," rt ' "if EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITIOU WEATnER REPORT. Showers and thunder storms tonight or Sunday. Calling cards, wed ding stationery, torn merclal stationery and Job printing to order at the Bat Draconian. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24 PENDLETOX. OREGON", KATTItDAY, SKI'TKMHKU 2, 191 XO. 7207 BANDITS HOB S.P.E Sheriff's Posse, Handicapped by Six Hour Lead, are Pur suing Robbers. WELLS FARGO COMPANY ARE ONLY ISERS Itlow Safe, Secure Ijurgc Amount or Money uml EMcapo in Automobile After Firing Shots at Trainmen live la Hand, One a Negro. Redding. Calif.. Sept. 3. With a ix hours lead, five men who shortly b fore 9 o'clock lust night held up the southbound Southern Pacific ex press train No. 15 at Gibson station, forty-throe miles north of here, and robbed an express car In charge of Messenger Meyers,, are being pursued by a sheriff's posse today. The men boarded the train while It was awaiting the passage of the Shasta limited nd before the ex- ress messenger could close his doors, tney covered him with guns and fired several shots at Engineer Coleman avid Fireman Dickey when they put tl clr heads from the cab windows to ham the cause of the commotion In the cxprn-'s car. The men secured a large amount of pioncy, hlch was being carried In a safe wh'ch they blew up with dyna riltc. The company has not given out the eact amount. The robbers did not take anything except ciln and it Is believed that they escaped In an automobile. Ono of the bandits was a negro. They I oarded the train at Gibson and forced the engineer to proceed, blow ing the safe as the train speeded along. Securing the booty, they brought the train to u standstill-and left after firing several shots ut the. train. Secure $7,000. Sun Francisco, Sept. 2. Officials cf the Wells Fargo express company 1 ere announce that $7,000 was taken from their car last night by the Red ding band'ts. The train eaehed this city this morning ur.d the passengers were bad ly frightened, but none were harmed. RAINIER FOLK WIN FIGHT FOR FIVE CENT FARES Seattle, Wash.. Sept. 2. Following the action of Federal Judge Hanford ystcrday In dlsolving the temporary injunction he had Issued against tlio people of Uainier Valley at the be lust of the Seattlo-Renton trolly line, the company today began issuing tiansfers and collecting only single fares. Thus the fight, with the peo ple vitoilous, is temporarily ended at least. The case will now go on pppeal to the United States supreme ecu i t. Because Judge Hanford ltwucd the Injunction, he was burned in , effigy and denounced, and nine men, who started a movement to Impeach him, are now awaiting Indictment on charges of "obstructing Justice," Thief Would Return Painting. Paris, Sept. 2. It Is today reporrted that the French government has re Vp!VPd a cnmniunlcation from the illef" w iio has the ' nalntinir "Mona Liza," offering to return the picture for J30.000. ' j Texas Senator Dies, Corslcana, Texas, Sept. 2. Former X. lilted States Senator Roger Q. Mills, (i'ed here today following a long Ill ness. WIND STORM STRIKES The brief but Violent wind storm which swept down upon Pendleton yesterday evening shortly after 6 o'clock, struck the temporary !ot bridge above Main street bridge now under construction with sucb terrific force that It fell with a crash and now lies a pile of wreckage in the liver bed. It was only by rare good fortune that no pedestrians were car- sled down with It for the accident oc curred Just at the time when many business men were returning to their homes. At it was Frank Neagle and bis son had very narrow escapes from death or serious Injury. They had got mid way on the bridge when they felt It way and rock before the terrific blasts that swept down the river, feeling that It was about to fall, they ran and Just leaped on to the bank when a gust of unusual violence car ried it from Its Insecure foundations nnd deposited it" with a crash Into the river bod. Cllve Cheshire and Mrs. Brusha also bad narrow escapes, the ono having Just crossed and the ether Just starting to cross. Immediately a'ter the wreck of the temporary structure, punks were laid across the steel beams of the' new brldgo and, although these did not af MESS THREATEN TO ISM)V-l'P CANAL. - Washington, Sept. 2. Be- cause of a threat to blow up the Panama canal with dynamite, the government has decided to Immediately dispatch the Tenth Infantry, now stationed In Tex- as, to the canal zone, to prevent any troube. The threat . was made by opponents of President Arohemana, they