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The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
CLASH WITH RIOTERS
LASTS SEVERAL HOURS
Three Are Killed and Seven In
jured In Strike Troubles At
Perth Anboy.

Perth Amboy, n. J., June 17.-Guards
with repeating rifles have so effectively
guarded the factories here besieged by
striking laborers that conditions were
comparatively quiet this morning.
Although clashes between the guards
ana strikers were frequent yesterday
and last night, the rifle and gatling
gun have proven SO potent that the
authorities hays abandoned the idea
or calling h state militia unless there
Is a marked change for the worse.
TWO thin ines OF deputy sheriffs.
heavily armed. held at bay last night
1000 strikers who tried to storm the
Smelling n Refining company and
the Barber Asphalt works adjoining,
While searchlights at the top Of the
towers played upon the scene.
TWO hundred shots or more-deadly
sort nosed bullets from repeating
rifles and automatic revolvers--were
hred by the deputies at the mob which
gathered behind the 10-foot embank-
nent of the New York & Long Branch
railroad. Firing continued for hours
long after the first detachment OF so
deputies had cached the storm cen
ter When 1t ended one man, a strike
sympathizer, lay dead, and several OF
the mob were injured. They were
cared for by friends.
"NN fNSuil VI tIC udy > iiukihiE
stands at three dead and seven in
1ured. One of the dead men was q
striker, one was a man at work and
the third was the night Waterman al
the Perth Amboy Tobacco company
plant. The injured are al! strikers, ex
cept Sheriff Bollschweiler. who was
stoned as he was patrolling the distric,
in his automobile.
Six men are under arrest charged
with carrying concealed ant
melting to riot.
Although checkmated there. tbs
strikers won a bloodless victory at the
plant of the Atlantic Terra Gotta com
pany, where the officials compromised
upon their demands. Two hundred and
fifty men returned to work.
While the main body of strikers was
massed at the refinery, there were
minor disturbances in half a doZer
other scattered locations. In some
cases the strikers fired upon tbs
deputies.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
BOWlDER ON TRACKS
STOPS A FAST TRAIN
Roosevelt, In a Parlor Car,
Pays Little Attention To
What Is Going On.

Albany, N. Y, June IA large
bowlder in the path Of the train bear
ing Col. Theodore Roosevelt to Chicago
brought his journey to an abrupt halt
less than an hour after it began at $50
O'Clock p. IN. yesterday. The train was
bowling along at a high rate of speed
when, two miles north of Tarrytown.
1t came to a sudden stop with a series
of jolts and the crunching of brakes.
The accident, fortunately, was not Il
serious one, but it delayed the trains
arrival an our at Albany. The train
reached here at 1856 p. IN. and left for
the west at 1929 D. m.
Colonel Roosevelt sat quietly in his
stateroom during the halt down the
river without coming out to inquire
h couse OF the delay.
Il did not know what had hap
pened until it was all ovr," he said.
II wondered at the long delay, but had
no idea what the cause was"
The damage from the accident was
inflicted chiefly upon the locomotive
and the air brake equipment. The ex-
PLANTATION of the accident generally ac-
cepted was hat the bowlder was rolled
on to the track by boys. The force OF
the blow was shown by the pilot, which
was badly bent n twisted, one side
of the heavy steel frame having been
wrenched back more than a foot.
John McAuliffe, the engineer, said the
obstruction was struck as the train
was passing through a cut. The loco
motive had just roundd "a curve so
that he did not see even a glimpse of
the rock and his first intimation of the
accident was the shock of the impact.
The stone. or a fragment, tore a cash
in the hose carrying the compressed
air. releasing the air n automatical-
ly applying the brakes.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
HIS new SWEETHEART
IS OLD ONE after ALL
After. Winning Miss Petzolt, Mr.
Fits Learns She Is Fiancee
Of Youth.

