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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-18
Daring Robbers of Pam
Shop in Ne1v York Steals
100000 W0rthOfJ JeWels
Resident Of Tenement Tells Police That She Saw Two
Men Carry Off Loot From Basement Of Apartment
House; Used Wagon to Haul Booty Away From the
Building on Sunday Morning.

tion where yesterdays big haul was
made. The police believe that the rob-
berries are the same as those con.
nected with many Of the previous
burglaries and in one instance they
have clue to this effect. When Her
man Shapiro's pawn shop on the
'bowery was robbed of $4,000 by
cracksmen last Thursday night the
robbers left behind them pair of cot
~'nXsfs which they had used to
lsoIloasH s,sas ehna The robbers tae n.,os o.
of gloves like rn1.~ This vague clue.
however, is the only one the detec'
tives are known to have.
The care with which burglars cut
their way by a devious route from an
adjoining cellar to the Simons build
ing convinces the detectives they
were very familiar with the premises.
The men had carefully avoided using
the basement stairway which was
opened to them, but had sawed their
way through two floors, apparently
knowing that the stairway was wired
with burglar alarms. In q like manner
when they reached the big vault In
the pawn shop, they did not touch the
great steel doors or their locks, but at
tackled the walls, two feet thick.
They were rewarded by access to
such riches that the robbers must
have been stunned The vault con-
tained valuables worth 100000, ac-
cording to Simons, 100000 in jewelry
and watches on which money had been
loaned. $4,000 in negotiable secur-
tiles and 100000 in notes, as well as
$4,000 in cash and checks.
The thieves took the bonds and
notes but threw them away before
leaving the building. In the vault they
took nothing but diamonds and light
jewelry contained in twenty-four
drawers. Watches and other jewelry
Of less value, packed away in 260
small drawers and compartments,
were not taken, although the drawers
had been pulled from their places and
the jewelry and watches dropped on
the floor until they were q foot deep.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-18
PEPPER LEAVES
WASHINGTON TO
SETTLE ON PLUM
Muscatine Man Said to
Have in Mind Closing
Davenport Patronage !;
"Sant" Wants Collector.
[BY E. H. HANSON.l

Washington, D.. c., March IT.
Representative Pepper left Wash
ington for Iowa on Saturday morning
expecting to be gone about a week
While west Mr.. Pepper will make
desperate efforts to settle certain
patronage disputes in his own district
chief Of which is that over the post.
Office at Davenport.
Because Of the fact that he is in
one way at the head Of the patronage
distribution for the whole state, he
tried to make his trip as quiet as pos.
sible in order to dodge Office seekers
who have written him from all parts OF
Iowa that the minute he reaches
Muscatine they want to see. him Mr.
Pepper, like pretty nearly every other
democratic congressman, has been
overwhelmed by the requests for
Office and only little more so in his
case than most others for upon him
has devolved the chief part of the
work of looking out for the eight dis
tricts in Iowa besides his own, Mr..
Kirkpatricks and Mr.. Connolley's dis.
tricts. He early found that the best
way to handle the state at large was
from Washington instead Of Musca.
tine, but in matters pertaining to his
own district he thought it advisable
TO make a hurried trip home to look
over the ground before final action.
His departure leaves only Repre-
sentatives Good of the fifth and Kirk
patrick of the sixth here.
AS no federal slate has been agreed
upon yet by the democrats it Is
probable that Mr.. Pepper will discuss
with certain prominent Iowa demo-
Gratis the feasibility of Offering the
collectorship for the southern district
to one of the Davenport postofice
aspirants as sort of consolation
prize. There isn't much difference in
pay in the two Offices.
Kirkpatrick Wants coIIectorshlp.
Such plan may meet with objection
from other sources, however, as Repre-.
sentative Kirkpatrick wants the col.
lectorship and its office both located in
Ottumwa. Also the old Clark-Wilson
fight may enter into the difficulties
over such an arrangement, for as
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-18
HAWTHORNE CASE
ENDS IN CONVICTION
Author and Two Other Defendants
Given Penitentiary Terms-Josiah
Quincy Exonerated.

