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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
WILL TOUR. EASTERN STATES
"Governors' Special" Train to Advsr-,
tise West and Northwest.

Governors OF Western and North
western states, officers Of the Panama
Pacific exposition ard members OF
congress, headed by former Governor
James H. Brady OF Idaho, will make "A
4,000-mile tour through the East this
fall as a part Of a comprehensive Tan
to bring people who must move" %
the West and Northwestern part
OF their own country in preference TO
going into Canada or the Far South to
seek homes and investments.
The train will from Omaha In
October, going to Chicago, st. Louis,
Cincinnati Cleveland, Toledo. Pitts
burg, Philadelphia, New York city, up
into New England and returning by
Washington in order to bring back
with it senators and representatives
of Western and Northwestern states.
On the return trip the congressman
will be expected to do the talking and
hand shaking. relieving the governors.
who will perform the service while
going east.
This tour will be made on a special
train, which will not only carry half a
dozen or more Western governors. but
four or five exhibit cars to "shoW" the
people of the East the products of
Western and Northwestern states; re-
sources Of their soil, rivers. lakes,
mines, forests and factories. 1t will
be known as the western Governors
Special The chief executives OF the
following states, several OF whom are
already booked to go. will be invited
to accompany the party: Washington,
Oregon, California. Nevada, Utah.
Idaho, Montana. Wyoming, Colorado,
Nebraska. North Dakota. South Daio.
ia and Minnesota.
Back OF this tour are the develop
ment leagues, commercial clubs and
other organizations in the states rep
resented, which are seeking to do.
more than depend on natural develop
ment to advance the progress and in
crease the wealth of their states.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
CLAPP CENSURES
THE PRESIDENT
Calls Action on Statehood
Bill Attempted Bribery.
WILL AID The MOVEMENT

Minnesota Senator Declares That the
"InsuIt to the People Of Arizona
Will React on the Opponents Of the
Recall and Will Do Much to Secure
lts Adoption Throughout the coun-
try"
San Francisco, Sept. 6.-The action
of President Taft on the Arizona state
hood bill, eliminating the recall of the
judiciary, was denounced as an at
tempt at the bribery Of the people by
Senator Clapp of Minnesota at a ban.
quet given by the Direct Legislation
league.
What shall we say of a policy to
force an electorate to foreswear it's
convictions as the price of admission
to the Union?" he said. ut savors OF
the dark ages. 1t is an attempt at the
bribery of the people. There are two
cases of bribery now being Investigate
ed by the senate, yet in the face Of
that, there is an attempt to bride a
whole people. The insult to the pee.
pie of Arizona will react on the OPP
pOnents of the recall finally and will
do much to further the recall of the
judiciary throughout the United
States.
Last Stand of interests"
"The fight against the recall of the
judiciary is the last stand of the spe.
cial interests"
Senator Clapp also attacked the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law, advocated
women's suffrage and outlined the
benefits to be derived from the pas.
sage of the initiative, referendum and
recall amendments to the constitution
of California, which will be voted on
Oct. 10.
Governor Hiram w. Johnson, who
acted as POSTMASTER, declared that the
most effective weapons for the protec.
ton of the citizens of California we're
the initiative. referendum and recall.
On the motion of ". S. Ulren of
Oregon a message of greeting and en-
couragement was sent to the progress
ives of Ohio and Washington, who are
struggling for the passage of meas
ures similar to those awaiting action
by California voters.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
STATE BEGINS =
ITS REbUTTAL
Testimony Given by
Henry {. Beattie.
SUSTAIN COUSINS STORY

