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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
OFFICER KEARNEY PREVENTS
A BOLD NIGHT ROBBERY

Through the good work Of Night
Officer John Kearney at an early
hour this morning, he not only pre-
vented bold burglary but caught the
two would-be burglars in the act and
has them landed safely in jail.
Bond Bros store on Main street
was the place to be burglarized and
2:S0 was the hour set for the crime.
NJ Z, Stickney and Mike O'Connor
are the men Kearney says he caught
in the act and they are the ones nov
lodged in the city jail.
ke0rney was on Alta street when he
heard the sound of crashing glass in
the rear of the Bond brothers store
in the John schmidt block. Rushing
to the Blind alley which extends be-
tween the city hall and the Schmidt
building he saw man IN his shirt
sleeves. standing just behind the Bond
brothers store. At the same instant
this fellow was Joined by a second.
both in their shirt sleeves. They ap-
peared to be startled about some
thing and Immediately started for the
back stairs of the Columbia lodging
house.
y being able 70 pass through the
alley from Alta street to the rear of
the store. because the way is inter-
coptcd by the fencing OF iron bars,
the officer hastily made a detour
around the city hall and started into
,ne doorway leading UP to the CO.
lumbla rooming house, Here he
found the two men crouching in the
shadow of a doorway and Immediate
ly placed them under arrest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25

At a recent congregation of expon-
ents of a dry town at Weiser, Idaho,
90 of the prominent citizens of that
place subscribed $1,000 piece and
total fund of $4,000 was raised to
be used in fighting for the suppress
sion of "blind pigs" and bootleggers,
This was the information conveyed
by Howard Miller, subscription agent
o. the Portland Journal, who has been
travelling in that section. Mr.. Miller
also tells of an amusing incident which
transplred on the train as he was en-
route to this city. With several other
passengers he became involved in
a friendly dispute on the relative mer-
its and evils of dry and a we, town.
The wordy battle waXed long and loud
and the wet element was gradually
getting the better of the argument,
when new champion of prohibition
threw himself into the fray. He was
an elderly gentleman, with mild ex-
pressioned face, but withal a deter
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
.EuGENE'S MAYOR ADOPTS
ROLE Of BLACK KNIGHT

mined set to his jaw. But he i'm
mediately lost all passveness and as
sumed the leadership of the dry
forces. The drinking advocates con-
centrated all their forces on this new
foe but he proved their equal He
was whole army in himself, infantry,
cavalry and artillery and the way he
unlmbcred his guns and exploded his
shells made the enemy gasp. He
seemed to be surcharged with argu-
ments and counter-arguments. Sta
tistics from all over the nation flowed
like fountain water from his lips. He
piled up proof and evidence of his
statements until the opposing forces
were silenced by suffocation. and
when 1t was all over. and the last
feeble utterances of the liquor men
had subsidized, this modern Black
knight who had turned threatened de-
feat into victory, presented the men
with his card. They read and under
stood. It said: ~. ID. Matlock, Mayor
of Eugene"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
LOCAL GLAD|ATORS
LOCKED IN COMBAT
HIGH SCHOOL AND
ACADEMY ARE OPPOSED
City Championship Is at stake-Cap-
tain Devine viii Be Out and His
Absence Equallzes Chances-COn-
test VIII Be An Open Game.

With the city championship at
stake the football elevens of the high
school and academy are battling on
the Court street gridiron this after
noon. The two teams have lined up
for practice scrimmages several times
before this year, but this is the first
time they have lined up for real
championship struggle.
Always before the high school has
the better of the scrimmages, but
always before the eleven from the
school on the hill has had the mighty
Devine in at fullback. Today the
captain with a badly wrenched knee
will be compelled to stay on the side
lines, while the team will be weaken
ed by his absence and the general
shift of players made necessary there
by.
Manager Hawley Bean, who has
been playing strong game at hall
all season, has been shifted to the
fullback position while Nat Kimball
the speediest man on the team has
been taken from quarter to fl
Beans place at half. Carol, an un.
tried man in regular game, will &c
in at quarter.
Another advantage which the acad
emy players will have is that they
know every single play the higf
school team has worked or tried tC
work during the season. Many of the
signals are familiar to them and they
will be able to tell in many instan'
ces just which way the play of theil
| opponents is going. Knowing tn,
trickery of the high school players
with the forward pass. they will alst
be looking for this and it is doubtful
if it can be worked as successfully a
( it has been in the past
| Both teams are coached to pla!
the new game as well as the old anC
! the contest will no doubt prove to b.
an interesting exhibition of the mod
ern game. The contest was to b.
called at o'clock so as to give tn
! turkey dinners 4 chance to digest
Mark Moorhou will referee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25

