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_v -A 1 .,j th 3*JJ i fit! fa* V. JOURNAL NEAREST Saturday I Competitor 36 Paget I TODAY'S SPORTING NEWS WILL E FOUND ON PAGE EIGHT. N 10 Pages 98 Columns Adv 22 Columns Adv. 152 Cols Beading |48 Cols. Reading PRICE TWO CENTS. BANDS OF MD THDGS IN STRIKE Scores of Letters to Employers' Managers Threaten Murder' and Violence. END OF THE STRIKE IN SIGHT, IS THE BELIEF Move Is Made to Call Meeting of National Labor Federation Executives. Chicago, May 15.Armed with an entering wedge of confession that reg ularly organized "violence commit tees 'are operating against non union ists in the teamsters stnke, Chicago employers and officers of the law have begun an effort to break up this cruel svBtem and bring the conspirators to justice. Linked with information that mur dei has been done by these "violence committee s" of armed thugs is further indication of plotted violence, in the form of letters threatening death to the leaders on the employers' side of the teamster's strike. "Slugging" Before Court. Before Master in Chancery Sherman a hearing of the miunctional cases con tinued today, attornevs for the em ployers woiking hard to obtain light on the alleged "slugging" feature of the strike to show that "violence commit tees" exist for every union during times of strikes and that men are trained for slugging'' work and employed ex clusively for that purpose. It was declared today that if the union men called as witnesses continued in refusal to answer questions, orders citing for contempt would surelv fol low. Threatened with Death. Fully one hundred letters threatening death have been leceived by the half dozen men who have been given wide publicity as managers of the employers' end of the teamsters' strike. Serious consideration is being given the letters, 6ince exposures made by a confession of a hired thug that he and others made a business of slugging here at the rate of $15 per person slugged. Bodyguaids are now attending all the principals on the employers' side of the teamsters' strike, and all are accom panied dav and night by guards. Sec retary F/. W. Job of the Employers' as sociation and Robeit J. Thome of Mont fomery Ward & Co, admitted today avmg received many threats. Murder Case, from Strike. Charles Casey, business agent of the Carriage and Wagonmakers' umon, .No. 4. accused of being accessory to the murder of Charles J. Carlstrom, who, it is alleged, was brutally beaten to death by alleged hired thues, waived examination today and was held to the criminal court without bail. The ex amination of Casey's four companions in the alleged plots was continued till May 25. With one exception the bonds of these men were fixed at $17,000. The bonds of Henry J. Neumann, financial secretary of the Carriage and Wagon I makers' union, No. 4, who was arrested at the same time as Casey, was fixed at $25,000. Unable to furnish the nec essary bonds, the men were returned The police are concentrating their ef forts today towards the capture of George Muller, ex-president of the union, who, acoordmg to the police, took an active pait in the plans for what is declared to have been a syste matic "slugging crusade" against non-union men. N Note of Surrender. International President Shea's ut terances today contained no note indi cating a purpose to surrender. "The papers say we are weakening he said, "but I want to say that if any teamster comes into the meeting tonight and advocates surrender, I will not answer for him." "Are you going to take any further legal proceedings in the prosecution of the strike?" he was asked. "Legal proceedings," he exclaimed in apparent disgust. "We will leave that to the emplovers.t They have an imunction,but injunctions do not drive wagons. We shall not resort to legal proceedings. The strike will be won by the strength of the teamsters' or ganization. See End of Strike Near. News that the teamsters' executive board would meet, and action of ice wagon drivers in accepting the wage schedule of last year, coupled with re ports that dozens of strikers have ap plied for their old positions at the de partment stores, sustains a belief among the employers that the end of the strike is not far distant. A meeting of the joint liverymen's association is called to consider action in relation to a threatened strike, of 2.000 cab drivers, who refuse to