East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, November 22, 1911, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    nirwi mtm
EVENING EDITION
EVEIIIIIG EDITION
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and Thurs
day, Calling cards, wed
ding stationery, com
mercial stationery nd
Job printing to order
at the East Oregonlan.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24.
.PENDLETON, OREGON- WEDXKSDAY, XOVEMIJEIt 22, 1911.
NO. 7270
'i
.". 4
S Vp
'
DARRQW
AND
COURT
McNamara's Chief Counsel
Again Tells Judge He is
Discriminatory.
REBUKE IS ADMINISTERED
Morning RbhbIoii Cluirged With F.loc
tr'lflPd Verbal Exchanges When
llordwcll RefusoH to Give Defense
Same Privilege Allowed State.
Hall of Records Los Angeles, Noe.
22. Three sweeping rulings which
materially allied the state's conten
tion that a Juror Isn't disqualified
from service In the McNamara case
because of an opinion he holds so long
as he agrees that he can lay it aside
wag made by Judge Bordwell today
In disallowing the defense's challenge
against S. H. Olcott, who believed
that the Times was dynamited and
that McNamara was guilty also
against A. J. Stevens, who believed
the allegations agalnBt the unions
were well founded. Both said they
could lay their opinions aside.
Judge Bordwell also refuses to en
tertain a challenge against F. A.
Brode, made because his personal at
torney Is connected with the prose
cution. The decisions were decidedly disap
pointing to the defense. Attorney
Darrow protested their unfairness
and was rebuked by the court
, Tho rullngB will materially ' hasten
the work of securing a Jury.
Despite the rebuke Darrow Insisted
on his allegations, that the court waa
discriminating against the defense
and perfected the record so grounds
for an appeal might be specifically
evident.
High tension on the case marked
today and tho dull monotony of ex
amining talisman was frequently en
lightened by clashes between oppos
ing counsel and occasionally the court
Darrow was Interrogating F. A.
Brode. a business man and had nsk
ed him one of a thousand leading
questions with which the records are
filled, when Deputy District Attorney
Horne objected nnd was sustained, f
Darrow angrily took exception, ex
claiming: "When the other side
wants to disqualify a Juror, the court
perml'.s tlicm to ask leading questions
for half a day."
"Your remark Is decidedly improp
er." said the court.
"It Is a fact that the record dis
closes, nevertheless. I want a spe
cific ruling on this point," said Dar
row. Judge Bordwell ruled that certain
questions that m'ght bo proper in the
case of one Juror would not be prop
er In the case of another.
This plainly amazed Darrow nnd
ho promptly declared that he never
before had heard of such a ruling
and the fireworks enlivened tho rest
of tho morning session.
After a three hour examination, the
defence challenged Talesman Brodle
because ho said the Times was dyna
mited. The Mate resisted and Judgo
Bordwell disallowed it.
PENDLETON ENAKOPS
PRINCESS CHOSEN
Mls Kffle Parkes Is to act as prin
cess of I'cndleton at the Enakops
Jubilee and Apple Show which com
mences tomorrow and continues the
remainder of tho month. At a meet
ing of the committee of business men
appointed for the purpose last night,
she was choRon as the honored ono
and tho selection .Is mooting with
hearty approval.
Miss Parkes is the daughter of
Judge and Mr? Joe H. Parkes and Is
a very beautiful young lady. In the
Westward Ho jiorado during the last
Round-Up he was the contral figure
on the float "Winning of tho West,"
representing nt that tlmo the Queen
of the raclflc. '
She will leave tonight for Spokane
nnd will remain there during tho Ju
bilee as tho guest of the manage
ment nnd w'll, with about twenty-five
other princesses be much feted during
her s'ay there. In tho parade which
will be held next Monday she will be
mounted on a thoroughbred horse and
will lead tho mounted Round-Up Cow
boy Band which leaves Sunday to
participate In the big pageant.
Murder Baffles Police.
