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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
DECISIONS
NOT Given TODAY
NEW RULINGS ON STANDARD OIL
AND TOBACCO TRUSTS CASES
BY SUPREME COURT.

Washington, April "a strong i'm.
preston existed that the supreme
court of the United States, meeting
today after q recess of two weeks,
would hand down opinions in the Stan
dard Oil and American Tobacco Com
pany "trust" cases, but they were not
passed upon. Several opinions of more
or less interest, occupied the first two
hours OF the courts sitting. Then at
2 o'clock, a half hours recess was
ordered with the announcement that
the chief Justice, White would read
several additional opinions.
It was at first thought that the cor
poration cases were being purely held
back after the close of stock market
at 8 D. m.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
ACID THROWN IN
BUTTON STRIKE
AT MUSCAT|NE
Mayor Offers Reward of
$500 for Conviction of
Miscreants; Sheriff Hurt
Seeking Assailant.

Muscatine, April 3.-several
suspects were pickel up by tho
police in connection with the
throwing OF, three acid bombs
into >homes sof non-unIon workers.
Saturday night, but were later re-
leased after being sweated. A
reward Of $500 for the detection
Of the n,iscreants has been OF.
fered. The bombs were apparent.
Iy harmless though their explosion
was marked by nauseating odors.
Deputy Sheriff Hurt.
Muscatine, April 3.-The strike OF
5000 button workers in Muscatine as
sumed a more serious phase when
early Sunday morning acid bombs
were thrown into three houses where
nonunion factory employees live.
Mayor Hill issued proclamation
offering a reward of $500 for the ar
rest and conviction of any of the per
sons implicated in bomb throwing out
RACES, and fearing that more desper'
ate methods will be resorted to, ad'
ditional policemen are being sworn IN
to protect all property in jeopardy.
The bombsswere thrown at about
q. M, into the homes of Samuel Or
lowsk, E: Clemens and ]. A. Klein
fielder. No powerful explosives were
contained in them. however. and while
the inmates OF the homes were badly
frightened, no one was injured The
fumes from the acids were sitting.
however, and the members of the vari'
GUS families were forced to escape In
to the open air. The perpetrators OF
the deeds first broke window by
casting rock through the glass, and
then dropped the bombs into the room
Girls who have been working In the
button plants had been previously IN
tlmluated, and rocks were thrown
through windows In the Clemmone
home Friday night. The police are
determined to exert every EFFORT to
punish the perpetrators Of the deeds
and wholesale informations are being
sworn out today in an effort to check
the lawlessness. Several have already
been sent to Jail and when the grand
Jury meets on Tuesday 1t is quite pos
sible that evidence will be secured re-
garding criminal otfenses and investi.
cations will be made. Two suspects
were arrested late yesterday after
noon.
To the unreasonable snow must be
laid the first serious attack of the dis
orders making the present struggle
between the local button factories and
their employees Last night q rock
was thrown at the home OF Deputy
Sheri: # Dennis O'Leary. O'Leary ran
from his home armed to deal with the
miscreants and in stepping from
the porch fell receiving injuries
that will keep him In bed for several
days. In falling his revolver was dis
charged twice. He saw no sign Of the
persons who had thrown the rock.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
POWER R PLANT
MEN TO COME
LATE IN MAY
S ia tionary Engineers of
Iowa Will Hold Conven-
tion in Ottumwa; Pres. H.
T. Yust Making Plans.

