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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
SECRETARY'S DOG
GOT THREE PRIZES

Secretary Olcott has been advised
that Governor" an Irish Setter, has
carried away three prizes at the
twelfth annual dog show, which is
being held in Portland, under the
auspices of the Portland Kennel Club
Governor" In addition to hav-
ing the honor Of carrying away the
three above mentioned prizes, also
has the distinction Of being named on
election day, and in honor Of the
present governor Of oregon, whose
campaign his master managed He
was presented to Mr., Olcott on cleo
ton day by Charles v Brown, of AS
toria an ardent admirer and polite
al supporter of Governor West. and
that Is how he happens to carry the
name Governor"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
BENSON IS
GIVEN GOOD
CLERKSH|P
is ATTENDING SCHOOL AT EU-
GENE AND HAS NOT YET SIG
NIFIED HIS WILLINGNESS TO
LOOK AFTER THE STATES AT
FAIRS.

Another head was decapitated in
the Office of secretary Of state yes
terday, when Secretary of State OIL
colt rendered the position of c. A.
Zeigler to Wallace Benson, son of the
late Secretary of State Benson. Ben
son is now attending the University
of Oregon, and has not yet advised
Secretary Olcott whether he will ac-
cept. The position carries salary
of S125 month.
Mr.. Zeigler is Roseburg man,
and was given leading clerkshi in
the office of the secretary of state
when Benson was elected to the of
flee the first time. He has not out
lined his plans for the future.
This is the second appointment
made by Olcott since assuming the
Office of secretary of state, the first
being the appointment of C. D. Bah
cock. of Stayton, to the position OF
corporation clerk to succeed Frank
W. Wrightman. Mr. Wrightman has
not announced his plans for the
future, but it is understood that he
is considering several good positions
which have been rendered him.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29

Boston, Mass, April 20. " Con-
demned to solitary confinement for
his whole life for unnatural butcher
les committed when a boy, Jesse
Pomeroy, the most famous prisoner
in America, after 35 years in cell,
has at last become reconciled to his
fate.
"All ask is little more freedom
and permission to do some work, ="
said Pomeroy today to the members
of legislative committee on the one
day in the year on which he is al
lowed to see the face Of any living
person other than his keepers and
his aged mother, who visits him ev-
cry six months for few hours.
Cooped up in his cell in the old
Cherry Hill section of the Charles
town prison, with only one window
high in the wall, giving him a view
of square of blue sky, Pomeroy has
spent the long, dreary years since he
was IA years old. He has become an
expert linguist, and can read With IA
cility Latin, Greek and almost all the
modern languages.
Pomeroy, while a solitary prison
er, is not so in the sense that he is
Cooped up in silent cell. Just in
side the door of the Cherry Hill an
mex, the Oldest part of the old, gray
prison. is the home Of the murder
Gus pervert, whose atrocities con-
vulsed all New England S5 years ago
and whose fate is unique in the an
nails Of American Justice
When only the guards Of the an
mex are present Pomeroy's cell is cut
of from the main corridors only by
grated iron door, through which he
can see and converse with the armed
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
KILLED IN
RAILROAD
SMASH-UP
ENGINE AND CARS PLUNGE OVER
BANK AND MORE THAN A
SCORE ARE REPORTED KILLED
ACCIDENT NEAR EASTON
PENNSYLVANIA.
UNITED PRESS LEASED wlRn.l

Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 29.-More
than score of persons were killed
this afternoon in wreck on the
Lackawanna railroad at Martins
Creek, 10 miles north of Easton,
Pennsylvania. At $3.50 o'clock Lack
awanna officials verified reports of
the wreck, The wrecked train was
special having on board 169 school
teachers coming from Syracuse and
Utica, N, Y, to Philadelphia.
The train was transferred from the
Lackawanna tracks to the Pennsyl-
vania tracks at Mauch Chunk and
had passed as far as Martins Creek
when it was derailed and the engine
and cars plunged over the embank-
ment.
The Pennsylvania railroad at once
sent relief train from here but only
priests and physicians were allowed
within the enclosure before it pulled
out.
Unauthorized statements from the
scene of the wreck place the dead at
from 25 to 100 and the seriously in
jured at more than so.
Specials are being rushed from
Scranton to the scene and every
available physician in that city and
Wilkesbarre has been taken to aid
the injured.
AS the wires are down the railroad
officials have yet been unable to OBJ
tain a detailed report.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
WILL CONTEST
right OF STATE
TO The WATER

