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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15

suit Of the struggle for wealth. 'sThls
struggle FOR wealth is wrecking the
health Of the American people" he
said and we are becoming a nation
of nervous wrecks" The deans per-
spective is wrong. we are afraid. His
attention is centered on a group which
is very small-only wee decimal
fraction Of the 9O,OOO.0OO of US.
he is dwelling so near some of the
hercest strugglers and nervous wrecks
that he overestimates their number.
Let him look out and abroad and see
the army OF everyday workers not
striving 10 corner" anything, but To
do their share in life FOR home and
for country. and living in content
with what they win. They are there
by the million, like the uneventful
good In the history Of the day. so
peaceful that ii never gets into the
news" but after all making for the
great bedrock progress and prosper
ity OF the nation.
The dean may warn the grabbers
and strugglers Of ST. Nitus. but the
nation is I'm no danger.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15

lette or anybody else TO figure on this
nomination in that year. by that
time most OF the difficult problems of
the present hour would be solved or
in condition for solution and the work
of the presidency, instead OF being con-
fined to agitation, would result In
much constructive legislation along
well defined progressive lines. Besides,
the chances for success in 1916 pre-
sumably would be much greater than
in 1912. But this. also is mat
to- for the future To determine.
The Roosevelt furry for 1912 has
begun To subside. Judging from the
talk of men on both sides of the
Republican presidential questions there
is today much less likelihood Of
his nomination next year than there
appeared to be yesterday and the COM
mittee and in both houses of con-
gress have Zen applying the logic of
the situation TO those who have thought
the Roosevelt nomination certain and
the result has been "A decided stiffening
OF the backbones Of the Taft men.
That Roosevelt is factor in the nom
nation problem and under certain cir
cumstances may be the candidate is
still a possibility but that this will
be the result is no longer assumed To
be inevitable.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15
BREAKS UP A GOLD
AND CURES GRIPPE.


You can surely end Grippe and
break up the most severe cold either
In head, chest, back, stomach or
limbs, by taking dose Of Pape's Cold
Compound every two hours until three
consecutive doses are taken.
1t promptly relieves the most mser-
able headache, dullness. head and nose
stuffed up. feverishness. sneezing. sore
throat, mucuous catarrhal discharge.
running of the nose. soreness, stiffness
and rheumatic twinges.
Take this harmless Compound as
directed. without interference with
your usual duties and with the knowl-
edge that there is no other medicine
made anywhere else in the world which
will cure your cold or end Grippe mis-
cry as promptly and without any other
assistance or bad after effects as n
25-cent package of Pape's Cold Conn
pound. which any druggist in the
world can supply
Papes Cold Compound is the result
Of three yeas research at q cost OF
more than fifty thousand dollars, and
contains no quinine. which we hava
conclusvely demonstrated is net eff
fective i'm the treatment of colds OF
grippe.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15
La EoLLErrE illuminated.

La Toilette appears TO have been
almost obliterated as a possible presi-
dental candidate. as the result OF the
sentiment which has developed for
Roosevelt. This is the apparent result
of the meeting of the national Repub-
lican committee. Hardly a Tember
of the committee believes his nomi-
nation possible no matter what the
condition ia Chicago al June. They
frankly say that II win be Tart or
Roosevelt And after thinking ii all
over they now. for the most part,
mention Taft first.
However, there Is quite a general as
sent To the proposition that the devel-
opment of Roosevelt sentiment at this
time insures his nomination in 1916 ana
that there will be no use for Ia Fol-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15

meeting place OF the next Republican
convention was made 10y a large ma
iority of the Republican committee.
and viii be generally satisfactory to
the party.
Equally satisfactory viii be the de-
cision of the committee 20 leave the
manner Of selecting delcsatss-whether
by primary elections or by state con-
ventions-to the Organization OF the
party i'm the several states. That was
expected To be the outcome of the
discussion. There wa no reason in
the world why the national committee
should take upon itself the response
bility OF instructing the states TO Sc
lect their delegates iu a particular
way. That would be The function Of
the convention. should the convention
choose to assume il. but there was
no warrant for the national committee
to arrogate such power
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15
GOOD CONVENTION TOWN.

