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g THE MOnyiSO OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, APRIL, 30. 191 j. r Witnesses for Mine Workers' Official Say Shots Were J I J BATTLE SOON GENERAL Member of Congress Testifies Law ton's Keputation Is Good and Woman From Tent Colony Contributes to Alibi. r TRINIDAD. Colo., April 29. Testi mony intended to show that Deputy Sheriffs opened the battle at Ludlow on October 23. 1913, in which John Nimmo w as killed, was introduced today in the case of John It. Lawson. International executive board member of the United Mineworkers of America. Lawson is charged with inciting the murder of JCimmo. a Deputy Sheriff. Following the opening statement by Horace N. Hawkins, the defense began the presentation of its evidence. Emiel Hernaidon, a former striker, testified last on the day of the battle he went from his home at Cedar Hill to Ludlow tent colonv to draw his strike relief monev with .Joe Oillardy. an earlier wit ness for the defense, and that he and Ins companion were fired on "by guards at the section-house" . The section-house near Ludlow was used as a cover by Deputy Sheriffs. He said that later, when they had almost reached Cedar Hill, they were fired on from a ridge of high hills southwest of Ludlow. Gillardy's testi mony was similar to that of Ber- S. H. Furlow, engineer of the Colorado & Southern train which reached Lud low in tho course bf the fight, said ho saw shooting all along the railroad v,.t-o.n the. station and the steel hi-IHsre near the section house. Edward Keating, representative in Congress from the Third Colorado Dis trict, called as a character witness for i.-.u-ern id Lawson's reputation In lnver WAR ETOOd. Mrs. Margaret O Dell, a resident of the Ludlow tent colony at tho time of the killing of Niramo, testified that she ..a iv r.nwKnn several times on the after- i.nnn of October 25 and that she did not see him leave the tent colony ex ropt when he accompanied Miss Anna Cameron, escorting her beyond the danger zone. She saw htm carrying tents into the arroyo which borders the camp to shelter the women ana cnu d fen. Mrs. O'Dell said she was certain she did not see or hear any automobiles drive into the colony during tho after- Witnesses for the state had testified that thev net Lawson near the Colo- vnrir. X- Southeastern railroad cut at ohnut 1 o'clock and that they then drove into- the colony in an automobile. m inclined to think you have done it ith respect to the printing charges. - l'latt and I.orr Brought Together. At the beginning of his examination today Colonel Roosevelt was asKea about a meeting he arranged between Senator Piatt and Seth Low, who haa been elected Mayor of New York. The organization had helped elect Mr. Low," said the Colonel. ana j. wanted Mr. Low to take the same atti tude 1 did toward , the organization. Therefore 1 wrote to Mr. Piatt about a meeting between the two. I didn't want the organization to reel it. was u"w ui i i,h tori Rut I wanted Mr. low ays to understand mat oe was i what he thought best, I was i-resi- ent then. There was some sparring by counsel over questions as to now iub uiunci happened to be nominated for Vice- resident In 1900. xnese were ruico ui by the court, but Colonel .Kooseveir. nally said: I accepted bo as to gratuy fresiaeni McKinley." Tennessee Coal Deal Reviewed. The Colonel In answer to other ques- ons gave the following account of his action in the Steel Corporation & Ten- essee Coal & Iron cases: When the merger took place, J nderstood the Tennessee was so weak hat the Steel Corporation did not con- der it a dangerous competitor. The corporation controlled about 60 per cent of the output. The Tennessee had 9 per cent of the total output. ud- equently the output of the Steel Cor- oration shrank to t4 per cent. xne ction occurred during the height ot he panic of 1907. The prime interest of every citizen was that some measure should be taken to stop the panic ana restore confidence. In New York the ituation was trembling on a hair as to hether every business would have to e shut up. One night l received no- $790,000 Structure at Van couver, B. C, Wrecked by Wind-Fanned Fire. SPAN FALLS WITH FIREMEN Excited Throngs on Streets Blaine Foes of Britain, but Officials Refuse to Make Charges Heat Hinders Fighters' AVork. VANCOUVER. B. C. April 29. Two of Vancouver's magnificent bridges, a mile apart, were damaged by fires that started simultaneously and caused a loss on the Connaught bridge over False Creek of $300,000 here today. The blaze that appeared under the pavement of the Granville-street bridge was easily extinguished and the dam age is small. Assistant Fire Chief Thomson says the tires were incendiary. On the street FINE VIADUCT PARTIALLY DESTROYED AT VANCOUVER, B. C. CO NAUGHT BRIDGE OVER FALSE CREEK AT CAMBIE STREET. 