New York, March .15.-The Haw-
thorne mining trial, which has drag
ged along nearly four months before
the federal court here, ended with the
conviction Of three of the defendants,
Julian Hawthorne, DR.. William J. Nor
ton and Albert Freeman, and the ac-
quittal of Josiah Quincy, twice mayor
Of Boston and assistant secretary of
state during the Cleveland administra-
ton.
Hawthorne, Morton and Freeman
were found guilty Of making fraudulent
use Of the mails in selling stock in the
exploitation of Canadian ore claims.
Quincy, exonerated by United States
Judge Mayer on all counts Of five in
dictments before the case reached the
jury. was held not guilty on the one
remaining Indictment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-18
Federal Judge Orders the
Grand Jury to Investi-
gate Alleged Frauds in
Revenue Tax Matter.
JURORS ARE GIVEN
FULL AUTHORITY
Told by Court to Investi-
gate the Manufacture of
Oleomargarine and Learn
About Conspiracy, if Any

Chicago, March 17.-Judge Lands
in the United States district court to.
day instructed special grand jury to
investigate alleged 0leomargarine
frauds compromised by the internal
revenue department on March 1. The
grand Jurors are to learn inf the manu-.
facturers we're not guilty of conspiracy
to defraud the government under sec
tion thirty-seyen of the national penal
code.
The jurors also we're instructed to
ascertain If any member Of the ma
tional government was guilty of con.
spiracy. On this point the court said:
IF, therefore, the officers or agents
or attorneys of corporation tax
debtor, having conspired among them
selves, or with officers of the United
States, or with other persons to de-
fraud the government out of the
revenue tax, any one of such persons
has done an act to carry such con-
spiracy into effect, they may all be
proceeded against on account of such
conspiracy even though the criminal
liability of the tax debtor for the
fraud itself has been specifically ex.
.tinguished by the commissioners Of in,
ternal revenue with the concurrence
OF the secretary Of the treasury.
7 The jurors were informed that they
had authority to look into the oleo'
margarine business and that, Of manu-.
featuring cotton seed oil, and to bring
witnesses here from any part Of the
country. If there was common un-
derstanding between manufacturers,
Judge Lands instructed, ut will be
your duty to inquire with very great
care whether any public officer or
agent of the government had a con-
scious part in the arrangement"
Makers Were Warned.
Judge Lands told the jurors that it
was discovered two years ago that big
oleomargarine manufacturers were
using cotton seed oil treated with sui
phur which resulted in the imitation
looking like real butter. The manu-
facturers, he said, were warned that
they would use the colored oil at their
own peril.
A committee Of the house of repre-
sentatives investigating. the court re-
lated, has reported that the govern
ment had been deprived Of $1,200,00O
in taxes. The committee also recon-
mended that the case be not compro-
missed. Nevertheless, as one of the last
acts of his late administration Of the
treasury department, Secretary Mac
Veagh had compromised the penalties
at s1O1,0OO. This compromise, con-
tinued Judge Lands, was based on the
law giving the internal revenue bureau
.3e~ vry11
the revenue law has been violated.
'If the manufacturers have been
guilty Of conspiring to defraud the
however, the case comes
under section thirty-seven Of the fed
eral penal code," said the court, and a
charge made under that law cannot be
by the treasury depart
ment."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-18
WILL LTR||MD0NN
EXPENSES I D A
LOW MINIMUM
Legislative Appropriation
Committees Plan to Get
Off With Million and a
Quarter.
[BY ORA WILLIAMS

Des Moines. March 17.-Under
rules Of the 35th general assembly II
is not possible now for Individual
members to introduce bills calling for
expenditure of money. Some OF sucn
bills have been introduced the past
week but they crept in not noticed
All bills calling for appropriations
must come from the committees as
such. This Is to head off all general
bills and give the committees some
chance to make up the biennial budget
and decide, in general, what can be
allowed and what cannot. Practically
no appropriations have been made as
yet
One reason why the appropriations
have not got down to
business is that 1t is hardly worth
while until such time as there is an
indication of the probable outcome OF
some of the bills which incidentally
call for expenditure Of money. For
instance, there is no doubt that the
passage Of the public utilities bill
would mean considerable expendi.
ture OF state funds for the carrying
on of the work. So, also, the passage
of the tax commission and the high
way commission bills, would cause
some expenditures. Then there are
some of the school betterment bills
that will call for expenditure of state
funds. A number Of salary bills should
be considered before the final budget
is made up.
Don't Know Where TO Trim.
So 1t is that neither Chairman Mat
tes Of the senate nor Chairman LARA
bee of the house has undertaken as
vet to figure out wherein to trim down
the askings and how to make UP the
final budget. They are just waiting
until the larger bills are out Of the
way.
The aggregate Of the bills is not
much different from what it has been
in other years. Roughly speaking
there is an aggregate represented in
the bills offered somewhere between
six and half and seven million dol
lars. The uncertain quantity is in
those bills which would call for ex-
u !
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-18

