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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07

ably not be formally indicted until the
Sepember term Of the grand jury.
Meadors yesterday reiterated his
denial OF the charge that he fired the
shot that struck Deputy Sheriff Nc
Duffee while the deputy sheriff reit-
crates his belief that Meadors is the
man that wounded him. He declares
he was struck just after he had fired
his fourth and last shot and that shot
he says. was fired at. the second man.
the body Of the leader, he says. The
fact that the bullet passed through
the sleeve of McDuffee's coat before
II entered his side would seem to in
dicate that he istill had his arm ex-
tended at the time. The wound, it is
said. appears to have been made b.
a hard-nosed bullet. The AS auto
matte. the gun secured by Meadors
from his fallen companion. was the
only gun that fired steel bullets.
Deputy Sheriff McDuffee is sitting
up now and tomorrow plans to walk
down town and stop at the Jail to see
the two men.
The guns carried by Stoner and
Meadors were given by them to Sher-
If Taylor and Chief Special Agent
Wood. the former getting the .3S
Smith e. Wesson Special and the lat
ter the automatic
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
REWARDS FOR MEN
IN HOlD-UP CAUSE
SOME D|SSENS|ON
La Grande Robber Catchers at Odds
Over Distribution of Money Offer
ed ior Capture.
AGENTS REPORT IS AWAITED
His statement VIII Go Long Way To.
ward Determining Disposition Of
Reward. IL Il Believed - Wood
Gives Considerable Credit To Taylor
for the Work Done.

From all reports. there is dlssen
sion In the ranks of the La Grande
robber catchers arising over claims
and counter claims for the reward Of
fered by the company. A local man
who WAS In La Grande yesterday to
transact some business at the court
house. brings back a tale that inji-
Gates there will be some bitter feel
Ing engendered before the thing Is
over.
II seems from the report that F. a.
Batcheler. who is not a deputy sher-
III but 1anitor and jailer. together
with his brother-in-law Special De-
tective S. T. Booth and w. /. Powers,
were taken out along the track west
OF La Grande and stationed by Dep
uty Sheriff II. c. Rees. The three OF
them picked up Stoner and Meadors
as suspects and took them back to
La Grande Instead of reporting 10
his superior officers. Sheriff Hug or
Deputy Rees. Batcheler wired Sher-
M Taylor OF this county. according Ia
the story and did not give Booth or
Powers any credit in the capture. Hug
was In the mountains at the time and
was not even called in while Rees did
not know Of the capture until sunday
noon, several hours after Sheriff Tay.
lor and Chief Special Agent Wood
had secured the confession.
The report OF the chief special
agent viii go long way toward de-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
FINE HORSES GO THROUGH
HERE ON WAY TO RACES
ROUTE TO SUMNER MEET
AT VANCOUVER.

One hundred and sixty-seven of the
best race horses of the middle west,
representing an aggregate investment
Of $4,000 passed through Pendle-
ton this morning at 11;lO o'clock in
two special express trains. enroute
from Denver to Vancouver. b. C. for
the summer races.
B. Parlett. local agent for the Am
erican Express. declares this is the
biggest single shipment he has ever
known in his 20 years experience with
express companies. In all % cars left
Denver. two going east. seven going to
Butte, Montana. and IS coming
through to Vancouver. The nine cars
not in the Vancouver shipment will
later come through to that point and
this fall the entire % cars with 267
horses will be routed back through TO
Denver
The horses belong to many differ
ent race horse men and are being
brought out for the summer and early
fall races on the coast. The. express
charges on the shipment amounted to
$4,000
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
PORTLAND BANKS COMBINE
WITH MILLIONS CAPITAL
INSTITUTION Is NOW THE LARG-
EST BANK IN THE NORH-
WEST.

