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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1911.
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CHINESE FIGHT
Battle Being Waged in
Streets of Hankow and
Foreigners in Panic.
TRAFFIC IS SUSPENDED
vClilmxo Government Takes Cltargo of
Railroads) untl Foreigners are Ma
rooned In Hosllews City Shortage
of Fundt Reimrted.
Hankow, Oct. 17. Foreigners are
In terror here as a result of the at
tack on the pillaging rebel mobs by
Oerman marines, after the marines
attempted to stop the robberies
which have continued since the reb
els captured the city. Fierce fight
ing is progressing in the streets.
Panic nt Peking.
Peking. Oct. 17. Traffic was sus
pended between Peking and Tien
'Tsln by tho government today which
is using all availably trains for the
transportation of troops. People
wanting to get out of the city are
panic stricken and wild rumors are
frightening them more. Twenty-four
train loads of troops left hero today.
Lieutenant Colonel William Beach
who was sent from Manila by the
United States government to watch
the recently abandoned Chinese army
maneuvers. Captain James Reeves,
-military attache for the United
States legation In China, and William
Peek, assistant Chinese secretary,
left today for the front with the Im
perial Chlneso army. They are tho
only foreigners to accompany It.
One hundred American marines
will sail from Manila tomorrow to re
inforce the guard which has been
placed about the American legation
here. Great Hritaln's marines are
.also landing.
Government Needs Funds.
Toklo, Japan, Oct. 17. Funds nre
lacking for the Chinese Imperial gov
ernment to carry on the war begun
by the revolutionists. Tho govern
ment Is trying to negotiate a four
jiower loan for two and one-half mil
lion taels for three months. Amer'l
can and French bankers are said
.Tiave consented but the Oerman and
English bankers are holding back.
Recruiting In l'rlseo.
San Francisco, Calif.. Oct 17. Re
cruits for the Chinese revolutionists
-are arriving here today at the offices
of Chinese National assembly, in tho
Chinese Masonic Temple. They ex
I'cct to sail for China with Sun Yat
Sen, who Is looked upon as the offl--cial
head of tho republic movement.
Cablo reports here say that much
dissatisfaction is noted among the
Chinese Imperial troops and they may
desert to tho rebels.
Divisive Eight Soon.
San Francisco, Oct. 17. Ore of
the decisive battles of the Chlneso
revolution Is to bo fought In a few
days, at somo point between Hankow
nd I'ekln, according to private cab
les received here today by tho Chi
nese Free Press. The dispatch said
tho rebel force at Wu Chang, is bo
Ing augmented by 60,000 more men,
and half this number Is to be sent
north immediately to meet the gov
ernment troops, who nre advancing
on Wu Chang from Peking.
" TroqiiH to Sicily.
Home, Oct. 17. Troops were sent
to Sicily todny by tho government to
search for earthquake victims. Com
munication is uncertain, but It Is re
ported that the loss of life was heavy.
1 1 WOULD START
Los Angeles, Calif , Oct. 17. Offi
cials of tho striking federation of
shopmen of tho Harrlman railroad
lines are today out with a statement
In which they declare that tho qfflcials
of the railroad have prepared and
are Issuing circulars to all subordl
nato officials of tho lines, tellng them
that all possible pressure must bo
brought by them to bear on tho mem
bers of tho various crafts unions, In
order to create dissension In the
ranks of tho -unions, as a last re
course left to tho company to com
bat and preyent the strikers from
winning tho Industrial battle that has
been waged for the past two weeks.
On tho other hand, the railroad com
pany officials declare that they are
steadily filling tho places of the
strikers with other men and have no
cause to worry over the stluatlon,
which they are finding very satisfac
tory. Joel Hanscom and William Ilans
com left yesterday on No. 17 for Port
land to look over the automobile field
with a view to purchasing a car.
