THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1918.
SNAPSHOT OF NEW YORK'S NEWLY ELECTED GOVERNOR, ANI
HIS WIFE, v
IS
BUT iT SATISFIED
I
1
rTTnCHAT T
Sentence Commuted to Life
Term at San Quentin.
Commutation for Mooney Is
Held Inadequate.
ppw. , -vji7j
.n Irn sUa4a' mmm mam af mm w
Your Dollars Go Further
CONVICT HELD NO MARTYR
NEW TRIAL UNION DEMAND
Yt7TTT7TVT VATT C A irC O t TT mT A TYTXT CH A 7 TTYd
rr nmn iuu r iu o. tv n. a iv v iii vx oinnu o i:
20 Extra With the Coupon Today and Saturday 20
PRISON INSTEAD OF
DEATH MODNEY'S LOT
LABOR
SURPRISED
;v -f v ?. J J ; s? - ,
California
clrmnrtl
Governor Declares Con
Man Has Not Proved
Real Friend of Labor.
(Continued From First Page.)
liberty of saylns to you tbat It you
roiiM see your way to commute th
sentence of Mooney it would have
mom heartfelt effect upon certain In
trnational affairs which his execution
would greatly complicate.
(Siirned) "'WOODKOW WILSON
Farther Xnittn Received.
"In June I received this additional
message, the President -again urging
commutation of sentence:
-The White House, Washington. D.
C. June 4. ISIS.
"'Hon. Win. D. Stephens, Sacramento,
Cal.
"I beg that you will believe that I
am moved only by a sense of public
duty and of consciousness of the many
and complicated interests Involved
when I again must respectfully sua;
pest a commutation of the death sen
tence Imposed on Mooney. I would not
venture again to call your attention to
this case did I not know the interna
tional slamlflcance which attaches to it.
(Signed) " WOODKOW WILSON."
Governor Reviews Case.
"At the time of the receipt of -these
messages the case was still pending
In the Supreme Court of the state. Not
until August !2 wirs the case finally
disposed of by the California courts,
and on November IS by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
"I have carefully reviewed all the
available evidence bearing on the case.
There are certain features connected
with it which convince me that the ex
treme sentence should not be executed.
Therefore and because of the earnest
request of the President for commuta
tlon and conscious of the du.y I owe as
Governor of this state to all of its peo
ple. I have decided to commute Moon
ey's sentence to life imprisonment. In
doing so I accept full responsibility
for the wisdom and Justification of the
action. The record of the trial In the
Superior Court was reviewed by the
Supreme Court of our state and It
found no reason for upsetting the
Judgment of the lower court.
New Evidence Develops.
"However, there has remained for me
to consider in addition certain devel
opments following the conviction that
could not be considered by the Supreme
Court. It la because of this new evi
dence that I find justification for com
mutation of sentence. In arriving at
this conclusion I have been obliged to
consider evidence presented outside of
established legal procedure.
"By commutation to life Imprison
ment Mooney's case will be in the same
status as that of Warren K. Billings,
who was convicted of the same crime
and received a sentence to life impris
onment. "The logic that a man Is either guilty
or innocent and that necessarily if the
maximum punishment is not justified
pardon should follow does not hold,
either in theory or in practice. i
"It has been no uncommon thing for
executives In granting clemency to en
tertain doubt sufficient to Rave men
from the gallows, but not that degree
of 'reasonable doubt' that the law re
solves completely in favor of a defend
ant. Martyrdom Plea Abnrd.
"I refuse to recognize this case as in
any fashion representing a clash be
tween capital and labor. I regard the
" T " t - . -X III
t i i 'i - s ' " J
f ' iT r ' ' , ' - ' x
- f ' - -fa-r r 4 ' "
' , i
i ; ; V
Copyright , Underwood A Underwood. T". T.
Sir. and Mrs. Alfred K. Smith, Token Outside of the Public School on
Oliver Street, New York City, In mediately After They Bad Cast Their
Totes mt the Recent Elections
mWt
ThMtsaads ef Caen Sax
"I hear so well with the
P0RT-0-PH0NE"
With this smallest, simplest and
most perfect of bearing devices,
you. too. can hear sermons. lec
tures and general conversation.
Come in and let our factory ex
pert adjust one to your personal
requirements.