PORTLAND Ore. July 7.--An OF.
ficial announcement was made OF the
consolidation OF the First National
Bank and the Security Savings auI
Trust Company The combined banks
will build $400, 600 exclusive bank
building at Firth and Stark streets
The First National has a capital OF a
million and half and the Security
OF million. the combined deposits
now Of the institution exceeding SiS.-
100000. making 1t the largest bank
in the northwest.
A. l. Mills. president OF the First
National. will retain the presidency ~
the new bank. G. r. Adams. preal-
dent of the Security. will be- vice pres.
ident. The name Of the First Nation.
al will be retained
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07

With one robber dead, his two part
ners in Jail and all OF the booty re-
covered three days after the hold-up.
most extraordinary record, claims
from passengers who claim they were
robbed have begun to arrive and the
officials undoubtedly have some
headaches in store before they COM
plete the division of the stolen prop.
erty.
One of the first to come forward
with a claim is William H Harper.
formerly of Boise, who asserts in
sworn affidavit. sent from Walla Wal.
la this morning that he lost SITS In
greenbacks and gold to the bandits.
He declares he had recently sold his
business and was on his way TO Alas
ka. On the train he evidently sat
near Conductor Stacey. riding as a
passenger. for in his affidavit he says
he overheard the big rObber tell a
passenger to keep a watch charm be-
cause he had a little girl of his own.
He says he dropped a ring in spit
toon as he put his purse in the sack.
Though he believes all of the loot
was recovered. Sheriff Taylor Is fear
full that the claims are going TO grow
beyond the money available. Only a
little more than $3.50 was found on the
robbers, over half OF this was se-
cured out of express parcels. the rob-
bers claim some OF it belonged to
them. the Bei<ss msn=xzFrss -sf7s. a
Jewish travelling man claims $40 and
there are bound to be quite a num-
Der of smaller claims It is going to
take some higher arithmetic to figure
! il all out
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
CONTINUED on Page 81
EVANS TO Be REPRIMANDED
SAYS SECRETARY GARRISON
CRITICISM OF ALTON
WILL NOT GO UNREBUKED,
HE SAYS.

WASHINGTON. July 7.-Secretary
Garrison announced he would repri-
mand Brigadier General Evans des-
pite the latter's assertion he was mis-
quoted in the published reports of n
speech recently made. in which, ac-
cording to newspaper accounts. he
criticized the government as medlle-
some. but which really, according to
his own version. he merely referred
To the United states as naturally med
dlesome because of Its widespread in
terests
"The administration IL inclined To
accept Evans report OF the speech. =
said Garrison, "but fears II will be
misunderstood by foreign nations II
the matter is allowed TO pass unnot-
iced"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
BANDIT SAYS He WOULD
LIKE TO SEE BRAKEMAN
COOLEST MAN ROBBERS EVER
SAW DECLARE TWO CAP
TURED HOLD-UPS.

"I'd like to meet that rear brake
men. Wouldn't you. Kid?" remarked
Albert Meadors. one of the two con-
fessed railroad bandits. yesterday TO
his partner. Clarence Stoner, while
discussing their part in the hold-up
of No. last Thursday morning Il
sure would" answered the "kid."
The rear brakeman was Frank
Earls, a young man of this city form
erly of La Grande, and the two rob-
bers declare he was the coolest man
they ever saw. There l was trembl-
ing in my boots when We boarded the
train" said Meadors. ''and he was as
cool as a cucumber. Those guns
Pointing at him didn't seem to make
him a bit nervous. sure admire a
man of nerve and I'd just like to have
a talk with him.,
Deputy Sheriff George McDuffee,
who killed the leader Of the trio also
testifies that Earls was the coolest
man on the train after it was all over
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
POLICE WILL TRY TO STOP
BERKMAA GATHERING IN NY.
MONSTER MEETING PLANNED IN
MEMORY OF PERSONS
KILLED BY BOMB.

NEW YORK, July with the
police planning to prevent 1t. Alex
ander Berkman is pushing arrange
ments for monster meeting in Union
Square saturday in memory OF Ar
thus Caron. Charles Berg. Charles
Hanson and Mary Chebez. killed July
BY an explosion OF a bomb declar-
ed by the victims friends To have
been planted by capitalistic enemies
and by the authorities to have been
intended for Rockefeller, Berkman's
view was the gathering will be simply
a funeral with which even the police
admitted It was doubtful if they could
interfere
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
INDICTMENT RETURNED FOR
VIOLATION F0 STATUTE
PORTLAND MAN TItANSGRESSED
CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT
is CHARGE.

