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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
Foreign.

Police Of Naples are searching for
Timothy Sheckly, who is said to have
escaped to Italy after having been
sentenced to thirty years imprison.
ment in the United States.
Sobriety is in the ascendancy In
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
and licenses to public houses are de,
creasing in number, according to
statistics communicated by Consul
General John l.. Griffiths of London
Prince Tsai Hsun. Chinese minister
of naval affairs. Prince Tsai Hsun
who Is an uncle of the Chinese
emperor. Is coming to this country to
look into American methods OF naval
construction, and 1t is stated to
place an order for China's new navy
Charles NJ. Schwab. president of the
Bethlehem Steel company was in San
Francisco to meet the prince.
M. Auburn, the French aviator fly.
ing In a Bleriot monoplane broke all
speed records for 300 kilometers
QS6.3 miles,. negotiating the dis.
tance in three hours. thirty.three
minutes. seven seconds. At the end
OF the second hour he had flown l67
kilometers t107.7 miles) and at the
end of the third hour 252 kilometers
l56.49 miles). His average time was
about ffty-fiye miles an hour.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
Washington.

August exports of flour, corn, meats,
cotton, and mineral oil show a
marked improvement when compared
with August of last year.
There is a new counterfeit ten-dol.
lar national bank note at large. 1t is
a poorly executed, photo-etched pro-
duction, printed on two bits of paper.
with few pieces of silk thread dis.
tributed in it. 1t Is drawn on the
Home National bank of Staunton,
Tex, series of 1902-i90s. check letter
d. The note is supposed to be the
work of the same counterfeiters that
recently produced a five-dollar Carls.
bad. N. NJ, national bank note.
Up to date 1850 banks in the vari.
GUS states of the country have made
application to the postoffice depart
ment to be designated repositories
for postal savings banks. and GAS
postmasters have made the requests
for the establishment OF postal saw
ings banks in their Offices. The great
est number of applications thus far
have come from Pennsylvania. where
LAT banks and 1856 postmasters have
applied.
Deplorable as 1t was. the accident
on the battleship North Dakota. re-
sulting from an explosion Of oil, will
not be permitted to check the de-
velopment of the use of petroleum as
an auxiliary fuel on naval vessels.
The lesson learned in the case OF the
North Dakota Is that the settling
tank containing 400 gallons of oil
should be at once removed from the
fire room TO some convenient place
where any small leakage in it would
not be exposed to heat sufficient to
set the Oil on fire.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
HEALTH OF OLD VETERANS HAS
BEEN ExcELLENT-No ACCT.
DENTS MAR MEET.
GILMAN Is new CHIEF
Important Business Of Closing Day
Was Report Of Committee on
RssoIutions-May lndorss
MeCumber's Bill.

Atlantic City. N. J. Sept. 23.-Ths
nations. encampment Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic viii finish it,
business today and bring the reunion
to a close. There have been no serious
accidents and the health OF the en-
campment has been excellent.
The PRINCIPAL business of today Il
the report by the committee on resolu-
tons. Many subjects were referred to
that committee, among them the ques-
ton OF increasing pensions and the
controversy over the Robert q. Lee
statute. II Is not expected that radi-
cal action will be taken on any sub
jects.
At the session late yesterday after
noon, Rochester, N. Y, was selected
for the 1911 encampment and the fol-
lowing officers were elected.
Commander in Chief-John e. Gill
man, Boston.
Senior Vice Commander in Chief
Charles Burrows, Rutherford. N. J.
Junior Vice Commander-in- Chief
William James. Jacksonville, Fla.
Surgeon General-John L. Smith.
Spokane, wash.
HARDWOOD. Albuquerque, N. NJ.
Tho new commander in chief had an
easy time Of 1t in his election but
Rochester's selection as the next en-
campment site has a little string to It
The veterans decided that the en-
campment can go to the New York
state city on condition that satisfact-
DRY rates are secured from the rail-
roads. otherwise the executive COM
mittee Of the G. A. r. can select an
other city to which reasonable rates
can be secured.
Los Angeles. Denver and Springfield.
ILL.,. also were after the encampment.
and San Francisco invited the veter-
ans to the Golden Gate city in 1915.
When New Orleans heard of the latter
invitation veteran from the southern
city said the encampment would hear
from New Orleans before 1915. the
year Of the opening Of the Panama
canal
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
both Confident
OPPOSING FACTIONS ARE GATH
ERING FOR FRAY AT sAR.
ATOGA.
ROOSEVELT Is THE ISSUE
Vice President Sherman 10 Confident
Of Position as Temporary Chair.
man and Progressives are
Equally So.

