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geles Times disaster. stating he hoped
Santa Claus would be as kind and gen
erouS to you with surprises is quoted
to show that the conspiracy spread
from Boston to the Pacific coast. Four
more indictments not yet made public
supplement- the principal Indictment
containing the correspondence. These
indictments name all of the fifty-four
defendants as implicated in the general
conspiracy and make these charges:
THAT. on thirty-four counts all the
de1endants are guilty as principals in
lllegal transportation of dynamite.
Inat, on thlrty-fo counts, McMani-
gal, J. J. Mcnamara. James B. Nc
Namara and Hockin are guilty of il
legally transporting dynamite and all
the other defendants are guilty of aid
ing and abetting them
That, on sixteen counts, all the de-
PENDANTS are guilty as principals in il
legal transportation of nitroglycerin.
That, on sixteen counts, McMani-
gal, John ]. Mcnamara, James B. Nc
Namara and Hockin are guilty of il
legal transportation of nitroglycerin
and all other defendants are guilty of
aiding and abetting them
Guilt Is Equal.
The wide scope of the thirty Two in
dictments, which contain in all 128
counts, is due, it is announced, to the
theory of the government that the de-
PENDANTS alleged guilt is equal no mat
activity in the conspiracy may have
been. Miller said it had been
determined to press all the counts OF
the indictments against each of the
defendants.
THE indictments setting out uncon-
summated acts af conspiracy extensive
as it is in presenting a mass OF
alleged discriminating correspondence
among the defendants" said Mr.. Mill
er, "only submits typical acts If we
had chosen, this indictment might
have been run into many more hun
dreds of pages. Forty thousand let
ters were seized in the headquarters
of the International Iron Workers as
sociation and from them the investiga-
tors chose evidence that we consider
much more than sufficient to prove
our case when offered in connection
with corroborative evidence of wide
extent and varied character. The
freedom with which these men put on
paper their plans. motives and the
working out of their purposes is amaz-
ing"
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were insane. The fifth was hanged
after habeas corpus proceedings in the
federal court had been denied. The
first four We're Frank Shiblawslxi.
Ewald Shiblawslki. his brother. Philip
Sommerling and Thomas Schultz. slay-
ers OF Fred w. -Guelzow. jr., truck
FARMER, who was robbed and murdered
in the outskirts last October. The
fifth was Thomas Jennings, a negro.
convicted on finger print evidence OF
the murder OF Clarence Hitler. rail-
way Official whose home he attempted
to rob in September. 1910.
Jennings was the only one Of the
I'VE who required assistance to mount
the scaffoId.
Word that the sentence had been
carried out was taken TO Judge Nc
kfnley's court room while Rev. Father
J. S. Morris, one of the clergy who
had visited the condemned men in the
Jail, was testifying to his opinion that
the four were insane. The proceed
ings we're dismissed without further
ceremony.
Il am informed that the execution
mas taken place." said Judge McKin-
ley, so there is no use in going on
with the proceedings"
After the usual formalities the
bodies were given to representatives
of the family for burial.
Desperate eleventh hour efforts were
made by sympathizers to save the lives
of the GueIzow slayers A Polish
Catholic priest declared before Judge
Mckinley in the superior court that he
believed the youths were insane.
While the death march of the Shfb-
laWsk1 brothers was in progress a
bailiff from Judge McKinley's court
summoned Jafler Davies to court hut
three minutes before the bailif's ar
rival the Shiblawskis had been hanged.
Davies refused to obey the summons
to the superior court. Instead Chief
Deputy Peters telephoned to the Judge
a fur of ff4a f4aa1
and that the execution of the other
two would proceed unless a formal
writ prevented.
No writ was issued and Sommerlinr
and Schultz followed their companions
on the gallows.
Representatives Of the states attor-
ney's office resisted the attempt to stop
the executions and told Judge McKin-
ley that the petition alleging insanity,
which under the law is a bar to execu-
tion, was presented only for delay.
This was denied by counsel for the
condemned men and a wordy alterca-
tion occupied the minutes in which the
lows.
Judge Mckinley declined to permit
the petition to be filed until II had
that the petition, which was signed
by Rev Repinski, was not in accord
with the facts.
While the executions Of the Guelzow
murderers was taking place Jennings
counsel were arguing before United
States District Judge Lands on the
habeas corpus they asked yesterday.
Men and Their Crime.
The five men executed and their
ages are:
Frank Shiblawslzi, "A years old.
ENvald Shitlawski. q years old.
Phillip Son merling. "A years old
Thomas Schultz, 19 years old
Thomas Jennings, (colored) 30 years
old.
Two others were engaged in the mur-
der CT Fred Guelzow with the four men
condemned 70 be hanged. They escap-
ed the sentence Of their fellows on ac-
count Of their age. Both were sent TO
the penitentiary for life They were
Frank Kita and Leo SuctomslSi. each
Is years old. The men murdered Guel-
<r-.t-..a = r,-. -
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could not be found. He is the one
who knows something"
Half an hour later neighbors re-
turned to the house and reported the
finding of the two hfeless forms in the
little clump of weeds and bushes in
plain view Of the Rickels home.
At the Rickels home, a half mile
distant, neighbors stood in little
groups and discussed the insane pas
sion of the stepfather. Mrs. Rickels
was almost prostrated because of the
death of her daughter. At times her
rage arose to a high pitch and she told
of Rickels' proposals to the girl and
her almost frantic efforts to escape
him.
"Only the other night" declared
the mother and wife. clara Belle ran
screaming to my room. Her step
father had entered her room, she de-
clared, and she feared to be left in
his company. The rest of the night
she stayed with me. Her body shook
from fear and she told me she feared
to be alone in Rickels' presence"
Long into the night the woman con-
tinued to tell her strange stories of
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gave him an opportunity to await the
approach of the defenseless girl.
Waited i'll Ravine.


