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PAGES !T0 12 "VOL. XXIV NO. 18. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 4Z PG ES GUY IS RUINED y TORNAO Almost Every Building in Laredo Gone. TWENTY-ORE ARE DEAD Town on Mexican Border Is Strewn With Wreckage. MEXICAN TOWN SUFFERS Every Building of Earcdo Seminary DcmoIishciI---Tcachers Escape ly tMiracle Governor of .Texas. "Wants Help. LAREDO, Tex., April 29. (Special.) At least 21 persons were killed and-a. score Injured in Laredo and New Laredo by a tornado that tore through the city late last night Sixteen were Tcllled here. Ru mors of many others killed in places out side Laredo are heard, but as yet they lack confirmation. Property damage Is large. Four of the dead -were members of one family and were working on the ranch of George "Woodman. They were all crushed to death by the falling in of the heavv walls of the adobe house they occupied. The others met their fate In a like manner. The damage wrought at the Laredo Seminary Is severe. Not one of the group of buildings that go to mako up the insti tution escaped damage. The escape from death of the teachers at present quartered In the institution is considered miracu lous, as the walls of some of the buildings that they occupied were demolished. Mrs. Early, one of the teachers, was heroic ally rescued by several young cadets, stu dents of the institution, they lowering her by a rope from a second-story window. She was badly bruised. The Mexican National Hospital building roof was lifted. ind it will require much time to repair the building. "Wreckage Blocks Streets. A trip through the town. falls to show a locality that has not Buffered from the storm. Telegraph and telephone poles, corrugated roofs, chimneys and walls; In fact, debris of all imaginable kinds strew the streets. The city authorities are at work clearing away the wreckage of the storm, and tonight the city began to as sume its customary tranquil appearance Linemen, are at work endeavoring to straighten out the tangled wires, and it is believed that within two days the elec tric light service can be resumed. It Is hoped to re-establish telegraphic commu nication at least partially within two days. Conditions at New Laredo, across the river, arc similar to those on this side. It is not known how many dead or in jured there are. but a dty official of that place stated that there are sX least five dead. The live known dead, added to the dead on this side of the Rio Grande, would bring the number of known dead In both jcitles up to 2L The storm made Its appearance from the Southwest In the neighborhood of Lam pas. Mexico, 72 miles from this city, and it is said that great havoc .was wrought in. that locality, although It Is not thought any loss of life resulted. Poor Suffer First.- When the storm struck .the city the houses occupied by the poorer classes were the cfirst to be leveled to the ground, but, as the wind increased in force, the more substantial buildings were unroofed, and In many cases were demolished. The lighting flashed, vividly and continually, adding to the fears of the" people. The storm lasted about an hour. The Mexican National Railroad has temporarily abandoned Its trains on ac count of the 'lack of wires over which to arrange meeting points. Physicians are busy attending the in jured and it is thought no deaths will result Dr. H. J. Hamilton, of the United States Marine Hospital Service, has placed 150 tents with bedding, etc., at the disposal of the homeless. "Warnings of Storm Cause Panic. The weather on Friday -was sultry, and shortly after 7 o'clock In the evening a dark low raj-cloud appeared In the southwest. A ftbort time later and with hardly any warning rain began falling in torrents, accompanied occasionally by hall. The conditions previous to the storm were so remarkable that a vast majority of the citizens locked themselves In their houses, the entire Mexican popu lation being terror-stricken and becoming Impressed with the Idea that the world was coming to an end. Suddenly a flash of lightning lit up the scene, showing clouds hanging low over the housetops. A wind began to blow, the. lightning In a few minutes played al most continuously, and thunder roared over the city like a' thousand batteries pounding out a mighty chorus. Trees began to bend under the strengthening wind. Over the heart of the city was carried the roof of a negro's hut from the suburbs. A group of men saw the roof being spun along as if by a giant hand. and the lightning and thunder seemed to combine In a magnificent