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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-10
Not Disturbed.

New York. March 1o.-outwardly
-complacent, at least, Gustive Madero,
a brother of Francisco Madero. the
leader of the main revolutionary
movement in Mexico, did not appear
to be disturbed in the slightest de-
gree today by last nights announce
ment of the United States govern
ment's purposes in massing an army
on the Mexican border. Mr.. Madero,
at his hotel. reading the reports Of
this governments announced attitude.
declared that an embargo on the
transportation of arms and ammuni-
ton across the border would not make
any difference to the revolutionists.
but he took emphatic exception to the
justice of any movement on the part
of the American government that
would put it in the attitude of a sup
pressor of the revolution or sup
porter of the Diaz government.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-10
All Units of the Army Will
Have Reached Texas By
Tomorrow
JAPAN DENIES SECURING :
NAVAL C0AuMG CONCESSIONS
lsas Made No Secret Arraneement
With the Diaz Government For tha
use Of Pacific Ports-Germsny Not
In Intervention Deal

Washington, March 10.-With al,
the details Of the movement of the
troops completed, and the scene Of
activity shifted from Washington to
iexas fields. the headquarters Of the
army today Is waiting complacently
the arrival Of the units Of the moyins
commands at their objective points.
Maj. Gen. William H. Carter. com.
mander Of the division which il con.
centrating at San Antonio. is expect-
eo 10 arrive at the Texas port tomor.
row. The reports to the war depart
ment indicate that by that time nearly
an OF the troops which will form the
division will have reported.
The navy is CARRYING out its n,an
OF operations Just as though the sud
den and extensive preparations Of the
war vessels for active duty was a nart
OF the numdrum OF every day life.
Japan's Denial.
Japan has never made the slirht-
est effort to obtain from Mexico any
concession for coaling station for
naval uses at Magdalena bay. or All
Saints bay, or indeed at any point on
the Pacific coast Of Mexico"
This today was the emphatic de-
claratlon OF Baron Uch1da, the japan.
ese ambassador to Washington, when
his attention was called to the pub
lished statements that through secret
treaties or other arrangements with
President Diaz' government, japan
either had acquired or was about to
acquire a coaling station or naval
base on this side Of the Pacific. Al
luding to the fact that the new line
OF Japanese steamers was to ply be-
tween some Mexican ports on the
north and Peru on the south, tha am.
bassador stated that II this company
had made any arrangements for tax
ing on coal for it's vessels in Mexican
terrotory, which naturally would. be
necessary, Of course such an arrange
ment was purely on business basis
and was such as is entered into by
all commercial lines Of maritime ma
tions.
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Continued on Page ~
FOUR KILLED IN
TRAIN WRECK
1ntercolonial Express Crashed
Into Indiantown Train at
Derby Junction

Moncton. N. b.. March s.-Three
men and q boy are reported to have
been killed and several injured in a
collision between the Maritime ex-
press bound from Halifax for Nom
treal over the Intercolonial railway
at Derby Junction at 1875 this morn
ing. The express train crashed into
the Indian town train at Derby juno
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-10
Another Battle.

Ell Paso, Tex, March 10.-News
reached here this morning Of q fight
at San Augustine ranch in Mexico,
twenty-eight miles from Ell Paso. be-
tween sixty-eight insurrectos and 1856
federals. Twenty Of the insurrectos
came across the river and we're cap
tured and disarmed by Capt. Lindsey,
U. 8. A. About half of the party were
Americans.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-10
BREAKING In NEW SECRETARY.

