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EVENING EDITION
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WEATHER REPORT.
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lation of any paper In
Oregon, east of Port
land. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24. ,
PENDLETON OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1912.
NO. 7333
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REBEL LEADERS
ARE TORTURED
Manchus Inaugurate Anoth
er Period of Horrors
Against Enemies.
WANTYUAN ASSASSINATED
ImiX'riul General Ailvlso Enipcror to
Quit Tlirono, Acknowledging Fur
ther Hcslstanco la Foolhardy Roy.
alu to Desert.
Peking, Jan. 27. Seizing twenty-one
prominent republican leaders at Muk
den today, the Imperialists subjected
the prisoners to the most hideous tor
tures before a gathering of the popu
lace and finally slaughtered them and
cremated their bodies.
The revolutionists have sworn re
taliation and It Is feared that another
series of horrors, equaling those re
cently enacted at Nanking, will take
place. Liang PI, a Manchu statesman
who bitterly opposed the abdication of
the emperor, was today assassinated
when a bomb exploded under his car
riage. Reports from the north, report that
the Imperial garrisons are preparing
to Join the rebels, because the Man
chu government has not paid them
their salaries.
Manchu Generals Ask Abdication.
Tien Tsln, Jan. 27. Declaring that
It Is folly to further continue the
struggle against the revolutionists,
leading imperial generals today met
here and sent a Joint petition to the
Manchu emperor, advising him to ab
dicate. Munclius Want Yuan'8 Head.
Shanghai, Jan. 2 7. Made furious
through learning that Premier Yuan
has agreed to permit Dr. Sun to act
as president of the Chinese republic
until peace could be restored, the
Manchu princes have offered a re
ward of $5,000 for the assassination
of the premier.
MERCHANTS TO LEARN
WHO ARE 'DEAD BEATS'
"Dead bents" will be practically im
possible In Pendleton hereafter as a
rosult of a new step which the Busi
ness Men's Association of Pendleton
has taken to protect Its members. At
a meeting held yesterday afternoon,
the proposal of the Merchants' Mer
cantile company of Portland to pub
lish a credit guide Tor this district
was unanimously endorsed and Sec
retary L. M. Hlnes of the company
and his assistant, P. II . Wear, are to
day signing up the merchants of the
city.
By this system this county will be
put in direct touch with credit con
ditions all over the United States and
whenever anyone moves here from
any part of the country, the mer
chants here will at once be posted
through this company as to how the
partv paid h's bills where he former
ly lived.
These credit guide nre made up
In districts covering nearly every state
In the union. They are made from
tho combined experience of all the
merchants In each of the districts and
every merchant rates his own cus
tomers according to how they have
paid him. Before a customer Is rat
ed ho Is given notice by letter that
he will bo rated and is given a chance
to pay up his old accounts and thU3
secure a good rating.
Kach merchant and professional
man Is furnished with a copy of the
guide so that he may refer to It and
look up the rating of any customer
before giving credit.
UPPER UMATILLA RIVER
NO CAUSE FOR
That waterusers of the Umatilla
river and Its tributaries need not fear
injustice from the state water board
Is the substance of a letter Just re
ceived by tho Commercial club. The
letter Is In the nature of a reply to
the Lowell resolution that was adopt
d,y the Commercial club at the time
the west extension controversy was
on in January. '
The letter is as follows:
Salem, Ore., Jan. 24, 1912.
Mr. W. E. Brook,
Vice President of the Commercial
Association, Pendleton, Ore.
My Dear Sir:
I beg to Inform you that at the
meeting of the board of control of
the state of Oregon commenced and
held on the 22nd of this month, res
olutions by the Cmmerclal associa
tion of Pendleton, Oregon, concern
ing the irrigation of certain lands by
TAFT AGAIN ENTERS OHIO
Will Attack Frogresslvelsm In His
Jlonw State.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 27. Pro
gresslvelsm as advocated by Senator
La Follette, wll be attacked by Pres
ident Taft on a brief speech making
tour of Ohio, starting Monday. The
president left today for New York
where tonight he will mend a ban
quet of the Societies of Ohio and
West Virginia. He will start for
Cleveland Sunday night,, where Mon
day he will launch- his attacks at
the McKInley banquet.
From Cleveland the president goes
to Columbus where Tuesday he visits
tho constitutional convention. ' He
will dedicate the new , government
building there and attend numerous
receptions and speak at another Mc
KInley banquet.
