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BIN OF LAID TO OFFICIALS Chiefs Directed Dyna miting, Is Charge. GOVERNMENT SHOWS HAND Letters Given as Evidence Against Ironworkers. EXECUTIVE BOARD NAMED Indictment of Colon Ilfid " Ac lire Membm of Wrecking Con spiracy Condor-fed Throogh Mali ! Made Public. tlcnal and ndfl ehrge that tha dvnamtt-i conspiracy wii eonduetea with fall knowledge of members of the eseeutlve beerd of the International A,nrUIIn of Bridge and Structural Ironworker. Including president Rvan; tat the whole conspiracy, tending over years. wa recorded on - .h.t ortla E. McManlgaJ. the . . . ... 1 rfd dynamiter. wa ' .i.etrtictlon. were made public" tonight hy lHstrlrt Attorney Miller. Mr. Miller announced the contents of .n Indictment a that covering "on cniirrmtei acts" of tha conspiracy, and It la to b tha basis upon which tha ;.,v-rninent Intends to conduct lt jiroiicutln. mr Afrmmr. TIt Indictment charges Ryan. Her bert ll.wkln. of Detroit: Michael J. Young, of Roston: John T. BuUtr. of H.ifTAlo. "and Frank C tVabb. of Naw Tork. with conducting tha eonaplraey through tha mall, and nam all d? fn.Unt as abettors. It declares that a regular system of pointing out nonunion stool an-1 Iron construction Jobs was carried on. and that tha executive, tnerabars not only contributed money to buy explosives, but assisted in tha work which Mc Manlgal waa to do. Tha basis of all tha charges lies chiefly la 40.000 Utters and telegrams taken from tha Ironworkers Interna tional headquarters. Thesa lettera pur port to bo between Ryan. Hockln. Webb and other offlclals and business agents. Mwl Allea-attoas tilvea. Tha principal allegations In tha In dictment, which is one of II. are: That from San Francisco in January. 1M. Ryan wrote to J. J. McNamara In Indianapolis that ho had looked over a job In Clinton. Ia- and described a new bridge thero that waa later blown up. That Edward Clark, at Cincinnati. In February. l0i. wrote to McNamara. saying: "It would b a foolish thing for ma to boy any esploelvea here, where I am well known. 1 hare slsed up tha whola Job hero and know that It can be dona. If thla sounds good to you. let ma hear right away." Mike" Trau JHeHoaed. That Webb Wrote to McNamara from New Tork. telling about Jobs that ware to be bloefn up In Boston In'lSOs. and of his haTlng talked to Michael J. Young about thesa Jobs, saying: -Mike wants to see your friend meaning McManlgal) that was In the lust once before. Can you get him to come hera to do a Job for me? Mike will furnish flnancea." That McNamara wrote to Webb In answer that the Boston and New Tork Jobs were being considered. That Webb wrote McNamara describ ing tha new opera-bouse In Boston, telling where derricks could ba blown up and when guards were on and off duty. EisMtes xewafiarew rmr. That McNamara. In lo. wrote let ters to powder companies negotiating for explosives, tha negotiations being similar to thosa which resulted In tha blowing up of the Loa Angeles Times. That McNamara wrote to P. J. Mor rln. St. Loula. In March. 110. about buildings that were later blown up there. That Charlea Beum. at Minneapolis. In April. 11. wrote McNamara that he had taken photographs of buildings that were being constructed by nun union labor and would send them to him. ' That Ryan, from New Tork. wrote to McNamara. In April. 1110. as follows: -In regard to tha McCllntlc-Marshall J.hs. let Legleltner attend to the Jobs In bis district. Let Butler attend to trie Jobs In Buffalo and Rochester: Il nrkin arrange for tha Cleveland and letrtlt and Cincinnati Jobs; Morrln can utend to Mount" Vernon; Webb Is now at South Bethlehem; will send him to VorrHr. Mass.. and Davenport. la. Peoria can be handled by Hockln. - I-et I'uoley work on a bunch at Chalmette. I al l take up the J"b at Jersey City with soma one In ti. This should ba started at once." Dlrartlaaa Tarried Oat. That In response. McNamara wrote to Raa two days later: "I am writing l.egleltner. Butler and Hockln about the work of the M'-Olntirk-Marshall Company. I have already written Coo ley about the work of the above-named concern at Chalmette." That Ryan wrote from New York to tJoacludd oa Tate ) TEAMS ON" THREE RELAYS MAKE DASH TO TRAIN". Huthand Djlnjc la Ios Angeles, Woman Rushes From "Moscow to Colfax, Board North Bank. SPOKANE. Wash, Feb. IS. (Spe cial.) Receiving a telegram last even ing that all hope had been given up for her husband, who Is 111 at Monro via. CaU Mrs. Frank A. Campbell, of Grangevllle. Idaho, who was at tha home of her parents, at Moscow. Ida ho, rushed from Moscow to Colfax. Wash, using three relays of four-horsa tearaa and catching tha midnight train. Tha message waa received at ( o'clock last evening, too lata for a reg ular train. Tha O.