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MLABSHALI/rOWN, IOWA, THURSDAY MARCH 7 1913 VOLUME THIRTY-EIGHT

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CAP! ROBERT SCOTT P *"W -

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REACHES SOUTH POLE British Naval Officer and His Associates Declared f*>- to Have Been Successful in Quest.

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DEFINITE WORD FROM AMUNDSEN

HEAD OF RIVAL EXPEDITION IN ANTARCTIC REGION8 SENDS CON­

FIRMATION FROM NEW ZEALAND—SCOTT SAILED IN 1910 WITH

£ SIXTY MEN EQUIPPED FOR THREE-YEAR CRUISE — CARRIED

MOTOR SLEDGE, PONIES AND DOGS—FOUR OTHER EXPEDI-

£• TI0N8 AT PRESENT ON SAME QUEST.

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FIRST SIGN OF BREAK IN BRITISH

COAL STRIKE COMES FROM

MOST DISTURBED l|l8TRICT.

MANUFACTURERS CUt DOWN

THEIR WORKING FORCES

Gtmral Strike Regarded as Certain in

Westphslian Field* of Germany-

Prussian Government Promisee to

Suppress Disordere With Iron Hand

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" ' Wellington, New Zealand, March 7.—Captain Reald Amundson, the Norwegian explorer, stated today

|T -,rth«t Captain Seott, the British ex-^ •' - p|orer, reached the eouth pole.

\ cable dispatches from New Zea-0$£t land announcing that Captain Scott

had found the south pole came as a , \ startling climdxUo the race which five V exp^rers of different nationalities have

been • making to reach this last ex­tremity of the undiscovered portion of the ,glpbe. ...... ^Captain Robert Falcon Scott started

on his expedition from Port Chalmers, New Zealand, on Nov. 29, 1910. He was vytll^ equipped for this dash, having made a previous expedition under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society. At that time he attained a record of 82 degress, 30 minutes, which remained the record up to the time of Lieutenant Shackleton's notable ex­ploit. Shacldeton pushed further south and In 1907 reached 88 degrees, 2S min­utes, or about 100 miles from the south pole. This remained the record and In­spired the hardy navigators of many nations to, attempt the culminating

t of reaching-tl»e pole Itself. . ..

^^Teok AuatrtU^n Route. "'" ' ' * £*i>talnIScott . toi* .tJ|* *oute by way of Australia sihift? ftew Zealand. He sailed 'due south into Ross sea.-a great stretch of water reaching toward the south pole. His. chief competitor was Capt. Roald Amundsen, who was com­missioned by the king of Norway and the Norwegian government.

Amundsen chose the route by way of .South America as against Scott and three others, who went toy the Aus­tralian route. Amundsen left Buenos Aires on board the steamer FTam to­ward the eloso of 2910. He passed thru the straights of Magellan and then steered from Boas sea, the same sheet of watar which Scott had gained by way of New Zealand and the Austral-

' Ian route. Captain Seott planned to : follow the same land trail that Shack-

leton had taken. T**is to along a moun-I tain mnge thought to be an extension - of- the Andes range running southward

thru lonQhiptdei.

Dsbsrke at Danger Point. At the furthermost point of Ross sea

Captain Scott debarked his party from his Ship Terra Nova. Immediately at this point of debarkation stands out the gieat voleaao Mount Erebus, from •which rflpes constantly a great column of steam. It Is one of the dreaded lo-<«mi^ of the Antartlo to which the navigator* have given the naone of Terro^hay, for here Nordenskiold's ship, the Asitarotlo waa crushed In the IcA Baek ofthis bay the steam rock !Wdeni9 ttiplli' ont like a senUnel agginst the riange stretching south-

NMWd. . WtnUrs in Meuntalna

Captain Scott made his first winter quarters on the slope of the mountains

there remained until November, 19£i. It^wps then that his dash began:

jjlan was to 'caver the remaining distance by the end of December, and then Immediately about face and make the dash fcack again. Besides his equip­ment of food he bad placed relianoe oiv-a spore.of ponies and twenty-nine dogs and one motor sledge. He de­signed to use this sledge In making rapid progress over the comparatively level stretches of the foothills. Due al­lowance was^made for the desfth of ponles and dogs, the steady depletion of stores and the loss of vitality of the party waking up.the expedition.

