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omaon mi.."' aotl cuy rti'l -7 t,i IS MEDFORD I Tribune SUBSCRIBERS rllliiv to u tmjxr will Iiy oni t.tllvr(t by ilioiilnr of no lijr 0 p. m. ? WEATHER Fall' mill clcnr, Mux., fit' inlii,, tin rel. hum., 71 1'ct. iMIly Hlxth Yeiir. forty-Klrnl Yt-nr. MEDtfORD, OHl'XJOtf, PJII1MV, DHOIOALBEIt J, 1911 No. 217 M'NAMARAS ARE GUILTY Hail M So Declares James 0. McNnmara Pleas of Guilty Are Entered liy Each Confession Cnmo at Tense and Dramatic Moment. LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Dec. I. John J. McNamara and J. D. McNa mara this afternoon withdrew their pleas of not utility and entered pleas of utility. They will be sentenced at 10 o'clock December 5. John J. Is utility to conspiracy In connection with dynamltlnu tho Dew clyn Iron works. Ill jilH eoulYmdoii James II. Mc Nnuinra Miiul: "I put tint dynamite under the TimoH, ami it iiuiHt luivn hit ti gnu nut in, bueniino tlm terrible explosion which followed M'firml mo more tlmii It did any one cUe. I wiik tho most 'fcurprujed mini Hint over lived, iih I hud not expected any great ilnuiiigo would hit done." At 2:0.1 Dm-row and DavU wore in earnest cniiMillHtinii in an auto room of tlm court. .1. It. .McNnmnrn wan cniivoriug with Joseph Seotl, one of lili attorney. Dixtriot Attorney Ercilorloka with his euliro staff of chief deputies worn seuted smiling broadly at tho MtntoV tabic. Every sent In tho room wan own pit'd and there was an air if sup prcHNi'd excitement that colip-eil any thing provitiindy huiui in tho court loom. John J. MeNiiinura appeared in tins court room at 2:1 1. No ruitHoii for hi iippcarHiii'o wow known. Then I'rcdcriek toad tlm indict-' ini'iil and nuked James II. McN'amara' if ho withdrew his pica of not guilty.' "I do," wan the niiHwur. Then .1. H, .McNnmnrn wiim linked whether ho wauled to plead guilty' to murder iim charged in the indict ment. "I do, your honor," he said. MoN'amara then wink luick into lux chair, while the entire court room ho came iih silent iih a tomb. "I will sentence James Iff MoNn mara on his plua of guilty to murder ill. 10' o'clock on Tuesday, Deitonihor f," Nitid Judge llordwell. Tlmii District Attorney Frederick aroHo with a big bunch of papers in him hand. "John J. McNnmnrn, sland up," lie Haiti. "You have previously pleaded not guilty to u tihurgo of placing dy iiamilo under the I.lewellyu iron workn. Do you want to withdraw that plea?" "I do, sir," Haiti tho noted labor leader. "Now, do ymt- wnnl o plead guilty to (hat indictment?" "I do, sir." McNamara unuk Imek in his Heat, and Judge llordwell auiiouiieeil that. lie would M'litunco him at tho hiune time iih his brother. After a day of wild rumnm anil following tho moat Humiatloniil scono over wltuoHHui! In u rourtroom In Amorleiii tho former Cincinnati printer thlH itftoriioon wlthdrow IiIh plea of not guilty mul entoruil a plon of Kiiilty. Ho will Ifo Hoiitoncod next Tuesday morning, nnl t may olthor lie ordorod haiiKod' or sent to prison for life, according to which penalty .III (IKK IIOIllWoll llOHllOH to' IIUPOHU. At tho nu mo moment Ida brother John .1, MeNnmura, Heerotary-truiiH-urer or tho Intornntlounl AuHoelatlou of HiIiIko anil Htructurariroiiwork-oi-h, wlthdrow IiIh ploa of not Kullty to tho Indictment chiu'KliiK blni with having placed undor tho Llowolyu Iron WoiKh on Deoolior 25, 1010, and entered u plea of Kiiilty. Ho will bo soiiteneed nt tho himiio tlmo iih IiIh brothor, uml tho penalty nia.y, bo ouo your or llfo, iih tlie court decides, Cliuonco I)nrrov, chief couubo! for tho defoiiHo, finld: "I Inivo Biived a bumnu Ufa out of tho wreelcuKO, I hope, I do not bo llovo Unit tho iudgo will BQiitonco JOIEN J. KJlftMARA. him to ilwlh. 