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the largest pnld circulation
of any pnper In Oregon, eat
of l'ortlaod and nearly
twice the circulation In
Pendleton of any other
newspaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. i
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.,
VOL. 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1912.
NO. 7403
FOUR
WIVES
1
George E. Carr, With Numerous Oth
er Names, is Held by Portland
Police on Charges of Bigamy.
ONE VICTIM AN HEIRESS
Two Other Alleped Life Mutes round
in SKkmio ami Another In Colfax,
Washington Must Face at Least
Three.
Portland, Ore., April 23. Cieorge E.
Carr, .alias Jeffrey Carr, alias George
Temple, has been arrested here and
charged with bigamy. He Is alleged
to have married four women.
Wife- No. 1 la alleged to be Maud
Rafferty. Brlggs Apartments, Spo
kane; wife No. 2 Is allPged'to be Mar
garet Barclay of Hoberts Apartments,
Spokane; the third wife is alleged to
be Ruth Allen of Colfax, Wash., and
the fourth wife, Ernestine Levert,
daughter of the former great sugar
king, M. Levert of Louisiana.
All his marriages are alleged to
have been contracted since 1904. He
will be sent to Spokane to be tried for
bigamy.
Louisiana authorities also want him
taken there to be tried in connection
with the alleged Levert marriage,
Clarence S. Herbert, former assist
ant U. S. teasurer, Is said to have had
Carr trailed In the Interest of Ernest
ine Levett. He is Taft campaign man
ager of Louisiana.
NATIONALISTS APPROVE
HOME KI LE MEASURE
Dublin, April 23 Premier As
qulth's home rule bill was unanimous
ly endorsed at a convention of Irish
nationalists here. Tho party pledged
to support It after John Redmond
gave his unqualified approval. Wo
men were excluded from the meeting
because a suffragette demonstration
was feared.
The convention was attended by 3,
600 delegates. James b'Callahan,
representing the United Irishmen of
America, was present. The building
was crowded.
INDICTMENT AGAIXST
SUFFRAGETTES KKCOMM ENDED
London, April 23. Recommenda
tion of Indictments agalnBt Mrs. Em
niclinc Pankhurst and Lawrence
Pethrlck and wife, leaders of the
suffragettes of England, charging
them with "conspiracy to violate the
property act and malicious injury to
property," was made by the Judge
presiding at the grand Jury Investiga
tion of the recent suffragette window
smrshlng tactics.
WALLA WALLA MIRDERER
CONDEMN ED TO DEATH
Walla Walla, Wash., April 23.
William Shaw, the negro who on Feb
ruary 27 shot and killed his wife in
this city, was last evening sentenced
to pay the death penalty by Judge T.
H Brents. An appeal will be taken
to the supreme court. The condemn
ed man returned to his cell and re
sumed a card game which had been
interrupted by the proceedings.
CAM
MAN
OFFICIAL COUNT OF UMATILLA COUNTY VOTE
IS
At 1 o'clock this morning, County
Clerk Sallng, assisted by Justices of
tho Peaco Parkes and 'Scholl and
Registration Clerk Sutherland com
pleted the official count of the bal
lots cast in the primary election In
Umatilla county and their totals
make no difference in the standing
of candidates.
Hanley A. Waterman of Hermiston,
defeated Horace Walker for the com
missionershlp nomination by 66 votes
and wilKthus be pitted against Man
uel Frledley In the November elec
tion. T. D, Taylor captured both the
democratic and republican nomina
tion for sheriff, while Saling came
near doing the same thing.
Roosevelt has a lead of Just 600
votes over La Follette in Umatilla
county and lacks only three votes of
beating Taft by 400. Wilson was an
easy winner over Champ Clark In the
democratic presidential contest.
Judge Lowell piled up a majority
of more than 350 over all of his op
ponents combined in the senatorial
contest while Pierce took a long lead
in the democratic contest for the same
office. Judge Ellis won out easily
over the field against him here In
Umatilla . county, and J. H. Oraham
scored a victory over Claude Covey for
the democratic congressional nomina
tion. Sallng defeated Wallan by almost
a three to one vote while Stelwer beat
Neal and Young was victor over
Welles by almost a two to one major
ity. Hinkle lead the field in the
Strikers Api-al to Taft
Kansas City. Kas, April 23.
Declaring that unless an honor
able settlement Is reached In the
Harriman lines shopmen's strike
it will be extended to all west
ern roads by the recently or
ganized federation' of -federations,
composed or shop em
plojfti In the entire United
States today asked President
Taft -to Intervene in a telegram
signed by the presidents of
twelve unions.
