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EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and Thurs
day. Calling cards, wed
ding stationery, com
mercial stationery and
Job printing to order
at the East Oregonlan.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL TAPER.
VOL. :ii
TENDLETON. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SKI'TOI BEIt 20, 1911.
XO. 7222
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STARTL IE CHARGES ABE IDE
AGAINST ATTORNEY
SECURES $8,000 FOR LOAN Of $20, IS CLAIM
Illiterate Mixed Biood Indian
Authorities May Be Callsd Upon to Force Return
of Valuable Property
If Attorney Douglas W. Bailey, who
was recently undeiv investigation by
tho Umatilla County Bar association,
for alleged unprofessional conduct in
connection' with the St. Dennis case,
persists in his refusal to restore! to
Julian Plcard, a mixed blood Indian,
eighty acres of land, wnicn Plcard
declares was secured by fraud and
misrepresentation, he may be called
upon to explain to the United Status
Court a certain transaction which ap
pears questionable. Attorney Homer
I. Watts, legal advls-cr of Plcard, de
clares he will institute a suit to set
aside the deed which Bailey holds if
the land Is not transferred back to
his client at once.
l'lcard owned an allotment of
eighty acres of valuable wheat land,
two and a half miles south of Adams,
which land is valued nt JSOOil. In
December, l'JOS, be declares, he'was
Invited to the law offices of Bailey &
Perry, where ho wns asked to sign a
contract giving their permission to sell
the land for $100 an acre, providing
they could secure a patent to '.t from
the government. Ho signed a paper
which, ho declares, wa represented to
him as the contract, but being illiter
ate and unable to read, ho says he
did not suspect that tho paper was
otherwise.
. Pond Is DtecovrrtvL
Recently Picard rnd hU wlfp be
came Involved in a divorce su t, and
Col. J. II. Hab-y was retained as coun
sel by the wll'o, and W. M. Peterson
by the husband. In trying to arrange
a property settlement, there attorneys
discovered n warranty deed convey
ing tho S 1-2 of tho SE 1-4 of section
15. twp. 3, NK 34, E W M. from
Julian Plcard to Douglas W. Bailey.
It was executed December 12. 1908,
acknowledged on the same date be
fore J. B. Berry and witnessed by
Thomas Bcrgrvin ana J. T. Rain
ville. The existence of Tills deed was un
known to the attorneys nnd they
ought an explanation from Picard,
who refused to believe ne had signed
such a document as grantor until it
was read to him from page 616 of
book 65 of tho record of deeds. Ills
wrath then knew no bounds and he
rushed to the office of Attorney Bail
ey with the intention of administering
a beating to tho lawyer, but tho lat
ter, he says solr.cd an Iron bar and
drove him out of tho office.
I refuses to (ilvo Land Back.
Attorney Peterson then encountered
Bailey on the street, according to the
former's statement, and advised him
that a suit would be instituted In the
United States court to set aside the
deed if ho refused to transfer the
land back to ricard. This Bailey re
fused to do unless ricard pay him
tho Rtim of J27.50, which amount
he alleged the allotteo owed him for
a loan of $20, 10 interest, $1.25 re-,
cord.ng foes nnd $.50 notary public
fees. When asked why he had se
cured Plcard's signature to tho deed,
he declared ho wanted It as security
for his loan of $20, but when remind
ed that It Is customary to take a
mortgage in such transactions and
that It was hardly Just to secure a
deed to $8000 worth of land for a
small loan, he curtly Drought the con
versation to a closo by remarking that
that was "his business."
Becnuse hjs time is pretty well tnk
cn with the present term of court.
Attorney Peterson has turned the
matter over to Attorney Homer Watts
of Athena and tho latter declared to
day lie would immediately start pro
ceedings to set aside the deed?
Policeman Kills Soldier.
Vancouver Wash., Sept. 20. Shot
through the back when he attempted
KEEPER OF DISREPUTABLE HOUSE AND
BOOTLEGGERS GIVEN HEAVY FINES
It cost Elmer Searcy Just $75 when
he was found guilty in pollco court
this morning of keeping an opium den
and a bawdy house, $60 being assess
ed against him by Judge F'.tz Gerald
on the first charge and $25 on the
second. Searcy wag arrested Sunday
night when the special federal offi
cers, assisted by the local police,
raided his house on Cottonwood street
and found several women smoking
opium and a number of Inmates en
gaged in immoral practices. He plead
ed not guilty to both charges, but the
evldenco was too strong against him.
