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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
Transatlantic and African
Liners to be Cut Off
From Aid.
MODIFICATION OF BILL
APPROVED N COMMITTEE
Government Aid VIII Then be Con.
fined to Oriental and South Ameri.
can Liners-Senater Beveridge
Would Make Meat Inspection Act
Even More Stringent

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Washington, Dec. 6.-The modifica-
tion of the Gallinger ship subsidy bill
was suggested by Chairman Grosvener
at today's meeting of the house COM
mittee on merchant marine and fisher
les. He expressed willingness to
strike out the subsidiaries for trans
Atlantic and African steamship lines.
thus confining the government aid to
Oriental and South American lines.
No vote was taken, but Grosvener
will prepare revised bill for the
consideration of the committee. In
its changed form the Gallinger bill
which already has passed the senate,
will conform to the ship subsidy rec
ommendation made by Secretary Root
In his Kansas City speech.
Senator Beveridge introduced bill
today to amend the meat inspection
act by requiring that the cost of in
spection shall be paid by the packers.
Another amendment requires that the
date Of inspection and packing or
canning shall be placed upon each
package.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06

thronged the streets to catch a glimpse
of the defendant as she crossed the
bridge Of sighs between the tombs and
the criminal courts.
The case Of Albert T. Patrick, a law
yer Of previous good standing, and a
man of apparently refined tastes and
comfortable means, who was convicted
of the murder of William Marsh Rice,
an aged and eccentric millionaire, has
received SO much publicity that its
every detail is we'll known to the
public. Patrick was arrested Oct. 4,
1900, but it was a year and half be-
fore he was tried and convicted. For
nearly five years he has been an occu-
pant of the death house at Sing Sing
and the end is not yet. The wealth of
the victim, the previous good standing
of the accused and the doubt cast upon
the confession of the valet Jones, the
alleged accomplice of Patrick, all COM
bined to attract attention to this case.
Since the trial public interest in the
case has been increased by the heroic
and successful fight that Patrick has
waged to escape the death chair.
These trials have attracted more at
tenticn than any others in recent years.
But scarcely less interesting at the
time were other cases, among them
that of DIR. Buchanan, who was exc
cuted for wife murder; of Carlyle Har-
ris, who paid the death penalty for
the murder Of beautiful Helen Potts;
of DR.. Kennedy, Staten Island dentist,
who was sentenced to death for the
murder Of Dolly Reynolds, granted a
new trial and freed, and of the famous
Guldensuppe case. in which the VIC
tim was decapitated and the remains
thrown into the river.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06

Hood, creamery, Boston and Main
West Lynn railroad station, Jacobs
Leather Stock company, NJ. j. Worth
ley Shoe company and twelve DWELL
ings occupied by negroes.
At 9 O'Clock the police reported that
apparently no persons had been killed.
They had taken to the hospital up to
that time nine injured. Three Of these
were but slightly hurt, and hasty ex-
animation seemed to indicate that the
other six were not fatally hurt.
The financial loss will be about
$450, 900.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
VILLAGE HAV|NG ITS TROUBLE
Matters in Hatton Were Getting Seri.
Gus When . Car Of Coal Arrived
On the Scene.

The village of Hatton, in Trail
county, just across the line from Grand
Forks county, is Just at present suf-
fering very seriously from the effects
of coal shortage.
Anent this matter today's Free Press
says:
The terrible condition of the city for
the past few days on account of the
shortage of coal was partially relieved
on Monday. when a car of the black
nuggets arrived. The coal was re-
ceived by the st. Anthony & Dakota
Lumber company, and before 1t was
fairly at stand still on the side track,
nineteen wagons were on the scene
trying to get all they could carry
away.
Mr.. I. Tilden was on the car, and
he informed the people that they could
only have their share of the coal, and
that they would have to get in line
and accept when their turn came. He
said that only one car had been re-
ceived, and that they would have to
do the best they could with that
amount.
The situation here had just about
turned to a serious point when this
car arrived, many Of our citizens be-
ing formed to borrow fuel in order to be
warm. But even this borrowing OF
coal had given out, and nearly every
bit Of coal In the city had been con-
sumed when this one, lone, single car
came along.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
Rivers And Harbors Congress Convenes

