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Oreflon Historical Soclaliu Cltv Hall r Medford Mail Tribune SUBSCRIBERS rollliDT to (rt t'vr will luva out (lillvaruil bjr phoning of fice tijr a p, in. WEATHER I'll lr nud clear. May,, M iiiln., SWj rel. Imni., 71 I'd. Unity Hlxth Yunr. Kfirlyl-'lmt Vriir. MI3DJTORD, OUKCION, SATURDAY, DISOJOMBBR 2, 1911 No. 218 wl,:' DEATH, NOT LIFE IMPRISONMENT, MAY BE SENTENCE GIVEN DYNAMITER OF TIMES 4 JUDGE BQRDWELL WAS NOT PARTY TO MY ARRANGEMENT WHEREBY PLEA OF GUILTVWQULD SAVE NECK Both Mon Will Mako a Oloan Breast of Thoir Connoction With tho Crimos Chargocl Against Thorn District Attornoy Admits That Ho Has Possession of Other , Monoys Usotl for Bribery Purposos in Connection With Case in Addition to tho $4000 Soizotl. L . . FOR THE PEOPLE. I CAPtMir j. d. i:w.Dr.M!K4 uuTiucr yvrrcwr ire ok T4oa OG SHROUDS OK ANOKM58, Cnl., IW. 2. Whnt penalty will ho impoiwd mi Joint .1. MoNumuru and .1 H. McNiitiiurti when thoy r ur ruiguod hofnro Judge I lord well for sentence next Tucwduy will mil In Known unlit tlmt lime. Diwpito till riiiiiitix to tho contrary, thoro Iimm been no nmiugcmcut regarding oii leneo. Judge llunlwcll wan no party to any iirrniiKouiout. lie will ncn tiiiici' llu two men Mien I hoy nro ar raigned, nml if ho think that on In I ilon of guilty .1. H. .MoNmnnru uier ilH iloiith. tlmt penalty will ho iui- pOMCll. That liotli iiiDit will make a clown broHsl of thoir connoction with the iti-iiiiiu. iiliiirttii.l nunlllMt tlllllll before limy urn sentenced wits Htatoi toilny h tfio district attorney, lie xit'nl that Hh-c utiitomcnU will ho taken into consideration liv Urn court in passing Houtotioo. "Am fur ns I am concorncil," said the district attorney, "I hnvo not yot oonldorod tho matter." District Attorney Has Brllio Honey. 'Aonintfoiiii' development in connection with tho nnso oamo today when the district nttornoy admitted that he had pnwiitiiii of othor monies lined for hrihery purpono in connection with thin oiuo in addition to the $1,000 alleged to have hecn soirod from llort Frunklin. Just how niiieh this fund amounts to ho would not nay. When Captain Fredericks wax nuked rognrding u report that there hnd hecn Inriicd over to him money paid for the purport of drilling wituin4Mt. prospective witneHcx and veniremen which would mole than pay the $.pl. (100 offered ns reward in the ciinc, he hiiid: "All that I can Hay nt thi liuio in that (hero i more or lew truth in this report. I cannot talk about it now. It will ho a story for another day, however." Captain Frederick! then gave tho complete inHide history of the ucgo tlatioiiH which luil up to tho hciiMitiimnl surrender yesterday of tho defense. History of Negotiations Told hy Fredericks. "Last July," he said, "I win approached on hchalf of the defense, hy Lurry Sullivan, one of their investigators, lie snid that thu defotiMO whh willing to outer n plea of guilty to murder in hchalf of James. H. McNu mara if I would ngroo to drop tho proceedings against John J. MoNmnnru mid tuni him loose, and also to nave .In mo l. MoNnmnra's life. I laughed nt the offer. I knew the stiongth of my ease and hud no doubts of tho outcome, ho far iih either man wan concerned. "Well, about two or three wuoks ago mime of my friends in business circles approaehed mo nmr told me that they had boon approached hy it iiuin who wanted them to influence me to consent to letting one of tho Me NninaraH plead guilty and lot the other go. I noon found that thiK man was Lincoln SttifftuiH, and I talked with some of my iiumt intimate friends. "I told jiiMt what I had and they advised mo to refuse, to make any concessions. Wcdiiefday 1 understand certain men had a meeting nml de cided Hint I ought to accept J. II. MoN'nmurn'rt plea of guilty nml let his brother go free. Thursday I was appniaehed by Harrow and Dav'iH, lint it wiih tho old proposition, and I flatly told Ihem thorn was nothing doing. Jtut tlmt night they saw tho light and came to mo with what 1 had fought for tho confessions of guilt ol both men. Knew Guilt nml Admitted It Last July. Fredericks' statement that as long ngo as last July Harrow nml Duvi hail admitted .1. 11. MeNnmurn wiih guilty of blowing up tho Times, nt n time thoy wore usworting he wiih ulo-oluloly innocent, wus ono of tho great mirpriscH of tho ciise. Hut FrmlerickH insisted tlmt it simply confirmed bim in his opinion that his ciihu was a good ono to try. "I'd rntlior Imvo tried it tliim taken u plea," hesaid. When tho district attorney was linked whether he had been asked to consent to a plea of guilty by McManigal and then urge Hcuteuoo to ho Hiispniided ho ho could ho taken to Indinnapolis to testify in tho iVdoral proceedings there, ho Haid ho did not caro to discuss tho matter. Later, however, ho miulo n duoidedly significant Htutomont in this eonneotion. AHked whether ho would now make public tho iletiiilH of tlio soorot confos- hIoii of MoMunlgnl, ho Hiiid: ' "Well, if, as you suggest, he might bo tiiken to Tudiauapohs, it would bo impi-opor for mo to mako his statements public now." Will Not Glvo Out Nature of Plans. Fredericks wiih naked whether ho had oerluin California labor leaders under surveillance, ono in or near St. Louis, ho said: "Wull, this is u matter that 1 will not talk about. If I was to toll tho press that 1 planned to prosecute certain people it would ho tantamount lo notifying those men in person. Thoro itro somo things u lawyer would not bay." Judgo Ho nl wull was united regarding a report, widely oiroululod, tint Honlonou might not luko piano on election day Iiooiiubq of tho crowds that might bo attracted to tho court room, lie liiugliod at tho suggestion ami Hindu ll very plain that thoro was aliholutuly no danger of violence in this t'llHO, Tho men muni bo Boulonced in open eouvl. Tlmt will be tho fiflliday Hiiiiui thoy were Donnltted to nlond mid tho last day of graeo pormitled under the California oodo. A report that tho sentonco niiRht ho in secret was scouted, nml it wiib emphatically assorted that tho men will apponr in opun court and thoir reasons why thu extreme penalty shall not ho imposed must lio miulo public at that thno. It is already evident that thoro is friction ovnr tho bargain entered into yesterday. Tho ullogntioup of had faith uiiido against Harrow anil Hie MoNiiiiinriiB innreasoH, mid ho end of this undo is fur fm boiug in t-ib'lil, WRECK; 42 AT WAVES' MERCY Several Ships Creep Through Dense Foil Enilcnvorlrifi to Locate Steam er Tecs "Send Help Quickly" Is Last Word Heard. WILL PROBABLY GO TO PIECES SOON ON ROCKS Foil Has Held Back Work of Rescue Went on the Rocks Last Vcdncsday. HHATTLK, Wimh., Doc. 2.8onif wberu In tho thick fog of Kyuquot HOiiml, Vunrouvur Inland, In tho Ca iiifdlun Pacific Mtenmslilti Tues, cap tain (Jllliiin, with -12 icrHonH nbonrd, In Imtuluent dmiRor of going to pieces on tho rockH. Huvornl veasula nro cruuiilng through the fog hunting tho veul, ami iiulens they rcauli her quickly nho will bo loHt. Tho "S. O. S." Blgnnl of ilntroKn rcuchoil tho United WlrclcHH btntlou here lnnt night, tho first word re ceived from tho vessel since alio went on tho rooks Woelnomln' morning. "Come quick. VcsmcI xtramlctl on u rock and In great dnugur," rend tho moAHngc. Then "Still nllvo, ttll on top," followed. Tho station nskocl hor lo cution hut thoro wns no nuswer. This morning wireless Btatloim heard hor mil iiKaln. Tho I'nlted States- rovenuo cutter Tnhomn Is Hoarchlng tho treacherous waters for the Tees, as is tho Ca nadian 1'uclflc tug Na noose. BANKER IN SEARCH FOR MISSING WIFE MB&J.EM SHUEO. SIAM HAS M KING CROWNED Somdctch Pltra Paramcndr Malta VaJIravudlt Ascends Throne of His Father With Cuctomary Ori ental Pomp. III " r .Hwl 111 B' '-' j iHcll fclBERTT CBOVCE.JR Five hundred chmitfiurs nml 1,000 bellboys in tho principal N'cw York hotels have joined in the search be inir made by John H. Snecd, wealthy cuttleuiuii nud banker of Aiuarillo, Tex., for his wife, Jlrn. Lena Sliced, who diMippcured ton days ngo from the Arlington Heights Minitnriiim in Fort Worth, 'fox. Thoy rIm nro look ing for Albert O. Hoyeo, Jr., n wonl thy real cstnto operator of Ainurillo, who left there nbqut the same time. -Mr. Snecd bus Qfferd n reward cf .."00 for the apprehension of Mrs. Snood nml Mr. Hoyce, the latter being charged with abduction. m MgNAMARA IDT I URDERCR AT HEART DARROW "All I Expect Is to Have My Best Friends Understand Why I Took the Case," Says Chief Counsel for Defense DESPITE WAR PERSIA PLANS TB STAND PAT No Indications That Persia Will Sub mit, Although Russian Troops Are Advancing Toward Her Borders Shuster's Bodyguard Increased. AMERICA DEMANDS THAT SHUSTER'S LIFE BE SAVED Persian Colony at Constantinople Wires Reichstag to Prevent Dismemberment. OLD ADAGE MURDER WILL OUT" IS BROUGHT DOME TO SCORES W Al ON MIMA A Brothers Silently Await Words Which Will Send One to Penitentiary for Life, or to His Death, and tho Other to a Term of Years in Prison Entire City Seems to Have Had a Burden Eeraoved From Its Mind by Yes terday's Confessions. FOR THE DEFENSE. V, i- TEHKKAX, Dec. 2. Although ' Russian troops arc advancing on! I'ersin with the declared intent to gobble up the monnrchy, Persian of ficials stand pnt nud there is no in dication of submitting. Treasurer General W. Morgnn Shuster's personal bodyguard has been doubled, ns it is feared nssas sins will make another nttciupt to get rid of him. Intense excitement is rife throughout the nation mid violent anli-Hushiaii disorders nre feared. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dee. 2. ;t is tiited here today (hut urgent ca bles have been sent to Curtis Gould, American ambassador nt St. Peters burg, and to C. W. Russell, Ameri can minister to Persia, containing tho mandate Hint the life of W. Mor gnn Sinister, treasurer general of Persia, must be preserved H o . LOS ANGKLHS. Cnl., Halt an hour after tho brothers pleaded guilty Dec. 2. McNnmarn a United UAKC1KOIC, Doc. 2. Somdotch Phra Paruinondr Mulm VaJIravudh wiib crowned king of Slam today with characteristic oriental pomp, King VaJIravudh, who Is 31 yonra of ago, succeeded his father King Chulnlon koru, who died In Octobor, 1009. Tho coromouy took placo nt tho royul pnlnco, It wns n lengthy mix ture of Slnmoao and Iluddhlst rlten, and nt Its closo tho king, wearing tho crown and royal robes, prosontod himself to his subjects. Tho United States and tho big Eu ropean powers woro roprosontou cither by their ministers or counsols or special ambassadors, Thoro will bo u. state bnnquot to night at tho pnlnco. Tho festivities will last until Docombor 10 and will cost moro than 11,000,000. CONSTANTINOPLE, Doc. The Persian colony here today tolc grnphed nn appeal to tho Gorman reiehstii" to interfere in tho threat ened dismemberment of Persia by Russia and England. GOMPERS TURNS - - - - cx3acz2ccE s.aaavreacsy: ARE KEEPING UP FIGHT IN LOS ANGELES LOS ANGKLF.S, Cnl., Dee. 2. Do spito th ofuto that tho developments in tho MoNuinnm noso lmv com pletely ovorsltudowed nil othor mut ters of loonl interest, ovon including tho coming city elections, tho work ers for both Job llnvrimnn nud George Aloxnnder have not aban doned thcir.figut. t Although tho gen orul opinion nt tho. outset was that tho agreement to nocopt pleas of guilty from tho MoNninnrns meant tho buoooss oC Aloxnnder, tho devel opments of Iho last few hours Imvo not yot confirmed, ilicm Press corrosjiondont walked tho sldo Btrects of Los Angeles for fifteen minutes with Clnreu'co Dnrrow, clilof counsel for the dafenso. Ho had loft Ids office bociiuso qiiostions from all pnrts of tho country woro flood ing in upon him by telegraph. "All I expect," Dnrrow said, "Is to Imvo my beat friends understand why I took tho cnite. Hut tho chances nro that tho world will not understand. "When I took tho cast last March I could look ahead to this very mo ment nud see just what was boforo us. All I wanted to do was to savo tho llvos of tho McNantaras, Say what you please about them, they thought they woro taking tho only courso left to win tho fight In Los Anpolos. They figured thoinsolvoa ns soldlors In tho war botween capital and tho common poonlo. Whothor thoy were right or wrong, thoy bc lloved they woro on tho firing lino. Xot .Murderers at Heart. "Thoy are not murderers at heart, but thoy were destroyers of proporty. Jim MeNamura did not Intend to kilt anybody. His dynamlto broko tho gns mains. Ami that's tho plight I found him In. Ho told mo tho truth about It all, and bocauso ho wasn't a murderer nt heart I decided to do tho beat I could to snvo his llfo. "All my llfo 1 Imvo tried to bo on tho sldo of those who loso In tho un oquul fight between tho rich mid tho poor. Horo was a mnn who, vhothor In tho right or tho wrong, trlod In his own fiilin way to bo a soldlor on tho same stde tho sldo of tho poor. I couldn't soo him go down without giving what help I could. Hut I know there nro ninny Americans who wIU not understand whnt I hnvo dono mid who will bo unublo to an alyse tho spirit In which I did It. I know that I took tho only posslblo chance thoro was of saving McNam- ura's life." FROMM NAMARA 8 Declares They Are Fanatics, and That the Best Thing They Can Do Is to Make Complete and Full Confession. NEW YORK, Dec. 2. "I would have backed up tho MoNninnrns with my life. This is incredible. I am astounded," doolared Samuel Goiup ors, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, today. "Tho Mo Nnninrns are a pair of impostors. I hnvo a personal letter from them assuring mo of their innoccnoo. When I went to seo them tho' again as sured me of thoir innocence I wus satisfied tho wholo thing wns a frnmo-iip. I thought Dotootive Hums wus trying to mako a reputa tion at the expenso of tho McNnmar ns. Hut there is bad and there is good in every organization, mid or ganized labor is rid of the MoNn innrns. They nro fanatics, mid tho host thing they can do is to make complete and full confession." Federation to Act. TROY, X. Y., Dee. 2. Smnuol Gompors, president of tho Amorionn Federation of Labor, today an nounced that tho MoXnmarns' con fession would bo formally considered by tho oxeeiittvo council of tho fed eration nt a meeting to bo held nt Washington on Jnnunry 8, 1812. Drops Extradition Case. VANCOUVER, H. C, Dee. 2, Tho extradition proceedings in tlio court of Judgo Mulnuos against Harney O'Neil, who in 1010 oamo within 700 votes of being elected governor of tho state of Iduho, wore this morning dropped, OS ANGKLKS, Cnl., Dee. 2. Murder will out! Tlmt ancient ndngo dating i from tho oarly ngos is absolutely cm l phamed here todny. It is being os . pccinlly brought homo to tho saoros of men and women who hnd pinned I their faith on tho declarations of Clarence Dnrrow, the Chicjugb labor j attorney, aifd tho two MoNomnrn I brothers that thoy wore absolutely i innocent of the dastardly crime of a J year ago last October, whon twenty 1 one innocent lives wero snerifiped in I the oxplosion ntul firo that destroyed the Lob Angeles Times. That mystery is at lant cleared. , Both mon sit in clogoly-gunrdad cells in the grim county jail wailing silently waiting for the words that will send ono nt least tcgloomy old Snn Qitciitin for the remainder of his natural life. The cldor of tho pnirj thc'astnto-IaDrenlTeri-'vho'd(SCrstil' tho dyiinniite conspiracy which cul minated in tho terrible tragedy that sent twontv-one innocent workers into eternity, earpects to get off with a twonty-ycar term that will spell' freedom after a trifle more than eleven years' incarceration. Mountainous Load Lifted From Minds of McNamaras. John J. McNnmnra, secrotnry-trensiirer of tho International Associ ation of Structural Iron AVorkers, and his hrothor, James 13. MoNanmni,' slept well last night. According to tho jail officials, they seemed, when they were returned to their cells nfter their open confession of guilt in Hint crowded court room, like men from whoso minds a mountainous lond bud boon lifted. Both ate thoir supper in silence. Then thoy snt for hours conversing in low, whispered tones. Their jnilors did not disturb them, although their every movement whs elosoly watched. Thoro is always tho ever-present fear of self-murder in enses of this kind, and while thoro wns apparently nothing in this particular easo ou which to base suoh a fear, Sheriff Hnmmell wns too oxporioucod to take any chanoos. While thoy had been in tho court room their cell hnd boon carefully senrchod and every thing that looked like a weapon removed. And through the sileut watches of the night anil again tndnv stnlwnrt men lotltifrnd in nnitioitft nf vntitncn in itwl nimr iltn tr.in.lnivrn.1 ni-iciti They hnd suspicious bulges in their clothing, and all visitors and passers by were carefully scrutinized. Fear No Violence, But Guards Remain Ready. There wns no fear of violence; iu fact, the eutire town saomfld to hnvo hnd a bunion removed from its mind by the confessions, but theeo guards wero in readiness should nny bo needed at any time. There bus boon no threat of any kind against tho two men who are awaiting their sentence. Thoir story is nccepted at its faeo value, but thoro are hundreds of men and womon workers who openly nssort that thoso men, nnd the men who nidod and nbetted them, have betrayed the cause of lnbor. Thoir nets are warmly condemned by tho thousands of men nnd women who nbhor violence nnd murder, but who "earn their bread by the sweat of their brow," but tho followers of "big business" have nothing to say. Union lnbor ao coptcd the word of thoso men that they wero innocent, and is properly shocked as a result, but tho mon who wero behind tho prosecution nro only interested in tho effeot this sudden shift iu a noted trial may hnvo on the political situation in Los Angoles. Politics Aro Seen in Acceptance of the Pleas. That thoro was politics in tho ueeoptanco of those pi one of guilty fivo days beforo tho hottost-contested city election in tho history of tho oity, is absolutely cortaiu. Job Ilarriinnn, loading tho fight ngninst George Alex ander, who wns backed by tho united old-lino political maohino nnd tho so called good govorumont forces, was not oonstilicd about tho plou, although ho wns counsel for tho accused men. Certain of his friends positively charged today that tho men bohind Alexnudor, foarful that tho union labor socialist candidntos would ho -wept into power, pledged to repeal tho nuti pjeketing law, rofoYui tho police and mako othor rndioul allonges in tho city ndininislrntion, deliborntoly framed tho opsodo of yesterday for tho effeot it would Imvo on tho campaign. This is, however, indignantly denied by Diutriot Attornoy Fredericks, who insists that the only reason for nooopting tho pica wns to savo the county tho million dollars the trial was cortaiu to cost iu foes for wiUioesotf, hotel bills, ear faro, oto. Positive Proof Found Against McNamaras. In connection with tho plea of guilty, it is ussortod that tho beginning of Iho ond cumo sovornl days ago. Whilo Juntos II. MuNnmnra was Inzlly leaning buok in his ohuir listening to l ho monotonous, interrogation of vo niroinou, a man emtio quietly iuto the room nnd took h seat inside tho in closuro rosorved for lawyers. A fow miniitos Inter ho wns joined by an othor. As thoy gazed long nt tho man iiooused ho boomed to fcol thoir gzo nnd turned toward them. IIo oaught thoir eyes fixod on him, lookm oloojy, nml thou a mantlo of red mounted to his pallid farohead. Shortly nftor wnrd ho whispored to Joseph Scott of counsel nnd latex to Clnruuoo Dnr row. Whnt MoNninnrn told his counsel dovelopod today. Tho mon had met MoNnmara us ho wont into tho, nlloy at tho Times that dark night moro than u your ngo. Thoy had spokon to him at tho time Mid, ho hud answered them. And tho murderer realized that this was the positive proof tlmt Fredericks hud bonstcd of. Tho chain about him had been clinch d, nnd ho (CoutlMivu en i'Rtfo Three) . .... f H'TOv-l.T I ' ' L. - - T I ,i ,- ' i-fc' p g