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.VOL. 24.
PEXDLETOX, OREGOX, TIUJHSDAY, JULY 20, 1911.
ATTY. EFFECTED
, . I
HRJI IBB (IB ffl l I
UN KILLED
MYSTERIOUSLY
Shot to Death 'While on Auto
mobile Trip With Banker
Husband of a Year.
6POUSE CLAIMS AN
UNKNOWN FIRED SHOT
AnlliorltlKH Tliiil Wood Pools, which
Contradict Story Man Unable
to Explain Their Preiico Solu
tion Hinges on Ownership of Gun.
Richmond. Va., July 20.-"-On the
ownership of a shotgun, which was
found in the brush todayi hinges the
solution of the mysterious shooting
of 'Mrs. Louise Beattie, wife Of a
Manchester banker who, according to
the husband, was slain while she was
sitting beside him In their automobile.
The shot was fired by an unknown
man who refused to surrender the
road, according to the husband.
Posses have failed to find a trace
of the man. A coroner's inquest will
be held tomorrow.
The Brattles were married last Au
gust and have a two weeks old baby.
The murder was committed in a
lonely spot on the Midlothian pike.
HiisImuuI Tolls Story.
Seattle said the iryin suddenly
Jumped into the roadway and demand
ed to know If he Intended to run over
him.
"I told him there was room enough
for both of us and I tried to pass.
"Ho' seemed either drunk or surly.
Without a word he raised a shotgun
and fired. The muzzle of the gun
was not more than a yard from my
wife. As the man fired, I leaped
from the car and grappled with hlrri
but he struck m a fearful blow, ren
dering me unconscious. When I re
covered he was gone. With one arm
around my dead wife, I drove fifteen
miles through the darkness for help."
Beattie has an abrasion on his
nose but so far has failed to explain
why there were two pools of blood In
the road, some distance apart.
tJ To Aid Fumlne Victims.
Pokln, July 20. A meeting of the
Chinese and Foreign Famine Relief
association with representatives of
the government will be held today t
adopt a more comprehensive plan of
procedure for aiding the thousands of
victims of the famine.
GYPSY CAUGHT IN
ACT OF SHOPLIFTING
Detected as she stole a comb from
the Pendleton Drug company, a gypsy
fortune teller was this morning pur
sued, overtaken nnd arrested and af
ter a trial in the police court was
given fifteen minutes to bid farewell
to this city. .
With her little boy she went Into
the store and inquired for a comb. A
tray was set before her by Glen Estes,
clerk in the store. After she had at
tracted Ills attention elsewhere she
quickly purloined one of the most
expensive combs and quickly thrust
it down the trousers of her little boy.
However, she figured without taking
Into consideration the big plate mirror
on the other side. John Shields, soda
dispenser, wns watching her move
ments in the glass and sav the theft.
After she had left the store, he in
formed young Estes of the act and
the latter Immediately set out in
pursuit. He followed her through the
Queen Chop house nnd located her in
an outbuilding where she had hid
den the comb. Refusing to 'ack
nowledge her theft, Estes seized her
whereupon the child ran and got the
comb. This so enraged the woman
that she threatened to kill the child.
The officers were notified and
Acting Police Judge Halley and Wai
ted Wells succeeded In catching the
mother and child after a chase. She
pleaded not guilty, attempting to
blame the pilfering onto her boy.
However, Judge Halley ordered her
out of the city and warned her never
to return.
Changes in Guard Ships.
Washington, July 20. According to
orders of the navy department, the
gunboat Trlnceton will leave the Pa
cific coast todny for Samoa to go on
the Samonn station The Princeton
takes the place of the Annapolis,
which has been ordered home to the
Taclflc coast to undergo a general
overhauling.
The gunboat Paducah has been or
dered to discontinue her survey work
on the Atlantic side of the Central
American coast the latter part" of this
month and proceed to the Portsmount
N. H., navy yard.
Elizabeth N'aylor of Athena, was a
visitor in Pendleton last evening.
COURT TAKES CHARGE OF
PROPERTY-OF A. W. L. HEAD
JiidW Classes Ojieratlons of Indicted
Men As Olio of Most Gigantic
lYnuds Ever IVrix-tiiutcd and Sur
imssliur Panama Rond Scandal. .
