VOL,. XLVI. NO. 14,670.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PLAY ONE UNION
IT. MOT
Mineowners Call in
Gompers' People.
WITHDRAW NEW WAGE SCALE
Will Use American Federation
to Win Battle.
FUNSTON SHOWS ALARM
Sajs Goldfield Situation Is Worse
Than Expected W omen Ask Pro
tection and Vigilance Com
mittee Is Formed.
GOLDFIELD, Nev., Dec. i3. Secretary
Erb, of the Goldfield Mineowners' Associ
ation, announced today, after a meeting of
the executive committee, that a resolu
tion had been passed suspending the wage
scale of the association, recently adopted,
for ten days, at the request of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor. During the ten
days a committee of the Americf-n Feder
ation and of the association will perfect
a new wage scale which will be satisfac
tory to the American Federation.
This arrangement will also affect the
cfiptoyes of the Nevada-California Power
Company who walked out yesterday, and
under the new agreement these employes
will return to work tomorrow morning,
thus removing the imminent possibility of
the shutting down of the plant which fur
nishes ail Of the power to the mines and
the lights and power for the City of
Uoldfleld.,
The new arrangement also affects the
carpenters and engineers In the mine's,
and these men, who are not affiliated with
the Western Federation of Joiners', will re
sume work in the mines tomorrow morn
ing. FINDS CONDITION'S SERIOUS
Funston Expresses Alarm Women
Make Appeal.
GOLDFIELD, Doc. 13. After having
met and conferred with many citizens
of Goldfield today. General Funston
stated tonight to the Associated Press
that lie is finding conditions here worse
than he had anticipated. ' '
"The possibilities of serious trouble
growing out of the differences between
the mineowners and miners," he said,
"are greater . than my information
previous to coming to Goldfield had
led me to believe. I have just tele
graphed a second report to Washing
ton", which Is based on the information
I have gathered today. I do not be
lieve the Governor will declare martial
law at once, as no serious disturbance
has occurred. I am satisfied with this
and shall not advise such action until
It Is absolutely necessary. As to the
matter of patrollng the vicinity of the
mines and the streets of the city with
the regulars, that Is a procedure-that
may become necessary at any hour."
Women Ask for Protection.
The statement of General Funston
tonight settles effectively the question
of the withdrawal of the troops from
Goldfield. Neither General Funston
nor Governor Sparks will yield to the
pressure that has been brought to in
duce them to favor the withdrawal of
the troops befefre the arrival of the
labor cormrilsslon from Washington.
Tomorrow a delegation of women,
composed of members of the Women's
Club of Goldfield. will call on General
Funston and lay before him their side
of the question, which will be that
previous to the coming of the troops
they had lived In constant terror, be
lieving that tholr homes, might be de
stroyed and their lives endangered by
deeds of violence and depredations of
desperate strikers. They will ask that
the troops be kept here until all dan
ger of trouble is passed.
Delegations from the Goldfield
Chamber of Commerce, the Mineowners'
Association and the Goldfield Stock
Exchange also will call on General
Funston to present the same matter.
Vigilance Committee Formed.
Tonight there is a well-authenticated
rumor that a committee of citizens
has been formed, ostensibly . to act as
a volunteer fire and police department
in the residence district, but which
will be more in the nature of a vigi
lance committee of the type which ex
isted In the early California days.
A story Is circulating that two union
men escorted a miner who had gone to
work to a point some three miles from
camp and then brutally beat him and
started lilm for Tonopah across the
desert. No trace of , the miner who
waa alleged to have been beaten or of
the two men who' are alleged to have
committee the outrage has been found.
Troops to Protect Both Parties. '
General Funston was Informed of the
matter tonight. He stated emphatic
ally, when questioned, that the troops
here would endeavor to protect West
ern Federation men If any attempts to
deport them were made. Just as they
would to protect men who might be
set upon by strikers.
"The troops will try to prevent out
rages or violence of any sort, no mat
ter by whom committed," he said.
After an all day session, the Mine-
AGAi
owners' Association late this after
noon decided to continue the card sys
tem in operation nd to require all
those .who go to work ' to sign the
agreement renouncing all allegiance to
the Western Federation of Miners.