South Norwalk, Conn, June IL
Love never dies. optmists say, but Ia
years can ring in so many changes
that ven love does not know itself
when it meets itself. That Is plainly
shown by the facts recorded below.
Kenneth M. Fits is a salesman foI
a Cleveland concern and lives in that
city. Miss Isabel Petzolt is a dress
maker of South Norwalk and has re-
fused several offers of marriage.
Mr.. Fits was In own a week age
and was introduced to Miss Petzolt. II
was d case of owe at first sight with
him. His courtship was swift n he
was rewarded with a yes"
1t seems as though | have known
you always" said Mr.. Fits.
II feel exactly the same way" re-
piled Miss PetzoIt.
is 1t possible we have met before
If not in this world, maybe in some
other"
II don't know"
Il used to live in New YORK when
was a boy"
Il lived there as a girl"
Il had a boyhood sweetheart there
a'pretty girl. We We're engaged. And
the name was the same as yours"
Il had a sweetheart there whose
name was the same as yours. We were
engaged"
Tell me what happened to this boy?'
He went to the Spanish war"
Il. too, was a soldier in that war;
They gaZed at each other long and
earnestly.
Kenneth" cried Miss Petzolt.
Isabel" he whispered. as he Rugged
her.
In order that there should not be a
possibility of another IA years lapse ir
their Mr.. Fits and Miss Pet
colt were married at once by Justice
Joseph j. Linxwpiler.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
LkBORERS STORM
SMELLING PLANT
Deputy Sheriifs At Perth Am.
boy, Fire Into a Crowd OF
Strikers.

Perth Amboy, n. j., June IA
thousand striking laborers stormed the
plant or the American Smelling & Re.
inning company here early today and
were fired on by deputy sherirs. One
striker was killed and three others
were wounded.
The man killed .was Steven Dudock.
He was shot twice through the neck.
Those injured are in n critical condi-
ton.
The strikers succeeded in setting fite
to a part or the fence surrounding the
works before they were driven back
by the officers. After retreating out
OF rang they held parley and the strike
leaders declared that they would make
another charge and get inside OF the
works even at the cost OF more lives.
Sheriff Boilschweiller Immediately
o steps to swear ia 400 additional
deputies and said he would refrain as
long Rs possible from calling on the
militia.
The rattle of revolver shot sent
over the heads of rioters as they
stormed the plants, hurting stones. kept
residents OF the city awake most OF the
night. Brig. Gen. ID. j, Collins. In com
mand OF the National Guard OF New
Jersey. was still or the scene.
The strike Is a peculiar one, involv-
ing. as 1t does, no particular craft, but
being made up v~ariously of iaborers of
the American Smelling & Refining com
pany. section hands from the north
eastern division of the Lehigh Valley
railroad, men women and girl employees
of the Perth Amboy Tobacco
laborers OF the Barber Asphalt COM
pany. and other minor plants.
Last night a mob of 1000 men at
tackled the plant OF the American
Smelling & Refining company and
threatend 70 burn the buildings.
They were repulsed by two yolIeys
from rifles In the M of police and
detectives guarding the plant. but no
one was injured. Retiring to a small
building used as a trolley a waiting
room they set fire to II. When d fire
company responded to an alarm its
members were attacked and forced TO
retreat. leaving the building to burn,
Two OF the firemen were injured by
stones.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
STEAMER FINLAND
MADE A GYMNASIUM

New York, June I5.-workmen yes
terday practically completed their tas1
OF transforming the steamer Finland
into a transport for the American can
bound for h Olympic games at Stock
holm. That athletes may not grow
stale on the trim. every possible mcan1
has been provided to give them daily
exercise along their special lines. The
result Is to make the Finland q veri-
table floating gymnasium.
One hundred yards of lEnoieum wal
tarred dow fiat on the starboard
prominade deck for q running track
Aft on the lower deck. q swimming
pool made of canvas and six feet deep
was erected. At the extreme after end
Of the ship Is a tennis court Jumping
pits were fitted up and vauittng poles
erected.
The Finland with the team and les
accompanying friends. will sail tomor-
row.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
SUSPECTED HILLSVlLLE
COURT HOUSE ASSASSIN

lexington, Ky. June 1a.-The arrival
of an officer from Hillsville, Va. who
knows Wesley Edwards. is depended
upon by the police of Clay City, KY.
for the Identification OF the man whom
they arrested yesterday on suspicion
of being one of the HilIsvi1le court
house assassins. A man who was with
the suspect escaped and is believed to
be headed for Lexington.
The police of Lexington are watching
for him.
The prisoner says his name is Hath
ley. that he came from West Virginia
and had been working on a railroad In
the mountains OF Kentucky for several
months. He cannot say whom he
worked for or give the name OF the
West Virginia town whence he came.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
SMOKING BODIES HANG
FROM ELECTRIC WIRES
Two Meet Death In Attempting
Rescue OF Comrade Killed
By the Current.

