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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
STOKES WOUNDS
NOT DANGEROUS
Millionaire New Yorker Expected
to Recover.

New York, June 9.-Held without
bail to await the recovery of William
E. D. Stokes, millionaire hotel owner
and sportsman, who is in Roosevelt
hospital with three bullet wounds in
his legs, Lillian Graham, aged twenty
two, actress, and Ethel Conrad, aged
eighteen, artist, reiterated that they
shot Stokes in their apartments at
the Veruna to save their own lives.
This Stokes Denies, asserting that
he was lured to their apartment by
the girls. who tried to blackmail him
out of $4,000.
After a night in a cell the two girls,
both of whom + decidedly prepos-
sessing, we're arraigned in court
charged with first degree assault and
held until Stokes is able to appear.
Both girls, while v and trou-
bled, insisted they shot in self-defense,
and Miss Graham exhibited what she
alleged we're marks of Stokes fingers
On her throat.
Stokes, who recently married Miss
Helen Elwood, a wealthy Denver mu-
stefan, was said at Roosevelt hospital
to be resting comfortably. His wife
and son by his first marriage, w. E.
D. Stokes, Jr., were with him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
GARDENA HAS FIRE SCARE
Bucket Brigade of Men and Women
Save Town.

SSSNSs o''3oAS ~ WIS ALI vtOIuCI
Save Town.
The grain elevator, office, gasoline
house, feed mill and coal sheds Of the
Atlantic Elevator company at Gardena
burned. Much grain and coal be.
longing to the company was lost, as
we'll as all the books, papers and the
office safe. The loss is estimated at
from $4,000. to $4,000.
The coal sheds of the Northland
Elevator company, containing between
$500 and $500 worth Of coal, caught
fire and could not be saved. The large
elevator belonging to the Farmers
company was saved with but slight
damage to the roof, although the coal
sheds attached were burned, together
with some $500 worth of coal. The
500 lost several freight cars. All the
men in town and on surrounding
farms fought v%aliantly, forming a
bucket brigade, with the women pump
ing water. The fire was undoubtedly
Of incendiary origin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
STRIKE RIOT AT CLEVELAND
One Man Shot and Several Seriously
Injured When Police Charge.

Cleveland, June 10.-One hundred
policemen, summoned to the scene of
a riot between striking garment work
ers and sy~mpathizers and n%onunion
workmen, charged on the rioters and
in the fight which followed one mar
was shot and at least a half dozen Sc
riously injured. Scores suffered bat
tered heads and body bruises. 1t was
the first violence of the strike.
About six hundred men and women
gathered in front of Printz, Bieder-
man & Co.'s branch factory as the
nonunion workmen were about to
leave the building. A brick hurled
into the crowd by an unknown person
started the riot. When the police ar
rived the strikers and nonunion men
were hurting bricks, clubs and stones.
Windows in nearby stores were
smashed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
Seyenty-tive Others Injured in
Mexican TremOr.
PROPERTY LOSS NOT LARGE
Over Half the Victims Were Soldiers
Caught Beneath Falling Walls
of Artillery Barracks.

Mexico City, June S.-Sixty-three
loss s10o. O0O.
These are the net results of the
earthquake which REM the capital and
injected a note of tragedy into what
was expected to be a day of rejoicing.
When the work of searching the
ruins is completed it is possible that
the list of dead will be heightened
somewhat, as hiding here and there
throughout the city there doubtless
are many wounded who, with tradi-
Itional fear Of the authorities and gov
eminent hospitals, are anxious to
evade discovery.
The property loss is but an esti-
mate and is based upon calculations
made by owners and contractors. Lit
tie of the loss is covered by insurance.
According to the meteorological OBJ
~servatory the greatest intensity was
reached at the end of the first minute,
but the instruments continued to re-
cord the shocks for fourteen minutes
more. 1t was of a v%acillatory char
acter, but almost free from trepida-
tory motion.
More than half of the dead account
ed for were soldiers. They were
caught beneath the falling walls of
the artillery barracks in San Cessna,
a locality near the Mexican Central
station.
Cheap Houses Collapse.
In none of the advices received at
police headquarters is the mention of
the death of any person of promi-
hence. The victims were those whose
homes were in cheaply built houses,
shacks in most cases, whose walls had
little power of resistance.
The fury OF the shock was spent in
the northwestern and western part of
the city. The most damage done was
In that quarter known as Santa Maria,
although cracks in the pavement and
walls toppled over serve to mark it's
course a far to the south aus Colonia
Roma, a district inhabited largely by
Americans.
n water mains of the city were
practically uninjured and the light and
power company suffered little incon-
venience in operations.
Two of the capitals old churches
and the national palace are buildings
which show the effects of the shock.
Long cracks appeared in all of them
and in the palace a keystone in one of
the arches was loosened and thrown
aamost entirely out of it's place. Three
schools sustained considerable dam
age, but in none was there loss of life,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
KANSAS SALOON
SMAsHER DEAD
Carrie Nation SuCcumbs to an
Attack Of PareSiS,

