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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
PRESIDENTIAL PEN
READY FOR TARIFF

Washington, d. c.. Sept. 23.-Disput-
ed points between the Senate and
Hpuse in the tariff bill narrowed down
today 10 such chief features as the In
come tax, the tax on cotton futures
and the general administrative proyi-
sioIs. Democratic managers expected
10 send the conference report to the
House BY Thursday,
President Wilson told callers today
that his conferences with leaders led
him to believe all differences would be
smoothed out and ne would sign the
bill this week tive cot my pen sharp
ened, said the president. Chairman
simmons, OF the Senate finance COM
mittee, and Senator Hoke Smith as
sured President Wilson today that they
expected the bill TO be ready for his
signature before the end of the week.
The last moments of the passage6eof
the tariff measure, however, always Of
conference report and further delihera-
tons on points on which either house
may insist. F.
Democratic leaders from the south
are said TO be agreed on the cotton
futures tax compromise proposed by
representative Lever and Endorsed BY
Postmaster General Burleson and Sem
ator Hoke Smith. Instead OF the high
Clarke tax it proposes a smaller tax
on cotton for which the government
has fixed standards. The cotton ex-
change men. however, are protesting
against IL.
Chairman simmons said ne had not.
discussed the cotton future tax with
the president, but Indicated the Senate
managers would not yield to the House
on their amendment. \
Chairman Alexander, of the House.
merchant marine committee. with Rep
r~esentattyes Jones Of Virginia, Small OF
North Carolina, and NcGilicuddy. Of
Maine; asked the president to favor IN
amendment to the tariff bill giving a
+ per cent discount in duties to imports
in vessels wholly built In the United.
States, no matter where owned. a
House provision for a s per cent dis
count for goods IN American owned.
ships vas struck out by the Senate on
the pr0tests Of many foreign govern
ments that 1t was a discrimination In
violation OF their treaties. The presi-
dent did not commit himself. but in
dicated that if the new amendment did
not conflict with treaty rights. he
would favor It, 4.Est d" q
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
PARCEL POST LOPS OFF
REVENUES ON EXPRESS

San Francisco, Cal, Sept, 22.-Tes-
tifying before the state railroad COM
mission, which continued today it's in
squiry into the relations between the
Southern Pacific railroad and the Wells
Fargo Express company, Vice Presi-
dent and General Manager Christian
sen, of the latter, declared that parcel
post competition has caused the COM
pany to lose 31.7 per cent of small
packages since the first of the year,
when the government service was es-
tahlished, In the same period, he
said, the company's revenue had been
reduced SO per cent and this percent
age. he affirmed, held good for all 9TH
err express companies.
I'VE are confronted" he asserted,
with the proposition. Of increased ex-
penses, decreased business and de-
creased The competition de-
mands increased service and while
we. have increased the service, current
profits have, shrunk since as far back
as 1910"
Attorney c.. w. Durbrow, of the
Southern Pacific, gave the commits
sion today the story Of the corporate
relationship between the railroad and
the express company.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
SCHMIDT PLANNED TO
~ KILL HoPELESSLY ILL

New York. Sept. 22.--Al the death
certificates filed since the first of the
year, $4,000 in number, were examined
today to see IL there be any forged by
Father" Hans Schmidt TO conceal the
murder of other persons besides Anna
AumuIler.
Schmidt has confessed that he pre-
pared these blank certificates for the
purpose Of accounting for the death Of
persons hopelessiy sick or crippled,
whom he meant to kill painlessly for
their own good. He denied, however.
that he had put his plan into effect or
that he had any victims besides the
girl, portions of whose body still lie
beneath the waters OF the Hudson
river. .s.
Revolvers found in the quarters of
Schmidt and of Ernest Muret, his
dentist friend, gave the detectives to-
day additional reasons to believe the
association between them was closer
than they have admitted. The wea-
pons are alike in nearly every detail
and made at the same factory in Ger
many. The ammunition with which
they were loaded is the same make.
Is, Muret says he bought his pistol eight
years ago in Germany. The police be-
leve that Schmidt got his revolver at
the same place and at about tie same
time. T. - "s n..
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
EXTENSION OF PARCEL
POST SYSTEM WILL BE
BACKED BY PRESIDENT