Washington, March 10-Walter L
Fisher, who succeeded Secretary Bal
linger Of the department Of the in
terror on Monday when he will take
the oath of Office, spent this morn
ing with the secretary learning the
details of his new Office. On Monday
morning the bureau chiefs Of the de-
partment will be received.
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u believed inevitable that many peo-
pie were killed Or injured throughout
the surrounding country. So far as
ID known at preseat, however. but one
man, 2. 8. Thompson, foreman of the
glaze mill. was killed outright, but
Charles Brady, superintendent, and
Joseph Flint, engineer, are badly in.
jured and may die.
Cause Net known.
The cause Of the explosion ID not
known at the present time, and it
Will be some time before it has been
definitely determined. The plant.
which covered 100 acres Of ground.
has been completely wrecked only
one building remaining. This is one
OF the magazines and 1t also 10 filled
with dynamite. The first explosion
took one Of tho magazine buildings
and In quick succession four others
followed. the explosion following 40
quickly, however, that It seemed to
be but one.
The force Of the conclusion was
terrific. Houses, barns and outbuild-
ings In the immediate neighborhood
were swept from their foundations as
though struck by q tornado. It has
been reported that. hundreds Of cattle
and horses had been killed, q tele-
phone report from there stating that
some of them were hurled entirely
through barns and residences. It is
reported that the town Of Bristol,
Wis, ten miles distant, was badly
wrecked, but the details were not OBJ
tainable from. there at midnight.
Special trains were hastily dispatched
from Kenosha carving every availa-
BILE nurse and physician. Several of
the injured have been received in this
city, but none Of them have sustained
more than minor injuries.
Chicago Shaken.
Chicago, March 10.-The explosion
that wrecked the plant of the Latin
Rand Powder company In Pleasant
Prairie last night caused the loss of
at least one life, destroyed the town
in which it was situated and created
a vibration that was felt for radius
Of fifty miles.
The property loss is estimated at
over $1,500,000. =
Chicago was shaken from its most
westerly suburbs to.the shore of Lake
Michigan. The. beltsf that an earth
quake had been experienced was al
most universal. Windows were shat
tered and houses shaken throughout
the twenty-three miles Of Chicago's
length.
Almost simultaneously, the building
Of the John NJ. smyth company at
West Madison and Onion streets, Chi
cago, was also destroyed by an explo-
sion. The cause Of this explosion has
not been learned .atsa late hour, but
is believed that It resulted ~ an ef-
feet Of the other explosion. Although
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-10
British Preference

Regarding the British preference,
Mr. Simpson thought that Canadians
should recognize their friends. There
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-10
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Ruined by Awful Explosion
of Powder Mills
ONE LIFE LOST N THE
MINIATURE EARTHQUAKE
Houses Wrecked and Trees Torn or
Even With the Ground-Property
Damage Will Reach One and a
Half Million Dollars at Least.

Pleasant Prairie. Wis.,, March TO-
Smouldertng ruins and wrecked cot
tages We're revealed when dawn
struck the little town of Pleasant
Fralrle today, where last night the
poWoer magazines Of Du Pont- De
Nemours Powder company exploded,
killing at least one person, injuring
two hundred others, causing dam
age of $1.600.000 and rocking por-
tions Of four states.
Hardly house in the thickly
populated farming country in a radi-
US OF five miles from here is habit
able today as the result of the ex-
plosion.
The greater number Of residents of
this village, Bristol and the sur
rounding farming community have
packed their remaining household
goods and removed away. There is
still practically unprotected and
liable to instant explosion sufficient
eunpoWder to cause great additional
damage to the community. The 1--WE
magazines which exploded last night
contained 160 tons Of finished dyna-
mite, 13O tons dynamite unfinished.
S.o0O kegs finished giant powder and
26.O0O kegs unfinished giant powder.
There are eight small cars Of dyna-
mite stored on the spur near the
plant today according to Sheriff
Stahl. superintendent Bumstead re-
fused to state the amount of powder
In the building and twenty small sep-
arate store buildings all *of which
contained explosives.
A part Of the body Of e. s. Thomp-
son. foreman Of the glazing mill. was
found today in q swamp near the
railroad tracks about a mile from
the scene OF explosion. The. stfunk
and one srmiwefe found. 2sSS.'77-F :
The fire in the wrecked powder mill
mad apparently burned itself out this
morning. Three holes marked the
site where the three magazines had
stood. The holes were, each more
tnan hfty feet across and as deep.
one mad broken into q spring and
was half full Of water. Trees for
nalf mile around were stripped of
branches and shorn of even with the
ground. A part of the engine house
and hundred foot brick chimney of
plant still stand.
While the officers of the company
assert that but one man, Foreman e.
.. thompson of the glazing depart
ment, lost his life and that all other
employees were accounted for. three Of
the men couldn't be found after the
explosion.
The Story.
Kenosha, Wis.,, March 10.-With a
roar that was heard for fifty miles, a
glare that was seen fully as far and
with q concussion that broke windows
more than a hundred miles away.
three carloads of dynamite exploded
at the plant Of the Dupont-Nemours
company, shortly after 8 o'clock last
night in the village of Pleasant Prai-
rie, six miles west of this city.
Every house In the village, which
contained 700 residents, has been bad
ly damaged and some Of them utterly
demolished. Reports from the coun-
try, ten miles distant, are to the ef-
feet that houses even that far from
the explosion, were thrown down. It
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-10
Germany Denies.

