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! nnrnnr uotn v nprFMRKTl 27. 1912- III "NO ' 16 254 t'cm? i f vmj. tut r,in.. i xuiixn j- DYNAMITE CASE IS IN HANDS OF JURY 40 Separate Verdicts Are Necessary. LONG SESSION IS EXPECTED Court Asks That Air Evidence Be Weighed Carefully. UNIONS' RIGHTS DEFINED Judge Says Testimony of McManigal and Clark Should Be Received With Caution Burns State ments "ot Considered. rROMTEXT DATES IN TRIAL OF , SIEX ACCUSED or wi- IITK CONSPIRACY. t February 8 Federal Indictment against 54 labor leader returned at 1 Indianapolis. ' February 14 Arrests made simul- taneously In 20 cities. , I October t Trial begins. Ortie Mc- l Manlgal pleads guilty. f October 3 Jury obtained. I October 7 Edward Clark, of Cin- t clnnau. pleads guilty. I November 23 Bond of Herbert S. I Hockln increased and he Is com- t mltted to JalL I December 3 Defense begins pres- entatlon of testimony. T December 18 Arguments begun. 4 December 2 Case submitted to t Jury with Instructions to return P- J arato verdicts. Forty defendants re- main. INDIANAPOLIS. Dec 26. Whatever is to be the outcome of the three months' "dynamite conspiracy" trial, in which 40 labor union officials are ac cused of complicity In the McNamara plots to destroy property. Including the wrecking of the Los Angeies building-, -where 21 persons were killed, now rests with the Jury. Federal Judge Anderson, a few min utes after 5 o'clock tonight, instructed the Jury and ordered It to retire. The court then adjourned until 9:30 A. M. tomorrow, thus precluding the return of the verdicts before that time should they be found. The verdicts, while separate as to each defendant, are to be returned at one time. Leig Session la Forecast. How long will the Jury be out?" was the question asked as the Jurors filed out. A basis for a belief that verdicts would not be reached when court opens tomorrow was found In the court's In structions "carefully to weigh all the evidence In the case." It has required almost IS weeks to Introduce the evi dence. The defendants who await the out come include Frank M. Ryan, presi dent of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workr ers, of which John J. McNamara, the confessed dynamiter, was once secre tary; various executive board members of that union; Herbert S. Hockln. ac cused as an accomplice of Ortle E. McManigal. another confessed dyna miter; Olaf A. Tveitmoe. secretary of the California Building Trades Coun cil; E. A. Clancy, San Francisco, and J. E. Munsey. 6alt Lake City, Utah. The three last named are charged with promoting the Los Angeles explo sion. Charge Is Conspiracy. These men are not charged under the Federal laws with personally causing any explosion. They are charged with conspiracy to violate Federal laws and with aiding In the Illegal transporta tion of dynamite and nitro-glycerln on passenger trains. In closlnsr his argument to the Jury, District Attorney Miller again referred to the argument of United States Sen ator Kern, counsel for the defendants. Senator Kern had left the city, saying he was going to Washington. The Los Angeles Times building ex DloHion was called "the crime of the century," Mr. Miller said, "but the real crime of the century will be this damnable conspiracy. It would be an everlasting disgrace to our country and to our civilization if these 40 consplra tors are not convicted. Gentlemen of the Jury, a United States Senator, sworn a nnhold the laws of his country, has dared to stand before you in defense, of these enemies w xnc jtepuouc. iou should find these conspirators guilty and put your seal of condemnation upon such conduct oy a unuea states Senator." Conrt Says Union la Legal. After stating the substance of the varinna offenses charged and mention ir.r th Kation-wide strike of the Iron workers Union, which the Government rharrmd was the motive for 100 explo sions on the work of contractors who refused to recognise the union. Judge Anderson. In bis instructions, saia: "It was not unlawful for the struc tural Ironworkers to organize the onion to which they belong. It Is not unlawful for the defendants to be members of that ar any other labor or ganisations. Men have the right to use their combined power through such organisations to advance their inter sU In any lawful way: but they have no right to use this power In the vlo (Concluded on Page 3.) TAFT SAILS FROM COLON FOR HOME GOETHALS TRAVELS OS ACCOMr .,. . PAXTEVG .WARSHIP. President Says He Will Appoint Civil Officials of Zone on Re turn to AVashington. COLON, Dec. 26. The I'nited States battleship Arkansas, with President Taft aboard, sailed from Colon at 7 o'clock tonight for Key West. The Presidential party went aboard the Arkansas about an hour prior to her departure. Colonel Goethals, the chief engineer, boarded the battleship Delaware, which accompanied the Ar kansas. , The warships are expected to reach Key West Sunday and the President Is due at Washington Tuesday. President Taft expressed great pleas ure over his visit to Panama and said he would appoint the Civil Governor and subordinate officials on his return to Washington. BEE TREE YIELDS HONEY Albany Men Obtain 40 Pounds From Maple In City Iimits. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 26. (Special.) Taking honey from a bee tree within the city limits of Albany was the un usual feat performed yesterday by M. n pii... lanitnr at the Linn County Courthouse, and Edward Hilliard. of this city. They obtained 40 pounas of honey from a big maple tree which stands on the bank of the Calapoola River in Albany's Chautauqua Park. Hilliard discovered the- tree last Spring, but It was necessary to deface the tree and perhaps kill It to get the honey, the bees were not disturbed. Recently when the Oregon Electric freight line was surveyed across the corner of Chautauqua Park It was dis covered that the tree was In the right of way and would have to be cut down, so Bilyeu and Hilliard took the honey yesterday. The deposit of honey was about 25 feet above the ground. From the large amount of empty comb In the tree, Bilyeu estimates that had they taken the honey in the Summer before the bees began to use it as a food supply for the Winter they would have ob tained about 200 pounds of honey. LOST KEYSSCARE OLCOTT 31arriage License Register Obtained After Considerable Delay, oil. Or. Dec. 26. (Special.) It A.vtloni today t'.iat Secretary Olcott, who yesterday claimed a Christmas bride, came very nearly having his r.ia'n unset. The marriage license was obtained Tuesday night behind locked doors at the County Cleric's ornce, wun Deputy Sheriff Esch acting as the wit ness. County Clerk Allen had been called and sworn to secrecy. The next day was a holiday and the office would be closed. The vault where the marriage license register Is kept was locKea. Secretary Olcott told the County Clerk to draw the curtains of the office, lest someone might see mm. Tins was done and the County Clerk began fum bling for the keys that would let him obtain the marriage license register. He .could not locate them. Pockets were turned Inside out. drawers were ran sacked and for a time the County Clerk declared that the keys had been lost and It would be Impossible to Is sue the license. Finally the Secretary of State located the keys and the mar riage license was obtained. SENIORITY PLAN FEARED Bryan Says Democrats Threatened With Letting Minority Control. LINCOLN, Neb.. Dec. 26. In an edi torial in the Commoner today, William Jennings Bryan predicts that the Dem- ocratlc party is facing a struggle In both Senate and House over commit tee assignments. "It (the party) is again threatened with the blight of seniority." the article continues. "That is, it will be asked to put the ambitions and interests of Individuals above the welfare of the party. "Progressive Democrats will be in the majority In the caucus of the Senate. Will they allow the reactionary mi nority to man the ship and allow length of service to .outweigh sympathy with the progressive" If It were a per sonal matter the new Senators might prefer to yield to the old, but a man acting In a representative capacity is not at liberty to be courteous at the expense of his constituents." FIRECRACKERS ARE BARRED Portland Chinese Denied Noisy Cele bration of Kcw Year. Chinese of Portland will not be per mitted to shoot firecrackers as a part of their first observance of the Amer ican New Tear's day. This was the edict of the City Council yesterday when a request by the Chinese that they be permitted to conduct a noisy celebration was turned down. This year for the first time the Chi nese will observe January 1 as the be ginning of the new' year. In celebra tion of the adoption of the new calen dar, elaborate preparations had been made for a firecracker celebration throughout Chinatown, the Intention being to attract a great deal of atten tion to the new step in advance taken by the Chinese people generally. . La Follette Returns to Platform. MADISON, Wis., Dec. 26. United States Senator La Follette will make his first public appearance since the election In the Minneapolis Auditorium next Monday nlgrt under the auspices of the Minnesota P.-ogresslve RepuDll can League. He will talk on "A New Deal In Politics." I STILL STEADFAST Both Declare They Cannot Recede. OBSERVERS PREDICT PEACE Turkey Said to Be Willing to Promise Reforms. OTTOMAN REPLY IS READY Envoy Characterizes Demands of Al lies as Absurd They Retort That Talk of Retaining Towns Is "Laughable." LONDON. Dec. 26. Both the Turks and the Balkan allies are standing by their o-ii tin on the neace terms. Both say It Is impossible to recede from their positions. . Nevertheless, those who think they know what is srolner on behind the scenes still believe the probabilities of the conclusion of peace are greater than of the resumption of war. The exchange of cipher dispatches between the administration at Constan tinople and Rechad Pasha continues, but the chief of the Turkish plenipo tentiaries declines to divulge the na ture of the reply he will present to the allies Saturday, when the conference reassembles. It is understood this will be as already outlined, with the addi tional promise that Turkey will apply to the European territories remaining to her the reforms which Count von Berchtholdt, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, proposed before the war. Term Absurd, Says Turk. 