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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
May Fly Across Continent.

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Work had
barely begun this morning in the busy
skyscrapers of lower New York when
James J. Ward lifted his biplane from
Governors Island andlstarted across
the continent in the path of the sun.
It was 9:OS a. m. when the boy
aviator-he is only % years old and
looks younger-rose from the level
stretch of land and climbed from the
sea to the lower end of the island,
which offers the best place in the city
for the start or close of flight.
Ward is the second competitor to
to try for the prize of $4,000 offered
by William r. Hearst for the quickest
flight from coast to coast and the fret
to start on the westward route. To
win, he must reach Los Angeles or
San Francisco in 80 days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Taft's Friendship For Carter.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 18.-Presi-
dent Taft inaugursted four days stay
In and around Detroit. The more i'm.
portant OF these he reserved for the
chamber of commerce luncheon at
Wayne pavilion in this city, where he
said he would discuss the 'trust
stu alton" In general and the recent
decisions of the United States supreme
court in the Standard Oil and Tobac.
co cases in particular.
President Taft heard of the death of
former Senator Thomas 81. Carter OF
Montana and sent the following tele-
gram to Mrs. Carter at Washington:
II am greatly shocked and grieved
to learn OF the death of Senator Car.
ter. He was apparently in robust
health when he dined with me in
Washington late in August. For
more that 20 years we have been warm
and intimate friends and I knew his
great ability, his patriotism and his
loyalty. I tender to you and your
family in your deep sorrow and
irretriev able loss my profoundes
sympathy"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Will Run Governors Special.

ST. PAUL. Sept. 16.-Former Gov.
ernor Brady of Idaho, Reilly Atkins,
secretary of the Boise Commercial
club, and L. w. Hill announce that
plans have been perfected for the run.
ming OF the governors special to east
ern cities and land shows this fall.
The train will start from St. Paul
about November 20, on q 5000. mile
tour through Pitts burg, Philadelphia,
New York, Cincinnati, Washington,
Rochester. Buffalo, Indianapolis and
about 20 other eastern cities.
The purpose OF this tour will be to
extend cordial invitation to the peo.
pie of the east to visit the west and
get acquainted with the scenic, agri'
cultural and industrial fractions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Bid Taft Goodbye.

BEVERLY, Sept. 13.-'God speed"
and the assurance of the support of
New England business interests were
the messages of cheer carried to Pres.
ident Taft today by r. M. Davidson,
of Worcester, Mass, president of the
New England Association.of CONNER.
ctal Executives and eighty members
of that association who motored to
Paramatta to say goodbye to the
chief executive before he starts west.
"As you go out from among US on
your long and arduous tour" said
MIR. Davidson, "we want you to go
with the God.speed of New England
ringing In your ears. Other sections
may waver but we will not. You are
president, and as such are entitled to
our sympathy. our 10y atty, and our
unfaltering trust. And you have this
In abundant measure"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
ss,~rching FOR Bank Robbers.

VANCOUVER. B. c. Sept. 16.-The
men who stole s258, ,00O from the New
Westminster branch of the bank of
Montreal have vanished as completely
as though the earth had swallowed
them. Their ingenuity in cracking
the bank vault has been equalled by
their skill in disappearing.
The gold and bills carried away by
the thieves weighed nearly 200 pounds.
The gold was American double eagles,
which are full legal terder here.
Upon study of the case the police
concluded that only three men we're
concerned in the robbery, aud that the
loot as divided in the clerks room,
care being taken to reject torn bills,
silver and mutilated gold. Each rob-
ber must have 40 pounds of gold and
large and heavy bundle of five and
ten dollar bills. It is reasonable to
suppose that each set out to go hi
separate way, laden with riches.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Another Big Land Lottery.

