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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
BIG LAND FRAUDS
COME TO LIGHT
Soldiers Declaratory State
rnents Used to Defraud
Government

Washington. Nov. 24.-Extensive
land frauds through the use of SOL
diers declaratory statements have
been unearthed by agents of the gen.
cral land Office in the northwest, and
the commissioner of the land office
has received a report of the indict-
ment at Aberdeen, 8. H.. Of half
dozen persons. including women.
charged with conspiracy in these
practices. At the land Office at TIM
her Lake In South Dakota. 2.1OO such
statements. each covering 100 acres
OF land. have been filed within the
last year. while 400 such statements
were filed in the land office at Lem
mon. The effect of the filing Of these
declarations Is to hold the land in.
definitely thus shutting out legitimate
entrymen.
It is asserted that not one out Of
twenty Of the statements Is followed
by actual proving up. The plan is to
get old soldiers or the widows Of SOL
diers to make preliminary declaration
Of their intention to take up land un-
der the law. which is sold to the land
seekers. Some times $500 has been
obtained for these rclinquishments.
Inasmuch as there was no original
intention to acquire the land by the
soldier claimants. the government
contends that the use Of the names Of
these people clouds the lands covered
by their declaration and deprives leg
itimate home hunters Of their right.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
NO ARRESTS IN
MAIL WRECK CASE
Coroner's Jury Held Freight
Crew Responsible But Did
Not Recommend Arrests

Rugby. N. D.. Nov. 24.-No action
has been taken by States Attorney l.
N. Torson Of Pierce county in connec.
tion with the wreck of the fast mail
in which two were killed. The cor
onor's jury. which reported last night
held the crew Of the freight train in
to which the fast mail crashed. re-
sponsible but it did not recommend
that any arrests be made.
Members of the freight crew who
were here to testify have departed
for their homes. Conductor Chris
tian did not appear, the sheriff fail
ing to secure service on him, not be-
ing able to locate him.
The inquest session yesterday after
noon was not lengthy. Engineer
Edw. Aaker was recalled for the
purpose of giving few additional de-
tails, while Brakeman Lyons of the
freight also testified. He was in the
engine cab at the time and. like the
fireman. was unaware that anything
was wrong until the headlight of the
freight doomed up.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
TR|P0[[ IS now
THE BES|EGED
Turks Seem to Be Turning
Tables on Erstwhile
Conquerors

Paris. Nov. 24.-That the town Of
Tripoli is virtually besieged by Turks
and that HONS is In no better situa-
ton is the opinion of correspondent
Of the Temps who has succeeded in
joining the Ottoman forces near Zou-
agher. He telegraphs regarding the
Turkish side Of the war under date Of
November IL. and says:
1t Is certain that after a month and
a half's war. after large expenditures
and serious losses. the Italians are no
further advanced than on the day fol-
lowing their Decentralization. If the
Turkish forces are inferior in num-
bers to the Italians, they make up in
confidence what they lack In numbers.
,4->fs eNpeatcd TO find disorder and dis
couragement. On the contrary. every
whefe'I met order, discipline and con-
tentment.
Patient and ready for everything,
the. Turkish soldier is accepting ali
without complaint. If he suffers he
knows it is for the empire of islam.
while the Arab knows that If he died
Paradise with Mohammed will be his.
The correspondent is unable to di-
vulge the numbers or plans Of the
Turks. merely saying that their mill
tary attaches must have made helpful
observation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
CUMMINGS GOT
SENTENCE TO-DAY
Order to Stay the Execution
Granted to Defendant by
Another Justice

New York, Nov. e4.-William ],
Cummins. the Nashville. Tenn. bank.
er. head of the suspended Carnegie
Trust company of this city. recently
convicted Of the theft of $4,000
from the trust funds held by the Car
negie company. was today sentenced
by Justice Davis in the supreme court
to an indeterminate term in state
prison of from four years and eighteen
months to eight years and eight
months.
Immediate!'- after sentence was
passed counsel for Cunmins moved
for an arrest of judgment pending an
appeal. The motto: was denied. Tho
defendants counsel then went before
Justice Scabury of the supreme court
and obtained an order directing the
district attorney to show cause why
a certificate of reasonable doubt should
not issue. The order is ret,1rna6lo
Monday :.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
NOT CONFIRMED
Russia Has Not Demanded Removal O
Schuster In Persia.

