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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31
JURY DECLARES
SCHMIDT GUILTY
Counsel for Defence Says
Case Will Be Carried to
the Highest Courts.

/ Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. 51.-After
/ having been out As minutes, the jury
( Thursday night brought in verdict
convicting Mathew a. Schmidt Of tlrst
I degree murder. as the accompllce OF
/ James B. Mcnamara in the blowing up
I OF the Los Angeles Times building flYe
years ago The specific charge was OF
/ having murdered Charles Hagerty, one
of the 20 victims of the Times explos-
ion. The defence announced the case
would be appealed
at Imprisonment for life. the same PEN
atty imposed on James 5. Mcnamara
after the latter had confessed in court
four years ago that he placed the
bomb which blew up the newspaper
plant.
The verdict came as a sharp shock
20 Schmidt and his friends. Schmidt,
however, heard il without show OF
emotion. His sister, Miss Katherine
Schmidt, of Chicago, who had been
weeping most Of the day. while aItor-
also received the judgment Of the jury
with calmness-
Pass Sentence Monday.
Time for the imposition OF sentence
upon Schmidt was fixed for next Mon
day. ana his counsel VIII then inter
pose the plea for a new trial. 1t was
agreed that argument on this motion
should be heard January T.
Nathan Caghlan, Schmidts CHIEF
counsel said II the motion for new
trial was denied the case would be car
ried to the highest courts.
Three Ballots Taken
Members of the jury said tnat three
ballots were taken On two, the jurors
stood II 10 l for conviction. There
was no question in the minds OF the
jury, members of the panel stated, that
Schmidt not only purchased from the
Giant Powder company, Of san Fran
cisco. the 500 pounds of so percent
nitroglyceriue from which James B.
Mcnamara made the 20 pound bomb
which blew up the Times building, but
that he had cOunseled, aided and
abetted Mcnamara in carrying out the
plan that resulted in the killing OF
score of men
TveitmOe Declares War.
After the verdict had been an
nounced, Olaf A TveitmOe. secretary
ing Trades council, who had been
named frequently in the testimony.
loudly declared that the result meant
industrial war in Los Angeles
Send word to Lincoln Steffens." he
said, that the golden rule is dead
There will be ten years war in Los
They will pay for this"
Steffens was active in bringing about !
the conference between attorneys for !
the Mcnamara brothers and represen-
tatiVeS OF the district attorneys office, !
whihc resulted in the pleas OF guilty by !
promise on the part Of the district at |
torney. to ask the court for clemency /
in passing sentence.
Schmidt Says He Can stand 1t.
= can stand this If the country can" 1
remarked Schmidt as he was led back /
10 Jail He referred to the announce {
ment of his counsel that the case, il !
necessary. would be fought through to /
the highes- courts.
The case OF David Captain, alleged
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31
Do Christmas Swapping
Early; Exchange Presents

Do your Christmas swapping early.
This is the open swapping season when
Christmas presents are exchanged at
the downtown stores The FL PasO
dealers say there has been little ex-
changing OF goods this year as COM
pared to other years, yet they admit
that there is always some swapping
Some Of the requests received by
merchants listen like this:
Please change this watch. as it was
given me for Christmas and I do not
like the model This viii do and place
the 81 balance to my credit. please"
Somebody gave me lavender socks
for Christmas and II there is anything
that I don't Sike it is lavender Give
me dozen pair Of black ones for
these"
4 never could smoke Havana cigars
or any other kind Of cigars. so give me
a jar of plug cut and a pipe. If there
is anything left I viii take chewing
gum"
Give me black shoes instead Of tan,
please, as these spot too easily and are
hard 10 shine, especially when q man
shines his own shoes"
Everybody was doing it and still the
rush continues. but you will have 10
hurry if you intend to do your swap
ping early.
Music at the Zeiger from p m. to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31
Bachelors Organize a
Mutual Admiration Club

W C. Porterfield. a local lawyer. has
called meeting of bachelors at his
OFFICE, room 500 of the Trust building
for the evening of Monday, January 8,
al 1880 o'clock
The object of the club is food and
pessimlsm and talks upon the hard,
hard road Of matrimony Many com
mittees viii be appointed and the laws
are to be erected as the need arises
committee on dates viii be one
of the first TO be appointed The pur-
pose of this committee is to decide
whether or not a member in good
standing may call on q girl II the
committee acts favOrably the man is
told when he may call.
The club has for its purpose the
presentation of the right Of single
men to remain single, and among those
who have been invited to share in the
charter membership by Mr.. PoFterfield
are: Paul D. Thomas, A W. Norcup. A.
J. McQuillan, J. :. Curtiss, Stewart
Berkshire, Pierre Hines, J. ". Crowdus,
c. c. Shoemaker and Martin Berry.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31
OKLAHOMA SHERIFF Is
REMOVED FROM OFFICE

