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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 24
MYRTLE KYLE
OF TERRIBLE
When Conductor's Back is
Turned Women Shoots Two
Bullets Into. His Body
JOE HARPER DIES
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; message to his wife several times. -TRAC.EDY
T.VKKS PLACE j talked freely but denied having had
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It 1 Understood That Shooting Isj Was Divorced Woman.
Result of Intimacy Between Coil- j
ductor and Woman Motive for the
Crime Is Xot Known and Can Only
li Surmised -Inquest Held.
Conductor Joe Harper died at
11:25 as a result of the two bul-
let wounds, according to a later
message from Milton. Coroner
Folsom held an inquest, the Jury
deciding that Mrs. Kyle came
to her death as the result of a
gunshot nuuud Inflicted by her
own hand.
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With .loo I la river, a conductor on
the Walla Walla-Milton electric line,
lylnir In a Walla Walla hospital with
two bullet through his body mid Mrs,
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another tragedy luis lecii wTilten in. formerly Miss Myrtle nurns of Wes
the history of tiie east end of the couii- daughter of -Mrs. Martha Seibert
ty. At seven o'eloek this morning ttnl ln Is98- when ut sixteen years
.Mrs. Kyle boarded the first car fori ot "- she wns married to Frederick
the Garden City and lcfore it lind Kle' Aft, r "vlnB together for nearly
Btarted on its way. she had probably ' fourteen years, Mrs. Kyle secured a
falallv w led the conductor and I divorce from her husband on May 25
killed herself. i tnis yeur- Attorney Will M. Peter
son of this city acting as her attor
Motlvo Is Not Known. ney. Cruel and inhuman treatment
The motive for her terrible deed wa the groumls alleged in the corn
can only be surmised for she died In- plaint.
stantly without having uttered a According to Attorney Peterson,
word. It Is known that there has j Mrs. Kyle was possessed of a violent
been considerable intimacy between j and uncontrollable temper which, he
Harper and Mrs. Kyle for the past j thought to be a fofm of insanity. He
few months, although the man has a j is of the opinion, a'so, that there Is
wlfe and child ln Walla Walla. While j Insanity in her family and thinks the
he was being hurried to the latter city j woman might have been ui reft of her
Immediately after the shooting, the j reason at the time of the shooting.
to tell hi? wife, ln case he died before
seeing her, that his only relations with
the woman were those of conductor!
and assenger on the occasions of the ,
woman'a passage between the two cit
ies. This statement, however, Is dis
believed by many who know that j
thre were other relat'ons between the
two.
Woman Was Calm . ,. , , , ,
The tragic occurrence happened1 Portland. June 14.-Tho city coun
jtiKt at 7 o'clock. The car of which v "''""""ously today the or-
llarper was conductor, had drawn uPi'"ance providing for a commission
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principal business section of Milton.
Together with many other people
bound for the Washington terminus,
Mrs. Kyle entered the car and took
a 8ei.t. Nothing strange was noticed
In her behavior and Just before the
shooting she was conversing across
the aisle calmly with Mrs. Bird, wife
of the Methodist minister.
Shoots Four Times.
Conductor Harper came through the
car to take up the tickets before sig
naling for the start. As he came op
posite Mrs. Klye and was taking the
Uttlo pasteboards from the passen
gers across the aisle, the woman drew
a revolver and lscharged It three times
ln rapid succession at his back and
then turned it on herself.
Only two of the bullets took effect
op Harper, the third mlsslng him.
Both bullets entered his back, one go
ing clear through the body and com-
HI OF WOMAN'S LEAGUE made
DEFENDANT III SEVERAL SUITS
St. Louis, June 14. Suits asking
for a receiver for the various com
panies ln which E. O. Lewis head ot
the Womans League is Interested and
seeking Injunction against a syndi
cate of magazine publishers and tak
ing over Lewis' publications ore on
file in the federal court here today.
