JERSEY FIGHT
HEARS ITS END
Taft and Roosevelt Burning Dp
Roads Leading to Gotham.
MOSTSTRENUOUS VV3RK SO FAR
President Follows Colonel in Factory
District Both Sides Confident of j
Winning in the Voting Democrats!
Fighting It Out on State Issues. I
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Newark, N. J., May 27. President
Taft, ex-Prf sident Roosevelt a:id Sena
tor La Follette, alter a day's rest, re
sumed their campaigning, the hardest
they have experienced since they be
gan the fight for the Republican presi
dential nomination. The president
and Colonel Roosevelt - have made
more than fifty speeches each since
last Thursday. Senator La Follette
has made fewer speeches, but has ad
dressed many thousands of voters.
President Taft started early this
morning, visiting the towns along the
Atlantic shore, which heard Colonel
Roosevelt Saturday. He will continue
his fight right up to the hour of open
ing the primary election, having ar
ranged to speak at Glassboro at noon
tomorrow, an hour before the polls
open there.
Colonel Roosevelt this morning In
vaded the country to the southwest
of this city and will go as far south as
Princeton.
Both Sides Confident of Winning.
The Taft managers expressed sat
isfaction with the president's tour of
the "commuting zone," where more
than half the population of the state
resides. This part of the state is also
the factory district. Roosevelt lead
ers say their candidate will receive a
vote from the factory workers that
will more than offset any advantage
Mr. Taft will get from the. "business
men's" vote in the residence towns
near New York city.
Both flldes claim the four delegates
at large, which will be elected by the
vote cf the whole state, and at least
sixteen out of the twenty-four district
delegates. If anything the Roosevelt
claims are the more sweeping.
The first four districts, which !n
area constitutes four-fifths of the state,
extending from Cape May on the south
as far north es New York city, are in
doubt Each side claims two as "sure."
State Issues Used by Wilson.
Governor Wilson's supporters de
clare that his speech at Jersey City
defined the principal issue at stake In
the Democratic primary campaign.
The" governor asserted that the real
instructions given the "unlnstructed
delegates on the Democratic ticket
would be "anybody but Wilson." The
Republican and Democratic campaigns
in New Jersey differ widely In. that
the Republican candidates have made
their appeals upon national Issues,
while Governor Wilson and his sup
porters and the local speakers that
are plea-ling for the defeat of the gov
ernor have dwlt upon the party strug
gle within the state.
HYDE CASE TO BE POSTPONED
Man Accused of Murdering Colonel
Swooe Appears In Court Again.
Kansas City, May 27. Dr. B. Clark
Hyde will appear in the criminal court
today for the fourth time to answer
to the charge of having murdered
Colonel Thomas H. Swope, but the
state will isk a continuance. The
case will then go over to the fall
term, and it Is already predicted that
nt that time another continuance will
be taken. In fact, It is doubted now
that the doctor ever will be tried again.
Originally Dr. Hyde was accused
not only of poisoning Colonel Swope,
his wife's uncle, but of causing the
death of Colonel Moss Hunton and a
young brother of Mrs. Hyde. It also
was asserted that he tried to Infect all
of the other members of the family
with typhoid fever.
At the second trial these charges
were dropped and Hyde was placed on
trial solely for the death of Colonel
Swope. The flight of a Juror caused
a mistrial.
Sudden Flood at Yankton.
Yankton, S. D., May 27. Three
Inches of rain fell in Yankton. Rhine
ireek rose to n height not known since
the town was settled. Many homes
were flooded and at daybreak Inhabi
tants were rescued by boats. Great
damage was done to city and country
nrldgc. with heavy Individual loss
Half of the rainfall fell In twenty
minutes. The James river valley Is
flooded and there will be great loss to
farmers. It Is feared. The water Is
now rapidly subsiding.
Motor Car Com Dead; Four Killed
Martinsville, Ind.. May 27. Four
persons were killed at Centerton when
tneir automobile went dead on
tracks ofTerre Haute and Eastern
Traction company and was hit by
car. The dead: Mr. and Mrs. W.
