PAGE SIX
jrenFORD mail trtttcxe rcnroRn. ot.ec,on". moxtuy. may 7, 1917.
BOMB TRIAL "FRAME-UP" SINISTER EFFORT TO THROTTLE LABOR FEDERAL COURT
Tremendous Stakes at Issue in West
ern Bomb Murder Cases Noose
MILLIONAIRES
ASK
BE CONSCRIPTED
Rich Men Appear Before Ways and
Means Committee of House and
Request a Graduated Increase on
About Unionists' Necks in Labor's
Greatest Stronghold Powerful
Forces Backing District Attorney
Accused of Diabolical Plot.
SAX FRANCISCO,
preparedness parade
May
bomb
7. The
murder
Taking Over by the Government of
All Income Over $103,000.
the Super-Tax on Incomes and aca6e" bere- wlth their recent Bensa"
tlonal developments, are today the
focal point in a momentous contest
between labor and Its organized ene
mies. The fate of Tom Mooney, sentenced
to be hanged Slay 17, involves tre
mendouB issues Jn the greatest organ
ized labor Rtronghoid in America.
On the eve of the trials of Mrs.
F'.Y GII.SOX GARDNER.
WASHINGTON', Mny 7 A marked
impre-Mon evidently was maie of the
ways and means committee by the
testimony of several milli.nuires who
nked the committee that their in
comes be conscripted fnr war tur
loscs. Among those who npixmred
were Sumner Gerard, Amos I'inclmt
find Robert Scripps. They nskcd for
n (rraduated incrca-c on the sujer
tax on incomes anil taking over by
the povernment of all incomes over
$100,000.
A New Experience.
''You have heljxM th committee
very much, pentiemen," said Chair
man Claude Kitchin. ,-lt is a new
exix-ricnce to listen to men who are
not tryinj; to get us to tax the other
fellow.
'We have on our hands the prob
lem of rai-intr f 1,000,000,000 of new
revenue by taxation.
Many jcop!e come here and a bit
of these have plans for rai-ini; money.
They all say they know how to levy
taxes to raise all the money we need.
"I tell them to cive me the tig
urn on raising 1,000.000. Most
any of them can show is $000,000,000.
"I think there is much to be said
in favor of your proposition, and I
nm plad to have the members of my
committee hear it'
The revenue hill is being drawn by
n sub-committee of the ways and
means committee, made up of Chair
man Kitchin, Representatives Lincoln
Itixon of Indiana and Rninev of llli
nois, democrats, with the two repub
licans, Joseph Tordnev of Michigan
and Nicholas Longworth of Ohio.
Approve.! tn Ohio.
The democrats have indicated' their
nproval of the plan to take all or
nearly ull incomes above $100,000.
Kordney is Trankly opscd lo it ;
l.ongwortli favors the principle, but
leans toward the plan to take only
about 00 per cent of incomes above
.ioii.ooo.
"What would you think of a plan,"
asked Longworth, "to take about
$4 1,000 from every income of 200,
000 f That would be about four times
what we are taking now."
I'inchot thought fliis would be let
ting the rich off ensy. ,
"I am no more anxious to pet rid
of my income than other people are,"
he said.
'I like money nnd what it will buy.
but I realize war is not a pink tea.
and that when we are nuking other
people to give their lives the rich
should not he-ltate to deny them
selves a little and cet along on a pit
tance like $100,000 a year.
(;lo Vp rink Tea.
"Il miplit involve hardships such
as di-pcning wilh some servants,
giving up u city house or two, but it
seems only right that the rich should
do their bit."
Sumner Gerard said he knew many
rich (eple in New York who were im
bued with patri'disnt ,n,ui'h to be
"willing to accept L'ovetnmeut con
scription of inc. one of ocr slilit.-
(Hio, lie said he pcr-,,nnilv Knew a
half deen fainil-.e- win, h. d leid oil'
at lea-t a dozen M-n,int- ap:ere and
had put their liiiiL on a Imsis ,1 al
most the bare llcec-ilu.s.