FREE Demonstration
THREE (Friday. Nev. 29
DAYS A Saturday. Nov. SO.
OL.V .Moadaj, December 2.
Woodard, Clarke & Co.
, WOOD-LARK BLDO.
ALDER AT WEST PARK
petition of the defendant for clemency
olely as that or a man convicted of
murder In the first degree. On his be-
alf a propaganda has been carried on
to make it appear tbat he is a martyr
the cause of labor. This is absurd.
The methods pursued in this propa
ganda have followed largely the sys
tem described In ths following letter
rltten by Alexander Berkman, an as
sociate of Mooney and an anarchistic
gltator:
'I have had some experience in
labor matters. I have also participated
the defense work of various labor
cases In the East. And all my experi
ence has convinced me that in such
matters the thing of chief importance
is to create favorable public sentiment.
Funds, money for the defense, etc., are
of secondary importance. Take, for
instance, the case of Alexander
Aldenias, the .Spanish marine worker.
He was arrested during the transport
workers' strike of some three years
ago, and he was charged with cutting a
scab anl shooting three policemen.
The District Attorney claimed he could
give him 40 years.
ment for the term of his natural life
In the state prison at San Quentin.
"In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the great seal
of the state of California to be af
fixed this 28th day of November. 1918.
"WILLIAM D. STEPHENS,
"Governor."
A Health
Builder For
Weakened Lungs
After btnr weakened by a continued coach
the l'jnc nted th rnoft careful attention,
la rui.y cta-a ECKMA.VS ALTERATIVE.
m caiclum Mlt preparation, with many mora
than twenty yant successful uee. haa ben
found very beneficial In aunsthening th
lutio and heiplne to restore haalth.
o and f 1 A Rottlea at all dnisgiats ar
from auwofactnrer. postpaid.
ECKMA LAIIUKATORr. FhlUdtreh'a.
-Adv.
Propaganda Gels Results.
" "I was secretary of the Aldemas de
fense committee when Simon Pollock,
one or our- attorneys, came with an
offer of compromise from the District
Attorney; Aldemas should plead guilty
and get off with seven years in state
prison . . . We had little money
Lawyer Darling, of Brooklyn, had
squandered several thousand dollars of
our hard-collected funds, but we gave
him the sack and engaged Pollock, but
we did not depend on money. We a
once organized a wide campaign of
publicity: held numerous mass meet
Ings, agitated the matter in the press
and got In touch with the people all
over the country for purposes of agi
tation.
"'When Aldemas was first arrested
everyone cried 'hang him.' Within two
months of Intense agitation we so
changed the public mind on the matter
that Aldemas was sentenced to one and
one-half years instead of the 40 years
the District Attorney had threatened us
with and instead of the seven years the
lawyers were quite ready to accept for
him. The moral is obvious. Stick to
your guns always and under all cir
cumstances. fuDltc agitation to change
the psychology oT the people is more
important in such matters than big
funds.
Mooney Held Anarchistic.
"The defendant. Mooney, never has
been identified with the labor move
ment that has achieved so much for the
benefit of the worklngmen and work
ing women of California. ' His connec
tions have been with a small group of
agitators of pronounced anarchistic
tendencies. However, the propaganda
in his behalf, following, the plan out
lined by Berkman. has been so effective
as to become world-wide,
"Mooney's previous record is not such
as to enlist faith in him among law
abiding citizens. What character of
man he is may be gained from a state
ment he issued as secretarv of thu Tn.
' ternational Workers' Defense League
when uovernor Johnson had refused to
pardon Ford and Suhr. two L W. W.
convicted of murder. The following la
an excerpt from Mooney s statement
Statement Shews Mam.
jThe Governor s statement of his
reasons for refusing to act at this time
shows him up In his true colors.
cowardly cur, despicable, beyond rec
ognition and resorting to. the cunning.
shrewdness, trickery and cowardice of
the average District Attorney in pros
ecuting the case. . , . . . There are some
workers at least. 'Governor Johnson,
who will not accept as final your de
cision on the Ford and Suhr case, and
from now on they will attempt to use
the only kind of reasoning that will
eventually reach you, and we hope it
will be indulged in until Ford and Suhr
are out of prison.
" 'And so If violence Is committed.
