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TIIE OMAIIA SL'NDAY BEE: DECEMBER 29, 1912.
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Ironworkers, Also was convicted, liolnff
branded by the court as a "perjuror"
after he hod denied that McNamara waa
drawing Jl.COO a month to pay for dyna
mltlruPL Mrm. Frank IltfCRlna Collapaea.
An almost tragta scene took placo In
the court room In the few minutes fol
lower the end of the trial.
As United States Marshal Edward
Schmidt ordered the prisoners, one by
one, to step beforo the court, the wives
of a score of the men In the rear of
I the room leaned pitifully over the rait
In, calling for their husbands.
Mrs. Prank J. -Hlgxtna of Boston
leaned far over the rolling and collapsed.
Bhe had been crylnc hysterically.
Another disposition was shown by Mrs.
3ohn H. Harry of fit. iLouls. . "Vlth a
amlle she threw her arms about her hus
band, bejrglruc him to have courage.
"Be of good cheer, John," sho said.
Ton cannot expect a severe punish
ment." Painter llnndi Pnraa io Lnvrrer.
An soon an ma name was called Prank
K. Painter of Omaha pulled a stickpin
out of his necktie and his purse out of
his pocket and handed them to one of
his attorneys.
James P. Cooncy, one of the Chicago
prisoners, sat with outward calm, reading
o newspaper, while tho verdicts were lib
Ing read and threw down -tho paper only
when his name was called to step before
the court. '
Possible punishments vary from any J
iniiiiuiuiu tu n iiitiximum ui imriy-mne
and one-half Tears, In -tho discretion of
thn court. ,
Each prisoner as 'found guilty atnnds
convicted of having In one Instance
Joined a conspiracy t6 commit an offense
against the United States government,
this btlng'puntshablo by two year's Im
prisonment or a finb of 110,000 or both.
Knch prisoner also Is found guilty of
twenty-flvo chargeaiof Illegal transports
tlan of explosives on Interstate passengor
trains, each offense being punishable by
an Imprisonment of eighteen months or
u 12.0Q0 fine or Doth.
While the cumulated possible punish
mcnta are thirty-nine. and one-half years,
tho court Intimated In tho cotirso of the
trial he would Impose sentences In ac
cordance with the degree of guilt.
All tho overt acts were charged ns be
ing related to the series of dynamite and
nitroglycerin explosions, Including thosa
on tho Pacific cosst. as well as those In
Now England, which were directed
against "open shop" structural Iron and
steel contractors, against whom a strike
was called by the International Iron
Workers' union In 1005.
After receiving their sentences tho pris
oners aro to bo taken to a federal prison
probably at Port I-eavenworth, Kan. A
special train probably will bo used for
the trip.
Jurr Cornea In,
The end of the historic trial came at
1 a. m. today, the Jury having been out
sdnee Thursday at 6 p. m. At that time
the Jurors entered Judgo Albert B. An
derson's court room, passed before tho
forty men on trial, and Indicating the Im
portance of what they were about to re
veal only by Intensely pale faces, sat
down.
"Gentlemen of .the Jury, have you
agreed upon verdicts T" asked Judge An
derson. "We have." said the foreman, rising
from his seat. . - . . ..
Ills voice was like a whisper, but "It
echoed throughout, tho court room. The
sobbing of women- was heard from that
part of tho room whero the wives of the
defendants sat.
A bundle of white papers was passed
from the Jury box to Clerk Noble :.
Butler. On those papers was written
liberty or Imprisonment for many moro
men than are usually tried by ouo Jury.
Back In the rear of the court room the
suppressed nobbing again suggested ngl
tatton. "Everybody remain seated," com
manded tho United States marshal.
8llence again waa restored, save for the
rustling of the papers which Clerk But
ler trernblngly held in his hands and
.which he proceeded to read.
Kmu' 'amr Plrat.
The first name was Ityan. Clerk But
ler pronounced It and cleared his throat.
"dullty" he said; "we find the defen
dant, Ityan, guilty as charged In the In
dictment," All who could see him looked at Ityan,
a grayheaded man of 6T years of age.
and appearing older, a man who had
traveled for tho union so much that he
void he had no home, and save for two
grown sons had no family.
"I have a furnished room In Chicago,"
was bin oft-repeated description of home.
"Gentlemen of. the Jury, is that your
verdlctT"
The answer came from each Juror: "It
!."