This, if practiced l,v many rich pe.,.
p'o, he said, miglit h.'ne a tendency
to reilnei' the cot of living for llie
jtoor hy im-reasiug l)ic aiuontit f;
food aai!ai)!e for pi'ople of sic:ii!ei
incomes anl fon-ing into prwhie!ir
industry turn nm wmen who have
been more ornamental than useful.
YZ M . 'V.I
1 ....
!' -- Air "?vte
Tliomas J. Mooney and liLs niotite. Mooney is sentenced to be hunecd
on May 17... Followinj; frame-up charges, the judge who sentencotl him im
mediately askel tho attorney gcnet-nl of California for a confession of er
ror and a new trial in the MiMtney case.
WASHINGTON, May 7. Headed
by Gustavc Pabst, a delegation repre
senting the brewers of the United
States was heard today by the sen
ate agricultural committee on Sena
tor Gronna's bill to forbid the manu
facture of grain into alcoholic liquors ! were made in per.-on, by telephone and ! automobiles they gathered up a qnnu
Ilena Mooney and Israel Weinberg,
other defendants, and Mooney's
scheduled execution, the charge of
framed evidence and a diabolical plot
to swear away innocent lives has been
hurled against District Attorney
Charles Fickert and those who have
barked him.
Amazing cvelopmentA.
Investigation of these accusations
were begun both by grand Jury and
before the courts where Frank C. Ox-
man, star witness against Mooney,
was haled on a charge of subornation
of perjury.
These amazing developments came
with the publication of letters sent
by Oxman. a millionaire Oregon cat
tleman, to Frank E. Kigali, a Cray
ville, 111., hotel man.
The Oxman letters sought to induce
Higall to testify that he had been
with the former at the scene of the
San FranclBco bomb explosion when
ten persons were killed and 50 in
jured, although Kigali was then in
the Kast. -
These letters were regarded of such
Importance that Superior Judge
Frank Griffin said, in laying the case
before the attorney general's office:
Crnntcd New Trial.
"Had they been presented before I
sentenced Mooney I should have
granted him a new trial."
District Attorney Fickert. who ac
knowledges the validity of the Ox
man letters to Kigali, knew of them
during Mooney's trial. Tho defense
did not.
This is but one link in an astound
ing chain of alleged frame-up to hang
men and a woman, avowing their in
nocence, who are Identified promi
nently with labor organizations.
And for that reason only, asserted
the defense.
Indicting I.alxir.
In putting the noose around Moon
ey's neck nnd arren K. Billings in
prison for life, the forceB behind the
prosecution believed they were in
dicting labor with the neutral public
and were setting to work forces that
would shatter Its organized strength.
The trials began at a time when
powerful antagonists of labor In Cali
fornia had raised a million-dollar
fund to break up unionism and were
extremely active politically toward
that end.
Potential witnesses whose Informa
tion did not Jibe with District Attor
ney Fiekert's case against the Moon
eys. Hillings, Weinberg and Nolan
were turned away, and clues they had
given as to the Identity of the real
bomb murderers were not even inves
tigated. Defense attorneys have substantiat
ed these ctaiins.
Fickert on IK'fcusive.
The Kigali developments have put
Fickert and his star witness Oxman
on the defensive In the courts and
before the public. The entire fabric
of Oxman's testimony In the cases al- (icnnans ltfMit Victory.
ready tried and those still lo come j HKHI. IX. May 7. -All the German I
has been attacked because of (he light positions between the s.i ,,is-I.m.'Ti !
in which he placed himself in the r. , .isll,. and ii..rtlt of Uifaux
Kigali lellers. I hav,, ,,.n ,,,:,,nlained, sii- the state- '
The chamber of commerc e, through a 1 ,,.,,! jM,, ., tlluy ,v t. d, -email ar- !
"law and order committee, has rush-i mv head, pinners stall'. The
cd to the defense of Flokert and has ,, j added. aK,, were -u
offered attorney s services and other, fal m the Ai-ne battle. Th
OF NATION'S GRAIN: FEDERAL BUILDING
The splendid court room in the new
federal buildin? was used fur the
first time Monday when at 2 oVIoek
this afternoon the sje'ial term of
federal court for southern Oreiron
was convene.1. with I'nited States
jJude C. E. Wohcrton of Portland.
presiflim:, and with Di.-trii t Attorney
Clarence I- Reames and A-si.-tant
District Attorney Barnett H. Gold
stein looking after the jruvemment's
side of the cases to be tried. United
States Marshal John Montajjue and
I)eputy Marshal MrSwain, also of
Portland, are in attendance, as is As
sistant Clerk of the United States
Court Kenneth Frazer.
