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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
BANDITS HOLD AMERICANS
SEVEN RAILWAY OFFICIALS ARE
TAKEN FROM TRAIN.
Gen. Villa, Angered at the News Of
the Capture, Orders All Sus-
poets to Be Shot.

yJuareZ, MeXico.-Seven American
railroad men are believed to be
prisoners, the Great Cambre rail
road tunnel through the Continen-
tai Divide is in ruins and the Mexican
Northwestern passenger train, which
left this city Wednesday morning is
a charred wreck at the mouth of the
tunnel as the result of the ~depreda-
tons of members of the Maxine Cas-
tillo gang of bandits.
The names of the prisoners, as re-
ported at Juarez, are: M. ]. Gilmartin,
superintendent q the road; H. Schoe-
field, superintendent of terminals at
J~uarez; Lee Williams, assistant man
ager of the railroads commissary; E.
j. McCutcheon, engineer Of the pas
senger train; j. E. Webster, conductor,
and H. F. Mardees, express agent.
A seventh American is believed to
have been on the train, and Americans
also were employed on the freight
train which was used to fire the tun-
mel.
Gen, Francisco Villa, commander of
the rebel forces and now at Chihua-
hua, was enraged at the news, and In
a telegram which passed through
Juarez instructed Gen. Felipe Macias,
operating in the Casas Grandes dis
trict, to shoot every man who could
not satisfactorily account for his pres-
ence there.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
ROCKEFELLER FACES PRISON
OIL King Refuses to Pay $12,0oo,ooo
Taxes In Cleveland, Declaring
He Is a Nonresident.

Cleveland, O.-John D. Rookie
Teller, the worlds richest man,
faces the possibility of going to Jail
if the county tax commission is sue
cessful in forcing to an issue the pay
ment of $12,O0O,O00 in taxes demanded
of him.
Commissioners declared that the
new Warnes tax law provides that in
case a person fails to list his personal
property for taxation he may be hailed
before the probate court, and upon his
refusal to answer questions concern
ing his property he may be declared
in contempt and committed to Jail.
The county tax commissioners re-
ceived the backing of Gov. Cox and
tho state tax commission in their at
tempt to force John D. to pay taxes
on 9 00,00O,O0O personal property.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
MRS. ROSS GIVEN TEN YEARS
Missouri Woman Found Guilty Second
Time of Staying Her Husband,
Gets Same Sentence.

Fulton, Mo.-The jury in the
Mrs. Susan Ross murder case re
turned a verdict finding her guilty Of
second degree murder and assessing
her punishment at 10 years in the
penitentiary. This is the same sen
tence imposed at the first trial. The
jury was out 23 hours, a little longer
than the first jury which convicted
her. The jury first considered the in
sanity plea, but dismissed this after
q short elaboration, it is said, ant
the delay in returning a verdict was
due to the differences over the amount
of punishment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
10 IN TRUST SENT TO PRISON
Violation of Antitrust Act Held to In
volve Personal Guilt by New
York Supreme Court.

New York.-Guilt in violations
Of antitrust laws may be made
personal, according to a ruling of the
appellate division Of the supreme
court here, which upheld the convic-
ton of Is members Of the New York
poultry trust, sentenced to three
months in the penitentiary in 1911 for
conspiracy to control the poultry mar
ket. The trial lasted from May until
August, 1911.
The men to go to the penitentiary:
Irving V. Dryer, Arthur G. Dryer,
Charles Westberg, William w. Smith,
Charles R. Jewell, James N. Morris,
Charles T. Hawk, Charles Thatcher,
Charles Werner and Solomon Frankel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Man e for Arson.

Sedalia.-W. C. Williams. acting
manager Of the Pullman hotel, a three
story brick building, valued at $50, 900,
on which there is $4,000 insurance,
who was arrested on a charge of be-
ing implicated in a conspiracy to burn
the structure, was taken into court
and his preliminary hearing set. He
was unable to give bond.
The information on which Williams
was arrested came from the office of
State Superintendent of Insurance c..
G. Revelle. 1t was a confession from
Emmett NJ. Roberts, who came here a
short time ago from Casper, Wyo., and
has been a guest at the hotel. Rob-
erts alleges Williams offered him $3.50
to pour coal oil in three rooms and
set them afire.
Roberts says Williams told him he
was to get $500 if the building were
destroyed. Williams denied he had
any connection with the plot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
HOT CONTEST ON
TOLLS EXPECTED
WILSON'S DESIRE TO REPEAL
CANAL ACT EXEMPTION TO
CAUSE SPIRITED DEBATE.
BILL TO START II is READY
Representative knowIand Says It viii
Bring Full Discussion of Foreign
Policy = o'Gorman to Fight
Against Repeal of Tolls.

