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Probably showers to
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Calling tarda. wV-
dln taonery. ora
merclal stationery at
Job printing to order
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24
PENDLETON. OREGON, MONDAY, SKI'TEMUKK 4, l'Hl.
NO. 7203
C- S 'w Vj.
BEATTIE ON WITNESS STAND
RELATES MURDER EN1
DECLARES LOVE FOR WIFE, HONE FOR BEUH
Denies Making Confidante of
"Dear Kid" Letter Insists Bearded Man
Fatal Shot Jury Impressed.
Chesterfield Court House, Vu., Sept.
4. With the ownership of the "auto
mobile with the woman on the run
ning board" having been definitely
fixed by Defendant's Attorney Smith,
onto Gastelburg, Instead of Henry
Clay Heattie, Jr.. charged with wife
murder, und the defendant himself on
the witness stand today telling the
Jury frankly his story und not spar
ing himself, in the matter of his re
lations with Beulah Blnford, the,
"other woman," the celebrated trial
is today beginning to reach its zenith,
which, however, may not come until
tomorrow when It Is expected that
Prosecutor Wendenberg will introduce
some sensational rebuttal testimony,
muc'n of which will be given by Beu
lah Hinford.
Bcuttie opined Ills statement this
morning with the declaration that he
had never made a confidante of his
cousin Paul Heattie and rarely saw
him.
He declared that he did not love
Beulah Uinforl, had never loved her,
but had associated with her as lie
would have with any oilier "woman
of the town."
In speaking of the baby which
He u lull l.inford claims is his child,
Beanie said that he did not believe
that he was the father of the child,
but was f orci d to give the woman
iimm y at various times.
That he had broken off relations
with Jlcuhth Hinford early in F.iOji, hut
later resumed theui,
knowledge of his will
admitted by Iteattle.
though that he loved
without the
, was frankly
He declared
his wife with
line devotion.
The "Dear Kid" letter
missives which he wrote
Ulnford, he characterized
and other
to Beulah
as "The
gusli you give a woman of that kind."
lie declare, 1 that he could not love a
woman that he could not respect and
that he certainly could not respect
Jieulah Hinford. .
Peat tic ins-isle, 1 that his car was
hcl,l-up by a bearded man and that
he had eiijr.iged in an argument with
tin- man. who Immediately afterward
bail fired the shot which killed Mrs.
Heattie, just as he bad again started
to move the ear.
He declared that he leaped from
the machine, grabbing the gun from
the fellow and threw It Into the back
of his own ear. The man, he declared,
made Ids escape In the meantime and
then he hurried his dead wife to their
home. The gun, the defense contends
was lost from thy car presumably
by jolting out at the point where it
was found by a colored woman the
day following the murder.
Several times during the statement
of Heattie, the court was compelled
to warn hlni that ho had engaged
counsel to make his arguments for
him. This
tie's eager
lies of the
It Is the
Bc.ittle has
was brought on by Heat
explanations of the frail
prosecution. "
general Impression that
made it favorable iinpres-
REPORT OF RUNAWAY SON'S DEATH BRINGS
HEARTBROKEN PARENTS TO CITY; ERRONEOUS
Searching for their 11-year-old-runnway
ton whom they think an ad
venturous spirit and the lure of the
wild west has led into eastern Orc-t-'on,
J. U. Chapman and wife of Sa
lem have been In Pendleton since Fri
day but so far have found no trace
of the missing boy. They know that
Tie ard his companion, another Salem
boy of the same age, have been. In
this city and believe that they will
again be attracted here by the
Round-Up and, in hopes that he may
find them in the crowd, the, father
will remain here through fair week.
The two boys, Ham Chapman und
Ben Minton, accord .ng to tho story
Mr. Chapman tells, were students in
ihe S.'Jein high "chooi but shortly be
'orc commencement last May, they
suddenly and without announcement,
forsoek tho dull, prosaic school room
and f-et forth in quest of adventure.
Neither boy, Mr Chapman says, hnd
any bad habits but wore full of life
and ambition which, with the read
ing of many wild west books, led them
to leave homo and friends that they
might shnro in the life of which they
had been rending,
Trail Is Lost.
