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    EVENING EDiTIQh
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at the East Oregon!.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOJJEIl 1, 1910.
NO 702.J
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. Q$jp
RECORD H i
IN LOS
Approximately $100,000 is
Offered tor Apprehension of
Dynamite Fiends.
SLOW PROGRESS MADE
IX KECOVERIXG BODIES
Coroner's Jury Flnda Death of 21
Employes of Times Caused by Dy
namite Explosion 300 Men Work
ing In Debris With Slow Head
way Colossal Reward If Offered
for Arrest of Malefactors Believed
at Least Three Men are Implicated.
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct 4. The cor
oners Jury visited the Times ruins to
day and it Is believed, will return a
verdict that a dynamite explosion
caused the death of 21. Although
100 men are working at rescue work,
the searching of the ruins has hardly
begun and no additional bodies have
been recovered. Officers of the gas
and electric companies today report
ed they received letters threatening to
dynamite their plants too.
The work of clearing the debris la
extremely hazardous and tedious,
Beams hold up the ashes and several
workmen were buried In the falling
ashes when they stepped over pits.
Each shovel full of ashes Is handled
three times so no chances are taken
of missing portions of the burled bod
lex. Mayor Alexander has named the
First National bank as the depository
for reward funds.
Under the stimulus of these prof
fered rewards aggregating $100,000,
hundreds of men, policemen and pri
vate citizens here and In all coast cit
ies, are searching for clews that may
lead to the arrest of the band of con
spirators who are held responsible for
the blowing up of the building and
the attempted destruction of the
homes of Oeneral Harrison Gray Otis
and F. J. Zeehanrelaar.
Police and civil officials believe
that there were at least three men
concerned In the outrage which cost
the lives of more than a score of
Times employes, and the city has plac
ed a price of $10,000 upon the head
of each. The county yesterday voted
an additional reward of $5000 for
very man captured and convicted,
and on top of all this, members of the
Merchants' and Manufacturer's asso
ciation or which Mr. Zeehandelaar Is
secretary, decided to offer a reward
of $50,000. Twenty-five thousand of
this amount already has been sub
scribed. The rest will be contributed
today it Is said.
Upon the assumption that at least
three men were responsible for the
wrecking of the Times, the combined
offers of rewards thus reach up to
$100,000 a figure almost unprece
dented In the annals of criminal pur
suits, and Indicative of the determin
ation of all classes to hunt down and
bring to justice the perpetrators of
the dynamite outrage.
Another Clew,
San Jose, Oct. 4. The attention of
the authorities searching for the Los
Angeles dynamiters was turned to
Alvlso slough, the lowest exeremlty of
San Francisco bay today. On the af
ternoon of Sept. 25- a launch which
tallies In almost every point with the
mysterlouB craft which the dynamite
was loaded on at the Giant Powder
works entered there. The same night
the three men aboard loaded boxes
In an automobile. The road from this
point leads directly to Los Angeles.
Detectives Search Marshes.
San Francisco, Oct. 4. Accompani
ed by an experienced detective Wil
liam Burns, In charge of the detectives
searching for the Los Angeles dyna"
mlters, searched the marshes of San
Francisco bay today. It is believed
their search will result In the dis
covery of a direct clew to the method
whereby the powder was transported
to Los Angeles from here. Detectives
received a tip last night which led
them to hunt the marshes.
Labor Federation Angry.
Los Angeles, Oct. 4. Delegates to
the annual convention of the Califor
nia state federation of labor were In
an angry mood today when the sec
ond day's session opened because of
what they ter'm unjust police survell
ance 'at the labor temple and at the
convention headquarters. . The par
ticular police act that Incurred their
ALABAMA NEGRO IS
B UK NED AT THE STAKE
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 4. Rich
Withers, a negro was dragged
from the county jail at Andalu
sia near here today by a mob of
400 and burned at the stake. He
Is suspected of assaulting Mrs.
