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the circulation In Pendleton of any
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PATER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
'VOL. 25.
FENDLETOX, OREGON, SATURDAY, SKPTKMIJKK 20, 1013.
XO. 7osa
1ST
DIE; FOUR IN
SHOOT, ESCAPE
Mead of Painters and Decorators of
Chicago is Victim of Strange At
tack in His Office.
Hurst Into Ills Prlvato Room and
W'llltoul Warning 0ien Flro He.
llovcd Tlint someone Held a Grudge
' Against Business Agent George
-Cameron After Shooting Men lice
Ihimii Flrc-lv-apo unci M"ko Com
plcte Get-away.
CHICAOO, Sept. 20. Four men In
nr. auto drove to the headquarters of
tho Painters' and Decorators' union
today, burnt Into the room and fired
four bullet Into the body of George
Cameron, butdness agent of the or
ganization. The men then made tholr escape
from the building by going down the
fire-escape and. Jumping Into a wait
ing automobile, made u complete get
away. Cameron Ls dying.
When th police arrlvcj, Cameron
gave them the name of a man whom
he said held a grudge against him,
claiming that Cameron caused him to
lese his Job decorating for the coming
packers banquet.
FEDERALS DEFEATED
IN SHARP BATTLE
GOVERNMENT TROOPS I-OSE 17
DEAD AXI MAXV WOUNDED
IX IAAVEU CALIFORNIA.
CALEXICO, Cul., Sept. 20. A mes
sage received here says that a detach
ment of Constitutionalists defeated a
federal party of troops In Lower Cal
ifornia with a loss of 17 dead and
many wounded among the govern
ment soldiers.
BOY DEFEATS TWO
OF CRACK GOLFERS
BROOKUNE. Mass.. Kept. 20.
Francis Oulmet of Boston, 20. ama
teur and former caddy, won the Am
erlcan open golf championship by tak
ing the play off with Harry Vardon
and Kdward U.i.v, two of England's
best golfers. Total score was 72. Var
don's low score was 77 and Ray's "8.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
EARN MONEY BY
RAISING POTATOES
Up on the hill by the E. U Smith
residence 20 high school boys, taking
the course In agriculture, are at work
this afternoon under the direction of
Instructor A. A. Asbahr digging four
acres of potatoes planted last spring.
The potatoes will be sold by the boys
end tho proceeds will go to a fund
that will bo used by tho clnss In meet
ing Incidental expenses arising In the
class work and In providing further
Improvements for tho garden tract on
tho hill bnck of the high school build
ing. The land upon which the potatoes
were raised was donated to the class
by E. I Smith. Asldo from the four
acres of potatoes some broom corn
was planted and hits given a fair yield.
Another portion of the tract was seed
ed to pop corn and a good yield was
secured. Tills pop corn will also be
sold for tho benefit of the class. A
variety of Rurhnm wheat provided by
James Johns was sown and the yield
is heavy. The wheat has done well
and the heads urn large. Two rows
of field corn were also planted and
tho corn shows up well. , The corn
v as of the yellow dent variety and was
secured from tho Moro experiment
station.
Mr. Asbahr also nttemptcd a small
experiment with rape which he seed-i
ed in rows In dry land ground In the
ttact back of tho high school. The
rape did well and Indicates It can be
grown on dry land in this country. It
is a good forage crop.
WOMAN AND CHILD
KILLED BY TRAIN
ONTARIO, Ore., Sept. 20. An uni
dentified woman, aged 40 and two
children were run down on a bridge!
over tho Snake river by a freight train i
last night, killing the woman and boy
nnd fatally injuring the girl. It Is
evident they had been visiting the fair
nnd were returning home. Officer
ure making efforts to Identify them.
WATERS OF THE PACIFIC IN
CANAL LOCKS FOR FIRST TIME
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PANAMA, Pept. 20. The waters of,
tho Pacific will soon Join the water
of the Atlantic and the great Panama
canal will be completed. It Is esti
mated now that the first shps wll be
enabled to pas through shortly after
the blowing up of the last dyke which
will be on October 10.
