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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Ais fish that comes TO the canvas of
the moving picture man.
. Some energetic persons who are to
be commended, even though we are IN
able TO separate them, go and make
what they want if they don't see it.
When common sense goes on strike
1t is time to send a hurry up call to the
fool killer.
Luck is like money, a good thing to
have, but hard to get.
Good humor is catching, but is hard
TO control.
Youth is the sea of joy. That's
why it's youth.
II may never be too late TO mend. but
# is generally too late TO be easy.
The lost and found columns have no
MESA ge for the man who has lost his
nerve.
Hunting for trouble doesn't require
the aid OF sIeuth.
The man who plays the game some
times has to sit up nights with him
self.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01
The Argus Daily Story

Tasseled Shoes-By Clarissa Maclie.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary Bureau.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01

Ais fish that comes TO the canvas of
the moving picture man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01

Luck is ike money, a good thing t
have, but hard to get.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01

II may never be too late to mend. but
II is generally too late TO be easy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01

Youth is the sea Of joy. That's
why it's youth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01

Good humor is catching, but is hard
TO control.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01

The lost and found columns have no
message for the man who has lost his
nerve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01

The man who plays the game some
times has to sit up nights with hin-
self
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01

Hunting for trouble doesn't require
the aid Of a sleuth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01

The story was most readable. But
a story like that does more harm to
young brains than all the white
slave pictures in the moving picture
shows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.

Wednesday, November I, 1911.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Helena Expects Big Crowd.

HELENA, April 26.-The Northwest.
ern Development league will open in
Helena one week from tomorrow, and
a crowd estim ated at between 1900
and 1000 persons is expected to be in
attend ance. The visitors will be for.
mally welcomed by Governor Norris,
and the response, according to the
tentative program, will be delivered
by Governor Ebhardt of Minnesota.
In view of the large number of big
real estate operators who will be here
from outside of the state, q big at
tendance is also expected from Mon
tana points of land men and others,
who will wish to meet these big out
side operators. Besides the many
real estate men who will come from
the twin cities, there will also be a
carload from Chicago. This Helena
meeting is the fret one Chicago land
men have ever deemed of sufficient i'm.
portance to attend in the northwest.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Nav Create Forest Reserves.

WASHINGTON, May by holding
that the federal government, without
consent of the state affected, may set
aside vast areas OF public lands as a
forest reserve and that such reserve is
not subject to the state fencing laws,
the supreme cnurt of the United States
today settled two burning western is.
sues. The constitutionality of the
vast forest reservations of the west
and the validity of the modern con.
servation policy, were raised early In
this case in the circuit court of the
United States for the district of Colo.
RADIO.
Stockmen of the west lost hard
fought contest when the supreme court
also decided that indictments could
be brought against persons grazing
stock on forest reserves without per-
mits. The court held the regulations
of the secretary of agriculture requir.
ing permits were not an unconstitu-
tional exercise Of legislative power.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Senate Will Not Hurry.

WASHINGTON, May Three weeks
of the extraordinary session of the
62d congress having passed into his.
tory with record of rapid-ire legis.
lation by the house, the senate is fin.
ally org anized, but in no haste to con.
slider that part of the democratic pro.
gram already disposed of by the lower
branch.
Canadian reciprocity is the only
matter now being considered by the
senate and that probably will not
come before it for several weeks. The
finance committee, to which it was re-
ferred, will grant hearings on the bill.
How long committee deliberation will
continue is problematical, but the
prospect is for lengthy discussion
Chairman Penrose of the committee
is in favor OF the bill, but the major
ity is opposed to It. The prevailing
opinion is that it will be reported with
recommend ations.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Settlers Want Water.