Tracks along the bottom of the ra-
vine show Rickels' progress to point
near the culvert Then he hid and
awaited Clara's arrival on her way to
school. She walked along the side of
the road and the sudden appearance
her Standing in her path, the man
is presumed to have raised his gun
and forced her across the field at a
point where the fence is down.
1t is possible that Rickels shot as
the gorl clamored wildly down the
deep ravine. He was behind her and
a bit to her right when the shot was
fired She was killed instantly. At
the bottom of the big ditch, the girl
lay in a pool of blood and splattered
brains Her matted hair was nearly
frozen in the pool of her own blood.
while across her legs lay the body of
her slayer Both shots had been fired
at such close range that their force
had literally torn the scalp from the
head and blood and brains and bits
of broken skull collected in the same
pool. That was the sight that met the
ewes of N P. WOlpert a ,neighbor,
who was the first member of the lit
tie searching party to find the bodies.
Bodies All Lay in Ravine.
The bodies of Rickels and his step
daughter had lain in the little ravine
all day. Clara Belle Stickney was
search was not made until after school
closed. Rickels' inhuman attitude to-
ward the girl was a matter of COM
mon gossip in the neighborhood. With
Mrs Rickels. the mother, was an
abiding fear that her daughter was
never safe in the presence of her sec
ond husband.
'sRickels is back of it ALL sobbed
the mother last night. when she re-
ceived the first news that her daughter
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CUT OUT The FEES.
Objection Made for Charges at Tomb
of Washington.

Washington, Feb. 16.-The Mt Vernon
Anti-fee association. organized to fight
the practice of charging admission to the
home and tomb of Washington, has ap-
peaIed to the interstate commerce com
mission for a reduction in the electric
railway fare between Washington and
Mt. Vernon.
The fare is now Is cents for the round
trip, 16 miles, and 10 cents of the total is
charged for the journey back and forth
over three-quarters of a mile of road be-
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IS NOT Her SON
Mother of KimmeI DenOunces
st. Louis Claimant.
Sure She Would Recognize Him
if He Were.

st. Louis, Feb. 16.-Melodrama reach
ed its climax in the Kimmel case to-
day when Mrs. Estelle Kimmel, cs
years old and the man. apparently so
who is put forward by an insurance
company as her son. George A. Kim
mel, stood side by side before the jury
and when. after comparing them. feat
ure by feature Attorney S. n. Taylor
demanded:
rs that man yO1Ir son ?''
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Weather Is springIike.