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WANT SCHOOL BOARD TO PROVIDE
TEXT BOOKS FREE OF COST TO
PUPILS IN LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Not only may the Pendleton school
beard supply text books direct to pu
pils In the schools but It Is possible
the plan of providing such text books
f:ee of cost may be adopted. A move
ment to this end was started here this
morning, though it Is yet In the Initi
al stage.
V. Jj Thompson, president of the
American National Rank, is cham
pioning the free text book plan -and
this afternoon urged the plan upon
members of the school board.
"When text books are privately
owned as at present there Is a heavy
waste that ls needless," said Mr.
Thompson In discussing the subject
"It Is difficult to dispose of school
books after they have once been used
nnd they are virtually a loss. If the
district owned the books they could
be used again and again and a great
saving would be accomplished. The
expense of the free text book plan
would fall chiefly upon the same peo
ple who bear the expense now but the
expense would not be as great as al
present."
In support of his contention for free
text books Mr. Thompson recites that
in the Btate of Wisconsin from which
FORMER BANKER RELEASED FROM PEN
AFTKK. SKHVINn SKXTEXCK OK
HVK YKAHS, J. C. M AHCIL, IS
AUflTOt HIS FRKKDOM IJY
KKDERAlj JVDC.E Cl"SIIMAX OF
TACO.MA.
T.UXJMA, Ro,,t. 20 J. O. Marcil
was rrnmxUil ot (lie InntaiK-c of At
torney General Mt-Kcynolds who wired
Instruction to tho local federal dist
rict attorney to tako tlte case to the
circuit eouit or nppeal. MrUoyinl,N
ordered that Mcre'l !c recommitted to
servo Ms full term If tho court of ap
peal decide the prisoner In break
ing ids parole Is not entitled to time
off for good lNdiavtor.
SCHMIDT MAY HAVE
MURDERED OTHERS
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 Changing
front completely Hans Schmidt as
tounded the authorities by Intimating
he might fight to escape electrocution,
despite his declaration yesterday he
L? ready to die any time. Conversing
with fellow prisoners Schmidt assert
ed that Whitman will "find himself
against a stone wall," if he tried to
get anything out of him. His manner
has changed completely. Members of
tho health department suspect that
Schmdt may have used forged death"
certificates and are Investigating. They
dont believe Anna Aumuller was the
only victim.
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The accompanying photograph was
taken as the waters entered the Mlra
flnres locks for the first time after the
blowing up of the dyke which separ
ated the canal prism from tne waters
of the Pacific. At the time the pho
tograph was taken there was 12 feet
of water In the wed chamber of the
lower locks.
'be came the free text book plan was in
operation during the laxt three years
' of his school days and worked well.
I Under the plan the books are kept
, at the school houses and each pupil
j Is required to exercise due care In us
I log the bonks. If a book Is torn 01
j mutilated Hie child faces a fine. As
j 11 result of the plan the books are given
; better care than when owned bv the
i children and fhe plan causes the chil
dren to be neat and careful of their
j I'ooks. In Wisconsin the districts fur
; r.lsh not merely the text books free but
writing pads and other necessities of
the school room.
Owing to the change of books this
year there has been complaint here
because of the heavy cost to parents.
The cost falls particularly hard on
poor people. One family Is recited
where the husband earns but J60 per
month ond was forced to pay $30 for
text hooks at the opening of school.
Another family had to bear an ex
pense of $18 for books though the
children had a full stock of old books.
It Is held the school board has au
thority to provide text books free If
the people of the district so desire and
the subject may be put Up to the
school voters In the near future
, TACOMA. Sept. 20. After serving
. u sentence of five years for violation
j ot the banking laws, J, C. Marcil, for
merly a banker of Spokane, was re
leaned today from McNeil's Island
penitentiary by order of Federal
Judge Cushman.