CONRAD, April Pa large number
of stockholders and waterusers of the
Conrad Land & Water company met
in the chamber of commerce room last
night, and formulated q petition to
Secretary of the Interior Fisher
strongly urging that the order recent
ly made withholding certain amount
of the waters of Birch creek for the
use OF the Blackfeet Indian reserv alton
be abrogated, inssmuch as the with.
holding Of this water right now seems
to be the only obstacle in the way of
resumption of work on the Conrad
and Waller irrig alton project.
The petition recites that hundreds OF
people in this section have bought
land with the understanding tn at " ater
was to be furnished no later than this
year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
State May Build Tunnel.

DENVER, April 2S.-Amid upro ari.
Gus protests from opposing mem bers
which were ignored by Speaker Nc
Lachlan, the house today, by vote
of 33 to 30, q bare majority, corcurred
in the sen ate amendments to the Moi.
fatt tunnel bill, then passed the bill
by q vote of IS to q.
The measure, which provides for
construction by the state of tunnel
through the m ain range Of the Rocky
mountains, which is to be leased to
the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
railroad Moffatt road was amended
in the senate so that the PROJECT mus,
be unlimited to q referendum vote al
the next general election two years
hence.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Indicted for Relating

CLEVELAND, April 26.-Thirteen in.
dictments in a total of ITO counts,
charging four ron-ore-carrying rail-
roads entering Cleveland with rebat-
ing and alleging that two OF the rail-
roads and three individuals were
guilty of conspiracy to violate the
Elkins law, were,returned by the fed
eral grand jury today.
One of the exhibits before the grand
jury shows the alleged payment to the
Carnegie Steel company OF $50, .93
as part of the earnings of the dock
company. The checks reads:
To the Carnegie Steel company,
ebtor, for your proportion of remain
ing surplus earnings of ore shipped
from Pennsylvania company dock,
year ended March 81, 1909, as per
statement below, $50, ,ll1.93."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Would Abolish u. S. Senate.

WASHINGTON. April q. Victor
Berger OF Milwaukee, the socialist
member of congress, in q resolution
introduced today not only proposes to
abolish the senate, but also to strike
from the hand of the president the
veto power, and take from him auth
ority to nvalidate Legislation enacted
by the house of representatives. All
this 10 proposed as an amendment to
the constitution, which II petitioned for
by five per cent of the voters in each
state, shall be submitted to . general
referendum.
'The senate has run its COURSE"
said Mr.. Berger after his threatening
document had been dropped in the hop.
per on the speakers desk. cit must
some day, as with the British house
OF lords, yield to the popular demand
for its reformation, or abolition.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Rates Declared Excessive.

WASHINGTON, April 26. - 1t was
held today by the interstate commerce
tariff of a railroad providing that
shipments of coal should not be
weighed except at the point of origin
was unreasonable.
After laying down this principle, the
commission found in the case of Jos.
Peters of Anaconda, Mont, against
the Oregon Short Line railroad and
other carriers, that charges they had
accepted for the transportation of coal
from Diamordville, Wyo., to Ana
conda, were excessive because they
exacted over-weights. Reparation
was awarded the compl plainant.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Passed Reapportionment Bill.

WASHINGTON, April 28.-The Hous.
ton bill, providing for the enlargement
of the national house of representatives
from 39l to 433 members, and the sp-
portionment of these members to the
different states on the basis of the
population shown by the recent fed
eral census, passed the house early last
evening, after vigorous efforts OF mem.
bers of both parties to amend it. The
proposed size of the house Is identical
with that provided for in the Crum.
packer bill, passed by the house at the
last session of congress, but not act
ed upon by the senate. The Houston
bill leaves to the legislatures of the
different states the power to rearrange
the congressional al districts in their re-
spective states on the new population
basis of one member for each 2ll,S77
inhabitants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
To Recover Railroad Lands.

