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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-10
HALF MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
IN PENNSYLV ANIA CITY TODAY.
ENTIRE BUSINESS BLOCK At
LANCASTER DESTROYED-SEV
ERAL FIREMAN INJURED.

LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. 10-The
worst fire in the history Of Lancas-
ter today destroyed an entire bust
ness block Of buildings The loss
will amount to over 100000. Sew
eral firemen were injured
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-10
THOUGH 100 YEARS OLD
Will BECOME AN ELK.

JOSEPH TUFFREE WILL BE THE
OLDEST ELK IN THE UNITED
STATES-GRAND EXALTED RU-
LER WILL ATTEND INITIATION.
MARSHALLTOWN, Ia, Feb. 10
A large family party assembled today
to celebrate the one hundredth birth
day of Joseph Tuffee, who is be-
lieved to be the oldest men in this sec
ton of Iowa Mr.. Tuffree is a hale
and hearty man for his years. A
few weeks hence when the Elks ded-
icate their magnificent club house
here, he will be initiated into the or
Ger. The occasion will be made d
notable one, in view of the fact that
Mr.. Tuffree will be the oldest Elk
in the entire country. Judge J. L.
sammfs, OF LeMars, Grand Exalted
ruler, and a number of other prom
inent officials and members Of the or
der will attend the iniation. Mr..
Tuffree is a native of Delaware, but
has been a resident of Iowa for more
than half a century.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-10
SUGAR OFFICIAL GETS
TWO YEARS IN PRISON.

NEW YORK, Feb 10-Oliyer Spit
ger, former dock superintendent for
the American Sugar Refining Com
pany. convicted of defrauding the gov
eminent by underweighing, was today
sentenced TO two years in the Allan
IA penitentiary, and will leave for
prison this afternoon. The case
will be appealed.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-10

."For Rent" Furnished Rooms
Eo- Hire" and liable Board" Pla-
ards at the Daily News office. It
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-10
LAWYER WANTS
$4,000 FOR
SAYING Eye"
WEALTHY MINING MAN CONSULT.
ED HIM AS TO LEGALITY or
DEATH BED MARRIAGE.

CHICAGO, Feb. 10-The case Of
Attorney Seth Crews for a $50, 900
fee for pronouncing the single word
yes" is on trial here today.
Crews says he was consulted by
John Smith, a wealthy mining man, to
learn if a death-bed marriage was le-
gal Crews answer was yes" Smith
then married Miss Sarah Patterson,
dying two hours later. Mrs. Smith
was the legal heir of $4,000 left by
Smith. Crews wants $4,000 of this
as a fee.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-10
R0NV|CTED
|l|NINALS'
4 PROBLEM.
o. COMMERCE AND
4scussINc PERPLEx-
8TIoR PROBLEMS

||H nv
4ox, Feb. IO-''The Law
made tie same for Grimm.
waite slaves. If We find a
.a rhite slave within three
~ be- entry We may depOrt
4.n Is convicted Of felony
landed in jail, fed by
and then turned loose up
nunnity
easement was made by Score
cmnerce and Labor Mage
nf COX the United Press the
4H Australian, reputed in
sss to be a thief, yet new
The man was undoubt
s.'rable citizen, but the
m Bureau was for a lone
loss for means to depor1
IL succeeded only through q
M tie law.
4t.ke6 rom Liverpool, Eng
a American shores last Novem
Coming first class. he slipped
s county without any exam
n 81 tie Ellis Island officials
soon spprehended and held
trouble started. He had
III. hssn Ia ian but each time fol
snp. Of court, which is not ar
n Involving moral turpitude, and
b could not be sent back on these
nsrraons He was out of the Aus.
nln ,anz simply because the off
t,k q that country called when he
una At home; he had skipped bone
Enghnd and was generally known
a nsmber Of a famous band o.
lmuilzt thieves. In short the mans
az 1enommendatiOn was that, being
zpdk be vas q good crook. But
a h bad never been convicted o.
81 O any other crime there seeme'
ahne hv under which he could
lei out
{ b vas allowed to enter, the
.nlse we're great that he would be
s ian bird sooner or later and
- ol public several years prison
~. b the authorities ordered that
, leponed as one likely to be
public charge" The public
clause Is designed to prevent
3 AAu b Immigrants who are un
2 earn q living. He was educat
ut nan Of far above averag,
lHnpe he could easily prov,
amy to earn a living and S,
ts decision In the courts.
- New York Court Of Appeal
'et tie decision Of the Immi
Bureau holding that the man.
aaer warranted the assumption
b would get into trouble. anc
= and that in this way he wa.
Q become a public charge"
shere are any number Of i'm
entering this country ever.
2 this type. "unconvicted Grim
q men Of criminal character
'orne out in the report Of tn,
eneent Of prisons Of New
Hat q per cent. of the inmate
mn. sing Sing and Clinton pc;
are Of foreign birth.
nped On fourth page
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-10
SIX men KILLED, Two MORE
WILL DIE FROM EXPLOSION
BAD ACCIDENT OCCURS NEAR
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN, TODAY
OTHERS SERIOUSLY HURT.

