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i DAILY EVEIIItiG EDITIOli Forecast for IXrrn Oregon, by U United State Weather Obnenrt at Portland. DAILY EVEIIIII6 EDITIOli TO ADVERTISERS. The Eut Oregonlan bat tha Urgtat pal circulation of any paper la Oregon, eaat of Portland and over twice tba circulation la Pendleton of any other nawapaper. Unsettled; probably showers tonight tnii Sunday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL 26. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN,. PENDLETOX, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1014. NO. 823. fEtiDLETOIl IS HOT CELHIIIG 4111 III 1101011 Day Will be Quiet With all Business Suspended Many go tr Nearby Towns for the Day. CHAUTAUQUA OPENS TONIGHT Free IrogTam Will be Given In Tent at Garden and Alt a Street Base- ball Game In Walla Walla Attracts Ivm of G a me Other lien tain Quietly at Home. Today la the Fourth of July but It la a quiet Fourth in Pendleton. No formal celebration marks the birth of the nation but In observance of the occasion, practically all of the bUHi new houxos and offlcea are closed for the day. Hundred of the townspeople have left the city to celebrate with other town. Echo, Pilot Hock. Holdman Uklah. Bingham Springs, Lehman Springs and other point where cele bratlnna are being held have drawn their quota of Pendletonlun while many baseball lovers have gone to Walla Walla where the Pendleton and Wallu Walla team are fighting the greatest aerie of the season. Not a few resident have driven out to quiet spots along the river to spend the Fourth in a safe and sane manner. ' Though there Is no celebration in Fendleton. anyone would know that It Is the Fourth. Late last night and early this morning fire crackers. bombs and torpedlea began exploding and all day there has been enough noise to tell anyone that young Am erica Is in the throes of patriotic fer vor. This evening there will be a free program formally Inaugurating the week Chautauqua, this evening at the Chautauqua tent, corner of Garden and Alta streets. MAN IN CRITICAL SHAPE AFTER BIG DOSE MORPHINE RALPH HAXCIX MAY DIE FROM ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE. ' Ralph Rnncln, a Spaniard, who ha been working in a local harness ahop. I now lying almost at death's door at St. Anthony's hospital as a result of what was doubtless attempted sui cide night before Inst. At the time Rancin had been drinking heavily and he took a dose of morphine. As he was not a morphine user the sup position is he attempted to end his lite. Dr. I. V. Temple, city physician, was called to attend the afflicted man and washed his stomach. Rancin was In a very weakened condition from his escapade and has since developed congestion of the lungs. The doctor Is fearful he may die from pneumonia Riches have wings otherwise there would be but few high flyers. MAYOR OF BUTTE MIR , STABBED; LATTER SHOT BUTTE, July 4. Entering the may or's office at J:30 o'clock yesterday, Eric Lantala, a Finish miner, attack ed Mayor Duncan, stabbing him threo times, after the mayor had reiterated his former statement that a corres pondent of a Hancock, Mich., Finnish newspaper upholding the policies of the Western Federation of Miners, who is in Butte, could not be deport ed from the city. The mayor defended himself while on his back by securing his revolver and shooting his assailant through the abdomen. Mayor's Wound Superficial. Lantala was overpowered by" Alder man Davis and Building Inspector Van Home, who ran Into the mayor's office when they heard the scuffling. By this time, however, Lantala had In flicted three wounds on the mayor. Mayor Duncan and Lnntnla were taken to hospitals, where it was said, after a full examination, that the mayor's wounds were superficial cuts In the neck, back and shoulder, while Lnntnla's wound would have to bo ex amined further to ascertain whether the liver had been penetrated, In which case It might prove fatal. The mayor was luter removed to hi homo, Inntnla appeared earlier in the day In the offlco of Police Judge Booher BROTHERS DROWN CLASPED IN ARMS OF EACH OTHER EFFORTS OF OLDER TO SAVE YOUXGEIt FRUITLESS AND BOTH DIE. ALBANY, Ore., July 4 While he roically trying to save his 9-year-old brother, Noel, from