Two of tho four mn arrested for
jelling liquor to Indians were also
convicted In police court, their trials
0. IN. BAILEY
i
is Alleged Victim and Federal1
to escape arrest for a minor offense
Private Harvey Lleullyan, of Van- i
couver barracks, died this afternoon. !
The troops are aroused and there is:
much talk of prosecuting Policeman
Boy Bur'chardt, who did the shooting.
An Inque t is being held today. i
NOT ENOUGH WATER
YET SAY COUNCILS
Wait Awhile Says Broun.
When told this afternoon of
expressions by members of the
council regarding the Thorn
Hollow water supply, J. T.
Brown, chairman of the va-
ter commission said: "Please
ask people to withhold judgment
until we have completed our
development work. The results
so far are very favorable. It
looks llko we will have an ab-
undance of water and It will be
all spring water from the moun-
tains too not seepage water as
some are claiming." 4
There U far from being enough wat
er at Thorn Hollow springs at this
time to meet the needs of the city, ac
cording to members or the city coun
cil who visited the springs yesterday
upon a special investigating trip.
"There was a stream of water run
ning about two feet wide and six inch
es deep," say Councilman Strain "We
all' agreed It was fen from being
enough to supply the needs of the city
at this time. We also visited the Shap"
llsh springs and, while there is Mime
water there, it appeared to aU of us
that the supply from the two places
would be insufficient to meet the
reeds of the city."
All tho members of the council and
the mayor made the trip to the
springs. It was made by tho council
men" to see what they cou'd see." The
trip was not taken at the instance of
tho water board, which, has not yet
completed its development work at
the springs and has made no request
for the sale of the $200,000 bond issue
that was voted by the people last
spring.
PASCO HOTEL, OWNER
BV X. I, DESTROYED.
Pasco, Wtsh., Sept. 20. Fire origin
ating from a defective flue in tho Pas
co hotel building, prnct Icily destroyed
the buildings and contents early yes
terday. The building belonged to' the
Northern Pacific railway and was one
of the oldest In town, having been
moved hero when the railroad com
pany abandoned Ainsworth. The loss
on the building is about $2000 while
tho contents, belonging to Miss M.
Winter, were practically covered by
insurance of $800.
ICKfOHT or STEEL TRUST
REORGANIZATION UXCOX FIRM EI)
Now York, Sept. 20. Judge Gary,
chairman of the board of directors of
tho Steel Trust, today refused to con
firm a rumor of late that the Steel
corporation directors have decided on
a plan of dissolving the concern and
reorganizing along the lines laid
down In the supreme court decision in
the Standard Oil case.
having been held yesterday afternoon.
Frank McSwajn and Jeff Brlsbois
were both pronounced guilty and sen
tenced to pay $60 fines or spend 25
days In Jail, At present they are both
still in Jail and, when released, they
will probably face federal charges,
noy Wagner and Jim Myers, arrested
on the same charge, were dismissed
from custody.
The federal officers, who came here
at the request of Chler or Police Gur
dane, are employes of the Indian de
partment nnd travel all over the
Northwest to assist local officers.
There are three of them hero, Frank
Holgate, George L. Miller and Moses,
an Indian, who Is an invaluable aid.
TWO CONDEMNED
DUEL; ONE DIES
"The Woif California Most
Famous Convict Slays
Enemy.
Folsom, Penitentiary, Calif., Sept.
20 Francisco QuIJada, a half-breed
Mexlcan-Yuqul Indian, who was under
sentence of death, was stabbed to
death last night in the run-a-round,
about 'Murderer's Row" by Jake
Oppenheimer, another condemned
prisoner who Is the most famous con
vict In Californtaand who was known
as "The Wolf," owing to his vicious
nature.
The men fought a duel, that was
the outcome of a long standing feud
between them. The turnkey had un
locked the doors, to allow- them to ex
ercise and to ventilate their cells.
Hardly had QuIJada stepped from
his cell when he hurled a challenge
at Oppenheimer for a fight end be
fore he could well defend himself. th
latter leaped upon him and stabbed
him to death with a sharp pointed
steel rod, only a few Inches in length,
which he had in some manner secur
ed and concealed in. his clothing.
