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MEDITORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, 'DJ-X'KMBKLl 5, 1911.
No. 220.
JAMES
GIVEN LIFE
B. M NAMARA
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WILL CONDUCT
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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