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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
JULY SESSION
Congress Will Probably Not Adjourn
Before July Is.

Washington, May 23.-Shivers have
been chasing themselves up and down
the spinal columns Of members who
must face serious contests in their
states or district, IL they come back
to the next congress ever since John
Dwight, the Republican whip of the
house Of representatives issued his
prediction that the present session
would not adjourn before July Is.
Even the most pessimistic members
had thought there would be little diff
ficulty in getting away by the end Of
June, but a week has passed since Mr..
Dwight made his forecast, and in that
time little progress has been made.
That the prediction was made as a
bluff" for the purpose Of impelling
both branches of congress to bestir
themselves was believed by the con-
gressional leaders, but, there is dan
ger now that session will run we'll in
to July.
The contest in the house over the
$25O.O00 appropriation contained in
the sundry civil bill to extend the
scope of the tariff board has waged
much more stubbornly than had been
anticipated.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
MURDERER MUST
FACE THE CHARGE
Young Married Man Accused
of Causing Death OF Young
Girl

Mays Landing, N. j., May o.
Charged with having been RESPONSE
BILE for the death of Jane Adams, lS
years old, at the Million Dollar pier
in Atlantic City on the night of Feb
ruary 4. VIM. Seyler today was called
to face jury in the Atlantic county
court. The disappearance of Jane
Adams and the finding of her body in
the surf nine days later created a
sensation In this section of New Jer-
sey. Seyler. who is q Young married
man of Atlantic satf. accompanied
Jane Adams to- a. moving picture
show on the pier. They were accom-
panied by Seylers brother. Orvis and
Miss Adams sister Alice, both young
er than the principals in the tragedy.
Later in the evening Seyler and Jane
Adams went to the ocean end of the
pier and the younger pair returned
to their homes. Jane Adams never
returned home and the following day
the two Seylers disappeared. On
February 13 the body of Jane was
found in the surg at Chelsea. Suspi
cion having directed to the Seylers. a
search made for them and a week
later they were found in Petersburg,
Va. VIM. Seyler denied all knowl-
edge Of the death of the girl but later
confessed, declaring, it is alleged, that
Jane Adams met her death accident
ally while with him near the end of
the pier. No charges were preferred
against Orvis Seyler.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
conflict OF
AUTHORITY CASE
State and Federal Commis.
sions Clash Over Adjust
ment Of Freight Rates

Washington. May 23.-Regulation of
railroad freight rates ordinarily is a
complicated question. involving intri-
cate matters of law: but it becomes
even a more serious problem when
two regulating authorities clash on a
proposition of the reasonableness of
rates. Thoughtful observers of freight
rate regulation have anticipated that,
sooner or later. conflict of authority
would arise between the interstate
commerce commission and one or
more of the state railroad commits
sions concerning the fixing of rates.
Precisely such conflict has devel-
oped over comparatively insignifi-
cant case that recently was brought
before the interstate commerce COM
mission. 1t was that of E. E. Saun-
ders G. Co. of Pensacola, Florida.
against the Southern Express COM
pany. The complainants are fish
dealers and shippers at Pensacola. In
the ordinary course of their business,
they operate largely in the state of
Alabama. shipping fish in quantities
from Pensacola to points of destina-
tion in that state by express.
Recently. the railroad commission
OF Alabama fixed an express rate ON
fish from Mobile, Ala, to other inter-
state points that was far below the
express rate from Pensacola to the
same points of destination. This rate
the express company was forced to
put in effect. although it protested
against it. Mobile fish shippers, by
reason Of this rate, were given an ad-
vantage over the fish shippers of PEN
sacola to points within Alabama. AL
though. in many instances. the dis
tance from Pensacola to points of des-
tination was less than from Mobile.
The Southern Express company re-
fused to make the same rates from
Pensacola to points in Alabama as it
was required to make from Mobile, its
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
PRINCETON GIFT
Ten Million in the Will Of Isaac e..
Wym0n.

