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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-10-22

body"
afforded toilsome path for runners
Zmai already realized that he had
Numbered in not forcing the wall He
was running uphill, with group Of
sheds. another wall and a still sleeper
and rougher field beyond. His bulk
told against him, and behind him lie
heard the quick ttilump of Oscars feet
on the turf. The starlight grew dim
mer through tracts of white scud: the
surface of the pasture was rougher to
the feet than it appeared to the eye. A
hound in the Claiborne stable yard
bayed suddenly. and the sound echoed
from the surrounding houses and drift
ed off toward the sheepfold. Then a
noble music rose from the kennels.
Captain Claiborne, waiting for his
sister on the veranda. looked toward
the stables, listening.
Zmai approached the sheep sheds
rapidly, with still hundred yards to
traverse beyond them before he should
reach the pasture wall His rage al
thus being driven by small man for
whom he had great contempt did mol
help his wind or stimulate the fight of
his heavy legs, and he saw now that
he would lessen the narrowing margin
between himself and his pursuer II he
swerved to the right to clear the sheds
He suddenly slackened his pace and
with a vicious tug settled his wool hat
more firmly upon his small skull. He
went now at dogtrot. and Oscar
was closing upon him rapidly; then
quite near the sheds, Zmai wheeled
about and charged his pursuer head
long. At the moment be turned Oscars
revolver bit keenly into the night Cap
tain Claiborne, looking toward the
slope, saw the fash before the hounds
at the stables answered the report
At the shot Zmai cried aloud in his
curiously small voice and clapped his
hands to his head.
Stop; want the letter. shouted
Oscar in German. The man turned
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-10-22

crossing fro IN
the side far
thest from the
G a i b 0 r u e
house. He stop
ped S ey era !
times as though
uncertain of HI
W herea bouts
and then he
clambered owe.
a stone wal
that formed ons
side of the
sheepfold. pass
ed 1t and STROBE
on toward Os
car and the
road.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-10-22
THROT IL ING LABOR.
How the Republican Legislature
Proved Its Subserviency.
HOW GOOD BILLS DIED.

Cooperation Lobby Succeeded IN Tying
Up the Measures, and Republican
Leaders Gained In Their Final Extin-
guishment-No Progress After the
Senate Was Reached.
Corporate influence IN the New Jer-
sey legislature was never more pro-.
nounced than it was last year, when
the question of biweekly payment of
wages was up.
Assembly bill No. 9 was introduced
by Mr. dwell Democrat of Hudson
county and senate bill No. 80 by Sena-
tor silzer tDemocrat) of Middlesex
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-10-22

slowly. as though
dazed, and, with
q b a n d S till
clutchin g his
head, half STUN
bled and half
ran toward the
sheds. with Os-
car at his heels.
Claiborne call
ed to the negro
S ia Bile men to
quiet the dogs.
snatched a Ian
tern a n d ran
a W a Y through
the pergola to
the end of the
& a + d e n a u d
thence into the
pasture beyond.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-10-22

you don't know
why. .
II have my or
ders and I'm GO
ing to find him
if it taxes ten
years. .
Shirley nod
ded and clasped
her fingers to-
gether. Her ell
bows resting on
the high arms OF
her chair caused
her 10 a k to
flow sweepingly
away from her
S shoulders. At
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-10-22

upon a moving shadow He drew rein
under a clump of wild cherry trees al
the roadside and waited. Several hun
dLed yaFtG as- away fay the Claiborne
sheepfold, with a broad pasture rising
beyond A shadow is not a thing to
be ignored by man trained in the
nieeties of scouting. Oscar, satisfying
himself that substance lay behind the
shadow. dismounted and tied his horse.
Then he bent low over the stone wall
and watched.
1T is the big fellow yes? He is a
stealer Of sheep, as ! might have
known
zmai was only dim figure against
the dark meadow. which he was slowly
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-10-22
Chapter. XXI
QnAoOoooUzaGoesos0oaaoes0
THE coMEDY OF A sHEErFoLD.