Wednesday morning he will ad
dress an assemblage of republican edi
tors and at night speak at Akron. He
Is expected to return to Washington
Thursday.
WALLA WALLA FIRE
BURKED ALL NIGHT
Damage to Property
Estimated About
$100,000,
Is
Hotly of Assistant Fire Chief Recov
ered After Search of Several Hour
In Itulns. -
Walla Walla, Wash., Jan. 27. Af
ter a battle that lasted all yesterday
afternoon, last n'ght and well Into
this morning, the fire that destroyed
the Jones block here, in which Assist
ant Fire Chief Robert Wolf lost his
life, was extinguished today with a
loss that is estimated at $150,000.
The entire populace is today mourn
ing the death of Wolf.
The body of the assistant chief was
not found until 8 o'clock last night
when Chief Metz led a squad of sev
en firemen Into the still burning
building and recovered the body In
the basement in three feet of'water.
He had died from suffocation and his
body was not burned. Wolf was tho
oldest member of the Walla Walla
fire department. He was forty-five
years of age.
Many firemen were overcome dur
ing the fight oh the flames and were
rescued from death with much diffi
culty and display of heroism on the
part of their comrades.
The property damage Is distributed
as follows: '
William Jones, $40,000; A. M. Jen
sen Company, $75,000; John Kelly,
$15,000; Goso & Gose, $8000; Moose
lodge, $3000; Leonard & Lathrop,
Mosgrove & Alhelt, $1000; Dean-McLean,
$3000; Caswell Cigar store,
$500. Total, $146,700.
FltlSt'O Git AIT CASK MAY
END OX A TECHNICALITY
San Francisco, Jan. 27. Superior
Judge Law-lor was cited to appear be
fore tho court of appeals before Jan
uary 30 to show cause why tho graft
charges against former Mayor
Schmitz should not be dismissed. The
defense says Sehmltz was not brought
to trial within the sixty day period,
after he had expressed a readiness to
be tried.
The citation is in the form of an
alternative writ of prohibition. Coun
sel for the defense made a motion to
dismiss the case on January 5, on the
grounds urged in petition and were
refused both by Judge Lawyer, bo
fore whom tho case was being tried.
Affidavits were also filed by the
defense chnrg'ng Judge Lawlor with
b'as, prejudice np.j general unfitness
to sit. The hearing will taZte piace
on these next week.
Kaiser Is 53 Todny.
Berlin, Jan. 27. Kaiser WUhelm
1 being showered with congratula
tions today from all nations. This is
h's fifty-third birthday.
WATER USERS HAVE
FEAR OF STATE BOARD
the Umatilla river, and its tributaries,
were called to the attention of the
board.
The board Instructed me to say to
you that It does not understand that
it has established any uniform rate
of water to apply to all parts of the
state, but that each particular ad
judication Is governed by the testi
mony and conditions surrounding
each partloular case and to assure
you that If the board finds a greater
amount of water is required than one
half Inch, the matter will receive due
consideration, and the applicant will
receive all the water he Is entitled to.
In short, the board In all cases makes
every effort to collect all information
bearing upon any particular case be
fore deciding it.
, Very respectfully Yours.
M. B. WANK,
Secretary of the Board of Control.
GRAFT BARED
IN ASYLUM
California Official Lived In
Style on Funds Embezzled
From State.
ABUSED WOMEN INMATES
Forced Ono Hundred Mindless Fe
males to Sloop on Stones Wliile He
Iolled in Luxury Paid for With
Stolen Money.
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 27. Graft,
corruption, Inhumanity and Incompet
ence, almost unparalleled In Califor
nia's history were revealed today in
the report of John Neylan, of the
state board of control, to Governor
Johnson, on the investigation of the
state insane asylum at Napa.
That Insane women slept on the
floors and more than one hundred un.
fortunate male inmates were huddled
in a stinking room under disgusting
sanitary conditions, while Dr. Elmer
Stone, Its medical superintendent, re
veled In a palace on money stolen
from the state are some of the alle
gations. Dr. Stone will resign February 1.
The report says he admits the em
bezzlement of $11,000. He has of
fered to refund $3,000 which has
been refused. Dr. Stone has been
superintendent ten years. Other of
ficers are also accused of incompet
ency. Whether Dr. Stone will be crimi
nally prosecuted. has not been stated.