Elizabeth. n. j.. June 15.-Three men
me a horrible death high in the air
here today on a high tension electric
wire. For more than an hour their
smoking bodies remained swaying
above the street until removed by fire.
mtpn.
The victims were William willridge,
Frank Jackson and Albert Burbank. all
linemen- Willridge was adjusting a
metal cross arm on the pole when he
anne In contact with the wire. Death
was almost instantaneous, but Jackson
and Burbank. who were working on the
pole below him, climbed up TO his aid
only to meet death as he had.
The tragedy occurred in the heart OF
the residential section of Elizabeth. but
the horror stricken witnesses OF the
affair could render no aid.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
RABIES SCOURGE IN
VICINITY OF lAVEST

Memphis. Tenn, June 17.-Hundreds
of ANIMALS, dogs. pigs, horses and, cat
tie, In the country about L4avest, Ark,
today are being slaughtered by posses
of farmers, who hope to rid the terri
tory of a rabies ourge About two
weeks ego a band of dogs, most OF
which were afflicted with rabies, went
through the country about Lavest.
Scores of other dogs, cattle and horses
in fields. We're bitten. Affected animals
Don showed symptoms of the disease.
n today il has grown TO proportions
of a menacing plague. Several persons
have been bitten by the sick animals.
They have been brought to Memphis
for PaSte<fr treatment.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
DECIDES CLAWS MUST
PAY EXPENSES or TRIP

Washington. June I4-An echo or the
famous B~allinger- Pinchot controversy
was heard In the treasury department
when Controller Traceweil decided
that Louis CLAWS must pay the cx-
penses OF the trip he made across the
continent to press his charges against
Secretary Ballinger to President Taft
which resulted In CLAWS. own disrnis-
cal from he public land office. The
trip from Spokane. wash. to Beverly.
Mass, and return In 1903 cost $492, In
Guiding $50 for typewritinx Claws las
% ge report 10 the president
The controller Of the treasury held
that CLAWS made the trip OF his own
accord and was nc under orders Of hi
,ffcinl superior.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
PROSPECT OF SUDDEN
BARROW CASE ENDING
Attorney For Labor Leader,
Gains a Point and Places
Witness On the Stand.

Los Angeles. Cal, June 18th
prospect OF a sudden ending of tn,
trial OF Clarence s, barrow for alleges
jury brircry was renewed upon tn.
converting of the trial today, when tn,
prosecution eCeded from the position
taken yesterday that IL would not par
ticipate In n procedure permittins
the defense to introduce witnesses al
this time.
Anton o nnsen. a San Francisco
labor leader, was placed on the wit.
ness stand and was examined b. Mr.
Darrow while Chief Counsel Rogers
of the defense temporarily withdrew
from the court room.
Judge Hutton explained to the dis
trict attorney that only such testi-
mony would be allowed as would show
the connection between Earl Rogers
and the alleged spiriting away OF
Mrs. Flora Captain. while the former
was an attorney for the prosecution
in the Times 6ynamiting investigation
Captain Frcdericks then consented &c
h placing on the sta nd of Johannsen
and Olaf Tveitmoe.
Mrs. Flora Captain. wife of one of thu
alleged dynamiters of the Los An.
geles Times building was spirited away
from California. not to evade testi
flying at the trial of j. b.. Mcnamara
but to sea a repetition of the third
degree" which she was said to have
undergone at the hands of the dyna-
mite conspiracy investigators. of whom,
Earl Rogers. now chief counsel for the
defense of Clarence S. barrow was
one.
This. IL was hinted after the close
Of yesterdays session of the barrow
trial. would be shown IL the defense
was granted permission today t. place
upon the witness stand o. A. Tveitmos
and A. Johannsen. San Francisco
u hnr t0nInyc NNhn NRnrn SnStr ,t ~, - ~ N
In getting Mrs. Captain out of the
state.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
AMENDMENT 70 GUST
ARMY CHIEF PASSES
Startling Charges OF An r.
'rigue Against Major General
Wood Are Made.