Ottumwa is to entertain the State
Association of Stationary Engineers,
May 25, 26 and 27, and the Invitations
to other branches of the association
throughout the state, as we'll as to
manufacturers and firms dealing in ap-
pliances and supplies are being sent
out by the convention committee OF
No. 10 in Ottumwa. Plans are being
made to entertain 200 persons at the
big meeting, which promises to be
the largest convention Of the station
ary engineers of Iowa that has yet
been held. The gathering is the eighth
annual convention and President H. L.
Yust of the state association, Is very
busy man in preparing for the coming
meeting. The headquarters of the con-
vention will be in the Ballingall hotel.
The place Of holding the convention is
not yet fully determined upon, nor Is
the place Of displaying the exhibits
decided upon, as the number Of exhio-
its and the amount of space they will
require is not known. The sessions,
during which number of expert en-
gineers and mechanical men will be
speakers, and number of excellent
papers will be read and talks will be
made, are free and open to the public,
as well as are the exhibits and demon
sTatiOns.
A ong the prominent men in the or
ganization throughout the country who
will be at the convention are National
President Carl A. Pierse Of Denver,
National Secretary w. F. Raben OF
Chicago, State Vice President G. S.
Dyke of Dubuque, State Secretary J.
"A. Coulson Of Sioux City, State Treas
urer George H. Beebe of Mason City
and State Deputy Doolittle of Sioux
City. q, 3s
Many Exhibitors.
The program for the convention has
not been completed yet, but will con-
sist Of number Of talks by specially
invited speakers of prominence In the
engineering and mechanical world.
from Chicago, Cincinnati and other
large centers. There will also be busi-
ness sessions and exhibitions OF sup
plies, appliances, ETC., and demonstra-
tions Of the latter. The first day will
probably be given over largely to get
ting acquainted and -he real work OF
the convention will Ike place on the
second and third days. About forty to
fifty supply firms are expected to have
exhibits at the convention and large
and suitable place will be rented for
the convention days, in which the dis
plays will be exhibited. These will be
in charge of the Central States Ex-
hibitors' association, whose secretary,
e. P. Gould, is located in Chicago and
who will give his personal attention
to the exhibition. The convention
promises to be one of the big events
of the year for Ottumwa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
COURT NOT DECIDED.
Mand anus Case Still Unsettled, but
May be Determined in
Few DAYS.

The ruling of the court In the man.
damus proceedings against the board
OF supervisors on account OF the jani-
tor appointment, which has been ex-
pected for the past few days, Is not
likely for a day or two longer. The
court stated today that he had not thus
far reached conclusion In the matter
but would probably do SO IN few days.
A decree of divorce was granted Sat
urday afternoon to Thomas McElroy,
dissolving the marriage of Thomas and
Mary McElroy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
DROPS DEAD ON TRAIN
Ed Steward, Popular OskaIoosa Trav
cling Man, Dies Of Heart Failure
Enroute Home.

Oskaloosa, April 3.-(SpeciaD Ed
Steward, a popular commercial trav-
eler residing here died on an Iowa
Central passenger train last evening
enroute home from hospital at Wa
terloo where he had been Ill five weeks
with pneumonia. He was travelling
with his sister, Miss Carrie Steward,
and w. j. Howell. He collapsed OF
heart failure and died in the aisle OF
the coach while the train was in mo-
tion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
8. A. KNAPP DEAD.
Former President Of Ames College
Passed Away in Wash
inqton, D. C.

Washington, D. c., April g.
DR.. S. A. Knapp died in Washington,
D. c., Saturday afternoon. DR.. Knapp's
daughter, Mrs. o. j. Fay, wife of DR..
Fay of Des Moines, was at his bedside
when he passed away.
His funeral will be held in Ames, Ia,
some time after Tuesday, the definite
day and hour to be announced later.
DR.. Knapp formerly was president
of Ames college and for several years
has been engaged in agricultural educa
ton extension work for the national
department of agriculture in the south.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
Continued on Page s.)
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NO DRUG MONOPOLY
Supreme Court Refuses to Prevent
Cutting Rates on Proprietary
Medicines.

washington, April 3.--The attempt
to put the ban on ''cut rates" in pro-
prietary medicines in this country to-
day received the unqualified disap
proval Of the supreme court Of the
in an opinion by Justice Hughes, to
give It's aid to such an attempt on the
ground that 1t would afford the manu
facturer Of medicine an unlawful mon
opoly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
QUIET DAY IN
LEGISLATURE {
FIGHT OVER SHIFTING COMMIT.
TEE PROCEDURE STIRRED UP;
HOUSE PASSES BILLS.
[BY W. H. PoWELL.]

