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If TTIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. TORTLAXD. JANUARY 7, 1912. If IMPORTED TO PLANT DYNAMITE Chicago Experts Said to Have Been Sent to "Fix" Indian apolis Situation. BOAST MADE TO WOMAN Member of Carpenters Union Adds to Teatlmonr Concerning Wide spread Oonsplrey Four Explosion Involved. TN'ni ANAPOLJ3. Jan. . 8purgon P. Meadow, a prominent labor leader and business aaent of the District Council or the International Brotherhood of Carpentera and Joiners, cam rorwira todav with the declaration mat oui-oi- town men caused the four dynamite explosions In this cltir at mionignt, IVmhor 14 ISO. . Thla followed the atatemeni or Charlea A. Bookwalter. ex-Mayor, that Indianapolis labor leader were In formed by him two year a ago aa to who had directed the explosions of property of Albert Ton epreckelaen. an open shop contractor. Meadow aaaertlon waa maae in connection with a report that the Fed cral authorltlea were Investigating tb possible connection of other unlona be Idti the Iron Worker with the Von Epreckelaen explosion. Mr Seat t "Fix" Sltmatloa. rn.f. nfmm rtf men alleged to have accomplished the explosion were held' In a hotel owned by John H airman. who aald today he had testified before the county grand Jury last year that Meadow attended aom of tbeae con ferencea. Thla Meadow denied, but be admitted meeting at Halfman'a place walking delegates for union that were endeavoring to perauad Don union men to quit work on on of Von Fpreckelsen's contract near by. "Three week before trie von sprees. Isea'a explosion, said Halfman. "two men who aald they were from Chicago and who namea I don t remember. rented a room from me. They were brought by the business agent of a cer tain union here, lie told me the Chica go men were In the bualne of fright ening off 'scab workmen and Tlxing non-union Job. He aald they were her to fix tb local situation. Weaaaa Ceaflraaa story. "Many men who cam to see the stranger I recognised aa connected with labor unions, but tb only one J know by stent waa Meadows." The bualne agent rererred to by Jlalfman also la chanted with direct knowledge of the explosion In a for mal statement to ex-Mayor Book wal ler by Mr. Al ta Hawkins, keeper of a boarding-house. rUie reported to the Mayor, when he mad the municipal Investigation, that the business agent came to her bouse with other men In an automobile a few houre before the explosions took place and aald to her: i on keep your ears open about mld- BlrKt and you will hear the damndest noise you ever beard. Mrs. Hawkins returned here recently from Los Angeles, where she went In response to a aubpena from Lbs grand Jury. BTOfS RELEASED OX WRIT Irtoot I re Will Deny Amenability to Indiana Statutes. INDIANAPOUS. Jan. (.Federal Judge Anderson Issued today a writ of habeas corpus releasing Detective W. J. Burns from the custody of th county authorltlea. Ilia bondsmen had aurrendered htm to the County Crim inal Court, where he atanda Indicted on the charge of kidnaping J. J. He Neman. Th writ Is returnable January 11. hn the caae will be argued before Judge Anderson. Burn will offer the plea that In removing John J. Mc.Ni msra to Los Angelea he was acting within the provisions of the Federal atatutes and cannot be prosecuted un der the Indiana law governing extra dition. Two Indictments are pending against Hums and Detective Hoalck, of Los Angeles, charging kidnaping and con spiracy to kidnap. v Paving the way for the testimony of Ortle E. McManlgal, Burns ap peared before the Federal grand Jury teday. Bum alao conaulted with the Federal officials as to preparations for guarding McManlgal on his arrival here. Th exact time la kept secret, but he Is expected tomorrow or early Monday. He will be lodged ta a room in the Marshal's wing of the Qovera xnent building. PROBLEMS OF LIVING COST Flan Offered for Equalizing Produc tion and Consumption. MED FORD, Or. Dec iL To th Editor.) High coat ef living 1 th popular topic of today. It la being dle cuaeed la every home. In every munlcl- ralltr. and In our National Congress. It relate more directly to the welfare and happiness of th American people than almost any other subject. The fleets axe more Immediate and reaulta are mor direct. The condltlona In this country are becoming more aggravated from year to year, aa etatiatloa will show. In lees this tendency Is In seme -aay checked. It does not require any speolal gift as a "iter" to determine what the result In the next 60 years will be. But before any effectual re ft u. IB can be accomplished. It