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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
WOMAN IS KILLED
AND MAN COMMITS
SUICIDE IN HOTEL
Deputy Sheriff Of Los Angeles Muir
ders Beautiful HouseFeeper--
Cause of Tragedy is Mystery.
BODIES FOUND BY GUESTS
Dead Woman's Home Was i'm Ray
mond. WASH. According to Letters
Found i'm Desk i'm Her Room Where
Shooting Took Place-Several Hun
dred Dollars Found in Room.

Los ANGELES. April 1O-Claude
Mathewson, a deputy sheriff and
sporting man, former proprietor of
the Rathskeller Cafe, shot and killed
Miss Nellie Murdock. go. early today,
then suicided by shooting himself
through the head and breast. The
cause is a mystery.
Mathewson owned the Hotel Lor.
raine. and the woman was his house
keeper. She was strikingly beautiful.
Guests who heard the shots found the
bodies in Miss Murdock's rooms
In a desk in the room were several
hundred dollars in bills and letter
postmarked Raymond, Washington,
March 2, apparently from her sister,
1t was signed Flo" The envelope
was addressed to Miss Nellie Buck,
the Lorraine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10

MEXICO CITY, April 1O.-Troops
from points in the vicinity Of Mexico
City are being brought into the cap
ital. This is believed to be as much
to resist possible uprising in the
city itself as to meet an attack from
without.
1t is pretty certain that the higher
authorities are looking for a move
ment against the capital Knowing
Torreon already has fallen, though
they wouldn't admit 1t, they are prac-
tically open to the constitutionalists
as soon as the necessary preparations
have been completed.
VERA CRUZ. April 10.-Tampico is
believed to be in the rebels hands.
The belief is based on a dispatch to
United States Consul Canada from
the consul at Tuxpan. saying the city
apparently has fallen" Earlier re-
ports were that the rebels were clos
ing in on the federal garrison.
An unconfirmed report was that
Admiral Mayo had landed American
marines. Sixty American women were
taken on board the warships.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
OISBELIEvEs STORY

NEW YORK, April 1O.--Francis
Arnold, Dorothy's father, expressed
his disbelief in the story his daughter
died in DR.. Meredith's maternity hos
rital in a suburb at Pittsburg
1--WE never found a clue leading 20
F Fittsburg." he said.
Il believe that my daughter is
dead, but am convinced she died the
day she disappeared or Immediately
thereafter. The theory 1 always in
c;ired to was that she was kidnapped
and made away with in very sh"r:
tune"
Arnold's attorney. John Keith, .Iow-
ever, said he heard the girl was in
Pittsburg and had investigated there
without result.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
MAN PAYS THE PENALTY Of
MURDER WITH HIS LIFE.
FOLD WITH FIRM STEP AND
DIES GAMELY.

SAN QUENTIN. Cal, April 10
Jerry Allen, 40, was hanged in the
state prison today for wife murder
He killed Mrs. Allen when she refus,
ed to leave house of prostitution at
Williams. He walked with head erect
and firm step to the death room. as
cended the scaffold without assistance
and died gamely
Just before the black cap was ad-
justed Allen made the following state
ment: II murdered my wife and am
ready to pay the penalty. Had she
left that house when l asked her this
thing never would have happened.
But It's too late now to think about
such thinks. I hope my death will
be lesson to others. The temper is
thing we must learn to control"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10

Queen Eleanora of Bulgaria, who
intends to sail for the United States
late in May. has been warned by an
onymous letters not to make the trip.
Nevertheless. she has determined to
disregard them. 1t is believed in So
fla. the Bulgarian capital, that the
letters We're not written by an Ameri-
can. She expects to sail from Ham,
burg.
One reason for her visit will be the
generosity of Americans in respond
ing TO her call for aims after the re-
cent war. Much money has been
sent from the United States. While
the state department at Washington
had not been officially informed of
the intended visit 1t created interest.
Officials will be assigned to care for
her on her arrival. The details of
her visit have not yet been made pub
lic
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
Raid is Made on Maternity Hospital in Pttsburg Bodies
Of Victims Of Illegal Operations Were Cremated Ac-
cordng to Statement Of Police Who Say 20 or
More Were Disposed Of in This Way.