GREGORY, S. D. Sept. 16.-Uncle
Sans next big land lottery will be
held in South Dakota from October 2
to October 2l, inclusive, when 566, 1862
acres of land in the Rosebud and Pine
Ridge eservations will be offered as
prizes to land seekers. Gregory,
Dallas, Chamberlain and Rapid City
will be the registering points. On
October "A the drawing will commence
at Gregory.
The price OF every 100 acre tract al
ready has been fixed by government
appraisers, aud the homesteader will
pay the price as fixed. regardless OF
whether he files Arst or last. The
prices fixed by the appraisers are from
25 cents an acre for the roughest
grazing land, to s6 an acre for the
finest level agricultural land. OF the
total OF half q million acres subject to
homestead entry, about one.third has
been classified as agricultural land at
from % to $6 an acre.
Briefly, the method OF securing q
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Wa shington News Notes.

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is. - Postal
savings banks will be established
October l3 at East Helena, Harlow.
town, Belt, Plains, Whitehall, Philips
burg, Kendall, Bridger, Columbia
Falls and Big Timber.
The acting secretary OF the interior
has awarded q contract to Nelson
Rich OF Prosser, Wash, for the con.
struction of the Ruble dams and
canals, q Flathead project. The
building OF three dams and eight and
one.half miles of canals are included
In the contract. The contract price is
1921, 900.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
says there Is entirely too much waste
of water in irrig alton projects at pres
ent, and that the government, in al
proba bility, would undertake in the
near future to educate the people oi
the west into q more Intelligent con
servation of water resources.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Extremessof Temperature.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-Shivering
temper atures In the northwestern part
Of the country and sweltering weather
in the southwest aud middle plains
states, in some places almost the
highest ever recorded during Septem-
ber, were the extremes to which nature
treated the people to today. In Kan
sas the mercury reached 100 degrees,
while frost was reported in northern
Michigan, New York and New Eng
land.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 13.-Kansss
experienced the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. day
in its history. At Salina and Con.
cordia temperatures of 104 degrees
were recorded. Junction City report
ed 103. Other points had equally high
recOrda
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
TAFT SPOKE TO THOUSANDS
The President Begins Speech Making
Trip Of 46 Days.

ERIE, Pa, Sept. 16.-President Taft
ended the first of his 46 days of speech.
making with an address ia the Audi.
torium here tonight. Before arriving
he had spent nine hours in Syracuse,
N. Y, where he made three speeches.
The president said he had determined
that his average during this trip
would be four and half speeches
day, so he did not start out at top
speed.
Mr.. Taft reserved his most import.
ant utterance OF the day for the speech
here, when he outlined a plan by which
he hopes to wipe out objections in the
United States senate to the recently
negotiated treaties of arbitr alton with
Great Britain and France.
In explanation of his trip, the presi-
dent said:
II expect to talk on this trip about
the issues Of the day, and come of my
policies-if may dignity my relation
to them by the possessive case and
count them among the issues OF the
day. 1 hope l may be able to bring
somewhat more clearly from the stand
point of one who is charged with some
responsibility in respect to them, m any
of the questions that perplex the leg.
islators and executive at Washing
ton"
At the state fair grounds in Syra-
cuse the president found himself in the
midst of one OF the greatest crowds
ever gathered there, and estimate by
some as in the neighborhood of 100,
600. He shared honors with an aero.
pianist who was constantly buzzing
over the heads of the people and sew
eral of the most noted automobile
racers in the country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Taft's Western Trip.

BOSTON, Sept. 15.-Six weeks and
$4,000 miles represent the time and
space to be covered by President Taft
during the campaign tour on which
he will leave this evening. Today the
president celebra ated his 54th birthday
by abandoning the cool comfort of his
summer cottage at Beverly and max.
ing the final prepar ations for one OF
the most rigorous speaking and hand
shaking tours ever undertaken by any
chief executive. Beginning tomorrow
with visit to the New York state
fair at Syracuse. Mr.. Taft will be kept
ION the Jump until the first of De-
cember and will be the star attraction
at many state fairs and expositions in
north, south, east and west. He will
cover "a states and will visit lis cities
between the Atlantic and Pacific.
His principal speeches will deal
with the tariff, currency legislation
reciprocity, peace treaties, posta
matters and conserva alton, and he vii
deal with many minor topics in his
shorter speeches. All of his chief ad
dresses are now in NJ Manuscript.
That the president will make figh'
for renomi n alton next year and tina
this trip is intended to further tha
ambition there is now no doubt. 1t Ii
also practically certain that the presi
dent will make the tariff the main is
sue and that he will take an aggres
sive stand on this subject.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Hills 73d Birthday,

