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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
N MAN|GAL HAS
PROBABLY TOLD
Story Before Grand Jury
Probably Related to Open
Shop Explosions

Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 9.-What-
ever Ortic T.. McNtanigal, the con-
fessed dynamiter. knows about the
completely of others besides the Nc
Namara brothers in the blowing up of
more than 100 open shop" struc-
lures in various sections of the coun-
try in the last five or six years is be-
lieved to have been related by him
in his preliminary story before the
federal grand jury today.
Taken from his cell in the federal
building. where he had been lodged
before daylight after his secret trip
in the custody Of government officials
from Los Angeles, Cal, McManigal.
the confessed accomplice of John j.
and James b. Mcnamara, went be-
fore the jurors after his written con-
fession had been presented in detail.
That the prisoner will be kept in
attendance on the grand jury for ten
days or two weeks was indicated by
the intention Of United States At
tor ~ Charles w. Miller to have him
repeat his entire confession.
McManigal processes to have per-
sonal knowledge Of at least thirty of
the explosions which destroyed via
ducts. bridges and other structures
erected by firms employing non-union
men.
The grand jury devoted much at
tention today to witnesses from Tiffin,
Ohio. where last April $40 pounds of
dynamite were found by detectives
stored in a barn in the rear of the
home of James L. McManigal, father
Of Ortie.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
ROOM FOR GRAFT
Indian Administration Affords Plent
of Chance ON Speculation.

Indian Administration Affords Plenty
of Chance on Speculation.
Warrington. Jan. 9.-Indian. affairs,
even under the best possible adminis-
trAtton. are peculiarly field for the
CRATER and all other wrongdoers, is
the frank admission made by Robert
g. Valentine. commissioner Of Indian
affairs. in his annual report made to-
day to the secretary Of the interior.
The lands and the moneys of the
Indians. he continues, ''offer a bait
which the most satiated will not re-
fuse, and frequently whole commu-
nifty will get on the wrong track
toward the Indians. To offset this,
not only publicity as to Indian affairs,
but the freest discussion of all diver
gent views with regard to them is es-
sential:"
Commissioner Valentine declares
that tribal organization is breaking up
and that "the point Of evolution thus
reached Is almost epochal. for 1t
marks the time when each Indian be-
gins to stand forward as his own busi-
ness man. and In measure. reaches
the status Of white citizens"
In keeping with the determination
OF the bureau to give the Indian every
opportunity to become industrious,
Mr.. Valentine declares that lat least
s145,000 Of the years expenditures
for the Indian office was paid to In
dians for labor: and the reclamation
service. on the four projects 1t is con-
structtng for the Indian service, paid
out $4,000 for Indian labor.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
WHY HARVEY QUIT
Now Said Wilson Felt Editors Sup.
port Did Governor Harm.


port Did Governor Harm.
New York. Jan. ga story tele-
graphed to the New York World from
Washington last night may contain
the key to whatever mystery there is
in the reported breach between Col.
Harvey and Governor Wilson. II
reads:
IAN interesting revelation here to,
day was that Col. Harvey had been
asked to withdraw his support from
Woodrow Wilson for the reason that
1t was hurting Wilson.
ut was said that Democratic con-
gressmen who talked with Col. Har-
vey when he was here recently re-
joiced that the break had come be-
cause Col. Harvey has told in the
same breath of, a visit to Thomas r.
Ryan. mt his country place in Virgin
la and the bright prospects of Will
sons nomination and election.
Friends Of Mr.. Wilson say that
Col. Harvey spent some days at the
Ryan farm, and then came here on
his way to New York and talked very
enthusiastically of what Wilson would
do at the convention. He left the
impression that Ryan was supporting
Wilson. This. caupled with the story
that j. Pierpont Morgan backs Har-
per's. was doing Mr.. Wilson more
harm than good. they said, and Mr.
Wilson objected"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
THE Wisconsin
Law IS UPHELD
State Income Tax Feature
Sustained by Supreme
Court -.


Madison. Wis. Jan. 9.-The legality
of the income tax law enacted by the
last legislature was sustained in de-
cision by the supreme court today.
by this act" the court stated. the
legislature has, in substance. declared
the states system of taxation has been
changed from the system of the uni
form taxation of property (Which SD
far as personal property is concerned
has proved a failure) to the system
which shall be a combination of two
ideas, namely: taxation of personal
property progressively according to
the ability pay, and the taxation of
real property uniformly according to
value"
The principal suit was to test the
validity of the measure and Was
brought by Harry W. Bolens Of Port
Washington against Secretary Of State
Trear. State Treasurer Dahl and the
members Of the state tax commission.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
Father Severely Burned in
Efforts to Save Home
and Family
WIFE AND ONE CHILD WERE
SAVED FROM The FLAMES
Father Rushed to Second Floor to
Put Out Fire But Was Overcome by
Smoke and Flames and Fell Back
Down the Stairs.

