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VOLUME NO. 16
LA GRANDE UNION COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 19J1.
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LIBOR LEIK Mil THE MM
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"IPOSTERS", "PLOT" IS CRY
JF SOCIALISTS conn
SAYS GOMPEHS
'MOYER IS LIKEWISE
BITTER IN ATTACK!
ON BROTHERS
LABOR CIRCLES EVERYWHERE .
' EXPRESS AGER AT MEN
Has Received Setback--Clomuers Is
Angered and Calls Men Imposter, In
Explaining Why He Supported Them
at First Darrow Eiplalns Atti
tude, New York. Dec. 2 Samuel Gompars
today denounced the McNamaras who
fore. "They're a pair of impostor : I
thought they were the victims of
Burns. It Is a f rameup. They im-
- posed on, my credulity," shouted Mr
- Gompers.
Moyer Admits a Setback.
Denver, Dec. 2. Charles Moyer, the
of Miners today said: "The McNam
aras' acknowledgement of their guilt
wjll give the cause of labor a tem
porary setback but only until the
rank and flle can prove that Individ
uals and not the unions are on trial.
I think there is something deeper In
these confessions than the labor move
ment can grasp now. Likely as not
pressure will be brought to bear by
the forces of the opposition. Surely
the confessions at this time can hard
ly give to labor Its just dues. Yet If
.the admissions are true such an ex
posure must sooner or later clear the
atmosphere in the labor world." :
McXamaras Are Denounced1,
. San Francisco, Dec. 2. Labor lead
ers here are United in denouncing the
MIcNamaras and declare they were
duped with the others.
Roosevelt Voices Opinion.
New York, Dec. 2. "My ideas on
the McNamaras is expressed in the
Outlook editorial, "Murder Is Mur
aer," Bald Roosevelt. "That's the
way I feel about it."
Mnrshall Is Vindicated.
Indianapolis, Dec. 2. Governor
Marshall, who granted extradition for
the McNamaras and was harshly criti
cized for it, today said that the con
fessions vindicated his stand Which
the labor leaders termed "kidnaping."
Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 2. Declaring the
McNamaras confession is to shield
the labor leaders high up, John Klrny,
president of the National Association
of Manufacturers left today for In
dianapolis to participate in the feder
al probe of the McNamaras there. He
said "The McNamaras' rnnfeaalnna
should be a death blow to organized
labor. V
!BRIBERfCASES
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DENIES STEFFENS ;
CONNECTIONS
PREDICT "SOMETHING
INTERESTING" FOR
THE EVENT
Bl'RXS COMIXG TO PROSECUTE
y "HIGHER ITS" IX BRIBERY
Secretary Moyer Admits That LaborlClulrolMg the Election Sext Tuesday Is ' Federal Investigation of the Affair to
Una fr.iu.tnAj L'n,l.n 1. n w I ALU. I -1 t . . - . t V J I f , II. , ... .
uMjct iu now, sociuusi-Liuun rur-i,- e Mune m luiuornm vtnen vrana
EFFORT TO DEFEAT JOB
HARRIS AX ASSERTS I'XIOXS
tV Advance I! xciih for" PuniM.
ti6ns In Los - Angeles Steffens fs
Claimed to Have Been Behind the
Confessions.
Los Angeles, Dec. 2-Postive charg
es that the. plea of gnllty of the Mc-
Knmrm yf Arrinv woW nr rf A
plan to discredit the Socialist-Union
, party in Its fight here and prevent
them from winning the election here
next Tuesday were today made by fol
lowers of Attorney Job Harriman, the
socialist candidate for mayor against
the good government candidate may
or, Alexander. They, declare the ad
mission of Lincoln Stteffens, a, self
constituted go-between, that he con
sulted only the biggest socialists or
their followers and that Harriman,
who is a member of the McNamara de
fense staff, was not told of the im
pending confession they say, proves
the alleged plot,
Steffens says he worked to get the
McNamaras to confess simply to pro
mote harmony and the golden rule in
Los Angeles and he had no political
idea la mind.j ' . " v '
Harriman Believes "Job" Existed.
