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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
Devils Lake Bond Sale Stopped.

The Devils Lake fight over the es-
Enlistment of a municipal lighting
plant, the outcome of which has been
the authorization of a $4,000 bond
issue for the construction of a plant,
took a new turn when Judge John F.
Cowan, on the relation of S. Kerlin,
issued a temporary restraining order
which prohibits the council from sell
ing the bonds. Several allegations are
made by the relator as reasons why
the bond issue is illegal, it being con-
tended that the recent special election
at which the proposition was voted
was void because of irregularities.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
News Of the Week From Vari-
Gus Parts Of the State.
YOUNG COOPER IS ACQUITTED
Mar Who Killed Fathers Foreman
Freed by District Court Jury
at Grand Forks.

mot guilty" was the verdict re.
turned in the district court at Grand
Forks and young McLain Cooper,
tried for the murder of J.. Frank Ross,
was given. his freedom. Cooper shot
and killed Ross on the morning of
March IL, this year, the shot being
fired from behind at a distance of
about ten feet. The bullet entered
Ross spine and five months later he
died. That he "a justified in the
shooting was Cooper's plea, he con.
tending that Ross was about to get a
gun. The jury was out thirty-one
hours.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
ONLY ONE NEGATIVE VOTE
House Favors Abrogation of Treaty
With Russia.

Washington, Dec. 14.-The Sulzer
joint resolution for the termination of
the treaty of 1882 between the United
States and Russia, because of the lat
ter's discrimination against Jewish
American citizens, passed the house,
300 to 1. The n negative vote was
cast by Representative Malby of New
York. A practically identical resolu-
ton by Senator Culberson of Texas is
pending in the senate. Favorable &C
ton of both houses would be neces-
sary to make either resolution eff.
fective.
Both the Sulzer and Culberson reso.
lutions would direct the president to
give Russia, Immediately, the years
notice necessary for the complete alb
rogation of the treaty that has been in
force nearly eighty years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
Fargo Air Tank ExpIodes.

With a report that shattered every
window in the building the compress.
ed air tank on the first floor of the J.
Il. Johnson supply house at Fargo
blew up, sending the steel tank into the
basement, where 1t hit the cement
floor and rebounded, crashing Though
three floors Of the building. It was
only stopped in it's fight by the steel
roof. Damage estimated at $1,000 was
done to the building. No one was In
jnred.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Dec. observation-disclosures,
$4.60@8.90; Texas steers, $4.10@5.75;
Western steers, $4.50@6.60; stockers
and feeders, $3.25@5.80; COWS and
heifers, $1.90@6.25; calves, $5.50@S.-
90. Hogs-Light, $5.55@6.10; mixed,
$5.75@6.25; heavy, $5.85@6.25; rough.
$5.85@6.0o; good to choice heavy, &c.
00@6.25; pigs, S4.50@5.70. Sheep
Native, $2.50@400; yearlings, $4,000
$50; lambs, $4O0@5.90.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
TURNER ACCEPTS POSITION
Former Senator Will Succeed Carter
on international Board.

Spokane, Wash, Dec. 16.-George
Turner of Spokane, former United
States senator of Washington and
chief justice of Washington in terri
torial days, who has been mentioned
frequently as a candidate for vice
president on the Democratic ticket,
announced he has accepted the ap-
pointment by President Taft as a
member of the international joint
commission on boundary waters, sue
ceeding the late Thomas H. Carter,
United States senator of Montana.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
DR.. REYNOLDS NOT GUILTY
But North Dakota Medical Law Is
Held Constitutional.

Holding the medical law passed
by the last legislature constitutional
and after the defense had made an
offer of evidence Judge Templeton
submitted the case of DR.. e. l.. Rey-
nolds to n jury and a verdict of not
guilty was reached at Grand Forks.
The not guilty verdict precludes the
possibility of an appeal to the supreme
court on the question of the laws con.
s~titutionality.
DR.. Reynolds was charged with VIC.
lations of the law, it being commended
that he had held himself out as a
physician contrary to it's provisions.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, Dec. 18.-Wheat-Dec.
$1.03%; May, $1.07%; July, $1.08%.
Cash close on track: No. / hard, ST..
06A; No. ] Northern, $1.05A @1.05A;
to arrive. S1.05A 01.O5A; No. 2 North.
ern, $l.03A @1.03A; to arrive, $1.03A
@1.03A; No. 3 Northern. $l.00A @1.,
01A; No, 8 yellow corn, 66W57c; No,
4 corn, 51@b4c; No. 3 white oats, 450
45hc; to arrive, 44Mc; No. 3 oats, ~
@a4c; barley 73c@sl.l7; flax, SAP.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
BOUGHT AND PAID FOR WIFE
Gypsy Wants Money Back When He
Gets Divorce.

