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The Calumet news., 1912-12-28

ed indictments against "a union labor
officials. Before the defense began
ITS case this number had been reduce a
10 ~ On account OF various elimina-
,tiops,
As a motive for the crimes charged
the government referred Ia the strike
against employers of non union labor
consisting OF bridge, viadncl and
building contractors who maintained
an open shop" policy employing
workmen regardless or whether they
belonged To the union or not. This
strike never has been called. on. IL
Was alleged that warfare waScd by
the union spread all over the country
until violence was resorted tu. or AZ
was stated, 'picketing spread 10 slug
eing Ia dynamite, and dynamite To
nitroglycerin,
Mcnamara at the headquarters of
the union IN indianapolis. although
later named by witnesses as the ac-
tive perpetrator OF the explosions. was
then unsuspected by the contractors
But the advent Of McManigal aud
James B. Mcnamara, brother Of the
union secretary, as regularly hired
dynamiters working under John Us
direction. and, as Mechanical charFes.
with Hockin's leadership the eXplo-
sions became so bold as to arouse sus-
picion that they were the work ot an
organized band.
Detectives already had been work
ing ON the case when the killing of -
people in Los Angeles by a bomb set
off al ! o'clock in the mOrninE, showed
that the desperation of the dynamiters
had reached the murCer stage
Evidence TO Show Motive.
Much Of the evidence that was pre-
cmded at Los Angeles by the pleas of
guilt by the Mcnamara brothers came
out here Federal jude Albert H. An
derson ruled that while the specific
charges We're Illegal transportation All
other evidence relative To explosions
might be offered as showing motive
The testimony WAS that the drstruc-
ton Of the Times" building was not
strictly u part of the campaign against
non union IRON and steel work. hut
vas done in an effort to unioniZe var
ous trades in Los Angeles. James -.
who set the bomb, was "A
" illnesses SEATED that Me
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28
AWAIT DECISION
OF HIGH COURT
Minnesota Rate Case Similar to
That of South Shore

South Shore officials are eagerly
awaiting decision In Minnesota
railway case which. IL Is thought, the
United States supreme court Will hand
down during the coming week. Az tho
questions involved are similar To those
In the South Shores rate case. the de
cislon may have am important bear
ing on the latter.
The case is that Of the Great North
ern and the Northern Pacific VS.. the
Minnesota State Railway Commission.
to test the validity of the Minnesota
twc-cent fare law. a decision In cir
cult court favored the complainant.
the railway companies. The case then
went 10 the supreme court. 1t was ar
gued last spring and since then has
been under adyisement. Pierce Butler,
the 81. Paul attorney who Is of coun-
sci in the South Shores ease. had
charge Of the Minnesota case.
The hearing in the South Shore rate
case will be taken up again Jan. q, oy
which time il is hoped the supreme
court will have handed down it's de q.
cision in the Minnesota case Further
testimony was taken III Detroit after
the close OF the hearing in the United
states court room in Marquette. all on
behalf Of the railway. until three
weeks ago. when an adjournment was
had. AT the Detroit hearing the tes-
timony was all of an expert nature
given by men connected with other
RAILWAYS.
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28
HoUGHToN eREVlTiES.

W. T.. Hoar Jr. is home from the
500 FOR the holidays,
William Orenstein left yesterday for
ST. Paul to attend the wedding of IA
rclatiye.
Mrs f.. r. ROLES aud children re-
turEcd Yesterday from a visit to Chi
ago.
Hiram Eathorne Of the 500 is visit
nr Houghtpu friends.
Fred Kroll, Jr, left yesterday for
Netcalf Ariz. where he has accepted
position with the Shannon Mining
company.
Harry Edwards is spending the holi-
days in Milwaukee.
The inquest into the death Of James
Pooley will be held this evening in
Justice Little's office,
County Clerk Kaiser has received
the new beaver seals that must be
attached 10 every beaver killed under
the new law which goes into effect
Ian.
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28
HOughtOn Department
MAY DEDICATE
ORGAN JAN. 5
Planned to Have Cleveland Organ
ist Here That Day

