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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1909)
7 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 30. 1900. Council Bluffs Minor Mention h Owaaotl Blmf fs fflo f ta Omaha lw U at U ot street. nth rMN as. Davla, druga CORRIOANS. Undertaker "Phonee 14. Iewts Cutler, funeral director. 'Phon 17. Woodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. . FACBT IJEER AT ROGERS' BUFFET. When you want reliable want ad adver tising, uae The Bee. P.AIRD. I)NOENETKtn A POLAND. Undertakers. Phone Ui. 14 N. Main Bt. Dr. W, W. Msgsrell, optometrist, moved to iua-ara City National bank building-. Picture and Art Novelties for Gradua tion gifts, c. F- Alexander. I3t Broadway. A marriage license wee Issued to Tied Homer, agrd of Red Oak. la., and Stella Tarter, awed 24, of this city. A bulldlnt? permit wa leaned yesterday to J XV. Jolinmm for a nne-xtnry frame cottage at Thirtieth street and Avenue L to cost tl.ftOO. Mllo Porter, eon of P. M. Porter of At kinson. Neb., died . yesterday . afternoon at the Kilmundaon Memorial hospital from apuemlic.tla. tpd tl years. The body u iimoveti to Cutlet's undr-t taking rooms and thin morning will be taken to Atkinson for burial. Miicys Hoist, formerly In the saloon business ai Manila, la . filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy In the United tit a tea court here .leMeiriay He schedules lia bilities bski elating t3,KM.72, but apparently hiiM no asset, an none are Hated. Prac tically all the liabilities are for liquor bought. Over 1,(W0 of the pupils of the public schools of this city en.loyert a vacation yesterdsv as a reward for perfect attend ance during the school year now drawing to a clone. Kuch of the puritla entitled to tlie reward turn distinguished by a yellow ribbon on which printed In lere black letteia "A reward for perfect at tendance." Debris from the old tar roof of the ware house occupied by the Peru Plow and Im plement company on South Main street cnugni nre yesterday afternoon, presum ahly from a Hpark from a switch entine ana gav Pile of J e liofe cciini'Hnv No. 1 a run. The He of debris it dnngeroiisly close to the bulMlng. but the blase waa extinguished without loss. K. W. Ganslev. a plumber, working on the Young Men'a Christian association bulldinK, who waa arrested at the instance of the authorities in Omaha, where he was snld to be wanted for the alleged theft of tool, waa released yesterday. Oansley re fused to croxs the river without requisi tion papers and theve the Omaha authori ties failed to secure. Attorney W. 11. Ware of this city will c the principal speaker at the Memorial iUy exercisex at t'nderwond tomorrow. The exercises will be in charge of the. Un derwood lodges of Modern Woodmen of America and Roval Neighbors of America. They will be held at the city hall and at the close a pioce.ielon will be formed and the march to the cemetery made. Mrs. Joseph Hoeldohler, against whom an Information charging her with belnjr Insane waa filed Thursday, was yesterday commuted by the commissioners to St. Bernard's hospital temporarily. It was shown at the hearing before the board that Mrs. Hoeldohler was discharged on March 30 of this year from the asylum at Norfolk, Neb. The authorities will en deavor to have the woman sent back there. Nolle to the Public Cash no orders un less O.K.'d by mvvelf or wife. B. Marks. SATURDAY SPKCIALR Now Is the time to put up your pineapples; large fancy Florida, per crate, t3.2a or II. 35 per dozen. Large navel oranges, per doien, " cents; bananas, 15 cents per doxen; strawberries, Uto cents per box; fresh tomatoes and wax beans; cucumbers, each, 6 centa. In canned goods, four cans corn, 25 cents; three cans tomatoes, St cents; large can beets. 10 cents; can sweet potatoes, 10 oenls; Gem milk, large can, 7H cents; small size, 4 cents. New potatoes, per peck, 60 cents; old ones 8.1 cents per peck. We handle all kinds of lunch meats, sliced any thickness, such as boiled hum, dried beef, corned beef, t'udahy's hams, 14 cents per pound: picnic ham a, 10 cents per pound. We deliver to west end every day leaving store at 2:. 10 p. .m. U. Green, 134 Broadway. Telephone 124. . WAL.MT 8AI.003S TO REOPEN Town Ceoncll Grants Permits Good to Jnly 1. The people of Walnut do not propose to go dry longer than they can help. The fo'ir saloons which failed to open their doors Thursday following the securing of Injunctions against them by County Attor ney Hess in the district court at Avoca are 'fixing" to reopen. There were filed with the county auditor yesterday four town council resolutions of conxent, two of which were accompanied by bonds, consent of adjacent property owners and lists of employes in the four saloons. The resolution of consent by the town council of Walnut only grants per mission for conducting the taloons in ques tion from June 1 to July 1. On the latter date. It Is supposed, a new resolution must be obtained to be good for one year. The filings yesterday were by Jurgen Thtrssen. Alfred J. Nielsen, Hansen A Mc Carthy nnd W. P.. Plxby. The last two nanml fll.d bonds and the other two, It wsta stated, would do so shortly. Frt far there Is no Indication of the sa loons In Avoca getting ready to reopen. "! T Vj L. Program. At the memorial aervlces of encampment No. 8, Union Veteran Legion, at Walnut Hill cemetery Sunday afternoon, the fol lowing program will be carried out: Introductory Mrs. B. T. Williams, presi dent of the auxiliary. Prayer Ijiura H. Johnson, chaplain of the auxiliary. Son g "A merlca." Address Colonel I TV, Tul leva, . Reading of Poem Mrs. Iewis. Recitation Ml Ullsaheth Martin, daughter of the encampment. ' Remarks Major W. H. Pneta. Hong -God Be with TdV 'Till We Meet Again.'