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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Saved BY Telephone Girl.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, April 25.-W arm
ed by q telephone operator that the
Millsville dam had broken, 500 people
residing in the Millbrook valley. Essex
county. aed to the hills and then
watched the torrent wash their homes
away. The breaking Of the dam pre-
cipitated lake two miles long, half
q mile vide and SO deep upon the
valley, which contained two villages.
The food swept with it two other dams
and three power plants, causing the
damage of over S100. 900.
That no lives were lost is due to the
quick work of a telephone girl In the
Port Henry exchange. who notified
the Mill brook folks to fee. The dam
was q new structure of concrete. 1t
was 60 feet high aud 200 feet wide.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Reckless Speed Caused Disaster

WASHINGTON, April 27.-FaiIure to
give her exact position, . great field
of floating ice that offered q frigid
barrier to chips hurrying to the rescue
and the mistake of her captain In
rushing at top speed through the ice.
covered sea combined to send the tt.
tanic and her 1000 victims to their
watery grave in the North Atlantic,
according to testimony today before
the senate committee investig ating the
ocean tragedy.
Capt. J James II. Moore of the steamer
Mount Temple, which was hurried to
the Titanic in response to wireless
calls, told of the great stretch OF field
Ice which held him off. Within his
view from the bridge he discerned an
other steamer. probably q "tramp,"
and q schooner, which was making her
way out of the ice. The lights OF the
schooner, he thought, were those seer
by the anxious survivors Of the IT.
tanic. Captain Moore denounced al
"most unwise" the action OF the Ii
tanic's comm ander in rushing through
the night at 81 knots when he had beer
advised of the proximity OF ice.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Relief For Titanic's Survivors.

NEW YORK, April 26.-Shipping
men here express keen interest IS to
how the immense funds that have been
subscribed in England and America
for the relief of the Titanic survivors
will be distributed. The total already
raised in London and in New York is
considerably In excess OF q, 200. 600,
and belief is expressed that the amount
will eventually reach nearly s2.0o0,'
600. Some of the survivors have ex-
pressed apprehension that profess
sional beggsrs would try to take ad-
vantage of the sympathy aroused by
the Titanic disaster with ch ance OF
resping q rich harvest. There appar'
emily we'll be no dearth of claimants
for the bounty and the safeguard OF
the various claims is likely to prove q
task of no small amount.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Millions Of Voters.

WASHINGTON, April PA prelim'
mary statement giving for continental
United States the distribution of the
male population 81 years of age and
over according to color, nativity and
parentage, as shown by the returns OF
the thirteenth census was issued today
by Director Durand.
The potential voting strength of the
nation and of each state and territory
is expressed by the number OF its
males 81 years of age and over. In
1910 the number of males OF voting
age in continental United States was
26, 500, ISL, or 29.4 per cent OF the total
popul alton, as compared with q, 134,
299, or 27.8 per cent OF the total popu'
lation in 1900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Train Blown From Track.

OMAHA, Neb, April 26.-Twenty
persons we're injured, one OF them per-
haps fatally, when tornado struck
Union Pacific passenger train number
thirty FIVE, one mile west of Northloup,
Neb., yesterday. The entire train,
the engine excepted, was blown from
the track and all the cars were over
turned. A mile of telegraph line was
blown down, cutting off direct COM
munication.
The train, consisting of combina-
tion mail, baggage and express car
and two day coches. was running at q
moderate rate when the gale struck it.
Engineer O'Brien ran the engine tc
Ord and returned with car, In which
the injured were taken Ord.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Hardy Plants For Northwest.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-After hav.
ing discovered during two years and
a b. half abroad number of fruits, plants
and grasses which will stand cold
equal to that of the northwest In this
Frank N. Meyer. explorer for
the department OF agriculture, ia back
in Washington.
Most of his time was spent In Rus
sia, Siberia and Central Asia. Mr..
Meyer found Siberian bush cherry
which will live in temper ature near
ly 40 degrees below zero aud among
other fruits he came across an apricot
which q temper ature of 30 below will
not kill. Both of these fruits, seeds
and cuttings Of which were sent to THE
country, will prove valuable, experts
believe, to farmers in Minnesota. the
Dakotas, Montana and other northern
states. Alfalfa that will endure much
cold and various kinds of grains also
were found by the explorer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Fifty Dead In Tornado.