That he had bought and paid for his
wife, as was the custom in his tribe,
is n of the allegations made by
Stephen Adams, in a divorce action
against Anna Adams, in which Judge
Coffey granted a decree.
Two thousand dollars was the
amount Adams recognized as the
king of the gypsy tribe, paid for
his bride and his chief regret appeared
to be his failure to secure the return
of the cash when his wife left him.
Adams regards the purchase of a wife
as strictly legal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
ENTIRE FAMILY MURDERED
Bodies of Mother, Son and Two
Daughters Found Under Barn,

Albany, N. Y, Dec. 14.-The naked
bodies of Mrs. Conrad Morner, her son
Arthur, aged twenty-six, and two
daughters, about twenty years old,
were found hidden under the floor of
she barn on their farm near De Freest-
Vile, a few miles east of Albany. by
neighbors who had seen no one about
the place since last Monday. The
whole family had been murdered and
the police are searching for an Italian
farmland.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
JUROR WALDRON TURNS UP
Judge Dismisses Jury in Hyde MUIR
der Case.

Kansas City, Dec. 15.-Pale and
emaciated and weak from hunger and
exposure Harry Waldron, the Juror
whose escape last Sunday night
blocked the progress of the second
trial of DR.. B. Clarke Hyde, charged
with the murder of Colonel Thomas H.
Swope, returned to his home. He was
brought into court by Mrs. Waldron
and, after a conference with him.
Judge Portertield announced he would
dismiss the entire jury on the ground
OF Waldron's mental incompetency.
His eyes shifting and every move
ment b%etraying shattered nerves Wal
dron described to Judge Portertield
four days of wandering through the
country in search of fresh air and
freedom from combining walls and star
ing eyes,"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
Nat Goodwin compromlses.

New York, Dec. 19.-Edna Good
rich's attorney, Herman L. Roth, an
nounced that a settlement had been
reached with Nat Goodwin, whose
third wife she was, and that, in lieu
of what he had pledged to her before
marriage, MI. Goodwin had compro-
missed by giving her cash to the
amount OF $4,000 and real estate to
the value Of $500. 600. q total OF $685.
900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Dec. 1S.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, $1.04%; No.
1 Northern, $1.03%; No. 2 Northern,
s1.00%; Dec, $1.03%; May, $1.O6%.
Flax-On track and to arrive, $2.11;
in store, 5000; JAN, $500; May, s2.OS.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
St. Paul Live Stock.

St. Paul, Dec. 18.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $6.5O@7.O0; fair to good,
$5.75@6.35; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $4.75@5.25; veals, $6.OO@7.O0.
Hogs-$5.65@5.95. Sheep-Wethers,
S .00@3.65; yearlings, $3.25@4.75;
spring lambs, $4.00@5.35.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
TAKE TEN BODIES FROM MINE
Total of Identified Dead at BriceviIIe
Now Seventx.seven.

Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. 1S.-Ten
bodies were removed from Cross
Mountain mine at Briceville, leaving
seven or eight more to be taken out.
These removals bring the total of iden-
titled dead up to seventy-seven, while
the total number of victims will be
either eighty-four or e%ighty-five.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
Convicted Banker Released.

New York, Dec. civilian j.
Cummins, the convicted banker, fur.
nished 100000 bail through a surety
company and was released, pending
appeal, He had been In the Tombs
since Nov. 20.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Dec. 18.-Wheat-D Dec,
95Ac; May, 99Ac; July, 95kc. Corn
Dec, 63%@ 63Ac; May, 64M @64%c;
July, 64A @64%c. Oats-Dec, 47hc;
May, 48%c; July, ASH @45%c. Pork
Jan, $15.37@15.4o; May, $15.S5. But
ter-Creameries, 26@34c; diaries, 23@
31c. Eggs-22@30c. Poultry-Tur-
keys, 14@18hc; chickens, 10kc;
springs, 1Oc.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
DefauIter Denied Parole.