3 JURORS ACCEPTED
IN MARA CASE
Defense Wins Battle Over
Nelson
With Court's Decision, Start In Ear
nest to Select Twelve Men Need
ed. Los Angeles, Calif , Oct. 17. De
termined, if possible, to make up for
the four days that were lost in the
battle to have Venireman Nelson dis
charged for cause, by Judge Bord
well, without having to use a peremp
tory challenge, the defense In the Mc
Namara case today, proud of the vic
tory won by the discharge yesterday
afternoon of Nelson, are today en
deavoring to qualify several venire
men. At tho noon recess three venire
men had been accepted. They were
John Roberts, a retired business man,
Robert Bain, a federal veteran of the
civil war, and II. C. Quackenbush, a
retired expressman. Beborn Manning
and Clarence Decker, were drawn
from the Jury box, to fill two vacant
seals.
Roberts, It Is believed, is highly ac
ceptable to tile defense, while to all
appearances, Ruin is also. They were
accepted, subject to peremptory chal
lenge by the defense. It is believed
that Roberts will be foreman of the
Jury. He displays unusual intelli
gence and sh ws not the faintest
sign of being biased.
With Quackenbush, It is different.
Tho defense tiled hard to disqualify
him, and passed him, when he said
he would not convict a man on cir
cumstantial evidence alone, and was
opposed to capital punishment. At
first he was reticent and a difficult
venireman to question. He insisted
positively that he had no real opin
ion regarding the guilt or Innocence
of the McNamara brothers.
The defense has already begun
throwing out Its lines, indicating that
their defense will be that gas caused
the explosion of the Times building
and the deutln of the men who lost
their lives when the building was de
stroyed. Koblx-d.of Clothing.
Sun Francisco, Oct. 17.-Lured In
to the midst of Sutro forest and there
robbed of $35 und his wearing appar
el Fred Raunich of Tacoma, was
forced to wander about naked for
hours before he was able to signal for
assistance and obtain sufficient,
clothing to outfit him for a trip to
the nearest police station. Raunich
was led Into the forest in the belief
that he was to Inspect some orchard
land which could be purchased
cheaply.
Wireless Record Broken.
Vallejo, Cal., Oct. 17. In commu
nication today between the recently
installed wireless station at Mare Is
land and the Unalaska station 2000
miles distant, tho pacific coast rec
ord for daylight wireless transmis
sion was broken. The Mare Island
station recently was rebuilt when a
"telekunken" wireless set and 300
foot masts were Installed.
Rodger off Tor Texas.
McAlester, Okla., Oct. 17. Aviator
Hodgers expects to reach the half way
point today In his transcontinental
flight. He ascended here this morn
ing, bound for Forth Worth, Texas,
190 miles distant.
WARNING BY XIGIIT RIDERS.
Threaten Dentil If Use of Timmvny Is
Not SlopiHxl,
Jackson, Kf "If you don't want
to bo killed, don't work this tram
way any more." a warning nailed by
night riders on a tree on the farm of
Jeff Brown, Slaughter Creek, Mor
gan county, has put a eto-j to exten
sive timber operations following the
destruction of two ramways at that
place. The warning Is the outcome
of a feud between several families
over a lino dividing timber rights on
their farms.
Four men wers killed in the feud
last month. A general outbreak Is
looked for at any time after this latest
development of the feud. Shortly af
ter the nailing of th warning nn nn.
known mob of mounted men "shot
up" the vicinity of Slaughter creek
in truo western stylo.
A meeting has been called here to
form a law and order league, at
which a body of rangers will be or
ganized to patrol the feud district
and enforce the lav at any cost.
PLEASANT TO SLAYER OF SON.
Iowa Man Shaken Hand Willi Pris
oner Sn8 Ho Bears No Grudge.
tst. Joseph, Mo. William H. Brack
en of Indiannla. Io-wa, whose son.
William Bracken. Jr., was shot to
death by Livingston Nichols surprised
persons In the courtroom yhen ho
went to Nichols and shook his hand
heartily.
"I would rather have Bill where he
Is than where you are," said Bracken
to hla son's slayer. "I bear you no
grudge."
Nichlos said he shot Bracken, who
was a saloonman and politician, when
Bracken threatened him and drew a
knife. Nichols Is said to be in an ad
vanced state of tuberculosis.