Chicago Is a very good place Tor a
national convention. II is centrally To-
Gated. and therefore easy of access. II
has adequate hotel accommodations
for crowd Of any size, and conveA
ton hall sufficiently capacious for
reasonable requirements. Chicago wds
the scene of the first national conven-
ton of the Republican party which
was followed by a Republican victory.
II was the scene OF the last Repub-
lican convention, and the nominee of
that convention. President Taft was
elected. The choice of Chicago as the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15

member, of the New York., Stock Ex-'
change. six years later the firm OF
washington +. Common and company
was formed, with Jay Gould as one OF
the partners. In many of the great
stock market deals with which the
name Of Jay Gould was associated Mr..
Conner participated. Familiar with
the railroad and other business In
which Jay Gould had taken a leading
part. Mr.. Conner. long after the death
of the noted financier. was frequently
commissioned by the Gould heirs TO
consummate various railroad plans
His association with the Gould inter-
ests continued until his retirement
from active business n short time ago.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15
THIS is MY 62ND BIRTHDAY"

Washington, IL. Common, who figured
prominently In Wall street affairs for
many years, was born in New York,
December Is, 1S49. and received his
education In the public schools OF the
metropolis. At the age of %, after
having served an apprenticeship as a
clerk in a banking house, he became a
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15
WRONG PERspEcTluE-

Dean Walter T. Sumner OF ST. Peter
and Paul Episcopal Cathedral in Chi
cago tells Y NJ. &. A. members that
St Vitus will soon become the patron
saint Of the American people as a re-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15

We are getting back 10 the good
old days when a day that Col Roose-
Welt ala not furnish at least one head
liner for the daily papers was con-
sidered a very dun one
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15

II each one woulS devote a little O.
his Christmas money 70 make SONS
poor tot happy, santa Claus would
proIong his stay in this community
and not a single home would De miss
cd. JUST think IL over.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15

Pour prospective jurors in the beef
cases were excused because they could
not define the words irrelevant
elimination, excessive ~elucidate,
"untrammelei~ and interstate" Try
Ing 20 reduce The trial 10 a high school
debate?
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15

j. Pierpont Morgan is said 20 have
bought five expensive tapestries from
King Alfonso Maybe Al is getting
ready 20 move.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15

Dr. Eliot went an the way TO Ceylon
20 boz operated on for appendicitis. Evil
IDENTIFY ne objects 20 the high cost of
appendicitis In the United States.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15
FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1911.

Aside from furnishing copy for the
Congressional Record our representa-
tives in Washington are doing moth
ing.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15

In Japan among the poorer classes
fully one-third of the marriages end
I'm divorce.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-15
Siiverware.

Good weight nickel
silver knives and
forks at per set, $1.25
and So. 25.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
eLArES B.NeNAI1ARA
VIM Building and Causing Of twenty Men.

day. It is as follows:
Il, James B. Mcnamara, defendant
in the case of the people. having here
tofOre pleaded guilty to the crime Of
murder, desire to make this statement
of facts:
And this is the truth:
"On the night of September 30,
1910, at 5:45 p. m, I placed in Ink
Alley, a portion of the Times building.
suit case containing 16 sticks Of so
per cent dynamite set to explode at 1
o'clock the next morning. 1t was my
intention to injure the building and
scare the owner.
4 did not intend to take the life of
anyone. 1 sincerely regret that these
unfortunate men lost their lives II
the giving of my life would bring
them back / would gladly give IT, In
fact in pleading guilty to murder in
the first degree I have placed my life
in the hands of the state.
JAMES b. Mona MARA"
The confession covers one side OF
an ordinary sheet Of paper and was
written with a fountain pen supplied
by one of the attorneys. 1t probably is
the only written statement of the case
that ever will be made by the writer
or his brother, John J. Mcnamara,
who pleaded guilty to dynamiting the
LleWellyn Iron works
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

