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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AfR P. JL Council Bluffs Y. M. C. A. PATRONS ROBBED Membm of Eutineu Men't Clan Lose W&tchei and Money. YOUTH WOEKS SYSTEMATIC GAME Allea-lns; He Is of 04 rbirtftfr I. rows ts Be Familiar Flsrare jlbnt Room mnd l.eots l.orker Dwm, A young man, apparently 78 old, w ho ha been hanging around the Young Men Christian association building for dfvfrdl (liiyn, suddenly disappeared last evening and Ifl now accused of perpetrating a wholesale robbery In which nearly all of the members of the Ruslnees Men u gym nasium class are victim The robbery was executed about 5:30 last evening. The vlctlma had left their street clothe In the locker room and In their gymnasium aulta war taking their physical culture lemons under tha Instruction of Fhyslcal Director Pieraon. Tha youth waa , observed In tha locker room, but on account ; of the tale he had told about his good character and hla long connection with the association at Peterson, N. J., nothing waa thought of It. When the member of the class got ready to don their clothes again they die covered that nearly all had been robbed, losing watches and every cent of money and other valuablee contained in their pockets. Among those who reported 1 oases were: C. 11. Parka. Dr. Charles Woodbury, C. E. Walters. F.alph Walters, R. R. Otis and W. K. Orchard. All of these men lost watches of mote than the average value and some of them considerable sume of money. Not a garment In the lockera waa left unaearrhed. The rapidity with which the rascal worked, and the smoothness of previously Ingratiating conduct indicate that similar robberies are hla regular profession. He carries a ticket In the Paterson assocla tlonw which wan undoubtedly the pro duct of Home other robbery. The police were given an excellent de scription of him and full details of some of the watches. LANA DITCHcbPANY BIDS Willing to Take Rlsr Ditch Work at Fraction Less Per Yard Than Lowest Itlilder and Wins. Without any supposed knowledge of what the lowest bid would be the I .ana Ditch company, a new organization, entered the list of competitive bidders for the privilege of excavating the big Nlshnahotna drain age ditch system with the intention of winning. It filed a bid of a hundredth part of 1 cent below the lowest bid, no matter what that might be. The lowest bid happened to he 6 cents per cubic yard, and the I.ana company claimed the con tract. The Board of County Pupervlsors at the meeting yesterday, held the bid to be good and awarded the construction company the contract. The engineer's es timate of the coat of the big canal waa approximately fST.000. but this unexpectedly low bid will greatly reduce the cost to the farmers. The Ijina company's bid. baaed upon Ita own estimate of the cost, waa 7. cents per yard, which waa near, but atlll less than the figure of the engineer's estimate. The ifl cent bid was made by a Council Bluffs firm, using the name of Sternberg, and they were represented before the board by Attorney John P. Organ. He advised the board that It was doubtful if a legitimate contract could be made with the l.ana company under such a hid. but Attorney W. II . Klllpank. former county attorney, and well advised as to ditch leg islation, Informed the board that there was no doubt about the legality of It. and that the Ljtna company was entitled to the contract. Eight bids were filed. lrlnk Hudwelser. King of Bottled Beers. Heal Katnte Transfers. Real eaiate tiansfers for April 7, furnished to The Bee b the Pottawattamie County .Abstract company of Council Bluffs: Cora H. Bellinger and husband to l.uther K. tstllett. w't sw' of 1 and a'i e' and nv' se' of i and ne', of 2-75-44, w. d 121. 6o0 C. I). rlllln to Caroline Wlatt, lot 21. block in Central aulid. In Council Bluffs, la., w, d son J. . Knulre and wife to F. T. True, lot 1 in Day a suhd. of lot 2.". block 14. In Kerry add. to Council Bluffs, la., w. d i ioo J. Pi Orcenshlelds and wife to F. T. True, part lot 10, block 4, Baylisn' 1st add., and lots I. 2 and S, block 2. In primes' add. to Council Muffs, la., w. d. j Henry II. Van Brunt and wife to Harry I,. Van Brunt, part lota I and t .Aud's sulid. of part out lots 2 and I. J a. kson's add. to Council Bluffs, la., w. d 1 suhd. .of part out lots i' and S. Jack ann a add. to Council Bluffs, la., w. d ... j Harry I.. Van Brunt and wife to Henry II. Van Brunt part lot 2. Aud'a suhd. of wliis feet of out lota 3 iind 3. Jackson's add. to Council Bluffs, la., w. d 1 Lester Pary and wife to Nathan Cary. nl feet of lot 12. block 15. in Walnut, Ta . w. d 1 A. T. Bates to James R. Bruce. n nw-i. and se, nwi. and nw'4 ne of -7.'