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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-08
Is, 900, 10000 Dollars
Govt A Appropriation

The government of Mexico
recently appropriated $25, ooo,-
100000 for irrigation work,
most of which is being used on
the American-Mexican border.
Your opportunity is now,
these lands furnish it; make
an investigation and be con-
WINGED.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-08

perpetual wa
ter rights.
The purchas-
er should bear
in mind that
after the lands
are secured
and paid for
there is no So
or 81 yearly
rental to pay
for water, as is
the case inmost
irrigation pro-
jects in the u.
S. nor will any
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
PERU ACCEPTS MEDIATION
Formal Reply to Proposal in Dispute
with Ecuador.

Washington. May 24.-The government of
Peru has formally accepted without re-
serve the mediation of the United States.
Brazil and Argentina in the boundary dis
pute between Peru and Ecuador.
United States Minister Coombs tele-
graphed the State Department from Lima
to-day that yesterday morning formal copies
of the joint note in English. Spanish and
Portuguese were delivered TO the President
of Peru, and that the same evening Minis
ter Coonbs had been officially advised that
Peru accepted the mediation without re-
serve.
The first condition on which the offer of
mediation was based was that the two gov
ernments should suspend the mobilization
OF their troops and withdraw them from the
border line. To accept the mediation must
mean the acceptance of the conditions ini-
posed, and therefore no further steps will
be taken by this government or by Brazil
and Argentina until the troops now on the
frontier have been Withdrawn. That condI-
ton complied with, the three nlediating gov
ernments Immediately will take steps ID
carry forward some definite plan for the
settlement of the differences between the
two countries
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
| FEAR FOR KING ALFONSO
Bomb in Madrid Believed In
tended for Ruler.

Madrid, May 24.-The police believe thar
the bomb exploded last night was intended
for King Alfonso 1t was thrown at the
monument erected to the victims Of the
attempt against his majesty on his we'd
ding day. May 81. 1906, but the authorities
think that the original intention OF the an
archist was TO strike down the King on his
arrival at the railway station on his return
from London.
As a result OF this conviction, the plans
for King Alfonso's return have been
changed, and 1t is now arranged for him to
enter the city by automobile.
The bomb tarower, who was wounded by
Eis own weapon, was a South American.
He committed suicide when he found that
his capture by the police was imrMnent.
The police say that the man used a bomb
constructed much like that employed by
Morales who was believed TO have headed
the plot four years ago.
Anxiety is always felt for King Alfonso
when he leaves the capital, and the affair
of last night has increased the nervousness
of the police authorities.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
M'KINLEY'S HAND FORCED
Was Swept Into War with Spain,
He Told Former Secretary.

Columbus, Ohio. May 24--The declara-
tion by Mr. Depew In the Seante on Mon-
day that President Mckinley was forced
into the war with Spain was corroborated
to-day by James Boyle. who. when Nc
Kinley was Governor OF Ohio, was his rri-
vate secretary. and who, under McKIaiey's
national administration, was consul at Liv-
erpooI Boyle said:
II know that every word Senator Depew
said is true. After McKinley's second elec-
tion I met him at dinner in Canton. Hs
said 10 me that the war with Spain vas
wholly unnecessary: that It would not have
occurred but for some hotheads high in In
fuence In Congress and the yellow press
He said that he had stood out against
il with all his strength, and was finally
swept away with the popular sentiment tor
war He told me that negotiations were
well advanced for a settlement Of the
cuban matter, with all that Cuba could
ask, and would have been brought to a
successful conclusion no doubt IL the war
cIamor could have been withstood a LITTLE
while longer. I asked him what the ne
gotfations contemplated. and he replied.
without going into details. that they would
have given Cuba at least the fullest de-
gree of home rule.
The President told me that the knowi-
edge that the war could have been pre-
vented and that he had not succeeded IN
avoiding the clash at arms was the great
est sorrow Of his life"
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
COOL AIR FOR CONGRESS
Tawney's Improvement Will Not
Hasten Adjournment.