climax. Houses were swept away as If they were structures of pasteboard. Substantial stone structures were razed, frame houses were caught up in the swirling storm and torn to 'pieces. Roofs-were, carried away, trees were torn out by the roots. Tele graph poles were snapped wagons were picked out of the streets and carried be yond the city limits." The storm was terrifying a grand spectacle. It seemed to "bo rent by light ning, the electrical flashes cutting through until the city seemed 'to be spun with lines of light. There was no escape and the population simply cowered in the houses and trusted "to fate. The huts occupied by negroes and the poorer Mexicans first were destroyed. Nearly all of them were blown flat, but many of them were lifted like huge bee hives and carried miles. Every telegraph and telephone wire In the city was broken. The wind whipped the roof o'ff the telephone building and, reaching down Into the structure, caught the big exchange and whirled It around the . operating-room. The exchange was found -upside down and In rulna The tele phone officials report that It will be necessary to install a new system. Stores and Hotels "Wrecked. . The business firms In the center of the city have suffered great losses. The roofs were taken off half a dozen buildings oc cupied by grocerj' and drygoods firms and enormous damage was done to stocks. The roofs of the Hamilton and Ross Ho tels, two of the most pretentious bulld lnfis in the .city, were torn to pieces and 50 patrons fled Into the city streets tn fright. The rooms in the -hotels were cov ered with many inches of water. Two of the patrons and two bellboys were seri ously hurt by falling bricks. Governor Lanham was appealed to by Mayor Sanchez, of Laredo, for aid. In xeaponse he issued a general appeal for help, expressing the wish that Texas In general would toe liberal and prompt in Its help. RAILROAD BRIDGE. WRECKED Cars Blown From Track and "Wires Down in All Directions. DALLAS, Tex., April 29. (Special.) Reports have reached here of the cy clone that has swept the town of Larned, Tex., this morning. A string of boxcars was blown off the international & Great Northern tracks. A long-distance telephone message from Cotulla says the bodies of ten dead Mexicans have been recovered. It is reported thatf"f4 .persons have been killed outside Laredo.- Flftv railroad coaches belonging- to the International & Great Northern and Mexican Central Railroad were blown away.. Superintendent Gates, of the South western' Telegraph -Company, with headouartera In Dallas, estates that wires t were down south of Gotulla. about au miles soutn ox. can Anionic. He .received a dispatch from San An tonio that the repair crew at Cotulla had learned from a conductor of a train northbound that the bridge across the Rio. Grande had been wrecked by the storm. The conductor stated that his train had just escaped the Btorm There arc two bridges at Laredo across the river and it 4s not known which one -was destroyed. They are built of ateel and are .costly struc ture's. Tho Southwestern Telegraph. Com pany has a large force of men repair ing the damage done by tho storm. Linemen making repairs to the long- .dlstance telephone have, reported with in 5D miles north of Laredo. They report tonight a terrible state ,of de vastation. HER LOVE LASTS SIX DAYS NOW YOUNG WIFE SUES FOR JL DIVORCE. Mrs. Overcnd's Theatrical Husband Says "Thank You" to the Sheriff "When Served With Notlcc. CINCINNATI. April 29. (Special.) "Wooed and won In throe days, wedded and parted in three more. Mrs. A. A. Overend, of Covington, Ky., through a divorce peti tion filed today, hopes again to be Miss Sadie Snyder as quickly as possible. Last Saturday she and her chum. Miss Lizzie Grazlanl, also of Covington, met William H. McCausland and "William Overend, theatrical men, both from Jersey-City, N. J. Tuesday, the four repaired to the home of Rev. George A. Miller, of the First Christian Church, Covington, and the double wedding ceremony was performed. Overend came over to Cincinnati and stopped at a hotel. His bride remained In Covington. The flame of their love quickly died, and Mrs. Overend sought Attorney Hutchlns. Last night McCausland' and his bride gave a reception to make formal an nouncement of their wedding. Overend was among the guests. "While the festivi ties were at their height Sheriff Hengehold appeared and handed the notice of the suit to Overend. The young man was so surprised that all he could say was "Thank you." The Sher iff "told him he was welcome and left Overend has not decided whether