Washington. ID. Ct, Sept. 22.--Meas-
ures that Will pave the way for a big
extension in the functions OF the post
Office department win form an import
N part Of the democratic legislative
program for the regular session Of con-
gress next winter.
According to a member OF the Iowa
delegation one OF the measures will
call for the raising OF the parcel post
weight limit to 100 pounds, which will
enable the government to enter tho ex-
press business and become a competl-
tor with the private express companies
for the retail package traffic.
Another measure which Is under con-
sideration but as Il which no difinite
conclusion has been reached will ask
for an Investigation OF plans for the
government to take over the telegraph
and telephone lines and operate them
as a part Of postal service.
Representative Moon, OF Tennessee,
chairman Of the commission OF post
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
SCHMIDT PLANNED
NUMEROUS GRIMES

New York. Sept "a .-Evidence that
Hans Schmidt and Or. Ernest Muret,
his dentist friend, planned a campaign
of murder for tho purpose Of collect
ing life insurance money, reached the
police today. 1t tended to explain the,
blank death certificates found in.
Schmidt's
The evidence camo from a ply
stefan who told Inspector Faurot, of
the detective bureau, that Schmidt and
Muret, a short time ago, tried to ar
range with him to issue death certi-
ficates i'm ~thepeYent of sudden death of
persons just insured.
II cannot divulge at this time the
Identity of the physician" said the in
spector. oTf#the story told by him Is
true, the fact stands out big and black
that Father Schmidt and DIR. Muret
had a plan whereby they would col
Ject insurance. ] am happy to state
that the physician fatty declined to
listen to their proposal"
Inspector Faurot has. learned, he
said, that the dentist ut one time in
his life, figured as an insurance brok-
or. The inspector said that with the
assistance of the Chicago police he
was trying to find il there was any
connection between Schmidt and Mo-
ret and Johann Hoch, the "Bluebeard
OF Chicago, who was executed In
1905 for numbering one wife and ac-
cused of killing several others.
Schmidt was in Chicago in 1906. "AI-
though II may cali 1t nothing but O
rumor, this coincidence" said Faurot,
II consider it of sufficient Importance
to warrant a thorough investigation"
While in London Muret is said to
have been a friend OF DR.. Crfppen,
the wife slayer.
Coroner Fernberg and the district
attorney consulted today regarding the
composition of the jury and the evil
dence it will be asked to consider. The
coroner said he hoped to obtain a
jury OF bankers, merchants, manufac-
.turers and professional men. The de-
tectiye bureau today promised further
disclosures regarding the career of
Schmidt and Ernest Muret, his friend,
and perhaps a relative. Muret, who.
practiced dentistry without a certi-
ficate, is held under a charge OF having
in, his possession a. dangerous weapon,
while the police gather evidence to
support the charge that he helped
Schmidt make counterfeit money.
Much of Muret's past life Is now an
open book. T.
The police have evidence that ne
lived in Hamburg and Berlin as Arthur
Heibing and that warrants are out
standing against him In those cities
for swindling.
The alienist who examined Schmidt
in his cell yesterday, said that while
he was not prepared to pronounce the
priest insane, Schmidt was exhausted
both mentally and physically.
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PRISONER CONFESSES
THAT he IS SLAYER
Jacob Wolfsohn Says He Killed
Girl Following Assault
in Cemetery.

PhiladeIphia, Sept. 2S.-The Phila-
delphia police Officials were not pre-
pared today to say that Jacob Won-
solin, who says that he killed Anna
| Catharine Schumacher in a cemetery
at Rochester. n. ~, four years ago, is
telling the truth. Captain Cameron
head OF the detective bureau, said the
\ story told by the prisoner seemed TO
him to bear out details of the crime
as known here, but the doubts thrown
around Wolfsohn's tale by the Roches-
ter authorities had caused the detec-
tivas here To withhold any opinion as
to his guilt.
Wolfsohn. accused OF larceny and
forcible entry, faces a prison term here
liz the charges are sustained Casting
about for a reason for WolfsOhnfto say
that he killed the girl the police be-
lieve the only motive he coEld have II,
foundation OF his story proves untrue,
is that be might escape q prison sem
tence here * taken to New York state
and there cleared or q murder charge.
After Wolfsohn's arrest guards no
ticed that HE constantly paced MS cell
and seemed to have something on his
mind.
Finally. according to the detectives,
| the prisoner asked for pencil and paper
and wrote d note to the district at
torney containing the simple statement
that he had Killed d girl in a cemetery
at Rochester, and that her name was
! schumacher. Under questioning by
Cautain Cameron and WI detectives
he collapsed
Later he recovered sufficiently to
make his alleged confession, which, as
! repeated by tho detectives, is suhstan-
TALLY as follows:
3sWolfsChr said he passed III cenne-
terry every day on his way home and,
several times noticed the girl placing
| flowers on a grave.
IT hirted with her and she smiled
back at me- Wolfshohn confessed, ac-s
cording to the detectives. THE next
day Ii saw her and spoke to her. We
agreed to see each other there the next
day. She kept her appointment. I tried
| to KISS her. but she resented this and
tried to run away, I grabbed her and
began choking her. She screamed but
no one heard her, and then I strangled
herr u then attacked her, and after
that dragged the body to the woods in
the cemetery. + found a grave digger's
spade and dug a hole large enough to
place the body in 1t. No knows
how I suffered for doing this. ! could
keep It secret no longer"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25

