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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Government Closes Saloons.

BILLINGS, March "a Eight sa-
looms, all that are located in the town
OF Hardin, have been ordered to cease
operations within 30 days. 1t is un-
derstood the order came from the com.
missioner of Indian affairs, and tha,
it is held by the government that the
town is included within the boundar.
les of the Crow Indian reservation,
where saloons cannot be operated nor
liquors sold.
Proprietors of some of the dram.
chops are in Billings today consulting
attorneys, and will, it is understood
carry the matter into the courts. Har'
din is located about 60 miles south
east of this city, and the land on which
it is located was in the ceded portion
of the Grow reserv alton opened to set
tlement about FIVE years ago. The
town was Incorporated only a few
weeks ago, and its officials are now
wondering whether the place can real
ly be self.governing if it is decided
that 1t Is within the boundaries OF the
reserv alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Roosevelt Favors Recall.

Los ANGELES, March 23.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt aroused an au-
dience of 1900 Californians at Temple
auditorium to q high pitch of enthu.
siasm, and called forth from them
thunderous applause by his emphatic
and unqualified declsra ations on four
propositions.
He commended the people of Cali
fornia on their progressive govern.
ment, saying it was "his government.
al ideal" He endorsed the proposed
constitutional amendment providing
for the recall of the judiciary of Cali
fornia on the ground that there was
no other altern alive to assure justice
and fair dealing by the courts, from
the standpoint of the people in view of
the conditions existing in the state; he
denounced the United States senate
for it's having seated Senator Lori
mer, and declared that California was
justified in criticising the senate for
its retention of Lorimer, and had
shown SITS sense of honor to the sem
ate more than the senate ITSELF" He
strongly endorsed the move OF first
Importance in the interest of popular
government.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Butte Racing Man Drops Dead.

Ell PAso, TEX, March 25.-W W..
Beasley of the we'll known racing firm
of Ballinger & Beasley, and former
resident OF Big Timber, Montana,
dropped dead from heart failure in
the Juarez betting ring just after the
running of this afternoons first race.
The end came suddenly for the horse
man. In reply to q question he
informed friend when on the way to
the track that he never felt better in
his life. BY strange coincident
Capt. John Hockett, who was q warm
personal friend of the deceased turf.
man. expired in the same manner in
the lobby of one of the Ell Paso hotels
just about q year ago.
Mr.. Beasley was we'll known figure
on Butte and Montana race tracks,
having raced about this part of the
country for number of years, and
last season made the Montana circui,
with his partner, Mr.. Ballenger, tax
ing in the Butte, Anaconda, Helena
and Great Falls tracks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Nav Revise Wool Tariff.

WASHINGTON, March 27.-Members
of the ways and means committee are
not much excited by the announce
ment that western wool growers inter.
ests propose to march upon Washing
ton in force when the tariff is consid.
cred,
''While have no authority to say
that wool growers will not be given a
hearing" said Chairman Underwood,
sit is my opinion that they might just
as we'll make an assault upon Gibral.
ter as upon the house. We know now
all the arguments that will be advanced
against the revision of schedule *
but there is no question about wha,
the house will do. We will make our
revision and send it to the senate, and
whether it goes any further remains tc
be seen. "
The comment made by Mr.. Under
wood reflects the attitude of the ma
jority of the ways and means commit
tee, and the leaders of the new dem
ocratic house.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Unlawful Freight Rates.

WASHINGTON, March 24.-In a de.
cision handed down by the interstate
commerce commission today involv.
ing the shipment of coal, it was held
that rates restricted to the use of GER
tain shippers and not open to all are
unlawful within the meaning OF the In
terstate commerce act.
The carriers affected are ordered by
the commission to cease and desist fol
q period of two years from May Il
next from their present practice o.
maintaining and using tariffs on coal
the rates on which are restricted tC
shipments of or for certain consignors
and consignees or when the coal trans
ported is for a particular use.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Want Recruits For Army.

