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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
A WIRELESS TELEPHONE.
New York aud Philadelphia 70 he
Connected within Ten Days.

philadelphia March 2s--"Philadelphians
will be able to talk win persons in New
York by wireless telephone. using their
own office or residence telephones. by
the end OF the next ten days"
THIS statement was made yesterday by
Or. Lee DeForest, the inventor and me-
chanicai director OF the Radio Wireless
Telephone company who came TO the
city with Chief Engineer Roscoe Kent
to direct the installation OF the COM
pany's station on the roof OF the Land
Title building. The steel masts. each ex-
tending So feet above the root OF the
Land Title building. 10 support the an
chancal wires. have already been placed
in position. and the work Of installing
the apparatus for the transmission and
receiving OF messaRes In a room on the
top floor Of tho building, was begun yes
terdav. within ten DAYS everything will
he IN readiness for commercial service
between this city and the company's
station on the top Of the Terminal build
ing. IN Park avenue. New York.
TO CONNECT WITH BELL TELE-
PHONES.
| The Radio company has made an ar
rangement with the Bell Telephone COM
pnny for connections with the Bell telc-
| phones in the cities where the wireless
stations are located. no that person
wishing to talk By wireless with someone
| in another city will only have 10 cal
| NY the wireless station over his nome
or ONCE phone. and connection VIII be
made with the desired party by the use
ot the wireless and the ordinary teie
| uhOne in the other city.
This city will have the second STATIC
Of n system OF about 100 which viii be
esta hlished at the larger cities alonS
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and IN
land. The only station OF the system
row complete Is that or the Tern'na
huildixg IN New York The Radio cory
pany has Leased the tower OF the Metro
politan building In New York and wher
Its erection Is completed another wire
less telephone station VIII be Installed
Eirect conversation from the Metropo"
tan building to the EifYel Tower In fari
IL promised,
WHOLE SYSTEM READY JUNE l.
| 1t Is expected that the entire coas
and inland system will he In READINGS
for operation for commercial purpose
not later than June I, and II II pro
posed to siKnalize the opening OF IN
service by having the mayors or N
lrcspectiv" cities whore stations ar
tio1
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
New York Court Of Appeals De-
clares They May Be Held for
Manslaughter.
NOT GUILTY IN THIS CASE
Unanimous Decision That the Roch.
ester Railway and Light Company
Is Not Cbargenbic with Man.
slaughter In the Death Of
Girl Killed by Gas.

Albany. y. v. March 23-Corporations
may he hold for certain forms of man
slaughter. The court OF appeals IN a Dc
cision and opinion accompanying it TO-
dav so holds in effect. however IN The
case IN question. the court decided in
favor OF tho Rochester Railway e. Liph;
company, affirming the judgment Of the
lower courts sustaining the demurrer ~
the company In the case OF the people
against the corporation. The companv
was indicted FOR manslaughter, 4 being
charged that Il was responsible for the
death of Miss Ernie Oppenheimer Of Ro-
chester alleged to have been due to es-
Gaping gas from q stove. alleged to have
been improperly Installed by the COM
pany.
| The decision is unanimous, the opinion
being written by Justice Hiscock, which
says in part:
Eve have no doubt that definition
of certain forms OF nanslauChter migot
| have been formulated which would 5e
| applicable to a corporation and make Y
| cr:Yninally liable for various acts -
| Inisfeasance and non-feasance when re
! sultng in homicide and amongst which
very probably might be included con
duct in its substance similar to that
here charged against the respondent.
Put this being so. the question stu cor
fronts us whether corporations have
been so made liable for the crime o.
nanslaughter IN tho section alone relied
or by the people as now expressly de
fined and this question we think must
b. decls'velv answered in the negative. .
| On the general proposition OF indictinG
| corporations In similar cases the opinion
says:
IN the definition Of these crimes az
conta ineI In the sections of the penal
code under consideration We do not dis
cover any evidence Of an attempt OF tho
Legislature to abandon the limitation ~
its enactments to human beings and in
clude corporation as a criminal Many
OF these sections could not by any
possibility apply to a corporation and IN
our opinion subdivision three Of section
1893 relating 10 manslaughter manifestlr
Z does not. " II true that the term person
} used therein may at times include COY
porations but that Il not the case here"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
to the depot

to the depot.
With the matter of the boys safety no
longer in doubt the police officials. sup
plemented by detective agencies spurred
on by the large rewards offered. the work
of tracing the kidnappcrs began IN earn
est. The officials are working independent
" as Mr.. Whitla has declared that he
will take no past in the search. II is
thought by those taking part In the
search that the house In which the
boy was held IL located near East Thirtieth
street which Is only one mile from the
city's confer. The officials believe tho
| abduction was conducted by two men
and woman
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
TO BUY OLD LEE MANSION,
Sons Of America Have Fund Ready
to Purchase Old Ancestral Home.

