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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-25
LAND AT $3.50 PER ACRE
PRESIDENT WORST OF AoRlcuL.
TURAL COLLEGE THINKS so,
Howard Elliott Also Addresses TIL.
State Grain Growers Meet
ing at Fargo.

~ -HL.- " F."FHHr
Fargo. The largest audience
that ever attended a tri-state grain
growers convention packed the
Fargo opera house. More than 1000
farmers and agriculturists gathered to
hear J. H. Worst. president OF. the
North Dakota Agricultural college.
and Howard Elliott. president of the
Northern Pacific Railway.
President Worst's address was a
prophecy of rural conditions in 1920,
when he said $150-an-acre clubs will
be formed, land will yield so per cent
more than now, consolidated schools
will be the order of the day, and
roads will be improved considerably.
Howard Elliott spoke on the rela-
ton of railroads to farming. He gave
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-25
wife Sues Bail Fan 3Hu,band.

Vile Sues Ball Fan Husband.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Because her hus.
band. who 10 a baseball "fan," wagered
on the games and, II he lost. made
himself d~isagreeable about the house.
Mrs. Florence Engel wants a divorce
from Bert L. Engel.
Engel admits being an ardent fan"
but declares that his only wagers were
for small stakes like . cigar or a din
ner. ;
He also admits that when, by reason
,0f bad playing. the home team lost, he
would get angry. and says 1t 10 enough
tOgmake any human being angry the
~ some ball players play the na-
leaaI gsme.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-25
SEED WHEAT DUTY FREE
Representative Hanna Will Introduce
a Bill to That Effect.

Washington.-Representativ Hanna
is hopeful of securing favorable action
on a bill he introduced providing for
free admission of imports of wheat,
oats, barley and fax for seed purposes
only. from Canada during January,
February and March, each year.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-25
WANT A STATION
Drake Business Men and Farmers
Seek Farm Assistance.

Minot.-Drake farmers are interest
ed in securing an experimental station
OF the North Dakota Better Farming
association. c. J. Oldstad and A. C.
Anderson, of Drake, came to Minot to
hear the address Of Secretary Thomas
Cooper of the association, and also to
make arrangements for the associa-
ton to, carry on experimental farm
work at Drake.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-25
Postal Analr,.

The following is a superscription Of
letter that passed through the Louis:
VILE, KY, p%ostoflce:
Feds and confeds. let this go free,
Down to Nashville. Tennessee;
This Scent stamp will pay tie cost;
Until you find Sophia Yost.
Postmasters north. or even south,
May open 1t and find tho truth:
I merely say my wife's got well.
And has a baby cross rs, you
know"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-25
Simple Enouuh.

Il don't know how to make con-
v%ersation when in society"
Its simple enough. When you're
with automobile people you talk auto.
mobile. and when you're with bridge
people you talk bridge"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-25
Just VOLUNTEERING.

Whats all that rumpus about up
ut the recruiting of1ce?"
"They's forcing another man to vol,
iuntssr."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15

of the butter manufacturers associa-
.tion.
ut is incomprehensible to me how
I could become involved in these pro-
sceedinSs. | have had no business re-
Nations with either organization, said
The.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
CANNOT STAND
NEW YORK'S NOISE
Mrs. Corey Just Has to live Out in
the Suburbs Of That Dear
Paris.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Dec. 14-Mrs. Will
liam Ellis Corey. formerly Mabelle
Gilman. actress, kept her husband,
the former head of the steel trust,
cooling his heels at the French line
pier today while she explained to the
reporters why she no longer could
live in New York. The burden of
complaint was that it was too noisy.
She has cultivated the artistic tenn
permanent in France and must have
quiet.
Why even Paris is too noisy" she
Uttered. I live away out in the sub
urbs Oh, how I do love this country
and this city especially but / never
never can live here again. The noise
drives me mad"
The American husband. she said
could also he improved He is con
stantly thinking of business, she de
clared. But that dear French hus
band Well. lei Mrs. Corey tell it:
THE French husband so apportions
his time that he gives half of it tx
his business and half to iaisurean
t his wife is his leisure
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
DoUBLY STRICKEN
WOMAN rs BRAVE
Went From Funeral Of Husband to
Where Her Boy is Held on
Murder Charge