Salem. Mass. May 2s.-While the
value of the immense bequeath to
Princeton by the will Of the late
Isaac G. Wyman is estimated loosely
at $10.000.000, it's exact amount is un-
known even to the trustees. John M.
an attorney Of this city.
who is one Of the trustees, said to.
night that $4,000. 900 was only an ap-
proximate estimate. He does not
think the estate would exceed that
value and he was not prepared to say
whether it would equal it.
There are millions enough, how
ever" he added, Ito take care Of the
needs Of the graduate college or pro-
posed graduate college for which, un-
der the terms Of the will, the money
Is designed" Mr.. Raymnod has as
sisted MIR. Wyman for years in his
business.
Dean A. F. West of the Princeton
graduate school, who is the co-trus-
tee with Attorney Raymond under the
will, was here yesterday. but left i'm
after the funeral. Dean
West brought with him from Prince
ton spray Of ivy which he placed on
Mr.. Wyman's grave.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
GRAIN DEALERS
CONDUCTED BIG
LOAN SW|NDLE
Nearly Half a Million Dollars
Of the oompany's Paper
Outstanding
WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS were
MAn|PUtED At FOR COLLATERAL
Firm Had Offices in Albany, Buffalo,
Chicago, and Boston and Eight or
Nine Banks Besides Grain Brokers
Are Involved in Manipulation.

Albany, N. Y. May 23.-Through
the alleged manipulation of ware.
house receipts, the firm of Durant and
Almer, grain merchants with Offices
- Albany, Chicago. Buffalo and Bos.
Sas become involved in a f1nan-
J. 9te, which promises sensation
az. Aopments. The National Com
mercfM bank of Albany holds the
company's paper for 100000, the
First National bank has $4,000, and
many thousands more are said to
have been secured from out of town
institutions. According to a state
ment by Vice President James H. Per-
kins Of the National Commercial
bank, the company is 'hopelessly in
volved." I'VE are informed" said
Perkins, that eight or nine banks
hold the firms paper, besides the
grain commission brokers with whom
the firm has dealt and a number of
individuals"
The exact condition of the firms af
fairs is not known. The scheme by
which the money is alleged to have
been secured was simple one. As
soon as carload of grain was ship
ped from Chicago for the local firm
the manager received a warehouse re-
cetpt. This was the regular course
Of business. Later on the warehouse
receipts are said to have been so
manipulated as to make possible the
heavy loans from the banks upon the
bills as security.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
Had Two Husbands and, It Is
Charged, Poisoned One Of
Them AIS
COLLECTED THE INSURANCE ON
THE DEAD HUSBANDS LIFE
Declares She Was Married to Dead
Man While Under the Influence Of
Opium Which Was Furnished Her
By Her Legal Husband.

ct. Louis, May 23.-Mrs. Dora Eliza
beth Doxey, who with her husband.
DR.. Loren B. Doxey, is under indict-
ment on the charge of numbering VIM.
j. Erder, whom, it is alleged, she
married, was placed on trial here to-
day. The defense asked for a sever
ance of the trials and the state elected
to try the woman first.
1t Is charged that while she was the
wife OF Erder, end also that of Doxey.
she poisoned Erder with arsenic in
a black berry pie. Erder died in con-
vulsion in July. 1909, and shortly att
erWard, it is charged, Mrs. Doxey sent
Erder's furniture to the home Of
Doxey at Columbus, Neb. Mrs. Doxey
collected Erder's life insurance.
Mrs. Doxey in an interview last
week admitted she married Erder
while she was the wife of Doxey, She
said she was not responsible for her
a:stons as she was under the influence
OF morphine which her husband sent
her.
Since she has been in Jail she has
been cured of the drug habit. The
coroner's jury returned q verdict that
Doxey had guilty knowledge' Of
Erder's death. Last December the
grand jury returned indictments
against the two. The defense will
claim that Erder took patent medic
cines.
Mrs. Doxey has announced she will
not live with her husband again.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL
RACE QUESTION
Hot Discussion on Barring of
Negro Delegates From the
Parade

Washington, May 23-The discus
sion was. hot today in the World's
Sixth Sunday School convention over
the criticism which some Of the Brit
ish delegates publicly heaped on the
Washington committee in the churches
yesterday for barring the negro dele
gates Of the District Of Columbia from
the mammoth parade last Friday.
Rev. John l.. Dube, the Zulu dele
gate, got up at one Of the meetings
and declared that he had been admit
ted to the hotels in London and New
York but not so in Washington.
All wrinkles were smoother out,
however when Booker T. Washington
was made a life member of the organi-
zation and the necessary subscription
of $1,000 was promptly pledged,
mostly by delegates from the south
ern states. A white delegate from
Kentucky nominated Washington.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
THE PAYNE TARIFF
HAS MADE GOOD
Has Proved to be Both a Reve-
nue. and a Prosperity
Producer

