DAKOTA COUNTY
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MOTTO All Tlio News When It Is News.
VOLUME XVIII
WORLD'S DAILY HEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED
AND CONCISELY STATED
CARS KUN AT NIGHT
STAKT VXIH'.K il AKl OP RKV.
stom: statu poucr,.
Churchmen Offer ii I'Iiiii Snjrjte.-
Hoard or Arbitration to. St-ltlr
Trouble Mutter Will Ho ISolVriM-if
to Director f CNiiian.v.
Surface t-aTs ucre operated on the
principal streets of rhl'udclphlu until
midnight Thursday lor the first timo
since the beginning of the present
strike against the Philadelphia H;iild
Transit coraimny. Since Saturday all
cars were withdrawn from service at
nightfall, hut tonight, Kuardcd by
members of the state police, the cars
continued to run, even through the
turbulent mill d'striets of Kensington
and Frankford.
Although the company reported
Thursday night that 8 4 cars had been
atoned during the day, no violence
was permitted to attain serious conse
quences. Outbreaks were quickly
quelled by the police and not a riot
call was sent in.
During the day, according to the
company's figures, 7-14 cars were In
operation and j66 of these continued
to run iinti' midnight. 'Increased serv
ice Is promised by the company, which
announces that 400 new men, many of
whom were formerly In the employ
! the company, were hired Thursday
und wi"i take out ears.
Officials of the company refused to
comment on the request from the
committee of churchmen that the
grievances of the strikers be submit
ted to a bourd of arbitration. It will
be re'ferrod to the d'rectors of the
company.
This proposal for arbitration, which
waB made by representatives of twenty-six
distinct religious denominations,
including 'the leading clergymen of
the city, hns been approved by the
.strikers, who suggest, however, that
one of the seven members on the pro
posed board of arbitration be a repre
sentative .ot organized labor.
ABSCOXIIKK IWDlCIl AURKST.
Jlefniilllug- lOxpi-t'Ks Company Cashier
Was Wt-uring a Wig.
Wearing u wig und a pair of blue
fogies, George Capron, 32 years old,
who is charged with absconding with
$5,000 of the funds of the United
States .Kxpress company, for whom he
wus cashier at the ICnglewood branch
in Cliicagu. was arrested Thursday.
When he left Chicago on December
24 a woman is said a'eo to have dis
appeared and the two were supposed
to .have sojourned at Palm Beach,
I'lu. At the hotel where he was ar
rested Capron was posing as a bank
rupt business man, saying he had
come to .Chicago to rehabilitate his
finances. When he was accosted by a
detective he denied his Identity, but
lhe deteutive reached over and pulled
off his wig. Capron then broke down
.and begged to be given a chance to
reimburse .the express company.
SKNSATION IX li:.T FltOHK.
An Alleged Attempt to try to lli-iho
I'l'oscciition.
An attempt has been made to bribe
Prosecutor Garven, of Hudson county.
ti. J., to drop the prosecution of the
meat packers, according to a state
ment made Thursday by an official of
Mr. (Jarven's office In Jersey City.
The allegation is that two men from
Chicago had approached an ocqualnt
ii nee of Mr. Oarven's and Indirectly
jtitggested that the iproaecutor could re
tire a rich man iif he would drop the
prosecution of the puckers.
The .official declined to give the
name yt Mr. Gurven'a friend who was
approached.
Wtu n the report .uf the alleged at
tempted brihrey v:t brought to Mr.
Oarvcn's attention, tie made no state
ment regarding its truth or falsity, but
remarked:
"No hriltee will go and 1 will push
the beef trust to the limit."
C'mtdwtor is Killed.
John Jjiwler, Htreet ear conductor
was instantly killed; Motwman John
Corcoran wus probably fatally Injured
and 16 passengers were sewrely hurt
In Chicugo Thursday In a colJlnion be
tween a street car uud a Chicago. Mil
waukee und St. Paul railway pusscn.
ger train.
Sioux City Uve Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Floux
City live stock market follow: Ton
hogs, $9.30. Top beeves, $6. CO.
Asks Higher Wage.
