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    EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
WEATHER REPOKT.
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Fnlr tonight 'nnd Wed
nesday, railing cards, wed
ding st ltlonery, com
mercial stationery and
Job printing to order
at the East Oregonlan
' COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24.
STATE GETS
McNamara Defense Puts Gas
on rar witn uynamite
m a t f I
Theory in the Trial.,
PROSECUTIONDISPLEASED
Most Inirtant Naval Engagement
RtmulLs lit Victory for Revolution.
IhIs umt Willi Captured Warships
Tlicy Now Control Entire Valley.
Hall of Records Los Angeles. Cal.,
Oct. 24 Determined If . possible to
have Judge Bord well's ruling that
tho belief on the part of a juror that
tho .Times building was destroyed by
dynamite, does not disqualify attor
neys for On defense in the McNamara
use today went more fully into the
, belief held by the tailismou who
.-are bting examined
in an
effort to
securo a Jury.
- The dofens attorneys
OWN medicine
I death. -will
arguo ;
that pas destroyed the building and
nssertlng that this is parallel to the
dynamite theory, they will demand
tho fame ruling Chat the Judge ren
dered in the ease of Venireman Mc
Kee. The attorneys for the prosecution
irl'l bitterly opposn thi - and much de
pends on tlio decision tint will bo
rendered by Judge Bordwel!. j
While the court proi codings slowly,
drag along, both si. leu i,t lei'nt fnti.nt '
are working hard on the features out-I
aide the court mom, preparing their
respective cases o as to avoid unne-
oessaiy delays I
Pyninilto exports In the employ of ,
ine flerense, are conducting n series
of experime nts, the result of which
vr'll not be given out until Introduced
as evidence In the court room during
the trial. They are carrying on their
work In a place that is safely remov
ed from the prying eyes of the prose
cution. In the meantime (he state Is still
bring n In wl'nes to Identify tho
MrN imnr i brother'. One of the lat
ent arrivals is W. J Kaiser, a Munric,
Ind., deab r in high explosives. ' lie
knew J. B. McNamara as Frank Snl-
livan. It Is alleged, and J. J. McNa-
mnra as O. W. Clark If Is alleged
that Kaiser had some business deal
ings with the two brothers, but tho
nature of the business has not been
given out, ' .
During the morning xesslnn of the
;ourt, two veniremen were quickly
diminatcd and a third, K. J. Mullln,
Is under challenge for cause, by the
tlefense, because he stated that he
belicveil that JIcNamara was guilty
of causing the Time explosion, but
if chosen as a Juror he declared that
he would be able to set aside his own
opinion.
Ho was still under examination
when the court took a recess for
lunch.
Ort:e McManig.il' confession. Im
plicating James McNamara In tho
Times explosion, and the report of
the experts who were appointed by
Mayor Alexander, and who found that
the Timei was dynamited, went Into
the record of the McNamara trial
today.
Newspaper copies were used by the
ilefenso in interrogating the venire
men for the purpose of determining
their opinions.
They were introduce,! by Attorney
Harrow and ordered Into tho records.
They will be used hereafter In Inter
rogating veniremen ns to how Ihey
formed their opinions and the
strength of them. .
district Attorney Fredericks said
ho had no objection to this move, but
was not prepared to admit that the
AleManigal affidavit was tho "au
thentic confession" and he thereafter
referred to It n the purported ''Con
fession. WATER RIGHT SALE
CASE IN COUR
Involving tho question as to wheth
er or not a ditch company has the
light to sell its water lights at very
low prices in opposition to the' wishes
of somo of the stockholders, a suit
i.l being tried In the local circuit court
today. I'nlno Ilros., stockholders In
tho Hudson Hay Pilch company,
which controls an Irrigation ditch in
the past end of the county, aro the
plaintiffs and tho corporation the de
fendant. The plnintlfs are asking for
an Injunction restraining the com
pnny from selling permanent water
, rights at three dollars an acre which
lights it Is alleged, aro worth fifty
dollars an acre. Hoth sides have a
strong lino of legal talent In the
fight nnd the ense Is marked with
many clashes. Among tho prominent
cast entlcrs Interested In the cas and
who arc hero today are R. II. Well
man, Mosm Beauchamp, W. T. Shaw,
W.- C. Oallehattr, Fred Morley, Frank
Smith and William Hodgcns.
