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. SALEM. OREGON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1911. ' N O. 232.
YHASTY CERTAIN TO FALL
CHINA SEETHES WITH REBELLION
ADMIRAL SAH IS CAPTURED
AND HIS FLAGSHIP IS SUNK
DOOMED TO FALL
SHANGHAI
Peking Fears an Outbreak of R evolutionists and the Wildest
Excitement Prevails Belief Is That Attack Will Soon Be
Made and That Blood Will Flow in Rivers Before the City
Falls Legations Laying in Provisions and Preparing to
Care for Europeans Reports Show That Whole Country
Is Seething With Rebellion.
UNHID PEESS LEANED WIRE.
Peking, Oct. 21 Believing that
an outbreak of the revolutionists
here Is imminent, the wildest excite
ment, reigns today throughout the
city, guards are on duty day and
night at all the foreign legations, and
heavy supplies of provisions are be
ing laid in so that a place of refuge
for the European population may be
at hand when the convulsion comes.
The alarm became critical here
when students warned the American
missionaries in Chili province that
Peking was soon to be attaoked. It
is beyond question that the situation
is of the gravest. The reports of the
foreign powers do not conceal their
belief that the great attack on the
fortress of the Manchu dynasty is
near, and it is freely predicted that
when the assault does come blood
will flow in rivers before the city
falls.
Spread of the rebellion la reported
today from a hundred regions, and if
reports are to be credited, the rebels
are winning everywhere. Late dis
patches say that Tien Tsin Is in
hourly danger of attack and that the
Yamen of the viceroy at Tsinan, the
capital of Shan Tung province, has
been burned.
Rebels Surround Canton.
Shanghai, Oct. 21. Belated reports
reaching here say that Canton is
surrounded by rebels, who have post
ed heavy artillery in the hills and
threaten the city. The populace is In
a state of the wildest excitement and
many are fleeing from the city, sup
posedly with the object of Joining the
rebels.
Barricades are being erected and
the Imnerlal troops' are making hasty
preparation for defense. The rebels
have secured such a position in the
hills that even were an attempt made
to route them. It would mean but
heavy losses to the emperor's troops
with nothing gained. The only thing
to be done is to await the inltiutlve,
which must be taken by the attack
ing army.
America to Send Squadron.
Washington, Oct. 21. Satisfied
that there Is great danger of the
Chinese rebellion developing into a
gigantic national convulsion, the navy
department today took steps to con
centrate the whole Asiatic squadron
near fie scene of the trouble.
The cruiser Albany has sailed from
Manila for Shanghai and the New
Orleans has left Shanghai for Nan
king. Two torpedo boat destroyers
preceded the New Orleans.
Flagship Sunk.
Peking, Oct. 21. Consternation Is
general in official circles here today,
because of reports that Admiral Sah's
flagship has been sunk by the rebels,
and that the commander himself
was captured during the battle be
tween the naval forces of the gov
ernment and the land troops of the
rebels on the Yangtze river near
Hankow. The panic is general.
The fall of Shanghai is hourly ex
pected, and preparations are being
made to protect the city from pil
lage. The walls are being fortified
and the populace are In a state of
great excitement.
From all reports, the entire valley
from Hankow to Shanghai is really
under control of the rebels with the
single exception of Shanghai. It
seems inevitable that Shanghai will
be the next city to fall. If it is cap
tured, the revolutionists will have
secured control of the most valuable
seaport of the empire, from the mili
tary viewpoit, and the Manchu dy
nasty will be almost certain to fall.
Running Ships to Shanghai.
Foreign warships are being rushed
to Shanghai for the relief of the
aliens in case the attack really com
mences. Five British and four Jap
anese torpedo boats are enroute to
that city under full steam. All com
munication has been severed and this
apparently confirms reports that
Chang Sha has fallen into the. hands
of the rebels.
The American legation at Peking
regards the situation as most criti
cal. The town of Ichang is now known
to be held by the rebels, and couri
ers from many of the smaller inter
ior towns bring news of wholesale
capitulations to the rebel colors, with
many desertions from the garrisons.
Ichang has been cut off from the outer
world for several days but the only
trouble that was known there was
agitation by 15,000 coolies employed
on railroad work. They demand their
wages In silver, an impossibility at
this time.
It would not be Improbable If the
national assemble which convenes to
morrow, would take some drastic ac
tion against the throne as the assem
bly is understood to be permeated
with revolutionary doctrine.
Precautions for the protection 'of
all foreign residents in Peking are
being taken today, as an uprising
here is now regarded as by no means
Improbable.
Trains Are Late.
