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. VOL. X. NO. 228.
, PORTLAND, r OREGON, TUESDAY ' EVENING, NOVEMBER ; 28, . 1911 T WE NTY-FO UR PAGES.
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OFlflOHlDRONOT
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' Seven , Hundred ; Imperialists
and 500 Rebels Die in Final
Onslaught on Stronghold of
Manchus in South.
YANGTSE RIVER FORTRESS
; FALLS BEFORE ROYAUSTS
'Impression General -That Gov-
ernment, Troops Have' Also
1 1 & Retaken. Hankow.
i'iV
(Dtalted Pre teaied Wtra.) ,
i jbShanghai, Nov. 28. The rebel rushed
f completely 1 captured the ""city .-after 1 a
ueiiiu-i.v-nana Dams. ' -
V Seven hundred Imperialist and . 600
. rebels Were killed, , .-j.-rw
t ? More than 30.000 men were engaged
In the final assault o Nanking. The
s righting was desperate from the moment
(the first rebel rush. was made.. Facing
I annihilation, the Manchu defenders of
the city, stood sternly to their guns as
long as possible and when the rebels
were cloao upon them' went down .-at
their posts in the most desperate band'
to-hand fighting of the revolution. . St
i - While the semi-official accounts of
the losses make them only a few hun
dred, this figure Is taken here to mean
.the losses in the final rush before which
the city fell. The casualties in the
fighting in the Inst week in and about
the city. It Is believed, will reach not
less than 6000, of which more than 3000
were fatalities. ,
ft- -" "
ff Shanghai. Nov. 28. Crushing defeat
for the Chinese revolutionists la in
dicated today , In dispatches .received
here announcing that the imperialists
have captured the rebel fortress of Wu
Chang, Just across the Tangtse river
from Hankow. News of the fall of
wu Chang, which has been- the principal
irehf 1 stronghold, followed : dispatches
telling that Han Yang had again fallen
before the Manchu forces. No definite
news lias been received as to the fate
of Hankow, but as It, Han Tang and
Wu Chung are only separated by forks
pf the Tangtse, and are practically one
city, the,, impression Is general that
Hankow also is again In the hands of
the Manchu armies.
jNo details have been received of the
taction wnicn Tesuitea in the recapture
of Han Tang and Wu Chang and rebel
sympathisers here Are at a loss to ac
count for the sudden accession of im
perial strength' which has resulted In
the vanqulshment of the revolutionary
forces on the -Tangtse. ).,
Slaughter of Foreigners Threatened.
i, (Unttvd Frn Lened Wire.)
Peking, Nov.- 28. Slaughter of for
eigners as well as Chinese Is threatened
at Han Tang, where the Imperialists
are looting and killing all natives sue
nected of being In sympathy with the
reoeis. . '
The foreign residents are frantically
trvine to escaDe. but thalr chanCH n rn
massacre. .
MThe situation Is regarded as more
critical than at any time since the Boxer
uprising.
Advices from Han Tang say that the
foreigners have barrlcated the streets
leading to their concessions and have
tected anti-foreign outbreak- occurs.
yt la not believed they could with
stand a vigorous sttack, and it Is feared
rthat should a maseacre commence every
foreigner In "Han Tang f would meet
death. . ; . - , - -. "..
Han Yang's Capture Confirmed.
Toklo, Nov. 28 Official advices to
the Japanese admiralty here today are
mat tne enmese imperialists nave cap
tured the rebel stronghold of Han Tang.
No estimate of the casualties is made,
but It is pointed out that, from a strat
egic standpoint, the loss will be serious
to ths revolutionists..: . , :, . ,.. r . ,
OREGON SUITOR KILLED
BY
(United Prffli Teied XVlre.)" ..''
. Santa Rosa, Cal., Nov. 28-rAs a. re
sult of his attentions to a pretty young
girl of Long vale, near here, Joseph II.
Marshall, who came here from Oregon.
Is dead here today, shot down by a
rifle In the hands of George Gpitler, a
Longvale blacksmith, after the. men
had had a heated argument over the
girl and Marshall had attempted, it is
mtin, iv uisw u xovuiver un iwu slayer.
