Sherman County observer., November 17, 1911, Image 1

M o ro , S h e rm a n
LU M B E R M E N S FIGHT
8,000 SLAUGHTERED
RT IMPERIALISTS
Advertising
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Manchus Repulse Rebel Force
at Nanking, Then Butcher
* Defenseless Natives.
Nanking.— More than 8000• native
Cklnese men, women and children are
<aa<, fcnd 76,000 others are hom eless
aa a “result of the wanton slaughter
la this city by the im perialist army.
Hundreds of. b o d ie s. He among the
•nsoklng ruins of dwellings. The p ro
perty of the Chinese was first looted,
then fired.
The carnival of death began with
the m oment that the Manchu com­
mander succeeded in heating back the
rebel force which had been storming
his troops, intrenched on Purple HUI.
The Manchu soldiers did their work
thoroughly They even mutilated dead
bodies horribly. Arms, legs and heads
were cut off. Skulls w ere split, and
other bodies dlsembowled.
They
•eem ed crazy no^ only to see people
file, but to see them suffer horribly
before dying. Mothers were compelled
to took on while their children were
killed, husbands while women o^ their
households were outraged. Refugees
spoke of having waded ankle d» ep in
bio- d to reach t i e city gates.
Campaign Will Oppeae
“Substitutions."
La Grande.—Northwestern white
pine lumber manufacturers, who are
members of the Northwestern W hite
Pine Lumber Manufacturers’ Associa­
tion, will Inaugurate a system atic piso
of advertising under the direction of
the National Lumbermen’s A ssocia­
tion.
This was decided at the third quar­
terly meeting of the association here.
Members were given > rough <ot<
sketch of "¿he proposed advertising
campaign by Leonard Bronson, gen­
eral manager of the National A ssocia­
tion.
Conceding that much of the substi­
tution for lumber la légitim ât« and a
resu lt of the progress of the tim es,
the lumbermen also ayer that much ef
the eiten elv e advertising of substitu
tlon concerns is “tonsmyrot.” That
cem ent has outgrown boards for side­
walks Is admitted, but that lumber
has outgrown its usefulness for many
other purposes, as asserted, Is regard­
ed by the association as untrue, and
the advertising campaign tp be Inau­
gurated Is gol^g to tell the consumer
00.
Baker Postoffice Clerk Arrested.
Baker.—Me.vln Alexander, member
of a • promjjont family and a local
postoffice ^titploye, was arrested fin
aha:get brought by n postofflee Inspec­
tor < in. tap]
on fif naoaey re-
Shanghai.—Thirteen v< saelfl of the eclvrd for mr»n**y o:d»rs. The charges
lm par,’ i fleet went over to the revo­ specify Bumercus offenses but the ag-
gregate amount bf the a,'eg“d defalca­
lu tionists nere,. _ . .
W inter is expected to terminate the tions is Aot known.
m ovem ent*of troops, but there will
be greater' death rolls through famine
NATIONAL PROGRAM SEEN
•ven la Chi LI province. The people
to the central aect’on a-e already sup- Action of Oreg^V Growers Believed
to Be National Forecast.
gfem onting their food supply with the
Pendleton,—
Action of the National
bark of trees.
W'Xjigrowera’ Assoola^on, with rd f«:
ence to railroad rates, tariff and other
ROBNETT GETS TEN YEARS legislation and all matters pertaining
Five Charges are Confesssd by Lewis- ¡Wo the industry was forecast, In the
opinion of sheepmen of this section,
ton Bank-Wrecker.
Moscow, Ida.— A eensatloral sur­ when the 14th annual convention of
prise was sprung in the Federal Court the Oregon Wholgrowers' Association
when Clarence W. Robnett of North was held at -Baker, November 14
Idaho land fraud and Lewiston Na­ and 15.»
