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■' TRIPLE MURDERER DECLARED HE HAD TWO ACCOMPLICES Confession Made to Sheriff bj Slayer Furnishes an Addi tional Clew. Kansas City, Nov. 2.—Further sensa tional information implicating persons close to James McMahon, the confessed triple murderer sentenced yesterday to life imprisonment in the Kansas state penitentiary, was secured from McMa hon last night by Sheriff A1 Becker just before the doors of the prison closed behind him. “The information I got from Jim last night is the most sensational yet.” said Sheriff Becker. “It Implicates at least two additional persons in the crime.” While the sheriffs office Is today In vestigating the new story, Patrick Mc Mahon is being held. Brother Goes Crazy. Patrick was kept in the Kansas City, police station last night. Early to day, under the strain of the last week, lie broke down and became violent, de t daring every one was a detective at tempting to contuse him. On the way back to Wyandotte coun ty, Kansas, Patrick made several at tempts to escape from the sheriffs mo tor car, and fought desperately. Sev eral physicians who examined the pris oner today said he was suffering from temporary insanity. James Gets Sentence. James McMahon pleaded guilty in court in Kansas City, Kan., yesterday to the murder of his two sisters. Rose McMahon and Mrs. Alonzo Van Royen, and his brothcrinlaw, Alonzo Van Roy en. He was sentenced to life, imprison ment in the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing. A deputy sheriff took the prisoner to the penitentiary last night. McMahon and his family were eager to have the case settled immediately and they sought permission of the authorities to let the plea be entered without the formality of a jury trial. Prosecutor Joseph Taggart asked McMahon a few questions about his age and occupation and the case was disposed of in less than 10 minutes. “I’m glad to get started on my term," said McMahon as he started for prison. “They tell me Lansing is a pretty fair place to be in.” GREEKS SAY REVOLT HAS BEEN SUPPRESSED Athens, Greece, Nov. 2.—TlbaMos’ miniature rebellion has been sup pressed, according to an official gov ernment announcement. Nevertheless, the torpedo boat destroyer Velos, with her rebel crew, is roaming in unknown seas. Several officers, sailors and work men in the dock yards at Salamis have surrendered. Three of the revolters were killed and a number wounded when a shell from the government's land battery struck the mutinous torpedo boat Sphendona during the engagement yesterday. The rebellious force at the arsenal on the Island of Salamis surrendered today. All of the vessels of which Ti baldos took possession have returned home, with the exception of the Velos, upon which it is supposed Tibaldos ha» taken refuge. WOMEN ABANDON CIGABET FOR PIPE New York Tobacconists Stock Up Dainty Briars Holding a Few “Whiffs.” Now York. Nov. 2.—Pipes for woifc en, dainty little affairs of briar which hold a half dozen “whiffs,” may now he had of the leading tobacconists of the city. They have been stocked to meet a demand of women, who, under doctors’ orders, have been directed to abandon cigarets, or who wish to en joy their after dinner smoke without leaving tell-tale tobacco stains on their lingers. Pipes generally, according to tobac conists, are becoming daily more pop ular, and one of tne largest stores keeps a stock of which a large por tion ranges in price from $80 to $200. Some of these pipes are briars, highly ornated and purchased chiefly as gifts. As would seem fitting for such royal pipes there are innumerable brands of smoking tobaccos, some of which sell for $12 a pound. One dealer Is au thority for the statement that among his most regular customers he has greater sale for tobaccos which sell for less than $1 a pound. Many of them, he declares, obtain their greatest satis faction from tobaccos sold in nickel packages popularly supposed to be favorites only of longshoremen and laborers. WOMAN NOW HAS MILLION-DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE Chicago, Ncv 2.—By taking out $300,000 of life insurance yesterday Mrs. Charles Netcher. owner of the Boston store, increased the amount of her policies to $1,000,000, thereby be coming, it is believed, the most heavily insured woman in America. Mrs. Netcher has good reason to ap preciate the value of life insurance. Her husband took out a $500,000 policy early in 1904 and died in June of the same year. The money was paid at once and relieved any shock that might otherwise have been sustained by the store’s business through the sudden re moval of its founder and head. CHINAMAN AN ANARCHIST. Kan Francisco, Nov. 2.