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VOL. VUL NO. 109.
McNAMARAS AND McMANIGAL
TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER
DEMY TO MEET PRISONERS IK
AUTO OUTSIDE OF CITY
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• HOW M'NAMARA MIGHT BE FREED. •
• (By United Press 1-ensod Wire.) •
• Labor leaders who are fighting the arrest of John J. Me- •
• Namara, secretary-treasurer of the Ironwor .*«' union, charg- •
• ed with alleged complicity In the Los Angeles Times catastro- 9
• phe, have considered an effort to secure hig freedom by a writ •
• of habeas corpus. Such a writ might be Issued, attorneys say, •
• by any court through whose Jurisdiction MoNamara passes. It •
• could be secured by any friend of the accused in any such •
• court. The writ would be based on the fact that McNamara •
• was being deprived of hiß liberty without due process of law. •
• A sufficient answer to such a writ would be the papers •
•in the case. If proper indictment, - requisition by the gover- •
• nor of California on the governor of Indiana, endorsement of •
9 the requisition by the latter and warrant for the arrest of the •
• accused, endorsed by an Indiana magistrate having jurisdic- •
• tion, can be showed, the writ would be non-effective. If, how- •
• ever, it could be shown that the papers contained some defect •
• the writ would be effective and the accused would have to be •
• released. •
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, D. i., April SMS.—A resolution demanding '«'•
Investigation Into the arrest <>f .l«>lm J. ■ McNamara in Indianapolis
was introduced in the honse today by Representative Victor 1.. Ber-
Ber, the Milwaukee socialist.
(By United Preas Leased Wire.)
LOS ANGELES. April 25.—
While James W. McNamara, his
brother, John J. McNamara, and
Ortle E. McMantgal, alleged dyna
miters, two of whom are accused
of wrecking the Los Angeles
Times plant, are speeding west
ward in the custody of detectives,
preparations were 'being made
here today for the reception on
their arrival.
Whether the men will be hous
ed in the city prison, at the coun
ty Jail or in a special place of de
tention fitted up for their sole
accommodation, has not been
definitely decided.
The district atttorney's office wll
have sole charge of the prosecu
tion of the suspected trio. Fred
ericks' force showed considerable
PETTIT LIKED BY MANY
IN FIGHT AGAINST ROYS
Well Known Tacoman Is
Contestant for Public
Safety Commissioner.
One of the candidates for the
position of L. W. Roys who seems
to be leaping into the limelight
of popular favor is F. H. Pettlt,
628 South Fife street.
Mr. Pettlt Is a big, wholesoul
ed, open-faced citizen, showing
underneath a pleasant counten
ance, a lot of good hard practical
common sense and a business
sagacity that makes him friends
everywhere. He is 44 years old.
Mr. Pettit came to Tacoma in
1898 from Valparaiso, Indiana,
opened up a shop and went to
work at his trade as a horse
shoer. He hammered away until
five years ago and was a good
horseshoer. Then he went into
the West Coast Wagon company
and became vice president, which
place he held for three years. He
resigned and retired from this
position to 'become Northwestern
representative of the Standard
Horse Nail company of Brighton,
Pa., which place he still occupies.
Pettlt's long service with the
leather apron put him In touch
with every man whose hands are
hard and who earns, his. bread by
the sweat of his face and his busi
ness associations in the last few
TELLS OF BATTLE
WITH PIRATES
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SHANGHAI, April 25.^Surviv
org o( the liner Asia arrivlns to
day told how It* oSlcera and crew
battled for hours with Chinese
pirates who swarmed up the sides
of the vessel, hoping to loot Us
cargo. The pirates, the passen
gers say, attacked the vessel time
and again, only to be driven back
by the heroic defense put up by
' the Asia's crew.
The crew was armed with rifles,
revolvers and shotguns and it
was said that a number of pirates
were killed.
The officers and crew stayed
with the vessel until the last.
Following the first attack the
pirates -captured Engineer A. K.