- . Benediction-Rev. O. W. Snyder.' C'ndeta to Glen wood. I The Council Bluffs High school cadets will ro to Glenwood Monday morning, June 7. for their annual encampment. .Tbe company will be quartered on the campus of the Glenwood High ei'hool and will be In camp until Haturday evening. The band of the ft ate Hchool for the Feeble Minded w ill be at .tha dlepoaal of the cadeta for exhibition drills and parade. On Thursday evening, June 10, the company will give a military ball In Glenwood and a number of the young folk will go from Council Bluffs to attend the function. Weddian niaga, Pure gold, seamless, all alien, thus no delay or altering tl to $12. Engraving frea Leffert. Grand Jnry Adjonrna. , The district court grand Jury has prac tically concluded Its deliberations and will make Its report to Judge Wheeler this afternoon. Judge WheeiwlU he in Iigan part of the day. but expocta to return In time to receive the report. A number of indictments are looked, for, hut no more criminal rases will be tried at this term of court The next term of court will open August 81. with Judge E. B. Woodruff on the bench. LOAD M0I1EY Oil HOUSEHOLD FUHNITTJRE AXs AJJT GUATTKLi BCX.TU'TY AT ORB-HALT TOT USUAL BATES. I Twejnty Tears ot Bnooi fni P r-rsi, COKXXai UADf AND BROADWAY, OVKB AMERICAN EXPRESS. !eoeet1on with th firm nailing thmaelv TV. Clark Moni'ft Co. BOTH riiOXICS HIT. tHO. p. TLNLiA, Mgr. Council Bluffs COUNCIL TO GET PUBLICITY annnnaannann After July 4, Next, All Proceeding Muit Be Published. NO APPB0PBIATI0N WAS MADE Snperlntendent of Schools neverldge, la laterview, Tells Why Ha Hire Teachers from Ontld for Schoola. After July 4 all proceedings of the city council will have to be published in much the aame manner that the proceeding" of the Board of County Supervisors are. Thla will cost money and the city coun cil, when making the appropriations for the fiscal year commencing Arrll 1 over looked this matter. Thla being the case the coat of publishing the proceedings of the city council will probably have to Da nnld nut of the contingent fund The law requiring the publication of these proceedings, which whs passed at the last session of the state legislature. Is entitled: "An act requiring cities and towns to publish the 'acta of proceedings of the' board of aldermen and city and town councils." Following are the pro visions of this act: "flection 1. That Immediately following any regular or epeclal meeting of the board of aldermen or City or town coun cil of any Ircorporated city or town the city or town clerk shall prepare and cause to be published In two or more papers of general circulation In said city or town, and If only one newspaper Is so published, then In ono newspaper, or If none be pub lished, then by publishing In two or more public places a condensed statement of the acts or proceedings of said board of aldermen or city or town council of such meeting, together with a list of all claims allowed, the amount of money to be paid and from what funds appropriated. "Sec. 2. That the compensation allowed each newspaper for such publication shall not exceed one-third of the legal fee pro vided by statute for the publication of legal notlcea." HTERIXTESDEXT GIVES REASONS Beverldge Tells Why Outside Teach, era 'Are Being Hired. "I believe In getting the best teachers that we possibly, can. By this I mean teachers who are strong In discipline, character, scholarship and ability to In struct. Such teachers In the publlo schoola of Council Bluffs mean much for the chil dren who attend them." said Prof. J. M. Beveridge, superintendent of the public schools of this city, yesterday afternoon when his attention was called to a pub lished statement to the effect that Mem ber Capell of the Board of Education crit icised the superintendent's policy in secur ing the appointment of teachers from out of the city. "Beyond this I do not care to say anything at the present time," de clared Mr.