St. Louis, July 20. P. S. Judge
Dyer today appointed the St. Louis
Union Trust company general receiv
er for a! the E. G. Lewis corporations
here. Walter Cole, referee in bank
ruptcy, was appointed master to take
an accounting of the enterprises of
Lewis, who Is head of the American
Woman's League, and also of the
Lewis Publishing company, chief
among his various enterprises.
Judge Smith McPherson, who sat
In the case said that if the bill recites
the truth, "then we have one of the
most gigantic frauds ever perpetrated.
The Panama bond scandal. in
France, is equalled If not surpassed."
The indictment against Lewis con
tains twelve counts. He Is charged
with having obtained several millions
of dollars by the fraudulent use of the
United States malls.
THREE MASKED MEN
HOLD-UP N. P. TRAIN
ENGINEER FATALLY SHOT
AXI PASSENGERS ROIiliEI)
Occupants of Day Couch and Pull
man, Lined up and Forced to Give
Over Valuables Bandits Floe In"
Auto njul Pohsc Pursues.
Buffalo, s. V., July 20. Fleeing In
a racing automobile to the southwest,
three masked bandits, who held up
the North Coast Limited eastbound
passenger train on the Northern Ta
ctile railroad at Tower City, last
midnight are being trailed today by
a posse.
The robbers obtained a large am
ount of booty from the Pullman pas
sengers.
Engineer Olson, for refusing to
stop his train when ordered by the
bandits, was shot twice, It is believed
fatally.
Occupants of the day coach were
lined up and robbed of their valuables
after which the desperadoes searched
every berth of the Pullmans.
When the train reached Buffalo the
bandits leaped off and sprang into a
waiting automobile ani disappeared.
SIX PERSON'S INJURED
IX RAILROAD WRECK
Muskogee, Okla., July 20. A north
bound passenger train No. 5. on the
Midland Valley railroad, crashed
through a bridge one half mile west
of Avant. Oklahoma, late last night.
The bridge, which is fifty feet high,
had been weakened by a swollen
creek. A wrecking train has been
sent from here to the scene.
According to reports received here,
at least six persons wore Injured,
among them Conductor J, C. Smith
of Muskogee. The engine passed com
pletely over the bridge before the pier
gave way. The baggage car today is
hanging at the west end of the bridge
and the "Jim Crow" car which
crashed through, lies at the bottom
"f the creek nearly burled in water.
Vols Meet at Manassas.
Washington. Julv "0. I'.eni
j errand of peace and amity, hundreds
or veterans or liotli blue and gray are
passing through Washington today on
the road to Manassas, there to fight
over with their mouths the first
great battle of the civil war. Tomor
row lr the semi-centennial of the first
battle- of Hull Ttun, nnd n notable
program will he carried out at the'
nine village or Manassas. It was
there that the realization that they
were fighting Americans, and Ameri
cans just as able and determined as
themselves, was first borne In upon
ino minds or Union generals and sol
diers, ani that what the federal lead
ers believed was to be the end of the
war was only the beginning.
HIH in Air Trip.
Grand Forks, N. D., July 20. Pres
ident Lojis W. Hill of the Great Nor
thern railroad has been invited to
take a trip in nn aeroplane here on
Saturday. President Hiss is expected
to ne nere on that date. If be nr.
cepts, he will have Walter Brooklns,
tne wright aviator, as a nl ot on his
aerial voyage.
HAS TWO HUSBANDS;
LANDS IV JAIL
Baker, Ore., July 0. Confess
ing to bigamy, Mrs John Lang,
or Rock Creek, today Is a pris
oner In the county jail, having
requested that she be prosecut
ed. She married Langlast May.
She had firovlously married
Arthur Lake in Colorado, but
left him. She met both men
through a matrimonial agency.
MIA1S CLUB
Senator Aid rich Denies Story
Told to Lorimer Investigat
ing Committee.
BLOND ROSS WAS NOT ,
ADMINISTRATION'S CHOICE
Declares That President Tart mid
Himself Were Neither For or
Against Any Particular Candidate,
.lu.-t so He Was a Republican.
Washington. July 20.-A flat denial1 Xcw Vork, July 20.That Henry
of the story of Edward Hines, the , - I'avemeyer, the late sugar king,
Chicago lumber man, who charged j was not the real organizer of the su-
.t,',U.t ,I,.?,.1had Tau'horlzetl hlm t0 Bar trust but that it emanated from
that William Lorimer was the admin- 1 ,,, ...