Washington, d. C.-President Will
sons expressed desire for repeal Of
the provision of the Panama canal act,
which exempts American coastwise
ships from tolls, it is apparent, will
precipitate spirited debate in both
houses of congress when the bill to
carry out the suggestion is submitted.
Senators and representatives dis.
cussed the situation informally, but no
move was made. Action probably will
come first from the house interstate
and foreign commerce committee in
the form of a bill to repeal the toll
exemption provision.
Representative Adamson, chairman
Of the committee, probably will intro.
duce the bill at an early date. He is
awaiting word from the president.
Although the repeal is proposed in
the face of a plank in the Baltimore
platform of the Democratic party, the
discussion of tie phrase of the pro-
posed reversal of policy is not expect
ed to be as extended as the influence
of the contemplated action upon for
eign relations.
Senator O'Gorman, chairman of the
interoceanic canals committee, who
declared following the announcement
of President Wilson's position, that he
proposed to fight against repeal of the
tolls provisions to the last ditch, does
not expect consideration of the repeal
by his committee until the matter has
been disposed of in the house.
That opposition to the repeal will
develop in the house interstate com
merce commission was indicated by
Representative Knowland of Califor.
mia, a member of the committee, who
declared:
I'VE are paying a dear price for the
friendship of Great Britain, even
though it may help us out in Mexico.
The proposed bill will, l predict, pre-
cipitate n of the most spirited de-
bates heard in congress for years and
will provoke a free and full discus
sion of our foreign policy"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
PRESIDENT RESIGNS|
WAR MINISTER Is KILLED DE.
Tending BARRACKS.
Rebel Leader Occupies Palace-LoyaI
Regiment Threatens to Retake
Capital From RevoIutionists.

Lima, Peru.-A military coup
d'etat overthrow the Peruvian gov
eminent and brought about the resig-
nation of President Gillinghurst after
he was imprisoned in the palace.
War Minister Varela was killed
while attempting to defend the Santa
Catalina barracks against the revolu-
tionists.
Col. Benavides, leader of the move
ment against the B"illinghurst govern
ment, now occupies the palace and is
expected ~momentarily to declare him
self president.
The fear of the public was that some
loyal regiment might try to retake the
capital from the revolutionists. This
would result in bloodshed and destruc-
ton.
So far there has been no fighting
in Lima, and the streets, though
crowded with excited people, are com
paratively quiet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
CONFESSED LYNCHER FREED
conscience Has Been Satisfied" Says
Illinois Man Who Surrendered
After 27 Years.

Decatur, nl.--Reason Trigg was
released from the Monticello Jail
by order of the Piatt county grand
jury, as sufficient evidence for con
viction was not obtained, Trigg re-
Gently confessed that he helped lynch
Henry Wildman, a wife-slayer, at Mon
ticello, 81 years ago. Conscience
stricken he gave himself up to the al
thorities.
Il am content and my conscience
has been satisfied" said Trigg as he
walked out Of the Monticello jail. He
will return to his farm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Mrs. Ross on Trial.

Fulton,--Mrs. Susan Ross, charged
with the murder of her husband, j. II.
Atwood Ross, has gone to trial for
the second time. 1t was reported that
attorneys for Mrs. Ross, who failed in
their attempt to get q change Of
venue, had a plan to delay the trial,
but this is denied by them. They ans
nounced that they are ready to go on
with the trial and Prosecuting Attor-
ney Nick Cave says he and his assist
ants also are ready. A special venire
OF "a men was subpoenaed and the
selection of a jury has been made.
Mrs. Ross, who is out on bond and
has been visiting in Kansas City and
Warrensburg, has returned to Fulton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Hitch Racks TO STAY.