Detroit, Mich, May 23.-The re-
moval of the tariff from the domain
of partisan politics was urged by Rep
resentative Henry 8. Boutell in a
speech delivered here today at q
Mr.. Boutell spoke in support of the
item in the sundry civil appropriation
bill appropriating $250,000 for secur-
ing information bearing upon the tar
if and outlined the change in the par
liamentary procedure in congress that
must be made by joint rule before
it will be possible to make specific
changes in the tariff.
Every one must concede," said Mr..
Boutell, that, judged solely as q rev.
enue increaser, the Payne tariff act
has justified the opinion of President
Taft that it is the best tariff law that
has ever been passed.
The charge that the Payne tariff
cost of living is found on Investigation
to be without the slightest foundation.
There Is not in the Payne tariff any
advance in rates above the rates In
the Dingley tariff that justifies the in
crease in final retail price to the ulti-
mate consumption of single neces-
sary article of food, clothing or house,
hold use. Notwithstanding this, some
unscrupulous dealers have put up the
prices of their goods giving the Payne
tariff as the necessity for the ad-
vance.
"The Payne law is the most logical
ly constructed and scientific tariff
that we have had. 1t Is we'll adapted
to serve as a permanent, general rev.
enue statute that shall be amended
from time to time to meet the exi-
gencies of the treasury and conform
to industrial changes.
I'VE ought now to do away with
political tariff revisions with their ac-
companying upheavals in the business
world and inaugurate system of tar
iff development by way of natural
growth. In other words, we should
from now on revise the tariff gradual
ly by scientific business methods. This
cannot be done and ought not to be
attempted by tariff commission.
The idea Of tariff commission auth
orized to report rates of duty violates
the spirit of that clause of the consti-
tuition of the United States which pro-
vides that all bills for raising revenue
shall originate in the house of repre-
An executive tariff COM
mission vested with power to recon-
mend rates might and frequently
would be in open conflict with the
house of representatives. Such sit
uation would be intolerable and the
possible creation of such q situation
is not to be thought of.
IAN executive tariff bureau could
nothing in the way of COL
lecting facts that cannot be done by
the existing departments under direc-
tion Of the president with ample apa
In accordance with the
congressional authority. But the sIg-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23

gestion and adoption of specific duties
and taxes always have been and al
ways must be solely q legislative
function. Even if. q tariff commission
should be created and should recon-
mend changes In rates of duty, its
recommendations would be abortive
under the present legislative pro-
cedure in congress.
In order to replace the present
unsatisfactory method, two things are
necessary. The first requisite is up
to date Information. the. fullest and
most searching, on every subject re-
lated to the tariff. This information
should be gathered through the va
rious departments and by specially
trained experts under the direction Of
the president and should be transmit
ted az rapidly as secured to the house
of representatives.
when this information disclosed
defect in the tariff the information
would be like q vast. complicated ma
chine, that no one could start, be-
cause the lever for setting it in motion
could not be found. In the house of
representatives an amendment to a
paragraph of the tariff might be con-
sidered without opening up the whole
tarih but under present rules such a
bill in the senate could be amended
without limit.
"The second requisite therefore for
scientific tariff adjustment, the means
of making information fruitful, the
lever for starting the engine, is a
joint rule of the two houses of con-
gress whereby paragraph of a rev.
enue law can be amended without
opening up for consideration any 9th
er portion Of the law. The rules
provide that when the ways and
means committee reports a bill to al
ter q paragraph of revenue law, no
amendment to the bill that is not GER
name to the paragraph shall be in or
der"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
SOME DARING
RESCUEs MADE
q u1E--IU uWkm -
Fremen Saved Forty People
From Death in q Burning
Tenement Today

New York. May 23.-There were
some sensational rescues by the fire.
men today in the blazing tenement on
East Seventieth street. Mrs. Mary
Miller. however, died in q fireman's
arms from the effects Of smoke in
halation after she had been dragged
to the roof, while her husband, VIM.
Miller, clutching a 11-months-old son
of the couple, unconscious and suffer-
ing from burns. was rescued Just in
time by another firemen. Fully for
ty persons were taken In this way
from the burning structure.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
Could Not Testify While a Con-
vict Against Man Higher
Up
PARD0NEO MAN WAS FORMER
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DOCKS
Man Against Whom His Testimony
Was Sought Is the Secretary of the
American Sugar Refining Company,
Now on Trial for Conspiracy.

