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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
TRAFFIC BADLY TIED UP
EASTERN STATES SWEPT BY A
CHRISTMAS BLIZZARD
Street Car Service and Railroads
Caught Entirely Unprepared and
Unable to Meet Situation.

New York, Dec. 27.-Late reports
this afternoon show that eighteen per-
sons in and lea New York persisted
in the Christmas blizzard or from ac-
cidents caused thereby. Six Of this
number died from exposure after be-
ing caught in snow drifts which they
were unable to penetrate. Othere were
drowned and several were killed by
rains
Philadelphia, Dec. 27.-Philadelphia
today is still in he grip of the blizzard
which descended upon this section of
the country Christmas day. General
business was tied up worse than for
many years and prospects are that it
will be several days before conditions
become normal.
Railroad traffic and the street car
service are still in bad shape. The
snowfall was one of the greatest in the
history of the weather bureau and
caught the railroads., street "a COM
panies and other public service con-
Germs wholly unprepared to cope with
the situation. Reports received today
showed that five persons lost their
lives during the storm, most OF the
deaths occurring during the height of
Tie Stol vi III ihShI t"fu oNA''S
morning. and in each case death was
duo to exhaustion.
Boston, Dec. 27.-A $4,000, 600 loss is
the estimate made today Of the havoc
wrought in and around Boston by the
blizzard which yesterday swept New
England and drove a record tide over
the coast.
No fatalities have been reported, be-
sides the four known to have oc'
CURED yesterday in Chelsea where a
tidal wave bursting through a dixie
along Island enc River flooded eighty
acres at Homes and forced $500 per-
sons to flee, scantily clad, into the
raging storm.
T~hirty-tWO cities and towns which
last night were plunged in darkness
owing to the cutting of the electric
light service, hope to have their light
ing facilities restored by tonight.
The storm was easily the creates
that New England has experienced II
eleven years.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
RAILROADS WITHDRAWN OFFER
To Abide by Chicago Conference Wage
Scale.

st. Paul, Dec. 29.-At noon today
the offer of the northwestern rail-
roads to abide by the Chicago wage
conference, and to re-employe the
striking men as fast as places could
be found for them was Withdrawn as
indicated in the final proposal made
in their statement to Governor Eber-
hart Monday.
The third vice president OF the
Northern Pacific said today: That
statement meant Just what it said and
we have not changed u minds The
strikers now are awaiting the result
Of the conference to be held in WASH
ington. Friday, between President
Pernam Of the Railway Photographers
Union and members Of the interstate
commerce commission.
NO other developments in the strike
situation today.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Six DAYS Storm Over.

st. Johns, n. f., Dec. 29,-Eleven
NV I~oundlan0 ~schoCners and their
crews Of atH:y mn are believed to
lave been lost in In" CT. istmas bliz-
Yard, while great destruction to prop
crty throughout this island colony has
resulted. The storm. which reached
it's height on Sunday, ragged for six
days. but today had abated consider
ably. MI telegraph lines in the inter
Tor are down n reports from inland
points are slow in reaching here. The
town Of P~iacentia vas flooded for
three days. and the principal business
street of that place resembles an
ocean beach,.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
TO GO WAY OF LOTTERIES TAFT
RECOMMENDS STRING
EMIT LAWS.
after THE SPECTATOR
Root Of Evil to Be Reached BY Pro
hibiting the Use Of the Mails
for the Practice Of Speculate
ing Futures.