Governor West today was served
with papers by the department Of the
interior of the United States, advls-
ing him that it had initiated con-
test against the water right pertain
ing to the site for the Eastern Ore
gon asylum from Il. S. oliver, and 1t
looks now as though it will be tied
up in the courts for some years to
come
The site was purchased under the
Bowerman administration, and with
the understanding that there would
go with 1t the right to use the water
of the Umatilla river. 1t seems now,
however, that the water right had
never been determined, and even
should the first tribunal before which
1t may come 6or adjudication decide
favorably to the state. the govern
ment will probably appeal and years
OF litigation be the result
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. ]

Los Angeles, Cal, April 29.-Ten-
tative plans for the defense of John
J. and James B. Mcnamara, accused
of murder in connection with the Los
Angeles Times explosion were out
lined today by Judge Hilton tempor-
arily chief counsel for the defense.
The first contention will be that
the Times was destroyed by an ac-
idental combustion of gas.
The second, Hilton claims defense
will prove that 0rtie McManigal, as
Burns detective, obtained the con-
fidence of the younger Mcnamara and
induced him to purchase dynamite,
alarm clocks, and other parapher-
MALTA supposed to be necessary to
complete distinctions of iron works
and other buildings and arranged
that the evidence would be forthcOm-
ing in such shape as to lead to the
suspicion that Mcnamara dynamited
the Times in addition to other nom
union plants throughout the country,
but will not admit that James b. Nc
Namara took any actual part in the
dynamting
The necessary evidence, 1t is al
legged by members of the defens, will
be forthcoming to show that McMan-
igal, as an agent of Burns, worked
upon the younger McNamara's anti
pathies to capital to such a extent as
to involve him in a web of circum-
stantial evidence from which It would
be hard for him to extricate himself
and would threw the shadow of sus-
picion on John ]. Mcnamara as the
leading official of the iron workers" 4"
There is no doubt that McManigal
was employed by Burns" said Judge
Hilton, but just how much he re-
ceived for his work and what he did
for the money / am unable to say.
/ did not discuss that part Of the
case with him McManigal also ad-
mitted that he had made a confess
sion to District Attorney Fredericks
upon his arrival here.
mo effort will be made to arraign
the accused men until after the ar
rival of Clarence Darrow. If the dis
trict attorneys Office should try to
arraign them before then the de-
fense will fight
Frederick knows the legal rights
Of all and / do not believe that he
will in any way hamper the defense.
He will give us every opportunity to
gather our evidence and for this rea-
son do not think that the men will
be arraigned before Darrow's arri-
I val"
Judge Hilton stated that his talk
(COutinuad from Page
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
Not Certain of barrow.

Chicago, April 29.-That Clarence
s. Darrow has not yet definitely de-
cided to act in the Mcnamara cases
was the statement given at his Office
today, in spite Of the fact that attor-
neys in Los Angeles have announced
they are awaiting his arrival before
mapping out the defense.
Leo R. Rappaport, of Indianapolis,
counsel for the Iron Workers, is ex-
pected to arrive in Los Angeles Mon
day night. He will at once commu-
nicate with Darrow, according to the
statement given out here today. Then
the final decision as to the Chicago
attorneys attitude will be made. If
the McNamaras insist on Darrow as
their representative, he will accept.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRn.l

Chicago, April 29.-For the first
time since the arrest of John J. and
James B. Mcnamara and Ortie Nc
Manigal for alleged completely in
the dynamiting of the Los Angeles
Times building, Detective William j.
Burns today gave to the United
Press a detailed account of how the
alleged confession was obtained from
McManigal April 10, in Chicago.
THE confession" said Burns,
twas obtained at the home of Detec-
tive Reed. Wien we took James B.
Mcnamara and McManigal into Gus
tOdy we explained their rights to
them, and l told them they would not
be forced to make statements. even
warned my men not to try to CLEAN
anything from the prisoners. How
ever, did tell the two men that if
they knew in their own minds that
they had been caught red-handed, as
I knew, that l would be glad to have
a statement from them.
On April Is McManigal sent for
me. When l saw McManigal he said
that he realized that we had the
goods on him, and his detailed con-
fession followed.
after confessing to dynamiting
the Llewellyn plant he told me about
the blowing up of the Times build
ing, He said that he was not i'm
plicated in the latter job, but that
the McNamaras were.
"McManigal confessed of his own
free will. l explained to him that
there would be no immunity or leni-
ency because of his admission, and
that l would use his own confession
against him."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29