- Beveridge, "In view of the fact that the Board of Education will meet next Monday night, at which time, It la understood, teachers will be elected for the ensuing school year." Mr. Capell, who Is a member of the teachers' committee of the Board of Edu cation, contends that Superintendent Bev eridge has adopted a systematic policy of supplanting local teachers with persons from abroad. At the meeting of the board next Monday night, Mr. Capell stated yes terday, he would present figures In sup port of his assertion. Not being chairman of the committee, Mr. Capell expeota merely to submit his statement of the sit uation as he sees It and then leave tbe matter with the board. "I have no desire to precipitate a fac tional controversy," said Mr. Capell, "and I merely Intend to declare my attitude on this matter, which I believe of vital In terest to the people of thla school dls trial." Mr. Capell said yesterday that Superln tendent Bevrldge had declared himself In favor of appointing teachers from other places than Council Bluffs, because such teachers, if they proved incompetent could be discharged without bringing down upon the heads of the members of the board and others connected with the management of the schools of the city, the tmportunttiea and wrath of their friends. For thla rea son and because teachers living In thia ctty were supported by other Influences than their ability as teachers, the superin tendent, according to Mr. Capell was op posed to appointing teacher from the olty. In support of this contention Mr. Capell said that out of over twenty teachers ap pointed during the last year only one had been from Council Bluffs. Mr. Capell further chargea that an undue proportion of teachers from Missouri Valley and Harrison county have been appointed. Mr. Beveridge was superintendent of the public schools at Missouri Valley before suc ceeding Prof. Clifford as superintendent here. Mr. Capell even goes so far as to say that Mr. Beveridge has opposed the appointment of all applicants from Council Bluffs for positions now vacant In the school and that he has Insisted on the retirement of a number of the present teachers, some of whom are veteran In structors. v There are at present nine vacancies In the teaching force of fthe city schools, which the board will be. called upon to fill at the meeting next Monday night. The teachers committee is said to have over 2U0 applications for these positions. Next 'Tuesday la the regular meeting night of the board, but as the class day program will be given that night at the high school as part of the exercises of commencement week the board decided to hold Its session on Monday evening. Heal Estate Transfers. These transfers were reported to The Bee May 28 by the Pottawattamie County Ab stract company of Council Bluffs: Iowa Townslte company to Adolph Andersen, oullot C. Hentley. exclu sive of sti acres, w. d $ 1835 E waiter Hlpley and wife to C. It Packer. nVfc nwU and iwl nwW 2- T7-, w. d 10.VVJ B. F. Koch, unmarried, to George P. Blank, lots 4. 11 and 12. block IS. Wright's add , w. d 500 Uarv t.. niianx ana husband to J. H. Pollock and Stella Bryant, lot KS, auditors subdiv. eU sW U-7S-4U. w. d 1,000 Maria n ntewart. executor, to ueorge Stllen. lot 11. block 88, Beers' subdiv., w. d ; 200 Total, five transfers.... . .$18,009 Local Ante Men . Planning. The Council Bluffs Automobile club Is leaving nothing undone In its effort to aecure the Glldden tourists for a stop- Council Bluffs over here on their Way west. George Wright, representing the local association, and also the Iowa State Automobile asso ciation, of which Pr. T. B. Larey of this city is president, has gone to Buffalo to confer witn the powers that be. The Coun cil Bluffs autolsta are urging the claims of thla city as being a member of the state association, which Is affiliated with the American Automobile association, un der the auspices of which the Glldden tour will be held. This all absorbing topic among the mem bers waa the principal subject discussed at the meeting of the Automobile club around. the luncheon table at the Grand hotel yesterday noon. PROGRAM AT CEDAR FALLS " Comineacement Ear reisers of State KormaJ School Will . Oceatpr Six Days. - CEDAR FALLS. Ia.. May 29. (Special.) The following general program has Just been Issued for the annual commencement exercise of the Iowa State Teachers' col lege In this city. The program will cover six days and will attract to the city many visitors, friends of the class to be gra duated. It la aa follows: Friday, June 4 Anniversaries of the Women's Literary societies, annual parade on the rampua. 1 p. m. Recital, Individual pupils, piano, voloe and violin departments, g p. m. Haturday, June 6 Alumni college bade ball, 2 70 p. m. Sunday, June 6 Baccalaureate address by the president, 4 p. m. Annual prayer service, alumni, seniors and vtudents, (:30 p. m. Monday, June 7 Orchestra concert, 1 a. m. Demonstration of work In physical train ing department, 1.30 p. m. rises day exercises, "Mary of Magdala," by Paul Heyse, translated by William Winter. 8 p. m. Tuesday, June g Alumni literary enter tainment. Address to alumni, "F.ngllsh Women In PcHttca," by Mls Gertrude Van Petxhold of London, England. 