Dynamiters Sentenced Amid Labor Movement Backlash
The court rejected motions to set aside verdicts for 38 dynamiters tied to the iron workers union. Judge Anderson praised some defendants for honesty while detailing a nationwide campaign of explosions from 1906 to 1911. The terms ranged up to six years as he linked the crimes to organized labor and warned others to fear punishment.
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Judgmen
Anderson
Patrick F. Farrell
Farrell
Ers
Chicago
Coughlin
Cooney
Miller
Murphy
Hiram R. Kline
Muncie
Ind
Carpenters’ Union
Tveitmoe
Iron Workers’ Union
Kline
Charles Wachtmeister
William C. Bernhardt
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Beum
McNamara
Atlantic
Pacific
Organized Labor
Iron Workers
John J. McNamara
McNamaras
McManigal
Los Angeles Times
Prison in Leavenworth to take Indianapolis dynamiting conspirators
Deputy Warden W. H. Mackey said the federal prison at Leavenworth will make room for 33 men sentenced in Indianapolis for the dynamiting conspiracy. The men would serve as iron workers once admitted, despite the facility nearing capacity.
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Leavenworth
Kan
W. H. Mackey
Indianapolis
Indictments Continue After Sentences in Indianapolis
Three federal grand jury indictments against Olaf A. Treitmoe E. A. Clancy and J. F. Munsey for conspiring to transport explosives illegally will not be dismissed despite today’s sentences in Indianapolis. The cases of Anton Johannsen and two others will be heard in Los Angeles federal court January 18 with Johannsen slated for trial.
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Pacific Coast
Miller
Clancy
Munsey
James B. McNamara
Alt Lake City
San Quentin
California
McNamaras
Ryan
Treitmoe
Webb
Hockin
Young
Cooley
Anderson
Smith
Cleveland
North Randall
Ohio
Los Angeles
Olaf A. Treitmoe
E. A. Clancy
San Francisco
J. F. Munsey
Salt Lake City
Indianapolis
A. I. McCormick
United States
Johannsen
Attorneys Advise for Another Judge
The Fourth judicial district bar association met in Missoula for its annual session. Attendees included outside attorneys and Chief Justice Brantly. They discussed the need for an additional judge due to 1060 pending cases and formed a committee to draft a bill for legislature action. Officers elected were F. C. Webster president, H. J. Burleigh vice president, W. P. Baker vice president, J. E. Patterson vice president, W. J. McCormick secretary, A. Be. Sancon treasurer.
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Standard
Missoula
Bar Association of the
Fourth Judicial District
Ravalli
Sanders
Brantly
Supreme Court
F. C. Webster
H. J. Burleigh
Sanders County
W. P. Baker
Ravalli County
J. E. Patterson
Missoula County
W. J. McCormick
A. Be. Sancon
Rates Held Up by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed transcontinental freight tariffs on lumber from British Columbia and Alberta Canada and from Oregon Washington and other northwestern states shipped via Colorado to eastern destinations. If enacted the Portland Ore to Chicago rate would rise from 65 cents to 89 cents per hundred and Portland to New York from 85 cents to 1.08 dollars. Other routes would see similar increases.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
British Columbia
Alberta
Canada
Oregon
Colorado
Portland
Ore
Chicago
New York City
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Korncssy
Hennessy
D&a
Rieger
Hudnut
Rivieras
Hanson & Jenks
Houbigant
Esperis
Piner
Mr. Miller
New York
James Cooney
Ortie v. McManigal
James Coughlin
Clark
Dayton
Los Angeles County
Boston
Barry
St. Louis
Beam
Legleitner
Denver
Iron Workers’ Executive Board
Leo M. Rappaport
Ortie
van Houten
Beecham
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