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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-25

FOR RENT-The southwest quarter
of section 36-139-79, 2 miles west Of
Menoken. This land was broke in
1908. Only one crop in 1909. In
good condition to disc and SOW to
wheat this year. 8. Hair Bis
marck, N. D.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-25

AGENTS WANTED-We want good
salesmen to sell our whips to the
trade in North Dakota. Get our
proposition. Address, The Davis
Whip Co., Tppecanoe City, Miami
county, Ohio.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-25

FOR RENT-320 acre improved farm.
The west half of section 4.13S: 70.
Good five-rpom house, cheap stab.
ling. 220 acres under cultivation
and 40 acres fail plowed. Grain
rent. Will furnish seed If wanted.
s. Harris, Bismarck, N. D.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-25
FOUND.

OUND-A pocketbook containing
some small change. Owner can
have same by calling at Room 1,
First National Bank building, DR..
Roam, and paying for this ad.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
SEYLER MURDER TRIAL
 BRINGS MORBID CROWD
 TO COURT HOUSE TODAY
Accused Charged With Throwing His Alleged Sweetheart From the Million Dollar Pier at Atlantic City Into the Breakers While She Struggled in Defence
 of Her Honor

story told at the inquest, and the lat ter started. William grabbed her arm and told her to wait minute and called to the other that they would be along presently.
 That was the last seen of Jane Adams alive. When she failed to re- turn home her mother went to the Seyler house where she found Will liam, his wife and their two children. She asked where Jane was and Seyler declared he left her on the pier. The next day both the Seyler boys dis appeared and as Jane was missing Mrs. Adams swore out a warrant for William Seyler charging abduction. There was no thought of foul play until the body of the missing girl, clad in the white dress she had don ned to attend the dance, was recov- cred from the ocean. There were marks on the face and throat and a. deep wound above the left eye. Her clothing was torn and it was believed she had been murdered while battling for her honor. Rewards were offer ed for the apprehension of the Sey- lers and they were finally located in Harrisburg Va., where they formerly lived. They were brought back, to Atlantic City and a strong guard of police had hard work preventing mob violence, so intense was the feeling against William Seyler.
 Orvis Seyler was held as material witness, his story that Jane and his brother were left out on the end of the dimly lighted and abandoned pier confirming in every way the story told by Alice Adams.
 William Seyler admitted he had been with the girl. At first he said he left her in the dance hall but up cn strenuous application of the third degree, during which he was kept without food or sleep for some time, he finally said he had some words with her, that she backed away to the railing and fell overheard. He said he went down a ladder to rescue her when she appeared on the sur face but she never came up. He de- clared he would have told of it at once but that Mrs. Adams visit to his house unnerved him and he fled in fright.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
Special from United Press.l


 New York, May 23.-The man, through which the springs were manipulated by which the govern ment was defrauded of $2,000,000 in duties by short weighing of imports by the sugar trust, told the whole story under oath today. He was Oliver Spitzer, for 25 years. superin- tendent of docks for the trust, con- victed last December of conspiracy to defraud the government and sent enced to two years in Atlanta prison.
 Restored to all of his rights by a full pardon, secretly granted by PreSi- dent Taft, Spitzer took the stand to testify against Charles R. Heike, sec retary of the trust and former em- plOyes now on trial. He related the story of the frauds duplicating direct ly all the checkers, Former Cashier Bendernag gel and Former Superin- terdent Ernest w. Gerbrecht He stated, however, that he knew Heike only slightly.
 Spitzer swore that he had received the discharged checkers up to the time he was taken to Atlanta to serve his term and that money was paid to him by Gerbrecht. His story threw the defense, which had been taken completely by surprise, into sconfus- ion, and the attorneys asked that his cross examination be deferred until they could decide what they wanted to ask him.
 AS soon as Spitzer had been sworn, Special Prosecutor Stimson asked him why he was in New York to testify. He pulled a paper from his pocket and said: "I have been par doned by President Taft to come here and tell the entire truth re- garding the sugar frauds"
 lie stated that he had been in the employ of the American Sugar Refin- ing Company for 29 years, twenty five of which had been as dock super intendent of the Williamsburg re- fnery.
 The pardon, which was displayed by Spitzer, is dated May 19, and is full and unconditional. Spitzer made a complete confession of his part in the sugar frauds, his testimony being in direct contrast to that which he gave at his trial last December when he swore positively that he knew nothing about the frauds. He swore as far back as 1905 the checkers used bags of lead to keep the weight of sugar down. When the scales were ordered boarded up he furnished the checkers with two sets of steel springs by which they could mani pulate the scale beam He swore positively that he not only knew about the holes in the scales but he had personally bored hoies in seven teen beams.
 Did you arrange a system of sig nal lights in the scale houses?" ask ed Stimson. Yes"
 Spitzer explained that there had always been electric lights in the scale houses but that a few years be- DiPhQr6 P9rr mo hi iI ho installed red lights. These were used for the purpose of signalling the checkers that there was danger when government officials were about These lights were flashed from a switch in the dock superintendent s office. Spitzer said that he reported the irregularities in the weighing of the sugar to MT. Leroy" but he was not asked what position Leroy held with the sugar trust
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
 BIDS TO BE OPENED
OFFERS FOR BURIAL. OR DISPOSAL BY FEED ING TO PIGS AND FOR DISPOSAL BY
 REDUCTION TO BE MADE
Merits of Wiseloge System Will Be Asserted-By This Plan Grease Is Extracted and Fertilizer Obtained J. B. Livingston May Bidder.