Several Persons Give Evidence Tend.
ing to ,c%orroborate That Of Paul
seattie, the Commemorative Star
Witness-Defendant's Long Ordeal
on the Stand Ended.
Chesterfield, Va, Sept. 6.-After
asking Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., indict-
ed for wife murder, one question as
to how he could account for the trans.
lation of the same shotgun from the
hands Of Paul Beattie, his cousin, on
Saturday night, to the hands of the
alleged highwayman on the following
Tuesday night, the prosecution ended
its cross.examination of the prisoner.
The accused denied that he knew his.
cousin Paul had a gun on the Satur-
day night in question or that he was
with him during that week.
The commonwealth %thereupon be.
gan it's attack upon the prisoners
story. The rebuttal was practically
an attempt to cofroborate Paul Beat
tie as to his alleged meeting with
Henry on Thursday night to arrange
for the delivery of a shotgun to his
cousin on the Saturday following.
Several witnesses testified that they
saw the two cousins together on
Thursday, and Mrs. E. ]. Houchens,
mother-in-law of Paul, stated that
Henry brought Paul home in a ma
chine that same evening.
A second point taken up by the com.
monwealtn was an assault on E. H.
lNeblitt's testimony that Paul had a
shotgun on the bridge where he
worked on Sunday following the night
of the alleged transfer of the gun to
Henry. Witnesses sustained Paul that
he had no gun at the bridge that day
and n ma said he was there during
the. time. of Neblitt's visit and saw no
gun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
WRECK ON THE 500 ROAD
Three Persons Killed and a Large
Number Injured.

Fremont, Wis.,, Sept. 6.-Three per.
sons are dead and more than forty IN
!jured, SOME seriously, as a result of
the derailment of train No. II, a lin.
tied passenger made up of steel equip
ment, on the 500 line.
The train ran into an open switch
one mile south of here. Striking the
open switch the engine and mail cars
jumped the track, crashed through the
right of way fence and into a corn
field 200 feet distant. The other cars
were thrown in the ditch.
Engineer August Kuester, North
Fond du Lac, Wis, was instantly
killed. His body, with that of an un-
identified man and the remains of
another man, believed to have been a
tramp, was later taken out.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
Of the Week From varI.
Gus Parts Of the State.
PARENTS NAY CONVICT son
Information From Wales Appears
Likely to Clear Up Mysterious
Murder Case.

When Roy Bancroft faces the dis
trict court at Dickinson on the charge
Of having slain a man yet unidentified
one of the most peculiar murder trials
in the history of the entire country
will be under way.
And, should he be convicted of the
crime, it will be another. exemplifica-
ton of the old adage that murder will
out"
For, when the body of a man was
found on the railroad tracks near
Dickinson about two years ago, letters
In the pockets indicated that it was
Roy Bancroft, whose parents reside in
Wales. The authorities eventually got
into communication with the parents
and from them learned that 1t could
not be their son who had been killed,
since he was alive and working in
Vancouver, B. c.
This set the authorities to work OH
a new line and after some difficulty
they succeeded in locating Bancroft in
Vancouver. An Indictment was re.
turned by the local grand jury, clargg.
ing Bancroft with murder, and he was
extradited and brought back to Dick.
inson. He is at present lodged in the
county Jail without bail.
While the authorities have nothing
than circumstantial evidence
against Bancroft it is considered a
strong chain. He will be obliged, the
prosecuting attorney says, to explain
the manner in which letters addressed
to him came to be in the possession of
the man who was killed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
Demand increase il Wages.

Vienna, Sept. Cat the conference
OF 400 delegates representing al the
Austrian railway mems societies, o
sitting here, a demand was formulated
for a 20 per cent increase in wages on
the ground of the great increase in
the cost of living. Several delegates
referred to recent troubles In England
and advocated a general strike.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
Hanna viii Draw First.