-4n. ,,. ,-. , , Nine ti insfers, total... ...122.312 N v ITmihlng Co. Tel. 2S0. Night 1-1701 - ... Minor Mention. l'avts drugs. t'onirans. undertakers Phones HS For Vale 41-room house. 723 Sixth Ave. FA VST BEER AT KocJERS BUFFET. Woodrlng I'ndertaMng company. Tel. 331 Lewis Cutler, funeral director. Phone IT. PCRK GOLD WFUDINU Kl.NvjS LEF- Call 142. .! J. Klein Co. for a case of Gund s Peerless Beer. The kind of tailoring on want at Martin I'etei sen's. 4i: Hruad a ay. Have vour spring frrmlug done now. Fauhle Art Ship, Broadway. tee the new 1 wH ppf.r mt Korwi. k s. 211 South Main street. Oculists' prescriptions, soct.iatelv filled tore"m dy ' l'"tn bl Jlry llV. 2ur ' r repaired by Te.ry. optician. 4U Broadway, nice with George (ietner. The 8. A. Iterce Co alio, store is now ".TV'01-. ,nS" " wh"' ntw '"cation. V? ,i.Ve,t Urol,- between Pearl and tUith streets. W. A. Ilamant of South Omaha and Klla Salmons of St Joseph weie man led last ewrnng by liev. Henry e l.ona ai his home. i.i. F.aet Broauuav. The Juiy in the district court was de misted jesicidav until Monriiiv. There was iu keaaiiui of cuit during the at.er nuon and there will be but a lion one this Uioi IlillK. In II, e dlmict court vetoid .latnea Wadding fi.e.i . nut u;.ioim Vniu ,M Sftae and John H. oiiaw. the action i tl aiirmpi to luea,,. the will of Khu J. al din He rlaiuia a half interest. Yesterday being Friday, and supposeilv unlucky for weddings, onlv one marriage ItctiiM- was taken out. Victor tirs of Oiuaha. aged J.i, Mini Miss Kleanur Turner, (w ears old. of Pacific Junction. J. H Hess has returned Irom Juiea tnjrg. Colo., where lie ha land Interests nat are rapidly Inci easing in value. While there he saw land sell for $ 1 7J, an acre whlcb only a doxen or more ears ago could hae beer, bought for fl an acre. Mrs. J. T. Kelly. Too Ferine avenue le wtkously 111 at the home of her mother. Council Bluffs Mrs. .1, K. Murphy, ilia. Kelly Is atfecieu with heart trouble and the terrible shock to all of the relatives caused by the acts of Mr. H. I). Kelly has been doubly severe upon her. Kxcclslor lodge No. 2.'. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, will meet In special com munication Saturday afternoon at J p. in., and evening foi work in the third de cree. All master Masoria are Invited to attend A banquet will be aerved at the close of the session. ' The water company yesterday closed its case before the condemnation court, and unless the city has something to offer In remittal, which undoubtedly it will have, no further testimony will be taken. The company rested with the close of the testl monv of Knglneer J. V. Alvord. Counsel for the city asked time to check over the trstlmony ond the court adjourned for the day. It is probable that a brief session will be held today and an adjournment to Monday will follow. The body of Mike Hughee. who died sud denly at Cherokee. Is., from an attack of hoait trouble, was brought to Council Bluffs last evening and taken to the Wood ring undertaking rooms, lie was the son of Mrs. Ann Hughes. WW Franklin avenue-, anil was 37 vears of age. Ills widow survives him. The body will be taken this afternoon to the residence of hla sister, Mrs. I. mien Oillett. on Franklin avenue,. The funeial will be held on Sunday after noon at St. Francis' church. Father Mc Manua officiating. Police officers Thursday morning found a P-year-old girl named Heavls of Inde pendence, Kan., wandering on the streets in the chill of the morning carrying a 4-weeka'-old bahjr. The child-mother and her baby were In evident distress and they were taken to the police station for tem porary care. After the unfortunate girl told her story they were sent to the Creche. Phe said she had been turned out of the Pangle Oood Hamarltan hoapltal for the reason that her money waa exhausted, i-me had not a cent of money and was hundreds of miles from her friends with her tiny Illegitimate baby In arms. The police also say the child waa entirely with out wraps, and the girl-mother had used her skirt for a mantle. Yesterday Chief of Police Froom went before the Boerd of County Supervisors and made a atatement of the rase, calling attention to the fact that the hospital held a state license. He asked the board to take tip the matter with the State Hoard of Control and demand the revocation of the license upon the ground that the Institution was bringing indigents Into. the community and abandon ing them In a penniless condition. "The Third regree" will be the offering at the Hohany theater Saturday night, April S. Seldom ta a play aeen which has so keen an interest In current topics to the nubile as "The Third Degree. Charles Klein's