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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
SEARCHING FOR A BANK
DEPOSIT OF 100000.
Philadelphia Police Seek Wealth Lost
Century Ago.

Superintendent of Police Taylor of
Philadelphia is endeavoring to find
some trace Of a bank deposit approx
mating 100000, said to have been de-
posted in a local bank 100 years ago,
in order to turn the money over to the
proper heirs. AS yet no local bank
has acknowledged the receipt of such
deposit. The police superintendent
believes the money was deposited by
wealthy merchant named William
Frank, who died nearly century ago.
The search for the fortune was start
ed some days ago. when Mrs. Mary
Durham of Windfall, Ind, wrote the
local authorities about the money.
She asserts she is the sole heir Of
Mr. Frank.
According to her story the money
was deposited by William Frank, who
had intended it as a wedding present
for his daughter Sarah Frank. The
wishes Of the young woman ran con-
trary to those Of her father. On her
wedding eve she ran away with Ben
jamin Berry, allowing the bridegroom
selected by her father to wait vainly
at the altar. Shortly after this VIII
liam Frank died without having made
a will. His daughter, thinking she
had been disinherited by her father
made no attempt to settle the estate,
and the money remained in the bank.
Mr.. Taylor declares that his detec
tives have been working on the case
for some days and he thinks from the
information gained by them that Mrs
Durham's story is true. He believes
that he will find the financial institu
ton in which the money is on deposit
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
MUST OBEY THE LAW.
President Taft Declares Labor Unions
Are Not Exempt.

President Taft Declares Labor Unions
Are Not Exempt.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis, Oct. 27.-Declar.
ing his intention to enforce the law
both as to labor unions and trusts,
President Taft before leaving Mil.
waukee for Chicago today, at q
luncheon in his honor, spoke to sew
eral thousand employers and employees
OF local factories on the relations of
capital and labor.
"We have our problems; of course
we have" said the president. They
are going to be test, doubtless, OF
American ingenuity, but 1 think there
is one solution of them-perhaps that
is because am q lawyer and q Judge
there is one solution of them, and
that is that we shall enforce the law
against any one, high or low. Wheth.
er it be a trust or trade union, the
law shall be enforced. Then it the
law works unequally, the law can be
changed, but as long as the law is on
the statute books, let's enforce II
against every one and trust it to work
no ones discretion"
Although he was speaking to g
crowd composed largely OF employees
and his points against labor unions
were frequent, MIR. Taft was applaud
ed vigorously.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Philadelphia Wins Championship.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26.-The Phila.
delphia Athletics won the world q
championship by taking the sixth
game from New York this afternoon,
by a score of Is to 2. Ames, who
started the game In the box for the
Giants, threw the Giants hopes to the
four winds in the fourth inning, when,
with two men on bases, he threw to.
ward first on Barry's bunt that he had
fielded and hit Barry on the head.
The ball rolled out to right field while
Murphy and Davis scored. Then
Barry went all the way home on Muir
rays wild return of the ball to second
base.
But it was in the seventh inning that
the Athletics ran wild around the
course, scoring seven runs. They
made farce out of Wilte's efforts tc
hold them. They hit almost every
thing offered and the Giants added tC
the comedy with costly errors.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Death Of Famous Journalist.

CHARLESTON, S. G. Oct. 30.-Jos.
Pulitzer, proprietor OF the New York
World and the St. Louis Post.Dis-
patch died yesterday aboard bis yacht,
the Liberty, in Charleston harbor.
The immediate cause of Mr.. Pulitzer's 9
death was heart failure. He had been
in i'll health for several days. but
until q few hours before the end none
of those around him had suspected the
gravity of his condition.
For more than quarter of century
Joseph Pulitzer had been one OF the
leading figures in American journal
ism. Born in Hungary in 1S47, and
educated there, he came to this coun-
try in 1868, enlisted in the Union army
and served as cavalryman until the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Steaks Cost More.