SALEM, ore. July II. NJ Rich
ards of Portland, has been indicted
by the Marion county grand jury for
alleged violation of the corrupt prac-
tices act by the circulation OF the So
called "a = A" ticket which was Is.
sued anonymously few days before
the recent primary election. The in
dictment was returned Friday. Sher-
iff Esch went to Portland today to
serve Richards with bench war
rant.
The indictment was returned on ev-
idence furnished by l.. ii. McMahan
OF Salem, who attributes his defeat
Tor the progressive nomination of gov
ernor to the circulation of the ticket
in various parts of the state. Dis
trict Attorney Ringo admitted that
prominent men of the state are be-
leved connected with the publication
and circulation OF the ticket
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
NEWS SUM MARY
General.

General
Federal McNicans on outskirts of
Vera Cruz are said to have rvoltcd
and to threaten an attack ON the AM
crican outposts.
Police in New York trying TO pre-
vent BcrLman holding demonstration
ior persons killed ny u bomb.
senate banking committee may not
recommend Jones and Warburg for
federal reserve bank.
Two big banks In Portland consol-
idatc, making the nrgrst banking in
stitution I'm the northwest.
Local.
Captured bandits may get from ten
years to life.
St6T.O00 shipment OF race horses
pass through Pcndleton.
DIR. Thomas L.. Greene 10 BE- fca-
turc OF chautauqua program this cv-
, cning.
Bandits In Jail want TO meet nerv,
rear brakeman.
SQuabblc over reward money among
La Grande officers.
\. y. SturtcNant leaves bulk of es
tate to grandchildren,
Donald Mcdonald. Umatilla count,
pioneer, dies in Walla Walla.
North Yakima threatens To cut lif'
OF league short.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
Eugene Unions Arnllntc.

tatives from five International unions
of Eugene organized the first central
labor council II Is composed Of Typo
graphical Union No. 496 Painters-
Decorators and Paperhangers Union
No. 7S2. Brcklayers. Masous ana
Plasterers' Union No. g. United Aaso-
citation OF Journeyrnen Plumbers so.
4Sl and Electrical Workers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
CLAIMANTS COME FORWARD FOR
VALUABLES TAKEN IN HOLD-UP
POLICE SEEKING
INSANE BULGARIAN

CHICAGO, July THE
bloody imprint OF a hand on
the handle of an axe with which
B Jacob Meslais. his wife and
B daughter, Mrs. Julia Mansfield I
and her infant daughter were
slain at Blue Island was photo
b graphed by the Chicago police I
D and sent to the authorities in
B all the middle west cities and I
b towns. Assistant Chief of Po-
B lice Schuettler has assumed I
D personal charge of the case. He 4
D thinks the murders were com
B mitted by Galasko Enchevy. an
D insane Bulgarian, who confess
D ed to the butchery here of Mrs
D Jennie Clemhorn. Enchevy
. was deported but recently re-
. turned to America.
. Since Enchevy has been at
. large" said Schuettler. ''he has I
= been sending me threatening
. letters. I'm convinced Enchevy
= is the fiend who has been trav-
o cling in the west for years,
q killing whole families"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
DR.. GREEN TO GIVE
CHAUTAUQUA TALK
IN TENT TONIGHT
Famous Lecturer Will Deliver Ad-
dress on Tine Burden Of the
Nations" s"-An Advocate ofPeace.
GUNSAULUS ENDORSES WILSON
speaker Last Evening Holds Audience
for Two Hours With Subject, "The
New America Administrations
Program Toward Mexico Is Warmly
Given Praise.

DR.. Thomas +. Green. world lee
turer and the biggest man In the gal
axy Of chautauqua stars programmed
here this week will be the big attrac-
ton at the chautauqua tonight His
subject Is The Burden OF the Ma
tlons." DR. Green liz an advocate OF
peace and in his lecture he shows the
tremendous burden OF militarism.
In this day when so much thought If
being given to this subject and such
strong complaints are made regarding
the cost OF armaments the theme on
which DR.. Green speaks Is one OF par
ticular interest
An index to the popularity OF to-
nights speaker may be had from the
fact that last season he was generally
voted the chautauqua favorite every
where. This despite the fact the ELL
SON White company carried splend-
Id band and II appealed most strongly
10 many people. The band had the
popularity.
The musical part Of the program
tonight will consist OF selections by
the Hann Jubilee singers. colored.
Chinese Orator Speaks.
Ng Poon Chew. Chinese orator and
the editor of the only Chinese daily
paper in the United States. talked
Yesterday afternoon on the subject OF
the New Chinese Republic. Poon
Chew Is scholarly speaker and has
good sense Of humor which has
caused him to be designated the Chi
nese Mark Twain. He gave his hear
crs much first hand Information about
Chinese conditions and reviewed the
history Of the various revolutions
fought by the Chinese people in their
resistance TO oppression. He regards
the overthrow OF the Mancho dynasty
as great blessing 60 his native land.
Closing his talk yesterday Poon Chew
hlghly praised President Wilson for
his stand With reference to the pro-
posed six Power loan To China and
commended the missionary work
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
woodland.Etna stage Bcgtns.