psychological drama, and the au thor has shown hla beet work In the treat ment of the story. The Inner methods of the police workings of "the third degree" are revealed In a convincing way. Miss Sarah Padden commands the height of attention In her Interpretation of Annie Jeffries, the heroine, other players who have won fa vor In various parts and who are still con tributing their share to the success of the remarkable play are Ralph Ramsey, 11. H. Foreman, Raymond Wells, Arda La Croix, Harry Farnham, Grace Lord, Joseph Garry, Florence Pendleton and others. Drink Budwelser, King of Bottled Beers. MINE MANAGER IS KILLED Lifeless Body Found In Case as It Reaches Surface A ear Fort Dodge, FORT DOIKJE. la.. Aorll g.-fRieelal Telegram.) Kmereon lawaon, aged 32, manager of operation and part owner of the Craig A Daw-son coal mine, was In stantly killed this afternoon when defective machinery fell striking hla head. He had been down In the mine and waa entering the cage to be carried to the top. He re leased the machinery and started up to be discovered lifeless when the cage reached daylight. A widow and three children sur vive him. I. lea Against Atlantic Mate. H A RIxAN, la.. April 8. (Special. )-H. 8. Rottenborg. C. A. Ross and C. D. Judd. a copartnership of Atlantic, has filed a lien of $43,791 against the Atlantic. Northern (k Southern Railway company. The claim Is for making the preliminary survey, solicit ing stock subscriptions and carrying on the campaign for the voting of taxes In various townships. Defendants vin Case. CRESTONV la.. April 8. (Special Tele gram.) A aealed verdict In which the decis ion was In favor of the defendants waa returned this morning in an action entitled Packers National Bank of South Omaha gainst o. W. and Guy Miller, brought in the I'nlon county district court. WOMAN CHOSeFmAYOR OF HUNNEWELL COUNTED OUT Vole ta Tie aad Mrs. Wllsoa Gets Cer tificate by tasting Lots Coaa- ell Rrroiati the tlellnts. HI'NNKWEIJji Kan., April g.-After winning the mayoralty of Hunnewell with a heavy handicap, Mrs. Klla Wilson has been counted out by the old city council, and the certificate of election gl en to her opponent. O. M. Akers. When the vote was counted Monday night a tie waa found to have been the result of the election. A law was discov ered directing a casting of lots by the Judges. When the slips were drawn. Mrs. Wllf-on won. The Judges made a return showing her election. When the ballots were counted by the council today. It Is asserted, Akera was found to have one more vote than Mrs. Wilson. The council Issued a certificate , election to him. Mia. Wilson has engaged lawyers to con- ' test the case. ! OFFICERS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LIBELOUS PUBLICATION Sew York Supreme Coert Decides tlfflclals of Corporation Are -ol Personally Malile. NF.W VOllK, April .-Offl,-era nf a newspaper corpoiatlon cannot he hcid per sonally responsible for the newspapers publication of libelous matter. Such was the decision of the appellale division of the supreme court today In the case brought by John 1). lioi kefellei . Ii . asainst s. s. Carvalho. piesldent; Bradford Merrill, treasurer, and F.dward II. Clark, aecre taiy. of the Star company, publisher of the New York American. The court orders all proceedings against them dismissed. Aa officers of the , newspaper corporation Carvalho. Merrill and Clark were arrested on the chaige of criminal libel. The news paper articles for which It waa sought to hold them responsible related to alleged abuses of worklngmen of a corporation which, it waa alleged. John U. Rockefeller. OKLAHOMA CANNOT PREVENT PIPING GAS 0UT. OF STATE ST. I-M "IS. April $--The Oklahoma law. aeciion . tf ii, r constitution, prohibiting the piping of natural gas out of that stale, was declared unconstitutional by Judge Walter H San horn of the I nlte.l Stmea circuit court of appeals for the Kighth Judicial circuit, in a decia.on han.led down late to-lay. An injunction obtained from the I nlted States circuit court for the Kastern dis trict ,.f Oklahoma by W F. Cowhan of Michigan, was sustained and made perma nent, and pievents l.itei ftienr bv the Oklahoma official. h the piping o ,b, natural gas to other statea. Iowa PUBLIC SERYICE BILL FAILS Iowa Legislature Kills Measure (or Commission. APPROPRIATION BILL REPORTED largest Antut Provided for Is) aeiwe Years by the legislature Is la rladra Cleric Wkalrs fteta Hie Discharge. (From a Staff Correspondent ) DK8 MOlNEfl. April 8-(Special Tele gramsThe fight which has been waged for a commission to take over the public service corporations of the state and to have full control of all their business, came an end today, and was a failure. The scheme had been twice recommended by the governor, and a bill was put through the house to create a commission to handle the subject. Today Senator Sammls called it up in the aenate and spoke for it two hours, after which, without further debste, the bill was laid on the table, by a vote of Si to 21. BIS Apsreprlatlea Bill. The appropriations committee completed work today and reported the big appro priation bill which carries over 81,500.000 for the three educational Institutions and the institutions under the board control. The three colleges get an aggregate of 84.4O0, and the other Institutions fjwT.