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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
American Woman's League MEETING

Until further notice the "Langdon
Chapter" of the American Woman's
League, will meet the first and third
Monday, of each month at the home of
Miss Prinyer. MRS. Jos. Power,
Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-03
Momey TO loan
rates

on Farm Mortgages. Lowest rates
and reasonable amounts. Prepay
lnent privileges allowed.
C. 2. GETCHElL. Males. N. d..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
NINETY-FIVE RESCUED
FROM SINKING STEAMER
Santa Clara Founders Four Miles
From Pacific Coast After Aban-
donment Of Leaking Ship.

EUREKA, Cal, April 14.-Ninety-five
persons rescued from the North Pacific
Steamship Company's steamer Santa
Clara, which foundered yesterday, ar
rived here today on the tug Ranger
Every body on the ship was rescued. The
Santa Clara sank about four miles down
the coast.
The Santa Clara, which was bound for
San Francisco, had almost cleared the bar
when her keel plunged into the sand and
she sprang bad leak. Her serious condi-
ton was not fully realized until a point
four miles south of Table Rock war
reached.
The steamer was put about then and eff
forts made to return to Eureka. Water
poured so rapidly into the hold, however,
that the fires were swamped. =
Wireless calls for help brought the
Ranger The steamer was settling fast
when the tug came up and got q line tt
her. The transfer by small boats of the
sixty-one passengers was Immediately be-
gun.
high sea was running and the work
of rescue was both slow and perilous
But shortly after o'clock the last of
the passengers and crew were safely
aboard the tug. The Santa Clara, then
low in the water. was left to her fate
The Ranger lay outside the bar all night,
awaiting daylight before attempting to
return to the harbor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
SUGAR PROBE PROGRESSES.
President Confers Over Prosecution
of Fraud Cases.

President Taft conferred for three hours.
from to 6 o'clock, yesterday afternoon,
with Secretary MacVeagh, Assistant Sec
retary Curtis, Collector Loeb of the port
of New York and Henry L. Stimson, spe-
cial attorney Of the government in the su-
gar fraud cases, over matters connected
with these cases, especially in reference
to further prosecutions that are contem-
plated
Last night the White House issued the
following statement regarding the con-
ference:
"Mr Stimson. who has charge of the
prosecution of the customs frauds in the
weighers department In New York. and
Mr.. Loeb, the collector of the port, were
summoned to Washington for a confer
ence with reference TO the progress of the
investigations and their prosecution.
.'The conference related not only to the
criminal prosecutions and Investigations
before the grand jury. but also as to the
executive inspection which has been con-
Quoted by the Treasury Department, and
general subjects developed as a result of
the investigation. The conference dis
closed that the criminal prosecutions were
being vigorously conducted and that the
examinations by the Treasury Department
were making satisfactory headway."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
Would Amend Personal Tax Law.
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Two Persons Also Injured When
Train Hits Machine.

MERIDEN. Conn.,. April 14.-One wom-
an was killed outright, another woman
seriously injured and man probably
fatally hurt early today when a south
bound passenger train on the New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroad struck
a large touring car In which the three
were riding.
The woman killed was Mrs. Edward
Murdock of Simsbury and the injured are
Joseph T. Curtis. also of Simsbury, who
In In critical condition at local hos
pitai. and Mrs. John 8. Henderson, whose
injuries are serious. but not thought to be
fatal.
Colony street grade crossing. where the
view Of the railroad track Is obscared by
large t3iilding. ....
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
NO REPRISALS BY POPE.
Not Stricken From List Of
Candidates for Cardinalate.

ROME. April 1.-The report that the
Pope had eliminated the names of Ameri-
can candidates from the list of those
proposed for the cardinalate has upon in
vestigation been found to be erroneous.
1t was authoritatively denied today
Tho idea that such step had been taken
because Theodore Roosevelt did not visit
the I ope was characterized as ridiculous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
FLAMES SWEEP FACTORY,
Forty Workwomen Driven Out, One
Radlv Burned

BOSTON. April IA spark, a puff OF
smoke, sweep OF flame and a rush for
the street by forty workwomen followed
fast in the. mattress factory Of John HoI-
man q Co. at North and Richmond
streets. today. Before the flremen put out
the flames some 10000 worth of mer-
chandise had disappeared or was badly
damaged
One woman, Miss Irene Kelsie, was SO
badly burned that she was taken to q
hospital, while several others also suf-
fered less serious burns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
Requisition for Hoffstot.