Captain Amundsen had no ponies and no motor cleds, as hls experience led Mm. to place all his reUanoa In Siber-Saii'dofs. •

Ilia Other Competitors. £ : Thethree other competitors In the race were Lieut. William Fllchner, of the generalstaff of the German army; tjfeutl N. Shlrase, of the Japanese Iiary, and Dir. Douglas Mawson, repre­

senting Australia. Lieutenant Fllchner followed lairfftlx the plans of Dr. Nan-Mn and sailed on the steamer' Deuttehlasiil < oil Oct. 5 last. He la

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the first to reach Lahssa in Tibet, and much confidence was felt in him by the geographical society of Berlin. The Japanese explorer followed the Shack-leton route Into Ross sea, but returned to Sydney, Australia, In 1911 to repair damage done in Terror bay. His second start was not made until November last, so that he is rather behind in the race.

Dr. Mawson, the Australian, took his route from the harbor of Hobart, Tas­mania, aboard the little ship Aurora, and took the land route to the east of Ross sea.

Amundsen First to Return.

These five men and- their parties were out of sight qt the world for many months until the first rumor came yesterday with the confirmatory report that Amundsen had. returned and has brought word that his leading opponent had reached the coveted goal.

Less Important Than Pesry's Feat. From a geographical and scientific

standpoint the discovery of the south pole, while a momentous event, has not the same features of importance and danger as relate to the north pole. The quest for the north pole has been thru great fields of open water and .floating ice^ wliereas the Mut& pole ta situated on land. Scores of rwvlgators have per­ished In the quest for/the north pole, but relatively few In trying to reach the south pole. The problem has not been one of reaching the pole over floating ice but of passing rapidly over the snow covered foothills of the mountain range and terrifying glaciers.

Equipped For Throe Year Trip.

Capt. Robert Falcon Scott of the British royal mavy, in command of the British Antarctic expedition, left Eng­land in July, 1910. He had with him sixty men. twenty Siberian ponies, thirty does, and two motor sludges.

The Terra Nova, in which the expe­dition sailed, carried sufficient stores for three years. In January, 1911, Cap­tain Scott and his comrades went south to establish depots, the Terra Nova meanwhile returning to New Zealand.

Four Othsr Expeditions Out. Four other expeditions are now in

the Antarctic, each with a view to at­taining the south pole. The most im­portant of these is considered to be that of the Norwegian, Capt. Roald Amundsen, who is utilising the polar Ship, The Fram, which Dr. Fridtjof Naneen used In his explorations in the Arctic ocean from 1893 to 1898. Captain Amundsen left Buenos Aires towards the close of 1910. ^

Another expetltlon Is that of the Austrian, Dr. Mawson, who was one of the members of the Shaokleton ex­pedition. The vessel used by him is the Aurora,' which left Australia in November, 1910. i . ,

Tha German Antarctic expedition, under the leadership of Lieut. Wllhelm Fllchner of the Bavarian army, sailed on the steamer Deutschland from Buenos Aires on Oct. 5 last year.

A Japanese expedition under Lieut. Shlrase left for the south on board the Kianan Marti from Sydney harbor on Nov. 20 last ;

Amundsen Fsiled.

London, March . T.—-It. Is stated on good authority, (^cording to a special dispatch receive^ here this evening from Christiania,vNorway, that Capt. Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian ex­plorer and leading rival of Captain Scott, did not reach the south pole.

London, March 7.—The first sign of any break in the coal strike conies from North Wales, where "the employes of some of the smaller mining com­panies have reopened negotiations witli the owners with a view of starting work in the pits again. Some of these mines are worked by non-union men. Others, however, have hitherto been operated by union men.

'While the prospects of a settlement of the coal dispute appear soniewnai britfiuer today conditions in other in-dusirieb are becoming- worse every hour. Tne numoer of discnarges o. ivprKnien lroiu other eiupiuyuteui is in­creasing everywhere anu many cased oi 'great distress prevail.

8trik« Imminent In Gsrmany. Berlin, March V.—Tne outbreak of a

general strike in the Westphaiian coai uistnctB on March 11 is now regaraeu as ap radical certainty. The leaders of the Christian trades unions, who ar%e outer rivals of the socialist work­men's organizations, continue to oppose a strike but advices from the coat rieius indicate that they are losing hold on their followers, a great proportion of whom will make common cause witn the other organizations if they decide to stop work.

In view of the conflicting attitudes of the socialists and Christian trades unions the Prussian government an­nounced today that the fullest protec­tion will be accorded to non-strikers and that any disorders will be sup­pressed with an iron hand.