he will fight the suit. TIBBLES IS TO BE EDITOR Tom Watson Will Own New Populist Paper at Lincoln. LINCOLN. Neb.. April 29. (Special.) A new Populist paper will be started in Lincoln or Omaha, with Thomas H. Tib bies, late Populist candidate for Vice President, as editor. The paper will be owned by Tom "Wat son, Mr. Tibbies, C Q. De France ana other Populists. Mr. Tibbies has given up his Wall-street m project, saying he would rather stay In the West where his friends are. Ills Second Verdict to Hang. DALLAS, Tex., April 29. (Special.) The Jury brought in a verdict of guilty with death penalty against Burreli Oates. a negro, for the murder of Sol omon Ornoff in Dallas on'the night of November 29, 1904. This is the second death -sentence for Oates, the first hav ing been set aside by the Stato Court of Criminal Appeals. Holly Van,", a. wnlte man, .who assisted Oates in the murder, ..is to-be banged at Dallas on 'May "12.; PflOHIS NAME . THEIR TICKET B. Lee Paget Is Nominated for Mayor, but May Later Be Forced to Resign. ' HOT DEBATE AS TO POLICY Friends of II. Albcc Urge That Head of the Ticket. Be Iieft 'pif; but They. Arc Defeated. THE PROHIBITION TICKET. B. Ie 'Paget, Mayor. E. P. Northrop, Auditor. F. McKercher, Treasurer. E. O. Miller, Municipal Judge. Councllmen.at-L.arge: I. II. Amos, F. L. Posson and R. K. Steele. Councllmen I. L. Paget, R. H. Tate. James M. Leach, S. Morrow, E. 3L Bertroche and D. B. Morgan. To have a head or not to have a head. that . was .the question over which -theJ ironiDiuon party, mat assembled: in con vention yesterday afternoon, wrestled for three hours. There were some delegates present who thought a real live head to the ticket was not necessary. They lost out in. the convention. For three mortal hours the "no head" and "the head" ad vocates talked. Every one of the 42 delegates present took a hand in the dis cussion. Some thought it was an old fashioned experience meeting and dwelt at length on the "howti" and "whys." They became cold-water advocates and forgot the real problem at Issue. They were all for harmony, however, so the convention- convened, adjourned and re convened and adjourned after accomplish ing much, according to the Prohibition view. Session Opened With Prayer;. The gathering of the delegates was set for 3 o'clock, but it was fully half an hour after this time before B. Lee Paget, who. by the way. Is the first Prohibition candidate for Mayor ever put forward by the -party in Portland, called the con vention to order. After briefly stating the object of the meeting,- Mr. Paget called upon Rev. Albyn Eason and the pro ceedings, of the convention were opened with prayer. The delegates assembled in the Y. M. C A. building. Prohibition politics and religion mixed and mingled, far-" emohg the delegates were a number of Portland's prominent ministers. The gathering was homogeneous, with Just enough shrewd political movements on the board to give the 'convention a political atmoephere. Mr. Paget, the wheolhorse of the party, told how Ave years ago, while the Prohibitionists were looking for a Moses, he was called to the firing-line and he proclaimed with some show of pride that he had been there ever since. With thl9 bit of biography out of the way, the delegates settled down to the decision of the question of head or headless. The convention was several minutes old when some brother discovered that I. H. Amos was absent, and timidly announced that a searching party be sent to hunt for him. This plea was squelched when someone back In the room announced loudly that "Mr. Amos' presmcc ain't needed." He was needed, for he became a helmsman and an obstructionist before the convention was through. One of the ardent workers for no head to the ticket was H. W. Stone. He was clearly play ing politics. He wanted the delegates to name a ticket headless, that is, without a Mayor, for he evidently wished to leave a soft spot for H. R. Albce to fall In, In case lightning did not strike him In the approaching primaries. Others were with him, but they were In the mi nority when it came to the final vote. Albeo Hnd Friends. There were those present who stood for the naming of 'a complete, ticket, but with the understanding that' in case of a Fraacfo B. Lossrfs, Aeslatast Secretary a-f Stale.' contingency arising that contingency be ing the defeat of . Mr. Al6ee In the pri maries and his subsequent appearance as- an Independent candidate the candU date named by the convention should be willing' to resign his place at the head of ethe ticket. In case the Prohibitionists deemed It to