Is essential that som careful diagnosis be made hlch shall reveal condltlona and dis cover causes. While the doctrine of supply and de mand baa been robbed of much of its potency by virtue of the power of great combinations. It Is ever true that sup ply and demand are th foundation upon which all rests, and In all food upp'.lea this relation must and doea e!sC If beef and pork are high and f:b are low. we eat fish, and If meat as a whole are high and vegetable ars low. w eat vegetable. Tke American people bave been gradually passing through a change of rvlailonahlp tueard each other. And thla ciianee ta gradually affecting the question of supply and demand. Thla change of relationship Is manifested In The Increased population of our cities and a corresponding decrease In our rural population. In thla condition rests the question of supply and de mand. The cities are the consumers and the rural populations ars the pro ducer. Every time a man changes from r. producer to a coneumer be pro duces a corresponding effect sjpon the question of supply sod demand. This qusstlon of change from rural to city Ufa la causing th wis ones to "view with alarm." Jsol only Is It breaking op our home and firesides and sending many of their occupant to live la fur nished flats and family hotels and take their meale out. but It la also causing the abandonment of million of acres of productive land and retarding th development of many million more. The State of New York alone ha 1.200.000 acres of abandoned farm land, and million of acres In the West are unsought. In 1100 th rural population of the United States was 8 per cent of the entire population, but In 1910 It waa 2 per cent. What does thla show? Clearly that we are changing from an agricultural to an Industrial people. The last 20 years have shown a rapidly Increasing per cent. As against this It may be argued that If the producer obtains such high prices for hi produce. It must necessarily Invite the consumer back to the field of production, and so bring about an equilibrium. Right here 1 wher combinations are getting in their evil machination. If It were true that the producer were receiving the Increased price, such would be the result. But what are the facts? Statistic ahow that. Instead of the producer receiving 11 per cent of the price paid by the consumer, a of 20 yeara ago. he is now receiving less than 40 per cent on his principal products, and In many cases much less. In every product he la now receiving a greatly diminished proportion of the price paid by the consumer, while he Is paying much more for labor than formerly. In view of these facta. Is It at all sur prising that agriculture Is losing Its at traction and Its supporters? Is It sur- FEDERAL RAILROAD LA FOLLETTE PLAN Wisconsin Senator Talks in Illinois on Resources of Alaska. BOARD CONTROL PROPOSED Candidate Would Appoint Commis sion of Experts to Opera to Pub lic Utilities Under Govern- , ment Ownership. DANVILLE. Ill, Jan, . A solution of the problem of the conservation of the natural resource of Alaska was to the oMnlnr of aaloona. Thla case la to determine the legality of the election held last November, when the city voted to license the saloon, it is said that the Luther blacksmith hiilldlns- will be turned Into a dlspen- aary. and several of the. "near beer place will probably b granted li censes. KANGAROO JOINERS LOSE Many Pay $5, Some $50, to Enroll In Order Which Doesn't Exist. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. . Nearly 1000 men assembled In front of a downtown fraternal ball last night expecting to be Initiated Into the "Ancient Order of Kangaroo of America," After they had waited for almost an hour and no one came to open the hall, they learned from the Janitor that the hall had not been engaged: then they dispersed. One of the men, Kuslc Snyder, a tail or, told a story that set in motion the police machinery In an effort to take Into custody J. W. Wilson, who repre sented to Snyder and presumably to the others, that he was grand organizer for the order of which they expected to be come members. According to Snyder, Wilson represented that many of the most prominent men of the state had paid $50 each to become members of the Kangaroos, among them Former Governor Jame . Gillett. Mayor-elect James Rolph. former Mayor Jame Fhe- TWO SAW FRANCISCO LABOR LEADERS WHO ARE ACCUSED IN DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY. "V, ,, - . f . .... ; .,. . . v v it t ' - I PL - - . . r.t - t x - I ,v' ' ' ' vif 'a 'OK- AITTOjr JOIUSIB AITO OIlAW ttveit moe. prising that ths boys and men alao