The coal owners in many cases have offered their men a 10 per cent in­crease in wages but the unions insist on a 15 per cent increase.

Leading coal stocks fell- 3 per cent and more on the bourse today. •

Railroad Reserve Stock Depleted. New York, March 7.—Fears of a

strike of the 180,000 anthracite coal miners on April 1 has caused a gen­eral rush on the part of consumers for coal to carry them over a strike period. This sudden demand became wide­spread today when it was reported that the railroads Instead of' having a large amount of coal in storage in prepara­tion for a possible strike were running short and were making every effort to Increase their depleted reserve.

IDLE WORKMEN ORGANIZE.

Unemployed of Des Moines Parade Streets Crying, "We Want Work."

Special to Times-Republican. Des Moines, March 7.—Fifty mem­

bers of the League of the Unemployed, which was organized by reputable working men not able tosecure any work, met on the street last night and held a meeting which was addressed by a number of their members. They then formed In a body and marched to the court house where they asked per­mission to go inside to bold their meet­ing. As they marched thru the streets they cried, "We want work." The po­lice compelled them to disperse. The secretary of the local charities organi­zation says there Is a larger number of unemployed here than ever befoJe, and all are good men.

8ALOON8 REMAIN OPEN.

Psary is Pleased.

Washington, March 7:—Rear' Ad­miral Robert E. Peary; IT. 9. N., retired, the Arctic «plorerrand discoverer of the north pole, wty^ has followed with considerable interest the movements of the several expeditions now In the Antarctic, today said he was very glad to hear that ea/ptairv Seott of-the Brit­ish expedition was the first man In succeeding,, to reach the pole.. Admiral Peary said he might say mora when he

a7 heard the details of <Qaptain scott's having been one of successful tfpedKHa^,,^;..

Osksloosa Will Stay Wet Pending Ar­guments for Rehearing.

Oskaloosa, March 7.—Following the order of Justice Emlin McClaln, of the supreme court, granting a stay of Judgment in the case agalnnst the Os­kaloosa saloon petition, thru which the saloons were permitted to operate pending the entertainment of a motion for a rehearing, a motion was filed by attorneys representing the' opposition to the petition seeking to bave the or­der under which the saloons are stilt In operation, dissolved. A,telegram wad received yesterday by attorneys repre­senting -the petition to the efTect that the court had overruled the motion for the vacation of the former order and the saloons are permitted to operate In accordance with the provisions grant­ed under the former ordei* of the court.

FIVE PULLMAN8 DERAILED.

Switchman Killed snd 8evsrsl Passen­gers Injured On Lak« Shore.

Cleveland, O., March 7,-^-Five Pull­mans of the Lake Shore & Michigan Central train No. 25, the. Twentieth Century Limited, were derailed just outside the Colltnwood yards here early today. They smashed into a shanty occupied by a switchman,, almost In­stantly killing him. . A few of the passengers suffered; trivial injuries. C. L. Hall, of Woon-socket, R. I., was taken to a hospital and one of his arms amputated. None of the train ere* was hurt.

It is supposed a broken wheel caused the derailment V A %'

1*s kv' Engine Crew Injured.

Bellefontaine, O., March 7.—The New York Central limited train on the Bifc Four railroad, from MSt. Louis tp

train at the Plum Valley street cross­ing. •

Several coaches left the track, re­maining upright but the engine rolled down an embankment. The engineer and fireman of the train were the only persons Injured and they only slightly.

ROCK I8LAND BALKS.

of Refuses to Join Proposed League Iowa and Illinois Clubs.

Mollne, III., Mafch 7.—The meeting to have been held In Mollne last night

form a new baseball league with Mollne, Rock Island, Waterloo and Ce­dar Rapids as a nucleus, was not held. Belden Hill, of Cedar Rapids, wlre.l that It would be impossible to do any­thing until Rock Island affairs were settled. He saW, he and the Waterloo representatives might come KYiday night.

"V\'e will '.lave nothing to do with the proposed league." said President Charles J. Smith, of the Rock Island club, which faile-i to be reinstated in the Three-I league. "We will wnit our chance to get 'nto a lf-ague equal to or belter than tho Three-I."

TREATY VOTE TO BE CLOSE

Outcome in Doubt Over Crucial Pro­

vision Covering Treaty-Making Pow­

ers—Lodge Resolution May Nullify

Clause.

