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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Legal Meaning Of
"Tll Get Your Goat "
Chicago Court Rules that Expression
May Be Construed as
Threat.

CHICAGO. Dec. SO.--Is I'm get your
goat a threat as contemplated under the
law?
Municipal Judge Better today held that
IT might be so construed, but he added the
following restrictions:
1T would depend entirely on the subject
matter Of immediate previous conversation
and the apparent state Of mind OF the
goat-getter."
John j. G. Dykes, a rubber goods manu-
facturer, asked Judge Better to stand be-
tween him and John r.. Corns. head of a
realty company, who, he charged, had
threatened him.
The men are brother-in-law, and Dykes
averred that Corns had threatened To
knock his block off" Later It was
mutually agreed that the specific promise
OF Corns was "I'n get your goat" accent
on the your"
I've never read 1t In my Shakespeare -
confessed Judge Beitler, but pending de-
cision Of the courts on the actual physical
process of getting ones goat l think
will have TO hold It a threat"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Vessels Lost,
but Only Fifty-Three Drowned

WASHINGTON. Dec s0.-Out Of a total
OF 6,66l persons involved in 1463 disasters
to vessels Of all classes within the history
of the United States life saving service
only flfty-three lives were lost and only
seventy-four vessels were completely de-
stroyCd, according to the annual report OF
: i. Elmball, general superintendent OF
the service for the fiscal year which ended
June 20 last.
The greatest number OF casualties re-
Iorted were in connection with craft with
out documents, such a. sailbOats launches
and IoW boats Il4C accidents having oc-
CURED 10 such craft with SOS persons
aboard and total OF fourteen lives hay
ng been lost. There were 3e4s persons
aboard an documented vessels reported in
distress BY keepers OF live saving stations
end the total number lost was thlrty-nine.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Deputy Sheriff
Saves His Prisoner
from Armed Mob
Mississippi Officer Stands Off Would
Be Lynchers with Revoivers and
Lands Accused Man in Jail.

GULFPORT. Miss, Dec, 30.-After res
cuing his prisoner from a mob bent on
lynching him, Deputy Sheriff J. M. VIII
liams arrived here today with Jesse Odom
Charged with murder at Bond Miss and
placed him in the county Jail for safe
keeping. The prisoner bears two gunshot
wounds inflicted by the mob before Will
lams, assisted by other officers dragged
him into a building and stood off the
wouldbe lynchers with drawn revolvers.
The lynching was attempted at Bond last
night while Williams was on his way to
the train with his prisoner, Odoms wounds
are not serious.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
TIME OF HEARING WASTED
Testimony in Donahue Case May All
Be Thrown Out.
MULLEN GETS ON HIS HIGH HORSE
Attorney General Insists on HAvin y
Sick Man Brought Into Court, and
Also that All Witnesses
Remain Close.