Washington. June 15---Startlins
sharges OF an intrigue against MAI
Gen. Leonard Wood. chief OF stan %
IN army, begun by the late Senatol
Marcus A. Hanna and kept alive By his
friends, were only par OF = series al
~sensations which attended the adoption
by the house yesterday Of the army
appropriation bin conferences report.
reference to q Western SENATOR
whose %soninlaw. Brig. Gen. Pertains.
would be of the frst offIcers n
line FOR appointment to General WOODS
office II President Taft signs the bill
which carries an amendment 20 depo~B
the chief Of the stan; illusions To Mai
Gen. Charles r. Humphrey N the
agent for the powder trust and TO Sen.
a.or Duponts connection with the
powder business furnished other met
dents TN what perhaps was - stormy
an afternoon as h house Ind seen In
many n day.
Nevertheless. In spite Of a vain nghf.
ied py Representatives Prince, lC00peF
and Martin. the house adopted the 70
port which had been approved by IL
conferees and accepted by the senate.
and IL President Taft signs the bin. a.
u 10 said he will. Genera Wood win ~
from his Office on March 1.
1913. and the retention or DISPOSAL Ut
many army posts which the war a.
partment has CHASED as useless win -
left to "a commission.
Representative Prince began the fght
against the report by characterfxing II
10 an iEsui To the army, the House
and h country and In the debate
which follow ed Representative Cooper
brought in the name OF Senator Hanna.
In all my public career Mr.. Coop
said. II know OF no officer who has
been so Indignantly misrepresented AZ
General Wood. i was told on the very
best authority hat when General
Wood was In charge OF affairs In Cuba
a certain senator asked him what hs
proposed to do about Major EAthbone.
director of posts OF Cuba, then involved
In the postal frauds.
Senator. responded Wood. II
propose to prosecute him.
DO that. Wood replied the zen
ator. ana ( VIII see to Ii tha you never
rise higher than captain in the ser
vice.
Since that time, continued Mr..
Cooper. THAT senator and his powerful
friends have bounded him."
The interchange which followed
briught In tire narae Of Senator Hanna
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
NEW REGULATIONS FOR
WATER TRAVEL SAFETY

Washington, June 17.-All ocean
steamers entering American ports in
the future must be equipped with life
boats sufficient to carry at one time
every passenger and member of the
crew, according to new regulations
adopted by the steamboat inspection
service and approved by Secretary Ma
gel.
and sound steamers, lifeboats for all
aboard must be carried, except from
May Is 10 September Is, when for va
rious reasons UGH travel is compare
lively safe. During that period. coast
wise steamers must nav life saving
capacity foc ut least so per cent of
those on board; and lake. bay and
sound steamers for at least 30 per cent.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
MURDERER WAS CONCEALED
~ DOWN STAIRS CLOSET

Omaha, NSh June I5.-Mrs. Ratta
johnson of this city, who accompanied
Miss Minnie Moore, a sister of the
murdered Joseph Moore, to yillisca
Monday. has returned from that place.
Had Mr.. Moore or Mrs. Moore
looked into a closet, off from the room
where the Stillinger girls slept, they
would have seen the murderer, and
probably have prevented tie crime"
said Mrs. Johnson. Several Bags OF
cotton batting found In the closet
showed h marks of a man having sat
and stood upon them
Mrs. johnson says tina the identity
or the murderer may be determined
by a piece of a watch chain which was
found in the bed where the Stillinger
girls were killed II had been broken
loose, and is believed to have been torn
by the larger of the girls. who Is
thought to a struggled with her
slayer.
mo one can explain why an un-
occupied bed in the front room had
been made by Mrs. Moore. and vet
never occupied" continued Mrs. John
son. One theory is hat they had ex-
pected another party to stay all night
with them, but friends say hat is not
true
Miss Moore. the sister. will return to
Omaha Saturday. She attended the flu
neral Wednesday.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
NIECE OF THE MoORES
ASSISTS IN the HUNT

Villisca, la, June l5.-On receipt OF
a telegram from Sheriff w. r. Fftz-
patrick. of Warren county. Illinois.
County Attorney Ratciiffe left hurried
ly late last night for Monmouth. Ill.
accompanied by Miss Fay Van Glider.
the lS-year-old niece OF MIR. and Mrs
Joseph b. Moore. the victims OF last
Sunday nights octuple assassination.
They went to see Ii Miss yan Glider
could identify the man under arrest
there as a man with whom she talked
on the Saturday morning preceding the
murders. The young woman reiates
that h al accosted by a stranger
who inquired where the home OF the
Moores was located. Later. when she
odd Mrs. Moore or the occurrence, the
latter said a man answering the des-
cription OF the stranger had been hang
ing about their place.
The Monmouth suspect. who gives
the name of Joe Kicks, told the Illinois
officers hat he came from Clarinda,
Ia. a town Is miles from here.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
$4,000 DAMAGES TOO
MUCH, SAYS THE COURT

New York. June 1.-THE appellate
division of the supreme court decided
that $4,000 was the proper sum for
Iaura Biggar. the actress, to pay Mrs
Agnes Mary Hendrick for the ailena-
ton of her husbands af1ectlons. M
yardict for $4,000 obtained several
wears ago by Mrs. Hendrick was set
asiSe as excessive.
If the plaintiff agrees within 20 days
70 accept $50, 900. however, the appel
late division viii unanimously affirm q
verdict for this sum.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
MORMON MISSIONARIES
PREY OF A PiCKP0CKET