The new pipe organ that is beinE
Installed in Trinity Episcopal church
/ VIII iu all probability be used for The
first time Tor a public service on
January s. when its formal dedication
viii take place. O. a. Marshall Of
Kansas City. who is installing the tn
strument is unable TO set the exact
date for its completion, but he has eX-
pressed himself as being reasonably
certain that 1t will be done before the
FIRST SUNDAY in January.
Is Splendid instrument.
The organ is a wonderful Instrument
and according To Mr. Marshall viii he
the biggest u the upper peninsula.
This fact viii not be apparent To the
audience. however, as the organ viii
he entirely coEcealed from view. Some
idea of its great size can be gained
from the fact that 1t will be II feet
high, ~ feet deep, 10 feet long and
viii have l,76l pipes. The complete
cost viii be $4,000
Within the organ will be an air
chest L. feet long. feet wide and
feet high. This is located in the base
ment OF the church and is an exclusive
feature Of the Austin organ, II is
allied with slightly compressed air but
can be entered through an air lock
and repairs made in il while the or
sanist is playing.
The instrument is operated entirely
by electrical contact The console is
connected with it by wires and the
stops are released by magnates This
makes it possible 10 have
the console located in any part of thu
church and in this ease it will be so
placed that the organist can face the
chancel The console shows the or
can 10 be a three manual instrument.
10 has seven stops on the great or
gan. nine on the swell and four on
the pedal organ. An stops are com
pounded with The usual couplers. The
console has 81 keys, but has % pipes
on the chest the excess of pipes beins
made possible by the unison coupler.
Echo Organ Coming.
Provision has also been made for
an echo organ TO the big OF
gan. the echo organ 10 be "a six stop
affair and TO be located in the front
of the church. The echo organ has
been donated by member of the
church as "a memorial an dwill go in
ir a short time. l may be operated
either Independently of, or simultan-
aouslv with the big organ.
The church has made arrangements
20 have q Cleveland organist come
here TO play 1T the first time. This
5rgau.st Is an expert and is one of the
anest in the country
The company that is putting in the
organ had agreed 10 have it ready foc
the Christmas service, but We're de-
.ayed longer than they had expected.
They however agreed TO put two fore
cs Of men 90 work and by rushing the
work night and day have it ready be-
fore midnipnt on the night before
The church board met and
talked the matter over and agreed 10
let the company take their time IN
putting the or-an in rather than have
them rush such an expensive piece of
work.
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28
DULUTH TEAM
CANCELS GAMES
Head OF Lakes Team Unwilling to
Come lust Yet

The opening of the Houghton hockey
season Will not come next Thursday In
all probability unless the Cleveland
team can make arrangements 10 com.
here Tor that date. The Duluth seven
last evening wired Manager McNam~
ara that they would be unable 10
make the trip. AS soon as IL was GER
tain that Cleveland was his only hope
OF hockey Tor next Thursday the
Houghton manager wired to the
Cleveland officers ana asked for a
game on those dates here, hut 80 far
has received no answer.
The reason that the Duluth team
could not come here, according TO the
message received, Is that an important
member of the team was about 10 be
married and that the team did not
want To make the "trip without him,
The fine Italian hand of Joe Linder
can be seen in this move. according
10 Houghton hockey rams, who believe
Linder did not want 10 send "A green
team against the speedy Portage
Lakes without more practice.
The junior team Is not yet fully
formed. the soft weather OF the past
few days holding up the practice
Manager Thiel Robertson has a wealth
of material 10 choose his team from
ana should easily turn out fast sew
en- The game at Mohawk will un-
doubtedly be hard one for the jun
!ors. and they are working hard 10 be
ready.
The line up of the juniors Is still
4 little uncertain. but the team will
likely be made up of Alt, Chynoweth,
n. Dollinger McGlynn. Croze. Bassett,
Giesing. Hollister and NJ. Dollinger.
other candidates are out for positions
and some eleventh hour changes may
be made in the lineup, but at present
these are the players who form the
squad.
The senior team is much better or |
yanizeG and its lineup is fixed now
for the opening game. Haug viii play |
goal again and is said 10 be in won. !
lerful form this year Trathen and |
Hogan will complete the defense whlcn |
Is easily the finest amateur defense |
hat any copper country team has ever |
turned out, and which will insure low |
scores by opposing teams. Haas and |
'icotte I'm center ice are a great pair |
md will be responsible for "A good |
many scores on opposing teams while |
Nahan and EXley on the wings are
sure 10 give good account of them |
selves Taken as a whole this will |
EASILY be the strongest team that any |
copper country town has ever turned |
out with the exception of the old Por- |
age Lake and Calumet professionals. |
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28
DELAYS
ARE ATTACKED
Circuit Judges of State Blame the
Iury System