-W. R. N. agent could not furnish a apodal angina and when attempta to use an automobile were abandoned because of almost Im passable muddy roads. It waa decided to go by team, and arrangements wera made over the telephone for the re lays. v The devoted wife left Moscow be hind tha first team at i:0 o'clock and tha third team reached Colfax at 11 P. M to hour before tlma for t'.ia Spokane-Portland train to go through. Tha l-hour railroad labor law Is tha causa of tha railroad agent at Moscow refusing to permit a special engine to be used by Mrs. Campbell. Tha crew lawfully waa not permitted to make the special trip. Dr. Campbell, a leading aurgeon and proprietor of a hospital la drange vllle. two years ago contracted tuber culosis, following a severe case of blood poisoning. Falling health caused him tyTgo to California. FEAR HELD DEATH CAUSE Man Who Was Victim of Tracer Die Following Second Holdup. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. Is. (Spe cial.) The will of It Tlede. yeara old. who was found dead In bed at tha tjregory homo yesterday, was filed for probate In tha Superior Court today by Henry DelerUng. Delerllng Is named In the document as administrator. Tha estate Is valued at about 2S00 and Is bequeathed to Frits Dunkel. of Ger many, a son of Mr. Tlede'a half brother. Tlede was a victim of Tracey and Merrill when they made their way through hero ten years ago Last Fri day nlgbt Tle.le was again held up thla time near his home by un known persons and robbed of IT. Tracey and Merrill tied T'edo to tho bed, when they robbed him of 1 and left him helpless. Friends believe that tha haunting fear of robberies, which he could not dismiss from his mind, hastened his death. The funeral will be held tomorrow In this city. STUDENTS WIN EQUALITY All Candidates at Washington to Have- Same Right on Campos. SEATTLE. Wash, Ftb. 15. (Spe cial.) When tho students of the Uni versity of Washington wish to Invito a candidate for a certain office to speak on the campus, all other candi dates for the same office may have an Invitation to speak on the same pro gramme, with exactly equal privileges, waa tha decision made today by a com mittee of the board of regents In tha controversy that haa arisen over the regulation made by tho regent's con cerning speaking at tha university. Consideration, however, of tho peti tion filed with President Kane by 41 students on Wednesday, asking that certain phrasea of tha regulation ba reconsidered by tha regents, waa de ferred to a regular meeting of tho board to be held next Wednesday. After tho special meeting of tha re gents President Kane lusued a state ment embodying tha decision. GIRL STAKE IN DICE GAME IVrlle of Russian Colony Objects to (iambic, and Will Wed Loser. FRESNO. Cat, Feb. 1. (Special) Mia Uxxle Shorton. tho belle of Rus slatown. does no believe that her hand should be won by a game of dlca and haa refused to marry Ernest Legler. who laat Saturday beat Peter Dernier at dice, with the young girl aa the stake. It Is reported that Miss 8horton'a af fection has turned to Dermer and that tomorrow be will again appear at tho County Clerk's office and secure a mar riage license, be having burned tho other license when ho lost tha game of dice. Legler Is still In possession of his license and asserts that Miss Shorton must ba bis bride, aa ha won her at tha game of dice. ACTRESS DENIED DIVORCE Gertrude Vanderbilt Hasn't Enough Evidence Against Dallejr. NEW TORK. Feb. IS. (Special.) "Having in mind tho undomestlc class to which the plaintiff and defendant In this action belong. I shall certainly not grant a divorce decree on the evidence submitted." waa tha ruling of Justice Ilotchklss. In tha Supreme Court today. In tho suit brought by Gertrude Van derbilt. the actress, against her actor husband. Robert L. Dal ley. Several witnesses testified that they saw Dailey enter a bachelor apartment at 141 West Forty-fourth street, with scores of women on different occasions, but there wss no evidence adduced howlng Palley In a compromising po sition with any of them. Attempts to Dictate Are Resented. INDORSEMENT ' IS HANDICAP Wilson Unlikely to Gain by Ne . braskan's Friendship. COMMITTEE PLANS REBUKE Failure to Substantiate "Money Trust' Charges Will Be Fallowed by Censure) Th,t Peerless One Has Invited. BT HAHRT J. BROWN. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Feb. IS. If sentiment among Democratic members of tha House of Representatives Is any Indication of sentiment generally among Democrats. William J. Bryan not only will bo out of the running at the Baltimore con vention, but any attempt ha may make to dictate the nomination of any par ticular candidate will be met with stout resistance. For It haa been amply dem onstrated that Bryan Is "In bad" with a large majority of the Democratic members of tha House, and they have never hesitated to register their dis approval of his Interference. Bryan's first split with the House Democracy came when ha denounced Representative Underwood, chairman of the ways and means committee, at tha special seaslon for not reporting a steel tariff bill. On that occasion, tha Demo cratic membership, without a dissenting vote, sustained Underwood and turned down Bryan. And aver since that at tack by the Commoner. Underwood haa grown In strength and popularity, until today he Is one of four leading candi dates for tha Presidential nomination. Haas Wants Nome ( Rryaa. Recently, when Bryan undertook to direct tha action of the House on tha Henry resolution proposing to Investi gate tha "money trust' by means of a special committee, ha wss turned down by a caucus vote of 115 to 66. and tne House proceeded to act In conformity with the Judgment of a majority of the Democratlo membership, and In defiance of tha dictates of Bryan. By virtually tha same division, the House Democ racy refused to bring In a free wool bill when auch a measure waa demanded by Bryan. These various Inrldents Indicate clearly tat the House of Representa tives doe. not Intend to take dictation from Bryan, but rather will follow Its own leaders. Moreover, It Is now pro posed not only to reject Bryan's gra tuitous offer of leadership, but to call upon tho Peerless One to produce proof of hie charge that certain House torn mltteea are not competent to handle a big Investigation. When Bryan urged tho Democratic caucus to adopt the Henry resolution, and appoint a special commltate to Investigate the "money Coaluid on Piil) I T WELL? X C 1 WHAT DO VOol N i -r- . Tbe Weather. TESTERDATS Maximum temperature, 81 degrees.; minimum. 40 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; hrltk southerly winds. National Texas mllltla company augments regulars at El ro. following "Invasion" of Juares. Pace 4. Alaska grand Jury IndlcU 17 for wharf monopoly at Skagway. Page 1. Major-General Alnnrorth to be ceurtmar- tlaled for Insubordination. Page 1. Specific charges of knowledge and direction of dynamiting made asalnst officers of Ironworkers' Union.. Page 1. Rate declnlon holds cities have right to en joy advantages of natural situation. Page 4. Government won't brook delay In prose cution of dynamite cases. Page . Politics. Bryan's unpopularity among Democrats grows. Page 1. Benton County Kepubllcans slmost a unit for renotnlnatloD of Taf t Page o. PomMtle. Paroled convict sought for attempting big swindle. Page 2. Rockefeller Interests lose preliminary move for control of Waters-Plsrce Oil Com pany. Page 2. Mora Prince, son of chief of Philippine head-hunters. arrles In United 8iates. Pse 3. Conspiracy Indlctmenl ejrpected In ease In volving banker, and Valet. Page 5. Woman rvtna term In workhouee when husband feil heir to millions will have own motor now. Page 6. New Japanese AmhsMsdor says his coun try will co-operate In action regarding China. Page 13. Three peron killed In flyer wreck In Pennsylvania. Page 16. bport. Corvallls expects SSO high school sthletes to enter track and field meet. Page s. Releaae of Shannon and Bowerman by Kan sas City makes McCredle merry. Page 8. American league refuses to ratify revtsed National agreement. Page 8. Pacific Northwest. Three members of Tscoma Park Board In jured in auto crash. Page 6. Retail lumber dealera Maine mall order housea for trust" talk. Pass 6. Little Indication given of what Seattle pri mary results next week will be. Page 7. Alphabetical advantage to go to 2A of 45 candidates at primaries. Page 7. Relation of area to population of counties shows Inequality of road bonding bills. Page . , County Assessors decide to make liberal In terpretation of mortgage note tax. Pae ltt. Three teams In relays rush woman to train that she may speed to dying- husband. Page 1. Six million dollar gold company formed In Srattle to mine Peru, Or. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Oregon City locks to be closed throughout building of wall by government. Page 20. Course of Oregon mohair piioee Is uncer tain. Page 31. Wheat lower at Chicago on reported end ing of Argentine strike. Page SI. Stocks sdvance. led by Union pacific and Steel. Page 21. Portland and Vicinity. Mother and four children are held at bay In home two days by cow made mad by coyote's blto. Page 1. Scheme for lighting bridges In city being considered. Psge 1 Number of Oregon newspapers In support of Taft is growing steadily. Page 12. Two policemen In trial of ex-Bergeant Cole confeea taking money from women and sharing it with defendant. Page 12. Governor writes to ex-Bheriff Word that he Intends to revoke charters or all clubs operated as gambling dens. Page 13. Retail Merchants' Association votes to wage war on deceitful advertisers. Psge 15. R. H. SlcWhortcr. secretary of Oregon A Washington Trust Company, surrenders self In connection with alleged orchard frauds. Page 14. Elks lodge from Allegheny to come to Portland convention. Page 14. Central site urged by writer for new li brary. Pace l. Portland railway men hold weekly meet ing at Imperial Hotel and plan perma nent organisation. Page 2Q. BILL FRAMED FOR ALASKA President's Appeal Heeded in Meas ure for Railroad Board. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. President Taffs urgent appeal for action In Alaska matters boro fruit today In a bill Introduced by Chairman Flood, of the territories committee to create an Alaska Railroad Commission of three members. ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT FOR MARS. Court-Martial of Ains worth to Follow. LINE AND STAFF ARE AT OUTS Replies to Stimson's Questions Force Crisis. TAFT ORDERS SUSPENSION AdjutantGeneral Accused ot Im pugning Motives of Staff and War CollegeSensation Caused on Floor of Honse. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Major-Gen-eral Fred C. AInsworth, Adjutant Reneral of tho Army, was stripped of his office today by order of President Taft and will appear before a court martial on charges said to embrace conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline and Insubordination. His relief from duty waa brought about In a letter to him from tha Sec retary of War which bristled with harp criticism. Contest Is Not Now. General Alnsworth's removal is con sidered tho outcome of many years of Btruesle for control between tho lino and tho staff of tho Army. Major n.nan.1 Tjtonard Wood. Chief of Staff, leads a contingent which believes that control should be delegated to those officers actually in touch with tho flght inr irnsth. Others, among whom General AInsworth is a leadlngr nsure, had contended that supervision should be vested with tho heads of power ful bureaus. The suaDensIon of General AIns worth. the first that has ever occurred In tho office of tho Adjutant-General, caused a sensation in Army and Con gressional circles. It was made tho aublect of a heated exchange on the floor of tho House, where tho Army nnror.rla.tion bill was under considera tion. Neither General AInsworth nor other Army or department officers, or officials would discuss it. t'o-Operstloa Haa Been Lacking. Tho action of the President was taken after several conferences with Secretary Stlmson. For some time there has been friction between tho Adlutant-Oeneral's office and that of the Chief of Staff.