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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
DEFA[CAT|0N o. !
$4,000 FOUND
Cashier of Bank Arrested and
Bank Examiner Placed
in Charge

Washington, Dec. 16-A defalcation
of $85,000,000 has been discovered. in
the First National bank of Somers-
worth, N. H. The cashier of the bank
has been arrested and the board of
directors have asked the bank exam
liner to take possession of the insti-
tuition with view to a voluntary liq-
uidation. This information was re-
ported to the comptroller Of curren-
cy by the bank examiner for that dis
trict In q telegram today.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
SAINT GAUOENS I.
A GREAT SCULPTOR
Says President Roosevelt At
Exhibition Of His Works at
corcoran Gallery

Washington, Dec. -portraying
Augustus Saint Gaudens as great
sculptor, whose works will stand in
the very forefront among the MASTER
pieces Of the greatest periods and the
greatest peoples, President Roosevelt
last night at an exhibition of St.
Gaudens' works at the Corcoran gal
lery of art, under the auspices of the
American institute Of architects, paid
eulogium to that artists mastery Of
his craft. The British, French and
Brazilian ambassadors and others
made speeches and large, represen-
tative gathering was present
The president in touching briefly
Of the larger features that made
st. Gaudens famous with a byword as
to the varying achievements in the
fields Of pure art, literature and sci
ence in America, flecked the original
features of sculptors' imaginative
genius, and flayed the critics who
found fault with the creations of
art.
The president declared that all the
world Is st. Gaudens' debtor.
"The great nations antiquity Of
he said, "were and are great in each
several case. not only because of the
collective achievements of each people
as whole, but because of the sum of
the achievements Of the men OF spe-
cial eminence; and this whether they
are excelled in warcraft or statecraft,
as roadmakers or cathedral build
ers, as men of letters, men of art, or
men of science. The field OF effort
is almost limitless and re-eminence
in success in any part of 1t should be
especially priced by the nation to
which the man achieving success be-
longs.
Particularly should this be so
with us In America. We have con-
quered continent, we have laced it
with railways, we have dotted 1t with
cities. The twilight Of letters con-
tinues, but much is now being done In
the field of art"
Describing the gold coins whose re-
cent issuance by the government
awaken a clamor of criticism, the
president declared st. Gaudens gave
us for the first time, q beautiful coin
age, not yet properly appreciated. but
up to which both the official and the
popular mind will in the end grow"
The president contended that the
first few thousands of these coins are
more beautiful than any coins since
the days of the Greeks and that fire.
quent comments on the bonnet Of
eagle plumes on the figure Of liberty
illustrate curiously the exceedingly
conventional character of much OF
our criticism and the frequent fnabil-
ity to understand originally until it
haa won It's place.
The president said the basis Of most
lot the criticism was nonsense He
characterizes st. Gaudens. genius as
having that lofty insight which en-
abled him to- grasp close at hand In
the present "the beauty and majesty
which In most mems eyes are ,dimmed
until distance has softened the harsh
angles and iblotted out the trivial and
the unlovely.s tss.
The president depicted st. Gandens'
statue Of Tecumseh Sherman u ex-
traordinary, q wonderful work. Of art.
though hes had feared '.that folly
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
CRIMINALLY INSANE
Killed His Two Daughters In Brutal
Manner With an Axe

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 16-Hiram
L. Badger of Wakefield, who murder
ed his two young daughters, Florence
and Catherine on December 8, was to-
day committed to the state asylum for
the criminal insane at Bridgewater.
Badger killed his daughters by
crushing their heads and cutting their
throats with an axe. A few hours
later he ran through Main street in
Wakefield firing shots from revolver
at pedestrians and into store doors
and windows.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16

