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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
WILL CHANGE
CANAL ZONE
GOVERNMENT
President Signs Executive Or
der Which Will Take Effect
on April Is.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Washington, March 22.-Changes in
the local government on the canal
zone which will abolish all municipal
governments now in existence, and re-
suit in the harmonizing of various
parts of the zone, are to become ef-
fective April Is. President Roosevelt
has signed the executive orders pro-
viding for the wholesale changes, and
Richard Rogers, general counsel for
the Isthmian Canal commission, will
go to the canal zone with Secretary
Taft and remain there for some time
to assist in re-organizinfi the govern
ment
All municipal councils. mayors and
other municipal officers will be done
away with and five municipal govern
ments in the canal zone will be re-
placed by four administrative districts.
which would be under the direction of
the canal commissioners. These dis
tricts will be known as the Ancom,
Emperador, Gorgona and Cristobal.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
FIGURES THAT
WILL .sIAR1!!!.E|
THE C0UNj1Hfiiii' 1Hfiii''
Over 100000 Divorce. Granted
During Past Twenty Years
in United States
CHICAGO HOLDS
THE HIGH RECORD
Preliminary Report Of Census Bu-
reau, Just Made Public, Is
Interesting
CHICAGO HOLDS
THE HIGH RECORD

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Washington, D. c., March 22.-The
divorce statistics collected by the Cen
Gus Bureau and just made public show
that while Chicago is still prominent
as a divorce center, Philadelphia and
Boston show a prOpOrtionately greater
increase in the past twenty years.
The figures show that divorces IN
Cincinnati have increased fifteenfold,
an Kansas City tenfold, and in Indian
apolis fourfold. Chicago still retains
prominent place in the race of the
cities for divorce honors. The average
in that city for each 100000 of popu-
lation was in the first period and
107 in the second period.
Chicag0's increase fs not nearly SO
great as that of Philadelphia, where
per 100000. for the first period to 63
per 100000 for the second period.
The City Of Brotherly Love does not
seem to be the abiding place of martial
love. Educated Boston is passing Chi
gone up from 40 to 63.
The census office makes no attempt
to give an accurate report of the di-
So1S0 SOdIlSIlCS VI 4NOW 1OIh UcCduS0
the records are in such poor shape
that it has been impossible to secure
the facts.
The total number OF applications
filed from 1856 to 1906 was 100000
1t is estimated that three-fourths of
the applications have been granted, so
that the statistics when completed will
show that in the period stated more
than 100000 divorces have been al
lowed. In the twenty-year period
stated more than 100000 divorces
have been allowed. In the twenty
year period from 1867 to 1886 the
total number of divorces was 1928. 900.
The federal authorities will soon,
make application to the courts for
permission to open the sealed divorce
I decisions and extract therefrom the
information needed to complete their
inquiry. It is expected that this re-
quest will raise howl of protest from
divorced men and women who do not
want the skeletons of their past lives
brought to light.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
FEWER BABES,
FEWER WARS,
= ''''',sAYS Ed. ROSS
"U" of Wisconsin Sociologist
Say That High Birth Rate !.
is a Curse.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Chicago, March 22.-Sman families
have new champion in the person
Of Prof. Edward A. Ross, the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin SociOlog!st who COM
lays down a novel argument for the
distribution of the human race. He
takes stand against the popular
views of what he calls ''the hobby rid
ers," and maintains that the cause of
the shrinkage in population "lies in
the human will as experienced by GER
tain factors which have their roots
deep in the civilization of our times"
These factors, he declares, are de-
mocracy, the emancipation of women,
and the decay of religious beliefs.
Restriction of the birth rate, he al
leges, will have one result that dwarfs
all others-namely. that it will check
population pressure, which, he asserts,
Is the principal cause of war, mass
poverty, wolfish competition and class
conflict.
with restriction" he asserts, $50
ciety will for the first time become
master of its destiny"
The conclusion of his reasons, which
are presented under the title of "West-
ern Civilization and the Birth ate,"
in the current number of the American
Journal of Sociology, issued from the
University of Chicago press yesterday
is as follows:
Restriction is movement at bot
tom salutary, and the undoubted evils
in it's train appear to be minor, or
transient, or self-limiting, or curable."
Prof. Ross declares It is mistake
to attribute the decline in the birth
rate to the popular causes as the COM
Portable celibacy of cities, the broad
ening freedom of divorce, the post
ponement of marriage and others
which he assigns to the "hobby rid
ers."
The effects of reducing the size of
the average family, Prof. Ross states,
are:
A rising plane of comfort, a growth
of savings, wider diffusion of own
ership, gain in longevity, a lessen
ing of infant mortality, the cessation
of war, mass poverty, wolfish competi-
ton and class competition and class
conflict.
Prof. Ross, however, decries the
evils of false" restriction and declares
the standard family should have from
four to six children.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
ROUMAN|AN
PEASANTS ON
RAMPAGE
Have Sacked and Burned Several
Towns and Driven Out the
Inhabitants
MANY COLLISIONS
WITH THE TROOPS
At Cucutem Nineteen Persons
Were Killed and over Thirty
Wounded

