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GUILTLESS OF
Profess Religion and Receive.. Communion an Hour Before
Execution Go Calmly to Doom in Presence of Small Crowd
Seymour Is Pronounced Dead First Spanos Says He
Forgives Everyone Seymour Hopes His Execution Will
Be Last in State, and Capital Punishment Will Be Abol
ishedStory of Crime.
At 8:23 this morning a little procea- fathers remained with the doomed men
si on headed by Frank Seymour, be- from that time until the end.
tween two guards, aud closely followed As the traps were sprung they read
by Mike Spanos, also between guards, the recommendation for the parting
marched down through the big dining souls. Dra. Prince Byrd and S. Z. Bart
hall at the prison and entered the ley were in attendance, pronouncing
death chamber at its southern end.
They were accompanied by Revs. Fath
er Moore, of this city; Father Victor,
of Tigard, and Father Le Miller, of
Fairport, repealing the Miserere. Sey
mour ascended the scaffold with a
firm step, and, turning, faced the lit
tle crowd assembled. He stood ap
parently unconcerned as ho waited for
Spanos to take his place at his sido.
Then, at a nod from the warden, he
spoke in a firm and even voice. He
said:
Both Deny Quilt ,..
"I have but a few moments to live,
and I want to say with my dying breath
that I hope 1 may be the last man in
Oregon to go through the trap. I for
give everybody for. all that has been
done to me, or Is about to be done, and
to say that I am innocent."
As he stopped speaking, Spanos said:
"With my dying words I want to
say that we are not the boys who
killed this man. The story I have told
is true. I am ready to go. I forgive
everybody, and ask for forgiveness
and shall pray God Almighty for all
of you."
There was no tromor in his yoice,
and, somehow, standing under the black
wing of Death, his words bore convic
tion to most.
' Boon Both Are Dead.
In a moment the black caps were
adjusted, the ropes placed, there was
a harsh rattle as tho trap doors dropped
and a "chug" as the bodio shot down
nd jumped up from the recoil of the
rope. Seymour's body showed some
signs of life, the muscles contracting
and causing the body to squirm, but
flpanoa showed little or no motion.
Seymour was cut down at 8:41 and
Spanos, who showed wonderful vitality,
at 8:45.
Profess Religion.
Both Seymour and Spanos professed
the Catholic faith, and Father Mooro,
at 7 o'clock, administered the holy
communion. They wero then taken to
the receiving colls, and on the way Sey
mour said to Guard Johnson: "This
la a pretty rainy morning to start on as
long a journey M we are going to take
In s short time." At tho cell prayers
for 1 hut dvlns wero offered, and the
Mrs. Astor Says
She Will Remain
American Citizen
(riiTiiu mass uua wiaa.
New York, Oct. 31. Dressed simply
tint becomingly, Mrs. William Waldorf
Alor, ac companied by her 0 year-old
nn. Wllliaii' Jr.. armed he is today
from England. Mm. Amor's husband,
who owns many millions of dollars
worth of real estate In New York, re
nounced his fitlwnship In this country
to become a subject of Great Britain.
Mrs. Astor, however, says she is still a
ritisnn of the United States.
"Yes, 1 sin an American," she said,
"and I am proud of it. I am a Vir
CRIME
life extinct in Seymour at 8:41 and in
Spanos at 8:45.
Insist Not Guilty.
Father Mooro said he abjured the
men to confess if they were guilty, but
both insisted to him that they were
innocent, and this was also their last
statement on the gallows.
Story of Crime.
Modford, Or., Oct, 31. The body of
George Dedaskalous, a Greek, who had
resided hero for six years, was found
under a warehouse along the Southern
Pacific tracks Monday aftornoon, Sep
tember 23,. 1912. The Saturday previ
ously he had drawn out his savings from
local banks, amounting to several hun
dred dollars, and intended to start for
his native land the day his remains
were discovered, through tho antics of
a dog.