- Clashes were not uncommtfn and thero was almost a total lack of co-operation. The bad feeling culminated when General AIns worth. in reply to Secretary Stimson's ronneat for some statistical Informa tion, made such answer that the Sec retary felt constrained to accept It as a reflection upon his own Integrity and upon that of other high officials of tho department. Secretary Stimson's letter of suspen sion.' wljlch waa delivered to General AInsworth this morning, took up Inci dents as far back as October, 190, in which tho Secretary held the Adjutant- (Concluded on Page 2.) BOSSY, BITTEX BT COYOTE, KEEPS VIGIIi AT DOOR. Rabid Animal Propping Dead Aftr 4 8 Hours, Mother and Four Children Are Liberated. That a woman and four .children were held at bay for almost three days by a maddened cow that had been bitten by a hydrophobia-stricken coyote is the story that accompanied the ship ment of a coyote's head from Eastern Oregon to the State Board of Health for examination yesterday. The cow died the third day, and the family was liberated. Clyde Harsln, of Enterprise, who hipped tho coyote's head, writes that tho four children were at play In tho pasture when they noticed tho pe culiar actions of the family's pet cow. They ran to their mother and the cow pursued them. Mother and children rushed tnto their small cabin and locked themselves In, while tho mad dened cow continued Its antics outside. For two days tho cow remained Just outside the door. It dropped dead tho third day. One of the children then went to the home of Harsln and told him of the family's two-day siege. The coyote, the head of which was re ceived yesterday, was killed within a few feet of a farm house. POLL TAX TO BE OPPOSED Californians Initiating Movement to ( Amend Constitution. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Feb. 15 (Spe cial.) An Initiative measure Is to be submitted to the voters of California to secure tho abolition of tho poll tax by an amendment to the state consti tution. One section of the resolution says: "There shall not hereafter be levied and collected a poll tax in this state. This provision shall not be so con strued as to Interfere with the right of the Legislature to authorise the sev eral counties throughout the state or the governing bodies thereof to pro vide, when being requisite, for a head tax for public roads and hospital pur poses." The petitions are to be circulated In every county In the state to secure a place on tho ballot for this amend ment, which Is advocated by many prominent people and la strongly In dorsed by the labor unions throughout the atate. BRIDE OF JAPANESE WHITE Large Los Angeles Woman Weds Diminutive Oriental. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. IB. (Spe cial.) Coming all of the way from Los Angeles, Cat., a white woman and a Japanese, both 31 years old, and never before married, obtained a license to wed here today and the knot was tied by G. Lloyd Davis, Justice of the Peace. His name Is Hachsaku Tsuge and hers waa Jennie Dugan. Jennie Dugan is a large woman and looked as though she could with ease place her husband across her knee and reprimand him In the good, old-fashioned way. He Is very small, was well dressed and has been In the United States 10 years. When they obtained the license they said that they loved each other very much and that neither would ever appear In the divorce court. CITY COUNCIL FREES MAN James O'Leary Pardoned and Ke turns Home as Mother Dies. James O'Leary was liberated from Jail yesterday' because the City Council pardoned him, thus releasing him from a term of 90 days, imposed by Municipal Judge Tazwell and enabling him to return home on the day his mother died. He did not know of her death until after leaving prison. O'Leary was arrested for being In toxicated repeatedly. He has six chllJ dren, whom he failed properly to sup port and his wife complained agulnst him. He promised Judge Tazwell to go to work at once, a place being ready for him, and to turn over to Mrs. O'Leary his wages. DOMESTIC ADVICE CABLED Mme. Maeterlinck Tells Husband in France to Order Groceries. NEW TORK, Feb. 15. (Special.) Mme. Maeterlinck, wife of Maurice Maeterlinck, who recently finished her operatic engagement in Boston, was a passenger on La Province today. Be fore sailing. Mme. Maeterlinck cabled her husband at Nice a long list of gro ceries and other provisions that he should buy before her arrival. From time to time she has cabled the poet and philosopher advice on house-' keeping. TAFT WINS AT MADISON La Follettc's Home District Indorses I'rcsldenl. . ' MADISON. Wis., Feb. 13. Unquali fied approval of President Taffs Ad ministration was expressed today by the Republicans of the Third Congres sional District, the home of Senator La Follette, here today at a conven tion called to nominate two delegates to the National convention. Resolutions passed declare that President Taft should be renominated and re-elected. Sherman Act Violation in Alaska Charged. FEDERAL