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VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 191? If
NO. 8654
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER P , COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
V
JOHN KEARNEY
F
POLICE IN CITY
Death Comes at Once as Bullet
Enters Head--Despondency Over
Loss of Position One of Causes.
LEAVES NOTE FOR HIS WIFE
lOtkw If Irf-ft for Coroner Ill-own In!
Which He Asks That He Uc Buried
soon a Pusnihlc l '.x-l hlcf Physl
cal and Nervous Wreck for the I'a-t
li-H Days.
John Kearney, until rccenll) chief
of ikiIIco of Pendleton, thin afternoon
shortly before two o'clock committed
suicide In a riMini in Ule .State HoU-l
hi -hooting liiui-, If through the
la-ad. Death was Instantaneous.
l-Nind. m oM-r Uic kaaj of his '
position und his Inability to toft re li
quor alum- Is given as the cause of
his rash act hy his friends. He loft
two noil's, one to t'oroner Brown and
tine w his wife. The one to tlie cor
oner simply asked that he be Inn-ted
as soon as possible The one to Ida
wife lias not yet been delivered undj
lis contents are not known.
The former chief had been a phy
sfcul and nervous wreck for the joist j
fi days and phjsli-lans hail bMBY
ii in.- in keep htm In bed. He came
down town curly thin afternoon withj
his w. nut daughter and. after aBaVlf
her, went to i la- suite Hotel and took
a hack corner room on tin lippet
floor. He had a tablet and evtdentl
wrote the notes Uicrc. Still sitting;
in On- chair he hud ploced the re-1
ii.Imt la his head and find.
ConPie Hear shot
A man and wife In the next room
httrt the shot and summoned em-!
ployes "f the house. They found the
dead bod hanging over the chair, the
head and feet touching the floor.
Just M he had fallen bnck. Dr. E. O.
Parker was summoned at once and
foand that life had departed. The
eofonar was notified at once and
tooli chance of the body shortly after
two lie found the notes where the
had liecn left on the dresser. The re
olvtr. the cylinder containing five
loaded cartridges and an empty one.
was lying on the floor as It had fallen
nd a tn.x ..f cartridges, from which
the ones In the revolver had been ex
tracted, lay open on the dresser. The
body was removed to the Drown un
dertaking parlors.
lived Hen- Many Years,
i i qmnail Is survived by a wife and
Iwo children, a daughter and a son
both of whom nre young. A brother,
Chu-ence Kearney, also survives him.
He had lived In I'matllla county
since his youth, went from here to
I he Philippines during the Spanish
Vimrlcan war and returned to. Pen
dleton at the close of the war. He
had bean OB the police force for ten
or twelve years, first serving as night
policeman under Chief Tom Our
dane. Four eurs ago he was elected
to succeed Hardline as chief of the
force and served until Sept. 10 of this
.car when lie resigned as I result ol
:. pirsonal encounter with Mayor John
Dyer. He was counted as a very ef
ficient worker along criminal lines.
Sn.c i his resignation, he had not
bean working and recently had grown
ci despondent. His intemperate
drinking both before nnd after his
resignation had affected both his body
and nilnd and his closest friends hnd
la tun to worry over him. He was
cr devoted to his family and the
aytnpathy ol the community goes out
to the irrlef-strlcken wife and rhll-
di en.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
VUled fleet la prepared to see that
i. ww doea not Interfere in the Hal.
kaa plana.
it rent WhiUock Is mentioned tut
running mate for Wilson In IMS.
. -Chief John Kearney commit
Annual teachers' institute opens to
morrow. Hero of MeiTiiniH- Rpeaka here tonight.
ORMER HEAD OF
SHOOTS HIMSELF
COMMITS
Richard Pearson Hobson Will
Speak in City This Evening
Ex-Congressman Richmond Pear-1
son Hubsonv the popular hero of the!
war with Spain, will arrive In Pen
dleton this evening and will speak 'n'
the high school auditorium at 8 o'-l
clock on the subjects of national pro
hibition und national defenses.
Hobson and Dr. Edwin I Rearms I
of New York, w ho wll ulio speak I
are representing the anti-saloon for
ces of America and are now on a tour
of the west Hoth are very Interest
ing talkers and, inasmuch as there
will be no charge for admission, a
large audience Is expected
A committee from the Commercial
association will meet the party at the
train and escort them to the Hotel
Pendleton where at ( o'clock a din
ner In their honor will be served,
Among the local people who will at
tend the dinner are Will M. Peter
son, who will act aa chairman. IV
Alexander, Leon Cohen. Mayor John
Dyer. Supt. A. C Hampton, J. P
McManua, E. B Aldrlch Postmaster
T. J Tweedy, E L. Swartzlander und
Wesiev N. Matlock.
