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VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 28. 1910.
NO 6861
CHARGED WITH
BRUTAL MURDER
Albert Wolter Arrested Atter
Remains of Young Girl Are
Found in His Fireplace.
.HAD STRANGLED AND
THEN BURNED VICTIM
.
r
Disappearance of Young Stenograph
er Cleared When Evidences of Foul
Murder Are Uncnrthcd Girl Had
Been Enticed to Room and Then
Killed PoUce Relieve Wolter la
Guilty of Number of Revolting
OlmcK Boy's Mistress Implicates
Him.
New York, March 28. Albert Wol
ter, the youth accused of strangling
to death and burning Ruth Wheeler
a little "Stenographer girl In his flat,
was today held by Coroner Hault
hauser without ball on the charge of
murder to answer to the grand Jury.
Wolter reiterated his denial of any
knowledge of the girl. The police are
endeavoring to prove Wolter Is guilty
of a number of revolting crlmeB, and
that he headed a "white slave" gang
and kept a list of young girls. De
tectives today are trying to locate
these girls. The murder of Miss
Wheeler, who was lured to the boy's
flat on a pretext of employment was
one of the most brutal In the records
of New York.
Katchen Mueller, the young wo
man living with Wolter, made the
following statement to the police to
day: "About midnight Thursday I
was awakened by a crash in the front
room, t called out and asked who it
was. Albert answered, telling me a
part of the fireplace had fallen and
he was fixing it. About 2 in the
morning another noise awakened me.
I went into the front room and found
Albert shoving something Into the
grate. I offered to help him and he
ordered me to bed. He said if I didn't
go he would choke me to death. I
went."
. Noticed Change in Room.
On Thursday night when she re
turned from work at the laundry,
where she earned $8 a week and
gave it all to Wolter she said she
noticed the stove In front of the fire
place had been moved, the fire board
newly painted and a colored litho
graph pasted over the hole where the
stove pipe formerly entered. When
she asked Wolter why he had done
this, he answered that summer was
coming and they would not need the
tove.
She had not even know that Wol
ter had received a visitor, she says,
until Pearl Wheeler, the dead girl's
elder sister, had called on Friday
morning to ask if Ruth had been
there. Wolter had denied it but the
Miller girl says she was uneasy after
the interview and that she became
Jealous and accused him of harboring
another woman In the fiat. Again he
denied It. Friday morning she went
to work again and that afternoon Wol
ter was arrested. The girl was com
mitted to the house of detention as a
material witness .
An autopsy showed that Ruth
Wheeler had been killed In the man
ner Indicated by the first superficial
examination. First, she had been
strangled with a rope and then the
bones of the arms and.iegs were brok
en to admit the body more readily
to the narrow throat of the chimney.
Why the cuts were made on the body
does not appear.
When she was shown the night
shirt in which part of the charred
body had been wrapped, the girl pos
itively Identified the garment as Wol
ter's. "That letter 'W,' " said the
girl, Indicating an Initial worked on
the shirt, "was embroidered by Al
bert's mother."
She also Identified the gunny sock
In which the head and trunk of the
victim had been placed as having been
used by her and Wolter to hold kind
ling wood.
ROOSEVELT'S ACTION STIRS
UP COMMENT AT HOME
Washington, March 28. The story
of Roosevelt's "Putting his house In
order" so as not to be hampered If
he should decide not to endorse the
Taft administration, created much
comment here today. The story Is
based on the statement that Congress
man Longworth has refused to serve
again on a congressional committee,
In response to a letter from Roosevelt
stating he hoped his family need not
be placed in a position which might
make It embarrassing for him later.
Is Roosevelt Disciple.
Dedham, Mass., Mar. 28. The birth
of a healthy baby boy In this town
has made Joseph Sears the father of
14 children. He has been twice mar
ried In the last 40 years, his first wife
giving birth to 18 children and the
present Mr. Sean to 16. But It of
the large family are living. Mr.
Sears la 67 year old.