Governor Johnson Is responsible for it.
as he closed the last legal or govern
mental avenue of action. The workers
must act and they will act until Ford
and Suhr walk forth free men, vin
dicated to the labor world as their
champions in the greatest cause in his
tory. fSigned) - TOM MOONEY. Sec.'
Case Decided em Merita.
"In reaching my conclusion I have
been guided by what has come before
me that bore directly on the case. It
is, of course, unnecessary to argue the
point that whatever Mooney's charac
ter or his past record might have been,
this particular case must be determined
upon its own merits.
"Now. therefore. I. William D. Steph
ens. Governor of the state of California,
do hereby commute the sentence of
death imposed upon Thomas J. Mooney
In the Superior Court of the state of
California. In and for the citv and
county of Sao. Francisco, to imprison-j
COMMTICATIOX IS PROTESTED
Jlooney Says He Prefers flanging
to Passing Days in Prison.
SAN QUENTIN, Cal., Nov. 28. Thom
as J. " Mooney issued the following
statement tonight:
'"Governor Stephens, it is my life you
are dealing with. I demand you re
voke your commutation of my death
sentence to a living death. ' I prefer
a glorious death at the hands of my
traducers to a living grave.
"I am Innocent. - I demand a new and
fair trial, or my unconditional liberty
through a. pardon. If I were guilty of
the crime for which I have been un
justly convicted, hanging would be too
good for me.1 Then, why commute my
sentence to life?
"Labor everywhere, I say to you to
night, as I said the night that the
Chamber of Commerce jury returned a
death penalty verdict against me, that
my hope, as well as the. hope of Bil
lings, Nolan, Weinberg and Mrs. Moon
ey, was in the solidarity of organized
labor. I shall never depart from that
statement.
"Workers, it has been my privilege
to choose the dishonorable route In this
case. That same offer has been made
to every one of the defendants, and
even to the relatives of the defendants.
I would rather hang a thousand times
than do as much as even entertain a
dishonorable thought. I mean by this
that we were to be framed to tell a
certain story, the same as all the per
jurers were framed against us.
"I refuse to accept the commutation.
I now appeal to you again to act, and
the sooner the better."
Movement for Protest Strike Not Yet
Called Off and Not Likely
to Be Immediately.
Commutation of the death penalty
to life Imprisonment for, Thomas J.
Mooney gave local labor leaders a bit
of surprise and left the immediate
course of labor in the matter some
what in doubt, according to expressions
given last night.
It is certain, said Otto R. Hartwig,
president of the State Federation of
Labor, that the referendum strike votes
will be continued until ail unions have
expressed themselves. If developments
of the next few days indicate, how
ever, that Mooney has a chance to ob
tain a new trial as a result of Invest!
gatlons in progress or contemplated,
then there is excellent chance that no
general strike will be called December
9. in Mr. Hartwig s opinion.
'This is not Just what we looTced for,'
said Mr. Hartwig. on learning of Gov
ernor Stephens' action. "It's not what
we want, either," he added, "and leaves
It a little problematical as to just what
will be done by the unions. It is cer
tain that the referendum votes will be
continued. The calls are out for these
and will not be canceled.
"I'm sure I am safe in saying that
the strike would be held in abeyance
if request for such action were to come
from the Government, for instance.
This would be done, though, merely to
give opportunity for completion of in
vestigations In the expectation that
Mooney will still get the new trial we
feel he should have. '
E. J. Stack, secretary both of the
State Federation and of the Portland
Central Labor Council, declared he was
taken a little too much by surprise to
venture an opinion as to the course
local labor unions will purusue.
On Wednesday night the Central La
bor Council, after canvassing results of
the referendum balloting and finding
them generally favorable to the calling
of a general strike, adopted a resolu
tion approving a protest strike to start
December 9. to be followed with a boy
c'ott on all California products should
Mooney be executed.
STRIKE PLANS NOT AFFECTED
Not Leniency but Justice, Declared
to Be Labor's Demand.
SEATTLE, Nov. 28. Commutation of
Thomas J. Mooney's sentence from
death to life imprisonment by Gov
ernor Stephens of California will have
no effect on the proposed labor etnke
planned by Seattle labor unions, said
labor union officials tonight.
