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Dronon Hlstorloal Booli Clly Hall Medford Mail Tribune m mmm SECOND. EDITION WEATHER . llnlii. M., ni inlti., i:) ! ltd. Hum., 7U IVr Cent, I Dully HUth Yrnr. KortyIlmt Yniir. MEDITORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, 'DJ-X'KMBKLl 5, 1911. No. 220. JAMES GIVEN LIFE B. M NAMARA 0 r II! UN R WILL CONDUCT E Department of Justice Is "Slttlnn Tlnlil" in ncyant to Dovclopmcnts, Wlckcrshnm Havlnn Ordered SI Iciico on Part of Assistants. FREDERICKS SAYS MEN HAVE NOT TOLD ALL Declares He is Through With Them Men Not to Help the Slate Further. WASHINGTON, fl. (, Dec. ,". Attorney (lencrnl Witikorshnui lodn announced tlu formal appointment if OfllMr l.llvllT ItM special IIHHiHlllIlt at torney Knunil to tuko ontiio flnirt of tliu federal probe into thu Ioh Angolo dynamiting easti. Tim ilopuitmcnt of judioo in "Hit ting Unlit" in regard to develop ment iut ollio itni'Mtiulion, Wicker sham having ordered silence. IttipoitH in tliu mutter inn leaching (In) department front bin Angelo. Indianapolis unit cluowlmre. Wiokomluiui Inter wild the depart ment probably would ant jointly with tliu National Krootori.' association. "Lawler will have charge of the tui lim federal probe," hitid tlm uorituy general. ''Tliu innttitr will bo put-hrd vigorously. I cannot hay what form it will lake, lint Lawler will liavo llio mudf-tnnco of tpooiul agents of tin department." .Vol Tolil All. LOS A NO ELKS, C11I., Dec. rt. Captain .lolin I). Fredericks, tttntrit! nttonuiy of Los Angeles county, Htnt od emphatically this ufttirnooii lli.it In? in through witli tlm MuNnuiann mill KiHiivuly denied (lint either iniiu will liolp llin Htato furl Iut in prosed! tioim with cither thu Time or an other dynamite outrage ' ) t ltir sce tioii. "They lmvo iniiilit no complete eou foswion mill will not.," Im e-nid. "What tlm federal authorities will ln I iloii't know, lutt I want In emphatically as sort Ihal I am through witli tlm Me NninuriiH." "So far 118 thu bribery charges lire concerned, there will Im no further developments, it is expected, until niter im.t Momlay. An orgnniiwd offnrt is being ninth' b.V eorrniu pt'o ph) to liiivu thu wlioh' matter tlroppt'il hut whether limy will mioccciI in do. oidcdly prohliiiuatii'al." DITTER FIGHT ON IN LOS ANGELES Shoulder to Shoulder Men ami Wom en, Flcprcscntliin Every Branch of Society, Crowd to Polls to Scttlo Bitter Election. LOS ANOBLKS, (Jul., Dee. fi. iSlioiihlur (o Hlioulilor umu iiml wom en, rupruHuiiliiiK nvory liraneh of w uiely, tirowtleij to tlm polls early to day to ho! llo tlm bllternut iiiiiuieipal (ilti'lilloii in tlm hlHtory of Las Au Ki'hiH. Tlm voti! on, it now rests with the majority wliuther (loiul flovcrnmuiit (Jaiitliiliilo fleoro AloMimlur ov Job llnrriuiiiu, uliainpiou of llio union lu-lior-HimiuliHt caiiHi', will be, next io take up thu BuMllitf reins of tliis inu iiieipulily. ThrouKhoul Iho eainpaiu tlm.hnttli) litis been liuril fought ami tlm iiiiIho of tlio ontiiu oily will oon tiuiio (o bout in feverish excitement until the final result is known. Under hhrnl weatlun eontlitions ami with 7A0 speeial officers HWorn ill to Kiiard thu eily's interests, inili iialions early pointed to thu heaviest volu uver polled in 1oh Angeles, duo to tlm fact that for the first time women were rIvch eiiiml hjIiIh U RA OB 1 SERIOUSLY JLL. ) GEORfiE, W. VICKERTHAM WICKERSHAM IS STRICKEN WITH SUDDEN ILLNESS President's Physician Is Summoned and No One Else Was Permitted (0 Enter the Cabinet Room Where the Attack Came On. WASHINGTON, 1). (. l)m. fi. Attorney (lonnral Wiokorxlmm was stricken with a sudden illness while attending the I'Hbiimt meeting today. Th president's pliysiiiiau. Dr. Doln- utty, wns summoned ami no one clue peruiittotl In enter the cabinet room. WiokcrsHiu's automobile was niched