GOMPEHS WILL URGE THE
ATTACK ON. STEEL, TRUST
Washington, Mar. 28. President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Ijibor expects to leave for Indian
apolis tomorrow to confer with Gijv.
ernor Marshall, in connection with
the suit which he is planning to press
against the steel trust In the Indi
ana courts. Gompers says he won't
wait for the department of justice to
attack the trust. A suit will be
brought to dissolve, the trust In Indi
ana on the ground that its charter
has been violated. Members of the
federation say the conditions of labor
in the mills at Gary are .worse than
those In Pennsylvania.
FAMILY NOM ENCIiATURE
LEADS LAD TO MCRDER
Denver, Mar. 28. Joseph Burg
hard, aged six, today shot and fatal
ly wounded his four year old brother
Johnny, because he wanted his In
fant brother to have Johnny's name.
Several days ago the Infant was
christened "Caper" and when Joseph
learned of this, Tie became angry. To
day when the parents were absent
the boy secured a revolver and shot
his brother.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
RAKER AXD PENDLETON
OOMMAXRERIES MEET HERE
Beautiful Service Held at Church of
Redeemer Yesterday Afternoon
Two Chapters Have Been Cele
brating for Twelve Years.
With beautiful and Impressive cere
monies the Knights Templar of Ba
ker City and Pendleton Joined in the
observance of Easter Sunday at the
Church of the Redeemer yesterday af
ternoon. Tho decorations of the
j church, the music by the choir the
sermon by the rector and the services
of the order all combined to make the
exercises appropriate for the day -and
the occasion.
According to one of the visitors, the
exercises were the prettiest and most
Impressive of any participated In by
tho members of the two commander
ies which have been celebrating East
er Jointly for 12 years.
The exercises commenced at 2:30
when the members of the choir,
robed In white, and the local and vis
iting knights in uniform entered with
the processional "Onward Christian
Soldiers." Probably the best musical
numbers were the anthem, "O Death,
Where Is Thy Sting," and the offer
tory solo, "Ilousanna," by Mrs. J. R.
Dickson.
Following the exercises at the
church the visiting Knights were es
corted to the O. R. & N. depot. The
visitors had been met at the depot
earlier In the day and had been ta
ken for an auto rldo about the city.
Later they took lunch In the Masonic
hall. . y
Those present from Baker City were
Judge M. D. Clifford, ex-Mayor C. A.
Johns, George W. Henry, O. B. Moul
ton, F. P. Bodinson, S. S. Landis,
Frank S. Bailey, G. B. Small. J. D.
Romlg. F. H. Dean, Jas. A. Howard,
Robert R. McGaughey and Art Har
ris. REWARDS WIFE'S SACRIFICE
BY CUTTING OFF HER EARS
Chicago, Mar. 28. Because he
slashed his wife's right car from her
head with a razor and almost ampu
tated the other, Frank Pellnskl is In
Jail at Evanston today, awaiting the
filing of a charge against him. Pelin
skis' deed followed his release from
Jnll, which was effected by his wife
who labored over her washtub to save
money to pay the fine assessed for his
previous cruelty to her.
Kini; Menellk Dead Again.
Rome, March 28. The denfh of
j King Mcnelik Is reported today In dls
j patches from Abyssinia. Menelik's
death has been reported falsely so
many times that the statement today
occasioned no surprise and little in
terest. !' Water Suit Is on Again.
The closing bit of testimony in the
i Echo water suit which has been in
me courts ror several months, is be
ing taken this afternoon. This will
be followed by the arguments of the
attorneys and the case win then be
In the hands of the Jury.
SECUR
IES FARMS TO
RELIEVE JE
JEWISH POOR
Chicago. Rabbi A. R. Levy, for
many years past of B'nal Abraham
congregation, Marshfleld avenue, near
Twelfth street, acting under the di
rection of several prominent Chicago
Jews, has closed a deal for the pur
chase of 36.000 acres of farm lands
In Pierce county, Georgia, to be used
In an agricultural movement which.