D
Brown, Miss rtonnle Bailey and Ml
88
Jessie Cure, all of Martinsville,
Champ Clark Will File for Congress,
Washington. May 27. While ex
pressing the conviction that he would
be the Democratic nominee for the
presidency, Speaker Champ Clark an
nounred that he would file his candi
dacy for re election to congress from
tne Ninth Missouri district
GO EAST TO MEET SHAW
Optimism Inspires Atlantic Northern
and S?utrern Railroad Promoters.
Council Bluffs, ia.. May 27 If the
members o the Leslie M. Shaw syndi
cate have been lacking in ready cash
with which to complete their purchase
"f the Atlantic Northern and Southern
railroad, they are not and never have
been she rt of optimism. That it is a
Unanrial :'nhlt of pretty goo. I size
has never been denied and the fact
that ;it virions times the s.Mnlieate
has rut up an aggregate of ovr $10.
OH') in i::t 'iest and ot'.ier chaises is
'M-'.d to iiiilie"tQ tliat the former secre
tly oi' Die treasury and his associates
hr.ve i'-vr felt the slightest doubt
ab.vt a'.ile to swing the deal.
Atiorrey .). I. Hrss of this city and
August 1):i:hov of Treynor, president
of '.. ! r.v.i Shoit line, another rail-
re:x. v.q- cle -r :i'' ; are tied un with
:rt Atlantic .'ie?!c;n and Southern,
't for w Yoiu city to meet Mr.
haw, v no l as returned from Europe,
where he went to dispose of the $!",-
jO.noo issee of bond" Issued by the
'iir'lcate. Air. Hess uil Mr. Damrow
re hnhhling ovr with Rood cheer
when t:'ev 1'.-p:rt(l and exhibited a
virel.-.n cHbleamn from Mr. Shaw,
which they Interpreted to mean "I've
got the dough."
"I ,im rcrt:iin now that the last of
the causes for delay have been re
moved" srlrt Mr. Hess, "and that one
of the most Important things pertain
ing to the prosperity of Council Rluffs
and western Iowa has now been
brought Pbout. It will be the begin
ning of an interurban system of rail
ways that means much for the city
and this section of Iowa. Our bonds
have been sold at close to par."
Regarding the recent rumor of a
new Rock Island line through west
ern Iowa, facts have recently come
to light Indicating the road Is plan
ning to extend its line from WInterset
to Council r.l'iffs on a direct survey
r.nd thus gain over fifty-five miles
over Its present crooked line from
i)es Moines to this city.
PROPOSE DEFENSE
FOND FOR UNIONS
Will Gome Up at State Conven
tion In Muscatine,
Muscatine, la., May 27. A propo
sition for the creation of a J:'5l),0U0
defense fund for Iowa unions will he
one of the most Important matters to
be considered at the state convention
of the Iowa State Federation of Labor,
which meets in Muscatine in June. A
resolution, which was drafted and in
dorsed by the Cedar Rapids federated
unions, will be presented at that time
and a strong light will be made for its
acceptance.
The plan Is to assess each labor
union In the state for a period of time
until the sum of-$250,000 Is secured,
and when that amount is ralr.ad the
assessments will be lowered. It. Is pro
posed, however, to maintain at all
times a fund of $200,000, which sum
will apply to aid and support workers
on strike or forced to remain in idle
ness through lockouts directed against
labor unions.
The advocates of the measure de
clare that the adoption of such a de
fense plan would greatly strengthen
the labor movement in the state and
would firmly cement the various trade
Vdles of the state.
MAY MOVE PALMER COLLEGE
Trustees to Consider Removal at Meet
ing In Le Grand This Week.
Marshalltown, la., May 27. The
fate of Palmer college, Ie Grand,
concerning its removal from its pres
ent location to Albany, Mo., where It
Is proposed to combine it with two
other small schools in northern Mis
souri and western Kansas, will be de
rided this week, when the board' of
trustees take final action. The trustees
will meet at I,e Grand tomorrow for
a two days' session.