months, ago by newspaper corres-
pondent for a statement Of fact con-
cerning some of the charges against
him to which Senator Owen replied
briefly that he knew the origin Of the
derogatory statements and would not
dignity them by an answer.
Senator Owen is virginian by
birth and q Cherokee citizen by blood.
He is man Of culture and accom-
pltshments and has the bearing and
manners Of an aristocrat.
Owen as His Enemies sees Him
In the preface to It's forthcoming
article concerning Senator Owen, the
Oklahoma City newspaper prints this
statement Of his character:
Early in life, for example, he devin-
ed the folly Of making any necessary
acquaintances, the utter impracticable-
~ of knowing those wlom he could
xee elOrs whose position in life would
n6csbe particularly advantageous to
himself. "A Arm belief in these things
seems to be the keynote in the char
acter Of the senior United States SEN
ator from Oklahoma, q man who never
has deviated from the path Of his own
reckoning. who in obscurirty as we'll
as in conspicuity, has toiled with the
same end in view-a double end In
view, 1t may be-that of self and rep
'utation.
"1n fact, Robert L. Owen is one of the
few men in Oklahoma who has seen
the plan Of his life unfold itself as
though he himself had designed it. He
has stepped from one opportunity tc
another.
MANY Of the things which most men
have striven strenously for have
come to him apparently Of their own
accord. He has been even so fortu.
nate that in the past few men OF i'm.
portance have ever questioned his
methods or tried to discover the path
whereby he 30 easily, so gradually
climbed. He has always exercised
that sagacity which grasps the infl,l.
ence which makes for reputation. The
easily won plaudits of the religious
convention. the advocacy Of. the com.
monplaces of our moral experiences
the temperance platform with its par.
donable enthusiasm and facile trans.
ports-all these things Robert L. Over
has used"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
GEOGRAPHERS MEET
Every State and Territory as Well .,
World Activities Represented

Washington, Dec. 16-Every state
and territory in the union, several Of
the insular possessions and many of
the foreign countries were repre-
sented by leaders In every notable
phase of activity at the annual ban
quet of the National Geographic So
ciety which was held at the New Will
lard hotel last night.
When President Willis L. Moore,
chief of the United States weather
bureau, called the banquet to order,
there were four hundred members and
their guests gathered about the Ia
bles. Among them were Vice Presi-
dent and MRS. Fairbanks, Secretary of
the Navy Newberry, Secretary Of Az
riculture Wilson, Attorney General
Bonaparte, Governor Frear of Hawaii,
Chief Justice Fuller OF the supreme
court Of the United States, senator's
and representatives in large number,
Alexander Graham Bell and other
scientists known the world over, many
members of the diplomatic corps and
representative newspaper editors and
correspondents. ~
Vice President Fairbanks made
short address of greeting. Secretary
Newberry spoke from the toast THE
Navy In Peace" Rear Admiral Rob
ley d. Evans responded to The Com
mander In Chief" Major General Il.
w. Greeley, formerly ut the head Of
the signal service, discussed Geo
logical Research" Miss Mabel Board
man of this city, conspicuous In tho
leadership Of the American Red Croae
society, portrayed the works and aims
of that movement Representative
John w. Weeks of Massachusetts, DIR
cussed THE Navy in War" and oth1e
well known men made brief addEN
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
PREPARING THE BILL
Rivers and Harbors Congress Wants
Half Million Appropriation.

Washington, Dec. 16.-Under au-
thority of the recent rivers and har-
bors congress convention, Represen-
tative Ransdell of Louisiana, presi-
dent Of that organization today an
nounced the appointment of a COM
mittee to prepare measures to be in
troduced in congress. providing for
an issue of 100000, 900 bonds for fin
ancing the national water way pro-
jects and to create a commission to
investigate waterways here and
abroad. y,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
WAR ON SENATOR OWEN
The Record Of The Oklahoman Being
Printed by Enemies

Guthrie, Ok, Dec. 15.-An attack
that was some months in preparation
has been made upon Senator Robert
L. Owen in an Oklahoma City Repub-
'iican newspaper, the Times, in which
the alleged connections OF Senator
Owen with the affairs Of the five civil
lized tribes Of Indian territory for the
last twenty-four years will be exploit
ed.
The attack purports to be an expos
ure of the methods employed by Sen-
ator Owen in amassing e large for
tune estimated at several million
dollars. and in reaching such promi-
nence in the affairs Of the state as to
cause his election to the United States
Senate.
This story Of Senator Owens life in
Indian territory will be continued
daily for probably more than q month.
The initial story tells of his getting q
$4,000 fee for discussing what is
known as the met proceeds claim, .
amounting to $1,952 900, for the Choc-
taw government in the early '90s.
Senator Owen is reported to have said
that he was paid only $4,000.
Oklahoma Looked For II
This attack upon Senator Owen was
not unexpected by persons acquainted
with Oklahoma politics. 1t has been
known for months that men were dill
igently at work searching for every
detail Of Senator Owens record In an
effort to prove that he had grown rich
by the improper manipulation Of con-
tracts with different tribal govern
ments. Some Of his bitterest ene-
mics are leaders OF the Democratic
party to which he belongs, and It has
BEEN the boast of his enemies that
this attack upon him would defeat
his reelection to the United States
senate, should he be q candidate to
succeed himself. s.. !; Ssgs
II was planned to begin tliis attack
upon Senator Owen In the last state
campaign. Inasmuch as he was not 4
candidate and 40 the controversy
mixht confuse vital issues Of the cam
paikn, the attack was withheld. 1t ID
suspected that certain politicians am
bittous to go TO the United States
senate hope to profit by any enbar-
faasment that may overtakc Senator
owen in this recital of his career in
tndian territory n tho last quarter q
! = scentury. ~ 8 4; Il &
senator Owen xas asked several
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
MANY BURNED
Fifteen Die In Wreck Which Tool
Fire-Thlrty Injured.