Berlin, March 10.-1n reply to a
current report that the German gov
ernment had asked for American in
tervention in Mexico or that 1t pro-
poses to take Independent measures
to protect German interests and Ger
man subjects in that country, Baron
Won Ktderlen Waecheter, secretary Of
state for foreign affairs. today author
lied the Associated Press to state that
Germany has made no representations
to Washington on the subject and does
not contemplate taking any steps in
the matter.
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NEW WEAPON
 TO FIGHT TRUSTS
ATTORNEY GENERAL HOPES TU FORESTALL THE PLAN OF
 REORGANIZATION.
Expects to Ask Congress for Statute to Enable Government to Prose
 cute Successfully.

Washington, March BOA new weapon is being formed out of the government experiences in dealing with monopolies of trade and combi nations of capital, which, it was learned today, Attorney General Wickersham hopes to present to con gross in the belief that it will be in- Icorporated into law. Just what shape this proposed legislation will take has not been made known.
 Combinations of all kinds, through processes of reorganization, have managed to keep just step ahead of federal prosecutions and in many cases the work of the department of justice, therefore, has not always been so completely effective as was desired
 With view to meeting the problem as it exists today and as it promises to develop, the attorney general is giving the subject deep study. Within the next few months may take rlace the most important steps toward Iregulation of combinations and fionopoiies since tfle passage of tine sherman law.
 Several instances of alleged combi- nations, which the department of jus tice, so far has been powerless to at tack becaose there was no law appli cable to them, have been brought 10 the attention of the attorney general
 Prominent among them is the so- called money trust in New York. It was pointed out that where a. year ago the great financiaN interests ot New York, commonly ware classified into three groups they now are popu- larly known as one.
 The New York Clearing House As. sociation recently had official noti- ficaticn that Attorney General Wick ersham's attention had been called to it's methods of business. The asso- citation engaged James M. Beck, f-r- mer assistant attorey general and other New York attorneys to present an informal statement of it's methods 10 the department of justice When all was finshed the attorneys under stood, tacitly at least that there was apparently nothing in the business Of the New York Clearing House Asso- citation which could be construed as coming under any of the laws now On the statute books. Practically the same thing took place with the New Orleans Association last winter.
 Nevertheless the department of jus tice regards with some concern .ne concentration of banking capital in New York.
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$5,0O0,00O . FOR SCHOOLS
Q. K. TREASON, OF CHICAGO, TO
 DISTRIBUTE s3ooooo ON s
 APRIL IA. n
Wealthy Chicagoan Will Complete Magnificent Task Set for Himself When a Young Business
 Man.

