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i EDtfORD, ORICOON, WJCDNtfSDA Y, NOV MM I3ER 29, 101 J
No. 21G
ROGUE NEWTOWNS FIRST AT APPLE SHOW
MRS. PATTERSON IS DECLARED NOT GUILTY BY JURY
rv
SCARE 99.64
OF
POSSIBLE TOO
Did Not Compete for Pack or Decora
tion, as Expcctcil Houston Dros.'
Car of Ncwtowns Attracts Much
Attention.
WON $200 PRIZE AND
GOLD MEDAL BANNER
Kcystono Fruit Company of Entral
Wash., Is First on Spltz-
cnburgs.
Sl'OKANK, Wuh.. Nov. 21).
Thrcu hundred dollar, u gold iih'iIhI
bnnner and fi barrel of spray m
Itit !ti wuro awarded today to lions
(cut lron. of Talent, On'., for 1 1
biwt carload of Yellow Newtowns at
tlut font tit imtioiuil nnple show. This
our of Roguo Hier fruit tieoii'd
i,WM 1-2 out or ii ixwtillo 10,000
point. Tim outry did not 'oin'l
for pack or decoration, ns expected
Tim HouMlott ear ulttnrted much
attention by buyers, grower und tin1
general public, itud i a splendid pub-
Gcorfco 8. ICnupp nnd P. L. Oreutl.
Mokoow. won n friwt iiri.o or ;I00
iiikI n gold medal banner with a car
of Wugoucrri in a Nliff competition
on Hint variety. This oar also won
NWiMiprilnkm of .ffiOO for punk and
Inloroutiouul Applu Shipper' iiwo
cintiou trophy for park and gnulinif.
scoring 1,8'IIJl-2 out of a poH.ill'
2,000 points. George M. Stowe
Cocur d'Alono, wiih second.
Olitir winnow in the carload da
went: It. II. Writtlit of Chelan.
Wanli., fitt on SpiUcnburg, Slav
iiihii, Viimnpx and Oancm; II. S. Sim
mons, Woiiutehct, find on mixed 'a.".
Itomtuliaupt & Soiih, .Spokaim, sec
ond. Tim latter won a iUOO prize for
IichI decorated carload.
IndioutioiiH aro that Oregon will he
largely represented at tlu worldV
clminpioiinliip packing contest at the
apple hIiow tomorrow. ,1. M. Carroll
of MoHior, Ore, is iliii'f judge.
White Saluion won the find pruo
at Spokane for tlm host five boxes of
Spilzonburgs, and Hood River the
second priro. Tim judges scored I loud
River two poinlH off on account of
part of llm exhibit being put up in
tlm straight paid;. TIiih ruling was
in nceordnnco with (he decision of
Prof. Van Dcmnn, who IiihI year d"
eidei! that llm at might paek wiih not
tlm hoHt (loiunmreial paek.
IIoiihIoii llniM. won firnt prim on
it fivo-ho.v diHpluy of NowIowiih.
Given Llfo Sentence.
BTOOKTON, Cnl Nov. 80. Mrs.
Hollo Axtol IColp, of Houttlo, nlator
of H. II, Axtol, who wiih Huutoucod
to llfo liuirlHouiuout In Kolaoiu thlH
uiorulnc. for tlm murder of Ohnrlea
HollatH, llim critically 111 In I.oill to
day im tho rofltiH of nu attempt to
Hiileldo IiihI nlKlit by Hwallowlni; nior
plilim, Bhu may dto.
Stocks Irregular.
NBW, YOKIC, Nov. 'JO. Today's
nlook market opt'iied with an irregu
lar movement. Mont aolivo Ishiioh
were Hlijiiilly lower, lfeadinj,', Lo
Iiihii Valley, Union Paoil'ie, Northern
Paoifio and United Slatert Steel lo
inj,' HuhHtantinl fraotioiiH, Wulmwh
limt u point and Canadian Paoific
and Iiitornalioual Moioiuililo pro
i'orrod roso u point, Lutor tlm mar
ket took an upward turn for a hIioiI
time, Continued hear nolliu iikh'iu
doprufifled tlio markut and tho tone
wiih Imiivy.
No Paper Tomorrow.
-Tomorrow heinj,' TliiuikBRiv
day, tlmro will ho no Jhsuo of
" Tlm Mall Trihtum.
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POINTS OUT
WILL LEAD U. S. JROOPJS
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GtN J.Fjranklin Bell.
rnoio ui-rinz.iK.oT iuskkh ttwrno,
WASIIIXOTON', I). C, Nov. 20.
Kecrelarv oT Stale Knox today re
ipiested Seenlary of War KtiiiiHim
to hold from .'Oil to 'J,.'tlll Irooph
ready at Manila for dispatch to
China on hhort notice, (lenunil Hell
will hi' in coiiiuiHiid.