Scnu6ter In Persia.
London, Nov. 24.-There is no con-
firmation officially here of the asser-
tion that Russia has demanded. the
dismissal of w. Morgan Schuster, I'm
anciai adviser to the Persian govern
ment. Should the demand be made
however, it 10 probable that Great
Britain would not oppose 1t, as the
cabinet is anxious to keep intact the
Anglo Russian agreement in regard to
/ Persia
Diplomatic circles incline to the
opinion that while Mr.. Schuster Is an
able administrator. his action in insist
ing, against the advice Of Great
Britain. on appointing British officials
to the Russian sphere Of Persia. lack.
ed tack.
Tho members Of the Manchester
chamber of commerce interested in
Persian trade have made a protest In
the interest of Lancashire trade
against "Russia's apparent determina-
ton to prevent any foreigner of ability
from carrying on the work of re.or-
ganizing Persia's International af-
fairs"
A statement issued by the chamber
of commerce says that the only saliva
ton for the country lies in the assist
ance of experienced European or
American officials such as MIR. Schus-
ter. whose work Russia Is trying to
nullify.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
COMP P[A|NANTS
WILL GET DATA
Railroads Must Furnish In
formation in Grain Rate
Hearing at Duluth

Duluth. Nov. :4.--The board of
trade and commercial club of Duluth
as joint complainants with North and
South Dakota. southern Minnesota and
Superior. Wis. interests against sew
eral railroads charged with djscrim.
ination. will he furnished with tho
grain and coal shipping data for the
fiscal year ended June SO, 1910, by or
der of Interstate Commerce Commis-
sioncr L. f. Clark. The railroads APP
pearing DIS defendants in Duluth's
action before the commission are di-
rected to furnish the material soon AS
convenient. Efforts to get figures
heretofore. according to the COM
plants, almost uniformly met with re-
huffs.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
PARKER FAvoRs
Sends Telegram Endorsing President
Tsit't Pea1s. Treaties.

New York, Nov. 24.-Judge Alton
b. Parker sent q telegram last night
To tn" mas: meeting held at San
Francisco on the arbitration treaties
with France with Great Britain as
follows:
The general arbitration treaties
will tend to assure peace between the
contracting powers. and so prove, az
We may well believe, the first great
steps in universal movement for
peace. And. therefore. after an
amendment requiring confirmation of
the commissioners by the senate
which the president is willing to con-
cede. the treaties should. after careful
deliberation. be ratified by the senate
OF the United States.
Peace, rather than war, is the nor
NAL condition Of civilized human be-
ings. and a steady progress toward
sound and enduring conditions of
peace can be achieved only from the
regulated administration Of Justice
International as well as national"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
Class Freight Rates From
Tacoma, Seattle and Port
land Ordered Reduced
DECISION AFFECTS ALL ROADS
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Interstate Commerce Commission Dc.
clarcd Them Unreasonable and
Made Reductions Amounting to
About Twenty Per Cent.

Washington. Nov. 24.-Class freight
rates from Tacoma and Seattle, WASH,
and Portland. Ore. to points in Wash.
ington. Oregon, Idaho and Montant to.
day were declared unreasonable by the
interstate commerce commission and
reductions averaging about twenty per
cent were ordered by Jan. ., 1912.
The decision affects all railways op.
Grating in the Pacific northwest. The
proceedings were popularity known as
back haul rate case"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
|M0LL PLAYED IN
PR0FESH. TEAM
Wisconsin Quarterback Be-
lieved to Have Been on
Bloomington Team

