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The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
MlDWINTER FAIR PLANNED
Grand Forks Agricultural Society
Backs Corn and Glover Convention.

Grand Forks Agricultural Society
Backs Corn and Glover Convention.
Through the action of the Grand
Forks County Agricultural society in
voting to back the corn and clover
convention movement in North Dako-
ia the North Dakota Corn and Glover
convention, Feb. to ~, 1912, will be
held as the successor of the Red River
Valley Corn and Clover convention,
held in Grand Forks the last two
years
In addition to the convention the So
ciety has also voted to hold an annual
midwinter fair and for it a premium
list totaling about $4,000 will be ar
ranged
Heretofore the corn and clover con-
vention has been backed by the Grand
Forks Commercial club, but with the
Grand Forks County Agricultural So
ciety behind it it will assume new i'm
portance. The society will also con-
tinue its af?ilation with the North Da-
kota fair association of Grand Forks
and will hold fairs bbiennially when
the state fair is held at Fargo.
The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
News Of the Week From Var|.
Gus Parts Of the State.
EXPENSE OF cowAN TRIAL
Legislature Made No Provision to Pay
the Costs Of the impeach.
ment Proceedings.

So many features enter into the
peachment trial that will open March
2S that it remains the chief topic OF
interest in the state Of North Dakota
at the present time. One of the new
questions that have been brought uL
in Connection with it is that of expense
Just what method the state will adopt
in making provision for the payment
of the Impeachment trial appears hazy
at the present time.
No appropriation was made at the
time the legislative assembly came to
a close, March 3, to take care Of the
impeachment expenses. The question
as to how these expenses will be
cared for includes, among other plans
2 the making of an appropriation by the
assembly at the time the trial opens.
as the legislature has not in reality
till March 2S
Recently there arose the question
whether the governor, in failing to
sign or veto bills within three days
after the time of the assembly recess
had lost his power to veto, as the con-
stitution provides only three days in
which that power may be exercised
at the end of (which time the bills
would become laws without his sigma
ture. That is the situation existing
while the legislative assembly is in
session The point that would be
raised in this connection is that the
legislature is, in reality, in session
The other contention raised is that
while the assembly did only take re
cess it had lost the power OF doing
any further legislative work.
Should it be decided that the legis
lature still has the power to appropri
ate money for the Impeachment tria
expenses then the other question ol
the veto would be raised and become
operative.
At an angle the situation is viewed
it appears complicated and there
doubtless will be much discussion o1
the question by the senate, when il
reconvenes, as to the plan of actor
that must be taken.
The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
PENSION IS LONG DELAYED
Soldier Who Applied in 1862 Just
AWsrcea Claim.

AH u: \ -lalJU
Senator McCumber has secured the
allowance of Il pension claim for
Frank Lane, we'll known Richland
county man living in Wahpeton, to
date from July 2. 1862.
Last year Lane. through some
friends, called the attention of Senator
McCumber to his pension application
that had been filed for some time and
upon investigation it was found that
he had applied in 1862 The records
in his case are peculiar.
1t appears from the records that at
the first battle of Bull Run on April
81, 1861, Lane, who was in Company l,
First Michigan volunteer infantry, re.
ceived a gunshot wound through the
right breast and was left on the field
of battle, as shown by the war depart
ment's records. "mortally wounded
From affidavits secured from com
rades it appears he was picked up and
carried to little brick church that
was used for hospital
They took his watch and money
and forwarded them to his relatives
in Michigan Lane was captured by
the Confederates and taken to Libby
prison, where he was confined until
the spring of 1862, when he was pa.
rolled and sent North and mustered
out at Detroit. Mich.
lie then put in a claim for pension.
bu, the claim has been dragging all
these years without being acted upon,
for the reason that Lane never fur
nished the necessary evidence showing
actual incurrence of disability
The amount of back pension allow
ed him about $4,000.
The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
BURKE vEToEs FIVE BILLS
Governor Of North Dakota Uses Axe
on Legislative Measures.