2SAVE L BOO LEAVE SALEM HIGH INSTITU TION AS DRILLED. BulldlnK Ik Emptied in Two Minutes, Although None Know Real Fire la Durning. SALEM, Or., April 29. (Special.) More than 500 students of the Salem High School marched from the building, the roof of which was ablaze, in two minutes this afternoon. They did not know of tho fire, thinking the gong had sounded for the usual weekly fire drill. ltov Keene and Daryl Proctor, stu- liKiiia who discovered the blaze, in formed one of the professors of it, and -seizins a hose rushed to a third-story window. Thev clambered to a narrow ledge, and risking their lives, soon had n HtrcHin turned on the lire. The fire department responded quick ly to an alarm, but when it arrived the fire was under the control of the heroic lnria. it wan extinguished with a loss nf About S50. The students were returning to the building after the noon recess and few liar! reached the classrooms when the gong was sounded. Although ranks were quickly formed and they marched from the building as during drills, sev eral sairt afterward that they were at . ina to understand why a drill had ni-riero.fi at such a peculiar time There, however, was not the slightest in of a. nanie. and none of the stu ta waa even frightened. The fire was started by sparks from a chimney COLONEL REVIEWS PANIC (f-ontimiea Krom First rage.) Ice that next day Mr. Frick and Mr. Gary, of tho Steel Corporation, would ome to see me. I had receivea tnou- sands of appeals to do something. I notified the Attorney-Oeneral to meet the two gentlemen. He was in Baltimore and could not get there. I then invited Mr. Root. Mr. Gary said if Mr. Pierpont Morgan's company took mme.diate control of the Tennessee, me tock of the company would immediate- v be enhanced in value, and that the result would be the end of the company. Mr. (ia-ry told me the Morgan com pany did not want to buy the stock, as they were trying to reduce tneir noia- Ings. I asked them to wait until tne ai- orney-General got ' over from Balti more. They paid tne situation v.a acute and that if something wasn't done before the market opened tne crash would come. I called In the newspaper men and told tnem or. mo action 1 had decided to take. The news was printed all over the country ana the panic was stopped.'. 1.-.0.000 Letter Written. 'Since you became Governor, how many letters nave you written. '1 have written more tnan tou.uuu letters. I have made over 40,000 ap pointments. 1 have signed 20.000 laws, carrying appropriations of several bil lion dollars. 1 have made thousands of speeches." 'While you were Governor or .presi dent, was there any invisible govern ment on your part?" "There was not one particle, repuea the Colonel with great emphasis. A letter written by Charles to. Whit man, now uovernor ot iew xorn., men IMstriet Attorney of New York County, was read in part, as follows: In line with our last talk. I agree with you that the time is ripe for an alliance of the Progressive Republicans and members of the National Progres sive party, as well as of all good citi zens sharing tneir opinions to rm state of the kind of party control wnlcn is mainly responsible for corrupt con ditions which have been clearly shown In the various examinations and invest igations which had been had during the past year. These conditions are not localized and tne men ana tne pwi": responsible for them not confined to any party. "Diri vou understand tnat letter re ferred to the plaintiff here?" Roosevelt was asked. "I did," he said. This ended the re-d'irect examination. DYING MAN SUBDUES FIRE After Being Shot by Irate Husband, Ranch Hand Saves House. Commencing Sunday, May 2 U Tr PI H H Painted oi a Woman Featuring the Great Russian Actress, OLGA PETROVA The most remarkable picture play ever conceived. Five mag nificent acts, telling the story of a woman's fall to satisfy the craving of man. Touching the border line of unwritten sensa tionalism, yet never too far, it treats of the degradation of the girl Selma, who, favored by the gods with all graces, yet is left in ignorance as to the ways of the world. 