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The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
Law Referred to High Court.

Paris, April 19.-The storm raised by
the vote in the senate re-opening the
delimitation question with reference
to champagne districts, gives no sign
Of abating at the present. On the
contrary, there seems a probability OF
the disturbances spreading to the Dor.
deaux wine regions. The --latest dis.
patches from the champagne district
describe the situation as greatly ag.
gravated.
The champagne question formed the
subject Of debate In the chamber OF
deputies, and, after listening to a
abatement by Premier Monis, the cham.
Der voted confidence in the govern.
ment practically unanimously, so that
the senate's resolution Is not legally
effective.
The premier maintained his decision
to refer the matter of the modification
Of the delimitation law to the council
of state, Frances highest adninistra.
tive court. which, he said, might be
trusted to pronounce on the question
with entire impartiality and indepepd
ence Of judgment The cabient met
and decided to place at the disposal Of
the project of Marine all the troops that
he needs.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
PREACHERS PAY FULL FARE.
Under New Rules Of Railroads Enter.
Ing Chicago.

Chicago. April 13.-Members of the
Central Passenger association, repre-.
senting railroads entering Chicago
urged that the practice Of issuing re.
duced rate tickets to members of the
clergy be discontinued It was de-
cided to obtain final vote by send
with the association.
Following the meeting, members
said there is little doubt that the
roads will jndorse the plan and after
30 days notice has been given, min
listers will be compelled to pay the
sell round-trip tickets to clergyme1
for one fare and a half.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
APPOINTMENT FOR GUILD.
Former Massachusetts Governor Goinq
to St. Petersburg.

Washington, April 10. - President
Taft sent to the senate the nomina.
tons of former Governor Curtis Guild,
Jr., of Massachusetts, as ambassador
to Russia, and w. w. Rockhill as am.
bassador to Turkey. Mr.. Rockhill Is
at present ambassador to Russia
Governor Guild is an intimate per.
sonal friend of President Taft. He was
appointed by the president as special
ambassador to Mexico at the time Of
the centennial celebration of the foun.
dalton of that republic.
Mr.. Rockhill will succeed Oscar 9.
Strauss, who was secretary of the de.
partment of commerce and labor un.
der former President Roosevelt. Mr..
Strauss resigned the ambassadorship
to Turkey several months ago.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
Land For Settlement Soon.

Duluth, April 13-Between now and
May 10 Captain William O'Neill OF
Call Lake, superintendent of logging
on the Chippewa reservation, will file
notice with the United States land
office at that place OF some 10000
acres Of cut over Indian land around
Call lake, is open for settlement. I'm
der the law, the land may be settled
on as soon az this notice is given
IIomeseekers may proceed in the us.
ual way Of making actual settlem emf
on the land and then file at the land
office later. The settler may com.
mute in IA months and pay S1.26 an
acre, or reside the usual five years be-
fore proving up. A large acreage will
be opened for entry on the Fond d,l
Lac reservation near Cloquet, also
soon.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
JoHNsoNs MEMORY HoNoREp
Thousands Watch Cortege Pass
Through the Streets of Cleveland.

Cleveland. April 13.-Braving the
chilly winds and drizzling rain a
throng of persons estimated at from
100000 to 100000 stood in the streets
and paid silept tribute to the memory
Of Ton l.. Johnson as his body was
conveyed from the family apartments
to the union depot.
Rev. Harris R. Cooley, n lifelong
friend Of Mr.. Johnson, oilicnted at
the grave in Greenwood cemetery
At Brooklyn, he will deliver a short
address and a prayer. The simple
funeral cortege consisted OF the
hearse and the mourning party In four
carriages, preceded by squad OF
mounted policemen.
For five minutes, during which time
the cortege passed the city hall
where Mr.. Johnson had so long pre-
sided, most of the downtown stores
suspended business. The courts were
adjourned and municipal business
generally suspended.
The movement for a memorial was
given further impetus when at a meet
ing of the city council plans Tor a new
city playground. to be known as
johnson Park" were discussed. May
or Herman Baehr of Cleveland ad
dressed the meeting.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
GREAT CHAMPAGNE ESTABLISH.
MENTs OF FRANCE ARE
BEING PILLAGED,
HIGH COURT TO CONSIDER LAW
Large Bodies Of Troops Try to Curb
Frenzy of Rioters in the
Vintage Dis.
trict.

