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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-12-13

or commemorative attorney Wllllam
N. Foster the jury fixing the penalty
in that case at five years imprison-
ment. Allen already had been found
guilty of second degree murder at a
former trial for the killing of Judge
Massie, for which he had been sentenc-
ed to fifteen years in the penitentiary
and the other indictment pending
against him for the murder Of Sheriff
Webb was compromised by letting him
plead guilty to second degree murder
and take a fifteen year sentence, the
combined sentences making 35 years
Three indictments against Wesley Ed
wards also were compromised, he TAX
ing a sentence of nine years imprison-
ment on each. In the second trial of
Sidna Allen, which ended today, nine
of the jurors on the first ballot stood
for acquittal and the other three for
murder in the second degree. Follow
ing their discharge, the jurors in an in.
terview declared that not one of them
thought the evidence presented by the
state was sufficiently strong to sustain
the charge of conspiracy. This ends, so
far as the courts are concerned, a trag-
edy which was without parallel and
which stirred the country from one en-
to another. On the fourth of last
March following the conviction of
Floyd Allen Of an offense which would
have sent him to the penitentiary for
one year, members of the Allen family.
clannish mountaineers. opened fire on
the court officials. At the first volley,
Judge Thornton L. Massie fell mortallS
wounded, and when the smoke had
cleared away, Sheriff Webb and Com
monweaith Attorney Foster also were
found dead On the following day one
of the three jurors who were shot died
OF his wounds. as did also Miss Bette
Ayres. who had been a witness against
Floyd Allen. Floyd Allen was arrested
on the day following the tragedy being
too badly wounded tc escape. The ar
rest Of the others implicated in the
shooting. followed at various intervals.
the two men whose fate was decided
today, having BEEN the last caught. OF
the six men who have been convicted
of completely in the shooting, two
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16

For rent-Furnished housekeeping
rooms. Inquire 81 Vincent street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16

after spending Sunday in walla WAL
la.
Ira Julian. publisher of the Alfalfa
and Wallula papers. was business
visitor in the city yesterday.
Perry Myrick, Helix farmer came
in this morning from Kennewick
where he has purchased land.
Miss Celia Rem returned this NOR
nlng on the local from Walla Walla
where she spent sunday with her par
ents.
Mr.. and Mrs John Nesbaum of
Helix were among the passengers on
the incoming Northern Pacific train
this morning.
7, c. Ried of Adams, was a busi-
ness visitor today Mr. Ried is nre-
pairing to move from Adams to Cam
bridge Idaho.
Mrs. Norval Jones of Portland.
pJassed through here today en- route
home from La Grande, where she had
been visiting her sister.
S. F. Wilson came up from Port
land this morning and has been at
tending meeting of the. directors of
the First National bank of Athena at
Athena today.
George T. Cochran, eastern Oregon
water commissioner, came over from
La Grande this morning to conclude
the hearing of the Birch and Mckay
creek cases.
w. NJ. Bleakly who with his wife
Is spending few weeks in Portland,
came up yesterday evening to attend
to some business matters after which
he will return to Portland
Rev. T. F. Weaver of the local
Christian church, returned this morn
ing from. Helix, where he preached
yesterday. exchanging pulpits for the
day with Rev. X. A. Staley of that
place.
Rev. S. l.. Grigsby, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, left this
morning for Meiford to visit his wife
and family over Christmas. Mr..
Grigsby expects to remove his family
to Pendleton and they probably will
return with him after the holidays.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16

at Wallula,, came in this morning on
the n. p.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Thompson of
Vansycle, came in this morning from
their ranch.
S. d. Peterson. Milton attorney at
law, came down yesterday evening
from his home.
j. E. Piersol of Athena, came in
Saturday from his home and spent
the night here.
John G. McAiiister and C. H.
Broughn of La Grande, were Sunday
visitors in Pendleton.
Mrs. Henry F4etchie has returned
home from Seattle. where she has
been visiting friends.
Senator j. N. Burgess went out to
Pilot Rock this morning to attend
to business matters.
L. D. Rowland. county water mas
ter, returned to his work on the Teel
project on Butter creek this morning
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
PERSONAL
MENTION

o. NJ. Hatch of Hood River is al
the st. George.
Joe Payat of Adams was among the
Sunday visitors in Pendleton.
Il. II. West of Hermiston, was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
Art Grover came in this morning
on the n. p. ranch from Helix.
C. A. Reeder of Athena was am
ong the Saturday visitors in the city
John p. Hemphill returned last ev-
ening from a brief visit in Walla
Walla.
Andy Larson, who is now farming
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
Water Hearing is Continued.

