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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1915. SCHMIDT. CONVICTED ILL FIGHT THROUGH ALL (MTSOF LAND Verdict Means Life Imprison ment as Jury Recommends Leniency to Court, CAPLAN TRIAL IS NEXT Tiers Will Be Ten Tears' War la X.oa Anriln," Was th.m rhrmmX toy Treltmoe, on Hearing Verdict. Los Ana-Mes. iec. 31. a" P.) Found anility of first deeree murder. M. A. Schmidt, alleged irrompllre of J B. McNamara in th- i!namiting "f the raily Times building, faced life Imprisonment to!ay He cannot be hjiriyd. a the Jury en tered a plea for clemency In its v-rr-J;rt fixing li e penalty at life. Judge Frank K. Wiiiis Hnnonn-d that he would scrune Schmidt on Monday, but at that time the rase win be continued until January 12 at ths request of the defense, which will ask time to prepare arguments for a new trial. ITaw Trial to Be 8ougat. Defense Attorneys McKenzie and Coghlan left last night for San Fran cisco. Ti.ey will return here January 12 to fight for the r.ew trial, and if It Is denied, the de.are they will ap peal to the highest courts of tli Unlted States. The verdict against Schmidt ai found on the firt ballot, all Jurors voting "guilty of murder in the first degree." Then came the work of fi liiK the penalty. This took two bal lots before all agreed on life. In 1 'S-J than an hour after they started d llberatir.ir, the Jury rame ba k with Its words of doom for Schmidt. Tveltmo Threatens War. He received the shock with mini, but his attorneys man i ft st td emotion. Olaf T vei t rnoe, .San Francisco iauur leader, his face flushed s ai let, siliaii, forward as court adjourr.fd and Schmidt was taken back to jail, wl;:!.; Xatherine Sclim;dt. Ins si.-t-r. ep(. Tvfltmoe cried. "S. r.J word to Lin coln Stiffens that tl.e Goid. n Kuk- is off! There will l; a 10 years' war In !s Angeles'. They stall pay fori this!'- In jail today Schmidt refused a formal statement Ail he would sa was: "Us all in - lifetime. " He visited With Iiis tester and uno of hid attorneys. Job llarrimaii. Caplaa to Com a ext. Ail e)s are turneil on David Ca; lan. Schmidt's, codei.i.dar.t. He is to be tried next. Today i.. report that tie t.a mad willingness to confess. H bad nothihg to confess, a;. J aid h that the battle was just beginn inc. The jury retired at 4 -2 o'clock yes terday afternoon and returned a ver dict at o.iis. Elaboiate precautions had been tak en to prevent an;- demonstration, but apparently these were unnecessary. The verdict was read amid . bsciute quiet Schmidt Arrested February 13, 1915. Schmidt was arrested In New York February 1C1, 1315. after long pursuit by Burns detectives and the police, lie was charged with being an accomplice of J. ii. McNamara in the Times dis aster. The prosecution charged that B'himdt. M.-Namara arul 'apian pur chased BOO pounds of Sc per cent ni'ro tfttlat.ne from the ' l. ir.l I'iiwiIt ( orn pany's works at (iiar t in September. lt'10. and transferred it by the launch jVastime. or Peerless as it was some times known, to a vacant house in San Francisco. Dynamite Tonal tn Homes. It was alleged that part of the ex plosive was brought to Los Angeles by McNamara who placed it in the Times p ant and exploded it by means of an Infernal achine. Iyr.amite also was found at the i oir.es of Y. J Zeet.ar.deiaar. se-rtary of the Merihania and Manufacturers'! association. a-; d of iUrnton ci . Otis, I editor of the Times. The prosecution did not attempt to prove Schmidt was in Ios Angeles at the time of ttie explosion, but pro ceeded against htm on the theory that te was a member of the conspiracy of which the crime was the wutRrowth. Conspiracy Orlflaatsd la 1906. It was alleged that the conspiracy originated In the middle west and east In 190S following the declaration of var between the International Associ ation of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers and the National Erectors' association. The International Ironworkers' 1'nion was ale.) to have contribute, l $1000 In the summer of 1910 to aid the Is Angeles strikers and part of ttil.". it is charged, wan used to purrhase the dynamite with which the buHiling was destroyed. A world wide search f'T the crim inals T.-fi lipirun Immediately aftr the disaster, but It was not until April 12, 1311, that James B. McNa mara and Ortle McManlgal were ar rested in connection with the crime in Detroit. McWamara Arrested. J. J. McNamara, brother of J. R, and secretary-treasurer of the organ ization of iron workers, was arrestel on ttie same charge 10 days later In Indianapolis. The trio were brought to Los An geles. Mc.Manigal had confessed in Chicago, wtiere he was taken a day or two after his arrest. J. B. Mc Namara pleaded guilty after he and his brother had been placed on trial, December 1. 