to the rear of the White Mouse ami, with Dr. Delaiiey, the attorney jeu eral, who wiih able to walk tti (he ear. he wiih taken home. It wiih announced that thu illnohrf in acute ini!ij;eHtii)ii. TWO VICTORIES Turkish Loss Is Estimated at 1,200, the Italian at 100 Capture Cities of Bcnyhal and Dcrna. TUiroi.l, Dee. fi. Now luin ruaeheil here today of two battles near Henlum and Duriiu, both re suiting in Italian vicloritM, The Turkish loss is cntimnlcd at JJOO, Hie Italian Iosh at 10, GRAY ANSWERED BY CHANCELLOR Sthtcs That Germany Feels That It Is Up to Eunjaud to Show Iho Sin cerity of Her Foreign Policies in Connection With Morocco. M'JUUN, Dee. r.. Chancellor Vou Ilotliniaiiu-llollwcK, In a Hpeeeh bo foro tlio reluliHtat; lie re today re plied to Sir Kdwurd Cray, tlio Ilrlt IhIi forolKU Hecrotiiry, with the doclu rntlou that (lorniauy will never per mit herself, to lie thrust aulilo and proHHod down by JOukIiuuI dliilomnt Icnlly. The cliiuicollnr'H omphutln nUto ment that (lormnny fools Hint It la up to lCiiKlaml to show the stncorlty (f bur furelmi polleles Imforo ainlc able relations between Croat Drltuln and (lormnny can bo hoped for wna uiithuslaHtlcally applnuded, men. Tlm total rom'st ration oxeeod- ed 180,000, nml ns about 80,000 of theso votes lioloncr to the nnwly eu- franeliised voters ,il enn Im seen, whieliever wny Hie scale tilts, it will be llm riill of womnn Hiil'fnif;e, ITALIANS WN STEFFENS IS 31 SAYS JUDGE Sensational Statement Issued by Bordwell Declares Bribery Cases Alone Caused Ctinnjjo In Picas of VAcNamaras. ENOUNCES WRITER'S CLAIMS OF SETTLING CASE Says' Claim of Credit Assumed by Steffins Is Without Justi fication In Fact. IIALI OK KKCOKDK, Los AiikoIom, Cal., Dec. fi. -A most hcnsntiomil statcmeiil was f;ivun out today nv Juilgo Itordwoll. He declares that the bribery eases and nothing else caused thu pleas in thu McNumara cases. In a lengthy statement he attacks Lincoln Steffins, uhnrpni: him with being an anarchist, and intimates that he bad no rigtli to interfere in the McN'amara cases. Jiulgo Hordwell says: "In a spirit of indifference o everything in Iho McNamnra cases save ihe facts and Iho law applicable thereto, I deem it due to the court ami to this community that I should make a puhliit statement regarding the cir cumstances attending tlio abrupt close if these crises, together with nf fieieut comment to indicate my views as to shell circumstances. This is dnuo in tlio hope of correcting mis conceptions duu to an artielo which appeared over tlio signature of Lin coln Steffeus. Without Justification. ."In the first plnce, the claim or suggestion Hint the termination of tho cases was duo to tlio efforts of himself nml other outsiders who un dertook to influence tlio officers of tlm court present (other than the judge) is without justification in fact. "I wish also to denounce tho claim of that gentleman and of other per sons for him, that the change of the pleas i ntlieso eases from 'not guilty' to 'guilty was duo to his efforts as groundless nud untrue. "Ho is correct in tho statement thr.t the court was not a party to any ne gotiations for what ho tonus a 'com promise' of tlieso cases; but thoro is no ground for any claim that ho in duced the prosecution to eomo to an agreement in the matter. Tho dis trict attorney acted entirely without regard to Mr. Steffeus and on lines decided on uforo the latter appeared on tho scene. Itrlliery Cases Cause. "As to tho defense, the public can rely upon it that the developments of last week as to bribery and attempted bribery of. jurors were the efficient cause of tho change of pleas which suddenly brought these eases to an ond. Tho district attorney could lmvo had James II. MoNamnru's plea of guilty long ago if he had been will ing to dismiss the cases against his brother; hut ho refused, insisting that