Then began the further reading of the
brief message which pronounced one by
pne the t&(c of .the other defendants. ;
Th rnun- were not charged actually
-with causing explosions. The only
chargeemrider which they could be prose
cuted ty the federal government were,
conspiracy and" illegal transportation ot
txploatVr- 'But tho court ruled that evi
dent mm Ao '-violence was competent as
, showlag a 6ttv. '
"I am not ready to believe that or
Kaulzed labor yet stands for the things
PEOPLES
that have been nhown here," wng one of
Judge Anderson's statements to the Jury.
"This Is not a trial of labor unions, but
of union offlcals accused of wrongdoing."
About thirty wives with almost ns
many children nre. separated from their
husbands by the verdicts. While the
scene was being enacted In the court
room tho 4-year-old son of William C.
Bernhardt of Cinclnnitl, one of tho de
fendants, was playing In the lobby with
a red painted toy 'engine .which he, had
received Christmas. He had become tho
pet of the federal building and could not
understand when told his father wan
"going away."
Almost the ontlre staff of executive
officials of the Iron workorn' union was
convicted. The only officials not on trial
wero J. D. McClory of Cleveland, now
secretary, and Kd, nnwlw of Hnn Fran
cisco, a member of tho executive board.
Dlatrlrt Attorney TnlUa.
Charles "W. Miller, the United States
district attorney who prosecuted for the
government, said:
"Nothing else could have been ex
pected. The evidence of a natlon-wldc
conspiracy which began In local slugglngs
and assaults on nonunion workmen and
grow becauso local authorities failed to
prosecute, becamo finally so bold that
dynamlto was ,resorted to,
"Tho dynamiters grew bdld In violating
tho federal laws In carrying theso deadly
explosives on passenger trains becauso
they never dreamed of prosecution.
"That was whnt emboldened McNa
msra, tho secretary of the union, to got
nn appropriation of 11,000 a month, so that
tho work of. destruction might bo car
ried on ajelelrtatlcally. It wnB wlikvt mado
him bold enough to send his brother,
James B. McNamara, to blow up not only
thn. Los Angeles Times building, but also
plot to blow Up tho whole city of Los
Angeles.
"Thin prosecution will bo a benefit to
organised labor. It will purge It of the
rough tactics. Tho wholo United States
owes a debt of 'gratltudo to that Jury."
I
l'AINTHIl OMAHA lHONAVOItKUR
Clinraed vtltlt AMaltlns: In Ilrnn
nltlntr Oinnhit IlnlldliiKa.
Frank II. Talnter. one of the convicted
dynamiters, formerly was an Omaha Iron
worker. His part In the dynamlto plots.
nccordlng to the government's charges,
was to assist and help direct the dyna
mtMiiES of the street rail
house, and the Douglas county building In
Omaha,
Pointer strongly was suspected when
the building was dvnamltnd. TU
been tho business agont for the iron
workers durlnir their trouble -with ruM.
welt & Drake, county building general
contractors. Some of the iron worker.
nt that time had been heard to say that
taidwrty & Draho would suffer Inter.
Afln. lt.n n..t.k.ta. ...
....... ,u vuumj uuuuing uynamiting
Painter. was quisled by newDatwr mnn
the police and federal authorities, but he
steadfastly denied any part In the dyna
miting. Ho said ho believed the con
tractors themselves Placed thn rlinnrna
and oxploded them.
When wholesale arrests were made bv
federal officers Painter could not bo
found In Oinahn. I .atcr tin ttm nrr..(.H
ot the home of relatives in the east.
KKIIN WIM, xoT COM.MI2.Vr
Senator Snra Appeal AV1II He Taken
TVASHTNafON'. tee. M.a.nn- i.-
of counsel for tho defendants, when told
oi mo veruicts at Indianapolis, declared
mo cases would ne appealed.
Preparations for the appeal were made
advance," said Senator Vcm
-- RIIU
will be made to the United Ntnt. i,i.
court f appeals In the regular way."
runner inan mat Senator Kern de
clined to comment.
GUMIMUIH II AN NOTHING TO SAY
President of Federation win v...
Mnke Any Statement.
NKW YOUR. Doc. 2S.Knm...l n
president of the American Federation ot
Ibor, had no comment to make today
on tho outcome of the "ilvn-,,,! ',
-..-.... VUOC3
In Indianapolis.
