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EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
vVEATUEK REPORT.
Showers and cooler to
night; Wednesday
'fair.
Calling cards, wed
ding stationery, com
mercial stationery and
job printing to order
at the East Oregonlan.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PIPES,
VOL. 24
PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1911.
NO. 7238
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TO PBOPERTY
Wires Are Down And Many
Places Are Cut Off From
Communication Today
lOHii IIALF MILLION
IN THREE STATES
Fifteen Fersons Are Drowned Wheu j
i.... ... c..-u..uwi v-.u v-.,.oi,
JMfairt , vj L5...n wb ,ivi,vi .
Panic Is Caused When Lightning
Strike Building Where Coninienee
ment Exercises Are Being Held.
New York, v, Tunc 13. The Atlantic
const from Norfolk to New England
was vIhIu1 by a terrlfle electrical
storm laxt night and early today. The
Kit-phone and telegraph wires arc
down In many places, ami several days
must elapse, before the exact number .
of deaths arc known. It Is estimated! M
that M'ciny.fie ure dead as a re
kiilt of the storm.
Great Damage to Froix'rty.
The property damage in Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia alone is estt-sj
mated to be over one-hair million.
Three persons were killed by light
ning at Allentown, Penn., three at 1
Philadelphia and fifteen are missing
near Norfolk due to swamped, boa,
. " Towns Out Orf.
Washington and lialtimore are cut
ot from direct wire communication
"with the out-slde world. Along the
Jaini'S river near Newport News, many
small craft were wrecked.
None .of the bodies have as yet
been recovered.
Lightning Causes Panic.
Hlghstown, N. J.. June 13. While
the commencement exercises were In 1
progress here last night the lightning
struck the building and set fire to the
roof. Hundreds of people were
thrown into a panic and all rushed for
the exits. Women and children were
trampled under foot and many deathtf
may result.
At Richmond.
Richmond, Juno 13. Tho electrleul
storm which swept the Lower Penin
sula left a path of destruction on the
coast and an unknown number of
lives were lost.
Damns'' at Washington.
Washington, June 13. One man
was electrocuted and many others
were Injured 11ml much damage done
by the storm which swept oyer this
city last night. Today Washington Is
almost Isolated as no direct wires to
New York and several other cities are I
TIME TO FILE
The meeting of the water hoard in !
the matter of adjudicating the water
rights of 300 Umatilla county water
users Is at nn end for the present and
It will be September 1 before it meets
again. At that time all of the cases
which have not been settled out of
court will be set for trial nnd on tho
20th of tho same month tho hearings
will commence and continue without
Interruption until tho docket is clear
ed. Every effort will be mndo to have
all findings nnd orders made by the
next Irrigating season and to do this
will require fast work.
All that was done at tho meeting
yesterday was tho calling of tho dock
et and the filing of answers by the
Wfttcr users. Inasmuch as there were
quite a number of these answers un
prepared, Commissioner Cochran le
niently ruled to allow these dilatory
ones from one to sixty days In which
to make their filings but decreed that
all must be In by September 1.
Trior to September 1, the board will
allow all cases possible to be ad
Justed and settled out of court and
attorneys believe that a large number
will be terminated by stipulations be
tween tho government and the water
THAT SWEEPS ATLANTIC
GREAT 1
WATER USEPIS ARE SIN MORE
Uteri,
RIGAL 5T01
5
T STORM
T
working A few shaky telegraph lines
routed In a roundabout way are work
ing. Three H-ud at Phlludeljdiiu.
Philadelphia, June 13. Three per
sons were killed, several r were ser-.
icusly injured, wires were prostrated, 1
irees uprooieo. ana ouuaings aamageu 4 stroy the cane sugar industry,
by an electrical storm which visited He advocated a parties 1 reduc
this city and vicinity last, night. At Uon of the duty on raw sugar,
Allentown the cyclonis wind pros-1 a
trated live wires which fell on frame
houses with corrugated iron lining. I
As David H. Gaskenbach, aged 30 j
years, and Hannibal J. Dotterer, aged
24 years, were leaving the building j
they touched the metal and were In
stantly killed. John Wagner, aged 1
40, was killed in trying to rescue the
men. ansa vuiwv AJivuuvr was uuuo
burned.