8 Great Reels of Film Sunday, Also Specialties Including One Chaplin Comedy. nil if a ni n II nninnrn . i i jmmmu?wr mcw -a )wzm uotikswi Hawgwsr r swept Hi urn 1 1 r mmmr. jj m DEPUTIES ACCUSED OF STARTING FIGHT Roosevelt swore that he had not heard the names of many of the men who were said to have contributed large turns to his campaign fund in 1!04 un til thev were read in court in cross- examination by William M. Ivins. He also made explanatory statements about liis aDooIntment of Judges ana nis re lations with ex-United States Senator l'latt, and about Fpeeches he made in which the name of Mr. Barnes was mentioned. Asked whether there was any "in visible government" while he was Gov ernor or President, the Colonel an wered: "Not the slightest particle." Counsel for the plaintiff and defend ent fought over virtually every piece of imuortant evidence presented today Mr. Barnes spent the greater part of the day in taking notes on a pad of paper. After the Colonel was excused from the stand he read a magazine for jiwhile. but when Mr. Loeb and George B. Agnew. ex-State Senator, were the stand the defendant paid close at tention to everything they said. Senator Advised by Barnes. Mr. Agnew gave testimony concern lug voting in the Senate on race track legislation ana tne manner in wnic he said Senator Grattan defeated th lacing bill after he had been advised hy Mr. Barnes how to cast his decidln vote. Justice Andrews, in a statement mad to counsel In the course of arguments, mid while the Jury was out ot the room, asserted that no evidence had been pro duced connecting Mr. Barnes with an corruot connivance." in so far as th municipal government of Albany i concerned. Then he added: "Where the libel charges a man with being a thief, it is not enough to say simnlv that the charge is true, but on must set up in the answer the facts Trnin which the inference is made. Here the charge is that Mr. Barne tv-a porrunt in one way or anothe You are bound not simply to say tha the charges are true." lou are boun in et forth the facts, which, if tru would constitute justification; they 1,1 v srnt to be set forth, so that If th fr-t art. true they would show cor runt inn That you have failed utterly to do vith resnect to the Albany Lincoln League and gambling conditions, and it was declared by excited men that alien enemies of Great Britain were seeking to burn the city, but no official would be quoted as believing tnis tne ory. Wind Fans Flames. Early this morning a wind storm swept over the city. At 4:30 o'clock an alarm from the Connaught bridge at Cambie street was rung in. Within a few minutes the north half of the big steel bridge, nearly a mile in length, was In flames. The wood pavement, packed in tar, was burning fiercely. At 6 o'clock, while the fire was at its height, a blaze was discovered under the pavement of Granville - street bridge, a mile away from the first fire. This tire was stopped within a few minutes. Car service all over the city was interrupted, for the bridges con nect the main part of business Van couver with the residence section. Some police officials have a theory that the fires were set by incendiaries, bent on burning the city. Span Carries KIreiuen Down. Shortly after 7 o'clock a span of the Connaught bridge a quarter mile from the north end of the bridge, fell into False Creek. Two firemen and an elec tric lineman were carried down in the wreckage, the lineman being badly hurt before rescued. The fall of this span left the center of the bridge burning fiercely.- with the firemen unable to reach it from the north side. The heat In the vicinity of the burning north ern spans was so intense that steel rails were bent and twisted. The Con naught bridge cost 790,000. and completed ' only two years ago. Today and Saturday Charlie Chaplin . "BY THE SEA" Latest of his great comedies. See him on the brink of the deep with the "meremaids" (human). Between the Two of Them Drama Featuring Sidney Drew, His Wife and Mary Maurice. PHANTOM SWEETHEARTS Anita Stewart and Earl Williams. Clean and Clever Drama. HEARST-SELIG WEEKLY JOE ROBERTS, Banjoist CLIFFORD CARNEY, Master Organist lOc-ANY SEAT 1 Oc Paint-Up. Clean-Up Week May4-ll Cutting Out Needless Cost The more