Annotated Press to The Evening Times.
Washington, D. c.. Dec. 6:-That the
commercial. agricultural, manufacture
ing and the consuming and producing
elements of all sections of the United
States have at last been aroused to the
necessity of demanding that a large
proportion Of the revenues of the gen.
eral government be devoted to the
improvement Of rivers and aarbors
was evidenced by the large and rep
resentative attendance today at the
opening of the third annual session
of the National Rivers and Harbors
congress-. ''1-,. r.;
Numerically the gathering is the lars-
est eyer held in this country In. the,
interest of waterway and harbor Inn
provements. Its personel also is such
as to give great weight to it's express
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
THE WALKER" OPENS SOON
New Playhouse In Winnipeg 10 Nearly
Completed Will Mean Better Shows
In Grand Forks.

The new quarter million dollar play
house which has been in course of
building at Winnipeg for the past six
months. will be Informally opened to
the public in two weeks.
At the bequest of the Walker Bros,
who own the theatre, the Winnipeg
papers took up in their columns the
proposition Of a name for the new
opera house, popular expression being
requested. Those favoring as the
name "The Walker" were greater in.
number than the entire number ia
voring all other names combined.
The formal opening of THE Wal
ker," will take place probably around
the first of the year.
The completion of the new play
house will have considerable effect up
on the quality of shows Grand Forks
theater-goers will be permitted to wit
ness in future, for the reason that
many fine companies have refused to
be routed into Grand Forks, except
ing they could also make stand of
night or two in Winnipeg.
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Several Famous Murder Trials Are Recalled

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
New York, Dec Cit Is scarcely an
exaggeration to say that New Workers
are counting the days until the trial of
Harry X. Thaw, slayer of Stanford
White. the noted architect, shall be-
gin. The American metropolis dearly
loves a famous murder trial, and the
trial about to begin promises to be
one of the most famous In the criminal
history of New York. The prominence
Of the Thaw family socially, the wealth
of his parents, the circumstances sur
rounding the young mans marriage
to Evelyn Nesbit, and the spectacular
scene in the midst of which he fired
the bullets into the breast of the man
who, he asserted, had betrayed his
wife, all add interest to the trial.
1t is not always easy to account for
the intense interest that the public
displays in murder cases. Almost
every day adds to the list of homicides
in Greater New York, but 1t is only at
intervals of about two years that the
great city Is aroused by one Of those
cases that become famous and are
remembered after all the participants
have passed from the scene. The rec
ords would seem to show that II
love intrigue is involved In the case 1t
is most apt to attract wide attention.
Deep mystery. extraordinary brutality
or fienddshness and the social promin-
ence of the principals oftentimes serve
to attract the public attention. Murder
accompanied by robbery seldom at
tracts more than passing notice from
the public at large.
In the case Of Edward 8. Stokes
love intrigue and the wealth and prom
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
LARGE SHOE FACTORY
WRECKED At
LYNN
Terrific Explosion Of Boilers
and Subsequent Fire Causes
$450,000 Loss.
OTHER NEARBY BUILDINGS were
ALSO Completely DEMOLISHED
Gale Afterward Spread Flames Which
Burned Over Two Acres of Build.
ings-Aid Sent From City Of Boston
People Were Injured But None
Are Expected to Die.

Associated Press t. The Evening Ti.es.
Lynn, Mass, Dec. 6.-.The boilers of
the P. ]. Harney Shoe Manufacturing
company. of this city, blew up this
morning and att least - people are
reported injured. The explosion. be-
sides shattering the Zig four-story
factory Of the Harvey company,
wrecked several buildings nearby in
q crowded manufacturing district. A
heavy southeast gaAe coon drove the
flames beyond the control at the local
fire department across the, Boaton and
Main railroad tracks, and help was
called from Boston. In an hours
time. two acres in the west Lynn dis
trict had been burned over.
The first firms to be burned out or
wrecked by the explosion we're: P. J..
Harvey Shoe company, TUFTS and
Friedman. shoe company, H. p.
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sed opinions. Hundreds of business
men are present as representatives Of
commercial bodies, river Improvement
associations, maritime exchanges,
chambers Of commerce and other Or
ganized' bodies In many p&rts of the
country. The Pacific coast has dis
played an equal interest with the Mis-
sissippi valley commonwSa1ths, and
the states bordering the gulf and the
Atlantic by sending hrgs.sized dele
cations to the conference:
The in5tial session today was taken
up largely with the necessary plelim-
inaries. As soon AZ these wore dispos-
ed Of the congress entered upon it's
real business. The sessions are to
continue over tomorrow. It IL not the
purpose Of the congress to work for
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
CONTEST FOR CONTROL.

