show that no care had been taken of the fences which enclosed both public and private lands. Faulkner showed where the fences were down and up, leaving the Im pression that fences In many other sections were out of repair. Some of Hanley's employed men were put on the stand by the government but their testimony was unimportant. The gov ernment's case closed yesterday. Tom Allen, foreman testified that he cut the wire fence on the south "ides of the range by the order of at torney Wood, representing Hanley. He declared that about half a mile out o'C 42 miles were so cut. Other em- inojeu Kiuteu mat mey repaired me irue "snowers or blessing" were fences when necessary, but not under those which began falling yesterday Hanley's orders, although he furn- afternoon about 4 o'clock and con- LATE RAIN'S PROVE SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS TO FARMERS Rainfall in Pendleton Totals Over a Third of an Incli Other Sections Report Heavier Fall Pilot Rock Man Says That It Will Mean Ten Bushels More of Wheat Per Acre In nis Section Total Rainfall for Season Is Short. These Withdrawals Reported Made on Monday by Secretary of Interior Lands Withdrawn From Entry Pre sumably for Irrigation 6.520 Acres on North Platte Also Withdrawn Reported That Recommendation for Withdrawal of Several Million Acres orc in Hands of the Secretary of Interior. Washington, May 27. Sixty thous and acres of land on the Owyhee river in Oregon, were withdrawn from entry by Secretary Ballinger Mon day, according to reliable Information secured today. , From the same source it was learn, ed Tuesday that 6,520 acres on the North Platte river In Wyoming, were withdrawn and that recommendations for the withdrawal of several million acres more along the western streams are now in the hands of Secretary Ballinger. Some of the land was re cently restored to entry. ' GOES TO VALE TO V STOP SN AKE RIVER BRIDGE ished the material. Baker City, Ore., May 27. When an extra eastbound freight reached Telocaset this morning about 4:30 and headed In on the sidetrack to allow No. 11 to pass the fireman and head brakeman noticed the body of a man on the rails ahead of the en gine Just opposite the section house, so close that It was impossible to stop the train and the body was dragged probably two car lengths after being struck. The heavy engine trucks mangled the man fearfully, one leg being cut off cleanly close to the body and the other crushed almost beyond recogni tion as a human limb. One arm was severed and half the head is missing. It is thought that the fellow, who is evidently a Spaniard or a Cuban, fell either from No. 8, No. 12 or No. 5. No. 5 was the last train-through until the extra, pulled by engine 335, with Engineer Ira Fields at the throttle. No blame whatever can be attached to the engine crew. Justice Stewart, deputized as coro ner by Dr. Bacon, went up on a work train and brought the body back on No. 23. The inquest was held here, the verdict returned being that of ac cidental death. As nearly as can be earned the man's name Is Alonzo, and papers and letters on the body seem top rove that he came from Key West, Fla. MANIAC THREATENS IX) DYNAMITE A BANK tinued until near midnight. Official Weather Observer Johnson reports 35-100 of an Inch of rainfall, and ac cording to reports which have been received from the country districts some portions of the county have Redwood City, Calif., May 27. Voicing wild threats to drop a dyna- been more greatly favored. mite Domn on the Hied rioor or the From present indications Pendle ton Is to be the scene next April of one of the largest gatherings of teachers ever held In the northwest. At a recent meeting of the executive committee of the eastern division of the Oregon State Teachers' associa tion It was decided to hJld the annual meeting of that association In this city Easter week of next year In con nection with the meeting of the In land Empire Teachers' association, which is to be held here at that time. This would mnkc nn Immense gath ering of Itself, but In addition the su perintendents of Malheur, Baker, Union and Umatilla counties have met and agreed to unite their annual county institutes with the larger gathering, and have adopted n reso lution Inviting the counties of Wal lowa, Wheeler, Wasco, Sherman find the other counties of eastern Ore- swelling the attendance of the big meeting to several hundred and tax ing the ability of the