San Francisco, Oct. 21. East-
ern trains are arriving here sev-
eral hours late today, and the
strikers' pickets at Oakland
and Sacramento report trains
arriving from one to eight hours
behind time. They claim the
first section of the fan mail is
20 hours late.
Strikers deny the Southern
Pacific's statement that 75 new
strike-breakers have been se-
cured from among the strikers'
ranks. On the contrary, they
claim the company lost 100
strike breakers yesterday.
Labor Commissioner Mc-
Laughlin has received a com-
complaint that strike-breakers
are being employed in the East
under misrepresentation.
Kicked Her lfcuwn Stairs.
San Francisco. Oct. .21. 'i
suppose it was well to dissemble
his love, but why did he kick me
down stairs." was, in effect the
plaint of Mrs. AWe M. Doak. of
Oakland, when she applied to
the police her- today for re-
dress against David T. Doak, a 4
millionaire San Francisco man-
ufacturer. .
Mrs. Doak, In a police court,
complained, declared, that when
she went to the accused man
to complain of the treatment of
her husband, his brother, Doak
not only refused sympathy, but
struck her in the face, and then
kicked her down stairs.
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WANTS $5,000
FOR INJURIES
TO HER PERSON
Declaring that T. B. Jones failed to
provide her with a proper convey
ance to take her from Qutmby to his
hop ranch and also that he drove
recklessly with the result that she
was injured, Roxie E. Wymore has
commenced a suit in the circuit
court asking that she be awarded
damages to the amount of $5,115.
She says she hired out to Jones as
a hop picker on September 1, and
that he paid her fare on the Oregon
Electric to Quimby and that the
agreement was that he was to meet
her there with a conveyance and take
her to the hop yard. His convey
ance consisted of a wagon with a
hop rack on it, she says, and bag
gage was piled up in the center of
it so that she was compelled to Bit
on the edge. In driving through a
gate, the rack struck it, she says, and
her lee1 was caught between the rack
and gate, badly smashing It, and also
injuring her ankle.
COUNTY MAY
PURCHASE NEW
FARM FOR POOR
Attorney P. H. D'Arcy, and other
owners of a 200 acre tract of land lo
cated near Chemeketa, are conferring!
with the board of county commission
ers this afternoon with relation to
its sale to the county for a county
poor farm.
The present farm consists of 32
acres and the buildings upon it are
Inadequate, and generally it falls
short of meeting the demands upon
it- The plan of the board, in the
event that It purchases the tract, Is
to put up good substantial buildings,
and of sufficient size to answer the
needs of the county for years to come.
The present farm fter the new one
Is put In condition will be sold.
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SHOT DOll
Edward Williams, a Half-Breed
Shoots His Former Sweet
heart, Firing Through a Win
dow, and Kills Another Wo
man. SHOT BY HER HUSBAND
Slxtutiiift Tukes Place Near brovillc
and the Wounded Indian Was
Found in tlfe Brush Tills Morning,
Nearly Dead From Low of Blood
The Indications are That His
Wounds Are Sufllclent to Make
Him a (iood Indian.
tCNITID PEES! LEASED WIDE.
Oroville, Cal., Oct. 21. Inez
Brooks, aged 15, and Mrs. Lillle Ann
Mulllngs, aged 40, are dead today,
and William Mulllngs, aged 19, son
of the latter, Is seriously shot
through the left leg, following a mur
derous attack last night by Edward
Williams, a half-breed Indian at the
Mulllngs home In Mooretown, a ham
let 20 miles from this city. Williams
himself was probably fatally shot by
D. J. Mulllngs, husband of Mrs. Mul
llngs. The half-breed was found In the
brush near the scene of the crime
early today, and brought to the Oro
ville Jail. There Is talk of lynching.
The murderer was aetuate.d by Insane
fury because Inez Brooks, a white
girl, who had been his sweetheart,
forsook him, and took refuge at the
Mulllngs home, i
He and the Brooks girl lived at
Casoada, a small mining town, near
Mooretown. They quarreled, and slip
left him, going to the Mulllngs home.
Last night Williams armed himself
with a 30-30 rifle and followed to
bring her bark. It was dark when he
arrived at the house- He pounded
upon the door, and D. .1. Mulllngs.
head of (he household, came to see
what he wanted. Williams demanded
that the Brooks girl be given to him.
Mulllng-s said he would go In and
sneak to her. He had no suspicion of
the half-breed's nurpo.
Inez Brooks. Mrs. LMlle? Ann Mul
llngs and William Mulllngs, her son.
were in the kitchen. Inez wa clean
ing some chickens.
The Indian sneaked around to the
w'ndow and fired, the first shot
piercing the left breast of his aweet
heart The second nhot took off the
top of Mrs. Mulllngs' head, the third
wounded the Mulllngs boy In the
leg.