Cozen and R. E. Arundel, a water
tender, but they were released
after paying a ransom of $300.
The first officer of the Asia
stated today that the crew fired
The Tacoma Times
The Oalr lUfMmlnl j
Nmapap** la Tiwii
activity today and the actual work
of framing his case is well under
way. The McNamaras will be
tried for murder. This was de
cided after a lengthy perusal of
the law and such facts in the case
as are now at hand.
According to advices received
by Chief Sebastian, the party left
Trlniday, Col., early today and is
now rushing across New Mexico.
It should reach Flagstaff, Ariz.,
about sunset tonight. If the
train is on time the prisoners will
be on California soil shortly after
midnight tonight.
Beyond a vague plan to meet
the train somewhere outside the
city and bring the prisoners into
Los Angeles in an automobile ar
rangements for the arlval of the
party are still incomplete.
F. H. PETTIT.
years have brought him Into close
friendship with many of the lead
ing business men of the city.
Besides that he has always
taken a personal Interest in every
movement to raise the moral
standard In the city and this is
making him popular with those
elements which are opposed to the
present incumbent of the office.
:*1
no ? less * than 50 1 rounds • of am
munition •at ', the. pirates on ; Sat
urday and ; Sunday. - • •.,-:-.;
if*, The ' pirates, he * said, are ; now
diving for the ( Asia's cargo. *•'.' I r
Slasher of
Girl Is Stilt
A Fugitive
,* ? Dominic OHva, t father !J of i 17
--year-old * Ella £ Oljva," ? swore ' to $ a
complaint :, charging ■ Joe Rossi,
who slashed the, girl with a razor
at East 2 Bth street Saturday morn
ing, with I assault with V Intent «to
murder. ?5 Robs! • Is! a fugitive and
photographs •. and | descriptions I are
.being I sent I out iby the 1 police. Miss
Ollva vls i recovering rapidly, from
the wounds and will be able to re
sume work iinJ a, few]days.'!s;»3ijgiS
TACOMA, WASHINGTON,'
Woman Sacrifices Her Reputation to Furnish
Alibi for Dr. Cleminson, Condemned Murderer
OKAMATIC CONFESSION MAY
SAVE PHYSICIAN . FKOM
LIFE SENTENCE AS WIFR
SLAYER— ANNA IN
THE CASE.
CHICAGO, April 25.—Sacrific
ing honor and reputation to save
a convicted murderer from life
imprisonment, Mrs. Anna Schmidt
of St. Louis has assumed a dra
matic role ■ often 'pictured in nov
els but seldom realized in life.
She' has come here with a vol
untary confession that Dr.. Hal
dane Cleminson could not, in hon
or, tell his whereabouts on the
night he is alleged to have killed
his wife because the doctor and
Mrs. Schmidt spent the entire
night together in the physician's
private office. i
"I care not what will now nap- I
pen to me, it is either the loss of li
my reputation as a good woman \f\,
or the unjust imprisonment of V 1
that man for life, which is far i\ I
worse than death to any person;
I must confess if it kills me," Bald >\
Mrs. Schmidt. >
Mrs. Schmidt's evidence may
result in an acquittal should the
supreme court before which an
appeal of the case now la, send it
back for a retrial.
Another woman figured prom
inently in Dr. Clemlnson's first
trial.. By a curious coincidence
she is also named Anna. Miss
Anna Kolb, with whose dreamy
eyes the condemned physician
was said to be entranced while he
was courting her during absences
from his wife and children, all
but sacrificed her good name for
him immediately after he was ar
rested for slaying bla wife in
1909.
She battled valiantly agarnst
prying police officers; upon t/e
witness stand she tried her beßt
to save the physician from prison
walls, but a verdict of guilty was
returned, despite her efforts.
Torgy'll Get
His 'Phone
1 The city commission and county
commissioners tried to settle the
matter of the franchise for the
pole line along the county road
this morning and this much is
settled—Torgy Peterson gets his
telephone line to his home.
