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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
.LYCEUA COURSE
tickets ON SALE

Tickets are now being sold for the
series of entertainments booked here
by the Pacific Lyceum Bureau. the
students of the high school having
the sale in charge, Five unusually
good numbers have been secured for
the winter, the Apollo Concert COM
pany and Bell Ringers, the Beilharz
Entertainers, the Columbian Quartet
Concert company, Judge Willis
Brown and Joseffy, the necromancer,
comprising the list, and it is expected
that lovers Of good wholesome enter
tainment will welcome the opportu-
nifty to see these different attrac-
tions.
The price for the season ticket this
year has been placed at 50 or IS for
three while student tickets will be
sold for $1.00 Principal A. c. Hamp-
ton, in speaking of the course this
morning, said, I'VE do not want the
people to get the impression that this
Is money-making proposition for
the high school. 1t is not. We are
simply interested in securing good.
wholesome entertainment for both
students and townspeople and feel
that the price has been put within
the reach Of all. We must sell a GER
tain number of these tickets to in
sure the financial success of the
course and confidently expect the
same response as in past years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
NrNAAARAs ON TRIAL TO-DAY.
CONTINUED from page one.)

indictments with the murder of the
p persons who lost their lives when
the Los Angeles Times building was
destroyed by an explosion one year
ago. opened here today in a special
court room in the hall of justice be-
fore Superior Judge Walter Bordwell.
Following the trial of James b. Me-
Namara his brother, John J. Nc. Ma
mara, secretary of the Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers of America,
will face a jury on the same charge,
it being alleged that he paid for and
instituted the blowing up of the
Times.
There were dozens of reporters,
special writer's, artists and photog-
raphers present, besides the imposing
array of legal talent for both sides.
Representing the defense were: Clar-
ehce Darrow, chief counsel. assisted
by Lecompte Davis, Jos. Scott, job
Hartman. Cyrus McNutt and ]. j.
Harrington. For the state were: Dis
trict Attorney John d. Fredericks, in
charge of the prosecution and his as
sistants, w. j. Ford, G. Ray Horton
and Arthur Veitch.
The prosecution selected James
Mcnamara as the first to be tried on
charge of actually throwing the
bomb and shortly afterward recess
was taken until o'clock this after
noon when the task of securing the
jury will begin.
BY agreement of counsel for both
side, the indictment upon which the
trial began. was for killing Foreman
Charles Haggerty, of the machinists
in the Times building. He was killed
near the spot where It is alleged the
dynamite was exploded. The defense
wanted John Mcnamara tried first
but was prepared to go ahead with
The trial of James.
Attorney Darrow, for the defense
formally made a motion for a change
Of judge, which was denied by Judge
Bordwell
Only two women were present a
the trial. They We're Mrs. Darrow
and Miss NJ. c. Wood of Chicago
They We're each seated inside the
| railing.
Long before the time for the tria
to start, a huge crowd assembled in
front of the hall of Justice, everyone
hoping for a seat or at least 9
glimpse of the accused. Few succeed
| ed in getting inside the court, as there
was but room for only dozen oi
! more, after places had been taker
by the lawyers, newspaper represen.
tatives and court attaches.
When the court convened the ac'
| cused, James b. Mcnamara. was lee
in by Sheriff VIM Hammel and Un.
der Sheriff Brain. Mcnamara gave
no indication of nervousness. II,
! bore the looks of the crowd un
flinchingly and calmly took his sea
| beside his attorneys. The palenes
of his face was the only indication
| that he had passed the last 81,
months in prison.
The actual trial will not start un
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11

