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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1911)
INDICTMENTS BY GRAND JURY lEngine Driver and Fireman Killed m Wreck in Kansas Wholesale Harder Chirped in Lot Angeles Explosion Case. 41 OVER TWO HUNDRED WITJTLSSES Saa rraalM Wk M e re Sea Meal Ha Kaawa Thr Saaaeeta. LOS ANGELES, Jan. C-The arand lury In tha Los Anfles Times axploa.on cas returned twenty-two Indictment yeatar Ja Wholesale murder, tha outcome of a dy namite plot, I understood to be the chars set forth In all the Indictments, but It Is believed that not more than three or four men are named In the true bills. Tha return of the Indictments today was the culmination of a disaster that eiclted tha people of Los Anseles to a degree that for a few days bordered almost upon panic, and resulted In the offering of rewards ag gregating almost 1100.000. The subject of union lsbor, which ths Times and Its proprietors had opposed, was Injected Into the situation and when tha special grand Jury was Impanelled on Oc tober B, It was Immediately confronted with two conflicting theories. One of these supported by the findings of an investigating committee appointed by Mayor Alexander, was that the Times plant had been b!n up by dynamite con spirators. The other, presented by a com mittee named by tha state buildings trades convention, then in session here, was that j,'na was responsible. Fart? Wltaeaees !' Mre u:n forty witnesses, the majority of them Identified with the union labor ' movement, were summoned from 8an Fran cisco and other cities. In addition labor union officials were suummoned. In all, tha grand Jury examined more than 200 persons, who In the opinion of detectives, that worked here, and In Pan Francisco, could throw soms light on ths alleged murder plot. Among the labor leaders summoned from San Francisco were Olaf E. Tveltmoa and Anton Johanssen. who wera supposed to have known J. B. Bryce, M. A. Schmidt and lavid Kaplan, three suspects in ths caae. who wera in this city for a few hour after ths explosion, but subsequently disappeared. According to tha detectives, Bryoa, Rchmldt and Kaplan wars the three who purchased from a Ban Francisco powder firm the dynamite used to destroy the Times, snd part of which was later found In the Infernal machine planted under the residence of Felix J. Zechandlaar, secre tary of tha Merchants and Manufacturers association. This organisation bad opposed the extension of labor unions In this city. Two days ago. an additional reward of .'5.000 wss formally offered by tha County Board of Supervisors for their capture. Heavy Passenger Train Drawn by Two Engines Strikes Freight on Cnrre. MITVANE. Kan.. Jan. ,-Northbound passenger train No. If, on the Atchlaon, Tnpeka ft Rants Fe railroad, due In Kan sas City at 7 o'clocjr. yeeterdsy. was wrecked on a curve about a mile and a half south of here at 10 o'clock tonight. A freight train was trying to make a siding In the Mulvane yards when the heavy psssenger train drawn by two en gines ran Into Its rear. The passenger was going at the rate of about fifty miles an hour and because of tha curve, the passenger engine did not see the lights of the freight until almost on It. Tha fireman and engineer of tha lead en gine of the pasaenger were killed. The dead: JOHN 8HIFM". engineer. Newton. O. If. ZIERN8TEIN. fireman. Newton. Not a passenger was Injured. , The wreckage took fire and three baggage and mall cars burned, but tha contents were saved. The rest of the passenger train wan saved, as passengers train crew and residents of Mulvane pushed the coaches back, ona by one, from the burn ing cars. The last car saved was a baggage car which was burning at one end. The chemical engine of the Mulvane fir department was rushed to the seen be hind an