1 1 lit lira Im tho beMt that I can oxpect. "I'or nix moutliH I hnvo carried a terrific burden. Wo lmvu hoiikIiI every ponnlblo loonhulu anil havo tried our bent to itroiut our wav out of tho iiiiuo but about two weckH UK" I dlm'overed from tho county nutbor ItlcH the evldeuto which they bad. In addition to their ovldeucu I bad fur ther facU which If they had been (Uncovered would lmvu only added to the hopchwMUoiui of JIiii'h plight." "dim in Kiiiii to tell the pi cm all of (lie laclM at a later date, althoiiKh I do not like to umU him to do mi now. The county had a dead opcii-aud-fcliul ciimo iiKniiiKt iih. I am very tired and worn and cannot talk at ihi time, ax I havo been under a terrific Hlrain for tho pnnt few week. In fact, will never be able to dcHcrihc (ho ordeal through which I have panned. I wan a terrific ilucitfinu." Deputy. District Attorney Ilorton Hniil: "The chief coimidernliou Dial ap peal to me iw the economic one. By jjettiiiK plae of uuilty the ooiuily ik Hiivnd unmt oxpcunc without the com plication of it ooutroverriy iih to whether the ldj fund Iiiih been winoy e.Yltmulpd. Wliotbnr we hint innvwti.! the two men or not, then would have been several hundred people in (bis county who wfJuld liuvo fluid the men were innocent. If we bail convicted them, people .voutd have nlniincil (hat they were rnilroaded. Labor litnderK all over tho country would have cnlled the tri althe 'crimrf of the century.' Here vn an opporl unity to nilenes everyhodv and aUo to mivo a liuvi' Hum for tho county. "Althouch the court could neutence McNamnra to be baupul, it hociuh to me that tho least wo can do for a man who linn Hived iii a lot of money to Hpfire hi life. While it is an ito iiHiml ibiiiK for a man lo plead guilty to a crime punishable by death, in this cine (hat fact will be cniiMidorcd and will Have J. M. McNamara." AHked about McMiiuIkiiI, Morton mi Id: llo would hnvo to talco his medi cine with the rot. llo won't fct free. Probably bo will nlond Kiiilty to the ludlctment clmrRliiK btm with cNplmllnK dyuamlto at tho Uuker Iron Works find will bo Koutoncud tor that." Joseph Scott of couimel for tho do- fOIIHO Klllll! ' "When wo flrnt broachod to Uttlol j nil inu ti.iii mr iiiini(s iiiiiii i'""l Kiiilty bo Hntd: " 'I won't Htand for It. I won't let you fnHten anything on to my big' lirothor. 1 am tho boy who did everything.' "I told him thnt If bo took that Htand In regard to John, tboro wiih every chunro that bo would go to tho gallowH. ltut I also told him that If John pooled IiIh IntoroHttt with Jim they might bo lqt off ciiHlly. In ordor to mako It atrong with lilm I said, You would cut a pretty flguro on tho gnllo WH,' '.Ho Hiild: If I havo to -go to tho gallowH I won't bo aBhaniod of tho fluuro that I cut becmiHO I will bo going to tho gallowH for a prluclplo mid not for u uritor.' "It wiih not until John blniHolf In HlHtcd on ploudlng guilty that Jim finally isoiiHontM to ontorlng IiIh don that ho entered toijay." Alumni Defeated. . The High school football team de feated tlio alumni on llio local grid iron Thuritdiiv afternoon by iv scoro of 8-5. Tho alumni boys wore lonji on theory but filiort on wind mid Hpocd, and thin holped the High school team in trimming them. A i'nlr-smid crowd or fnns saw tho game mid luigely onjoyod tbcinHolvos. llepartco was rife, and no litllo en joyinenl enuie from IhojIhcH hurled fit llio "litis beoiis," JVDCiD &ORDWE.LL., CAVTMir J. D. .TKLWJUdK, uwTfacr TToraTcr oc x,oi AKxlK.iir.!' eiutrtr, &. IAFI TAKES UP TARIFF ON WOOL Followlnfj Reports of a Split in the Tariff Board, President Taft Sum mons Members of the Board to Talk Matter Over. WASHINGTON. I). C, Dec. 1. -FoJIowjag reHirt of a split in tho tnriff board over the wool rcporte, President Taft today Hiimmoucd Henry Kinery and Alvin SnndcrH, members of the board, to talk ovor the situation with him, poslponiliK' a proioaed inceliiig of tho cabinet for tho conference. Jt i believed thnt the president will auk the two members for such in for um I ion on the Hiibject as they may havo on hand, and with this for a Iiumk, will Htart u special wool mes sage to oongrcHs without awaiting tho formal report of tho tariff board. It is considered significant that John It. Reynolds, one of tho inu-t active members of the tariff board, is absent. It is believed that Iteyn olds favors a protective tariff, while Kinery and Sanders urge tarjff for revenuo only, along tho linos of the democratic bills which Prosnlent Taft vetoed. The president is expected to pro pose a big reduction in tho wool