10 a. m. Alumni business meeting, 11:30 a m. Alumni luncheon, social meeting, 12:80 p. m. Grand concert of musical societies In honor of the alumni and guests, 8 p. m. Wednesday, June J Commencement ex ercises, 10:30 a. m. Addresses by members of class. Address on behalf of the board. Conferring of certificates and degrees by the president. The class to be graduated numbers 900. The first class to be graduated from this Institution In the spring of 1S77 num bered three. HILL'S VICTIMS WILL RECOVER Wife and Baby Shot by Husband and Father Are Doing: Well. IOWA CITT. Ia., May 29.-(Speclal.) At tending physicians stated last night that Mrs. Levi Hill and 4-year-old son, Delbert, the Tlctlma of the Insane shooting of their husband and father will live. Though the bullets entered portions of the body where ordinarily fatalities result. both will recover. The vitality of the baby In living from 4 o'clock to 10 o'clock with out treatment was marvelous, according to Internes In the University hospital. The bullet which struck the woman's abdomen, narrowly missed a large artery. The father la In the county Jail. He Issued a statement yesterday. In which he declared he remembered little of the details leading up to the deed, the Idea uppermost in the man'a mind being love for the child and his desire to have his wife and child live with him. When she refused he be came angered- He denies having any in tentlon to shoot the boy. Mrs. Swearlngen Indicted, SIDNEY, 1., May 28. (Special.) Mrs. C, M. Swearlngen was indicted by the grand Jury for assault with Intent to do great bodily Injury. The assault waa made some six weeks since, when Mrs. Swearlngen fired a revolver at Roacoe Williams, bank cashier, the bullet passing through the clothing of a bystander. The shooting grew out of a real estate transaction in which the woman thought sne was swtn died. She Is now 70 .years of age and has lived In Sidney fifty-two years. She made no effort to aecure ball and has been an Inmate of the county Jail ever since the shooting took place. The case will not be tried until September. Editor Held fnr libel. FAIRFIELD. Ia May 29.-Speclal.)- George H. Fisher, editor of the Jefferson County Republican,, was held today to the grand Jury on bond of $1,000 on a charge of criminal libel, the result of an editorial paragraph printed last week concerning the burning of the Grand opera house, which It Is alleged, Insinuated that the fire might have resulted from Illegal practices In the dressing room. It is claimed that Joseph West, lessee of the theater; H. O. Wllks, manager; Vase Glasgow, Miss J. A. West and others were injured by the paragraph. Graduation at Onawa. ONAWA, Ia., May 28. Speclal.) The graduating exercises of the Onawa High school were held In the opera house last night Twenty-three graduates received di plomas, the largest class ever graduated from the school. The opera house was packed to its full capacity and many were turned away. Rev. Suckow of Grinnell de livered the address, on the subject t f "Push," and compared the life of the coun try boy and girl with that of the one born In tbe city. Got Marriage License, Lost. ONAWA. Ia., May . (Special.) Morton Jensen, a young man whose home Is near Moorhead, In thla county, has suddenly dis appeared after taking out a license to marry Miss Sophronia Crandall, a young woman residing In the same community. Although more than a week has paeeed since Jensen obtained the license, no trace has been had of him alnoa. Parents of both parties have been here during the last week investigating the matter. German Synod at Gladbrook. OLADBROOK. Ia., May 29. (Spectal.)f The twenty-third annual conference of tha German Evangelical Synod will open here on Wednesday, June t. Rev. Mr. Jans of Muscatine delivering the opening address. Gladbrook is making a strong bid for the prospective denominational college. The local congregation alone haa raised 810,000, which It propose to donate if tha school Is located her. Ponnd Gnllty of Libel. IOWA CITY, Ia., May 29 Speclal ) "We, the Jury, find that Bert Reppert is guilty of criminal libel aa charged." The foregoing verdict was found at an early hour yesterday morning by the jury In the case against the young Johnson county farmer who was accused of defam ing the character of Maude Katsenmeyer in a letter to her employer. Dr. B. A. Baker, a dentist at Lone Tree. The cas has been most Stubbornly contested. rmsaeeneat at Palmer. MARSHALLTOWN, Ia., May -4 8 pe dal.) A class of five young people will be graduated from Palmer college, La Grand, on Tuesday, June 1 Comrtvenoa ment week begins oa Wednesday, June t, and musicals, recitals, claw plays and entertainments will be given on each day from that date to commencement day. Be Waut Ada aUuuUl trade mwvea. Iowa SEVEN FARES FOR 0UAR1ER m Iowa's Federation of Labor Makes Demand on Dei Moinei. MORTGAGING HOMES FOB AUTOS Records In lows Indicate that the Antomobtle Bag Has Severely Bitten n Great Many People. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, May 2.