turn to salaried positions, to business pursuits or to speculation. The Ameri can people are almply becoming Intoxi cated on the question of their fine cities. They are exploiting their cltlea at the sacrifice of th farms and farm er. The farmer la the man who la most needing attention. He la needing help In development along such line aa will make rural life more) attractive. He need better roads, better schools, bet ter mall service, fuller power develop ment, a parcel poae, and. above all, b need a greater per cent of the pries paid by the consumer for his product. He la the mainstay the very backbone of this Nation. As such be Is entitled to and should have the first considera tion. He produces the goods, while transportation companies only change Its location: manufacturers change Its form, and ths dealer changes its ownership. But it may be argued that as the population has changed from a produc ing to a consuming one, me ratio of profit must be greater to those now engaged in non-productive pursuits In order that they may all make a living. Right there Is the rock upon wnicn we ks a people ars being stranded. If two men are compelled to live on the profits obtained by dealing In a cer tain nsnauct. It Is evident that the per cent of profit must be greater than If on were doing the business now dene by the two. In order to support tnese two in doing what one should do, the consumer Is compelled to pay a much : higher pries for his living. Thla la Just the condition unoer wnicn the whole American people ars laboring today. Too many retail butchers maks the price of meat too nign. "loo many ; retail dealers In flour make the price of flour too high. Too many retail deaUera In vegetables make the price of vegetables too high. At the two ex tremities stand the wageworaer ana . the producer. And to get ths product of the producer Into ths mouths of ths wage-working consumer with ths least per cent of profit added Is ths i big problem of today. To ds this transportation must be regulated; cor- poratlons operating in restraint of ) trade must be broken up; gentlemen a . agreements, which are operating In nearlv all cities, botn large ana smaii. and which control prices aa effectually aa do the corporations, must b ; topped. City market must be astab- j llshed wherever practical, giving me ware worker an opportunity to purchaae directly from the producer, thus ellra- Inailng many profits. This would put , many middlemen out ot business, as they should be. Not that middlemen are unnecessary, but ws have tee many . of them all along the entlrs line. True, this would mitigate against th cltlea. but cltlea abould not be the first consideration ef a nation. As baa been already shown, our cltlea have advanced at the distress of rural districts and hare grown beyond their legitimate support. That nation can only bs In a healthy condition when both country and city have developed In proper pro portions. A prominent question of th day Is to feed the hungry and cloth the poor. C E, WHISTLER. DAVIES HAS PRIMARY PLAN i Wisconsin Idea to Bo Crjed Before Democratic Committee. MADISOX. Wis. Jan. Josph E. navies. Democratic National Commit teeman for Wisconsin, started today for I Washington to attend th meeting of i the Democratic National Committee and j la prepared to present a plan for the , Presidential primary system tor ail ' atatea not now having It- Hs will push thl Idea before th committee un less WUliam J. Bryan dealras to do so. Hi plan is to duplioats th Wisconsin Presidential primary law passed by the Republicans Tb Wlaconala plan calls for petitions for oandldatea lor dele gates to National conventions, tiling of ths nominations with ths Secretary of State and voting on ths candidates at ths Spring elections. Our sale Is still en at our new loca tion, tit Alder street, the Medical build lug, CalA-Kic rShos Company. suggested today by Senator La Toi lette In an address In thl city. "The sensible and practical thing to do." he said, "la to create a board of public works for Alaska similar to the Isthmian Canal Commission. Thla board of publlo work should undertake not merely to build a railroad from Con troller Bay to the coal fields, but It should acqulrs all the railroads In Alas ka and settle at once the policy of Gov. rnment ownership. It should similar ly provide for the development of other publlo utilities, such aa ths telegraph and telephone. It should operate and develop the wharves and docks and steamship lines. It necessary, to deliver the produots of Alaska to th Paolflo Coast. Problem Will Be Solved. ' "With a law such