&vO. This Is a much larger appropriation than for a number of years. Railway Clerk Loaes Place. John Whalen, railway mall clerk, has been discharged by the Postoffice depart ment. No reason for the action waa given. Whalen is the first Postoffice department employe In Iowa to be summarily dis missed. Whalen does not know of any spe cific reason for his dismissal. He haa been active in the ranks of the clerks who have been seeking reforms in the depart ment. Forblddlngr False Wrlhts. The house this morning passed a bill which will give the state dairy and food commissioner the right to Investigate and Inspect all weights and measures in the state and If any are found to be below the standard to prosecute the offenders. The house passed a bill to provide for special terms of court in vacation where a prisoner desires to plead guilty. Commerce Coaneel Bill. It Is understood that the committee In charge of the commerce counsel bill and I seeking to reach a flnlah on that bill will report it out in favor of having the com merce counsel named by the railroad com mission instead of the executive council. The committee is divided, six being for the railroad commission and two for the bill as It atands. Aid for 11 lab. Schools. I The house sifting committee has reported j out for passage the aenats bill to give atate I aid for high schools that give normal In- I StrttCtlnn and nrni'Mh. f.. ,w. - .1 I . ,..v..u,.,n tvf, nuuiiions. subjects to be taught in the said schools, and the bill was passed. The same com mittee has also reported out the bill for an appropriation for a commission to Investi gate and report on the need of a 'work man's compensation act. Kffort to Legalise Notaries. The governor today called a halt on an effort made to legalize the acts of notaries public who were without commissions prior to March 17. A bill slipped through both houses and came to the governor to this effect. He protested and .threatened a veto, whereat the bill was recalled from him! The bill, it Is understood, was for the pur pose of effecting the legalizing of ths sa loon consent petitions In Des Moines where a notary public acted without authority, and it is now fesred that the failure of the bill will close all saloons. Passed Fire Marshal Bill. The aenate today paxsed a fire marshal bill with some amendments from the house draft. The senate cut out a provision wnicn was tnat the fire marshal could hold private and secret Inquisitions and force! persons to give testimony under penalty. The bill provides for a state fire marshal and deputies to have general supervision of the insurance and fire protection busi ness of the state. The senate once more put an end to the hope of organizing trust companies in Iowa to cany on a fiduciary business. A bill waa Introduced early for this purpose and I the committee on banks fixed It up so as I to be in best possible shape. Today the 1 senate rerused to adopt an amendment giving to savings banks the same right to act as trustees, administrators, etc.. as proposed for the trust companies where upon the enacting clause was stricken out and the bill killed, :'3 to 18. Hupime Court Decisions, The following decisions have been rendered by the supreme court: State agslnst Percy Patterson, appellant, Polk county, assault yb commit murder, affirmed. Catherine Rradford. appellant, against Frank II. Helsell et al.. Clay county, re deem from execution sale, aiflrmed. J. P. Matthews against Hen K. Nash, appellant, Pottawattamie county, suit to set aside land contract, affirmed. Cecil M. Stewart against It. C. Hall, ap pellant. Polk county, question of new trial, affirmed. J. M. King, appellant, against Alwllda Holt, Montgomery county, action to quiet title, affirmed. W. T. O. Larson against Postal Telegraph company, appellant. Shelby county, action for damages, affirmed. , Sara C. Snyder, appellant. against j Nathaniel Rlchey. Buena Yii,ta county, j petition of real estate, reversed. I W. II. Ware against Herman M. better!, j appellant. Council Hluffs. superior court! a tion on contract, revetsed j