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VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OREGON, FFIDA .TAXUAKY C, 1911.
NO. 7104
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RABIES SCARE
IN WALLOWA
County is Center of Greatest
Hydroohobia . Excitement
Oregon Has Ever Seen.
EXPERTS BEING SENT TO
HELP FIGITT SCOURGE
Unusual Precautious Being Taken by
People Wlio Are Now Thoroughly
In l'sir SlHrpiiK-n Have Suffered
Grout Harm from Mad Coyote
Predatory Animals Getting Wary as
Remit of Systematic Warfare.
"Wallowa county la the center of
the greatest hydrophobia scare the
tate has ever had," said Dr. W. H.
Lytle, state veterinarian, yesterday, to
a representative of the Journal In
Portland. Dr. Lytle has just returned
from the Infected district, where with
, the aid of local authorities extraordi
nary quarantine regulations were es
tablished. What Is known as "Order
No. I" prohibits the removnl of any
d"g. cat or wild animal from the coun
ty. Ordinances were passed In Wal
lowa, Enterprise, Lostlne and Jseph,
the county's four principal townn, re
quiring that all dogs must be kept
locked up when not actually In use
herding sheep. This Is to keep mad
coyotes from getting near them.
Pamphlets telling the nature of ra
bies and its menaces have been print
ed and circulated throughout the
county.
The government bureau of animal
Industry has prepared to send two
trained veterinarians ana one patho
logist to Wallowa county to help the
people exterminate animals with the
hydrophobia taint.
According to J. H. Dobbin, vice
president of the State Woolgrowers'
association, who lives in Wallowa
county, the sheepmen have suffered
great harm by reason of mad coyotes.
One of Mr. Dubbin's dogs were bitten
and went mad Other dogs have gone
mad throuBh coyoe bites and many
hundreds of sheep have been bitten.
Sheep that contract rabies die In
convulsions. The money loss amounts
to thousands of dollars.
The head of a dog that had rabies
was received by Professor Pernot, state
bacteriologist, yesterday, from Dr.
Gilmore, county physician in Wallowa.
Professor Pernot opened the brain to
make chemical examination for
germs of rabies, or Negri bodies,
which when found will be injected in
to rabbits.
A rabbit which had been Injected
with germs of rabies produced In an
other rabhlt, which in turn had been
Injected with Negri bodies from dogs
killed In Wallowa county, went mad
In Professor Pernot's office yester
day. Professor Pernot had made a
second Injection that he might be
absolutely tmre the. disease was really
hydrophobia. The dogs from which
the germs were taken were bitten by
the same coyote that bit Johnnie Bos
ely, n boy who was recently given
Pasteur treatment by Dr. C. S. White,
state health officer. Luther John
son, a second victim of mad dog bite
In Wallowa county, is now In Port
land receiving Pasteur treatment. The
dog that bit Johnson had been bitten
by a coyote.
"Coyotes ore getting very wary in
Wallowa county," said Dr. Lytle yes
terday. "I rode 80 miles on horse
back and saw only one. Coyotes are
killed on sight. More thnn one sys
tematic hunt for them has been or
ganized. The state and county pay a
bounty of $1.60 each for the scalp.
The sheepmen pay as muh more and
about $2 Is realized from the hide.
An effort Is being made to double the
state and county bounty and the sheep
men say that If the state and county
do not agree to pay $3 a scalp, they,
will themselves double the amount.
"But In spite of all the hunting and
the price paid for scalps, there are
till many coyotes In Wallowa county.
They are not seen In the daytime, but
come out at night. They gather ar
ound the towns and howl mournfully,
but If anyone comes out to hunt them
they scatter."
REGISTERED MAIL
STOLEN FROM FERRY
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 6. Three
bags of registered mall, valued ap
proximately at $50,000 were stolen
from ferry boats betwen this city and
Oakland during the last few days. A
core of federal agents who went to
work on the thefts, admitted today
they have no clew. The mall bags'
were stolen December 16, It and 10,
but the government kept the matter
secret until today.
TAFT SENDS RICH
TO
Washington, D. C, jp.n. 6. De
claring that fines are of no effect
against1 wealth, President Taft today
refused to commute the sentence of
W, S. Harlan, a wealthy representa
tive of lumber and turpentine Inter
ests in Florida and Alabama, convict
ed of peonage.
"Imprisonment Is necessary and to
retain and enforce the imprison part
of this sentence will operate power
fully to prevent a recurrence of such
offenses by men of large affairs and
business standing," declared the
president.
