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‘€ R 3 : Tremendous â€" Sensation Sprung in. the Court Room on Triday by €I Admissions of the Two Men Charged Seriouns 4 Crimes.: State Case Overwhelming Tob PSb of Chas # brother, John indicted with to ‘dynamiting ~Works. will ‘be sente y, December 5. ‘ames‘ B. McNamara probably will . imprisonmert. John _J. Mcâ€" ‘a, it was rumored, will â€" get e years. Each pleaded guilty the M’ of which he was extraâ€" * Wi fiteen minutes after . â€" the t ~opened this afterncon one of ; greatest crimiral trials‘ . of . moâ€" & rAwhulenM so abruptly f many officials supposedly in the Arte_of _ the â€"matter did not. know 16 was‘going to happen. . < > "umm.n:h;â€"m Be> in connection with the death ae +J Hagwerty.‘a vietim â€" Of ie prisoners were tawen back â€" to | Judge â€" Walter _ Bordwell reâ€" ; : ~to his chambers, and opposing ! l\ went to their rooms. ! â€" ""The .MeNamaras : have _ pleaded ; 1 ‘kecause they are â€" guilty,". was j ‘Dis Attorrey Jobn D. Frederick‘s ToIf .T *‘ had scen ary way out of it we wotld not have done it," said Attorney Clarence S. Dartow . ‘after exurt. "We tave bad it under .. conâ€" Mderation sixce a ce‘ ago. Monday." \ So far as has been learned . less ,’5 a .g:n men knew . when _ the Court _ was opened " vat ‘was going mmflu did not betray hs Inilk n, â€" but chatted with . the %tulen about the possibility of a ‘_u'llon. Malcom McLaren teâ€" wil‘!h'e of _ the detective agency w! brought about the arrests, was. derying a report that_McMani gal had refused to confess. ‘ Frederc‘s brought his wife . to M and . G. Ray "Horton, W. Joâ€" sepk Ford, and â€"S. L. ~Vermilya, his deputies, . knew â€" what was coming Eo did counsel for the defence and ME UEA nelenn for t&“t;o prisoners and samucl L. MI’%» tief _ of ‘the infestigation for __ State, and Larry â€". M. Sullivan, an investigator for the {â€" deâ€" fence; The jury was discharged at 8.10 p.m. _,’E ';_iéit sworn jurors and . two lales passed for . cause were m:hc courtroom _at 3.05 to médressing them, ‘"which you . were talled to try, has comeâ€" suddenly to an end. The defendant has pleaded grilty, so yorr valtable sersices wilt not be required." _ The judge smiled and some memâ€" agi of _ the jury applaude® _®I~ want to tcll you. that I _ am absolutely conficent _ that you. men would ~ have given this © mar: ‘a fair impartial trial." ~/ John J. McNamara : _ entered the wocrt without handcufs and +ook a seat a~ few feet away from _ MiS biother _ #After jJong consideration, â€" your Ifonor; we ‘have concluded â€" to : with ¥‘The â€"case," said Juidge Bordwell c ey James Seâ€"it sat with his is around | the prisoner. John" J. \ amiling and â€" chewing gum Attorney Davis Smiling and Clewing Gum One Way Out of It NAMARAS PLEAD GUILTY TO DYVNAMITING TIMES BUILDING The "Judge‘s Statemert Edison Phonograph The greatest kind of Christmas presentâ€"â€" the greatest Christmas present of its kind, the that glan the TTich y will find To for I.q':: to mitke the reco: Ar Th tori Hagger ty Abrupt m a gift for A the year, ar A asmplete lime Times explosi DOERSAM â€"~King St. Waterlo® of nced next a day C. McNamaI®, hiny,: pleaded the Liewellyn nev that the defence be ALL the family, a gift for ALL and for ALL the years to come t of Eiison Phonegraphs and Records will be found at n and it for always. That‘s w riafdatien :ndi\ right volume of the ri $ nzd-douuuimq_hu dies; Amberol Records, ering each composition ¢ Do you wish ~now : to plead again8t This indictment â€" charging you W th murder?" F ‘uy”.n{- & f _ "Guilty or not guilty?" llG“nt’.l‘ "Docs the court tow, take up â€" the cther case ‘Th“ John ‘J.2" . . "Yes,"" replied the â€" Court. a ‘The date for John J. McNamara‘s trial was placed at December~â€"5, and District Attorney Fredericks . asked John :J. to plead. He ‘did no>t plead with â€"reference to the inflictment | against him in .connection with The iLos.