hands an article passes through before it reaches the consumer, the higher will be the price. When you buy clothing here you buy direct from the maker and consequently save all in between costs. We've been selling mill-toman for many years and have saved thou sands of dollars for our customers. YOU can get in line with these savings by buying here. Our New Spring Suits at $15 $20 $25 would cost $5 to $7.50 more if bought elsewhere. mi rownsville Woolen Mill Store Third at Stark Third at Morrison Vou can do better for less on Third street tltj TAR. THEATER AMERICAN NOT IN PRISON Mr. Bryan Keports Iiosenurg Man at Work on Mexico Farm. ROSEBURG. Or., April I!. (Special.) In a message received nere late to day from Washington, . C, Secretary Bryan declared that O. S. Lahey, of Roseburg, was not in prison at Cusi- huiriachic, Mexico, but was employed on a ranch in that vicinity. Mr. Lahey a few weeks ago wrote his wife, who lives in Roseburg, to the effect that he had been thrown into a Mexican prison and had been deprived of the right to communicate with the American Consul in Mexico. Mrs. Lahey turned the letter over to Roseburg au thorities, who conferred with the Sec retary of State. BILLINGS. Mont.. April 29. E. C. Reed, Burlington station agent at Ranchester, Wyo last night shot Ed Hughey. a young ranch hand whom ne found at his rooms, the bullet strik ing Hughey over the heart. In the ex citement after the sliot Reed dropped a lighted kerosene lamp cown the stairs and the lamp exploded, setting flr to the building. Hughey, although mortally wounded, seized a bucket of water and quenched the fire. Then he enllnnsed. He was dead when a doctor whom Reed had summoned arrived. Reed gave himself up. Huarhev was armed, out wnat imme diately preceded the shooting is un known, as Mrs. Reed, tne only eye witness, is prostrated. THREE FILE DIVORCE SUITS Oregon City Man Charges Wife Re fuses to Keep House. OREGON CITY, Or., April 29. Spe clal.) F. B. Pickle has filed suit for dl vorce, charging that his wife, Clara M. Plokle. refuses to keen house for him. Tk were married May 25. 1914. in Vancouver. Wash. i.nplln A. Gavin charges desertion against William H. Gavin in her suit for a divorce, tiled nere toaay. xney were married September 21, 1907, In Cath iamet. Wash. Mrs. Dorris M. Koen alleges that her husband. Homer R. Koen. forced her to ilm checks that he knew were worth ls. She makes a general charge of non-support. They were married Jan uary 21. 1908, in Multnomah County. Rheumatism Kills Boy on Train. SALEM. Or.. April 29. (Special.)- Marlon Esan, 8-year-old son of Merton Ktran. a farmer living near Eugene, iipd tonight on a Southern Pacific train h it was coming into Salem. The boy suffered .from rheumatism and his father was taking him to a Portland hospital for treatment. Thysicians here said death was caused by the disease affect iug the boy's heart. INFATUATED MAN KILLS Wife of Bosom Friend Victim of Murderer, Who Commits Suicide. SAX FRANCISCO, April 29. Mrs. Frances Mary Thom. wife of Philip Thorn, a mining broker, formerly of Se attle. Wash., was shot and killed in an apartment-house here tonight by George M. Meyers. a contracting plumber of Seattle. Meyers then turned the revolver on himself and died a few hours later. Thom came home to din ner a few minutes after the shooting, to find his wife dying. Meyers and Thom had been bosom friends. According to the police, Mey ers was infatuated with Mrs. Thom and In addition had been drinking. HERO OF SOUTH IS DEAD Captain Who freed General Morgan and Escaped Passes at 82. MAD ISON VILLE, Ky., April 29. captain L. JJ. riockersmlth, 82 years old. who is reputed to have dug hii way out of the Columbus, O., peniten tiary during the war between the states and to have liberated his com mander, the confederate general, John H. Morgan, with a number of his men died at his home here today. Morgan ana a remnant oi nls com mand was captured near Poineroy, O., in July, ist3, on a raid through Ken tucky, Ohio ana Indiana. AMERICA IS MADE UMPIRE Netherlands Now Seeks Assent ' Arrangement in Chinese Treaty. to "WASHINGTON, April 29. Minister Van Rappard. of The Netherlands, in formed Secretary Bryan today that his government and China are negotiating an arbitration treaty which contains a provision naming the President of the United States as umpire. The treaty has not been signed and The