'I havo no statement n mL-
said, when told that nil ... .L.
labor leaders had been found guilty, "and
.... i.rouamy nave none to make here
after." WASHINGTON. Dec. SST.v.t, -
rlson, secretary of the American Feder
ation of Labor, declined to comment to
day on the verdicts In Indlnni,n1l. i .w.
cases of the thlrty-etght labor officials
round gumy or complicity In the McNa
mara dynamite plots.
BUCKLEY'S KHIKMls DKLlOllTtU)
Acquitted Mnn Stands M'ell wliu
People of Davenport.
DAVKNI'OIIT. Ia.. Dm stm.
men and three women, all In humble cir
cumstances. who mortgaged their homes
to raise -money toprovido Dsnlel Bucklen
bond, were Jubilant o?er the vindication
of their belief In his honesty, when thev
learned he waa acquitted or the charge
of complicity lit the dynamite conspiracy
uuiicr um uvea in Uavenport for
many years and has enjoyed an excel
feht reputation for Integrity. U was sec
retary of the local Structural Iron Work
er's union at the time the Davenport loco
motive works plant was blown up.
SCENES DORIHGBOMB TRIAL
Witnesses from All Farts of United
States Come and Oo.
TVEITMOE CONSPICUOUS FIGURE
Iforkln Hlta Apart from Oilier I)c
fruilntita Between Tiro llnlllff
1 1 rMT the Evidence IVm
Collected.
INDIANAI'OMS, Doc. 2S.-11 was a
scene blended with tragedy that con
fronted thoso who week after week sat
through tho historic "dynamlto con
i piracy" trials. ' "
Now It was a baby crying from tho
rear of the court room, where the wives
and children of the defendants sat; now
It was tho heavy volco of a mnn seated
In the witness chair and defending him
self against the charges of a nation
wide conspiracy, In which officials of
union labor wero deeply concerned. Wit
nesses from near and far came and wont,
but thoso whose fate rested with tHe
Jury remained there, listening to the ac
cusations and to tho 'oft-repeated story
of the killing of twenty-one people In the
I.os Angeles Times explosion.
The court room Itself seemed a fitting
setting for that sombre story. Sur
rounded by great marble pillars, with the
daylight shut out by heavy curtains, and
tho Judge Installed boforn an allecorlcal
painting of Justice, that coirt room day
after day echoed the stories of violence,
of the discovery of burnt fuses and
bursted Infernal machines, of midnight
visits by mysterldun men In alleys, In
empty houses, In lonely country roads, or
on tho tops of buildings.
Tim vision of a dark spoctro with a
bomb under his arm becamo a familiar
linage In the minds of those who listened.
Hack of the railings, amid tho spectators,
sat tho relatives ot the defendants. Three
rows deep across the room wore the de
fendants. Among the scoro of attorneys
sat perhaps the most picturesque defend
ant, massive In build, florid In com
plexion, always studiously occupied,' now.
copiously filling his notebook when tho
testimony was exciting; now, when the
trial lagged, burying his spectacled nose
In a Latin version of Omar Khyyam. He
was Olaf A. Tvcltmoe of. San Francisco.
Hockln dtla Apart.
Another man toward whom the eyes
of the spectators often strayed waN Her
bert 8. Hockln. Ho sat apart; between
bailiffs, during much of 'tlio- trial, for. lie
bad boon branded by tho court ns "a
man who could not be trusted by. anyone."
It was Hockln who was accused- of" "hold
ing out" on tho pay of the dynamiters;
It was ho "who was said to havo caused
a quarrel In tho ranks of tHe McNamara
and MoManlgal, and It was he who finally
was charged with "betraying for his own
gain" thoso with whom ho onco associ
ated, and with whom he was affiliated
In tho Iron workers' union., .
arny-hnlrcd and old. beyond his years
sat Frank M. Ityan, president of tho
Iron workers' union, by vlrtuo of which
office ho was a leader Jn national labor
circles, with a sent In' tho councils of
thn American Federation of Labor.
MoManlgal, the self-confessed dyna
miter, for weeks occupied the witness
stand, relating cnlinlivg.jdeclslyely and.
without any appareritVcotjccrn "for him
self a narrative of violence soWlotn
equalled.
And vhat wero the nhtecedentn of thll
trlnlT T'fiT- ?