It is expected the case will come up
within the next few days. The suits
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ng out Just above the abdomen,
while the other went almost through,
and took lodgment Just beneath the
Kkln. When he fell, the woman turn
ed the gun and fired one shot, the
bullet striking her in the right thick
and resulting in Instantaneous death.
i Physicians declare the shock and not
! the wound was responsible for her
deuth.
llai'iKT Hurried to Hospital.
As soon as the flnst excitement was
I over, the body of the dead woman was
, i'-moveJ rr, thu tur um the race
I against death was begun. The wound-
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, once lost consciousness. He appear
! ed, however, to realize that his con-
dition was serious and repeated, his
The dead woman has been a resi-
dent of Milton for a long time, hav
ing her home on George street. Three
months ago she secured a divorce
I from her husband and was given the
! custody of her 12-year-old boy. Ite
cently she had been seen In the com
pany of Harper and the general sup-
. pon'liun is that she was infatuated
with him and sought to avenge a
I real or fancied grievance with a mur-
der and suicide. Her actions have
been strange for the past week, ac
cording to neighbors, but nothing un-
; usual was noticed in her conduct this
! morning.
l Coroner Is Notified.
; Coroner Ralph Folsom was noti-
fied of the tragedy this morning and
left Immediately for Milton, where he
will conduct an inquest.
' Woman Known Here.
I Mrs. Kyle was known to a number
"I people in tn the city, tehe was
COMMISSION PLAN
If It passes the commissioners will be
elected In April. The' ordinance was
Introduced by Councilman Uaker act
ing for Mayor Elect Rushlight. Mayor
Simon who was defeated by Rush
light at the recent election was much
surprised. Rushlight's action Is look
ed upon as stealing Simon's thunder
as Pinion also favored the commission
plan.
PARCEL POST ARGUED
IN HOUSE TODAY
Washington, June 14. The house
committee on postofflces today heard
arguments from the representatives
of many interests favorable to the
parcels post scheme. Representative
Sulzer of New York, Introduced the
bill now being considered. The post
al progress league endorsed the mea
sure. It Is believed that it- will not
pnss at this session.
are directed against Lewis and the
University Heights Dealty Develop
ment company and charge indebted
ness ot the various companies com
panies amounts to five million dol
lars. The assets are three millions,
Lewis has branches of his league scat
tered throughout the country many
In Oregon, Washington and Califor
nia.
PENDLETON, OREGON,
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Mexico City, June 14. When
Madero returns tonight from
his speech making tour plans
discussed by the cabinet last
night for the division of the
great rural estate into smaller
ranches to encournge the land
owning among the poorer class
es will be presented to' him. The
scheme is practically ready for
operation. There was another
earthquake shock in the Colima
district last night.
Iowa State Hankers.
Mason City, la., June 14. Currency
fvfoim, postal bank and various 'th
er financial topics win be considered
by the bankers of Iowa during their
state convention, opened today In
th's city. President Watts of the Am
erican Bankers' association will be
among the speakers.
SAYS Til FY ARE WORKING
FOR SELFISH REASONS
North" Dakota Senator Says Repub
lican Party Wai Nearly Overthrown
at Last Elect ion by False Impres
sion of Publication.-.
Washington, June l4. Criticising
the mot'.ves of the American newspa
pers In general. Senator MeCumber,
republican of North Dakota, today
discussed the reciprocity in the sen
ate. He said: "The newspapers for
selfish ends created false impressions
and nearly overthrew the republican
party at the last election and for sel
fish reasons they propose to support
the parry next year provided that the
reciprocity agreement is enacted. He
itfcrred to the proposed free entry
of print paper and pulp wood. He
predicted that the republicans would
find trouble In lining up the farmer
vote on account of reciprocity.
