East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, July 06, 1911, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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    EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
WEATHER REPORT.i
Fair and cooler tonight
Friday fair.
Calling cards, wed
ding stationery, com
mercial stationery and
Job printing to order
&t the East OregonUn.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24
PENDLETON, OREGON, ri Jin'l. V, .H'LV ;, mil.
NO. 7258
IF 0 BUSINESS HOUSES AT
WALLULA DESTROYED BY FIRE
Nil Tilt
Shortage of Water and Inflam
able Nature of Buildings
Hamper Volunteer Fighters
ORIGIN' OF MAZE IS
UNKNOWN TO CITIZENS
Many Who I.t Irorcrty Were. All
wilt, Enjoying Walla Walla Cele
bration, anil Ignorant of Destruc
tion of Their Proicrty.
As a result of a fire that occured
during tho fore part of last night
half tho business section of the little
town of Wallula has been wiped out
of existence. The following are the
establishments that were burned: t
Opera house, a two story struc
ture, owned by tho Eagles.
Ice house owned by Earn Ash.
Cherry's pool and. confectionery
tore.
The AVallula restaurant.
The Wallula Gateway.
As to how the fire started definite
news is lacking but reports received
here indicate the Wallula people had
a lively time saving their entire town
from destruction. The buildings were
all of wood and were so Inflamable
that they burned like kindling.
All of tho buildings burned were
located on the west Bide of the main
street in Wallula and the fire did not
spread to the structures across the
street.
There is no municipal water plant
In Wallula and the only water avail
able for fire fighting purposes was
that from the private plant of Sam
Ash, keeper of the saloon and owner
of the Ice house thnt was burned. The
Ash saloon Is on the east side of the
street and was not burned.
Depot Xot liunicd.
A report received at Walla Walla
last evening was to the effect that
the depot had also burned. This re
port was Incorrect as the depot was
not in the fire at all. There Is but
one depot at Wallula, It serving for
both the O.-W. R. & X. and the
Northern Pacific. The depot Is un
der the charge of a Joint agent.
Many Were Away.
At the time of the Wallula conflag
ration a large part of tho town's
population was in Walla Walla at
tending the second day of the fourth
of July celebration. Accordingly
there were few men left in the place
to combat the flames and this fact
accounts in part for the losses sus
tained, (if those who were away
when tho fire started many returned
on the 10:30 tinln from Walla Walla
and arrived home only to find half
their town In ashes.
I'llUUITTtT vwirn TO
form "world's trust"
Brussels, July 6. A committee of
i. n.nn.. muntifiiMitrprn of the
II .MUMS "
world, was appointed today to pre-
pare a plan tor me niKiim.aioui m
vi.i tinui" nloiiir tho lines pro
pose,! l-.y Elbert H. Gary, head of tho
.United States Steel corporation.
f!,irv'u lilim to 01 mti'ol the world
niarkrlv nml regulate prices Is being
enlhu dasti, ally received. On the
Ittee are Charles Schwab of
Anieiien, and Huron Von Rodenmau
son.
T
OF 1911
Todoy tho hum of threshers Is toe-
lng heard in tho barley fields south
of Pendleton and within two weeks'
time harvest, will bo generally on
throughout Umatilla county..
As usual the harvesting Is com
mencing first in the section between
this city and Tilot Hock. This morn
ing the Churlcs Wright thresher bo
gaii work on the Brown Bros, ranch
Just east of Sparks station. Thresh
ing is also on at the Newqulst plncc
near Sparks, whllo other farmers In
that region nro getting their outfits
Into shape for the season's work.
Weather Ripens Grain.
Tho warm weather of the past few
days has done much to ripen the
growing grain, according to H. W.
Collins, manager for the Balfour
Guthrie company." In most sections
of the county the grain Is now en
tirely made. However, In -tho Hell
country there Is spring grain that Is
yet very green.
Some. Itnrloy Selling.
Already a few barley sales have
been made here and the price has
been a cent per pound, Pendleton do-
TIN
(Contlnued on page eight.)
REPORT MFRDER
XEAR ST.
MAI t IKS
Ktuiioi- That .Man Slain in Cunip Near
Town Not Confirmed.
1
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Mystery i
surrounds reports reaching Coeur d'-!
Alene this afternoon that a man had
been murdered in a camp hear St. i
Maries. .Ml efforts ton'ght to eon-1
firm the report by long distance l-l- ;
ephone failed. I
Shei Iff W. I). McFirland was called j
by telephone this aft moon received j
word of the alleged film" mil with I
Deputy Sheriff Knowlton, who is also
Jailer, ltft on a 2:43 boat lor the'
scene.
