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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
FEDERAL AID FOR
SETTLING. WEST
Propaganda Has Been Or
ganized to Complete the
Work Undertaken

St. Paul. Dec. 21.-The officers of
the Northwest Development league
have perfected a propaganda Of ex-
ploitation for the coming year which
in its comprehensiveness is unique
in the annals Of boost. All the talk
Of booming and back to the farm
to which the people in this part of the
governors special started east was
crystallized and whipped into prac-
tical shape by prominent business men
from St. Paul and the northwest who
make up the league.
Resolutions were adopted in sup
port of the immigration bill now be-
ing prepared by Senator Norris Brown
Of Nebraska and which will be pre-
sented to the senate soon after the
holidays. The league wants defin-
lite domestic immirration policy for
the whole country.
Canada" the league says IN the
resolutions, recognizes the settlement
Of vacant lands and the distribution
OF population to he a proper function
Of government and spends large sums
Of money in the work Of settling va
cant lands, and ia in consequence get
tine thousands Of our best farmers.
Ine OnNeO states government mas no
domestic immigration policy. the
functions Of the immigration bureau
being the negative one Of keeping out
undesirable foreigners"
States to Provide Funds.
There will he a series of state de-
velopment meetings held during the
spring throughout the northwest. The
league will make every effort to get
each state to raise a fund of 1000.
to be called the publicity and immi-
grafton fund. and which will be spent
within the particular states in this
campaign. The various members Of
the league have pledged themselves
individually to a strenuous activity in
getting settlers on the lands and help
ing them to succeed. They intend
to purchase exhibit cars of their own
for various booming tours next year.
SO that they will not be required to
hire them of the railroads
On May 26. 1912. the officers Of the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
BANK DISTRICTS
e: :. ARE DETERMINED
Monetary Commission De
cides Upon Geographical
Outlines of Division

Washington. Dec. 21.-The national
monetary commission today decided
the general outlines Of the fifteen dis
tricts into which the United States
would be divided under the Aldrich
plan Of financial reform. In the sec
tional arrangement Of districts it is
declared special consideration was
given to the interests Of the smaller
banks in order to crafty the popular
demand against any possibility Of the
big influential banks getting control
OF the proposed National Reserve as
sociation. thirty Of whose forty-five
directors would be elected by the dis
tricts.
Under the division agreed upon New
England would constitute one district,
the eastern states tr'~ the south four,
the middle west four. and the Pacific
coast states four. One-ifth Of the
banking power Of the nation is con-
centrated in New York. but 1t is
pointed out all the eastern states will
form only two districts. This is re-
garded as advantageous to the small
er banks and out Of proportion to the
invested capital of the east.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
PACKERS LOST IN
SK|RM|SH TODAY
Court Overruled Motion to
Strike Out Two Counts
Of Indictment

Chicago. Dec. 21.-The Chicago
packers charged with criminal vlo-
lation of the Sherman antitrust law,
lost in the first skirmish of their long
drawn out trial today when United
States District Judge Carpenter over
ruled the motion of the defense to
strike out counts two and three Of
the indictments.
Formal notice that the defense will
present a motion in the near future
to have Judge Carpenter instruct the
jury to return verdict finding the
packers not guilty for the. reason that
United States District Attorney j. S.
Wilkerson failed to make out case
in his opening statement to the jury
had heen given by Attorney Levy May
er at the opening of the afternoon
session of the trial
At the same time Attorney Mayer
moved to dismiss counts two and three
Of the indictment because they do
not mention the National Packing
company. which the government con-
tends was the instrument used in fin
ing the prices of meat and to have
the jury instructed to disregard other
allegations made by District Attorney
three year period covered in the in
dictment.
Counsel for the defendants have
agreed to present three motions" said
Attorney Mayer. "The first is to have
the case taken from the jury for the
reason that the governments open
ing statement has utterly failed to
make out a case under the five counts
of the Indictment. We will defer the
presentation Of this motion until some
later date. because it goes to the very
important. We shall support this mo-
tion with the recent decision of the
United States supreme court in the
cases of the Standard Oil and the
American Tobacco companies.
ut is the argument of the govern
ment that the National Packing COM
pany constituted a cloak by means of
which the packers continued the fin
ing of prices and the regulation of
their output which had heretofore
been accomplished by pool. There
fore the government. on its own the
ory. seeks to recover a verdict which
must be based on facts and circum-
stances growing out Of the operation
of the National Packing company pre-
cedins the three year limit covered
by this Indictment"
District Attorney Wilkerson vigor-
ously opposed the motions as made
by the defendants counsel and en-
planned it was necessary for the pros
ecution to plead to all the evidence in
tho case.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
SCHOOL GIRL
TAKES POISON
Death Followed Act Which
Took Place in the School
Lavatory