—Deportation proceedings have been begun against I,o Sun, editor of the Chinese paper, Liberty News, on a charge of anarchy. They were brought as the result of an editorial in Lo's paper praising the as sassin of Prince Ito and advising the slaying of more Japanese. ALLEGED BLACKMAILER BOUND OVER FOR TRIAL Kansas City, Nov. 2.—United States Commissioner John M. Nuekols today bound Thaddeus S. Wilson, the Garnet, Kan., school teacher, over to the grand jury on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Wilson pleaded no- guilty to sending « threatening letter demanding $5,000 from R. A. Long, a millionaire lumber dealer. Wilson could not furnish a $2,000 bond and was retuanded to Jail. TAFT COCKTAIL NEW SOUTHERN BEVERAGE New Orleans Palls for New Booze Concoction Said to Be Pine. New Orleans, Nov. 2.—Half of New Orleans Is drinking the Taft cocktail, and the other half Is waiting for the white aproned parties to mix them. In New Orleans it has been the cus tom for ages to improvise a new drink and name it after distinguished citi zens or visitors. Thus in New Orleans was born the Sazarac, the Roofinac, the Sara Bernhardt and Ramos Fizz. But the Taft cocktail, its proud inventor claims, is superior to them all in flavor, iboquet and soothing effects. And he ought to know, for he is the originator of the fizz. The Taft cocktail is built after the manner of the Creole cocktail, but it has some trimmings. A mixture of lime and lemon Juice is prepared, and the rim of the glass, after being iced is dipped in this mixture, and then frosted in confectioners' sugar. opera~sTnger says WOMEN DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY BELONG New York, Nov. 2.—"When woman begins to realize she was made for the sole purpose of pleasing men; of being loved and of rearing children when she marries, she will have solved the much discussed 'woman question.' For that she was put into the world.” This was the sentiment expressed on the suffrage question by Miss Vera Courtenay, the American girl who has lived for years in Paris, where she has Just finished a session at the Opera Comique and who come for her Amer ican debut to the Metropolitan opera house. "It would be Interesting.” said Miss Courtenay, “to know what the discon tent is—the failure in the case of these suffraget leaders that makes them take up the fight for the ballot; for I’ll wager it is because the women have be come soured on life, pessimistic, unhap py. tired of their environment. These things doubtless can be traced to the fault not of conditions or husband or family or work or society, but of the woman herself. "Women complain of the decreasing chivalry in American men. I would like to know who is responsible for it. if it is not the women themselves, who have become so independent, so sex less, so 'mental' that they look upon the simple duties of keeping the home and caring for their husbands and children as drudgery, work for which they should be paid wages instead of love and protection. “I hope the day is very distant—never in fact—when I shall have to take upon mvself the responsibilities of the bal lot.” YANKEE ROBINSON TREASURER ROBBED Buchanan Losees $5,000 by Holdup of Official in Arkansas. Dos Moines. la.. Nov. 2.—Fred Bu rhanan, owner of the Yankee Robinson circus, today was notified by wire that thugs last night slugged Treasurer A1 Root on board the train from Pine Bluff to Fordyce, Ark., and made a getaway with ?T>.000, which was being held to pay off the circus when it (lis. bands a week hence. TOSSED DIAMONDS WORTH THOUSANDS OUT CAR WINDOW San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 2.—J. E. Chilberg, president of the Alaska-Yu kon-Paciflc exposition, threw diamond rings worth several thousand dollars out of the'dindow of his drawing room on the Oregon express near Dunsmuir, Cal., on his way from Seattle to the Portoia festival, according to a story that leaked out at the Fairmount hotel last night. The diamonds belonged to Mrs. Chil berg. While on the train thinking of the festivities which awaited her and her husband here, she decided to clean up three beautiful rings she had planned to wear at the Portoia fete. Early in the morning she placed them in a glass of water and set the glass on the window sill in her drawing room. The window had been raised above the screen. Then she and her husband went to breakfast. Mr. Chilberg returned to the room first. Dust was blowing through the window and he decided to shut it. He noticed the glass with a few inches of water in it, and before shutting the window he picked up the glass and threw the water out. Later Mrs. Chil berg returned from breakfast to look after her rings. At the next station an engine and a car were chartered and a minute search back along the roadway began. But the rings still remain in the cinders foi some tramp's rich find. MURDERED MAN’S BROTHER RELEASED Vlurrow Tragedy Remains a Mystery After Three Weeks of Investigation. Dps Moines, la., Nov. 2.