Aeseciated Press Cable to The Evenins
Times.
Vienna, March 22.-According to
news received today in Buda Pest
from Moldavia, the peasant govern
ment in Roumania is spreading. The
town of Derogoi has been sacked and
burned by the peasants. The inhabi-
tants were compelled to flee for their
lives.
At Cucuteni, where many Hungar-
ians live, a fight occurred between
the Hungarian and Roumanian inhabi-
tants. Four Hungarians are reported
killed and thirty wounded
Fourteen peasants We're killed in a
collision with troops at Belgestie,
while in Fokshanu the people are in
revolt against the authorities. The
village of Suffice was DESTROYED by
peasant rioters. The fate of the in
habitants is not known.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
GOV. COE |. CRAWFORD
OF S. y. is IN TROUBLE F.
Charged BY United States Government With Fraud in Con
nection With Certain Entries
Public Domain

that Crawford paid young men in his
employ to make entry to certain land,
which was fenced In by him as a part
of his cattle ranch; that the entrymen
stayed on the land in question but two
nights, one when the entry was made
and another when the proving up time
came.
The statement o: Secretary Garfield
today Is as follows:
''The criminal prosecutions in the
case are now barred by the statute o.
limitations. The communication proofs,
however. upon which the investigation
was first started, are under suspen-
sion and those can be cancelled. Steps
are now under way in the general land
Office to take that action. This ap-
pears to be all than can be done In the
matter"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
PHONE SYSTEM
WITHOUT FR|LLS
Farmers of Aurdal Use Fence
Wires and Get First Glass
Results.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Fergus Falls. Mimi. March o.
Farmers of the town Of Aurdal. this
county, have solved the telephone
problem by using their fence wires as
lines of transmission.
The system was started short time
age, and large percentage of the
residences of the town. as we'll as of
towns Immediately adjoining. are con-
nected up and it is found that the sys-
TEN works satisfactorily. Those using
it say there is no better transmission
line on earth than the ordinary barbed
wire. and the only cost is that of in
stalling the telephones-about SIS
and the very modest expense OF CEN
trail office to make connections.
Where lines cross roadways, higher
poles are used, and the ordinary fence
wire is thrown across. The lines are
now within two miles of this city, and
the farmers expect to make applica-
tion for connection with the Fergus
Falls exchange in the spring.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
BIG BATTLE FOUGHT
AND MANY ARE
KILLED
1000 Salvadoreans Lost in En-
gagement with Vanguard
of Nicaraguan Army.

Washington, March 22.-The state
department received the following dis
patch today from Jose D. Olivares,
American consul at Managua, Nicara-
qua:
'This government reports that on
March 1S, an army of 5000 Salvador
cans and 1000 Hondurans, commanded
by General Presa, a Salvadorean, at
tackled the Nicaraguan vanguard near
Namasique, Honduras. The battle
lasted three days, resulting in the
complete rout of the Salvadoreans,
who lost 1000 killed. The Nicaragu-
anas have 10000 troops at the front
and will commence an immediate at
tack on Choluteca and Tegucigalpa."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
DEVILS lake
PIGS P|NCHED
States Attorney Causes Arrest
of Wallace & Green, Well
Known Draymen.
Special to III. Evening Times.

Devils Lake, March 21.-The lid was
fastened down little tighter today
by the arrest of the dray firm of
Wallace & Green, charged with SELL
ing beer. Green admitted at the pre-
liminary hearing before Judge Henry
that he had sold beer, and was held
to appear before the district court and
placed under $500 bonds. Wallace was
discharged on motion of the states
attorney.
. This is the first prosecution against
wholesalers. Draymen and others have
been selling beer by the case for a
number of years, but the present pro-
secution indicates that the authorities
are not going to stop with mere prose-
cutions of the blind pigs.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
SETTLE DIFFERENCES.