Epernay, April 13.-Startling devel.
Immediately followed the action Of the
senate on the champagne question.
Throughout the day and during the
early hours of the evening the situa-
ton was grave, but at midnight, owing
to the presence of formidable forces
of troops. conditions had become some
what settled.
The frenzy OF the rioters exceeds all
bounds, and it is feared that they will
use dynamite. large quantity Of
which disappeared from the Quarries
last week News comes from the town
of Ay that Il bomb was thrown at he
cavalry wounding three troopers and
killing horse.
Altogether, five establishments In
Epernay have been burned after hav.
ing been pllaged Tho safes in these
establishments were forced, and the
furniture and fittings were piled in
heaps in the streets and set on fire,
The tiremen were powerless as they
were driven off by the rioters
,, All around Epernay the country is
| dotted with blazing cellars, and the
whole sky is aglow. At Cusnteres,
Meet &; Chandon's great wine press.
es are blazing. as we'll as another big
| establishment at Pierre. At Ay two
more establishments were wrecked
completely. Cavalry charged repeat
cdly but the mob showed stubborn re-
sistance, hurting broken bottles and
stones at the men and horses.
Troops continue to pour into this
district. Already six battalions Of in
fantry and four squadronA Of cavalry
have arrived. and a brigade of cavalry
Is on its way here from Paris. 1t rs
estimated that there will be 10000
troops on duty.
| Immediately on their arrival the
soldiers are despatched, to the danger
centers. The project plans to occupy
practically every town and village in
the district with the militia, believing
that anything less than this will have
no effect. The soldiers have strict
orders to arrest pillagers, and to use
their arms in case of resistance.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
KENYON is ELECTED SENATOR
TO SUCCEED HON. LA FAYETTE
YOUNG.
Wins On Second Ballot of the Day,
Few Miutes Before
Adjournment.

Des Moines, Apriu 13-On the first
ballot in the Iowa legislature on the
senatorial contest Kenyon lacked two
votes of election. The roll-call was
verified, and Senator Saunders moved
for an immediate second ballot.
The first ballot stood: Kenyon, 76;
Deemer, Is; Porter (Dem.), 81: alb
sent, 8: necessary to elect, IS.
Kenyon was elected on the second
ballot. Kenyon received IS votes, jus,
enough to elect. against 26 for Su
preme Court Justice Horace E. Deem
er, his Republican opponent.
The house OF representatives con
CURED in the senate resolution for
final adjournment of the Iowa legisla
ture at o'clock, just after electing q
senator.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
GAME BOARD is ORGANIZED.
North Dakotans Elect Officers and Al.
paint Chief Wardens.

Bismarck. April 13-The regular
organization of the game and fish
board of control took place here. The
first business was the election of Off
GERS and chief game wardens. The
following are the new officers who
will hold office until July, when the
new law passed at the recent session
Of the legislature goes into effect:
President, Thomas Grif1ths, Grand
Forks; vice-president, w. E. Byerly,
Velva; secretary, Tobias D.. Casey,
Grafton. Chief game wardens, E. H.
Stenvick, Minot, and Olaf Bjorke,
Abercrombie. Bjorke was reelected,
but Stenvick succeeded w. N. Smith,
of Grafton. in the northern half of the
state. Smith resigned owing to the
fact that he is to leave the state.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
PUTS" AND CALLS" OPPOSED
ILLINOIS SPEAKER CALLS 1T SYS
TEN OF GAMBLING.
Will Insist on Full Hearing of Legal.
izing Bill Before Committee of
Whole House.