After a recess of three days. the
hearing of the water cases in this
county was resumed this morning in
the local court house before Commits
sioner Cochran. The Birch creek
cases have been completed and it is
probable that the session today will
conclude the Mckay creek cases. To
morrow the cases involving the waters
Of the Umatilla between Pendleton
and Nolin will probably be taken III
and it is expected that they will be
finished by Wednesday when the case
OF the government VS. the Western
Land and Irrigation Co. is scheduled
for hearing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
Neagle Estate Is Appraised.

The estate of James Neagle. de-
ceased. is appraised at $40,381.S3 by
F. f. Judd. w. l.. Thompson and w
c. Kinney, who We're appointed by the
court, and who filed their report to-
day. The estate consists of a half
interest in real estate, three lots in
Pendleton and $50 acres of farm land,
valued at $5247, half interest in the
open accounts of Neagle Bros, black
smiths, and an half interest in a
large number of outstanding notes
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
Land Sold at Sheriff Sale.

saturday afternoon the lots and
dwelling house near Echo owned by
A. j., Charles, James and Ida Nc
Donald. upon which mortgage was
foreclosed by j. A. Pugh, was sold
by Sheriff Taylor at auction, Charles
Mcdonald being the highest bidder
His bid was $670.61, which was the
amount of the mortgage and expenses
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
Peterson Will Speak

VIII NJ. Peterson. local lawyer and
presidential elector, is to be one of
the speakers at the Jackson Club
banquet to be held din Portland jan
uary 8. Other speakers at the af-
fair are to be Judge Will r. King,
Senator-elect Lane, Governor West.
). M. Garland of Lebanon, Judge
Bennett of The Dalles and L. NJ. Ira
Wis of Eugene.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
Card of Thanks

We wish to use this means OF
thanking the many neighbors and
friends who so kindly assisted us dur
ing the illness and death of our be-
loved husband and father.
MRS. N. N. BASHAR AND FAMILY.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
. . = = . = . . . = %>%>H,
, ATTORNEYS DENY THE
, CHARGES or FOULDER

klamath Falls, Dec. 16.-At-
} torneys defending Noble Faul- /,
, der refute the allegations that
portion of the five thousand 4
, defense fund was missappropri
, ated They declare they hold 4
, receipts from Norman Faulder
} brother of the murderer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16

tn consider managerial contract
Los Angeles reports that Chance stated
he will not go east until January. He
denied hitch in the arrangements.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16

Chicago, Dec. 16 Chance is ex-
pected to meet Farrell, owner of the
New York Americans, at Chicago soon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16

Mrs. Leona Thompson returned
yesterday from a visit to Portland
with her daughters, Mrs. Seth Catlin
and Mrs. Il. J. Burke.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
Newsy Notes
of Pendleton
Two Marriage Licenses.

!" ''V NUT Ittf-C IItVIStS.
Marriage licenses were issued Sat-
urday afternoon to William p. Word
of Portland and Edith NJ. Bell of
this county and to Ernest A. Edgar
of this city and Maude M. Cummings
of Pilot Rock.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
or IMPORTANCE To
PENDLETON WOMEN
A Free Treat and Interesting Dem
onstratiOn Awaits You at the Tay-
lOr Hardware Co. Tomorrow

Mrs. l.. M. Kinney, an authority on
cooking, will demonstrate the famous
"Wear-Ever" aluminus utensile at the
Taylor Hardware Co. Tuesday and all
this week. Tomorrow's menu will
consist of stewing tomatoes and APP
pies and cooking fudge-each with
out stirring. All who drop in during
the day will receive a free treat of
delicious fudge. You are invited.
(Adv.)
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-26
WORK OVERTIME;SAVES LIVES
Wireless Operator On Carpathia Was
Up and Doing.

