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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER,
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VCXL 24,
PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY JANUARY 8; 1912
NO. 7316
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Bciieved Minister Who Ruined and Murdered Avis
: v Linnel Cannot Escape
FEAR. T1QT REPENTANCE
Prisoner is at Ease and Reads Theological Works, In
Belief He Will Be Shown Mercy By Governor
Sentence Postponed.
Boston, Mass.. Jan. 8. Rev. Clarr
ence T. Rlcheson will be sentenced by
Judge Sanderson within the next few
days for the 'murder of his former
sweetheart, Avil Llnnell, after she had
been placed In an embarrassing situa
tion by the preacher, who in the
meantime had decided to marry Miss
Violet Edmands, an heiress. It is al
most certain that the death penalty
will be inflicted.
This decision was this morning an
nounced by District Attorney Pollet
ter, after he had onf erred with Gov
ernor Foss. The district attorney and
governor, It Is understood, are agreed
that there are no extenuating circum
stances in connection with the case.
The defendant's attorneys say that
they hope to have Governor Foss
commute the sentence, as he is not
in favor of capital punishment. They
believe they will be able to convince
the governor that Rlcheson Is not a
normal man. '
It had been announced that -Rlcheson
would be sentenced tomorrow, but
It was postponed on account of the
collapse of the prisoner's counsel. At
torney Morse. Rlcheson had nerved
himself for the ordeal tomorrow and
when the postponement was announc
ed, he almost .collapsed.. ' . . ,
Cowardly; Not Repentant.
The Jailer says that the preacher
murderer is an ayrant coward and
greatly fears execution for his crime.
They declare that it .was a realization
that the state had a clear case against
him that led him to confess. In the
hope that he would escape the elec
tric chair, and not "repentance. This
they state Is also the cause, of his self
mutilation, he hoping to create' the
opinion that he was Insane.
Today Rlcheson spent his , time
quietly In his cell, seemingly confi
dent that he will escape electrocution.
He occupies his time in reading works
on theology.
Rlcheson's confession was bare of
details. It Is understood, however,
that he enlarged upon It In conver-'
sation and possibly in writing to his
counsel, and that the district attorney
is In possession of most of- the Infor
mation that has come to the defense.
The statement is made on high au
thority that Rlchcson's amplified con
fession to his counsel was on the fol
lowing lines:
Synojwtls of Confession.
After purchasing a quantity of cya
nide of potassium from William Hahn,
a Newton Center druggist, on Octo
ber 10, the minister took the poison
to his rooms In Cambridge. A few
days later he borrowed from Mrs.
Frank II. Carter, in whose home he
was a lodger, an earthenware mixing
bowl "to make some book paste."
Mixed Poison In Bowl.
Returning the bowl to Mrs. Carter
an hour or two later, he warned her
to wash It out thoroughly, saying: "I
have been mixing poison In it." It
was in this bowl and at this time, it
Is said, that the minister, by mixing
the cyanide of potassium with flour
and water, made the capsule which
ultimately caused Miss Llnnell's
death. This was Thursday, Oct6ber
12. On Saturday, October 14, Riche
son met by appointment his one-time
fiance, who still believed herself" his
Intended wife. Following the custom
COMPETITION IS KEEN IN
HEW H1GHSCH00L
Twenty contracting firms will sub
mit bids for the contract of construct
ing the new high school building In
this city, according to C. E. Trout
tnan the architect whose plans were
accepted by the school board and who
arrived here Saturday from Aber
deen in order to be present at the
opening of bids next Wednesday. The
firms who will compete for the local
work are from all over the northwest,
from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana cities and, according to the
architect, are all reliable firms.
The bids will be opened here next
Wednesday afternoon and the con
tract let. As soon as the successful
bidder can commence work on the
WILL DIE IN
PROMPTED CONFESSION
the couple had a shdrwalk and then
went Into a cafe. Here they had
luncheon, after which they took- an
other walk, this time to the. Fenway.
Girl Worrying Over Her Condltfbn.
