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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-11
Burns Man Tells How Dynamite
Plots We're Made at Home Colony
BY WALTER X. THAYER.
Seattle Manager Burns Detective


BY WALTER IL. THAf En-.
Seattle Manager Burns Detective
Agency.
SEATTLE, Dec. Thames
B. Mcnamara was In Seattle
August 81, 1910, and blew up
the Lyon building, Third and
James, then. under course OF
construction. i did not learn
Of his presence here until
after the explosion, but the
evidence Is conclusive.
On May /, 1910, received an
urgent telegram from Mr.. Burns
telling me that Jas. B. Mcnamara
was in Seattle, and asking me to
search the hotels. We made a
thorough search, but failed to 10
cate him. The name of neither
j. b. Boyce nor Mcnamara could
be found on any of the hotel regis
ters.
Begin Another Search.
We searched all summer for
trace of him, but failed. August
81 the Lyon building was blown
up. Immediately we began anoth-
er search.
About three weeks later we
found the name of ]. B. Bryce on
a hotel register of lodging mouse
on Yesler way. The landlady posi-
lively identified Bryce as McNa-
mara from his description. He
had had with him a suit case,
which he took to his room. He
did not occupy the room except for
this. His name was placed on the
register August 80. 1919, the
night before the explosion.
We communicated with man
we had working at the Home COZ
ony of anarchists at Lake bay,
near Tacoma.
With Dave Captain.
We learned that Mcnamara had
been there a few days prior TO
August 81, in company with Dave
Captain.
Instead of coming to Seattle III
rect Mcnamara had gone there.
Mcnamara stayed at Cooper's
lodging house at Lake bay, where
they had a number of books on
explosives. Mcnamara and Cap
Ian tried to employ a man to go
to Tacoma to buy dynamite, Of
fering him big money, which was
refused.
Then Mcnamara and Captain
went to the manager of the Ia
coma Powder company and asked
for 80 per cent dynamite, saying
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-11

changed an annual deficit or S17,-
479,770 to surplus of $219, Ills.
Postal savings banks in the last
year have made fine start and in
1900 banks established already
$11, 900, 400 have been deposited.
The service will soon be extended
to 10000 offices.
The postmaster general still
hangs to his hobby of doubling
rates on newspapers, however, and
one cent letter postage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-11

Probably you have been putting off the buying Of
plano for your home for a long time waiting for
the lone great opportunity''-the Fright
chance''
Let's have your attention. then, for such an op-
portunty is here now.
1t has been the custom of the Eilers stores for
Several years past to arrange some special induce
ment for those contemplating the purchase of
pano---the supreme Christmas gift---during the
Holidays but never before have we been able to of
fer such tremendous savings as we have this year,
and please bear in mind that the pianos offered in
this Christmas Piano Club are not confined to few
popular priced makes, but the contrary, every
piano in entire ne--the very cream of the piano
world--is included; the glorious Chickering the
world-famous Sohmer, the genuine Decker the
Hazelton--the favorite of arstocratic New Workers
1.-THE renowned Kimbal and Lester our own popll-
lar Eiers, and thirty other well known makes as
well as the greatest piano of a--the Auto-piano the
piano that NAL es musicians of us all without parti-
Gle OF study practice in music.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-11
Debate Tonight

Mayor Seymour and A. NJ. Craig
will have it out at the South End
club meeting tonight on the prop
osition of turning parking strips
over TO the park board. Craig
thinks it is the thing to do. The
mayor says no. If the two do
not totally destroy the house De-
fore they get through other ora
tors may have a chance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-11
Mantle. He refused to sell it.
Get the Explosive.