-t Special. -Con-slderable significance attaches to the de mand sent to the city council of Des Moines today by President A. L. Urlck of the State Federation of Labor that In pie parlng the new franchise for the Des Moines City railway there be a provision for seven ft res for 25 cents and a uni versal transfer system. It Is considered likely that this same program will be fol lowed out In every city in the state wherein new transportation franchises are to be granted. In Des Moines much importance attaches to the demand of labor, which practically elected the present commission ers, as all franchises must be referred to the voters for approval. Mortgage Homes for Antomoblles. According to the records of the secre tary of state there are now 8,631 auto mobiles in the state of Iowa. The rapid rate at which these are being purchased in this state Is becoming astounding. One day this week at the office of the secre tary of state licenses were Issued to sixty one automobile owners. That is, however, the largest numiier of licenses Issued In any one day. By a man familiar with the records In the office of the Polk county recorder there are sixty-four men and women In Polk county who have placed mortgages on their homes In order to buy the "devil" cars. To Just what extent banks are buying unsecured personal nna hv automobile purchasers Is un known. It Is estimated that the auto mobiles now owned In Iowa represent an expenditure of money outside the state of over 89.000,000 and the floating or nearly half that amount of paper within the state. New Method In Iowa. An Interesting Innovation In school methods will be the teaching of the Aldine method of primary reading at the High land park college summer school which begins In this city June 15. The Aldlno method Is one that originated In the east and has caused a wide discussion all over the country. The Introduction of the method here will be watched with Intense interest. The system consists of offering a series of rhymes to the student children For example In seventeen rhymes are In' troduoed eighty new words. The meaning of the words are easily seen by their asso ciation in the verse. The students are taught these verses. Then the stories are illustrated on blackboards and the students called upon to recite couplet after couplet. Another interesting test that la to be placed upon primary teachers attending this summer school Is the art of original story telling. Teachers will be given sub Jeots and trained In making Interesting little stories aa Illustrations, entertainment and for educational purposes. Blgr Red Book Coming-. Over nine hundred pages are required for the Official Red Book which will probably be in the hands of the secretary of the state In the course of a week. It is the most complete state reference book ever issued in the state. Hangman's Noose in Court House Xina in noom ear wnere J unjun is Guarded Causes Increased Precautions. CENTERVILLB, Ia.. May 29.-A per fectly tied hangman's noose waa found to night secreted in the court house, near the room in which the negro, John Junkln, alleged slayer of Clara Rosen, is kept dur ing his trial for the murder of the Ot- tumwa choir singer. Spectators- at the trial today were greatly wrought up as Chief of Police Gallagher told of the confession, which Junkln !s alleged to have made and later repudiated. Detective John Gray also told how Junkln describing the murder to him, told how tho girl groaned aa the negro dragged her to an old cellar. It was asserted that Junkln made the confession at the behest of his mother. It transpired tody that Junkln last night made a futile break for liberty through a window of the grand Jury room In which he la confined on tbe third floor of the court house. Six armed men sit around Junkln'a cell tonight to guard him from lynching and to prevent his escape. Eastern Star at Waterloo. WATERLOO. Ia., May 28 (Special.) The special meeting of the Order of East ern Star, which has been held In this ctty this week, has been one of marked suc cess In every detail. Over 1,000 visitors were enrolled and special trains brought guests from Iowa City, Marion and Cedar Rapids. The Waterloo chapter received many compliments for Ha excellent degree work. Water Plant for Waterloo. WATERLOO, la.. May 2. At the munlcl pal election here today the proposition to bond the city for $&26,000 to purchase a water plant carried by 1,500 majority. More than 1,1AM women voted. Iowa Mews Motes. CEDAR FALLS The Civic Improvement league organized In this city this spring for the work which the name Indicates, is now having a three days' street carnival. All or the attractions are by local talent and the entire city is waving flags snd Dunting. -trie street parade this afternoon was the bext ever Droduced in this countv and had some very unique and grotesque uril itti. CHARLES CITY-J. W. Adams, a rurtl mail carrier, was fatally In hired at lonta. thirteen miles east of here. He had come noma on the passenger from tha east and living a couple of blocks from the depot remained on the train for the purpose of aiuiiiin( on as me train nearea nis home. in alighting from the train he