It is believed, will do much toward
bettering the conditions of the poor
people of his race and In relieving to
some extent the crowded conditions
of certain sections of Chicago. The
purpose Is to gather Jews who are
dissatisfied with conditions in Chica
go and other large cities and to fur-
nisn mem a chance to own a small
1 farm and engage In agricultural life.
250 DANCERS
DIE IN FLAMES
Scene of Joy in Austrian Vil
lage Changed Into Place of
Tragic Horror.
PANIC STRICKEN REVELERS
CUT OFF FROM ESCAPE
Fire llreuks Out in Building Where
Dunce Is in Progress Flames
Spread Rapidly Frenzied Dancers
lam Doorway and Only Retreat is
Blocked Roof Falls In Pinioning
Victims Down
Great Heaps.
-Bodies Found In
Matezaka, Austria, Mar. 28. Two
hundred and fifty persons were kill
ed in a fire which destroyed the vil
lage inn at Oukoorlte, while a dance
was in progress there, according to
advices received 'here today. The
building was of wood ani the fire
spread with great rapidity. A panic
occured and the dancers Jammed the
doorways, cutting off all escape.
The roof of the building fell while
the dancers were trying to make their
escape and many were caught under
the timbers and held while the fire
blazed around them. After the fire
had burned itself out great heaps ot
dead bodies were removed. It Is be
lieved some bodies were entirely con
sumed. Body round: Murder Suspected.
Baltimore, March 28. The body of
Mrs. A! Merrick was found today with
her throat cut, on the suburban es
tate of Alexander 'Brown, the mil
lionaire banker and the police are
seeking for her husband. Circum
stances indicate murder.
Mrs. Merrick's body was gashed
about the neck and breast and her
clothes had been torn from her. Her
husband. Joseph A. Merrick, was ar
rested shortly before noon. The po
lice' theory is that the couple who
had been estranged for a long time,
met yesterday and attempted to make,
up their differences, but quarreled. A
bloody handkerchief was found in
Merrick's pocket.
Furewl Fires IK Dnniage.
Springfield, Mo., Mar. 28. Forest
fires in Webster county, 30 miles east
of here, are doing great damage to
timber and farm property. Thous
ands of trees In the orchards of that
vicinity are said to have been killed
by the flames. The fires in the timber
in Taney and Stone counties south of
tho. White river, are reported to be
under control. The fire that hns been
raging between the Arkansas line and
Batesville, Ark., a distance of nearly
200 miles, Is said to be under control.
XeHK-rmaii Commits Suicide.
Faimington, Utah, Mar. 2". Eu
gene Day, a newspaperman, well
known In the west, committed suicide
hy shooting yesterday morning. He
has been employed on the Reflex, a
local newspaper. Day worked in Den
ver, Los Angeles, and several Idaho
towns during his Journalistic career.
His divorced wife and daughter live
in Los Angeles. Despondency is the
only explanation offered for his sell
destruction.
Colonel Dudley Evans Dead.
New York March 28. Colonel
Dudley Evans, president of the Wells
Fargo Express company, formerly
Identified for years with the company
at Portland and other const towns,
died here today, following an opera
tion for gall stones.
HALLEY'S COMET IS SEEN
DARTING THROUGH THE SKY
Halley's comet, or some other sim
ilar celestial visitor was plainly vis
ible in the heavens last night and
watched with interest for some time
by many residents of Pendleton. Or
rather the tail was watched, for as
yet no one has reported having seen
the comet Itself. The tail extended
almost across the heavens from north
west to southeast and very much re
sembled the gleam from a searchlight
much larger and mor. powerful than
the mind of man has yet been able
to evolve.
It wns shortly after 10 o'clock that
the heavenly visitor was first seen.
