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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28
DIRECTORS GRATEFUL
FOR THE HELP GIVEN
HERE BY Ed M'CARTY
"a PRINCE AMONG COWBOYS
RENDERED. HIS SERVICES
FREE OF CHARGE.

"a prince among cowboys" is the
way the Roundup directors eharae-
terize Ed McCarty Of Cheyenne, who
two years ago won the steer roping
championship and who has been back
to both succeeding Round-ups with
other well known cowboys.
The Roundup owes debt Of graf
itudc to McCarty for his services last
week in making the 1915 show such
a splendid success. McCarty has had
a great deal Of experience putting on
wild west shows he being in charge
Of the Cheyenne Frontier Days, and
offered his services to the Roundup
free Of charge. He not only offered
himself but his string Of horses as
well and never charged a cent.
McCarty. with several well known
cowboys and a string Of bucking
horses. had been over to Walla Walla
whore he had contract for his stuff
He returned to Pendleton for the
Roundup. and two of his men, Tom
Grimes and Tom Kiernana, were CIV
on small contracts for trick riding
Noticing that the Roundup was snort
on bucking burros, he rendered the
use Of his free OF charge.
on the last day Of the Roundup
he told the directors to use whatever
NJ his bucking stock they might need'
eo,orai Of his best horses, including
oye,low Fever" "Two-step,' TX, z.
Roam" and "P. ]. Mutt" the last
named being the last horse that
champion Lee Caldwell rode IN the
finals were used.
81 feel that the Roundup owes
NcCarty more than ] can tell sald
Aroro Director Collins yesterday.
"Not only did he give us the use OF
his horses and burros but he gave us
tho benefit of his experience. He Is
gentleman everywhere and a clean
mort II he fails to get in the prize
money he never makes a complaint
and ne never permits any OF the men
under him to complain. He accepts
the decision Of the judges as the pest
they can make
McCarty while here paid the
Roundup some high compliments and
likes to attend the local frontier show
and take his chances in the contests
1Io is one of the best riders and rop-
orc in the business, His exhibition
~ roping n steer each day without
ue,np bride or halter on his horse
,yos n remarkable one, He rode his
way into the semi-finals Of the buck
inc contest and made one of the best
rides Of the day Saturday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28
MRS. HUGHES LIKELY
TO DISAVOW WILFUL
INTENTION OF ARSON
WILL NOT DENY RESPONSIBLE
ITY. INDICATED At OPEN
ING OF TRIAL TODAY.

That she will not deny the respon-
sibiIity for the fire which destroyed
the home of her former husband Ira
Hughes near Meacham several weeks
ago but will disavow any wiful IT,
tention or malice was indicated By
Mrs Edith Hughes, on trial for ar.
son, in the opening statement Of her
attorneys this morning. on the 9TH
er hand the state is attempting to
show that she burned the dwelling Of
her ex-husband out ef a desire to
injure him and is producing witness
es in an attempt to show malice to-
ward him
The trial opened this morning bu.
the Jurors we're not selected much
before II o'clock Col. ]. H. Raley,
who with W. NJ. Peterson. is acting as
counsel for the defendant, made the
opening statement for her He de-
clarel that the defendant would Ad-
init having gone to Meacham on the
night Of the burning and having
eoue cut through the timber to Mr.,
Hughes place, knowing him - be
absert. Her purpose, however, was
not to destroy the house but to search
among his effects for letters tending
to show intimate relations betwe ~
rim and Ms. Keith, wife Of the o.
orator at Huron With these lette'i
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28
Man Who Killed Superintendent
Mnto Was Sentenced for an At.
tempt to Commit Burglary.
WELL ARMED WHEN ARRESTED
Escaped Prisoner About 81 Years
Old-WhiIe in PendIeton He
Dressed As a BuckarOO-LOcal Of
ficiaR say He Committed Series Of
Robberies and Other Crimes.

