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VOL. 24,
PENDLETON, OREGON- TJIl'IiSDAY, NOV K.MIJKK 23, 1011.
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CITY'S BOOKS
POORLY KEPT
Experts Sharply Criticize
Out-of-Date Method Used
for Municipal Records.
DISCOVER MANY ERRORS
No Loss lias As Vet Remitted, But
Council Urged to Install New Sys
tem of Bookkeeping Finance
Kliuwn In Good Condition.
Declaring the present system of
bookkeeping used by the city to' be
poor and deficient and the books to
be replete with errors, but refrain
ing from censuring any one official or
set of officials and finally giving
their opinion thut the city had not
yet suffered from the system In vogue,
Messrs. Bland and Wilson, expert ac
countants of Spokane, last n'ght ten
dered to the city council their report
on their work of auditing the city
books from January 1, 1905, to Octo
ber 31, 1911.
The report Is long and detailed,
many erronoous entries being pointed
out and a list of corrections tabulated.
Many changes are recommended
whereby the accountants declare, a
more safe and systematic record can
be kept of the city's business.
"The secret of municipal account
ing," tho report concludes, "lies In
correctly nnd Intelligently recording
the returns of the various departments
and It Is In this respect that your
books nre most deficient. Tho gen
oral books of the city as kept by the
finance committee nre a succession of
errors, and It Is chiefly to avoid fu
ture occurrences of uch errors that
we are advocating changes In the sys
tem In vogue. . . Tho errors are
mainly clerical and In accounting and
the city has not suffered by them."
' City In Good Condition.
It is shown by the report of the
experts that Pendleton Is In a healthy
financial condition despite the many
Improvements which have been un
dertaken In recent years. The excess
of the assets over tho liabilities am
ounts to over J170.000 when the ap
proximate value of Round-Up Park,
J22.0O0, Is ndded to tho list of assets
In the report, the experts putting In
th park at $2.20, the amount pild
out by the city for recording fees The
full statement of assets and liabilities
is given below:
Assets
Real estate 6.119.55
City hull 60,343.60
Water works system, est. iOO.OOO.OO
Equipment
Fto dept . 12.433.25
Rk crusher 1,832.79
R'd roller 3,750 00 18,016.04
Municipal Improvements
Levee $115,238 38
Sower sys. 68,049.25
Street Inter
sections .. 17.008.12
Bridges ... 44.981.35 245.277 10
Uncollected assessment
rolls 16,307.17
Sinking fund Invest
ments 13,100 00
Cash on hand, city treas
urer C.eneral M. 1.449.29
Sinking fd. 1.950.47
Other Ms 2,066.99 5,466.75
$453,630.21
Liabilities.
City bonded Indebtedness $295,000.00
Warrants outstanding. . . . 2S8.05
Sinking fund 15,050.47
Kxccss of assets over lia
bilities 143,291.69
$453,630.21
The nbovo total of liabilities does
not Include $4603 40 special Improve
ment bonds outstanding. These bonds
are debt against abutting property.
Tho accountants nssert that tho un
collected assessment rolls dato back
to 1893 and strongly urge that some
adjustment be made. The sinking
fund Investments nre all first mort
gages on real property. ,Of tho am
ount of ensh on hand, tho report
shows thnt $3 488.83 Is carried In tho
American National bank nnd $1,977.
92 In tho F'rst National.
The auditors nl-o cnll attention
thnt for the past year the gas com
pany has paid into the city only $200
whereas an ordinance pnssed In
March, 1910, had raised tho amount
of tho franch'se to $300.
Auditing Is Costly.
Messrs Bland nnd Wilson put In
their bill for their work to the coun
cil last n'ght and It was ordered
paid. It amoun'ed to $562.90 and
the total time paid for was sixty days.
Tho auditors are now at work export
ing the books of tho water commis
sion. May. Modify Russian Treaty.