men who are always on watch. But
the instant the lock Of the outer
door clicks, the world, for Pomeroy,
is blotted out. Before the door can
open and a visitor enter, the guard
steps across the corridor, swings to
a solid steel door which always closes
completely all entrance to Pomer-
oy's cell, and bars his sight of any
face which would break, even for
moment, the monotony of his days.
mo complaints" until today has
been Pomeroy's reply to the ques-
tions Of the various committees of the
legislature which have visited him
through the long years, Today he
broke the silence. Asked II he suf-
fered through his solitude, Pomeroy
told the committeeman: Eyes, but
l appreciate what liberty I have. The
bright spots in my life are the visits
of my mother twice year. She is
the only person except my keepers
who I am ever permitted to see. The
walls of this cell have become the
boundaries of my life. do feel,
though, that have recovered from
all the tendencies which made me
dangerous, and shall be glad IL the
legislature could make 1t possible
for me to have a little more free
dom and little, work 10 do"
Modest as his request was, the
chairman of the visiting committee
was forced to refuse.
1--WE can do nothing for you, Pom
eroy," he said, except to see that
you do not suffer in prison"
Then the committee filed out Of
the cell, the door was closed and
Jesse POmeroy was left to face the
years.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
THE Chief
OF POLICE
INDICTED
CHIEF OF POLICE cox AND CAP.
TAIN BAILEY INDICTED BY
PORTLAND GRAND JURY IN
CONNECTION WITH THE KEEP.
ING OPEN OF DISORDERLY
HOUSES.
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE. |

Portland. Ore, April 29.-ChIef of
Police Cox and Captain Bailey were
indicted this afternoon by the grand
jury which is investigating vice con-
ditlons in Portland. They are
charged with having neglected their
duty in falling to close up disorderly
resorts in Portland. 1t was expect
ed that indictments would soon be
returned against other police offiials
and several other city officials.
The indictments resulted from
agitation started by the municipal
association following the announce
ment of detectives employed by the
district attorneys office that over
100 disorderly houses had paid graft
money for protection form interfer-
ence.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
PORTLAND
May HAVE
A SCANDAL
RUMORS ARE PERSISTENT THAT
GRAND JURY WILL RETURN IN
DICTMENTS AGAINST HIGH OF.
FICIAL FOR TAKING MONEY
FOR PROTECTION OF "DISOR.
Derby HOUSES. 4.

Portland, Ore, April 29.--It was
perslstently rumored at the court
house this afternoon that the grand
jury investigating the vice condi-
tions Of Portland would return in
dictments late today against an Of
fetal high in the police department
and several minor city officials.
The grand jury has been investi-
eating vice conditions since last
week when Detective Patrick Maher
caused a sensation by announcing
that he had uncovered evidence for
the district attorney showing that
over 100 disorderly houses paid pro-
lection money varying from $40 to
$1O0 weekly for protection. Portland
is supposed to be free of places of
this kind
The afternoon the story became
public, Chief of Police Cox issued an
order instructing all patrolmen to
see that all women or disorderly
character we're compelled to leave
the city.
The order following closely on the
announcement of an investigation,
caused much comment In the press.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
LAST
NICKEL TO
GET TO JAIL

San Francisco, April 20. 1aSpend-
ing his last nickel to pay car fare to
the county Jail, Horatio Betram
Moses, who says he is a son of a
wealthy New York art dealer, gave
himself up to the police here today,
alleging that he is wanted for a rob-
berry in Harlem
Moses say that, with a cousin, he
slugged a stranger in New York on
March 10 and robbed him of $50. He
told the police his conscience trouble
him, and he thought that every man
he met was an officer.
The New York authorities have
been asked to send for Moses.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
BURNS TELLS STORY OF M'MAN|GAL'S
CONFESSION AS SOON AS ARRESTED
+ = ++++++++
Gompers to Indianapolis.