Washington, March 7.—With final action on the arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France definitely fixed for late this afternoon, both the advocates and opponents of the treat­ies in their unamended form figured a very close vote on the crucial pro­vision contained in clause 3 of article 3. Opponents claim this clause not only delegates the senate's treaty making power to the proposed joint high commission of inquiry, but binds the senate to accept the commission's determinations.

The foreign relations committee, which at first favored striking out this clause, has shifted its view, to that of preference to have the treaties left in­tact and the objectional clause Virtual­ly nullified by the Lodge ratification resolution interpreting it so as* to pre­serve the full constitutional treaty powers of the senate.

ALL VISITORS LOOK ALIKE.

Colonel Roosevelt Declares He Will Receive Whosoever He Will.

Mlneola, L. I., March 7.—"I don't see why anybody should be concerned over such unlnoportant thing®," said Colonel Roosevelt, when he reached Mlneola for Jury service today and was asked to say something about the visit of George W. Perkins at Sagamore Hill last night.

"Why," continued the colonel, with a broach grin, "I'd see Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Morgan, Mt. Perklrie'feud Jim 'Hill altogether if they^wantelf ito. #ee me. I'd see Gompers, Mitchell, Bumis the. detective, and MdNamara, if he was out of Jail. I'll see anybody I want to at any time. If- they don't want It known that they have seem me I won't tell. If they do wait It known1 I wil tell."

The clerk anoun>ced that jurors not engaged in the case on trial were ex­cused for the. day and Colonel Roose­velt returned to Oyster Bay.

HAMMER BRIGADE ACTIVE

London Suffragettes Out st Dawn to

Continue Window Smashing Demon­

stration—Choose Largest Windows

to Wreck—Detained by Citizens and

Six Placed Under Arrest.

London, March 7.—The suffragettes resumed their window smashing op­erations early today. A number of

them assembled in the neighborhood of the large dry goods establishments in the west end soon after dawn and as soon as the shuttens were taken down they attaokod the plate glass with hammers which they carried con­cealed beneath their cloaks. The women selected the largest windows In London for their demonstration. Pas­sers-by who witnessed the demonstra­tion did not allow the suffragettes to escape but detained them until the po­lice arrived on the scene. were arrested.

Six of them

8TAND BY STEEL REVISION.

Democratic Members ef 8enate Fi­nance Committee for House Measure. Washington, Miirch 7.—Democratic

member^ of the senate committee of finance decided today to stand by the steel tariff revision bill substantially as passed by the house. Thr republi­can majority of the committee will negatively report the bill. In the sen-atethe democrats first will go on rec­ord for the house measure and then seek common ground with the progres­sive republicans.

COMPARES CLARK TO LINCOLN.

Rsiney Eulogizes Speaker in Celebrat­ing Latter** Birthday.

Washington, March 7.—-Speaker Champ Clark today celebrated the six­ty-second anniversary of his birth by presiding over the house of the Sixty-second congress. Representative Ralney. of Illinois, "as the speaker's nearest congressional neighbor," deliv­ered a eulogy of Mr. Clark, likening him to Mr. Lincoln, whose career from a Kentucky farm to the president's chair Mr. Ralneiy sal<fc was being du­plicated by Champ Clark.

No Plsos for "Houn* Dswfl." Special- to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, Msrch 7.—Members of the Missouri commission to build a new state house spent the day at the Iow;a capitol, making Inspection of the

The commission Is' headed by same gj. Stevens, of St. Louis, who denies

New York, was derailed here early tb^ 'that special, quarters will be In •lav •hni that inwiiiD tit r>•••»* irrar .-ihe' tnuliui fw« «^.S90U?1 OOUn day when, the murine vf,. crashed Into a box car "

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HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARS EVI­

DENCE OF OTHER SIDE IN

, STRIKE INQUIRY.

CHURCH WORKERS OPPOSED

TO PLAN OF STRIKERS

Parents in Many Instances Complained

Because Children Were Sent Away—

Compelled to Do Menial Work in

Temporary Homes—Anothor Delega­

tion Sent to Philadelphia.

Washington, March 7.—Two children of Lawrence wtrlkers ran away when forced to scrub the floor of the homo In which they were placcd by a com­mittee. according to testimony given at the house committee's hearing on the strike today.