The Board of Health will meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the office of Mayor Buckingham to open bids for garbage disposal. number of bids will be received covering various means of getting rid of garbage.
 It is expected that John H. Clampett will offer to feed the garbage to pigs at suitable rate per ton.
 Other bidders are expected to make proposals looking to the burial of the material.
 A bid will also be received for the installation of the Wiselogel system of garbage reduction, so called, which may be presented in the name of local men, or possibly in the name of the owners of the patent.
 This is perhaps the most interesting proposition that will be submitted, from a mechanical and chemical standpoint.
 The Wiselogel system is a reduction system very similar in its general principles to the system which has been in use by the Bridgeport By Products company
 But difference in the construc- tion of the machinery used, it is claim ed, disposes of all odor and overcomes certain other difficulties that attach to the other system.
 Under the Wiselogel system the gar bage is brought up an inclined plane to the top of a garbage house. It is dumped immedfa tely into a ten ton tank, which is the top of series Of tanks. Here it boils in water, until all the watery contents of the gar bage have been extracted.
 The steam and gases go over into an ordinary condenser in which the steam returns to water. Any gases
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
WHO SHALL MAKE C|TY'S
 BLOCK MAPS Assessors Have Ordered City Engineer Not to
 Do It S10,O0O PROVIDED FOR WORK Opinion of City Attorney Will Probably Be
 Sought
S1O,OOO PROVIDED FOR WORK

Just now there is a little difference of opinion between City Engineer Maurice F. McKenna and the asses sors as to who shall make the block maps, upon which assessments of land values shall be based. The or dinance imposes the duty upon the office of the engineer, according to an opinion just rendered by the city at- torney. But the assessors in the in- terest of getting the work out of the way as soon as possible, had proposed to contract the maps to local engi- neers. This plan was halted by the opinion of the city attorney. The as- sessors have now instructed the city engineer not to make the maps.
 The city engineer has obeyed these instructions, but it is likely that the city attorney will be asked to render another opinion as to whether, an ap- propriation for the maps having been made, it is, or is not, the duty of the city engineer to go ahead and make them. The appropriation is for s10,- 900.
 The block maps as they are at pres ent made are a haphazard production in the sense that what they shall con tain is not definitely fixed by ordi- nance.
 It is not improbable that specified tions for these maps may be formulat- ed and presented to the common coun- cil for approval.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23