CVNVESV EOB CUNIkOL,
Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Boston, Mass, Dec. 6.-For a second
time within few months the $4,000
members of the Boot and Shoe Work.
ers' union throughout the country are
ca 6ociet, for national officers. The
speclar -. ion is due to dispute in
the cast Of the ballots in the recent
referendum vote. The minority of the
board Of inspectors threw out the vote
Of whole unions where Irregularities
occurred and declared John F. Tobin
elected president and Coils B. Lovely
vice-president. The majority of the
board declared the irregularities incon-
sequential and awarded the Offices to
Thomas B. Hickey. president, and
Charles Murray as vice-president. To-
bin and Lovely have held the Offices
for many years. Hickey fought to have
his election stand, but the executive
council insisted upon a new election.
Tobin represents the conservative, and
Hickey the radical wings of the union.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06

amy particular appropriation or to
urge the Improvement OF any special
stream, but to discuss the matter in its
general aspects, and to urge upon con-
greas the appropriation Of at least
afty millions annually for the improve
ment of the rivers and harbors of the
country, The average appropriations
for the past ten, years has been less
than twenty millions and the condi-
tions Of the waterways Of the country
show this to have been ridiculously
inadequate. The effort before congress
will be to have the rivers and harbors
bill upon plane with other govern
ment appropriations and commensurate
in size to its bearing upon the econ
oudc and commercial welfare Of the
nation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06

pack themselves into the narrow
streets surrounding the criminal court
building cheered the young man upon
his release. The cheering masses fol-
lowed the Molineaux carriage down
Center street and gave q parting shout
as it whirled across the Brooklyn
bridge and bore the young man to the
home Of his loyal parents.
The next famous case that enter
tained the New York public and gave
the yellow journals an opportunity to
display their largest type was that OF
Nan" Patterson, the Florodora girl,
who three times faced the court on a
charge Of numbering her sweetheart,
Caesar" Young, bookmaker, while
riding in hanson cab. The youth
and beauty of the girl and the story of
her love affair with Young, a married
man, gave interest to the case. After
passing an entire summer in the tombs
the girl was brought to trial in Nov
enrber, 1904. After the trial had pro-
gressed one of the jurors was taken
i'll. and this resulted in a postponement.
Two years ago today Miss Patterson
was brought into court for her second
trial. 1t continued to Dec. %, when
the jury, after long deliberation, dis
agreed. 1t was said to stand six to
six. On April II, 1905. the third trial
began before Recorder Goff. With the
disagreement of the jury at this trial
the famous case ended, the district
attorney concluding that the chances
OF securing a conviction were not suf-
fiicient to warrant the expense of an
other trial. The case had probably at
tracted more public attention than any
other case OF its kind in the history
Of New York. During the trials crowds
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
ASSAULTED WOMAN
Girl Telegraph Operator at
Desota, Kansas, Struck
by Robber.

Associated Press to The Ev.,,,- r,-..
Kansas City. Mo-, Dec. Ga robber
early today rendered Miss Zona
Heckert, night operator at Desota,
kas., unconscious with a blow from
a wagon spoke. robbed the depot
money drawer and escaped. Miss
Heckert was found unconscious lying
near the station. She recovered con.
seriousness later and said her assail-
ant was a white man about 25 years
old. The description fits that of a
private in Co. l of the engineer
corps, who escaped yesterday from
the federal military prison at Fort
Leavenworth, Kas.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06