Get the Explosive.
Later the two went to the man
ager of the plant again, ana con-
vinced the latter they wanted to
blow out stumps. They bought
three cases of 40 per cent dyna-
mite.
The manager of the plant later
identified another anarchist now
at Home colony as being one OF
the three who bought the explo-
sive.
Had Maps With Them.
A man whom we had at the
Home colony reported that McNa-
mara and Caplan discussed blow
ing up a number of buildings, and
had maps of their location.
From there Mcnamara came
here, register on Yesler way, and
after the Lyon building explosion
went to San Francisco, later go
ing to Los Angeles and blowing up
the Times building.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-11
Will Assess
Real Estate

County Assessor Miller is getting
ready to tackle the semf-annual
assessment of real estate in Ia
coma. 1t is expected reductions
will be made on some propertp
and others will be raised.
The Somers method of assess
ing city property will be shown
the assessor this week and he may
adopt it. The system is patented,
however.
Taxes this coming year in Ia
coma will be slightly less than
this year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-11
BUSY IZZY" PLEASES.

Busy Izzy," with its tuneful
melodies and CONFUSING comedy,
kept Tacoma crowd happy for
over two hours last night. There
is no plot, the production being
just for fun and there is pIen y
of it. The chorus is beautiful
to say the least.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-11
SAVE YOUR SIS

It's rare, indeed, that you can make one dollar do
the work of three-and dollars don't come so easy
these days that you afford to overlook this very
exceptional opportunity.
This is straight from-the shoulder, open and
above-board plain business proposition, made by
house that has been established in the State of
Washington for quarter of century, and built up
business vastly greater than any similar concern
in all Western America Why? Because what
Eilers Music Houses say they'll do, they'll do. Ev-
cry statement, agreement promise has invariably
been fulfilled to the very letter.
Remember, this very exceptional offer positively
expires the evening of December %. Under no cir
cumstances will an extension of single day be
made---so be ''first conner" Come to our store
just as soon as you possibly can after reading this
announcement and select such piano will best
suit your purse and fancy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-11
Here's the Proposition a; 4 Nutshell
S. for 81

In the first place, prices all pianos in our store
have been marked right down to bedrock, and these
greatly reduced prices alone will sell vast number
of pianos very quickly On top of this for every dol
lar you pay down at time of purchase up to $4,000,
we give you receipt for three times the amount.
In other words, pay $500 and get receipt for
$500. Pay us $1,000 and get receipt for $4,000.
Pay us $25.OO and get receipt for $500. Pay us
$4,000 and get a receipt for $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-11

This picture was snapped on
Washington boulevard. 1t shows
Hoke Smith, lately governor of
Georgia, now senator from that
state. He was in Grover Cleve-
lands cabinet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-11

they wanted to blow out stumps.
They offered the top price FOR it,
but the manager became suspic-
ious. He told them 80 per cent
would blow up the earth; all they
needed was 80 or 40 per cent dy-
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09

William Shakespeare. Ellen Terry
end Love-there abideth these three.
And all appeared their power of ap-
peal undimmedl before Detroit's
aressiest at Coli mbus hall Tuesday
evening THE speculative relates To
finery OF mind al we'll as of body, be
IL said.)
We mention fhe triumvirate, al
though not on fhe bills, because they
survive. famed and fadeless. in the
same way M is the immutability of
the meptA, the spiritual-"Time. the
thief ,/who loves to get things into
his /book," having put the rest in.
Ellen Terry, mortal, is like all the
rest OF us who have found that the
fountain of perpetual youth exists
only in the prospectus of the Florida
land promoter. Like all who have
strutted their brief while upon the
stage cher beloved bard put ii some
thing like that, We believe). she is
yielding inevitably in form and feat.
ure TO what the late John Hay de.
scribed as his incurable malady. "old
age" There is 40 disgrace or tragedy
about the process and she is far from
being the only offender. 1t is set
DOWN here in fulfillment OF that &C.
Curate portrayal, which is the glory
of Shakespeare's art and Terry's.
Striking perfection OF features she is
not called upon 70 yield except in the
sense OF holy writ, from him that
hath not shall be taken away even
that which he hath
Rut The nre.amiuant unp,ap ~ ,bo
! modern stage proves the immutabil
ity of the intellectual and spiritual
graces, along with the deathlessness
Of the theme which she plucked per
sistently from the fruitage of Shake
speare's seemingly exhaustless genius
Love. She is growing old brilliantly
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
JoBBING PRICES.