Bad Wreck Averted. "
' I " hi o fnlnntal T'vfivnoa nn (ha Ppnn.
ovlvanln mltrnnH whlnh left Wnsh-
lngton for Boston at 5.35 p. m., had
a narrow escape from being wrecked
a few miles north of Baltimore. Near
Matrnnlla. Mil., where the storm had
' . , -- .
' Deen especially severe, tne train was 1
running 50 miles an hour when the
engineer saw a tree lying across the
track. He applied the airbrakes but
could not avoid crashing into the ob
struction. A section of the fallen
tree was wedged so firmly between
the pilot and cylinder head of the
engine that the crew had to use axes
to remove It.
Telegraph wires and poles were
Mown down for miles. Near Elkton,
.(nnncl hv n re lluht nt tho stir-
l ,1I1,,1 thflt
the operator had been struck by light,
ning. His condition Is serious.
WORK STARTS ON
MAIN ST.
Work has started on tho iiew Main
street bridge today and from now on
until September 10 the Coast Brldgo
company will Tiave a force of men
nt work to complete the structure
within the time limit specified by the
1
contract,
About ten men started work today i
to prepare for the construction of the I knowledged.
north pier. All of the cru lied rock,! The purpose of the Journal in mak
cement and sand necessary hns been ing a portion of the reward payable
hauled and aiarge mixer is being put j for information leading to the arrest
in place for preparing the concrete.; of the murderer is to encourage any-
There has been much speculation as
to how thPtrafflc. across tho river
will be taken care of during the build
ing of the new bridge. Mayor Mur
phy stated this afternoon that it j tection.
would be two months before tha pres-I The $1770 collected by the Jour
ent structure would bo torn down and mil, together with the $1000 offered
that traffic will not.be Interrupted by the state of Oregon through Gov
more than twenty days by the plae-cinor West, makes a total of $2770
ing of steel on the new. During that I now posted for the capture of the
time, he statis, a foot bridge will be
constructed to care for pedestrians
and u runway w ill be placed across
the liver between the bridge and
Walters' mill for light wagon traffic.
THEIR ANSWERS
Concession Made.
The government hns already made
0 considerable concession but not a
grent enough one In the opinion of
certain water users and their attor
neys. If the complaints, the govern
ment held that no rlgnt carried with
It more than 1-2 inch of running wa
ter per ncre through a season of 100
days which would mean that 2 1-2
feet of water would be spread over
every acre by the end of the season.
The government attorneys have
now informally suggested that thl3
2 1-2 acre feet be allowed with each
right and that the users be permitted
to take this amount out without any
regard to the flow ko long as It Is ta
ken within the limits of the 100 day
season. '
This concession would mean a grent
deal to the users but a number of the
best advised . farmers believe their
rights to exceed this amount and are
of the opinion thnt a contest will
prove more to their advnntnge.
United States District Attorney Mc
Court left last night for Portland but
Commissioner Cochran and Deputy
Oliver P. Morton are still here.
CAUSE FATAL T ES
ANNUAL SUGAR RILL
IS $.-,2,000,000
Washington, June 13. Ed-
ward Atkins, acting president of
the American refining company
resuming the stand today be-
fore the sugar trust Investiga-
ting committee testified that
the total sugar bill of the Am-
erican people amounted to $368,-
000,000 annually. If the duty
on the raw sugar was removed,
he said, the sum would be re-
duced to $52,000,000. Later he
qualified the statement by say-
ing the removal of the duty
would cripple the American beet
8Ugar interests and probably de-
CAPTURE OF SLAYER
JOURNAL AND OTHERS
SUBSCRIBE $1770
Five Hundred Dollar of This Amount
Will Be l'aid for Information Load
ing to CaMure of the Murderer of
Hill Family.
To encourage the bringing to light
of information that will result In
the arrest of the murderer of Wil
liam Hill, Ruth Cowing Hill and her
two little children near Ardenwald,
Friday morning, The Journal, with
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'" l"a- I'uoocai.u.i.