BAY CITY, Mich Feb. 1Q-Six me
were killed, two fatally injured and
several seriously injured in an ex-
plosion which wrecked Princeling's
mill at Crumpt, near here, today.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-10
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MET At De LAND.

CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANT BU-
sINESs TRANSACTED AT MEET
ING HELD MONDAY AND TUES
DAY.
The Board of County Commissioners
met in regular session in DeLand
Monday evening and Tuesday fore
noon. The following road and bridge
reports were submitted:
District No. Progress on prison
house on Osteen-New Smyrna road
and general repairs.
District No. General repairs.
District No. 3-Pinestrawing Stet-
son-Glenwood and DeLeon-Clifton
roads and general repairs.
District No. 4-Repairs to Daytona-
Fort Orange road and the DeLand :
Daytona road and rebuilding Smith
Creek draw.
District No. 5-Shelling Oak Hill
Titusville road and general repairs.
The former action of the Board re-
fusing payment of bill Of S. H. Cove
was sustained
Commissioner Cade was granted au-
thority to build a lighter for Astor
Ferry, Lake county to pay half the
cost.
The attorneys of the Board were
instructed to notify all Buss autos,
log carts and lumber carts, the provis
ions of the law as to their use Of
county roads.
The clerk was intructed to notify
the County Commissioners Of Hills
boro county that the Board will at
tend the Commissioners meeting in
Tampa. Feb. oath, 1910, as a body or
by representative.
The clerk was instructed to adver-
tise for lease of all county prisoners
except females and those whose time
shall be three months and under.
It was agreed by the Board that
when the citizens Of Port Orange
and vicinity raise the sum of $500
and place same in Merchants Bank,
Daytona. for the purpose of taking
care of the convicts, Commissioner
bradshaw is authorized to supply
said citizens with as many cOnvicts
as possible and they to keep said con
vfcts until completion of the PENN
sula road to Ponce park.
On motion the clerk was instruct
/ ed to spread upon the minutes the fol
lowing resolution adopted by jhe
Board:
/ Resolved, That at the regular meet
inc of the Board in April, 1910, the
matter of the adoption of the law
fixing the width of tires on wagons
leg carts and other vehicles viii be
considered and the clerk is instruct
ed to advertise the same for four
weeks.
It was agreed to use No. 1 tile
as roofing material for jail and tC
dispense with dumb waiter as provid
ed in original contract, also to pu'
! in back steps on east porch.
The ueasurer's report for Janu
airy was approved and paid warrants
destroyed. Statement from report
| Balance general fund q. q. Sll,13s.5l
! Balance R. & B. fund e.. q. 1880
Balance F. & F. fund e.. 12ls
70794 =
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-10
TEXANS TO DISCUSS
CARE OF INSANE,

Marlin, Texas, Feb. ia major
ity OF the counties of Texas were
represented at the opening here TO-
day of a two days conference Of the
County Judges and Commissioners
Association. Better methods for the
care of the insane is the principal sub
ject slated for discussion at the meet
ing.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-10
E. v. GREENE
IS AGAIN
THE MAYOR.
LARGEST VOTE POLLED YES
TERDAY OF ANY MUNICIPAL
ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF
DAYronA. II
Those elected:

Those elected:
Mayor. w. Greene.
CIerk-A. McF. Porter.
Assessor-W. M. Moore.
Collector-W. n. Edmondson.
Treasurer-F. 7. Peck.
CounciImen 1.-TWO years. n. E. Bur-
dick, L. G. Lyman, S. w. O'Brien,
Henry Schmidt; Il year, E. 7. Con-
rad.
School Trustees-W. M. Hawkins,
VIM. jackson and A. J. Wilder.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Will Arbitrate Wage Dispute.

