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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
COOK MAKES ANSWER
TO KNUD RASMUSSEN

New York, Dec. 2S.-By implication
accusing Knud Rasmussen, the Danish
explorer, Of STOPPING to the depths Of
a literary muCkraker 10 get public at
tentiOn," Dr.. Frederick A. Cook, the
Brooklyn explorer, gave out a reply last
night to Rasmussen's recent attack on
him (Cook), which was published on
November 9, last.
Incidental to his defense Of his own
narrative of Arctic exploration, DR..
Cook says that by R~asmussen's meth
DDS of investigating Robert Z. Peary,
could, with equal ease, be discTedited,
but declares hat he will take Mr.
Peary's word III preference TO either.
that of Rasmussen or the Eskimos I'M
the matter Of his own accomplish
ments."
Rasmussen's attack on Cook was sent
by him to his wife in Copenhagen and
by her made public. 1t contained what
~purported to be statements from Cooks
two Eskimo companions in his north
polar quest, Itukusk and Apilak. Ras-
mussen said he did not personally talk
with the Eskimos, but their statements
were taken by two missionaries who
were working in the country from
which DR.. Cook said he started for the
pole,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
MEXICAN REBELS ARE
READY FOR TROUBLE
Newspaper Man, on Return
From Front, Says They Com
mand Situation.

Eel Paso, Tex, Dec. ga special
representative of the Eel Paso Herald;
after investigating in the region called
Big Bend" across the border from
Texas, south OF Maria n Alpine, says
the rebels hold that entire region and
can defend It against a large army,
as it is protected by mountain passes.
He says the insurgents have old brass
to command these passes and
are making their own shells at an old
smelter. He declares they are
smuggling arms from Texas, equipping
men and sending them to join the in
surgents in the Sierra Madre region,
west of Chihuahua. ST. Is
The insurgents, he says. expect the
cold weather in the high altitude Of
the Sierra Madre district to kill off
the Mexican soldiers, who are accus-
toned only to the hot climates.
= Nicaner Griego, foreman Of ENRIQUE
Creel's ranch, has been branded with
the ranch brand and the entire ranch
looted. The insurgents say it was done
by ranch employees who were incensed
at him
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
CHICAGO PAYS FINAL
HONOR ii FIRE FIR: CHIEF CHIEF
Impressive Funeral Services and
Parade as Tribute to Mar
shall Koran.

Chicago, Dec. 2S.-FuneraI services
of public character We're held today
for Fire Marshal James Koran, who
met his death in the Union stock yasds
fire Thursday with % others. Mayor
Fred A. Busse rode in the procession
in the mourners' section and Chief of
Police Leroy T. Steward and Assistant
Chief Herman Schuettler led several
platoons of police on foot.
Acting Fire Marshal Charles Sefery
Itch, who arrived at the blaze Thurs
day a moment after his chief had been
buried beneath the falling wall,
marched at the head of a section Of
firemen. The casket, borne on a hose
cart. was attended by a guard of honor
consisting of lire department division
heads and was followed by a line of
e~quipages extending back for a mile
and a half.
Immediately following the purple
draped hose wagon, which bore the
marshals body, was driven his auto
mobile, h one in which he made a
record breaking dash to Thursdays
fire and to his death. Today the rear
lSea. was occupied only by d IRE irrrrsii-
/ helmet. Two hose wagons bore
the principal floral pieces which had
filed the Horan home, and followed the
black-draped automobile.
Thousands of persons lined the way
over which the procession moved.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
M N! ! On Will NOT PAY 4
WIFE TO LEAVE STAGE
Spouse of the Patent Medicine
Man Intimates Strongly
That He Is "Tightwad."

New York. Dec. E.-sHello, dear. I see
10y the papers that YOU are to give me
s25O.GN for leaving the stage? Is there
hope n i CHEEKY feminine voice querled.
1t reads as well as my advertisements,
hut there is a sligth exaggeration OF the
symptoms n the history OF the case.
No, stay on the stage liz you will, my
gold shall never buy you my love-
The foregoing is a part OF the Munyon
telephone conversation In which they in
.dulged after reading one Of the morning
papers. Munyon Is q millionaire patent
snedicine man.
A I can say said Mrs. Professor
Munyon. when seen at the Victoria thea
mer, where she is doing her first week IN
vaudeville, rs that l only wish it were
Wrue But there ~ no such luck
professor Munyon is a good man and
= like him, and ! know he adores me-, !"
Sshe said. but he just cannot give up
money. He doesn't believe In making q
wife an allowance. and / cannot live on
uncertainties. Otherwise we get on fa-
mousiy.
so / too up the offer TO 20 to Ham
anerstein's. He says he hopes i will not
remain on another week and | lust said.
wen. dear. IL you make good on that
non offer or a part OF it even, I will
come nome and have Mrs. Professor Mum
yon' appear nowhere else but on MY
visiting cards"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
S%UFFR!lA!GG!STS CALLED
TO HOLD CONVENTION
Idaho Governor Summons
Faithful to Hold a Great Ma
tional Meeting In Tacoma.