Washington, Dec. 29.-Gambling in
wheat, corn, cotton and other prod
ucts of the farm will be prohibited
hereafter if a recommendation soon TO
he made to congress by President Taft
is enacted into law. Mt president is
convinced that legitimate industry SUI
fers from the gambling in the futures,
and he believes the gullible public
should be protected from this form OF
speculation. Accordingly, he has de-
ridcd to urge congress to adopt a law
that will be effective in dealing with
produce gambling as was the laws aim
ed at the sale of lottery tickets and
the great concerns that were engaged
in the business.
The evil of such gambling will form
the subject of a conference soon to be
held at the White House. The presi-
dent is deeply interested. and will
make known his views on the question
either in a special message or in a re-
port on a bill soon to be introduced by
Representative Scott Of Kansas, chair
man Of the house committee on agrl-
culture.
1t appears on inquiry that President
Taft has given n great deal or STUDY
to the question of such gambling. Ht
has observed that the practice has
been stopped in many of the states ant
believes that great good will be done
the public if the evil is met in a law
of congress.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
NO PEACE IN NICARAGUA.
General Estrada Will Not Accept ths
Terms of Madriz.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-Gcneral Es-
trada the revolutionary leader in
Nicaragua will not accept the ex-
traordinary terms proposed by the
new president, MadriZ, as a basis for
peace. A telegram from Blueflelds.
received last night announces that
on Dec. %, Madriz a proposed I'm
a telegram. to Estrada( q suspension
Of hostilities, pending the arrival OF
a commission which he was sending
to discuss an amicable settlement.
Madriz begged the evolutionary
leader not to hinder his efforts for
peace. General Estrada in his reply
expressed a Willingness to meet Mad
riz' commissioners, but aid that the
evolutionary party woul not recog-
nize the action Of the legislative as
sembly in placing the power in the
hands of M2driZ.
Estrada denied emphatically the as
sembly's right to deal with the cleo
ton of q president and declared Ma
driZ q uSurper.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Chinks Eiuhts in New York.

New York, Dec. 2S.-SCorcs Of de-
t~cctives and uniformed patrol men
were sent into Chinatown today to
check if possible the outbreak OF a
tong war in which n Chinaman had
been killed and another morta1ly
wounded. Police Captain Calvin
states that new assassins, known in
the tongs as "gun men" were sent
here from Boston following the recent
legal execution there of five Hip Sing
tong members who were convicted OF
killing several Of the LeOng tong men
and that their mission was revenge.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Educators At Minot.

NinOt. Doc. 29.-With hundreds Of
educators from every part Of North
Dakota in attendance toda% the secoh'l
l.r Of ME annual convention of the
North Dakota E~ducatlona ASSOCIATION
IS proving a great success.
While the convention opened yester-
day afternoon only two departments
had programmes and the larger mayor
ity Of the educators dld not arrive
until last evening n To-Day.
The first sessions Of the following de-
r&rlmcntS We're held today:
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
WHOLE TOWNS DEVASTED.
Spanish Towns Experience Severe
Floods.

San Sabestian, Spain, Dec. 2S.-De>
tails Of the damage caused by tho
destructive floods last week poured
into this city today. Only three
houses were left standing in the VIII
lage Of Santa Christiania and at La
Vicilla. a church Was yne Only build
ing able to withstand the storm.
Ben Avente, a town thirty-four miles
north of Zamorra with a population
Of about 5000 was under water for
five days, during which time all traf-
fic in the streets was conducted by
boats.
The village Of Villabeza has been
destroyed and the crops in the CASTLE
plateau ruined.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Dou Saved the Horses.

CONCENTRATIONS thieves had
five horses securely tied together ready
for the trail when they were stopped
by the fierce barking of a dog on the
Thomas Riley farm near here. Riley
was awakened by the dog and went to
the barr where he discovered the horses
tied together, but the wOuld-be thieves
had made their getaway in the dark
ness. The next morning it was dis
covered that they had lain in hiding
only a few hundred feet from the barn
at the time Riley was awakened.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Wreckase Of Schooner Found.

Boston, Dec. 27.-Massos Of the
Wreckage apparently from the five
masted schooner David Palmer of
Boston, were -ound on the beach at
Hull today, and it is believed that the
vessel struck on one of the outer
lodges of the harbor during yester-
days storm and went to pieces with
the loss of all on board, n total of
twelve men. The Palmer was sighted
eff Cape cod on Saturday in Mass
achuscttS bay.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Indiana Woman DISTINGUISHED.

Laporte, Ind, Dec. 2~7.-Although In
diana women are not permitted to vote,
Special Judge Truesdcll, in the circuit
court, today Whcn he sentenced Mrs.
Alma Cromwell, wife of a well-to-do
farmer, to the Indiana state prison, also
disfranchiscd her for two years. Mrs.
Cromwell was convicted for suborna-
ton of perjury. Her sentence is from
two to tW~cnty-One years.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Americans Not Tortured.

Nangua Nicaragua, Dec. 29.-Tne re-
cent reports that Groce and Cannon
the American recruits in the insurgent
arny who were put to death at the
command Of President Zelaya, We're
tortured before being shot are untrue.
The facts were in possession or the
state department at Washington d
month ago and il was generally sup
posed there thai the details OF the trag'
ody had been given publicity through
official channels.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Steamer Had Fire.

