Semi-weekly herald., 1910-05-19


place. The ranch of Senator Thomas
kearns of Utah is in the path OF the
flames. Volunteers responded from
neiehboring sections to fight the fire.
DES MONIES, Ia, May 16.-Seven-
teen thousand Iowa mine workers pick
ed up their tools today and resumed
work in the mines after suspension
oil over six weeks. AS result of
concessions granted miners operators
have advanced the price of all coal
mined in the thirteenth Iowa district
2 cents a ton.
KANSAS CITY, May l7.-It will re
qulre more than the opinions of twelve
o. twenty-four men or any other mum,
ber TO convince Mrs. Frances Hyde
that her husband is guilty of murder.
ing Col. Thomas H. Swope, as shown
in the following statement issued by
Mrs. Hyde
| Il have no doubt concerning the in.
nocence of my husband. The verdict
of the jury. OF course, could not change
/
innocent as | know he was when the
accusation was brought, and he could
not have been changed to the mon
ster of vice which he was unjustly
the jury by those who were persecut.
| ing him. This was the first time
was ever in court. Many of the pro
ceedmgs were mystifying to me.
could not understand why was not
permitted 20 tell all | know about
the case. The immensely important
conversations which had with nurses,
with my poor dead brother, my mother
and others which would have gone so
far toward proving Clarks innocence.
| | was Mortified to find ii was called
by lawyers hearsay or something else
which forbade me to tell them to the
jury. ] cannot understand it. Maybe
never will. But out of the black
darkness ! know will come the sun
| light of Clark's innocence, so clear
and plain that I can afford right here
| in our own home, patiently, trusting
| ly, to wait until he comes back again
and here | will wait Hence II is un
| necessary to say with what abiding
faith and trust shall cling to him to
tine last My husband is absolutely
| innocent (SigneD
MRS. b. c. HYDE"
ltUy\Tsr 4 q
Twenty eight convicts are dead. five
dying. and seventeen seriously injured
| today as the result of the burning of
the stockade of the Red FJalhoI Coal
company at the Lucille mines. Bibb
| county. yesterday.
1t was definitely established today
| by the confession of one cf ths dy ing
men that the fire was set by con
Wet in a plot to escape and hat he
perished in the flames.
WASHINGTON, May 17.--Frederick
A. Kerby, former stenographer in Sec
| retary Ballinger's Office, who made
a recent affidavit regarding the Law
Ter memorandum, took the stand to-
day before The Ballinger-Pinchot in
vestigating committee.
Chairman Nelson, after placing in
record the presidents letter of May
l6, in reply to the Kerby charges, ask
ed that Kerby nimself be called to the
stand. Attorney Vertrees was asked
by Chairman Nelson to examine Ker-
by The witness stated he was a
clerk, class 4 in the secretary's office,
"A confidential clerk?" asked Yer
trees.
Occasionally we handled confiden-
tial letters" Kerby answered.
In response to a question why he
felt called upon to give out conflden.
tial information, Kerby said: Il con
sidered that my position as one of the
clerks in the government service not
a confidential clerk to the secretary,
but confidential clerk to the govern
ment." He said he had not consid
cred it necessary 10 give out any docu-
ments heretofore and that the Lawler
memorandum was the first and only
Instance.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-Senator
Guggenheim was informed by the di-
rector of the mint that the Denver
mint would be permitted to make bul.
lion payments with New York drafts
which will enable the deposits of bul
lion made in the Denver Institution
to keep the mint force constantly EN-
ployed. During last year the Denver
mint suspended coinage operations at
various times because of the scarcity
of gold bullion which by the direction
OF the treasury officials, had been di
verted 10 New York. To remedy this
condition Senator Guggenheim urged
permission he given the Denver mint
to make new exchange and his request
has finally been granted the senator.
1t is also urged that the director of
the mint order pennies and nick,
now under consideration.
WASHINGTON, May l7--Charles
w. Morse will serve his fifteen year
sentence in the federal prison at At