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AFFAIR NEAR
CRISISTODAY
i£LATIONS
BETWEEN TWO COUN
TRIES MAY BE BROKEN OFF
SHORT AFTER INQUIRIES INTO
DEATH OF AMERICANS.
WARSHIPS SPEED TO
CENTRAL AMERICA
SECRETARY KNOX SAY8 FULL
REPARATION FOR EXECUTION
OF AMERICAN8 WILL BE DE­
MANDED OF NICARAGUA.
Portsmouth, N. H., Nov. 22.—
Naval rush orders were received
here today In connection with the
outfitting of the gunboats Padu
cah and Dubuque, both of which
have been preparing to return to
the Caribbean sea.
Newport, R. I., Nov. 22.—The
battleship Missouri today received
orders to proceed at top speed for
New York.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 22.—Strain
ed now almost to the breaking point,
it remains for the next few days, per
haps one or two will suffice, to show
whether the relations between the
United States and Nicaragua are to
be snapped off short. Secretary of
State Knox himself is authority for
the statement that a demand for rep
aration will be made upon Nicaragua
should inquiries develop that the al
legations touching the death of the
Americans are well grounded.
Late last night the secretary declar
ed himself, and the proceedings In the
Nicaraguan affair today will doubtless
J)e along the line of the prosecution of
Inquiries to ascertai nthe truth as to
Grace and Cannon. Knox is acting
with the full approval of the president
and the Anjerlcan warships are speed
ing toward Nicaragua.
V- A Sunday Night Conference.
President Taft approved at a con
ference at the White House last night
th: drastic recommendations of Sec
retary Knox with reference to the
Nicaraguan situation. Before the sec
retary puts his policy into effect he
proposes in order to be absolutely sure
of his ground to secure further confor
mation of the facts in his possession.
The president and he both realize the
seriousness of the situation, and they
desire to be fortified at every point,
bo that no question may be raised in
the future as to the propriety of their
course.
A formal demand for reparation for
the death of Groce and Canno will
be transmitted to President Zelaya.
This demand will be in the nature of
an ultimatum. If within a certain
length of time which will be specified
full and, complete compliance be not
made, then measures will be adopted
to obtain reparation which the dignity
of the United States requires.
After the conference Secretary Knox
authorized the following statement:
"Certain representations of fact
which have been made to the state
flepartment concerning the Grace anil
Cannon case are verified by inquiries
that have been made. This govern
ment will at once prepare a demand
on the Nocaraguan government for
reparation for the death of those two
men."
No Wavering in Policy.
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Participating in the White house
conference last night were the presi
dent. Secretary Knox and Henry M.
Hoyt, counselor of the state depart
ment. The last named has made a
thorough inquiry into the policy pur
sued by the government upon occas
ions in the past when Americans were
arrested for taking part in revolutions.
The United States has been care/ul to
distinguish between maltreatment of
Its cttizens who were-not belligerents
and those caught with arms in hand.
In the case of the two Americans,
Cannon and Groce, shot following a
court martial before which they were
tharged with laying mines in a river,
Ihe principal grievance of this govern
ment lies in their summary 'execution
ind in th® fact that President Zelaya
ivas inspired in ordering this action by
personal animosity and by his general
spirit of anti-Americanism.
An event of Importance that trans
pired during the day was the dispatch
of orders to the transport Buffalo, on
duty on the Pacific coast, to sail at
once for Panama. The navy depart
ment instructions to the commander of
the Buffalo were clear and explicit and
the vessel was expected to set sail last
night from Plchlinque Bay, Cal., after
taking on adequate supplies of coal
and provisions.
May Mean Landing of Marines.
This ordering of the Buffalo south on
a hurry up schedule is taken to mean
that this government is making ready
to throw a column of United States
marines into Nicaragua for the pro
tection of American lives and prop
erty. While the 500 marines are scat
tered generally over the canal zone,
they can be concentrated by means of
the railroad quickly at Manama, where
there are military stores and supplies.
The-Buffalo carries six guns, is of
6,888 tons burden, and engines de
velop 3,600 horse power. The vessel
will be driven at top speed to Panama,
tvhere on its arrival the commander
has been instructed to report immedi
Uely to Washington.
2,906 Converted
at Cedar Rapids
Collection $7,015
CLEMINSON GETS
ft LIFE SENTENCE
CHICAGO DOCTOR BARELY SAVED
FROM GALLOWS BY ONE
JUROR HANGING OUT.
Chicago, Nov. 22.—Dr. Haldane
Cleminson was found guilty of the
murder of his wife, Nora Jane Clemin
son, by a jury in Judge McSurley'a
court Saturday night, and his punish
ment was fixed at lm'pa-isonment for
life.
