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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
TO REOPEN BALuNGER CASE
SENATOR PURCELL WOULD
FORCE VOTE ON REPORT.
Declares He VIII Press Resolution to
Have Findings Of investigating
Committee Balloted On.

Washinxton.-A resolution was In
troduced in the senate by Senate Puf.
cell Of North Dakota looking to a re-
newal of the fight on Secretary OF the
Interior Ballinger.
The resolution seeks to force out
into the open the report of the joint
coz gressional committee that invesn'
gated the charges made against the
cabinet ofacer by Clifford Pinchot, for
mer chief forester. The report has
been in the possession OF both the
senate and house for some time, but
no action has been taken OF it, both
branches apparently being willing tc
lot the matter remain as it L.
The resolution in part reads:
1T Is the sense Of the senate that
the findings and conclusions reported
by certain members of said commit
tee to the effect hat Richard A. Bal.
linger, secretary of the interior, has
not been true to the trust reposed In
him as such secretary, that his ad-
ministration OF that Office has been
marked by a lack of fidelity to the
public interests and that he is not
deserving Of public confidence and
should no longer be retained in that
ONCE. are based upon and in substan-
tial conformity with the evidence re-
ported by the committee"
Senator Purcell is a member Of the
Ballinser-Pinchot investigating COM
mittee and in response to an inquiry
he said that 1t was his purpose to
press the resolution to a vote II pos
sible.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
NO PROOF OF CORRUPTION
Senator Burrows, Chairman Of the In
vestigating Committee Defends
a Lorimer In Debate.

Observation-Disclosures Is absolutely
no proof in the case, direct or indirect,
from which a legitimate inference
could be drawn that a single member
of the general assembly vas corrupt
ly Influenced to vote for Mr.. Lori
mer."
This was the conclusion OF Senator
Burrows in a speech in the senate
Wednesday defending the right OF
Senator William Lorimer to his seat
in the senate. 'ar-
After summarizing the testimony OF
Witnesses White, Link, Beckemeyer
and Holstlaw, Senator Burrows do
clared that lit is obvious thai there
is nothing in the statements OF n
one of them or In the statements OF
all of them taken together. which
would justify a conclusion that their
testimony as to bribery Is true, or
could be relied upon in 4 matter OK
oven minor importance"
In introducing his speech, Senator
Burrows reminded the senate that It
was a court of 80 judges and that no
member Of that tribunal should per
NIT his judgment to be warped by
PUBIC ClamOT, however DolsIeEouS, VI
private appeals, however potential
and commanding"
1.-The labors of the committee" said
Senator Burrows, were greatly light
ened and the scope of the investigar
ton materially curtailed by the ad-
mission of counsel for the prosecution
that It was not expected to connect
Senator Lorimer with any acts OF
bribery. With this avowal there was
no evidence submitted to the commit.
tee, or obtainable so far as known, In
culpating Senator Lorimer in the brt
berry or attempted bribery. II Il
there was of any member of the legis-
lature."
The testimony of Charles A. White,
q member Of the Illinois legislature.
who charged bribery in h election
Of Senator Lorimer. came in for Sc
vere denunciation by Senator Bur
rows. sa1sa
At the conclusion Of Senator Bur
rows address. Senator Borah OF Idaho
obtained the floor and summed up the
evidence to the contrary, in order that
at q later date he might proceed with
his argument in favor of Senator Bev-
eridge's resolution declaring Lorimer's
election illegal se. 4sr,s az,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
%P[AN70UN|FY BANKS
SYSTEM OFFERED BY AL0RiCH
FORMED BY INSTITUTIONS,
WITH BRANCHES.
ELASTICITY AS THE OBJECT
Would Be Principal Fiscal Agent OF
Government, New Financial Houses
TO Receive Savlno-Plan Designed
TO Provide Money for Business.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. N. w. AID
rich's plan for the revision OF the
national banking legislation" as he
calls 1t. was given publicity Tuesday.
It does not contemplate the estab-
lishment Of q central bank and 1t In
SO far from what many have expected
Mr.. Aldrich to propose that to those
who have not been in his confidence
1t may come "a a surprise.
The plan was submitted to the ma
tional monetary commission. but SEN
ator Aldrich was not present. His
communication was presented to the
commission by the vtce-chairman.
Representative Vreeland Of New York.
Far from recommending the estab-
lishment of a central bank, MI. Aid
rich expressly disclaims belief In 1t
~ calculated to meet the needs Of
the situation. In his letter Of trans
initial he says:
while we have found much hat 10
admirable In the operation of the vari-
Gus government banks Of Europe.
none Of them is applicable to u
needs here. The good results. which
they obtain can, I believe. be reached
without the creation of such q central
bank. l feel that the plan which IL
proposed reaches those results with
out being open to the objections
which may we'll be brought against
such an institution"
What Mr.. Aldrich does propose IL
the establishment of the Reserve As
ISOLATION Of America" representing
what might be called a federation Of
local associations formed by national
banks. The plan In brief follows:
Local organizations of representa-
tives Of banks, formed by not fewer
than ten banks, each bank holding
stock in the association in proposition
to It's capital.
Directors elected by these to tho
board of branch" associations. N
branch for each Of IL financial dis
tricts into which the United States
would DO divided. Each branch"
board would include a certain proper
ton of men not bankers but repre-
senting industrial. agricultural. conn
mercial and other interests. M os'
The association would be the prin-
cipal fiscal agent and depository Of
the government ind would fix from
time to time the rate OF exchange or
discount. Eventually its notes would
replace those Of the national banks.
Prime commercial paper, passing up
from the banks through the local as
sociations and branches. as we'll as
bonds of the government, could be
used a. . basis for currency issue.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
MORTON R0PSDEAD
INSURANCE CHIEF 70 oTRlckgN
WITH APoPl1xv IN
NEW YORK.
SECUTED IDEA OF ILLNESS
Had Been Suffering From Kidney
Troubles Since Observation-Disclosures
specialist Urged Him to Take Com
plete Rest-Was Planning Tour.

