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-- SALEM, PRECOX, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1312. .nTT"
ELLS OF THE TERRI
OF POLICE
CIIILOtlEf TAKEtl DY FORCE
FROi.l TIIEIH LiOTIIEHS' fiffl.lS
TlinOlVIl III JAIL UITII VAGS
Mrs. Taft and Many Society Women Attend Hearing Today
Witness Kubel Tells of Women Beaten by Police, of
Children Torn From Their Mothers, of the Women and
Children Being Locked in the Jails With Criminals and
Given No FoodNursing Children Locked Up And Chil
dren Taken by Force From Parents and Sent to the Poor
Farm.
tUNITUD I'HKSB I.EAHKD WIRE.
Washington, March 5. Mra. Presi
dent Taft was an Interested specta
tor when the testimony of Lawrence
strikers concerning brutality of po
lice and militiamen was resumed to
day before the house rules committee.
Mis. Taft frequently shuddered as
tales of brutality to little children
and women were unfolded.
The first witnes today was Jane
Urock, a member of a committee sent
to lawrence from Philadelphia to
take charge of the children. She told
of witnessing the clubbing of scores
of helpless children by the police and
militiamen.
. Tenia Commltta, another member of
the Philadelphia committee, said that
she saw the police seize children, at
the flei)6t and throw them Into the. pa-,
trol wagons. Then they forbade any
one to see them. She asserted that
the police showed no warrant, declar
ing that she personally had secured
the written consent of the parents. At
this Juncture Mrs. Taft, wife of the
pieBident, accompanied by several
liandsomely gowned women, entered
the room, and were escorted to a seat
on the platform with the committee.
Beaten to Helplessness.
Congressman Berger said that two
women who were beaten by Lawrence
police were unable to come to Wash
ington. One of. them was In the hos
pital, he said,- and the doctors would
not allow the others to be removed.
Other victims, he said, would come
to testify.
Samuel Knebel, of Philadelphia, de
scribed the scenes at the Lawrence
railroad station. He said:
"When 1 entered the station with
the children, the police started their
bloody work. Thoy tore children
from their parents, amid screaming
and unearthly shrieks. I saw one no-
PRESIDENT'S 1 ,
FOLLOWERS .
HAVE HilililG
R 0 0 S EVELT'S BROTHER-lX-LAW
PRESIDED . AXU REMARKED
"GOD MAKES A MAN'S RELA
TIVES, BUT HE CHOOSES HIS
OYjH FRIENDS."
tUXITID MW1H U1IID WHS.) '
San Francisco, March. 5. Political
followers of President Taft today are
enthusiastic as a result of two big
meetings held here In the Interest of
Taft's campaign for re-nomlnatlon.
One meeting was held by men and
Ihe other by women.
At the men's meeting, permanent
organization of the Taft Republicans
of California was effected. Colonel
Charles M. Hammond, brother-in-law
of Colonel Roosevelt, presided. Colo
nel Hninmoud was applauded vigor
ously when he said: "God makes a
man's relatives, but he chooses his
own friends." ' President Taft was
endorsed at the meeting. One en
dorsement was from Grove U John-
"'O. father of Governor Hiram John
son. Women supporter of President
ft numbering 300 all pledged
themselves to work for his renomlna-
tion and election.
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Weather Forecast.
Salem and .Vicinity: Showers
tonight or Wednesday. North-
easterly winds.
TO VJBfj
ltceman draw his club and strike a
peasant woman across the stomach.
When I came out I stooped over and
picked up four or five children who
had been knocked down, A policeman
grabbed me and knocked me down. He
dragged me along on my knees to get
me away from the crowd, but I went
back, because I couldn't stand to see
women and children brutally handled.
I did not care if they murdered me.
Women Were Clubbed.
I saw a wagon load of women and
children taken away, one of the wo
men having nothing to do with the af
fair. She was brutally clubbed over
the back. Finally they arrested me,
and I was taken to the station house.
and saw women and children packed
like cattle Into cells."
' Knebel said that the removing of
children from strike communities, as
a means of maintaining a strike, had
been used In Belgium. -'
"I saw things," he said, "too horri
ble to mention."
Congressman Hardwlck asked the
witness what he meant .and Knebel
answered:
Beaten for Calling to His Wife.