It was while seated on a secluded
bench in the park after the girl. had
told him again of her worry over, her
physical condition and had entreated
him once more to procure some rem
edy for her that the mlnlsetr is said
to have handed the. girl the capsule,
declaring It was a medicine that cer
tainly would act In the manner de
sired. He directed her as to the manner
of taking it, and then the pair walked
to the car line. Miss Llnn went to
her room in the Toung Women's
Christian house "and Rlcheson board
ed a trolley car for Brookllne, going
to the home of Miss Violet Edmands,
the wealthy heiress whom' he was to
have married a few weeks later. Meet
ing her chum, Miss. Lucille Zelgler,
Avis said Bhe had been walking with
her "second" (by which Miss Zelgler
understood she mean Rlcheson) and
complained of a headache as her ex
cuse for hurrying to her room.
' A few hours later she was found
unconscious In the bathroom and died
without regaining consciousness.
DEMOCRATS ARE
WIELDING HATCHET
Washington,- Jan. 8. War within
the democratic national committee
with ,W. J. Bryan wielding the hatch
et, resulted today when that body met
to name the convention city.
The moving spirits are Murphy of
New York; Taggart of Indiana, and
Roger Sullivan. It Is understood they
will force the election of Taggart as
chairman of the committee on conven
tion arrangements. This It is believ
ed will give the old guard control over
the convention.
It Is expected the old guard will
throw Its support to Governor Har
mon of Ohio. Wilson adherents are
making a hard fight against them.
Chamberlain, who is backed by Bry
an, says he Is confident the commit
tee will endorse a resolution for pres
idential primaries, which the repub
licans recently turned down.
HATS OFF! SAYS rETALCMA.
Ordinance Forbids Wearing Headgear
Theaters; Penalty $30 or Jail.
Petaluma, Calif. The city council
has promulgated an ordinance which
will be passed at the next meeting,
barring the -wearing of all headgear
In theaters except skull caps and lace
coverings. The penalty for violation
Is $50 or twenty-five days in Jail, or
both. The managers of the theaters
are made equally liable for allowing
any violation and must give notice of
the ordinance by handbills or on the
program.
H. M. Cockburn, county commis
sioner, returned this morning to re
new his deliberations with the coun
ty court after spending Sunday at his
home in Milton.
FOR
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T
tearing down of the present high
school building, the school authorities
win have the building vacated, the
Pendleton academy buildings having
been secured as temporary head
quarters. - Superintendent Landers
stated today that the contractors will
not be forced to delay their opera
tions one day on account of the build
ing being occupied as the students and
faculty are ready to vacate at a mo
ment's notice.
The present cold weather is one of
tne strongest arguments for the need
of a new high school building as the
students are suffering from the cold
despite evxtraordlnary efforts which
have been made to heat the old building.
2 ARE BURKED TO DEATH
Children With Matches) Start Fatal
Ililteboro Blazo.
Hillsboro, Ore., Jan. 8. As the re
sult of the destruction by fire of the
Commercial hotel at this place' this
morning, Mrs. J. A. Thomas, a guest.
Is dying from burns she received arid
her four year old son Howard Is dead,
his body having been burned to a
crisp.
. It is believed that the fire started
In the room occupied by Mrs. Thomas
and her children, by the youngsters
who were playing with matches. The
woman sustained her injuries while
trying to rescue the boy wtjo was
burned to death.
9 ARE INDICTED
BGRANDJURY
Five Suspects Are Releas
ed After Four Days ;
Deliberation
After deliberating for four" days, the
old grand Jury reported to the court
at 4:20 Saturday afternoon, nine men
being Indicted for the charges against
them and" five being liberated by way
of the. "not true bill" route.
Harold Smith and O. F. Hotell, the
two men arrested at Echo last week
for stealing a couple of sheep, who es
caped and were recaptured, were in
dicted for larceny, of sheep upon tw&
counts. . -
J. D. Manley was -Indicted on four
counts for forgery, he being the man
who on September 22 Is accused of
passing four bad checks for the sev
eral amounts of $25, $80 and $21 and
to which were forged the signature of
T. W. Chapman. .
William Spangler drew an Indict?
ment on the charge of obtaining mon
ey under false pretenses from AS
Goon, proprietor of a local restau
rant Carrying concealed weapons was
the charge under which James Roach
of Umatilla was Indicted while Frank
Clark, the burglar who ransacked the
reeldenco of Fred Earle on Christmas
day, drew an Indictment on the
charge of larceny from a dwelling.
C. L. Montgomery, the young man
who, during the Round-Up, assaulted
the Chinese cook of the Boston res
taurant, was held for assault with a
dangerous weapon. .
