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VOLUME XXVI.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 3. 1914.
NUMBER 28
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A TRAIN HELD UP
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NOTORIOUS HUGH WHITNEY KILL
ED BY HEPPNER OFFICER.
Two Other Robbers Escape
After Deputy Sheriff McDuf
fee Receives Wound.
Westbound passenger train No. 5 on
TtbeTJ.-W. R. & N. waa held np at
1:15 yesterday morning, midway be
tween Eamela and Meaoham, by three
highwaymen under tbe leadeiabip of
tbe notorious Hngh Whitney, who waa
shot and inatanlly killed by Deputy
Sheriff MoDuffee of Heppner, who
happened to be on the train, and who
himself waa wonnded in tbe revolver
dnei with tbe candits,'
'ine roooers ooaraea ine tram ai
Kamela, where it had atopped to drop
off tbe helper engine. They forced tbe
flagman to give signals that atarted
the train after they had entered tbe
rear tollman, and tben proceeded to
roond np tbe train orew tbrnngb tbe
train, proceeding to tbe express oar,
where tbe conductor waa foroed to
stop tbe train.
Tbe express messenger eaved tbe
throngb aafe from beiog dynamited
by arguing that there waa nothing of
valna in it, bnt tbe looal itrong box
waa rifled of its ooutents, amonoting
to lesa than (500.
Leaving one robber in tbe expregs
oar to gnard tbe train orew, tbe other
two proaeeded throngb the smoking
oar and the tbree day ooaobes, in a
bnrried manner, evidently Wanting to
devote their attention to robbing the
oconpanta of tbe Pullmans. However
they atopped aeveral times to rob pros
perous looking passengers in the day
ooaubee, two of these being in the
thud coach, where MoDuUee waa
seated in tbe last seat, and aa tbe rob
bers passed him without holding him
up. he whipped ont bis gnn and Bred
twioe into the taok of the larger man
who oarried two revolvers. Tbe shook
of tbe bullets spun him aronnd, and
aa he faoed MoDuffee his antomatioa
began epitting lead bnt hie ahota went
high, and a third bullet from tbe dep-
uty'a gnn struck tbe bandit in tbe
head and be fell into the vestibule en
trance. Aa be went down, tbe robber
oarrying the saok grabbed a gun from
his oomrade's hand, and at this in
stant two shots oame close together.
One strnok MoDuffee over the heart,
bnt the bullet was fortunately defleot
ed by striking some oarde and other
artioles oarried in the pocket of his
vest. MoDuBee is firm in the belief
that bis tulletwent trne and the seo
ond robber waa wounded, also.
Tbe bandit immediately dropped
from the train, and oalling to tbe one
guarding the train orew, they made
their escape into the timber. Posses
are soouring the mountains and offio
ers are working on two clews, one
leading them into tbe Starkey Prairie
oonntry, and one ont this way, in
which a brown automobile figures.
Traoks made by a toaobine were
fonnd near tb aoene of tbe holdnp, and
early yesterday morning an anto con
taining three men went apeediug
tbrongh Athena, weatward. Tbe oar
waa aeeu by Sauford Stone, bnt be
paid no particular attention to it, not
even tememnering its oolor. Officers
have been warned to look out for a
big brown oar, without a lioense num
ber. Snob a oar bore tbree men who
robbed a farmer in Baker county ear
lier in tbe week, and the supposition
ia that tbe aame men may have held
up the train.
The body of tbe dead bandit waa
taken to Pendleton, and tben back to
Meaoham in the hope that it might be
identified by some one. There it waa
identified as being that of George
Chapman, wboae home iain the neigh
borhood of Kamela. However, this
waa proved to be erroneooa, for on
the body was found a gold Waltbam
watch, on the case of whiob was
soralobed iu rough letters: "Hngh
Whitney, 61211," and he was pos
itively identified aa Whitney by two
Pendletco men, Fred Makin and Don
Sannders, both of whom knew him
well. Whitney was one of the most
desperate ontlawa in tbe Northwest,
and was wanted in several states fot
various orimes. . Hia eaoapada of elod
ing two armed poaaea and making hia
esoape into tbe Jaokson Hole oonntry
ia still fresh in tbe miniJa of tbe pnb
lio. Tbe other two robbers oonneoted
with him in yesterday morning's hold
np, are presumed to be bis brother
aud a man going by tbe name of Dal
ton. Whitney's relativea reside on a
ranch near Couooil, Idaho,
Floyd Pinkerton Harried.
Wednesday, July 1, 1914, at high
noon, In Genessee, Idaho, ooourred
tbe wedding of Floyd Pinkerton aod
Hiss Venna Hantton. The wedding
waa consummated in the presenoe of a
large number of friends and relative
of tbe contracting parties, among
whom were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pin
kerton, parents of tba groom, aod sev
eral other residents of Milton. , Tbe
young oonple left immediately for
Athena, and are now established on
tbe Piokerton farm Bear town, where
they will reoeive tba congratulations
of tbeir friends.
