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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
ELEVEN PERSONS ARE KILLED
snowsIide Sweeps Down on MINING
Camp in Utah.

Reno, New, March ia snowslide
racing down the mountain side has
swept to death ten men and one wo.
man, employees of the HYDRO Electric
company's plant at Jordan.
The slide, which came down upon
the camp without warning. first crush
ing the homes Of the company's EN-.
ployes and then partially wrecked the
power plant. The houses were
crumpled like paper while their occu-
pants slept and none of the victims
had a chance to escape.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
New Judge Holds First Term.

Judge Frank E. Fisk, the newly ap-
pointed judge of that district, complet-
ed his first term of court in Stanley
in less than a day. T~wenty-eight ap
peared for naturalization and were
made citizens, seven men held on
criminal charges pleaded guilty, the
judge giving three charged with blind
plugging ninety days in jail and a
5000 fine, while the other four were
given jail sentences on gambling
charges.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
OVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS
Amount of Appropriations of the Re.
cent Congress.

Washington, March 11.-Appropria.
tons at the last session of congress
aggregated $1,025,489,662, according
to statements issued by former Rep.
r~esentatives Tawney of Minnesota
and Livingston of Georgia, who were
respectively chairman and ranking
Democrat of the house appropriations
committee in the last congress.
Mr.. Tawney says this is less than
$~1,OOO,000 in excess of the total esti-
mates Of President Taft, on which the
appropriations are based.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
MEXICAN CONGRESS ACTS
Approves Measure to Suspend Some
Personal RIGHTS.

Mexico City, March 14.-Mexico's
proposed wal measure which has at
tracted worldwide attention-the bill
to suspend certain conceded personal
rights under specified circumstances
was approved by the permanent
commission of congress in the form
as drafted by the department oil the
interior.
Following the usual course of such
bills it will be given its second read
ing today and on Thursday final dis
cussion.
That it will become a law there is
practically no doubt, since there was
no dissenting vote.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, March 13.-Wheat-May,
9oh @9oAc; July, $685. S8%c; Sept,
S8b @88Ac. Corn-May, k@49%c;
July, 50Ac; Sept, 50Bc. Oats-May,
30%c; July, 30%c; Sept, 30%c. Pork
May, $17.42; July, $16.5O. Butter
Creameries, 16@26c; diaries, 15@21c
Eggs-141a @16hc. Poultry-Turkeys,
l8c; chickens, 13c; springs, 13c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
Four Dead in Kentucky Feud.

Glasgow. Ky, March 11.-Reports of
a battle in Halfway, Allen county, in
which four men are declared to have
been killed, have reached here. The
shooting ts believed to have been the
result OF the assassination OF Wood
sAyres. in Scottsyilie. who was shot
from ambush last Monday.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
Equity Men Visit Superior.

A. D. Swanson Of Minot, A. A. Tro.
vatten of Fargo and j. M. Anderson of
Fargo, members and officers of the
Dakota branch of the Society Of Equi-
ty, g at Superior, Wis. looking in
to the grain handling situation with
q view to recommending to the soci-
ETY. that it establish an office and ar
range to handle its W grain there.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
Lakota Man Kills Himself.

George Anon of Lakota ended his
life at Craik, Sask., by cutting his
throat with a small penknife. He had
spent a lonely winter on a homestead.
The coroner's jury verdict was that Of
suicide while temporarily insane.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
Rector for Bar Harbor, Me.

Rev. Oliver Dow Smith, for the last
two years. rector in charge of the
Episcopal mission at Grafton, has &C
copied a call to Bar Harbor, Me-,
where he will be assistant rector of
st. Savior's church and rector of the
chapel on Mount Desert island. He
will have two assistants to help him
in ministering to the 400 commune
cants enrolled in his parish.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
westhope Has Second Fire.

For the second time within a week
Westhope was visited by a destruc-
tive fire when two frame buildings on
First street, formerly occupied as an
implement house by D. McGilvary,
were destroyed. The origin of the
fire is not known, as the buildings
were vacant.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, March 13.-Wheat-To ar
rive and on track-No. 1 hard, "97Ac;
No. 1 Northern, 96Ac; No. 2 North
ern, 93M @94Ac; May, 97Ac; July,
9SBc. Flax-On track and to arrive,
$2.66, May, $2.65.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
Elected Eighteen Times.

