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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
GENERAL STRIKE PROBABLE
English Railroads and Employees Un-
able to Agree.

London, Oct. 14.-Richard Bell, M.
p, general secretary of the Amalga-
mated Society of Railway Servants,
announces that the railway companies
have sent an ~unfavorable reply to the
society's demand for the recognition
Of their unions.
The ballots so far received from the
men, in the vote being taken through
out the United Kingdom on the adj
visibility of declaring a general strike
in order to secure a recognition of
their organizations and a new scale Of
wages and hours, are largely in favor
of a general strike. The voting will
be concluded on Oct. 26.
The reply Of the railroad companies,
which was issued By the council of
the Railway Companies association,
says the council has no power to ap-
point representatives to meet the dele
gates of the unions and discuss ques-
lions which affect the relations be-
tween individual companies and their
employees. The council, however, add
ed that It's members individually were
unanimously of the opinion that no
advantage could result from any meet
ing until Oct 26, when the result Of
the balloting on the question Of a
general strike would be known.
The delegates who attended the re-
cent congress Of the Amalgamated
Society Of Railway Servants voted in
favor Of a strike.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
ON HER SECOND TRIP.
New Steel Steamer Cypress Lost
on Lake Superior.
TwENTY-0NE DEATHS RESULT
Entire Crew, With the Exception OF
the Second Mate, Perishes in
the Disaster.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Oct. 12.-
The steel steamer Cypress, owned by
the Lackawanna. Transportation com.
pany and on her second trip down the
lakes with a cargo Of ore, was
wrecked in Lake Superior off Deer
Park, about thirty miles from Grand
Marais, and all of the crew Of twenty
two excepting the second mate were
lost. He was washed ashore near
Deer Park, dashed to a liferaft and
barely alive, and it was some hours
before he was able to give any details
of the disaster.
Further details of the disaster seem
to indicate that the laundering of the
ship was due to a sudden leak,
through which the waters rushed with
such volume as to overcome all efforts
to keep the vessel afoat. The steamer
George Stephenson of the Pittsburg
Steamship company, while locking
through, reported that she had passed
the Cypress several hours before the
accident. A red streak was distin-
guishable in the water behind her, in
dicating that her plates had been
sprung and that the iron with which
the ship was loaded was discoloring
the water.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
MRS. CHADWICK is DEAD
Passes Peacefully Away in the
Ohio Penitentiary.

Columbus, O., Oct. 11.-Mrs. Cassie
Chadwick, whose amazing financial
transactions eliminated in the wreck
ing of an Oberlin CO., bank, is dead
in the woman's ward at the Ohio peni-
Tertiary. No friends or relatives wait
ed at her bedside; only the prison
physician and his attendants. Her
son, Emil Hoover, had been summoned
from Cleveland, but did not arrive I'M
til after his mother was dead.
The decline in Mrs. Chadwick's
health began almost from the time
she entered the ~penitentiary on Jan.
12, 1906, sentenced to ten years i'm
prisonment. She worried about her
troubles until it became almost impos-
sible for her to sleep.
Mrs. Chadwick vas a healthy look
ing woman when she came to the
prison, but she gradually wasted away
and had lost fully thirty pounds at
the time Of her death. Her last ILL.,
ness dated back about three weeks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
BREAKS ALL The RECORDS
Steamship Lusitania the Fast
est on the Atlantic.