Columbus, o., Dec. 1.-THE request
of Charles L. Warmer of Cincinnati,
%defaulting Big Four treasurer, for pa
role from the Ohio pe%nitentiary, was
rejected by the board of administra-
ton.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
BARS PACKERS FROM BIDDING
No British Contracts May Go to AL.
Legged American Trust.

London, Dec. 1.-THE British gov
eminent has decided to exclude all the
American meat packers against whom
prosecutions have been instituted in
abe United States from rendering for
contracts for the supply of meat to the
british army and navy. pending the
settlement OF the suits.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
ARABS SUFFER HEAVY LOSS
One Thousand Reported Killed {
Wounded and 500 Captured.

Rome, Dec. 19.-One thousand Arabs
were killed or wounded in an ngage
ment at HONS, according to advices
from Italian newspaper men. Cruisers
poured a heavy fire among the Arabs,
while Italian troops attacked from the
rear. Five hundred Arabs were taken
prisoners. The Italian losses were
small.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
Implement Dealers Meet.

The Northwestern Minnesota and
the North Dakota Implement Dealers
association will hold its annual meet
ing in Grand Forks Feb. 10 to 15, ac-
cording to an announcement which
has just come from the executive COM
mittee. One of the big features of the
gathering will be an implement dis
play which will be made at the Grand
Forks Auditorium, the largest building
Of the kind in the state. d. p. Cole
of Park Rapids is the president of the
organization.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
ACCIDENT OCCURS IN FOG
Two Killed in Collision of Trolley Cars
Near Wolcott, Kan.

Kansas City, Dec. 19.-In a collision
between two trolley cars on the Kan
sas City-Leavenworth electric line
which met headon in a dense fog near
Wolcott, Kan, two persons were killed
and nine seriously injured. A misun-
Outstanding of orders is believed to
have caused the collision.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-12-21
Must Copy 21,soo instruments.

The work Of TRANSFERRING the re-
cords of Divide county has been COM
menced by R. fl. Porter Of Minot, who
has the contract. A force Of twelve
persons is at work and 1t will take
until April to copy the 21,600 instru-
ments which will be fled In the court
house of the new county OF Divide
which was taken of the northern end
sf williams county last year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-18
KILLED IN A WRECK
PENNSYLvANlA'S FAST FLYER
JUMPS THE TRACK AT FORT
WAYNE, INDIANA.
FIVE COACHES IN THE DITCH
Baggage, Smoker, Buffet and Two
Sleepers Topple Over-ln Leaving
Rails Both Locomotives of Nine-Car
Train SidesWipe a Freight Engine.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-Two people were
killed, two were reported missing and
thirty were injured at the western linn
its of this city in the second wreck
within a week of the Pennsylvania
railroads Chicago-New York eighteen
hour train. Pulled at top speed by two
locomotives, the heavy train ran into
a temporary switch that was too weak
to stand the terrific strain. The rails
of the switch were swept aside, the
engines of the flyer careened crafty
and sideswiped the engine of a freight
train on a sidetrack. Engines and
passenger coaches a second later were
piled on their sides.
In the panic Of passengers which
followed the piling up of the fast train
men fought women in their frenzy to
escape, and scores were trampled and
beaten.
Patrick Malone, the veteran en-
gineer of the flyer, was found in a
~fainting condition several rods from
the wreck. One leg hung by a mere
thread and he was otherwise bruised
and cut. Although it was necessary to
remove both legs and ar arm, the sur
geons say he may recover Dragged
from the engine at the crash, he was
pinned under the wreckage and the
steam from the engine completely
blinded him. Summoning all his
strength he managed to crawl away.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-18
ACTOR LOSES LIFE IN FIRE
London HosteIry Is Destroyed anu
Many Americans Have NARROW
Escape From Death.

london. Fire and water ruined
the beautiful Hotel Carlton, ono
of London's show places ana lhe re
sort of the most fashionable Engilsh
ona American society. James Il.
Keene. the New York broker, and GOV.
ond Mrs. Frank Brown of Mary
land. together with nearly 100 other
Americans, narrowly escaped death III
the blaze.
One guest, Jameson Lee F1nney' an
American actor, persisted. His charred
remains. burned almost beyond fecog-
milton. were found on the top hoor
after the fire was extinguished.
The rescue Of James X. keene was
ono If MANY thrilling incidents. The
smoke quickly filed his apartment on
the third foor and he was 500 over
come. His valet wrapped him IN a
blanket and carried him through a
window out on a ledge, whence ire
men carried him down a ladder to the
street.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-18
SENATOR w. P. FRYE EXPIRES
Veteran Maine Statesman
TO Heart Disease at His Home
In Lewiston.