DYNAMITE ROT
FOR PRESIDENT
Reported Attempt On Life
of T a f t Discredited
By Investigation.
R. R. DID IT-UNION
Ijilxircrs Declare Southern Puclflc
Took This Method to Point Finger
of Suspicion ut Striking Shopmen
Taft Returning East.
Santa Barbara. Calif.. Oct. 17.
Afior an lnve.-tieatlon into the find
ing of 21 sticks of dynamite under a
bridge on the Southern Pacific rail-
o:ul over w hich the train of Presi
dent Taft was to have tmssed. it is
today reported that little credence is
placed in the first published stories
to the effect that, a deliberate at
tempt had been made to assassinate
the president.
Tho Mexican bridge watchman.
w)n first discovered- the dynamite,
made a statement to the effect that
ha fire.i a shot from his revolver at
the man who placed the explosive
nmlnr a nler of the bridce. and Who
escaped. Labor leaders contend to-
il.-iv that the entire affair is a well
laid plot of the railroad company to
discredit the shopmen of the road
who are out on strike. Several . sim
ilar rases have been reported, and the
unionists declare that the railroad
comnanv has had the dynamite pur-
noselv nlanted and always discovered
just in time to prevent a disaster.
The bridge under which tne explo
sive was alleged to have been found
vesterdav Is eicht hundred feet long
and located between El Capitan and
Uaviota
sheriff Stewart, who immediately
began an investigation, today is re
ported to have arrived at tne Denet
that nn attempt was deliberately
made to dynamite the president's
trr.'..i, but that it may be possible that
an attempt was made to cripple me
railroad by destroying the bridge.
Taft Returning En-t.
Los Angeles, Calif, Oct. 17. De
claring that he was satisfied with his
reception on the Pacific coast, pres
ident Taft today started eastward on
the final leg of his Journey. He arose
late, and stated that he felt "as fine
as a fiddle." He took an auto trip
to Long Beach, where he boarded
his special train for Butte, Mont. He
will be forty-five hours on the train,
with a stop of only twenty minutes
at Ogden, Utah.
LA lXM.LETTE MF.N TO
INVADE CONVENTION
Chicago, 111., Oct. 17. Senator La
Follette is to be the choice for pres
ident of the Republican Progressive
League, tho league having today ta
ken a definite stand to this effect
and plans are being made to carry
their fight to the republican nation
al convention.
Gold Production Decreases.
Washington, Oct. 17 Production
of gold in the United States decreased
$3.400 000 and silver increased $1.
300,000 during the calendar year
1910. These estimates wore an
nounced by the mint bureau and tho
geological survey. '
JUDGE R. S. BEAN SUSTAINS DEMURRER M
CASE OF WM. CALDWELL VERSUS BYERS
By action of United States Judgo R.
S. Bean taken yesterday the demur
rer to the complaint In the suit
brought by William Caldwell against
the Byers Milling company has been
sustained and It constitutes a tem
porary victory for the milling com
pany. Whether or not It will be suf
ficient to stop proceedings remains
to be seen. Judge J. A. Fee is attor
ney for the milling company, while
Mr. Caldwell Is represented by Attor
ney D. W. Bailey.
The following story of the suit Is
from last evening's Portland Jour
nal: The suit was an off-shoot of the
litigation now going on before the
state courts and the state board of
water control in Pendleton. It is ex
tremely important because tho title
to water from the Umatilla river and
which is used to irrigate thousands
of acres of the finest land In eastern
Oregon is Involved.
Says Indians Hold Right.
Byers operates a largo grist mill
with water taken from the Umatilla
on a filing date of 1S72. Caldwell
claims that in 1S97 he leased land
from the Umatilla Indians that car
ried with it tho right 'to water that
Byers is using. He bases his claim
on the fact that In tho treaty of 185G
between the United States and Uma
tilla Indians the United States appar
antly guarantees to the Indians the
right to all of the water of the Uma
FAMILY OF FIVE
:ti with AXE
Bodies Chopped Beyond Re
cognition i
Murder Committed Sunday Night But j
Not Discovered for Many Hours '
Afterword, j
1 Ellsworth, Kans., Oct. 17. Slain as
ir.ey siepi nunuay nigni, me ooaies
of William Showman, a chauffeur, his
wife and three small children were
found last night in the Showman
home by a neighbor who chanced to
call and entered the house when no
cne responded to his knocks.