New York. Dec. o1.-Fanny Platt
van Cott. a pretty 16-year-old girl Of
good family, borrowed glass from
her teacher and slipped quietly into
the lavatory at girls high school in
BROOKLYN today. Ten minutes later a
teacher found her dead on the floor.
the empty glass beside her a one-
ounce bottle, which had contained
some liquid. lay in basin near by,
but it was washed away before the
teacher could seize it. Unknown to
the l,5O0 girl pupils in the school. the
body was removed to the teachers
room. where physicians worked in
vain to restore life. All efforts proving
frllitless. the victims mother was noti-
fled and the coroner summoned.
Mrs. van Cott said that her daugh-
ter had studied unusually hard of late
and had worried at the approach of
examinations. She had left home with
rs cents this morning. 20 cents Of
which was found OH the body. The
other five cents is supposed to have
been spent for some drug which caus-
cd hes death, accidentally or other
wise,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21

league will leave st. Paul in a body
for Seattle. where the Northwest De-
velopment congress will be held June
s. After the congress they will go
to the rose carnival at Portland for
a week, and then start out on u tour
Of the entire northwest.
The resolutions adopted are as fol-
lows:
Whereas. the increased cost of liv-
ing in the United States is to a large
extent due to the large increase in the
population of towns and cities ana
the proportionate decrease In the
number of farms. and
''Whereas. for many reasons life in
the country is more conducive to
health, wealth and good citizenship.
and
Whereas. Canada for the above
reasons recognizes the settlement Of
vacant lands and ths distribution of
population to be a proper function
of government. and spends large sums
Of money in the settlement of vacant
lands and is in consequence securing
thousands Of our best farmers, and
Whereas. there are thousands of
aliens in the large cities VINO were
farmers in the old country and who
desire to farm in this county. but who
are unable to find a proper location
because there is no existing agency
to move them in which they have suf-
ficient confidence. and
Whereas these people would read
lily accept the word of the United
States government regarding vacant
lands, and
Whereas .unoccupied lands suita-
BILE for colonization may be found in
nearly every state both east and west,
and
Whereas. the United States gov.
ernmcnt has no domestic immigration
policy. the function Of the United
States immigration bureau being the
negative one Of keeping out undesir-
able foreigners.
Resolved. that the league recon-
mend the passage Of laws inaugural
ing a United States government do
mestic immigration policy for tho
above purpose. with suitable appro-
priation; and he it further
Resolved. that this league recon-
mend proper cooperation on the part
colonization"
The following were at the meeting:
Lewis Penwell. president Of the lea
que: II G. Sampson, Will A. Camp
bell. ]. H. Digit of Duluth. John
Bruegger OF Williston, N. D.: l.. New
man Of Great Falls, Mont; Colonel
William Hanley of Burns. Ore: Den
mis- W. King OF Wenatchee. WASH;
Charles Patterson of St. Paul; E. Y.
Sarles of l1illsboro, n. D.; John Deets
Of Pierre. S. D., and Ralph W. Rey-
nolds Of Lewiston. Mont.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
SOCIALISTS Have.
OPTIMISTIC: VIEW
Will Have Fifty Members in
Congress in the Next
Ten Years Z