New York.-Pau1 Morton, president
Of the Equitable Life Assurance so
ciety and secretary of the navy under
Theodore Roosevelt, died suddenly IN
the Hotel Seymour In this city where
he had gone on a business errand.
Apoplexy caused death. After an In
vestigatiin by Coroner Feinberg 1t de-
veloped that MI. Morton had been III
for some time and that his own y
clan, DR.. Joseph Adler, had told MN
no could not be cured.
Mr.. Morton came upon the knowl-
olge that he was seriously Ill last De
cember. when he proposed taking out
what wal called a Christmas policy IN
his own company. The Equitable's
physician told him after an examina-
ton that he suffered from kidney trou-
bic and hardening Of the arteries. Mr..
Morton refused to believe that any
thing was wrong with him and went
ahead with his activities at the EQuit-
able.
Ho had intended taking q trip to
Europe. to leave here with his wire on
February 20. and staterooms on .
steamer had been engaged. Mr.. Nor
ton consented to this trip only after
DR.. Frank Billings. a Chicago special
ist. whom he visited after the Christ
mas holidays, had urged him to take q
complete rest. The physician informed
Mr.. Morton that he could not endure
tho strain Of work.
Paul Morton was born May n. 1857,
in Detroit. Mich. He received . COM
mon and high school education b Ne
braska. Entering the employ OF the
Burlington railroad as = clerk ut the
age Of fifteen, he rose to the position
Of general passenger agent and later
to that Of general freight agent. On
February /, 1890, he became first VICE
president OF the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company.
In 1896 he was appointed third vice
president of the Santa Fe railroad ana
was later promoted to second vice
president.
President Roosevelt appointed Mr..
Morton as secretary of the navy In
1904. he serving from July 1 of that
year until July 1. 1906. 4
In 1906 he became president OF the
Equitable Life Assurance society and
had held that position ever since.
He was also vic~e-president of the Pan
American railway.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
FLIES FROM SHORE TO SHIP
NV ALlohrs sAFELY ON oeo~
or cRuIsER.
Performance creates Great Exotic
mont on Board Vessel 40 w."
a. at Aviation Field.