take their passengers to stores under tne I WALTER NEEF STRICKEN. London, May 15 Walter Neef, Euro pean manager of the Associated Press, died this morning in Liverpool IJe was bom in Chicago fort -eight years ago He took chaige of the Associated Press for eign service in 1890, having formerly been assistant general manager with head Quaiters in Chicago ADMIRAL DEWEY IS BETTER. Washington, May 15.The condition of Admiral Dewey, tvlio was taken ill Sat urday in New York and who returned to his home in this city yasterday, is re ported today to be better. PAID MURDER AND THREATS OF DEATH STIR CHICAGO ACTION BY UNIONS MAY END THE STRIKE -$- Chicago, May 15.Possible signs of the end of the teamsters' strike have appeared today. .President Shea of the teamsters' union sent a telegram to President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, requesting a meeting of the national board of that body to be held in Chicago at the end of the week. President Shea has also telegraphed the national officers of the Inter national Brotherhood of Teamsters to come to Chicago forthwith. The |teamsters' executive board will be in session Wednesday or Thursday. The move to bring the national board of the American Federation of Labor together was viewed by labor officials and by the team owners, who, thru their various as sociations, have been striving to bring about a conciliation between the strikers and their employers, as important in the direction of a set tlement. This may take the form of calling" off the strike. A tele gram to President Gompers asked that he call a meeting to be held in Chicago not later than Saturday. ADTO SLAUGHTERS RIVAL JUGGERNAUT Five Months' Total of Auto Acci dents in New York Is 79362 Dead. New York Sun Special Service. New York, May 15.Now are the horrors of the Juggernaut of pagan In dia mild in comparison with the slaugh ter of the innocents by the modern jug gernaut of the auto in this Christian land of America. Since Jan. 1 the automobile accidents New York and vicinity have num bered 793. Of these, 43 were in the week just elapsed. In 62 cases men, women and children were done to death. From the whole number may be selected between 50 and 70 which have rendered their victims permanent cripples. And yet no guilty owner or driver of a murderous automobile has been punished for manslaughter. The sever est penalty has been a moderate fine, and many have even escaped paying this bloodmoney. Of the 62 fatal accidents, 53 of them took place when the owner of the auto mobile was in the car. I is an awful list which presents these facts, but the record is just the bare truth. In 27 of those fatal cases, the owner was at the wheel. Those 27 oases were repre sented by 23 members of licensed clubs. There have been, every now and Hhn, accidents which are aggravated by the utmost heartleBsness. The other day a man was run down in Brooklyn by an automobile in which, in addi tion to two men, were two women. One of the women shrieked -out, "Get on, Harry, vou have killed him,'/ and the automobile fled, leaving the victim dead on the ground. New York, however, has no monopoly of such occurrences, as reports from other cities plainly show. MOODTTORETrRE TAFT FOR PLACE Washington Rumor Has Change in Cabinet Coming Next Fall. By W. W. Jermane. Washington, May 15.There is a ru mor today that Attorney General Moody is to retire from the cabinet in the fall, to resume his private law practice Boston, and that the president" will name Secretary Taft as his successor. There is a sentimental reason for this. Secretary Taft's father served first as secretary of war, and later as attorney general, and his son would, therefore, be glad to fill this same position. But of more weight than the sentimental reason is the practical reason for such Taft today is potentially the strongest man mentioned for the republican nomination in 1908, and if the president desires Taft to be the next president, he could not indicate that desire more strongly than by placing Taft in a posi tion where he could add greatly to his already large prestige. If Chief Justice Fuller were to retire from the supreme bench-prior to 1908, there would be an opportunity to name Taft for that position. The chances are, however, that Taft, while prefer ring a judicial career, would not feel inclined to put the presidency aside. In addition to talk of Moody's