Robert Hanna of Fargo was alp
pointed by Judge Witten to draw
the first application for a homestead
in the Bertholdian reservation at 10
a. m. Sept. 8. 1t was at first announc-
ed that two little girls would draw
the applications, but this plan was
changed as a matter OF respect to the
North Dakota congressman. An elab-
crate program has been arranged for
the day of the drawing. Congressman
Hanna and Governor Burke have been
invited to attend and make addresses.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
breaches SUFFRAGE AT FAIR
Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont Speaks Daily
= to Visitors.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Sept. 6.-Mrs.
o. H. P. Belmont, president of the,
Political Equality league, is leading u
suffrage campaign at the annual
Poughkeepsie fair and horse show
which lie open to the public here this
week. The suffragists have a big
booth on the fair grounds.
Mrs. Belmont makes speeches daily
to the farmers on the fair grounds.
Among the signs on the suffrage booth
is this: "Women. have you all the
rights you want? So has a pig"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
Steamer Has Rough Passage.

Milwaukee, Sept. 6.-The big coai
%freighter David 2. Norton of Cleve-
land. one of the largest on the Great
Lakes. limped into port after beins
held On the sand beach at White1isb
hay since Saturday morning. The
vessel ran high on shore in q heav:
fog. Over 1000 tons of the cargo of
hard coal raj jettisoned into the lake
before the boat fioated.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
ROBBERS SHOOT wATcnmAN
Loot Safe In Amusement Park Near
Chicago.

Chicago. Sept. 6.-Three highway
men entered Ravinia, park, twenty
miles north of this city, bound the
Waterman. George Physter, to a tree
with wire, blew open the safe and Sc.
cured $500.
They fired a parting shot at the
Waterman, hitting him in the abdo-
e
He was able to give the alarm, but
ct Fort Sheridan hospital. where he
war taken. 1t is said he is mortally in.
jured. The robbers escaped.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
peneen stilI in Great Pain.

Springfield, ILL.,. Sept. 6.-Although
feeling much better and not al rest
less as he was Governor Deneen, who
had his ankle broken in attempting
to avoid q collision between his auto
mobile and the carriage Of /. b. Lloyd.
near the Lloyd home west of this city.
is still suffering great pain.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
KAISER REVIEWS BIG FLEET
One Hundred and Fortythree War
ships Salute Emperor.

Kiel, Germany, Sept. 6.-Emperor
William reviewed the greatest feet
ever assembled here. One hundred
and forty-three warships fired the I'M
perial salute as the royal yacht Hohen-
seine steamed the lanes formed by
the anchored vessels.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Charging railroad rate discrimina.
ton and terminal privileges In favor
OF Minneapolis and st. Paul and other
points taking. the same rate the Com
mercial club of Duluth filed q conf
plant with the interstate commerce
commission naming eighty.two rail
roads and steamboat lines ~ defend
ants. .s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
Twenty Years for pau, ostd.I.

twenty Q PauJ 0e5ue1.
New York, Sept. 6.-Paul Geidel, the
bellboy who slew William H. Jackson.
the broker. var sentenced by Judge
Grain In general sessions court tc
serve mol Lest than twenty years In.
states spfspAy ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
FATAL HOTEL FIRE in ALASKA
Nine Persons Believed to Have Per.
lshsd at Juneau.

Juneau, Alaska. Sept. 6.-Nins per-
sons are believed to have burned to.
death in q fire which destroyed the
juneau hotel and the McGrath build
ing. -Four bodies have. been recovered
from the ruins and five more are be-
lieyed to DO buried In the debris.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
Most Wheat Is No. I Northern.

Yields OF fourteen to ~thirty-two
bushels an acre, with a slight amount
of No. 3 Northern, some No. 2 North
ern, but with the bulk running No. /
Northern. are Indicated by returns
from various sections of Grand Forks
county. The grades are better than
earlier returns indicated. 1t is not
expected the grade will be maintained
at No. ! Northern. however, as the
early wheat Is much better than that
sown later.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
Fourteen Sons Enrolled.

Fourteen sons of MIR. and Mrs. Pat
rick McGinty of Grano filed for claims
in the Berthold Indian reservation.
Mr.. and Mrs. McGinty came to North
Dakota from Minnesota several years
ago and located on q homestead near
Grano. All the land was taken In that
vicinity before the IONS were old.
enough to die. /.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-08
Collect Claim Ia Unique Way.