â€" Angeles Times ~ explosion, but |leaded _ guilty* to the _ indictment !chuging him w th that. explosion of ;t';ge Llewellyn Iron Works.. . Attorney Darrow stoodâ€" around the râ€"om after ‘court adjourned, and newspazer men crowded around him. (Councel for D»fence Glad it is Over. ha, $16.50 to $240.00 a plea _of not guilty. Do swer.. guilty?" 0_ 0) . You have _‘ been arraigned ‘ames B. McNamara," â€" said . icks, ‘‘and _ have heretofore and _ i‘Yes, â€" Angwered Namara. "I am glad. it is over with," said Darrow with a sigh. ‘‘We have beea working on this for: two weeks, ard t‘eh‘u been the greatest sttain of my life." ; ‘‘The :Times building was blown glyecrine to be sure, but the. bo by James: B. McNamara with nit touched. by the gas, and gas _ rea didâ€" it," said Mr. Darrow. ' "Did you have to wrestle hard w lhe McNamara Brothers to get l admission?"‘ he was asked. "Somewhat, "but . the facts have heen overwhelming.. < Every loophole was â€" closed up by the State. . .So far as I am concerned, I felt . that soorer: â€" or later it _hadâ€"to. come. Things were happening in which big people were â€"interested. The _ movreâ€" ment was ~impelling. They. wanted the matter cleared . up and feared‘ further â€" bloodshed un}ess‘ we obliterâ€" ated the incident ‘from Los Angeles at once. 2 7 "Of course I feel ‘I have helped the McXamaras by gettirs; them to plead, in so f>r as they probably will not 1e sentenc:d to death. Life mprisonâ€" meont will be meted out to Jamés P., and Johre J. will get off with ‘a lizht scntence." hests sumeemnmene ~amemen raw the ple umes B., & iohn ~J. uce District At nd * the pri ly toâ€"day . by _Agt counsel. x N Criminal Intent, District Attorney : Fredericks â€" . inâ€" t‘mated â€"that he: would ~recofn¢nd life â€" imprisonment_ for ~ James. â€"B., "Do you think â€" whion labor will sufier?" asked a reporter. 2 "Oh, no, it‘s just an incident , il,l] the â€" evolution of â€" things. Because~ onc does ‘wrong does not. mean _ all ths others are wrong: s As a mouer‘ of fact, Jim McNamara did not‘mean . to . kill anybody. They have told . p.e ; the whole story, and it is subâ€" stantially as it has been told in the 1 ress, except I reiterate, there was pract cally no criminal ntent." "Why didn‘t: you â€"~wait â€" . until alâ€" tor Tuesday‘s elections?"‘ Darrow was * asked ‘"Don‘t you know ‘that this will hurt Hurriman‘s chances to be e‘ccted â€" Mayor?" f * _."I know but we could not _ take any charces. _ Maybe <the | State would have‘ bacted out of their . agreement, lives were at stake, and I think we â€" saved> them." A toâ€"day ° by agreement â€" between ts 88e to82.50 A ¢ the plew of not s B., and wum'sq, J. tried." f * rict Attorney â€"Fredericks the prisoner â€" did likewis $inntint t :A in 4 Bge..,. what makes the Suggested Sentences pris ft i Pleaded Guilty not. guilty .. ageas would like to â€" B lifet 100 Lakeside Avemse ent each prefersâ€" : makes the Edison c o great advantages Says Counsel the and which you James B. Mc Ph rds and 4 . . Mrâ€" Frederâ€" entered voU anâ€" wh up bomb nitroâ€" really M es ~%e."" ‘ bars sttlanaonn t te We io Â¥ose C on for _ gurns. «xi : *A T 4 cegige â€" k e m mat on *J bom Ks Mr. | Press . of: the _ develop» Pss Aiies B sls u4n a $4 ". u anâ€" |ed, ‘"‘after _ men occupying such, exâ€" alted â€" positions as Samuelâ€" Gompers Mcâ€" | and others have repeatedly charged me with planting the dynamite . at ainst | Los Angeles. _ Foflowing ther\ every w th | Socialist paper in the country and every Labor pcx:thlve so often printed stories ‘of ‘frameâ€"ups‘ in the "case thnmsood people were hbeâ€" ginning â€" to that the prosecuâ€" the | tion was not ‘on the square.