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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
RAVISHED
and SLAIN
Little Utica, N. Y, Girl Mur-
dered by a Fiend
HER COMPANION is DYING
AN ALL NIGHT SEARCH FOR THE
THREE LITTLE CHILDREN DIS
CLOSES MOST HoRRIFYINe
cRIME-HUMAN DEVIL SHOT
ENTIRE TRIO.

Utica, N. z, Sept 1s.-Thresa Ira
copolo, years old. was found dead
early today with a bullet wound in
her head Fanny Infurino, aged 8,
who was with The child has been shot
in the stomach and cannot recover.
and a little brother Of the Infurio
girl is in a serious condition from loss
of blood resulting from a pistol shot
wound in the arm.
The children, who had been missing
since o'clock last evening. were
seen about that time walking with a
strange man about 40 years old. Az
ter an all nights search the dead
child and the two others were found
in a deep hollow over which several
streets cross on a masonry arch.
Victims BrutaIIy Ravished.
The little girls HAD been cruelty as
saulted before they were shot. Fanny
Infurio, whose father is a grocer in
the Italian quarter, was able to give
a meagre description OF the man who
killed her companion and would nave
slain her brother and herself II is
thought that the shooting occurred at
about o'clock last night.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
French Navigator Thinks Peary
and Cook Both Erred
DISCOVERY is UNIMPORTANT
RAYMOND LEsToNNAT DE.
cLAREs THAT REAL SECRETS
ARE To,RE FOUND AT MAGNET
&c PoLE-ExcEssIvE COLD PRE-
VENTS SUCCESS.
STATUS OF POLAR ROW

New York, Sept. 13.--With Com
mander Peary still at Battle Har-
Dor and DIR. Frederick A. Cook on
the Oscar II, bound for America,
the rival claimants for the honor
OF first reaching the north pole,
are out. OF touch with the world,
except by wireless, but IL contro-
versy regarding their respective
claims still goes merrily on among
their followers.
Cooks followers are demanding
that the instant he returns to
America Commander Peary shall
substantiate his claims that DR..
Cook has handed the public a gold
brick" They deelare Peary, by
this phrase. both questions DIR.
Cooks varacity and challenges his
honesty, and that it is up to Peary
to make good his charges at once
or stand discredited. Peary adj
herants, on the other hand. declare
Peary is a cautious explorer, who
would nexer make such charges
unless he Is in possession OF facts.
Some Of the Cook followers de-
clare Peary's charges OF untruLh
place him now on the defense and
he must first prove his own claims.
They point out that Pear. was not
accompanied to the pole by a
white man and that his figures
and observations must be submit
ted to scrutiny as close as Cooks
before they will be accepted
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13

DR.. George Al. F'ritch for the third
time comes under suspicion of having
caused the death of young woman
through a criminal operation The
second case is the one foremost in the
minds of the people Of Michigan-th that
Of Miss Edith Presley, state senate
proofreader and intimate friend of Rep.
Charles e. Ward OF Bancroft, now Of
Chicago. Miss PRESLEY died ia Hope
sanatorium, 1146 Third avenue April
Fl, 1907, where, according to the state
ment of the proprietor OF the place an
operation was performed upon her and
she died the following day Her body
was removed by order Of Or. Fritch,
IL was alleged, to a west end undertake
ing establishment. where the fact Of q
criminal operation was learned. DR..
F'ritch's defense was that he had been
called only after the operation had been
performed by some one else Represent
tative Ward was tried for manslaught-
er for procuring the operation, but
was released by Judge Connolly be-
cause the prosecution failed to dis
prove his statement and prove the OPP
Grafton to have been a criminal one.
1t was after Wards release that the
prosecutor nolle pressed the case
against F'ritehs
The nrst case Of the kind over
shadowing DR.. F'ritch was that OF Miss
Mollie Haeger of 756 Eighteenth
street. Another doctor was arrested
at the time, but both were released be-
cause Of lack of evidence.
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Men Of Millions and Humble
WOrkmen at Bier
RESTS BESIDE FIRST BORN
THOSE WHO cHEERED AND
CURSED RAIL WIZARD MOURN
HIM IN HIS FINAL DEFEAT
employees COFFIN TO
TOMB OF ROCK.