drowning, Ed ward Shipley, 11 years old, went down to death with him In the wa ters of the Calapoota river here. Physicians worked for three hour over the body of Edward, which was recovered soon after the accident, in an effort to save the boy's life. Pul motorsjvere rushed here from Salem and Eugene in remarkably fast au tomobile, but all efforts were fruit lea. The two boys, In company with their 7-year-old brother, Kenneth, and 10-year-old Lyman Palmer, were wading In the mouth of the Calapoola river, about 100 yard above it con fluence with the Willamette. None of them could swim, though Noel Shipley and Lyman Palmer could paddle a few stroke. 1 The water I shallow along the bank where the boy were wading. except for one hole about six feet deep, where a gravel dredge had stood. About 10 feet from shore thl hole begins abruptly. While wading Noel Shipley stepped off the ledge Into thi i hole and sank. As he came up the Palmer boy reached out and caught hold of him and was pulled off Into deep water, but managed to paddle to the ledge. Though he could not swim at all, Hdward Shipley went to his brother' rescue and the two sank together, only three or four feet from the edge of the ledge. The two other boy called for help and finally attracted the attention of a man on the Albany steel bridge a short distance below them, who spread the alarm. A crowd of boys who were swimming In the Willam ette a quarter of a mile above hur ried to th scene, and all dove repeat edly for the bodies. INSANE WOMAN ENTERS PALACE OF HXG 6E0RSE SEARCH ItKVKALR WEAPON AND SHE IS TURNED OVER TO THE POLICE. LONDON, July 4. A woman arm ed with two pistols who called at Buckingham palace Friday night to see King George was admitted to the waiting room and searched by a fe male attendant. Weapons being found she was turned over to the police. She proved on examination to be In sane. She Is an Australian but would not give her name. Air Race-Around Manhattan. NEW YORK, July 4. Ten flying boats were entered in today's races around the Island of Manhattan. Am ong them wa a "iter ship" of Rod man Wannmaker's "America." In which Lieut. J. C. Porte will attempt to fly across the Atlantic this sum mer. 3 Dead In Tenement Fire. NEW YORK, July 4. Three per sons, two women and a man, are dead a a result of an early morning fire In an East One Hundred and Twelfth street tenement house. Mrs. Hannah Nlckoll, 45. and her 17 year old dau ghter, burned to death, and Jacob Flnkelsteln died In a hospital. ATTACKED BY and, after threatening him, went to the second floor of the city hall, where Mayor Duncan was just entering his own office. CorreHimndent's Expulsion Refused. "I noticed someone behind me," de clared the mayor, a he was lying on a cot In the Emergency hospital. "The man was a few feet behind me as I Passed through the Auditor's office. Then he closed the Auditor's office door. He followed me Into my private office and demanded to know what i intended doing about Frank Altonen. I replied thaP Altonen had a perfect right to remain here as long as he did no wrong. .."At this the man drew a huge knife," said the mayor, "and shouting 'I'll show you,' advanced toward me. Before that I noticed that he had kept his hand In his pocket. When I saw the knife I grabbed my revolver and shot Jut as he lunged with the knife." The mayor added that after he shot he fell over a trunk in the corner of the room and that while he was trying to extricate himself from' his position Lnntnla drove the knife Into him three times. The third thrust wns just n Davis and Van Home rushed Into the room and started to pull Lnntnla from the. mayor. The stabbing was done with an Improvised dirk made from a file. UNCLE SAM imamimy, . .msr m. .jar WAGER HE CAN SWIM FROM SHORE TO SHORE IS FATAL SIR DEXIS 'ANSON IOSES LIFE AS WELL AS MAX WHO TRIES RESCUE. LONDON. July 4 The river Thames is being dragged for the bodies of Sir Denis Anson, drowned in an attempt to swim the stream last night and William Mitchell, a muslcinn, who lost hi life in an at tempt to save the baronet. With the party was included Count Constantlne Benckendorff, his sister, the Coun ters Nattalle, Raymond Asqulth, La dy Diana Manners. Countess Jacquet tl and Mitchell Herbert, son of for mer British ambassador to the Unit ed States. Anson chartered the steam yacht after the opera for a trip to Kew. On the return trip he wager ed he could swim from shore to shore in the darkness and plunged in. Though a good swimmer, he became exhausted and cried for help. Mitch ell and Count Benckendorff tried to rescue him with the result that Mitch ell as well as Aiison perished. Beck endorff was rescued by a boatman from the shore. Harvard Wins Regatta. HENLKY, July 4. HarVard won the royal regatta here today. C. F. Clapp, ex-Senator, Die. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 4. Cyrus F. Clapp. ex-state senator and one of the wealthiest men in Seattle, died suddenly of acute indigestion. He was 63 years old. ' He acquired his large fortune by Investments in timber lands and Seattle real estate. NEWS SUMMARY General. Mayor of lititto tubll by miner but not fatally hurt, State lopartment Dlscliilnta state ments of Goorjro Ftetl Williams on Albania situation. Situation In Mexico City mid to be at a crisis. Mexican nntosls near Vera crtu salute Americans with skyrocket.' Local. Rohliers traced by bloodhound to Glover where they caught freight; remained all May lit mountains, Pendleton lias quiet Fourth; many leave for other town. CImutnuqua ltcginx this evening with free moving picture lecture. H. 11. Cohen say wheat should ad vance because of world demand, Ralph Rnnkln may die n result of taking morphine. CELEBRATES HIS INDEPENDENCE TODAY TENEMENT COLLAPSES: MANY MAY HE DEAD NEW YORK. July 4 A six story double brick building at Lexintgon avenue collapsed as a result of blasting for the new subway. One corpse has been taken from the ruins. It is feared others are burled. Fire men are searching the huge mound of shattered masonry. CHAUTAUQUA WEEK WILL SEE OPENING TOMORROW MOTION PICTURE SHOW THIS EVENING WILL BE PRELIM INARY EVENT. While the big features of Pendle ton's first Chautauqua will not begin until tomorrow, the week of enter tainment will begin this evening with a motion picture lecture on "The Panama Exposition" at the biir tent on the federal building site, comer Garden and Alta streets. No admis sion will be charged and everyone is Invited to attend. Especially ar the pioneers of this city and county ask ed to attend and a special address will probably be made to them. The mammoth tent was raise! to day on the lot and furnishes comfort able accommodations for many hun dreds. Tomorrow there will be a splendid musical program In the tent. Not to conflict with church services, no pro gram has been prepared for the morn ing but In the afternoon there will be a sacred concert by the famou Lyric Glee Club of Chicago. Col. W. H. Miller, celebrated humorist, will fol low with a lecture. "When I Am Old Bill." Vespers Willi be at 4 o'clock. In the evening beginning nt 7:30 there will be another concert by the glee dug followed by a lecture. "The Other Wise Man." by W. H. Head. lAutcnschlngcr Wins. PARIS, July 4. Lautensehlnger, driving a Mereeds, won the grand prlx automobile race, covering the 470 miles In seven hours, eight min utes and thirty-five seconds. "Jim Hill'' Mustard Fought. DAVENPORT. Wash., July 4 A small army of men is engaged in Lin coln county In cutting the tremendous growth of "Jim Hill" mustard, which extends In one continuous yellow streak along the right of way 4if the Pluestem-Columbla branch of the Great Northern Hallway company from Bluestem to Lincoln, n distance of SS miles. STATEMENTS BY WILLIAMS DISCLAIMED BY DEPARTMENT CRITICISM OF ALBANIAN AFFAIR NOT PROMPTED BY WASHINGTON. . WASHINGTON. July 4. Responsi bility for published statements criti cising conditions in Albania credited to George Fred Williams. Minister of the United States department last night in a formal statement issued by Secretary Bryan. The minister's report on his activi ties in the Balkans has not reached Washington, and heretofore officials of the government have been silent concerning press dispatches quoting him. Secretary Bryan's statement follows: "In reply to Inquiries addressed to the department of state as to what authority the American minister at Athens had to make the remark at tributed to him relative to the con dition of affairs In Albania, the sec retary of state has