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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01

the collection of costumes revenues.
1t is provided that decisions of the
court of customs appeals shall be final
in all cases.
The judges of this court will receive
a salary of $4,000 year and the
clerk. who will be required to MAIN
tain the Office of the court in New
York city. will receive $4,000 a year.
The court will have services of Unit
ed States marshals in the various dis
tricts in which the sessions will be
held. Costs and fees to be fixed by
the court are to be established in ac-
cOrdance with the table of fees to be
adopted by the supreme court of the
United States within three months
after the establishment of the Gus
toms court.
All pending cases. which will right
fully belong within the jurisdiction of
the court of customs appeals. will be
taken up by that court Immediately
upon its organization. Importers,
owners, consignees or the agents of
any imported merchandise. or collec-
tors or the secretary of the treasury
may within sixty days after the en-
try OF the Judgment of the board of
oSASioA oppi oloClS Ill q SuotOllo case,
apply to the court of customs appeals
for a review OF that decision. In
Alaska, and the insular possessions
of the United States, ninety days will
he allowed.
To represent the government in all
matters of reappraisements and class
ification of imported goods and all
customs litigation. an assistant attor-
ney general at salary of $4,000 a
year with a corps of attorneys is pro-
vided for. These will consist of a
deputy assistant attorney general at
$500; one attorney at $4,000 and
three at $4,000. The assistant attor-
ney general will act under the super
vision of the attorney general of the
United States and will be appointed
by the president. A new form of
declaration for the consignee, i'm
porter or agent to subscribe to. where
merchandise has not been actually
purchased in order to establish the
value of the importation. is proposed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01

Carnegie. Schwab, Corey and Gary
ana that crowd have influence
enough to have high rates of duty re-

Carnegie. Schwab, Corey and Gary
and that crowd have influence
enough to have high rates of duty re-
tained."
Mr.. McCumber replied that he
would he glad TO vote with Mr. Till
man on any schedule. the rates of
which Mr.. Tillman could prove were
higher than was necessary to protect
the difference in labor cost in Ameri-
ca and abroad. ~ deny that there is
any one policy that can make one
half of the American people rich and
the ether half poor" said Mr.. McCum-
ber. Mr.. Tillman had drawn a COM
parlson between the protection of in
fant industries and farmers feeding
young pigs about weaving time and
stopping the feed when there is no
longer any profit in raising them by
that method. Mr.. McCumber suggest
ed that Mr.. Tillman would agree that
there is no way of feeding pig SO
that one side is lean and the other
fat. Mr.. McCumber declared that the
senator from South Carolina seemed
TO nave the idea that no one could be
honest but himself
Mr.. Tillman took exception to this
and appealed to his colleagues wheth-
er he was egotistical. Does hog
ever grow?" Mr.. Tillman then asked
Mr.. McCumber.
The senator from North Dakota re-
fused to answer this question direct
ly and in doing 80 provoked another
colloquy in which Mr.. McCumber re-
ferred to Mr.. Tillman as a cornfield
lawyer to which the later replied
that the senator from North Dakota
was not cornfield lawyer, but some
other kind.
Mr.. McCumber presented statistical
estimates to show that the coal of the
United States at the present rate of
consumption would last 100 years
iron ore fifty years. lumber thirty
years and oil from twenty to fifty
years and maintained that the best
way to conserve these supplies would
be to permit free importation of such
products.
He stated that the great advances
in price of lumber will probably con.
tinue from year to year.
Messrs. Dixon, Piles. Page and
Gallinger engaged the North Dakota
senator in frequent discussions.
Pointing to the effort of New Eng
land manufacturers to obtain free raw
material, Mr.. McCumber disclaimed
any failure to appreciate the needs
of all industries. He insisted that he
would not agree to protect any
product which could not be produced
In less than fifty years and under that
rule lumber was barred out.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
GREAT LAKES
SEAMEN ARE
ON A STRIKE
Twelve Thousand Men Are
Out Of Employment at the
Principal Ports
The CONFLICT HAS BEEN
ANTICIPATED FOR LONG TINE
The Marine Engineers Refused at the
Opening of Navigation TO Sign Con.
tracts in Which the Open Shop
Clause Was Inserted.