It is a delightful spring-like day, and
the forecast is for a continuance of
pleasant weather Saturday, although
there possibly will be a shower or two
recorded in the eastern portion of the
state There have been reported show
ers at Dodge City and other western
points in the state. The wind is blow
ing Is miles an hour from the south
west The hourl1- rea diners.
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tween Mfller's Station, Va. and Mt. Yer
non.
In a brief filed with the commission,
the association asks that the 40 cent
charge be eliminated entirely. The case
will come up for hearing and argument
on March 13
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FIVE ARE HANGED
Murderers of Fred GuelzOn
Pay Penalty for Deed.
Slayer of Clarence Hitler Es-
capes for a Time.
ELEVENTH HOUR EFFORTS
Are Made to Stay the Execu-
tiOns by the Lawyers.
JaiIer Called to Court, but Went
on With Executions.

Chicago, Feb. 16.-Five murderera
were hanged in the Jail here today.
Four of them were executed while
lawyers vainly tried to obtain stay
order on the ground that their clients
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He is not my SON." replied the moth
er in a hard, firm voice.
My instinct and mother love" she
then testified, with streaming eyes and
trembling voice, would tell me if ne
(meaning the claimant) were my son.
bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh.
And I would recognize him.
You feel absolutely sure, then" she
was asked that he is no longer liv-
ing
Certain Son Is Dead.
Yes, am sure my son is dead
She testified that she saw the claim
ant in the Matteawan, N. Y, asylum,
and that she decided then that the con-
vict was not her son. He was repulsive
to her, she testified, and he did not
know people in Niles, Michigan, that
her son would have known.
Letters written by the claimant and
by her son were identified by the wit
ness who declared that her son would
not have written the kind of letters the
convict had written. The convict's
words were poorly spelled and Kimmel
was misspelled. On cross examinatf ton
Mrs. Kimmel testified that she would
not feel morally bound to return to an
other insurance company the money
she received from it on her sons life
If the jury in the present trial found
that the claimant was her SON.
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WEATHER RECORD.

The following are observations OF the
United States weather bureau for the "A
nours ending at ocIock this morning.
giving the high mark yesterday and the
lowest point recorded last night:
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WeaTnCF In0lCdf1On9.
Chicago, Feb. 16.-Forecast for
Kansas: Unsettled weather with
probably occasional rain in extreme
east portion tonight or. Saturday; not
much change in temperature.
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Man Had Pursued Child With
Attentions for Month.
Girl Lived in Mortal Terror of
the Man.

John Tsickels, a farmer living north
east of ToLeka, shot and killed Clara
Belle Stiekney, his stepdaughter, in
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CONTINUED on Page Two.)
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rs that man your son?'
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13
Oddities of Justice,

That the whole theory of penal
codes is practically unsound and op-
posed to the modern conceptions Of
the relation of the state to crime, is
the contention of Eugene Smith of the
New York bar, writing in the May
number Of Case and Comment, the
lawyers magazine. Illustrating the alb.
surdity and disparity between penalty
for crimes in different states, Mr..
Smith says: "The average sentence
for perjury in Florida is ten years, in
Maine one year; for larceny, in Della
ware ten years, in the District of Co.
lumbia ten months; the penalty for
arson in Pennsylvania is twice that of
burglary, but in Connecticut the guilt
Of burglary is twice that of arson; the
guilt of counterfeiting in Ohio is twice
that Of perjury, bat in Rhode Island
the guilt Of perjury is twice that Of
counterfeiting.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13
1T IS CRIMINAL TO NEGLECT
THE SKIN AND HAIR

Think Of the suffering entailed by
neglected skin troubles-mental be-
cause of designation, physical be-
cause Of pain. Think Of the pleasure
of a clear skin, soft, white hands, and
good hair. These blessings, so essen
tial to happiness and even c in
life, are often only a matter of a little
thoughtful care in the selection of
effective remedial agents. Cuticura
Soap and Ointment do so much for
poor compilations, red, rough hands,
and dry, thin and falling hair, and cost
so little, that it is almost criminal not
to use them. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold everywhere, a
postal to "Cuticura," Dept. l., Bos-
ton, will cur a liberal sample of
each, with 32-page booklet on skin
and scalp treatment.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13