be tho best Interests .of the party. Thl3 won. for Mr. Paget in acr ceptlng the nomination made himself clear on. this mooted point He asserted that he was honored by the convention and that he would be the candidate of the party to the end. unless a contingency arose that he could best serve the Inter ests of the party by resigning. He as serted, however, that he would not do this, unless the candidate In whose favor he resignedshould be known as the Pro hibition party candidate. Rather than have the party lose Its Identity In the campaign,' Mr. -Paget declared that he would remain on the ticket and go down In defeat or win, as the result of the June election showed. This provision of slde-stepplhg Is made in the resolutions that were adopted at the evening session. Stone for No Mayoralty Nominee. The entire afternoon was taken up. in skirmishing by Mr.' Stone and those who did not want a Mayor nominated, and the naming of a committee on resolutions and platform, a committee on nominations and a finance committee. Professor R. R. Steele was elected permanent.' chair man, and E. P. Northrup secretary. Some one suggested that the' convention go Into the "committee of the whole convention." This sounded like'blue label goods, and it carried. O. E. Miller was appointed a. committee of one on credentials, andr-thls consisted of passing cards among those present to be filled out. While this was going on the- momentous question '-of "heads" was discussed. Among those who took part in tho de bate was an ancient German wafted Orc gbnward from somewhere In the Dako tas. His German tongue tripped, over his English, but he made himself clear on one point. He wanted a firm founda tion, and he didn't care whe.thcr that foundation was made' up of ministers, Prohibitionists, Democrats or Republi canshe wanted a firm foundation. There was still another delegate present, age. not given, who had voted for years for the Democratic and Republican parties, only to discover about nine years ago that he had been voting for the Devil. This declaration was greeted with tre mendous applause, for the speaker's statement was taken as a clean bill of lading that there were no devils In the Prohibition party. When hunger began to hit some of the delegates they got' down to real business of the afternoon session, that of naming the committees. When this was accomplished the conven tion adjourned for dinner and to give the committees a chance to frame their resolutions and to name their candidates. It will be noticed that there are several vacancies, that of City Attorney, two in the - Councilmen-at-Large and several among the Councllmen. These vacancies will be filled -by the dty and county com' mittee, upon whom was thrust this They aro E. P. Northrup. F. McKercher, Dr. E. L. Lane, A. t?. Davis and. C. A. Lewis. . Mr. Paget was alio. a. member of this committee, but will resign. Resolutions Were Adopted. When the evening" session reconvened the committee on resolutions offered the following set of resolutions and the dec laration of the Prohibition party princi ples: ' Resolved, It has been, and Is, our earnest desiro to unite with any other reform forces which stand for political righteousness' and for the election as municipal of fleers of men "who are not in debted to and will hot be controlled by the vicious clement of our city. To this end we have sought and Joined In conferences with the hope that they might lead up to the unification of such forces, but without result Up to the present time there are in the field none but candidates who seek nomination at the hands of the license parties. A man of high character, as the candidate of a saloon-controlled party, does not mark the moral level of that party, neither will he control Its. policy. Furthermore, so far as we are advised, these candidates would regard their in terests in their respective primaries . as adversely affected by our open Indorse ment. Being, therefore., fully persuaded that no candidates will, or can be, nominated who can be so fully trusted to combat the evil political tendencies of the day as the can didates of a party which stands unequivo cally for the destruction of that consum mation of the political" villainy, the or ganized liquor traffic, and believing that to such candidates all votere earnestly seeking reform will rally unless re strained by partisan prejudice; therefore be it Resolved. In order that there shall bo before the people candidates whose at titude toward moral questions admits of no doubt, and in order to preserve our organization and our