Liverpool, Dec. 2S.-Fire was dis
covered in the hold Of the White Star
liner Celtic last Wednesday, when the
vessel vas four days out from New
York. The liner arrived here safely
yesterday. The fire was still burning
but its presence was known to none Of
the 400 passengers. The fire started
amid bales Of cotton in hold No. s.
The hold had been flooded. The ex-
tent Of damage could not be deter
mined today.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04

The United States battleshlp
Georgia. recently in collision with h
battleship Nebraska during Heet man
euvers, was struck by the propeller OF
the collier Vestal while coallng IN
Hampton Roads, causing a consider
able leak.
Peary says he will never again head
another expedition, either to the
south pole or to the north pole.
Further legislation by congress Will
be necessary before the $4,000 appro-
priated by that body in 1904 for pro-
curing a site and plans for the pro-
posed monument to Thomas Jefferson
will be available.
Kermit Roosevelt has secured a fine
specimen of the male sitatunga. Col.
Roosevelt has not sighted this rare
game.
The Australian governments sta
tistician estimates a wheat yield OF
$500 900 bushels for the year, which
exceeds last years production by ten
millions.
Notwithstanding his un%popularity,
mere seems W Ue lluCu hlAS
over the death Of the king.
The proposed plan to abolish the
(sthmian canal comission met with
vigorous opposition.
Ex-President Zelaya declares his
surrender Of the presidency was
caused by a desire to save Nicaragua
he humiliation of outrages threatened
by a powerful foreign nation.
State Bank Commissioner Young
gave out a statement in which he SAD
that all the depOsitOrs OF the FIRST
State bank of keiter, Oklahoma, have
been paid.
Major Smedley D. Butter, in com
mand of one of the battalions OF
marine on the United States cruiser
Dixie in Nicaragua, is the son OF Con-
gresham Butler Of West Chester. Pa.
At Philadelphia. rather than face
her six children Christmas morning
without presents or the money to buy
them. Mrs. Sarah Ennis took her HE.
Headquarters Of the American min.
! ing congress have been opened III
Washington to promote Legislation LOT
the establishment OF q national
bureau Of mines.
Sudden death OF Senator McLaurin
of Mississippi will necessitate an ap'
pointment by the governor.
me District Of Columbia bill, carry
ing about s10,275,00O, was passed by
the house without opposition.
President Taft yielded to the de
mands of both Secretary Ballin9er and
his critics for a public investigation
of the whole subject matter underly
ing the so-called Ballinger-Hincho1
controversy.
Richard Parr, the man who dlscov
cred the sugar frauds, is to be re
warded in the sum OF nearly a million
The next national encampnent 0
the Grand Army will be held at At
lantic City. September /. to n.
Two aged spinster sisters. France:
and Isabel Richie, were found dead il
their home at Newark, n. J. The sis
tiers had lived alone for twenty year!
in the same house.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Mexicans Cheer Zelaya.

Mexican City, Dec.29.-Jose Santos
santos Zclaya the self-styled "titular
president" of Nicaragua, arrived in
this city today. No Mexican officials
met him. He was. however, greeted
bv 200 Central Americans and MeXi-
cans who welcomed the deposed execu-
tive with cries of Long live Zelaya.'
Long live Mexico" and Down with
the Yankees"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Storm Prevents Taft's Visit.

Washington, Dec. 27.-On
Of the uncertain traffic conditions,
owing to the storm, President Taft
has cancelled his engagement to dine
tonight in New York city with An
drew Carnegie and to speak before the
American Historical association in
Carnegie hall.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Killed Coinq to Auto Show.

Columbus. O., Dec. 27.-Frank Nc
Gill, 80 years old, of Coshocton, while
en- route in an automobile to Columbus
tonight to attend the Columbus Auto
mobile show. was instantly killed. His
machine skidded in the snow and
turned turtle shortly after he left
Newark.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Shot By Son.

Duluth, Dec. 27.--Mrs. A. NJ. Olmem,
wife of a farmer living near Pike
Lake, vas shot through he hips at
noon yesterday when a rife which her
G-year-old son was playing was acct
dentally discharged.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
ch,He. cw;ndier Suspect Robbed.