Limoges, France, Dec. 16.-A col
lision between freight and passen-
ger train near here today resulted in
the death of fifteen persons and the
injury OF thirty others. Fire broke
out after the collision and most of the
victims, including the engineer Of the
passenger train, were pinned beneath
the wreckage and burned to death.
The collision occurred In the Pounch
tunnel between here and Brive.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
TAFT's DENIAL
G. p. Taft Says He Never Owned Any
Panama Canal Bonds

Providence. R. l., Dec. 18-The
Providence Journal this morning
printed the following telegraphic cor
respondence:
Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio.
''Will you tell the Providence Jour-
nal for publication whether you are
now or have been at any time in the
past, q stockholder in the new or old
Panama Canal company and whether
you have ever held any shares in
either company?
THE Providence Journal"
The Providence Journal, Providence,
asR. I. ..ss, s@f
s::tR answer to your query, Twill say
thstE never was ut any time 3 share
holder In the new or old. Panama Ca
'n1l company, either directly or tndi-
,rectly and have never been in any
way connected with the Panama busi-
ness
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
win Recite Tragic Story Of
the Killing ofHar Husband
By
EFFORT TO SHOW HAMS
vas ACTING ON DEFENSE
Cross Examination Of States Wit.
nesses VIII Occupy Three or Four
Days But Direct Testimony viii Re.
quire Only . Little Time.

Flushing, N. T.. Dec. 18-Thorn-
ton J. Haines calmly watched in court
today the construction of the states
case to prove the charge that he was
principal with his brother, Capt.
Peter c. Haines. Jr., In the killing Of
William e. Annis at the Bayside
Yacht club last summer. The jury
box was filled last night and an ad-
journment taken until today.
The direct testimony of the states
witnesses is expected to take only a
little time but the cross-examinstion
will likely occupy three or four days.
As had been outlined, Haines' counsel
will endsavor to show that the de-
fendant's drawing of revolver was
an act Of defense and not of offense
The central figure in today's case was
the appearance Of states chief witness,
Mrs. w. e. Annis, who saw her hus-
bands life taken. The recital Of her
story on the witness stand Is likely to
be the strongest card in the states
case.
The theory OF the state is that
Thornton ]. Hains was the master
mind and the leader of the expedition
to the Bay Side Yacht club to encom-
pass the death of Annis. Special
Prosecutor White in present. ing the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
LAW DOUBTFUL
Illinois Primary Not Able to Stand
Constitutional Test

Chicago, dec. 16.-llltnOts present
primary law was upheld today as con-
stitutional in such portions as were
ruled up. Judge McSurely, who de-
livered that opinion in the criminal
court threw a drenching shower bath
of cold water over the persons who
are trying to block the prosecutions
of the numerous Office holders and
other politicians who were indicted by
the recent special grand jury for
frauds committed at the August pri-
maries. The importance Of Judge Nc
Surely's decree was recognized by the
court itself, who, in his decision, stat
ed that II one crucial section of the
primary law which was called into
question should be held invalid, a
similar section in the general election
law must also be invalidated, where
upon a cloud would be thrown upon
the right Of the entire circuit court
of Cook county to hold their judicial
Offices and the election of new cir
cult bench next June together with the
election of superior court judges in
1911 would be affected.
Special States Attorney Frank j.
Loesch's opinion of the weight Judge
McSurely's decision must carry was
shown with equal clearness at the city
clubs luncheon Saturday, when he
said: IF the court decides the pri-
mary act is illegal. then the present
investigation into the August primary
frauds must cease.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
DUMAS GREETING
Will Send Its Congratulations to
Turkish Parliament.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 16.-The con-
stitutional Democrat and Musselman
factions have proposed to the duma,
through the committee on rules, that
q greeting be sent to the new Turkish
parliament which convenes in Con-
tantinople this week. President
Khomyakotf of the duma probably will
be instructed to telegraph this COM
munication on behalf of that body.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
AANsBR0UGH IS BETTER

sssss slstsa sss !,
Minneapolis. Dec. 16-The at :
tendants at the Asbury hospital, :
where United States Senator H. G =
Hansbrough of North Dakota is,
ill,s reported that the senator's :
condition was better today
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
BRIDGES
Four Persons Were Killed When the
Structure Collapsed.

