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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-07

Stockton, Feb. 7.-George Shima, a
wealthy Japanese farmer. heralded
throughout this section of the state as
the potato king" has cleared another
fortune off his tracts Of reclaimed land
in the famous San Joaquin delta region
just west of this city. his net profits
being estimated at 100000.
Stima farmed 1000 acres this year,
practically all of which he planted in
potatoes. The potato market has been
exceptionally good and the growers
have realized large profits. Off the
1000 acres he harvested 100000 sacks
of tubers which have sold as high as
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-07
Heavy Snow in New York.
Nc cholee AZ Albany.

Albany, Feb. mo choice in the
eighteenth joint ballot for United
States senator.
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TuhereuIosis.

Bismarck, N. D.. Feb. 7.--Workers
for the tuberculosis sanitarium are
numerous around the capitol building
today and the literature is evident
everywhere.
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Yesterday dispatch from washington showing
following compare
summary
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Continued on Page Six.
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The WEATHER

Generally fair tonight and wednes-
day. some what colder tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
FIRE IN CARLTON HOTEL.

a fire in the Carlton Hotel. London. re-
suited in the precipitate abandonment OF
the hotel al night by practically al the
guests tho majority of whom were Ameri-
cans, as well as the death of Jameson Lee
Fnney. a we'll known American actor, and
damages estimated at $4,000 Among
the New Workers who escaped rnhurt We're
James 4. Kecne, \. l.. Pratt and John pur-
roy Mitchell
The strike OF dockmen. lShtermen coal
porters ana car mon. which for several
days seriously disturbed all business in
London and resulted in a shortage OF food
stufTs, coal. petrol and other necessities.
was ended with the settlement of the
lishtermen's dispute The men were con-
coded a ten-hour day and an increase Of
about - per cent In wages.
"The French steamer Emir foundered five
miles east of Tarifa, Spain, In the strait OF
Gibraltar Eighty-siX lives were lost
The revolutionary army Of IIayti entered
the capital and Immediately proclaimed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
A PLAN TO SAVE MONEY.

Mr.. Stanley produced the minutes OF the
executive committee Of the United States
steel Corporation. They contained the
statement to the committee by Mr Perkins.
former chairman of the finance committee
Of the Steel Corporation. at a meeting held
at noon. March 4. 1902, showing how 40
per cent Of the preferred stock, or $780,
coo OOO. which had then been depressed
down TO about 50 and requiring a fixed
payment annually for interest at per cent
of $4,000 600, could be exchanged for
$3.50. 900 Of per cent bonds which
would require a fixed annual expenditure
of S12.5OO,OOO and the corporation thus
make $50. 900. 600 Of cash without cost and
save an annual expenditure of $780, 600.
MIR. Perkins admitted that he had presented
the plan and defended il rs IN every respect
q proper one.
MI. Bean pointed out that the stock
holders of record had but thirty days in
which 10 offer to surrender 80 per cent Of
the referred stock and take the bonds. Then
from the minute books of the corporation
ST was shown that the syndicate originally
had until July 1, 1902 TO complete its trans
actions and an extension was subsequently
given so that they had altogether twenty
one months In that time the stock had
been depressed to u. and the inference was
that the syndicate bought it up and OK
changed il for the per cent bonds. Mr..
Perkins failed TO give any information on
This point
lie said, however. that the syndicate OF
large Stockholders which had managed the
transfer of $4,000 600 Of per cent sec
ond mortgage bonds for Z per cent pre-
forrod stock had received a commission of
per cent or $4,000 600 ON the transaction.
MIR. Perkins denied that J. p. Morgan
X CO. and associate bankers Of New York
absolutely dominate the financial affairs Of
the United states. Did YOU or any one else
that YOU know Of buy or sell or trade in
United states steel preferred or Commc7
stock while the bond conversion transaction
OF 1902 was being planned" asked Mr.
Raalc Of Texas. no. sir was tho reply.
did the United States Steel Corporation
ever trade in its stock? Not in the sense
of speculation. said Mr.. Perkins. 1T has
purchased stock for the purpose Of its profit
sharing plan, and it has purchased bonds
for sinking fund purposes. The corporation
has scrupulously avoided anything resem-
bling speculation I'm its securities. 1 never
purchased stock except as an investment
Did you ever sell any? Yes, but l have
never been connected with any pool or syn
hcate or association Of individuals or firms
10 operate in that stock. | ne"er sold one
share Of that stock short in my life.
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TAME INDIAN DANCES.