limited Press Leased Wire Service
los ANGELES. Dec. 14-Directly
from the funeral of her husband, Mrs
Maria H. Rickert went today TO visit
Martin. her fourteen year old son.
who Thursday fired / he bullet that
ended his fathers life. At the fun
eral the doubly stricken woman bore
herself bravely, but when she reach
ed the detention home where the
boy was held. tears streamed down
her cheeks when he rushed to her
arms.
Z What Mrs. Ricketts, attitude will
be when the time comes for the dis
position of her sons case is causing
much speculation to the woman her
self She plainly shows the effect Of
her mental struggle between hel
love for her boy and the duty she
fears she must perform. To recon
scile the two, she is persistent in he,
Felief that Marin shot merely te
brighten his father and noe to kill.
i Martin did not attend his fathers
funeral He has yet shown no sor
+ row for the shooting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
ATTORNEYS GOT
BROTHERS MONEY
Came From Australia With Good
Sized Roll to Help in
Murder Case.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
SALEM. Ore, Dec. Ito obtain
the return of money alleged to have
been misappropriated by attorneys
retained to defend Noble Faulder, one
of the convicts hanged here yester-
day, the Pacific Coast Rescue So
ciety's attorney, Roscoe Hurst, will
take immediate action. Faulder was a
native of Australia. His brother,
Norman Faulder, came across the
ocean with nearly $4,000 to spend on
his defense. The brother says that
$500 OF the money was misappro
priated.
The body of Faulder was buried IN
Odd Fellows cemetery here at noon
today. The bodies of Frank CARR
son and Jack Roberts were inferred
in the City View cemetery at Froci
this afternoon.
Mike Morgan's body is in charge o
| Father Moore, the Catholic chaplain
! OF the prison. His relatives will b.
communicated with If none appeal
| to claim his body it will be inferred
In the potter's field.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
TREATED MILDLY
LIKE Al DOG
PersIsesntly Annoyed and Nasged and
Forced into Fist Fights
1 All the Time.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
ANNAPOLIS. Md. Dec. 1.-THE
navy department today called for the
designations Of four mid-shipme en-,
Earl Wagner of Pennsylvania: Will
liam H. Saunders of South Carolina;
John D. Reed of Kentucky, and r. ".
Neville of Missouri, charged with
maltreating class mate, E. H. Jones,
appointed from Indiana.
Jones complained that the four per
sistently annoyed and nagged him,
forcing him into fist fights and other
wise making life miserable. The de
Tense Of the accused mid-shfpmen
was that their treatment of Jones
was only mild punishmeR. called
forth by an extremely offensive re
mark by Jones.
The dismissals were recommended
by a board of investigation whose
findings were approved by Superin
tendent Gibbons.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
Rattle o, the Till.

AS these lines are being written the
sidewalks in the shopping districts
are still lined and the people are
still shopping. and this will continue
an hour or more yet-till 10 o'clock
and after and when the sales of the
night are computed even some of the
merchants will be surprised and
gratiied at the astonishing sums that
have ratified into their tills during
the evening
It gives pleasure all round: To the
business men who are benefited by
the large sales. to the purchasers OF
the articles TO be handed over as
Christmas presents 10 friends of all
ages. for It is more blessed TO give
than 10 receive, and TO those who will
receive the gifts
A glorious Christmas is promised in
all this activity in preparation. Keo
kuk is glad that there is SO muck evi
dence all about US that this is a rec
crd-breaking year and that all is vel
with her people and her good neigh
bors who are visiting the city daily
10 examine the large and splendid
stocks being displayed by Keokul
dealers. the finest ever before shown
here,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
CROWDS BUYING
CHRISTMAS GOODS
The Streets Lined and Last Night
Was Regular Holiday Boost
er In kec-
kuk.
TOYS, THE FAvoRITEs
What Appears to be the Largest
Holiday Trade ever Known
is in Prog
ress.