GRAND JURY ACTS Independent Steamship Line Complaining Witness. MEN PROMINENT ON COAST Warrants Are Issued by Telf'erfaph. Official of Independent Line Says Companies Discrim inated in Rates. JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 13. Tele graphic warrants for the arrest of l?1 business men, prominent In affairs oV Alaska and the Pacific Coast, were is sued today on indictments returned by the Federal g-rand Jury that has been investigating the alleged violation-of the Sherman anti-trust lag' :n connec tion with the wharf faciliiijw q Skas1 way. . ( Tho following were indicted: J. C. Ford, president of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company; C. K. Houston, head of the Pacific Coast Coal Com pany; A. L. Berdoe, formerly vice-president and general manager White Puss & Yukon Railroad Company; Charlps E. Peabody, formerly an official of the Alaska Steamship Company; J. If. Young, president of the Alas ka Steamship Company; John H. Bunch, traffic manaiir of Alaska. Steamship Company; E. C. Ward; su perintendent of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company; F. F. B. Wur bacher, C. E. Wynn Johnson, K. E. Bil linghurst, W. H. Nansen, Ira Bronson, J. W. Smith, F. J. Cushlng. W. I. King. V. L Hahn and C. H. Hisbee. Competitor Gives Testimony. The grand Jury investigation was begun threo weeks ago by District At torney Rirstgrard on- orders received from Attorney-General Wickersham. The grand Jury began to return In dictments three days ago, but these were held secret until today, when they were placed on file and telegraph ic warrants issued. Tho principal witness before the grand Jury was Max Kalish, vice-president and general manager of the Humboldt Steamship Company, an in dependent line, which. It is alleged, has been grossly discriminated against in freight rates and wharf charges at Skagway. Mr. Kalish is now in San Francisco. Unlawful Combine Charged. It is charged in the Indictment that the North Pacific Wharves & Trading Company, tho Pacific & Arctic Rail way & Navigation Company, the Pa cific Coast Coal Company, the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, the Alaska Steamship Company and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company formed a combination in restraint of trade and in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law to monopolize the transportation facilities at Skagway, the ocean termi nus of the White Pass & Yukon Rail road and the principal seaport of Alaska. One Indictment charges that the de fendants conspired and combined for the purpose of monopolizing the coal business at Skagway by having the Moores Wharf Company, owned by the North Pass Wharves & Trading Com pany purchase three wharves at Skag way and close all but one. It is also alleged that meanwhile an agreement was. made with the Pacirtc Coast Coal Company's representatives, whereby the latter was to quit the coal business in Skagway. Holds and Tramways Controlled. It is charged by the grand Jury that the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, which, with the Pacific Coast Coal Com pany, Is a subsidiary ot the Pacific Coast Steamship Company Of San Fran cisco and Seattle, received a royalty on all coal shipped to the Moores Wharf Company and distributed by It. Another Indictment charges that the Pacific & Arctic Railway Company, with the White Pass & Yukon Rail road, engaged in a combination e-nd conspiracy to stifle competition by pur chasing three aerial tram lines operated over Chilkoot Pass between Dyea and Lake Lindaman, later dismantling and closing them. It is also alleged that the Pacific & Arctic purchased the Brackett Wagon Road from Skagway to Lake Bennett and destroyed It. thus compelling ship pers to send all their freight over the White Pass & Yukon Railroad, acquir- , lng a monopoly of the transportation business between Skagway and the In terior of Alaska and the Yukan terri tory. Railroad Also Accused. The third indictment charges that the Pacific Coast Steamship Company obtained a monopoly of tha wharfinger business at Skagway, diverting all business to the Moores wharf at exor bitant rates. The railroad company is also accused of having refused to enter into a through traffic agreement with the Humboldt Steamship Company, al though it maintained such an agree ment with the other lines of steamers tConcluded on Page 4.) T inn