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Ch air.
man Knapp of the interstate commerce
commission and Chas. P. Neill, com.
missioner of labor, mediators under
the Erdman act, left for Chicago today
to undertake the adjustment of the
controversy between the western rail-
ways and their engineers and firemen.
Both mediators expressed hope of a
successful outcome. Had it not been
for mediation, the strike would have
gone into effect Monday.
According to Carter, president OF
the brotherhood of Locomotive Fire.
men and Enginemen, their function
will be not to arbitrate the matters In
dispute, but to determine what shall
be arbitrated. The questions involve
wages, which both sides have agreed
to arbitr ate, the two other technical
points involving promotion and rep.
resentation in the union, which the
brotherhood contends are arbitral,
but which the railroads say are not.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
For Bureau ofsMines.

WASHINGTON, March 18.-Deelar.
ing Il to be q serious national need >.
and quoting statistics showing the
enormous loss of ltfe In mine disas.
tere, Senator Dick of Ohio, has re-
ported to the senate the bureau Of
mines bill, which passed the house
some weeks ago. The senate commit.
tee on mines and mining, from which
Senator Dick reported the bill, made
two importana Oh anges in the measure,
increasing the salary of the chief Of
the bureau from. $1,000 to s6. 900 .
year. and providing that It shall take
effect imnaediatel on it's passage.
Senator Dick says that the investi.
gstions TO be conducted by the bureau
will aid in making mining less waste
ful OF life and resources, and that II
will be useful TO the states in enacting
better and more uniform laws and
regulations concerning mining.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
An Agreement Reached.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE New
York Central & Hudson River rail-
road and its controlled lines, includ.
ing the Lake Shore & Michigan South.
ern, the Michigan Central. the Boston
& Albany, and the Big Four, reached
tacit understanding last night after
an all day conference with the Brother.
hood of Railway Trainmen and the
Order of Railroad Conductors that
there would be no strike.
In the negotiations for an increase
in wages and for change in the work.
ing schedule. both sides made liberia
conce ssions, and when the conference
ended both sides were in the best of
humor and Joined in q statement that
there was not the least Likelihood of q
strike.
The result of the conference. it was
said, would be q minimum increase Of
3 per cent to the highest paid train.
men and conductors, and q maximum
of l6 per cent to the lowest paid.
Also many changes are to be made in
the working schedule.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
DEMAND FOR HOMESTEADS.
Mr.. Pray Urges the Immediate Sur.
vey Of Montana Lands.


WASHINGTON, March 17.-Declar.
ing the rapid settlement of Montana
under the 320- acre homestead law re-
quired the immediate survey of the
unsurveyed lands in Montana, Rep.
resentative Pray this week argued be.
fore the appropriation committee of
the house in favor of an appropria.
tion OF 100000 for this work. He
said there we're $1,000, 900 acres in $40
townships needing surveys. These
lands were suitable for farming and
grazing.
Mr.. Pray told the committee that
there never was time in Montana 9
history when there was such de-
mand for homestead settlement. There
were ten land Offices in the state and
they had to work overtime to receive
the applic ations for homestead entry.
he cited the rush at the Great Falls
offices as an instance, where the work
was behind to the extent of some 5000
or more applications.
Representative Pray also told the
committee that he believed there would
b. q grand rush OF over 100, 600 people
to Montana to go into farming this
year, and the necessity of surveying
and opening up the land was most
nrpant
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Washington News Notes.

WARRINGTON, March 19.-The sen.
ate has passed q bill granting to en-
trymen on irrig ated projects leave OF
absence until water for the irrig alton
of their lands is turned into the main
canals.
During the months of December and
January last there were 697 deaths in
Montana. according to q report OF
the marine hospital and public health
service. In December the deaths num-
bered 3l6 and in January 359. Ty-
phoid fever, scarlet fever, diptheria
and consumption were the leading
causes.
Major w. R. Logan, superintendent
OF the Fort Belknap Indian reserva.
ton, who has been In Washington for
some time In connection with matters
here affecting the Indians under his
charge, has returned to Harlem to re.
sumo his duties on the reserv alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Of Interest To the West.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-Two bills
of Importance to the west have passed
the senate. One gives entrymen on
irrig alton projects where the water is
not yet turned on, leave of absence
until the water is made available.
This bill has yet to pass the house.
Another measure which has passed
the house, and now goes to the presi.
dent, provides for the temporary
withdrawal of public lands by the
state under the Carey act. Under it
the state may apply for temporary
withdrawal of lands pending investi'
cation and survey for fling applica.
ton for segreg alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Decision Defines Desert Land.