Northern Pacific and Hartman Lines
Smoke "Pipe of Peace"
Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Seattle. WASH. March 22.-North-
ern Pacific and Oregon and Washing
ton, Hartman property, have settled
all their differences and pending liti-
cation in the courts of western Wash
ington will be abandoned at once. The
adjustment covers every point in
western Washington and leaves the
Hartman system free to push con-
struction work on the extension of the
line from Portland to Seattle. The
details have not yet been given out,
but formal ratification Of terms is
expected this week.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
R. F. D. CARRIERS TO
RECEIVE, MORE PAY
After July Those Having Routes Twenty Miles in
Length or Over w i'll Receive $500
Instea of $720.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Washington, March 22.-Under the
recent act of congress making appro-
priations for the postal service for the
ensuing fiscal year. the postmaster
general may fix the salaries of carriers
in the rural delivery service at rate
not exceeding 5000 per annum after
July 1, 1907. The highest rate now
paid is $72O per annum. The readjust-
ment of salaries under the new law
has been fully determined. but it Is
proposed to allow the maximum rate,
5000, to all carriers on routes "a or
more miles in length. This will give
approximately 22,S00, or about 60 per
cent, of the carriers an advance.
A substantial increase in pay for
other carriers is contemplated, but the
chief beneficiaries of the new law will
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Washington, March 22.-Steps are
now under way in the general land
office to cancel the proofs by which
Gov. Coe I. Crawford of South Dakota
obtained possession of certain public
lands in that state. This statement
was made today by Secretary Garfield
of the department of the interior and
was called forth by charges against
Governor Crawford recently published
in the Congressional Record by Repre-
sentative Mann of Illinois. The secre-
tary states further that criminal pros
ecutions are now barred in this trans
action by the statute of limitations and
that all that can be done Is to restore
the land to the public domain. This
acion, he predicts, will be taken.
The charge of Representative Mann Is
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
HARvARD.PRINCETON.YALE.
Press to The Evening Times

Princeton, N. j., March 22.-The de-
baters of Princeton are to have their
hands full tonight in upholding the
honors of their school. Harvard has
sent team here to engage the Prince
ton debaters, while Princeton has sent
a second team to New Haven to en-
gage in forensic tilt with the chosen
debaters of Yale. Tho question to
be debated at both places is the same,
as follows, Resolved, That the pres
ent distribution of power between the
federal and state governments is not
adapted to modern conditions. and
calls for readjustment in the direction
of further Capitalization"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
INTERSTATE Y. M. C.. A.
Press to The Evening Times,

Wilmington, N. c., March 22.-Many
delegates and visitors are in Whining
ton for the fourth annual convention
of the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion Of North and South Carolina. Gov
ernor Glenn has accepted an invita-
tion to deliver an address at the for
NAL opening tonight and other promi-
nent speakers to be heard at the sue
ceering sessions include H. w. Arnold
of Washington, D. c., William Knowles
Cooper of Springfield, Mass, and G.
L. Gates and w. D. Weatherford, in
ternational secretaries for field and
student work, respectively. The meet
ing will continue over Saturday and
Sunday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
ENTERTAIN MUSICIANS.
Associated Press to The Evening Times

Philadelphia, March 22.-The annual
convention of the American Guild of
Banjoists, Mandolinists and Guitartsts
closed today, and the delegates were
taken on sightseeing tour of the city
by local musicians. Automobiles were
used to transport the visitors, and In
dependence hall, Fairmount park,
Cramps shipyard and other points of
interest were visited. The exposition
of stringed instruments, held in con-
nection with the convention, will close
tomorrow evening
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
CHILDREN'S DAY.
Associated Press to The Eyenine Time.

Louisville, KY, March 22.-This is
childrens day at the Greater Louis
vile exposition, and the youngsters
are out in force, taking in the sights at
the greatest industrial show ever held
in the south. A special program, pre-
pared especially to interest boys and
girls, was furnished by the exposi-
tion management. The German-Amer-
leans will celebrate tonight. Tomor-
row will be Indiana day, and hundreds
of Hoosiers have already arrived to
visit the exposition on the day set
apart in their honor.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
EX-SENATOR BURTON FREED.
Released From Ironton Jail This
Morning-s2,5Oo Fine Was

NOA Il HIUs
Associated Press to The Evening Tlmes.
Ironton, Mo-, March 22.-Joseph
Ralph Burton who, until his convic-
ton in federal court, was United
States senator from Kansas, was this
morning released from the county Jail
here, having completed his sentence
of six months, imposed when he was
found guilty of violating the federal
statute by appearing before the gov
ernmental department as the paid
representative of an alleged "get-rich-
quick" concern, Of st. Louis.
Burton entered Jail October, %,
1906. His release today is due to the
law which provides for deduction
from sentence for good behavior.
Burton's sentence also included fine
of $4,000 and the statute under which
he was convicted debars him from ever
holding an Office of trust or renumera-
ton under the federal government.
The fine which has not been paid, will
be held over him as a civil judgment.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
INVITATION TO LOOT.
Copy Of Nicaraguan Proclamation
Reaches New Orleans.