Minneapolis, Dec. 2e'-charles or
Red" Adams, arrested in New York
last week is one OF the men who was
suspected Of the $4,000 Minneapolis
gold brick swindle. He answers the
description of one of the men who
swindled H. F.. Chaffee of Armenia. N.
D., out Of $4,000.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Washington.

figures prepared at the bureau OF
immigration and naturalization show
that the inward passenger movement
during November last aggregated
1860, of which number 5000 We're
immigrants who expect to make the
United States their home; 1868 were
American citizens returning from
abroad making a temporary trip to
the United States.
Clifford Pinchot, chief OF the bureau
of forestry of the agricultural depart
ment, talked with President Taft re-
garding participation by the United
States in the international cOnserva-
ton congress proposed by former
President Roosevelt, which, it is plan
ned, will be held at The Hague next
year.
Urge upon Mexico the Importance
Of hurrying the trial of James A.
Cook" was in substance the message
te%legraphed by the state department
to the American ambassador at the
City of Mexico. The action followed a
conference between Assistant Secre-
tary of State Wilson and Representa-
tive Scott Of Kansas. Cook is a con.
stituent of Mr.. Scott.
Thomas Dawson of Council Bluffs,
retiring minister to Chile, who has
been designated chief of the division
of Latin-American affairs in the State
department, arrived here with his
family from South America.
President Taft is trying to find a
way to make future payments in the
Panama canal work and reimburse the
treasury for amounts expended from
the working balance for canal dig.
ging. To do this the president wants
to devise a way to issue the Panama
canal bonds authorized in the Payne
'ariff law.
Major General Leonard Wood will
be appointed chief of staff of the
army next April, succeeding Major
General J. Franklin Bell, who has
been chief of staff since April 6, 1906
General Wood was colonel of the
rough riders during the Spanish war.
Personal.
Senator Brown has sprung the nam,
Of Attorney General Thomson fO
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-02-04
Personal.

Senator Brown has sprung the name
of Attorney General Thompson for
Nebraska district attorney.
President Taft sent a long list of
important diplomatic nominations to
the senate.
The Nicaraguan congress elected Dr..
Jose Madriz as president.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
]LsRO0SEf|vEIT.
|N.P|ENN5YLVAN|A|
INVESTIGATED LABOR coNDI.
TIoNs AND HOME LIFE
AMONG FOREIGNERS.
tBy United Press.

(By United Prcss.J
WlLKEsBAIRE, Pa, Aug. 3.-Col
Roosevelt to-day investigated tho
Black hand, Malta, undesirable" citi;I
zens among the foreign element. He
arrived at midnight in company with
the son Of the Outlook proprietor and
, spent the night at the residence of.
Rev. Father Curran. Accompanying
Curran, JohnSMltchell. Mr.. Abbott and
newspaper men he went to Pittston.
The Colonel went ahead and entered
the Italian settlement. The inhabi.
tants enjoyed entertaining Roosevelt.
The party inspected the valley, coal
breakers, settlements, miners homes
and factories. The Colonel didn't care
to enter the mine, Rev. Currau enter
tanned the party and forty priests at
dinner. The Colonel returns to New
York tonight. @,.s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
On Extended Trip.

Mrs. w. Z. Boughner and daughter,
Miss jennie. left yesterday for an ex-
tended trip. They will visit Mrs.
Boughner's brother In Washington,
spend some time in Atlantic City,
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Brown Boughner
in Philadelphia, and later go to Now
port News, Virginia, where they will
be guests OF Mrs. Boughner's sister,
Mrs. Campbell Tabb, for some time.
Justice Boughncr accompanied his
wife and daughter TO NJ. and X. juno.
ton, returning on the evening train.
E-Morgantown New Dominion.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
TO Visit Mrs. Smith.

Miss Inez Shields, Of Parkersburg,
arrived her last cvnlng and is the
guest of Mrs. c. Z. Smith, on Quincy
street. Miss Shilds is enroute home
from Atlantic City. Her sister, Miss
Emma Shields, who has been the at
tractiye guest of Mrs. Smith, will
leave the latter part of the week
for Mt. Lake Park, Nd, to join her
mother who is spending the summer
J. there.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
STRIKE BREAKERS
WE'RE ATTACKED BY STRIKERS
AND A GENERAL eoMBARD.
MENT FOLLOWED.