Boise, Id, Dec. Ex-Governor James
H. Brady, of Idaho, bids fair to be
deluged with holiday greetings from
all the women vote seekers in the u
try. He has issued a call for a con-
Vention of the women of the five en-
franchised states to form a national
organization vi women voters ~ iieip
pull the women of the east and south
out OF the mire. Tacoma is the city
named and January IA the date.
Governor Brady was chairman of the
advisory board of the Washington cam
paign committee and has taken advan-
tage of the state equal suffrage con-
vention which will be held in Tacoma
on January IA. His call follows:
Whereas on November s. 1910, the
electors OF the state of Washington
voted a constitutional amendment Civ
ing the women OF the state the right
Of suffrage, making five states west Of
the Missouri river hat have placed
this God-given right in their hands, L.
James H. Brady, governor of the state
of Idaho, n chairman of the advis-
ory board Of the Washington campaign
committee, believe the time has ar
rived when the women of the west
should extend q helping hand to their
sisters in the eastern and other states
in securing the ballot.
IT hereby call a convention to be
held I'm the city Of Tacoma, Wash, on
January IA, 1911, for the purpose of
organizing an association of national
scope of the women voters of Amer
lea. And I hereby appoint with full
power to act on all matters coming
before the same, and hereby respec-
lively request the governors OF all the
states where women have the right
of suffrage to appoint. one delegate
to said convention with authority TO
organize a national association
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
DIR, COOK JOKES over
DELUDINC The PUBLIC
Winks When Key Of City OF
New York Is Mentioned and
Wont Give It Back.

New York, Dec. 28.~-Dr. Frederick
A.. Cook, the discredited polar explorer.
is in both humorous and serious mood
in his apartments at the Waldorf. He
laughed heartily when he was joked
ABOUT having lost the key to the city
presented to him by the board of alder
ne became reminiscent and half sad
still with me-" said DR.. Cook, with just
a trace Of emotion in his voice. That
makes me feel all right. My old friends
in Denmark were loyal. 1t is a great
country. / like the king immensely"
A moment later the rival of De
rougemont, that famous French pre-
v~aricator, was chuckling and convers-
ing about that key again.
Did l get the key to the city," re-
peated the placid traveller, in his lux-
urious suite at the Waldorf-Astoria
Why, to be sure / did. ] had quite
forgotten it. Well, well, for the life
Of me, l don't know where it has gone
TO. / wonder If the city will want it?"
Then he laughed.
DR.. Cook winked when asked if he
did not think the city had q right in
view Of all thai had happened. to de-
mand the key back
How can the city expect it?"
asked DIR. Cook refleCtively. Il got
the key once, and nothing was men
toned about giving it back. If l knew
where it was | might wrap 1t up and
mail it to the city"
But l guess Wen have to forget it, 4"
he said.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
HAND EXPLOSION
JARS GOTHAM BUILDING

New York, Dec. 29.-Two hundred Oc-
rupants Of a tenement in the Italian
quarters in East Fourteenth street
found their escape to the street cut off
today when a black hand" bomb eX-
ploded in the lower hallway, tore out
the first floor ana broke every window
in the structure.
The excited tenants who were pitched
from their beds by the shock which
rocked the building, rushed for the sew
eral exits and when they found their
way blocked scrambled to the fire es-
capes and the roof.
Salvatore Catolanio. a lace manufaC-
turer on the ground floor, told the po-
lice that he had received recently n
letter demanding $1,000 under penalty
of death or destruction of his property,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
SUGAR TRUST IS NOW
READY TO SETTLE UP

Washington, Dec. 30.--Recent dis
closures in the drawback" frauds
against the government nave put the
treasury department in a position
practically to dictate the terms OF
compromise with the sugar refining
companies.
The American Sugar Refining COM
pany's recent offer OF $780, 900 may not
be accepted, in view Of the fact that
the government is said TO have evil
ience 10 compel the return of not less
han $1,000, 900.
1t has just become known that in a
recent conference with Attorney Gen.
eral Wickersham attorneys for the
sugar company offered $500, 900 in set
Element and declared that was the
asst cent"
The offer was declined and the $780,
300 one came on soon after. One Of
fetal of the customs service Is author
Ity for the statements hat the frauds
appear 20 grow with every days ill.,
Ve~stigatiOn.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
ENGINEERS WON'T
GO ON A STRIKE
Wage Difficulty With the Roads
Running Out of Chicago Is
Amicably Adjusted.