Prison authorities claim that they
have no knowledge how Oppenheimer
secured the steel rod. He afterward
stated that he had sharpened the in
strument by patiently grinding it
against the Fteel bars of his cell.
Oppenheimer states thc.t he is non
ready to die, that he has killed his
enemy. He started his carter of
crime, while employed as n messenger
bey on the streets of San Fianclo.
He has killed two other prisoners in
the penitentiary and -dins taken
prominent pans in numerous plots
against nnd attacks on the prison
guards.
Fearing that there are other feuds
within the prison walls, the guard-;
are today unusually alert.
Liberals in Canada Assured
of Victory and Treaty With
U, S. Certain.
Ottawa, Canada, Sept. 20. The re
ciprocity campaign ends tonight and
tomorrow the voters of Canada will
definitely decide whether Canada and
tho United State will enter into a
free trade agreement. It i. believed
that there Is practically no chance of
reciprocity bring defeated. Tho only
bets obtainable today arc that the
majority of the IJberal party will bo
slightly reduced, which the liberals
deny.
The election will be held in 214 out
of tho 221 oonstituancles. Three lib
erals have already been re-elected by
acclamation, their strength being such
that the conservatives refused to put
up men to make the race against
them.
Among the liberals thus re-elected,
Is Premier Laurier, in East Quebec.
Four elections have been deferred,
owing to trouble and delay in getting
the voters' list into tho remote sec
tions of the wilderness country.
It is admitted that tho closing cam
paign is the most strenuous political
fight that has ever been waged in
Canada.
Women Save Webb.
Tacoma, Sept. 20. In an interview,
Governor Oswald West of Oregon, who
came to this city to attend the wed
ding of his niece last night, declared
two women and not a poem, caused
him to save Jesso P. Webb, the Oregon
murderer, who was reprieved on the
way to the gallows.
"It has been said I was moved to
pardon Webb by reading Stanton's
poem, "They Are Hanging Bill Jones,'
The truth is Webb's wife and daught
er kept on my trail until I felt like
a dog. But I've felt right ever since,
and that shows I did tho right thing.
When I saw those women in my of
fice the morning set for the hanging
I knew Webb would never swing"
former pupils greet
speaker cnamp clark.
Lexington. Ky., Sept 20. One hun
dred prominent men. most of whom
Speaker Champ Clark taught when
he was a school master in Anderson
county, greeted him when he arrived
today at Lawrenceburg. his birthplace.
It was Clark's first visit since he left
here thlry-three years ago with his
family to settle In Missouri. He de
livered an address at the fair ground.
jREGIPRQGITY
! CAMPAIGN ENDS
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PASSENGER LADEN
LINER RAMMED BY
CRUISER AT SEA
Olympic, World's Largest
Ship Narrowly Escapes
Being Swamped
London, Sept. 20. With every berth
filled and leaving the English port, of
.South Hampton for New York today,
the Star liner Olympic which is the
largest steamship ever constructed,
was rammed by the British cruiser
Hawks today and only the immediate
action of the captain in heading the
crippled human laden raft toward
shore and beaching her, prevented
what might easily have been the
worst marine catastrophe in the his
tory of modern sailing.
The crippled vessel was later towed
to the dry docks at South Hampton.
The Hawks was also badly damaged
and it was found necessary to remove
her to the dry docks at Portsmouth.
Among the passengers on the Olym.
pic were William Astor, the American
multi-millionaire, President Brown of
the New York Central Hallway com
pany, Clarence Mackay, telegraph
magnate.
The warship's steel prow struck the
Olympic squarely on the star-board
quarter. The cargo hoi is of the liner
were quickly flooded.
As soon as the cruiser had rammed
the liner, the engines were reversed,
and the warship succeeded in back
ing away. The Olympic's steel bulk
heads automatically closed, stopping
the inrush of wet'-r, which threatened
to swamp the liner and which badly
damaged tho cargo.
Life-boats were e;uicl:'y manned and
while the passengers were badly
frightened, they rrgT.im.1 their com
posure and dispelled tli.ir fears with
the assurance from the ship's officers
that there was ne danger of the ves
sel sinking.
-The ill-fated liner was Just starting
on her fifth trip across the Atlantic
ocean when the accident occured.
MEL'S PLOT
iSDI5CQVEBED
Portugese Republican Govern
ment Finds Headquarters of
Roya'is1 Conspirators.