The executive board of the Amer
ican Christian convention, the na
tional organization of the Christian de
nomination, and the general educa
tional board of the church, have both
indorsed the removal project, and It Is
expected that the Iowa Christian con
vention, which is to meet at Le Grand
soon, will also approve of the removal.
The majority of the members of the
board, It Is claimed by President Wat
son, favor the removal. The people
of Le Grand, however, are likely to
put up n strong light to prevent the
college beln? moved.
BATH IS NEARLY FATAL
Mason C'ty Man Seriously Burned by
Electric Current.
Mason City, la., May 27. Danger
ously near ..death, Oscar Horvel was
leaved only bv the heroic work of his
wife and a neighbor, who had been
summoned, when he was held by an
electric cuTent, having received the
charge om an electric lamp In his
bathroom. The current held his hand
gripped to the fixture, and It was only
by grasping his feet and pulling with
all their stiength that he was freed.
Horvel was unconscious and thought
dead. Thyslclans soon revived him.
His hand and toes were badly burned.
Old Soldier Dies.
Marshalltown, la., May 27. Michael
Riley, aged sixty-eight, a, member of
he soldiers' home from Jones county,
died at the hospital of pulmonary tu
berculosis. He served In company O,
Seventieth Illinois Infantry. He en
tered the home Jan. SI, 1908.
CLUBWOMEN ASK
ONE DIVORCE LAW
Federation Meeting Next Month
to Start Nation Wide Campaign.
MAIN TOPIC AT CONVENTION.
Leading Club Women Will Urge Legis
latures of the Different State to
Ta:.s Act on in Regulating Marriage
as Vv e I as Divorce.
b;m riiihc.tCJ, May 27. The Na
tional 1 iMctat.on oi Women's clubs,
A hu h wii! meet hue the latter part of
t.iiu', will uniiortake a vigorous cam
paign lor a national marriage and d
oice luw.
Sua h runii.co, May 27. The Na
tional Fecleiation ot Woman's Clubs,
vliich v. ill meet here during the third
week of June, will undertake a vigor
ous campaign tor a national marriage
and divorce lnw.
Backed by the power of the federa
tion's 800.(100 members', some of them
voters, the club women will go before
the lawmaking bodies and press the
passage of the law. If they should
succeed, it would be a tremendous tri
umph for women. Men have been try
ing to have such a law passed lor
years, and as far as they got Is to se
cure the reference of the subject to
the commissioners on uniform state
laws appointed by the state governors
n convention.
Club women who have gone over the
ground carefully say that they believe
the interest awakened the country
over will spur the legislatures of the
different stat?s to take action In regu
lating marriage as well as divorce.
They declare that the need of a uni
form law is apparent.
Divorce Harder Than Marriage.
Mrs. Philip N. Moore, president of
the national federation, said recently,
in presenting the subject, that before
getting a divorce most persons had to
lay bare many secrets to the Judge,
whereas In contracting marriage men
and women were at liberty to walk to
the altar without telling anybody any
thing about their health, morals, hab
its of life, or financial standing.
The reason, she said, that the exec
utlve board of the national federation
had come out in the open and passed
a resolution favoring a uniform dl
vorc law was the number of comma
nicattons received by the board from
club women all over the United States,
asking whether something could not
he done to temedy the divorce evils
in this, that, and another state.
Then In order to round up the state
federations of women's clubs and get
them to consider the matter thorough
ly and to spread the propaganda
amomr all the women's clubs connect
ed with each state organization, the
resolution was submitted to the exee
wtive committee of every state federa
tion. This has been going on for nearly
two ycar3 and It Is the result of this
matured deliberation that will be pre
sented by the delegates from women's
clubs In every state and territory of
this countrv at the June biennial.
FEDERAL COURTS DEFIED
County Judges Refuse to Levy Taxes
to Pay Bond Issue.
Kansas City, May 27. More than
forty years ago Dallas county, Mis
souri, Issued bonds to aid a railroad
which was never built. As was cus
tomary in those days the bonds were
delivered to the railroad promoters
bofoie any work was begun on the road,
and they were sold. Now David Yost
of Philadelphia owns the bonds and
i trying to collect the principal and
Interest, which amounts to more than
$1,000,000. Dallas county, however,
refuses to pay, holding that it Is un
der no moral obligation to pay bonds
that were obtained by fraud. The re
Bult Is thnt. the two members of the
county court who refuse to make a
tax levy to pay the Judgmont have
been cited to appear In the federal
rourt here to answer for contempt.