—Ben Muiy. ow, who was arrested a month ago charged with the murder of his brother, Charles Murrow, was released today upon orders of the grand jury, and one of the most baffling murders In the history of Iowa remains unsolved. The dead man was shot as he lay in bed, supposedly by burglars, but the brother's arrest followed the inquest held by the coroner. The Murrov family Is well known and prominent. ILL HEALTH CAUSES SUICIDE OF CONTRACTOR Dubuque, la.. Nov. 2.—Ex-Super risor John Andred, aged 50 years, corn I mitted suicide by hanging today, tht 1 result of ill health. He was a proml ( nent contractor and wealthy. BREAKS ANOTHER RECORD. Dondon, Nov. 2.—Flying over the Brooklands motor track, Bouls Paul han, the French aviator, broke the English record for altitude, reaching the height of 720 feet. He used a bi plane. DEBS DECLARES DIAZ IS AN IRON HEELED MONSTER Says Hell Is a Paradise Com pared to Mexico Under Present Ruler. New York, Nov. 2.—Aroused by the arrest in Los Angeles of Gultteriez <lo Lara, the organizer for the socialist party, on a charge of being an anarch ist, Kugenc V. Debbs, recent candidate of the socialist party for president, has telegraphed the following statement from Conneaut, Ohio, where he Is lec turing: “When De I,ara cried aloud in pro test against the Intolerable conditions in Mexico, Diaz ordered him shot. He escaped to the United States, as other liberators, such as Kossuth, had done before him, and were received with open arms. Hut. alas, times have changed, and the United States, In stead of being a haven of refuge for the oppressed, is the bloodhound of despots and turnkey of assassins. “But the people are awakening and, plutocrats, you will reap the whirl wind you are sowing. The arrest of Gultteriez do Lara, the Mexican patriot, by the order of the dictator, Diaz, his imprisonment incommunicado, is an atrocity second only to the court mar tialed assassination of Ferrier in Spain. "The United States is rapidly being Russianized and Mexican iaed. Diaz, the monster, may now reach over here and imprison patriots; have them de ported to Mexico and assassinated in cold blood. "Mexico, under Diaz, is an inquisi tion of horrors. Hell is a paradise in comparison. Kighteen million peons’ lives are ground under the iron heel of that monster. Mexico is no more a republic than a brothel is a saint’s communion. "Diaz rules, and by assassination. Thirty thousand atrocious murders lie at his door. This is the bloody monster Taft embraced in the name of the American people. The Wall street plutocrats have $1,000,000,000 invested in American railways, mines, smelters, steel and cotton mills there. Mexico furnishes them with peon labor and they divide the bloody booty with Diaz. Rotting in Dungeons. ‘‘Three Mexican heroes are rotting in, our federal dungeons at Florence, Artz„ and the federal prison at Leaven worth, Kan., holds two more. Braver men than these have never sacrificed their freedom in the cause of humanity, and yet they are chained in the prison cells of our asylum for the oppressed upon the request of Diaz. "On the day Taft was in San An tonio, a number of socialists were thrown into jail without warrant or hearing, upon the order of his secret service satraps. De Lara is of a wealthy family and a graduate of the University of Mexico. He was a judge upon the bench and a member of the diplomatic corps of Mexico, but be cause he cried aloud in protest against the acts of Diaz, he incurred his enmity and is now being persecuted.” GIRLS BURNED*TO DEATH ON STAGE Kansas City, Nov. 2.—Miss Virginia Owen, of Independence, Mo., and Miss Mamie Tireman died today from the effects of burns received during an en tertainment here last night at Loretta academy, a fashionable boarding school for girls. Miss Mary Maley, who was severely burned in an attempt to save her school mates, was in a critical con dition today. All the girls wore light cotton Eski mo costumes. The stage of the audi torium had been decorated with set tings to represent the discovery of the north pole, and there was much cotton and tinsel. A miniature globe stood in the center of the stage, and around it were grouped the student actors, some "0 in number, each dressed to represent an Eskimo. Shortly after the tableau started Miss Owen stepped over a iighted candle, and in a second the flames had been communicated to the other girls and decorations. The girls became hysteri cal, but the Mother Superior and others of the sisters of Loretta urged those in the small audience to use their wraps to beat out the flames. The fire was extinguished before tin fire department arrived. NINE LOSE LIVES IN FIERCE BLAZE St. Johnsbury, Vt.. Nov. 2.