prerogatives as a party In tho coming election, we put in (Concluded on Page S.) PRINCIPAL FIGURES IN VENEZUELAN .Berkiert W. Bowes. PUTT an LOOMS IIP AGAIN Mae Wood Sues Wynne ' and Loeb. HER LOVE .LETTERS GOHE She Intended to Publish Aged Senator's Effusions. PREVENTED BY THREATS Woman.Who Accused Nqvr-l'brk Boss of Jilting; Her Tells Remarkable -Story 'of Detective's Plot - .to Protect Him. OMAHA. Neb., April 29. Miss Mae Wood Tate today flled In the District Court a damage suit against William Loeb. secretary to President Roosevelt; ex-Postmaster-General Robert J. Wynne, and J. Martin Miller, whom she charges with having destroyed a number of letters received by her from Senator Piatt, of New York. Miss Wood recites, at length the conditions that led to the securing of the lottcrs by the defendants, and asks the court to award her damages. Miss A. C. Vcod, who is. an attorney, formerly practiced in Omaha, later was connected vhth the Postofflce Depart ment In Washington, and since has re turned tgr this city. She asks $35,000 damagls.v . Miss Wood charges that the defend ants by force and threats secured from her love letters which, she alleges, were written tolher by Senator Piatt, of New York. These letters, she says In her charges, formed the basis for a book, the manuscript of which she had com pleted andfor the publication of which she had contracted with a publisher. Says "Avfo-nne Threatened Her. Mlss Woid alleges that Mr. "Wynne Juet hec ift a houso In Washington, where he ll&tained her for two days, and by tte&ats and force took from' her iha alleged love letters. .She says Mr. "Wynne -va.s accompanied by two gen tlemen, onfe of whom gave his name as Hummel. The charges as flled name, first, Rob ert J. Wynne, Consul -General to Lon don: "William Loeb, secretary to Pres ident Roosevelt, and J. Martin Miller. Consul to Aix La Chapelle, Germany, alleging- that the defendants had con spired to obtain possession, and did ob tain possession, of a book which she was compiling under the title of "The Loveletters or a Boss," which letters. Miss Wood avers, wero written to her Tjy United States Senator Thomas C. Piatt. The petition In part follows: Xove .Letters of a Boss. Second, that beginning about May 1, 1003. plaintiff had prepared as a literary produc tion nnl for publication a manuscript en titled "The Love Letters of a Boas." which manuscript was largely made of actual let ters received by this plaintiff from a very prominent man in the United States Sen ate (Thomas C. Piatt). 71 years of age. and who pretended to be desperately In love with the plaintiff. Third, that plaintiff had been engaged to marry said prominent elderly man. and had received attentions from him which could only be excused on the ground of such en gagement; that because of the conduct of said suttor tho engagement was about to be canceled on April 15. 100-1; that for the purpose of trying to make an Independent living in a literary field, and as compensa tion for the peculiar humiliations and per secutions, she had been subjected to. she de termined to utilize such unfortunate and disagreeable experiences and publish the said book, containing, verbatim paragraph after paragraph of the silly love expositions contained in said. letters, which were mixed with -political animosities and newt. Said manuscript also- being- prepared with an actual account of the replies thereto as SCANDAL Ualfed States Minister te Veaexitela. near as It was possible for this plaintiff to remember. Fourth, that said defendants, obtaining knowledge of "the plaintiff's Intention to get out, such a book, conspired with each other and the author of said original letters to get possession of the manuscript and the said original letters by any means possible, and by illegal means, if necessary, for the pur pose of holding the same over the author. and possibly to. hold for ransom in addition and thus force said author to do or not to do certain things. Fifth, that one Martin Stiller, who was In reality a detective, was engaged by the de fendants herein named to represent himself to plaintiff as an author and publisher and solicit the manuscript for said book, to gether With a contract to publish the same under his own name through publishers or friends In Philadelphia. That this plaintiff finally consented to enter into a publica tion contract with the said Miller for the publication of the said book, "The Love Let ters of a Boss," and surrendered the manu scripts for said purpose of publication as (Concluded on Second Page.