Hiram Stucke. He begged for
his life and shouted madly when
the faggots biased.
ANGELES
wrath wus the sending of a special de
tail of 30 policemen last night to la
bor headquarters. An effort was
made to move the convention to San
Francisco today but owing to the ex
pense attached it was deemed unad
visablo. Labor organizers declare the
authorities' action is an insult to or
ganized labor.
Post Office Is Threatened.
Los Angeles, Oct. 4. Post MaBter
Harrison admitted today that he had
received letters of an alarming na
ture since the dynamiting of the
Times. As a result the postoffice Is
guarded. Postal clerks have been
warned that an attempt at night will
be made to blow up the building.
Good I loads Convention.
Oklahoma City. Okla., Oct. 4. A
good roads convention of national
scope was opened today at the Okla
home state fair and will continue three
days. Delegates have come from a
score of states and all express as
tonishment at the magnitude of the
fair and the great growth of Okla
homa. A big meeting of stockbreed
ers will be held at the fair tomorrow.
To Dedicate Cathedral.
New York, Oct. 4. All preparations
have been completed for tomorrow's
great ceremony In connection with the
dedication of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
The consecration will doubtless be the
most Impressive Catholic event In the
history of the city.
WELL KNOWN WOOL
BUYER IS SUICIDE
GEORGE ABBOT TAKES OWN
LIFE AT HOTEL PENDLETON
Body Found Yesterday Afternoon Willi
Poison Box at I In Side Iycft Letters
tor Wife and Daughters Financial
Reverses Believed to Be Cause
George Abbott, one of the best
known woolbuyers In the northwest,
who has made his headquarters In
Pendleton during a great part of each
year for several years, committed sui
cide In his room in the Hotel Pendle
ton some time Sunday night. He
took poison the exact nature of
which Is not known as the small box
In which the powder was contained
was not labeled and as he had taken
all of it there was no chance for an
analysis. A post mortem examination
was not deemed necessary.
Abbott retired as usual Sunday eve
ning and when he failed to appear by
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Clerk Moller started an investiga
tion which resulted in the discovery
of his dead body on the bed. Letters
addressed to his wife and to each of
his two daughters were found ad
dressed, stamped and sealed, while a
letter was also left for W. A. Brown,
manager of the hotel. The latter
gave Instructions us to where his ac
counts should be sent for collection
and requested that no greater newspa
per notoriety than possible be given
to the case. The letters to his wife
and daughters were not opened and
were mailed today by Coroner Fol
som. The dead man's married life had
not been altogether satisfactory aa he
hud not lived with his wife for sev
eral years. She with one of their
daughters, resides In Portland, Maine,
while the other daughter Is in Eng
land, the land of his nativity.
Abbott had always been consider
ed In Pendleton as a man of consid
erable means, but his death apparent
ly reveals the opposite. Most of his
friends believe financial reverses to
be responsible for his determination
to end his life.
Coroner Folsom empanneled a Jury
and held an Inquest. The verdict re
turned was that he had met his death
by poison self-administered. The
members of the Jury were B. Jensen,
W. F. Earnhart, L. E. Penland. John
F. Hill, A. C, Frledley and Arthur
Gibson.
The wife was notified of the death
but has not yet ordered any disposi
tion of the remains and they will
probably be- Interred here.
Mall Order Men Prosperous.
Chicago, Oct. 4. According to fig
ures available today, the present year
lb likely to break all records In the
amount of business transacted by the
great mail order houses. The growth
in business of one of the largest of
the Chicago mail order houses Is said
to be more than SO per cent over the
same period last year. Other concerns
report considerable gains, and fortu
nate stockholders In these companies
will share in some Juicy melons. As
the patrons of these houses are largely
farmers, their Increased business re
flects the prosperity of the agricul
tural sections of the middle west.
Celebrate Golden Wedding:.
McKeeaport, Pa., Oct. 4. Capt.
