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No. 217
M'NAMARAS ARE GUILTY
Hail
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So Declares James 0. McNnmara
Pleas of Guilty Are Entered liy
Each Confession Cnmo at Tense
and Dramatic Moment.
LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Dec. I.
John J. McNamara and J. D. McNa
mara this afternoon withdrew their
pleas of not utility and entered pleas
of utility.
They will be sentenced at 10 o'clock
December 5.
John J. Is utility to conspiracy In
connection with dynamltlnu tho Dew
clyn Iron works.
Ill jilH eoulYmdoii James II. Mc
Nnuinra Miiul:
"I put tint dynamite under the
TimoH, ami it iiuiHt luivn hit ti gnu
nut in, bueniino tlm terrible explosion
which followed M'firml mo more tlmii
It did any one cUe. I wiik tho most
'fcurprujed mini Hint over lived, iih I
hud not expected any great ilnuiiigo
would hit done."
At 2:0.1 Dm-row and DavU wore in
earnest cniiMillHtinii in an auto room
of tlm court. .1. It. .McNnmnrn wan
cniivoriug with Joseph Seotl, one of
lili attorney. Dixtriot Attorney
Ercilorloka with his euliro staff of
chief deputies worn seuted smiling
broadly at tho MtntoV tabic.
Every sent In tho room wan own
pit'd and there was an air if sup
prcHNi'd excitement that colip-eil any
thing provitiindy huiui in tho court
loom.
John J. MeNiiinura appeared in
tins court room at 2:1 1. No ruitHoii
for hi iippcarHiii'o wow known.
Then I'rcdcriek toad tlm indict-'
ini'iil and nuked James II. McN'amara'
if ho withdrew his pica of not guilty.'
"I do," wan the niiHwur.
Then .1. H, .McNnmnrn wiim linked
whether ho wauled to plead guilty'
to murder iim charged in the indict
ment. "I do, your honor," he said.
MoN'amara then wink luick into lux
chair, while the entire court room ho
came iih silent iih a tomb.
"I will sentence James Iff MoNn
mara on his plua of guilty to murder
ill. 10' o'clock on Tuesday, Deitonihor
f," Nitid Judge llordwell.
Tlmii District Attorney Frederick
aroHo with a big bunch of papers in
him hand.
"John J. McNnmnrn, sland up," lie
Haiti. "You have previously pleaded
not guilty to u tihurgo of placing dy
iiamilo under the I.lewellyu iron
workn. Do you want to withdraw
that plea?"
"I do, sir," Haiti tho noted labor
leader.
"Now, do ymt- wnnl o plead guilty
to (hat indictment?"
"I do, sir."
McNamara unuk Imek in his Heat,
and Judge llordwell auiiouiieeil that.
lie would M'litunco him at tho hiune
time iih his brother.
After a day of wild rumnm anil
following tho moat Humiatloniil scono
over wltuoHHui! In u rourtroom In
Amorleiii tho former Cincinnati
printer thlH itftoriioon wlthdrow IiIh
plea of not guilty mul entoruil a plon
of Kiiilty. Ho will Ifo Hoiitoncod next
Tuesday morning, nnl t may olthor
lie ordorod haiiKod' or sent to prison
for life, according to which penalty
.III (IKK IIOIllWoll llOHllOH to' IIUPOHU.
At tho nu mo moment Ida brother
John .1, MeNnmura, Heerotary-truiiH-urer
or tho Intornntlounl AuHoelatlou
of HiIiIko anil Htructurariroiiwork-oi-h,
wlthdrow IiIh ploa of not Kullty
to tho Indictment chiu'KliiK blni with
having placed undor tho Llowolyu
Iron WoiKh on Deoolior 25, 1010, and
entered u plea of Kiiilty. Ho will bo
soiiteneed nt tho himiio tlmo iih IiIh
brothor, uml tho penalty nia.y, bo ouo
your or llfo, iih tlie court decides,
Cliuonco I)nrrov, chief couubo! for
tho defoiiHo, finld:
"I Inivo Biived a bumnu Ufa out of
tho wreelcuKO, I hope, I do not bo
llovo Unit tho iudgo will BQiitonco
JOIEN J. KJlftMARA.
him to ilwlh. 1 1 lit lira Im tho beMt
that I can oxpect.
"I'or nix moutliH I hnvo carried a
terrific burden. Wo lmvu hoiikIiI
every ponnlblo loonhulu anil havo
tried our bent to itroiut our wav out
of tho iiiiuo but about two weckH UK"
I dlm'overed from tho county nutbor
ItlcH the evldeuto which they bad. In
addition to their ovldeucu I bad fur
ther facU which If they had been
(Uncovered would lmvu only added to
the hopchwMUoiui of JIiii'h plight."
