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VOL. XXI. AUROAD LAND IRANI: DECLARED HI! ARREST OH CHARGE OF BYflMTIflG TIMES MOREING TO. DETECTIVES WERE "CAUGHT WITH 600DS" ARREST MADE III DETROIT Detectives Claim That When Arrested James McNamara and Ortie McManigal Had in Their Possession Electric Batteries, Nitro-Glycerine, Automatic Pistols Clock Work for Firing Bombs and General Outfit of Anarchistic Weapons and Supplies. UNITED FRESS LEASED WIRE. Chicago, April 24. The arrest of James W. McNamara and Ortle Mc Manigal occurred in Detroit several days ago but was kept secret until the arrest of John J. McNamara in Indianapolis, the police here admit. The arrest was made by Raymond J. Burns, son of William J. Burns, and representatives of the Chicago detec tive bureau. The men were arrested as they left a Detroit hotel where the detectives assert they had just checked a suit case containing ex plosives Intended to be used in a "job"' in Detroit. Since the arrest of the men, however, they have not been allowed to talk with newspaper men or to outsiders, and the details of the arrest are only those given out by the police. Say McManlgnl Talked. McManigal Is said to have proved talkative from the time of his ar rest. He was told by the police that he and McNamara were wanted for a safe robbery and that it was said to have occurred on a night when McManigal visited a shoe store with his wife. He is said to have laughed heartily at the "iron bound alibi" he could present and agreed readily to go to Chicago. McNamara Is said to have been very quiet and apparently was somewhat worried. He consent ed to go to Chicago but Is .said to have repeatedly asked the officers about the specific charges against him. The detectives assert that the men went to Chicago more freely be cause they knew that 'the explosive alleged to have been found in their baggage at the - hotel, would have made their situation In Detroit ex tremely awkward If they had protest- j ed against extradition. The men themselves have not been Inter- SHACKLED TO THE TOO B ALLEGED DYNAMITERS A"RE ON THEIR WAX TO LOS ANGELES IN THEIR PRESENT CONDITION THEY ARE CERTAINLY IN BAD COMPANY. Topeka, Kan., April 24. James and John McNamara and McManigal, the alleged dynamiters, passed through here on Santa Fe train No. 3 at 11 o'clock today. The1 two men 'ere shackled to two detectives of the Burns agency, and were locked in a compartment of the Pullman car Carrizo. Every one was excluded from the Compartment. The train men said the detectives refused to discuss the ase and the prisoners were not given an opportunity to do bo. Detective Beddunger node In the baggage car, guarding cases believed to contain the explosives and .me chanical devices which are alleged to nave been used by McNamara and K S . E wcMonlgal. MWJARA ACID tilTvlANIBAL viewed on this subject, having been held under close surveillance In Chi cago since their arrest In Detroit April 12. A Detective Case Only, So Far. "Burns has been working on this case for five months," said Captain of Detectives Stephen Wood today. "Two men have- been working for two months. The reports of their Investigation came to me and there is no question In my mind but that the evidence Is conclusive. The men were professional dynamiters with ample funds and employed by men of considerable Influence. They re ceived aid from many persons In all parts of the country. The Inference la clear. "I had a long talk with McNamara and I am sure he Is nothing more or less than an anarchist. He talks an archistic ideas and principles, and believes In 'sabotage,' which Is being used by the anarchistic laboritea of Europe In the fight against their em ployers. 'Sabotage' Is McNamara's constant expression. As you know, the wooden shoe of the French peas ant is called a sabot and they make a terrible weapon In a fight. That is the origin of 'sabotage.' The' Los Angeles authorities have all our In formation on the case and I am con vinced they will have no difficulty in convicting their men." Lawyer Rogers In It. Earl Rogers, the "lawyer-detective" who worked on the case direct ly after the Los Angeles catastrophe, left today for Los Angeles. Rogers has been for three weeks in Chicago and Indlanaiiolls. It is not known here whether he was in touch with Burns and his operatives, bnt It is believed by the police here that he was. Roeers was connected with the case after General Otis and some of the members of the Los Angeles "M. & M." objected to the employment of Burns. Rogers is said to have had the sum of $500 per day at his dis posal while the