Dodnskaloua had been decoyed to the
sceno Sunday evoning, his Bkull fractur
ed by blows from a loaded gas pipe, his
jugular vein severed with a knifo and
his clothes torn from hia body so that
his monev belt could be removed. The
victim had been killed, the body strip
ped of valuables and then dragged un
dor the warehouse.
Evidence of Guilt.
Shirts stained with blood, the bloody
loaded gas pipe, and the knifo used
wore found in the respective lodgings
of Spanos and Seymour, who had been
Is.tt seen with Dedaskalous and were
from tho first snspocted. Complete cir
cumstantiol evidence was secured, fol
lowed by confessions by each 'of the ac
cused men, In which the other was ac-
dined of the crime, each admitting hav
ing partielitod in the murdor. Theso
signod confessions were repudiated tt
tho trial
Took Hours to Unties Him.
According to the confessions mado,
details of which were afterwards veri
fied by the police, several hours wers
spent In enticing Dedaskalous Into s
secluded place no was induced to
como by the promise of meeting s wo
man. While ostensibly waiting for
her, Seymour secured a watermelon, As
Dcdasliftloua was eating a slice, he was
(Continued on nnre 'our.
ginian, and I am proud of (list, too.
Yankee may change, but southerners
never. I simply could not stay away
from Virginia any longer, and I Intend
to visit my people thore."
Mrs. Astor congratulated. th United
States on forbidding the importation of
bin! plumage, adding:
'' If any of the women who came
over on the Lusitanla with me are
wearing aigrette, 1 hope the feathers
are confiscated."
It was the first visit to this country
of young William Astor, and he was all
eves and full of Interest.
1 Mine Owners of Southern Col
orado Coal Fields Warn
General Chase.
MILITIA IS HELD READY
General Doesn't Think There Is Danger
' But He Is Prepared to Get In Bat
tle Promptly.
(dnitbd rains iuud wim.
Trinidad, Colo., Oct. 81. Mine own
ers in the strike-bound southern Colo
rado coal fields warned Adjutant-General
Chase. In command of the state
troops, today, that thoy believed hun
dreds of strikers were gathering for s
simultaneous attack on the mine
guards' camps from' Aguilar to Ber-
wind.
. Thoy expressed especial arefhen
sion for the safety of 600 strike-break
ers, who, with their families, are 4hel
tored Inside the stockade at Aguilar.
General Chase expressed the opinion
that the owners were frightened un
necessarily, but he was taking no
chances of a surprise. He made Agui
lar his own temporary headquarters,
and held the militia in readiness for
action at a moment's notice.
The strikers' campfires Mated on the
hills all last . night, with the mine
workers' searchlights playing" on the
groups that surrounded them.
The strikers sent in several wagon
loads of rifles today, and General
Chase said he did not think it would be
necessary .to resort to a search and
seizure.
WREN IS GREAT GLUTTON.
Madison, Wis., Oct. 31. The Vir
ginia wren, under scientific observance,
at the Uflivorsity of "Wisconsin, is tho
world's greatest glutton, eating its own
weight every two days. Twelve water
bugs, 12 meal worms, 12 grasshoppers,
one water scorpion, two sunfish, one
stickleback, five live hornets and a
small Bnake were included .in one day s
menu for the bird.
DEATH DURING GALE
(ONtTKD rSSRS UtStn WIIS.
Victoria, B. C, Oct. 81. John Bor
den, Chicago millionaire, Hurry F. Scott
president of the Union Iron worka of
San Francisco; Roy C. Andrews, a ant
uralist of the National Museum of New
York, aud William Brown, of the Chi
cago Gun club, reached Victoria yes
tnntay afternoon on the schooner rigged
yacht Adventuress, after an extended
hunting cruise to the Pribyloff Inlands.
The party left San Francisco on tli
Adventuress on July 2S Inst.