Addresses were made on the prep
tional bank fame, appeared In c urt
aration
of wool for market; the b a
•n d pleaded guilty to all indictments,
tional
warehouse;
grazing and fores­
five in number, returned two years
•g o against him In connection with try, marketing of miitton and the fu­
the tharft of 1137.000 of the bank's ture of sheep grating in the state.
Among the men who isltvered a s­
funds and falsification of the r e c c ’d«
s e s s e s were Dr. > W. McClare, sec­
• f the bank.
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Judge Deltrlch sentenced Robnett retary of the national asseclatlea, whe
has Just returned from W ashlngtea,
to serve 10 years In prison for loot­
D. C., where he has been heading the
ing the bank, to serve six in- nths for
woolruen's fight against schedule K;
conspiracy and five years for eaca in­
Charles Green,, one of the beat known
dictm ent alleging conspiracy, all, how­ wool buyers in the W est, 'and Fred
ever, to run concurrently wltl, the 10
W? Gooding, of the National Wool
years' sentence In the Federal prison
growers’ Warehouse at Chicago.
• t Leavenworth, Kan.
Slayer of Mother Gets Life Term.
*Fhe D a lles— William Gliaan, ‘ who
with a butcherknlfe murervred his
» o th e r while she was working over
• waahtub at their ranch near Ante­
lope, October 31, ¡leaded guilty to
• charge of second di gree murder In
the Circuit Court' here and was sen­
tenced to life imprisonment in the
• la te penitentiary. Glisan committed
Ute murder following a three w eeks’
debauch.
Licenses for Insurance Agents.
La Grande.—The city counoll hat
decided to exact a license of >36 a
year on each Are Insurance company
maintaining an office here. There are
20 of these, and the proceeds from
these licenses will he used In improv­
ing the local firtf-department.
Limit ef Salmon Iflfla Taken.
Astoria.—Two million five buadred
thousand eggs have been taken frei
the Chinook aalmon hatchery this sea­
son by Supc’intcsdent H aassn, which
Election Tie In McKinley’s Town.
l.s the limit of production of egg« tor
Canton, O —The official count com­ piopagstlcn.
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plete for mayor shows a tie between
Awfully Agonizing.
Turnbull, Democrat, and Schilling
”11 e told me my operation would b®
Socialist.* The contest was deoldad
by the toes of a coin and the Demo absolutely painless "
“And wasn't It?”
•rat won .
'Naw, It cost me w hundred dollars”
O o u iit v , O ift'tro n . P v ic K ty , N o v e m b e r
Martha
Butterworth’s;i
Thanks
THE
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Mr. Pulltner «ever saw his youngest
BIRD.
LUCK MAY HASTEN
CHOOSING OF JURORS
TRIAL OF CHICAGO
PACKERS HAS BEGUN
anti - trust laws
A n Innovation in O il Heaters
F iv e C en ts
+ - H -1-I'H 1 H - H - H - H I l - H H I H i • afraid to say that. lire. B o tta r w tk
It’s flying in the face of
to say such things. I’v e gat a
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who Is crazy to oome here sad stay,
only she hasn't got >800 to bey her
way. If she w ee here with aae weflt
be perfectly happy, and you're growl­
ing because you have to stay here.**
Martha stared at her. “Tour stater
want« to come here?” she asked In­
credulously.
*; She Found Cause For Them ;;
Tee. It’s a nice, easy life, and
on That Thanksgiving Day <; we’ve alw ays had to work dreadful
hard. I’m afraid sh e w ill never have
>800 to come, though."
By CLARISSA MACKIE •
"You don’t know.
Maybe Pro«-'
Copyright by Am erican P ress A sso- ■ •
dene« will open a way for her.” said
elation, 131L
Martha Butterworth, suddenly loelag
her bitterness. “I know of somebody
“Give thanks for what?” demanded who la tired of It and wants to leave,”
“Yon mean you?” cried Mrs. Loyd.
Martha Butterworth fiercely.