1911. On the sarnj day J. J. McNamara pleaded guilty to complicity In. an other crime, the dynamiting of the Llewellyn Iron Works. J R McNa mara was sentenced to life Imprison ment and J. J. to 15 years, both be ing: committed to Ban Qulntln. The Schmidt trial was one of the most lengthy In the history of crim . Irtal cases In America. It began Oc tober 4, a total of 249 witnesses ap peared. 105 for the state. Only Company "Exclusively Oregon" Best for Oregonians Horn Offica Crbtt Building, Fifth and Morrison, Portland JL L. Mill. " PraaaanL. L. Samuel, General Manger. CONVICTED TIMES DYNAMITER AND NEXT PRISONER TO BE TRIED ' r Milton A. Schmidt (right), who wa. found K"ity of murder In the first degree yesterday nt lAH An geles, and Uavid Caplan (left), who will wine up next for trial on a similar charge. JUST ENOUGH SEATTLE 'SPIRITS' LEFT FOR A W LARGE' EVENING City Prepared for Biggest New Year's Eve Celebra tion in Its History, Seattle. Wash., Dec. 31. I". P. I Seattle, the largest city in the United Si - ,;,, to iro drv 1 rn.lv to rlimh go the wagon or will be sometime after midnight. With stocks In salons and cafes al most run bare, but with still enough left to permit a "larse" niftht of it. ;t is expected that ttie biggest New Year's "wet'" celebration in the city's history will occur tonight. Many of the saloons, however, will close at 8 ridiculed a j o'clock, in order to remove the fix known hH I ti.res before midnlirht and to avoid paying another month's rent. All of the cafes will permit the celebrators to remain throughout the night. If they should so desire. Brewers Win More. Th breweries and most of the wholesale houses here have already made arrangements for locations in California. One of the largest whole sale firms In Seattle will be located at Stockton, where It expects to do an extensive ma.l order business. Many of the saloonmen, however, are going to remain In Seattle, and will convert their places into billiard rooms, soft drink establishments and other lines of business. Seattle's population, according to the 1915 estimate of the United Stales cen sus bureau is 22031. Folic Court on Street. Patrolmen will be hot after roy sterera who throw confetti and talcum powder, or wield feather dusters. "Po lice court will be held on the street," said Chief lang. "All of the rough ones will get their punishment right ctf the bat Instead of littering up the city jail." The chief has given orders that all saloons and cafes be locked promptly at 1. o'clock. Those on the Inside, it i sa d. may remain as loni? us they chouse in order to consume lii'ior they have on the tables before miJr.Ight. SUITCASE BRIGADE CORNERS WHISKEY IN TACOMA TOWN Tacoma, Wash., Iva. II. (U. P.) Just about the scarcest article In th drink line for public consumption tn Tacoma today la whiskey. There is hardly a saloon in town where this stimulant can be purchased over the bar and none whatever Is to b had l.i or Lotties, fleer supplies aljo r.' running short. The prospects a-. tiiat the arrival of the new year an., statewide prohibition will have to be celebrated tonight with expensive wines or cordials, as these brands of liquors are all that remain on the ahlves of liquor stores here. Retail liquor establishments were practically sold out last night. A s-iit case brigade marched in and out of the, various liquor stores all day. Along with ttie suit cases were quite a faw women's handbags and carry-alls. Grain alcohol Is not to he had at any price today. ISottled in bond whiskey Is all gone. Brandies and various medicinal liquors are exhausted. There are plenty of the hfh priced wines champagnes, sparkling Burgundies and the like but from Seattle came many calls for just such stock and there is every Indication that these goods, too. will be exhausted before night. Midnight Ends It. Walla Walla. Wash., Dec. 31. There will be no drinking of liquor in hotels or cafes after midnight tonight. So says Sheriff I.ee Barnes. And if any purchase liquor before the midnight hour is chimed, with the expectation of drinking it afterward, they will have to show the court the law, for the sheriff has his mind firmly fixed. Little hilarity is expected to attend the occasion, and most saloonkeepers rf& Insurance Company C S. Samuel Assistant Manager say their stock U Just about exhausted now. lrurKi-t announce that they follow the law to the letter. will Lorker Ion't fi". Olympia. Wash.. lec. 