DemnadH for increased pay have
been presented by the engineers, tire-
men and telegrapher of the Delaware
and Hudson company. The demands.
It was learned Thursday, rnfige from t
per cent to 70 per cent, but he aver
age Increase approximates 20 per cent
Sugar la Advanced.
All grades of refined sugar were ad
vanced 10 cent a hundred pounds In
w York City Thursday.
:State "toiical Society
MILK THl'ST tilVION A IIMIW.
New York tiraiiil Jury Indicts I-'Jftlit
Director.
The so-called milk trust wus indict
ed in New York City Wednesday. Af
ter a grand Jury investigation extend
ing over a period of weeks, a blanket
Indictment was handed down in the
criminal branch of the state supreme
court, named clsht of seventeen direc
tors or the Consolidated Milk ex
change, a New Jersey corporation, and
charging that they met June 29, 1909.
In New York and conspired together
and with others to fix the wholesale
price of milk, and did tlx it, at $1.40
for a 40-quart can of milk."
One year in prison and a line of
not more than $5,00", or both, is the
penalty for each offense, which Is n
misdemeanor. Ilench warrants were
Issued for the eight directors. They
are: Walter K. Comtort. Thomas o.
Smith, Frederick K. Seiter, Daniel
Hailey, JJhn A. Mclirlde, Henry F.
Iluntemann, James A. Howell . nd
George Slaughter.
Nine other directors of the exchange
escaped Indictment, having earned im
munity by testifying before the grand
Jury and before the state Inquiry into
the- milk trade, which is still In pro
gress. The Consolidated Milk exchange was
formed under the laws.of New Jersey
soon after the supreme court of New-
York state annulled the charter of the
old milk exchange, limited, in 1895.
Wednesday's Indictments are the first
Bpeclfie results obtained ly the state
since It began Its investigation of the
milk trade In Greater New York. A
commissioner appointed by the attor
ney general's office has heen holding
hearings on the matter at which evi
dence was obtained to warrant its be
ing laid before the grand Jury.
OVIOK $1 10.000 MISSING.
Shortage Causes Clot-liij; of "Massachu
setts Bunk.
Hccause a shortage, said to be
$144,000, was discovered In the ac
counts of the National City bank of
Cambridge, Mass., that Institution was
closed Wednesday by order of the
controller at the currency and Nation
al HankE.amlner KUia S. Pepper was
appointed te.mporury receiver.
George W. Coleman, bookkeeper of
the bank, has been absent from Cam
bridge for eeverul days. The last
heard from 'Cob-man was that he was
In Kansas City.
The closing of the bank was a sur
prise to the depositors, most of whom
are small business men.
The president of the bank, Edwhi T.
Dresser, said of the fullure:
"Of my own knowledge 1 don't know
of any shortage, but the examiner was
at the bank Monday afternoon and he
worked there' all day Tuesday. We
took m deposits after Monday noon,
when an investigation wus started by
our directors. We suspect a man who
left Cambridge Friday afternoon, lie
has sent -word to friends in Cambridge
from Kansas City that he would be
back Thursday.
tht kit tiioi'sax i iicx.c
Tike Aairual Gathering of Huwkeyes in
Southern California.
Thirty thousand sons and daugh
ters of the state of Iowa, seekers of
health and fortune in California, gath
ered at F.ast Lake park In Los Angeles
Wednesday in the annual picnic of the
Southern California Iowa association.
It was the largest crowd ever gathered
on a .similar occasion. There was a
brief program early In the day, which
was followed by the election of offi
cers. Steven II. "Tuft, of Long Lteach,
who lived for many years In Iowa,
and waB founder of Humboldt college,
In Humboldt county, of that state, was
elected honorary president. The otherV
officers were: Dr. E. Henderson, Po
mona, president; Judge K. J. Rlchel
Hollywood, vice president; C. P. Par
sons, ArteSla., secretary; F. H. JCIchols
Lob Angeiea, treasurer.
COI.l.IltKN WITH KTKKKT OAK.
Two I'd-KiM Killed and a Score 'More
Injured In Collision.
Two persons were killed, two are
believed to iiuve been fatally injured
and twenty others wwe hurt In a
wreck Wednesday afternoon between
a Union Pacific p-issenger train and a
street car in Denver, Colo.