VOTERS WILL PASS ON
U.0F0. APPROPRIATION
Satem, Ore., April 23. (Bulletin).
The supreme court this afternoon
reversed the decision of the Marion
county superior court in the case of
the University of Oregon referendum
petitions, and dlsolved the permanent
Injunction issued by Judge Gallownyr
restraining the secretary of state
from placing the question on the bal
lot for approval or rejection at the
next general election.
This ties up the University of Ore
gon appropriations till the people can
pass on them at the next general
election.
MAKES THE PROPHECY
HACK WILL DIE OCT
South Bethlehem, Pa. "I confess
It seems to me the human race will
gradually extinguish itself," declared
Dr. William Charles White, professor
of medicine In the University of
Pittsburg, before the American Acad
emy cu Medicine's conference on the
"Conservation of Children," at Lehigh
University. He said:
"Sir Walter Scott, Samuel Johnson
and Rodin may be cited as losses If
we" had not educated them, but the
argument seems to me invalid as no
dark age or bodily weakness could
suppress such minds. Among the
prominent sources of loss among those
being educated are the respiratory dis
eases which cause so much sickness
ami death. Most of these diseases
are the rsult of low resistance In chil
dren. caused by poor food and poor
air. In addition to the sources of in
fection spread by coughing, sneezing
or spitting.
"if t were allowed to make one
change which would, I think, accom
plish the greatest good, it would be
the appointment of the highest type
of medical man as health officer, un
der no political trammellngs, and trust
him to work out a local autonomy
with tact and education which would
accomplish the conservation we de
sire In every territory-
RECORD FOlt DIG FAMILIES.
Touitshln in Knnsas Averages Ten
Memlters U Each Household.
Hutchinson, Kan. Sumner town
ship, Reno courtly, probably hold3
the record for the state for having
big families.
Sumner Isn't a very big township,
considering population. It is one of
the few townships In this county with
out a railroad and in which there is
no town. Although there are less
than sixty families living in the whole
township they average up close to ten
members to the family,, the total pop
ulation being 613.
There are ten families with an ag
gregate of 110 members, or eleven to
the family.
representative raco with
Mann a
close second.
As a result of the privilege of writ
ing In names, the democrats emerge
from the primaries with almost a full
ticket to contest In tho finals in No
vember. The following are the official re
turns from th eelection:
Republican Ticket.
Delegates to National Convention
Chas. W. Askerson 339, O. C. Apple
gate 46, Daniel Boyd 191, Fred S.
Bynon 206, Homer C. Campbell 33,
Chas. H. Carey, 60, Henry Waldo Coe
331, Chas H. Fry 6, D. D. Hall 178,
Dr. T. W. Harris 4, T. B. Huston 6, D.
C. Jones 12, Thos. McCusker 128,
Phil Metchan 70, J. W. Mlnto 9, Frank
Patton 106, Dr. J. G. Smith, 136, A.
V. Swift 105.
For President La Follette 548,
Roosevelt 1048, Taft 651, Hughes 1,
Clark 2, Fulton 1.
For Vice President Miles Poln
dexter 1, Wm. E. Borah 32, Albert
Cummins 5, Charles E. Townsend 4,
Charles W. Fulton 86, La Follette 15,
Hiram Johnson 7, Bryan 3, McKInley
Mitchell 2, George E. Chamberlain 3,
Hughes 3.
Presidential Electors M. J. Mac
Mahon 1293, William Hanley 20, S.
A. Lowell 1, C. W. Fulton 4.
Justice Supreme Court Robert
Eakln 1586.
U. S. Senator Bourne 271, Lowell
1279, Morton 72. Selling 577.
(Continued on Page 2 )
TITANIC LOOKOUT PUTS BLAME
OF DISASTER ON SHIP COMPANY
Declares White Star Refused to Give Him Glass
Which Would Have Prevented Wreck
Third Officer Begs Investigators Not to Force Him to De
scribe the Last Moments and Death Cries of Doomed
Passengers on Sinking Vessel.
WuliiiiKton, D. C, April 23. Sworn
of the White Star company to provide marine plus.- for the lookouts, was
resKNisil)le for tho Tilunlc's disaster, was the sensation of (his afternoon
before the senate invcsti-iatinsT committee. Frederick Fleet, the lookout on
tlie Titanic at the time of the disaster swore that he could have seen the
Iceberg if h had had glasses. He said no lookout had classes ami asserted
he asked for Rlnssc in South Hampton hut was refused.