Hnrlan was sentenced to pay a fine
of $5000 and serve eighteen months
In Jail. Taft commuted the sentence
to six months.
BLACK HAND MURDERERS
ARE ELECTROCUTED
Dannemoro, N. T., Jan. 6. Domin
Ick Herrera and Vincent Leonardo,
members of the black hand, were elec
trocuted at Clinton prison today.
Leonardo confessed he and his com
panion killed Tax Collector Phelps
and threw his body Into a grave dug
under a saloon.
I
PARTLY PROMISED
CHAMBERLAIN AND BOURNE
, ARE GIVEN ASSURANCE
Oregon Senators Find Million and
Half Available for Commencement
of West Extension of Umatilla Pro
ject and Secure Department's Prom
ise. That the extension of the west Uma
tilla project will be taken up at an
early date Is the encouraging message
received this .ufumoon by Dr. C. J
Smith, chairman of the committee
appointed by the Pendleton com
mercial association, in response to a
telegram which he sent to Senators
Bourne and Chamberlain urging them
to use their influence to secure for
Oregon her Just share of reclamation
funds.
The following is the message as re
ceived: Washington, D. C, Jan. 6.
Hon. C. J. Smith,
Pendleton, Ore.
After conferences with department
of Interior and reclammation service
we see no hope of securing larger ap
portionment from loan fund for Ore
gon reclamation projects but feel
confident from Informal assurances
that West Umatilla Project will be
taken up at early date. Either by
readjustment of tentative apportion
ment of general reclamation funds or
by assignment of funds not yet ap
portioned, probably million and half
will be available for commencement
of west Umatilla project.
JONATHAN BOURNE, Jr.
OEO. R. CHAMBERLAIN.
IE ABRUZZI-ELKINS WEDDING
IS AGAIN PREDICTED
Rome, Italy, Jan. 6. Italian news
papers freely predicted today that the
death of Senator Elkins will be fol
lowed soon by the marriage of 'Cath
erine Elkins and the Duke De Abruz
zl. The papers assert that the real
opposition came from Elkins.
It is reported that the Italian king
Informed Elkins that only a morganic
marriage with the American heiress
was possible, owing to the fact that
the duke was remotely heir to the
throne. It Is reported that Elkins de
clared that only a marriage with no
reservations would be considered.
RpKrt Find Credence.
Washington. D. C, Jan. 8. The
Rome dlspaches regarding the Elkins
affair are generally credited here. It
Is believed Mrs. Elkins favored the
suit.
LAWS TO REGULATE
AVIATION IN CALIFORNIA
Sacramento, Call,., Jan. 6. Regu
lation of aviators and aviation Is pro
vided for In a bill which State Sena
tor Hare of San Francisco Is prepar
ing. The recent deaths of HoxBey
and Molssant have caused Hare to In
vestigate. He stated the measure will
provide that certain weather conditi
ons must obtain, that the aviator
must be physically examined, and that
machines must be examined before
flights will be allowed In. California.
FOUR RAILROADERS
KILLED BY TRAIN
Connellsvllle, Penna., Jan. "6.
Four railroad employes,
caught on the track while
walking to work, were killed by
a Baltimore A Ohio west bound
train today.
TRUST FIGHTS
FIB ITS OFF
Final Legal Battle tor Exist
ence of American Tobacco
Company Starts Today.
POWER OF ANTI-TRUST
LAW ALSO AT STAKE
Life or Death of Vast Corporation
With Invested Capital Stock of
100,000,000 n BuTance on One
Hand and Government Control of
CoriKrnte Aggression on the Other.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 6. Before
the supreme court today began a, le
gal battle for the life of the Ameri
can obacco company and It's subsi
diaries. High priced corporation law
yers have matched their wits with the
government's trust busters In the
struggle to determine whether the
Sherman anti-trust law Is invalid or
whether it has power to crush the to
bacco trust. On the outcome of the
fight depends the life or death of a
vast corporation with an invested cap
ital of more than $400,000,000, or the
emasculation of the Sherman anti
trust law, the government's strongest
weapon against corporative aggres
sion.. Attorney General Wlckersham and
Special Attorney J. C. Reynolds are In
command of the government forces.
Attorneys Johnson and Hornblower
represent the company. Johnson's
opening argument consumed the
greater part of the day.
The war is being fought out in the
?mall prim chambers of the court of
last resort, before nine ' silk robed
justices and an audience of lawyers.