Daniel J. Murphy, prosecuting attor­ney of Lawrence, read the following telegram from Samuel Logan, the assistant city marshal:

"Adam Banker. 13, Peter, 11. of 21 Common street, when brought to Ar-llnston hall. New York, were put with a Jewish family. Made them scrub floors. r>Ul no* like way they were treated. Ran away. Picked up by letter carrier and put In children's home. Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue. New York."

Mrs. Taft did not attend the hearing todfe/ but her ncice. Ml»» Anderson, wa* present, unaccompanied. | Told to Wear Old Clothes.

J&v. Clark Carter, the city mis­sionary of Lawrence, gave testimony regarding the removal of children, which the churches opposed.

"A friend of mine." he said, "heard a woman tell a little Klrl who was to be tfiken to New York to 'put on your torn dress and leave your mittens at home. They'll take care of you over there.' It was the general Impression that the people who were sending the children away wanted to excite sym­pathy." ,

Mr. Carter said that after the chil­dren were sent away parents came to him complaining and saying they want«*l their children back.

Noticeable Nevs of Today The Westher.

Sun rises March 8 at 6:24; sSttf at 6:00.

Iowa—U'nettled and probably snow flurries to'£ght or Friday; colder Fri­day and l-1 the west and central por-• I •« ~ - JWt

Illinois: ̂ Unsettled, with rains in the south an • enow In the north portion tonight i f Friday: colder Friday.

South Dakota—Unhettled and prob­ably en w tonight or Frldny; colder tor ' t .nd In the east portion Friday.

-I PAGE ONE.

rapbit News: >taln Robert Scott Reaches South

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fi* tlsh Naval Officer Beats All Com-, © jetltors. *? nundsen Brings News. m :cak In British Miners' Strike. g godus of Children Sympathetic

Move. State to Aid in Seed Corn Dilemma.

PAGES TWO AND THREE. lown News:

Interest In farmers' Clubs Lacking. Button Worker* Appeal to Congress. Lvlos, Kxonerated. Sues for Slander. Attempt to 8t««al Girl's Hair.

PAGE FOUR. Editorial:

The Iowa Wood Uw. Testing Seed Corn. A Way to Stop Pistol Toting. Topics of the Times. Iowa Opinion :ind Notes.

PAGE FIVE. Iowa News:

New Tuition Law Works Well. Rock ford Man Mysteriously Missing.

PAGE SEVEN. | Story:

The Pro«l|«rnl Judge. PAGES SIX, EIGHT AND NINE.

City News: I.ounsberry Candidate for Repre­

sentative. Cummins Club Is Organized, State Center Man Injured. County to Build New Bridges. Several Weddings Celebrated. General and Brief City News.

PAGE TEN. Markets and General:

Winter Wheat Outlook Favorable to Bears.

Corn Prices Weaken Under Crop Re­ports.

Hogs Decline. Cattle Trade Slow. •Shall the People Rule? Asks Roose­

velt.

More Children Leave. Lawrence, Mass., March 7.—The po­

lice today made no attempt to pre­vent the departure from the city to Philadelphia <5* a delegation of jorty children of striking textile operatives, altho the officers held up the party long enough to obtain the name and address of every child making the trip. The children left soon after 7 o'clock, accompanied by six delegates from the strike committee of the In­dustrial Workers of the World.

OPPOSE ARMY CANTEEN.

Temperance Women Ask Iowa ^ Con­gressmen to Oppose Restoration.

Des Moines. March 7.—Temperance women of Des Moines last night sent a telegram to the Iowa delegation In congress asking them to vote against the bill which provides for the restor­ation of the canteen In the United States army. The Iowa «enators and congressmen are urged to vote favor­ably upon the Kenyon-Shepherd bill which Is being heard In committee this week and which gives to the states the right to control within their terri­tories all shipments of ll<juor for Ille­gal sale or use.

The Wlllard union of the W. C. T. U. met and discussed national snd municipal affairs.

, STRANGLED BY AIRSHIP.

Rope Catches Man's Neck, Carrying Him Forty Miles.

Berlin, March 6.—A mechanic named Bobere employed by an airship com­pany met his death In a peculiar wa>. The afrshlp Parseval went tip on a moonlight trip around Berlin and Just as It was ascending the drag rope caught Rober© about the neck and car­ried him 3<M> meters up In the air.

The people on the ground slirleke.1 out. but the three men running the ship did not hear them, OT. If they did, thought the noise was made by the crowd cheering.