SCARS eye, roaming the
landscape as he left SIlir-
ley Claiborne and start
ed for the bungalow.
swept the upland Clai-
borne acres and rested
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05

case but Orchard He related weird,
fantastic exciting story, but there was
no corroboration of 1t that tended OF
itself ~ incrlminate anybody. The
country had seen In the Haywood trlai
what a monumental liar he was. 1t
was not safe to take the life of any
man on such testimony. In the Pct
tlbone trial, the people had become
to the story of orchard,
and thoroughly discredited 1t. Very
little attention was paid to IT,
Referring to the logical result of
the acquittal of both Haywood and
Pettibone, Mr.. Darrow said
"I think the Western Federation
of Miners has large filed of useful
ness. The struggle in Coloado was
characterized by many acts on both
sides that would have not been done
outside of a great industrial war,
1T is necessary for both miners and
mine owners to organize. They ought
NOW to try and work together and
build up the mining idustry of the
west. They can If they tr' Ger
tally the acquittal Of these en- Is
the best things that could 'ssibly
happen to all classes in IL" c6nmu-
.nity, If these men had been hanged
ii would have resulted in greater BIT
terness and hatred and ultimate DIS
aster to both sides.
Mr. Darrows health is slightly im-
proved, although he is not by any
means out of danger.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05

KANSAS CITY BUILDING
DAMAGED BY BOMB
Mysterious Outrage in Which
Ten Persons Were Hurt Puz-
zIeS Police None of Injured
VIII Die,

my Morning journal Special Leased Wire
Kansas city JanI,-=A concensus
of expert opinion tonight Is tina, the
explosion in the beautiful marble
building Of the First National bank
her this Afternoon was caused by dy-
Mantle or some other high explosive.
piece Of pipe. believed to have
been part of a bomb was found late
today in the wrecked basement
\ motive is lacking, but the bank
officials and the police are inclined
10 Believe that the explosion was either
the work of a crank or that bomb
had been secreted In the basement by
would-be robbers for future use and
had been touched Off prematurely
No arrests have been made and the
police are without any definite clue
upon which to work Joseph Pech,
"a Hungarian carpenter Of this city,
one of the ten injured, was taken TO
the police station this evening and
questioned by the police. No charge
was preferred against the man. lie
told the police that he had no con-
nection with the affair aud was soon
released, ICtn SAlh ne was paH9liiE
the building and was cut by flying
glass The loss is placed at $4,000
confined almost entirely to the base
ment
None of the ten injured are fatally
hurt and the injuries Of only two arc
considered serious. The list follows.
Elbcrt Ward, negro porter, cut ana
bruised serious,
Logan Wilson. bank clerk hlpNl
across basement room and cut serbnus
George Evans, member OF INC
Wholesale drug firm, cut bN ilNing lnlh-
siles while walking on opposite sue
of Baltimore street
John \ Brightwell clerk. cut on
head and face
J. y. Wilson, cmpiGyo of lnitet
| states and Mexico Trust company
with offices across street from bank
cut ON face.
| Joseph Poch carpenter, tccll
| knocked out and fact cut
II. W. cole, knocked s"nscloss ~
Ironcussion.
j. Donaldson bank clerk, cut by
glass , h,t,.d
| Dr Walter M. Cross. city chemist
1 an expert on high explosives. tonlRh
gave his positive opoinion lhal lhe eN'
nlosion was caused by dynamite
powder nttro-g -glycerine, or a eollplha'
I ton Of the three
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05
RIPLEY SCORED
/. BY ATTORNEY
GENERAL
.CAQSTlC REPLY TO
CRITICISM or COURT
Bonapate CharacterizeS Santa
Fe Presidents Comments on
Recent Fine as Unwarraoted
Reflection on judicial Officer


(By Morning journal Special Leased Wirei
Washington. Jan. A sweeping
denial Of the charges by officers ana
counsel. more particularly by Presl-
dent Ripley of the AtchisOn. Topeka
and Santa Fe railway upon the gov
ernment and the court in connection
with the hning of that road $S3O,0oo
for granting rebates Is contained IN
a letter to President Roosevelt made
public today by Attorney General
Bonauarte. The cha,ges are de-
nouneed as unfounded and unjustlii-
able and in so far as Mr. Ripleys
statements affecting the trial judge
are concerned, it is stated they "eon-
stltute unwarrantable reflections upon
judicial officer respecting the DIS
charge of his duties
Mr.. Ripley's statement is quoted at
length and in It he alleged taat the
santa Fe investigation was a gen
eral inquisition," that the proceed
lngs were frivolous and VeXatious
and originated an ill-will toward the
company.
The attorney geneal concludes ms
letter as follows:
ut has been the general pohcy oi
the department to discourage ana 81
far as possible prevent newspaper
controversies between its subordinate
ana those whose enmity they migh'
incur through the faithful dlsehafse
of their public duties and It's coura'
in this instance has been IN accoru-
anee with this policy. But 1eel II
my duty in closing this report 10 say
That The charges made by the oiileefs
land counsel of this corporatloi
| against he United states attorney II
Connection with the matters III Inc
present report appear to nave peer
lunfounded and unjustfiable and th'
comments and suggestions containet
in Mr.. Ripleys letters regarding th'
iudpe who tried or sentenced ~
lcor9oration, constitute unwarrahtapl'
reflections upon a Judicial oiiieeI res.
Meeting the discharge OF ms uutlv9 a. a.
such are wholly indefenslble' polh u
ror ana substance, and deserve th'
condemnation o fall citizens solIclo9' s,',o9
! 10 protect the dignity and lhdepe"u'
ence of our courts
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05
HAYWOOD JUBILANT
OVER VERDICT OF JURY