Martha nodded. “I f I do, your stator
' “Being alive, of course, for one
thing,” retorted her roommate, old can have my membership. “
“Oh, toaT « to d Mto Loyd taAghtad
Mrs. L ay«i— ■*-
“AMvei” sniffed Martha. :“Every- ly, ’’that la good of you, Martha But­
body else in the world Is alive as well terworth. I f you don't change
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as I bo. I don’t consider that any J mind Hannah w ill ap en d , the beet
Thanksgiving sho ever hadr*
special act of Providence.”
“I shan't change my mkad.** sold
"You'ro sacrilegious, Martha,” said
Mhrlha
decidedly. “Ton can w rite and
Mrs. Loyd- solemnly.
“I s'pose I , be, I •’pose I be,” said tell her sho can have my h alf of tho
room on Thanksgiving day. Don't cry
Murtha drearily, and she stared from
about IL Mrs. Loyd—and, no, I don’t
the window down at the frost nipped want you to thank me. It’s not be­
lawn of the old Indies’ home.
cause I'm kind hearted, for I’m not.
Martha Butterworth hated the old I'm dreadful bitter. I do It gladly be­
ladies' homo with w fervor that few cause I want to go away from here.“
of its inmates understood. Most of
Those are the words that Martha
them were simple minded old women Butterworth spoke, but even aa she ot­
who had Invested a little nesL egg of tered them she felt a tremor of fekr for
savings In tlie Institution to rocelve tiie future. In leaving the detested home
dividends of a lifelong homo and de­ Bho was throwing away the last de­
cent burial.
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fense between her frail body and—the
They hud been a congenial company poorhouse, for it might be that In tho
nntil Mnrttrfl Butterworth came /nto end now.
their midst. Many of them had known
On Thanksgiving day there was to
Mrs. Butterworth in her younger days. be a feast in the long dining room
Then she had been quite a personage downstairs, and the housekeeper. Mrs.
In the county, for her husband, Darius Green, had prepared ail the good old
Kutterwol'tb, hud been known ns tho fashioned vlauds that go to make up
rlcbost farmer within n radius of twen­ the traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
ty five pities.- But Darius bud fallen In the morning there was a delicious
u victim to* ttfo gold mine fever and odor of browning turkey, and all the
awoke one morning to find himself the Inmates of the home gathered in the
possessor of a l»ijj tin box full of Bitting > room and' discu3«ed_ other
worthless mining stock while even his Thanksgiving dinner« that they hed
farm hud been mortgaged to its full partaken of under happier and more
favorable auspices.
value.
Jgven Martha Butterworth seemed to
The hord^xwiP censorious relatives
which immediately gathered at the hove forgotten her sorrow, for she had
Butterworth furm und clamored their put on her best black silk dress with
disapproval of Darius' “crazy Invest­ a purple bow at the throat, and her
ments’’ proveil to be too much fer brown hnlr was fluffed prettily over
the patient, unbuslnessUko Darius, her ear«. Her cheek« were flushed. _
time«
who, dazed by the great misfortune and she actually laughed
during the meal, and she feil^better
that he bad brought upon his wife ns
well ns himself, promptly disappear for i t
After the long dinner was over the
ed, taking the box of beautifully en­
old
ludle* gathered In the «tiff splen­
graved stock certificates wttli him.
Tho closest starch failed t o ’-reveal dor of th* parlor, where a great fire
hhd been kindled on the hearth, and
the whereabouts of the fugitive farm­
er, «nA the atore*a\A relative*, «till they told stories and Joke«, and there
censort^oe. bnf in n mnte. heartbroken were much langhter and funmaAiog.
sort of \Juy, helped Darius; bewilder­ Then Mrs Groea asked Martha But­
terworth to play something for them.
ed llttlo w ife to close up all the affulrs
To everybody’s surprise Martha went
that hungry creditors hud not ulready
to the pifi JO without a word and sit­
pounced upon, and they agreed that
ting down before It played one thing
Mnrthn should live in turn w ltlvon e after another until each okl lady had
___ (mother of them until Darius
had her favorite piece played or b«c
should come buck or something turn­ fafhrlte song aung. At last Martha’s
ed up.