The city agreed to string the
wires and pay for them and the
farmers or somebody etee will
have to set the poles, according
to the city contention but Peter
son is still holding out for the city
to set the poles.
Martin wanted one-fourth rate
for current to the county but the
city would not stand for that but
offered half price. Martin also
wanted the canyon road lit up for
four miles.
Lawson agreed to light It at
half price.
The whole proposition will t>e
settled next Thursday and the
city will get the franchise.
In a Pool
Says Seymour
George Wright, low bidder on
the pipe line for the Green rtver
gravity water system, this morn
ing told the city commission that
the bonding companies were hesi
tating about writing his bond and
asked the commission to accept a
persona! bond with good sureties
for $412,000 and a surety bond
for $300,000. Judge Stiles said
this was entirely adequate and le
gal. The matter was laid over
until tomorrow.
Mayor Seymour took occasion
to indicate strongly that he be
lieved the bonding companies
were in a pool and were playing
sharp tricks.
"They could fix this bond up In
a little while back east there If
they wanted to but I am satisfied
they are In a pool," said the may
or.
A local bonding agent present
said the 'bonding companies had
been "disturbed."
The disturbance finally simmer
ed down to the point that Wright
had asked several companies for
bond at once and so no one would
help out the others and tne bond
Is so largo none can write it
alone.
O. X , SAYS NICK.
Commissioner Lawson, who
went to the Nisqually power plant
yesterday, reports today that work
is going along line.
"The Savage-Nichols company
is doing fine work but Pederson
has not done much yet. Me nas
a few men started though," says
Nick.
MRS. ANNA SCHMIDT—ANNA NQ. 2 IN CL.EMINSON CASE.
DR. nALtiANB CLBMINSQJf. *MISS ANNA KOLB.
Picked Up From the Day's News
(By United Press I>a*ed Wire.)
NUNN, Col., April 585.—While
digging a well on his ranch near
here, E. A. Carr struck a stream
of amber colored fluid which
spurted up and filled the well to
a depth of several feet and de
veloped a "collar" of foam. Car?
is opposed to the use of beer, and
for that reason has not tested the
fluid to determine Its exact nature,
but he has invited qualified
friends to come to his ranch and
make the tests.
SPOKANB, April 25.—
Nicolas Ficca, a Spokane de
tective, was arrested last
night charged .with padding
his report as a census enum
erator by adding 1,600
names to his list. He was In— •
dieted liy the recent grand. .
jury in federal court.
NEW YORK, April a-,:—Be
cause he considers James Wtoit
comb Riley's poem "That Old
Sweetheart of Mine," unfit for rec"
itatlon in a fourth rate concert
hall. Dr. Charles O. Pease today
has resigned from the Internation
al Art society. Dr. Pease hate*
tobacco. The Rlley poem is the
reverie of a smoker.
CHICAGO; April SB.—Be
cause only 28 oat of 100 Chi
cago business men queried by
Dr. MrFatrlck couldn't tell
"right off the reel" without
■topping to think that "The
Star Spangled Banner" is
I ho national anthem, arrange
ments were completed hero
today whereby the question
will be asked of every school
child in the .city and the sonjj
will be sung twice monthly in
Chicago schools.'
DAIiLAS, Tex., April 28. —
Booker T. Washington and a par
ty of negro financiers of the
North are said to be planning ai
negro-conducted and negro-owned
railroad. They expect to buy the
International & Great Northern
railroad at the receivership sale
in May.
TUESDAY, APRIL 25,1911.
BATTLE FOR ROYS PLACE
HOLDS PUBLIC INTEREST
CENTRAL CITY, Neb., April
25.—Mrs. D. H. Burke needs a
new Easter bonnet. No 1 is in
the hands of the insurance ad-
Josters. Mrs. Burke and Her
daughter celebrated the beautiful,
sunshiny day by taking a drive.
T4e way lay near a railroad track.
A train shot by. Then mother's
hat was In Barnes—fired by sparks
from the engine. Together they
tore otl the hat, a ruin, but saved
Mrs. Burkes hair.