Otto Hooker, the escaped convict
Who tiled Superintendent Minte
last night, was sent to the peniten-
tiary from Umatilla county year
ago under sentence Of one to two
ana a hair years after pleading gull
ty to an attempt to commit burglary.
Hooker will be remembered here
as the man arrested just after the
Roundup of 1914 while asleep ana
heavily armed in the deserted
Roundup ticket office on West
/ Court street near the park. He was
FIRST PICKED up here as a suspect on
September '2S, 1914, the day before
the Roundup, by Deputy Estes and
was released on the following day.
Before being arrested on September
20 by officer Alex Manning, now
chief of police. he committed a series
Of burglaries and depredatons.
Early on the morning Of the 2sth,
Harvey Buchanan was passing the
| ticket office near Roundup park
and. looking in, saw a young man
asleep with a revolver in one hand
and a blackjack in the other. He re-
ported the matter to the police and
officer Manning hurried down
Court street in a taxi The man was
I still asleep and, before waking him,
/ the officer disarmed him. Not only
did he have the revolver and black
lack hut he also had long-bladed
dirk AT mis- side and was evidently
prepared to offer a stout resistance.
He was Sleeping on two blankets, Que
of which later proved to have come
from the residence of n. V. Van
| Petten and the other from the Pat
on home Under the bench upon
which he was lying was a Presto light
/ tank stolen from an automobile and
in his pocket were several knives
fountain lens ard some candy stolen
from Kaepper BrCs drug store. He
also had the keys of the John Lang
grocery store on West Webb street
which had been burglaribed a few
nights before. other keys were "l-
SO found in his possession.
Officer Manning recognized him as
the thief he had pursued a night or
two before after he had been detect :
ed in the act Of trying to enter the
residence of Councilman ]. E. Mont
eomery. Mrs. Montgomery saw him
trying to open a window and tele'
phuned the police. Manning hurried
over in an auto but Hooker, seeing
him. broke and ran. Manning pur-
sued him for several blocks. across
lots and over fences and once shot
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28
liverpool lYesterdayN

LIVERPOOL Sept 27.-Wheat--
Spot No. 1, lis 10 I'D; No. :, lis
s 1-2d: No. hard winter, lis Lad.
No. Northern Duluth. lis 4 l-2d.
No red western winter, los Sd; No.
2 hard winter lis 10 i-2d.
In American terms the Liverpool
price for spot No, 1 is I.7S per
bushel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28
DUMBA IS RECALLED
BY VIENNA AND WILL
LEAVE U. S. At ONCE
AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR WILL
BE GIVEN GUARANTEE OF
SAFE PASSAGE,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-Austri-
an Ambassador Dumbai has been re-
called by his home government as re-
quested by the United, States. The
recall is unconditional The state
department announced It had tele-
gram from Dumba stating his gov
ernment had recalled him and ask
ing for safe conduct. He announced
he will leave New York on October
5. Acting Secretary of State Polk
said guarantee Of safe conduct VIII
be secured from the allied embassies
and win be forwarded to Dumba at
his summer home at Lenox Mass.
Polk announced that Ambassador
Penfield at Vienna. officially was ad-
vised Saturday by Foreign Minister
Burian that Austria would recall
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28
ESCAPED CONVICT SHOOTS AND
KILLS HARRY MINTO, HEAD OF
STATE PRISON, NEAR ALBANY
G~4AAA~AN%~NS~"'
MINTO WAS FORMERLY
MARION COUNTY SHERIFF

= Harry P. MintO comes fr0m
= a pioneer family OF the william
= ette valley and for many yearz 4
= was a public official in Marion 4
= county. AS sheriff OF that
4 county he gained great popu-
= larIty and was considered one 4
q of the most capable officials in
= the northwest He was a typi-
= cal westerner, being over six
= feet in height, slim but rugged
= and as hardy as an oak Min
= to was appointed superintend-
. ent of the state penitentiary
. shortly after the election Of I
= Governor Withycombe, succeed 4
. ing Bert X. Lawson. Minto I
= served as sheriff Of Marion coun-
= ty for several terms, but final
. ly refused 70 rgain be a candi-
. date and his deputy, William
= Esch. was elected sheriff Esch
. was reelected at the last elee-
= ton and is the present sheriff 4
. Of Marion county. Minto was
q one of the most popular Off
. cials in the county and as su-
. perintendent of the penttentiary
= conducted his work in the same
. efficient manner as marked his
= terms as sheriff. He was
. known throughout the state to
. a large number Of officials who
= through bringing prisoners TO
= the penitentiary, came in contact
= with him.
.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28
Chicago Wheat is
up Slightly Today

CHICAGO, Sept. 2S,-(SpeciaD-
At the close today, Sept. $1O5 asked
Dec. 95 5-S asked; May 9S S-S.
Portland.
PORTLAND Ore, Sept. 2S.-(Spe-
cial) Bid prices today, club 81,
bluestem soc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28