The speaking -it the high school t ( w attend in a holy,
will begin at 8 this evening and ev-j fifteen minutes before the t
erybody Is Invited. The local W. Cof the program
Thief Gets Into
Home But Nothing
is Found Missing
KBHIDKNCE OF MHS. B1VMII
Mill IS KAN-SACklli 1(1 U
l; BSBR ABSENCE.
During the absence of Mrs. Laura
Hlanchard from her home at 111
Calvin slreet yesterday between the
hours of 10 a. m. and noon, he.
house was entered supposedly by a
would-be thief who ransacked the
DOQae from top to botom Though
everything was turned topsy turvey,
nothing of vulue has been niiaeed by
Mrs Hlunchard.
Ijidy Aberdeen, who is touring Am
erica with her husband, the Marquis
of Aberdeen and late Vlcero) of Ire
land, was given a remarkable ovation
at the Panama-Pacific exposition,
v here she went to attend the Inter
national Congress of Women, of which
she Is president.
l.ad) Aberdeen was the chief fluure
Lady Aberdeen Given Ovation j
HfcjOkv jssMiiiiiLeiiiiVBsaiHaK
MljA mm
5J : 'I
saaiw ayievwai. ElO ... .
AktQDKEN AND MS liV S
ltlchmonil . HoIimiii. who
speaks
ut h'gh school auditorium
tonight
meeting I
eginnlmj I
Entrance to the house was mud j
through a window after a pane had j
been broken out. Thf drawer of
every dresser In the house had been!
gone thmugh. trays were pulled out'
of trunks and the c ontents of the
trunks examined. Indications were
that the thief was hunting for eome
thlng definite and could not locate
It. At least all of Mrs Blanehard'sj
valuables seem to have been left be-1
hind.
She reported the matter to the po-1
lice who are now working on a very
ng silk worms with mul
es saturated with non
dyes two French scientists
In tatting re.; and blue
berry lea
poisonous
succeeded.
raw silU.
ANFQfiD
mt the gathering, which represented
Women of ever race under the sun.
Iady Aberdivn has long been a
commanding figure in the social and
official life of the Brttlah Empire.
She has. through her kindness and
generosilx endeared herself to all
England und Ireland. She and her
husband are delivering lectures on so.
clal Conditions In Ireland.
SUICIDE
CHURCHILL WILL
FLANDERS FRONT;
JOIN TROOPS ON
i Former Lord of the Admiralty is: Army Defending Country Against In
Prepared to Sail for Continent as: vasion of Central Allies Nearly
Subordinate Officer. j Surrounded Says Berlin.
HIS POPULARITY IS GREAT
iie Moat i rlticUed Man in England,
He Now Has Become National Hero
London Xewiier. ITedlct Hei
Soon Will Ill-turn to Cabinet j
lean self in Speech.
LONDON, Xov. 16. Winson Chur
chill, up to last week the most criti
cized man in public life In England,
is prepared to sail across the channel
tomorrow to Join his comrades of the
exford Yoeinunry a." a subordinate
if fleer. The erstwhile first lord of
the admiralty has suddenly become
In his new role one of the most popu
lar men In the country. From his
speech in the house of commons in
which he bared the secrets of the
English reverses and without excus
ing himself, he showed he had not
had enthusiastic "pport. Newspa
pers predicted he soon would return
to the cabinet.
Boardman is Name of the New
Townsite Near Coyote Cutoff
t Special Correspondence, i
HERM1STON. Ore., Xov. 16.
Boardman is the name of the new
tOWn sight at the junction of the Coy
ote cutoff. 3U miles below this city. I
The county surveyor w-aa staking the
site today and will be plated by t'.
II. Boardman. E. P. Dodd and Win. j
Kennedy.
The sight consists of 5 aeraa of
the Boardman homestead on the Co
lumbia river. A four thousand dol
lar depot is now contemplated and
will be used in transferrin freight
by the r.-W. R. & S. and the Boo.
Iane brunch.
Ahotel with lieery in connection is!
now under consideration, work to be-j
gin on the new structure us soon as
details can be arranged by Mr. i
Boardman with the contractors tor,
the hotel.