Chicago, May 1.-The strike of la
Dor unions on the Great lakes against
the Lake Carriers association. or
more correctly their formal refusal
to ship on boats controlled by the as
sociation, was put into full operation
today at all ports. 1t is estimated
that probably 10000 seamen of all
classes are involved in the great
strike struggle. Almost 5000 are now
said to be employed on this con-
trolled by the carriers and these were
scheduled to leave the vessels this
morning If in port, or as soon as they
came in from sea. Thousands are
idle today in Chicago, Cleveland, Buff
falo and other centers, but as mat
ter of fact the situation differs little
from that which has existed since the
opening of navigation. when the
marine engineers refused to sign
contracts in which the open shop
clause was inserted. The tieup today
has merely made complete the exist
ing conditions.
At Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, May 1.-About 200 fire.
men, 300 seamen and eighty colliers
and stewards, members of the differ
ent unions in Milwaukee. are affected
by the marine strike which went into
effect tO6ay
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old system of handling cotton by riv-
err Formerly the only cotton COM
presses we're located at important
centers, such as Memphis. Vicks-
burg and New Orleans, but now any
town of slight Importance has It's own
compress which have excellent factl-
tiles for receiving and shipping bales
of cotton by rail.
Railroads Hinder.
The report declares that the devel-
opment Of river traffic is hindered in
many ways by the railroads who at
river freight was heavy.
A significant feature of the report
is that dealing with railroad control
of river traffic and private canals"
A number of packet lines engaged in
business on the Mississippi AMI It's
tributaries are mentioned as showing
traces of railroad influences" Sew
eral private canals are also mention
d as being dominated by railroad in
iuences.
r, 1t is pointed out that the import
ance of water competition depends
very largely upon whether it. is by
canal, river, lake or ocean. 1t ap-
pears to vary with the physical char
acteristics of the navigable water
ways employed and the number and
size Of the vessels which can be used
thereon.
The Importance of canals as regu-
lators Of freight rates, it is shown,
is much less than formerly. Rela-
tive to rivers, 1t is stated that their
influence on railroad charges varies
with the length of the navigable
route, and also with the depth, wharf
age facilities, etc. The Mississippi is
paralleled on both sides by railroads
operating long trains over easy
grades at the least possible cost.
River steamers can still underbid the
railroads to some extent on local traf-
f1c, but they are at disadvantage in
loading or terminal expenses, and in
insurance or risk, as we'll as ON ac-
count Of the rise and fall of the river.
1t Is claimed that the railroads take
! traffic at unduly low rates along the
river and at competitive points gen.
orally, and recoup themselves by high
charges at non-competitive points.
The serious declaration is made
that in many cases railroads are
probably carrying goods at less cost
than for the purpose of shutting out
water competition. "It ID evident
that in such cases an increase in the
rail- rate would be an advantage to
all concerned" 1t is declared, "for it
would restore certain bulky traffic to
the waterways, where it economically
belongs, and leave the railway equip
ment available for traffic properly
moving by land, and at the same time
making possible a reduction of other
rail rates by cutting off business done
at loss and by increasing the vol
ume OF profitable business. Nor
should the railways fear the restora-
ton OF water traffic to this extent, for
the history OF water transportation
shows that it frequently makes traffic
for the railroads more than SUFFICIENT
to make up for the apparent loss Of
business. .">,,- 80
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
DELAvAN SMITH
FIGHTS REMOVAL
Not So Anxious to Display
His Yellow Disposition
Before Jury. =

indianapolis. Ind. May 1-Delavan
Smith and Charles R. Williams, pro-
prietors of the Indianapolis News, in
dicted by the grand jury of the Dis
trict of Columbia, with the proprie-
tors of the New York World on the
charge of having committed criminal
libel in publishing certain state
ments bearing on the purchase of the
Panama canal by the United States
government, will appear before Judge
Anderson in the United States dis
trict court here today and were serv-
ed with warrants for their arrest.
They will give bonds for their ap-
pearance in court at later day, prob
ably the first week of June. for a
hearing on the question of their re-
moval to the District of Columbia for
trial. They will resist removal.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
RUSSELL SEEKING
A BIG FORTUNE
Question Of Identity Enters
Into North Dakota Mans
Claim for Share