commander; ]. l.. Weaver, Morristown,
Pa, surgeon general, and Horace M.
Carr, Parsons, Kan, chaplain general.
Immediately after the election Of Of
ficers was completed the commander
in-chief announced the appointment of
Oscar A. James, Detroit, Mich, as adj
.jutant general, and Col. d. r. Stowitz.
of Buffalo, N. Y, as quartermaster
general. ".
Commander-in Chief Gardner was
born in Morrow county, Ohio, in Feb
ruary, 1916. At the age OF 16 he en-
listed in Company ID. Sixty-fifth Ohio
%tinuously' from 1851, under Buell. in the
Earny Of the Ohio. under Rosecrans in
the army OF the Cumberland, and I'M
der Thomas and Sherman in the cam
|paign against Atlanta, until disabled
by gunshot wound during the battle
of Resaca, in May, 1864. For several
years after the war Commander Gard
ner attended college n later, was a
professor in Albion college, Michigan.
He served for five years as secretary
of state for Michigan and for IL years
represented the Third Michigan district
In congress-.
Only delegates were admitted to any
Of the official sessions of the encamp-
ment, but it is understood that Com
mander Gardeners nearest opponent
was Col. c.. E. Adams, of Superior.
Neb. ." "@ -. ~
The delegates tabled what was
termed the Torrance resolution intro
duced by Gen. Eli Torrance, Of Mime
sofa. providing federal aid for confed-
crate soldiers homes on the ground
that the matter was for congressional
action,
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
SCHOOL BOY WINS
..... HIGH GOLF SCORE

Brookline. Mass. Sept. 22.-Francis
Ouimet, a J school boy amateur, Of
Brookline, won the highest golfng
honors in the country, If not in the
world. by defeating Harry Vardon and
Edward Ray, the English professionals,
by five and six strokes respectively in
the playoff for the American open
championship today.
The victory of the boy carried with
1t a gold medal and the custody Of the
championship cup by his home or
ganization, the Woodland Golf club,
of Newton.
No amateur in this country and only
one abroad, has ever gained such
golfing fame. There were few of the
$4,000 persons viewing the play who
felt at the start that the youth could
possibly Vanquish such renowned vet
Grams as the two former British cham
pions.
In order to win, Ouimet was obliged
to play the best golf of the week. When
he had accomplished the first l6 holes
in 66 strokes and made the 18th in
a wonderful three, Vardon, his closest
opponent, broke under the strain.
Ouimet did not get into the lead UNI
til the turn for the home hole. All
three made the half way mark in
eve 50. But after hat he never was
headed, ~
Enthusiastic followers carried the
victor on their shoulders to the club
house, where Secretary John Reid, jr.,
of the United States Golf association.
made the presentation speech. Var
don received $170 and Ray $100 for
second and third prizes. The final
score
Ouimet, ~: .Vardon, II: Ray. IS.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
SCORE INJURED WHEN
TRAIN JUMPS TRACK
Rock Island Passenger Wrecked
.. in Kansas--Def Defective
Rail to Blame.