CHICAGO, March 23.-Two telegra ans
from the war department in Wash.
ington we're received at the headquar-
ters of the Chicago recruiting station
yesterday, urging that the officers take
immediate steps to enlist all possible
recruits.
The message was telephoned to the
various substations with instructions
to send out hand bills in all districts
Hardly had the telephone order been
communicated when q second telegram
came from the adjutant generals Of
fee, declaring the call urgent and ad
vising that the stations be kept oper
day and night II necessary.
Men we're sent out with 10000 hanc
bills, across the top of which were
printed 10 large red letters "Mer
Wanteo.' Printers were ordered te
produce $4,000 more Of the bills ant
they will be distributed throughou
Chicago today.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Taxpayers Must Hold Title.

HELENA, March 24.-Not until title
actually passes from the government
has the state q right to tax the land
or the interest which the purchaser has
in 1t by reason of his contract of pur-
chase or the amount which he has
paid upon the purchase price, holds
Attorney General Galen in an opinion
to T. P. Squirer, chairman OF the
board of county commissioners Of
Rosebud county.
The question arose in connection
with certain lands of the Crow Indian
reserv alton that were sold to individ-
usls on the bases of q certain percen.
tage down and the balance to be paid
in equal annual instsllments. 1t is
presumed that the same ruling holds
as to irrigsted lands sold by the gov.
ernment on time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Heat From Electricity.

NEW YORK, March 23.-At an elec.
trio dinner at the Monda dauk club,
Charles w. Price, editor of the Elec.
trical Review, said:
II dare make the prediction, based
on knowledge of important expert.
ments, that the day is not far distant
when the coal pile in the cellar will be
replaced by an electrical reservoir of
boxlike shape and moderate size to
furnish heat throughout the entire
building and also to the kitchen in
residences for cooking.
"And this will be done economical.
ly, compared with coal, and this &C.
cumulated electricity will be stored at
low cost and be on tap for use when
needed. am hopeful that this may
be realized before we meet again one
year from now.
''Then will the coal wagon in front
OF the house disappear, the furna
caretaker lose his vocation and the
ashman become q reminiscence."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29

are asked to send reiufurcements con-
ststing of one or two good men from
each state.
While the delegation intends to do
all 1t can to protect the integrity OF
schedule K, it will take its stand on
the argument that the wool tariff leg.
islation should be postponed until the
tariff board makes it's report. That
report, The sheepmen say. will prove
that the cost of production of wool Is
so great that q reduction in the pro.
tective duty will cripple the sheep
raising industry.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29

BOzEMAN, March 27.-The Better
Farming Special which has been ira.
versing the state for the past week,
starting at Wibaux last Monday,
made its scheduled stop at Bozeman
Saturday evening. Over 1000 people
went through the train to look at the
displays and hear the lectures ex-
planning the different exhibits. The
train is being run jointly by the Nor.
thern Pacific railroad and the college
and is one of the most successful un.
dertakings ever attempted in this state
to educate the farmers in better
method of agriculture. The attend.
ance last week was $1,000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
WANT MASTER MINDS.
Roosevelt Believes United States
Sould Lead The World.

BERKELEY, CAL. March 23.-Speak-
ing today before 5000 persons At the
annual charter day exercises In the
Greek theater at the University of
California. Col. Theodore Roosevels
made q plea for higher education. In
his address Colonel Roosevelt said
that the American nation should be
profoundly dissatisfied ii it did not
produce any master minds. 1--WE
must produce men prominent in pure
learning" he declared, ''who may
stand eide by side with those of Eur.
ope."
"Thus far progress has been chiefly
m aterial," he said, ",he opening of
the Panama canal aud the voyage of
an American feet around the world
being esteemed In Europe as the great.
est feats of the last decade.
II am interested in the Panama
canal because 1 started it. II 1 had
followed traditional conserv alive
methods I would have submitted dig
nified state paper OF probably zoo
pages to congress, and the debate on
it would have been going on vet; but
I took the canal zone and let congress
debate me. and while the debate goes
on the canal does also."
Colonel Roosevelt interrupted a
baseball rally of California univer.
city students tonight to talk football
to praise the Rugby game of the Pa
cfic and to condemn the game ss it ia
played in the east.
Over a thousand cheering under.
graduates were gathered in the gym
nasium. Their noisy welcome seemed
to delight the colonel. The leader OF
the shouting lads called for "Colonel
Roosevelt six," and the cheers were
given with a vigor that shook the raft
| era
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
AN AWFUL HOLOCAUST.
Factory Fire Claimed Over Hundred
Girl Victims.