CALIFORNIA LAI) IS
KII.LEP 15Y HIGHWAYMAN
Riverside, Cal., June 14. Stand
'ng with a group of young friends
waiting for a car to take them to
their homes from a party at his
mother's house, Henry Anderson, 19
years old, was shot twice anil mortal
ly wounded by a highwayman here
last night, and died as he was being
taken to a doctor. Two masked men
approached the party, and while one
demanded $40 from Anderson, shoot
ing him when he refused, laughingly
th'nking It was a joke by one of the
party, the other held up the other
members of the party, taking their
watches nad small sums of money.
Anderson died as he was being
brought to town for medical attention
The police and a sheriff's possee im
mediately began scouring the town
in automobiles but at midnight no ar
rests had been made.
LONDON HOTELS INSURE
AtJAIXST HEAVY RAINFALL
London, June 14. The odds favor
ing fair weather on coronation day
and day following are today five' to
one at Lloyds. Twenty guineas per
cent Is the rates charged to protect
against the total loss ln the event rain
1 nil exceeds 1-5 inch during 24 hours.
The policies were taken out mainly
by the big hotels.
TACOMA SALOONS MAY
tiO OUT OF RUS1NESS
Tacoma June 14. Convicted of vio
lating the anti-trueut ordinance ln the
police court and superior court Gus
Keisel, the salman man backed by
other saloonists today is preparing to
carry the case to the supreme court
to test the legality of the ordinance
which If legal, means that many sa
loons will go out of business here.
Open ltlg Hiihlicr Show.
London, June 14. Tremendous In
vestments in the rubber Industry made
by Englishmen ln the last two years
has led to the organization of an In
ternational Rubber and Allied Trades'
Exhibition, which Is open today in
Agricultural Hall and will continue
to June 28. The show Is the first
Important one of Its kind ever held
ad is attracting wide attention.
Lewln Not Worried.
San Bernardino, Cal., June 14.
Lewis, of St. Louis is here today, un
worrled seemingly by the suits filed
against him. He said they were the
result of dissatisfaction of a small
per cent of the stock holders who are
endeavoring to block the reorgani
zation scheme which has been worked
out and put ln the hands of three
trustees elected by 60,000 stockholders.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE U, 1011.
.JAMES (AYLEY TELLS
OF STEEL TRUST.
Washington, June 14. There
was more evidence of artificial
elevation in prices today.
James Oayley admitted that the
Heel manufacturers and rail-
roads had agreed on the price of
rails, before the Stanley investl-
gating committee today. Gay-
ley is a director of the United
Stat"s steel corporation. He
said the steel prices had been
uniform since the corporation
was formed. He declared that
Schwab was wrong when he
stated that the rails could be
produced for $12 a ton ln 1S09.
Midiie Veteran.
Augusta, Me., June 14. Maine de
partment, C.rand Army of the Repub
lic, opened its annual state encamp
ment in the cayital city today. The
reunion will continue until tomor
row night.
iilEUA MULING
CO. INS BIG CASE
ALI EN DITCH COMPANY
WAS OP1
ON EXT
Litigation Was Over Taking Water
From River by Rotli Companies
Rct Attorneys in ftate Opivosed
Each Other in Case.
By a decision handed down yester
day by Judge Burnett of the supreme
couft "Vf the state, the Henrietta Mill
ing company of Echo, has finally won
out in its f gnt ror water against the
Allen Ditch company, which fight
has extended over several years, with
some of the best attorneys in the
state opposed to each other. Copies
of the decision have not yet been re
ceived by the local lawyers interested
and until they do its exact nature will
not be known.
The Allen Ditch company, at the
time of the commencement of the
litigation was taking water from the
river near the mouth of Alkali can
yon about a half mile below Echo
and alleged ln the complaint that it
owned a right to 1080 inches. The
ditch company first brought an in
junction suit against the miling com
pany, whih was taking water' from
the river above the intake of the ditch,
restraining the latter company from
diverting the waters.
The milling company resisted the
granting of this injunction, claiming
their right was prior to that of the
ditch company. A long lawsuit fol
lowed in which a month was required
for the submission of testimony. Fi
nally Judge Bean handed down a
compromise decision, holding that the
ditch company's right was prior but
only allowing it 500 inches instead
of 1080.