Istration's choice for senator from I bnm- was the '"Stance of
Illinois, was made here today by Sen- I testimony given today before the
ator Aldrich of Rhode Island, before j Hard wick house sugar investigation
the Lorimer investigation commit- committee here bv John E. Parsons
tee. I . ,,
Only Wanted G. O. P. .Man. I V S,reet V
Senator Aldrich declared that he j Proud of Feat,
and President Taft were only inter-' "I organized the sugar combina
ested in the Illinois senatorship to the ' tion." he said, "and I am proud of it.
elerte,!
He denied ho had personally ex
pressed a preference for Mr. Lorimer.
He said that Hines had told him that Btu'nti"n b' developments In Wash
Hopkins could not be elected, and 'nSton.
had suggested Lorimer for the place, j "After I had worked out my plan
He admitted that he told Hines to combine the waning elements, I
that Lorliner's candidacy was not ob- ! brought Henry Havemeyer and his
jectlonable to the president. j brother into the scheme and we put
Senator Aldrich denied sending any jt through."
telegram through Hines to Governor' Parsons is now under indictment in
Deenen, of Illinois, or others, regard- connection with the gobbling up of
lng the election of a United States the Pennsylvania Sugar Defining
senator. company by the trust.
ROUND-UP COWBOY
IS UNDER ARREST!
Bill Ridings, known throughout the
county as "Slim", a cow-boy who fig
ured prominently in the trying out of
horses for the Round-Up bucking
contest last year, is in jail at Van
couver and will be brought to Pen
dleton on the night train, according
to a message received from Portland.
He is accused of stealing a horse
from Umaplne, chief of the Cayuse
tribe, which larceny was committed
about two months ago.
Ridings has been in hiding for the
past two months but Sheriff Taylor
jhas been on his track and knew that
it would be only a matter of time be
fore he was landed. He stole the
horse on the reservation, delivered
it into the hands of a confederate
who rode it to Echo where "Slim"
was to meet him. The latter got on
the train for that point but noticing
Deputy Sheriff Blakely on the same
train, did not get off until Hermiston
was reached when he made his get
away. The horse, which was a fine,
blooded nnlmal, was recovered.
Ridings is an ex-convict, having
served a term from Morrow county
for the same offense.
LORDS PASS HILL
DOOMFD TO DEATH
London, July 20. The house of
lords, this afternoon passed a bill,
taking from that body its veto power
on financial legislation, hut amended
it so that it is almost certain to be
rejected by the House of Commons
when It reconvenes next .Monday.
GRAIN FIELD IS
. REPORTED OX FIRE
.
At 3 o'clock (his Hl'tci'iioon u
telephone message, to this city
brought the news that n "wheat
field belonging: to George Isen-
linger, seven or eight miles
north or this city, was on fire.
At that time it had Ih-cii burn-
log for over nn hour but was
being fought by quite n numlH-r
of men.
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TOR EVERY READER OE EAST OREGONIAN
Through a special arrangement .
made with the Murray Music com
pany of New York, readers of the
East Oregonlan are to receive all of
the very latest musical successes and
song hits gratis. Commencing with
next Saturday's Issue, a copy of one
of the latest Broadway productions
will appear each week with this pa
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11
'John Parsons. Indicted Wall
Street Legal Light, Claims
Credit for Trust's Birth.
ADMITS AS MUCH TO
HARRWICK COMMITTEE
Hail Worked Seven Yours on Scheme
i to Got Warring: Factions Together
f mid Is Proud of Accomplishment
j Exciioiutcs Ilavcmcvcr.
1 " '"' kC(I on the problem for seven
years The fact that the sugar trade
was demoralized, was brought to my
CITY INSPECTOR
NARROWLY ESCAPES
Frank Konaseck, well known citi
zen who is acting as Inspector for
the city on the extension of the sew
er system, hnd a very narrow escape
from death Tuesday when a portion
of one of the .tunnels being dug caved
in, partly burying him. As it is he is
minus two of his teeth and only the
failure of a large mass of earth to
follow the first quantity which fell
in, docs he owe his life.
Konaseck examines each section of
pipe to see that it is properly placed
and connected, and It was while en
gaged In this duty hat the accident
occurred which nearly interred him
alive. Instead of digging one long
trench for the sewer pipe, the con
tractors dig a number of short sec
tions and connect them up with tun
nels, thus minimizing the amount of
earth which must be moved. It was
while crawling in one of these tun
nels to examine the pipe that Kona
seck was pinioned by the falling earth.