J. B. Gerton, the young man who
forged the name of J. R. Raley to a
note and secured $100 from Miss Eth
el Thompson Saturday, was Indicted
on the. charge of forgery and George
Cannon of Athena was indicted for
stealing wheat on December 20.
Hays Not Indicted.
Some surprise was occasioned when
it was learned that the grand jury
had returned a not true bill against
Edward Hays, the young man recent
ly arrested and accused of rifling the
till of the Pendleton Ice nd Cold
Storage company. It was generally
supposed that there was a good case
against him.
Three alleged horsestealers went
free when the grand Jury reported
unfavorably on the case against Walt
er Gilman and Edward Myers.
Gus Schmults, accused of obtaining
money under false pretenses, and
William Thompson, charged with lar
ceny from a dwelling, were equally
fortunate in securing not true bills.
Following its report, the grand Jury
was discharged and a new grand Jury
consisting of S. H. Forshaw, George
T. Meeker, R. J. Blackburn, J. L. Fra
zier, John Foster, Sim Simard and J.
E. Irons, was drawn. There being no
work for the new Jury at this time,
Judge Phelps excused it until sum
moned THIRD PARTY TALK IS
WITHOUT FOUNDATION'
Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. Follow.
Ing his meeting last night with Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, at the depot
here, Senator La Follette today denied
a rumor that he and Bryan had dis
cussed the formation of a third party.
Quartette to Hang.
San Quentln, Calif., Jan. 8. Mark
Wllklns, I. Byrne, William Burke and
George Fugero, will be hanged in
ralrs here Friday. They were sen
tenced to death from various parts of
the state.
Thirty Die In Race Riot.
New Orleans, Jan. 8. Thirty are
reported killed and fifty wounded In
a race war at Port Llmon, Costa Ri
ca. Troops were sent out to stop the
fighting.
Ten Killed in Wreck.
Montreal, Jan. 8. (Bulletin.)
Ten persons are reported killed and
many Injured In a collision during a
severe storm on the Canadian Pacific
at Terrebone, Que , this afternoon.
County Starts Probe. '
Los Angeles, Jan. 8. The county
grand Jury today resumed the probe
into the alleged bribing of jurors In
tne McNamara trial.- Several Mc-
Namara jurors appeared to testify.
County Clerk Frank Baling Is In
Portland on a business trip.
HOOKTOSUPREME BENCH
President Will Nominate Judge Who
Favors Corporations.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. Presi
dent Taft today told callers at the
white house that he had decided to
nominate Justice Hook of Kansas, as
successor to the late Justice Harlan
on the bench of the. United States su
preme court.
Eitter feeling Is forecasted when
the nomination reaches the senate, as
Hook's past record, especially In rail
road cases. In which the corporations
were ..always favored, stamps him as
a reactionary Much protest against
the appointment has been received at
the white house.
$60,000 DAMAGE SUIT
FOR LOSS OF AN ARM
Attorney Smythe of This City
Is Plaintiff in
Case
Dan P. Smythe of this city, is suing
the Northern. Pacific Railroad com
pany for $60,000 damages for the loss
of his left arm under the wheels of
an N. P. stock train a year ago last
summer and the case is now on train
in the federal court in Portland.
- Judge A. S. Bennett of The Dalles
is representing Smythe In his suit and
the case was transferred to the fed
eral court from the state courts be
cause of the fact the plaintiff is a
resident of Oregon while the railroad
company is organized' under the. laws
of Wisconsin.
Aside from Mr. Smythe several oth
er local people are now In Portland
attending the trial, having been sum
moned as witnesses. . Among those
summoned for the plaintiff are Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Carter, Miss Wilma
Burmeister and E. B. Aldrlch. Tbe
local people are called to "testify to
the condition of the plaintiff bsfore
and since the accident. Dr. C. J.
Smith has been called as a witness in
behalf of the Northern Pacific. '
Smythe was hurt early in the sum
mer of 1909 while en route to Tacoma
w-lth a shipment of sheep. The acci
dent occurred early In the morning
while the stock train was a short d's
tance west of the summit of the Cas
cade mountains.
The train had stopped and Smythe
and his foreman went forward to
look at the sheep. When the train
started onward the foreman rushed
back and climbed aboard the caboose
but Smythe, who was farther behind,
tried to get aboard a stock car and in
some manner was nurled under the
wheels of the train. His left arm
was cut off Just below the shoulder
and he received frightful Injuries upon
h's head. He was rushed to the Green
Lake sanitarium and given surgical
aid. For some time his life held only
by a thread and it w-as many weeks
before, he could leave the sanitarium.