There is evidence of the coming hol.
iday season all about us. We do not
have to read about it as reported
from afar off but we see it right here
in Keokuk day by day. Last night
was q regular holiday booster and
there were throngs on the streets
and in the stores and shops and they
were buying literally. mostly OF holt
day goods Yet the staples. wearing
apparel, groceries, and the table
necessities and daintes We're not for
gotten by the shos pers. For the night,
however, toys seemed to be the rui-
ing articles disposed of and the toy
counters were literally packed with
eager and liberal buyers.
R. G. Dun & Co.'S Trade Review
iof yesterday said:
What appears TO be the largest
holiday retail trade ever known IS in
progress, this being very practical
test of the buying power OF the peo-
pie as result of agricultural and IN
dustrial prosperity with labor every
where fully employed. Indeed, the
only limit TO production in many lines
| is the limit fixed by the scarcity of
labor
! Keokuk is reaping the benefits of
this record breaking hold retail
/ trade. People would be astonished to
know the amount OF the daily sales
of some of the merchants md shop
~ II <,ol-,,l- s.,ripu fbaee IRISH
8i ing holiday sales-and Christmas
nearly two weeks away.
These are prosperous times all
over the country, but it is safe to say
that Keokuk will have greater per.
centage OF increase in trade this
year than any other city in the state,
This is gratifying thought and all
the more 80 because it bears the
strong imprint of absolute fact.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
s2s Per Week.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
]. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Dec. IA.
Montrose A. Grahame. remittance
man from England, who has lived
here several months. was found dead
today near here. His body was in a
creek beside the railroad tracks. His
arm was broken and his skull frac-
tured. 1t is believed Grahame was
thrown from freight train Thursday
night.
! Grahame was the younger son OF
an English nobieman, according &c
statements he made here. His remit
rance of s25 a week came through q
bank at Vitsoria, b. C.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
Never in the De al.

limited Press eaRcd Wire Service
! FORT ATKINSON, Wis. Dec. a.
Declaring that he was never in any
way connected with the Elgin board
of trade. ne butter board or the
American Creamery Butter Manufac-
turers' Association. W D. Hoard OF
this city, former governor of Wiseon-
sin, tonight expressed great surprise
at his being named as defendant in
the antitrust" proceedings filed by
ehe department of Justice in Chicago
today. Hoard was listed as treasurer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15

Wice-consul Stuart Fuiier's report on
conditions in the Putamayo, Peru,
rubber district, was received tonight
by the state department.
I, The Fuller report contained sever
al hundred photographs. It was UNI
derstood unofficiaIly that the vice-con
sui did not find conditions entirely
as described but admitted that rub
Der producers who were charged with
crueltfes, could easily conceal all evi
dence of atrocities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15

!, Report From Peru.
limited Press Leased Wire Service
j WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-American
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
Crooked Freight Clerk.

fT-r.t5sG Dress sesi Nss@ se-T'ce
CLEVELAND, O.. Dec 14-Armed
#ith q warrant charging euabezzie-
mant OF 1890 from the Nickel Pixie
railroad, constables from Justice OF
the peace 3iurphy's court secured the
City today TO locate Edwin R. o.
RourEe. e, Who resigned about No
vember % as clerk in the freight Of
fee Of the railroad
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
Y. N. c. A. to cut Boxing.
TINTED Press Leased Wire Sery

8 OMAHA Neb.. Dec. 1.-THE local
Y. NJ. C. A. announced today that the
boxing and wrestling classes are to be
abolished, following the discovery
that J. P. Pitsenberg, member of
the senior boxing class, had engaged
in a match with Rudy Unholz, pro.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
Give Chairs for Christmas Gifts
You can get comfortable Chairs kere
from So. 90 to much higher prices,
according to the finish and material

