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New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
PROBE SEATTLE EXPLOSION
Investigators Hear Witness Tell
of Meeting j. B. Mcnamara.

Los Angeles. Dec. 27-Coincident with the
appearance OF II. W. Pohiman. business
agent OF the Seattle Iron Workers Union
as a witness before the federal grand jury
which resumed its investigation to-day into
the nationwide dynamite conspiracy, II
became known that another resident OF
Seattle. Dr. G. ID. Wagner, had appeared
before the inquisitors and given important
testimony. DR.. Wagner, who manages an
electrical supply company, was said to
have told OF a meeting he had with James
T. Mcnamara i'm Seattle I'm August last
year. DR. Wagner's store was situated
opposite the Lyons Building, which was
damaged by dynamite on August 80, 1910.
The Lyons Building explosion was cred
tied 10 James B. Mcnamara, who at that
time was said to have made his first dyna-
hitting expedition to the Pacific Coast Ac-
cording 10 the testimony DR.. Wagner Is
said to have given, man whom he AFTER
ward identified by newspaper pictures as
James b. Mcnamara took part OF one OF
his destructive machines tc the Wagner
company for repairs.
Another witness was William Brown. an
enploye Of The Los Angeles Times lie
testified that the morning before the Times
Building was destroyed. October !, 1910, ne
met James b.. Mcnamara in the basement
near the spot where the actual explosion
occurred According To Brown, Mcnamara
said he was looking for work as news
paper mailer
After questioning Paul SchaTenburs' OF
San Francisco, secretary of the State Fed
Grafton OF Labor, the grand jury adjourned.
The federal court adjourned until Satur-
day. and as any indictments would have to
be presented i'm that tribunal the adjourn
ment precuded the possibility of the return
of true bills before that date.
The preliminary hearing OF Bert Ii.
Franklin, detective employed by the Nc
Namara defence. charged with having at
tempted to bribe and with having bribed
Jurors In the trial Of James b. Mcnamara,
was ended to-day. Without having attempt
ed a defence, counsel for Franklin allowed
their client to be committed for trial in
the Superior Court. Franklin's bond Of
$1,000 was allowed TO stand.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
OLD SINGER KILLED BY CAR
r.adsr;ck Bornemann Was III Mccall
Onera Company Years Ago.

,,..dericl, Rornrmann, seventy -r'Eh' year o.
~. teS East l2Oth street. was struck
"''' ,,,.trt avenue ear early yesterday
morning at 1osth street ana 80 Se''ou',. ,r,','a;
injured that he die" III iiaiiTn 'ioSp''',,. pn,r
lie was in tie 'holr ot at' "u, '.' ,a
Ollie church, at HIN street ana ram as',
rr. and coached number oi German
s,neing societies in Harlem Ne" Roc"e"c
and Mount vernon.
,'..,,,rrann came to this country froh
,.-',,.,. tbirtv.nve years ago ana ioinfd
a.. u,tsu opera Compan, lic hao n'ed
in tbls city contluuously for twelve year.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
HOPES TO LAND CONVENTION
Regain Says New York Has Fine Chance
of Getting Democrats Here.

James 3. Regan. proprietor of the Hotel
Knickerbocker. who is one of the leading
spirits I'm the movement to bring the Dem
ocratic National Convention to TINS CITY
said last night that New York had hne
chance 10 land the convention.
The finance committee Of the Hotel Men
Association. it IS understood, has been sue
cessful i'm raising nearly all Of the 5000"
fund deemed necessary for the success OF
the project But Mr. Rcgan, who Is a
member Of that committee, said he was un-
able TO give the exact amount subscribed so
far. He added. however, that the sum
,vould be made known to-day after meet
ing of the hotel men. which is TO be held
in tbe,r rooms in the Cambridge Building,
at Fifth avenue and sd street
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
lmpuons Defence Witnesses.