Richmond Va. March 2A-It was an
rounced to-day that the Patriotic Order
of the Sons Of America have obtained an
option on Stratford. tho ancestral home
Of the Virginia Lees, which the order
proposes 10 purchase md present to the
State Of Virginia.
The price Ia given as $50 40 A meet
Ing was held in this city year ago. a,
which time the intention Of the order to
attempt this purchase was determined
upon. Contributions were at once asked
the responses being SO many that enough
Of a fund is now in hand to make the
project certain.
Gov. Swanson Senator Daniel and
Capt Robert F.. Lee, Jr., OF Fairfax
have been made members Of the advisor,
committee Of the order
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
WILLIE WHITLA AT HOME
Great crowd pnrndcd through the
streets Of SNaron--SnnE the Dox-
olOgy Mt the Home,

sharon. Pa. March 23-The whole
borough of sharon turned out Tonight
and participated In the demonstration
over tho homecoming Of Villa Whita.
who with his father. arrived here soon
after noon to-day. A big parade was led
by the Euhl Independent Rifles, n ma
tonal guard company. and the Bull
Rifles band, both named f.: Wllie's
uncle. and thousands Of persona march,
ed behind them through the principal
streets of the town To- the Whitla home.
where fully 800 persons assembled on
the lawn and IN front Of the house cheer
ing and giving every evidence Of the
public participation in the family Joy
over the recovery OF the little wanderer
In front room visible through .
window. were the Whitla family. vii.
lie beside Detective Ward, his father
and mother behind tne boy.
When calls were made for a speech
Mr.. Whltla appeared on tho porch
accompanied by tho Pew. Albert 40
seph Mccartney OF the First Presby
terrain Church. who spoke briefly OK
pressing the JOY Of all
Mr. Whitla then addressed tn.
throna. repeating practically what u,
said earlier IN the day. He extendc,
, his thanks to all who had assiste,
IN the search and expressed the graft
tude of himself and family for tn
sympathy OF the people which he sci,
had done much to help them bear NJ
during the darkest hours OF their sor
rows. He suggested that children h
taught by their parents to fear stran
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
FAST HORSES FOR EUROPE.
G. X. G. Billings TO Send His Entire
stable There for Exhibition Purposes.

New York, March 23.-Announcement
vas made to-day by c. X. O. Billings.
the We'll known trotting horse owner.
that on April 3 he would ship his en-
tire stable Of hight harness horses TO
Europe for a TWO months tour of eX-
hlhitiou. The principal tracks in Ger
many. Austria and Russia Will he visr
ed None o.! The horses viii compete for
purses abroad.
Among the horses now in Mr., Billingss
stable in Cleveland arc Lon Dillon
1917 the worlds champion trotter; "
J Lewis, 2:Oj 1t; Tempus Fugit, 2:07 ~
Fleming Boy, go, 10 Tu-ley, 2o' 81
F}srta Mac, 2:o'. and Delight, POS Ia
Mr. Billings j. taking his performers
abroad on the invitation ~ the leading
clubs and owners III Europe. NJ. Eli
lrgs will personally drive his horses on
each Of the continental tracks visited
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
DEPARTS FROM CLEVELAND
Father and son Very Happy-Thc SIO.-
OO0 RnnsOm Paid n I<idnnpper
in Grocery store.

