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GEF PACIIEOS MUST FAG
JUDGE
THIS-iS A GREAT VICTORY
FOR THE PROSECOTIOII AND
A HARD JOLT TO PACKERS
Judge Carpenter Ruled That
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iime rnor to me Finding of the Indict
ments in the Present Case Ten Millionaires Must Face
the Jury for "Conspiracy." . .
Chicago, Dec. 26. United States
Circuit Judge Carpenter, before
whom J. Ogden Armour and nine
other millionaire beef packers are be
ing tried here for conspiracy under
the Sherman law, denied today thb
packers the benefit f the "Immunity
bath" decision of 1905. Judee Car.
penter ruled that the government
may submit evidence regarding all
acts it is alleged the defendants com
mitted at any time vior to the find
ing of the indictments in the present
case.
This ruling is regarded as a grea
victory for the government and
makes the conviction of the packers
vastly more probable.
Chicago, Dec. 26. Citing Judge
Humphreys' "Immunity Bath" deci
sion for the 10 Chicago millionaire
packers on trial la United States
Judge Carpenter's court here for
criminal conspiracy under the terms
of the Sherman law, today gave no
tice that they objected to "all evidence
the government may offer concern
ing the operations of the packers pri
or to 1906.
The packers demand specific Im
munity for Tilden, Francis, Fowley
and Heyman. The defense alleges
that these defendants had furnished
information to the commissioner of
corporations, and under the Hum
phreys decision, were not amenable
to prosecution upon this Information.
LITTLE LAUNCH
INDEPENDENCE
HOW UP-TO-DATE
As Captain Skinner rounded into
port this morning, he looked as proud
of his little boat, the "Independence,"
as a doting owner does at a well
trained steed. He certalBly knows how
to handle the launch, which responds
readily to every turn of the wheel.
The boat has recently been in the dry
dock at Portland, and has been com
pletely overhauled. The stern was
entirely cut off and a new "tunnel"
stern substituted.:.
The tunrieC Btern Is rather a new
thing in .shipbuilding, and directly
contrary to the pointed bottom, for
the stern resembles a barrel sawed in
halves lengthwise, and turned with
the hollow side down. This gives
plenty of room for the screw and rud
der, and, while : giving the boat a
greater buoyancy, also increases its
stability. The new stern has increased
the speed of the little boat at least 10
per cent, and it is how conceded to
be the fastest launch on the river.
It Is driven by a 40 horse power en
gine of modern design.
Nor has expense been spared to
make the boat comfortable on the in
side, and the cushioned seats are ns
fine as those found on pleasure craft.
Electric lights have been Installed,
and, together with the heater, make
the boat very comfortable Indeed.
Captain Skinner makes a trip to Inde
pendence and return once a day, leav
ing at that end at 8:30 a. m. and from
the dock here at 4 p. m.
. HI Smiles Worth $250,000.
- New York, Dec. 26. "Smiling Joe
Marlon. 10 years old, whose smile
brought $250,000 to the Sea Breeze
hospital because he was supposed . to
have been cured of tuberculosis of
the spine, has suffered a relapse and
gain Is strapped to his bed. His
back haY given , way . after six yean
of special treatment His smile is
gone. His bed l in aa Et side ten
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REFUSES ll,
tho r,n
wiwihiiciii may ouumii tv-
Judge Carpenter excluded the Jury
and then decided that counsel on
both sides should confer regarding
the evidence the government pro
posed to Introduce, the defense indi
cating specifically to what portions
of it they would object He said the
court would rule when the govern
ment had completed the submission
of its evidence.
. Attorney John S. Miller, for the
packers, notified the court that he
would make the same objection at the
beginning of the testimony of every
witness for the government.
The first witness was Arthur Vee-
der at whose office the meetings of
the old packers poM were held. Vee-
der traced the transformation of the
Swift partnership into the Swift cor
poration, and described In detail the
organization of the National Packing
company the beef trust of which
he was once general counsel and
treasurer. . ; -
Veeder described the packers' pool.
saying that he and Louis W. Krau-
thoff were chiefly responsible for Its
formation. He gave the names of the
packers who attended the meetings,
but said he never remembered that J.
Ogden Armour personally attended
them, declaring that a man named
Meyers represented Armour. He
named Heymann, Edward Morey and
Conners as having been at practically
all the meetings of the pool. .
A MILLIONAIRE
TRAMP AT GRAND
NEXT FRIDAY
The amusement-going public of
this community will be afforded an
opportunity of witnessing the latest
comedy success. Tbe management of
our opera house, ever on the alert to
please his patrons, has . secured
through the Harry J. Webster Amuse
ment company, their popular comedy
drama, "A Millionaire Tramp."