believing that by blowing up the canal that the government would oust the president of the little nation. run c m J. A. Boric Head of Company Purchasing Interest of Robt. Forster As a result of a trade completed today, Robert Forster. for many years owner of the Pendleton planing mill, has sold his mMI and business to J. A. Umle and usoviites. Mr. Horie 's now In charge of the mil and will henceforth direct its operations. The title to the mill will rest with the Pendleton Planing & Lumber com pany, which concern will aiso conduct the lumber bus.ness of the J. A. Bone Lumber company. Under the terms of the deal Just made a half Interest in the planing mill hahs been purchased by Mr. Ho rie personally, while the remaining half interest has been taken by asso ciates living elsewhere than in Pen dleton. The price for which the mill was sold ha snot been made known but It Is seid the mil property com plete is valued at $40,000. Tne real ty consists of 16 lots, upon wh'ch the mill and lumber yard are located. It is understood that Mr. Forster has sold his business with a view to taking a rest and rrecuperating his health. He will go to the coast for the present to Join his famiy and will not engage in further active business at this time. 6. M. RICE BUYS MAIN STREET BLOCK i At 2 o'clock this afternoon, the ' John Schmidt block on Main street 1 tetween Webb and Alta changed 1 hands, G. M. Hice, cashier of the First ' National Hunk bidding In the prop- ( rty at a sheriff's auction on the front Sieps of the Court house. The figure at which it was sold was $25,700. This action followed a suit Instituted some time ago hy the bank for the foreclosure of a mortgage which it .Juid on the property. AVIATOR SURVIVES 500 FOOT FALL INTO OCEAN Squalitum Aviation Field, Boston, September 2. Aviator Joseph Cum m'.ngs dropped into Dorihesto bay to day from a height of MO feet. He was hardly hurt nnd his escape was miraculous. A cylinder blew out, cairslng his monoplane to drop in to thy water and sank. The crew from the revenue cutter Gresham picked him up. CITY; BRIDGE ford a passage any too safe, and caused some north side residents to drink only of lemonade last night, they served their purpose without ac cident. The temporary bridge will not be rebuilt but means of crossing by the new bridge will be prepared until the permnnent" footbridges are in place. The windstorm of last evening was very unusual both from point of viol ence, direction and durration. It swept down from the east and car ried great swirls of dust with It, but fortunately lasted but a short time. Stato in Robolllon. El Paso, Texas, Sept. 2. According to a special to the Times last night from Hermoslllo, the Btate of S,na loa, Mexico, is in rebellion against the Mexican government. Governor Juan M. Banderas, heads the revolt, ce- clarlng for an Independent state, Innugtirutetl President. Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sept. 2. Gen eral Emillo Estrada was inaugurated president of Ecuador today. General Flavio Alfaro, who recently endeavor ed to foment arevolution, addressed ills friends and requested them to rec ognise the new regime. MM INVOLVED s Employes of Water oard In timidated by Band Led by Red Elk THORN HOLLOW DISPUTE IS NOT YET SETTLED! Sii)Mrtcrs of Former Owner of Land Arm Themselves and Threaten Trouble Unless Workers Ieavc VI clnlty Firing; of Shots Reported. That the Indians on the reservation are not reconciled to the loss of the .'horn Hollow springs and may put l p an armed resistance to their use as a source .f water supply for Pendle ton is apparent from reports receiv ed in this city today. Red Elk, son of Wenix, one of the squaws who for merly o vned the land on which the springs are located, Is the head of the opposition and last night succeeded In ('.riving the crew of men engaged in developing the springs away by threats. A telegram to that effect was re ceived by the water commission and orders to hold their ground until fur ther directions were wired back to them, according to advices. Other leports t ) the effect that Red KIk with a small 1-ind of braves hail taken up a position on the high bluffs and had opened tire have been received but there is no confirmation. For some time past the Indians have be-ii threatening to arm them selves and drive the workers away riul last night after dusk Red Elk went to the springs and, with a large l.oe, began filling in the ditches which the men have been digging. From the telegram received it is apparent lhat he Intimidated the. crew to the (xteiit that he wis not Interfered w 'th. The w.cn- commissioner arc loth to discuss the situation further than stiying th.a evn-ything Is all right. .MOVEMENT FOR PROGRESS LAUNCHED IN CALIFORNIA Herkley. Calif., Sept. 2. "The peo ple are ready to rule and want to rule wisely. The aim of the initiative and recall, is to furnish them with the power to (;o so with protection against those corttlpt influences that seek to restrain.' 