Unless the officers charter a spe
cial boat on Lake Coeur d'Alene It
will be impossible for them to return
to Coeur d'Alene tonight.
PORTLAND COUNTERFEITERS
COXVICTEI) II V JURY
Portland, Ore.,' July 6. Amerlcus
Martinelll and Lorenzo Rlnaldl may
be sentenced to serve as high as 30
years In the penitentiary and pay $15,
000 fine as the result of a verdict In
the United States court yesterday af
ternoon finding them guilty on all
three counts of the indictment charg
ing them with counterfeiting $5 bank
notes. The court may impose a sen
tence up to 10 years and a fine of
$5000 on each count.
Judge Bean, before whom the cases
were tried, fixed next Monday morn
ing as the time for sentence. The
Jury returned its verdict in less than
10 minutes. The convicted men are
believed to have passed a large quan
tity of bogus money on the Pacific
coust, 'the green goods being mailed
to them from Italy.
LOCAL PEOPLE BACK
FROM A. fd. A. MEET
Returning from southern California
where they have been during the past
ten days attending the meeting of
tho American Medical Association
Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Smith and their
daughter Gwendolen returned to the
city this morning. The family will
remain here during the summer.
"The session of the national associ
ation was a very successful one,"
says Dr. Smith, "and the social fea
tures in connection with the meet
ing were ahead of those in connec
tion with any former convention in
the history of the association.
At Los Angeles the people of the
city made elaborate arrangements
for the entertainment of the visitors
and during the last two days of the
session some very enjoyable social
features were provided by the con
vention itself."
At tho Bush Gardens.
"One of the social events consist
ed in a visit to the famous Hush
Gardens where a greut Mexican bar
bacue was served. There were 7,500
people in attendance, all being dele
gates or visitors at the A. M. A
meeting."
Many of the delegates to the medi
cal convention made the famous trip
to I'auilina Islands but the Smiths did
not make this trip. However they
visited with friends In various parts
of southern California for several days
following the close of the convention.
According to Dr. Smith the weather
Is very warm in the southwest dur
ing tho middle of the day, at this
iio.e of tne year, but that overcoats
are In order during the evenings.
LYNCH NEGRO SLAYER
La Junta, Colo., July 6. Bob Har
ris the negro who killed Chief of Po
lice Craig and fatally wounded Night
Marshall Kipper Tuesday, when they
attempted to nrrest him, was found'
today in a negro pnrsonago at Rocky
Ford. He was rushed here in an
auto and hidden In the county Jail.
A big mob gathered and attempted
to batter down the Jail doors, threat
ening to lynch the negro.
Governor Shafroth ordered the
militia at Trlnldud, Lamar and Col
orado Springs to bo In readiness, In
reply to a request for troops.
One company was ordered out at
1 1 o'clock and Immediately surround
ed the Jnll. Twenty deputies were
also ordered to shoot to kill If an
unlawful act should bo attempted by
the mob.
maim: explosion
was ix magazine,
Washington, July . General
William Bixby, chief of engi-
neers of the army, has return-
ed from a personal Inspection
of th work of raising the
Maine. He asserted today that
tho explosion which sank the
ship wan caused by the ignition
in one of the battleship's three
map nzines. He asserted that
ho such effect could have been
possible by an outside explosion.
He paid the primary cause .of
the explosion will never he
known.
15 CALLED By DEATH
jilt. Ei.IZABETII ARMSTRONG
PASSES TO CHEAT HEVOXl)
Lacked Rut Two Days of Being Xlne-ly-Ouo
Years OH Ha Ilecn u
Pioneer of Three States.
One of Pendleton's oldest residents,
Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong, died at
her home hero last evening at the
ripe old age of 90 years, 11 months
and 29days, death being due to a gen
eral breakdown of the life tissues.
Funeral services will De conducted by
Rev. Nathan Evans at the residence
of Mrs. Nettie M. Armstrong, 613 Lil
leth street, tomorrow afternoon at
2 p. m.
Elizabeth Welch was born in Bowl
ing Green, Kentucky, July 6, 1820,
Her parents moved to Illinois at the
close of the Black Hawk war, when
she was a small girl. She was mar
ried to Wni. Armstrong in 1839 at
Peoria, 111. At the beginning of the
civil war he enlisted in the 86th 1 11 i
n lis regiment, dying at Nashville,
Tenn.. in 1862. Five yearsf later she
moved with her children to Kansas
and thence to Pendleton in 1883. Thus
the has been a pioneer' in three states
of the union and has endured the
hardships of the frontier for most of
her life.