go over into a retort, where they are consumed in the same fire that heats the boilers.
 When a charge of garbage is suffi- ciently cooked the remainder. which is called "tankage" is dropped through suitable opening, which is entirely enclosed, into a hydraulic press, where the moisture is almost entirely squeez- ed out of it.
 The construction of this press is novel, in that it's bed plate is super imposed upon springs, which yield be- fore heavy substance as a stone, or chunk of iron, but yet resist enough to permit thorough compres- sion of the tankage.
 This permits the garbage to be dumped into the receiving tank just as it arrives, without sorting.
 From the press the tankage is drop ped into a drier. It is then ground and has commercial value as fer tilizer.
 The return in fertilizer is about eight to ten per cent of the amount of garbage treated it is said.
 The grease, which comes over from tn rendering tank or the press, passes into a settling tank and is run off to rectifying tank.
 The material suffers no exposure from the time it is received until it is discharged as a product which is claimed to be sterile and odorless.
 In respect to this process alternative bids may be offered, one under which the company would rebuild a plant for the use of the city, and one under which the company would build the plant and reduce the garbage for a price per ton.
 It is said that J. B. Livingston who was head of the Bridgeport By-Pro- ducts Company may be a bidder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
BICYCLE COP RACES SPRINTER
 TO A FINISH Fred Clinton Was making Speedway of Park Pave
 ments DISOBEYED ORDER TO HALT Chase By Athletic Police man Attracts Large
 Crowd
DISOBEYED ORDER TO HALT

Unheralded as an. event of the sporting world, a desperate bicycle race along the fine concrete walk tense interest from the scores of peo- ple who were enjoying morning walks through the park today. The parti- cIpants were Bicycle Policeman James Burns and Fred Cinto, aged 20, of T04 Maple street. It was a handicap race, Burns was scratch man and Cinto had fairly good start. Cinto lost.
 avenue entrance towards the se3 wall in time to see Cinto dashing madly along the smooth walk, yelling at pedestrians in his way, and several times narrowly escaping running them down.
 As Burns drew near, Cinto jumped on Burns called to the reckless young cyclist, and again he alighted. When the policeman started to reprl- mand the youthful speeder, Cinto erinned, and showing defiance at the policeman, leaped on his bike and began to ride along the walk.
 But he reckoned without a com plete knowledge of the ability of the cop. Burns IS something of spurter himself.
 Along the sea wall they flew, Cinto now and then glancing back over his shoulder at the ever nearing police man, and Burns peddling away like an automaton, his speed steadily les sening the distance between Clnto and himself The spectators started in pursuit. and as the the race draw to a close.
 Cinto feigned inability to under stand English as he dropped from his wheel, exhausted, while Burns fresh as ever, showed very little ef- fects from his eXertion. Cinto was tp ken to police headquarters and held in bail of SEQ for violating the ordi- rance relative to bicycling on side walks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
PECK
 TO TALK ON
 UTILITIES BILL
With Ralph o. Wells Will Address Business Men
 May 26

At the next regular meeting of the Bridgeport Business Mems associa- ton, at the Stratfield, Thursday even ing, May 26, the public utilities sub- ject will be further pursued and the speakers will be Attorney Ralph O. Wells of Hartford and Senator Charles $. Peck of Danbury. It is expected there will be a large attendance and any persons interested who are not members of the association, are in- vited to be present.
 Attorney Wells was secretary of the first commission appointed by Cover Tor Woodruff to prepare a public utilities bill and he did the most inn pOrtant work on the commission in securing the necessary information and putting it together.
 It is desirable that bill be pre- scented to the legislature which shall be drawn in the interests of the peo- pie wholly and not at the behest of any special interest.
 Senator Peck of Danbury is known as a strong advocate of a public utilities bill which shall be efficient and fair. His position was straight forward and clear in the last legisla ture. He will give some of his ob servations andwill also speak regard ing the Danbury-Bridgeport trolley project which, 1t is now said, may prove a certainty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
BURNHAM'S DINNER TO HAWLEY AND
 THE HILL LETTER
Congressman Too Busy to Attend Talks About Taft,
 Roosevelt and Harmony
No Mention of Hawley's Name In the Epistle Which MT. Burnham Re ceived from the Congress man from This District.