Canned Good.-Apples, gals. s2,Is;
baked beans. lib, so a soc; Lima beans,
s1Q1.50. Corn Fancy Maine. $40.
standard. Soc. Table oeets; s2S y l.4o.
Area areas ST. 4n sSat salS aS5s ssIm aS
Sockeye. tall. sails; hat, S225; Alaska
reds. 81. 90; Alaska pinks. sl25 Toma-
toes. 4s@soc. succotash. slql10 per
doz.
Coffee Packet coffee. loo-lb. case.
s1s75 u 2z5o. delivered.
Feed-Brar, s25; fine middlings. s2s;
coarse middlings, sz6; cracked corn,
$22; coarse cornmeal. s22. corn and
oats chop, $40 per ton;
best, s5.2s: ordinary patents. s{;s5;
straight, $4.35; clear. $4.45 per Dbl.
Rye hour. Sass per bbl
Oil--Raw linseed sl.0l: boiled lin
osene. SC; Perfection. shc; Eocene.
l1hc; crown gasoline. 15c per gal; tur-
pentine. in barrel lots. soc per gal
Provtsions--Mess pork. s3i; family.
smoked hams. 14h I15c: dry suited
briskets. 1sc; shoulders. lie; picnic
hams. 111fc; bacon. 1914 9I6hc: 1arK.
in tierces. 1o%c; kettle rendered, 1I C
su..r.-correeted aaiiy BY ~. H.
Edgar g. Son: Crystal dominSes, 2-lb..
SZs5; 6-ib.. T:45: Eagle tablets. Sc 20;
powdered. ss.s5; standard powdered.
in bulk, $3.50; in .6-lb. cotton bags,
s495; Michigan granulated. Sass.
household powdered. In 5-lb. cartons.
Is TO case. So. lib. cartons. - to case,
sAs6; No. !. $3.50: No. 2. 1920; No. S,
s1sse: NO no J. t'sS: No SIS; NO 20 10 8
$50: No Il, 'ttS; No; u, $40; No. 4;
Il
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
WOULD ENJ0|N
PHONE MERGER
Government Agents Are Detailed To
Watch Meeting of Independent
Men in Chicago.

WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-Anticipat-
ing the formation OF q gigantic tele-
phone trust, the department of JUS
tice, today, detailed special agents
to note every step taken by the Gele-
gates of the National Independent
Telephone association at their meet
ing In Chicago, tomorrow. The re-
ported purpose of the meeting Is 10
consider the plan to combine the Bell-
Morgan and Independent Telephone
systems of the United States under a
single management.
The statement Of J. B. Ware, sec
rotary of the Independent associa'
ton, that the combination, IL effected
would apply to toll service and 10
sections of the United States where
competition Is ruinous, indicates that
the project may be combination IN
restraint of trade, IL was declared
today, at the department OF justice
II is regarded here as probable
that any formative steps toward a
combination which the government
considers illegal will be countered by
n court Injunction
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09