Leavenworth, Kan, June 10.-Carrie
died here. Paresis was the cause of
death. For several months Mrs. Ma
ton had been in poor health and on
Jan. % she entered the local sanitari-
UNI in which she died, hoping there
to recover from a breakdown.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was born in Ken
lucky in 1916. Her maiden name was
Carrie Moore and as a girl, 1t is said,
she was absolutely fearless. In her
to ~intoxicants, which created in her
ar intense aversion to the saloon.
When he died she determined to de-
vote her life to the suppression of the
liquor traffic.
Later she moved to Kansas and mar
ried David Nation, who sympathized
with her temperance principles.
Mrs. Nations first saloon smashing
was done in the barroom of the Carey
hotel at Wichita, Dec. 81, 1900. She
was arrested and remained in Jail sew
eral days before she was released on
bond.
In the next three months Mrs. Ma
ton surprised the "jointists" in vari-
GUS Kansas towns, appearing unher-
aided and leaving a trail Of ruined
barroom fixtures wherever she went.
Many "jointists' became terror strick-
vocate appeared in their neighborhood
and locked their places and fled be-
fore the Ratchet could get into action.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
CHURCH DELEGATES NJ
E~piscopalians Select Persons to At.
tend Duluth Meeting.

The election of delegates to repre-
sent the North Dakota diocese in the
general missionary district and the
general Sunday school district convo-
cations in Duluth next September was
an important feature of the session of
the North Dakota E~piscopalian convo-
cation at Grand Forks. The delegates
named are as follows:
Missionary CONFERENCE.-THE. Albert
Edward ~Clattenberg, Devils Lake;
Rev. Charles H. Brown, Bathgare;
Very Rev. Dewitt Bowling, Fargo;
Rev. L. J. Moultorie, Valley City; T.
NJ. Husband, Grand Forks; J. Frame,
Fargo; E. j. Chamberlain, Devils
Lake; G. D. Lord, Park River; Owen
+. Ashbrook, Larimore.
Sunday School CONFERENCE.-THE. E.
w. Burleson, Jamestown; Mrs. e. A.
Pray, Valley City; E. Getchell, Grand
Farks; Rev. F. A. Shure, Lisbon; and
Miss Lulu Cavalier, Pembina.
Rev. George S. Childs of Casselton
was reelected secretary of the con
vocation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
ROOT AM NDMEN
Senate Finance Committee Adopts
Change in Pact.

Washington, June 9.-The Canadian
reciprocity bill vas acted upon by the
senate finance committee and will be
reported Tuesday without recon-
mendation. The Root amendment to
the print paper and wood pulp provi-
sion was adopted by the committee by
a vote Of 8 to 6.
An attempt to authorize an unfavor.
able report resulted in a tie vote and
another tie marked the effort to report
without recommendation before that
result was accomplished.
The vote on the measure was a
surprise to members of the senate. 1t
had been generally reported that the
finance committee would shift respon-
sibility to the senate, leaving the real
fight to be waged on the floor. At
the last moment the opposition in the
committee seemed to solidify.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
News Of the Week From Vari-
Gus Parts Of the State.
TWO KILLED DURING STORM
Both Victims Were Walking From
Blacksmith Shop on Farm
to the Residence.

Two fatalities resulted from a
terrific electrical storm that passed
over Eastern North Dakota and which
has covered wide sections of the
Northern Red River valley in Mime
sofa. Lightning killed two at Wales.
The dead are: Carl Ellefson, farmer,
and Adolph Thorn, farmers employee.
These two met their death while
walking from a blacksmith shop on
the Ellefson farm to their residence.
Death came almost Immediately and
the bodies of both men bear the scars
of the bolt. Several other persons
were nearby, but were not affected.
Accompanying the storm was a
heavy rain covering Nelson, Walsh,
Pembina, Cavalier and Grand Forks
counties, in North Dakota, and ex-
tending generally throughout the
counties of Northwestern Minnesota.
Telephone wires east of Grand
Forks were put out of commission,
while the city lighting system was
also out of commission for some time.
Reports from Devils Lake are that
a hail storm visited that locality, but
it was not accompanied by wind and
damage therefore was not heavy.
There has been a very heavy rain
throughout that section of the state
also.
Hail storms were reported from 9TH
er sections. This storm did some
damage near McCanna, where the
rainfall was heavy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
DEATH LIST is INCREASING
One Hundred and Fifty Persisted in
Mexican Earthquake.