Referee Evans. who is hearing the Don
ahue custer case has indicated the iike-
lihood of, the courts exclusion of the
greater part OF the testimony so far Of
fered in support OF the charge, II he shall
rule when the hearing is ended. that the
case shall be confined to the scope or the
complaint against the Omaha chief OF po-
lice. then almost all OF the testimony
taken will be excluded. This matter was
argued extensively before the referee yes
terday, Attorney General Mullen contend
ing that It was not required that the state
prove the specific acts OF negligence
charged against the chief, but that IL II
were established that he were guilty OF
negligence at any time il was sufficient
for the purposes of the complaint Attor-
ey Connell contends that the action is In
the nature Of a criminal proceeding, and
that It is necessary for the prosecution to
establish beyond question the specific acts
of negligence complained Of.
As many times as Mr. Connel made his
formal objections, Referee Evans stated
plainly that all such testimony as has
been and is objected to by Mr., Connen
shall be thrown out II the ruling, which
will be made at the conclusion OF the hear-
ing. sustains the contention of the de-
fense.
Mullen After Sick Man.
Attorney General Mullen wound up his
day In court by insisting that witness
who is known to be sick be brought into
court, by force II need be- No amount Of
assurance on the part OF reputable men.
one of them the baiiff of the court. could
satisfy Mr.. Mullen that the witness he
desires Is not able to come into court He
demands a bench warrant for the missing
man
Friday afternoon Mr.. Mullen placed on
the witness stand d. l.. Potter. who said
he witnessed illegal liquor sales in a saloon
last summer II. c. Johnson, who said
he visited the "red-lght" district with
Frank ErdmAn last spring. and with II. T.
Brass and others this fall and purchased
liquor which was sold illegally. Rev j,
M, Keyes of Herman, Neb. said that while
in Omaha TO attend an Epworth league
meeting last November he accompanied
II. c.. Johnson on tour Of the chop suey
restaurants to secure evidence Of illegal
sales, which he said he found; and +. n.
Andrews who said he made several trips
through the resort district in search OF
evidence OF Illegal selling, said he found II
Floyd Finn formerly a chauffeur for
the police department, placed on the stan
by the state, swore that he saw many
drunken men on the streets In the resort
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Two Men and Boy
Locked in Ice Box
Masked RObber Holds Up Three Per.
sons in Grocery in Kansas City
and Rifles the Till.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. So.-After be-
ing robbed by masked robber in a gro
Gerry store in Kansas City Kan, today,
Charles Forsberg, owner OF the grocery
James Seglebaum, driver of a bakery
wagon, and William Robinson. 13 years old,
were locked in large refrigerator in the
rear OF the store. A customer rescued the
prisoners from their freezing cell some
time later when they were numb with
cold.
Through glass door IN the refrigerator
the three imprisoned victims watched the
robber as he took the money from the
cash drawer and sweets from the candy
case. He secured about $50 ana leisurely
departed. He has not been arrested.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Municipal Strike
in City Of New York
Firemen on Ferryboats Quit Work Be.
cause Of Reduction in Force and
Commuters Are Delayed.

NEW YORK. Dec So-New York city
experienced today its first municipal strike
when the fiFemen on the city's ferry boats.
which play between Manhattan and South
Brooklyn and Staten island went on
strike. because the municipaI government
reduced the number Of firemen on each
boat from seven TO six in order TO cut
down expenses Hundreds OF eomcuters on
Staten island were unable to reach Man
haitian except by making a wide detour
into New Jersey. The city officials have
hired 100 longshoremen to take the places
Of the strikers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
SAYS DOG CAN SPEAK GERMAN
COmmissiOn of Scientists from Berlin
University InvestiER ting story
from Hamburg.

BERLIN. Dec sO-The claim Of the
gamekeeper near Hamburg that his dog
can speak German and has an understand
ing of the language sufficient to answer
questions intelligently has been taken so
seriously by German scientists that Prof
Pfungst Of Berlin university headed COM
mission OF investigation
II is stated that they found the animal
possessed of a voca bulary of seven words,
which were clearly articulated. OF the
number four were words OF two sylables.
IT IS asserted that the dog understands
what is said TO him and replies to the in
quirics OF strangers within the limits OF
his knowledge of the language without aid
or suggestion from his owner
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31

OF the 1,46S vessels of all kinds which me,
with accidents, the life savers rendered as.
sistance 10 l407 valued with their cargoes
al $lo,l79,2SO. Other sIccor rendered by the
life saving service included the rescue of
l8' persons from drowning, surgical aid ~
sixty persons 8uffering from eunshot
wounds, broken limbs or bruises and the
recovery OF 100 bodies OF persons who had
met death by jumping or falling from piers
and bridges breaking through the Ice or
in other ways. Nine OF this number were
suicides.
The net expenditures for maintaining the
service for the year were S22ls. s75. .6s. 1,bo
enactment OF the bill passed at the las,
session o; congress by the senate providing
retirement pay for members OF the iro
saving service and others Of the field sar,.
ice incapacitated for duty Is urged IN the
report
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Mrs. Augusta Stetson's
Statement is Ignored
Alfred Farlow Says She is Not
Recognized as Z Christian ~
Scientist.

BOSTON, Dec, 30-The statement Of
Mrs Augusta z. stetson OF New York
that, In her belief Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy,
the founder Of the Christian Science de-
nomination. would menifest herself after
death occasioned very little comment
among the leaders OF the denomination
here today.
Alfred Farlow Of the Christian Science
Publishing company said:
Il do not see any reason why / should
give attention to these various statements
concerning the resurrection of Mrs. Eddy.
coming from persons who are not recog-
nized nor representative Christian Sci
entists."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Good Chance for
Modern Pirates
Supply Ship Celtic on Way to Cuba
with Million and Half in Gold
to Pay Sailors.