Washington Nov. 23. There was
a well def'ned report today that
Pro Idcnt Tart In his message to con
gress might have something to Bay
on the subjoct of nogotlotlons between
the United Stntes nnd Russia, looking
tn ""'i'lnn of tho treaty of 1832,
principally to remove the present re
striction upon tho r'ghts of travel
nnd domicile of American ews in
Russia.
JIKY HAS TAK AMI
I I ;.T1I Kit TKSTIMOX V
Lincoln Center, Kits., Nov.
23. Tiio Jury which heard the
testimony in tho cas of tho men
on trial for administering a
coat of tar and feathers on the
.young school teacher. Miss
Chamberlain, retired at noon to
day to consider the evidence.
The testimony Introduced tend
ed to show that the motive for
the outrage, was alleged Impro
per relutlons of the girl with
two men, and the subsequent
reflection on the character of a
number of . married women of
this place, who sacrificed the
girl.
BEATTIE SEES KIN
FOR THE LAST TIME
Buelah Binford, Woman for
Whom He Dies, Is
Sorry
Has Clium;el Her Name, .Secured a
Position, and -Minister ax Advisor
and Wants to lx Let Alone.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 23 Henry
Beattie goes to the electric chair some
time between 7:20 and 7:25 o'clock
tomorrow morning. He will arise at
6::30 and will shave and take break
fast. Two clergymen win escort him to
the death chamber whlle two
guards will hold his hands.
The father, sister and brother of
the doomed man bade him farewell
today and they all prayed In his cell.
Beattlu is more cheerful since he ac
cepted 'religion.
Ileiilnh Binronl Talks.
New York, N. Y., Nov. 23. Boulah
Binford, the girl for whose sake Hen
ry Beattie dies tomorrow, today gave
what she stated was the last lnter
vlow she will ever give. f
Shu said: "If Justice Is being done
it is all right. '
"I am sorry for Henry but I know
nothing of the murder.
"I am going to be born again. I
am going to hide behind a new name
und forget. 11
"1 was the victim of Beattie; his
castoff.
"I was picked from a dozen of hie
victims' In the murder case, because
I was helpless and ha io one to pro
tect me.
"For God's sake let me alone! Beu
lah Binford Is dead."
The girl Is living at the hr-rie of Is
ador Bernstein and is constantly un
der the eye of Rev. Madison Peters.
She Is working and next week will be
operated on for appendicitis.
TECHNICALITY MAY
DULL TRUST PROBE
Washington, Nov. 23. Chairman
Stanley announced today that he will
demand that the democrats back the
investigation of the steel trust, when
congress reconvenes.
He is convinced that Jno. D. Rocke
feller and Rev. Gates should be called
personally before the committee to
explain the story told by Merritt yes
terday of lmw the oil king mulched
him out of millions of dollars worth
of mining property.
The work of the Stanley committee
may be nullified by a technicality in
the resolution, which created the
committee, according to steel trust at
torneys, who nrguo that tho United
States dissolution suit against the
trust, forbids further inquiry by a
committee.
Chairman Stanley may be compelled
to suspend tho hearings until congress
meets.
Grand Jury t Aet.
Chicago, Nov. 23. With the chitt
ing from Chicago to Washington of
tho scene of the senatorial investiga
t 'on of United states Senator Borl
mer's election, It was learned that tho
federal grand Jury ln session here con
templatec. a rigtl injnlry into tho
charges that perj.'ry had been com
mitted in testimony given before the
committee.
The senators on the committee
headed by Chairman Dilllnghnm, how
ever, let it be known that they were
averse to any grand Jury action un
til all tho evidence was In. Further
it was given out that the evidence ln
possession of the committee would not
be available to a grand Jury until the
henrlngs. were closed. With this un
derstanding all grand Jury action tem
porarily was suspended. Adjourn
ment was taken until December 5
when the hearing will be rsumed In
Washington.
Women Jurors Illegal,
San Francisco, Nov. 23. All cases
In which women have sat as Jurors
In California are Invalid, according,
to a statement made by Attorney Gen
eral Webb. He said that equal rights
do not entail Jury service, as a Jury
under the common law Is "twelve free
lawful men." . '
WILSON OUT WARO
FOR COBS; 1ST
Urges Irrigation of Reserva-
tion Lands by the Federal
Government.
