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SAI.KM, QIUIGOX MATfllDAY, DKCKMllKIt tl, 1DOS.
NO. JWO.
LUMBIA READY TO INVADE VENEZUELA
I
m ssH H
atives
ON BAIL
IF SCHMITZ
HIM OUT OF
PRISON
kited Proas Lcnsod Wlro.)
Francisco, Doc. 19. Kugono
iltz former mayor or Snn
co. touny was roicasca on
90 ball, furnished by relatives
ends, following tno refusal of
icr bondsman, William J. Din-
Callfonla "comont king." to
to examination na to his flnan
atlltlon.
of thoso who went on
bonds wcro wornon roln-
lonvlctcd bow' lawyor, Thomua
Ser, of Shasta county, mado n
ht to hnvo thi caso continued
January 2, and It was n dlp-
Contlnucd on pago 7.)
w goes for PIUCK CUTTING.
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N WEEP AS TAYLOR TELLS
SPECULATE
ON TAFT'S
CABINET
OVER TWO POSSIBLE
VACANCIES
- (United Press Loased Wlro.)
Washington, D. C, Dec 19.
Much speculation Is -Indulged In to
day regarding tho probablo cholco of
nn attorney-genera! by President
elect William II. Taft, following tho
official announcement that Senator
Philander C. Knox, of Philadelphia,
Is to bo tho now secretary of state.
An authentic list of thoso being con
sidered for attorney-general, follews:
Frank O. Kellogg, "chlof trust bust
er; Charles 0 Naglos, of St. Louis,
prominent attorney and politician;
Honry M. Hoyt, of Ohio, solicitor
general of tho United States, and col
lego mato of Taft at Ynlo; Qcorgo W.
(Continued on Page B.)
uick Selling
n All Our Christmas Goods
flicrc will lie no mercy hIiowii to goods or prices until Xmiu. Out
tcMciislvo nlterntlonN In our store nftcr Xmns and rc don't want to
DRESSL
GOOD.
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ro
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Women's, Misses'
and Children's
Suits and Coats
V are now offering tho GrtuUost
Values in Uio hUtory of ow htoro
In Ladles,' Misses' and Clilldrtn's
Suits nnd Coats. After A'mns Js
over they will bo only In our way m
out they must go. Don't Miilt until
they nro nil gone.
Cliihlrvn'H Coat, from. ...J? I. OS "P
Ladles' Coats from :."S up
Ladles' Skirts from 6S.PO up
Underskirts and Sweater at the
Mime low prices.
1 And what A .. . TTrTTTTT fX
ROBBING
BANKS IN
AIUUTO
ARE TLRR0R1ZIN6
NEBRASKA
.
(Unltod Press Leased Wire.)
Lincoln. Neb.. Dec. 19. Hobborj.
believed to bo tho "automobllo de
poradocs," vho havo been terrorizing'
tho state, blow tho eafo in tho Stato
Uonk at Cerosco, 20 miles north of
hero early today, and escaped with
J3000 In curroncy. If thoy arc tho
samo thieves who robbed tho banks
at Kceno and Gibbon, they havo se
cured nearly $10,000 In 24 hours, s
Only throo robbers wore engaged
In tho looting of tho Coresco baah.
this morning, though bIx were sen
In their automobllo nn thoy loft Gib
bon yo9terday.
Tho thro omen nt Cerosco stolo a
livery rig, with whlclj thoy loft the
Prices
they must go as there nro going to
hnve (lie goods In our way. Ho
DRESS GOODS
AND SILK
Now selling nt Ilurgalii Prices. The
Illggcst nud llest Values than wns
over offered in Sulcm. Itriiicmhcr
when you buy your good at tin
CHICAGO STOHK yon get tho HeM
and Newest Good shown. Coiiio
and get our prices end m for your
Milve., Wo mean business. Drm
Goods and Bilks, yard
2.1c, aSc, 40c, One and up.
B
Bargains
In the following goods! . iolls
Toys, Games, Kid Gloves, Hosiery,
Underwear, Table Linens, .Napkins,
I'aiioy Linens, Umbrellas, Silk and
Linen Hniidkerchlefs, Woman's ami
Children's Shoes, Slippers, Ibices,
Hibhous, Fancy Lace, Necknear,
Aprons, Men's Gloios anil Necktliw.