BOSTON. Mass. Dec. S0.-lf there are
any twentieth century Kidds or other
buccaneers securing the Spanish main with
piratlcal dreadnoughts. they win have a
chance next week of tackllng a treasure
ship laden with gold and modern 'pieces Of
eight" when the United stetes supply ship
Celtic steams into the Carbide see
pay off the fleet The Celtic O.. iCa
about Si5OO.OOO of gold eagles and double
eagles, in addition TO sides OF beef bacon
and other grub" which tho tars OF the
Atlantic fleet will want when they arrive
from European waters. The Celtic will
land its gold and stores at Guantanamo
and It win he pay day for the fleet as
soon as the ships arrive.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
BALTIMORE TRIPLE TRAGEDY
william c. StricIkIer Murders Wife
and Daughter and Commits
Suicide.

BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. So.-William c.
Strickler shot and killer his wife and ls-
year-old stepdaughter, Beulah kile' In their
home in East Lafayette avenue this city
today. strickler then fired bullet into
his own body. Domestic troubles was
given as the cause Of the tragedy. Strickler
was employed as a fireman in a power
house.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Call Tyler 1000
and tell the cheer
fuI staff your troub-

No.
1t is waiting for you and will pre-
pare your ad so that IL will get
you Just about what you wish.
Everybody reads these little treas
ures.
They are valuable to you
II you want a job
II YOU want a servant
If you have an idle room
A useless article
One OF these little ads will put
you in touch with the very one who
wishes it. no doubt
Don't hesitate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Combinntion Dissolved.

The Department of Justice. however,
thinks the combination is as good as dis
solved. This week 1t learned that four
concerns in the combine sent out notices
to the trade that they were no longer par
ties to the alleged prce-fixing agreement.
The recent declaration OF Attorney General
Wickersham blowing the window glass
trust case in Pittsburg, that he would in
sist on prison sentences in all future con-
victions in antitrust cases was the answer
to the second proposition.
Frank II. Watson, United States district
attorney at Detroit. referred duestoners to
Mr. Kenyon, who declared the position OF
the Department Of Justice was well known
and admitted OF no discussion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 30-Josenh
AcGee, widely knoWn on the race t-ocEs
~ this counuy and Canada as d book
maker, dropped dead here today as ne was
walking along the street Heart disease is
believed 70 have caused his death.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Pope Bestews TitIe.

FORT DODGE, Ia. Dec. sO,-Pope Plus
has bestowed the title of monsignor upon
Rev. James Saunders of Fort Dodge, vicar
general OF the Catholic see Of Sioux City.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Combination Believed Already Good
as Dissolved by Government.
COMPROMISE WILL BE REJECTED
Clients Must Each Give Five Thou
sand Dollar Bond.
DISCUSSION ASSERTED USELESS
Kenyon Says Position of Department
of Justice is Already well known
Future Policy to. he
Unchanged.

WASHINGTON, Dec. sO.-Attorneys for
the individuals indicted as members OF the
so-called bath tub trust for alleged vio-
lation OF the Sherman act came to the De-
partment OF Justice today In the interest
OF their clients. These, in the event of
their conviction and OF the courts accept
ance OF the declared policy OF Attorney
General Wickersham to stand for no more
fines are threatened with jail sentences
The trio Of lawyers was headed by Rush
Taggart of New York and included Will
liam L. Carpenter tnd Leo Butzel OF De-
troit. After an hours conference with w.
S. Kenyon, Mr.. Wickersham's assistant
and special trust buster to whom the
attorney general has delegated the whole
matter with power to act, the lawyers re-
fused to say a word as TO the purpose or
result of the conference.
To Insist Upon Jail Sentences.
It was said at the department that they
had been given no reason TO believe that
the attorney general would consent TO the
acceptance of a plea of guilty and the i'm
position of fines rather than Imprisonment
They were given to understand, it was said,
that Jail sentences would be insisted upon
and were informed. It is said. that their
clients would be expected in the United
States circuit court at Detroit January 4
to give 5000 bonds each. The attorneys
for the indicted men indicated they would
not make It necessary for the government
to star fifty removal suits to get the fifty
defendants together on that day. The offer
Of compromise said TO have been rendered
was that should the Standard Sanitary
Manufacturing company and other defend
ants in the civil action appear before the
United States circuit court at Baltimore
and consent to the permanent injunction
the government asks IL the government
would be satisfied with fines and no Jail
sentences in the criminal action. II was
pointed out that an effectual dissolution
of the offensive combination the govern
NEST charges would be effected II the in
'juDotion were agreed to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
WEATHER FORECAST,