San Francisco, Cat., Nov. 22. Ar
oused by the Goodman murder a
score of suspects have been arrested
by the police nnd they are looking
particularly for two ex-convlcts. It
lt admitted by the authorities that
they aro practically without a clew
Bert Smith of tho J. E. Smith Co.,
enmo down from Menchnm several
days ago and left this morning for
tne west pnn 01 tno county, iio re
ports all of his sheep Bafely out or
the mountains.
BANKERS FAVOR
ALDRiCH PLAN
America's Financiers Say
Present Money Reserve
System Causes Panics.
BANKS HURT EACH OTHER
Association President Says Proposed
Remedy Would Prevent UiihIiionh
Depression by Allowing Ranks to
Issue Notes and Hold Their Cash.
New Orleans, Nov. 22. Strong ap
proval of the National Reserve asso
ciation plan of ex-Senator Aldrlch,
was voiced today by the American
Bankers' convention.
Georice Reynolds, nresldent of the
Continental Commercial National
bank of Chicago, said the reserve re
quirements were such that one bank
weakened another's reserve whenever
it withdrew Its funds to straighten Its
own reserve. This unscientific system
he sa'd makes for financial panics.
He said the Aldrlch plan would
remedy this by allowing the banks to
issue notes in stressful times, without
impairing their reserve, by paying out
actual coin.
Mr. Reynolds said In part:
"That we have not had more fre
quent pan'cs, or seasons of severe de
pression in. business, is due largely to
the growing use of credit in business
transactions in this county, one of the
mot noted Instruments of which is
the bank check.
"Credit Is thus one of the most po
tent factors In all economics and
credit, to be staple, must be protect
ed by a system of currency and bank
ing which, while providing for an
amount of credit necessary to meet the
reasonable requirements of business,
will prevent expansion of credit."
He said this was what the National
Reserve association intends to do.
SUFFRAGETTES STORM
HOUSE OF COMMONS
London, Xov. 22. Disheveled after
their night In jail, but undaunted, 220
suffrngef.es appeared today In Bow
street court to answer to charges of
participation In last night's rioting,
when a frenzied moh nt wnv..n
smashed the windows, defaced the
government building and fought -with
policemen in an endeavor to enter
the house f commons and force Pre
mier Asquith to change his dctermi-
nat:on not to lllnkn woman miffrmrn
an administrative Issue. A huge force
of police lined up In the court room
to preserve order. Mary Oldham
was the fir.-t arraigned. She was sen
tenced to fourteen days In Jail and
the others were fined.
AVSTRALIA WOMAN' CLAIMS CITY
Writes Mayor of Atchison. Kan., Tlint
She OwnsJIio Land.
Atchison, Kan. Nov. 22. Mrs.
Elizabeth Atchison of Sydney, N. S.
W., In a letter received by Mayor
Walker today, lays claim to the land
upon which Atchison, a city of nearly
20,000 people. Is built. Tho land,
she says, was given before the Louis
iana purchase to David T. Atchison,
of whom she says, she is a descend
ant. The Atchison heirs, tho Australia
woman declares, have perfected their
plans to carry the case into the courts
of this country and England. She
states that this city was named for
her ancestor, but In this she Is mis
taken. The city was named for Sen
ator David A. Atchison of Missouri.
Mayor Walker referred the letter
to tho State Historical society at To
pi ka, asking that it bo Investigated.
FATAL Dl'I'.L IN A PRISON."
Prisoners Fight Willi Knives After
Card (iiinio Dispute.
Madrid, Nov. 22. A mortal duel
was fought In tho jail at Malaga be
tween two prisoners. The story
throws ft strange light on Spanish
prison methods.
' Elovon men sleeping In the same
room were playing cards when two
of them quarreled and a duel with
knives was arranged between Anto
nio Jimenez and John Domingo.
They plunged their weapons Into
each other several times and finally
Jimenez collapsed in a dying condi
tion. The examining magistrate had the
sleeping room searched, nnd there
were discovered a large number of
knives, revolvers, boxes of dice, packs
of cards, photographs and a quantity
of wine and brnndy.
Found Guilty of Negligence.