P1TTSBURG, April 10.-More ar
rests are in prospect as a sequel to
last nights police raid of maternity
hospital in the suburbs of Bellevue.
where illegal operations, according to
detectives, have been performed as a
regular business.
DR.. c. c. Meredith. the institutions
/ head; DR.. II. L. Lutz, his assistant;
Nurses Lucy Orr and Mary Snyder,
were sweated until Lutz,, the police
said. made a confession which it Is
believed would involve several Pitts
burg physicians who acted as feed
ers' for the hospital.
There naturally were many cases,
DutZ Is said to have hold his ques-
tioners, where the patients succumbed
TO unlawful operations, and the corps
es invariably were cremated in fur
mace in the basement. The police
believed that 20 or more bodies were
disposed of in this way. That Dor
othy Arnold, the long missing New
York heiress. was among the victims,
detectives said they were reasonably
certain
Against Meredith the specific
charge was that of performing an IL
legal operation on Miss Myrtle ALI
son, Of Williamsburg, a year ago.
Lutz said he got the case for his hos
pital and noting that she disappeared
he asked Meredith what had become
of her, to which Meredith replied that
she was dead. He said he asked too
what had become of Dorothy Arnold,
whereupon Meredith made a motion
with his hands toward the sky, indi-
eating she had been cremated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
COUNTY SPELLING
CONTEST ON TODAY

The first annual Umatilla county
spelling contest commenced today and
will continue. by the process of grad
ual elimination, until absolute su
premacy is determined. The contest
will consist OF two preliminary con-
tests and one finah
Today the first of the preliminary
contests Is being held. Every grade
between the third and eighth inclusive
in the county is eligible to compete
providing the class as a whole aver
ages so per cent In a written test. This
written test was given this morning.
1t consisted OF the writing of 100
words. This afternoon the oral tests
for those classes whose eligibility has
been established are being conducted.
However. only those pupils whose in
dividual average in the written test
was equal or better than the class av-
erage are permitted to enter the or
al tests this afternoon. The two pu-
Pills from each class remaining on the
floor the longest viii be the repre-
sentatives of their grade at the di-
vision contest which will be a week
from today on Friday, April II.
In the division contest, the repre-
sentatives of the schools will compete
to determine who shall represent the
division In the final contest which
will be held in this city on May 1. The
county is divided into Is divisions and
there are from three to ten schools
in each division.
Prizes will be given to the winning
schools and the individual members
{ the school teams at the final con-
tests.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
TABLE WEIGHING II TONS
TO BE USED IN PARK

SPOKANE, Wash, April 10.-Na-
tatorium park in Spokane will carry
the distinction of having within its
grounds the heaviest table In the
world when the season opens in a few
weeks, A natural granite slab. IS
inches In thickness and weighing IA
tons. with an area of 81 square feet,
will be in placefor for the use of sum-
mer picnickers, The slab was dis.
covered while park employees were
making an excavation in the hillside
and the management decided to make
use of the natural wonder as ta-
BILE. 1t will be located on a bench of
land above the plunge and will be
surrounded by number Of concrete
mushroom seats.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
FRIENDS OF GUNMEN WILL
TRY TO Save THEM FROM
DEATH IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
PREVENT EXECUTIONS AT
SING SING.

NEW YORK. April 10.-Friends OF
the four New York gunner sentenc-
ed 70 die at Sing Sing in the electric
chair April 1S for the murder of Her.
man Rosenthal planned to make an
other effort for a new trial. They are
expected to appeal to the state su
preme court for a stay of execution
and a retrial on the ground that fresh
evidence has been discovered.
Rabbi Brown is said to be backing
the movement. The four condemned
men are said to have given up hope.
Prison officials planned to execute
them at dawn Monday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10

Pendleton will hold another rose
show this year and 1t will be a larger.
more pretentious show than the one
of last year. This was the statement
made today by DIR. I. U. Temple. pres
ident of the Pendeton Floral associa-
tion. The exhibition of the flowers
will be held some time in June, the
date TO be set when 1t is learned
more definitely the time when the
roses will be at their best.
Larger and more premiums will be
offered this year for exhibits which
prove that the Pendleton climate is
adapted to Horticulture. The organ
ization already has considerable
cash nucleus left over from last
year and DIR. Temple believes there
will be many voluntary contributions
this year
He states that the first rose show
held last June, gave wonderful im-
petus to flower gardening II this
city. Hundreds OF rose bushes have
been planted since and he thinks
the show this year will see an abund-
ance OF beautiful specimens. On ac-
count vi tne open winter anu sprlnS'
he looks to see the roses blooming
earlier this year than last.
II is not the intention of the local
organization to steal any Of Portlands
honors or to detract interest In the
big Rose Festival of the metropolis.
The one idea that actuates those in
terested in the movement is to prove
TO Pendleton people that roses can
be grown here easily and to encour-
age them in Horticulture as a means
of making a "city beautiful"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
JUSTICE WRIGHT MAY FACE
TRIAL OF IMPEACHMENT
FAVORABLE REPORT IL MADE
ON RESOLUTION BY HOUSE
COMMITTEE,