For the first two or three weeks
the parents of tho boys were not
alarmed for. they anticipated an early
return after tho young rovers had ex
perienced something of tho hardness
Cousin Paul and Explains
ired
f-icr. on the jury, and that so far he
has not In the least hurt his case. His
story was told unhesitatingly und In
a forcible und straight-forward man
ner. Following a conference among the
counsel for the defense Counsel Smith
announced that Seattle's demonstra
tion of manner, in which the events
surrounding the murder took place
will be demonstrated by Iteattle and
then the defejise would close.
"MOXA LISA" STOLEN'
BY FOREIGN -NOBLEMAN
Pars, Sept. 4 Crazed by love of
'Mora Lisa," the painting; which was
stolen a few we.ks ago from the Lou
vre, h baron attache of one of the
f irei;:n embassies here stole the pic
ture and now has it hidden in hi
apartments, according to a 'story told
today to the government authorlt is
oy u y.iuu-r who warns 4 imj to u:s-
(dose
the name of the titled thief.
New Swliiiiii.ng Il-rd.
San Francisco, Sept. 4. The swim
ming record of Walter Pom r iy of
the Olympic Athletic club for the mile
f t.-euhled waters between Fort
Point and Lime Point, which marks
:he entrance to the Golden Gate, was
broken yisterd.iy ty "Pete" Freeman,
a student of tin- University 01 Ca! -
f ruin, wh 1 covered the
-1 minutes. Freeman .
:i lie companion.;, all Gai
l i'a 11
tarted
f 01 nia
l.ve of whom mad
l ie trip sue
covered the
'! III ill Hit s.
fully,
lance
Ah of the
l:i less t!
f v,
Altitude Roi-ord Broken. j
s. Fiance, Stpt. 4. Almost lost
Par
:o viiw, A into
!i -w world s a!ti
lug a height of
si a in a flying
U.IITo.i t,
.mle reeord
1H. SIT, leet
machine.
lay set :
by attain
above tl:.
-:ns aitek iioitsiriiiim
Oregon Sheriff ;ct, Mvtniilition P11
M'rs for IJcddiiig Prisoner,
Hedd.ng. Sherijf Collier of Grant
county or.-gon. arriM .l Iv iv uitli -trad'tion
paperrg signed by Governor
Johnson for the return to Cany ui City
of Harry Cnigluon, who is wanted
there to answer charges of horse
stealing and jail breaking, cheighton
was arrested in Diliisinuir, but escap
ed and came t 1 Uedding. where he
was taken into custody, lb f,,re the
ariiv.u 01 the stlcrili, lie had almost
succeeded 111 breaking out of tile local
jail.
Tlui'o Killed by Trait).
Weliingion, Ohio, Sept. 4.
len excursionist!: were ki'led
n gl.t by a Big Four train.
Thro
las
Two Autoistw
rtura. Calif, Sep
K. S. I'ill-hury,
d in an auto last
Killed.
L. 4. lu-
X
and
rs,
wcre
night.
insta ntly
k II
of the actual world. But as time went
on M'ld no word of the runaways was
received: fear and anxiety began to
grip thel.- hearts and they began a
search for their sons. They traced
them east to the mountains, found
where they had stopped over night
-everal times, discovered that the
snow had force 1 the intrepid young
sters to turn buck and then followed
theh trali to Oregon city, where it
was lost. Everywhere dwellers along
'he road told them of having seen
the boys nnd none believed them any
thing but two echoed boys out on a
vacation.
During the Rose Show in Portland
Mr. Chnpman haunted the streets ex-pect-'ng
the boys would drift In to
participate in the festivities. He was
disappointed, however, and returned
Fiidly to his home. There he remain
ed without further clew to the where
abouts of the boys until a short time
ago when a school friend received a
I-osto; card from Pendleton from
yourg Mlnton.
Hear Son I Killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman prepared
at once to come here and last Thurs
day Just as they were starting, Mr.
Minton brought them a report that
their hoy had been killed near this
(Continued on page flvo.)