Arden, N. T., Sept. 1s.-Through the
quiet aisles Of the Ramapo woods. the
body Of Edward H. Hartman was
carried yesterday from the great
house he never lived to see finished.
and laid in its last resting place on
the Arden hillside. The rulers OF Wall
street came from New York to pay
their last tribute, but the most prom
inent part In the funeral ceremonies
was taken by the men who knew him
best as a country squire. master of
the great estate which covers $4,000
acres of hill and valley in this, the
most rugged part of Orange county.
His general superintendent, his mas
ter carpenter, his master mason and
the managers and assistant managers
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The Police
ARE AT SEA
Millrnan Tragedy Continues to
Be a Battling Mystery
PHYSICIAN MAKES AN OFFER
y FRlTcH, HELD ON SUSPICION,
S cLAREs HE GAN TELL CAUSE
rsIRL's DEATH-PoLIcE SEEK
Inns CLOTHING AND RINGS
A sAuTo DRIVER.

Deh lpsept. 13.-Before DR.. Geo.
Fritch Sared n police court today.
indicatiIt @Srere that it would be sew
eral days. -Jre the police would con-
slider their case strong enough to just
ify them in asking FOR warrant charg-
ing the physician with the death OF
Miss Maybelle Millnlsn, of Ann Arbor.
whose dismembered body was found
last week In Escorse Creek.
DIR. Fritch maintains perfect conf
dence in the certainty of his exonera-
ton. The proceeding under which
he was remanded and released under
$4,000 bail requires him to appear in
court each day, but the police are linn
tied to ten days in following their
course and at the end of that time
must either ask for a warrant or re-
lease the prisoner.
DR.. Fritch has announced his willing
ness to assist the police in their in
vestigation in any way possible.
Il have perfect faith" said DIR.
Fritch, "in being able to determine the
Ill from which the young woman died."
Investigate Maternity Hospitals.
1t has been generally conceded that
the girl did not die In DR.. Fritch's Of
flee nor in his home, and the police are
investigating the maternity hospitals in
this city.
Rumors that a relative OF DR.. Fritch,
who has worked in the doctors office,
was missing. has failed to receive con-
firmation and the doctor last night de-
MED that he had such a relative
The police are still seeking the vic
TINS clothing and her opel and signet
rings, the latter bearing the initials,
IN. G. NJ" and the owner of the auto
mobile seen at midnight on the Escorse
Creek bridge about the time OF Miss
Millman's disappearance.
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1000 ARE
ON A STRIKE
Cotton WeaverS at Fall River
Demand lOPer Cent Raise

Fall River. Mass, Sept. 1s.-One
thousand weavers. employed at the
Fall River Iron Works Cotton Mills,
which are controlled by M. G. ID. Bor-
den. of New York. did not report for
work today, in accordance with their
announced intention OF striking for an
increase in wages. Unless an agree
ment is reached during the day, all
departments may close down. throw
ing 5000 operators out OF work.
The striking weavers ask for a 10
per cent increase in wages and the
adjustment OF several minor griev-
ances.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
SCORE INJURED IN
STEEL CAR SMASH

st. Louis, Sept. 1S.--Twenty persons
on their way to st. Paul and St Pteer
cemetery were injured, FIVE seriously,
when q Missouri Pacific switch engine
struck and hurled Cherokee pay las
you-enter car fifteen feet at the Oak
Hill railroads grade crossing In Gra-
vols avenue yesterday.
The car, one OF the new steel type,
had about thirty passengers on board.
They were penned in like cattle when
the engine struck the front end of
the car.
The most seriously injured were:
Henry Maggie, Henry Ruzil1a, Charles
Hickman, d. C. Gilman and Mrs Helm.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
LABOR WAR DELAYS WORK.
Contracts Suffer in Chicago Through
Inter- Union Strife.

Chicago, Sept. 13.--All work on the
North Western depot and other large
contracts, came to a standstill today
when a strike of all building trades
men employed on the job was called.
The strike is the result OF the war
between Skinny Madden and the
building trades department Of the
American Federation OF Labor. The
Madden unions remaining at work on
the buildings, but it is said these win
be called oht tomorrow, lacking the
cooperation OF the men who struck.
Both factions are fighting / get con-
troll ox the building Iaborers.
John A. Metz, vice president OF the
Building Trades council, said today IT
was now a fight to the finish, and that
there would be no further negotiations
with contractors who have been "dirt-
ing" with Madden and dragging along
the trouble IN building trades.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
TAFT APPOINTS
TARIFF BOARD
WILL EXECUTE THE MAXIMUM
AND MINIMUM CLAUSES or
THE NEW LAW.