New York, March 1.-THE cracks.
men who tunneled their way through
heavy brick and concrete walls avoid
ing a network of burglar alarm wires,
and stole 100000 worth of diamonds
from the safe of Martin Simons & Sons
pawnshop on the lower east side, were
seen in flight with their booty by a
woman, the police announced today.
This woman whose name the rH'ice
withheld, lives in tenemant adj I,e
the pawnshop. She told the dete~
that she was coming downstairs about
10 o'clock yesterday morning when a
strange man came up from the cellar
of the tenemant. He carried an acety-
line lamp on his shoulder. She follow
ed him to the street and saw another
man drive up in q light wagon. In
to the wagon the first man placed the
lamp. He then went back to the eel
lar and returned in few minutes
with another lamp and parcel done
up in manila paper. He placed these
In the wagon and both men drove
away.
The police are certain that these are
the men who chiselled through the
wallis VI IAC ICIlculcAI lOuuudllOub W
the cellar Of the pawnshop. The
brown paper parcel they believe con-
tained the fortune in gems taken from
the safe.
Fifty Detectives On Job.
Fifty detectives at work trying to
run down cracksmen who robbed Mar
tin Simmons & Sons pawn shop on
the east side Of over 100000 worth of
jewelry some time yesterday-one Of
the most daring and successful rob-
berries committed in this city within
the memory of the present generation
Of policemen. 1t comes as a climax to
a series Of safe blowing robberies
which for more than nine months has
engaged the attention of special
"safe squad" OF detectives organized
by Deputy Police Commissioner
Dougherty. Since January 13 more
than twenty safes have been cracked
and robbed in the lower east side sec
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-18
STABBING AFFRAY
RESULTS IN DEATH

Boone, March 17-John Biggs who.
it is alleged, knitted Ollie Martin at
Moingona, resulting in Martins death
half an hour afterwards. was arrested
by Sheriff John Reid at the Meehan
residence near this city. where Biggs
had gone following the cutting. He was
brought to the county Jail. In an In
terview he stated that he had acted In
self defense.
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Don't Know Where 70 Trim.

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Rem0pe Six Ribs
and Right Lung;
Patient Improves
+ = + f. + + + T. ! + + + +

San Diego, CAL, March IL
To save the life of Roy Rankin,
a Los Angeles detective who
was shot by a Mexican volun7
teer at Tijuana, lower CALI
fornia, recently, six ribs and
the remainder Of his right lung
were removed last night in a
local hospital. Rankin was re-
: ported resting easy today.
This is one of the most re-
markable surgical operations
ever performed on the coast
and physicians in this section
are watching the case with
interest. y.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-24
THE LAST DAYS
OF POMPEII
GREATEST MOVING PICTURE
EVER PRODUCED WILL BE
SHOWN AT RIJoU THEATRE
CHRISTMAS DAY, FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY-sEATs ARE RE-
SERVED-PHoNE 1911 FOR RES
~ERVATIONS.

The gigantic picture, The Last Days
OF Pompeii, will be shown at the Bijou
theatre tomorrow, Friday and Satur-
day. Four performances will be given
Christmas day at $3.50, 8. 1880 and 9
p. m. Admission will be Csc in the
evening n children will be admitted
Tor loo at the matinees only.
The sale of seats has been very good
and Manager Treat expects some rec
ord breaking houses. Every seat at
every performance will be reserved,
sc 1t will be necessary to vacate seats
at end Of each show. Patrons are
kindly asked to be in the their seats
at time Of commencement so they will
not have to stay over for the following
reels.
This great feature picture is in six
parts Of eight reels. It is one Of the
costliest to produce and Is undoubted-
ly one Of the greatest and best. The
scenic effects, especially Of the huge
volcano and it's eruptions are truly
wonderful. 1t is a are thing to see a
picture Of this caliber and those who
cannot see it, tomorrow should make
arrangements early to get their tickets
for the Friday or Saturday shows.
Tickets a be had by phoning 1011.
-AdVt.
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Continued From Page One.