Saratoga, n. T.. Sept. 26.-Delegates
to the republican state convention rep
resenting the progressive wing Of the
party who are fighting the old guard
for control, marked time today pending
the arrival of Theodore Roosevelt who
is expected at 2:30 this afternoon.
A conference OF the progressive lead.
ers was continued until past midnight
planning dates of the convention and
the fight for delegates. In the old
OF expectancy.
The moral effect OF Roosevelt's pres
ence on the night before the conflict is
expected by the progressives to crum-
BILE up all effective opposition to the
movement to place the former presi-
dent in control Of the convention.
Meanwhile both the old guard and the
progressives claimed a majority OF
1,015 delegates.
Interest centers In the action OF the
state committee at tonight's meeting.
with special reference to the threat
said TO have been made on behalf OF
the old guard to demand a revote on
tho question OF whether Roosevelt or
Sherman shall be temporary chairman
for the alleged purpose Of vindicating
the committee from the charge tina,
has been made that the result Of the
New York meeting was brought about
by trickery.
The tentative platform of the pro.
gressives has been described by one
OF Its grafters as short. crisp and dis
tfnctively Rooseveltian." II Is under
stood the main plank is for direct nom.
nations on the lines already announc-
ed by Lloyd c. Griscom.
Saratoga. N. Y, Sept. 26.-with the
coming today OF Vice president Sher-
man on the scene OF the political battle
the old guard forces redoubled their
energies to secure control of. the re.
publican state convention and prevent
Colonel Roosevelt and the progressives
from n: ming the candidates and writ
Ing the party platform.
Shortly after Sherman's arrival he
was In conference with VIM. Barnes
jr.. who frankly stated that neither
side had n majority of delegates.
There is nothing to say" said
Sherman. and there won't be any
thing to say later. as look at IT."
who is going to be temporary
chairman OF the convention" II am"
he replied.
That's what I came here for"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
ST. PAUL WOMAN SUES THE N. p.
Asks $4,000 for Having Been Put on
Train In Montana.

Butte.-A $4,000 personal injury
action against they Northern Pacific,
brought by Mrs. Nina Sander. Of st.
Paul, was begun here in the district
court and promises to be one OF the
hardest fought actions of the term.
Mrs. Sander, with her husband, were
put off Northern Pacific train dur
ing the night at Durant Junction, q
point without hotel facilities, the con.
ductor claiming that the Sandens had
invalidated their ticket from st. Paul
to Seattle by stopping over a day In
Butte. Mrs. Sander was in a delicate
condition and her experience at Dur.
ant was such as to make her hysterical
and bring on a serious illness, 1t 10
alleged.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
FLEW OVER ALPS.
Feat 10 Marred by Bad Accident In
Aliahtinq.

Milan. Italy. Sept. 23.-Georse Cha
vez. the Peruvian aviator. flew from
Brig, Switzerland. over the Simplon
pass and arrived at Domodossola, On
the Italian side Of the Alps, at ala
this afternoon.
Domodossola. Italy. Sept. :s.--In
alighting here, Chavez fell beneath
his machine. He was injured and his
monoplane was destroyed.
Chavez's injuries proved to be moro
serious than at first thought. At the
hospital to which he was removed the
physicians found that both Of the avi-
ator's legs were broken and that the
left thigh was fractured. The general
condition Of the air-man Is not con-
sidered to be grave.
Brig. Switzerland, Sept. 23.-Wey-
mann, the American aviator. assembled
At 1:10 this afternoon In an attempt
to follow Chavez In the flight across
the Alps to Milan. Italy. The weather
was favorable.
weymann descended after having
been in the air four minutes.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
Caught in a Cut; Two Killed.

Butte.-Crushing two men beneath
its weight and tossing six others to
right and left, work train crashed
into pushcar in deep cut two miles
west Of Moose Lake on the Northern
Pacific instantly killing John Holm
and Joe Langlois and injuring George
Anderson, Olaf Johnson and Charles
Murphy. Langlois, who was a SON
Of J. H. Langlois, postmaster of Mar
engo, Wis, was decapitated complete
ly, Holm's body was cut in two.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
Beaten and Robbed In k;teh.n