tar iff, in an endeavor to strike a balance between the protectionists and (he democrats. The cUhiuo,t(.will discuss the matter this afternoon. President Taft expects to submit the report of tho tariff board, which will ho completed within a week, wth his message. The determination of the demo oratiiTIeailers in tho house to ignore llie report wiih (jindo apparent today wheh Congressman Underwood an nounced his intention of calling tho ways and means eonunittoo together immediately aftor congress meets. "Wo will givo (ho president a rea Konahlo limo in whieji lo submit the report of (ho tariff hoard," said Un derwood, "and if it is not thou forth coming wo shall proceed with an in- HOSPITAllT NEARLYCOMPLETE Mnrhlo for Interior Decoratlvo Pur poses Has Been Ordered Carpen ters Aro Now Finishing, the Build Infl. Tho worfc of finishing tho Sncrod Heart boBpltnl la now woll undor way and It la bollovod that oarly In tho spring tho hospital enn bo proporly dodlcatod. All of tho outsldo work Is completed and tho wenthor cannot niutorlally'eheclf tho worl of finish- dfcMX6 JO. WSNAMAKA LE FUNERAL TODAY Many Floral Offerings Arc Sent by Sorrowing Friends Services A'e Conducted by Rev. Lucas Play- ' mates Arc Pallbearers. Tho funeral bcrwcoH of Leonard Cbilds, tho 1'1-yonr-olu hou of Mrs. M. f. Childs, who was killed in un elevator accident Tnesi'ay night at the Mcdford hotel, nrc being held this afternoon from thc.reMtlonco of Ij. O. Porter, G19 Knst Mnm street. ' The services nre being conducted by Hev. Luens of the Kpiscopal chitrcb. Many sorrowing friends have sent in floral offerings in token of the svmpathv felt for the bereaved fam ily in this, their hour of greatest grief. The pallbearers nre (;,irt-'r limnden, llerbort nlhttobort Strong, Diamond Flynn, Frederick Shirley and Lolnnd Noe, all of them chums and schoolmates of the deceased. The widowed mother of tho boy has been prostrnted with grief since tho accident, and has been under the con Mimt care of friends and relatives nt tho home of her sister, Mrs. L. (J. Porter. Her '.'audition wna somewhat i.nprovcd this morning. An iniptest was held in Weeks & MeGownn's chapel, on Sixth street, Wednesday afternoon, proided oer by Coroned Kellogg nml Prosecuting Attorney Mulko. Tho evidence cf several witnesses -vns taken nml tin verdict of the jure which hud been duly empaneled hero follews: "We, the coroner's jury, investigat ing the. death of e' nard Childs, find that bo'cauie to bin death on uu ele vator in the Hotel .Mcdford, Tuesday. November '2b. nt (J o olock, in an occi dental manner and Horn onuses whijh he was nlonc reix .isible." POST OFFICE G Stamp Sales During November Break All Records Except for tho Month of December, 1910 Receipts Were $2,807.33. The cash receipt-, otho Medl'ord postoffico for (he month ending No vember HO, 11111, uiro .$2,807.:t!l, as against .?'2,tilH).8 1 for November, 11)10, nu increase of $107,48. Tho stamp snles during the month of. November, ltlll, wore $2,7(11), which is the great est monthly stamp salo record of the office except for the month of Decem ber, 1010. The receipts of the office for the year ending November 110, "lull, were $33,20a..'):i, ns against $28,012.75 for the year ending November 80, 1010, a gain of $5,100.78. lug tho building. Tho mnrblo for interior decorative purposes has boon ordcrod and will bo put In plnco within tho next two wooks. An olnborato program Is to bo ar ranged for tho dodlcntlon of tho now institution which Is tho largest and moat modern In the stnto outsldo of Portland, Let ono of today's wnnt nds send you on u "littlo journay" if you're looking for ii furnished, room, ONARQ CH1LDS SHOWS NS UNITED STATES IS PLANKING TO DELAY ACTION This Nation Only to Send TroopS When Advised That Such Action Is Imperative Transport Held at Manila Ready for Sea. REBELS CAPTURE AND BLOW UP MAGAZINE Revolutionists Are Again Closing in on Nanking Assassination Rife. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 1. HiiHsia, Englnnd. France nml Ger many nre to each rush 1,000 troops to Shanghai next week, but the Unit ed States is to tnko no such step, ac cording to tho slate, war and navy departments. When tho war department vrns no tified of tho powers' plan the officials declared thci raction would not influ ence any steps taken by the Ameri can government. No word has been received by the state dcpnrtcmnt from Minister Calhoun nt Pckin since yes tcrday, mid no more troops will be dispatched to China unless be re. quests such a. measure. J Tho transport Shcridnu arrived In Manila loday. She will be held there in rendiness for transportation of troops m case such nction becomes imperative. Itcbcls Wow Up Magazine. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dee. 1. Chinesc rebels captured and blew up the magainc at Nanking following a battle wherein many Mnnohus were slain, according to navy department advices today. CIom? In on Nanking. SHANGHAI, Dee. 1. The rebel nrmy is ngnin closing in on Nanking, according to dispatches received here today, and a big bnttle is said to be imminent. Fro inlhe semi-circlo of forts stretched for fifteen nules about the city tho revolutionists continuo n of tho big hill guns thundered iut of the big hill guns thundered 2ust before dnwn today, nnd it was ex petced as n signal for renewed attack, hut tho heavy firo ceased again al most immediately nnd tho rebel com manders bogan organizing their forces below in battle front about the city. Assassination Itife, SHANGHAI, Dec. 1. Tshcaw- S.e Pong, the comprador of n prominent German firm, was assassinated on the Shanghai bund today becauso bis firm had imported the guns which enabled the imperialists to retake Han Yaug from tlio revolutionists. Tho compradores of nil German firms in Shanghai aro reported to havo been marked for dealh becauso of the general belief among tho Chi neso (hat tho Germans have been supplyinp arms to the imoorialists. BROTHER OF PERSIAN MINISTER IS KILLED UKIIMN, Pec. 1.-News dispatch es received hero today from Teheran say that Ala Kl Uowolh, brothor of tho former Persian mlnlstor to Gor many, was assassluatod today In Toboran. It Is bclloved be was mistaken for tuiothor brother who has been In volved In tho Sinister controversy. Flvo shots woro fired by tho assas- slu, who escaped after four of them had gono homo. A number of sus pects havo boon arrostod You really know whoro to find tho now home nfter answering ivlot pf "possiulo" nds. LO ASKS FOOD; PRETEXT SEIZED UPON Mrs. Al. Armstrong Succeeds in Get ting Away From Myron S. Martin, Who Had Drawn Revolver and Threatened Her Life. POLICE NAB MAN AT SOUTHERN PACIFIC DEPOT Martin Asked Woman to Leave With Him, and When She Refused He Draws a Gun. Seizing upon her child's request for food as a pretext to step Into tho next room, and thus escapo from death at tho hands of Alyron S. Mar tin, who had drawn a revolver with a threat to kill her and himself, after she had refused to leave with blm, Mrs. Al Armstrong's woman' wit saved her from probable death this morning, Martin Is now lodged safely in the city jail, the police lo cating him at the Southern Pacific depot a few moments after he had fled the house In an effort to escape. Martin has been a friend of tho Armstrongs for some time. A few days ago Al Armstrong, tho husband, leu ror a trip to California, Mrs. Armstrong remaining at home with her two children. Thlsi morning Martin went to the Armstrong homo and asked Mrs. Armstrong to leave tho country with him. She refused and ho then drew a revolver and threatened to kill her and himself, with the remark: "Well, I'll end it right Tiere." At this point ono of Mrs. Arm strong's children came Into tho room and asked for something to cat. Mrs. Armstrong responded naturally and walked Into the other room. From there she fled to a neighbor's house and summoned the police. Martin soon became suspicious at her absence and went Into tho back yard and searched a tew moments for her, then he evidently decided sho had gotten away and so ho loft, going to the Southern Pacific depot, whore the pollco found him. On him was found tho revolve Mrs. Armstrong will swear to iv complnint this afternoon. GARBAGE PILE UP IN LOS ANGELES Hotel District Reeks With Filth as Night Drivers Quit So