"The sun dance Of the pre>en is not n.
sun dance Of the past" remarked ". J.
Keith. of Cheyenne. Wyo.. AZ tho Raleigh
"I attended the sun dance Of tie Shosho'o
Indians at the agency az Lander recently,
and must say that anybody who Is. ot TIE
opinion that Poor 10 is not absorbing civil
ization has another guess coming.
Time was when the American ahorgins,
in order to show his valor, would cut sits
in the skin Of his breast and back. push
sticks Of wood through the interstices. a.
tach rawhide lariats strung from The TOP
Of a high pole to the ends 81 the sticks
and swing merrily around the circle win
his feet off the ground until the skin brose
If he could go through this fearful ordeal
be was a warrior Of the first class NoHJ
days however. the dance is merely "a goo
imitation Of the old way. with none
the fortunes aside from the fatigue
dancing in the glaring sun until the dance
falls from exhaustion. \ civilized and h.
name government mas put a stop to the i@'
turc part Of the dance.
1T is It difficult matter to get the lndian
L. 20 through with the performance noaa'
days | made inquiries If the Indian aser'
why the Indians charged for seeing y.
dance, and he referred me 90 one II ts
tribe
white man charge dollar Tor dane
1njun no chump.' was the reply J rccei't
from him.
Among the guests at this dance from q,
nearest Indian settlement / found ss'
names as Mr.. and Mrs Wasingham ho.
a-IIole-in-the-Tepee Misses GwenI0lyn Az
CLEOPATRA Bunalo-fat. Miss llayzclle ,sr'
Beaf-Go- Into-a- Hole. and her brotl.
y ~ s.r1..t Noel .
ana his sisters. Claudia and ptne.ope
Washington Post
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
BIG DROP IN CROPS.

HAS anything else significant developed
in the field Of commerce. asked Busy Man.
"a tremendous decline in the condition
of crops generally throughout the country
and traceable To drouth and intense heat
occurred in the last month. as indicated by
Official figures and estimates made in the
monthly crop report of the Department of
Agriculture The report is the worst as 60
general crop conditions that the department
has issued for any month since 1901. The
cree most seriously affected extends from
New York an Pennsylvania to the Rocky
Mountains. embracing all the great corn.
wheat and hay producing states. In the
Southern States with the exception of Nir
einia and North Carolina, ample rains
served 10 maintain generally favorable con-
ditions throughout the month. The out
look in the Pacific Northwestern States is
regarded as excellent
christopher Columbus Wilson. president
of the United Wireless Telegraph Company,
and two Of his associates, who were recently
sentenced to prison terms after being con
victed of having used the mails in a scheme
to defraud investors, will be obliged TO serve
their sentences. Francis Y. Butler, attor-
ney for the company, and w. w. Tomp-
kins. a selling agent joined with Wilson in
an appeal from the prison sentence This
was denied by the New York Circuit Court
of Appeals. Wilson and Butler must serve
two years each in the Atlanta prison and
pay fines of $500 each. Butler must serve
one year on Blackwelrs Island and pay
fine of 500. George H. Parker. a director,
did not appeal from his sentence Of two
years at McNeilrs Island, Wash.
George II. Cove. the inventor Of the So
lar electric generator which was to trans
form the energy contained in sun rays into
electric power, was put behind prison bars,
together with Elmer f. Burlingame. the
sales agent for the stock OF the sun Elec-
trio Generator Company. The two men
were arrested at the instance of the post
office authorities, who charged them with
having used the mails in a scheme to de-
fraud investors.
81; was announced i'm Wall Street that
Henry Clay Frick had offered his resigna-
ton a a director and member or the execu-
tive committee of the Union Pacific Rail
road and as a director Of the oregon &
Washington Railroad and Navigation Com
Tany and the oregon Short LIE Railroad
Company. The designations were accepted
and Frank a. Vanderlip, president of the
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5XTIRE Is INTENDED ESPECIALLY& BUSY MAN ~