automobile and succeeded In sav ing this car. Two bodies which were fcetng transferred by express In one of the burned cars were saved with great difficulty as the wreck occurred In a fifteen-foot embankment. An unidentified brakeman of tha freight train Is missing. NEW MYSTERY r IN LONDON Boar af Maraered Maa Faa4 with Perallar Marks a Each Cek. LONDON. Jan. . Another element of mystery developed today In the Inquest into the death of Joseph Beron, whose mu tilated body was found on Clapham com mons ' last Sunday. The murder Is at tributed by the police to the Houndsditch anarchists' burglary gang, two members of which were killed In tha raid on their den Tuesday. The physicians who examined Feron's body raid that they found on. each Cheek a wound cleanly cut In the form, of (ho letter "S." The police declare this e-Itberate- cutting did not cause death, was iulte symmetrical and obviously symbolical of a secret society. They had never seen anything of the sort before. The Inquest wss adjourned to January to. The police accept the theory that Beron tv as killed by the members of en organisa tion, who left the sign of their order upon the body of the victim. The police are not ratiefled that "Peter the Fainter" was one of the two men killed In the Sydney street battle and are now working on the theory that he Is alive and Hill at large. Throughout the night 100 armed officers aeoured the district of ths i art side snd another spectacular fight Is feared should the fugitive be cornered. Mrs.. Lillian Turnbull Finishes Her Story Claimant Says Lncky Baldwin Intro duced Her to Charles Fair at Hit Wife.- LOS ANOELESC Cal., Jan. .-Mr. Lil lian Turnbull resumed tha stand today and held her own against tha attorneys who are opposing the contest of her daughter to obtain $x,500.00o of the lata "Lucky" Baldwin's estate. Under cross-examination she recalled not only a number of persons to whom ths turfman had Introduced her as his wife, but remembered at least two to whom ah had Introduced him as her husband. 'Mr. Baldwin introduced ma aa Mrs. Baldwin to Mr. Charles Fair and a milliner named Ray Wilson," said Mrs. Turnbull. and then shs startled counsel for tha estate by remarking that she had not named either Fair, or tha milliner, because her own attorneys had told her not to mention them until the cross-examiner bulked ths queation. ' , Tha attorneys for the estate relinquished tha witness after a cross-examination last ing In all. nearly aeven days. Dr. 3. W. Trueworthy, who, Mrs. Turn- bull said, attended her at tha birth of her child, was the next witness. to Pomerene Will Be Senator from Ohio Joint Caucus of Democrats Nominate! Canton Han on the First ., .Ballot, ; m You are cordially invited to attend the opening of our nciv, modern hardware store on Saturday, January 7th, 1911 at our hew location, No. 1515 Harney Street This building zvas formerly occupied by the Re ic he nb erg-Smith Jewelry Co., and adjoins the new City Naiioiial Bank Building on the cast We have equipped the three floors and basement of our new store ivith beantifid new oak fixtures and new goods, and we will be greatly pleased to receive a call of inspection from all our friends, both old and new, on SatuMay Cutlery, Tools, Builders Hardware. EBB First Floor Third Floor Mantels, Grates and Tiling. - Second Floor Basement Kitche7i Utensils, Gas Ranges and Houseurn- Stoves, Ranges, Laundry ishings. Supplies. ' MILTON ' p GERS . Hand sons com pa my 1515 HARNEY Souvenirs Will be given to call era Saturday Furnace and Wholesale Depts. at 1405 Harney St. Phone Deuglae 124 BONILLA ESTABLISHES BASE Hondaran Havolatloaary Ezaaltla Arrive at Day lalaad Next Mart Aasloaalr Awaited. COLUMBUS, O., Jan. . Atlee Pomerene of Canton will be elected United States sen ator from Ohld at a Joint