Back In tho summer of-'1906 dynamlto'
was found at New Haven, Cpnn., on a'
Job on which non-union workmen wee
rmploycd. Later tho Iron workers' union
edited a striko on several contractors,
nnd the striko becamo general. That' was
the beglnulng, nccordlng to tho govern
ment, and It spread until McNamara or
ganized a "dynamiting crew." Altogether
100 explosions occurred, those at Los
Angeles being among tho nlimbor.
Two striking coincidences attended the
trial.
MuManlKnl'a Cnnfeaaloii.
Ono was that on Octobor 1. 1911, oxactly
ouo year after the Los Angeles "Times"
building was blown up with a, loss of
twenty-one lives, tho federal authorities
at Indianapolis first considered tho pos
sibility of prosecutions for Illegal Inter
state shipment of dynamlto und nitro
glycerin on passenger trains. Ortlo B.
McManlgal's confession, obtained after ho
and tho McNamara brothers had been ar
rested, Implicated others ns having actu
ally carried explosives In suit-cases on
trains, or as having entered Into n con
spiracy. This Indicated, In District Attor
ney Charles W. Miller's opinion, tho
necessity for a grand Jury Investigation.
Indianapolis waa the headquarters of John
Jf McNamara, secretary of the Iron
workers' union, and the point at which,
It was charged, tho conspiracy waa en
tered Into and from which the explosives
wero carried.
Another coincidence was that the trial
begun on October, 1. 1913, the second an
niversary of the "Times" explosion. The
federal grand Jury.' after several
months' Investigation, returned Indict
ments against fifty-four union labor of
ficials. Before tho defense began Its case
this number had been reduced to forty
ono on account ot various eliminations.
As a motive, for tho crimes charged the
government referred to the strike against
employers of nonunion labor, consisting
of bridge, viaduct and) building contrac
tors who maintained an "open shoD"
policy, employing workmen regardless I
ot whether they belonged to the union
or not. This strike never has been called
off.
Much of the evidence that was pre
cluded at Ixks Angeles by tho pleas of
guilt by the McNamara brothers came
out here. Federal Judge Albert B, An
derson ruled that while tho specific
charges were Illegal transportation nil
other evidence relative to explosions
might be offered as showing a motive.
One Hundred Kxploalons.
All the 100 explosions came In for
scrutiny by the Jury here, and the field
of operations extended from Boston to
Los Angeles. ,
'Who caused those exploslona' was thn
question before the Jury.
Broadly the charges were that J, J.
McNamara began them and thought them
an effective means of fighting "open
shop" contractors. "Make the damage as
heavy as possible" MoManlgal said al
ways waa hts instructions. Hundreds
ot thousands ot dollars' worth ot property
was said to havo been destroyed. Find
ing the maintenance of a hired "dynamit
ing crew" cost money, McNamara Is
alleged to have appealed to the union tor
funds, and In this way. tho government
Charged, others became Implicated. For
instance, the government set out that
the union executive board decided at last
tp altgw McNamara $1,000 a month, for
which he would bo required to give on
accounting Letters alao were written
which, the government asserted showed
certain business agents, recognizing Ui
CHRONOLOGY OF OA SE
The following Is a chronology of the dynamlto trials:
October 1, 1911, government authorities, exactly ono year after
the Lob Angeles Times explosion, for first time, consider possibility
of federal prosecution for Illegal transportation of explosives.
February C, 1912, federal grand Jury returns lndlctmentB
against fifty-four labor union, officials. .1
February 14, most of tho defendants scattered over the country
arrested within a few hours by a telegraphic signal.
October 1, trial begins exactly two years after Los Angeles ex
plosion, fifty defendants present; throe discharged by government;
Ortle E. McManigal pleads guilty, leaving forty-six for trial.
Octobor 3, Jury secured, composed mostly of farmers; govern
ment opens Its citBo.
October 6, Horbort S. Hockln accused' by district attorney with
having been a spy within tho ranks of tho dynamiters, and with hav
ing given information to the prosecution. .
October 7, Edward Clark, Cincinnati, pleads guilty to having
blown up a bridge at Dayton, O., and accuses Hockln of having fur
nished tho dynamlto; forty-flvo defendants remain for trial.
November 9, McManigal beglnB relating his confession on the
witness stand; Implicates Iron workers' ,unlon officials as having
pointed out Jobs for him to blow up; nanles Hockln as startlilg him
In tho business.