C. F. Jones, appellant, against tieorge ! ii'cjvioss. ureene county, action for rem I revel sed. , Christian Stokes, appellant, aeainst Sac i county, damages fur personal injurs ie I ersed. j I.. H. Wall- ssainst W'ahasli Rnllroad company, appellant. Superior court Shenan doah, damages, reversed. Intra News ules. IOWA CITY tleorge I.ennardis of Iowa I., ""' started suit bbIiim the jtncl; Island railroaa for ilamugea fni Ida , iM-oaen leg He claims the company In terpreter flung linn rnmi a handcar, i lOVVA CITV-The Pcikina scholarship I to Harvard university, open to an st,i ; ucnt In any college or tiniveintv oi'lowa i was awarded today to Flovd Tiiomaa of i Iowa City. la., a senior in the state lin verslty of Iowa. WKST I.IBF.ltTT-A man aine : has been ascertained as Flank Hutlcus was found mangle, and dead on tne Hock I Is, and tiacks Just north of Columbus Junc tion, south of heie. last night. 1'rlends or 1 relatives cannot be located. ' DENISON Much Interest is felt here iovr the coming oratonal contest to be held at Colfax. Friday. April 14. when repre sentatives from the high schools of Iowa I will compete. Dcnmun has a contestant in Miss Ruth Cole, who is in the humorous class. , 1 N" I l A NOI.A Yesi et day the Simpson. college sophomore class elected its hoard I of editors for the cnllene annual -The ' Zenith ' for I3IX Klbert Martin of Melrose, j la., w as selected aa edunr-ln , hief and Hubert Miller of Shannon, city business I manager. low A CITY-Ma. or William lepson head of the Flfiy-sisth regiment. Iowa Xa- Ittonal guaid. hospital corns, has refused to accept a ststlon In Texas on the occa sion of the recent Mexican unpleasantness owing to duties at the hospital of (lit Slate . ; ni erslty of low a. I.OOAN At the county ramp if the Modern Woodmen at Woodbine. Ambrose Rurk of Missouri Valley. W J. Biair of Mondamin and X. H. Houataoe of Lunlap were selected ss delegates to represent the county camp at Oes Moines. May S. at the state map meeting IDA UHuYhe-Tbe upeia house her at Iowa to be enlarged to double Ita preaent else mo i ii e siaae so improves met it win oe able to handle the scenerv for the larger companies which It Is hoped can be se cured for a lav-over here on the route irom ies Moines to Sioux City. COLFAX The Iowa state declamatory Contest will be held In tlie city next Friay evening, April 14. Manv of the leading educators of the stale will be in attend ance and forty-eight high schools will be represented by sneakers In the contest for the state gold medal In oratory. M A RS HA LI, TOWN The following dele gates to the state ramp of the Modern Woodmen of America were elected today at the triennial county convention of the order, which was held here: 1,. O. Cross. Mar-halltown; W. H. Bollenbacher. Mel bourne, and A. A. Richards, Orand. NEWTON-The new t'-'OO.OPO Jasper county court house was formally dedicated with appropriate ceremonies Thursday. Judge Horace E. Oeemer of the sum erne court j delivered the principal address. The new .ui . r- iipuv oi nri:iiiiTnure ami I lie equal of any county court house In the state. FORT DODGE Rev. O S Bryan of Fonda, only active surviving charter mem ber of the Northwest Iowa conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, has re signed his charge because of ill health. He will be succeeded by J. o. Crawford, a stu dent from the Uarrett Biblical Institute of Chicago. PORT DODGE-Mrs. Bridget Miller, wife of M. Ij. Miller, promoter of the once pro posed Fort Dodge & Spirit Lke interurban and the Des Moines Sioux City Interur bsn, is suing for separate maintenance In the Webster county courts. She alleges cruel and inhuman treatment, nonsupport and desertion. Mr. Miller is now In Ala bama. IOWA CITY-' Black Hand'ietters of a murderous type were received today by Frank Morgania, a Greek, assistant fore man on the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids In terurban railway. They threatened death to him If he continued work In his pres ent capacity later than Sunday of this week. Ulglit men were arrested today, but later released. CRESTON Word was received here yes terday of the critical Illness of 8. W. Mo Elderry at Washington, D. C. He was formerly of this county, where he practiced law, but for the last twenty-five years has ncen employed In the pension bureau at Washington. The dispatch atated he had been stricken with paralysis snd there is no nope for recovery. FORT DODGE Domestic science will be introduced Into the Fort Dodge public schools next autumn, according to the de cision of the new school board at its In itlsl meeting this week. The new board, with C. F. Duncombe as president, also will make it a chief aim to make the high