Con Erancisco. - Eugene ely,
the aviator, accomplished a new feat IN
aerial navigation here by dying from
land in a Curtiss b!plane and al1sntins
on the deck OF a warship anchored III
San Francisco bay. He started at once
IN the return fight and finished II
successfully.
at was easy enough" said ELY, al
he stepped from his seat ana was
seized by the cheering soldiers OF the
Thtrtieth infantry and hoisteo on
their shoulders. 81 think the trlck
could be successfully turned nine
times out OF ten"
The wireless had notified the cruiser
at anchor with the feet In the pay
that Ely would make the attempt, u
final preparations were made LOT MS
r~eception. A wooden platform lou
feet long and 90 Get wide had oeen
constructed over the after deck OF the
ship.
The lookout On the Pennsylvania
sighted Ely through the haze ana tho
ships siren roared a blast OF wei
come. He came on at a terrific speed
and a moment later circled
the fleet, dipping in salute to eacn
ship. and came up in the wind for
the stern of the Pennsylvania. he
was flying low as he neared the snip
and dropped down as lightly as a gull
striking the platform about forty fee1
from the end
In exactly one hour from the time
he landed Ely took his seat In the
machine and gave the word to LET
her go" The aeroplane swept down
the 126-foot platform at high
speed. dropped off the stern with a
gentle dip, and then rose rapidly over
tho ships in the harbor. The start WAS
as perfect as the landing had been.
Rising to a height Of 1000 feet. Ely
circled over the extreme southern
part of the city and then headed
straight to the aviation field.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
SHOOTS At PREMIER BRAND
WouId-se Assassin Attempts to Stay
French Leader n Slightly
Wounds Director Of Relief.

Paris. France.-The chamber of
deputies was thrown into a panic by
an attempt upon the life Of Premier
BRAND. Two revolver shots were
fired upon the ministerial bench from
tho public gallery. but the premier
was not harmed. One Of the shots
entered the leg of Leon Mirman, d.
rector Of the department of public.
The wound is not serious, however.
The would-be assassin, who 10
named Gisolme, formerly clerk of the
courts Of Bayonne. was pounced upon
BY police officers and hurried from,
the place.
An examination of Gisolms con-
vin1od the authorities that the prisi
oner Is q mailman. i
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
pA,LENA EVERETT JOHNSON
Brief Sketch of Life of One Of South
Dakota's Noble Women

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the death
of Mrs. Philena Everett Johnson,
mother of Royal c. johnson, at
torney general Of South Dakota, and
widow Of the late Eli Johnson or
Highmore, which occurred in that
city Monday morning, brings sadness
to thousands of hearts in this state,
and over the northwest.
Mrs. Johnson will be remembered
throughout this part OF the county
as a woman of marked ability in exec
utive affairs, and II Of the most ag-
gressive and enthusiastic advocates of
equal suffrage, in the northwest.
In the early eighties, Mrs. Johnson
with Susan B.. Anthony, canvassed
the territory, the two holding scores
of meetings and doing much for the
advancement of the cause; In her Ia
bors she was untirins and energetic.
Mrs. johnson was also a prom1nens
worker in behalf of Temperance; she
held positions in the National n
| State w. G. T. U. organizations, n
at various sessions of the legislature.
she was present in person, laboring
for such measures as she believed to
be right and just.
By her courage, womanly nature and
modestamanner, Mrs. johnson won
friends and followers everywhere, and
her sacrificing service and devotion to
the cause of temperance and equal
suffrage, will forever be remembered
by thousands OF South Dakotans.\
AS president of the State Equal
Suffrage organization, in its state cam
paign, Mrs. johnson did heroic work,
and it was in furtherance of this
cause that she was in Pierre a week
ago. watching tho movements of the
legislature, hat the illness which re-
sulted in death on Monday morning,
vas contracted. On her return to the
home of her son, Honorable Royal c.
Johnson, attorney general for South
Dakota, at Highmore, a few days since,
it was seen that pneumonia had taken
firm hold upon her, and that her
strength was rapidly becoming ex-
hausted.
Not only do the family and friends
of Mis-. johnson sustain a sever loss,
but the whole state loses one of its
| grandest inc best women
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
-THEEARMER,S LEADER
CANTON, .. ..
CRUEL Treatment
NORFOLK. NEE. BOY ALLEGED
TO De THE VICTIM OF Ex.
,vss sTREME BRUTALITY.
CHARGE MADE BY HIS AUNT
Thrce-YearrOld Lads Feet, Allowed to
Freeze by Neglect, Amputated IN a
Futile Attempt TO Save His Life
Stepfather in County Jail.

