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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-23
PLAGUE SPOTS
IN FUOz|ADAN
Corpses Are Piled High in the
Streets and in the Back
Yards

Harbin, Manchur:a, Jan. % Fud-
ziadan, suburb of Harbin and par
ticular the plague spot of Manchuria
is to be isolated as the first syste-
matte step toward cXterminating the
plague that has grown more threat
ening every day. a Russian physi-
clan who has just completed an in
spection of Fudziadan and discovered
three plague sources in the neigh
borhood Of which 1000 persons re-
side. Corpses are piled high in the
streets and in the yards adjoining tie
homes. Last week there were 1900
deaths in Fudziadan. The pneumonia
type of plague predominates.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-23
THE DEMOCRATS
MOVE 0VERTURE{
Willing to Concede Presidenc,
of Senate to Elect Senators
in West Virginia

! Charleston. w. Va. Jan. 23.-Dem|
ocrats OF the state senate are reporte(
to be making Overtures to the fifteeI
Republicans who fed to Cincinnati.
The nomination of candidates fol
the United States senate apparentl]
has strengthened the desire of thJ
Democrats to clear any cloud which
may hang over the election tomorrow
ana they may concede the presidenc}
to get the Republicans to return.
Gov. Glasscock's refusal to recog|
nlze the senate as legally organized
indicates that he will decline to sig
commissions for the United StateI
senators when they are elected unles,
the senate gets together and this ma
result in compromise.
Overtures, it was said, were ais
made today to certain Republicans b}
Democrats dissatisfied with the selec
tion of Watson and Chiffon as candi
! dates by the caucus. Republicans
however, say they will not join th(
McGraw crowd. McGraw himsel
says he has no intention of boltind
the caucus.
Republicans of the house of dele
gates who have held that the state
senate is not legally organized, and
therefore should not be recognized BY
the house. succeeded today. through
the assistance of Nelson C. Hubbard
Democrat, in having resolution
adopted directing that the hous
Judiciary committee investigate tn J.
legality of the organization of th(
upper branch and report.
Substitute Resolution Adopted.
When the Moore resolution order
ing similar investigation came un
Hubbard offered substitute, whicl
was adopted. 1t reads:
Resolved. that the committee oI
the judiciary is hereby directed t
consider and to advise this house, a,
promptly as may be, whether the le
gality of the organization of the sen
ate is a proper subject for inquiry
by this house. and if so, whether th(
senate is legally organized"
The judiciary committee met thiI
afternoon, but considered other mat
ters.
Declare Glassc0ck Is Firm.
Cincinnati. Jan. 23.-That Gov
Glasscock of West Virginia may re
fuse to give commissions to Clarenc
w. Watson and William r. Chiffon
Democratic caucus nominees for Unit
ed States senators. in case the legis
lature ratifies the choice of these mel
next week was the statement mad,
here today by several of the Republi
can state senators who fled from
Charleston to escape arrest as alb
sentees.
1t is said that unless the Democrat
concede the presidency of the senat(
to the Republicans and allow the rcsn
tests for two of the latter's seats Il
go before bipartisan trial commit
tee the governor will declare the elec
tion illegal, refuse to issue commits
sions to Watson and Chiffon, and viii
fill the vacancies caused by the deatl
of Senator Elkins and the expire{
term of Senator Scott.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-23
Want BROADER
TRADE RELATIONS
National Merchant Marine
Congress in Session in Ma
tional Capital Today

Washington. Jan. 23.- Improved
shipping facilities and communication
with the Latin American republics
and other countries. calculated to en-
large the foreign trade of the United
States are. sought by the delegates to
the National Merchant Marine coll-
gress which convened here today
More than 400 delegates from various
parts of the country have received
credentials and the program of the
two days session includes speeches
by members of congress and prom
inent manufacturers. John Kirby. Jr,
president of the National Association
Of Manufacturers, formally opened the
congress-. He introduced Myron r.
Herrick OF Ohio as the permanent
chairman. The delegates will be re-
ceived at the capitol this afternoon
by Speaker Cannon.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-23
RUEF SCORES
Gets ReIearing On Case in Which
He Was Convicted.