Minneapolis. Nov. .4.--A special to
the Tribune from Bloomington. ILL.,.
where the University of Minnesota
football team now is, says:
"t'rom information gathere here. it
seems almost certain "keckie'' Moll,
the Wisconsin's quarterback. played
professional baseball with the Bloom
ington team in the Three Eye league.
The baseball authorities admit Harry
Moll was member of their team and
give a description which tallies with
the Badger quarterback. His home
was given as Hammond. ILL.,. and later
Chicago. 1t Is learned Moll was a
member of the Dubuque, Iowa. team
in 1910,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
TH|RTY:THREE DIE
IN LIVERPOOL
FACTORY FIRE
Seventy-Five Others Were
Injured in the Same
Catastrophe
OTHER WoRKMEN MAY Be
TRAPPED N WRECKED BUILDING
The Explosion of Boiler Was the
Cause of the Observation-Disclosures
Are Still on Fire and Are Burning
F1ercely.

Liverpool. Nov. 24.-Thirty- three
workers We're killed and seventy five
others were injured as the result of
an explosion at ]. Bibby and Sons
oil cake mills here today.
The explosion Of boiler was the
cause of the disaster. The mill is
still burning fiercely. 1t is feared
other workmen may be trapped in
the ruins.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
TAFT HAS FAITH.

Washington. Nov. 24.-President
Taft again expressed his faith in the
arbitration treaties in congratulatory
message which he sent to be read last
night at mass meeting in San Fran
cisco. Addressing the meeting through
Charles Wesley Reed, the president
said:
Il sincerely hope the senate will
confirm not only the treaties now
made. but those which may be made
hereafter of Il similar tenor with other
countries. 1t is good to hear that
your people in great assembly are
giving strength to the movement
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
Owens Serene.

Dover, Del. Nov. 24.-The execu-
tton today Of Henry Clay Beattie. Jr.,
found the Owen family going about
the usual routine as though no tragedy
ever had entered their quiet lives.
THANK you for the news" said r.
w. Owen. the father Of Beattie's muir
dered wife. He said the Beattie baby.
now an orphan, would be kept and
brought up by his family. No name
had been given 1t yet, he said.
II am glad he made a clean breast
of it,. he said when told Beattie con-
fessed the crime and asked forgive
ness. The confession satisfied our
minds and clears up the case and to
that extent I feel a sense of relief"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
USED MONEY
Milwaukee Tax Ferrcts Used After In.
junction Against Them.

Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. 24.-That
money was expended for tax ferrets'
from the contingent fund of City At
torney Daniel w. Hoan, when the
board Of review was sitting-as
charged on the floor of the council by
Alderman Joseph P. Carney-is shown
by the quarterly statement made to-
d::.' by Mr.. Hoan to City Comptroller
Carl P. Dietz.
The statement shows disbursements
aggregating s632.85 to two TAX fer
from employing. The disbursements
were made between July 13 and Sep
tember 20.
The recent legislature enacted a law
prohibiting the employment of tax fer
rets but there seems to be nothing to
prevent payment for such service out
of the city attorneys contingent fund.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
QUICK WORK

Pupils Removed from Burning Build
ing In Two Minutes.
Milwaukee. Wis. Nov. 24.-In less
than two minutes after the fire alarm
had been sounded at st. Hedwig
school, the building had been emptied
Of 500 pupils.
A cockpit on one Of tho steam radi-
ators in a room on the second floor
burst and the room began to fill with
escaping steam.
A shout of fire" rang through the
building. and the teachers. to prevent
q panic among the pupils. ordered the
regular fire drill. and the pupils were
all marched to the street.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
WILL SELECT THE
TIME AND PLACE
Democratic National Com.
rnittee Will Meet at Wash
ington January 8.

Mount Clemons. Mich, Nov. a.
The time and place Of holding the next
Democratic national convention will
be decided by the Democratic national
committee in Washington at noon,
January 8. according to an announce
ment today by Norman II. Mack.
chairman of the committee.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
AWFUL MOMENT
Man Caught Aloft in Windmill Goa
Threatened with Death,

Plum City. Wis. Nov. 24.-I:ory
Bloomstrom had a terrifying expert
ence while oiling the gearing of a
windmill on a farm near here.
Bloomstrom had gone aloft to the
high platform Of the windmill leaving
the mill in gear. In some manner his
clothing became caught in the gears
and pulled his arm in, tearing the
flesh from the bone.
In fainting condition Bloomstrom
was thrashed about on the narrow
platform, in imminent danger of be-
ing thrown to the ground below.
Crying for help Bloomstrom was
able to hang on until neighbors ar
rived and took the nearly uncon-
scious man from his perilous position
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
YOUNG NJMROD.