WlilK' lU'd Spreuds, Leather G'oods,
Silk Hosiery, Silk Homi Supportors,
Silk Wuiitth, I'Jno I'uw, llrussliig
Suqiies, KIiiio;uis, .Mn's and It)h'
Clothing. I'auey Kuspeiulers, Coin
foils nnd Itlnukot.
It will pay
)ou well
lo look through
(Hit GOODS
und get
OUH THICKS.
OF NIGHT
DYNAMITER
IS GIVEN
THE LIMIT
MRS. MARTIN GtfTS
LIFE TERM
(United Proas LoaBod Wlro.)
Oakland. Cal., Dec. 19. Mrs. 8a
bolla Martin, convlctod of dynamiting
tho homo ol Judgo Ogdon, In this
city, wan sontonced to llfo ImnrlBoe-
mont today by Buporlor Judgo Wells.
Tho crlmo for which Mrs. Martin
will spbnd tho rest of hor days In tho
ponltentlary -was committed on
March 19, 1907. Mrs. Martin did
not placo tho dynnmlto under tho
Judgo's house horsolf, but sho lsrtcd
tho order to her Bon, "Uaby John"
Mnrtln, a lad Just In bio leans. The
boy tcstlflod r.t tho trial that his ro
putod mother hold him undor hor In
fluence, and compelled him to do hor
bidding, not only In tho caso of tho
dynamiting of tho Ogdon home, but
In ccvornl other outrnges, Involving
the u bo of high oxploilvcs. .
The blowing up of tho Ogden honin
InBt yonr wno n mystery until "Uaby
John" was caught trying to poison
tlio.poople of Weavorvlilo, Trinity
county,-. After bin arrest, hq broke
down and confessed that, not only
the poisoning, hut rorrrnl dynnmltlng
outrages, Including tho Ogdon nf -
fair, hnd boon perpetrated by him i.t
his inothor'B commnnd. Tlio boy'ii
confcsHloii Van tho llrst light that
bad been thrown on tho mystery of
the Ogdon explosion und It quickly
led to other sensational dliclosures,
which ruvuniup inni mo laii wan u
prodigy of criminal running
The defense In tho reennt trial
mi' do tho argument that tho boy. and
not the woman, was tho real crimin
al, and evidence wnu Introduced with
Uio hoK) of proving to tho Jury that
Uio child was mornlb porvertivl. The
iirosecutton, however, established ll
(ano too clrnrly. showing that Mm.
Martin oxertod nn almost hynntlc In
lluenco ovor tho boy, and by throntt
of dlro bodily Injury compelled him
lo carry out her ulntn for rovongo on
iiKitiln wlinin hIiii illalllreit
iikiiiIa whom sbo disliked
Mra Mnrlln u-na pfinvlrlml In ulv
minutes by a Jury In Judgo William
W'olls' court last Tuosday. Today her
uttomoys mado motions for an oxnm-
Inntlon of tholr cllont on tho question
nf hor anlty. This was dented by
Judgo Wolln. nn wns a motion for a
now trial. Mrs. Martin took hor son-
tonco with romposuro, hnvlng ovl-
dontly ateelod horolf for tho Inovlt-
abio.
Mrs. Martin's grievance against
Judgo Ogdon dated from tho time,
tiovornl eara ago, whon sho wns on -
gngod In a Inwoult, one of tho many
Hi which sho was continually In-
olved In this particular caso h
formed tho Imnroavlnn thnt Julne
Ogdon wns blnsod ngalnst hor, and
bad used his position to work ur
fftsifully agnlnt her Interests,
Threatening lotters wi-ro received nf-
lerwnrdn by tho Judgo. but, at that
lime, he paid little attention o thorn,
Those lottore playtsl nn Important
pnrt In tho recent trial.
rlty. but they deserted It about 15
miles out of town.
James Iloylo. of Cerosco, wns pnw.
Ing the bank nt tho time of tho rob
bery Tho look-out hold him up.
and. at tho point of a revolver, forced
Mm to go Into tho bank There he
wnn gagged and bound to a chair
When the cnshlor opened the bank
today the robbery was Art lonrned
through tin dlscoveiy of Ilnyle still
securely fastened to the chair, and
hardly able to bronthe.