the latter wns guilty and should suf fer punishmbnl. "Tho first proposition, from litose interested ill tho defenso was that James H. MoNamuru should cliaugo his plea of 'not guilty' to 'guilty' on condition that ho should not bo sen tenced to death, and that his hroth.u should go free. Tho distriot attorney would not agreo. Afterward emissar ies from tlio defense brought to the distriot attornoy tho proposition Hint T. Bt MoXiimnra would pload guilty and bo sontfiiced to death if tlio court so ordered, provided that his rotlior should o saved.'' Still Would Not Agree. "Jlut tlio district tittomoy still would not ngreo. TIiobq Intorostod In tho doronno continued to urgo his acceptance, of tho lust proposition for 10 days or nioro nnd until tho brlb ory dovolopmonta rovonlod tho des peration of tho dofonso and parnlysod tho offort to aavo J. J, McNiunarii by sacrificing his brothorN Thou It was that tho chance of tho plona of those (Continued on Hag' Three.) ANARCH JOHN J. M'NAMARA GETS 15 YEARS Bargain Made by Business Men of Los Angeles Has Been Kept OTHER LEADERS ARE ALSO GUILTY A Part of Those Who Arc Most Loud ly Denouncing McNamaras Are Equally Guilty, Says Captain Fred ericks After Court. SAYS HE KJJOWS JUST WHO WERE IMPLICATED Declares There Was No Bargaining or Bickering In the Case Score Steffins. LOS ANCJELKS, Cal., Dec. fi. District Attorney Fredericks, in a statement today, declared that some of the labor union leaders who are denouncing tho McNamaras for con fessing nrc absolutely guilty of the sanio crime thatthese men were sen tenced for today, -nud that he 1ms positive proof of that fact. After returning Jto bis office, fol lowing tlm imosifion of sentence Fredericks said:" a "Somo of tlio statements from union leaders repudiating tho McNu innra.s are slnccrdSiid home are not Some statements condemning theso men nro from leaderH whom I know arc implicated in tho dynamiting out rages for which these men were sen tenced today. "I Know It All." "As for these crimes, I will say now that I know just as much about them as docs JnnieH H. McN'aiuara himself. I know exactly who wore implicated. "I am perfectly satisfied with tlm' outcome. I think Judge Hordwell did exactly right. The ends of jus tice wero best served. "Tho outcome of this case means, more than anything clso happening since tho civil war, an epoch in the historyof America. It means the passing" of tho bludgeon and the strong arm from tho ranks of labor. "There was no bargaining or bick ering in this case. That was shown this morning in court. James B. Mc N'amara throw his life in the teeth of the judge in that statement, and Judge Bordwell threw it back at him, and he did right. Did XoC Know Sentence. "I did not know this morning when I went to court wlmt tho sentences of tho McNamaras would be. And, beliovo me, the attorneys for the de fense didn't know. All this stinking Steffeus business about fixing the case up makes me tired. "No, I do not know when MuMaui gal will bo arraigned. I will say. though, that it will not ho soon." Darrow and bis associates, after being shown th Ficdoriuks statement, declined tu comment on it at th'n. time. "Wo cannot make nny statement at this time," tlioy said. PENDLETON REJECTS COMMISSION FORM PKNOLBTOK, Ore., Dee. f). The commission foun of government failed by thu slifilit margin of twenty-six votes and W. F. Mntlouk was elected mayor of I'endloton by eighty votes, according to today's roturus of tlm municipal election. A total of 1,085 votes was east. BERLIN. Taking no chancoa on tho design of a tombatono hor rela tives might solect for hor aftor hor doath, Chrlstlno N'elUon, tho famous BongstrosB, has ordorotl lmr own, Upon n shaft of carved Kranlto will stand a Hfo sized statuo of tho singer as Bho now appears In tho rolo of Opholla. David Kdstrom, tho sculp tor, Is doing the worH, SAYS PROSECUTOR yfy rT7T rtttf M&MmMJL m jHRrwwBB'vW OfJJrjSfH I Vc7f JAMES B. AND ASKED REGARDING 'NAMARflSGUILT Darrow States That He Never De ceived President of American Fed eration of Labor, as Latter Never Asked as to Guilt. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. G. Samuel Gompers, president of tho American Federation of Labor, did not ask at any time during all of his interviews with Clarence Darrow whether tho McNamaras woro inno cent or guilty. Darrow made this plain whon asked about tho matter today. Ho was told-that eastern dis patches stated that Gompcs had de clared ho had been deceived and was then asked: . "Did you over toll tho president of !tho Amorlcan Federation of Labor theso men woro guilty or Innocont?" "I did not becauso Mr. Gompers nevor asked me." "If ho had askod you, woro you In a position to lmvo told him?" "As counsol for theso mon I could not have told him without their per mission. I could liavo told him tho facts If I had tbolr permission. But, us ho novor asked tho quostlon,, I wns nover compollod 10 ask tho Mc Namaras whether I should toll Mr. (lOinpors that they wero guilty." "Do you know how aiuich Samuel Gompers know about tlio wholo af fair?" "No. You seor ho and I novor dis cussed the iiiostlon of guilt or inno cence. Whon thoso negotiations startod I tolographod Mr. Gompors that a matter of gravo Importance had arlson. Ho sont Ed N. Nookols, secretary of tho Chicago Federation of Labor, who got horo two days bo fore the pleas of guilty woro ontorod. When ho was shown tho strength of tho govornniont'a caso ho agrood thoro was nothing olso to do but to plead guilty." "Do you know whon and how Nockols soat thut niossaga to Gom pers?" N " "I do not." When askod whethor ho bollovod thoro was any truth In tho roports from tho east, ospoomlly from In dianapolis, that overy offort was be ing mado to connect Presldont Gom pors with tho explosions which nro bolng probod by tho fodoral grand Jury at the holiest of tho National Erectors' association. Darrow satil: "I do not bollovo thoy can In volvo Mr. Gompors In unythlng of this soit. Of courso I bollovo thoy aro aftor cortaln mon but they lmvo no eldonco connecting Dumpers, T GOMPER NEVE JOHN J M NAMARA r OF THEIR CRIME Both Men Were Extremely Nervous When They Appeared In Court to Be Sentenced, as Bordwell Was Not Party to Any Agreement. LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Doc. .j. John J. MeNnmarn, secretary-treasurer of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Work ers, for years one of the powers in the councils of the American Federa tion of Labor, and his younger broth er, James B. McNamara, tramp print er by trade and professional dynamit er by his own statements for years, today bogan their expiation of tho dynnmito outrage of October 1, 1910. when twenty-ono lives wero snuffed out in tho explosion ami firo that de stroyed the Los Angeles Times build ing. Both men appeared in Judge Bord woll's court to hoar what tho mandato of tho law was to be, what penance must bo paid for the dastardly crime which ninazod and shocked a nation. Men Were Nervous. Tho definite arrangement hud been mado with tho prosecution that, in re turn for tlio pleas of guilty nnd for tho vast amount of money &ed the county by not having to present iis evidence and bring GOO witnesses from everyquartor of tlio continent, James B. MoNamnm was to bo sentenced to imprisonment for lifo nud John J. Mc Namnra to fiftocn years. But Judge Bordwell, while stating that ho had taken the suggestion of tlio prosoou tor into consideration, had not for mally agreed to carry out, and the men woro decidedly nervous as they waited for the ond. Seven Years. Tho one tiling which cheered both men was tho knowledge that, though "imprisonment for lifo" nnd "fifteen yenrs" soiuided