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 29.-While
there have been no additions to the list
of 81 killed by storms which swept
through sections of Oklahoma Satur.
day, the number OF injured 10 much
larger than at first report. The
property loss is greater than indicated
in earlier reports.
It is known that twenty towns were
struck by the storm which swept north.
ward through portions of southwestern
and central Oklahoma; that two OF
them, Butler and Foss, were literally
wiped out, and more than 100 injured
are accounted for.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
SUIT AGA INST BIG TRUST.
Federal Authorities Will Prosecute
Harvester Combine.

WASHINGTON, April 29.-A civil
antitrust suit seeking the dissolution
of the International Harvester com.
pany under the Sherman law will be
filed in St. Paul tomorrow. This Is
the culmin alton OF an investig alton ex.
tending over five years.
The International Harvester COM
pany is a Sl40, 100000 corpor alton
composed of six subsidiaries-Mc'
Cormick, Deering, Champion, Mil
waukee, Osborne and Piana.
The refusal of the company to separ.
ate 10 any plan OF dissolution the Nc
Cormick and Deeripg companies, said
to be its two principal subsidiaries.
rendered futile the efforts of Attorney
General Wickersham and the Interna-
tional's counsel to reach an agree
ment. The government maint aimed
that the so.called trust as whole
controlled from IS to 80 per cent OF
the harvester business of the country
and the Mccormick and Deering firms
represented from go to IS per cent OF
the business. Under these conditions
the attorney general refused to con-
sent to any plan which held the Nc
Cormick and Deering companies as
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
TAFT ANSWERS ROOSEVELT
President Declares Colonel Is Not
Giving Him Square Deal.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April 25.-
President Taft made his answer here
today to the criticisms that Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt has made OF him
and his ad str alton. 1t q speech
that brietl.d with indignation, In
which he named Colonel Roosevelt
over and over again, Mr.. Taft told a
crowd that filled Springfield square
hat he bt tlieyed Mr.. Roosevelt had
not given him "square deal," and
how he had "mislaid" and "destroy-
ed" the facts concerning Mr.. Taft's
conduct and actions In the White
house.
He replied in detail to many OF the
charges that Mr.. Roosevelt has made
gainst him since the present cam
paign began. He took pains to make
plain Mr.. Roosevelt's knowledge of q
complete agreement with many OF the
actions and policies of the present ad-
miuistr alton which lately he has con.
demned and denounced.
The president declared that after
the Columbus speech of Colonel
Roooevelt he found the country un'
responsive and that he shifted his
method of campaign from declara'
ton of "priuciples" and "proposalt
of reform" to "att acks on the admin
istr ation."
Roosevelt's doctrine of the recall o1
Judges and the recall of decisions, bis
willingness to disregard the "wise Gus
tom' that forbids third term, wheth
er consecutive or not, his appeal to
"class hatred" and ''prejudice," and
his "absolute failure" to put forth any
concrete proposal for true reform and
true progress, Mr.. Taft said, all com
bined to make him believe that th
American people would not choos
Roosevelt again.
Mr.. Taft began HE speech by declar
ing he spoke plainly only because h
believed it time for him to do so. H
brought in Colonel Roosevelt's nam
only because events had forced him t.
use it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
TITANIC SAILORS TESTIFY.
Transfer Of Women To lifeboats
Was Dangerous Undertaking.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-Members
of the senate committee of investiga-
tion into the Titanic disaster who ex-
amined individually the British sail
ors and stew ards of the Titanic crew,
gathered today in the Office of Senator
Smith to prepare report of their in
vestig ations for the full committee.
Only few members of the crew were
found who could offer anything OF
value tha had not been elected from
the surviving officers and passengers.
1t was necessary for women and
children on the sinking Titanic to
lump a three-foot chasm from the deck
to the lifeboats and the babies were
tossed into the boats, according to
testimony given to Senator W. A.
Smith, chairman of the senate COM
mittee, by F. O. Evans, one of the
Titanic's crew. Evans credited this
method OF loading the boats with the
heavy loss of life among the womer
and children.
Senator Smith further announced
that lamp, trimmer on the Titanic
whom he examined last night sale
there were no lights in the life boats
He said that after four boats hat
cleared the ship he went into the stor'
room aud discovered the lamps there
BY orders from the captain, be said
he hurriedly equipped as many OF th
rem aiming boats as he could.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Seamen Desert Steamship.

