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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-06-08
Convention at Duluth.

Development Convention at Duluth.
The convention of the Northern
Minnesota Development association,
which held its first session last Thurs.
day, came to close on Friday after
noon. It was attended by large
number of people from various parts
Of this and other states and prov ed to
be a great boosters congress for
northern Minnesota. A summary OF
the work of the ASSOCIATION at the Du-
luth convention is given hereunder:
Censured legislature for failure to
enact reapportionment law. -..@
Censured legislatures failure to
pass bill creating department of pub
lie DOMAIN, bill providing for sale of
foreign securities in state treasury,
bill providing for a deep waterway
from the Lake of the Woods to Lake
Superior, and for the repeal of the
permanent improvement clauses in the
law relating to state land sales.
Put it's disproval on the seven-sen-
ator constitutional amendment and
urged its rejection.
Created immigration commission to
engage immigration commissioner,
who will have an Office in St. Paul
and will work independent of the state
commission to attract settlers to Min
nesOta.
Commended Elwell bill for good
roads.
Instructed executive committee to
appoint good roads commission.
Urged adoption of constitutional
amendment providing for 1-mill
state road tax.
Commended extension of agriculture
al education in the high schools and
common schools of the state.
Pledged it's support to the reclama-
ton board.
Urged that soil survey be made to
make available more definite informa-
ton for the guidance OF prospective
settlers.
Urged extension of drainage work.
The association selected St. Cloud
as the place for holding it's next meet
ing, which will be in December of this
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-06-08
C0NvICTS ON
THEIR HONOR
Colorado Builds Roads Without
Ball and Chain.
HOW The SYSTEM WORKS OUT

Prisoners Reduce Their Sentences by
Road Work-OnIy One Escaped In
Year-Another Ran Away, but He
Came Back.
Out in the mountains Of Colorado
they've been building roads with
mans honor. Much rock, many teams
and some concrete, Of course, were
used in constructing the smooth high
iways that now wind along the Royal
george and other mountain passes Of
the state. But honor, says John F.
Shafroth, governor Of Colorado, built
the roads.
eve tried utilizing our convicts in
road building under the ball and chain
method," Governor Shafroth said,
"but it was too expensive. The guards
cost more than the roads were worth.
Then my warden, Thomas lyman, in
itroduced plan which believe is 60
ing to solve the rock road problem.
"Convicts build our roads still. But
there isn't a guard or a ball and chain
calls a convict into his room and gives
him talk on manhood. 1t generally
winds up like this: Now it's up to you
to make a man out Of yourself. I'm
going to give you a chance. Raise
your right hand. (The convict raises
his handy Now swear before Al
mighty God that you won't violate
your pledge and run away The man
swears, and that is all there is to it."
How does that build the roads? The
convict is sent without guard to one
Of the road camps. Here he goes to
work along with a number Of other
cOnvicts. There are two Overseers,
engineers, at the larger camps to d.
rect the work. But there are no
to run away.
To encourage the convicts at their
work Warden lyman takes ten days
off a mans sentence for each thirty
he works on the roads. Instead Of be-
coming pale and emac1ated in prison
the men finish their terms, Governor
Shafroth says, Drowned, full Of hope
and ready to begin life all anew.
The roads cost just what the men eat
and the salaries Of the two engineers
to direct them. The road along the
Royal gorge, which contractors said
would cost $4,000, required an outlay
Of just $4,000.
- Lost Just One In year.
1.-THE first year we tried the honor
system we lost just one prisoner" Gov
ernor Shafroth added. "And we had
more than 300 convicts out at work
on the roads without guards. Another
ran away, but surrendered. The ward
EN- had lost all hope of catching him
when he received letter postmarked
from Michigan I don't mind my es-
gaping the convict wrote, but it's
been worrying me nearly to death my
holding up my hand and swearing be-
fore God that l wouldn't violate my
pledge to you. Pm coming back
''The officials who had been at the
prison under the old system laughed.
'You'n never see him. they said. The
morning came Of the day when the es-
capped convict said he would be back.
Sure enough, he failed to arrive. At
noon the guards began to ask the ward
en- about his man. Just watt he
answered. One o'clock, 2 o'clock, 3
passed. No man came. The warden
still hoped. Just five minutes before
the prison gates closed for the day the
man arrived. He had paid his own
railroad fare clear from Michigan to
return and complete his sentence"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-06-08
Crumpled Than.

