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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
MERCY ABOVE LAW.

Washington. March 23.-The desire
OF an aged woman without relatives in
any part Of the world or friends in this
country. to make the United States her
home was gratified by Assistant Sec
retary Of Commerce and Labor Gable
today. Mr.. Gable authorized the ad.
mission at San Francisco Of Mary
Geckie, 81 years old. who had been or.
dered deported by an immigration
board OF special inquiry at Angel
Island. Cal. Notwithstanding that she
possessed $3.50. the board was afraid
she might become a public charge.
The old lady. however, declared she
would work until she dropped dead
before she would become burden on
the public. Mr.. Cable was willing to
take the risk and admitted her.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
new YORK too
SLOW FOR HETTY
The Richest Woman in the
World Has Removed
to Hoboken.

New York. March 2s.-After giving
New York what she considered fair
trial, Mrs. Hetty Green has found the
metropolis too 'dull' and has moved
back to a fiat in Hoboken, N. J.
The richest woman in the world.
whose self-accumulated fortune is
generally estimated at $4,000, 900.
made her home for years in Hoboken.
in a fiat costing $19 month. She en-
joyed the friendship Of a large num-
Der Of neighbors whom she missed
greatly after coming to New York to
live in big house near Central park.
She has now left the city house Of her
son. Colonel Edward Green, and NOV
ed to a $40 fiat In Hoboken. which she
has fitted up simply but eXpensively.
Colon Green said today:
Mother never wanted to live In the
city. I got her to come with me in
the uptown house last August and at
first she seemed to be happy. Bue she
soon grew lonesome for the old friends
in Hoboken.
''There is nothing in New York life
to interest my mother. She never car
ed for the theater. nor would she ev-
er invade society circles. She pre-
fers the simplicity Of her apartments
and loves the old neikhbors around in
the evening to sit and chat in the good
fashioned way"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
MoNEYLESs BOARD.

Washington. March o3.-The tariff
board is puzzled as to its future course
for the remainder OF the current fiscal
year. On account Of the lack of money
the board probably will confine its
work to compiling glossaries Of the
schedules Of the tariff.
With less than $4,000 available. the
board, 1t is said. will be unable to
make an extensive investigation of any
other industry. 1t had been planned
TO take UP the leather and steel sched-
ule Immediately upon the completion
OF the woolen and cotton reports. The
proposed steel inquiry has been aban-
doned. The leather investigation has
barely started and the hoard is unde-
ctded whether to pursue it.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
SAME ON SCHEN1E

Chicago. March 23.-How Evans A.
Pinckard of Clinton. Ala. came to
Chicago a week ago to get rich and
subsequently lost $1,000. was disclos-
ed today when a federal grand jury
indicted Charles p. Howard, James
Stacmider. r. S. Morris, d. S. Davis
and j. II. Ross. They are accused Of
fleeing Pinckard by the old wire
tapping" swindle.
Il met Howard in Birmingham.
Ala" Pinckard told the grand jury.
'and he told me how. with the aid Of
his 'brother-in-law.' Stacsmider, a
telegraph operator. and little capital
We could make sl,0e0,00O in week
We were to get advance information
on horse races. The first time ] play
ed the system ] Won sl2O on $40. I
went to ST. Louis. drew 5000 from
a bank. returned to Chicago and bet
II according to Stacsmder's instruc-
tlons. lost. and then he told me I
mad been advised to play the horse
for second place instead of first
After losing the money Pinckard
complained to the federal authorities
The pool ROOM" where he lost tho
$4,000 was located in loop hotel. 1t
was vacated soon after Pinckard
made his plunge"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
WILL ELIMINATE
THE SHR|NkAGE
Republican Tariff Bill Com
bines Glasses One and Two
of Wool Schedules.