Netherlands Minister sought infor mation as to the probability of the President of the TTnited States accept in the irrojioaed designation, WASHINGTON AT PARK TODAY AND TOMORROW ONLY THE LURE The Drama of the Underworld That Stuns All Who See It lOc "pm: IOc VANTAGE POINT WON Russians Menace Austrian Line for Moving Troops. POLAND BATTLE RENEWED Germans Begin Offensive on roni Covering Wide Territory Other Forces of Kaiser Arc Con . centrating at Cracow. PETROGRAD, via I.ondon. April 29. The Russian occupation of Loubnia, a small village to the northwest of Uinok Pass, is regarded here as a aeciueu achievement in the Carpathian cam paign, for the reason that it seriously endangers the important railroad line between the town or ijzsok anu .do- rezna, a line wnicn mauc "' extended Austrian operations in that region and at the same time succesu fully retarded the Russian advance in the direction of the Uzsok Pass. This railroad, running Just to the rear of the Austrian center and paralleling the line of the most important summits of the Beskid Mountains, has enabled the Austrians to transfer troops almost instantly to any point on tnis pari oi the Carpathian front, a section which received the main force of the Russian lunge toward Hungary. During the last weea, as me r.usiau advance developed in tne airecuon oi Uzsok Pass, the Austrians exerted their entire strengtn to protect mis iauiuu line. Austrians Forced to Retire. The furious Austrian efforts to re take Loubina culminated the night of April 26 and the morning of April 27, when they reached the Russian posi tions, but they were forced, after a hand-to-hand encounter, to retire. The authorities report that in this region, as well as Lupkow and Stry. the Austrian troops were not assisted by the Germans, who are said to be concentrating at Cracow and In West ern Galicia. The official communication adds: "To th- north of the Niemen. the enemy's advance guard, having passed Rossiany. approached the line of the River Dubissa yesterday morning. On the whole front of our contact with the enemy the artillery fire during the past few days has become more lntenso and collisions between reconnoitering detachments more frequent. - "West of the Niemen and north of the Narew the Germans on the 27th and 28th delivered Isolated attacks at many places, but none of a very de cisive character. Oermann Declared Checked. "In the region of Kalwarya and to the south of Suwalka, we checked enemy's offensive without any particu lar effort. "Between l iisa and BKwa rivers during an attack in the sector of lvrucha-eref ine. enemy forces advanc ing in tho marshy land came under the cross fire of our machine guns and were driven back in disorder with heavy losses. In the region of the village of Tartak. the enemy unsuc cessfully attempted " to carry our trenches by a Biidden attack. His at tempt to make progress north of Przasnysz and east of Raelonz and I.robine were equally futile. Near tStarouvzeba, the Germans, who opened an offensive, were immediately en gaged in desperate battle." BERLIN, via wireless to London, April 29. The General Staff today is sued the following concerning opera tions in the East: "To the south of Kalwarya (Russian Poland) we took posseslson of the vil lage of Kovale and the hills south of it. Near Dachovo, south of Sochaczew. we captured a Russian point of sup port." Russian Attempt Falls. The Austrian War Office issued the following official statement tonight: "In the several sectors of Russian Po land and the Carpathians there hava been vigorous artillery engagements. An attempt of the enemy, after a long and fruitless bombardment, to attack our infantry in positions on the heights of Opir Valley was repulsed after a brief battle." , " - -r. LL-, i ..-..... Slightly Used TALKERS Taken in Exchange On Edison Diamond Disc, Victrolas and Columbia Grafonolas. Must be sold at great reductions from the original prices. Each machine has been carefully examined and adjusted, guaranteed to be in perfect playing condition. ! LJ TERMS AS LOW AS $2.00 PER MONTH. $25.00 $35.00 $40.00 styles styles styles $45.00 styles now $12.00 $50.00 styles now $27.50 now $18.00 $60.00 styles now $35.00 now $22.50 $75.00 styles now $37.50 now $25.00 $200 styles at $135, $150 mi mm We will also include a Fine Collection of EH Music of your own choice. 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