"dim in Kiiiii to tell the pi cm all of
(lie laclM at a later date, althoiiKh I
do not like to umU him to do mi now.
The county had a dead opcii-aud-fcliul
ciimo iiKniiiKt iih. I am very tired
and worn and cannot talk at ihi
time, ax I havo been under a terrific
Hlrain for tho pnnt few week. In
fact, will never be able to dcHcrihc
(ho ordeal through which I have
panned. I wan a terrific ilucitfinu."
Deputy. District Attorney Ilorton
Hniil:
"The chief coimidernliou Dial ap
peal to me iw the economic one. By
jjettiiiK plae of uuilty the ooiuily ik
Hiivnd unmt oxpcunc without the com
plication of it ooutroverriy iih to
whether the ldj fund Iiiih been winoy
e.Yltmulpd. Wliotbnr we hint innvwti.!
the two men or not, then would have
been several hundred people in (bis
county who wfJuld liuvo fluid the men
were innocent. If we bail convicted
them, people .voutd have nlniincil (hat
they were rnilroaded. Labor litnderK
all over tho country would have cnlled
the tri althe 'crimrf of the century.'
Here vn an opporl unity to nilenes
everyhodv and aUo to mivo a liuvi'
Hum for tho county.
"Althouch the court could neutence
McNamnra to be baupul, it hociuh to
me that tho least wo can do for a man
who linn Hived iii a lot of money
to Hpfire hi life. While it is an ito
iiHiml ibiiiK for a man lo plead guilty
to a crime punishable by death, in
this cine (hat fact will be cniiMidorcd
and will Have J. M. McNamara."
AHked about McMiiuIkiiI, Morton
mi Id:
llo would hnvo to talco his medi
cine with the rot. llo won't fct
free. Probably bo will nlond Kiiilty
to the ludlctment clmrRliiK btm with
cNplmllnK dyuamlto at tho Uuker
Iron Works find will bo Koutoncud tor
that."
Joseph Scott of couimel for tho do-
fOIIHO Klllll! '
"When wo flrnt broachod to Uttlol
j nil inu ti.iii mr iiiini(s iiiiiii i'""l
Kiiilty bo Hntd:
" 'I won't Htand for It. I won't let
you fnHten anything on to my big'
lirothor. 1 am tho boy who did
everything.'
"I told him thnt If bo took that
Htand In regard to John, tboro wiih
every chunro that bo would go to tho
gallowH. ltut I also told him that If
John pooled IiIh IntoroHttt with Jim
they might bo lqt off ciiHlly. In ordor
to mako It atrong with lilm I said,
You would cut a pretty flguro on
tho gnllo WH,'
'.Ho Hiild: If I havo to -go to tho
gallowH I won't bo aBhaniod of tho
fluuro that I cut becmiHO I will bo
going to tho gallowH for a prluclplo
mid not for u uritor.'
"It wiih not until John blniHolf In
HlHtcd on ploudlng guilty that Jim
finally isoiiHontM to ontorlng IiIh don
that ho entered toijay."
Alumni Defeated. .
The High school football team de
feated tlio alumni on llio local grid
iron Thuritdiiv afternoon by iv scoro
of 8-5. Tho alumni boys wore lonji
on theory but filiort on wind mid
Hpocd, and thin holped the High school
team in trimming them.
A i'nlr-smid crowd or fnns saw tho
game mid luigely onjoyod tbcinHolvos.
llepartco was rife, and no litllo en
joyinenl enuie from IhojIhcH hurled fit
llio "litis beoiis,"
JVDCiD &ORDWE.LL.,
CAVTMir J. D. .TKLWJUdK,
uwTfacr TToraTcr oc x,oi
AKxlK.iir.!' eiutrtr, &.
IAFI TAKES UP
TARIFF ON WOOL
Followlnfj Reports of a Split in the
Tariff Board, President Taft Sum
mons Members of the Board to
Talk Matter Over.
WASHINGTON. I). C, Dec. 1. -FoJIowjag
reHirt of a split in tho
tnriff board over the wool rcporte,
President Taft today Hiimmoucd
Henry Kinery and Alvin SnndcrH,
members of the board, to talk ovor
the situation with him, poslponiliK' a
proioaed inceliiig of tho cabinet for
tho conference.
Jt i believed thnt the president will
auk the two members for such in for
um I ion on the Hiibject as they may
havo on hand, and with this for a
Iiumk, will Htart u special wool mes
sage to oongrcHs without awaiting tho
formal report of tho tariff board.
