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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITIOII URATEUm REPORT. Fair tonight; Friday fair unit warmer. . Largest paid circu lation of anj papor in Oregon, cafct of Port land. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24. PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1011. NO. 7301 i ' " -- i , ;7 If! I! HILL SUSPECT HUMAN PERVERT Believed to Have Slain Sev eral' Others in Oregon and Iowa. NEIGHBORS FEARED HIM Authorities Aro TlHirouglily Satisfied of Guilt of Wealthy Clwkanuis Ooiiuty Niirseryimui Prisoner l)o ButSS Guilt. Oregon City, Dee. 21. Evidence that the officers who have been work ing on tho murder of the Hill family near Ardenwuld since Juno 9 last nay Is subsequently conclusive has been discovered against Nathan 13. Harvey, the middle aged neighbor of the Hills, arrested and charged with their mur der. A series of crimes that has followed the Harvey family throughout tho en tiro present generation and that points strongly to hereditary criminal In stincts is one of the sensational phas es of the case. Nearly every member of the Harvey family who has died within the past 20 years has met a violent death. In several cases at least, suspicion pointed strongly to Nathan Harvey, the enigmatic elder on. Say Proof U Positive. Furthermore, Sheriff Mass of Clack amas county und Detective L. I Lev lngs. who have been working on the Ardenyald murder mystery since the morning of the killings, say they have positive proof that the Hills were klllod between 12:45 and 12:50 on the morning of June 9 and that Nathan was at they do not yet say in the Hill house exactly at that time. And while suspicion was not direct ed against Harvey until 10 -days after the Hills had been killed, they say they have proof that five days nfter the murder Harvey came to Portland and gave a firm of attorneys in Port land a mortgage for J20.000 on his valuable Ardenwald nuseries with the understanding it was to be their fee for defending him should ho be charg ed with the murder of the four Hills. On Night of Murder. Sheriff Mass said that he had abso lute proof that Nathan was in Port land the night of Thursday, Juno 8, and that he took the last Cazadcro train for home. This train leaves Portland at 12.05 a. m. and arrives in Ardenwald at 12:25. The sheriff says ho has witnesses who saw Harvey leavo tho train nt Ardenwald at that time. He says that Harvey started to walk toward his home on tho Arden wald road and reached the Dclk house which is between the station and thn Harvey and Hill homes, at 12:40. The ax with which the Hills were killed was lying on the steps of the Delk place and evidently was taken from thero by tho murderer. Nathan 11. Harvey lives about 300 feet south of the little cabin in which William and Ruth Hill and their two children, Dorothy and Philip, were killed. Between his homo and the Hill house are two small cottages oc cupied by Cashior Mathews of the Wclls-Fargo Express company In Portland, and his mother. Lived Iionjc at Ardenwald. Harvey has lived at Ardenwald, which Is a small station on the Oregon Water Power division of tho Portland Hallway Light & Power company, southeast of Mllwauklo, for 28 years. Prior to that time he was in tho com mission business In Front street, Port land. Ho Is married and has two chil dren, a girl 14 years old nnd a son 17. A brother, Henry Harvey, lives on a ranch near Gresham. Harvey was In his sitting room when he was arrested by Sheriff T. T. Mass and Deputy F. A. Miles. He ex pressed no surprlso when ho was ar rested and went quietly with the sheriff to the Oregon City Jail. When placed In a cell he merely remarked: "I ought not to be here." Unexpected developments In the murder case made Harvey's arrest necessary according to the detectives who have been at work watching him for the past six months. What these developments were they would not say further than that while heretofore they thought they were safe In mere ly watching Harvey closely, it became nocessnry to place him in jail. Long List of Crimes, Those who have been looking up the past history of the Harveys claim to have found an appalling list of crimes and gruesome affairs that Na than B. Harvey has been closely con nected with. Fifteen years ago Har vey's mother was shot to death by the accused man's brother In a cor ner room in the very liouse in which Nathan Harvey was living when ar rester Tuesday. The murderer com mitted suicide. He was said to be a moral pervert. The murderer of tne Hills was beyond question a moral pervert. About 17 years ngo Mamlo Welch, nn lS-yenr-old girl, was outraged and murdered In the strawberry patch ad joining tho Harvey liouse. The body FEDERAL AN DICIVIL AUTHORITIES CLASH Indianapolis Prosecutor At tacks Meddlesome Sleuth John McXamnra Is Sought as Witness for Government Los Angeles Probo Near End. Indianapolis, Dec. 21. An asser tion has been made that federal of ficials have approached John McNa mare since his imprisonment and have attempted to have him become a state wftriess in the dynamiting in vestigation. The report follows the fining of County Prosecutor Baker $30 for con tempt of court because he beat a de tective employed by the National Erectors' association whom he accus ed of "harra.