TTIE MORXIXO ORI-C,OXIAX. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1911. PLOTTO DYNAMITE TAFT TBI FOILED Piers of Bridge Near Santa Barbara Found Filled With High Explosive. WATCHMAN SEES SUSPECT Vietlant Railway Employe 1'orcsi rrolr'r lo Ft and Notifies Authorltir Country Combed for Won Id-Be Assassin. S NTA BARBARA. Cal- Oct. 1. VlMt in prnnounrfii tr Nat Stewart. Fir)ff f anta Barbara County, and W. F. W!ns. of Pan Fran-lsm. spwlal aarr.t for th Southern Pacific Rail road, to have hen a deliberate attempt to dynamite an SO-foot bridsje 13 mile nnrth of here. oer which I'renldent Taffa fc!al train paused early today, was frustrated by t! vigilance, of a .Mexican hridae watchman at 1:30 o'clock thia mornlnK. Sheriff Stewart and Wine returned from the erene tonight and eald the eWlence of the plot w complete. Al though the atmpn-t ha disappeared. fr.n officer say they have certain clews an.l already have several men on the ce. Pei-ret Service men have been summoned from tan Francisco and will be placed on the hunt. It Is certain the man has not vet left the mountains ar t a close wat' h la being kept on all parses. UllrkMl neteeta Sawlker. The brl.lae which It was planned t wreck is a fine structure, son feet lonar. The Mexican watchman wa passlnir over tne bridite at midni-ht on his eaiii.ir rounds. When abut half way across, lie noticed the dim outline of a nin In the rii!l- beneath the bridge. M called lo the man. who Immediately srrr.-,1 to ri:n. Tie ilexlcan drew (its llstol ar,d fired several shots, hut all went wi'1. II then made an Investi gation and finding a package of dyna mite, at once notified the nerlff'g of fice here by telephone. T- Sheriff notified the railroad of ficers and Wines. who was on the resident's epeofnl. was ordered to get off st Santa Barbara and make an In- estigai ion. hen tiie officers arrived at Capllan. thev ere taken Immediately to the er-ot by the watchman. Inside a boil-It sertlon Of the steel pier SI Sticks of dynamite were found. The explo sive, was hidden from view except that a fuse 10 feet long hung out. In a timlar position at the next pier 1 sticks of dynamite were found with fuse attached. Both of these piers were ahout the middle of the bridge. -Kiploali Teata Per t eat. Further inspection disclosed two sil. ks of dynamite lying to one side of the bridge, evidently at the snot where the man had been arranging the dy namite and attaching the fuses. The dynamite tested 4 per cent, enough the detectives declared to blow "the bridge lo atoms. Tr.ey believe the watchman came along Just ahout the lime the suspect as placing the dynamite In the sec 1.04 pier, as this is about the spot whire the watchman says he first saw the man. From a position taken direct ly above the dynamite on top of the bridge, the man could have commanded a distant view of any train approach ing. With the 10 feet of fuse lighted he could easily have had time In which to plac e himself beyond any danger ot harm by the explosion and. If an ex perienced man with dynamite, he could have so timed his fuses as to destroy an ytraln he wished. The Mexican watchman told the of ficers that he say a etrange man two days ago at ijavlnta. hot he paid no particular attention to him. Just what t lews. If any. the officers have, they refus.H tonight to divulge, but they expressed the hope there would be de velopments soon. M'NAMARA VENIREMEN, INCLUDING NELSON. WHO WAS REJECTED AFTER HOT BATTLE, AND THE ACCUSED BETWEEN HI3 CUSTODIANS. RODGERS' ENGINE BALKY Aviator Make Only IS7 Mllos lo Hit Trans-Continental Flight. M'ALF.STKR. Okla., Oct. 1. Aviator C I Kodgers. who arrived here to day, will resume his transcontinental flight to the South tomorrow morn ing. After stopping lnthe field where he allnhte.1. he flew to League Tark. a mile southwest, where he again altanted. Kojuers left Vlnlta. Okla.. after res::ng there over Sunday, at "-'-iO o'clock this morning, with 1TJ miles of his Jourlney from Now Tork to his credit. He. followed the tracks of the Missouri. Kans is Texas Railway, lie. reached McAlester. IS 7 miles, at 10 IS M. Hi enztne