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Suits to
recover lands worth S100, ,O00,0 900 in
Wyoming, Nevada and Washington
from the Union Pacific railroad may
soon be instituted by the government
of the United States. Interior de-.
partments say that the Union Pacific
railway, like the Southern Pacific
railway, refuses to sell land to the
settlers for 81 so an acre.
It will be- remembered that the
Southern Pacific railway, for simi.
lar reason, lost 10000 acres as the
result of recent court decisions. Suits
will also be brought against the Nor.
thern Pacific railroad, affecting a
great deal of land in the state OF
Washington, on the same grounds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Dynamite Suspects Occupy Cells In
Los Angeles Jail.

Los ANGELES, April 26.-John J.
McNamara, secretary of the Interna.
tional Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers. association; his brother,
James B. McNamara, and Ortie E.
Mel anigal. the alleged dynamite
conspirators accused of having blown
up the Times newspaper plant last
October, are in the Los Angeles coun-
ty jail tonight in separate cells. All
three are charged with murder.
Their arrival today, after sensa'
tional journey in irons from Indian
apols and Chicago, signals the be-
ginning of what is expected to be .
espera ate struggle, upon the outcome
of which depends not only the lives OF
the accused men, but also to some ex-
tent the deep interests of organized
labor in this country.
Los ANGELES, April 27.-The ques-
ton as to Ortie E. McManigal's con-
fession of the dynamiting of the
Lleyellyn Iron Works of this city was
at least partially solved today when
Robt. Brain, ,undersheriff Of this county
who had charge of McManigal In the
transcontinental trip just ended. said
that the prisoner had voluntarily con-
fessed to him whileson the train.
According to Brain, McManigal
brought up the subject last Monday
morning, the second day out from
Chicago. by askinglwhat the punish
ment would be given him If he were to
turn states evidence.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03

explosions directed against employers
of and sympathizers with non.union
.workmen, and on the other hand
charges that enemies OF the 1nterna'
tional Associa alton of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers have A.
tempted, by "planting" dynamite In
its Office buildings, to convict it and
its secretary, J. J. McNamara, OF
dynamite outrages.
Detective w. J. Burns, who is EN-.
ployed by the National Association
of Structural Iron and Steel Erectors
and was arrested last night on the
charge of completely in the alleged
Mcnamara kidnapping. and released
on a &c., bond, was the first wit
ness before the jury today. 1t is un-
derstood he took advantage OF his
right to decline to testify.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Fear Grasshopper Plague.

ST. PAUL, April 90 A warning
has been sent out to the farmers OF
Minnesota of an impending scourge
of grasshoppers unless remedial meas
ures are taken Immediately by Prof.
f. L. Washburn, state entomOlOgist,
and head of the department of ento'
mology of the state agricultural col.
lege. Basing his predictions on mum
erous reports from different parts OF
the state egarding the discovery o.
grasshopper eggs supplemented with
inquiries as the best method of treat
ing them, Prof. Washburn looks tC
see the scourge as marked as it was
last year, when two.thirds of the flax
crop was destroyed by it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Alleged Shoe Monopoly.

WASHINGTON, April PA sens a
tion was sprung In the house today
when Representative Gardner OF Mas
sactusetts introduced resolutions of
inquiry in response to charge by
Representative Difenderfer OF Pennsyl.
vania that money and influence were
used to give an eastern manufacturing
concern q monopoly in the contracts for
shoes for the army and navy.
Mr.. Difenderfer said he could prove
his assertion, and as result Mr..
Gardner called upon the secretary Of
war and the secretary of the navy for
all possible inform alton concerning
shoe contr acts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Big Deal In Texas Cattle.

Ell PAso, May 1.-The largest cat
tie deal ever made in this district by
any one person was closed in Ell Paso
a few days ago, when the papers were
deposited in the American Nation al
bank showing that F. II. Evans had
purch ased OF Gen. Don Luis Terrasas
of chihuahua 10000 head of cattle.
The cattle are to be delivered during
the spring and summer months to the
Evans ranch, near Garden City, Kan.
The deal involved 81, soc, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
BOOSTS FOR RECIPROCITY.
President Taft Urges Adoption Of
Canadian Agreement.