WASHINGTON. April 1O,-A IA.
vorable report on the resolution pro-
viding for the impeachment on char
ges of misconduct OF Justice Daniel
7. Wright OF the District OF coIufn bia
supreme court was returned by the
house judiciary committee.
The next step in the proceedings
will be vote in the house which, IL
Is anticipated, Will call for a full In
vestigation OF the charges and for IN.
writs of impeachment introduced by
Representative Parks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
MURDERER OF WIFE MAY
BE GIVEN LIFE IN PEN

GALESBURG, ILL.,. April 10.--Rob-
ert Higgins, who murdered his wife
last fall that he might continue H.
litit relations with his stepdaughter,
Julia Flake, was arraigned IN the cir
cult court at Aledo and pleaded gu :
ty. 1t Is believed he will be sentenc.
ed to life imprisonment. Sentence
will be imposed Tuesday. Miss
Flake was not present but she will
have q separate hearing later
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10

When he pressed for particulars
concerning the disposition of Miss AL
lison's body, he asserted the doctor
made a similar gesture.
Lutz declared Meredith seemed to
revel in others pain.
Meredith was held in $4,000 bail.
District Attorney Jackson was con-
fident that he and Chief Clark OF the
detective bureau had solved the mys-
terry of Miss Arnold's disappearance
1--WE have traced her right up t6
the door of Meredith's down town of
flee in the Schmidt building" he
said. "But it is too early yet to know
just how much we shall learn con-
oerning the details of her fate"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
BELIEVED TO
HAVE DIED FROM POISON

CHICAGO, April 10.-An autopsy
having revealed poison in the stom-
ach Of Delaney Louderbach, a mil
lionaire, and an associate of the late
Charles T. Yerkes, who died suddenly
last night, Coroner Hoffman took
personal charge of searching inves-
tigation. An inquest was demanded
by DIR. Paul Kelly who was sum-
moned when Louderbach was taken
i'll. The coroner assigned the physi-
clan to the case and acted as soon as
he received the latter's report. Kelly
wouldn't make public his reasons for
asking an inquest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
MADE To
TRAP EVANGELIST
WOMAN FORCES HER WAY IN.
TO BULGIN'S ROOM-lS
ARRESTED.

HANFORD, Cal, April 10.-Mrs.
George Carruthers, widow of VAL
lego saloonkeeper. forced her way
into the bedroom of Rev. E. J. Bull
gin. an anti-saloon orator, in To-
cal hotel here yesterday.
Bulgin had been warned of the
plan to discredit him and had Rev.
w. S. Loomis hidden in a closet. When
Loomis came out, the woman fled
springing into buggy in front of the
hotel Loomis seized the horse by the
bit but was beaten off with a whip
by the woman who drove away pur-
sued by automobiles and motorcycles
After long chase she was arrested
and lodged in Jail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
TAMP|C0 IS BELIEVED To HAVE
FALLEN INTO HANDS OF THE
DlQl|V Report Says That American
NlUlLO Marines Have Been Landed
PRESIDENT AND FAMILY
AT WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. Va.
April 10.-The president and several
members of his family arrived to
spend Easter. The president will
spend the brief vacation golfing and
motoring. He expects to return to
Washington Monday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
MERE MEN EXCLUDED
AT COED TRACK MEET

EVANSTON, H.. April 10.-Male
students were excluded from Patten
gymnasium this afternoon when the
Northwestern University co-eds in
boomers and short skirts held their
first track meet. The events were
a quarter mile and fifty yard dash.
high jump and class relay race.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
GOVERNOR HODGES IS SUED
FOR DAMAGES BY WOMAN
WHILE IN SCCFFLE FOR
PAPERS.