New York, April 20.-How the
wireless operator on the Carpathia
by putting in an extra ten minutes
on duty, was means Of saving 745
lives was told by DR.. J. F. Kemp, the
Carpathia's physician, today
"Our wireless operator" said DR..
Kemp, "was about to retire Sunday
night when he said, jokingly:
guess I'll wait just ten minutes, then
turn in
at was in the next ten minutes
that the Titanic's call for help came.
Had the wireless man not waited
there would have been no survivors. y
DR.. Kemp described the iceberg
that sank the Titanic as at least 400
feet long and ninety feet high. He
declared that one of the boats that
the Carpatbia picked up was filled
with stokers from the sunken liner.
at had just two women aboard,
he said The doctor declared that the
Carpathia cruised twice through the
ice field near the spot where the III.
tanic sank and picked up the bodies
of three men and one baby.
con Monday at $50 in the even
ing we held funeral service on
board the Carpathia," continued Dr.
Kemp. cat this service there were
thirty widows, twenty Of whom were
under twenty three years of age and
most of them brides of few weeks
or months. They did not know their
husbands were among the dead OF
the disaster The Californian and the
Burmah, the last named Russian
steamer, crIlised about the scene oil
the wreck for some time in futile
search for the bodies of the victims.
"Mrs. John Jacob Astor," the doc
tor continued, chad to be carried
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ORDERED MEN TO KEEP QUIET
Another Cowardly and Unwarranted
Act of j. Bruce Ismay.

New York, April 20-Incensed by
the few stray bits of information
given out last night by the members
of the crew of the Titanic, officials
of the White Star line today kept
the men SO thoroughly under cover
that no trace of their whereabouts
could be discovered until late in the
morning, when it was found that a
portion of them had been transfer
red aboard the Red Star liner Lap
land where they were held incommu-
nicado.
The four surviving officers of the
Titanic, when they arrived on the
Carpathia, quickly were transferred
to the Red Star liner, where they
remained until they were summoned
to appear before the senate inves-
tigating committee. These officers
had been instructed to refuse to an
swer questions, except those pro-
pounded by the committee of in
quiry.
where were the members of the
CIcW Ouo vi IHSul Wdo IShCu.
"Why?" said the officer, sharply.
Everyone is anxious to hear their
side of the story. Their version
might throw some additional light on
the tragedy.
Its nobody's business" snapped
the officer He declined to talk fur
Their, and his mates equally were I'M
communicative.
1t Developed today that J. Bruce
Ismay, managing director of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine, had
instructed Vice President Franklin of
the same organization, to segregate
the Titanic's men as soon as they
arrived on the Carpathia.
Mr. Ismay urged Mr.. Franklin to
make every effort to smuggle the
men into seclusion as soon as they
| landed on the pier and to make
speedy preparations to get them out
of the country.
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were in the first boat launched and
which was full. There was no eX-
citement, only the moaning and quiet
sObbing of the women and once in
a while an exclamation from a man.
He could see the deck plainly and it
appeared remarkable to him that no.
body was wearing life rreserver.
Gradually the lifeboat foatcd away
until it was fully 500 yards from the
Titanic.
Then came a loud explosion, fol.
lowed closely by two others not SO
resonant. With the first explosion,
Mr.. Snyder said, the sides of the
stricken ship bulged out and by the
bright starlight he could see the
nose of the liner dip into the sea.
The stern of the boat was raised
high into the air, two propellers glis-
tened above the water, and tire I'll
tanic sank.
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LAST MEMBER OF THE FAMILY
All Others Are Victims Of the tt
tanic Disaster.

New York, April 20.-There is one
survivor of the fateful disaster off
the Grand Banks of Newfoundland
who is not aware that the Titanic
went to the bottom with 1000 per-
sons, inclinding his father, brother
and little sister.
This survivor is Travers Allison,
eleven months old, who is at the
Hotel Manhattan with the nurse and
two maids who were saved with him.
His parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. j. ALL
son of Montreal, and sister, Lorraine,
three and one-half years old, were
left on the deck of the Titanic when
the last lifeboat was lowered.
Two brothers of Mrs. Allison.
George B. Allison and Percy w. Ali
son, came from Montreal to meet
their nephew. They did not abandon
hope that Mr.. and Mrs. Allison had
been rescued until the Carpathia
reached her pier.
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STORY TOLD BY THE SNYDERS
Minneapolis Couple Were First to
Get Into Life Boat.