PARIS, Sept 2s.--The greatest
battle Of the year along the western
front Is waging even more seriously
than when the great conflict began
three days ago Staggering the Ger
mans with one mighty smash, the al
lies withdrew and reinforced their
lines for another blow The second
stroke was dealt last night. heavy in
fantry attacks following hail of ar
tiuery. The Germans are Yielding
yard by yard in the Champagne regi-
on, moved down under massed
French bayonet attacks The Ger
mans are battling bitterly 70 save the
Betzancourt-Argonne railway
To the north the British are pro-
crossing under difficulties The Ger
mans strongest defenses run from
Arras to the sea Against these the
British have been remarkably sue
ccssful
PARIS, Sept. 2s-Despite violent
resistance, the French have made
further gains In the Champagne re-
gion and around Arras, It was Off
cially claimed. The fighting in the
last "a hours has been attended by
heavy losses on both sides Steady
streams Of fire are playing across the
Champagne and Artois fronts. The
allies are continuing their offensive.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28

Spain has developed only about
one nth of its coal lands, the area
of which is nearcly double that of
frances and only one-third less than
England's.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28

PORTLAND, Ore, sept. 2S.--
The crew Of an Oregon electric
train reported to the police that
a man answering the description
Of Hooker had ridden to Port
land with them early this morn
ing. They said he was out Of
breath as he boarded tire train nc
DeyeFs Station. two miles from
the place where Mimic was slain.
SALEM. Ore, Sept 2S.-The
Mimic funeral will he held ae 10
tomorrow morning, under the
auspices OF the EIks.
WALIA WALLA. Sept. 2S.-A
request was received at the state
penitentiary for blood hounds to
be used in trailing Hooker who
killed MintO near Albany. IT
Hooker is not captured soon.
they probably VIII be sent.
PORTLAND, Ore, Sept 28.-l
Deputy Sheriff ChristtOfferun
left at mnon with a blOodhOund
to try u traTI Hooker.
ALBANY Ore. Sept. 2&--FOur
hundred men are now searching for
Hooker, but no trace OF him has been
found The street in front OF the
sheriffs office is thrOnged with men
clamOring TO assist the officials I'm the
man hunt. Men are heing organized
and sent out under the direction OF
the sheriff and Colonel Reeves, who
il representing Governor Withycuur-
be.
It deveLqped that Mimic was a vic.
sim OF his own bravery. He was ac-
companied by Guard johnson and
had trailed Hooker to the scene oi
the tragedy. NIinno got out OF the
automobile and was bcaung the
brush when the convict shot him
through the head.
Marshal Benson. who was also shot
by the desperate two hours before
AIinto was killed, was resting easily
i'm the hospital this afternoon.
ALBANY, Ore. SeSpt. 2S.-Despitt
the efforts Of more than 200 armed
poSsemcu. no definite trace has beCi
found of otto Hooker, escaped con.
viCt who shot and killed Harry Min.
TO. superintendent OF the pcnitentiRry
two miles east OF here about mid,
night, two hours after he perhaps IA
tally wounded City Marshal Benson
Of jefferson. One report was he wa,
surrounded ON an island in the VIII
lamettc river between Albany anC
salem. The country is alive will
armed men.
Mimic was shot and killed when h,
and Guard johnson attempted {,
take Hooker into custody. Bensoi
was wounded endeavoring to arres
Hooker at jefferson. Tho cOnvic
shot NLintO and the marshal with
revolver taken from the marshal
Minto fired at Hooker with "a shot
gun, but the charge did not take Il
feet. Hooker fired almost smultan
eously, the bullet penetrating Mimic
4 brain.
SALEM, Ore. Sept 29.-Harry +
Mimic, superintendent ol tho Oregol
state penitentiary, was shot and In
stantly killed at 1880 o'clock las
night by Otto Hooker an escapeI
convict. on public road two mile
north Of Albany Ninto and a par
~ were trailing Hooker and had beel
notified that he had shot city Mar
shal Benson at jefferson and va
going towards Albany.
Mlnto. leading party LETT Al
bany In an automobile and had pro
ceeded along the road Two miles
when they suddenly ran upon N
convict. In an exchange Of shot
Mimic was killed. Soue nt tho oths
men Ia the posse was Injured and
Is thought the convict escaped un
hurt Three posses are on hls trai
one from Albany and two from Sa
lem. one led By Sheriff william Esct
The officer shot by Hooker at JET
ferson is dangerously wounded an
may die.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28
POSSE SUDDENLY
COMES UPON MAN
ON PUBLIC ROAD
Shots are Exchanged and SUDeTiH-
tendent Falls Officials Reported
to be Close on Trail Of Prisoner.
MARSHAL BENSON WOUNDED

jefferson Official in scuffIe With
Convict Is Seriously Hurt and May
Die-FeeIing Is Running High at
salem and Il May Go Hard With
Hooker If RecaptRcd.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28
NEWS SUM MARY

