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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
NARROW ESCAPE.

Bantry, N. D., Dec. 18.-What might
have been q serious flre fors Bantry
was narrowly ayerted at, Clarke &
Kings big mercantile establishment
by the disclosure 7of 1flre In the base
ment. The store at the time was
crowdede with people busily engaged
in buying for Christmas. Mrs. Nc
Intyre, who Xs one Of the customers,
made q com eSo oe smoke and soon
the whereabos Athe cause was
sought for. q. skoss head clerk
for the Arm, had pN cca;,x been in
the basement for somS9cE >'es and
left lamp burning. A TIE xes
containing canned goods fellr@ on
the lamp and crushed 1t. The barn
ing lamp quickly set fire to the dry
pine boxes saturated with oil from
the lamp.
It was impossible to reach the fire
on account Of the sitting smoke. Mr..
King Of the Arm. after providing a
chemical fire extinguisher, ran out
side and gave the FIRE alarm. Soon
q bucket, brigade was formed and
many buckets Of water were at hand.
The fire, however, had been exiting
uished.
The damage was slight. only few
boxes Of canned goods being dam
aged
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
JAMES ]. HILL
DOES NOT FEAR
/. GENERAL STRIKE
Says the Switchmen's Strike
Was Caused by Rivalry of
Organizations
EuGNEERS NO TRMNkEN
THE BEST PAID LABoRs
Cost Of Labor and Materials Have In.
creased So Much That the Large
Roads Are Having Trouble to Make
Both Ends Meet.

Portland, Ore, Dec. 1S-In discuss-
ing the general railroad conditions Of
the country yesterday, James ]. Hill
OF the Great Northern contended that
with the advance in the cost of all
materials required for the construc-
ton and maintenance Of railroads. the
large railroad systems of the country
are having trouble to make ends meet.
Engineers and trainmen," said Mr..
Hill, ARE among the best paid labor
ers In the country and their wages
have been increased more during the
last few years than those of any other
class OF workmen. For that reason
l think that the possibility of a gen
eral strike among these men is alto
gether remote and in fact not consid-
cred seriously by the men them
selves. The recent strike by the
switchmen employed on the northern
railroads was the result more of the
rivalry between the two organizations
of these employees than from any 9TH
e rcause. The organization which or
dered the walkout hoped to be sue
cessful and in that way attract to its
membership all the switchmen EN-
ployed on the other railroad systems
who are afiiliated with the order of
trainmen. But it required
only three days to place this strike
where 1t failed to prove troublesome
to the railroads. AS result the strike
exists in name only"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
RIVER IMPROVEMENTS
Effort to be Made in Congress in Be.
half of the Ohio.

Washington. Dec. 1s.-A deter
mined effort is to be made at this ses-
sion to secure the adoption by con-
gress Of definite scheme for the i'm
provement Of the Ohio river from
Pittsburg to Cairo and the authorize
tion for the construction of the needed
locks and dams within few years.
Once the project is authorized and the
government is irrevocably committed
to 1t the money necessary will be ap-
propriated from year to year as need
ed. The general idea of all concerned
is to secure its completion by the time
the Panama canal will be finished.
At a meeting of the congressman
whose districts border on the Ohio
river. held at the residence of Nicholas
Longworth few days ago, Represen-
tative John Dalzell of Pittsbure was
made chairman and empowered to an
point committee to draft a resoll-
tion setting forth the wishes of these
members with respect to the Ohio
river.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18

