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FENDLETOX, OREGOX, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1011.
XO. 7309
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HI LABOR
ITALY SEEMS
SUCCESSFUL
Appearantly Her Plans Re
garding Tripoli are Be
ing Carried Out
FAILURE IS IMPROBABLE
Subjects of Government Are Now
Reconciled to War lieing Waged
on Turkey and Are Ready to Show
Loyalty by Giving Support.
By Henry Wood, Rome Correspond
ent of the United Press.)
Rome, December 30. While the fi
nal outcome of Italy's occupation and
annexation of Tripoli and Cyrenaica
la atill problematical, yet at the pres
ent moment there Is nothing to indi
cate thut in the end it will not be suc
cessful.. In a. general way, It Is not believed
Italy will huve to abandon the pro
ject unle.-g there would bo an un
usual combination of adverse cir
cumstances. Such a combination,
for instance, might be a very serious
pldemic of cholera among the troops,
Adverso Intervention by the powers,
a series of defeats, all of which com
ing at once, might, and most likely
would, result In arousing a big op
position at home. Such a combina
tion, however, does not seem likely
at the present moment, and it is
unlikely that a Hinglo one of such a
combination of adversities would ap
pear to be sufficient 'to force Italy to
withdraw.
OccuiMition Slow Rut Sure.
For the preseut, therefore, Italy is
making slow but certain steps to
wards the subjugation and occupation
of the territory. At the present time
tho military lines about Tripoli and
the other occupied cities are being
Advanced, and the. itailuns ore seek
ing to force the enemy back Into the
dsert. These advances are being suc
cessful, although not without loss of
life to tho Italians, but this they ap
pear to be. taking as a matter of
course.
In tho meantime the rainy season
has set In in Tripoli and the native
tribes are declared to be without the
necessary to remain In the field. In
addition the sowing season is com
ing on with a total crop failure for
the past three years, It is believed th.V
tribes will desert the Turks and re
turn to their farms.
War Supplies Cut Off.
In addition, by the rigid patro. of
the coust which Italy is able to main
tain with its largo fleet, all supplies
And munitions of war to the natives
are practically cut off '. It is conced
ed that tho resisting tribes have been
able to get some arms and supplies
by way of Egypt and Tunis, but it is
not believed that these have been in
largo quantities, lioth England and
France, which hnveJ the protectorate
over these adjucent countries, are now
exercising great vlbllunce to prevent
the further delivery of . arms and
munitions.
Italy Well Prepared.
As to the situation at home, Italy is
In good condition. She had been
preparing for tho Tripoli move for
years past and had harbored her re
sources. The minister of finance re
cently stated that after meeting all
war expenses to date, estimated at
$500,000,000 francs she ' still had a
similar amount on hand with which
to carry on the war.
In addition Italy jgill has plenty of
military reserves ana additions to the
navy are being rushed to completion.
The government has the loyal sup
port of practically the entire nation.
There Is not at present any discon
tent as to the conduct of the war, and
only opposition is from the social
ists. However, should reverses come
they would undoubtedly result in a
strong anti-war party. As yet, how
ever the people are loyally support
ing the government In its effort to
make Italy one of the colonial pow
ers of the world.
Johnson to Meet McVey. '
Chicago, Dec. 80. Jack Johnson
and Sam McVey will fight for the
heavyweight championship of the
world at Sydney, Australia, Easter
Monday, If Hugh Mcintosh, the Syd
ney promoter, approves the agree
ments made here today by his repre
eentatlve and Johnson.
Tom Andrews of Milwaukee, Mo
Intosh's American representative,
agreed to give Johnson $40,000. win
lose or draw, $6000 training expenses
and four round-trip tickets to Aus
tralia. Johnson agreed to fight with
these provisos.
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Tl'itKs Piti:iAiti:i
FOR I.OXG STRUGGLE
. Oharlan, via Tunis Dec. 30.
Unprejudiced correspondents
attached to the Turkish 'army
In Tripoli, are of ' the opinion
that the prospects favor a long
struggle which will be hopeless
for Italy.
