The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 5, 1911, Page 1

“This fellow “I doubt it is a genius.” I noticed that he found [his spectacles in the first place he looked} for them.” Brothers Won't Turn State's He Has Proof Against Some Leaders Who Are Now De- nouncing Confessed Dynamiters. (By United Preas Leased Wire) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5.—District Attorney Fredericks, in a statement today, declared that some of the labor leaders who are denouncing the McNamaras for confessing are absolutely guilty of the same crime that these men were sentenced for today, and that he has positive proof of that fact “Some of th the union labor the McNamars fome are not condemning these labor leaders who, plicated in the rages for which sentenced today “As for these crimes. mow that | know just as much about them as does James B. Me Namara himself, 1 know exactly whe were implicated Darrow Won't Comment. Darrow and his associates, after being shown the Fredericks state ment, declined to comment on it at/ this time. “We cannot make any stat at this time.” they sald. Won't Reveal Secre' James BH. MecNamara’s complete Statement was an amplification of Bis declaration. gnade to the United Press last Friday, when he insisted that he had not intended to kill any one. It was positively denied, by both the state and the defense, that the MeNamaras would turn state's evi dence and would tell Fredericks the whereabouts of Schmidt and Caplan atements from » repadiating sincere, and Some statements men are from I know, are im dynamiting out these men were ead are 1 will say ment U. &. Probe Next. All that was asked Fredericks said, was that the Times case Cleared up, but so far as the ted. eral probe is concerned, however, it is to be pushed to a finish was stated at the federal building today that subpoenas for the McNa maras, McManigal and others prom iment in the dynamite cases may be lasted jate today, It is possible eral grand jury will in: the cases, when it con venes Thursday. LOS ANGELE That either of the Mc in thetr Statements to the district attorney, mase Alla ereeee implic — it} VOL, 13, MNAMARAS WON'T! TELL ON OTHERS Evidence, But Frederick Says | others than themselves was denied by their counsel today Darrow and Davis stated that Jim had told Fredericks only he he came to Los Angeles, that there were 16 sticks of dynamite in the} bomb, and that it was planned| merely to cause damage, not to kill, | He made no statement regarding who sent him here, or wheth as has been stated, M. A. Schmidt, | {now a fugitive, accompanied him. | John J. Hired McManigal John J. McNamara, the lawyers} simply told Fredericks that he} hired McManigal as the latter has stat and used Jim to “pull NO. off jobs.” Despite these denials, charge of the federal ¢ probe Insist that beth McNamaras will make a clean breast of all they know when they are called as |witnesses there, probably Thurs a or Friday a jury | Victor Zednick a Benedict « i A romance that began while they | were both undergraduates culminat last night in the marriage of Miss Helen Catherine Tillman and Victor Zednick at Los Angeles. The ceremony took place in the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. A. R. Plum mer. Miss Dorothy mmer acted as bridesmaid, and Melvin T, Farm er, manager of athletics at the Uni versity of California, was best man After a brief visit to San Francisco, | Mr. and Mrs. Zednick will return | to Seattle. LEAVES JAIL; STRUCK BY CAR Philip Brand, 72, a regular er at the city jail, was released a 8 o'clock this morning, and five pon, utes later he was struck by a Yew ler car and hurled 20 feet, at a point right in front of the police station | He was taken to the city hospital saying that he wasn't hurt in the least. The old man, however, may have sustained injuries to bis spine | the doctors say. | | Hillman’s Appeal Won’t Delay Case Much Longer C. D. Hillman, convicted of using the mails to defraud Teal estate transactions, is today one step nearer the federal peniten tlary as a result of the decision of the circuit court of appeals yester day, contirming his conviction and sentence. Can't Delay Much Longer. Hiliman announces that he will now appeal his case to the U. 9. su preme court, but District Attorney Todd, who originated the com plaint and who prosecuted it before two courts, contends that the mill fonaire will not succeed in delaying @xecution of bis sentence “much longer Seventeen Months His Sentence. Hillman’s sentence to two and a half years at MeNeil's will be re duced to 17 months under the fed eral “good behavior” system, and in addition he has a fine of to pay While handing down its decision through bis | in the Hillman case, the circuit court also confirms the sentence imposed by Judge Donworth upon B. Kirk and M. J. Webb for jury pering in connection with the Hillman case. One of these men was sentenced six montha at MeNell's, and other to four months in the county jail Made Stubborn Fight Hillman has made a determined along the line since his and has twice run counter to the law. On his first offense he was sentenced to twenty days in the county jail, which he served, for trying to bribe jurymen, and on the second he was fined $1,000 by the cirenlt court for sending letters bearing on his case to the His case is considered gest and most important criminal | prosecution on the docket of the federal court of Washington in many years. It was tried before Judge Donworth | ta the bis | court | years | The Sea INDEPENDENT WASH,, ONLY 239 SEATTLE, Left to Right dynamiting ; ericks, Davis Clarence who is receiving his co’ Judge Walter Bordwell telegraph wires from the cour The Star room pane is ¢ only ra The scene “Father” Cairns Critically Ill Father” James Cairns ts grad: ually failing in bealth, and bis fam ily is gathered by bis Father” Cairns, as he ts familiar ly known by thousands of people | in Washington, is In his 88th year He has held pastorates tist chureb, and was pas Fremont Baptist cb years. entil last Father” Cairns is his sick bed by his wife and comp three daughters. Patterson, Spokane; Mra Munn and Mra. E Tr aitle, and three sons, James jr J. W. Cairns, Colfax, and Rev, Robert Catrna. ow of the h for September surrounded at Mother” Cairns, nion for sixty Mre. Mar bl tr RERRA AAR e * Because the courthouse was # not conveniently accommodat. & ing for wow as an ® nounced by Judi n of the eight sun asked to be exc who will serve are: Annie 33rd av r da Har 1 . 1911 wo yesterday ed. Those the month sen, 4042 Hamilton, 1612, 8 Mrs. E. Mowry N., and Sylvia Beckwith, Eighth av. ee ee ee 6 OHOPPING Days * * * * * * * * * eeeeteseeetets I wonder why Ma locks the too? ee ee eee! WEATHER FORECAST Occasional rain tonight and Wednesda south easterly win mperature at noon, 42 BEBNE EE DH ¥ 4 ¥ HIGH SPOTS IN PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The ag to the trust There no change effectiveness of the statute Dissolution of Standard Of} statute {x not confiscation. Other trusts will voluntarily evil in the the Only supplemental legislation is needed; “Only in the lags three or four rs has the heavy hand of the been jaid upon the great ille # combinations.” — From Taft's leasage today Presi went to con solely with WASHINGTON, 5 dent Taft's message Stems today. It dealt trust problem, in the light of Se meoreme court's decisions in u “rule of reason” was ap- Blied. ; The Dee. President upholds the de supreme court's Standard O11 decision clarifies former decisions and settles the rule of reason except in the form of is a matter of growth nd Tobacco trusts will bring about reorganize. Government experts ar ize is no sin against the Message “Mer law."—From Taft's Trust today | | ision as offering the only sane sd lution of the trust problem. He de clares it has revitalized the Sher |man anti-trust law. Mere size of | business organizations do not make |the m unlawful, and the deeiston | protects such “By the decrees,” sage, “they furnish a useful prec dent as to the proper method of not legislation opposed to the sur | will supplement |The message is controversy its expression. The force and competition. The purpose of needed to ald trusts to dissolve. me court's decisions. Sherman law) ef. now its power is its object is near —From Waft's Mew “Now its (th ficacy is seen heavy; now achievement. sage today aling with the capital and prop erty of illegal trusts.” “Ll venture to say that not in the [history of American law has a de cree more effective for such a pur pore been entered by a court than that against the tobacco trust.” The president says no other legis ‘ation is necessary except such as decisions, breaker these a record for shortness Seattle bedside | in the Bap} 10} John | alrun, ' TUESDAY, McNamaras McNamaras, r of counsel for chief counsel for fession of wholesale is presiding room that newspaper first of these 'McNama~ mured t the Me) which has showed the openi been ab | | | | Left to Right—Sheriff W iff. br | br thers had stood in Judge Be her to complicity in the 1 FIRE. IN STEAMER FIXED FOOD PRICES NOW BEFORE COURT Fire which broke out in the bottom of the gold-carrying Alaskan steamer Humboldt nearly threatened to destroy the old wooden boat at 5:30 this morning. For two hours the fire department labored to save the boat. The fire caught between the outside and inside of the wooden frame. Damage is nominal. REAR A RHR RRR i* * * County Engineer Morrison & * has reported to the county * commissioners that the Du *& wamish doc is not adapt © ed to sea \* ving th |® the Minnenc example ® being over 640 fe in length. |® would not be apt to make for A hed the Duwamish dock which | will have a waterway channel * of only 400 feet in width Poe e eee ee eee ee S| | He—When we quainted | shall first name She—All right acquaintance will where my friends Jast name nccommod large He or better a: get ac And I hope reach the p« can call me AND THEN THE NEW YEAR. Until the 1st day of 1912. we will continue fine view acres, north city in King county, for January, selling of the $400 $10 Cash BALANCE $7.50 PER MONTH, Much of this property is fine alder bottom crossed by run ning stream. Some of it is fine view land overlooking Lake Washington. Free use of Lake Washing. ton Beach to all purchasers, and 80 specified in their deeds Two trips daily i rain or shin Don't put this off any longe: but come in at once. OLE HANSON & CO, Third Moor New York Block Rann Ihe DECEMBER 5, n minutes before this photeg x teeeeeeeede by fm HOT ELECTION IN LOS ANGELES tle Star IN SEATTL 1911, the men in| VIEW OF COURT ROOM AT LOS ANGELES WHEN M’NAMARA BROTHERS ASTONISHED COUNTRY. Joseph Scott, Darrow, iJ. J. McNamara a moment bef Standing ; J. B. MeNamara, fa Next to McNamara stands another of his counsel, At the very moment of this view the word was going out to the s we fe confessing. ne; during’ the mg day of the tr McNamara tri ial and the pre ee A. Hammell, J. aph was taken by well’s court room and pleaded ellya steel plant explosion J. McNamara, J Staff : < Joaxe ndon , Gestion of the and prices wold Dykeman yester right of wholes: manufacturers to dicta at which food stuffs may retail cifically the court ring the case of the Fi ing. Milla company a | Swanson. Westlake krover. The company Is seeking tc jobtaln an injunction against the Krocer to restrain him from selling | its flour at less than $1.56 for a 49 is her Fk A a marke | TACOMA, | pepresenting met here at 1¢ and organize: lef Spokane i@with of S ecting \ Dec ess all parts of lyn atate clock this morning with Nelson Dur as chairman and attle as secretary as held in the Temple (By United Prose Leased Wire) | LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5.—As elec |tion day progresses the excitement |grows more tense. The streets near all polling places are filled with automobiles belonging to Har: riman and Alexander followers, and sidewalks are jammed with people. (Ry United Press Leased Wire) NEWPORT, RB. L, Dee. he | “ehicken reel,” in which the dancers | execute motions and gestures in} tation of a chieken’s walk, and| then whirl into the two-step, is be | Photographer Large Body of Progressives at Tacoma Demand Extra Session ~“ CHICKEN REEL” IS LATEST ONE CENT. News OTA. ON TRAINS AND The old vided that gether distinction. or NDS ba ( cticut blue laws pro must live to- i fine ii} “married people imprisoned.” be Some \BARGAIN KEPT BY JUDGE BORDWELL re he rose to pl cing district atte d guilty to ney; Fred LeCompte the world over | amuggled readers with the te ent its he preser picture closing | -as Leaving the Courtroom After Their Confession Jeb j ther | court that B. McNamara and deputy sher Larkin, the two $. to murder and his guilty, J. I J | to that cttect with Sw agreement | Anson | and xiliarie two resslve and according to the Grant Veterans of the ladies a of luncheon plans of the Daughters of the G Katherine (Shinn) av. N Under the former, all comr morrow night Veterans’ hal the civil war will have Pi whist ' parties v. 8. fortress A. R., and Mrs Cox, 1308 38th auspices of the invited to armory ades arc to the o'clock ting with thi Gov after Hay | Music and at noon the m was scheduled to take place governor will be asked to| an extra session of the legis ure pass a presidential pri ary to law Women supporting both organi zations were very active through: out the day. It looks as though nearly the full registered vote would be cast. Both Harriman and Alexander, candidates for mayor, claim the election and express confidénce in the result. a ie coming popular among late stayers tween counsel, | lab ly. B. McNamara Gets Life Term and His Brother 15 Years— Both Go to Same Penitentiary—Judge Scores Confessed Dynamiters But Follows Recommendations of Prosecutor, LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5.—The bargain was kept. The promises made by counsel for the McNamara broth- ers by the big business men of Los Angeles who wanted the case disposed of prior to the municipal election in this city were kept today by District Attorney Fredericks and Judge Bordwell. LIFE FOR James B. McNamara, His brother, John J. McNam ONE~J. B. confessed slayer of 21 men, was |sentenced by Judge Bordwell to San Quentin prison for life, ara, secretary-treasurer of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Work- If the men live and prove lers, was sent to the same penitentiary for fifteen years. exemplary prisoners, they will come under the operation of the state parole laws within seven years. The scenes in connection with the sentencing were theat- rical in the extreme. Because Judge Bordwell feared that | something might happen to mar the peace, he took extraordi« nary precautions to prevent any disturbance. Both Lose Composure. When the two men were finally the small criminal the Hall of Justice broken men vado, swagger from their McNamara ry bad way 4 when he first od up to hear his doom, but later partially regained his composure Judge Scores Him Judge Bordwell’s excoriati James B. MeN a was bitte the extreme asking whether he b st tr get dynamite explos ter t and re iving a negative said There tion that ite. Th rents upon purt room in y were badly All of the br defiance was gone ner, and James B eclally was in av shook and tremb man of a higher ve an 80 per cent answer comfort you di in the as intend to wi orphans and the victims statement in no ser take the that at t tances n who sticks of $0 per cent dy building which was bustibles, and which you, as a printe only murder and is no extenuating this court to hear you say Aidn’t intend to kill anyone is no question in the mind c you are a murd as such should be punished “James B. McNamara, you are a murderer, and well de serve the gallows, but in view of the recommendation of the state, the judgment of the court in your case is that you be con- fined in the state prison at San Quentin for the balance of your natural life.” Fredericks Asked Leniency. The court's scathing arraignment of McNamara followed closely on the suggestion of the ney that the penalty onment In making are 4 would put namite 4 with known meant It te m in was neh. K else circumsts te ne nce you There be life impris that gestion Fred ericks said that there were two pun ishments for first degree murd and, in the opinion of many, one | Was as severe as the other Saves State Big Cost This defendant, having ple: guilty,” he a, “it custom! for the state to extend clemency not he is entitled to it, but because he has saved the state a great expense, and has also cleared 1p what w been a puted p he aa! The a int rom! always have whether ed the crime no dickering be but counsel for the ds that it is cus make conces wh aved time and in this think McNamara is entitled to nalty for the crime aded guilty Namara was tate of ay |aat down. His form trembled and bright flush was in evidence on his face or not defense te the sta ur t te is and 8 mary fons expen ca 1 Jame the te mir which Jame in John McNamara Called. There was not an instant’s delay As James B. McNamara sank int his chair Fredericks was on his feet moving the sentence of John J. Mc Namara The latter up Rordwell began to read the indict ment, which charged him directly with having set off dynamite at the ellyn Iron Works on Decem. 1910, with intent to destroy | and “intimidate men and | stood as Judge ber 25, property women. Showed Signs of Agony. face of the big labor 8 a curious study as he stood gazing first at the judge on the bench and then at his counsel, who sat hopelessly across the room, His eyes Were deep and sunken, and the deep lines that have appeared in his face since he admitted his guilt last Friday seemed to b ac centuated. His long gray hair and his disheveled showed the worry he through since the truth mitted The leader a was ruffled appearance been was ad. Judge Bordwell sharply demanded | of Fredericks whether he had any recommendation to make. Asks for Short Term. “IL have, your honor,” said the here as @ successor to the “grizzly bear.” It was introduced by Mrs. Reggie Vanderbilt and will be tried out In New York during the coming holiday season. district attorney, "As in the case of the defendant's brother, who has Just been disposed of, I do not think this man is entitled to any consid- eration, so far as mercy is con He} | | mara him | But Bordwell | district attor ;| WASHINGTON, cerned. 1 think that the court should take into consideration the probe able life of this man and so arrange the sentence that he will have « w years of freedom after he shalt ‘have explated his crime. Judge Bordwell immediately im- ysed a sentence of 15 years in San Quentin prison, repeating much of his excoriation of James B. McNa but adding “You were fully as guilty as he, and deserve absolutely no consid eration at the hands of this court. you have pleaded guilty 1 will make the concession suggested by the district attorney, and will impose a moderate sentence.” Both Have Trades. soon as the senten had imposed the court demanded men whether they had ever any trade B., who that his name is Barnabas, not Brice, een stated, announced that @ printer by trade, while John J. said he had never learned any trade but of a structural fron worker. At a signal from itf Hammel As bee of t learned J midd as ha he mes stated was th the judge, Sher- and his deputies closed about the two men and they were hurried from the court room ang back to jail Both Men Near Collapse. During the entire court proceed- ngs not a single move was made of the counsel for the de- Darrow, Davis and Scott | spent much of the morning in the [cells of the two men buoying them » for the ordeal | goth had given way when face to face with what was coming, and there was also the uncertainty. that lat the last moment Judge Bordwell |might block the entire agreement and impose the maximum sentences death for one brother and life im- prisonment for the other. Finally, however, the word came, and the men were hurriedly hand- cuffed and rushed across the Bridge Jof Sighs into the little court rooms jin the Hall of Justice Darrow’s First Defeat. | Darrow sat there throughout the ntire proceedings with his eyes | fixed on the wall. The outcome was the first big defeat in his long cae |reer as a criminal and a labor lawe He | clients. saved the lives of hig and, he insisted, the Ive of many other persons, but the out. was a bitter disappointment, Davis was the most unconcerned of the two. He had had his ups and downs in the many that he had practiced at t inal bench, and he accepted result philow sophically Send Word to Mother. After the McNamaras had been re ed to the jail they were greets ed with by the other prige oners. come thi smiles send a tel Jim worst promised the ow ‘am to moth: I suppose she fear Jed for Darr message {MUST STAND TRIAL Dec. 5.—U. S supreme court today denied the ap- plication of Chicago packers for a stay of tria send the ee soul Christmas |Gifts for the Man SPECIALLY PRICED NECKWEAR, at HOSIERY ADLEY MUFFLERS 3ATH ROBES large .50¢ .50¢ KNITTED .50¢ 98.5 ILK os 00 Shafer Bros Arcade and Arcade Annex