, since coming ; here : some years ago,
Marshall's attentions to the, Longvale
belles have been resented by a number
of young men of the neighborhood.-
BLACKSMITH
RIVAL
F DOGFISH FROM SLOUGHS USED
BY A BUTLER FARMER TO FERTILIZE ORCHARD
I ' 'ftoecinl to tk loorMl.r
Stevenson. Wash,, ' Nov., 28.--Among
the blts of practical ; knowledge men
brought with them -from the far New
England states, one Is now being' prac
ticed by one of the farmers of Ska
mania county, and his neighbors who
have observed the remarkable success
attending his past efforts are looking
forward with interest to the result and
i good many are expressing the opin
ion that It will be as successful here
e-day as It used to be on the shores of
he Atlantic. '' -; . t'-
i William Butler of Butler. Wash., has
lecldiid to utillso the dying dogfish
vhtch have corns up in the sloughs to
Three Business Blocks and 9
' Residences iBurn Loss ; at
j Least $50,000; Many Peo
pie Are Homeless. , :
BLAE MAY HAVE BEEN
OF, INCENDIARY, ORIGIN
Starts in Storeroom at pear of
Grocery store; Lack of wa
. ter Handicap. '
Fire, apparently of Incendiary origin,
starting" In the rear of JB. B. ."Woodyard'e
grocery, Fifty-fifth avenue and Seventy
second street. Mount Scott, destroyed
three two-story frame business blocks.
a number of small buildings, nine houses
and partially destroyed two other dwell
ings early this morning.: Owing to the
excited state of .those burned out and
the fact that practically every one lost
the greater part of his household Roods
and clothing, no accurate estimate of
the loss can be made, but the business
men of that aflction believe it will total
at least 60,000.
The fire was discovered in a small
storeroom occupied by Woodyard and
had not broken out of the building when
Patrolman Boone sounded the alarm at
J o'clock. The room was formerly used
as a Duicner shop, hut when woodyard
took charge thevmeter was removed and
electricity cut off and the stove takn
out. . According to Mr. Woodyard there
was nothing of an Inflammable nature
in the room. .
Hardly had the fire been discovered
when it burned through and the strong
east wind fanned it Shingles began
Hying and the houses to the west were
soon aflame.
. ' - Torn Backet Brigade.
Lack ef water pressure in the mains
of the Woodmere water system and no
hydrants made it impossible to do much
effective fighting, but the men, women
and children of the-, neighborhood car
ried nuckets of water and were assisted
In this by the members of the Kern
Park volunteer department. An alarm
turned in at 2:15 o'clock by' Ed Doran
brought engine No. 8 from-Sunnyside
after an hour's run of three miles, but
witnout water they were nowerieBs.
While eoraa. we r-bisy--carrying etrt
oousenoia goods others tore up carpets
and soaking them in water spread, them
over the roofs of threatened dwellings.
A delivery horse belonging to Wood
jrard, in the stable behind Woodyard's
store, was "the only victim of tha fire.
Matt Terry.' a member of the volunteer
fire department, had a narrow escape
from death when he fell from the roof
of a house belonging to C. A. Anderson
directly into the. fire. He was Dulled
out before being badly burned by Joe
Jarvls, Harry F. Clapp and Joe Dis-
sinote. - t
rire Coven Three Blocks. '
Another narrow escape was effected
by Mr. and Mrs. Rl 6. McEarland and
F. W. McLaren, who were compelled to
crawl , through a window, as the fire
blocked their escape by the doors.
- The fire area covered parts of three
blocks. The wires carrying electricity to
the, private houses were put out of com
mission soon after the fire started from
the burning of the poles carrying them
and telephones in several directions
were also cut off. The absence of
lights In the houses added to the diffi
culty of saving the movable goods. The
aro lights escaped. ,: ': .
Woodyard, In whose store the fire
started, and Who was the heaviest loser,
left his store about 7 o'clock in the
evening and when he last looked at the
fire in the stove there was but a hand'
ful of coals remaining. He was called
by the telephone and rushed at once to
the scene. . He had Just received heavy
additions to his stock. He carried 83400
insurance,' which, wlU largely cover his
lOSS, ' :'' -i . V;
The. loss among the business men was
the heaviest and was insured to a great
extent. . Mrs. I. Bcott, proprietor of a
dry goods and notion store, lost every'
thing, and estimated her loss at $2000
with no Insurance, The dwellings were
substantial . ..but j not of an expensive
character.'.,' : . -,c
. ' Owner of Home Absent. :
' One of the houses which was saved
had been . left by - Its occupants with
ail furniture and personal belongings
while the owner was on a homestead in
Washington, The volunteers carried
everything out, even tearing up car
pets, pulling electrlo fixtures from the
walls and disconnecting the bath tub,
Everything . was later returned. The
owner has not been located as yet -From
C. B. Ford's house a piano was
carried across the street to safety and
the heavy wind tipped it over, ruining
The places destroyed are: E. B.