stumbled In some way and fell under the wheels ind his feet were, badly mangled and his head crushed. He will probably die. The train carried him nearly a block before It was stopped. He has a wife and family. f lARGENTS ill 1 aVi ltUtTrSSSX Lenses CruM Cisrfi bm Warn tl CkM t knm taC Urn a kr"aw mi n I stf -- lam m a tan UN) LfWJf i -1 ' ler ehts -7rr i anas, as emeu, asrt Duty on Pumice is Secured by Norns Brown Junior Nebraska Senator Succeeds in Increasing- Ding-ley Rate on Nebraska Product (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Msy 29-tSpeclal Tele gramsSenator Brown's amendment re garding pumice stone was adopted by the senate today without the least ripple of excitement. When the senator Introduced his amendment fixing a duty of of a cent per hundred on manu factured pumice and 14 of a cent ft pound on the manufactured product, 't created a storm because of Its protective qualities. The finance committee, after hearing Senator Brown In support of his amendment, tacitly agreed to the Increase r the Dlngley bill. When the schedule was reached today Senator Brown had no difficulty in Impressing upon the senate the reasons why the schedule should be adopted. At the request of Congressman Klnkald, H. N. Vlnall of the Department of Agri culture will go to Anselmo, Custer county, to Instruct farmers how to start grasses to growing. Hcmesteadera and ranchmen In the Sixth congressional district have re quested Judge Klnkald to send an expert to the section, which he represent to leach them how to make grasses grow on upland sandy soils. Mr. Vlnall, after his visit to Anselmo, will proceed along the line of the Burlington, running northwest until he crosses the Northwestern at Crawford or Chadron, then east to O'Neill, then south through Holt, into Wheeler and Garfield counties. The good roads branch of the Depart ment of Agriculture will very shortly de tail one of its good roads experts to go to Stuart, Neb., to advise and assist town ships officials concerning construction of roads In low, wet .lands In that locality. Evidence in Sugar Suit Finest and. Most Modern Refinery Ever Built Has Never Turned a Wheel. NEW YORK, May 28. W. Howird Ramsey, former president of the Pennsyl vania Sugar Refining company and George M. Newhall, who built the company's plant at Philadelphia, were the principal Wit- nesses today In the suit against the Amer lean Sugar refining company for conspir acy. Mr. Ramsey testified th,at he acted merely for Adolph Segal, whose stock in the Pennsylvania company Is alleged to have come Into the control of the Ameri can company. Several other directors tes tified that they were merely dummies for Mr. Segal, who directed all of the work ings of the company. Mr. Newhall described the refinery In Philadelphia, which he said waa the most modern ever built and had a capacity of six million pounds a week, but had never turned a wheel. Stocks and bonds valued at more than $10,000,000 were brought Into court aa evi dence. They Included the securities alleged to have come under the control of the American sugar refining company to have been voted In Its interest. ROOSEVELT THANKS .. SIR HORACE PLUNKETT Irish Homestead Weekly Publishes Letter Written by Former President March a. nttnr fT .U.w OO Tha T.I.W ()nm..U. , Weekly, organ of the Irish Agricultural Organisation aoclety, publishes a letter to day from President Roosevelt to Ambas aador Bryce, dated March 8. It refers to the work of the Country Life commission in the United States and Mr. Roosevelt's own active interest in the farm question the outcome of work accomplished through the farmers' co-operative move ment In Ireland, of wnich his old friend, Sir Horace Plunkett, of the Department of Agriculture In Ireland, kept him In formed. We Americans, the letter says, "owe much to Ireland and Sir Horace Plunkett In the work we are keen in trying to do in the Vnlted State, and before I leave the presidency I want to acknowledge our debt and send through you my thanks for the help we have had not only my thanks, but the thanks of every man who knows what haa been done and sees the need and the sure results of thia great movement to help the men and women who feed the nation and stand as the foun dation of Its greatness and progress." LONDON, May 29. The Times' Dublin correspondent passes severe strictures concerning the manner of the publication of President Roosevelt's letter in the Irish Homestead Weekly. He contends that a letter from the head of a great state to an ambassador, publicly acknowledging a debt to a distinguished citlsen of the em pire, ought to have been officially com municated, y "As a matter of fact, however," tha cor respondent adds, "the government never Imparted the letter to Sir Horace Plunkett, and some explanation Is due, for otherwise Irishmen will believe it was suppressed for political motlvea." CHAUFFEUR GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER New York Anto Driver Who Killed Boy and Ran Awar I Convicted. NEW YORK. May 2.