This Is the second time the story of
the tobacco trust has reached the su
preme court. It was argued last year
but sickness and death so thinned the
ranks of the Justices that it was de
ci'led a re-arugment should be held
so a decision considered so all Import
ant could be rendered by a full bench.
As it was the case last year, the court
decided to permit the attorneys three
days in which to present their argu
ments. The ense had its Inception In the
bill of complaint filed in July, 1907,
before the circuit court for the south
ern district of New York. It was al
leged the company had acquired a
monopoly in the tobacco business of
the United States, had secured con
trol by a series of bold buccaneering
exploits, had shelved competition, de
fied independent dealers and whipped
them by main strength of dollurs.
Anniversary of Two Famous People.!
Today is the anniversary of the birth'
In 1706, of Benjamin Franklin, phi
losopher, statesman and npostlu of the
art preservative, of blessed memory,
and in H02 of Joan of Arc, patron
saint of the French.
The girl on the silver dollar never
pets left behind.
UMATILLA COUNTY TO PAT LFSS
TAXES INTO STATE TREASURY
It now seems probable that the tax
payers of Umatilla county will not be
so heavily burdened this year as last.
According to telegram received
Thursday afternoon by County Clerk
Frank Sallng, the state tax commis
sion has assessed the public property
In this county, which, with the ex
ception of the plant and lines of the
Taciflc Light & Power company. Is
composed entirely of the holdings of
the railroads, at $12,8S6,772 while
Assessor Strain has assessed the other
property at $34,674,690 which makes
a total of $47,461,362. This figure is
over $5,000,000 more than the assess
ment of last year which was approxi
mately $42,000.0000. Last year a 7
mill tax was levied for state and coun
ty purposes, and as the state's share
Is $10,000 less this year, a levy of 6
mills will produce as much for county
purposes as the 7 mills did last year.
The telegram also stated that the
amount of taxes which Umatilla coun
ty will be required to pay Into the
state treasury would be In total $64,
3P5.S1 of which $1,898.45 would go
to the Monmouth normal school re
vived at the recent genernl election.
This Is approximately $10,000 less
than was paid In 1910.
The significant feature of this as
sessment to be noted Is the great In
crease In the property valuation over
the last year, part of which Is attrib
uted to natural growth and Improve
ment but the most rart to the In
creased valuation which the state tax
commission puts on the public service
property. This figure Is considerably
beyond that of Assessor Strain last
year which was criticised at that time
T
Cowardly Assassin Attempts
to Take Life of Spokane's
Former Police Chief.
BULLET IT RED THROUGH
WINDOW OF MAN'S HOME
Wounded Man Pick up Spent Bullet,
Culls for Assistance uud Telephones
News to Police Station No Clue
to Identity or Wold-bo Assassin
Belief Expressed That Some Man
Arrested by Officer Sought Revenge.
SPECIAL OFFICER
ACCUSED OF CRIME
Spokane, Wash., Jan. 6. S.
H. Elverum, special officer for
the O.-W. R. & N. was arrested
this morning In connection with
the shooting of Former Police
Chief Sullivan, last evening. The
city council also met In special
session this morning to offer a
reward of $7500 for the capture
of the assassin.
Spokane, Wash., Jan. 6. While
seated lit the living room of his home
last night, Bhortly before 9 o'clock,
Former Chief of Police John Sullivan,
now a captain, was hot through the
right lung. The shot was fired by
someone who stood outside the win
dow. Sullivan picked up the bullet which
dropped oa the floor, staggered to the
telephone and called the police.
He passed a comfortable night
and his physicians said this morning
ih:it the chances for his recovery are
good.
Tivre is no clue to the identity of
the assassin, but it Is generally be-::-,
::d that some ex-prisoner who
sun;;nt revenge for some real or farf
vrong fired the shot.
. u:::v.m declared he will recover.
The window blinds were up and the
r -,i was brilliantly lighted. The
1ml li l cut cleanly through the win
dow pane, passed through the back
of solid hair and entered the lung
from tile back. Sullivan Immediate
ly called for help and telephoned the
police station.
Nciuhbors heard a man running
down the street, end. the frost covered
fence showed where the assassin
stood. Sullivan Is not popular with
:r.:.r.y men he has arrested and it Is
known that several convicts have
threatened "to get him."
R. Honncman, proprietor of the big
cigar store, leaves tomorrow for Los
Angeles. He Is is going down on the
Inland Empire excursion being sent
out frfm Spokane bv the O.-W. R. &
N. Co. '
as Vicing excessive, nnd Mr. Strain
feels that the action of the state com
mission has vindicated him In the
stand which he has maintained.