New Orleans, March PA copy in
Spanish of the proclamation alleged to
have been found on captured Nicara-
guam soldiers inviting them to loot the
first cities captured in Honduras and
Salvador has arrived here.
The proclamation is printed on a
handbill issued by the Honduran junta
for the national defense at San Pedro,
Sula. The handbill contains, in addi-
ton to the alleged proclamation. call
to Hondurans to arm in self-defense.
In the proclamation, as printed by
the Honduran junta. the name of Pres
ident Zelaya of Nicaragua is signed TO
the document.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
A GREATER BUSINESS.
General Landoffice Reports More
Filings and More Money Than

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Washington, March ga state
ment of the business of the general
land for the first six months of
the fiscal year shows a material
increase in the number of en-
tries, selections, and filings
made, the acreage disposed of and the
total cash receipts arising from the
sales of public and Indian lands and
fees, and commissions as compared
with the corresponding six months of
the fiscal year, 1906.
The net increase in the number of
entries for all classes was 1928,
while the net increase in the cash re-
ceipts amounts to $1,4S7.122.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
WILL DISCUSS
BRAIN STORMS
Doctors and Lawyers of Kan
san Town to Hold Unique
Session Tonight.
Associated Press to The Evening Time.

lola, Kan, March 22.-Emotianal in
sanity, brain storms, mental aliena-
tion and similar subjects suggested by
the Harry Thaw trial will be consid-
cred, both from medical and legal
standpoints, at banquet to be given
this evening by the medical and bar
associations of this city. DR.. s. S.
Glascock of Kansas City, a dean Of
the Kansas Medical school and one of
the best known alienists of the west,
will discuss the insanity plea from the
viewpoint of physician. w. F. Bur-
die of the Kansas university law school
an authority on medico-legal juris-
prudence, will present the subject as
an attorney.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
GLASS STRUCK
JUDGE MORGAN
Chief Justice of Supreme Court
Victim of Accident at Bis
marck Yesterday.

Bismarck. N. D., March 22.-During
high wind Thursday afternoon a
window in the supreme court cham
bers blew in, striking Chief Justice
Morgan and infictingta severe scalp
wound. A physician was Immediately
summoned and the wound sewed up.
The judge Is now resting easy at his
hotel.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22

be those serving the longer routes.
Carriers on the shorter routes, rang
ing from IL to IA and from IA to Is
miles in length now receive $504 and
$40 per annum. respectively being
proportionally better paid than carri-
ers on routes on twenty or more miles.
This advance, it is estimated, will
result in an approximate increase Of
$5,O000 900 in the cost of rural delivery.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
A SKIDOO TRAIN OFF.
Chicago Limited Wrecked But No One
Was Killed,

Was Killed.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 22.-Train No.
%, the Chicago Limited from New
York for Chicago, on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, while going about 35
miles an hour, was wrecked early to-
day at Stewart, Pa, about seventeen
miles east of here.
The engine and first five cars were
derailed, but no one was hurt. It is
said evidence leading officials to be-
lieve that the track had been tampered
with, was found at the scene of the
wreck,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
U. s. NOT MENACED.
AaaOclated Presa tn The EveuinR Time

Washington, March 22.-American
interests in the Caribbean ports of
Guatemala and Honduras are not be-
lieved by Commander VIM. F. Fullam
of the United States navy to he seri-
ously menaced by Nicaraguan naval
vessels in that vicinity. A reassuring
cablegram was received at the navy
department today and Acting Secre-
tary Newberry laid it before the state
department.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
GEN. WHIT DEAD.
Press to The Eyenln9 Times.

Philadelphia, March 21.-Brig. Gen.
Theodore J. Wint, U. 8. A., command
ing the department of Missouri, with
headquarters at Omaha. died suddenly
at hotel here today. He came to
Philadelphia to undergo medical treat
ment. He was 62 years of age.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22

The woman who can be worked by
an agent is the one who uses patent
medicines.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22
DEATH SENTENCE,
School Teacher Who Shot London
Millionaire Merchant to Die.