A purilUII OI WHS IIIOUe 3UU
will be paid for information that
leads to the capture of the maniac
who killed the Hill family, while the
remainder wll beipald to those who
j rapture him. w
I The danger to the pubic, which ex
I ists while this murderer is at largo
j and liable at any time to attempt a
repetition of the atrocious murders
i of Friday morning, an well as the
character of those erime.s has led the
Journal to offer $500 itserr ana to
collect $ 1 i 70 additional for the pro
tection of the people of Oregon.
It Is expected the amount of th
rewards offered for the murderer's
j capture will be increased. Those
f washing to subscribe to this fund are
requested to send their names and
j either cash or check to the Journal
in which contributions . will
be ac-
one who may have observed suspu
ious circumstances possibly connect
ed with the crimes, to furnish such
information, under guarantee of pr-
murderer of the Hills
All of those who have contributed
to the fund have expressed the r hor
ror at the crimes coinpiilted and their
desire to aid in every way in the cap
ture of the man responsible for them.
.Most Terrible of Crimes.
J. P. Finley, one of the contribut
ors, who as coroner of Multnomah
county, has had a long experience
with evety kind of murder ease, said
that in his experience, he had never
come across so terrible a crime. Gen
eral Manager Papst of the Portland
Gas & Coke Co., expressed his horror
nt the affair and the desire of him
self nnd his company that the offemY
ed be captured nnd society bo pro
tected against him.
Senator Selling, Mr. Jacobs, Mr.
Wemme, Mr. Whittenberg and all the
other contributors to the fund ex
pressed their desire to do anything
possible to capture the man respon-
The offers of reward by the Jour
nal nre made with the understanding
that none of the suspects now under
arrest Is proven to be the man who
murdered the Hills. There are two
suspects today, though early this af
ternoon Indications were tha neither
will be connected with this particular
case. Iloth are thougnt to be dement
ed. SusiHvt ls Silent.
The Oregon City suspect ' was
brought UJ Portland this morning and
taken by Sheriff Maas of Clackamas
county. Sheriff Stevens and Deputy
Sheriff Archie Leonard to Ardenwald
and to the cabin where the Hills were
killed, hoping this experiment may
force the man to break the rigid si
lence hehas maintained since his ar
rest near Mllwaukio Saturday morn
ing. In spite of every effort made to
Induce him to speak, he has refused
to utter a syllable since his arrest.
(Continued on pas e!ht)
CANADIANS TO
FIGHT MORMONS
Ottawa, Ont., June 13. The
menace of the Mormon com-
munity to Canada was empha-
sized at a Presbyterian general
assembly today when it went on
record favoring an active cam-
paign against it. The commit-
tec report said that the Mormons
were sober and Industrious but
their religion proponded some
principles which, were dan-
gerous to Canada.
Will Raise Insurance.
Wausau, Wis., June 13. A propos
ed raise In the rate of insurance Is
the principal business before the state
convention of the Catholic Order of
Foreters, which opened a two days'
session here today.
PAPERS SERVED ON
UMATILLA WATERUSERS
FIRST STEP TAKEN IN
WATER CONTROVERSY
rnixrs Are a Preliminary Injunction !
Restraining Defendants from Al
lowing Water to Flow In Feed Ca-
nut Other llermiston Vritoe.
I T 1 " j "The bill represents neither the prin-
(Special Correspondence.) jciple of protection nor of tariff for
Hermlston, Ore., June 14. Deputy i avenue only. The only principle it
.,.. . ,, 1 represents fairly is that of free trade.
Sheriff Strand of Pendleton came to Xo relief from the e3tcessive cost or
Hermlston Saturday ana served papers j living will result from an exchange in
on G. H. Vpthegrove, secretary of the 1 tariff reductions on manufactures
Umatilla River Water Users' associa-1 covered in this agreement. While
tier and H. D. Newell, the project en- j Canada Is our formidable competitor
glneer. in regard to the Stanf'eld vs. In agriculture we have such an over
I'matilla River Water Users' assoc'a- ,' whelming advantage that we need not
tion and H. D. Newell. These papers fear that Canadian manufacturers
were a preliminary injunction, re-j will threaten our supremacy on this
straining the defendants from allow- continent. It is not for the farmers
ing the water to flow In the canal de- : "or the consumers for whom these
scribed as the fed canal until fur- negotiations were made. It was made
ther orders of the court. The injunc- fr the benefit of the railroads, miller,
tion orders that the association and , Packer and publisher."
