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the largest paid circulation
of any paper In Oregon, eatt
of Portland and nearly
twice the circulation In
Pendleton of any other
newspaper.
WEATHER REPORT.
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1912.
NO. 7403
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MURDERER SLAYS CITY EDITOR
OF SPOKANE CHRONICLE TODAY
Russian Lumber Jack Enters Newspaper Office and
Shoots Local Staff Chief
FEIGNS INSANITY BUT BELIEVED. A DEGENERATE
Admits Crime, Erroneously Claiming Publication Had
Printed Libelous Statement About Him Reporters
Make Capture.
Siknnc. April 21. K. H. Rothrock, clly editor of the Spokane Chronicle,
,vas shot dead this morning by Richard Aleck, a ltun, ago f J?!S
entered tho newspapers edltoral rooms, raised Lis Run and shot Rothrock
W"lt 'wiw flwt'ijellevwl that the slayer Mas mentally iinlmlnneed an a result
of brooding over tho Titanic disaster. Ho tld a rambling story to the po.
llee, constantly referring to the. Titanic.
Rothrock was approaching the editorial room dcKr as Aleck quietly entir--l
with IiIh mm concealed. . .
It Is believed ho did not single out Rothrock, but Intended to kill the
first iKTHtm he saw.
Aft..r iha nhootlnir. Aleck was over
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powered by tho Chronicle staff and
he mumbled about the Titanic wreck.
At tho police station tho officers said
lie was under the Influence of liquor.
Aleck carried the gun In Tils hand
concealed In his pocket. When he
met Rothrock, he whipped out the
gun and shot and Itothrock fell. Aleck
shot a second time while the murder
ed man was lying on the floor and
- threw the gun away. It w-as picked
up by John Dewltt, a member of the
Chronicle staff.
The murdered man was 36 years or
age and a native of Kansas. His
father, now dead several years, was
a prominent cattle dealer of the mid
dle west. Itothrock was a graduate
of Stanford, prominent in athletics
and popular.
He had been a member ot ine
Chronicle staff since 1899. but only
a few months as city editor. He
leaves a mother and wife in Spokane.
His wife is In a serious condition and
it is feared the news may result ra-
taLater the murderer admitted his
crime and said the paper had printed
a slanderous story about him and he
demanded a retraction. He said it
was refused and he shot for satisfac
tion. No storv has ever been printed
of any nature regarding the murder
er who is believed to bo a degenerate
He was a lumberjack from Idaho. He
snl.l he was told the paper had print
e.i n. storv about him. It is believed
It was a crude Joke played on him. He
Is feigning Insanity now.
MAN'S VAINGLORY
CAUSED GREAT WRECK
George A. Ferguson, of this city is
visiting in Canada while enroute home
from Nebraska, accompanied by his
bride, and is how in Winnipeg. He
was in that Canadian city shortly af
ter the news of the Titanic wreck
was received. He says that all Cana
dian flags were place at halt mast
and many of the shop windows were
filled with bulletins telling of the
wreck news. The following philoso
phical reflection appeared upon one
placard.
Vain Pride.
"The pride of humans In their sup
posed triumph over the powers of
nature was the direct cause of the
los.s of the Titanic. Tho ship could
not sink: therefore take a chance
with the worst would mean only de
lay, and tear through the Ice Infested
waters at top notch speed. Such was
the idea, cxressed or not, which drove
the Titanic to her doom.' Man Is fin
ite and the works of his hands are
the sports of the elements that move
on the face of the waters."
l'VIR COMMISSION OFF
FOR EUROPEAN TOUR'
New York. April 24. To visit all
the prlnclpnl European capitals, in
the interest of the Panama-Pacific
International exposition to be held at
San Francisco, in 1915, the special
commission sailed on the Mauretanla
for London today. The members are
John Hays Hammond, R. B. Hale,
W. T. Sesnon, Brigadier General
Clarence R. Edwards, U. S. A., and
Rear Admiral Sydney A. Staunton,
U. S. N.
Phnntoo Bandit Kill Paris Chief.
.Paris. April 24. In an attempt to
arrest Bennot, chief of the "phantom"
bandits who have terrorized Paris
for months, Assistant Chief of De
tectlvcs Jouln was killed today and
Officer Collmnn mortally wounded.
Bonnet escaped after a running re
volver fight.
