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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11
COHALAN CALLS
 1T ExTORTION
 AND BL LACKMAIL

Albany, July 11-Justice Daniel F Coha1an was called to the stand today 1 in defense of the charges brought
 against him by the grievance commit 1 tee of the New York Bar associa- 1 ton.
 1 The first part of his testimony re 1 lated to his principal activities since l 1893, which included his elevation 1T 1896 to be Tammany sachem. He be came member of the Bar associa- ton in 1904.
 i Justice Cohalan acknowledged he had, received money from the Victor 1 company in about the amounts testi- fled to by John A. Connolly except 1 that he never received the $55 check
 which Connolly testified had been pre- i sented to him.
 l Witness admitted having declined 1 to make any settlement under the ori- 1 ginal complaint, which charged him with grossly unprofessional conduct
 He said the amended complaint, which changed the ground of action so as to I make the amount sought loan, was equally untrue, but that Connolly con-
 tended that it would square with the
 eompany's books. Then the claim was
 settled in full, $3,94O.55, Cohalan's previous offers to compr onise on the
 basis of $1,o00 and $15O, respectively,
 having been refused by Connolly. Wit ness reiterated that he had been
 ''blackmailed and robbed"
 Justice Daniel F. Cohalan told his side of the story of his transaction6 with John A. Connolly, which had been aired in joint Judicial legislative committee inquiry during the past four days He was the closing witt ness, bOl1g called to the stand by William D. Guthrie, counsel for the bar association, which formulated the charges against him. Of the dozen Or more witnesses, including several supreme court justices, who were said to have been subpoenaed to testify in Cohalan's behalf. not one was call ed.
 t4The respondent rests on the rec ord,'' John B. Stanchfie1d, one of Co., halan's attorneys, announced, as the justice left the stand.
 The testimony of Justice Cohalan was a swepeing denial of any wrong doing He admitted that as lawyer amount Connolly claimed to have paid him. He acknowledged he was prom inent politically at the time, one of his activities being as a sachem of Tammany hall, but repudiated the all legation that he at any time had em- ployed this influence corruptly or un- professionally. Without qualification Justice Cohalan admitted that he had returned all the money he had re- cefved under pressure, which he de- nounced as blackmail, being influence ed largely by fear that the matter would become public and be s-twisted' into political scandal For the same reason he had taken precautions to protect certain records from publica- ton, but denied having entered into any conspiracy to destroy legal evid- ence-
 One statement by the witness upon which MT. Guthries laid great stress was Cohalan's admission that he knew Conno1lys amended complaint to be- just as false as the original complaint, yet declined to settle on the basis of the first complaint after having made unsuccessful attempts to compromise it.
 With reference to the s4.ooo note.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11

time.
 , When scrambled eggs are served, make a tomato sauce. adding to it a few Spanish peppers, chopped fine. This will be g. delicious accompani- ment to the eggs.
 Turnips are liked better by many persons if they are parboiIed and drained before the final cooking A little potato added to mashed turnips is a. pleasing variety.
 Pecan and English walnut meats, chopped and ha1ved and laid over the top of a pumpkin pie just before it goes into the oven make fine season. ing, rich and well-havored.
 A rich puff paste, baked in strips about an inch wide and two or three
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11

Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 11-Interesting developments were expected in the murder mystery of Miss Alice Cris- pell, the young woman, whose body was found att Harvey's lake following a Fourth of July outing with one of her suitors, Herbert Johns, who is now under arrest Many witnesses told their story at the coroner's in- quest, and the funeral of the victim was largely attended. A new wit ness found by the state police, Zepha- niah I. Reese who is an automobile dealer of Plymouth, told of seeing a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11

Here's the Story
 Read Every Word Y N the next seven days we want to do 4 something more than just the Straw Hat Sale to make you remember so we have accepted a big consignment of FINE CLOTHING for men and boys from a prominent middle-west manu- facturer. This clothing was made for the leading merchants of Pennsylvania and Ohio, but owing to the floods and late shipments they were returned and the manufacturer found himself swamp ed with overstock. A large consign- ment was shipped to to be disposed of on commission basis. This is act ually one of the largest clothing deals ever effected in the city. Prices will be no obiect-THIS MERCHANDISE MUST BE DISPOSED OF and we've got only 10 days in which to do it. Come and get this BETTER KIND of clothing at prices asked everywhere for the IN FERIOR KIND.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11

mysterious man in 8, dark suit crouch q ing on a pile of logs near the boat landing where the girls body was sub-. sequently found. Herbert Johns worei a gray suit on July 1, and Miss Cris- pell wore blue dress The place| and the time where Reese saw ths couple are the same as fixed by Johns| when he said he parted with the girl to leave her walk three miles over lonely country road. County detec- tives have been at work trying tol find the mysterious man in the dark suit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11
BRYAN's LECTURE TOUR