Immediately surrounding the town
sight Is 1000 acres of government
land while an additional S000 Is un-
der the newly built canal of the west;
extension of the I'mutiHa project.
The lands that are to be Irrigated
will be the best adapted to irrigation!
First Eastern Money Arrives
for County Library Building
Ladies Worked Unceasingly for the
Splendid Civic Enterprise.
A draft tor $3u00 arrived here lost
evening from the Carnegie Founda
tion and It constitutes the first pay
ment on a 125,000 Contribution to
wards paying for the Umatilla Coun
ty Public Library now under con
struction. The l-oard s notified that
the remainder ot the $25,000 will be
forwarded as the work progresses
and will be made in $3000 or $8000
drnt;s The hoard last evening or
dered a payment made the contracts,
Olson A Johnson, for the amount
due I hem up to this time
The llbran is being constructed
through the Joint activity of the city,
county and the Carnegie Foundation.
The city provided the location fres
of cost and did considerable of the
excavating work The county has
provided $10,000 towards the cost of
the building and the Carnegie fund
$25,000, In addition to this money
for building purposes the library has
the benefit of earnings from the
$10,000 Sturgls fund.
The llhrar when completed will
fill an Important chic need and will
be of benefit to the whole count-..
since all the people of the count
Ml FORCES OF
SERBIA TRAPPED
BY THE GERMANS
MONTENEGRINS ARE CRUSHED
Austrian In the West Arc Slowly
)ereomlne the Resistance of Ser-!
bi' Ally Natural Difficultly oil
Country Is Holding; Back A astro-!
i.eruuin Advance.
BERLIN. Nov. 16 The terrible j
natural difficulties of the country,
rsther than the resLsiunce of chc en
emy, Is slowing up the drive of the
central alii?-. In Serbia Yet. with
growing numbers of Serbs captured
dally and with the Germans un
daunted, there are good prospects
that the main arm of Serbians will
be surrounded soon They are ocins
driven gradually westward, while the
Austrlans are closing in from the
north and west, The Austrian are
slowly crushing the resistance of the
Montenegrins In the west.
farming All the land of a too roll
ing character having been eliminat
ed, or are being eliminated as the
various experts examine it. The Co
lumbia river is a decided factor in
warding off late frosts, the earlinesa
of seasons, the unexcelled shipping
facilities and the reasonable price
placed mi the land, the land that
will be offered for sale are great ad
vantages to the homeseekers who
will settle in this undeveloped sec
tion. The main canal recently com
plete! is lined with three inches of
concrete, is 2? 7-10 miles long and
will eventually supply water to 35,
ltd acres of land. The laterals to
be built next spring will I of con
crete also, it is understood. It is
anticipated that part of these lands
under the new canal will be thrown
open to entry early this spring, at
which time the town of Boardmin
will begin to thrive. Mr and MM
Boardman Hied on this desert land
12 years ago, and in that time have
lied the lives of pioneers, hoping
and trusting for the opening of th
surrounding country.
will participate in Its use. The
building will be a sightly structure'
large enough to serve the needs In-!
definitely,
Tn secure the funds for the library
and brio,; about its construction ,c
qulred much hard work on the part!
of the board members. Mrs. Lma
Bturgis, chairman of the board, and
Miss Nason. librarian. worked un-l
oesjiingly for the enterprise and in-!
flueniial work was done by Assessor
C. P. Strain, a member of the board,
und by others.
The Volga 2400 miles long haal
only a four-inch drop to the niK1,
which is characteristic of meet Bus-;
stan rivers.
SNOQ.00U IN (SOU)
IS LOST ON VNH1V
ROME, Nov. IS. Eight hun
dred thousand dollars in gold
Intended for deposit in the San
Francisco subtreosury, to meet
certain war expenses was lost
when the Ancona was sunk,
bankers here announced.
ALLIED FLEET TO
SEE THAT GREECE
KEEPS HANDS OFF
I IN THE BALKANS
France, Russia and England Will Use Force, if
Necessary, to Prevent Interference Wfth
Landing Plans.
Constantine Has Refused to
Grant Demands of the Allies
Central Powers Will Help Grecian King to Re
sist Entente-German Undersea Boats on Way
to Scene.