til a jury is selected, which will take
at least a week, if not more, and
probably 300 will be examined before
IL men are found who viii be accept
able to both defense and prosecution.
The selection of the Jurymen will be
holly contested by both sides
on the night of October /, 1911,
an explosion turned the Los Angeles
Times building into an inferno of
twisted steel and flame. Ink was
scattered for half block, windows
in buildings across the street were
shattered by the concussion. Inside
of a minute the entire building was
q seething mass of flames. Caught
like rats. the employees fought blindly
to get out. Some succeeded, 81 died.
Half a dozen fell one by one through
an open place in the floor and their
bodies were burned to a crisp. Others
plunged blndly through the roaring
flames and through open windows to
death on the sidewalks below. Others
clung to the window sills. shrieging
for the life nets, until the flames
burned their fingers to the bone and
they went plunging to death, while
hundreds of spectators groaned and
watched the doomed men. They were
powerless to help.
The prosecution will try to prove
that John Mcnamara engineered and
instigated and James Mcnamara ac-
tually caused the times disaster. It's
evidence will be driven home by Ortie
McManigal, who is alleged to have
confessed that he had done hundreds
of dynamite jobs for John McNa-
that he knew of the plans to destroy
the times
All this evidence the defense will
combat with testimony to show that
there never was a dynamite explo-
sion; that leaking gas caused the
| wreckage; that the accused men are
| innocent, the victims of a gigantic plot
which has for its object the branding
| of organized labor leaders as muir
derers and dynamiters.
Every effort has been made to fur
| ther this idea from the time that the
Times" owned by Harrison Gray
otis, bitter and indicative enemy
of organized labor, charged that dy-
Mantle bombs planted by labor had
| destroyed his newspaper plant, unit
the McNamaras were placed behind
| the bars of the Los Angeles county
| Jail.
Otis made this charge before the
fire was out in the ruins of the Times
It has been rel eatedly made ever
| since
Next in the chain of events came
the arrest of Ortie McManigal, Johr
| and James Mcnamara. The McNa-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11

maras were extradted from the east
without being given a chance to con-
suit counsel. and as a result Detec-
tive VIM. J. Burns, who ran down the
accused while In the employ OF tho
National Erectors' association and of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
association Of Los Angeles. and Detec-
tive James Hosick of Los Angeles, are
under indictment for kidnapping.
All these elements wfll enter into
the case, but the first and principal
thing is the prosecution must prove
that the Times building was blown
up by dynamite and not by gas.
And it Is the proof of what actual
ly caused the disaster upon which
the success or failure Of the prosecu-
tion will depend.
The prosecution will have the le-
gal and financial backing of a great
state; the defense a great and brIllint
array of legal talent and the financial
support of orgnized lbor, because or
ganized labor wants to give the ac-
cused every chance to prove their in
nocence.
Before the trials are ended they
viii have cost close to a million dol
lars, will have consumed at least
eight months and resulted In the ex-
animation of more than 400 witness
es.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
Experts Commence on City Books.

r. Bland Of the firm Of Bland &
Wilson, expert accountants Of Spo-
kane, and his assistant have arrived
in Pendleton and have already COM
menced their task of auditing the city
books. How long this will take them
can not be guessed for the books have
never been exported and the lack of
any definite system renders them ex-
tremely complicated. The account
ants will go back into the books six
years, straighten out the intricacies
as well as possible and then open up
a new set by which it will be possible
to keep a check on every official.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
Elk Still in Mountains

That there are still quite a few
elk in the mountains of this county
is the statement made by John NJ.
Wynn, well known sheepman of Nc
Kay, who was in the city yesterday.
He states that lat one time this fall
he saw herd of 27 of these noble an
imals on the breaks of Meadow creek
where his flocks were ranging. He
further states that the settlers in that
country are affording the animals
every protection possible to prevent
their determination by ruthless hunt
ers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
SMALL MAN; GIANT GIRLS.
Four Girls Together Weigh About 300
Pounds: Oldest. 10, is $50.

Paragould Ark.-Lee Speers, a
small and unassuming man of VOL
colt. this county, weighing about 154
pounds, is the father of four girls,
ranging in age from three to sixteen
years, and having a combined weight
OF nearly 900 pounds
Miss Elmer Speers, sixteen years
old. weighs $50 pounds. She is lit
tie over five feet in height.
Edna Speers, fifteen years old,
weighs 100 pounds. Six-year-old Vel
ma weighs 2O6 pounds and is very
strong 1t is an easy task for her to
lift seventy-five pounds.
The three-year-old baby weighs 126
hut is as babyish as any girl of her
age.
This remarkable family has had
numerous opportunities to so with
circuses, but the oldest daughter OBJ
jects to this kind of employment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
Calf Leaps 65 Feet; Unhurt.

Yesterday while Clarence Adams
and Pete Smith were driving in a
herd of 60 cattle from Camas Prairie
to local butchers, one of their calves
leaped from High Bridge down into
the gulch. distance of 81 feet. They
expected that the little animal had
killed itself by the fall, but an inves-
tigation revealed that it was appar-
emily unhurt and, after it had been
rescued, continued on in to the
slughter yards of this city, where it
has no option but to be killed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
New Office for Local Student.

