The Sunday Oregonian., November 17, 1912, Page 6, Image 6

TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 17, 1912.
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STEPS OF DYNAMITE
PLOTTERS TRACED
F, A. Schmidt Designated as
Accomplice of McNamaras
I in Procuring Explosive.
CAPLAN ALSO IMPLICATED
Trn Witnesses' From California
Blend Stories Into Dramatic Re
cital of Events Leading to
Los Angeles Crime.
(Continued From Flret Page.
chase of the explosives for the owners
o the launch in Oakland.
. Mrs. Ingersoll said she did not again
see McNamara until the night of Octo
ber 1-
"At about 11 o'clock; he came to the
house and wanted me to give him a
room." she testified. "I said I could
make no arrangements at that hour.
Then he begged me to allow him t
sleep on a sofa, saving be would give
me the rent of the flat for a whole
month. I declined and he left. On the
following night he called on the tele
phone and again wanted to come, and
I again refused to allow him. That was
. the first I saw of him until after his ar
rest" Schmidt Helps Heat Launch.
Miss Ethel Gill, a telephone operator
in the San Francisco Hotel, identified
records of calls by McNamara to the
powder company and to the launch
owners. She was corroborated by John
Stanley, keeper of a boathouse at Ala
meda, across the bay from San Fran
cisco. He testified that late in Sep
tember two men, identified as Mc
Xamara and Schmidt, who gave the
name of F. A. Perry, said they wanted
to rent a launch for a fishing trip for
a week or ten days. They selected the
gasoline launch Pastime, but Stanley
referred them to Edward II. Baxter
and Alien D. Burroughs. These two
owners testified that McNamara . and
Schmidt negotiated .for the renting of
the launch, finally agreeing to pay $40
for ten days' rental, and giving $500
cash security, which later was re
funded. A written agreement was en
tered into September 20, and McNamara.
after being Instructed how to run the
launch, took possession of It.
Kama of Launch Changed.
The next step in the narrative was
the testimony of Harrison M. Nutter,
clerk in a hardware store in San Fran
cisco, who sold $1.60 worth of aluminum
letters to make two sets of the word
"Peerless." In that way the original
name pastime on the launch, was
disguised by tho word "Peerless." The
keeper of the boathouse, after the
Times explosion, noticed that nails had
oeen driven about the launch's name
and paint had been applied, although
on Its return the craft bore its original
name.
About the middle of September Bruce
aiciail. an employe of a powder com
pany. testified he received a telephone
iau rrom a "Bryce Construction Com.
pany" inquiring about the purchase of
ouu pounds of high explosive to be used
io oiow stumps on a ranch.
I told the caller that 20 per cent
" " enougn xor that," said Mc
-, dui n a insisted he wanted 90
ver cent mgrogeiatln. I replied we
only made it SO per cent, but we did
not have It in stock. A man called
and left an order for 600 pounds and
paid the bill. He gave his name and
left a rural address, saying he would
can ana get Jtvln a launch. ' '
Caplan CmUm tar Kttroarelatfne.
ww cays aner tne launch was
rented. McCall testified. Brice or
urison called on the telephone and
said he would go in a launch to Giant
station oown the bay to -get the ex
plosive. T told him he would have to come to
the office and get a written order, and
I would have to know about the
launch," said the witness. ' "Ha sent up
a man later, since described as David
Caplan. This man professed not to
know anything about the launch and
said to go to Oakland to find out. When
he returned I gave him an order for
the delivery to him of S00 pounds of
SO per cent."
James C O'Brien and August Mlcclo
told of the renting of the San Fran
cisco cottage In which the explosive
was stored.
"Several weeks later, passing the
house, I thought It was queer that the
people had not moved in," said O'Brien,
the owner.
Witness Bays "Good Night."
"I had a key and entered.' I noticed
that all the rooms . were empty, but
the front room was locked. Opening
that I saw 10 boxes partly covered
with a tarpaulin. One of the boxes
was open, but the others were filled,
weighing about 50 pounds each. I
pulled out one stick in the opened box,
thinking it was a candle. I was smok
ing and I knocxed the stick against
the box to see what it was. Presently
I noticed the sticks were marked nltro
gelatln. 80 per cent That was enough
for me. I said, "Good night' and ran
to tell the police."
Frank D. Carroll, police detective of
l.os Angeles, told about the condition
of the wrecked Times building when he
arrived there at 7 A. M. He also de
scribed the contents of a bomb found
on the premises of Felix Zeehandelaar.
It contained 16 sticks of the explo
sive, a dynamite cap, fuse, battery and
a clock. ' ' '
Eckhcff, a friend and neighbor or
the McNamara family in Cincinnati,
after telling how he met James B.