NEW YORK, March 25.-One hum
dred aud forty. eight persons-nine.
tenths of them girls from the east side
were crushed to death on the pave.
ments, smothered in smoke or burned
to a crisp IN factory fire this after
noon in the worst disaster New York
has known since the steamship Gen.
eral Slocum was burned to the water's
edge of North Brother island in 1904.
One hundred and forty-one bodies
had been removed from the ruins at
midnight and seven of the forty in
jured had died in the hospitals. This,
is is believed, completes the list of
dead, most of whom are unidentified.
Grief-stricken relatives besieged the
morgue as the bodies we're laid out.
Nearly all, if not all, of the victims
were employed by the Triangle Waist
company on the eighth, ninth, and
tenth floors of a 10-story building at
% Washington place, on the western
fringe of the downtown wholes ale
clothing, fur and millinery district.
The partners of the firm, Isaac Harris
and Max Rlanck, escaped unscathed
from the Office on the tenth floor, car
rying with them over an adjoining
roof Blanck's two young daughters
and a governess.
Seven hundred hands, 500 of them
women, were employed by the shirt
waist company. They sat in rows at
their whirring machines, the tables
before them piled with Aimsy cloth,
the floor Uttered with lint, the air full
of fine, inflamable dust.
The first rush of flames was almost
an explosion. Operators died in their
chairs, their lungs scared by inhaling
flames. Others were crowded into the
elevator shafts after the cars had
made their last trip. Still others were
pushed of the inadequate interior fire
escape.
In such horrible stream did the
bodies overflow from the windows tia
the fire nets stretched by the first com
pany to arrive were soon gorged be-
yond their capacity. Twelve bodies
weighted one net to the bursting point,
but the bodies kept tumbling to the
pavement through meshes that could
no longer support them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Militia To Depart.

BENLD, Ill.,, March %. - Military
reign in Benld will cease by noon to.
morrow. This is the decision of Gov.
ernor Deenen and Adjutant General
Dickson, following the promise Of
Sheriff Etter that no disorder or DEM
onstr alton will take place in Benld
after the troops depart.
In guaranteeing peace, Mayor Rom
ell, Barney Flarity and Mr.. Lawrie
have given their word that they, with
other citizens, will do their utmost to
put down any attempt at trouble.
More than q score of citizens have
been sworn in as deputies.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29

firms alton of MIR. Lindsay's nomin a.
tion will be made by the senate with
out delay.
The sppointee has been q long time
friend of Senator Dixon and was
chairman of the Montana republican
state central committee in 1902, when
Mr.. Dixon first was elected to con-
gress. He was not an applicant for
the marsh alship and was appointed by
the presidest solely upon the recon.
mend alton OF Mr.. Dixon, neither Re-
preventative Charles Pray nor former
Senator T. Il. Carter joining in the
recommend alton. The appointment
ends the fight between Carter and
Dixon over the marshalship in Dixon e
favor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
A Corpseless Funeral.