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng, April 26.-The
White Star liner Olympic, which had
been held of Ryde, Isle of Wight,
since Wednesday by strike OF her
firemen. abandoned today her trip to
New York and returned to this port.
This was made necessary by the deser-
ton of her seamen this morning, when
the liner attempted to replace the
striking fremen with non.union men.
The strike has q serious aspect be.
yond the matter of inconvenience to
transatlantic travel, as the seamen,
having signed for the voyage, now
have laid themselves open to the
charge of mutiny.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Taft Starts Ananias Club.

WASHINGTON, April 28.-President
Taft. before leaving today for his re-
turn to assachusetts, issued per.
sonal statement denying Colonel
Roosevelt's alleg alton that Mr.. Taft,
while secretary OF war, at q cabinet
meeting, had approved Mr.. Roose'
velt's decision not to prosecute i'm
mediately tie International Harvester
company.
President Taft's statement says he
never heard the Intern ational Har.
vester company discussed at any cabi'
net meeting and that the records oi
the war department. will show that be
was out of the country when the in
cident referred to by the colonel oc
Cured.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Will Fight Harvester Trust.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-Hope OF
dissolving the Sl40, 900, 900 Interna-
tional Harvester company without q
fight in the courts practically has been
abandoned. A suit against the cor.
poration under the Sherman antitrust
law probably will be filed At Chicago
about the middle of next week.
President Taft was apprised Of the
stu alton at conference with Messrs.
Wickersham, Fowler and Bancr oft. It
is understood he agreed that the plans
for disinteg agtion so far submitted
could not be accepted by the govern
ment,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Washington News Notes.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The sub.
committee of the senate agricultural
committee tod ay adopted Sena War
ren's amendments to the agricultural
appropriation bill appropria iating $780,
600 to enable the secretary OF ag-
riculture to distribute seeds of drought
resisting croqs in the dry farm regions
of the west; $50, 900 to establish a win
ter refuge for elk in the Jackson Hole
region, and 1925 900 additional to S275-
600 carried in the honse bill for the
construction of roads in national for
ests.
Senator Guggenheim's amendment
was adoped increasing by Is per cent
the fund given to the states for
road purposes derived from forest re-
serve receipts.
The house committee on appropria-
tions has decided, on the recommend.
alton of the treasury department, TO
cut of appropriations for all assay
Offices in the country except that al
New York. This, if concurred in by
the senate, will operate to close every
assay Office in the west, including
those at Boise, Helena and Seattle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
AND SCENE Oh
~ 1H

covered and are on board the cable
ship Mack ~ Bennett News of The
recovery of the bodies was contained
in dispatch to the White Star line
company today.
The wireless dispatch which came to
the company from the cable ship
Mackay Bennett gives tie additional
idet t, fic ations of 40 of the heretofore
unkuo sn recovered dead on the cable
shirs
Among others the body of Colonel
John J. Astor and Lsador Straus have
been embalmed. OF the POS dead on
board the Mackay Bennett the names
of 81 have been sent ashore by wire
1qaa
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Taft Wins::ln Iowa.

DEs MONIES, April 26.-As q re-
suit of the Iowa republican conven~
tion returning deleg alton of sixteen
instructed for President Taft, the cam
didacy of Sen ator A. D. Cummins for
the presidential nomination has re-
ceived q severe setback, for without
the endorsement Of his own state, 1t is
admitted by his friends that he will
have no chance on the floor of the
Chicago convention.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT.
Campaign For Nomination Develops
Personal Criticisms.