In support of their refusal to accept
scrip in payment of wages, the osticers
of the local union today dug up a sec
tion of the constitution of Nevada
which declares that no bank shall Issue
or cause to be circulated any money
other than National currency or bank
certificates authorized by Congress. ,
Strikebreakers on the Way.
The Federation miners have main
tained a more vigorous picketing of
the mines in. operation today than was
maintained yesterday, and the guards
pf the Mineowners' Association have
been more active. It Is said the Mine
owners' Association has ' 200 strike
breakers on the way here, ' but strict
secrecy is being maintained as to tluj
movement of the train and the hour
when they will'arrive is not known.
A night shift has been put on in the
Consolidated Mines and the guards
have been doubled tonight. The Mine
owners say more men were working on
the Consolidated-Mlne today than yes
terday, but not enough men are work
ing underground to keep the mills sup
plied with .ore. An attempt to resume
work on the Mohawk was abandoned
for lack of enough men.
EULOGIZE IE PRESIDENT
FRENCH PAPERS IN PRAISE OF
ROOSEVELT. .
Say That Even After He Is Out of
Office He Will Be Powerful
Enough to Dominate.
PARIS. Deo. 13-The French press is
interested In President Roosevelt's
declaration that he would not stand for
a renomlnation. Some papers, like the
Gaul o is, are disposed to believe that he
was forced to this utterance by the pub
lic opinion created by the financial crisis,
but other papers, like the Temps, reject
any motive which Imputes bad faith, to
Mr. Roosevelt. " 1
"The popularity of President Roosevelt
is great and general." the Temps says.
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HARRIMAX'S DAl'fiHTEB TO WEH
KEW YORK. Dec. 13. Announce
ment was made tonight of the en
gagement of Miss Cornelia Harrlman,
second daughter of Mrt and Mrs. E.
H. Harrlman.' to Robert Livingston
Gerry, elder son of Mr. and Mn.
Kldridge T. Gerry.
It surpasses party limits and In spite
of the campaign it. the trusts against
him, the ; American, people remain de
voted to the upright,, strenuous and pa
triotic chief, who has rendered them
great material services."
Continuing, the Temps says It believes
that even after the retirement of Presi
dent Roosevelt his prastlge will still en
able hln to exercise a decisive role. His
voice will be heard( heeded and obeyed.
"Aside from the errors incident to hu-
Lman natusjr." It continues, "the great
merit of President Roosevelt s policy nas
been that it was National and not limited
to a party."
The paper says:
"A characteristic trait of the last quar
ter of a, century has been the growing
intensity of international economic com
petition which, even In time of peace,
has made our old wars seem child's play.
Wars now are only Incident to the econ
omic, truceless struggle. The Spanish
American, the Transvaal and the Russo
Japanese wars were economic wars, as
perhaps may be a war In the -future be
tween the United States and Japan. This
President Roosevelt has discerned clearly
and he has sought to place America in
the front rank of naval powers. No
chief of state has fulfilled his duty with
more insistence and greater success than
President Roosevelt."
CUMMINS ALiSO HAS A BOOM
Iowa Friends Want Him or Some
Other Progressive for President.
DES MOIXES, Dec. 13. An effort will
be made" to get the delegation from Iowa
for Cummins for President, but this will
not. necessitate the Governor's withdrawal
from the race for United States Senator.
Close friends of Governor Cummins as
sert there Is no doubt but that the Iowa
delegation will be secured for htm. His
friends will try to hold the delegation in
line for Cummins if there Is any oppor
tunity of his securing the nomination or
to throw It to some other progressive in
case he cannot win. In any event they
purpose to keep !t away from any re
actionist. Lia Follette Fights for Nebraska.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 13. Friends of
Senator LaFollette today began the fight
for the Nebraska delegation at the next
Republican convention. In a telephone
message from the Senator's advisers at
Madison, to Clerk F. A. Harrison, of the
Federal Court, it was announced that rep
resentatives of LaFollette will come to
Nebraska in a few days to assist in turn
ing the delegation from Taft, who ob
tained an Jndorsement at the last state
convention.
Hughes Men Organizing. ;
SYRACUSE, N. T.. Dec. 13.-A large
number of prominent Republicans last
night organized the Charles E. Hughes
Republican League of Onondaga County,
electing officers and arranging to extend
the organization throughout the country.
It will affiliate with the Hughes League
of New York City. The local club will
make a fight in the primaries for Na
tional delegates.