formation concerning the whereabouts
of his wife, his son, aged 10 and his
two daughters, one IL years old. the
other 8. This party of four arrived
at st. Pancras railway station last
Sunday night, got in cab and van
ished. The advertiser stated that he
was particularly anxious to get in
communication with the driver of the
cab.
The odd advertisement attracted at
tention, gossip grew. 1t was whis-
pered that the advertiser is peer
whose wife suddenly left his seat In
Leicestershire, taking her children
with her. FIR, once 1t proved gossip
told the truth.
The Aristocratic Advertiser
viscount Churchill, Sir Victor AL
bert Francis Charles Spencer, de-
scended from the Marlborough stock,
like that other Churchill who married
Consuelo Vanderbilt. was the adver-
ttser. His family had mysteriously
disappeared
His wife threatened to sue for d.
vorce. King Edward intervened. for
bidding the suit-there must be no
such scandal, said his majesty.
Lady Churchill obeyed the royal
mandate. She did not bring a suit.
but abruptly divorced herself, taking
along her son and daughters.
The magnitude Of the scandal can
be appreciated only when the orbit is
described in which all parties con-
cerned move around the throne. Wis
count Churchill is the son of the for
mer Lady Jane Conyngham. who was
Queen Victoria's favorite lady of the
bed chamber He is one of the Con-
servative whips in the house of lords
and has been lord in waiting to his
majesty. controlling the issue of in
vitations to the court and. most espe-
cially, those envied cards to the royal
box at the Ascot races. The viscount
has received the decorations Of the
highest orders from most Of the mon
archs of Europe.
The Wife Who Vanished
His wife was Lady Verina Maud
Lowther. sister of the Earl of Ions
dale. Of one of the oldest families in
England. New Workers with memo
~ will recall the Earl Of Lonsdale as
having visited New York years ago as
manager" Of the Violet Cameron
Comic Opera company. Having sown
his wild oats, the earl is reaping now
adays only the pleasing crop that
grows In the sunshine of royal and
imperial favor. The emperor of Ger
many has been his guest at Lowther
castle. The earl is easily the best
sportsman. in England; yachtsman
whip, president Of the international
horse show.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
Leopold Placed Restriction in
Will Concerning Those Who
Should Attend
THE NEW KING ASSUMES
the TITLE Of ALBERT FIRST
Dead Kings Papers Are to be De:
stroyed or Turned Over to His Sue.
cessor-Private Secretary is Execu.
tor Of His viii.

Brussels, Dec. 18.-King Leopold
in his will declared that he possessed
only 100000 which he left to his
children. His majesty expressed 9
desire that no autopsy be performed
and said, apart from my nephew
Prince Albert, and the members OF
my household, / forbid any one to
attend my funeral. My papers shall
be DESTROYED or handed to Prince Al
bert"
Baron Goffinet, who was the pri-
vate secretary of King Leopold, has
been appointed executor of the will
of the late king.
Albert, the new king, will take the
name Of Albert I.
Secret Marriage.
Paris, Dec. ia special dispatch
from Brussels to the Figaro says that
Baron Goff1net, private secretary. to
the late king of Belgium. denied the
report that q. civil marriage was per-
formed at the death bed of Leopold,
but the baron admitted that secret
religious marriage probably took
place recently, although the king
never specifically informed his init
mate friends regarding such marriage.
Should this be the case, the marriage
would have no legal standing in Bel
gium and no complications are feared.
Baron Gofinet said further that
Baroness Vaughan would bring her
children to Balincourt today, but
would return Immediately to Brus-
sells, where she wouhl be allowed to
remain unless her presence provoked
scandal.
~ Denied BY vatican.
Rome, Dec. fS..lIt was stated off,
cially today that the vatican had
nothing to do with the morganatic
marriage of the. late King Leopold
asId Baroness Vaughan. 4 " (
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
OIL LAKES ARE
FATAL TO DUCKS
Thousands of Birds Die After
Reaching the Oklahoma
Oil Fields

Ardmore, Okla, Dec. 1s.-Thou-
sands of wild ducks and other water
fowl have met death this season in
the oil lakes In the Wheeler oil field,
west of this place. The lakes are
used for open storage for oil that
escapes from the derricks. The oil
has the appearance of water. which
deceives the ducks into lighting. and
their death quickly follows. Not only
Is the oil fatal in it's physical effects,
but when the feathers of the ducks
are once covered with oil they are
unable to fly. The region is a natural
highway for water fowl in their an
nual flights. An oil prospector has
written this. letter to an Ardmore
newspaper:
While this may not appeal to the
public at large. am sure it will rivet
the attention or our sportsmen and
all who are interested in the protec-
ton of the feathered tribe. Recently,
while in the neighborhood of Wheeler,
upon visiting the oil fields. as !
stepped upon the banks of large
lake of oil was shocked at the sight
before me. l stood there in one place
and counted more than fifty ducks,
many of which were mallards, lying
upon the surface of that death trap,
whose shining bosom. situated as it
is, attracts ducks for miles around,
and doubtless claiming as many VIC
Tins as all the hunters together bag
in this country in a season. Once the
ducks light upon it's surface, they can
never free themselves from it's death
grip, and should they make their way
to the bank, 1t is only to succumb in
a few minutes to the deadly effects of
the oil.
Does it not look as IL the legislature
should investigate these conditions
and see that laws are passed to the
effect that these lakes of oil, not only
here. but elsewhere over the state,
be screened against the wholesale
slaughter of not only harmless, but
useful birds?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
PECKHAM EULoGY
Alton B. Parker Presided and De
livered PRINCIPAL Address