Rohere waa carried forty miles :md was only discovered when the 3hip was about to descend In passing over a wood The men In the ship felt a Jerk and subsequently discovered the body of Robere eaught In a tree.

FOREIGN MINISTERS PROTEST.

Demand That Chinese Troops Be Not Allowed Within 8oven Mile Limit. Peking, March 7.—A meeting of the

foreign ministers Joday • decided to send a protest to President-Elect Yuan Shi Kal against the presence of Chin­ese troops within the seven mile limit of the Tien Tsin concessions.

Looting Is generally prevalent In the province of Shan Tung and particular­ly In the city of Tsinan. It is also spreading thruout northern China.

WOMAN CONVICTED OF MURDER.

Mrs. Gentry Sentenced to Life Impris­onment For Killing Husband.

Oklahoma City, Okla., March 7.— Mrs. Bessie Gentry was today convict­ed Of murder In the first degree and her punishment fixed at life Imprison­ment She was tried for the murder of her .husband, Thomas J. Gentry, which occurred on the night of Jan. 6.

'Wrestling Bout at Davsnport. Rock Island, March 7.—Carl Brown,

of Waterloo, welterweight champion of the middle west, added another victory to his extended lift last night, when he won from "Cyclone Tommy" Thomp­son, In two straight falls. A

COLOR LINE IN CHURCHES

Des Moines Interdenominational Sooi-

ety Gets Into Quarrel Over Admis­

sion of Dslegste From Colored Msth-

sdlst Church—Negro Withdraws to Avoid Rupture. /•'

Special to Times-Republican. Des Moines, March 7.—The color line

Is rigidly drawn In the Des Moines churches and Y. M. C. A. work. A meeting of the interchurch council wan held for the purpose of considering city political matters, and the council Is composed of two delegates from each church In the city. S. Joe Brown appeared us the representative of the African M. E. church and demanded the right to sit aa a member and vote. A discussion arose which be­came so heated that he withdrew in order to avoid a rupture In the coun­cil

MAY RECALL QUE.

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Secretary of Men'e Suffragette Leegue Liable to Lose Office.

Des Moines. March 6.—H. O. Gue. secretnry of the Iowa Men's League for Women's Suffrage, may be recalled at a meeting of suffragettes tomorrow as the result of a controversy which has arisen between Mr. One and sev­eral prominent leaders «t the cause over the management of the state cam­paign. of which Mr. Gue has < harffr. The committee of which Mr. One is a member hue In charge the $15,000 re­cently left the organization by a suf­fragist.

Loaders In the woman suffrage move­ment are planning for placing Rev. Mary Safford. a leader In the work. In personal charge of the state campaign to supersede Gue. They have sent for MIbs Safford, who is In the south ana Intend to plac* hnr in ohargc as soon as <she comes.

CHOKED ON RESTAURANT PIE.

Boone Dentist Comes Near Death While Eating Lunch.

Special to Times-Republican. Boone. March 7,-Dr. O. T. Ganoe.

a prominent dentist, choked on a piece of pl« In the little Owl luiiph counter here For several minutes ho 'was be­lieved to be dying The attendants finally revived him and he Is now resting easier.

To Teach In Philippines. Sreclaj to Times-Republican.

Mount Vernon, March 7.—George M. Wlk-ox. of this place, who graduated with the *11 class from Cornell Col­lege. has been appointed a government teacher In the Philippines. Mr. Wilcox will leave soon for San Francisco, where he wIM sail on March 19 for Ma­nilla. The appointment Is for a per­iod of three years. Mr. Wilcox has been teaching science In the high school of Vinton since last fall. He resigned to accept the goveriunent ap­pointment.

Rice and Scheftele Plssd Guilty. New York, March 7.—George Gra-

liam Rice and B. H. Gcheftels. who, with the other members of tfce firm of B. H. Scheftels A Company, have been on trial for the last Ave months In the United States district court for alleged conspiracy and misuse of roslls, plead­ed guilty to the indictment changed when court cvuVvBCi tit— —' ~

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COMMISSIONER BARNEY TO

CURE AND TEST CORN PRCpf" >

ALL SECTIONS OF IOWA.