Instead of coming in person to the dinner given Saturday afternoon at Minor Smiths shore house in Strat- ford to Sheriff $. E. Hawley by Will liam B. Burnham. Congressman F. J. Hill sent MT. Burnham letter deal- ing with phases of the Taft adninis- tration contrasted with that of Roose- yelt's, which we print below. Stiles Judson was toastmaster and in addi- t1on to the deputies of the sheriff there were present a number of foremost of- flee holding Republicans. It is mo- ticeable that the Congressman in his somewhat lengthy and carefully word ed epistle refrafned from making any reference to the chief guest of the oc- casion.
 The omission of Sheriff HawIsy's name In the Hill letter naturally caus- ed some speculation. That part of the letter which refers to the necessity of Republican harmony this fall is taken by Sheriff Hawley and his friends to indicate that the Congress man will not be found opposed to the sheriff
 The latter. speaking during thu feast remarked that he found it necessary to be against Congressman HfH when the latter was seeking the seat in the Senate how held by Frank B. Bran
 
 given his word to Mr. Brandegee long before MT. Hill had announced his can didacy. In doing so he was keeping faith with his dead chief. the late Sam Fessenden.
 Toastmaster Judson added to the sum total of the wisdom of the occa- sion by reminding those present that one of the judges Of the higher courts Of the State had said that Sheriff Flaw ley attended to the duties of his office better than any sheriff in the State The name of the judge naturally was withheld because to use if might frle ply that a member of the judiciary was somewhat interested in the poIit- 1cal success of the incumbent of the office of sheriff of this county.
 Speaking of himself and for himself MT. Hawley remarked that he was in the hands of his friends and that If he was again nominated he would ac- cept the tender and do all that lay in his power not only for hin own suc- cess but for the success of the Repub- lican ticket as we'll
 Others who had word of pleasantly to say were P,qs1r,sEster MsFizold .1ddge E. s. sBs Ks Judge James F. Walsh, Judge E. P. Hobbs, Secretary of State Rogers. State Republican Chairman Michael KeneaIy, Dr. c. Lincoln Banks, and Richard Howell. All present united in voting MT Burn ham real thanks for the excellent din- ner which he caused to be provided
 The letter of Congressman Hill fol- lows:
 (Continued on page 3.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
CONVICT SPITZER GETS
 PRESIDENTIAL PARDON,
 TURNS ESTATES EVIDENCE
In His Testimony in Heike Sugar Fraud Case Today, Witness Lays Bare In Detail Manner In Which Government Was Defrauded-Bored Holes Himself In Springs that Did the Crooked Work = Flatly Contradicts His Former Testimony.

Spitzer swore, however, that he knew of his own knowledge that the sugar trust used the city weigher's re- turns to pay for raw sugar and that the government weights were not used in the Wall street office for any cal culations. This testimony, Stimson admitted, will be used to show that Hefke as secretary must have known of the frauds.
 The witness related various conver- sations he had with former Cashier James F. Bendernagel and former Su- perintendent Ernest Gerbrecht, who are among the men on trial. Whenever he desired to raise the wages of check CTS he said he had to take the matter up with Bendernagel and Gerbrecht. Tallymen who checked on the govern ment weighers received more than those who worked with the city weigh CTS, he said. In order to avoid this becoming known the witness declared Cashier Bendernagel marked their en, velopes $15 although they contained S18
 Spitzer'S- testimony was frequently interrupted by objections by John M. StanchfieId, Charles R. Heike's attor- ney, Henry M. Cochrane. who repre- and George M. Macklar. who repre- scented Gerbrecht. but in every instance the objects were overruled.
 In the latter part of 1908. Spitzer swore. he received phone message warning him to be careful with the wire springs. He was informed that the government officials were keeping a close watch
 From whom was this message?'' asked Stimson. "I don't know" Spitzer stated that following the raid on the docks by Richard Parr. the checkers who had been using the springs came to him and asked him if they were to lose their jobs.
 'I told them,' he said, that MT. Gerbrecht had promised to look after them. MT. Gerbrecht was asked what was to become of men and the check CTS as we had all been discharged. He told me to go on home and he would call on me later at my garage. He did so and from that time on used to meet me once a week and give me a package"
 What did that package contain ?'' asked Stimson. There was money in it. Gerbrecht told me to take out my wages and the wages of all of the dis charged checkers. which I did. This continued right up to February, 1910, when I was sent away to Atlanta prison"
 That's all." snapped Stimson at this point, and the counsel for the defense, who were plainly greatly upset by the developments of the day, asked that the oss-examination of the witness be postponed indefinitely. Escorted by Chief Flynn of the secret service, who refused to let anyone speak to him, SDitzer left the court room.
 It was reported that the government is prepared to prove that Spitzer and the checkers who are serving a term of one year on Blackwell's Island-Kehoe. Boyle, Coyle and Hennessey-have been carried on the payroll of the su- gar company ever since they were con- victed and their wages paid to their wives
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
STATEMENT BY DAVID PORTER
 EX0NERATES WIFE