session of the general assembly next Wednesday, as a result of action taken today at a Joint caucus af democrats. Pomerene won the caucus nomination on the first ballot when he received forty-five votes, tha exact number required. , Next Monday he will be Inaugurated as lieutenant governor of Ohio. Although his term In tha senate begins In March he will serve as lieutenant governor. In which ca paclty hs presides over the Ohio senate. until the end of the present session, which may axtend until after May 1. His suc cessor aa lieutenant governor will ba ap pointed by Governor Harmon. PtKRTO CORTEZ. Honduas. Jan. e. Iiy Wlrelesa via New Orleana. Jan. 1 Tha Ilcnduran revolutionary expedition headed by Manuel Bonllla today arrived at Bay Island and established a base of operations on Ruatan Island, one of the group lying 100 miles from this port and forty miles from La Ceiba. Ths next move of tha revolutionists Is anxiously awaited by the Davlla adminis tration. Tha actions of tha expedition are seeping every one puxsled. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras. Jan. . Ad vices from Puerto Cortes say that the gun boat Hornet, which Is in ths service of t.'scuel Bonllla. who recently proclaimed lihr.aelf . prealdant of the republic, haa i tarted back to New Orleana In hts messags to congress yesterday President Davlla said that on ths invita tion of the United States government Hon duras would send financial agents to treat vlth J. P. Morgan ft Co. of New York for a loan on tha basis originally propoaed. POLICE CAPTAIN SHOT IN ROOM Paroled Cttavicl soaaat la Caaaee tloa with Aaaaalt aa SBOkaa Officer. SPOKANE. Jan. 1 While sitting in his rme about t X o'clock tonight. Police Cap tain John Sullivan was shot by an unidentl : d ier:on. who fired through the w'ndow. f IMvau waa taken to a hospital and It ts ra'd he cannot recover. He waa formerly chief of police. The police are looking for a convict wlioee capture and conviction for robbery was brought about by Captain Sullivan and who wss recently paroled against the vigorous opposition of the police captain, lie Is alleged to have declared that he oulU get" Sullivan. AGED COUPLE BURNS TO DEATH Beale at Mr. lit Mra. Carls !f elaaa ressi ia Ralas af Haasa la Yaaktaa. TANKTON, 8. D.. Jan. . Special Tele gram.) Burned almost beyond recognition, ths charred bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nelson, an aged couple, wera taken from their burned residence laat night by Tank ton firemen. The old man waa found seated on the side of hts bed already dead and frightfully burned. His wife waa not found until ths house collapsed, when long hooks brought It to light from out of a heap of live coals. Nothing Is known of ths origin of ths fire, ths house being in full bias when first discovered by neigh bor. Senator La Foiiette Takes Stand in the McMurray Inquiry Wisconsin Han Testifies that Senator Gore Told Him of Offer of Bribe in May. MISS PANKHURST IN NEW YORK Mllttaat Leader Bar British Waaaea Will Get Rallat Wltala Year. BBBBBSBBBBBBS " NEW YORK, Jan. . Misso E. Sylvia Pankhurst. daughter of the leader of the British militant suffragette, and who has been Imprisoned because of her activity In the cause In the streets of London. Is here to Instruct American women in the latest English methods of bringing about women's suffrage. "Will the English women get the ballot?" she was asked. Thy will," waa the prompt reply. "We will get the ballot in a year'a time." WASHINGTON, Jan. 1-Desplta th pro tests of the attorneys for J. F. McMurray, the Oklahoma lawyer, Senator Gore suc seeded In having Senator La Foiiette put on tha stand today before the special In vestigating commute appointed by the house. Senator La Foiiette testified that Senator Gore had told him early In May, before the latter' disclosure to the senate, that Jacob Hamon had offered him a money consid eration If he would let up In his opposition to th McMurray Indian land contracts. Senator Gore said ha wanted to prove by Senator La Foiiette that he had talked over with him the matter of th alleged attempt at bribery, before making his public statement on th floor of the senate. oooocoooooooooooooooooopoooooooooooo END OF THE PARLOR MATCH Repreaeatattve Mill Iatrodaces Bill Praalbltlagr Traaaaortatloa af Phaaaheraa Btlrka. WASHINGTON. Jan. .