H. V. Newell, their agents, employes
I
and servants be and are enjoined from
allowing any water to flow in the ir
ligation canal, constructed b,y and
for the defendants. The association
will obey th orders of the court so
far-as It can. It can not, however, j
stop the water from flowing in this '
1 anal as it has no jurisdiction over;
it. It did not start the water run
ning in this canal and the Umatilla j
River water l sers association Is noi
allowed to ston the water running, as
;t I- not the ow ner of the irrigation !
ditch. It is still in the name of the a number of inthusiastie horsemen
government and w ill be until it Is ( met at the city hall last evening and
turned over to the Water Users' a.s- j th(J S(,ntinlont expresse(1 was 80 strong
sociation. It is not known just whit j
Mr. Newell will do In regard to the j aml unanimous for such an orgamza
injunctlon, but as he is an employe 1 tion that a committee was appointed
of the government and not of the , to secure members and Thursday
Water Users' association. It is lmpos-1 n'ght wa selected for the time of or
sible for him to turn the water off j ganizing.
until he receives orders from his z-a- The committee appointed copsists
1 -triors. Mr, Newell is the project 1 of Frank Frazier. M. J. Carney, Edgar
engineer, and not an employe of the j F. Averill nnd Ross Wymer and these
Umatilla River Water Users' asso- men are already at work securing the
elation therefore, it is not know n .hist j nanus of prospective members. Fra
whnt steps will bo taken by him. The ; stier. will circulate among the harness
association is absolutely powerl .? in j men, while Carney nnd Wymer will
the matter, as it has no power to hnv ! enlist the riders In the venture. To
ilv wiUcr in the feed canal shut off. i Averill is assigned the task of inter-
j esting the ladies in the project. Th?ro
.I.H'lv ,10U'S0 IS J nre a number of horsewomen in the
FEAT FRF OF CORONATION , city and it is expected that all will 1,i:n
I the club. The committee drew up a
London, June 13. Jack Johnson tentative list of names last eveninj
continues to be the coronation tea- and believes that all of the sixty per
ture. At everv appearance enormous , s. ns whose names were put down v. ill
crowds block the streets. Today the
pugilist, silk hatted, drove his auto
through 1 icadilly and the growd got
so thick that the police .bad to clear
the way. A couple of giiis presented
him with n boqiiet. He made a speech
from his automobile.
EARTHQUAKE OPENS NEW
CRATERS IN VOLCANO
Mexico City, June 13. Another se
vere earthquake today opened a new
crater in the west side of Mount Col-
Ima. Roth craters nre now pouring
lava in tho mountains whore Ciudad
nnd Guzman nre situated. The peo
ple nre reported to be fleeing. No
deaths are reported.
IHI 1.-. Illl.l.l.l'
AT WALLA WALLA '
Wnlla Walla Wash., Juno IS.
While vmlllnir grass for n cow this
morning, William Wurron, ased IS.
iiocUtontally grasped n live wire that
had blown down by t' e storm. He
was Instantly killed .
"ChloRKo Spirit'' for Roston.
Roston, June 13. "Chicago spirit"
in tho person of 150 members of the
Chicago Association of Commerce will
invade Roston tonight, bringing with
it the "spirit of the middle west,"
represented by the governors of 12 or
more Mississippi valley states. Last
year Roston's delegation, similarly or
ganized, visited Chicago. The Visit
Is both social and commercial In its
nature.
i ST
Ml ELECTRICAL ' STORM
CLAIMS INDIAN AS VICTIM
RECIPROCITY FIGHT
STARTS
Washington, D. C, June 13. The
opening battle in the reciprocity fight
H scheduled to begin In the senate
this afternoon when four separate re
ports on the bill are expected to ie
presented by the finance committee.
Chairman Monrose presents the ma
jority report as passed by the house j
with the Root amendment but with
out any recommendation. Lafollette,
McCumber and Williams have the
minority reports. Lafollette's report
declares the measure discriminatory
and favoring the, manufacturers and
unfavorable to the farmers. Williams'
report represented the democratic
j view opposed to the Root amendment
b.ut aPPves the bill as passed by
"IC -C. XL l& tTAUCLlCU II1UI lilt?
debate will last a month
Referring to the reciprocity bill as
passed by the house, La Follette said:
fill ORGANIZE H
The projected r'ding and driving
i club will in all probability become a
reality before the week Is over.