McNamara In a Nebraska town and
assisted in the dynamiter'- return east
by way of Chicago and Omaha.
Hiding of McN'amara Admitted.
On cross-examination he admitted
that knowing the dynamiter had killed
nersons In Los Angeies.
the precautions
his identity.
,He admitted that he demanded $500
from the McNamaras "to keep his
mouth shut" threatening If they did
not pav he would Inform the authori
ties; that after the McNamaras were
arrested he repeated his demand for
$ri00, but received no response, and
that detectives working on the Los
Angeles case took him to Cleveland
and there, for a time, kept him hidden
to that he might not be questioned by
McNamara's attorneys.
"Ton mean to say that if McNamara
had paid you the money you would
not be here now to testify against
these defendants?" - asked Attorney
William M. Harding, for the defense.
"Probably not" ald Bckhoff.
Eckhoff said that long before the
loss of life at Los Angeles, he knew
SAN" FRANCISCO WOMAN WHO WAS ONE OF CHIEF WITNESSES
IN DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY TRIAL YESTERDAY.
fl y
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MRS. LENi INGERSOLU
he realized
necessary to conceal
James B. McNamara' was doing dyna
miting Jobs. He said he himself was
sent to blow up a job in Cincinnati for
which $50 bad been promised him, but
he met the watchman and did not do
it. He said McNamara had a hiding
place for nitroglycerine in the woods
on a hill" about a quarter "of a mile
from the McNamara home and about
five -miles north of Fountain Square.
OF 89 IS DEAD
MRS. LtfCT A. FRISBTE NEWTON
" " ANSWERS SUMMONS.
Record - Includes Tears . Spent- as
Pioneer In Wisconsin During
Territorial Days.
-'After an Illness of 22 weeks. Mrs.
Lucy A. Frlsble Newton' passed away
November 13 at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. B. N. Hlmebaugh, at 808
Twelfth street, at the age' of 89 years,
T months and 26 days, having been born
March 18, 183, at Tlnmouth. Vt.
The last eight years of her life she
WALTER WILLIAMS
BESTS JOE 110
Multnomah Club Boxer Is One
of Star Performers at
Los Angeles. ,
NEW- CHAMPIONS FOUND
i"' 1
Mrs. Lucy A. Frlsble Newton,
Whoe Death Oecnrred Recent
ly at Advanced Age.
was a resident of Portland ana al
though not an Oregon pioneer, she
was not a stranger to the experiences
of frontier life, for, a year after her
marriacce to John W. Newton. In 1842,
she went with her husband from Ver
mont to the territory of. Wisconsin.
A portion of this Journey was made by
way of the Erie Canal and Great Lakes
to Milwaukee. The Wisconsin prairies
west of Milwaukee were then being
taken up by settlers.
Here the young couple founded their
home near the village of Elk horn, ana
there resided for 60 years. There were
born to them there seven children, five
of whom reached maturity, the eldest
dying at 40. leaving as survivors three
sons: H- A. Newton, or Denver, Colo,
George F. Newton, of De Beque, Colo.;
Frank O. Newton, of San Francisco,
and a daughter, Mrs. Mary N. "Helm-
baugh.
Mrs. Newtcn s descendants are wide
ly scattered throughout the West-
children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren number in all 22.
Mr. Newton died In 18S9 and soon
after bis widow moved with .her daugh
ter to Colorado Springs, where she
lived until 1904, when with her daugh
ter's family she came to Portland.
Mrs. Newton Joined the Methodist
Episcopal Church at the age of 18 and
was an active member therein as long
as her health allowed, and though ad
vanced in years beyond the time usu
ally allotted to mankind, she retained
deep Interest in and kept well in
formed on affairs of the day up to the
time of her last Illness.
Mormons to Dedicate ' .New - Chnrch.
NAMPA. Idaho. Nov. 16. (Special.)
President Joseph Smith, head of . the
Mormon Church, of Salt Lake City, as
sisted by President Ballard, of the
Northwestern States Million of the
same organization, will be In Nam pa
tomorrow to dedicate the new' church
that has Just been, completed. Elabor
ate services and a programme of
speeches by prominent Mormons has
been arranged and it Is assured that a
large number of the faith will come
from nearby points. The "church cost
about $2500 and is the first building
owned by the Mormons In this city. The
congregation comprises about 60 fam
ilies. .
Bob McAllister Captures Both Mid
dleweight 1 and Heavyweight
Championships of Pacific
v . . Coast Boxers.-." '
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 16. (Spe
cial.) The finals "of "the Pacific Coast
amateur . boxing championships at the
L. A. A. C. tonight developed a brand
new set of" champions for the season
of 1912. Every contest was good and
no decision was earned without a
struggle.
