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The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-08-18
FARMERS MlTIOAAL BANK
w. l. Beans, President.
w. II. Pike. Vice President.
r. x. Davis. Cashier. (,
CAPITAL STOCK. 100000
Paid In Full. L

Directors: W. /. BAansa What
Cheer; Charley Victor. LaceY; w n.
pringer, Eddysille; Thos. J. Wilson.
Beacon; r. W. Moore. Cedar; w O..
Reed, Oskaloosa; W. H., Pike. Rose
Hill; Paul Synhorst, Leighton; Geo.
8. Prime. oskaloosa; r. X. Davis. o.
kaloosa; M. 8. Downey. Lacey.
City Business Solicited.
Complete set of Safety Deposit
Boxes. The $50 stockholders are all
Mahasks County farmers.
Farmers: Make this your head
quarters while In the City l6tt
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r. r. Parker. D. v. N. :
VET ERIN A RLANs.

New rhone No. 613. Hospital No.
305 South First Street. Residence.
No. 301 South First Street 46tf
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WANTS & FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.--Coal mine at Lost Creek
one-half mile east of Pekay. Whit
son Bros, Giyin, Ia, r. No. 1. or
call on Joe Whitson, Givin, la.
4w1-28w1-pd
- - O. - - -
FOR RENT.-Farm of IS acres in
Colorado; tiled Enquire 6O2 South
A street. Phone 1908 Green.
s... 4w2-2Sw1-pd
- - o. - - =
FOR SALE.--Full blooded Jersey COW,
20 stands of Italian bees in new tin
frame hives. II. E. Dixie, Eddyville,
Iowa. 4w3-pd
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FORMER PRESIDENT
GIVES STATEMENT
With Complete Confessions from the
RineIeaders Prosecution Goes
After BrIbe-Givers.

PIttsbTg. Pa March 23.-Nlne more
men, conscience stricken over TAX
ing money for their votes. appeared
before Judge r. S. Fraser today and
after telling all they knew OF the
councilmanic graft conspiracy. had
sentences postponed.
Besides these nine, William Brand.
former president of the common coun-
Gil one OF the ringleaders action to
those who confessed has also made 4
statement which is IN the hands o.
the district attorney. J. c. Wasson,
who Is in the pcintentiary made his
confession 10 the grand jury today
He wept like child during his re-
cItal, while John F. Klein. the arch
confessor, tried to soothe him.
With complete statements from
Brand Wasson and Klein, the prin-
cipals In the conspiracy. according 10
their own statements, ii is said the
district attorney Is ready TO proceed
against the bribc giverS. and while no
lanes are given out. Wasson's state
ment is said to implicate prominent
men
1.-THE opportunity 10 confess Voiun'
tarily and receive postponed senten-
oes or immunity has passed for
those who have not come forward.
Those indicted will be brought 10
trial The first trial will begin Mon
day
Already an anti-lury fixing crusade
has been started by the district at
torney. Today FIVE men were literally
yankedo ofrnmgth court room 10y! coun-
t$ detectives IL Is said they were
b6Sy wIthn'briipc money for jurors
about the court house corridors. Each
man was put through severe ex
animation and arrests OF number OF
others are predicted.
No indictments were handed down
b. the men today although they have
sufficient evidence for true bills
against more than half a hundred
These Will come along. according &c
the assistant district attorney before
the end OF the week.
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PHILADELPHIA CARMEN
HF' FACE WEARY FIGHT
Rapid Transit Company Declares II
Will Not Yield and Continues
to Operate Cars.