Absolute declaration that the Mc
Namaras' confession Just four days be
fore election was carefully planned by
"b,S business" to encompass his de
feat next Tuesday was made here to
day by Job Harriman, socialist candi
date for mayor.,
DARROW TALKS TO PRESS.
Explains vthy He Took the Case Know
ing Their Guilt.
zClarence Darrow. to a United Press
correspondent said that he took the
case because he wanted to save the
McNaniara's lives. "They figured
themselves soldiers on the firing line
in the war between capital and thn
common people. They thought they
were taklne- the nnlv pmirca
win the fight In Los Angeles. They ' e(l roundabout offers
are not murderers at neart. Jim
Jnry Reports at Indianapolis Sitna.
Awaited With a Great Deal of In-"twi,
S STEFFEiS; AFFAIR DEXIED.
Los Angele8,,v-Dec. 2. District $
& Attorney Fredericks positively $
denied that Lincoln sleffens was 4
a factor in arranging for the Mfc-"
Namaras to plead guilty. He said 3
"The defense offered to have f
8 James confess In July if we let
the case against John J. go free
but the prosecution would 'not
agree." " . 1
bomb under the Llewellyn Iron Works
and then his sentenced to be suspend
ed, anr which he will ba taken to;
Indir.napollg to be the centrol figure
in ',he federal probe there,, is circu
lated today. Fredericks wouldn't con
firm the report. . '
The Coiifession In Detail. '
Log Angeles. Doc. 2. The confes
sion of John and James B. McNamara
yesterday afternoon, which brought
one- of the greatest murder trials in
recent history to a sudden and as
tounding termination and ended for
all time . the . controversy regarding
the manner In which the Times was
blown up, was dramatic In the ex
treme. For over an hour previous
Chief Counsel for the defense, Clar
ence Darrow, and District Attorney
Fredericks, surrounded by their as
sistants, had been in earnest consulta
tion with Judge Bordwell In his cham
bers. Then shortly after 2 o'clock
Fredericks and his deputies seated
themselves In the courtroom and were
followed a few momenta later by Dar
row and his aides.
Then ensued a tense silence through
,out the crowded courtroom which was'
IIIIIG FILLS- iSTHIll TEE1
TO REBEL IDS
EXPLOSION OF LION
HILL MAGAZINE IS
SUCCESSFUL
c
nsiiK
TROUBLES IX PERSIA GROW
WORSE TROOPS APPROACIIIXG
Violent Antl.RusHian Disorders Are
Expected and During All the Ex
citement, Russian 'Troops Are Ap
proaching Capital City American
Officials Life Is at Sake but He Is
Well Guarded. , . , ,
FRANTIC MESSAGE FO
HELP RECEIVED
LAST NIGHT
STEAMER MISSING MAX1
DAIS PARTIALLY LOCATE
Great Danger to Forty-Two People on
Board Says Wireless Message for
r Help Assistance Is Rushing to tie
Scene Disjointed Calling VTm
HearJ T1U Morning from the Dlf
tressed . Steamer. .
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Los Angeles, Dee. 2. Assistant Dis.
trict Attorney Ford, speaking It the
case against Franklinsaid he saw' no
reason why the bribery complaint
would not be pushed Monday. He ad
vised the newspaper men to attend as
It "might be interesting." It is rum
ored that Fredericks may transfer the
evidence to' the federal court in San
Francisco swhere James, as 'Bryce,'
and others made a plot to dynamite
the Times, the Otis home and the
homes of bmclalg of the Merchants
and Manufacturers asoclatlon. There
may be more arrests;
. Bordwell Is 'ot Pledged.
Despite all contrary rumors it was?
learned today that Judge Bordwell'
had made no arrangements regarding
the sentences for the McNamaras and
he will do as he pleases, although the
state is expected to ask for mercy.
Another sensational devoiepment to
day came when Fredericks admitted
he had other moneys used for bribery
purposes iu addition to Franklin's 4,
000 but he wouldn't talk. He said the
defense came to him and finally offer
ed the confessions after he had refus
Shanghai. China. Dee. 2 Ifr
uay capmrea me.cuy or an vr.
blowing np the Lion' Hill' ,ne
vitsieralnv- Tprlhl ilinn-lr ..
um uiu criinucu courtroom wnico was . J . .UFl - ,au-
broken only by a whisper occasionally cun'' '8 expected tlurlgn f iioon.
as James B. "McNamara, on trial for tfanMng 's one of the f' ' & ,g holds
murder, conversed with Attorn TJa- the Manchas had. .