worked badly In today's fliaht. causing him to abandon his plan to reach Fort Worth befor dark. DOGS RUN DOWN COYOTES Three C'hehalW Men Hunt Within Three Ml lea of Tovn. CHKHALIS. Wash.. Oct. U. impe rial. Coyote hunting within three miles of this city was sport yesterday for Frank Manning, a timber cruiser. luD CUrk and K. li. Kucha. Manning's two hound pups he has been breaking in to tr.ick name, helped In the chase. One i.yote was killed and the second one Kot away. A substantial bounty Is paid for coyote sea l.s here. Bird hunters were out by the dozen yesterday In the Chehalls and Newau kum Valleys, and several good bags are reported. SCUP" JAILS BOLD COWBOY i:-inal to Tay for Meal Causes Concealed-on Cliarje. CHE HA LIS. Wash.. Oct. 1. Spe nal. t With wlde-rlmmed sombrero, high-top boots and revolver atrapped to his waist. IUr Anderson last night entered the American restaurant and ordered a bowl of soup anf after eat ing It refused to pay for it. The police were called and the cowboy, with all his accoutrements, was placed In. the c.-y Jail for the night. He pleaded gt'llty before Justice of the Peace Westover to carrying concealed weap ons and was fined $0 and costs. J. G. Ayres. who was with Anderson, was fined IIS by Justice of the Peace ITewttt in the Tolice Court and was forced to Join the chain an. .If- i t-'' ' e . II t - A , , v li !i ' r . "f V - 3 . -Z T ? i. S h 'fh w' r- : -VN' V; T; i i i J f t ' . .'.''.' iO'VCf'!.'" I , x ir i AWtt Ula. T. T. Nelaoa, K. F. rroaa. T. W. .xaams. O. A. Jesses, t' M. Jokaaosi, i. . MeKeef (Htaadlagt, lleawty J. J. Heary. K. J. Hlatt, J. . Itekerta, A. R. Melatoak. Hobert Bala, a. M. MetTeery, Iepoly I'raak P. I oehraa. OBSTACLE IS GONE Two White-Haired Men Under go Rigid Questioning. PAIR'S- IMPRESSION GOOD .Arlorsi in Los Angles Tlines I Crania Realize, Ilomever, Nelson Case Will Be Duplicated Ho fore Jnry Is Secured. tCtitlniied From First Tsite.) the ground that, under the California criminal code. Nelson could hold such views without being disqualified. Judge Bordwell himself took a hand In the discussion preparatory to rendering an opinion. 'Tst Others F.saatlaed. When court closed today Nelson was on his way home, and two other tales men bad been examined by the defense. One of them, John W. Roberts, a real estate dealer, was found satisfactory, and Robert F. I tain, a carpenter, also wss examined without raising any con test. Nevertheless, it wss the falrlss general opinion tonight that the Nelson case would be duplicated before a Jury was secured. Roberts and Bain are both past mid dle age and white-haired. Roberts recited a number of busi nesses he had engaged In while being; questioned by Attorney Iarrow. Sud denly I'arrow caught a phrase. Talrassaa la Please. "Ever study law?" he asked abruptly. "Yea." said the talesman, "a Ions; time ago." - He seemed pleased at the detection. The Merchants and Manufacturers Association, a local organization which was among those offering rewarda for the detection of the person or persons supposed by them to have blown up the Times, was brought Into the situa tion today when Attorney farrow be gan asking talesmen if they belonged to it or to other organisations. Roberts said he belonged to It sev eral years ago. Raberta la Qaeatloaed. Roberta said he had been a Cali fornia resident Is years, previously liv ing In Boone County, Indiana. "Did you have any experience In your business with unions'" he was asked. "We had a little." "Ild you get along all rlfi-htT" "Yes." "Since then, have you had any feeling agalnat labor unions?" "No. not against unions, but certainly against violence." "Have you anything against a man because he Is a member of a union?" "No. sir; I think labor has a right to organize." "Would James B. McNamara'a mem bership In a union prejudice you against him?" "No. not that fact." rclaplnslvea . Studied. "Have you ever handled dynamite?" "Yes. some. In mining." 