Charles M. Bailey, for fifty years a
pilot and steamboat captain on the
Ohio and other rivers and Mrs. Bail
ey are today celebrating their golden
wedding anniversary at their home In
this city. Captain Bailey Is known to
rlvermen throughout the west.
A bill Is before the Argentine con
gress for the appropriation of more
than $24,000 000 for extensive Irriga
tion operations.
MAN DEFENDS
HIS HOMESTEAD
Wisconsin Man Barricades
Himself in House and De
fies Officers.
OFFICERS SURROUND HIS
CABIN; DEMAND SURRENDER
John Dietz Quarrels With Lumber
Company Overt Homestead Re
fuses to Leave and Officers Ambus
cade His Family One Fatally
Wounded and One Captured Man
Swears Venegance and Officers
Hem Him in Cabin Wife and Ba
bies May Suffer If He Holds Out.
Winter, Wis., Oct. 4. Armed depu
ties today surrounded the cabin of
John Dletz and demanded his sur
render. Unless he does so the offi
cers have determined to riddle the
cabin with bullets despite the fact that
DIetz's wife and three children are
within. Dletz, the officers say, is
an outlaw and his cabin is situated
near Cameron Dam. What determin
ed the officers to storm it is the man's
boost that he would come to Winter
and kill every man who took part
in an ambuscade which resulted in
the fatal wounding of Myra Dietz,
aged 23, who is dying at a local hos
pital and the capture of one of her
brothers. The other brother escaped.
Dietz had trouble with a lumber com
pany which claimed the homestead
Dietz occupies. He refused to vacate
and officers were called upon to
force him to do so. Several deputies
went to arrest him but lacked the
courage to serve the warrants. Fi
nally an ambuscade was planned
which resulted in the fight and Dietz
swore vengeance.
BODIES OF DBOWXED
nSIIEIlMEX RECOVERED
Meadowdale, Wash., Oct. 4. The
bodies of J. E. Graham and Peter
Karam of Ballard, Paul Burkland of
Meadowdale and Ben Larson of Ev
erett, fishermen drowned last night,
were recovered today., They were
gathering their fish traps In a launch
which overturned.
Boulevard for Madrid.
Madrid, Spain, Oct. 4. Eight years
from now the Spanish capital will
have the most beautiful boulevard in
the world If the ambitious project Just
commenced Is carried to completion.
Bids for building a portion of the new
highway were opened today. The
boulevard will be constructed through
the most congested section of the city
and already scores of costly buildings
have been demolished to make way
for the street builders. Before the
boulevard is completed a total of 358
Important edifices will have to be
razed. The work Is to be done in
three sections, covering a period of
eight years. While the contracts let
today will go to Spanish concerns. It
Is likely that American manufactur
ers of structural materials will bene
fit from the project, as most of the
buildings demolished will be rebuilt.
Convention oil Boat.
Tlattsburg, N. Y., Oct. 4. Members
of the New York State Historical So
ciety will spend the next three days
on board the steamer Vermont, visit
ing the many points of historical In
terest on the shores of Lake Cham
plain. Sessions of the convention will
be held on the boat In the intervals
of sightseeing. Among the places to
be visited by the excursionists who
set out today are the famous battle
ground and fortress at Ticonderoga,
the forts St. Frederick and Amherst
at Crown Bay, Valcour Island, Cum
berland Bay and Isle la Motte.
Papers will be read by historians
of international fame. Tablets will
be unveiled at Ticonderoga and Fort
St. Frederick and Amherst.
HOLD-UP ARTISTS GET $240
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FROM
A Chinaman named Charley, man
ager of the City Cafe on South Main
street, was knocked down and robbed
of $240 on Alta street, near Main about
8 o'clock last evening. Two white men
are said to have committed the rob
bery, though the police have been un
able to fasten the crime upon any one
as yet. They have no clue on which
to work and from appearances the
hold-up men will make good their es
cape with the "swag."