Brainerd. Mimi, Jan. s.-Five chill
drcn # Irwin Carlile were burned to
death and Carlile was seriously burn.
ed in fire which destroyed the Carl
lie residence at Motley. small town
twcnty-three miles west of here last
night.
The dead are: Myrl. 13 years old;
Millie. II: Pansy, 8; Ida. 5, and Bes-
sic. 2. Mrs. Carlile and one daugh-
tor. Pearl. a twin sister of Myrl, were
saved.
Tho fire broke out at 9:30 o'clock
last night. due. 1t is believed. to a de-
fecttvc stove pipe. When the blaze
was discovered the father ran to tho
second floor Of the house to extin-
guish the flames. but he was over
come by the fire and smoke and fell
back downstairs. severely burned. Un.
mindful of his own wounds. however,
ne sought to save his daughters and
his wife. He was taken to the Brain
crd hospital.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
PLAYING ADR0|T
POLITICAL GAME
Taft Followers Say Roose-
velt Is Taking Care of the
Publicity

- ss - . .
Salem, Ore. Jan. "a petit
ton to place the name of Theo- ="
dore Roosevelt on the primary =
ballot for president was received
today by the secretary OF state.
II was filed by Oliver II. Hickey
of Portland, who stated that L.
600 signatures could be secured
'at a moments notice." and that
more would be solicited when the
form of petition was approved by
the secretary.
. .
New York. Jan. 9-The New York
Herald SAYS:
That the way is being cleared for
Senator Robert NJ. LaTollette of Wis
consin to retire gracefully from the
thrce-cornered contest for the Repub-
lican presidential contest and leave the
field open to President Taft and Theo-
dore Roosevelt, was the opinion today
of those who have taken an active
part in the movement to defeat Presi-
dent Taft for denomination. With
the withdrawal of Senator LaFollette,
the progressives, it is said Will concen-
trate their forces in an effort to nomi-
nate Mr.. Roosevelt.
James r. Garfield of Ohio, who was
President Roosevelt's secretary of the
interior and who has been one of the
leaders in the La Toilette movement,
came to New York on a secret mis-
sion. He conferred with Mr.. Roose-
Welt and it is the belief of politicians in
the Roosevelt camp that Mr.. Garfield
came as an emissary from Senator La
Toilette. Mr.. Garfield refused to talk
to the reporters and Mr.. Roosevelt
declared that he had no statement to
make in regard to his political posi-
ton.
Within the last week Mr.. Roosevelt
has had three score OF more oppor-
tunities to end all the political spccu-
lation connecting his name with the
presidential nomination by declaring
that "in no circumstances will I again
be candidate for or accept another
nomination"
These were the words he used in
that historic statement which he is-
sued at the white house on election
night in November. 1904. His silence
has led not only his own friends and
political supporters hut those who are
advocating the renomnation of Presi-
dent Taft. to the conclusion that Mr..
Roosevelt Is at least a receptive can.
didate.
Playing Adroit Game
There We're those who pointed out
today that Mr.. Roosevelt is playing a
very aurOll game OF p0HtiCS. support
ers of President Taft assert that Mr..
Roosevelt realizes that every day he
postpones making a definite state
ment as to his intentions his name
will figure conspicuously in the news
paper headlines.
His opponents assert that Mr..
Roosevelt fully appreciates the value
of advertising and that the great
amount of newspaper space that is be-
ing given to him just at this time ac-
counts for his sphinxlike silence.
On the other hand, friends of Mr..
Roosevelt explain his failure to define
his attitude by declaring that should
he come out in the open his enemies
would assert that the friends of Presi-
dent Taft had succeeded finally in
smoking him out" In hsi own good
time they assert, Mr.. Roosevelt will
state his position in language that can
not be misconstrued.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
Had Criminal Record