Only one juror stood between the
Rogers park physician and the gal
lows. The final verdict was reached
after the twelve men had deliberated
less than three hours and four ballots
had been taken.
History of the Tragedy.
Mrs. Cleminson was found dead in
her bed at the family residence, 6823
Wayne avenue, May 30. Her husband
telephoned to Dr. Paul Hullhorst "of
Rogers Park, and told him that bur
glars had entered his home, chloro
formed him and his wife and stole a
gold watch.
Cleminson said that he had been
unconscious for several hours, and
that when he recovered he found his
wife dead. The case was reported' to
the police of the Rogers Pary station
and an investigation resulted. Burn
ed matches and bureau drawers were
found on the floor, and $60 the physi
cian said he had in his clothing and
jewelry were missing.
After Dr. Cleminson had been taken
to the Alexian Brothers' hospital an
investigation of tho burglary story led
the police to believe it false. Their
•theory was strengthened when physi
cians reported that Cleminson was
shamming illness.
WILL WATERLOO
GET 3-1DERTN?
LEAGUE MAGNATES IN 8ESSION
TODAY IN CHICAGO ON RE-
DISTRICTING PLAN.
What action the Central association
and Three-I league magnates will take
In their joint session at the Grand Pa
cific hotel In Chicago today is puzzling
the fans over the circuit. Will the
meeting mean a change in the circuits
with the transferring of one or two
Central cities for Three-I league
cities? What town will be given tho
vacant berth in the Central?
Waterloo Drops 8uit.
It is the belief of those who have
taken a close interest in the Central
that Waterloo did not drop the suit
against the Central because .it had no
redress but that it had tentative prom
Ises from some of the Central mag
nates either to secure her a berth in
the Three-I circuit or return the fran
chise in the Central. Waterloo will be
represented at the Joint meeting in
Chicago today and it is almost a cer
tainty that she will either get a berth
in the Central or neighboring league.
Waterloo has hopes of a Three-I
league franchise. In fact it has the
promise of the Cedar Rapids franchise.
Belden Hill now comes along and says
he will take a Central franchise and
even appears to believe that he can
have it for the asking.
The Ottumwa club is represented by
proxy at the meeting, the vote of this
city, being voiced by the Keoukk rep
resentatives.
CAUGHT BY A CHIMNEY.
Burglar Taken and Brick Mason Had
to Be Called—Near Death
When Arrested.
Washington, N. C., Nov. 22.—Slid
ing down the chimney in an effort to
rob the home of J. H. Davis at an ear
ly hour yesterday morning, David Ful
ward stuck fast. The burglar's efforts
to liberate himself awoke Davis, who
telephoned for the police. Though
the chimney was razed to the roof and
officers and neighbors Worked for an
hour, efforts to release the man were
in vain and .'.nally. the services of a
brick mason were requisitioned and
after the mantel and fire place were
removed Fulword was taken out more
dead than alive. He was locked up
pending trial.
Hearst Men to Strike.
Lead S. D., Nov. 22.—At a special
meeting of the Lead City miners union
held here last night a resolution was
adopted asking the permission of the
executive board of the Western Fed
eration of Miners to a strike of all
employes of the Hgmestake Mining
company, W. R, Hearst's mine.
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Cedar Rapids, Nov. 22.—(Spe
cial)—The Sunday evengelistlc
campaign in Cedar Rapid's clos
ed last night Tonight there
will be a sacred concert as it
the practice at the close of
these meetings. There were
308 conversions yesterdav,
bringing the total up to 2,906.
The free will offering to Mr.
Sunday was $7,015.
BURNS AT SEA
PASSENGERS AND CREW OF ST.
CROIX SAVED AFTER THRILL­
ING BATTLE WITH WAVES
FIRST REPORTED LOST.
Los Angeles, Nov. 22.—One hundred
and eighty-three passengers of the
steamer St. Croix, who spent, all Sat
urday night on a desolate beach after
their timely escape from the burning
vessel, have arrived here. Captain
Warner stated that the fire started
somewhere in the second cabin. No
one could guess, he said, how it origi
nated. No one was willed but six
were injured.
Reports sent out from here Saturday
night that the 450 passengers and crew
of the steamer St. Croix had been lost
when the vessel was burned off Point
Duma, fourteen miles from here, were
proved by later investigation to be in
correct.
The ship was totally destroyed by
explosions and fire, but every one of
the 105 passengers and every member
of the crew of seventy-eight escaped
after a hard bottle with the waves.