Soon the word was passed around and
those who had not yet retired to
sleep were soon gazing In awe and
wonder at the beautiful sight
If It really Is the much heralded
Halley's comet the visitor will be vis
ible nightly for several weeks, con
stantly Increasing In brilliancy un
til the climax is reached about May
19 when It will have reached Its clos
El OF LENT
' IS NOT YET
Penitential Season in Pitts
burg Will Be Kepi Open
tor Gratters.
PASTORS I X A I'G URATE
MORAL CLEAN VP
Wave of Reform Spreads .Over
Smoky City Cleaning up of Re
Htrkted Districts and Immoral Sec
tion Xow Planned Easter Ser
mons Directed Against Graft, Crime
and Corruption Grand Jury Ex
amines Ranks.
I
t Pittsburg. Mar. 28. The grand
Jury today began Its examination of
bank employes of six Pittsburg
banks, which it is alleged paid a hun
dred and two thousand dollars to city
councilmen to influence legislation
so the banks would be named as de
positaries of municipal funds.
Indignation meetings are being
planned for this week. The ministry
has combined in an effort to arouse
public sentiment against the spread
of corruption and vice.
In several hundred churches yes
terday an unusual feature of the
EuHter services was the reading of a
circular letter issued by a civic com
j mittee urging the members of every
j congregation to attend a huge indig
nation meeting to be held some day
this week. Sermons too were design
ed to arouse public condemnation of
such practices as have been revealed.
Lessons in civil cleanliness- were
drawn by many paRtors.
j Side Shows Interesting.
While the big show continues there
is a-..vely side feature In k crusade
against all varieties of graft and
. wrongdoing in Pittsburg. Disorderly
houses are being closed up and every
j night lately has been a roundup of
i women in the tenderloin district.
At a meeting of citizens in the Fort
Pitt hotel at which a committee was
formed to further the mass meeting
plan, it was openly charged the graft
; collection in the red light district had
: amounted to a million dollars a year.
I John F. Klein, whose confessions
and exposure of others has netted
such a scandal, has been muzzled and
is now kept In a room at the Fort
Pitt hotel pending disposition of his
ease. He is under sentence of three
and one-half years. Saturday he is
sued nn emotional postcard appeal for
clemency and aid for his family. The
authorities have forbidden him to give
out further public statements.
MOI1 VIOLENCE IS
THREATENED TO TRIO
I
; Wutseka, 111., Mar. 28. Threats of
I mob violence against Mrs. J. B. Say
If r, John Grunden and Dr. William
Miller, charged Jointly with the mur-'
der of Banker Saylec were reported to
authorities today and a special guard
was placed about the courtroom. The
defense was begun today.
Cook In New Jersey
New York, March 28. Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook, who has been reported
about everywhere of late, according
to the latest rumor. Is at the home
of his wife's sister, Mrs. Henry Har
vey, at Pensuaken, Camden county,
X. J. Friends of the doctor declined
to commit themselves tonight is to
his whereabouts, but Captain B. S.
Osbon, a staunch supporter, went so
far as to sny the explorer would be
in Xew York within a few days.
est point to the earth.
There are very few living who re
member having seen the comet on Its
last visit to earth "5 years ago.
It Is estlmnted that the comet's dis
tance from earth on or about April 1
will be ISO, 000. 000 miles. At pres
ent this distance Is being devoured at
the incomprehensible rate of over a
thousand miles a second. The near
est approach to the earth will be
aliout May 19.
The tail Is probably the most Im
pressive sight about Halley's comet,
and has been known to reach a length
of 40 degrees or what Is equal to the
diameter of 90 moons.
The comet will continue to become
brighter each evening until May 18,
when it will begin to gradually draw
away from the earth into space, con
tinuing on its course. Thirty-seven
years later it will arrive at Its most
distant point, known as "aphelion" to
again turn In Its course and once more
travel towards the earth to scare the
timid heart In the next generation.
EXPLOSION- ON CRUISER
CHARLESTON KILLS EIGHT
Washington, D. C, Mar. 28. Eight
men were killed by an explosion on
the cruiser Charleston at Olongapo
yesterday, according to a dispatch re
ceived at the navy department today.