San Francisco, Jan. ga petition
for q re-hear:ng OF the judgment and
order sentencing Abraham Ruef to
San Quentin prison for fourteen years
on the charge OF bribery of the Ruef-
Schmitz board OF supervisors was
granted today by the state supreme
count. This action means that the
first district court of appeals. which
upheld the action of the trial court,
must again hear an appeal for new
trial.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-23
DECLARES STEEL
TRUST STEALS
Has Passed From Hands of
Honest Men to Those of
Exploiters

Washington, Jan. 23.-Declaring
that the steel industry has passed
from the hands OF those who develop
ed it into hands of those practiced
in dubious acts by which the law is
violated and the public exploited %
Representative Stanley of Kentucky
urged the rules committee of the
house today to approve his resolution
calling for an investigation of the So
called steel trust.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-23
DICKINSON MAN
USED A RIFLE
Committed Suicide Over an
Alleged Love Affair Sat-
urday Night

Dickinson, ~ D., Jan. 2233-Geerge
EoEson, ased l9 years, Who was en-
ployed in driving a laundry delivery
wagon in this city, shot and killed
himself Saturday night. He used a
rife with which to end his life A
love affair is said to have been the
cause OF the rash act.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-23
NO WOMAN

Paris. Jan. 23--.tadame Marie
Curie, who with her husband the late
Prof. Pierre Curie, discovered radium
was defeated today in her candidacy
for membership in the academy OF
sciences receiving twenty-eight votes
against thirty for Edouard Branley.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-23
ABERDEEN HAS
100000 FIRE
IN MILWAUKEE, E
Division Headquarters, Local
Freight House and Passen-
ger Station Burned
OMAHA HOTEL GUESTS HAD
CLOSE CALL FROM FIRE
One Man Smiiocatcd With Smoke and
Five Others in Serious Condition
From Same CauSt-One Guest Had
Leg Fractured in Escaping.

Aberdeen, S. d.. Jan. 23-The iii.
vision headquarters of the local
freight house and the passenger sta
tion of the Milwaukee road were de.
stroyed by fire today complete.
The blaze started from the eXplo.
sion OF a heater in the freight shed
and spread so rapidly that nothing
was saved. The entire movement OF
trains between Montevideo and Mo-
bridge, a distance Of $50 miles, was
stopped until the wires can be loop
ed up. Division Freight Agent O. +
Waller estimated the loss of freight
enroute. Office records and buildings
at 100000.
Narrow Escapes.
Omaha, Jan. 23-One man is dead
and five others are in serious con-
dition from suffocation by smoke and
another has a broken leg as the re-
suit OF disastrous fire early to-
day in the milford hotel Three
hundred guests We're asleep in the
hotel when the fire broke out and
many barely escaped with their lives.
Thos. j. Field of Sioux City, Iowa,
was suifocated by the smoke and died
on the way to the hospital. The loss
will not exceed $4,000.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-23
OMNIBUS CLAIMS
BILL POSTPONED
Carried $3,000,00o. For Dam.
ages Arising Out of War
Depredations

Washington. Jan. 23.-The omnibus
claims bills aggregating approximate
ly $3,OOO,O0O embracing reparation
mostly for damages in the south in
connection with war depredations
was killed for this session by the
house committee on claims today.
which after the subcommittee inyes-
tigation, Indefinitely postponed action.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-23
TO INVESTIGATE
HIS ELECTION
Vermillion County, Illinois to
Start Grand Jury Probe
Today

Daville ILL. Jan. 23.-The Vermil-
lion grand jury will begin late today
an investigation into the alleged buy
ing and selling OF votes in the past
elections in the county. chiefly the
general election OF last November in
which Joseph c. Cannon, speaker OF
the national house OF representatives
was elected.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-23
ONE ELECTED
Tennessee Legislature Names Luke
Lea For Senator

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 23-rhr
deadlock in the Tennessee Legislature
over the election of a United States
senator to succeed ]. b. Frazier, was
broken this noon by the election OF
Lake Lea, an independent Democrat
regarded as the candidate OF the Fu
sionists. Lea is a lawyer and pub-
Usher.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-23

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Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
TWELVE HURT IN WRECK
Switch Accidentally Turned Derails
Two Cars at Kersey, Colo.
COUNCIL BLUFFS GIRL INJURED
Miss Ruth wallace Receives Frac-
tured wrist when Thrown from
seat-Others Are Badly
Bruised.