A heavily annul poise of officers
l In pursuit of the robbors. and thoy
Kay they are confident of catching
the desperadoes before night. Thor
is a belief, however, that th robber
were mot by their fellows In tho oj
tomobllo. at the point where tho rig
as deserted, and thnt they are now
far nwar
The operatlOH of the bank rob
t.ern have terrorized all the smaller
banks of th -tale, asd extra guards
are being placed on duty In banks In
Hill the smaller town
RIDERS'"
ACCUSED
ALONE ARE
UNMOVED
RELATES HANGING
OF RANKIN
(United Press Leased Wlro.)
Union. Tonn., Doc. 19. Tho eight
prisoners nt tho bar woro today poi
sons who did not betray any emo
tion, whon Colonol Taylor related tho
ntory of the killing of Captan nankin
by tho "night rldoro." Tears streamed
down tho faco of tho Judgo, And tho
attornoya for tho dofonso burned
their faces away to hldo their fcol
Inga. The greater part of tho audi
onco was weeping, and many of tho
women present sobbed audibly. Col
onol Taylor rolatod tho details of hU
oxporlenco on that memorable occa
sion. Ho told how ho was awakonod, nt
dond of night, marched by his cap
tors half a mllo from his homo and
brought to a deserted spot. Kn route,
enid ho, Indlvldualn In tho mob tor-
montcd him, Thoy domnnaed to know
how much Hnnkln nnd 'fnylor paid
Judgo Cooper for tho Heolfoot Lnko
doolalon. Tho leador of tho mob ap
peared to bo In n fronty, -TaVlor
tOHtlfied that ho nnld; "Clentloinn,
I'm (12. and havo lived tho bettor part
, ., ,v iif 1 nm nni nfmiii nt donth
Kn, , ulll ,avo tll0 ,fo of cnptuln
(nnkin ho's youngor."
Taylor centinued: "Thoy throw
tho olu, of ft ropo ovor tno ,ran0lt of
ft lr00i nn(1 tcil tno otllor ntl nrom,
' lhw nok of nnnkln. Thon thoy pulled
n,n ,, Ag j,B foot oft lIl0 Krnnr.d
bo cried,' 'Oh. gontlomon, don't do
that, don't do that: you'ro killing
me: you'ro killing mo. "
Hero Colonel Taylor collnpsod.
(Continued on Page IS.)
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Oakland, Cal.,
Dec. 19.
O Mrs. Isiibolla Martin, who was O
Oaontonced to llfo Imprisonment 0
O this morning, attempted sul- O
O clod this afternoon by taking 0
O polaon O
O It Is not bolloved that tho O
0 poison will result fatally. O
O Concealed In
her furs was O
o found a quantity of pulv -rlxod O
o glass and Home white H)wdor, O
o believed to bo anionic. Thli Is 0
o now being examined by a chom- 0
,0 1st Mrs. Mnrtln at first tried 0
O ovnslvq tactics, but finally ad- O
o mltted that alio had found a O
o bottle pontalnlng thU powder O
o In tho offects of a woman prlu- t)
o onor named Lilly Johnson, who 0
o ban since been roloased from tho O
o Jail "They'll never got mo to O
o Han Qunntln nllvo." Mrs. Mar- O
O tin Is declared to have said to O
o Mm. White, whon she received O
O tho Intelligence of her convlo- O
O Hon Inst Tuesday. "I shall O
g !,0,arF,,, ",y ,,ft " u ,,un- S
0 To DUtrlct Attorney Donahue O.
0 she mado n sliullnr remark, O ,
0 strengthening It, however, with O
0 tho flat declaration that slfe n- 0
O tended lo commit milclde. The O
0 Jail authorities wore notified to O
O.keep a rlofe watch nn thHr O
O prlaoner, and It wan supposed O
O that evnry precaution had been O
O taken to prevent hor doing any O
O ra'h Hct. O
O After her rturn fiom court O
O this morning, she seemed to be O
n unusually cheerful. Sho Joked O HMr tliai uie minisiry ww rei . -n
with h.r fellow nrliKiners. aud O "'blf for the revolutionary trouble
"F .
