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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21

on the case submitted to the presi-
dent, recommends approval of the
committees action. 1t is charged
against DIR. Wiley that he permitted
an arrangement to be made with DR..
H. H. Rusby, a recognized pharma-
cognosist of Columbia university,
New York, for compensation in ex-
cess of that allowed by law.
Comptroller of the Currency Law
renee o. Murray has asked bankers in
thirty-two large cities to adopt the
plan of having a clearing house ex-
aminer. In large cities, where the
cost of such an examiner would be no
burden upon the banks, Comptroller
Murray urges that the clearing house
association employ such an official.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
designated the main postoaices in
New York, Chicago, Boston and st.
Louis as postal savings repositories.
They will begin to receive deposits
Aug. l.. 49,
The navy department has ordered
the United States gunboat Petrol to
proceed to Hayti. American interests
at Cape Haytien and Port Liberte,
Hayti, are menaced by revolutionists.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
MILLION FOR KIND ACTIONS
Pennsylvania Woman Leaves Fortune
to Old Neighbor.

Detroit, July 19.-Real estate in
Detroit comprises part Of a fortune
which came to William r. Ward of
Youngstown, o., in a strange manner.
Ward became a wanderer after his
three children and his wife died in
1907 in ~Greencastle. Pa. He finally
located in Youngstown. where he
made a living doing odd Jobs. No one
in Greencastle knew where he had
gone.
Mrs. John Burke of Greencastle, a
paralytic who lived next door to Ward
for years and to whom he devoted
himself in efforts to make her lot more
bearable, died May %.
She left a fortune said to be valued
at more than $1,00O,00O to Ward in re-
turn for his kindness to her. Part Of
the fortune is in Detroit real estate.
All efforts to locate Ward were futile
until he. sent his dues to the secretary
of the Greencastle Masonic lodge.
The probate Judge then notified Ward.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
SOLDIERS FIND LOST BABE
Regulars and Guardsmen Tramp
Fields at Night in Search.

Fields at Night in Search.
Gar" you gcnig to take me to my
mama!"
--.s was the query Of t~wo-ye:,-old
Alice Nelson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Nelson of Cary. when she was
picked up at 1870, am. by Private r.
T. Reynolds of Company F of Man
dan. She vas creeping along in an
oat field more than half a mile from
the Rock Island farm, east of the
Chautauqua grounds at Devils Lake.
Spectators at the Devils Lake Chau-
tauqua and finally the North Dakota
national guard and the regulars in
camp at the Rock Island military res
ervation were called on by the fran
tic parents to join the search for their
baby, who had strayed from the farm
early in the evening. For hours the
woods along Devils lake and the grain
fields bordering it were secured.
The child, with her parents, had
been the guests of j. T. Kelly and
wife; who resided on the Rock Island
farm. When the call was made on
the militia every man, as we'll as the
regulars from Fort Lincoln, respond
ed. They were l:d by Captains Sip
Ter, Geary, Murphy and Wells, Major
Patterson, Captain Macdonald, Major
Roberts and other officers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
BERTHOLD LAND AVAILABLE
Tracts May Be Applied for on Aug. IA
and thereafter.


President Tat has issued procla-
nations directing that certain lands
be opened in the Fort Eerthold reser-
walton in Montraille and Mclean
counties, west of the central part of
North Dakota.
These lands have been classified as
agricultural lands of the first class,
agricultural lands of the second class,
and grazing lands. The number of
acres which will become subject to
entry under the various classifications
is now available. The prices range
from $3.50 to Sc an acre. The total
area which will become subject to en-
try will, perhaps. be about 100000
acres.
All persons who desire to register
for Fort Berthold lands must go either
to Bismarck, Minot, Ryder, Garrison
or Plaza on or after Aug. IA and not
later than Sept. 2, 1911, and there
swear to their applications.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
FOREIGN NEWS.