Governor Burke vetoed the primary
election bill, which provided for the
election of candidates for election by
popular vote and relating to their
nomination. The features of the bill
related particularly to the percentage
of votes required to nominate can.
didates.
Among the other bills which fell
under the governors veto axe were
the duplicate house bill providing for
the $147,OO0 appropriation for the
state university at Grand Forks and
H. B. AS, which is the duplicate house
bill providing for the appropriation
for state hospital for the insane at
Jamestown.
The DISCARD bill, the famous con-
gressional apportionment bill over
which there was three days dead
lock at the close of the session, was
another vetoed.
Another bill killed was II. B. 293,
which would have appropriated $15,'
600 out of the capital building fund for
the extension of the State street rail-
way line to the penitentiary. The
bill was vetoed on the ground that it
was unconstitutional and the governor
explained his action in 5000 word
veto message.
The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
KILLED BY GASOLINE FUMES
Electric Light superintendent Over
come While on Duty.

Frank Kaiser, superintendent of the
light plant at Mott, Is dead as result
of inhaling fumes from gasoline en-
gine while on duty at the plant.
It is supposed that he lay down to
rest and was overcome by the gas. A
shepherd dog was also found dead in
the same room.
The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
WASHINGTON NEWS.

A ser!,.us diplomatic question has
arisen between the United States and
Mexico over the arrest by Mexican
fedora. troops of Edwin M. Blatt OF
Pittsburg and Lawrence F. Converse
of California. These young men have
been imprisoned at Juarez since Feb.
% and the United States government
has made a formal request upon the
Mexican government to surrender
them. The United States charges
that the two Americans were taken on
American soil and that the seizure
was violation of the sovereignty OF
this government.
II do not believe there will be any
movement of QUO troops into Mexico"
This was the statement of ]. NJ. Dick
inson, American secretary of war.
There can be no excuse for inter-
vention," continued the secretary,
unless the Mexican government
proves negligent in protecting the per-
sons or the property of foreign resi-
dents, and such neglect would have
to be firmly established, in my opinion.
before any such step could be taken.
There are no conditions now existent
to give us such warrant"
Following the formal request, which
practically amounts to demand by
the United States on Mexico for the
release of two American prisoners kid
mapped on Texas soil by Diaz soldiers
and carried over the line, the state
department announced that every
American consul in Mexico had been
instructed to make prompt report
of any mistreatment of American cit.
liens by either military or civilian
| authorities in Mexico.
Members of the United States sec.
tion of the joint boundary commission
between the United States and Canada
held their first meeting at Washing.
ton, electing former Senator Thomas
The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
M'vEY CITES CYNsC'S ADVICE
University President Says All Educa
tion isn't in Studies. &.

''In many college dormitory
hangs the cynical mandate, DO not
let your studies interfere with your
education' No truth is supposedly
contained in this statement, but there
is considerable philosophy back of
it," said President Frank l.. McVey
of the North Dakota State university
in his speech at the dedication of the
Fargo college library on "What Is
Education" He went on to explain
what value lay in the different expert
ences incident to getting an education.
Educators from all over the North
west were present at the dedication
The money for the construction of
this library was donated by Andrew
Carnegie and the cornerstone was laid
by Theodore Roosevelt.
The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
GUILTY OF MANsLAUGHTER
Oscar Benson Sentenced at BowbeIIs
for Killing Henry Johnson.

for Killing Henry Johnson.
An indeterminate sentence of from
ten to fifteen years in North Dakota
penitentiary was given Oscar Benson
at Bowbells, confessed slayer of Hen
ry Johnson. Benson pleaded guilty to
charge of manslaughter.
Benson was accused of killing John
son in a fight on county road near
Columbus. The two had been en-
ployed on threshing crew and had
been drinking and it was when Ben
son took team of horses owned by
johnson for the purpose of securing
more liquor that the trouble arose.
Meeting on the highway the two men
fought and Benson used knife. John
son died before medical attention
could be given.
The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