CHICAGO. Oct. 26.-The "small
steak' has disappeared from the
menu of nearly all Chicago restau'
rants. 1t has been replaced by "the
single sirloin" and several other
steaks with high sounding titles.
But all of the steaks masquerading
under new names cost more. The ad-
vance in prices ranges anywhere from
10 to Is cents. In the lunch counter
restaur ants, where the email steak for.
merly sold for Is cents, 1t now costs
q quarter. In the more pretentious
place where the old ''small steak"
sold for as much as 60 cents, it is now
given as q "single sirloin" and the
price Ia from IS to 80 cents.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
NEW TABLE DELICACY.
Pennsylvania Farmer Enjoys Diet Of
Flies Eggs.

Pennsylvania Farmer Enjoys Diet Of
Flies Eggs.
Instead Of following the new fad
Of swatting flies, Flaubert Marcy, a
farmer Of Tidioute Township, Pa, Is
swarming them in coops and raising
them for their eggs, for which he ex-
poets to find a large sale as luxury
in food. The eggs contain a high
percentage Of oil and albumen. He
serves them at his own table in three
forms-as toasties, as -four cakes and
in the form Of cornstarch pudding
and says he finds them both palatable
and nutritious.
The coops are Of woven wire and
cover space fifty feet by forty and
are ten feet high. In the centre Of
each coop is a tank Of water into
which the little workers drop their
eggs, which the farmer gathers up
once day. There are thousands Of
them in every setting.
When dried the eggs have sort Of
hull, which may easily be removed
by friction, leaving product that
looks like rice. 1t may be served in
that form or ground into -four and
baked.
The flies are of the Ephyda species
and are found along the alkaline
lakes In the west and in Mexico.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Preparing for Republican Convention

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-The call
for the republican national conven-
tion, to be issued by the national COM
mittee December IL, will provide for
1,064 delegates, to be increased to
1,O72 il Arizona and New Mexico be-
come states before the convention is
held.
The increase from $50 deleg ates,
which comprised the Chicago conven-
vention in 1908, is the result OF re-
apportionment by congress, which in
creases the size of the house OF repre-
sentatives from 39l to 433 members, OF
435 with the two new states.
A table showing the apportionmen'
of the delega ates to the 1912 convention
has been prepared by Francis Curtis,
in charge here of the combined public
headquarters of the republican ma
tionsl committee and the republican
congressional committee. The appor
tionment gives Montana eight dele
gates in the convention.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
TO DISSOLVE STEEL TRUST,
Government Brings Suit Against
Powerful Corporation.

Government Brings Suit Against
Powerful Corporation.
TRENTON, N. J. Oct. 27.-The papers
asking for the dissolution of the United
States Steel corpora alton have been
fled in the Office of the United States
circuit court here. II is the most
sweeping antitrust action ever
brought by the department OF justice.
The government asks not only for
the dissolution of the United States
Steel corpor alton, but for the dissolu.
ton of all constituents or subsidiary
companies which are alleged to have
combined In violation of the Sherman
law to "maintain or attempt to main.
tain q monopoly OF the steel bust-
ness"
Sens ational alleg ations fairly topple
over each other in the government .
petition, which is an equity proceed.
ing, praying for injunctions to stop
continu ance of the alleged monopoly,
and such other relief as the court may
grant. Direct connection is charged
by the government between the steel
corporation and all the large railroad
and steamship lines, the Standard
Oil company. the Pullman company
and the Western Union company.
The United States district attorney g
Office here was not optimistic OF q
speedy trial of the suit. In the case
OF the suit ag airst the power trust, II
was pointed out II volumes represent
the testimony and pleadings taker
during an interval and three years
after the filing of the suit. Tht
case against the steel corporation
! considered even more far reaching
than the powder trust suit, will hardly
be completed within less than this
time, they believe. Even then, the,
point out, the final decision may b.
delayed two years or more by appea
to the United States supreme court.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
ALASKA LAND FRAUDS.
Alleged Conspiracy To Defraud Gov
ernment Of Millions.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-The federal
supreme court today began considera-
tion of the famous Alaskan coal case,
in which Charles F. Munday and
Archie W. Shiels were indicted for
conspiracy to defraud the government
out OF Alaskan coal lands. estim ated
to be worth $40, 100000. The point to
be decided is whether the United States
circuit court for western Washington
was correct in dismissing the indict.
ment against Munday and Shiels.
The court did this on the ground
that the land laws, applicable to
Alaska, did not limit the number Of
entries a person or association might
make on coal lands. The government
took the opposite view.
1t was charged in the Indictment that
Mundsy and Shiels conspired With
each other and persons unknown to
secure for the Alaskan Development
company and the Pacific Coal & Oil
company some 5000 acres in Alaska
It was alleged that some 40 persons.
each being qualified. made entry, os-
tensibly for themselves, but in fact as
the agents of two corpor ations, with
the result of securing to the corpora
tions much more coal land than any
two persons or associa alton OF persons
we're entitled to.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
A ThriIIing?Bali Game.