Marcil was previously released on
parole but was returned for violating
tho terms of the privilege. For tnis
offense the time earned by good con
duct whllo In tho prison was disal
lowed but the matter was brought to
thes attention of Judge Cushman
who hell thut good time cannot be
lost for parole violation. Marcil was
then ordered to be released.
SERIOUS WOUND IS
ENDING OF A DUEL
TWO MARSHALS EXC.UJE IX GUN
EIGHT OX UORDElt LINE OE
ADJOINING CITIES.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 20. Jerome Ford,
marshal of Benbow City, Illinois and
Jos. Chadwlck, marshal of Woodrlver,
III., fought a revolver duel on the line
dividing the two villages near here.
The battle ended when a bullet entered
Chndwick's right arm, shattering the
bono.
Don't stint the living In order to
strew flowers on the graves of the
dead.
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FI FEAR
THAT SULZER'S
Governor Facing Impeachment is
Said to Be in Serious Condition
Attended By His Wife.
NO PHYSICIAN CALLED
Hi- AssoHaU'H Are Worried lst
KetKlary Who is KxpectMl to Be
OOveruor'H iv-wt WiUie.Hn, Turns Up
In imrralo -says That Ho Went on
I'liisincXH Trip and t to Km-uim;
the Jurisdiction of tle Lcgfalatitre
of New York.
UL'FFALO. Sept. 20. Louia Surec
ky, Sulxer's secretary, who was ex
pected to be one of the governor's
best witnesses before the Impeach
ment court, but who disappeared from
Albany on the eve of the trial, ?ias
turned up here He said he made the
trip on business and hud no intention
of attempting to escape from the leg
islature's jurisdiction. He intends to
return to Albany on Monday.
ALBANY.. Sept. 1!0 governor Sul
zer ls said to be in a serious condition
through illness and his friends are
worried. It was learned todav that
he Is on the verge of a
complete;
NEAR COLLAPSE
breakdown, although denials of this . ,?jeton'a capitalists .today filed a peti
fact have been made. He has notjt!n in bankruptcy and his wife. Em-
called in a physician as yet but re
mains In the executive mansion with
his wife attending him.
After his attorneys have exhausted,
every legal techniality In the im
peachment trial It Is said that Sulzer .
may appear personally before the
(oivt, abhough if he does so it will "' y. ' :
be contrary to the advice of his coun- Schmidt shows In his petition a list
sel. who want him to stand by his for- 'f hli creditors and the amount of his
mer refusal to recognize the court as Indebtedness to each. The creditor.
legal body. ..'"re numerous. Andrew Lelsinger of
His attorneys held a conference to
day. It Is understood they forsee the
defeat "of the contention that the court
lacks power to try the Impeachment
case, and but one other technicality
r mains for them, the denial of the
prosecution's claim that ' an official
can be tried or removed for his alleg-j
ed offenses said to have been com
mitted before be took office. His law
vers are hopeful that on this point
they would be upheld by the judges
of the court of appeals.
JOHN LIND TO KEEP
AN EYE ON HUERTA
AMKIUCAX ENVOY IS EXPECTED
TO HEMAIX IX MEXICO TO
WATCH DEVELOPMENTS.
VERA CRUZ, Sept 20. It la as
sumed here that while the Washing
ton administration is willing to give
President Huerta the benefit of the
doubt regarding his Intention to hold
a presidential election next month,
John Lind, President Wilson's perso
nal representative will not be with
drawn from Mexico until after the
election ami possibly until he has
witnessed the character of the recep
tion given the newly elected executive.
It is believed that there will be no
radical change in the situation tor
some weeks, but nevertheless Mr. Lind
is closely watching events.
Some people would rather go broke
than not go at all.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Federal troop in Mexico defeat gov
ernment soldier In buttle in Lower
California.
Former hunker released from pris
on ut Tnconui but rearreMed 011 rder$
from Attorney General Molleynold-s. j
Friends of Sulzer fear lie to near
collapse.
Unionist leader in Chicago is seri
ously wounded by four men who enter
his office ami open fire. They then
cseaiH) in an automobile.