"That day there was a man in .the
cell with me, a Pole, who did not
speak English. His wife and children
had also been Jailed. He knew his
wife was In a cell but a few feet away
and started to call to her in their own
language.' The turnkey commanded
him to stop, but he did not. The
turnkey then threw him down stairs,
and put him In a dark cell In the cel
lar. Even nursing children were
locked up. One woman who was Jailed
had a baby only two weeks before.
Mrs. Brown, a widow, was locked up
with her children.
"The women and children were giv
en what the Jailers called coffee, but
they were given no food. After so
called trials, many little children
were dragged from their parents and
taken to the poor house.'' ,
A member of the committee here
asked Knebel It be were sure that
children had been separated from
their parents.
The witness said that he was 'cer
tain of It
In Jail With Criminals.
Congressman Pou asked: "Is It the
same Jail where thieves ana cut
throats were locked upr
4'It is the same Jail," answered
Knebel, "with the same barred doors.
None of these children were either bad
or desperate.
'Were the children tried?" asked
Pou. ,
"Yes." responded Knebel, "but the
mothers only were fined."
"This Is the most serious thing we
liave yel developed," said Congress
man Pou, turning to Chairman Henry
"I wish yon would put on the stand
everyone who knows anything about
the Jailing of children."
During Knebel's recital Mrs. Taft
and. about a score of her companions
gasped In horror. Knebel himself was
almost overcome by emotion.
His testimony was the most dramat
ic yet offered.
' Margaret Slangier, a New York
nurse, was the next witness. She told
of the condition of two shipments of
children sent from Iawrence to New
York. She said:
"The children were pitifully omacl-
ated and badly nourished
Th ma-
Jorlty suffered from adenoids. Of the
119 children only four had underwear,
and although the weather was bltter-
ly cold, only 20 wore overcoats.
! "We gave them supper on their r-
rival In New York, and the children
' grabbed meat from the table In a plt-
fi manner."
OLE DBOTilLITY
Ell MID GUILDS
Trying to AtoIiI Strike.:'
Chicago,
tatlves of
March 5. Represen
the bituminous coal
operators and miners, meeting
today for the second conference
within a short time, decided to
call a Joint wage conference to
be held Jn Cleveland March 20
In an effort to prevent a strike.
The strike, If called, would af-
feet thousands of miners and
would cripple the . Industries of
the middle west The present
wage agreement betwoen miners
and operators expires March 31.
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SALEM WILL
SEfJD A FirJE
DELEGATION
PROBABLY TWO SPECIAL MILL.
MASS WILL BE ADDED TO EX.
Cl'RSION TRAIN WIIEX OREGOX
SENDS DELEGATION TO 8E
LECT SITE AT PANAMA EXPO
SITION. Salem Is awaking to the Import
ance of the selection of a site for Or
egon at the Panama. exposition. The
state has been highly honored by the
exposition authorities, In giving It
the first choice of locations. While
there will be a large delegation from
Portland, It seems now that probably
two extra cars will be required' to
accommodate the Salem delegation.
While the committee appointed by
President Albert, of the Board of
Trade, has scarcely beeun work, al
ready at least 20 have signified' their
Intention of going to witness and be
part of the' great event. Those so
far expressing their Intention of "get
ting there" are Governor and Mrs.
West, Mr. and Mrs. Knighton, Mr.
and Mrs. F. W. Steusloff, . Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Russ
Catlln, Mr. and , Mrs. H. D. Patton,
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Unn, Mr. and Mrs.
C. 8. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Waters, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bynon,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McNarv.
The excursion leaves here March
12 and the Salem contingent will be
given an extra car or cars, as the
size of the delegation may require.
The occasion Is a notable one,' and
Salem should be well and numerous
ly represented. Those desiring to go
should send their names to the com
mittee or to Secretary Hofer of the
Board of Trade.
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MOSEY WAS
GIVEII HIM
BY BARROW
Los Angeles, March 5 llert H.
Franklin, confessed briber, testified
before the grand Jury that Indicted
Clarence Uarrow that Uarrow gave
him a sum of money with which to
bribe Juror Robert F. Bain and pros
pective Juror George N. Lock wood,
In the Mc Namara trial, according to
notes taken by attaches of the district
attorney's office, which are today In
possession of the defense.
iThe district attorney's office, In ac
cordance with Instructions from the
court, gave these notes to the defense
to augment their partial transcript of
the evidence that was taken. The notes
were accompanied by the affirming
affidavits of Assistant District Attor
ney Ford and Deputy Keetch.