The accident occurred rat Forty-second
avenue and Josephine street. The
locomotive of the pas-nger train.,
which was running ut 'high speed,
struck the front part of the street car,
hurling the car across the tracks. The
motorman and a woman jmssenger
were killed. It Is feared h invmber of
the injured may die.
Tuft Will Speak.
With the strict injunction that he
Was not to be represented as favoring
votes for women, President Tuft ac
cepted an invitation to address the
opening session of the annual ( (inven
tion of the National American Wom
en's Suffruge association, to lie held in
Washington April 14.
Flrty Killed lii a Faith'.
Fifty persons are reported to have
been killed In u panic following a fire
In the municipal theater at Trujlllo, a
town of northern Peru. The tire start
ed among the apparatus used In con
nection with u moving picture show.
A Japanese wus killed ut Amoy,
china, Wednesday by the accidental
ignition of a high explosive concealed
In his clothing. It I suspected that
the man had planned an assassination.
DAKOTA CITY,
1UOI1.HH t'SK HOMO.
Quaker City I'ollce Narrow ly Kscapo
Death.
Fifteen pollcemvn quartered In the
barn of the company ut Ridge avenue
and York street, In rhlladelphlu, nar
rowly escaped death Tuesday night
when the entire northeast corner of
the .building was blown away with dy
namite. The explosion occurred Just
as C. o. Pratt was about to address
a meiting of the tar men at a hall at
Hldge nenue and Dauphin streets.
How the dynamite was placed In the
car barn is a mystery. The state fensl
bles, nfter Vicing harassed and beaten
nil day by a mob of strike sympa
thizers, were withdrawn at nightfall.
Th- militia had been powerless
against the mob, but a half dozen
mounted police had ridden up and
down driving the rioters before them
during the afternoon.
.Members of the I'enclbles. according
to Mayor Keyburn. acted as if they
were on a picnic, allowing girls In the
mill district to wear their caps and
cut the brass buttons off their cloth
ing. At one point a group of rioters
captured a member of the fenclbles
and carried him several feet from his
post, where they stripped him of his
coat, hat and cartridge belt and gun
und threw them into a sewer.
Only two cars were run on the Le
high avenue line during the afternoon,
and both were badly shattered by
stones. Policemen In this locality were
fired upon by a strike sympathizer,
who had concealed hlmsel In St. Si
mon's church. This enraged the
guardians and they returned the fire,
hitting W. Collins in the groin.
Three boys were shot and probably
fatally Injured, while several received
less severe wounds in riots which fal
lowed the resumption of service by the
company.. The shooting occurred In
nttacks on cars in the northeastern
section.
WITIJ Dli.WVS NOMIN ATION'S.
Due to Cut Made in Salaries Paid the
Judges of Customs Court.
The president on Tuesday withdrew
the nominations of Alfred C. Coxe.
William 11. Hunt. James F. Smith.
Orln M. Burner and Marcel Devries to
be Judges of the court of customs ap
peals. The explanation at the White House
of the withdrawal of the nominations
was that these positions were offered
wjth the understanding that they were
to get $10,000 a year each, ns provided
in the Payne bill. Congress, having
refused to provide more than $7,000
each, the president felt it would be
better to withdraw the names until he
had time to Inform the men nominat
ed of the facts and ascertain whether
they were willing to accept tinder the
new conditions. H Is known that some
of the proposed Judges will not uocvpt
ut the reduced salaries.
DI-'ATII TO : PKXAl.TY.
Walter Kifetibers Is Found Guilt rf
MnrrtVr.
The jury in the Jacob Davis murder
case at Ainsworth, Neb., Tuesday
morning brought In a verdict finding
Walter Rifenberg, alias George Wil
son,' guilty and fixing the penulry at
death.
Davis, who was a tnol hall proprie
tor, was shot and killed on the night
or jtecemoer z nnc on nil wuy
home. Robbery was the motive. The
evidence pointed strongly toward "Wil
son and he was arrested. He was fa
miliar with the Dnvis premises and
knew that Davis curried a large roll of
money most of the time. Money was
found on his person. In the Inside of
his oscks, and n number of bills wero
stained with blond.
i.i:i'i:n i: hi.y ihstiittk.