Woodyard's grocery; Mrs. .I Scott dry
goods; Chambers & Dewey, real estate:
Joe Nash, real estate; Daniel's shoe
shop; Chris Tungen, drug store And
Confectionery H. K. Nichols; grocery;
. (Continued on Page Two.)
spawn , and have perished by the thou
sands.' For a week he has been gaffing
them, dragging, them out and . giving
them a decent burial on his farnw On
10 acres devoted to garden and English
walnut trees he has made d cemetery
for something like lfl tons ol dogfish.
Plowing a deep furrow, lie fish are
"planted" and : covered j-fleep, , especial
care being taken to' pl&ce them thick
about his trees. He does not anticipate
a crop of flshballs in the coming snrlnir
I but be does believe that there is no
nner rertjuior in the world than fish,
and expects some record breaking veg
etables and th' big growth In his orchard.
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CHAmBERLAINSAYS
ANOTHER SOLUTION
Senator Virtually Commits
Himself to Federal Steam
ship System Through Pan
ama Canal.- drJi
' (Washlngtoo Bitrein of Th Jonrnal.)
Washington, Nov. 28. If private cap
ital will net' build and equip the inde
pendent steamship line -to operate
through' the Panama 'canal, I am In
favor of the federal government doing
so. At present it appears to be true
that the moneyed Interests are so
tangled with the railway Interests that
they cannot be induced to finance the
lndeoendent enterprise.
By the foregoing declaration. senator
Chamberlain virtually commits mmseu
to a government line of steamers, be
cause the postoffice department received
no bids by Independent steamship- lines
for carrying malls between the Atlantic
and the Pacific seaboards by way of
Panama. The postmaster general adver
tised for bids stipulating -that bidders
not be controlled by the competing rail-.
way companies.' 1 -
The postoffice ' department promised
a contract for 10 years at x7.6gg.oou,
or $750.100 a year, which would be 6
per cent on the $15,000,000 estimated
by Bernard N. Baker of Baltimore! as
necessary to build and equip 16 ships to
operate between . the American ports
and the Isthmus. . . v
The fact that no' bids were recejhred
was Interpreted In Washington as mean
ing that there are now no Independent
lines not controlled by the railways.
It seems Inconceivable that had there
been such lines they would not have
sought the' rich subsidy offered by the
federal government In the absence of
bids by anyone qualified to meet the
terras of the postoffice department.
It is Intimated by those close to' the
postmaster general that upon his return
from Philadelphia, he will take up the
matter with the president and recony
mend the insertion in Taft's forthcom
ing message to congress, advocacy of
a government line of steamships. Strong
support will be offered by members of
congress to Such a policy, .
E
LEHIGH R. R. OFFICIAL
. : . malted Treni I-eaied Wire.)
New York, Kov. 28. Charging that
her husband placed her in an insane
asylum in 1910 and that he was brutal
and abusive in manner, Mrs. Lily Mid
dleton has ' won recognition from the
supreme court here today, which award
ed her a separation and $15,000 a year
alimony.'. .-.,
j The husband is John A. Middleton,
vice president of the Lehigh Valley
railroad and a director in many other
railroad companies. 1 ,v.,'
PRESIDENT'Si MESSAGE
6000 WORDS IN LENGTH
i ii k "''" " '.''..:?;
(t7nltd Vren taid Wire.) ' '
Washington, Nov. 28. Compositors
in the government : printing office are
taking it easy today in setting up Pres
ident Taft's tariff Iess messaga to con
gress, only 8000 words in length, which
Is on of the shortest annual messages
in (recent years. . President Taft' an
nounced that he would deal with the
tariff, later in a special message. 1 '
BATTLESHIP OREGON IS ,
: RECALLED BY WIRELESS
,.-". '.'-k..