Springfield, April 13.-Speaker AID
kins served notice on the Chicago
Board Of Trade that he will use every
means in his power to prevent the
passage of the board of trade bill,
which will legalize puts" and calls"
The bill has passed tn esenate and
is now on the speakers table in the
house AS result of discussions re.
garGing the bill in committee, Mr.. Ad-
kins issued statement in part as
follows:
'If some of the members of the
board of trade really knew beans
when their heads were in the bag
they would certainly let we'll enough
alone. They can now speculate and
gamble all they please. sell million
bushels of stuff when they have not a
bushel and depress the market way
below its natural level. OF course.
they raise it sometimes, but it is only
when there is a short crop and the
farmer has little to sell
''This ought to be enough, but now
they want the privilege of gambling
little more. They want it so that a
man with one dollar can come in and
make a bet on the market, for one
dollar will buy either put or a
call 1t ought to be shot so full of
holes that the scheme will never see
the light of day again.
'The board OF trade ought to be a
place where a man can buy and sell
grain, where the products OF the farm
or might be merchandised and not 6
tin horn gambling joint.
Makes Financial Wrecks.
What do they do? Hundreds O
private wires lead from the board o.
trade into every little town in the
country in order that the chance tt
gamble may be struck under the nose
of every farmer, every man who has
few dollars.
"The country is covered with finan
cial wrecks, men who have speculate6
on the board, lost all they had, beg
CARED their families. lost all hopes
and gone into their graves cursing
fate and all because of the deceptive
s]luring, will Of the wisp held out by
the gambling fraternity OF the board
of trade.
81 am convinced that if the senators
had been fully advised they would
not have passed the bill out l learn
that the board of trade and some 9th
er interests that may be interested in
assisting some spectators in push
ing this bill through purpose to make
1T uncomfortable for the speaker un
less the I'LL is passed. The speake,
will insist that before this bill is con
sidered by the house a full hearing be
had before a committee of the whole
house from both Sides"
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
TWENTY-THREE
DEAD|N TORNADO
NEARLY 100 INJURED IN mis-.
SOURI,, OKLAHOMA AND
KANSAS.
THE CROPS ARE BADLY DAMAGED
Big Heart, Okla, and Whiting, Kan,
Are Wiped Of Map-Many
Farms De-
stroyed.

Topeka, Kan, April ia heavy
windstorm, attaining the velocity of
3 tornado in some sections and &C.
companied by rain, hail and lightning
swept over western Missouri, Kansas
and Oklahoma, killing % persons,
practically destroying two towns, in
juring almost 100 persons, wrecking
scores of buildings and putting al
most every telephone and telegraph
wire in the territory out of commits.
sion.
The tornado levied its greatest toll
of dead at Big Heart, Okla, where
eight persons were killed, 10 injured,
and almost every building in the town
wrecked. Whiting, Kan, practically
was wiped off the map, so buildings
being blown down, 80 people hurt and
Mrs: David Stone killed.
At Powhattan, Kan, woman and
child were killed. A high school
building was wrecked at Eskridge,
Kan, a. number of houses damaged,
and from Is to 20 persons injured.
At Hiawatha, Kan, a school was
Pelton was killed, and several build.
ings were struck by lightning. Sew.
eral persons are known to have been
hurt at Netowaka, Kan. A boy was
killed at Manville, Kan. The Kansas
end of the tornado started near Whit.
ing and swept in southcasterly di.
rection for a distance of more than
SO miles.
Others May be Dead.
It is thought that many more per-
sons were killed and injured than have
been reported at this time. Telephone
and telegraph crows are working to
get their wires in shape. It is big
task as only one wire was left intact
between Kansas City and Topeka, and
telegraph communication between Kan.
sas City and Oklahoma points was cut
off.
In Kansas City the storm did little
damage. A few horses were killed by
lightning and some buildings struck
The rain in Kansas City lasted about
an hour and was heavy. Hail accom-.
panied it. Two more deaths were re.
ported from near Hiawatha.
At Shawnee, Okla, high wind
wrecked several barns, uprooted orch.
ards and seriously damaged the corn
crop in a section five miles north of
here. A special relief train carrying
five physicians and fifty other persons
left Avana, Okla, for Big Heart. At
Lawrence, Kan, two persons were
killed and scores of houses destroyed
and the streets piled high with debris.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
oJINAoA DOOMED TO FALL.
insurrecto Chief Says Followers VII,
Enter the City In Five Days.

Presidio, April 13.-Jose de La Cruz
Sanchez. insurrecto commander. an.
nounced that the insurgent army would
enter the besieged city Of Ojinaga,
Mexico, within five days. Day by day
the rebel lines have been drawn closer
and after brisk fight the trenches
were advanced until bullets were fall
ing in the water at the new ford, tha
oaly source Of supplies for the be
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
May Get a Postal Bank.

Red Wing, April 13.-Congressman
Davis has taken to the postoffice de.
partment the matter of the designation
of Red Wing as a postal savings de-
pository, which has recently been in.
augurated by the establishment of one
depository in each state by way of ex.
pertinent is under the supervision OF
q board of trustees. The secretary
Of the board has notified Mr.. Davis
that the Red Wing postoffice will be
given careful consideration in connec.
ton with the next extension Of the
system.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
MORMONS FEAR RAIDERS.
Colonies Of the Prophet In Mexico In
Danger.