Denver, Jan, 4.-WiIiam -. Hay
wood, secretary treasurer Of the
western Federation of Miners, who
is on a six months leave Of absence
from his official position arrived in
Denver tonight from the northwest.
When shown the Associated Press
dispatch in reference to the acouittal
Of George "A Pettlbone at Boise, he
said.
Il feel like | had been ACQUITTED
again. This Is a more complete Nln-
dication than the previous trial, There
was no evidence introduced or ar
yument made by the defense and the
prosecution was cOgnizant Of eNerN-
thing we had and it had months "a
strengthen its case.
1T affirms what has always beer
contcnded by the Federation, thai
there was conspiracy on 1901 en-,
gagged in by the administrations OF
this state and rdoh ho and the Mlh'
owners association to convict us ant
thereby weaken organized labor II
he west,
Il am equally iubllant at Petti
bones acauittal as my own ana not
withstanding the reiterated statemen
bv Governor Gooding 1t is now sat'
to presume we'll all leave ldah'
alive"
Mr.. Haywood said Pettlbone woul'
probably go to the coast Tor nj
health,
THE action of the state in dismiss
ing the case against Mover. he SAID
was lust what he had expected
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05
TOLLS TIGHTEN ON
MURDER SUSPECT
Finding of Jewels Belonging to
Dead Woman Found in
Swamp Strengthens Case
Against Accused Husband,

IBy Morning journal Special Leased "ifo'I
Newark, n. j., Jan Am import
ant discovery which the police state
will enable them TO name the slayer
Of Mrs. Lena Whitmorc the victim OF
the Lamp Black pond murder, near
Harrison, N. j. whose husband, Theo-
dore Whitmore. Is now held in custody
pending further Investigation Of the
crime, was ma i, today when al the
iewelry of the dead woman was found
in the possession of Harry Itadin, a
saIoonkeeper OF Brooklyn. Radin said
Whitmore had given him the box CON
tanning the jewelry several days after
the body of the woman was found IL
the Harrison pond. Whitmorc had
previously told the police that his wife
had worn ali her jewels when she lefI
home on Christmas afternoon Radh
informed the police that Whitmor'
told him he wanted safe place tr
keep the jewels until mis- wife re
E, turned.
Whitmore, who is held as a suspec
was subjected to searching cxamtna
ton today He broke down and criet
earlier in the day when told that h'
would probably be arraigned later. H'
declined to discuss the case.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05
PRESIDENT RIPLEY
DEFENDS HIS PoSlIloN

Santa Barbara, Cal, Jan. 4.-Altei
reading the concluding paragraPh OF
Attorney General Bonaparte's lelzer
president Ripley, of the santa ru,
gave the following signed statement
10 the Associated Press; ..... oo
"Not having seen the full text OF
tbe alleged letter Of Mr.. Bonaparte, !
ca cannot reply to it in detail, 1T 1t
seemed to me that a very great IN
instice has been done to the COMPANY
of which | am the responsible head
was being asked by the press ana
maay Of our stockholders Tor ne tne
aaso ana / endeayored not to be dis
resneetful to the court or the district
attorney. ] do not understand that
the the secretary disputes my statement
of fact and / feel quite confident ,,, tnat
nose Who read it win not generally
agree with his conclusions.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05
VETERANS ELIMINATED
IN NEW YORK POLITICS
Neither platt Nor brnCw Have NhA
Chance Of Going as Delegates
10 Chicago convention.

New york, Jan 4 The 'frhtne
viii tomorrow say
"Whne the list s made subject Io
change Ike other political states, the
plaH of the organization loadcrs rs
that the 'Bip -Four elected lN The re-
publican state convention VIII be
EMU Root. George - CorleNuu, ser
rotarv Of tho lreasurV eN-Govcrnor
Frank s Black aud Timothy T. Wood
ruff chairman of the state commit
tee
"rhe state convention Is likely to
he held on Tuesday April IA,
be held on Tuesday April Ia
"If this SLATE stands. obviously II
lcaves outside the brcastworks, those
uatIonal convention veterans senators
r G. Plat and Chaunccy NJ pepeW.
The ton or dozen men who control
tho republican organization in mat
city arc ehary of saying that the
slate leaves senator Plat and De
new off the list but when pressed
they admit that neither senator y
likely to go as delegate at large. =.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05
CASE ENDS
IN M|STR|AL
Jury, HopeIeSSIy Divided, Dis
missed by Court Prisoner S
Plea for Bail FIatIy Turned
Down,

IBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire.
Georgetown, KY Jan, A,-Judge
Morris this afternoon ovewuled the
motion of the defense to permit BAN
He fixed July as the date of the
next trial
IN tnolr appeal to the court to grant
bail Powers attorneys pleaded that
he was not in good health and ~
view of the fact that the jury G0uld
not agree as to his guilt he should Dc
allowed to give bail,
Another motion was made bV the
defense that the date of the next trlaI
be fixed in ten days, Both were over
ruled and the date of trial was SCI
bv Judge Morris for July 9.
Few criminal trials have attracted
more attention than has the case o.
| caleb powers After deliberatlol
fo, more than forty-eight hours the
rury which was hopelessly divided
was discharged by the court
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05
LAX OBSERVANCE OF
BANK LAWS
Witness in Walsh FriaI Testi-
fies That Federal Statutes
are Generally OiSregarded,


MORNING
chicago, Jan. 4.-That certain Sec
tons Of the national banking Laws are
dead letters so far as banking prac-
tjce is concerned and that these vlola-
tions meet with only formal criticism
from the comptroller Of the currency
was the testimony today OF George NJ.
Coffin, of New York, former deputy
comptroller of the currency in the
trial of John r, Walsh on charges OF
misapplylng the funds Of the defunct
Chicago National Bank.
Coffin was asked by Attorney John
& Miller for the defense, il 1t was a
prevailing practice of national banks
10 make accommodation and mcmor-
andum note loans in excess OF the
limit provided by the banking laws
Before the witness could answer an
objection by the attorneys for the gov
ernment brought out q long argumenl
during which Judge Anderson de-
cIared that the testimony was neither
material, competent nor relevant So
far as Walshs intent In similar trans
actions was concerned, but he allowed
it to be given in order that the de-
fense might lay a foupdation for al
attempt to prove shau sucl' practice
are general all over the country,
The question was then repeated ant
Mr. Coffin answered in the aftrmatlva
/ hrnuHpnpI
"Werc such cases as this one il
which Mr.. Walsh Is involved frequent
| ly reported to the comptroller by TN
| bank eNaminers?'
, Eyes, sir.
Were they criticised by the comp
! troller"'
mo, there was no special cflti
cism"
| troIler's ofnce?'
| "The reports were gone over ant
printed letters, calling the attention o
! the banks to the statutes were sen
to the banks"
"Did the practice of making eXces
sive loans prcVail?'
"Yes. There was always about one
third of the banks making such loans
This prevailed in q reserve ana u
about thirty cities Of the country III
cluding New York and Chicago.
MI Coffin then testified that tn
printed letters sent TO the banks wer,
! formal and perfunctory signed wiz
autograph stamps and contained dl
rections regarding the reductions 0
excessive loans, These letters Wef
not followed up and replies even wer
not necessary The witness ASSERTED
that all loans from banks by their ol
| ffcers, excessive or within the NM
| provided by law, are generally consla
cred matters of Judgment. Memofah
dun notes are customary ne assetleu
In an hanks with which he is familiar
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05
JURY DECIDES
PETT|BONE IS
INNOCENT
END OF CELEBRATED
MURDER TRIAL AT BOISE
State Formally DiSmiSSeS Case
Against President Meyer of
Western Federation and the
Prosecution is Abandoned,


