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PEXDLETOX, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1912.
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PLEASURE SEEKERS CARRIED OYER NIAGARA
FALLS TO DEATH BY DISLODGED ICE BRIDGE
Niagara Falls, X. Y., Feb. 5. Wlillo hundreds of Hlghlsocrs yctttcrday
afternoon lined Hie Khorog of the river, Inspecting the huge lee bridge which
has choked Uio channel and attracted thousand of visitor during Uio iist
three weeks, Uio wintry itlienonienon suddenly gave way, carrying a wonuin
and two men to their Ueuth over Niagara fulls.
The victims are Mr. and Mrs. El
dridge Stanton, of Toronto, Canada,
and Burrell Hancock, ago 18 years of
Cleveland, Ohio. The two men could
have saved their own lives tout per
ished because they would not desert
the woman, who was unable to keep
up the race with death to the shore.
Many others barely escaped the same
tragic end.
Heroic efforts were made by fire
U, S. IS READY TO
CHASTIZE MEX1GQ
25,000 Troops Ordered to
Prepare to Go to
Border.
Washington, D. C Fob. 5. Mili
tary preparations by tho United States
for intervention in tho Mexican up
rising' were completed this afternoon
and unleS3 President Madero gives
this country satisfactory assurance
that Mexico is able to protect all in
terests, American troops undoubtedly
will bo sent to the border.
The war department has Issued or
ders to have 25,000 men in the middle
west, Arizona and California, pre
pared for an Immediate advance.
No attempt Is being made to con
ceal tho gravity of the situation. Ju
arez and southern Mexico nro report
ed restless.
Active preparations, to mass troops
along tho Mexican border are being
mado here today by General Wood,
following resident Taft's ultimatum
to Mexico, a reply to which is ex
pected today. The ultimatum de
mands that Mexico secure the im
mediate release of fifty Americans
held by the revolutionists at Ahum
ado, Mex. t
To reinforce the American line
at El Paso, orders w'lll be Issued to
the commander at Fort Whipple to
dispatch a regiment of infantry and
a squadron of cavalry to El Paso.
It is expected that Mexico's an
swer to President Taft's ultimatum,
will bo received within forty-eight
hour9 now.
Mutineer Return to Juarez.
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 5. The muti
neers who were taken from Juarez
by General Orozco for Chihuhua yes
terday are returning to Juarez in
small squads. They dropped off
whenever the train slowed down.
EXTENSION INQUIRY
10 END TOMORROW
(Spoclal Correspondence.)
Ilcrmlston, Ore., Feb. 6. Members
of the Investigating board from the
reclamation service are slated to be
here tomorrow for tho final day of
tho hearings pertaining to tho West
Extension. It is to be "Ilcrmlston
Day" with tho board and the business
men of this town will go before the
board to show tholr endorsement of
the project.
Unless plans are changed it will
be tho last hearing by the board as
by that time the . engineers will have
heard from every community having
a direct Interest in the extension.
Today the members of the board,
headed by Chief Engineer Davis, are
at Stanfield to listen to objections
raised by the poople of that town to
tho plans for the' West Extension.
Steamer In Distress.
Eureka, Calif.,- Feb. 6. A wireless
message says the lumber laden
schooner, Iaqua, is in distress off False
Point, north of Cape Mondlcino and
that the steamer Katherlno is stand
ing by.
Chicago Has $500,000 Fire.
Chicago, Feb. 5. Tho Northwest
ern Malt company, one of the largest
breweries in Chicago burned today.
The loss Is. half a million. Six fire
men were seriously Injured.
WOULD DISPENSE WITn
UNITED STATES SENATE.
Salem, Ore., Feb. 5. Obllter-
atlon of the United States sen-
ate is a prominent plank In the
platform of Ralph Clyde, Port-
land member ot the legislature,
who today filed his declaration
of Intention to become a candl-
date on the republican ticket
for congressman from the
third congressional district of
Oregon.
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men and railroaders, from a bridge
to rescue the party with ropes, but
without avail. Tho younger victim
secured tho end of the rope once and
was raised to a height of sixty feet
above the ice when he 'became ex
hausted and fell back. This was af
ter he had been separated from the
other two victims.
The whirlpool rapids are today be
ing watched for the bodies.
NEW ROUND-UP DIRECTOR.
