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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
POSSES SEEKING
FOUR BANDITS
THE CHICAGO AND ALTON FAST
TRAIN is HELD UP.
ESCAPE WITH SACK OF BONDS
They Dynamite Express Company's
Safe While Railway Employees
Hasten Back To Station and
Notify Telegraph Operators.

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec. 24.-Posses
today expect a battle If they locate
the four bandits who last night held
up the Chicago & Alton Hummer"
the fast Chicago-Kansas City train,
near Isle Junction, a suburb, and af-
ter five attempts finally succeeded in
dynamiting the National Express
Company's safe and escaped with a
large sack of bonds and about fifteen
smaller express packages. While
the bandits worked on the safe two
of the train crew ran from the de-
tached portion of the train back to
Isle Junction where the Wabash op-
orator was notified of the robbery.
He wired the Alton officers and with
in few minutes posse was organ
ICED and sent in pursuit of the BAN
dts on switch engine. The BAN
dts worked forty-five minutes until
frightened away by the approach of
the switch engine carrying officers,
and a running fight started as soon
as the officers arrived.
Kansas City, Dec. 24.-Although
they issued no official statement, Off
Gals of the National Express Com
pany here this afternoon admitted
that the safe which the train robbers
failed to open at Springfield when
they held up the Chicago & Alton
train contained between $160,000 and
100000. The officials now assert
that the robbers secured only one
package which was not valuable.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
AIIeqed counterfeIters Taken.

Des Moines, Dec. 24.-Five alleged
counterfeiters have been lodged in
Jail near Des Moines through the eff
forts of Sioux City detectives who
have been secretly carrying on inves-
legations here and at Onawa. Two OF
the men were arrested here Saturday,
another Sunday, and two at Kansas
City Saturday. The only one whose
name has been disclosed is Jack VIII
son, of Sioux City. Detectives work.
ing here refused to name the others
or the place of their Incarceration be-
cause they believe there are still 9TH
er counterfeiters operating In the city.
Two suit cass filled with counterfeit
dollars bearing the date 1910 were
found in the possession of the sus-
poets arrested at Kansas City. Only
twenty-five of the bogus dollars were
found on the men arrested here. Be-
cause OF the smallness of the amount
found here the detectives believe that
there are others of the, gang In Des
Moines who possess the bulk of the
money and will attempt to pass II
during the Christmas rush. For that
reason they are still keeping close
watch of the stores and other places
of business.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
HARDING
SCORES IN FORMER
HE LIkENs oRrIE e. M'MANIeAL
UNTO JUDAS.
MAKES ATTACK ON TESTIMONY
Head Counsel for Defense Declares
Case as Presented by Government
Has no Parallel in the His.
tory of Crime.

Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 24.-"Why
didn't the government produce the
dictagraph evidence In this case?"
This was one of the points dwelt
upon by w. N. Harding, head coun-
sci for the defense at the dynamite
conspiracy" trial during his talk to
the jury.
He made a vigorous attack on the
testimony Of Ortie e. McManigal, and
featured the fact that the letters of
defendants introduced in evidence lay
in the files of the IFeas!Workers' head
quarters, following j. j. Mcnamara
arrest April %, 1911, until the follow
ing November, without an effort on
the part of officials to destroy or dis
turb them.
The dictagraph referred to was
found in Frank M. Ryan's desk and
had been there from the latter part of
December until February II, 1912.
Much interest was displayed at the
promised introduction of the dicta-
graph testimony, but the government
failed to introduce it.
when we contemplate the charac-
ter and scope of this charge, and the
prosecution thereof, we are forced to
the conclusion, if McManigals story
is true, that this case, as presented by
the government, has no parallel in
the history of crime" said Harding in
opening. All down through the his.
tory of the race crime, when con-
ceived, has been planned in secrecy
and executed likewise. But IL forty
men are guilty as charged here then
there is no secret in crime"
He said the government had shown
by unchallenged record in the case
that McManigal has lived under 10
different aliases. Also, McManigal
was playing the same role as a crimi-
nal that Judas Iscariot played, doing
1t for money. behind which there was
no principle, sentiment or justifica-
ton.
In referring to the action of many
of the defendants who contributed to
the Mcnamara 100000 defense fund,
and took other action favorable to j.
J. Mcnamara at the Milwaukee con-
vention in September, 1911, Harding
said: From the time of Confucius it
has been the custom of the Chinese
nation to stand by the accused of
their race until his guilt was estab-
lished, and I respect the Chinese for
it,"
He also referred to the loyalty of
Ulysses Grant to his men in time Of
great trouble.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
THE ANT|.MAOERO
REVOLT SPREADS
MEXICAN REVOLUTION is sEcoM.
ING NATION WIDE.
EXTENDS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
New Outbreaks Are Reported-Reb.
els Capture Town in Yueatan, Cut
Rail and Wire Communica-
ton and Burn Bridges.