Murderer Anxious to Be Hanged.
. CHICAGO, Dec. 13. Richard F. Wal
ton, colored; was arraigned here today
for the murder of Mrs. Louise Grant,
white, who had employed him to pack
her furniture.
At night, Walton, intending to steal
some valuables, climbed through a win
dow and strangled Mrs. Grant in bed.
Walton has repeatedly declared he was
anxious to be hanged as soon as pos
sible, and has made a great show of
religious conversion.
SAILORS
MERRY
BEFORE VOYAGE
Warships Given Up to
Music and . Dancing.
GLITTERING WITH GOLD UCE
Only
Time-Expired Japanese
Are Left Behind.
SAVING OF COAL REQUIRED
No Discrimination ' Against Brown
Men Ships to Steam . at Ten
Knots Football Championship
to Be Decided Today. '
OLD POINT COMFORT, Va., Dec. 13.
A brilliant naval, and military ball
was given at the Hotel Chamberlain to
night in honor of Admiral Evans and
the other officers of the 16 battleships
which sail Monday on their notable
cruise to the Pacific Ocean. The reception-
and dance In the gaily dec
orated ballroom closed a day given
over almost entirely to social functions.
The ships reported "ready" last night
and today there was little or novwork
to do. Enlisted men came ashore in
large numbers, while on board ship
the gunners and wardroom officers
kept open house. Afternoon tea was
served on every vessel and impromptu
muslcales were a feature of the day's
entertainments. Bobbing launches filled
with gay parties from shore made
frequent trips during the visiting
hours. . .
Glitter With Gold Lace,
Tonight's event, the most formal of
the week, called out the special even
ing drees uniforms of' the naval of
ficers, who were all aglitter with gold
lace and trappings: Army officers
from Fortress Monroe added a bright
touch of artillery red 'to the color
scheme. Flags of all nations draped
the ballroom. The social sets of Nor
folk, Richmond, Baltimore, " Washing
ton and other Eastern cities were
largely represented in the spectacular
gathering.
Several naval attaches from the for
eign embassies and legations at Wash
ington have arrived here to witness
the maneuvers attending the departure
of the fleet.
Not All Japanese Left Behind.
With regard to the report that all
Japanese servants on board the vessels
'of the Paclftcf-bound fleet have been
transferred to other ships that are to be
left behind. It was stated on board the
flagship Connecticut today that only
those Japanese stewards and mess at
tendants whose enlistments expired
prior to July 1 next, have been re
placed by American sailors recently
trained for the work. Tlie Japanese
falling "within this restriction have
been placed on receiving ships' at var
When I Think of the Republican
Party Accepting- Campaign Contri
bution Er What's That! - Lonisvllle Offers
Me $30,000 to Hold the Convention
There' '
1
ious navy-yards, as it was not desired
to discharge them at a distant port and
be under Jhe obligation of paying their
fares back to the Eastern portion - of
the United States. Quite a number
of Japanese servants, whose enlist
ments have a year or more to run, are
being taken along as usual.
Economical With Coal.
Admiral Robley D. Evans, command
ing, has Issued general orders for the
start of .the cruise and its first stage
to Trinidad. i
Economy of coal consumption is
urged by Admiral Evans upon every
ship's crew. One of. the most valuable
pieces of information the transfer of
ships to the Pacific is expected to de
velop has to do with the amount of
fuel consumed. A 10-knot speed Is to
be maintained throughout the voyage,
and orders have been Issued that only
steam 'enough to carry that speed eco
nomically shall be kept in the boilers.
Any change of distance or interval in
the . fleet formation, the orders direct,
shall be corrected "slowly and econom
ically;" Tomorrow afternoon the football
teams of the Vermont and the Kansas
meet to decide the fleet championship.
tools XV. Hill, President Oreat North
ern Railroad, in Portland With a
Party of Officials and Friend.
and in the evening Admiral Evans and
the officers of the .flagship will en
tertain on board that vessel, the re
ception to be followed by dancing on
deck.
Ready, Says Admiral Evana.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 President
Roosevelt was formally notified today
that the Atlantic battleship fleet, assem
bled in Hampton Roads, is in readiness to
proceed on its cruise to the Pacific Coast.
INSPECT NORTH BANK ROAD
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Hill on His Way to Portland Clarke
Made Head of P. & S.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 13.' (Special.)