In four short hours hundreds of
lives were lost and property damage
aggregating millions resulted in the
P%orcupine district, Northern Ontario.
when forest fires destroyed two towns
and a portion Of a third. The greatest
loss of life occurred in the mines,
where the miners were forced to take
to the shafts for safety, and, penned
in by flames, persisted. The towns de.
stroyed were South Porcupine and
Pottsville, while Golden City suffered
partial destruction. Hundreds of ref
ugees are facing starvation and relief
is being furnished by the city of To-
ronto and organizations there.
Three soldiers of the Tw%enty-ninth
battalion and a number Of Maderists,
estimated as many as thirty, were
killed and many others wounded in q
battle between the two forces which
ragged in the streets of the city of
Pueblo, Mex. Forty Maderists are
prisoners in the barracks of the Sar-
agoza battalion.
The Canadian cabinet has com.
muted to life imprisonment the sen.
tence Of death passed upon the Ital-
ian woman, Angelina Neapolitano, for
the murder of her husband at Sault.
Ste. Marie.
Articles have been signed for a fight
in London Sept. 80 between Jack
Johnson and Bombadier Wells for the
championship of the world and $4O,.
900.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Two revenue officers and a former
government official are charged with
accepting brides in indictments re-
turned by a federal grand jury at Chi
cago. Twenty-one officers and EN-.
ployes Of buttertne manufacturers are
charged with conspiracy to defraud
the government out Of the butterine
tax. the bribery Of government ON
Gals, 1t is charged, being part of the
conspiracy.
Jerry Mccarthy, bank robber, high
wayman ard escaped convict, a
shot and killed by Patrolman joseph
]. Olingersscfa A~Ltnpeapqlis. who died.
one hour later with six of,the outlaws
bullets in his body. At anEay's. length
from one another the officer of the
law and the fugitive of the law
emptied their r%evolvers into mi an
other in the doubly fatal pistol duel,
Evelyn Arthur See, founder Of the
Absolute Life cult. the chief tenet of
which was said to be the establish
ment of a perfect race, was found.
guilty at Chicago Of the abduction OF
Mildred Bridges. seventeen-year-old
disciple. The jury was out only forty
ave minutes.
Mrs. Maragert Klock Armour, widow
Of Simeon B. Armour. the packer. has
died suit In the circuit court at Kan
sas City for 1920 to w pecula.
lions alleged to have been made by
Miss Byington while serving as com.
panion and housekeeper to Mrs. Ar.
m0ur.
While his wife lay at the point Of.
death in an adjoining room, Victor 4.
yesterday, forty-two years old, an In
dianapolis saloon keeper. was shot, to.
death by hi brotherin.law, Harry q.
Go:don, q cripple. Domestic quarrels
caused the crime
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
QUARANTINE IS
VERY STRINGENT
New York Will Hold Italian
Immigrants Ten Days.
EXPERT ON The SCENE

Assistant Surgeon General cofer, Who
Was Prominent in the Governments
War on Cholera on the Pacific Coast,
Makes Careful Inspection Of the
Quarantine Regulations at the Port
Of New York.
New York, July 19.-Fully realizing
that If cholera ever gets a foothold
in the crowded and unsanitary tene-
ments of the Italian quarter and the
Lower East Side, stamping it out will
be a Herculean task, the health off,
GERS of this port, aided by experts
from the United States marine hos
pital service at Washington, put into
effect the most stringent quarantine
regulations.
Not only will all immigrants from
Italy be held under observation for
ten days at Hoffman island, but even
cabin passengers, unless they can
show they were not in ports where
cholera is prevalent. will be held I'M
til subjected to psychological exam
ination.
Foodstuffs coming from Italy are to
be disinfected. Those brought by i'm
migrants who come from cholera CEN
tiers will be destroyed, although the
experts say the chances of the dis
ease being distributed through food or
personal effects are very slight.
Experts Make Inspection.
Assistant Surgeon General L. e.
Cofer, probably the best equipped
cholera and plague expert in the fed
eral service, who for years was prom.
inent in the departments successful
work on the coast, and DR.. Herman
M. Biggs, a noted bacteriologist, at
tached to the New York health de-
partment, made a careful inspection
of both Hoffman island, where all i'm
migrants r detained, and Swine
burne island, where the contagious
disease hospitals are located.
AS a result a general tightening up
of the inspection lines will be made.
No new cases Of the malady were
reported from Hoffman island. The
261 passengers and n%inety-one of the
crew of the Anchor liner Perugia
were declared healthy, but will be
held at least five days longer.
There are a number of cases among
the passengers of the Moltke, also
held, which are under suspicion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
10 Fatal.