FL Paso. April 13.-According to
Bishop Orson Brown Of Colonia More.
les, one of the Mormon colonies south
of here, the colonists are greatly dis
turbed by prospects of raids upon their
plantations. The Mormons have their
crops planted. but the natives, Bishop
Brown declares, have done no plant
ing, and face famine in the near
Culture
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
Suicide Cheats Law.

Schenectady. N. Y, April 13.-Jacob
w. Clute, three times mayor of Sche.
nectady, killed himself with pistol
in the bathroom of his home while
the sheriff was waiting at the door
with a body execution for him, grow.
ing out of alleged Irregularities in the
handling of an estate.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
AcQUiT LABOR IMPORTERS.
Who Took Laborors to Rainy River
Ont, From St. Paul.

Toronto, April 12.-Justice Suther'
land quashed the conviction of John
son and Carey Of Rainy River, who
were fined $500 by Judge Fitch of that
place for breach of the alien labor
act for brin cling in railway laborers
from st. Paul. The conviction Is
sent to pro secution required by the
statute had not been fled
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
Baseball GAMES TODAY.
American Association.

Amer lean Association.
Minneapolis at Toledo, st. Paul at
Columbus, Milwaukee at indianapolis,
Kansas City, at Louisville.
National League.
Brooklyn at Boston, Philadelphia at
New York, st. Louis at Chicago, and
Pittsburg al, Cincinnati
American League.
Cleveland at st. Louis, Chicago at
Detroit, New York at Philadelphia,
and Boston tak WashingtoR.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
Snow In Other Sections

Deadwood, s. D., April l3.--Trom
four to SIX inches of wet snow fell
throughout the northwest portion of
the state. All sections report the
storm general. 1t is the heaviest snow
gall the agricultural districts have had
In months.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
Wilson for Commission Ruiz.

Trenton, N. j., April Ex-Governor
Wilson, in a special message to the
legislature, Urges the passage of a bill
giving cities a commission form OF
government that provides for the In.
itiative, referendum and recall.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
T, r. Bound for St. Paul.

Helena, April 13.-Theodore Roose.
welt departed for ST. Paul. He will
make but two more addresses before
he arrives in New York, April 16.
These will be to the state legislatures
of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
Alaskan CITY La Burned

Seattle, April 13.-Practicalyl the
entire business district of Iditarod
City, Alaska, the scene Of the recent
rich gold strikes, has been destroyed
by fire.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
SLAYER ESCAPES Prison,

Beaver, Pa, April 12.-Charles Hick'
man, wife slayer. whose appeal fol-
pardon was refused by the state gu
preme court, made his escape during
the night from the Beaver county jail
He was under sentence Of death.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
College Man a Suicide.

Madison, Wis, April 12.-Norman
Curtis, aged 35, an instructor in rail-
way engineering at the University of
Wisconsin, committed suicide on the
university grounds. He had not been
In good health for year.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
Postal Official surrende r,.

Chicago, April 12.-John J. DAILY,
head Of the wholesale stamp depart.
ment of the Chicago postoffice. &C,
cused of taking $500 in government
funds, walked into the federal build
ing and surrendered.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
Train pitched; Ono Killed.

Mobile, Ala, April II. Engineer
Jasper Adams was killed and five pas
sengers and a bagga8eman and porter
injured, none fatally, by the ditching
of north bound Mobile and Ohio pas
senger train No. 4, two miles south
of MuldOn, Miss
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15
BY Air to Paris.

London, April 13.-Pierre Prier, the
aviator, started in an aeroplane from
Hendon TO make fight to Paris with.
out stop. He crossed the English
channel between Dover and Calais.
The Irish standard., 1911-04-15

Clark Announces For Governor.
Des Moines, April 13.-At the close
of the legislative session Lieut.. Gov.
G. w. Clark authorized the announce
ment Of his candidacy for governor Of
Iowa before the 1912 primaries.
The Dickinson press., 1911-04-22
GETTING Rich Quick.