Lisbon, Portugal, Si-pt. 20 As a
result of the discovery of a formid
able plot of the Hoy.ili ts against the
new Portugese republican government,
wholesale arrests of alleged conspira
tors are today being made by the re
publican authorities a:M more are ex
pected to follow, Including many pro
minent members of the Royalist par
ty. Secret service agents of the govern
ment located the henclquarters of the
conspirators at Irrano Castello and
confiscated a large quantity of docu
ments of the greatest Importance to
the republic and which reveal the deep
la'.d plots of the royalists.
These documents implicate a large
number of personal friends and sup
porters of the deposed King Manuel,
against whom the republicans rebell
ed and overthrew when his infatua
tion for the actress, Gaby Des;lis, led
him to many indiscretions.
Officials high in the government
charge that King Manuel is encourag
ing the royalists from his haven in
England and, as .t was agreed he
would be allowed to sojourn In Eng
land provided he attempted to fer
ment no trouble, it is thought likely
that he will be given a hint by the
British government to find refuge else
where. Act on Strike Sexin.
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 20. Pres
ident Reguln of the Federation of the
Shop Employes of the Harr.man lines,
said' today that action by the men on
tho refusal of General Manager Krutt
schnltt to recognize the federation
probably will be taken this week. Some
sort of a recommendation Is expected
tomorrow or Friday. Ho said the
men are all In favor of a strike.
licxMMi Santa Rosa Hearing.
San Francisco, Sept SO. Owing to
failure of inspectors to bring out tes
timony on several points concerning
tho sinking of the steamship Santa
Rosa, near Santa Barbara, Supervising
Inspector James Bermingham today
ordered the reopening of the hearing
for September 21. This means that
Captain Faria will be tried again.
Barry Wins From Smith.
New York, Sept. 20. Jimmy Barry
of Chicago had an easy time in de
feating Jewoy Smith of England In a
ten-round bout here last night.
SPANIARDS SIT REVOLUTION
TO- DETHRONE KING ALFONSO
AIL SECTiOHS OF CDUNTRV RENT BY DISORDERS
Monarch Convinced His Crown is in Danger, Personally Di
rects Attempt to Crush Rebellion- Orders Towns
Destroyed it Necessary to Restore Order
Madrid, Spain, Sept. 20. Valencia
is today the center of what is believed
to be the beginning of a revolution
that will, .f it meets with the expec
tations of the leaders, mean the de
thronement of King Alfonso and it is
also reported that grave disorders are
taking place in many other places in
widely scattered sections of the coun
try. Premier Canalas today received
messages advising h m that twenty
five thousand revolutionists are now
marching on Valencia, with the view
of taking charge of the city and mak
ing it the headquarters of the revolu
tionists. Add.tiona government
troops are being hurried to the scene
of the reported troubl.:. The rebels
have cut the telegraph and telephone
wires and the reports from the tur
bulent sections are very meagre.
King Alfonso is personally in charge
of the work of directing the affairs of
the forces that are trying to eiueil the
disturbances before they reach a more
serious stage. The young monarch
s fully convinced now that his throne
is in danger of being snatched from
under him.
The king is seriously handicapped
by the smallness of his available army.
The standing army in Spa n, proper,
SWITCH PASSEXGEH
COACHES 16 HOCUS
For the first time in the his
tory of the Harriman system, a
switch engine worked an entire
shift without hooking onto any
thing but passenger cars when
the local switch engine spent its
sixteen hours in moving the
many cars which brought the
Round-Up crowds last Satur
day. This was the announce
ment made this morning by
Traveling Passenger Agent Jack
O'Xeil and it shows something
of the magnitude of the throng
which attended the Pendleton
wild west show 'on the last day.
Vacuum Pump Saves Life. (
Los Angeles, Sept. 20. Prompt
treatment with a vacuum pump saved
the life yesterday of Matheas Eigen
her, a miner from Arizona, who was
bitten by a Gila .Monster while he was
exhibiting the animal to friends on
the street.
Aiel for Pro-cciitlon.
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 20 Widows
of the twenty-one victims of the Times
cxp'osion have retained Attorney
Samuel Vermilyea to assist the prose
cution in the trial of the McXamara
brothers.
Tart nt KaTnni.ij.no. '
Marquette, Mich... Sept. 20. Presi
dent Taft concluded nis tour of the
upper Michigan peninsula today and
arrived here in an auto. He address
ed a mass meeting at noon. This af
ternoon he continued into lower Mich
igan, visiting Grand Rapids, Battle
Crecy and Kalamazoo.