Two rear cars on Union Pacific train No.
H. were derRiled early Sunday evening at
Kersey. Colo, when q mail clerk accident
ally threw a switch by striking switch
arm with a mail sack and as a result
twelve persons were badly shaken up or
seriously bruised. Miss Ruth wallace Of
Council Bluffs, Ia. was the most painfully
injured Of any. she receiving a fractured
wrist when thrown from her chair
The injured are;
Mary b Wallace Council Bluffs
Ruth Wallace, Council Bluffs wrist frao-
tured.
AlvR wiswan, Boston.
Hulda Friend denthRi Chicago
Martha Berger, Chicago.
Mrs. l.. d. Bloch. Chicago.
r O Berry, WRukegan, Ill
j. G. Davis. Chicago; pullman porter.
William Virgins haywood, III, pullman
conductor.
b f. Alchorn. Upton, la.
Julia Adams. Chicago.
The train had Just pulled in 10 Kersey,
and one OF the mail clerks was throwing
off the mail. As he threw the last sack.
1t in some manner struck the switch lever,
or arm. and turned the switch, leaving
half the train on one track and half headed
in another direction. As the train started
up, the last two cars were ditched, and
nearly everyone in the cars received hurts.
most OF which were minor ones. Miss Wal
lace of Council Bluffs. whose wrist was
fractured, was the most seriously injured
Of any on the train
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
M'NAMARA BUTTONS WILL BE
SOLD At LABOR DAY PlCNICS
Design of New Defense Fund STAMP
Approved by the POstOffice
Department.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2.-Another method of
realizing funds for the defense for the
McNamsra brothers, awaiting trial in Los
Angeles, Cal, on a charge OF having blown
up the Times building IN that city, was
revealed here today when an official order
was received from Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent of the American Federation OF Labor,
directing that 81 all union labor picnics
on Labor day throughout the country .
button bearing the inscription, Justice
for the McNRmRrRs, kidnapped" be said and
the proceeds sent TO the defense fund II
is expected that SSO.OOO win be raised al
Labor day picnics in the large cities by
this method. In the official order Presi-
dent Gompers says:
while there win be considerable profit
from the sale OF these buttons, yet II must
be borne IN mind that every cent Es necss-
sAry and viii be utilized In tina defense
Of our men and the prosecution OF the
kidnaperB."
WASHINGTON, Sept 2-Ths design Of
q new MoNGmarA defense fund stamp sub
mitted to the Postofice Department by
Frank Morrison, secretary Of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor, has been ap-
proved by Assistant Postmaster General
Britt. The new stamp is octazonal in
stead OF oblonE in form. Under the regu-
lRtions II may not be placed on the ad-
dress side OF an envelope or package, but
can be placed on the reverse.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
Burglar Wounded in
Battle with Officers
Leaves Bloody Hat
Man Wanted for Robbing Saloon Gets
Away While Detectives Are Sum
moning Assistance.

In revolver duel with Detectives
Charles Van Dusen and Thomas Ring, at
s O'Clock Saturday a burglar was injured
as he was escaping in the high weeds at
Twenty fourth and Hickory streets. The
man later made his escape
The burglar was wanted by the detec-
tives for robbing Anton Reewolds saloon
at 1850 South Twenty fourth street Thurs
day night. With another burglar he had
the goods. a large quantity Of liquors and
more than 1000 cigars, hidden at Twenty
fourth and Hickory streets.
Van Dusen and Ring were detailed to get
the men, as il was expected they would
come 10 the place last night for their
booty. The detectives lay in wait until
$50 O'Clock when they saw the burglar
skulking through the high weeds. They
called to him TO halt and he answered
with a shot directly at them. Detective
Van Dusen returned the fire and the bur
glsr fell, crying that he had been shot In
the darkness the detectives could not see
him and when he called 20 them TO come
and bandAge a wound in his head. they
demanded that he throw them his revolver
This the in1ures burglar refused to DO and
the detectives left to call for more officers
and a surgeon.
When officers went to the scene OF the
shooting and searched for the burglar, only
a bloody hat was found.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
English Commission
Progressing Slowly
Week Taken to Hear Testimony Of
Four Labor Officials Out of
Large Number.

LONDON, Sept. 2.-The commission ap-
pointed by the government August 2 to
inquire into the troubles Of the railroads
Of Great Britain and their employees, which
led 10 the recent strike, already has been
in session for one week and gives promise
Of being as long lived as some Of its pre-
decessors.
The railroads are represented on the
commission by Sir Thomas r. Ellis sec
retAry Of the Mine Owners association,
and Sir Charles Beale, vice chancellor Of
the University Of Birmingham. while the
representatives OF the men are Arthur Hen
dsrson, labor member of Parliament for the
Barnard Castle division Of Durham, and
John Burnett chief labor correspondent
Of the Board OF Trade. Sir David Harrell
is chairman OF the COMMITTEES.
The commission is taking the evidence OF
the mems representatives first and the
whole week did not suffice 10 exhaust the
flew OF information from only four out Of
a host OF union officials TO be examined.
There was not q good word TO be said
of the boards scheme. established by the
chancellor OF the exchequer, Mr.. Lloyd
George. In 1907. The general trend OF sug-
gestion favored a board for each railroad
made UP OF an equal number OF repre-
sertAtives Of the men and the company
with a national board. on which the com
psnies and the mems unions are equally
represented, for service Of a kind Of court
Of appeal
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
Woman's Oil Company
Goes Into Bankruptcy
Business Was Good, but Lubricating
Plant Costs $175,000 Instead
of SIS, 900.

