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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
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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
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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
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