-The "parlor" match ordinarily used In the United Plates Is to be prohibited In the future tf a bill Introduced today by Representative Mann of Illinois become law. The bill prohibits the transportation of white or yellow phos phorus matches under the penalty of a fin of 11.000 and Imprisonment for three year. To prevent any concern from acquiring a monopoly of other processes Mr. Mann's bill provides that any manufacturer may secure from th circuit court a writ com pelling the owner of the patent rights of other processes to grant a license to the manufacturer at a reasonable figure. Recent Investigations by the government have shown that th use of phosphorus In the makmg of matches Is attended with such danger to the health of the employes that President Tsft urged in his message legislation looking toward a betterment of conditions. k. bv-w in w c a iu ca FABNAM STREETS. OMAHA. SATURDAY THE LAST DAY Mil OUTFITTING-.CO. 1313 -IT-19 FARllAM ST. "THE ITOM THAT'S ft4UARK ALA. OVKUJ V O Two Mammoth Cloak and Clothing Stocks to Bo Disposed of at Once at Loss Than HALF PRICE "111 BAST TO PAT TBB Va WAY." 11 6 Hi mi tin ri PRIESTS SACRIFICE LIVES A14 laarate uad Trat-aera la Facaae from Baralac t'allese Uolla las la Qaeaer. GRANBT. Que.. Jan. t Brothers lanlel and Louclere. aupertor and asatatant su perior of St. Joseph's college, loat their lives In a fir which destroyed the college build ing laat nlf ht. Both remained In the burn ing building aiding thirty-three atu-irnta end twenty nine trechers to escape. . 1'rothtr Iai.iel finally Jumped fix. in a win tow and waa fatally Injured, while lirother 1 ouclere perished In the buiMlng. Students acd teachera had to flr from the flainea la alght sttlr. As th thermometer a as sixiat iZ degree below sero ire sulfated s.vvrely. Ths college building, which oust .j.v0 was ruins Joseph G. Robin Turns His Shoulder on Aged Parents NEW YORK. Jan. (.-"What's ths mat ter with you anyway?" askrd Joseph G. Robin, the fallen bunker, todsy, ct th giay-haded couple who say they are his parents. Annoyed, III at ease, by turns am ling and scowling, he refustd to have anything to do with them, or even to admit that his parents were in t hit; country. In his denials his sister. IT. Lou.s Koblno vltch. who has been constantly beside h m, took the same firm stand. In lirooklyn a ' neaaiiaper reporter found a humble old pair namei liabinovitch. who thought Kohin might be their son. Delect: e brought them to tne criminal courts build I ing todav, tiuesitonrd th;m aDout their ' family history and thin arrarhf'd to lav ! ihe.r. meet Hub n. "No.' said he, "1 don't wsat to ae them, , and nobody can maUe tnr. They're noth.rg to in-." It was necessity to it.il h.ro the dis trict attorney's office with assurance that he need answer only a few questions. Oni there. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rabin. itch were brought into the room. The woman had the quicker eyes. "My son. my son." she cried, half in Yid dish, half In Fngllsh; "th s is my son, ' and shs made a if to embrace him. Robin smiled and turned hi rhouldcr. "Ask him, tf he is not my son." shs pro tested to the district attorney. It was ihn that Robin atartld the room with his abrupt question. The woman, who nye she Is his mother, shrank as If she Had been struck, snd bioks out in lamenta tions. . Her husband, whose sight Is not of the best, and who understands no English, bsd been peering anxiously at Ro'iin. The old man took a step closer, looked him nar rowly between the eyes and affirmed pual tlvely: "This Is my soa. I know him." o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o a o o o o C) o o o o o SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, is the last day of this GIGAN TIC SALE of the entire stocks of the men's and women's READY-eTU-WEAR CLOTHING of the PEOPLES STORE and the UNION. OUTFITTING COMPANY. The final low have been brought forward for Saturday's Selling and the most wonderful, positively the BIGGEST CLOTHING VALUES EVER OFERED YOU CAN BE OBTAINED HERE. COME EARLY AND GET FIRST CHOICE. Goods on Salo Only at tho Peoplo'o Storo, Second Floor U.lss' Suits and Goats 120 Ladies' $6.95 Ladies' $9.95 Ladies' $1.95 (30 15 $15. 117.50 and Tailored Suit for . . : $25. 27.50 and Tailored Suits, for 10, $12.50 and Winter Coats, for $17.50, $20 and $22.60 Ladies' Winter Coats. A -i for JO.DU Skirts and Dresses Ladies' $5, $6 and $7 Tailored for"'. $1.95 Ladles' $8. $9 and $10 Tailored Skirts. " fk for $3.9 d Ladles' $12.50, $15 and $17.50 Voile Skirts, $5 95 69c Silk anl Sateen Petticoats Ladies' $5, $6 and $7.60 Fancy Silk Peticoats. as nr for tie?) Ladles' $11, $12 and $15 fancy'and black nr Silk Petticoats. ..... .$3,10 Ladies' $1.50 and $2 Black Sateen Petticoats for LA INKS' WAISTS. Ladies' $8, $9 and $10 Taffeta Silk Waists. $ 1 95 HATS AM) FURS. Vour unrestricted choice of any Ladles' Hat in the bouse, val ues up to $15.00, for Indies' $7. 8 and $9 Fur Zrrta: $1.95 Ladies' $20, $2.50 and $25 ;;urr s:::ta: $3.95 98: Men's Suifs $4.50 $5.65 $6.45 $8.50 Actual $10.00 values, now for. Actual $12.50 values, now for. Actual $15.00 values, now for Actual $20.00 'values, now for MEN'S OVERCOATS. Actual $8.50 gl AT values, now for. vwwl Actual $10.00 gfl jr valuos, now for. V Itl Actual $13.50 values, now for. VvvO Actual $15.00 on or values, now for. VI U MEN'S HATS, $1.50 Values, now for . . . $3.50 Values, now for . . . MEN'S SHOES, $2.50 Values, y now for $3.50 Values, now for MEN'S FinMSHIXOS. 75c Shirts and Drawers, now for. $1.50 Union Suits, now for $1.60 Dress Shirts, now for 15c Linen Collars, now for 15c Hose, special, per pair Your choice of any I Hi Tie, for 1UC 85c $1.95 ES. $1.15 1.55 8. 33c 69c 74c ..8c 5c Big Consolidation Salo of Furniture, Carpets, Rugs. Etc, Dining Room Tables $8 values, well made, 6 ft exten sion slides, sale aj rri price ' 7I.dU $12.50 values, very massive, Amer ican quartered sawed Oiik stock, sale price. . $16.50 values. pedestal base, square tops, highly polished, sale price $22.50 values, pedestal base, circular tops, very 419 7-C massive, sale price. ... vl ul J $6.95 1 base, . S9.75 ra jf. Y 7-- t-'urnituro $5.00 Iron Beds, fancy design, highly enameled, i . sale price u I ) $18.50 values, heavily lacquered, strongly constructed, "jr sale price ll.ld $20.00 Sideboards, massively ton al rutted. Urge and i19 7" roomy, cale price vluld $25.00 Buffet made of selected stock, highly pol- C1 1 lshed, sale price sjltl.it J Sale of Rugs Rugs, size ii re I, $2.89 $4.00 Ingrain K"od iiu.illty. aaie price J7 00 Art KevtrslMe Hug, size llxi feet, pretty patterns. 4 no choice color.-, stile price $17.50 Brutoir' an eatra i. terns, sale price $27.10 Wilton Velvet Iluss, feet, extra fine U- I it and tiet patterns, sal pile llUKa. slz 11x9 feel, quality, preti put- $10.75 site I2! OrleulMl SIS.SS o o () o o C) o o C) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o C) o o o o o o occocooocoooooooooocooocoocoooooooco Persistent Advertising is the Itoad to Big Keturns xne Bee's Advertising Columns Are That lioad.