HARRISBURG, Pa, April 14.-Gov.
Stuart today signed reQuisition apon
Qov. Hughes of New York for the re-
turn to Pennsylvania of Frank K.
Hoffstot, wanted in Pittsburg on brib-
cry charges. District Attorney William
M. Blakeley OF Pittsburg> received the
papers in person.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
Licensed to Marry in Two Minutes

NEW YORK. April 14.-Lawrence Swift
and Elizabeth Maria Hurry got their
license to marry yesterday In just two
minutes by Mr.. Swifts split-second
chronometer. The brides father Is q
member of the law firm of Hurry &
Gallup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
Disastrous Blaze in Michigan.

KALKASKA. Mich, April IA fire
which started in a saloon swept the west
side of Main street early today. destroyed
eight business buildings, including the
Manning House, Kalkaska's principal ho-
tel The total damage. is. estimated at
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
Brother of Garfield Dead.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. April a.
Thomas Garfield. brother of the mar
tyred President. Is dead at Jamestown.
Ottawa county, where he had lived Tor
forty~th three years -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
Seeking Jury to Try Hyde.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, April 14-Pending
the subpoenaing OF thirty new venire-
men, no morning session of the Hyde
murder trial was held today. The SUBJ
poenas were made returnable st 2
o clock this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
TO TAX LECAC|ES
House, District Committee
Orders Favorable Report.
MILLER BILL CONSIDERED
Unanimous Approval Given-Views
of Observation-Disclosures
to Personal Tax Law.

BY a unanimous vote the House COM
mittee on the District Of Columbia to-
day ordered a favorable report on the
bill introduced by Representative Miller
of Minnesota to tax legacies in the
District Of Columbia.
The bill provides for taxation of and
fixing the rate of taxation on in
heritances, devises, bequests. legacies
and gifts in the District of Columbia, -
and provides for "the manner Of pay
ment as well as the manner Of enforc-
ing payment thereof"
Mr. Miller was heard by the committee
In advocacy of the measure. He was the
only witness.
The bill provides that such tax shall be
computed upon the full and true value of
such inheritance, devise. beQuest, legacy
or gift above such excess at the rate of
21k per cent for over $1,000 and less than
$4,000, and per cent for over $4,000.
The Exempted Glass.
In the exempted class is property de-
vised, bequeathed or donated TO any per-
son who is bishop or to any religious,
educational, charitable, missionary, be-
nevolent. hospital or infirmary corpora
tion. including corporations organized ex-
clusively for Bible or tract purposes,
and property devoted to "A corporation or
association organized exclusively for the
moral or mental improvement of men or
women. or for scientific, literary, library,
patriotic, cemetery or historical purposes
or for the enforcement of laws relating
to children or animals or for two Or more
such purposes and used exclusively for
carrying out one or more of such pur-
poses.
View of the Commissioners.
Reporting on the Miller bill, the Dis
trict Commissioners have notified the
House District committee that at is
clearly demonstrated that the govern
ment of the District Of Columbia can
be maintained, very large improvements
carried to completion within twelve
years. and this debt be totally extin-
guished in at least twenty-five years
and very probably in twenty years, and
therefore 1t does not appear necessary
to the board that the combined re-
increased by adding any tax to existing
ievies unless it Is thought to be desira-
Bile to undertake improvements In addi-
ton to those comprehended in the
above bill"
Would Amend Personal Tax Law.
Representative Nye of Minnesota is pre-
pairing an amendment to the personal tax
law of the District. He does not believe
that the District Of Columbia Is getting
sufficient revenue from this law and thinks
that a considerable amount of personal
taxes now escape levy. His amendment
will provide that all personal property
shall be included as taxable over the pres
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
BADLY HURT
BECOMES ENTANGLED AND
FALLS FROM BALLOON.
Maj. Won Parseval's Aeroplane Turns
-, .fSsS
Turtle in Wind and Drops
in Lake.