Lewiston, Me.-United States Sen
ator William Pierce Frye died at his
home in this city from heart dis
ease, aged e~ighty-one years.
Senator Frye was dean OF the
Unietd States senate. His term or
service began only ten days later than
that of his former colleague from
Maine, Eugene Hale, who retired
last March and left Mr.. Frye as the
ranking member of the senate in point
of service.
All last winter he was Ill, but went
regularly to the senate and met every
requirement of his work.
The death of Senator Frye means
that Maine will be represented In the
States senate by two Demo
The governor of Maine is a
Democrat and he will appoint a man
his party to take the place, pend
.ng a meeting of the legislature
which is a Democratic body.
Senator Frye's wife died about ten
years ago. He leaves two married
daughters and a number of grandchil-
lren.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-18
REMARKABLE RAINS
PLENTY OF WATER NOW IN COUN-
TRY WEST OF RIVER.
Mans and Reservoirs Store a Supply
Large Enough for TWO
Years.

Murdo.-IhlS sectloh VI INC va.
was visited by another heaN! rum
Sunday afternoon ""1c" n'eu
of the dams ana ""SnSu u SUM-
them. me large '"il'o"u So
here OVerhoWeu LOT 'ne "iS'
two or thre" years. Two "9eN9 a.
considerable Anxiety was 'elI
dam would go urE' Is II was ,"C 'o"I9
it has been SINCE IlISt ni'u, y"
heaNy rams Oh '"V P"9' - " ,t
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-18
TAFT PLEADS FOR TREATIES
Wants Moral influence or Nation
Used on Senators to RatiTy Con-
ventions of Nations.

Mountain Lake Park. Md.-Presi
dent Taft travelled 400 miles through
Maryland and West Virginia by spe-
cial train to appeal to the people Of
the United States to use their moral
influence to have the senate ratify
the British and French arbitration
treaties
His appeal was made direct to the
Mountain Lake Park Chautauqua OF
the Methodist Episcopal church, but
in 1t the president included the rest
of the nation as we'll.
In making his plea for the Central
American conventions, the president
highly praised former President
Roosevelt. He spoke Of the tendency
of the United States to extend their
helping hand to less powerful people
and %instanced Mr.. Roosevelts inter
yention in Cuba.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-18
LEGAL KIDNAPPING HIT
CONGRESS URGED TO CHECK
HASTY EXTRACTION.
Serate Special Committee Files Re-
port Apparently Based on Hay
wood and Mcnamara Cases.

WashingtOn.-The process OF legal
kidnaping," as in the labor cases or
Mover, Haywood and Mcnamara, was
condemned in a report presented by
the senate select committee appointed
to investigate the third degree methods
of the police authorities OF the United
States. Senator Borah presented the
report on behalf of the committee.
The committee said the practice OF
hurrying accused men from n state
to another without giving them an OPP
portunity to be heard should be pre-
vented by prohibiting eXtradition un
til after a lapse Of a certain number
of DAYS or by some other effective
plan.
The only other recommendation was
the cessation Of Jury shadoWing by
the secret service men. The inquiry
did not extend to the police methods
of the state or cities, the committee
believing its jurisdiction did not in
clude them
The condemnation of jury shadow
ing was based upOn the committees
hat in IMPORTANT cases the
uepdl lLllehI " justice uNAO iHSN ia
veillance of jurymen to prevent their
being tempered with. The committee
in this ina report condemned he
practice of the government, even
though 1t be by the defense. because
It IS liable to great abuse"
The committees comment on irreg-
ular ~extraditions evidently was based
on the course pursued in removing
Meyer and Haywood from Colorado to
Idaho on the charge of numbering
Governor Steunenberg and In getting
Mcnamara from Indiana or the
charge of destroying the Los Angeles
Times building. but neither instance
is specifically mentioned They were
spoken of as cases In which mo op-
portunity was offered to test the le-
gality of the proceedings or the juris-
diction of the court granting judg-
manu-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-18
ROOSEVELT ON STAND
DEFENDS SELF BEFORE STEEL
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
Asserts His Approval OF TENNESSEE
Iron Merger by Trust AVerted
Financial Panic.