NEW YORK, March 23.-The funer al
parade of 10000 persons without Q
corpse was sanctioned today by May.
or Gsynor on application OF the or.
thodox Jewish worshippers, at the old
Christ street sny agogue, recently de.
stroyed by fire. The ceremonial will
mark the burial of the sacred relics
taken from the fire. Ancient gold aud
silver ornaments from Jerus alem, con.
veyed in cofins, will form the van.
guard of the procession. Two hun
dred carriages, it was announced, will
follow the hearses, while an army oi
the orthodox believers will trudge or
foot
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
THEY WANT FAIR RATES.
Montana People Interested In Hear
ing Now In Progress.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The hear.
ing on the long and short haul provi-
sion of the railroad law that passed
congress last year continued today.
1t is said to be the purpose of the
Northern Pacific to deprive Missouls,
Helena and other Montana towns of
the benefits they should get under that
law. The representatives OF the road
argue that the rate should be based
on the water rate. Judge Stevens,
speaking for Spokane and other towns
says that the water rate has nothing
to do with 1t and q reasonable rate
should be given to inland towns. The
railroads are making vigorous ef-
fort to virtually annul the long and
short haul provision for which Sena-
tor Dixon and others labored so hard
year ago.
A considerable reduction in freight
rates on citrus fruits in carloads from
Redlands and other points In Califor-
mia to Miles City, Montana, was made
today by the interstate commerce com.
mission in a decision handed down
in the case of the Gamble. obinson
Fruit company against the Northern
Pacific and other carriers.
The rates heretofore have been as
high as Sl.79 per 100 pounds. They
were reduced TO Sl.l5 per 100 pounds
and the carriers are required to main
tain that rate from September l last.
for at least two years.
Reparation is awarded to the COM
plainant on shipments transported
under the higher charges since Sep
tember | last.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Postal Banks Are a Success.

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Anacon.
da ranks second among the 4S post.
Offices in the country in the oper alton
of the postal savings banks, accord.
ing to a report of the postoffice de.
partment. From January 3 when the
postal savings banks were opened
until February % there were 256 de-
positors in the Anaconda bank, am
ounting to 1875 The Leadville
Col, postofice ranked first.
Since these repositories began op
Grafton 1928 accounts have beer
opened and 6,861 separate deposits
were made for an average amount O.
%2l. so.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Warm Welcome For Roosevelt.

Los ANGELES, March 2l.-Unmis.
takably enthusiastic was the reception
given Colonel Koosevelt during the
fret of his two days In Los Angeles.
Cheering crowds greeted the colonel
upon his arrival at the railroad sta
ton in the morning and they contin.
ued to voice their approval of him
wherever he appeared, on the street
or elsewhere.
During the day Colonel Roosevelt
delivered set speeches before large
audiences, made an hours informa al
talk at luncheon in his honor and
tonight addressed an assem- blage in
Pas adena on the subject of his expert
ences in Africa.
Colonel Roosevelt second address
of the day was delivered at Temple
auditorium, where he spoke for three
quarters of an hour to the teachers
and pupils Of the high school and up.
per grammar grades.
In characteristic language he like
wise administered rebuke to derelict
parents, whom he said shirked theil
natural responsibilities in the bring
ing up of their children by depositinl
them in schools and paying no further
attention, expecting that they woult
b. turned out eminently respectable.
"You cannot do the right sort, ,
said Colonel Roosevelt to the higl
school children, 'unless you are able
to hold your own-to earn your owr
livelihood when it becomes necessary
and support those who are dependen
upon you. You should have an aspi
ration for the helping of your fellow
men. But, first of all, you must b.
able to pull your own weight befor
you become much of prop to leal
upon. You can best fit yourself fol
future sponsibilities by doing righ
up to the handle, every day, the com
mon duties of life."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
MUST STAND TRIAL.
Meat Packers Fail In Effort To Es.
cape Prosecution.

CHICAGO. March 22.-The indicted
Chicago packers lost their fight
against going to trial on the indict.
ments by the government several
months ago when Judge Carpenter in
the United States district court today
overruled their demurrer to the charg.
es and held that the immunity granted
by Judge Humphreys of the federal
circuit court in 1906 did not apply to
the present charges which he held,
were based on evidence not included
in the Humphrey decision.
In brief the packers position was
that any conspiracy that might have
existed was the plotting prior to Judge
Humphreys decision, and that the i'm.
munity granted them extended over
all future time, SO long as the acts
covered by the 1906 decision remained
the same.
In deciding this, Judge Carpenter
ruled that the immunity granted then
was only for acts which had occurred
prior to the date of the Indictment
and could not pertain to any ac'
which was performed after that time
The indicted packers are: Louis F.
Swift, Edward F. Swift. Francis A
Fowler and Charles H. Swift, of Swif
and company; Edward Tilden, presi
dent of the National Packing com
pany; j. Ogden Armour, Arthur Meek
er and Thomas J. Connors of Armour
and company; Edward Morris ant
Louis Heyman Of Morris and com
pauy.
The chief object of the government
attack Is the National Packing com
pany, of which the indicted men ar
directors or In which they are other
wise interested. 1t was organized II
1901 with capital of fifteen million
dollars.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
PROTECT FACTORY WORKERS
New York Authorities Discuss Lesson
Of Recent Disaster.