'IeNeiahu' hhrch -. h''iS w n'''d' '"e
F'cnappeo boN' ana James W hi'ia' inc
'e)oicing father' LETT cleveland TO-DAY.
Tor sharon. ..
,,a,a, r,a.n, ~, a.,o,,,.,ia. -, oa,,,,-
ING = pli,nnse O, the lad whose where
,bou,s had hecon7e a nuzzlo 70 the de-
.c,tives ~ tho land
"Gee. mana" said the vouncster as
no was h.irr belnod irto y taxicab. II
tono mama "a ON rho from norch wait
Inc fo-- us
"sro will ha ,rarc" was thc simnic
o,,s,or ,ro,,, THO fotb.r aa N. cIssnod
,,o lo,d 80 1.-Two hoy Tbe snoad Of th.
(.,e..-,a, ,..,l,,, At, 49,, oo,er hum
.,.oaa ,.a,, sli,,,ir, 90 +ro mi. donot
~, ,,.,';.ia ,o.,i,r ,ra ,,.,,or hoard
| , r Cha,o, w.. totbor nv.
.,.o ha,,.ia., ,,a- In ror,h-
..p,,,,.,, ,,.,.ta.so,l - ho.
| .'" ',''' az" '',"I .o So,to.
new '''"' ti''' CIV -'..,
t""'i one 81 r..7.' ,.,, g.,
james 'i'.''' Wa ~ tho
"!s'uss VI" n'"','' ,,A w.
plans u IRE i"'''''S AZ '''''7
kiuhapp'rS' =, ,,.,.
am 50 t'"" W nov ,,a
| ~. IT,, ..,,,. ho,,, ,,;..o, no Thought
~ tina kidnanpers. That will he up to
tho no,ica and as live and breathe | am
mot urorrv,ng over their n.ovcments'
"a M"Nl Or AM X
The $4,000 ransom OF Ri!ly Whitia Was
paid to bis kidnappefs IN IA hllIe grocer!
store At East 6Srd street and STANDARD
avenue. an hour after noon Monday
The money was received ny an
ordinarily dressed WORKING man VINO gave
his name as Hayes
He picked up the package hIied win
yellow oacks' shled mon 'h"'eh'iS a'u
ieft'
MIS- Bernard 'iehur'chs"n' temporarily
IN charge Oh the t'o'e '"r Hcr '''"'ne'
MIS- margaret '"'e' so' 10 ""'it'
W''''" way ~ '"" "'' ''
uo"' Va LII" ,'''s 81 - VIC '"'
''D1 Wv p''Ne "''
no il"'oe mon il'' Wv ',o'
."'' NON wv p"NM"eo 10y
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~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
BOY GIVES OFFICERS CLUE
vnmed Car Which Passed House
Where He WRa Kept-WIn Search
along the Line.

Cleveland. Ohio, March 2s.-Thc
simp IL, childish habit of Willie Whit
Ia OF spelling out the names on street
cars. may prove helpful to the police
IT Cleveland in finding tho house in
which the boy was held captive
during his enforced absence from
home
While the boy was seated at a
table to-day he began spelling street
nomenclature. Among others was the
name of street car line In Cleve-
land. Detective Ward, who was near
the lad. asked him what ne meant by
spelling the word.
why, that's the name of the street
car which passed the hospital whore
MT. Jones' kept me" answered the
boy
Detective Ward NJ once communi-
Gated the clew to the police in Cleve-
land.
Private detectives were sent here from
sharon and Pittsburg TO go over the
car limo and look for the house des-
cribed BY Willie. Chief Kohler has issued
orders 10 his men to question the oo-
cupants Of every house on the car line
and satisfy themselves whether the kid
hampers are now or have been concealed
therein.
Detectives refuse to designate which
car line on which the house Is believed
To be located II Is admitted howeve
10 be not far distant from the corne
where Willie was placed on the car b,
one of the kidnappers Monday night.
The police have a description Of tn
house From the lins Of the kidnappc
boy have fallen from time to time a fey
words about the place The first Gle
10 the appearance OF the house and var
surrounding It was given in a lette
written by Willie TO his father Saturday
The boy said the house was encon
PASSED by Il number of large trees.
While told the detectives here to-da
that he was often placed In lare
closet under sink In the kitchen {
the house or "hospital' as no calls
When strangers came 10 the house II
hoy said he was placed under the sin
md warned to remain quiet.
THEIR LAIR A MYSTERY
The lair Of the abductors remains
mystery. The departure OF Attornt
Whitla and his son for their home
sharon was the occasion for demonstr
tion. thousands Of persons followed then
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
RIPS LITTLE JOK r..