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER Tho Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 61 deg.; minimum, 47. Precipitation, 0.02 Inch. TODAY'S Generally fair. "Winds mostly northwesterly. Russia. Easter celebrated in pompous- style without disorder. Page 0. Czar decrees relief to unorthodox sects and remtts peasants' taxes. Page 9 Strikers killed In Poland. Page IS. foreign. Efforts to induce Princess of Connaught to marry King Alfonso. Page 13. Norway will create separate consulates. Page 13. German Minister to Morocco says Anglo French agreement will not be recognized. Page 0. 1 King Edward will be entertained In Paris. Page 0. National. Bowen called home, to explain, with choice of promotion or dismissal. Page 2. r Government rate regulation declared by rail road man Injurious to "West. Page 3. Interstate Commission sues IS railroads for discrimination In beef rates. Page 2. President has slight attack of malaria and rests In camp for a day. Pace " ' Domestic. Stampede to sell stocks almost causes panic on "Wall street. Fac 8. Ogden educational train wrecked and many noted men Injured; four trainmen killed. Page 3. Tornado wrecks Laredo, Tex., and kills many persons. Page 1. Twelve leaders of Chicago strike Indicted; one death and many- Injuries from riots. Page 1. Cincinnati woman sues for divorce after six days' courtship and-marriage. Page 1. Mae "Wood accuses ex-Postmaster-General Wynne, Secretary Loeb and others of ob taining Flatt'a love letters from her by force. Page 1. Pacific Coast. Santa Clara aeroplane makes a very success. ful, flight; Pag? 3. Tom Brown's sister testifies against him In murder trial at Chohalla. Page Lauth smiles and Gugliclmo weeps at pros pect of tho gallows. Page 3. Yamhill referendum committee says it ha3 not become quiescent. Page .6. Prairie City bartender is shot by the Town ' Marshal. Page 4. Land Office to Portland. Page TR; Official notice of removal of Oregon City Ex-Senator Harry Bunkers found guilty of accepting a bribe at Sacramento. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. Three-fourths of Oregon wool clip already sold. Page 33. Steady movement of grain to California. Page 35. Uncertain tone of butter market. Page 33. Storm of liquidation in stocks. Page So. Wheat closes lower at Chicago. Page 33. Favorable New York bank statement. Page i35. Review of San Francisco cured fruit trade. Page 33. ' Dredge Chinook will not work at mouth of Columbia again this season. Page 14. Tonnage entering Columbia,. during April amounts to 3(5.000 tons. Page, 14. Sports. Battling Nelson and Hufe Turner matched to fight In San Francisco. Page 18. Portland shut out by Tacoma. 1 to 0. Page 10. Long fly wins ltf-lnning game for Seattle. Page 10. Annapolis crew defeats Pennsylvania. Page 10. Many dogs entered for Portland bench show. Page 18. Field day at Franklin Field. Page 10. Burns will meet Barry In Tacoma. Pago 17. Giants meet Slwashes next. Page 17. Portland tam lacks teamwork. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. Big rise In Portland realty Is shown by re cent sales. Page 14. Ben Lombard pays Judgment secured by his uhcle. Page 10. Seattle doctors fall out with local' fraternity over requests tor contribution to enter tain American Medical Association Page 8. Curfaln rings down on the Columbia Stock Company. Page 24. Portage road means bringing of Inland Em pire 'to the gates of Portland. Page 10. Women are found frequenting saloons. Page 24. Government reclamation service and rail roads stake the same right of way along the Malheur River. Page 13. Ex-Senator John M. Thurston comes to de fend Senator Mitchell. Page 8. Colorado and Arizona will each erect a building at the Fair. Page 11. Mountain Gem will demonstrate practica bility of portage road for bringing cargo to Celllo. Page 8. Prohibitionists nominate B. Lee Paget for Mayor. Page 1. Features and Departments. Editorial. Page 6. Church announcements. Page 36. Classified advertisements. Pages 10-23. How best to secure clean- markets. Page 48, Dr. Hlllls' sermon. Page 48. The human side of John D. Rockefeller. Page 33. How the Japanese take care of the families of soldiers. Page 38. New type of fighting machine. Page. 41. Three years' reclamation work by the Gov ernment. Pages 40-41. Bear hunting as a sport for women. Page 32; Tales from Dickens. Page .44. Sherlock Holmes. Page 40. Malcolm McKay, pioneer of 1842. Page 47. Exposition will play host. Page 26. Improvements at City Park. Page' 26. Mcdford & Crater Lake Railroad a certainty. Page 33. New homes on the Heights. Page 34. Social. Pages 30-3L Musical. Page 