Chicago, Dec. 27--The settlement
provides for a general Increase for the
employees of 10 1-3 per cent, which on
normal service amounts to about 40
cents a day.
The specific increases in the wages
of the engineers, IN money, are as fol-
lows:
On passenger service, 90 cents a day.
On suburban service, 40 cents a day.
Forty cents a day on through
freights except On engines Weighing
215,0OO pounds on the drivers, on which
an additional differential of 25 cents a
day; also on engines of the MalIet
type an additional differential of from
rs cents to 81.
trains, snow plows and mixed trains,
40 cents a day.
Th:s agreement s:vcS :hc engineers
on all the 81 railroads affected by the
adjustment a total of some $3,999,00C
annually, or approximately $192 for
every man affected;
Chicago, Dee. 27.-"No strike on the
railroads, west, north ana south Of Chi
cago by the engineers"
This was the brief announcement
given out this afternoon at the close OF
the midday conference between the
railroad managers. the engineers repre-
bGlLtd ID IlNHd CNltI warren -
Stone, OF the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers and Mediator Charles
p. Neil.
None Of the details IN the plan II
Mediator Charles 2. NELL was given
out with the first announcement. II
was explained that the features of the
agreement would have TO be drawn uE
and would be given out later. IT was
admitted, however. thar eacE side had
agreed that the claims originally set
UP would be modified.
Up TO the time OF EIr NAtlNs arrival.
the engineers were seeking practically
IL per cent increase in the old pay.
The railroad had agreed to a raise APP,
proximately 912 per cent and there they
hung. As early as Thursday 1t was
conceded by both sides that only q
small margin of difference separated
them, but that each side feared that
greater questions than that Of wages
We're being brought in.
When today's conference was be-
gun Mediator Neill announced that his
efforts We're about concluded and that
unlc-s the conferees reached a settle.
ment today there was little use for him
to remain in Chicago. Visions of arbi-
tration under the Erdman action on
the one hand, and of a long destruc.
tive strike on the other. brought the
opponents together within an hour
after the conference began.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
BRADSTREET AND DUNN
REPORT ON BUSINESS
Holiday Influences Control the
Market and General Trade
Is Found Brisk.

Now York. Dec. 27.-Bradstreet's Sat-
frday said
Holiday influences ruled this week
and active demand at retail contrasts
with p~feinyentory quietfin wholesale
and jobbing trade, q further slowing
down in industry oyer the end Of the
year period, and stagnant speculation
In securities and commodities. Money
has easted while supplies have in
creased.
Collections have been slightly quick
ened by Increased circulation Of money
nm leading centers. Weather conditions
have impaired activity to the coal
trade, but no scarcity Is reported. For
4eign demand for American wheat has
apparently set In strongly at the
Pacific coast, and shipments to long
absent customers, such as France n
Asia have been the heaviest in years.
Relatively best reports as to current
trade come from a few large western
(~centers and as q whole from the south,
where good results from high priced
cotton yields arc in evidence.
Business failures in che United States
for the week ending December 70 were
t271, against 290 last week, 264 in the
alike week In 1909, 1876 in 1903, 248 in
t190T and t61 ia 1906.
Dun's weekly review Of business to-
A1AJ says
In sharp contrast with the between
season dullness In the tObbing trade is
sthe brisk holiday retail distribution
(which is reported equal 10 or in e&-
cess of last year.
Diminished activity IN iron and steel
Us now TO be anticipated, yet 1t Is evil
kient that dullness Is moro pronounced
than IS customary at this season. The
holiday period naturally viii cause a
Temporary cessation of operations In
manufacturing plants, and as current
buying is or small proportions mills
and furnaces are forced TO further re-
tstrict their output. Pig iron has been
quite freely taken ami inquiries for q
substantial tonnage are reported in
eastern territory. But with this ex-
iceptlon extreme quietness prevails in
the pig iron division.
Construction Of new battleships will
require considerable material and it is
ESTIMATED that 100000 tons Of material
twill be needed. Rail contracts are
looming forward In moderate amount
and the outlook for rolling stock is bet
her
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
RAILROAD MEN
FOR A VIOLENT POLICY