RID Van Wrinkle awoke and found
himself surrounded by crowd Of report
crs.
'Did you really sleep twenty years ir
these mountainsY queried the men OF
the press
Sure thing" yawned Rip AS he VI
his pipe,
well how on earth did you keel
warm during the bitter winters. There
are no steam radiators ny here
Rip laughed.
"Ah no my friends he chuckled, "bu
there are plenty of mountain ranges.
And picking up his stick tho old maj
started out to hunt up a vaudeville man
eyer. --C,hicago News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
WTTHDRAWs RESIGNATION

Santa Fee, MARCH, q -Governor curry
In response 70 a telegram from Wash
ngiton to-day photographed PRESIDENT Tart
Withdrawing his resignation as Governor
~ Nav Mexico.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
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CALLING THE ROLL IN The pN"N'>

CALLING THE ROLL IN IhE p''"N"
Tell me not Of the blackbird ana 'oo'"'
Or of the nshcrrnan's noat h"po'"'
You've forgotten one most
thing.
Which to me Is the surest sleH "
You can hear Il at present 'h'"'""
the land,
TIE music we s,d,n of q German ban"
J, r. u In the y e'''
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-25
FELT LACK OF FOOD.

Finding that the party was becoming
weakened from the effects OF the shor'
allowance of food the rartied air and the
cold | decided TO risk making depot
OH the plateau. ON January we pro-
ceeded with one tent, utilizing the pores
Of the second tery for guiding mart; FOR
our return Tho suifa,,e now became very
soft ana tho blizzard continued for u
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-09-10

livery rigs to take land buyers
over his lands west of Beach and
south of Wibaux. He had IS men
arrive in special car from
Illinois and the Wibaux livery
stables cannot furnish enough rigs
to accommodate them.
C. ]. Pinkham was in from his
farm north of Carlyle yesterday
and called at the Chronicle office
and became a subscriber to the
paper. Mr.. Pinkham came to the
Valley last spring and has not
been idle while here, having in a
crop of 1875 acres which he says
will be ready for a threshing
machine in week or two.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-09-10

business usually carried on by
banks. The bank will make a
speciality of real estate loans and
Insurance. Mr.. Ripley has the
agency for nearly a dozen instance
companies.
j. M. Cramer, Beach's black
smith, has been making more inn
provements at his shop recently.
He had built on an addition on
the north side of his shop and
has gone into the pillow and
harrow business, having just re-
ceived a carload Of plows and disc
harrows.
H. K. Schuster, of Wibaux,
was at Beach on Wednesday. Mr..
Schuster came down to engage
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-09-10

Mrs. Rosenberg is reported to be
on the sick list this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Lloyd were
down from Wibaux on Wednesday
of this week.
Karl Moeller, of Burkey. was a
Chronicle visitor this week and
had his name advanced a year on
our subscription book.
Chas. Woodsend was in from his
Carlyle farm last Monday with a
load Of flax, threshed this year.
Mr.. Woodsend reported a fine
yield, his flax going II bushels
to the acre.
IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A
HOME IN BEACH, j. R. WATERS
WILL HELP YOU. Don't pay for
a landlords house, but pay for
one Of your own. If you have
partly enough money he will loan
you the balance. diff.
Fire Insurance written at the
Bank Of Yates. Resident agent
in the Royal. Hanover, Fireman's
Fund, Phoenix, of Brooklyn,
National, Northern Assurance,
and the St. Paul Fire & Ma
rine. 43tf
Atty. M. A. Hildreth, of Fargo,
came to Beach last Friday and
remained in town until Wednesday
evening. He was engaged by
States Attorney Keohane, F. E.
Near and L. Stockwell to prose-
cute j. w. Brinton, the Chronicle
editor, on criminal and civil
charges, an account Of which is
given elsewhere.
Mrs. Reichenecker. mother of
A. j. Reichenecker, had the mis-
fortune last Saturday to fall down
a flight of stairs and break her
arm in two places. She fell head
first and was badly cut about the
head. and on account of her age,
80 years, there is some doubt as to
her recovery, although at present
she is standing the shock and in.
jury very we'll.
Miss Alice Davis, who has a
homestead near Baker and who had
taken position to cook for w. H.
Clark's threshing crew. was taken
sick last Thursday, and being with.
out financial means. subscription
was taken up around town, amount
ing to about $1,000. and donated
to the lady to pay the expense Of
hospital treatment, which she j.
now receiving at the hands O.
Drs. Museus & MacNab. Tn.
parties who circulated the sub
, scription paper wish to thank tn,
people of Beach in the youn,
lady's behalf.
DR.. and Mrs. F. S. Prettymal
arrived Saturday from the coas
where they have been visiting
Mrs. Prettyman was formerl,
Miss Hougan Of this place, blu
she now makes her home with he
f husband at Sioux Falls, S. D., TO
7 which place they leave today
: They were accompanied from tn
: west by Mrs. Prettyman's brother
t Ode Hougan, who has been takin
a vacation at Snokane. Wash
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-09-10
Tales Of the Town