re tirement, it may be stated that Secre tary Morton is to retire in the fall. Sec re 1 rPl,e* AMti /Innnvtrl ll1^/^v +V/ev I ..'n J.1 union ban. Th resulU dependsa uoon1 th determination of the tealnsters' -|Oint council tonight. Accident Unheeded by Mob. Responding t$ a riot call from po licemen who were unable to cope with a mob of strike sympathizers last night, a patrol wagon hurrying to the scene collided with a crowded streetcar, se riously in-jurmg nine "persons and bruis ing a dozen others. Regardless of the victims of the wreck, the assailants of a cletective and nonunion workman, whose actions had caused the appeal for police pro tection, continued their attack until calls brought a score of policemen, who were compelled to fight their way thru the mob. The policemen used their clubs vigorously and arrested fifteen men who weie seen throwing stones or threatening the non union men., tary Shaw will retire next February, wne he will have served four years. Secretary Hay has written the presi! dent, the letter having been received yesterday, that he has fully recovered his health and will sail for home June 7. This sets at rest for the present talk of a vacancy in the state department. Blanchard Coming West. Clarence J. Blanchard, statistician of federal reclamation service, left Wash ington yesterday for Chicago and Min neapolis, where he will spend several days' leave. will leave Chicago June 1 with a party consisting of mem bers of the house and senate commit tees on irrigation, for a trip thru the irrigation states, Viewing works now in progress, and attending the opening of the Truekee canal in Nevada, the first Under the federal law. Mr. Blanch ard will then establish headquarters at Portland, where he will remain until late in October. STRONG* GOTHAM BANKER, DEAD. New York, May 15 William E Strong, a well-known banker and broker, is dead at his home here from pneumonia He was born Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1836 and became a member of the New York stock exchange In 1868 KILLED BY TRAIN WRECKERS. Emporia, Kan May 15 Stv passen sengers were injured, two fatally, fn a tram wreck caused oy wreekers, a mile east of Emporia, yesterday. This is the fourth attempt by Wreckers iifc the same place four months. i- THE:%MIMMPOLI&JOI WOMAN IN FLAG INVADES DIAMOND Female Crusader Attempts to Stop Sunday Baseball Games in Minnesota Town. Special to The Journal. Hutchinson, Minn., May 15.Wrap- ped in an American flag and bearing^ a copy of the Minnesota statutes, Mrs. M. Lilne Slaight yesterday took up the crusade against Sunday baseball in Hutchinson and invaded the diamond in an attempt to prevent the game. The crusade was begun by the Hutchinson clergymen, but was dropped when the city authorities declined to act on their petition to suppress Sunday games. A game between Hutchinson and Cokato teams was announced for yesterday. Mrs. Slaight, who is well known thru out Minnesota connection with the W. C. T. U. and I. O. G. T., sent pro tests to the churches which were read at the morning services. She then pla carded the town with notices declaring that "100 mothers" had decided no Sunday baseball should be played Hutchinson. When the crowd assembled for the game, placards were found declaring that "to molest the flag while it is floating in defense of law is high trea son When George P. Jones'Jones of Bock"as umpire, called "Play ball," Mrs. Slaight, flag-enwrapped, took a position between pitcher and catcher. Chadderdon, the pitcher, tried curving the ball around her. Then, two batteries were put on the field, and Mis. Slaight dodged about, endeavor ing to prevent play. She succeeded in blocking fast play, and the crowd took up solution or the problem, gathering closely around her and moving off the field, Mrs. Slaight protesting vehement ly. The ruse succeeded and the game But Mrs. Slaight announced that, tho temporarily defeated, she would carry the case up and would telegraph to Washington the news of this action against the American flag. OIL KING FAVORS A CHURCH TRUST Rockefeller Commends His New York Pastor for Standard Oil Ideas. trust, had set a good example for the churches. Bev. Dr. Johtfson, the pas tor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist churchy preached a long sermon on the import ance of doing away with creeds and dogmas, and the organization of a great