New York, May 23.-The trump
card in the prosecution of Charles r.
Heike, secretary of the American
Sugar Refining company was played
at the opening of the sugar trust un-
derweighing conspiracy trial today
when Prosecutor Stimson called as
the governments first witness.
Oliver Splitter, superintendent of the
Williamsburg docks, who some
months ago was convicted of under
weighing and sentenced to two years
in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta.
When Spitzer took the stand John B.
Stanchfield. attorney for the defense,
claimed that under the federal statute
Splitter as a convicted man could not
testify. The sensation of the trial
was then created by the declaration
in court that Spitzer had been par
doned by President Taft.
AS Splitter testified to the UNDER
weighing frauds on the docks, it was
developed that President Taft granted
him an unconditional pardon on May
10 last.
Spitzer went hack to the years
1894 and 1895, when he said, the in
vestigation lie made developed the
fact that the checkers were affecting
the weights on raw sugar by placing
small bags of lead on the beams of
the scales, causing the recorded
weights to drop below the actual, Oft
en- as much as forty pounds on each
draft.
In addition. Splitter said it was also
the practice to stuff paper underneath
the floors Of the scales for the same
purpose. He said that when Deputy
Surveyor OF Customs Vail took the
Office these devices were abandoned
and the use of the steel corset spring
instead was begun and continued. 1t
was said before Splitter got we'll into
his testimony that he would make a
clean breast of the frauds alleged to
have been committed in the under
weighing of raw sugar on the Will
liamsburg dock. Splitter talked freely
about the frauds by which the govern
ment was robbed of millions of dol
lars. He said the use of steel springs
was stopped after the sugar trust had
paid the rebate to the government as
the result of the federal suit.
Spitzer said he knew Secretary
Heike but did not connect him in any
way with the knowledge of the false
weighing. The cross-eXamination of
the witness was deferred. Prosecutor
Stinson said Spitzer became con-
science stricken while in prison and
desired to tell all he knew of the al
legged fraud.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23

his name in the public payroll, the
farmer. by encouraging the agitator,
will again pay the penalty Of low
prices? And, would not the $1,000
debt Of today, with 81 wheat, really
amount to $4,000 In the near future,
with 50-cent wheat?
Comparative Grain Prices.
"But the agitator will tell the North
Dakota farmers that they receive no
protection under Republican tariff
policy. The answer on the part Of the
grain raiser will be found in table
of prices that I have compiled from
the telegraphic market reports of May
10 Of this year. The prices are Of
four principal articles that the North
Dakota farmer has for sale-pr1ces
that are being paid in his home mar
ket and In his foreign competitors
markets:
Mhsat T,as ..l.os-i.5ex ide .ssxs 1:1eE AZ
barley BARI :. So SSs 81 !'.s ''so-lsse .sse
In store ;s' at #. william sf and isee PoTt
Arthur.
=, ; Argentine fax can be delivered at
New York at $1.S2. which, with duty
added. makes net cost at New York Of
s2.o2. as against s2.o5 Minneapolis.
AnCluOln8 commissions, insurance
and freight. which is about 10 cents a
bushel.
"Now. when my North Dakota farm
er friend sells his 100 bushels of
wheat in the home market he gets SIS
more for 1t than II he sold it in the
Winnipeg market. II It is 100 bushels
of flax, he gets $50 M ror 1t at home
than he would at :. II 100
bushels of barley, Nah e 100
bushels Of oats, $40 mo-, H.. :
Suppose he markets 2,0o>, Orsc.
of wheat and 1000 bushels ea~4Syos".s
fax. barley and oats, he will have
more money by $500 than the CanaA
dian farmer will have that sells the
same quantity at Winnipeg. Isn't it
quite probable, therefore that the
difference in favor of the tariff-ridden
North Dakota farmer who has 5000
bushels of grain for sale would pay
for years clothing for his family
and an addition to his house or barn?
Examining the case on it's practical
side and looking the figures squarely
in the face, it will be unnecessary
to waste much time on political the
ories, or in answering the cheap dec
lamations of agitators. The North Da-
kota farmer is not a fool.''
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
KINGS LETTER
Touching Address to the English Peo.
pie by George V.