MURDERERiOFiSEID
BING FOUND GUILTY
Portland, Ore., April 24. Wong Si
Sam, one of the two Chinese charged
with murder in connection with the
death .of Seld Bing, whose mutilated
body was found in the Seattle depot
in January last, was found guilty or
manslaughter by a Jury In the state
circuit court after deliberations which
lasted from 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon until after 8 o'clock last night
Lew Soon, the other prisoner, will
be tried at once. He Is said to he a
former president of the Hop Sing tong
at San Francisco.
That Ol Sen believes she will be
killed by members of the Hop Sing
tong. with which she and the two ac
cused men, Wong Si Sam and Lew
Soon, are affiliated, is Indicated by
statements made by the woman to
Detective Day. She begged him to
tefl her the name of a certain poison.
declaring that without regard to
whehter the two men are convicted
or acquitted, death will be her por
tion. "All same me kill self as wait and
let Hop Sing kill me after all over,"
she said.
Detective Day Is convinced that the
woman will try to commit suicide at
the first opportunity. She has tried
to end her life already by drinking
benzine.
ODD THICKS IX BRIDGE
PROVED TO UK VALUABI.l
Losers In Game at 5 Cents a Point
rind They Owe $101,850.
New York. The story of a remark
able game of bridge whist which was
played on a recent trip of the liner
Olympic between New York and Ply
mouth, was told )iere. The players
were two Americans, an Australian
and an Englishman, playing at 5 cents
a point. They were fairly matched
and played froely, declaring on light
hands and doubling a declaration with
the smallest Justification.
The Englishman made a heart dec
laration and was promptly doubled
by his opponents. He redoubled and
was again doubled. This redoubling
did not finish until, according to an
onlooker, who was keeping tally, the
value had multiplied nineteen times.
The game when played resulted In
the loss of the odd trick by the Eng
lishman. When, however, the players
calculated what the points were they
found they had multiplied up to 2,
09,7152. The losers said that this
was absurd and that no one realized
what he was doing. Eventually It was
agreed that the losers should each
pay $500 for the odd trick.
rOOR GIRL WINS COUNT.
Pretty Neapolitan Captivates Noble
man on Voyage, to New York.
New York Among' the Immigrants
at Ellis Island Is a pretty little Nea
politan girl, Elvira Plzzanl, for whom
the old legend of King Cophetus and
the beggar maid has come true.
Aboard the Bteamer San Giorgio on
tho way across the water the combi
nation of moonlight, mystery, flash
ing teeth and witching eyes won for
her the heart and hand of Gustavo
Bursotti, which means that the girl
from the steerage will be a countess
when he returns to Italy,
Count Bursotti came over to attend
to some pressing brokerage business
and his women relatives rather ex
pected the young nobleman to win a
multl-mllllonalre bride, but the pret
ty Elvira upet their hopes.
The count will ask Michael Plzanl,
who sells bananas in Christopher
street, for his daughter's hand.
MORE LIFE SAVING APPARATUS DEMANDED
BY OLYMPIC CREW, WHO PREVENT SAILING
South Hampton, Eng., April 24.
Because one hundred firemen refus
ed to stay with the ship unless the
life saving apparatus was augmented,
the steamer Olympic of the White
Star line, sister to the illfated Titan
ic, scheduled to sail for New York
today, failed to leave its berth at the
time fixed.
After a long delay the Olympic left
port. The ship's officers finally ad
justed the difficulties with the fire
men. They put on sixteen wooden
life boats and forty metal collapsible
boats, enough to accommodate three
thousand people.
Later three hundred stokers struck
U. S-MEXICAN -WAR
CLOUDS GATHERING
American Government May Resent
Wanton Murders of Subjects in
Madero's Disturbed Country
Washington, April 24. War be
tween the United States and Mexico is
being agitated here, following the
tales of murder of American citizens
In Mexico, told by refugees who ar
rived at Galv?ston.
The state department sent a second
ultimatum to Madero demanding that
killing of Americans stop at once and
saying an explanation is expected.
Refugees Reach Frisco.
San Francisco, Calif., April 24.
Laden with refugees, mostly women
and children from west Mexico ports.
the steamer City of Panama arrived
here today. The refugees tell many
tales of mistreatment at the hands of
bandits, saying'the anti-American sen
timent is very strong in sections from
which they fled. Most of the men re
mained behind to protect their prop
erty. OREGON REGISTRATION IS
MOKE THAN 131.000
Salem, Ore.. April 24. The total
registration In the state before the
primary election reached 131,880.
which Is the largest ever recoded In
the state1. The total registration for
the general election In 1908 was 122,
095. and for 1910 It was 122.742. The
registration this year Is divided am
ong the various parties as follows:
Republican. 93, 070; democratic, 28,
417; prohibitionist, 1655; socialist,
4928; populist. 5; independents. 2970;
refused to state political designation,
712; scattered 123.