Martinburg. w. Va, Dec. 16.-Four
persons were killed by the collapse
Of the pier and span Of the new
bridge across the Potomac here today.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
THE WEATHER

'sss5s .ssses ssssssss Z
I North Dakota Fair IN North, :
Snow Flurries and Celder IN !
; 6oath Portion Tong II 4 Thursday
Fair.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
Sixteen Hunters Killed in Maine Dur.
ing the Season

Augusta, Me-, Dec. 16-Sixteen
deaths may fairly be charged to this
years big game hunting season in
Maine. which closed last night. Thir-
teen persons were killed by the acci-
dental discharge of firearms or by be-
Ing shot in mistake for deer, one man
received fatal wounds from falling on
his hunting knift and two were drown
ed while hunting.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-16
SAVED THE DEER

Charles p. Taft"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
PLANS FINE HOME
FOR AGED PRINTERS
LOS ANGELES MAN LAUNCHES
COMM ENDABLE SCHEME
Typographical Union Member Hopes
to Build Institute Here for FAM
lilies of Tradesmen lnca-
paciated by Age

The home for the old and sick which
the members of the International Typo
graphical union maintain near Colo
RADIO Springs has been proven a sue
cess, being supported through contri-
buttons of few individuals and week.
lv assessments which each member OF
the union is taxed.
In this manner this home has been
kept up to high standard; but one
of the great needs now APPARENT is a
home where a sick or old printer can
go and spend his remaining days ano
take with him his wife. In some cases
there would be whole families that
would not wish to be separated from
the father. so Ralph l.. Criswell of the
Los Angeles branch of the Typographi-
cal union proposes to build home
for the aged of both sexes.
Mr.. Criswell says the cost would be
only about $4,000 to erect a complete
home, if some philanthropist would
come forward and assist him finan-
.cially.
An educational campaign extending
over several years probably would
bring the union to the point where 1t
would establish such a home, but Mr.
Crisweu thinks some person or persons
could be interested in this worthy prof.
ect and be willing to furnish the money
to make a start. There is no doubt
the Typographical union later would
take it up and support 1t. 1t would be
a. nome for the old man and his wife
and the widow and her children.
Southern California is an ideal place
with all climatic conditions so favor
able 'Nat Mr.. Criswell hopes his moye-
ment may have an early impetus.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
Come One! Come All!

perance legion; marshal, John johnson
of San Pedro Loyal Temperance legion
Some of the notices which the chill
dren carried in the parade read as
follows:
Prohibition in Oklahoma Cost Me
1000, ,000.-Adolphus Busch" For GOD
and Home and Native Land" "Trem-
BILE, King Alcohol, We Shall Grow Up
"California's Going Dry" "Keep Cool
There's Plenty of Water" Home OF
Saloon, which,"
There are twenty-three loyal temper
ance legions-which is a child of the
organization known as the Woman's
Christian Temperance union-in Los
Angeles county, numbering 1000 men,
bers In all. Twelve of these were or
ganized last year.
Prominent leaders present were Mrs
c. Fl. Noll, the state president of the
loyal temperance legions, who pre-
sided; Mrs. Louise Helm, superintend-
ent Of county work; Mrs. Sarah Hag-
gard Payne, county organizer; Mrs
Lucy Blanchard, president of the Los
Angeles Loyal Temperance legion, the
oldest organization of all, being
twenty-five years old.
There were 300 present, representing
twenty societies. Prominent among
them was the Frances NJ. Dupauw
Spanish school of Los Angeles. with
sixty-five members.
Two new songs were sung yesterday
both by Mrs. S. H. Payne, the county
organizer, "Jingling All Around the
World" and "The Children Are Ring
ing the Temperance Bells"
Mrs. Paynes husband, Civil war
veteran, lettered the banners with
notices.
The boys especially admired the new
L. T. L. yell, gotten up by the county
president and county secretary, which
runs:
Here's for a fine character, and
how. Be clean, be pure. be strong and
keen sweet"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
CHILDREN
IN PARADE
TEMPERANCE ADVOCATES GIVE
YELL
CARRY NOTICES FOR A DRY
STATE
Three Hundred Gather on Court
House Lawn for Lunch and
Then Elect Officers In
Temple

