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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
HEAD Of WOODEN
TRUST INDICTED
WIN. N. WOOD CHARGED WITH
coNsPiRINe TO TRANSPORT
EXPLOSIVE IN LAWRENCE.
DYNAMITE "PLANT," CHARGE
Rich Mill Builder Killed Himself on
Day He Was to Testify Before
Grand Jury and After He Had
Given Damaging Evidence.

Boston, Mass.-President William
M. Wood of the American Wooden Co.
was arrested on an Indictment war.
rant charging him with conspiring TO
distribute dynamite in Lawrence dur
ing the general strike there last win.
ter.
President Wood surrendered him.
self to the authorities and was accom-.
panied by counsel.
The American Wooden Co. is known
as the Wooden Trust" and has many
mills in New England.
1t became known Tuesday that Dis.
trict Attorney Pelletier of Suffolk
county was investigating the alleged
dynamite conspiracy. On that day
Ernest W. Pitman, a wealthy contrac-
tor, who had built the Wood and other
mills in Lawrence, shot and killed
himself at his home in Andover. Some
ascribed his death to worry over finan.
cial troubles, but it became known
that he had planned a trip to Europe
and his baggage was on a steamer. He
was to have been a witness before the
grand jury investigating the dynamite
conspiracy on the day he killed him
self. He had been given the third
degree" previously by Pelletier. Pei
letter admitted Pitman's disclosures
were sensational.
Some time ago John ]. Breen, an
undertaken and politician of Lawrence.
was fined $500 for planting" dyna-
mite in Lawrence. He did not testify
in court, Dennis J. Collins, a Cam
bridge dog fancier and a friend of
Breen, was arrested after testifying
before the grand jury. He is charged
in an indictment with unlawfully
transporting dynamite, Jan. 20.
The district attorney has proceeded
In his investigation on the theory that
the dynamite, which was planted" it
is alleged, in an effort to discredit the
thousands Of union men on strike in
Lawrence, was purchased in Boston,
where prominent officers of the Law
n mills live.
Workers Charged "Piant."
When the dynamite was found Sc
GREETED in several places in Lawrence
during the strike, the leaders of the
Industrial Workers of the World, who
conducted the strike, asserted they
were not responsible. They charged
the dynamite was planted"
A leading agitator in the Lawrence
strike, which was settled with an in
crease in pay for the workers, was
William d. Haywood, Socialist, former
secretary of the Western Federation
of Miners, who was acquitted at Boise,
Idaho, in 1906, after a notable trial
on the charge Of conspiring to cause
the assassination of ex-Gov. Frank
of Idaho, for which Harry
Orchard now is serving a life sen
tence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
TABOO ON IMMUNITY BATH
Those Under Suspicion viii Not
Be Whitewashed, Golf
Says.

New York, N. Y.-No police Off
cial or civilian who is under suspi-
cion will be permitted to testify at the
John Doe" proceedings to be begun
before Justice Golf next Tuesday. Be-
cause at the Lexow investigation,
where he first attained fame as the
counsel, and at the Mazet and all
other Investigations of police and Of
fetal corruption ever held in this
State, participants in the graft OBJ
tanned immunity by t~estifying. JUS
tice Golf served notice on District At
torney Whitman that there would be a
new rule this time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

VIVA we are seeking is NOT DE,
BTRUCTION OF ANY KIND, NOR
THE DISRUPTION OF ANY SOUND
OR HONEST THING, but merely the
rule Of right and Of the common adj
vantage.
Our domestic markets no longer
suflce. We need foreign markets.
That Is another force that Is going to
break the tariff down. The tariff was
once d bulwark; now IT Is a dam. For
trace is reciprocal; we cannot sell
unless we also buy.
"Fayors are never conceived In The
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
Gas in Mine Kills Two.

Trinidad, Colo.-William w. Twee-
dale, superintendent of the Rocky
Mountain Fuel company's mine at
Piedmont, and Nathan Ruin, his as
sistant, were killed early Friday when
a pocket Of gas was exploded by the
candles they carried. They were max.
ing an examination of the workings
after the most Of the force of miners
had quit work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
Victims Of NihiIiata.