November 23, Hockln's bond increased, In default of which he
Is commlttod to Jail, after more testimony that he was employed by
detectives while an official of the union; court -denounces Hockln
as "not to be trusted by any one, flay or night;" Miss Mary Field, a
writer, denounced. by tho district, attorney aB an-"anarohlst" for
criticisms published In union magazlno; Olaf A. Tveltmoe, San
Francisco, a defendant, also, denounced by district attorney for pub
lishing "anarchistic" criticisms of. the trial.
December 2, government concludes Its case, after presenting
649 witnesses, whjose testimony co'vers 26,00p'pages; four moro de
fendants discharged by tho government,, leaving for.ty-one for trial;
defense begins. Hockln resigns ib secretary-treasurer of the Iron
workors' union. ' ! . .
December 28, verdicts returned.' ' '
Chief prosecutor, United, Scales District. Attorney Charles W.
Miller, . , i -'
ChfoT counsel for, tho defense;, United StateB Senator John W.
Korn-and William N. Harding; ' ( ' '( 'v " ' ( "
Federal Judgp wio; conducted! trial', Albert' B. Anderson.
- Lab"orunton of which most or tho. defendants wpre members, In
ternational' Association, of- Brjdije and Structural .Iron .Workers.
Charges:. Illegally-transporting dyanmlte ttnd nitroglycerin on
passenger trains,: or cofiiBplnicy lo d"6 thb"Bamo. x
. !
"dynamiting -crew" as a regulai Instltu-
J.loji, BoncT word as. to what,,Jdbs should
be blown Up. All Hhelndiclel..o,faclal1s
were declared by their letrers to
"linked together In gullt."-f
Tho witnesses came, from almost every
city. Dozens of thorn wore brought from
Uio.EacltlcCQaflt..tQ, remain on tho stand
only a few minutes. " " "curly-headed,"
dimple-cheeked girl, garbed In a pink
dress, was called from Worth. Randall.
to point' out-In tho, court, room Tcter J,
(Smith and Qeorgo (Nipper) Anderson of
Cleveland as men ' slip saw going up a
lonelV road with a box shortly? beforo an
Wxptdsilm 'af North Kandalb' Aincchanfc
came from Hawaii to- tell of overhearing
icrrtnln of tho defendants discuss pro
posed explosions in Detroit. An. engineer
carrje. from Panama to reeounti.hls ex
periences with Hockln'. Men WHo drove
Ilyoty Wagons, check boys. Inirallway
Htatlons. who cared for- suIi-oasoB, filled
with Infernal, machines, hotel. clerks who
"linntciiii" itcNam'afus niftl 'WcManlcnl'
for' rooms, detectives, stenographer's, corrf
" y . ......... . . r fHi., r
and telcPhqijo operators, all related, pleco.v
mejYr, thslrV knpwVatsft M f d.pfondant'
cailvf&atlpli!. or - movelnentit,- (Whlch' ihv?
government Xindertook to' weave-Into a
comtilbted utob" to iiliow at. onco tho In
dividual guilt of each, and tho cotlcctlvo
guilt ot oil tho defendants.
Ono by ono tho defendants heard tho
charges repeated agutnst them;
Tveltpiot Often Mentioned. v
Tveltmoo heard his name mentioned
often. Ho was acused as having fur
nished a plan and Schmidt to helpblow
up the Times building. He was named
utt having sent word to McNamara tho
month after, the explosion that "things
wero all right on tho coast," and as
having requested tho dynamiters again
lie sent to LoS Angeles, later acknowl
edging another exploslonV thprp on De
cember 25, 1910, ns "a Christmas present."
McManigal said he called at Tveltmoe's
office In San Francisco, but met only
Kugeno A. Clancy' there. Anton Johann
sen waa mentioned by witnesses as hav
ing helped Tvelflnoe. William J. Hums
testified ho told Mayor Alexander ot Los
Angeles the day after, the explosion that
"Tveltmoe and Johannscn were behind
It." Testimony about Johnnnsen was per
mitted oh the ground that though not a
defendant, "ho had been shown to be a
conspirator."