ISIs alTlsc; brick cheese. l5WlIc ID
Cranberries - Late Howvs. ss0S50
Ds,e.-Perslsn. Sgbe per NJ. Fards.
l0E lie per 10.
Dressed Calves - Fancy. Il40I2c
per III. common. 9ulOc per Id.
Dressed HoEs--9H sisc Id.
Finnan Haddie-sis Ollie PER H.
Figs-Imported. new. al o. l6c Der 10:
California, 55c per box.
Fresh Negetabies = Cucumbers. hot
house. $l50nl.1b per doc. lettuce. hot
house. i4u15c per 10. head lettuce.
81 rs a $50 hamper. radishes. dollhouse
green pepper. Soc per basket. ear
rots, soc per bu; rutahagas. toe Ter 5u;
bu. turnips, soc per bu; tomatoes. Flor
idas. si.5en5 per case. SSc pee basket !.
pie plant. 4Su SOC per bunch spinach.
Go "a soc per dor. green beans. 50 per
hamper: wax means, $3.50 per hamper,
Grnpss-Malssas, sTUs per Dpl
Grape Fruit = Florida. $S.7Sg4 per
Honey-Fancy white. l7giSc; No /.
$50 amber, lIQlSe; extracted. so
loo per III.
Hsy-Detroit dealers are paying the
following prices for baled hay in car
new. Si69is.50: No. 2 timothy. $50
1880: clover, mixed, Sl5Ulo,SO. rye
straw, SI.50uS. wheat and cat straw,
Se5o97 Loose hay from farmers
wagons on the city markets ranged
from, SIC ~ 20, as To quality.
HIdes-No. / cured. &c: No. ] green.
: he. No. cured bulls. Sc; No. green,
she: No. l cured kip. 1850; No. i
green. Toe; No. 1 cured murrain, &C. NO.
green, &c, No l cured calf loo; NO.
] green. l3lsc per Id; horse hides. No,
I, $3.50, No. 2, $250; sheepskins. as 10
wool, 25c9sl. No. hidesh. lie OH on
kip. i6c of on calf
Nuts-Black walnuts, ! y a2c per 10;
outternuts. 31a 64c per 10. new she'll
backs. 494isc per Id. - 80.
Lemons-Caltfornia. S3501i5O ooA.
Limes-$l 1l 20 per box.
Moshrooms--l5u zoe per box.
Onions - s5490c per bu; Spanish
Sl35 per crate
Sl25 per crate.
-ersages-eafiferhia nayels.E 80 "
50 per box: F1oridas, ,2.5eG2 80 per
box.
Observation-Disclosures - per crate,
S212.50 per dog,
Observation-Disclosures car lots. 80 "a toc
per bu; new Bermudss. $2.1S per on'
$3.50 per bbl
Poultry-Springs lie: fowl. l4c; old
ROSTERS. 00c; geese, 13c: turkeys, lsW
19c per 10. Dressed poultry: liens.
l+6l5c: springs. 14Ul5c: ducks, 1IgY
Ice; geese, 13Q14c; turkeys. 20m22c 10
Rabbits-Sf 20 per doz
Strawberries-35G 4ec per at box
Sweet Potntoes-Jerseys, kiln dried.
81 bnl.40 per crate.
Tailow-No. 1. slic: No. 2, 596c ID
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
BOAT LINES HOLD ANIMALS.
Practically No Changes Made in Lists
Of Officers.

The steamboat companies OF De-
troit held their annual meetings Tues
day, electing officers and directors and
making fleet appointments for the
coming season There were very few
changes in the officers or directors
The stockholders of the Detroit a
Cleveland Navigation Co. ratified the
action or the directors in authorizing
the construction of a big new boat.
Reports submitted showed the. com
pany TO have had very prosperous
season In 1910 Directors were re-
elected as follows: Philip H. McMil-
Ian. George Hendrie, George NJ. Black.
Strathearn Hendrie, A A. Schantz.
Emory w. Clark and James T. McMil-
Ian. Officers reelected are: Presl-
dent, Philip H. Mcmillan; vice-presi.
dent and chairman of the board,
George Hendrie; secretary and treas
urer, George NJ Black. Offioers reap
pointed by tho board are: General
manager, A. A Schantz: general sup
erintendent. James T. Mcmillan; gen
eral freight traffic manager, ID. G. Nc
Intyre, Cleveland; general auditor, u.
c. Wilder.
The White Star line, Michigan
Steamship Co., Postal Steamship Co,
Northwestern Transportation Co.,
Roby Transportation Co., Capitol
Transportation Co., Hope Transporta.
ton Co., American Steamship Co,
Wayne Transportation Co., and the
! Stewart Transportation Co. also held
their annual meetings Practically no
changes were made in the list of ON.
GERS
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
Detroit Man HaSn't
Heard OF Phone Merger