Washington, Dec. 1s-With Judge
Alton B. Parker Of. New York presid-
Ing and delivering the principal ad-
dress of eulogy, the members of the
bar OF the supreme court of the Unit
ed States met in the supreme court
rooms at the capitol today and adopt
ed resolutions commemoraing the late
Justice Rufus w. Peckham, associate
justice of the supreme court. The
assemblage was called to order by So
licitor General Lloyd w. Bowers, who
moved the selection of Judge Parker
to preside. Upon assuming the chair.
Judge Parker delivered his address
upon the characte rand accomplish
ments of the late. Justice.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
CHANGE IN THE CABINET
". o. THOMPSON LIKELY TO sue.
cEED SECRETARY WILSON
IN JANUARY.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-According to
present plans, Secretary James Will
son, of the department of agriculture,
is to retire about January 1, and is
to be succeeded by, William O.
Thompson, president of the Ohio state
university.
Secretary Wilson's ambition to
round out cabinet term longer than
that Of any other American was
achieved on November 30, last, when
he passed the record of Albert, Gala
tin. secretary Of the treasury in the
two Jefferson and two Madison ad-
ministrations. Gallatin's term ran
from May IA, 1901, to February g.
1914, making twelve years, eight
months, and twenty-six days. Secre-
tary Wilson was appointed by Presi-
dent Mckinley March 4, 1897, and on
January l next he will have served
twelve years, nine months, and twen-
ty-seven days.
President Roosevelt told some OF
his friends, just before March last,
that he had made only one request of
President-elect Taft. That was that
he should reappoint Secretary Will
son and retain him until he could
round out the longest. cabinet term in
American history.
Request Granted Readily.
This request met with the cordial
approval Of President Taft, and If
Secretary Wilson were willing to re-
main longer it would be entirely
agreeable to the president. It is un-
derstood,. however. that Mr.. Wilson
Is now not only ready but anxious
to retire.
William oxley Thompson, his sue
cessor, Is a native of Ohio. born at
Cambridge. November S. 1855, the son
Of David Glenn and Oxley Thompson.
He was graduated from Muskingum
college in 1873. and from the Western
Theological seminary at Allegheny
City, Pa, in 1882. when be was or
dained to the Presbyterian ministry.
He preached in Iowa, became presi-
dent Of Longmont college, Colnrsdo.
and served as president of Nliami
university. at Oxford. Ohio. from 1891
to 1899. He was made president of
the Ohio university at Columbus, in
1899. Mr.. Thompson received the de-
gree of LII. D. from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1897
Active in PRblic I.'fc
Although minister cf 80 ->~-al
by profession. Mr.. Thoynrso, al---:-S
has taken an active par t. n.,','i-
affairs. and is by no rco-- ur-.-
quainted with the duties - ~, ~c'-,
70 which he Ia ~ ne ":.-,-...-' 80 x ~
and Presidcnt Taft - - =. --.-.--.-..-l
friends, ands the rreeta.-.t = A. i = -'-,
the highest resard sr.g''ss 1890 -.
m e~or,.ts'-a. Ir-ae,. ~. ;, : -...-,
sdmirietratir- 10. o'..s --,---..-..,.
hes r,ade -ro-da-f,.l $50 50 .i-
c'e-" ~''''e;.''' -',.' = - 4 W. =
fttenti,r IL ether tstes. '3
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18

good roads becaussllit would increase
the business of tho railroad COM
panies as 1t increased the efficiency
OF the farms. Hs said that the i'm
provement Of the -highways would re-
duce the cost oktransporting farm
crops to the railroads from five per
cent to two, per cert Of the value Of
the crops.: President Taft sent a let
ter in which he urged good roads
work. ...
Mayor Jones Of Independence, Mo-,
explained how Jackson county built
It's rock roads and ho.w valuable &hey
had been found Is sbl. He said the
county + adding dtHect taxes to the
road funds.to ihensse the mileage:
representing the swomen's. clubs,
urged good roads work bsca1ise good
roads are the most. important social
problem now before the country.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
FOR FAMILY
LADY vERINA MAUD CHURCHILL
vANIsHEs WITH HER THREE
CHILDREN.