TO EXHUME BODY
-, OFJIHRED GIRL
Search of Poison Leads
' . Her Grave
to
.
Oil Nature of Drug In Bathrobe I'ock-
ot, Hinges Succxsis or Failure
Stuto Cimu Against-' Prcadior.
of
Boston, Mass., Oct. 24. New light
is expected to be thrown on the case
of the alleged murder of Miss Avis
Lionel by Itev. Virgil Kicheson, when
the officials at Hyunnis, the murder
ed girl's home, will exhume the body
and secure the bathrobe which the
girl wore when sho was found dying,
and In which she was burled,' to as
crtain Whether its pockets contain
the cyanide vial which Is supposed
to have been given her by Reverend
Rlcheson.
1 If the robe contains another kind
of poison, the state's case will fail.
' The suicide claim which Is ' being
maintained by the dcfenser was hit
hard today, when witnesses were
found who will testify, it is said, that
Miss Linnet made several engage-
Tn0ts jor tnt (lav following her
DR. HYDE WINS A
DECIDED VICTORY
Kansas- City, Mo., Oct. 24. with
the calling of the second panel of ve-
niremen. in the case of Dr Hyde, the !
case was resumed today.
The defense claims that the dis-
chHI"Re ,,r 1,10 ' nlire tlr"1 lano1, ou
11 technicality was a big victory for
11,0 defense. u oxpec.led the jury
DU secured by the end of this
wt,t'
LOOKING 1 lt HOOT I JOT.
I'e-t F'rt
III ('Ollfg'o
from Oregon
Off to Hood
Agriotiltur
Kivcr or-
cliards.
Oregon Acrlenllural College, Cor-I
vallis Ore. Oct 24. T l;iv If. 1 i
Hecs of the O. A. O plant pathology :
department went to Hood River in I
search of mush room root rot nnd
prune diseases in the orchards there.
He will also do some field work ii)
! the special study of app'e tree canker
1 which lie has been making.
Author ISurned to leatli.
Los Angeles, Oct. 24. Frank Hol-
atilling, a magazine writer of New
York," was burned to death last night
In n fire which destroye d n rooming ,
house in West Seventh street at which J
Holatilling was staying. The fire Is
supposed to have been started by an
(deetrlc healing device in Holatilling' a .
room. Smoke was discovered pouring
from his room and HointnUng wa
awakened. He left hi-1 room and then
went back to rescue some manu
scripts. Firemen found hs charred
remains where be had been overcome
by the smoke.
'iM)k PmoutK-cd.
Copenhagen, Oct. 24 Dr. Cook,
who waa enthu-IaUrnlIy welcomed
here after his alleged discovery of the
north pole two years ago arrived hero
today accompanied by his wife. Ow
ing to tho threatening altitude of the
crowd. Cook was escorted to his car
r'ago by a detachment of police. Tho
mob followed hooting. The explorer
said ho had given up his projected
Kuropen lecture tour and that he
would lecture only in this city. The
newspapers denounce him, some of
them recomending demonstrations of
disapproval at his lecture.
A LI ;K; K MANY WASHINGTON
oi'iTt i.i.s wniii: .k.itf.ijs
Oly m pia. Wash., Oct. 24. Follow
ing a state-wide Investigation of the
books of city nnd county offices by
forty state' accountants, something
like one thousand suits will be start
ed against tho present and past offi
cials for overdrafts of salaries and
moneys illegally drawn.
Suspevt Releasexl.
Ellsworth, Kan., Oct. 24 John
Smithel-mun, held ns a suspect In
connection with the murder of tho
Showman family a week ago, was re
leased by the coroner's Jury. Proof
of his innocence was furnished, when
William Puckett, a finger print ex
pert of Topcka, found that the im
pressions left by the slayer's hand on
a bucket were not those of Sniither-
man.
Riirim Heixdf ami 1 tables.
Braddock. N. P., Oct. 24. Appar
ently Insane, Mrs Alex Johnson, wife
of a farmer living northwest of Brad-
dock, locked herself and Tier six little
children In their homo today, and set
fire to the house All were burned
to death. Ncihbors believe that Mrs.