"I could huve Mn the iceherjr with marine glasses hi plenty of time to
have' had tho vessel stecml out of its way," said llivt, in di'tailing his re
quest, made of tho White Star line, for
Although all other liners are so
flatly refused anil lie was told there
Third officer Pittman, on the stand
admitted that the Titanic had been
warned thatjeebergs were prevalent
but he said he did not see any the
Sunday of the disaster.
Pittman started his testimony in a
brusque laconic manner. Then when
asked regarding the wreck and scenes
on the Titanic, his demeanor, com
pletely changed and in a choking
voice he begged the committee not to
press him, regarding the death cries
of the trapped victims.
"The prayers and moans of passen
gers rose in a mighty chorus of woe,
when they learned that hope had
vanished," Pittman said.
"It was a continual moan for an
hour and died away gradually. 1
wish you had not referred to this."
The committee and court room was
profoundly affected by his description.
Pittman said:
"The collision awakened me and I
rushed on deck un lressed. I saw
nothing and thought it but. a night
mare and returned to my bunk.
"The fourth officer, Boxhall, came
ito my room' and said the Titanic had
struck an iceberg. I went on deck.
"A man in a dressing gown sard to
me: 'Vou had better get those women
and children over there and load them
In life boats.' I learned later that
this whs Mr. Ismay.
"I took charge of a boat and we
pulled off. The women in my boat
were not permitted to row although
some of them wanted to do so, so they
could keep warm."
Continuing, Pittman said:
"The Titanic was submerged to the
forecastle and afterward turned over
and went down perpendicularly.
"I heard four reports, like guns, in
tho distance. This probably was caus
ed by the bulk heads bursting. I do
not think the boilers exploded."
Pittman said, in a choking voice,
he had made all possible efforts to
rescue swimmers from the water. He
said he saw no bodies floating In the
water. He admitted that every life
raft and bout, If crowded, would have
accommodated only twelve hundred
people.
Women spectators wept when Pitt
man testified, regarding the death of
victims, and the senators, composing
tho investigating committee, shaded
their eyes as Pittman described the
sinking of the "unsinkuble" Titanic.
' Becauso of confusion caused by the
crowd of yesterday's session of the
senate committee Investigating the Ti
tanic disaster the scene of the inquiry
was shifted today 4rom the caucus
room to a smaller room. Here 500
furbelowed society women tried to
force admittance and many carried
their lunches. Fewer than one hun
dred succeeded. In gaining admittance.
Mrs. Lucler Smith, daughter of
Congressman Hughes, of West Virgin-
la,' who was made a widow by the Ti
tanic wreck, will be among the first
survivors to be called as a witness.
Chairman Smith announced at the
opening of the Inquiry today that the
condition of Mrs. John Jacob Astor
was such as to necessitate a' postpone
ment of her testimony. Physicians
also sent a note saying that J. Box
hall, fourth officer of the Titanic, was
unable to appear today.
77 Iiodles Recovered.
New York, April 23 .White Star
officials state officially that seventy-
seven bodies of Titanic victims have
been recovered by the "coffin ship'
Mackay-Bennett.
The Mackay-Bennett sent a wireless
message today that it would remain
at the scene of the wreck till It fills
one hundred coffins
Liner Close to Wreck.
Rotterdam, April 23. The captain
of the steamer BIrma, a Russian Un
testimony Hint neglect on the part
murine glasses.
provided. Fleet swore his request was
were no glasses for him.
ed, admitted that his vesl was only
one hundred miles distant when the
Titanic struck the ice berg! He claims
he was unable to go to the rescue on
account of icebergs.
HORDE Or GREEDY OIL
MEX FOLLOW A GIRL
Trying to Get Deed or Lease to Indian
Maid's Wells When She Becomes
18 Years Old.
" Muskogee, Okla. There are many
freaks of fortune in the breaking up
of the o'd Indian Territory tribal af
fairs. By no fault or virtue of their
own, some Indians have been left
poverty stricken, others have become
Immensely wealthy.
One of the latter is Carrie Cochran
an Indian girl 18 years old or there
abouts, according to whether you
consult the family bible or the rec
ord of the Dawes commission. Three
years ago Carrie was a country girl,
uneducated, jiot particularly blessed
huh ueauiy una uwneu eiKiuy utica
of land, just like all of the other In
dian girls who lived in the hills
around Cookson, where. Carrie was
born.
Today this girl is rich, handsomely
gowned, and where she goes there are
pretty sure to be rich men following
along. Carrie struck oil. The eighty
acre allotment that her father select
ed for her in the Delaware field has
become a magnificent oiVrnperty.
Just what it is worth she does not
know, nor do any of the land and oil
men who follow Carrie about trying
to get her to sign a deed or lease, but
they are willing to gamble that It is
worth a lot.