New YORK, October 25.-The New
York Giants defeated the Philadelphia
Athletics in a thrillingj game by q
score of to in ten innings of play
this afternoon. The Athletics COM
manding the lead OF three runs was
finally overcome in desperate ninth
inning rally by the Giants, who put
two runs across the plate on two dou.
bles and q single. The games in thu
worlds series now stand: Athletics
3. Giants 2.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01

end of the war, when he settled In St.
Louis.
he bought the St. Louis Dispatch
in 1873 and united 1t with the Post, az
the st.Dispatch, which, under his
management, became in q few years
one of the best known and most widely
circulated journal of the section.
Mr.. Pulitzer's entry into New York
journalism occurred in 1883, when be
bought the World, then paper oi
small circul ulation. Its circul alton and
prestige grew rapidly under his gen.
eral direction.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Prevented head-On Collision.

Los ANGELES, October 25.-Joseph
Oman, towermsn employed by the
Santa Fe railroad at Arcadia Cross.
ing, Is receiving the commend alton OF
his superiors today for the presence
of mind and disregard of personal
ssfety he exhibited when he derailed
Q runaway train of nine cars just in
time to prevent head.on collision
with passenger train.
The runaway cars were travelling a
q rate OF nearly 10 miles an nour.
When derailed they struck the tower
In which Oman was at work, demol
ishing it, and the towerman was picked
up unconscious 30 feet away.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Coffee Trust Boosts Prices.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-New York
coffee importers have called meeting
for tonight to discuss ways and means
of fighting the Brazilisn coffee trust.
Within the last ten days the price OF
coffee has scared to the highest figure
known here in Is years, and reports
from Brazil indicate that the quota
tations may 60 even higher. Reports
of unfavorable weather for both the
present and coming crops have been
received from Rio de Janeiro, but
many importers believe this is mere
subterfuge for further ''gouging" by
the trust.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
FURRY In Wheat Market.

CHICAGO, Oct. 27.-Dollar wheat,
the farmers ideal, suffered fracture
oday on change, for the first time in
some time when December options
went down into the nineties, selling off
q cent and half to 80 ii. The mar.
ket was chiefly affected by the weak.
ness in the stock market resulting
from the government attack on the
United States Steel corporation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Big Pay For Ball Players.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 27.-All records
for attend ance and receipts for a
worlds championship series were
broken this year. The Nationa al
Baseball commission has given out
the following figures:
Attendance. 179, 1851.
Total receipts, s352, 1854 80.
OF this amount the players received
Sl27, ,910.6l.
With the victory goes 60 per cent.
of 1927, ,9l0.6l, or s76, 146 03 Of which
each Athletic player will receive 49,
654, SO.
The losers will receive the remain
der, S5l, 164 IA, or S2,436 80 for each
player.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Soldiers Will Have Turkey.

WASHINGTON, October 26.-At the
various military posts of the country
bids will be solicited today on the
thous ands of turkeys which will go to
make up the main feature of the
Thanksgiving feast to be provided for
all of Uncle Sans soldiers. Com.
missary General II. G. Sharp has Or
dered that turkeys also be provided
for the soldiers on Christmas, but
that at all other times fowls of all
kinds, including chickens, be elimin.
ated from the soldiers fare. Hitherto
the nation has spent about $50, 900 q
year on chickens for the nation g
fighting men.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
THANKSGIVING PROCL LAMAT'N
President Oesignates November 80
As Date Of Celebration.