WOODLAND. Wash, July THE
new stage contract calls for service
between Woodland and Hall, three
miles beyond Etna, instead of only 10
Etna. as formerly announced,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
Receiycrships Asked.

CHICAGO. July Receivers have
been asked for the State Bank of Ca
lumet, the Illinois State Bank of Chi
cago and the Ashland Twelfth State
Rank, Lorimer institutions. which
closed when the parent concern fail
ed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
FAST MAIL WAS TRAIN WANTED;
PENALTY IS 10 YEARS TO LIFE

IL was the fast mail train and not
passenger Grain No. that the train
robbers intended to hold up last
Thursday morning and their mistake
was occasioned 'by the fact that the
fast mail is known as No. until it
reaches Huntington when il changes
TO No. 3 This was the statement
made Yesterday by Clarence Stoner,
one Of the confessed robbers.
Manning planned to get the fast
mail he said. 'and got confused BY
the change of numbers No. had
preceded No down the mountains
more tnan two hours and a half
However. their mistake is said by
trainmen to have peen to their ad-
vantage from a standpoint OF pros
pective financial gain as the heavy
express is carried on No 8. 1t proved
disastrous. however. from a standpoint
OF safety by reason of the fact that
the passenger train carried Deputy
Sheriff George McDuffee.
The two train robbers have been
spending quiet day in Jail. From a
purely humanitarian motive. Sheriff
Taylor is denying all curious visitors
sight OF them. showing them the
photos taken yesterday instead. The
young fellows have been gazed at so
much since their capture that they
are beginning to feel "peeved."
10 Years TO Life.
Formal complaint has not yet been
made against the men. In the district
attorneys office a perusal of the Grim
inal code fails TO reveal any statute
dealing specially with train robbery
such as some states have. 1t is there
fore probable that the two men will
be charged under the statute pertain
! ing TO assault and robbery with dan
gerous weapon. the penalty for vio-
| lation Of which is from ten years to
/ the natural life of the offender 4
! clause provides that the minimum
sentence shall be imposed only in those
cases where it appears to the court
that leniency should be exercised Th'
two men have inquired several times
about the penalty for their crime.
| Since they have confessed. th'
county will be spared the trouble anC
expense of trial but they will prob
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
Plague Under Control

NEW ORLEANS. July THE bu-
bonic PLACE situation is said to be so
encouraging that Surgeon General
Plue intended to return to Washing
ton the last of the week
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
New York is Cold.

NEW YORK. July New York
is shivering in the coldest July 7th
on record. The thermometer touched
54.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07