Our demand was not for leniency.
but for justice; for a new .trial," ex
plained Bert Swain, secretary of the
metal trades council. "I can not see
that our plan to strike,- if necessary,
will be altered."
'Governor Stephens' action will not
change our determination to strike, if
necessary, to secure a new trial or free
dom for Mooney," said R. L. Proctor,
president of the Central Labor Council.
WIFE "
IS
NOT
SATISFIED
Phone your want ads to The Orego
nlan. Main 7070, A 6095.
'Why Give Life Imprisonment?"
Mrs. Mooney Asks.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 28. When
notified of the action of Governor
William D. Stephens In commuting the
sentence of her husband, Thomas J.
Mooney. to life imprisonment, Rena
Mooney said:
"The action of Governor Stephens In
commuting the sentence of Tom
Mooney to life imprisonment Is a prac
tical admission on his part that Tom
Is not guilty of a hanging offense and,
not being guilty of a hanging offense,
why should he be given life imprisonment?"
SHIPBUILDERS GIVE SHOW
Seventy-five Employes of Columbia
Yard Appear at Eeilig.
Friends and relatives of the 75 par
ticipants in the minstrel and .vaudeville
KITCHEN THERMOM
ETER OUTFITS
Consisting of
1 OVEN THERMOMETER
1 CANDY THERMOMETER
1 SUGAR METER
With book of Recipes, giving proper temper
ature and per cent of sugar needed for suc
cessful baking, preserving and candymaking
Set Complete $4.00
HOUSEHOLD
THERMOMETERS
In Holly Boxes.
Most attractive Christmas gift
75d to $8.50
POCKET COMPASSES
$2.00 to $25.00
4
IVORY
PYRALIN
In Exquisite Designs
Mirrors, long h'ndl..$:J.47
Mirrors, short h'ndl..$3.00
Hair Brush, 9-row bris
tle at $4.67
Hair Brush, 11-row bris
tle at $5.00
Powder Boxes..7o-$1.75
Picture Frames 300
THE "LIFE" OF MUSIC
Expressed in prints. See our West Park Window
"POLCO" ALUMINUM
HOT WATER BOTTLE
Will last a lifetime. Price $2.00
$1.00 Will Buy a
Guaranteed
Safety Razor
Gem, Durham,
Duplex, Ever-Ready,
Perm, Cross, Enders
Bring This Coupon
m 20-Extra-20
lla i "S. & H." Trading
fi.iaiS : s t a m p s on your
JtVfl first J1 cash Pur"
tUsamij chase and double
on the b a 1 a n.c e
Good on first floor and in
basement Friday and Sat
urday, November 29 and 30.
We Sharpen Razors,
Safety , Blades, Scis
sors and Knives
Have you broken your Uni
versal, Hotakold or Ther
mos Bottle?
We can repair it.
SPECIAL PRICES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
49c
FELT SERVICE PENNANTS Different
branches of the Army and Navy.
Priced at
COMBINATION HOT WATER BOTTLE and
FOUNTAIN SYRINGE, one- tf - QQ
year guarantee J)1I70
RAZOR STROPS Good quality, well QO
hrnlrfm in nrirpd
POCKET SEARCHLIGHT Com
plete with battery
Blade Razors. 89c
$1.39
DRUGS AND TOILET RE
Fumigating Candles 45
Tetlow's Swansdown Ofi
2 oz. Essence Peppermint. .25
3 oz. Castor Oil 250
2 oz. Fluid Extract OC-
Oscara Aromatic. . .
6 oz. Rose Water 250
2 oz. Cocoa Butter 100
8 oz. .Witch Hazel 300
4 oz. Compound Ex- CZ(n
tract Buchu JJC
1 qt. Domestic Am- OA-
monia
1 lb. Soda Bicarbonate 150
Face Powder
Tetlow's Gossamer Ort.
Face Powder U C
L. T. Fivers' Azurea Powder,
all shades $1.50
L. T. Pivers' Le Trefle Pow
der, all shades $1.50
Djerkiss Perfume, original
bottle, small size $1.00
QUISITES
Houbigant's Ideal Perfume, in
original Bottle, C?A OC
small size i.aSO
Mary Garden Perfume, 1-oz.
original bottle $2.50
Valiant's Toilet Water, as
sorted odors 250 to $1
Pompeian Massage Cream..470
Daggett & Ramsdell's JO
Cold Cream OC
Listerated Antiseptic OC,
Tooth Powder W J C
l DER STREET AT WEST PARK
how, given by employes of the Colum
bia River Shipbuilding Corporation,
paid tribute by their applause Wednes
day night at the Heilig-.