Washington, May 24-Chairman Tawnev
of the House Committee on Appropriations
plans TO have the air in the halls of Con-
gress fresh as the ocean breezes or the
stream cooled atmosphere of shaded
mountain resort
He decided to-day that he would insert
in the general deficiency bill an item of
$4,000 TO equip both chambers with an in
vention OF DIR. Stratton. superintendent OF
the Bureau Of Standards, which dries and
cools the air by removing all the humidity
Several years ago the Senate chamber
was equipped with an apparatus to refrig-
crate the air. 1t was never used, however,
because some physician reported that such
artifcially cooled air would be fatal to men
of sixty or more.
Decidedly the most conspicuous figure In
the Senate to-day was Mr.. Bourne in a
new white flannel suit. 1t was the first
sign of summer in the upper branch of
Congress, and those VINO gazed on the Ore
gon statesman were reminded thatNthe ses-
sion is on the wane.
GO tell Jonathan Bourne that he is not
in summer garden" said Senator Curtis
10 a page when the Oregonian appeared on
the opposite side of the chamber. Mr..
Bourne answered the message in person.
Vice-President Sherman and several SEN
stors appeared in hot weather attire. but
none of them attracted the attention Sen
ator Bourne commanded. The mercury lin
gered around 50 degrees in both the Senate
and House chambers and Senators and
Representatives who were still wearing
frock coats appeared most uncomfortable.
Scarcely less dazzling than Senator Bourne
was Representative suIzer of New York.
who appeared on the floor Of the House
wearing a yellow waistcoat surmounted by
4 red Ascot tie. Representative Burke. Of
Pennsylvania. was attired in q study in
stripes, and Mr.. Fitzgerald excited envy IN
Ills lightweight clothing.
Caring more for comfort than convention,
Speaker Cannon stood on the rostrun with
open waistcoat as he called the House TO
order.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
NEW JERSEY 'PH0NE FIGHT
Receiver Asked for Continental
by Two Stockholders.

Trenton. n. j.. May 24.-Judge Rellstab
in the United States District Court to-day
issued an order requiring the Continental
Telegraph and Telephone Company to show
cause on Tuesday next why a receiver
should not be appointed. Meanwhile any
disposal or alteration of assets is forbidden.
Robert H. McCarter. former Attorney
General, filed the application. as counsel for
Bernard NJ Wolf. of Boston and Max
Koehler, of ST. Louis. stockholders of the
corporation Mismanagemento of the affairs
and of the assets is alleged.
The company was incorporated in No
vember. 1909 for $4,000. 900. It was organ
lied to compete with the Bell company. IL
acquired the National Telephone Company.
slo0oo,ooe concern. The application all
leees that President John o. Howard of
the Continental company dominated the
Consolidated Telephone Company. which
acted as vendor in the purchase OF the In
dependent Telephone Company, another
concern purchased.
II is also charged that President Howard
and Samuel w. Harper wasted the income
OF the subsidiary companies and did not
properly conserve the interests of the Con-
tinental company. No details as to assets
and liabilities were fled.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
COMET IN SIGHT AT LAST
Visible Here for Ten Minutes,
but Clouds Soon Obscure It.

Patience and perseverance on the part
OF the comet chasers was rewarded last
night by peek at Halley's flying Won
der. 1t was only peek, however. for
the sky was overcast and heavy tnun-
der-laden clouds We're rolling along the
western sky soon after the setting OF
the sun. Shortly after 8 o'clock. how
ever, following a few flashes OF light
ming. there was sudden clearing OF the
sky, and by $50 o'clock the comet was
distinctly visible. about 30 degrees above
the western horizon.
The treat lasted only ten minutes,
when the clouds once more obscured the
comet and the flashes of lightning and
a few drops Of rain put an end to any
further chances of sight for the night.
Professor Jacoby, the Columbia astron-
omer, was one of the large number OF
persons gathered at 18th street and
Riverside Drive, and he was satisfied
that his views had been confirmed only
a small section of the tail could be seen,
but the head of the visitor was clearer
than any of the surrounding heavenly
bodies
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
SWEDES TO CELEBRATE
Singing Societies Will Hold
Musical Festival Here.

