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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
WOULD INDICT LYNCHERS
IN ARKANSAS CITY

Hot Springs, Ark, Dec. 27.-A spe-
lynching of Oscar Chitwood, who was
shot by twenty armed masked men
while being taken from the county
Jail by deputies, has been called by
Circuit Judge Evans. Indictment Of
tNe lynchers is sought.
Attorney John Graham, represent
ing Chitwood, is said to have discov-
cred the identity of three men who
led the shooting. He will give the
names to the grand jury.
Chitwood was held for the murder
of Sheriff Houpt and the feeling
against him was high. He was being
taken to another city for protection
when shot
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
FIVE INJURED WHEN
AUTO MEETS POLE

Seattle, Dec. 27.-Five prominent
Wenatchee men We're injured, one
dangerously, when an automobile in
which they were hurrying to the We
natchee- Chicago football game skid
ded and crashed into a telephone pole
on Eastlake avenue between Nelson
Place and Alder street. The man
most seriously injured is Niles NJ. So
renson, prosecuting attorney-elect of
Chelan county, He is suffering from
conclusion of the brain. 1t Is believ-
ed he will recover.
The other members of the party
who were severely cut and bruised,
were VIII Campbell, a Wenafchee
business man, II. T. Wright, an insur-
ance agent, DIR. L. 3. Manchester
member of the state board of health
and DR.. L, f. Hutchinson, official
physician for the Wenatchee team.
The car was driven by James Nc
Bride, a professional chauffeur. He
was not badly hurt
According to the occupants, the
automobile was going between 60 and
10 miles an hour when 1t approached
sharp turn in Eastlake avenue.
Fearing that 1t would not safely make
tho turn the five Wenatchee men
rose to heir feet, prepared to jump
They were saved the trouble, for
when the car sllidded they were pitch
ed out head foremost, some of them
landing so feet away.
The car whirled around, breaking
off n telephone pole, snor across the
stand and crashed part way through
wooden bulkhead where it over
hangs Lake Union
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
Roy SHOOTS HIMSELF
THROUGH THE LEG

Albert Grouse, familiarly known as
skinny" who lives on Webb street.
is lying i'm his bed today with bullet
through his leg. the wound having
been inflicted by his own gun. But
few details could be learned of the
shooting up TO the time of going 10
press. but il is supposed to have been
accidental. About 10 o'clock last
night Paul Fimell. the well known
high school. passed by the Forster
planning mill and noticed young
Grouse sitting on the walk He had
scarcely gone block before he heard
a shot and, returning, found Grouse
with bullet wound in one of his legs
above the knee. Ii is not yet known
how the accident occurred but il is
supposed that lie was triiling with Il
loaded revolver.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27

Victoria, B. c., Dec. 27.-A wire
less from the steamer Tees, stating
they had found a cabin and two life
boats from the missing steamer ST.
Dennis, which formerly operated be-
tween Victoria and northern British
Columbia, in the neighborhood of
Clayoquoi, is taken as confirmation
that the ship has been wrecked.
She carried a crew of fourteen men,
Captain Davis. Their fate is un-
known.
The ship left Vancouver November
IS, and passed Cape Flattery, Novem-
Der IS, and passed Cape Flattery No
vember 81. Since then nothing has
been heard of her.
She was loaded withcoa ! and Mexi-
CO was her destination.
The St. Dennis was a steamer of
SIG tons gross, and was 161 feet
long. She was owned by the Bosco-
witz Steamship company of this city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
UMAT|LLA PROJECT NOT To
be EXTENDED At PRESENT
ADVERSE REPORT OF ARMY ENGINEERS KILLS
President TAFT Approves Recommendations Of Board-Ap
oropriaton for Completion Of Present Project.
I'm
at Of
Is mt

by adjustment and modification of the
amounts as may be necessary for the
intelligent and proper prosecution of
the work, and to the advantage of the
service.
You are authorized to call upon
the secretary of the treasury to issue
certificates of Indebtedness needed to
furnish the funds in accordance with
the allotment recommended by the
board and approved by me as the
same shall be needed from time to
time in pursuance of the terms of the
act.
''The remainder of the report OF the
engineers, which was not responsive
to the direction Of the law but was
drawn at my request and for my in
formation, hereby approve, and
when congress reconvenes in January,
l shall submit a message to the two
houses, transmitting the report an
nounclng my approval for the same
and urging the adoption of the en-
abling legislative measures recon-
mended by the board"
In its comprehensive report on the
reclamation work in general, the en-
glneering board says in part:
Well Designed.
The engineering structures of the
various projects are as n whole well
designed and well built. Some OF
them, as the Pathfinder dam, the
Shoshone dam, the Roosevelt dam
and the Gunnlson tunnel. are monu-
ments reflecting great credit on both
designer and builder.
Modern irrigation being relatively
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
Quiet in Cnttnl.