—Two men lost their lives early today in a fire which destroyed the Citizens Savings bank building, the principal business building of this. town, and eight per sons are missing, while four others, badly burned, have been taken to the hospital. All involved were occupants of the two upper floors of the build ing. Charles T. Ranlett. a printer, and L. E. Darling, a laborer, were killed by falling from the fourth story while at tempting to descend by ropes, which had been brought into use after tin ladders of the fire department had been found too short to reach the up per windows. The persons unaccounted for are: Charles Cushman, his wife and child, Frank Tanner and Mrs. Tanner; Miss Rose Massey, Miss Ma- Sleeper and u girl whose name could not be as certained. The dead: CHARLES T. RANLETT. printer. L. E. DARLING, laborer. CHARLES TANNER, painter. MRS. CHARLES TANNER. S. D. CUSHMAN. MRS. CUSHMAN. CHILD of Mr. and Mrs. Cushman. MISS ROSE MASSEY. MISS MAY SLEEPER. Those of the injured who are expect c d to die are Mrs. Jeanette Davie and I-ouis Pope, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pope. The others Injured are William Pope and Roy Smith. They will recover. ENGLISH GOLD MOVEMENTS. London. Nov. 2.—Bullion amounting to £50,000 was taken Into the Bank of England today and £26.000 was with drawn, of which £20,000 was for ship ments to Egypt and '4'6.000 pounds *t South America. SUFFRAGETS PLAN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN Des Moines. la.. Nov. 2.—The Iowa woman suffragets today formed plans for carrying on militant methods the coining year. The state will be divided in districts and a speaker assigned to each district. A legislative committee was named. and suffrage day was named for the state fair and piuifs were made for educating people along suf frage lines. TWO CLAIM AS FIANCE AGED MANWHO FLED William Lilley, Church Temper ance Worker, Disappears When Wanted, Pittsburg, Nov. 1.—Interest over the dis appearance of William C. Lilley, the aged temperance worker and churchman, from the fashionable x irst Presbyterian con gregation, grew when it became know'n that there were at least two women in the congregation who had promised to be the brides of the widower. It is said there are others of that sex in the same church who considered themselves highly favored by Lilley, and each had expectations of becoming Mrs. Lilley. Miss Elizabeth Volz, a prominent mem ber of the Civic club, formerly & society editor and religious writer for a Pittsburg paper, appeared as the “other woman” in the Juilley case. Ada Martin, secretary of the First Presbyterian church and a teacher in the North Side high school. Is the young woman who up until today ap peared to have the first right to the af fections of the 68-year-old Mr. Lilley and is tne one he was supposed to have in tended marrying. Miss Volz, at the Civic club, came out plainly with the assertion that Miss Mar tin was mistaken if she thought herself engaged to Lilley. "Why, Mr. Lilley has been paying me marked attention for the past two years, as all In the church know. I am cer tain that he was not engaged to Miss Martin. Why, he would be a deceiver if this were so,” said Miss Volz. "I do not think it right in the absence of Mr. Lilley to discuss our love affairs, and I will answer no questions.” It has become known that Lilley, who was supposed to be wealthy, has not much money, and through business re verses was recently hard pressed. KANSANS HANKER FOR A LYNCHING Kansas City, Nov. 1.—To prevent lynching by a vigilance committee re ported to be forming. Sheriff A1 Beck er late last night removed James Mc Mahon, the confessed slayer of his two sisters and his brotherinlaw from the county Jail in Kansas City, Kan, to the city Jail on the Missouri side. Pat rick McMahon accompanied his brother and remained at police headquarters in Kansas City, Mo, all night. Patrick was told he might have his liberty, but he said he preferred to re main under police protection for a while. Later James was transferred to the county Jail here, but the mar shal declined to receive him and the prisoner was again returned to the city Jail. Sheriff Becker’s precaution followed closely on the heels of the return of the two McMahons yesterday from the Kansas state penitentiary at Lansing. Fearing trouble the sheriff had sent deputies out among the farmer neigh bors of the brothers in Wyandotte county, in which county Kansas City, Kan, is situated. About midnight the deputies began telephoning in