Some of the best known Swedish singin e
societies in the United States, it was an
nounced yesterday, will take part in the
four days celebration of the American
Union of Swedish Singers, to be held in
this city from May IS to and including
May 81 The celebration will begin with a
concert at Carnegie Hail. The address of
welcome will be delivered by Minister Her
man de Lagercrantz. who is the honorary
vice-president of the festival and Charles
Il Johansen will formally open it.
1t Is estimated that more than six hun
dred male voices comprising the Swedish
singing societies from Minneapolis, st.
Paul Chicago. Moline, Boston, Manchester.
N H: Philadelphia. Gardner, Mass.
Bridgeport, Conn; Braddock. Penn: Brock
ton Mass; Providence, Worcester. Lynn,
Mass; New Britain, Conn; Waterbury.
Conn; New Haven, jamestown, N Y,
and New York City will be among those
who will sing stirring and patriotic songs
at the opening concert.
The festival orchestra of fifty musicians
under the leadership of Nahan Franko will
render The Wedding at Ulfasa'' and Maid
Of Orleans" by August S6derman; "Twi-
light by Andreas Hallen, and "Midsum-
mer Wake" by Hugo Alfven. all Swedish
composers. Others on the bill will be John
Forsell, the royal court singer, of the
Royal Opera, at Stockholm: Miss Anna
Case, of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
and Miss Martina Johnstone, the Swedish
violnist.
Various festivities have been arranged
by the local Swedish singing societies for
the enjoyment of visiting singers. their
wives and friends. On Memorial Day an
automobile trip will be made TO Grants
Tomb, and In the evening dinner will be
held in the Flatiron Building, at which
more than seven hundred persons are ex-
pected to attend The celebration will con-
clude with an all-day folkfest at Dream
land, Coney Island, where the chorus will
sing in the large ballroom.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
ALASKAN FACTION FIGHT
Conflict Between Friends and
Opponents of Gupcenheims

Washington, May 24.-An investigat ton
which is expected to disclose bitter feeling in
the Republican party in Alaska was begun
to-day by subcommittee of the Senate
Committee on the Judiciary. 1t is held in
connection with protests made against the
confirmation of John Rustgard and Herbert
L. Faulkner, appointed by President Taft as
United States Attorney and Marshal to
succeed John ]. Boyce and Daniel A Suth-
erland who We're removed at the request,
it is understood, of Governor Walter E.
Clark
The proceedings to-day were sensational.
The principal speaker was Delegate James
Wickersham. who made charges against
Governor Clark. Ex-Governor Hoggatt and
Louis Shackleford, the member of the Re
publican National Committee from Alaska
The Alaskan delegate sought to connect
these men with the Guggenheim interests.
The controversy is said to be chiefly be-
tween those opposing the activities of the
Guggenheims in Alaska and those who
favor the rapid development of the terri
tory. The men who were removed from
Office charge that Governor Clark has be-
come affiliated with the Guggenhem fac
ton and joined Shackleford in recommend
ing the appointment of Rustgard and
Faulkner.
Boyce and Sutherland say they incurred
the ennnity of the Guggenheims because of
their prosecution and conviction of Edward
Hasey on the charge of killing two men
in Keystone Canyon in October, 1907. Hasey
was employed by the Guggenheims, and 1t
was charged that he shot the two men
while trying to guard Keystone Pass
against the invasion of the representatives
of a rival concern which was seeking a
route for railroad line. Hasey was con-
victed and sentenced to serve eighteen
months in a federal penitentiary
Boyce and Sutherland say they discovered
that men higher up in the Guggenheim
service were responsible for the affair at
Keystone Pass and were removed from
office on the eve of bringing proceedings
against others believed by them to have
been implicated In the keystone affair
A young man named Douglass, who had
been auditor in the employ of the Gug-
genheims, when on the stand charged that
$4,000 had been expended before and during
the Hasey trial for the entertainment of
jurors and a corruption fund to defeat
the prosecution by federal officers
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
AN ATTACK ON BLUEFIELDS
The Venus Landing Troops
American Gunboats Inactive.

