Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-16

Capt James Watson, the army re-
cruiting officer at Indianapolis. Ind.
has informed the. war department that
he holds sa1ldavits charging Private
George Peters at Fort Totten. N. =.
with being an Austrian secret agent.
The department Is considering tho
charges with q view to determining q
course Of action.
Fearing that the senate 10 being
sWayed by opponents of the peace
treaties with Great Britain and France,
President Taft travelled 400 miles
through Maryland and West Virginia
by special train to make an appeal in
their behalf. His appeal was made
direct to the Mountain Lake (Md.)
ChautauQua Of the Methodist Episco-
pal church. but In it the president in.
scluded the rest Of the nation as well.
Hanna Hyland, cashier Of the Star
Baking company. was robbed OF
q satchel containing $1,000 in
cash in broad daylight just as she
was about to enter the Lake
Shore Bank and Trust company's Of:
t1ces In Cleveland to deposit the
money. Two men sprang out of a bug
gy, grabbed the satchel and then drove
away. @.5t ..'3
Owing to great slides Of earth and
rock. the famous Culebra cut hat
proved to be the most annoying ane
expensive part Of the engineering
work on the Panama canal. The com.
mission has consequently been obliged
to revise it's estimates and to add
5,257,281 cubic yards to the excava-
ton work.
For drinking on Big Four train in
violation OF the new state law one
man was arrested at Marshall, ILL.,,
and fined. His companion escaped
through car window.
SPORTING
Uhlan. the big son of Bingen, set
up a new worlds mile record of two
minutes fiat for trotting geldings to
wagon in his attempt at Cleveland,
O., to beat his own mark, established
last year, of .2:01. At the same time
he equaled the mile wagon mark of
trotting history, set up in 1903 by
Lou Dillon.
The merchants and manufacturers
$4,000 stake, for % years the trotting
classic of Detroit's blue ribbon meet!
was won in straight heats by Anvil
Pop" Geers driving. It was Geers'
fifth M. and M. victory. Anvil is a
bay stallion, owned by Frank Jones
OF Memphis. Tenn.
Personal
United States Senator William
Pierce Frye, who was compelled by
poor health to resign his position as
president pro tenn. of the senate at
the beginning of the special session
of congress, died Of heart disease at
the home of his daughter, Mrs Helen
White in Lewiston, Me. Death came
suddenly to. the aged senator.
John w. Gates, the American finan-
cier, died in Paris in the arms of his
wife and his son, Charles G. Gates.
The end was peaceful. He had bat
tied for weeks heroically with a dis
ease of the kidneys, and when it vas
believed that he was almost sure 10
recover contracted pneumonia.
A committee of New York citizens
on the anniversary of "the mayors
providental preservation in the at
tack made upon his life." presented to
Mayor Gaynor handsome silver low
ing cup, suitably inscribed.
The announcement of the engage
ment Of Miss Margaret Rutherford
and Ogden Mills of New York is said
to be great disappointment to Ker-
NIT Roosevelt, son of the ex-presi-
dent, who has been attentive to the
daughter of Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt.
Col. Edward H. r. Green, son of
Hetty Green and owner of the Texas
Midland railroad, expects to marry
within IL months, although he does
not yet know who the bride-to-be is.
Grand Exalted Ruler John p. Sulli-
van Of the Elks has announced the ap
pointment Of Edward Rightor of New
Orleans as chief judiciary counsel Of
the grand lodge.
Foreign
The American practice squadron
with midshfDmen from tho Annanolic