Mexico City, June 9.-Croaking and
tossing its way from coast to coast
through Mexico, the earthquake
brought death to at least $50 persons,
according to authentic counts. The
area of the earth shocks destruction
is rectangular, with it's northern
boundary less than fifty miles from
the capital and a southern line cut
ting across the lower part of Guerrero
state.
The number of casualties, as COM
piled by the police in Mexico City, is
sixty-three. Fo%rty-nine corpses have
been taken out of the ruins of Ocot-
Ian. Jalisco. 1t never will be known
how many persisted in villages in re-
mote parts of the quake zone.
Tonala, in Jalisco state, was wiped
out, to all outward appearances, but
the score of deaths there cannot be
accurately obtained.
Not many persons were killed in
the city of Colima, but a considerable
amount of damage a done. The ca
thedral is SO badly damaged that a
slight shock might cause its collapse
and the tower of another church was
toppled on the roof.
The volcano Colima has displayed
greater activity during the last forty
eight hours, but the chief meteorolog,
ical observatory at the capital is all.
thority for the statement that this
had nothing to do with the earthquake
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
Adopts BriSt0W Amendment for
Federal Supervision
HOUSE MAY NOT FALL IN LINE
Said Lower Branch Will Not Accept
Change Made by the Upper
House of Congress.

Washington, June 13.-The senate,
by a vote of "a to "a, passed the reso-
luton amending the Constitution to
provide for the election of senators
by direct popular vote. The Bristow
amendment, giving to the federal gov
eminent supervision of such elections,
was adopted. The vote was a. to "A
and the vice president cast the de-
Gliding ballot.
The resolution for a constitutional
amendment has passed the house and
now will go back to that body for con-
currence in the Bristow amendment.
The amended resolution now goes
INTO conference between the senate
and house and some senators pre-.
dicted that the house would refuse to
accept it.
Adoption of the Bristow amendment,
which omitted the house provision
transferring supervision of senatorial
elections from congress to the state
legislatures, was made possible by Mr..
Clarke of Arkansas casting the only
Democratic vote for the proposition.
The tie on that ballot would have
been prevented if his vote had been
cast with his party, with whom he
later voted on adoption of the reso-
luton.
On this first ballot five Republicans,
Messrs. Borah, Gronna, La Toilette,
Poindexter and Works, all progress
sives, voted against the provision.
On the resolution as amended the
vote, 81 to "a, was six more than the
necessary two-thirds majority.
Sixteen Republican Negatives.
OF the t%wenty-four negative votes
eight were cast by Democrats and
sixteen by Republicans.
The debate soon drifted into a po-
litical affair. Democratic senators
criticised Senator Bristow's change of
attitude. In the last session the Kan
sas senator voted against an amend
ment offered by Senator Sutherland
of Utah which would have had the
same effect as his own provision of
this session.
Mr.. Bristow said that in both in
stances his attitude had been dictated
by his desire to do that which most
certainly would insure the success of
the popular election resolution.
Mr.. Davis of Arkansas, referring by
name to Senators Cummins, Clapp and
La Toilette, declared the insurgent
crowd never have been sincere on any
subject they have brought before the
country"
The chair called Mr.. Davis to order.
Mr.. Cummins denied Mr.. Davis state
ment.
Mr.. Bacon aroused feeling by de-
claring that great interests had been
bringing enormous pressure to bear to
defeat the resolution and Senators
Works, Guggenheim and Cummins re-
futed the allegation. Mr. Bacon ex-
planned that he was imputing no i'm
propriety to any member.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
BIckFoRD's TRIAL JUNE 10
Former State Treasurer Charged With
Embedding $4,000.