Tho party had a narrow escape from
death while in search of whales In the
vicinity of Kodiak Island. They had
ef wit a whale boat with the hope of
harpooning one of a largo school of
whulcs which' wero spouting Off the
coast when a gala blew up and capsized
thoir boat. The men were forced to re
main in the Icy wnter for some time be
fore relief came from the yacht,
RUSH If) TO SAVE SOI
GOODS AND PERISH
IN RESIDENCE
omTsn rssss liabsd wins.
'Wilmotto, III., Oct. HI. The bodt
of Grafton Stevens and his wife were
found today in tho ruin of their burn
ed bom bora. Though carried out safe
ly when the house rauuht fire last night,
they nulied biuk inside In au effort to
v their bowieriold goods.
Case in Which Hosmer Is Al
leged to Have Published
an Untrue Story.
GREAT CROWD IS PRESENT
Much Interest in Testimony, Which Is
Repetition of That Given in Pre
liminary Hearing.
The case of the State against J. E.
Hosmer occupied the time of the circuit
court today. The last juror was ac
cepted at 10:30 o'clock this morning
and the forenoon was taken up with
the presentation of exhibits by tho
state's representatives.
Hosmer is charged wih criminally li
beling the Benedictine Convent of Mt
Angol by the alleged publication of ar
ticles both in the Silverton Journal,
owned and conducted by him, and issu
ing a booklet containing alleged crim
inal libelous statements made by Miss
Lasenan, who claims to be an "escaped
nun" from the convent The case will
probably consume all of today and part
of the forenoon tomorrow before it la
given into the hands of the jury. .
Every available apace in tho circuit
court chambera was taken up thla morn
ing by spectators and much interest la
being manifested in the proceedings.
Judge Corliss, of Portland; John A Car
son, of Salem, and District Attorney
Gale S. Hill are conducting the case for
the state, while Attorney Walter Wins-
low is appearing for the dofendant.
Testimony introduced this forenoon
and afternoon was similar to that at
the preliminary hearing. The prioress
and others were calle d and declared the
statements published by Hosmer to be
absolutely false.
E IN
E
L BE
HALTED FOR WHILE
usnr.D 1'itEKS uturjo Wuit.J
San Francisco, Oct. 31. The grand
jury inquiry Into the Slingsby baby
case will be suspended, until tno bearing
now in progress before tho British con
sul is completed, according to the an
nouncement today of District Attorney
C. M. Fickert. Then, lie said, tho grand
jury will probe the matter to tho bot
torn.
Fickert was greatly Incensed today
over charges by Attorney George A
Knight, representing tho filings!). hoirs
opposed to Lieutenant Slingsby, that
ho, Fickert, was using the grind jury to
further personal ends. Knight's charg
es were made beforo Judge Dunne, the
attorney also alleging that Fickert had
been retained by Lieutenant Hlingsby.
KILLS SELF WHEN DE3PONDENT.
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raii Kniuclwio, Oct. III. llecause of
his Inability to find work, Samuel Tliil
lips, a mechanic, sued 40, committed
sulcldo here today by shooting himself
through tho heart.
TUG THISTLE BURNS.
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Aberdeen, Wash., Oct. HI. The tug
Thistle, Tallied at '"00 was destroyed
br fire here today.
The Weather
The hi.-i.oy Ilird
Ori'uoii: I'.-iln
t on i lit Snl Sat
unlay, bri-.li south
easterly winds in
terior, lil i'Ii east to
south winds along
the coast.
The ut TTt5T
( lEAie uncieI
District Attorney Making Hard
Fight in Support of Contention.
JUDGES RAISES POINT
Question Whether Prosecution Should
Be Brought for Crime in States,
He Tells Lawyer.
Iosiitid raass uuaao wiss.l
Chicago, Oct. 31. United States Dis
trict Attorney Charles W. Miller, of In
dianapolis, made a hard fight in the
federal court of appeals hero today In
support of hia contention that a feder
al tribunal waa the proper place in
which to try the labor leaders convicted
at the Indiana capital a few months
ago of complicity in a widespread plot
to dynamite non-union buildings.