BERLIN, April 14.-Aeronaut Lorenz
became entangled in the guide rope of the
military dirigible balloon M4 as it was
leaving the ground today, and was car
ried high above the field, where he hung
for a moment and then fell. He was
frightfully and probably fatally injured.
The accident occurred on Tegel field
and was witnessed by three hundred
members of the Prussian parliament. who
had been invited by the minister OF war
to see the airship maneuver.
PLAU, Germany, April 1i.--Maj. Won
ParsevaPS new aerOplane, the largest
yet constructed. and which early this
month underwent successful preliminary
trials here. was caught in a violent
wind while flying over Lake Plau to-
day. and, turning turtle, fell into the
waters.
Engineers Escape Injury.
Engineers Blochmann and Hoff es-
capped uninaured. They dropped with
the machine, but succeeded in freeing
themselves from the wreckage and
were picked up by a passing craft.
Maj Won Parseval'S invention, which
came to grief today. is a monoplane with
fOur-cylinder motor of 10 horsepower.
1t carries 10 pounds of petrol. and was
expected to remain in the air three hours
The breadth Of the plane is 45La feet and
the length Of the machine is 45 feet. 1t
is provided with torpedo-like floats for
descending on water and with wheels for
descent on land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
Many Saloons Would Close UP.

IT think the question presented by this
section Is whether or not the sale of LIQUOR
will be prohibited in the District" re-
marked Senator Carter.
Mr.. Dinwiddie agreed that it would prob
ably eliminate the saloons from the resi-
dence section Of the city, but was not
convinced it would remove them from the
business sections.
wouldn't II shut out most all of the
saloons?" asked Senator Bulkley of Con-
necticut.
'It would shut out good many" re-
piled Mr.. Dinwiddie, amid laughter.
It was also pointed out that the bill will
prohibit music and other such enter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
Weather.

Fair and warmer tonight.
Friday partly cloudy and
warmer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
FRED RlNKER GETS AWAY
Escapes From Officer by Jumping From
Train,

Fred Rinker of Bismarck, who is
also known as the millionaire kid"
escaped from Deputy Sheriff Barnes at
Mandan after having been arrested at
Miles City, Mont.
Rinker has had a spectacular ca.
reel Working in a Bismarck hotel as
a bell boy he declared last winter that
an uncle at Crookston, Mimi, had died
and left him a fortune of $25, 900. Later
the story was proved to be without
foundation and the theft of a case of
cigars from the Northern Pacific
freight Office was traced to him. but
not until he had left the city.
He was captured at Linton while
working with a survey crew and
lodged in the county Jail to await trial,
but escaped in company with a former
convict. He was arrested at Billings
and was being brought to Bismarck
when his second escape was made.
While %handcuffed he jumped through
a window. He then went to the North
ern Pacific shops at Mandan and told
a story of being held up and hand
cuffed by tramps. Employees in the
shops cut the chains between the cuffs
and Rinker thanked them and stated
that he was going to the police to have
the cuffs unlocked.
This was the last seen of him and a
reward Of $3.50 has been offered for his
arrest.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
MAY BE DOUBLE MURDER
charIton's Coat Discovered Near Place
Where Wife's Body Was Found.

Como, Italy, June IA part of a
mans coat, declared by some Of his
fishermen neiRhbors to have belonged
to Porter Charlton, was found in Lake
Como, from the water of which the
body of his murdered bride, Mary
Scott Castle Charlton, was recovered
last Friday.
The torn garment was fished up
from the bottom Of the lake near the
spot where the trunk containing the
body of the woman was found.
This discovery strengthens the
theory of many that a double murder
was committed. This is the view of
Charles M. Caughy, the American con-
sui at Milan, who believes that Charl-
ton met the same fate as did his wife.
Mr.. Caughy is actively engaged in fur
thering the Investigation. Earlier evil
dence that both of the Americans
were killed, presumably for their val
uables, was found in the blood spat-
tered bed at the villa which they occu-
MED.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
HAMILToN's, GREAT FLIGHT
Aviator Makes Round Trip Between
New York and philadelphia.