that the farmers were In an ugly mood. Then the sheriff hur ried his men over to Missouri. At the same time the deputies spread the news that the McMahons had been taken from the Kansas jail and the farmers went home for the night. During the morning today Sheriff Becker again took James McMahon back to the Wyandotte county jail and placed him under a heavy guard. The transfer was made so quietly that but; few persons were aware of the move. Patrick, content to stay on the Mis souri side, said: “I’ll just remain here till exerything Is safe." There were no Indications this morn ing of a mob gathering, and no trouble' was feared today. Ample precautions against possible violence will be taken. TWO ARE BURNED IN PRAIRIE FIRE Dallas, S. D„ Nov. 1.—Surrounded with flames and smoke from a prairiej fire which for hours has threatened1 the town, the people of Lamro, the county seat of Tripp county, are fight ing for their homes with every con ceivable method at command. The fire has reached to within one block of the town, where its progress has been, stayed, and back firing around all Iso lated buildings has been resorted to In order to avert further danger. Claim holders’ homes over a stri,> ofj country three miles wide east and west, and far to the south of the town have, been destroyed, and Mr. and Mrs. Me-' Grlevie have been brought here for treatment for several burns received while trying to save their home. There' is heavy loss of buildings, hay crops1 and stock over the territory, and the fire is extending north practically un checked. EXPRESS COMPANY MERGER OPPOSED Three Organizations, Headed by Interstate Commerce Com mission, in Fight. Washington, Nov. 1.—The Interstate Commerce commission, the Public Serv ice commission of New York and the Merchants' association of New York, have set about to co-operate in a fight against the big express companies, to establish better control, to compel them to make honest reports, and to prevent a gigantic merger which they are con templating. A conference was held to day by agents of the department of Justice, the Interstate Commerce com mission and the Merchants' association of New York, with reference to ths campaign. It is charged the express companies have uniformly misrepre sented their business and profits, and the Interstate commission is on their trail to prevent further conduct of the kind. MINNESOTA MAYOR HURT. Bemidji, Minn., Nov. 1.—While May or J. P. Pogue, of Bemidji; G. Meyer, of St. Paul; C. Epplin and E. R. Sy mons, of Bemidji, and a woman whose name cannot be learned, were crossing the track at Welton last night, the auto mobile In which the party was riding was struck by a freight engine. The automobile was demolished and Pogue and Symons were lodged on the pilot of the engine. Pogue's back and hip were broken and Symons also was hurt. Meyer was badly bruised and his back was Injured. The fourth man was | not iniured GREEK OFFICERS REVOLT AGAINST THEIR SUPERIORS Ringleader of Mutineers De mands High Office in Return for Peace. Athens, Greece, Nov. 1.—An actual revolt In the navy has taken place and the situation is acute. The band of naval officers, which on Wednesday quitted th* capital and withdrew to the Island of Salamasl. today seized the arsenal there and are now entrenched. They met no opposition. The rebels are led by Officer Tibaldos, and are re ported to number 300 men. The rov i rnment has proclaimed Tibaldos a traitor and ordered his arrest. The Greek fleet is anchored at Kerat sinl on the further side of the Island of Salamts, and has not yet had time to declare which side it will take. Many of the Junior naval officers In Athens disavow the revolt. Great excitement prevails in this city, and the ministry of marine is guarded by troops. Demands Fat Office. Lieutenant Tibaldos. who heads the revolt, is the commander of a flotilla of torpedo boats and submarines. It appears he demands that he be ap pointed minister of marine and threat ens if this is not conceded that he will overthrow the government and estab lish a dictatorship. If Tibaldos succeeds in winning over the fleet, as it is rumored he will, it' Is feared he will be in a position to carry out his threats. Meanwhile an element in the military league which is opposed to the revolt, has issued a proclamation denouncing Tibaldos as a traitor who broke his oath to the league. Infantry to Quell Trouble. This afternoon a regiment of in fantry and a battery of field guns were sent to Skaramanga, on the coast, a few miles west of Athens, and opposite Leros, the point on the Island of Sala mis, where Tibaldos’ men are en trenched. It Is now said that Tibaldos has gained the support of the entire tor pedo flotilla of eight ships, and threat ens to employ these In sinking the rest of the fleet. As Tibaldos holds the arsenal and ammunition depots, the vessels in the possession of the gov ernment are without ammunition and have not been mobilized. It is feared that the ship thus far loyal will join the revolt, particularly since the military league is now hos tile to the revolt in the navy. STANDARD OIL CASH TO FIGHT HOOKWORM Now York, Nov. 1.