WOULD USE TRIBAL FUND
Atlienu Attorney AViil Make Con-
KTCKKionul Race as Out ami Out
Progressive Follows Roo.-icvclt's
Altitude on Trust (Question. ""l
. That he will run for congress from Pelt in, Nov. 23. The massacre of
the new eastern Oregon district and foreigners and Manchus in San SI pro
wl! have as- one of the ch'ef planks vince continues. It is estimated that
In his platform the proposition of ir- 2'000 Manchus have been slain. For
rigatlng the Umatilla reservation ?lBers are also reported to have
through the use of the tribal fund now bten !aIn at Nun Nar- As a result
held In trust for the local Indians by 01 a tfcn Daule at Hankow 5,000
the government Is the declaration of uead ""dies He on the field.
S. F. Wilson of Athena in the Oregon
Journal. I
In last evening's Journal appeared
the following story telling of Mr.
Wilson's candidacy and of his politi
cal and economic views. i
S. Fred Wilson of Athena, Umatilla
county, will be a candidate for the re-
publican nomination for congress in
the new ens-em Oreenn district. Mr.
Wilson. Who Is In Portland, made pos- uei ""ck y,'8 re running low, Attorney oar-
itive announcement of his intention to 1,a,nd and 8ea, ,and J;naos relns ,nsid ! rcw" for ne McXamara defense, In
tetk the nomination e y nalIs- General Chang to-, Urrogated talesmen lengthily today
"I expect to make a vigorous cam- day reftw'.d to surrender the city. I Jurors Green and Sexton were allowed
palgn," said Mr. Wilson, "and It will "ordf8 f evolutionists are ready to ( to visit their homes today. Green's
be somewhat different from others in
this state. I shall arrange for meet
ings in different parts of the district
where an educational discussion can
be had of political topics. Prom'n
ent progressives will be invited to
speak at these meetings and give in
forming talks.
"Among the matters which I ex
pect to make Issues in my campaign
are the development of irrgation on
the Umatilla reservation and adjoin
ing lands and the question of ton
nage
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,300.000 in a fund derived from the
a i V ri T T V. .vT"
sale of tribal lands. A large part of
the reservation can be Irrigated from
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Pine creek and greatly Inceased in
value. Adjoining the reservation are
other lands that may be Irrigated
from the same source. I shall ad-
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nn apportionment from the govern-
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ment reciamauon lunus i.r me in.-
gallon of this land and will work to
mill end it 1 go to congress.
"The question of tolls through the
Panama canal is one that call- for
earlv action. The railroads would
like to have heavy tolls to prevent ef
fective competition by water and con
gress should- see to it that the bene
fit of the canal is not lost to the peo
pie,
"I am a progressive in nat'onal pol
itics. I belie -e In presidential prima
ries ami eleition of I'nited States
senators by the people I believe in
upholding the established progressive
laws of Oregon.
"I am inclined to believe the pres
ent administration Is making a mis
take in Its attacks on 'big business'
under the Sherma law. Colonel
Roosevelt more iiearlv expresses my
Th. h'r eornor:.tlons should h
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controlled by government regulation.
mill II L lining mi- ruuj" i i vi L,,iii.,ni.j
attack In the courts. It will be tool
big a task to attempt to regulato all
those corporations by sui'.s In tho
courts ' i
Two lepers in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Two cases of
ro-y were discovered in this city.
lep
The case of Mrs. Becky Schleifman, fifiy
elght, was diagnosed bv tho physi-
clans of the Pennsylvania hosp'tal.
It Is said she Is in the early stages
of the disease. She hns been in the
country twenty years. The case of
Mrs. Pecky Feeder, thirty-six. was
reported by tho physicians of the Or
thopaedic Hospital. She came to this
country In 1306 and !s said to he In
an advanced stage of the disease. Both
women were quarantined.