"And who were the witnesses for the
defence? They consisted almost entire
~ Of. first. those dependent on Harris
& Blanck for living; second, those
who are selling goods 10 them. some as
high as S1J.OOO worth a year, third.
the relatives of the defendants.
1--WE have put witness after witness
an the stand who had put his or her
hand on the door knob and found it
locked. Are all these-a little army Of
workers-to be stamped as perjurers?
Won can strike from the record every
bit Of human testimony and consider
only the mute evidence that cannot lie"
Mr. Rostwick here exhibited the various
Lurued bits Of wood that formed part of
,,. fatal door. with little comment until
hr came to the charred fragment with
the lock attached ana its shot bolt. Hold o.
ing his close L. the jurors he exclaimed:
Here Is the lock, coming AZ from the
to,nb saying Ia you, You must believe
m, Was there This H. my proof.
vo,, must examine il. You must reach
the conclusion that this was the lock
why Was The door locked To search
these little girls as they left al night
And May Schwarz died because these
dofendants sought to save the paltry eX-
ucnsc ~ 4 watchman at the Washington
Place door
Then Nh HostWick closed, sdi ing.
The pouplo IT, lhis case have done then
rart God grsnt you may do yours
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
LYNCH ANSWERS MRS. PIPER
Not Worried, He Says, by Reputation
in the Waugh Case.

Martin p. Lynch. attorney for Mrs.
Frederick W. Piper, of Brooklyn, for whom
he began a suit for separation on Tues
day against her husband. a chauffeur. ana
another for alienation Of affections against
Agnes Waugh. who was attacked near her
home in Bay Ridge some months ago. said
last night that Mrs. Pipers reputation OF
the charges in the affidavits which he drew
for her was not worrying him.
"NIr Cropsey will assume office as Dis
trict Attorney of this county on January
l." lie added. "and | hope he will make
this his first case. | am anxious 10 have
the matter come to trial at once. | am
sorry for Mrs. Piper, but ! maintain that
she made the statements attributed 20 her
concerning her husband and Miss Waugh.
| have the letters and the postal cards.
and all | want to do is 10 place Miss
Waugh on the stand; that will probably
matters up.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
THAW PAYS % PER CENT
His Total Liabilities Were About
S300,000.


Pittsburgh. Dec 97.-DividNnd checks
amounting TO % per cent OF their claims
will be mailed Saturday to the credltorS
OF Henry Kendall Thsw slayer OF stan
ford White vino several years ago h'ed q
pettion in bankruptcy. admitting his IN
ability 10 pay his debts
or the claimants. the following VIII re-
ceive % per cent OF the amounts MIS-
Mary G. Thaw mother Of Harry Tha"'
s2la S7.2l. Roger O'Mara. 500, stone &
Stone. 500: Josiah Copely ThaW' %'o"'
Dr. ]. r. Campbell New York. 800; James
g Graham. Newburc. y. Y, Nl72; Martin
W. Littleton. $3.50 "a; Dr Charles -.
Wagner. Biughamton, y. Y. A,l6l' ID
Salvo Brothers, New York, $3.50 ana sew
ersl claims Of smaller amounts. These
were allowed after a hearing as to their
correctness. but the claimants only par
ticipate 10 the extent Of 2 per cent of the
approved claims.
rbau.s total liabilities were about 500
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
NEW MAIL PLAN FOR LINERS
Sacks Put Overheard at Dock Instead
of in Bay.

Because Of the frequent delays To Dig
steamships in taking off the man on the
way up the Bay from Quarantine tho mall-
boat Postmaster General did not attempt
"a receive the mail last night from the
white Star liner Olympic while she was
under way. After the vessel had warped
into bor dock the mallboat took her hve
tbousand sacks from a chute on the port
o,,arter The reception OF mail in TINS
Liner will facilitate greatly quick trip
from Quarantine A.. >.,.,b
The Kronprlnzessin Cecilie, OF the North
-, rlovd Line. was delayed almost
,n,o hours by the mailboat on her arrival
here last week.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
NO ALlMoNY FROM VAN scHAlcK.

Justice Cohalsn denied yesterday the ap-
plication of Mrs. Gertrude Van Schafck
for $1,000 a month alimony from John b.
Van Schaick. formerly member OF the
Stock Exchange, from whom she obtained
divorce The court denied the motion on
the ground that there was no proof sub
mitted that the defendant had any funds
and statement TO the contrary was made
by Van Scha;S:,.
Van Schaick said he was a bankrupt, that
he had to sell his seat on the Stock EN-
change for the benefit of his creditors, and
his mother was supporting him at her
home at Huntington. Long Island.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
PAY TRIBUTE TO G. V. MASSEY.