O emeI In thn beat nf siilrltft. O
O Then ho aeke Mrs White for
O a drink of whlskoy. ami the In-
n dulcet matron went to get It
O for lier While Mm White wns
O gone. Mrs Martin f supposed
o to have -wallowed the poison.
O Whon Mrs. Whltq returned,
O -he found the womae lying up-
O "l(wii on the floor After the
O nt)vlvl(Uii worked nver hor
O and pumned hor'Momaoh niit
0 she regain l" her good yxHg,
O'SHd oven chatted cheerf'-i'lv
n ol.nut Mm innldonl Rha U until
CRUELTIES
DITCH
READY
TO LAND
ON FIRST CHANCE IN
VENEZUELA
Ualtt4 Itms Xt4 Wtrf.)
Paris, Franco, Doc. 19. Colom
bia Is proparlng to Invade VonoxueU,
according to private dlspatckee re
ceived hero todayi Tho Colombian
government Is massing troops alomc
(ho Vonoiuolan frostier la meU
points it vantago as to secure the
buccoss of nn Invasion, which could
bo started upon a moment's notice. It
Is reported that tho Colombians bs
llovo tho present crisis la Venewfla
offora them a great opportunity (or
conquest.
The Dutch foreign office today
gavo out a statement .that advlcee re
ceived by tho officials Indicate that
tho Voncxuelnn trouble may bo net
tled without actual warfare
It In admitted that thoro la still a
strong poslblllty of grave complica
tions, but It U polntod out that tho
Intornnl conditions nc Venoxuola aro
such nH to permit only aubmlsslon by
tho government to Holland's do
mnudH r - - , i
Holland bollovim now that Veno
sula, being threatened with war from
without nnd revolution from wllhln
must nccedod to any domandu that
aro made. A .. '
Tim Hague. Dee. 10. Tho wnr
Hhlps Holland nro plying tho Vonox
ueliin wators read) ( uld tho rovolu
tlonlHlH who have rlaen against
l'roflldent Clprlnno Castro whonovor
tho movement pninilROs succosa, ac
cording '" an olllclal annouueemout
made nt tho foreign nillco today.
The llrst Important mnvomitnt on
tho part of tho revolutionists will
bring lo Umlr aid the mun of the
Dutch ships who mo awaiting a pre
text to hind upon Vonoxtilean soil
and liiHitro tho ovnrthniw n(l0itdlo
tutor.
Tho revolutionary mov'oinent
(Continued on Page C)
-I-O-
tii I c nROHTFR
.muuo U,,WM ' u"
THINKING HIM-DEER
(United Ytn Xwsed V(J
Bhiu. Mont.. De. 19 Tho victim
of a bullet fired by his brother, who
mistook him for a deer, It. A. Taylor,
a promlnoiit ranches, today Is dond
at bin home in Northern Montana,
Taylor nnJ his brother, Leland I).
Taylor, woro hunting, noar Troy,
' whon thoy becamo separated. A few
moments later Lelund hoard tho
bushes riiBtle, and, thinking ho saw
a, deer, fired Ho thought he had
missed hla quarry, and returacd
homo. nnd. after some waiting for tho
missing man to return, Taylor hoaJed
u searching party to find hie brother
hIimkIIiil' to death and freezing, tho
rancher was found, but died boforn
the farm house wns reached.
.
PORTUGESE MINISTERS
TO RESIGN OFFICES
(United Press Leased Wlro.)
Lisbon. Dec. 19 Premier I'errl
orado Amnral today announced the
Intention of the present cabinet mlu
I tern to resign tomorrow. The min
uter reached this duusloi after two
duyrt of violent dlsouMlou.
Their derldou, according to the
klHg'a friends. Is tho result of tho
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O Mfi PI FW TO MEN
O nx tL.uvv iu mun
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0. Unltel I'rflws Leased Wire.)
O Btookton. Cal.. Dec 10 Tho local
Q peaco olllcea and Santa Vo railroad
O dotootlvos nro still ut sea regarding
O tho Identity of the unknown party
n or jiartltp Vtho bluw up tho Santa
O F oabtwse 4& thla city lat night.
O Whtlo It Is suppoicd that tho work
n wno that of tmimtoii. who were seokinir
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