-Wllllam E. Dar ragh, the chauffeur who ran down and killed Ingvaard Trimble, the 11-year-old son of a prominent Kentucky lawyer, her March 27, waa found guilty of manslaugh ter in the first degree tonight. The maxi mum penalty is twenty years' Imprison ment. The killing of the Trimble boy by Dar- ragh attracted wide attention, because after his machine had crushed the boy he put on extra speed and fled. He lost his derby hat during the flight and by mean of this his Identity was established. He was traced to Texas, where he was ar rested. KANSAS GOES ENTIRELY DRY New Law Prohibiting; Sale of Liquor by DrDgglsts Goes lata Effect. TOPEKA. Kan., May 29 -Kansaa tonight went absolutely dry. Th new prohibitory law went Into effect at midnight. Under tta term no liquor can be aold for any purpose by druggist or anybody else. Evsq th sale of liquor of any kind for medicinal use la forbidden. Doctors' pro scriptions will not be recognised as en- titling th holder to liquor. Th druggist turned In their permits to th various pro- bat court. Attorney General Jackson declare that the law Is vslid and that all Infractions UElNZt BOOKS ARE MISSING Directors of Copper Company Are Ordered to Produce Them in Court. RECORDS NOT IN VAULTS Copper King Refasea te Tnrn Thesa Over Reennae He la 1 nder lnveatl. gatlon and Says Mlnate Rook Is In Earone, NEW YORK. May 29-The federal grand Jury's Investigation of F. Augustus Helnie's affairs In connection with the alleged misapplication of the funds of the Mercantile National bank, took a sensa tional turn today when United States Dis trict Attorney Wise applied to and ob tained from Federal Judge Lacombe an order directing certain directors of the Vnlted Copper company to produce the full and complete books of that concern In court forthwith or be declared In con tempt. The directors named, Ssnford Robinson, Carter Glass, William J. Curtis and Horare Abel, reported to ih court at 4 o'clock that they were anahle to comply with the court's order, because Mr. Helnse, the president of the I'nlted Copper company, had refused to give them the books or tell where they were, giving as his reason that he waa under Indictment and further In vestigation. They also reported that they were helpless for the moment, but would make every effort to get Into the com pany's vaults end search for the books there If given time. The directors further told the court that they had called a special meeting of the directorate to take place five days hence, when Helnxe and Secretary and Treasurer Gifford, who It Is alleged has fled to Europe, would be de posed from their official positions with the company. Mlnate Books la Karope. Heinle, the directors went on, told them that Gifford took the minute books with him to Europe. Frederick Eckstein, the assistant secretary and treasurer of the company who was Included in the court order, said he knew the combination of the vaults and was ready to aid in getting the books if they were still there. Judge Lacombe declared that under the circumstances he would be lenient. He fixed Tuesday afternoon as the time for them to report In court again and added: "The court appreciates the honest efforts of the directors to get out of the scrape, They are unfortunate In getting associated with a man who Is too terrified to allow his books to be examined. As long as the book are on earth and hava not been burned the effort must be made to produce them." The mutilation of books of a corporation as charged by District Attorney Wise, is a crime under the state law. The federal statutes cover the removal of books, and such an act may be construed as grand larceny. The directors involved, Mr. Eckstein, As sistant District Attorney Smith and two deputies went to the offices of the United Copper company on Broadway tonight to hunt for the books. F. Augustus Helnxe had gone, but Eckstein, who Is assistant treasurer, readily opened tha vaults. He stepped Inside, turned op a light and then exclaimed: "They're not here." Books Not In Vault. The subpoenas called for a total of six teen books. Including ledgers, journals, caBh, letter and stock books of 1907, but none of them was found in the vaults. Even the mutilated ledger, which repre sentatives of the district attorney had pre viously been permitted to examine, was missing. The searchers, however, found some books other than those called for In the subpoena, and these were placed In charge of the United States marshal. The United States district attorney was In dignant over the manner in which the United States and his office had been "flaunted by Helnxe," as he expressed It. He referred to It as "a cowboy holdup," and added: "They are getting to have a different idea of the way that things may be done In this jurisdiction these days. They thought In this case that they could take their of ficers and ship them abroad or put them on a train for Canada, and then tell us that we could not have the books because they might be incriminated. But we established a precedent by getting Judge Lacombe