Johnson barricaded tho doors and
nailed down tho windows of tho
house; then, saturating a room with
oil, she applied a match Neighbors
who saw tho smoke rushed to tho
home but the rescue of the woman
and her babies was Impossible.
Mrs. Smith of Helix, was an Incom
ing paRsenger on the N.- P. this morning.
PENDLETON, OREGON,
REBELS TAKE
4 WARSHIPS
Admiral Sah's Naval Com
mand Meets Defeat Near
City for Hankow.'
MANY MANCHUS KILLED
llofenso Also Put " XevsmHr Rf.
ports, Dynamite Kxix-rts' Findings
mid Mc.Maiiigal Confession Into
Records of Trial n'nv Viuler Way.
Tokio, Japan, Oct 24. Dispatches
received here from Peking, China,
state that four Chinese warships un
der Admiral .Sah have surrendered to
the rebel force i near Hankow. This
is the most Important naval victory
so. far recorded since the revolt
against the Manchu dynasty started.
It is now expected that the rebels,
with a combined naval and large land
force, will sweep the entiro Yangt.se
valley to Shanghai. ,
Maucliii IJosidonts, Slaughtered.
Shanghai, China, Oct. K4 The reb
els have Mii cci ded in capturing thtf j
treaty pott of Kiu Haling, after a
sharp clash with the imperial troops, I
in which many were killed. The In- ,
vaders have burned the Yamen gov- i
eminent buildings and slaughtered
large nuniljer of Manchu residents o
the town.
1 Ids-Is Reinforced.
Xew Yoik. Oct. 24. According to
Shanghai dispatches received here- to
day a large force of reinforcements
for the Chine e rebel army Is advanc
ing in the province of Hunan, from
Annam, Cochin China.
Rebel lleud In 1'rlsoo.
Los Angeles, Oct. 21. ljr. inin Ynt
i-n. the jii cireilited liea.t nf the 'ii I.
lose revolution, is due to .arrive here
in the next few days He will be the
tut st of Ho Le, chiif of local Chi
nese revolutionary society.
WYOMING INDIANS
FACING STARVATION
lender, Wye., Oct. 24. On the
verge of starvation they declare, tho
Shoshone and Aropahoo Indians, near
here are preparing a petition to be
sent to Washington, asking the re
moval of Indian Agent Wadsworth,
whom they blame for their misfor
tunes. They are signing tho petition by the
thumb print system.
Rays Pastor1 Was Indisercct.
Sterling, 111.. Oct. 24. Mrs. Kath
ryn Howland of Peoria Is In the city
prepared to go before the Northern
Illinois Synod of the Lutheran
churches and substantiate serious
charges she has made against Rev.
Charles Kdward Raymond of the
F.nglish Lutheran church of Peoria.
Lust year Mrs. Rowland filed charges
In the synod against Rev! Mr. Hay
mend, there being thirty-seven dis
tinct charges.. To this number she
has added three more and expects to
get a healing before the synod here
tomorrow.
Mrs. Rowland accuses the minister
of being extremely Indiscreet and
makes affidavit to many of her
charges, and further wants to fur
nish the names of eight women of the
congregation with whom she alleges
that the minister has been Indiscreet.
Goiv Favors Wilson.
San Francisco, Oct 2 4. Senator
Oore of Oklahoma. Is here on a lec
ture tour. He advocates fiovcrnor
Wilson for president or. the democrat
ic ticket.
TRAINMEN. COP. GUN, CLUB AND STRATEGY
BARELY EQUAL TO STUBBORN HOBO
Beat'iig his way on the trucks of
an O.-YV. U. & N. train yesterday, a
large, fat, prickly porcupine refused
to obey tho orders of brakemcn and
In his secure position defied all of
their efforts to eject him until Pen
illeton was reached, when Officer Irn
Hughes was called to assist in tho
enforcement of tho rules of the com
pany. Thereby hangs a tragic tale.