FORT SCOTT, Kan, Sept s-Miss Her
mana Kaessman, formerly OF Rochester,
N Y, the school teacher who formed a
s17b.O 600 company at a Rochester tea party
70 buy and operate Kansas oil refinery,
is bankrupt She filed a petition here to-
day, giving her liabilities Rt S07,OOo and
her assets at 500 Miss KRessman was
the first woman in the world to operate
an oil company.
The Sunflower Oil and Refining company
was organized at Rochester four years ago
with Miss KRessman as manager. A re-
fYnery was built at Niotaze. Kan. Business
prospered and il was decided TO build a
lubricating plant Miss Kaessman and her
assistants made plans for the plant and
placed It's highest cost at $1,000 It cost
sI7b.OOO.
The extra 10000 took most Of the work
ing capital Of the company and IL went
into the hands OF receiver. The property
was sold.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
Roosevelt is Out
When Bryan Calls
Commoner Pleads Lack Of Time When
Upon Meeting Colonel on Road
he is Urged to Return.

NEW YORK, Sept. S.-Wniam J. Bryan,
coming into Long Island from WinonA-
Afinn.. today, paid a visit TO Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt's home. in the after
noon, took dinner with Mayor GRynor At
ST. James, and tonight lectured at Stony
Brook. With two friends, Mr.. Bryan drove
TO Oyster Bay In an automobile. Colonel
Roosevelt had not been advised Of their
intention 10 visit him and they learned
upon their arrival that he was not al
home.
As they rode away they met Colonel
Roosevelt on the road and he urged them
10 return with him and have tea. They
declined. saying they had not the time.
Mayor Gsynor introduced Mr.. Brya an 10 his
audience tonight,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
Show Difference
in Conservation
Considerations
Two Organizations Are in No Way
Connected, Says Secretary
Thomas Shipp.

KANSAS CITY. sept 2-some Of the
gates already appointed 10 the Nstonal
Conservation congress TO be held in Kan
sas City, September 25-Z7. have expressed a
slight confusion as TO the National Conser-
walton association and the National Con-
servstion congress. Secretary Thomas X
Ship who is secretary OF the congress.
gave out a statement today explanatory as
TO the fields OF work Of the two bodies. He
says: The association is permanent or
gsnization. having a membership OF nearly
zoo scattered through all Of the different
states clifford Pinchot former chief fores-
ter. is the official head il is organized
along lines similar TO those OF most general
associations and deals with conservation
questions in their broad relations and as
they affect the states. although purely state
questions are within the purview Of the
various state commissions.
The conservation congress which meets
in Kansas City this year is differently or
ganized having a membership Of only such
delegates as attend. but no permanent OF
fixed members Its sessions are arranged
by an executive committee representing the
association and the congress and its an
nual sessions are open to all who come.
irrespective OF membership In the national
associa ton. The two organizations are
separate and distinct, the congress being
sn annual meeting OF men interested in
conservation and the ASSOCIATION being an
organization Of men who are members and
~aIutain q permanent relationship. At the
OF the congress is President Henry
ce The conservation movement,
~ fore has two official heads. Presi-
~,nchot Of the association and Presi-
Allace Of the congress, each fulfill
ArRte and distinct duties. B."
'..s Commercial club which is in charge
Of the local arrangements, is laying plans
for an attendance OF LEGO delegates at the
three-dAy September conference. So great
is the flood Of acceptsnces from the in
v1tations issued a month ago that plans
are already being laid 20 entertain one OF
the largest sssemblRges Kansas City has
ever seen. Committees have been named
20 prepare in advance for suitable hotel ac-
commodations and information bureaus and
other special facilities
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
SOLDIERS GRAVES ROBBED
Body of Man Slain in War of 1912
Removed from Fort Macarthur
Cemetery.