President Louts W. Hill, of the Great
Northern, left here tonight for Portland,
after spending the day in this city. Ac
companying Mr. Hill are Walter J. Hill
and a party of his friends. Francis B.
Clarke, extrafBc manager of the Great
Northern, will accompany Hill to Portland
and probably East. Walter J. Hill Is to
be married at St. Paul January 10. ' Presi
dent Hill Is making a general inspection
trip and has been away from St.- Paul for
ten days. He will make an inspection o
the Portland. & Seattle, now building on
the north bank of the Columbia River.
Just before leaving for Portland tonight
President Hill announced that Francis B.
Clarke had been appointed president of
the Portland & Seattle. Clarke has been
a lifelong friend of the Hills, both father
and sons, and has a wide knowledge of
the railroad business. .
MAKES A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE WHO GETS THE HAY
I Tremble for the Future of My
Country ,
-And Chicago. I Willing, to Uive
. S60.000T i . . . i ., . '
LUMBERMEN TAKE
SHY AT "JIM" RILL
Gives Canadians What
He Refuses Them.
FOR BENEFIT OF WINNIPEG
Voluntarily Grants Rate He
Says Does Not Pay.
THEY HAVE HIM CORNERED
.-.!.
Great Northern President's Affidavit
Quoted Against Him Can't Com
. pete -With the. Yellow Pine.
Power of the Lumber Trust.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 13. Washington lumbermen
who appeared as witnesses oday before
the Interstate Commerce Commission took
particular pains to ."rub It In" on James J.
Hill, because .of his .threat, yesterday to
dtre more lumbermen 'Into bankruptcy.
One witness brought out the fact that,
while the railroads assert that ' the ""old
rate on lumber from Puget Sound to Chi
cago, Denver and Kansas City was not
compensatory, the Great Northern Is to
day loading lumber at Vancouver, bring
ing it to Puget Sound, thence East
through the United ' States . and back to
Canada, landing it at Winnipeg and more
distant points, for 40 cents, the rate for
merly In force on Puget Sound lumber
shipped an equal distance in the United
States. Another witness recalled Mr.
Hill's assurance given Washington lum
bermen at a banquet some time ago to
the effect that his roads would never Im
pose a rate on lumber that would be In
jurious to the milling Industry of the
Northwest.
- Hill Dodges When Cornered.'
In, an argument with several lumbermen
Mr. Hill was--asked why he had under
taken to advance the rate on lumber. He
replied that there was no money in the
long haul on the old basis and his roads
were entitled to' fair compensation for
carrying lumber long distances. When re
minded that he' had testified under oath-in
Minneapolis that his road made more out
of the long than the short haul, he
dodged. . .
The Oregon men closed their testimony
by submitting further comparisons of
lumber rates from the South and from the
West to .Chicago and Kansas City. Sev
eral witnesses testified as to the technical
case, of the Oregon and Washington lum
bermen, according to the amount of out
put of their companies, the points of des
tination of their product and the prices
paid for it. The rates which the Oregon
and. Washington lumber producers were
forced to pay were offered In testimony
and the assertion was made that these
rates were such as to compel the produc
ers of lumber in the Pacific Northwest to
close their mills. . Witnesses testified that
they were unable to place their product
on the market east of the Rocky Moun
In Fact. It Jut Makes My Virtu
ous Blood Boll
And Denver floo.OOO: Well, Now,
I'll Just Take Tbnt.
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tains-at a profit, and. that they could not
depend upon the local market In their ter
ritory to provide such a market as would
enable them to maintain their business.
Under Wejerhaeuser's Thumb.
The line of cross-examination indicated
the purpose of the railroads to show that
the rates were not exorbitant but really
were fair and equitable compared with
the rates given producers of manufac
tured lumber, in the yellow pine district.
W. C. Miles, president of the South
western Washington Lumbermen's Asso
ciation, testified that 90 per cent of the
mills in his section of the state had closed
since it became known the lumber rate
was to be advanced, and those mills now
have on hand 70,000,000 feet of lumber, for
which ' there Is no market. He said the
Weyerhaeusers now owned all the timber
lands of the Northern Pacific grant and
virtually controlled the price within 100
miles of the kroad. They bought 1,000,000
acres for $6,000,000 and sold one section of
that for $75,000 stompage. He said they
now controlled prices and emphasized the
fact that the members of his association
were anxious that the Interstate Com
merce Commission should open the Port
land gateway to Washington lumber so
that Southwestern Washington mtllmen
could dump their common stock into Ore
gon and other'Harrlman territory.