Laws DELAY came m for some hard
knocks at the annual meeting OF the
Association OF Circuit Judges oi
N,chiEan at lansing this week At
torHey Victor Gore OF Benton Harbor
Who represented Michlsan al the Ma
uonal Bar Association meeting led IN
the assault on the rules OF procedure
now i'm vogue in American courts Ed
ward C1hll, OF Lansing, formerly jus
tiee Of The supreme court and JUDGE
Willis Perkins, OF Grand Rapids, also
advocated several changes IN the
present rules and laws
Much fault was found with the jury
system as used al present. An We're
agreed thar the Judges should have
more authority 20 pass ou facts At.
torney Gore ia discussing the matter
said.
"rhe ury system is responsible for
most OF the delays ana expenses In
Tennessee the chaucery courts have
been given concurrent jurisdiction
with the law courts in an bat few
cases. 4 jury triad may b5 had boy
applying for the same. The plan has
been great success there.
I'm Illinois. claimants in probate
cases nave right to demand a jury
The probate judge Of Chicago hears
about 5000 cases yearly. Ia IL years
he has heard over 10000 cases. and but
six claimants have demanded juries
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28

Namara afterwards expressed ,
'esre' 'hat "a people were killed ana
ia fact, expressed disappointment 49,.
ne had not killed GEN Harrison o.
proprietor on the Times. tho, -
uSnainltet Was sent To the coast at a.
solicitation of TVeitmoe a racos,,,..-,
union labor leader. anc thst ,r,,a,,,
furnished David Captain and Al 80,
schmidt, who were also indicted 49,.
mhrGer. bat who never we've oant,,,.,
All the 100 explosions came IN o..
scrutiny by the Jury here ana 81.
held OF operations extended from "a
ton 10 Los Angeles
The Governments Case
Who caused those explosionsp' M
the question before the jury
Broadly the charges were that
McNamara began them ana tboneb.
them an effective means of fight,
open shop contractors mako ~
DAMAGE as heavy as possible" MeNIa,
igai said always were his instruction.
Hundreds OF thousands OF dollar.
worth OF property was sand t. hav.
been destroyed. Finding the main
,ehance OF hired "dynamiting cray
cost money Mcnamara Is allegei to
have appealed TO the union for fnnds
ana IN this way tae government
charged, others became implicated
For Instance, the government SCI out
that the union executive board decid
ed az last 10 allow Mcnamara 81 oou
month, for which he would ba ra
qliir"d 10 give no accounting. Letter,
also Were written which. the govern
ment asserted, showed certain business
agents. recognizing the "dynamitin.,
crew as regular institution. sent
word as to what Jobs should be- blown
up All the indicted officials were de.
clared by their letters To be linked to-
cether IN sult"-
That was the case The government.
At The OPENING Of the rial asserted il
had to place before The jury. IL was
stated that the trial, in the number
"f defendants, in the fact that the d.
lrndautS were allied with labor unions
In the nation wide extent of the con
spiracy. and in its ramHications was
Unprecedented McManigal's confrs
sion. detailing Il explosions which ne
(Contirued on Page Three!
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28
RAILROAD MEN BANQUET.
Trirty-fve photographers 20 Be In
t1oughton This Evening.

Members Of Division No. ll6. order
of the Railroad Telegraphers, viii be
u II9ughtou this evening TO attend
20 banquet at the Douglass House. The
ga'horiug viii be "a celebration Of a
recent increase i'm pay the South Shore
has granted its teIegraphers.
The local division is composed Of
8II of tine South Shore and Minera'
Range trIpgrlphors from Duluth 10 the
500. and as Houghtor Is central
point the banquet will be held here.
About thirty-iiyc are expected here for
the affair The majority of the guest.
are expected to arrive ON the O'Clock
train ,ouigh, aud the banquet viii be
.,re,G gt 30
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28
DANCE AT MASONIC HALL.

The Ladies Guild Of Trinity Epis-
copal church viii give an informal
dancing party this evening at the Ma
sonic hall Music viii be furnished
bq kHnrpammer's orchestra.
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28

John cyclone Thompson says that
ne now weighs 100 pounds and win
enter the heavywcipht division. He
will challenge the winner of the com
ink bout between Palzcr and McCar-
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28