universal church, where all Christians can worship the one living God. After the service Dr. Johnson joined the group gathered about Mr. Rocke feller. The latter graBped him by the hand and congratulated him on his ser mon. "Doctor," he said, I enjoyed your sermon very much." Message of he Church. "Thank you," replied Dr. Johnson. Do you know, Mr. Rockefeller. I think it is the message of th church today. I has got to come, otherwise the churches will be swept aside in the march of progress." "Excuse me for speaking sharply," said Mr. Rockefeller, "but when we first began* work in consolidating the competitive system everybody said: 'You cannot do it: it can*t be done.' W said: 'It can be done it must be done it has got to come,' and today we are vindicated in our judgment, for we ^an show the world the progress achieved by consolidation and its bene fits to civilization. A we become more an"d more imbued with the spirit of Jesus Christ, individually, I mean, the church will naturally follow in the same channel and tend toward one great end." Son Greets Bible Class. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., greeted his Bible class yesterday after a five months' absence, and bade them fare ,well until the fall. explained tia the condition of his health would not {eadert ermi him to resume his duties as for the rest of the ^season. From the sad tenor of his remarks, it is be lieved that he contemplates resigning the leadership of the class. During his address, Mr. Rockefeller's repeated reference to the will of God in the mat ter of meeting the class again' was taken to indicate a feeling or despond ency over the state of his health. After addressing the class, he left the church unobserved. The Bible class will close for the summer two weeks. CELLDLOID EXPLODES SGORES ARE INJURED "Vienna, May lj3.Fire broke out at noon today in the heart of Vienna and a force of firemen and police assem bled on the spot. The firemen were nust entering the burning building when a heavy explosion of celluloid occurred and between thirty-five and forty per sons, including firemen, police, passers by and employees were iniured, some of them seriously. STANDARD OIL SHARES DRAW $9 THIS TIME New York, May 15.The Standard Oil company of JSTew Jersey has de clared a dividend for the quarter of $9 a share, payable June 15. The pre vious dividend declared by the compa ny in March was $15 a share, and at this time last year a dividend of $8 a share was declared. BUILDING TRADES IN COUNCIL. Buffalo -J May 15 More than 100 dele gates were in attendance when the con vention of the structural Building Tradei alliance of America was called to order today, representing 800,000 wage earners engaged in the building industry. Frank Buchanan of Chicago is president of the alliance^!. MONDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1905. RUMANIA INVITES I AR WITH TURKS New York Sun Special Service. New York, May 15.John Bocke* feller said yesterday the Standard Oil company, by its success in consolidating l^f i^jS^^a^TniJsnl to^^Tbefow many small companies into a great fna IIM .jh, "A I Sends Sultan Ultimatum Demand ing Recognition of Rouman ian Nationality. Trouble Grows Out of Two Illegal Arrests Made by Turkish Officials. i*# New York Sun Specif Service. Rome, May 15,A telegram from Bucharest states that in consequence of the illegal arrest by Turkish author ities of two Eumaman citizens, the fovernment of Romania has sent Tur ey an ultimatum^ The ultimatum demands the imme diate release of the men arrested, and an official recognition of Bnmanian na tionality. Turkey, has not yet com plied. May 4 the Limit. May 23 is the ultimatum's limit, and the situation is regarded as extremely serious. The Bumanian government has communicated to ^the members of the diplomatic corps in Bucharest notice of the issue of the ultimatum and its tenor and has telegraphed its ministers in foreign capitals to make it known to the governments to whom they are ac credited. The people and press of Bucharest are giving hearty support to the ener getic attitude adopted by King Charles and are demanding that the army be put in readiness for every emergency. Italian opinion favors Rumania's ac tion. Rumania'^ War Force. The entire strength of the Bumanian army is in three divisionsthe active, the militia and the general leave. Every man, after his twenty-first year, is liable to military service. The ac tive army has two subdivisions, active and territorial. lit the former branch, in 1904, there were 66,120 officers and men, and in the latter 7j2,T00 The war footing of the nation, is put at 3,984 officers. 