Philadelphia. Sept. 34.-while hel
husband was visiting friends last nigh,
a robber entered the residence Of Mrs
Robert Case Of IS North Ninth street,
bound her hand and foot. placed a gag
In her mouth. ransacked the house and
departed after finally beating and kikc-
ing her and leaving her unconscious
on the floor.
Before Mrs. Case was gagged she
Fought desperately and bit her assail-
ant 20 severely on the hand that he
LETT a trail Of blood from the kitchen
to the sidewalk. Mr.. Case Is certain
that the wound In the hand win ulti.
mately Identify the Intruder.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
MORE OCEAN T|TANs
Germany to Produce a New 5O,-
c00-Ton Steamship.
Inc 45,oo0Ton Liners ~ the White
ssar Line, Now Being Built, to Do
Ecitpsed-how the Struggle
Goes Forward,

Hamburg.-Much Is heard today
about the race for naval supremacy.
But the race IL no less keen In the
commercial contest and just now most
Of the great steamship lines are pre-
pairing fresh giants for the ocean strug-
gle. Here again the rivalry is between
the Germans and the British, both be-
Ing eager to hold the blue ribbon OF
Atlantic transport. the chief shipping
route in all the world.
When the Lusitania and Mauretania
relegated the German Deutschland to
q subordinate place as an ocean flyer
the challenge was renewed, and today
on both sides of the North sea there is
strenuous endeavor to create new
records In tonnage and speed. The
White Star line is well advanced with
the construction Of two new monsters,
the Olympic and the Titanic, the Ham
burg-Amerfcan line answers with a
still bigger vessel, the Hansa, to the
great delight of the kaiser, and now
the Cunard line gives hints OF plans
far beyond anything yet designed.
The Boston route must be consid-
cred first. because the latest ship to
take the water is the Franconia, new
twin-screw vessel Of the Cunard fleet,
which will be the largest liner that
has ever entered Boston harbor. It IL
just 20 years since the first Cunarder.
the Britannia, opened up that route, and
though the Franconia is far below the
Mauritania in speed and tonnage. 1t
demonstrates well enough the ship
ping advance that has been made In
the span OF q single human life.
For the Britannia was 2O7 feet long,
Its tonnage was 1854. speed eight and
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
Showing the Evolution Of Steamers.

Furst Bismarck. Isso-9l: Deutschland.
1900: Kaiser Wilhelm H.. 1901: Mauretania,
| 1907. and the Hansa.
one-half knots an hour and the cabins
accommodated only lis passengers.
Now the Franconia's length is 625
feet. its gross tonnage $4,000 tons,
displacement $4,000 tons: 1t can carry
1900 passengers and Its power is
twenty times as great as that Of the
Britannia.
More than three thousand workmen
labored on the liner for 12 months up
to the launching at Wallsend-on.Tyne.
The sister ship. the Laconia, has Just
been laid down In the same shipyard
and will be launched next year. Next
In point OF readiness are the White
Star liners, Titanic and Olympic. two
ocean giants under construction at
Belfast. Already they are immense
In bulk and when they are completed
they will be $4,000 tons each, or more
than $4,000 tons bigger than the Maui
retania. They are each $50 feet long
! and 1t is understood they will be fitted
VAN Cu61uCo.
The Mersey dock and harbor board
has commenced the construction of a
huge new dock at Liverpool, but as II
will not be fully completed for three
years. 1t may be guessed that the pro-
vision is mainly intended for the still
bigger Cunarder, that. report says,
will run to 10000 tons. Definite infor-
nation is not forthcoming at the Gu.
nard Offices on this latest plan, but It
Is not denied that the news that has
come from Germany of the new Ham,
burg-American liner Hansa has reused
the Cunard directors to a determine
ton to produce something that will
lick creation for some years to come.
The big German liner Kansas ton
mage will be almost $4,000. or $4,000
more than the Mauretania and 5000
more than the Titanic. The Hansa
will not, according to present ac-
counts, aim at ocean speeding. II will
have turbine engines designed to run
It at 20 knots an hour. but the cargo
and passenger accommodation will be
immense. So carefully is It to be con.
structed that It will not be In commits
sion before the beginning 1913.
Apart from the natural rivalry of
two great maritime nations In the
American passenger and freight trade
there is another influence ON the Amer
lean side of the Atlantic that has made
for shipping developments. Since the
Armbose channel and other New York
harbor improvements were carried out
shipping men have found the limita-
tons to the dimensions Of their yes
sells removed. The biggest liners they
have ever dreamed OF can now gain
ready access TO New York. and the
difficulties at present 10 more In the
harbors Of the old world than the
9eW.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
Grew DISOBFYED ORDERS
SECOND lNTERuRBAN WRECK
WITHIN THREE DAYS.
Freight Car With Orders to Take Sid.
ing Tries to Make Switch Fur.
thsr on and Is Wrecked.