Washington, July 11-sec. Bryan win leave here July 1s for six weeks lecture tour. His engagements are principally Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. In his absence John Bassett Moore, counsellor of the department, will be acting Secretary Of State MT. Bryan expects to return about Sept. 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11
MAY DIE FROM
 EATING GERMICIDE

John Condit is at St. vincents hos pitaI in a critical condition from eating ''fieh-berries," a germicide which he nistook for salted peanuts. His address is not obtainab1e owing to his critical condition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11
BRYAN URGES S20, 900 FOR OPIUM CONGRESS

Washington, July n-Secretary Bry- an told the House appropriations com nfttee today that it was vitally irn- portant to appropriate szO,Oo0 toward expenses of the international congress at the Hague. He declared the Unit ed States would be derelict in it's fight for suppression of the opium evil if it did not appropriate for the partici- patton in the conference.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11

forth as a matter of record that he declined requests to call Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany leader, as a witness, on the ground that if the committee did such a thing it would have been indefensibIe and it would be beneath the dignity of the associa- ton to do anything that might seem to be dabbling in politics.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11

Rochester. N. Y. July n-Edward Leach of New York city defeated J. Goldman Boyd of Baltimore for the office of grand exalted ruler of the Elks at the election with 1,119 votes against 394 for Boyd. Leach was the candidate of the regulars and Boyd of the insurgents. This was the first time in fifteen years that there has been any serious opposition to regular candidates. MT. Leach is a Bostonian by birth, but has lived in New York many years. He Is about forty-dve years old He. was elected exalted ruler of Lodge No. of New York city three times in succession and for the last five years has been grand treasurer of the order.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11

lima Burlington of Lansing, Mich, and Ruth S. Arnold of Bristol, Conn.,, par ticipated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
Grievances Of Clarke

limited Press Leased Wire Service
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI, Jan. g.
President Carl G. Van DYKE Of the
Railway Nall Clerkg' Association, is
enroute today for Washington to take
up with congress grievances Of the
clerks over the parcels post law.
Not since the noted strike of rail.
way mail CLERKS, two years ago, de.
clare postal clerks, fag there been
SO much dissatisfaction among the
employees as az present. II is charged
the department has failed TO provide
sufficient help. equipment or car space
TO handle the food Of parcels.
Before ieaTing. Van Dyke said
Several chief cierka have prepared
extra duty scheduies, 60 az to handle
the parcels. This is unfair to the
clerks who are entitled TO sufficient
time off to keep up with their distrs-
button"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
K. G w. TRAIN
KILLED a MAN
Samuel Hecox of Wayland Was
Struck While Riding in His
Auto.
Especial to The Gate CITY.

Especial to The Gate City.]
WAYLAND, Mo-. Jan. 6.Samuel
Hecox was struck by passenger No. /
while attempting to cross the rail-
road a. the second crossing east of
the depot. The train was not run
ming as rapidly as it usually does but
carried his automobile soma fifty feet.
He was knocked out Of the auto
against the side of the engine, produc-
ing a severe fractur, of the skull to-
gether with an ugly scadp wound, the
train passing over his arm and he
died within few minutes after be-
ing struck.
DR.. F. A. S. Reho, the county cor
oner. commenced holding an inquest
at 1870 this afternoon and the verdict
of the jury will not develop anything
mora than an accident which could
have been avoided by the parties
themselves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
EDITOR APPOINTED
AS U. S. SENATOR
J. N. HeIskelI Named to Take Place
Of jeff Davla, Who

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. 6.-J. N.
Heiskell, editor of the Little Rock
Gazette. has been appointed United
States senator to succeed JEFF Davis.
Heiskell was born in Memphis. Al
years ago. The appointment by Don
aghey was announced today.
The appointment of Heiskell was a
surprise to the politicians OF the
state. Ex-congressman Br1ndige and
Attorney General H. L. Norwood have
already announced themselves as can
didates for the long term senatorship.
and it Is believed Joseph Robinson
will also be a candidate, as well as
Governor Donaghey.
John Hineman and Robert L. Rog-
ers have definitely announced their
candidacy for governor in the event
Robinson goes to the senate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
Parcels Post vs.. Express.