One man was killed and three were
injured in a runaway neo Dawson.
Roy Thompson q farmer residing near
Arena, had his neck broken and death
was instantaneous, while H. Kruger
received q broken jaw, the other men
receiving injuries to their lower
limbs. In the runaway the wagon, a
blackboard affair, Was tipped W. into
q ditch and the occupants scattered
about. Thompson. was dead when his
companions reached his side. :
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
OPPOSE THE PARCELS POST
North Dakota Retailers Urge War
Against Legislation.

VIZ o0NOS0 VCSatbGt0 OV3S war
Against Legislation.
Resolutions condemning the parcels
post and urging all merchants in
North Dakota to make war on the
proposed legislation were passed at
the convention of the North Dakota
Retail Merchants association at Mi
not.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, John Bruegger, Williston;
vice president, A. T. Kraabel, Clifford;
treasurer, j. c. Smallwood, Minot:
board of directors, Joseph Lee of
Neche; H. S. Haskins of Perth; w. w.
King of Tower City: Martin Cotton
of Grand Forks; George H. Berge of
Surrey; Thomas Wello of Velva; Fred
Rouquette of Dickinson; N. w. Simons
of Tioga and l.. T. Travis of Glen
Ullen.
Dickinson won the race for the next
meeting place of the convention, 81 to
Al for Fargo.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
BLOWS UP HIS N N HOME
Grand Forks Postmaster Underesti-
mates Power Of Blast.

Grand Forks Postmaster Underesti-
mates Power Of Blast.
Postmaster Frank V. Kent, of Grand
Forks, who owns one of the most
beautiful summer homes at Maple
Lake, near Mentor, Mimi, carefully
placed the stick Of dynamite which
blew up his cottage. That Mr.. Kent
certainly 10 not familiar with the way
Of the yeggman and knows little Of
the power Of dynamite has been prov
en- and the experience will cost him
5000 or more.
The charge was placed to break q
rock in the bottom of the well, which
is under the kitchen In the Kent cot
tage, and words could not describe the
expression Of surprise on the post
masters face when he saw the kitchen
and whole side OF his cottage 70 up
with the rock. .
Mr.. Kent was deepening the well.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
WASHINGTON NEWS.

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, pure food ex-
pert and chief of the bureau of chem
istry of the department of agricul
ture, and one of the most widely
known officials in the government
service, has been condemned by a
committee on personnel of the de.
partment of agriculture, with a rec.
o~mmendation to President Taft that
he be permitted to resign" Attorney
General Wickersham, in an opinion
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
ENGLAND MAY BACK FRANC;
Government Circles Uneasy. Over. Sic.
uation In Morocco.

.5f 0aSsOss Hf ..E
London, July 19.-Goyernment ci.-
.cles are again uneasy over the Moroc-
can situation owing to the arrest Of
the French consul at Alcazar by Span
ish troops. MA
III is felt here that France cannot
swallow this deep insult without
the keenest humiliation.
The English press, however. con-
siders that any aggressive action by
France might have the gravest conse-
auences, RS the alleged affront fol-
lowed clasely upon a long interview
at San Sebastian between King Al
fonso and Prince Ratibor, German
ambassador to Spain.
This 10 taken as an Indication that
srain IL receiving the backing Ut
Germany.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
BOSTON WARS on CHOLERA
steps Taken to Prevent Invasion Of
Disease,

Boston, July 19.-Dr. Samuel H.
Durgin, chairman of the board of
health, has taken drastic steps to pre-
vent the invasion of cholera by an.
nouncing that all New York trains
would be inspected by health inspec-
tors and that every ship entering the
port would be given rigid examination
at quarantine. All persons entering
Boston VINO have been in contact with
cholera victims will be held at quar-.
antine for ten days. .4. s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
WILEY'S REPLY
Up TO WILSON
Submitted to Secretary by
President Taft.
EXPERT MAY WIN FIGHT.