Bluef1elds, Nicaragua. May 4.-Gen-
eral Lara. commanding a force of gov
ernment troops, is fiercely attacking the
provincial governments position to-day
at the rear OF Blueields. The govern
ment steamer Venus is landing five hun
dred troops from a lagoon. twenty six
miles north of Blue1elds Bluff. for the
purpose of attacking the bluff in con-
junction with General Lara's force back
of Bluefields.
The government troops began their
attack last night on the position where
the PROFESSIONALS had intrenched them
selves, but they were repulsed and re-
turned to the woods. An artillery fire
was kept up all night until dawn this
morning, when the attack was renewed.
The American gunboats Paducah and
Dubuque are not interfering with the
movements of the Venus.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
PROVES ELECTRICAL FACTS
Discovery Of Professor Milliken,
of Chicago University.
FOUR YEARS OF RESEARCH
Succeeds in Isolating an In
dividual Ion for Extended
Observation.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Chicago. May 4-After four years OF In
vestigation Professor Robert A Milliken
OF the physical department of the Uni
versity of Chicago, announced Tonight thai
he had discovered the proof of facts In
electricity taking rank with those In optica
research which won the Nobel prize foi
Professor Albert A. Nicholson, fellow
member of the faculty.
Professor Milliken gave out the results OF
his experiments before the Sigma XII So
ciety of the university at the Quadrangle
Club He declared that work carried on
by himself and Professor Harvey Fletcher
prove theories long held, but until now not
proven.
In summarizing the results of his expert
ments Professor Miliiken said:
1--WE have succeeded in isolating an indi-
vidual ion. and holding 1t under observation
for an indefinite length of tinne-an hour or
more # desired
I'VE have been able to give tangible
demonstration of the correctness of the
view advanced many years ago that an
electric charge is not a homogeneous some
thing-a strain in the ether or an imponder-
able fiuid-spread uniformly over the sur
face of the charged body, but that 1t has
definite granular structure; consists, in fact.
electricity. exactly alike, pepperred over
the surface of the charged body.
I'VE have been able to bring forward
new, direct and most convincing evidence
Of the correctness of the kinetic theory
of matter. for we have not only shown
directly that a molecule OF air is in rapid
motion. but we measured the order of
magnitude of energy Of agitation and find
it to agree with the computations based
upon the kinetic theory.
I'm brief the method by which all these
results have been obtained is as follows:
We blow cloud of fine oil or mercury
drop by means OF an atonizer, and intro
duce one of these drops through pin
hole into the space between the plates OF
horizontal air condenser. The droplet
there catches one or more OF the ions
which normally exist in air or which have
been produced in the space between the
plates by any CT the usual ionizing agents,
like radium or X-rays. The time of fall
of this droplet through a measured dis
tance is observed when no electrical field
exists between the plates. then a field of
strength between 5000 and 5000 volts per
centineter is thrown on and the time Of
rise of the droplet under the influence Of
this field through the same distance is
again measured This operation is re-
peated and the speeds checked an in
definite number Of times, or until the drop
let catches new ion, wnen its speed. un-
der the influence of the field. instantly
changes. though the speed under gravity
remains constant. From the sign and mag
nitude of the change in speed the sign
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
RACING AUTO CAPS|ZES
Chauffeur Killed and Four Others
Injured.

Manchester. N. H., May 24-An automo-
bile going. it is alleged. fifty miles an hour,
turned turtle near Darrah Brook. in Merri-
mack. late this afternoon, killing the chauf-
feur w. J. Gould, of Orange, Mass. and
injuring the four other occupants, includ-
ing Robert Schneider, of this city, owner of
the machine.
Could was assistant superintendent of an
automobile factory in Orange, from which
the machine had just been purchased. In
going around a curve in the state highway.
both front tires burst, and the machine
capsized. The chauffeur struck against a
stone wall and instantly killed. Mr..
Schneider, who was also thrown against
the wall suffered a fractured rib, con-
tusions of the body and had his nose cut
open.
Alderman James E. Macdonald was
severely cut about the face. The other oc-
cupants, Charles NJ. Hecker and William
Castner, were injured. but less severely.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
FOELKER MAY RETIRE
Says His Duties in Congress Interferes
with His Law Practice.
TFrorn The Tribune Bureau.

Washington, May A-Representative
Otto G. Foelker. of Brooklyn. is seriously
considering announcement that he viii
not be a candidate TO succeed himself Mr.
Foelker said this afternoon that he would
reach decision in a few days. He says
his law practice requires much of his
time and he cannot do justice to his con-
etltuents and his clients.
IF l. decide 10 be candidate" Mr.
Foelker added, II will have to make up
my mind to neglect my practice almost
entirely. Whether II is worth while for me
90 serve in Congress at q personal sacrif1ce
of that character / have not yet deter
mined" Close friends of Mr. Eoelker In
the delegation believe that he will not be
q candidate again.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
COMETS NEW BORN TAIL
Forty Degrees Long and Doubly Ln
minous. Say Yerkes Observers.