100,000 CHINESE
LOSE LIVES IN
TERRIFIC FLOOD
Wide Scope of Remote Coun
try, Made Dtsolate by
Rainfall
Shanghai, China, Sept. 4. Tele
grams that have been received here
from American missionaries at Wu
Hu. say that the greatest lnss of life In
the modern history of China has oc
cured within the last few davs . ih
result of A series o -torrential rains j
which have completely flooded the
entire country alonsr the
Kiang river.
Almost the entire province of Anh
Wei Is inundated, according to the
report and the crops have nearly all
been completely destroyed.
An accurate estimate of the num
ber of lives lost Is Impossible ut this
time, but many of the parties making
the reports, declare that the death lis;
win total one hundred thousand. !
For a distance of more than one I
thousand miles along the river, the '
country is in a state of desolation and
the condition of refuges is described i
as terrible. j
GOTCH IKES 9USSUUI
Chicago. 111.
is still world's
fore a croud
thou-und fans
Sept. 4. Frank Goto
champion wrestler. B -ef
m ire Hi. in thirty
wltii f:r,l the st. idiom
and forty
A 111 --rica n
thousand on the outside, fhe
a:;ain made t!.-.,rue Ha. k-
ensi hmiit. tli
Kussan Lion. qui:
u- t le h Jld.
l!u i. 1 fail in four-f:fti-n
t--v.r.d. with
j w :;li his fame
j Goteh won
I ! en minutes.
j 1 g and wria i-x k.
I la the second hot li in
j t".J-;h tactic -' and f.'inli..
! '! his to - li: id. Ha. i;.
' sh 'w of r -s.st.inci . roll, .
; ba. k, and the Amerii 1 u
1 vii tor. Tile second fa V
,r. five in miles, t ::ir;y-:
r. sorted '.:
tch secmr.
.nisi ne; ore the men
ring the odds stood a; z
en:
to
red th
. aain..
EX-CHAMP BUSTER
ROUND-UP JUDGE!
i Clayton 1 tanks, twice declared bv
I judges to be the best broncho au-'ter
I in the world, will himself act as a
1 judge in a bucking contest next Week.
I The Koiind-rp directors have jui
I closed contract wirii this renowned
fiontier character w'uer, by lie will be
j one of the three men w ho win sit in
jthe judge's stand and cast their crit-
l.ai eyes upon the cavorting animal
with a view to picking the bm karoo
Who will ride p. way with the $1350 plbii
saddle and wear the title of noith-
wtst champion for the next year. I
Datiks is known to every cowboy in
the west as one of the most daring
tiiiers that evi r str.ubil d a mustang I
and. inasmuch u he h;:s twice car-j
ried away championship honors.'
should know whereof he judges The!
oilier two judges are practically se
cured but announcement will be held
pondiii'. definite word 1'ron; them.
Big (lime Hunters Return.
N'onie. The power schooner Polar
Bear, Captain Louis Lane., returned
froin Wr.mgell Island, where the ex
pedition headed by Captain Lane kill
ed twenty-four polar bear and thirty-six
walrus.
Mas AitymiO' Seen dimes.
Under the belief that Jones, the
missing assistant clerk of the Hotel
Oregon, who has disappeared, may
have w.r.dered to Pendleton to see
the Itound-Up, friends of his in Port
land are searching for him here. Dan
P. Smythe, who is a patron of the
Oregon, today received a message
from Portland asking that he report
the fact if Jones Is seen here. It is
feared lie has wandered away while
demented.
WoolgrowvrM Meot'jiiB.
By actionycif the executive commit
tee of the state woolgrowers' associa
tion. November 14 and 15 have been
set as the dates for the holding of the
annual meeting of the association
this wear. The convention is to be
held at Baker.
Kills 180 lvt of Snakes.
Oxford Conn. A new record for
killing snakis is claimed by Clifford
B. Hawley, an Oxford farmer, who
killed ISO feet of black snakes in
seven minutes, assisted only by his
woodchuek dog Spot.
Superintendent lec, according to
the ltose'uirg News, reports excellent
progress with the water nnd light
plant at Winchester. It will cost $S0.-
'000
DESPERATE EFFORT
10 SAVE FATHER
i.M"c-.ri.nZ.1.'":CSPIFAL WAGES WAR UNFAIRLY. SAB IMRISDIl
to Petition. !