The reports say it is impossible to
know just what sums he has em
bezzled, as his books are badly mud
dled. An Inspection in conjunction with
the Investigation disclosed evidence
of gross extravagance. In relation to
the care or maintenance of patients,
but in the upkeep of the officials and
employees, many women patients were
required to sleep on the floor, be
cause of lack of accommodations.
The comfort of the executive of
fice and Dr. Stone was ministered to
in every way. He occupied a mansion
on the hospital grounds with a large
retinue of servants.
LOCAL HIGH LOSES
WALLA WALLA GAME
Having suffered their first defeat
of the year, the . Pendleton high
school basketball players returned
this morning from Walla Walla
where last night they played the
crack tea mof Pearson's Academy.
The final score stood 17 to 12 and in
dicates something of the closeness
which marked the contest. Accord
ing to spectators, It was one of the
fastest games ever played In Walla
Walla and not until the final whistle
blew was victory an established por
tion. The Walla Walla aggregation had
a couple of guards who were unusual
ly good and tho local forwards were
hard put to secure the ball. Drum
heller rode Fee throughout the game
and the active Pendleton lad was un
able to shake his heavy opponent
loose. Dement, besides holding
Strain to a couple of baskets, slid
forward to drop the ball in the loop
three times and In addition converted
three fouls into points.
For Walla Walla the points were
made as follows: Hoffman, f, 4;
Baker, f, 2; Dement, g. 9;' Drumhel
ler, g, 2; Jones, c, 9. For Pendleton,
Fee, f. 0; Strain, f, 4; Houser, c, 2;
Hampton, g, 2, Jordan, g, 4.
A return game will be played here
within a short time.
CATHOLICS WILL CKLKBR ATE
SELECTION OF CIIHISTLXNITY
Rome, Jan. 27. A world wide cele
bration, lasting one year and com
memorating the 1600th anniversary of
the time when Emperor Constantlne
made Christianity the official reli
gion of the world, will be held by the
Roman Catholic church throughout
the world. This was announced from
the vatlcan today.
Unusually impressive ceremonies will
be held.
Seattle Woman Loses Jewels.
Seattle, Jan. 27. Diamonds and
other Jewelry value at $1000 were
stolen this morning from the home
of Mrs. Charles Whittlesey. The bur
glar left a ladder against the window.
This Is the third big Jewel robbery re
ported In the last three weeks In' So
attle.
To Issue Souvenir Gold Coin.
San Francisco, Jan. 27. Pacific
souvenir gold dollars will be Issued
during the 1916 fair, according to
telegraphic advices ireicelved today
from President Moore, In Washing
ton, to the secretary of the exposition.
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Chris Morgan Charged With
Attacking Three Parties of
Young Ladies.
KEEPS OFFICERS BUSY
Carries On Annoyance on Wliilcsalo
Plan, Approaching Parties of Fair
Ont'H Given Preliminary Hearing
Today.
After jumping out upon three dif
ferent parties of ladies last -evening
between the hours of 6 and 10:30,
Chris Morgan, a "Jack the Grabber,"
was finally captured by Officer Sheer
and will be given a preliminary hear
ing this afternoon before Justice of
the Peace Parkes Joe H. Parkes on
a charge of 'assault. So frequent
were the complaints of the man's op
erations coming into the police sta
tion last evening that the whole
force began a search for the man
but it was not until after his third
attempt that he was finally captured.
The man was first noticed shortly
before 6 o'clock by a party of four
young ladles walking along North
Main street en route home from .an
afternoon party. They observed the
man following them and muttering
over and over the number "101."
They turned into the postoffice and
on coming out, the man stepped up
close to one of the girls and blew a
mouthful of smoke Into her face.
. Follows Girls Home. '
At the Hotel Pendleton corner, one
of the young ladies turned up Water
street and the man followed close be
hind until she turned Into her home.
Complaint was made to the police
officers about 8 o'clock and a good
description of the man was furnish
ed. While the officers were listening
to the deta'ls of the affair. Morgan
was." continuing his operations. At
8:20 two Irish girls, who are em
ployed in homes of well known fam
ilies of the city were crossing the
Main street bridge when they noticed
a man lurking near the south ap
proach. When they arrived near
him he suddenly threw both arms
about one with the exclamation, "Oh,
you blonde," but released his hold
and ran when the g'rls screamed.