‘ I had absolutely ‘no personal fetling against either deféndant. I was employed by gra‘s |the Mayor of Los. Angeles to invesâ€" , and |rigate _ this case. My sole purpose wéked | wis to make a thorough inquiry. The plead |evidence bas ‘been just what 1â€" said ment } it wasâ€"overwheltning." wita that h ‘Treagurer of the International > Assoâ€" ciation Bridge and Structural > Ironâ€" workers, <brother of* _ James B., _ did not enter: ‘a plea at this â€" time to the indictment for Tne Times cxplus ion, â€"but when _ hevis arraigned next Tuesday it is . virtually certain proâ€" credings against him for this charge willte dismissed,> as the Staté adâ€" nilts it" has no e.idence â€"connecting .John J.. directly with this particu lar disaster. & P James: B. McNamara pleaded guil~ ty to ~having‘ placed a dynamite bomb under> The Los Angeles‘ Times building in October‘ 1910 ard. caused the ~ death of . twentyâ€"one persons. ~ A summary <of the day‘s happeoings included tae following incidents: â€" â€" Jolin J. McNamar@, however, pleadâ€" od â€"guilty to the charge ofâ€" having caused "theâ€" explosion: of _ the: Liewelâ€" Iyn . Jron Works,. in which no‘ faâ€" talities â€" cccurred. â€" _ District Attorney â€"Fredericks _ will rocommend. < Jife â€"imgrisonment â€"~for ‘ames B. and a tenâ€"yeer term _ for J‘ohn _J;, â€" but Judge Walter. Bordâ€" well aloneâ€"can~ fix the sentences. Ortic E. . McManiga®, who corfessed t«r having actuel‘y â€"â€" blownâ€">up‘~ ‘the Liewellyn Iron Works here in Decemâ€" ter, 1910, <at the _ drection of Jobn J. â€"McNamata, will be brought _: to trial,© "butâ€"t. is exrected" the State willâ€"recommund â€"a light â€"senience . beâ€" cause he turred . State‘s evidence. _ Bribery charges againsi. Dort * H. Frantlin, . a detective employed ; by the McNamara defence, probably will te dropped row as irelevant to the mwain: isste. : "I‘M ASTOUNDED" SAYS GOMPERS Leader â€" of (Labor Movement Believed Firmly in Innocence *~â€"â€" of McNamaras > New York,. Dec. 1.â€""I am astounâ€" ded! I am astounded!. . My creduliâ€" ty has been‘ imposed upon. 1t is a tolt ~out ut ‘a clear sky." _ The exclamations those .. of Samuclâ€" ~Gompers, fmm ot * the Americamn Federation of â€"Labot, when advised toâ€"night of the pleas _ of guilty in the â€" MeNamara cases. â€"â€" . ‘The veteran labor leader was visiâ€" 11; affected as he read of the tense scenes in the courtroom ~ at Lo§ An: gcles. . Tears. caime into his eyes and his hand ‘shook. He said . noâ€" thing, however, urt l he had finished tluéltoty and then he broke. forth with these exclamations ‘of astonishâ€" ment cand ‘indignation. Beli¢ve Men Innotent, "If this is all true, my credulity has been imposed upon," ho declared. "i am astounded «at this .news. We hate had . the gravest agsurance givâ€" tn to â€" us ~by everyone‘ â€" connected with the _ trial, ‘cither dire¢tly or in directly that these men were innoâ€" cent." * â€"~Mt. Gompers asserted with the greatest cnfirsl- that not the slightâ€" est intimat of any change in‘ the flans of the defence of the > Mcâ€" Nimara cass as‘ developed toâ€"day had Summary of© Day‘s Proceedings ~amara case as‘ developed toâ€"d beer communi¢ated to him. ‘‘*What effect doâ€" you imagine wiil have o the labot unions isked . dy, Batte . your feet in hot water be t rough When the ~ fund, whitch . had beon iiged . by the American ~Rederation ! Labor â€" for the deferce . of the n â€"charged with â€" the Los Angeles ie was mentioned, Mr. Gompers #id â€" that _ to date the fand amountâ€" i~> 4o about ©$190,.000, which ~"had Preston,: Doc. 3 in â€" TBide!, ~the .. Peter â€" Reldel e Rock Brew rough ‘the ic about ~ten 1 tnoy .. for this, Mr. Gompers snapped ‘his s ard ejaculated: "None." The Sentences hat abo rnod Chambériain‘s Co the defencr Ti TT the ja ake a bij ith Heome the ing t Brockville, Dec. 1.