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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-26
wsorvder Camp Meeting.

Nazrudcr Camp. United Coufcd
crate Veterans. viii hold H. regular
meeting a. the city han tomorrow
night important business IS 90 Be-
transacted.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-26

Washington Receives Hc~s.
WASHINGTON. u. c. Dec. .
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-26
THE WEATHER.

Clearing and colder Sunday
with high northwest winds;
Monday fair.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-26

THE DAILY PRESS 10 the
only newspaper published in
Newport News that receives the
full news service Of the Asso-
ciated Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-26

The United states governme NJ.
which = . prudent government. can
not object 10 our crarse. and Ee do
not cxpcci that "a viii
Mr.. NaTiscai reiterated his prcvicua
disclaimer Of intention n 'akc Zeiaya
aboard whsn the Guerrero wc7t .
csin;o and said that IL was only
within Gay or i've thai h. bad asked
10 b, allowed 70 board the vessel
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Heavy Damagea Wanted.

HELENA, Aug. u.-Louis Ferris,
the young Italian, who was arrested
on q charge of dynamiting the Bur.
lington passenger train on the night
of May l, 1908, and was subsequently
tried on q charge of murder for caus.
ing the death OF Engineer A. G. Bus.
sey and was acquitted, has brought
suit in the district court against the
Northern Pacific Railway company,
w. j. McFettridge, James Reynolds
and Archie Reynolds for $500. 900
damages. The wreck of the Burling.
ton train caused the death of Engineer
Bussey, Fireman George Ehle and an.
other man, Carl Merg. After his ar
rest for the crime Ferris made con.
fession and furnished the officers with
details of the wreck. However the con.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Suit for Recovery Of Land.

DENVER, Aug. 1.-THE Calumet
Fuel company and thirteen individu.
ais are named as defends ants in a suit
filed in the federal court today by U.
S. District Attorney Ward to recover
$50 acres of land, valued at over half a
million dollars, charged to have been
secured through dummy entrymen.
The land is located in the Pueblo,
Col, land district.
The petition charges that dummy en-.
trymen secured patents for the land in
question in 1908, transferred the lands
to Edward G. Quenten, who in turn
gave deeds to George w. Kramer and
Edward L. Yard and they to the Cal.
umet Fuel company. Kramer, who
has since died, was vice-president of
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad
and president of the Globe Express
company. Robert w. Forester, a ge.
ologist, and William II. Bird, q land
notary, are also named as defend ants.
The petition also alleges that the
so.called dummies received $50 and
had their expenses paid by represent
atives of the Calumet company for
making the entries and transfers. The
Calumet Fuel company is su bsidiary
OF the Denver & Rio Grande railroad.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Milk River Lands Opened.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Over hall
q million acres of land formerly with.
drawn from entry in connection with
reclamation projects in California,
Montana and Washington were day
restored and are subject to settlement
in November, according to the an.
nouncement of the general land office.
The actual process of restoration
occurred July %, it being the policy
of the interior department not to make
public informal concerning with.
drawals within two weeks after the
order is signed by Ballinger or his
assistants.
OF the land restored 4S5, ZOO acres
was formerly Withdrawn in connection
with the Milk river project in Mon.
tana, lis, 900 on the Colorado river
project in California and $4,000 on
the Yakima river Teton project in
Washington.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Standard Oil Must Pay Duty.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l2.-The Stan
dard Oil company will have to pay a
duty of about 10 per cent ad valorem
on oil i, has imported into the Philip.
pine islands since the new tariff bill
became effective. although oil under
that measure is admitted into the
United States and the Philippines free
of duty.
The imposition of duty results from
the fact that the oil, although of the
"growth and product Of the United
States" was put up in cans made
from imported tin on which the Stand.
ard had accepted drawback in view
of the fact that the tins were for the
export trade.
Had the Standard not asked for and
received the drawback on tin used in
making it's cane, its oil, together with
the container, would have been admit.
ted into the Philippines free. While
the amount of duty that will be paid
on the shipments is not large, the de.
cision 10 regarded as of Importance In
establishing . precedent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Land Frauds in Alaska,