—A gift of $1,000, 000 by John D. Rockefeller, to fight the "hookworm disease," was announced at the office of the Standard Oil com pany hero yesterday. A dozen well known educators and scientists, selected in large part from institutions of learning in the south, where the parasite is prevalent, were called in conference with Mr. Rocke feller’s representatives at the Standard Oil company’s offices last Tuesday, and at that meeting Mr. Rockefeller’s desire to organize a commission to carry on a campaign against the malady was discussed. As a result of this discus sion of the situation the Rockefeller commission for the eradication of the hookworm disease was organized. The members of this commission, as selected by Mr. Rockefeller, include Dr. William H. Welch, president of pathology in Johns Hopkins university; Dr. Simon Flexner, president of the medical association: Dr. Charles W. Stiles, chief of the division of zoology. United States public health and marine hospital service, and discoverer of the American species of hookworms and the prevalence of the disease in Ameri ca; Starr J. Murphy,*,Mr. Rockefeller’s counsel, and John D. Rockefeller Jr. RUMORED ATTEMPT ON TOM JOHNSON’S LIFE PROVES TO BE FALSE Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 1.—A rumor that an attempt had been made to as sassinate Mayor Tom L. Johnson in a downtown cafe at noon today, created a sensation for a time. The report was based upon the fact that Joseph F. Olanyek, an Austrian, 38 years old, shot through a window of the cafe from the sidewalk, after he had been refused a Irink Inside. It happened that Mayor Johnson and a companion were entering the cafe at the moment, but the mayor was not In danger. Olanyek had been drinking. FALLIERES TO QUIT FRENCH PRESIDENCY So It Is Persistently Rumored in Paris—Brisson Mentioned Oftenest as Successor. Paris. Nov. 1.—Rumors are current that M. Fallleres will resign the presidency of the republic soon. Naturally, no official confirmation of the report can be ob tained just now. But the rumor persists. The World correspondent has heard them repeatedly and in widely divergent quar ters, In the last fortnight. Although government officials doubt, or pretend to doubt, these whispers, the public gives them credence. The Cri de Paris, a weekly newspaper, usually well Informed and with strong political con nections, quotes an anonymous personality as saying: “A new president will bo chosen within four months." Already a discussion about M. Fallleres* probable successor has begun. M. Bris son, Presiuent of the chamber of deputies. Is mentioned oftenest as most likely to follow; but Maurice Berteaux, a deputy and a former minister, is spoken of as a "dark horse." SOCIETY PEOPLE WILL TRY TO FORM COLONY ON RESERVATION Aberdeen, S. D.. Nov. 1.—Marie Jewett, daughter of H. C. Jewett an Aberdeen wholesale grocer, drew claim No. 5309 and her cousin, Kenneth Abo, also drew a claim. Both are prominent In society and will try to get adjoin ing lands and make the required resi dence. Several other prominent young people plan the same thin? and will attempt to foj-m a colony. IOWA SUFFRAGETS PREPARE TO STORM THE LEGISLATURE Accept Lead of Mrs. Julia Clark Hallam and Will Go to Jail If Necessary. ♦ "DOWN EROS, UP MARS," .♦ CRY WOMEN GLADIATORS % ♦ Resolved, That the women of ♦ ♦ tho Iowa Equal Suffrage aasocla- ♦ ♦ tlon. In convention assembled, ♦ wishing to strengthen the cause ♦ of suffrage, do indorse obstruc- -f ♦ tlve methods in the legislature, +' ♦ and do further resolve that ar- ♦ ♦ rangcments be perfected to carry ♦ ■f out such methods. ♦ ♦ + Dea Moines, la., Nov. 1.