Superior. Vic. Nov. 24.-sixteen
year old Ernest Schmidt of this city
has succeeded in shooting big deer
and returning to the city bringing his
trophy with him. The animal is one
of the finest that has been shot this
season.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
WOMAN INVOLVED
Arrested for Completely In Iowa Blacl;
hand Crime.

Cedar Rapids. Iowa, Nov. 24.-Delia
Zajicek of Solon. was arrested today
in connection with the black hand case
in which John Adams. a wealthy fam
er of Solon, Iowa. was threatened un-
less he turned large amount of
money over to the writer's Of "black
hand" letters.
Miss Zajicck was given Il prelimin-
ary hearing before the federal COM
missioners here and later released on
bond. She is charged with conspiracy
I'm the case.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
TAR PARTY MEN
GET ONE YEAR
Three Confessed Participants
in Outrage Sentenced to
. Year in Jail

Lincoln Center. Kan. Nov. 24.-The
three confessed members Of the "tar
party" Everett G. Clark, Wilson
Scranton and Jay Fitzwater. were SEN
fenced to year each in jail by Judge
Grover today. The men were told
they would be given ample time to ar
range their business affairs before be-
ing imprisoned. None of the men
seemed surprised at the courts action.
They think paroles will be granted aft
er they serve . short time, It is said.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
GRAND N

to have been four times an inmate
OF the Iowa state penitentiary at
charged with the theft of $500 worth
of silks and furs from a local store.
Jones has been a resident here since
August. He will have hearing Mon
dav
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24

SWIPED FURS.
Austin. Minn.. Nov. :4.-C. Jones,
said to he man Of many aliases and
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
Was Electrocuted in State
Penitentiary at 7:23 This
Morning
C0nrs.stae e ealME FOR
WHICH IL - ,,ecIRocuIED
Killed His Young Wife winte They
Were Automobiline on Lonely
Road Last July-Justice Moved
Swift and Certain to the End.

Richmond, Va, Nov. a5.-Henr,
Clay Beattie, Jr.. before his death ii
the electric chair at 7:23 o'clock thi'
morning, confessed to the murder O.
his wife. The statement which wa
given out in the rotunda Of a dowI
town hotel follows:
ssss sss. - .
= !. Henry Clay Beattie. Jr.. de- I
sirous of standing right before
God and man do, on this. twenty
. third day of November, 1871. con-
fess my guilt of the crime charg- I
ed against ME. Much that was I
published concerning the details \
was not true, but the awful fact,
without the narrowing circum- :
stances remains. For this action I
am truly sorry. and believing I
that / am at peace with God, and I
am soon to pass into his presence
. this statement Is made.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24
DROPPED DEAD SAVING WOOD.

superior, WIS, NOV. T4.-Whifc
saving wood for furnace fire, Phil
lip V. Book, county supervisor and
we'll known resident. dropped dead
from heart failure ut his home here
today.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-03
RAN A BLIND TIGER
IN THE CITY HALL
NEGRO ARRESTED AT FLORENCE
CONDUCTED A PRIVATE DIS
PENSARY THERE.

FLORENCE, Ala, Feb. Florence
is not infested with blind tigers as
some Alabama cities are reported to
be, but Chief of Police Lemay claims
to have caught the champion blind
tiger of the State in the person OF
Robert McAlester, colored. McAles-
ter's performance in several respects
is unique, according to Lemay, In that
he chose as his customer preacher
aud a member Of the city council, and
had his base of supplies In the city
hall. directly under the ONCE Of the
Chief of Police.
McAlester late Monday afternoon
accosted Rev. w. G. Dowdy, the only
clerical on the council, and asked him
II he wanted some whisky. Mr.. Dow
dy denied the imputation, but later,
on the advice of Chief Lemay, told
the negro he would take pint. From
q distance the chief watched him lead
his customer into the basement OF the
city hall. where the liquor was con-
cealed.
McAlester was fined $104 and given
six months at hard labor by Mayor c.
w. Ashcraft this morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-03

AT SENATOR BROWN
PATTERSON FACTION Is DIVIDED
IN THE ENDORSEMENT OF HIS
VOTE TUESDAY.