We observe that the mans fingers
are all twisted and bent into the most
dhrouth shapes.
'Poor fellow" we say to our friend.
'Epidentiy he is a victim Of rheuma-
tism."
NO." our friend explains. HE is
deaf and dumb and has been trying to
talk Scotch dialect on his fngers.'-
Life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-06-08
Chile's Nitrate Supnlv

The available supply of the nitrate
feds of northern Chile has been re-
GETTY computed to be 245,S27 900 tons,
or sufficient to supply the worlds
neds for fifty years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-06-08
Would Have to Move

"John, the janitor's son whipped
Jimmy today"
~Wen, that's no great calamity. Sup.
pose Jimmy had whipped the janitor's
sonr'-Pittsburg Post
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-06-08
Notice.,

The town board of Bogus Brook
will meet on June 10 at the town hall
in said town, when all persons entitled
to pay for fighting fires last summer
will please appear, receive their
orders and sign receipts.
Carl Hoeft,
Chairman Town Board
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-06-08
Ace Of the Earth.

N English physicist named Strut
ha come to the conclusion, after sew
era years of study, that the age Of
th: earth is at least 100000, 900 years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-06-08
Farm Loans,

We have unlimited money with
which to place farm loans. on best
terms, without delay. No trouble to
borrower. Apply to us and we attend
to all the details.
Mcmillan & Stanley,
Successors to M. S. Rutherford &
Co. Princeton, MINI. 7.tf
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06
CONDITIONS IN
CHINA CHAOTIC
Government Near Collapse and
Rebels Unorganized.

Shanghai, Dec 6.-Each day brings
keener apprehension that China is
drifting into political chaos. AL.
though the fundamental aims OF the
present revolutionary movement are
worthy, they are brought to naught
by lack of adhesion, lack of funds and
lack of real leader The situation
inspires the most pessimistic forebod.
ings from impartial observers
The fall of Hanyang last week
proves to have been due entirely to
wholesale desertions of rebel troops
enrolled In Human province. Some
say that the soldiers were bought by
Yuan Shi Kai, but most persons at.
tributed the desertions to the old time
1ealousies between the people of HUI
nan and Hupeh. The defections prob
ably would have been prevented had
strong leader been In command OF
the situation.
The complete collapse of the impe-
rial government is regarded here as
imminent and there Is as yet nothing
stable to take it's place. The revolu-
tionists have thus far been incapable
of effecting any cohesion among them.
selves and unless DR.. Sun Vat Sen
proves to be the man of the hour they
will be found far less efficient II called
upon to take the responsibility of a
national government.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06
PACKERS MUST
GO TO TRIAL
Supreme Court Refus 5 to
Grant Further Sta.
NO OPINION RENDERED

Chief Justice White Simply Announces
That Motion of attorneys Is Denied
and Orders Beef Barons to Appear
In Federal courtsst Chicago at Once
for Trial Under the Indictments.
Washington, Dec. 6.-The supreme
court of the United States has refused
TO grant stay of the beef packers
trial in Chicago until the court would
be able to pass on the constitutional
question raised by the packers in
habeas corpus proceedings
The packers are cited to appear at
once in the United States district
court at Chicago for trial on indict-
ments alleging criminal violations of
the Sherman antitrust law. This ac-
tion by the supreme court will permit
the trial to proceed.
The courts decision was the final
step in long legal contest to avoid
trial at this time.
Shortly before they were first cited
to appear for trial, Nov. 20, nine of
the indicted packers sought to have
the United States circuit court of Chi
cago release them from custody on the
ground that the Sherman antitrust
law, under which they were indicted,
was unconstitutional as a criminal
measure, particularly i'm view of the
recent Interpretation of the law in the
Standard Oil decision. The circuit
court refused to release them and an
appeal was taken to the supreme
court.
Chief Justice White individually re-
fused to grant stay of trial until the
supreme court could review the pro-
ceedings before the circuit court. At
torneys for the beef packers Monday
asked the full court to grant the stay
and to release the defendants on bail
Chief Justice White announced the
decision of the court when that trib-
unal convened No opinion was hand
ed down, the chief justice contenting
himself with the mere statement that
the packers motion was refused.
Announcement of the courts de-
cision in the case was somewhat un-
expected. Ordinarily the court would
not have taken the matter under con-
sideration until the Saturday confer
ence. The fact that the trial of the
case was set is supposed to have led
the court to speedy action.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06
WILL PROTEST ON TAXES
Chicago Women to Demand Equality
at the Polls.