Regarding The rumors which have
been current of the absorption of the
Home Telephone Co. by The Michigan
state Telephone Co. Bernard w. Trat-
ford. vice.president and general man
agcr of the latter concern. said, Wed
nesdayY
II know nothing OF such negotia
tions. The only thing OF that sort
that has taken place In this state ~
Gently was The sale OF the Oakland
County Telephone Co. about SIS
months ago
This property was bought by the
Michigan company AT sherins sale n:
the request of the commercial bodies
Of tho district The work Of unifyinG
the service has iust been completed.
Mr. Traiford admitted the possibility
OF negotiations With the Home Tele-
phone Co. directly from the New York
Offices OF the telephone trust.
President Jackson OF the Home com
pany, Is still I'm Chicago and Is not ex-
pected back until Friday. In his alb
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
||OMEN DEAL Death
blow To MACHINE
Man At POLLS
Mayor Gill, Accused Of Permitting
Seattle to Become Home of -
Criminal Glasses, Goes
Down to Defeat
Chief Of Police Also Charged Witt
Farming Out Vice Privileges
to Syndicate.

SEATTLE, Wash. Feb. s.--Mayor
HI Gill. today. admitted that he had
been recalled at yesterdays election
and that there was no doubt that wo-
man suffrage had been responsible.
George Dilling, of the Citizens
Welfare league, was chosen mayor
by . plurality of about 1000. Gill, a
machine man, was elected last March
BY about $500 votes, although he only
carried the four downtown wards.
The recall was used on Gill as soon
IS the women were granted the right
Of suffrage. Gill appointed as Chief
Of Police, Charles wappenstein, or
mer Cincinnati detective. who was
dismissed under charges in the Ohio
city and who was later dismissed as
chief of detectives, OF Seattle.
II IL claimed by the recall leaders
that Chief Wappenstein farmed out
the vice privileges to a syndicate and
had collected large percentage OF
the receipts. Gill was accused OF per.
hitting Seattle to become the nome
Of the criminal classes.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
HIDES Gems IN
HUSBANDS SHOES
Boots Are Later Thrown Into the
Alley and Mrs. Rudolph Zuie-
back Is Out $500.

Following one brief trial, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph Zuieback, No. 1916
Nichigan-ave., are firmly convinced
that pair OF old shoes makes an ex-
tremely hazardous safety deposit
vault.
The Zuiebacks came to that con-
clusion after they made the startling
discovery that hubby's discarded
boots, containing about $500 worth OF
Jewels have been cast into the dis
card and dear only knows where the
gems are now.
On Dec. 90. Mrs. Zuieback. casting
about her for repository for the
family jewels. espied her husbands
shoes.
.Just the place." quoth she. NO
. bo6y will ever think OF looking for
them there"
Feb. 5, Mr.. Zuieback decided that he
was weary of looking at those old
shoes about the place. He promptly
picked them Up and threw them and
their precious burden into the ash bar
rel.
The hired girl then did her part
hobly. She carried the ash barrel to
the alley and the ash man did the rest.
Now, Mrs. Zuieback is awfully. sorry
. she did not tell her husband where
she hid the jewels. Mr.. Zuieback an
nounces that hereafter, there shall be
no hiding of valuables about the
premises. He is going to put all his
filth In Police Commissioner Crours
flying squadron and motorcycle men.
we hid the jewels for safekeeping,"
declared the husband II almost wish
burglars had come and got them now.
There would be some satisfaction In
knowing where they had gone"
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
Markets and Finance