Said Chief Executive Has Made Up
His Mind to Retain the Well Known
Chemist in the Government Employ
and It Is Hinted That This May Re-
suit In the Retirement Of the Sec
rotary Of Agriculture.
Washington, July 19.-While DR..
Harvey w Wiley's answer to the
charges against him were discussed
Informally by President Taft and Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wilson and later
by the cabinet, no decision was
reached as to the disposition of the
case. Secretary Wilson took the pa
pers back with him to his.department
after the cabinet session and prom
Used to make his recommendation as
soon as possible.
DR.. Wiley's reply, submitted through
the president, was received by Secre-
tary Wilson just before he left the de-
partment for the regular cabinet meet
ing. He had had no time to read
lie before the cabinet meeting be.
gan and declared that he would not
be able to make a recommendation at
present.
The outline of DR.. Wiley's defense
was not known by Mr.. Wilson and was
not disclosed at the White House.
Although Attorney General Wicker
sham is out of the city the case was
discussed informally by members Of
the presidents official family. No an
nouncement as to when the president
will dispose Of the case was %forthcon-
ing, but it is not probable that he will
be able to settle it for several days.
Wiley May Be Retained.
Men who are close to the president
say the executive practically has made
up his mind to retain DR.. Wiley in the
public service and fron the sal.e
sources it is learned that Attorney
General Wickersham will not resign if
the president sustains the food expert.
In the Wiley case it is explained.
the president submitted a point of the
law to the attorney general, who en-
dered an opinion on the law. He was
not asked to pass in any facts. This
may be a special pleading, intended
to save the face" of the attorney gen.
eral.
In the case of Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wilson no one would be sur
prised to see him retire from the
cabinet. There are. differences. be-
tween him and DR.. Wiley that cannot
easily be r%econciled.
It is we'll known in Washington that
Secretary Wilson and DR.. Wiley have
not been on friendly terms for some
time. 1t is acknowledged by the Sec
retary's friends that he takes the po-
sition that the chief Of the chemistry
bureau has assumed more authority
in the department than he is entitled
to.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Answer. Petition for pisbarment.

Answers Petition tor 0isbarment.
An affidavit claiming the collection
of lawyers costs on a false represen-
tation and asking that Attorney A. J.
Bessie be disbarred from practicing in
the courts of North Dakota has been
answered by the defendant in the FL
ing of a request asking a full investi-
CATION of the matter. The afidavit
was filed and sworn to by Mrs. Fan
ny Haynes of Williston, who has
sought the services of Attorney Bes-
sic in q divorce suit. She claims that
the amount he collected for costs was
not used for that purpose.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
KING George Has sore Throat..

Edinburgh, July fixing George
III suffering from d severe. sore throat.
due. lis n: ynicians declare, TO his s..
ec specs nmaking, and complicated
With q baa cold which he caught
khils traysling. The king continues
his round Of functions. reviews and
levees. but he 10 being urged to use
his voice as little AZ possible.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
boy Fatally Hurt.

Henry Strong of Devils Lake, aged
fourteen years, gave his w life in
an attempt to save the life of his sis.
ter. The boy and his sister were
driving in a heavy lumber wagon
when the horses took fright. Henry
made q desperate attempt to stop the
team, but was unsuccessful. and in
stead was thrown under the wagon
and seriously injured internally. He
survived the accident only twenty
hours.
Kick BY Horse Kills Farmers Son.
Frank Kratchoyill eighteen years Of
age, was kicked by q horse and killed
at his fathers home near Lankfn. The
young man was engaged about the
barn OF the time. doing the chores
when the accident happened. The Kick
was received ON the pit Of the stom-
ach and Kratchovill survived Il only
twenty-f0ur-hours.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
itasca to Avoid NapIea.s.

Washington, July 19.-Because Of
cholera In Italy Secretary MacVeag..l
te%'egraphed orders to the revenue cut
ter practice ship Itasca at Marseilles
to strike the port Of Naples from it's
itinerary. The Itasca has on board
thirty cadets from the revenue cutie:
schools Fort Trumbull. Conn. TIE
Itasc9ssG.ill proceed from Marseilles u
sGibralta? and then home.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Dies on Eve 81 Execution.

Beaver, Pa. July 19.-Charles Htck-
man. who wal to have been hanged
hsre this week for the murder Of his
wife. Mollie Hickman, In February.
1910. collapsed IN his cell In the coun..
u jail during the night and died 8
few hours later. Hickman escapsda
from jail twice after his conyicftGlinls
ana Saturday night last attemptedfs
take his lie ~ inhaling 90.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Chicago 70 HAYS Cheaper ess.