VToSsVSUI OeSt8udIeS NOVenOeT ~
As Date Of Celebration.
CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-President Taft
today issued his Thanksgiving proc
lamstion, calling on citizens of the
United States to celebrate Thursday,
the Both of November next, as q day
OF thanksgiving and prayer. The
proclaim alton reads in part as fol.
lows:
''Our country has been signally
favored in many ways. The rounds
of the seasons have brought rich har.
vests. Our industries have thriven
far beyond our domestic needs and
the products of our labor are daily
finding enlarged markets abroad. We
have been free from the curse OF pesti-
lence, famine and war. Our national
councils have furthered the cause of
peace in other lands and the spirit Of
benevolence has brought US into
closer touch with other people, to the
strengthening OF the bonds of fellow.
ship and good will that link US to our
comr AIDES In the universal brotherhood
of nations. Strong in the sense OF our
own right and supported by strong
sense of the rights of others, we live
in peace and harmony with the world.
"Rich in the priceless possession
and abundant resources wherewith the
unstinted bounty of God has endowed
US, we are unselfish when other people
pass onward to prosperity and peace.
That the great privileges we enjoy may
continue and that each coming year
may see our country more firmly es'
tablished in the gard and esteem o1
our fellow nations is the prayer thai
should arise in every thankful heart
"Wherefore, I, William Howard
Taft, president of the United States o1
America, designate the 3Oth OF Novem
ber next as q day of thanksgiving and
prayer, and earnestly call on my
countrymen and on all that dwell un'
der the flag of our beloved country
then to meet in their accustomed
places of worship to join in offerine
praise to Almighty God and devou
thanks for the loving mercies he hat
given u.s."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Three New Cardinals.

ROME, Oct. 28.-The pope will ere ate
4 large number of cardinals at the
consistory to be held November 25.
The Most Rev. John NJ. Farley, arch.
bishop of New York, aud the Most
Rev. William Fl. O'Connell, arch.
bishop of Boston, are among those
who will receive the red hat. Mgr.
Diomede Falconio, apostolic deleg ate
at Washington, also will be elevated
according to the announcement made
today.
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ducts besides gold will be found in the
Alaska exhibit, among them being
vegetables raised near the Arctic ctr-
Gle, grains and grasses of the north,
furs and copper and silver ores.
Taft In Minnesota.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 25.-President
Taft ran into the first clear weather
he has found since he left Los Angeles,
here today. After more than week
OF snow aud rain and clouded skies,
the president awoke today to see the
sun shining clear. The program for
the presidents entertainment here in
cluded breakfast At local hotel, .
visit to the University of Minnesota,
and luncheon at the Young Mems Re-
publican club.
A unique guest at the breakfast this
morning, was q live eagle in q tree
placed directly opposite the presideut's !
table.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Settlers Get Poorest Lands.

GREGORY, S. D., Oct. 27.-Something
of sens alton in connection with the
Rosebud land lottery developed here
today. when it was disclosed that Al
sections of the Rosebud tract had been
claimed by the state for Indian school
lands. These sections including the
best in the tract. will be selected by
the state before the settlers have q
chance to file. As only about thirty
sections are classified by the apprais.
ers as agricultural land, it appears
that none of the real choice claime
will pass into the hands Of settlers q,
this time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01

punishment, six prominent residents
OF western Idaho today were placed
on trial In the federal court here. The
charge Is m ade by the government tn At
they plotted to drive out Of the coun.
try such settlers as thre atened to con.
test the ownership of lsod claims in
Long valley and thereby gain posses
zion of the more valuable claims. It
is further alleged that they have for
years inveigled prospective home.
seekers to relinquish their claims on
land In Long valley.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
TAFT ADVISES STUDENTS.
Suggests That Barbaric Yells Do Not
Constitute Education.