. The Turks and their Arab
allies are well equipped and
have enough amunltion for a
two years' war.
After a forty-day march
across the Libyan desert, 2.000
highly trained desert warriors
from Fezzan, has Just arrived
here with large sdpplies of
food.
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PHEASANTS TO BE
RAISED BY STATE
Farm and Stock of Breeder
is Leased By
Commission
Broods Will Re Released on . Game
Preserves and Protected Until For.
ests Aro Well Stocked.
The number of game birds In the
state will be considerably augmented
as a result of the lease by the state
game and fish commission of the
Gene Simpson farm --and stock of
breeding birds near Corvallls, accord
ing to E. 1C Cranston of this city, sec
retary of the commission, who spent
a couple of days during the fore part
of the week Inspecting the recently
acquired property. For the past ten
years Gene Simpson has been raising
China and other pheasants and has
had phenomenal success. For the
next three years he is under contract
to continue his work for the state.
The stock secured by the commis
sion consists of 300 China Ring-neck
pheasants, 100 Beeves pheasants, a
breeding nucleus of the Mongolian,
English, silver and golden pheasants
a few Albino pheasants and a consid
erable number of hybrids and non
descripts, the result of cross breed
ing. A flock of two uozen pure Vir
ginia wild turkeys is also included in
tho stock of birds.
In addition, there are about 400
domestic hens on too farm for In
cubating and brooding purposes, arti
ficial inclbatnrs and brooders having
proved failures in the raising of game
birds.
From this stock, Mr. Cranston be
l'eves tho commission will have 2500
China phcasunts, 300 of the Reeves
specie and 200 of the other variety
for distribution over the state within
tho next year, most of which will
probably be placed in game refuges
where the birds may progagate with
out being molested by hunters.
Mr. Cranston leaves tonight for
Astoria, where he will Investigate the
hatchery on C'.atskanlo creek estab
lished by an net of the last legisla
ture. MRS. MARY BAIRD
CALLED BY DEATH
After suffering for many weeks with
a complication of heart and liver
troubles, Mrs. MaYy Ann Balrd, wife
of R. E. Balrd, died at the family
home 213 Lincoln street at 6:30 this
morning, thus adding one more chap
ter to the misfortunes attending the
family recently. The death of Mrs.
Balrd follows that of one f her chil
dren several weeks ago which, to
gether with the illness of three of the
other four surviving children, has
made the plight of the family pltable.
However, according to tho attending
physician, the three children who
have been suffering of typhoid are all
on the road to recivery.
The funernl of the deceased wo
man will be held at the famHy resi
dence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
KIXG GEORGE AND QUEEN
ARRIVE AT CALCUTTA
Calcutta, Dec. 30. King-Emperor
George and Queen-Empress Mary ar
rived here today for the last stage of
the'r Indian Durbar trip. The king
has been hunting in the Napal Teral.
He picked up Queen Mary and her
suite at Agra on the way here, and
their arrival was made the occasion
of another round of festivities . and
state functions. Their majesties were
received in full state at the Howrah
station by Viceroy Lord Harding and
Lady Hardinge, Lieutenant Governor
Sir E. N. Haker of Bengal, and a
swarm of officials, native princes and
other notables.
FIGHT
FOR PEACE
Eighty Police Will Be On
Hand to
Keep Order at
"Peace Banquet."
THINGS. MAY HAPPEN"
Xew York Police Commissioner Is So
Warned by Promoter of Feast
President Taft Will Pay Resixvts
to Terrible Teddy Tonight.
New York, X. T., Dec. 30. "We'll
have peace If we have to fight for it,"
describes the situation today before
the widely heralded "peace banquet"
here tonight at the Waldorf-Astor, at
which President Taft will be the hon
ored guest. Eighty police will be
present to guard Mr. Taft and foreign
diplomats and preserve order.
Usually pacific, It is expected that
President Taft will tonight hotly reply
to Colonel Roosevelt's allegations that
the peace treaties, now before con
gress, to applaud which the banquet
Is to be held, were conceived in a
"spirit of hypocrisy."