Stickney. the older of the two men.
must be past 40 years of age and is
nearly bald O'Connor is much
younger, being about 2S or "a. The
two men had room II in the Colum-
bia lodging house and their coats and
hats were found at the top of the
stairs. The younger of the two had
his shoes Off when caught
When seen this morning by a re-
porter the two men said they had
been about Pendleton working on
farms. for several days. St,ckney was
the spokesman Of the two but he fail
ed to name any of the farmers for
whom he had been working. He said
they were just getting ready to so to
bed when they heard the noise OF
breaking glass in the alley almost un-
der their room ana started down to
investigate. thinking il was q fight.
They said that just as they started to
so out the door the officer came in
and placed them under arrest.
AS this is holiday the accused men
VIII not be given a hearing until to-
morrow.
Bond Brothers are not only con-
graduating themselves ON their mar
row ESCAPE irom having their store
-.ar.1gj. but they are also giving
high praise 70 officer Kearuey for his
prompt action and for the fearless
manner in which he took after the
fleeing men. Had ne stopped to hest
tate or consider the danger Of ruunn ne
in onto two strong men in dark
doorway, they would probably have
made good their escape.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
FATAL TENEMENT FIRE.
Six Dead and Many Injured rs Result
of Disastrous Blaze.

Brooklyn, Nov. 25.-Six persons,
two women, one man and three chill
dren, were burned to death and ten
Injured. one fatally. and one woman
is missing as a result of a tenement
house fire in Havens Place yesterday.
Ruins are being searched to ascer-
tain If any other bodies are in the
ashes. The building was occupied
by eight families, although only in
tended to house four. When the
blaze started the dodgers became
frightened, and firing revolvers from
the windows started a panic. many
jumping from the windows. Scores
were rescued by firemen. Mrs. Rose
Caravalla was rescued but afterward
rushed into the house for her two
children. Her body was found later.
There were a hundred in the building
when the fire broke out
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25

New York, Nov. 25.-Among the
passengers on the Scandanavian-Am-
erican liner United States, sailing
from New York today, was a special
messenger bearing the polar records
of DR.. Frederick A. Cook to Copen-
hagen. In addition to the original
data, DR.. Cook is sending an analysis
which, he hopes. will render il un-
necessary for him to appear PERSONAL
ly before the experts of the University
of Copenhagen, who will pass upon
his claims of the discovery of the
north pole. In regard to the matter,
DR.. Cook said:
THE object of accompanying my
original fieldbooks with a comprehen-
sive detail of my journey to the pole
is to explain all questions which in
my belief, l could explain If 1 we're
personally present before the Danish
scientists. My unaltered original field
notes and my instruments, when
recover them. WILL of course be avail
able for examination by the National
Geographic society. upon the condi-
ton that Commander Peary agree to
submit his original data and instru-
ments for examination at the Uni
versity of Copenhagen.
"An expedition will be organized
to go to Greenland next spring for the
two Esquimos who accompanied me to
the pole and to recover the instru-
ments which Mr.. Whitney left at
Etah. I will ask DR.. Thomas S. Ded-
rick of Washington, n. j., who was
surgeon on a former Peary expedi-
ton; Knud Rasmussen, the Danish
explorer, and Roscoe Mitchell. a per-
sonal friend of New York, to go on
this expedition, which will start from
st. Johns n. F, the latter part of
next May"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
STANDARD OIL RETURNS
TO IT'S NATIVE GROUND