= Washington, April 29.-Re- =
+ spending to appeals from labor =
r union leaders over all the coun- =
+ try, President Samuel Gompers +
+ of the American Federation of +
+ Labor, decided today to go per- =
+ sonally to Indianapolis and I.
I. there investigate the history Z.
r and actions of John ]. McNama- Z.
+ ra. secretary of the Interna- +
+ tional Association of Bridge and I.
+ structural Iron Workers, who =.
+ is now accused of having part 4.
+ in the dynamite outrages in Z.
r Los Angeles and elsewhere. +
r Gompers will leave for Indian !.
+ apolis tonight. +
+ 4
y = Z. a L L L L l. 4 Il a Il
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
America Sends Gunboat.

Washington, April 29.-The navy
department announced today that
the United States gunboat Whining
ton had sailed from Hong Kong to
Canton to protect Americans and
their interests during the outbreak OF
Chinese rebels there.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
EDWARDS WILL GET
A LIFE SENTENCE

Los Angeles Cal, April 29.-
James Edwards, who was arrested
last Wednesday for an assault upon
Miss Julia Koebig in her home in the
fashionable Westmoreland district,
pleaded guilty at his hearing today,
and will be sentenced Tuesday
Judge Mccormick intlmated he
would impose a life sentence
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
Won the Shot Put.

Philadelphia. Pa, April 29--At the
intercollegiate track meet on Frank
lin field this afternoon, Horner OF
Michigan, won the shot put, throwing
the ball 45 feet and FIVE inches Kill
patrick of Yale was second and
PhllbrOok of Notre Dame, third
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
No Warrants to Sheriff.

Los Angeles, Cal, April EFF
arrests on the coast in connection
with the Times explosion are con-
templated, they will be made by op-
eratives of the Burns agency, and
not by attaches of the Los Angeles
sheriff's office. This was the state
ment of Sheriff Hammel today.
mo warrants have been placed in
my hands" aid Hammel. The
Burns agency has handled the case
so far almost entirely by itself "
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
in SOLITARY Confinement 35 YEARS
JESSE POMEROY ONLY DESIRES WORK
= t+++++++++++++
Ask New Trial.

+ Springfield, ILL.,, April 29.- :
+ A petition asking rehearing of :
+ the case of Dr. Haldane Clemin- 4
+ son, convicted of the murder I
+ of his wife in Chicago, was =
+ filed here this afternoon in the :
= state supreme court. The pc :
= tition makes no reference to 4
+ the recent confession of Mrs. 4
+ Anita Schmidt, of st, Louis, who =
+ declared she spent the night 4
+ with Clemenson on which he is 4
+ asserted to have killed his wife. =
+ The claim is made in the petit 4
y tlon simply that the court err +
+ red in admitting certain evil 4
r dence by the state. 4
q. n. 4. L Il =
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
Try to Cause Prejudice.

Los Angeles, CAL, April 29.-That
the Merchants and Manufacturers
association has for the last two
months been trying to force strike
abong the various union organiza-
tions here to create anti-union senti-
ment, was the statement today Of Sec
retary L. w. Butler, of the Los An
geles labor council.
"The employers have been ap-
preached by the agents of the NJ. C
NJ, and told that the unions were
preparing to strike for higher
wages" said Butler. "These agents
then urged the employers to dis
charge every union man in their em-
ploy. When the employers went to
the men they found these statements
were unfounded
The report was circulated that
the building trades We're preparing
to strike. This was not so, as there
had never been any talk of such a
strike. This rumor named May 1 as
the date for the big walkout. know
this to be so, not only among the
building trades and other unions but
among my own men, the teamsters.
The idea was to have Los Angeles in
a furor of strikes, and thus create
sympathy for the plans Of big bust
ness interests to run an open shop
town -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
MAZATLAN is
AWAITING ATTACK

Washington, April 29.-An ex-
pected insurrecto attack on Mazat-
Ian has been reported to the state
department by U. s. Coneal Alger
According to the report. the attack is
expected hourly. Tle rebels have
demanded that til town surrender
hut the demand was refused.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
++++++++++++++'
Scores Are Missing.

+ New Orleans, La, April 29.-
r With scores of persons missing 1
= and six schooners blown ashore 1
+ off Pass Christiana, patrol 1
+ boats today are searching for 1
= fishermen. who weFe miles 1
r away from port when the fierce 4
+ West Indian hurricane broke 1
+ Thursday. 1t is believed that 1
+ a number of fishermen took ref 1
= uge from the gale, and have 1
+ been unable to reach home. 1t 1
r is known that the power of 1
r many of the fishing boats has 1
r been exhausted, and grave 1
r fears are entertained for their 1
+ safety.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
Mrs. BelmOnt's Husband.
UNITED pnEss LEASED wInn !