Washington. Dec. 1l-In an ad-
dress outlining the purposes Of So.
cialisrp and it's growth all over the
country, Representative Victor l.. Ber.
ger, tho only Socialist in congress. de.
clared last night at q mass meeting in
National Rifles armory that in the next
ten Years fifty representatives Of the
and lower branches of congress and
the white house would be occupied by
a Socialist. 49,,
Representative Berger's address was
one OF dozen delivered at the mass
meeting by leaders of the Socialist par.
ty, the national executive committee OF
which is in session in Washington
Representative Berger said the defea,
OF the Socialistic party In Los Ange-
les recently was due in large meas
ure to the Mcnamara incident. He
pointed out that two years ago the So
cialists polled 5000 in Los Angeles
while at the recent election which he
said had been widely heraIded as q
crushing defeat for the Socialists, the
party had cast vote Of $1,000. a gain
in two years Of $4,000.
Referring to the Mcnamara case
Representative Berger said that, be.
lieving the men innocent prior to their
confession and feeling sure that every
right of American citizenship had
been violated in their arrest and kid.
naping from one jurisdiction to an.
other without semblance Of law, he
had been defender of the brothers.
But the Mcnamara cases will no,
hurt the cause of the trades unionists'
he continued. "Organized labor, to
move forward and accomplish its high
ideals. must learn the value and pow.
er of it's strength in the ballot box. u
The question of abrogating the
treaty with Russia Mr.. Berger said il
Just a matter Of politics in which both
ties seek to secure the Hebrew vote
of the nation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
Need of Preserving Banking
System Unchanged Makes
Introduction Impossible
OMNIBUS MESSAGE ON MANY
WIDELY DIVERGENT SUBJECTS
Panama Canal Tolls, Increase In Naval
Enlistments, Pension For Govern.
mcnt Employees, improvements For
Inland Waterways Considered.

Washington. Dec. 21.-President
Taft sent to congress another Of his
promised series of messages today. 1t
dealt with the currency reform, the
Panama canal tolls and various gov
ernmental questions.
On the subject of currency reform
and connection with the forthcom-
ing report y, congress of the mone-
tary commission. President Taft said
il was exceedingly fortunate that tho
wise and undisputed policy Of main.
tanning unchanged ...e main features
of our banking system. rendered it at
Gnce impossible to introduce central
bank" He gave his approval to the
proposed national reserve association,
urged some form of government sup
erNision of the association and said
that currency reform should not he
made political issue.
On the Panama canal. the president
dealt at length with the question Of
whether or not American shipping
should pay tolls. He declared it would
not be discriminating to relieve from
the payment of tolls. any part Of our
shipping that congress deems wise.
Among the presidents recommen-
dations were the following:
The immediate increase OF 1000
men in enlisted navy.
The abolition of the smaller navy
yards.
A contributory pension system for
the government employ, s..
The elimination of 81 local offices
|! from politics.
An appropriation for the completion
Of the river and harbor improvements
| along the Mississippi. Ohio and Mis-.
souri, rivers
The extension of the term Of service
| Of the special board Of engineers on
tt lakes-to-the-gulf deep water way.
The placing Of power in the presi-
dent to remove the clerks of federal
courts for cause.
The payment of the French spoila-
| ton judgments.
An employers Il: ',ility and work.
mems compensation law.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
SOME NATIONAL
POLITICS HAVE
BEEN DEVELOPED
Taft Is Assured of the New
York County Delegation
Barnes Paci6ed
NEBRASKA STARTS MOVEMENT
TO NOMINATE ROOSEVELT
Technically May Leave Wisconsin
Delegation Out of National Convcn.
ton Because of Federal Apportion.
n,ent Act Conflict With State Law,

New York. Dec. 21.-President Taf,
went back to Washington today with
the assurances Of Samuel Koenig, Re.
publican county chairman. that he
would have the support Of tho New
York county delegation at the com,
ing national convention. koenig de.
clared Col. Roosevelt was not can.
didate for 1912.
The president returned without see.
ing Col. Roosevelt or receiving any
communication from him. A visi,
from DR.. Lyman Abbott started the
report that he was an ambassador
from his associate in magazine work
but this DR.. Abbott promptly denied
While William Barnes. Jr., the Re.
publican state chairman, would not
confirm the report that. he and Taf,
had settled their differences yester.
day and that Barnes promised the
president his support. the state chair
man did say this: II don't believe
1t is my function to press or urge
upon tho Republican electorate Re-
publican candidate. I assume who
ever is nominated will adhere to the
principles that will be adopted"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
CLEANING UP
Disortlcrly Rrs"~+< In Minneapolt:
May he Cleaned Out.