PAUL SPERRY.
Who Takes Place of J. II. Gwinn on
Board.
DECIDES ON DEATH AS
WAGE OF HER SIN
New York, Feb. 5. Having decid
ed, as i-he said, that It Is true, that
"the wages of. sin Is death." the
runaway wlfo of M.'llionaire Llppen-
ard Suydam, who created a sensation
last month by eloping with and mar
rying Frederick Nobel, a plumber,
yesterday carried out a suicide pact
with her penniless husband, their
dead bodies being diseover-jd by the
beautiful young woman's mother in
their apartments. .They had Inhaled
Today, with only members of his
Immediate family attending, the fu
neral of Nobel was held and his body
burled In the family plot in the com
etary. The body of the young wo
man was sent to Philadelphia this
afternoon for burial.
Shortly after the discovery of the
double suicide, Walter LIppen
Suydam, the deserted husband, was
notified and soon arrived on the
scene. Ho was greatly affected by
tho tragic end of h's wayward wife of
but a few weeks ago.
He was so excited that on leaving
tho house of death he recklessly ran
his automobile about the city until
he finally ran down a mall carrier. He
picked up the injured man, rushed
him to a hosiptal and left orders that
no expense be spared in saving the
fellow's life. It is believed he will re
cover. DATE SET FOR TRIAL ('
OF ALLEGED DYN'AMITERS
Eos Angeles, Cal., Feb. 6. The
trials of Ira Pender and A. B. Maple,
charged with conspiring to dynamite
the Hall of Records building, will be
gin February 13 it was announced
today. At the same time a new trial
for Pert Connors will begin. The
Conners jury disagreed.
Royalty Reaches England.
Portsmouth, Feb. 6. King George
and Queen Mary were given a noisy
welcome on their arrival here today,
from their Durbar trip. They have
been away nearly three months. Ac
companied by four warships, the
yacht Medina steamed through a
double line of the home fleet. After
a thirty-five minute stop here, the
party proceeded to London.
LABOR LEADERS PLEAD NOT
GUILTY TO DYNAMITE CILVRGIi
Log Angeles. Cal.. Feb. 5. Tviet
moe. Johannsen. Clanev and Mtinsev.
the labor leaders, pleaded not guilty
to Indictments charging them with
conspiracy In the Times dynamiting
tortay arter Judge Wellborn had over
ruled their demurrer. The trial date
will be set tomorrow.
PnOTO SHOWS CLEAR MAN.
Rival In Love Admits Perjury to Send
Other Fellow to Penitentiary.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Influenced
by a moving picture, John Gates of
this city made affidavit that he had
sworn falsely against Charles Jack
of Traer, Iowa, who was convicted of
attempted extortion on Gates' testi
mony. The men were rivals In love.
Jack was sent to prison two years
ago and parolod out last October, af
ter aervlng twentyone months.
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SETTLERS TO
GET RELIEF
Graduated Payments Seem
Assured For Umatilla Pro
ject After Long Delay.
NEWELL GIVES HOPE
Mectiinc of Project Wutcruscrs Called
to Make Change In Contract So As
to Permit of Action May Affect
Payments Now Duo for Water.
(Special Correspondence.)
Hermiston, Ore., Feb. 5. The fol
lowing letter has been received by
tho secretary of the Umatilla River
Water Users' association In regard to
the graduation of the water right pay
ments on this project:
Washington, D. C.
G. H. Upthegrove,. Secretary,
Umatilla River Water Users' As
sociation, Hermiston, Oregon. ,
Sir: Your letter of Januarv 20 en.
closing- copy of petition which has
oeen mailed to the Secretary of the
Interior requesting the adoption of a
system of graduation of navments f.ir
the Umatilla Project has been re
ived.
The matter Is now under consider.
atlon by this service with the view
or submitting to the department at
an early date a draft of public notice
which shall permit of payments for
the water right to be made in gradu
ated annual Installments.
Yours respectfully,
F. H. NEWELL, Director.
The engineers who are now at Her
miston called the directors of the
Umatilla River Water Users' togeth
er Saturday evening and asked them
to call a special meeting of the
stockholders on the project in order
to make a change in the contract
with the Secretary of the Interior,
this contract reads that the payments
must be mado in 10 equal payments,
therefore, in order to have a gradu
ated system of payments this contract
will have to be changed.
