Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-28

nv "Ah iSbbih hSi JS"SAoy oAah
Smith. "The lady is anxious to es-
cape the publicity that would be sure
to follow a prosecution, but if he
does not return the property we will
surely have him arrested"
The value of sugar lands in this
state rose from $4084 per acre to
$89.03 per acre in five years. If the
sugar industry should be ruined, these
lands would go back to their old
value or lower.
Woodrow Wilson said in speech
at Princeton that trade unions were
tyrannical inasmuch as they deprived
wage workers of their liberty in fore
ing them to join the union. Pedantic
views of a pedagogue.
DR.. Wiley says, "Under President
Wilson, no more Pinchots will be
kicked out of the government serv-
ice" All right, doctor, he is out now,
and we will keep him out if we can.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The Pro-
gressive party received contributions
for its campaign fund up to Oct. II
more than 100000. Frank A. Mum
sey, $4,000, George W. Perkins,, $45,-
900 and w. Emlen Roosevelt, $31, 900
appeared as the leading individual
contributors. The rest came from
nearly 1000 individuals, whose gifts
ranged from $4,000, given by Doug
las Robinson, Colonel Roosevelt's
brother-in-law, to two anonymous OF
10 cents each.
DENVER, Oct. 25.-In the faithful
performance of his duty as detective
employed to capture a gang of box
car thieves, Jesse II. Stingiey, 45 years
old, was murdered and his body
thrown into the brush near Utah
Junction, a short distance from Den.
yer, ON the Moffat road. The body
Of the victim was found early this
morning and taken to the morgue.
Stingley was in the employ of the
De Lue detective agency and was re-
garded as an efficient officer.
Last Mondays officials of the Mof
fat road called upon the DeLue peo.
pie to round up band of burglars
that for several months had been rob
bing box cars left on the switch al
Utah Junction. Stingley was assign
ed to the task.
1t is assumed that he was attacked
by thieves whom he had caught in tn,
act of breaking into car. He wal
literally beaten to death. His skull
was crushed and his body bruised
The condition of his body indicates
that Stingley was killed Wednesda!
night or early Thursday morning.
Charles Vinton was sent to lool
for the missing man. This morning
at daybreak Charles Vinton renewe,
his search and at $3.50 o'clock dis
covered the corpse in the brush.
Before being knocked out Stingle.
put up a hard fight, as evidenced b.
the footprints about the spot wher,
his body lay. 1t is believed he sue
ceeded in landing some heavy blow
upon his assailants.
DES MONIES, Ia, Oct. 22.-Insur
gents won every point in the famou
Modern Woodmen of America case, il
an opinion by State District Judg,
Charles Bradshaw in the Polk count!
court here today. He denied the pro
posed increase in the rates of the fra
ternal insurance society.
Judge Bradshaw holds that the pro
posed change in the law is a direc
violation of the vested contract right
of the insurgents as well as othel
members and is null and void so fai
as it attempts to change the rates
without the consent of the members
that the amendments to the articles
Of association are illegal and void be
cause not adopted by the two-third!
vote of the members; that the new
law proposes to change both the rat,
and plan of insurance and both are ,
part Of the members contract; thai
there is no difference in principle be
tween reducing the amount of the ben
eft and increasing the price charged
for the benefit.
J The decision is creeping and tht
head officers who opposed the actor