Boston, Mass, May Daniel Blake
Russell of Dickinson. N. D.. ranch
owner. and Charles T. Traxler. at
torney, are in Boston to establish the
identity of Mr.. Russell as Daniel
Blake Russell, son of Daniel Russell
Of Melrose. Mass, who left a quar-
ter of a century ago.
When Daniel Russell died in 1907
he willed that II his son Daniel turn
ed up within twenty years after his
death he should have one-half of his
fortune of more than s250.O00.
On those terms lie left the whole
estate to William c. Russell Of Mel
rose. William c. Russell and the
man who claims to be his brother
will meet today in this city and much
depends upon the meeting.
F. B. Almy. a cousin of Daniel B.
Russell. called at Young's hotel and
was introduced to Daniel b. Russell
of North Dakota. He was accompan-
led by counsel. but by agreement the
lawyer remained in another room
while the two men talked together.
Mr.. Almy departed without saying
whether he had identified Russell OF
not
A Sunday school teacher of Russell
was another called yesterday MORN
ing. Mr.. TraXler stated that his iden-
tification was complete.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
THE CONDITIONS
ARE IMPROVING
Troubles in Turkey Are AL
most Over and Strife is
Ceasing

Washington. May 1.-Increasing
confidence obtains in the state depart
ment regarding the situation in pro-
vincial Turkey and the hope is ex-
pressed that conditions will continue
to improve. This feeling is based
largely on dispatches which have
reached the department from the
American embassy at Constantinople.
A vigilant watch will be kept on de-
velopments throughout Turkey to the
end that American lives and property
shall be safeguarded, supplemanting
Its representations to the Porte by the
presence Of war vessels that are
scheduled soon to reach Asia Minor.
Today's dispatches from Constanti-
nople said that reports from Hadjin
and other places in the disturbed
provinces indicate that the troubles
are almost over. The arrival of troops
and the change of government has had
a most salutary effect The opinion
Of embassy officials is that order will
be completely restored soon. It has
been realized by persons acquainted
with conditions in Turkey that there
was hope of cessation of religious
strife, which resulted in the slaughter
Of thousands of Armenians and such
great danger to missionary interests,
until the offenders are summarily
dealt with by force of arms.
1t probably will be ten days before
the armored cruisers North Carolina
and Montana reach the disturbed sec
tions in Asia Minor. They will arrive
at Gibraltar on May or S, will coal
hurriedly and proceed with all speed
to their destination. II circumstances
warrant 1t. the revenue cutter Ia
homa, now nearing Gibraltar, will
also proceed to the vicinity of Alex
andretta. The two cruisers will 20
to Mersina, which is the terminus of
a railroad line, reaching Adana and
other small places where American
missionary interests are located.
Should the presence of marines be
needed at any of these places, they
readily can be transported. Mersina
is across the water from Alexandretta
and If the occasion demands it, one of
the vessels will 60 on to the latter
place. Ambassador Leishman will be
given discretion in disposing of the
vessels in a manner best suited to
requirements of the occasion.
Much interest was manifested to-
day, both at the state department and
In the diplomatic corps over the prob
ability of trial of Abdul Hamid by
court martial. The view seemed to
prevail that 1t was unlikely that Abdul
Hamid would he sentenced to death
in view of the moderate manner in
which he and his household had been
treated by the Young Turks.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
At Milwaukee.
PLUGGED A PEPPER
Woman Shot Man Who Was Sneaking
Under Her Window.

Cincinnati, May IL. D. Plowman,
40 years old, printer of Canton,
Ohio, was shot and killed early today
by Mrs. Elizabeth Forsythe, the wife
of VIM. Forsythe, a newspaper cor
respondent, living at IL 1-2 West
Ninth street. The woman was arrest
ed but was allowed her liberty on her
own recognizance. Mrs. Forsythe
heard sounds at her window on the
ground floor of the house. Her hus-
band was not at home and she Sc
cured revolver and when she open
ed the side door the man ran by. She
fired and the man fell with two bull
lets in his body.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
MANITOBA IS
SNOW BOUND
Is Eighteen Inches Deep a,
Brandon and Two Feet in
Other Places

Winnipeg. May 1.-N1anitoba is COW
cred with mantle of snow ranging in
depth from a few inches to nearly
two feet. At Brandon snow COM
menced to fall Wednesday afternoon
and it has showed there practically
ever since. A telephone message says
the snow is fully eighteen inches
deep. Although the snow will delay
seeding several days. it will give
much needed moisture to the ground.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
RIVER TRANSPORTATION
Development Of Water Routes Oppos'
ed by Railroad Interests