The total registration for the vari
ous counties Is as follows: Raker 3,
SOr, Ronton 1916. Clackamas 5707,
Clatsop 2437, . Columbia, 1S90. Coos
33S9, Crook 2424, Curry 6 10. Douglas
4438. Gilliam 6S2, Grant 145S. Harney
1063, Hood River 1426, Jackson 5302,
Josephine 1984, Klamath 2260, Lake
998. Lane 6047, Lincoln 1121, Linn
4427, Malheur 171, Marion 7519,
Morrow 815, Multnomah 43,587, Polk
2977, Sherman 695. . Tillamook 1234,
Umatilla 4192, Union 3217, Wallowa
1781. Wasco 2738, Washington 4041,
Wheeler 650. Yamhill 3301.
Dr. Pearsons Dying.
Chicago, April 23. Dr. D. K. Pear
sons, age 92, philanthropist and for
mer millionaire, who recently gave
his last dollar to educational Institu
tions, Is dying today at Hinedale san
itarium of pneumonia.
Tafl Wins New Hampshire.
Concord, N. H., April 24. Returns
from the primaries yesterday show
President Taft controls the New
Hampshire state republican conven
tion, to be held April 30. and will get
the solid delegation from New Hamp
shire to tho national convention at
Chicago.
Ned Baldwin, campaign manager
for Judge W. R. Ellis prior to the pri
marles, left today for Portland, where
he will probably establish himself in
a law office.
SHORT FRONTIER PERFORMANCE PROPOSED BY
LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS FOR EASTERN PEOPLE
In order to give effete easterners a
glimpse of the real old wild west, a
plan' Is on foot by the Commercial
and Round-Up associations to enter
tain three trainloads of electric com
pany officials and bondholders on
June 6 or 7 with a short frontier per
formance. President Robinson of the
former association last evening ap
pointed a committee consisting of
Clarence M. Bishop, "W, E. Brock. R.
Alexander, W. J. Clarke. Leon Cohen,
Walter Adams, T. F. O'Brien and Joe
Skrable to act with the Round-Up
committee In making arrangements
for the occasion.
Either on the 6th or 7th day of
June, three special trains, one known
as the pink, one the blue and the oth
er tho orange train, will arrive in
Pendleton bearing delegates to a con
and refused to leave until the life-saving
facilities of the Olympic are Im
proved. The ship Is now held outside
the harbor and the officers are trying
to recruit more men.
More Life Boats Provided.
New York, April 24. Cunard Lin
er Mauelitanla as it left New York
for England today smashed into a
pier, creating consternation among the
twelve hundred pasengers, but none
were hurt.
Warned by the awful fate of the
Titanic, the liner Mauretanla sailed
with almost double the ordinary num
ber of life boats and also carried life
rafts.
ALLEN CLAN ARE
BROUGHT TO TRIAL
Hillsville Courthouse Filled With
Armed Officers to Prevent Repeti
tion of Former Battle
Hillsville, Va. 'April 24. Six mem
bers of the Allen clan were arraigned
here to answer to their part in the
cnurt house tragedy. The prisoners,
included Floyd Allen, his sons, Claude
and Victor; his nephews, Sidna Ed
wards and Ilyrd Marion, all of them
charged with first degree murder.
Each pleaded not guilty and asked
a change of venue, which was grant
ed. They will be tried separately at
Wytheville beginning April 30.
Hillsville and the court house bris
tled with fire arms in the hands of
officers as the proceedings were on
and it was demonstrated that the Al
iens are not without friends.
Detectives say they nipped a scheme
to smuggle fire arms into the Jail.
Wesley Smith, one of the kinsmen,
drew a dagger on a detective and was
knocked senseless. Later nt the point
of a rifle. Detective Payne drove two
other Allen followers away from the
Jail.
hile Judge Staples w as on the
bench, sitting In the chair from which
Judge Mase was shot, a strapping
deputy stood at his side with a huge
p'stnl belted to him. Sheriff Edwards
and Detective Felts searched all who
entered the court room.