Rome, Dec. 29.-More than 90 900
railway employees have just completed
the taking of a referendum to deter
mine what attitude they should assume
In order to bring about an ameliora-
ton OF their condition. BY a great
majority the men declared in favor of
the instrument of strike and sabotage.
In France the term sabotage" has
come TO Indicate organized acts of
violence, such as the destruction or
gripping of machinery or other pron-
erty in order to force a suspension of
work. As adopted in Italy. it is prob
able the word is used in the sence of
ito harrass" the authorities in their
efforts to restore communication over
a railway line, the employees OF which
were on strike.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
MANSLAUGHTER VERDICT
FOR WIFE SLAYER

Cedar Rapids, H.. Dec. 2T.-After be-
ting out since 8 o'clock last night, the
Jury i'm the Beeson murder trial re-
turned a compromise verdict at l
O'Clock today by which Beeson Is found
guilty Of m~anslaughter.
GenOr Beeson, the prisoner, is a half
breed Indian, and was arrested at his
home near Mount Vernon, last Sep
tember, following the discovery OF the
body Of his wife with a shotgun wound
I'm her head. Near the body was a
gun tied to a chair, with a string lead
Ang from the trigger to the woman's
hand. Beeson and wife had lived un-
happily and he was arrested shortly
after tine body was our and indicted
by the grand jury for first degree muir
der. The defense claimed Mrs. Reeson
ronmittnd suicide.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
WOMAN IN PRISON
AS LEADER OF
"HORSETHlEF BAND
Like the Original Adam He
Makes a Confession That
Will Probable Make
Trouble for Both.

New York. Dec. 2G.-In h arrest at
Coney Island Of a woman who salu
she was Mrs. Edna Mann, of No. zoo
East T~wenty-ffth St, Manhattan, the
wife of DR.. Walter Mann, a surgeon on
the steamship Caracas, the police pc
lieve. they say. they have captured
the ringleader Of a gang or morse
thieves which has operated on Long
island for a year or more. ,
A man who said he was Sidney Dem
ming. 26, Of No. 5105 Fifth ave-, BROOK
Ign. also was arrested. He told the
police. they say, that he and the wom-
an recently stole a horse and wagon
at Maspeth. She denied this. .
At the East T~wenty-fifth street ad-
dress 1t was said that Mrs. Mann
moved away about two years ago.
N~eighbors say she claimed to be a
physician. She attracted attention by
always appearing with a big black
dog.
Mrs. Mann's Arrest.
Detectives Geisler and Reick, of the
Brooklyn central office, were at Coney
Island looking over" the deserted
u~noccupied cottage Of Bernard Berger,
at West Twenty-eighth street and Nep~
tune avenue, they saw Mrs. Mann at
the window. They thought nothing of
it at first, but after going by the
house decided to return and make In
quiries. There was no response to their
at the front door, so they
went around to the rear and FOUND
the woman was leaving. On being
questioned she said she lived there.
The detectives, not satisfied with this
story. entered the house and found all
the furnishings of the cottage placed
in a pile, apparently preparatory to be-
ing moved, they say. .
Man In Stolen Buggy. ,
While the detectives were still In the
house Denning, drove up with a horse
and wagon. The sides Of the vehicle,
the officers assert, had recently been
painted, but not thickly enough to hide
the name civilian Ludwig. Maspeth,
L. l." At sight of the detectives Den
ming Jumped from the wagon and fled
down Neptune avenue. ,
The detectives pursued and captured
the man. When they returned to the
house the oma had vanished. Gels
Ter went to Denning's home and hid
in the doorway. Two hours later the
woman appeared and was arrested.
Geisler took her , Coney Island.
Denning's Story.
In court Denning admitted, the police
declare, thai he and the woman had
stolen the horse at Maspeth. He said
she had broken the lock of a barn and
had Their led out the horse and hitChed
it up herself. The two were held for
examination.
Following the court arraignment the
detectives started for police head
quarters with their prisoners. As the
woman left the building she tainted
and a surgeon had to be called from
the Long Island College hospital to at
tend her. She was revived after a few
minutes.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
ACCIDENT KILLS THREE
TRAINMEN ON B. & O,