1 The foregoing is the cry of a state' wide car.ipaign for progressive const!-j lutlonal amendments to the charter ' of the suite of California, which was f uniitlly inunehod hy Governor John son last :;lght when he addressed a meeting of two thousand voters of the nty. Murders and Cremates. Klmballton Iowa. Sept. 2. Mrs Paul Amlvrson. 32 years of age, to day shot and killed h-r S-year-old stepson and then set fiiy to the bed on which he had fallen, buttling the house to the gr und. Her husband r-t-eing the flames, rushed to the house and was shot and badly injured. The woman later attempted sulc.de by h -toting. Both will rercovcr. Jeal ousy is sa'd t) nave iji en the cause of the tragedy. FISHER MAY NOT GET TO INSPECT PROJECT Secretary of the Interior Fisher will probably not get to visit Ucrm'S- ton end the Umatilla project but will pass through Pendleton September 8 en route to Boise from North Yaki ma. Information to th's effect was re ceived here today from D. C. Brow- nel of Umatilla, who has been in the (ity. According to Mr. Brownell he recently discussed with Mr. Blanchard '.he question of the West Umatilla ex tension and the secretary's vis't. He was Informed by Mr. Blanchard that it is very probable the secretary's itinerary will bo such that he will be forced to foreg) Inspecting the pro ject in person. In the view of Sir. Brownell, the outlook for the extension seems very bright and he Is also hopeful over the out'ook In the town of Umatilla. There Is one new building under way In the little town now and others are prom ised. With the development work promised for the near future and with the river busini s, Mr. Brownell be lieves that Umatilla's future looks Havana Teamsters Strike. Havana Sept 2. A general strike of 3400 Havana teamsters was culled today. Roy T. Bishop, of the Pendleton woolen mills, returned last evening from a ttlp to Seattle'. WHITES 1 BEATTIE A I T 'Mysterious Witness" Proves to be Driver cf Car Prev-' iously Mentioned RESPECTABLE MARRIED MAN WITH AFFINITY l earing Domestic Troubles, Had Kept Silent Woman Coniuinloii Was on Ruiinin;' Hoard of Car Judge Threatened With Hcing Killed. Chesterfield Court House, Va , Sept j 1. A de ided victory was scored to-' day by the defense in the case of Hen- r;' Clay Beattie, Jr., and a sensation ; created when the "mysterious witness" In the person of Charles Kastellberg. i a Richmond meat dealer, was put on 1 ihe witness stand and testified that! l.e was the man who was working i over his 'jutomohile on the Midlothian pike, while a woman stood on the running board, the night of the mur- j der of .Mrs. Reattie, for which the young husband Is being tried. Kastellberg stated that his woman companion's Identity was unknown to b-m and that he had not mentioned the matter until the Beattle develop ments threatened to put the Incident cn an innocent person, for fear of do mestic trouble in his own home over the affair. He stated that he was at the time re-filling his radiator. This in a great measure, substanti as the contention of Henry Reattie. that his i'utomobile had not stopped previous to the murder. Elsie Mosely, an eged negress today testified that she had heard two shots ;iriil the blast of an auto horn, from her homo near the scene of the murder. V. H. Sampson, a personal friend of i.'en;r Ileattie, testified that the defendant's relations with Peulah Bin ford. weie broken off after his mar riage to the woman who was later i.'iui dered. No little excitement was caused in tiie court room today when Judge Gol ursinaer rec ived an annonymous let ter, in which lie was warned that he would be shot if he sentenced Beat tie to die in the electric chair. BELGIUM VERY AFRAID OF GERMAN -FRANCO WAR Bruss. Is. Belgium, Sept. 2. Believ-' i ig thai there Is now grave danger of war breaking out within the near future bit ween Germany and France, ever the Moroccan situation, the Bel pium government today canceled all leaves of absence which have been granted recently an.l abandoned the field army maneuvers which have I een under way for some time. In their stead a series of fortress1 maneuveis were inaugurated. All ar-i tiilery rc.