170,000 men and 43,114 horses. The infantry uses the Manlicher re peating rifle. The navy, which is gradually expand ing, has one protected cruiser of 1,320 tons and 4,900 horsepower^ the Mircea, a composite brig and training ship seven gunboats, six coast-guard Vessels and six first-class and wo second-class torpedoboats. I DRANK POISON BY MISTAKE IN DARK Mrs. Annie Mathiason Took Laud anum and Died Despite Medical Aid. Mistaking JUmd^i TS.TB. Apnie Bat3jj avemre, NE, swjf" for bitters, 215 Twentieth nearly an ounce nhvaiMa rtmi1^ rrevive, physicia* could her. Mrs. Mathiason: has been suffering with stomach trouble for some weeks and in the night she arose to take some medicine. Without getting a light she Tricked up a bottle and drank some of the contents. I was too late when she noticed the difference in taste and she asked her husband to call a doctor. She immediately fell asleep, and al tho the physician Worked over her she sank rapidly and died in a short time. She was 61 and is survived by several children. TRUST JURY TO PROBE STEEL AND DRUGS NEXT Chicago, May 15.Following the ustriets resen investigation of the packing in by the federal grand jury, ac cording to the Chicago Chronicle, steps will be taken by the federal authori ties to make an investigation of the drug and steel industries, with a view to determining whether the large firms in control of the bulk of those industries are not violating the antitrust laws. The secret-service men, it is said, are now at work securing evidence to be used in connection with the two new inquiries, and it is asserted Attorney General Moody has practically outlined the course which the officials in charge of those prosecutions shall pursue. Information concerning the inquiries has been communicated to officials and attorneys for the large steel and drug corporations, who declare th at they have nothing to conceal. HIS MOTHER'S DEATH REVEALED BY DREAH New York Sun Special Service. Bridgeport, Conn., May 15.William Craw, a 19-year-old patient in the Bridgeport hospital, has amazed the surgeons by a mysterious faculty of "seeing things" in dreams before they happen or about the time they happen. Mrs. Eosa Jepson, a sister of the young man, who is recovering'from the loss of a leg in a railroad accident, called on him. His mother died after he was taken to the hospital and his sister feared to break the news. "Mother had another of those bad spells last night," she said. Why, mother is dead now,'' said the young man sadly. Then he told of a dream. I knew she was dead last night when I had a dream at 10 o'clock," he said. The boy's mother died at 10 o'clock, the hour he had the dream. JEKYLL-HYDE DEFENSE IN A MURDER TRIAL Somerville, N. J., May 15.That George A. Wood had a dual personality, and that his better nature knows noth ing of anything that ay be done un der the influence of the evil spell will be the defense made by Wood's attorney in has trial here today for the murder of George Williams last winter. I is believed this will be the first time this defense has been offered in a murder case. Williams was found shot to death in his sleigh near his home. had started to drive a strange man to a farmhouse some dis tance away. Wood was arrested and identified as the man who had accom panied Williams. claimed that for three days his mind had been a blank and that be remembered nothing of that teno3 A MT'L'S LABEL IN CROKER'S HAT It Also Bore the Initials '.'D. N. B."Salesman Can't Re member Purchaser. Did Herbert V. Croker, the son of Richard Croker, spend some time Minneapolis before going to Kansas Citv where he met death? Did he come to Minneapolis after leaving his home in New York and spend some time here under an as sumed name? These questions may seem far fetched, but there is reason for them and they may furnish a clue to his movements immediately preceding his death. When found dead on the train at Newton, Kan., he was wearing a hat which bore the label of the Powers Mercantile company of Minneapolis. The initials D. N. B. were punched in the band. The salesman in the hat department said today that he was unable