Neosho.-The controversy between
the city of Neosho and the county
court Of Newton county was settled
when the city council passed an ordi-
nance accepting the county's PROPOSE,
ton to build a curb and gutter around
the courthouse square, erect hitch
racks and remove the iron fence. The
racks were taken down at night by the
marshal and a force of men last De-
cember, when the circuit court refused
to recognize the city's order declaring
them to be a nuisance and a menace
to public health and ordering Them
dismantled. The racks were put back
the following day by the sheriff.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
.sEARCHERs FIND Z
IN FIRED TUNNEL
REscuERs WITH OXYGEN HEEL,
NETS REACH cHkRREDj BOD
les OF TRAINMEN.
9 AMERICANS AMONG VICTIMS
Death Of Nine Americans and 20 Ma.
tlves in Mexican Tunnel Us Laid
to Doors of Meximo Castillo,
Noted Bandit Leader.

ID Cumbre, chihuahua, Mexicog-Noth-
ing but charred bodies and buttons
were found by the rescuing party
which, with the aid of oxygen helmets
and pulmoters, succeeded in penetrat-
ing the Cumbre tunnel from the south
portal as far as the locomotive and
first two cars of the passenger train.
These are supposed to be the remains
Of the engineer and fireman of the ILL
fated passenger train. They probably
were killed when their engine crashed
into the burning freight train, which
had been pushed into the tunnel by
Castillo's bandits several hours be.
fore.
Earth and rock are still falling, max.
ing explorations extremely dangerous,
and there is a constant fear that other
lives may be added to those already
lost by cave-ins after the rescuers
have penetrated the tunnel for some
distance.
The ~wreckage is now covered by
from 5 to 10 feet of earth, and the
only hope of finding bodies is that they
may have been covered with earth
before having been reached by the
flames, which. Judging from expert
ences, is not probable, as for the whole
distance traversed not a particle of
the woodwork of all the cars burned
was found.
Juarez.-The nine Americans and
40 Mexicans, whose fate has been a
mystery since the destruction of the
Cumbre tunnel, were suffocated. This
information was received at the head.
quarters of the Mexican Northwestern
railroad. The tragedy is laid tt the
doors of Meximo Castillo, the bandit
leader.
Two Mexicans, who left the train
at Cumbre, say the passenger was
not held up, but ran in the tunnel in.
nocent of danger. Castillo failed to
leave warning that he had set a freight
train on fire in the tunnel.
Railroad men here and in Ell Paso
are furious at Castillo's act. Last
week 20 of his men were captured
and executed by the rebels, and ap.
~parently in revenge, he captured the
freight train, ran it into the soush
end of the tunnel about 300 feet, and
there set fire to it.
The passenger train entered the
death trap from the north unsuspect.
ingly, probably travelling at its usual
rate of about is miles an hour. When
the engineer discovered the trap it
was too late. Just what his actions
were will be known only after an ex-
animation of the locomotive has been
made.
Castillo's failure to send back warn.
ings of his act is regarded as the most
cruel and murderous act of his career
of outlawry and there is a disposition
here to criticise Gen. Francisco Villa
for not having crushed him long ago.
Two Mexican cowboys were respon.
sible for a report that all had escaped
and that the Americans were being
held for ransom. There was rejoicing
at this, but the ~iubilation was short
lived.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
JOE" MAY RUN AGAIN
Says He Would Be Happier Back
In the Halls Where He Served
Nearly so Years."

Washington, D. C.-"Uncle Joe"
Cannon has a bee buzzin' round, his
friends in congress learned. The for
mer speaker says he is lonely in Dan
vile and may conclude to run for
the house again.
Il am not exactly unhappy" said
Uncle Joe" Il would rather be in
Danville than wearing a path in Wash
ington pavements. But / would rather
be back here in the halls where |
served nearly so years. l would be
happier here"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12

Panama.-Mail advices received
here from Ecuador say that the
revolution in the republic is gain
ing Roadway, and that Quayaquil, the
principal seaport, is preparing to pro-
claim a new government.
The Alfaristas, as the rebels are
called, demand the resignation of Pres.
ident Leonidas Plaza, who was blamed
for the lynching at Quito, Jan. %,
1912, Of Gen. Sloy Alfaro, president of
Ecuador. There has been fighting in
the streets of Quinto as a result of
INSTRUMENTATION in the presidents
bodyguard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Two sIav a Priest.