KENTON, O.. Sept 2.-Discovery was
made today that graves In the Fort Nc
Arthur cemetery, west OF Kenton. have
been opened and investigation disclosed
that the body Of one soldier Of the war Of
1872 has been removed. Freshly turned
earth on other graves show what is thought
to be evidence Of the work OF grave
robbers. The cemetery marks the resting
place Of many soldiers of the early Indian
wars and also Of the war Of 1872. The
cemetery is on the site Of old Fort Nc
Arthur built by General Hull when he
made his march through this section en-
route 10 Detroit.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
WAR ExPERIENCEs RECALLED
Large Company Gathers at Audi-
tOrium and Enjoy Ball.

The presentation Of a series OF scenes
from the Franco-GermAn war. which time
and again brought the loyal Teutons to
their feet with round after round OF hearty
cheers and q grand military ball than
which the Auditorium has seldom, If ever,
seen one more brilliant, brought 10 a fit
ting close the first day Of the fifth bien-
nial convention Of the National and West
ern KriegerbUnd.
The war pictures acted by a hundred or
more of the most talented Thespians
among OmahR's GsrmEn-AmericanE, por-
traytng as they did scenes which were
thoroughly familiar to the older portion
OF the audience and which were known
through story and fable TO the younger
hearers, were executed in a manner closely
approaching the best professional stage
efforts.
such scenes as the first sounding OF the
alarm OF war. the calling out OF the re-
serves. the departure OF the troops, and
the boarding Of the troop trains, showed
to the veterans scenes which took them
instantly thousands Of miles back TO the
fatherlsnd. Other scenes portraying the
work Of the women nurses in the field. the
soldiers wife on the field OF battle and
the dead soldiers lying on the battle
ground caused tears to mount 10 the eyes
Of many q grizEled sx-soldier.
Christmas in the fatherland and in Paris
just after the siege Of that city offered
striking contrasts and recalled vividly the
holiday season which the German hosts
spent in the French capital more than
forty years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
MAYORS DESERT SPRINGFIELD
Missouri City Faces Important Bend
Ordinance without = Chief


SPRINGFIELD, No. Sept. 2.-Deserted
by two mayors and with one of the most
important questions that has come before
the city in years before the council. this
city il in a quAndary as to what 10 do
without an executive head
Mayor Robert z. Lee left for the west
two days ago on a vacation John Cowen
acting mayor. resigned last night An or
dinance providing a ssOOOOO bond issue for
a municipal water plant is 10 come be-
fore the council next Tuesdsy.
The council refused last night 10 accept
Acting Mayor C0UelTs resignation, but Mr,
Coweu. without further warning, left the
city Relatives said today he had gone
10 visit relatives Ia kEnEak.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
TAFT TO EAT WATERMELON
WITH WEBSTER CITY PEOPLE
PermissiOn Granted IOwanE 20 EnEage
Special Train 60 Convey Exeeu-
tive from Fort Dodge.

WEBSTER CITY. Ia, Sept. S-(Spe-
ciAl by permission OF Charles ID. Hilles,
private secretary TO the president, the
Webster City Commercial league this aft
ernoon hired a special train TO convey
President Taft and his party from Fort
Dodge 20 Waterloo September - The
league hired this train IN order TO give
President Taft a long enough time here
60 deliver set address in the city park.
He Was originally scheduled to cross this
state on the regular train.
September q IL the occasion Of Webster
City's annual observation OF watermelon
day, and II was on account Of this festival
that the league sought permission 10 hire
. special for the president and thus give
him q longer time In Webster City than
called for by the original schedule.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
HIGH LIFE IN MINNEAPOLIS
Police Ffnd PAIatisI Gambling House
Patr0ntzed ExcIuAive1y by
WaVuRm.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. Sept "A pals-
tial gambling house pstrOniEed exclusively
BY women in the higher walks OF life
and operated by a woman, has been in
operation IN Minneapolis for weeks The
police say the rooms contain two dozen
tables. The place was handsomely fur
nisbed ana luncheon was served II was
in Nioollette avenue, the chief CONNER
cial street OF the city. Every afternoon
string OF automobiles lined up in front
Following complaints OF husbands that
heir wives were losing money there, the
woman operator OF the establishment was
summoned 10 police headquarters. She was
allowed her freedom on her promise 10
suspend operations
Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-04
MRS. WERTELEWSN is FREE

MARINETTE. via, Sept. 2-Mrs. Mary
Wertelewsli. charged with the murder OF
her husband. who was found dead IN their
home Gt Pound, Wis, two weeks ago
and whose decapitAtsd head was shown
in court. is today a free woman. She was
discharged from custody by Judge Bsr-
nardi. who found that the man came 10
his death by falling down stairs. When
the opinion Of the court Was announced
there were cheers of approval There is
much feeling against the officer who ex-
humed the body OF Wertelswski and
hEouEht his head. heart Gns lunss here