Couversport, Pa., Nov. 22. George
C. Rayless, president and Frederick
J. Hamlin, superintendent of the
rtnyless Tulp & Paper company,
whoso dam at Austin, Pa., burst caus
ing the recent disaster, were found
.guilty of gro"s neKllgenco by the cor
I oner's Jury last night.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN AND FAMILY
ON BOARD. SINKING SHIP AT SEA
New York N. Y., Nov. 22. A wireless message received here this
morning, says that the Hamburg-American ocean lintr, Prinz Joachim,
is in a sinking condition as the result of having run on the rocks of
Samana Island, near Santo Domingo. Among the largo number of
passengers on the liner are William Jennings Bryan and his wife and
family, who are enroute to Kingston, Jamaica, to visit his daughter.
The appeal for help, says that the situation is very dangerous un
less aid arrives soon.
Several ships, of all descriptions are rushing from every direction to
the danger point to render aid to the distressed vessel.
In the message. It is Htated that all preparations have been made
on the vessel to transfer her passengers to the first ship that reaches
her, and little time will be required. In saving the passengers. Officials
of the company here maintain that there is no danger.
Samana Island Is almost a solid rock, eight miles long and one mile
wide, an is uninhabited. yf.
DR. M. B. METZER ;y
COMMITS SUICIDE
Blows Out Brains With
Bullet, After Bee of
Drinking
Hcipiicr Dentist, Well Known in Pen
dleton, Ignores Wife's Plea; Then
Resents Her Absence.
Pendleton friends were shocked this
morning to receive work of the sui
cide of Dr. M. B. Metzer, well known
dentist of Heppner, at his home In
that city lat night. Excessive Indul
gence In Intoxicants. It Is said, result
ed in his tragic end.
Accordjig to advices received here,
he had of late been drinking hard
and his wife had repeatedly remon-t-trated
with him to no avail. Finally
In desperation she threatened to
leave him unless he corrected his In
temperate ways.
Last night Dr. Metzer, when here
turned homo late in an intoxicated
condition, found his wife gone and. in
his despondency and remorse he seiz
ed a .22 f-alibre rifle, placed It to his
head and blew his brains our.
He was found dead In his home
and his wiXp, who was spending the
night in a neighbor's home, Is pros
trated with grief.
The deceased man was about 35
years of age at the time of his death
and had made Heppner his home for
a number of years.
P. K ATT IK TO HE RVRIED
BESIDE MCTtRF.RKD WIFE
Richmond Va , Nov. 22. Express
ing a desire to end his father's agony
of suspense, Henry, Clay Beattle to
day i-sued a statement saying he was
ready to die Friday and said it Is just
as well as thirty days later. Bea'.tie
will be buried by the side of his wife,
of whom he was convicted of murder
ing. KANSAS COWARDS WILL TRY
TO .ll'STIFY TIIKIR BRITAL1TY
Lincoln Center, Nov. 22. Attack
ing the character of Mary Chamber
lain '.a the niethod by which Prison
ers Simms. Schmidt and Clark expect
to justify their action In tarring and
feathering her. Simms will bo the
first on the stand. Miss Chamberlain
appeared In court today, pale and ner
vous. BROWN EYED Mi OF
HOME IN THE
The following letter received by the
East Oregonlan today explains the
longings of a gontlo maiden of Port
land who evidently would like to try
llfo In this land of sunshine, fresh
nir nnd blue skies;
Portland. Ore. Nov. 21. 1911.
To the Editor of tho Pendleton "Cat-
tlo-Roper: (or so forth.)
You are about to suffer the penalty
of being the "everything" on a pro
gressive western (medium of news
exchange) paper.
Ideas come from somewhere am
not sufficiently advanced as a student
of psychology to say from just where,
however I have one. I am sick of
being a stenographic nobody, or a
bookkeeper for nobodies. Ada wont
get there quick enough, so I write di
rectly to you to ask if there are not
places where live girls with red cor
puscles can work not tho heavy
drudgery of ranch life, but where they
can do enough work to guarantee tho
necessities and still have life and am
bition to ride, walk, study and live
real life.