-'iiiients are being strength-' (tied ami other means of enforcing t'eutrali'. are being arranged. ; -V Inquest Necessary, , T.'is Aii,-clos, Sept. 2. The coroner; today di-iided that no inquest was! necessary in the case of Dr Ryan who ' ; I'sterday murdered bis wife and' suicided. RELEASED ON BOND Walla W'ullii, Wash., Sept. 2. "Having spent a n'ght and part of a day In a filthy cell in the county jail, where she was confined and not al lowed to communicate with her bus- i 1 and or attorney follow ing her arrest i on the charge of being Implicated in j the performance of an illegal surgical' operation which is alleged to have resulted in the death of Mrs. Delia' Reams, Dr. Alice Prather was yes-1 terday released on ball in the amount i of $5000 which was furnished by! friends as soon as had been fixed. Dr. John A. Hamilton, who is alleg- j ed to have performed the operation "n the Trather sanitorlum, is still in custody and his bail is fixed at $10,-' 000. I The body of the dead woman was! exhumed yesterday and examnied by j a coroner's jury. The inquest will ' lie held later and local physicians, It is believed, wil do everything in their power to push the prosecution against the woman and man doctors, as it is claimed that they have incurred the ill will of regular practitioners, who do not approve of the methods used by the physician owner of the san. torium and her assistant, Dr. Hamil ton. It developed that the husband of the dead woman had insisted on her burial shortly alter her death and that, while ho is deeply affected by her death, he does not bear any 111 will aga'nst the two accused doctors. SCO POM WOMAN DOCTOR IS DR. COOK SAYS HE HAS Ills PROOF. New York Sept. 2. Reiterat ing his claims to being the first discoverer of the north pole and declaring that he is now in a position to prove hts case be yond any doubt, Dr. Frederick Cook today filed sensational charges against Rear-Admiral reary, w no had pre viously discredited Dr. Cook. He asks that congress investi gate the rival claims, which he says will be submitted next month.- U -v V. i. Tl . BIRCH AND M'KAY CREEK SETTLERS WIN THEIR FIGHT Commissioner Cochran Allows Motion to Continue Case Until May A big victory was won by the wa ter users on Birch and McKay creek and lower Umatilla river yesterday i fternoon when Water Commissioner George T. Cochran allowed the motion fur continuing the 300 or 'more cases which the government instituted against them and named the second Monday in May as the date for the 'ett'ng of the trials. The considera tion of the motion took nearly the en tire day, Attorney Oliver P. Morton for the government contest'ng the move bitterly. Colonel J. H. Raley introduced the motion and made the opening argu ment, and was followed by Attorneys Fee Lowell and Drowiey, for the wa ter users. They declared that their (Hints d'd not believe two and one half acre feet to the acre sufficient for irrigation purposes as maintained by the government, but would be un able 1 1 prove their claim at an early trial because tiny have not been given sufficient time to measure the' water thy hae been accustomed to use. (Uiver P. Morton declared the mo. lion for postponement of trial to be preposterous and po nted out vehement- that it was not he nor the rec lamation service, but the United States f America that demanded immediate (Continued on 'paSe ten.) CITY OFFICIALS OF TOLEDO ARE DROWNED I. Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 2. Seven mem bers of a party who were fishing in Maumee bay, met their deaths today when the launch which they occupied was run down and sent to the bottom of the br.j by the freighter Thi'dip Minch. The deed are: James Wilson, suncrintendent of the city wat-r works. Alderman Harry Batch, member at large of the Toledo city council. Fred Shane, director of civil service for the rhy government. William Latt. William Carroll and Rudolph Yunker. all members at the wr.ter works, of the city, and Thomas Purcell, It is ci timed by the officers of the freighter that the launch attempted to cross the bow of the larger veseel, 'nusing the accident. POLICE PROTECTION PERFECT FOR ROUND-UP That police protection such as this city and few others of its size have ever had will be afforded during the Round-Up Is the announcement of the city officials and the Round-Up di rectors made this morning. Realizing that among the great throngs that will be here for the cele bration there will undoubtedly be many crooks and blacklegs who will seek to ply their nefarious trades un der cover of