According to these notes, Franklin,
when he apeared before the grand
Jury, was asked hut one question:
"Did you receive a certain sum of
money from Clarence Darrow for the
purpose of bribing Robert F .Ball and
George N. Lockwood?"
Franklin, the affidavits of Ford snd
Keetch declare, answered In the affir
mative, and then was excused.
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So long as he is square the thai
of man doesn't n.nch matter.
To Recall Them All.
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' Oakland, Cal., March 5.-sun-
day night is the date set b the
Oakland branch of the Socialist
party for the Institution of the
recall proceedings against the
entire city administration. Rice.
Institute Is the place agreed
upon for the meeting of the
branch. At this time and place
the membership of all other
branches of the party In this
city will be present and formal
charges against the admlnlstra-
tlon will be made. .The petition
for the recall of the ". city off!-
clals should be on the street
some time Monday,
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Trains Are Unable to Run on
Account of Having No Coal
and the City's Food Supply
Is Almost Exhausted. :
PRICES OF FOOD SOARING
Hundred of Thousands of Workers
Are Thrown Out of Employment by
Shutting Down of Factories (or
' Lack of Fne,l and Famine Coitions
Are at Hand Rioting Is Certain
I'nless Conditions Are Changed
Soon.
(OKITSD rU8R IB4BID Will.
London, March 6. Prices of food
are soaring and already many neces
sities are beyond the reach of the
city's poor. The abandonment of
freight schedules has curtailed Lon
don's Bupply of milk, ami a milk fam
ine Is Imminent. Fresh meat Is scarce,
and the supply of salt and smoked
meat and canned goods Is rapidly di
minishing. The stock of flour Is
dwindling, and, with the railroads un
able to secure sufficient coal to stock
their engines, a bread famine Is cer
tain, unless conditions are Immedi
ately removed.
The strike leaders assert that the
men will not return to work unless
their demand for a minimum wage
scale Is granted. The operators are
equally determined, asserting their
willingness to grant the scale In spe
cial Instances, but refusing to con
sider It as a general proposition.
Thousands of other workers have
been thrown out of work a a direct
result of the miners' strike, and It Is
freely predicted here that rioting Is
sure to come unless relief Is afforded
soon.
At a meeting of the general coun
cil of the miners' organization today,
that body declined an effer from the
Railway Employes union to call
sympathetic strike on nit railroads.
The strike leaders asserted that they
wished to win the strike on fts
Its and without outside
STRIKE OF MINERS
SEEMS A
ild.
CERTAINTY
(DXITID miUiS UAXKD Willi.
New York, March 5. Demands of
the anthrraclte coal miners for an In
crease In wages and n new agree
ment were unanimously rejected this
afternoon by the operators.
A committee was appt lnted to ln
fortn the miners' scale committee
from the anthracite fields, when the
Joint conference of tw. miners and
the o)erators Is resumed here Murch
14.
As a result of the rejection of the
miners' demands by the . operators,
the long threatened strike of the
eastern anthracite coal miners seems
imminent.
If It comes, the strike will Involve
thniirtnnds of men snd will paralyze
the industry. The men from time to
time have reiterated their determin
ation to strike unless their demands
are granted by the operators. What
ever course the miners decide upon
will not be known until after the
Joint conference, to be held March
14. At that time l final effort will be
msde to overt the war.
L6KJ1
PA1LY&D
0Y STRIKE
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mm in sun is rauii
LUSH 110 ME EVEBYU
. Quiet In Oakland Today,
Oakland,' Cal., March B The
policy of patrolling Broadway to
prevent street speaking ' by the
Industrial Workers of the World
was continued by the police to-
day, but not the slightest sign of
disorder occurred. The Indus-
trials held . a secret meeting at
their headquarters, the details
of which have not been made
public. At the same time the
Socialist met In Hamilton hall,
which the police raided Suuday
night, and went on record for
free speech. .
fl HORSE 00
1. WADING
mis time
COULD NOT SEE WHY THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT TRADED A HORSE
FOR WOOD WHEN ITS DUTY
WAS TO KEEP THINGS FROM
BURNING.