General Cincinnatus Leconte Chief EY..r.
tive.
another step forward IN aviation ne.
made near Paris by Eugene Renauy
French aviator. who flew continuously ~,
twelve hours thus establishing ~.
words record for duration. lie flew ;,
tai distance Of 900 kilometres. or rs.
miles.
Captain Felix. director ~ the M,a,,
Aviation School in France. assembled # -,
fcct. thus breaking the record Tor heiys,
attained by aeropIanes. The ascent wa,
made in 81 minutes. and the aviator planea
down in l2t2 minutes
Lincoln Beachey won the first Lon,
distance 'cross-country aeroplanc race eq,,
held in the United states. when he 10,
from New York 10 Philadelphia defoa,t,.
Hugh Robinson and Eugene Ely. Beachev,
time from the Gimbel Brothers store =,
s3d street and Broadway, New York. To- ,boi.
Philadelphia store. at 9th and Mark,
streets. about nincty-fve miles. wa,
hours % % seconds.
Jules Vedrines. the French aviator. hrok.
the record at Paris for a single long disfs,e.
fight. competing for the AIchein Cue liz
covered 500 kilometres (49GS miles, in
hours IS minutes and So seconds beafin,
Loridan's mark OF 7Q2 kilometres t.s
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SOME PERSONAL ITEMS.

1.-THE St Louis Republic the oids,,
Democratic newspaper in ~. Louis and on.
Of the pioneer journals Of the Middle IVES,
passed into the control Of David r. Francis
cx-Governor Of Missouri, and az the presen,
time an ardent supporter Of Champ Clark
for the Democratic nomination Tor N.
Presidency of the United states.
''Dr. James v May. Of Binghamton. vas
appointed Medical Superintendent Of Mat.
teawan state Hospital for the Criminal In.
sane by Colonel Joseph +. Scott state su.
perintendent of Prisons. 10 succeed ~ r
y. Lamb resigned. The place -ys $500
a ear and maintenance.
THE final decree Of absolute divorce Of
Mary w Gates from Charles q. Gates was
signed by Supreme Court Justice Brady. Nr.
and Mrs. Gates were married in 81 Louis
thirteen years ago. There are no children
Miss Florence Hopwood. a Minneapolis
girl. is To become the second wife o.
Charles G.. Gates. Mr. Hopwooi an.
nounced the engagement soon after the
death Of John W. Gates in Paris
Charles Downing Lay. secretary ~ the
American Society Of Landscape Architects
was elected landscape architect 81 the PARK
Dora rtment. lie succeeds Samuel Parsons.
jr. who was dismissed by the board last
May.
Mr. and Mrs. William Watts sherman.
Of Newport officially announced the engage-
ment Of their daughter. Miss Mildred Shcr-
man. To Ralph Francis Julian Stonor. Lord
Camoys, Of England
Julia Steel French. the dcuI,aDte
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs Amos Tuck
French. Of Newport. whose winter home is
at Tucks Eden. Tuxedo. y. y. eoped and
was married i'm the parlor of The Central
Hotel. in Central Village. Conn. 10 John
Edward Gerachty "A chauffeur Who is
the son Of a Newport livery stable
keeper. The bridegroom is twcnty-0nc years
of age and the bride j. nineteen Throggh
the marriage the bridegroom becomes a
connection Of Major General Lord Cheyles.
more and Lady CheylesmOre, Of London.
who were prominent in the recent corona
ton ceremonies: of Stuyvesant Leroy an
uncle Of the bride, who has recently ag-
peared as cotillon leader i'm Newport and
New York. and Of Mrs. Samuel j. Wag-
staff. sister Of the bride, and Mrs. Else
French Vanderbilt. an aunt Of the bride
"'The brides choice Of husband j. noi
very hattering 10 the young chaps Of hsr
own set commented Busy Man.
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Minneapolis Journal.