Washington, May 1.-Few people,
perhaps, realizes that the traffic
movement on the lower Mississippi
river, once so tremendous, has so ma
terially declined in recent years, that
the supremacy once enjoyed bJ that
great stream has been transferred to
the Ohio river and that, therefore.
Pittsburg rather than either st. Louis
or New Orleans, Is today the most i'm
portant river point in America.
are cleaned from the Appendix" to
the preliminary report of the Inland
Waterways commission. The report
itself was made public recently. but
the Appendix" which has just come
off the government printing office
presses, was made public today. The
greater portion of the data contained
In it was prepared under the direction
Of Herbert Knox Smith, commission
er of the bureau of corporations.
1t is shown that the lower Missis-
sippi which always has been recog-
nized as of greater commercial i'm
portance than the upper part, still
retains this realtive importance.
Among the important factors in the
decline of traffic on the lower Missis-
sippi may be mentioned that formerly
large quantities of wheat, corn, and
pats were sent down the river from
st. Louis and other points to New
Orleans, but the building Of railroads
through Nebraska, Kansas. and Okla
homa to the gulf, together with the
lack of attention to river improve
ments, has operated against the ship
ment of grain down the Mississippi.
This has resulted in the gradual
disappearance in the last fifteen years
II many finely equipped steamboats,
bn the lower Mississippi as result
II sharp railroad competition and 9TH
lr causes.
Another important cause for this
lecline in the traffic movement on
That great stream has been the in
reduction of the cotton compress
tesulting In the overturning Of the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
RATE CASES STOPPED
Supreme Court of Missouri Has Is
sued q Restraining Order

Jefferson City. Mo-. May 1.-The gu
preme court of Missouri today issued
restraining order against Judge
Williams of the ST. Louis circuit court
prohibiting him from proceeding with
the railroad rate cases filed In his
tribunal by States Attorney Jones Of
st. Louis. The writ was made re-
turnable May Is. 1t was issued at
the instance Of the Missouri Pacific,
the Iron Mountain, the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas and the st. Louis and
Southwestern railroads.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
MONTANA STRIKE
Brewers, Carpenters and Bricklayers
in Joint Effort.

Butte. Mont, May 1.-The brewers
all over the state, carpenters and
painters in Great Falls and bricklay-
ers in Butte are out, or about to go
out on strike. The brewers, who
number about 200 in the state, were
ordered to quit work at midnight.
Two questions are at issue. one in re-
gard the hours and wages and the
ether as to the jurisdiction of the
Brewery Workers union over the en-
gineers employed in the breweries.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
Many Vessels Went Down
During Yesterdays Ter
t."A,;;7c%!
NESTER SANK WITH HER 'etl
ENTIRE CREW OF SEVEN
One Vessel Found Without Crew
and With the Table Set for Dinner
STEAMER Was Crushed in the Gil.
gantic Ice FlOes.

Milwaukee. Wis. May IAN Even
ing Wisconsin special from Mar
quette, Mich, says
Fears that yesterdays furious
gale on Lake Superior would be pro-
ductive Of disaster, came to tragic
realization when the bargs George
Nester struck a reef off Huron islands
northwest of here and was lost with
all hands. There were seven men on
board. Their names are not known
here. In tow OF the Schoolcraft, the
vessel was bound for Baraga to
d, load. The steamer, in the terrific
] storm and shortly after onon yester-
day, was driven onto the rocks. The
lighthouse tender Marigold was di-
rectly behind her. Small boats
could not live in the heavy seas and
the Marigold attempted to rescue the
Nester's crew by means of life lines.
This was unsuccessful. The Nester
went to pieces fast and in a short
time she was total loss and all
those on board had perished.
Crushed by Ice
Sault Ste Marie, Mich, May l.
Capt. Robert G. Pringle of the Cor
rigan. line steamer Aurania, arrived
here today with all the members. Of
his crew and told the story of the
sinking Of his ship in Whitefish bay
of the foot of Parisian island Thurs
day morning. . ~.
All Of the crew escaped from the
sinking boat without injury and were
brought to this city by the steamer j..
n. rn,N nsn{, r04 IaPk
last Sunday with the Aurania and
when he reached .Whitefish bay was
caught in the ice. Great foes packed
in on all sides Of the ship with such
tremendous force that the Aurania
could not be moved. The ice crushed
her sides and the captain and crew
made for the Barlow, also fast in
the ice, three miles away, in small
yawl.
All We're Saved.
Port Huron. Mich, May 1.-The cap
tain of the packet freight and passen-
ger steamer Russia, owned by c. O..
Duncan of this city, telegrapher to-
day to the owners from Detour that
his vessel has sunk in Lake Superior,
twelve miles off that port and that
all of the crew were saved. He gave
no details. The Russia piled between
Port Huron and Duluth and was on
her first trip of the season.
Crew May be Lost.
Detroit, May IA Journal special
from Traverse City, Mich, says:
cam Arbor car ferry No. 1 last
night picked up the steel barge
Batavia floating nineteen miles south
of Fox island without crew. The
table was all set for dinner. The
barge was towed to North Port. No
one knows what has became of the
crew. 1t is feared that they are lost.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
WOMAN ACQUITTED -
"Johnny" Davidson Set Free By Yer
dict NJ Inrr