At a meeting of the board of directors
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
held yesterday. minute Of appreciation
vas nas@eG relative TO the coming r'urS-
rpent OF George Y. Massey. general couilsel
MIR MASSEY entered the company service
I'm 1876 His retirement VII TAX pldC' p''
ncceinbar 81. when he viii be seventy years
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28

Mr.. Steuers summing up was an
analytical resume Of the testimony or
the witnesses for the defence. II lasted
two hours. twice as long az that OF the
prosecution For several minutes he
kept the defendants and their relatives
wiping away their tears as he pleaded
for acoiIittal
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
HARRIS AND b[ANCK FREE
Continued from first page.

ter. Acquitted" When he saw the
owners of the Triangle waist factory
pass he pointed his finger at the two
and shrieking "Murderers" fell TO the
sidewalk in convulsions
Efforts TO revive him were unsuccess-
full and an ambulance was summoned
from the Hudson Street Hospital He
was removed Co the hospital. His COM
panions said be- was David Weiner
" hose sister. Ro... was burned to death
IN the fire.
Mrs. Belron, Hears Judges Charge.
Mrs. o. n p. Belmont. accompanied
by her son. Harold : Vanderbilt, en-
tered the courtroom just as Judge Grain
began his charge to the jury. He eX-
plaincd the law and the charge, remind
ing the jurors that the defendants were
charged with man laughter IN the hrst
and second degrees because of an act
Of omission on their part-failing to keep
the Washington Place door unlocked.
Wf. gentlemen Of the Jury" continued
Judae Grain, "this case was mIsde-
neanor / would not feel constrained TO
charoe you that before you reached a
verdict OF guilty Il was necessary for
YOU TO first find that the defendants
knew that the door was locked. But be-
cause they are charged with felony
CHARGE you now, that before you find
these defendants guilty OF manslsughter
in the first degree you must find that
the defendants had knowledge that the
door was locked at the time charged. II
il was locked during such period, and
With the knowledge of the defendants
J YOU must also find beyond reasonable
doubt that such locking caused the death
OF Margaret Schwartz
The judges charge. in the opinion oi
many who heard IT, was decidedly in
| favor Of the defendants.
In his summation Assistant District
Attorney Bostwick openly charged wit
! resses for the prosecution with perjury
"Out Of the mouths Of witnesses for
/ the defence" said Mr.. Bostwick, "be-
| fore could frame the question, came
the answer: The door was open the
kew was in the door. tied with a string.
And with a similarity that was astound-
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
Eu,i TIME FOR COTTON MILLS.

Providence, Dec. 1.-THE eighteen COTTON
,,iIs ~ tho r 3. q r. Knight Company,
~ pboda island Connecticut and Massd-
nbusetts will 20 on a fun time schedule
beginning next Tuesday. for. as the com
uaDv states the benefit OF the help
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
ORANGE CROP SAFE.
CALIFORNIA; Cold Snap Followed by
Warmer Weather.

san Francisco. Dec. 2L-FOnoWins the
low barometer Of yesterday rain and sno"
storms swept through the northern ana
central portions Of California TO-DAY. Ac-
cording to the government Weather Bu-
reau here the storm will not be followed
bv lower temperature and there IS little
danger Of further frost damage.
Los Angeles, Dec. 21.-That citrus irult
was not as badly damaged 10y the cola OF
the last few nights. as at first believed
nor as badly as two years ago was sald
tonight by orange growers after they had
mad. d careful examination Of their trees.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28

SUNDAYS NEW. YORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere IN the United States
for $50 a ysU
New-York tribune., 1911-12-28

he wives of the two defendants the Triangle fire trial threw their

trial threw their arms around their husbands neck They e1I
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-27
MARTINSBURG ITEMS.

Everybody is happy over the
recent rains. Crop prospects are
much improved.
The Union Sunday school pic
mic was quite an enjoyable affair
last Thursday, held in Tom
Taylor's Grove, south of town. q
There was preaching at the
Baptist church Sunday morning
and evening by the pastor, Rev. j..
w. Keltner.
Mrs. Reymer entertained her
brother, Dr. Shaffer, and lady
friend, of st. Louis, several days
last week.
Mrs. S. 4. McGrew who had a
slight stroke of paralysis last
week is but little better.
Miss Ara McGrew entertained
Miss Swanzerger of Chicago, Sun
day.
Mrs. Henry Martin of st. Louis
came up Saturday night to visit
her parents, Mr., and Mrs. Jasper
Stephens, for a few weeks.
Miss NJ. f. Rogers has sold her
stock of millinery and will retire
for while after running the bust
ness for 36 years in harrisburg.
Mrs. DR.. Greenwood was a Mex
leo visitor first of the week.
Miss Vera Friedman is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Lima Peery, east of
town this week.
Mrs. Ed. Lewis entertained the
Misses HickerSon from near Van
dalia last week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-27
OAKLAND STOCK FARM.
Several light showers but n,