Others who will speak at the din
ner are Andrew "Carnegie, Henry
Clews and Charles Towne.
A special train from Wash'ngton
will bring numerous foreign diplomats
to grace the feast. It will arrive this
afternoon and return to' the capital
at midnight.
The presence of the police at the
banquet tonight resulted from a call
of Samuel Thomas, one of Its promo
ters, who told Police Comm'ssloner
Walder that "something might hap
pen." Taft Leave Washington.
Washington, Dec. 30. President
Taft left Wash'ngton today for New
York, where he will attend the "peace
dinner" tonight. He took no action
on the Charles Morse pardon case.
He did not even read the surgeon's
official report on the convicted New
York banker's precarious condition.
It is reported that Morse Is slowly
dying.
O.A.C. GLEE CLUB '
COMES ON FEB. 22
Wi'son Klmsey Feery, manager and
advance man for the Oregon Agricul
tural College glee club, Is now in the
city arranging for the appearance of
the glee club In Pendleton on Febru
ary 22. The performance Will be giv
en at the Oregon theater. '
This is the first season that the O.
A. C. glee club has Invaded eastern
Oregon and consequently the coming
of the collegians will be an event of
intere.-t. This Is especially true in
view of the fine showing the troupe
makes. There are 33 performers in
the club and it Is heralded as the best
aggregation of its sort on the coast
aside from the Stanford glee club,
which recently made a tour of Eu
rope, The coming of the O. A, C. glee
club promises to arouse much inter
est among graduates and former stu
dents, of the agricultural college, of
wh'ch there are many in this county.
C. G. Rrownell of Umatilla, is now
the president of the Umatilla county
O. A. C. alumni club.
The devil and his followers, as well
as the angels, always celebrate
Christmas.
MATTER OE FLOWERS FOR DEAD RAISES
LEGAL QUERY IN SETTLEMENT OE ESTATE
Are flowers for the decoration of
the coffin of a departed relative a ne
cessity because of their conventional
ity or are they a token of the love
and respect in which the deceased Is
held by the living and should the ex
pense for the flowers be defrayed by
the giver or charged up to the estate
of the deceased? These questions
have arisen over the filing by the ad
ministrators of the estate of two
prominent departed Umatilla county
residents of final settlement papers In
which, among tho funernl expenses
charged up to the ostate by the heirs,
are considerable Items for flowers.
The questions are not ones of le
gality but rather of sentimentality,
but they have caused considerable
dLscusslon among those who have
learned of the two Incidents men
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WKST'S HONOR SYSTEM
STANDS A REAL TEST.
Salem, Ore., Dec. 30. Ful
filling his word of honor that he
would return to prisqn and
comp'ete his life sentence for the
murder of George Carter at
Grants Pass William Mack to
day donned the pr son stripes
and resumed his work In the
penitentiary.
1 Mack was allowed his liberty
last June by Governor W'eH to
aid his w'fe and two children
in Spokane, who had mortgaged
their home to aid defense. Af
ter the mortgage had been paid
Mack voluntarily returned to
the prison off'cials.
20 THOUGHT DEAD IN
"0REG0NIAN" WRECK
Great
Northern Road's
Crack Train is
Ditched
Many Injured and Bodies Cremated In
F:ro That Follows, Destroying
Smashed Coaches.
St. Paul, Dec. 30. Twenty passen
gers are reported to have been kill
ed in a wreck of the Great Northern's
crack coast train, "Oregonlan," two
mfces east of Sharon, N. D., today.
T'Miv bodies have been recovered. The
train went over a "fifteen foot em
bankment and corpses are being cre
mated in the burning cars. Eight in- j
Jured were taken to hospitals.
At 2:30 this afternoon the list of
the dead was unobtainable and the
wires were down. Meagre reports say
the Injured were taken away in
sleighs. Four cars were burned and
only the engine and a mail ear held
the tracks.
A corps of physicians was rushed
to aid the Injured, from Devil's Lake.
This afternoon the Great Northern
general manager received a report
snying three were killed and several
injured.