She was cheerful, energetic and
self-sacrificing, rearing ner large fam
ily of six boys and two girls, all ot
whom preceded her to "That bourne
whence no traveler returns.," except
one, John H. Armstrong of this city.
She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Han
nah Garrett of Hillsboro, Ore., and
Mrs. Julia Brady of Orange. Cal. One
granddaughter, Mrs. Ora G. Hamil
ton, one great granddaughter, Edna
Hamilton of Pendleton, and one
grandson, Richard Alderson of Butte,
Montana.
PAVING PLANS ARE
UP TO THE COUNCIL
There are a good many inquiries
concerning the status of the plans (or
paving the several streets In this city.
At the meeting of the council last
night, the beginning of an important
step was taken and it will be com
pleted before the week is over. City
Engineer Geary Klmbrell submitted
his plans and specifications for the
.proposed Improvements and his es
t'mutos of the work to be done and
the probable cost thereof, together
with the property to be benefited and
the percentage of the total cost of
improvement which each piece should
pay.
.Tlie report was gone oVer In an in
formal way. alter which it was min
ed over to City Attorney Kaley who
will go over it to ascertain its legal
correctness, tin Friday night an ad
journed meeting will be held when the
n port will probably be adopted and
order a publication of notice which
shall include the surveyor's estimates.
The owners vill then have ten days in
which to enter a protest after which
the ordinance will be adopted and
bids advertised for.
Speaker Clark iAisin-r Money.
Washington, July G. Owing to the
continuous session of congress, mak
ing it impossible for Champ Clark
to report for n lecture tour, it Is said
that he Is losing $1000 a week. Clark
had contracted with a Chicago lecture
bureau to take the platform July 1,
but his duties as speaker of the house
Interfered with nil plans.
AYIATOR RECROSSES ENGLISH
CHANNEL IN 30 MINUTES
Culnls, France, July 6. Headed by
Vendrlne, who mare the passage in'
thirty minutes, nine aviators, win
are competing in the International
Circuit race, recrossed the English
channel and landed safely here to
day. Rill to Control Flyers.
Chicago, July 6. Convinced that
unregulated aviation is dangerous,
State Senator Gorman Is preparing
to introduce a bill to control fliers
and flying machines which operate
In this state.
"HOT eUlLTY"
Men Accused of Dynamiting
LosAngelos Times Arrang
ed in Court Today.
LARGE CROWDS ATTRACTED
RY A 111 ARANCE OF PRISONERS
Willi 'I ln Most ISi-illian Array of Le
gal Talent That l.alsir Could I hid.
unci Prosecution llcteriiiinetl, Capl-lal-I.alior
Conic, t t::::;: r.icnet's.
Los Angeles, Ju;v . John and
J:.iris McN amaru ifj.pared befort
Judc-- 1-ui.. .veils in court thus fore
noon to plead "not guilty" to indict
ments charging them with the mur
d r Of 21 men in the Los Angeles
Times building by dynamiting tho
structure.
Before they were allowed to enter
a plea, severaL-prellinlnary motions,
among them being one to quash the
indictments, were made by attorneys
for the defense, who gave thirty-eight
reasons why the indictments should
be quashed.
The prosecution, forewarned, met
the reasons with fifty more why the
Indictments were legal. The court
room was packed hours before the
appearance of the McNamaras who
seemed to be unworrled.
Fourth Time in Court.
This is the fourth time the Mc
Namaras l.ave appeared In court. The
first was their arraignment; second
when the first date of the hearing was
set; third, when a continuance was
i granted.
I AH the attorneys retained to de
' fend the union men, were In court
jwe Rapport. Tho a ray of legal tal
j ent for the defence Is the most hril-
iiant .uiat-ever appeared in a south
ern California criminal case.
Following the motion to quash,
Assistant District Attorney Ford
arose and said the reasons for the
motion were irrevelant and present
ed the prosecution's side. The court
then adjourned until 2 o'clock this
afternoon, without taking any action.
Order of Prosecution.
From recent developments it Is ex
pected that the prosecution will pre
sent its case something along this or
der: Testimony of victims and expert
witnesses to prove thnt the Los An
geles Times buildingTyns destroyed by
djwrmite. . - -j
Confession of Ortie E MtJlTasfpjiI,
and other alleged (at0tfinMt
Testimony of witnesses who will
swear that J. B. McXamara was in
California last fall under the name
of J. B. Bryce. An endeavor will be
made to prove that "Bryce" was seen
in the neighborhood of the Times
building on October 1 last, when the
explosion occurred.
l r.e case agamst j . J. aic.amaia
wlil include correspondence supplied
by McManigal, books found in lie
Xamara's office and the clocks, wires
and dynamite found in Indianapolis.