To the Editor of the Farmer:
 Sir-I wish to state that the story of the domestic troubles of the Porter family. of Bunnell street. was largely exaggerated and that the whole trou- ble resulted from misunderstanding prompted by stories told by trouble making parties
 The facts are that appearances only were against my wife, and deeply regret my hasty Judgment in the af- fair, which had the effect of her trying to get even with me.
 I also very much regret the notor- iety in both cases. and I cannot put it too strongly-I at no time intended to press charges against my wife, for I had no positive proof against her. The whole affair was the result of haste and misjudgunent.
 Therefore consider it no more than right to make this statement of af- fairs, to correct a great error
 GSigned)
 DAVID PORTER.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
Special from United Press.)

Mays Landing, N. J., May 23.- William T. Seyler, charged with the murder of Jane Adams, his alleged Fier' at Atlantic City on February 4, last, was placed on trial before Justice Thomas F. Trunchard in the courthouse here today. Never before has a murder trial in this county at tracted such general attention or caused so much discussion. The to be difficult.
 Clarence Goldenburg, prosecuting attorney, is in personal charge of the case.
 Special trains ran from Atlantic City to the courthouse this morning bringing thousands of interested and mOrbidly curious spectators.
 William T. Seyler was indicted for murder on the night of February 4, last, of Jane Adams, an Is year old girl whose bruised and frozen body was taken from the breakers on February 13. The evidence against Seyler is for the most part circum- stantial and in connection with the police attempt to break him down and force a confession there were developments which resulted in the United States Senate ordering an in- vestigation of the police third de- gree.'
 Seyler who is married, had been very friendly with Jane Adams and her mother forbid her having any thing more to do with him. On February 4 there vyas a concert and dance at Youngs Pier and Orvis Sey- Ter, brother of the accused, took Jane and her younger sister, Alice, to the pier. William T. Seyler was waiting at the entrance to the pier and the quartet paired off, Jane going with William. They listened to the music and viewed the moving picture. After about an hour they walked to the end of the pier near the wireless sta- tion. This section is very dimly light ed and Alice Adams became fright ened. She and Orvis started back. She called to Jane, according to her
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
MOTHER WANDERS STREET WITH HER
 TWO CHILDREN

Mrs. Kate Cribbins, a poverty strick- en mother of two infants. was taken to Lakeview Home yesterday from police headquarters, where she spent Satur- day night. Mrs. Cribbins was sent to Derby as @ town charge by Supt. Brennan of the Charities department. to assume the responsibility for her care, and sent her back to Bridgeport. After wandering about the streets for hours, she applied to police headquar- ters for assistance for herself and her children.
 Untol the two cities settle the con- troversy as to who should care for the mother and children they will be housed at Lakeview Home. Mrs. Cribbins husband, John, who formerly lived at IA Beers street. vanished two weeks ago when she complained to the police that he neglected to support her and the little ones
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-23
DRYS MEAN TO DRIVE SALOON FROM CAPITAL Monster Movement of Worlds Sunday School Convention at Wash
 ton Iowa Delegation Leads Fight In Demanding Ac- tion By Congress on
 Traffic
Especial from United Press.

washington. May 23.-Urging the convention to unite in monster move ment to eradicate the saloon from the National Capital, Rev. Frank F. Filch, of the Iowa delegation, today intro duced a resolution before the Worlds Sunday school convention demanding action by Congress. The resolution recites the saloon is the greatest in strumentality in all the world for inn poverishing men and promoting crime and vice, and declares the traffic out of harmony with the beauty and sacred character of the Nations capl- tal."
 It calls upon Congress for the en- Rctment of legislation which shall make Washington a strict prohibition city.
 Iowa Is fathering the resolution and will lead the fight before Congress should the convention adopt it.