Roosevelt in article In Century ina
fca.lne asiils the old lino Mirties.
Another suit for damages is filed
against tho Seattle Times by Con-Ki-cssninn
Bryan of Washington state.
Local.
Grand Jury returns 2 Indictments; j
rrcuiti iiviii I U ill,
lohn Schmidt files petition in bank
nittey; nothing for creditors.
Epitaph over prospector's grave
found In heart of ntountania,
SatTod concert by band tomorrow.
Honds deep with dust and all yearn
for rain.
Star street bridge progressing.
Committee named for alfalfa train.
Move for free text books startoL
High tx-hool class has isUto crop.'
T. R. HANDLES OLD
YS
PARTIES R0UGHV
C OMJ.aKI. IS Ml (11 PljT or
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ST ATI'S OK Till
NEW YORK. Sept
.veil
handles the old line pV
without gloves In an articled
driles
.16 CUT-
rent Issue of the Century magazine,
lilscussing the progressive party al
ternately with the nomination of Bry
an and Parker for president, the party
wherein Penrose, La Follette' and
Smoot stand as three brothers of
leadership cannot possibly supply the
,.eea .or an eii.c.em ana conesive KUHt - whIle nii pergolw were al
governmental action as regards vital work He wa9 arraned on the corn
questions of the day,-he wrote. The,,,B,nt of Walter J. Dugan. In tnspec
article refers to the democratic and nf ,hB rf f,rB nr.VAtinn
I republican parties as "incongrous
Jumbles of conflicting principles and!
policies lacking real differences be -
j As a means of helping to solve the
V.at Industrial and social problems.
declares Koosevelt. the tariff Is mere-1
ly a red herring dragged across the!
trail to divert the people from the real
issues.
JOHN SCHMIDT, CONSIDERED ONE OF
CITY'S CAPITA! ISTS FEW YEARS
AGO, FILES BANKRUPTCY PETITION
Owing, upon his own statement,
more than J 19.000 and without a pen
ny In assets. John Schmidt, who a few
years ago was considered one of Pen-
ma Schmidt whose liabilities are over
ta00 and whose assets likewise are
nil, filed a similar petition. They
v.ere mailed to the clerk of the feder
al court In Portland today and at a
Inter date the matter will come be
fore Referee Thomas Fltz Gerald In
aiia vana. nis brother-in-law. tops
the iit wlrh 1 12.000 In promissory
notes and judgments standing against
the petitioner. The Jacob Betz Brew
ing & Malting Co. of Walla Walla has
judgments amounting to $2200. WII
helmina Rudolph of Sibley. III., a
Judgment for $1500 and Chris Bred
lnR of P).ndlf.ton Qne fof n30Q
These are the largest creditors, the
others being principally merchants of j
Pendleton with whom Schmidt had
accounts ranging from several hun
dred dollars down to small amounts.
The total of his indebtedness Is plac
ed at. $19,364 47. 1
In his statement, tho petitioner as
set ts that his only real property con
sists of a homestead to which he has
not received title and that his onlj
personal property consists of a team
of horses valued at $150, an old wagon
valued at $25, a rake, value $10, and
Hnrmuii's Auto Wreoked .
YPSILAXTI. Mich.. Sept. 20. Run
ning at a high rate of speed Bob Bur
man's racing automobile, driven d
his mechanician. Carl It. Klein, of
Fresno, California, crashed through a
fence near here, turned turtle and
1 oiled down a steep embankment
Klein, caught in the debris, was seri
ously injured and may die
It might add to happiness if
tors had bargain days.
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EXPERTS WILL SPEAK TO PEOPLE
HERE WHEN CORN SPECIAL ARRIVES
The alfalfa and corn special of the
O.-W R. & N. will be in Pendleton on
the night of October 1st John Scott
Mills, of tho publicity bureau of the
road and C. II. Allen, representatlng
Prof. Holdon. urrlved in tho city yes
terday from the Touchet and Walla
Walla valleys, where they have been
arranging for meetings. At confer
ences held with President J. V. Tall
man of the Commercial club last
night it was decided to hold a meet
ing here to which the business men
of the city and the farmers of the
district will be invited. President
Tallman named the following com
mittee to make all arrangements ne
cessary to Insure an attendance of tnr
people of the city and country on tne
date mentioned.