London. May 2s.-King George has
commenced his reign with an act of
clemency. granting remission of short
sentences and reduction Of others
throughout the kingdom, these includ-
ing the army and navy. He has also
issued touching letter Ito my peo-
ple," expressing grateful appreciation
of the affection and loving devotion
the nation has shown in the face of
"a sorrow SO sudden and unlocked
for that it might we'll have been over
whelming.
But the sentiment it has invoked"
continues the king. has made me
realize that it is a loss common to
me and my people. They share it
with me: l do not stand alone. With
such thoughts l take courage and
hopefully look to the future, strong
in my faith in God, trusting my peo-
pie and cherishing the laws and con.
stitution of my beloved country"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
RECEIVER APPOINTED.

Chicago, May 23.-Judge GrOsscup
in the United States circuit court here
today appointed receivers for the Chi
cago Railways company which op-
crates the west and north side street
car lines. The company is not in.
solvent and the receivership Is be-
lieved' to be a mere legal move in
connection with Judge Balls recent
decision holding the railway COM
panies liable for the bonds of the
moribund Consolidated Traction
company.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
LARGE ATTENDANCE

CzenstochOWa, Russian Poland, May
23.-Sixty thousand pilgrims from
Russian and Austrian Poland today
attended the services in connection
with the consecration of the jeweled
crown presented to the Pauline
fathers by the pope to replace the
crown which was stolen from the
chapel Of the Pauline convent on
October % last. The day was OBJ
served as q general holiday through
out Poland.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
AFTER LUMBER TRUST

Washington. May 23.-The depart
ment of justice is investigating the
subject of the price of lumber in the
United States with view to deter
mining whether or not the so-called
lumber trust may be reached by the
Sherman antitrust law on the ground
that 1t is combination in restraint of
trade.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
WOMAN AUT0IST
KILLED BROKER
Was Held on Charge of Man
slaughter After Night in
Jail

St. Paul, May pa charge of
manslaughter was filed by the police
today against Miss Theodore Stark.
the 1S-year-old Minneapolis girl who
while driving in an automobile. ran
down and killed S. B. Shotwell. a
well-known St. Paul broker, in this
city last night. Miss Stark was ac-
companied by her mother. sister and
two friends and was driving along
Lexington boulevard when the acci-
dent occurred. Mr.. Shotwell was
struck in the back, knocked down and
run over by the machine. He was
taken to the hospital and an opera
ton performed but he died while on
the operating table.
Miss Stark with her sister spent
the night in the county Jail and was
not informed of Shotwell's death until
today. Both girls cried hysterically
when they heard the bad news.
Miss Stark was released on $4,000
bail bond by Judge Hallman In the
district court this afternoon.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
WOMEN WIN
Jewesses Permitted to Reside Outside
the Pale for Educational Purposes.

the Pale for Educational Purposes.
st. Petersburg, May 23.-An import
ant decision Of the senate affecting
the Jewish question has Just been
published in which the ruling is made
that woman's higher educational
courses, which have been established
in many cities, are classified with uni
versity courses and that the privilege
of residence outside the pale is ex-
tended to such students on the same
basis as university graduates. The
matter has been pending for six
months, and during that time many
Jewesses have been expelled from St.
Petersburg and elsewhere.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-23
Former Senator Hansbrouqh
Points Out Difference in
the Two Policies
LOW TARIFF AND LOW PRICES
FOREARM PRODUCTsGO TOGETHER
Thousand Dollar Debt Paid Now BE.
comes Q $500 One While II Paid In
Fifty Cent Wheat It Would Become
ase,ooo One.

Minneapolis, May 23.-Henry G.
Hansbrough. former United States
senator from North Dakota, at the
West hotel last evening, gave out a
statement explaining his reasons for
favoring the success of the regulars
in the big conflict in North Dakota.
He says he is not in politics and is
not candidate for Office, but he is
firm supporter of the national admin
istration. and Of the present tariff
system.