Des Moines, April 3.-(Special.) -
The newly appointed sitting committee
and its work started battle in the sen.
ate this morning. Senator Francis at
tempted to have the committee @pre-
pare calendar for each day, but Van
Law opposed the plan, urging that the
present calendar be cleared. After a
hot discussion the entire matter was
tabled
Senator Balluff's bill relating to in
creased value of notes and bonds Sc
cured by mortgages on unencumbered
real estate was killed in the senate, 81
to %.
Representative Harding introduced
in the house this morning a resolution
providing for the naming of a sitting
committee. The measure will come up
tomorrow.
Bills Passed In the House.
Among the bills passed in the house
were the following,
BY Smith, giving the board Of health
authority to compel witnesses to give
testimony and to produce books.
!. BY Bennett, exempting from the pure
drugs act and permitting druggists to
make prescriptions containing small
amounts of drugs without printing the
prescription ON the bottle.
by Hogan, raising the salary OF the
attorney general from $4,000 to 5000
and his assistant not to exceed $2,500.
The house this morning passed the
bill raising the salary Of court report
ers from 81 200 to 1880 after being In
the service 125 days.
Senator Cowles' bill authorizing
cities and towns, including those under
special charter, to make publication of
offlclal notices in newspapers printed
in foreign languages, was killed IN the
house this morning by a vote of IS to
81.
Senator Ames' bill regulating the
maintenance Of partition fences by ad-
Joining owners, was killed In the house.
Dry Measures Are Defeated.
Proposed laws regulating the sale Of
liquor in this state had bad day In
the senate Saturday.
The following measures were con-
signed to the dead pile in one way or
another:
The Van Law ''five-mile limit" bill.
The Jacobson daylight closing bill
for saloons, limiting day from o'clock
in the morning until o'clock at night.
The Allen of Jefferson bill requiring
saloons to close at o'clock at night
The Smith Of Mitchell measure cut
ting down the life of saloon petitions
of consent from five to three years.
The Moore bill, prohibiting treating
in saloons.
The Wilson bill permitting the sale
of liquor within 1000 feet of the fair
grounds, instead of one-half mile, as
at present.
Only one other measure was consid-
cred and that got through with ia
vorable report. It is the measure by
Crist of Clarke and increases the
penalty to be imposed on persons
found guilty OF illegal sale of liquor.
The first OF these bills-the Van Law
five mile limit bill--Went down to de-
feat after one of the hottest debates
on the floor of the senate this session.
The other measures all met defeat
through. being recommended for in
definite postponement by the senate
committee on suppression Of intem-
perance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
WILL WEAR PANAMAs.
New York Letter Carriers Will Get
Real Hats to Replace Summer
Helmets,

New York, April 3.-Letter carriers
in New York city, will wear Panama
hats this summer while making their
deliveries. Postmaster Morgan re-
Gently decided upon change in the
type OF summer helmets figuring that
Ia lighter hat would be a boon TO the
carriers. He spent several days In
specting models Of various styles and
found that the Panama style answered
the purpose best.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
WILL PLEAD GUILTY.
William Henry Of Mystic to Seek the
clemency Of the Court for
EootIegqing.

A plea of guilty will be made in the
case of William Henry in the United
States district court, as stated when
the case came up for assignment this
morning. The charge against Henry Is
that Of bootlegging at Mystic, and his
attorney stated in court that plea OF
guilty would be entered when the case
comes up for hearing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
cox in COURT TODAY.
Cincinnati Political Boss, After Mys-
terious Absence, Shows Up
! rAAaN +.

Cincinnati, o., April 3.-George B.
Cox. after three days absence follow
ing the return of fresh Indictment
charging him with perjury on Friday
appeared in court shortly before noon.
No announcement as to where he
had been or why he absented himself,
was made. Bond was furnished in the
sum of $1,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
penman thompson Better.

West Swanzey, n. H., April 3.-A
continued improvement was reported
today in the condition OF Denman
Thompson, the veteran actor, VINO is
ill at his home here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
r,a,,, teHusO o}elS
~'osooS tBoILolslH alr,S
CRY Election ;.l't in Chicago
Tomorrow is Expected to
Be the Closest in Years

speechmakng end the city election
Of the opposing which
this
getting the vote tomorrow
city officials be elected while
voted time
republican and Carter Harrison
democ r. leading candidates
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
vetoes SUNDAY Ball Bill.

Lincoln, Neb., April 3.-Governor
Aldenrich today vetoed the Barling's g
bill Iegalizing Sunday baseball.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04

Continued on Page 81
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-12
FIVE MINERS MEET
DEATH DOWN BELOW
Victims SuGOcated in Boston
Mine Owned by Delaware
and Hudson Company.