The vessel was at target pr.actlce when
the accident occurred. A breech-plug
on a three Inch gun blew out, killing
the greater number of the gun crew.
The dead are: Philip John McKee,
Master at Arms; Walter Amstedt,
Henry A. Heater, Leo Renmele, Harry
Reaves Oraden. Ralph Berkman,
Maxle Bernard and Edward Albert
Molln, seamen.
The men were burled at Cavlte. A
report of the accident was made to
the department by Commander In
Chief Hubbard of the Asiatic fleet.
An official court of Inquiry has been
o-dered to Investigate the circum
stances surrounding the accident.
DEMOCRATS WILL PUSH
HARMON FOR PRESIDENT
Hot Springs, Ark., Mar. 28. Friends
of Governor Harmon of Ohio, today
declare he will receive the democrat
ic nomination for presidency at the
next national convention, following a
conference between the leaders of the
party here who practically agreed
Harmon Is the man to make the run.
J
AETNA IN ERUPTION
FIVE FISSURES OPEN IN
FORMIDABLE OLD VOLCANO
No IJiva Mowing As Yet Inliabitants
of Villages Prepare to Flee Aetna
Bursts Forth In Another Violent
Eruption Damage is Millions. ...
Naples, March 28. Five fissures
near the central crater of Mount Ve
suvius opened today with a terrific
roar. A great volume of smoke
poured from the rents, but the first
eruption was not accompanied by a
lava flow. .Scientists believe the ac
tivity of Vesuvius is caused by the
subsidence of Aetna. Inhabitants of
the towns near Vesuvius are prepar
ing to flee.
Catania, March 28. After twenty
four hours of Inactivity, a violent
eruption occurred at Mount Aetna late
this afternoon. Lava is flowing
through the village of San Leo, the In
habitants have fled and It is .feared
the place will be destroyed.
It Is estimated the damage of the
eruption of Mt. Aetna is five millions
of dollars.
SAYS COLLEGE BRED MEN
MOST LAWLESS ELEMENT
Chicago. A report to be submitted
to the Oberlin, Ohio, association of
Illinois, at its annual meeting in Chi
cago at an early date, charges the
college-bred men with being the most
lawless element of modern society.
The report has been compiled by an
Oberlin alumni committee of Chl
cagoans, and the data has been col
lected from all over the United States.
The general indictment Is two-fold.
It accuses college men of being know
ing breakers of the law and being In
different when they see the law be
ing broken by others. Among the
specific findings of the committee are
the following:
It was found that many college men
elected in city, state and nation, after
taking an oath to enforce the law of
the land, are violating their oaths by
not enforcing certain laws on our
statute books.
It was found that many college and
university men in Chicago belong to
clubs where the members have kept
the bar of these clubs open on Sun
day contrary to the criminal code of
Illinois.
It was found that In many instances
the college men are members expect
ed to prerare Immunity baths for
our delinquent and lawless citizens.
It was found that many college men
are afraid to protect against lawless
ness for fear such protest may In
jure their business or their prospects
of being elected to some office.
HAUL EXGIXE TO FIRE;
THEN WATCH IT BURN
Princeton. N. J. A eross-roads ho
tel, with the only bar in Kingston
four miles from Prlncepton," burned
down and its burning has angered
Kingston folk at the Princeton fire
department.
When the fire started In the Hoff
man house, as the hotel was known,
someone phoned to Princeton for
help. The fire laddies got out their
archaic chemical pump In a Jiffy and
cheerfully dragged It over the four
miles of road four Inches deep In
snow.
The hose was connected speedily,
the nozzle was turned on but no
stream Issued forth to quench the fire
that was destroying Kingston's bar.
Its two pool tables, a slot machine
and a chromo of Dan Patch.
There was no chemicals for the en
gine to pump. Diligent Inquiry In
the neighborhood failed to disclose
any, so the Prlncepton department
8a w the fire destroy the hotel.