Washington. Dec. 27.-Christmas
Monday in the national capital was
as quiet as Christmas day. President
Taft surprised his staff at the execu-
tive office by appearing there for an
hour in the morning and reading his
mail. Secretary Nagel and Secretary
Meyer called on the president. In
the afternoon the president and Mrs.
Taft drove around the city, calling at
the residence of Admiral Dewey. Sec
cetary and Mrs. Nagel gave a dinner
last night in honor of Miss Helen
Taft
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
NEW YORK TO HAVE
LARGEST HOTEL IN WORLD

New York, N. Y, Dec. 27.-The
work of demolishing old buildings at
saith street and Broadway preparatory
to the erection of the Greely Square
hotel, the largest in the world began
today. The hotel will be % stories,
exclusive of the basement and will
contain 1900 sleeping apartments
The total investment for site and
building is s13,5o0,O0O. Charles Taft,
brother of President Taft, is one of
the directors Of the hotel company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
WOULD D|SFRANCH|SE
men IN COLORADO

Denver, Colo, Dec. 27.-A bill to
deprive men of the ballot in Colorado
will be introduced in the state legis-
lature is a measure now being franz
ed by men intended to disfranchise
women, because it is alleged they
have not proved to have been good
voters is presented at the coming ses-
sion. That is the answer Of the Col
orado suffragettes have for the men,
il was learned today. The fight prom
ises to be a warm one.
There are both men and women in
the legislature and the women MEM
bers have mapped out a campaign
against disfranchisement which it is
predicted will be, spectacular.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
Butte Team Defeated

Butte, Mont, Dec. 27.-The debut
of the Maroons Butte's representative
basketball five, was made last night
when they were defeated in a fast
game, 80 to 25, by Company F team Of
Portage Wis. The locals were out
classed in the lightning team work
of the visitors but put up a surpris-
ingly good game for their first ap-
pearance this season, and for most of
the first half kept pace with the Wis
itors in scoring baskets.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
ANNUITY OF $1,000 ON
WIDOW OF DEAD AVIATOR

Dayton, O, Dec. THE Wright
company will settle an annuity of ap-
proximately $1,000 on the widow and
children of Ralph Johnstone, a Wright
Brothers aviator who was killed at
Denver, according to statement
made tonight by F. H. Russell, man.
ager OF the company. -Johnstone fell
to death at Denver while soaring over
an aviation field.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
WAR BETWEEN CHINA
AND JAPAN PREDICTED

st. Petersburg. Dec. 27.-War be-
tween Japan and China is predicted
by a Rech newspaper today. The pre-
diction is contained in dispatch from
Vladivostok.
1t is alleged the relations between
the two countries which have been
strained since the Manchurian affairs
obtruded themselves into the diplo-
matte question are rapidly becoming
acute. 1t is said that border outbreaks
will occur soon and then open hostil-
tiles. will follow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
launch CnnsiScd

Key West, Fla, Dec. 27--A 40
foot launch with six passengers bound
from Fort Myers to Havana, Cuba,
struck the north jetty near here and
sank shortly before Sunday. A, ].
Vincent, c. o. Goering and Matthew
Baum, passengers were rescued yes
terday in the captains boat, after be-
ing out all night. Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart
Bennett of New York. and Herman
Piller were last seen clinging to the
mast
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
Gives I'm Attempts.

London, Dec. 27.-Acting on the
instruction of his medical adviser.
Claude Graham White, who had a
narrow escape from serious injury a
week ago, and whose aeroplane was
burned Sunday, has decided to fore
go further attempts at flights across
the English channel for distance In
competing for the Baron de Forest
Drize Of 500 000
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
Score Reported Wrecked.