AD WDLGAST ILL
Battle Scheduled for Tomorrow With
Welsh Is Called Off at Last Mo
mentChampion Taken Suddenly
III Early This Morninfl.
I.OS AN(IKM:S, Cal Nov. 21).
Champiou Ad Wolgimt wiih operated
on for fippemliriliM hy Dr. .1. W. Pol
lard at the ('Urn Kartou hospital .it
OrilO a. m. The champion wan on the
tahle one hour and twonly minute.
The operation whk pnnmuueod n buc
ce mid Wolfiifit h rchtin oaily.
About I o'olock th'iK afturuoon
Wnljfstil bejjan to recover fnm the
iuflueimo of tho auaosthetie. Lying
weak and lmlplons, fiurrouuded by bin
iiurno, wifu mid Dr. J. W. Pollard,
tho champion muttered incoherently
of b'm fiK'lit with WoImIi, which he
seemed to think wiih just over.
"Kay, did he knook mo out 7 Did
he?" lepeated Ad over and over
again, lie feebly tried In raise him
self on bin elhowfi, but fell back
nearly exhausted.
"flee, I'm thimly tliimty. I didn't
think ho could knock me out.
Hoy, 'Hebo,' how did it happen 1"
Attendants said he would continue
to bo dn7od and incoherent until
night. His physical condition seems
to bo Rtaudiug him in good ntead.
His one idea is that he was knocked
out by Welsh, and when he is not
muttering about (bin, bo is calling
for bis old ppnrring padtuer, "Hobo''
Dougherty.
LOS ANOKM'JS, Cab, Nov. 30.
Ad Wolgast, lightweight champion of
tho world, woh fieized with a sudden
attack of appendicitis today and bis
Thanksgiving day battle with Kroddio
Welsh ha been called off. Wolgast
had been complaining of pains in his
sido Hinoo last Sunday, when bo ne
a henry meal, immediately aftor in
dulging in fifteen rounds of boxing
with his fiparring partners, At II
o'clock this morning tho pains bo
canm.ncuto and Tom Jones, bis man
ager, summoned a physician. After
a cursory examination the doctor au
nouuuod that tlm champion manifest
ed ovcry symptom of appendicitis.
An automobile was hurriedly sum
moned and Wolgast removed to the
Clara Davlou hospital.
Dr. ,T. W. Pollard, Wolgnst's phy
sician, was called to tho hospital and,
following n consultation with physi
cians of tlm bosiplal staff, the trou
bdo wmh diagnosed an appendicitis,
An operation will ho forformed later
In tlm day.
Wolgast 'n wifo nnd his manager,
Tom Jones, nro at tho champion's
bedsido. Although suffering from
iutonso pain, tlm littlo fightor is on
dtirlng It with tho samo .fortitude bo
manifoslH in tho ring. Ho is not
complaining, hut is much concerned
over tho ciuicollulion of tho fight with
Wolsh.
IS OPERATED ON
FID APPENDICITIS
HUNDREDS OF
BODIES FLOAT
DOWN YANGST
Bloodiest Slaughter of the Chinese
Revolution Is In Projjrcss Today
Near Hankow Han Yaiifj and Wu
Chang Run Red With Blood.
REBEL LEADERS ADMIT
SITUATION IS CRITICAL
Foreign Missionaries and Converted
Chinese Murdered Loss of Han
Yang a Severe Blow.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 20. An n re
sult of the entry' of turbulent Chi
nese and the attacks upon the police,
Sir Kdward Luganl, governor of
Hong ICong, who has jurisdiction
over Shanghai, today proclaimed
martial law hero. The Cliinobc pop
ulation is grcatl yexcited.
HANKOW, Nov. 20. Ono of the
bloodiest slaughters of tho revolu
tion is in progress between tho Mnn
ohuB and Chincne. today. The cities
of Han Ynng and Wu Chang nre run
ning red with tho blood of tho vie-
UuuW&uil huildrvdtj of. boilto -IUV
floating down tho Ynng Tuc Kiang
river. Swarms of vultures nre hov
ering over them.
Itohcl lenders admit that the situ
ation is most critical. The ranks of
tho revolutionists are ciipplod as u
result of the several dnys of righting
and torn by internal diisciiMnu.
Tho loss of Han Yang was n se
vere blow to the rebels, as tho mint
nnd nrsonal enptured there were the
source of their supplies of money
and ammunition.