The board of directors will meet
Tuesday evening and Issue the call
for the special meeting at once.
The people on the project are jubi
lant over the fact that the graduation
of the water right payments seems
now to be an assured fact, lust what
the system will be is not yet known,
but it is supposed that It will effect
tho 1910 payments which are delin
quent this coming March.
ASSAULT CASE IN
: HANDS OF JURY
Attorneys Johnson and Skrable,
Who successful! v defended Viihol
Warner last week, were again pitted
against the state today in a contest
over the freedom of C. L. Montgom
ery, a young man charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon, the de
fendant being the men alleged to have
hit Ong Tong, a Chinaman, with a
dish in the Boston restaurant nn uvt-
day of Round-up week last fall. The
case was given to the jury at 2
yciocK mis arternoon.
The state rested its case on the
testimony of two Chi
swore that Montgomery hurled the
dish that struck their countryman
and upon that of Chief of Police John
ivearney wno declared the defendant
admitted the deed shortly after he
was arrested. The defense sets up
the claim that the missile was thrown
by the night cook of the restaurant
Instead of by Montgomery, the de
fendant himself and Qus Manos tes
tifying to that effect.
Ong Tong appeared in court this
morning with a large plaster on his
head where the dish struck. The
blow fractured his skull and he laid
in tho hospital for a long time
trembling between life and death.
Even now ho Is unfit for work and
his physician thinks he may yet die
from the injury.
WILL PROBABLY DISMISS
INDICTMENT AGAINST WILDE
Portland, Ore., Feb. 5. It is ex
pected ttint the remaining Indictment
against Louis Wilde, charging him
and W. Cooper Morris with the em
bezzling of 112.600 from the defunct
Oregon Trust, and Savings bank will
be dismissed. Judge Kavanaugh Is
sick today and District Attorney Cam
eron ald he would not take up tho
matter until he is well. Cameron
wants to try Wilde but apparently
believes the case won't hold in view of
Wilde's acquittal on an instructed
verdict of a similar charge.
3 Italian Shi Founder.
London, Feb, 5. Unconfirmed Con
stantinople dispatches say that three
Italian transports have foundered off
Sum Tobruk and Taormlna. No fa
talities were mentioned.
i WARIER
IS
After Three Hours Delibera
tion, Jury Clears Her of
Forgery Charge. j-
VERDICT IS A SURPRISE
Woman Receives Her Freedom hi
Matter of Fact Manner District
Attorney Intimates Sex of Defend
ant Prevented Conviction.
Mrs. Mabel Young Warner Is not
guilty of uttering a forged will as
charged i:i the indictment against
her. .Such was the. verdict of the
twelve men who heard the testimony
of tho trial last week" and it was
reached a iter little more than three
hour-) of deliberation. The case was
consigned tij their hands shortly be
fore !l o'clock Saturday evening and
ttn minutes before the midnight
hour, they rc-turn d with a verdict
acquitting the defendant.
Although considerable surprise was
fcit that Mrs. Warner should be ac
quitted, the general opinion being
that the. jury would disagree, the
greatest surprise w'as expressed that
a verdict could be reached in so short
a time. When shortly before 12
o'clock, Judge Bradshaw was notified
that the jury was ready to report, tho
little crowd which had stayed up In
anticipation of a verdict was divided
in its forecast of the announcement
and even Mrs. Warner, confident as
she expressed herself of an acquittal,
seemed Just a little fearful lest the
verdict would not justify her confi
dence. She received the reading of the ver
dict declaring her not guilty calmly
bu: there was a look of triumph in
her eyes as she shook hands with
every one present except Dr. Watts,
not even overlooking Judge James A.
Fee, who has been her foe in the
courts for many years. She declared
the verdict fulfilled all of her pre
dictions. First liallot 8 to 4.
According to reports, the first bal
lot cast 'by the jury after it had re
tired showed eight for acquittal and
fr-ur for conviction. The next divis
ion, it Is said, Indicated eleven for
acquittal and one for conviction at
which status it stood until the one
dissenter was won over to the con
clusion of his fellow jurymen.
The opposing attorneys, in '"com
menting on the case, all speak highly
o the manner In which Judge Brad
shaw of The Dalles conducted the
trial. Both sides declared the in
structions to the Jury very fair.