For the eighteenth time the school
board of Grand Forks has elected J.
Nelson Kelley superintendent of the
city schools and he will fill that re-
sponsible position for another year.
The board also voted to raise the
teachers salaries of the six lower
grades SIS per month and all the teach
ers recommended by Kelley were re-
elected.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, March 13.-Wheat-
May, 96A@96%c July, 9SB@9sAc
Sept, 91%c. On track-No. 1 hard,
CSC; No. 1 Northern, 97A @9SAc; No.
2 Northern, 94A@ 96kc; No. 8 North
ern, 92A @95kc.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
MAY DIVERT MOUSE RIVER
North Dakota Plans to Drain 1t Into
Devils Lake.

1t is expected that the survey under
the direction of Engineer Atkinson will
be completed in two months, at which
time it will be known as to the feast
bility OF draining Mouse river into
Devils lake. Only in Bottineau coun.
ty is it expected that any difficulty
will be encountered in establishing a
drain. Fishing in the fresh waters OF
Devils lake looks like a probability
before many years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
Preparing for state G. A. r.

The Willis A. German post Of the
g. A. r., held a business meeting to
make arrangements for the state en-
campment which will be held In
Grand Forks the last week In June.
II was decided to make an exhibit OF
war relics and curlos n OF the fea-
lures Of the meeting,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
Elevator Burns at Hampden.

The Winter. Truesdale G. Aimes ell.
evator at Hampden, Ramsey county.
was destroyed by fire. about 5000
bushels Of grain being burned. The
blaze originated III the Office.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
THREE MEN PERISH IN FIRE
Cottage at Ohio Summer Resort Is
DESTROYED,

Destroyed.
Ravenna, o., March 14.-Three men
persisted in the destruction by fire of
a cottage at Sandy Lake, a summer re-
sort four miles southwest of this city.
They are George F. Doughitt Of Ra-
VIENNA, a lawyer, fifty years old, owner
OF the cottage; William Vargo, fifty.
five years old, also of this city, a cal.
penter, and Harry Clark, thirty years
old, a laborer of Breakneck Creek, o.
The three men had been making re.
pairs at the cottage. Their charred
bodies were found in the fire ruins. 1t
is thought they were asleep when the
fire broke out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
RIOT In THE EXPRESS STRIKE
New York Police Dispense Mob At
tack on Wagon.

.CON OI VdSOT.
New York, March 1.-THE first real
disorder of the express strike came
when a crowd of men made an attack
on an express wagon manned by a
driver and two helpers. The crowd,
which had gathered in Park. avenue,
near Fif~ty-seventh street, threw stones
and other missiles and the police had
difficulty in dispensing the rioters. One
arrest was made.
There was no move by drivers of
other express companies to join the
strike begun by the Adams Express
company employees on Saturday. 1t
was said that the Wells-Fargo men
had decided not to go out in any event
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
AVALANCHE KILLS NINETEEN
Russian Tenement Swept Away WhlIs
Occupants Sleep.

Tiflis, .Transcaucasia, Russia, March
10.-An avalanche swept down upon
and crushed a workmen's tenement
near here while the occupants were
still asleep.
Nineteen persons were killed out.
right and sixteen others received In
juries that. probably will prove fatal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
st. Paul Live Stock.

st. Paul, March 13.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.50@6.25; fair to good.
$5.O0@5.50; good to choice cows and
heifers, $4.59@5.25; veals, $5.50@7.50.
Hogs-$6.6 60 @6.75. Sheep-Wethers,
s3.T5@4.50; yearlings, $4.00@5.25;
spring lambs, $5.00@6.10.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-03-16
LIVELY SCENE IN PARIS CAFE
Man Said to Be American Millionaire
Shot In Row.