From this decision, the attorneys for
the Henrietta Mills appealed to the
supreme court alleging, not only that
such right as the ditch company
claimed was not prior but also that
the company had no legal right at
all. Whether the supreme court rul
ed that the right of the company was
not prior or that it possesses no right
is not yet known.
The title of the suit was Fred An
drews et al vs. Frank Donnely et al,
Andrews being president of the Allen
Ditch company and Donnely being
record holder for the Henrietta Mills.
Students Smoke Pence PIH.
Bioomlngton, Ind., June 14. With
the annual peace pipe ceremony on
the campus this afternoon and a re
ception to the class of 1911 by Presi
dent and Mrs. Bryan this evening, the
eighty-second commencement of In
diana University will be formally in
augurated. The law school com
mencement will be held tomorrow,
with Judge Durell of Louisville as the
speaker. The university commence
ment exercises will be held a week
from today, with an address by Pres
ident James of the University of Ill
inois. A novel ceremony will be the
presentation to the university of the
sword of Gen. Walter Q. Gresham by
Mrs. Gresham and son. .
Parcels Post Hearing.
Washington, June 14. Representa
tives of many interests and organiza
tions favorable to the parcels post
scheme were given a hearing today
before the house committee on post
offices and post roads, which now
has under consideration the bill In
troduced by Representative Sulzer of
New York providing ror the estab
lishment of a general parcels post.
The Postal Progress league has In
dorsed tho measure and Is giving It
great publicity. Many friends of the
movement privately admit, however,
thut the express companies still have
too much power In congress to permit
the passage of such a bill at present.
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TRAFFIC UNLESS RECOGNIZED
MANY DEMOCRATS FAVOR
NO TOLL FOR CAXAL
Washington, June 14. A large
number of democratic congressmen
are believed to favor the proposal to
make the Panama canal free of toll
charges to coasting vssseis. The dem
ocratic caucus, it is said today, will
soon tke action on the matter. If fa
vorable consideration is given the
matter by the senate. It Is said that
the United States steel corporation
will build a big fleet of new vessels.
MIKE DOLIX MAY GO
TO PHILADELPHIA
St. Louis. June 14. Mike Dolin,
recently reinstated Giant outfielder,
is not proving the big card which it
is said Muggsy McGraw believed he
would when he interested himself in
Mike's behalf.
Mike's old team mate, Roger Bres
nahan, now manager of the St. Louis
Cardinals is said to have turned him
down flat when a deal taking over the
old slugger ws put up to him. Presi
dent Fogel of the Phillies Is negotiat
ing with the Giants and may land
Dolin.
Good Roadcrs In Georgia.
Albany, Ga., June 14. Highway
Improvement in all Its phases will be
taken up for discussion during the two
days' meeting opened here this morn
ing by the Georgia Federation of
Road Authorities. Among the speak
ers on the the program Is William
Jennings Bryan, who will tell of his
observations of the good roads move
ment in various states.
Chang Yin Tang Talkees.
State College, Pa., June 14.
Chang Yin Tank, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary from
China to the United States, was the
commencement day orator at Penn
sylvania State College today. His
subject was "America's Part in the
Rejuvenation of China," and the paid
a high tribute to he people and gov
ernment of the United States. This
afternoon the distinguished China
man will witness a performance of
"The College Widow" to be given by
the amateur players of the college for
the benefit of the Young Men's Chris
tian association.
Y. W. C. A. Conference.
Eureka Springs, Ark , June 13. A
general conference of delegates rep
resenting all the Young Women's
Christian associations of the South
west was commenced today and will
continue ten days.
JACK JOHNSON IS IN
London, June 14. Jack Johnson
and his automobile got Into trouble
in England today when he figured in
a smashup in the east end. The ma
chine was wrecked but Johnson was
unhurt. The police took the names
of everyone in the party. It Is al
leged he was speeding. This John
son denies.