Washington, Dec. 24.-Dispatches
indicative of the spread of the anti
Madero revolution from the northern.
most border of Mexico to the southern
confines of Yucatan reached the state
department.
In addition to the revolutionary
movements already recorded, new
outbreaks we're reported in the states
OF Morelos, Pueblo, Mexico and Zaca,
tecas. while great damage has been
done to the property Of the Northwest
railroad south of sJuarez. A small
town in Yucatan has been captured
by the rebels, who, according to AS,
sistant Secretary of State Huntington
Wilson, appear to be growing holder
as they see the ease of evading pur-
suit and capture by the government
One hundred additional miners are
reported to have joined the strikers at
the Cananea mines. where a number
of Americans, reinforced by the scan.
ty federal garrison, are fighting off the
well-armed strikers, now numbering
over 1900. The Americans and sol
diers are reported to be well in
trenched, but the enraged natives have
surrounded them and are proceeding
to starve them out. No federal troops
so far as is known here, have gone to
their rescue
The rebels also have cut all rail
road and telegraphic communications
to the south of Juarez and have burned
40 bridges south of the border.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
NOTE BOOK SAVES
OFFICERS LIFE
GANG OF ALLEGED COUNTER.
FEiTERS IN DIES MONIES.
AUTOMOBILE AND TRAIN CRASH
keokuk Manufacturers Organize
Nevada Gets Auto Truck Factory
Girl Mysteriously Disappears
While Shopping In Dubuque.

Davenport, Dec. PA lone note
book in the pocket of the city mar
shall at Oakville near here saved his
life last night when robbers fired at
him, sending bullet through his
coat and then it dropped to the
ground. The robbers went through
the postoftice and two other offices
and were detected just as they finish.
ed the Job. A running fight followed
and it is thought the robber was hit
by one of the marshal's men but he
escaped. The robbers secured cash
and checks in several places and late
today two checks and sack of stol-
en- money were found in a hollow tree
in the woods near here where they
had been left by the robbers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
MysteriousIY Disappears.

Dubuque, Dec. 24.-Relatiyes of
Lillian Ryan, Is years old, are franti-
cally searching for traces of her
whereabouts, she having mysteriously
disappeared while on shopping tour
in the heart of the retail business dis,
trict of the city on Thursday after.
noon. Miss Ryan's home Is in Mason
City, where her father, ID. P. Ryan.
is a plastering contractor. Since
March, however, she has been guest
at the home of her uncle, George Ry.
an. The girl left her uncle's home
on Thursday afternoon at about 200
o'clock and was with a girl compan-
ion. Miss Ryan had about SIS in her
purse, her relatives at Mason City
having sent her the money with which
to buy Christmas gifts.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
HIKERS' FEET ARE BLlSTERED
Suffragettes Bound From New York
to Albany Have Covered 1o7 Miles
to Date.

Upper Red Hook, N. Y, Dec. "a
After nine miles of walking that pro-
duced new foot blisters, the four sur
viving members of the original cal
bany or Bust" suffragette band and
two recruits reached this village last
night, having made a days trip of the
distance from Rhinebeck.
There being no adequate hotel &C
commodations available the pilgrims
we're housed for the night by Mrs. Al
vlDa Hamm.
This morning the pilgrims started
for Livingstone, ten miles west of
here. They have now covered 107
miles.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
INDIANA TAX LAW WINS
Act Authorizing Collection OF Cash
From Owners Of Foreign Stock
Shares Upheld by U. s. Court.