Manhattan, Kan, Sept. 22,-Twenty
passengers were injured, n probably
fatally, when passenger train Nc. 4 on
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railroad, easbound from Denver and
Colorado Springs to st. Louis, was de-
rallied on a curve q mile west of here
this morning. w.
Eight coaches left the rails, one Of
them. the steel baggage and smoking
car combined rolled down a 20-foot
embankment. turning over three times
and landing upside down. The smok-
ing compartment vas full of passen-
none seriously, except J. p. Badly. Of
Herington, Kan, who was crushed by
a falling trunk. He probably will die.
y. o. Thompson, conductor, was also
seriously injured. .n.. ,I..a ~"
The smoking compartment was in
undated and the passengers bespat-
tered by a flood of cream from a con
stgnment in the baggage compartment.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
BANANAS BACK ON
r.. -, TARIFF FREE LIST

Washington, Sept. 22.---The tariff
conference committe today voted to
leave bananas on the free list. After
a long controversy in which the infiu-
ence OF President Wilson was thrown
In favor Of the continued free impor-
tation of the fruit, the Senate con-
.ferees receded from their amendment,
which would have imposed a duty of
Tao of I cent per pound.
The Senate c%onferees' also gave way
as to the duty on lemons, lines, grape
fruit and similar fruits, leaving the
rates as fixed tky the House, based on
the measurements Of packages. The
Senate had fixed a flat rate Of LIZ of 1
cent per pound. The House rates
agreement to are a slight reduction
over existing rates.
Two other important decisions defin-
itely removed the proposed counter
Yailing duty against wood pulp and i'm
potatoes when imported from countries
imposing duties on like imports from
the United States. The Senate had
struck out the wood pulp countervaiI-
ing duty imposed by the House and
the ~conferees today ratified that ac-
ton. The 10 per cent Countervailing
duty on potatoes, adopted by the con-
ferees also was a Senate amendment.
A compromise at about IA cents a
pound was reached on Cante currants.
on which Greek importers had made a
hard fight. The House provisions put
ting press cloths used in cotton seed
oil mills on the free list was accepted.
Washington, Sept. 20.-A critical
study of the Underwood Simmons tar
if bill. to determine whether it will
produce enough revenue for govern
mental needs, was still Under way to-
day, when the tariff conference COM
mittee resumed work. Reductions by
the Senate have, in many instances.
been opposed by the House conference.
on the ground that they would cut the
revenues beyond the margin OF safety.
Chairman Simmons, of the Senate
c~onferees. has announced that the bill
would amply meet the revenue needs
of the nation. Some of the more i'm
portant, disputes, however, are on arti-
cles which members fear a reduction
of rates will mean too much loss of
raVanIla-
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
DANCES AND CARDS
TO LINE UP WOMAN
Precinct Hops Musicales
Etc. to Get Female Vote
in Chicago.

Chicago. Sept. 22.-The county demo-
Gratis have begun to organize the wo-
MAI vote and George l.. Mcconnell,
secretary Of the county committee, Is
working out a campaign of social-polit-
zeal activity. Democratic ward organ
izatiOns have been strong on dances
In the past. but 1t is Mr.. McConnell's
idea that such events hereafter shall
be in charge of democratic women He
would have big ward dances at inter-
walls, to be supplemented by precinct
card parties, precinct musicales. recep-
tions inc the like. ...a
There will be dances every week
during a campaign. There will be two
or more big dances each year in each
ward for the democratic voters-men
and women" said Secretary Mcconnell.
Then 1 would have euchre, whist or
other card parties, some of these for
women only. In the precinct grapha-
phone parties and receptions can be
utilized to good advantage in getting
the voters interested and in introduc-
ing the candidate"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
MILLIONAIRE BlXBY
T0TAKE THE STAND

Los Angeles, CaEs Sept, 23--Specula-
ton as to whether George II. Bixby; the
Long Beach millionaire on trial In the
superior court on charges of having
contributed TO the delinquency OF two
girls, would testify in his own behalf,
was ended today by the announcement
of his attorneys hat he would take the
stand and make a sweeping denial of
all accusations, ~. -...
His counsel said Bixby would require
the greater part OF a day court session
to give his direct testimony and that
some half dozen other witnesses would
be called in his behalf. The prosecu-
feet the defendant to severe cross
examination IT, ~ j..
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
SECRETARY BRYAN !" II" -
WILL LECTURE If
He FEELS LIKE III