According to the Btory Charley tells
today, he was taking the money from
the Cafe to his room In Chinatown for
safe keeping, as they have no safe In
the restaurant Just as he reached
DRY FARMERS
IN CONVENTION
Annual International Dry
Farming Congress in Ses
sion at Spokane.
REPRESENTATIVES OF MANY
COUNTRIES ARE THERE
Second Session Opens This Morning
ReHrt of National Executive Com
mittee Is Read Many Prominent
Authorities on Dry Farming Are
On List of Speakers Hungarian
Minister of Agriculture Makes Ad
dress This Morning Charles M.
Fusselt Makes Address of Welcome.
Spokane, Oct. 4. The second ses
sion of the dry farming congress op
ened th's morning with a band con
cort. The report of the national ex
ecutive committee was read during
the morning session. P. Bakonyl,
minister of agriculture of, Hungary,
delivered an address on dry farming
in Hungary, Dr. J. H. Worst, presi
dent of the North Dakota agricultur
al college, spoke on "Agricultural
Education in the Public Schools," and
Norman Holden of Dillon, Mont.,
made a practical dry farming talk.
Colonel Malcor, French representa
tive and Senor Escobar, the Mexican
representative, also spoke. This af
ternoon G. W. Martin. Professor J.
H. Shepherd and Professor Farrel) ol
Idaho are among the speaker? sched
uled to talk. . '
The address of welcome was made
last evening by Charles M. Fassett,
president of the Spokane Chamber of
Commerce, as follows:
Address of Welcome.
"As the representative of the busi
ness men of Spokane it is my duty as
well as a pleasure and a privilege, to
welcome the International Dry Farm
ing congress to this city. We wel
come you first, because we love to
show western hospitality to our
friends who live In other portions of
our country and other countries of
the world. We are proud of our
home, proud of the development of
so great and so habitable a city in the
very few years we have been on the
map and while we realize that some
mistakes have been made and some
crudities are visible, we want you to
know that we are putting our hands
cheerfully and hopefully to their cor
rection. "We welcome you, secondly, be
cause your aims are closely allied to
our own. We believe that a healthy
growth to this city can come only as
prosperity and population come to this
great area of which this city Is a cen
tral mart, hence our effort to bring
Intelligent and industrious settlers in
to our teritory to make homes on the
land. We believe the same industry
and the same intelligence applied to
agriculture will yield greater reward
in this Inland empire than anywhere
else on earth.
"We welcome you, too, because you
are engaged in a great constructive
effort which Is sure to work benefit
to mankind. I feel sure that this
movement is not a scheme to furnish
paying Jobs to any set of men, nor a
political game to elect some one to
some remunerative office, or to per
petuate some selfish hold upon the
public treasury; but a real and very
great forward movement, pointed to
ward good citizenship, good morals
and human brotherhood. In so far as
you revote your deliberations to that
end, in so far as you dedicate your
selves to unselfish service, you will
achieve your own Individual happiness
and raise the level of all human life."
Italian Warship to Demand Redress.
Rome, Oct. 4. It is reported to
day that an Italian warship has sail
ed for Salonika to demnd redress fer
the alleged assault of Turkish officers
on an Italian subject in Salonika.
L
the rear of the Livengood department
store on Alta street, he was knocked
down and dragged into the blind al
ley there by one man, while a second
man took the bag of money from his
pocket, ran down Alta street to Gar
den and then disappeared. After the
man with the money had made good
his escape, his companion, closed the
alley door on the Chinaman and also
ran.
The police were notified Immediate,
ly but as the victim of the robbers was
unable to give any sort of a descrip
tion of either of his assailants, the
officers have absolutely nothing on
which to work.
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MORE LOOTERS OF ALASKAX
MAIL ARE APPREHENDED
Seattle, Oct. 4. Thomas Buckley
and Yalmar Beglln are held In the
county Jail to answer to the theft of
$25,000 In gold bullion, currency arid
diamonds, stolen from the registered
mall on the Bteamer Seattle that ar
rived from Alaska yesterday. The
men were members of the crew. Only
$15,000 worth of the stuff has been
recovered. The men are charged with
entering the purser's office and rip
ping open the mall sacks. About $5,
000 in currency was found wrapped
about Buckley's legs and $10,000 in
gold in his bunk.