A souse wandered into a downtown
barber shop and after being shaved
sat down in the bootblack's chair.
"How do you get paid? Wages?" he
asked.
"No, subj" answered the bootblack;
II work on a percentage. Sixty pub
cents nine" d -
%"Shickshty p'cent yours?" said the
souse deliberately. "Shickshty p'cent,"
Eyes, subj"
"'Fyou taken in hundred dollars
you keep shickshty"
Yes. sub" i
"'Fyou take In thousan' you keep
shicksh hundred?"
Eyes, subj"
AN hundred thousan' you keep
shickshty THOUSAND"
Eyes, SUBJ" .s
my, N.Y." said the souse in puzzled
manner, "what're you goin' t. do with
SO much money?'-New York Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1911-04-22
one On tho judge.

g.. ~ssO VI SssO OOO8Ve L..
The lawyer for the prosecution had
finished his closing argument. and the
judge. a pompous and long winded in.
dividual, was charging the jury.
he was in the midst. Of an unusual
~ long and tedious address when he
suddenly noticed that one of the jury
men had fallen fast asleep. The In
dignation Of his honor was boundless.
Rapping sharply on his desk, he awak-
ened the slumberer, who seemed not
at all abashed at being thus caught
mapping. After glaring at him angrily
for q few moments the magistrate IN
his most sarcastic tone said:
80 that's the way; you attend to
your duty is it, You're q fine sspsci-
ment to have on a jury. Do Jon think
your opinion will be Of. any value
when I send you out to determine the
fate Of this prisoner?"
Eyes, SIR" said the juryman quietly;
Il think So"
"Oh, you do, do your shouted tho
exasperated Judge. pray tell me, sir.
how long yos-have been, sleepingW
Il don't know. your honor" vas the
reply. How long have you been talk.
ing?"-New York Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1911-04-22
Fires a~nd.lnsuranca.

The agent Of a well known insur.
ance company stood on the fringe. OF
the crowd watching the firemen retlr.
Ing from the Gene of a small blaze in
an uptown f1athouse.
"I'll do business tomorrow morn
ing" said he grimly, "and most Of it
will be with women who have forgot
ten their insurance has run out.
There's nothing like a blaze on the
block to set thoughts in the. direction
Of insurance. Last week a woman
was waiting for me when l opened
my Office. Her husband had given her
money to take out insurance weeks
before, and she had spent it for a new
hat. The night before a fire had
broken out on the second tat above.
theirs. and. believe me, that woman
must have suffered tortures until the
fate Of the house was settled. She
paid the premium in small change,
which l believe she took from a child's
bank, rather than confess her neglect
to her husband."-New York World,
The Dickinson press., 1911-04-22
The Poor.

We all love the poor. It would be
entirely unnecessary, II not positively
.caddish, to say that we hate the poor.
But there are two kinds of poor-the
individual poor and the collective poor.
It is not the individual poor that we
love; It is the collective poor. 1t is.not
the poor that we know and see. bnt
the poor. that we do not know and
have neither time nor inclination. to
look at. We are afraid. II we see them
shall cease to love them. We never
-say,"God bless the iceman, or the
coal HEAVIER, or the motorman." For
them we find our execrations for not
contributing to. our comfort just so and
"a IND SO:
II "a with: great fervor, however, that
we can say, God bless the poor" be-
cause the poor do not interfere with
our comfort to the slightest degree
Life.
The Dickinson press., 1911-04-22
WARNING the Colonel,

Araw recruit from a remote corner
Of the Green Isle was engaged for the
first time in a field maneuver in Eng.
land on outpost duty. The sergeant in.
structed him to look out carefully for
the colonel coming to inspect the post.
After an hour he returned and asked
the soldier, "Has the colonel been
hereY"
Receiving an answer in the negative,
he went away. returning later on with
the same inquiry.
Awhile later the colonel appeared.
The recruit did not salute properly,
which incensed the colonel, who as a
hint asked him:
do you know who l ann"
Faith and I do not" answered the
recruit.
II am the colonel"
"Begorra, you will catch it them" said
the soldier. "The sergeant has been
asking twice for yez already"
The Dickinson press., 1911-04-22
Far From Upriqht.

Reilly and Coran we're "having it
out" They had been deadly enemies
for years, but neither had offered to
lay hands on the other up to now, both
of them being somewhat afraid of the
issue.
Before they, commenced it was stipu-
lated that 1t was to be a fair stand
up" fight, and with that they started.
Coran had it all his own way from the
beginning. Hc kept knocking Reilly
down and down again until that
worthy was about sick of it. He turn
ed to the b~ystanders and said, "Sure,
IN wasn't 1t to be a fair, stand up
fght?"
ut was" returned an onlooker.
"An' low. thin, can he be expectin'
me ter foight i'm fairly If he do be
knockin' me down all the time ?"-Lon.
don Ideals.