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" niiiM University m Medford Mail Tribune CLEARINGS BANK CX.EABXNQ8 $28,782.51. WEATHER r.ilr Bar. 29.7S, Max. 89, Mln. 40.8, Menu C3. Forty-Flrst Year. Dally Sixth Year. A1EDFOUD, OK ISO ON, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1911. No. 29 DETECTIVE W. J. BURNS IS FUGITIVE JETECTIVE HAS SIGHT IN EM Is Evading Warants Sworn Out By Labor Leaders on Charges of Hav ing Kidnapped John J. McNamara Only One Leaves No Trace. CONSTABLES ARE ON HIS TRAIL BUT ARE BAFFLED Succeed Only in Arresting One of His Men Walter Deen and Attorney Ford However Are Held in Jail INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 2C Evading warrants sworn out by labor leaders hero for his arrest on charges of having kidnapped John J. McNamara, secretnry of tho Structural Iron Work ers, William J. Uurns vanished today from this city and has left no trace. Constables with tho warrants for Hums' and his aides arc on tho trail of tho detective hut HO far have succeeded on ly In arresting J. A, Rudorf, ono of tho Iturns operatives, who was captured at noon. Arraigned on the same charge, Wal ter 'Drew, president of the National Krectors' association, and W, J. Ford, assistant district attorney of Los An geles, wero held by Justice Manning in $10,000 ball for tho grand Jury. Frank j ox, tho chauefeur who drove McNamara uway when he was taken prisoner, was hound over In $G,000 bond. All went to Jail, pending their secur ing bail. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 25. Tlio urresl of Defective Hums on the charge of kidnapping John .1. McNamara and causing his removal to Lot Angeles Is expected hero today, Burns arrived at 2:30 this morning from Toledo. It has been intended that Uurns should bo arrested last night. lie was expected to arrive In the city at 10 o' clock and constables waited nt tho depot for liltn, but they abandoned their vigil nt midnight. Later, however. Hums, nc companled by J. A. Ilalorf, representing the Erectors' association, arrived, hut the officers had left. ' Ford Arretted. First of tho blows struck by the union leaders hero In retaliation for the al leged kidnapping of McNamara has been the arrest of W. J. Ford, assistant pro secuting attorney of Los Angeles, Wal ter Drew, president of the Krectors' as hoclutlon, and F, P. Fox, the chauffeur who drove tlio taxlcab in which Nainara was whisked to tlio station hero after his arrest on tlio dynamiting charge. To day all threo are nt liberty on bonds of $G,000 each, which were given by W. A. Ketcham, of the Rrown-Ketchnm Iron works of this city. Tho warrants for tlio arrest of Ford, Drew and Fox, as well as those under which nurim and his detectives aro ox- pooled to be arrested were sworn out by John Weugan, a local labor leader, who acted for tho executive board of the In ternatloinal Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Worktjrs. Says Arrest Ridiculous. Ford declared his nrrest was utterly ridiculous. "I am not a pollen officer," ho said, "and had no part In taking McNamara. My arrest will amount to nothing. It may ho a different mutter for Detective Uurns, but I think he will bo able to defend his action, I am hero simply to see what Is going on and to gather in formation for use in Los Angelos when the trial of the three iiijn begins." "When Jan. W. McNamara readies Los Angeles," lie said, "ho will bo Iden tified as tho J. II. llryco who bought dynamite at Olant, Cul., and whom wo liavo traced positively as ono of tho Los Angeles dynamiters. The Identifi cation of llryco will bo positive and ab solute. Further than that, there wero two sticks of dynamite found unoxplod ed under the Times building. Theso sticks came from tho Olant works and have been Identified as Uryce's pur chases. "McManlgal Is not wanted In connec tion with the Times explosion, but for the dynamiting of the Llewellyn Iron Works In Los Angeles at