Personal Criticisms.
WORCESTER, Mass, April 26. -
Merciless denunci alton OF President
Taft was Colonel Roosevelt's attack
upon him yesterday. Some of Colonel
Roosevelt's assertions were:
That President Taft had not given
the people of the country q "square
DEAL" but owing to q EQUALITY OF
feebleness" he had "yielded to the
bosses and the great privileged inter.
ests."
That one part of the presidents at.
tack upon him was "the crookedest
kind of deal," and 80 deliberate
misrepresentation"
That the president ''has not merely
in thought, word and deed been dis
10y al to our past friendship, but has
been disloyal to every canon OF or
din ary decency and fair dealing such
as should obtain even in dealing with
mans bitterest opponents.
That the presidents statement re-
garding influence of federal otficehold.
ers in the campaign was mot only an
untruth, but it is an absurd untruth. -
That the president convicted him
self OF insincerity when he signed the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill.
NEWARK, N. j., April 26.-Presi
dent Taft here tonight renewed his at
tack on Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
Carrying his lighting" campaign into
New Jersey, the president spoke to
several thousand persons here, de-
claripg 1t was with the utmost reluct
ance that he had decided to answer
Mr.. Roosevelt's criticisms. He die
not reply to Mr.. Roosevelt's charge'
in detail, but tried to make 1t plail
! that in his opinion Mr.. Roosevelt
knew most of the charges to b.
groundless.
"In ordinary circumstances it ia no
} digni6ed for the president of tn
United States to enter into o persona
+ controversy. But am forced agains
t the wall, with my back to it, and l ar
2 bound, If 1 have any manhood. t
. fight"
. The president spoke with evider
+ emotion. He walked the platform
4 pounded the rail in front of him, an
s as he warmed up to his subject, gre
: red in the face.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Death Of Noted Philanthropist.

CHICAGO, April q Funeral services
for D. K. Pearsons, the aged philan.
thropist, who died today at sanitar-
ium at Hinsdale, ILL.,, will be held next
Tuesday. Burial will be at Hins.
dale.
Scores of college presidents whose
institutions received gifts from DR..
Pearsons will attend. Before his
death, DR.. Pearsons gave sc, 900, 600 to
small colleges in different parts of the
country, it being his desire to dispose
of his entire fortune before he died.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01

kay Bennett confirms the identifica~
tion of George D. Widener in wire.
less dispatch today by the White Star
line and gives the further information
that the majority of the bodies will
never come to the surface.
That the body of Msjor "Archie"
Butt is among the recovered ores 10
the belief of the White Star officials,
expressed today following the receipt
of wireless dispatch from the cable
ship giving the name of L. Butt among
the identified.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Valuable Coal Lands.

DENVER, April 24.-The Denver &
Rio Grande railroad system has re-
conveyed to the federal government
title to coal lands in this state valued
at 81, 755, $50 held by it's subsidiaries,
the Utah Fuel and the Calumet Fuel
companies. The return OF the lands,
8, ,465 acres, ended suit by the gov.
erment based on alleg gations Of fraud.
ulent entry.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01

the Titanic disaster. 1t is said here
that q number of the victims OF the
shipwreck we're holders of large blocks
OF stocks in the Union Pacific and
other railroads which are Incorporate
ed in this state. More than three
quarters of million dollars was paid
the state OF Utah by heirs OF the Har.
riman estate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Recovered 200 Bodies.

NEW YORK, April 25.-Two hum
dred and five bodies OF the victims OF
the Titanic disaste have been picked
up at sea by the cable steamer Mackay
Bennett and are being taken to Hall
fax, N. S. The captain of the Mac
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Eighty Thousand Flood Victims.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-The gov
e. llnent contemplates feeding $4,000
Mississippi river food victims for 40
days, at q daily cost of $4,000. Sec.
retary OF War Stimson made this
estimate today when he asked an ad'
ditional appropriation of $207 ,l2l for
the cOmmissary department.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Recover 2O6 Bodies.

NEW YORK, April 26.-The bodies
of Colonel John Jacob Astor and
Isador Straus, the million aire mer-
chant of this city, who lost their lives
In the Titanic disaster, have been re-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-05-01
Big Inheritance Tax.