Shot IN How.
Paris, March IA lively fight was
followed by the shooting in the fash.
ionable Cafe de Paris of William Lee,
who is said to be a Missourian and a
millionaire. He has a bullet in his
hip which came from his own revolver.
but his condition Is not serious.
The incident, coming as It did while
the big dining room was filled with
men and women, caused the greatest
excitement.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-19
TUsKEGEE NEGRO CONFERENCE

TUSKEGEE, Ala, Jan. 18.-The
twentieth annual session of the Tus-
kegee Negro conference opened at
Tuskegee institute today with large
and representative attendance. The
feature of the program was a sympos-
ium discussion on the subject of the
negro as farmer. The question OF
making tenant farming more profitable
both to the landlord and to the tenant
was discussed at length. Attention
was paid also to the methods for max
ing truck farming, cotton raising, fruit
raising, and live stock and poultry
breeding profitable to the negro farm.
er. Booker T. Washington In his op.
ening address said the value of the
discussions lay in the good the dele
gates got from them to carry home.
Tomorrow the annual workers con.
ference will be held at the institute
Indications point to an unusually large
attendance of persons directly en-.
gagged In negro education and others
interested in the uplift of the colored
race.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-19
Record Attendance al
Denver Stock Show

DENVER, Jan. 1S.-The weather be-
ing fine crowds are pouring into the
city today from nearby towns to see
the stock show. There Is much com.
plant over the admission price being
doubled over last year. when admis-
sion was only quarter. and this has
affected the attendance. Still this
morning a large crowd was present.
Last night over six thousand per.
sons jammed in the stock yards amphi.
theater TO witness the aristocracy of
horsedom. 1t was society and club
night and both contingents were out
in force. The exhibition was never
before equalled in the West and the
appreciation and approval OF the
throng was at all times manifest
Denver and Colorado pranced away
with the premier honors. the entries
being smarter" than those which
marked the opening night, when the
majority Of the awards went to visit
ing exhibitors. The Cottonwood farm
at Arvada; j. NJ. Kuykendall and DR.
Sherman Williams each won firsts.
Miss Loula Long OF Kansas City,
who had already annexed number OF
firsts, was again much in evidence and
added to her collection of ribbons
She took the blue trophies in both OF
the ladies' harness events, the first
event on the program and the tandem
She likewise carried off the red rib
bon In the harness event, with Beau
caire and his mate and Sensation and
Revelation winning In the order nmed
the first pair being driven by Miss
Long herself. Sensation and Revela,
tion proved sensations in fact as well
as In name.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-19
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

City council met Tuesday evening in
regular adjourned session. Mayor
Goodman presided All aldermen were
present.
The minutes of the regular meeting
Of Jan. and the regular adjourned
meeting of Jan. 9 were read and ap-
proved.
The following petitions for licenses
were read and granted: W. p. ReedeI
renewal of express license; Paul Back.
niger. express license; l.. Miller, trans
fer of G. Church's express license; L..
A. Nelson, second hand license; A.
Anheier, theater license; J. o. Tayl
lor, theater license; Durango Under
taking company. undertaker's license
Chairman Smith OF the street and
alley committee said that the street
department had only with great effort
kept the crossings passable the past
few days, and II some provision was
not made for street drainage a repe-
tition of the trouble might be expected
In the near future. He recommended
that the matter be given immediate at
tention, but no action was taken re.
garding 1t. In this connection the
mayor stated he had taken 1t upon
himself to hire labor to have the cross.
ings cleared, as ,he felt the council
owed 1t to the people to have the
crossings made passable. regardless OF
the condition OF the street and alley
fund. Chairman Turner Of the finance
committee. said 1t was not the inten.
ton Of the committee to stop all work
but to minimize expenses as much az
possible.
As chairman of the health committee
Alderman Turner reported that those
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-19
FARMINGToN NEWS NOTES.

FARMINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Perhaps it
is not generally known and perhaps 1t
is, that the land office is lately in
serting clause in papers relating to
land filings in the Pennington country
as follows Subject to right-of-way
OF El Paso and Durango railroad" and
the same for the Arizona & Colorado
railroad" which Is taken to mean that
the land office is expecting at least
two railroads to build through this
section from the south
At Aliens hall last night the
knights of Pythias indulged in a Sc
lect dance and banquet, plate at which
sold for $3.50 each This was per-
haps the most elaborate affair of the
kind ever held in Pennington.
Warm weather with frequent show.
ers has prevailed here the past two
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. s. Andrews, after
a couple of weeks spent here visiting
H. l.. Andrews. have returned home
to California.
Engineer G. s. Wilhoite who has
been doing some survey work near
Aztec has returned home.
Mrs. M. A. Mahaney has returned
from an extended visit to Durango.
A full-fledged Y. NJ c. A. was or.
ganized a few days ago as also a
board of trade, and Pennington is
strictly in the Industrial procession.
Mass meeting at various points in
the county are scheduled to be held
to discuss the proposed constitution.
AS many citizens of this section
come from western Texas, much in
terest is felt in the Mexican war sit
uation.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-19
SpeciaI Offer to Contestants on
Page Four Today

under quarantine without provisions
had been provided for. Two new cases
of smallpox have developed in the
past week.
Chairman Sites of the cemetery and
park committee stated the Civic club
had agreed to purchase a sprayer for
the city's use If the council would pass
an ordinance compelling property own.
ers to spray their trees. He recon-
mended the ordinance receive the ia.
vorable consideration of the board. No
definite action was taken, but indi-
vidually1 the members expressed them.
selves in favor of passing the desired
ordinance.
City Attorney Ellis read a commu-
nication from ]. Homer Smith of Cam
den, Delaware, relative to the pro
posed gas franchise. in which Mr..
Smith requested the city attorney to
draft an ordinance satisfactory to the
council and forward to him. If his
company consider the franchise fair,
they will put in a plant in this city
as soon as the weather is favorable in
the spring.
Alderman Nelson stated that 1t is
reported gambling is being extensive
ly carried on in the city and more
than half the saloons were opened on
Sunday For permitting this the coun-
ell was severely criticized. II true
this open defiance of the law, was be.
ing practiced he recommended the
marshal be instructed to institute lie,
gal proceedings against the offenders
at once. The marshal said he had
found few open saloons on Sunday.
These he had ordered closed and to
his knowledge they had not since vio-
lated the law. Alderman Sites said he
had been informed that no less than
four gambling halls were running In
Durango. He moved the marshal be
instructed TO investigate conditions
and arrest all gambling and Sunday
closing offenders. The motion was
seconded by Alderman Nelson, all
members OF the council voting In favor
of the proposition.
Two communications relative to
right Of way in sewer district No. 3
were read and referred to the sewer
committee and city attorney for con.
sideration.
A communication from the Standard
Construction company, stating they
could not bid on sewer construction
work Id district No. at the present
estimate, was also left for the con
sideration OF the sewer committee.
The various protests from property
owners in improvement district No. /
against the assessments made were
tead. considered and resolution
adopted overruling all objections. An
objection to the cost being the one
most frequently made, the property
owners not taking into consideration
the fact that they we're assessed for
the intersectional area as well as for
the walks and curbs.
CONTINUED on Page A.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-19
NY. Legislators Fight
Against Tafnmany Rule

ALBANY. N. Y, Jan. 1S.-When the
New York state Legislature met to-
day at noon in joint session to elect a
successor to Chauncey M. DePew. in
the United States senate, the feeling
was most bitter among the members
of the Democratic majority. Up to
the moment Of entering the chamber,
Boss Murphy Of Tammany hall des-
perately was engaged in trying to Sc.
cure from the ranks of the "insurgent
Democrats" enodeh votes to force the
choice of his candidate, William F.
Sheehan, the former lieutenant gen.
eral and now New York corporation
counsel.
The fight against Murphy and Shee-
han is led by Senator Franklin Delan.
do Roosevelt a Harvard man, and
millionaire Democrat, and a distant
cousin OF Colonel Roosevelt The sen
ator said, as he entered the cham
ber, that he had twenty-five Democrats
pledged to vote against Sheehan and
that the Tammany candidate could
never be elected. Roosevelt said he
did not look for an extended dead,
lock- He believed that If Sheehan
could not be elected today he would
be dropped by Murphy and the Demo
Gratis could then quickly agree on a
candidate.
Sheehan, even his best friends ad.
mitted, is probably beaten. His con
nection with the Pennsylvania rail
way had hurt his candidacy equally
as much as Sheehan's alleged connec
tion with the New York Traction in
terests
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-19
Officers Of "U. 3"SGck
Q to Post and Perish

