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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
Any proposition involving the
element Of chance in connection
with tho awarding Of prizes in
which q consideration 10 requir-
ed Of contestants. Tho constit.
uent elements Of q lottery or
other scheme Of chance as de-.
fined by tho authorities IN ~
consideration. (2) chance. (3)
prize.


And here are two cases and two de-
cisions. You may take your pick with
out any fear of coming under the ban
of the United States laws.
A certain newspaper out west Of
fered some gold coin prizes for win
ming numbers on calendars sent out by
1t through the mails. It. asked for the
purchase Of its daily issue for seven
days ut u cost of 10 cents Then II
the number on a calendar correspond
ed, with a number printed at the top
of the first page Of the paper each day
the fortunate holder could trip lightly
to the newspaper Office and get any
where from SIS to $50 in shining gold
coin.
The postal authorities promptly leap.
ed into the middle of that contest and
brought 1t to q quick close. The legal
talent employed by the newspaper
maintained that the first element of a
lottery. consideration. was missing.
inasmuch as subscribers were buying
the paper and not q chance In the
drawing.
Finally. however. It was decided that
there was n consideration in the work
done By contestants In advertising the
paper and by personally carrying the
winning calendars to the Office for re-
delnptton.
A shoe merchant in Denver placed
a piano conspicuously In bis show win
dow and advertised Il In the neWspa
pers and by letter.
Every customer registering at the
store or sending a stamped and self
addressed envelope received q num
bered card which entitled him to q
chance IN the drawing.
The supreme court Of Colorado held
that there was no consideration paid
for the card and hence the scheme was
not q lottery.
The court adds:
1.-THE fact that such Q chance or card
given away 70 induce persons to visit
their store with the expectation that
they might purchase goods and there
BY increase their trade IL Q benefit tOO
remote to constitute Q consideration
for chance"
Here are two rulings on tie question,
Of consideration at variance with each
other
Az We grsciouely observed before.
Take your picks
g. 49, hEENZtEkaZL&1
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
WASHINGTON NEWS

President Taft has received q cable
gram from the emperor Of Japan,
thanking him for his cordial welcome
to Admiral Togo. The message fol.
lows: "The splendid welcome accord
ed by you to Admiral Togo and the
friendly sentiment expressed by you
on that occasion have touched me
very deeply and ! pray you to accept
this assurance of my most cordial
thanks and appreciation"
sAstremendous decline In the condition
Of crops general throughout the coun-
try and traceable to q drouth and
intense heat, occurred during the last
month, as indicated by oficial figures
and estimates made. In the monthly
crop report Of the department Of az.
Ticulture. &
President Taft will veto the New
MexicO-ArizOna statehood resolution
- passed BY the senate. Democratic
leaders OF both house and senate de-
clare. however. that they can marshal
enough votes 70 pass the measure over
assvet0.
Thefs u renewed talk that secre-
tAYy Wilson will be forced out Of the
cabinet ~ the facts brought out IN
kSsWyllDy ihysstigation.
Pr6st1slnt Tafth as about decided
not D press ~ senate u fatifysths
Observation-Disclosures 8 ne special -
- u
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
NEWS OF WORLD
important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Attempting to escape after being
remanded to jail for examination on
a charge of promiscuous shooting on
the streets and wounding a man
named Benges, Martin Shadowens Of
Benton, ILL.,, shot and severely wound
ed Justice of the Peace James Mannon
and William Schultz, a spectator, ia
tally wounded City Marshal John Stalk
kinrider and cut Deputy Tom Mackay.
Mackay in turn shot and killed Shad-
owens.
Zacharias Walker, a negro despera-
do, was carried on a cot from the hos
pital at Coatsville, Pa, by a frenzied
mob of men and boys and burned to
death in a fire which they ignited
about half a mile from town. The
negro, who shot and killed Edward
Rice, a special policeman of the Worth
iron mills, was first dragged to the
scene of the shooting.
A quarrel between members of a
party of young women returning to
New York from a Long Island shore re-
sort resulted in a fight with hat pins
as their car was pulling into the city
over the Queens borough bridge.
Nineteen-year-old Alveda Carpenter
was stabbed in the heart and dropped
dead in the street as she alighted from
the car.
A bomb explosion at st. Louis car
ried out threats Of two Black Hand
letters, wrecking a tenement house
and killing two persons, one of whom
is believed to have been the man
who ignited the charge. Tony Ramo-
no conducted a grocery in the build
ing. Two written demands for money
had been ignored by him.
Taken for the car thieves they were
hunting Frank J.. Cook and Dan Vree-
land, special officers for the Lake
Shore railroad, were shot dead on the
Michigan Central tracks at Detroit.
The man who did the shooting, the po-
lice believe, is William Barrett. a
Michigan Central detective He.was
taken into custody.
Charging Rolin M. West, cashier
Of the Golden (Minn.) State bank,
with the embezzlement of $9,7S7.O4,
State Bank Superintendent Kelsey N.
Chase had West arrested. The bank
was closed for business and is in the
hands of Deputy, Brandvold.
Commodore Jones, a negro, who it
is alleged used insulting language
in addressing a young white woman
Ger the telephone, was hanged by a
mob at Farmersville, Tex.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Following an explosion in the en-.
craving department fire wrecked the
building of the Louisville Herald and
destroyed the plant. The explosion
occurred after all editions had been
published and comparatively few per.
sons were in the building at the time.
Four people were killed and thirty
we're injured at the western limits
Of Fort Wayne, Ind, In the second
wreck within q week on the Pennsyl-
vania railroads New York.Chicago
eighteen-hour train.
"A mail train on the Vandalfa road
struck the automobile Of "A. G. Walker.
manager of Q garage in Yandalia. ILL.,,
kil!.lg all oe.sspsnts Of the machine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18