NEW YORK, April 28.-''Reciprocity
with Can ad q must be adopted now or
never, aud must stand or fall by it's
own terms
Amid tremendous applause and the
waving of handkerchiefs, thus de-
clared President Taft in an address
in the Waldorf-Astoria last night at
the fourth annual joint banquet of the
Associ ated Press and the American
Newspaper Publishers association.
His address was the first OF series
in which he plans to evoke public
sentiment in support of his policies,
and has appealed to the editors and
newspaper owners gathered in the
length and breadth OF the land to i'm.
press upon the public mind that re-
ciprocity should stand alone and
sought not to be affected in any re-
gard by other amendments to the tar
if law.' His recommend ations were
cheered.
All talk of annex alton he ch ar acter-
lied as "bosh' and said that the
United States has all it can attend to
with the territory it is now governing.
BE praised the house of representa-
tives for its passage of the agreement
decl ared that it would not injure the
farmer nor any special class; answer.
ed in detail the objections raised tc
reciprocity and begged for at least
"a kind of test" to dispel the ghosts
"exhibited to frighten the agricul
tural classes.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
English Fight on Mormonism.

LONDON, April 2S.-Under the presi-
dency of Bishop Widen, mass meet.
ing was held tonight and resolutions
adopted calling on the government to
take steps to stop the activities OF the
Mormon missionaries in England.
1t was announced during the meeting
in England, with 500 members and
300 missionaries. 1t was stated also
that last year there we're 963 converts,
of which 500 went to Utah.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03

civic pride in erecting such q grand
improvement in the city, the new
Rainbow hotel was opened for inspec-
tion and the patronage OF the public
this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Before IL
tonight, when the stream Of humanity
was stopped, estimates placed the
number who had passed the doors
above 5000 persons.
Music and liberal hospitality char.
acterized the opening. A band played
In the lobby, an orchestra in the palm
room. Vocalists delighted the visitors.
The women were served with light re.
freshments in the palm room.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Reached Home to Die,

NEW YORK, April 29.-Mrs. Mar.
garet Daily Brown, daughter of the
late Marcus DAILY and wife of H. G..
Brown, the banker, died at O'Clock
this morning at her mother . home on
Fifth avenue. Mrs. Browns death
occurred within q few hours after her
arrival on a special car which brought
her on q fast train from Montana.
Her husband, mother and members Of
the family were at the bedside when
death came.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Opposed to Reciprocity.

BOSTON, April 20.--"The system OF
government that opens our markets to
foreigners is not worthy of the con.
fidence of the American people," said
United States Senator Hey burn ot
Idaho in an address condemning reci-
procity before the Middlesex club to-
night.
"When the west, because of reci.
procity, is driven into other business
than the raising of wool and wheat
and the casts new friend, Canad a, has
realized It's strength, the east will turr
to the west for help"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
MORE ANNEXATION TALK.
Canada Trade Agreement May Soon
Result In Union.

Result In Union.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Another
declar alton that annexation is the
desired end of the democrats in pass.
ing reciprocity and speech by a new
member featured today's debate on
the free list now pending before the
house.
MIR. Price of Illinois, rep, attack
ing the Canadian reciprocity bill,
sounded the annexa alton note. Presi-
dent Taft's speech in New York Thurs
day night furnished his text. He said
the pouring of Americans into the
Canadian. northwest and the attitude
of the controlling forces of the dem.
ocratic party could mean nothing else
than annexation, reciprocity and par
tial free trade with Canada being
the initial step toward that end.
II say our neighbors on the north
should not be deceived" said Mr..
Prince. "When We 60 into country
and get control of it, we take it. 1t Is
our history and it is right that We
should take it If we want it, and you
might as we'll understand it. The
speaker has said so; the party back
of him has said so, and it does no,
deny that that is it's desire.'
Mr.. Prince declared that the reci
procity bill was the worst barga air
ever driven by one nation with an
other, and that the "democr attic far
mers' free list bill" ought to be la
belled the farmers fake BILL"
The humorous incident of the ses
sion occurred when Representativ
Kent of California, q new republican
member who succeeded Duncan Nc
Kinlay in the house, delivered ,
speech on the general tariff question
arraigning "a revenue tariff upol
necessities. He said that with othe
novices In the house he felt sure b
had absorbed speeches until he "hs
learned much that cannot possibly b
true," and that the 'Congression
Record was filed with mass of math
ematics proving what is logically al
surd."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03