Bob McAllister was easily the star
of the evening as well as of the tour
nament Tonight he won the middle
weight title as well as the heavyweight
crown by trimming Fred Uawtery, the
hard hitting sensation, twice.
It took one round for the Olympic
Club man to demonstrate that he was
the master of Hawtery In the middle
weight division, and only one spasm to
work out the same result In the heavy
weight class. McAllister's victory to
night proved that a man with class and
speed and a good left hand is always
better than the man with one killing
punch.
.. Portland Man Praised.
Walter Williams, of the Multnomah A.
A. C, walked away with the 115-pound
title in Jig time, defeating Joe Nieto,
of the Columbia A. C, after three
rounds of one-sided fighting In which
the Nieto party showed quite a streak
of the undesirable color. Williams is
the class and it would take a man
about 100 per cent better than Nieto
to win from him. "TVlIlliams' climb to
fams in this tournament has been
rather sensational. In the semi-finals
he defeated Billy Anderson, of the
Olympic Club, hitherto undefeated ban
tam, after a fierce mill, coming all the
way from the renr and winning by a
knockout -
In the wlndup of the 125-pound class,
the Olympic Club again came to the
front. Tommy Malone following the
pace set by McAllister and winning
from George Lammersen, of the St.
Joseph's Y. M. C.
Marriaire licenses,
CORNWAI L-BOOST CharlM M. Corn
wall, city. SO. and Mahelle G. Boost, .legal.
VIKCENT-HALXiOWELI. Joseph J. Vin
cent Lents, 24, and Beuie Haliowell, Lents,
20.
BDRLYjSIMTSON Rusell J. Hurley.
Llnnton, Or., legal, and Ethel T. Simpson,
leal.
BAXTER-'WAHLSTROM Rov Baxter,
city. 22. and Ethel WahlBtrom, 20.
BEA IC-tjAFP I NO FT E LD Frank a. Bean,
city, 32. and Catherine Sapplnsfield. 24.
DAT-HAMILTON Fred R. Day. Rose
bure. Or.. 2f, and Mrs. Clara Hamilton, 28.
FAWCETT-GUDLEY Thomas D. Faw
cett, Pomeroy, Wash., 44, and Nellie E.
Gudley. 85.
WETRTH-MIT&DOCK Charles F. Werth,
city, legal, and Agnes p. Murdoch, legal.
RAHN-MILLER A. J. Rahn, city, 27, and
M. Jean Miller. 25.
SCOTS DRINK LESS
Sobriety Progresses, Says
Social Reform - Writer.
LOWER-CLASSES TROUBLE
Decline of Family Worship and Fall
ing. Off r of Solid Reading in
. Favor of Music Hall Is Noted
and Fear Entertained.
LONDON. Nov. 16 (Special.) Hector
Macpherson, the well-known journalist
has written an article in which he con
trasts the Scotland of today in the so
cial, moral and spiritual aspects of Its
life with the Scotland of a generation
ago. He notes Improvement In the social
habits of the people.
"Intemperance still casts a shadow
over the national life," he says, "but
within the last generation the cause of
sobriety has made steady progress."
In this direction the influence of the
church, Mr. Macpherson says, has been
highly beneficial. Worklngmen as a
class are soberer and steadier than for
merly, and with the Improved housing
conditions which now obtain there Is
marked improvement In the social cus
toms of the people. Habits of thrift
are also more general.
' Lower Classes) Cause Despair.
So much for the profit side of the ac
count. The other side, as Mr. Macpher
son points out Is not so satisfactory.
The lower-class workers, the casual la
borers, the slum-dwellers and those
whose only Idea of home is the model
lodging-house, are the despair of social
reformers. Mr. Macpherson complains,
too. of the congestion of publio houses
in the lower parts of the cities and
towns. . j .
"So long," he Bays, "as we place
temptation In the way of the classes
least able to resist it, Scotland will be
afflicted with social plague-spots of the
most degraded type. It is surely cause
for despondency that in Scotland the
drink bill is $80,000,000 per annum. It
has been stated on high authority the
late Lord Ardwell that but for drink
ing In Scotland 'there would be almost
empty prisons,' and Lord Guthrie has
spoken in the same strain." In two di
rections great changes have taken
place widespread education and in
creased leisure.
Music Halls Blamed.