The play deals with the attempts of
an unscrupulous bank president who
has been an unsuccessful rival for
the hand of the cashier's bride and in
his -mad frency of defeat he fastens
the crime of embezzlement onto the
cashier and draws the web so closely
around his victim that the cashier has
to flee to avoid being imprisoned for
a crime he is not guilty of. He es
capes to the far west and under an
assumed name conceals his identity
and becomes a successful miner In
Colorado. The story has an Interest
ing plot and a pretty love story run
all the way through the piece anJ
ends as It should, crime getting Its
Just reward and the innocent ones
getting Justice.
The picture Is not imaginary nor
are the characters overdrawn. It is
as it were, a mirror reflecting the in
ner workings of some of our big in
stitutions in our big cities where vil
lainy and injustice hold the power
and are onlybrought to light by a
goverment sleuth, who unravels
thread by thread the working of high
handed unscrupulous criminals and
brings them to Justice.
The management in placing this
latest comedy creation, "A Million
aire Tramp" before the public, has
given It a cast of characters true to
nature and surrounding the piece with
scenic effects befitting the locality
the scenes transpire in, " and tho
seeking wholesome, Instructive
amusement will be' afforded that
pleasure on Friday. Decembr 29, it
the Grand Opera House. Reserred
seats on Thursday.
EAJUItV
uUCITY BATH
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t t unions l'rtest Dead, a
.it .
Stockton. Cal.. Dec a
ther William B. O'Connor, for 36
years presiding nrit nf at a
Mary's church, died this morn-
Ine following- an lllnoo
I eral months. He was one of the
most widely beloved
. the Catholic clergy on this coast
r Among the local Institutions
wnicn father O Connor who was
70 years old. was instrnmontoi
In founding, were St Agnes
Academy, the Brothers' School,
St Josephs Hospital where he
died.
GRAND JURY
BEGINS ITS
HEARINGS
With Deputy District Attorney Wins-
low In charge, the grand Jury this af
ternoon convened at the court house
ts take action with relation to cases
which have been bound over to it by
committing magistrates, and also all
other matters which may come before
it for investigation.
Most of the cases Involve petty
crimes. There are n number of
charges of forgery and larceny from
the building, but the amounts involved
are smajl, Of it own. volition, the
Jury will Investigate a charge prefer
red against a prominent citizen and
business man of the city, but the of
fense Is of a minor charcter. Of Its
own volition it will also Investigate
a charge against a citizen residing In
the country, but who Is also well
known in the city, but the charge
against him is also a petty one,' and
will not create any sensation.
Judge Kelly will arrive the last of
the week, and by then the Jury will
be ready to submit reports on many
of the cases cominb before It.
THE SENATE IS WET
BUT THE HOUSE DRY
Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 26. The
Australian house of representatives
Humphreys' "immunity bath" decl
votes, all alcoholic drinks from the
precincts of that chamber. Pre
viously the Benate bad refused to
take similar action by an overwhelm
ing majority. As both houses con
trol the refreshment room, with
equal authority, it has been decided
to have two bars, one serving sof".
drinks for the teetotalers. There Is
no prohibition against a representa
tive taking a drink at the senators'
bar. Out of the 10 cabinet members,
seven are total abstainers.
Teor Little Aberdeen.. ,.
St. Louis, Dec. 26. To enlist In the
fight for free speech which they say
Is being waged In Aberdeen, Wash.,
250 members of the Industrial Work
ers of the World today are enroute
to the Washington city. It is said
that 500 more recruits will leave for
Aberdeen, January 2 unless the trou
ble is settled before that time.
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Local politics are already boiling
down In Klamath county.
LA FOLLETTE
CARRIES WAR
TO TAFT STATE
Cleveland, O., Dec.; 21. While Sen
ator LaFollette Is campaigning this
week In the larger Ohio cities, Gif
lord Plnchot, Senator Clapp, of Min
nesota and Senator Polndexter, of
Washington, will round out the pro
gressive Invasion oi Presld'-nt TaftV
state by speeches in ( the smaller
towsn.
Beginning tomorrow Senator Clapp
will SDeak at Salem, Ashtabula, Alli
ance, Adhland and Frederlckstown.
Plnchot start oa tbe stump, on De
cember 29 and Polndexter takes the
field January 1.
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A Telephone War. .
Minneapolis. Dec. 26. Through 4
an official notification received
by the Minneapolis Telephone
company from the superintend-
ent of telephones of the Postal
Telegraph company1 "to proceed
at once with - the' erection of
heavy additional copper wires
between all Important points for
the purpose of extending the tel-
ephonlc use of the same to the
Independent telephone com-
panles," It is belited that the
Postal has revealed Its ulan to
tight the Bell Intnrts.