'Pld you ever make a study as to the cause of the explosion?" "No, I have not." "Did you form your knowledge of how dynamite acted from an opinion?" "I read aomethlng of the report made by a city committee and deduced that it had been blown up by dynamite. I did not read it carefully." "Well, have you an opinion now as to the cause of the explosion?" "Yes. such an opinion as one would have from reading and hearing." "You believe a Juror should not vote for conviction unloes convinced beyond a reasonable doubt?" -Yes." "Well, what do you believe to be the cause?" "Well, from what I have read and heard, I would say dynamite." Oplaloa Xet Fixed. "Well, are you firmly .fixed in your opinion?" "No: evidence would remove It." "Well, you might say there are two Important matters here, first, aa to whether the building was blown up by dynamite, placed there criminally, and second, that this man had something to do with It. Now, realising your re sponsibility should you become a Juror, can you presume this man Innocent?" "Well, he is Innocent of the matter so far as I know. I have an Impres sion that the building was blows up by dynamite from what I have heard. But aa to the guilt or Innocence of this man. I have no knowledge except that he Is Innocent." "Are you going to have any diffi culty In trying this man?" "No. his ;u!lt would have to be proved." hrt Reeeaa Takes. Attorneys for the defense entered Into a whispered consultation and 5..rf-. fW'vJV - f.sh , 4 8 ' I ! 'i f jPA c F . . if' & ' f"Ji',U Lj;a..x...i ' . ,T TTTf " ' aa-T 6- 1.KFT TO RIGHT, SHERIFF HAMMF.I, J. SHOWS. SPXAXARA, ITNDKR-SHKRIFF court announced a short recess at 8:10 o'clock. The session was resumed at 8:!VO o'clock. , "Io you know Petective Burns?" "No." "Did you not read airy of his con tributions to newspapers or maga zines?" "No." Here Attorney Parrow temporarily ended his examination c Roberta and Interrogated Robert F. Bain. "Kver belong: to a union?" asked Mr. Parrow. "Yes." "Have any trouble' with them?" "No." "Kver read Mr. Burns' articles?" "No." "Kver read a booklet circulated by the Times about the case?" "No." Impartiality Is Proelalsned. "You have heard " people express opinions as to whether thia man is guilty or Innocent?" -No. only as to the explosion." "Is your opinion on that fixed V "No." You think you could listen to evi dence as If you had no Impression or opinions?" "Yes." "You wouldn't be prejudiced against McNamara because he is a member of a labor union?" "No." , "Do you knaw any of the lawyers in the case?" T "Yes. District Attorney Fredericks. I went out to drum for him in a drum corps when he was running for office. "You'd drum for anybody, wouldn t your Laughter Is Heard. Hla afflmatlve answer brought the first general laugh of the trial and the Sheriff was forced to rap for order. "Unless you were satisfied In your own mind that he was guilty you wouldn't convict him and wouldn t care anything about what anyone else on the Jury thought?" ' "Yea. they would find that out If I were op a Jury with him." Mr. Parrow announced that he has concluded his examination of Mr. Bain, but that he might ask him a few more questions tomorrow. He added that he had passed Roberts but he Is still subject to possible peremptory chal-. lenge. During the controversy over Nelson, Joseph Scott, considered the principal orator among counsel for the defense, made the final argument for the de fense, reading from the record, to sup port his contention that Nelson was a man biased and could not determine whether McNamara caused the death of Charles J. Haggerty. Attorney Is Bitter. "Better the defendant be taken by a mob and lynched than to be tried by a Jury consisting of men like Nelson," he declared. Attorney Scott finally was checked by the court when he used the phrase "railroaded to the gallows." The court suggested that no Insincere Intent had been shown by the prosecution. "The greatest persecutions In his tory have been conducted by sincere men," rejoined Scott. "Your Honor," continued Mr. Ecott. "I don't think we can conceal the fact that there has been a tremendous amount of feeling engendered in this case. Bitterness will have to creep In. but I wish to A no one any hurt wronjly." Fram hla window today In the cell In the county Jail, John