to place the hat, as there was nothing unusual about the initials and most hats are so marked when sold. stated that with the hat before him he might be ablo to recall the person to whom it was sold, especially if it happened to be an extreme style. I Croker was not in Minneapolis and did not buy the hat here himself it is possible that he exchanged hats with some person. Defective Page "NOT FOUL-PLAT VICTIM" Richard Croker, Jr., Believes Brother's Death Natural. Kansas City, May 15.Richard Cro ker, Jr., arrived here today on the way to New Yoik city with the body of his brother, Herbert V. Croker, who was found dead on a Santa tram near Newton, Kan., Friday morning. After a talk at Central station with Chief of Police John Hayes, Mr. Croker said: I am satisfied with the investiga tion the police have made of my brother's movements while in Kansas City. I have nothing to say about his death except that I am sure he died from natural causes that he was not the victim of foul play." ROOSEVELT SHHNS MOROCCO TANGLE United States Will Not Take Sides but Will Follow Washing- ton's Precept. New York Sun Special Service. Washington, May 15.President Boosevelt has settled the question as to Morocco raised by the recent sen sational declaration of the emperor of Germany, so far as the United States is concerned. This government will not side with Germany, despite the alluring over tures made by that government, nor will it uphold the policy enunciated by Great Britain and France in their en tente cordiale last year in connection with the Moorish empire. The presi dent will adhere to the traditional at titude which found birth George Washington's famous declaration, "no entangling alliances." The president's decision has found expression in cable instructions sent by Acting Secretary of State Loomis to Minister Gummere at Tangier. "You will maintain friendly relations," the minister is told, "with the German, British and French ministers. ou will ascertain promptly and report anything they may do. But you must not in volve yourself in questions which have been raised in connection with the fu ture of Morocco." It is an instruction so clear that there can be no doubt as to the attitude of this government. Minister Gum mere will not communicate it to his colleagues. simpiy will observe it. The president has no wish to be drawn into the vortex of the world's politics. William may row with Eus sia, with Japan, with France, with Great Britain, or with whom he pleases. President Eoosevelt intends to act only where and when American interests are menaced, and it is in order that the government may be in a position to act vigorously and effectively, it is ex plained, that he so earnestly ured the country in his speech at Chicago to provide a big and efficient navy. FOUR SAFES RLOWN AT MADISON.WIS., IN A NIGHT i ____________ Madison, Wis., May 15.An organ ized band of thieves is believed to be operating in Madison. Last night safes were blown in the offices of A. E. and J. v. Fredericksoh, contractors J. A. Snell, fruit dealer W. Frick, con tractor and J. H. FindorfE's planing mill. The residence of Edward Han son, president of the Wisconsin Wagon company, was also broken into. Noth ing of value was taken at any place. GOPHER GIANT, ONCE WITH BARNUM, IS DEAD Special to The Journal. Bed Wing, Minn., May 15.Iver Da vidson, the giant who traveled for many years with Barnum, died yester day at his home in Eoscoe, this county, aged 46. was seven feet wo inches tail. BABY KILLED BY RAT BITE. Columbus, Ohio. MayJ.5.The 1-month- old child of Henry Yantes, which was bit ten by a rat about a week ago, died to day. The baby was left in the cradle by its mother, and when she returned she saw a rat Citing the face of the screaming baby. JURY I N DR KOCH'SXASE DISAGREES A SECOND TIME t*i AGED PAIR BURNED IN HOME. "v- Winfield, Kan, May 15.William Buch els and wife, at Udall, were burned to death early today in a fire,* started appar ently from an exploding lamp,-destroying their home. Buchels was 90 years old and his wife wa S8. The woman was j-about* GEORGE B. XOOH, & Who Must Stand a Third Mai for "A Murder. S Anoka Murder Case May Go to the Jury by This Evening. Special to The Journal. Anoka, Minn., May 15.The defense in the Kolb-Hammon trial is nearly thru and the state will take little time for rebuttal. Both sides hope to give the case to the