' III.
resolution was reported to the senate
by Chairman Dillingham; of the cleo
lions committee. which approved the
recommendation of a subcommittee
granting the Wisconsin legislatures
request for al investigation.
The campaign publicity bill was re-
ported to both houses with the confer.
ence committees recommendation
that 1t pass practically as amended by
the senate. The conferees reached
an agreement, the house members Of
fering no objection to the principal
features of the final amendments.
Admiral Count Togo paid a formal
visit to both houses of congress and
thanked the members for his cordial
reception in this country. In both
the senate and the house he was en-
Enthusiastically a%pplauded, each cham
Der recessing to allow the members
to shake his hand. ~ gst
Thirty Western Republicans. among
them sever from Minnesota. Joined
with the Democrats in passing the
conference report on the La Toilette
Underwood wool bill in the house Of
representatives. The measure was
passed by a vote Of 2O6 to 20
The bill admitting Arizona and
New Mexico to statehood passed its
last legislative stage when the house
agreed to the minor senate amend.
ments to that measure The bill now
goes to President Taft. who. it is
stated, will veto 1t.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
NORTH DAKOTA SHOWS GAIN
Improvement in Crop Conditions, Ac.
cordina to GiIbreath.

Improvement in Crop Conditions, Ac-
cording to GiIbreath.
Commissioner of Agriculture Gil
breath's weekly crop report says ex.
cepting a few counties of limited crop
acreage the tone of the report shows
q marked improvement in the agri-
cultural outlook.
Rain and cool night have greatly
ameliorated the stringency of condi.
lions in the western parts of the state.
especially for fax and late sown
grains.
Scattering reports of rust are coming
in from counties where. cutting is gen-
eral, but the damage is thought to be
immaterial. Fall sown crops are gen.
orally cut and where any threshing
has been done the results indicate a
satisfactory yield. Flax probably will
produce an average crop on a slightly
greater acreage than a year ago,
should present favorable conditions
continue.
Corn will be the best crop of the
season and favorable showing of this
season means a probable doubling OF
the acreage in 1912.
Harvest will be general over the
southern part of the state this week
in early sown wheat, oats, barley AMI
rye. The hay crop generally is good.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
CONGRESSIONAL D0lNGs.

George w. Perkins, the New York
financier, suggested TO the house steel
corporation of inquiry that a govern
ment commission which would insure
focusing the limelight of publicity on
the business affairs of great corpora.
tions would do much to eradicate
present day trust evils and preserve
their virtues. Following Mr.. Perkins
suggestion Representative Littleton of
New York announced that a resolution
soon would be introduced in congress
providing for a thorough investigation
Of the industrial situation of the
country.
The house steel trust investigating
committee at an executive session de.
cided not press at this time questions
of campaign contributions. in connec-
ton with which George W. Perkins of
New York, a director of the United
States Steel corporation, a threat
ened with contempt proceedings be.
fore the house of representatives. The
committee decided, however, to re-
quire the steel corporation to produce
the books of subsidiary companies.
The senate committee on foreign
relations has agreed to recommend
the ratification of the arbitration
treaties with Great Britain and France
so amended as to eliminate the para
graph comforting on the joint high
commission of inquiry the right to
determine what international ques-
tions are justiciable under the terms
of the treaties.
An investigation of the election of
United States Senator Isaac Stephen
son OF Wisconsin was directed in a
resolution passed by the senate. The
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
GET: BETTER PHARMACISTS
Results Shown in Standardization
System Of North Dakota.

