Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-24

both the fathers and the mothers
side. In recounting the story of Thaw's
life he brought into the foreground nu-
ing to show the existence Of physical
weakness and mental infirmity. In the
subsequent testimony submitted for
mer teachers, friends and associates Of
Thaw were called upon to tell Of the
peculiar actions and looks of the de-
PENDANT long before he had known the
woman who was to become his wife.
William S. Thaw, a second cousin, told
Of relatives who had died in insane
asylums. During the taking Of this
testimony Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and
other relatives and witnesses We're
excluded from the courtroom.
Ruef Obtains Immunity.
1t is now certain that Abe Ruef, the
former boss of the San Francisco Labor
patry machine. whose confession of
grating was used to bring about the
conviction of former Mayor Schmitz,
will go free. District Attorney Lang
don and his chief counsel, Heney, after
conference with Ruef, admitted that
facts in the possession of the former
boss were necessary to convict the big
men who debauched the board of super
visors and others by offering brides for
franchises. The refusal of Ruef to tes-
tify in the trial Of General Counsel
Ford of the United Railroads resulted
in the acquittal of Ford, as Heney was
| unable to connect him with the pay
ment Of $4,000 to supervisors. In re-
turn for his testimony Ruef is to get an
immunity bond which will protect him
from all danger Of prosecution on any
Of the eleven indictments that now
stand against him.
Numerous Theater Indictments.
The grand jury at Kansas City, Mo-,
has returned 100 indictments against
persons engaged in theatrical work,
charged with violating the old Sunday
| closing law, many Of those indicted be-
ing nonresident actors, who will have
/ to return for trial or forfeit bonds
Each manager was indicted as many
times as lie had actors and employees
working ut his theater the preceding
Sunday on the theory that the EN-
ployer violates the law as much by
forcing his employees to work as does
the employee by conserving to work.
Standard Oil Quiz Resumed.
! Hearings before Special Examiner
Ferris, appointed by the federal circuit
court of Missouri, were resumed al
New York, Special Counsel kellogg
representing the government. The con
nection between the Security OIL Com
pany of Texas and the Standard was
brought out through the testimony oil
/ Assistant Secretary Balm of the for
mer company. Next day the STANDARD
appeared to score a point in the ad
mission Of William w. Tarbell, treas
urer of the Pure OIL Company of Phil
adelphia, that he had been member
Of the Producers Protective associa
| ton, formed to raise the price Of crude
oil. He said his company had got con
Il troll of other oil companies and tina
his business had doubled since 1896 ii
direct competition with the Standard
Mr.. Tarbell Is the brother of Ida Tar
bell, the noted assailant of the Stand
ard Oil company.
Sailors Union Case Fails.
An important legal victory for CAPT
tai in its use of injunctions agains
strikes was scored when the supreme
court at Washington denied the peti
ton Of the Sailors Union Of the Pa
ciflc and the Pacific Coast Marin,
Firemen's union for writ of certio
rari. involving the review Of the de
cisions of two circuit courts enjoinin,
these two unions from interfering Will
, the business of the Hammond Lumbe
company. owned by the United Ship
ping and Transportation company o
San Francisco. The case grew out o
demand by the employees on thei
vessels for an increase of wages, Il
denial of which they struck and under
!, took to influence the employees re
r naming ON the vessels. 1t was chare
, ed that they had conspired to Interior
with the lumber company's business.
Another Banker Indicted.
The latest outcome of the bank III
vestigation of the New York gran
jury is the Indictment of William l
Montgomery. president Of the Hami
ton bank. charging him with misd,