Parkersburg. w. Va. Dec. 29.-Three
trainmen Were killed and three others
injured, one of them probably fatally,
In a collision of two freight trains on
the Ohio river division OF the Baltj-
more & Ohio railroad at MERGERS Bot
tom. w. Va, early today. The dead.
WILLIAM STEFFEY, Parkersburg.
engineer.
c. J. MOFFATT, Huntington. brake
nan
B. HI. BRADHAM, Parkersburg, fire.
man.
II Is said the crew of one Of the
trains made a mistake in reading its
orders.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
WIFE OF KID MCCOY Is
GRANTED HER DIVORCE

New York. Dec 27.-Justice Platzek
In the supreme court today, signed an
interlocutory decree of divorce in favor
of Mrs. Lillian Estelle Ellis-Selby
against Norman Selby, known to pugi-
listic fame as "Kid MCCOY" Mrs
Selby charged her husband with q
statutory offense. !,
Mrs. Selby was the widow OF Edward
Q. Ellis, also known as Bud" Ellis,
the son OF the wealthy locomotive man
ufacturer OF Schenectady, N. Y. Ellis
left her a fortune estimated at
s., aoe, 600, with . part CO which Sesby
embarked Ii uhs diamond business
shortly after he married Mrs. Ellis.
Selby's matrimonial ventures thus fa
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
AVIATOR IS KILLED
WITH A PASSENGER
Double Tragedy Occurs on
French Flying Field With
Big Crowd Present.

Ossy-Les-M oulinaux. France, Dec.
BON. Laffort, the French aviator, and
Nj. Pola, a passenger. We're instantly
killed when the formers machine fell
from a height of 80 feet today. Laffort
was preparing TO start for Brussels In
competition for the Auto clubs prize
for a flight with a passenger from Paris
to Brussels and return.
A big crowd was present 10 witness
the ascension. To entertain the spec
tators and test his machine Laffort cir
cled above the aviation field several
times. Suddenly the steering gear jam.
med n the aeroplane dropped TO the
ground. The occupants were caught in
the wreckage and were dead before aid
could reach them.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
I'M STOCK YARDS
DISTRICT STILL BLAZING

Chicago, Dec. 27.--The stock yards
fire. in which "a lives, including that
OF Chief Marshal James Koran, was
still ~unsubdued today. Flames con-
tinued 10 shoot upward through thick
clouds of smoke fsena the ruins OK
Morris & Co.'S beef warehouses,
but no additional spread of the fire
had occurred and none was expected.
Dozens of streams of water were In
~cessantly being poured on the smolder-
ing mass, and probably will be for
some DAYS to come.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
BASEBALL MAGNATE THE
VICTIM or AN ACCIDENT

Chicago. Dec. 27.-Pres:dent Charles
w. Murphy, of the Chicago National
League Baseball club appeared today
at a west slide hospital with a brok-
EN- arm. He said he had gone out last
evening after dinner for a short walk
near his Sheridan read home, had
slipped on an icy walk and fell heavily
on his right arm, breaking ii just above
the wrist.
Surgical :..S.s.S. last S.-tt Ssi..,
to satisfy him and he had an X-rav
photograph taken Of the fracture today
to assure himself it had been cared for
properly.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
WHOLESALE SWINDLE
WORKER ON CHURCHES E

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 30.-Documents in
dicating that they have swindled many
churchgoers throughout the country
were found today on two Armenians
under arrest here on the charge of
obtaining money under false p~retenses.
The men, who CAV their names as
Deacon Michael Joseph" and Arch
1eacon Jean Be JAM claimed they
we're collecting money to be used for
missionary purposes in their country.
Their papers indicate they have been
operating in England, Germany, France
and Bulgaria as well as In America.
Joseph made a plea for mercy, in
which he says:
Il have sinned, You must have pity.
[ am a poor man and have been
Lemnted."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06

DROUGHT IS

Kansas City. Mo, Dec. CA serious
drought in Missouri. Kansas and OK
lahoma was broken by a general rain
fali last night. The rain here broke
the longest drought in the history OF
the Kansas City weather bureau es-
tabiishcd q years 8 The ainfail
here was greater than that of tho
preceding three months.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-06
CENTEMARIAN DIES IN
WISCONSIN VILLAGE

Appleton. wis. Dee. 27.Mrs. Anna
x.Shuaenn died this morning at the age
tof loo gears and = months. she was
4,sfs IL Germany and last June cele-s
Ibratea her Tooth birthday anniversary
tat III bfg picnic at which she danced
II. mlnaut ana d German songs.
,4h4 III stivfyed bx three Children. AZ
Il. I'M o,ae great -great great grandchild
,ssad oae rqazrearsteat ~grandchild.