The interstate commerce commission
has turned it's attention to the express
companies. Within the next two
weeks it will announce decision with
respect to the express business. which.
It is now believed, will be of almost
as farreaching Importance as the re.
cent decision denying the railroads
he privilege of increasing freight
.ates.
Passenger rate schedules on prac-
tically every railroad system in the
United States will have to be revised
during the next few months in order
to make them conform to the changes
in the long and short haul clause of
the interstate commerce act as amend.
ed last summer. s..o,s.
A total of ss75,70S, 1926 gold has been
invested in twenty-one years by for.
eign interests in Mexico outside Of the
mining industry, according to bulle.
tin issued by the bureau of manufac.
tures of the department Of commerce
and labor. .ss 3 -. :s$s IA,
w. B. Dickson, vice president Of the
United States Steel corporation. has
resigned.
The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
NEWS OF WORLD.
important Events Of The Week
in Condensed Form
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Three persons we're killed outright,
a fourth received injuries resulting in
death two hours later and four others
were painfully hurt when an electric
elevator in the wholesale hat and fur
! establishment of Gordon & Ferguson
at st. Paul plunged down four stories,
the heavy iron CONFERENCE.-The, weigh
ing close to $500 pounds, falling on
the top of the car and tearing through
its roof.
Eight men are believed to be
drowned as the result of the terrific
gale which swept Lake Erie. OF the
eight believed to be dead, seven are
supposed to have drowned with the
sinking of the fishing tug, Silver Spray,
| Just outside the Cleveland breakwater,
while Charles Cripps of Cleveland was
swept overheard from the tug Effie
B and drowned.
i Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
I4awless, living on farm near Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich, were burned to
death in a blaze that destroyed the
! family home Mrs. Lawless, while try
ing to save the lives of other children
in the family, jumped from a second
story window and received injuries
| from which she will die.
One student was rescued in an un-
conscious condition, many others were
awakened barely in time to escape the
flames, and all were driven, scantily
Clad to the street by fire that par
TALLY destroyed Randolph hall, one Of
! the most exclusive Harvard dormito
ries.
! Fire destroyed large number of
! barns and buildings at the North Fort
Worth (Tex.) stock yards, causing a
loss of at least 100000. One thou
sand head of blooded horses shipped
there for the approaching horse show
were cremated.
4 Five men, one of them John Jopling,
general superintendent of the coal de.
partment of the Missouri, Kansas and
| Texas railroad, are dead as the re-
suit of an explosion of black damp in
the company's mine at Mineral, Kan.
Fire in the plant of the Minnesota
Billiard Table company at Milwaukee
spread so rapidly that sixty employees
were forced to leap from second and
third story windows. One person is
dead and several fatally injured.
| One man was killed and 300 head of
cattle were burned to death in fire
which destroyed square block of the
huge network of pens in the Union
stock yards at Chicago.
Two men were burned to death in q
fire which destroyed the Read hotel
annex at Devils Lake, N. D., the ex-
plosion of a lamp being responsible
for the conflagration.
\ A $5OO,O00 fire occurred at the plant
of the Pratt oil works, Brooklyn
subsidiary of. the Standard Oil COM
pany.
Three young children of John Gallas
were burned to death in fire which
destroyed their home in Honeybrook,
Pa.
Three men perished in the destruc-
ton by fire of a cottage at Sandy
Lake, an Ohio summer resort.
The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
ESTIMATES ARE EXCEEDED
institutions Lack 100000 Of Coming
Within Appropriations.

The conference between heads OF
different state educational, penal and
charitable institutions and Governor
Burke to determine where necessary
cuts in appropriations for the. bien-
nial period should be made was with
out result.
All the pairing thought possible by
members of the conference amounted
to only $4,000 and it will require
100000 more than that in order to
make the appropriations even with
money available.
The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
Burlington to Change Route.

Burlington express trains A and 4s
are to run through Devils Lake on
their way to the Pacific coast, accord.
ing to reports. The new transconti-
mental trains will pass through Will.
mar, Mimi, Grand Forks and Fargo.
These trains have formerly run to Bill
lings, thence on the Northern Pacific
to the coast. The new trains win be
two of the finest In the Burlington
Great Northern system
The Washburn leader., 1911-03-24
STEALS TO AID HIS MOTHER
Ray IN: p.) Man Pleads Guilty to En-.
bezzIina $1,000.