KEEL. Germany, Jan. 18-The sink
ing OF the ~ g." the German navys
first submarine disaster, cost three
lives, The dead are the captain Of
the submarine and Lieutenant Fisch-
er and Kobe, the latter a helmsman
The deaths were due to an unfore-
seen mishap at the moment the OFF,
cials OF the navy were receiving cen
gratulatlons on the supposed success
full raising Of the ~ 3" and the res
cue OF the crew.
When the submarine. three hours
after she sank, had been brought to
the surface by the ship Vulcan, and
twenty-seven of her men Lad made
their way to safety through the tor.
pedo tube. the captain and the two
lieutenants elected to stand by their
ship until she was once more master
Of herself. The three men were In
the coming tower H." which remain
ed submerged when the vessel rose
obliquely. Here the men might have
stayed without danger for some time
as the boat had considerable supply
OF oxygen. but for an accident that
shut off this supply from the tower.
Recognizing the peril of the officers.
the rescuers worked desperately to
reach them, but 1t was this morning
before an entrance to the tower could
be effected. Long before that time
the men had died OF suffocation. Ar
tificial respiration was attempted but
the futility OF this was soon evident.
Lieutenant Fischer was married only
week ago.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-19
CHILD WELFARE EXHIBIT.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-No more in.
teresting or instructive exhibition ever
was held in New York is the unani.
nous opinion expressed by count
less number of men and women who
attended the opening of the Child
Welfare exhibit in the Seventy-frst
Regiment armory today. The exhibit
tion will continue several weeks. Its
ment of the promoters. is to show
the modern tendency towards scien-
tific child culture on a gigantic scale
and the heroic efforts being put forth
by thousands of sociological and char.
liable workers to combat the evil eff
fects of congestion and resultant con
ditions of the children of New York,
and to save the city fro ma weak, un-
happy future citizenship"
The good and evil features of the
moving picture show and its amazing
development as form of social en-
tertainment are demonstrated by ex-
nibits. The candy shop and its eff
feet on the young, the evils of street
corner loafing and the frequenting of
public dance halls also are shown
Where and how the children in the
tenement districts spend their spare
time are shown effectively by means
OF models and photographs.
The brighter side of the exhibition
shows suburban and tenement home
the best methods of pur
chasing and preparing foods, and the
care, proper clothing and training OF
children. There is also dazzling
toy shop showing the kinds of toys
children ought to play with because
OF their educational value. Model roof
gardens and public Fairgrounds are
also given much attention.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-19
DisCIaims Responsibility
FOR Sidney St. Battle

LONDON, Jan. 18.-Home Secretary
Winston Churchill, who, by virtue OF
his office, Is the head OF the London
police, today deuIed all responsibility
for the police fiasco in the battle OF
Sidney street." when 1900 police were
called out in an effort to capture
several Houndsditch burglars and muir
derers who held off the police and
Scots Guards for five hours before be.
ing killed. The home secretary, In
the Inquest of the bodies OF two OF
the anarchists today denied that he
directed or conducted the police ar
rangements. Churchill's explanation is
deemed inn ortant in view OF the fact
that should parliament condemn him
for his conduct In affair, his resig
nation would be inevitable.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-19
COLLEGE DEMOCRATS CONFER.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 18.-
Following the conference OF the elder
statesmen at Baltimore yesterday, the
younger element OF the Democratic
party. as represented by the National
League of Democratic College Clubs.
had its inning In this city today. Pur
suant to call Issued by President
Warren Jefferson Davis Of this city
the officers and state vice presidents
Of the league got together at the Now
Willard hotel this morning and spent
the day discussing preliminary plans
for the work OF the league In the next
presidential campaign.