Every mother is aware of the nour-
ishing properties of barley, but not
every child can be got to take the
barley in the shape of porridge. The
appended recipe solves the difficulty
by giving the barley at dinner instead
Of at breakfast time.
Soak four ounces thoroughly wash
ed pearl barley for t%wenty-four hours.
Have ready a we'll creased bag, six
small peeled whole onions (%select
those about the size of a tangerine),
and the requisite number of outlets.
Free the outlets from all but the
smallest quantity of fat, dust them
with salt and place them in the bag.
Add to them the onions and the bar
ley, salt to taste, and il any of the
water in which the barley was soaked
remains, add this also. If not, add
half a pint of chicken stock. Fold
and clip the bag, place on broiler and
cook gently in only moderately hot
oven for an hour and a half.
Veal can also be cooked this way,
and for invalids the dish can be most
highly recommended, as it contains
nothing to upset the most delicate
stomach.
This dish should be selected when
there has been roast fowl the day be-
fore, al the stock can be made from
the cooked carcass Of the fowl, as fol-
lows: Break up the carcass into small
pieces. Add any pieces Of skin re-
manning, an onion stuck with a Glove,
q tiny bit Of mace, and a good-sized
sprig Of we'll washed parsley. Add
rather more than half a pint Of water
Bring to the boil, then simmer very
slowly, and do not let it boil away OF
reduce at all for three-quarters Of an
hour. Strain off. Add salt to taste.
Outlets a la lndienne: For those
who like hot things the following may
be recommended: Take a teaspoonfu.
of sailed -four, mix with 1t thoroughly
a heaped large ~teaspoonful Of goot
curry powder-twoa If liked. Grease
q bag very thoroughly. Have ready
four to six outlets trimmed as directed
above. Dust these with the -four
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Easily Answered.

"These kids I teach arn't a bit
SLOW" observed a school teacher yes.
terday. I'm fact, I'm afraid they read
the papers. The other day I pro-
posed the following problem to my
arithmetic class:
GA rich man dies and leaves ST.
100000. One-dfth is to go to his wife,
one-sixth to his son, one-seventh to
his daughter, one-eighth to his broth
er and the rest to foreign missions.
What does each get?'
GA lawyer said the littlest boy in
the class."-Case and Comment,
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Serve all things from a buffet, even

Serve all things from a buffet, even
if you must improvise it., by Impending
a dry goods box and covering it with
a cloth. Set things on it, and let the
eaters wait up,h them-elves, your
self discreetly withdrawing. but re-
naming within call. so as to renew
supplies at need. When the hot
things have been duly eaten, the cold
ones duly drank, and the serious bust
ness of the assemblage is again under
way, as unobtrusively as possible re-
fill the buffet with platters Of sliced
cake, all sorts at hand, tartlets, turn
overs-all manner of good things, in
deed, your pantry or your cake box
can furnish forth. With these supply
fresh potables-the sort depending on
the individual taste and purse.
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PERFECT ROAST MUTTON.

Writing SO much Of cakes and
sweets and formal dinners that can be
cooked in paper bags has brought me
almost to the pass where l feel sur
feited Of such fare. It has made me
wonder, too, if my readers will not
be likewise glad to get back to home
lier fare, at least for one day, and
that fare possibly perfect roast NUT
ton.
Choose a saddle, If you want the
very best. Buy it a day ahead Of the
cooking, have the rib-ends cut short
and neatly rounded, wash it quickly,
salt it very, very lightly, brush over
with melted butter and vinegar tea
| spoonful of each mixed-and keep In
a cool, airy place until ready for cook
\ ing. If it is hanging outside, it should
be well wrapped in damp cheese cloth
| and hence will need no more washing
when brought in for cooking. Grease
a bag that will be a loose fit, very
thickly, clarified drippings answering
for this better than butter. Sprinkle
fine herbs in powder lightly over the
! meat, also a very little more salt, red
and black pepper, and a few drops OF
| tobasco, chilli vinegar or Worchester-'
shire sauce. Melt a teaspoonful of tart
jelly, currant or crabapple, in a spoon
full of claret, lemon juice or vinegar,
add a t%easpoonful Of good butter, mix
we'll, and brush the meat we'll over
with the mixture. Save any remain
der for the gravy later on. Slice an
onion very thin and Ivy upon top of
the meat. Place it in your creased
bag with a little more butter, seal,
cook in hot oven five to seven min
utes, then slack heat halt and finish
the cooking, allowing eighteen to
twenty minutes to the pound.
Layer beef is hearty, tasteful and
not too costly. Get as much round
meat as you need, have it cut in thin
| slices and the slices divided length
wise into strips. Make a square or
oblong mold from a paper bag, but
ter 1t we'll, after clipping the
firmly, lay upon the bottom either
toasted breadcrumbs OF thinly sliced
potatoes and onions, dot with butter
and cover with a layer of beef, cut to
fit the mold neatly, and seasoned with
salt and pepper. Butter the meat on
both sides if you like things very
rich. Repeat the layers until the
mold is full, then pour owe a little
milk and enough tomato catsup to
moisten the upper layer. Dot with
bits of butter. Set the mold inside a
creased bag, put on trivet in the oven,
using either upper or lower shelf,
and cook thoroughly, allowing twenty
minutes to the pound.
Liver and bacon are not beyond the
paper bag. Slice the liver thin, sea
son it as for frying, put it in a we'll
creased bag, lay bacon slices all over
it, seal and cook for fifteen minutes
five in a hot oven; ten after Stacking
heat. Keep the heat full five minutes
longer if you like it very crisp.
Copyright, 1911, by the Associated
Literary Press.)
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FINE FISH AND FRESH.