Messrs Johnson and Skrable, who
represented the defendant, are mod
est in their victory but declare they
were satisfied as to the outcome af
ter the second day. District Attorney
Van Vactor declares he labored hard
to secure a conviction and intimates
that the fact of the defendant being
a woman might have had considerable
to do with his failure to win.
Tho Closing Pleas.
In the defense's closing plea to the
jury, Johnson declared emphatically
that there were only two issues In
the case, namely, "Was 'the fourth
will' a forgery and did tho defendant
know it to be a forgery when she
executed It?" All other evidence, he
said, bearing on other "wills" and ac
tions in connection with them had no
bearing upon the issues except to
show the intent and state of mind of
Mrs. Warner, and the judge in his
instructions, bore out tho attorney's
contention.
District Attorney Van Vactor in
closing his case, admitted that tho
defendant had lived with J. W. Young
and that her uncle might at one time
have intended tlint the property
should go to her at his death, but,
ho maintained, there had been a
break In the relations between the
two when twelve years before the old
man s death, tho defendant left
home and went on the vaudeville
stage.
Trial Expensive One.
The long trial was one of the most
expensive in the history of the local
court. It being estimated to have
cost the county $2000.
FIVE SEATTLE MEN"
INDICTED FOR RANK WRECKING
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 5. Warrants
were served today on five prominent
Seattle men, following the return of
sealed Indictments by the fedoral
grand Jury, in Fairbanks. Alaska,
which has been investigating the fail
ure of the Vrashington-Alaska bank
there, which the Indicted men sold
In 1909. before It busted. They are
W. H. Parsons. Vice President Dex
ter ot the Horton bank; John
Schrams, a banker; F. E. Barbour
and E. L. Webster.
If a revolver trust should be form
ed that would raise the price of re
volvers to $100 each, society might be
benefited.
ACQUITTED
WOW jCTOR IS GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
FOR STARVING SPINSTER FOR HER WEALTH
Port Orcliurd, Wash., Feb. 5. After being out twenty hours, tho jury last
night returiK'd u verdict or manslaughter against Lindu IJurflcld Hazzanh
tho woman doctor, fast specialist, and sanitarium owner, for the death ot
Miss Claire Williamson, a wealthy English spinster, whom It I alleged Dr.
Hazzard starved to death artcr fche liad crsuadcd the English woman to
will her prK'rty to Dr. Hazzard.
An appeal Is to be taken to a high
er court and pending arrangements
for this, the woman is in the hands
of Sheriff Howe and her attorneys
are arranging for her release on bail
in the amount of $20,000.
Several ballots were taken before
a unanimous verdict was reached.
The first ballot resulted In five for
first degree, murder, four for second
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SENATOR It. M. LA FOLLETTE.
Whose Iiness May Force Withdrawal
as Presidential Candidate
N1ANCHUS ARE OUT;
ANARCHY IS FEARED
Peking, Feb. 5. The last stage of
the peace negotiations is practically
completed here today, with the an
nouncement that the republicans have
agreed to permit President Sun and
Premier Yuan to govern China joint
ly until the people could elect a
president.
This followed the empress dowag
nger's edict instructing Yuan to as
sist the southern republicans in the
formation of the republic.
It is now believed that hostilities
will cease immediately. Many Man
chu princes left Peking today, but
their destination was not announced.
It is believed the edict was ma
terial'. hastened by Washington dis
patches which stated that Germany
and the United States were seriously
considering means to end the Internal
Chlneses strife.
The fact that the dowager commis
sioned Yuan to aid In the organiza
tion of the republic has led to the
belief that she received advance in
formation that Yuan will be chosen
president by the people.
Fear Anarchy.
Shanghai, Feb. 5. Now that the
throne is practically deserted, there
is great fear that anarchy through
out the empire will follow. In the
largo cities the banks are employing
a large number of Europeans to
guard their vaults and the foreign
patrols are doubled.
HOVSE REFI SES TO SUSPEND
RULES TO DISCOURAGE T. R.