Washington, Sept. 22.-Secretary
Bran will conclude his ~fchautauqua
i n Tres for the season tonight with
an address at Warrentou, Va. w. j.
Mr.. Bryan today, commenting on
the termination of his engagements,
announced that he would continue to
lecture as long as he remained secre-
tary of state whenever he felt there
was proper occasion and a desire to
do so. ",-. " t.rf, ~. w..
Mr.. Bryan issued this statement:
This evening Is the last OF the
chautauqua lectures for this season.
The total income from c~hautauqua
lectures this year Is q little over ST.
600. The net receipts, after taking out
the necessary expenses are something
over $4,000.
'tThe number Of whole week days
which have been used for the lectures
is. according to my recollection, seven.
The remainder of the lectures have
been delivered at places near enough
to this city TO, leave In the afternoon,
sometimes as late at sos o'clock. l
would not assume that the public was
interested In these details were it not
the fact that the representatives OF a
few newspapers have regarded it as a
matter of great Importance"
Will Continue Lectures.
When Mr.. Bryan was asked II he
"Oulu lSCLuIS any tilOT6 uuTlfS his COu~
nection with the state department, he
replied:
II expect TO lecture whenever 7 deem
1t desirable or necessary to do so and
have not in the least altered the plans
which were made at the time l as
sumed the duties of. the office. The
criticism that has been directed against
my lecturing is no more bitter than the
criticism l have undergone at other
times and for other things during my
connectionswith politics. r., .
"A part of this criticism is malic-
ious, a part of 1t is partisan and a part
of. il is based upon misinformation.
That which Is malicious will answer
itself. that which is partisan will be
accepted as such, that which is based
on misinformation will cease when
h critics are better informed.
mo man should enter public life If
he objects TO criticism and he cannot
stay III public life If he permits criti-
cism to turn him from doing what he
thinks is right. He must decide his
duty for himself ann is answerable to
the public, for any mistake he makes.
I'regard lecturing as an entirely legit-
innate field. / lectured before / was
nominated for the presidency. I lee
tured between campaigns, i shall con
tinue to lecture and l shall not believe
that any person whose opinion is
worth having will think the less of me
because / do so, This closes the lee
tur subject for the present"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
MURET'S REAL NAME
is ARTHUR HELPING
Priests Counterfeiting Pal Had
Trouble With Police in
Germany. 4.

Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 22.-The
police here today identified as Arthur
Heibing, the man now detained in New
York as 'Dr. Ernest A. Muret," and
under suspicion OF being concerned
with the confessed murderer, Father
Johannes Schmidt, in his counterfeit
ing Operations. 4.
province OF Posen, In 1887. He resided
at Hamburg from 1904 to 1909, posing
':ariously as a merchant and insurance
agent and physician. He lived in about
20 different lodgings here. Heibing
became q member of the Hamburg
Young Mems Christian association I'M
der the name of Mlret and was re-
peatedly in trouble in the courts. He
disappeared from Hamburg at the end
OF 1909 and warrants for swindling
frauds are still out for him both in
Hamburg and Berlin. ..t h..
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25

Offices today, told OF the plan to have
weight limit on parcel pest packages
raised to 100 pounds, other extensions
being also contemplated. From other
quarters It was learned that the bill
will he made part of the democratic
legislative program In the House.
Steps have already been taken to ns-
seHlble parcel post operation facts and
figures to show that the enlargement
of the parcel post into a real express
system is feasible and can be done
without impairlng the postal service.
There Is more or less Sentiment
among the Iowa delegation IN favor OF
the government operating the Telegraph
and telephone as a part Of tha postal
system. Postmaster General BurIeson
has sono ideas on the subject, but he
will not say,whether or not he will rec
omnlend such a step in his annual meg
sage. Former Postmaster General
Hitchcock prepared a report favoring
the plan. but his report was withdrawn
at h direction OF President Taft.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-25
FEARING MODS WALL
STREET ASKS TROOPS
Reason for Petition to Con
gress Not Known-Bankers
Backing Move.

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Washington, Sept. 22.-More than 25t
New York financiers have petitioned
h war department to Increase tht
number of troops on Governors island
to protect Wall street and the finan.
icial district from mob uprising or for.
eign invasion. The movement for in
creased military protection is said to
have been started by Charles.E. War
rem. of the Lincoln National bank oil
New York Scores of printed petitions
have poured in on the New York sena-
tors and have been sent to the war
department. d. .4a, ~...
Governors island, in New York har.
Dor. is only a short distance from the
financial district, and has only a small
detail Of soldiers, The financiers petit.
toned that it was the course of wis.
dom to have that force increased SO
that the soldiers might respond to any
emergency likely to arise in New York
city, particularly the commercial SEQ.
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