Portland. Ore., Sept. 4. Suddenly
real zing that the time scheduled for'
the hanging of her father Is only a '
few hours off, M ss Julia Webb, the j
pretty .seventeen year old daughter of j
Jes-s" Webb, tha convicted murderer .
who is to pay the extreme pena'ty for
his 1 rime tomorrow n Sa:em, today I
began a desperate -hunt for persons
who will sign a petit'on which she
w ill tomorrow resent to Governor
West, to commute the death sentence
tt life Imprisonment.
The sl'p of a g rl today presents a
1 our ie- sijiin a.s sne goes trudging
J through the rain, her clothes covered
I ult!' the mire gathered in many parts
I of the fit-, as she hurries from place
j l'-' place, beseeching every one to add
j his name to the petit'on.
j It is, believed here that the girl's
desperate attempt to save her father
. .10111 the gallows will Drove fi uitlesu
as it is thought that the g ivcrnor will
not hear her appeal.
QUIT WITH TOE HOLD
-ean.
il.e Kuss an entered the ring
e.l nervous. Goteh started
c ornor. hrush'ng every one
a;ker to Hack's cornrr an,.l
onds with him.
the bout cominenced, tilt
f r some unknown reason,
all bus olf.
'..ie d ,
a.ivant :
- i'.u
Th
n See'll to
wax in the
sian had
w second.'5.
1.
1:
:t
t ,
tr i
il'.'lrf.
i'eel
'tch. .vho like
grabbed the
id .-Mod him
f -1
.1 l
lie. 1,1.
h by If.
Vie
ill'
ken
' re. elves $,!.
vs; in 1 ho mo
rir.g the bou;.
and !
WILL TAKE
That
the Indians ,
ion are coniin
the Umatilla
to the Ilouml
ss.ige brought
rosi rvntnei
Up in numi
to the e'ty
is the me.-
ty to lav by Pok-
r Jim. noted
lender
nionc; hl. tri!u?men
Poker
Jim brought in a li.-i e
Would be l'.,re with t'
oorses and ti pecs to Ho
f Indians who
icir families,
y Pisiioj), who
oiarge ot that department of the
Iound-Up. A number of chiefs were
in Saturday and held a conference
with the directors to learn what ac
commodations had been iirenared for
th.ir
people and what Inducements
will bi
offered. Yesterday a general
w was held on the reservation
powwi
the result of which a b'riumht into
the city by Poker Jim.
J he association has
arranged to
tnke care of the Indians
and the out-
Ids and to jmy them a lib
well, all of w hich appeals
people.
il sum as
the red
l N ITI1I) STTI .S TO
sri: southern
PACIFIC
Portland. Ore., Sept. 4.
became apparent that th
-It
H
.-wties government is dctcrmin
sue nie .-southern Pacific Railroad
company iUid the Kern Tradimr and
I Oil
company, a subsidiary corpora
tor the recoverv of about one
tion
hundred thousand acres of oil lands,
located in California, and which are
valued at about S t On.tlno.000.
The suit will be brought on the
grounds that the grant under which
the companies secured the lands, pro
vided that all mineral lands were to
be exempted from the grants.
Special Assistant Attornev General
Townsend, of Washington. D. C, has
arrived here and will direct the cases
against the corporations.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO
SETTLE MOROCCAN" MATTER
Berlin. Sept. 4. Moroccan negoti
ations were resumed today by the for
eign office, when a compromise pro
position by France was presented t
Germany. The offers are for ter
ritorial concessions, if Germany rec
ognizes France's supervisory rights in
Morocco. It is believed Germany won
accept nn I another serious rupture
will develop.
In Grande Star: The Grand Bon
ne I, umber company has made sur
' 1 ys for 1. logging railway up the river
to Jordan creek with the expectation
tnat the work will be completed this
.all.
LABOR DAI ORATORY HOLDS
Fl
j Mc Namara Affair Only A:temp
T THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
Declares Leader--Ohamp Clark's Presidential
Boom at Unionist Meeting Supported
Binghampton, X. Y., Sept. 4. De
claring' that Capital can now war on
Labor only by campaigns of mis-representation.