Tho lUtle, fouiiegge,l hobo -was dis
covered on the trucks at Umatilla and
at every stop between that point and
Pendleton efforts were mude by the
trainmen to put him off but, protect
ed, by his thorny coat of mail, "Porky"
was not in the least disturbed by their
threats and futilo attempts. Wfien
this city was reached, ono of the
brakemen telephoned to the police
station for help, announcing in excit
ed tones that there was a hobo on the
trucks who refused to give up his seat.
Officer Hughes was Just starting
for dinner, but the summons to duty
made him forget the pangs of hunger
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1011.
4.000 ITALIANS ANO
TIMS DIE IN FIGHT
Battle of Benghasi Blood
iest of War
Turks Frantically Resist Landing of
Enemy I'ntil Forced! to Retreat IK.'
foro Wursliis' Fire.
Vienna, Oct. 24. Bloodier than
the censors would adin t, the Italian
landing at Benghasi on October 19
resulted in t'asualtie on both sides,
numbering 4000, . beatej reports
state.
It is said that the firing by the
Ital an battleships covering the land
ing of the troops was so terrific that
the beach looked like a storm 'had
swept it afier the engagement clos
ed The British consul. John Jones, was
wounded and the consulate almost
destroyed.
It is thought that England will de
mand an explanation from Home.
The Turks fought frantically and,
tlvuijU losing heavily stood until they
were folded to retreat.
Italy Anxious.
London, Oct. 24. ltiiy 's anxious
conceiting the fate of her land forc
es wlrch were si nt t. l'ciighazi. ac
cording to r.'-ports received Inyo.
it is known that the Italian losses
uci.j heavy, some reports placing
ihein at twelve hundred.
The Italian government is censor
ing .ill news so closely that it s :m
riossii.de to get definit accounts of the
Tropoiitan war.
FOWLER AT LASTj
IS IN THE AIR
Banning;
Calif., With his
repairs
started
toward
I completed
Av.ulor Fowler
this morning, flying
i ' 'rolli l.ele
( Yuma, Arizona.
Roadies Mecca.
Mecca, Calif.. Oct. 24
Fowler alighted here at 10
this morning, flying Uie s
Aviator
o'clock
xty-one
miles in bixiy-eifcht m.nutcs,
Canning.
from
IWU.MFUS' I.KAGIK.
Hartley County Mm .loin to Aid Pro
givs hi Srientif.o Agriculture.
Burns, lire., Oct. 24. A Farmers'
Cooperative League has been formed
by the farmers of1 Harney county at
the suggestion of Superintendent
Kreithaupt of the Oregon Agricultural
College experiment station here. The
aim is mutual aid in the advancement
of scient fic agriculture in this sec
tion, through mutual aid. The mem
bers will report to Mr. lireithaupt
their methods and success or failure,
and he in turn will make experi
ments and tiemonsira'ions on the
nation farm as to the different crops
ami their treatment on different
so Is. Dr. L. K. Hibbard is president
and R. II. Harris, secretary.
OFFICIAL AT POTATO CAUMV.VL
liotiijiift to SH'ak at Harrisburg and
Indue i:liihlts of line Spuds.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-
vallis, Ore.. Oct. 21. Today Prof.
Arthur lioutiuet of the O. A. C. horti
culture dcpaitment addresses the vis
isors at the Harrisburg potato car
nival on "Vegetable Growing in Or
egon." lie is also to act as judge of
tho exhibits
Ralliii'icr's Nleco Divorced.
Spokane. Wash.. Oct. 24. Mrs
Ma K. Johnson, niece of A. A. lfal
llnger, former .'ccretaiy of the inte
ror, received a decree of divorce, in
the superior court here, from Bert
ram A. Johnson, proprietor of a local
drug company. A court order was
Issued for a property settlement.
and he started for the depot, examin
ing the chambers of his "shooting
iron" and loosening his billy club as
he ran. He was somewhat chagrined
when he found that the hobo was
nothing more formidable than' a por
cupine, but before he had finished his
work of ejectment, he was wishimr
that It had been a bandit bold or vil
lainous desperado Instead.
The little animal rought for a free
ride with determination worthy of a
stiuatter defending his homestead.