Collection of claims against the
farmers of Ward county held by the
county for seed grain furnished last
spring will be brought about in a
unique manner, the commissioners
having decided to place all claims in
the hands of the local elevator agents
over the county. In this name
the county will receive the money
for the seed grain 1t has furnished
direct from the elevator to witch the
farmer sells his product and another
result will. be the elimination of no
small amount Of red tape and a great
deal Of unnecessary work for county
0ficials.
Arrest ksnmare Robber Suspect.
William McCord, charged with being
one of the burglars who robbed the r.
NJ. Cole and the G. A. Bodner storey
ct Kenmare, was captured at Surry
by Sheriff Ed Kelly. McCord was ar.
rested on The complaint of Greeks
working for the Great Northern rail-
road. He was accompanied by anoth.
er man. thought to be one OF the rob,
bers.i who escaped. On McCord's per
son were found four .razors which IN.
swer ID the description OF the raxors
taken from. the Bodner store. He MAS
bound over to the district court :hnds Z
$500 bail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-16
WRECKs STOLEN AUTO
Thief Mistakes the Road and Crashes Into a Stone
 Entrance

Greenwich. Sept. 16.-An automo- bile thief bound from Hartford to New York with an automobile owned by Frank N. Prior, a tobacco grower of South Windsor, came to grief in Greenwich Thursday night when he mistook the road which goes through the northern part of this town and ran the car into a vine-covered stone entrance to the Seymour cottage, oc- cupied by Stanley Cohen of New York, next to the H. O. Havemeyer estate. Not stopping to shut off the power or release the clutch or ex- tinguish a light, the driver of the car ran away. The mail man yesterday found the disab bled car, and he tele- phoned to Sheriff Finnegan. The car has the front axle sprained, and a wheel, the lights. and springs broken.
 MT. Prior came here last night and the Hartford Theatre at 7:3O o'clock Thursday evening, and it was almost imm ediately stolen. The car when found contained MT. Prior's laundry and overcoat. A piece of flannel had been placed inside the rear light, which should show the auto mum Der, and the front number was bent down. It is believed that the thief intended to strip the car and leave it in the Bronx, as is being done so much of late.
 Another auto, stolen here last month, was returned to it's owners, Larsen brothers. by the New York police Thursday. It had been strip ped of tires, magneto, wind shield, and top and left in the Bronx.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-16
EAsTON

The regular services will be held as usual at the Baptist church on Sunday morning. The Rev. MT Pe- ters of Cuba will occupy the pulpit. In the evening the B. U. c. E.. will meet as usual the topic, Living Christ in the Home, Eph 6; 1-1S, leader, Misss Annie Logan Rev. MT. Peters will give short address in the evening. srs
 Mrs. George Gillette was guest of her sisters, Mrs. Hobert Mallette and Mrs. Mildred Ferris of the Centre on Thursday afternoon.
 Mrs. Edson Turney and daughter, Mrs. John F. Fitch of Weston were entertained at the home of MT. and Mrs. John L. Mellen of the Centre on Thursday.
 Samuel Senior of Bridgeport was a caller at the home of John Sherwood on Thursday.
 The regular services will be held as usual at the Congregational church on Sunday.
 John Ogden and man and team are working on the road from Aspetuck to the Centre, also fixing the road on Staples HiN.
 Mrs. Alice Wheeler has purchased a COW of her brother Marion Williams of Hopewell.
 Mrs, Clarence Jennings of Sport Hin recently entertained her mother Mrs. Georgia Jennings of Aspetuck at her home.
 There was a special town meeting held at the Academy hall on Friday afternoon, .fsfa1G
 The regular services win be held IS usual at Sport Hill at the Methodist church on Sunday.
 Mrs. Mildred Ferris and Mrs. Ho- bert MaHette are entertaining their cousin Miss Julia Hawley of Bridge port for a few days at their home in the Centre
 The steam shovel broke down and now 1t Is on the hill near MT. Henry OSborne's store
 Mrs. Myrtle Gould of Aspetuck was a recent guest Of her friend Mrs. Mary Staples of Sport Hill.
 Marion Williams of Hopewell was a recent guest of his sister Mrs. Alice Wheeler of Aspetuck. Friday.
 Elmer Andrews had the misfortune while using his engine to help fill the silo to break a part of it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-16