Bakersfield, Calf, Nov. 25.-A
million barrels of oil, the property of
the standard oil company. is being
lost by seepage and is slowly finding
its way back into the sands from
which it was extracted. The oil was
stored in earthen tanks and it was
some time before Officers became
aware that a vast amount was being
lost through leakage and the sides of
the earthern reservoirs are being
drilled i'm a vain search for the cause.
II is believed the lost oil has moved
down through to water sand. Own
ers of adjacent property are making
preparations to sink number OF
wells in the hope of locating pools OF
the missing oil.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
JAPAN TO MAKE
INCREASE IN. ARMY

Toxic, Nov. 25.-Supported by a
patriotic sentiment which grips the
heart Of the empire. following the
successful conclusion of the autumn
maneuvers, the military council is
preparing plans for an increase in the
army which will add fifty regiments
of infantry to the imperial force, ac-
cordinC to confidential information.
The wave of resentment which swept
over the empire during the past sum-
mer when scores of soldiers sue
cumbed to sunstroke as a consequence
of eZH 5it,on drills and maneuvers
held at that time has been succeeded
by an awakening military spirit since
the autumn maneuvers has brought
the national realiztion that an army
is being perfected for an inevitable
struggle with the Russians.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
PRICE OF CHICAGO
TURKEY TAKES SOAR

Chicago. Nov. 25.-The price of
Thanksgiving turkey in Chicago has
again been advanced. In 1907 it
could be bought for % cents a pound.
In 1908 it climbed a little higher,
selling at &c and % cents. This year
it costs from 2S to so cents a pound.
Ten years ago a Chicago department
store advertised the following bill OF
fare for S1.95:
Nine pound turkey.
Enough plum pudding for three
pies.
Bunch of celery.
Turkey seasoning.
Pound of paisley.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
One Ticket at Hood River

Hood River. Nov. 25,-The Hood
River city election will be held Tues
day, December Z. There will be but
one ticket in the field. City politics
are usually not very strenuously con-
tested, and the citizens believe that
the retiring councilmen should be re-
elected on account of the fact that
under their regime the city was
launched into the proposition of Sc
curing municipal ownership Of water
ana for which the city voted 100000
bonds at a recent election.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
STORM PILES VESSELS
ON BEACH IN HARBOR

Nov. ga big three masted
schooner. its name unknown. is ashore
at Stevens Flat in this harbor, and
the lives Of the crew arethreatened
Every boat excepting two in the har-
Dor has been piled on the beach and
some are badly shattered as the re-
suit of the worst storm in years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
SHERIFF ASKS TROOPS
TO ASSIST HIM

indianapolis. Nov 25.-Governor
Marshall has received request from
Sheriff Todd of Lawrence county for
troops to be sent to Bedford. He stat
ed that conditions were bad as a re-
suit of a quarrymen's strike and that
the present force of deputies is insult
ficient to maintain order.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25

HIS SUN OF LIFE is SETTING FAST.
THE GRINDSTONE SOUNDS HIS DOOM
HIS BODY SOON WILL BE INFERRED
WITHIN A HUMAN TOMB.
HE DIES NOT WITH \ BROKEN HEART
NOR BY DISEASE. HIS FALL
BUT SADLY YIELDS HIS FLESH AND BONES
TO GRACE A BANQUET HALL
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25

N orGo" to get some one to believe
his talk.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
SENDS DATA
To DENMARK
d.. Frederick Cook Will Prove
His Claim to Discovery Of
North Pole.
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
WILL PASS ON RECORDS

All polar Data of Explorer Leaves on
Steamer Today-sends Analysis
Which VIII Obviate Necessity Of
Personal Presence-Will Submit
All Records and Instruments to Ma
tional Geographic Society Under
Conditions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
SPEED MAN|ACS
ARE DOOMED
New York Police Commis-
sioners Start Crusade
Against Reckless Drivers.
LAWS MUST BE
MORE STRINGENT

Death of Alice Mohcn by Touring
Car and Brutality of Driver, In
cites Commissioners TO Action
Mass Meeting of Citizens Called to
Urge Legislation-Autos Restricted
Less Than Donkey Engines and
Steam Rollers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
RAINFALL IS ABOVE
SEASONS AVERAGE
NOW NEARLY AN
INCH OVER NORMAL
Total Precipitation for Season Is 1.51
Inches-Normal Is 3.59-Octobcr
Rainfall Makes Up September De-
ficiency.