INFLUX OF CHINESE IN
SEPTEMBER IS RECORD
Victoria, Oct. 4. The Influx of Chl
nesse during the- last month exceed
ed that during any previous month
since the head tax was raised to $500.
There were -367 orientals arrived in
Victoria during September who paid
$183,500 taxes. It is believed the in
flux is due to rumors in Canton that
the head tax will be raised.
SENATOR U rOI.LETTE IS
OPERATED ON SUCCESSFULLY
Rochester, Minn, Oct. 4. Senator
La Follette was successmully operat
ed on at Mayo hospital for the remov
al of gall stones.
MANY DOWN TO DEATH
I'ELIEVED FIFTY PASSENGERS
AND CHEW MEMBERS DIE
Steamer Chirlqul Founders When
Boiler Explodes One Life Boat
Reaches port Safely But Other Is
StiU .Missing. .
Panama, Oct. 4. It is believed that
fifty out of the seventy passengers
and. crew of the steamer Chiriqui were
drowned when the Bteamer sank near
Jarachine. Thirteen survivors were
picked up by the Chrlqul's lifeboats
and brought Into this port today. The
boiler exploded and tore a great hole
in the side of the vessel which sank
almost immediately. A second life
boat containing 9 has not reported
and it is believed it is lost. The tug
Perico, and the steamer Chile have
left for the scene in hopes of rescu
ing others.
70 Reported Drowned.
Colon, Oct 4. A message received
here says that seventy perished in
the sinking steamer Chiriqui on Sept.
27th. The Chiriqui carried 100 In
passengers and crew. Dispatches say
not over a dozen were able to reach
the life boats after the explosion.
DOUBLE CROSS ASSASSIN
PAYS PENALTY WITH LIFE
Berlin, Oct. 4. Eugene Azef, the
Russian spy, who is alleged to have
planned assassinations in order to
himself expose them, has been assas
sinated himself according to reports
reaching here today from Weisbaden.
Azef was high in the socialistic and
anarchist's councils of Russia. He
planned many assassinations and then
carefully worked through the Rus
sian police unsuspected. Since his ex
posure, however, he has fled from
place to place to .escape the wrath
of the secret societies.
VAXDERILT COURSE WILL
SEE GRAXD PRIX AFTER ALL
New York. Oct. 4 The Grand
Prix will probably be run over the
Vanderbllt course in Nashua county.
Long Island. After deciding late yes
terday not to allow the race, the
county supervisors reconsidered their
decisions and officials have announced
the race will be run. Governor
Hughes will be asked to send a com
pany of the state militia to guard the
course so spectators will not be killed
as previously.
EXPLOSION IX NAVY YARD
HAS FATAL RESULTS
Washington, Oct. 4. One man was
killed, another fatally and a third
seriously wounded by an explosion In
the Washington navy yard today in a
room where high explosives were
stored. Xo cause has been given out.
John Cadamator and James Grlfflts,
and a third unknown man entered the
room Just before the explosion. Cad
amater was killed.
SELECTION OF PRENTICE IS
TAKEN TO MEAX HARMOXY
New York. Oct. 4. The selection of
Ezra Prentice as chairman of the
state republican committee Is believed
to indicate harmony. Lloyd Grlscom
nominated him and was seconded by
William Barnes, jr. Roosevelt agreed
on Prentice after Francis refused to
take the job.
Dominion Handicap.
Buffalo. N. Y., Oct. 4 Some of the
best distance horses in training will
face the wire this afternoon in the
$10,000 Dominion Handicap the fea
ture of the first day's sport at the
Fort Eria autumn meeting. The Do
minion is at a mile and a quarter.