The features of all of the victims
were battered beyond recognition by
the blows of an axe. The youngest
member of the family, a baby, had
been beaten until its head was sever
ed from the body. All three of the
children were under five years of age.
Although the crime was committed
.Sunday night, it was not discovered
until 6 o'clock last evening. The au
thorities have failed to find anything
pointing to a cause for the crime, or
a clue to the guilty persons.
The names of the victims are:
William Showman, aged 33.
Mrs. Showman his wife.
Lester Showman, aged 5.
Fern Showman, aged 4.
Seaton. aged 1.
The two latter are girls.
LATE JUSTICE HARLAN
LAID AT REST TODAY
Washington, D. C, Oct. 17. The
last respects were this morning paid
to the late Ju-tlce Harlan of the
UnHed States supreme court. who
passed away last Saturday, by the
entire body of government officials
in the city.
The services were of private nature
and were held at the Presbyterian
church and the remains interred at
Roi'k Creek cemetery. His colleagues
en the supreme bench acted as pall
bearers. Gas Funics Kill Five.
Toronto, Ont., Oct. 17. Five men
were found dead yesterday morning
in their rooms at the Occidental ho
tel, 1620 Dundas street. West Toron
to. All were suffocated by illuminat
ing gas. Four of the victims were in
one room and the fifth was in an ad
jacent chamber. In the room where
the four were found a half opened gas
jet and a partly turned connection
to a gas heater were discovered and
the gas that escaped in this room was
the cause of the death of the five.
Cholera Riots at Segnl.
Rome, Oct. 17. Serious riots oc
curred at Segni, 20 miles from here,
over measures taken by the authori
ties to prevent the spread of cholera.
The people formed themselves into
nn uncontrollable mob, against which
the authorities were powerless to
cope. They sacked the city hall, burn
ed the public buildings and raided
the hospital where f ey triumphantly
brought forth the dying victims of
the cholera.
Italy Withdraws Shins.
London. Oct. 17. Dispatches from
Rome state that Italy will withdraw
a portion of her fleet from Tripoli
with the view of occupying several is
lands of the Grecian Archipelago:
Turkey Is poon expected to issue her
edict, expelling all Italians from the
ottoman empire.
tilla river, making subsequent appli
cations for water subject to the In
dians' rights.
"There are many things that make
the complaint in this case incom
plete." said Judge Bean. "The size
of tho ditch, the amount of water
needed, the amount or land in ques
tion and other important features are
not stated in the bill. There should
be complete allegations concerning all
of these matters before this import
ant question can be determined.
"Inasmuch as the title to the Indian
land is in the government of tha
United States, tho United States
should bo a party to this suit if It
were to bo heard on its merits Vast
sums have been expended placing
land under cultivation and building
ditches from the Umatilla river, and
many expensive improvements have
been made under the belief that fil
ings on wnter from the Umatilla were
legal. If all these rights are to be
made subject to the claims of the In
dians the various phases of tho ques
tion should bo brought out clearly.
Hut as it is tho bill does not state
facta sufficient to sustain an action
and the demurrer will be sustained."
The Uni.ed States, through United
States Attorney John MeCourt is al
ready endeavoring to straighten out
the Umatilla tangle 'n tho eastern
Oregon courts. Should further pro
ceedings be begun here the govern
ment would doubtless intervene as it
has in the state court.
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INNING
Baker Contributes Daily Home Run to Athletics,
in Ninth, Tying Score, 1 to 1
MERKLE AND FLETCHERRAY SANDLOT BASEBALL
Christy Mathewson, Pride of New York Nationals,
Knocked All Over Lot in Three Most Gruelling
Innings Giants Rally too Late.