u later date." Burnt Claims He Has 1'roof. Burns declaroB he has positive proof that llryco (JumeH McNamara). David Caplon and M. A. (Cocky) Schmidt were responsible for the Times disaster, and that John J. MoNomara paid James for the Job. He said that Caplan and Schmidt were simply anarchists unuf-; Malted with the Structural Iron Work- crs. who holped at the Job. Burns thinks MoJIanlgal worked alone on the Llewyln Job. but that John J. Nainara furnished the money. Chrlsuolm Trial In July. n DROPPED FROM SANTA ROSA. Col. April 2J.. Tho considerable activity today and the ac trtal of Dr L. C Ghlsholm on the ohargeitual work of framing his oase Is well of having murdored John D. Powell has l-en st for July It. Chlsholm pleaded pot guilty when arraigned before Judge s-uwll at his preliminary hearing The prison. r still refuses to discuss his case bile club, was killed last night In an au wtth any one and holds himself aloof tomoblle incident near Albany, Pal. No fruin Ins fellow prisoners d. ulls are ?t obtainable 4- -HI tt -f -HH t 4 tt t HOW MoNAMARA MXQKT HE TBSDD Labor lender) wlio ore fighting tlio nrrrst Of Jolin J. MoNamarn. see-rotary-treasurer of tlio Iron Workers union, charged with alluded com plicity In IJio Los Angeles Times cnthrophc, have considered nn offort to secure his freedom liy ft writ of habeas corpus. Such ft writ mlKht he Issued, attorneys sny, hy any court through whose Jurisdiction Mc Namara passes. It could be secured hy any friend of the accused In any such court The writ would he hased on the fact thnt MoNnmnrii was be ing deprived of his liberty without due pmccss of law. A sufficient answer to such ft writ would he the papers In the case. If proper Indictment, requisition hy tlio governor of California on the gov ernor of Indiana, endorsement of the requisition hy the latter and war rant for the arrest of the accused, endorsed by an Indiana magistrate having Jurisdiction, can bo shown, the writ would lie non-effective. If, however. Is could he shown that the papers contained some defect the. write would he effective and tho accused would have to he released. The question of denial of counsel to McNamara before the police Judge of Indianapolis could not enter Into 11 haheaH corpus writ Issued in any court enroute. It would liavo to be setthd hy the county courts of Marlon county, Indiana, that the law entitled the accused to counsel, that liv asked for counsel, that the request was denied by the pollen J u rice. M N A 6 RUSHED WEST Will Probably Be Brought to Los Angeles Without Change Little Chance of Freeing Them on Writ of Habeas Corpus. DENVER. Col.. April 25. That John J. McNamara, James W. McNamara, his brother, and Ortle McManlgal, arrested at tho Instance of tho Burns agency for alleged complicity In dynamiting plots, Including tho alleged dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times will go through to Los Angeles without chango from the train on which they ure now prisoners , was the general belief of railroad offi cials hero today. The" men, closely guard ed In compartments of a Pullman sleep er on the California Limited on tho San ta Fo road, passed La Junta early today. John J. McNamara, who was rushed from Indianapolis In an nutomoblle, plne ed aboard a St. Louis truin, where ha was transferred again to tho Missouri Pacific, was landed aboard tho Santa Fe train on which his brother nnd Mc Manlgal wero passengers, at Great Bend, Kan. Ho was taken off tho Missouri Pacific train nt Holslugton, Kan., ami taken in nu automobile to Great Bend, where ft compartment on the California Limited had been reserved for 111 tn. On Fastost Train. The Santa Fe train on whle.h the threo men aro now riding carries them by tho most direct route from La Junta to Los Angeles and they aro on the fastest trnin on tho line. v. Slnco It Is reasonably certain that taking the men from tho train could not he accomplished without tho