CITY WILL APPFOPRIATELY OBSERVE CORNER
STONE LAYING OF INSANE HOSPITAL :
The laying of tho corner stone of
the branch Insane asylum at the
western boundaries of this city will be
attended with ceremonials befitting
tho commencement of construction
work on the largest building this side
of the Cascades, lf plans now Ijelng
made by the Commercial association
and tho city council materialize. At
the meeting of tho council- last night,
an Invitation from the Commercial
association to the council asking it to
Join with the club In arranging for
tho laying of tho corner stone was
read and the Invitation accepted.
The Commercial club also asked
the council to do what It can towards
the building of a good road to the
asylum and tho matter was referred
to tho street comm!to with In'truc
tlons that It confer with the county
court towards securing such a road.
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11 nLILllU
Rebels Class Foreigners
With Manchus and Slau-
ghter Large Numbers.
PRES. TAFT IS WAKING UP
Holds Conference With Secretary of
State, Regarding Matter of Send.
tnj; I'nited States Troops German
Warship Rescues Refugees,
French Murdered.
Tien Twin, Nov. 23. The murder of
Dr. Togondro and other French mis
sionaries at Ning Yuan Fu, has been
confirmed.
i
! x. , , feigners Flee,
Nkn. Nov. 23. Foreigners are
'B- Steven inousana imperial
Taft is Waking
Washington, D. C, Nov. 23
-Pres-
idem Taft and Secretary of State
Knox hurriedly conferred' today, fol-
lowing the receipt of dispatches, re-
garding the massacres of foreigners is understood court is impressed with
In China. It is understood they dis- the, seriousness of Mrs. Green's con
cussed the advisability of sending dition and is inclined to exercise his
tioops from Manila immediately. discretion and excuse Juror Green.
! Attorney Darrow says they can't
Hankow Buttle Continues.
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l ln Progress at Hankow. The casu-
&1Ut me heavy. The main attack is
The"' HaTko n?
It is
expected that fighting is already go-
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are winnlng
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Giinliimt Rescues Rcftts.v-s. j
! Shanghai. 'nv 91 PnM,ti a 1
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w'reless message says the German'
gunboat Otter, rescued 180 forelgn-
crs who wcre trylng to reacn the
cnnst on tne upper Yangtze Klang
u i3 doubtful lf they woulJ have gucJ
ceeded if the war vessul h.i.i n.it
rived.
PACKERS AIDED BY
II S OH IFF III QTI P P
U. S3. Ullltr JUOIIUC
; many days. His misfortune was the
Washington, D. C, Nov. 23. An- j Jtsult of a small save-in and was
other delay in the trial of the Chlca- 1 partly the result of his own careless
go packers was probably secured this ess.
afternoon when attorneys for tho j With a number of other laborers
beef packers got Chief Justice White 1 he was digging the sewer and water
to consent that their appeal should 1 trench on Alta street and, at the time
'. presented to tne L nited States su-
preme court when it convenes next
week. Justice White refused to or
der a stay In the proceedings but the
Hi tri?'nlt ltnllAK.-. 4l.r. T 1 y-, .
.V. "w",c "'" ",uu -"rpen-
ur continue the case until
SUp,.pni(1 cnurt do(,i(loR
the
Probing Kxpres Companion.
New York. Nov. 23 Criticisms
and remed'al recommendations, rang
ini: from mild to rational, were pre
sented t0 the Interstate commerce
. ,M,iMu.-.,i,ii at tne open'ng of a series
, , 7 , ,, a " an improvised ambulance left for the
of hearings to be. held throughout hospital with a smile on his face.
m'-s01!" V lnvtl&;Uion of tho ex- j Dr. J. A. Best and Dr. T. M. Hen
Tii .o'!!' , . . 1 derson wrre summoned nnd reduced
was brought out by Attornev Frank
Lyon, counsel for the commis-lon,
who said the combined express busi-j
iiiukiiuutic in i54 nnsinpc-a
ness operate more than 2
70.000 miles
of railway and do business through
3 1.328 stations. He placed the cost ;
of operating tho express plants at'
$27 000.000. the operating income at i
$1 '1.000.000. or a fraction over 35
per cent on plant valuation.