wILKEsBARRE. Pa. May l1.-FiVe
miners lost their lives by suffocstioD in
the Boston mine Of the Delaware e Hud-
son company at Lerksville. near here To-
day. a strike began at the collier on
Tuesday and consequently only small
number OF men were at work. Had the
full force been engaged the loss OF HE
would have been appalling.
Fire broke out last night in section
OF the mine where rock miners were en-
ployed but it Is said to have been gotten
under control without difficulty. After
midnight the odor OF smoke was detected
and another alarm was sounded. Eleven
men were at work in the section. All
made their way from side vein 10 the
main gangway, but the smoke had be-
come so dense that nearly all were over
come,
Rescue parties at the risk OF their
lives then entered the workings and
brought them out. Rescuers returning to
the gangway stumbled over bodies OF the
dead which were brought out as quickly
as possible
Several OF the rescuers were overcome
by the smoke and one Of them WAS pros
trated. He was rescued,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-12
INF FOR|MER UNABLE
To ATTEND TRIAL
Enrioo Alfano, Camorrist Chief,
Prevented From Confronting
Accuser in Court.
STENARDO WOMAN VERY ILL,
Bronchitis Turns Into Acute
Pneumonia; Nora, Her Be
trothed, Greatly Excited.

NTTERBO. Italy. MAY 1.-THE con-
lronlation of Gennaro y Abba temaegio. the
Camorrist informer, by Enrico Alfano al j.
legged head of tho camorra. scheduled for
today s session OF the trial Of Camorrists s
for the murder OF Gcnnaro Cuoccolo and
his wife, did not take place. 10 the dis
appointment OF thrones who had expected
to witness a wordy exchange between the
two principals.
continuously at recent sessions. is suf-
ferinc from lnryngitIs and was unable TO
he present
Today's session was large occupied
with discussing whether forty or fifty
persons could enter the restaurant at n
country inn between BaGnoli and Naples
for the famous banquet which. accord =
ing to Abbatcmaggio. that number OF the
most influential Camorrlsts discussed the
necessity of rtdding themselves of the
Cuoccolos. The defense contends that the
Professor Galeotti, director Of the path
illogical institute Of the University Of
Naples, declared today that the ring
found In bed AT the home OF woman
known as the companion OF Giuseppe
SalVi. was old and showed signs OF wear.
The defense maintained that the ring
was new one made by Carabineers and
placed by them in The bed for the pur-
pose OF manufacturing evidence.
Nicola Nora. who is hctrothcd to
Maria Stenardo the only woman prisoner
ing that bronchitis from which she Is
suffering had turned into acute pneu-
monla- The doctor OF the prison insisted
that she be transferred TO a hospital.
where though her condition is critical,
the doctors hope to be able To save her.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-12
PRESIDENT FREES MAN
SENTENCED FOR LIFE
Daniel 7. Jones Pardoned After Serving
Long Years In a Federal
Prison.

- WASHINGTON. May u.-President
day TO Daniel T Jones. serving a life
sentence for murder In Leavenworth
penltentiary brought to light sordid
story of a pioneers life along the In
dian territory frontier in the '70s Jones'
after serving a two-year sentence In a
Texas jail returned to the then Indian
territory to find his home wrecked by
his cousin, William. There were recon
citations however. and the family moved
to the wilderness along the Red river,
One night early In 1879 William Jones
was shot and killed in the cabin the
family occupied.
a woman. passing the night there.
testified that Williams wound was not
powdered. as il would have been If he
had committed suicide, and upon that
evidence Daniel Jones was sentenced to
be hanged. His sentence was commuted
10 life Imprisonment In 1884, and PresI-
dent Roosevelt in 1908 refused to pardon
nim
When the case came to President Taft
the undertaken who buried William Jones
appeared and made affidavit that VIII
liam's wound was badly powder burned.
Inc attorney general recommended
clemency. The president decided there
was grave doubt of Daniel Joness guilt
Jones had served twenty-seven wears
behind prison walls. the equivalent OF a
forty-year sentence.
Eagles moonlight excursion, Friday.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-12