school a "poor boya' college," Introducing practical courses. Including stenography, bookkeeping and typewriting. COI.FAX William Bauer, a Colfax young man. who had been arrested for embezzle ment of funds while secretary of a local mlnera' union at Zelgler, III., and made nis escape rrom Jail at Benton, was re captured here Wednesday evening and taken back to Illinois. The amount of money appropriated Is said to be near v 83,000. The young man Is 24 years old. FORT DODGE David Hhlnehart. a Washington stste real estate dealer, who Is associated with the Alaska Ind com pany, much before the public, claimed an Iowa bride last llitriit MIks Corn 1,-hAinnla of Manson. Mr. and Mrs. Rhlnehart went east for an extended trip. They will Jour ney westward to L.os Angeles, their first cuasi stop, tterore taking up their perma nent residence In Seattle they will also take a foreign trip. VINTON A clean sweep of Vinton's municipal appointments was made by the newly elected preacher-mayor, Rev. A. W. Caul when he look office Monday night. One exception was made In the case of the deputy marshal or night watchman. The new city marshal is Frank W. Burk. succeeding Frank Boyden. It Is announced that Vinton Is to be made to walk straight under the new administration. UAKE CITY The Lake City auxiliary of the Christian Women's Board of Missions of the local Church of Christ haa been notified that Lake City is one of the three towns in the north wee'ern district of the state to be chosen by the State ooard of the Christian Church to entertain one of the jubilee rallies that are hetng held by the national workers throughout the state of Iowa during this merdh. lake City hav ing the dates of April 22 and 23. CRESTON The new 82W.OOO court house nf Jasper county was dedicated yesterday. The structure ia aald to be the most beau tiful county rapltol In the state. It Is ISO feet long, eighty feet wide snd flftv-slx feet from the grade line to the cornice. It is surmounted by a fifty-six-foot tower In which Is placed a magnificent great clock and the court house Is built entirely of cut Bedford limestone lined with brick. IDA GROVE At a meeting of the school board it was determined to add a course In agriculture to the high achool and to make it of auch a high atandard of excel lence that students will come here from all parts of the country and surrounding coun ties to take the course. A specialist will be employed to have charge of the depart ment and It ia proposed to spare no ex pense or pains in making It the greatest county agricultural school in northwest Iowa. DENISON Mr. G-orge A. Richardson, one of the best known residents of the county, died here today of Bright s disease. He was for some time postmaster at West Side, la., where he engaged In the drug business. Elected county treasurer he came to Denison and has resided here since. After going out of office he studied law and opened a law and insurance office. He was prominent nit. a Mason and that order will take part In the funeral services Sunday afternoon. IDA GROVE tin the John Smith ranch west of Ida Grove there were four mules and four horses mixed up In a big run away. The four mules hitched to a disk were following the four horses hitched also to a disk when the mules became fright ened and ran. The horses alao ran away, but the mules caught them and ran over them, the four mules and four horses be coming tangled Into a terrible mess Tha drivers were not hurt by some miracle, and only one of the horses was badly cut. VIOLATES LIBRARY RULE, SCHOLLE GOES TO JAIL He Clips a Newspnper tn dd to His scrap Hook, hnt na Officer Waa Watch Ins. George Scholle. being of a literary bent, wandered Into the public library Frldav forenoon to regal his intellect with pabu lum gleamed from the teeming paces of a local paper. A certain article appealed to George and he cut It out. intending to add It to his scrap hook, hut Special Officer Samuelson. who pstrols the classic aisles of the reading room, remembered that it was against the law to deface or destroy hooks or newspapeia In the public library, so he gathered Grorue in and lodged him In the conservatory at Eleventh and Dodge streets. ARMOUR THEFT WAS $150-000 talae of Stocks and Bonds Fifty Thousand Dollars More Thaa at First Mapposed. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. April ! - The value of the stocks and bonds stolen font t- S. B. Armour was $r.0.0u0 Instead of $1"60 us originally reported. It developed todav. Mrs. Armour's loss will not b any larger thsn It was reported to be when the story first become public, however. The 4o (X worth of securities, the theft of which lias Just lome to light, were never sold. The thief told their hiding place and they were recovered. Thus far Mrs. Armour has recovered about $120.