The point the court seemed inclined
to raise was whethor the prosecution
did not make the mistake of building
Its case on ths dynamiting of build
ings, over which the courts of the va
rious states where dynamitings oc
curred would have jurisdiction, rather
than on the Interstate transportation
of explosives under conditions which
violated a federal statute.
Difference In Conspiracies.
"Conspiracy to destroy buildings,
you know," pointed out Judge Baker,
"ie not conspiracy to transport dyna
mitfl on passenger trains, In violation
of the statute."
"But ovldonce ie not lacking from
the record," urgod Miller,. "that dyna
mite waa illegally transported, and
that its transportation preceded de
structive explosions. We will show at
loast 25 specific Instnncea of it) all of
them later than January 1, 1010, when
the law became effoclive.
"We will show also that the president
of tho ironworkers union signed checks
to pay for theso dynamitings, and that
the executive board approved the
bills."
VAST TRUST PROBE IS
CONSIDERED TO
BE IN S
UMTSO rsass usm wisa.j
Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 81. Prom-
ise of a vast trust probo by Undo Sam
was voiced hero today by Joseph Davis,
federal commissioner of corporiitious, in
an address before the National Associa-
on of Hardware Manufacturers, In con
vention.
'It will be possibloto bust tho trusts
without hampering industrial develop
ment or freedom," Davlos declared.
Tim nest rongrcss, ho snid, would
leal largely with the trur.tn. Whether
laws will be enacted providing for the
destruction of the trusts or merely con
trol of niunopolli'S will be determined,
he said, by the iii'sliou, "Does monop
oly or competition afford the fairest
nud best system for all tho pcoplef"
Davies sxliod tho convention to co
oj-ernte with congress III till! proponed
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BURNING VESSEL IN
t us mis rii ijtasso wisa.l
Ilerlin. Oct, 31. Tho Herman line
Kroiipriuuwsin Ocilio reported by wire
less today having rescued the crew of
2,"i men fiom the French barque I'etrie,
on fir in mid ocean. Three of the l'o
trie's sall'jrs, It was added, were washed
overboard and drowned before ths
Kr.MipriiiT.owsiii Cecllle arrived.
President of Mexico Making W holesale Arrests in Effort to
Wipe Out His Foes Foreigners, Including Americans, Pre
paring to Flee From Mexico City Forty-Seven Ruralcs
Tortured to Death by Rebel s Rebels Promise to Capture
Monterey Sunday Carranza Says He Can Defeat Huerta
in Two Months If He Can Import Arms.
tCKiTBD raass Uiaan wus.
Washington, Oct. 31. President Wil-'
son devoted himself today to studying
what the Mexican rebels are likoly to
accomplish if he gives thorn a free
hand.
General Carranza, the rebol leader,
sent word that he does not particularly
care for recognition, but will overthrow
Huerta in two months, if allowed to Im
port arms.
It was reported from Mexico City
that Huerta has announced he will not
retire at President Wilson's demand.
Ho was locking up his enemjos whole
sale, and foreigners in the city were
preparing to fl.
Huerta plana to got all hia loading op
ponents in the metropolitan district
locked up before congress moots to
morrow. Tft .waftdilp Michigan left Vera Crus
to put Kolix Dinr. on a northbound New
York-Cuba mail steamship at son.
The Mdxican rebels promised to cap
ture Monterey Sunday.
The federals were rcportod to have
ovacuated Chihuahua City, having the
residents, including Amoriitms in a
panic lest the robots occupy it an mas
sacre them.
Forty-seven rurnlos wore tortured to
death by rebels near San Luis Potosl.
An ItnUiui warship sailed for Mexican
waters.
Oemhna, Calero, and Do la Fuonte,
Huerta 's rival candidates, conceded
their defeat, which, with Dian a fugi
tive, loft the dictator alone in the flold.
Confer With Wilson.