CONFESSED FORGER
LIBERATED--PAR0LE
Because he has an aged and infirm
mother and an invalid sister depend
ant upon him, J. B. Gerton, the young
man arrested and indicted Saturday
for forging the name of J. R. Raley
to a note and securing $100 on it from
Miss Ethel Thompson, will not be
forced by a merciless justice to expl
atefflis crime in the penitentiary. Fol
lowing his plea of guilty to the charge
of forgery this afternoon, his counsel,
Col. J. H. Raley, presented an ap
plication to the court for a parole
which-Judge Phelps granted after sen
tencing him to an Indeterminate sen
tence in the state prison of from two
to twenty years.
Col, Raley, who Is father of the man
whose name was forged to the note,
In making his
appeal for clemency
recited particulars of the young man's
crime which he held to constitute ex
tenuating circumstances. He stated
that the crime had besjn committed
only because young Gerton was being
pressed by his creditors, the grocer,
the butcher and fuel man and not
with intent to defraud. Another sis
ter, he stated, died several months
ago, and It was with the insurance
money now past due that he intended
to repay Miss Thompson.
District Attorney Van Vactor sec
onded Col. Caley's appeal.
Judge Phelps, in paroling the young
man, declared he had a " personal
knowledge of some of the circum
stances surrounding the case which
he considered to some degree extenu
ating but before giving the prisoner
his liberty he administered a stern re
buke for the manner In which he took
to supply his family's needs.
Judge Phelps placed but one con
dition on his parole, that he should
remain a law abiding citizen, and he
warned the young man that any vio
lation of a municipal, state or federal
law would result In his apprehension
and the fulfillment of the sentence
imposed upon him.
Sheep Stealers riead Guilty,
Harold Smith and O. F. Hotell, in
dieted for the larceny of sheep on two
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LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS OF ;
LATE YEARS BROKEN; 1 4 BELOW
it
AND TELEGRAPH
LIKES PARALYZED
Trains 12 to 30 Hours
Behind Schedule
Mantle of Snow, Fourteen
Inches DeepCovers Ground
v Here; 4 Feet at The Dalles.
Pendleton Is today In the. grip of
the eoldest snap that has' visited this
city for several- years, and while no
cases of extreme suffering are re
ported, all are .feeling great ' discom
fort from, the Icy breath of Jack
Frost. For the first time this win
tor, the thermometer dropped below
zero last night, the mercury In some
parts of the city falling to 14 below
and at many houses to 10 and 12 be
low. Unfortunately the official ther
mometer was damaged in the fire
which recently' partly destroyed . the
house 'occupied by Weather Observer
Averi'.l and the new Instrument or
dered has not yet arrived.
Shortly after noon today the first
train from the west since' Saturday
evening pulled Into the ' station, all
traffic having been heldUp for more
than thirty-six hours by great snow
banks near The Dalles. . Reports re
ceived by local railroad official state
that the snow at The Dalles Is four
feet deep on the level and that the
big rotaries which were sent there to
clear the tracks were derailed several
times. '
However, the tracks have been
cleared now and this morning the lo
cal station received a wire stating
that No.' 18 'of yesterday would ar
rive here about noon and would be
followed closely by- the mail train,
No. 6, of yesterday, and No. 6 of this
morning.
Trains from East Late,
Trains from tne east are also run
ning very late owing to deep snow In
the mountains. No. 17 of yesterday,
due here at 12:15, did not arrive un
til this afternoon, being more than
24 hours late, while No. 17 of today
was marked up this - morning fifteen
hours late. Last night's mail train
did not pass through Pendleton until
after 5 this evening. The traffic be
tween here and Walla Walla, however
Is not impeded by the snow, the trains
pulling in on schedule time. The
Northern Pacific train between here
and Pasco is also making Its way
without much difficulty. .
Snow Fourteen Indies Deep.
' The snow on the ground here reach
ed a depth of 14 inches before the
storm of Saturday abated, but since
its cessation there has been no addi
tional fall. The temperature fell yes
terday despite the appearance of old
Sol and last night the mercury got on
the toboggan and went down fast.
Complaining citizens, however, can
take pleasure in the promises of mod
eration tonight made by the govern
ment weather bureau officials.
Schools Still Hold.