The steamer Topeka passed the burn
ing wreck and approached close
enough to see that there was no one
'on board, and, as It was not believed
that any small boat could have lived
in the rough sea that was running, the
Topeka sent out a wireless message
that 450 lives had been lost.
The shipwrecked people reached a
ranch house near the water's edge, and
a telephone message from First Officer
Hills of the St. Croix ended anxiety by
stating that all were safe.
Endure Heavy Hardship.
Famished, nearly exhausted and
many wearing borrowed clothes, all
were brought here from Santa Mon
ica by trolley after the police depart
ment and resident? of that city had
furnished food that broke a fast that
for some had stretched through thlr
ty-six hours. The survivors had walk
ed, ridden and made their way to
Santa Monica as best they could from
the isolated landing place.
OUTRAGES SHRINE GOES MAD.
Inhabitants of Potenza Are Convinced
a Miracle Was Performed and Are
Flocking in Pilgrimage There.
Rome, Nov. 22.—An anti-clerical
butcher at Potenza outraged the
shrine of the Madonna and forced his
dog to lick the image.
The butch'er fell senseless and as
Bumedf the rigidity of death. He was
taken to a hospital where he recover
ed, but he was mad., He barks like
a dog.
The inhabitants of Potehza are con
vinced that a miracle was performed
and are flocking In pilgrimage to the
shrine, where solemn functions in
reparation of the outrage are being
held.
MRS. J. M. BOLTON IS DEAD
Sister of Lafayette Young Succumbs
at Washington—Interment Will
Be at Des Moines.
Washington, D. C., Nov. Airs.
J. M. Bolton, youngest sister of Mrs.
Lafayette Young of Des Moines, d'n.l
at her home near this city' Sunday
afternoon after an illness of five
months, from ulceration of the liver
and a complication of diseases.
Mrs. Bolton formerly lived in Sioux
City, but has been here for a number
of years, her husband being employed
in the postofflce department.
After services here today, the re
mains will be taken to Des Moines
there.
etakend ver«
10 DISSOLVE
SAYS LAWYER
HEAD ATTORNEY FOR OIL COM­
PANY DECLARES COURT HAS
SIMPLY ORDERED STOCK DIS­
TRIBUTION WILL APPEAL.
New York, Nov. 22.—Mortimer F.
Elliott, general counsel for the Stan
ard Oil company, said yesterday in
commenting for the first time on the
decision against the company handed
down by the United States circuit
court at St. Paul:
"I have seen what purports to be the
text of the decree handed down by the
United States circuit court Saturday
The company will take an appeal im
mediately to the United States su
preme court and will cheerfully abide
by the verdict of the highest court iu
the land, whatever that may be.
"Arguments in this case began last
April and we are glad to have reached
an opinion. I do not mean that we are
pleased with the opinion itself, but
that we are glad to get it, whatever
its nature.
"The decree does not order a dis
solution of .the Standard Oil company.
That is a misunderstanding. What the
decree orders, as I now understand it,
is that the company shall distribute
among its stockholders, of whom there
are approximately 5,000, its holdings
in the stock of subsidiary companies.
This distribution, I further under
stand, is ordered to be effected on a
pro rata basis of apportionment. That
is to say, the heaviest holders of Stan
dard Oil stock would receive a propor
tional number of shares in the stock
of subsidiary companies."
Mr. Elliott wa sasked what course
the company would adopt if the ver
dict of the lower court should be up
held in the higher court.
"That," he said, "is something I
shall be better prepared to discuss
when I have seen the opinion by which
the United States circuit'court jnstiflf"}
its ffteci'et." yf
Practical Effect Not Expected.
Henry Woolman, who represented
the attorney general Missouri In that
state's suit against the Standard Oil
company and conducted the examina
tion of New York officers of the com
pany, takes a view similar to that ex
pressed by Mr. Elliott. He sums up the
situation as a theoretical victory."
I cannot see," he said, "that any
practical effect is to be expected. It
seems as if the best the government
can do Is to order the sale of the prop
erty and In that case the money of
course, goes to the present stockhold
ers in some from or another. There is
no confiscation, no punishment, as
there would be in the case of criminal
proceedings with the imposition of a
big fine.
Wade Ellis Explains Ruling.
Woshington, Nov. 22—Home im
portant to the government is the fact
that t.he Standard Oil decision render
ed Saturday establishes the proposi
tion that a combination which exists
by means of a corporation owning the
stock of other companies Is a viola
tion of the terms of the Shermaji anti
tr list act.
Wade H. Ellis, assistant attorney
general, said last night that the law
says such an agreement is contrary
to its propositions' and the decision
holds that stock ownership is an
agreement.
