La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 30, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1151 wii mm , B Roosaraiiflis BEGINNING OF CRUS(lDEjil?5 TOLD ABBOn LEHERS ATTORNEY DARROW T 0 BE ARRAIGNED TO- , MORROW BUT TRIAL MAY NOT COME UNTIL NEXT FALL FREDER ICKS SAYS THIS IS BUT A STARTER OF WHAT IS TO COME. Los ' Angeles, . Jan. 30. Clarence the "higher ups" In tho American Pea eration of Labor will be arrested. lury-wiin Dnuery, win ue arraigned ,,,,,. J ,',., Fredericks left today for Key West. before Superior Judge Conrey, Thurs- . ' day. In preparation, Darrow and his He w'n return to personally conduct ounsel Earl Rogers, spent today con-, th6 bribery case against Darrow. ferrlng. The arest was made yester-' ,"He hasno chance,;', said , Freder- lay afternoon. ' '" . j Icks. "We knew Juror Bain was brjb- ' The trial date Is still problematical. ed when he toolt his seat." With the crowded calender It will be . probably delayed until fall. It is In timated that the jury will do some more Investigating, and also ' that Franklin, Darrow's chief detective, charge with' bribery, has also confes sed. " Darrow Only the First ' Tampa,' Fla . Jan. 30. "Darrow's -Indictment and arrest Is only the be ginning," said District Attorney Fred Thirty Owers SusiH'teed. Indianapolis, ian.' 30! Thirty , ar: rests of members of the alleged "Inner circle" of labor leaders alleged to be concerned An the dynamiting which culminated in the arrest of the Mc Namars,.are expected before the end of. the'' week. Unless something un foresoon develops, the federal officers declare, the federal grand jury will conclude tomorrow night and report ' erlcks of Los Angeles when asked if Friday or Saturday. ISTLUM MURDERER SCANDAL oREAKS FORMER ATTENDANT WRITES OF Investigation Said to Hare Disclosed the Charges Are False, ' San Francisco, Jan. 30. That con ditions, lax method, and incompetency which outshine 'the recent revelations of the Napa Insane asylum also exist at the states asylum at Uklah-is the sworn statement of F. Townsend for merly an attendant there who filed af fidavlts with Dr. F. Hatch of the state lunacy board, today. He say the patients were cruelly beaten and gave the names of some of the patients. , Old Score t Settle. Sacramento, Jan. 30 Dr. Hatch said that Townsend's charges had been In vestigated and made the statement that it was an old matter, and said the charges had , been dismissed. Dr. Hatch stated that he has a written re traction submitted by Townsend who was fired for allowing a patient to escape from Ukiah. Famous Couductor Coming to America , Berlin, Jan. 30. Felix Welngartner, the famous Munich musical conduc tor, sailed for New York today, for IS FREED BY WEST 'WULAIBE HACK GIVEN HIS LIBEH- TY ONCB QHrllE. ';U5;1V!?; Only Recently Returned to Prison Voluntarily Meets Hta Wife. Portland, Ore., Jan. 30. William Mack, serving a life sentence In the penitentiary fcr killing a man In a .tight at Grants Pass in 1909, has oeen paroled the second time, and will join his family at Tacoma, according to word from Salem today. . Bound only by his word, Mack was allowed to leave the pen last year and go to Spokane, by Governor West. There Mack raised a mortgage on his aged parent's home, by working for a street paving concern, and placed his wife In good circumstances. He re turned D2-c. 31, 1911, and voluntarily resumed the strikes. The governor had Mrs. Mack and their baby go to Tacoma and then surprised Mack.i'y another parole. ; MARTIAL LAW IS DE CLARED IN THE STRIKE ZONE INTENSE COLD ADDS TO . SUFFERING OF STRIKERS IT ELEMENT ICR ELATED rente Abbott, the Outlook's editor, in Mfuntry Coiulry and Detectives Make I a tter t0 Former Governor Stokes Martial Law-No Mass Meeting Are i ' V . y' ' ' 18 tn9 m08t Permitted, No Parades anil No In. ! f uthorItat,v9 ftatement yet made. In flammutory Street Speaking Roy Is Bayonetted but Was Not the Ag gressor. ' ...Trenton, N. J., Jan. 30.-A positive governor, , and said in nart- "Whn .............. ,,,. jncuuuio iwubuveii, ir. yoaibl uuuiiiiiuov, ior me presiuency, will ac-' cept the nomination, and If elected will serve, was made today by Law- the letter Abbott says that If Rooseve- , vel was ever re-elected, it would be because the neonle "want him tnr n certain lob." and not lKWAiinn ha Bont I Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 30. Twenty one 'companies of Infantry; two troops of cavalry, and 2,000 thousand detec tives employed by the Textile Manu facturers' association are maintaining i HSR practically a martial law here today f and are attempting to overthrow the strikers' thousands. ' ?;;'' -v : John Bary, aged 18, a striker, was fatally bayonotted. In the back while running from the militiamen. It, Is ad mitted that he did nothing, wrong! Though martial law. Is not offtclaly- declared, the soldiers are patrolling the business district and all avenues leading to the mills.