Of the winter wheat belt, and the crop
outlook rs greatly improved. ihs 49,.
age sown last TAIL Was unusualiA iets
and even n mOderate crop on M W..
rrovide a great aeai ot wheat tnv
oears feel mat practically every tnlns
~ In tneIr favor. and pay niue AtAeh-
Iion TO the decrease IN receipts -. :.
Wheat Was easy cary on Nedhes1a,s
and the price lost NC. fnis. however,
vas recovered later. and the close vas
steady. Corn declined re aNu oat
were easy Clvverseed Was hilh' anu
timothy seed advanced loo,
Wheat quotations--1asn No l~u,
s3Lc. May opened without change ar
91lsc. declined 10 sc, and closeL ~
S7lac: July opened az sfec, aecIL, eu
10 s4c, and closed at 9iise; No ! white'
Coarse grain quotations: corn--cash
No. 3. 46Nc. No. yellow, Y cars AZ
iEae' No ! Eelio" ears w5 az ''y' cars RS
at a. nc: No. 4 white. cars at 4eis .
oats-standard. sac asked 40
RveDCash No /. SAVE, No 2. $50.
Beans--Cash. car at si9'' at S-'
cloverseed-Prime spot and March.
$3.50: sample. 10 bags at $500, 20 al
S7.2s. at 1915. s at So; prime alsike,
40; sample alsike, bags at $500
Timothy ssed--Prime spot 100 bags
at $3.50.
Receipts in the Detroit market on
"Wednesday. included 400 bbls OF Hour.
q cars OF corn. and 3 of oats. With
drawals were 400 bblS of -four. Stocks
are 45l,9l1 bu OF wheat, 3i0,2l2 bu of
corn. 1898 bu OF oats. 3,3l2 bu OF
barley. and S1.9s2 bu OF rye.
Primary wheat receipts were iob,ooO
bu. against al. 900 bu a year ago
LiYerpcol wheat closed n ~ nd ana
corn I'D lower.
Receipts OF wheat on Wednesday: ST.
Louis. $4,000 bu. against $500 bu a
as a year ago; Omaha. IL cars, against
-: Minneapolis. 17e cars. against t49;
30 cars. against 1873
Exports OF wheat and -four wednes-
day. $4,000 bu.
TOLEDO o., Feb S-Wheat--Cash,
sac. May. selsc: July, CSC Corn-Cash.
47c;, May. 5Ihe: July. 62Hc; Oats
Cioverseed--Cash and Feb. ss.55
March. ss.s2h: April, $3.50: Oct: $1.5s.
Paine. ss.s5: March. $40. Timothy
Prime. $50 Butter. eggs and hay,
CHICAGO GRAIN.
CHICAGO. Feb. S.-Opening: Nav
wheat up sc. July up sc. May corn
unchanged. July steady May oats
down &c. July steady. Provisions
lower.
&c. May oats were off &c. July oats
Close-May wheat or nc, July off
&c. May corn OF &C. July OF xc.
May oats down &c, July on 14c. Pro-
visions ruled weaker.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-09
NJ. Hayes, Tuesday.

Her refulgCnt charm OF spirit and de-
lightful wit, the gracious quality OF
voice and manner outshone the strik'
ing suitableness OF garb and deft arts
TIC touches OF the stage settings. New
trappings these for the lecture-plat'
form. but it's effective.
Miss Terry talked analytically about
shakespeare heroines, Ophelia, Por'
Tie, Desdemona, Lady Macbeth, Ros-
alind, and the rest, and found salts
faction in the reflection that they
were all--save the flower-scatterinr
Ophelia-women of fine stature, spirit
and health. radiant with individuality
and intellectually (smiles OF approval
on the faces OF the invincible equal
suffragists.) Ii vas woman's Wit,
she said. that stayed Shylock's knife
with the disagreeable warning about
the drop of blood in excess of the re-
ouirements OF the bond.
Then Miss Terry read the lines OF
some OF Shakespeare's heroines. The
spotlight baked. but 1t didn't matter
The readers art was sufficient 10
make the characters stand forth lum
inously in their triumphs and pathos
(Another demonstration of the mental
transcending the materially rstA
The brilliant audience that vel
coined the co-star OF the lamented
Irving in the handsome auditorium oil
the Knights of Columbus had living
testimony of the truth that great and
gracious women live outside OF the
immortal bard's portraiture. Nor did
the admiration OF the audience center
in the incompatible Terry alone. Mrs
George Johnston's presentation of the
actress in the name of the Twentieth
Century club was graceful prelim
.nary of the evenings delights. The
president of the club was superb in a
gown OF black velvet with trimming
of ermine.