SILENCE FOR A YEAR
AMONG WOMAN'S RIGHTS
Oh. .loy! I Hope It's True' Said
Hiislmnd. Hearing of Lady War
Wick's Scheme.
New York. "Where were you last
night," and "Aren't you ashamed of
yourself?" the most popular phrases
in a-married woman's repertoire, will
go Into the discard if the suffragists
adopt the suggestion of the Countess
of Warwick that they refrain from
speaking to men for a whole year in
order to hasten the dav of enual suf
frage.
Many men favored the Idea on the
first ballot, but the women refused to
commit themselves until they had
figured out Just how it would affect
them.
"Going to give us the 'silence, eh?"
laughed a married man whose meek
appearance Indicated that he was
oniy a private in his home. "That's
the most sensible move they've made
yet toward bringing about universal
peace, but it's too good to be true."
"I've been praying for the women
to adopt the suggestion ever since I
heard of it," said another man. "If
the women adopt the suggestion, my
ne win nun ner opinions into a
phonograph and then place the ma
chine in my room."
Hank Statements Culled.
Washington, April 24. The comp
troller of the currency has Issued a
call for the condition of all national
banks at the close of business, April
18th.
It Is easier for a very young man
to raise his eyebrows than It Is for
him to raise a mustache.
vention of electric bondholders and
officials in Seattle, and. through the
efforts of Dr. F. W. Vincent, manager
of the local plant of the P. P. & L
Co., the officers of the Commercial
Club and Round-Up were interested
In a plan to get the distinguished cap
ltalists to stop here for a half hour or
more.
The Dalles has already laid plans
for advertising its community by dis
trlbuting Blna- cherries among the
party and Pendleton, not to be out
done, Is planning to pull off a stunt,
distinctive ond significant and some
thing that no other city In the north
west can do as well. Dr. Vincent has
already subscribed $150 toward pre
paring this wild west treat and an
other slmllor contribution will be all
that Is necessary.
ATTEMPT MADE
WITH TITANIC INVESTIGATION
Chairman Smith Intimates Ismay Tries to Stop
Senate Committee Probe
OFFICER REFUSED TO SAVE TRAPPED PEOPLE
Ignores Pleading of Rescued Women to Return to Sinking
Vessel and Take Off Passengers Who Go Down Pite
ously Crying for Help.
Washington. April 21. (Bulletin)
ator Smith, chairman of the sulcommiue of the senate which is investi
gating the Titanic disaster, today asked
the steamer Mount Temple, at Montreal.
Senator Smith is seeking verification of a report that the Mount Temple
was only fifty miles southwest of the Titanic when the. liner' struck the ice
berg and that one of her passengers,
floundering.
The Canadian government has replied that every effort to co-oierate in
the matter, will be made. '
Washington, April 24. Chairman
Smith of the senate Titanic commit
tee, today charged that an attempt is
being made to interfere with the
work ot the committee, hinting at Is
may. He said no such interference
would be tolerated.
Senator Smith exonerated the of
ficers and crew of the Titanic from
being Implicated in the attempt to
block a full expose of the circum
stances surrounding the shipwreck
and velledly hinted that he had ref
erence to Ismay.
After making this statement Senl
atr Smith refused to call Ismay to
th.. stand. Instead he called Fifth
Officer Lowe of the Titanic.
J. Bruce Ismay was present and
requested that his testimony be taken
Immediately, explaining that his wife
is ill inondon and he wished to re
turn home. He promised to return
to the United States when wanted.
Before Chairman Smith's arrival,
Senator Burton, of Ohio, declined to
wait the coming of the chairman and
began to examine Frederick Fleet,
the lookout on the Titanic, who testi
fied yesterday that the White Star
t fused his request for marine glasses.
Lookout Fleet told the committee
that Quartermaster Hlchens was in
charge of the lifeboat in which the
witness escaped. The women in inai
boat, he said urged Hitchen to re
turn to the Titanic ana rescue iuc
shrieking passengers who had been
left to drown, but Hitchens reruseu.
Here Fleet was interrupted by
Chairman Smith who making nit
veiled attack on Ismay said:
"From the beginning of this in-
vestibation there has been a middle-
some attempt by certain persons to
influence the course of this commit
tee and to stop its procedure.
"I have heard that misrepresenta
tions have been made. I wish It un
derstood that the committee will not
tnWnta tliA attemnts of anyone to
shape Its course."