New York, Oct. 11.-Four days, 10
hours and 50 minutes out from
Queenstown, with every transatlantic
speed record in her possession, the
majestic Cunard liner Lusitania swept
by Sandy Hook lightship at 1:17 a. m,
and after a pause off the bar to await
daylight steamed slowly up the har-
Dor to receive the recognition of her
right to the title of queen of the sea.
Three records were written down In
her log book, two of them wrested
from her great German rivals and M
from the swift Lucania of her own
line.
The records which she has broken
were that held by Kaiser Wilhelm II.
of the North German Lloyd line, which
crossed from New York to Plymouth
at an average speed of 23.5S knots, as
compared with the L%usitania's 1893;
that held by the neutrality-suspicious.
liner Deutschland of s days, II hours
and 81 minutes from C%herbourg to
New York; that held by the Cunard
1lutl LuCdLld, WHICH ClOSSGu 1lOul
Queenstown to New York in 5 days, z
hours and % minutes. Besides the
Lusitania has broken her own record
of 5 days and 81 minutes made on her
maiden trip from Queenstown.
The Lusitania in her daily runs ex-
ceeded on two days the record of COL
knots previously held by the Deutsch-
1o,5
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
TELLS STORY OF WRECK.
Lone Survivor of Lake Vessel Recov.
ers consciousness.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Oct. a.
Recovering consciousness, after hours
of constant nursing, Second Mate Pitt
of the steamer Cyprus, which foun-
dered off Deer Park lifesaving sta
tion in Lake Superior, has given a
graphic account of the last moments
of the crew on board the ill fated
vessel.
The mate said that the Cyprus was
making fairly good weather in the
storm when suddenly the cargo shift
ed, giving the craft a heavy list. Wa
ter began pouring in the matches and
a panic ensued, many of the crew
putting on life p~reservers.
Captain Huyck, however, felt con-
fident he could reach shelter behind
Whitefish point and the boats were
not lowered. Both engine and pumps
were working and the crew felt sure
warning.
But suddenly the freighter rolled
over on her side and almost instantly
plunged to the bottom. When the
vessel rolled over the first and Sec
ond mates, a Waterman and a wheel
man were close to a l%iferaft, which
they cut loose and cast off just in
time to escape the whirlpool caused
by the Cyprus as she plunged beneath
the surface of the water.
The boat sank about z o'clock in
the evening and until 2 O'Clock in the
morning the four men chung to their
frail support while the waves drove
them toward shore.
Five times in the angry surf of the
rocky shore the raft upset, the men
each time having to fight the heavy
undertow for their lives. Each fight
weakened the benumbed and disheart-
ened sailors and after the fifth battle
with the surf only one of the quartette
remained upon the raft.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
MEMBERS soRELY TEMPTED
Convicted Councilman Blames corpo.
rations for Downfall.

Pittsburg, Oct. 12.-Ex-Co Councilman
William A. Martin, recently convicted
on a charge of soliciting a bride as a
member of the council in connection
with the Pittsburg and Tube City rail-
road scandal, declared that no other
councilmen were implicated and none
was to share in the $4,000 which he
was to get for securing the passage
of the franchise ordinance. Martin
made an interesting statement in
which he asserted that corruption in
councils is almost wholly due to cor
porations putting temptations in the
way Of members, the great majority
of whom. Martin says, were elected
with honest convictions and motives"
He declared that councilmen have
been offered money, and that recently,
by rival corporations to vote both for
and against the same measures and
that it requires members of the strong
est character to resist the allurements
continually being thrust upon them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
FINALLY IS D|vULGED
Information Long Sought by At
torney for Government
WATCHED ITS COMPETITORS
Standard OIL Company Kept Records
of All Business Transacted by
Independent Concerns.

New York, Oct. 15.-Hampton G.
Wescott, vice president of the Stand
ord Oil Company of Kentucky, testi-
lied Monday in the hearing of the fed
Bral suit against the oil combine, that
In several of the Southern states the
Standard had found it expedient to
sell much of it's products through COM
panies which the public believed to be
Independent. The practice of selling
through so-called independent compa-
MES which were owned by the COM
bine was discontinued two years ago,
according to Mr.. Wescott.
Mr.. Kellogg, counsel for the govern
ment, drew from the witness that
the Standard Oil Company of Ken
lucky, which acts as selling agent of
oil in Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama,
had purchased numerous small indie
pendent selling companies and through
many of them sold oil to the con-
sumer. Some of the plants Of these
Independents were dismantled and the
business taken over by the Standard.
Mr.. Wescott threw a side-light on a
business department Of the Standard
concerning which the federal counsel
has been seeking information since
the beginning of the inquiry. Mr..
Wescott testified that each month the
main office of the Standard Oil Com
pany of Kentucky at Covington sent
to him not only the reports of the
business operations of the Standard,
but the statements concerning freight
shipments and sale Of oil by all COM
petitors. These statements, according
to MI. Wescott, gave the names of the
consignor, the consignee, the amount
of oil shipped and any information
that might be available. Mr.. Wescott
said that after examining these state
ments he filed them with the statisti-
cal department in the Standards Of
flee in the city. The statistical de-
partment, Mr.. Westcott said, was in
charge of w. E. Benis, who kept COM
pilations and records of the business
Of both the Standard and it's competi-
tOrc
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
The Walkina peleuate.