Satisfactory progress has been
made during the last year in the bet
ter Standardization of pharmacists in
North Dakota, according to the report
Of the state pharmacy board. suit
mitted to the North Dakota Druggists
association at its twenty.ifth annual
meeting at Grand Forks. This report
shows that practically every drug
store in the state is under the direc-
ton of q registered pharmacist; that
there are 638 registered pharmacists
and 1877 assistants. in the state. Dur
ing the last year 131 candidates were
examined, 43 passed registered class.
es, "A were made assistants and "A
failed.
Credit is given Professor e. s. Ladd.
state pure drug commissioner, for the
standard of the profession. One pros
ecution during the year has had a
good effect.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
THE DEATH RECORD.

Maine lost it's senior United States
senator and an almost lifelong faith
full servant when William Pierce Frye
died at the home of his daughter at
Lewiston. Me. Although he had been
i'll for a long time death came sud-
denly. A general breakdown, due to
his age and his extremely arduous
career, is described by Senator Frye's
physicians as the cause of death. Sen
ator Frye had served in congress
since 1869, six terms in the house
of representatives being followed in
1881 by his election to the senate
when James G. Blaine resigned to be.
come secretary of state.
John w. Gates. the American finan-
cier, is dead at Paris. The end was
peaceful and it seemed as though he
was falling asleep. The usual res
toratives failed in the last crisis. The
remarkable fight to save the life of
the financier, in which some of the
leading physicians Of France, Eng
land and the United States partici-
pated, attracted the attention of the
entire miedical world.
General George w. Gordon, com
mander-in-chief of the United Con.
federate Veterans and a member of
congress. is dead at Memphis. Tenn.
His illness dated from his last polit.
teal campaign. when he vas reelected
TO the national house of representa-.
tives. the last general of the Confed-
eracy to serve in that body.
Congressman Henry C. Loudenslag-
er. Republican, is dead at Paulsboro,
IN. ]. MI. I.oudenslager had been all
ling for q long time. He was aflicted
with a complication of diseases and
was later attacked by typhoid fever.
lie was fifty.nine years of age.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
FOREIGN NEWS.

Great Britain appears to be con-
fronted by a grave labor movement,
compared with which the London
strike just ended would be a small af-
fair. Together with street battles in
Liverpool of a most furious descrip-
ton and serious riots at Glasgow
comes the news Of meetings of the
railway employees at Liverpool, Glas-
gov, Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield
and other large cities at which threats
were made Of a general strike Of all
railway men, transport workers and
lockers unless existing disputes are
settled promptly and satisfactorily.
Premier Asquith's government,
which claims to represent the DEM
ocracy Of Great Britain, enforced its
will on the peerage by the narrow
vote of 131 to ia. BY this vote the
house of lords decided to accept what
the Liberals contend is the will Of the
people and adopted Viscount Morley's
motion not to insist on the lords
amendments to the parliamentary bill,
which practically limits the power of
the house of lords to a two-year sus-
pensory veto and vastly increases the
prerogatives of the house of commons.
James Lee Finney, the American &C.
tor, persisted in a fire which destroyed
a portion of the Carlton hotel at Lon
don. The Carlton is n of London's
most fashionable resorts and many
Americans are among it's guests. OF
the 200 persons stopping at the hotel
when the fire broke out many were
from the United States and while all
had narrow escapes none except Fin
ney suffered any injury.
The French steamer Emir %foundered
five miles east of Tarifa, Spain, in the
Straits of Gibraltar. Ninety-three per-
sons were drowned. In a dense fog
the steamer collided with the British
steamer Silverton, from Newport. Eng,
for laramie, Italy. The Emir f1oated
only a few minutes after the collision.
Sixty-nine passengers and twerty-four
of the crew went down with the ship.
The troops were compelled to fire
on a mob of strikers at Liverpool.
Bayonet charges were also made upon
the disorderly element. The strike
committee declared a general strike
of all transport workers, including
the railway men, who up to the last
had refused to 60 out.
The Alfaro government in Ecuador
has been overthrow by a revolution
organized by supporters of President
Elect Estrada. Few casualties &C.
CURED and a provisional government
headed by the president of the senate
was formed.
General Cincinnatus Leconte was
elected president of Haiti unanimous
ly by congress. I.econte headed the
larger of the two revolutionary fac.
tions that overthrow President An.
tome Simon.
Heinrich Won Poschinger, the noted
German political writer, is dead.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