Chicago. July 1.-THE city council
passed an ordinance flaiax the !sr,.e
OF gas at an average Of 7O1 5scenss
per thousand feet for the next I've
years. The rates In the oriina :re
for q period OF five years are: Se;:
snty.ive cents first year. 70 cents zee
ond and third years. and IS cents
fourth and, fifth years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Dies Without Solving Problem.

baltimore. July Y.-Andrew Ger.
,nand. lightweight years old, is dead
here after spending ffty-ive years Of
his life In vain effort to solve the
problem Of perpetual motion. Ger
nand was an inventive genius. AZ q
wedding present to 4 Of his sons,
Henry Gernand Of Avalon. ILL.,, he
gave the young mar a suggestion for
a labor saving corn reaper which
.lsAde S1.0N0.OOO or more in. profits.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Cut Down, Hang. Self Again.

-. s
Using a rope which had once been
taken from him by his wife, and
which he had In some manner regain
ed possession of, Ludwig Seyler
hanged himself in one of the upper
rooms Of his home near Goodrich.
Mrs. Seyler had come across her hus-
band in the forenoon in the barn,
dangling from the end of a rope, but
she arrived on the scene in time to
cut him down and save his life with
out any serious consequence. A few
hours later she found him hanging by
the same rope in an upstairs room.
Financial troubles were responsible
for his suicide. He had made pre-
vious attempts to end his life. There
are nine surviving children.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
MINIATURE WARsHIP At FAIR
Navy Department to Loan Model Of
North Dakota to Grand Forks.


The navy department has notified
Senator Gronna, in response to an in
quiry, that the department is willing
to loan the North Dakota state fair
the model of the battleship North Da-
kota If the fair association is willing
to pay the express charges from
Washington and return and also fur
nish a bond of $4,000. The fair is to
be held at Grand Forks in the latter
part of July.
The navy department has also Of
fered to detail a chief petty officer to
accompany the model for the purpose
of explaining it. These models, which
are on exhibit at the navy depart
ment, are perfect in detail and cost
about $4,000 each.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
EMPEROR FOR LARGER ARMY
Francis Joseph Urges R%eiehsrath to
Keep Pace With Other Nations.

Vienna. July ls.-Emperor Francis
Joseph opened the reichsrath at the
Hofburg with the customary cere-
monial.
The speech from the throne emphs-
sized the necessity for the immediate
reorganization Of the army to make
good the deficiency Of the past and to
keep pace with the development Of.
military forces which ID progressing
rapidly everywhere"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
CHOLERA MENAcEs WORLD
British Officials Take Precautions
Against Disease.

London, July 19.-Stringent precau.
tons against the cholera r being
adopted by the British port authori.
ties.
English cholera experts declare that
the n is worldwide, principally
owing to the attitude of the Italian
government in permitting the scatter.
ing of the infection everywhere rath.
er than admit the presence and extent
of the epidemic for fear that it would
brighten away tourists.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21

Pestotnee Ysoss Get Dig Haul.
The Norwich postofhce, near Fargo.
was broken into and the safe dyna-
mited. The robbers obtained about
$1,000 In cash and about $500 In
stamps. No clue has been found to
the identity Of the safeblowers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
STOKES ASSISTANTS
Girls Charged with Attempted Muir
der in First Degree.

New York, .Tuly 1s.-I4illian Graham.
and Ethel Ccarad were indicted on!
three counts growing out of the shoot
ing Of w. E. D. Stokes at their apart
ment on June 8.
The grand jury held them for at.
tempted murder In the first degree,
assault in the first degree and assault.
In the second degree.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-09-28
WALLACE CASE CONTINUED.

The case OF Bert Wallace. who kil.-
cd Oscar Digs. a few miles belo"
Hickman, last winter, was called Pr.
day morning at the Circuit Court, aud
was put off until the next term Of
the Fulton Circuit Court. which viii
be held In January. Oscar Digs was
killed at a dance by Bert Wallace
who at the time claimed that It was
an accident Wallace has been In JAN
for months.