Chicago, Dec. 5.-Two hundred we.
men, members of the No Vote No Tax
league, signed their names to a pledge
not to pay taxes voluntarily until they
were allowed to vote.
The action was taken after Miss
Belle Squires, president of the league
had declared that "any woman who
unprotestingly pays her taxes is nc
patriot"
I'VE are advertising for fearless
women" said Miss Squires, who will
refuse to pay these taxes until we are
granted the privilege of voting. II
women will take this stand, there viii
be crystalized public opinion which
will force reform. No honest wo
man who thinks clearly should longe,
help to support the city, the county OF
the state which allows their creatures
to fatten on the slavery of captive
women"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06
NEW ORE RATE CUT SEEN
Duluth Operator Predicts Action BY
Commerce Commission.

Duluth, Dec. 6.--P. III. Nelson, inde-
pendent iron ore operator. who has
Just returned from Washington where
he was witness before the Stanley
committee, said:
II am of the opinion that the inter-
state commerce commission will fur
ther reduce the iron ore rates In Min
nesota and am convinced that the re-
duction will be about 40 cents a ton.
The cost of operation on the Missabe
road is about 35 per cent Of the gross
earnings.
IF the independent iron mining men
of Minnesota are to be put In posi-
tion to meet Michigan competition at
Lake Erie receiving ports there should
be Z further reduction Of the Mime
oota ore rates to about 40 cents ton"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06
never ASKED ABOUT
GUILT OF M'NAMARAS
DaTrow Tells How Gompers Stood
in Dynamite Case.

Los Angeles, Dec. 6.-The exact po-
sition Samuel Gompers, president OF
the American Federation of Labor, oc-
cupied in the Mcnamara case, was
outlined by Clarence Darrow, chief
counsel for the Mcnamara defense,
who specifically stated that at no
time had Compers ever asked whether
the accused were innocent or guilty.
Asked whether he had ever told the
Federation of Labor chief that the
brothers were innocent, Darrow re-
piled:
y mo, because Gompers never asked
me-"
''As counsel for these men / could
not have told him without their per-
mission. | could have told him the
facts If l. had their permission; but
as he never asked me that question
never was compelled to ask the men
for their permission to tell the head
of the federation anything about their
case"
do you know how much Samuel
Gompers knew about this case?"
Il do not. Never at any time did
he mention either the guilt or inno-
cence of The men. When negotiations
that eliminated in the McNamaras'
pleas of guilty We're begun ! tele-
graphed Gompers at the federation
convention in Atlanta to send some
man here in whom he had the utmost
confidence, telling him that most i'm
portant complications had arisen. He
sent e. FL. Nockels, secretary of the
Chicago Federation of Labor. Mock
els came here two days before the
pleas were entered. | laid the situa-
tion before him. At first he advised
against the pleas of guilty but when
we showed him the strength of the
prosecutions case he agreed that
there was nothing else to do but to
plead guilty and gather what we
could from the concessions we would
receive for saving the county an enor.
NOUS expense"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06

this.
"A man who will place sixteen
sticks of dynamite in a place where
you, as a printer, knew gas was burn
ing in many places and knew many
were toiling, must have had no regard
for life; must have been a murderer
at heart and undeserving OF clemency.'
For reasons Others than such plea
of non-intent, Judge Bordwell declared
he would impose the penalty of i'm
prisonment for life.
John j. Mcnamara came next. The
Llewellyn iron works indictment was
read to him by the Judge. The prisoner
said he had nothing to say.
District Attorney Fredericks, how
ever, said that as in the other case
the plea of guilty permitted considera
ton, but pleaded that the defendant
John j. Mcnamara, be given a "few
years of freedom at the end of his
life"
Judge Bordwell declared that strict
ures against James b. McNamara
would also apply to him.
Clemeney, he said, was not because
of merit as to intent. He then i'm
posed sentence for fifteen years in
San Quentin penitentiary, one year
more than had been predicted
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06
ALLEGED TO BE MONOPOLY Y
Suit Begun Against National Cash
Register Company.