I'AHas, Tex., April 25. — A
temperance insurance company
has been organized to do business
only among the inebriates. It will
Insure a drunkard at SO per cent
less than sober patrons who can
walk straight, BUT the inebriate
must sfgn a pledge never to touch
Intoxicating liquors again.
JAIL BREAK
AT CHEHALIS
(By fnHoil Press Leased Wire.)
CHEHALIS, Wash., April 25.—
Six prisoners made a successful
£reak for liberty from the Lewis
county jail shortly before mid
night. The prisoners were led by
Frank Parmenter, charged with
forgery, who, with a piece of
metal taken from the wall which
held the water, pipes In place,
•mashed the jail locks, liberating
fire other men. They then es
caped through a hole whi<h they
had burrowed through the wall.
Jack BandoK'Bkl, under indict
ment for assault, was recaptured.
He visited a local saloon and got
intoxicated. Those still at large
are: Frank Parmenter, Frank
Goodwin, charged with white slav
ery; Charles Raymond, accused
burglar, who was recently cap
tyred at Spokane; Charles Tay
lor, accused of burglary; W. P.
MINOR CHARGE
FOR DEPUTY
SHERIFF
It Is probable that former Dep
uty Sheriff H. L. Weston, who
was stripped of his badge by Slier"
iff Longmlre, following his alleg
ed unwarranted shooting of 14
--year-old Lloyd Bragg, and subse
quent arrest on a charge of first
degree assault, will be prosecuted
only on a charge of the reckless
use of firearms. Prosecuting At
torney McMurray admitted this
morning that this course would
probably be pursued.
Weston was arrested by Con
stable Fred Shaw yesterday af
ternoon and released on $2,000
bail. The hearing Is set for
May 4.
Autoists to Help
Mayor Seymour this morning
brought up the old question of a
road to South Tacoma. He
thought it ought to go. The coun
ty commissioners thought it ought
to be fixed too but the hitch
compg In getting the money.
Secretary Prince of the Auto
mobile club was present and the
mayor asked him to call a meet
ing of the club *nd get the auto
owners interested. A mass meet
ing will be called and by popular
subscription and donations from
the county and city and with a
part of the cost put on the prop
erty through an improvement dis
trict the commissioners concluded
the big proposition might be put
DO YOU KNOW
That the largest theater is the
Opera House in Paris, covering
three acres of ground?
That Ignorance of the law ex
cuses no one?
That the nickname for a native
of Washington Is "web-foot"?
That the first sewing machine
was made In 1841 by Ellas Howe?
That 13.34 per cent of the pop
ulation of the U. S. is illiterate?
That the Earl of Salisbury was
the first to use camion and the
first to be killed by a cannon ball?
That the smallest republic in
the world Is Tarolaro, a little
Island in the Mediterranean?
That there are 19 state soldiers'
homes?
Miss Allstrum
to 'Come Back'?
Mayor Seymour has not yet
named a pure food inspector to
take the place of Miss Allatrum,
who resigned Just before Mayor
Fawcett retired.
A movement has started among
the women in the Presidents' coun
cil, that has been back of the pure
food movement in this city, to have
Miss Allstrum reappointed. Miss
Allstrum, when she went out,
vowed never again would she take
a public office.
Mitchell it and 'j'j.% A. Thomas, both
charged with grand larceny. '£■ ; *x*
WILJi TAKE UP THE fv' ■
.■. :J PLAYGROUND MATTER
■': At .a " joint ; meeting of . the i city
commission, park board, library
board, school board and citizens
at the council f chamber yesterday
afternoon addressed % byrj L. H.
Weir, national secretary >of ' the
playground 2^ movement, Mayor
Seymour : was \ asked * to | appoint Ja
commission ' of five; Including him
self as ex-ofHeio ; member, to take
up the playground s« matter.
p BANK CLEARINGS. '•■"•■.