Washington, Dec. 24.-The Indiana
law authorizing the collection of taxes
against residents on shares of stock
in foreign corporations was upheld by
the Supreme court of the United
States in the case of Henry Y Darnell
against the state of Indiana. Darnell
was assessed $12,271 as taxes due for
several years on stock In the I. NJ.
Darnell Manufacturing company, To-
Gated at Memphis. Tenn. The right
OF the state to collect tax was con.
tested on the ground that the Indiana
law was unconstitutional, constituting
an interference In interstate com.
merce.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
ORDERS NEWS MAN DEPORTED
Man Who Wrote Story That King
George Contracted Morganatic
Marriage ls Undesirable"

/ New York, Dec. 24.-The board OF
inquiry sitting at Ellis island ordered
the deportation as an undesirable i'm.
migrant Of Edouard Myths, the Eng,
lish journalist who wrote for a Paris
newspaper the story that King George
had contracted a morganatic mar.
riage in Malta with the daughter OF
Sir Michael Culme-Seymour. now Mrs
Trevalyan Napier, wife OF a captain
in the royal navy. The story, pub,
lished in the Paris Liberator, a So,
cialist newspaper, caused ire
'mendous sensation, finally bring.
ing down the wrath of the British gov.
eminent, For many months it was
the whispered topic OF scandal In all
the drawing rooms OF English So
ciety,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
DENIS0N MAKESAFINE OFFER
SEEKS A BRANCH OF THE STATE
NORMAL SCHOOL.
City Will Offer the State a Building
Especially Built for Purpose
Absolutely Free.

Des Mones. Dec. 24,-When the leg
islature meets, 1t will have before it
an offer from the people of Denison
with regard to establishment OF a
branch state normal school, that will
be inviting. The state will be offered
a large building erected especially for
normal school work, and so used for
many years, absolutely free of escum-
brance, II the state will establish one
of the new normal schools there. As
1T Is certain that additional normal
schools will be maintained by the
state the people of northwestern 10
wa believe the Denison offer is so
good that the state cannot refuse to
accept It.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
STEAMER GOES ON SHOALS
TURRIALpA LOSES HER COURSE
IN SNOW STORM.
Was Running Full Speed To Unload
Her Sixty Passengers For
Christmas.

Atlantic, N. j., Dec. 24-The Unit
ed Fruit steamer Turrialda lost her
course in a snow storm and ran on
the shoals off Egg Harbour Light
early today. She was running full
steam to land her sixty passengers
for Christmas and is in dangerous
position and life saving crews from
two stations are hurrying to her aid.
Wrecking tugs from New York are
being rushed to her rescue. The
steamer was one of the finest in the
South American trade and was home
ward bound from Costa RIGA.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
ASK FOR HoWE'S FORTUNE
Members Of Brotherhood Welfare
League Question Standing Of Its
Founder as a "Hobo."

St Louis. Dec. 24.-The standing
of James Eads Howe as a hobo has
been brought into question by the
Brotherhood Welfare league, which
he founded. and demand was made on
him to give his fortune of $4,000 to
the organization TO prove his SINGER
fty. Howe stood on the platform and
smiled as the association passed the
resolution calling on him to give up
his all.
81 will consult my lawyers. Perhaps
| shall do as you suggest" said
Howe.
Later Howe declared he would
prove that he is true hobo by beat
ing his way around the country.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
ADMIT GREEKS TO
PEACE CONFERENCE
Turks Receive Delegates as Ac-
credited Members.
CLEARS UP THE SITUATION
Diplomats Now Feel Confident Par
Icy viii End Amicabiy and Sat.
isfaetoriIy by Action Of
Austria and Turkey.

London, Dec. 24.-For the first time
since the beginning of the Balkan
peace negotiations at st. James pal.
ace there is firm confidence among
diplomatists that peace agree.
ment will be negotiated within the
time allotted for the conference and
that the international situation as re.
CARDS Austria Hungary and Servia
will be amicably and permanently set.
tied.
Turks Yield to Allies.
This confidence is based on the &C,
ton of the Turkish delegates in re,
ceiving the Greeks as accredited
members of the conference and their
failure to renew their demand to be
permitted to reprovision their be.
leaguered cities and fortresses, which
means that they have yielded on that
point.
In consequence of Turkeys more
amicable attitude, Doctor Daneff, the
chief Bulgarian delegate, did not in.
sist on the immediate surrender OF
Adrianople. He submitted all the
other demands of the allies and they
were taken under Amusement by the
Turks.
Sees Satisfactory End.
Austria submitted an encouraging
communication to the ambassadors OF
the powers, saying she considers the
Balkan difiiculties nearing a satisfac.
tory end. Austria also notified the
powers Of her acceptance of the Ser.
Wan apology and commented favor
ably on the proposed agreement
whereby she grants Servia port faeil.
tiles on the Adriatic without actual
territorial possession.
The new Servisn minister, M.
Jovanoyitch, was received in audience
by Emperor Francis Joseph and both
expressed the hope that Belgrade and
Vienna would soon be united in in
dissoluble terms OF friendship.
The peace delegates will meet
again on Saturday.
Montsnesrins Stay Turks.
London. Dec. PA Central News
dispatch from Cettinje states that the
Turkish attacks continue at Scutari.
An artillery attack from Tarabosch
lasted several hours. AS the Monte.
negrins did not reply the Turks at
tempted sortie from Scutari and at
tackled the Montenegrins. The latter
permitted the Turks to approach with
in close range and then opened a
heavy artillery and rife fire, infiicting
severe losses.
Want War Continued.
London, Dec. 24.-The six great
powers are urging Turkey to aban-
don Adrianople and accept in princi-
pie the terms proposed by the Bal
kan allies in the last session of the
peace conference. The powers fear
they will become involved if the war
is renewed. A faction in CONSTANT
nople is urging Turkey to break off
negotiations and renew the war now
that their army is reorganized.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
WILSON FREES 116 C0NvICTS
Governor Sits Six Hours With Pardon
Board investigating 23o Applica-
tions for CIemency.