3 knowing more of the murder than
he cares to say.
At the meeting last night a special i IIe sai' lie was at his home Sat
committee recommended the follow- uriIll' nn3 Sunday, but his mother and
inc appointments for judges and sititPI's say he left home Saturday
clerks of tho firemen's election which n,sht and was not at home all day
Is to be held on the same dav ns the
municipal election:
Judges D. D. Phelps, Fd Stans
berry and I Dunlap; clerks, Alex
Manning. Jess McConnell and Charles
Miller. The appointments were forth
with made and confirmed.
A committee consisting of Council
men Strain. Brock and Klrkpatrick
was appointed to consider the matter
of creating new precincts in the sec
ond and fourth wards of the city and
to take it up with tho county.
Final assessments on the Alta
street paving disTlct were made last
night and the figures contained in
the report of tho city engineer will
now remain.
! BOLKTX IMOXV
FAVORS viRS. PATTERSON
Denver, Colo, Nov. 23. When
the Patterson trial resumed to-
day, a riot was started by a
crowd of women who fought for
entrance to the court room.
Mrs. Patterson was calm. Po-
lice Surgeon Mudd was the first
witness for the defense. He
stated that when he arrested the
woman following her killing
of her husband, she showed him
the mark of a blow on the face
which the husband had dealt
and she told him that her hus
band gave her the gun and said,
"Now damn you, go kill your
self." I
McNAMARA DEFENSE
SAVES CHALLENGES
Two Jurors Allowed to Visit
Their Sick Rela
tives Another Clash Promised Should
Judge Excuse Juror Whose Wife Is
Reorted Seriously 111.
Hall of, Records, Los Angeles, Nov.
23. Because their perempory chal-
wife Is sick as Is also Sexton's brother
E. S. Bisbee, a farmer was passed
by the defense for cause and also by
the prosecution. He made the elev-
enth occupant of the jury box,
I Judge Bordwell and counsel for
both sides conferred during recess. It
i consent to this, as they are already
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challenges against three temporary
jurors were disallowed and they don't
want to risk wasting peremptories In
getting another permanent juror.
STREET LABORER
HURT IN CAVEIN
While engaged in excavating for
the sewer which is being laid along
Alta street preliminary to the paving
Harry Leese, a young man who has
been In the employ of the water de
partment for several months, this
morning about 11:15 suffered a frac-
1 1 1 r A nf tho nmll hnnaa In th.i fnt
"na a dislocation of the ankle which
will incnr.arl.ite him for unrl, f,,.
; of the accident, was workimr inst ir.
fiont of the Central Meat Market.
He had been warned against expedit
ing his work by caving in the earth
tut apparently disregarded tho warn
ing and was pinioned by a quantity of
the dirt and rocks falling on his leg.
When extricated, it was seen at
once that he had suffered a broken
bone as the end of the fracture had
protruded through the flesh of the
foot. Tho injured man displayed
wonderful nerve and, when placed in
n improvised ambulance left for the
retinir' easilv this nfte
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the young man is
moon.
MURDER-ROBBER
SUSPECT ARRESTED
San Francisco. Nov. 23. His liloo.lv
i overalls found ln the basement of the !
1 itroiltii',- piiitiii'ini' uli ,-., l, l.. i..i;..,. 1
' e l the jewelry salesman, Benjamin
Goodman was murdered for $..000
wortli of diamonds and his alibi re
ined by his own mother, John Rog
rs, employed by a local produce
company Is being hold by the police
, tunuay
Xo Need of Haste.
At a lecture a well known author
ity on economics mentioned the fact
that in some parts of America the
number of men was considerably larg
er than that of women, says Tit-Bits,
and he added, humorously:
"I can therefore recommend the
ladles to emigrate to that part."