Washington. March 23.-In an an
alytical statement Representative Hill
pointed that the republican measure
by combining former class one and
two .wools to a single rate Of duty as
class one. would eliminate discrimina-
tion. so far as shrinkage of wool is
concerned. between the woolen and
worsted branches Of the industry. He
said it would make wooden rags duti-
able at two cents a pound instead of
ten cents, would practically fix duty
on the wool in the manufactured ar
ttcle precisely the same as if the same
amount Of wool was imported in the
grease. and would fix in addition, an
ad valorem duty adjusted to the cost
OF conversion from wool to cloth in
accordance with the tariff boards
schedules.
The republican bill, it's trainers
claim. would admit carpet woods prac-
tically free. 1t would compel car
pet manufacturer to pay the duty and
then allow a rebate of ninety nine per
cent II he proved that he had used the
Mr. Hill said that as an offset to this,
reductions averaging thirty-one and
one-half per cent would be made on
all grades Of carpets.
THE rate on all carpets will be
thirty per cent ad valorem on a free
wool basis" said Mr.. Hill. ''This is
substantially a reduction of forty-two
and one-half per cent on 10000, 900
pounds Of wool. over half the amount
imported. and a corresponding reduc-
ton on carpets. with further reduce
ton of probably ten per cent in addi-
tion on the conversion cost. In every
paragraph relating to manufactured
articles. from tops to sundries. the
specific or compensatory duty applies
only to the wool contained therein. 1t
is impossible to say how much this
will further reduce the net ad valorem
Of the measure until 1t is determined
by the actual importations.
If this bill passes. the old scandal
Of rubber boots. and furniture and Of
nee desks. having little wool consti-
tuent part of their manufacture. be-
ing classed as woolen goods and a duty
assessed at the pound rate upon the
whole Of them, will be absolutely done
away with and the wool duty will in
no case be laid upon anything but the
wool ITSELF
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
PENSIONS FOR
BIG PARENTH0OD
Mothers Congress Favors
Parent Compensation Leg
islation and Other Things

st. Louis. March 23.-Resolutions
endorsing parent compensation legis-
lation. a federal children's bureau and
equal qua. dfanship for parents were
accepted by the national committee
on resolutions Of the national con-
gress Of Mothers and Parents-Teach-
ers' association here today and will
be read for adoption by the congress
at a business session tomorrow morn
ing.
Another resolution endorsed the
educational value Of motion pictures
and recommended their use in the
public schools.
That rag time music is undermin-
ing the musical ear of the present
generation Of children was the charge
brought by Mrs Frances r. Clark in
her address on Training the Ear in
Music Before the School Age" before
a meeting of mothers.
III had my way I would throw
all rag time music into the sea-" she
declared.
Mrs. Clark declared that the sense
of hearing in the baby awakened all
other senses.
Mother language is impaired to
the ear long before. the child is able
to read primer" she said.
The child should have music al
an instructive longing for music. 1t
manifests itself first in the desire to
beat on things-drums for instance. -
Mrs. Clark proceeded to tell the
mothers just what music to play for
each Of the child's moods. Unwit-
tingly. her arguments were demon
strated by Earl Wynekoop. six years
old. who is attending the congress
with his mother.
As soon as he heard the strains Of
music he rushed to the front and
listened. exclaiming aloud in his de-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
REWARD FOR BOY
Five Thousand Dollars for Finding
Missing Chicago Man.

Chicago. March 23.-Theodore K.
Long. Chicago alderman, today Of
fered a reward of $4,000 for the recov-
cry Of his son, Carson Long, who dis
appeared from North Yakima. WASH,
March 5. The offer was made by Mr..
Long on his arrival at New Orleans
from Panama. Until he was met in
New Orleans by William Carson of
Burlington. Iowa, brother-in-law,
Mr.. Long did not know that his son
had disappeared. The men left for
North Yakima to work on the case.
The missing man is % years old.
six feet and three inches in height,
has dark hair and eyes and pale COM
plexion. He accompanied his father
to Rogalusa. La. last February. and
a few days later returned to North
Yakima via Eau Claire. Wis, where he
visited his flame 20. Miss Geraldine
Shaw. On March s after taking some
headache medicine, he left his lodg-
ings. walked toward the Nashes river.
He has not been seen by relatives
since.
Mr.. Long can assign no cause for
his sons disappearance. He fears the
medicine may have caused n mental
alteration.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
LEAPS TO DEATH
IN DEL|R|UM
Woman Wrenched Herself
Free from Straight Jacket
in Hospital.

Minneapolis. March 22.-wrench.
ing herself free from straight jack
ct in which she had been placed
when she became delirious, Miss May
Morrill, rushed from her bed in the
city hospital to the sun porch early
today. leaped from the second story
window to the sidewalk and was fat
ally injured.
The city ambulance was just re-
turning from a call and the attend
ants saw the woman on the walk af-
ter she had fallen.
She was taken i'll Tuesday and
other persons rooming in the same
house sent her to the city hospital
She became worse and was delirious
and hysterical at times.
DR.. H. o. Collins said today tina,
no one could be blamed for the ac-
cident. Almost every hospital in the
country he said. has special short
room for dclirious patients. but
none was provided for the Minnea-
polls institution.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
The Venezuelan Capital is
Enthusiastic Over Visit
of American Secretary
lNREATHS PLACED ON STATUES
OF TWO GREAT l|BERAToRs
Papers Publish Pictures of Washing.
ton, Lincoln, Knox, Gomez and Boil
iyar-Continual Round of Recep.
tions for Distinguished Visitor.