Clearings „ .J700.952.95
Balances 34,367.76
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••attic's r*eall waa ba»»a aß «a the . via* mil- -
«|a»a Wklrk »rrMillrd. 11l Ulll malfil«la«-d that I Ik* j
rltr i»rr briirr ore with n«h a •■•>)<■ of affair.. HI I
Irarard art <*r. ■ ■ Tkera ram '' b» ■ aw .'. altlVrrar* •
of aalalaa aa i.. tka chief laaaa at ataka aa naiajaa ■
Mr. liars. It la either ■ vat* la fnur «f Umrm' '■
K*aa or a vola Nadcnilnc them, .. < . ... v.-..v •.
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*»• Only lad>p»aa'*at
, K«wa»aa«f la Tuoai.
SIMPLY A QVKBTION OF WHRTIIMt HOYS' TOKA OX THK SO.
CIAI, KVIL 18 I>RKI<>ERRGa> TO THAT Of OPPONKNTB.
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• ROYS' lIMT, «
• 'I favor a restricted diatrtct and God Jjelp me, I Intend •
•to maintain it as long as I have the power to do so. It la •
• ridiculous to say that the social evil can be abolished. It can- •
• not, and I will never try to stop It. All the women drink. If •
• they were not permitted to have liquor In their rooms they •
• wquld go on the street and buy it. They tell tno the women •
• sell beer aa high as $2 and $3 a bottle. I don't care It they •
• sell It at $10 a bottle. Mr. Rowland says the women are run- •
• nlng blind pigs. I admit they are Belling liquor just aa I a<l •
• mit there aro about 160 women in the disorderly district to- •
• day."—lnterview in Taconia Ledger, October 13 1910 •
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Chief interest In the election of
commissioners next Tuesday will
probably center about the public
safety commissioner, L. W. Roys.
Mr. Roys' words, which are
published above, ara quoted from
an interview in which citizens of
Tacoma protested because of the
restricted district. A public meet-
Ing held shortly after the Inter
view took place developed the fact
that much Indignation existed be
cause of Mr. Roys' answer.
Mr. Roys took tho position of
public safety commissioner evi
dently with the idea that he would
allow the vice places to flourish.
Public pressure finally resulted In
closing of the Sandberg dives. The
election Tuesday will demonstrate
whether or not a majority of the
people believe that Mr. itoys' Idea
is the most popular one and best
for the community.
The evil is as old an the htils
and much has been said pro and
con. Encouragement of sucn
places Is against the law, but
some people declare that it were
better to let them run rather than
have vice scattered over the town.
The "scattered over the town"
talk might have had a leg to
stand on had such not been the
case. It was well known that un
derworld denizenß held forth in
many placeß other than the so
called restricted district.
In the Sandberg dives hundreds
of women were gathered. Judg
ing from complaints, young boys
visited these places as openly as
did men. The nuisance became so
WILL ARREST BURNS
ON KIDNAPING CHARGE
Three of His Men Already Under Arrest— Officers
Wait at Station for Burns.
(BCTXETIN.)
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
INDIANAPOIJS, Ind., April 25.—trading warrants sworn out
by labor leaders for his arrest here on charges of liar ing kidnap*
ed John J. McXamara, secretary of the Structural Ironworkers,
William J. Burns vanished today from tliis city and has left no
trace. Constables with the warrants for Burns' and his aides' ar
rest are on the trail.
(By United Press leased Wire.)
INDIANAPOLIS, April —The
arrest of ■ Detective ■ William J.
Burns on the charge of having kid
naped John J. McNamara, interna
tional secretary of the Structural
Ironworkers U and with having
caused his removal -to . California,
is expected here today. • v . .
i Burns ■ arrived at 2:30 ' o'clock
this ' morning from * Toledo. ■, ■ At
midnight seven "John ; Doe" war
rants were issued for seven of the
Burns' . operatives, . who . are : ac
cused of aiding )In ' the I kidnaping.
None iof ', them - have yet been f ar
rested, 1: but It ' is believed one •of
the -■ warrants * will be : served '■ on
Burns. ;->;:,. ; :.A^ Xx :■■■?; »f >*.:■' ■>«.-'">• ,'/.