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WHEELS
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Tats-ha-ma, Well Known In
dian, Escapes One Charge
Through Technicality.
UMATILLA EXPRESS AGENT
IS NOW UP FOR TRIAL
Imliiin Is Convicted of Stealing Sad
dle and Bridle from Billy McKay
W. W. Atfield Charged With Eas
bfzlement of $500 at Wnto of
Transfer of Express companies Li
quor Cases Are Xext Docket
"Old Bill" Walker Must Face Trial
Tills Term. ; ; j
r
Because the .horse he was alleged
to have stolen belonged to Yum
sumkin instead of Anthony Yum
kln as charged in the Indictment,
Tats-ha-ma, the well known Umatilla
brave, no longer faces a term in th
penitentiary. The discrepancy la
ownership was brought out yesterday
In the course of the trial and th
horse stealing charge was thrown out
of court ,
In connection with the same case,
Tats-ha-ma was charged with stealing
a saddle and bridle belonging to Bil
ly McKay and as McKay was found
to be the rightful owner of these ar
ticles, the accused Indian was found
guilty. He will be sentenced tomor
row. , .,..
Express Agent Being Tried.
W. W. Atfield, the Umatilla express
agent, is now on trial in the circuit
court. He is charged with the ess
bezzlement of $500 from the Pacific
Express company, but as the money is
alleged to have been taken at about
the hour that the business of the Pa
cific company was taken over by the
American Express company, both
companies are interested in the trial.
At the time of his arrest, Atfield
was reported to have made a confes
sion in which he admitted taking the
money and spending a part of it. Sine
then he has repudiated this confes
sion and when arraigned he entered
a plea of not guilty. He is being de
fended by Attorney Will M. Peterson,
while District Attorney Phelps la
prosecuting the case.
The money alleged to have been
taken was being shipped through
Umatilla and disappeared while in tha
station in the process of being trans
ferred from the Oregon to the Wash
ington division.
The Jury is composed ef the fol
lowing. Wm. McCormmach, A. F.
May, Adam Ruppe, Robert E. Thorn,
Wm. R. Wyrick, J. K. Bott Henry
Peterson, John McGinn, Pearl T.
Hales. A. Tullis, E. A. Schiffler.
Liquor Cases Come Next.
But one of the several liquor cases
on the docket have been disposed of
thus far. Theodore Cramer having
entered a plea of guilty to the charge
of violating the local option law by
selling intoxicating liquor, was fined
$200 and is now serving sentence in
the county Jail.
At the conclusion of tht present trial
the case against Jack O'Neal, who was
connected with Cramer in the man
agement of the tent saloon just "je
low Coe, will be called.
Following the trial of O'Neal the
cases against the following will be
called in the order named, unless
there are some changes: George
Huggins, William Harden and John
Estes. three Athena near beer sellers
who were Indicted by the recent grand
Jury, have not yet been arraigned. It
is supposed however, that they will
follow the example of the Pendleton
men. enter pleas of not guilty and
stand trial.
Walker Trial at This Term.
"Old Bill" Walker who is charged
with burning the barn and dwelling
house of his son-in-law, William An
derson, is due to be tried at this term
of court, though the exact date for
the trial has not yet been fixed. This
promises to be one of the most In
teresting cases on the docket.
Two Cases Settled.
Two cases set for trial at this term
of court have been settteo out of court.
They are the case of the Standard
Grocery company against A. H. Sun
derman and the case of Fred Wyatt
versus James Doan.
Attorney and Mrs. Douglass Bailey
have rented the rooms In the Associ
ation block which have been occu
pied by Mrs. A. Noble, for the past
few months.
AVIATOR MAKES FIJG1IT
..OVER THE PYRENEES
San Sebastlon Oct. 4. A suc
cessful flight across the Pyre
nees was accomplished today In
a biplane by Maurice Tabateau
who sailed from here to Biar
ritz without stopping, a distance
of a little over 30 miles.
GRINDING
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