Washington, Dec. Elm statement
on the suit against the National Cash
Register company, Attorney General
Wickersham said:
About the year 1890 the defendant,
John III. Patterson, and his then asso-
ciates entered into conspiracy to
create monopoly in the manufacture
and sale of cash registers. BY means
of the various wrongful and illegal
acts set out in the bill Patterson and
his associates have succeeded In ruin
ing and destroying more than $50 cash
register companies, and as a result
control more than 95 per cent Of the
trade.
"The bill charges that il the illegal
acts OF the defendants are not re-
strained they will perhaps ultimately
obtain a complete monopoly of the
cash register industry"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06
BELIEVED TO BE INSANE
Young Woman Attacks Home OF Mrs
Potter Palmer.

Chicago, Dec. 6.-What might be
termed the "bombardment of Palmer
castle took place on the Lake Shore
drive when young woman who
claimed to be the daughter of Mrs
Potter Palmer and the rightful owner
of the Palmer mansion, demanded en-
trance and when she was refused at.
tackled the place with sticks and
stones.
The young woman was rather strik-
ingly dressed and good looking She
made her first visit several days ago
and was similarly turned away. She
returned every day since and some
times twice a day.
After her attack on the place she
was arrested and will be examined as
to her sanity.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06

tofore pleaded guilty to the crime OF
murder, desire TO make this statement
of facts:
And this is the truth: On the night
of Sept 80. 1910, at 45 p. M, placed
in the alley, a portion of the Times
building, suitcases containing sixteen
sticks of so per cent dynamite, set to
explode at 1 O'Clock the next morning.
1T was my intention to injure the
building and scare the owner. ] did
not intend to take the life of any one.
| sincerely regret that these unfortu-
nate men lost their lives. If the Civ
ing of my life would bring them back
| would gladly give it. In fact, in plead
ing guilty to murder in the first degree
/ have place my life in the hands of
the state"
rs that statement correct?"
"It is" said Mcnamara.
Is Murder In First Degree.
Then the court finds" said the
Judge, that the degree of guilt of the
defendant is murder in the first de-
gree.
James b. Mcnamara, you may
stand" he said.
What is your full name?"
James Boyd Mcnamara" said the
prisoner
The court then began a formal state
ment reciting the indictment for muir
der of Charles J. Haggerty upon which
Mcnamara pleaded guilty and asked
Mcnamara if he had any statement
to make.
Il have not" he said
Have You anything to say?" the
court asked Fredericks.
There has been no dickering or
bargaining in this matter" he said.
Counsel on the other side are well
aware of the usual custom of grant
ing clemency to persons pleading
guilty.
This defendant, by so pleading, has
settled for all time a question which
otherwise would always have been in
doubt. lie saves the state great ex.
penditures and served the state in 9TH
er ways.
"The defendant will arise" said
Judge Bordwell, and commented on
McNamara's declaration that he did
not intend to destroy life
Calls Him Murderer at Heart.
otra,,,.rtoaaac 80
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06
BIG SUM FOR TARIFF BOARD
Democrats May Resist Estimate OF
$225,OOO.

Washington, Dec. GA general at
tack on President Taft's tariff board
probably will be precipitated in the
Democratic house by an item in the
estimates submitted by the secretary
of the treasury, in which he asks $225,-
900 to defray the expenses Of the
board through the next fiscal year
There is also request for $4,000
for the presidents economy commits
sion, which is endeavoring to reform
the governments business methods.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06
GRANDMOTHER DIES IN FIRE
Ingram (Wis.) Woman Refuses to
Jump From Window of Home.