ST. PAUL, Sept. 16.-J ames j. Hill,
chairman Of the Great Northern rail-
road executive board, celebra ated his
seventy. third birthday. Mr.. Hill was
reminded that about three years ago
he said he would like to quit work and
devote his time to reading. II like
books, but have not had much time
to read as many as like. I think a
man ought to retire when he gets ad.
vanced in years and I hope to. 1 am
getting near the day all the time. "
But he would not indicate what his
plans for the future in that respect
were.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Bugs Invade Kansas Town.

WICHITA, Kan, Sept. l5.-Billions
OF green bugs settled In swarms over
this city last night stopping traffic
and practically suspending business.
The arrival OF the pests was sudden
and within q few minutes the streets
were foggy with dense clouds of bugs
The cutters were filed with them and
sidewalks were covered to q depth o.
an inch.
Stores in many instances were com
PEELED to turn out their lights to stol
the inv asion. The sidewalks were se
slippery that passage upon them wal
dangerous.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
For Lower Wool Rates.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Sept. 12.-
Before Special Examiner Edwin
Prouty of the interstate commerce com.
mission, hearing was commenced here
today on the complaint that the rate
on raw wool and hides and pelts from
New Mexico and Arizona is unreason'
able. II is the contention OF the local
wool and hide men that these rates
should be the same as those from
California to the eastern seaboard,
which is sl.35 per hundred pounds,
whereas, the rate from Arizona S2 OF
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
For Enlarged Homesteads.

WASHINGTON, Sept. l6.-To date
the geological survey has passed upon
and recommended for entry under the
Mondell 320- acre homestead act, 100.
$40, 927 acres. Over %, 600 acres were
passed upon in the month of August,
and the work is being carried forward
at about this rate each month. Until
winter SHOWS cover the ground and
make the work slower, the bureau will
continue to release large areas of lands
In the public land states for entry un.
der this act.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED.
Senator Carter's illness Was Not
Considered Serious.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-Thomas
Henry Carter, former United States
senator from Montana, and latterly
chairman OF the International water
ways commission, died suddenly at his
Washington home at 3 o'clock this
morning. An embolism or clot upon
the brain was the immediate cause of
death, the clot resulting from an in.
farction of the lung, which was the
primary cause of his fatal illness.
Senator Carter's death was unex.
pected even by members of his family.
He had been i'll for just one week, but
that fact was not allowed to become
public. So great had been his i'm
provement on Friday and Saturday,
however, that his physicians and mem-
bers OF his family confidently expected
his recovery. and at no time did the
sen ator ard his condition as criti.
cal. There was always danger, how
ever, that the attack might take a
serious turn, and on that account the
attending physician, DR.. Henry P.
Parker, was with him constantly.
Sena ator Carter, it is learned today
for the fret time had not been in
sound health for more than q year.
He had had occasional heart attacks,
but never, until this last one, were
they regarded as serious. On his re.
turn from Montana in the middle OF
the summer he spent considerable time
In Washington on the work of the
waterways commission, and after cd.
iournment OF congress Joined his fam.
lily at Islesboro, Me. He seemed in
good health at that time, but very soon
developed symptoms that alarmed
Mrs. Carter, and on September 6 she
had the senator and their two sons re.
turned to Washington. Under the
physicians care the senator seemed to
improve, but on Saturday following
his return he became quite i'll and was
forced to take to his bed. Several
physicians were called In consultation
and diagnosed his trouble as an in
farction of the lung, one OF the vessels
supplying the organ having become
cl0gged.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Clever CrookfArrested.

CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-S. A. Potter,
alias George W. Post, said by feder al
officials to be one of the best known
gold brick and green goods confidence
men in the world, was arrested today
by G. F. Dowoody, division superin.
tendent of the department of Justice
on q charge Of operating confidence
game.
Potter and two companions fol
whom federal officials are searching
are said to have netted $500, 900 ir
the past few years by the oper alton OF
their schemes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Nine Killed BY Automobile.