—With the trend of sentiment hinging on the ad dress by Mrs. Julia Clark Hallam, of Sioux City, conservatism disappeared and the most radical suftraget. move-; ment In the United States took Its place In the session of the equal suffragists yesterday afternoon, through the adop tion of the above resolution. Disap pointed over repeated turndowns by the legislature of Iowa, the women who clamor for suffrage have decided to, storm the legislative assemblies, even though they go to Jail like their Eng lish cousins. "Going to Jail will be child's play to going before the legislature again In, another year and being slapped in tho face. Talk about humiliation! We. must expect to be humiliated, but we can stand humiliation—even arrest. Give us women a good lawyer to ball1 us out and money to pay fines and we will win," declared Mrs. Julia Clark Hallam, of Sioux City, vice president, in an impassioned speech and call to arms that aroused the convention to action. ift’ierminea win uui in mw next legislature, these suffrage women have Hung conservation to the winds and will march 500 strong to the citadel on the hill and storm the legislature after the approved methods of the suffragets of England when they lead delegations to the house of the prime minister. The conservative wing of the suf fragists was In the small minority when Mrs. Julia Clark Hallam, of Sioux City closed her impassioned speech for the militant spirit and methods in dealing with the next leg islature. Demand It and Get It. "All that I ask for is 500 women to stand with me and we can storm that legislature until we get something,” de clared Mrs. Hallam. "We have pro gressed for 30 years along conservative lines and what have we accomplished? If there is any fight left in us, let us fight. Imprisonment would be. child’s play to the humiliation of going back to the legislature In another year and asking and begging for the rights of suffrage. All we need Is the material, a good lawyer and money. There is a point where patience ceases to be a virtue. “When the legislature refuses to con sider our bill we can talk. Not all of us need talk at once, but one woman can block the legislature until she Is put out nnd then another can take her place. This is not an Invasion upon the legislature, but It Is our purpose to see that we have our rights. If a po liceman takes me by the arm I will not surrender to the law. I am a citi zen of the United States and had no power in placing these men in the leg islature. I will be there te fight for my rights as did my forefathers, and why have I not the same right to fight for a voice In the government? Fight for Rights. "The conditions In the Iowa legis lature and In the house of parliament in England are no different. The time has come when we will have to fight for our rights. We are tired of going to the legislature and being gently but firmly slapped In the face. A few politicians have decided to defeat us.” The only opposition to the resolu tion for the adoption of the legislative obstruction methods was made by the Rev. Miss Gertrude von Petzold. of Leicester, England, a member of the conservative faction of the suffrage or ganization of that country. The Rev. Miss von Petzold reasoned that Iowa was neither numerically or financially strong enough to start the suffrage work. Her opposition was given no discussion for the Immediate and al most unanimous vote was taken. Iowa will be the first state in the. union to adopt the English suftraget method of suffrage warfare. The Interest of the convention today will be In the visit of Dr. Anna Shaw to the sessions and her address this evening. Just how she will stand on the new departure of state organiza tion policy is a matter of conjecture. It Is even hinted that Dr. Shaw is not so strongly in favor of militant tactics1 as she was a year ago but she will undoubtedly express to the convention her approval or disapproval of their radical move. —*— DREDGING LAKE FOR MISSING WOMAN’S BODY Hampton, la., Nov. 1.—Reed’s lake Is being drained, and In the meantime dredges are seeking for the body of! an unidentified y ung woman who Is believed to have been murdered and thrown Into the water. For 10 days there have been persistent rumors of foul play. Fred Mensln-, whose homo Is near the lake, and Rev. Mr. Neimand, pastor of the German Lutheran church, heard cries coming from the lake. On the same evening three persons, a woman and two men, were seen in an auto at the lake and later the men drove away without the woman. THIEF RETURNS HIS LOOT. Marshalltown. Ia„ Nov. 1.—When he arrived home from a 10 days' vacation trip, C. C. Trine, assistant cashier of the Marshalltown State bank, was sur prised to receive through the mall travelers’ checks for $40, which were stolen In Kansas City. The thief know ing he could not secure cash on the checks, deposited them in a Kansas City mall box, and they were for warded to the postmaster here. DEVOTIONAL SERVICE BY MISSIONARY BAND Wakonda, S. D., Nov. 1.—A 40-hour devotional service will be held at St. Patrick’s church Sunday. One of the mission fathers of the Sioux Falls mis sionary band will be here to assist Fa ther Egan. WOMAN FOUND DEAD. Centerville, S. D„ Nov. L—Mrs. R. C. Hanson, aged 64 years, wife of a pioneer farmer, residin'- five miles southeast of here, was found dead in bed this morning, heart failure bein# the cause of death.