Minneapolis Couple Were First to
Get Into Life Boat.
New York, April 19.-John Pills
bury Snyder and his bride of eight
weeks of Minneapolis went to a no.
tel when they landed. Mr.. Snyder
said that when the crash came he
and his bride went to the deck, but
were told that there was no danger,
and returned to their stateroom.
Shortly after a steward told them
they had better go on deck and they
obeyed Mrs. Snyder, however, COM
planned of the cold and again re-
turned to the stateroom for heavier
clothing and came back with it and
also her jewel case. Then the people
were ordered into the lifeboats.
"But the women" continued Mr.
Snyder, latter looking over the rail
into the water, refused to change
their seeming safe position for the
more precarious one in lifeboat
An officer pleaded, then ordered them
into the boat But still they refused
to CO."
Mr.. Snyder said he and his wife
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-26
MAP SHOWING AT WHAT POINT
THE TITANIC WAS WHEN SHE
STRUCK THE ICEBERG.

later the lifting fog disclosed two
small boats floating on the water
The Bourgogne had disappeared.
The Dominion liner Assyrian went
, ashore near Cape Race in 1899. OF
its hull and cargo, valued at $3.50
600, not particle was saved. The
Hamburg freighter Arcadian met a
similar fate near Cape Ray the next
summer. The Inman liner, the City
of Berlin, encountered an iceberg on
the Grand Banks and narrowly es,
capped the fate of the Titanic. 1t
contrived to reach port in a badly
crippled condition.
The British steamer Topaze, the
Imprisonment of whose crew in a
Venezuelan port the year before
provoked the bombardment and
blockade established by England and
Germany, was lost at Cape Ray
while proceeding to the Newfound
land "French shore" with a cargo OF
coal for the British naval hotilla on
patrol there.
Among the other vessels which
have gone to watery graves in this
burg, the Warrior, the Midway, the
Valiant, the Snowbird and the Endy
mion.
Commanders of vessels pursuing
the northern course across the At
lantic have reported icebergs of a
perilous character for some time. AS
early as March "a the Lucigen made
such report. A little later the
Columbia had thrilling struggle to
escape an ice pack. Only last week
Captain Jacobsen of the Armenian
reported that indications are that
there is an unusual quantity OF
heavy field ice and pack ice and
numerous small and large icebergs
on the banks and all east of it,
The danger from icebergs is vast
! ly increased by reason of the fact
! that a few feet under the water they
may extend even mile beyond the
visible portion. The most unsleep
! ing vigilence cannot always protect
the captain from the peril of these
unseen foes of the ocean, the most
dreadful he now has to face.
| New York, April 19.-One of the
most connected stories of the disaster
was told by Robert w. Daniel of SIS
Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
/ Mr.. Daniel said the weather was
| perfectly calm. He was asked first
| if there was any talk of shooting
/ He said that there had been severa
shots fired in the air, probably tC
! brighten the storage passengers, who
attempted to rush the life boats. He
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DEEP INTEREST IN THE
HOURLY NEWS.

: The deep interest exhibited
. in the terrible disaster of the
. White Star line steamship I'll
. tanic in all parts of the coun-
: try is shown in Mankato.
Ever since the first tcle-
!. graphic news was spread
: through the country, the dis
: aster and heavy loss of life
: has been the sole topic of
. discussion. Politics and all
: other subjects have been lost
. sight of. The Free Press
: has kept the public informed
. from the beginning of the
. tragedy. Each piece of infor
. nation as it was received was
; bulletined. A Free Press bull
. letin gave the public the first
; intimation of the awful extent
; of the ocean disaster. To
; day everybody was intently
; interested in the stories told
> by survivors. Throughout the
; day the sidewalk in front Of
; the Free Press building was !.
; thronged with people every
; additional piece of news that !.
; was written on the three (.
; boards placed in service. Tele-
grams kept coming in at. close
!. intervals and the news was
) posted on the bulletin boards.
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PICKED BABY FROM OUT :
THE OCEAN. :

