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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
IMMENSE LOSS
ALONG COAST
Severe Storm Sweeps the
Atlantic Seaboard.
MORE THAN A SCORE DEAp

Number Of Victims Estimated at TWEEN
ty.fve, Fifteen Of Thorn Being vir
alnia Fishermen-Wire communica.
tion Interrupted Over a Consider
able Portion Of the Affected District.
New York, June Ia number Of
lives-early reports place the figure
at twenty.ive-were lost and enor-
nous property damage was caused by
a terrific electrical storm which swept
the coast from Norfolk to New Eng.
land. It was the fourth storm for
New York since Saturday night.
Telephone and telegraph communi-
cation has been INTERRUPTED, while
hundreds of thousands of trees have
been uprooted, buildings unroofed and
fences and outbuildings demolished.
Three men we're killed and a
woman badly shocked by lightning at
Allentown.
More than 1000 were thrown into a
panic and women and children were
trampled when lightning set fire to the
church steeple in Highstown, N. j.,
where commencement exercises we're
being held.
Many small vessels and minor craft
were swamped in the vicinity of Nor
folk and fifteen persons are missing.
Three persons were killed in Phila-
delphia and vicinity. Baltimore and
Washington were cut off as far as
wire communication was concerned.
Washington in Storm Zone.
Baltimore, Washington and the
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia
peninsula were the first to feel the
storm.
At Baltimore enormous hailstones
broke windows and the terrific peals
Of thunder and vivid flashes of light
ming threw the negro quarter into
Mysteries. At Newport News small
craft were swamped along the James
river and in Hampton Roads.
Although fifteen persons, all Usher
men, are reported missing, no bodies
have been recovered. In the height Of
the storm a three-masted sand schoon-
or dragged her anchors and rammed
the submarine Seal and the Old Do.
minion liner jamestown.
Grain elevators were demolished and
factories and dwelling houses un-
rooted.
The property loss on the peninsula,
including the damage to crops. will
probably exceed half a million dollars.
The storm swept through Eastern
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and then
along up the Hudson river ~leveling
were houses Of cards.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
NEWS OF NOTED PERsows.

Miss Grace Bryan, youngest dausbr
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Bryan,
and Richard L. Hargreaves. q young
business nan of Lincoln. Neb.. were
married at Fairview, the Bryan gu
burban home, before a company OF
nearly a hundred relatives and
friends.
Senator Moses E. Clapp of Mime
sofa. the insurgent leader, defended
the recall for judges as we'll as for
executive and legislative ficials In
an address before the Progressive Re-
publican league at Paterson, N. j.
Governor Foss Of Massachusetts Is
being sued for $1,000 by Frank A.
Cummings of Woburn and Ralph H..
Hubbard Of New York, composing the
Boston brokerage firm of Cummings
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Leopold Dreyfus of the firm of L..
Dreyfus & Co. of Chicago committed
suicide after confessing, the police de-
clare, that he was a party to the
burning of his place of business. The
confession. according to the police,
may throw light on other fires in the
down town district and is regarded by
the officials as evidence of the exist
:ence of an organized band of incen-
diaries who, for a stipulated price,
offer to set fire to business places.
w. E. d. Stokes Of New York city,
ffty-five years old. wealthy owner of
the Hotel Ansonia. was shot three
times In an apartment In. that city
occupied by two young women. Stokes
declares he went to the apartments
Of the women to run down a report
that they had some letters he had
written and that the shooting re-
suited.
A brutal q%uadruple murder was un.
covered at Ardenwald, Ore, when the
dead bodies of William Hill; his wife
and their two children were found in
their home. Both children had been
decapitated and their mother had been
slain with an az which lay. near.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. w. Ellston are
dead at Castle Rock, Colo, as the re-
suit Of the former running amuck at
a picnic and w. M. Daniels is in Jail
pending an investigation, charged
with killing Ellston. Daniels is a step
son of Ellston.
After binding and gagging 8. 1.
Shafer, cashier Of the Tooele (Utah)
Commercial bank, two mounted rob-
beers fed to the hills with $4,000 Of
the banks money.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
SEEK TO REOPEN ENDERL0IN
Fargo Pastor Says Prominent Bust.
ness Men Back Movement.