James Johns, Jr., son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Johns of this city, has
been honored with new office at the
University of Oregon where he is a
senior this year. Last year he was
elected secretary-treasurer of the
order of the co." which order is COM
prised of all students who have won
the college emblem in student activ-
tiles. Johns is also manager of the
football team this year, which is con-
sidered one of the most responsible
positions under student control.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
Pnlicc Court Barren.

Again the wheels of the police court
were idle this morning through lack
of a grist, but indications are that
they will resume action tomorrow Of
ticer Myers arrested two drunks just
before the noon hour, one William
Powers, an eX-employe of Twohy
Bros, and a farm hand who works
near Helix
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
Leases Land Near Lewiston.

j b. Blake, formerly OF Adams, but
who has spent the past few months
near Pomeroy. Washington, is in the
city today and states that he and
Charles Waters have leased 1000
acres of wheat land near Lewiston,
Idaho, and will commence farming it
Immediately. Mr.. Blake is now look
ing for some good mules to take back
with him.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
Real Estate Transactions.

S. c. Bitner and wife to John Dyer
property on east Alta street for $1,000;
Clarence Bland and wife and John A.
Donavan to Jennie McNaught lots IS,
19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 in block u
of Hermiston and the IL of the sc
IA of sec. 10, twp. 4 N, r. % for
S3042; Dove Irons and ]. c. Irons to
rank Cox eleven lots in Freewater for
S20OO solomon Underwood to Charles
w. Ray, nine acres three miles north
of Freewater for $500.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
White PLAGUE lecture Tonight.

The Idaho Young Peoples Exhibit
and lecture will be given in the city
hall this evening for the education
of local people in the means of pre-
vention for the dread white plague.
No admission will be charged and ev-
elyOne is invited to be in attendance.
The doors will be open at 7:15 and
DR.. Dorsey will commence his lecture
nromptlN at 1;45
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
PLANS SUICIDE TWO WEEKS
Jean Haswell, Formerly Dancer,
Leaves Notice Warming of Gas.

Jean HaSNeil. Formerly Dancer,
Leaves Notice Warning of Gas.
Paris-The suicide of Jean Stella
Haswell, California girl. formerly
with the Anna Held company as a
dancer, is considered by the police
of Paris the most deliberate and care
fully planned case that ever has come
under their observation.
Miss Haswell began her prepara-
tions two weeks before she took her
life. destroying all papers and evil
dences of her identity. She spent sew
eral days filling up the cracks and
crevices in the doors and windows.
The people who found her met a
notice on the door of the kitchen,
reading:
Don't open this door. Open the
window from the outside. Cast"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
the whole burden upon him, he fel
compelled to resign.
HandicappCd Financially.


Ever since its organization five
years ago, Co. L has had to exist in
the face of handicaps. The annual
appropriation of $500 was insuffici-
ent for the needs of the company
and their activities were conseuuent-
ly hampered. one after another the
commanding officers were forced to
resign by the pressure of their busi-
ness and it became a more and more
difficult task to fill their places.
However the company was never in
better condition than it is right now
and this makes the necessity of dis
banding particularly regretable. To
the last encampment, Co. L went with
~ men, nearly so per cent of its en-
listed membership and there has been
increased interest ever since.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
Hlnncctts Sccn on Screen !,

The Cosy is showing a Bison film
called "A True Hearted Miner" and
many in the audience last evening
were surprised to recognize in two Of
the barroom dancers none other than
Del and Bertha Blaucett, two of the
Roundup performers last month.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
PHARMICS MAY AFFILIATE.
o. \. c. Student Club May Become
Allied With the State Retail Drug

Aiii'u Win JIie Stale Retail Drug
gistS.
oregon Agricultural College, Cor
walls, Ore.-In addressing the first
meeting of the O. A. c. Pharmacy
association, Prof c. NJ. McKeIlips
stated that there was reason to believe
that the organization might become
affiliated this year with the State As
sociaion Of Retail Druggists. H. NJ.
Peery, '19, Springfield, spoke on
Drug Clubs" and Don McClaire.
'13, Portland, on attendance" The
officers elected We're as follows: J..
G. Mckay, '13, Portland, president;
Edna NJ. Harris, ~, St Helens, vice
president; Ford A. Hand. 'I2 Nc
Minnville, secretary; b. C. Burdick.
'lS. Portland, program chairman: J.
c. Burley, IA, Portland. reporter.
Read the want ads.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
o. X. shop Makes improvements.