There are twenty-two producing oil
wells on it. The lease calls for one-
eighth of all the oil produced as roy
alty to the owner, which nets Carrie
from $1000 to $1800 per month. She
does not know how long th produc
tion will keep up and neither do the
oil men. but one of them followed
her to Hot Springs and offered to put
$50 000 in the bank to her credit if
sht w-ould give him a deed to the
property.
This girl is having trouble trying
to. decide how old she is. Her father
(her mother is dead) says she was 18
March 23, last. This corresponds
with the excellent family record which
has been kept.
According to the Indian rolls, which
an act of congress and the Oklahoma
state supreme court say are final, so
far as transferring property is con
cerned, she will not be IS until Sep
tember, 1913.
Just at this time her age is a mo
mentous questiou. She is only three
eights Indian, and when she is IS she
can sell her land. When she is IS
tho present lease on her land expires
leaving all of the oil and tho land
her own, unless she sells or makes a
new lease.
That explains why rich oil men dog
her footsteps, and she keeps them on
the trot, too, for Carrie Is not a home
body, and when she wants to go she
draws a check on her oil royalty and
buys a ticket.
43 CENTS A DAY ENOUGH
FOR A DESERTED AYIFE
Pittsburg, Pa. Forty-three cents
a day is enough to support a deserted
wife, according to a decision by Judge
Charles F. McKenna, who made ai
order directing Ernest L. Miller to
pay his wife, Cora McDonald Miller,
the sum of $3 a veek
The. young wife alleged that her
husband left her on March 17 last.
Miller earns $24 a week, and a
strong effort was made to convince
the court that the wife was entitled
to one-fourth of that amount, but
without success.
Pacific Ship on lire.
Seattle,, April 23. Fire in the
hold of the Pacific Coast
Steamship company's boat, City
of Puebla delayed its departure
this morning till this afternoon.
From the vo u me of smoke it
was thought at first the ship
was doomed, but the fire was
checked after a brief but hard
fight by seamen and fire boats.
G0VERMENT MAY
AVERT R. R. STRIKE
New York, April 23. (Bulletin.)
It is considered certain that the rail
road managers will accept the offer
of' federal mediation to prevent the
impending strike of locomotive engi
neers. This .is the situation today af
ter Federal Labor Commissioner Neill
and Judge Knapp of the commerce
court, offered mediation following
the roads' refusal to grant an 18 per
cent wage increase. Chief Stone of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers, has accepted the offer." It is
believed that eventually there will be
an amicable settlement. The railroad
officers are in session at their head
quarters here.
The engineers accepted the media
lion offer through a general desire
to avert a strike.
It is reported that the railroads
prefer a strike as in this way they
believe they could convince the in
terstate commerce, commission that
they ought to be permitted to raise
freight rates. They cannot, it is be
lieved, afford to reject the offer.
THREE .NAMES, 28 MINUTES.
Divorced, Maiden Name Restored and
Remarried in Record Time.
Munice, Ind. In the brief space of
twenty-eight minutes Mrs. Lottie Os
terhoff, a young woman, was the pos
sessor of three different surnames.
She entered the superior court
room as Mrs. Willam Stephens. Judge
Van Atta gave her a divorce from
Stephens and restored her maiden
name, all in ten minutes.
She left the courtroom as Miss Lot
tie Hardman. In the corridor there
was waiting, for her Everett D. Oster
hoff and the two went to the county
clerk's office on the floor below,
where they obtained a marriage li
cense. That required ten minutes
more.
Eight minutes passed in getting k
justce of the peace and in marrying.
HATCHES CHICKEN FOOD.
firmer Obtains Grasshoppers from
V.gg for His Incubator Fowls.
Graham. Mo. After hatching a lot
f spring chickens from his incubator,
Allen McNeal, a Graham farmer, con
ceived the idea of hatching young
grasshoppers to feed the
chickens
fresh meat.
The chickens were hatched several
weeks ago. McNeal had no meat to
feed them. He hit upon the scheme
of furnishing this food by taking a
few shovelfuls of ground In a place
where he had reason to believe grass
hoppers had deposited eggs.
The scheme worked to perfection.
The warmth caused the eggs to hatch
and In a few days he had a swarm
of young grasshoppers. These he is
feeding to his chickens.
TWO SISTERS ADMIT THEY .
FORGED AND FILED WILL
Marlon, Ind. Two sisters here
pleaded guilty to having forged and
filed for probate a will denying a
third sister a share In the $10,000 es
tate of an aunt.