Quite
rcrdily join.
Ii is planned now to make th.j
m n!h!y dues one dollar and to allow
u-i-mbers free admission to the 'nui
nees which will probably be held every
; wo weeks. This money with tint ti
Kon in at the matinees, it is though:
will be ample to keep up the trai'-ut
the Round-up Park during the sum
mer months.
in senate nLiynY PIGAnu
SENATE PUSSES DIRECT ELECTION
,S.
Washington. June 13. The senate i
last night by 64 to 24 passed the res
olution amending the constitution to
provide election of senators by direct
vote of the people. The rristow
amendment giving to the federal gov
ernment supervision of such elections
was ndopted -4 5 to 44. the vice presi
dent casting the deciding vote. The
house already hns passed the resolu
tion. Senator Reed of Missouri protested
against the vice president casting his
deciding vote. An amendment bv
Senator Bacon in qualifying the Bris
tow amendment to prohibit federal
supervision of election unless the state
legislature refused to or failed to act
was defeated, 4S to 43. The resolu
1ST
IS KILLED
Lightening Strikes Tent in
Which Indian is Sleeping
Near Home on Reservation
GRAIN BEATEN DOWN
IN MANY LOCALITIES
Cloudbursts Are Reported from Dif
ferent Tartg of County But No Se
rious Damage Is Done Four Fee
of Water Conies Down Cold Springs
Canyon. - .'
In the worst electrical storm which
has visited this county since the year
of the Heppner flood, one man was
killed last night, considerable grala
was beaten down and more or les
damage done to stock and builidngs of
accompanying cloudbursts.
Henry Picard, a French-Indian,
aged 51 years, is the victim of tha
lightning, a bolt striking within two
feet of his head and killing him in
stantly. His son, Henry Picard, Jr.,
was sleeping beside him at the time
but miraculously escaped with only
a burned neck Mr. Picard and hi
son were spending the warm night la
a tent a short distance from the house
on the reservation one-half mile souta
of the agency on the Umatilla reser
vation, owned by Violet Bourner. At
10;30 a bolt of lightning struck a
small iron rod in a wagon tongue
which had been set in the ground for
use as a tent pole, splintering the
wood into a thousand fragments ana
scattering them for a distance of fifty
yards. The back end of tho tent wa
torn out and the shock instantly
killed the elder Picard besides burn
ing his body badly. The son, who wa
sleeping at his father's side w-aa
stunned for some time, and, upon re
covering consciousness, d'scovered his
father was dead.
Coroner Folsom was notified but
after an investigation, decided an in
quest unnecessary. He brought back
with him a bundle of the fragments of
the wagon tongue. .The deceased
leaves besides his son, a wife and
daughter, Pearl, who were asleep i
the house during the storm.
Grain llcaten Down.
Reports have been coming in all
day from various parts of the county
to the effect that considerable grain
was beaten down by the heavy rain
that accompanied the electrical storm
but the damage is not considered
heavy and most of the stalks will rise
again. The heavy stands on tho res
ervation were not affected, but in the
foothills nnd in the Myriek section X
considerable acreage was beaten flat.
Several Cloudbursts.
A number ,,f small cloudbursts are
reported from different parts of tlie
county but aside from the washing
of summer fallow, tho drowning of
chickens and small stock and the de
struction of a few corrals, the dam
age was small.
H. T. F. Rogers came in this morn-
(Continued on page five.)
tion, as amended, was then finally
adopted, 64 to 24.
Thnt a sharp skirmish, when the
resolution goes to conference, will oc
i ur is the general prediction here to
day. Party polities are expected t
take a prominent part in tho proceed
ings but most of the politicians her
believe that the result of the confer
ence will be that the senate amend
ment will be tacked on to the resolu
tion and finally sent to the state legls.
latures for ratification. The final at
tempt to eject the party politics will
come, it is believed when the southern
legislatures will verify the democrats
objection on the grounds of federal
dictutlon of state rights.
SENATORS RESO 0 0