HELENA, April 20. - Placing the
muzzle of rife to his left breast,
Harry Heath, an old time miner,
pulled the trigger. The bullet plowed
through the breast and brought his life
to an end. Heath had been suffering
for eight months from miners con-
sumption, and his act of self.destruc.
ton was promoted by desire to end
his suffering. He was IS years of age
and had lived in Helena for 25 years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Must Not Advance Rates.

WASHINGTON, April 27.-Refus al
of the interstate commerce commits
sion to permit the principal railways
of the west to advance their rates on
transportation tr of cement, for the rea'
son tn at the carriers are alleged to
need additional revenue, is the fea'
ture of decision handed down today
on the important Portland cement
0Ase.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
HOTEL RAINBOW. GREAT FALLS. MONT.

to defraud the government OF grazing
lands along the Wyoming border.
The men are owners of the Nebraska
Land Seeking company with principal
offices at Ellsworth, Nebraska. The
evidence at the trial showed they had
induced homeste aders fraudulently to
claim thousands Of acres OF land which
were later turned over to the company
for grazing. Richards aud Comstock
were sentenced TO year and Jameson
aud Triblett to six months.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
Suspect Extensive Smuggling.

WASHINGTON, April %. - Secret
agents OF the customs service have
discovered system Of smuggling ex-
pensive gowns and women's clothing
from Paris which promises to sp.
proach in magnitude the famous trunk
frauds. Under valu atious and fraud
ulent msnifests are said to be the
means the suspected ones have used
to carry on the work.
Raids which customs officials have
planned In New York and Chicago
are expected to uncover quantities oi
the smuggled goods with values run.
ming into several thousan dollars.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-03
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS.
Fire Destroys One-Third Of City Of
Bangor, Maine.

oSsS ss'"''~'
BANGOR, Me-, May 1.-The fire
which last night and early today de.
stroyed more than one third of the
city. cost two lives and the loss of
property variously estima ated At from
%, 500, 900 to s6,000,000, Homeless,
wet, hungry and exhausted by the long
fight against the flames thousands of
people today faced the problem of
providing themselves with food, shelf.
er and clothing. while city and state
authorities beg an the consider alton OF
plans for the rebuilding of the city.
When dawn broke over the stricken
city today, hundreds of men, women
and children could be seen huddled
around smouldering bonfres, or
stretched along the edge of the smok.
ing ruins endeavoring to warm and
dry themselves. Although the rain
brought discomfort to the homeless, it
was the means of bringing under con.
troll the great confagration which
ragged for more than seven hours last
night. At q time when the battle
against the flames seemed hopeless, q
providential shift of wind and down.
pour of rain drove the fire back over
the burned district and drowned out
flames.
One third OF the city had been de-
stroyed including some of the finest
homes in the residential part of Ban.
ger, all of the public buildings with
the exception of the city hall and the
greater part of the retail section
Estimates OF the entire loss vary, bu,
it was generally thought at least $6.
600, 900 of property has been destroy
ed.
The loss of life so far as known this
morning was confined to two persons
and only half dozen injured had beer
admitted to the hospitals. The rain
and change of wind having solved the
problem of controlling the fire, the At
tention of the authorizes was directed
towards housing the homeless and
feeding the hungry.