Beverly, Mass. Sept. 13.-President
Taft Saturday appointed the new tar
iff commission, or board. which is to
assist in the execution OF the new tar
III law with especial reference to APP
plying the maximum and minimum
clauses to nations which are unfriend-
" in their tariff relations with the
United States.
The new board consists of three
members-Prof. Henry G. Emery, Of
Yale university. chairman: James B.
Reynolds OF Massachusetts,, now as
sistant secretary OF the treasury, and
Alvin H. Sanders Of Chicago, at pres
ent editor and proprietor Of the
Breeders Gazette.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
TEN INJURED
in EXPLOSION
WOMEN RATHERS IN FRISCO
BATH BLOWN FROM CON-
PARTMENTs INTO THE
STREET.

San Francisco, CAL, Sept. 1S.-Half
a. score OF persons were injured, sew
eraI probably fatally when the boiler
in the Lurline Bath. at 1853 Geary
street, exploded today. Women pa
irons were blown through the win
dows of their compartments into the
streets and the building was almost
completely wrecked.
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Paris. Sept. 1s-Raymond Leston-
nat, member OF the superior council
of navigation, questioned today re-
garding the announced discovery OF
the north pole, said he thought the
difficulties of ascertaining position In
nigh polar ATTITUDES, made It quite
likely that both Commander Peary
and DIR. Cook were in error. The
delicate recording instruments and
the fact that excessive cold makes IL
necessary to handle them with muf-
fled fingers, together with the refrac-
ton of the rays of the sun. make ae-
curate use Of the sextant almost inn
possible.
Continuing M. Lestonnat said he
thought that the dash to the pole had
little scientific value. The real secrets
are to be found at the magnetic pole,
Continued on Page Five.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
MONEY KINGS AT
ANNUAL Meeting
AMERICAN BANKERS' CONVEN-
TIoN is FORMALLY OPENED
TODAY IN THE WINDY
CITY.

Chicago. Sept. 1S.-Kings OF finance,
heads Of trusts and savings institu-
tons BY the hundreds rubbed elbows
today with minor officials from the
various banks of the country in what
seemed q hopeless confusion in preli-
minaries off the American Bankers
convention which formally convenes
tomorrow.
The registration OF delegates con-
tinued through the day and the waiting
line swung twice around the second
door Of the Auditorium hotel, while
Secretary F'arnsworth and hts aids
sought to issue credentials to the per-
spring crowds.
In addition there was ten committee
meetings in the morning, each OF
which wrestled with weighty prob
lens or national finance.
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DOESN'T HELP CATTLE.
Fresh Air Will Prevent human But
Mot Bovine Tuberculosis.

eAtfSt
Chicago, Sept. 13.-The anal session
OF the Veterinary Medical association
convention finished an upset yester-
day for the medical theory that an
outdoor existence 'or cattle secures
them from tuberculosis Injection.
Dr. e. M. Haring, OF the University
Of California, pointed out that while
human beings can ward or the dread
ed disease by living out Of doors. this
treatment win not ~revemr cattle from
catching 1t when they are once ex-
posed. He told Of a test made at the
university with thirty-three cows.
Twelve he said, contracted the disease
within six months after being exposed
to 4, despite the fact thar the whole
herd faa kept constantly In the outside
aid
The facts shown BY this test viii
affect the whole study Of tubercu-
losis IN animals.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
sHAckELToN LosEs MEDAL.
Honor Intended for Him BY Dane:
Goes TO Dr.. Cook.