there. listening to the accusations and
10 the repeated story of the killing
Of u people in the Los Angeles
Times explosion.
The court room itself seemed a 1T
ting setting for that sombre story.
Surrounded by great marble pillars.
with the daylight shut out by heavy
curtains, and the judge installed be
fore an allegorical painting of Jus
tice, that court room day after day
echoed tire stories of Violence, OF the
discovery of burnt fuses ana bursted
internal machines, Of midnight visits
by mysterious men in alleys, in empty
houses, in lonely country roads, on on
the tops of buildings.
Most Picturesque Defendant.
The vision of dark spectre with a
bomb under his arm became a familiar
image in the minds Of those who lis
tened. Back Of the railings. amid the
spectators. sat the relatives of the de-
PENDANTS. Three rows deep across the
room were the defendants. Among the
score of attorneys sat perhaps the
most picturesque defendant, massive
I'm build, horid in complexion, always
studiousy occupied. now copiously
filling his notebook when the testimo-
ny was exciting; now. when the trial
Jagged, burying his spectaoled nose in
a Latin version of Omar khayyam
He was Olaf \. TTeitmore of san
Francisco.
Another man toward whom the eNec
Of the spectators often stiayed was
Herbert =, HockinL lie sat apart, be-
tween bailins. during much of the
trial for he had been branded lay the
court as "a man who could not bc
trusted by any one" II was Hockin
who was named as having promoted
the dynamiting business; II was
Hockn who was accused of holding
OUT on the pay of the dynamiters; il
was he who was said To have caused "A
quarrel in the ranks of the McNama-
ras and McManigaL ana it was he
who finally was charged with "betray-
ing for his own gain" those with whom
he once associated. and with whom he
was affiliated i'm the iron workers
union.
Gray-haired and old beyond his
years sat Frank NJ. Ryan, president Of
the iron workers union, by virtue of
" hich office he was a leader in ma
tional labor circles. with "A seat in the
councils of the American Federation
OF Labor.
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28

The bears in Yellowstone park have
become so numerous and so bold that
they are now "a nuisance. They make
themselves free with tourists and
campers and endanger their lives. A
unmber have been caught and sent
to zoos throughout the country. and
lot of others will be shot To get
rid OF them.-The Pathfinder.
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28

Oliver Wendell Holmes. comments
the Indianapolis News. was "A class
and according to the "reminiscences
Of the latter. the autocrat was as wit
" then as later. one day the two
" ere talking when the bright tongued
little great man exclaimed, "t'll tell
YOU James, what I think metaphysics
Is like. II is like "a man splitting n
log. when " Is done he has two
more to split"
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28

FOUND GUILTY
Only Two Defendants In Dynamite
Case Acquitted
Continued From Page One.


face OF the Jurors were intensely pale
as they came in with the verdicts.
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28
Antec edents Of the Trial.


And what were the antecedents oi
this trial?
Back in the summer of 1905 dyna
mite was found at New Haven, Conn
On "A Job on which non union work
men we're employed. Later the iron
workers union called "a strike on sew
eral contractors, and the strike be-
came general That was the begin
ring. according To the government.
and ii spread until Mcnamara organ
ized "A "dynamiting crew" Altogether
100 explosions occurred, those al Los
Angeles being among the number.
Two striking coino licences attended
the trial.
one was that on October |, 1911,
exactly one year after the Los An
celes Times" building was blown up
With q loss Of n lives, the federal au-
thoritios at indianapolis first consid-
red the possibility of prosecutions for
illegal interstate shipment oil dynamite
and nitroglyCerin on passenger trains.
Ortie T.. McManigals confession, OBJ
tained after he and the Mcnamara
brothers had been arrested implicated
others az having actually carried ex-
p'osives In suit cases on trains, or aS
haying entered into u conspiracy. This
Indicated in District Attorney Charles
W. Miiler's opinion, the necessity for
"A grand jury investigation. Indiana
polls was the headquarters of John J..
Mcnamara, secrctar, of the iron
workers union and the point at which,
II was changed, the conspiracy was en- o.
tered into and from which the explo-
sives we're carried
Another coincidence was that the
trial began on october /. 1912. the sec.
ond anniversary OF the Times" explo.
sion The federal grand jury. after
several months investigation, return
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28

(Con.irued on PAGE Three
The Calumet news., 1912-12-28
Scene Blended With Tragedy.

~ was a scene blended with tragedy
that confronted those who week after
week sat through the historic "dynl-
mite conspiracy" trials
Now IL was n baby crying from the
rear Of the court room. whore the
wives and children OF the defendants
sat. now u was the heavy voice of
man seated in the witness chair ard
defending himself against the charges
of nation wide conspiracy. In which
officials Of union labor were deeply
concerned. Witnesses from near and
FAR came and went, but those whose
fate rested with the jury remained
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-29
W. S. NIXON
County.Auditor
STERLING'S CLAIM IS LEGAL
Legislators Not AhsoIved by New Pri-
mary From Voting for Him.