A young woman seated in ono of the
last row:s of the auditorium got up
and, full of indignation, left the room
rather nols-ly, whoreupon the lectur
er remarked:
1 "I did not mean that It should be
done la such a hurry!"
LABOR HEADS
111 CONTEMPT
Justice Wright So Declares
Against Officials of Fed
eration of Labor
MUST FACE SECOND TRIAL
Iresident Samuel Goniers Says Dist
rict of Columbia Chief Justice Is
Not ComiKtent to Render Fair and
Impartial Decbdoit.
Washington. I. C, Nov. 23. In a
scathing decision Justice Wright, of
the District of Columbia supreme
court, refuses to dismiss the contempt
charges against Gompers, Mitchell
and Morrison, heads of the American
Federation of Labor.
They are declared In contempt of
court, for placing the Buck Stove and
Range company on the unfair list of
the federation's Journal. t
This means an attempt will be made
to force the labor leaders to trial
again.
The United States supreme court
last spring dismissed the defendants
then under Judge Wright's sentence,
but allowed a neojwed action.
Through their attorneys, the three
labor leaders filed a notice of a spec
ial appeal.
Labor lK'noi,nw Wright.
Atlanta, Ga., Now. 23. Angry ex
pressions of disapproval met the an
nouncement that Justice Wright of
the supreme court of the District of
Columbia had decided that Samuel
Gompers and the other officers of the
American Federation of Labor must
face trial at the convention today, and
the delegates Immediately adopted
resolutions roasting Justice Wright.
The convention endorsed President
Gompers' report.
Regarding Justice Wright, President
Gompers said: "In so far as my case
coming before Justice Wright Involves
the men of organized labor, as de
eendants, he is mentally incompetent
to render a fair and Impartial de
cision." KILLED WHILE SHOWING OFF
FOR BENEFIT OF LADY
Oakland, Calif., Nov. 23. Driving
a machine rapily, F. Saville Smith,
cashier of the Security Building
company, struck a pile of Bunkle
building construction blocks at First
street. The machine was demolished
and Smith killed.
A. F. Waltsey, superintendent of
construction of the Security Building
company was perhaps fatally injur
ed. Miss Annie Carlson of San Fran
cisco, was seriously hurt. Miss Carl
son told the police that Smith was
trying to frighten her by reckless
driving, when the disaster happened.
Strikes Sunken Wreck.
Victoria, B. C. Nov. 23. Bumping
on a sunken wreck, or being shaken
by a heavy submarine earthquake, the
liner Luceric, wh'lch arrived here to
day, hada strange experience when
nine hours out from Yokohama on the
night of November S, about 130 miles
from the Japanese coast. There was
a heavy shock, the liner shivering
heavily and a number of shocks fol
lowed as though the liner va bump
ing over a reef. The shocks wore so
heavy that some of those on board
were shaken from their berths.
INVENTION OF LOCAL
MAN IS PRACTICAL
Proving entirely satisfactory and
upholding the claims of the inventor,
a trial was given yesterday of the
rew spring spoked wheel just recent
ly patented by Isaac Jay, the well
known local blacksmith, and a num
ber of prominent business men in
the city who rode by invitation in the
auto upon which two of the new
wheels had been placed are enthusi
astic in their commendation of the
invention and express their firm be
lief that it will revolutionize the
wheelmaking industry.
Mr. Jay has Just finished making
the first two of his patented wheels
nnd yesterday substituted them for
the two hind wheels of his big auto.
The machine was then sped around
the city and a special test was made
of the jar-absorbing ability of tha
spring spokes. Extra speed was put
on when crossing cross-walks und
the railroad tracks and those who
rode in the machine declare that tho
Jar from tho bumps was felt much
less than when the ordinary pneumatic
tired wheels aro used. Indeed they
declare much difference could be no
ted in tho iar sustained when the
fiont wheels struck an Impediment
and in tho response of tho back
wheels to the same obstacle.
Mr. Jay has not yet perfected his
invention to his own satisfaction as
tha wheels Just made aro lacking In
some of the details which, tho Inven
tor claims, will make tho wheels more
durable.