'While I cannot discuss the reply of the Ottoman government," said Rechad Pasha tonight, -"nothing prevents me from saying that the terms the allies have proposed are simply absurd. They have produced this Impression wher ever heard, even .outside Turkish" cir cles. It has never been known that after the conclusion of the armistice one belligerent party could ask the other to concede territories bravely de fended and still resisting with hero- Ism. ' . "Why should we do this, especially when the Bulgarians had three reverses at our hands Just before the armistice. while the Greeks who continued to fight were defeated both on land around Janina and at sea off the Dar danelles? Allies Surpass Limit. 'Turkey was Induced to accept an armistice only on the advice of the powers, in order to avoid useless car nage on both sides. The same human BULGAR (Concluded on Page 3.) L --- ' ' " " .... ..... CHRISTMAS AT PANAMA TELEGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION. WrM&Sk WOtOOO" 7-- :: I t ! mif iiiiii SHIPPING FACILITIES HI PROVED. ; Interesting articles concern ing the improvement of Ore gon 's facilities for commerce by river and ocean will be printed in The Oregonian Annual that will appear next Wednesday. The deepening of the Willam ette and Columbia Rivers, the completion of the south jetty at the entrance to the Columbia and the plans for the north jetty, progress on the Celilo Canal, building of public docks and the development of Coast harbors are subjects, of partic ular interest, in view of the early completion of the Panama Canal. They are improvements of vast importance, even with out considering the greater shipping that the . canal will bring. . .. The building of electric rail roads and the increase in water power development are- other subjects that the Annual will take up in detaiL Complete confidence in Oregon is shown by the Hill and Harriman inter ests, which are investing mil lions of dollars in new electric lines. The entrance into Port land of a second big power company is another significant event. The activity of the steam railroads, including their ter minal plans in Portland, is also an indication of Oregon's grow ing importance in the eyes of outside capitalists. Orders for the Annual are now being received. The price is 5 cents. Domestic postage 5 cents. Foreign postage 10 cents. BREAD AND WATER IS FATE Eugene Penalizes City Prisoners Who Refuse to Work. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 26. Eleven city prisoners, charged with vagrancy, are now living on bread and water, as a result of refusal today to go to work in the streets. These men were picked up last night and each was given five days' work on the streets, but after they had been fed a breakfast of good beefsteak, fried potatoes, bread and coffee, they refused to leave the Jail, and the chief of police announced a bread and water diet until they agreed to go to work or until their sentence has expired. The chief also took away their to bacco. and their newspapers., . ' GUM CHEWER DISCREDITED Federal Judge Doubts Witness Whoso Jaws Work Too Rapidly. '' i CHICAGO, Dec. 26. United States Judge Carpenter today revealed one method he has of Judging whether a person is testifying truthfully. If the witness chews gum and talks rapidly the chances are no great weight should be attached to his statements, the court said. This developed when the court told Joseph Bruns, a witness chewing gum while on the witness stand: "The harder a person chews gum the less responsibility you can place in his testimony. L SON DISCUSSES CURRENCY REFORM Callers Talk to President-Elect in Bed. POSITIVE YIEWS EXPRESSED Attack of Grippe Abates, but Physician Advises Caution. DIGESTION IS AFFECTED Quck Change From Worm Climate of Bermuda Is Believed to Have Caused Illness Trip South to Be Made Today. PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 26. Propped up In bed. President-elect Wilson sat for two hours today talking about cur rency reform with Representative Glass, of Virginia, chairman of the sub-committee on banking and cur rency reform, and Dr. H. P. Willis, a New York financial writer. "The conference concerned generali ties," Mr. Glass said afterward. "The Governor has some positive ideas about currency reform and expressed them more decisively and clearly than any one else I have ever met." " Mr. Glass said he was not at liberty to disclose what was done in the con ference. Money Topic at Conference. "That's what he talked about," he said, as he exhibited with a smile a handful of $5 pieces: He remarked, however, that none of the bills sup posed to be before his committee in Congress was authentic and the com mittee had not yet drafted any meas ure. He added that public hearings would begin in January. The