New York, June 14.-Charles K.
Hamilton arose in his aeroplane from
Governors Island and sped without a
break Lightweight miles to Philadel-
phia in a remarkable cross country
flight under the auspices of the New
York Times and the Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger. He made the trip in one
hour and fifty-one minutes. ....s.
Alighting at Aviation field he deliv-
cred letters from Governor Hughes
and Mayor Gaynor to Governor Stuart
and Mayor Reyburn, accepted mes
sages of congratulation from them to
bear in return and started for New
York again with only brief intermis-
sion for food, fuel and oil. He had
flown approximately seventy miles of
his return journey when a sluggish
motor drove him to descend in a
swamp near South Amboy, N. j. The
propeller vas broken there in landing,
but after repairs had been made Ham
ilton resumed his flight and landed at
Governors Island. The return trip
Naas made in one hour and thirty-six
minutes at an estimated average
speed of 54.96 miles an hour, which
breaks the record made in the Curtiss
flight from Albany to New York.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
IN NORTH DAKOTA
News Of the Week From Vari-
Gus Parts Of the State.
TAXES on RANCH CATTLE
Important Case Pending in Nc.
Kenzie County.

Mckenzie county has a claim aggre-
eating about 5000 for delinquent per=
sonal taxes on a bunch Of ranch cattle
supposed to belong to ]. E. Phelan,
and so assessed.
After due advertisement the Of
icials assembled on the reservation
and rounded up about 400 cattle,
which they proposed to sell for taxes.
They were stopped just as the sale
was commencing by an officer bearing
an injunction signed by Judge Goss
Of Minot, acting for Judge Crawford
Of Dickinson, restraining the sheriff
from selling or otherwise interfering
with the cattle.
1t is now said that the cattle belong
to the Springvale Cattle company, of
which ]. E. Phelan is president. The
matter will go to the courts and will
be watched with great interest, as sew
eral counties in what has been unor-
ganized territory have been unable to
collect taxes on ranch cattle, and even
the state has been unable to collect
taxes in unorganized territory.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
OFFICIALS GUILTY
c. R. Reike and E ". Ger
braCht Convicted

New York, June 11.-Charles R.
Heike, the white haired secretary of
the American Sugar Refining com
pany, was convicted on one count of
an Indictment charging conspiracy to
defraud the government of customs
dues on sugar.
Ernest W. Gerbracht, former super
1ntendent of the Williamsburg Crook
lynn refinery, was convicted on all
six counts.
For James F. Bendernagel, former
cashier of the refinery, the jury stood
seven to five for acquittal. He will
be tried again.
This ends the governments second
attempt to imprison the group of men
responsible for the vast underweigh-
ing frauds to which the so called trust
has virtually confessed by the restitu-
ton of more than $4,000, 900 in duty.
The trial was started on May 16,
with six defendants included in the
indictment. Besides, Heike, Gerbracht
and Bendernagel there were three
minor employes-Harry W. Walker,
assistant dock superintendent, and
Jean M. Voelker and James F. Halli.
gan, checkers.
The trial had not progressed far,
however, when the testimony so in.
eliminated these men that their coun.
sci entered pleas of guilty. They have
not yet been sentenced.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
ROOSEVELT ON OCEAN
Visit Of Former President in
Europe Ended.

Southampton, Eng, June 11.-Colo-
mel Theodore Roosevelt has turned
homeward, he and his family sailing
aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria,
which is due to arrive in New York on
the morning of Saturday, June 10.
After nearly fifteen months of sail
ing and trampipg, hunting in the jun
giles of Africa and basking in the
glamor of royal courts, of the quietude
of Italian villas and the white heat of
political discussion, of varied expe-
riences such as fall to the lot of few
men, the colonel is finally on the last
leg of his memorable trip, with the
distinction that he has been the most
talked of traveller that ever left the
shore of America.
A great crowd gathered at the pier
and gave Roosevelt a rousing sendoff.
Scores of notables from London, dis
appointed at his failure to return to
the metropolis after his visit at New
forest with Sir Edward Grey, came to
Southampton to get a last glimpse of
the colonel.
The Roosevelt family, including the
colonel and his wife, Miss Ethel and
Kermit and MIS-. Longworth, occupied
two suites forward on the port side of
the promenade deck. The imperial
suite of four rooms was occupied by
Roosevelt and his wife, while a suite
of three rooms was taken by the chill
6rnn
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
Favorable Action on Postal
Savings Bank Bill
PR0v|RIONS OF THE MEASURE
Deposits Of Any One Person
Limited to $500.