knowledge of newspaper men nnd nny attempt to transfer them to another trnln must ho known boforo tho detectives had gone far with their prisoners, It is bolloved tho Burns detectives who aro planning tho trip to Los Angeles bellovo that they have as good a chance of getting through to Los Angeles on tho trnin they aro now on as they would If they, attempted to doublo again. Tlio fact that tho time of their arrival Is known will make little difference in their plans. The men know that a habeas corpus writ Is tho only possible chanco of freeing the prlsonors before they reach Los An geles and It Is believed llkoly now that no effoit to sorvo such a writ will bo made. In fact it is thought there would lie little chanco of serving ft writ at all, and If It wero done. It Is probable that only In tlio case of John J. McNamara would tho courts Issue such a writ. Will Be Buihed Through. The detectivos think the papers they have would be sufficient answer to any such writ and If tho extradition of Mc Namara is to bo fought at nil, the action must ho tnkon In tho Marlon county. Indiana, courts. For those reasons, both deetctlvos and rullroud men say, It Is highly probablo that tho prlsonors will be rushed to Los Angeles without fur thor chango, and if there Is any secrecy concerning their arrival In Los Angoles It will come when tho train nears tho California city, when tho prlsonors may bo takon out and tho final stago of the trip mado In automobiles. Planning for Beceptlon. LOS ANGELES, Col., April 25. While Jas. W. .McNamara, his brother John J. McNamura and Ortlo E MacMontgal, al leged dynaniltors, two of whom ore ac cused of wrecking tho Los Angeles Times plant, are speeding west ward In tho custody of deleotlves. preparations were being made hero today for their recep tion on their arrival. Whether the men will be housed tn the city prison, at tho county Jall or In a speolal place of detention fitted up for lti.la onl. niummml.illnn tin M nAt liaf.fi ....,. ,,,.,,, nu,of nt inl.0 w-ii. ., WB B0m,uled to hold a oonfer- rnce with District Attorney Fredericks ... - , ...u.nv, ,,,, .,. Iln,i Mc-other maUerH w, be discussed. The dlstrlot attorney's offloe will luive sole charge of tho proseoutlon of the sus peoted trio. Fredericks' force showed under way. OAKLAND. Cal. April St. C. W. Mot- tern, seoretary of the Oakland Automo MRS. INGERSOLL RUSHING SOUTH On Her Way to Los Angeles to Iden tify "Bryce" On -Which the Case Built Up by Burns Depends in a Great Degree. BAN FRANCISCO, April 2G. Mrs. D. IT. Ingersoll today 1 speeding towiml Los Anggles to assist In tlio Identifica tion of tho prisoners arrested by Dotec tlvo William J. Burns in connection with tho dynamiting of tho Los Angeles Times building. Burns contends that James W, McNamara assumed tho namo of J. B. Bryce while in California and under that name lived for ten days nt a boarding houso conducted by Mrs. Ingersoll In San Francisco. Tho police say that tho connection between llryco and tho purchase of the dynamite at Olant, Cnl., lias beon established and It now remnlns for Mrs, Ingersoll to Identify MoNamnrn ns tho man known to her as Bryce. To Identify Companion. Anton Johnnnsen went on tho same train with Airs. Ingersoll to establish tho Identity of "Cocky" Schmidt, tho one-oyed companion of llryco. Tlio Identification of JamoH W. Jic- Naninrn as J. B. Bryce Is the keystone In the case that Detective Bums is building up. Burns depends on Mrs. In gersoll to Identify McNnmnrn as Bryce. Should she fall to do so, the rase against the younger McNamara would bo con siderably weakened from the standpoint of tho prosecution. Mrs. Ingersoll says tliat shu is not certain hIio can recognize Bryco, oven though she should seo aud talk with him. "A man changes considerably in six months," said Mrs. Ingersoll boforo sho left for os Angeles. "1 liavo not seen Bryce slnco tho Times explosion nnd 1 could not Identify him unless