Repeatedly h0 was battered over the
head with a 200 pound scantlinir nnd
knocked from his perch but just as
often d'd ho remount the trucks and
raise his quills in defiance, and it
wns not until the life had been beat
en out of him that he cave nn the
fight. His limp body was carried oft
In triumph and h's conquerors, un
mindful of his valiant fight, began
despoiling the fallen hero of the rich
armor which had made his defeat
difficult.
PHIUDELPH WATHLETICS 7 t
TROUNCE!
Christy Mathewson Allows 11 Hits in Seven Inn
ings and is Taken Out of Pitcher's Box V:
EM SETTLES 001
New York National Leaguers Run Bases
Three Being Caught Between Sacks
Game On Soggy Field.
Now
Innings 12 3 1 5 0 7 8 0 Total
lJmis 2 0 0 (CO 0 0 0 0 a i
Hits 2 1 0 0 10 1 1 1 7
lii Tors 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 j
Philadelphia. J
Innings 123 15078 9 Total
Kims . 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 !
Hits 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 11 1
F.iTors 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 1 0 1 '
I latteries New Yoi k Matliewson, Wiltso and M''yor: I'hiladelpliiii
Bender and Thomas. Ke-t of Iim-iip
Sh'h.. Pnrk. Philadelphia, Oct. 24.
Will I'.ak. r one? more starring as
tile chief trouble maker for the New
York c.iants, the Plrladclphin Atli
M'ts today won the fourth game of
the world series by a score of 4 to
2, making three games straight for
the Ath;etic-; to one for the Giants
Christy Mathewson was batted all
over the lot and was yanked out in
e eighth inning and Wiltse sent In
as a forlorn hope, which proved for
lorn. With New Y'ork having scored two
runs in the first inn in-?, things look
ed dark for the Athletics until thu
fourth inning, when Baker 1 ned out
a d-iuble sacker. This feat was du
pl fated by Murphy and Davis and
tin y later .uped in.
Then !n the sixth inning Baker
pgain duplicated his two bagger,
scoring Collins and it was all off with
New York.
The field was soggy, while the in
field was in fa riy good shape and the
game was witnessed by twenty thou
sand fans.
The Giants made a miserable showing-
in base running, three men being
taught off bases where there was lit
tl cexcuse for it.
The game in detail was ns follows:
First Inning.
New York Devore singled; Poyle
trippled. scoring Devore; Snodgrass
flied to Lord. Poyle scoring on throw
in. Snodgrass credited with sacri
fice. Marry out. Pa vis unassisted;
Mcrkle fanned. Two runs
Philadelphia Lor.l and Oldring
fanned: Collins singled; Baker fan
ned. No runs.
Second Inning-.
New York Herzog fiied to Old
ring; Fletcher singled to left; Mey
ers forced Fletcher, Thomas to Col
lins; Mathewson out. Bender to Da
vis No runs.
Philadelphia Murp'.y doubled ir.to
the right field crowd and took third
on Mathew-on's wild throw trying to
catch him off second; Murphy spiked
Fletcher slightly; Davis out, Mathew
son to Mcrkle; Barry and Murphy
tried squeeze play, Murphy caught be
tween third and home when Barry
faded to bunt; Meyers
phy, unassisted; Barry
hit; Thomas fouled to
retired Mur
sat'e. infield
Meyers. No
runs.
Third Inning-.
New York Devore flic, I to Oil
ring; Doy filed to Raker; Snodgrass
out. Harry to Davis. No runs.
Philadelphia Bender out. Fletcher
to Mcrkle; Lord singled to rght; Old
r'ng forced Lord out. Fletcher to
Poyle; Collins fanned. No runs.
Fourth Inning.
New York Murray flied to Baker;
Mcrkle funned; Herssog tried to bunt
and was out, to Davis, unas-isled. No
runs.
Philadelphia Baker doubled to left
Snotlgrass slipping en soggy field and
overrunning the ball; Murphy dou
bled to left, scoring Baker; Pavs
doubled, scoring Murphy: Barry out.
Herzog to Mcrkle; Davis taking third;
Marquard, Ames and Crandall are
warming up. Thomas flied to Mur
ray, Davis scoring. Bender out,
Fletcher to Merkle. Three runs.
Fifth Inning.