cially cared for and it is hoped they
will all make the effort to be present
The Forum Good Fellows Chcrist-
mas tree at the Grand theatre will
begin tomorrow morning promptly al
10 o'clock and 1t is hoped that every
child will be on time SO that the ex-
ercises may be yer in time for al
those assisting The Forum to- go tc
their own homes and be in time fol
their own Christmas dinners. Last
year the exercises were a bit pro-
longed and many of the helpers were
late for their own dinners. In fair
ness to all, every child should make
it a. point to. be at the theatre on
time.
Theatre Ushers Will Act.
The ushers Of the Grand and Or
pheum theatres have kindly volun-
teered their assistance to The Forum
tomorrow morning in helping to sea,
the children and in the distribution
Of the gifts from the tree.
AS the name of each child is called
from the stage, the little girl or boy
whichever the case may be, Is asked
to stand in his place and the usher
will deliver the present at once. This
will greatly facilitate matters in the
uLSLIlDutlOlI III VIC Viii 10 SiAioD l. -
Assisting the young women's com
mittee in charge Of The Forum Good
Fellows Christmas tree movement
will be the able corps Of stage and
property men of both theatres, who
will decorate the tree under the SUI
pervision Of the decorating committee
Brief Programme.
The announcement that e. l.
Beach, the well known character actor
Of the Grand Stock Co., will play
Santa Claus tomorrow morning, has
been greeted with great enthusiasm
Mr.. Beach is one Of the favorite play
ers at the Grand, is exceedingly
popular with Fargo theatre-goers, and
his kindness In p~ortraying st. Nicholas
tomorrow morning for the poor chill
dren is most deeply appreciated.
There will be a short programme
comprising a few musical numbers BY
~favorite professional musicians of the
city who have kindly volunteered tx
assist tomorrow.
Miss Evelyn Dare, a great favorite
with Fargoans who sang for a number
OF months last eason both at the
Orpheu1n and the Grand and who il
here again for a short engagement
will sing for the Riddles" Miss Dare
sang last year at The Forum Good
Fellows Christmas tree and added
much to the enjoyment of the children
Her number tomorrow morning, al
appropriate Christmas CAROL vii
greatly please the little tots.
The Grand Ladies' orchestra has al
SO offered to render a short program
me which will give the children
pleasure. The repertoire of these
talented young women is excellent
and their numbers have always pleas,
cd. Their music tomorrow will ri
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-24
Forum Good Fellow Christmas
Tree Will Provide for Many

something out Of the ordinary. This
will conclude h programme.
Work All Completed.
The young women's committee as
sisting The Forum in carrying the
Good Fellow movement to success this
year is deserving of much credit. The
young women have given much OF
their time to this project in the last
few weeks in purchasing the gifts for
the tree so that each child's wish will
be gratiied as nearly as possible, in
Investigating the conditions of the
families Of the children writing to
Santa Claus and in the decoration OF
the tree.
Especially is credit due Mrs. Edwin
G. Clapp, chairman of the committee,
for her untiring efforts in this cause
and the capable manner in which she
| has managed the whole affair. To the
| purchasing committee comprising Mrs.
Clapp, Miss Ethel LoWman, Miss
| Elizabeth Magill and Miss Blanche
Heath, The Forum is greatly indebted
for devoting so much time and con-
| scientious effort to the consideration
and care of each child and in the
| valuable assistance rendered in add
ing much to the c~heerfulness on a day
when every child. rich or poor. should
be happy.
The committee to officiate at the
| Grand theatre tomorrow morning will
be composed of, Mr.. and Mrs. Clapp,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Pollock, Miss
| Ethel Lowman, Miss Elizabeth Magill,
Miss Margaret Mitchell, Miss Hazel
| Smith, Miss Jessie Walker, Miss
| Hermoine Mitchell, Miss Katherine
ILowman, Miss Mae Howe Miss Gladys
Guthrie, Miss Dorothy Hanna, Miss
De-, ~ Jo;y1aa Mics pIonchn Heath Mise
Lucille Bristol, Miss Dorothy
Dalrymple, Will Magill, John Pollock,
Frank J. Carlisle, l.. j. Stranahan,
George Howe, Fred Bristol, jr, Robert
G. Paterson, Merle Baldwin, Louis
Engerud, Tom Hall and Charles Page.
Merchants Responded.
A fine Christmas tree has been pre-
scented to The Forum by the Shotwell
Floral Co., for the Riddles
Decorations for the tree were sup
piled by the leading Fargo merchants
who gave much OF their Christmas
stock for this worthy purpose. Pres
ents for the children In the way Of
clothing and other gifts to make the
hearts of the children happy were
given The Forum committee at cost
or a big reduction from the regular
price.
Boxes of fruit We're donated both
by Manager De Camp of the Stacy
Fruit Co., and by Pres. N. "A. Lewis of
the Lewis-Vidger Fruit Co.
Manager Fowler has done much in
donating the use Of his theatre and
his employees have added greatly to
this in donating their services. Surely
The Forum Good Fellows Christmas
tree should prove a huge success this
year, and every poor child in the city
should have a happy heart on Christ
mas dan ---a4
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-24