Herring a la Russo: Take four very
soft-roed behring's. Get the fish mon
ger to bone them for you. In the
center of each place a big teaspoonful
of French mustard and a bit of butter.
Dust lightly with black pepper and
put in a we'll buttered bag. Add to
them half a wineglassful of either
hook or sherry and half a wine
glassful of either shallot or tar
ragon vinegar, as preferred. Cook
for fifteen to eighteen minutes,
according to the thickness of
the fish, in a moderately hot oven.
Dish up on a hot dish and serve with
a beet salad. This is a most appetiz.
ing way Of cooking behring's, but must
be done in the bag if it is to be done
to perfection.
! smeIts M%iIanaise: Clean a dozen
smelts, roll them in -four. Put an
ounce Of butter in a very hot dish. let
it melt, roll the fish in this butter.
sprinkle with a little cayenne pepper
and a little grated Parmesan, and
place them side by side in a well but
tered paper bag. Cover lightly with
bread crumbs and pour a little tomato
sauce over each smelt. Seal up and
cook for eight minutes in a very hot
oven Serve with slices of lemon,
Fresh Herring: Slit the fish on
each side in a horizontal direction.
Place on 1t a little mace, bay leaves.
parsley, a small piece of onion and
some salt and pepper. Add two table.
spoonfuls of vinegar. Place in a pa
per bag. seal up, put on the broiler
In a moderate oven for twenty min.
utes.
Copyright. 1911, by sturgis & Walton
i Company
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DENMARK,

An explosion at the Fiducia sugar
factory in Copenhagen killed one man
and injured two others.
DR.. Egan, United States minister to
Denmark, has sent such a remarkable
report to his government on the eco.
nomical conditions of the Danish peo-
pie that the great American dailies
are printing long extracts from the re-
port. DR.. Egan says in part: sThe
Danes have become the most prosper
GUS people agriculturally in Europe.
When l say most prosperous I mean
by comparison, and taking into con-
sideration the obstacles they have had
to meet and overcome. The wealth
per capita of Denmark is comparative.
ly next to that of England. This
wealth, however, is equalized. There
are no very rich people there. Every
man is fairly well off, but the poorer
he is the more carefully does he con
serve his resources. Material well
being is as common in Denmark as
education. There is no illiteracy in
the country. Every man, woman and
child over the age of seven years, un-
less he be an idiot, can read and
write. The methods by which they
have achieved present prosperity are
three: Education-practical education
"a perfect system of cooperation,
and the intelligent assistance of gov
eminent. An agricultural laborer in
Denmark who has worked on a farm
for five years, who is poor, and who
has character SO good that two repu-
table members of his commune will
certify to it, may obtain from one of
these banks a loan of about $L,5S2. He
obtains this solely on his character
and ability and not by any material
security he can offer. With this money
he may purchase a farm of from 3k
to IL acres. This farms means live
and dead stock on the land and the
necessary implements for the working
Of it."