Ban FranclBdo, Nov. 28. Wireless or
ders have today brought the battleship
Oregon back into port here to a Wait
further orders from the . navy , depart
ment. She had, started for. Puget sound
navy yard and was tf ioint Heycs
when the message was received. ' . '
ABUSED WIF
DIVORCES
ROUGH-HOUSE TACTICS '
TO CEASE; STUDENTS
PLANNING SELF RULE
Jefferson High Boys Take Initiative
In Effort to Gain Resumption of
Athletic Relations With Lincoln
and Washington Schools.
' -.;..,
i '- ''-.';. -;" '' '
i Students of the letter son. High school
this morning Opened a way. for -the re-
fmimptlon of athletlo " relations with
Lincoln and Washington High schools,
when a committee was appointed to
plan out a course of self-government
in their athletic affairs, wnicn win do
presented to Principal Hopkln Jenkins
for Indorsement. This arternoon stu
dents of the other high schools will
proceed alona the same lines.
The action of Principals Herd man
of Washington, Davis of, Lincoln and
Jenkins of Jenerson, in suaaemy ier
minfLtinir relations of all character, un
til thn students can assure them that
street rioting and building defacement
following athletic contests are things
Of the past has worked to good aavan
tage. It was the theme of campus dis
cussion at all three schools and student
leaders Immediately set about to ror
mulate plans for the reassurance of the
heads of the institutions.
Jefferson's students are eager to re.
concile the principals to inter-school
athletics and are making arrangements
to draw up some drastic rules govern'
ing the conduct of the students preced
ing, during and following contests both
Gn the athletic field and the rostrum.
The Washington and the Lincoln student
Jodle are of the same mind and such
stringent supervision is likely to result
from the student censors that -street
fighting and letter daubing will mean
either ostracism or suspension. :
The principals assert that as soon as
the students can assure them satisfac'
torily that the disgraceful scenes will
not be reseated, they are at liberty to
renew their athletio and other relations.
. Principal Jenkins of Jefferson has. In
vestigated the painting on the Wash
ington high school after last Thursday's
game and says that he is unable to fix
the responsibility on students of his
school. .
GALE WRENCHES VESSEL:
FOUR OF CREW DROWNED
(tlnltfd Pres teatvd Wire.)
New Tork. Nov. 28. Four of her crew
swept overboard to their death, others
seriously injured and the craft Itself
battered almost helpless, the. French
steamer Bantana came into port here
today after weathering a terrific storm,
Seas rolled mountain high and the crew
bad given up all hope when the storm
abated. "
The Santanna left Naples November
14 with 147 cabin passengers and 882
listed in the steerage. Nine flays out,
November 23 she was caught In a fierce
southwester and the , passengers were
ordered below. , 1 :
.. That night a huge wave, rolling moun
tain high, swept oyer the ship and fell
flat to the decks.. When the water re
ceded the four members of the , crew
were, found to have been sucked into the
sea, another was so badly crushed that
he died three' days later, and three more
are still in a serious condition.
; Hardly had the storm' abated when on
November 26; the vessel got into a ter
rlflo cyclone which swept the sea and
threatened destruction of the Santanna.
PINCH0T.IS FOR "BOB";
TAFT'S STRENGTH FAILS
. fftnlt. Pr r Wl..i
"i New Tork, Nov, 28. An open fight
over. the. Republican ' presidential nomi
nation is predicted today and New .York
la expected to; be ' one of the battle
grounds as a result of Clifford Pincbofs
speech at the Insurgent club, Illnchot
declared 'that, since . Roosevelt ' had
eliminated himself. La Pollette was his
logical successor. ..-i " : .'
, Referring to Roosevelt's statement
published, in' the. Fhfldelphia North
American. I'lnchot ideclared that crys
tallisation Cf the opposition to Presi
dent Taft about, the Wisconsin senator
will proceed more rapidly from now on.
N P. TRAIN LEAVES
RAILS AT WAPATO;
ELEVEN ARE HURT
Three Pullmans, Diner, Tour
ist Car and Smoker Upset
but No One Is Killed;pread
. Rails Said to Be Cause.
-(Special U Tne Journal.