Philadelphia. March 23-Witb the
decisions of the State Labor organlza-
tious not 10 declare a sympathetic
strike and II return to work OF many
of the sympathetic strikers, the sit
ration has settled down to n question
OF endurance between the striking
carmen and the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company.
The company now has all It's lines
la operation except the subway sur
lace cars and a few other lines which
are paralleled by cars in operation.
officials claim 1900 cars are in op.
Grafton The secretary OF the street
car mems union claim tonight that
tho greatest number OF cars operated
In a single day since The beginning OF
The strike WAS $50 He claims there
are only 500 members of the Keystone
union, tho me members OF which remain
cd LOYAL to the company and even
With the imported strikebrealcrs the
company still requires 400 moro men.
Tho committee Of ton of the Central
Labor union, directing the general
strike in Its statement tonight makes
no reference to the collapse of the
sympathetic strike. but says 1t ie as
surred the company can not mold out
much longer
At mass meeting OF motormen
and conductors today the action ot
their leaders to accept the proposition
made by the company through Mayor
Reyburn was endorsed and II was
fa In
company agrees TO give the mon theif
old runs,
c. o. Pratt. the national organizer
told the carmen not to worry abont
the sympathetic strikers who were
returning TO work.
He said 1t was best for them 10 80
back and give the carmen their f1nan
cial support
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COMMISSIONER
MAKES ATTACK

Donvcr Colo, March 23.-Charact'
crizine the system employed By the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company in
the operation OF It's mines In south
crn Colorado as open defiance Of The
law" State Labor Commissioner f.
V. Brake. in his report on The Brimero
coal mine disaster In which I6 min
ers lost their lives January 81. calls
Upon Governor Shafroth TO appoint 4
commission to make a rigid inspec-
ton of conditions in Las AnImas and
Hucrfano counties where the C F. x
|, coal properties nre located NJ!
Brake finds the following conditions
existed in the Primero mine previous
20 the explosion:
insufficient sprinkling as provided
by law. Local gas explosions fire.
quent Lack ,of suficientg timbera,
houses in the camp Of poor construcs
tlou No check wefghman for tho
benefit of the minors -.
Ia opening his report Mr Brake de
clarcs that the Colorado Fuel ano
Iron company employees ineXperlenc
cd. non-English speaking miners be
cause they are not familiar with wage
conditions in this country and can be
secured at p lower wage than Englisl
speaking miners"
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3 AT TEE 5D
THEATRES
T. .ehAs. g. HANFoRD.

,-1Jherc could be mo better evidence.
given that the thcater.song public Of
today -,dn not want Shakespeare thon
has been shown by. the audIcnces that
have greeted three romantic actors
at the ogden Theoter during tho pres
ent season The first was the late
Louis James In the Merchant of
Venice. then came Robert Mantell
In Hamlet" and last night Charles
B Hanford In The Tanning of the
Shrcw." The audience that greeted
all three of the stars and their splen-
did productions we're comparatively
small.
a small but appreciativo audience
at the Ogden Thcater last night Wit
messed Hauford's production of Tho
Tanning OF the Shrew.' Mr. Hanford,
i In the role of Petruchio. give the
same magnificent characterization of
the suitor Of Katherine. in which he
has had few bctters. Hanford Is ac-
knowledged TO be one of the greatest
living Shakespenrean scholars of the
present day. and his portrayal OF tho
many roles he assumes shows that tho
| pieces and all the characters, as well
as tho one he interDrets, are given
! thorough study. -.,.s, ...
Mr.. Hanford has surrounded him
self with a capable company, headed
| by Mrs. Hanford. who gave a pleasing
| Interpretation OF the role of Rather
Inc. Nellie NJ. Hoffman, Louise B.
White. Harrison Cofford, Edward Fin
ley and Conrad MacGregor were good
| in their respective roles.
The performance of The Tanning ol
the Shrew" was preceded BY The Old
Guard, an episode Of the Battle ol
Waterloo. and in which Mr. Hanford
essayed the role Of HavcrsacG. one oi
| Napoleon's guard. He was ably as
sisted by Nellie NJ. Hoffman, Conrad
Cantzen. Harrison Cofford and Cooper
Pritcbard
Tonight Otis Skinner appears at the
Ogden Theater in Your Humble
Servant" which has been pronounced
his greatest New York success.
| e. T. S.
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DR.. COOK IS IN
some DISTRESS