replied that Mr. Williams was only authorized by the department of state to visit Epirus to observe conditions and report the re sult of his observations to the depart ment, and that the published remarks which he is alleged to have made wre given solely on his owu respon sibility, and with no authority what ever from the department Mr. Wil liams' report of his visit has not yet been received." Pasco Plans Swimming Pool. PASCO. Wash., July 4. A move ment Is on foot to provide a free mu nicipal swimming pool here. The plans are to have it for use by the children at certain hours of the days, then certain periods fon the women and the evenings for men. The city council has been asked to look Into the matter and will take it, up at the next regular council meeting. MEXICANS SHOOT . 4 SKYROCKETS OX 4TH VERA CRUZ. July 4 The Mexican outposts fired scores of sky rockets evidently In cele- bration of the Fourth of July. A company of American ma- Z rlnes nearest them was unable to return the unexpected com- 4) pllment owing to. lack of fire- works The Vera Crux celebra- 4 tion Included a program of sports. Independence day fes- 4 tlvitles also were scheduled at the opening of the new officers club In the evening. 4) Train Bandits Trail Followed Officers Return Robbers Believed to Have Caught Passing Freight and Escaped Following Hold-up--Trail Fresh for Many Miles and Posse Hopeful of Capture But Bandits Had Figured Problem Out Undoubtedly and Had Planned Get Away in Case of Emergency Search Today is Being Directed by Wire From Pendleton. FUGITIVES EVIDENTLY SPEND ENTIRE THURSDAY IN HI0IK6 Having established to their com- plete satisfaction that the two rob bers who escaped after holding up train- No. 5 early Thursday morning, caught a passing freight train at Glo ver siding, nine miles east of the scene of the robbery. Sheriff T. D. Taylor and Special Agent E. B. Wood of the O.-W. R. & N., returned 4ast evening from their manhunt and today are directing the search from this city by wire. With the aid of the bloodhounds brought from the Walla Walla peni tentiary by Guard Francis Davis, they followed the trail of the bandits for about 22 miles through the moun tains and It was so fresh that the of ficers are convinced that the two fu gltives spent the entire day in hid ing Thursday and made their getaway that night or early yesterday morn ing. The trail had been discovered Thursday by Deputy Ira Hughes and Ranger Hiram Schreckhise. but, ow ing to the hardness of the ground, had not been followed far. The hounds were placed on this trail and the scent was evidently strong for they had no difficulty In holding it Often for miles at a time, the dogs led so rapidly that the men were forced to run to keep pace. For sev en and a half hours they followed it up one draw and down another. At oue time M headed toward the Wal lowa country, the bandits having evi dently become confused and then doubled back at a sharp angle. The officers believe they traveled over 22 miles and think the robbers must have taken considerably longer to traverse the distance than they did. In one place the trail led along the main road for a distance of several miles and shoe tracks could be eas ily seen in the dust It is this fact that lead the officers to believe that the bandits were not many hours ahead of them for, during the pre ceding day quite a number of wood wagons had traveled the road and would have obliterated the tracks. For miles at a time, the men were unable to see the sign of a trail yet the dogs went on unfalteringly and eventually the eyes of the officers would again find tracks. Within a short distance of Glover siding the tiall led to a creek. The dogs promptly forded it and picked up the trail on the other side, following it a few hundred yards through a fence tc the railroad tracks Just above the siding. Near the tracks the dogs stopped. The officers believe the fugitives waited for a train there for the dogs were unable to strike any further scent All eastbound freight trains pull on the siding at Glover and stop ten minutes to cool their boxes after the long up-hill climb. The westbound freights proceed so slowly up the hill that anyone could easily climb aboard. Therefore it is possible for the robbers to