Stranded In New York Without Funds
to Kn-p Family.
John R. Karly, former Fnlted
States Infantryman,, whom the health
authorities at Washington and mnnv
physicians have branded as n 'leper.
Is destitute In New York City -with no
means of supporting his wife and two
children. Dr. Hulkeley, uf the New
York Sltln nnd Cancer hoKpltal. wh
has stood by th unfortunate ma
throughout the controversy, suld that
Early's condition was pitiful.
Fleet to Shoot ut Target.
The seventh torpedo division, com
prising the torpedo boat destroyers
Smith, the flagship Held, Ijtmiun,
Flusser and Preston, arrived off pen
sacola bar Monday night and entered
the harbor Tuesday morning. The
vessels are there for target pructW. .
t'oiifcsscw to Murder.
The authorities nt U-iwton, Ok!.,
ray that Alonzo lientz, a Mexican boy,
Tuesday confessed that he and John
(iinzales, another Mexican, murdered
J. F. Mitchell, a school teacher, Ileal
Fletcher last Sunday to cover up thel.
theft of corn f rom Mlt hell's ciilm.
Reception to llrjan.
William Jennings liryun dined Tues
day with President Montt at Santlugo,
Chile. A reception was given In hl
honor ut the American legation.
Allu-rtoii Pusses Away.
Charles Atherton. top boss of the
St. Puul mine at Cherry, III., died at
Iji Salle Tuesday of bullet wounds
inflicted several days previous by Ma
las Mundrltch, a disgruntled miner.
$100,000 Fire In Milwaukee.
Fire Tuesday morning destroyed
the structure on West Water street,
Milwaukee, occupied by the Mllwau
kee Department store. The low If es
timated at 1 100,00
NEB., FRIDAY, FKllilUAKY 25, 1910.
NEBRASKA
Dolnsp of the Wock
in. Condensed Form
DKATH PF.XAl.TY Foil WILSOX.
Atnswortli Murderer Given F.xtrcino
Limit by Jury.
At Ainsworth the Jury in the Davin
murder case after deliberating ten
hours und forty minutes Tuesday
morning brought in a verdict of guilty
of murder in the first degree nnd Im
posed the death penalty. Owing tit
the fact that It was a holiday the court
could not set the date of execution
nor the attorney for the defendant file
a motion for u new trial, but he did
ask for a day or two in which to ar
rnnge his affairs, and the court set
February 25 as the time for hearing
of motions, etc.
Walter Rifenburg, alias George Wil
son, convicted of the crime, received
the verdict without ti quiver, and when
taken back to his cell In the county
Jail took up the work of writing letters.
The crime of which Wilson was con
victed was a most atnii lims one. J.
Davis, Jr., who conflicted a pool hall,
on the night of December 27, last
closed his business at 11 o'clock and
started home. He was shot while pass
ing through an alley near his home,
the bullet passing almost through his
head. His pockets were robbed of
about $225. The body was then drag
ged to a barn nearby, where Davis
must have partially revived. The
murderer then took some sharp Instru
ment and Inflicted a number of serious
wounds about the head. Davis lived
but an hour or two and never regained
consciousness. Wilson was suspected
and placed under arrest, and when
searched about $225 was found on his
person, the most of It having been
concealed In his shoes. At the trial,
which occupied Beven days, It was
found that Wilson had deserted a wife
und child at Lend, S, D., and that he
was also a deserter from the Fnlted
States army at Fort Mende, S. D., hav
ing been a member of Troop L, Fourth
cavalry. The evidence, though circum
stantial was particularly damaging.
Nine of the pieces of money found on
Wilson contained blood spots, na did
his hut and coat and the door knob of
hla room at the hotel.
1J2AHXIXG tltV'T( COOK.