London, Dec. 1s-viscount Church
ills earnest effort to comply with
King Edwards desire that none of his
get be involved in a scandal, particu-
larry q divorce suit, has resulted in. a
scandal far louder than any suit for
divorce could have caused.
An advertisement was published
last week in which an anonymous per-
son offered $125 reward for any in
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
MEN SENTENCED

Crookston Times: aLte yesterday
afternoon Fred G. Smith entered a
plea of guilty before Judge Watts to
forging check on Smith & Sinclair
the East Grand Forks hverymen, and
was sentenced to eighteen months in
the penitentiary.
Victor Hellein, charged with grand
larceny at East Grand Forks. also en-
tered plea of guilty and was sentenc-
ed to ten months in the penitentiary.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
oPTIMIST SUICIDED
She Preached Cheer4ulness But Could
Not Stand Adversely, .@

st. Louis5 Dec. 1s.-Mrs. Emma
Peck, whom friends knew as q con-
queror of troubles and teacher of OPP
timism, yielded today tosaa, weight of
adversity that would have crushed a
weaker spirit long before. AT noon
she shot herself through the heart at
the Kentwood hotel. 9, ;->-te
BE happy was Mrs. Peck's daily
admonition to her neihgbers. why
have. wrinkles and gray hairs?, Your
greatest troubles are those you make
for yourself"
Less .han three years ago Mrs: Peck
met with news that would have shak-
en- the loyalty and have broken the
heart of almost any wife. She learned
that her husband. Thomas v. Peck,
had been compelled to pay tribute to
woman whose claims on himself he
was obliged to admit. As chief clerk
to the board Of education he fraudu-
lently placed this woman's name on
the roofs as substitute teacher.
When the fraud was discovered Peck
was sent to prison.
She Stood by Her Husband.
Although prostrated at first by the
shock Of his arrest and the greater
strain on her. wounded feelings, the
wife stood by him and by diligent and
persistent work obtained his pardon
after he had served q few months.
Prison life. had crushed Peck and he
died soon after. Then her sister, her
favorite, became i'll and died.
Just before noon today the daughter
Of the manager of the hotel saw Mrs.
Peck come from a telephone booth.
She was weeping.
You have no right to say such
things to me-" the girl heard Mrs.
Peck say over the telephone, evident
ly tot man at the other end, of the
line.
Mrs. Peck went to her room and
shut herself in. Beside the revolver
on the dressing table in Mrs. Peck.s
room was a postcard bearing a poem
entitled Smile" All around on the
walls Of her room hung such notices
as "cheer up. life is what you make
It. forget your troubles, and so on.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
Mother MADE. /"
s|CEN|M. COURT
= Z. q 'E AF ''asF .
= "a. 3.S.l -;-att5 ~
Denied Permission g to Make a
Statement. She Was Led
III, Jso4 san u.

= New York. Dec. 1s.-Mrs. caroline
B. Martin. tho mother Of ocsy snead,
created alsoens IN the tombs police
courtsa when she was arraigned today
on the charge Of murder. Denied per-
mission to make a statement, Mrs.
Martin, who was not represented by
counsel, declared she meant to have
her, rights. She resisted the court Of
ffcers' efforts to quiet her and was
led screaming out of the court room.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
COLD: WAVE J.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 182The tem-
perature today dropped to six degrees
below zero. The cold wave still how
ers over north Nebraska and southern
South Dakota. The thermometer in
Norfolk registered sixteen degrees be-
low zero this morningsnt.a,s
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
Leaders Conferrine

St. Paul, Dec. 1S-The heads of
eleven organizations representing the
railway section of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor met at the Hotel
Foley here today to discuss the strike
OF the switchmen of the northwest
ern railroads. While none of the
strike leaders would discuss the meet
ings as freely as they did few days
ago. 1t was intimated that the depart
ment would take some decisive action.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
The Oriental Limited Went
Over Embankment at West
ern Springs, Ill
was RUNNING At SPEED OF. .e5
MILES an HOUR WHEN WRECKED
Broken Rail Curled Under Cessh.
Throwing Sleepers From the Tr.ss
No One Was Killed and Pssse,,
gers Dressed In Coaches. !