Minneapolis. Dec. 21.-Another step
In the campaign recently inaugurated
l,H County Attorney James Robertson
for the purpose of aholishing alleged
disorderly houses was taken today
when the grand jury advocated that
the county attorney and sheriff cause
the arrests Of owners and agents of
h, ildings used as disorderly houses.
cls sc Of session during which fifteen
This recommendation came at the
women We're indicted on the charge
of conducting disoylerly houses. six
Of them coming under the habttual
criminal law which makes possible
sentences of from seven to fourteen
years in the pcnitentiarv.
Pleas of not guilty were entered by
fourteen of the women this afternoon
WREN arranged. and attempts were
made hy Mr.. Robertson to have the
hcnd placed at $4,000 each. The
court. however, declared that this
amount was too great and Mr.. Rob-
ertson finally agreed to $1,000 each.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
dashed up to the door Of the hospl-
tai and the young men we're placed
under arrest. They made no attempt
at resistance. but accompanied the
nnlieasaaesa

dashed up to the door Of the hospl-
tai and the young men were placed
under arrest. They made no attempt
at resistance. but accompanied the
policemen quietly.
At the hearing they refused to make
any statement beyond declaring their
companion had been suddenly taken
for treatment. Where they had spent
the night or what Collins was doing
with them they declined to tell.
Efforts OF the police to force fur
ther information from the lips Of the
prisoners was futile. and they were
held without bail, pending the result
of the coroner's inquest.
The father Of the dead man was
present at the hearing. He was asked
IL he thought his son had met with
foul play, but declined positively to
discuss the case. He was asked II
the young man had been at home last
night and refused to answer the ques-
ton.
DR.. Stinson declared after the body
had been removed from the hospital
that the case was most mysterious.
caused Collins DEATH" he, said. II
examined the body for marks Of Wo-
lence but could find none. The re-
ticence Of the men who brought him
here In answering questions put to
them lends an air of mystery to the
case however. It is up to the coroner
new. The autopsy will show how the
Relatives Of the young men being
heid in connection with Collins
death did not know Of the affair until
notified BY the police following the
hearing. Mothers of the boys had
stayed out of bed nearly all night
waiting for them to return home and
were nearly overcome by the news
oe their arrest.
Mrs. Henry Welsh. in talking of the
mysterious affair. said: 1T watched
for my boy until nearly 2 o'clock. and
then without Undressing laid down
on the bed. He is good boy and
was never out all night before. l
can't think anything wrong has hap
Of friends. All Of the young men, for
that matter. were chums.
"I thought when the night had
passed and Henry did not come home
that he had likely gone to the home
Of friend. Until the policeman on
this heat told me he saw him in the
station house ] did not know what
had happened.
Mrs. Benjamin McGonigle wa.
equally confident that Collins had not
met with foul play
He was not strong boy" she said
and probably had some kind of a
seizure: Michael was in the house al
$3.50 o'clock last night. and turned
over to me his weeks wages, and then
went out again. worried about him
all night. but I did not know Of his
arrest until a. few minutes ago."
Mrs. Clinton was Frustrated at the
news of her sons predicament.
She had not heard of the affair until
told about Collins death by repor.
ter. She. too: said that the boys were
the best OF friends and secuted the
theory Of the police that foul play
had occurred.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
SIOUX CITY WON
FREIGHT FIGHT
Discrimination Set Aside by
the Interstate Commerce
Commission

Washington. Dec. 21.-The contest
between Sioux City. Iowa, and st. Paul
and Minneapolis was decided today in
favor of Sioux City by the interstate
commerce commission.
The Sioux City Commercial club
complained against the Chicago and
the class freight rates from Sioux City
to points in. the northwest were un.
reasonable, in that they exceeded the
rates from St. Paul and Minneapolis
to the same destinations. Both citiei
fought the Sioux City contention. hut
the commission today ordered a re-
duction of Sioux City rates to point,
equal to the present rates from St
Paul and Minneapolis to 'substa ntia llv
eauidistant stations in the same ter
ritory."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21

Jefferson and Jackson and Lincoln
with a tongue Of fire throughout the
land. We need to have constitutional
morality declared as was the gospel of
old to the rich and the poor.
Choose ye this day whom you will
and sec our party continue broken in
faction and deserted by Thousands of
the rank and file, or the interests of
the countless thousands. whose hopes
and happiness lie in the direction of
equal opportunities. of just and equal
laws. and see our party take on the
strength OF the days when 1t defied
the arrogant power Of slavery and ap-
pea'ed to mems common sense Of jus.
tice-now as then, however. to deal
not in malice and revenge, in hatred
or destruction. but in equity and JUS
tice. in protection and security alike
for all, rich and poor"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
COLUMBIAN IN
ANOTHER WRECK
Plowed Into Rear of Local at
Glencoe, Minnesota
Today