An alliance between the Postal
and Indenendent trfAnhnna ava 4V
tern to fight the ' Jell and the
western union combination Is
expected t precipitate a merry
war. ' i
Answering a Letter of Inquiry
as to the Little "Sermon,"
He Says Reports of It Were
Not Exactly Correct.
IS NOT A PROHIBITIONIST
He Says "I am Agalnxt the Aslinne,
Not the Use of tlqiKir I am Not a
Prohibitionist, I Take - Men aud
Condition . as-1 ' Find ' Them, and
Would Work in the Most Practical
Way for Their Betterment. ' I -
In response to a letter Inquiring as
to his talk in church recently, and es
pecially as to his remarks on liquor
drinking, Governor West baa written
the following statement. '
"I am against the abuse not the use
of liquor. 1 am not for prohibition,
because I am living at the time when
it is the custom of a great many peo
pie to drink liquor. These people be
lieve that to deny them the right to
take a drink Is an encroachment up
on their personal 'ibertles. I am sat
isfied, therefore, to take men and con
ditions as I find them, and work In
the most practical way for their bet
terment K
"I am willing to grant my neighbor
this so-called personal liberty, and
permit him to have his drink, but only
so long as he controls himself, does
not drink to excess, waste his oppor
tunities, pauperize his family, or he-
ome a burden to society. When we
grant him this privilege, however, we
have a right to demand of him that
he Join with us In seeing that the laws
are enforced and that all dives, pit
falls and dens of vice, which are the
outgrowth of the system, are wiped
out of existence. No dives where a
working man is enticed on Saturday
night and kept until he has been sep
arated from his week's earnings, and
his wife and children left to go rag
ged and ''hungry, or where habitual
drunkards and young boys and girls
are supplied with liquor, should be al
lowed to exist. These are abuses
which the liquor people can and
should aid In wiping out. If they
don't lend a hand others will, and It
is apt to result In their going too far.
"While the newspaper account of my
sermon at the East Side Baptist
church was in the main correct, I
was hardly correctly reported a to
woman's suffrage and the saloons.
What I said was that I was for woman
suffrage, because It would make for
better and cleaner government. Thai
the women could be depended upon to
stamp out all dens of vice, and to
clean up onr cities. Woman suffrsge
does not necessarily mean prohibition
It will mean, however, such a regula
tion of the liquor traffic as to wipe
out all pitfalls and dens where men
are robbed, criminals are made and
girls ruined."
Loses This Rare.
Rt Louis, I. 26. Little Johnnie
Rogers, an Italian Jockey, worth $15.
OflOO, Is dying today. Tbe authorities
today wired the Lo Angeles pol'cs to
locate Rogers' uncle, who resides
there.
GOIEDOli
DEFItB
POSITION
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POLICE FIOD 10 VJITII DYOOTE
SHY HE I0TE0DED TO 0L017 yp
Rev. Sheldon's Xw stuat,
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 26. Rev.
Charles M. Sheldvi. author of
"In His Steps," "Ths Cruclflca-
tlon of Philip Strong" and other
books purporting to show what
would happen If Christ returned
to ' earth, today has resigned
from the Central Congregational
Church here and will devote
I himself to lecturing on Social-
t ism.
Rev. Mr. Slieldoa also calned
publicity some years ago by
t editing a Topeka newspaper for
t a week, "As Christ wauld have
edited it"
ORGANIZE
A "SOCIETY
DwiTiD rius Lilian tm.1
Pendleton, Ore., Dec. 26. In a few'
days the six chiefs aud sub-chiefs of
the three tribes on the Umatilla res
ervation will return from Washing
ton, D. C, where they have been as
sisting In the organisation of the
Brotherhood of North American Indi
ana. In honor of the event their
tribesmen are preparing a long
tepee, wherein all of the people can
gather to receive the returning dele
gates, and listen to their report re
garding the order said to have been
formed for the purpose of securing
long delayed Justice for a people once
holders of all the land on the conti
nent. 1 One of the local representa
tives, Jo Craig, Interpreter for the
Cayuses, is attending the convention
with a title of high honor, having
been chosen secretary of the new or
ganization. o
Stand In Pad's Shoes.
DNITtO MISS LS4SID wins
New York, Dec. 26. Ralph Pulit
zer eldest son of the late million
aire newspaper publisher, la to be
come a trustee of the newspaper
properties left by his father, although 1
the mistake of an attorney's clerk re
sulted in Ralph's name being omit
ted from tbe list of executors. Ralph
Pulitzer takes the place of Justice
Harrington Putnam on the board.
Putnam voluntarily resigned.
Henry Milne, the bartender shot In
a row at Wasco, died Christmas from
the effects of his Injuries.