Vineyard Haven, Mass, Dec. 27.-
Scores of hulls of wrecked vessels
have been driven on the rocks on the
coast near Martha's Vineyard and
Nantucket shoals according to mari
ners who reached here today. Eight
wrecks near Cross Rips alone are
reported. \ two-masted schooner was
sighted at Half Moon shoals and an
other on Handkerchief shoals. Others
are near Stone Horse, Pollocks Rip
and Great Point.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27

Port Arthur, Tex, Dec. 27.-John
w. Gates, founder of the Port Arthur
collegiate institute, last night an
nounced an additional gift to the in
stitute of $4,000 following the formal
transfer of the college property by
the city of Port Arthur to the Metho-
dist Episcopal church South. He
pledged that $50, 900 in addition would
be spent by the new owners during
the next five years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
STATE BOARD CONSIDERING ASYLUM SITES
DECISION BE EXPECTED ANY MINUTE

That the state board acting with deberaon with
be
o
Acting Governor Bowerman
cashier
afternoon had
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
MistletOe Berries Cause Death.

Bokoshe Okla, Dec. 27.-Eating
mistletoe berries here yesterday caus-
ed the death of three children and the
serious illness of two others. Two of
the dead children belonged to Fran
els Wright, and the other to Benja-
min Wright. The i'll children are
members of neighboring families.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
Important Meeting.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 27.-Grano
Dukes Nicholas Nicholaevich, Michael
Nicholaveich and Serge Mikhailovlcn
have departed for Skiernewice, Rus
sian Poland, where they will hunt with
nine Austrian personages. among
them Archduke Rudolph. Crown
Prince OF Austria. The highest impor-
tance is attached to the meeting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
Girl ArCihcnfnllN Killed

Ewing, Mo Dec. 27.-Rosa Nc
Coy, II years old daughter of Edward
Mccoy Of Clarence, Mo, was shot and
instantly killed at the home of her
grandparents yesterday when a gun.
which her uncle, Ben Tredmore, vas
cleaning was accidentally discha. e
ed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
White Wins Rout

Milwaukee,. Wis. Dec 27.-Jack
White Of Chicago all but knocked out
Gene McGovern in ten round bout
yesterday. McGovern being substitute
ed for Johnny Schultz of Toledo, who
was sick. The bout was an uninter-
esting one. It being a sluggish match
in which White did the slugging.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
Quill OnInOinted

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. 27.-Tom-
my Quill of Boston was outpointed to-
ght by Bob Moha of Milwaukee in
a six round bout.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
SAFE CRACKERS LOOT
PORTLAND THEATER
EXPERTS SECURE s2,1OO
FROM SAFE AT HEILIG
Rich Haul Made Following Close Of
Christmas Play-Money Contained
I'm Canvas Bags-Craftsmansh of

Safe crackers blew up the heavy
steel safe Of the Heilig theatre, at
Seventh and Taylor streets, some time
Sunday night after the close of the
Christmas evening performance OF the
"Burgomaster" musical comedy COM
pany, and secured s21O0 in cash, says
the Portland Journal.
Captain Moore, of the city detec-
tive force says the job was done by
experts. Although Manager william
Pangle, OF the Heilig, and Mrs. Pan
gle occupied a sleeping room on the
top floor Of the theatre directly above
the safe, which was located in the
basement, they did not hear a sound.
Evidence OF the craftsmanship of
the nocturnal visitors is the large win
dow that lets In light from an alcove
off the sidewalk. This window is al
most directly in front of the safe and
only two or three freet from it, yet
the glass was not cracked.
The heavy steel door of the safe was
bent almost double and the friedrich
and iron lining was crumbled into bits
yet not a piece of furniture was dam
aged and the electric light globe only
few inches from the safe door was
unframed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27