city to care for her guests. From the action already taken It Is certain that all the teachers from the first four counties in eastern Oregon, which have railroad connections, will also Join In the movement. As tho Inland Empire Teachers' meeting will draw an attendance from eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana, in addition to eastern Ore gon, it Is evident that the monster In stitute will bo by far the largest gathering ever held In Pendleton. It Is estimated that there were SAO dele gates to the mooting of Ill's associa tion held In Wnlln Walla this spring. The meeting of the executive com mittee was held m this city and was attended by Superintendent J. F. Smith of linker coimtv. Suiierintend- gon to do the pa mo thing. As the nt- j rnt K. n. Conklin of Malheur county, tendance of tho teachers In all these Superintendent E. O. Bailey of Union' counties at the county Institute Is county,, as well as President ,1. S compulsory, this would mean that I Landers and Secretary Frank K. they are to be brought to Pendleton, I Welles of Pendleton. BLOOD A SHIRT GIVES CLUE TO GIRL MURDERER 4 mmm Los Angeles, May 27. All efforts In the hunt for the murderer of little Annie Poltera today centered In seek ing the owner of a blood-stained shirt discovered yesterday on tho west bank of the Los Angeles rlter near Ivnnhoe, The sheriff today asserted that while he is following a good lead he has by no means established tho Identity of the murderer. Ben Elliott, tho youthful robber-hermit, was re examined late yesterday, and while he was suspected because of his shirt pattern, the sheriff says the boy sat isfied him that he Is innocent. Redwood City National bank unless fifty thousand dollars was paid him Immediately a dangerous escaped maniac from the state asylum at Ag- news created a panic among a score of bank patrons yesterday, causing a wild rush for the doors. Several wo men were trampled upon. Entering the bank, the maniac made straight for the assistant cash ier, Frank Townes at the window. I want fifty thousand Immediately of I will blow the place up with a bomb." He shouted: "The public owes me money, and I am going to get It," suss Mary Ann GllIIs, a steno grapher saw the rush, and thinking that the bomb would burst any mo ment she screamed and fainted. Pres ently deputy sheriff Hortsen arrived and arrested the man. Official Weather Observer J. P. McManus of Pilot Rock reports 41 100 of an Inch at that place and says that 10 bushels have been added to the crop on every acre of land In that vicinity as the result of the down pour. More rain also fell on the reserva tion than in this city, and as the Pilot Rock and south reservation sections w-ere the ones apparently the most In need of moisture, the greatest amount of good has been done there. L. L. Mann says a great deal more rain fell on his part of the reservation than here. John Dand reports the ground wet to a depth of 2 1-2 Inches in the vi cinity of Holdman, while J. T. Lieu- allen says untold good has resulted Salem, May 27. L. H. McMahan, who thinks he has stopped the ex penditure by the state of a hundred thousand for the construction of the Crater Lake road by filing proceed ings in the circuit court of Marion county, has gone to Vale to file a suit against that county enjoining the county treasurer from applying the funds appropriated by the legislature for the construction of a bridge across the Snake river from Ontario into Boise. The treasurer of Malheur county had already obtained posses sion of the sum of ten thousand dol lars but McMahan Is on his trail. VOTE OX THE SUGAR SCHEDULE IN CODIITTEE Washington, May 27. The senate this afternoon, by a vote of 47 to 3 has refused to omit from the sugar tariff the duties of standard of color showing the finance committee has a majority sufficient to pass the entire sugar schedule as it now stands. An amendment to omit a differen tial of 15 and a half cents per hun dred pounds In favor of refineries was defeated. Among those voting against the amendment were Dolllver, Jones, Johnson (North Dakota), Foster and McEntry. Cummins denounced the sugar trust as a tyrant with the beet sugar Industry at Its mercy. BOYS UNDER 16 MUST ILWE FISHING LICENSES PORTLAND MAX IS CHARGED AVrni BIGAMY to the fields In the vicinity of Adams. It will thus be seen that thousands Huem, May 21. According to. an of dollars have been added to the opl"lon by 'he attorney