Out of the Monroe Disaster May
Come Greater Safety on the Ocean
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REVISION of the rules of sea navigation is expected to follow the Monroe
disaster. It is believed thnt the United States will seek to change the
International code so that in dense fog ships will bo compelled to use
greater caution against colllsloa The Monroe of the Old Dominion
Hue plying between New York city and Norfolk, Va.. was rammed in a
fog off the Virginia coast by the Nantucket She sank within ten minutes,
carrying down about fifty souls. Eighty were rescued by the Nantucket The
smashed bow of tfie destroyer is here shown, the picture having been taken
When the .iiutm-ket wns In drydocMt Norfolk, Va., lor repairs. The HI fated
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A RECORD FDR SIGNATURES
Prohibition Amendment Would Repeal
Present Home Rule Law.
A petition whiob establishes a new
reoord for number of signatures sc
oured, for the initiation of a state con
stitutional prohibition amendment waa
filed with Secretary of 'State Oloott
Monday. The petition oontaina 85,083
names, signatures having been ob
tained lu every county in the state.
Mrs. F. S. Myers, wife of tbe Port
land postmaster, filed the petition on
behalf of tbe ten initiators and a com
mittee of 100. wbioh will lead tbe
fight to make Oregon "dry" at the
November eleotion. Tbe initiators are:
Joseph H.. Albert, Jalem; G. H. Bill
ings, Ashland; P. J. Brlx,' Astoria j
Leslie Butler, Hood River; Dr. R. O.
Coffey, Portland ; Mrs. Frederick Eg-
gert, Portland; William T. FoBtor,
Portland; Louis P. Myers, Portland;
Alfred U. Sobmltt, Albany, and J. R.
Wilson, Portland.
The proposed amendment is as lol
Iowb:
"Article 1 of tbe constitution vf tbe
State of Oregon shall be and hereby
is amended by adding thereto tbe fol
lowing aeotiou, wbioh abail be desig
nated aeotlon HO, of article 1.
"Seotion 88. From and after Jan
ury I, 1016, no Intoxicating liquors
aball be manufactured or aold within
this state, exoept for medicinal pur
poses, upon prescription of a lloeused
pbyaioian, or for soientiflo, sacrament
al or mechanical purposes.
"This act ia aelf-exeonting and pro
visions of the oonetitution and laws
of tbe state and of tbe obarters and
ordinances of all cities towns aud
other municipalities therein, in oon
fliot with tbe provisions of this sec
tion, are hereby repealed."
If tbe amendmeot is approved by
tbe people tbe "home rule" law is an
tomatloally repealed and tbe state
will become "dry" January 1, 1916.
Tbe time for filing.oompleted petitions
for Initiative measures ended yester
day.
NO ONE INJURED IN WRECK
Spokane Flyer Goes Into Ditch When
Tender Leaves Track.
The Spokane Flyer, bonnd from
Pendleton to Walla Walla, was wreck
ed about a mile north of SpoHord Sta
tion Tuesday moroing. Tbe engine;
tender, baggage and express oar and
three ooaobea left tbe traok, ttw en
gine remaining on the rails. Five
hundred feet of traok was torn up
by the derailed ooaobes before tbe eu-
gine oonld bo stopped, aud tbe pass
engers. were badly haken np but ne
one on tbe train was seriously injured.
O.-W. B. St. N. offioisls say it waa
one of tbe lockiest wreaks in tbe his
tory of this division of tbe line.
The trsln was making fast time and
had passed Bpofford station about a
mils when tbe eogioe tender jumped
tbe tisck, presumatly as tbe lesolt of
a broken rail. Tbe derailed tender
buokled the baggage and express oars
oft tbe traok, aod this car in tnrn
caused tbree of tbe big ooaobes to
leave tbe rails. The aooident ooourred
in a fill and on either aide of tbe Iraok
the bauka are from aix to eight 'feet
hlgb. .
The wrecked ooaobea, tearing tbe
roadbed to pieoea, headed toward tbe
east bank bnt fortunately tbe engineer
brought bla maobine to a stop before
any of tbe ooaobea had toppled over
into tbe dilob.
The aooident took plaoe so qnlokly
that few ot the passengers realized
what was happening, but when tbe
ooaohes oame to a sudden stop, ssv
eral were thrown against the seats
and slightly injured. Had tbe front
ooaob gone into tbe ditoh, in all prob
ability tbe rear coaohea wonld havs
followed and under the oirounistanoes
tbe wreok would bave resulted in aev
eral deaths, sa tbe train carried uenrly
200 passengers.
Drowned At Seattle.
Henry Roe, pharmaoy clerk for Dr.
W. R, Soott, at Seattle, was drowned
last Friday, wbile batblng in Pnget
Sound.
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FREE FROM DEBT
A HALF MILLION ENDOWMENT
FUND NOW COMPLETED.
Announcement Made at Spe
cial Meeting of Trustees On
Tuesday Evening.
Already free from debt, thanks to
generous contribution, Whitmsn col
lege trustees annonnoed Monday that
their oampaign to aeonre a half mil
lion endowment fund baa been auooeea
fully completed, and tbe conditional
gift of tbe General Education Board
baa been won. Dr. Penrose haa issued
the following public statement: '
"Tbe Board of Trustees of Whitman
college held a speoial meeting lues
day afternoon and immediately after
ward announced tbe successful comple
tion of tbe campaign to seooie five
hundred tbonsand dollars. At oom-
menoemeut f 47,000 had remained to
be secured. Several large gifts bave
come in since tben, and today tbe vic
tory ia won.