How men would kick of their wives
struck for an eight-hour day!
TEDDY BEARDS
LION
Ex-President Shows Fearless
Nature in Speech Before
University of Egypt.
TAKES SQUARE STAND FOR
ENFORCEMENT OF LAW
Roosevelt Disregards Warning of Na
tionalist in Stirring Address De
nounces Assassination of Premier
Pasha Fearlessness Is Applauded
Declares People Must Bo Trained
Gradually Before Tliey Are Fit for
a Constitution.
Cairo, March 28. Disregarding th
warning of the nationalists, Roosevelt
fh an address before the University
of Egypt today took a square stand
for enforcement of the law, denounc
ing the assassination of Premier Pasha
so vigorously that It surprised even
those knowing his fearless reputation.
The colonel was roundly applauded.
The nearest Roosevelt came to re
peating his statetments in the ad
dress at Khartoum, in which he said
English rule in Egypt Is beneficial,
occurred when he said: "It will not
make the people self-governing mere- s
ly to give them a constitution. There
must first be a training of the peo
ple to fit them for the constitution.
This usually is a slow, though steady
development"
Referring to th.e assassination of
Premier Boutrous Pasha, Roosevelt
said: "The assassination was a
greater calamity than any wrong of
the assassin's victim." He severely ar
raigned all persons who directly or
indirectly encouraged the assassina
tion or who defended the crime after
ward. At the conclusion of his speech
the university conferred the degrea
of Doctor of Laws on the former pres
ident. Roosevelt had luncheon with
Mr. Watson, head of the Amerlcaa
mission here and this afternoon at
tended the dedication of the Ameri--can
girls' mission school.
CHINA WANTS ROOSEVELT
FOR GENERAL ADVISER
Toklo, March 28. A rumor Is cur
rent among attaches of the foreign
office here today that the Chines
government is contemplating asking
Roosevelt to become general adviser
to China. Roosevelt will be asked,
according to the reports, to consider
the needs of the Chinese empire and
make recommendations not only for
reforms within the empire but fof
guiding it in its relations with other
nations.
COUNCILMAN LIGHTS
CIGAR WITH PASSES
Highsplre, Pa. Taint of graft can
not linger in the Socialist ranks of
Highspire borough. The die was cast
at a. meeting of the borrough council
by C. B. Shelly, the only socialist
office holder In Dauphin, county.
Toward the close of the session
Councilman Shelly broke loose with
an anti-graft speech of the most vlni-
lent kind. He ran practically the en
tire gamut of the evils of the day,
and wound up with an assault upon
the Central Pennsylvania Traction
company, of Harrisburg, which op
erates a line through here.
Then he pulled from his pocket a
book of passes which the traction
company had sent him as a council
man and from another pocket ho
produced a match. In a moment th
passes were in flames, and with tha
Improvised torch Shelly lighted a ci
gar. Then he sat down.
DESCRIBED FLAG AS
GREEN AND WHITE
New Lork. Harry Levine, a resi
dent of New York's east side after llr
Ing 16 years in the United States,
decided recently to become an Ameri
canized citizen. When he appeared In
the federal court with his request.
Justice Adams asked him: "What I
the color of the American flagT"
Levine pondered deeply. Finally
he answered:
"Green and white."
It was announced that the court
hid denied his application.
New 21-Inch Torpedo.
London. The new Whitehead tor
pedo, which has satisfactorily passed
its trials, and will form part of the
armament of new battleships and
cruisers. Is a formidable weapon. It
measures eighteen feet six Inches In
length and twenty-one inches in di
ameter, and weighs nearly a ton. Its
extreme range exceeds 7000 yards, at
a speed of forty knots, and owing to
improvements in the controlling
mechanism Its accuracy leaves noth
ing to be desired.
The charge of guncotton carried in
the head will be approximately !5
pounds. nnQ this can be depended up
on to detonate on staking the plat
ing ot a ship at all likely angles.