AH the offi.ials expressed their
admiration for the fine court room
and its nrranirements, Jud'.'e Wolver
ton beinr especially pleased with the
private offices for the jtidce imme
diately in the rear of the court room.
The court room and its appointments
surpass any other court room in Ore
iron. Selecting Jurors.
Most of the afternoon was spent in
selecting a jury from the venire of
fifty well known men summoned from
Jackson, Klamath nnd other south
ern Oreiron counties. So far as was
known Monday noon but three cases
were to be trii-d at this session of
the court, and all three are bootlp-.
inir or liquor cases from the Indian
reservation in Klamath county. A-
is usual in such cases many Klamath
Indians are in the city either as wit
nesses, sightseers or prirtcipals.
The first case to be tried is that of
the United States fn-crnment airainM
Postmn-ter Minis and Assistant
IV-tina-ter Warner were about over
whelmed Mondav with applications
from the people of Medtord and viein-! three Klamath Indians. Bidwcll Rid-
ity to be allowed to have e:s placed die, Foster Barkley nnd Harry Brown.
m the incubators in the basement of Ihey arc accused of havmr introdue
the federal building. The plan has ed liquor on the reservation on Au-
proved verv popular. The inquiries irust 18 last. It is charged that in
during the war. The delegation de
clared that the brewing interests
are ready to coperate with the gov
ernment in any way and did not ask
consideration from any standpoint
other than of fair dealing and public
policy.
The actual amount of grain used in
brewing, principally barley, they told
represents less than
the committee.
bv letter. And the plan of permit
tin-: the public to brinir cl'us to the
federal building incubators for hatch
jpir free of charge was only pub
lished in Iat Saturday afternoon's
Mail Tribune.
By noon Monday 3090 ei:s had
been pledged for the federal incuba
tors, which have a capacity of ,"(100
ciri:s and indications were that by
T ue-dny evening the full capacity of
three-quarters of one per cent of all the incubators would be taken. Then
the grain produced in the United
States.
From these figures the brewers ar
gued that the brewing Industry was
too small a factor to be considered in
food conservation.
FRENCGH GAIN NEW POINTS
(Continued from page 1.)
ions streamed out cf Filan Wood to
attack Kroidiiiont Farm which stand
mid-way between ( hevreuny and Hill
18.5. They were practically annihi
lated. It would M'cui difficult f-r the Ger
mans to nreveut the French from I-OXIhiX. May 7. Prisoners are
rcnchitiL' the OiM ranal and Ai-I.'tt ! hl'w'- -"ken bv the BritiMi at Bulle
river on tin's part of the front. The
tity of liquor which they bad
cealed in the bushes some distance
from Ft. Klamath, nnd took it bti--U
to the reservation, turning the oc
casion into an hilarious jny ride, ant:
precipitating a small sized riot when
they reached their destination. They
are beinr defended by Attorney Ev
erett Johnson of Portland.
Sold Indians Liquor.
The second case to be tried is that
of the government npainst Tom Bar
tel, who claims to be a horse trader,
who is ehanred with selling liquor on
January 3 to Reynold Mose ,n Klam
ath Indian. It line hppn pvtipctp1 flint
that this otter is open only to thoe wouM be n.prPsente)1 at the triaI
penpn- .. oo n'.i on mcuoaiors or;by A- w LaffertV( form.r member
lack .ncm.ator tae.m.es. of eonpress from Portland, hut there
am-r ine e-.-s arc piacea in Jiie;were ruranr? Monlav that Lnffertv
ineut,ator the lames I the greater ; mikht not be able to come here from
.Me.llunl club will do the necessarv1
tunniiL' of them twice a day during
the tliree week-' hatchir.jr period.