Council Bluffs, Ia. June 17.-Forty
Mormon missionaries, under charge of
Elder Jesse III. Nielsen, of Idaho Falls.
Id, found themselves stranded in
Council Bluffs when they discovered
that a pickpocket had stolen all their
transportation n money.
The thief, however. took compassion
upon them and dropped the transpor-
tation in a post box after he had alb
stracted the money from the wallet
which III had slipped from Elder Mel
sens pocket.
The missionaries were en- route To
Canada n Europe and the money Tor
travelling expenses beside railroad and
steamship tickets was carried by their
leader.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
TRACES Of FIEND
FADE IN the HUNT
Manmouth, H., Suspect Pro
nounced By Niece OF the
Moores, Not the Man.

Manmouth, H., June t5-Joe
Kicks, held here in connection with
the Moore murder ut vitiisea, Ia.
10 not the man Fay Van Glider
saw "acting in . Suspicious man
ner," nea Viilisca . few days be-
fore the murder. Miss Van Glider,
who came hsre today with her
mother, Mrs. Emma Van Glider and
District Attorney Ratelifss. Of Wills.
ca, declared ~ soon az SEE was
brought face to face with Kicks
that he was not the man.
Kicks has given . fairly good ac-
count OF himself to the authorities.
he was wearing when arrested no
had obtained in . trade from .
tramp.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
SUFFRAGET ATTACKS
ASQUITH AT RECEPTION

London. June 17.-While Premier AS
quith was holding an official reception
i'm the Indian office last night in honor
of the kings birthday, an elegantly at
tired suffrage- who bad been an
noUnced as a guest approached n
tried to tear the epaulet off the pre-
mier's official coat. Mrs. Asquith tried
to rescue her husband from the unwel-
come attentions of the woman. and
then an usher literally dragged the suf-
fraget away from the premier and
elected her from the building.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
SEPARATED FoRTv-FtvE YEARS.

Amigo, Wis, June H.-walter Quick
OF Aniwa, n Jacob Quick. OF Horizon.
brothers who served in the civil war In
different Wisconsin regiments. met for
the first time in 45 a at the annual
encampmcnt of the wisconsin Grand
Army here today. Soon after the close
Of the wal the brothers separated. and
until they were introduced to each 9TH
er by Mayor Hill in front OF headquar-
ters had not even heard OF each other.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
REBEL OFFICER ARRESTED.

Emilio Campo, one of the most dashins
officers in the rebel army. who lately
returned from a harassing expedition
around Torreon, was placed under ar
rest, together with Col Jose Ala
TORE, by Gen. PascuaI Orozco today.
characterization is charged.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
STEEL Rus HEARING.

New York, June II.-GoVernnlent
counsel announced today that the hear
ing looking to the dissolution or the
United States Steel corporation, wnich
vas ia have been resumed here today,
had been adjourned by consent until
further notice. 1t was added that the
taking of testimony would probably be
resumed on Monday next.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
WOMEN ARE
PLANNING BIG PARADE

baltimore. Md. June 17.-Baltiimore
women suffragists are planning a big
parade on Thursday evening of demo-
cratic convention week as a demonstra-
ton To the delegates and the leaders.
Several thousand women are expected
10 be in lire. Some of the s~uffragists
will be costumed in the heroic dress
of women of history. while the parade
will be led by mounted suffragists.
The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-21
SIMILARITY or CASE
TO COLORADO HORROR

Colorado Springs, Col. June Is.-Po-
lice officials who are in constant touch
with the Villisca authorities find added
parallels I'm the Moore and the Burn
ham Wayne mr riders. which arc diff
cult TO explain oy the theory that the
same person or persons committed
both crimes.
In yiliisca the murderer strung
skirts and aprons across the windows
TO prevent any n from looking into
the house.
At the Wayne and Burnham homes
bed spreads We're stretched across the
windows. In Villisca, he covered the
heads of the victims with bed clothing,
wiped the blood from his axe and re-
moved the stains from his hands and
clothing: and this, too. was the case
here. Here, as in the Iowa town. the
doors were locked, an unfastened rear
window In cach instance a~ffording q
means of entrance for the AK man.
A national fund for the employment
or detectives with federal power is sug-
gested by the police as the best means
or running down the crimes.