North Yakima, Wash.. Nov. 28. The
Northern Pacific eastern express struck
a spread-rail near Wapato. 18 miles east
of North Yakima, at 3:05 o'clock thla
morning and three Pulmans, a diner,
tourist car and smoker turned on their
sides.
No one was killed, but the Injured
Include 11 passengers and employes. A
special train left North Yakima 20 min
utes after the wreck carrylnar Train
master J. E. ' Shannon, Dr. Paul Cooper
and Dr. J. H. Wler.
Among the Injured are:
J. B. McKENZIE, brakeman. 1818
Fourth avenue east. Spokane, haad and
back slightly hurt.
L. CUURY, porter, St. Paul. Minn.,
right hip Injured.
AD PRIEST. , Spokane, R, F. D. No.
4, back hurt.
MRS. M. M, SLOAN. Spokane, left
eye cut.
MRS. A. F. BOULTER. Weatmlntr
Junction, B. C, right hand cut.
MRS. H. HALL. 3106 Turner .frt
Spokane, right side bruised.
JACK HILL. 264 Commercial sircar.
Spokane, left knee Injured.
TONY MARK, address unknown. In.
jured on head. '
, W. W. FOQELMAN. slightly bruised. I
a wo unnamea Italians, one with brok
en arm.
The engine, and baggage car stayed
X
Onltnt Pmi Iard Wlr.l
Milan. Nov. 28. Poue Plus haa ad.
dressed an autograph letter, to an aged
Swiss nun, Sister Frey. who during half
a century of cloistered life In the CIs
teroian abbey, at Vlterbo. has enloved
an extraordinary reputation as a clair
voyant. Bister Frey, who Is 75 years
Old, Is celebrating the aolden lubilee
of an accident occurring In 1861, which
resulted In total paralysis In conse
quence of which she has been bed rid-
den and unable to move.
Bister Frey la credited with a irirt f
prophecy and second slirht. . For many
years she has been sought by cardinals.
Diauuus ana persons or noble hirth.
They visit her In her convent xeii.
where, by special dispensation of the
pope, mass is allowed to be celebrated.
She is said to have predicted to Pin
X' many things concerning the events
of his pontificate, and to have nar.
rated, wnue in a trance and In the pres.
ence or me assembled . sisters, the
events in aetau or the assassinations
of President Carnot of France and,
more recently, of King Humbert, of
Italy, while those, tragedies were aetu.
ally taking place.
The pope, has ohosen Cardinal f?ut.
ta to deliver the letter in which' he
praises her Christian resignation
regrets his inability to make in person
iub piiKriiuage iu viceroo.
AMBASSADOR DIES NEAR ; .
;: HIS WIFE'S SICK-BED
.::?::'''''' ' ' t)'ii,. '.!-,
v,' ' ' flmttrd PrK Unsivl Wira.) '
. Baltimore. Nov. 28,--Mrs. Jennie Dud
ley, wife of Bedoll Dudley, ambassador
to Brasll, lies at the Johns Honklna
hospital here today seriously ill,, and
the authorities fear to tell her .that her
husband died yesterday in an adjoining
ward. Ambassador Dudleyi was a for
mer j Judge of the city court of San
Diego, Cal. His death resulted from
heart disease. ,- 1
PRAISES
AGED
CLOISTERED
SEERESS
Hugh Phillips' Defense Scores
Heavily, in This as Also In
Valuations of Biggest of
Aldrich' Securities. .
STATE CALLS ALDRICH;
VHO ASSISTS ENEMY
Mohundro ls Coming but He'll
: Be Too Late; Defense Sub
- penas 15 More.
- (Sperlal to The Jonnnl.l . ' ,
Kalama, ' Wash., Nov, 28. Argument
by attorneys over the admission of let
ters from the state bank examiner to
H. L. Phillips, furnished the chief di
version of the morning session in the
trial of the latter, ' who faces a Jury
here on the charge of accepting de
posits after . the Commercial bank of
Vancouver, of which he was president,
became Insolvent . .
Tbe defense bad the best of this
clash, the "scolding letters of . Mc
hundro to the bank being excluded by
Judge McKenney. Most of the testi.
mony dealt with records of the bank
or the. state bank examiner, reviewing
much of the testimony hereto fore
given. , ;-.