;eceived scalp wound and one In the
'es. Captured by the insurrccros in a
rush. he was rescued a few minutes later
by desperate sortie. Then In yeStcr-
days fighting "A rebel bullet struck him
IN the temple. killing him
Casualties Unknown.
II is difficult to estimate even ap-
proXimstely the number OF dead and
wounded during the TWO days nghting
An Associated Press correspondent -this
noon saw ninety seven federal wounded
~ The temporary quarters of the Red
Cross, tf,een federal and insurrecto
heen converted Into n temporary hos
Dita'. while twenty three others had been
conveyed 20 The American side OF the
river. From estimates made by federal
prisoners and by insurrectos, IL is safe
10 say that at least sixty were killed
mat OF all the dead have been re-
covered Is apparent from the fact that
roctos found seven bodies four of them
N back room Of Al public house. where
they bad been thrown. The other three
We're found either In novels where they
had taken refuge or I'm back yards
Between $50 and 500 federal prisoners.
Gisarmed but all OF them by no means
dscoDsolatc are being guarded in the
prisoners. including one poor fellow who
had ost his left forearm at Casns
Grandes and who received a bullet In
his right arm yesterday, savagely eX-
pressed their joy over the victory of
the Madero forces.
J did not want TO fight with the fed
erals. said the lean little fellow with
into the ranks, My svmpathies were all
with the inSNrrcctoS ~
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-12
NEW CABINET SELECTED,
Mena, Enemy OF Both Estrada and Ze~
lava Secretary Of War.

Mena, Enemy OF Both Estrada and Ze-
laya. Secretary Of War.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-The new
NcaraSuan cabinet:
Minister of Intcrior-Dr Joaquin Co
mez formerly assistant secetary of FOR
eigp affairs.
Minister of War-General Luis Mena.
incumbent. enemy OF both Estrada and
Zclaya.
Minister Of Finance-Eulogio Cuardra.
Minister OF Public Works-Alejandra
Canton.
Minister of Foreign Affars-Tomas
MARITIME, present incumbent,
This was the cabinet proclaimed Today
at Msnagua, as announced In cable :
gram from President Daz who has Just
succeeded General Estrada as head OF
the government. TO Minister Castrillo
here The dispatch announced that In
order TO avoid difficulties between mem :
hers of his cabinet. Estrada had vested
presidential power in Adolfo Diaz. the
vice president, in conformance with the
Nicaraeusn constitution, DiaZ was at
the head OF the revolutionists. who elect
ed him vice president General Mena,
who remains in the war portfolio. quar-
relied with Estrada. who Is reported To
have imprisoned Mena. but was later
forced to release him.
Mena was one OF the leaders under Es-
trada in the rebellion against Iclaya. but
III feeling developed between Estrada and
Mena The latter co-operated with the
then Vice President Diaz In assembling
General Estrada S abdication instead OF
being victory for the Zelaya element
came about through the issue between
the Conservative and Liberal wings, the
Conservatives triumphing.
General Estrada, with General Mon
cado. minister OF state, has gone to Cor
into. supposedly to embark for another
country Minister Northcott states that
all is quiet i'm Managua,
According to officials here the change
in the Nicaraguan administration will not
affect the contamination OF the loan to
be noated in the United States for the
rehabilitation of the country's finances.
A treaty between this country and Mica
ragua. similar 20 the Honduran conven-
tion now before the senate. is in process
OF negotiation.
This treaty would protest all Mica
ra guam loans having the approval OF the
two governments. The proposed loan,
which will amount TO s12 600, 900 or S15.-
600 600 seems to have the approval OF
all factions in Nicaragua.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-12
MONTANA TRAGEDY IS
MYSTERIOUS AS EVER
Body Snatchers Escape; Bag Of Gold
Missing; Officer Shot by Par
ties Unknown.

GREAT FALLS. Mont, May 1.-The
inquest over the body OF Joseph Hami-
ton, who was killed while trying 10 cap
ture blackmailers who robbed the grave
ward Of the remains of the Conrad baby,
failed TO throw any new light on the
tragedy, the jury returning verdict that
Hamilton came to his death from bullet
wounds caused by persons unknown.
Arthur and Harfield Conrad, who pre-
sumably fired the shots which killed
Hamilton, told OF the events which led
up to the shooting in connection with
their efforts to catch the grave robbers.
Their story did not vary particularly
from that already told. but both insisted
that the man they fired al raised his
gun as IL to shoot. Interesting testi-
mony was given by the members Of an
automobile party which passed along the
road just before the Conrads did. They
came upon the lantern at the side of the
road, and as they came up they saw a
man near IT. AS the automobile ap-
preached the man slipped 10 his hands
and knees and evidently was trying TO
crawl off without being seen. Further
along they came upon what looked like
q bullseye lantern. This was evidently
the same light that the Conrad boys
took for the signal when they dropped
a supposed bag of gold, Further evil
dence showed that shortly after the
shooting Of Hamilton this sack was car
ried away. and ii has not since been
found. Further search today failed 10
reveal any trace of the body snatchers.