grim nnd terrific, thoy would bocomo oligiblo for pa rolo within seven yenrs. Tlio parole laws of the state permit a prisoner to earn his freodom by strict observ ance of tho prison rulos, and both tho convicts insisted thoy would prove exemplary prisoners an denrn all rc liof afforded by tho law. Both men. tho jail officials said, slopt peacefully last night, but wero oxtremely nor vous beforo being: taken to court. Thoy enjoyed a hearty breakfast, however, and oxprosbod themselves as satisfied witli tho outcomo and willing to take their modioino. don't think, or they would hayo ro ycalcd It Home time ngo," NAMARA BEG N THEIR EXPIATION EXCORIATION OP S BY E IS BITTER Judge Bordwell States That He Can Find No Comfort In tho Assertion That McNamara Did Not Intend to Take Life of Victims. ' . j FREDERICKS ASKED FOR LIFE IMPRISONMENT Extraordinary Precautions Were Taken to Prevent Any Disturb ance in Court. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec C TJm bargain wns kept ! Tho promises mado by counsel for the McNamara brothers by tho "big business" interests of Los Angeles who wanted the caso disposed of prior to tho municipal election in this city wero kept today by District At torney Fredericks nnd Judgo Bord well. James B. McNamara, ednfessod slayer of twenty-one innocent work ers, wns sentenced by Judgo Bord well to 'San Quentin prisou for lifo. IiuUtro flier, Joho "J. McNitmhVai; fieo-rctary-trcasiircr of tho International Association of Bridge und Structural Iron Workers, was sent to tho sumo penitentinry for fifteen years. ' Men Dadly Itroken. If the men live and provo cxcmplnry prisoners, they will come under tho operation of. tho etato pnrolo law within seven years. When tho two inetj appeared in the court room in the hall of justitjo thoy wore badly brokon mon. All of tho bravado, swagger and defiance was gone from their man ner, and James B. McNamnra espe cially was in a. vory bail way. Ho shook nnd trembled when ho first stood up to henr his doom, but later partially regained his composure. Judge Bordwell's excoriation of James B. MeNamara was bitter in tho extreme. After -asking liim whether he had not nt first tried to get dynnmito of a higher explosive elmraetor than 80 por cent, and ro eieving n negative nngwor, Bordwell then said: Denounces James IS, "Thoro ia no comfort In tho inser tion that you did not intend to tiuo life. Tlio widows, orphans and tho parents of the victims would look upon that statement at this time an n mookory. "Tho oirciitustnncos aro against you in making any simii ohtim. A man who would put sixteen stjoks of SO por cent dynamite in a building which was filled with oombustiblaa and which was known to you, as 'a printer, to bo snob, monnt only mur der and nothing olso. It is no q. tunuating circumstance to this court to hear you say that you did not in tend to kill any one. Thoro is no (liiofctiou iu tho mind of tlio court Unit yon nro a murderer, nud, as such, should bo punished. "Jamos B. MoNamaru, you are !i murderer at heart, and well deserve tho gallows; but, iu view of the rec ommendation of tlio stato, tho judg ment of tho court iu your oaso ig that you ho confined in tho state, prison at Sim Quontin for tho bahuiQO of your natural lifo." Tho court's scathing arraignment of MoNnmarn followed closely on tlm suggestion of tho district attorney that tho ponulty bo lifo imprisonment. ' Asks Clemency. "This defendant having plondqd, guilty," Fredericks Btiid, "it is uus tomary for tho stato to extend, chn oney; not boeauso ho is entitled (P it, but becauso ho him savodi Iho. stato a groat cxponso, and Una cleared up what would nlwnys have been n disputed point, wligther or not he actually committed thu crime, . in this case I think James B. MoNa-. mnrn is entitled to tho minimum pen- " (Cniitlmicd en Pngo Three) DYNAMITER