TOPEKA, Kas.. April 10.-Mrs
Luella West has brought suit against
Governor Hodges for s2S10 for dam
ages she alleged were inflicted By the
governor in his office Wednesday dur.
ing scuffle for the possession OF
some papers. She charges the COVER
nor struck her shoulder and wrench
ed her arm.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
GEORGE MORROW IS FOUND
GUILTY 1ST DEGREE MURDER

COLFAX, Wash, April 10.-Guilty
in the first degree was the verdict re-
turned against George Morrow, charg-
ed with the murder of Elmer Nc
Bride. lumber jack at Tekoa, jan
uary 26. Mcbride called to see Mrs.
Morrow at a hotel conducted by her
husband and was shot to death in the
woman's presence.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
PAGE SPEECH IN LONDON
Is A CLOSED INCIDENT

WASHINGTON. April 10-That the
speech of Ambassador Page in Lon
don in which a reference to the canal
was made that aroused discussion and
criticism of the ambassador. is a
closed incident was the statement Of
members of both the house and sem
ate foreign committees.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
INLAND CANAL ADVOCATE
Is CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE

ABERDEEN. Wash, April 10.-W.
D.. Lyman. northwest representative
of the rivers and harbors congress
ennounced himself as candidate for
congress. Lyman favors building a
canal from Chehalis and Centralia to
Gray's Harbor by way of the Che
halls river.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
CHRISTIANS ARE SLAIN.

ATENS. April l0.-An official COM
munication says that Mussulman AL
banians entered Koritsa, in the viii
ayet of Monastir, and. with the aid Of
the gendarmerie. who had previ-
ously disarmed the inhabitants, be.
ban a massacre of the Christians,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
DAMAGE TO PEACH CROP
ESTIMATED AT A MILLION

DALLAS, Tex. April 10-Damage
TO the peach crop and other small
fruit as the result cf the coldest April
weather in 20 years. is fixed at a mil
lion dollars. The temperature at Alb
ilene was 26 above.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
HILL Is ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER THE NORTHWEST

NEW YORK. April 10
THE Northwest section of the
United States is the most pros
porous of the country" said ].
]. Hill. I'VE feel most COM
Portable over the situation in
the northwest. Business is good.
The people are ready for
spring planting. ana conditions
are more than favorable for a
normal seasons crop"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
SITE PICKED FOR
HILL LINE DOCKS

ASTORIA, Ore. April 10 =
President Hill of the Great I
Northern announced that the I
proposed yards and docks for Z
the Hill lines will be built at I
Flavel, or "Tanzy Point" He Z
said the decision was made be-
cause of advantages of econo-
} my and permanence, these sites
being desirable for the most
satisfactory dispatch of trains
and steamships. Flavel is with
, in the Port of Astoria.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
BOOTLEGGERS ARE SOUGHT.
ROseburg Council Enacts Law Pro-
yiding Search of SuitcaseS.

viding Search of Suitcascs
ROSEBURG, Ore. April 10.-The
city council has adopted search and
seizure law. Under the terms of this
ordinance persons with suit cases and
other receptacles who are suspected
of being engaged in bootlegging may
be held and searched by the officers
without a search warrant
The law was enacted. 1t is said, with
a view of ending the practice of per-
sons who bring suit cases of liquor
here for sale. Roseburg is a dry
town.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
FREEZING TEMPERATURES
KILL FRUIT IN SOUTH

ST. LOUIS, April 10.-Tempera-
lures at or near freezing prevailed
throughout Tennessee. Arkansas. Mis-
sisslppi and oklahoma. Much fruit
and many vegetables are said to have
been Killed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
VICTIMS OF DISASTER
BURIED AT THE DALLES

) THE DALLES, April 10
Hundreds Of fellow workmen
and their families from the Ce-
lilo canal works attended the
funeral of Edward Kendler and
Charles Oldrich. killed in We'd
nesday's explosion. Coroner
.Burgett is investigating in an
endeavor to place the blame for
the disaster.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
26O CANDIDATES IN
STATE HAVE FILED
200 REPUBLICANS, As DEMOCRATS
AND is PROGRESSIVES
IN LIST.
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SALEM, Ore. April ia total of
$50 candidates for state and district
offices have filed declarations. At
noon all but forty had filed their
nominating petitions. Two
hundred were republicans, As demo-
Gratis and 10 progressives. The time
for filing petitions closes at this
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
FATE OF DOROTHY ARNOLD MISSING HFEREESSS OF NEW York.
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SOLVED; PHYSICIANS UNDER ARREST
ClcmOnts Goes TO Federals.