DENVER, Aug 12.-Within q month
. hearing will begin in Seattle, w ash.
that government officials claim will
disclose proof OF gigantic frauds in
connection with coal lands in Alaska.
This investig alton will be followed by
similar hearings to be held in q score
of cities. The best coal engineers and
lawyers with the general land offices
have been assigned to duty in connec.
ton with the hearings and special
agents who have been working quietly
for months securing evidence will take
stand as witnesses. The facts per.
tanning to the alleged frauds are
known to Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger, and Fred bennett, commits.
sioner of the general land office, and
they have given the word to their sub.
ordin ates to proceed against persons
responsible for the alleged frauds.
That more than 100000 acres of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Chinese Minister Recalled,


WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.-The Chin
ese minister, WI Ting Fang. has been
recalled from Washington and or.
dered to Peking for further assign-
ment. His successor will be Chang
Yin Lang. formerly charge d aft aires
at Madrid and now deputy vice minis.
ter of foreign affairs.
Minister WI is now in Peru, to
which country he has been credited
along with the United States.
The recall surprised government
circles here. Mr.. WI has been the
accredited representative of China on
the American continent since March.
1908, and during that time has done
much toward adding to the reputation
he established among the people gen.
orally during his fret term as minis.
ter to America in l897.1902, of being
one OF the most popular diplomats who
ever came to Washington.
His sympathies with the United
States during the Boxer trouble led
to his first recall. 1t was reported
then that be was to be beheaded, but
this government promptly asserted
that such course would be offensive
to the United States.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
BALL|NGER DEFENDED.
The Story Of the Water Power Sites
in Montana.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-"At no
time during the administr alton of Sec.
retar Ballinger have any power sites
been filed on in Montana" said Act
ing Assistant Commissioner Schwartz
of the general land office in state
ment today. This statement was is
sued as denial of the story that in
the Bozeman, Mont, land district one
Jeremiah Collins, on June IL, filed on
1868 acres of land valuable for pc wer
sites. The assistant commissioner
says that neither Collins nor the Col.
lins Land company has made any such
filing at Bozeman or elsewhere.
"The only water power sites on the
watersheds of the Missouri river not
now under the control of the govern.
ment, under Secretary Ballinger's Or
ders of suspension, are sites which
have been in private ownership for
several years. said Mr.. Schwa artz,
and two additional sites which are
improved and developed to run the
street cars and lighting of Helena and
Butte and the mines in Butte. These
two sites are in possession of the Hell
ena Power and Light company and
Capital Improvement company, one
having q dam s. feet high and the
other l26 feet high across the Missouri
river.
"These rights, however, are mere
revoc able permits as distinguished
from vested easements, and these per.
mits were approved jointly by the de.
partment of the interior and the forest
service in the years 1907 and 1908,
the approval for the Helena Light and
Power company being upon appeal
from the action of the general land
office in rejecting the application for
q permit to erect the dam.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Change In Paper Currency.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. - Sever al
important changes in the designs of
the paper money of the country are
to take place soon.
Secretary MacVeagh, Assistant Sec-
retary Norton and Director Ralph of
the bureau of printing and engraving,
have under consider alton, q general
scheIse for systemizing the desings of
all issues of paper money in such a
manner that the same portraits and
emblems will appear on all notes of
the same denominati
1t can be stated authoritatively at
a portrait of the late Grover Cleve.
land is soon to appear on all ten dol
lar bills.
Distinctive designs for one dollar,
five dollar, twenty dollar and fifty
dollar bills and perhaps those of even
higher denomin ations, have been pre-
pared. The two dollar bills may be
abolished, it is reported. If the two
dollar bill is retained, it is certain
that its design will be such as to m AXE
it stand out from pile of one dollar
and five dollar bills with prominence
that will permit of no mistake in it's
handling.
Some treasury officials are inclined
to favor even a more radical change,
and recommend that paper money be
reduced to about the size of French
and Italian notes of smaller denomin.
ations. These notes are about three
fifths the size of the American kind,
and are more convenient to handle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
To Move Indian Bureau.