The defendants, Viola Hossbauer
and Alee Rlckard, admitted they had
written the fraudulent will by which
their sister, Marion Gerhardt, received
no part of the property of the aunt,
Mrs. Miriam- Miller, wheeas, bty- a
genuine will she was bequeathed one-
thid. Their attorneys represented
that the forgery was due only to ill
feeling between the sisters. The court
deferred passing sentence.
Virtue may be its own reward, but
that is no reason why a man should
be a good thing.
DELEGATES TD SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
WILL BE WELL ENTERTAINED WHILE IN CITY
Preparations for the accommoda
tion and entertainment of the big
Sunday school convention to meet
here on Thursday and Friday of this
week are now under way and there
are indications the visitors will be
looked after despite the fact the pre
paratory work was neglected to. some
extent, .
The arrangement of accommoda
tions for the visitors is being handled
entirely by the church people, no re
quest to take up that task having been
made of the Commercial club. How
ever, the general support of the club
towards making the visitors welcome
Is asked and today Secretary Jack
Keefe prepared the following appeal
In behalf of the convention:
HUMPHREYS ON
L
Brothers Who Brutally Killed Philo.
math Widow, Before Bar in Cor
vallis Court.
WOULD BE IMMACULATE
Degenerates Tuke More Pains to Ap
Kar Well Groomed in Felon'9
Case Than Ever Before Trouble
Had In Securing Jury.
Corvallls, Ore., April 23 Appear
ing healthy, fresh, clean shaven and
with other signs of more pains groom
ing themselves than they probably
had ever taken before, George and
Charles Humphrey, the two degener
ates who several weeks ago confess
ed to having brutally murdered and
outraged Mrs, Eliza Griffith, an aged
widow, in her home near Philomath
last June, today were arraigned in
the circuit court to stand trial for
their crime, on charges of murder In
the first degree. Judge Hamilton of
Koseburg, is presiding over the trial.
The entire fprenoon was taken up
with examination of veniremen in an
effort to secure a jury and only two
had been accepted at noon from the
special venire which had been called
for the case. It Is probable that an
other yenire will have to be drawn be
fore a jury will be secured that both
prosecution and defense .wll laccept.
All the prospective jurors have be
come familiar with the crimes of the
two men) each having admitted that
they read of the confessions of the
brothers in either the Portland Jour
nal or the Benton county newspapers.
WEEDING OF BALL
PLAYERS COMMENCES
Manager Jess Garrett commenced
his weeding out process this morning
and as a result Catcher Toomey, In
fielder Reames and Pitcher Cable
must ssek other pastures. Though
each of. the trio has showed up well
in the practices, the manager is long .
on men for their positions and, be--cause
there is a salary limit to the
team and because it costs money to
keep a horde of players in meal tick
ets, he was forced to issue a few re
leases. This brings his bunch of talent
down to eighteen men, two full teams,
and he will keep all until the opening
of the season in order to give each an
opportunity to show what is in him
and in order that practice games may
h nlnved dailv. With the arrival this
morn, of pitcher Osborne and In-
fielders Don and Davolt, competition
for the various places promises to be
exciting. A long workout was held
this forenoon in which the new men
performed in a way that made even
the manager look satisfied.
Garrett is not only giving his men
stiff batting and fielding practice but
is looking after the physical condition
of each. Following the workouts, he
sends them around the track and then
runs them back to the city by way of
developing their wind and reducing
their weight.
President Bond of the local club
has received. a request from the man
agement of the O. A. C. team for a
game here on May 2 and Immediately
wired back his terms. No answer has
yet been received but it is expected
that arrangements will be perfected.
Also the local management is trying
to secure a game with the Adams team
for next Sunday.
? Cliildren Save Villaw.
Chardon, O. The village of
Thompson, twelve miles from here,
was threatened by fire when two res
idences and a store were burned, in
volving a loss of $20,000. '
The fire was discovered soon after
school was 'dismissed, and it is due
largely to the assistance rendered by
the children, who served in the buck
get briade, that tho flames did not
spread over the town.
Pendleton. Ore.. April 23, 1912.
To the Citizens of Pendleton:
Tho Twin State Conventions, Ore
gon State Sunday School association,
will have its meeting In this city up
on Thursday and Friday of this week.
At this convention will be gathered
the noted Sunday school workers of
this state as well as exceptionally
gifted speakers In this valuable line
of endeavor from the east. Pendle
ton Is the City of Conventions and It
is her pride to live up to that reputa
tion. Let every Pendleton citizen wel
come the convention individually and
collectively that the members may
leave Pendleton with the earnest de
sire to revisit the hospitable conven
tion city.
R
MURDER