His head was forced violently against
the pipe nnd two of his teeth were
knocked out. In addition he was se
verely bruited. Members of the crew
quickly rescued him and after a
day's layoff, he is again on the job.
AUTO RACE DRIVER MEETS
DEATH rXlir.il HIS CAR
Blue River. Wis.. July 20. Louis
Strang, the famous daredevil auto
mobile racer, was instantly killed here
this afternoon when a car in which
be was carrying the technical com
mittee of the annual endurance tour
f the Wisconsin Automobile associa
tion, careened and crashed oyer an
an embankment. The accident oc
curred when Strang tried to avoid an
approaching wagon.
Romeni!or lngersoll.
New York, July 20. New York
freethinkers ore preparing to observe
the twelfth anniversary tomorrow of
the death of Col. Robert O. Inger
soll by holding memorial services and
by a pilgrimage to the Ingersoll
home at Dohhs Ferry,. N. Y., where
the great agnostic passed away on
July 21, ISO'.), and where his widow
now resides .during the summer
months.
nn up-to-date poitt'oli of music
without any additional expenditure
whereas the purchase of a store copy
would require twice the subscription
price of the paper.
The first son bit which the East
Oregonlan will offer to subscribers is
"Hig Chief Biyttlenx." the comic In
dian novelty vhich Lou Dockstader,
the famous merry minstrel man, sang
with such success.
MALE GARB MORE MODEST
FOR FAIR SEX THAN' SKIRTS
Mustache AH That Mere Man Will
Have Left by Which IIe May he
Distinguished, According to Prom
inent Club Woman.
New York, X. Y., July 20. "Evo
lution in the work-.yday clothes, of
business woman, means trousers."
This is the expressed opinion given
litre by Dr. Maude Glasgow, a pro
minent worker in the clubs of New
York. She is serious in her belief that not
many years from now, the business
woman will crn to her ivorb- In l,..
hardly to bo distinguished from thoe
of men.
"Trousers are not immodest," she
SJild "Nothing is more immodest than
the present style of clothes worn by
women, while trousers would show
less of the contour of a woman's fig
ure and be more decent for women
than the narrow skirts and low cut
waists."
MEXICAN REVOLT TO
START IN TWO WEEKS
LEADER OF LIBERALS
-MAKES ABOVE STATEMENT
Declares Small Hands of AllegvJ
Bandits are Really Parts of Lurge
Armies That Will Make War on
Mndero.
Los Angeles, July 20. "Within two
weeks the Liberals will have a strong
centralized and well organized force,
proceeding against the troops of Ma
dero. The little bands, which the
Mexican government refers to as
'bandits' will , grow into large arm
ies." This was 'the statement given
today by Richardo Flores Magon, the
Indicted head of tie local Junta and
president of the Liberal party, fol
lowing his release on bonds from the
custody of the United States federal
government.
Macon was seareelv nut nf nrinn
before he was again directing the af-
iairs or tne liberal party.
ATTEMIT AIR TRIP FROM
GOTHAM. TO CHICAGO
Washington, July 20. Encouraged
by the success of his recent flight
from Boston, Harry At wood, the av
iator, hopes to fly from New York to
Chicago in the near future. He said
today he expected to make this trip
in ten days, making seven stops.
Full Crew Rill In Effect.
Harrisburg. Pa., July 20 A "full
crew" act recently passed by the state
legislature, which requires consider
able increase of force and chang"s
in equipment by the railroads operat
ing in Pennsylvania. Is ih effect to
day. L'nder the terms of the bill, every
train consisting of more than thirty
freight or other cars exclusive of en
gine and caboose, must have a crew
of at least six men. Trains having
less than thirty freight cars must have
crews of five men. Passenger trains
having less than thirty cars must have
crews of five men. Passenger trains
consisting of not mure than three
conches and a baggage car must have
a train crew of five men or more.
Passenger trains of four or more care
must have six men in the crew.
Auti-Mornion Meeting.
Salt Lake City. Utah.. July 20. A
great anti-Mormon mass meeting and
outing, under the auspices of the Am
erican party, was held here today. Ad
dresses will be made by former Unit
ed States Senator Fred T. Dubois of
Idaho and other leaders in the anti
Mormon movement. opponents of
the church declare the time is ripe
for a national campaign to "stamp
out" the alleged evils of Mormonism.