â€"Weeping bItLeLâ€" ly Miss Nora . MoCrea, / a ~~Â¥ school teacher whose homeâ€"is . .4 Merrickville, _ this afternoon ©receive a sentence of :â€"one week in the* local jail, from Judge McDonald, _ seniot judge of Leeds and Grenville, for baving last October© unlawfully . punâ€" ished ~Helen â€" McCoubric, one of her ourit«‘" in the â€"school, which ~_ She LADY TEACHER SENT TO JAILl The child was in the first instange §6verely purshed for dropping. a wa ter ‘bottle . mn'muym brought to sch a note of protg: from her father by. adoption,; |. i school teacher punished her . again: NMr. Coabric was subsequently. . paid 1500 by Miss McCrea in settlement ui the * cass â€" and ~to avoid* parental prosecution, bat Mr. ‘Prait, agent ‘of the â€" Jocal _ Children‘s â€" Aid_â€"Scciety, hrought the matter to trial. l pupUs, 4R SN0 â€"DAMMT tn'gt near . Frankville child ‘was in the §&verely purished . for SPLENDID RECEPTION IN _ WATERLOO TO MR. EULER The electors of the town of : Watâ€" erloo tendered the Liberal candidate, Mr. W. D. Euler, a splendid and very gratifying reception at the _. public mfin‘ held in the ::lw. Hall ‘:; y evening. ‘The hall was fille with a large crowd and keen interâ€" est was manifested. in the addresses delivered by the candidatt and Mr. Geo. Ritchie, of Toronto. The speakâ€" :{: were {frequently interrupted . with applause of the electors. ‘The is sues of the campaign were discussed in a sane and fairâ€"minded manner. _ Mr. Euler, who bas won the adâ€" miration of the: â€" electots ‘throughout the â€"riding by his {airness in hisâ€"criti= cisms of the Whitney administration, delivered a businessâ€"like address durâ€" ing which he dealt fully â€" with : the leading questions of <the campaign, He spoke briefily of the lack <of . pro# gressiveness of : Premier Whitney â€" in the development of New Ootario and ‘tax reform, and then explained < in detail some of the leading features of the Rowell platform, dealing particâ€" ularly with the improvement _ of the ‘educational department, amending the Ipmt assessment system, and the ‘Workmen‘s Compensation Act. Excellent and Business Like Addresses by the Liberal Candidate and Mr. Geo. Ritchie . Attentively Listened to ~ Miss McCrea testifisd that the child was unruly.. . Judge MeDonald, tbowâ€" ever, found the defendant guilty. .‘ The address of Mr. Ritchic was also well received, the speaker â€" covâ€" cring considerable ground in an interâ€" esting and convincing manner. ‘The chair was occupied â€"by Mr..J. B. Hughes, and among thoso .on ‘the plations were Messrs. Rituhic, Torâ€" onto, C. W. Schiedel, C. Snider, â€" J. Staufier, J.. Stroh, C. W. Wells, . Wi A. Riddell, E. G. Stuebing, Councilâ€" lor Schondelmeyer, Thos. Hilliard, M. S. Haliman, â€" A. E. Devitt, "A. Pequegnat ‘and others. sn en The chairman, Mr. Hughes,: deliverâ€" ed a few introductory xemarks, .. ¢xâ€" pressing his pleasure at the splendid attendance and the mm&mc is manifested in Provincialâ€" its. He humorously refefred to the fuct that "Billies‘ are begoming quite popular :n this riding. He polnted out that t was a dence Abat .. "Billy" K-" “Blt:‘;-flm;cnl andâ€" "g%l"" Euler were all born. in the», same year, 1875, and as the first two have proved themselves to be winnets .. he also looked for a © vietory for . Mr. = Bide. Fulet on Dec. lith ‘The Liberal . standardâ€"bearet â€"â€" was the first speaker of the evening and when he was" called upon by . the chairman he was givenâ€" a ~ Aattering ®ecoepkion. 