Fighting is in progress nmid gore
soaked streets, and the piles of dead
nro being used as barricades against
tho Mnuohu attuck. Imperialists are
hayoucttiug tho wounded putting flee
ing Chinese to tho sword and oven
mutilating headless torsos of the
dead.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 20. Three
I'Veneh Roman Catholic missionaries
and a number of converted Chinese
wcro murdered in nu nnti-foreign
massacre at Yun Nan, and it is
feared that many more foreign mis
sionaries who have been converting
the heathens of tho interior nre eith
er dead or in diro danger. They aro
now unablo to reach tho treaty ports
owing to tho fact that tho country u
harassed by bauds of robbers anil
inAWHSGlVING GREETINGS EXTENDED BY THE
Says the football tothe turkey
kx you qet 3tuffr0 avo 7" the
STUFFINq KICKED OPT OFieJ
HONOR INURE
WORKING WELL
QNCRATERROAD
County Commissioners Visit "West
vllle" and Report Finding Every
thing Satisfactory and Good Work
Being Done hy Honor Men.
OFFER TO SEND 0REG0NIAN
INDIGNANTLY REJECTED
Men Say They Are Well Pleased hy
the Locatlonrthe Work and
the Food.
County ComnilssIoiiorH Gcorgo L.
Davis and Jnmos Owons made an in
spection of Wcstvlllo, as tho honor
mon havo unmed their camp at
Klounco Hock, and report (lading
everything Butlsfuitory mid good
work being done In the construction
of tho Crater Lake highway. Ac
companying tho ofilclalR were'
Mcsuri). Itcddy and Putnam of the
Commercial club committee, Dcnj.
Sheldon and Chan. Gay and Road
Engineer llnrmou,,
"WcBtvlllo" Is tho sign upon the
brunch road ltmdjjig to camp, and
'Wfotvlllo l wlfSt?tho mon want it
called, In honor of Governor West.
If you want to start something, just
utter u word against tho governor,
and you will havo to fight tho entire
crow of 27. Commissioner Davis
camo near It, when, In rosponso to n
roifucst for a dally newspaper sub
scription, iio promised to send the
Portlnnd Orogonlau.
"No you don't, wo won't havo It.
It's the poor man's enemy as well as
Wont's. It's a killjoy nnd wo don't
want It," exclaimed sovernl mon,
with much stronger languago than
ought to be printed, lu short the
men violated tho Injunction they
havo prlntod on tho door of the
messhoiiKO, "No swearing permitted,
not thnt we enro n dnmn, but It
sounds like hell to strangers."
Nearly all tho mon wero ques
tioned and all replied that they wore
grontly pleased with Iho work, tho
locality, and tho food. All said they
greatly proferred their present occu
pations to prison llfo nt Salem, nnd
each oxprossed tho wish to make
good nnd Justify tho faith placed In
thoin by tho governor. John Grlove.v
who, ob road supervisor, has chargo
of tho camp, stated thnt ho found
thorn fully tho equal Jn work of any
rcfontlnued ou Page TwoTj
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NEW SPIRIT IN CHINESE ARMY SINCE REORGANIZATION.
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With the rcorg.1! .z.itmii of the Chinese nrmy there has come n new
sjiirit in the officers o d men who compose the military force of the 'em
pire The profowon ot ami1 has token a far higher grade and there is ;i
grcntor osprit do cori. The iucu arc of u belter clas than formerly and
have nequired discipline.
. .,.. .. ...rr.iiMI -v-r nllWIA. VAIlkl TOIAI 1 . X "
GAGE 10 DEFEND
BEinptiw
Former Governor of California and
Minister, to Portugal Will Defend
Man Held for Bribery In Los An
geles.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 29.
Former Govornor Honry T. Gago,
afterward United States mlnlstor to
Portugal nnd ono of tho leaders of
tho republican party in California,
will defend Uort II. Franklin, chtof
Investigator for tho McNamara do
fonso, arrested yesterday on n charge
of attempting to brlbo George X
Lockwood, a prospectlvo Juror.
When Franklin's enso was called
boforo Justlco Young this nftornoon,
ex-Governor Gngo was prosont with
Lccompto Davis, nnd It was nn-
(Cantlnupil on pace 2.)
TURKEY TO FOOTBALL
SENSATION IN
SHOW GIRL CASE
Trial of Lillian Graham and Ethel
Conrad for Shooting W. E. D.
Sokes May Rival That of Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29. A sensa
tion which is expected to rival tho
sjory of Evelyn Nosbitt Thaw was
sprung today at tho trinl of Lillinn
Grnlimu nnd Ethel Conrad, the show
girls accused of attempted murder of
W. E. D. Stokes, n Now York million
aire, when Stokes was compelled o
produce n letter whereon he based
his statement that his relations with
Lillian Graham woro not immoral un
til she wns sntisfiud that he was not
wronging her.
Sokes deelarod thnt the lotlor hnd
reposed in his safo from the day .t
was written until it was produced in
court. It wns ritten for him by Lil
lian before ho ould consent to take
lmr to his stock farm in Lexingtoj.