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tic flcaicu ucar nim.
A momentary buzz of voices follow
(Continued on Page Eight)
Teheran, Persia
the Russian trooi,.
III THEMES
GREETG0NGRES5
-AlrhouKfc
vano.ua; . on
rersla, determlnelC"bblt the mon
arch, odlclals artf s!sndin pat and
are n Jt f ubraltting " to the deminds.
V'blent aitl-Ruslf.t dlBorcer pre
feared, i ' ": ; ; i; v :
Shus'ir't iiersonal todyguirl is dni-
bled as it is feared the assassins majt
make tnother atta not to k U him the
country U intensely excIUt
Shuster an A.uerican w io tank of
fice in I tlato rignten the nnni".n;y
sjsicm smi bis re'rnatlon U dem.ird
PBESIDEXT'S. MESSAGE TO COME 'd by U,;8a!a and B'and.
I TUESDAY. Cnclc Sam to Defend S
Congress Convenes Sext Monday for a
I Brief Opening of the Session.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 2. With the
Shuster.
Washington, D. . C., Dec. 2. -It i(
stated that the United States state de
partment has cabled the American am
bassador, Guild, at St. Petersburg, and
to Minister Russell , at Teheran that
. Seattle, Dec. 2. Somewhere in tho
fog of the Kyuju Bound, Vancouver
Island, the Canadian Pacific - steamer
Tees, with 42 aboard, U In imminent
danger of going to pieces on tho
rocks where-she Is stranded. Several
vessels Including the revenue cutter
Tahoma and the tug Nanoose are
searching for her.
The last distress sUnal of the shin
was received last night and this was
the first word rSQelvsd fice sho
struck the rocks last Wednesday. Tho
message said: "Come Quick, the ves
sel is stranded on the rocks and Is In
sireat danger." Then the second mes-
sage followed, saying i ''gtllj aUvo itUl
i i . ... ...
tup. dub ..was near a caiung mis
morning but there was no message.
The Tees disappeared ' Wednesday
and during the Interim ships have
been searching for her everywhere
until yesterday little was known of
haw many pasengers ' were aboard -The
fact that there are 42 has instil
led added Interest In the search.
NO. 18 LATER
BY IS MINUTES
XEW TIME TABLE BECOMES EF
FECTIVE T0M0RIB0W.
From La Grande Standpoint Only One
Change Ordered.
Effective tomorrow, a new time ta
ble has been issued for the O.-W., car
rying with it a slight change In the
running time of No. 18. the train
from Portland at night, and giving
Nos. 24 and 25, the stub train between
Baker and North Powder, a perma
nent schedule. No. 18 will arrive at
8:45 p. m., 15 minutes later than at
at present. From a La Grande stand
point there are no other changes in
the table. No. 25 leaves Baker at 5
P m., reaches North Powder at 5:30,
nl returning leaves North Powder
at 8:85 p. m.. arriving at Baker at
6:20 p. m.
didn't intend to. kill and because he
wasn't a murderer at heart I decided
to do the best I could to-save his life.
I took the only course.
"All that I expect," he continued,
'is to have my best friends understand
why I took the case, but the, chancy
are that the world will not under
stand. . All my life, I have tried to bj
on the side of those who lose in the
unequal fight between the rich and
poor. Here was a man who, whether
right or wrong, tried in his own grim
way to be on the side of the poor. I
couldn't see him go down without giv
ing what help I could."
Darrow Denies Plot
The socialists charge that the con
fessions are a part of a plot to teat
Job Harriman' at the municipal elec
tion. This Fredericks and Darrow
both deny.
Burns Coming West.
, Chicago, Dec. 2. Burns announced
today that he would soon start for the
Pacific coast. He said he wanted to
see all concerned in the McNamara
cases brought to Justice. He regards
the confessions as a personal vindica
tion and ended by the statement that
nine-tenths of the laboring men do not
sympathize with the anarchistic ele
ment but are misled.