the pure food laws without Solicitor Nc
Cabe's permission. Dr. w -. BigelOw was
asked If he could tell Of any other en-
ployes Of the department, besides DIR. Rusty.
who received "A regular yearly salary and
were not required 10 work the full time
usually required Of employees. He said
there were scores OF charwomen who re-
ceived a yearly pay and worked irregg-
larly and only a small part OF the day.
The same was true OF many employees,
some I'm the Forestry Service. and in va
rious parts OF the field service Of the de-
partment, notably in the crop demonstra-
ton work and crop reporting service.
George j. McCabe, Solicitor Of the Dc
partment Of Agriculture, underwent a siege
OF discrimination before the House com
mittee investigating the Dr. Wiley contro-
versy. during which he admitted that he
had drafted General order No. 40, which
made the solicitor rather than the Bureau
of Chemistry virtual dictator Of what prose-
cutions should be undertaken under the pure
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narrow vote Of 13f to ia. By this vote
tho House of Lords decided TO accept what
the Liberals contend is the VIII OF the peo-
nIe and adopted Viscount Morleys motioh
M, tn insist upon the lords amendments 10
tho Parliament bill. which practically I'M
ITO tho mower of the House Of Lords to
tuo veors' suspensory veto and vastly II
crooees tho prero2atives Of the House OF
commons The great constitutional strug-
Gle which began when the House OF LORDS
nearly two years ago, rejected the pu"nI
of David Lloyd George Chancellor o. 'ne
F,xchequer. was ended, for a tine a' leaS'
and with the greatest change to Great br''-
aims working constitution since the passage
of the reform bill in 1892. The government
WAS saved from defeat by the accession VI
twelve bishops and about the same nuihOer
Of Unionist peers. who preferred the veto
hin IN tho creation of four hundred new
peers.
THE bill provides that Money bills shaii
become law without the assent OF the LoruS.
ANY bill other than a money bill passed
by the Commons in three successive Sessions
shall become an act Of Parliament on the
ROYAL assent, even though the Lords nave
rejected #. Any certificate or the speaker
NJ the Commons shall be conclusive ana
shall not be questioned in any court OF law.
Nothing in the act shall diminish or quarry
the existing rights and privileges or the
House Of Commons. Five years instead oil
seven years shall be the maximum duration
of a Parliament.
THE amendments which were rejected
substituted for the Speaker joint commit
tee of the two houses to decide what Is
money bill. and provided that budget to
y b,ch other legislation was appended was
not a money bill. Also that any bill Which
affected the existence Of the crown or the
Protestant succession thereto. which estaD-
lished a national parliament in Ireland
scotland. Wales or England. and which
raised an issue of great gravity, should be
submitted 10 a vote of the people
"A vote of censure OF the government Tor
having obtained from the King pledge 10
create. if necessary, enough peers to pass
the Lords veto bill was previously rejected
by the House of Commons by majority
Of 119. the vote standing 365 10 246.
"By vote OF 2s2 to 6S, the House OF
Lords had carried a similar motion, maze
by Lord Curzon
Shirt sleeved statesmen made an appear
ance for the first time in the House or
Commons. The heat was intense 80 de-
grees Fahrenheit being recorded IN the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
THE RECALL OF JUDGES.

The Flood resolution coming over from
the House providing for the admission of
Arizona and New Mexico as states Of the
Union was passed by the Senate by vote
of SO to Is. An amendment by Senator
Nelson, OF Minnesota. seeking 10 strike from
the Arizona constitution the much dis
cussed provision for the recall Of judges,
was defeated by a vote of 4G 10 23.
president Taft announced the long ex-
pected diplomatic shifts and incidentally,
stopped all speculation as TO Dr. HIS sue
cessor as Ambassador TO Berlin. The shifts
as sent to the Senate for confirmation are
as follows John G. A. Leishman, Of Penn
sylvania. now Ambassador to Italy, to be
Ambassador to Germany; Thomas J.
O'Brien. of Michigan. now Ambassador 20
Japan. TO be Ambassador TO Italy; Charles
Page Bryan, Of Illinois. now Minister to
Belgium, 10 be Ambassador 10 Japan; Larz
Anderson Of the District Of Columbia, TO
be Minister to Belgium; John Ridgely Car
ter. of Maryland, now Minister TO the Bal
kan states to be Minister to the Argentine
Republic; John Il. Jackson, Of New Jersey,
now Minister to Cuba 10 be Minister 10
tho Balkan states. Arthur NJ. Beaupre, of
Illinois, now Minister 10 the Netherlands,
TO bc Minister 10 cuba; Lloyd Bryce, Of
New York, to be Minister TO the Neither
lands.
president Taft signed the reappOrtion-
n.ent bill, under which tho House Of Repre-
sentativps is increased from 39l TO 433
members with more il Arizona and New
Mexico are admitted 10 the Union.
"A complete agreement was reached on
the compromise wool revision bill, after
six hours of exertion on the part OF the
conferrees The rate on raw wool was
fxed AT q per cent. The House classical
tons were retained. All the duties on
manufactured products were adjusted on
the proportion to the duty on raw wool
The time when the revision shall take ef-
feet was fixed at October !, 1911, instead
Of January ], 1912. IL was decided TO oficr
the wool schedule as an amendment To
the Payne-Aidrich tariff act. The rate
on cloths, knit fabrics. trimmings, lace
and all similar articles is fixed at 40 per
cent. being a reduction ~ per cent from
the Senate bill. Blankets and lannels in
tended for underwear are given rate OF
80 per cent F1annels not intended for I'M
derwear are dutlable at 80 per cent. car
pets are divided into three classes ana
duties imposed Of ~. 40 and ~ per cent
according Ia valuation. The paragraph on
YARNS stands ~ HXcd in the La Toilette
hin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