Governor had almost recovered tonight from his attack of grippe, but In compliance with the physician's or ders he remained in bed and saw no one but Glass and Willis. , V . . .. Virginia rap to e imk .uuy. He will leave at 10:30 A. M. tomor row for Staunton, Va., his birthplace, there to celebrate with the townsfolk his 56th birthday on Saturday. The train will reach Washington at 3:15 P. IX. and will be there 15 minutes while the two special cars carrying the Gov ernor and a party of Virginians living in New York are being switched from the Pennsylvania Railroad to the Chesapeake & Ohio. It will be the first time, however, that the President-elect will have stopped in the National capital since election. A coincidence of the Journey is that Richard H. Taylor, one of the Secret Service men detailed with the. Governor PRICE DEWEY AT 75 HAS RECIPE FOR YOUTH ADMIRAL ADVISES AVOIDIXG MXDJiTGHT BANQUETS. Veteran Sea Fighter on His Birth day Is Told That He "Looks Like Ensign." WASHINGTON, Dec 26. Admiral George Dewey, hero of the battle of Manila Bay, today celebrated quietly his 75th birthday. The veteran sea fighter said he never felt better In his llfo, and friends who called to con gratulate him on the anniversary of his birthday declared that he looked "like an ensign." The Admiral attributed his splendid physical condition to constant riding and to the further fact that he keeps away from midnight banquets. He said that he abandoned attending banquets long ago. "So should any man," he declared, "who wants to feel as young as I do when he Is 75." Admiral Dewey passed a few hours at his office as president of the general board of the Navy. Later he went for a drive with Mrs. Dewey and there was an informal family dinner at the Dewey residence tonight. PASTOR PRIZEFIGHT FAN Dr. W. B. Hlnson Finds It Hard to Pass Bulletins of Contests. "When I was a youth I often thought I would like to be a prizefighter, and even in recent years I -have found it difficult to hurry by a bulletin-board where returns from Borne big match are being shown," said Dr. W B. Hin son. pastor of the White Temple, yes terday noon In the first of a series cf talks he is giving to men In tne audi torium of. the Young Men's Chrlstlin Association. Dr. Hinson did not enter into any defense of the prise ring, and his ve marks were made in rather a Jocular vein and incidental to hi address. which was on "Power." He emphasized the masculine side of Christianity rnd said that to be a Christian In to be strong, not weak. The individual gets power, he declared In the dogrea that he Is prepared to receive iu Dr. Hlnson will speak at the V. M. C. A. each day at 12:20 o'clock. The meet ings are on the "drop-In" order, -pfcn to all men and with no obligations to remain through the half-ha'-r talk, If so much time cannot be spared. VESSEL BEACHED IN GALE Crowd, Powerless to Aid, AVatches Italian Steamer's Peril, t PENZANCE, Eng., Dec. 26. The Ital ian Kteamor TriDolitani from Genoa to Barry, Wales, was wrecked tn Mounts Bay, on the extreme southwest coast of England, this afternoon. Twenty seven of a crew of 28 men had a thrill ir.tr bpht: the other was drowned. The vessel was buffeted byf fierce gales from Christmas morntng. The Captain today found himself tn a peri lous position and unable to get out of the bay, and determined .to run ashore. The beach was lined with spectators, powerless to lend aid. who watched the vessel almost helpless In tha grip of the wind and tho tide. Finally tne steamer's nose was pointed shoreward and she drove in under run steam mnnlnir deeo into the sandy bottom. A life rope was rigged to which the crowds ashore clung and one by one u opaw left the vessel, over which huge waves were breaking. One of the men was carried off by a heavy comber. $300,000 DEAL IS CLOSED A. S. Benson Buys River Frontage of 68 Acres From John Mock. One of the most Important land deals of the year was closed this week when A. S. Benson purchased from John Mock a tract of 68 acres for $300,000. The land is a part of river frontage known as Mock's Bottom, and lies be tween Willamette boulevard, opposite Columbia University, and the Willam ette River. Mr. Benson Is a son of S. Benson, the millionaire, who is an extensive holder of Inside city property. Mr. Benson tater will develop the tract. This prop erty Is in the vicinity of the proposed dock improvements of tho Hamburg American Steamship Company and lien directly opposite Swan Island, where it has been suggested to build big mu nicipal docks. Mr. Mock has reserved four blocks facing Willamette boulevard for resi dential purposes. The sale was ne gotiated by John B. Yeon. MANY "TICKERS" PAWNED Police Report Shows 120 "Raise the Wind" Christmas Eve. ' On the night before Christmas, 120 citizens of Portland pawned their watches ' in duly licensed pawnshops within the city. The fact was revealed yesterday when . Detective. LaSalle worked overtime In docketing the re ports. Kverv sort of horologue, from the dollar variety up to the most intricate repeater In its heavy gold