1DIANS
Our
Stock
:: Our annual clearan.ee sale opened today with a rush, and it
:; making it the greatest merchandising event in the 20 years
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Nevermore nave we Deen so wen prepared 10 give our cusiomers seasonaoie mrecnan
dise at such sensational price concessions. It is always our policy, in holding sales, to
make the goods move fast. The big reductions in prices are made with this end in view.
REDUCTIONS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT
MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCQATS
REDUCED 20 PER CENT
S30.00 Grades now ..$24.00
$25.00 Grades now ..$20.00
Boys' and Youths' Suits Reduced 20 and 33 1-3 percent.
Cluett Shirts, regular $1.50 grade,' now $1. We have
many more money savers for you
Salem Woolen
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SUIT CASE FILLED WITH IT
FOUND IN HIS POSSESSIOH
HE IS PLACED UOOEii AililES't
There Has Been Trouble Between Non-Union Employes of
the Moncsscn Mills and Their Employers Over Wages, and
It Is Thought Bridges, the Man Arested, Intended to Dy
. namite Plant, Which Employs 800 Men-Fuse and Caps
Were Also Found in Bridge's Possession.
Pittsburg, Dec. 26 Police at Mon
ason, a mill town in the suburbs of
Pittsburg, are Investigating today
what Is declared to have been a gi
gantic dynamiting plot to blow up the
Monessen mills, where 8,000 men are
employed.
Investigation followed the arrest of
a man named Ceorge Bridges, who
was taken Into cutod while carry
ing a suitcase filled with 72 sticks of
dynamite. Authorities are putting
the prisoner through a close examin
ation. Monessen mill employes are non
unlonlsts.' The plunt Includes mills
of the American Tin Tlule company,
the Page Woven Wire Fence company
and the Pittsburg Steel company. The
non-union employes, of tht plant re
cently sought higher waives, but were
refused. For some time a strike was
feared, but It did not materialize. At
the convention of the American Fed
eration of Labor. In Atlanta, recently,
an appropriation was asked to help
the non-unionists In their fight for
higher wages.
When Bridges, the prisoner, was
ANOTHER DEATH DIE
TO THE KENTUCKY .FEU)
(ohitid rase lum wiaa.
Flagstaff, Arls., Dec. 28. Another
death was added today to the bloo'ly
toll In the McCoy-Hatfleld feud with
the demise In the county hospital of
Luke O'Brien, who was shot Satur
day by Pat McCoy after O'Brien ha.l
shot and Instantly killed the elder the
elder McCoy.
O'Brien was distantly related to the
Hatflelds of Kentucky, while the Mc
Coys belonged to a famous family of
the same state. Although O'Brien
was conHclous Just before he died, N
would make no statement concern
ing the cause of Uie shooting. Pnt
McCoy Is In Jail charged with
O'Brien's murder.
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Eight Indictment Expected.
(t)HiTo rasi Uia wns 1
La Angeles, Cal., Dec. 26 With
but few witnesses remaining to be ex
$20,00
Roberts
Reducing
arrested, ha was searched by Bertlllon
operatives, and In his pockets fuses
for dynamite were found. -Asked
where he got the dynamite, he said:
"From a man at the other end of
town."
He refused to give any further in
formation, and underwent a severe
examination In the office of the chief
of police. It had little effect upon
him, however, and he gave th offi
cers little Information of, value.
Detectives believe they have fore
stalled a direct attempt to blow up the
mills. They secured the Information
that led to Bridges' arrest from the
prisoner himself while he was drink
ing last night. He confided to com
parative strangers the fact that he
had In hi possession the suit case full
of dynamite.
Word was sent to the authorities,
and he was Immediately placed under
surveillance. His room was guarded
all night, and when he awakened this
morning detectives rmiowed nun, They
made sure the suit case was the one
containing the dynamite, and his ar
rest followed.
amined It was evident today that the
local federal Investigation luto the
alleged dynamite conspiracy will end
In a few hours. It I regarded as
probable that eight indictment of
Callfornlan will be returned by the
Inquisitors either tomorrow or Thurs
day. The men to be Indicted, It Is un
derstood, will be prosecuted under the
federal statutes prohibiting tbe in
terstate transportation of certain high
power explosive. t
Two Steamer Lest
Glasgow, - Deo. 16. Two itaamer
and 15 are known to have beta lose
In the Bay of Biscay December 21.
The British steamer Guillemot fro"i
Ixmdon to Genoa, foundered as seven
of her crew were rescued by the
Llncalrn. An mi known Spanish
steamer was seen o sink with all
hands. How many men were lost no
her I not known. The captain of the
Guillemot went down with hll ship. .
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is with the determination of
of this store's existence.
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Grades now ..$16.00
$3 Hats $ 2.40
Sale
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Mills Store!