i, believed ne either hurled himself INTO the
Sound TO end his life or else accidentally
walked off the pier in the darkness. William
Alloway Deering advertising manager oil
The SUM-. died at his apartment In Breton
Hall. Broadway and Seth street. Heinrich
Won Poschinger. noted political writer nd
author OF many works on the life or Bis
marck, died in Berlin.
After calling his lawyer to the cry
Club and telling him to wait downstairs
Siegfried Hayman. a member Of the Stock
Exchange, locked the door Of his room
and killed himself with a revolver. Arthur
W. Eager, one Of the oldest MOTEL men In
this city. and for the last five years pro-
prietor OF the Hotel Martha Washington,
died after having been treated for chils
and fever and ptomaine poisoning by a
Christian Science healer for five days Mr..
Eager died In great pain from what a coro-
ner's jury subsequently showed TO have
been a ruptured spleen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
SOME NEEDED REFORMS.

Furthermore. Mr.. Perkins declared that
great generations can no longer success
fully exist under the sherman antitrust
law as now rigidly enforced; that the gov
e-nment's dissolution Of the Standard OIL
Company served as waving Of red flag
Of warning TO every corporation in the
United States; that something OF a con-
structive nature must be done by the gov
eminent with reference 70 the control or cor
porations and that rather than for present
conditions 70 continue il would be better
10 90 70 the limit of permitting government
regulation Of prices; that the very reason
subsidiary companies of a great corporation
can violate the law without knowledge Of
the officers of the holding company is the
law which prevents such corporation from
operating and ruling the subsidiary concerns
instead Of merely advising them; that one
great stride toward avertinS financial pam
ics in New York could he made If the gov
crnmcnt would regulate the loaning OF
money on call that the establishment OF a
government bureau which could give accu-
lato Information 10 the public As 10 The con
di,iou Of corporations would be an active
.nducemeut 20 the people 10 make wise IN
,cstmcuts, and that one Of The most strlk-
in2 Developments Of the present system Of
conducting business on a large scale IS the
diyldln- OF great interests into the hands
OF many investors rather than concentrat-
ing them in the hands Of a few
Mr. Perkins finally said: The limelght
firmly think. would eradicate many OF
our troubles. If we had a law providing
that d corporation engaged in interstate
business could register itself with a bureau
here IN Washington. submitting its opera
iions, it's prices. its balance sheets, its
methods its treatment Of labor, etc, and
that il these reports were made public.
thus gaining the confidence Of the public
in the securities Of that corporation, the
confidence Of the competitor that he was
being fairly treated and the confidence Of
ne consumer that he was being fairly
dealt with think that very soon all cor
poratlons would register themselves until
we would have that kind Of publicity
which would go a long way to eradicate
ine evils Of our great corporations and pre-
s,r,c tue god that already Is sclf-cvident
'hcse corporations
''rheDdure Roosevelt testified that as
President Of the United States he had per
nitred the steel Trust 10 acquire the Ten
ncssce coal and Iron Company in the panic
days OF 1901 as the Only means Of checking
au appalling and nationwide disaster viii
Characteristic emphasis DE exclaimed /
acted purely on my own Initiative and the
sole responsibility for the act is mine. The
result justified IL"