Suggests That 6arbaric Yells Do Not
Constitute Education.
ST. PAUL. Oct. 25.-President Taft
tonight bade farewell to Minnesota
and departed for the real "home of
the enemy"-Wisconsin. Before leav.
ing St. Paul MIR. Taft expressed his
gratitude for the reception accorded
him here aud in Minneapolis. His
speech here tonight was on the arbi.
tration treaties and was devoid of
politics.
In addition to his speech to the
students of the University of Mime.
sofa. the president suggested that the
activities of college lifeimight be bet
ter devoted to more elev ating subjects
than "barbaric yells" and he also de-
clared that the young men who started
in life without means would be far
better equipped than the rich mans
son who had an income sufficient to
live on without working.
The president also made q plea for
fairness in sport. whether 1t be upon
the college gridiron or on the profes.
sional baseball field. He declared the
action of the baseball crowds in at.
tempting to put the visiting team .,
a disadvantage by insulting remarks
and catcslls hurled fromlgrand stands
aud bleachers, is outrageous.
| II love baseball" exclaimed the
president, "but l also love q fail
DEAL"
| The presidents remarks about tht
college yells was called forth by tht
greetings he received from the Mime
sofa students headed by cheer leaders
who jumped in front of Mr.. Taft ani
went through various sorts of gyra
tiOns,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Careless Brakeman Arrested.

CHEYENNE. Wyo., Oct. 28.-Two
trainmen and q Greek en- route to his
native country were killed and 40 were
more or less seriously injured today
when eastbound Union Pacific pas.
senger train No. collided head.on
with q freight on a siding at Rock
River, Wyo. The collision was
caused by Brakeman Robert E. Lee OF
the freight throwing the switch so that
the passenger took the siding. Lee
was arrested and lodged in Jail at
Rock River.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Exhibits From Alaska.

SEATTLE, Oct. 24.-Gold nuggets,
contributed by Alaska mining men
worth Sl75, 200, will be shipped from
here this week to New York to form
part of the Alaska exhibit at the New
York land show, November 3 to II.
In order to make the shipment of the
treasure more secure, the railroad over
which the gold will be carried will no,
make public the day on which the
shipment will be made. Other pro.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Walking Is New Fad.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Wa alking
is to be the fad in Washington this
fall and winter, especially for young
women. Miss Helen Taft, daughter
of the president, has set the fashion
and every girl of the national capital
is preparing to follow suit. Walking
gowns, made q little shorter and q
little fuller than the skirts OF other
gowns, are in great demand and nc
wardrobe will be complete without
such q costume.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Want Lower Passenger Rates.

Want Lower FaSSen8er HateS.
CARSON, New, Oct. 26.-Omcials OF
the Southern Pacific and Western
Pacific railroads have been summoned
to appear before the Nevada state
lailroad commission, which began
hearings here looking to the estab-
lishment OF lower passenger rates
throughout Nevada on the systems.
The hearings were begun on the ini.
tiation of the commission. not on
complaint.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
Roosevelt's Birthday.

NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Col. Theodore
Roosevelt today celebrated his SD
birthday. Many men of prominence
called at the Outlook Office to congr at.
ulate the distinguished editorial con-
tributor of that public alton, and scores
OF messages of felicitation were re-
ceived from all over the country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
lntimidated Homesteaders.

BOISE, Oct. 26.-Defendants in an
action charging conspiracy to deprive
citizens of civil rights by threatening
to subject them to q tar and feather
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-01
"Prints All tho News"

II any reader of the RIVER PRESS
considers it worthy of recommendation
10 friends, the favor will be very high
ly appreciated by its publishers.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-02
Baseball Game Today

A warm baseball contest between
two local teams in which there is ma
turally keen rivalry and plentiful in
terest is scheduled for this afternoon
at St. Johns College The opposing
teams are the crack Annapolis nine
and the team from the Marine Bar
racks at the Naval Academy. The
game is to be called at 4.30 O'Clock
and should be hot one from start to
finish.
Interest among local oarsmen cen
ters today in the races in Baltimore on
Monday, when the annual middle
states regatta will be held under the
auspices of the Patapsco Navy.
While the Severn Boat Club has nc
crews entered in any of the shell
races, a number of the members OF
the local club vii go to Baltimore foi
the purpose of witnessing he contests.