FARM HAND JAILED
ON THEFT CHARGE
Charged with larceny by embez
zlement, Pat Doyle, a farm hand was
last night taken off the Spokane train
at Athena and placed under arrest by
Jinks Taylor, special deputy sheriff,
and was brought to the county Jail
today.
Doyle has been working for James
Thompson on his reservation ranch
und yesterday, when a settlement was
made, young Thompson by mistake
made Doyle's pay check read for $30
more than was due him. Doyle, af
ter securing the money, It Is alleged,
admitted he received more than was
his due but refused to return the sur
plus to his employer.
A warrant was sworn out charging
him with larceny by embezzlement
and the sheriff, ascertaining that he
had taken the evening train towards
Walla Walla, notified Deputy Taylor
to intercept him.
His Graft Was Modest.
Seattle. Wash. Dec. 30. George
Parker, who Is serving two years on
McNeil's island for using the malls
to defraud In connection with the
United Wireless swindle, states that
his commission did not exceed $250,
000,. in an answer filed In the court
today. He was charged with receiv
ing $1,643,237 as personal commis
sion from the sale of stock in tho
mythical company.
tioned. In the view of most people,
the transaction certainly betoken a
lack of proper affection on the part
of the heirs and smack of an over
developed commercial spirit. A nn
well known official put It: "Such a
practice Is far worse than sending
flowers to the sick and charging them
to the recipient's account or of pur
chasing a Christmas present for a
friend and sending him the bill for it.
Inasmuch as flowers on a grave are
supposed to represent the esteem In
which the departed is held, they cer
tainly should not be paid for out of
the dead man's pocket."
Others have expressed the opinion
that flowers are a part of a conven
tional funeral as much as the trim
mings on tho casket and are there
fore, legitimate Items of expense.
II, S. GRAND JURY SUDDENLY
REPORTS AT LGSfAHGELES
Nine Prominent Unionists In All Are Listed in
Finding of -Investigation
TVIETMOF. JOHANNSEN
Authorities Start Search for Others Whose Names Are
Withheld Preparations Begin For Defense Start
ling Developments Expected.
Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 30. With the positive assertion made by United
States District Attorney McConniek, tliat nine labor leaders were Indicted by
the federal grand jury which lias been In session here for several weeks past
investigating' what the authorities charge lsa very extensive conspiracy to
carry on a crusado of dynamiting; and with three prominent labor leaders
taken into custody today, interest that had almost died down since the sensa
tional confession of the McNanuinr brothers a few weeks ago is again revived
and startling developments are expected to come to light now and hold the
country's attention for some time to come.
Those arrested this morning were
Olaf Tvletmoe. a high official of the
San Francisco Trades Council and
also of the Oriental Labor Exclusion
association, Anton Johann'en, an of
ficer of the California State Labor
Federation of San Franc'sco also, and
J. E. Mun-ey, secretary-treasurer of
the Salt Lake City Structural Iron
Workers' union.
The others indicted were the two
McNamara brothers now serving
time in San Quenttn penitentiary for
the Times and Llewyllen Iron Works
explosions in this city, David Caplan
and M. Schmidt, alleged accomplices
of James McNamara, in the Times
outrage, and w ho are now missing and
being sought by the authorities and
two others whose names have not as
yet been divulged by the authorities.
The arrests of the three labor lead
ers occurred shortly after H o'clock
this morn'ng, when the grand jury
suddenly returned the indictments. It
was dramatic in the extreme. The
three men were seated in the court
room, little suspecting the turn that
was to occur so suddenly, and they
were arrested at the same time at a
given signal, by officers who quietly
closed in on them evidently to pre
vent any possible miscarriage of their
plans.
The charges made directly against
the men are that of conspiracy to the
interstate transportation of dynamite
in violation of the federal laws. More
serious charges may follow soon.
It Is understood that their bonds
have beon fixed at $5000 each, but
this could not be confirmed at 2:30
th's afternoon.