several hight showers but not
sufficient to benefit crops.
Mrs. Holcamp is improving.
Fay Harris sold 26 head of cat
tie last week to w. d. Mason and
Earl Carter for $40.
The electric line is building a
platform at Harris Station for the
benefit of passengers.
j. j. Quinlin threshed 900 bush,
els of oats off of so acres.
Mrs. May Dyson of Mexico and
nieces, Linnie May and Ruth
Selby, of Galloway county, visited
f. 7. Harris and family Thursday
j. w. Holland and son, Scott,
of Strother, spent Tuesday night
with f. II. Harris on their way to
Portland, Mo, where they will
visit Mr.. Hollands S parents.
Miss Morris of Mexico visited
Miss Mary Quinlin last week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-27
CHAMP CHIMES

Wheat and oats threshing are
over.
We had a IA inch rain last Sun
day. We need about four inches
more.
Champ is getting more like st.
Louis every day. Elmer Dicus is
the proud owner of new auto
mobile
Mrs. Perisho is entertaining
relatives from Illinois.
John Kane had a fine Jersey
heifer killed by the train on the
fulton branch last week.
Mr.. Perisho threshed 90 bushels
Of timothy from 40 acres of
meadow.
}. Y. Horton is the biggest
farmer III our valley; he threshed
over 1890 bushels of wheat and
oats.
Miss Jessie Allison has been
visiting friends in Sturgeon the
past week.
Ihe lawn party at the home of
A. b. Weidlcr last Wednesday
night was well attended and an
enjoyable time reported.
This has been fine year for
turkeys No big rains to drown
them and lots Of grass-hoppers to
fatten them. They will be so
plentiful this fall that maybe even
a poor editor can afford one.
To cook cabbage heads: Put
about 81 heads in a small pot, sea-
son and boil like potatoes Serve
SIX heads at once to each guest.
This recipe is only good for this
year
We would suggest the head
| Weather man as suitable person
for president Of the National An
nanias Club. We have plenty of
home talent for our local clubs.
Geo. Hatten, The Photographer.
advertised in the Message last
week that he would be at Rush
Hill for business. He received a
message to come to his home at
Bynumyille, Mo, that his baby
was not expected to live. The
child has since died. lie writes
us that he will be in the l. o. O.
F. building in Rush Hill on his re-
turn.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-27
SANTA FE ITEMS.

Mrs. Viii Norman and daughter
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with c. w. Tanner and family of
Farber.
Mrs. Sarah Crump and son,
George, spent Friday with Tom
Crump and family of Perry.
Quite a few from here attended
the picnic at Victor Thursday.
Mrs, Matte Beeman of Ken
lucky who has been visiting rela-
tiveS here left Thursday for Kan
sas City where she will visit a
while before returning home.
Miss lrma Peak of near Perry
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest
Vanlandingham.
Mrs. c. NJ. Paris left Monday
for Illinois to visit relatives.
Rev. O'Heron of Canton is
holding a meeting at. the Christian
'hurch. DR.. Robertson leads the
singing.
Mrs. Mamie Crigler returned
home from Moberly Friday after
visit with her sister, Mrs. /. n
Baily.
Mrs. Alice Vaughn and baby
"pent Friday with J. w. Holman
and family.
Rev. j. ID. Greer will preach at
Liberty school house at 3 100
clock third Sunday in August.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-27
BACK TO THE SOIL.
That's The Slogan Among Mis-
sourians Just Now.