Norfolk, Neb.-Apparently a victim
OF the most brutal and inhuman treat
ment at the hands of his mother and
s%tepfather. it is alleged, the tiny body
Of 3-year.odd kuart Stehr. covered Win
bruises that tell their own pitiful story
Of mistreatment at home, Will follow
to the grave the pair of black and
rotted feet which were amputated from
the baby's legs last Thursday after
they had been allowed to freeze In the
Stehr home and had become SO in
fected with gangrene before a ply
sician was called that n OF h feet
dropped on of its own weight and the
other was about to drop of when the
surgeons knife was applied.
The child died Sunday afternoon In
the arms OF his aunt. who tells a
story that convicts both Stehr and his
wife az cruelty. Mrs. Stehr failed to
appear when notified that the child
was dying. The stepfather is In the
county jail pending an Investigation.
The amt says little Kuart was made
20 sleep in q kitchen shed where there
was NO stove, ven in u below zero
weather. Bruises covering his body
are from n strap with which Stehr
hshed him, she says.
It was Christmas evening that neigh
bors noticed the child s feet we're sur
lesing. Other children danced about
. Christmas tree. but he cried. His
father forced him to dance. 1t must
have been before that the two feet
I'D been frozen as he slept in the
kitchen shed. It Is thought. A neigh
boz heard the child calling from an
0utbuilding during the New Year bliz-
Axa when the temperature was II
AaA0v RAna
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27

csHclnnati Man Slain BY Robber.
sCincnnati. O.-Hacked to shreds ap-
par0t1y ~ : knife or similar weap-
q and disfigured almost beyond iden-
tillca1icn, the body OF George Wash
ingtoa@Hally : contractor was found
inside the storm door OF his residence
Sunday. Hall. who had been missing
from. htss home since early last night.
Us known 70 have carried . large
amount sof money. but when his body
- foand his pockets were searched
md only . ,6-cent piece found. John
Murphy. who had been seen in com
psslnys Win Hail. 4 being held as q susr
p2et i
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
PASSED SPURIOUS BILLS.

Two Members Of = Counterfeit Gang
Arrested In Pennsyivania.
Scranton, Pa.-Two members OF an
alleged gang of counterfeiters that
government secret service men have
been seeking for six months were
caught In Taylor. near here. The pris-
Gners are Dartell Guelce and Deutri
H1etro. The men were arrested, 1T Is
alleged, while making small purchases
and rendering counterfeit $40 bills.
The police found $500 in the counter
feits and $7S Of good money on the
go. Guelcc and Uietro stated that
fhey we're working On q percentage
baste-
Tho counterfeit is a national bank
note Of Z New York bank. 1t bears
~ Mckinley head and its series num-
bef = "v-11&61s."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
Nav Lose the Miners.

Columbus, GA threat to withdraw
from the American Federation OF La
Dor was embraced in a resolution In.
troduced at the meeting of the United
Mine Workers of America Thursday.
The resolution declares that II the
American Federation OF Labor does
not at once take in the Western Fed.
Grafton of Miners it shall break OF all
relations with the parent body. No
action was taken on the resolution.
The Nine Workers Of America make
up the largest subsidiary Organization
az the American Federation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
DEATH FOR "a ANARCHISTS
Japanese Court at Tokyo Sentences
Plotters, including Woman, for
Conspiracy.

Tokyo. Japan.-Twenty-five men and
one woman charged with conspiracy
against the throne and with plotting
to assassinate the crown prince and
high onicials Of the empire we're sem
fenced publicly Wednesday by the Su-
preme court.
Twenty-four Of the prisoners, In
GLIDING Denjiro kotoku, who once
lived in America, and his wife, were
condemned to death. The other two
were sent to prison. one for II years
and the other for eight years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27

Mitchell-Kate and Virgil Boyles
of this city have just issued their
third novel of Western life, en-
titled, ..The Spirit Trail the story Of
which is laid on the reservation west
of Chamberlain. One of the leading
characters in the book is a portrayal
Of the life of the late Bishop Hare,
showing his early work among the
Indians. and the great Influence for
good that, he had among them The
story brings in a pretty omance OF. the
plains, in which the daughter, of the
Indian agent forms a delightful char
Scter: The treachefy Of The Indian
OF those DAYS and the eventual i'm
provement following is depicted.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
TAFT IN ILLINOIS FEBRUARY II
President viii Attend Lincoln Day
Exercises At Springfield and
Deliver Two Speeches.

Washington. - President Taft has
accepted an Invitation to take part in
the exercises on Lincoln day, Febru.
Ary11, at Springfield, III. On
the afternoon of that day he will
speak to the Illinois legislature at q
toint session. and in the evening will
deliver an address ON Lincoln. q
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27