Pendleton's rainfall for the months
of September, October and Novem-
Der, Is now nearly an inch greater
than the normal and with four more
days left in the month it is not al
together improbable that the excess
rainfall for this period this year will
be as great as the deficiency for the
same period last year.
The total amount of rainfall for the
wet season thus far is 4:51 inches
The normal precipitation for the same
period is S.59, leaving a balance in
favor of this year of .92 or but .01 of
an inch less than the total amount
of rainfall for the month of Novem-
Der last year.
AS the precipitation for the three
month in 1908 was but 3.21 of an inch
the difference in the rainfall for the
two seasons is 222 of an inch. With
in almost an inch of the normal rain
fall for the three months.
The following table shows the rain
fall by months:
= Normal. 1909. 1908
September ., "a so .S4
October .1.17 122 LA
November las 2.67 80
1t will be seen from this table that
the precipitation for September OF
this year was far below the average
but with the arrival of the month
of October, the drought which has
prevailed during the past two seasons
seems to have been broken and since
that time there has been a steady In
crease in the amount of rainfall un-
I'll the present month is far ahead
of the average.
The table also shows that last years
wet season started off we'll Sep
tembcr was only one-tenth of an incn
below the average while for Oct. the
excess was 27. II will be remembered
however. that the month of October
practically ended the wet season, as
there was no further precipitation un-
I'll the heavy snow in January.
Therefore with the present excess
in moisture and the prospects exceed
ingly bright for more. it would seem
that the farmers Of Umatilla county
are amply justified in looking for q
bumper crop next season.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
WHOLE NATION
IS THANKFUL
From Atlantic to Pacific
People Of America Render
Thanks for Prosperity.
NEW YORK FEEDS IT'S
COUNTLESS POOR

Hundreds of Thousands in Gotham
Are Made Happy by Free Dinners
Children of Proictatiat Reap Har-
vets by Begging-Tons of Turkeys
Consumed in Philadelphia-EurO
peans Cclebrate-Taft Dclugcd
With DelicacicS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25
MAY De NEW
DEPARTMENT 7
Agitation for Creation of De-
partment of Public Health
in Cabinet.
PRESIDENT TAFT EXPECTED
TO TAKE SOME ACTION

Increasing Complexity of Health
Problems Demands That at Least
Bureau BE Created - Supervision
Now Diffused Through Several De-
partments-Much Aversion TO In
crcasing Size of Cabinet-Enforce-
mont of Pure Food Law Accom-
pIiShcS Much.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-11-25

Probably showers to-
night and Thursdcy;
cooler.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-09

pelled to honor the application be-
cause Of the Interstate requisitloD
agreement OF 1881
There seems to be no good reason
why the governor should seek an ex'
cuse for denying the requisition II II
Is made. No one has oontended that
Judge Williams did not lay out with
and inkstand one Judge Saunders,
the opposing counsel. In the midst OF
an argument hefore the Mcdowell
county court. Il IS said that Judge
Williams had been called a liar be-
fore be threw the inkstand. but
neither. this nor the fact that he mas
Just been elected attorney general OF
Virginia is a legitimate reason why
he should net stand trial for the as
sauit. Lar" is generally regarded
as the first lick In Virginia. .but II IS
necessary to prove that the first lick
was struck"
The reports that because of The
sentiment in Mcdowell county II
would be impossible for the Virgin
ian 10 get a fair trial hardly VIII
cause Judge Williams much apprenen-
son. There is a court of appeals in
West Virginia. and II Mcdowell
county does not give q fair trial the
verdict can be set aside.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-09

