The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-05-05
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GENERAL EEWlS,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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Cox's army of lawyers to strike from
the files Prosecutor Henry T. Hunts
affidavit charging Judge William L.
Dickson, designated as trial judge IL
the case, with bias and prejudice. The
prosecutors motion charged Dickson
owed his nomination to the bench to
Boss Cox. At the conclusion of the
hearing Judge Hunt announced he
would take the matter under advise
ment and give decision within few
days. The prosecutor asked Judge
Hunt if he overruled the motion,
whether he would be allowed to pre-
sent witnesses to prove his charges
that Dickson is biased and prejudiced.
Judge Hunt said he had beard Judge
Dickson. announce from the bench hn
was not prejudiced and said he would
take that into consideration He said
he would consider the prosecutors re
quest
A general strike Of every union
laboring man in the United
States, to be called on the day j. J.
Mcnamara, now in jail in Los Angeles,
Cal, in connection with the blowing
up OF the Times building there last
winter, comes to trial is to be labor's
protest against the alleged "kidnap-
ping of Mcnamara, according to
circular prepared by the Industrial
Workers Of the World, a Chicago or
ganization, controlling $4,000 men
This circular. which will be sent all
over the United States in few days,
was read in St. Louis by w. d. Hay
wood to a massmeeting of Socialists
and labor unionists who packed Asch-
enbroedal hall to hear Haywood, who
five years ago, with Meyer and Petit
toney was kidnapped" in Denver and
rushed by special train to Boise City,
Ida, on a similar charge to that
which Mcnamara must face.
The situation at Velardena, Mexico,
is serious An order has been is
sued to Captain Cortez, in command
of about 125 troops which have been
stationed in Velardena, to move his
force to Torreon, and the order was
Immediately executed and the march
begun This caused great anxiety in
Asarco, Velardena and Pedricena and
pressure was brought to bear to have
the troops returned to those places.
The command of Captain Cortez was
deemed sufficient to hold the camp
against the 500 revolters who are in
that neighborhood and who began an
advance on the camps as soon as the
orders to the troops to vacate We're
made known to them. The order has
been given for the troops to return to
Velardena.
The federal grand jury at Cleve-
land, Ohio, which has been investi-
eating charges of rebating against
railroads and ore shippers in this sec
ton, has returned secret indictments
against Dan r. Hanna, Robert L. Ire
land of the M. A. Hanna company, and
D. T. McCabe, fourth vice president
of the Pennsylvania, and seventeen in
dictments against the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern, Pennsylvania, Bes-
semer and Lake Erie, and the Nickel
Plate railroads.
Elections under the Proctor law held
in seven counties of Indiana re-
suited in a victory for the "drys."
In only two out of ten townships, so
far as heard from were the "wets' vic
torious, and in these their maJorit1es
were slim-25 in Union township, Glib
son county, and 5 in Washington town
ship, Greene county. The closest vote
was in Brown township, Washington
county, where the .dry" majority was
but 2.
.There is no foundation whatever
for the published suggestion that my
retirement from the position of chair
man of the United States Steel cor
poration is or has been under consider
alton. There is perfect harmony in
the entire working organization, in the
finance committee and in the board Of
directors" said Ebert H. Gary, the
chairman of the United States Steel
corporation.
A blizzard blew over Nebraska,
southern South Dakota and northeast
ern Wyoming From six to eight
inches of snow fell between Valentine
and Chadron, Neb., and west Of
Chadron the storm is reported heavier.
Over 400 telegraph poles went down
west of Valentine and the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad is operating
without wires there.
Life term prisoners in the Wash
ington state penitentiary saw airships
for the first time when Walter Brook
ms and Charles f. Willard flew from
the fair grounds to the prison, dis
lance of two miles, and circled for sew
eral minutes above. the Enclosure in
which the convicts had been permitted
to assemble.
At Chicago the creditors of the
late John Alexander Dowie were paid
a final dividend of 2.S per cent on
their claims by order of United States
District Judge X. NJ. Lands. A prior
dividend of 10 per cent was paid by
Receiver g. D. Thomas on the claims
which amount to $4,900,461.
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