aa thla. the Gov ernment owning the railroads, the di rect operation or leasing of the coal fields, under proper regulation. Insur ing a proper revenue to the Govern ment for the benefit of the people, and proper regulations that will protect the consumer, all under the management of a board of experts, having in mind only the public Interests, I believe that the problem ef conservation of our nat ural resources In Alaska will be solved and that Its administration will be of great value In securing solution for some of the problems which confront us In considering the conservation of such natural resources as are still a part of the public domain of the States." Before telling them how ne wouia solvs ths Alaskan problem. Senator La Follette discussed the administration of the coal son. Cheaper Living Promised. "The problem before us la not to hoard our resource." he aald, "but to develop them In such a way that th benefit flowing from development will Inure Sot to few men but to ths rightful owners all ths people of the United Statea With ths experience of ths past, ths waste of thes resources, the turn ing of them over to speculation and monopoly, woald be a crime against ths psopls of the United States. "To permit the Morgan-Guggenheim combination to remain In control of th railroad In Alaska means that all the men lured there with pick and shovel and pack will. In the end. be complete ly at the mercy of Morgan and Gug genheim. Every pound of eoal they mine will pay such tribute to ths monopoly-owned transportation com pany aa it choos to xact. "Alaska was purchased with th people's money, taken from th somnson fand th Treasury of th United Statea Whatever of profit, whatever of advantage In any way aocrues from that purchase belongs to all the people. They are entitled to get ths benefit In ths reduotion in the oost of living, whloh will come from tb utilisation of Alaska's treasures. Access ta Ceal Desaaaded. Tb whole Pacific Coast demands access t ths enormous coal deposits. The pespls sast of the Rocky Moun tains will gain by their development. Even tb Navy Department of the Fed. era! Government 1 compelled to pay from t to fit for coal on the Paclflo Coast, whloh cost $J to ft on th At lantic Coast. I believe that our future power on th Pacific Ocean depend upon th utilisation ef ths coal ef Alaska. "Congress first duty to th people th owners ef these magnificent coal fields and other deposits of mineral wealth ta to provide for their proper development: and. aa In the case of a private corporation, so In the case of public ownership, th first step to bs undertaken should be the creation of proper transportation facilities where by a market may be afforded for the resources. The wharves, decks, rail roads and tsrmlnaia In Alaska should at once bs acquired by the Govern ment for the same business reasons that would move a private corpora tion to acquire them. If It owned th coal fllds." Springfield May Get Saloons. SPRINGFIELD, Or.. Jan. . Sps- , clai-l It Is reported that several pros pective aloon-kepera are preparing to open for business bar immediately upon the decision of th teat ease by tn Supreme Court. If It la favorable lan and former Lieutenant-Governor Warren Porter. In the case of Snyder, however, and presumably In the case of many others, f 5 was accepted as full payment for a life membership, which carried with It freedom from the payment of dues. NOTES ARE FOUND ON BODY Train Passes Over Man Lying on Track Xear Chehalls. CHEHALIS. Wash. Jan. . (Spe cial.) The body of Edwin Thompson waa found this morning near the county line between Lewis and Thurs ton counties. The man was lying be tween the rails on the Northern Paclflo main line when Great Northern train 355 came along. The engineer tried to stop the train before he reached the man, but was unable to do so. It Is not known whether or not he was dead when the engine passed over him. The train stopped and the crew brought the body Into Centralis. On Thompson's body was found a packet of notes aggregating f3000, given him by his brother, also a tax receipt for 160 acres of land In East ern Washington. A brother, T. E. Thompson, who lives at Mount Vernon, Wash, has been advised. Edwin Thompson was a rancher, liv ing near Prosser, Wash. WIRELESS HASN0VEL USE Forest Fire Prevention Experiments Being- Made in Montana. HELENA. Mont. Jan. 6. Wireless telegraphy will become a factor In the prevention of forest fires In Montana. If experiments planned by R. P. Mc Laughlin, forest supervisor, ars suc cessful. It Is proposed to establish a station and open communication with the wireless plant at the Kallspell High School. If the experiment Is success ful several stations, to be operated in connection with the telephone system already In operation, will be organised. LINES CARRY 945,954 Vancouver Streetcar Manager Ex pects Great Growth. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Jan. .(Spe cial.) Almeet 1.000,000 passengers were carried by the streetcar lines In Vancouver In 1911. The exact number as told by the registers Is M5.954. W. B. Foshay, manager of the local company, says that while he is well satisfied with the record for 1911. be believes that 1913 will almost double the - record. Besides ten miles of tracks In the city, there is a suburban line of more than six mile to Orchards. State's 111 Payroll K202,6S4. SALEM, Or. Jan. f. (Special.) Governor West has had a statement prepared showing that the payrolls at the various state Institutions in 1911 amounted to I20J.654.I6, as against payrolls of f20B.B97.02 In 1910. This statement does not Include f 9907.10, the payroll of the Tubercular Sanatorium. This was left out because of the fact that the Institution was not opened until late In the season of 1910 and its payroll was small for that year. Sheriff's Collections In. CENTRAL! A. Wash.. Jan. . (Spe cial.) The Lewis County Sheriffs of fice, which hss been engaged for sev eral months past In collecting delinquent taxes for the period from 1906 to 1910. completed Its task yesterday. A total of f 10.001 61 in back taxes was collected with JS81.64 Interest and 1241.60 Sher iff's fees. Jury Deliberates Two Mlnntes. THS psT.T.icw, Or, Jan. C (SpeolsX) A Word to All 1 Newlyweds And Those Who Are So:n to Be Wed The January Clearance of the Offers the best opportunity in the world for procuring the home outfit at a -minimum expenditure, because every article in this mammoth store is greatly reduced. And of equal importance is the fact that we will sell you at reduced prices and give you all the time you may want to pay them in. While we always undersell all competition. Because each customer shares the $25,000 our annual savings in taxes and interest because we built on the East Side! Just now during this clearance sale the savings amount to at least one-third' over other stores' special sale prices. Special attention given to folks start ing housekeeping. runoTvn co.imo and Ave. and East Stark Street We sell for less be cause it costs us less to do business. i i. - In Tiiatlce J. A. Dout- hit's court this afternoon less than two minutes to find Kaipn ucu-unguilty of a charge of selling liquor In a dry precinct. Celllo. The defendant was fined 100 and sentenced to serve 80 day In JalL He will appeal to the Circuit Court. McCormick was fined f50 on a similar charge three months ago. BAY CITY PAPER IS SOLD Portland Men Take Over Examiner and Subsidiary Plant. Tv PITT fW .Tan S (SDSClal.) The signing of the contract of sale of the Bay City Examiner yesteraay ujr . i xtr PNivnA.t to A. F. Mev- ers. H. Conger and W. H. Root, of Port land, was the consummation of one of the most important oeaia ciosea ner recently. With the Bay City Exam iner was sold Its subsidiary plant, the West Coast Publishing Company. It is understood that the price paid for the plants was in the neighborhood of $5000. The purchasers have assumed possession of the plant. Although unable to announce his fu ture plans, Mr. Trombley says that he will continue to make Bay City his home and that he will remain identified with the Interests of this locality. He Is serving his second term as Mayor of Bay City. BANK PRESIDENT ARRESTED Loans on Valueless Securities and Embezzlement Charged. TERKB HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 6. W. H. Tabor, president of the American State Bank, was arrested today on a war rant charging him with embezzlement of the bank's funds. He was unable to give bond In $10,000. Taber's shortage is reported by state examiners as J25.000. Loans on valu less securities, alleged to have been authorized by Taber. will make the bank's total loss $50,000. The Latest Talking Machines. No talking machine department In the city 1b as complete, cozy and com fortable, and in none is aa courteoua service offered as at The Wiley B. Allen Co.'s new store, corner Seventh and Morrison Sta 10,000 Tons of Cottonseed Burn. HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 6. Buildings of the Industrial Cotton Oil Company, containing 10,000 tons of seed and other produce, were burned here to day. The loss Is between fBOO.000 and $750,000. 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