To-Day.
The president defended the Sherman
act as interpreted by the supreme
court of the UNITED States, indicated
plainly his opposition to the repeal of
the amendment of this statute. but
suggested that congress pass a federal
incorporation law and supplemental
legislation that would describe and
denounce methods of competition that
are unfair"
To supervise corporations chartered
under federal law, President Taft pro-
posed the creation of an executive bu-
reau, or commission, with powers akin
to those of the interstate commerce
Speaking Of the much discussed
dissolution of the Tobacco trust, the
president declared that in his opinion
mot in the history of American law
has a decree more effective for such
purpose been entered by a court
Portions of his message of January,
1910, proposing federal Incorporation
were referred to in this message.
Il renew" continued the president,
the recommendations of the enact
ment of a general law providing for
the voluntary formation of corpora
tons to engage in trade and COM
merce among the states and with for
eign nations. 1t is even more mani
fest now than it was then that the
denunciation of conspiracies in re-
SITalnI OF ITaQ6 SnOulQ not, ana QOeS
not. mean the denial of organizations
large enough to be entrusted with our
interstate or foreign trade It has
been made more clear now than it
statute like the antitrust law may
well be supplemented by specific pro-
visions for the building up and reg
ulation of legitimate national and for
eign commerce."
The supplemental legislation the
president desires, is explained in
paragraph, 1.-The attempt and purpose
to suppress competitor by undersell-
ing him at a price so Improbable as
to drive him out of business, or the
making of exclusive contracts with
customers under which they are re-
quired to give up associations with
other manufacturers and numerous
kindred methods for sitting compeu-
ton and effecting monopoly, should
be described with sufficient accuracy
in a criminal statute, on the one hand
to enable the government to shorten
it's task by prosecuting single misde-
meanors instead of an entire conspir-
acy, and, on the other hand, to serve
the purpose of pointing out more in
detail to the business community what
must be avoided
Mr.. Taft did not attempt to set
forth the details of the federal incor-
poration act he recommended, but
suggested that com binations OF capt.
tai allowed to become federal corpor-
atoms should be subject to rigid rules
as to organization and procedure, in
GLIDING effective publicity, and to the
closest supervision" as to stock and
bond issues by the proposed executive
bureau or commission in the COM
merce and labor department.
Federal incorporation. the president
declared would not exempt any con-
Germ or its officers from prosecution
under the Sherman act for Illegal acts
Such an act could be framed so as to
prevent ~vexatious and unnecessary
6cnntin1,ad on Page Tan.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
CLARK HEADQUARTERS.
Opened in St. Louis and in the
Speakers Home Town.

st. Louis. Dec. 5.-Wfthout consult
ing Speaker Champ Clark, his friends
have opened city headquarters here
and state headquarters at Louisiana,
Mo, to further the movement to Sc
cure for the Missourian the Demo-
cratic nomination for the presidency
in 1912.
An open letter, subscribed to by a
local committee of ten leading Demo-
Gratis and like number from as many
cities and towns in the state, recites.
in part, as follows, what they believe
to be Speaker Clark's chief qualiff-
cations as a claimant to the nominal
ton:
THE speakers record invites scru-
tiny. He is conservative yet progress
sive. He would make a vigorous and
popular canvass of the country. He
would carry his home state by an
overwhelming vote. He would satisfy
each wing of the Democratic party.
He would not alarm any honest bust
ness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
GET YOUNG FORGER.
Son of Wealthy Farmer Charged With
$1,000 Fraud.

New York. Dec. 5.-After a six
weeks chase that led from Chicago to
San Francisco and other cities on the
Pacific coast and thence back across
the continent, detectives for the
American Bankers association today
have under arrest James F. Long, %
years old, said to be the son of a
prominent planter of Robertsville,
Mo, on the charge of having forged a
check for $4,000 on the First National
bank of Chicago.
According to an alleged confession,
Long was given the spurious check to
cash by F. L. Prick, since arrested,
an employee in the brokerage firm of
Francis Brothers & Company of st.
Louis, of which former Governor
David r. Francis of Missouri is the
head.
Frick furnished him transportation
to Chicago, it is alleged, whence he
returned to ST Louis with the pro-
ceeds of the check and after giving
Prick part of the money, started on
his continental tour. He had but ten
cents in his pocket and was hunting q
Job when discovered on Broadway by
def ectiVeS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
MCNAMARAS SENTENCED.