Tulsa, Okla, Dec. 31-Following a
grand jury accusation, charging him
with failure to enforce the anti-g gam
bling and prohibition laws, sheriff
James F. Wolley was Thursday re-
moved from office.
The grand jury, which has been in
session for more than two months, al
ready had removed from office chief OF
police T. y. Burns. mayor Frank n.
Wooden and police commissioner T. J.
Quinn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31
MOOSE DICTATOR
. SEL PASO GUEST
Supreme Head Of Great
Lodge Coming to See
Sanatorium Site.

i. J. HenninE OF san Diego, Calf,
supreme dictator OF the LOYAL Order
OF Moose. viii reach FL Paso at $50
this evening on the G. II. & S. A from
san Antonio. for visit 10 e. PasO
lodge No. SIS He will be accompanied
BY his family.
During his visit extending through
Saturday. Mr. Hsnning will be the
guest OF the local Moose lodges. Upon
his arrival he will be met by a COM
mittee Of Moose and taken TO the hO-
tel Paso del Norte. where, at z o'clock
a banquet viii be served in his honor
Among those who viii be present at
the banquet are: o. L Bowen, dictator
OrndOrff. DR.. +. P. Miller, DR.. R. 3.
HOman, Park Pitman, judge j. II. Har-
per. and ]. d. Ponder. From the ban
quet hall the party viii go TO Moose
meeting will be held during which 4
number Of talks will be made
SanatOrium Site.
Mr.. Henuing is chairman OF the
sanatorium committee, and on Satur-
day morning, in company with q. local
committee. he will be shown three pro-
posed sites for the $1,000, 900 tubercular
sanatorium for Moose This viii be
a part OF the campaign OF the local
Moose to secure the proposed sana-
forum for FL Paso- The selection Of a
site viii be made at the next national
meeting Of THE order, 10 be held at
Z
wiz make a strong effort TO bring the
institution to this section.
Mr.. Hennlng is a prominent lawyer
Of san Diego He has spent some
time at Moosehezrt, studying the needs
Of that Institution, and is now enrOute
back home
odd Fellows Watch Party.
The Canton del Paso No. viii hold
a watch party tonight TO greet the
birth Of the new year. The affair VIII
he held at Odd Fellows hall on san
Francisco street and viii be ATTENDED
by Odd Fellows, their families and
friends Music and dancing viii be
the entertainment features Of the even
ing.
lodge No 284, / o. O =, will be held
Monday night. On Tuesday night
Western Rebekah lodge viii install Off
GERS. and on Friday night, January 2
The members OF the encampment are
planning a pie eating contest IN con-
nection with the serving OF refresh
ments following the installation Of Off
Aasons to Meet
The next conyoeation Of FL Paso
chapter No. 15I, Royal Arch Masons,
VIII be held on January u. After that
amount Of degree work and several
called convocations viii probably be
held
No date has as yet been selected for
lodge, chartered by the last grand
lodge as Fraternity lodge No I'LL
This is due principally to the fact that
not all OF the parapernalia has ar
Al. & A. N. to Meet.
The next meeting Of FL Psso lodge
No. $50. A E & A NJ viii be held
next Wednesday night for routine bust
ness
The next nesting OF Fl Paso com
ruanderv KNIGHTS Templar. viii be
held January Is
Fl MAZDA patrol is planning a dance
10 be given some time during the
coming month
- Preparations are about complete for
the big New Years dance to be given
by e Paso lodge No 1s7, B. p. Q. E.
at the Elks' home tonight
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31

DR.. Kelley. specialist, European and
American graduate, cures Genito-Uri-
nary Diseases, Acute or Chronic in a
few days, or no pay. A marvellous med
ical discovery Gives instant relief The
doctors own discovery. One treatment
free. Room l, Coles Block. over Union
Clothing Co-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31

DR.. ". ". Christmas. naval archi-
tect. has a contract from the allies for
several airplanes which will have a
lifting capacity OF $4,000 pounds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31

accomplice of Schmidt and Mcnamara.
was docketed for January 3, but BY
stipulation tonight, it will be deferred
until January u 10 be again set for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31

Only One sBROsIO oUIHNEs
To get the genuine, cal for full name
LAXATIVE BRO5fO QCrSNE L0ok
for signature OF E ". GROVE Cure.
a Cold in One Day. 25c--Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31

Francis Joseph has been emperor o.
Austria for 81 years. which is longer
than any other ruler in modern times
has been on a throne.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31

Music at the Zeiger from p m. to
| a. m New Years eve.-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31
Thanks Co. Pershing.