San Francisco. Jan. 9---John McNa-
mara arrested in New York on a
charge Of having robbed the Bank of
New Westminster, a branch of the
tember Is last. has long criminal
record, according to local detective
agency.
Mcnamara bore the aliases of John
z. McNab, Big Mac" and "Austral-
ian Mac" In 1899 he was arrested
in Boston on burglary charge. In
1900 he was arrested in Cleveland on
a charge of bank robbery but was ac-
quilted. He also was arrested in AUS
tralia on a charge of bank robbery.
During the Schmitz- Reuf regime in
San Francisco, Mcnamara is said to
have enjoyed many privileges and con-
Quoted notorious resort known as
1.-The Turtle"
Later he and BILLY" Gallagher con-
Quoted another resort known as
Toms Cabin
Mcnamara was traced last August
to Portland, thence to Seattle and to
Vancouver, Ii. c. He was in Vancou-
Yer in August and 1t was the month
following that the New Westminster
bank was robbed.
1t was through McNamara's family
in this city that he was finally To-
Gated. He had sent $1,000 to his wife,
San Francisco. Through the forward
ing of the money. Mcnamara was To-
Gated in New York. Mcnamara had
been associated with man named
Barrett. who is said to be serving time.
Barrett is now believed by local de-
tectives to have been connected will,
the New Westminster bank robbery.
Barrett robbed the First National bank
of San Francisco of 100000 in 1904
and served five years in San Quentin,
John Mcnamara was arrested here
last night by central officers and pri-
vate detectives. Eleven hundred dol
lars was found in his wallet and de-
tectives are searching the city for
$4,000 Of the banks funds which
he is believed to have brought to New
York.
For ten days Mcnamara has been
under surveillance after travelling
over the United States and Canada for
more than two months, 1t Is said. Po-
lice headquarters here first learned
Of his arrival through tip that some
one was trying to exchange a large
amount Of Canadian money for Amer
lean currency. Money brokers and
the men who approached them were
shadowed until the trail. they said,
led them to McNamara's lodgings. No
money. however. was found there.
Negotiations for McNamara's arrest
between the police here and the Can.
adian authorities ended this after
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09

noon with the issuance OF warrant.
Two private detectives and two from
police headquarters arrested McNa-
mara on "A street in Harlem. He sub
mitted quietly. asked to see the war
ant. and after reading ii smiled and
said: II am greatly relieved. l
thought 1t was some more serious
charge"
In addition to larceny. Mcnamara
is charged with tlynamiting the banks
safe and binding and gaGgina chi
nese watchman. Mcnamara joked
with his captors when urged to con-
fess and said he was travelling over
the country, looking for a good To-
cation to open Il cafe. The police
say he was once proprietor of the
Turtle" cafe in San Francisco and
then "Tom's Cabin" cafe in Los An
geles. He admitted. the police say,
that he was in British Columbia at
the time the bank was robbed and
had lived al the Strand hotel in Van
rauver afterward, but declined to say
anything further.
Mcnamara will be arraigned to-
morrow. Assistant Police Commits
sioner Dougherty said last night that
the British consul here coincidcntly
ada.
For nearly fifteen years, the police
asserts. Mcnamara has been known
to the authorities throughout the
country.
The crime witt. which Mcnamara
Is charged. the police declare. was
committed by four men. who entered
the New Westminster branch of the
Sank of Montreal on the night of
September "a. and after binding tho
watchman and dynamiting the safe.
departed so heavily laden with loot
that they wrapped it In pillow slips
and sheets and had to use an auto
mobile to get away. They dropped
$4,000 bundle of hills in their haste,
and. finding that they had more than
they could carry. hid $4,000 beneath
a sidewalk
Two hundred and forty thousand
dollars of the stolen money was
negotiable, lacking. however, the sig
| nature Of the banks officials.
Six weeks later a bank in Buffalo
received $1.005 in the stolen bills, de-
posted, the police declare, by a pool
room keeper. The bank is said to
have asked the depositor where he
procured it, and upon his failure to
give an answer, the money was con-
f1scated.
Although the detectives trailing
Mcnamara could have arrested him
at any time within the last two
hove that he would reveal the hiding
place of the loot. Whether he had
done so the police last night declined
to say. They did declare. however.
/ that he had been positively identified
as the man who cranked the automo-
bile in which cracksmen fed from
the bank with the money.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
DEMOCRATS ARE
FOR HARMONY
Jackson Day Dinner was oc-
casion for Great Gather.
ing Of Leaders.