CHICAGO, April 10.-Catcher Glen
Clemonts, member of the st. Louis
Americans, confirmed the report that
he has jumped to the federals.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
NEWS SU N MARY
General.

General.
Fate of Dorothy Arnold is believed
to have been solved.
Federal forces are being masSed i'm
Mexico City where rebel attack Is ex-
pccted.
Friends of convicted gunmen en.
deavoring to save them from electric
chair.
Justice Wright of District of CO.
lumbia may have to stand impeach-
ment trial.
Governor Hodges Of Kansas Is de.
fendant In damage suit filed by wo.
man.
Woman killed. man suicides I'm ho-
tel ut Los Angeles.
Total of 26O candidates have filed
in the state.
Local.
Joseph Cunha sells wool at fraction
under 20 cents.
First annual county spelling con.
test starts today.
Pendleton rose show will be held
again this year.
Popular travelling man victim Of
embarrassing experience.
PendletOn wins game from Baker
by 5 to I score.
$4,000 damage suit before federal
court.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10

A creamery has been secured for
Heppner. but the packing house has
been dropped for the present.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
Hueta is Preparing to Make His
Last Stand in Mexico City Which
is Open to Villa and His Soldiers.
UPRISING IS ALSO FEARED

Authorities Taking Precautions TO
Prevent Outbreak Among Residents
and All Available Troops from
Nearby Points Are Fastening Into
the Capital-RebeIs Believed to BE
Ready to Make Assault.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10
ANNUAL ROSE SHOW
TO Be BIG EVENT
HERE THIS SEASON
PendIeton Floral Association Making
Plans for Exhibition Which Will
be Given in June.
MORE PREMIUMS TO Be GIVEN

Last Years Annual Show Gave Won
derful Impetus TO Flower Gardening
and Hundreds Of Rose Bushes Have
Been Planted Since Then - This
Year VIII Bring Out Many Flowers
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-04-10

The East Oregonan has the largest pai6
circulation Of any paper In Oregon, east OF
Portland and over twice the circulation 10
Pendleton Of any other newspaper.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-04-02

season will be raised by giving a
big benefit dance at the CONNER
cial Hotel hall on Friday evening,
the 18th.
The schedule has not yet been
arranged, the first games will un-
doubtedly be played on Sunday,
the 18th. The Highlands team
will use the Kennewick grounds
for their home games. As be-
tween the city and the Highlands
teams, it appears on paper as
though the Highlanders will have
the best of it. as in making up
the city team it will be necessary
to do without the services Of any
who have signed on the Brother
hood nine. thus pledging them
selves against playing Sunday:
ball. az
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-04-02
TIME FLIES

One week from next Sunday
is Easter and there is no time
like today to come in and louk
over our line of exclusive mil
linery. We are showing this
week some new shapes and trims
at prices that are certain to please
our customers. fei.'
Pay us a visit and inspect our
stocks. We believe we have just
what you want. If not give us
your ideas and let us assist you
in making a satisfactory selec-
ton. Remember, Easter is al
most here. ELITE MILLINERY.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-04-02
TO THE PUBLIC

Learning that we have been
criticized for not locking our
store on Good Roads Day we Of
fer the following information:
DR.. Crosby asked us to sign
the closing agreement. We ex-
planned that we could not close
entirely first because we have
customers every day from other
towns, second because we were
behind with our Office work and
also had four cars Of merchan-
disc on track to be unloaded.
We signed as follows: will
close against city trade and will
furnish three or four workers. I"
We sent four good workers. We
closed our back doors. We closed
our front door and put a large
sign on which read as follows:
"Closed against city trade. !" We
made no deliveries. Our total
sales for the day were less than
ten per cent of our average daily
sales. Of this nearly all was paid
by three men zone from Pasco,
one from Burbank and one from
Whitcomb. These three are reg
ular customers of ours.
"A few small sales were made
to local people simply because
they came in and we could not
well refuse to wait on them.
However, to the best of our
knowledge and belief the total of
such sales was under three dol
lars mostly for fruit, cookies
and candy.
With the above information we
feel sure that no fair-minded
person will accuse us of unfair
ness. We surely had no inten-
ton Of being so. We are entire
ly willing to stand on our record
when it comes to holding up our
end in anything for the public
good.
KENNEWICK FRUIT go