At Williston, A. Hougen entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of embez-
cling funds from the Linwell Lumber
company at Ray. Hougen's case was
peculiar. as 1t appears that the money
he stole was sent by him to his mother
in, Norway, she being aged and in
want. A total of about $1,000 is said
to have been taken, being sent away in
various amounts.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

Haven, Seattle, San Francisco. Los An
geles. ST, Paul. Denver, Chicago and
Cincinnati. This movement, which
shows keen appreciation of the value
of beauty, is not confined to the United
States. 1T appears to be Il wave that
has spread over the world, London is
spending millions in building the Vic
toria memorial. with extended ap-
proaches, formal parks and architec-
tural surroundings. in cutting new
streets and widening old streets. Paris,
having spent two hundred and sixty
five million dollars on the Haussmann
plans. is now contemplating an expen-
diture of two hundred and thirty
six million dollars on new artistic i'm
provements, Rome Berlin. Vienna and
other European cities are oxpending
vast sums in beautifying their cities.
Australia. Japan and johannesburg
have commissions Of artists studying
schemes for the artistic growth of
their cities
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21
4 authorities Abbrove

And just now the pendulum of ap.
prova is swinging back to the l. En-.
fant plan. 1t was decade ago that
the government appointed park com
mission to report upon the tendencies
Of the development of the city of Wash
lngton. On this commission were the
greatest authorities that the nation
boastcd. 1t consisted of Charles L. Nc
Kim. architect, man bonored in this
country and abroad, acknowledged TO
be the absolute leader of his profes.
sion; Augustus Saint Gaudens, sculptor
the greatest artist that America has
ever producod ID. II, Burnham, an emi-
nent authority upon city development
and Frederick Law Olmstead. who has
had hand in fashioning all the great
parks in the nation.
These men labored long on the prob
lem of making Washington the city
beautiful. In the end they reported
that the plan proposed by l. 'Enfant
in 1890 was not to be improved upon
The plan laid down then was the plan
that should be followed today. A cen.
tury Of growth, n century Of ex-
perience, century Of studying the
problems in hand had not developed
an idea that was an Improvement upon
the original plan Of the father Of the
city.
1t was in 1902 that this report was
made. 1t awakened tho whole nation
to an Improvement of cities To indi-
cate the magnitude of this movement
il NAV be well to mention as among
the cities and towns which have taken
active steps TO procure a systematic
and artistic growth are Cleveland, Bnf
fslo, New York, Philadelphia, st
Louis, New Orleans. Hartford, New
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

ond was DR.. William Thornton, West
Indian, who designed the capitol. The
work Of each stands in this day of
many critics with no man 10 dispute
its mastery.
L'Enfant went into the wilderness
and laid out the capital of the future.
He chose the spot on which Congress
hall, the capitol, was to stand. lie
chose q site for the president s
palace" the white house of today.
With the capitol as the city center
he crossed broad streets that ran with
the compass Then he added the
diagonals that were TO be known as
avenues and to be named after the
states. This gave sixteen streets that
led to the capitol. For miles down any
of these streets the dome of the capitol
has been visible ever since its erection.
The grandeur of its architecture arls.
ing from its hilltop and visible above
surrounding objects impresSes all who
cross one of these sixteen streets and
glance toward '"the hill" This view
of the capitol is the best-known picture
in America 1t deserves its renown.
The streets were laid out wondrous
broau The hills of Maryland rolled
away to the north and east The Po-
tomac lay placidly 10 the west, with
level streets bordering it, A level
plain leading from the capitol to the
Potomac was even then set aside by
LIEnfant as mall, and it was his
idea that here should be grouped the
government buildings on either side of
a great avenue Here again was the
architect a century ahead of his time,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