Noosho, Mo-, May Miss Johnny
Davidson, the young heiress on trial
here charged with the murder of Roy
Ramsour, her sisters suitor, was
acquitted here this morning.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
BRIDGE COLLAPSED
Recently Opened for Traffic and Cos,
p. p. '-'-, t,...-.-. S200.O ono.

Peoria, Ills, May Three arches
Of the new concrete-steel wagon
bridge over the Illinois river, which
was recently opened for traffic, fell
into the river early this morning. No
one was injured. The contract price
of the structure was about $4,000
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
Two Hundred Lives Have
Been Lost and Two Hun.
dred Persons Injured
THERE IS SNOW ENOUGH
FOR sLE|GH|AC N WISCONSIN
Storm Center Today Is Over Lake Su.
periOr Region, While q Secondary
Disturbance Covers Atlantic Coast
States-Blizzard Prevailing.

Louisville, May From the
meager information received up to
this morning, it is believed that 100
persons were killed in the storm
which swept Kentucky and the neigh
boring southern states Thursday
night. accurate account of the ia
talities must await the repairing of
the telegraph and telephone wires.
however. Early today there was a
message from Guthrie, KY, that
three persons had been killed there
and that an equal number of persons
met death in Todd county. AS far as
Mount Sterling, KY, buildings were
demolished, tobacco beds washed
away and roads turned into rivers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
QUEEN DOING WELL
Heir to Hollands Throne Has Nerve
Racking Name.

The Hague. May 1.-The condition
of Queen Wilhelmina. who yesterday
gave birth to daughter, and the in
FAINT princess. today is thoroughly
satisfactory. The princess has been
named Juliana Louise Emma Marie
Wilhelmina.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
Worst in History

Memphis, Tenn, May while
some sections in the path of the storm
are still to be heard from and in all
probability will add their quota to
the list of casualties and of property
loss, the dispatches so far received
from Arkansas, western Tennessee
and northern Mississippi bring the
total number of killed by the tornado
of Thursday night to 100, the injured
some of whom are believed to be
fatally hurt, to twice that number, and
while an accurate estimate of the
monetary loss is not yet possible. each
dispatch describes the storm as the
most destructive that has ever swept
this portion of the country.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
Mild Blizzard

Chicago, May 1.-The storm which
began Thursday and the death list of
which approximates 200 persons in
the states of Illinois. Tennessee, Ala
bama. Arkansas. Georgia, Mississip-
pi, Missouri and Pennsylvania, took
the form of mild blizzard in the up
per lake region today, including Chi
cago. where moderate wind was ac-
companied by snow.
At Superior. Wis. there was snow
enough for sleighing. Winnipeg re-
ported many cattle killed and from
the southwest came stories of blasted
orchards. The wire conditions, ac-
cording to the telegraph and telephone
companies, were much improved. The
weather bureaus summary OF con-
ditions today said: The storm this
morning is centered over the lake
Superior region. while secondary
disturbance covers the Atlantic coast
states"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-01
SAFE WAS UNSAFE
Tackle Broke and Man Killed in Fall
of HEAVY Safe

Oskaloosa, Ia, May IA two ton
safe today slipped from a rope tackle
bounded down long fight of stairs
and killed George w. Smith. who was
directing the removal Of the safe.