1 1 Gunners Killed.
Toulon, France, Sept. 20. Fourteen
members of the French armored crui
ser Gloria, were reported killed to
day in an accident during gunnery
practice. They were working In a
turret when a big gun exploded.
SPECIAL TRAIN TOMORROW FOR DERBY
DAY AT WALLA WALLA RACE MEET
Under the auspices of the- Pendle
ton Commercial club, a special excur
sion train will be run to Walla Walla
tomorrow- forenoon for the purpose of
taking the people to Derby Day at the
Walla Walla races and incidentally
to repay tho visit that the people of
the Garden City made to .Pendleton
during the Round-Up. From indica
tions a largo crowd will make the trip
and with the big program that will be
on at the fair there will be pletny of
entertainment for them.
At the Commercial club meeting
hold last evening the subject of run
ning a special train to Walla Walla
for Derby Day was taken up and the
proposition ws enthusiastically receiv
ed. After Jack O'Xeil, traveling pas
senger agent for the O.-W. R. & N.,
numbers only seventy thousand men,
while the rest of the Spanlih forces
are doong duty in Morocco.
Before the wire between the capital
and Valencia had been destroyed.
King Alfonso telegraphed the gover
nor general of that province, saying
that the disorders In Alcira and Car
cargents, where communes were pro
claimed by the enemies of the govern
ment, must be crushed, even if it were
found necessary to destroy the towns.
A strong force of cavalry is being
held in readiness to sweep the streets
clean of rioters at the first sign of
anti-government demonstrations. The
pavements have been sanded to keep
the cavalry horses from slipping.
Fighting Everywhere.
Hendaye, France, Sept. 20. Be
yond the fact that martial law- pre
vails and fighting is under way prac
tically everywhere 'n Spain, little is
known of the real happenings, as a
strict censorship is on, and the strik
ers or revolutionists are cutting the
wires. Indications are that a gen
uine attempt -is bi'ag- made to de
throne King Alfonso. :t is said that
the rebel. have secured immense
amounts of arms and ammunition,
vh'ch have been smuggled.
HOW BOOST THE
(IJIRGM CLUB
Now that the Round-Up is over, and
that the c.ty of Pendleton is coming
into its normal condition again, it Is
time for us to consider the various
large questions that confront us. Pen
dleton has some very important
things to consider and settle, that are
far-rt aching .n their import to the
cloy. Ot is nece-sary that every citi
zen of this city become an active par
ticipant in the affairs of the city.
It is a matter of civ;c Import that the
collective i itiznship feel the respon
sibility of t ie suffrage.
X'o great enterprise can be success
fully and expeditiously consumated
without good organization. It is the -essential
element in all filds of activ
ity. It is team work that carries away
the rrize. Tho great team of Pendle
ton is and should rightly be the Com
mercial elub. Every male citizen of
Pendleton should be an active mem
ber of that organization; there is no
excuse for his not being so It should
be his first club, one in which as aa
American citizen he should consider
i his duty and privilege to participate.
The Commercial club Is not a body
of merely business men or taxpayers;
it is the general club of all the cit.zens
of Pendleton. In it are cvscufsed from
time to time the things that concern
all the people of the city, p.s field la
tho largest in the city, and extends
through the county and state. Every
professional man. every man in the
city who is actively interested in the
duties of good citizenship owes it to
himself to send in his application at
on ae. All honest citizens are cordial
ly and earnestly invited to Join at
once.
Pendleton has proved Itself splen
didly during the recent "Round-Up."
and should perpetuate the same spir
it through its Commercial club. Other
cities, as Medford, nave many more
members than Pendleton, Medford
(Continued on page eight.)
had explained the opportunity for se
curing a special train, it was decided
to take such action. On motion of
Leon Cohen Thursday was voted as
Pendleton day at the Walla Walla
fair.
Today Secretary 1. E. Keefe has
been busy listing those w ho desire to
make the trip and It is expected to
have more than the desired number
by evening.
As announced by Jack O'Xe.l the
special will leave PcndUon at 9:30
tomorrow morning ana returning It
will leavo Walla Walla at 9 o'clock In
the evening. On the arrival of the
train at Walla Walla tomorrow the
excursion will bo met by th Ruzzi
band.
The great feature of the races to
morrow will be the $5000 trot.
(