New York.-Col. Theodore Roose'
Welt tool the witness stand IN the
congressional inquiry INTO the United
States Steel corporation to tell what
he knew regarding the absorption OF
the Tennessee Coal and Iron
by the Steel corporation during the
panic of 1907
Mr.. Roosevelt read his statement
from manuscript.
1T was the utmost duty OF the ad-
ministratiOn," he read, ito prevent oy
all means the spread OF the panic
before 1t became a disaster
The secretary of the treasury n
he, Mr.. Roosevelt said, were constant
Iy In tOuCh with the situation. Dur
ing that time he learned that two
members of the United States Steel
corporation wished to see him In the
morning, At breakfast the next day
he was informed that f. II. Gary and
II. c. FriCk were waiting to see him.
Mr.. BOnaparte, hen attorney general,
he continued. had not yet arrived from
Baltimore.
Il sent a note to Secretary Root to
SOIlt OFSl, the lOI ultI ~ SblN'AN
read, "and he arrived at the White
House"
Mr.. Roosevelt went on. going into
details about the serious financial
conditions In New York, M told how
he had taken the responsibility to
permit the transfer Of the steel
company. and did 1t on his own initia-
tive.
1T was necessary Tor me to act at
once" said the former president, be
fore the stock exchange opened, or
the transaction might prove useless.
He said he was convinced that &C
quirement by the steel corporation OF
the Tennessee Coal and Iron company
did not change the legal status Of the
corporation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-18
FOOD FAMINE
DOCK STRIKE IN LONDON CAUSES
SUPPLIES TO BE TIED UP
PRICES SOAR.
APPEAL IS MADE FOR TROOPS
Thirty Thousand Carriers Cult Work.
Many Vans Are OemoIIshed-1oo,-
ooo Men Are Now Idle, More to
FoHow-FruIt Rots In Crates.

London. - London Is in great
peril Of a foodstuff famine in the next
few days unless some step Is k to
prevent the tieup which has resulted
from the great dock strike accompa-
MED with frequent sharp collisions be
tween the strikers and the police.
The Combined Millers' Association
Of London has telegraphed the home
secretary asking for military protec-
ton against the striking dock hands.
A bread famine within the next
three days IS certain If present condl-
lions prevail.
London is practically without vans
Thirty thousand carriers quit work
and thousands more Will join the ldle
ones. All attempts to move wagons
loaded with London's supplies Of meat,
fruit and provisions were stopped by
the strikers, in many instances only
after a fight with the police Their
has been much O~yerturning OF vans
and destruction of supplies, the Wom-
en- joining the men In preventing q re
plenishing of the markets where prices
are nearing figures hat are prohibit
tive for all but the well cd
The fish porters have Joined the
strike movement, and there was no
one to unload the fish trawlers that
arrived in the Thames. The wholesale
prices of chilled beef have
seven to ten cents a pound since last
Friday. The manager Of II OF the
largest houses importing American
beef says tina unless the strike Is set
tied at once there will be the greatest
beef famine that this country has ever
known.
Tons of California pears, mani
apples and French fruits are rottlnS
In their crates and Covent garden IS
almost without fruit. Practically no
business was done on the corn eX-
change, as the sellers were unable to
guarantee delivery.
At a meeting Of strikers at Tower
Hill BENJAMIN Tillett, secretary OF the
Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General
Workers Union of Great Britain, an
ounce that orders had been issued
calling out every man Of h port or
London. The new order will increase
the total of strikers to 100000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-18
SHIFT IN DIPLOMATIC CORPS
J. G. A. Leishman Appointed Ambas'
sador to Germany-C. p. Bryan
Goes to Japan.

Neutrality-suspicious. long expected
shake-up in the diplomatic serv-
ice came when President Taft sent
the following nominations to the
senate: John G.. A. Leishman of Pitts
burg, ambassador to Germany; Thorn
as J. O'Brien of Grand Rapids, Mich,
ambassador to Italy; Charles Page
Bryan Of Chicago, ambassador to ia
pan; Larz Anderson of Ohio. minister
to Belgium; John Ridgely Carter Of
Baltimore. minister to the Argentine
Republic; John d. Jackson of New Jer-
sey. minister to the Balkan states; Ar
thur NJ. Beaupre of Aurora, Ill, min
lister to Cuba; Lloyd Bryce of New
York, minister to the Netherlands.