Washington, June 10.-Representa-
tive Hammond of Minnesota was one
of twenty-five Democrats who voted
for the administration postal savings
banks bill in the house, which passed,
1875 to 101.
Under the terms of the postal saw
ings bank bill passed by the house a
board of trustees is created consist
ing of the postmaster general, the sec
rotary of the treasurer and the attor-
ney general, who shall declare what
p%ostofices shall become postal saw
ings banks. Deposits in these banks
made by any person shall not be more
than 500 a month or exceed a total of
$500. An account may be opened with
81, but stamps of 10 cents each will
be issued for those desiring to accumu-
late money to be deposited. On de-.
posts 2 per cent per annum is to be
paid.
Any depositor so desiring can
change his deposits for government
bonds to be issued in denominations
of $40, $40, $50, $50, 500 or $500, TO
bear interest at 2h per cent per an
mum. The money accumulated in the
| postal savings banks is to be deposit
| ed in both national and state banks in
the vicinity of the postoffices in which
the money is deposited by the people,
such banks to pay IN per cent int.
| rest.
Five per cent of the total deposit is
to be retained by the secretary of the
treasury as a cash reserve. Not more
than 80 per cent of these deposits may
be withdrawn by the government at
any one time for investment in bonds
of the United States, the remaining IS
per cent to remain on deposit in the
banks.
The banks are required to give as
security for the deposits they receive
public bonds or other securities sup.
ported by the taxing power" which
restricts such securities to some form
of national, state, municipal or other
such bonds approved by the board OF
trustees in charge of postal savings
banks. A
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
GREAT FIRE AT SEATTLE
Six City Blocks Destroyed, Causing
Loss of a Million.

Seattle, Wash, June 12.-Fire that
broke out on the northern water front
during a hurricane was carried by
the wind to a district to the eastward
thickly covered by wooden buildings
and in a short time twenty acres were
ablaze, causing a loss of $1,000 900 and
rendering 500 people homeless.
The fire, starting at Railroad ave-
nue. and Battery streets, destroyed all
the buildings On six city blocks and
picked out a wooden house here and
there in the surrounding district not
entirely fire swept. When the flames
were at their height burning. brands
set fire to houses several blocks from
the main fire.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
REFUSES TO SEE HARRISON
President Taft Snubs the New York
Congressman.


Washington, June 10.-President
Taft declined to receive Representa-
tive Francis Burton Harrison, Demo-
crat, of New York, who called at the
White House in company with two
other representatives to introduce a
number of Jewish rabbis who took up
with the president the question of the
expulsion of Jews from Russia.
The president received the delega-
ton and chatted with it's various mem
bers for fifteen minutes or more. Rep
resentative Goldfogle of New York
had the situation been handled by Sec
rotary Norton that not one of the call
ers knew anything of the incident un-
til Representative Harrison returned
to the Capitol and there made a state
ment to the effect that he had been re-
buffed by the president.
MI. Taft based his refusal to see
Mr.. Harrison on statements attributed
by newspapers to the representative
in connection with his resolution in
the house calling upon Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham for full information
as to the connection of his Office with
the Ballinger-Pinchot episode. Mr..
Harrison, according to the White
House version of the matter, charged
the president and the attorney general
with having wilfully attempted to mis-
lead congress in the back dating OF
the attorney generals summary of the
CLAWS charges against the secretary
of the interior.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
Woman Badly Burned.

After she had finished cleaning a
pair of white kid gloves, and while she
still had the oil saturated gloves on,
Miss Ina Leguee of Grand Forks in
advertently ignited a match. The fire
following resulted in both of her arms
being terribly blistered clear to the
elbow, as it was impossible to get the
burning gloves off till the oil had
burned out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-06-16
CLouDBuRsT IN M
Late Estimates Place Dead at One
Hundred and Fifty.

Cologne, Germany, June 14.-Great
loss of life has occurred in the Abr
valley of the Eifel region as the re-
suit of a %cloudburst which swept the
district Sunday night. Late estimates
place the total number Of dead at $50.
The greatest loss of life occurred
where two barracks containing Italian
and Creation laborers employed on
the railway were swept away. The
inmates were surprised in their sleep
and generally unable to help them
selves. Thirty-seven bodies have been
recovered.
The food subsidized as suddenly as
It came and the danger Is now past.
Many peasants, however, have lost
everything and are dependent on
charity.