WASHINGTON Aug. a. Senator
Dixon Of Montana is preparing q bill
providing for the removal of the
headquarters of the bureau of Indian
affairs from Washington to Salt Lake
in order to bring the administr alton
OF Indian at airs in closer touch with
the Indians.
Only skeleton of force will be kept
in Washington ii the measure passes.
The change would result, it is con.
tended, in large saving in the ex.
penditnres of the Indian bureau, and
would greatly increase its efficiency.
The removal to the west of the great
er part OF the forest service force is q
precedent which has worked very sat-
isfaccorily.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Water Power Sites Withdrawn.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-Secretary
Ballinger will report to congress in
December numerous Withdrawals OF
temporary water power sites in west.
ern states in order that proper legis.
lation may be enacted by congress to
preserve power sites to the govern.
ment and prevent monopolies.
Acting Secretary Wilson today
withdrew for temporary power sites
$500 acres in Montana and Utah.
In Montana the following withdraw ais
were made:
Along the lower Yellowstone river,
1,222 acres; along the He'll Gate river,
1926 acres; along the Judith river,
1,166 acres; in Utah, along Ashley
creek, 240 acres.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Great Northern Earnings.

ST. PAUL, August l4.-The Great
Northern railroad is the only north
western line that shows a falling of
in earnings for the last fiscal year
The decrease in gross earnings from
freight and passenger traffic amounts
to more than q million dollars. There
was decrease in ersting expenses
OF over three million dollars. The
hard times of last year caused the
falling of and while the last six
months we're among the best the road
ever experienced, they we're not enough
to bring the earnings up to the stand
ard Of 1908. The total opera ating rev.
enue for 1909 amounted to s53. .65s, 463,
decrease of S735, 900 from 1908.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Secretary lnterferes with Work

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-In con.
sequence of orders said to have been
Issued by Secretary Bsllinger Of the
interior department, General Forsythe,
in charge of the troops in Yosemite
valley has prevented the erection on
government land of temporary build.
ings to shelter the workmen sent out
by Engineer Marsden Manson of this
city to begin the Hetch. .Hetchy water
project.
Under agreement between the city
and former Secretary james Garfield,
the first improvements were to have
been made at Lake Eleanor and it
was in pursuance of this plan that
Manson sent his men into the region.
General Forsythe notified Secretary
Ballinger of the activity of the San
Francisco engineers and the order to
stop all work on the government pre-.
serves followed.
A dam in the system by which this
city is to be supplied with water was
to have been built at Lake Eleanor
and until permission is received from
Ballinger to proceed along lines
agreed to by Garfield no progress can
be made.
City officials will endeavor to get
the secretary of the interior to remove
the obstacles when he arrives here
from Spokane on his way back to
Washington.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
TROUBLE AHEAD.
Land Sold BY the State Claimed For
the Government.

the Government.
HELENA, Aug. ia clash between
the state of Montana and the forestry
department of the national govern
ment over title and control of certain
lands seems imminent in the immedi.
ate future.
When Montana was admitted to
statehood it was given, under the pro-
visions of the enabling act, sections
l6 and 36 in each township in the state
for school purposes. In many instan-
ces these had been homesteaded or
otherwise disposed of and the govern.
ment authorized the state to make lieu
selections from any unoccupied feder al
lands. With the creation in recent
years OF forest reserves, officers of the
latter have professed administrative
powers, if not actual ownership, where
it was known these sections or lieu
selections were embraced within the
bound aries of forest reserves.
An apparent crisis has been reached
growing out of an incident at Kalis.
pell when the state offered for sale a
portion of section l6 lying near the
town Of Bolton. The Great Northern
Railway company was the highest
bidder, and purchased the so acres at
the rate of $3.50 an acre. The sale
was conducted by Joseph Oker, as
sistant register of the land Office.
Forest Supervisor James Bunker,
who was present, warned the bidders
that the government claims the land,
which is within q forest reserve in
northwestern Montana and that it
would contest the sale.
On Mr.. Oker's return he notified the
land board of the action of the forest
reserve officer and the matter was re-.
ferred to Attorney General Galen for
q legal opinion. The attorney general
says the matter will be carried to the
highest courts If necessary, that for.
est reserve officers had no right to
violate the provisions of the enabling
act, which ia q contract between the
government and the state. The state
having made the sale of the land, it
will await initial action by the for.
estry officers in the nature OF q con-
test, ss intimsted by Supervisor Bun.
ker.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
,P|NCH0T GETS OVATION.
His Speech to the National irrigation
lists is Wildly Received.