to order a meeting of the board of directors forthwith. In all the experience that I have had In the seven yeara that I have been here this piece of work Is the most dam nable that I hava ever heard of." F. Augustus Helnse gave out a statement at the Waldorf-Astoria tonight regarding his action in withholding the books of the United Copper company from the United States district attorney. He said that aver slnee his first Indictment In January last Not "Too Expensive" Why do you not advertise to the Consumer through daily newspapers! That question put to almost any manufacturer who has not tried it will frequently be met with the statement that "it's too expensive7." This idea is xncorrec. Why not try itt A campaign through newspapers, with all the auxiliary work planned for you by us, will sell more goods for general consumption than can possibly be sold in any other way. Tell us the places where you know your distri bution is complete and yet where the goods are not moving as they should. Try the effect of newspaper space in selling a particular article in any one city. If your goods are of general consumption and you have never tried such a newspaper campaign, why not test it for results ! Information and suggestions nay b bad from THE DAILY NEWSPAPER CLUB 01 World Building, New York City. he courted the fulleat Inquiry and the district attorney had he so desired, would have had full arceta to all the books and paper of the rompanle with which he was connected. "Notwithstanding this," Mr. Helnse' statement goes on to sav, "no surh Inquiry was made and my trial has been delayed from lime to time until the recent Indictment. The long delay between the first and second Indictments and climaxes attending the Indictment, however, convince me that the business transaction about what I eould not be required to testify against my self are being pried Into an Indirect way and It has therefor seemed wise aa well a fair to myself that I should avail myself of my constitutional privilege with refer ence books and papers as well as to oral testimony." Battle with Bank Robbers at Merrill, Wis. Four Men Hold Up Cashier and Take $1,000, but Two Are Taken After Running- Fight. MERRILL, Wis., May 2.-Thl afternoon about 8 o'clock four highwaymen entered the German American State bank and while three covered Cashier R. C. Ballstadt with their rifles, the fourth entered the vault and took all the money In sight. probably amounting to upward of $1.0U0. and put It Into a satchel. They Immedl- tely fled. A posse headed by the chief of police and sheriff pursued them Into a park, where a running fight was had with two of th robb-s. One of the robbers was wounded, but got to a swamp, where he and his. com panion were both captured half an hour later. The other two were seen to swim across the Wisconsin river. Both th robbers caught ar young men, ' qne probably 17, the other about 20. Both ar etrangers and apparently Inexperienced as -highwaymen. They had automatic ten shot rifles. The money was recovered. They hid thrown the satchel containing It Into a brush pile. At the hospital the wounded man stated that his nam was John Laya and his home Bellwood, III. The younger man would not give his name or address. French Marine Scandal Grows Investigation Discloses Bribes Were Given to Permit Use of De fective Plates. PARIS, May .-As Investigation con tinues, the scandals In the matter ot naval, suppllea and construction appear to be more and mora aerlous. Other instances of defective material furnished by contractors have been discovered and It has been learned that under th administration of M. Pelletan and M. Thomson, brlbea war Offered Inspectors. Defective platea on submarines endangered the Uvea of th crews of these vessels. Th Delcasse commission has asked th uroaecutlon of M. Thomson, former min ister of marine, and M. Dupont, his private secretary, for having withdrawn certain official reports concerning cases of bribery when they left the ministry. TAYLOR PROSECUTION PROCEEDS SIster-ln-Law of Defendant Give Principal Evidence. MINDEN. Neb., May 28 Special Tele gram.) With the jury secured last even ing after three days' hard work, the pros ecution of Bert Taylor made rapid prog ress today. Ida Taylor, the sister-in-law of the defendant, gave th principal evi dence against the man accused of a most brutal murder. Taylor sat with stolid Indifference while the girl, who Is 14 years of age, told of being wakened In the night by a voice which said: "This is a craxy negro." To this she replied: "No, it's Bert Taylor.", The witness then described how he talked family matters with her and Pearl, the murdered girl, for over an hour and then carried Pearl Into the next room. Return; lng, he knocked the shade off a lamp, poured the oii on the bed and struck two matches to light the oil. She saw hi face clearly when he struck the second. Th young girl recited her story without much emotion, though she was far from being as Indifferent a th defendant. : Ul be ,v i'w oul puoiaUeU.