Detective W. J. Burns, who was re
cently indicted in Indianapolis for the
alleged kidnaping of the accused
men, will be the principal witness.
The defense is expected to attack
the allegation that the Times was de
stroyed by dynamite and will intro
duce the testimony of experts to
prove that the explosion was due to
gas.
To Discredit MoMauijnil.
As to the McManigal confession,
it will be alleged that McManigal was
in the piy of antt-uniou manufactur
rs and witnesses will establish an al
ibi for the McNanun brothers. This
phase el" ihe defei.se v.'til not depend
entirely upon the testimony of labor
nit'ii. but will include the statements
of hot") clerks and the introduction
of h'.e Iregisters.
Handwriting experts will be called
to prove that letters alleged by Mc
Manigal to have been written by J.
,1. McXamaru w ere not written by him
but by some person who attempted
to imitate the handwriting of the la
bor leader ,
JACK JOHNSON TO MEET
DIG IRISH PUGILIST
London, July l. Dublin dispatches
reached here state that a match be
tween Jack Johnson, champion
heavyweight pugilist. and Patrick
Curran of Dublin, has been arranged
for a date between August 1 and 15.
The exa ;t date is unsettled. Under
the agreement, the winner gets $25.
000 and the loser $2500. The winner
also gets forty-five per cent of the
gate receipts after nil expenses are
deducted.
Educate Officers by Mail.
Washington, July 6. Under the di
rection of Rear Admiral R. O. Holly
day, arrangements are practically
completed for tho education by mail
of officers in the naval service. Ad
miral Hollyday is chief of the bu
reay of yards and docks and will give
two years course of instruction for
assistant engineers. The scheme has
been npproved by secretary of the
Xavy Meyer.
TWO HUNDRED
IX.M RED IN
RIOT.
Manchester, Eng., July 6.
More than two hundred persons
were injured today in a riot
of striking teamsters and car
men. The disturbance was
cheeked by 2000 policemen,
who, using swords, injured large
numbers. A command of seven
hundred if ;"i ; ;vots Grays, was
ordered t bf- hell in readiness
to aid the r :!..- wh-n the riot
ing was at its height. The riot
iv 's litter Mil xtre:nely excit
ing lor iOeial huuis.
MODERN RAFFLES IS
( OMMITS WHOLESALE
ROBBERIES IX BROOKLYN
SiM'iit Hl-Gotleii Wealth on Five
Hundred ITetty Women and Wants
to Be Punished.
New Y'ork, July 6. Eclipsing the
career of any "Raffles" who has ever
shown in fiction, Karl Von Metz
Meyer, son of a millionaire Norweg
ian banker, graduate of Heidelberg
University and a speaker of five dif
ferent tongues, is under arrest here
today for the wholesale robbery of
Brooklyn homes.
Today he confessed to eighteen rob
beries, saying he stole "to keep up my
style of living."
Pretty Women, the Cause.
Pawn tickets aggregating 15000
were found in his apartments and
also letters from five hundred women
scattered from Maine to California.
He said hesnent thp nroeeitu of
n .-, uii picny women, tie says
he has been a gentleman burglar
s:!nce last April and never found it
necessary to use a "jimmy" or a gun.
He says he wants to take his punish
ment. ENGLAND DETERMIXED TO
CARE FOR THE LIOX
London, July 6. That England is
determined to protect her own inter
ests In the Morocco tangle at any cost
uphold her treaty obligations with
France, was flatly declared today in
the house of commons by Premier
Asqulth. This is taken to mean that
England won't agree to the absorp
tion of aTiy Morroccan treaty by Ger
many and puts a more serious aspect
on the complications than before.
COUNTY WILL AID
By action of the county court this
moring, the Umatilla-Morrow coun
ty poultry association is to secure
substantial financial assistance from
the county in making its next annual
show a success. An appropriation
of $500 was made -which will cover
the cost of premiums and other ex
penses of the show and thus enable
the association to unburden itself of
the debt which it incurred last year.
The appropriation was made pos
sible by a bill passed by the last leg
islature which bill was prepared by
E. F. Averill. former secretary of the
association and an enthusiastic poul
try man. This morning Mr. Averill
together with I on Cohen and Sec
retary Jami Brown went before the
court with the proposition for assist
ance and the court, realizing the val
ue of the annua! shows in promoting
the poultry industry, responded
promptly.
An effort will now be made to se
cure an additional appropriation from
Morrow countv.