The O. X. barber shop on Main
street last night began installing new
fixtures and this morning presented
"a much improved and very modern
appearance to its customers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
Newsy Notes
of Pendleton

NINNNS IIItV NVN INVN'NVIIVV.
Il. l.. oliver, who sold his bottom
land ranch II the state for an asylum
site, is moving into his handsome new
residence at 901 Jackson street, which
has Just been finished.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
LOCAL MILITIA
WILL DISBAhD
To BE MUSTERED OUT
LAST OF THIS MONTH
Lack of Available Funds and Equip
mcnt Handicapped Organization
and Officers designations We're

Co. L, Srd Regiment, Oregon Ma
tional Guards will become an extinct
organization on the 26th of this
month for on that date the militiamen
composing it will be mustered out of
service. This unfortunate ending of
the local company comes as the result
OF long, hard fight in the face of
great handicaps and, while it is re-
gretted all around. it is felt that it is
the only solution to a~difficult prob
lem.
The order for disbanding mas not
arrived yet but a letter from the ad-
jutant general in Portland brings the
announcement Of the contemplated
action and the date upon which the
company will be mustered out
Lieut.. Vinier Resigns.
The resignation of First Lieutenant
Charles Vinier, which was sent in
October >, perhaps hurried the crisis
which has been impending for some
time for that officer has practically
been in charge of the company since
the resignation of Captain Charles
Ferguson. The actual command had
been placed in the hands Of Captain
of Ordnance NJ. S. Kern, but owing to
mis- residence away from the city, the
principal duties developed upon Lieut..
Ninier. For the past six months an
effort has been made to secure COM
petent man to take the captaincy but
no one could be found. Lieut. Vinier
did not care to take the position him.
self and, inasmuch as the absence
from the city Of Captain Kern and
Second Lieutenant Elmer Storie left
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11
Victim of Blow-OH Cock.

William Frink, one of the workers
in the local mechanical department
Of the O.-W. r. & ~, is today going
about his work in brand new outfit
Of wearing apparel, which same is
causing him to be joked by his fell
low employees for they know the why
and wherefore of these new clothes.
Mr.. Frink's interest had been arous-
ed by Engineer L. w. Jones in "a new
blowoff cock on engine No. 1874,
which is the one that pulled Presi-
dent Taft from here to Lewiston. In
some manner he got directly in front
Of the escape hole when the shutoff
was turned and received the full
charge of alkali sediment which had
accumulated in IT. Inasmuch as
there were $50 pounds pressure be-
hind 1t, the mechanic presented a
much bedraggled appearance and was
forced to purchase new raiment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-10-11

Mrs. Chinnon-Tell Marie I want
her to come up and take my hair
down.
Rose (the new maid)-Can't I take
1t down to her, ma'am?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-06
SACRED RELIC, STOLEN
Ark of the Covenant Said to Have
Been Removed From Mosque.

Jerusalem, Palestine, May 4.-The
inhabitants have been aroused to the
point of rioting by the operations of a
party of English archaeologists who
are accused of having excavated be-
meath the inviolable Mosque of Omar
and removed relics reputed to include
the Ark of the Covenant. the Censor
and other sacred relics which belong
to the tribes of Israel.
Amy Bey, the Turkish governor,
was mobbed on the streets for suppos-
ed completely In the PROCLAMATION and
hooted as "a pig" The mosque has
been closed and is closely guarded
pending the arrival from CONSTANT
nople of officials OF the government
who will make an investigation.
The expedition worked for two years
on a large scale, beginning at the viii
lage of Sloan, which lies at the
southeast end of Jerusalam, on the
southern slope of the Mount of Oh
ives, overlooking the Valley of Ke-
dron and the Pool of Sloan.
The explorers are credited with hav.
ing excavated passage from the Pool
of Sloan toward the place where once
stood Solomon's Temple, built in 1912
B. c.. pillaged and restored and finally
destroyed by Titus A. d. 20.
Failing to reach the relics sought in
this manner. the explorers. according
to the alleged confessions of the
guards of the mosque, bribed the
guards, entered the mosque and after
digging on six nights spirited away
the treasures "the whereabouts OF
(which" says an Arabic paper, none
know except God and these English"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-06
REBELS ATTACK TOWN
American Leads Assault on Mexican
Federajs.