Quentin prison. one more year than
had been predicted.
The McNamaras were taken from
the court room back to the jail Their
counsel left the room with them and
the crowd filed out, laughing and chat
ting. Judge Bordwell also left at once,
returning to his cham bers.
Early Incidents.
Two hours before court opened 500
curious men and women Assem- bIed
about the corridors of the hall of rec
ords to catch a last glimpse of the
prisoners. One hundred men detailed
from the sheriff's force of deputies
marshaled the thrOng into line along
the several flights of stairs leading
from the basement of the hall of rec
ords to the eighth floor, where Judge
Bordwells court is located
The Mcnamara brothers faced the
prospect of sentence with more than
equanimity. They rose in good spirits
and made rapid work of a big break
fast of ham and eggs. coffee and coun-
try sausage. James B. Mcnamara
smilingly met the greetings of his
guards, while John J. appeared to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
NO BLACKLIST
Lumber Dealers Deny the Allegations
of the Government.

Denver, Dec. 5.-The Colorado and
Wyoming Lumber Dealers association
has filed in the federal court an answer
to the governments suit charging viola
ton of the Sherman antitrust law. Ad-
hitting the truth of many of the conten-
tions set up in the complaint, the
swer denies that the defendants asso-
citation is engaged in restraint of trade IN
any way and that it's principal duty is the
dissemination of information of the lum-
Der business among its members.
The association contends that by the
natural law of trade retailers object to
wholesalers selling direct to consumers
and that such sales are made clandes-
timely. The answer declares there is no
blacklist and that each member acts as
he sees fit when informed of the names
of wholesalers who sell direct to con-
sumers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
MOB OF GIRLS.
They Attack PrOprietOrs of the
Triangle Waist Factory
In Which 146 Lost Their Lives
by Fire.

New York, Dec. 5.-A mob of 800
women, survivors of the Triangle
waist factory fire, in which 146 girls
lost their lives, attacked Isaac Harris
and Max Blanck, proprietors of the
waist company, when the men ap-
peared in court today to stand trial
for alleged manslaughter. All the
court officers in the building and the
police reserves were called out to
check the assailants.
With torn clothing and disheveled
hair, the defendants were finally releas-
ed and escorted under heavy police pro-
lection to the court room. The women
had been summoned as witnesses for
the prosecution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
TALK TO AID CLUB
Seth Brown and Frank A Gray VIII
Speak Tonight.

Seth Brown, editor of the STANDARD
Advertiser of Chicago, and Frank A.
Gray of the F. A. Gray Advertising
agency CT Kansas City, No, speak this
evening before the members of the To-
peka Ad clue. AS both men are promi-
nent in advertising circles in the coun-
try, there will probably be a full turn
out of the members. The meeting will
be held in the Commercial club par
Iors at o'clock.
Mr.. Brown has the distinction of
having handled the Force and Sun
ny JIM ads which were formerly run
in the State Journal and which are
known from one end of the country
to the other, and Mr.. Gray has pro-
NOTED many successful advertising
canpaignS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
FINDS DRIVER DEAD
Auto Safely Crosses Busy Network of
Tracks.

Wichita, Kan, Dec. s. Benjamin
A Marshall, a real estate dealer, 81
years old, died at the steering wheel
of his motor car here this morning
while leaving for trip to Mulvane. Kan.
Marshalls lifeless hands gripped the
steering wheel and the car passed over
the network of tracks at the Santa Fe
railroad grade crossing on Douglas
avenue, the city's main street.
HI. E. Osborne, who rode in the rear
seat of Marshalls car, observed that
Marshalls body was leaning on the
steering wheel and that the man was
dead.
Osborne stopped the car as it col
Iided with a telephone pole.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
SAVED BY GUARDS.
Times Building Was Marked for a Sec
Ond Explosion.