Ky ho said:
Tho attorneys for the girls nsscrt
thnt it contains tin worst eonfessbn
thnt n girl could bo called upon to
moke. Attorney Jordan hinted 'it
coercion when ho declared:
"When I place Miss Graham on tho
stnnd nnd permit her to toll hiw this
letter enmo to bo written, it will cre-
nto n sensation ns great as that of
hvclyn Thnw. This is tho most dnbt
nrdlv thing I have evor heard."
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl Nov. 29.
Escorted by almost 500 of tholr for
mer comrades, tho romnlna ot Pn
trolmen Charles Castor nnd Thomas
Fonnolly, who woro slnln Sunday by
Paul Pantrlkosn, Grook, woro taken
today to St, Jaiuoa church, wh'ero n
roqulom mnsa was colohratod, nfter
which tho funornl continued to Holy
Gross comotory. At tho funeral woro
tho police commissioners, tho chief of
police nnd many othor mombors of
tho municipal body. Hundreds of
frlQiids niso gathered nt tho church
ntul both cnskotB woro lioapod high
with flowors.
LONDON, Nov. 29. Dispatchos
from Shanghai stato that tho revolu
tionists, nftor holding Nanking only
2t hours, woro driven out ngIn Into
today by tho Imperialists, Tho reb
els suffered sovoro loss.
VERDICTS
w
IS. PATTERSON
WAS JUSTIFIED
Scores of People In Court When Ver
dict Was Rendered Voiced a Mlpjity
Shout of Approval, Despite Court's
Warning."
PARENTS OF ACCUSED
LEAD DEMONSTRATION
Mrs. Patterson Is Almost a Wreck
Has Aged Ten cYars In the
Past Week.
DENVER, Col., Nov. 29. "Not.
guilty" was the verdict this after
noon of the jury which tried tho enso
of Mrs. Gertrude Patterson for tho
fntnl- shooting of her husbnnJ,
Charles A. Pntterson.
The jury bcgnu its dcliberntions nt
9:15 o'clock Inst night. Mrs. Pat
terson wns on tho verge of collnpdo
form the suspense.
The verdict of ncquittnl is regard
ed ns a direct unholdiner of tho dn.
fense's contention that the woman
wns justiifed in shdoting her husband
because he. sold Iter lotSOOo.,
Erail Strouss, tho Chicago cnpitiil
is t.
Scores of people in tho court room
voiced n mighty shout when tho ver
dict was read, in spite of the court's
warnings. Men nnd women joined in
the demonstration of approval.
Mrs. Patterson's fnther, mother
nnd sister wcro present, nnd led tho
demonstration, rushing forward nnd
hiiggiu gand kissing her.
The first bnllot was taken by tho
jury nt 9 o'clock this morning.
Mrs. Pntterson spent tho morning
in the mntron's room in the county
jail, apparently much dejected over
the delay nnd evidently fearing a ver
dict of guiltv. She nged ten yenra
in tho Inst week.
"The thing which is hurting tho
most is the fnct that Mr. Benson
cnlled mo a vampire," declared tho
neeused woman to u group of newi
pnper men.
TRIAL OF BLETHEN
IS BITTERLY FOUGHT
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 29. Bit
tor clashes botwoon counsel fentnrnii
the taking of testimony this morning
in mo trial of Col. Aldon J. Blothon.
nowspaper publisher, chargod with
maintaining a public nulsanco during
tho Gill administration.
Attorney Fulton for tho dofonso
said:
"Wo walvo tho necessity of prov
ing that tho Arcado danco hall wns
a public nulsanco and that liquor
was sold Illegally." Blethon Is
charged with operating tho dlvo
through agents. The dorenso will try
to show that Dlothen did not know
tho naturo ot tho place.
Thirteen witnesses wero hoard.
Tho burden of their tostlmony wna
that liquor was sold Illegally tb.at
lewd women congregatod at tho placo
that no stato or county llcousp hod'
boon taken out and thnt tho placo
wns so notorious that ovory ono In
Senttlo, including Colonel Blothon,
must hnvo known Its naturo.
TACOMA, Wash. Bloodhounds
are on tho trail hero today of an
unknown man who last night aprane
from tho bushes upon Mrs. J, P.v
Mooro, wlfo ot u local contractor, as
sho was on her way through a lone
ly road to visit her husband whora
ho was working at Day Island. Tho
woman fought hard for hor liberty
and succeeded In breaking from hor
assailant, rushing to hor husband,
who lod n gang of men through tho
woods. In search. A John Dee war
rant has been sworn to by tho ean
tractor. A good description has
boon obtained by tho police
You renlly know whero to find
tho now homo nfter answering a lot
of "possible" nds.
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