D. J.'Mulngs. the fa'lier. se'zed his
revover an'' nHierf out. The tp'tlan
fired a fourth shot at him, but missed
and Mulling then le him hve the
contents of his gun. He shot the man
In the left nrm twice, r'ght arm once
and throneh the Mp.
The Indian fled to tile bnih. where
he was found by the sheriff's posse
early this morning. He had nearly
bled to death.
WILLAMETTE
GOES TO MEET
MULTNOMAH
Accompanied by a large number of
rooters and friends, the Willamette
Tnlverslty football team left for
Portland this morning to play Its an
nual game with the Multnomah Ama
teur Athletic club.
The excursion nan made In a
special of three tars and it was prob
ably the largest of Its kind since the
establishment of the institution. Both
members of the team and their sup
porters were confident that the team
would triumph.
EFFIGY OF THE LUSTER DAOGLES
FROr.l ROPE in FRONT OF HIS CHURCH
Occupies Klrbcsou's Pulpit.
Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 21.
Rev. Charles Groff will occupy
the pulpit of the Immanuel Bap-
tlat church tomorrow, accord-
Ing to announcement today. In
place of Rev. Clarence Richeson,
in Jail In Boston charged with
the murder of Avis Linnell.
Rev. Groff states that Rlche-
son is preparing a formal writ.
ten statement to his cougrega-
tion in regard to his present
trouble, which wlll.be read by
his successor from the pulpit.
The announcement hns created
great excitement, and all are
eagerly awaiting to hear what
the accused clergyman will have
to say.
DROPS LETTER
FROM SKIES TO
HIS MOTHER
UNITED PEERS LEASED WIRE
Uplands, Cal., Oct. 21 Flying
rapidly at a height of 1500 feet Avi
ator Fowler parsed over Uplands at
10:50 today. He was heading direct
ly east. Fowler had passed Arcadia
at 10:27 and North Pomona at 10:30
He appeared to be flying easily.
Ontario, Cal., Oct. 21 Fowler
passed over the city at 11:05. He
was about 2500 feet and going at
a high rate of speed.
While circling over Pasadena Fowl
er dropped the following letter, ad
dressed to his mother: '
"Dear Mother: Will have to
'make speed while the sun shines' to
day, if I am to get out of the fog
belt, so hope to see yon this evening
at Yuma.
"You can keep track of my pro
gress at the different stops along the
road by Inquiring at the stations.
They ought to be well posted.
"With lots of love to you, I am
your loving Bon. ROBERT."
AGAINST LAW
TO ASK OFFICER
FORAIIYTHING
Desiring to put an end to the an
noyance of being solicited for vari
ous matters, state officials are fall
ing back on a provision In the cor
rupt practice act which makes It a
prison offense for any solicitors to so.
licit from any officer, and one of
them declared this morning that he
would sek to enforce It, did not the
solicitors leave him alone.
The statute provides that no per
son shull bol I It or invite contribu
tions for any religious, political, char
ltable or o'her cause or organization
supposed to be primarily for the pub
lic good from any person elected to
elflce. It provides a penalty of not
more than one year in Jail and a fine
not In excess of 5000, or both, and
both solicitor and officer, If the latter
contributes, are liable.
aviator"
fowler is
in the air
I'ii.-iuilenu. (ill., Oct. 21. Aviator
Robert 'i. Fowler resumed his conti
nental trip shortly after 10 o'clock
today. He piade a perfect start from
Tournament Park, am', after ( In Hag
several times over the business sec
tion of the e:ty, he headed eastward,
and was soon lost to view.
IP-fore giving the word to his as
sistants Fowler sad to tin- I'lilt'-l
Press that 'lie conditions for a suc
cessful fllKl'it could not be anticipat
ed .and that, he expected no d"flfu'ty
on the first portion of his Journey.
"J will go directly (-ant to Dun
ning,' naid Fowler, "via Collon from
Banning. I will follow the tracks of
th" Southern Pacific to the Arizona
I'll.'. Tell San Francisco good-bye for
me. I'm gtlng to make it this time."
Two Thoiikiinil Killed.
Kan Francisco, Oct. 21 Code dis
patches received here from Shanghai
by the Chinese Free Press, state
that the Imperials near Hankow have
suffered another defeat at the hands
of the rebels and thut Admiral Suh
Cheng Ping his ships and his men
hnve been captured. The rest of the
fleet which had returned tip the
Yangtze river, was shelled back.
Two thousand are re;orted killed.