ALASKAN GOLD OUTPUT
WEARS OVERCOAT j
Rl RING II EAT WAVE i
Boston. July G. When a big husky
cop saw Alexander l'otrofski wearing
an overcoat on the street here while
i
the mercurv was breaking out the top '
- i
of the glass, he- lost no time in tatting
him in. Alexander fought bitterly I
and enthusiastically, but unsuccess- j
fully. At the police station it was i
learned he had escaped from the state
insane asylum.
SECRETARY OF WAR TO
VISIT SOUTHERN POSSESSION'S
New York, July C. Secretary of
War Stimson sailed today for Pana
ma to Inspect the canal and study its
progress toward completion and do- j
tans lor nie lortiiieaiions. lie win
visit Havana to review tho ruins ot
the Maine Porto Rico will be includ
ed in his itinerary, to inquire into the
sanitary conditions ef the Island.
MIDDLE WEST
GIVEN RELIEF
Cooler Showers '2nd Breezes,
freak Back- hone u Record
breaking Heat Wave.
I EXTREME EASY STILL
j .-IEEERS AXD MANY DIE
Pa-isin- Torid l;la-t Wn,t During
La-t Forty Year- ;nni R.-mli List
Reach i Nearly I'ii'tcvn Humlrcd
Scvcial Hundred Rabies Perish.
Chicago, 111., July G. Cooling
fcho.ver.1 and 1: H-zes broke the back-'
bone of ih.. heat wave throughout th
mlddlewest today and indications are
strong that tonight will ee the be
ginning of a real cool speil, relieving
the millions. who have L'---;ped in th
torridity for the past week.
Statistics gathered today lndicat
that "00 adults have perished and aj
many more infants were sacrificed
during the hot wave which was the
most enduring and severe blast ex
perienced in the last forty-one years.
The temperature Is 15 degrees cold
er today than yesterday.
The following cities' death llsU
were heaviest: Chicago 156, Nevr
Y'ork 110, Boston 29, Toronto 33,
Newark 26, Cleveland 33, Pittsburg
21, Kansas City 16.
Other cities' death lists follow:
Trenton 9, Cincinnati 9, Toledo H,
Peoria 5, Albany 8, Hammond, Ind..
1, Detroit 9, Philadelphia 75. Minne
apolis 6, St. Louis 18, Baltimore 11,
Washington 6.
Still Dying in New York.
New York, July 6. Eight deaths
due to the unbearable heat had oc
cured here today, up to noon.
MILLIONAIRE STOKES
FACES ASSAILANTS
New York, July 6. Facing Lillian
Graham and Ethel Conrad, the tron
young girls who are charged with an
aueged attempt to murder him, W,
E. Stokes the millionaire hotel man
today told his side of the shooting,
which occurred in Miss Conrad's flat,
after he resisted an alleged black
mail attempt.
Stokes said he went to the flat for
some letters which Miss Conrad
phoned Miss Graham had left for
him. He said after he arrived Miss
Graham, with revolver in hand.
Jumped into the appartment and told
him to sign a retraction, concerning
things she said he had said of her
self and her family.
Then Miss Conrad demanded a
$25,000 check and they both threat
ened to kill him. Miss Graham then
shot him and the fight started, which
ended in the arrests of the two wo
men. NATIONS WILL CONFER
OX MOROCCAN" SITUATION
London, July 6 The Impending
danger, over Ogad'r affairs through
international complications, was to
day abated by an agreement of the
nations interested, to nold a confer
eiuo over the Morocco incident before
taking any definite action. The pow
ers concerned are France, Great
Britain. Spain. Russia and Germany.
Should the conference result In a par
t lion of Morocco, the decision would
be submitted to the signatories of th
Alegeriras convention, thus necessi
tating the consent of the United
St.it-. s
MAY TOTAL 86.000,000
Senile. July t. Advices receive!
by Seattle banks from their corre
spondents at Fairbanks, Alaska, say
that the season's output of the Tan
ana district will be at least $5,000,
"iio and may reach $6,000,000. ex
ceeding by $1,500,000 the estimates
made two months ago.
Late reports from Fairbanks state
that the spring cleanups show that
records will be broken on Fairbanks,
Dome and Pedro creeks.
With plenty of water and enough
men to enable operators to work un
hampered, $1,000,000 worth of goid
had been cleaned up from the winter
dumps by June 1.
The recently opened quartz mines
are expected to add about $50 000 to
the gold output ef the camp during
the season.
Would Conserve Rirdnien.
Faris. July 6. Plans are now un
der way by which tho French gov
ernment will offer $10,000 as a prize
for the inventor of tho best life sav
ing apparatus which can bo attached
to an aeroplane.