Warrington. Jan. s.-Democratic
leaders Of the country at the jackson
day dinner here tonight urged their
followers to stop fighting each other
and to assatl the common enemy, the
republican party, with a united front.
Governor Woodrow Wilson. New Jer-
sey. Speaker. Champ Clark, William j.
Bryan. WillS.n Randolph Hearst, Jo-
seph w. Folk and other democratic
chieftains who differed in the past,
Joined unanimously In plea for har.
victory would follow.
1t was . tumultuous dinner. In
which prospective candidates for the
presidential nomination shared the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
TWO BAN.'.ERS
OF ALASKA HELD
Are Charged With Fraudu-
lent Banking and They
Pleaded Not Guilty

juneau. Alaska. Jan. 9.--Clem II.
Summers. former president OF the
First National bank OF Juaeau and
Stewart G.. Holt, former casl.ier of
the Juneau bank, entered pleas of not
guilty yesterday 10 the indictments re-
turned against them by the grand Jury
charging them with fraudulent bank
ing. Roth are at liberty on bonds
pending trial. The indictments
against the two bankers contains
fifty-siX counts.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
SHOULD BE TAGGED
Priest Says They Should Wear Ring as
Warning to Girls.

Aurora. ILL.,. Jan. 9.-Married men
ought to be compelled by law to wear
sign Of their estate. a gold band on
the fourth finger of the right hand,
according to the Rev. Leon Linden. a
prominent priest of Aurora. He says.
ut would be a look kbefore-you-leap'
admonition to girls more eloquent
than wealth of worldly warming"
He says: The ring has always
the adornment of the wife, the nun,
the bishop. and the king. to signify
their fidelity to the position they hold
In lifa
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
TELEPHONE SOLD.

Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. BY an agree
ment entered into here today by the
Nebraska Bell Telephone company
and the Lincoln telephone and tele-
graph company. the Bell company has
agreed to sell all its properties in
twenty-five counties in the south Plat
tes section OF Nebraska to the inde-
pendent interests for $2,225.750..
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
NEW HEALTH RULES

Madison. Wis. Jan. 9.-The state
board of health issued new rules to-
day, one of which makes the prohi-
bition Of drinking cups apply to all
public buildings. An opinion on the
term public buildings" has been ask
ed Of the attorney general
Another rule requires the minimum
period for quarantine for scarlet fever
shall be three weeks and school chill
dren with the disease must remain
out Of school for six weeks.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
GRAND FORKS TUESDAY, JANUARY

OF order and Mr.. Bryan at once ap-
Pealed from the decision of the chair.
he saw. in this ruling the defeat Of
tne protest against Colonel Guffey;
ana asserted that the committee had
a perfect right to pass upon the eligi-
otlity OF its members. Mr.. Bryan
seemed to realize from the first that
ne had been beaten. but he went into
the fray undaunted. Mack was sus-
tained SO to Is votes by states inciud :
Ing among the ayes: Minnesota and
North Dakota, among the nays: South
Dakota.
rl North Dakota's Vote.
The vote by states was as follows:
Ayes-Alamaba. Arkansas. Califor-
MIA, Connecticut. Florida, Georgia
Idaho. Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Ken
tucky. Maine, Maryland. Massachu.
setts. Michigan, Minnesota, Mississip-
pi, Missouri, Montana. New Hahp-
shire. New York, North Carolina
North Dakota, Ohio. Oklahoma, Texas
Vermont. Virginia. Washington. West
Virginia, Wyoming. Alaska and
Hawaii.
Nays-Colorado, Delaware, I.ouisi.
ana. Nebraska. New Jersey, Oregon
Rhode Island. South Carolina. South
Dakota. Utah, Wisconsin, District OF
Columbia and New Mexico.
Then the Guffey-P Palmer case was
taken up. The committee had hoped
TO dispose of 1t In an hour. 1t reuuir-
ed nearly three. Senator Stone made
one Of the principle speeches for Col
onel Guffey. He made an appeal for
harmony. Chairman Mack had done
likewise in calling the committee to
Stat, resolutions committee wa,
ays" Hist . ~ Clark Howell of Geor,
ssisss,s: s;i 8 - sSs2ss' ,"t 81 sf'' ts! fs'
committee are John :. McGraw OF
West virginia; Homer Cummings OF
Connecticut; Thomas H. Brown OF
Vermont and w. e. Brady Of Okla.
homa. 1t is said the committee will
approve of primaries in the states
with primary laws and will leave tc
the various state committees whether
primaries shall be held in other iur.
isdictions. Such a resolution ha.
been offered by Senator Chamberlain
OF Oregon. Each state would have tc
take care Of It's own primary expense.
There will he nothing mandatory ir
the primary resolution.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
DOCTOR WEBSTER
DENIES STORY
Had No Part in or Knowl-
edge of the Mize MUIR
der in 1905