-sing" members of the county grand Jury. County Judge Markey has ordered an Investigation of Baker's charges. Angeles Pi-oho Almost Complete. Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 21. Wlien the federal grand Jury resumed its Investigations Into the dynamithig case today the corridors were throng ed with labor leaders who are expect ed to testify The.e included Tviet moe, Clancy, 'Johannsen. Fred Good rich, Stepson. Treasurer Munsey of Salt Lake Iron workers. Munsey remained In the grand Jury room over an hour and then was or dered to stay within call as ho may be needed this afternoon. Eleven more witnesses are yet to be examined, it U believed the probe will end possibly tomorrow evening. CLOTHESLINE THIEF OPERATING IN CITY Housewives of the city who set val ue upon their bod and table linens, tho r underwear und other pieces of wearing apparel, will do well these days to take their washing in at nights or else set a guard over their lines. An epidem'e of clothesline robberies during the past few weeks makes such precautions necessary to insure safety to the clean white peces of cloth with which industrious la dies aro wont to adorn their back yards each week. No less than six cases of such pet ty thievery have been reported dur 'ng the week or so. wnilo it is more than probable that there are many I eases which have not beeomo general ly known. Tho clothe line at tho home of An dy Hust of West Alta s'.reet has been railed twice recently, on the first occasion three entire lines being strip ped of their bearings and on the sec ond Mrs. Allen' Peterson, who stayed at the Bust home, lo-ing many baby clothes and ladies' underwear. Other sufferers of similar depreda tions are Mrs Henry Arbogast on West Bluff street, Mrs. flarry O'Dc'.l on West Alta, and Mrs. Rankin on Cobble street. Most of the cn'es reported show that the thieves exercise d scrimina t!on In their select In of articles from the line, ladies' nnd children's un derwenr seeming to be tho most pref erable. In several in-tahees men's underwear has been thrown on tho ground, showing that the thieves, whoever they are, have no use for such raiment. Table clothes and bed sheets have also been taken and the ind'calons are that the work Is being done by or for women. FRANCE, ENGLAND AND ItUSSIA WANT ITALY Tarls, Dec. 21. Ambassador Bar rere of France and stationed at Rome has made tentative proposals to Italy to abandon Austria and Germany at the explrntion of tho triple alliance and Join an entente to form a quad ruple entente with France, England ami Russia. This statement was made here today. It is believed that the plan or'ginated In Vlonna. "It Is add ed that Italy lent a sympathetic ear to the proposal. was dragged across the road where it vas found the next morning. In Iowa, where the Harvey family eame from, it is said that Harvey's father diod suddenly and mysterious ly the day after he had deeded his. property to Nathan Harvey and Na than's brother, Dan. Nathan Harvey was suspected of the murder of his father, it is said, but was never tried ATrother brother of Nathan was drowned in the mill pond near Mll vvaukle 12 years ago. ' Harvoy has a bad reputation am ong his neighbors at Ardenwald and many of them hnve refused to have anything to do with him for years. There are numerous instances, snys Sheriff Mass, where he has insulted women and made Improper proposals to them. Tho sheriff claims to have the evidence of at least six women re siding near Ardenwnld that Harvey lms insulted them. One, it is said, will testify that ho threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone of his ad-j vunces. , UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Saiem, Ore., Dec. 21. The University of Oregon won Its fight for an appropriation today, when Judge Galloway made permanent the tern- porary injunction enjolj.ing .Secretary of State Alcott from filing the referendum petitions against the appropriation. The