have traveled in either direction. Personally, Sheriff Taylor Inclines to the belief they went east to get Into territory they probably knew better. Sheriff Taylor believes without a doubt that the trail they followed was that of the escaping robbers and lt( That the world situation Is such the wheat market looks strong and grow ers should obtain more for their wheat than has been offered yet this summer is the opinion of Hyman H. Cohen, commercial editor of the Ore gon Journal who is here today while on a general tour of the wheat dist rict of the inland empire. "Cable reports from Broomhall. who Is perhaps the best authority In the world on wheat, indicate that the wheat crop in foreign countries are not greater than they were Inst year and are probably less. Lust year the world crop was heavy but so great was the demand there was no surplus left. Therefore the conditions for this JOURNAL COMMERCIAL EDITOR SAYS iEAT SHOULD ADVANCE; WORLD HAS NO SURPLUS GRAIN Still at Large for 22 Miles From Search Is his opinion that the men laid out ail day within five mile of the scene of the holdup, probably watching the posses in search. The conclusions reached by the of ficers explode the theory that tha bandits escaped by auto or horseback unless, as Sheriff Taylor says, they traveled by a short distance on the train to where other means of escape awaited them. This, however, he thinks improbable. Since yesterday there has been no further clearing of the clouds which obscure the Identity of the dead ban dit whose body Is still held In the lo cal morgue unclaimed. Though many sUH hold the opinion that It Is Hugh Whitney, the notorious Idaho outlaw, others doubt it gravely. The arrival of another picture of Whitney this morning from Sheriff Ed Rand placed doubt even in the mind of Sheriff Taylor who has been strongly of the c pinion that the Identity waa estab lished. While some of the features of the picture conform to those of the dead man. others are strikingly dif ferent. The greatest discrepancy is In the hair. That of the dead man la black, and straight whereas Whitney's shows curly. However, since the blood has been washed out of the dead man's hair and It has been I combed, it has shown atendency to wave, according to Coroner Garfield. The eyebrow are also very different but it is possible, for a criminal .to convert arched brows into straight ones by pulling out part of them or using a raior. t Coroner Garfield yesterday receiv ed a message from a man in Council, Idaho, stating that the father of Whit ney waa willing to come here to view the body If his expenses were guar anteed. So tar no one has volunteer ed to defray the expenses of the trip. Quite a number of other people claiming to know Whitney have view ed the body since yesterday, some claiming it to be the man and others denying it stoutly. These people place the age of Whitney at this date from 25 to 47 and there have -been such widely different stories told about him that the officers are paying but little attention to any of them. Sheriff Taylor Is busying himself ' today in getting as accurate a descrip I tion as possible of the two bandits i and tallying them up w ith descriptions i of men seen near Kamela on the Jay prior to the hold-up. CONDITIONS IN MEXICO CRITICAL; NEWS AWAITEO WASHINGTON ANTICIPATING DIS ORDERS REVOLT AGAINST HUERTA PENDING. WASHINGTON. July 4. At both the White House and state depart ment telegraphers were on duv avaitln news from Mexico. Every indication was that conditions In tho capital are critical, the latest advice being a revolt against Huerta Is mo mentarily threatened with possible ganger to foreigners ear look Rood to me. I believe that as the season udvunres prlee will b better than at present." In the view of Mr. Cohen the gov ernment report of tha wheut yield of this country Is exaggerated. H de clares the crop will be materially less than the estimate and expects to the government hedge by making al lowances for "crop duniage." Iit year, according to the Journal s corn, inerclal writer, the government's e tlrnate on Jh wheat yield In the north west was 2(1, mill. iiro ritoiheU too high. On his trip over the territory thin year Mr. Cohen says he turn found (Continua l on pag IM ) . i , t1 t 1 1 1