Some of the Patterson men In this
county are beginning to ask that the
executive committee of that faction
pass resolutions to "rebuke Senator
Brown" for having voted for Taylor
for Treasurer.
This action will not be taken be-
cause the Patterson men wanted Folk,
but because Browns voting for a Re
publican cannot be harmonized with
their political declarations of undying
hatred of the Republican party during
the past year. The committee, it Is
understood, will meet next Monday
and an effort will be made to intro
duce such a resolution.
While a few members of that fac
ton are not pleased with the Sena'
tors atcion, there are others who bear
tily endorse the vote of DR.. Brown In
the Treasurer's race. 1t Is not very
probable that official action will be
taken to condemn Browns course.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-03
GREATEST OF ALL
TOBACCO SELLING
DANVILLE, VA, LOOSE LEAF
MARKET HAS MILLION POUNDS
AUcTIoNEp IN DAY.

DANv1LLE, Va, Feb. 1.-The sales
of loose leaf tobacco on the Danyille
market broke the record Of the tobac-
co season on this or any other market
today. For the first time this season
sales were blocked, and several hun
dred piles had been unsold when the
closing hour arrived. The total
amount sold at auction on the floors
of the seven warehouses here was
about a million pounds. Triple sails
sales were running until four o'clock
this afternoon. The auctioneers are
required under the rules Of the tobac-
co association to sell ITS piles per
hour.
Most of the tobacco offered is OF
dark mahogany color and prices re-
main firm on all grades.
No confusion resulted from the
large breaks which are caused princi-
pally by the favorable weather.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-03
BUYS INTEREST In
Thinning SHOP
C. A. FARIs FORMS PARTNERSHIP
IN BUSINESS WITH q. r.
WATKINS.

C. A. Faris has purchased an inter
est in the timing business OF 3. f.
Watkins on South Main street, the
deal taking effect today. The new
firm will be conducted under the head
of Watkins & Faris, and they will add
to their timing business plumbing,
and acetelyne gas lighting. Mr.. Faris
has been in the lighting business In
Columbia for a number Of years and
has many plants now in operation In
Columbia and through the county
there are at least one hundred of these
plants in operation. The new firm
will make several improvements In
their store building and will carry a
complete line Of samples Of both
plumbing and lighting.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-03
JACKSON
NAMES COMMITTEE
FOR LEGISLATION
SPORTSMEN TO DRAFT A NEW
FISH AND GAME
LAW.
WILL COMMENCE LABORS AT ONCE
Expected That Report viii Be Ready
For Submission at Meeting of Mid
die Tennessee Fish and Game Asso-
citation In Columbia Monday.

John W. Jackson, President of the
Middle Tennessee Fish and Game AS
sociation, named the following legis-
lative committee Tuesday morning
and asks that the committee met at
once and begin work on the drafting
of abill to be submitted to the meet
ing of the association In Columbia at
the court house next Monday at elev-
en- O'Clock. The committee follows:
George T. Hughes, Jr, Chairman; An
drew Dale, r. S. Hopkins, Judge Sam
Holding, and w. S. Fleming, Jr.
Mr. jackson asks that the commit
tee get together at once and outline a
suitable bill and have it ready to sub
NIT to the meeting for approval at the
meeting Monday.
It Is essential that these laws be
passed and that they not be made to
apply to any particular county, but
that they be made State wide, and
that not only should the hunting sea
son be cut shorter, but that it be made
absolutely against the law to sell
birds at any time of the year. The
same should be the case with the fish
The sale should be stopped and al
dams in the large streams should be
furnished with fish-ways and in some
cases dams should be destroyed.