Secretary Frank Morri
son, of the American Federation of
Labor, in liis Labor Day address to
day, reviewed the progress of Union
Ism. He said that the arrests and kid-;
napping of the MeXamara brother,!
was simply a step taken by the Em
ployers' association to cast an odium
on the entire labor movement and
that the association does not expect
to be able to convict either of the two
men of the crimes charged against
them.
Clark Boomed.
Davenport, la., Sept. 4. More than
five thousand laboring people here to
day heard Congressman Champ Clark
speaker of the loner house of Con
gress, make a Labor Day oration,
after a labor parade in which he oc
cupied a carriage.
II r. Clark, in his speech, said that
the United States is the greatest
v ealth producer in the world, but that
the problem with which the country
was confronted, is how to get the
wealth eijually distributed.
At a reception which was given in
his horn r. Mr. Clark was pledged the
s upport of this section, lji his prcsi-1 St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4. Andnrw
dential boom. j Scott is dead here today as the ra-
suit of his challenge to Mis3 Minnl
GomiH-rs' Sp-crli. j Webb, for an endurance contest at
San Fraiieisco. Sept. 4. Speaking 1 lanc'n?- The couple started dussc
tiiis ai'lirnoop. Samuel G unners uy- ! at 6 o'clock last evening and iepfc
held the moveineiu for the recall of J 11 "I1 continuously until 1 o'cloclt tfiSm
the judiciary and the fljht for inili-' ntortiir.sr, when the man admitted
ative. r.call. referendum, and said himself xhausted. He died as
that Julius Kruttelinitt made a mis- i started to take a glass of soja watwc
tuke in not recognizing the federation, j
as the unionists intend to organize I Injupetl in Accident,
on the broadest possible lines as the Eerett, Wa!i., Sept. 4. C. i". A.
s;.sl. ;n is exactly the same, as a bi j J Talbot of San Francisco, was serious
1 01 -poration finds potent. I ' injured yesterday when his aato
luri::g i.i.- speech Mr. (lumpers! mohi'e skidded ami overturns ! wlira-
said: Xothiiig has occurred that has
given greater impetus to direct legis-
l.i'iio
n. 10 advance it, than President
Ta.t's veto , f the Arizonp.
lion and i;s recall prosision
fiivored t:al suffrage.
or-tPu-lle
also
Los A navies Disappointed.
Los Aegeks, Cali:'., Sept. 4. .Much
disappointment was felt by union
men here today, by the refusal of
Mayor Alexander to allow the parade
of 23.ii0(i men to go down Temple
street and pass the county jail where
John MeXamara Is confined, in or
der that the celebrated prisoner might
view the pageant. The mayor feared
a riot. A big barbecue is being held
this afternoon.
At Se-nttle.
attic. Wash.. Sept. 4
unions represented.
fe
With sov
a parade in
n 1111 p. par
and tills a t'
other exer-
enty
which
thousands of uni'
1! was given today
ticipated
teri'--.on
( is( : are
11 oration a rtd
being held at Fortuna park
l'.ain at
Portland. Ore..
Day program w:-
I'ortla nd.
Sept. 4. No Labor
is carried out here
rain seriously inter-
today. A tall of
CONTRACTOR ARRIVES AND GETS BUSY
WITH OPERATIONS
For the purpose of entering at once
upon the task of erecting the branch
asylum building Allen J Olson, of
the contracting firm of Olson & John
son of Missoula. Montana, is here to-
day. He is already at
tive preparations for
work with ac
erecting the
buildings and U will be but a few days
until crowds of men will be at work
west of town.
"We arc now getting bids on the
excavation work." said Mr. Olson to j
the East Oregotiian this afternoon.
"If the bids arc low enough we will ,
let this work out by contr.ut. If they '
tire not low enough we will do th-- ;
work ourselve
morrow about
cavating will b,
of tliis week."
According to
Fr-.-d Johnson.
We will know to-!
t'-is -point. The ex-j
startid the latter part !