I know that In your country is
where peoplo live live by minutes, vi
tal breathing minutes and not the
slow enervating drag of tall build
ings, sketchy patches of blue sky and
a stifled longing to get out where
one can see It for hours at a tlmo.
If I say that I was brought up by
nn old fashioned New England moth
er will It not be sufficient guarantee
that I am a good cook, can sweep,
wash and Iron? And If I say that I
think a woman's rightful sphere is
EYE WITNESS TELLS
OF DENVER MURDER
Says Mrs. Patterson Shot
is Mrs. Patterson Shot
Husband in the
Back
Prosecution Trying to Show That
Slaying Was Result of Desire to
Rid Herself 0f Lircmate.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 22. "I saw
her standing over Patterson's pros
trate body with a revolver pointed at
h's neck. She was about to fire
again when I shouted and she shot
him In the back. She then hid the
revolver under his body and ran." tes
tified George Strain, an eye witness
to the shooting of Patterson by his
wife who is on trial today.
The jury was completed last night
and sworn In today and the state's
attorney delivered the opening state
ment Judge Hilton for the defense
replied.
The attorney for the state said he
would prove that she killed her hus
band out of sheer desire to be rid of
him and the culmination of her re
peated threats to kill him If he per
sisted Tn his determination to sue
Stmuso for the alienation of her af
fections. mi; gins ron rattle ships.
Tli re0 1 I-IihIi ISoriN in Each of Two
Turrets on Oklahoma au Xe -
vndn.
Washington. Nov. 22. Three 14 -
Inch guns will appear in each of two
turrets of the giant battleships Okla -
home and Nevada, bids for the con -
sirucion of which are to be received i
by the navy department next month.
President RMcovcrinj.
Washington, D. C., Nov.
- Pres -
, ,10 , t. ' rom!more.l cru sets, representing the first
'T P v 'y W,M1 ,eablot' and second dh-Lsions of the Pacific
in PhiladehthU1'; y J""" ame fleet left San Francisco harbor last
in J hiladelphia next Saturday, ac-; ncnt
cording to an announcement made' n-w- , , , . ,
here today. The squadron was led by the flag-
'.1 j ship California, in command of Ad-
,...,.. miral Chauncey Thomas, command-
.o"v !,? L R0S,IOn- erinchlef of the Pacific fleet. The
ton nV f,a,nt0" W?rb"r- California represented the first divi-
ImnhZn, V F. himsiel sion. At the nead of the secom, di.
spss n f ' ,n f a SPeCia'i vWort was the West Virginia, the flag
n r e i?l e nt fn I ii r , ur0' ship ot Rear Adnrral W. H. South!
fTlb!' Passive Republl- orado, the Maryland and the South
ran League here. He said a direct n;,kota
system of nominating cand'dates, in- '
ciuumg the president, met his favor,
PORTLAND SEEKS
OF
that of a homemaker, is it not evl-'
donee enough that-my home Instinct'
is Mill Intact? , j
There must be nice people, or a
n'ce person to whom or in whom, this
- ,v'1 """" ",U1U reav n-j
swer nice person means English
that doesn't have to DO labelled as.
sucit ana who nave no terror that
peas will not stay on their knives.
Now please be a nice editor man
and write, me a letter and tell me
ju t what course to pursue to find
what I want.
Sincerely,
STERLING ATWOOD.
Sterl'ng Atwood (Miss)
2SG Oak Street,
Portland, Ore.