Pluludelphia.
'Innings 1
1 Huns 0
! Hits 0 0
I Errors 0 0
j New
Innings 1
Runs 0
Hits
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Errors 0
Polo Grounds, New York, Oct. 17.
Eleven innings, three of which were
the most grueling that have been wit
nessed on the local grounds in many
months were necessary today to de
cide the third game of the world's se
ries, which the Philadelphia Ameri
can Athletics won from the New York
National Giants by a score of 3 to 2.
Harry Davis, the veteran first
I sacker of the Athletics, who a few
i days ago was reported to have lost
his old time dash, is the gentleman
to whom New York is indebted for
j the drubbing she took today, for that
j substitute player repeated his per
! formance of Monday by lifting a home
run into the bleachers behind the
field. Th:s occurred in the first half
of the ninth inning, up to which time
it looked certain that New York's
one score, secured in the third inning,
meant a victory of the GothamiteB.
Up to this time Mathewson had
been almost invincible holding the
Philadelphians to nothing. In the
eleventh Collins and Baker each se
cured a single, which with errors by
j Merkle and Fletcher, each of whom
j played like novices, netted two more
I runs for the visitors. New York se
cured an additional tally in an
! eleventh hour rally, but was unable
j to do more. Becker, batting for
j Mathewson in the eleventh, brought
Herzog, who had secured a two bag-
ger, home, but was caught trying to
steal and the game ended, with Phil
adelphia having two games to her
credit with New York only one.
Batteries: Philadelphia, Coombs
and Lapp; New York, Mathewson and
Meyers. Balance of line-up same as
yesterday. Umpires Brennan, be-
, hind bat, Connoly on bases, and Dl-
neen and Klem on the fields.
I First Inning.
! Philadelphia Lord out, Doyle to
: Merkle; Oldring out, Fletcher to Mer
kle; Collins out, Merkle to Mathew
: son. No runs.
New' York Devore fanned; Doyle
out, Davis, unassisted; Snodgrass fan
ned. No runs.
Second Inning.
Philadelphia Baker out, Doyle to
I Merkle; Murphy lined out to Herzog;
Davis filed to Snodgrass. No runs.
1 New York Murray flied to Lord;
: Merkle out,- Barry to Davis; Herzog
I fanned. No runs.
Third Inning.
Philadelphia Barry singled to left
and stole second; Lapp lined to Doyle
who threw to Fletcher, doubling Har
ry. First double play of the series.
jCrombs flied to Doyle. No runs,
i New York Fletcher flied to Mur
phy; Meyers singled to left; Mathcw
j.son singled to right. Meyers taking
j third. Devore forced Mathewson
I Barry 10 Collins, Meyers scoring. De
vine out, stealing, Lapp to Barry. One
; run.
I Fourth Inning.
Philadelphla-Lord flied to Snod
' grass; Oldring popped to Fletcher;
.Collins got an infield hit through
Herzog; Baker out, Mathewson to
j Merkle. No runs.
I New York Doyle out, Collins to
Davis; Snodgrass flied to Lord; Slur-
, ray flied to Murphy. No runs.
Fifth Inning.
I Phi'ndelphia Murphy safe on Her-
; zeg's error. Davis' liner hit Umpire
Connolly on leg for. single; Murphy
taking second: Barry sacrificed,
Mathewson to Merkle, both runners
advancing; Lapp bounced one to Math
ewson who threw to Herzog catching
Murphy; Coombs popped to Fletcher.
No runs.
New York Merkle flied to Lord.
Herzog walked and was out stealing,
Lapp to Collins; Fletcher out, Barry
to Davis. No runs.
Sixth Inning.
Philadelphia Lord filed to Mur
phy; Oldring fanned; Collins filed to
Snodgrass. No runs.
New York Meyers fouled to Lapp;
Mathewson popped to Collins; Devore
out, Baker to Davis. No runs.
Seventh Inning.
Philadelphia Baker filed to Mur
ray; Murphy filed to Doyle; Davis
fanned. No runs.