Portland, Me.-Russian Nihilists are
believed to have murdered Good
man Gikner, the Hayerhill, Mass,
mar who was found dead in the
freight yards here Tuesday with
his body pierced with thirty stab
wounds. The police declared that they
had secured q clew which led to the
theory that Gikner was suspected ce
being in the employ of the Russian
secret service.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

general interest; they are always FOR
me dement, OF the few. and the few
VINO seek and obtain them have only
tnemselves to blame II presently thew
seem to be condemned and distrusted.
republicans have employed tariff
cial privilege.
NO group Of directors, economic
or political can speak for a people.
government has much more to do
.Pan merely 70 set the house in or
der. Extracts from Gov. Wilson,a.
speech Of acceptance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

The exporter can get no advantage
O Of an import tariff unless he is in
q trust, which is able to charge high,
er prices at home than 1t gets
abroad.
me farmers of the country have
never been able to form a trust, ana
never will be able to do SO.
The farmer has fed the world. and
congress- Republican congress-hae
fed the trusts. Yet now the Republic
q party asks another lease Of power
tnat y may tame the trusts and en-,
courage the farmer!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

The advent of the auto, many
feared, would result in decreasing de-
mands for the horse, whereas the con-
trary would to have happened,
with New York state officially taking
up the problem Of an actual scarcity
Of steeds. There is still work for old
Dobbin to do.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
The Farmer and the trusts.

While you were feeding the world,
congress was feeding the trusts"
In that n compact phrase, Gov
ernor Wilson stated the case of the
farmers Of this country versus the Re-
publican party.
or the two billion dollars which the
tariff costs the consumers of this
country each year, the farmer pays
nearly half--and gets nearly nothing.
The farmer exports considerable
produce. even now.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
100000 Fire in Baltimore.

Baltimore, Md.-Damage to the ex-
tent of $4,000 was done, and one
fireman injured early Friday in a fire
that broke out in the plant Of the
Evans Marble Company at Warner
and Dock streets. When the firemen
arrived they sent in a second alarm
and in thirty minutes the fire was
under control.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Shanghai, China.-The U. s. trans
port Liscom sank here alongside the
wharf where she 10 lying in 40 fort
Of water The cause Of the accident
has not yet been ascertained. she
al undergoing repairs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
|. & N. to Increase canltal.

New York, N. Y.-Direetors Of
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Company, at a meeting here. voted to
recommend to the stockholders an in.
crease Of capital stock from 100000.
900 to $72,0 0 900, and to offer the
new stock to the shareholders to the
extent Of 20 per cent Of their holdings
at par.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

New York, N. Y.--It is regarded
in ecclesiastical circles as practically
certain that Mgr. Kennedy, rector of
the American College in Rome, prob
ably is the Bishop who has been ele-
waited to the Sacred College. Mgr.
Kennedy has resided in Rome for sew
eral years and only recently was made
a bishop.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

AS lightning six times struck a cas-
tie where the reigning family of Bel
GUM is staying with royal guests and
hurt nobody, modern science will at
once begin investigating whether roy
atty has any peculiar insulating power
which might be developed for modern
benefit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
Tsachsr,s Life Saved

New York.-AIive and well, after
virtually having been given up as
dead from drowning on Monday, is
the experience Of Miss Dora Miller, 20,
a New York school teacher, who is
spending her vacation at Cold Spring
Harbof, Long Island.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Southern Illinois reports a shortage
of spring chickens. Stories Of disas-
ter to the peach crop of Michigan
can be and are received with indif-
ference, but this, If true, is a matter
of Importance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

It Is a day Of surprises. Two won.
en- lawyers pleaded a case in Kansas
City, and, contrary to the traditions
oI their sex, their pleas were til
shortest In the history Of that court
and they won, too.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
s15o,ooo,ooo terminal planned.

Bayonne, N. 1.-THE Bush Terminal
company, which owns a $5O,O0O,oO
plant in Brooklyn. has applied for
riparian rights on $500 feet Of shore
front here on which to build a harbor
terminal, employing 10000 persons
and costing $3.50, 900, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Philadelphia women ale SO prone to
primp that 1t has become necessary
to remove mirrors from elevators in
that city. We hops it ma not be.
come SO bad that Philadelphia mer.
chants will be compelled to have their
plate glass windows frosted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
Mere Details Lackinn

The Progressive platform is explicit
and my speech before the Progressive
convention was explicit.-The Third
Termer.
Sure, they arel Except, of course
as to the mere details Of how to do
what 1t is proposed to do.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

That youth is not necessarily a mat
ter Of years, despite the Oslerian
theory, is proved by a Philadelphia
woman, who at the age Of seventy
four is not only preparing to wed, but
is also about to take a trip to Europe
to do It.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Charlevoix, Mich.-Thirty-eight per
sons were injured, eight Of them bad.
", In d wreck Of Pere Marquette pas
genger train and a dummy train. Tho
passenger train ran BY the siding,
meeting the dummy train headon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

a California mans wife ran away
with her servants In an automobile
He has had the servants arrested for
stealing the machine, but seems to
have no concern whatever regarding
the wife. One inference is that he
prizes BIZ auto more than be does his
wife.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

About the only person who does
not pay according to what he receives
Is the bald-headed man, who is charged
just as much for a hair cut as any
male relative of the seven Sutherland
sisters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
TWO Gunboats for Mexico

Mexico City.-The United States
will have two gunboats in Mexican
waters In a few days, Ambassador viii
son a.auounced. The v~icksburg will
cruise along the west and the Des
Molnes along the east coast.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Baltimore scientists propose to
make a careful study of the mental
affection known as "the blues" Any
town that has a tail-end baseball
team will be able to furnish plenty
of subjects.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Find Well-Dressed Girl; Mind
Blank" says the headline in a Chicago
paper. It's easy to find welldressed
men anywhere whose minds are so
near a blank that the difference isn't
worth mentioning.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
barrow to Face jury AGAIN.