more lives than those lost in the Maine" explosion, to dig out the rest of the wreck from the semf-liquid mud in which it lies buried, and that, too. as scrap We discern no glory" in the accomplishment of the task in either case.
 It seems to us that this recital of facts is worth a little thought in these days when the pendulum is swinging in favor of submitting all public mat ters to the sway of popular sentiment and popular vote. Popular sentiment or the sentiment of that small part of the p1Tblic which alone makes Itself heard-demands that a million dollars be spent to recover the shattered rem nants of a vessels hull but knows nothing of the dozens or hundreds of other ways in which that money could have been spent with vastly greater return in the way Of public benefit.
 In view of these facts the public ought to clearly understand that neither the engineering profession nor the Army Engineers in charge of the work upon the wreck, have any res- possibility for the original undertak- ing of the work.
 The Army Engineers have merely obeyed orders. As the report print ed elsewhere in this issue shows they
  gross wished them to accomplish when it ordered the work undertaken and then went ahead to carry it out to the best of their ability. They deserve credit for their plucky perseverance, in carrying the work forward in the face of great difficulties. Those who compare the official plans for the work published in our issue of Oct 20 last with the report in this issue can au- preciate how pregnant with meaning is the sentence in the present report: 'The conditions have proved more adverse than had been anticipated and the cost has proved corresponds ingly greater
 more favorable than there was rea- son to expect. The clay with which the cofferdam cylinders are filled has been less liquid and has exerted less bursting pressure on the cylinders than might easily have happened. Notwithstanding this two of the cyl finders have burst open, and oven with the support afforded by the. mounds of rip-rap .inside the dam, 1t appears that the structure is wfthstanding about as much pressure as. it is safe to place upon it. The difficulties in the way of going deeper into the mud wreck have already been set forth in these columns; but so long as the Government authorities continue fo furnish money and order the work to proceed, the engineers will doubtless continue to find ways to meet difficulties as they arise.
 It is theirs not to reason why" but they cannot be blamed if they sometimes wonder why.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-16
Age Limit Worry
 10 Collectors of
 Personal Taxes
Wife Says She Wouldn't Live
 With Husband if He Was Over 60, But He's 76 it Seems

Through various causes names of citizens exempt from the personal poll tax get on the collectors lists. cans- ing confusion both to the collec- tor and to the one exempt It appears that those beyond the age limit. 60 years, get on the lists more often than other exemptions. Search reveals the fact that when the registrars were making their rounds some of the mem bers of the family 1uggled the truth relative to the age of the head of the house.
 An instance of this juggling came to light yesterday when Collector Kemple was engaged in East Bridgeport. He had the name of the head of the house before him and requested the payment of Y the tax. Why, John is 76 years of age" came back the lady of the house indignantly, T thought men past 50 years are exempt, she con- tinued Collector Temple informed her that they were if proof could be shown. The lady of the house fetch ed out a tin box in which were time worn discharge and pension papers. The boss of the home was Civil War veteran and possessed an honorable record. -t This instance led Collector Kemple to make inquiries of the registrars how this mans name happened to be on their losts. Registrar Lounsbury looked up his files and noted a. mem orandum beside the name. The mem orandum related that when the regis trar visited the home the lady of the house answered the the call To the question if her husband was over 60, came back this reply. ssI wouldn't live with him if he was over that age.'' This was sufficient for the registrars and they put him down as under the limit. 1t is probable that many others got on the lists through such denials of Housewives sA