According to a statement from his
pulpit in the progress of an address
DR.. Charles R. Adams, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church Of Fargo,
prominent business men of Fargo are
behind a movement for the opening of
the red light" district, which has
just been closed for a year and the
doors of the places bolted up. The
closing of the district came after a
hard campaign on the part of city
officials.
DR.. Adams states that prominent
business men are now circulating q
petition among. those influential In the
city for the opening of the district.
Should I name. those who are be.
hind the movement you would be
thunderstruck." said DR.. Adams.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
Two hundred In PanIe.

NJ New York, June 1.-TWO hundred
Gfesm IN q flve-story tenement on
1ast Eleventh street were routedtfrom
their beds and driven in panic to the
IRE escapes by q bomb explosion in
the grocery store Of Frank Zivello on
the ground door. It shattered the
walls Of the building. but did not harm
~ OF the tenants. Black Hand men
aro suspected.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
ON IAEzsIAno 1HREE DAYS
Minneapolis Girl resti6es at Lumbe'
Probe. s.

# sr
r. Chicago, June 1.-THE record 70,
length of examination before the fed
:eral grand jury investigating the lum
Der trust was set by q woman, Miss
Martha Thompson Of Minneapolis, pr.
svsate, secretary. tow c. Hollis secra-
tary Of the Northwestern. LumbeI
Dealers association She octupiSb
the stand Thursday. Friday and halt
40f Monday e s$GS&8 A$i&As 4
Miss. Thompson. was dismissed will
strict Admonitionss not to talk OF haI
testimony. q
The government representatives are
said to have considered her one Of the
most material witnesses Her tesN
mony is thought to have establishes
st6s aexiGtsSSxs of blacklist
that answered. all the. purposes Of the
open bank that thriyeds prior to 1901
when MiSlSSsaf HompsiOni ION the fed
eral building she carried more than 4
doSe9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cover;
;iSgGssN ITS Hollis buatneSSScorrespond'
sn6Ss s sssgsss sssg ss5s sgsgs Il
It was by correspondence Of thts
nature by which II is, expected Is
prove the continued existence Of ths
blacklist II 3
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
CONGRESSIONAL DolNes.

Sharply %criticising President Taft,
the Republicans and the tariff board,
the report on the Underwood wool bill
was submitted to the house of repre-
s%entatives by the Democratic members
of the ways and can committee.
Quoting President Taft's addresses
after the passage Of the Payne-Aldsich
bill. in which he declared that the
wooden schedule is %indefensible and l
propose to say So" the report says:
"Had the president made these pub
lie admissions earlier while the tariff
Of 1909 vas under consideration by
congress his declaration would have
been of real service to the people and
would have enabled them to protest
against the betrayal Of the public vel
fare to private greed"
The senate, by a vote of ga to "a,
passed the resolution amending the
Constitution to provide for the cleo.
ton of senators by direct popular vote.
The Bristow amendment, giving the
federal government supervision of
such elections. was adopted. The vote
was "A to a. and the vice president
cast the deciding ballot. The resolu-
ton for a constitutional amendment
has passed the house and now will go
back to that body for concurrence In
the Bristow amendment.
The Canadian reciprocity bill was
acted upon by the senate finance COM
mittee and was reported to the SEN
ate without recommendation. Thu
Root amendment to the print paper
and wood pulp provision was adopted
by the committee by a vote of 8 to 6.
An attempt to authorize an unfavora-
BILE report resulted in a tie vote and
another tie marked the effort to re-
port without recommendation before
that result was accomplished.
Following the refusal of Attorney
General Wickersham to furnish the
house information as to whether Grim
inal actions are being prepared against
officials of the American Tobacco COM
pany Representative Byrnes of Ten
nessee introduced a concurrent reso-
luton directing Mr.. Wickersham to
proceed at n against these officers
under the criminal section of the anti
trust laws.
A resolution for an investigation of
the election of Senator Isaac Stephen.
SOL of Wisconsin is drawn and ready
to be introduced in the United States
senate. It is in the hands of Senator
La Toilette. Its introduction is ex-
pected to follow Immediately the re-
ceipt in Washington of a resolution
of the Wisconsin senate asking an in.
vestigation.
Legislation to replace the Sherman
antitrust law, to protect property in.
was urged by Ebert H. Gary, chair
man of the board Of directors of the
terests and the peoples welfare alike,
United States Steel corporation. in
concluding his testimony before the
house steel trust investigating com.
mittee.
Senate and house leaders have been
giving some consideration to the prob.
able date for adjournment. The best
opinion was that congress would be
able to adjourn between Aug. 1 to
Aug. Is.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
Grand forks Wants Bankers.