lists is Wildly Received.
SPOKANE, Aug. 10.-Giford Pin
chot evidently found out where he
stands with the national irrig ationists
this morning when the twelve hundred
deleg ates in the big armory gave him
an ovation lasting fully i've minutes
and winding up with q burst of three
cheers. His was the widest reception
yet accorded q speaker before the
congress. He went Immediately into
his subject giving as he announced
it, q stewardship of his doings for the
last year.
A spell of silence fell over the con.
gress when Mr.. Pinchot directly
charged that there is water power
trust in process of form alton.
"Not only this," said he, "but this
water power trust does not have any
hesitation about appearing before
this congress In the person Of it's At.
torneys and thus seek to break down
the last remaining opposition to the
ownership of all the power in the
country.
'1n fact,'' he continued, II know
one genial and urbane gentleman who
is here now helping the trusts cause.
The time for protest ia very short and
the water power trust will show but
little consider alton to the common
people when once the power of the
country is centr allied. In power there
is life and the power trust will even
tually control all other trusts"
Mr.. Pinchot named one power cor.
poration which he charged is after the
control of water power. He paid a
tribute to the Roosevelt policies and
brought another storm of cheers by
saying that the Taft administr alton is
irrevocablv pledged to the support of
those policies.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
VETERANS ELECT.
Ex-Governor Van SAINT, Of Minneso ota,
is Chosen Chief.

Ex-Governor Van SAINT, Of Minnesota
is Chosen commander-in-C Chief.
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. l2.-Sam.
uel R. Van SAINT, former governor oi
Minnesota, became comm ander. in.
chief Of the Grand Army of the Repub.
lie today. He won over Judge Will
liam A. Ketchsm of Indiana by q
vote of 587 to 156.
Mrs. Jennie L. Berry of Des Moines,
Iowa, won the fight for the national
presidency Of the Women's Relief
Corps. After three ballots she was
elected over Mrs. Belle Harris oi
Kansas by vote of 2l3 to 80.
Both elections were held in execu.
tive session. The Grand Army's or.
der of business did not provide for
the election of officers today, but the
delegates warned the encampment tha,
an early choice would be necessary
to secure full expression of the will
of the majority.
A0 ONNAVbOu w WIG OACCulOu NOu>
mander Van SAINT. the following off,
GERS were elected:
Senior vice comm ander, G. M. Bos.
taph, Ogden, Utah.
Junior vice commander, Judge AL.
fred Beere, Bristol, Conn.
Surgeon general, W. H. Lemon,
Lawrence, Kan.
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. l3.-By q
vote of 367 to 273 Atlantic City was
selected today by the Grand Army OF
the Republic as it's meeting place in
1910. Today was the final day of the
encampment of 1909 and it was spent
in the completion of the election of
officers by the veterans and auxiliary
org aniz ations as we'll as the closing
up of routine business.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18

fession was repudiated when it came
to trial and there was conflict OF
testimony as to whether the wreck was
caused by dynamite, as stated in the
confession, or was caused by bad
track and broken rail. The de.
tense contended that the alleged confes.
sion was forced from Ferris, in order
to fastenthe wreck on Ferris and
save the company from heavy claims
for damages arising from the wreck.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18

rich coal lands in Alaska, some of
them having veins IS feet in thickness,
have been filed upon by dummy en-.
trymen, procured through agents of
six large corporations, the land office
has ample evidence to prove, &C.
cording to inform alton made public to.
night,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
" Prints All tho News."