Upton. Ind. Sept. 24-Disobedience
to orders by the crew Of a freight car
is said to have been the cause today Of
the second interurban traction wreck
within three days in Indiana. Today's
disaster cost the lives of six persons,
the serious injury of six more and Sc
we're hurts to a score.
A southbound freight car crashed
headon into a northbound passenger
car on the Indianapolis and Peru di-
vision Of the Indiana Union Traction
company shortly after noon, two miles
north Of this city.
The dead: DR.. W. c. Holthouser.
Brooklyn. N. y; Walter II. Holthouser.
Brooklyn. N. Y; Verdel Railsback. Hy-
menia, Ind: Jos. Baker, motorman on
limited car. Logansport, Ind: Lewis
Broo. Kokomo. Ind: b. F. WEIGH. Mar
shall. Mich.
The injured are: J. w. Montgomery,
Elwood. Ind. leg dislocated and severe
bruises; his wife escaped with minor
injuries: ]. r. Ballenger. postmaster.
Sharpsville, Ind. serious cuts on head;
Mrs. T. A. Moore. Elwood, Ind, knee
bruised and back wrenchcd; Mrs. Nell
Jones. Greentown. Ind. seriously hurt
about head: Chas. Grace. Fort Des
Moines. Iowa, Company C. u. S. infan-
try, now stationed at Fort Harrison.
indianapolis, eyes and nose injured and
hip dislocated.
The freight car, II is said. had orders
to stop at the first switch north of Res
sellers crossing. but tried to make the
first switch south. A clump of trees
hid the limited and the crew ofuthe
freight barely had time to jump to save
their lives.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
Haskell Trial BEGUN.

McAllister. Okla. Sept. 26.-The trial
OF Charles N. Haskell. governor of Ok
lahoma in what are known as the Mus.
kogee town lot cases. was called here
today before Federal Judge John A.
Marshall Of Salt Lake City. Utah.
U. s. District Atty. VIM. Gregg, who
Is to be assisted by Atty. s. r. Rush
OF Omaha. and ID. +. Hainer Of Tulsa,
Okla. announced that the government
was ready to proceed and urged that
the work Of selecting the jury begin at
once.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
News Of Montana.
FOREST FIRE Loss PLACED.
Supervisor Estimates the Damage In
Montana It 100000.

Bozeman.-Federal Supervisor d.
+. Conkling, Of the Gailatin forest re-
serve. after a preliminary survey Of
the burned area in this district re-
ports that the fires swept over about
1000 acres Of government timber, Do.
stroying. it is estimated. 4s.ees. 900
feet of timber. At the average price
realized for standing timber. this
would have been worth $4,000.
In addition to the government land
which suffered there il q greater
amount Of state, private and railroad
holdings. 1t is thought this viii
amount to 5000 additional acres.
bringing the total loss to more than
$500, 900.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
KILLED eY OFFICERS.
Negro Shoots Deputy Sheriff at BIZ
lings, and 10 Slain.

Billings.-Benjamin Franklin, color.
ed, chair car porter in employ of the
Burlington, was shot and instantly
killed while resisting arrest. In the
ARRAY which followed after the negro
was cornered by the officers. Deputy
Sheriff Pound was shot through the
lungs by Franklin and fatally wounded.
Franklin asserted some one had rob-
bed him, and was hunting the man
with avowed intention of killing him
when the officers started to take him
into custody. His body was pierced
by two bullets. fired by two policemen.
who were with Deputy Sheriff Pound.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
Railroads Are Blamed.

Washington. Sept. 2s.-"Probabiy
the greatest single deterrent to water
terminal advance In tho United States
Is the present adverse attitude Of rail
lines toward independent water traffie,
in their exclusive control OF the 'front.'
age. in their refusal or neglect to CO.
ordinate with general water traffic and
In their refusal to prorate generally
with water lines through the moye-
ment Of traffic"
. This is one Of the conclusions of
Herbert Knox Smith. commissioners of
corporations. In part 3. Just made pub
lie. OF his report to the president on
water transportation In the u, a
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30

Indicted beef packers of Chicago
gave bond for their appearance.
New Jersey republicans adopted a
ticket that is partly progressive.
Colonel Roosevelt denies that he
went to President Taft as a suppl.
cant.
The anniversary Of the entry into
Rome of King Victor Emmanuel II
was marked by celebrations.
Emperor William arrived at Wen.
ma. and for two days was the guest
of Emperor Francis Joseph a. Soho.
enbrunn.
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid has
cabled the state department from
London that the British government
agrees to the projected opium con-
ference.
Congressman Tavney has been
beaten for denomination in the First
Minnesota district.
Charles R. Heike of sugar fame
was sentenced to eight months on
Blackwell's island.
Colonel Roosevelt reiterated he
would not accept the nomination for
governor Of New York.
President Taft and Colonel Roose-
welt had conference. without arriv-
ing at q perfect understanding.
Father Oliver. who delivered q sem
sational sermon at the funeral Of the
victims Of the charity bazaar In Paris
In Nay. 1907. u dead.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
crippen Guilty Of WiIIfuI Murder.