It is considered significant that
John It. Reynolds, one of tho inu-t
active members of the tariff board,
is absent. It is believed that Iteyn
olds favors a protective tariff, while
Kinery and Sanders urge tarjff for
revenuo only, along tho linos of the
democratic bills which Prosnlent Taft
vetoed.
The president is expected to pro
pose a big reduction in tho wool tar
iff, in an endeavor to strike a balance
between the protectionists and (he
democrats. The cUhiuo,t(.will discuss
the matter this afternoon.
President Taft expects to submit
the report of tho tariff board, which
will ho completed within a week, wth
his message.
The determination of the demo
oratiiTIeailers in tho house to ignore
llie report wiih (jindo apparent today
wheh Congressman Underwood an
nounced his intention of calling tho
ways and means eonunittoo together
immediately aftor congress meets.
"Wo will givo (ho president a rea
Konahlo limo in whieji lo submit the
report of (ho tariff hoard," said Un
derwood, "and if it is not thou forth
coming wo shall proceed with an in-
HOSPITAllT
NEARLYCOMPLETE
Mnrhlo for Interior Decoratlvo Pur
poses Has Been Ordered Carpen
ters Aro Now Finishing, the Build
Infl. Tho worfc of finishing tho Sncrod
Heart boBpltnl la now woll undor way
and It la bollovod that oarly In tho
spring tho hospital enn bo proporly
dodlcatod. All of tho outsldo work
Is completed and tho wenthor cannot
niutorlally'eheclf tho worl of finish-
dfcMX6 JO. WSNAMAKA
LE
FUNERAL TODAY
Many Floral Offerings Arc Sent by
Sorrowing Friends Services A'e
Conducted by Rev. Lucas Play-
' mates Arc Pallbearers.
Tho funeral bcrwcoH of Leonard
Cbilds, tho 1'1-yonr-olu hou of Mrs.
M. f. Childs, who was killed in un
elevator accident Tnesi'ay night at
the Mcdford hotel, nrc being held this
afternoon from thc.reMtlonco of Ij. O.
Porter, G19 Knst Mnm street.
' The services nre being conducted
by Hev. Luens of the Kpiscopal
chitrcb. Many sorrowing friends have
sent in floral offerings in token of the
svmpathv felt for the bereaved fam
ily in this, their hour of greatest
grief. The pallbearers nre (;,irt-'r
limnden, llerbort nlhttobort Strong,
Diamond Flynn, Frederick Shirley
and Lolnnd Noe, all of them chums
and schoolmates of the deceased.
The widowed mother of tho boy has
been prostrnted with grief since tho
accident, and has been under the con
Mimt care of friends and relatives nt
tho home of her sister, Mrs. L. (J.
Porter. Her '.'audition wna somewhat
i.nprovcd this morning.
An iniptest was held in Weeks &
MeGownn's chapel, on Sixth street,
Wednesday afternoon, proided oer
by Coroned Kellogg nml Prosecuting
Attorney Mulko. Tho evidence cf
several witnesses -vns taken nml tin
verdict of the jure which hud been
duly empaneled hero follews:
"We, the coroner's jury, investigat
ing the. death of e' nard Childs, find
that bo'cauie to bin death on uu ele
vator in the Hotel .Mcdford, Tuesday.
November '2b. nt (J o olock, in an occi
dental manner and Horn onuses whijh
he was nlonc reix .isible."
POST OFFICE
G
Stamp Sales During November Break
All Records Except for tho Month
of December, 1910 Receipts Were
$2,807.33.
The cash receipt-, otho Medl'ord
postoffico for (he month ending No
vember HO, 11111, uiro .$2,807.:t!l, as
against .?'2,tilH).8 1 for November, 11)10,
nu increase of $107,48. Tho stamp
snles during the month of. November,
ltlll, wore $2,7(11), which is the great
est monthly stamp salo record of the
office except for the month of Decem
ber, 1010.
The receipts of the office for the
year ending November 110, "lull, were
$33,20a..'):i, ns against $28,012.75 for
the year ending November 80, 1010, a
gain of $5,100.78.
lug tho building. Tho mnrblo for
interior decorative purposes has boon
ordcrod and will bo put In plnco
within tho next two wooks.