San Antonio, Tex.-Returning unex.
pectedly to their country home, IS
miles south Of San Antonio, Charles
Baumberger, president of the San An.
tonic Portland Cement company, and
Charles A. Baumberger, his son, the
latter president Of the Alamo Cement
company, found s. Virum Brales, a
Spanish priest of the Catholic church,
in the house. What they saw prompt.
ed either the father or son to shoot,
and the priest fell in the front yard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Rate Cases to Surname Court.

Kansas City.-The Missouri railroad
rate cases, in litigation many years,
were started on another journey to
the supreme court of the United
States when Eugene e. Ball, a partner
of Frank Hagerman, attorney for the
Is roads involved, departed for Red
Oak, Ia, the home of Judge Smith Nc
Pherson of the federal court, to obtain
The judges signature to an appeal to
the supreme court from Judge Nc
Pherson's decision, in which the judge
held he had no power to retain juris-
diction of suits to 0 alleged
~oyercharges from the railroads.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12

That the pending bill to create an
interstate trade commission, the first
of the measures drafted for the admin
~istration antitrust legislative pro
gram, is far from complete was deter
mined by members of the senate inter.
state commerce committee at a long
conference.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
AcquittaI Of Police Chief Hisse.

st. Paul, Minn.-Hisses greeted the
verdict OF not guilty returned by the
jury in the case of Martin Flanagan,
former chief Of police, and Fred Tur-
ner, former detective, charged with
accepting a bride from a woman, with
the promise that her resort would be
protected.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
eattIeshIn Lands Marines,

Washington.-Rioting and ~pillaging
broke out in Cape Haitien to such an
extent that Commander Bostwick of
the gunboat Nashville landed so men
to protect lives and property Of for
eign residents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
New Cure for wife eeate,

Wilkesbarre, pa.-The FIRST cure"
Is the best for wife heaters. declared
Justice Miller, who offers to aamlnis-
ter the beatings himself. Miller weighs
100 pounds, but wife heaters can be
As big as a mountain he says.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12

STAGE Seeks Heroine.

Trenton.-Miss Mary Foster, wound
ed when convicts attempted to escape
from the Oklahoma pe~nitentiary Jan.
10, was brought to the home of her
father here for rest. It's awfully
hard to turn down some offers l have
for vaudeville and motion picture
playing" she said, but / think I'll go
back to Warden Biek's office when I
recover
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
klno Haa So AutomobIIe,

Washington, d. ellis naajesty, tho
ameer Of AfghanIstan, Yabib.Illaa
Khan, Light Of the Nation and OF
Fifth" has So automobiles. and Is
much irterested n flowers, photog-
raphy, sdtdening fishing and hunting,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12

Plans to purchase discarded Amert-
can army rifles and resell them to
Mexican constituencies fell through
when Secretary of War Garrison de-
clined to modify the existing regula-
ton forbidding the sale to any indt
vidual Of army rifles or ammunition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
RooseveIt ExpedItIon Reports

Rio de Janeiro.-Col. Theodore
Roosevelt and his expedition arrived
at Utiariaty, Jan. 80. After three
days heavy rains, the expedition con-
tinued its march, reaching the rivers
Duvida and Gyparana.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Rattleahin Ia ouarantIned.

New York.-The battleship North
Dakota, with its more than 800 officers
and men, has been placed in quaran.
tine at the Brooklyn navy yard, fol-
lowing the discovery Of one case Of
dlphtheria on board.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12

Champaign, I'll. Declaring that
she was tired Of having the ex-
preston: Nellie be darned,p thrown
at her, Miss Nellie Blanche Darn Of
Paramount was married to Clyde M.
links of Homer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Mattresses Militant in Strike

Chicago.-Members of the waitress
es' union who we're arrested when at.
tempting to boycott downtown res.
taurants where strikes have been or.
dered announced that they will go
on another strike If they are CON
victed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
peduetlon.

Personally we do not pretend to
much 81 a hand at reading cbaractc
but when we see a young man car.
rying 9 pair Of kid gloves in one hard.
and 2 cane in the other we know he
isn't looking for a blowing job.-0al-
weston. News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
rhree HaIIoons Enter Race.