I wero perfectly sure that tlio iiiuu under ar rest Is Bryce." Chief of Police Seymour pointed out tho Importance of Mrs. Ingersoll's Iden tification. Saw Htm for Ten Days. "Supposo that the men at Olant and the owners of the launch should be aide to Identify McNamara as llryco," said Seymour. "Tiioy saw him only for a few inlnutoa and their testimony would not bo strong. Mrs. Ingersoll saw Bryco for ten days, She should know him. JloRt assure dthat If they liavo Bryco they have the man who was tho direct ing agent of tlio actual dynamiting One fact aldne would prove that. When llryco arrived In San Francisco from ..os AngoloH Immediately after the dy namiting ho checked two suitcases. Ono of these contained clockwork and ex plosives. Tho other held Home clothing and two San Fianelsco newspapers ono a morning and the other nu after noon edition. Bryce dared not carry themj Here's Papa Dam, Mrs. Dam and The wiroL.Ei ixajm eamilv Here Is the whole Dam family Ints ct. Thirteen Dsuis In all, they arrived t n terdsm. The Dam family Is en route to the West. Every member of the Dam family Is the picture of health and tho uacky little Dams with Mr. aud Mrs. D am make up a Dam fine collection. 'ODD FELLOWS ' PEAN BIG DAY Will Dedicate Temple and Observe 92nd Anniversary of the Order To-1 morrow Big Preparations Have' Been Made for the Day. PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND THE EXCERCISES Big Parade Will Be Held in Afternoon. Delegates From Other Cities I Expected. The local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Follows of America, will dedicate their new tenyile amid celehinlo tho 9Sd anniversary of the order Wed nesday, April 2C, In this city, and n large attendance Is looked for. The dedica tion ceremonies of the new I. O, O. F building nt tlio corner of Sixth nnd Hol ly streets will also be held at this anme and In honor of tlio Joint exercises a splendid program has been picpatod. Delegates from till the large cities are expected nnd prominent speakers will deliver addresses. Tho nnnlvursary c.v uiclses will bo held at tho Natatorlum In tlio afternoon nnd dedication cere inoiileH will bo held In tho new hull at 7:30 o'clock In tho evening. An elabo rate bauiiuet Is to follow tho ceremo nies and various well known spcakois from the surrounding towns will de liver toasts. Following Is tlio program and ar rnngoiuonts for tlio day; Anniversary Exercises. Orator, B. F. Mulkey; mnrslial of the SPRINGFIELD, III.. April 25. Des day, Isaac Woolg. All Odil Fellows anil lUo tin eats or a Jail sentence, Edwaid Rebekahs ussemhle at hnll. corner Sixth Tlhlcu. picshlcnt of tlio National Puok aml Holly streets, at 2 p. in. Form pa- '" company, today again refused to np rndo on Holly street. Music will ho I'luil- lx-foro the Btate somite committee furnished hy tho Aloitfor'd Concert band. The cscoit will consist nf Second Bat talion, Second regiment, Patriarch Mili tant. The lino of march will be: South to Seventh street east to Riverside, north to Natatorlum hall. The public Is cordially invited to attend. W. I. Vnwter, P. G. M., will net as nnblo grand. J. L. Doinmer, P. O., will act as vlco-grand. Row. W. F. .Shields will act as chaplain. F. M. Wilson, P. G., will net as past grand. J. D. Rlekert, P. a., will act as secretary. Dedication Coremonios. Tlio Odd Follows and their company. Rebekahs and their escorts, will uhsem blo nt I. O. O. F. hall at 7:30 p, m. W t. Vawter, P, G. M., will act as grand master. J. L. Denimer P. G., will act ns grand warden. Rev. W. F. Shields will act as chaplain. John Eliul, P. (1., wll laot as grand miushul. A. N. 1111 debrand, P. G., wll lacl as herald of tho nortti. J. J. Ilnuri will net us her aid o fthe south. E. E. Wilson will net ns hornld of the east. M. L. Meadows, P. G., wll lact as herald of tho west. W, S. Crowell will not us toustmas.tor at tho banquet, nt which tho following toasts will bo responded