2: :>.. 3 y . ~ 1820 _3 5o0 â€". He referred to the fact that he had already ~addressed _ about > twenty meetings during the past two weeks und everything Jooked most > hopetul for the success ofâ€"their cause. _ FEnâ€" tetinx at oneéinto a distussion . of byr the des affa it Aff. Euler Well Received ho pie and it did not miat party wis in power (m the Platform carasuigmen tore t the exp t hie at " did not Ction rely . t t tter . much F ’mm "Tuay Hat 1j The Railway and Municipal â€" Board was also open to muchâ€"criticism. Reâ€" ferring to the local street railway he thought: the judgmentâ€" of the‘ Board was not fair.© The judgment provided that the town of Waterloo should réâ€" ceive oneâ€"quarter â€"of the: profits for the use of their streets, and in case : of no profits the town received nothâ€" ing. â€" This, he contended, was | _ unâ€" 'jult. ‘The town of Waterloo was ¢nâ€" titled | to fair compensationâ€"for ~the : use "ofâ€" their . »streets whether â€" there were profits orâ€"not.â€" The â€" decision . is also unjust to Berlin in that Waterâ€" 160 receives 25 per cent. of the net earnings of the road without a dolâ€" lar of investment. 44 petitioned for it, Premier . ‘Whitney steadfastly refused â€" to grant legislaâ€" fioh in this matiek." 2 _ >‘ .. In the case of a Workmen‘s Comâ€" pensation Act, Whitney had promised to enact legislation but â€"nothing had been done. <In Canada every. . year probably . eight to . ten thousand © men were injured or killed.. In order to secure compensation the workingman has "to go t6 law, and must show negligence on the part of the employâ€" er. Often times the employee is too poor to goqwiththouuuulmâ€" sequently receives no . compensation, It was shown that the employers paid $100,000,000 to insurance . companies of which forty millions was paid out and only thirty millions reached the ~workingmien in the United States durâ€" ing ten years. The intention was to enact legislation whereby the injured Ml::‘ compensation â€" without going to C a â€" He dealt briefly with several planks in Mr. Rowell‘s platform. _ ~ â€"â€" 1 In reference to education, the speakâ€" er said that the abolition of the Model Schools had. resulted in x great scarcity of teachers, and as a result cleven hundred teathers were teaching who were not qualified. He contended that© the Model . Schoois should not have been closed. Ther® were # so too many subjects »taught in the public schools. . ~The ‘ three emtm“-, reading, writing and arithâ€" metic, : fi@:gfl! taught, _ would fit the pupi! much better than learnâ€" ing a little of each subject and noth ing thoroughly.~ It was the fault of the system that this was the cass. In regard to tax reform he thought that every municipality should have the right to put a lower rate of tax on improvements, :such as . houses, barns, eté., than on land>>Any valus derived fron land which was made to the people. An dwner should . noi be â€"sllowed the whole of the.. benefit derived from land ~which was .made more valuable by reason of the indb that <his ul;blor_uonulb of _ him improved his land by .b ilding. 