Glencoe. Minn.. Dec. 21.-The fast
train OF the Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Faul railway which was wrecked
Monday at Odessa, Minn., with loss
of ten lives. was again wrecked today.
when 1t crashed into the rear end of
local on Hastings and Dakota
division passenger train northbound
from Hutchinson. Minn.. half mile
west Of here.
The fast train telescoped the bag
gage car and plowed its way into a
coach. of the local. Kent Ferguson
Of Minneapolis, the engineer Of the
Columbian. suffered broken wrist
an. dsevere bruises when. he jumped
from the cab. Conductor James Ray
mond of Minneapolis in charge Of the
coast train. sustained wrenched
shoulder.
Louis Berger. a travelling salesman
o ia Minneapolis implement house,
was the only passenger injured. but
his hurts are slight.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
THE RESOLUTION
HAS BEEN SIGNED
Treaty With Russia Abro-
gated to Take Effect on
January l, 1913.

Washington, Dec 21.-President
Taft at 1917 o'clock this morning.
signed the joint resolution passed by
congress. ratifyins his action in serv-
ing notice on Russia Of the abrogation
Of the treaty of 1882 with that coun-
try. Secretary Of state Knox was the
only witness.
The treaty will automatically con.
tinue in effect until January l. 1913.
In the meantime efforts will he made
to negotiate Il new treaty eliminating
the causes of friction which led to
the termination of the old one.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
WILL NOT ACCEPT
THE PROPOSALS
FOR REPUBLIC
Premier Yuan Declines to Be
Ousted by the Peace
Conference
CATEGORICAL REPLY TO THE
PROPOSAL Of TANG SAA0 VI
Case Was Presented to the Premier by
His Representative at the Peace
Conference, Following tho Discus
don of the Peacp Terms.

Peking. Dec. 2l.-Premier Yuan
Shi Kai in an official staement today
said he refused to accept republic.
The refusal of Premier Yuan to ac-
cept republic is categorical reply
TO the communication made to him
from Shanghai after the meeting OF
delegates of the imperial government
and revolutionaries held there yester-
day
Tang shao III. the premier's repre-
sentative. following the conference
yesterday. had presented hte case in
favor of republic to Yuan.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
DROPPED DEAD At
W|FE's BEDSIDE
Wife Had Undergone an op.
Grafton in Hospital-The
Shock Serious

Omaha, Dec o1.-Hary Wcstveer.
a druggist OF Schuyler and Fremont.
Neb.. dropped dead at the bedside of
his wife in hospital here where Mrs.
Westveer had undergone an opera
tion. Heart disease was the cause of
his death. The shock. 1t is believed.
had a serious effect on Mrs. West
vCcr.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
JACK PINE CONES
FROM MINNESOTA
Are Being Shipped to Euro
pean Countries For Re-
forestration Purposes

Bemidji. Dec. 21.-Jack pine cones
from the forests Of northern Minne-
sofa are to be shipped to European
work of demonstration. Many cones are
being gathered for shipment in the
vicinity OF Cass Lake. Remidti and
Menahga in Wadena county. Fifty
cents a bushel is paid. A concern in
Connecticut has large contract to
ship cones to France. England. Ger
many, Japan and other countries and
has appealed to Minnesota to assist
In the work of collecting cones.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
WEAVERs sTRUCK.

Liverpool. Dec 21.--The weavers In
the Helene mill at Accrington struck
last night because Of the employment
OF non-union labor. The. strike
threatens to spread to other mills in
Lancashier. On their part the mill
owners threaten to retaliate by a gem
eral lockout which would AFFECT one
hundred thousand cotton operatives.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
Nebraska for Colonel.

Lincoln. Neb.. Dec. 2l.-A petition
asking that the name Of Theodore
Roosevelt be placed on the primary
ballot as candidate for the Republi-
can nomination for president Of the
United States was received by Secre.
tary of State Waite this morning. The
petition is signed by Attorney John O.
Yeister of Omaha, and twenty-five
other voters