SYRACUSE, N. Y. Sept. 16.-Nine
persons were killed and IA injured
some of them seriously. as the result
of an accident during the closing miles
of q fifty mile automobile race at the
state fair track this afternoon. when q
racing car driven by Lee Oldfeld
leaped from the tr rack, crashed through
the fence surrounding it and plunged
into the throngs that lined the othe,
side of the speedway.
Six OF the nine people were killed
outright and three others were 90 bad
ly injured that they died on the way
to the hospital.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
BURGLARS MAKE BIG HAUL.
Secure Over $500, 900 From British
Columbia Bank.

SSSNs0 SvSs ~O0OSVOO VsVUb SsN'~''
Columbia Bank.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B. c., Sept.
15.-Three hundred and fifteen thou
sand dollars was stolen early this
morning from the ranch of the bank
OF Montreal In this city. Five burg
lars entered the bank by the front
door, broke through the thin metal
coating of the vault, blew the safe by
charges Of nitro.glycerine and got
clear away with the booty without be.
ing seen except by a Chinese care
taker. They probably escaped down
the Frazer river by a launch or else
by automobile toward Vancouver.
There was in all $3.50, 900 in tho bank
cafes. Chief of Police Bradshaw be.
lieves the men would have taken 1t
all If they could have carried it. AZ
1t was, they took all they could carry
away, leaving all the silver and notes
of small denominations as we'll as
amaged five dollar and ten dollar
bills lying around the floor and tables
of the room OF one of the clerks.
The fret known of the robbery was
when a Chinese care taker appeared at
the police station at about $50 O'Clock
and gave the alarm. He had managed
to work his bonds loose after the
robbers had departed. Chief Of Police
Bradshaw hurried to the scene aud all
of the available officers were pressed
into service, but the only clew obtain
able was that given by the Chinaman.
From the thoroughness of the Job and
tools with which the work was done,
the local officers believe the same
gang that has recently been at work
in Vancouver turned the trick here.
1t is impossible to say just when the
men effected their entrance into the
bank, but 1t is presumed that it was
somewhere about 3 O'Clock this morn.
ing, for when the Chinese janitor ar
rived shortly after 4 O'Clock, to clean
up, he found that three men had been
cleaning up on their own accoun,
and before the Chinaman could give
the alarm he was sandbsgged, gagged
and tied to q chair.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
WOMEN PLEAD THEIR CAUSE
Suffragette Leaders Address Con-
ference Of Governors.

SPRING LAKE, N. j., Sept. 14.-Dr.
Anna Shaw, president.of the National
Woman's Suffrage citation, took
up her battle for the ballot on the floor
of the governors conference here to.
day. Twenty eight governors, among
them several champions of her cause
from the west, Assem- bled half an hour
earlier than usual to hear her speak.
The convention hall was crowded by
the wives, daughters and friends of the
governors and women who came for
m any miles, in some cases, to help
the cause with their;presence and ap.
plause.
Mrs. j. W. Brannan, of the
Woman's Political Union of New
York, preceded DR.. Shaw. She pre-.
sented to the governors book show
ing, she said, ''the strange confusion
of woman's status in the different
states"
II appeal to you governors to give
thought to this question: she said.
"There are onlytfive states where your
wives, daughters and sisters have the
privilege to serve our country. How
can you expect the women OF these dis
franchised states to rest satisfied and
content under those determinations"
Mrs. Abraham Van Winkle of New.
ark, N. j., followed Mrs. Brannan.
Mrs. Van Winkle read q petition to
the governors. Representing the
militant wing of the party she demand
ed that each state executive, including
governor Woodrow Wilson, come into
the open with his views and ''in the
light of the pitiless publicity align
himself with one eide or the other of
to question"
1--WE women Of New jersey" she
began, "point to the gross inequality
of women before the law with respect
to property rights in our own state.
We have protested in vain against the
continuance of this injustice"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Flaming Lava Causes Panic.