Los Angeies.-Clarence s. Darrow,
recently acquitted Of bribing George
n. Lockwood, will go on trial on Oc-
tober 81 on a second Indictment charg-
ing bribery Of Robert Balm, one Of
the jurors in the Mcnamara case.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
shoots wife, kIIls SELF.

Ottumwa, Ias-Because his wife
would not return and live with him,
James w Wales shot her twice WITH.
a revolver and then turned the ~aa
pom on himself. Wales probably vii
live.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
Thresher ExpIodes, Kills Man.

Winona. Minn.-August Waldo was
instantly killed by the explosion Of a
boiler on a threshing outfit neal Wi
toka. Lynn Higgings, tankman, was
blown 80 feet and seriously burned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
4 rcad, IS injured n Wreck,

Decatur, Ill.-A broken rail wreck.
ed the c. H. & D. Indianapolis excur-
sion train at Antioch, Eve miles south
east Of here, killing one man and IN
juring fifteen. Four coaches Of the
train turned turtle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

That the lobster is becoming ex-
tinct Is the foreboding of many who
may be presumed to be informed on
the subject, and the next generation
may know it only as a human type.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
three STARVING Girls Found.

New York.-Three little girls, az
most dead from starvation, were found
by the police huddled up on a pile
Of rage In a deserted apartment On
East One Hundred and First street.
New York city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Possibly some physicist can tell us
why 1t is that a hammock scarcely
big enough for an ~able-bodied man
suddenly increased its capacity when
a pretty girl hovers into sight.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
MATCH causes Eatal wound

Terre Haute, Ind.--G. Al. Bonseman,
~ years old, died of spinal meningitis,
which developed from a wound in one
Of his eyes caused BY a match used In
lighting a cigar. He was injured four
days before deadth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
Italian shins OF Reirut.

Beirut, Asiatic Turkey.-Six Italian
warships anchored off here. They
have shown no signs Of hostility, but
the Turkish garrison is ready to re-
sist an attack.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
prexeI 10 Ruild Bib,e House.

Philadelphia A. J. Drexel Biddle
is seeking q site for a permanent club
house for his Bible classes. A build
ing to accommodate 5000 students
will be erected.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

When a restaurant orchestra takes
one of its occasional lapses from rag
time into a dirge some arrangement
should be made to prevent the walters
from weeping into the bouillon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Every time we hear of a joy-rider
whose automobile has been wrecked
beyond repair we feel a little more
sure than ever that the world is get
ting better.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
Train Hits Auto. Kills rmo Bows

Bloomington, Ill.-Raymond Miller.
aged 16, and Eddie McEwan, aged II,
both Of Chenoa, Ill, were instantly
killed when their automobile was
struck by a T. P. & W. train at tWes-
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
The Big Campaign Fact.

The hope of the American peo-
pie for relief from the terrific cost Of
living lies in the election Of Governor
Wilson, and the Inauguration OF his
sane and sensible plan Of reform.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Observe the mar who haughtily re-
fuses to help wash the dishes when
at home, but WHO gladly performs the
most mental duties of the camp while
he Is In the woods.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

BY the time the last of the lonesome
noodles who ask public officials to
find wives for them has passed away
the world will be well along toward
the millennium.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Having the blues" is regarded as
a possible sign of approaching insan-
ity. This makes it possible for q
a to be his own alienist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Warning boat rockers is nothing but
q waste Of energy. A mar foolish
enough 10 rock a boat is too foolish to
take advice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Chinese patriots seem to be burning
their fingers trying to take their re-
public of the fire before it is done.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Kellogg, IAN Keeton and hig five
ycar.oId son we're killed and another
young son probably fatally Injured
~hen 4 passenger train on tho Rocb
ssIand road struck their buggy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

The Chicago who demanded
$40 for a broken heart is not what
might be called a devotee Of frenzied
finance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

In New York society it is proper
for mother and daughter to play polo
on opposite sides. Father and son
have not yet started tatting contests.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
RIshop charIes GRAFTON pIea.