State's Witness Kelp Defense. - ,
Apparently the state's attack on the
Aldrlch securities will be larirelv a
failure as to several of the most im
portant.. No expert testimony has "been
produced as to the value of the Seattle
warehouse property, which Frank Aid
rich has testified Is worth 3100.000. or
double the amount of the mortgage. His
testimony is therefore uncontradicted.
and he was a witness for the state.
Receiver Klea has seen the nroDertv
and has been trying to sell it. the best
offer being - one that would net the)
cans ien man ouuu. He was not able
to tell this to the Jury, and was unable
to Qualify so as to testify to the value
of the Seattle property. - ,
Buppenns . have been . issued by the
defense for the following 15 witnesses
to appear tomorrow: Hiram Swank,
John Harbke, J. P. Stowell, W. 8. God-
aara, tsimeon uoiton, judge sol Smith,
W. J. White, Charles Blurock. M. , R.
Sparks, F. P. Wagner, Charles Daly,
W. 8. Miller, Jo Harvey, J, P. Klgglns
ana John ttiweu. v
. Defense to Xp Values TJp.
These subpenas Indicate that the de
fense la preparing to Introduce testi
mony disputing the valuations given by
witnesses for the state as to property
held by the bank as security for notes
of firms and persons that . have sines
become Insolvent. '
Swank Is expected to testify that his
firm was solvent on December 16, 1910,
while Daly will uphold the Rector and
Daly account In like manner Miller
is to refute testimony of the state re
garding his solvency at that time. The
defense will also call witnesses to
show the previous excellent reputation
of the defendant at his former home at
Ooldendale.
Mohnndro Coming Too lata
A telegram from StateJBank . .Exam
iner Mohundro announces he will arrive
In Kalama tomorrow night., This will
be after the state's - case has been
closed, so Mohundro will have his hur
ried Journey for nothing. He left the
state for the east about 10 days be
fore the trial began, after subpenas
had been ' Issued, but before he had
been served. He was dlrecteB to ' re
turn by Governor Hay, and was located
at Philadelphia a few days ago.
Doouty State Bank Examiner Virgil
Hayden Identified letters received by
the state banking department from
Phillips and told of his efforts to col
lect doubtful accounts while he was in
charge of the bank. Hayden identified
the statement given Dy tne uenirai
Manufacturing company to the bank on
June 9, 1910, which shows resources
of that company over liabilities of $18,
885. The defense offers thlB to show
Phillips was deceived by the Fflslngers,
proprietors of the Central company
plant, as to the real value of the plant,
thus excusing a loan of 813.000 to a
firm which speedily became bankrupt.
The Fllsingers have been threatened
with prosecution for making an alleged
false statement to the bank. E. W.
Fllslnger, Junior member of the firm,
yesterday denied ever having seen the
statement
, Borne Mohnndro tetters Soled On.
By the ruling of Judge McKenney,
the state lost Its contention for the ad
mission of certain alleged damaging
letters written by State Bank Examiner
Mohundro to Cashier O. W. Daniels and
President Phillips. At the same time,
the court over-ruled objections of the,
defense to all letters written to Mo
hundro by Phillips himself. . .
The battle of the attorneys raged the
(Continued on Page Five.)
' Statistics compiled by City Auditor
Barbur and submitted to, Mayor Rush
light today show that i 127 city em
ployes fell victims to the voracious loan
loan sharks of " Portland" . during y the
month pf October. Besides the list of
assignments there were 13. i, writs of
garnishment served on the auditor. .
The' loan, sharks ' generally charge
about ten per cent a month and It is
estimated that they glean at least $10,-
009 a year from the municipal pay
rolls. ' v ' ':,-. '.;;. '
Efforts have been made In - the past
under different administrations to put
a stop to the custom of assigning sal
aries, but " that- these attempts have
met with . failure is shown by the in
vestigation made by Mr. Barbur. ,
vWo are not running the city for thn
benefit of a, preying; band of usurers,"
Former Deputy' United States
Marshal .Bert Franklin Ar
t rested for Giving Talesman
. ; $500 as an "Earnest."
MEMBERS OF COUNSEL
FREED OF SUSPICION
Statement Issued by State's
' Officer Says Oarrow and
. Others Guiltless. -
1 (United Trew Leased 1Vlre.t
Hall of Records, Los Angeles, Not. 28. -The
most sensational episode con- '
nected .with ' the destruction of the Los
Angeles Times more than a year ago,
eclipsing,' because of the ramifications .
which it is hinted are concealed behind
it, even the arrests of Ortie McManlgal,
J. J. jMcNamara and James B, McNa
mara, marked the progress of the mur- .
der trial of James B. McNamara today.