CATAN1A, Sicily, Sept. l4.-The
advancing, sweeping all before it..
Twenty thousands persons have been
driven from their homes.
Hoping to arrest the adv ance of the
flaming lava, the peasants erect be-
fore their viney ards and humble
homes, cross of sticks and place on
top pictures of the Madonna and OF
the saints, but these barriers of faith
have in no wise tended to check the
aow. Crowds of peasants gather to
kneel and beat their breasts, calling
for mercy and declaring that this must
be punishment for their sins.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Express Employees Transferred.

NEW YORK, Sept. l4.-Five special
trains, carrying 1000 employees Of the
Wells. Fargo Express company, their
families, baggage and household ef.
fects, left New York today for Chi.
cago. The party journeying from
Yew York to their new homes in the
Windy city numbers about 5000. The
exodus is due to the transfer OF the
auditing force of the express company
to Chicago. The employees raised q
storm of protest when the change was
first announced, but the liberal atti-
tude OF the company brought bout q
change of sentiment and few of the
auditing force refused to go.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20

Postm aster General Hitchcock. after q
two weeks trial of this method of
shipment. The plan was put in effect
September l, and everything has gone
along satisfactorily.
As the country Is divided into four
sessions for the purpose of determine
Ing by quadrennial weighings the
amount OF compens alton to which
railways are entitled for mail trans.
portation, the plan OF shipping by
freight will not have its full effect for
four years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
the four months is gone and the char
tering of additional steamships is ex.
pected.
Wanted For Horse Stealing.

WINNIPEG, Sept. 12-Sam Gondrey,
who is said to have been wanted BY
the Montana authorities on the charge
OF horse stealing, was arrested by the
Northwest mounted police near CAL
gary last night after desperate fight.
Gondrey is alleged to have been the
terror of the stockmen on both sides
of the border for q long time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20

BILLINGS, Sept. 15.-Arrangements
to thresh what is to be the largest
acreage of oats ever grown by one
man in Montana are being made by
Cabot T. Thomas, one of the pioneers
of this section. The crop was grown
on 1000 acres of land in the Big Horn
valley in the vicinity of Hardin and it
is estimated that the yield will be
more than SO bushels to the acre.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
homestead under this opening will be

homestead under this opening will be
as follows:
The applicant will personally appear
at q registration point and will swear
before q notary public to his qualifca.
tions to take q homestead. If the
application is made at any registrs.
tion point other than Gregory, the ap.
plicaut must mail his afld avit to Judge
Witten at Gregory.
When Judge Witten receives one of
these envelopes he will examine care.
fully and If there are no distinguish.
ing marks on 1t to indicate from whom
it came, 1t will be deposited with
others in large can.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Prohibition Wins In Maine.

PORTLAND, Me-. Sept. 13.-The town
clerks returns from 402 out of the 70l
cities, towns and plantations in the
state give majority against repeal
of the prohibition law of 53l. The
vote on the face of these returns
stands: For repeal, 60,097; against
repeal, 60,628.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-09-20
Dixon's Tribute To Carter.

MIssOULA, Sept. Ex-senator Jos.
M. Dixon, when informed today of the
death of former Senator Thomas r..
Carter, said: II can't understand it.
When last saw him few weeks ago,
he looked the very type of physical
health and vigor. He had spoken to
me about his old trouble of acute in
digestion, but never had q suspicion
of any heart trouble. have henrd
him say many times that he wanted to
go just that way. Delivers death
was very similar. Both of them were
about the same age, the same
physique, both had entered congress
at the came time, were both widely
known for their quick wit and ready
reparted In public debate and priv ate
conversation. Both should have
lived 20 years longer. Both had just
reachee the maturity of the mental
powers.
"But the silver cord is loosed and
the golden bowl ia broken. Some
where, just ahead, the same inevitable
end awaits all Of us. The old senate
is gone. Looking around the cham
Der, half of the faces have changed In
the brief period OF time that have
been member of that body. Tomor'
row morning, all over the country
when the morning papers tell the story
OF Senator Carter's death, there viii
be many kindly comment from th'
men in public life who knew Senator
Carter personally and remember th'
joviai person ality that made him 81
well known q character Ut Washing
ton"