Chicago. Dec. 1s.-Train No 81 IN
Tue Cnicago. Burlington and Quincy
raiiroad. the Oriental Limited. Was
wrecked at 4:3O this morning "A
western Springs, ILL.,, near CHICAGO.
Inc three sleeping cars rolled down
an embankment No person was Kill
ed, several We're injured. A few Of
the injured are seriously hnrt Two
"omen ;' passengers were the drst in
Jurea. one suffered a broken leg
anu the other broken arm. The
otner passengers hurt received cuts
from Droken glass. and were bruised
ana shaken up. The train, which
came from the Pacific coast by way;
OF st. Paul, was running rapidly. be-
ing seven or eight hours late. It Was
que IN Chicago at 9 o'clock last night.
At 4:3O this morning when near
western Springs. ILL.,. broken rail
sent the three sleeping cars rolling
down an embankment ten or fifteen
feet high. pitching the cars on their
sides in the ditch. The fact that NO
person on board the train was killed
seems remarkable to all who were In
the accident. Although the weather
was nearly zero. the passengers suf-
'fered little from the cold. as relief
was promptly at hand, and the
passengers were able to dress before
leaving the cars, notwithstanding
that the coaches were in the ditch.
At the time Of the wreck the train
was moving at high speed in an at
tempt to make up time. Railroa doffi-
cials assert that the speed was fifty
miles an hour, but the passengers and
trainmen on the wrecked cars declare
the speed was nearer sixty-five miles
an hour. The broken rail. termed by
railroaders a Snake rail-" coiled up
beneath the cars instead of piercing
one Of the cars and causing death.
The rail wa sentangled beneath the
second coach when the cars swung.
across the tracks and stopped.
Among the injured are:
T. A. Ball and wife, Finley, N.
D., bruised and cut by flying glass.
BENJAMIN Bales, Fargo. n. D., neck.
body and limbs cut and bruised.
Mrs. Mary Reed, Ross, N. D., and
daughter, head cut. body bruised.
Miss Viola Mitchell, Charlotte, N.
D., bruised.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18

The wrecked train is the Great Nor
thern Oriental Limited which passed
through Grand Forks on Thursday
night The Oriental is taken over
the G. B. E. @. road from st. Paul to
Chicago.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
Five Dead

Cleveland. Ohio. Dec. 1s-Ffve per-
sons are dead as he result of a colli-
sion between a Lake Shore passenger
train and switch engine at East
Twenty-siXth street early today. Ten
passengers were bruised but continue
ed thei rjourney. The passenger
train was westbound from New York
and connects here with the Big Four
railway for ST Louis The dead and
fatally injured were all members Of
the crews of the trains.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-18
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN FINDS NO |;
PROOF THAT COOK REACHED NORTH POLE:
indications Point to Refutation Of the Doctors
the Session to the Consistory as Secret-Lively
Followed the ,Report Of the Committee

copenhagen Dec 8The
me the
ed to that
cosoy Oh the university
the first
Dr. committee
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

was getting $3.50 week Personally,
l think that he was not guilty.
Before the fire the supers received
$3.50 a week: afterward they organ
lied sort of union. and we have to
pay them 80 cents a week additional
now. Supers are an enigma. At the
old Tivoli there was super named
Mallon, one of those chaps that possess
a past, good blood and all that sort
of thing This Mallon was a good
looking chap. with rather clear cut
features, but a weak mouth. He was
not supposed to sing in the chorus,
but one day the stage manager noticed
him doing so. Well, he edged around
to where Mallon was standing and
listened. After rehearsal, he said to
Mallon L want our musical director
to try out your voice. They took
Mallon down in front and tried his
voice They were amazed. Why,
you've got a magnificent barytone.
they said. See here. Tell you what
we'll do; we'll give you SIS week to
start with, and a regular part. Why,
you ought to be making a good salary
inside of so days at the most. Now,
what do you say?' Mallon looked at
them. All the little life and animation
left his face He sort of slouched
down as he stood there. oh. / guess
don't want to learn your part every
week. he drawled. 'Supins good
enough for. me-
That's the way they are. There
was Johnny Hayes, one of the old
timers He suped with Booth and
was offered splendid chance. Johnny
lived in tenement guess it was in
his blood. He never did anything else
Like Mallon, of later days, supin was
good enough
"It's amusing, the responses. we have
to .Wanted-Supers. Recently I adj
yertised for 10 men who could ride
at 81 the week. About 40 answered.
wanted four. Every one of the 40
either Just had been or was just go
ing to ride the favorite at Emeryyilie.
They we're a tough looking bunch!
Among the four that took was lit
tie niger There were two things
that that little coon could really do
ride and clog. He was wonder at
clogging; we kept him busy at it. The
last night OF the performance one of
the vaudeville men drifted In That
little niger is on a vaudeville circuit
now gettfnc r 30 a week. He start