Chicago. Jan. s-Dr. Harry Web.
ster, who is in the county Jail at Ore
gon. ILL.,, under an Indictment for the
murder of his wife, Bessie Kent Web
ster. declared absurd the story which
connects his name with the murder of
Mrs. r. E. Mize in 1905, according to
the detectives who returned here to.
day after questioning him.
Webster admitted having roomed
at the home of Mrs. Letitia Moul,on.
who told the officials of her suspicious
that Webster might have been impli-
Gated In the Mize shooting but insist
ed that he had no knowledge of or
part in the Mize murder
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
NO MORE HIGH
SCHOOL SPOONS
Los Angeles Forbids Boys to
Take Girls Automobile
Riding

Los Angeles. Jan. 9.-High school
boys are forbidden to take high school
girls automobile riding and all high
school fraternity and sorority memb bers
are ordered expelled in edicts issued
today by j. H. Francis. superintend-
ent of schools here. Francis asserts
that practice Of automobile riding
has developed which is bad for stu
dents. Fraternities and sororities are
being organized despite an "honor
system" under which pupils bar them
selves from membership in such or
ganizationS. .....-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
FOR coHrAusSJoN

washington, Jan 9.-Senator Craw.
ford introduced bill today to pro.
vide for the appointment by the Unit.
ed States of members of an interna.
tiOnal commission to investigate the
general cincrease of the cost of liv.
ing. The measure would provide fol
a general inquiry. 1t is in line with
suggestions at the recent economic
congress in this city
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
PLEADED NOT GUILTY.

Los Angeles. Jan. 9.-Mrs. Ethel
Hall so-called "Queen" of hand of
smugglers said to have been engaged
in the Importation of Chinese into this
country from Mexico. and Antio Feliz
formerly governor of lower California.
one Of her alleged accomplices. plead
ed not guilty today in the federal
court.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
HIGHER PRICED GAS.

Topeka. Kan. Jan. s.-That the
Kansas Natural Gas company has de.
cided not to try to raise the price OF
its commodity in the thirty Kansat
towns now served by 1t, was. announc-
ed today by. John Marshall. attorney
for the public utilities commission
who is here attending q conference on
sentatives Of the stats and gas COM
pany.
The reorganization Of tho com
pany's affairs In Kansas IL stated ia
be under way, to avoid charges of vio-
lattng' the antitrust laws.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
WIFE DENIES SHE
RECEIVED MONEY
McNamara's Wife Did Not
Receive Thousand DOL
lars in Letter

San Francisco. Jan. ?.--Mrs. John
Mcnamara. whose husband was ar
rested in New York on a charge of
having robbed the bank of New West
minister, British Columbia, u branch
of the bank of Montreal. of s315, 900
last September. denied today she had
received any such large sum as $1,000
from her husband. 1t was declared
that through letter containing 81 600
sent to his wife who lives here from
New York, MciIamara's whereabouts
were learned. his arrest followed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
STEEL M0ULDlRs
met AWFUL DEATH
Gun Mould Bursted While
Being Poured Enveloping
Men in Liquid

Ruelle-Sur-Touvre. France, Jan. 9.
steel moulders met death and
eleven others We're seriously injured
today by the bursting Of gun would
at the government navale arsenal at
Angouleme. While the workmen were
pouring the metal for casting a big
gun, the gases emanating from 1t
caused an explosion and the men sur
rounding the mould were enveloped in
q mass of hot metal.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09
FROZEN TO DEATH.

Baraboo WIS, Jan. 9.-Mrs. Chris:
tina, Kolsack was found frozen to
death In her home near Losansville.
Her husband ID also near death az a
result Of the severe cold, The family
had been In want and Ill.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09

, . ,
THE WEATHER.
North Dakota-Generally fair I
tonight and Wednesday. Con. I
tnued cold. +,
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COMMITTEES leaders had pleaded
with Mr.. Bryan during the morning
not to make any use Of the Guffey
matter at this time; that Colonel
Guffey had clearly a majority Of the
committee In his favor and that the
fight would avail nothing. Mr.. Bryan
would not listen to this suggestion.
Chairman Mack, Thomas Tasgert.
John T. McGraw. Roger Sullivan ana
several others then held hurried
consultation and agreed upon the
program which meant defeat to the
Nebraskan,
Chairman Mack sustained the point
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09

CONTINUED on page 5.)