Tho president had a long conference
during the forenoon with Boas Long,
hond of tho bureau of Latiu-Amorican
affairs, concerning consular reports of
conditions in the Moxican interior.
Former Solicitor-General John Baa
sett Moore of the state department, who
handled tho Muxlcun situation during
President Taft's administration, fol
lowed Long, but refused to reveal the
nature of It let conveisntion with the
presidont. Mooro originally favorod
recognising Huerta, but it wua under
stood ho would now exlond recognition
to General Cafranr.a, tho rebel leader,
Oottlng Beady to Hurry Away.
Mexico City, Oct, 31. Most Amorlcan
ami many ot.linr loreign reaiuonis nern
hfld their enelly portable belongings
paj'kod today In readiness for a hurried
lepsrture Sunday or Monday.
It was considered a foregons conclu
President
Shows
Fight
VNtTRii rsssa latssii wikh.1
Washington, Oct. III. President Wil
son showed signs of fight to.lnv, when
furnished with s statement outlining
tho changes proposed by the liunse and
nenate currency committees In the
disss Dwell bill.
His advisers Intimuted that a clash
is certain between the chief executive
and some of the Democrats In the na
tlmial legislature, If they continue with
the present program. Ho considers, It
waa listed, that thsy are emasculating
the bill.
One thing which it was said, ho cer
tainly would not accept la a central
sion that Huerta will be declared to
have won Inst Sunday's election; that
he will nana the presidency along to
General Blanquot, and that a declara
tion from Washington will follow which
will make a further residence hers lia
poeHible, for Americans at any rate.
Fetur Anti-Foreign Outbreak.
Some feared an snti-foroiga outbreak
at the first intimation of American In
tervention. It was tho more goueral
opinion, however, that Huerta will do
all he can, while he remains In power,
to prevent anything serious since he la
credited with enough Injustice not ti
want to forfeit whatever favorable
opinion may be held of him abroad. It
was deemed certain, toe, that Sir Lion
ol Garden, the British minister, who has
much influence with him, will advise
him to the Bomo effect'.
Many of thoao who were planning -flight
must leave behind them valuable
property which cannot roadily bo mov
ed, and none expected ever to aoe it
again.
WABINQ AGAIN THROWS IU8
HAT INTO ALDEEMANIO RING
T. D., Waring has cards out announc
ing his candidacy as cuuncilman from
tho soveuth ward. It had been under
stood, that ho would not ttutke the r4e,
and If ho reallv desired the office he
put off Ida announcement until many
of his friends, understanding that he
would not mn, havo promised thoir sup
port to other candidutea.
STEALS MANY HOUSES.
omitsd raass uiaao wisa.j
Sun Francisco, Oct. 31. Albino Zitto,
aged 22 years, was arrested bore for the
alleged theft of 13 horses. The policS
sny ho dipciHod of the animals in Marin
county, selling thorn for $H0 each.
POST HOT BOLD.
Iohitsd raaas uusho wi1
Now York, Oct. 81. The current la
aue of the Fourth Estate quotes Pat
rick Calhoun aa denying that the San
Francisco . Evening Post has boon
bought by the Evening Call, sit has
been rumored.
HOLLAND BTOBY HOtTR.
The land of dikes aud windmills will
furuish the story for the children's
hour at the public library thla week.
Every child la Invited to be ther at
library at 0:30 tomorrow morning,
Wilson
Signs of
Over B
bank with branches throughout th
country, Unless tho senate commitee
Sgreod to tho regional bnuk rlan, it,
was declared he will carry the fight to
the floor of the upper chamber,
VESSELS IN COLLISION.
uxitio rsass ijasho wise
Ban Francisco, Oct. 31. -The steam-
ship Heaver, Portland to San Kra isco.
arrived last sight with 000 passenger
and an account of a colli iiuo In a f"t
with the steam schooner Necamcum, in
whivh miraculously, neither vessel ws
hum k damaged,