Now. before I close, I want to ex-
press my thanks to Gen Pershing, be-
cause he brings friendship in his heart,
and has subjected himself TO this or
deal on this occasion in order TO show
his sympathy TO his Mexican friend
who has been fighting for his eoun-
try"
Gen. Pershing was introduced as the
man who is loved by all FL Pasoans,
and is the idol OF every Fl Paso childs
heart He said IN part;
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31
ares VIVA and ObreEon.

Il recall some two years ago two
generals coming 10 FL Paso across the
international bridge, together. One
waa uncouth, without the finer train
ing OF civilization. a big man raised IN
the mountains. knowing nothing OF me
eourresies between gentlemen Ane
other was big man, too. but refined,
reserved, sensible Of the finer instincts
They were Gen villa and Gen. Obre-
Eon,
The latter We honor here tonight
FOR what he has done since that time
Then We picked him TO do great things
and reach a high mark Now he has
attained that mark. I wish to state
that, as an Fl Pasosn, l an honored 70
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14
BABE MEYERS MAY
BUY Fl. WAYNE TEAM
Has Put i'm Bid for Franchise.
Owner NarnelI is Said
to BE Through.

FT. WAYNE, Ind, Feb. 13.-Bade
Meyers, the gent who won TT. Wayne
pair of pennants back in the first
two years Of the Central leagues
existence. is in the city and is think
ing seriously of coming back to stay,
for a summer or so at least.
Babe dropped in for a talk with
Pres't HeilbrOner of the Central
league and incidently announces that
he Is in the field for the purchase OF
the Biliken nine which owner Narnell
has put on the market. Babe, of
course. is interested in the PROPOSE
ton personally having a little money
which he would like TO invest at this
point, and the most of the money
which he is considering putting IN
base ball represents some Out-Of-tOwn
people whom Meyers does not care TO
mention right now.
Charles BiederwOlf of the Com
mercial club. holds an option on the
Fl. Wayne team and as home owner
ship is always more desirable, he is
being given first consideration and all
others viii have TO wait.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14
Pay Rolls and National Leagues Cu-N D.

have been let out The sox payroll
slumps about $4,000 thereby.
Dodgers Cut Down.
Tbs Brooklyn Dodgers released Ed
EOuIbach who got about $4,000 dur
ing 1914 The Dodgers are figuring
loose, in addition TO a bunch of
youngsters. The total Dodgers saw
ings ought TO be around $4,000.
The Detroit Tigers will not let any
OF their highpriced men 20. bus they
viii operate with as few meL as pos
sible. Against an average between
25 and 30 men last year. the Tigers
viii operate in 1915 with about p.
That means a saving Of from $500
to $4,000.
The Pirates plan is to let one or
two Of the fading stars loose. Also
they Will get rid OF their surplus
youngsters, Kenetchey and his high
salary have gone over to the Feds.
The Pirates, all in all, ought to save
about $4,000 at the least.
Lee Magee, with a salary Of 1920;
Ivy Winge, drawing down about
$4,000, and Pol Perritt. who got
Cardinals That means a saving of
$l5,7O0. OF course, several Of the
Cardinals will get boosts in pay be-
cause Of their great work in 1914, but
the boosts won't average more than
: 1 200 each. Therefore, the net saw
ing Of the Cardinals will be around
10000.
Giants Cast Adrift.
The Giants payroll will be less than
it was in 1914. The Giants acquired
LObert. who was getting about 5000.
They got rid OF Demaree. Stock and
Adams whose tOtalled contracts call
ed for about $4,000. That means a
net saving of $4,000. If Marquard
doesn't come back IT means a saving
of about $1,000 more
The Senators turned Germany
Schaefer adrift. That saves about
$4,000 The Cincinnati Reds will re-
duce their payroll by about $4,000
through sales, trades, releases and
assertions, even though they have ac-
quired Charlie Doom and his Sc, 900
salary and Ivy Wingo, with a salary
of about $4,000.
The Cubs are planning TO turn loose
a half dozen veterans and at least
nine youngsters They expect TO OPP
crate with 81 men during 1915 If
they do that means a saving Of at
least $4,000
The few changes that will be made
in the salary schedule of the Browns
Will be toward reductions
The Yankees will operate at a low
er cost than in 1914 because they
won't have Frank Chance and his
100000 salary to pay. Some of the
Yankee players have been given
boosts in their 1915 salaries, but this
will be offset by the looping off of at
least six or seven surplus players.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14
RECORD IN RELAY Is
SET BY C0RBY TEAM
Two Teams Have Won Four Contests
and Will Meet TO Decide
HOnOrs.