In answering the question "How Is
the Increased leisure of the people in
Scotland being utilized?" Mr. Macpher
son fears Intellectual improvement does
not hold the place It once did. Solid
reading and study are not holding their
own, even among the professional
classes." Mr. Macpherson says that the
music-hall tends to supplant the mu
tual improvement society, and. makes
the statement that in Glasgow alone
there is spent In this form of entertain
ment $890,000 a year. "The sad feature
of the business Is that Scottish songs.
the native product are now being
driven out by driveling doggerel, m
ported from England rhyming rant
which, when not bordering on inde
cency. Is within measurable distance of
Idiocy."
On this point Mr. Macpherson writes
not very hopefully.- Young men are
drifting away from the churches. The
Sunday schools are well attended, but
when lads reach 'the age of 16 or 17
they tend to lapse. Mr. . Macpherson
adds:
Family Worship Declines.
"There can be no doubt that as re
gards Sunday observance, a marked
change has taken place in Scotland.
Family worship, which Is a kind of
spiritual barometer, is on the decline.
Here and there one does come across a
family where the old custom Is held In
honor, but In the hustle and bustle of
modern life the hour once set apart for
meditation on the unseen and eternal
Is encroached upon by the Increasing
demands of a materialistic age. At
tendance at church shows a falling off.
A generation ago both diets of worship
were well attended. Now a mere hand
ful turn out to the evening service.'
He asks his readers, however, to
guard against despondency in this
matter. Non-churchgolng is not a new
problem in' Scotland, nor anywhere else
for that matter.
FERGUSON MAKES' REPLY
State Insurance Commissioner Tells
Why He Attacks TTnlon Pacific.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 16. (Special.) Is
suing a formal statement today In the
shape of a letter sent to a New York
firm, Insurance Commissioner Fergu
son pointed out why he considered the
Union Pacifio Life Insurance Company
of Portland is not entitled to a license
to do business under the laws of the
state. In part his statement follows:
'Replying to your Inquiry as to the
various reasons I have for declining to
grant a license to the company at that
time I would enumerate them as fol
lows:
"First-4-Its cash capital of Jl, 000, 000 Is
not subscribed for and fully paid up,
as required by the laws of this state.
"Second Its mortgage loans are not
all made in compliance with the re
quirements of our law..
"Third The company during its pro
cess of organization has been guilty of
violation or the laws or the state.
"Fourth The. company has a liability
of J5000 on account 6f an unpaid death
claim which is not shown in their
statement filed with this department
and which they have not recognized as
a liability In later statements.
"Fifth The president of the company
is not fit to act in such capacity.
Cougars Mlenace Swine.'
CHBHALI8, Wash., Nov. 16. (Spe
cial.) Farmers living in the CIspus
district east of Chehalls, have been
troubled of late with wild animals
carrying off their pigs and other small
stock. A few nights ago a cougar
seized a pig and started off with it,
but the pig proved too large for transit
OR DYSPEPSIA PAPE'S DIAPEPSIN.
This Relightful Stomach Regulator Brings Relief in Five
Minutes Puts an End to Stomach' Trouble Forever.
"Really does" put bad stomachs In
order "really does" overcome indiges
tion, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in five minutes that just
that makes Fape's Dlapepsln the larg
est . selling stomach regulator In the
world. If what you eat ferments Into
stubborn lumps, you belch gas and
eructate sour, undigested food and
acid; head' is dizzy and aches; breath
fori; tongue coated; your insldes filled
with bile and Indigestible waste, re
member the) moment Dlapepsln- comes
in contact' with the stomach all such
distress vanishes. It's truly, astonish,-,
ing almost marvelous, and the Joy is
Its harmlessness.
A large fifty-cent case of Fape's
Dlapepsln will give you a hundred dol
lars' worth - of satisfaction or your
druggist hands you your money back.
Its worth Its weight in gold to men
and women who can't get their stom
achs regulated. It ' belongs in your
home should always be kept handy in
case of a sick, sour, upset stomach dur
ing the day or at night It's the quick
est surest and most harmless stomach
doctor in the world.
Sir Thomas
Lipton
"Lifted the Cup"
Yesterday
'Twas at The. Portland not
America's cup, but a dainty,
fragrant cup . of his famous
tea, as brewed in The Port
land's kitchens and served in
The Portland's Dining Room
and Grill! Sir Thomas pro
nounced it excellent.
The menu and the service
came in for a generous meed
of praise, as well and you
know Sir Thomas is a good
judge of things to eat as well
as tea. . - -
The atmosphere of quiet re
finement of service without
ostentation that p r e v a i Is
here will please you as well
as the world-travelers that
honor us.
Dine with us today tomor
row whenever you - wish
there's always a welcome.
Hear Tonight's Concert,
8:30 to 9:30.