Angers strayed Into a melody that she
The bread of dependence is bitter, had not dared remember for ten yeara.
and for flvo long years Martha But­ It was her husband. Darius’, favorite
terworth tnsted gnil and wormwood. «ong and one «he had played for him
Then she (tacked up her few belong­ times without number. Now her voice
son, who was borr ivo years after
ings and took a position us house­ was somewhat broken, but it was still
the publisher was s f ' , ken biiud, but
keeper in the fnmlly of a man who penetrutlngly «weiet. and It pierced
the lad had been i f constant com-
had nn invalid wife.
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through the walls of the home, and a
panlon of hi» father »luring his do-
For five more years Marthn looked tnaq pawing dejectedly along the side­
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terms
of
Mr.
d in in g year» and t!.<
. ir her husband's return, and then walk henrd IL stopped short and lis­
that he thought’
Pulitzer’s w!U indict
hope died in Iter breast with the end­ tened. and when the sound of the
Herbert promised I > have great abll- •f-Los Angeles.—“If we can find 12 ing of the tenth year of his nbsenc«.
piano died away he mounted the step«
Ten Face Prosecution ^ F e d ­ "Tty.
Shortly after this a severe attack of of tbe home and rang tho bell.
fair-minded men among the talesmen
Mrs. Green, the matron, came Into
The term s of the w ill provide that now being examined, we will accept rheumatism crippled Martha s busy
eral Court With Jail Sent­
all the Pulitzer boys come into con them without exhausting our 20 per­ feet and so she gav« up her situation the parlor again aud looked strangely,
taking her Hinall savings, did doubtfully, at Murtua Butterworth.
ences Possible.
trol* of tho neWsi , r properties at emptory challenges," was the state­
what her soul loathed to do—she be­ who w.ia etlll at the irtan«».
the same time. M 1 hilltzer evident- ment Clarence S. Darrow, chief coun­
“Somebody want« to ^ee you. Mm.
ay to turn over sel for Jams» B. McNamara, on trial came nn inmate of the eld lndlee
Chicago.—After more than- nine ly tliought the beat w
home in the adjacent huatUng little Butterwoeth,” she «aid meaningly.
.sens would be for deaths resulting from the explo­
"Home ope to ee m<fT’ Martha waa
year*’ ltveatlgatlon by the guvera- the guidance to K
city.
iiiiiicst, reached sion of the Times building here 13
when
Herbert,
the
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gbe hated the home. She detested surprised for most of the censorious
m att, the first criminal prosecution
m orths ago. d istrict Attorney Frede­ the simple minded, contented old wo­ relatives were dead or had long since
of individual m«at packer« under the maturity.
ricks shares thia view, ao that with men, who ff>T> well plci.sed with removed to other stat’es, and she had
• her man anti-trust act h&s begun here
three Jurors already sworn, a tucky their lot. Not one of them had known few friends. She walked down the
Suffragists
to
Win
Working
Women
before Judge Carpenter, in the United
ns great prosperity as Martha Butter­ long room, her small figure erect and
New Y ork— F q II- wmg the victory combination may fyjmlsh a complete worth, aud not one had suffered tho her head held with the proud poise
States District Court.
T ea Chicago packers were placed of the East in th- national »conven jury within a shorter Interval than pangs of fallen ptlde or endured the thnt marked her in spite of all the
oa trial charged with monopolizing tlon of the woma: «nffraglsta, it is expected.
grief of uncertainty regarding a loved grief that should have laid It low.