Caracas. March 23.-secretary of
State Knox. accompanied by President
Gomez. today paid visit to the mili-
tary academy. The party then pro-
ceeded to Washington square. whers
wreaths were placed on the statue Of
George Washington. whose memory is
held as dear as that of Simon Bolivar,
the great liberator, upon whose statue
IN the national pantheon wreath was
placed by Secretary Knox. Other visits
were paid to the national museum
and to Bolivar square. where there is
another statue of General Bolivar, and
to many of the public buildings
Lunch in honor Of Secretary Knox
was given today at the American lega i.
tion. and a reception was held this
afternoon at the ministry of foreign
affairs.
The visit to Venezuela promises to
be a strenuous one. The reception
accorded the secretary OF state is re-
markable for the spontaniety Of popu-
lar welcome. The program for Secre.
tary Knox is a most elaborate one.
The papers appear enthusiastic owe.
the secretarys visit and most Of them
publish pictures Of Washington. Lin.
coin, Knox. Gomez and Bolivar.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
DETECTIVE BURNS
STAR. WITNESS
Testified in Case of Ohio
Legislator Charged With
Having Accepted Bribe

Columbus. o.. March 23.-Today
proved to be the most interesting day
yet recorded in the trial Of state Sem
ator Isaac e. Huffman accused of hav-
ing accepted q $500 bribe from De-
tective Frank Harrison Smiley. Among
the witnesses who testified for or
against the defendant were William J.
Burns. the detective. Senator Cotona,
also under indictment. Senator HUFF
man. the defendant, and his wife and
half score Of state senator's and Of
f1cials.
William j.. Burns was the last man
to appear on the stand today. The
testimony of Burns was devoted chief
ly to clearing the reputation Of Frank
Harrison Smiley, his employe, which
had been attacked.
Attorney Belcher. for the defence
asked Burns II he has ever heard that
Smiley had confessed that he (Smiley)
assisted by accomplices embezzled
Bolt company.
YES" replied the detective.
Burns stated that he learned Of the
embezzlement charge before he en-
ployed Smiley in 1909. He said an
investigation satisfied him that Smiley
was an honest, reliable man."
I'm spite Of the fact that he had
pleaded guilty to embezzling $12.000?"
inquired Attorney Belcher.
"Yes. The way the embezxlement
was committed excused him.
You heard at that time that Smiley
was accused In Chicago of fraud in
connection with the Defenbach mur.
der case?"
II did"
did you hear that he was charged
with numbering the woman?"
mo. did not"
Did you make these utterances be-
fore the Lorimer investigation COM
mittee In Washington" asked Belch-
er. producing transcript Of the rec
ord of the Lorimor PROCEEDINGS:
II consider private detectives the
biggest list Of blackmailing thieves
that ever escaped Justice"
II did and I say 30 now," answered
Burns fairly shouting and rising from
his seat.
you swore to it. Will you swear
to It now?"
II will. But also added to that
statement that I Sometimes included
lawyers in. the same class an could
hire certain Of them to commit muir.
DER"
The testimony Of Senator Huffman
In his own behalf was q general de.
nial Of the bribery story as related by
Smiley and other witnesses. The tes-
timony Of several Of tho state sena-
tors was in corroboration Of the de-
fendants statements on the stand.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
Will be Given Chance to
Make Good in 1ndepend-
ent Positions.
ST. PAUL SALVATION ARMY
IS FOSTERING THE SCHEME
Fifty Families will be Sent to Aitldn
County and Given use of Forty acre
Farms-Schcme Has Been Success
Elsewhere.

st. Paul, March 23.-To colonize
fifty poor families Of ST. Paul and Min
neapolis on forty acre farms in north
ern Minnesota. provide homes for
them and start" them at farming, Is
the purpose of move started here by
the Salvation Army. The business
men interested in the project will meet
at the office Of Fl. ]. Maxfield, state
immigration commissioner. in the
capitol next Friday. and endeavor to
outline definite plans for the start.
Tho Salvation Army started such a
colony in Ohio several years ago and
later another in California and the
men sent to both made good"
Aitkin county. Minnesota. has been
selected as the most feasible point at
which to start the colony. because of
the potato crop that can be grown
there.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
CANADA WANTS
THE LAKE WATERS
Objects to Diversion of Wa
ter Through the Chicago
Drainage Canal.