Members of the city council paused
long enough In their deliberations of
the grave matters which always arise
"before that august body at each meet
ing Monday evening to swap a lame
gray horse by the name of 'Rob" for
11 cords of wood.
Convinced that Councilman Lafky,
who made the trade, was endeavoring
to thrust upon the fire committee the
same 11 cords of wood for a bay horse
In the fire department, Councilman
Waring indignantly arose and fought
the matter, but only to find the coun
cil voting on the question while he was
talking. Still convinced that the
council hud traded the fire department
out of a valuable horse, and given it
Instead 11 cords of wood, for which It
had no possible ubb, the chairman of
the fire committee wbb airing his grlev
ances to the mayor when the body ad
journed, but the mayo?, purrlngly, as
sured him you know how the mayor
always purrs that he was mistaken,
and that the fire department still had
the bay horse, and also 11 cords of
wood.
This Is how It happened.
The street department has, or rath
er had,' on hand a gray horse, 10 years
of age, which lately has not enjoyed
the best of heulth, being Indisposed.
Fearing that the horse might die on
the hands of the street committee,
Councilman Larky looked up Thomas
Cornelius, former street commission
er, and traded him the animal for 11
cords of wood, valued at $50. , In
making the resolution ratifying the
trade he.also suggested that the wood
be turned over to the fire department
for lame horse which It had In Its
possession, ami which could not be
mer-!used on the street.
"Just a rjilnute,' shouted Council
man Waring as he arose as the motion
was being put. 'The department hus
no use for this wood, and, besides, It
does not desire to trade the horse for
It, and' but the rest was lost for
the councllmen were voting, and yon
know how much noise a councilman
makes when he votes.
Anywsy, the chairman of the fire
committee evidently felt thai, for all
the explanation made that "It was a
gray horse" which was being traded,'
and not a "bay" one, and that he had
been buncoed, for no sooner had the
co ii noil adjourned, when he was at the
elbow of the mayor, protesting against
the action.
Now, according to the records, what
really happened was that the gray
horse was traded for the 11 cords of
w i Kid, and thny turned over to the fire
department, and, though the depart:
ment has no use for It, for all that It
hHfl the wood and stso the bay horse,
which Councilman Waring thought It
had lost, snd for which ho made the
fight of his life.
The man who wants but little here
below has been almost entirely su
perceded by the man who wants the
earth.
CITIES ARE FIRST LOOTED
AOD TIIEO TORCH APPLII
REIGil OF TERROR PREf
Bandits, Mostly Deserters Fro m the Army, and Well Armed,
.Are Looting and Murdering ; Women Are Violated and the
Situation Has Gotten Entirel y . Beyond Government Control
Foreign Residents Take R efuge in Missions All South
ern China Staggers Under L oad of Terror and Crime.
UNITBU PMCSS IJBASBD W1HS.
' Shanghai, March 6. Outrages ev
erywhere throughovt Central and
Southern China are reported In dis
patches received here today. Bandits,
mostly desertors from the army, are
looting and murdering; women are be
ing violated, and the situation gener
ally Ib entirely beyond the control of
the government.
It Is reported here that Chefoo has
been looted and sot on fire. The wires
from Shanghai are down, and the re
port cannot be verified.
Bandits are terrifying the provinces
of Kwangtmig and Kwangsl, and for
eign residents have taken refuge lu
the missions.
Foreign warships are patrolling the
REPUBLICS
TROOPS l!07
IIIGDhTROL
DNITSD rxiSS I.S1S1D WtSI.
Welhalwel, China, March 6. Re
publican troops today are la com
plete control of the situation here. In
the fighting outside the British con
cession betweep the republicans and
the villagers lvt)0 persons were killed,
and It Is believed the damage Is more
extensive than at Pekln or Telntsln.
When the looting was completed here
the mutineers marched south, sacking
and pillaging other cities.
So fur as known no missionaries or
other foreigners were killed at Pao
Ting Fu, where the most serious dis
turbances In this section occurred.
BIG COMPANY
III THE HANDS
OF RECEIVER
UMITBI) PRCSS I.IiHtD Willi.
Grants Pass, Ore., March G. The
Chicago-Rogue River company, a cor
poration which controls the Gold
Drift Dam, three miles from this city
on Rogue river, and which also con
trols 12 miles of Irrigating ditches lu
Rogue river valley, lute yeBterday af
ternoon was placed In the hands of a
receiver by Judge F. M. Calkins. In
chambers at Ashland, George Soron
sun, of Grants Pass, was mimed as re
ceiver. The corporation Is cupltullied at
one million dollars, with A. J. Wither
all, of Chicago, as president; P. Phil
lips, banker, of Chicago, treasurer.
The receivership is the result, It Is
alleged, of the failure of C. M, lColi
ard, of the U'onurd Construction com
pany, of Chicago; P. Phillips, a Chlcs
go banker, and R. II. Slaughter, of the
bunking bouse of A. O. Slaughter A
Co., Chicago, to furnish bonds under u
$7.1,0110 contract hail with the c,om
pany,
The charge Is also made that these
snme parties are withholding the
funds for the purpose of embarrassing
the company In extending uter over
the value, so that land values will be
depressed, and these men can buy at
panic prices. It Is charged that they
have already bought 20n acres for
prices at less than half value.
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Chickens Were Innocent.
( DNiTSD rnr.s LSAHRO WISB.)
Dull us, Ore., March 5. After Mrs.
Clarence Cols had killed six thorough
bred hens In a vain hunt for a ruby
lost from her ring, the Innocence of
the luckless chickens was proved by
the finding of the gem In a dlshpun.
rivers of Southern China, but as the
crews do not penetrate Inland, their
presence hns only a moderate effect
In keeping down the roln of terror
and crime under which the whole re-'
glon Ib staggering.
Russian troops left Harbin for Tien
tsin today, from whence thoy will be
sont through to Pekln. Dr. 8un Yat
Sen, former provisional president, is
also en route from Nanking to Pekln.
He Is accompanied by 2000 veterans
of the campaign, and Is expected to
ploy no Bmull part in the final tiottle
ment of the Munchu-Chlnese strugBls,
which, It Is now generally agreed, will
soon come at Peking, .
P.A
OD0L1
(ILLEO 10
R00A11Y
DALLAS EX-CHIEF OF POLICE
THROWN FROM WAGON AND
SKULL CRUSHED JOE TRENT
FATALLY INJURED.
. Dallas, Ore., March 6. P. A. Oilom,
for many years chief of police of Dal
las,' was almost Instantly killed and
Joe Trent, a prosperous farmer, living
i near Dallas, was perhaps fatally In
jured here lute yesterday as the re
sult of a runaway.
Oilom, who resigned as chief of po
lice about two months ago, to take
up farming, had Just bought s new
wagon, harness and horses, lie
hitched the horses, using the new har
ness anil buggy, the first time yester
day In Collins' feed shed In this city.
The horses Immediately upon leaving
the feed stable broke Into a run. Half
a block from the stable they turned
the corner, and, the tugs being too
long, the wagon tongue dropped to
the ground and was driven Into the
cement curb.
The horses were going at a great
speed, and when the tongue came In
contact with the curb, Odom and
Trent, who were sitting on the wagon
sent, were hurled with great force for
ward, Odom struck the ground upou
his head 40 feet from the wagon, and
Trent struck upon his shoulders, 30
feet from the wagon, which was
practically demolished. The horses
were uninjured.
Odom's skull was crushed, and he
was carried practically lifeless to the
Dullas hospital, where be died 15 min
utes later. Trent wss also taken to
the hospltul. It was found that his
collar iKine and several ribs had been
broken, and that he hud received In
ternal Injuries, lie hus a chance of
recovery, though the surgeons In at
tendance do not hold nut much hope.
Odom Is survived by a widow and
five children.
lie was a member of
the Woodmen of the World As chief
of police of this city he proved him
self to be a callable und couruitrous
officer, Pour health compelled him to
resign his position with the rtly. Mr.
Trent Is nmrrled and Is well known
In the community,
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A Blase In Portland.
D.tiTsn psbm immii wins )
Portland, Ore,, March 5. h'lre start
ing In the Spanish grill, below the Cor
nelius hotel annex this morning caused
$,',000 damage mid frightened a sore
of persons to the street In their hle'u
attire. None were Injured
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