It was the arrest of Bert Franklin,
former United .States deputy marshal,
who has been, employed by the McNa- I
mara defense to Investigate the , ante-
cedents o the jurors drawn in the case,
charged dlrncily by the dlstilct attorney ,:
with attempting, to bribe a juror.
The talesman in the case, George N.
Lockwood, is alleged to have been paid
$500 as an earnest of a bribe of 84000,
for which, it. is alleged, he agreed to
qualify himself as a permanent, Juror
in the McNamara trial , and secure an ;
acquittal if he could, if not to prevent
any verdict of conviction. f i , ;
Others Are Released. , rf.
. Lockwood, and the man who Is al-.
leged actually to have paid the money
Over to him, "Cap" White, a brother of
a former sheriff of Los Angeies coun
ty, were both arrested with Franklin,
but later the two were allowed to go
and the only charge was placed against . .
Franklin. It is that of attempting to
bribe a public officer. ' , ' ;
Later District t Attorney Fredericks
displayed the money which he says
hia chief investigator, Sam L. Browne,
and his assistants saw actually paid '
over to White and then part of It by -htm
to Lockwood. It consisted of. 84,
000 in bills ot large denomination.'
t "I aa trace -overy single.' one, of thejse
bins from the time it' was flint paid
out to the various actors In this case,';
said District Attorney , Fredericks as ,
he showed the money in his office.: "I
can show Just how it came into Frank
lin's possession and when and where and
how it, was turned over to White.' 4 . .
. , ,, Ho. Effect' JTpon -Trial, '--jr X"-
The district attorney also declared
that so far as the McNamara murder
triar Is concerned today's happenings
can have no actual effect although . it ,
is possible that subsequent . develop
ments might have a direct bearing.
Thla la a charge of attempted bri
bery of a public .official " said the dis
trict attorney.. "and will be prosecuted
the same as any. other criminal action
brouerht to our attention.".
Attorney Clarence Darrow, ' chief
counsel for s the defense, stated when
told, of, the arrest that he could not
make any statement at this time about
It He and his associates were at first
inclined to-characterise , the entire aft
fair as a "plant" and to insist that It
had been arranged to discredit them on
the eve of the actual opening of tho
trial. However, later on they started
an Investigation to determine what ac
tion, if any, they, would take in the
premises. ' .
Hired as Investigator. .
The defense's battery of attorneys
stated positively that the only connec
tion Franklin has had with their of
fice was that of an Investigator, paid
to secure the antecedents of all of the'
men in the county who might be sum-
moned for actual Jury service. -' Both -
; ' (Continued on Page Flva)
FATHER ARE BURNED
(United Preas leaied Xfirr'
New Westminster, B. C Nov. 28.
Fire at a o'clock this morning destroyed
the home ot Thomas Moore, about a
mile from the further end of the Fraser
river bridge, and ' caused the death of
Moore and four of his children. Mr.
Moore was 50 years of age. The chil
dren who perished were; Kathleen. 10:
Sarah, 4; Joseph, 3, and Alexander, 2.
Four other members of the family es
caped, though One of them was severely
burned.'-'- :;r' , " ;
said ' Mayor Rushlight this " niorntng,
"and I will Immediately tako steps to
compel city employes to have no further'
transactions' with the loan, agerttiei. t
will ask the civil service commission to
adopt a mils,, providing 1 a penalty of
dismissal for assigning salurtes, .ami
the rule i will be-strictly enforced. It
Is not onlyfor the sake of the men,
themselves, but for the convenience ot
the auditing department, that I tttke
this stand.' The assignment of sat.tr
les doubles the amount of 1 hor.kkeeplntr
ths auditor's office must dm."
' Of the 127 assignments during th
month of.. October 38 were Riven i,y
employes , Of ,,tho fire "department m i
almost as mony by ntomintrs nf tn
treit cleaning brlKndn. All ttm a t.
slgnments were ni.uie by inale t .
ployes. .... ., '.,
FOUR
CHILDREN
AND