Corby set a new record in the inter
hall relay races between the halves
of the basket ball game at NOtre
Dame last night. The MarOons defeat
ed st. Joe, completing the distance in
! minute, 81 % seconds. In the 9TH
er races. Brownson defeated Walsh
and Sorin defeated the Day Students.
The schedule proper has now been
completed, but Corby and Brownson
have each won four races and lost
one and another contest will be neces-
sary between the two teams To decide
a winner
The members of the winning relay
teams last night are as follows:
Brownson-Gargen, Spalding, Nc
Kenna. Barry. Ellis and Fritch.
SOrin-Miuer. Sheehan, Mooney,
Slackford. Healy and Edward.
Corby-Baujan. III. King, I. King
Ryan. Whalen and Art Bergman.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14
FOUR VETERANS ARE
RELEASED BY CLUBS
Leach, Sweeney, Smith and Stack Are
Given Notice by Bresnahan
Last Week.

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-The National
league club today released uncondi-
tionally four veteran players in their
first move to reduce the Cubs squad
The following received their notices.
Tommy Leach, veteran center
fielder, and captain of last year
team; Bill Sweeney, regular second
baseman of last years team; Charles
Smith, righthand pitcher, and Eddie
Stack, right hand pitcher, secured
from Brooklyn.
The release of these men was alb
sOlutely essential for the future of
the Chicago team" said Mgr. Bresna-
han. II do not doubt but that there
is some baseball left in all Of them.
But it is not the pennant winning
brand BY keeping them and permit
ting some of the youngsters to so,
could have played it safe and proba-
bly, finished in a pretty high position.
But l would have done so with a vet
eran club and next year / would have
been in exactly the same position
that 1 find myself today"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14
TRACK MEET IS
WON BY VARSITY
BY SAFE MARGIN
Big HandicapS Give Freshies
Short Lived Advantage -
Two BergmanS and Hardy
Are Stars in the DaSheS.

The varsity easily won from the
freshmen in the handicap track meet
at Notre Dame yesterday afternoon.
Although the handicaps allowed were
considered large, the varsity men in
the majority of cases overcame the
disadvantage and finished in the lead.
In the dashes, the younger athletes
were quickly eliminated and the two
Bergmans and Hardy easily captured
all the places.
Four places were counted so that
as many as possible were allowed to
score. AS a whole, the meet was close
ly contested, however. and furnished
plenty Of excitement for the many
students who witnessed it.
Summary OF Meet.
Forty-yard dash - Al Bergman,
varsity, scratch. first; Hardy. varsity.
scratch. second; Gargon, varsity.
IT.. third; Art Bergman, freshman,
scratch, fourth. Time 3-5.
Mile run-Waage, varsity. scratch.
first; Coyle. 140 yds., varsity. second;
Cook. varsity, 100 yds.. fourth; Kauff-
man, freshman, 100 yds., fourth. Time
-4:43.
Forty-yard hurdles-Fr itch, fresh
man, scratch, first; Kirkland, varsity,
scratch, second; Duggan, varsity,
scratch. third. Time-5 1-5.
Forty-yard high hurdle-Duggan,
varsity, scratch, first; Kirkland, vars
ity. scratch, second; Shaughnessy,
varsity. third; Sterrett, freshman,
fourth. Time-6.
S80-yard run A. McDonough,
varsity, scratch, first; Mathews, vars
ity, 20 yds., second; Voelkers, varsity,
10 yds., third; +. McDonough. fresh
man. 10 yds., fourth. Time-2:4 So.
440-yard run-Spaulding, freshman,
l ) IDS, first; Ryan, freshman, scratch,
second; Beh. 20 yds.. third. Time
SO.
Two mile - Bartholomew, varsity,
scratch, first; McOsker, varsity, rs
yds., secoGd; Call, freshman, 100
yds., third Time-10:50.
Shot put-Cofall varsity, TT.
first; Franz, freshman, IT., second;
Keefe. varsity, IT.. third.
High jump - Kirkland, varsity,
first; Hand, varsity. in, and Kenel-
ian. varsity. in, tied for second;
DeFries, varsity, scratch. third.
Pole vault Yaeger. varsity,
scratch. first; Henehen. 1 it.. second;
Edgrin, scratch, third; McKenney,
scratch. fourth. Height-11 It.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14
VOLLEY LEAGUE STARTS
Real Excitement Expected i'm Games
i'm Future.