(lil What the goods In storage, jewelry, works of art. rugs and sliver war.) will brine is not known. It wnuid appear from figur.a now available that Mrs. Armour will not lose more than ll.VO") I or S.O.i. Fr ends of the woman w ho stole the se curities recalled today that the first theft j was committed within a few weeks afie- 1 she had recovered from a sveie cae of! IM'tioid fever. Her illness was regarded i as dangerous, she being delirious much of j the time she a as ill ,Mrs. Armour still steadfastly refuses to permit snc action to be taken against the Ki.I'ty person. TUe Key to ths Situation. Baa Waal Ada. MADERO WILLING TO RESIGN Insurijent Leader Would Allow New Provisional President. CONCESSION TO SECURE PEACE laaarrerto Head Asserts no Trace ertres Are Rerelved hy lllm Will Net Move to Hecelve t'oanralaaloaera. MEXICO CITY. April 8-Ry a majority of 140 the Chamber of Deputies tonight voted to grant the application of Vice President Ramon Corral for an Indefinite leave of absence, but later reconsidered the resolution and hla leave of absence was limited to eight months. Francisco I. Madero's proposition to re sign from the "provisional presidency" in favor of some member of the Diaz, cabinet came to government officials as a distinct surprise. When the news was transmitted to Min ister of Finance l.lmantour It elicited no comment, but a request to call on him to morrow. Similar answers were given at the homes of other officials. None was prepared to make a statement, nor could a statement be obtained at the home of the president. Mader Willing; to Step Aside. MADERO'S CAMP, BrsTII.LOS1 ES TATE, noar CHIIICAIH'A, M EX .. April What he declared to be his ultimatum on the question of peace was delivered by Francisco I. Madero' today. While still in sisting that President Diaz must retire and the country be given a new election. Senor Madero said he was willing to resign as "provisional president." and if necessary allow a provisional president to be selected I from Diaz's cabinet. I The tenor of Senor Madero's interview was rather to descredlt the possibility of j Immediate peace. He said no peace over- j tures had been received by him He did i not Intend to move camp toward the border j or anywhere else with a view of receiving any peace commissioners. ! The report that his father waa In El Paso ' and preparing to enter the Insurrecto coun ! try to see him. Interested him, but would have no influence on his actions, he said. It was the first forma! Interview Senor Madero had given since the complete text of President Diaz's message was received In camp. As for the reforms promised In the message, Senor Madero dismissed them with a smile, saying the promises were no more than President Dlag had previously made. Statement of Madero. Senor Madero dictated a statement which he said might be accepted as a definite ex pression of his views. The statement fol lows: "I know the great damage which the wai Is doing to the country snd if it were pos sible by negotiations to settle the war I would be pleased, though it would be neces sary to make aome concessions on both sides. I am diaposed to make all personal concessions and I will ask only the neces sary guarantee to have a new election per fectly free and open to every voter. "I will not consider as a guarantee the 3 C rrrfirrHrS V II WHAT IT MEANS TO US. WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. nrO j, the "SINCERITY" label on clothes means garments tailored up to a standard, not doven to a price. It means style that is uppermost and quality that is utmost. It means doing things 0zyt, rather than do them "good enoug." It means truth-telling and truthful selling. It means all-zvool. To you, the "SINCERITY" label means a mark that safekceps you what you buy and safeguards you after you've bought. It means certitude of good taste and good tailoring. It means a "square deal" at a square dealer s. "SINCERITY" dealers are wherever you arc. Our Fashion Book is a code of the mode. A postcard fetches it. Write! Kuh, tlathtm 6 Fischer Co Builders of 1 C (f 'The Mous of hith Merit H SELLS 1 premises of General Dlas because he has never fulfilled his previous promises. To have peace in Mexico It la absolutely essen tial that Genetal Diaz shall retire. In such a case a provisional piesldent will I hate to be selected by both sides. "It Is not necessary that I or any of my friends be chosen. I would accept as provisional president a member of the Dlax administration. If chosen by both shies and If we are granted the right to select a few provisional governors. "This to us meana great concessions, which we will make to settle the war. If the ambitions of General Diaz oblige us to continue the war. I am sure very soon we will have been victorious, and It will be better for the country In the end to have all my program developed, because that will mean a most radical change. "When 1 left the I'nlted States titers was no talk of peace negotiations, for which reason 1 did not name any peace commis sioners. "Notwithstanding that It Is natural that my father and friends have taken adan Lane of the first opportunity to consider the matter. 