Wealthy Families Teaching Daughters
the Culinary Art
Appreciating the fact that perhnps
the time Is not far distant when It will
be impossible t find women who, for
wages, will lie willing to go Into the
kitchen and -ook, many, of the rich
families of Omaha have Induced the
daughters to learn the secrets of the
culinary art. As a result Miss Marga
ret Coffin, expert Instructor ut. the
rooms of the y. W. C A., has t class
of rich young women, who, wo to
speak, are learning their A, It Cs In
the cooking line. As a rule the young
women are making rapid progress, and
inside of two months Miss CoGIn will
turn out thirty to forty proficient
cooks. Lessons consume an hour, and
are give dully for live duj-s each
week.
Ttoiiiiiihousc I turned.
Fire destroyed the roundhouse of
the IlurliJigton at Table Rock. Kvery-'
thing of value was saved il'rom the
building. The origin of the lire la sup
posed te 'Is? from the explosion of a
lamp. The hlue prints are already
there for a new eight-stall, brick
roundhouse, ns this was an eld frame
structure that h: done duty for a
quurter of a century or more, and It
Is supposed the fire will serve to hast
en the erewiOon rf tlie new structure.
I'-dUoi's WIN- r.xpii-iss.
Following an lllneas -of more than a
year, Mrs. John B. Donovun suc
cumbed to cancer at "her home nt Mad
ison. Mrs. liimovan had been con
fined to her ted for (wo months. She
was the wlf of J. 1H. Donovan, for
many years editor f tht- Star-MuB and
ut one time president f the Nebras
ka Press association.
Declamatory Contest.
A high school dcclamntory cwutest
will be held at lieatriite Thursday,
March 3. Gold, silver and bronne rneil
ala will be given those winning flrt
place. The winner of the contest will
represent Heutrlce at the annual de
bute to be held there the last ot March,
during the meeting of the Southeast
ern Nrhrasku F.d ucutoonal association.
Drops Dead at Kale.
Kd Watson, aged 62 years, living
five miles northeast of Ftlca. dropped
dead at Valdelfelt'a sale. He waa
engaged in conversation with a num
ber of men and grew very much excit
ed about the subject under dtscusslnn
and, us he was troubled with heart
failure, it is supposed this caused his
death.
New Principal at Islington.
Prof. D. F. Dii kerson, of the normal
atudent body, has accepted a position
aa principal of the high school at Lex
ington. Mr. Dlckerson In an experi
enced teacher and lust year held a like
poaitlon at Atlanta, Neb.
Moving Picture for Insane AmIuiii.
The state board of public lands and
buildings will buy a moving picture
machine for the amusement of the ln
STATE NEWS
FIHF, Loss AT AIXSWOIITII. .
Fiirly .Morning Hla.e Docs Damage to
Amount or S.Y0O0.
Fire In the J. Da Is building on
Main street in Ainsworth at 4 o'clock
Sunday morning completely destroyed
that structure and Its contents, u num
ber of pool and billiard tables and fur
niture, it badly damaged an adjoin
ing building owned by Hen Fast and
occupied by Charles Anderson as a
restaurant and confectionery store.
A building owned and occupied by
Rucker i Foster us a barber shop
was rar.ed to the ground by firemen to
prevent the supread of the flumes to
the noith. Harwell lieatty, under
takers, u4so suffered the loss of cask
ets to the amount of $500.
The Ainsworth Telephone company
Is almost out of commission on ac
count of the fire, which destroyed the
cables and wires which covered the
west and north parts of the city and
all but two of the country lines. The
damage caused by the lire will aggre
gate $5,000, only partially covered by
insurance. A strong wind prevailed
when the lire was lirst discovered, but
It died down and enabled the firemen
by heroic work to confine the flames
to the Davis and Fast buildings. The
origin Is unknown, but It is supposed
the blaze started from a cigar stump
or hot ashes.
FOU SCHOOL SIMHIT.
Plans Laid to Hold Annual lianqiict to
Itoost This Plan Along.
The fraternities of the Btate uni
versity have decided to hold an an
nual banquet each year for the pur
pose of creating a stronger bond of
university spirit among themselves. It
Is planned to have every fraternity
man active and alumni of Lincoln
present at this annuul dinner.