judge held that many names on the petition were fraudulent, or not sufficiently genu- lno to comply with the law. The case will be appealed. C0USE CREEK ROAD IS FURTHER DELAYED County Court Mukcs Two Errors in Procedure and Mufl Do WorW Ovci. By an opinion handed down today by Judge G. W. Phelps in the case of Higby Harris vs. .Umatilla county, which was in the circuit court on a writ of review, the county court will be forced to do over again certain work done towards securing the Cou-e Creek road, near Milton, peti tioned fo by one group of people and remonstrated against by another. In sustaining the writ. Judge Phelps upheld two of the alleged er rors in the proceedings of the county court, namely, that the court did not fix a time and place for the county road viewers to meet before proceed ing to lay out the road and that the surveying work done by J. W. Kim brell, as deputy for County Surveyor Geary Kimbrell, was not legal be- cause tho court's order specifically de Ignated the county surveyor. Both of these errors were conceded by Judgo Fee, who, as attorney for the petitioners, has been aiding the coun ty. . Judge Phelps' opinion on two oth er alleged errors, however, was In fa vor of the county. Plaintiff con tended court did not comply with the j law oy pofciing nonces in a pumic place because affidavits stated that they had been posted "in plain view of the public. Judge Phelps ruled that the pur pose of the law was to notify the pub- re and that a notice in "plain view of i Jght to be -in' the public" certainly ou a public place." honored through being selected to a Harris also claimed that tho road ' J"e8PnsihIe position at the league laid out was not the one petitioned : hediuurters. University City, St. for because it did not touch on of Lou' Miss Boyd Is preparing to leave the- Intermediate points mentioned in ,or st- Louls to take up the work tho petition. However, tho Judge )hore and wl" 6et away within a few gave his opinion that inasmuch as the j day- termini of the road were the same!, r man' months past Miss Boyd as in the petition and the general l1? been u zealous worker in the A. course the same, the error was not an1 she 1,as bec'n the leader in sufficient to make tho procedure void. 1 th Iocal chapter. Though regretting the viewers simply using their own j judgment in laying tho road in the most advisable course The matter is now again in the hands of the county court and to pro ceed further with the road, the er rors upheld must be corrected. nnPTArrmr tlll I rUolUrrlut WILL I I IP Ma a ' UAWL y Hill IllflYX liril L. L. VIL.IL A I O Owing to the fact Christmas comes on Monday this year there will be two 1 will be observed as usual by the local i pestal people. Fostmaster J. T. Prown announce,! nH:iv lht th r I dieton office will be open only between i the hours of 9:30 and 10:30 each 1 forenoon. Owing to the holidays there i will be no carrier service and those expecting Christmas parcels must call jorthojn atthe postman's window at ( Th. ri!Etn. -l . . ....to . u.ni ia nun i;ii 4JII at the local postofl'ice and tho stamp, general delivery nnd register' windows face lines of patrons most of the time. King Kills Rig Came. Delhi, Dec. 31. Three tigers and three rhinoserous have been killed by King George, who is hunting in Nepal. Only 2 More Days Have You Done ALL Your Christmas Shopping? If Not. GET Oli THE J03! WINS APPROPRIATION 'J TENNESSEE GOVERNOR BECOMES A CONVICT Kenteiices Self to penitentiary In Or der to Study Conditions of Suite ITisoners. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 21.- In or der that he might study prison con ditions at first hand, Governor Hoop er, newly elected chief executive of Tennessee, yesterday sentenced him self to a term of two days In the state penitentiary. Luft night the governor occupied a cell alongside criminals of all classes. Early this morning he was roused out with the other prisoners, rushed through the days preliminaries of washing his face and hands in a tin pail of water, eating his breakfast, of regulation prison fare, from a tin plate, after which he was put to work and treated as the most lowly convict In tho prison. This melodramatic act on the part or tne governor was the outcome of his campaign promise to be more care furin pardoning state convicts, whinli was the one thing that enabled him to defeat Governor Patterson, who was charged with being too lenient with the prisoners, many of whom were liberated during his term. MISS' IDA BOYD GOES Tfl IIMnCDCITV AITV IU UrilVLnollT 01 1 Y Miss Ma Boyd, prominent local wo- man and enthusiastic worker