An olnborato program Is to bo ar
ranged for tho dodlcntlon of tho now
institution which Is tho largest and
moat modern In the stnto outsldo of
Portland,
Let ono of today's wnnt nds send
you on u "littlo journay" if you're
looking for ii furnished, room,
ONARQ
CH1LDS
SHOWS
NS
UNITED STATES
IS PLANKING TO
DELAY ACTION
This Nation Only to Send TroopS
When Advised That Such Action
Is Imperative Transport Held at
Manila Ready for Sea.
REBELS CAPTURE AND
BLOW UP MAGAZINE
Revolutionists Are Again Closing in
on Nanking Assassination
Rife.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 1.
HiiHsia, Englnnd. France nml Ger
many nre to each rush 1,000 troops
to Shanghai next week, but the Unit
ed States is to tnko no such step, ac
cording to tho slate, war and navy
departments.
When tho war department vrns no
tified of tho powers' plan the officials
declared thci raction would not influ
ence any steps taken by the Ameri
can government. No word has been
received by the state dcpnrtcmnt from
Minister Calhoun nt Pckin since yes
tcrday, mid no more troops will be
dispatched to China unless be re.
quests such a. measure. J
Tho transport Shcridnu arrived In
Manila loday. She will be held there
in rendiness for transportation of
troops m case such nction becomes
imperative.
Itcbcls Wow Up Magazine.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dee. 1.
Chinesc rebels captured and blew up
the magainc at Nanking following a
battle wherein many Mnnohus were
slain, according to navy department
advices today.
CIom? In on Nanking.
SHANGHAI, Dee. 1. The rebel
nrmy is ngnin closing in on Nanking,
according to dispatches received here
today, and a big bnttle is said to be
imminent.
Fro inlhe semi-circlo of forts
stretched for fifteen nules about the
city tho revolutionists continuo n
of tho big hill guns thundered iut
of the big hill guns thundered 2ust
before dnwn today, nnd it was ex
petced as n signal for renewed attack,
hut tho heavy firo ceased again al
most immediately nnd tho rebel com
manders bogan organizing their
forces below in battle front about
the city.
Assassination Itife,
SHANGHAI, Dec. 1. Tshcaw- S.e
Pong, the comprador of n prominent
German firm, was assassinated on the
Shanghai bund today becauso bis firm
had imported the guns which enabled
the imperialists to retake Han Yaug
from tlio revolutionists.
Tho compradores of nil German
firms in Shanghai aro reported to
havo been marked for dealh becauso
of the general belief among tho Chi
neso (hat tho Germans have been
supplyinp arms to the imoorialists.
BROTHER OF PERSIAN
MINISTER IS KILLED
UKIIMN, Pec. 1.-News dispatch
es received hero today from Teheran
say that Ala Kl Uowolh, brothor of
tho former Persian mlnlstor to Gor
many, was assassluatod today In
Toboran.
It Is bclloved be was mistaken for
tuiothor brother who has been In
volved In tho Sinister controversy.
Flvo shots woro fired by tho assas-
slu, who escaped after four of them
had gono homo. A number of sus
pects havo boon arrostod
You really know whoro to find
tho now home nfter answering ivlot
pf "possiulo" nds.
LO ASKS
FOOD; PRETEXT
SEIZED UPON
Mrs. Al. Armstrong Succeeds in Get
ting Away From Myron S. Martin,
Who Had Drawn Revolver and
Threatened Her Life.
POLICE NAB MAN AT
SOUTHERN PACIFIC DEPOT
Martin Asked Woman to Leave With
Him, and When She Refused
He Draws a Gun.
Seizing upon her child's request
for food as a pretext to step Into tho
next room, and thus escapo from
death at tho hands of Alyron S. Mar
tin, who had drawn a revolver with
a threat to kill her and himself, after
she had refused to leave with blm,
Mrs. Al Armstrong's woman' wit
saved her from probable death this
morning, Martin Is now lodged
safely in the city jail, the police lo
cating him at the Southern Pacific
depot a few moments after he had
fled the house In an effort to escape.
Martin has been a friend of tho
Armstrongs for some time. A few
days ago Al Armstrong, tho husband,
leu ror a trip to California, Mrs.
Armstrong remaining at home with
her two children.
Thlsi morning Martin went to the
Armstrong homo and asked Mrs.
Armstrong to leave tho country with
him. She refused and ho then drew
a revolver and threatened to kill her
and himself, with the remark:
"Well, I'll end it right Tiere."
At this point ono of Mrs. Arm
strong's children came Into tho room
and asked for something to cat. Mrs.
Armstrong responded naturally and
walked Into the other room. From
there she fled to a neighbor's house
and summoned the police.