. Other Men Watched;
Los Angeles, Dec. 2. It was learn
ed today that detectives have been
.watching a number of persons con
nected with the California Federation
lot Labor and the International Asso-
I... ..
elation or Bridge and Structural Iron
workers, for two weeks. Arrests will
be made as soon as the grand Jury
at Indianapolis reports. The federal
opening of the first regular essslon of' the life of Shuster. th tri.m.n
the Slxty-second congress but two eral of Persia, must be preserved at
dfcys away senators and repreeenta- all costs. This followed the at peals of
ives wno naa remained at their homes Shuster's father : here. .
over Thanksgiving day poured into the r '
total, qntsw train t6day. . . I hnll!ia rft . . . """v. :,.
As all the committee, appointments :7V, 7. , . !
. . .. . Mi'wuunems eVer federal Incorporation of inter-
and other details of organization al-J Btate commerce Industrial corpora
ben" IT COmfV' T Wl,,.tions. The senate will wrestle with
be no work of organ zat on nni d tnr .. .....
nn xt,1a ;., ine arourauon treaties, ana tbe lines
- ..w,. . likLio luuuiiw uusiiies? ...in . i . .
, , . wul UB Bimryiy urawn De:ween-ine
may be transacted in both houses ind . .
" uousea ana jing0iBtB and tne peacemakers. Then
then an adjournment will be taken as , . , ....
a , . there will be the subject of conserva-
a further mark of respect" to tho . I... .
,,.. . . ... . amu iuo miijui lain uueHiiua or
members who have d ed dur ng the .u . a .
QM , . tbe tolls to be exacted of vessels pas-
f a :r " ' ".sing through the Panama canal
to be devoted .to reading of President ' ,m
annual message. After that the law
makers should be able to get down to
business immediately and for the next
five or six months, barring the time
of recess over the holidays, the coun
try can' watch .them thrust and parry
and Intermittently legislate.
That the session is likely to be an
unusually busy and important one is
generally admitted. The approach cf
the national elections and the bitter
rivalries cf political parties will en
hance the Interest. The galleries will
have to listen to floods of strident po
litical oratory delivered purely for
home consumption. No member with
an eye to re-election will overlook an
opportunity tO( "make good"' with his
constituents.
A flood of bills hitting at the trusts
will be Introduced. Senator Pomer
ent of Ohio will push his resolution to
put trust offenders In jail, and Repre
sentative Henry of Texas will Intro-
MAXAGER JEXXIXGS HURT.
Auto Accident Is Serous iu Its Coiso
nucnees. ,, '.;.','
Scraniton, Pa., Dec. 2. Hugh Jen
nings, the manager of the Detroit Am
ericans," was seriously, injured. In an
autvi. accident at midnight near Golds
boro. Rev. Lynett, David Holdeu and
his wife, -e all injured, Lynett la
probably fatally hurt. The auto crash
ed through a small bridge.
Lynett's right arm and leg are brok
en. Jennings' head is gashed and his
body badly bruised."
Thirty-FIve Sew Houses.
There are 35 new houses under pro
cess of construction throughout the
city, according to School Census Tak
er Rogers who tonight completed his
enumeration of school children.
does not include those that are finish
ed, and in almost every case the resi
dences are comfortably large and con
venlent
duce a similar measure in the house,
providing some other member does
not "beat him to it."
Tariff revision, however, will be-
j the big subject of the entire session.
The tariff board's much discussed re
port on the woolen Industry is to be
transmitted to congress soon after the
opening, and the board's report on
cotton will follow probably within a
few weeks. Besides the wool and cot
ton schedules, a host of other provi
sions of the tariff law, Including pro
posals to reduce the duties on steel J
and iron, cotton machinery, chemicals,
reciprocal free admission of bitumi
nous coal across the Canadian border;
etc., will figure In the tariff discus
sions.
All hands are agreed that "some
thing Is to be done" in the way of re
vision, and revision dowhwar, of
some of the ' Important schedules of
the tariff act. E'en the nrepideni will
be expeje1 to fall to lluo to make
the work of congress effective by sign
ing a bill.