the counsel retained for Mr.. Colts
defense. But Colt was convicted and
was presumed to have committed sui
eide an hour or two before execution.
At the hour set for execution fire broke
out in the upper part of the tombs,
and in the confusion Colt was for few
minutes forgotten. What was said to
be his dead body was found in his cell.
Yet tradition has always prevailed
that the fire was a part of conspiracy
by means Of which Colt could escape
and a substituted body be placed in
his cell.
The more recent case Of Roland
Molineaux is still we'll remembered.
With the exception Of Stokes, Molin-
eaux was the only man Of high family
connection of considerable wealth and
good business character who has for
many years been tried in this city for
murder In the first degree. The date of
the alleged crime was Dec. %, 1898.
The charge was the murder of Mrs.
Katherine ]. Adams by sending her
cyanide of mercury under the guise
of a headache cure. 1t was alleged that
the poison was intended for another
and that Mrs. Adams was given the
fatal dose by mistake. Love and
desire for revenge were declared to be
the motives. The first trial Of Molin-
eaux began Nov. IA, 1899. and lasted
nearly three months. He was found
guilty and sentenced to death in the
electric chair. A new trial was grant
ed and three years after the date of
the alleged murder the young man was
acquitted. The general impression was
that Molineaux had been the victim
Of great mistake or diabolical con-
spiracy. As many thousands as could
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE,

AssOeaaSeS fEess 70 The Evening TiAe0.
LosA4gsles. Cal, Dec. 6.-The annual
meeting of the Pacific coast baseball
league, for which the magnates and
managers gathered in Los Angeles to.
day, promises to be one Of the most
important in the history OF the organ
izatton. After formally awarding the
championship pennant for the season
Of 1906 the meeting will take up the
discussion Of a number of important
questions relating to the future of the
league. The length Of the league
season will be discussed. but prob
ably the most important business will
be the making up of the circuit. The
dropping Of Fresno will mean that
another city must be chosen to fllr the
vacant berth. The claims of Salt Lake
City and one or two other applicants
will be given due consideration.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
WILLOW CITY BRIDE UNACC0UNTABLy DISAPPEARS ON
DAY SET FOR HER MARRIAGE TO RICH RANCHMAN

Willow City p Dec Wednesday
Of Montana had suddenly
The bridegroom arrived Willow
fair spending
the disappeared
return he informed the girls disappearance
to them w "0A-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
CROCHETT.PULsIFER WEDDING.

New York, Dec. 6.-At the home of
the brides parents at Glen Ridge,
N. j.. Miss Alice Pulsifer, daughter of
Fred X. Pulsifer, wealthy and we'll
known New Yorker, was married today
to Thomas Boyd Crockett. Mr.. Crock
EFT belongs to an old Virginia family
and was formerly lieutenant in the
regular army. Some time ago he gave
up his military career to enter business
in New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Crockett
will spend their honeymoon on a large
ranch which the bride owns near the
Yellowstone park.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06

more than the amount available for the
purpose. thereby making It possible
for Mr.. Carnegte's gift to become the
subject of litigation. The architects
demand that the award shall be set
aside basing their claim on the jury's
admission that they had not adhered
10 the conditions of the competition.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06

inence of both the slayer and his VIC
tim all combined to make 1t one of
the most famous cases IN the criminal
history of America. The tragedy oc-
CURED In 1871, but is still viviily re-
membered by all old New Workers.
Stokes was a man of considerable
wealth, very energetic and promising
business man who, nevertheless, had
not fortified himself against the temp
tations Of fashionably disslpated life
in New York. He shot and killed "Jim"
Fisk, one of the notorious characters
of his day, long the partner of Jay
Gould. Added interest was given the
crime by the general belief that 1t was
actuated by jealousy between the two
men over the notorious Josie" Mans
field. Subsequent developments tended
to show that the real cause was that
Stokes believed that Fisk was trying
to ruin him In his business. Stokes was
tried several times. The first trial re-
suited in verdict of guilty and SEN
tence of death. The end of it was that
he served several years in states pris-
on and upon his release returned to
New York broken down man.
Another famous case of quarter
Of century ago was that of John
c. Colt, convicted of the murder of a
creditor. The unusual means taken to
dispose Of the victims body was one OF
the features that attracted attention to
this case. Colt was a business man
of good standing In the community.
Infuriated by persistent creditor, he
attacked and killed the man, put the
body in o box and shipped it to New
Orleans All of the wealth OF Mr.. Colts
brother, who was the inventor Of the
revolver. was placed at the disposal OF
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MICHIGAN FRUIT GROWERS.
Associated Press tv I,ha, yc,,s..a.l r,...