It had been Intended that Burns
should |be I arrested ; last night. He
was expected Ito arrive <in j the city
at 10 o'clock and I constables wait
ed :at »he depot ; for him,' but i they
abandoned their vigil at midnight.
Later,' however. Burns, accompan
ied :by J. A. Q. Badorf,** represent-1
ing i the {Erectors" association, ar
rived,: but the. officers' had left.
P First of the blows struck : by. the
union | leaders I here I in i retaliation
for the alleged kidnaping of Mc-
Namara has been the arrest of W.
J. Ford, v" assistant prosecuting at
torney of f Los Angeles; *?', Walter
Drew, f president fof * the 5 Erectors'
association, and i* F. P. Fox, the
chauffeur who drove the taxlcab in
which ' McNamara 1 was ■ whisked i to;
the ' station ■ after his arrest. Today j
f«f NEWS ITEMS ' FKOM *SSS5af
• THE HICKTOWN BKE. I
There Is » tome - talk of recalling
Hon. E. . Pug-get « Boos*, , our school
control ailurier. =pa He ** ain't t hired -w a
good. looking teacher at Lower Mills
school for three years, L,afe Water
tower t kicks today.i^Jma'ws r-fti-ifwjms'
" Percy Tidds, a a brother /of Mtsa
Pansy's. .learned,; with some grief
today that the Kmporlim Is iall;out
<>■ Snitx Klpperel clgar«ts. *r*«sa?*t«,
Ed Hug-he*, 1 our local: blacksmith,
who sot : married ; last :we ,-i says '11
Is awful i hard :< to. work s■» hen *t the
bellers-handla Kl* ; all ; tied « up >? with
ribbon. E.I. married Dip
blue t ribbon.>, Ed * married » AnabeUn
Dlpple, i the welt < known china cup
!s*:"u!:S*.'!a^Ml'ffitei
30 CENTS A MONTR
bad that complaint to Mr. Roya
followed. He gave his answe*
and thereon bangs next Tuesday'^
election.
Many of Mr. Soymour's moat
ardent Bupportera declared that
A. V. Fawcett waa responsible for
lack of harmony. Thla feature
cannot well enter into the present
problem as Fawcett hat nothing
to do with Mr. Roya' Idea retard
ing one of the pertinent Isaues.
Tho Seymour people, although
they refused In large measure to
point out the fact that Mr. Roy*
should be held responsible for the
police department declared that
the Roys' Issue had not arisen.
It may eventuate that the*
church vote which in part went
for Mr. Seymour will t>« found
against Roys even though he waa
unfriendly to Fawcett. An oppon
ent of Roya In speaking of the
situation said the other day:
"It seems to me that a man tn'
Roys' place eonhl easHy put htm.
■elf In a situation beyond criti
cism. With- his oath of office In
front of him and- the law lying
alongside he could point to the
law, -then to his oirtli of office and
give an answer which would have
to be taken by those who wanted
him to wink his eye."
Tacoma passed an antl-trenttn*
law. Shortly afterward the man
who was responsible for introduc
tion of the law waa recalled. Now
we have a man who has declared
in favor of a restricted district.
It remains to lie seen whether he
lg preferred to men who are oa
record as opposed to such a place.
all three are at - liberty on bonds i\
of $5,000 each, which war* given *
by W. A. : Ketcham lof the Brown-
Ketcham ironworks of this city.
■-• .The warrants for the arrest of
Ford, Drew and ', Fox, fas well tas %
those under which Burns and I his •*'
detectives are expected to be ! ar
rested, were j sworn i out by •> John £j
Keegan, a local labor leader, who 8
acted > for the : executive board -' of E
the I International Association of I
Bridge | ard , Structural Ironwork
ers.
Our Tabloid
Cartoon Today 1
A man can spank a baby *--
When th« child k«*ps M*
awake;
But when the situation's Urns
What ' measures ■ can h« takuTiS^