for now the government is coming back
to his original and realizing that all
that has been done not in accordance
with it has been wrong. Likewise did
l. 'Enfant face the capitol to the west
with the idea that the city would
grow in that direction, but the archi-
tccts who came after him sneered at
the idea of the city taking to the
flats when the rolling hills to the east
offered such superior building sites,
SO they faced the capitol TO the east
and today il stands with its back door
to the city which insisted on growing
in the direction that j. 'Enfant said 1t
would
But L'Enfant had his rivals and de-
tractors as we'll as his weakness. He
was as erratic as are most great gen
iuses Between his enemies and his
weaknesses he was eventually dis
charged by the government. There
was very material difference in his
opinion and that of the government
when settling time came. Through all
the years of his extreme age he was
pushing claim against the government
for money held to be due him for
service rendered In the end he was
in want In his old age Thomas
Atwood Riggs and William Dud-
lew Riggs. landed gentlemen living
near Washington, took him to their
country homes and maintained him un-
til he died in 1925. His former grave
was on the land of William Dudley
Riggs.
The spot where his remains now rest
is the choicest in all Arlington. The
administration building at that famous
cemetery was formerly owned by Gen
eral Robert f.. Lee. The cemetery is
on the old Lee estate. The house is on
an elevation overlooking the Potomac
Washington, the Mall, the Washington
monument, the capitol are on land that
| slopes down on the opposite shore
The monument to the man who laid
out the ground plan of Washington
looks down on the city in such a way
that the map of it may be clearly seen
from that point of vantage. The men
who tomorrow unveil that monument
Will have directly before them the pano
rama Of the great work of the man
whom they honor.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

Sanitarium methods
are used and given
the same as at Battle
Creek. IL addition.
make a speciality OF
the Milk Diet and
Rest Cure. Very fine
electrical equipment.
Every room all out
side. nicely furnished
one. Special weekly
or monthly rates 10
families. Spend the
summer at Long
Beach. where II is
ALWAYS COOL
Write today for beau
tiful booklet and In
formation,
w, Ray Simpson, Mgr.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21
Washington $ Mistakes

Washington. the clCy Tor Wnlcn the
commission worked, has largely failed
to profit by its findings. The Mall Is
still nothing but rambling parkway.
Little has been done toward developing
it into the system proposed But, fortu-
nately. precaution has been taken
against further marrlng the symmetry
of the complete scheme.
Much harm had previously been
done. The original idea was TO keep
open the vista down the long streets
that led to the capitol and the White
house that those buildings might be
seen in the distance from many direc-
tions This was forgotten, however,
when the state, war and navy building
was built close to the White house, and
cutting off the view from the west.
Then the treasury was placed on the
east, shutting out the view from the
capitol and Pennsylvania avenue, The
view of the capitol still remains un-
broken from all directions with the
single exception Of that from Pennsyl-
vania avenue from the southeast. Here
the view was deliberately cut by the
erection of Congressional library di-
| rectly across the mouth Of the avenue.
But from the capitol to the Wash
ington monument, a distance of mile
and a quarter. there is still open space
with which the builders may vet do
as they choose, Already the founda.
tions are laid for the Grant monument,
which is to be at the foot of capitol
hill and the head of the Mall. This
monument is being built in heroic pro-
portions. and is deemed entirely fit.
From this. in accordance with the
l. 'Epfant plans and those of the park
| commission, is to extend the most
magnificent avenue in America. In the
middle is TO be a lawn 800 feet wide.
| hankcd by narrow Toadways on each
side. Besides these are to be rows OF
elm trees standing four abreast. Then
on each side of this magnificent avenue
| are to be the government buildings
standing 500 feet apart from the oppo'
site side of the avenue and with ample
parking about them,
| While none of this parking has been
actually accomplished. there has been
! general tendency to make all new
| Buildings eventually work into the
scheme when the time comes,
| The enthusiasm produced by the
commission IS report throughout the
| country has shown the interest of the
people in the capital city and their
desire to see it the most beautiful in
the world The moral effect of tins
movement has been reflected in the
work executed since the report was
made public. The great terminal sta
ton. the agricultural building, the now
National Museum. the office buildings
| for the senate and house of represent
atives, the new municipal building, the
buildings for the Bureau of the Amer
lean Republics and the Daughters of the
| American Revolution. as well as the
monument TO General Grant. have all
been located and designed to conform