Grand Forks Wants Bankers.
Grand Forks will mske a bid for the
1912 convention Of the North Dakota
Bankers association. decision to that
erect being reached at q meeting Of.
conventions committee Of the Grand.
Forks Commercial club and the bank.
ore Of the city. The meeting this
will be held in Fargo # the end
Of the present month and at that time
the Invitation OF the Grand Forks
bodies win be extended. The last
meeting Of tho association TO be held
IN Grand FORKS was four years ago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
.BlckfoRp,s TRIAL JUNE 10
Former state Treasurer CHARGED with
Embszxiina $4,000.

E~mbszzling $4,000.
g. L. Bickford, former treasurer Of
the state of North Dakota, who stands
accused Of the embezzlement of $780,.
900 Of the state funds, will be ar
raigned In the district court Of Nc
Lean county on June 10. Because the
case has been transferred from Bur.
leigh county to Mclean county q
petit jury call Of sixty members
twice az large as ia ordinarily drawn,
has been made. Judge Crawford will
try the case.
One Of the unusual features is the
fact that, while the former state treas
urer is accused of the embezzlement
Of 100000, the amuont in question has
in reality been turned over to the state,
a settlement being effected a short
time after Jan. /, when the new treas.
urer, Gunder Olson, took the Office.
Certificates of. deposit from the Bow
bells bank made up the amount in
question, but Treasurer Olson refused
to accept them. In the settlement Of
the affair Treasurer Bickford went out
of the Bowbells bank and at present
is in the real estate business at Bow
bells.
There is much speculation on the
question of whether or not the joint
legislative committee that was appoint
ed at the time of the adjournment Of
the assembly will participate in the
trial to the extent of supplying such
information as it may have uncovered
in the course Of its investigation. An
expert accountant worked owe the
books of the state several weeks, but
up to the present time the committee
has made no report.
States Attorney w. L. Smith will
prosecute the action, while George A.
Bangs Of Grand Forks will represent
the accused,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
MAN WINS THE MEDAL

interstate oratorieal Contest, Victory
Goes 70 College speaker. I
Frederick 3. stillwell, representing
Fargo college, and speaking on f"Ths
Dignity of Individuality" won the In
terstate so~ratoricaI contest 1T Fargo
He was awarded the gold medal
Second place was taken ~ p. 3.
Leavitt Of the South Dakota Wesleyan
university. who spoke on men oi.
Vision" The University Of North Da-;
hota-Mas represented by Lsstsr Smith.
whose topic was 1.-The Young Man in
Public Life. ideals OF Idols" was
given by N. H. Haas of Redfield col.
- 6tsauts,Eysu ssssa SSsEas sssSsiSs
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16

& Hubbard. They allege Governor
Foss owes them for commissions
earned by carrying for him a large
speculative account in cotton.
Mrs. Malvina Hammerstein has OBJ
tanned a divorce from Oscar Hammer
stein. The i%nterlocutory decree was
signed by Justice Tompkins In Ny
ack, N. Y, where Mrs. Hammerstein
is living.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Sweeping out Of the southwest with
cyclonic velocity a wind, rain, hail and
electrical storm struck the lower end
Of the Virginia peninsula and left q
trail of death and ruin. It ia difficult
even to estimate the number Of dead,
for many small craft went down in
the storm at various points along tho
James river and In Hampton Roads.
Conservative estimates placed the
dead at not more than fifteen. Most
Of them were fishermen from distant
counties along the James.
Four girls were drowned and nve
other occupants Of q small sailboat
narrowly escaped the same fate at
Appleton, Wis, when . squall struck
on little Lake Buttes Des Morris and
capsized. The victims were members
of a picnic party given by an Appleton
dry goods store.
enc Of the most disastrous freight
wrecks In the history Of the New
Haven railroad occurred near@sFair
field, Conn, when four freight trains
piled into each other, killing i've men
and injuring seven, two fatally.
Two persons were killed and twenty
injured whe, the westbound California .
limited on the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe collided with q light engine
near Domingo, N. N.
Five dead, I'VE persons missing and
q property loss of nearly $1,000.O00 II
the result of a two days storm which
ragged internationally in New York and
environs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
NO COMPETITION
N. The FAR WEST
Sugar Trust Admits Keeping
Out Of That Field,
REASON VERY APPARENT