The talent was exclusively from the
Columbia forces. The 40-piece band was
a .feature.
A boxing match, solos, whistling and
tepping specialties made up the pro
gramme.
ACOMA SHIP IS LAUNCHED
Liberte Last Vessel Constructed Un
der, French Contract.
TACOSIA. Nov. 28. Sponsored by
Mrs. Geqrge Kingsberry, assisted by
Mrs. Bayly Hipkins, the Liberte, the
last vessel to be constructed under the
original contract for the French gov
ernment, was launched at 1 o'clock
today from the Foundation shipyard
There were shipping men from Tacoma,
Seattle and Portland present.
With the launching of the Liberte
a record has been made at the Tacoma
ards of this company which marine
builders declare is hard to beat. The
contract for the 4U vessels to be built
by this company was divided between
Portland and Tacoma. The first ves
sel placed in the water at Portland was
on March 20 and the last November 27.
In contrast with this the Tacoma
yard was started several weeks later
and launched its first vessel May 1.
The Liberte ended the contract.
I nspiration PIik Initiative ; p
of you who are spanning
slgl a space of time and - in . , MM
3 your foresight picturing ISP
lllli Portland as a Point of W
-fi t International Commerce. ; ig
iJK ' ae your lreams come ' gg
!. jiil-fe A few years ago the Northwestern a .P jlllS 3
'i'r5rt-!v4 National saw the opportunity for a B-llli!iiil!ui
CISlc5itfW little Bank to become a big one. ggjwSSSSS
I, jt . ZfM KA5? . 2r This has become a reality now, but gSSggS
'V-CtZ&lJvz2'''l$M we're still ' going - on dreaming . fj.i 1 1 ji ; ;fji4:tgj:
o It
Today
The war is over
Peace is here
This is the day to select
that watch or diamond for
Christmas.
Come in early and make
your selection.
The largest stock of watches .
in Portland to choose from.
STAPLES The Jeweler-Optician
266 MORRISON STREET, BET. THIRD AND FOURTH.
1 i
liaWsWlisfstl'lJitflilf'
M
FL
U R
AT WHOLESALE PRICES
TO PRIVATE FAMILIES
WHITE ROSE FLOUR
WJite Rose (Hard Wheat) Flour at Wholesale Prices
lo Private Families
DRIED FRUIT 1918 CROP
Dried Grapes, 50-pound box, per box $6.00. per pound.
I nplttrd Apricots, per pound
Fxtra C hoice Aprirota. per pound
Fancy Peaches, per pound
White FIks. per pound
Black Fljra, per pourrd
Layer Flsra. 5-pound box, per box
Layer Figs, per pound
Pop Corn, 3 pounds for...
. . . 15o
250
. ISO
. ioc
.
.82.00
sue
k 4
IM
JUNO
COFFEE
30ch
A. COFFEE WITH A GUAR AXTEB
SATISFACTION" OR YOLK
MBSiKV BACK
' TO MAIL OKU1JK Cl'STOMKIlSt
We will deliver Free of Charge to your
neareHt Hhlpplngr point or by parrel post,
Jnno Coffee at 30c per ponnd, with the
arnarantee that if thia Coffee lrt not aat
iafactorr. we will refond the full
amount of the purchuse price.
TEA ROSE OR CEYLON TEA, regular
per lb.
"5c per lb. Special.
50c
OCT-OF-TOWX PEOPLE: TAKE V ARTICULAR NOTICE!
All mall orders will be filled carefully and promptly at throe low
price providing you order not later than Monday or Tuesday.
li
D. C. BURNS COMPANY
208-210 THIRD STREET, BETWEEN TAYLOR AND SALMON,
. One and One-Half Block South of Public Market.
. Special Mall Order Serrlee. Write for Monthly Price Llat. U. S. Food
Administration License No. G-33567. Member of the Greater Portland
Association. Wholesalers to Private Families, Hotels and Restaurants.