Bellngton, Wash. March 23.-Dr.
William II. Axtell, warm personal
friend of Dr. Frederick A. Cook has
received n letter from Mrs. Cook,
written in Valparaiso. Chile. In which
she says the doctor is broken In
health. without funds and unable to
continue his fight TO establish his
claim that he discovered tue pole, DR..
Axtell said today:
Mrs. Cook tells me in her letter
that Cook made considerable money
out OF his trip when ne first arrived
in New York and that he spent 1t
IN defending himself against bitter
attacks from his enemies before tho
Copenhagen decision was made pup
lie.
Cook left New York later to escape
oontImely says Mrs. Cook and 10 go
before the board OF inquiry a; Copen.
hagen as his own representative
Then Mrs Cook followed him and
net him in England found him a ner.
vous wreck and very Ill.
"She writes that II was her fault
that Cook did not appear publicly at
the time he was unfavorably report.
cd on She says she took him &c
Holland. France, Italy and then TO
Spain, where thoy embarked for
Buenos Ayres,
From Bucnos Ayres, they went
around Cape Horn tn Chile and have
remained there ever since Cook is
still very III and will be in no con
dition to take up his light for honors
which he still says should have been
his"
DR.. Axtell added that according to
the letter the explorer and his family
will arrive quietly in New York 10
morrow and will settle down foS q
quiet life.
Mrs. Cook says he continued
that her husband has not funds with
which to go 10 the arctic region:
| after the proofs required by the
university Of Copenhagen. and tina
| II nc had the necessary cash hc
knows of no one he could trust Il
do the work for him
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were ready to start Just as tho
word was 10 be given the ttmekeeper.
chosen by mutual consent, suggested
that they. wear gloves. and q couple
az pairs of driving gloves were found
for use on their fIsts After these
were donned the fight began. ..-..-.
PuglIlstlc' history lost, he'account OF
a great battle when no scribe at the
rIngside took down the happenines
when Jeffrlcs and his coiored oppoh'
ent leven The .naHic OF this fellow is
lost) met in what was the first rca'
fight OF the undefeated heavyweight
champion of the world.
The fight was probably the hardest
Jeffries ever had. His opponent was
tough. strong and knew moro of fight
ing than the Big Fellow. But in
the end the heart OF Jeffries woh out,
He was cut up. hammered unmerci-
/ fully about the body, but even when
I! the tide OF battle seemed TO be all
| against him. he kept plugging along.
! and finally the condition that comes
! from clean living. hard work and good
] blood told In the 14th round the
seconds OF the colorcd man announc-
cd that their man was beaten and the
Hight was over.
| Jeffries walked away. wiping the
blood from his face. pulled down his
sleeves, threw his coat over bis arm
and called 10 his friends TO come
along
This is the story of Jeffrics first
battle. told as we'll as 1t is possible
10 tell it after this lapse OF time. He
won. and after that battle began tc
take up boxing seriously-not With
the idea of entering the ring. but
so as TO be able TO defend himself
sllonld the occasion ever arise again
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THREE KILLED IN
EXCITING BATTLE