The retirement of Henry Clay Prick
from the directorate of the Union Pa
cihc Railroad company is announced.
Mr.. Frick rendered his resignation
some days ago., but nothing vas said
about his retirement. 1t is understood
he will retire from other large. cor.
porations with which he has been
prominently identified for many years.
Including the United States Steel cor
poration.
George w. Perkins, director of the
United States Steel corporation. tes-
trying before the house steel trust
investigating committee, created a stir
when he jumped to his feet and
branded as false a charge that the
panic of 1907 had been started to ruin
certain banks.
BY flying 2S6 miles from st. Louis
to Chicago with only two intermediate
stops and in an actual flying time OF,
S hours and 43. minutes, Harry N.
Atwood Of Boston believes he has set
a pace which will result in his estab-
fishing a new record.
Formal announcement Of the en-
Sasement of Mildred Sherman. daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Watts
Sherman Of Newport, to Ralph Francis
Julian Stoner, Lord Camoys, of Eng
land, has been made.
Pope Plus x. is not SO well. His
sleep has been less tranquil and he
twice awoke, complaining of pains in
the affected knee. His temperature
also has slightly increased.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
Cavalier Plans Celebration.

Plans are being made for the cele.
bration OF the recent victory In the
contest Of the county seat Of Pembina
county. Cavalier believes the close Of
the case has been reached and that tile
vote at the polls, when Cavalier al
tanned more than . two.thirds vote
will be upheld by the courts. Mem
beers Of the board Of commissioners
were there several days ago lOokihx
over the various sites the city has to
otter for a courthouse. the construc.
tion OF which will be necessary in
making the change.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
ROAD REFUSES MEN A RAISE
Southern Pacific viii Make No Con
cession in Shop Rules.

~
San Franc SEQ, Aug l5.-At a con-
ference here between officials Of the
Hartman lines and a committee rep.
resent:ng the Federation of Shop EN-.
ployes. e. 3. Calvin. general manager
of the Southern Pacific, informed the
committee the railroads could make
no concessions in wages or shop rules.
I'VE have made numerous increases
in the last few years in the wages
of Gil our craftsmen" said Calvin.
these increases have. averaged 1917
per cent to every shop employe in our
service.
Feeling that what We have done is
right We intend to stand upon the pc.
sition We have taken and we cannot
consider any wage increase"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
sis Hats In Church illegal.

Atlanta, Ca. Aug. IA bill max.
ing It 4 misdemeanor for q woman to
wear In church q hat more than two
feet wide was Introduced In the Geor
gin legislature by Senator Edwards;
II was referred to the committee o.
sanitation and hygiene.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
Farae GEO ~Pestmasters.

Third and fourth class postmasters
Or North Dakota. holding their annual
convention at Grand Forks. decided
70 hold their next annual! meeting II
Fargo.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
|H"r -NHH ~
WHEN A LOTTERY
IS NOT A LOTTERY
This Is a Priceless and Hone.
less Contest
LAWYERS CANNOT SOLVE It.

And Even Uncle Sam, Who Ought 70
30 Familiar, Has Precisely Different
Rulings Handed Down on Precisely
Similar Questions.
That most puzzling Of puzzlesome
questions, "Just exactly what Is On
Gle Sans idea of a lottery?" is an.
swered by Omer F. Doud In Judicious
Advertising as follows:
And he cites these two particular
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18

Before venturins your craft on
such uncertain waters send Il to
the attorney general at Washing.
ton for q test Of its seaworthiness.
In this way you will avoid .
visit from ~postoffiee inspectors
and perhaps . great deal Of ex.
pensive and unnecessary iitisa-
ton.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-02-01
NEWS FROM GROSS HILL.
Prominent Firm Makes Change-EIec.
tion for School Trustees Held Sat.