elo Corporation Owns Majority o. the
Stock Of the Principal Concerns or
the Pacific Coast and No Effort Has
eeen Made to Secure Business in
That Section Of the United States
Washington. June A.-Eforts to
discover whether non-competitive
sones had been established by the
American Sugar Refining company H.
an effort to control prices marked the
resumption Of the house sugar trust
inquiry. Edwin F. Atkins, acting
head of the sugar corporation, said he
was unable to answer from personal
knowledge many Of the questions put
20 him.
Mr.. Atkins declared, however. that
the American Sugar Refining company
owned nearly a half of the stock in
the sugar refineries in California and
that it did not attempt to compete
with them.
He gave as the reason for his aban.
donment of the coast business the
freight rate difference of a half a
cent a pound On sugar transported
from the Eastern refineries. This. ne
insisted. was the principal reason for
the failure of competition.
Questioned by Representative Nal.
by of New York the witness said 50
per cent of the Western Sugar Rein
ing company in California was owned
by the American Sugar Refining com
pany. while the Spreckles family
owned the other so per cent. The
American also owned, Mr.. Atkins said.
40 per cent in the Alameda Sugar Re-
filming company. What the purpose
of the purchase of this stock was Mr.
Atkins was unable to tell the com.
mittee.
Says No Understanding Exists.
Mr.. Atkins said that SO far as he
knew there was no understanding that
there should be no competition with
S0l1lOl uld OLAA0 k0D. x4O o0AN Ao 0AV"
nothing about the California compa.
ny's method of electing directors. Be-
cause Pacific coast refiners get free
raw material, Atkins said, they are
able to make larger profits than East.
ern refiners.
"The Pacific coast has free raw
sugar." said Mr.. Atkins. "The REIN
cries there get the Hawaiian and Phil.
ippine sugars without duty. while we
have to pay $1.34 duty on each hun-
drod pounds of Cuban sugar."
Sugar ought to be lower on the
Pacific coast?" asked Representative
Baker.
YES" said MIR. Atkins, who added
that he knew nothing of the conduct
of the far Western companies. He did
not know Mr.. %spreckles, he said. no1
what interest the latter had in var:.
GUS. beet sugar companies Of !hs
West.
II haven't been able to get any i'll
formation from any of the companies
in which we are largely interested"
said. MI. Atkins. We are ,minorit!
stockholders and they refuse to tel,
us anything about their business"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
POLITICAL MEMS.

At the White House the statement
is made that the press reports are
misleading when they say an under
standing has been reached between
Roosevelt and Taft - the result Of
which Roosevelt VII sappost Tafe
MT yAar.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
Big PETITION IS PRESENTED
Senator Nelson Turns In Bulky Anti
Reciprocity Document. 1

y
Washington, June 14.-The Mime
sofa farmers petition" bearing 10000
names protesting against the ratiaca
ton Of the Canadian trade agreement
was formally presented to the senet.
by Senator Nelson. e
The petition was brought TO Wa
ineton several weeks ago BY the Nit
nesota farmers It hos rested since
then in the Office Of Senator Penross
chairman OF the committee on finance
The petition, which 10 . bulky docn
ment, was lugged into the ssnat,
chamber BY two clerks.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
SHOCKS ARE RENEWED
Great Streams o. Lava Flowing From
., Mexican Volcano.