New York Doylo out, Collins to
I Davis; Snodgrass fanned on threo
WIS ELEVEN
BATTLE FROM GIANTS
2 3 4 5
0 0 0 0
0
0
7 8 9 10 11 Total
0 0 1 0 2 3
0 2 1 0 3 9
1 0 0 0 1 2
1110
0 0 0 0
York.
- 3
4 5 6 7 8 0 10 1 1 Total
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
0 20000000 2 4
0 O 0 1 0 0
0
pitched balls; Murray walked and
stole second Collins dropping Lapp's
throw; Merkle out, Collins to Davis.
No runs.
Eighth Inning.
Philadelphia Barry doubled to left;
Lapp beat out in field hit; Coombs hit
t' Doyle, who threw to Meyers, catch
ing Barry at the plate, Lapp taking
second; Lord hit to Doyle, who threw
to Fletcher to force Coombs, Fletcher
dropping ball, Coombs safe; Lapp
dashed for the plate; Doyle recovered
the ball and threw to Meyers, who
threw to Herzog, running Lapp down
on the foul line; Oldring fanned. No
runs.
New York Herzog fifed to Lord;
Fletcher out, Barry to Davis Meyers
fanned. No runs.
Ninth Inning.
Philadelphia Collins out, Herzog
to Merkle; Baker hit into right field
seats for home run, tying the score.
Murphy's drive down left foul line
was called foul by Klem; Murphy safe
on Herzog's fumble, Murphy took sec
ond on Herzog's wild throw over Mer
kle; Davis sacrificed, Meyers to Mer
kle; Barry out, Herzog to Merkle. One
run.
New York Mathewson fanned; De
vore popped to Baker; Doyle fanned.
No runs.
Tenth Inning.
Philadelphia Lapp out, Fletcher to
Merkle; Coombs flied to Doyle; Lord
out, Fletcher to Merkle. No runs.
New York Snodgrass hit by pitch
ed ball but was not allowed base.
Snodgrass walked; Murray sacrificed.
Coombs to Davis; Snodgrass out try
ing to reach third on a short passed
ball, Lapp to Baker. Baker was again
spiked in the right arm. Crowd hissed
Snodgrass, Baker cheered as he re
sumed third; Merkle walked; Merkle
out stealing, Lapp to Collins. No
runs.
Eleventh liming.
Philadelphia Oldring out, Herzog
to Merkle; Collins singled to center;
Raker beat out infield hit to Herzog,
taking second and Collins taking third
when Merkle dropped the ball; Flet
cher fumbled Murphy's grounder, Col
lins scoring. Davis singled to right,
scoring Baker; Murphy out at third,
Murray to Herzog; Davis out, steal
ing, Meyers to Doyle. Two runs.
New York Herzog doubled to left;
Fletcher flied to Lord; Meyers out,
Collins to Davis; Collins fumbled but
recovered in time to retire Meyers;
Herzog went to third; (Becker, bat
ting for Mathewson) Becker hit to
Collins and was safe. Herzog scoring,
Collins fumbling; Becker out, stealing
Iapp to Collins. One run.
MEXICAN CIVIL -WAR
, SAYS REYES
San Antonio, Texas., Oct. 17. Civil
war is again expected to break out
at any moment in Mexico, according
to advices that have been received
here from that country
I The cause, it is reported, is the
methods that were used to seat Fran
t ci'H'o Madero, who lead the revolt
that resulted in the unseating of for
mer President Diaz, in the chair of
tho presidency.
In an exclusive Interview with the
United Press association correspond
ent here. General Reyes stated that
the election of Madero was forced
and that it was illegal, lie declared
that his followers did not participate
in the election as it would not bo
conducted according to law.
General Reyes intimated that a
"revolution was near," but he would
not admit that he would be at the
head of the revolt.
Three Hurt In Wreck.
Kl Paso Texas, Oct. 17. Southern
Pacific train No. 10 was wrecked to
night forty miles east of this city at
9:45 p. m. Three persons are report
ed badly Injured.
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