For Nebraska Snow; colder
For Iowa Snow; warmer.
For weather report see page 2.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31

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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-19
KEEPING OPEN HOUSE.

An Interesting social event is to
be held next Saturday afternoon and
evening in the handsome new office
eff the Union Coal Co., at 1912 o street
from 80 to 1890 p. NJ.
The Uaion Coal Company will give
a "house- warming" at that time TO
which you and your friends are invited.
Special music by a good orchestra
and souvenirs for the ladies will be
provided.
The Union Coal Company have fitted
up the finest coal office we ever saw
and they wish every man and woman
in Lincoln to see what they have pro-
vided for the convenience of their
patrons. SO be on hand next Saturday,
August 90. A very cordial welcome
awaits you.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-19
YOUR BEST FRIEND.
At Any and ALI Times is Your Labor
Paper.

The metal trades on strike ait Seattle
are highly indignant at the shabby
manner in which the newspapers are
treating them. The labor side of the
present controversy is given scant con-
sideration. A committee went to one
Of the newspapers and wanted to in
sert a reply to statement given out
by one of the bosses. The committee
was blandly Informed that the article
would cost $50. A misdirected bill
showed that an employers statement
was printed for $15-the charge was
originally $50 and then cut in two.
Now the Western workingmen are get
ting their reward for purchasing and
building up the daily papers that are
giving them the worst of it, They had
no pennies for the labor papers-only
for the plute sheets. Maybe if all the
labor papers we're killed off things
would he still better-for the plute
Exchange.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-19

made excuses for not paying 1T until
suspicion was aroused, and an investi
CATION revealed the shortage.
Members of the Lincoln local are
getting ready to begin the new season
which opens the first week in Septem
her,. The Orpheum, which has been
thoroughly reprinted and redscorated,
will open on Labor Day, and a full
crew of stage hands will be ON deck
to take care of things.
The Lyric and the Oliver will also
begin their seasons at the same time,
although the Oliver season will not
be on in full swing until the latter part
of the month.
Lincoln is cone Hundred Per
Cent Town so far as the Theatrical
Workers are concerned. They have
contracts with all the houses and ex-
pect that the coming season will be
so large as to require additions to all
the house crews. During the closed
season the members have been enjoy
ing their leisure time in many ways,
but after two months of this sort of
thing they are quite ready to begin
work again.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-19
THE Willy POLITICIAN.
Cast Your Vote as Sacred Obligation
to Self and Country.

Don t be deceived by the glib voice
of the office seeker. He is numerous
in the land. He glides noselessly
usually, and pats you on the back
with an abandon that illustrates the
"good fellow. " Frequently there is
marked change after election day
but that is another story-we are liv-
ing in before-election times.
The citizen who thoughtlessly prom
ises friend or "a solicitor to vote for
candidate purely as favor is very
weak on citizenship. Each ballot
should be marked only after careful
search into the qualifications of those
who present themselves for the suffrage
of voters. Character, ability, freedom
from communicating influences, these,
and other qualifications are ito he de-
sired in our representatives. One draw
back i'm the somewhat difficult task of
choosing the right men for the State
Legislature especially, is the loose way
so many men exercise the franchise.
If we would only recognize the COM
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-19

judicial mantle of high state court.
Judge sWaterson of the Appellate court
of Indiana, helps tsfillthes prisons with
men, and afterwards gets the profits
derived from their unrequited toll. 3. Z
In support of the bills prohibiting
interstate commerce in prison made
goods, representatives of organized la
Dor and Others, furnished the House
Committee on Labor with mass of
evidence, showing that the "prison
trust destroys free industry.
1t was charged that in New Jersey
prisoners get only 26 cents for nine
hours labor. Statistics were also pre-
sented showing that the output of
working shirts made by convicts yearly
is 100000 or rs per cent of the entire
industry.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-19
FLANNERY HERE.
Second Vice President of Freshmen s
Union Visits Lincoln