Lincoln Journal: Another reason
why the postal clerks need not worry
lest the parcels post swamp them is
the express companies. A California
prune shipper proposes to send a
couple of cars Of prunes to New York
by parcels post. The express COM
panies promptly cut the rate. Go to
an express Office next Wednesday and
if it doesn't meet any rate the post
office can offer it will mean that the
express companies have gone crazy.
OF course they haven't. Express pro.
fits. have been enormous In years
past. Postal rates might be cut an
other rs per cent and the express
companies probably still operate at a
good profit. A monopoly seldom
learns how cheaply It can do bust.
ness till a touch of competition turns
teacher.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06

conduct or connection. direct or re-
mote, with any violence in connection
with any labor controversy or other
wise.n
Though threats assal u.s. he
continued, though detectives may
hound us, though charges and insinu-
atoms be hurled at us from all sides,
yet will we fight on for the liberty
and betterment of those who do the
worlds work and pay the price Of our
civilization with their blood and
todies, yes verify, with their very
SOULS
Producing correspondence and doc
uments obtained through President
Taft as his authority, Gompers ac-
cused Detective Burns Of framing
up evidence In certain land fraud
cases in Oregon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
RAILWAY STOCK
Supreme Court Decision Refuses Plea
for Distribution of the
Shares.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON Jan. 6.-Nstribu-
lion OF the Southern Pacific railway
stock to the stockholders Of the Union
Pacific in compliance with its recent
merger was refused today by the
supreme court,
The court declared as follows:
The proposal to distribute tho
stock among the shareholders Of the
Union Pacific company. or to sell the
stock to such shareholders If granted.
will in effect transfer the stock from
the Oregon Short Line company,
which company holds 1t for the Union
Pacific company. The court is OF tue
opinion that this distribution, or sale,
cannot be ordered. The ultimate de-
termination of the affairs of corpora
ton rests with its stockholders and
arises from their power to choose the
governing board OF directors. After
such distribution as is now proposed,
the stockholders of the Union Pacific
company may dominate and control
rot only the Union Pacigc company.
but the Southern Pacific company as
well.
I'm rejecting the proposal for the
transfer Of the Southern Pacific COM
pany's stock held for the Union Pa
cific company (either by distribution
among, Or sale to. the stockholders of
the Union Pacific company we do
not mean to preclude the district court
from considering and acting upon the
plans which may be submitted to 1t
under the former opinion and decree
of the court. We are of the opinion,
however. and now hold, that the pro-
posed plan OF disposition of the entire
stock holding Of the Union Pacific
company in the Southern Pacific com
rany by transfer to the stockholders
of the Union Pacific company will not
SO effectually end the combination as
to comply with the decree heretofore
ordered to be entered by this court"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
St. Louis Bridge Trust.

WASHINGTON, Jan. e.-Authority
OF the former federal circuit court
Judges OF Missouri to enforce the su.
preme courts decree holding Illegal
the so-called bridge trust at st.
Louis, was declared today by the high
court. Whether the district or tho
circuit judges should have iurisdic-
ton was decided in favor OF the cir.
cult officials.
Last fall in the so-called st. Louis
terminal case the high court held that
the operation CT the principal bridge
over tho Mississippi river at st. Louis
was IN restraint OF commerce and a
violation OF the Sherman antitrust
iaw. Dlscontinuance of certain toll
and traffic regulations thereon were
ordered abolished.
ioday's order OF the court payes
inc way for early contamination Of
this decree.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
Y. M. c. A. ITEMS
Meeting Toniuht,

&
me committee on boys work of the
Young Mems Christian Association
WIN meet this evening at the essocia.
ton building. This committee is com
posed of the following members. a.
w HUDSON, chairman: s. A. Dennison
T. y. Benner, ]. A. Roberts, A. II.
Gusnman and Dr.. R. l. Reid.
At this meeting the committee WIN
take up the work OF the year and dis.
cuss other subjects in hand, and II is
expected to be an interesting meeting.
One Of the pleasant features of the
event VIII be luncheon at which the
other members Of the committee will
be guests OF Mr.. HUDSON, chairman OF
the committee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
JACK JoHNsoN's
CASE rs POSTPONED
Nothing Doing Until Supreme Court
Gives Decision on Con-
stitutionaIity.

United Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, Jan. 6-The case against
JACK johnson, indicted on Ave counts
Tor violations o, the Mann white
Save act, was indefinitely postponed
hy Federal Judge Carpenter TO-DAY.
pending the decision OF the United
states supreme court on the constitu.
tionaifty of the act.
Attorneys for johnson and cher da.
PENDANTS have attacked the Law and a
decision by the tribunal is expected
in short time.
me negro pugilfst was indicted for
transporting Belle Schneider fron
Wisconsin for immoral purposes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06

virtue, again began the cry against
those higher up
Quoting Harrison Gray OTIS ovn.r
OF the Los Angeles Times. whose
building was dynamfted bv fbe wo
Namara brothers. Gompers dubbed
him contemptuously "common
scold." n nion
But this vicious and unwarrantaa
attack he said, referring TO OTIS, 81.
itorial expressing the hope that those
mgher up" would be caught--ai.
characteristic Of the man who owna
ana control; the policy of pre.+
metropolitan newspaper. with ali &c
power OF collecting and disssuo,na,,, .
information and the accompanying
powers of moulding public onin,on
row can the workers get a euu.-a
aeat! The press, the telegram ,ba
Telephone, the cabie-all are rnde.r
CORPORATION control and are used
against the worker in their struggle
LOT industrial betternent.n
| Atter sarcastically referring IN No.
| tectlve William J. Burns as tba d..
do'fotabie detective" and quoting from
speech OF John Kirby, Jr., presjden;
OF the National Manufacturers, Asso.
conduct or connection, direct Or re-.
nope that the higher ups win be
caught, Gompers uttered this def.
i nave challenged and now o1,.1
ienge any of our enemies 10 sbog,
where there has been any unlawful
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
THE WEATHER.