Washington, Dec. 27.-President
Taft has approved the report of the
special board of army engineers rec
ommending the apportionment of the
s2O,000,000 fund, provided by con-
gress among the following reclama-
ton projects in the west:
Salt river, Arizona, $4,000; Yuma
Ariz., and California, s1,200,000;
Grand Valley, Cal. $1,000 900; Uncom-
pahgre, Colo, s1,500,000: Payette-
Boise, Idaho. s2,0O0,00O; Milky river,
Mont, 100000; North Platte, Wyo.,
and Nebraska, S2.000,000; Truckee-
Carson, New, s1.193,000; Rio Grande,
New Mexico, Texas and Mexico, s4,-
100000 Umatilla, Ore. S325,000: Kla-
math. Ore, and California, 100000;
Strawberry Valley. Utah. s2,272,G00,
Sunnyside and Tieton, Yakima, Wn,
$3.50, 900 and s665.OOO respectively.
The 100000 900 is to be spent within
the next five years and the interest
on the loan Is to be charged against
the projects. The following projects
completed or nearing completion,
carry a recommendation for the funds
from the general reclamation act suf-
ficient only for maintenance and op-
eration:
Orland, Cal, Carlsbad, N. M; Hon
DO. N. M; Garden City, Kas.; Kttitas,
wahata and Benton, units of the
Yakima Washington, project.
For the following existing recla-
nation project the board Of engineers
in the report approved by the presi-
dent recommends allotments from
the general reclamation fund.
Missouri pumping. North Dakota:
Bellfourche, S. D.; Shoshone, Wyo.;
Minidoka Idaho; Huntley. Mont;
Lower Yellowstone. Mont; Okanogan,
Wash.
May Make Changes.
In his letter to the secretary Of the
interior approving the report of the
engineers, President Taft says in part
"I hereby approve the report of the
board of engineers in respect of the
reclamation projects, to which they
have made allotments from the S20,-
900, 900; but this approval so far as
the amount of the aliotments are
concerned, is not final and absolute,
but is intended to be subject to change
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
VESSEL LOST
IN PACIFIC
Wreckage and Lifeboats Tell
Tale of Another Ocean Dis
aSter.
STEAMER LEAVES PUGET
SOUND PORT-DISAPPEA

st. Dennis, Loaded With Coal ana
Manned by Crew of Fifteen, Not
Sighted After Passing Cape Flat
tery-Left Victoria November 21
for Mexican POrt-Fate of Crew
Is Un1nOwn-Wireless Brings First
Definite News.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
Carried Burglar Insurance.

The Heilig carried burglar insur-
ance on the safe amounting to $500
so the theatre management will lose
only 5000.
Whoever did the job" said Man
oger Pangle today "knew that we
would have our share of the receipts
OF the Saturday and Sunday perform
ances in the safe and that we would
have a large sum on account of the
holiday attendance. To make mat
ters easier for the thieves the money
was all neatly tied up, the gold and
silver In canvas bags and the cur
rency In convenient packages, In the
interior Of the safe there is strong
box in which we kept bundle of oil
theatre programs dating back to the
revolution. This box was not lock-
ed. The contents were found scat
tered all over the floor. The robbers
evidently rummaged through the bun
die hurriedly and, finding nothing of
value to them, threw II away
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27
TRAINS COLLIDE
FIVE KILLED

Callipolis. Ohio. Dec. 27.-
Five persons were killed N the
collision of two freight trains
on the Baltimore and Ohio near
Salt Creek today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27

The proposed extension of the Una
tilla project in the west end of Una
tilla county is not to be made at this
time. according to press reports from
Washington. The morning papers Of
the northwest publish a dispatch from
Washington saying President Taft has
approved of the recommendations Of
the board Of army engineers which
spent several weeks last summer in
viewing the western projects. These
recommendations merely included the
expenditure of $325,000 for the Una
tilla project.
II. G. Hopson, in charge OF reclama-
ton work in the northwest with head
quarters in Portland. in talking to the
East Oregonian over the telephone,
stated this morning that according to
the press report, which was the only
thing ne had before him, the propos-
ed extension could not be made with
funds from the S2O,0O0,000 appro-
priated at the last session OF congress
for the completion of the reclamation
projects already under way. He said
the s325.000 appropriation was merely
for the completion of the Umatilla
project on the east Side of the Una
tilla river.
Hopson said II was possible that
the proposed extension could be made
from the regular reclamation service
funds but he did not think that 1t
would be done.
The general belief here is that the
proposed extension was turned down
by the board OF army engineers for the
reason that they probably regarded 1t
as practically n new project, whereas
the s2O,OOO,000 appropriation was
made for the completion of projects
now under way
The following is the Washington
press dispatch:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-27

Continued on page eighty
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-07
Fire Pots Save
a Apple Orchard
G. E. Mincer is Only 0rchardist in
This Section Who Saved His
Fruit from Frost.