A comfortable chair, especially Longing
chair is not only safe selection to make for a
Christmas gift, but there's for its being the
most acceptable of all gifts
Many person refrains from buying thor
oughly comfortable chair for his because
he might appear selfish. Whenever you can find
condition of this kind you have discovered the one
best gift for that person.
Look around among your friends and see how
many there who you know would revel in the
luxury of really comfortable chair. You'll find
the chair for them here
We have tremendous stock of other gifts
ranging in price from 81 to SO, suitable for ev-
eryune
Open Evenings Until 10 O'clock
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
MILLION DOLLAR
SMUGGLING DEAL
Charged That Silks and Satins Have
Been Brought Over by
Wholesale.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.-An in
vestigation into the alleged smuggling
of $1,000, 200 worth of dress goods,
silks and satins into the country by
fashionable dressmakers throughout
the United States will be opened
here Monday by the federal grand
jury.
Miss Anna F. Cox, fashionable
modiste, will be the first witness.
She will be asked to tell what she
knows OF Mrs. George Haldern, alias
Madame Haldane, who was arrested
in New York and indicted for Snug
Cling silks and Partisan gowns
amounting to $4,000 into this coun
try.
Miss Cox was passenger on the
same vessel with Mrs. Haldern. Miss
Cox has been served with subpoena
by United States District Attorne,
! McNab.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-23
BY Associated Press.

GreenviNe, April 22.-The most in
tense suffering and distress in the
flooded district Of the lower Mississippi
today centered IN the Bogue Phalia
country in the vicinit yof Napanee,
Choctaw and Elizabeth, in northwest
ern Mississippi, a great portion of
which is now inundated py the waters
of the north crevass
The water ranges in depth from
three to fifteen feet deep and hundreds
are reported still marooned on knobs,
housetops and in trees Rescue par
ties are out constantly, venturing
twelve and fifteen miles from the river
bringing in refugees The United
States army officials are now feeding
1000 homeless persons, drawn from
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi
and concentrated in refuge camps II
is reported that 500 negroes are lodged
in box cars at Stoneville, Miss, with
nothing to subsist upon. An effort is
to be made TO reach them with sup
plies today. Two hundred negroes
rescued in the vicinity of Benoit yes
terday were carried to Greenville and
supplied with rations.
All the f1ood-stricken sufferers around
Benoit are in places of safety but in
a destitute condition with scanty food
supplies. No confirmation of the re-
port that persons were drowned near
Benoit has been received. The gov
ernment relief boats, the King and
Winoka, with 250000 rations, arrived at
Greenville yesterday. A portion of
these rations were sent to LELAND
Miss, while the remainder is being dis
tributed to the destitute.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-23
BY Associated Press.

New York. April 22-The tender OF
their friendly Offices" by representa-
tives of the federal government called
at least q temporary halt tonight to
the strike of railroad engineers in the
territory east of Chicago and north Of
the Potomac river. in which it is esti
mated fiftv-two per cent Of the railway
traffic of the country is handled. The
mediation Of federal officials came i'm
managers of fifty of the railroads con-
cerned to concede to the engineers de-
mands for an eighteen per cent in
crease in wages and when Chief War
rem s. Stone, OF the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, had announced
that a strike of the engineers would go
into effect within 36 hours.
Knowing the situation to be critical
Chairman Knapp, presiding Judge OF
the United States commerce court, and
Charles P. Neill, United States COM
missioner of labor, hurried here from
break occurred and addressed a letter
to Stone and J. G. Stuart, chairman o.
the conference committee of railroad
managers, declaring the situation was
grave and a sense of duty impelled
them to tender their friendly Offices"
to the contending parties in the hope
that a means Of adjustment Of the dis
pute might be found.
The offer was accepted by the en-
gineers' committee tonight Stuart, cf
the railroad committee, refused to COM
ment on what position the railroads
will take and in this manner the crisis
rested tonight
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-23
GOVERNMENT ASKS
FOR INJUNCTION
Would Prevent Steel Corporation from
Destroying the Papers From Their
Possession.
BY Associated Press.