The first games of the Business
Mems Volley Ball league played last
night at the Y NJ. G. A. proved that
each team has been very evenly
matched and if the game in the future
are as fast and interesting as they
were last night. much excitement viii
result
r. NJ. Gardeners team took two Of
the three games from d. e. GibsOn's
team. Score-Gardiner. p. p. To-;
Gibson. 20. Is, p.
Owing 10 the fact that Nelson Jones
had 10 use three substitutes on his
team G. Switzer's team defeated his
squad in three straights Score
Switzer. p, q. 81; Jones. 10. :. IS.
:. NJ. Leck had an easy time with
a. Jones team winning in all three
games. Score-Leck, 81, q. p;
Jones 10. ,. Is.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14
LESSONS ON HOW TO
BECOME A REPORTER
nv THE
LESSON VI

Last week we promised to tell you
how to cover a meeting of the park
board, but we have decided to with
hold this lesson for some time as it
is only for advanced students 1t
takes good reporter to discover what
the park board does.
So instead of handling this assign
ment we will turn you loose on the
courts. You will find this job a nice
one as it will enable you to get ac-
quainted with the various TECHNICAL
ties of the law and these may prove
handy later on, in case you landAa job
with some Big Business"
one thing to remember is that cases
are always postponed. OF course this
is not the proper term but it sounds
better than continued and every time
you say postponed it enables lawye r
readers to get a hearty laugh and in
these times of slack legal practice they
are entitled to their occasional smile.
Little things like who is the plain
tiff and why does he sue can be over
looked but be sure and get the amount
asked This is always plain, the law
yers taking particular pains TO see that
it is not smOthered in a mass of words.
Just why the suit is filed may be hard
to determine. In fact it often puzzles
the court, while the jury seldom
knows.
The beauty about the court beat is
that you always have a good place to
sleep during the day time. OF course
you want TO be careful that your snore
is not too loud otherwise you may
awaken to see the vision of a husky
bailiff before you. You can soon ac-
custom to awaken as soon as the ar
guments are over. In fact after some
arguments the silence Will be deafen-
ing.
There are lots of things you Will
never learn no matter how long you
cover the beat, but always rememb Der
that the only questions TO ask around
a court room is what and not why.
Nobody can answer the latter.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14
AGAINST PLAYER LIMIT
Cub President Says Rule Works
Against Playing Manager.

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-Pres't Thomas
of the Cubs, Saturday addressed a
strong protest against the National
league Interpretation of the p player
limit rule to Prest Tener. According
to the official announcement the team
with playing manager may have but
II players including the boss, while
the club with a bench manager may
have % including the boss. PreS't
Thomas declares this is unfair and a
handicap as the bench manager is
also in the game. especially those who
don uniforms and get on the coaching
liz PS.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14
HOOFEDS NOT TO MOVE
Denial Made That Team is To BE Sent
to New York.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb 81
Edward Krause. president OF the In
'dianapolis Federal league club. today
declared there was no truth in reports
that the champion HoOfeds Will be
moved TO New York or TO any other
city. Pres't Gilmore of the league
stopped off in Indianapolis for a few
minutes yesterday but Pres't krause
said his visit had nothing 10 do with
any project TO take the Federal league
club away from here.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14
FRANKIE DONAHUE DIES
Was Member of the Green Stockings
i'm 1912.

Frank Donahue, veteran Central
league ball player, who played with
South Bend during the season of
1912, was found dead in bed Satur-
day at his home in Springfield. -.
Donahue was well known by Central
league fans as during his stay in the
circuit he played both with the Bend
ers and the TT Wayne club at sec
ond base. He a. brother of the
late "Jiggs' Donahue According to
the dispatches from Springfield the
ball player has been I'm i'll health for
several months.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-14
GAS EXPLOSION KILLS
ONE AND HURTS ANOTHER

TOLEDO. O.. Feb 13-In a gas
explosion in a two-story brick struc-
ture at Champlain and Magnolia SITS.
occupied by a grocery AMI meat mar
ket early today. Charles De Meyer
was killed. Frank Boshong is missing
and a woman not yet identified was
badly injuree.