SALT LAKE CITY, April 26.-Attor-
ney General Albert r. Barnes esti-
mates that the state of Utah will re-
ceiye more than q million dollars In
Inheritance tax from heirs of several
wealthy men who lost their lives in
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-04-26
BLACKWELL.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson took their
yonng son to Green Bay Hospital this
week for medical treatment, after
which they will visit rt Seymour.
Mrs. Earl Wilson of Wabeno came up
Saturday to visit her husband.
Mrs. Kokot of Blackwell Junction
with visited relatives and friends here
Thursday P M.
Four of the Laona teachers came
down Saturday to look over our town.
Mrs. Henry Mueller very pleasantly
entertained the ladies Thursday Dainty
refreshments were served.
Mrs. H. Newman has been on the
sick list the past week butts improving
slowly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Beach are now
settled in the hotel and everything is
running smoothly.
Miss Edna Hanson left for her home
at Aniwa Saturday.
Miss Russell and Miss Wetzel enter
tanned the young ladies Thursday even
ing. A pleasant time was had and de-
! licious refreshments served.
A young man in the flooring mill had
his hand crushed in one of the machines
this week and was obliged to go to the
hoepitaI at Marineette
DIR. Dawley has been here several
times lately on professional business.
Ed. Perzinski and Mr.. Curtis were up
from Wausau the first of the week.
/ Mr.. Merryfield moved his family out
to his farm Monday for the summon.
Fred Weatherwax spent Sunday with
his family in Clintonville.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-04-26
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Gust Fardick of Padus was in town
Wednesday.
Mrs. Chas. Martin of Carter was a
visitor in town Wednesday.
Attorney j. T. Sims was up to Laona
on legal business Wednesday.
Robert Purdy of Crandon was busi'
ness caller in town Wednesday.
DIR. Elliott and Frank Lomir of Laona
were callers in town Wednesday.
Neil Macarthur of Padus circulated
among Wabeno friends Wednesday.
For Sale.-House and lot for sale
cheapif taken at once. Bert Goodchild.
A special meeting of the Forest
County Board has been called for May
7th.
Miss Breed of Breed came up Sunday
for visit with her sister, the operator
at the central Office. /
Miss Ella Sievers of Landlord, H., is
a guest of Prof and Mrs. B. g. Beck.
with.
Come to "a College Town" May 18th
last Sunday.
LOST Watch. On Blackwell
road Sunday noon. Finder please re
turn to Albert Schuster, Wabeno, Wis,
and receive reward.
County Clerk, Clyde Warwick of Gran
don came over Tuesday with the bal
lots for the special election which j:
being held today to elect State Sen
ator.
Posters are out announcing bis
dance at the opera house this Friday,
evening. The usual excellant n us c b!
Bradley's Orchestra and supper a
Pischotta s restaurant.
Geo. =. Meberg, a printer of severa
years experience, came up from Mil
waukee Monday and is assisting in th,
ADVERTISER office.
Your attention is called to the busi
ness card of DR.. Tenley in another col
umn of this paper. Dr.. Tenley ha:
had over FIVE years experience, come.
well recommended and is here to re
main permanently. ~
The Dixie Minstrel show by loca
talent was given at Soperton last Fri
I day evening ans was largely attended
Each member acted his part well and
the audience was more than pleased
The show was given to a packed house
at Laoqa Saturday night.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-04-26
Must Take out Papers

At the April election in 1913 no for
eign born person shall be entitled to
vote unless he received his first papers
on or before December /, 1908, accord
ing to an official Interpretation of the
naturalization law of 1906 as amended.
This right expires December l, soon
after November election. After that
that date no foreign born person will
be entitled to vote unless he has his
second papers.
All aliens who have declared their
intention to become citizens of the
United States from and after June 20,
1906, must secure their second papers
on or before June 29, 1918, otherwise
their first papers are null and void In
other words anyone who takes out his
first papers must take out his second
papers within seven years from the
time he first declared his intention to
become citizen.
No foreign born citizen can become
a citizen without papers, no matter
how long he has resided in this country,
unless his father becomes a full-fedged
citizen by taking out his second papers
before the son besomes Fl years of age.