The report emanating from Huron
and widely published in the newspa-
pers that the adoption Of the new
Richards primary law by the people
absolves the members elected to the
next legislature as Republicans from
voting for Thomas Sterling for United
States senator, seems to be based on
. misconception of the new Ivy. Sec
ton SO provides for the ~ hod of
putting it into operation as follows:
I'm December, 1913, there shall be
held In each county a mass meeting
of the majority and minority men,
bers of each political party for the
purpose Of electing members OF the
county and state committees which
are to make the two sets of states of
candidates to be voted for at the pri.
mary In March, 1914. by each party
This plainly shows that the new law
10 to apply only to primary elections
to be held in the future and not to
those held In the past. The old pri-
mary law provided that the person re-
ceiving the highest vote Of his party
for endorsement rs candidate for
United States senator shall be voted
for by the members of the legislature
belonging to that party. The new law
also provides in section III for the
same thing.
Mr.. Sterling, having received the
highest vote OF the Republican party
at the last primary election, Is there
fore the legal candidate Of the party
before the legislature at It's next ses-
sion and all Republican members OF
that legislature are morally and legal.
the law Of South Dakota can govern
the matter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-29
EQUIVALENT TO
APPROVING STATUTE
Ruling Of Supreme Court on
"Unfair Sales" Law.

The supreme court Of the United
Gtates at Washington has decided il
was not necessary to hear arguments
In favor OF the constitutionality of the
South Dakota unfair sales" law.
This generally was accepted as
equivalent TO a dec:2ion in support at
tho law.
The courts action was taken at the
conclusion Of arguments by attorneys
for the Central Lumbe: company. who
had attacked the anti.monopoly stat
ute. The law made II a crime TO sell
In one community cheaper than in an
other. with the intent to destroy com
petition.
Minnesota. iowa. North Dakota,
Kansas. Michigan. Tennessee, Okla.
homa and Nebraska have laws simiAs
. ~ South Dakota se4evee.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-29

The following judges Of the General
Election held November 9Th, 1912 were
allowed o each, and warrants we're
drawn for the came:
L. Holverson, J A Dillman, H G
Trick, A w Schone, A II Antelmau
w r Robinson, A J Blesr w w vii
sou, e M Harper, II ] Benedict, L L
C~onright, w G Alderman. Andrew
Erickson, ] B Lindahl, F Gill, Ir.
win ID Aldrich, H Jacobs, F w Thorn
dixie, G s Breckenridge, r r Bonn
Geo Wright, H A Westby, Frank Ja-
cObs, VIM Lauster, T German, S
Solder, Math Wagner. Anton A o.
son, q r Peterson, u T Nelson. C r
BerQuist. w S Miller, Chas G Swan,
A T%Amp.eten, Chas Foss, VIM Merten
M J Koelle, M r Garvey, Edw Con.
rad, C Sample, w w Harper, James
McCrea, Andrew Hauckland, Joseph
Eliason, c akman Frank Franson
Lorenz Adolphson, John Fromme, C
V Olsen, O B Fornell, o P johnson, F
I Heathcote, F. J Xix. w J Somers,
Sannes, c d Stodd ard, 8 p Archer. N
Fl Hubbard, John Erickson, L r Gro.
min. d J Froshaug, B II Buick, E J
AfUut, w n LfRtudycI Indo mart
J James Heffernan. w | Lowthian, AL
fred Swanson, Otto Lacombe and J NJ
Brown tEesiJ
The followsng clerks OF the General
Election held November ), 1912, were
allowed 50 90 each, and warrants
we're drawn for the same:
w d Hall, ID b C~levedence, G. H
Stengel, A NJ Hamilton, w A Bohn,
Robert Schultz, J G Cahill, + A Ziel-
sky, H W Erickson, 9 K Fleming.
Arnold Poppelman, John Mariner j
c Maxwell, Emil Houer, c A Berg, Z
NJ Moilberg. A 0 Ar:en, A M Boxeth
Simon Dahlberg. Louis Johnson, L
\ H-rrick, Ed McKenna, < H Christ
enson. A NJ Williams, John Wright,
Geo Oehler, Henry Nelson, O r Olson
August Hoveland, Frank Miller, Fred
Kettenbeil, Chss w Minees. J B Hu.
bleu, e q Ellington, J e Essingron,
w Vsnderwsrker. A G Lutx. A q
Swanson, A e Sievers1n N, J N Stafford
] W Ligeste, D r Ellefsos, Louie
.9auadeeS, Joha welding, e G Reeve,
ee'oaegar1 Oeoar LiD1qsist 81 W.
ssoslN
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-11-29
Milbank, s. D.. Nov. Is, l91.

Milbank, 5. D.. Nov. Is, 1872
Board of County Commissioners
met pursuant to adjournment, with all
members present, and proceeded to
visit the County Farm in the Interest
of the e building returning in the
evening to the Auditors Office.
On motion board adjourned sine
die.
JOHN MAXWELL
Chairman
w. S. NIXON
County. Auditor