A siphon. operated by a rubber bulb
at the bend in the tube. has been pat
ented by q New York man to remove
cream from milk.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-24
EACH WARSHIP
A SCHOOL ship

Washington, Dec. 24.-Every Amer
lean warship will be a school ship
with the advent of the new year. Sec
rotary Daniels has promulgated an
order putting into effect his new edu-
c%ational system in the navy Jan. /,
and thereafter for an hour and a
quarter each afternoon every enlist
ed mar on the warship will be en-
gagged in self-improvement under the
direction of his commanding officer.
Commissioned, warrant and petty Of
ficers will be designated to act as
pedagogues.
Enlisted men now taking CORE
spondence courses with outside in
situations will receive assistance and
encouragement and those chief petty
officers who are seeking promotion to
warrant rank and the officers who are
trying the commissions will be form
ed into classes for special in~struc-
ton.
The needs Of the navy have not
been lost sight Of in this attempt to
give the men academic instruction for
the order gives attention to every
possible detail to the training Of the
enlisted men in subjects which will
render them more efficient in the mil
itary direction.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-24
SERIOUS BLAZE
THREATENED
FIRE BROKE OUT EARLY THIS
MORNING IN REAR OF BASE
MENT ON FRONT STREET
DAIRY LUNCH-oRIGIN OF FIRE
/ UNKNOWN. .--.

A fire which for a time threatened
large proportions broke out about 7:45
o'clock this morning in the basement
at h rear Of the Front Street Dairy
Lunch. When the department arriv-
ed, flames were bursting from the
basement windows. Three lines OF
hose were laid at once, and the steam
engine was sent for, SO that, the fire
was controlled before it spread to the
front Of the building.
How the blaze started Is not known.
It appears to have started in a pile Of
stuff in a corner. of the basement, and
spread very rapidly, burning out the
partitions nearby. and damaging con-
siderable quantities Of goods which
were stored In the vicinity.
The flames swept up through fues
and .stairways, and the rear of the
kitchen and pantries were badly dam
aged, the walls, tables, and shelves
and the goods stored there being prac-
tically ruined. The damage will prob
ably reach several hundred dollars.
and the lunch room will be closed for
three or four days until repairs are
made. -..- -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-24
XMAS PACKAGE
WAS A BOMB
w. E. HUN7, Proprietor

New Orleans. La, Dec. PA pecul-
lar rattle from the inside Of what ap-
peared to be an innocent Christmas
gift alarmed Mrs. John laramie here
today and she flung the package from
her and ran. A moment later 1t ex-
ploded. Somebody had sent her a
bomb through the mails and she re-
leased the percussion mechanism
when she removed the outer cover.
She reached another room in safety.
but the explosion did much damage to
the house.
Mrs. laramie told the police her
suspicious as to the handwriting on
the wrapper and they are looking for
her husband from whom she has been
separated two years. A similar pack
age was sent by messenger last year,
which Mrs. laramie refused to re-
ceiVe. '. '' "
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-24
GLEE CLUB CHRIsTENs TREE
Minnesota gu" Singers Give Concert
for Spokane YuIe Dedication.

Minnesota "U" Singers Give Concert
for Spokane YuIe Dedication.
Spokane, Dec. 24.-The Glee club of
the university of Minnesota, on a con-
cert tour of western cities. arrived in
Spokane and was met by Earl w. Con-
stantine, a Spokane alumnue.
A committee of alumni had arranged
by wire for the club to formally dedi-
cate Spokane's first municipal Christ
mas tree. During the noon hour the
club sang three numbers to al aud
fence Of several hundred persons gath
cred about the tree. The familiar
strains of Soldiers Chorus" came hrst'
then ION the Sea" and finally Mime
sota," all heartily applauded.
The club left at z p. m, for Occur
D'Alene, where they gave last night
their first concert OF the series planned
for the Inland Empire towns. They
will return to Spokane Dec. 27. for an
ENLARGEMENT at the Central Christian
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-24

II You Need Money
Phone 2315 or call at 800 Front street.
We on anything.-Advt.