New York Fletcher out. Baker
to Davis; Meyers doubled to right;
Meyers out, Thomas to Baker, at
tempting to reach third on a short
passed ball; Mathewson walked; De
vore flied to Lord. No runs.
Philadelphia Lord out, Merkle to
Mathewson; Oldring out, Herzog to
BLACK DESPERADO
KILLS TWO WHITES
Birmingham. Ala., Oct. 24. With
two mt n lying dead and another
wounded, as result of tho running am
uck of John Harrison, a negro des
perado, a mob of two hundred whites
have him cornered in a swamp and
ii't'v wia kiu nun on coming up witn
him.
. NO. 7251
'dIS AGAIN-4 TO 2
AFIER FIRST INN
Like Cripples,
-20,000 See
York-
same as previous (tamos.
I Mcrkle; Col' in.' singled to center;
LaVer doubled to t enter, scoring Cols
lns Murphy fanned. One run. ' ' j
Sixth Inning.
: New York poyle walked; . Snod
grass fanned; Murray flied to Ba
i ker and Doyie was doubled, Baker to
Davis. No runs.
I Philadelphia Davis out. Herzog to
Merkle; Barry doubled to center;
i Thomas out. Fletcher to Merkle; Ben-
der out, Herzog to Merkle. No runs.
I Seventh Inning.
-New York Merkle fanned; Herzog
flied, to oldring: Fietcher singled to
center; Meyers out, Coilins to Davis.
j No runs
I Ph ladtlphia Lord safe on Fletch
er's fumble; tillring sacrificed, Mer
kle to Doyle; Coll ns sacrificed
to
-Mcrkle, unassisted. Lord taKina-'third
Baker walked; Murohy out to Mer
it, ie, un assisted. (n attempted hit and
run play. No run-.
Eighth Iniiiii.
New York Becker. uattiner
for
Mathewson, out, Collins to Davis: Tie
vore singled to left; poyle forced De
vore out. Collins to Barry; Snodgrass
sti Baker fumbled his grounder;
Murray fouled to Thomas. No runs.
Wiltse pitching for the Giants.
Philadelphia Davis fanned; Barry
ciniiniea to right, taking third
on
Murray's wild throw to Fletcher
Murray gets error; Thomas grounded
to Herzog; Barry run down by Mey
ers and Herzog. Thomas taking sec
ond; Bender out. Merkle, unassisted.
No runs.
Nintli Innlmr.
New York Merkle doubled
to
ngnt; Herzog out. Baker to Davis
Fletcher flied to Collins; Meyers out
Collns to Davis. No runs
B
V!
Ill
Coweta. Okla.. Oct. 24. Search
of
places irequontr-d by negroes today
disclosed f rearms hidden In almost
every conceivable place and manner
Two wagon loads of guns, knives and
ammunition were taken in charge by
officers.
While the town is quiet under mil-
iiaij protection alter the riots
which two were killed and
four
wounded, citizens still iVe.-
From Red Bird, a negro settlement
six miles away, come reports that the
uiacKs are in an ugly mood
threaten to march upon Coweta
and
l .tizens heav ly armed are helping
the soldiers to keep a close lookout
at eery point the blacks might
ter the town in force.
en-
twenty negroes were arrested
taken to Wagoner.
aml
WOlIKINGMEN s IN'Sl RA( K
Ul.l OIJE PAUl.lA.M EN T
London. Eng, Oct. It 1'n
epar.
to nnk.. a tight on Ch-imvll.
LI-"
.,e,,,es iim,i-an,-e bill. parliament
1 .-assembled today fo(- the autumn
sessions.
The George insurance bill provides
tor a partly compulsory and partly
voluntary workmgnieu's insurance.
toniriouted pronortionatelv ,..
tho
workmen, employers and the state.
It
is considered a highly progres
sive
measure, but th0 indications are that
ii will have a hard time before
it is
passed, :t u is not defeated
-i.wi lll-.li Mil .(ilST
HIE l.l.MBEU THIST
S:. Taul. Oct. 21. Suit again-t
two score individuals, prominent ill
various lumber corporations, wui
filed by the federal government to
day under the Sherman antitrust
law. The suit is exactly sinnl.ir t.
four
uits already filed against v.
otlter trusts.
ileus
lacks mm