As In the 8t. Clair county case, the
federal court officials do not ever ex
pect to see the judges. Dallas coun
ty is In the hart of the Ozarks. and
still Is without railroads.
The sessions of the county court will
be held from time to time In the brush
in out of the way places and necessary
business transacted but no tax levy
will be made to pay the judgment.
FALLING OFF IN TAX
Shrinkage In Business Causes Loss of
$1,000,000 to United States.
Washington, May 27. As a result
of the shrinkage In business last year
the United States will derive $1,000,
000 less from the tax on corporations
than In 1911. The total amount of the
special excise due on June 1 is about
$28,40O,OifO, as compared with $29,432,
355 collected a year ago.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Ca
bell says this Is accounted for by a 4
per cent falling off in business, the
prompt filing of schedules whereby
the enormous penalties Incurred by
corporations last year are avoided, an
increase in wages paid by companies,
and a scaling down of tax liabilities
as a result of a stricter Interpretation
of the law on the part of corporations.
There Is a considerable decrease In
the assessment of corporations in
Iowa and neighboring states. In New
York there are Increases In four and
decreases In two districts.
RIVALS IN JUTIOH
Taft and Roosevelt
As They Look on the
Platform In Jersey.
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IOWA PENAL SYSTEM
RAPPEDJNA REPORT
En inly Inadequate and Archaic,
investigators Assert.
Des Moines, May 27. The Iowa
penal system Is archaic and entirely
Inadequate, according to a report of
the prison probe commission appoint
ed by Governor Carroll nearly a year
ago to investigate conditions in state
institutions.
The report carries detailed plans for
revolutionizing the methods of deal
ing with prisoners In Jails, reforms
torles and prisons.
Prison farms or penal colonies are
the foundation stones of the commls
slon's new Idea In dealing with prls
oneers. For the Fort Madison peni
tentiary the commission recommends
a farm of 2,000 acres, where all first
term prisoner? and Bhort- term men
should serve their sentences, and the
substitution of district farms for Jails
In which sentences are Berved.
The teaching of scientific agrlcul
ture to the prisoners by Instructors oi
Iowr agricultural college Is recom
mended. "The contract system now
In vogue In Iowa and other states is
the worst form of slavery because It
Is a delegated form of slavery," says
the report.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
National Leaoue.
W.L. P.
NewYork.24 6 800
Cln'natl ..23 12 657,
Pittsb'gh 16 14 533
Chicago ..1517 4G9
Phlla ....12-16 429
St. Louis. 16 21 432
Boston . ..12 21 364
Brooklyn. 9 20 310
. , Western
W.L. P.
St. Joo...24 12 667
Denver ..21 15 583
Omaha ..20 15 574
Des Ms.,1817 514
American
Chicago .
Boston ...
Wash'n ..
League.
W.L P.
26 9 743
2111656
,16 17 4S3
14 15 483
Phlla
Cleveland.
14 17 453
Detroit .,
New York
St. Louis
League.
Soo City.
Topeka .
16 18 471
11 19 367
.10 22 313
W.L P.
.16 20 417
.14 20 412
.13 20 394
.13 22 371
Lincoln
Wichita
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
National League.
At Chicago: RU E.
Chicago 000001 0001 6 0
Pittsburgh 00000030 03 7 0
Cheney-Archer; O'Toole-Kelly.
At St. Ijouls: R U E.
Cinclnnntl ...004 000 000 0004 10 2
St. Louis 000 040 000 0015 14 1
Keefe Mclenn; Harmon-Bliss.
American League.
At Chicago: R.II.K.
Chicago 000000 1 0 12 11 4
Detroit 0 00 1 0030 26 12 1
Benz-Rulllvan ; Mullln-Stanage.
At Cleveland: HUE.