Great Streams 81 Lava Flowing From
~ Mexican Volcano.
Mexico City, June 1A-Another
heavy earth shock opened q new
crater on the west side Of Mount Co
lima and both volcanoes now are
emitting fire and boiling lava.
Great lava stones are rolling down
the mountain side into the valley Of
Ciudad Gusman, where more than L.
900 persons were killed in the quake
Of 1906. f
This latest quake demolished the
railroad station at Colima City.
No deaths are reported. but many
have been added to the list Of 500 In.
jured In the recent quakes extending
'frem Colima to Mexico City.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
~ PREVENTION OF FLOODS
Rcd oross5AMiM Try to Prevent Chi
~ n famines.

washington, June 14.-Charles Da-
vi Jameson, an expert engineer. once
head of the engineering department Of
Iowa university. has been selected by
tkS Red Cross to 60 to China to aid
tn Chinese government in preventing
thu periodical inuudations which have
resulted in severe famines.
IT is believed that by scientific en-
cheering the river Hwai. which
causes the greatest damage through
~overdows. ,caa bssscontrolled.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-16
TRUST rus : PUT An
END TO POOLS
Steel Probe Witness Says No
Agreement Exists.
TRADE HAD BEEN DIVIDED

Former Vice President aaytsy Of Bill.
lion Dollar Corporation Says That
Prior to 1901 the Steel Business Of
the Country Was Apportloned and
That Profits Were Divided on an
Equitable Basis.
Washington, June 1.-THE. asser.
kiou that the formation Of the United
States Steel corporation In 1901 had
put an end to pools and agreements
in the industry was made by James
oayley, former vice president of the
corporation, to the house "Ateel trust"
investigating committee.
Mt. Gayley, in telling Of conditions
existing before that date, denied that
combinations or agreements existed in
the steel trade. Although at arst op-
posed to the plan, he now thoroughly
approved the understandings reached
between steel manufacturers at the
conference dinners inaugurated by
Judge e. H. Gary. head Of the corpo.
ration.
Mr.. Gayley said that prior to 1901
there were agreements by which man.
ufacturers were apportioned certain
shares of the steel business and those
who failed to get their allotted share
were taken care of with a proportion
of the general profit.
Questioned by Representative Young
Of Michigan, Mr. Gayley declared that
for a long time before 1897 the price
Of steel rails was practically uniform
at S2S a ton. It represented. he said.
an understanding between manufac.
turers Of rails and the railroads a. to
IN equitable price,
Fined for Violating Agreements.
He said a fraternal feeling had al.
ways existed between railmakers be-
cause of a desire to produce the best
possible rails. He also admitted that
previous to 1900 agreements were
made between the various manufactur
ers regarding other steel products. in
which the Carnegie company partici-
pated. These agreements provided
fines for violations.
Mr.. Gayley further admitted that
before 1900 there were agreements
as to the proportion of business each
manufacturer was to have.
"1f the companies did not get their
share" asked MI. Young, were they
given the profits anyways"
THAT is my understanding of it."
That there were any such agree
ments now Mr.. Gayley denied. The
witness described the changed con
ditions in the steel business since the
organization of the steel corporation
and discussed the Gary dinners. He
said he first was opposed to the Gary
cooperative ideas. but later came to
believe them wise. II was brought
up in the school Of keen competition
and price cutting" said Mr. Gayley.
and didn't approve at first of the
Gary ideas expressed at the dinners.
but later came to see that they we're
wise under the business conditions Of
thA timea.n
The Mena weekly star., 1911-03-02
STARTS WORK TO
BUILD ROAD IN.DAy
Sage Of Monte Ne Undertakes Task
Of Giving Southwest Fine Turn
pike With Little Labor Mon
ey to be Raised for Bridges.

From the Southwest American.
Building ninety miles Of turnpike in
ten hours is the task that Coin Hal
vey, the sage of Monte Ne has under
taker. Mr. Harvey is now on a tour
to the cities located on the road he
has selected for an auto pike from
Muskogee to Monte Ne, holding meet
ings at each place to stimulate inter-
est.
Mr. Harvey will give all of his time
for the next thirty or forty days to or
ganizing for this great work. Road
captains will be selected and each one
familiarized with the work he is to do
or superintend. Money will be raised
to put in bridges and culverts the lat
ter will all be made of concrete. A
steam roller is to be purchased and
other material that is needed incident
to the work requiring money.
The organization of an army of two
or three thousand men, with teams,
plows, graders and all implements and
material needed; an army that will fall
into line and in ten hours make a turn
pike ninety miles long, is the oreani-
rational work that is now in progress.