The graduate veterina, ians o, N.
state are up arms over proposed lepis.
lation FOR q uniform license grant.
to the profession to practice In ths
state. They contend that non-glad.
| yates shoah OF ne placed In the sams
class with those who have made
special study Of veterinary surgery
and medicine and the fact that the,
have been practfcing IN the state lon,
| enough to come under the five wear
act" should not exempt them from I
examination for permission to prac-
tice. n
The house passed the bill introduce
ed by Hnrsch, authorizing circuit
| courts of the state to settle affairs
and property rights of mining corpor-
atoms which have been dissolved by
law. by expiration Of time limited by
articles of incorporation; to distribute
assets among creditors, and stockhold-
| ers, and the committees bill on per
diem and mileage.
Two measures, house journal report
No. a, designed to change the entire
legislative system OF the state and
| house bill No. 40, providing for tax
refunds by counties were killed, the
| house having adopted the adverse re-
| ports of the committees.
The hat pin bill was returned by the
| military committee today with a fav-
| orable report. 1t is expected that
this will be passed by the house with
| out difficulty.
Speaker Morris was called to Dead
wood Friday night on an important
| case, and Representative ~Issenhuth
| of Sphinx was chosen speaker pro tenn
| for the Saturday session. Little was
| done in the way Of business. House
bill No. 10 by Glassner, legalizing a
bond election held in Tyndall last
year, was reported f~avOrably by the
| committee and the report was adopt
| ed. House journal report No. a, by
| Bruce, calling for yearly sessions OF
| the legislature and other radical
| changes from our present legislative
system was reported adversely by the
| judiciary committee but action was
deferred until today. Representative
Teets' bill providing for tax refunds
by the counties blouse bill No. 49,,
was reported unfavorabfy by the COM
mittee, but action "a deferred.
House bill No. 50 was given its first
and second readings. 1t calls for the
appropriation of between sixty and
seventy thousand dollars to defray the
expenses of the present legislative
session. When the motion ga made
that the rules be suspended and the
bill be given second reading h mem
bers were about equally divided on
the question. About half OF them did
not know what the appropriation was
for but when Representative Bracket
explained it was for the salaries OF
the legislators, all were heartily In
favor of rushing action on it.
The senate passed the Mellette ante
lope bill and the measure is now ready
for the signature OF the COVE nor
The senate also passed the follow
ing:
Senate bill No. 3, by Cone, making
recorded instrument a notice, despite
defects in it: senate bill No. 30, by
Fleeger. which assures a widow a
least $3.50 when the estate is OF that
value or more; Senate bill No. 5, by
Perkins, Iegalizing the election II
Butte county on diviOon and organ
ibation: senate bill No. II by Ander
son of Clay. appropriating $4,000 tol
a well at the state university, ans
senate bill No. 81.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
y Hsoae Avssd 81 ! Gun.

81 49, Assd ~ : Gun.
Efie, KAn.-While several persons
sWho. Ssere waiting for trains stood In
the waiting room Of the Missouri, Kan
- ana Texas depot here. . negro
wa1ked In and drawing a revolver
forced tho station agent to give him
tAe money drawer. The robber then
4n1nod and looking at the others in the
room To- = short time walked out. No
traco Of tie negro has been found. and
railroad of1cials say they do not
1Aew how much money was in the
drawer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27

Pierre-The managers Of the Fort
Pierre brick yard, who found burning
with coal expensive, have been ex-
p~erimenting with liquid fuel, and on a
test Of burning a large kiln, find that
they a make a large saving by this
changfe, and % aoin mrfdlu hrdlua
change, and can secure just as hard a
brick by the use of the liquid fuel at
their kilns, as they could by the use
of coal, and will change their manner
of operation to the cheaper method.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
Corn erowers, Convention.

Champaign, Ill. ~ These are busy
days at the University of Illinois, Mon
day the annual convention Of Corn
Growers and Stockmen and the
School for Housekeepers both opened
there. Monday, general work in farm
mechanics was given the men. and in
the afternoon there was corn and
stock Judging. milk testing. study Of
soils and q lecture on silos ana en-
silaSs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
Driven to street by Fires.

0ftV0n % 6treet by -ITe1.
New York.-More than 1000 men,
women and childrep were driven from
their homes. $50 persons sleeping In
The Marathon lodging house were
thrown into q panic and 100000 dam
axe was done in Eve nres in this city
Thursday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27

Lodge Victor In Bay stats.
Boston.-Henry Cabot Lodge was
Wednesday ~re-elscteds United States
senator BY the Massachusetts, legisla-
ture. enough members Of the house
ShanSitg their votes to give him =
majority on Joint ballot;
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-27
e.caH ej,l TO Become Law.

Seattle, Wash.-The recall nomina-
ton bill providing for the nomination
Of candidates in recall elections by
petition, passed the house OF repre-
sentatives Thursday, and will become
law as soon as Governor Hay at
taches his signature.