the excitement, both the city and the frontier association have taken steps to insure protection to townspeople and visitors. Chief Gurdane has not yet decided upon the number of special officers he will enlist for the week but he has a large number of blanks prepared to wh.ch he is getting signatures al ready. There will be at least one po liceman on the street to every block in the business section, while the res idence districts will be patrolled day and night by men with stars. Officer For Eneh Saloon. The proprietors of ull the saloons In the city have signified their intentions of having an officer stationed .tr each ot their places of business to prevent disorderly conduct or crime of any description. HURRY CALL FOR UNION MEET All Committeemen of Federa ' tion on Harriman System to Gather in Frisco MATTE ROF STRIKE HANGS ON CONFERENCE Still Some Hoe That General Mas er Kruttschnitt Will Concede Rec ognition oi New Organization and . Another .Meeting With Officer " San Francisco, Sept. 2. A call to ril committeeman of the federated shop employes on the Harriman sysw iem to meet here next Tuesday, wa w ired out today by President Kilinew-. of the Backsmitns' union, who Is act ing as chairman of the conference officials, who were denied recogni tion, as a federation by General Man ager Kruttschnitt yesterday. The coming conference is likely to determine whether stens will be ta ken to call a strike and also to deal with the possibility of another meet--ng with Mr. Kruttschnitt. It is believed that there is some se cret negotiations between the unioa -and railroad officias on now. President Kline says thirty-one ad ditional delegates fro mpoints as far away as Pocatello, Ida., Denver, CoL, and New Orleans, La , will assemble here to thoroughly discuss the matter before a strike order is issued. Mr. Kruttschnitt started for Chicago to day. Some federation representatives be ievo that that Mr. Kruttschnitt may yet concede to recognition of the fed eration. The representatives al.Sij cited sev eral instances wherre m?n of Ions standing had been laid off, in the re cent retrenchment movement, when other men who had been employed, a shorter time, were retained. In ach case the discharged men were I active unionists. j Mr. Kline this afternoon said that jti.e situation had taken a decidedly ! f ivorable turn, but would not go In j to details. This is taken to indicate , that communication with Mr. Krutt I bt hnitt has been renewed. 1 Wait Until Labor Day. Chicago, 111., Sept. 2 Secretary ! Kramer, of the Blacksmith's union-. I today said that no definite action om a possible strike would be taken be ' fore Labo- Day. j LalKir Optimistic. Los Angeles, Caiif., Sept. 2. Fol I lowing the receipt of telegrams from' San Francisco to, lay, labor leaders' ; here appear to be confident that Gen j f'al Manager Kruttschnitt will recog lf.ze the federation system of employee nd that the differences will be aiiilc- eHy settled soon. Labor Endorses Plan. San Francisco, Cal.. Sept. 2. The an Francisco labor council, repre senting 55 000 worklngmen, today- gave unanimous endorsement to the I roposed government development of the Alaskan coal lands. Chine-so Section Biiriif. Manila. Sept. - Fir. n Tola Te-.-troyed a block of C'liae-.- houses The loss -is half ; million dollars, two fifths of which is covered by insur ance. Roller Kills Eight. Stettin. Germany. Sept. 2. Tho boiler of the steamer Strewe explod ed near the mouth of the Oder, kill ing e ght persons. At the meeting of the Round-Ur directors last evening, they decided, to ask the city for twelve extra po licemen for service at the park and camping grounds. Four of these men will be delegated to patrol the fence, at the park to stop those disposed to see the show without paying. Any of these persons caught will be place!, under arrest and either put '.n a tem porary Jail on the grounds or sent to--the city jail in a patrol wagon. Sentry boxes will be stationed along the fenc so that the officers can command a. view of the entire boundaries of the; park. Two mounted officers will take thelr places in the arena so that the-y can respond to a call from any direc tion. Each officer and each director of the show will bo provided with a vh stlo so that aid can be summoned f necessary. Then there will be two nher officers on foot in the stadium I whose duty it will be to guard the box tffices to frustrate any attempt th.it ! "rght be made to make away witr j the gate receipts. Guard Cninping Ground, Both a day arid a n ght policeman -i I (Continued on page ten.)