te: "Our visiting sisters and brothers," W. I. Vawter; response, George W. Trefien, of Ashland: "Odd Fellowship Its Mis. slon," II. F. Mulke, "The Buttablllty of the Goat," W. R. Coleman of Jackson ville; "Twenty-five years with Modfoid Lodge No. 83," Isaac Woolf; "Pioneer Lodge, No. 10," M M. Taylor of Jack sonville; '"The suberdlnnto lodge, a cove nant of friendship, love and tiuth," W. are dnlu on that mossy ImnkSIIRDL I''. Shields; "The encampment What nio you doing on that mossy hank?" F. W. Streets; "The Patriarchs Militant," LDIoiitenant W. P. Wetheroll of Gold Hill; "Tho Rebekahs Where thou gnest I will go," A. N. llllddbrund. Look for "worth-answering" want uds and answer them all) Dedicate This Temple Tomorrow Vow of tiio Odd rullow' new complete4!. TI1I.DEN REFUSES eoirsiOEfis Desperate Threat of Jail President of National Packing Company Re fuses to Appear Before Lorimcr In vestigating Committee. which Is Investigating the Lnrlmor.olotr tion and proiluco his booktf-' showing transactions during tho period ljo Is al iened to have acted as collector of the $10(1.000 Lorlmi'i' "slush fund." Following Tllden's refusal tho Inves tigators went Into conference III execu tive session and probably will ask the senate to deeluie Tlldeu In contempt. AT R0SEBUR8 BURNS Lives of 22 Patients Are Eudaugcr ed Are Carried to Safety By Nur ses Two Were On the Operating Tabic. ROKEIIURG. On-.. April 2C Investi gation today Mhowed that the dps Which liurtlally iluimtxed the Mercy Hospital and endangered tin lives of twenty-two imtlents was unused by a dufeatlvo fluw. The patients were carried tn safety hy nurses. Two persons weru on the operating ttihlo under anosthstloH when tho alarm of file whs raised, Tiioy Were (Hilled To the open air. The damage Is estimated ut appioxlnmtely $,000, SAN FRANCISCO, April H.K. W. Hawkins, Kit, well known real estate deal er, Hbot himself in his offices her. 'I' lie body was found today by the Jiiiiltoi. Hawkins was unmarried. Despondent y over the I linens of a filend Is assigned for the a t Ten Dam Kids New York on the Ilyudaui, from Hot 0 ' r in iiiirtiiiii aniniiiMiininriiJiTlBr ST a WM building - In this city. Tnfcou boforo It was !BURR0VUS SAYS HE CAN EDENTIFY If "Bryce" is McNamara Man Who Rented Launch Claims He Will Be Able to Identify Him Is Important Factor. OAKLAND, Cal.. April 21.. -A. D. Bur rows, owner of the launch pastime, which J. B. Bryce, who Is alleged to lie James W. MoNaina'ra. usel to luual tho dynamite, snld to have been used to blow up tlio Los .vugeles Times building from Giant, Cal,, has been watching the uawspapers In an effort to find pictures of the man. He said today thnt be could Identify 'tlio man who rented tho boat fioui him, and his evidence win ho a val uable aid when tho detectives nrrlvu. lo is piepaieil to go to Los Angeles ns soon as the detectives arrive with .Mc Namara. MONSTER FUND UNION DEFENSE Chicago Federation of Labor Will Meet Sunday to Discuss Plans for Protection of Men Now Speeding to California. CHICAGO, April 2C Planning to raise a monster fund for tho defense of John J. and James W. MoNamara, and Ortle MuMnnalgal, the alleged Los An geles dynamiters, the Chicago federa tion of Labor will meet bete on Sunday to dlsuusH plans for the piotectlon of the men now speeding to California. It has already been decided that Indltldual as sessments will be levied and that all the unions in good financial clrcuiiistuucxs will make donations. It is expected 1100,000 will he subscribed for a pre Itmlnary fund. DlKoussIng tho situation, President I'ltxpnlrlok said teday: "Union men olijeot to this gigantic couspliacy in the general fight of the I'liiployeis and the unions over the "open shoi'. The unions ouu be counted on to give all possible aid to those men. We have Investigated the ease and know the men ate Innoceno. Ths arrests were slaved tliMttrioully so as to Impress the public with the "guilt" of these men. Dynamite und clock works worn planted and were found by detectives to make It, I ipju-ar that the men wero guilty Thatl ii easy Tiny found dynamite all ov r. I ii vv.st when they arrested Moyir. Ha v. r.d and p, ttlbone The v ought to bu. I fc-'itid it, for iIkv planted t tin ins. l " I I OF TRULY DELIGHTFUL Tin i'I.Iiiii-n of N"riimml, as pie Milt'd b the ladles or the Uuatfl .M..I furd club ut the opera bouse last vo nlnic was it Huccfliis In eiery respect. The ulent displayed by the company si m iil und little critic-Is in could 4.., cifi.r, ii Medford has long boasted .f ha-iKh a gioater array of taltut uloiikT "!'! lines tliu n any other ally In tin- nurtlmeut, iul this boast wus shown to he founded on fact at hist night's presentation. "The Chluiss" Is n charming little op. eia and wus put oi) In n manner wliluli would make an yof the traveling coin p.uiies go Hume to best. It Will ho pie- L, tuii Ugi,ni this uven'lnir NORMANDY S. P. TD APPEAL FROM DECISION W Executive Committee of Harriman Lines Announces That An Appeal ' Would Be Taken From Decision of Judge Wolvcrton In Famous Case DECISION IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO. JACKSON Agitation Which Led to tho Suit Was Instituted in This Country I9Q6 NEW YORK, April 2C Following ft meeting of the axeciptlvo committee of tho Harrimnn lines horo tills afternoon, It wns announced thnt nn nppent would bo taken from United States Judge Wol verton's decision in Portlund tu tho Oregon land casus. Causos Heaviness. NEW YORK. April 2G, Tho decision ngalnst the Southern Pacific in tho Ore gon lnnd case caused somo heaviness In the Harrimnn stocks nt the opening of the stock market. Southern Pacific lost ono point und Union Pacific 1-2. Most of the other active Issues wore down a fraction Later a rally sent the prlcos higher but tho market again receded. The close was firm. Bonds wero firm. t . . . . . ox Qroat import Here. The decision of Judge Wolvcrtonof., the United States federal court Monday, " Which restores, if sustained, 2,500,000 acres of land, valued at $75,000,000, to tlio public dumnln, Is of far-reaching Im portance to Jackson county, as much of tho laud In this county Is contained In tho original grant to the Oregon & Cal ifornia Railroad company, later taken over by tho Southern Pacific, Much of Ii has been sold but tho railroad com pany still owns 'thousands of acres in the county, und has withheld it from settlement. Jackson Startod War. To Jackson county also belongs tho credit for the agitation which led to tho suit In which by Wolverton's decision tho railroad has been overthrown. In 1900 Clarence Retimes, n candidate for the legislature, pledged hlmsolf that, if elected, ho would secure tho passage of a resolution authorizing tlio state to tiiko legal fiction to recover title to tho railroad grant lauds. L. L. Mullt was also pledgee' to this move, nnd being elected he secured the pannage of u memorial to cougerss, which led to tliu Institution of tho suit. Will Aid Development. Willi tho itillroad lands opened to settlement and development Jucksou county will make greater strides. Slnco 1003 the lands have not been on tliu market nt nnj price. 14 BODIES ARE E Nine Others Working at 'Same Time in Davis Coal & Coke Company Mine Are Thought to Be Dead No Hope for Their Escape. BMC OARDI3N, W. Vu . April 25 Fourteen dead miners weio tukun from the Oil mine of the DaMs Coal & Coko Company at dawn today Nino other nn n In the workings nt the time of tho i xploslon .ire believed to be dead. INVESTIGATION Introduces Resolution In House De manding Prohlng of Arrest of John J, McNamara By Detectives Wil liam J. Burns In Indianapolis. WASHINGTON. April 33.A resolu. tlou demanding un Investigation Into tlio. arrest o John J. McNanmru In Indiana polls was Introduced (n the house to day by Representative Vlotor Dorter, tho Milwaukee socialist. AKENE MiN 8 ER HS 7t