Benton Harbor, Mich, Dec. 6.-Ben-
ton Aarbor, the center of one of the
most important fruit producing Sec
tions of the country, today gave well
come to scores of fruit growers gath
cred from all parts of the state. The
occasion was the opening Of the thirty
sixth annual meeting OF the Michigan
state horticultural society. President
=. =. Hadsell of Troy presided over
the sessions which we're held in the
opera house. The speakers included
leading growers and fruit experts of
Michigan, Ohio and Illinois. The con-
Vention will continue through the re-
mainder Of the week,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
Palace OF Peace At The Hague

Associated Press to TAe Evening Tines.
The Hague, Dec. 6.-According to,
the local press the Dutch architects
who took part In the competition eor
the design of the Palace of Peace hive
made protest against the decision
Of the jury In selecting M. Cordonnier's
design, the execution Of which cost
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
GIRL ACQUITTED.
Kansas Girl Charged With Murder
Freed By Jury.

TIecu ny 1ukys
Associated Press - The ESeniae Times,
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 6,-The
jury IN the case of Emma Ripke; the
Hanover, Kansas girl charged with the
murder Of Frank K. Potts on the night
OF Oct. Is, last, late yesterday after
noon returned verdict of not guilty.
The jury was out 30 minutes. The
case hinged on the question of
whether Potts committed suicide or
was shot by the girl, and the evil
dence introduced to show that Potts
had frequently threatened. to commit
suicide. apparently outweighed that Of
the prosecution
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06

tenance of systems and improvements
along comprehensive lines, which, he
asserted, would do away with petty
gratis. Fellows stated that seventy
fve million acres of land now await
Ing reclamation by drainage at one
tenth of the cost of such an amount of
land, could be made tiltable by irri-
cation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-06
FELLOWS GAVE
DRAINAGE
st.s. Hi.to,
State Engineer Honored 81
National Drainage Con-
gress.
SPOKE ON the SUBJECT,
"0UR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS
Believes In Government Rather Than
Private or Corporation Supervision
Says 7s,00e, 900 Acres Of Land Can
be Reclaimed at One Tenth Cost
Ralph Of Crookston Present,

Associated Press t. The Evenin. Times,
Oklahoma City, Okla, Dec. 6.-Sev-
eral additional delegates arrived today
when the second days session of
the National Drainage congress was
called to order. A long program made
up of papers and speeches on topics
effecting drainage and irrigation was
arranged. Among those who were ex-
pected to participate IN the days ses-
sion were George A. Ralph, engineer
for the Minnesota drainage commits
sion, with speech on the "Reclama-
ton Of Waste Lands in Minnesota"
Others were: H. M. Wilson, geograp-
her, United States geological survey,
G. ]. Blanchard. statistician, United
States reclamation service; Elwood
Mead, chief Of irrigation and drainage
Investigations: Lewis A. Ashbaugh,
associate professor Of civil engineer
ing; Iowa state college. and Our
drainage problems" by A. L. Fellows,
state engineer Of North Dakota.
Engineer Fellows traced the history
Of the irrigation question. claiming
that had early civilization started on
the Pacific coast, irrigation would
have been the rule rather than the ex-
ception. Questions of water rights by
persons owning irrigating projects
caused men to hesitate before spending
vast sums Of money furthering their
ideas, he said.
Whether or not this work shall be
left to private irrigation and drain
age corporations. was discussed fully
by Mr.. Fellows. Great profits accru-
ing from the sale of drained or ir-
rigated lands made it; he said, pro-
position Of interest to other than in
vestors, who would prefer that the
government should not exercise su-
pervision over this gigantic problem.
He made strong plea for govern
ment control, believing the national
government should have supervision
over the preliminary survey, organi-
zation, advertising for bids, letting of
contracts, acceptance of work, main
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WOULDN'T TALK.

ASsocIute0 FFesS 10 Tie Even1nR Ifme6.
Washington, Dec. 6-Viscount Aoki,
the Japanese ambassador, today
called at the state department and
had half hours talk with Secretary
Root. Beyond admitting that he dis
cussed with the secretary the test
case to be brought in the courts of
San Francisco, win regard to the
admission of Japanese to the public
schools of California, he would say
nothing.