Far the Exact Cause of the Strike Is Not Stated. LOS ANGKLKS, Cnl., Dee. I. Los Angeles today is confronted with a situation paralelliug tho recent striko of gnrbngo collectors in Now York, as n result of the night drivers of the city garbage wagons quitting work without notice. The hotol district is reeking with filth, thoro having been no collection of garbage made since Wednesday night. The day force, enosisting of but twenty drivers, went to work on timo today, but they arc dissatisfied with conditions, and alto gether iumleouate to meet tho situa tion. Unless tho striko is settled be fore night there probnbly will bo no garbage collected in tho residential districts beforo Monday, nnd this would seriously monaco tho city's health. So far tho exact cause of tho striko is unstated. Tho two ways of finding work want advertising and nnswcriug want nds givo you n double-barreled chuueo of winning tlio kind of n job you wnnt. ANeLO-GERMAN WAR IS A REAL DANGER1SAYS l5 Maximilian Harden, One of the Great est Living Farces in German Pb litical Life, Declares Recent Ger man Moves Colossal Blunftrs. COMPLETE FACE-ABOUT ONLY WILL AVERT CLASH -Declares European Powers Are Only Waiting Until Russia Is Again a Power. BERLIN, Dec. 1. That war be tween Englnnd and Gonnany Is n rent danger and that tho German diplo matic moves of Into years, particular ly In the 3roroccan controversy, hnvo been a series of colossal blunders, is the statement today of Maximilian Harden, editor of the Zukunft, in nn exclusive interview with tho United Press. Harden, who is one o the greatest living forces in German political life, said : "Tho-M"oroccan affair, has intenfii--ficil nno-Gcrrnan"b'tttferncS!sr'Get. mnns feel that England prevented tho success of their negotiations with France. Could German diplomnta think that England would permit Gor mnnyto get a foothold on the west const of Morocco? It was not neces sary to German national life it was the crowning blunacr of a decade of Gorman diplomatic blunders, each worse than the one which preceded. Germany's Position Had. "Germany's international position today is the worst in years. 'Hub is due to the incapacity of tho man nt the head of tho government, unskilled hands and lack of foresight. Tho reichstng is merely an ornament. It makes the people pay for errors they did not commit nnd benr the results of that blunder by men they did not select. For ten years German diplo macy has acted too much on tho the ory thnt the other man was stupid. "War with England is unavoidable shall I say inovitnblo? Unless there is n completo face-about in the methods and policies of tho men di recting tho Gorman foreign affairs. It could be averted, but I doubt ir it will be. It seems to bq tho feeling on both sides that tho conflic- must come. Says Knglaml Wanted War. ''I hnvo it from many high sources that England wauted war lalo last sunimor, considering that tho oppor tunity was fuvorable. Why tho 'en tente of tho powers' was held back is unknown generally. I speak openly. Only littlo diplomats believe in so oreov. They aro waiting until Rus sia is capable of striking. When Kussia again becomes a power thoro will bo n sudden ohnngo in European politics. "I don't boliovc thnt an nnglo-Gor-mnn conflict is necessary, ilcsirablo or necessarily inovilnble. I favor nn understanding with England, Tho first step soidd bo an agreo mout on tho naval question. Tho presont insano rivalry onuses only bitterness. Wo say wo build battle ships to protect our foroign oom emrco. Does that doceivo nny one?. Will England slop building? WUholm's Two Ideas. "Tho knisor has two ideas first, in n war with England tho millions of Mohnmmednns whoso friend and pro teotor ho has priclnimod himself would support him, and, second, tho United Stntos would help Germany, "Tho Moroccan agreement nnd Italy's occupation of Tripoli is Eng land's answer to the first, and tlio second proposition is too absurd to bo conceivable Briefly, tho situation Jn due to tho fact that Germany Js un der 'poj-sonnl' government. Analy?.o it, and you will find that it ooiudslH of ft few liven, leaning up to wio uaa, . ll n