Cleveland 0 0 00000 0 11 4 0
St. Louis 30000 000 0-3 8 1
Gregg Adams; Pelty Stephens.
Western League.
At Omaha: R U E.
Omaha 0004 1 1 0006 6 2
Wichita 0 1 000 4 1 1 07 12 3
Hicks-Johnson; Perry-Wscob.
At Sioux City: RU E.
Sioux City. ...0 308030 1 10 14 2
Topeka 20200 0 20 1 7 11 1
Olffin Orendorff ; Fugate Schmidt.
At St. Joseph: RU E.
Lincoln 002 1 0201 0-6 7 1
St. Joseph 0000001 0 01 3 4
Smith-Carney; Johnson-Bachant.
At Des Moines: R.H.E.
Denver 2 00100000 S 6 10 1
Des Moines. ..0 20100000 0 S 8 I
Leonard Spahr; Rogge McOraw.
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WARSHIPS SAIL
ON ORDERS
Cruiser and Four Battleships
Headed for Key West
BiG DELAWARE TAKES ON MEN
Information at New York Is That
When Ship Rach Hampton Roads
They Will Be Joined by Three More
Battleships Hospital Ship to Go.
New York, May 27. The armored
cruiser Washington, flagship of Rear
Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, commander
in chief of the Atlantic fleet, and, four
battleships of the Fourth division
sailed south, supposedly for Key West,
on hurry orders, a few hours after ar
rival liaport from Province-town, Mass.
The battleships following the flagship
were the Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi
and Minnesota.
The gunboat Yankton accompanied
the squadron to serve as a dispatch
boat. The battleship Delaware of the
First division remained In port all day,
taking aboard Its complement of ma
rines and field equipment, and, to
gether with the hospital ship Solace,
was expected to sail during the night.
The flagship Washington and the
battleships dropped anchor off the
naval station at Tompklnsvillo, S. I.,
shortly after dawn, where they are be
lieved to have received new orders, for
at about 10 o'clock residents of the isl
and heard the rattle of the great war
ships' anchor chains again and in half
an hour the last of the five vessels
had passed out to sea. It Is understood
that the battleships have on board sev
eral hundred marines and that by the
time they reach Hampton Roads the
battleships Georgia, New Jersey and
Rhode Island of the Third division will
be ready to join them on the trip
south.
PROVINCES ASK PROTECTION
Cuban Government Unable to Furnish
More Troops.
Santiago, Cuba, May 27. Conditions
In the province of Orlento continue to
bo extremely alarming. From all
quarters petitions are pouring In for
protection, which the government Is
unable to furnish because all available
troops are now being concentrated fot
the purpose of surrounding the main
bodies of the rebels under Generals
Kstenoz and Ivonct.
Troops under Colonel Machada had
an engagement at Parral with the reb
els. In which a number of negroes are
reported to have been killed or wound
ed, the remainder being dispersed. A
company of volunteers of Santiago ex
changed shots In the outskirts of the
city with n party of Insurgents, whom
they dispersed. At Tlguabos, govern
ment forces under Captain Perry rout
cd a band of Insurgents, killing many.
No Aid Needed, Gomes Insists.
Havana, May 27. President Gomel
sent a cablegram to President Taft Id
which he protests In friendly but Arm
terms against intervention by the
United States.
FIND SEAL OF CONFEDERACY
Richmond Men Get It and Will Put It
In Public Building.
Richmond, Va., May 27. The greal
seal of the Confederate States oi
America, the existence of which has
been shrouded in mystery for nearly
half a century, has been acquired by
Eppa Hunton, Jr., William H. Whits
and Thomas P. Bryan and brought
buck to Richmond, the old capital ol
the Confederate States of America.
After having been identified by the
English makers, It Is to be placed In
perpetual custody of some public In
sMtutlon In Richmond for preservation
The story of the removal of the seal
from Richmond and Its preservation
through many years, with every per
son acquainted with Its whereabout!
pledged to secrecy by the most sol
emn Masonic oath, has been unearthed
from the voluminous records of th
library of congress In Washington
and the seal Itself was located In pos
session of Rear Admiral Thomas O.