Members of the Nebraska fraterni
ties feel that the school lacks a true
university spirit and they are inaugur
atlng the annual banquet scheme In
order to bring the under clansmen to
feel n strong regard for the various
Institutions of the big school. It Is
thought that the students by this plan
will come to have such n love for their
Hchool that they will tuk a keen in
terest. In the institution after they are
gtuduuted ind will do more thnn the
present alumni for promoting the va
rlous Cornhusker Interests.
CHILD UADI.Y SCALDF.D.
In S-rliaas CoinlilMiu and May Xoi
Little Philip McCunn. son of Mr
and Mrs. R. II. McCnnn, of Fremont
was badly scalded while playing steam
engine with a number of other child
ren. The children plugged tut a tin
can fiu! of water and built a hot lire
under It. They were nlavlnir that It
was the steam engine for a brick plant
and were busily engaged In making
bricks out of mud and drying them
over the fire, w hen suddenly, with
loud report, the can exploded. Hot
water splashed over the little, Phillip
Mctanns legs aind they were badly
scaldod. Physicians are not certain
whether his lite can be saved. If he
lives. It w.'il be mecessury to graft sklr
over Hie dumugod places.
HON I) ISSIU MAY UK MADE.
Grand Island X oiitciuplatcH Kxtenslor
aft Plant.
Notwithstanding the fact that with.
in the past liv-e years over live miles
of additional mains have been ' laid
out of '.the general receipts of the mu
nlclpaKiy owne.ll and operated water
plant us .Grand Oaland, the requests for
further extensions are such that
small bond lsste is In contemplation
by the i ity or the enlargement of the
plant both as ti mains and as to
pumping capacluv. No definite prop
osition has aa jnet been made. Th
growth .f the clt has In the recent
years been Mich rhat without a little
additional! caphml Invested the de
mands o the plumt can scarcely be
met.
Fall Wheat Injured.
Many farmers around Nelson are ol
the opinion that the Tall wheat hue
been seriously Injured, by the many
sudden extreme change In tempera
ture and the unusually severe weather
experienced this winter, liy making
a close Inspection, they say, It Is found
that many of the young plants are
d.i d.
Judge II. I). Travis was to have held
a special term of the district court
ut Nebraska City lust week, but wired
from Denver, Colo., that he was still
feeling ill and udjourned the court
until March 7, when the regulur term
will be held.
Hcvivul In Progress.
Revival meetings are being held In
the Plrst Methodist church In All.b.n
The meetings are helns; conducted by
it
me puaior, Dr. II. II. Millard. So fa
the cold weuther has cut down the at
tendance. Young .Man M luting.
Herbert Iloldrege, a young man who
until recently worked aa a hot.i .iw
at Humboldt, left lust Sunday and hie
Whereabout ar unlniAK. I
PARALYSIS BY STRIKE
Walk-Out Which .May Involve too,-
ooo Men Ordered and Attacks
on Cars (io On.
POLICE SHOOT TWO YOUTHS.
Bloodshed aa Street-Railway Situa
tion Gets Worse Organizer Pratt
Held in $3,000 Ball.
While rioting which may coat the
life of at least one victim was going
on, the Central Labor 1'nlon of Phil
adelphia dec tared a sympathetic strike
of nil organized labor in the city affil
iated with the central body. The union
claims a membership of 100,000. Us
action was tho result of the arrest and
detention of Clarence O. Pratt, nation
al organizer of the street car men.
Whether the order will be obeyed
by all caunot be told now. President
Murphy of tho Central Labor Union
declares that the order will not go
Into effect before It receives the ap
proval of the presidents of the unions.
The Central Iubor body is composed
of 3oo delegates, said to represent 100
unions, in various trades. The labor
leaders are holding conferences to de
cide when the strike order shull go
Into effect. If It Is carried out to the
letter It will mean serious conse
quences for the city, which probably
will be felt In other place than Phil
adelphia. Pratt was given a hearing and held
In $3,000 ball, charged with Inciting to
riot, conspiracy and disorderly con
duct. President Murphy was Indig
nant against the city ofnclals for tak
ing Pratt Into custody.