Columbia, Mo-, July 23.-Sta-
tistics recently compiled at the
Missouri Agricultural College
show that in the past five years
the number of students attending
its courses has increased 227 per
cent.
He who seeks an explanation of
this remarkable growth in popu-
larity of the Agriculture College
will find it partly in the general
awakening to the Importance of
agriculture as a fundamental vo-
cation and partly in the effective
work the college itself has done
in the establishing of new agri-
cultural standards
Missouri Chief Josephine and
her SIX noted stable mates, with
records of from 600 to over 700
pounds of marketable butter an
nually, all of them bred at the
college farm, have attracted wide
spread attention. On some of its
out-laying farms the experiment
station has succeeded in increas-
ing the yield of clover from one.
half to two tons per acre by prop
er soil management, and in South
west Missouri it has been shown
that corn may be increased
twenty bushels per acre and
wheat twelve. The horticulture
department has discovered meth
ods of pruning peach trees so as
to produce two additional crops
III eight years. The veterinary
department has sent out informa-
ton and given direct help to hun
dreds of hog raiserS throughout
the State, as a result of which it
has been estimated that the farm
ers of Missouri have saved $780,
600 in single year.
In ways similar to these the
Missouri college has come to be
regarded with favor by the farm
ing and other business interests
OF the State, and young men, who,
eight or ten years ago, would
have taken up the study of law,
medicine or engineering, are now
enrolling for work in agriculture.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-27
Mr.. McCarty Dead,

c. P. McCarty, born in Audrain
county, died of apoplexy in
Amarillo, Texas, one day last
week, During the Civil War he
served in the Confederate army
and belonged to one of Stone.
wall Jackson S regiments. After
the war he came back to Missouri
and for a time operated a mill at
Santa Fe and later looked after
farm in Monroe county.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-27
MEXICO CHAUTAUQUA SEPTEMBER 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 7TH

jurcd by small piece of steel. He
was working on the cable wire
tacking machine when the driver
broke and struck him in the eye.
Two small pieces of steel were
taken from his eye. He will lose
the sight but it is thought now
that the eyeball may be saved.
The seriousness of the accident
did not appear at first. He is
well known in Mexico and his
many friends here wish him a
safe recovery.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-27
Not a Lay-Member.

Howard Davis: Caroline,
what shall we name this little
chicken that papa brought us
from the country9"
Caroline Davis: "Why, let's
name 1T Henny-Penny."
So they called the little fowl
Henny-Penny.
Two months later:
Caroline; 80 Howard, just lis
ten at our Henny-Penny."
Howard: What s wrong with
herr"
Caroline: "She's growing, and
just think how awful, we named
him Henny."
One day later: Henny-Penny
crows no more, for the preacher
and family are feasting.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-27
Mrs. King Dead.

Mrs, Frank King, 10 years old.
died Wednesday of last week at
the home of +. G. Mitchell. south
OF Mexico, Her disease was tn
berculocis, The husband and one
child survive her, The body was
shipped to South Dakota for
burial.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-27
SOME CASH; SOME NEWS.

j. II. billiard, out Champ way
put plunk in our hand the other
day to keep the Message coming
to his address.
Rev. G. w. Petty and wife and
their granddaughter, Hester Pet.
ty, of Montrose, Mo, have been
visiting Mrs. Petty's sister in
Mexico, Mrs. W. II. Hook, and
friends at Rush Hill. Mr.. Petty
was born in the neighborhood of
Martinsburg and for a long time
was a citizen of Rush Hill. Some
months ago he moved from Odes-
sa, Mo-, to Montrose and is pastor
Of the Presbyterian church at the
latter place. Brother
Petty called and renewed
for the Message. He says the
paper is much appreciated in his
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Petty are
the kind of friends we love to tie
to.
Mrs. w. w. Dowell, out Molino
way, called and renewed for the
Message a few days ago. They
had a good rain at Molino last
week and one more good pour
down would insure a fairly good
yield of corn.
r. McMahan, a good farmer
citizen of near Benton City, has
our thanks for a renewal favor.
Mrs. r. Edwards will please ac-
cept our thanks for a renewal
favor.
Miss Lena Goddard called and
renewed for the Message.
Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. Young of
Molino called a few days ago and
renewed for the Message. Mr..
Young had 90 acres of wheat this
season and it yielded him 300
bushels, so acres of oats averaged
II 1-2 bushels to the acre and he
has $50 acres of corn which he
thinks will make half crop. His
potato yield was fine, many as
large as goose eggs. He planted
them after the last snow in
March. Mr.. Young is a farmer
who succeeds.
We enroll Richard r. Baker as
new Message subscriber this
week. He is overseer of P. T.
Bruce's fine farm down Benton
City way. Mr.. Baker has a field
of 100 acres of corn. Sixty acres
of it was late planting and it
promises fine crop.
We are pleased to enroll T. B.
Kelly, a thriving farmer near
Mexico las a new Message sub
scriber.
Our splendid friend j. P Haper
of Rush Hill has our thanks for
renewal of the Message.