jury tonight, but it is more probable that Judge Giddings will wait and charge the jury the first thing tomorrow. Hammon was cross-examined this morning. said that he and his had gone to Keegan's lake to meet two girls, and were to bring them baek to the city. All had money and might have taken the car. denied that revolvers were carried and did not remember that Kolb had a package or newspaper. said he heard of the murder at breakfast time Wednesday morning but did not read any of the accounts. Oth ers told him the story. Not a Strong Witness. John Wooster, the farmer who at tended the hackmen's ball the night of the murder and# who waB in the saloon when" Kolb claimed to ha ve bought a can of beer .at 6:40, did not prove a strong witness. John Maloney, the por ter at the Grand Central hotel saloon, who, it is claimed, was also- present at the "heer-by-the-clock "transaction, fol lowed, but Was not positive in his state ments. John Fleetham of Columbia Heights was called to impeach the testimony of the Kriskos. said they had made different statements concerning the holdup to him, and were not so posi tive as at the trial. Kolb went on the stand to identify the coat with a hole in the pocket. claimed at the first trial that a black cloth found in his room had been pro cured to mend a pocket. Louis Kraemer repeated his testimony concerning the masks and of his acquaintance with the defendants. George Merrill, a deputy sheriff, swore that Kalderwit had told him that, when arrested, he weighed 185 pounds, and that he had lost 35 or 40 ponuds since. The defense* expected to call its last witnesses this afternoon. The defend ants appeared more .nervous than at any time. The conviction of Kalderwit has left them worried over the outcome of the trial. GOTTSCMLK TO BE HUNG AUG, 8 Sensational Story of Plan of Escape Told by Murderer Williams. Edward Gottschalk will be hanged for the murder of Edward Hartmann Aug. 8. Governor Johnson took up the case today, and after a consulta tion with the attorneys, fixed upon the date named. Sheriff Anton Miesen of St. Paul learned today of a plot hatched by Wil liam Williams and Gottschalk to es cape from the county jail. TAe sheriff believes that the removal of Gottschalk from the third to another floor pre vented the attempt. The information came from Williams, who took the sheriff to the end of the corridor on the third floor, where the shower baths are located. Williams showed the sheriff that one of the sec tions of the pipes connected with these shower baths had been loosened so that it could be removed. This section was about -two feet in length and with a heavy iron nut on one end. The scheme, Williams says, was for ^Gottschalk to secure the pipe and conceal it in his cell until a jailer came with food. Then he was to knock him senseless, steal his keys, lock him in the cell, release Williams and the two were to force their way out of the jail. Gottschalk brands the story as a "pipe dream" of Williams. $8,000 TAPESTRY IN CHEAP SHAWLSTRAP New York Sun Special Service.^ /New York, May 15.George Crocker, who arrived from Liverpool, aboard the White Star liner Cedric, had a bundle done up in a shawl-strap. When asked what it contained, he said it was just a bit of tapestry that he wanted to pay duty on. On his own declaration the assessors decided that the duty on the tapestry, which is wo feet wide and twenty-eight feet long, and of the age of Louis XIV, would amount to $3,000. Mr. Crocker said he-had bought it for ,000. paid he duty and JOURNAL TOURS THE BEST WAY TO SEE MINNEAPOLIS AND ST PAUL. Jt 16 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK. SEVEN VOTED T0*J CONVICT Jury Made First Report at 9 a.m. Today and Was Sent Back by the Court. 