hunt was on. It developed here today that after the Times explosion a $10,000 re ward was offered for Information and secrecy was promised. It Is re- norted that the arrests of the Mc- Namaras and McManigal were caused through someone connected with the trio turning traitor. Detective Woods Talks. Chief Detective Wood, elaborating more fully on the case, went on to say: "Half a dozen times in the last two months McManigal might have been arrested, but the detectives wanted to get him with McNamara. when they had 'the goods.' Finally they succeeded. When McManigal and James W. McNamara were arrested in Detroit they had with them clock work for firing the bombs, electric batteries fuses, automatic pistols, rifles equipped with Maxim silencers and the 'soup' (nitroglycerine) with which the devastation was wrought." Describes the Men. Wood also furnished descriptions of Matt Schmidt and David Caplan, the other two men wanted in the Los Angeles explosion. He said Schmidt was a German-American, five feet 10 inches tall and weigh ing 190 pounds. ' The police here blame McNamara for the disappearance of 200 pounds (Continued from Page 4.) Pueblo, Colo., April 24. Labor leaders here today refuse to confirm ior deny a story that an attempt would be made to take John J. McNamara, inter national secretary of the struc tural Iron workers, from the custody of the Burns detectives by habeas corpus when the ar rested lataor leader arrives here this afternoon on his way to Los Angeles. McNamara and his captors are due here at 2:55 o'clock. A big crowd will be at the train to see him, and if a habeas corpus writ is served on the detectives there will be plen ty of union men on hand to see that it is not defied. GOVERNOR WORRIED OVER THE ARRESTS Indianapolis, Ind., April 24. Un easy thnough protestations by labor leaders here as to the way In which John J. McUamara was spirited out of Indiana, Governor Marshall today gave assurances that If more requisi tions from th governor of California are presented In connection with the Los Angeles explosion, he will see that the accused men are given a court hearing here. deSnges" forcible abduction TAKING OF McNAMARA FROM IX. DIANAPOLIS WITHOUT GIVING HIM A HEARING IS THE USUAL DETECTIVE METHOD AND IS A CRIME. Washington, April 24. Denunci ation of the forcible abduction of John J. McNamara, international sec retary of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,. from Indianapolis and Incredulity as to the charges against him were voiced here today by Frank Morrison .secretary 'of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement to the United Press. (Copyright, 1911, by the United Press Association.) (By Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor.) It will take more evidence than that contained in today' sdlspatches to convince me that Jirhn J. McNam ara had any connection with the Los Angeles Times catastrophe or the destruction of any property. The forcible abduction of McNamara fnom Indianapolis, without giving him an opportunity to meet the charges against him, will provoke the con demnation of all citizens of the United States whin honestly desire that every man, woman and child shall receive equal protection from the officers of the various states. High-handed procedure of this char acter should not be permitted, mere ly because those making the charges assert that they have positive and suf ficient evidence t convict. O. A. C. WILL HAVE EXPERIMENT STATION AT WEST STAYTON Arrangements' have Just been com pleted between the Oregon Agricul tural College and the Willamette Irrigated Land company for an O. A. C. experiment station right across from the S. P. depot at West Stayton. The experiment station will adjoin the company's demonstration. Irri gation will be available this summer, and all kinds of crops will be grown to demonstrate what water during the summer season will so for the farm er. SALEM. OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 24, Burns Grabs. Crip. Toledo, O., April 24. Detec tive William J. Burns, at noon today, seized a grip at the union depot here, which, he declares, belongs to one of the three union men arrested In connec tion with the Los Angeles Times explosion. The grip was at once taken to the central po(ica sta tion, where Its contents were ex amined. TO PLACE Fox Terrier Belonging to C. W. Baker, Who Is Believed to Have Been Murdered, Acts Queerly, and Is followed. HE LEADS PARTY 20 MILES Rut Goes Directly to Spot Where There Is Mood, Strands of Hulr and Evidence of a fearful Strug, glc Officers Think Raker Was Murdered, Here and