Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-05
BRIEF MATTERS IN
THE DAYS NEWS

IND.--Charges that
Frank M. Ryan president of the
Iron Workers union and Frank c.
Webb, of New York, a union official.
helped an accused dynaniter to es-
cape, were made in the cross exam
at the dynamite conspiracy trial to-
day.
CHICAGO-Charles Kramer, alias
Conway, and his wife. Mrs. Beatrice
Ryall Kramer, today pleaded not
guilty to the indictment charging
them with the murder Of Miss Sophia
Singer, the Baltimore heiress, who
was found dead in south side
rooming house last October.
VA.-The National Guard
association Of the United States
concluded its fourth annual conven-
tion here today and chose Chicago
& for its 1918 meeting. 1t probably will
meet in 1915 In San Francisco.
ST. JOSEPH. MO.-F'ire early today
destroyed the fixture department Of
the American Sash and Door Co,
and the plant Of the st. Joseph Spec
ialty Shoe Machine Co.; loss $780,
900. "
Saionji. and the 9TH
er members Of the Japanese cabinet
resigned today as a result OF the
crisis brought about by the difficulty
/. u of finding q successor, as war min
lister to Lieur. General Uyehera.
CHICAGO-Samuel Kramer, wanted In
New York in connection with the
hal yySsNn VuyQ0 q
today by detectives after desperate
resistance. in which Kramer was
beaten unconscious.
Robert Goelet Of New
York died today at her Paris resi-
dence. Mrs. Goelet's maiden name
was Harriette Warren. She was mar
ried to Robert Goelet in 1873 by
whom she has two children, Beatrice
and Robert Walton Goelet.
D. C.--Major General
julius Stahel, q veteran of the. civil
war, died in New York today. He
was the second Oldest surviving gen.
eral Of the civil war.
more quotations on
butter and eggs was the fnforma-
ton given to market editors today
when they applied for the days quo
tations. The action of the board ts
said to be connected with the gov
ernment suit In which the board Is
charged with conspiring to fix
prices.
vA.-Dexter Goad,
the only officer Of the Carroll county
court who lived through the fusillade
OF the Allen gunmen last March,
was q witness today at the trial Of
Sidna Allen, charged with the mur-
der of Commonwealth Attorney Fos-
ter.
MINN.--James Eric,
son, aged So OF Amanda, Mimi, Is
dead and Mrs. Julia Ryan is in a
critical condition at local hospital
as the result of what police say was
an agreement to commit suicide by
poisoning.
NEW. YORK-Louis Levy. Jewish
rabbi, lost his life In fire which
swept away an apartment house in
upper Fifth avenue. Seven persons
were injured.
PHILADELPHIA. PA. - Louis A.
Young, who played left end on the
University Of Pennsylvania football
team this season, today has been
elected captain for next year.
ILL-Doctors who per-
formed an autopsy on the body Of
Mrs. Fred Wheeler. whose husband
is on trial charged with numbering
her, testified today that In their
opinion the woman's death was due
to strychnine poisoning.
D. C.-The comp
troller Of the currency today issued
call for statement Of the condi-
ton of all national banks at the
close Of business on Tuesday Nov.
2s.
IOWA-Congressma
Frank P. Woods, Of the tenth district
continues to improve. although phys
icians say he Is still In danger.
Chicago Evening
World, formerly The Daily Socialist,
suspended publication today owing
to financial troubles.