1' HOPELESS DIVISION IS LATER REPORTED Question of Bail and a Third: Trial Next Month Will Be Set tied on Monday. Special to Th* Journal. ~':y--- Mankato, Minn- May 18JFor a sec* ond a jury his disagreed as to he gochtimre 2 KOLB AND AMMON GETTING WORRIED iilt innocence of Dr. George charged with the brutal murder: of Dr. Louis A. Gebhardt. A third trial, which will be held is Mankato, probably the last of June, ia now under discussion and mavj-eoon be agreed upon. First Report at 9 un. Vs Just before 9 o'clock this moralng the jury filed in from its room and re- Sray.d orte its inability to agree to Judge' The vote, the foreman said, was 7 to, 5, and in the balloting for eighteen hours past there had been no change. N statement was made as to whether the majority favored acquittal or eon'*' viction. Judge Cray directed the jury to re turn to its room and make another ef fort to agree. spoke of the im mense cost and great importance of he trial and told the jurors it was their i duty to agree upon a verdict if they could do so without violence to theup consciences. The judge further said that he would receive the jury again at 11 o'clock and if there was any prospect at all at that hour for an agreement he would &- send the jury back for further delibera* tion. Discharged by the Court. Again at 11 o'clock, after having been out exactly forty-seven hours, he 3ury reported that it was hopelessly di vided and was thereupon discharged by Judge Cray. The court commended the jurors in ~?4 strong terms for the fidelity and care 3 with which they had followed the evi dence and the determination indicated to arrive at a verdict if* it were possi ble. They had, the court said, per formed their whole duty and were now free to return to their lomes and voca tions. Question of a Bond for Koch. The young dentist defendant, disap pointed beyond measure, will be kept in mil here until Monday, and possibly 4 longer, as the state, consistent with its *"'J attitude at the close of the first trial at New Ulm, is opposed to his release on bonds and contends that the bonds furnished by him and under which he has enjoyed his freedom several months, have lapsed. The defense takes an opposite stand, 3 of course, and Judge Cray will hear he A arguments of both sides here on Mon day next. I was impossible for him ^s to dispose of the matter today, as he' was compelled to start at noon for St, James to convene a term of court fo* 3 Watonwan county. The question of a third trial was brought up by Senator Somerville, who! asked if it could not be discussed on, Monday when the bail matter is to I come up. The court said it could, and' both matters are to be considered Mon* day next at 8 a.m. "SI County Attorney Wilson and Mr. Ab &% bott both said in conversation that he case would undoubtedly come on for trial in June, probably following the|. regular term. A to there being a third trial there seems little doubt. -*J Dr. Koch showed great disappoint ment on account of the second disagree- & ment. had looked forward to ac-"**J quittal, and said soon after the juryi^ retired on Saturday that he would gof 1 back to New TJlm at once and resume the practice of dentistry. is par ticularly anxious to get out on bail. ^fk The court took a recess until 8 a.m. How he Jury Stood. I has iust been learned that seven jurors voted for conviction. Gave TJp Hope Last Night. Koch Angered. _- Dr. Koch would not discuss the 1 1 st Third Trial Assured. *"3j xA *J on Monday. Immediately Dr. Koch's.Jp relatives and close friends here, also his attorneys, gathered around him. All! -a were downcast, but did everything _^ possible to cheer him. up. __ *p At midnight last night the attorney! for Dr. Koch, who had been hoping against hope for a verdict of acquittal, practically admitted that an agreement was impossible. Jjdge Cray went to his chambers i a the courthouse twice yesterday aWd sent word to the jurors that he was ready to give instructions or to receive a verdict, but no reply was made from the jury room. Dr. Koch has spent two anxious nights in jail. Some of his relatives were with him all day Sunday. a"rtd in he afternoon the pastor of the Lutheran _: church, of which his relatives are mem bers, visited the jail and remained with him a long time. 1 with the reporters. Once when asked if he expected an acquittal he showed some anger and replied: "It don't make any difference what I look for^that don't affect the jury any. It's ettough to know I ought to be acquitted." I 5 $26,000,000 IN TAXES AT STAKE IN COURT New York, May 15.Twenty-six mil lion dollars will be contributed to tbe tax fund of Greater New York if the' decision, expected today from the United States supreme court on the, franchise-tax law should be favorably! to the city. In the hope of a victory for %h, city, Controller Grout has for the last*4 three days had his office -force busy* preparing a complete tabulation of alt the taxes due the city under the fran chise-tax law, together with interest*, rinse fc aw iate effeet ia-*