President Taft's position la under
stood to he that he Is in favjr of "re-
Heavy Rains Saturday Mght,
The wind affiTraln storm Saturday
night did considerable damage. At
times the rain came down in sheets,
and the heavy driving wind made It
almost Impossible to face. . One of the
large plate glass windows of Sounsa
vell & Marvin's store, was blown la .
and broken. It is reported that sever
al tops of stacks of hay in the country-'
were blown off. (Wallowa Sun.,
Boose velfs Silver Weddings
New York, Dec. 2. Former Presi
dent and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt to
day quietly celebrated' their silver
wedding anniversary, with relatives
and a few intimate friends as their
guests. Mrs.' Roosevelt was formerly
Milss Edith Carew of this city. They
were married Dec. 2, 186, In St. Oeorg
church, Hanover Square, in London.
niockland lHns Case.
The circuit court has announced a
decision giving to the defendant in
the Svenson vs. Blockland litigation
a complete ownership of 80 acres of
school land south of La Grande. When
the case went to the supreme court
each of the two men were assigned a
halt Interest in the land. John Hod
gin was attorney for Mr. Blockland.
duction cf the tariff wherever It can
While the lawmaker- i .,Bun .ii 06 aone 8ta 81111 Z1V a ,,vlS non
government intends ta nroBfict " ' of the states MnduM ma Bure of Paction of those industries
similar investigation here. I that 'antl-rallroad legislation was no " b"1 "the tarlff
It is rumored that the sensation ls longer profitable or advisable with a i hnDa
only begun. No one 8 permitted to view to the general Interest, many of , .f""?. UPn ,Pformar,on
see the McNamaras excenf In th ' the members of r,. .. m i whlch Blia11 enab,e u to Alatx b'lf,,-
.presence of witnesses. They !et ! inclined to hold the roads responsible 1 "8" He ha a,ready iisrei
well and seemed relieved that the af- tor many of the ills with which the ! filUr6 f the Wo1 bl" at the
fair is over. It is generally, believed j country Is supposed to suffer! In their ' xlriBies8lon 8noul n regarded
oj.lnion the time has not yet come to- . " 8" T' ''n,lUKV Ior
let up on the railroads. I reduct!a congress-
Federal supervision of railroads to ;
a greater extent than is now in force
will be proposed In many ways. More
power to the elbow of 'the Interstate
Live Stock Show.
Chicago, 111., Dec. 2. The, UnltedV
States. Canada and Mexico are parti
cipating in an International live stock -show,
which continues for one week.
that James will get a life sentonce
and John may be given 20 years.
Federal Probe to Continue.
Indianapolis, Dec. 2. United States
Attorney Miller and other federal ct
ficlals conferred, here today. Laten
Miller said: "The McNamaras' confer
sions will not affect the government's
Investigation Into the affairs of tha
Structural Iron Workers. There will
be absolutely no let up in the federal
probe. The government's Investiga
tion covers a much wider range than
the Los Angeles case."
The report that Ortle McManlgal
Opium Probe Continues.
San IfrunrlBm Ttan ti.i)nvi. js-
commerce court is a favorite slogan Batlon sprung up in' the opium' prob-
With VtA In nivnlf ,s it.
". " tue commerce here today when a distribution "Joint"
court shows a disposition to give the, Was discovered and. a warrant Issocd
railroads a square deal, abolish it. j for Clayton Richards, one of the most
But the session will not be. all bun-; prominent wholesale drug merchants
combe. There Is no dearth of Import-) n the city. Authritles say they havj
ant measures awaiting consideration; proof that $40,000 worth of the drug
some of great national concern. Tho is dlstrlhntM nnnt fmm m.
great appropriation bills will h ' ,tt., t. a,
a i o.--v .vivyiuuuu UUIB Will DO 3
will plead guilty of exploding the , fiercely fought over, in tho house' ed
H0YAL COUPLE
REACH BOMBAY
ROYAL SALUTE GREETS KIXG AXD
. Ql'EEX, '.
First Stage of Long Tour Is Completed
by King George Todiiy.
Bombay, Dec. 2. The first stage of
the costly Durbar tour was completed
today when Icing Ceorge and tho
queen set foot on Indian soil, amid the
salute of royal guns.
The royal couple landed at tho
splendid Appollo Bunder landing. Tho
stage met them by Sir Sydenham
Clarko, the governor of Bombay anl
others. v