Martin soon became suspicious at
her absence and went Into tho back
yard and searched a tew moments
for her, then he evidently decided
sho had gotten away and so ho loft,
going to the Southern Pacific depot,
whore the pollco found him. On him
was found tho revolve
Mrs. Armstrong will swear to iv
complnint this afternoon.
GARBAGE PILE UP
IN LOS ANGELES
Hotel District Reeks With Filth as
Night Drivers Quit So Far the
Exact Cause of the Strike Is Not
Stated.
LOS ANGKLKS, Cnl., Dee. I. Los
Angeles today is confronted with a
situation paralelliug tho recent striko
of gnrbngo collectors in Now York, as
n result of the night drivers of the
city garbage wagons quitting work
without notice. The hotol district is
reeking with filth, thoro having been
no collection of garbage made since
Wednesday night. The day force,
enosisting of but twenty drivers, went
to work on timo today, but they arc
dissatisfied with conditions, and alto
gether iumleouate to meet tho situa
tion. Unless tho striko is settled be
fore night there probnbly will bo no
garbage collected in tho residential
districts beforo Monday, nnd this
would seriously monaco tho city's
health.
So far tho exact cause of tho striko
is unstated.
Tho two ways of finding work
want advertising and nnswcriug want
nds givo you n double-barreled
chuueo of winning tlio kind of n job
you wnnt.
ANeLO-GERMAN
WAR IS A REAL
DANGER1SAYS
l5
Maximilian Harden, One of the Great
est Living Farces in German Pb
litical Life, Declares Recent Ger
man Moves Colossal Blunftrs.
COMPLETE FACE-ABOUT
ONLY WILL AVERT CLASH
-Declares European Powers Are Only
Waiting Until Russia Is Again
a Power.
BERLIN, Dec. 1. That war be
tween Englnnd and Gonnany Is n rent
danger and that tho German diplo
matic moves of Into years, particular
ly In the 3roroccan controversy, hnvo
been a series of colossal blunders, is
the statement today of Maximilian
Harden, editor of the Zukunft, in nn
exclusive interview with tho United
Press.
Harden, who is one o the greatest
living forces in German political life,
said :
"Tho-M"oroccan affair, has intenfii--ficil
nno-Gcrrnan"b'tttferncS!sr'Get.
mnns feel that England prevented tho
success of their negotiations with
France. Could German diplomnta
think that England would permit Gor
mnnyto get a foothold on the west
const of Morocco? It was not neces
sary to German national life it was
the crowning blunacr of a decade of
Gorman diplomatic blunders, each
worse than the one which preceded.
Germany's Position Had.
"Germany's international position
today is the worst in years. 'Hub is
due to the incapacity of tho man nt
the head of tho government, unskilled
hands and lack of foresight. Tho
reichstng is merely an ornament. It
makes the people pay for errors they
did not commit nnd benr the results
of that blunder by men they did not
select. For ten years German diplo
macy has acted too much on tho the
ory thnt the other man was stupid.
"War with England is unavoidable
shall I say inovitnblo? Unless
there is n completo face-about in the
methods and policies of tho men di
recting tho Gorman foreign affairs.
It could be averted, but I doubt ir it
will be. It seems to bq tho feeling on
both sides that tho conflic- must
come.
Says Knglaml Wanted War.
''I hnvo it from many high sources
that England wauted war lalo last
sunimor, considering that tho oppor
tunity was fuvorable. Why tho 'en
tente of tho powers' was held back is
unknown generally. I speak openly.
Only littlo diplomats believe in so
oreov. They aro waiting until Rus
sia is capable of striking. When
Kussia again becomes a power thoro
will bo n sudden ohnngo in European
politics.
"I don't boliovc thnt an nnglo-Gor-mnn
conflict is necessary, ilcsirablo
or necessarily inovilnble. I favor nn
understanding with England,
Tho first step soidd bo an agreo
mout on tho naval question. Tho
presont insano rivalry onuses only
bitterness. Wo say wo build battle
ships to protect our foroign oom
emrco. Does that doceivo nny one?.
Will England slop building?
WUholm's Two Ideas.
"Tho knisor has two ideas first,
in n war with England tho millions of
Mohnmmednns whoso friend and pro
teotor ho has priclnimod himself
would support him, and, second, tho
United Stntos would help Germany,
"Tho Moroccan agreement nnd
Italy's occupation of Tripoli is Eng
land's answer to the first, and tlio
second proposition is too absurd to bo
conceivable Briefly, tho situation Jn
due to tho fact that Germany Js un
der 'poj-sonnl' government. Analy?.o
it, and you will find that it ooiudslH
of ft few liven, leaning up to wio uaa, .
ll
n