London. Sept. e6-The coroner's Jury
today returned verdict of willful
murder against DR.. Hawley II. Crippen
the American dentist. in connection
with finding In the Crippen Hill Drop
Crescent residence last July of NUT
Hated body supposed to be that Of Grip.
penis wife. who was known on the
stage as Belle Elmore
No evidence beyond that given at the
Bow street police court in the case of
Crippen and Ethel Clara Leneve, was
produced at the resumed inquiry today
OF the coroner. The police announced
that they had nothing further to SUBJ
Fit
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
Auto Racer Will Die.

Nineola. N. 7. Sept. %. - George
Robertson. an automobile driver. was
thrown from his automobile while
taking trial spin this morning on the
Long Island motor speedway. He was
unsconscious when picked up. and was
rushed to Nassau hospital at Mineola.
Robertson was going at an estimated
rate Of seventy miles an hour In Q
new Benz car. which he was to drive
In the Vanderbilt cup race and which
he was giving an initial tryout. When
he struck MassopeQua curve. consid-
cred the most dangerous In the course
the car gave jump. swefved from the
course and completely overturned
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
General,

DR.. Woodrow Wilson was nominal.
ed for governor by New Jersey demo
Gratis.
Speaker Cannon said the fight on
the tariff was the same as 1t had been
for fifty years.
In a folly car collision in Indiana
1orty-two people were killed and
many others injured.
Governor Hay of Washington raped
the men who controlled the concerva.
ton congress at st. Paul.
In his next message President Taft
will recommend an appropriation to
fortify the Panama canal.
The Idaho republican state conyen.
ton adopted a platform endorsing
President Taft's administration.
John L. Peak. former United States
minister to Switzerland. is critically
I'll at his home in Kansas City.
Secretary Ballinger denounced as
silly rot the story that. the cabine,
was to pass judgment upon him.
Congressman TaWney says the
democrats brought about his defeat
by voting for his republican rival.
Schenectady county. New York,
gave the old guard a disagreeable
surprise by declaring for Roosevelt.
Father John Baptiste Abbott, of the
monastery OF trappist monks at St
Norbert, Manitoba. died last week.
King Manuel of Portugal has an
pointed sixteen new peers. all OF
them supporters OF the present minis.
ny.
The imposing granite monument
erected BY the state Of Indiana on
Antietam battlefield was dedicated.
Congressmen insist on having the
best there II OF comforts 1T the
capital when Uncle Sam pays the bill.
Special agents Of the customs ser.
vice have been cent TO San Francisco
20 Investigate the Weighing and samp-
liAg q sugar In that port.
To report that Ambassador
1gyce. apoa His return from tho
lstAnW q PnAama. Vim in6uem sscrs.
tnsy KAax hat 0Eoat DE1ei1o prefers
tAn9 - United States 1og411y he
ean11 = ~ esell1el = Lno1nh
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
Reserve Exceeds Requirements.

Washington. Sept. 2s.-The nationa,
banks Of the United States have re-
ported resources Of ss.s2s.452 and re-
serves Of sl.s47.ess. In answer to the
call for their condition. which was is
sued Sept. !.
Their resources are more than u
per cent greater than is required by
law" said Lawrence o. Murray. comp
troller Of currency. when he made the
returns public today.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
Will Consider Eortiiications,

Washington. Sept. 23.-The proper
fertilization of Panama will receive
the close attention Of President Taft
and Secretary of the Navy Meyer
when the cabinet assemblies on Sept.
"a, in view Of the fact that most of
the lighting Of the future will occur
near Panama 1t Is now known that
both the president and secretary favor
the establishment of a naval base
near the canal as supplementary to
canal fertilization.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-30
Robbed Sluics Boxes.

Seattle. Wash, Sept. 23.-Marius
Johansen, 20 years old. was arrested
here today ON a charge Of completely
in the stealing of s14.345 in gold from
sluice boxes OF the Pioneer Mining
Co. at Nome. Alaska, several weeks
ago. Johansen worked for the COM
pany with Johan Tyberg. who Is held
here In connection with the same case
Johansen and Tyberg came out on the
same steamer. the Senator. from Nome
last Friday.