Trenton, N. j.. Dec. Ex-Governor
Wilson devoted six hours to consid-
GRAFTON of 23O applications of inmates
Of the New Jersey prisons for elem.
ency. The governor sat with the
court OF pardons and at tho end of
the sitting he said he felt like a
squeezed sponge"
After the most careful investigation
and examination clemency was grant.
ed in 116 of the cases. Among these
were two young murderers. .....
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
Negro Murderer IsLynched.

Baton Rouge. La. Dec. 24.-Simon
Cadors. negro, convicted of the muir.
der of James Norman, a wealthy plant
er, who had appealed his case to the
supreme court after having been sen.
fenced to be hanged, was taken from
West Baton Rouge jail during the
night and lynched. The body was
'ound hanging to a telegraph pole
placarded "The inevitable penalty
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
THREE RAILROAD
E1CH|EFS INDICTED
MeIlen, ChamberIin and Smithers
Named by Federal Jury.
SHERMAN LAW is INVOKED
hli Defendants Are Charged With Con-
splring to MonopoIize and Restrain
e.. Interstate and Foreign
Vita Commerce.

New. York, Dec. 24.-Charles s. Mel
len, president of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railway, and by vir-
tue Of that Office, overload of all New
England's transportation facilities,
was indicted by the federal grand
Jury under the criminal section of the
Sherman antitrust law.
Indictments were also returned
against Edison J. Chamberlin, presi-
dent of the Grand Trunk, and Alfred
M. Smithers of London, chairman of
the Grand Trunk board of directors.
Conspiracy 10 Charge.
All three defendants are charged
with conspiring to monopolize and re.
strain interstate and foreign com.
merce. The indictment is not based
upon the proposed new traffic and
tSackage agreement between the New
Haven and Grand Trunk, a copy of
which was turned over to Attorney
General Wickersham by President Mel
len with the intimation that in that
document was contained the sole
ground upon which the government
thought it could proceed against the
two roads under the drastic Sherman
law. Instead it is based upon secret
documentary evidepce obtained from
the office files Of both corporations by
representatives of the department OF
justice.
These documents show that as long
ago as last August the chief execu.
tive heads of the two roads had begun
ito conspire to bring about a hard and
fast working arrangement whereby
the Canadian corporation would com.
pletely withdraw from New England
and leave the Mellen- Morgan monopo.
ily in absolute enjoyment of that rich
field.
Defendants Make No Comment.
Neither President Mellen nor Presi
dent Chamberlin, the former being in
New Haven and the latter in this city
would make any comment upon the
grand jurys action when news OF II
was conveyed to them by reporters
On the assurance of the lawyers
that their distinguished clients would
appear at the bar of the court when.
ever their presence should be de-
sired to plead to the indictment, Judge
Hough waived both the issuing of ar,
rest warrants and the fixing of bail.
No such high ranking or powerful
railroad officials have ever before been
called upon to face a criminal charge
for violating the Sherman antitrust
law. The penalty, if their guilt is es.
'tablished before trial jury or If they
shall plead guilty to thus avoid trial,
is a maximum fine of $4,000 or one
year imprisonment or both fine and
Imprisonment.
Both Presidents Mellen and Cham.
berlin had requested to be permitted
to appear as witnesses before the
grand jury, each offering to waive the
statutory immunity, but neither was
allowed to do this because of the ap,
iprehension on the part of the govern,
iment prosecutors that they might au,
Dramatically be given immunity by the
court in the final proceedings.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
HELPED HANG MRS. SURRATT
J. r. Murdoch, Who Assisted in Exc.
cution Of Lincoln conspirators,
Dies at Streator, ~.