Michael H. Flannery of Chicago, sec
ond vice president of the International
Printing Freshmen and Assistants
Union of North America, arrived in
Lincoln the first of the week, and will
assume charge of the local situation
for a short time. The local union held
a rousing meeting Wednesday night
and gave Mr.. Flannery full insight
into affairs here. He enthused the
membership by his incisive remarks,
and promised to help straighten things
out.
The pressmen and assistants are feel
ing good over the situation as it now
exists, but hope that Mr.. Flannery Is
presence will enable them to adjust
everything in short order.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-19
JUST A BIT STRANGE.

1t is somewhat strange that these
eloquent advocates of prohibition are
never seen in the halls of legislative
body supporting measure that favors
the intrests of the working class. Tt
is somewhat singular that apostles of
prohibition who deplore the baleful
effects of liquor in the homes of the
the movements ito abolish child labor
or to shorten the WORKED of men and
women, whose lives are but living
death in mill, factory and atshop.
Miners Magazine.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-19


munity at large as well as ourselves;
by conscientiously examining the claims
the candidates. for office have, we
would all be doing a public service.
1t is folly to expect good laws from
bad lawmakers. 1t is idle to think
that men on the end of wire can vote
as they should, even if they would.
The labor movement is concerned in
the proper selection of offcers-wheth-
er it be for Congress, State or local
positions. There is nothing to be ex
pected from men who are bound up
with elements that care for naught but
corporate advancement, for vicious in
fluences, or who are paying back favors
of by-gone days.
In San Francisco today we are con-
fronted by the spectacle of opposition
to men whose labor record is clean,
whose ability is unquestioned, and
whose election would prove beneficial
to the workers and the people generally.
This should not he. The men who
use the labor movement, directly, for
| their own selfish ends, are doing an in
justice to their fellows, are proving
their unworth, and are laying up fol
themselves trouble for the days to
come.
Cast your vote as sacred obligation
to your country and yourself-SaI
Francisco Labor Clarion.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-19
PRISON OWNED ALSO.
National Conference of Charities Con-
trolled by Prison Contractors.

That the National Conference Of
Charities and Corrections, which has
Just adjourned in st. Louis, refused
to utter a word in condemnation of
the "vicious, antiquated, brutal con
tract system of convict labor because
Edward Boyle, it's treasurer, is the at
troney for the 'prison trust is the
sensational charge made by the Ma
tional Free Labor Association.
Edward Boyle, ''leader of charity
work has not only represented the
exploiters and oppressors of convicts in
their fight before Congress against the
passage of bills, which if made Law,
would abolish interstate commerce i'm
prison made goods, but he is also
known ait the attorney for the 'prison
trust and its subsidiary companies,
as follows:
/. The Reliance Sterling Manufac-
turing Company. shirt manufacturers,
with fourteen prison contracts from
Rhode Island to South Dakota.
2. j. H. Winterbotham & Sons, CO.
operage contract ait Indiana peniten-
tiary, Michigan City.
5. Paramount Knitting Company,
hosiery contract at Wisconsin peniten-
tiary at Waupun.
4. Indiana Manufacturing Company,
hollow4ware contract at Indiana Re
forma tion at Jacksonville.
s. Indiana Chair Works, contract at
Indiana Reformatory.
Edward Boyle is the senior member
of the law firm of Boyle, Mott &
Haight, 21S La Sale Building, Chicago,
! III. His partners are Russell Mott
the son-in- law of Joseph Winterbotham
and the grandson of John g. Mott.
These two control the Paramount Knit
ting Company. The Indiana Manufac-
turing Company and the Indiana Chair
Works
Edward Boyle also controls the Alb
raham R. Baldwin Company, dealers
in "prison stripes.''
Not only is the "prison trust'' pow
erful enough ito have it's attorney hold
the office of treasurer of the National
Conference of Charities and Corrections
but director and stockholdef of the
Reliance Sterling Manufacturing Com
pany, the largest prison contracting
firm in the country, also wears the