Ingram, Wis, Dec. 6.--Mrs. Louisa
Tuttle, aged seventy-six years. was
burned to death and John Collier, his
wife and four children barely escaped
with their lives, in fire which de-
stroyed the Collier home. Mrs Tuttle.
mother of Mrs. Collier, occupied a
room on the second floor. Refusing
to comply with her son-in-law's frantic
appeals to jump from the window she
psrishsd before help could arrive.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06

st. Johns, N. b., Dec. 5.-Sixty-three
Mormon converts bound for Utah and
other points in the United States ar
rived here by the Allan line steamer
Victorian. The party includes English.
Dutch and Scandinavians. With them
are twenty-five Mormon missionarieg.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06

"The circumstances are agains,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-12-06
JUDGE SCORES
THE M'NAMARAS
Says Both Deserve Extreme
Penalty Of Law.
REASONS FOR LENIENCY

Says No Extenuatina circumstances
Appear in the Mems Favor, but
Court Heeds Recommendation ot
C,emency In Their Behalf Made by
Prosecuting Attorney Fredericks.
Los Angeles, Dec. 6.-James B. Nc.
Namara, confessed murderer, was
sentenced to life Imprisonment by
Judge Walter Bordwell.
His brother, John j. Mcnamara, sec.
retary of the International Association
OF Bridge and Structural Iron Work
of the Llewellyn iron works, was sen.
fenced to fifteen years in the peniten.
tiary.
Twenty-one persons lost their lives
In the Times disaster. No one was
killed In the Llewellyn iron works af
fair.
Imprisonment will be in San Quen-
tin penitentiary.
Sentence was pronounced in court
room full of CHEEKY faced spectators.
whose chatter filled the place until
the prisoners entered and trailed them
across the Bridge of Sighs when they
left.
The two brothers, side by side, re.
ceived what the law and the court de-
termined to be the just return for
what they confessed to have done.
Fredericks Urges clemency.
The extreme penalty for James B.
was death, that for his brother life
imprisonment and District Attorney
Fredericks urged that clemency be
shown each man because OF his plea
of guilty and on account of "other
services rendered the state"
James b McNamara's plea that he
intended to kill no one was secuted
by Judge Bordwell
You well deserve the maximum
penalty" said the court. THAT that
judgment does not extend is not due
to any extenuating circumstances,
but Is the wisdom of court to do 9th.
erwise." This he practically reiterat
ed to John J. Mcnamara.
The sentences imposed upon them
while seemingly widely divergent, are
In effect likely to be nearly identical
John j. Mcnamara is forty-five
years DID, His sentence, with allow
ance for good behavior, will take him
well on the road to the sixties.
Judge Bordwell mounted the bench
a 1923 and moment later Attorney
Darrow, chief counsel for the defense
followed by lie Compte Davis and
Joseph Scott, entered. Behind them
trailed the McNamaras
Confession 10 Read.
Are you ready to proceed" asked
Judge Bordwell.
''The state is,' said Fredericks and
read James b. McNamara's confes
sion amid absolute silence. The state
ment said.
Il. James B. Mcnamara. defendant
a the casa Qf the people. having lere'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-26
NEGRESS TERRIBLY BURNED
AT BONFIRE IN MONTCLAIR.
Hospital Physicians Say Lillian
LaSiter Will Die.

Lillian Lasiter. 20 years old, a negress
maid. at the home of Benjamin +,
Fisher, 40 st. Luke's place. Montclair,
MAS go badly bursed today that the
officials of the Mountainside Hospital,
where she was taken. say that h will
in all probability die from her burns
Mrs. Fisher was away from home
and the young woman started a bonfire
In the rear of the house. How the
girls clothes caught is a mystery, as
the first known of the accident was
when she ran through the yard scream
iss and her clothing a mass of flames.
No fences divide the yards at this place
and the girl ran to the rear of 46 st.
Luke's place, occupied by Arthur Fl.
Bissell, where she fell.
Charles McEiroy. who is in the m
ploy of T. II. Reid. As South Mountain
avenue, and William T. Daley, a
neighbor, ran after the girl and pulled
a quantity of clothes off a line, with
which they endeavored to beat out the
flames. The material was SC light,
however, that every stitch of clothes
was burned off her body, as well as
every hair of her head.
A wooden walk in the ward wrede she
fell was burned and charred black
from the woman's burning clothes. DR..
Richard p. Francis and DR.. James
Hanan were called and did what they
could to relieve her suffering until the
ambulance. which was summoned, ar
rived.