New York, April 19.-Among
the first passengers off the
Carpathia was Miss Margaret
Hays of this city, accompani-
ed by G. M. Tucker, Jr., of
London. Mr.. Tucker carried
in his arms a little blonde
baby girl, possibly three months
old. When he was asked
whose baby it was he said he
didn't know.
81 was pushed into one of
the last boats off" he said.
"Miss Hays was in the same
boat. We had drawn away
from the Titanic and were
possibly half mile away
when she sank.
"We found this little girl in
the water wrapped up in a
blanket and we pulled her
into our boat with an oar.
She had no marks by which
she could be identified on her
when found and nearly numb
from cold. After we got
aboard the Carpathia, the
doctor on board took care Of
her and now she is as happy
as can be. Miss Hays is go
ing to take her home."
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ONE MAN DIED LIKE REAL HERO:
ANOTHER ACTS PART OF COWARD
HOW ONE Persisted

New York, April 20.-Jacques
Futrelle, the author, was one of
the first cabin passengers who
parted with his wife and stead
tasty refused to accept a chance
to enter lifeboat when he knew
that the Titanic was sinking UNI
der him. How her husband went
to his death was told by Mrs.
Futrelle last night.
when the Titanic hit the ice
berg there was the most appall-
ing excitement" said Mrs. Flu
trelle, "and who, after they have
passed through such an expert
ence, can blame those poor peo-
pie for the panic that over
whelmed some of them?
Il do not doubt that my hus-
band is dead, but even that
knowledge cannot make me suf-
fer more There could be moth
ing worse than the mental an
SulSh through which | have
passed since we were rescued.
Jacques is dead, but he died
like a hero, that | know. Three
or four times after the crash |
rushed up to him and clasped
him in my arms and begged him
to get into one of the lifeboats.
For Gods sake CO. he fair
ly screamed at me, as he tried
to push me away, and | could
see how he suffered
IT'S your last chance; CO.
Then one of the ships officers
forced me into a lifeboat and |
gave up all hope that he could
be saved"
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BOAT TITANIC HIT SUB
MERGED ICEBERG.

New York, April 19.-it was
the submerged ledge of an
iceberg of ordinary proper
tons that sent the White Star
liner Titanic. more than two
miles to the bottom of the
Atlantic off the banks of New
foundIand. She was steaming
almost full tilt through gent
iy swelling sea and under
starIit sky in charge of First
Officer Murdoch who, a mo-
ment after the collision, sur
rendered the command to Cap
tain Smith, who went down
with her. The captain was
washed from the bridge and
was seen to make his way
back again. He had been urged
to get into a Iifeboat, but re-
fused.
The Ifeboats that we're
launched were not filled to
their capacity. The general
feeling aboard the ship was,
even after the boats had left
her sides, that she would sur
vive her wound, and the pas
sengers who were left aboard
believed, almost to the last
moment, that they had a
chance for their lives. The
captain and officers behaved
with the utmost gallantry and
there was perfect order and
discipline in the launching of
the boats and after the hope
had been abandoned for the
salvation of the ship or for
those who were aboard. Just
before she went down she
broke her back.
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HOW THIS ONE LIVES.

New York, April 21.--Accord- ~
ing to Mrs. w. ]. CardcZa Of -
Philadelphia, who told her story 80
after she had arrived at the assza
Ritz Carlton with T. ID. NJ.
CardeZa, j. Bruce lsmay was not .gga.
only safely seated in lifebcat .
before 1t was filed but he ais | 3
selected the crew that rowed the
boat. According TO Mrs. Car
deZa, Mr.. ISmay knew that Nj.
Cardeza was an expert oarSman,
and he beckoned him into the
boat. Mr.. CardeZa manned an ~1;
oar until Mr.. Ismay'S boat was
picked up about two hours later. s.
Mrs. William Bucknell Of Phil
adelphia after telling of taking 49,
an oar i'll lifeboat and rowing
till her hands were biistered,"
said:
after being taken aboard the
Carpathia, j. Bruce Ismay went
to cabin and remained clos
eted until waited upon by Il com
mittee of the survivors, who tic =
manded that they be permitted
to see him. He then appeared. >
One of the questions that was ,
put to him was as to what the .
White Star and the International
Merchant Marine companies in ~
tended doing in the way Of repa- :.
ration. To this Mr.. Ismay re- ..5y,
piled that the companies would 4
do all in their power to make
a partial repayment for the
suffering of the survivors. Fur
Their than this he would say moth
ing.
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aboard. She had to be taken into a
cabin and given medical attention.
She was more completely attired,
however, than many of the women
who were rescued"