For keolSuk and vicinity: General
" fair tonight and Tuesday. Colder
tonight.
For Illinois: Snow furries and cold
wave tonight. Tuesday generally fair
with colder east portion.
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Tuesday. Colder east portion to-
night. Warmer west portion Tues.
day.
For Missouri: Cloudy and colder
tonight. Tuesday fair and continued
cold.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06

lard. Nobody knows what the pro.
gressiyes will do, but there will be a
row. / do not think anyone can fore.
cast tho policy to be pursued by the
progressives. There are not many
progressives in the present house.
the progressives will come into the
next house. For my par, / have no
idea what may happen, but the pro.
gressiyes will be most important
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06

be comfortable rooms for study AND
recreation, guides, shopping attend
ants, special facilities for looking at
ter baggage, and cashing travellers
checks. and full and reliable tnforma'
ton on English and continental
schools, and art and music conserva-
tories. Lists OF proper roolning and
boarding houses will also be provided
after careful investigation.
I'VE plan ALSO to establish dormi-
tories for stranded American girls
where their credit will be good until
remittances from their homes arrive.
This will be one OF the most impor-
tant features of the clubs, which are
now being organized in great Euro
pean art and music PART,
Berlin, Vienna and Rome. We shall
be careful to avoid all semblance
charity. The idea Is to furnish mere
~ q reasonable convenience to tide
our girls over temporarily money
less period, and save them from the
worry and despair that often over
takes young women who suddenly
find themselves in foreign country
without funds to pay for shelter or
food. Particularly We aim to protect
the girl who comes to Europe with
insufficient money to see her through
the course OF study she has planned.
We expect to make loans to such
girls, without security and without
interest, on their promise to repay
when they can"
The proper way to save babies is
g train the mothers" said DR.. G. N.
Saleeby. one OF England's best known
authorities on the science OF race re-
generation, and organizer OF the new
rational society for the prevention or
nfant mortality, established as an
'utgrowth OF Lloyd Georges national
insurance act. TT Is the safe Eay.
md the cheapest way for the nation
n the long run.
one OF the objects Of the society
$ to secure for the mother and the
'aoy the fullest possible advantage
7 the maternity benefit under the in
urance act. We are going to see to
that the money is spent for the
for which it was Intended
nd we hope to educate the mothers
h the best methods OF applying the
rant"
". Saieeby expects to urge upon
armament an amendment to the act
Q that its benefits may be extended
the mother three months before
he birth Of the child.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
Armour on Trial.

United Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.--The trial of Ar
mour & Co, on charges of shipping
beef without federal inspection, will
begin tomorrow before Federal Judge
George W. Carpenter. The packers
have been indicted on several counts
for similar charges. The case was
called today, but continued.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
Daily Stock Letter.
copyright 1913 by New York Even
Ing Post.l


copyright 1913 by New York Even
Ing Postl
NEW YORK, Jan. "a variety OF
more or less conflicting Influences
governed the course of financial senti-
ment and stock exchange prices to-
day On the one hand the distinctly
easy tone Of the money market, both
abroad and at home. continued, and
the general tendency of the foreign
markets was cheerful. As against
this, Wall street had to consider the
supreme courts ruling against the
validity of the plan to dissolve the
Union-Southern merger by distribut-
ing Union Paciflc's treasury holdings
for the other company's stock to I'm
ion Pacific shareholders pro-rata.
This appeared to Wall street incon-
sistent with the pro-rata distribution
authorized by the supreme court it
self in the Northern Securities and
Standard Oil dissolutions. The reiec-
ton Of the pro-rata plan leaves the
matter Of selling the Southern Pact
nc stock in much confusion and con-
fronted with some rather unusual
complications.
This announcement broke the price
20, Union Pacific four points but this
vas only after the stock had a two
point rise. Southern Pacific shares
fell two points also during most Of
the day the rest OF the stock market
held extremely well. The money mar
ket passed all but unnoticed.. New
York call money did not get above
81 per cent and many loans were
made at still lower figure.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06

wooDMEN OF THE WORLD.
Gate City camp No. 81. woodmen Of
the World, meets second and fourth
Thursdays of each month at Hawkes.
hall. corner Eighth and Main streets
Visiting sovereigns cordially invited
Albert kiefer consul commander; A.
IL Anderson, clerk.