Clarence Bishop, chairman; lorn
Thompson, Roy Raley, Dr. F. E. Boy
den and William McCormmach.
Regarding the coming of the train.
Mr Mills said:
"Mr. Allen and myself have' been
going over tho territory which the
O.-W. R. & X. alfalfa and corn spe
cial will traverse from September 25
to October 4 and we have been met
with assurances at every point that
the people will turn out en masse to
hear Pr-f. Holden and the other
speakers Part of mr trip was
FACTORY DOORS ARE
LOCKED IS CHARGE
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OK OWN Kits OK TKIAXfiLE
SIIIKTWAIST COM PAN ' IS
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NKW YORY, Sept. f0. Max Blanch
' ,.nM. ,.f ,lu tlt.linpli,tf.r. f lh. TrlantFlf
I mn. ukl.h or. furrh
was swept by fire In Washington
Place with the result that more than
140 lives were lost, was on trial in
the court of special sessions accused
of having the doors of his factory,
now on the ninth floor of a lower
Fftn avenue hulmng locked on Au
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and directed the district attorney's of-
I fJfe and Mr' S,teur t0 P1"!8"1 lbr!,efs
nil,nck wa8 reIed on $a00 ball.
Some men fall to meet their obllga-
' Hons because they are headed thrf
I other way. :
household goods valued at $100. He
claims all to be exempt from execu
tion. Mrs. Schmidt's creditors are less
numerous, being principally local
merchanu with whom she had ac
counts. The largest is T. C. Taylor,
to whom she Is Indebted $125. She as
serts that she has no real property
and that her personal property con
sists only of clothing and ornaments
with a probable value of $50. She
claims exemption for these.
Schmidt started in Pendleton as an
employe of the brewery but made In
vestments until he became recognized
as a sound business man- He became
the propretor of one" of the biggest
saloons in the city, built tho Schmidt
block on Man street, one of the best
business and office buildings in the
city, and also built a beautiful home
on the north side, now owned by L
L. Mann. The tide of his fortunes
turned when the city was voted dry.
thus destroying his saloon business
He soon became involved and his bus
iness block and home were sold to
satisfy credtors.
He Is now making a new start on
a little homestead upon. McKay creek
where he and his wife and children
are living. He has been doing some
work for some cattlemen and, by cul
tivating the soil on his homestead Is
able to make a living His wife l
ably seconding him in his new strug
gle for a start.
Will M. Peterson is acting as the
legal representative of the Schmidts
In their eforts to shake off their bur
den of debts.
liullcu Explode in Fire.
SAX BERNARDINO. S ept. 20.
Rev. Brady was shot through the hand
as bullets shrieked about the ears of
hundreds of citizens today when sev
eral thousand cartridges stored in the
national armory here exploded during
a tire.
it takes a pessimist to worry over
a job lot of possibilities that never
develop.
through country In which w-e have
previously operated demonstration
trains, nnd the good which resulted
has had the effect of enlisting a de
termined interest In the train coming
In a few days
"The need of more alfalfa nnd con,
is apparent Your land owners can
not continue to grow wheat continu
can they farm the land year after
can they farm the band year after
year without Impoverishing it by the
cne crop system. Rotation Is neces
sary If continued yield of momen; v
expected. "The planting of corn and alfalfa
is also necessary to produce Teed for
dairy and beef cattle, sheep and hogs
The meat problem is a serious one
here. The greatest stock growing sec
tion of the world should not admit
that it cannot produce enough cat
tle to supply her home needs and also
old in preventing the importation of
Australian meat
"Some of your people are Interest
ed with us In the campaign for diver
sified farming. We hope to enlist
others In the work. The alfalfa and
corn special Is another cnapter In the
history our road Is making of the Pa
cific northwest We are trying to
help the man on the land, and In so
doing we are helping the entire pop
ulation of the great domain"
MOTHER SUIT
FOR LIBEL IS
FACING TIMES
Congressman Bryan of Washington
Asks for $50,000 for Alleged
Slanderous Statements.