Assessor Strain was the. first offici
al in Oregon, comity or state, to ob
ject to the valuation of public ser
vice property as given in by the cor
porations themselves, and for some
time he stood alone in his fight to se
cure a more equitable adjustment.
The action of the board, therefore, is
a great source of satisfaction to him
as it is to the average taxpayer.
Eight years ago when Mr. Strain took
up the duties of his present office,
the railroads in Umatilla county were
assessed at $6000 a mllo and the val
uation of their property as announc
ed by the commission this year makes
the assessment on the basis of some
thing over $73,000 a mile which shows
a slight upward trend. However,
eight years ago, the property was not
assessed on the basis of a full valu
ation and, then, the great growth of
this section of the state has enhanc
ed the value of the railroads to quite
an extent which accounts In some de
gree for the great difference in the
valuations.
Regardless of whether the county
levy is 6 or 7 mills this year, the tax
payers of Tendleton will have to pay
less taxes, for the city tax of 9 mills
Is one mill less than the levy of 1910.
The Pendleton school tax this year Is
5 mills, so It Is now possible for the
average cltlsen to estimate approxi
mately what he will have to pay as
his share In the general expenses of
maintaining the city, county and
state.
Fill
FIGHT PISTOL DUEL
Madras, Or. Jan. 5. Two Madras
citizens are lying at death's door with
two bullets each In their bodies, the
result of a duel with revolvers fought
on the streets of Madras last evening.
The men are A. J. Weston and J. B.
Harper. Both may recover, though
the wounds are serious.
The trouble arose over the office of
night watchman for the town of Mad
ras. Weston has been holder of that
office for a number of months, but
was discharged Tuesday night by the
city council. Harper was given his
badge and Weston believed that Har
per was the. Instigator or the charges
brought against him. He Is said to
have stated that he wanted to live
only long enough to "get him."
Authorities at the county seat have
been notified and the men will be ar
rested and then taken to a hospital.
Harper's Injuries are said to be the
most serious. One bullet entered the
back of his head, passing out under
his chin, the other striking his hand
and lodging at the small bone in his
wrist.
Weston was shot in the side, the
bullet emerging at the back. The sec
ond bullet passed through his leg. Sev
en Bhots were fired.
FOR BATHING GIRLS
JOSEPH RQBIX SPENT
STOLEN MONEY LAVISHLY
Entertains Week-End Parties at Fa
mous Country Estate Chorus Girls
In Parties Kick Chandeliers Water
Dances In Surf During Summer.
New York. N. Y., Jan. 6. An in
vestigation of the transfer of the half
billion dollar estate and residence of
Joseph Robin, to his sister, Dr. Louise
Robinovich, the day before the ex-
banker gave up for the alleged theft
of $80,000 from the Northern Bank of
New York, is being conducted by Dis
trict Attorney Whitman today.
The estate is known as Driftwood
Manor and consists of 112 acres set
off the road. The house cost $125,000.
It was here Robin entertained his
famous week-end parties. Charles
Panichan, the fiymcr estate manager,
said the banker frequently brought
out automobile parties on Saturday
nights and kept them till Monday.
It was usually a crwd of ten per
sons," he said, "consisting principally
of women, usually chorus girls. After
dinner there was generally dancing
which ended with the women on the
table kicking the chandeliers "
In the summer Janichan said there
were water dances in the surf with
the costumes usually negative.
British Police Want Revolvers.
London. Jan. 6. The question
whether the police should be armed
with revolvers is agitating the country
and a committee of policemen will
today prepare a plea to be submitted
to the authorities that be, for permis
sion to go armed. Their efforts fol
low upon the recent assassination of
five men of the force recently by alien
burglars.
The British authorities, utterly ig
noring the practice of the rest of the
world, almost unanimously oppose
such a startling innovation. Nobody's
experience save his own seems to car
ry weight with John Bull. It is not
too much to say that the British po
licemen, or rather the personnel of the
English police force Is the finest in
the world. No men anywnere show
such restraint against sucn a provo
cation, yet their own superiors con
fess their unwillingness to trust them
with the means of ordinary self-defense.
Roosevelt to Speak at Dinner.
New York, Jan. 6. Former Presi
dent Roosevelt will be the guest of
honor at the annual dinner of the Pe
riodical Publishers' association to be
given this evening at the Waldorf As
toria. He will make the principal ad
dress. This will be Colonel Roosevelt's first
public utterance in New York since
the election. Another speaxer will be
Champ Clark, slated as next speaker
of the house of representatives
How They Do in England.