BILLINGS, March 19.-This evening
the local land Office received an opin.
ion from the general land Office in
which its decision dismissing the con.
test of Eugene V. Auge against Vir.
ginia F. George is affirmed. The de-
cisiou made, defining what is desert
entry, is in apparant contradiction to
the claims of the dry farmers, and
consequently is regarded as being the
most important ofrecent years so far
as the arid west is concerned.
Mrs. George located half section
of land under the desert act on March
Z. 1905, and took steps for it's recla-
nation by irrig alton. The land was
planted under the expectation that
water would be available in time for
irrig alton, but owing to the failure Of
the ditch constructors to finish the
work water was not placed on the
land. However, fair crop was re.
allied, and Auge, seeing this, contest
ed the desert land claim upon the
ground that agricultural crops could
be raised without artificial irrig alton.
In the decision is was held that the
proposition Of raising remunerative
crops without irrig alton in the west
had not been sufficiently established
to warrant the changing of the char.
acter of the land, while, on the con-
trary, the government reclamatio
projects and the expenditure of large
sums for irrig alton enterprises DEM
onstrated the fact that the lands were
considered desert. BY the finding the
contest is dismissed, aud the claim of
Mrs. George is affirmed, subject to .
possible appeal to the secretary OF the
Interior.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Six Millions for Montana.

WASHINGTON, March 17.-Exten.
sions costing $4,000, 900 are proposed
for the Milk river irrig alton project
in Montana underline bill of Senator
Carter providing for go. .000, 900 of
certificates, by the reclamation ser.
vice. It is also proposed to make ex.
tensions to the Sun river project cost
ing 800, 900.
To complete the present projects the
following sums will be required, &C.
cording to estimates of the service:
Huntley project, $50, 900; Milk river,
s1, ,857, 900; Sun river, sl0S, 900; Lower
Yellowstone, $685., 900.
Up to the first of the year the ex.
penses of the projects in Montana we're
as follows:
Milk river, 1891 ,625; Huntley, s911,
TIC; St. Mary. 1851, ,4SS; Lower Vel
lowstone. s2,828, $3.50.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
To Make War on Fly Pest.

WASHINGTON, March 16. - Prepa.
rations were commenced today by
Uncle Sans chief entomologist and
his staff to wage q concerted national
warfare on the common house fly, sew
ersl billlons of which are expected to
arrive shortly and take up their resi-
dence in the homes of the land. Dr..
Howard, who is the big bug of the en-.
genealogical department, is confident
that such q crusade will be inv valuable
in preserving the temper of baldhead-
ed men and conserving the health OF
the public at large.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
8allinger Ridicules insurgents.

ST. PAUL, March 16.-"The insur.
gent movement is something like q
fantasy and the Bsllinger-Piuchot
hearing is OF less Importance in the
east than in the west.
Secretary Ballinger who is here to
address the Minnesota Conserv alton
congress, thus expressed himself to-
day.
"When you are riding on the plains
q COW on the horizon looks 40 feet
high, but when you come to it, it's
only an ordinary cow" he said.
Speaking further of the investiga'
tion of the CLAWS charges, Mr.. Bal
linger said:
$50 far nothing has been brought
to light but suspicion, innuendo and
intim ations. These I will dispel as
soon as my evidence is in."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Hill Urges Economy.

ST. PAUL, March 18.-Jas. J. Hill
delivered an address at the Minnesota
conservation convention today, in
which he urged the conservation Of
capital, condemned extravaganza,
gave the causes of the increase in
prices, and told how the eituation de-.
scribed by him might be remedied.
Great interest was taken In the
speech Of Mr.. Hill, who declared that
1--WE are living in an age of worldwide
financial delirium: that next after the
conservation of the land, it's area, use
and fertility, must come the conserva q.
tion OF natural capital in the shape OF
cash and credit" Mr.. Hill said in
part:
"The people of the United States
Inherited from its founders whole
some tradition ag gainst debt. which is
only now disappearing from the con-
duct of national affairs. II the advo.
Gates of large bond Issues for all
manner of internal improvements
should carry their point, ii that re-
source Is not definitely restricted to
the emergency of war, we will be in
the condition of Europe, where the
motto OF every chancellory now seems
to be after US the deluge.'
SIN our cities, modern extravaga ance
ands its most untrammeled expression.
The total debts of the states including
all minor civil divisions increased
SI3, ,92l ,443, or l.25 per cent. between
1880 and 1890. Between 1890 and 1902
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
lovesickness Causes Suicide.