G. p. Mincer Of Hamburg. Ia, is the only
man in this part OF the Missouri valley
who saved his fruit crop when the wintry
weather returned last April and May, and
killed most of the fruit.
Mr.. Mincer had more than 1000 fire pots
going night and day throughout the freez-
ing weather and maintained safe tenn
perature In his orchard while ice was form
ing an inch thick in fields and orchards
around him. He had equipped himself with
10000 gallons OF crude oil, deposited 1t In
an underground reservoir on a hillside and
piped into his orchard so that the fire pots
could be replenished with the least pos
sible delay. AS a result of his forethought
and enterprise he saved more than % per
cent OF his apple crop, and will have a
crop this year worth more than $4,000.
The horticultural department OF the Iowa
college, working in connection with the
National Horticultural congress. has taken
the deepest interest in this orchard and all
of the knowledge and skill Of the college
has been placed at the disposal of MIR.
Mlncer. Profs LorenE Greene and @. r.
Bliss Of the college were in Council Bluffs
yesterday on their way to Hamburg for
Zone Of their regular inspections of the only
bearing orchard, in western Iowa this
year.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-07
Council Bluffs
WHICH MAN Tells truth
Fred Walters or George Tucker
Author of Fairy Tale.
ZONE IN HOSPITAL, OTHER IN JAN
walters stabbed DurInE Encounter
In which Each one Declares
other Was AssniIant for
Purpose of Robbery.

Fred Walters 10 years old, whose home
IL in Chico, Cal. is lying In Mercy hospital
suffering from a dangerous knife wound In
the left breast, penetrating the lung, about
five inches below the shoulder, and George
Tucker. aged p years. OF Randelsman,
N. c., IL in Jail charged with assault with
intent to do great bodily injury.
The young men are harvest hands work.
ing their way northward from the Kansas
harvest fields and have been travelling and
working together for several months The
cause of the ruction that resulted in the
stabbing as told by each directly contra
diets the other. Both men were lying in
the Northwestern railroad yards about 10
O'clock yesterday morning waiting to catch
q freight train when the trouble occurred
Tucker had t75.55 in his pocket and Walters
had $S4.75. Tucker says he was lying on his
face on the ground nearly asleep when
Walters sprang upon him and attempted to
rob him. lie says Walters had clutched his
throat and was choking him to death and
that he was struggling for his life when he
struck his assailant in the breast with a
three-inch pocketknlfe blade.
walters turns the story around exactly
and says Tucker was trying to rob him
and plunged the knife into him VIXEN he
resisted, and that he then seized Tucker by
the throat and would have choked him to
death II Carl Taylor a switchman, had not
ran up and pulled them apart Taylor held
Tucker until the police ambulance came
and conveyed tho wounded man to the hos
pitai and the police took Tucker to jail.
Walters had been drinking and had two
bottles of whisky, but Tucker was sober.
City Physician Tubbs says the wound Wal
tiers sustained is severe, but not fatal unless
complications arise
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-07
a new world,s record in O:o4ss.

new worries record IN O:O4zb.
In the hitching contest Council Bluffs
won fourth place. Sioux City's first team
was first In 0:O94S the same departments
second team taking second place in 0:101s.
Des Moines third in O:103b and Council
Bluffs fourth in 0:114s. In the free-for-all
race the previous day Council Bluffs was
third. winning 500, and 500 was won yes
terady.
painful accident happened in the
straightaway yesterday afternoon. Driver
Ed Groves of the Des Moines team sus-
tanned a broken leg when he jumped or
was thrown from the wagon after the
horses ran away with the harness but half
hitched to the wagon. Weaver, one of the
other firen1en in the wagon, climbed to the
drivers seat and endeavored to stop them
After going half a mile one of the horses
fell liberating the other from the harness
The driver was badly bruised in addition
to sustaining a broken leg.
Seven hundred and fifty flremen and their
delegations took part in the parade Wednes-
day morning, and in this event. Atlantic
with eighty-one men in line, took first prize
of 500 and Villlsca came second with fifty
five men, and took the $50 purse For the
best appearing company, Villisca took first
money, $50. and Atlantic second, SIS. For
the best appearing auto. William Thomas
won first prize, and for best pony float,
Miss Edith Armstrong won first.