No indication of an end of the hearing
is in sight. Several other cases are press
ing for hearing by the Commission, but it
Is not likely that the pending cases will
be concluded before the middle of next
week. "
LIFE FOR EACH BULLET
AMERICAN KILL Til K KG MEXI
CANS AT MINES.
Paymaster at Greene Mines Resents
Invasion of Ka ting-House
and Is In Jail.
EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 13. A telegram
received here tonight from Concheno,
Mexico, said that Scott White, paymaster
for the Greene mines of that section, had
killed three men In a right in an eating
house. It is reported that a party of Mexicans
entered the place where the Americans
were dining, became abusive and were
ejectd by the Americans. The entrance
was locked. A few minutes -later the
Mexicans returned armed, and battered
down the doors. The first three men
that crossed the threshold were killed by
White, who has been locked up In the
Mexican prison at Concheno.
Father Accidentally Kills Baby.
PRESTON. Idaho, Dec. 15. While
Joseph: Johnson was cleaning a flue In
his residence today the brush he was
using became ignited. He ran to the
door and threw it out Just as his
wife, with her baby in her arms was
entering. The burning fluid covered
them both' and ' the baby was fatally
burned. . The mother was terribly In
jured and cannot recover.
Sugar Trust Gets a Bargain.,'
NEW YORK, Dec. 13. The American
Sugar Refining Company has chartered
nine steamers to bring from New Orleans
to the refineries 40,000 tons of sugar,
which It bought during the recent finan
cial flurry 25 cents below the present
market price. .
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 4tJ
degrees; minimum, 42.,
TODAY'S Occasional rain ; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Russian reactionary union pannes dpath
sentence on rBel editor In New York.
Page 1.
Kins Oscar' lies In state and great crowd
sees him. Page 1.
National.
Pacific fleet spends last days In port In
festivities. Page 1.
Fulton wll". have place on Senate Judiciary
committee. Page II.
roil tics. ,
French comment on Roosevelt's declination.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Lumbermen make It hot for Hill In rate
hearing. Page 1.
Goklfleld mine-owners withdraw new scale
and begin negotiations with American
Federation. Page 1.
Funston finds Goldfield ' situation serious;
women seek protection; vigilance com
mittee organized. Page 1.
Plan- to re-organlze Merchants National
Bank approved by Ridgeley and re
opening probable. Page 8.
Bank examiner testifies that Walsh was re
peatedly warned, to unload bonds, rage 5.
New Yorlr Aldermen preparing new Sunday
ordinance. Page 4.
Macedonian almost killed In vendetta In
Michigan. Page 6.
Important evidence lost In Standard Oil
case. Page 6-
American In Mexico kills three Mexicans,
"who breaks Into house. Page 1.
- Sport.
Two teams tied In bicycle race. Page 7.
Big' trade of players between Boston and
New York National League teams.
Page 7.
Multnomah Athletic Club meets Seattle foot
ball team here this afternoon. Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Ball of California bank wreck era Increased;
Bartnett and Brown in Jail. Page 5-
Langdon says Huef's evidence ia needed to
convict Gallagher. Page 4.
Further evidence that Southern Oregon
wants trains 11 and 12 again on the
schedule. Page 6. ,
Darrow subjects Orchard to grilling, but to
no end. Page a.
Rltzvllle high school faculty hazes members
senior class. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Cheese receipts this Winter will be small.
Page 17-
Heavy' tone of wheat prices at CTflcago.
Page 17.
Stocks lower on free liquidation. Page 17.
General trade conditions not much changed.
Page 17.
Bark Largo Bay drags anchor and narrowly
escapes serious accident. Page 10.
- Pprtland and Vicinity.
Portland politicians not sure that Roose
velt's declaration has settled the situa
tion. Page 10.
Land-fraud defendants summoned to appear
in Federal Court Tuesday. Page 13.
Heney arrives Monday. Page 13.
State Dairy Association elects Professor F.
L- Kent president. Page 13.
Creditors of Title Guarantee will probably
contest assignment of securities to state
to cover Steel's deposits. Page 11.