Harold Lowe, fifth officer of the
Titanic, told of ordering Ismay from
the lifeboat which he was helping to
load. He said he used pretty strong
language. He was told to write on a
piece of paper the words he address
ed to Ismay. Lowe wrote: lfu get
to hell out of that." Lowe said that
Ismav was excited till sworn at when
he went away to help lower another
LINER CLOSE BY
WHEN TITANIC SUNK
Boston. April 24. The Lovin-l
line steamer California was less than
20 miles from the Titanic when the
latter founded. Captain Lord said
last night that had he known of the
Titanic's plight, all the latter s pas
sengers could have been saved.
That his ship was the steamer re
ported to have passed within five
miles of the sinking liner and to have
disregarded signals for help. Captain
Lord denied positively.
"I figure that we were from 17 to
19 miles distant from the Titanic that
night," he said. "About 10:30 we
steamed into an immense Icefield
and Immediately our engines were
shut down to wait for daylight. With
the engines stopped, the wireless was
of course not working, so we heard
nothing of the Titanic's plight until
the next morning. Then came the
news in a message from the Virginia.
On receipt of the message we started
immediately for the zone of the dis
aster. Captain Lord explained statements
by members of his crew to the effect
that the California was within sight
of the Titanic and failed to respond
to her calls for assistance by saying:
"Sailors will tell most anything
they are ashore."
TO INTERFERE
Acting upon an ananyinoiis tip, Sen
Premier Borden of Canada, to hold
said to be Dr. Quinzana, saw the vessel
boat. Lowe declared more hotly: "I
never had a drink in my life," when
asked if he was drunk.
In his testimony relating to the low
ering of life boats, Lowe said:
"The danger In an overloaded life
boat is in the fact that she will buckle
from both ends. There is no support
put more than fifty persons In a boat
before it was lowered although it
might carry 60 if loaded from the
water.
"If the boats had been lowered am
ong the persons struggling in the wa
ter it would have been extremely haz
zardous for all. It la easily explained
why some of the members of the Ti
tanic crew were unable to row. A
sailor is not necessarily a boatman.
He might sail the seas for years and
never touch the oars."'
Chairman Smith quibbled con
stantly over questions and both be
came angry and sarcastic. . .
Lowe said nineteen boats in all
were lowered. He said a collapsible
boat caught in the lappings and fell
with its bottom up. He said he did
his best to fill his boat with women
and children.
At this point Chairman Smith lec
tured the witness and demanded that
he quit arguing.
Lowe admitted there were not
enough .hoatmen on the Titanic . to
man the life boats properly.
He said: .
"We went to life boat No. 3. Ismay
was there. He was standing by me
when the detonator wer?t off. The
flash lighted up the entire deck and
I saw Ismay distinctly. Rockets were
going off incessantly.
"After I got in the life boat all the
woman passengers who wanted to go
I took male passengers. I think about
40 persons were in my boat when it
was lowered and at least twenty-five
were men."
Women sweeping into the commit
tee room where the senate investiga
tion is being held toGk possession of
every seat, even those reserved for
the committee, and ten police were
required to eject them.
IcelxTg Photogrnihed.
Bremer Haven. Germany, April 24.
Bad meagre news ot the aftermath
of the Titanic was brought here to
day by the liner Frankfurt of the
North German Lloyd line. Captain
Hattorf said he was one hundred and
forty miles from the Titanic when it
sunk. He started immediately for
the scene, arriving there at 10 o'clock
Monday morning. The captain said
he saw the iceberg and photographed
it.
ROUNDUP PICTURE
MAN TITANIC VICTIM
With the publishing of the list of
the recovered bodies ot victims of the
Titanic' wreck, positive confirmation
has been received of the rumor that
William H. Harbeck, the photograph
er who took the moving pictures of
the Round-Up. was aboard the fatal
vessel and went to his doom when
the big hulk sank. His name had not
appeared on the original passenger
list given out and It was hoped by his
wife, who is in Seattle, that he had
abandoned his plans of sailing on tho
Titanic, but yesterday's dispatches
numbered his name among the dead
recovered.
Whether or not the original of the
Round-Up films went to the bottom of
the sea with the giant steamer has not
yet been determined. Harbeck had
gone to Europe to dispose of the Eu
ropean rights for the exhibition of
the pictures and, if he had his films
with him. it will mean that when the
present reels In possession of Messrs.
Nelson and Lytle are worn out that
tho pictorial performances of the 1911
show will have been completed.
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