Children, 269 in number, accompanied
by older members Of the Loyal Tenn
perance legion of Los Angeles county
and bearing banners and flags with
temperance notices, marched through
the streets of Los Angeles about the
noon hour yesterday, giving their Or
ganization yell.
They gathered then on the court
house lawn, where they enjoyed their
lunch.
Programs were carried out at the
Temperance temple at Temple and
Broadway in the morning and after
noon, including songs and singing.
while instrumental music was furnished
by the Boyle Heights Loyal Temper
ance legion orchestra.
The following officers of the Los An
geles County Loyal Temperance legion
were elected for the coming year:
President, Genevieve Hughey OF
Boyle Heights Loyal Temperance
legion vice president, Norman Will
Jams of Lamanda Park Loyal Temper
ance legion; recording secretary, Doris
Hanscom of Echo Park Loyal Temper
ance legion; corresponding secretary,
Gertrude dollhouse of Los Angeles
Loyal Temperance legion; treasurer,
Laura Eastman of Sawtelle Loyal Tenn
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
DOn'tLet Your Piles
Grow
Every HemOrrhoidal Ulcer Is Fertile
Field for Cancer and Other
Deadly Diseases
TRIAL PACKAGE FREE

Constipation unchecked brings in
fiammation, Inflammation begets piles
and piles too often superinduce tumors
of malignant nature.
Piles Cor hemorrhoids) rarely kill,
but they cause more agony in a few
minutes than much more serious
troubles.
They are easy to cure if you go at
it right.
An operation with the knife is dan
gerous, agonizing and rarely per-
manent success.
There is just one way to be cured
one sure way, painlessly and privately
and that is with Pyramid Pile Cure.
We mail free trial package to all
who write.
II will give you instant relief. and
start you well on the way to perfect
cure.
Then you can get a full-sized box
frcm any druggist for so cents. and
often one box cures.
Insist on having what you call for.
Just send your name and address to
Pyramid Drug Co.. 81 Pyramid Build
ing, Marshall, Mich, and receive free
by return mail the trial package in a
plain wrapper.
All druggists, so cents. Write .oday
for a free package.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
PAUL MORTON WILL BE
IN CITY NEXT WEDNESDAY

Paul Morton, former secretary of the
navy and now president of the Equit-
able Life Assurance society, who was
to have reached Los Angeles tomorrow,
will not arrive here until wednesday.
He wired George w. Rathbun, gem
eral agent of the Equitable here, yes
terday that he would spend today at
Grand Canyon and that this would de-
lay him.
1t had been intended to have Mr..
Morton address a meeting of the life
underwriters while here, but his short
ened stay will not permit this. Mr..
Morton will stay at the Alexandria.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
SCRATCH FROM GLASS WILL
CAUSE DEATH OF CHILD
rhree-Year@Oid Lad Falls on Bottle
and Blood Poisoning Results.
Victim Cannot
Live

AS the result of slight scratch
caused by falling on a broken bottle in
a brush pile, 3-year-old Virgil Oldham
living with his parents at Gil Moulton
street is dying of blood poisoning.
The accident occurred last Friday
while the lad was playing about the
yard. No attention was given the small
cut at the time.
Sunday the boy became feverish and
a physician was summoned. He dag
nosed the case as blood poisoning
Two other physicians were called into
consultation They administered all
known remedies, but it was too late
The poison had impregnated his blood
Had the cut been attended to at once
the lads life would have been saved.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
HOPES ASSAY BILL WILL
PASS AT NEXT SESSION

Senator Flint, in a letter to George
w. Arndt, secretary of the chamber
OF mines. while expressing confidence
that the government will establish an
assay office at Los Angeles, does not
expect action at this session of con-
gress. Senator Flint says: 'I am not
certain that I will be able to have this
bill passed this session, but I hope to
create sufficient sentiment in favor of
1t to enable me to have it passed next
session."
The bill to establish an assay office
is not step to substitute the assay Of
flee for the testing station. The. cham
ber of mines is actively after both. And
it's ultimate end is mint and all its
ramifications.