Frightens Four More.
About 10:30 he made his third at
tack which resulted in his capture.
Four well known ladies were coming
up West Alta street on their return
from a party, and whsn they neared
the corner of Garden and Alta where
the Chinese quarter is located, a man
suddenly jumped from the shadows
of the building and confronted them
with arms outstretched. The ladies
dodged to one side but the man fol
lowed with arms still outspread and
then it was that the ladles screamed.
ChUiamnn Follows Culprit.
The screams reached the ears of
several persons, amonp them Ung
Goey, well known Chinese merchant,
and he emerged from his noodle
house In time to see the man dodge
around the corner of Main street. He
followed until he had located him
and then summoned Officer Sheer,
who made the arrest.
The police have today interviewed
every one of the ladies of tho three
parties separately and hsve secured
the sace description of tho culprit In
each one, which description tallies
evactly with that of the man in Jail
Man Known Here.
Morgan has been around the city
for several years and recently has
been in the employ of George Meek
er. Whether or not ho has been the
same man who performed the "Jack
the Grabber" stunt on several pre
vious occasions is r.ot known, but the
police declare they will see that he
does not molest any ladles abain for
some time if it is possible for them
to convict him of the charge age Inst
him.
L LAC0URSE FOUND
DEAD NEAR ATHENA
Louis Lacourse, a mixed blood,
aged 28 years, was found dead in a
field near Athena yesterday morning
and the circumstances surrounding the
case are such as to Indicate death was
due to exposure.
Lacourse had been In Athena the
day before and It Is known he was
drinking. Apparently he started home
and on the way sat down near the
road. His body was found In a stub
ble field near the road by William
McBrlde of Athena. An investiga
tion was made by B. 13. Richards,
justice of the peace. It Is understood
the inquest resulted in a decision
that death resulted from exposure.
True and pure democracy Is the
party's need, 'says an orator. But
how many will agree on what that
Is?
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BEHIND
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FRANClnREPARES, war
Military Active and Troops Ordered
to March on Tunis.
Paris, France, Jan. 27. There is
today feverish activity in French na
val and military circles, which it is
believed is an Indication that the
threatened rupture between France
and Italy is becoming more grave, as
a result of the seizure of French ves
sels by Italian warships.
If France strikes at the Italian gov
ernment, her first attack is expected
to be made on Tunis, as the French
war office has ordered her troops In
Algeria to proceed to that section.
Another Ship Captured.
Tunis, Jan. 27. Another French
craft, the small passenger steamer
Taxignano, carrying passengers from
Tunis to Sfax Zar and Biban, was
seized by Italian torpedo boats today
and later released.
T
Cock Fight to Be Feature
of Closing of
Show
D. C. GurUane, of Heppner, Re-elected
President of Umatilla-Morrow
Counties Association,
Closing the third annual exhibition
of the Umatille.-Morrow County Poul
try association, three bloodless but
scrappy bouts between game cocks
will be pulled off In the Armory to
night. To prevent charges of bru
tality and police Interference, the
spurs of the fighting birds will be
muffled and no damage will be done
to the participants. In many shows
it is customary to Judge the entries
of game chickens by testing their
gameness in actual battle and, while
the bouts tonight will not serve in
tnat capucity it will be Interesting to
note how well the birds live up to the
ribbons they have won.
Officers are Elected.
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the association last night D. C.
Gurdane of Heppner was chosen to
serve a third term as president and
the following other officers were el
lected, D. C. Brown, Pendleton, first
vice president, Dr. J. R. Cromb, Stan
field, second vice president, Earl Wil
liams, Milton, third vice president, L.
W. Briggs, Heppner, fourth vice pres
ident, J. L. Parker, Stanfleld, secre
tary, Lester Bold, Pendleton, treas
urer.
(Continued on page eight)
WILD HORSE ROAD
MAY HE MACADAMIZED
Ten miles more of macadam
road will be constructed In this
county this year, following ac-
tion at a meeting of the county
court yesterday. The members
of the court ordered the pur-
chase of a new rock ciusher
and, upon its arrival, will decide
upon the new stretch of road to
be improved. It is understood
that at present, the Wild Horse
road, which is one of the worst
in the county, is regarded most
favorably as the one to be ma-
cadamized. '
Since the Athena-Weston
highway was improved by the
putting In of a permanent road-
bed, there is a great deal of
sentiment for the continuation
of this kind of work and the
county court is attempting to
accomplish so much every
year.