General.
Superintendent Mimic of the state
pcnltentiary Is killed by escaped COM
vict,
Dumba has been recalled to Vienna.
Local.
Mrs. Hughes, on trial for arson
admits she might have caused fire
but denies any malice.
Roundup has kind words for I'D
Mc(Arty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28
ALLIES HURLING
FRESH ASSAULTS
ON GERMAN LINE
Greatest Battle Of the Year is Being
Waged Along the Western Front
With TeutOnS Weakening.
FRENCH GAINING STEADILY

MRssed Bayonet Attacks Nov Down
Resistance in the Champagne Re-
giOn-Brltish Troops are Battling
Successfully on the Line Running
From Arras 10 the Sea.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28

Ccoatluued on page flysJ
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Continued on page fiv4)
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Continued on page five.)
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CONTINUED on page four)
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PORTLAND, Ore, sept U.s.
Deputy Sheriff ChristtOfferun
left At Room with a blOodhOunrR
to try uO trail Hooker.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28

WALLA wALLA, Sept. 2s.-A
request was received at the state
peHitentiary for blood hounds to
be used in trailing Hooker who
killed MfntO near Albany. If
Hooker is not captured soon.
they probably VIII be sent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28
TO ADvERTBEIls.

The East OFegOnIaR has the largest PAID
circulation Of any paper In Oregon, east OF
Portland, ard over twice the circulation In
PendletOn Of any other newspaper.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28

PORTLAND. Ore, sept. 2S.--
The crew Of an Oregon electric
train reported to the police that
a man answering the description
OF Hooker had ridden to Port
land with them early this morn
ing They said he was out Of
breath as he boarded the train nc
DeyeFs Station. two miles from
the place where Mimic was slain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-28

SALEM. Ore. Sept 2S.-The
Mimic funeral will he held at 10
tomorrow morning, under the
auspices of the EIks~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13
BUYS TORPEDO SCREENS
Navy Pushes Its Tests of Nets to Pro-
tect Ships.

Washington, July 13.-For expert
mental purposes the navy department
has purchased several torpedo nets to
hang around battleships and protect
them from torpedo attack. Secretary
Daniels said today these were of the
same type as those employed by for
eign navies.
Experiments are now going on with
the nets aboard one of the ships on
the Atlantic fleet. Similar expert
mentS made some time ago produced
no very definite results, but navy Off
Gals hope to be able so to improve
the nets as to reduce the dangers from
submarines.
The nets are composed of wire links
torn their way through them in pre-
vious tests. The British batUeShip
Triumph, sunk by a torpedo in the
Dardanelles. is said to have had nets
out which were penetrated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13
LAWSON TO PRISON
Mine Workers Official Denied
New Trial by Hillyer.
Is Sentenced to Hard Labor for
Life in Penitentiary.
COURT is FLAYED AS CORRUPT
Prisoner Declares Jurist Under
Influence of ROckefeIlerS.
Charges Inscriptions Persecu-
ton and Jury Coercion.

Trinidad, Colo, July 13.-Denied a
new trial by Judge CRANKY Hillyer, in
the third district court, in which, on
May 8, he was found guilty of the
murder in the first degree of John
Nimmo, a deputy sheriff, during a
battle near Ludlow on October 25,
1913, John r. Lawson, international
board member of the United Mine
Workers of America, the most prom
inent of union officials in the con-
duct of the Colorado coal strike, to-
day occupies a cell in the county Jail.
Lawson, escorted to the jail by the
sheriff, was accompanied by num-
Der of local union officials.
This for me is but the beginning -
said Lawson, as he entered the jail.
L maintain 1 have broken no law and
committed no crime unless it be that
! am coal miner, honored by my
FELLOW workers with years of faith.
My devotion will stand even this, the
acid test for the maintenance of their
principles. My experience may help
to awaken others to the wrongs in our
world calling as definitely today as in
timo past for a remedy"
In denying the motion for a new
trial, Judge Hillyer reviewed each
separate contention of the applicant
and stated at the conclusion of his
ruling that in his judgment there was
not sufficient ground for a retrial of
the case.
Sentenced to Life.
Lawson was sentenced to spend the
remainder of his life at hard labor in
the state penitentiary.
In his statement to the court Law
son said. in part:
About to be condemned by you to
prison for life, 1 will, therefore,
make answer to your question in
the following way:
First of all, in the name of the
courts of my country, which I re-
spect, I protest against your right or
power to pass judgment against me.
1t is undenied in this case that you
were appointed to the bench this
spring for the trial of myself and my
associates, fresh from the employ
Colorado and the country, including
the Rockefellers, who have pressed
and engineered these prosecutions.
Yourself a coal company attorney. en-
gagged to assist as a practIcing lawyer
in the trial of ases, like mine, out OF
1914, you had no right, when chal-
lenged, to sit as a trial judge in this
case of any striking miner.
TraVesty on Justice.
You were so deeply prejudiced
against me that my case was a trav-
esty on justice from the start.
Notwithstanding the affidavits of
your prejudice, you have persisted on
the bench.
To-day the supreme court of Cole
RADIO, in Denver, is reviewing your
conduct and yet you refuse to wait an
other twenty-four hours for the guild
ance of that courts decision. Such
unseeming haste in the exercise of
such u Jurisdiction to thrust me into
prison should not be passed without
protest"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13
HER BODY LAID TO REST
Funeral of Mrs. Adelia NJ. MacLennan
Is Held This Afternoon.