How Title Trust Bank was bled by Us offi
cers. Page 11.
Oregon hopgrowers do not favor California
union plan. Page 10.
Postmaster Mlnto Increases force of clerks
and carriers to handle holiday business.
Page 10.
Today is the last of enforced holidays called
because of money stringency. Page 10.
IS
DEffH-SENTENCE
Reactionaries Issue
, Orders.
LOUIS MILLER OF NEW YORK
Journal Wahrheit 'Publishes
State Secrets.
THREE TO EXECUTE ORDER
Union of Russian People Takes
Steps to Undo Work of Terror
ists Miller Jtecclves' Threats
From the Nationalists.
GENEVA. Dec. 13. The police here
have discovered in the postpfflce on the
route to New York a 'notice of the pas
sage of the death sentence on the editor
of the New York Russian Wahrheit by
Russian reactionaries. The notice reads
as follows:
"The Geneva section of the Union of
Russian People at its last assembly took
the following decision:
" 'The editor of the Journal Wahrheit,
I.otils Miller, is condemned to death for
publishing secret governmental docu
ments. The promptest execution of tilts
judgment Is confided to three specialists
of the fighting organization. We hereby
inform you this resolution is in con
formity with our statutes.' "
The document mentioned in the above
notification refers to a revolutionist
nanted Schernak.
A letter threatening death to Louis Mil
ler and supposed to have been written by
Russian nationalists, was received by
him last month. It was In a black bor
dered envelope and was dated Geneva.
Switzerland, October 31. The letter was
signed by l. Keadative and said that the
Geneva department of the Union of Rus
sian People had decided that Miller, who
was known as M. Bandes while a revo
lutionist, was condemned to death for
aiding the' terrorists organization and for
pdinting documents of the government. .'
FORCE TIUBKSMKX TO YIELD
France to Begin Campaign of Sub
jugation. OUDJA.' Algeria. Dec. 13. Negotiations
for the submission of rebellious Benis
Nasscn tribesmen are not coming to a
head as rapidly as had been expected.
The FYench troops under General Uau
trey have received orders to begin a for
ward concentric movement toward the
mountain retreats (ft the tribesmen, with
the object of forcing the native leaders
to yield.
Villages submitting to the French will
not be harmed, but those resisting will,
be razed and burned.
RUSH TO SEE LAST OF OSCAK
Puor .of Stockholm View Body ol
Beloved King.
STOCi-HOLM. Dec. !! The body of
King Oscar of Sweden, who died Decem
ber 8, Is today lying in state in the chapel
of the royal castle. The body is clothed"
in an Admiral's uniform. The catafalque
Is a bower of beautiful 'flowers.
from early morning until late at night
a great crowd waited outside the palace
chapel in the hope that they would be
allowed to see the face of the dead king
for the last time and, when the hour
came for closing the chapel, a rush was
made for the doors and the police had to
be called out to check the people. The
crowd was made up of the poorer people
of Stockholm, among whom King Oscar
was a favorite.
Strike Puts Bordeaux in Dark.
' BORDEAUX, France, Dec. 13. The city
is in utter darkness tonight as the result
of a strike of gasmen and employes of
the electric light company, who are de
manding an increase in pay. All busi
ness houses were compelled to close at
nightfall.
:
Death for Bombthrower.
MOSCOW, Dec. 13. The woman who,
10 days ago, threw a bomb at Lieutenant-General
Guerschelmann, Governor-General
of Moscow, in an unsuc
cessful attempt to kill him. has been
sentenced to death.
I
Reichstag Adjourns for Holidays.
BERLIN, Dec. 13. The Reichstag today
adjourned for the Christmas recess. It
L will reopen January 8.
NEARLY PROVES COSTLY
Failure to .Put on Enough Postage
About Costs a Life. -
COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 13. John Soley,
of Cleveland, who murdered his sweetT
heart, came near being hanged today,
despite the fact that papers from the
Governor, commuting the death sen
tence to life imprisonment had been
mailed to the warden of the peniten
tiary. The warden had prepared to ex
ecute him, but telephoned the Governor
nd found that the papers had been
marled. Today the warden was noti
fied from the postoffice that a letter
was being held there for postage. It
proved to contain the commutation
order. -
ED TOR
UNDER