31. (P. N. S.) The "locker system" by whl h mem bers of a club would keep the maxi mum amount of liquor allowed under the prohibition law, in lo'kers ren.lv f r th'dr call, is Illegal, under ttie new dry statute the attorney general's of fice has ruled ir. an opinion rendered to Prosecutor Alfred Lundin of King count y. The maintenance of a clubhoiiHe using linuor is prohibited under sec t.oii 10 of the dry act, which is an almost exact copy of a similar section In the Kansas prohibition act, thr! j opinion holds. In Kansas it was held ti.at this provision indicated an intent in the law to pionlhlt drinKing under any conditions in tiuasl-publio placeu such as clubs. First Oil Land Case Set Down for Trial Government Has Six Suits Against the Southern Pacific XnvolYlnff Coaliaga Oil Lands. Los Angeles, Dec. 31. P. X. S.) The Coallnga oil land "fraud" case, the first of six suits by the government against the Southern Pacific, will b tried in San Krancsco, beginning Janu ary IT. A motion to dismiss the com plaints Is under advisement by Judge Bledsoe until next Monday. K. J. Justice, special assistant to the attorney general, declared in court that the purchasers of the Kerrn county lands involved were trying to "pull th chestnuts out of the fire Tot; the rail road." No More News From Liner Thessaloniki Zfforts nt Wireless Communication Vain; Seneca Continues Search; Ist Xport Bald Ho Zmmsdiat Bangvr. New York, Dec. 31. (I. N. 8.) No news had been received up to noon to day regarding the Oreek liner Thessa loniki which yesterday was reported proceeding slowly toward New Yor under tscort of two liners. The (oast guaid cutter Seneca today continued the search for the big ves sel, but all efforts at wireless commu nication were n vain. The Thessa loniki reported yesterday that her stem was badly tattered but that sho was in no immediate danger. California Eailroad Faces Foreclosure gan Francisco. Dec. SI. (P. N. S.) With J150.000 In Interest falling due tomorrow, the minority bondholders of the Oakland & Antloch railroad have a suit on file in the superior court of t'entra Costa county to foreclose .'n the, mortgage taken to tecure tha $2, 00(1,000 bonds issued for the construc tion of the road. A receiver is asked The action is said to be the result if ar effort M upset the reorganization plans of tha company, submitted by the majority bondholders to the rail road o'nm is si 011. A heaiing of the suit was set for January 17 before Judge II. H. Lati mer of Martinez. Tlip minority bondholders allesre that the SloO.0'10 in interest due them tomorrow will not be paid. It is claimed that the Oakland Antloch, operating between Oakland 1 and Bay Point, is a paying road, but that the Oakland. Antloch & Eastern, running to Sacramento, under the same management, has been a losing venture and that it has been sustained by profits of the shorter line. The plaintiffs are: IL D. Smith, Charles Janin, . E. l. Janin. J. J. Lenner. Charles' W. Merrill. Rerero Kell and Hugo Keil. They represent JaOO.000 In bonds out of a total jC 001.1.000. Refused by British; Will Try Russians San Francisco. Dec. SI. (P. N. 8 t'ndaunted by his Inability to Join the British army. W. Marshall Orose, a London capitalist, is in San Francisco today preparing to start for Petrograd where he hopes to enlist in the Rus sian forces. He volunteered in England, he says, but was rejected because he is blind in one eye. He speaks Russian and says, he hopes the Petrograd authorities will allow htm to join the forces In spite of his one Mlind eve. Accused Plotters Giro Bonds. Washington, Dec. 31. tU. P.) Ex Congressman Fowler. Henry B. Martin and Herman Schulthela appeared be fore United States Commissioner Tay lor today and gave S50CO bonds for their appearance in New York In con nection with indictments charging them with being anti-ally plotters In Labor's National Peace Council. Tonight Is Night for Midnight Matinee Tonight Is the night for the ninth annual midnight matinee under th ausplcas of the Theatrical Mechanics' association and extraordinary pro grams will bs staged at the Pantages, the Baker and the Empress theatres. The management of the T. M. A. wishes the public to understand th it the proceeds from the matinees at these theatres onlv are devoted toward assisting the folk of the stag.?. It is the only benefit the stage peo ple have. The acts and the theatrus are donated and the entire receipts nre held in trust by the organization, other midnlcht matinees are private money-making ventures. Tickets may be secured at the box offices of the respective theatres. Curtain promptly at 11:30. Mme. Jomelli Is but one of the big attractions. Not less than eight acts will appear on each program. Year Ago in War December 31, 1914. Large- French and English fleet Joins In attack upon Austrian port of I'ola on the Adriatic. British capture ar.d take possession of Solomon Islands In south Pacific French continue offensive in des perate effort to recapture some of their lost territory from th Germans. Visitors Front Marshfield. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kimball of Marshfield are In Portland to cele brate th coming of the New Year. Mr. Kimball Is a member of the city council and Is deputy collector of customs for the Cooa Bay port. They are staying at the Multnomah. Klrrhwey Hecl Sing Sing. Allwiny. S Y.. Iec. 31. (I. N. g.) Oeorpe W. Kirch wey was commis sioned today as warden of Sine H'nr prison, superceding Thomas Mott Os borne, who is under indictment In con traction with conditions at the prison. Concrete post bases to give longer HPsto worn out fence posts have been patented by a New York inventor. Today and 1 Jliedla iff h M UlillT 11 7 ZCTV HI' .1 ' w-'y.-sir..x w : A O.J M Kill. f X tr 8" I hit : : 'fx Yd lift r rfl , v.tTJ1' 1 lit kkgaalBBBMBBMliB&-vXrjXv-X'---' - ' III , I'-'ftajgagiafcSjhgnnjal I : .Destruction Brings Ruin and Disaster to Thousands Crowded Houses Come Early COMING "Excuse Me" Featuring Vhrian Blackburn POSTMASMSHIP OF NECANICUM DOES NOT T Office May Be Closed; Ap plicants Clamor for Ap pointments Other Places. Washington. Dec. 31. (WASHING TON BVREAIT OF THE JOl'RNAL.) Whlle applicants are clamoring for postofflce appointments In various cities of Oregon, department Inspector. report they are unable to find anyone willing to serve at Necanleum, in that stite. So discontinuance of the office has been recommended, and Senator Chamberlain has been advised the of fice will be abolished in two weeks unless he has objection to offer. It is nrooosed to serve patrons at Necanl eum by star route. Senator Lane has been Informed that lnvestlaatlon Is being made of a peti tion to maintain an all year postoffice at Ocean Lake Park, under the name of Oceanlake. A summer office was opened at Twin Rocks, and people there hve Hlnce requested continuation of facilities, but with change of location to Oceaji Lake Park. Lone to Ii Notified. Washington. Dec. 31. Senator Lane has been assured that no defm te ac tion will be taken toward removal of the Seventeenth district lighthouse of fice from Portland. Or., to Seattle, un til he has been given notice. Commis sioner (J. R. Putnam of the bureau ot lighthouses says consideration is being given to petitions of maritime bodies of Seattle requesting the change, and also to protest received from the Port land Chamber of Commerce. "Dunning" Curds Trouble). Washington, Dec. 31. "Dunning" postal cards cause the postoffice offi cials much trouble, according to W. H. Lamar, solicitor for that department. In commenting upon unmallable matter that falls into ttie letter drops. Large numbers of business men and collection agencies as well seem to be unaware, lie- says; that the law forbids a dun ' or tins sort. 1 ne ruie laio. down 1 that "the law renders unmall- able cards by which It appears that the addressee Is being dunned for an account tliat is past due," Local Manager Host At Unique Dinner rraak m. Brlsley, sprtiAr Acme Wait LhI k Color Works, Emtex- talna Salesmen Is This District. Compllmen-tlng his salesmen out of Portland, Frank R. Brlsley, local man ager for the Acme Whits Lead & Color Works of Detroit, gave a unique din ner last night. Counting Mr. BrlMey, thers were eisht In the party Two of the sales men are leaving January 1, to accept promotions in other parts of the coun try, and five will advance in the local field. Mr. Brlsley called th evening a "getting out partv, for my Acme qual ity boys," exhorting them to "get out and get 'em 1916." The menu was entirely In terms of Acme Quality staples, beginning with "A. J. flax Juice, supreme." and clos ing with "Den. alcohol. A. CJ " The plee de resistance w' "A, Q New Kra O. W., tinted with umlxT3 and sennas, thlnnecT with reducing alls and put on with No. 710 stucco." In the party were EI D. Peck, J. W. Duncan, j. J. Wilson, A. J. Campbell, J. Christie, W. L. McNeamey, H. W. Uasson and Mr. Brlsley. Tomorrow oara The Famous Vampire In Her Most Daring Role SUNDAY Henry W. Savage's Great COMEDY SUCCESS and Original Broadway Cast ATTRAC CANDIDATES ml iiiniiiiiiiiiimuiiiii XflU The Theatre Beautiful, Sixth at Wash. Tonight's the Night Show Until 1 A. M. 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