New Y~ork.--Three balloons have
been entered by the Imperial Aero
club Of Germany in the Gordon Ben.
nett race, which is to start from Kan
sas City, Mo, next October. according
to the Aero Club of America.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
Mrs Ross GUILTY.

Fulton.-Mrs. Susan Ross. who was
convicted of the murder OF her hus,
band, ]. Haywood Ross, and sentenced
to a term Of 10 years in the peniten-
tiary. is the first white woman con-
victed of murder in Galloway county,
and if her sentence is carried into ef-
feet she viii be the first white woman
sent to the ~penitentiary from this
county.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
oeoroe .. perkIna suooumb.

Sioux City, Tas--George D. Perkins,
publisher Of the Sioux City Journal,
anu for 20 years congressman from
the Eleyenth Iowa district, died at q
hospital here. after on illness Of two
weeks from BLADDER trouble.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Lamp Sets off Powder.

Grove City, Pa.-The explosion
OF an overturned oil lamp, fol
lowed by an explosion OF blasting pow
der, wrecked a boarding house at
Mine No. 3, near here, and resulted
in the deaths of two men and the
probable fatal injury OF another.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Lord Barrinqton Not ParoIed.

Jefferson City.-"Lord" Barrington's
plea for clemency was denied by the
state board of pardons and paroles.
His application had been under con-
s%ideration for several months. The
decision was unanimous.
Darlington Was convicted of murder-
ing James r. Mccain near Bonfls, st.
Louis county.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Congressional Notes

Immediate release OF ali munitions
of war under seizure in Texas. New
Mexico and Arizona, except those
needed as evidence against violators
Of the neutrality laws, was ordered by
the department of justice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Bulls Attack Fatal 70 Farmer

Tonganoxie, Kan.-William LOOMS,
SO years old, a wealthy farmer, died
from injuries received when he was
gored by a bull at his home near here.
Loomis was attacked when he stepped
into the feed Tot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Elahty Killed In Revolt.

Lima, Peru.-Eighty killed and
wounded was the total Of the casual
ties Of the military coup d'etat which
deposed President Kuillermo Billing
hurst. No e to Billinghurst
has been proclaimed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12

Radium was described to TIA house
committee on mines as the only cure
the medical world has discovered for
cancer-the disease for which no
cause has been found and which the
experts before the committee labeled
q rebel against all the laws that gov,
ern human issues.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Held as Bank Rnhher

Chillicothe.-John H. Harnett, ar
rested with John Miller, James Madi-
0 and John Henry, on a charge Of
robbing the Farmers National bank
Jan. "a, was held for trial by Judge s..
y. hohrer. Harnett's bond was fixed
at $4,000. He was unable to give bail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12

Topeka, Kan.-Two portable church.
es were ordered to be placed in sub.
urbs of Kansas City When better
churches are needed bolts will be
loosened, the buildings taken down
and shipped to new fields.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Lamp Causes Hermit's Death

Joliet, Iii.--Johh Halbeck, 80 years
old. died from burns received when
the lamp In the lonely hut whore he
lived overturned Halbeck was weak
rom long Illness, but bis screams at.
racted a neighbor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Mrs. eoeIet Makes FIiaht

Daytona, Fla.-After quietly making
arrangements with Miss Ruth Law for
the event, Mrs. Robert Goelet made
a fight with the birdwoman in the
letters aeroplane at Sea Breeze.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Call II Unprecedented

President Wilson and his conferees
consider this festivity as an unprece.
dented action on the part Of & govern
ment supposedly friendly and at peace
with the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
Ten Men on Vanderbilt Yacht.

New Orleans.-Ten members Of tho
crew Of the Frederick W. Vanderbilt
yacht Warrior, standed on a reef or
tho coast OF Colombia, still are aboard
the vessel, according to a wireless re-
ceiyed here.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-12
RaheInon IL on II pnru.

Lima, Peru.-The president OF the
Republic Of Peru, GuilIermo Billing
hust, was taken prisoner by military
revolutionists. The rebels suddenly
attacked the presidential palace UNI
der the leadership Of Col Benavides.