Wilmington. Del, March 23.-An
exciting battle. in which three men
were killed and several injured. oc-
CURED on Il northbound Baltimore &
Ohio train today The fight began at
Newark. Del. and ended here.
The dead
o, E. WELLNIAN of Philadelphia,
conductor of the train.
SAMUEL WILLIAMS. the colored
porter.
j. H. BETHEA of Dillon. S. c.
John o. Wiley, park guard of VIII
and hand, and Matthew Haley of VII
mington was shot in the leg. while
others were graZed by flying bullets.
Bethea. who had been drinking
heavily. quarrelcd with the porter and
shot him through the heart killing
him instantly rt1 lle1@
CondGs- LtrEdaM oonstrated
WIN Rotnea. who S'@itSSAt a word
shot Wellman through the heart
The murderer then stood off the
passengers until the train reached
Wilmington When IL came into the
station, hurry call was sent to the
police station and 9 squad OF police
men, reinforced by park guards and a
posse of citizens aud trainmen, ran to
the car.
The police called upon Bcthea ~
surrender In answer. he opened fire
on the police and the crowd with al
automatic revolver. Bethoa IS be.
licyed to have had al least ono hun
drcd rounds OF ammunition for he
succeeded in holding the posse at bay
During his imc many shots worc
fred on both sides. all the windows oi
tho car being rlddled.
After an hours battle the police
asked aid from the fire department
The fircmcn. barricaded behind
trucks and boards. played a stream
of water upon the windows jf thC
car, ard Bethea half.drowned, stag
eered to the platform, The, polio.
once more called upon him TO surren
der. but he replied with several shot
from kis revolver.
AS Bethca fred. Police Captai.
Evans shot him in the face Not
wi,hstandlng this injury. he 6lazeC
away again. Patrolman Boughmar
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the men selected are not the men
would have named IL | had had the
choosing"
; Representative Tawncy said the
committee was selected largely for
geographical reasons and the best
thing accomplished was that no com
mlttee chairman were named. Only
tho most consistent of the "regIlars'
we're elected Dalzell and Smith OF
Iowa are members Of the retiring
rules committee. Lawrence of Mas
sachusettse has long been 4 friend of
Speaker Cannon. ...,
Representative Faussett is one Of
the orators OF the regulars.
During the recent prolonged debate
on the Norris resolution h vigorously
opposed the insurgents.
Payne Wants Harmony.
Representative Boutell of Illinois
placed Mr. Canton in nomination Tor
President at the Chicago convention
In 1908 He Is one OF the most con-
:sistent supporters of the majority.
Representative Smith Of California
has always been one OF the most reg.
uIar Republicans in the house.
Majority Leader Payne. before tho
nominations were made appealed to
all OF tho 1913 members to act as Re
publicans without regard to any
schism. He appealed for harmony, a
united Republicanism and character
ICED any division within the party
as unfair and needless. So far as he
was concerned he said, he was In IA
yer Of putting one "insurgent'' on the
rules, committee he declared bis op-
position to any state and Insisted ev-
elybody-7re2nlpr and ins,,reent alike
have afai chance.
During the carly hours of the eau
Gus Speaker Cannon spent the time
in his room reading newspapers. He
felt that his presence in tho caucus
might be misinterpreted. Shortly afta
er . o'clock however, he made up
his mind 10 enter
Guess Id better go In and cast my
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-24
CONVICT CHAUFFEUR
OF MANSLAUGHTER

New York, March 23.-Throush the
testimony Of George II. Callagban, a
10 year old boy, John A. Hanlon.
chauffeur was convicted today ot
granddaughter in the second, degree.
He was rcmanded for sentence Han
Ions machine ran over and killed 4
young woman last October and tho
chauffeur put on full speed in an at
tempt to escape. Young CallaGhan
who had witnessed tho tragedy. sprang
on the running board and clung there
despite Hanlo1'S blows The boy
subsequently received a Carnegie
hero medal.
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OUT OF ONE POCKET
AND INTO ANOTHER

New York. March 23-Commander
Robert f. Peary has announced his
intention. OF turning over the entire
proceeds of his lecture before the
Philadelphia Geographical society
April {, 10 the South Pole expedition
fund. The Philadelphia Society Will
present its gold medal for the dis,
covery OF the north pole TO the eX-
plorer al that time. L,!t ~
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REPUBLICANS |.
HOLD CAUCUS