Washington, Feb. 5. Congressman
Slayden of Texas, today moved that
the house suspend its rules and pass
his resolution, that the "senese of the
house Is against a third term for any
president." The resolution is aimed
at Colonel Roosevelt. It Is evident
the regulars wouldn't fight the reso
lution when Minority Leader Mann
faived his right to control the oppo
sition debate. Congressman Xorris,
an insurgent then took" charge of the
opposition. On a vote the motion lost
89 to 59.
ONE KILLER AND TWO
HURT IN OVERLAND WRECK
Sacramento. Feb. 5. West bound
Overland Limited, number one was
ditched at AppYgate today. Engi
neer Charles Brown is missing and
Fireman Clark is badly injured. The
engine turned turtle. One brakeruan
wts hurt. Xo passengers were re
ported Injured.
PHILIPPINE DELEGATES
INSTRUCTED AGAINST TAFT
Manila, Feb. 5. The republican
Insular convention, to elect delegates
to the republican national convention
In Chicago, met today. The fight is
over the proposed endorsement of
President Taft for renomlnation
Many outside provinces have sent
delegates instructed to vote against
Taft. Manila is solidly for the pres
ident. It's a long time lately between
"crises" In the SO cent republics up
south.
degree murder and three for man
slaughter. At no time did any Juror
vote for acquittal.
Manslaughter Is punishable, under
the Washington state laws, by a pen
itentiary sentence of from one to
twenty years in the penitentiary; a
jail sentence of one year; a fine of
one thousand dollars, or both the
latter.
IA FOLLETTE IS III
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Will Leave For Rest in Eu
ropeFriends Are
Alarmed
Washington. D. C, Feb. 5.
(Bulletin.) With his health ut-
terly broken and his friends ur-
gent it Is possible this afternoon
that Senator La Fol!ete will
withdraw as a candidate for the
republican nomination.
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Washington, Feb. 5. Broken down
by his campaign for the republican
presidential nomination. Senator La
Follette announced this morning that
he had cancelled all dates and will
leave Immediately for a two months'
rest in southern Europe and then re
turn and resume his western tour.
Friends Urge Withdrawal.
Washington. Feb. 5. (Bulletin.)
At a conference of friends of Senator
La Follette thLs afternoon, it was de
cided that the state of his health Is
so a'arming that his friends must
step in and take practical charge of
him and an announcement was draft
ed by them of his withdrawal as a
candidate' for the republican presi
dential nomination.
Senators Clapp and Bristow and
Walter Houser, La Follette's cam
paign manager, drafted the an
nouncement. Among the others tak
ing part in the conference and decid
ing on this action, was Senator
Bourne of Oregon.
The announcement had not been
submitted to Senator La Follette late
this afternoon and will not be for
mally given out until he approves of
it. It is po.-sib'.e he may veto it.
May Mean Teddy's Candidacy.
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 6. Discuss
ing the possible retirement of Sen
ator La Follette, John Fackler, chair
man of the Ohio Progressive league,
today gave out a statement, saying
that if La Follette's illness would
cause his retirement, the progressives
could then turn to Colonel Roosevelt,
who he says wouldn't refuse the call.
PROGRAM TO HONOR
CHARLES DICKENS
In honor of the centennary of
Charles Dickens a short program is to
be given at the public library at 8
o'clock Wednesday evening, that day
being the centennary of the birth of
the great English novelist.
The centennary program which is
being arranged for the occasion will
be given by students of the high
school. It will consist In a biographi
cal sketch, a review and a reading
from "Christmas Carols."
Along with the program will be
exhibited pictures of Dickons, speci
ally bound volumes of his works and
ether articles of interest. Some ex
cellent things along this line are in
the possession of local people and
will be displayed at the library Wed
nesday evening. Miss Lotta Fleek,
librarian, is seeking further exhibits
of this sort and says that people who
have anything that will be of Interest
are requested to tender them to tho
library for the occasion.
MRS. MOORE MAY APPEAR
AT TRIAL or TIMOTHY
Redfood, Calif. Feb. 5. Announce
ment that Mrs. Lillian Moore, widow
of Millionaire Moore, would appear at
Chauffeur Timothy's preliminary
hearing tomorrow on a charge of
Moore's murder, was made today. She
is suffering front nervous prostration.
The authorities believe her presence
is necessary to clear up several con
tradictory statements regarding her
whereabouts the night Timothy and
Moore fought a duel. Moore told the
police she was riding with Timothy.
Timothy declared she arrived on the
scene later.