If any reader of the RIVER PRESS
considers it worthy of recommends alton
to friends, the favor will be very high.
ly appreciated by its publishers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18

Water right blanks-only correct
form published--fcr sale at the RIVER
PRESS Office.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Woman and Her Back.

In Henry Baerlein's novel "Yrivand"
there is a discovery about the express
sion of the emotions which even OAR
win forgot to record 1t is to the effect
that woman chiefly uses her back to
convey her sentiments. And. indeed.
any close observer of the human com
edy can hardly fail to notice that does
a woman wish to annihilate rival and
cast despair into the soul of a lover
she simply turns an expressive back
upon them. No tears, no wrath, no in
dignation, can vie with this maneuver,
which has. too. the advantage of being
noncommittal, for no one, in the cur
rent jargon, can give herself away"
with her back The expression of the
emotions by this part of the anatomy
is dignified, if trifie limited. When
a woman cries she is too apt to make
q deplorable grimace. Does she get
angry. her face will assume an unbe
coming red. Very few understand the
use Of the gesture Of the hands and
arms. That is why woman. with her
primordial instructive wisdom. uses
her back, especially when it is beauti-
full, as one of the chief weapons in the
eternally diverting war Of the sexes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Toward che Pole.

Ice eight feet thick on the ocean and
snow falling even in summer-such is
the weather experienced in the polar
regions. When the air lis dry and still
it is remarkable how low a tempera-
ture can be borne with ease. One ex-
plorer tells us that with the thermome-
ter at degrees it was too warm for
skating. The summer weather in this
region is, moreover, in some respects
pleasant and healthful. Within. the
arctic zone there are wonderfully col
ored sunrises and sunsets to be seen.
They are both brilliant and impressive,
says a writer in the Penny Pictorial.
But the nights-the nights are monot-
onous and repelling, rigid world
buried in everlasting snow, silent save
for the cracking of the ice or the wall
of the wind. Travellers in these re-
gions experience many discomforts
The keen air causes their skin to burn
and blister. while their lips swell and
crack Thirst again, has been much
complained of, arising from the action
Of the low temperature on the warm
body.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
TIE Lady and the Sheen.

Some of the members of the British
legation were talking about the late
shah Of Persia
when the shah was In London"
said young man. she amused him
self at a dinner party at ducal resi-
dence in Park lane by appraising the
beauty of the ladies present in num-
Der Of sheep. Thus for blond count
ess he said he would give 1000 sheep;
for tall slim baroness he said he
would give 1000 sheep; for a peeress
Of middle age he said he would give
$50 sheep, and SO on.
Finally the shah came to the beauti-
full Mrs. Willie James. Everybody
waited In anxious silence to hear the
old heather state her value in sheep.
for she was thought to be the most
beautiful woman in London.
"The shah looked at Mrs James ten
DERBY. He shook his head and sighed
"sThis lady, he said, is out of the
question. Neither nor any other man
in the world owns as many sheep as
she is WORTH"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
, In Modern Egypt.

Douglas Sloden's book on Egypt
contains some curious anecdotes. For
instance: My doctor was called to see
an Egyptian who was in very low
state. What is the matter?' he asked
I think 1t is only depression. | have
been a fool and lost a law case.
would not backsheesh the other mans
lawyer, and he backsheeshed mine
Later ON when another Egyptian told
my friend that he had won law case
my friend said, I suppose you back
sheeshed the other mans lawyer?'
The Egyptian gave a beautiful smile
and said, How did you know
And again: 81 was at Luxor when
they were recruiting for the army. II
a young man was found to be phys
ically fit his relations were plunged in
grief. Professional mOurners were
hired to squat outside the police sta
ton where the recruiting took place,
yelling and weeping. If, on the other
hand, he was rejected as understood
or weakling or tainted with loath-
some disease, his relations and friends
flew to him rejoicing and kissed him
and hung on his neck"