J, IS. Muusey, Salt Lake City, was
charged with harboring tho' Los Angeles
dynamiter for two weeks. A tailor In
Salt Lake City sold he altered clothes
for tho dynamiter, nnd other witnesses
said they 8aw Munacy, also known as
"Jack Urlght," and McNamara together,
Clancy was again mentioned as being in
Boston when tho pacific coast explosion
occurred, and as hurrying west after
tolegraphlng "Clean house," meaning, as
the government charged, to destroy evi
dence. II. W. Pohlman of Seattle was
mentioned as bringing McNamara and
Clancy togethere In that city.
Story of Hockln.
Of al the defendants Herbert S. Hockln
was probably the moat conspicuous In
tho testimony.
The story ot Hockln, as told, was: As
an organizer lor tne union ne inuuecu
McManigal to do dynamiting. Then he
began to "hold up" on the pay allowed
McManigal for Jobs. This resulted in
quarrels, and the McNamoras decided to
have little to do with him. Knowing this,
Hockln went to a contractor In Pittsburg
and betrayed the dynamiters. That waa
beforo the loss ot llfo at Los Angeles
Later Hockln . worked for Burns, while
still remaining as an official of tho union,
and when the federal grand Jury began
work In Indianapolis Hockln took Infor
mation to thq government.
President Ityan of tho Iron workers'
union and all tho other' defendants were
charged with being principals to the con
spiracy through the writing .of letters.
Ryan's defenso was that the McNamaras
and those who confessed alone know
that a "dynamltlni; campaign" was be
ing carried on, and that the executive
board members did not know what
Secretary McNamara did with the tl.OOO
monthly appropriated for his use with
out his being required to glvo-an account
ing. Beyond doubt the testimony which' at
tracted keenest Interest was that which
related to the blowing up ot the Los
Angeles Times building. That a man
could deliberately buy 600 pounds of high
explosive with the purpose only of de
stroying, property gave unusual zest to
that part ot the story.
Movements of .McNumarn.
Unrestricted Dy the court tho govern
ment went Into every available detail of
James U. McNamaras activity on the
(
Pacific coast, which, .was considered cs
Isep't'al' to JLho charges bore. Tho dyna
imltors. arrival In , San Francisco, -after
ho. left his brothoi's offlco In Indianapo
lis, in. July, )Sl6, ila accompanying Mc
Manigal as tnr as Chicago, hts sending
back to McManigal a postcard giving lilm
grpeMngs from thenar. west, and saying,
'.'The be.Bt. of friends must part"; tho
dynamiter's wandering? about San Fran
cisco, his meeting with Clancy, In Seattle,
hU "taking lessons" from an electrical
joxpert In Seattlo In how to set off a
.bombi bj' a spark4 Instead ,of by a fuse,
his causing, an explosion In Seattle, and
'his' return to San Francisco' preparatory
to going to I3s Angclbs, wero all traced.
A woman In San Francisco, who rented
a room to McNamara, a woman who
Vented a room to Schmidt, and another
woman friend of CapJaiu.telephono opera
tors who connected McNamara with the
powder company which ' sold him; the
nyroglycgrlh, the men fron whouvjhe,
Mjilrmldt ;an4' Caplitn rented the'a'ijLncli
used Jo parry the' explosive; a, clerk who
sold the aluminum letters by which the
Jmrno of -the. aunch, was. disguised; a
jnao'who. rontb-I, itho. jioiisd In .wlilcl the
(.0(1. founds ot. nitroglycerin was stored In
San Francisco; a clerk in a hotel In Los
Angeles to whom McNamara bid good
night nt about o'clock at night, nfter
tho bomb had been set In "Ink .alley" In
tho "Times" building, and policemen who
ran to the wreck after tho building was
destroyed and McNamara had fled, all
testified.
In connection with tho .explosion tho
story of William J. Burns was given.
His son, Raymond J. Burns, also related
how detectives had McNamara and Mc
Manigal pointed out to them on'Novem
ber'G, 1D10, flvo months and six days be
foro the arrests wero made. In the mean
time theso dynamiters -were followed on
a hunting trip to northern Wisconsin, but
they' escaped the detectives and ten more
explosions occurred. Burns said he was
looking for "men higher up,"
McManigal testified, and others testi
fied, that Hockln had said" many more
explosions were planned Just about tho
tlmo ot tho arrests of tho dynamiters.
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STATUS MAY TAKE A HAND
ISvldenco Mar Be Turned Over
to
Officers ot Local Courts.