Prominent Firm Makes Change-EIec.
tion for School Trustees Held Sat.
urday.
Cross Hill, Jan. 30.--Mr. j. f. Lea.
man of the firm o? Rasor, Eeanian
& Denny, has sold his interest to Mr..
Marvin Anderson. The Erm nav is
Rasor, Anderson & Denny.
Mr. Floyd Spearman has sold his
stock of goods to Mr.. Douglas Chap
man. Mr.. Chapman will continue the
business at the same place.
Mr.. Robert Carley will open up
goods in one OF DR.. Miller's brick
stores on miller Row.
Miss Matte Mae Neville, one of our
popular teaches in the school here,
lost a gold watch with gold pin
on the fob last Thursday. She is sure
she had the watch when she left
school. She walked to Mr.. II. A. Aus
tins. her boarding place. and went
Immediately down town rid:ns in a
buggy. She missed her watch when
in store. The watch was priced
very highly because 1t was q present
from her mother when she graduated
1t is hoped that whoever finds 1t will
return it to Miss Neville.
Master George Martin. son of Rev.
j. A. Martin, had bone of his arm
broken in a tumble playing foot ball
last week.
The young ladies' of our town have
organized a w>!king club for recrna-
tion and exercise. They have ,cn or
more mcmhers ana are out every Fri
day afternoon.
Prof. Parrott received splendid
state flag last week presented to the
school by DR.. J. II. Miller. The flag
has been put in place and is now wav-
ing to the breeze. 1t is beauty.
manufactured at Clemson and is about
eight by three feet.
An election was held for school
trustees last Saturday r. A. Aus
tin, J. W. Simmons, T. NJ Pmson r.
A. Boyce. l.. S. Pinson. Jno. w. Han
ma and w. L. Griffin were elected.
Mrs r. G.. Davenport is with the
family of Mr.. and Mrs. n. b. Daven-
port for a visit.
Mr.. Austin Leaman graduated at
Draughans business college of Co
lumbia last week He will accept a
position with prominent firm in
Columbia and go to work at once.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-02-01
MAKE CONCRETE DRAIN TILE
One Machine VIII Turn Out Quite .
Large Number Each Day Of
Any Size Required.


For tho core fiye-inch length OF
stove pipe is used. This Is cut 20
inches long, or two inches longer than
the tile is to be made. A circle lie
cut from board to At into the bot.
tom OF this pipe, where 1t is fasten-
cd, says the Orange Judd Farmer. In
the center Of same bolt is placed
which acts AZ o, pin; going through the
molding board or pallet and thus in.
surfing setting the core in correct po-
sition. The top Is finished with
block to fit into same, as shown, with
ring and bolt to draw OUT core from
the completed tile
The outside form is made of heavy
sheet iron and is eight inches in diam
eter and 1S inches high, which makes
the walls of tile TX inches thick. This
requires piece of sheet iron 18 by
26b inches In size, which you should
have the timer bend into a circle or
cylinder form. with the edges over.
tapping each other one inch. Exactly
one inch from each edge of the sheet
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-02-01
Close PaSturing.

Close. late pasturing OF autumn
sown wheat fields reduces the yield
The Oklahoma experiment station rec
ommends that stock be taken out of
the wheat field by March / or March
15, at the latest. If reasonable returns
are to be expected. The quality Of
grain deteriorates perceptibly with
late pasturage. Pasturing wheat when
the ground is very wet will have a
tendency to lower the yield OF grain
and at the same time injure the tex
ture of the soil Under favorable sea
son conditions wheat frequently makes
very heavy growth and i'm these
cases 1t is advantageous to pasture.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-02-01
Fine Butter Record.

Mr.. ~ L.. Nash, who lives out on
Route No. /, was in the city Satur-
day. In speaking about the Butter
Contest which is to 0e held i'm Co
lumba this week, MIR, Nash said that
during the year 1910 he sold from one
COW 200 pounds of butter and dur
ing 1909 he sold lS1 pounds. He got
an average of 20 cents pound for
it, He also said that in February of
1910 he killed a pig months old that
weighed 3Ol pounds and in 1908 he
killed one 6 months old that weighed
2S7 pounds.
That is pretty good record for
COWS and pigs and perhaps will be
hard to beat