for the American Woman's League, has been ' "i'i""""eui win t ixe her av.vay frorn Pendleton other members i ui me mague teel gratified over the 'appointment of a local member to the : pi sition in question. ) There Is also rejoicing in Woman's League circles over the victory of E. G. Lewis over the peonle who no seeking to prosecute him for alleged i me mans in connection with hl enterPHses. While Lewis was .under Indictment most of tho in!,- misuse of the mails in connection with i . j ... n " - "'"ueisnip retained faith in his in- tegrity and they now point to his vin- jdiration as proving the soundness of I their judgment. - WAI.L V VLLV T n,i-c iv HID l OIt LEAGUE BASEBALL Seattle, t . .n . '.. nen tile UeSon 31 noon, Fielder Jones 7nrLl i , of tho Chico Whit'e ? w i! be e'ecte i nr-.l if, Am0ricans' f iv .rablo report win bid VlZat ei season. Rules Against Parkers Ch'cairo iw T V to,Lv ml eeru'nm . ... . 1 oeei oar- ""i proceed when he de nied a motion of the defense, that two of the seven counts of the Indict ment be dism'ssed. The defense took exception to the ruling In Which to Shop Before Christmas If you cannot decide what to give, look over tho advertisements in the East Oreffonian. You will find pift 8iipestions in to day s paper for every member of tho family THE EAST OHEGOX IAN IS AX EXCEL LENT GUIDE TO XMAS SHOPPERS 'REPUBLIC NOV ASSURED Premier Yuan Agreeable If He Is Named President Rebel Envoy Olijexbs to TIiIh I .'ulcus Regularly .Nominated und EUvtod By People. Shanghai, Dec. 21. Declaring that the abdication of the Chinese emper or and the establishment of a republic is the only means by which the Chi nese may be appeased, Tang Shao Yi. representing Premier Yuan, at the peace conference, said: '"Pekin is unaware of the depth of popular feeling. Although some what prepared, I was astonished to find such a change In attitude from patient forbearance to that of dog ged determination. It appears too late to save the empire. Premier Yuan was willing to con cede the rebeis demands for a repub lic, provided that he be selected as the f.rst president. Wu Ting Fang refused to accept the recognition of the republic on these terms, but says if the premier concedes the republic. Yuan will be nominated and would be almost cer tain to be elected. Sues to Soeure Wages. J. F. Stockwell today commenced suit against William Smiley for a bal ance of $83.40 alleged to be due for services in harvesting the defendant's 1911 crop of broom corn. Plaintiff cltes 1 hat he has a lien on crop which ;he asks to be dec,arC(1 a first Iien ani lunnermore ne asks that the property be placed In the hands of the sheriff I , sale aml tnat ,ne rroceeds be used J Ml"erai?nt or tne cIa. He asks a'1,lltlun 25 aUo"iey fees and $2.20 iccuiumg iees. itaiey ana lialey are his attorneys. WORKMAN KILLED BY FALLING TIMBER Portland. Ore. John W. Parling, a plumber employed by the William & Boggs firm of plumbing contractors, and who was working in the new Lip. man Woif hnilrlfn, or Fifth and Washington, was almost instantly kill ed when a heavy timber fell from the fourth floor of the building striking him on the head. SELF MUTILATED PK EACH Ell MUtDEIt SUSPECT KECOYEK1XG Bo-ton. Mass.. Dec. 21. Rev. Clar- i ence g" Kleheson, suspected "..dm, cusper-ieu or murd"'ns Miss Avis Linnell after! ci1u?ing her downfall, who yesterdav i ..-,,,,...;. ... ... . i "'""""s aiiempieu 10 emasculate Insplf ln his CPl1 ln the county jail, is today re tin.S easily and attending i'"j--icius oeneve mat tneir opera tion was successful and that the man wilj recover. The prosecuting attorney, who has charge of the case against the min ister. Is of the opinion that he will he ready for trial January 15, but the surgeons stat that this is Impossible. It is indicated that the ministers act will be the basis for the defense to plead insanity, when the case Is brought to trial. RUSSIAN AND PERSIAN TROOPS ARE FIGHTING leueran. nee. i. xamiz dispa'cli Mttt '"lous Anting is pro. cre-sinc between 1?nsi:i n n Mil Pr. sian troops there. Kasbin reports sav 4000 Russian troops are ordered to move on Te- j heran tomorrow, unless the Persian parliament agrees to d'smlss Treas- j tier Shuster. PORTLAND RRANCH POST OFFICE SAFE RULED Portland, Dec. 21. Post office station A on the east side waj brok en into and robbed of $1000 in cash and ?o0o in stamps and some regis tered mail during last night. The safe crackers knocked the combina tion off the safe. People rooming above the office heard the no!se but believed the employes were sorting Christmas mail. No clews can found. be TWO WOVXDF.D IX Dl'EL FOIGHT I5V MISTAKE