When it first became a part Of my
duty to come in constant and direct
contact with employers and trades I'M
ion men, it was with little comprehen-
sion of the intensely human elements
that persist, however the industrial
environment changes. For example, it
was a cause of much surprise to hear
a very active business agent-"walking
delegate" if you like-in telling the
story Of a labor trouble he had been
handling and upon which a good deal
depended remark that he couldn't fol-
low it up on a certain day because it
was his last chance to buy Christmas
presents for the babies. Previously
looked upon as a sort of impersonal
economic automaton, he suddenly be-
came understandable in the light Of
what he really is-simply an honest,
somewhat narrow, tender hearted, pug
nacious, jolly good fellow.-H. Rob-
bins in Atlantic.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
ADMITS SHE is A THIEF.
Wife of Millionaire Makes Remark
able Confession.

Chicago, Oct. 1o.-In a remarkable
confession to the police Mrs. Charles
Ramadka of Milwaukee, wife of a mil
lionaire manufacturer, admitted that
she was responsible for a series of
burglaries and petty thefts that has
baft1ed the authorities for weeks.
Mrs. Romadka's confession followed
her arrest on a charge of robbing the
home of G. E. Beck, where jewelry
valued at more than $1,000 was stolen.
She implicated in her populations a
negro, Albert Jones, and a man known
rs Ralph Smith," The former is un-
der arrest and the police are search
Ing for the latter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
DENOUNCEs TITLE HUNTING
Hetty Green Strongly Opposed to In
ternational Marriages.

New York, Oct. 12.-Mrs. Hetty
Green, often referred to as the richest
woman in the world, is strongly OPP
posed to international marriages, ac-
cording to an interview with her which
is published here.
q am glad Gladys Vanderbilt is not
my daughter" she is quoted as saying.
There are thousands of honest young
workingmen in the United States
good enough to be any girls husband.
The girls who go to Europe to get
their husbands deserve what they get
and more. If my son married a for
eign woman because the union would
bring, him a title | would disown him"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
SIXTEEN MEN PERISH,
Arctic Steamer Frithjof Lost Off the
Coast of Iceland.

Copenhagen, Oct. 1.-THE Arctic
steamer Frithjof, which accompanied
the Wellman Chicago Record-Herald
expedition to Spitzbergen. was lost off
Cape Langenes, Iceland, Oct. 5. The
captain and fifteen of her crew were
drowned. The engineer chung to a
plank, on which he drifted ashore.
The Frithjof was homeward bound
to Norway, having been damaged by
ice, and consequently was unable to
withstand a storm which she encoun.
tered off Cape Langenes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
GOSSIP CAUSES SLUMP,
= Heavy Decline in Price of a Number
of Leading Stocks.

New York, Oct. 12.-The stock mar
ket opened very weak, a number Of
leading stocks selling down to about
the level of the panic Of last March.
The gossip of the financial district in
explanation Of this decline was based
on a rumor that E. II. Hartman had
given orders for sweeping reductions
on every railroad line which he con-
trolls. Mr.. Hartman gave out a de-
NAL that any such orders had been
given.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
LIKELY TO CAUSE AGITATION
Government to Ship Eastern Laborers
to Pacific Coast.


Washington, Oct. 14.-In connection
with the procurement of the large
amount of labor necessary on the Pa
cifc coast to make the repairs to the
battleship fleet when it reaches Cali
fornia next year the navy department
is considering a proposition which will
undoubtedly cause a great stir among
the labor unions on the coast. This is
to induce Eastern laborers to go there
by giving them and their families free
transportation provided they contract
to remain in the government service a
certain time. OF course higher wages
must be paid than are common in the
East as a necessary feature of this
plan,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
Some Strikers Are Reinstated.

Cleveland, Oct. 4.-Notwithstand-
ing the formal resolution adopted at a
meeting Of the local branch of the
Telegraphers' union to continue the
strike indefinitely a number Of men
applied for their old positions and In
several instances were reinstated. SUI
p~erintendent Collins of the Postal
company said he had rejected the APP
plications of some first class oper-
ators simply because their services
were not needed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
WILL KEEP PRIOR GIFTS.
But No More Rockefeller Money Is to
Be Solicited.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 12.-Thomas w.
Phillips, wealthy oil and gas magnate
and former member of congress from
Western Pennsylvania, made an effort
to have the foreign Christian mission
airy board of America, a branch of the
disciples of Christ" return $50, 900
given by John D. Rockefeller on the
ground that it was tainted money!"
This money was accepted with a final
clause providing that no more will be
ssolicited' from the same source,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
BECAUSE OF ILL HEALTH.
John Mitchell Will Retire az Head Of
Mine Workers.