New YORK, March 27.-"Give US
not merely fire proof, but death proof
building" bids fair to become muni.
cipal slogan in the many sided cam.
psign of investigation which is under
way in New York today as result of
the Washington place fire Saturday
afternoon.
The slogan is coined by Fire Chief
Croker, as summing up his recommen-
dation for the future. The entire ma.
tion, he said, will learn lesson from
Saturdays fire, which it has learned
only twice in late years-once when
the Collinwood district school taught
the necessity Of adequate protection
in school buildings, and again when
the Iroquois theater fire taught the
same lesson for theaters. Fire Chief
Kroker's recommendatio is:
"The city beautiful is less vital than
the city safe, he said. "Let US see
first of all that our people live and
work under adequate protection for
tnelr lives ana pereO0Ss
II would have fire escape landings
extending all along the outside of ev-
cry Office, loft or factory building. I
would have the balcony buildings
built wide enough for two persons to
pass in safety without crowding. I
would have stairways at each end and
l would have them built with hand
rails so hat women and children could
descend them-no ladder escapes OF
stairways built at angles.
"Let US have all inside stairways
inclosed in re-proof partition. Let
US require ire.proof exit doors anc
all doors to open outward. Never al
low an exit door to be locked OF
blocked and make the fire escapt
windows open to the floor level like !.
door. Protect each floor with all
available automatic safety devices
and sprinklers.
Last but not least, make fire drillt
at frequent intervals compulsory ii
all factories, lodging houses and in
stitutions."
There were similar statements tod q!
from the coroner, the fire marshal, th'
district attorney, the building com
mission, the Board of Fire Under
writer's, the Woman's Trade Uniol
league and other bodies which arr
practically investig ating the disaster
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Want a Square Deal.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March o.
The Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers
association, meeting in convention
here last night adopted q resolution
insisting "that In the proposed re.
vision of the tariff such rates of i'm.
port duties, either specific or advalor.
EN- be levied on wool, mohair, mutton
and the skin of the goat as will equal
the cost of producing these commodi'
ties in the United States and the cost
of producing like commodities in for
eign countries.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Gamblers Used Sawdust.

NEW YORK, March 25.-Sawdust is
the latest weapon of the New York
gamblers against their foes, the po-
lice raiders. 1t was used effectively
last night when eleven vigilant blue.
coats assailed q suspected gambling
house in the downtown district. The
police were breaking their way into q
place with axes when the walls
gave way and they we're buried under
four tons of sawdust, which blinded
them for several minutes. The gam
blers and their patrons took advan-
tage of the temporary blindness of the
raiders to escape by the fire escape
and roof.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29

Missouri River Power company, the
dam, which it was then building across
the Missouri, because of alleged fsul-
ty copstruction, was unable to with
stand the great pressure of back up
waters and was broken aud swept
away, thereby releasing the great VOL
ume OF water held in check by the
dam, and the water rushed from the
lake, destroying the Trout creek
bridge and damaging the Craig struc-
ture,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Prepare for Extra Session.

WASHINGTON, March 26-Active
preparations for the opening of the
special session of congress next week
were commenced today by the rules
committee of the house, which met to
organize s1d will hold daily sessions
throughout the week. The rules com.
mittee is one OF the most powerful of
the house committees, and is headed
by Representative Robert L. Henry,
of Waco, Tex, as chairman.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-03-29
Bankers Must Serve Sentence

WASHINGTON, March q. .- From
sources close to the president, it was
learned today that the pardon appeals
of the two bankers, Charles w. Morse
of New York and John r. Walsh OF
Chicago undoubtedly will be denied.
It Is stated that the attorney generals q
recommend alton in both cases is ad.
verse and that the president will fol.
low its findings.