5s that <his neighbor alongside of him .. yy. Geo. Ritchie was loudly / apâ€" improved his land by building. plauded when he stepped: forward . to This \ system . i8 _ in‘ â€"operation aqdress the audience. ~ 1t was the in . Vancouv6r, . Edmonton and ~MADY <nyrst time he has ever had the opporâ€" other:â€" cities andâ€" over _ half the supity of vigiting Waterloo, He was minicipalibfes had â€" petitioned . Ah0 an intimate friend of Hon:. Mackenzic Whitney @overnment for _ legislation : King (the name Was by â€" proâ€" atong this line. He also reférted 10 jonged applause), known . himi the unfairness of the income Afd jor many years. Mr. Ritchie sulogiz« business tax. &m‘m:swon “l,.mfllmmwm business tax. man is assessed On p, the audience 8 P o ie o o mgnen. n m ° tÂ¥ ; An ~His C shaBe m'fim:a B‘L â€" R him to All shape A. WESELOHN : _ A. wzbgi.fiu &t}()‘r :A.R. GOU;DIBm was too Jow. in AHOMgAN ©NC .. MIOTS orntwent receives $400 per mile and in (Ontario ‘only about . $80. . Railways only. pay tax on . land . their‘ track if a , At no Previous time ~has the same amount of attention : beengiven to Furs, ar. they ate . récéiving this season. There ts, how ever, a vast difference in the quality, and .. the possibilities ...... Of . deception and disappointment make â€" 1t specially desirabre _ to Patronize a. merchant of known integrity and "reliability.. We _ buy all our turs trom houses of loa’i established ‘reputation â€" and sre in a position to guarantes satisfaction ‘because we get it. 0 tricks,â€" no nonsense, but g0od, hohest quality at prices that . â€" are only possible where selling expensesâ€" are small... / ‘speci that may be wanted we can very quickly get. f s e of Men‘s Overcoats | Ladies Coats and Flll‘ Berlin ildings in the Do it now We will give i atty â€"Man‘s Sults and Furs. Stocktaking comes "right A Big Year for Furs U a s1 ecial di A. WESELOH & CO. of $100,000 at 11 Winter is here and now is the time to buy your new cntler, . . It will pay you to see our lines before buying as we h.n_g ge number of fine new * « i ::?.,. 1 w McLaughlin Cutters Cutters 3 Cutters please you needed. The Civil Service should be reâ€" moved from political influence. He inâ€" stanced the local offics of the Sherift tot which there were a number _ of aspirants." Bothâ€" parties are open to criticiem in this respect, but in the Dominion Civil Service the necessarty cual‘fications were required before WAREROOMS qualfications were . required _ DefOF® appointments were made. . Relerring to the Whitaey Governâ€" mont he gave ‘credit to Hon. Adain Beck and Hon. Mr. Hanna: as being the only progressive members in the Government. He also referred briefly to public ownership of telephones, the subject of Agriculture, and the Adminâ€" istration of Justice. H the pr tle â€" he velopn er the ho lidays a1 5s fay Boy‘s rel Mr. Ritchic‘s Address ta t Me. P Louis Dietrich. in different designs, and feel confident that we can while during | linood he was compelled . to. . ‘ ration very Htâ€" |hotel borses. But the Modal toward="the deâ€"| training was the toundation of | r seotion of©thei cclobrated man‘s suecess whd it .. agnuy ovitiâ€" l of that â€" this eaket waut k KING ST. d spending $137,000 : on & road ‘from. Elk Lake to Ge in Nortbern Ontario, which, had . undertaken ;‘oz le; than & ‘,' long ago Mr. Ri ‘ through New Onhxh and â€"< 10 the lack of railway ‘ n facilities was compelled to make the distance between Elk Lake and Gow. ganda by stage.> The stretch of road between these mining camps â€" was of the roughest he had ever had ‘ the misfortune * of crossing â€" swe . tae«. ‘The manner in which the . Whitney Government got ‘ into poWer â€" seven years ago was through a campaig of the widest channely of abus adversary. ‘Charge after h been made and since they . 6@ I power â€" not â€" one charge had . been proven. e o_( 3200 . Mr. ‘Whitney‘s cabinet um; being entirely -mw, 6.%: B ctriticized the Minister of (Education, H be Minister M h stit ab h D hed the M a1 Do your Xmas S hopping Now Ontario the bi tious WATERLOO ferring of ~Education, nonkeying with ‘__ This". Minis< vut“‘.fi, & he was forced is sphere â€" as and consequent» child ... of to un da M firat e a