Selfrldge, IT. 8. N., retired, now living
in Washington. He readily agreed to
part with It for a consideration, ex
pressing his approval of a plan for
bringing It back to Richmond and Iti
perpetual preservation In some suit
able Institution.
FIREMEN SET HOUSES AFIRE
Kentucky Department Chief and Two
Aids Accuted of Arson.
Somerset, Ky., May 27. Indictments
against Henry G. Waddle, Robert
Warren, and John Dunn have been re
turned by the Pulaski county grand
Jury. These men are charged with
burning and entering Into a conspiracy
with each other to burn property In
Somerset.
Wadd'e Is chief of both the police
department and the Are department
of Somerset, and the other men are
follcemen, who have also served as
firemen. Marshal Hos worth says thnt
Waddle, as the chief of thn two de
partments, had an arrangement with
the city of Somerset whereby he and
the men under him In the lire depart
ment were to be allowed so much per
run to fires Instead of regular salaries,
snd that the conspiracy was hatched
to Increase their pay.
Roswurth says that upon tnvesttga
tlon he found that there had recently
elgtheen incendlarv flres In Somerset
NPHUTOR; CHFTJU1L
World's Largest Ship,
Bigger Than Titanic,
Ready For the Water.
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'A bore, hnw lmprntnr Will look whao
completed; below, Captain Hans Rumiv
who will command It.
ROWLAND ACQUITTAL
DISCOURAGES STATE
Other Indicted Labor leaden
I Not Have to Stand TrlaL
Davenport. Ia., May 25. With Clay
ton Rowland being found not guilty on
the first ballot, following the disagree
ment of the Jury In the Oliver C. WIK
son case, the state Is said to be some
what discouraged In trying to convict
the alleged conspirators in the Musts
tine labor cases and It Is probable
that there will be no more trials. It
took Rowland's jury but a short tins
to arrive at a conclusion. OonfilctlM
statements of many of the Important
witnesses of the state Is thought to,
have been responsible for the verdict.
The Oliver C. Wilson case Is th
only one which remains on the docket,
here, the charge against Emmet FIoc4
of Chicago, national organizer for the
American Federation of Labor, having
been dismissed.
LOCUST ABOUT TO WAKE
8venteen-Year Brand to Make Ap
pearance In Few Days.
Des Moines, May 25. The sevea-teen-year
locust will awaken from hit
long sleep next week, according to
Wesley Greene, state horticulturist
Mr. Oreene says he has turned up a
number of the "locust pods" In spad
ing In the garden this week, and they
will push their way through th
ground within the next few days.
Mr. Greene, who is considered aa
authority on such questions, predicts
the locusts this year will not be aa
thick as they were the last time. Thla
will make the fourth breed of locusta
Mr. Oreene has studied, itls first ex
perience with locusts was In 1861. He
says each succeeding breed has been
smaller, and predicts It will not be e
great many years before the locust h
e.xtlnct In this section of the country.
The greater the cultivation of the soil,
the more rapid Is the extinction of the
locust, he says.
VIOLATE PURE FOOD LAW
Several Iowa Firms Are Hit by Agrl
cultural Department Decisions.
Washington, May 25. Notices ot
Judgment In three Iowa cases under
the pure food law were given out by
the department of agriculture. In one
case forty b igs of dried apple chip?
shipped from John H. Ijeslle company
of Chicago to A. A. Gelser & Co. ot
Des Moines and in possession ot the
Northwestern road are condemned. A
quantity of "Creom of Hops," in pos
session of Shelby C. Weaver of Coin.
Is., and "Hop Tonic," In possession ct
Wilkinson Brothers of Blanchard, both
found to contain alcohol, were con.
demned. Mlshromled alfalfa meal wai
shipped from the Washington County
Alfalfa Mixed Feed and Milling con
pany, Fort Calhoun, Neb., to Iowa
The company pleaded guilty and wa
fined $13 and costs.
Wilbur Wright, the noted aviator,
who has been near death with typhoid
fever for several days, Is In a much
Improved condition, according to word
from bis home at Dayton.
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