Portland. Dec. 21. Frank Kelly, of Missoula, Montana, where his wife and children live, is dying today and Policeman Charles Hewerson is ser iously wounded In the groin as tho re sult of a pistol duel they fought last night. They met near Kelly's room on Hall street. Each mistook the other for a highwayman and they emptied their revolvers. For a time tho police believed Kel ly the famed red haired bandit of Ta comn, but today they found that he has been working here, in a trusted position for 5 months. FORGET TREATY TROVRI.ES FOR A RRIEF PERIOD Washington. Dec. 21 President 1 T:ft cabled his good wishes to the C7. v of Russia today, the occusion be- n N'eholas day in Russia. The czar replied cordially. CH! 7 TAFT URGES MANY ACTS In Message on Treasury Condition, Outlines Need ed Legislation. BANKING SYSTEM UPHELD Kecomnioiid.s Extension of Postal Savings Hunks, Parcels post for Ru ral DiMrifW. and Government of I 'ana ma by President. Washington,. D. C, Dec. 21. Pres ident Taft sent a message to congress today on the financial condition of the treasury, needed banking currency reforms and departmental questions which the message said the finances stood close to. The message referred particularly to monetary-reforms, declaring that tho monetary commission's report would be presented to congress in the near, future. Referring to the central bank plan, the me sage says: "It is unfortunate that the wise and undisputed policy of maintain ing unchanged the main features of the banking system rendered it Im possible to introduce the central bank for the central bank would certainly be resisted and the plan in which it could have been Introduced probably would have been defeated. For the f'scal year, ending In June, the ordi nary receipts, exclusive of postal rev enues, were $701,372,374 and the dis bursement 9, $634 147.907. ' He urged prompt action on the monetary commission's report and legis atlon to govern the Panama ca nal zone, advocating government throughjfcihe. authority .teihe presi dent', the enactment of a employers' l ability bill, the extension of the pos tal savings banks and the enactment of a rural parcel post law which he snyt. would benefit business and all the people. Referring to the army reorganiza tion bill, the president says he favors an army service corps and opposes any plan which would interfere In the centra principles and detailed system in the staff corps, concluding that he favors the exclu-ion of local federal officers, of the nation, from ; ..,. in classified service. Abrogation complete. Washington. Dec. 21 President. Taft returned th's morning from New York and immediately arter reaching his office he signed the Joint resolu tion abrogating the Russian trea'y as adopted by the senate and hou-e Sec retary Knox was the only cabinet of ficial present when the resolution was signed. 1st BASKETBALL GAME TOMORROW Tomorrow night in the h'gh school ' gymnasium the first interscholastic game of basketball of tho series which will decide the champ'onship of eastern Oregon, vvi'.l be played, the contesting teams to be those repre- senting the Pendleton h'gh school and Columbia College, Jr , of Milton. Last year the local school captured the championship by going through the season without a defeat, and although two of that star quintet were lost by graduation, the boys have hopes of duplicating their record of this year. Uoylen. the whirlwind forward and captain last year, and Art Jordan, one of the famous Jordan brother guardu, both finished their high school careers last spring, but Chap man, forward, Houser, center, and Cliff Jordan, guard are all back in the game. In addition, Sturdlvant, star forward two years ago. is in school afa'n and will probably be in the- regular rneup, while Fee, Strain and several other speedy substitutes of last year, are showing great form and will be strong bidders for team plac es. Columbia College has always turn ed out a splendid basketball team and reports from Milton are to the effect that this year is no exception, so tho game tomorrow night is arousing much interest. EX-PRESIDENT MORALE'S NAIH5ED INT SAN DOMINGO San Domingo. Former President Morales, with some of his followers, landed on tho east coast of San Do mingo. They were at once taken prisoners. They will be brought be fore a court on n charge of conspir acy. The country Is quiet. Favors IVnslon Rill. Washington. Dec. 21. Penator Prown of Nebraska. sne;ikinir t.idav on tho Sherwood $1 a d:iy pension bill in the senate, sai l its pnsoage would bo an appropriate CluUUuas gin ror the Civil war veteran. J V -J - . W " -1 r ---J 9 f f-