His Body ; Hauled to the River in a Wagon Dor's Testimony Deemed Conclu. sive. UNITED PBISS LEABHD WIDE. Chlco, Cal., April 24. Led 20 miles across the valley to Middle Glenn county plains by a fox terrier dog belonging to G. W. Baker, who Is believed to have been murdered and thrown into the Sacramento river near here, detectives in an. automo bile today found the spot where the Redding mountaineer la believed to have been slain. Investigation dis closed strands of hair, clots of blood, and the 'ground bave evidence of a fearful struggle. The police now be lieve that Baker was murdered at this spot and his body In his own wa gon driven 20 miles to the river, where it was made way with. Marlon D. Baker a brother of the mountaineer, yesterday asked if the fox terrier had been found near Bak er's wagon. Finally a brldgetender was found who said that he had seen a little dog run across the bridge several times from the spot where Baker's body Is supposed to have been thrown Into the water. Yester day the dog returned to the river bank and whined. Officers watching the dog, saw It run to the river's edge, sniff the bank and run away across the bridge. The officers fol lowed the fox terrier and after an all night ride they were led to the lonely spot In the Middle Glenn county plains. YALE'S SPRINT. MEET OPENS THE SEASON UNITED" TRESS LEASED WIFB. New aven, Conn., April 24. Yale's annual spring track meet opened the outdoor athletic season here today. Later the athletes will go to Phila delphia to compete In the' Pennsyl vania relay games. Dual meets will be held at Princeton May 6 and with Harvard here May 13. roNvirfFn fob VIOLATING 10-HOl'R LAW 1-abor Commissioner Hoff Is just back from Portland where he was successful In bringing about a con viction for violation of the 10-hour law relating to the employment of women and also In an arbitration case with regard to the Installation of blowers In all planing mills In the state. ' The labor commissioner some time ago made an order directing the mills SMALL 008 LED TIE 1011. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LOSES DECISION AGAINST IT ON ALL POI 1 Papers Issued a Week Ago. Sacramento, Cal., April 24. The requisition papers for the alleged extxraxdltion of the Los 4 Angeles dynamiter were signed by Governor Johnson a week f ago today. . They were made out on the strength of the Indictments brought by the Los Angeles grand jury, just as requisitions for any other law-breakers F would have been. , Alexander McCabe, private secretary to the1 governor, asld that Governor Johnson had made a practice of Issuing such instruments whenever a grand jury indictment could be shown. to Install blowers and thereby make the labor of the men in the mills more pleasant and healthy. One con cern resisted It and asked that the matter be arbitrated and the board of arbitration appointed after an In vestigation decided In favor of the commissioner. The party convicted of violating the 10-hour law was N. K. Clark of the Seward Hotel. It was shown that he had worked several women em ployees of the hotel and beyond the 10-hour limit. i REWARDS ARE BADLY SHRUNKEN ANNNOUNCEMENT THAT THE HE WrAHl)S WILL NOT BE PAID MAY CAl'SE SO-CALLED DETEC .TIVES TO GET CASE OP COLD FEET. UNITED PBE8S LEASED WUIB. Los Angeles, Cal., April 24. With the announcement of the arrest of the trio of Times dynamite suspects In Indianapolis, the rewards suld) to have been offered locally for the cap ture and conviction of the guilty par ties have shrunk considerably. Investigation today shows that De tective Burns and his assistants stand a chance of receiving $500 Oor pos sibly $15,000 In the case the men, un der arrest at present'are convicted. Following the explosion it was widely published that $100,000 would be paid for the capture of the dynamit ers. The Merchants aim Manufac turers' Association offered! $50,0000 alone. The association will not pay this, according to F. J. Zeehandelaar, association secretary "The reward reported to have been offered by our asnoclatlon never was made officially," said Zeehandelaar. "Then the association has no re ward outstanding for their capture?'' Zeehandelaar was asked. "Not a cent," he replied. -The city council of Los Angeles offered $10,000 reward, but the city attorney has ruled that the action was Illegal. Thu State Building Trades Council offered $7300. It Is not known what stand the council officials wll tlake. Los Angeles county offered $5000 each for the capture of ' Bryce, Schmidt and Caplan. If McNamara proves to be Bryce, as Burns says- he Is, the sheriff snld