VERA CRUZ. July News re- {
ceived this afternoon said 100 Mexican
federal mutineers and 200 loyal
Huertista troops under General Mas
are fighting II miles west of Vera
Cruz.
At CordOya between here and Mex
leo City, IL was rumored that General
Barcia Pena, federal but not bit
tcrly hated by the rebels. had left
there by special train Monday night
10 receive Huerta's resignation and
take charge of the government. Reb-
els here said this will be acceptable
To them as they believed Pena would
surrender the government TO them on
demand,
WASHINGTON. July General
Funston telegraphed the war depart
ment today that the Mexican federals
! about Vera Cruz have mutinied and
threatened an attack on American
outposts. General Mas. command
ing, notified him. he said. that in
case of such an attack it must be ia
ken as an outbreak of mob violence,
! and not as having been ordered by
| himself or Huerta. Funston indicated
| he wasn't alarmed.
VERA CRUZ, July 7.-Mutiny am
ong the Mexican federal troops only
! lines is declared by Senior Campero.
| Carranza's agent here, to have brok-
en- out and to be spreading rapidly.
Campero predicted the revolt will
Teach the capital. American military
authorities believed the constitution
alist agent is exaggerating. They
| said it is fact, however. that 900
federals sent word to Funston they
wanted to surrender and were pre-
pared TO march to Vera Cruz to give
up their arms.
WASHINGTON, July THAT Sc
Lores Cabrera and Zubaron, who
have been acting as Mexican consti-
tutionalist agents here are about to
| be recalled TO make way for agents
more distinctly representing Carran-
2a's views is reported. This is inter-
preted as meaning Carranza is about
TO enter negotiations with the Huer-
lstas and wanted to be sure his en-
voys enter into no compact he might
not like
WASHINGTON, July THE state
department received a request from
John +. Furnas of New Bedford.
Mass, for the release of Juan Velas-
co, who was held for ransom in Mex
leo by a Zapatista band and threat
ened with torture unless he paid over
million pesos. From Mazatlan came
the news the federal garrison of Quay
amas. aided by the gunboat Guerrero.
which shellei the attacking rebels
from the harbor. had beaten off the
constitutionalist attack, begun on the
city yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
Boise Man Sends in Affidavit That
He Was Robbed Of Sl75-Money
Available is Little Over $3.50.
MANY MORE CLAIMS EXPECTED

Taylor Fears That Claims are
Going TO Grow Beyond the Money
THAT Has Been Recovered From the
Bandits-Matter VIII Take Several
Days to Thresh Out.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07

The above are the principal char
acters In the Treeport, l., l. murder
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
FEDERALS At VERA
CRUZ REVOLT AND
THREATEN ATTACK
General Funston Sends Message to
War Department Indicating He is
Not Worrying Over Outcome.
300 WANT TO GIVE UP ARMS

Hucrta's soldiers on Outskirts OF Mex
lean City Occupied by Americans
Are said to Have Thrown Off Au-
thority Of General Maas-Warning
Is Sent TO Funston.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07

CONTINUED on page eight)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-07
DAILY EVENING EDITION
TO ADVERTISERS.

The East Oregonlan has the largest pai6
circulation OF any paper In Oregon, east Of
PoEtland aud over twice the circulation u
Pendleton OF any other newspaper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-18
CLOCK STRIKES $4,000
Westchester Crusade for Hos
pital Fund Ends.

The most expensive timepiece that ever
licked within the boundaries OF West
chester County doomed out $ll2S00 in Port
Chester Square little before midnight
last night, coughed metalically couple
Of times and then ran down completely.
The big United Hospital fund campaign
which started twelve days ago. was over
Yesterdays receipts were almost NO'oOo'
The hospital fund, which has kept foun-
tain pens and checkbooks busy for nearly
two weeks got an exceptional send-on'
There were initial campaign subscriptions
Of $4,000 before single team hau
trotted out on the field TO round up the
cash. Ernest simons. a manufacturer
contributed 5000. There were checks Tor
1900 from Mrs Whitelaw Reid. Charles
and Henry Mallory. OF Byram Shore ana
George d. Barron. of Rye.
The workers assembled in St Marys
Hall IN Port Chester last night and
counted UP as nearly as possible the
fruits Of the night and day harvest
Nearly $50 women worked on the various
committees and their teams collected
the most money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-18
MARSHALL URGES HONESTY
Leaders Must Have Open Minds,
Wabash Students Hear.

Charlottesville, Ind, June H.-"This Is
the Young mans age" declared vice.
President Thomas r. Marshall in his ad-
dress here to-day at the commencement
EXERCISES of Wabash College.
.The old man is being showed OF the
stage everywhere. Failing physical VISION
is assuu ed to mark like dimness OF IN
tellectual sight. Scientific truth is not SUI
hcient to establish the leadership OF
youth NThis leadership must be estao-
i,shed by an openness of mind. by waving
the ancient prerogative Of being right
without information.
1.-The old order OF education mas
changed" said the Vice-President. III
furnished a philosophy and taught man
that happiness was not in his material
oundings-neither in position nor
power-but in his own purpose and con-
duct. The humanities have been forgotten
in the rush for success. our institutions
of higher learning may not be expected
to furnish philosophic view OF life' put
they can be expected to instill into the
minds of young men intellectual courage
II am visionary enough to believe that
intellectual courage, combined with nom
esty. will solve whatever social and eco
nomic problems may arise"