J. Mc Namara. secretary of the International Association of Bridge & Structural Iron Workers, awaiting trial after his brother. James B.. could see the crowds on the line of march for President Taft- The route not only passed the Los Angeles Times building, which the Mc.Ntmr.rai are alleged to have caused to be destroyed, but It approached the new Hall of Records, where the case is being tried. John Me.Vamara Reads. "What have you been doing most of the timer John J. was asked today. "Reading," he answered. "And whatT "Books, magazine and newspapers, I've been writing many letters, too." Counsel for the McNamaras have for bidden them to discuss the case, and though they have frequent visitors, the latter usually are accompanied by some one from the office of Mr. Darrow, chief counsel for the defense. REBELS ARE BEATEN Zapatista Forces . Cut to Pieces in Mexican Battle. LEADER ELUDES CAPTURE Government Sharpshooters Rtddle Trenches of Enemy Who Take Open Field Agalnt Attackers, Many rrlsoners Taken. MEXICO CITT. Oct. 16. Today's ad vices from Cuernavaca say ' that the Zapatistas were cut to pieces In battle at Tepextlam yesterday, but Zapatista himself escaped. The Zapatistas were caught between the forces of General FlKueros and Colonel Blanquet. Two hundred of them .are said to have"been killed, a large number . wounded and many taken prisoners. The rebels had entrenched themselves on the hillsides close by the village. The federals, advancing from opposite directions, cut off the rebel retreat. Behind their breastworks the rebels withheld their fire until the enemy was within 200 yards "bf the trenches. When they operusd tire their aim was Ineffec tive. The federals sent their sharp shooters to the end of the trenches and their fire drove the rebels from cover. Coming into the open, they boldly at tacked the government troops and the battle waged for seven hours. In which time the Zapatistas were completely routed. Most of their horses were cap tured. Zapata Is said to have personally led his followers. GOLD OUTPUT FALLS OFF Oregon, Alaska and Idaho Show De crease In Production. OREGONIAN" NEWS BUREAU, Wash. Ington, Oct. 1. Combined statistics of the Geological Survey and the Mint Bureau on the production of gold and silver. Issued today, give the total gold output of Oregon In 1910 as $681,400, against $929,000 In J909; the silver pro. ductlon was 43.800 fine ounces against 69.(500 ounces the year previous. Washington's gold output was $806. 000 In 1910, and $429,000 the previous year; sliver, 204,900 ounces as against 75.200. Gold production In Idaho last year was $1,035,900, as against $1,344,200 in 1909, but Idaho silver Increased from 6,755.900 ounces In 1909 to 7,027,000 ounces In 1910. Alaska's gold production shows a great slump, dropping from $20,339,600 In 19U9 to $16,271,800 In 1910, while silver production fell off from 19S.600 ounces to 153,900 ounces. ACTION SOON NEED GIRL MURDER "DEFENDANT Hanging of Kebraskan. Said to Be Plot to Get Insurance. VALENTINE, Neb., Oct. 16. The trial of Eunice Murphy and her brother Kenneth, Harry Heath, George and Alma Weed, for the murder of Charles Sellers on June 17, began here today. The case against Miss Murphy will ce prosecuted first. The four men took Sellers from the home of a rancher named Hutch Jack and hanged him. They declare that he had threatened to kill the prisoners If Eunice did not consent to marry him. The state contends that the crime was committed In order that the girl might secure the insurance which she believed Sellers had left her. Canal Commission Would Give Shippers Ample Notice. EARLY OPENING FORECAST Annual Report Discloses Fact That Work on Great Waterway Is Progressing; Satisfactorily. Suggestions Made. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Foreshadow ing the early completion and opening of the Panama .Canal, the Isthmian Canal Commission, In Its annual re port made public today, recommended Congressional legislation governing canal tolls, organisation for the opera tion of the canal and for government of the Canal Zone, utilization of canal revenue to pay operating expenses and to repay capital Invested, and other action. Expedition was urgently de manded in order to advise the com mercial world of the use It may make of the great waterway, of the cost of sending ships through It and Just when it will be opened. The Commission wished to givs at least 18 months' notice of the rates to permit the world's maritime Interests to, readjust their routes and to build new ships and organize new transpor tation companies. It was also deemed desirable to put the canal to use as early as possible, not only to secure financial returns on the enormous capi tal invested, but to make possible the passage of the world's fleets without confusion or delay. Estimates Are Glvea. The report showed that the engineers' board has already found that all the concrete In the great Gatun locks will be laid by June 1. 1912, and five months later the locks on the Facific side will be finished except the gates, which will be ready June 1. 1913. Meantime by April 1, next, the giant spillway at Gatun would be at the 60-foot eleva tion and the entire dam thereNwould be completed by the 'following Winter. The excavation through the Culebra cut. the greatest earth digging enter prise the world has ever Heen, will be completed July 1, 1913, if the slides are not in excess of the estimates. In that case the exterior channel will be sufficiently advanced to pass the ship ping that would use the canal. Though these estimates were made a year ago. the Commission asserts that there is no occasion to make any con siderable changes. The commission regarded It as es sential that the cost of operation shall be reduced to a minimum consistent with efficiency If reasonable tolls are to be established. The total outlay for maintaining the canal will be for wages of the oper ative forces, engineering work, sani tation and civil administration. The commission was insistent that the rev enue of the canal should go to pay not only the operating expenses, but to repay the capital Invested. Every legitimate means for raising revenue should be adopted, said the report, which recommended that the Government should not only supply coal and oil for its own vessels, but .Km, ia moU ,am'tn merchant shlDDing. The existing commissary, manufae- ' turing plant and laundry, it was urgea. should be continued for the benefit of Government forces and Government ownership of public utilities was pro posed in a recommendation that the commissary furnish all . these things to shipping passing through the canal for a consideration. Drydoclc Needed. . It was suggested that the Govern ment should sell tools and appliances needed by ships and. still another forward movement, should ' actually undertake to dock and repair ships in the neighborhood of the canal. For that purpose the construction of a drydock and a machine shop was rec commendi and It was pointed out that these would be available for the use of our navy. A wireless' station for naval and commercial use was an other adjunct required. The commission has given- much thought to the disposition of land in the canal zone, important because of Its bearing upon the future adminis tration of the zone and the operation of the canal. A large part of the Government land will be required for military,, naval and other official pur poses. Most of the land Is unsuitable for extensive farming enterprises and the Inducements are not such as would atract American farmers, owing to dif ficulties in obtaining title and the pe culiarities of the Spanish system of taxation which must be continued. Other occupants than Americans are not deBlrable. Foreigners to Go. The commlslon wants to get rid of the great body of foreign laborers, who were Imported to dig- the canal, as soon as the work la completed. They now populate the established townsltes and the commission de clared that they should be repatri ated after work no longer can be given them. , The report declared that for several years to come at least It should be the policy to keep all Government lands for Government purposes. 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