IRWIN, PA, Aug. 3.-strikcrs today
attacked n double house containing
over n score OF strike breakers. The
fight lasted thirty minutes with depu-
ties. Over hundred shots followed.
Michael Barteke, 40. striker, was
wounded but not fatally. The depu'
ties were forced back and the strik
ers stoned the house. Reinforcemcnts
repulsed the strikers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
|HUIIDRElsB[GI
TAPEI1115.|||nI5
MOVEMENT rs ON IN EARNEST
4 FOR a MORE coMMoDlous
~ DEPOT.

Hundreds of people signed tho pc.
iitions circulated by the Fairmont
Board OF Trade asking the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company to give
this city a,better station. There is no
halting about signing the petition and
the two hundred and fifty that are in
circulation will soon be filled. Just
how these petitions will be presented
10 President Willard has NOT yet been
determined but 1t is thought that a
large delegation of business men of
this city will calliu President viii
lard personally aud present the mat
ter fully. Tho committee appointed
to collect data Is getting some inter.
csting information that cannot be
overlooked in dealing with this mat,
ter. President Willard is a progress.
siyc man and the great improvements
THAT he has already inaugurated in the
|system Of which he is at the head
gives local people encouragement In
the matter that they are now bring
ing before him.
Make your advertising as interest
ling as your store, and you'll get YOU
exact share OF business.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
A peliahtful outinq.

The Christian Endeavor Society OF
the First Presbyterian church had
IA delightful outing last evening at
Wilfong Park up the Fairmont and
Warrington Traction line. A special
car carried the crowd to the park at
six o'clock and returned late in the
evening. Alarge number of the mem.
! bers and friends attended.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03

Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. ohley and chill.
drcn, accompanied by Mrs. Ohley's
brother, La Mar Downtain, of Rich.
mond, w., and Curtis Rand Dawley,
will leave Wednesday morning, in
their automobile, via Huntington, 70,
tour to Indianapolis and the Gree,
Lake district. Tho party will be join
ed at Indianapolis by Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Campbell, in their car. =
Charleston Gazette.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
mot PLEASURE .TR!P 7.
ALFONSO HAS DIFFERENT MIS-.
SION TO ENGLAND 1T is AID.
MiTTED TODAY.

LONDON, Aug. 3.-Mcmbers of the
British Foreign Office practically ad
mitted to-day that Alfonso's trip to
England now was not a pleasure trip
as announced but to seek advice re
garding the critical situation in Spain
King George owes Alfonso visit &C
cording to royal etiquette. 1t is not
believed that Alfonso would come un
less the situation were urgent.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
MISSOURI STANDS PAT
PRIMARY RETURNS SHOW AT
LEAST FIFTEEN CONGRESS. \
MEN TO BE RENoMl-
MATED.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3.-MIssouri is
standing pat. Complete primary re-
turns today indicate that fifteen of
the State representatives will be re-
nominated. Clark was renominated
without opposition. The Regular"
wing of the st. Louis city admnistra.
ton crushed the "Insursent" faction
for control of the city central com.
mittee meaning political control of
the city.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
AVIATOR INJURED. n

fBy, United PrcRsl q
NEW YORK. Aug. 3.-Dr. Charles
Walden, aviator, was seriously in.
jured when monoplane of his own
designstruck a rut in starting at
Mincola, N. Y, L. l., today. People
sawed the frame before the uncon.
scious man was removed. e
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
200 HUNDRED
FISHERMEN DROWNED.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. s.-Two
hundred fishermen were drowned yes.
terday in the river Amur when
number Of fishing boats capsized In
n typhooon near Nikolaievak.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03

Miss Katherine Hough is hostess
at a lunch party this afternoon, tho
guests including the membrs of the
choir of the NJ. p. Temple, Of which
Miss Hough is dircctrcss: The party
left the wharf at four o'clork and
supper will be served at the Harr
and Barnes Camp up the Valley
River.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
auRIEp Il MAGE eRovE.

Funeral sereices over tho remains
OF Leila Ben, the Infant daughter 81
M. and Mrs. N. d. Rollins, whose
death occurrcd yesterday, were held
this morning at the residence on al
bert Court The remains we're laid
to rest in Maple Grove Cemetery by
Undertaken Jenkins. The family
moved to this city recently from Penn
sylyania.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-03
this resort will be served. For fur
Their. information watch the papers.


The annual outing Of the Sunday
School Of the NJ. E. Church, South,
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
Traction Park. A special car will
leave the church at 1880 O'clock and
will return in tho evening at eight.