Such crusades ore now In progress in
England. Denmark and other coun
tries where Mormon missionaries have
been active, and a nu.n'oer of leading
American magazines have lately pub
lished "exposures" of Mormonism.
The American party, which represents
the anti-Mormons in the political are
na of Salt Iake City, is preparing
for an active campaign in advance of
the cilv election this fall.
TR1BESMFX SLAUGHTER .
SEVENTEEN TROOPERS
Livingstone, Rhodesia. South
Africa, July 20. District Com
missioner Von Frankenhurg.
two white sergeants, together
with fourteen negro policemen
and twenty native carriers
have been massacred by the
Okarange tribe of Buchuana
land near the Brif.sh-Gormnn
frontier.
FIGHT II FAKE
Jack Johnson Aggrees to "Lay
Down" to Brhish Aspirant
tor Heavyweight Title,
KING SMUDGE GETTING
OLD AND NEEDS MONET
Promoters Kxwi Gate Receipt to
Reach More Than Million Dollars,
A Big slice or Which Is to Save
"Lil' Aitlia" from starvation.
London, July 20.That Jack John-
son, heavyweight champion prize
fighter of the world, I planning to
"lay down" in his corning match with
Bombardier Wells and permit the
Englishman to win th.. hr,.,i.i.
title, i openly charged here today.
ii is ueciarea tnat Johnson is sore
on American sports and realizing that
he is getting older, he wants to clean
up a big amount of money and i
willing to dron the t itlo in "w
dough."
The fight is to be held In the
dium and the receipts are expected to
be nearly a mil'ion dollars. The place
seats two hundred thousand person.
A big syndicate, of which Jame
White, of Manchester, is the alleged
neaa, is to pull off the battle. The
identity of the members of tho ab
dicate is Carefully guarded, but it has
Deen learned that the real backers are
Terah Hooley, the famous sport pro
moter who is now in bankrnntev nnA
II. Bottonly. editor of John Bull's
Weekly, who is also in financial
straits, a-3 a result of recent verdict
against him for illegal promotion.
tiotn men. it is said, hope to recoup
their fortunes through the Johnson
fight.
It is alleged that Johnson has beea
offered, nrrt only the entire purse, to
Jay down," but also a large percent
age of the moving picture royalties,
the value of which will be fabulous if
Wells wins.
Wells' share in the reported agree
ment, is problematic. It is pointed
out that he has a good chance to win
in any event, as Johnson is fifty
pounds overweight and as soft as but
ter. SUPT. WELLES MAKES
T
County School Superintendent
Frank K. Welles has just completed
his annual report and sent it into the
state superintendent, L. R. Alderman.
Interesting indeed are some of the
statistics contained therein showing
as they do the growth, development
and improvement made in the schools
during the past year.
For instance it is shown that there
were nine more teachers employed last
year than during the previous year
and 28 more than were employed five
years ago. The number of teachers
examined for certificates has increas
ed from 102 in 1105 to 156 in 1911.
Attendance I-urger.
The average daily attendance of chil
dren at school la-t year was t!2i great
er than five years ago, while during
this time the average length of the
school term has increased 1.4 months,
the average term now being 7.6
months.
The average salary of male teach
ers has increased marly 50 per cent
in the last five years, or from $5S.6
to JS5.64 per month, while the sal
ary of female teachers has increased
from $48.73 to J62.S1 per month.
More Improvements.
One of the most encouraging fea
tures shown by the report is the
amount expended for repairs and im-
ovements on school buildings and
grounds. The amount expended for
this purpose last year was about ti,
000 greater than during the pre
vious year, and nearly $14 000 more
was paid out for this purpose than
six years ago l nese items do not
include the cost of new sehoolhouses.
and indicate that the buildings and .
grounds ate kept in much better re
pa r than they formerly were, which
is true in most districts.
Although there was a substantial
increase in the average number of
months of school taught hist year,
and also an increase in the salaries
paid to teachers, there was a corres
ponding decrease in other expenses,
so that the total expense of the schools
was only $340.33 greater than last
year.
Oilier statistics.
The following statistics furnish
other information that is interesting:
Number of children over 4 years
and under 20 years -Male. 322S; fe
male 3017; total, 6245.
Number of pupils enrolled In
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