WAS I II NGTON, Dec, 2S.-Attornoy Gen
ernl Wlckersham will consider tho ques
tion of turnlnfe over to various state au
thorities the evidence tcken at tho dyna
mite trial, for such action as local au
thorities might wish to tako toward tho
possible prosecution of the convicted men
on charges of being accessories to mur
item and destruction of property.
According to Department of Justice of
ficials It is posslblo that sentence for
foderal conviction mlrht be suspended
while the men wero tried in state courts,
or, after serving part of their sentences,
thoy might be turned over to tho state
authorities.
Assistant Attorney General Hoar, who
has directed the government's coso from
"Washington, will tako up tho question
with Attorney General Wiekersljam when
the latter returns to town Monday.
at .won
at'CAIlTIIV
TALKS
Cullforiilu I.nlior Leader Saya Men
Are Innocent.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 2S.-"There la
no doubt In my mind but that In an ap
peal of this case to a fair tribunal the
defendants will be speedily acquitted."
This statement waa made today by P.
II. McCarthy, former mayor of San
Francisco and president of the Building
Trades Council of California, tho organ
ization of which Olaf A. Tveltmoe, ono ot
tho men convicted In Indianapolis today,
Is secretary,
"Labor In California believes in the In
nocence of theso men," McCarthy con
tinued, "and I think that I speak author
itatively when I say thuy wll receive
the support of the working men of this
state through all their troubles. Those
of us who have been mora Intimately
associated with Tveltmoe and Cla'ricy
have Implicit faith In them.' Tveltmoe
and Clancy were convicted upon the un
corroborated testimony of Ortle McMani
gal, the Informer."
USES CHRISTMAS NECKTIE
TO STRANGLE HIMSELF
CHICAGO. Dec. Sl-Uiiing a necktie j
which wan a Christmas jiregent to lur
huslxuid Kg a means of eulclde. Jltg.
Frank Ketay traiiKl'd irrelf )-je t" -
da)
Key to thv fixation -U. o Ann t
YARIETY OF YIEWS
' ONLIABILITY LAW
(Continued from Page One.)
more- Ho favors a compensation that
will, in case of suits, fix the lawyers'
tees. .
C. I j. Shamp, another labor leader,
said personally ho was opposed to com
pensation becauso he believed It would
riot treat the laborer fair, the maximum
compensation In case of death or total
liability being too low. Ono life Is worth
as 'much bb another, ho said, and thoro
should be no distinction between men
who havo families.
A. J. Vlerllng of tho Paxton & Vlerllng
Ironworks favored fifty per cent of tho
wages ns a fair llnhiutv ji-j i,
J grade labor should not be discriminated
"huinsi as much a man, when killed by
accident, was worth Just as much to his
family as the high salaried man.
14 P. Smith, an attorney, said the bills
reported by tho commission
ploycrs' liability blnB, but wero not work
men's compensation bills. Incidentally,
he gave the commission some information
regarding the chnrges of lawyers who
tako Personal Injury coses. If the case Is
settled out of cout. he said, tho lawyer
received M per cent; If settled at tho first
trial tho lawyer received 334 per cent.
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PREPARE FOR YOUR
NEW YEAR'S DINNER
No. 1 Dry Picked. Corn AA l
Fed Turkeys, Monday. Ib. LL2l
No. 1 Milk Fed Chickens,
lb 14!2C
Roll Rib Roast, lb. ..15c
Oysters, quart 40c
NEW YEAR'S SPECIALS IN GROCERIES
20 lbs. Granulated Sugar $1.00
Largo Queen Olives, qt. . . .5c
Sweet Pickles, quart 20c
Sour Pickles, dozen .flc,
'i'ncht Club Snlnd Dressing, bot
tle . ; 20c
Capitol. Minco Meat, 3 pkgs. 23c
Izuml Crab, large pan . . . .:t."c
Capitol Tomatoes, can . .12c
Country Gentleman Com, can,
nt
Sodn or Oyster Grackers, lb. 7c
Oyster Cocktail Snuce, bot. 2.1c
Capitol patj pr;. Wljeati- 3-lb.
packages' . i'lv. ".80"
Self nislng' -buckwheat'. Ploary
j.)ackiw;
. .12&c
i Plum Pudding,' can .25c
Franco-American - Sauce, for
plum pudding ..:.iSc
Olives, plain .or .stuffed, bot-'
tie, 10c
"Miirn.Kclihio Cherries, bottle lGc
.and 25c
King Oscnr Sardines, 2 cans 25c
Van Camp's" Jlakctl llcans, largo
can 11c
MONDAY BAKERY SPECIALS
5c Homo Made Bread, loaf 4c
10c Homo Made' liread, loaf 8c
Home Mado Doughnuts, doz. 8c.