Boise. Idaho, Jan. 4,-The end of
the prosecution Of the men charged
with the murder of Ex-Governor
Frank Steunenberg with the exception
of the cases of Harry orchard and
Jack Smpkins, came today with the
acquittal of George A, PettlGone.
Charles H. Moyer. president of the
Western Federation of Miners, was
formally released this afternoon at 4
o'clock and will return with Petit
bone. in few days to Denver.
The case of Orchard the self-con-
fessed assassin of Steunenherg, is in
the hands of Prosecuting Attorney
Van Duyn, of Canyon county No
statement as to the future procedure
in that case has been been made but
it will be called during the next term
of court at Caldwell, when it will
probably be disposed Of simpkins,
a member of the executive board of
the Western Federation Of Miners,
who is charged with completely in
the crime, is a fugitive from justice
and the charge against him will stand,
When the Meyer case was called by
Judge Wood this afternoon, James Fl.
Hawley. representing Prosecutin" At
torney Van Duyn signitied the desire
of the state to have an order Of dis
missaI entered, Il am satisfied said
Judge Wood, that the course taken
bv tie attorneys for the state, Is
the proper course to be taken in the
matter. / have watched the evidence
carefully, 50 far as the connecting
and eorroboratlng evidence under inc
statute was concerned in its appllca-
tion TO this defendant and there has
certainly nothing been developed IN
the two cases that would JUSTIFY the
cout in submitting the case against
him to jury, unless there was con
siderable additional connecting teStl'
monv to that which has been shown
in the two cases which have been
tried, and for that reason the case
will be dismissed and an order en-
tered generating the bail Of the de-
fendant"
At the request of the state the cases
against DR. Magee and c w Aller
charged with perjury by reason OF tes'
timony given by them in the Hay
wood case were also dismissed. Al
though the iuros had agreed that then
deliberations should be kept secret
ii has been learned that on the frs
ballot the vote was s to 4, the ma
tority being for acqulttal Fhe see
oud ballot resulted in vote OF L
3. The third stood 10 to and so t
remained all through the night. T,'
two holding out for conVict-ei
were finally won over.
Pettibone and Meyer received man.
kilograms Of congraulation chief,
fom Colorado friends, Pettibone al
though very i'll for the past tw'
weeks, walked to the local headquar
ters Of the Western Federation o
Miners this afternoon
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05
THE |RR|GAT II 0 n
| CONGRESS OFFICES
To Be Opened Tomorrow on
Ground Floor Of the Com
merCiaI Club Building,

Tho working offices Of the sixteen, Il
National Irrigation congress VIII DC
opened tomorrow morning IN liI@ t"o
large office rooms on the first npor o.
tbe commercial club tro1th5 "E
south Fourth street The f""nt Office
will be used for the present lof gen
eral office purposes, meetings OF me
board Of control and clerical Work
u,biie tho roar office will be parti-
toned off one side to be used AZ q
private office and the other for stor
age purposes. The furnishing OF thtt
offices will be plain and substhtlai
Several dealers Yesterday Volunteed tl
eive rugs and articles of furniture
for the offices and the board of contr'
hopes in this way to furnish the rooms
with comparatively little expehs"
Chairman Hopewell ana 9ecFe.d'
| I,rwitchell will begin using the new
Offices at once and they viii also bt
used as headquarters of the publicity
bureau.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05
.STR|KE BROKEN At
GQLDF|ELO
Hills Reported Full of Miners
Seeking Employment Com
pIete Resumption Looked for
in Ten Days,

coIdteId. New, Jan At is be-
lieved in Guldtield that the strlke "
nractically won by the mine operators
Ind that within ten days or two weeks
every mine in the district VIII De III
fun blast. ,.,.....,.,,,,-
several mines started up this morn
Ing with miners who were tofmelly
affliated with the Western Federation
Of Miners, but who signed cards re-
nouncing such allegiance ,,.,....,.
Among the mines were the MolaM" "
nroperty, the Combination fFacNol',
and several leases on the AtlaHla ""'
Florence. The men went to "oIh un
der the new scale, Whlch teuue "
wages 20 per cent Genera M"""h,
AtaStlrnzir Of the GOldncld Consell-
dated today said, mia
"Condltions today are more pio'iii7'
inc than at any time since 'ue ~, ~, ,
hepan. The Mine owners assoc'alo.l
bae not wavered one iota from tnelr
nrtoinal program Of reducing wages
and forcing a. separation from lp'
vIsotarn Federation Of Miners
aEverv member Of the FedeIatloh
hos IA sign card reuounctnE alieR
lance 10 that union and the niul' pM
nrs ,yul remain firm In TINS sumo =
talxaa two years to accomplish llel
nnruose of breaking up the iedefallol'
in C;oldheld and Nevada.
,rbc most hopeful sign oi an earN
scftIe,nent is the formation OF u new
,nion among the miners, whlcn Is I"
bacomc n state affair mdepcndent 81
tbc western Federation,
The preamble and conat atilulIoh "ii
thc new union was dnishod iodhS anu
almost Immediately enough slsllalutl'
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-05
SCHOOL
OFFICIAL LOSES JOB

Washington, Jan Al f. Chan
cellor, superintendent of the public
schols of this city. was tonight dis
missed from the service by the board
of education and A. r. stewart was
appointed to succeed him, The dis
missal came as a result OF Il tr!at
lasting several days growing on; OF
charges that MIR Chancellar i5iu 81
statements reflecting on the charle-
Ter of the commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia members Of ;he
board of education and the puolie
school board of Washingt)l