Indianapolis. Oct. 10.-John Mitchell.
president of the United Mine Work
ers, announces In the current issue Of
the United Mine Workers. Journal
that he will not be a candidate for re-
election as president. He says in his
announcement that he does not re-
gard himself as we'll enough to attend
properly to the Office. None of the ex.
ecutive officers Of the organization are
in the city, but it Is said at headquar-
tiers that Mr.. Mitchell will finish his
present term as president, which ex-
pires April / of next year.
Mr.. Mitchell underwent a surgical
operation about six months ago and it
Is said that he has not fully recovered
and that it is possible it will be neces-
sary for another operation to be per-
formed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

St. Paul, Oct. 14.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.5o@6.50; fair to good,
$4.0O@5.O0; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $3.5O@5.0O; veals, $4.00@6.OO.
Hogs-$5.7O@6.60. Sheep-Wethers,
s4.75@5.0O; yearlings, $5.50@5.90;
spring lambs, $6.25@6.75.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Oct. Il. - Wheat-Dec.,
$1.05A; May, $1.11h @1.11A. Corn
Dec, 63Ac; May, 64c. Oats-Dec.,
55kc; May, 57Ac. Pork-Jan., $16.-
20. Butter-Creameries, 24@28hc;
diaries, 21h @26c. Eggs-15h @18Ac.
Poultry-Turkeys, 13c; chickens. 10c;
springs. lie. :
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
Strikers to Return to Work.

Halifax, N. S., Oct. 12.-Announce.
ment is made here that the strike in
the Spring Hill coal mines, which has
continued for eleven weeks and has
involved 1000 men, has been called
off and that the men will apply for
reinstatement. The strikers have lost
more than $780, 900 in wages.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
DRIVEN INTO POURING RAIN
Hundreds of Tenement DweIIers Are
Evicted by Fire,

New York, Oct. 12.-Fire of I'M
known origin, against which firemen
from thirteen engine companies bat
tied for hours, destroyed a six-story
brick factory building at 176-180
Grand street, causing a loss estimated
at over 100000. Hundreds of fam
lilies were driven from surrounding
tenements in a pouring rain and were
not permitted to return to their homes
until after 6 a.. M, when the fremen
succeeded in getting the flames under
control
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
ON INJUNCTION QUESTION
Federation of Labor to Put All Candi-
dates on Record.

New York, Oct. lathe. Central
Federated union has received an ap-
peal from President Gompers of the
American Federation Of Labor, which
has been sent to all the affiliated I'M
ions, asking them to request all polit-
ical candidates in the present cam
paign to commit themselves openly as
to government by injunction. Com
pers said that the misuse of the power
of injunction occurs constantly and is
dangerous to the liberty Of the people.
1t was the duty of the labor unions to
investigate all candidates for judicial
and legislative offices so that they can
be put on record as to how they stand
on the question of government by in
junction.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
Cholera Spreading in Russia.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 1.-THE cholera
In Russia shows no signs of diminish
ing, but on the contrary it is spread
Ing steadily. Every province that suf-
fered from famine last, year is now in
the grasp of the cholera scourge and
every day hundreds Of new cases are
reported.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Oct. 14.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, $1.18A;
No. 1 Northern, $1.16A; No. 2 North
ern, $1.14A; Dec, $1.13A; May, 81
17A. In store-No. l Northern, ST.
14M; No. 2 Northern, Silly. Flax
To arrive and on track, $1.34; Oct,
1884,; Nov, $1.32; Dec, $1:26M;
MAY. S1.32.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat,

Minneapolis, Oct. 14.-Wheat-Dec.,
Slips; May, $1.16B @1.16A. On
track-No. 1 hard, $1.19; No. 1 North
ern, $1.17A; No. 2 Northern, $1.15A;
No. 3 Northern, $1.12@1.14.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
CHICAGO Union stock Yards.