P. S Should I have added that I
am 2! "winters." brown eyes, light
brown hair. 5 feet 5 Inches
and
weigh 125 pounds. Tho history ot,,(Iul onU. been ,nmato of the cmm
m i- ir ! ty institution since Oct. 5 and little
1) to Kecrc. )s known of him beyond the fact that
Tho communication from Miss At-1 ,le hnd a WPalthv uncle living in So
wood has been respectfully referred ttle. He was about 65 years of ago
to Jack Keefe. secretary of the Com- nt the time of death. The body is
merclal club, whose duty It Is to pro- now In the Folsom undertaking par
mote new settlement in Pendleton ' lors and will be buried in the potters'
and tho happiness of 'the world In field unless some word is received
general. In a letter to the Portland from rolatlvos.
girl the editor of tho "Cattle Roper'
tells of the action taken and also In
forms her that Mr. Keefo himself Is
a young unmarried man with brown lots 7 and S, block 4, Ireland's nddl
eyes. speaks Engl sh Is a psycholo- tion to Milton, consideration $2250;
gist, a crack baseball player, has a j. T. Moss and wife to H. M. Connoll
good voice and an attractive dlspost- nine acres in Milton-Freewater coun-
I try, consideration (1600.
for
ROCKEFELLER
Backwoodsman Tells
He Was Cheated in
Mine Transaction.
How
Ore
PREACHER TOOL TOLD LIE
'By Hy, I Belevod It," Rustic
Wltnc! h Tells Congressional Com
mittee In Investigation of Steel
Trust Frick, Xo Gentleman.
Washington, D. C, Nov. 22
Chairman Stanley of the congression
al committee Invest'gating the Steel
trust, today announced that a sub-
nr.frn Mnppa tnmim' vvnnkl Vi is.stipri
order;ns John D-Rockefe,Ier to Kub-
1 1 1 1 L iu lilt; JIIII1 1 1 ItTG Idlillfl U' u -
ments bearing on his deals in the
Minnesota ore lands.
Lon Meritt, the backwoodsman who
d'scovere'l the Mesaba range of iron
ore, which later became the biggest
producer in the world, told of the dif
ficulties he had in raising money to
develop the ore bodies in the range,
which he explored for s'xteen years.
He sa'd he went to Carnegie and
Frick. Frick, he said, ridicaled the
idea that .there was ore in any quan
tity there and "didn't treat me like
a gentleman."
Merritt then described the building
of the. Duluth. Mesaba and Northern
railroad. He said Rockefeller rep
resentatives offered to help finance
the road and actually furnished $350,
000 to buy stock and promised fur
ther f'nanclal assistance, which did
not materialize Finally Merritt went
to New York where .a met Rev.
Gates, Rockefeller's right hand man,
and now his chief philanthropic agent.
"Gates told me how pious and hon
est Mr. Rockefeller was," stated the
witness. "This was in the panicky
times of '93. Gates suggested also
that we consolidate our mines and
railroad and that Rockefeller would
purchase the bonds a.id there would
be no further financial trouble.
"Several days I hung out and then
Gates said no one had anv money
! and that even Rockefeller was hard
up and 'by golly' I believed him but
j now i know Gates lied."
' Then he said the consolidation was
; effected and later he (Merritt) was
1 frozen out, as Rockefeller failed to
: take up the bonds.
n.F.ET OFF FOR CRUISE.
TO HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
J 5an Francisco, Nov. 22 Five
I'. S. Ship F.n 'Route.
Washington. Nov. 22. The cabinet
'decided today that tho situation In j
! Santo D:mlngn was s-uch as the result'
! of the assassination of President Ca-
caeres. as lo make it expedient for the j
I'nited States to have a naval force
1 there sufficient to meet any demands '
j for the protection of American lives
and property and to Insure the main
tenance of order.
t,uako in California.
Colton. Cal., Nov. 2 2. A sharp
earthquake was felt at 6:45 last!
night It lasted but a few seconds.
The disturbance af'eotod the tele-
phone svstem and crippled the
for a time.
J
service
j Aviator Helton Injured.
! Chicago, Nov. 22. Ka-d Helton, a
former Engli-h army officer studying
aviation In the Pullman field here,
i fell too feet in an aeroplane late yes-
j terday. His injuries, physicians say,
may be fatal.
Dies nt County Hospital.