Philadelphia, April 22.-The govern
ments petition asking for a permanent
injunction to prevent the United States
Steel Corporation and its subsidiaries
from destroying papers in their pos
session which the government might
need in it's dissolution suit did not
reach definite conclusion today. Judges
hearing the prayer held the case under
The government now has temporary
injunction against the correspondent,
it having alleged that when the disso-
luton suit was last October a sub
sidiary of the corporation destroyed
papers and records.
Counsel for the corporation said they
did not object so much to the granting
Of an injunction as they did to the i'm
putation that the corporation was =
despoiler of documents.
They explained that the papers de-
stroyed had been in the hands of the
government for a long time and that
the steel officials had no idea the pa
pers would be wanted again.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-23
INFLAMMATORY
TALK MUST STOP
State Department Says There Is No
Intention of This Government TO In e
tervene in Mexico.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, April 22.-The state de-
partnent endeavored today to put a
stop TO what it regards as infamma
tory and sensational talk Of the gov
ernment's purpose to intervene in Mex
ico, by declaring that the reports OF
the American consular officers in that
country reiterate that whereas there Is
rot one reason for military interven-
ton, there are countless strong reasons
why there should be no intervention.
Secretary Knox today declared that
while the president had uncer consid-
Grafton the question Of dispatching a
vessel TO the west coast Of Mexico to
lock into the safety Of the American
residents there, IL did not necessarily
mean that a -warship would make the
trip. He said that the principal object
was to get some news about the Amer
cans who were in a country where
great disorder prevailed, with no com
munication with the outside world.
OF course, he said, If United States
cruiser happened 20 be the nearest, ii
would be sent
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-23
ALLEN CLAN GOES
ON TRIAL TO-DAY
Under Strong Guard the Men are
Taken From Roanoke to HillsvilIs
For Trial.
BY Associated Press.

Roanoke, Va, April %. - Under
strong guard, the seven Hillsville pris-
oners who have been in jail here since
their arrest for the parts plated in
the Carroll country court house where
the shooting of Judge Massie, Attor
ney Foster. Sheriff Webb and Miss
Betty Ayers occurred, left here today
and reached Hillsviile tonight. The
men will be placed on trial tomorrow.
Floyd Allen, the first man arrested,
still is suffering from broken leg,
but was taken back to face the
charges against him. With Victor AL
len, his son; Byrd Marion, Sidna Ed
wards, Cluade S. Allen and FrieL he
is under indictment for murder. John
Moore, the seventh prisoner is under
Indictment for felony, the charge be-
lug that he assisted the Aliens to es-
cape. Sidna Allen and Wesley Ed
wards remain at large.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-23
TRAINS BEING
DELAYED ON P.
& A. DIVISION
ALL ARRIVING FROM THAT SEC
TION ARE FOUR AND FIVE
HOURS LATE, PRINCIPALLY
DUE TO BRIDGE ON sEAeoRRD
BEING CARRIED AWAY.

All trains arriving over the P. & 4.
division since Saturday night have
been from four TO six hours late, No. 2.
Que last night at 9:45 o'clock arriving
this morning about o'clock. All OF
the delays have been occasioned by
vashouts on the P. & a. and the car
rying away Of a bridge on the Sea-
beard near River Junction
There were several bad washouts
on the L. & y. One was near Escam-
bia Saturday night. but this was re-
Paired within a few hours. Another
was near ChiTley and gave consider
able trouble, but the greatest incon-
venience has been caused by the car
rying away of the Seaboard bridge
making it necessary TO transfer pas
sengers on barges.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-23

DIES IN WASHINGTON
StiIson Hutchins, Who Started Life as
a Newspaper Reporter, Dies From
Paralysis.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, D. c., April 22.-Stilson
Hutchins, millionaire. philanthropist
and retired journalist, died at his
home here early today after lingering
illness with paralysis. He was born
in Whitfield, N. H, in 1888.
Mr.. Hutchins began life as a reporter
in Boston and later went to Iowa, where
he had charge of papers in Des Moines
and Dubuque. Soon after the civil war
he established the st. Louis Times,
which he sold for what was regarded
as a record price, when he came to
this city to establish the Washington
Post in 1877.