today that $5000 will be turned over t him. STEAMSHIP ASIA ASIIOItP. AND WKECKEKI) ftTNITKD PBBKK LEASED Wln.l Shanghai, April 24. The Pacific Mall company's steamer AKla is ashore today, a wreck, 200 miles south of here. All the passengers and crew were saved. The United States gunboat Helena has been sent to the scene of the wreck. ' - 1 All AREA OF 2,500,000 ACRES AilO VALUED AT $75,000,000 ! RETURNS TO G0VERHL1E11T Judge Wolverton, of the United States Circuit Court Sus-: tains Every Contention of the Government Railroad's Contention Is That Government Had No Right at Fix the Price at Whicn the Lands Should Be Sold, But Neither the " Law Nor Judge Was With Them. UNITED MESS UI1IP WIRl Portland, Ore,, April 24. In Its suit for the recovery of 2,500,000 acres of land, valued at $75,000,000, from the Southern Paclflo railroad, Judge Wolverton, In the United States circuit court, today rendered a decision finding for the government in every contention. The land Is located in Western and Southern Oregon, and follows the line of the railroad thrqugh the southern part of the stpte. The de cision, to all Intents and purposes, throws out of court both the cross complaints and Interveners in the suit,' which include 65 Bottlers who claimed rights to portions of the land Involved in the action. Overruled Demurrer. The court overruled the demurrer of the Oregon & California railroad, a part of the Southern Pacific, to the government's complaint, and sus tained the demurrer of the railroad company to the cross complaints of the actual settlers on some of the land In question known as the Laf ferty Interveners, and also all Inter veners who came Into the suit after the filing of the) government's com plaint. Will Appeal, of Course. Attorneys for the Southern Pacific have not yet determined what action they will follow, but It Is expected the cases will be carried to the United states supreme court. W. D. Fenton, chief counsel for the railroad in this state, said he was confident that the railroad would finally win. He said the decision reduced the questfon to one between the government and the railroad. It Is probable that attorneys for the various Interveners, wh.i num ber hundreds, will appeal within 90 days, In the hope that thoy may be reinstated In the case with a right to secure the land which they claim the railroad should have sold them upon their offer of $2.r0 an aero, the stip ulated price. The decision com IF we can prove to you that our clothes are the best clothes should'nt you take the trouble to put Us to the test? We believe truly that if every man in this town wore BISHOP'S READY TAILORED CLOTHES, they would be more pleased with themselves. COME in and look over the new season styles let us explain to you why these are real ly good clothes. Prices $10 to $35 Salem Woolen Mill Store NO. 07. LANDS prised 25,00!) words, and It required, three hours to render it. A Long Decision. Portland, Ore., April 24. As the result of Federal Judge Wolverton decision In the famous Southern Pa clflo land grant case involving 2, 500,000 of land in Southern . and Western Oregon, valued at $75,000, 000, proceeded In court this forenoon Indications were that his decision would be against the railroad com pany and the 65 settlers who claimed right to the land from the railroad company. Railroad attorneys declared that, In any event, the case would be car. rled to the supreme court of the United States. Judge Wolverton be gan reading his decision shortly after 10 o'clock. The deolston comprised 25,000 words. Congress Fixed Terms. When congress gave the land grant to the Oregon & California railroad, since absorbed by the Southern Pa cific, It provided In the grant that the company should sell It to actual settlers lm tracts not to exceed 160 acre's to each settler and at a price of not more than $2.50 an acre. This was done with a view of bringing about a rapid settlement of Oregon. Railroad Violated Them. The government alleged, however, that as much as 1000 acres of land was sold to single individuals, in di rect violation of the contract, and the government In September, 1908, took action, asking for cancellation of the patent of the tract. Previously A. W. Laferty, now a congressman, had! filed suit against the company asking that title be giv en to 65 persons, who asserted they hnd settled on the tract, and had been refused title. In Its action the gov ernment Included these people In Its suit for recovery. Railroad Ignored the Law. The suit Is based upon two grants to the Oregon & California railroad. (Continued on page eight. TS i- r 1