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GOVERNOR FAVORS PLAN

OF STATE INSPECTION *

Farmers Whe H»ld Owd Seed Com

Assured of fS Psr Bushel—One Man

Holding Out for $15 Psr BustoM

Bowman Ssys Conditions in Entirs

Corn Belt Are Serious. T f' |

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Des Moines, March 7.—Commission* er Barney, of the state pure food de­part meat, today started a movement^ on request of Governor Carroll, to secure seed corn for testing from all parts of the state. The governor announced that he will recommend to the lesla* laturc tho employment of state ln« spectors to look after seed corn in the future.

M. L. Bowman, of Waterloo, stated to the state convention of farm^rsf olubs that he has sent out 1,600 letters and has boon unable to find any good seed corn In the corn belt. He assured the farmers that If they have any tested seed corn they can get |5 ; » bushel for It, and ho tells of one fWm-er who has sonve seed corn he Is hcld-Ing for $15 a bushel.

Rev. C. S. Lyles. or Logan, who 1* known aa the "corn" preacher of Har­rison county, was the principal speak* or on today's program of the Iowa As­sociation of Farmers' Clubs, In session hero. The Rev. Mr. Lyles was sched­uled to tell the delegates tho work tha church can do In the rural community. The principal business of the morning session was the perfection of the or­ganization of the association.

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MRS. KLUTE ON STANO.

Wife of Defendant in Murder Poor Witness—Case Nesrs End, *

Special to Times-Republican. " ^ Boone. March 7.—Mrs. Conrad :,s

Klute, on the witness stand in the trial of her husband, testified that Robertson, the murdered man, had In-suited her and grabbed her. Ktute» watching thru the door, ordered him v from the house, but he refused anl remained all night. She testified that - , 1

In one of the drinking bouts last July > , ahe had partaken of whisky with Kluta . and Robertson. , >.'•

In cross examination her testimony was torn to pieces by the prosecutloh, ^ which Introduced grand Jury evidence showing that she had said Robertson n e v e r i n s u l t e d h e r a n d t h a t K l u t e o n l y " v

Imagined he had. The state In rebuttal r introduced several witnesses showing Mrs. Klute had always maintained that Kobertson hnd not Insulted her and she hnd said Klute only Imagined this. Klute on the stand testified that Ooun-' tv Attorney Holllngsworth had ln-> structed hlni to shoot and kill Robert- ' v"' son. Holllngsworth and his stenogra­pher. Mabel Rngstrom. both were on the stand this morning and refuted this In every detail. Arguments will commence this afternoon, and the case will go to the jury I^Iday night. „ •.

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Officers at Marion Attempt to Keep Secret Escape of Three Men.

Cedar Rapids, March 7.—Three men sawed tlielr way to liberty from tha Linn county jail at Marlon Mondsy night. Sheriff Loftus denied Tor two days that any prisoner.* had escaped, but admitted last evening that there had been a delivery. The three men were hHd for minor ofTenses. A report pained ulde circulation that three Oth-% er men. more desperate characters, had'-escaped, but these were confined In a steel cage and their escape wns impos-s slble. , ,

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Des Moines Authorities Believe mer Hse Knowledge of Ford Murder.^ Den Moines. March 7.—The body of

Frank Ford, the street car conductor^ who was murdered by two bandits in?^ Wt

South Des Moinep Monday night, tiken to Ackworth, Iowa, for burial to-day. J

The police are holding for investl-;^ gat Ion Stneey Hoeye and Linn OlUl-t^jjf : den. of Des Moines. Hoeye was ar- ̂ rested lnte yesterday near Adel and Is*'", suspected cf having knowledge of the crime. t » >

Women to Be Deported. Do* Moines, March 7.—Federal "au­

thorities Issued an order to send back: to Russia. Mary Shephard, charged with immoral conduct. She came l\ere seven years ago and has a suit pending In the district court against the Maple Block Coal Company, for $25,000 for the killing of her husband In n coal mine. She was allowed to remain un­til sheflnlshed the taking of dispositions In her suit. Mary Wllkunls, another Russian woman, was before the au­thorities upon a similar charge an<f will be deported. ,*s

Supreme Court Decisions. Des Moines. March 7.—The following

decisions were handed down by the supreme court today:

Louis Bartling. appellant, vs. Ger­man Mutual Lightning and Fire In­surance Company of the Farmers' of Maxfield. Bremer district. Clifford 1». Smith Judge. Action to recover on fire policy. Affirmed. Opinion by Deemer.

Marshall Investment Company vs. Cora B. Llndley. et al. appellants. M* district. Lawrence DeGraff Judge. tion to establish liens. Affirmed. Opljt-Inn bv Svana • v: