The San Francisco call. [volume], April 28, 1911, Image 1

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VOLUME CIX.—NO. 149.
ORTIE M’MANIGAL AGAIN CONFESSES TO DYNAMITING
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/. /. McNamara Accused as Directing Genius of Conspiracy to Destroy Los Angeles Times
TAFT SEEKS
AID FROM
PEOPLE
Begins Series of Speeches to
Evoke Public Support ,
for Policies
LAST CHANCE TO MAKE
RECIPROCITY COMPACT
Canadian Trade Agreement, He
Says, Must Be Adopted
Now or Never
ANNEXATION TALK IS
DESCRIBED AS "BOSH"
NEW YORK. April 27.—"Reci
procity with Canada must he
adopted now or never, and
must stand or fall by its own
terms."
Amid tremendous...applause and the
waving of handkerchiefs, thus declared
President Taft in an address in the
"Waldorf-Astoria tonight at the fourth
annual Joint banquet of the Associated
Tress and the American newspaper
publishers' association.
Ills address was the first of a series
in which he plans to evoke public sen
timent in support of his policies and
he appealed to the company of editors
and newspaper owners gathered from
the length and breadth of the land to
impress on the public mind that reci
procity should stand alone and "ought
not to be affected in any regard by
other amendments to the tariff law."
Annexation Talk "Bosh"
All talk of annexation he character
ized as "bosh" and said that the
United States had all it could attend to
with the: territory it was governing.
He praised the house of representatives
for a Its passage of the agreement;. de
clared/ that it would not injure the
farmer nor any special class; answered
in detail .the objections raised to re
ciprocity and begged for at least "a
kind of test*' to dispel the ghosts "ex
hibited to frighten the agricultural
classes."
Manuel de Zamacona, Mexican am
bassador to the United States, urged
intelligent and deliberate considera
tion of the force- that have shaped the
present insurrection. t
Canadian Counsel Speaks
William Barton Northrup, king's
counsel and a member of the dominion
parliament, analyzed Canadian senti
ment with reference to reciprocity:
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of
Columbia university, and J. F. Mackay,
president of the Canadian Press, lim
ited, also spoke.
Oswald Garrison Willard. proprietor
of the New■ok Evening Post, in
introducing the president, praised Taft
/or his abstention from the "shorter
and uglier" word In his .characteriza
tion of those who differed with him
and lauded his charity, judgment and
advocacy of International peace.
The signing of the pending treaty of
arbitration with Great Britain—to be
followed, the president, had promised,
by similar agreements with other na
tions — inaugurate, he said, "a
new era in United States " history. If
not of the world, with which your
name, sir, will forever be most honor
ably nd lndissolubly connected."
President's Privilege
"Yours Is the privilege," he told the
president, of telling us to our faces
just what you think is wrong with us.
or of saying what you can In our behalf
to a larger public, which sometimes has
its doubts about us and our methods."
He then proposed the health of the
president and Mrs. Taft, who was in
the gallery, ami the toast was drunk
standing.
The president smiled broadly at Wil
lard's invitation to criticise .the press,
but did not take advantage of it.
WILEY PLANS RAID
ON HEADACHE POWDERS
Government Chemist Receives
Reports of Deaths
WASHINGTON. April Dangers so
prave, according to Dr. H.W. Wiley,
chief chemist of the department of ag
riculture, lurk in the ordinary head
i ache remedies that lie has determined
*to institute an investigation under the
pure loo& and drugs act; Many cases
■ In which death has followed the taking
of these remedies, said Wiley today,
Mm,** bceu brought to hia uttention.
THE San Francisco CALL
Moving Pictures
of Volcano to Be
Taken Aboard Ship
SEATTLE, April 27.A schooner
Is being fitted out here to make
moving pictures of Mount Bogo-
Slov, the eccentric volcano in the
Aleutian islands, which was In
violent eruption all last summer
and which threw clouds of ashes
on passenger vessels. The pic
ture schooner's decks will be cov
ered with asbestos cloth, and ex
tra spars and rigging will be
carried in the hold, to replace
that which may be burned.
There is no telegraph station
In the Aleutian islands, and it
may be that the volcano has sub
sided. The last vessel to quit
Bering sea last fall was a little
trading schooner from i Nome.
Bering sea is now filled solidly
with the ice pack. The cod fish
ing fleet sailed from Puget sound
two weeks ago and will enter the
sea as soon as the ice permits.
The steamships from Nome are
making ready for the trip. The
first boats always are compelled
to battle with the ice. The reve
nue cutter Manning-left Port
Townsend for Bering sea today.
YOUNG OFFICER
DIES, BUT DOES
NOT SURRENDER
Mexican Lieutenant and His
.-*, Command Wiped Out in
Defense of Train
MEXICO ; CITY, • April 27.—
fusing to surrender or to leave
the train in which he and his
command of thirty soldiers
were being brought to the
capital, a. second lieutenant, little more
than a boy. yesterday engaged in .a
battle with four hundred rebels at
Cajones. Guerrero.
At the conclusion of the brief en
counter, the lieutenant and twenty
eight soldiers were" dead, and the re
maining two of his men were prisoners.
One of the arms of the lieutenant
was shot away.
Boy Defies Rebels
The rebels were under command of
"General" Prudencio Figueroa. Learn
ing that troops were being carried on
the Cuernavaca division of the National
railways, the rebel leader marched to
Cajones, a station some distance be
low 'Cuernavaca. When the train
stopped, he sent forward a messenger
to demand the surrender of the troops,
and a request, if they would not sur
render, to abandon the train in order
that the lives of the passengers be not
endangered^ .
Fresh from the School of Aspirantes,
a military training school, the boyish
officer sent back word that he had his
orders to continue on that train. Little,
time was lost in beginning the fight.
The rebels poured down the embank
ment on either side of the train and
almost simultaneously the shooting was
begun by them and by the soldiers on >
the train.
Passengers in Panic;
Passengers who had been imploring
the young officer, to yield were in a
panic. The cries of, women and chil
dren were heard 'in, the roar of the
rifles, and the shots from the rebels
raked the'sides of the train, many en
tering the coaches occupied by passen
gers. But one, however, did persona
damage. That one killed Luis Busta- i
mente, a young civil engineer on hi
way to the capital to be married, Bus
tamente was kneeling beside a fright
ened little girl passenger, attempting
to comfort her, when he was shot.
Passengers who arrived 'here ,on the
train last night brought the story of
the battle to the capital, and today
there stood in the yards of he = railway
the bullet : scarred coaches, mute evi-.
dence of the encounter.
Federals Were Game
At no time during the engagement
did the federals betray signs of cow
ardice. With the. blood of their com
panions running from the doors 'of the
little, second class coach the men coolly
fired into the ranks of their assailants
until but two remained.
In the first class coach, immediately
In the rear of 'the soldiers' car. was
riding the jefe politico of Iguala, Guer
rero. The i. rebels , forced their' way
through the panic-stricken passengers,
declaring they would. improve the, op
portunity of ridding the country, of 'one'
more of his kind. " . )
* With the Jefe politico, were travel
ing his' wife- and five.children. These
surrounded the. man and, with * tears
Continued on Pare 3, Column 1
SAN', FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, -1911.— TWENTY PAGES.
BURNS ELATED
AND SURE RIGHT
MEN ARE JAILED
Detective Says Full Enormity
of Quilt Is Not Known
by Public r
He Declares He Has Enough
Evidence to Convict Withy
out Confessions :.-■:■*.
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
• CHICAGO, April 27.—Detective Wil-
Ham .1. Burns, who, .with his assistant,
obtained the evidence" which resulted
In the arrest.of John J. McNamara, sec
retary of the International bridge and
structural iron workers' association," his
brother. James W. McNamara, and Ortie
K. McManlgal," alleged . dynamite con
spirators,. accused' of blowing ,up the
plant of the Los Angeles Times, today
said organized labor will stand appalled
when the full and complete story of the
Los Angeles tragedy becomes.known."
"What has already been published
< tinned on Page 2, Column 4;*;* j
The upper snapshot shows J. B. McNamara (in the center) screening his ; face from I the camera. The
central picture shows the auto with the prisoners and sheriff men surrounded by a crowd of spectators near the
railway station. In the rear seat of the car are Ortie E. McManigal, Undersheriff Brain and J. B.
McNamara, who had drawn ; his hat down to conceal his features. The lower picture shows McManigal (on
the right) and Undersheriff Brain.
ALAMEDAN APPOINTED '*. j-'■'
TO POST IN ALASKA
Sumner- ?S. Smith Formally
* Named Mine .Inspector^ .^
WASHINGTON, April 27.—Sumner' S.
Smith of Alameda" was: today appointed,
mine'inspector for Alaska. .-He'ls with
the bureau of mines rescue car at Rock
Springs, Wyo.* * J ' '
SHIP AND CARGO BUBN-"— '.rointe-n-Pltre,
' , tiuadaloiipp, * April 1 27. '. '■—■' While ' the French
steamer Marini was loading mm and sugar at
... Hip dock* "here yesterday fire broke, ont in
; * the cargo and; before It .could, be, put out
.^caused . an .pi plosion* anions the .barrels * of
rum which killed one' fireman. following; .the.
explosion It- was impossible to stay th« flames
: ami * th* v*>**el was .towed out lv the ' harbor
* and abandoned.
SCENES ON THE ARRIVAL AT PASADENA OF THE THREE PRISONERS ACCUSED
AS DYNAMITERS, WHO I WERE ARRESTED BY DETECTIVE BURNS AND HIS CORPS
OF DETECTIVES IN THE EAST AND RUSHED WESTWARD TO LOS ANGELS COUNTY
JAIL.
FIRST BOX OF CALIFORNIA
CHERRIES ONLY $5 A POUND
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
' ••-._ SACRAMENTO, ,' April -? 27.—The first;
box of cherries; shipped 1 east, from Cali
fornia brought the fancy.price'"ofi $5 a.'-,
pound, according to information re
ceived : ' from New York , by 'the* Calif or- •*
ONE DIES IN CAB TlßE—Rocky'Mount.' N. c},'
■*; April 27. A I'iillniHn car of the 'Atlantic roast
i' line* Palmetto limited, t, northbound, wa* to
** day 5 destroyed jby.-* Are that resulted in tlip
"i fleatli. .of SJ.fT"robsteln:.i)t New York: nnd 'the
'.; injury 'of * and mail clerk. •-The" fir?
■*.■ was started by •an explosion. Can leaking
-; f rent ;a.'.tank 'waa ignited by the lantern;; of
•V «,. flag-man. - '..,: ' ■"■■■■.",. ;..*.,.,.-'. ,=:".'"*,,",•.'" ;'..,.<
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nia fruit -exchange. The cherries ;iy ere
picked from: the > orchard. of Ernest
Gammon 'near Cotirtland and were sold
\ at auction to be placed in a fruit store
■.window.'; ':',;': !: :':'. ••-.'*•;:"'.'■'.;" " ;
tAHNDBT p WOBKEBS ; I STBIKE ,' — V Spokane,"
i *flTash„ April -J7 —Sixteen", girls; ami ".*"',three
A men . employed by x laundry struck this inorn
> ■,' ing.* The **airi*; obJected-Mof the •, introduction
< of » piecework payment. •**The*piecework? plan.
""• If is - believed. *• I*' to»be" Introduced*^ in ■" all * the
t associated laundries -' if; possible jto offset the
i new state law limiting women's work to eight
, hours per day. _ ,
;; THE WEATHER )
AY—Highest temperature. 52;
\oreest Wednesday night,. 46. 4
FORECAST FOR TODAY—Cloud\>:some
»"-, what warmer; light south wind, changing lo
?,*brisk xvest. : '
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LOS ANGELES, April 27.— McManigal changed his mind today
after former - Judge Hilton had published a denial that any of * the
dynamite suspects had confessed^ and decided to turn state's. evidence.
Following his interview .with Attorney Hilton, McManigal was taken to the
district attorney's office in the forenoon. He refused to say a word and was
returned to his cell. .... V; ! -
At T o'clock : this afternoon he asked for Undersheriff Brain.
"What do: you think they'd ;" do-to me if I turned state's evidence >"■
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he asked. .;'.""-.■'*... ? '.*,-"..- ./-'i-.
* "I think you'd* better- confess -everything and have.it over; that's the
only way you can help yourself out," was the Undersheriff's advice. 1
"I've figured it outr about 'that way, and I want to get it. off my chest,"
was the substance of McManigal's reply.
McMANIGALREPEATS CONCESSION "
. Word was sent tto . the district attorney and McManigal was taken at
once• across the street to .the prosecutor. ■ Present were District Attorney
Fredericks, th; eofficial stenographer, Sheriff Hammell, Undersheriff Brain,
Jailer Gallagher, and one of the Burns detectives.
. McManigal told of dynamite plots extending over a period of three years,
almost | all *of which - were - successful, and of property destroyed totaling
$4,000,000 in value. ;It' took three hours for 'McManigal to enumerate. and
provide^ the salient features in .'the mammoth criminal conspiracy. '
He not only furnished complete testimony as to the material circumstance: *
but ? also * supplied x the terms of " the ? conspiracy and the motive behind : its vast
and, hidden . workings. . „ , ' *
He accused J. •J. * McNamara, secretary and treasurer of the international
association of bridge and;iron -workers, of being the originator, contoling geniui
and paymaster, of this conspiracy.. '
.He : emphatically, named- J. B. McNamara, alias J. B.
Bryce, brother .' of ; the : secretary, as the * man who ' placed
dynamite . under ! the Los Angeles Times building and f as beiiy
PRICE FIVE *: GENTS.
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DEMOLITION
OF PLANT
TOLD IN
DETAIL
Prisoner Closeted With District
Attorney and Stenographer
for Three Hours Tell-
ing of Plot
ONE OF ACCUSED TRIO
VOLUNTEERS TO TELL ALL
Brother of Secretary Charged
With Having Placed the
k Death Dealing Bomb
; in Alley Way y-
HE TELLS OF BUYING THE
POWDER AT GIANT, CAL.
"Bryce" Fled From Southern
? f City and Was Many,Miles
Away When Machine
Exploded
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HE TOOK TRAIN AT 8
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AND EXPLOSION WAS 1 A. M.
$4,000,000 Worth of Property
Destroyed Throughout the
Country, According to
-, Statement
DEFENSE PREPARE FOR
BATTLE OF THE CENTURY