The funeral of Mrs. Adelia NJ. Mac
Lehman. who died at Cascade, Colo,
last Saturday, took place at the home
of her son, Frank P. MacLennan, 1913
Topeka avenue, at o'clock this
afternoon. The service was conducted
by the Rev. Bernard Kelly of En-
poria, a longtime friend of the fam
lily. He read the Thirty-third Psalm
and talked briefly of the life of Mrs.
MacLennan who was active up. to the
time of her death, although she reach
ed the unusual age of 81 years and
four months.
Two vocal numbers were rendered
Nearer My God to Thee" and Lead
Kindly Light'-by Miss Elizabeth
Anderson and Mrs. George H. Allen.
The easket and surroundings were
heavily laden with flowers.
The pail bearers were Oscar D..
Wolf, Charles E. Lagerstrom, L. L..
Kiene, Charles P. Adams, E. H. Cros-
by and DR.. c. F. Menninger. The first
two named are on the active staff
of the State Journal and the following
two were formerly connected with the
paper.
The son, E. c. MacLennan of Cas-
cade, Colo, was present and Mrs. E.
M. Jolley of Kansas City, a sister of
Mrs. Frank P. MacLennan.
Burial took place in Topeka ceme-
terry where a brief service was con-
Quoted by the Rev. Mr.. Kelly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13
B0TKIN VERDICT.
CONTINUED from page one.I

CONTINUED from Page One1
marks of 1912. he never buried the
Ratchet as far as Botkin was con-
cerned 1t was Botkin who went into
the campaign with a bundle of adver-
Using extracts from the Capper pa
pers and drew parallel on morality
that made Capper blush. 1t was Bot
kin who attacked the governor in his
home town the night before the 1s1 2
election and repeated his challenge to
the Topeka publisher.
Plain and Simple.
| So when Capper was elected gov
in the mind of political dopesters as
to the things Governor Capper
planned to do to Botkin. 1t was all
as plain and simple as the printed let
| Botkin was to be ousted. J. K.
Codding, former warden, and a 80
horse power, eight cylinder Progress
/ sive during the 1912 battle, had re
| turned to the party to make speeches
for Capper in 1914. Codding was to
be returned to the wardenship- That
| program is as much in force today
as the day Governor Capper took his
oath of office.
But to remove Botkin from office
and evade statewide criticism, the
commission appointed under direction
| of Governor Capper, must find Botkin
to have been inefficient. A natural
basis of determining inefficiency, is by
comparison with records of former
wardens. But a hard fight will be
made to keep out of the official rec
ordS any compa rison with the Codding
record.
Reports which have reached Topeka
are to the effect that Botkin and his
friends are anxious to air certain fea-
lures of the Codding record-use of
the straight jacket, prison mine in
cidentS and other features. The COM
mission, however, will be asked to
keep this testimony out of the record
under the rule of evidence that Cod
ding is not on trial.
The Way Is Oiled.
Possibly in the course of the hear
ing, the editorial published July by
w. Y. Morgan, lieutenant governor,
will be read. That editorial indicating
the utter uselessness of lawyers in the
Botkin hearing, was printed the day
before Morgan came to Topeka and
helped in the selection of the commits
sion to try Botkin. 1t was also pub
liShed two days after Governor Cap
per visited Hutchinson and is said to
have conferred with Morgan regard
ing the plan to separate Botkin from
his job.
Then there is the paragraph by
Mayor House. Of course, it was not
a wise political observer, knew the
story as well as though he had read
it in a book. So, two days after the
commission was named, House wrote
the paragraph to the effect that the
Notwithstanding the commission,
perhaps-had been built with the size
of Botkin's neck especially IN mind.
There is little doubt that attorneys
for Botkin will try to read these para
graphs into the records. They may
also try to drag into the testimony
few of the remarks of Governor Cap
per and his followers concerning the
plan to separate the warden from a
state pay check All of which should
aid in distracting the public mind from
the August heat.