London, Sept. 13.-Lieut. Ernest K.
Shackelton, most successful of all Ant
arctic explorers, said today that the
gold medal which the Danish Geo
graphical society gave to DR.. Cook
was the same medal that was to have
been presented to himself.
Sheckelton had intended going to Co
penhagen shortly to receive the medal,
but TJr. Cook happened along with an
actual discovery of the north pole to
his credit in the minds Of the Danish
people against Shackelton's nearest up +
preach to the south pole.
THE occasion for a medal presenta-
tion offered by Cook was therefore cor :
siGered more urgeEr.
I'll now have to wait until October
before / get a medal" said Shackelton.
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MAKES SERIOUS CHARGES.
st. Cloud Chief Of Police Attacked hy
His Sergeant.

st. Cloud. Sept. 13.--Sergeant Ed-
ward Brick, member Of the city po-
lice force, has sent to the local pa
pers for publication sensational
charge against Chief Of Police John
Quinlivan in the form of an affidavit
in which he affirms that the chief is
guilty of a gross misdemeanor. He
inginuates that the chief has been
shielding the parties who recently
made an assault on girl in this city.
the chief denies the truth Of the
charges, but has not suspended his
subordinate.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
TWO MILLIONS FLOOD DAMAGE.
Many Parts of Spain Are Swept by
Torrents.

Madrid, Sept. 13.-Disastrous floods
have occurred in many parts Of Spain.
At BiEboa the Nervion overfiowed af-
ter terrific downpour Of rain and
scores OF houses were flooded.
IN neighboring village the town
hal1 was flooded while the municipal
officers were in session. They saved
their lives by the aid OF boats.
Great damage was caused in VAL
encia, San Sebastian, GiJon, Sanant-
der and Malaga Near Valencia sew
eral persons were killed by lightning
In Valencia and the surrounding
districts the losses are said to total
about $4,000, 600.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
GIRL- sTRANeLEs RIVAL.
Tragedy Of JeaIousIy Is Enacted in
Spanish Town.

Madrid. Sept IA dispatch today
from AL Haurin de La Hourre, in
Malaga province tells Of the arrest
there OF Ana Raverea. on murder
charge, the beautiful young girl hay
ing choaked to death her rival in love,
Antona Morales
Ana and Antona quarreled over the
directions OF a man with whom they
were both in love. Antona slapped
Ana's face and in her jealous rage the
latter seized AnEona ~ the throat ana
strangled her
There il much sympathy for the Inn
prisoned girl and an EFFORT is being
made to ameIiorate her punishment.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
KILLS CHARGES
AGAINST HEINZE
FEDERAL JUDGE DISMIssEs IN
DICTMENTS ALLEGING
JUSTICE.

New York, Sept. 1e.-The indict-
ments charging f. augustus Heinze,
the copper financier. with conspiracy
to obtain the administration Of justice
by concealing the books of the United
Copper Co., We're dismissed today by
John Hough of the United states court
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
AMERICAN WOMAN
SUICIDE in LONDON
KILLS HERSELF WITH REvoL-
YER I'M CONSERVATORY or
MUSIC SCHOOL.

London, Sept l3.--Mrs. Jane Perrin.
a young American, committed suicide
this morning at Harrow on the Hill.
she shot herself with revolver. Mrs.
Perrin, who was guest OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Acl5royl, the former music mas
ter of the Harrow on the Hill school,
with her revolver BY her side.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
FREES HARRIMANs FRIEND.
New York Magistrate Dismisse:
Charge of Grand larceny.

New York, Sept. 13-Arthur B.
Lewis, formerly state senator in Utah
and friend OF the late q. Fl. Harri-
man. was discharged today by Magis-
trate Krotel in the Tombs police court,
where Lewis was arraigned, charged
with grand larceny.
Charles J. Hodge o. the Hotel Bris-
tol, charged that In November, 1907, he
bought from Lewis for $4,000, stock Of
the Tom Moore Gold and Mining Co.
Lewis he said, promised to put 1t on
the curb in January. 1908. but this
was not done.
why, there is no evidence here, .
exclaimed the magistrates; this man
should never have been arrested. He
is discharged"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
Fairbanks Leaves China.

Shanghai. Sept. 13.--Former vice
Pres. Charles W. FAIRBANKS accom-
panied by Mrs. Fairbanks, arrived here
four days ago from the north and left
today for Manila by way or Nagasahi.
The Shanghai Times refers editor
tally to Mr.. FAIRBANKS visit to China
at the present time as especially
helpful TO American interests.
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Continued On Page Ten.
TO ADDRESS BROKERS.
Will Talk to Big Board of Trade
Convention.