1
Mr. Ols
will re;
1 his partner. I
h here on
, September L'n and will take charge of.
jthe local work while be, Olson, will'
j devote his time t-i general supervis
ion of the cor.',ra,ts now held by the'
; firm. Aside from the Pendleton job
;the firm has contracts for the erec-
tion of nine other rbu'.ldiugs. Two of
these are pov. rnment buildings in i
Montana, one being a home for the,
to Cast Odium on Unionism;
I ftred with special program which traM
been arranged by the managements,
of the various amusement parks.
5,000 at Spokane.
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 4. Firm
thousand union men participated I
I the Labor Day parade here today.
At Taconin.
Tacoma, Sept. 4. Labor Day iru
spent here in, picnicking and will tnd
tonight with a grand fire spectacle lifc
which 35,000 will take part.
'Sine McN'amaraj" Is Cry.
Xew York, Sept. 4. "Save the iMc
Xamaras," was the slogan of ne airly
lOn.Ouo union men and womem -march.
ng along Fifth avenue today
in a mammoth Labor Day celebration. '
Thousands purchased MeXamara De
1,-nse Fund buttons.
Money for MeXarnaras. .
Chicago, 111., Sept. 4. Labor Dar
parades were dispensed with here to
day and the money usually esperrfei'
I in tins way w:il g.) to the MeXamara
! iie.f -r.se fund.
1
I ,
I DANCING 1IF.N1 DIES
i AFTER 7 HOURS Sl'Ct
str.iek the stret t car track. Mrr.
alln t
. . iunui.i.ru a uroKCIl collar tiCDh-
and was badly bru'sed about the h&:
and body. It is feared lie was Lr.i-.e-r '.
ii.,l!y injured. With hi m n the- ear
were his wife, two daughters, a mail,
and a chauffeu.. Mrs. Talbot's heaOt
was slightly cut The others escape
injury.
Yiaduct Blown Up.
Mount Vernon. X. Y., Sept. 4. On
of the sections of the viaduct of t.u..
Xew York. Westchester and Bostnoi
!eet--:c ladr-m i was blown up last
n'sh:. Three m- n, said to have car
ried satchels, a magneto box ana a.
coil of wire, were seen in the vicinity
at" the viadut shortly before the tx
plosi, n. The bridge is being built by
'1 'h-union men.
Mine Plant
Whinlpe, E, j;..n.,
a -id .Miius Siio-l'.,
. d by f : hu-t
IKst roved.
1 t. 4.-The
i len; w.'s do
HjIIj
stmy-
?:.-,o.-
Mother shoot
Son.
In ,1
anap-.i s. Ind . Sept.
W. stone. tomp.,ra
or four y.-ar old son
4 -Mn.
ilv ir.s:;nev
hot I-
la-t
night.
FOR BRANCH ASM
Hc'de minded at Boulder, and th
other a government hospital at Fort
Missoula. The other builJinas ar
commercial structures.
Tho Concrete Work.
Conciet- work will he nn ltt..
here
Mr.
about October 10. according to
Olson and that w ork w i" h Vr.
! ried on until the freezing weather
calls a halt. Work wiii then be r
jsumed about February 1; a-.d a larga
I 1 r-w will th.11 be placed on the Vb
and
This
en v
the work rushed to completion,
fall the contractors will have n
ot !') to 50 ,en mi
job.
1: 150
tie
-')
la
t .-.
spnng
nien r.
tin y will
have ft
t work.
Is Big .lob.
the branch .is
A'! told
if.gs w ill
it will be
li buttd
'."0.1 -.ni
firu.
-: i-iui
;s ;. -,vc
s;. Tliey
riunt in
- Clo'.C!-
.-' :S ,
': viH
1 e-ie or
111 bri-.L-
e-t t
sum ,c' J 1
'UesT Job t
ti has
e contr.ic
ork in th--t
I. ,kc s .(
o,on
Nevi rthe
ille
hi-
tf-.v H
1 111- .
el i-i
f II-
rsh.fi. 1 1.
ry s!-a tun
A.-c r.!ing t
Mr
O 1 SO T!
t most of th.ii
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