HIS FIANCE AND HER FOLKS
RETAIN THEIR FAITH If HIM
FRIENDS CALL HIM IflSAflE
Police, However Hold That He Was Moved by' Greed Only
That Being Engaged to Avis Linnell He Saw No Way to
Break With Her Without Scandal, and So Killed Her in Or
der to Be in Position to Marry Miss Edmands, Who Is Heir
ess to a Half Million Fisherf oik at Linnell Girl's 01.1 Home
Hang Him in Effigy.
ItlclM-son HoHlgim.
Boston, Oct. 21. Complying
with the general opinion of his f
congregation that it la impus-
sible for him to hold his pastor-
ate, whether Innocent or guilty,
Richeson this afternoon re-
signed from the pulpit of the
Baptist church at Cambridge.
f UNITED riESE LE1SEO WtttE
Boston, Oct. 21. The police are
continuing their swift work In bring
ing to justice the murderer of Miss
Avis I.lnnell. Yesterday their first
step was taken In the arresting of
Rev. Clarence Virgil Thompson
Richeson, pastor of the Emmanuel
Baptist church, of Cambridge, to
whom the dead girl was engaged and
the lodging of a charge of first de
gree murder against him. Now they
have almost completed a well sub
stantiated theory of passion, greed
and Inhuman cruelty on the part of
the clergyman, almost Incredible for
k wearer of the cloth.
In contrast to Miss Linnell, Miss
Fdniands Is not a beautiful girl. She
Is, however, heiress to an estate val
ued at HO0,0O0. Her engagement to
Richeson had been announced ' and
hundreds of Invitations for the wed
ding sent out, when It was called off
by Mrs. Edmands upon the minis
ter's sensational arrest.
It is certain that Miss Edmands
knew of Kicheson's acquaintance
with Miss I.lnnell. Friends of Miss
Avis Linnell say that she frequently
visited Kicheson's quarters In Cam
bridge, and was there on one occa
sion when Miss Violet Edmands ar
rived In a brougham and called out
greetings to the minister. Friends
are positive that Miss Linnell was
formally engaged to Richeson.
The missing link In the chain of
evidence Is when and where the
cyanide was given to Miss Linnell.
The police expect to supply this link
soon. They claim to have witnesses
testifying that on the Thursday prior
to the tragedy Richeson .telephoned
to Miss Linnell from the home of
Mrs. John Dunakln In Cambridge
saying:
"Well, 1 will see you on Saturday.
It seems a long time until then."
A plea of Insanity probably will be
Introduced In case of Rev. Richeson
Is proved guilty of the charge against
him. Friends support the Insnnlty
ate, whether Innocent or guilty,
Richeson this afternoon re
signed from the pulpit of the
Baptist church at Cambridge.
theory, and point to Incidents in the
minister's past life as proof that he
has often shown symptoms of being
mentally unbalanced.
Mrs. Linnell, mother of the dead
girl, is convinced that the minister Is
Insane.
"Mr. Richeson, whom I loved as a
son, worried us often by attacks
which he had at our house," she said
today. "Although these attacks did
not appear to be R.erlous, they left
him In a highly nervous state. He
worried over this, and once Insisted
upon breaking off his engagement
with Avis, giving his poor physical
condition as his reason. The engage
ment was renewed, however.
"Avis firmly believed Blie was en
gaged to him when she died."
Others declare that at times Riche
son acted as If he were under the In
fluence of a drug.
Richeson remains taciturn In cell.
He refuses to speak to anyone and
scarcely ever answers his guards.
Motionless and sleepless he sat all
night long, staring Into the darkness
with wide open expressionless 'eyes.
Friends are rallying to the pastor's
support, but he will be asked to re
sign his fashionable pastorate at
Cambridge.
"I will advise Richeson to resign,"
declared Chairman Rumsey, of the
church finance committee, today. "It
can hardly be expected that a church
would feel satisfied to have Its pas
tor In Jail, regardless of whether he
be Innocent or guilty."
The father of Miss Edmands, Moses
Qrant Edmunds, a wealthy resident
of Brooklyn, refuses to desert Riche
son. In his hour of adversity. Father
and daughter both declare emphati
cally that they feel convinced of his
Innocence,
i Miss Violet Edmands Is prostrated,
and a physician is In constant at
tendence upon her.
"1 cannot believe such a thing Is
possible," averred Edmands today.
"We have had, and we still have,
every confidence In our future son-in-law,
and we will stand behind him
until It Is proved, as I firmly believe
It will be proved, that he has no con
nection with the death of Avis Lin
nell." Richeson was of the new school of
sociological divines, speaking mostly
of secular topics and social reforms.
Sensationalism was the keynote of
his sermons. He avoided purely re
ligious topics but social evils were
denounced again and again from his
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