Chicago, Sept. 1S.-Speaker Cannon
has accepted an invitation to deliver
an address at the banquet by the
board OF trade to the out-of- town
members Of the Assembly of Elk
changes, Friday evening, Sept II.
The committee is arranging for severel
other speakers Of prominence for the
banquet
Among the exchanges which already
have elected representatives to attend
are the Baltimore Chamber of Com
merce, Boston Chamber Of Commerce
Buffalo Corn Exchange, Duluth Board
OF Trade. Kansas City Board of Trade
Memphis Merchants Exchange. Min
neapolis Chamber of Commerce, New
Orleans Board Of Trade, Omaha Grain
Exchange, Peoria Board Of Trade. St.
Louis Merchants Exchange, Toledo
Produce Exchange.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
SEARCH FoR LosT SHIP.
Vessel Dispatched 20 Look for Mis-
sing Passenger Steamer.

Cape Town. Sept. 1S.-In the hope
that the steamer Waratah, which with
30 passengers and crew aboard, has
been lost at sea for several weeks,
may yet be afioat. the search ship
Sabine left here today to make an
other search for the lost vessel. Ad-
miral Egerton. in command OF the
English ships here believes that the
waratah is still adrift though help
less. The Sabine has full crew
aboard. including a crew to man the
searchlights.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
SURGEON TO CURE THIEvNo.
Bones Pressing on skull Thought "a
Be Responsible for Weakness.

Bones Pressing on Skull Thought to
Be Responsible for Weakness.
st. Louis, Sept. IA surgical
operation recently performed at In
dianapolis. which resulted in making
a bad little boy good is to be dupIi-
Gated at the city hospital with hope
Of making Cyrus Eaton honest.
Eaton Is 80 years old and married.
He sustained fracture Of the skull
several years ago and the depressed
bones are resting on the part of the
braian governing his moral sensibili-
ties. BY raising the bones 1t is be-
lieved Eatons kleptomania viii be re-
moved
Eaton never showed disposition to
do wrong until he was hurt. The in
jury came from railing from horse.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
FLOOD MARooNs AMERICANS.
Missionaries to Be Rescued From
Inundated Mexican Towns.

Mexico City, Sept. 1s IA rescue party
under the leadership of w. A. Ross
left here today for San Juan. to go
to the relief Of u score Of Americans
in charge OF the Presbyterian mis-
sion school, marooned there by the
floods. The pupils and teachers are
reported to be safe, but suffering from
want of food.
Other parties are being organized to
aid the survivors of the flood in Ja-
miltapec district, in the state of OAK
AGA, following cloudburst, which
caused an over flow OF the Atoyac
river. Sugar plantations and mills
have been destroyed, hundreds OF cat
tie killed and scores OF farm Iaborers
drowned.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
LAw eIvEs AIM rwo wIvEs.
Divorce, Marriage and Withdrawal Of
Decree Put Man in Predioament.

Lewiston, Mont. Sept. &c. f..
Gander of Straw, Mont, has two wives
to both Of whom he is legally married.
Three years ago he was married at
Greenfield, Iowa, and took his bride to
Montana. Shortly afterward she went
home for visit and failed to return.
Gander sued for divorce, alleging he
did not know the whereabouts of his
wife. He obtained decree and mar
ried again. Mrs. Gander No. re-
turned and moved to have the divorce
decree set aside, alleging her husband
knew where she was. Judge CheadIe
vacated the divorce decree.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
FROZEN BODIES
OF FOUR FOUND

Berne, Switzerland, Sept. 10. - The
frozen bodies Of three German tourists
and Switz guide, who lost their lives
during recent snow storm of Jung
frau, were found yesterday at the foot
Of a glacier bellows mountain.
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Marseilles. Sept. 13.-The duke or
the Abruzzi IS expected to arrive here
tomorrow. He Is a passenger on the
steamer Oceana. The duAs is return
ing from an expedition to the Hirna-
layas and win be welcomed BY the
Italian consul general here. deIega-
ton from the Geographical society
and the project Of the department
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
.LOVETT FILLS
HARRIMAN'S JOB
LATE RAIL KINGS RIGHT HAND
MAN ELECTED CHAIRMAN
or THE UNION PACIFIC.

New YORK. Sept. 1s-Judge
Lovett was today elected chair
man OF the executive committee Of
the Union Pacific.
WIN. Rockefeller and Jacob
Schiff were elected directors.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-13
Unknown Man Killed.

Cass Lake. Mimi, Sept. I3.--An old
man. about 10 years OF age, was killed
by train near Farris early this morn
ing. The body was horribly mangled.
The mans name has not been learned.