MILES CITY, March 16.-Bradley
Hartley, q coal miner andisheepherder
for James Kinney, took the csrbolio
acid route to the great beyond last
night at about 10 o'clock, atterihaving
been refused by Miss Maria Rath,
whom he asked to marry him.
The couple we're near the bridge
on Main street in the eastern part of
town. Mise Rath attemp pied to seize
the bottle to prevent the rash deed,
but was too late. This is the third
time Hartley attempted the same act
for the same reason, Miss Rath dis.
covering and taking away the bottle
on previous occasions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
Attorney Roasts Oil Trust.

WASHINGTON, March 17.-''They
have waved the black flag over the
land as others have done over the
ocean. Do I deny they have demon
strated their ability? No. They have
competed with an ability unequaled
in this country"
In these words Frank B. Kellogg,
for the government, arraigned the
Standard Oil company before the su.
preme court of the United States in
the second days argument of the case
for the dissolution of the New Jersey
corpor alton, as decreed by the United
States court for the eastern district of
Missouri.
'With its rami6cations, its influ-
ence and its money power giving it
carte blanche. let it combine, as Mr..
Watson suggests and let it cut prices
as Mr.. Wilburn speaks about, and I
predict it will control every industry
in this country in ten years; yea, in
five years."
"What makes this great coun.
try?" he asked.
"Not great corporations. 1t is the
individual, the independent proprie.
tor with the star of hope; the star of
hope that has always been held out to
man before him. Your honors, it is
but step from combination to So
cialism and but another from social.
ism to anarchy"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23

Hsvre Plaindealer: Two full blood.
ed Indians from the Berthold reserva-
tion, named Joseph Reed and Wyom.
ing Bill, dressed in Montgomery
Ward cowboy suits, boarded train
No. 3 at Mondak March 10 with full
cargo of fire water under their belts,
being destined to Oswego, Mont, and
armed with Colts revolvers. They
started distur bance while the train
was standing at Malta with some of
the passengers. They were restrained
from doing any great damage by the
the train crew, and after their ar
rival at Havre were arrested by
Havre police on the charge of carry
ing concealed weapons.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-23
MAY CLOSE SHELTER.
Government Brings Suit Against Big
Copper Company.

HELENA, March 16.-Alleging that
the operati of the Washoe smelter !
at Anaconda 10 destroying vegetation
and timber, eroding the soil and in.
iuring approximately 1000 square
miles of country In the counties of
Jefferson, Silver Bow, Deer Lodge,
Powell and Granite, suit was fled in
the United States district court here
this afternoon on behalf of the United
States against the Anaconda Copper
Mining company for an injunction to
close down the plant.
Ligon johnson of New York and
Washington, special assistant to the
attorney general, who arrived from
San Francisco today, bringing the
complaint with him, explained that it
was not the purpose OF the government
to put the company out of business
but simply to compel the company to
install appliances which will render
harmless the now noxious fumes. In.
cidentally Mr.. johnson stated that
the bringing of this suit is the result
of an investig alton initi ated by former
President Roosevelt, and that 1t was
not brought until all other methods of
solving the trouble had failed.
The complaint recites that the
Washoe smelter was built In 1902 and
reconstructed in 1908, 1.-THE defenda ants
we'll knowing before the construction
or use of said plant, that the opera
tion of came would result In contin.
ual trespass by the defendants upon
the hands of your orator; would work
public nuisance and result in con.
tinual and constantly increasing in.
jury to your orator"
1t is averred that the injury extends
for radius of Is miles from Ana
conda and that fumes from the smelter
OF arsenic, antimony, sulphur and
other noxious and poisonous aae and
furnace gases. Two zones of damage
are defined. The first zone is alleged
to extend for distance of 10 to IA
miles from the defendants plant, and
within it., Ia charged that timber and
vegetation to the value of any thous-
ands of dollars have been destroyed.
This zone is growing and widening,
the complaint alleges.