G. L. Bickford, former treasurer of
the state of North Dakota, who stands
accused Of the embezzlement of $780,.
900 of the state funds, will be ar
raigned in the district court of Nc
Lean county on June 10. Because the
case has been transferred from Bur-
leigh county to Mclean county a
petit jury call of sixty members
twice as large as is ordinarily drawn,
has been made. Judge Crawford will
try the case.
One of the unusual features is the
fact that, while the former state treas
urer is accused of the embeZzlement
of $4,000, the amuont in question has
in reality been turned over to the state,
a settlement being effected a short
time after Jan. 1, when the new treas
urer, Gunder Olson, took the office.
Certificates OF. deposit from the Bow
bells bank made up the amoult: in
question, but Treasurer Olson refused
to accept them. In the settlement Of
the affair Treasurer Bickford went out
of the BoWbelIs bank and at present
is in the real estate business at Bow
bells.
There is much speculation on the
question of whether or not the joint
Legislative committee that was appoint
ed at the time of the adjournment of
the assembly will participate in the
trial to the extent of supplying such
information as it may have uncovered
in the course Of its investigation. An
expert accountant worked over the
books of the state several weeks, but
up to the present time the committee
has made no report.
States Attorney w. l.. Smith will
prosecute the action, while George A.
Bangs of Grand Forks will represent
the accused.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
SEEK TO REOPEN TENDERL0lN
Fargo Pastor Says Prominent Bust
ness Men Back Movement.

According to a statement from his
pulpit in the progress of an address
DR.. Charles R. Adams, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Fargo,
prominent business men of Fargo are
behind a movement for the opening of
the "red light" district, which has
just been closed for a year and the
doors of the places bolted up. The
closing of the district came after a
hard campaign on the part of city
officials.
DR.. Adams states that prominent
business men are now circulating a
petition among those influential in the
city for the opening of the district.
Should I name those who are be
hind the movement you would be
thunderstruck," said DR.. Adams.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM
Three Persons Killed and Others Hurt
at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, June 13.-Three per-
sons were killed, several seriously in
lured, wires Frustrated, trees uprooted
and buildings damaged by an cleo
trical storm which visited this city
and vicinity.
At Allentown the cyclonic winds
Frustrated live wires which fell on a
frame house with corrugated iron lin
ing. AS David S. H. Gackenbach, aged
thirty years, and Hannibal J. Dotterer,
aged t%wenty-four years, were leaving
the building they touched the metal
and were instantly killed. John Wag-
ner, aged forty years, was killed try
ing to rescue the men. Miss Carrie
Alexander was badly shocked.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
Want Land Opened In August.

The Plaza Commercial club and the
Ryder Commercial clud. asked by
Congressman Hanna the most accept
able date for the registration in con-
nection with the forthcoming opening
of the Fort Berthold reservation, have
expressed a sentiment favorable to
Aug. IA. Two dates were submitted
by Congressman Hanna, Aug. IA and
Oct. 4, but the earlier date was the
one that both towns favored. Plaza
and Ryder are both to be registration
points for the big reservation opening.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
TRUST IS NOT IN CONTROL
Judge Gary Says Steel Business Is
About Equally Divided.

Washington, June 9.-Judge Elbert
H. Gary undertook before the house
steel trust investigating committee to
show that the United States Steel cor
poration, of which he is the head,
does not nov control as large a per.
centage of the steel business of the
United States as 1t did on the day of
Its formation.
He insisted that as against a go per
cent control OF the domestic business
In 1901 the corporation at the present
time IL able to direct only 80 per cent
OF the domestic output. OF export
business, however, Mr., Gary said the
steel corporation controlled shout 90
psr cent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
Wants August Land Opening.

Judge Witten of the general land Of
fee. who will have charge of the open
ing of the Fort Berthold Indian reser-
walton in North Dakota this summer,
has informed Representative Hanna
that he will recommend to the secre-
tary of the interior that the date of
the opening be Aug. IA and that Minot
be the headquarters for the land Of
Ace force. The recommendation as
to the date 10 In compliance with the
request Of the citizens and commercial
clubs OF the cities of Ryder, Plaza and
Minot. the registration points for the
opening.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, June 12.--Cattle-Beeves,
$5.1506.50; Texas steers, $4.50@5.75;
Western steers, $4.7b@5.70; stockers
and feeders, $3.S5@5.65; COWS and
heifers, $2.40@5.65; calves. $6.00@8..
2b. Hogs-Light, $6.00D630; mixed,
IS. 9b@8.36 heavy, $685. 06.3O; rough.
s6.86@6.00; good TO choice heavy, 49,.
00O6.30; pigs. s6.6606.20. Sheep
Native s2.761A.b0; ysaTlings. 1850
$40; lambs, S4.26 $3.50.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
LA RUE HEADS MACCABEES
Officers Of North Dakota Elected at
Fargo Meetinu,

At the meeting of the knights of
Maccabees at Fargo, Russell l.. La Rue
was elected state commander and the
following chosen: Past state comman-
der, E. McLander, Fargo; guard COM
mander, G.. w. Wickham, Mandap;
chaplain, George Darlington, James
town; sergeant-at-arms, Fred Bier,
Darlington; master, j. w. Derstad,
Bisbee; master of guard, A. H. Single
ton, Cakes; sentinel, J. Newtrader,
Grand Forks; record keeper, B. H.
Mulough, Chaffee.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
Grand Forks Wants Bankers.