New York, Jan. 6. Miss Sylvia
Pankhurst, daughter of the militant
British suffragist, wtll be the princi
pal speaker nt tb meeting of the
Woman's Political union to be . held
at Carnegie hall this evening. She
brings the news of ihe latest devel
opment of the English Woman's Po
litical union, of which her mother,
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, Is' presi
dent. To Present Louise Rurnham's Play.
New York, Jan. . "The Right
Princess," Mrs. Clare Louise Bur
nam's play, based on her successful
novel of that title, will be given Its
first matinee performance at the Bi
jou theater this afternoon.
LYTLE ASKS
LESS MONEY
State Sheep Inspector Says
Appropriation More Than
Sufficient for Office.
SECRETARY BOYLEN' ALSO
SECONDS THE MOTION
Most Unusual Report from State Of
fleers Causes Surprise in Salem
Both Men Reside in Pendleton-
Oregon Sheep Not Free from Dis
ease But Scab and OUier Infections
Are Under Control.
Salem, Or., Jan. 6. Oregon sheep1
are practically free from scab, accord
ing to the reports of State Sheep In
spector W. H. Lytle and Secretary
Herbert Boylen of the state board of
sheep commissioners, which were filed
with Acting Governor Jay Bowerman
today. After wour years of rigid sheep
Inspection the authorities have suc
ceeded in eradicating scabbles from
flocks In Oregon which were seriously
Infected four years ago. Further
more, to cap the climax, both the state
sheep Inspector and secretary of the
board of sheep commissioners are
agreed that not only Is the present ap
propriation of $12,000 for the Joint
maintenance of those two offices suf
ficient but it Is more than is required,,
and they ask that it be reduced, some
thing unusual Indeed in a state de
partment. Increase of Flocks.
The report of Secretary Boylen
gives the number of sheep in Oregon
at this time at 2.441,914. It futfhej1.
sets forth that United States woolett.
mills reports gives Oregon credit for
1,800.000 fleeces In 1909 and 2,000,
000 In 1908, showing a gradual de
crease. Secretary Boylen says that
there has doubtless been a decrease,
but as much Oregon wool is hauled by
markets in other states the govern
ment's report is misleading, but fair
ly accurate. The government's report
for 1910 was not available when this
report was prepared. In 1910 there
was $28,750,410 invested in the east
ern part of the state and the remain
der, or $3,730,310, in Willamette val
ley and western Oregon.
Scab Eradicated.
Dr. W. H. Lytle says that sheep
scab has ceased to be a menace to
the industry In any part of the state
and as a result great saving has re
sulted therefrom to sheep owners, es
pecially in eastern Oregon. He says
further that the value to this state of
the eradication of this disease cannot
be very well overestimated.
Both the reports of Secretary Boy
len and Sheep Inspector Lytle close
with the statement that $12,000 an
nual apprpriation is too much money
and not near that sum is any longer
required by the department. Dr.
Lytle sets forth that the expenses of
the office during the season when
his work can only be done have not
been more than $50 per month, so he
asks that his annual appropriation be
cut down and the money expended In
other places where It is needed more.
So far as known this is the only state '
department that ever was satisfied
with the appropriation it gets from
the legislature.
JAPAN WANTS REVISION"
OF AMERICAN TREATY
Victoria, B. C, Jan. 6. Japan will
seek a revision of the present treaty
between the United States and Japan,
next summer and will attempt to have
removed the restriction which pre
vents the Importation of her Japan
ese coolies, according to information
brought on the Empress of Japan. It
Is reported that the Japanese are
much exercised over the report that
the California legislature will pass a
law prohibiting aliens from buying or
owning property In California if they
are Asiatics. Japan does not allow
foreigners to own land In Japan how
ever. TWO OFFICERS SHO
T
BY
THUGS
Bellingham, Wash., Jan. 6. Sher
iff Whatcom of Skagit county, with
his deputies and 100 volunteers, aid
ed by bloodhounds, is today scouring
the hills near Acme for two thugs who
yesterday shot and killed Justice of
the Peace Galbralth and seriously
wounded W. E. Stevens of the Key
City Logging company at Acme. All
ways out are guarded.
The men were shot when they over
took the thieves and ordered them to
submit to arrest for robbing a store.
The robbers shot and fled, leaving a
pair of old shoes behind which gave
the hounds the scent
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