Fond du Lac, Wis.-Bishop Charles
g. Grafton Of the Fond du Lac EpisA
copal diocese 10 dead.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

The buffalo is overlooked when it
is placed on the new nickels. It has
long served on $40 bills.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

The sultan Of Turkey has more
trouble on his hands, but a revolution
Is a mere trifie to a man who runs a
harem.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Eat soup and grow healthy" says
a doctor. In addition to its health
giving properties it sometimes devel-
ops an ear for music.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

The price of ice remains firm no
matter how many icebergs are sight
ed at sea.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

After reading the advertisements q
bachelor might be ~pardoned for won
dering what makes a princess slip.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05
NEW CARDlNALSHIP FOR
AMERICA IS CONFIRMED

Rome, Italy.-The story that a new
American cardinal has been created
is confirmed. The name has not yet
been announced.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-05

Most of the jokes at the expense of
college men are written by smart guys
who quit school in the sixth grade.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-19
Passage of Bill Would Wreck Civil Service

law Is passed for the District It would
undoubtedly be amended in a short time
to include Federal employees In the CLASH
ned service all over the, country. The
civil servants of the government have
asked for a retirement system which
will make adequate provision for their
old age after they have given a lifetime
Of effort to service in the government.
and in return are threatened with law
which will not only make civil pensions
impossible and probably unnecessary. be-
cause no one would or could remain in
the service long enough to earn a pen
sion. but which imperils their very re-
tention in the service every recurring
five years They have asked for bread
and are offered a stone.
The proposition which was in the orig
inal bin to dismiss all clerks at the age
Of sixty-fye years awakened such a
storm Of opposition and was so univer-
sally denounced that It was dropped out
before It came TO vote. The proposal
to limit appointments in the civil service
to five years viii awaken a similar storm
of opposition when its import is thor
oughly understood. What would be
thought OF an industrial corporation or
business concern that proposed TO dis
charge all employees every nve years,
and re-employ only those who enjoyed
the favor of heads Of the various de-
partments? Such policy would be most
unbusinesslike and unwise for the best
interests Of the government. and would
tend to the utter Generalization Of the
service.
Fortunately the Senate stands in the
way OF the adoption OF this revolution
AIRY provision, and the employees OF the
The Washington herald., 1912-05-19
Flies More Dangerous
Than Wild Animals

Contributed BY the Medical Society q the District
In starting out to rid a community of
flies the most logical step to take is to
direct first attention to the places where
flies are developed, and to abolish all Of
these places, making It impossible for
flies to find a proper place to lay their
eggs. II this can be accomplished there
viii be no necessity TO cover exposed
foods in the markets; there will be no
necessity to screen houses, except against
mosquitoes. and there will be no army of
flies TO swat"
The house fly breeds in any accumula-
ton Of organic matter which is moist
enough TO ferment and grow hot All
manure heaps, whether exclusively of
horse manure or of horse and COW
manure mixed, garbage cans, rubbish
piles in neglec<d yards. even exclusively
vegetable refuse. attract flies, which lay
their eggs there and new swarms viii
develop.
A strict campaign Of cleaning up. prop
erly supervised by intelligent inspectors.
should rid any community OF its fly
breeding-places 50 completely that flies
win be rare even in the late summer or
early autumn.
The midsummer campaign carried on in
Washington last year resulted in the kill
ing of some eight millions Of adult flies.
II recoIlect rightly; that is to say, about
The Washington herald., 1912-05-19

May I go?" he pleaded. There's
the three hundred on the table. For
Gods sake, let me go!
Peter Ruff nodded. He TUNED the
lock and Alerries rushed out of the
ROOM Ruff looked across the room to-
ward his secretary.
Ring up 1885 Central" he ordered,
sharply.
Peter Ruff had descended from his
apartments on the top floor of the
building, in a new brown suit with
which he was violently displsased, to
meet caller.
Il am sorry to intrude-Mr. Ruff, 1
believe it isl" Sir Richard Dyson
said. little irritably-"but l have not
great deal of time to spare"
Most natural" Peter Ruff declared.
PRAY take aschsir, Sir Richard. You
want to know, of course, about Lord
Merries and poor Masters"
Sir Richard stared at his questioner.
Try the easy chair. Sir Richard"
Peter Ruff continued, pleasantly, and
make yourself comfortable. should
like to understand exactly what you
nave come 10 me lot.
Sir Richard moved his head toward
Miss Brown.
My business with YOU" he said, is
more than ordinarily private"
in these matters" Ruff answered.
my secretary does not exist apart
from myself. Her presence is
necessary. She takes down in short
hand notes of our conversation.
have a shocking memory, and there
are always points which | forget AT
the conclusion of our business, what
ever it may be, these notes are destroy
ed / could not work without them"
Sir Richard glanced little doubtful
ly at the long, slim back of the girl
who sat with her face turned away
from him.
''of course" he said, "if you make
yourself personally responsible for her
discretion"