Ond Explosion.
Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. Str another
dose Of dynamite doesn't unIonize Los
Angeles we will blow up the waterworks
and explode enough mines to burn the
city. We can give them until 1915, and
If they haven't mended their ways by
then we will make that riace an ex-
ample the world will always remember
This, according to a heretofore unpub-
lished portion OF Ortie AIcManiEal's con-
fession, was the substance OF a threat
made by the McNamaras after they had
blown up the Los Angeles Times AMI
killed twenty-one OF its employees.
The plan was discussed. McManigai
said in connection with his trip to Los
Angeles last Christmas when he blew UP
the Llewellyn Iron Works. the crime to
which John J. Mcnamara pleaded guilty
of being the instigator.
MECHANICAL. who was ]. B. McNamara's
chief assistant in more than a score OF
dynamite outrageS. was sent 70 give
the Times second dose" Undeterred
by the appalling loss of life in the Times
disaster, the McNamaras determined 70
break the defiant spirit OF Cen Harrison
Gray Otis. owner OF the Times. by placing
a bomb against the auxiliary plant hi
which the paper was published after ITS
main building was destroyed McManf-
gal confessed that he came fully intend
ing TO blow up the auxiliary plant.
But when ! got here" explained Nc
Manigal. when retellinR his story, Il
found the place so closely guarded that
I couldn't do anything without taking
some lives. So far I am aware my
stun never killed anybody. ] was always
careful to set my clocks to go of when
there would be nobody on the job.
And I wasn't going 10 be a murderer
even to get the Times so I took tho
suitcase bomb which had brought on q
passenger train from Chicago and left Il
at the Llewellyn Iron Works"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

association of commerce Just before
arguments were begun today on a
motion to make permanent the tenn
weeks ago.
This probably will be granted, as
the government already has appealed
the case on the temporary injunctions
States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

today by Judge Walter BordweH- His
brother John J. Mcnamara, secretary
of the International Association OF
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
who confessed to the dynamiting Of
the. Llewellyn Iron works. was sen
Aenced to 5 years in the penitentiary.
? Twenty-one persons lost their lives il
the Times disaster. No one was killed
in tn. Llewe1Iyn Iron works affair
imprisonment will be in San Quen-
tin -pen.tentiary.
Hear We. hear We. hear vel" cried
the bai.iff at 1928 o'clock. opening
court, and as he spoke Judge Bordwen
mounted the bench. A moment later
Attorney Clarence S. Darrow, chief of
counsel for the defense. followed by
Lecompte Davis and Joseph Scott en-
tered. Behind them traiIed the Nc
NamEras.
Are you ready to proceed?'' asked
Judge BordWeu-
The state is said Fredericks. and
read j. B. McNamara's confession
amid absolute silence. This is the
confession sent out in the morning
dispatches.
Murder in First Degree.
rs that statement eorreet?" said the
court.
TT is" said Mcnamara
Then the court fnds.'' said the judge.
that the degree of guilt of the defend
ant is murder in the first degree.
James 3. Mcnamara, you may STAND
uD.'' he said.
What is your full name?"
James Boyd Mcnamara said the
prisoner.
The court then began formal state
ment reciting the indictment for muir
der of Charles j. Haggerty upon which
McNamara pleaded guilty and asked
Mcnamara if he had any statement to
make
Il have not he said.
Have you anything to say?" he ask
There has been no dickering or bar
gaining in this matter he said
counsel on the other side are well
- ware Of the usual custom Of granting
clemency to persons pleading gullty-
This defendant by so pleading has set
tied for all time a question Wn1ch oIn-
erwise would always have been IN
doubt. He saves the state great ex-
nense and served the state in other
ways"
The Courts Comment.
1.-The defendant will arise, SAID Judge
Rordwell. and commented upon NC
Nanaras's declaration that he did not
intend 10 destroy life
..-The circumstances are against that
statement" he said "A man VINO WI
Mace J6 sticks of dynamite in place
where YOU. as a printer. knew gas was
burning in many places and knew
many we're toiling. must have had no
regard for life; must nave been muir
derer at heart and undeserving OF
FOR reasons other than such plea
of nonfntent, Judge BOrdwell declared,
he would impose the penalty OF I'M
prisonm ent for life
John ]. Mcnamara came next The
TJe1vellyn Iron works Indictment was
read to him by the judge. He said
he had nothing to say. District At
t9rney Fredericks. however, said that
fas in the other case the plea OF gullty
rerrff+ed consideration. but pleaded
that the defendant. John J. Mcnamara.
be given "a few years of freedom at
the END Of his life"
structures against James B. Mcnamara
would also apply to him.
CIemency. he declared, was not be-
cause of merit as to intent He then
imposed sentence of 10 years in San