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PARDONED HAN MURDERER OF SQUAW
RETURNS AFTER 12 YEARS IMPRISONMENT
Toy Toy, who with Columbia George
murdered Anna Edna a squaw whom
they believed to be a witch respon
sible for misfortunes that had visited
them, is back in Pendleton today for
the first time in twelve years. Fol
lowing his pardon Thursday by Pres
ident Taft, h left the federal prison
on McNeil's Island and came straight
to Pendleton, arriving here last night.
Toy Toy, when ho left had long
hair and he came back with his hair
closely cropped; when he left he was
big and stout and now he would not
be considered a large man; these
with the changes which hard work
and age bring made a great differ
ence in his appearance and his rela
tives hardly recognized him.
The freed murderer declares he is
glad to get back to his native people
after slaving for twelve years in pris
on. He has seen his mother, Sow-we-kust,
who Is very HI with con
sumption, and today he wll go out to
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HENRY
SCARING SELF
Thinks He Is Terrible Foe
Because He Is Never Tak
en Seriously.
IS MORE THAN ANGRY
Offers CorrcsjKmdence of Private Na
ture to Avenge Refusal of Governor
Wilson to Katow to Self and Har
vey Wilson Silent.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 27. Mad
clear through. Colonel Henry Watter- .
sen, editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal, who Is here, has reiterated
his charge that adherents of Governor
Wilson had asked him to raise money
for Wilson's campaign, which, he
says, he did. This is the charge that
is denied by Governor Wilson.
When seen today Colonel Watter
son displayed signs of great anger. He
said:
"I want to say now that I never
entered a public controversy, but that
I emerged from it with flying colors.
"When I make a statement of Im
portance as momentous as this one,
you can just bet that I have proof to
substantiate.
"I will not say a wora yet, regard
ing the ones who contributed to the
fund."
Colonel Watterson offered letters
he had written to and received from
Senator Tillman, as proof of the
of his statement. He also said he
had other proof, which he would sub
mit to a court of honor. If Governor
Wilson were agreeable. Senator Till
man has refused to discuss the mat
ter. "Incident Closed" Wilson.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 27. Governor
Woodrow Wilson who is here today.
Intimated that the Wilson-Harvey-Watterson
controversy, was a closed
Incident, so far as he, Wilson, Is con
cerned. BOARD WILL MEET
WITH SETTLERS HERE
The following letter will be of in
terest to parties who desire to offer
information to the reclamation service
board of Inquiry which is to be here
, shortly:
Hermiston, Ore., Jan. 26, 1912.
Mr. J. N. Burgess, President Umatil
la County Water Users' Association,
Pendleton, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
Receipt Is acknowledged of your
letter of January 25th suggesting that
the board of engineers convened to
consider the west extension of the
Umatilla project should hold a
hearing at Pilot Rock, Oregon. Ac
cording to my best Information, the
board will convene at Hermiston,
January 29th. It is the plan at pres
ent to have a hearing at Pendleton,
January 30th. The board will prob
ably take the motor car from Her
miston to Pendleton, where it should
arrive at 10:45 a. m. I believe the
representatives of water users on
Birch and McKay creeks should ar
range to meet the board at Pendle
ton, which scents to be the most con
venient location far all interested
partios on the upper river. As soon
as I have more definite information,
I will communicate with you further.
Very respectfully.
(Signed ) HERBERT D. NEWELL,
Project Engineer.
We know of a man who
make a dandy dictator.
would
look up his sister. Wo-he-pum. All
of his old friends and relatives are
giving him a warm greeting ' on his
return and Toy Toy is- a happy In
dian. It was :n 1S99 that Toy Toy and
Columbia George gave Anna Edna a
bottle of whiskey containing a quan
tity of strychnine. They were arrest
ed, tried in the state court and both
sentenced to life Imprisonment in the
penitentiary. After serving s'x
years, their attorneys appealed the
case on the ground that the state
court had no Jurisdiction, the appeal
was upheld and the Indians were lib
erated only to be tried in the federal
court and again convicted. They
were then sent to McNeil's Island.
Columbia George was pardoned two
yoars ago, but Toy Toy was kept im
prisoned until Thursday because he
was a relative of the murdered wo
man and because the evidence show
ed that he had enlisted his confeder
ate's services In the crime.
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