The decision» in this state uniform­ one's safety that"*’»»« had, and, al­
A man wae waiting In the dining
and raatralalng Interstate trade in anntninced that a < •npaign Is to be
frash meats. The penalty which may Inaugurated here th -t will have for its ly hold a conviction coaid not be set though one of them knew Martha room - a tall, white haired, pale faced
man. well dreeeed and prosperous look­
he inflicted If they be found guilty chief purpose the spreading of the aside on the ground that the defense Butterworth’s story-an d in conse­
ing. He looked once at Martha and
was
obliged
to
accept
biased
Jurors,
quence
all
the
others
were
aoon
pos­
ufirsge
among
the
la a fine of >500 or a - sentence of propaganda of the
held out his anus. Martha stared at
wage-earning women of tli's part of unless it occurred that It was neces sessed of It alao—thoy could not un­ him with unbelieving eyee. for it was
vue year la the county jail, or both.
derstand her deep rooted bitterness ef
■ary
to
accept
such
Juror»
when
per
The defendants are Louis F, Swift, the country. The cnnpwgn will place
spirit, and they withdrew from her her hUHband. Dnrtua Butterworth. in
auothcr instant she was in bta arms
president of Swift & Co., und direc­ em phasis upon the foonotnlc phase ol emptory "challenges were exhausted company and left her alone.
tor of the National Packing Company; the I muc .
Old Mrs. Loyd, the woman who had and Darin* wa* telling his etory.
Holy War Is Imminent.
One of the women relattv** h*fi
Edward F. Swift, vice-president of
known of Martha’s affairs, also knew
Trlpoll.-7-Reports here from adja «*** Martha Uuttarworth bed bee» • seolded Derive well that day when
Swift fi Co and director of the Na
cent states «ay tbat a jetiad. or tidy very brilliant pianist in her day. Be­ ruin fell upon him. -and *he had told
tleaal Packing Company; Chert*« rr.
war, is-im m inent through all North fore Mnrtha had married. Darius she , him that the beet thing he could do
Swift, dlreotor of Sw ift & Co.', Eld-
Africa. Advice« have reached Gen­ hud taught music, and nfter she wns whs to take himself away jrh«** h®
ward Tilden, president of the National
eral
Caneva, the Italian commander, married she played for her husband's couldn’t do any more harm to hie
Packing Company', J. Ogden Armour,
w ife’s Interest* or bapjflnee*.
Of
that
Aral» delegations are In Tunis In­ pleasure. For ten years her work course the relative was sorry after­
president of Armour & Co.; Arthur
hnrdened
fingers
had
not
touched
pi­
viting their fellow Mohammedans
Meeker, general manager for Armour
. Washington.“ - "reeldcnt Taft dis
ano keys—hor own plauo had gone in ward. but then It waa too late, tor
ney-General Wicker- there to cross the Tripoli frontier and the auction sa le that followed the gen­ IHH.r Darius had taken hie worthleee
A Co.; Edward W. Morris, president cussed with Al
of Morris A Co.; Francis A. Fowler, iham the ndvin ihlllty of supplemental join In a war qf extermination.
eral crash—and In spite of Mrs. Loyd s mining stock and departed tor the
w«*L where for year« be struggled tor
pleading thnt Mnrtha enliven their
dlreotar Swift A Co.;, Thomas J- -anti-trust legi •tlon at the coming
h living, u bile he patiently investigat­
long autumn evenings with “tunes’’ ,
N O B IL IT Y O F P U R P O S E .
uoanore, superintendent of Aunour & session- of Ci lì ess.
ed every mine until at last be found
on the big square piano In the parlor
. Qo.; Louie H. Hey man, manager for
The conferei , ■ related particularly
If either man or woman wou!d
one that really held out a proepect of
of the homo Mnrtha had as steadfast­
paying dividend* to It* trusting stock­
Morris A Co.
to the likellhot , I of paesing a Federal
realize the full power of personal*
ly refused to touch It.
holders. That waa the beginning of
ct.