OBJECTS TO WORDS USED
Editor Aklcn lUctlien ix Made Defend
ant Along With Times Publishing
Company of Seattle A Degml That
Article ISeferred to Congressman a
Cur" This to the Second Salt
- Drought Again-st tho Newspaper by
Bryan.
SEATTLE, Sept. 20. Congressman
Eryan filed a second suit today against
Alden Blethen, editor of the Seattle
Times, for $50,000 damages for alleg
ed libel. The Times Printing Com.
pany is also a party in the lult.
The libel is alleged to have been
contained in a recent attack upon the
congressman which was printed In
the Times, following Bryan's attack
upon the editor In a speech In con.
gress.
The flr?t uit was flled. everal day
ago. in the second ult. among the-
alleged references of a libelous char
acter, according to the complaint filed
Is one referring to Bryan as "one of
the most contemptible curs that ever
went unw-hipped in any community."
THE DALLES FOLK
VICTIMS OF BUNCO
MAX rOXTKACTS TO BIT HORSES
CASHES MAXV CHECKS AND
THEN DISAPPEARS.
THE DALLES. Sept. 20. One f
the smoothest bunco men who ever
operated here, according to officers,
left this city with $60. which he is al
leged to have fraudulently secured
from prominent local business men
by means of worthless checks. He
also left 20 of the finest horses that
could be found in this and Klickitat
county, Washington, at a feedrard.
ordered the horses delivered to him
at the feedyard, and some of the
ranchers went to the trouble and ex
pense of driving IS miles, that they
might deliver the animals and con
summate the expected sales. .
Officers say the stranger never had
any intention of buying tho horses,
but negotiated for them in order to
gain the confidence of local business
men whom he Induced to cash his
worth less checks. . ,
The heaviest loser is Harley Dunn,
proprietor of The Dalles feedyard. He
tendered a loan of $20 to the fellow,
devoted two days to Introducing him
to Wasco and Klickitat ounties anil
also bought a team of horses for $300,
expecting to sell the animals to the
man for $500. The team ls worth
$300 but he can't find a buyer for
the horses, doesn't need them him
self, but does need the $300 with
which he parted In order to buy the
hourses and pass them on In. a couple
of days at a profit of $200.
PIONEER WOMAN IS
DEAD AT ATHENA
MRS, SCSIE FLEEXEU WHO
CROSSED PLAINS IN 1851 HAD
AX EVENTFUL CAREER.
ATHENA, Ore.. Sept. 20. Mrs. Su
sie Amanda Fleener died at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. H. H. Hill. She
was born In Bloomington. Ind., In
1S32, and was married In 1819 to
James Fleener, a veteran of the Mex-
lean war They crossed the plains In
1851, remaining In Oregon for about
nine years. They then went to Mis
souri by way of Cape Horn, where
they lived for 22 years. During the
civil war she ministered to tho sick
and wounded soldiers camped near
her home In Missouri.
In 1SS2 they again crossed the
plains, but on arriving at Iji Grando
Mr. Fleener died and was burled
there.
Mrs. Fleener took up land near Jo
seph and there supported a family of
II cniutren. s-he was a falthTul mem
ber of the Christian church Six of
her children survive. Mrs Hill took
the body to Joseph for burial.
Attli Deacon IHperc M,
CASS LAKE. Minn., Sept. 20
Archdeacon J. H. Parshall of th
Protectant Episcopal church Drceed
ed In dlspeislng a mob which threat
uied to lynch John Lloyd, undrr ar
rest on a charge or having shot and
killed Daniel Lilly, a bartender Pan
shall addressed thu crowd and per
suaded them to go home.
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