Despite the cold weather, the pub
lic schools have not been dismissed,
although the high school may sus
pend studies if the snap continues. A
roaring fire wa skept in the building
all night but was still uncomfortable
this morning. However, owing to the
proximity of examinations, it wa9,
thought best to trv to hold sessions :
and the Btudents were, accordingly, I
huddled into a few of the farmer;
rooms. The other school buildings of
the city are modern and comparative
ly warm so that, unless an additional
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OFFICERS OP NEW COUNTY
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ARE ELECTED
Judge Stephen A. Lowell is presi
dent of the Umatilla County Histori
cal Society which was organized Sat
urday, the centennial of the appear
ance of the first white men In this
county, Mrs. Edwin P. Marshall is
secretary, and Mrs. Una H. Sturgis,
Mrs. George Hartman, Jr., and Mrs.
Norbourne . Berkeley, are trustees.
These were the officers named at the
business meeting following the ad
dress of T. C. Elliott and the organ
ization of the society.
Despite the inclemency of the
weather, there was a good attendance
of both ladles and men at the meet
lng-Saturday and all evinced much ln-
i iereBt in me purposes oc tne occasion.
' Judge Lowell, who Is a member of the
PORTLAND BADLY '
DAMAGED BY STORM
Silver Thaw Smashes
Wires and Trees
Business in Metropolis Is at
a Standstill and No Re
lief is in Sight.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 8. Portland
streets are a tangle of broken wires,
and trees, car service and phones are
badly crippled and the loss by public
utility corporations and citizens on
account of a Bilver thaw Is estimated -at
$300,000. Today the temperature
is 20 degrees above zero, the coldest
in three years. Business Is at a stand
still and no relief lsln sight.
For the past 36 hours Portland has .
been In the grip of what is locally,
termed a "silver thaw," a condition
peculiar to the Pacific northwest and
of Infrequent occurrence the previous
experience In this city being in Jan
uary, 1907, when conditions of exactly
similar nature prevailed, though it Is
believed the present storm covered a
considerably wider era. No lives were
lost here so far as . known, though
there were many narrow escapes and
a few persons were injured by falling
wires, trees and cakes of ice. "
Wires All Down.
Telephone and telegraph wires gen
erally are prostrated and . electric
light and power wires are down in
every direction, depriving many' sec- '
tions of the city of light, power and'
regular street car service.. The. elec
tric light, telephone and telegraph
companies have hundreds of men at
work and some service was given to
day but It will be weeks before normal .
service will be restored.
The sliver thaw is a Deculiar condi-"
tion, where rain is transformed into
ice as soon as it touches any object
and is the result of freezing tempera
tures close to the earth.
Coast Trains Delayed.
Train service from the east on all '.
roads coming down the gorge of the
Columbia is demoralized .trains being .
from 12 to 24 hours late. Trains on .
the coast roads are moving on fa'rly :
good schedules. The indications are
that train service to and from eastern
points will get worse instead of bet-
ter. . A heavy snow is falling through .
out the vast Inland empire, thj fall ;
ranging from a foot to nearly four
feet. ' The snow Is drifting badly and '
the snow plows are making slow head
way -in the fight against the drifts.
The railroad companies have Immense
crews of trackmen at work endeavor
ing to keep the roads open but they ,
are meeting with indifferent success.
Railroad men state that the conditions .
are the worst for several years. . . 1
TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER
FOUNDERS; IS LOCATED '
Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 8. Fololwlng
s search In which a dozen warships
took part for the torpedo boat de- '
stroyer Terry, which foundered off
Cape Hatteras last night during a hur
rtcans, the boat was located this after
noon by the scout cruiser Salem and
It Is believed the vessel will be taken
in tow. Eighty three men and of
ficers are aboard the distressed ves
sel. The search continued for several
hours after the receiving of wireless
appeals for help before she was finally
located.
Charles Hewitt of Baker, was over
from his home in the mining town
yesterday and spent the night here.
state hitsorical society, was the unan
imous selection for president because
of the Interest he has taken In things
historical and because of his activity,
in securing the meeting on the 100th
anniversary of the coming of the
white man.
President Lowell announced today
that the society will hold a banquet
some time in the near future, at which
a more permanent organization will
be formed and plans laid for the fu
ture. He declares It Is the Intention
of the society to hold at least one
large meeting each year, at which
time an address bearing on the early
history of this section of the country
will be delivered and placed on rec
ord for preservation.