general ren- value of Umatilla county's wheat har- i dered this morning, boys under 16 vest, and with more showers prom ised for tonight It seems evident that must have a fishing license, which they can gvt free from the county CRUISER SELEtTED TO TAKE TAFT TO ALASKA Tuget Sound Navy Yard. May 27. It is reported here today that the cruiser St. Louis, which will co to sea early next month, will take President Taft and his party to Alaska this summer. CantloiiMN Sell fop S7. Los Angele. May 27. Two canta loupes, the vancnanl of the liion crop from the Imp, rial vallev. uhliuie.l sterday as part of a coti:iii;niiieiii Ironi Heber, Cal. sold today In tin ioral market nt $: each. Th ojis w. r, lur.-e and well ripened. Reedwood City, Cal., May 27. Al leged to have eloped with Mary Alice White, the attractive daughter of Cyrus White, the Redlands capitalist while he had a wife and two children in Pasadena, Cal., A. MeCreery, now a resident of Portland, Is named In a warrant Issued today, charging big amy. MeCreery was a drug clerk In Redland, where he posed as a single man and won the heart of Miss White. They eloped April 11. White heard rumors about McCreery's fam- r.m:- lly and Investigated. White com munlcated with his brother, Albert White, who found MeCreery In Port land, and took charge of the bride. at least an average yield Is now as-icIeI'k new game code does not ,say anyunng about women getting 11- (Contlnued on Page Eight) censes. MIS NF1 BEER LICENSE 1 if 1 WOULD COMPEL BEXSOX TO REFER JUDGESHIP LAW Near beer saloons must pay an an nual license of $250 hereafter Instead of i 100, as heretofore. An ordinance to this effect was Introduced and passed at last night's meeting of the council and will go in effect July 1 Oallo- As the ordinance could not go into circuit kle and McCormmach were absent. The ordinance also specifies that near beer shall not contain more than two per cent alcohol. As a result of last night's discus sion of the near beer proposition Night Officer Kearney was also in structed to see that all these places effect for 15 days from tho date of close their doors at 1 o'clock. Here its passage, and as the licenses of all tofore some of them have been keep tho present saloons expire Juno 1, a Ing open all night, and It was report- Seattle. May 27. William way or department 2 or the court in Marlon county today- Issued an order of mandamus to the effect that Gov. Benson, as secretary of resolution was adopted extending the ed. that most of the trouble enennnt- siaie. must appear In tli( court Tues- time of all the present licenses for ered by the night officers and trace i.ij. june x aim snow reason why he one month on the payment of a pro- able to the near beer 0-,'o.ma snouni not rile the petition presented portionate amount of the present li- curred between 11 nvwt nn,i ,.r. cense ree. I Ing. The enormous amount of business 'Music" Machines Under nun pcing none py inese places ami tne Hereafter local moving picture need or money on the part or the city I shows must keep their nms'e luxes is responsible for the increase. There j and phonographs on tho In -io- of n.-is hecn a general feeling for some i their places of Ini-one- i.f time that the 5100 annual license i Kmi'moi-'i,.,,.;,,,. i,,im i .. i by W. S. Uren to refer to the people the net creating a new Judgshlp in .Multnomah county, PRIXCESS BE SAG AX WILL KEEP CHILDREN Paris. May 27. The court of ap peals today decided that the children of Poni de Casteliane and his forme, wife, Anna Gould, will rema'n o the en re of their mnthrr. w is now the Prinerss de Sagun. The division nro- vidis that the mother and father may have 1." days In which to ngree upon 'lie school where the children will be placed. was too smnll, and with the approach of the harvest reason it was deemed xpedient to mak" the Inerense at this time. Only five members of the council, a: :. I." from t' e major, v t re pies' ". and these nil vivrrv! j:i favor of the iivveise. They were I'oumi'ma:! Kni.dit, Stroble. M.eo -. i;vrv. S'rr" .'.i ll Mur.im. C.o.i:ui!man E'.i. Hin- ' rs to that effect from Mayor Murphy to the amusement house propr''t.r. While the members of the coune!! s''i. firm believers In the quotation thai "MlHic hath powers to soothe." efv, they were also f'rmiv ronvinc'J that tbe brand ef m:ii .iishe.i i,v ;l portion ef tbe P m o, (..,, ,n,,v;n,, '-re non-es ati. s. .j musical J. has n .! ci i-diy opposite effect. ,ce