IflXWIV, Nov. 16. Greek
and ITcncli forr-Ci bate clashed
at Salonika, the point of de
barkation for the allied troop
en route to Serbia, according to
Vienna advices. The French
tried to occupy a Greek ammu
nition tower, but were forrlbty
prevented. liter the French au-thoritie-.
apologized, saylner the
affn.fr was a -mistake-
PARIS. Nov. II Greece has re
fused the demands which the allies
insist are essential to their safete,
diplomatic officials admit. Moreover
the allies are prepared to force a
compliance, while the central powers
will help Constantine resist. The al
lied diplomats will insist inasmuch
as Venizelos eountenaced and Invited
the landing of allied troops at Sa
lonika, that Greece has no right tr
threaten that the allies, if forced to
flee to Greece for safety after Bal
Kr.n reverses, wll! be interned. If
necssary the allied fleets will be
sent to Greece to insure non-interference
by Greece with the Balkan
plans, and It i" hinted the king may
te detn'oned.
At thf- same time the fleet Is dis-1
tinctly likely to meet strong resist
ance from the Austro-German under
sea boats, known to be heading fol
the Grecian vicinity. Meantime, the
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. Robert
P. Skinner. American consul .general
to London, has arrived In Washing
ton to give the state department .1
first hand report on trade condition
in England and the methods used b
Great Britain in diverting and hold
ing up American commerce.
Mr. Skinner denied the reports
that he would not go trnck to his
post in Uindon and that the Brit si.
government had either requested jr
demanded Ms recall
U. S. Consul
General to Report
gfJSJBkkfe-
M 1
allies are bringing pressure to bear
on the king to force him to alter hla
attitude. He Is being strongly n
mlni'ed of ties to the entente pow
ers, and It la hoped in the allied cap
itals he will not dare defy the warn
ings. Germany, however, is trying
to persuade Constantine he will bo
protected if he Joins the German
cause.
John Banister is
Elected Mayor of
Weston Yesterday
(Special Correspondence.)
WESTON. Nov. 16. Weatoa held
her city election yesterday and nam
ed her officers for the coming year
John Banister, prominent farmer
who makes bis home in thai peaee.
is the new mayor. David S. Wood.
Frank Price and Ralph G Saltag
were elected oouncUmen tor two
years. Andy T Barnett was named
recorder and Simeon A. Barnae
treasurer.
There was no oppoaitior to aay ef
the c-andiuates. A little more thaa a
week ago the town held its primar
ies in the shape of a masa meeting
and then it waa that th next ad-
ministration was, determined. May.
or P. T. Harbor declined to run agaia
.is did Dr. F. D. Watts and Mr. Baa
Ister won the nomination from L. I.
O'Harra The runners up for coun
cilmen were Henry Waddingham.
M. Smith and i. B. Davie. Joe Lien
alien opposed Recorder Barnett bat
Sim Barnes, who has been treasurer
for so long that the memory of aiaa
runneth not to the contrary, had 49
usual no rival for the position.
The hold-over councilmen are Joe
Wurzer E. C. Rogers and H. A.
Branac Th se who retire are Ed
Ward Anderson. J. M Ashworth and
L. B Davis.
Wheat Drops Cent
in Portland Today
PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 16.
(Special. 1 Merchants Exchange pri
ces today, club 2 bid. S asked: blue,
stem 93 bid. ST 1-2 asked.
Chicago.
CHlCAGu. Nov It. 1 Special I At
the close today. Dec. $104 3-4 May
$1.06 5-8.
Idles pool
LIVERPOOL. Nov. 13. -'Wheat
spot market easy: No. I Manitoba
"s 4d: No. 3. Us 3d; No. ! hax l
winter, old 12s 4 1.14; So, 2 Chi
new, lis 2d.
In American terms the i m. 11
Liverpool price that for So J "r 1
winter, old Is $1,811 per bushel
Whitlock Hinted
as Running Mate
of the President
WASHI.Nl.Ti N Nn, Friends
of the president Mara dlscuseed ths
possibility of baing Brand Whkloea
American rrpreee r.tatlve in Bel1"n
as the president's running mate la
1116. If Whitlock gives strong sup
iKirt to :he Issue ! national millt r,
preparedness, frlet.iLi believe he wui
make an Ideal vice presidential
'-'date. Aa a campaigner, deme r-ltfl
say he will be a winner
Aa a radical proreiv, Whltlo. I.
the politicians salj. will he llkei la
attract bull moose votes to the dene,
crstlc party. M'ireover campiti.n
experts expressed the view that h
will lie able to swing Okie 'u !h