- Meanwhile the workers stand in Idle groups in a blinding snow storm and the cold, which Intensifies their sufferings. ,; It. .Abbott says he makes the state ment on his own authority. "C ' ' Ahbott's letter ,1s dated yesterday, e incentive can. there be for e. man of Roosevelt's record' In Euroo- ean and American advancements and honors, to enter the arduous and dis agreeable and often disastrous con tests In which the candidates strug gling for the presidency are inevitably plunged.. I am convinced he does not desire the nomination and will enter Into no contest to secure It. But I am equally convinced that If his country men are still sln need of, his services, he will jio more decline the call than he would decline .to enlist if. his' serv- i ASION OF OHIO SAT- i ISFIES REPUBLI gj " CANS and? Is a reply to one written by the ! ices were needed in war." FUG SYNONYMOUS TO PICK POCKETS AGITATOR Rank tommy rot interspersed at In- stand for anarchy he pointed out. Here tervals with grains of common sense again the Observer got a shaft of wit, to take away the dark, brown taste, 'Black Is symbolic of anarchy, red of and sprinkled over with blasphemy, socialism. Red typifies the truth that Colonel Swether has forbidden the treason,' bigotry, dangerous seeds of 1 the color of blood is ' fhe S same the strikers from parading or holding anarchlstlcally-concelved admonitions wide world over, and the', sub-lnfer-mass meetings to discuss means - of ', proved the ingredients In a social- ence from this can be drawn the lee gaining a victory. Troops have beenlstic concoction dished out In multl-. turer didn't elucidate extensively on ordered to arrest any street speaker pllc'lty of courses at the high school. the theme. auditorium last night when George A. industrial economics was, seriously Goeble, or some similarly-designated summarized, one of the chief basic aglfc.tor, vailed and' prayed and revl- .rUuslBl'efl,..9t:te;j(Ct.hH?;Tlm,.e valed- to an audience'' composed of-'-pfesenti'arrangement' was wrong, he aV.nt.1 inn InilHiil.inla IThanlra In wm1..j . ' . . . . sixty-three years ago today King auuu'' luv l" Bnea to impress more mieuuy u.pos- Charles I. of Egnland was beheaded ; fortune chlldn!n were not n"mero"a , Bible, than It already Is written on mm luose whu uu anowciou mo . tne taoiets or every normal numan making Inflammatory addresses. . In Memory of the Martyr King ; London, Jan. 30. Two hundred and hflll anil, fnllnwlnir iholr tlnip.hnnnia1 by his rebellious subjects at. White- """"""s "l """."""; custom the various Legitimist and Ja-i , . , A x. coblte leagues and orders throughout ",1 lu 0, f'uu" '1.7 of the day by holding memorial meet i """" u"laL ings and services any by depositing ( nt naif bad. commemorative wreaths at' the basei ' The mulligan. panned out by Goeble had a peculiar foundation. Primarily It was a socialist revival meeting held In the auditorium of a high school of the statue of Charles I on Trafal gar sqpare. To prevent a repetition of th eoffense of a few years ago, when some too ardent admirer of the martyr Witg had placed a wreath with a se ditious Inscription at the foot of the statue, ever wreath and floral piece had to be first submitted for approval to the commissioner of Woods and forests. KIMG REACHES GIBRALTAR. Death of Duke of Fife Dampens Cele bration for the King. Gibraltar, Jan. 30. King George V arrived today, en route to England. Owing to the death of the Duke of Fife the celebration was called off. Tho National Guard Meeting. I Charlctte, N. C, Jan. 30. The North , I began its annual meeting at the Sel- t0 the De Mosa Lyrlc Bards here the wyn hotel in this city today with Ma- bulldlng, to which special stress had been laid In the lassoing and corraling of platsic minds of grade arid high school years. The probable purpose of the meeting no doubt missed fire for as a curtain raiser the Observer was made the brunt of a bitter attack that was Intended as a sarcastic, pre lude to an address punctuated and staccatoed with half-baked jokes and slurs that In some Instances were akin the purpose of conducting six per- yacht Medina's flag is at half mast. formances of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" In BoBton, New York and San Francisco. Before starting on his Am erican., tour the great leader visited this city and conducted the noted Bluthner orchestra at several perfor mances, enthusiastically received by both audlene and critics. Little cerempny marked the land ing of the royal party. jor R. T. Daniel, of Weldon, presiding The meeting will last two days and will be devoted to the discussion of various matters pertaining to the mi litia service. MODRE'SWIDOW LETT PENNILESS Hog-nn and Murphy Read-. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 30. "One Round" Hogan and Tommy Murphy, who are to meet tomorrow night be fore Jim Coffroth's ciub for a 20-round bout, have finished their work of prep aration and appear to be in excellent shape for the contest. The two light weights are regarded as evenly match ed and patrons of the game are look ing forward to a lively and Interest ing battle. , .. Hurdwood Lumbermen Meet. Cincinnati. O., Jani 30. The Hard wood Manufacturers'. , association of the United States began Its annual convention In Cincinnati today with about 700 members In attendance from1 all parts of the country. The sessions will continue over tomorrow. SON BY FORMER MARRIAGE TAINS FORTUNE. Widow Will Contest WUl on Grounds of Insanity of Husband. Redwood, Cal., Jan. 30. Cutting off his widow with one dollar, John Moore the millionaire who was killed- In' a duel with CbaufTeur Timothy who was out riding with his wife Saturday, leaves his fortune to his son JefferBon, ty a former marriage. Young Mooro Is made executor without bonds. It Is expected he will receive $70,000. Tt Is believed generally the widow wi:i contest It In court on grounds that the j "111 was made on Jan. 5, 1012, wime Moore was Insane. New England Club Women Meet. New Haven, Conn., Jan. au. xae v I two-days conference of the New Eng- 0B- land Federation of Women s Clubs op ened here today with a thorough dis cussion of the subject of "Child La hnr " The attendance Is large and a majority of the women's clubs In the New England states is represented uy delegates. At tomorrow's session "Pure Food" will be the subject for discussion. , MINERS CAN'T ACCEPT TERMS Tither day they were so. stale that they actually had an element of hu mor in them. ; Discontent and Agitation Aim. When the Observer had been prop-, erly libeled and ridiculed, because it had raised a voice of protest a week ago today agalnBt the Emma Gold manic Insults to the flag and the con stitution heard last Monday night In the' same place and under similar clr- braln in the world today. In fact, It might be well to mention in this con nection that he bad not come to tell his audience anything they didn't al ready know, and as a matter of fact he succeeded fairly well In his ef forts.:' .'.'.' '.;;':-;!'" - That starvation and want In time of plenty is a fact and the problem of the day was once more Impressed and the cure, socialism, "If there Is one man of the 90,000,000 inhabitants of the United States that is Idle and out of work, the whole system Is wrong. Socialism Infallible' Cure. "The democrats who voted for Cleveland and suffered the pangs of the hard times then, and the republi cans who voted for Roosevelt, and got a touch of 1907 hard times, can find solace In the fact that socialism Is the cure," he said. "La Follette, Harmon, Bryan and the other reform ers save socialists a! mat the con sumption end of the problem of high living while the socialists get at tha production end." Here again social ists' and non-socialists gave him a "hand." Theodore Roosevelt, the' ex--presl-dent, got a raking over the coals al most as severe as the poor, abused Observer. In fact both got more free SORE.THROAT MENACES 1 - EXECUTIVE'S SPEECH T3UK Doctors Work Several Honrs Getting rid of Inflainatlon Cold Excited and Aggravated by . Sneaking ' In . i 'JSnioke.FlllDd.Boom Last''hlit Cleveland , Receives . the President WelU ?v . v .. y.;!, k Columbus, O., Jan. 30. Despite heavy cold and inflamed throat, pres-? (dent Vaft arrived here today prepared' for a. strenuous campaign- to capture -the Ohio delegation. -r , ; The executive contracted an addi tional cold in Cleveland last!' night when he spoke In a room filled with; tobacco smoke. He was compelled to DUBiiuuu ma uuuress several times on account of coughing. " To enable the president to carry out bis program of speeches Dr. Rhoades worked several hours reducing the In flammatibn'. ' ' ; Taft will hold several political con ferences here today and Taft follow ers are much encouraged at his Cleve land address last night, In which the president appeal to republicans ' to stand confidentially by their guns and! he declared the record of the past four years showed the party pledges were fulfilled regarding It. National Com-: -mitteman Vorys .said the speech was a splendid effort and, the, visit will, haveia.' remarkably - goodv effect, an that the Roosevelt talk'was all bun combe as Roosevelt wouldn't run, cumstances, Goeble launched out In a advertising than customary. many currented stream and whipped