Trouble was reported from Kensing
ton, In the northeastern part of the
city, the great mil! district, where two
boys were shot. A. crowd of youths
lay in wait for a car and as It passed
hurled a shower of stones. Two police
men who were on the eflr as protector
ot the crew opened fire on the boys
and when the youths fled It was found
that two had been wounded. Both
were rushed to a hospital and nn ex
amination showed that one had been
shot hi the chest and that the other
bad been Injured slightly.
Coming suddenly when least ex
pected, this strike was declared against
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit by the
linalgamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway employes the other
lay. Two cars were burned the same
night, a score of cars were attacked,
forcing their crews to abandon them,
tnd numerous arrests were made. Ex
?ept In the central part of the city,
itreet railway Bervlce was almost at
i standstill. Cat s running through the
te.ntral stations were heavily protected.
Along Kensington avenue lumber and
ther obstructions were piled on th
tracks.
Two hundred and ninety-seven cars
recked, scores of persons Injured, and
IGO strike sympathizers arrested was
the result of the second day's rioting
In connection with the strike. The
ilsortlers stopped only when the com
pany decided not to operate Us lines
for several hours. By the time this
decision was made conditions had be
come stf serious that Mayor Reyburn
aad sworn In 3,000 extra police and
bad Issued a proclamation enforcing
the riot act and placing the city un
ter what practically was martial law.
CHICAGO PACKERS INDICTED,
Srand Jury Votes True Bills Against
National Company's Officers.
The directors of the National Pack
ing Company practically all of tbem
Chicago men were Indicted by the
grand Jury of Hudson county. New
Jersey, sitting in Jersey City. The In
dictments are against the men as in
dividuals. All the directors of the
company are Included with the excep
tion or Kenneth K. McLaren, a resi
dent of New Jersey and not active In
tbe corporation.
The corporations and Its directors
are the same ones now the subject of
a federal grand Jury Inquiry in Chica
go. That investigation has been un
der way for several weeks and Is ex
pected to continue for three weeks
longer before the votlnsr of bills. In
the Jersey City grand Jury's indict
Dient the National Company's direct
ors are charged with conspiracy In
mat tney kept foods tuffs In cold stor-
age with the purpose of raising the
price. The Indictments nr tn t.o
handed up to Supreme Court Justice
rrancis J. Swayze.
The directors of the Vat in nnl Paf1r.
ing Company, according tn IIia nnh.
lished records .are:
J. Ogden Armour, I A. Carton,
U F. Swift, K. K. McLaren,
Edward Morris, T. E. Wilson,
E. F. Swift, C. H. Swift.
Ira N. Morris, L. H. Heyman,
Arthur Meeker, Kumuel Mc Huberts
Edward TITden, F. A. Fowler,
T. J. Connora, A. W. Armour.
The voting of the indictments is be
lieved to be the forerunner of the find
ing of more true bills by the Jersey
irand Jury.
Turaa a Double Bark Tnlat,
Before aa audience of thousands in
Convention Hall, Kansaa City, Charles
llegrlst performed the-heretofore nn
tccompllahed feat of turnln a rrm.
klete double back somersault from th
fcreimd.
NUMBER 20
IMPERILED E7 PAS0LE DECISION
It May Affect Many Stat Appolntlrfl
Officers and Commissions.
The lllinol. Supremo Court, by It
opinion lu the Joyce parole case, 4
Muring the taw establiahing the parol
board to be unconstitutional, has cans)
ed a political panic In the Statehousev
Interpretation of tb opinion by Stat
officers who prefer not to talk yet for
publication Is that close construction
of the .loyco opinion makes It extreme
ly problematical whether more thai),
one-half of the appnlntlvo officers and
commissions of the State are const I tq
tlonal or that tho nin holding theup
places can lawfully draw their salaries.
These officers and commissions are
declared to be In thf Identical predlcay
ment with the paroI hoard, which wiS
wiped off the map by the Supremo
Court decision.
The board of administration of public 1
luiritles.
The fire marshal. I
The pure food commission. '
The Pontine reformatory board.
The mining investigating; commit
Ion.
The secrel.ules to the Supreme Jus
tlces.
The greater scare, attached to th
bidden paragraph In tho Dunn opinion
ronies from a close reading of the Ju
dicial view that an act creative of in,
office or a commission, which is silent
In Us title as to the salary or com pen-
satlon of the officer or board therein
named, but which In the body of the
bill establishes,' provides, or appro
priates for compensation t of these oflV'
:ers, is unconstitutional so far as it
applies to payment.