Henry Moran,' a veteran of
the
the
Spanish-American war, died at
1 county hospital this morning of a
cancerous growth from which he had
been suffering for some time past. Ho
l'-ast Knd Transactions.
i T.llpott!! T. Tliuvnr.l to T. T. SaowMI
ALIENS
SLAIN
BY BOTH
IS
Rebels and Manchus Eacft
Claim Foreigners Favor
Their Opponents.
FLEEING FROM INTERIOR
Imperialists at Xunking Are Surround
' etl by Overwhelmingly larger Force
of HcYoliitloiiiNtx and Tlielr'PootI is
Exhausted.
Shanghai, Nov. 22. With massa
cres of foreigners at the hands of
rebels and Manchus, each of whom
blame the aliens for favoring the oth
er cau?e, foreigners In the interior
are fleeing towards the coast. Many
of them, it is feared, will be killed
en route.
In the province of Hohan, where
a wholesale exodus of Europeans Is
progressing, conditions are particu- '
larly threatening.
Foreigners Massacred. .
Shanghai, Nov. 22. Peking dis
patches say that Indefinite reports of
massacres of foreigners, in various
interior cities have reached the capit
al through native sources.
The rumors are given a'coloi? of
truth by Hankow reports, which State
that there is an anti-foreign feeling
among the revolutionists because they
believed that.the Manchus would have
quit the fight long ago if they had not
been morally supported by the pow
ers. ,
Foreigners at Nanking- have been
warned to leave a desperate, fighting
Is expected immediately.
Manchus Fostering Move.
Peking, Nov. 22 Dispatches from
various points today indicate that
the Manchus are fostering an anti
foreign propaganda and an outbreak
Is imminent.
Nanking mefsages say the Imper
ialist garrison is surrounded by a
horde of revolutionists and are vast
ly outnumbered and that their food
supply is nearly exhausted.
RELIEF PROMISED
SEATTLE. TOMORROW
Seattle, Wash , Nov. 22. Relief
from the water famine which has
prevailed here since the first of the
week as the result of the floods, de
stroying the city's water pipe line, U
expected tomorrow, when It is be
lieved that an auxiliary plant at Lake
Washington will be ready for opera
tion. Train Service Still Dead.
Bellingham, Wash., Nov. 22. Thl9
city and other towns of northwest
Washington are' still without train
service today, as a result of the many
washouts of railroad tracks, by the
recent floods, and it is not thought
that service can be resumed before
late tonight, at the very earliest.
Merchants War on Socialists.
Portland. Ore., Nov. 22 Declaring
that street addresses of socialists
draw crowds that jam the sidewalks
and hurt their busines on Sixth treet
merchants have announced that they
will begin a campaign to force them
into less prominent streets. The so
cialists will make a strong fight for
"free speech."
Ling in Texas.
Cleveland, Ohio, Xov. 22. The ar
rest of Leon Ling, sought for two years
or more for the murder of Elsie Sei
gel in New York may follow aetton
ot' the Cleveland police, who last night
telegraphed the authorities of a Texas
city asking them to locate Ling. In
fi rotation on which tho police acted
reached them as the result of a tong
feud.
Castro Wins Rattle.
Mexico City, Nov. 22. A dispatch
to the Neuvo Era from Caracas today
says that General Crlpriano Castro,
ex-president ot" Venezuela, has won In
a battle which occurred In Venezue
la day before yesterday, having en
tered his native country with thous
ands of followers.
Logger Slain.
Kelso, Wash., Nov. 22. Shot in the
face with a small eallibor rifle by W.
McUoberts, Henry Radcliff died at
the upper Inman-Poulsen logging
camp, 12 miles west of Kelso, and hl
slayer is In Sheriff Caruine's charge
at Kelso, pending the inquest.
Order Officers to bo Rowdy.
New London, Nov. 22. A message
fioni the war department at Wash
ington was received last night at Fort
H. G. Wright at Fishers Island, order
ing all officers in this district to be
ready for service in tho field. No
explanation accompanied the message.
Paraguay Wants Publicity.
Buenos Ayres, Argentlno, Nov. 22.
Meager reports state a revolution
has started in Puraguay.