his audience from one theme to an other with startling rapidity. He wished above all or rather, af ter having proporly word-lashed tho spark of patriotism In the Observer to first leave the thought that "social ism is agitation; a breeder of discon tent. "A not half bad idea" was the verdict along this line. Where Flag, There Dirt. About the next course served out by the figurative chef was an attack on the flag. The Stars and Stripes were figuratively hung up on the wall and the stage set fittingly for the clIAax to the little burst of oratory. "Where I see the flag there I expect to see 'dirt.' I get my hands on my pocket book and begin to watch out. Some thing Is In tho wind. Pickpockets are Fights Scheduled for Tonight. Monte Attell vs. Johnny Griffiths. 12 rounds, at Akron, O. ' Eddie McGoorty vs. Walter Coffey, 10 rounds, at New York. Danny Goo'dman, vs. Jake Abel, S rounds, 'at Chattanooga, Tenn. OPERATORS AND MINERS UNABLE TO AGREE. No Clash Until . Spring, However, Is Belief Expressed by Both Sides Indianapolis, Jan.; 30. Little indi cation of a settlement Jof differences about. Look out!" Such was tha rev between the operators and coal mln- erence he aimed to teach the young ers exists here today, is admitted by of his audience, for at this stage of both operators and coal miners, who the lecture the youngsters were still failed to reach an agreement on tha awake. The supply of peanuts became wage conference, proceeding for some exhausted, however, before he rolter- ,days. . ated this singular piece of warning and It Is believed that, the contracts will two or three at least missed the heft Toni Maloney vs. Frankle Madole, 10 . not be renewed, and no clash Is ex- of his anarchistic arguments. i neciea urn snrinz. I In ridiculing Roosevelt Goeble did not forget to laud President Taft to a certain stage, and then abruptly turned what looked like a pretty com pliment into a stinging denunciation of tho economical conditions. Every inch in President, Taft's anatomy, he said, contained more good than a thousand Roosovelts could make In a million years, or some similarly gro tesque comparison. But around that "big piece of fat, honest, educated President Taft there was encrusted the Morganites and BoBsites, etc." At this Juncture he injected the thought that he who wastes most and drinks most, has most." . Registration of voters came in for Its little slapping and was laid across the knees of this particular' Moses of the political and Industrial wlderness and was soundly spanked. ' He refuted the theory that he or his principles were combatatlve. ; Kind words and deeds was the weapon of war with socialism and it is the an archists that use force. He painted a pretty Illustration on his left hand, using three fingers as typical of three kinds of people In the world. The Corruption Charge In Portland. Portland, Me., 'Jan. 30. On com plaint of six citizens Oakley C. Curtis, mayor of Portland, and five aldermen of the city appered In the supreme court today to answer to charges of alleged corruption In the city election -last month. The action against the six offlials Is brought under the new cor rupt practices act in Maine. The . proceedings under, the complaint do not constitute criminal action the only penalty being the invalidation of the, municipal election and the debarring of the convicted persons from holding public office for a time. Should the supreme , court sustain the complaint, however, the charges probably would be laid before the May grand jury and v If the defendants were then Indicted and convicted they would be liable, under the provisions of the new law,... to fine and imprisonment. . Speedy Skaters in Contest. !;- Seranac Lake, N. Y Jan. 30. Mor ris Wood, professional champion ska ter of the world, and Edmund Lamy, who recently retired from the amateur ranks as undisputed champion of the United States and Canada, met here today for a series of races to deter mine the professional championship of the world. The program of the series extends over two days and provides ' for races at the following distances: - Two hundred and twenty yards, quar ter mile, half mile, three quarter milo, one mile and two miles. . ' PORTLAND rounds, at Albany, N. Y. The red flag of socialism doesn't " (Continued on Page 6.) FIRE QUENCHED MINOR STORE DESTROYED BANK IS SAFE. BUT Fire of Unknown Origin Fills Fenr Floors With Smokte. Portland, Jao. 30. Fire early today in the' basement of the Merchants Sav ings & Trust bank, at Sixth and Wash ington, destroyed a. candy, muslo and Jewelry store, and slightly damaged tho bank rooms. Smoke went up to the offices on the four upper floors. The loss Is esti mated at $05,000, and Is fully Insured. The origin of the Are Is unknown.