Chicago. May 24.-Forty degrees of new
born tail for the comet and doubling OF
its luminosity owing to flaming hydro
carbon gas were recorded by the astrono-
ners at Yerkes Observatory last night after
the spectrographic negatives had been de-
veloped Professor z. B. Frost, director OF
the observatory, announced the results Of
the computations.
-Four of us, after Independent calcula-
tions, agree that the new tail of the comet
is 40 degrees long" he said. observations
by the hand spectroscope showed carbon
bands in the head of the comet. These were
confirmed by the development of the mega
tives made with the Pinch telescope.
The internal activity of the comet is in full
blast It is making gas at terrific rate
The old tail must disappear" he added; /;
when detached frcm it's source it can only
condense or fade away as the end of an
active tail always does.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
DIsSENsIoNs IN CABINET
Madriz and His Minister General Re.
ported at Odds.

Panama May 2.-Ncaraguans who have
arrived here by steamer report that the ap-
pointment of General Irias as executive del
esate of the Atlantic coast has caused fric-
ton between President Madriz and Minis
ter General Baca, the latter refusing to
sign the appointment There has been
trouble, too. over the division of profits
from concessions which have been granted
and the issue of 100000 pesos paper cur
rency. 20 be devoted TO the expenses Of the
war on the Atlantic coast.
Guerilla parties, 1t is said. are constantly
menacing the Granada towns, and political
arrests still continue.
Ex-President Zelaya's book. setting forth
his side of the case in Nicaragua, has been
received with indignation in all circles.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
AUTO KILLS BOY AT PLAY.
Lad Hit by Machine as He Was About
to Catch Baseball.

John Reilly, ten years old, WAS hit last
night by an automobile and died ten min
utes after being taken TO ST. Johns Hos
pital. which is near his home, No. 1522 At
lantic avenue, Brooklyn.
John was playing ball with some COM
panions opposite his home. One of the
boys knocked the ball In the air. and in
reaching for IT John sprang in front of tha
automobile. which was operated by Frank
B. Anderson, of No. a2 Union avenue, Ja-
nlaica. One of the heavy lamps on the
machine struck the boy. hurli.s him against
the curb and breaking his skull Anderson
stopped and. putting John in the autcme-
bile, hurried to the hospital, but nothing
could be done to save his life.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
HARVARD VIEW OF COMET
Light Toward Southwest, While
Tail Streamed Toward East.

Cambridge. Mass. May 24.-When the
experts at the Harvard Astronomical Op-
serva tory obtained tonight for the hrst
time an adequate view Of Haliey's comet
an interesting discovery was made by Pro-
fessor o. C. Wendell
He saw through the observatorys largest
telescope a Jet Of light two or three min
utes long. projecting toward the southwest
from the nucleus-that is, somewhat toward
the sun-while the tall itself was streaming
TO the east or away from the sun. Photo
metric measurements of the nucleus in the
coma were also made by Professor wen
dell whose results indicated that the nu-
cleus was of 6.57 magnitudes-that is,
slightly below the limit of visibility.
The total light of the comet was set at
two and n half magnitudes by Leon Camp
bell and his assistants, who made special
measurements with regard to this. The
tail seemed to be about ten degrees long,
but atmospheric conditions probably ac-
counted for this variation from the obser-
vatio;1s at other stations, Professor Wen
dell said
New-York tribune., 1910-05-25
A QUESTION FOR Mr.. KNOX
Senator Stone Wants Information
About Bluefelds Blockade.

Washington, May 24.-Mr. Stone. of Mis-
souri,, introduced a resolution in the Senate
to-day asking the Secretary of State for in
formation regarding the reported attempt OF
the Madriz government to establish n
blockade at Bluefields. The Department Is
requested to say whether the naval force
of the United States forbade the blockade
If the resopnse shoulf be in the affirmative
Mr. Stones resolution demands the reason
for it. with a citation of authority. 1t also
asks for information as to whether the
United States has recognized beligerency
OF Nicarag qua Present consideration of the
resolution was objected to, and the question
went over.