ZERO WEATHER CLOSES SCHOOLS.
Indiana, and Ohio Knowta!! of 20
Inches ('rosea aa Mrmrr Falls. ..
Zero weather froz.e solid the nine ty,
twenty Inches of snow covering Indi
ana. Schools in Indianapolis and moat '
ut i ue simmer cities or tne state werej
closed. Travel on the lnternrban elect
trie railways was slow and uncertain
and many highways were blocked fcf
firlfts. The . temperature dropped
sharply at the close ot a forty-eight
hour snowstorm and registered front
2 to 6 degrees below xero In different
sections of tbe state. The publl
schools at Marlon, O., were dlamlssed
the other day. as practically none oj
the children was able to reach the;
buildings. ,A snowfall of nineteen
Inches covers the streets. Tbe heavy
fall caused the collapse of the 10
000 frame auditorium at Zanesvlllel
Complaints are coming in from centra
Ohio farming districts that live itocH
is Buffering from lack of water, as the
small streams are frozen up.
KILLED AND HURT Uf THJEATEft,
r ,
Floor Suddenly Collapse Becmasa) at
Flames in fiiuntat.
Five hundred persons attending aj
small theater at Patton. Pa. were pre
clpltated Into the basement of the
building when the floor collapsed dur
ing a Are, and one person waa killed.
The fire started from an unknown orb
gin, in the basement ot the build
ing, while the theater on the first floors
was filled with nnrsona WAtohln a:
moving picture show. By the time
amoke began to appear in the rootn
tbe floor had already been weakened
by the flames, and when the rush fop
the doors began the floor collapsed,
illowlng tbe struggling crowd to dro$
In a mass to the basement. The en
tire structure waa burned. A score
ire injured seriously, several of tnenv
tally. . ,
TIME SAVES 9173,000 THIEP.. 3
statute ot Limitation Now Applies
la CnleauTo aatreaaury Cavaa.
The mystery of who stole imnftft
from the United States subtreasury la)
Chicago three years ago may be solved
ome dav. but never In a rHmimi
:ourt. The statute of limitations has
run against any sort of criminal ad
lion, and the mttch-souKht thief la no
tree to come out and tell all about it
without fear of being sent to Jail. Alt'
that Is now left .of tbe famous case la
1 libel suit instituted by George W.
Fitzgerald, tbe former cashier In the
lubtreasury, after he had been arrest
id and dismissed without trial on tha-
i-harge of having stolen the money.
Hie defendants to this suit are WiW
lam Boldenweck. subtreasurer: H. Jl
young, manager of a Chicago detectlvev
tgency, and a morning newspaper.
EXPLORER THOUGHT DEAD BACK
Arthur T. Lrlllt Heturne to Waalt
luuton from Labrador's Wilds.
Mourned as dead by hie wife and)
friends for the last four months, Ar
thur T. Lelth, a geologist, explorer audi
hunter, has returned, safe and well,
from the frozen regions ot Labrador
to bis home In Washington. Mr. Leltl.
itarted out Inst summer from the norttt.
itiore of Lake Superior, with his broth
tr. Dr. C. K. Lelth, professor of geolo
ty In the University ot Wisconsin;
B. Adu.!iis of Duluth and Hugh Roberta
Df Superior, Wis. They went 150 miles
north of the Labrador trading post ot
Great Whales. Dr. Lelth and Mr. Rob
erts tnaJe their way home in the falL.
but the other two men remained until
Christmas and experienced terrible)
lardbhlps.
GIVE UP HOPE FOR XWA.
M arbl Ordered . to DUaatlaaa
Brarch for Bllaaias Taflr.
All hope that the missing Uslteel
States navy tug Nina, which left Nor
folk Feb. t bound to Boston, with thirty-two
persons aboard, la still afloat,
has been abandoned by the navy de
eartment and the warships which bav
been searching for the Nlns were ea
Jared to discontinue their hunt.
.an (igtltoti at the Norfolk atyluru,
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