a day will be set for the eprs to be
brought to the federal buildinjj. As--itant
Po-tiua-ter Wanier wi-hes
a u'ain to call attention to the fact
BULLECOURT CAPTURED
(Continued from Page One.)
t anions iifiutu-l U'--l tames, the key
of the whole section, is now in treat
part in osseion of the French, in
several place- they have even lmhc
beyond it. It wa the po-.-e"i. m !
this niad which enabled the (tcritutn.
to hold up the Flench advance fT
-o lonsr. Its capture alone shmv the
importance of the suere. trained by
(icneral Xivellc in the battles ,.f Sat
urday and Sunday.
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
GIVEN PREFERENCE
SAN FRANCISCO. May 7. Knitt
ed men of National tlu.tnl organiza
tions who have taken the oath (or
federal ttcrvire are lo tic selected for
training In tho offii erV reserve corps.
It was announced here today by the
western department of the t'nited
States nriny. Vmler tlie ruling of the
war department, the letinicutal com
manders of tho National ;uwrd in
nine western states may detiunaic the
quotas for Immediate trufntni.. The
states affected and the nnm!cr vt
men lo be selected are a follows:
California, 1H; WasiLliiKton, ;.:
Oregon. 54; Idaho, SA; Montana, 27;
Wyoming, 18; Utah. 2f; .New Mexico,
27; Arizona. 25.
Preference Is to be given the en
listed men of the National Guard,
nil while bailers of oranfred labor:
and prominent elti.ens have a '
strongly arrayed t hem selves behind
the defense in demanding a new trial
for Mooney.
So'important has become the "ha-!
K round" in the bomb cases that the!
principal!, the actual defendants. !
seem today the leaM important f ik - 1
tires In this tense drama of politleal
and industrial fortes. t
(ienran-
have captured 7'Jti men -nice Sat ir
il.iy. Knur Hriti-h and Frene'i airplane-
were brought ilnun ye-tenh.y
on the e-lcrn front.
Tlie (o nr.an amiei"ecir nt -av-;
"We still h-'!d the mU.uc of t'i.v.
reux,"
The staff headquarter- anti'iuri'-e.
Hunt -ay that the battle i- -readinj
to the eat of tiie i.!.ue of U -.W
cinirt.
court. Renter - coiTe-piuident at the
front telcirraph- in his account of the
heavy fiL'htiiii; in prou're.-s today. Al
ready seventy (icmians have been
-etit hack to the enjres.
I tiu (iiiiH Pound Away.
"Kl-ewiieie aloiiir the line there is
little new- importance, ' tlie cor-rc-p-uilent
wires, "but our puns
through dalii;ht and darkness con
tinue to jnind the (u-nnan p-iti"ns.
Thi--e po-i!iii;s beiirj" only improi
ed and e--y ditferr'tit in defen-ive
qualities trom tiieold jH'nnancnt front
nit of nhieh we have lriven the ficr-
; n..ir, t'f :r l ---- are -teadily mnunt
I it! it to an appalling total.
j "It i- -ati-tactory to know, fur
; t tteniinre, that tiie-e In -e- are bein.
tintiiettd unn the be-t trop u-.w
jl' lt to the cntM.v for he U throwing
.hi l.i- tc'i-t ,,r-worthy divi-inn- in
Portland and that Judtre Wolverton
mii;ht have to appoint a local attorney
to defend Bart ell.
The third case to be tried is that of
the government asaint Buck Ander
son and A. . launders, who are
charged with brinj-'ine liquor onto
the Klamath re-ervati'-n on January'
13. They will be defended by cx-
Jiulire Webster of Portland, who is a
former circuit judire of Klamath
countv.
his de-m-nite efforts to arre.-t our
of fen-ive.
"Anumjr the pri-oiicrs taken frnrn
the two divi-inns in the earlier -tai-e-of
tiie pre-cnt fiirhtini:, fifty per
cent were boys of 10. Their morale
was verv po-r. which is attributed to
; tin fact that tliev have a clearer ci
cepfi'tn ot conditions in Uennany than
their older comrades and realize tlie
hoM-le ne- of the stniirIe."
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