Chicago, Oct. observation-disclosures,
$3.9O@7.25; cows, $1.50@5.30; Texans,
$3.75@4.75; calves, $5.50@8.O0; West
ern cattle, $4.O0@6.O0; stockers and
feeders, $2.50@4.75. Hogs-Light.
s6.25@6.85; mixed, $6.2006.9o; heavy,
$6.05@6.85; rough, $6.05 @6.25 pigs.
$5.30@s.50. Sheep, $3.0O@5.50; year.
lings. s5.4O@6.00: lambs. $4.75@7.3O.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
BIG TREsTLE COLLAPsEs.
One Man Killed and Nineteen Injured,
Three Fatally,

Middletown, N. Y, Oct. A.-One
man was killed, three were fatally in
jured and sixteen others yer seri-
ously hurt by the collapse of a 400
foot trestle used in railroad construc-
ton work neal Stoney Ford. Sixteen
work cars which were on the trestle
went down in the crash.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
CHICAGO WINS SERIES.
Defeats Detroit in Championship Base
ball Contest.

Detroit, Oct. 12.-The Chicago Ma
tionals captured the fourth game with
the Detroit team of the American
league by a score of 2 to 0, thus Sc.
curing the title of worlds champions
by winning four straight games from
the leaders of the American league.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-10-17
FIGHT FLAMES IN MIDOCEAN
Steamer Narrowly Escapes Destruc.
tion by Fire.

New York, Oct. 1O.-The Austrian
steamer Giulia, which arrived during
the day from Trieste with 1853 passen-
gers, had a narrow escape from de-
struction by fire in midocean during
a violent storm on Oct. 8. The crew
fought the flames all day before they
were extinguished, while the panic
stricken passengers prayed for help.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-29

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-04-16
HE DoNs coRsETs Foh,
ANOTHER MANS WEE.

St Louis. April 16,--in her depo-
sitioD taken in Jefferson C,ty. Lille
Marie Ifrhardt witness for Thomas
Lewis Hammond, who is being sued
for a divorce by his wife. Rosa Lee
Hammond says travelling salesman
named Swartz paid Mrs. Hammond
a great deal of attention. going SO
far when posing as a model a. the
dressmakers convention In St Louis
to wear corset in order 90 better
display costumes made by Mrs. fam
mOnd
After he was dressed he went in
10 the reception room and showed
them or. the witness said Mrs.
Hammond hclped him in dressing.
She said Swartz had written sew
eral letters TO Mrs Hammond, and
She had seen the two together several
times, both IN St Louis and in JEFF
ferson city. where Mrs Hammond
also had dressmaking establish
ment Swartz is well known among
Guthrie milliners.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-04-16
KING coTroN's coNouEsrs

Woods county is one of the lales
conquests Of the king. II appears
from actual trial around Carmen thai
he has won notable victory. Thu
empire OF Woods makes some con
siderable claims on royalty itself
This new extension OF the cottot
fields means much
Ten years ago no one had dreamed
Of the possibilities of cotton In Okla
homa. During the first few years II
h rdly gained recognition at all
Then Cleveland, Oklahoma. Logan
Lincoln and Pottawatomie raised p
few bales
in 1906 oklahoma and Indian Ter
rilory raised over 100000 bales
worth $i5O00,0ON II took one-nmth
OF the worlds entire output Of gold Il
pay for Oklahoma cotton.
How will II be now that the empire
Of Woods has come into the cotton
bolt2 Read what the Headlight, pub
lished at Carmen, in Woods county
has 10 say, then apply the same facts
70 all Western Oklahoma and figure
on the resnlt
The Headlight saws.
Last season demonstrated that
cotton can be raised in Northwestern
Oklahoma with saecess and proft and
We are glad to note that the acreage
Is to be largely increased this sum
mer Without an exception where the
crop was given proper care and atten
ton II yielded a good profit on ID,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-04-16
G O Q Q Q Q Q 0 0 Q 0 o o Q 0 c

Investment The experience OF VIM
Graves. who lives eight miles west OF
Carmen, is a good example. From
eight acres OF cotton he cleared about
S24o. doing the picking himself with
the help of his children He is quite
enthusiastic over his success and says
that he can do even better this sea
son as last year was his first expert
ence with the crop
Quite a large acreage was grown
last season around Cleo, Rusk and
Fairviow, and almost every farmer in
those neighborhoods will put out at
least a small crop this summer. The
farmers around AlYa are also arrang-
ing to give the crop a trial and by
next year the farmers all over the
county will be planting cotton.
Those in the county who have had
experience say it is best to only put
ogt small crop. especially the first
year. While cotton requires quite a
little time and attention the picking
can be done in the fall after the
other crops are finished"