10. . Dramatic. Pages-2S-20. ' . , Household.and fashions Pages 42-43. Youth's departmeiit. Page 45. ' 'r! STRIKE laflEHS HRE 1H01GTE0. Chicago Grand Jury Charges Conspiracy. BIG STRIKE STILL SPREADS Number of Men Made 'Idle Doubled in 0nfrDaye APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT Citizens' Committee Asks Truce With View to Cbnellhitlpn Riot Reigns Throughout- City. One Man. Is Killed. CHICAGO." April 29: Twelves of th labor leaders prominently identified with the teamsters' strike now in progress In this city were indicted to night by the grand jury; Bach Indict ment contains six counts and charges the men with conspiracy. Bills were returned against the following: Cornelius P. Shea, president of the International Teamsters' "Union; Hugh McGee. president of the Truckdrivers Union; J. McCarthy, business agent of the Truckdrivers' Union; 21. F. Kelly, president of the Market Drivers "Union; Charles AVllbandt, secretary of the Teamsters' Joint Council; George F. Golden, president of the Packinghouse Teamsters' Union; James B. Barry, president of the Hallway Express Drivers' Union; John Smyth, president of the Coajdrlvers Union; Harry Lapp, business agent of the Coaldrivers Union; Charles Dold. president of the Chicago Federation of .Labor; Stephen C Sumner, president of tho Mllkdriv crs' Union; J. W. Young, business agent of the Baggage and Parcel Drivers Union. Much secrecy marked the return of tho indictments, and even after they had been returned to the court an ef fort -was made to keep the names from being- learned. The indictments were based1 solely on the ovltienccgiven dur ing the last week by witnesses who testified specifically as to the troubles of the- labor unions and Montgomery "Ward & Co. Tho most Important and detailed evidence came from Frederick Job, secretarj- of the Employers' As sociation, and from Robert J. Thorne, manager for Montgomery "Ward & Co., and a stockholder in the coal firm of Daniels & Co. Charged AVlth Conspiracy. One count in the indictment charges the defendants with conspiring to pre vent all persons not members of the Teamsters' Union from securing em ployment as drivers. This Is described in the count as being contrary to "public morals.' Another count charges conspiracy to prevent any union teamster from picking up or de livering any goods to or from Ward &. Co. A third count charges conspiracy to do an illegal act in that the team sters were warned not to do any work for "Ward &. Co. The fourth charges that the conspirators compelled the proprietor of the "Windsor-Clifton Ho tel to put out certain guests of the hotel because they were employes oC Montgomery "Ward & Co. The other Indictments differ only In minor points. Strike Sprendw to 3Sore Trades. The strike continued to spread to day, and a large number of teamsters employed by lumbermen, grocers and various coal companies went out. The most serious phase of the trouble today was the aggressiveness of the packers, ice-dealers and commission men, who have decided that they will stand with the members of the Employers' Asso ciation and demand, that their team sters make deliveries to boycotted Arms, and that, if any teamster de clines to make them, he is to be in stantly discharged. This means a lockout, for the men have already de clared that they will not make such deliveries- More than 2500 men will be involved when this action Is taken. The wholesale grocers also decided this afternoon that they would demand of their men that goods be delivered to boycotted Arms, and a prompt dismis sal of every teamster refusing to com ply will be ordered. This will add 800 more to the number of men now on strike. The unions retaliated by ordering; that no hay or grain be delivered to members of the above associations. The men employed by the Hartwell Coal Company went out this afternoon. This concern delivers all of the: coal to the Union Traction Company and to the People's Gas Light and Coke Com pany, which supplies the city with gas. The express companies made some deliveries today, but their business comparatively, speaking, was at a standstill. Large quantities of per ishable articles are now stacked in the houses of the express companies, and most of them are expected to spoil. So far the strike has noL in any ap preciable manner Interefered with the food supply of the city. May Appeal to Roosevelt. There is a strong sentiment among the labor men to have President Roose velt Interfere in the strike when he arrives in the city on his return from his present vacation. He is scheduled Concluded on Page 0.)