'The taking of stock of a parent
company," Mr. Ellis said, "is the im
portant part of t'.ifc law upon wulch
this decision bears. It has gone a
step farther than the control of prices.
Under it stock ownership is held to
be a combination in restraint of
trade."
SORROWFUL SUNDAY SCENE
IN STRICKEN MINING TOWN
All day long tolling of church bells resounded in Cherry and Spring Valley. Eighteen, bodies were
interred Sunday in a field south of the town. At the mine a dozen coffined victims remaned awaiting
removal while a score of caskets were piled nearby for the bodies which are to come awaiting
to hfvTC bodies
held outslde the
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CQUNTY, tQWA, TUESDAY, ypYEMBEB 23, 1909
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FIRE AT OSKALOOSA
Two Business Houses Destroyed and
Others Damaged Very Little
Insurance.
Oskaloosa, Nov. .22.—(Special)—The
Ollle Kather fruit store and the Frank
Fitzgerald panta.torium were com
pletely destroyed and the Thomas and
Holmes Agricultural Implement house
and the Red men's hall were seriously
damagud by fire last night. The loss is
1 $5,000 with little insurance.
churches. in which Coroner, Malm deemed it inadvisable
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First Photos of The Monorail Car
at Its Recent Tryout in England
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These are the first photographs to reach America of Louis
Brennans monorail gyroscope, upon which the British government is
to spend $500,000 In establishing an absolutely new method of trana
,p9rtatioj& ,A. car tWiy. fefet in length,, Jja*ring fifty persons, was
tMeii out sat Cummingham, England, a few days jigo, and these pic
tures of the machine and its inventor, who also lnventer the Brennan
torpedo, were taken on that occasion. At the try-out of the car two
gyroscopes, spinning at the rate of 2,000 revolutions a minute were
used to balance the vehicle and held it to the monorail as perfect.lv
as if the car had been running on an ordinary railway track The
principle is the same as a spinning top, the rapid revolutions of
which prevent It from falling over. It is believed that the car can
j.
JOHN JACOB ASTOR'8
YACHT STILL MISSING
Key '.Vest, Fla., Nov. 22.—
Mystery still surrounds theu
whereabouts of the yacht Nour
mahal, with John Jacob Astor
and party aboard. The report
that the vessel was at San
Juan has been proved untrue.
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I0WAN IS NAMED
ISSION
PRESIDENT URtCK OF STATE FED­
ERATION TO SETTLE ELEC-
TRICAL MEN'S ROW.
ofTr°™m' N°tI' 22. With the selection
it to
amalgamation of the two warring fne
tions
of
the electrical workers thf eon-
rabr °1',0/
the
noon
American- federation
union, Bloomlngton,
0f
!ate
Saturday after-
,W A he committee. of which Presi
ernLt'
Ur,ck 0f the
10"a
State fed-
eration is a member was eiven th«
hnfh61"
to
f.make
lts
naUonal"^hi
decision binding on
t0
H1® Pr°Posfi
5
amalga-
matlon. This action was taken after
the charter of the Iowa Htate Kedera
ri'oio
resl°rod
eommrnoA8were
and the" Iowa
Bt3, The
of the
committee named as follows:
v.of
Indi£»iapDlis
of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
oJ^T'"am^ 'iy
Prosldcnt
McNulty
of the recognized faction of electrical
iowaersta£' v" ,iUrl*!C' PrG8'dent of the
xowa State federation of Labor se
lected by President Reld of the acrl
cultural workers, and ifohn p. Frey ed
anclnnntl6
Ir°n Mou'der's
Journal'of
Cincinnati, approved by President
Gompers. The committee will calf a
convention of the two factions Within
List of Officers Electcd.
tV11 ",st
of
offlcers
elected at thf
convention is as foflows:
Following are the officers elected
and their affiliations:
™PJlSl.dent.~Samu(i Gompers, Cigar
makers union, Washington,
Secretary—Frank Morrison. Typo
graphical union, Washington, I). C.
„J^a"U,rer-J"hT1
B-
Lennon, Tailors'
111.
Vice presidents—First, Jas. Duncan.
Granite Cutters' union Quiftcy Mass
second^ John Mitchell. Civic federation,
New York third. James O'Connell,
machines' union, Washington,
fourth, D. A. Hayes, Glass Rottie
Blowers union, Philadelphia fifth
W illiam D. Huber United Brotherhood
or Carpenters and. Joiners, Indianap
olis sixth, Joseph F. Valentine. Iron
Moulders' union, Cincinnati seventh.
John R. Alpine, Plumbers' union, Chi
cago: eighth. Henr^
B.
Perham Or-
Louls Railroad Telegraphers. St
The vice presidents, with President
Gompers, Secretary Morrison and
Treasurer Lennon comprise the exe
cutlve council. Congressman W. B.