New York, April 29.-Claiming
that he was the husband of Mrs. o.
II. p. Belmont, shabbily dressed
man, who gave the name of James
Burke, today fought at the Belmont
hotel in a futile effort to gain en-
trance to Mrs Belmont's room.
Burke is believed to be insane. He
was arrested, fined $40 and, lacking
the money went to jail
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
SEES MOTHER TWICE A YEAR
THOSE WHO GUARD HIM AND
A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

When But IA Years Of Age Pc mercy Startled the World by
the AhOCOuS Murder Of Little PIaymates- ---WaS a De-
generate But Not Insane For 35 Years He Has Been
Confined in Cell With Only One Window Opening on the
SN-HaS Never Uttered Complaint or Asked for Any
Thing Until Today, and Now Only Asks to Be Permitted to
Work
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
Alleged Dlscorerer Of Pole 70 Talk.

Seattle, Wash, April 29.-Robert
E. Peary, dlseoverer of the north
pole, has accepted an invitation to
address the Northwestern Develop
ment Congress in Seattle September
to 8. President Taft, James j, Hill
and Senator Borah also will speak.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
M'NAMARA WAS IN
TORONTO OCTOBER I

BukalO, N. Y, April 29.--Labor
leaders here today say that John ].
Mcnamara was in Toronto October
/, the day the Los Angeles Times
was destroyed
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29

Burns left for Indianapolis on
business connected with the dynamit-
ing cases today. He is expected to
return to Chicago Sunday, and will
then start for Los Angeles
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29

OUTLINES
ITS PLANS
The First Will Be That the
Times Building Was Not
Blown Up by Dynamite, But
by Accidental Combustion
of Gas
THEY WILL ATTACK BURNS

Judge Hilton is Emphatic in His AS
seItion That McManigal Was EN-
ployed by Burns-Will Try to
Show That as Agent of Burns He
WOve a Net of Circumstances
Around Mcnamara Deliberately to
Throw Suspicion on Him and
Union Labor.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
interviewed Clients.

Los Angeles, Cal, April 20
Judge o. NJ. Hilton, who is directing
the defense of Mcnamara brothers,
pending the arrival of Clarence S..
Darrow, returned today from Pomo-
ma, and for more than three hours
was cIoseted with John ]. McNa-
mara, eldest of the brothers accused
of dynamiting the Los Angeles Times
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29

Truth telling is habit that some
people find hard to form and easy to
break.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29

Many a man can't find work be-
cause he is such a good boss.
One reason why women want the
suffrage is because 1t is so hard to
get
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-29
NO IMMUNITY PROMISED
But WARNED NOT TO TALK
CONFESSION IS VOLUNTARY

Merchants and Manufacturers Association Have for Two
Months Been Trying to Create Prejudice Against Union La
Dor in Los Angeles by Circulating False Reports of Intend
ed Strikes DaTOW Not Yet Certain to Act---Judue H-
ton Has Three Hours Interv Jew With Clients
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-06-01
Democratic pusssax1ams sls~ ~~safis's
Eo~~s Kmrmsa~~-
Hickory Tsnss uerezry. !

The Manufacturer. Reeoyd CO Ia
slmoTe. the representative O. tbs Is
daasrial interests os the soath. f~-
Gently had IN. folio sing eonae1ss
The INTRODUCTION 81 . tariff bill IN
Congress pgtfing On the free lis
many Of the products 81 the South.
once more illustrates that the Soashs
worst enemies are often 20 De soand
among Its public men,
This IL a true statement OF facts.
but the representatives Of the souta
should not he made 10 bear the shole
blame. National Democratic plat
forms have often declared for free
trade IN many products Of the South
and no protests has ever been offered
from the South. Southern repreSen-
tatives have invariably been elected
on platforms declaring for free trade.
and IL vas only natural that they
should vote In accordance with that
platform. II Is true that 4 few
Southern Congressman and Senators
have thought better of the interests
OF their section than OF party pledg-
es and party harmony and have vot-
ed for protection to the Industries Of
their own section. but such instances
have been rare indeed. Happily, how
. ever. the people back home are wax
+ ing up and party prejudice is giving
way 10 patriotism and political indie
pendence. The people Of the South
LII 60 ~
must have protection IL they are to
share equally in the progress and
prosperity OF the nation.