Washington. March 23.-With only
the frien1liest sort OF rivalry. the Re
publican caucus tonight selected the
six ix:mcmbere Of the rules committee
apportioncd to the Republican major.
ity OF the house The following. all
members of the regular wing OF
The party were chosen; Walter /.
Smith OF Iowa, 1GS votes; John Dal'
zcll, Pennsylvania. JAG votes; George
p Lawrence. Massachusetts. l26
votes, j. Sloat FaSSet. New York, 113
votes. Sylvester G. Smith. California.
l26 votes; Henry S Boutcll, Illinois,
los votes. t.I-,
Two ballots We're taken. the four
first named receiving majority of
votes cast on the first ballot and the
two last named being chosen on the
second ballot
The six members represent n slate
prepared by Representative Tawncy,
Of Minnesota. after numerous confer
ences with both regulars and insur-
gents. ,-t'
Nineteen Nominated.
Nineteen men were placed in NOM
ination and a large number Of others
received complimentary votes. Repre-
sentative Gardner of Massachusetts,
received 80 votes the highest num-
Der cast for any "insurgent."
The only incident that threatened
to produce excitement was when
Representative Tawney offered a res
oluticn proposing the list Of six men
as named Immediately there was
objection from an insurgent from
Iowa. TO the restricted nominations.
and an informal nominating ballot
was proposed, Mr. Tawney demurred
and Representative Mccall Of Massa'
chusetts told him that In New Eng
land when a state was brought Into
a convention II was generally consid.
cred not Democratic way of doing
things, He believed there should be
an open ballot Representative Payne
OF New York. the majority leader set
tied the controversy by declaring
amid applause. In favor OF an infor'
nal ballot Mr.. Tawney withdrew his
resolution and slate, which. neyerthe.
less. proved successful on the ballots
that followed
The First vote.
The first vote, Smith. of Iowa, 16S
Dalzell, LAG. Lawrence. 126: FaSsett
113; Smith Of California. %: Boutell
So Kahn, sc: Longworth, SO Gard
ner, SO; Gaines, 20; stevens OF Min
nesota. lG, Mccall. l6; Malby. 16S
I.ouden. IA. Hamilton. 10; Parsons
10, DENLY. 10, Martin 9 and nun
ber of scattering votes Murdoclv re
ceived C. Davidson 5; Cooper OF Wis
consin, e. Madison, and Fish three
This was the extent OF the iDsurg
ent strength aside from the Gardner
vote
On the second ballot Smith ant
Boutell won easily from long lis
of candidates. who received vote oi
two apiece The members Will rani
on the committee according to the
seniority Of service. which Will give
the craftsmanship to Mr.. Dalzell. -l
The Democrats Will caucus tomor
row night to name the four members
for the minority and the whole liS
| will he brought before the house Fri
day for formal election.
insurgents Satisfied.
The insurgents appeared satisfied
although none OF the most radical eX
pressed themselves Rep. Norris o
| Nebraska said
IT was fair. square deal. | think
everybody Is we'll satisfied. OF cours,
|
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Vo1E poWN STRIKE.

Wilkes Barra. Pa. March 2S-Aftel
being IN session nearly all day the
executive council OF the state Fereda'
ton OF Labor came TO the conclusion
II would be inopportunc TO call a state
wide strike TO aid the striking street
car men In Philadelphia.
This decision was reached unani
mOusly and 1t is said to have been
'hastened by the action Of the textile
workers in Philadelphia who went out
on a sympathetic strike and last might
voted TO return to work.
President Greenawalt was positive
in his Statement the only way the
working classes In Philadelphia an'
throughout the state could get justice
was through the ballot The council
decided to give every encouragement
To the plan to organize a labor party
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COLORADO TIMBER
DESTROYED BY FIRE

Morrison, Colo. March 2S.-Fanned
by "a shisn wind, a forest fire swept
a large section OF timber land near
Confer l6 miles southwest of here to-
night and is stlil burning. All avail
able men have been sent to fight the
fire Several ranch houses arc In
danger OF destruction unless the wind
NcCrS
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tl.en opened Are and struck Bethca
In the right arm. The desperate man
tried to fire again. but the poiicn
closed in and as they took hold of
him he fell dead in the arms Of L
patrolman.
All through the battle the dead per.
ter sat as though looking from the
window.
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THREATENING FIRE
FINALLY CHECKED

Kansas City March 23.-Fire threat
encd tonight 10 destroy Excelsior
Springs. Mo Il watering place a6
miles north east OF here The flames
were checked after IL small houses.
a bath house and building shops had
been DESTROYED. The loss is estimat-
ed at $4,000
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Eiahta CoIored Boy.

After the last OF the women had
left and but few OF the. men were III
the grounds, Jcffries and the colored
men were told % TO get ready. An
equal number of friends OF each. man
were allowed to see the contest. IL
was decided that there would be Nd
referee. the general opinion bein6
that the men should fight until ono
OF them was knocked out OF quit,
Seconds were chosen, and the fight.
ers told to strip. Jefirles peeled off
his, coat, took off his collar and an
Eounced himself in readiness for the
fray. The colored han had begun 10
strip, but, with his reputation as a
fighter at stake, refused 10 peel any
more clothes than his opponent. and
after rolling up their sleeves the men