It
was
pointed
out
beauty it must be by chensbing no­
incorporation n
“Thankful Indeed!” muttered Mar­
the fortune that Dartu* had piled up
"Moros Kill Americans.
ble thoughts and hopes and puj"-
that n provi« n of this-k ind might
tha ngnto nfter Mrs. Loyd had left
from xeveral o f Ms so called “worth­
San F ra a d a co — N ew s of a fresh bo made to «1 v corporations whose
poses, by having something to do
the room. “I declare! Hornet I A * I less certificate«” When he had re­
outbreak among the Moros of the Isl­ method of doir business w as In vlo-
and something to five foV mat is
think If I was a tnnn I’d swear!"
gained the fortune he bad lost he
She blushed after thnt remark naff went l>eck to hla old home only to find
worthy of humanity and which by
and <rf Mindanao was brought by the lRtlon of the • wman1 anti trust law
hid her thin face In . her hands.
der a Foderal net.
expending the capacities of the soul
army transport Logan which ha»^ ar­ to rcorgatilZ(
hie wife had dtoappeured after
"Everything's gone wrongl” sho wall­ ’that yeara, end while It wan known
gives expansion and symmetry to
rived here from the Philippines.
It Is known t i t the .Piesldent hns
five
ed
softly.
"To
think
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bad
the body which contains it.— U p ­
she bad entered a home
in mind rep* ng hiB recommenda-
saved >f»dO thnt rheumatta should that
where
«he had take» no one Into
lines
in
his
m
essage
ham.
catch me lu the f«*t, only to leave the
MUST WAIT SEVEN YEARS tlon along tin 'i 'ie H oubo Democrats
confidence, Dertoe had ha(
»to Congrcrn.
minute I got Into this homel If 1 Ing disconsolately through the
hadn’t been so hasty I might have that ThankeglvlBf night when ha had
C,n«r«l •< F ,p«r» Will Not Yet P o „ It 1 b declared will push legislation ' Making of Safes Prison Industry.
Into Hands of Pulitzer’s. Sona.
along thia Un1 whatever mny be tho , Stm Quentin. C al-.W arden Hoyle, gone on working. I would soon have Twcognlsed hl* w tf• ’• vgtoe «feiftog.
determination in the off the State Penitentiary, is planning, had money enough to set out and look
New T e rk — Not until Herbert, the Rdministrn’lo'
“And I believe that I dld**t have a
Darius, *not that I expert he s
what he believes will be the m ost pe­
14-yearoM eon of the late Josefih matter.
thing to be thankful tor,
culiar prtaon Industry on earth. It alive now,” .she hastily added. She romoreefully.
Pullteer, beoeu»*« 21 years of ago and
and paced her half of the
9 New York Streets, i ia nothing moxo or lees than the man nrosc
“This’ll ba the haptdeet
bee had aonse little experlyn<f« In the Garbage 6’
ufacture . ofAtoreially - ot safes by square room. “I hate thin old place—I Ing my «tater Hannah evet
publishing huslness, wlM the actual
Mew 'Y ork’s streets
hate
this
homer’
eno
««id
between
New Y<i
confided old M»« Loyd to the
ooatrol of the Pulltter newspapers, have beco «
o littered with piles ■killed workmen who are now serving her clenched teeth.
about the hearth fire “Me
sentences In the penitentiary tor bank
10 rem it of tho street
Mr«. Loyd, who was bow standing
the New York World and the St. of garbo go,
worth’s going to Mnva,
robberies, safe-blowing and similar
In tho doorway, heard her <addr«w
that Street C leaning.
Leuls Globe-Di »patch, .¿'«as Into tho clcanors’ tr
a
K M W M S to '
violation*
of
the
law.
h « ifto"tfc in gqdfiga O m ty» “l <1 *»•
hands of the famous editor’s sons. CoramiBsioner Edwards has b- gun to |
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