Chicago, March SO.-Dr. D. K. Pearson, of Hinsdale, H., will cele- brate his ninety first birthday April 14 by the distribution of $300,000 to schools and religious organizations. This will make his total distributions of recent years, nearly $5,O00, 900, most of which has been given to small colleges
 The gifts are termed by Dr. Pearson as debts" and in most cases are full Ailments of his pledges to different bodies of certain sums, when they should have collected stipulate l amounts.
 The money to be given April IA VIII be distributed as follows
 American board of foreign missions, $100,000; Berea College Kentucky, $100,O00; Deane College, Nebraska, $25, ,0OO; Northland College Wisconsin, $1O,0o0; Highland College, Kansas, ] l$10,000; McKendree College, Illinois, $10,000; other smaller gifts make a total of $300,OOO.
 T shall celebrate my birthday by getting out of debt," said Dr. Pear son. "A year ago I gave notice that would be getting old by this time and that a young man of my age had no business being in debt. I shall lie down on April IA out of debt for the first time in many years. have had these outstanding pledges for many years. have worked them off as one after another of the institutions met their obligations"
 While most of Dr. Pearsons gifts have been to the smaller colleges, different institutions here have re- ceived more than sl,O00,O00 from the Hinsdale philathropist.
 The chief beneficiaries of Dr. Pear son among the smaller schools have been the Berea College of Kentucky, which has received more than S4OO,- 900. In reviewing his gifts today he said the one from which he had de- rived the greatest pleasure was the gift of $50.000 for a water works sys- tenn for Berea
 The philanthropist was enc of the early settlers in Chicago. The great CT share of his wealth came from the increased Vafue of extended real es- tate holdings in this city. Twenty five years ago he retired from busine ess.
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StiIi Buying Arms.

El Paso, Tex, March 30.-The dove of Mexican peace may be lowering over the border, but the sale of am intuition and arms to the revolution ists continues as brisk as when the insurgents were encamped across from Fl Paso. M
 The sales are not made in quanti- ties. but the retail trade in rifles and ammulition at the local hardware and arms stores continues active, the dealers say.
 Whether one of the Maderos is coming here to talk peace is not cer- tain.
 Gonzales Garza, provisional secre- tary of state, declared that Francisco I. Madero, Sr., has nothing to do with the war and that his coming here would not necessarily mean a peace conference.
 Francisco I. Madero and the men in the field are the only persons who can settle the war, he said.
 Whether he will come here is not known, but some of his staff officers have been dropping in, giving color to reports that Madero himself soon will arrive. This Is considered dmproba- i ble unless by agreement with tine United States, for warrant is ont in El Paso for his arerst on a charge of melting a revolution against a friendly nation.
 Madero and Orozco are both west of Chihuahua. This is officially given out by the Fl Paso junta.
 If reports that Madero has ordered the fighting to cease until speace ne- gotiations are concluded, are true, his messengers either have not received the instructions, or his orders have been disregarded. There was fighting today southeast of Chihuahua and also at Ures.
 Rebels are still active south of Chi- huahua. Many more bridges have been blown up on the international line from Durango to Torreon and the insurrectos refuse to allow re- pairs to be made.
 Repair on the Mexico Northwest Iern between Pearson and Jarez are almost completed.
 Dynamite has been received at Ve- lardena by the American Smelling and Refining Company and other ship ments have been sent to th~ Sierra Madre mines in Durango. This will keep the large force of men at work at these places.
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TROOPS STILL DRILLING.
interest at Galveston centers on Ac-
 tivty in the Bay.