Associated Press Cable to The EvenIns
London, March 22.-Horace George
Rayner, who on Jan. "a shot and killed
William Whiteley, general provider,"
of West Bourne, was tried today, con-
victed and sentenced to death.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22

A married man is always telling of
the fun he had when he was a bach
elOr.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-22

Many a crooked man has all the
outward appearances of being straight.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.
= - IL nholesaIs. }

TTER-Beceipts light market steady Cream
cry fancy S as, Western irsts, Eals. seconds
zjaz6; PROCESS. fancy. z5aa6; fair 20 Food. 28a3
daiT choice, p; good. 2oa2l; sioTe-packed, fresh.
l5al6
CHEEsE-1Iarket unchanged. New YORK state
factory. large. izai5i do snail, isi1alsi SUMMER
large Halls; Western factory, new, chotse. l4isal5
do. fair 20 good. II Virginia, la
EGGs-BeCeiDts liberal: market strong. Nearby,
fresh, Virginia, Il West Virginia and Southwest
Virginia l6'3 Tennessee, l6a; North Carolina, I5
duck eggs l2
LIVE POULTRY-Recaipts liberal: market easy.
Chickens winter lsa22, do. spring 15a2l; stays pr
h.. l0al2, hens psr H., l2i4 rCcsteFs. per To-.
z: ducks large. peg h.. l2al2iz do. small per Ih
l0all. geese, uer n. 5as- turkeys toms. per lb la
p; do. hens. per lb. l3ali turkeys. TIM. sai0
keats per H.. p
DRESSED POULTRY Choice stock in good de-
mand. Turkeys. hens undraWu. per H., llaI5; do.
average uDdTaWu. l3ali; do. thin. per h. 10. CID
toms l2al3; CHECKERS spring, large per H., Is DO.
small 3, fowls, HAS; ospous. 7-lb average.
man; do small, l7aIs. hens. choice I5; roosters.
g. ducks large. lZal3; do small II geese sail.
DRESSED MEATS-Choice dressed calves IN good
demand. Ful dressed 90oal009, heads of, l9O,
hog dressed calves, 500; hams, country. sugar cured
lsaI5
VEGETABLES Potatoes. per bushel. So; do.
Virginia and Maryland. Per barrel L75, sweet
potatoes. per barrel 3o0a3D; ysms. Per barrel, 40
aJ00. asparagus. pr dozen. Z00a350, cabbage. per
crate ooa2 3, celeTy, New York Der bunch 23a5o.
ida. per basket 200a250 lettuce, FlcEIda, per bas
ket, 2O0a30o, onions. Ohio. per barrel. 225aZ s.; ;
string beans. green. per basket 35oaA50; tomatoes
Florida fancy peT crate. 310al0l.
GREEN FRUITs-ApPls market stroag, and rice
table varieties meet with steady sale common stock
neglected. Y0rk Imperial 200a303. Ben Davis 300a
$50: fancy table fruit. i00a55 50. oranges Florida.
briglt FER box. 550ai00; California nsVels, per box
5.50ai00 grape fruit, Florida, per box. 35oai00;
strawberries, per quart, l5a25,
DRIED FRUITs-Apples sliced. fancy. s: sliced
bright "a: cherries. l2al4; whoTtleberies. I0al2
raspberries 20aZa; blackbgrries. s.
Hay AND sTRAW-Timothy. choice. 2l.50; No
/, 2I00; No ?. lS.5oal9o0i mixed bay. I7.0oa20o0i
clover. l500als.50: straw. ue, bundle ll00al2o0; /;
rye, machine thrash 5Oa90 %; wheat LO0aT&
GRAIN-Whcat. choice, 74a75i fair to good. 6ss72;
ordinary 50a55. Com-Sheled. white. 59a60 yellow
59a60: ear 2s0a3e0 oats-Westen. white. No. 2
59a52; mixed l9s50.
WOOL AND HIDES-Choice furs in good demand
hides dull. Wool, washed, free Of burs IS; WOOL
unwashed free Of buFs. 2sa3O; wool. bury, 2ja26
hides, green. 9: dry. bali: sheepskns green. each
sOaI00: dry 25a75; ealfskins L00alS0 muskrat l0a
20 black, q Kits. s. skunk, 25aL5o; mink. 75aAoo;
rabbit skins lal4; op0ssum. l0s25i TaecooR. 25asli
fox. red. L00a2.50; gray. 50ss5