Preside, Tex, May 1.-The revolu-
tionary forces under command of Col
onel Villareal opened the fight on the
eral forces entrenched in the villages
of San Francisco and Lagarita.
The Canada Ancha position on the
west began an attack, and at this
point the fighting appears to have
been the strongest. The insurrecto ar
tillery is posted here and the rebel
force apparently has determined to
make it's advance into Ojinaga from
this point.
The famous "Blue Whistler" can
non, which was taken from the City
Hall park at Eel Paso, is playing havoc
with the adobe ramparts of the fed
erals. At every shot there Is a shower
of dust and debris sent into the air.
The artillery of the insurrecto
forces is under the command of Cap
tain A. w. Lewis, an American. Cap
tain Lewis pushed his artillery into
position only $50 yards from the fed
eral entertainments just before the
battle opened
A considerable number of the sol
diers Of the federal forces have fed
from Ojinaga to the American side of
the river, and 1t Is predicted that If
defeat becomes imminent, General
Luque, who is in command, will bring
all his equipment to the American side
to surrender in order to prevent his
artillery from falling into the hands
of the revolutionists.
It is expected that Colonel villareal
will attempt to capture the town.
United States troops are patrolling
the river bank to prevent neutrality
violations
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-06
TOMAHAWk.
Interesting Items From the Thriving
Little Nltaoe.

Mr.. Lycurgus Hiett spent Sunday as
the guest of his sister, Mrs. Peter Ted
erick.
visiting Mrs. Woods parents, Mr.. aud
Mrs. w. W. Hedges, on Sunday.
Mr.. Harry Shriver, of Baxter, call
ed on his sister, Mrs. Alva Albright,
on Sunday.
Mr.. Harry Shriver, of Baxter. called
Sunday.
Mr. Edward Stuckey and family
spent Sunday evening with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Maud Hedges.
Messrs. James Hedges and Lee
Rooney attended preaching at Prcvi-
dence Sunday might.
The funeral of Mrs. Jennie Boyd,
who died at her home at North Noun
tain, was held here on Sunday after
noon. The services were conducted
by Rev. DIR. Mcbride pastor OF the
Presbyterian church and interment in
the cemetery adjoining the church.
Mrs. Boyd's funeral was one of the
largest ever held here, the church be-
ing crowded.
Mrs. C. H. Saville spent Saturday
and Sunday as the guest OF her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Boyd.
Mrs. Anna Miller has returned home
after spending the past several weeks
with friends near Bedington.
Mrs. Samuel Rooney called on her
daughter Mrs. G. L. Hedges on Sunday
evening.
A number OF gents from our village
went to Martinsburg on Tuesday night
to see Buster Brown"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-06
CONFESSES KILLING MAN
Wealthy Farmer, Accused by His Son,
Saws Ii Was an Accident.

Gays u was du ACCiuent.
Fowler, Ind, May 4-John w. Poole,
the wealthy Benton county farmer,
accused by his son Emory of the MUIR
der of Joseph Kemper, a German en-
ployed on the farm, year ago last
December, admitted to Sheriff Frank
Shackleton and Marshal John Bow
man that he had killed Kemper, but
that the killing was accidental.
Poole's statement caused great ex-
element in Fowler, which was sec
ondary only to the stir produced by
the finding of Kemper's body on the
Poole farm.
Poole was arrested at one OF his
farms north of Rensselaer,, where he
had been for two weeks. On the way
over from Rensselaer, Poole was
greatly excited and feared he would
be mobbed when he arrived at Fowler.
lie lay in the corner of the automo-
bile and concealed himself with rug.
1t was just before they arrived that
Poole first told the sheriff and mar
shall that he was responsible for KEN
pers death He said that on the Sun
day of the kill.<g he was climbing
over the fence at the back of his
house with a shotgun in hand, being
in pursuit OF rabbit running across
the yard. Kemper. he says, was stand
ing near Poole declared that in get
ting over the fence the gun was dis
charged and the full charge from the
gun blew off Kempers head.