Galveston, Tex. March 30.--Accord- ing to the announcement received by Brigadier General Mills this afternoon from the war department the com pany of field hospital corps stationed at Camp Crockett will be recruited to it's full war time strength. Announce ment was made that five noncommis- stoned officers and 22 privates will be sent here from some post in Califor- nia They will arrive early next week.
 The harbor boat General Holabird from Mobile which arrived yesterday has been detailed by the quarermas ter's department to ply between Piel
 3. near the quartermasters' store house, and pier 39, where the thre'
 transports Sumner. Fitzpatrick ant
 dcClellan are docked. She will mak,
 hree trips each day.
 The purpose in the arrival of thi
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GERMANY
 INTERESTED
CHANCELLOR AND STATESMAN LOOK AsKANcE AT ENG.
 LANDS BIG NAVY.
Also Want to Know How Kaiser VIII be Compensated for Canadian
 U. s. Reciprocity.
 Agreement. EI

Berlin, March 30.-Chancellor Yor Bethmann- -Hollweg in the Reichstae today discussed armament and inter. national arbitration but without de parting one iota from the widely known standpoint of the German gov |ernment often declared in former oc- casions.
 The imperial chancellor said the chief difficulty in a disarmament agreement is the impossibility of the supervision of individual states.
 Control over these" he said, q regard as absolutely impracticable The mere attempt to control woul9 have no other result than continual mutual distrust and universal turmoil
 Tt will remain true" continued the chancellor, that the weak will be the prey of the strong. If any nation feels that it is unable longer to spend certain sums for defensive purposes 1t will inevitably drop to the second rank. There will always be a stronger one ready to take it's place. We Ger mans in our exposed position cannot shut our eyes to this dire reality, only so far as We can maintain peace"
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MYSTERIOUS MURDER. school Girl Found Dead and Farm
 Hand Under Arrest.

Newark, O., March 30.--The village of Pataskla is greatly excited over the murder of Elsie Henthorne, 15-year- old school girl. whose body was found at the foot of a hill some distance from the village late today.
 A bullet hole in the girls head showed how she had come to her death.
 Dawn Moreland, a farm hand, was brought to the county jail here to- night under heavy guard and is being held pending an investigation. Pupils of the school where Miss Henthorne attended, say that Moreland drove up to the school building this after noon and asked the girl to take ride with him She accompanied him and two hours later her dead body was found lying by the roadside
 "A search was instituted for More land and he was found in haymew. He was apparently in a atupor and re-
 used to make any statement regard ng the matter. -s~s. [
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they do nevertheless, keep a certain portion of the Mexican army engaged so that whether Intentionally or not,
 they serve to aid the revolutionary
 cause. So far as the larger towns are concerned, they are all yet in the con
 trol of the government. That the
 rebels might take one or two of these
 lis probable, but that they could hold hem is quite another thing. They have no men to waste in garrisoning the
 Here in the capital great interest is being shown in the presidents mes- sage to congress which will be read on the evening of April 1 1t is rella- ply reported that it will be one of the most remarkable documents the president has ever sent to congress inasmuch as it will contain recom- mendations for a revision of the cleo toral laws. a revision of the system of taxation, greater freedom in state elections and 8 curtailment of the powers of the jefes politicos.
 Lively speculation Is being indulged in as to the identity of the minister of interior the only post now vacant in the new cabinet. It still appears probable that he post win go to Teo- doro Dehesa, governor of the state of Vera Cruz, although another man said to be considered, is Emilio Pi- mentel, formerly governor of the state of Oaxaca. It is expected that the official announcement of the m1n- ister's appointment will be made either tomorrow or Saturday prior to the convening of congress at 5 o'clock. tdv~Pmv |
 Francisco Leon De Barra is expect ed to arrive here tomorrow evening He will take the oath of office, as minister of foreign affairs Saturday at 12 o'clock.
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NO MORE FREE LUNCH.
GOV. Donagney Signs Bill Prohibiting
 Culinary Refreshments.

Little Rock, Ark, March SO.-Gov- ernor Donaghey today signed the bill recently passed by the legislature pro- hibiting the giving away of lunches in places where intoxicating liquors are sold.
 The bill also makes it unlawful to sell or give away intoxicants to per son who is drunk.
 Drunkenness is defined as the de- gree of intoxication which incipacl- tates a person to reasonably transact business or renders one ridiculous tn the eyes of the people.