Wilson of Pennsylvania and Thomas
v. O Connor of Buffalo were elected
fraternal delegates to the British
trades union congress, and John
Manning of Troy, N. Y., to the Can
adian congress. Eighth Vice President
Perham was elected to succeed the
late Vice President Max Morris of
Denver, Perham having been appoint
aaro to fill the vacancy.
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AFTER TWENTY WERE RESCUEDf
HOPES OF SEARCHERS WERJS
BLASTED REPORT THAT MOHB
WERE FOUND PROVED UNTBU8
EXPLORERS STILL
AT RESCUE WORK
FACT THAT NO DEAD BODIES
WERE FOUND IN EA8T GAL.
LERY LEADS TO HOPE THATi
MORE LIVE A MOTHER DIBS.-^
Cherry, nL, Nov. 22.—Two exploring
parties today found Indications whictai
leafl them to believe there are a largsl
number of living men still In the mlny
Searchers at 3 a. m. were unable to
pass far into the galleries, and their
hope springs from the fact that whero^
they expected to find a large number*
of dead, none were found. Nearly two
hundred men are still unaccounted fow
dead or alive. Their bodies have not1
been found, nor, of course, hare they
been seen alive.
Rumors of hearing signals from livn
ing miners from the e^st gallery
spread about town today and were
promptly discredited by mine officials,
No indication save the absence of dea|
from the oast gallery has pointed t.a
the existence of other living metu
Several interments took place today.
Dr. L. D. Mowe viBited today all th«
survivors taken from the mine Sat»
urday and reported the gradtmllji!
working toward recovery.
Heartbroken Mother Dledi
Mrs. Charles Dovan, whose son- stilt
rem^Bs In the mine, (lied today oi
grief.
Saturday Afternoon's Rescue.
The gamui. from deepest despair to
hysteria of hope was run Saturday,'
afternoon when twenty miners, en
tombed for a week, were rescued'
alive. The suffering and the heroism
of their resourceful leaders 1b one
The searchers hav.e since Baturda
afternoon been trying to dig throng'
cave-ins and verify this latter, reporl
but no more men have been takeii
from the mine alive.
Twenty saved, ninety-two kno..
dead and 198 missing was theTrecor3or®.
at the St. Paul mine last night.
What had proved to be Cherry's
real day of thanksgiving ended In at
•night of hope deferred, or despair
At the end of the day no living mazW
or boy had been added to the list at,
the. twenty rescued Saturday.
Mayor Connolly telegraphed Presi
dent Taft at Washington last nightl
that twenty men had been rescued.an
that 150 were believed to. be alivi
Each hour that passes now 1s Iooke^
upon by the watchers as making th«
chance of escape less.
"The men they brought up coifld not
have lived more than a few hours
longer," said a despairing woman. "I£
they don't come up today they'll com*
up dead."
The rescuers worked as if this was
their belief. The fire in the second
level was forced back and early in tha
afternoon the workers could pass itJ
The black damp in the east gallery
was the obstacle that proved unsur*1
mountable to the men.
Through It the bodies of thirty-eeveu,
men could be seen. Preparations for'
the taking out of the thirty-sevenl
bodies visible to the explorers were]
rushed when the morbid crowd about
the mine had thinned.
That the bodies might have been,
taken up earlier was admitted byj
those in charge of the work but theiH
thought of the scenes that would havai
followed.
Story of George Subacus.
In a little four-room cottage "threm
doors from Liberty stable across thrf
street," Mrs. Geo. Subacus became th?
envied of all at nightfall, for her hus-j
band of all the rescued was the first to
be taken to his home. Subacus and his!
brother John were among the first sur-i
vivors to reach the surface. A reporter!
,— .*
led by a Lithuanian interpreter, foundl
Mrs. Subacus, the happiest woman ia|
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the most thrilling stories of the black
history of mining disasters.
Forty swollen and scorched dead
bodies have beeen brought up, and)
most of them were Identified Satur*
day when the marvelous report shotf
through the prostrated community^
"They have found them alive."
In a moment the morgue was
serted and was scarcely revisited,
while, the crowd, insane with the hope
which flames from the ashes of des*'
pair, rushed to the pit. It took al*i
hours to bring the survivors to tha
surface. Meanwhile the report spread*
that seventy or more were aljve inl
the far reach of the mine, cut o®
from escape by a bank of black
dam-l9m^i
between their barricade and tho
shaft.
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Ten doad were brought to the sur
face Sunday and thirty-seven mors
dead were located in the second, level.'
but were not brought upon account ot
black damp.