case, is included in the list. They brought all the way from a few cents up to a goodly number of dollars. What the aggregate significance of this spurt in hypothecated tickets Is, Detective LaSalle could only surmise. Without doubt, many of the offerings speak of tragedy, some tell the story of the lovelorn youth without funds to make the expected present to his best girl, and not a few Indicate only the desire of some penniless rounder to have bis flllof "torn and Jerry." FIVE CENTS. CHRISTMAS TRADE Volume and Quality Best in History. CLERKS ARE KINDLY TREATED Customers Send Gifts to Shop- Girls Who Try to Please. PLANS FOR 1913 STARTED Merchants Say Solid Business Con ditions of City Arc Reflected in Increase and All Are Satis fied at Result. From a business point of view Christmas was entirely forgotten by 9 o'clock yesterday, except insofar as the business should serve as a guide for the following year, for with the stroke of the clock buyers for the large stores were beginning to plan for the Christ mas of 1913. Heads of business con cerns were unanimous in their opin ions as to the success of the soason and as to the excess of the volume of business over that of all previous years. Not only, however, did all records for volume go by the board, but the class of goods sold was far superior to that of former Yuletides, which in itself, be sides being a tribute to the powers of selection by the stores, was Indicative of the solid wealth of the community. In many other ways, too, this Christ mas season has been remarkable, to Judge by the opinions of men foremost In the commerce of the city. Early Shopping General. Through repeated requests, posted conspicuously In the stores, and from the valuable help, In that direction as In many others, shoppers generally paid far greater attention to the need for shopping early, while a greater spirit of friendliness between customers arM servers and between employers ai d employes was in evidence all through the busy days. W. F. Woodward, of Woodarl, Clark & Co., said: "Last Tuesday night I said that never in 30 years had we had so thoroughly harmonious a seaxon. Tho extraordinary part of y. all la that it came with the removal f what we had been warned time and time again was a dangerously distant part of the town from a retail shopping point of view. "When we bought the ground we had , our misgivings, we were somewhat fearful and wo have been agreeably disappointed. We seem to have stepped Into an even better zone, for in addi tion to enjoying a record Christmas, by far the best we ever had, the qual ity as well 'as the volume of business has increased." Store to Heduce Honrs. Equally happy was the tone of II. C. Wortman, of Olds, Wortman & King. "Our holiday business really has been much beyond what we were led to ex pect. The volume was very strong, much larger than ever before, but the class of merchandise also has been above the average, showing that peo ple have money t'j spend and in spend ing it have evinced a keener desire for the more solid and lasting things than In previous years. "If our own business is anything to go by, and I should say that It reflects the tone of the entire commercial world here, then the pulse of the public Is extraordinarily good. Customers have treated our employes with tho best of consideration, our employes have served us wholeheartedly and we are making what reparation to them we can." This consideration or the company to their servants takes the form of a reduction In hours. Formerly the stores Opened at 8 and closed at 6. From now onward they open at S:30 A. M. and close at 5:30 P. M except on Saturdays. "We merely could repeat at this time," said Julius U Meier, of the Meier & Frank Company, "how grati fied we are at the unfaltering response on the part of the public In making this Chrlstmastide the greatest ever experienced by us in the whole history of our business. "As each year turns out to bo bet ter than its predecessor, so will our efforts continually turn to muklng shopping more of a pleasure than a business by all the means at our dis posal, and that will be the foremost thought in our minds throughout the coming year. Bayers Plan for 1018. "Already our buyers have begun planning for Christmas. 1913. Basins their opinions on the holiday Just past, their efforts will be directed towards the procuration of goods of a uniform ly high class, with something distinc tive about each individual object," "We have no possible means of gaug ing our business by that of previous years," said W. F. Lipman, of the firm of Lipman, Wolfe & Company, "because this Is the first year in our new store All the same, we are absolutely and, completely satisfied with the business. Never have we sold merchandise of such high class; never have we had so many customers or so many Individual purchases. In two days In this store the business has been as large as that of a whole week In the old, and It is so varied that comparison ,is impos sible, i "One of the features of the shopping (.Concluded on Pag 3.) EGORDS SMASHED