"In January, 1918, tbe General Ed
ucation Board (tbe Rookefeller Fund)
of New York oity, after a oarefnl in
vestigation ot tbe financial condition
of Whitman oollege. its sobolaily
standing and prospects for futnre de
velopment and influence, voted a con
ditional gift of $125,000 provided that
$375,000 additional be seonrsd in ossb
or valid subBoriptiunsty June 30, 1914.
A fnrtber condition was that the col
lege shoqld be entirely free from debt,
and this bad already been provided for
by tbe notion of the people of Walla
Walla, who in Jnne, 1913, bad
1214,000 for this purpose.
"The total, therefore, given to tbe
oollege within tbe last two years ag
gregates over 1700,000. As tbe pres
ent endowment Is $1)50,000 not count
ing tbe bnildinga and grounds valned
et $(100,000, it ia evident that tbe fu
ture resooroes of Whitmsn oollege
will gnarantee permanence and a large
usefulness in the educational develop
ment ot tbe Paolflo northwest."
This halt million dollar fund Is
purely for an endowment f nnd and no
new buildings or improvements are to
be bnilt from it. Tbe General Edo
oatlon Board's gift will be paid in as
fast as tbe snbsoriptions and tbe en
tire fnnd will gradually be worked in
to endowment inteiest tnnds or au
thorized investments by tbe college
trustees.
LASSEN DEVELOPES INCREASE IN
ERUPTIVE VIOLENCE.
Two Eruptions are Simultan
eous and Blackened Steam
' Spurts a Mile High.
Water Pressure Low.
The pressnre on tbe water pipes of
the oity water system is getting lower
as the warm weather comes on and
irrigation of lawns and gardens in
oreaaea. To conserve tbe supply in
oase of flrb aod until a gain is made
by tba installation of new engine and
pump at tbe well at the bead of tbe
gravity system, sprinkling will be cur
tailed and water oonanmera have
been notified that sprinkling will be
allowed only on Mondays and Thurs
days, tetween the boors of 7 aud 8
p. m.
Miss Rush Wedded.
. A marriage lioense was Issued Wed
nesday to Frank Dooley of Walla
Walla and Miss Alberta Rush, of
Helix.
After lesa than 34 houra qnieaoenoe,
Lassen voloano, near Red Bluff Cal
ifornia borst forth Wednesday in stu
pendous ernption the fourteenth In
the series that began on May 80. No
flames were seen, bnt tbe vast plume
of blaokened steam from tbn crater
waved a mile high in the sky and vol
oanio ash fell at Maoomber Flats, 13
miles distant.
For a little less than half an hour
the" inverted ooue of soaring gBses
maintained sharply defined tbe wdl
known voloanio outline. First from
the month ot the crater itself, stood
up a vertical shaft of jet black ash.
As tbe sbaft rose it mushroomed out
ward, keeping in its beart tbe rjlaok
core of ash. but beginning to shade
into whites and grays at tbe edges and '
finally fanning outward over the sky
in a vast panoply nf gloom.
The air was dear, and from the
moment tbe eruption began, at 5:45
a. m., until tbe spreading cloud of
smoke obscured tbe vision, tbe phe
nomenon oould be observed with pre
cision. .
So great waa tbe foron of tbe erup
tion tbat the height of tbe olond
aeemed to eqnal tbe distance from tbe
month of the crater to the plateau at
raised the case ot peak proper. It was al
most as it one monntain bad keen
stood atop of the other.
At a distance there was tbe appear
ance of what seemed a tbin sheet of
gases hissing from a orevloe or fissure -on
tbe north elope of tbe mountain,
distinct from the main crater itself.
Two eruptiona seemed to be going at
tbe same time.
The length of this Assure or its po
sition with relation to the main
oratar were indeterminate, bnt judg
ing from appearances, tbe new vent
waa ot considerable length.
Tbe true voloanio nature of tbe
eruption, as determined by Dr. Dill
er, of tbe United States Gedogioal
Survey, waa fuitber emphasized by
tbe strong stenob of sulphur pstoepti
ble at Volta and at Viola, 193 miler
down the wind to the north. No ash
es fell at tbe United States forest sta
tion at Mineral, whiob lay up tbe
wind.
Tbe last two successive eruptions of
the peak bave shown the truth of
tbe warning given by Dr. Dlller. after
hia rroonnaiasance, tbat nothing oould
be predicted ot tbe future bebavioi
of tbe voloano. It might be absolutely
qnlet or it might move off lesser erup
tions, gradually dwindling away, nr
it might blow its head off in convul
sions. v
Thus far tbe outbursts have been
progressively violent, the last bis
overtopped any in grandeur and dur
ation. So far as is known, nobody
was within tbe danger zone, aa tbe
diatrlot is snarssly populated, and
those living in the little hamlets 30
miles or more away are thns far in no
danger.
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