We
Portland Hotel
. G. J. Kaufmann, Manager.
N. K. Clarke,
Assistant Manager.
"Are You Looking
and was dropped beside the fence. O.
J. Gillespie, a noted cougar hunter of
this district, was sent for and with his
dogs gave chase. He killed the cougar,
which measured seven feet from tip
to tip. The pig is alive and doing well.
Lew is ton Orchard Display Comes.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Nov. 16. (Spe
cial.) J. E. Butler, of the Lewiston
Orchards, today shipped to Portland an
extensive display of fruit grass and
grain products to place In competition
at the Northwest Land Products Show.
Mr. Butler was winner of the sweep
stakes prizes at the Spokane Interstate
Fair at Spokane and the Lewiston
Clarkston Fair-last month.
What Mr.
Says
(Name upon request)
Being a side-light on the
short cut to auto mainte
nance: ,
"One of my tires showed
an injury that appeared to
me to demand vulcaniz
ing, and I drove to the
Western Hardware & Auto
establishment prepared to
leave the car for chang
ing tires and having the
repair made promptly. The
manager of the vulcaniz
ing department came out
and looked at the casing,
and said: 'We want all the
business we can get of
course, but we're here to
stay; that casing isn't
hurt any, and it don't
need vulcanizing.' It made
me so enthusiastic that I
have told it to every man
I know."
Test it out and you'll say
it's the same way all over
our big store, containing
"everything tor tne auio.
Western
H'dware
5 Auto
Supply Company
Seventh and Pine.
If Eyes Could Talk
what a story of suffering,, abuse and
neglect would many tell.' In lieu of
woros mey cry ana acne inus giving
you a warning which you can readily
understand. Will you heed the warning
or win you ignore u :
If your eyes could talk they would
lead you to my office, and later thank
you for the ease and comfort afforded
by my perfect-fitting glasses.
Hundreds of. people nave already ob
tained this comfort and satisfaction.
You should come, too.
DR. GEO. B. PRATT.
. OPTOMETRIST,
(Expert Eyesight Specialist)
Corner Third and Tamhlll,
Oronnd Floor, Near Morrlwon Street.
Athens Hotel
449 Morrison St.
Corner Thirteenth.
Just opened. Every modern con
venience. Special rates to
permanent guests.
TELEPHONE. STEAM HEAT.
PRIVATE BATH W EVERT
ROOM.
Carrie L. Kessler, Proprietress.
for Value?"
We have 311st closed a lease on a five-story
building to be erected to suit our business and
ideas. We have in stock some used automobiles
which we are positively going to sell before we
move, no matter what the sacrifice. We mention
a few of them below. If you want a car and want
more than your money's worth, look over our
stock. Liberal terms to responsible parties.
AUTOMOBILES
, Cadillac, 5-Passenger
Buick, 2 or 4-Passenger.
Stoddard, 2-Passenger (Dust and waterproof com
partment for luggage)
Ford, 5-Passenger
Babcock Electric (Special Bargain)
Chalmers, 5-Passenger
Packer, 7-Passenger
Stoddard-Dayton, 5-Passenger (A Snap)
TRUCKS
Dayton, Capacity 1500 Lbs.
Buick, Capacity 2000 Lbs.
- Giant, Capacity One Ton
And Many Others
We cannot mention the prices in this adver
tisement, as we do not wish to embarrass our com
petitors, but a call will convince you.
OPEN SUNDAYS
STODDARD-DAYTON
AUTO COMPANY
86 Tenth Street
OREGON HOME IMU'STRY DAY,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21.
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A Prof
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11 Acres
Good 6-room house and barn, Base Line
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2Y acres in ,straw- acre rhubarb.
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11. acres home or- 1-3 acre gooseberries.
chard bearing. 1-8 acre horseradish.
5 acres 2-year-old cherries, apples, pears,
loganberries, currants, etc..
Horse and buggy, chickens, and fine Jersey
cow. Price only $6500. Terms.
DORR E. KEASEY & CO.
Second Floor Chamber of tiommerce
1862 COAL
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Liberty Coal & Ice Co.
Sell the Only Genuine Rock Springs
COAL
In the City. Why ?
Bca.u we ax th exclusive scents for the Union pacific Ceal Co. There is
but one Rock Springs in Wyoming; The mines were opened in 1863 by the
Union Pacifio. which is the eels owner and miner of Rock Springs Coal. Don't
be deceived by any imitation or would-be Rock Spring Coal.
Remember We Are the Exclusive Agents. When In Keed
Phone Eaet 20. B 6148.
LIBERTY COAL & ICE CO.
t 21 East Third Street.
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