Grand Forks will make a bid for the
1912 convention of the North Dakota
Bankers association, decision to that
effect being reached at a meeting Of
conventions committee of the Grand
Forks Commercial club and the bank.
ers of the city. The meeting this
year will be held in Fargo at the end
OF the present month and at that time
the invitation OF the Grand Forks
bodies Will BIO extended. The last
meeting OF the association 70 bs held
IN Grand Forks was four years ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
Pardon Granted Two convicts.

The state pardon board gave free
dom to Philip A. Conroy of Williams
county, who vas sentenced in 1908 to
serve between ten and twenty years
in the penitentiary for robbery. The
board also liberated Conrad Dahl, a
young man sentenced in 1910 to serve
ten years for arson, he having been
convicted of burning an elevator to
cover the theft of a carload Of grain.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
MAN WINS THE MEDAL
Int rstate OratoricaI Contest Victory
Goes to College Speaker.

Frederick E. Stillwell, representing
Fargo college, and speaking on "The
Dignity of Individuality won the In
terstate %oratorical contest at Fargo.
He was awarded the gold medal.
Second place was taken by P. S..
Leavitt Of the South Dakota Wesleyan
university, who spoke on MEN of
Vision The University oaEqNorth Da-
kota was represented by Lester Smith,
whose topic was "The Young Man in
Public Life" ideals or Idols" was
given by N. Fl. Haas of Redfeld col
lege, South Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
LEG BROKEN BY BASE RUNNER

Player on First Is Hurt in Collision
in Baseball Game.
From the force of a collision, occur
ring when he was thrown down by a
base runner on the Colfax baseball ag-
gregation, o. Solberg, playing first
base for the Wolcott team, received a
broken leg. Solberg was just about to
catch the ball that was speeding to-
ward him when the Colfax player
reached the base and the two men
came together with terrific force.
Solberg was removed to the Brecken-
ridge (Minn.) hospital.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
Woman Burned to Death.

Detroit, June 13.-Mrs. Bertha Lo.
thamer. aged sixty, was burned to a
crisp In a lire which destroyed her
home. The aged woman had all but
reached safety when she was over.
come as her body wac found within q
few feet OF tho docs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, June 12.-Wheat-
July, 92Hc; Sept, 9OAc. On track
No. 1 hard, 95Ac; No. 1 Northern, SO
@93Ac; No. 2 Northern, 90@93Ac;
No. 3 Northern, 88@91Ac.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, June 12.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. l hard, 94%c; No.
1 Northern, $3.50; No. 2 Northern,
90% @91Bc; July, 93%; Sept, 90Bc.
Flax-On track and to arrive, 1892;
July, 1898.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, June 12.-Wheat = July,
$685. @86kc; Sept, $3.50; Dec, 1874
@S8%c. Corn-July, 545sc; Sept,
56hc; Dec, 55hc. Oats-July, 38Mc;
Sept, 39Ac; Dec, 40Ac. Pork-July,
$15.40; Sept, $15.15. Butter-Cream-
cries, 17@21c; diaries, 15h @19c.
Eggs - 11@14c. Poultry - Turkeys,
12c; chickens, 13hc; springs, 22@25c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
BALDWIN WORKS CRIPPLED

Eight Thousand Men Do Not Report
for Work.
Philadelphia, June 13.-The attempt
of the management of the Baldwin
locomotive works, where a strike be-
gan last week, to resume work in all
departments, met with only partial
success. 1t is estimated that only g.
900 men out of 10000 reported for
work. The departments closed are
the boiler, flange, paint and fue shops.
The machine shop is working almost
normal.
The union leaders directing the
strike express hope that an amicable
adjustment of differences will soon be
reached.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
St. Paul Live Stock,

St. Paul, June 12.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.5O@6.O0; fair to good,
$5.OO@5.50; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $4.50@5.25; veals, $5.50@7.00.
Hogs-$5. 90@6.10. Sheep-Wethers,
$3.5o@4.25; yearlings, $3.75@5.00;
spring lambs, $4.5O@5.75.