West Virginia Teachers.
Bluefield. W. Va., June 14. Sever
al hundred teachers in West Virgin
ia schools are in Bluefield today to
attend the annual meeting of the
Etate Educational association, which
will remain in session through tomorrow-
and Friday.
Although the first day of the 1911
Round-up Is three months from to
day, already reservations are being
made at the hotels and lodging houses
for persons who are coming to see the
greatest of frontier exhibitions. In
some cases the hotels are refusing to
make such reservations but for their
regular patrons they are holding
rooms. This fact has made more em
phatic than ever the necessity of a
systematic plan for providing ac
commodations for the Immense throng
which will be here and the matter
will be given much attention by the
Round-up officials 'rom now on.
Park Practically Finished.
Round-up Park Is now practically
completed and the finishing touches
PENDLETON PREPARING FOR
IMMENSE ROUND-UP CROWDS
Calling cards, wed
ding stationery, com
mercial stationery and
Job printing to order
at the East Oregonlan.
7 TY OFFICIAL PAPER. '
NO. 7239
Strike is Culmination ot Plan
Made Several MonthsllAgo
by General Officials '
STRIKE DECLARED IX
ALL EUROPEAN PORTS
Mathew Earle tho Delegate to Am
erica Says That Trouble is Result
of Twenty Years Mistreatment ot
Seamen Conference Is Held Be
tween Seamen and Sliipowners.
Liverpool, Juno 1 1. The first plncb
of the proiwscd International tea
men's strlko was felt by the shippers
here today when the Empress of Ire
land and White Star line Olympic
were unable to leave port because
their crews had deserted. Th strik
ers say that numerous other vessels
will suffer a like fate. The steam
ship officials are preparing to hurry
strike breakers here. The strike is to
le effective throughout the world.
The seamen are demanding better
conditions.
A number of big ship owners to
day advised tho striking seamen of
(he International Sea i moils' Union that
they are willing to discuss a settle
ment. The strikers are jubilant.
Olympic Sails.
South Hampton Eng., June 14. In
an attempt to break the world's rec
ord for speed across the Atlantic
ocean the new- White Star liner Olym
pls the largest vessel ln the world
sailed at noon today for New York
on her maiden voyage. In order that
the big vessel might not be delayed
and become a "hoodoo" ship, the
White Star officials temporarily con
ceded the demands of the striking
sailors and coal passers.
Culmination of Plan.
Tom Mann, the vice president of
the seamens' union believes that the
strike won't Include the crews but
that the long shoremen and dock em
ployes will take advantage of this op
portunity to demand better hours and
wages. The strike is a culmination
of the plan made several mnths ago
by the general officers of the Inter
national seamens' union.
Shipping Interests Crippled.
New York, June 14. Prophesying
that within a week the shipping Inter
ests of America. England and Eu
rope will be crippled ns to effectively
tie up the passenger and freight tran
sportation unless the ship owners
recognize the sailors foremost un
ions. Mathew- Earle the delegate to
America today said that the present
ii.ternatlonal strike was the result of
20 years mistreatment of the sailors.
The strike was declared simultaneous
ly at Amsterdam, Liverpool Antwery
and other European ports.
Confcreiuv at Antwerp
Antwerp, June 14. A conference
was held here today between the rep
resentatives of the seamens' and ship
owners in an effort to reach a settle
ment of the seamens' strike. The re
sult of the conference Is unannounc
ed. are all that remains to be done. The
grandstand and bleachers which will
provide seats for -ten thousand peo
ple have been finished and form a
great wooden semi-circle extending
half way around the quarter mile
track. A committee Is now at work
securing bids for the painting of the
grandstand and for lettering a huge
sign entirely across the back of the
grand stand which will tell people
traveling through on the trains that
they are looking upon Round-up
Park.
Xo Ads In Park.
Much to the satisfaction of the ma
jority of local people and visitors as
well, the fences and structures of the
SAILORS CLAIM
MISTREATMENT
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