Il is to be hoped that after the
question has been fully Investigated
the council will see its way clear 10
adopt the ordinance which has been
asked fer by the Merchants Associa-
ton. imposing a prohibltory license
upon itinerant merchants. Nine
tenths. If not all. Of the people who
would be kept cut OF the city by such
an ordinance. are takers and unde-
sirable. BY sensational advertising
they unload lot of stun on the PEG
pie. cheating the buying public and
injuring the business Of the dealers
who make their hcmes here and as
sist in maintaining the community
and city government.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-09

this donation, 1t was announced was
70 be withdrawn. Such a withdrawal
means that more OF the pin money
of the delegates Will have to be turn
ed over 10 the cause" if il Is 10 be
maintained.
Another point over which the wom-
en- became highly agitated was a
proposition that in view Of the with
drawsl of support. the congress
merge it's identity in that Of the Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress
and accept committeeship.
Never wills We surrender" eX-
claimed half dozen women dele
gates speaking all at once.
AS a result the evil moment was
passed and the wcman's congress sur
wives 20 plant shrubs and tress and
lay out Hover beds by the sides OF
streams in which more men are grub
bling fer sangs and logs and other
impediments TO navigation
Campaign Of Education.
In addition. the woman's congress
is Preparing TO carry on a campaign
Ct education in the public schools.
Delegates were present from thirty
two states.
Mrs. Hoyle TompkIns. Of Shreve-
pert, La. IS president. while Mrs.
Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of the
former vice-president CT the United
States. Is one OF the vice presidents
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-09
EARLYS CASE GIVES
v A5HIkGl(N TROUPE
Hearing Postponed Until To
day After Argument on
Technical Points.
(By Associated Press).

4 WASHINGTON, d. C., Dec. s.
= Puzzling as ever is the problem con
/ fronting the authorities relative 10
: the case Of John r. Early, the alleged
/ lcper, now detained here On the
charge of going about in public While
afflicted with a contagious disease
, and the complications IN this now
famCrs case continue to multiply.
When the case again was called fer
trial in police court tooay Early.s
counsel moved for the prisoners as
charge. the areum Mt being based IN
constitutional grounds. This mctlon
was overruled. EaTlys counsel then
announced that the alleged leper
would not consent tc a trial by THIS
court unless Early be permitted -
appear and take the witness stand
himself. Following this declaration
the district counsel moved the in
definite postponement Of the case,
which practically would ms an life I'M
prisonme Mt for Early. The defend
ants counsel. after declaring his
amazement at the molten, asked
postponement until tomorrow in or
der that he might consider the mat
ter.
Postpcnemert was granted but the
presiding judge made ii clear-that ne
would not permit Early to appear IN
court until 1t ned been proven that
he did not have leprosy.
\ Following TINS a compromise was
suggested TO the effect that Early
go TO New York and subject himself
to examination by specialist, but no
agreement was reached with respect
10 this.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-09
LAWYER KILLS GEORGIA
TOWN MARSHALL IN DUEL
Attseked As Home Breaker, Attorney
Uses His Pistol With Fatal
Effect
(By Associated Press.J

BYRON. GA, Dec. SC T. Bate
mann town marshal. was today fatally
injured By A. T. Harper. a lawyer. In
a Gael with pistols on the principal
street of the town.
Bateman charged that Harper had
destroyed the happiness OF his nome
and attacked the latter with a heavy
walking cane. Harper pulled his pss-
20! and fired 1--WE shots which took
effcct. Bateman drew his pistol as
hs fell and fired upon Harper. but
tiarrer was not injured.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-09
HOW'S This |!

We Offer ore Hundred Dollars Reverb for
Halls CEtaIrh Cure.
~ CfIErEY & CO. Toledo. o..
We. the undersigned, hsye known z: j.
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perfectly hon rabl~ IN sill business transactions
aud financially able 20 carry out any cblign-
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wAIDTNG, EINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. q.
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Ing directly Upon The blood and mucous sur
faces of the ~ stem 1tSfimo ia sat free.
Price sc per hottie. Sol By all dIuggts's
Take Hall Family Pills .or constipation