j. Birch, of Usage, Iowa, was
an arrival this week.
Robt. Miller returned from his
visit in Iowa last Saturday even
ing.
GIRL WANTED for general
house work.-P. H. Lee, the
Druggist.
A girl was born on the Shit to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Petty, of near
Sentinel Butte.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Peek visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. Lloyd at
Wibaux last Sunday.
Gus. Bell. of Medora. stopped off
at Beach a few hours last Monday
on his way to Glendive.
Mr.. Townley. who has been
confined to his bed for some time
with typhoid. was up and around
Monday.
Miss Stella Kennedy returned
from Glendive Saturday morning
after a several weeks visit with
relatives there.
l will loan you money to pay for
your house and you can pay it
back. interest and principal, by
the month same as paying rent
j. R. Waters. 41tf
Otto Stensrude left for Min.
neapolis last Sunday on business.
and before returning he expects
to visit at his former home at
Albert Lea, MINI.
A. H. Bake, of the Golden
Valley Independent Grain Co.:
arrived in town last Friday and on
Saturday was called to Fargo by
the illness of his wife.
james McGrath was called tt
Superior, Wis, last week by the
death of a sister. He returned the
first of this week and stopped al
Staples on the way back.
The new postoffice equipmen
arrived this week and is being
put in place, and Postmaster
Brinton will soon be able to accom-
modate all those desiring to secure
lock or call boxes.
Nick Wagner, of the firm O
Power & Wagner. left last Sunda,
for Chicago where he will pur
chase more goods for the clothin,
store which his firm has jus
opened in Beach.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-09-10

Mrs. Geo. Purchase has been
very i'll the past week.
Jack Snyder was over in his
auto from Sentinel Butte yesterday.
Atty. Joseph Denoyer went to
Dickinson on professional business
yesterday.
Berth & Whitaker received
their new dray wagon this week
and have put it into service.
For snap in the purchase of 22O
acres of land close to market see
Joseph Denoyer, lawyer, Beach,
N. Oak. 43tf
FARMERS: If you need loan
on your committed or final poof
call on the Bank Of Yates. We
will help you. 43tf
Mr.. Larson, of Michigan, is in
the city this week. called by the
illness of his son who is confined
with typhoid fever.
C. F. Smith and Max Keuhnl
went to Glendive this week and
played ball with the Glendive
team during the three days fair
at that place.
Threshing is now in full blast
and grain is coming in to the
local elevators at a rapid rate.
70 bushels Of oats to the acre.
81 of wheat and II of flax are the
largest yields so far reported.
w. C. Ripley, cashier of the
Bank of Yates, was in the city
this week and was pleasant Beach
caller. He stated that the Bank
of Yates would open for business
today, and would be ready to
receive deposits and transact other
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-04-15
GOVERNMENT ENDS
BIG PACKING CASE
Rebdhag Charges Are Given Up On
Orders From Washington.
Attorney General Wickershan Decides
No Conviction Can Be Had in
Case of Morris & Co.-Further
Efforts to Obtain indictments Are
Therefore Useless.

Chicago, April 13.-Uncle Sam has
abandoned the prosecution in all inves-
LEGATIONS Of the rebate cases, the affairs
Of the packers and the alleged Argo
peonage system, which have been be-
fore the present grand jury. This fol-
lows the dispatching Of letter from
Attorney General George w. Wicker
sham, in Washington, d. c., to Morris
& Co., officially announcing the aband-
onment of efforts to obtain indictments
Of rebating against that firm on evil
dence that has been heard thus far.
This does not apply to the inquiries
on the part Of the Department Of JUS
tice, which have not been presented be-
fore the grand jury. The probe Of the
National Packing company, which
grew out Of the Morris & Co. investi-
cation, has not yet been heard by the
Federal inquisitorial body.
Fees for services and funds for the
transportation of the grand jurors dur
ing their session have amounted to
SO, oOo, while that Of witnesses have
totaled IS,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-04-15
All Who
Would Enjoy

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Then the use Of medicines may be d
pensed with to advantage, but under o.
binary conditions in many instances
simple, wholesome remedy may be invali
able if taken at the proper time and Il
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that It !
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Consequently, the Company's Syrup c
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buy the genuine, manufactured by tn
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