Streator, ILL.,, Dec. 24.-J. T. Muir
dock, a veteran lawyer of this city.
who, while stationed with Hancock's
Veteran corps at Washington, near
the close of the Civil war, was one Of
the special detail which had charge of
the execution of Mrs. Surratt and the
other conspirators in the assassina-
ton OF President Lincoln, is dead
here. He was also present at the ex-
ecution of the notorious Captain
Wirtz, commander of Andersonville
prison.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
SNOW DOWN IN TEXAS TODAY
RESIDENTS OF THE LONE STAR
STATE SAFEGUARDING.
The Panhandle is Covered With
From Four to Seven Inches
of the Beautiful.

Oklahoma City, Dec. 24.-For the
first time in many years residents of
Southern Oklahoma and Texas went
sleigh-riding before Christmas today.
In the Panhandle region in Texas
the ground is covered to depth of
from four to seven inches. Musko
gee, Oklahoma, reports two inches OF
snow and in McAlester a seven-inch
snow fell, the first of the winter.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
MAN SHOT IN BAGGAGE CAR
Railroad Agents Body 10 Thrown on
5ridae-Nesro Porter Held
80, ,J, !, for Crime.

Mobile, Ala, Dec. 24.-Alexander
McGill, special agent for the Mobile
g. Ohio railroad at Tuscaloosa, Ala,
was shot to death early Sunday In a
baggage car OF Mobile G. Ohio pas.
senger train and his body thrown
from the train to a bridge over Gyp.
sic creek. where 1t remained hanging
between the cross ties until discov.
cred by searching party, according
to information received here. Ma.
poleon Jones, porter on the train,
was arrested and charged with the
crime. S-E
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
LUDWIG REFUSES TO BE KING
Prince Regent vetoes Movement to
Place Him on Bavaria Throne as
LuItpoId's Successor.

Berlin, Dec. 24.-Prince Regent Lud.
wig of Bavaria ended the efforts of
the Bavarian people to have him
crowned king by sending letter to
the prime minister saying:
st is my earnest desire that for the
time being nothing be done to ter
inmate the regency"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
WIRELESS TO CIRCLE GLOBE
Navy Department viii Try to Send
Message Of Greeting Around
World New Years Eve.

Washington, Dec. 24.-The navy de-
partment will endeavor to circle the
globe with wireless message on New
Years eve, carrying greeting to the
world at large. The distance to be
travelled will be minimum OF $4,000
miles. .. ....
The time to be taken in transit Ia,
of course, problematical.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
SENATOR WORKS PLEA FUTILE
Indiana Pardon Board Refuses to
Grant cIemency to His Brother
in-Law Van Pelt.

indianapolis, ind, Dec. 24.-In spite
OF the urgent plea of United States
Senator John d. Works of California
to the state board of pardons In behalf
of his brother-in.law. Charles e. Van
Pelt, who is serving a sentence of
from two to twenty-one years in the
state penitentiary for manslaughter,
the murderer is to remain In prison.
The board failed to recommend Van
pelt's release.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
MRS. GOBLET LAID TO REST
Body Of Gotham Woman, Who Died In
Paris, Is Buried In
New York,

New York, Dec. 24.-The funeral Of
Mrs. Robert W. Goelet, who died In
Paris and whose body was brought to
this city by her son, Robert w.
Goelet, took place in st. Thomas
church. The body was taken in a
special train to Woodlawn. accom-.
panied only by the family. A mag
nificent floral piece from the German
embassy was taken to the cemetery
with the casket.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
ston Criminal Suit.

Boston, Dec. 24.-Criminal proceed
ings against F. Vernon Wiley and Ar
thur Saville, charged with conspirins
To bring aliens into this country in
violation of the contract labor laws,
we're withdrawn. Civil action was in
stituted for the recovery of $4,000 in
penalties. iNs.s
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-26
InitIred in wreck

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 24-Eight per-
sons are reported seriously injured
when the Jacksonville north bound
limited train on the Illinois Central
was, wrecked near Ellayille, fifteen
miles from Americas, today. Three
of the coaches were overturned.