1 approve their efforts, be cause I consider them patriotic patriots. If any peace negotiations were actually opened 1 undoubtedly would appoint my father as one of the commissioners. if we are described in the I'nlted States as being unfriendly to law and order. I wish to tell ,ou that In war we attempt to be kind and considerate. We pay no salaries to any one, but to the families of those fltrhtlng In our ranka we distribute food and supplies. All of the land we have taken has Immediately been subject to civil government " "President Dlax's message raised ones (inabilities," he said In a conversation. "It will have no Influence on us. It will probably he thought that now when we have all our demands promised we will show only selfish ambition If we continue, but these promises are Just what we heard before. Especially do I wish it understood that 1 am not fighting for personal ag Kiandlzetuent. would sacrifice myself and everything 1 possess for the good of the country. Wonld Persuade Madero. I "We Intend it as no affront to the I'nlted States when we say we care for no foreign Interference. This Is a family natter. We desire pence as much as any one, but we have not and will not re trench from our Just demands." EL PASO. Tex., April 8-lt was learned tonight that peace negotiations. tem porarily in eclipse by reason of misdi rected telegram and code message con fusion, have hot been abanJoned, but with the clearing up of communications loomed ' larger than ever. The two Mader os. respectively, father and brother of Francisco I. Madero, Jr., the insurrecto commander-in-chief; Rafael Hernandez, the go-between! and Rouue Estrada, attorney for Don Francisco, the younger, maintained their silence of the last week, but from an authentic source It was learned that they will leave here by RUtomohlle for San Andreas. Chihuahua, within the next seventy-two hours. At tills place the rebel leader has established headquarters. The government lias furnished perfectly satisfactory assurances of their safety. 3 C 1 I II I if Sincerity Chicago i r SINCERITY CLOTHES Jl The authority for the foregoing points out that the visit is absolutely unofficial. The quartet, in their personal capacities only, will seek to Imrrraa the Insurrecto leader with the broad i lew. which. 1n the field among his own enthusiastic follow ing, he scarcely ran be expected to retain. Primarily, It will be necc.-eary to Im press him with the view that, to prevent anarchy, Diaz must remain al the head of the government for some months at least. Convict Blackmailer Despite Organization in Court in Illinois Government Wins First Case in Fight to Drive -Ring From Chicago Judvre Landis Threatened. CHICAGO. April 8. The I'nlted Stales government today won its first cne lit its fight to drive out of Chicago a ring of Italian blackmailers, known aa members of the Klack Hand, and said by the police to be responsible for nearly fifty dynamite outrages and many murders. Gianni Alongl was found guilty of using the malls In sending threatening letters, the Jury In the I'nlted States district rourt bringing in the verdict, after Judge K M. Landis and Postoffice Inspector .lames K. Stuart had received threats of death should Alongl be convicted. Along! was accused of barrlmM written threatening letters to t'armllo Marsala, a meat dealer, In the northwest side Kalian section, near "Death Point." where many explosions and murders have occurred. Marsala refused to pay the tribute de manded and five bombs were exploded near his shop before Alongl was arrested. Extraordinary efforts were made to pre vent the conviction of Alongl. HORNET'S OWNER ON TRIAL Aramnent Regan In Irrelt Court In Case of io vernmen t Agnlnst Heer and Captain Johnson. NEW ORLEANS. April ".Argument! were begun this afternoon In the I'nlted States circuit court In the rase of the government against Joseph W. Beer, for mer owner, and Captain Chailes Johnson, former master of the steamship Hornet, charged with violation of the neutrality laws in fitting out a filibustering expedi tion against Honduras. 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