■' 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.
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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.