Homo Made Polls, dozen . .8c
Homo Mado Cookies, dozen 8c
New Year Specials
Navel Oranges, dozen 15c, 25c,
35c and Y 40c
Florida Grope Fruit, each 10c,
7 Me and 5c
Capo Cod Cranberries, qt. 7c
Iiurge Juicy Lemons, dozen 20c
Jonathan Apples, peck . . . 50c
Roino Beauty Apples, peck 50c
Box $1.75
Colo. Pennnan Apples, box,
$2.25; peck 00c
Prize Black Ben Apples, box 92
Fresh Pineapples, each . . .20c
Quality
Start the New Year by getting work that
will prolong the life of your linens, at
same time be ironed and finished as only
Omaha's Quality Laundry
Can Finish Them
Douglas 2560.
rili iiiim n aniririT inmiiiWi
0
a
rl
i -
and If carried to the supremo bourt he
received 60 per cent
Tends Tntrnrd Soclnllxhi.
He believed the employo should be gtK.n
the option of coming under tho compen
sation law or remaining out of It. the la
borer to decide after the accident, and
not Wore. Making the state liable tend
toward socialism, ho maintains. He at
tacked Mr. Vlerllng for saying tho maxi
mum compensation for total liability or;
death should be $2,500. Ho said that sum
was outrageously small.
The commission will close It's public
hearings, today. Interest .In Its. session?
has been widespread and great, but .em
ployers as well ha employo have ah'bwif
a disinclination to talk. An attempt win
be mado by the commission to agrco on
a compromise bill, which will embody the
good features ot 'the majority and mil-.-,
nrlty report without tho bad 'feature1!!!
cither.
MANY CHICAGO POLICEMEN
AND FIREMEN MAY RESIGN
CHICAGO, Dec. 28. Fourteen hundred'
policemen and 'twral hundred firemen
tlireatcn to resign within a few weeks
as a result of an, expected 20 per ccnt
reduction In salaries of all city employes
for at least the first six months of 1913,
made necessary by lack ot funds in the"
city treasury.
Snowdrift, can 23c
Morrell's Mince Meat, can,
at i2y2c
Diamond Crystal Shaker Salt,
3 packages 25c
Sweetheart Toilet Sonp, 7 bars
for 25c"-
Capitol Flour, 4S-lb. sk. ..fil.l.T
Capitol Green Gnge Plums, can
at 15c
CnpitoT Grapes, can . . . .20c -25c
Van Houten's Cocon, can
at 20c
Capitol Peas, 2 cans 25c .
Skinless Fig's, in syrup, jar,
at 12-tfc
10c Shepp's CconnuV,; pkg; Oc; ,
ifcapitol Coffee, lb. pkg. ,'.ij0p..
Breakfast Coffeey.?lb.'an;B2cV- -,
'"Free With eacft 'lbY'bfjWriu''
;n8sorted teas at froni 4a tctt
178a per lb., or wljh our .obffe h f
at 3 lbs. for $t, wo will glvo(
free, 1 can of Calumet Baking
Powder. x
2-lb. Iloll Premium Uuttcrlne
at 18o
Full Cream Cheese, lb. . ..22c
"Peanut Putter, 2 lbs 25c
Swiss Cheese, lb 28c
Homo Mado Imyer Cakes , .20c
.Cream Puffs, dozen 25c
Custard Puffs, dozen 10c
40c Fruit Cake, lb 0c
30c Fruit Cake, lb 25c
Fruits & Vegetables
FIGS, DATES, NUTS.
7-Crown Imported I'gs, lb. 25c
California Figs, pkg. 5c & 10c
Dromedary Dates, pkg. ..15c
Italian Dates, pkg 10c
Fard Dates, lb
No. 1 Mixed Nuts, lb. , . . .
VEGETABLES.
Leaf Lettuce, 2 bunches
Jersey Sweet Potatoes, 3
for
Large California Celery, ea
Cauliflower, lb
15c
200
.5c
lbs.
10c
10c
10c
Laundry
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