Job Harriman. associate counsel for
the defense of the McNamara broth
ers, and recently defeated candidate
for mayor of Los Angeles, appeared
at the federal court room th's after
noon, as attorney for the three men
arrested. He left shortly afterward
In search for bail for the prisoners,
and was soon lost to view, hurriedly
seeking means of securing the release
of the labor leaders.
Olaf Tvietmoe, one of the prison
ers, when asked for a statement this
afternoon, said:
"We have been arrested, as you
see, and I will positively make no
statements for publication. Our
cases will be tr!ed In the courts and
not in the newspapers.
Malcom McLaren, local manager
for tho Burns detective agency, was
on hand when the arrests were made
and he It was who gave out the In
formation, regarding the nature of
the charges on which the arrests were
made.
The arrests were made by the chief
United States Marshal Sittle and sev
eral aides. Th emen made no dem
onstration when taken Into custody
and when they were informed that
they were prisoners, each arose withr
out a word and accompanied the of
ficers to an ante room of the mar
shal's office, and evinced no surprise,
although they gave outward signs that
they did not expect arrest at this
time.
Deputy Sittle made a statement
that no more arrests would be made
this afternoon, but despite this as
sertion. It was learned that other at
taches of tho United States marshal's
office are this afternoon diligently
looking for another labor leader from
the north.
It is thought more than likely that
Clarence Darrow will be chosen as
chief counsel for the defense of the
men, but this he would not confirm
today. He said:
"I am not sure that I will be con
nected with the defense. I am atill
AND KEY ARRESTED
very tired as a result of the strain of
the McNamara trial. I shall think the
matter over, over night, before mak
ing a definite answer."
Labor leaders here are already
planning to line up organized labor
behind the defense of the men.
Erie Morton, of San Francisco,
publisher of a labor newspaper, today
said : '
"I am very surprised at the arrests.
I think the laboring people of the
state will stand solidly behind these
indicted men and I also believe that
labor will assume the position that
the men are innocent until they are
proven guiity."
Special United States Attorney
Lawler, who directed the Investiga
tion into the alleged conspiracy, this
afternoon said' that he saw no reason
why he should not discuss the case
now to a certain extent. He said
that the indictments were returned
after a careful probe by an Intelligent
grand jury. He made a statement
as follows:
"I do not deem It improper to say
that notwithstanding the protesta
tions of certain socalled labor lead
ers of their opposition to the dyna
mitings indulged in by the McNamara
brothers, not one of them lifted so"
much as a finger to aid the officials
in discovering the truth, in connec
tion with their outrages. On the con
trary, they have shown a decided dis
position to impeach such efforts, as
the authorities have made, to get at
the bottom of the affair.
The federal grand jury which re
turned the indictments, adjourned
this afternoon unt:' Tuesday after
noon. Clancy 111 at Home.
San Francisco, Calif., Dec. 30. E.
Glancy, a local labor leader, who U
believed to be one of tho.-e indicted
today at Los Angeles, is confined to
his home here today with a serious
illness. It is not believed that a war
rant has been served on him as yet.
WANTS PENDLETON TO
OBSERVE CENTENARY
Baker. Ore., Dec. 29, 1911.
Editor East Oregonian,
Pendleton, Ore.
Dear Sir As one at present con
siderably Interested in land holding
and in summer residence in Umatilla
county, I wish to second the motion
of Judge Stephen A. Lowell, in his
letter in your paperdated December
26, to the effect that tho present in
habitants of Umatilla togther with tho
pioneers celebrate the centennial ar
rival of tho Wilson Price Hunt party
in the vicinity of Pendleton. From
the standpoint of awakening interest
in the early history and traditions of
the Umatilla country such a celebra
tion can be made a notable event. By
an means take up the proposition.
Judge Lowell's addresses In the
Baker Centennial exercises were at
tentively listened to and the refer
ences which other speakers made to
his political ambitions were generous
ly applauded For some reason Judgo
Johns of Baker, also supposed to bo
a prospective political rival of Judgo
Lowell, did not participate In any of
tho centennial functions, and there
fore, was not present to get the bene
fit of allusions as to the coming cam
paign. Respectfully,
SVILBUR F. BROCK.
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