Montreal, March 23.-On Monday
the Canadian representatives will
leave for Washington to present to
Secretary Of War Stimson objections
to the proposed diversion of great
lakes waters by the Chicago drainage
canal. which it is proposed to increase
to diversion of ten thousand cubic
feet per second. A special hearing on
these objections will be held March
27. In preparation for this. business
associations from Toronto to St John
have drawn up memorials which the
delegates will present.
The objection is that the proposed
diversion will be SO serious as to
threaten the levels in the canals and
the st. Lawrence route and so consti-
tute grave menace to shipping in
terests. In the visiting delegation.
will be representatives Of the Montreal
harbor commission. the board Of
trade. the shipping federation. the
dominion marine association. various
power companies and the marine and
fisheries department.
A delegation of Chicago representa-
tives, it Is learned will be represented
at the hearing and will reply to the
objection Of the Canadian representa-
tiyeo
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
No Cause for Alarm.

Shanghai. March 23.-An increas-
ing number of minor disturbances re-
ported from various districts in the
southern provinces. but the officials of
the republican government continue
to assert there is absolutely no reason
for uneasiness.
Premier Tang Sho vi conferred with
a number of leading Chinese mer-
chants and officials. and it is believed
in we'll informed quarters he is en-
deavoring to arrange for purely do
mestic loan of hundred million taels
Approximately s70.0O0,000.) The
premier says the delay in making the
final arrangements for the loan from
the foreign financial syndicates was
fatal to the success of the foreign loan.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
WISCONSIN, "U'
DIVIDED ION HE'LL
Fight Over Elimination of
Objectionable Word from
Class Yell.

Madison, March 23.-The purity
wave has struck the University OF
Wisconsin senior clas and the mem
bers are just now divided into "hell''
and "ante-hell" factions. One group,
led by the class president. Harold q.
Eckhardt. and Joined by most of the
girls. are for eliminating hell" from
the class yell. Stuart o. Blythe, a
son Of Samuel q. Blythe. the journal
list. thinks the tendency at Wisconsin
is too much in the direction of chang
and that this Is one example. The
yell Is not exactly euphonistic. 1t
goes this way:
we are hell: we are hell:
Varsity. varsity, nineteen twelve
The class officers are empowered tn
decide what it shall be. but a large
portion of the class iavors a referen-
dun. -.-....
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
WOMAN AT HEAD.

st. Louis, No.. March 23.-Afiss
Henrietta G. Baker of Baltimore, Nd,
was elected president of the Music
Supervisors National conference here
today.
The committee on American ma.
tfonal music reported on its work to.
ward standardizing the words and
music OF the Star Spangled Bar ner''
az a national anthem. It reported
that 1t had found its task a dificuli
one because the composition Of the
music ts Of such nature as to make
It almost impossible to rearrange 1.
that everyone could sing It. A new
committee was chosen to carry on the
work and the conference adjourned
to meet at Rochester. N. r. next
year.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
WOULD KEEP ARMY POSTS.

Washington. March o3.--The senate
military affairs committee has frown-
ed on the proposal to abolish about
Twenty-Five army posts declared by the
war department to he of no use, and
when it reports the army appropri-
alton bill tomorrow. that and other
provisions will he stricken out.
The house proposition to cut the
cavalry down to ten regiments. make
all cnlistments five years and consoli-
date several bureaus in the war de-
partmcnt. will be reported adversely
The committee added $4,000 for
equipment of coast artillery companies
of the militia
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
EIGHT PAGEs-PR1cE FIVE CENTS.
CASE DISMISSED.

New York. March 23.-The $50,0OO
breach of promise suit against DR..
Harry Th"~ston Peck. late Anthem
professor Of Latin at Columbia univer-
sity. was dismissed in the supreme
court hero this afternoon because of
faulty complaint. TIL" plaintiff was
Miss Esther Quinn. formerly employed
as n stenographer by George Graham
Rice. who recently pleaded guilty to
misuse of the mails in the case of B.
II. Scheftals & Co. The dismissal was
era aated on motion of counsel for Prof.
Peck. h"t the court gave permission
for renewal of the pleading within
five days. Miss ~.''nn's attorney said
he would file new complaint
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
OFF, TIE CURB.

New York. March cs.-Announce-
ment was made this afternoon that the
listing committee had decided to dis
continue quotations OH the curb of all
the subsidiary stocks of the Standard
Oil company. The reason given is the
difficulty in obtaining information as
to the earnings. surplus and assets
of the thirty-four companies into
which the 'oil trust" was broken. 1t
is understood. however. that brokers
will continue to trade in these stocks
because dealings in them have been
on large scale of late
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
ENGINEERS REPLY.

New York. March 23.-The confer.
ence committee appointed some time
ago to represent the forty eight east
ern railroads involved In the demands
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers for increased pay, today
drafted its reply. which will be sub
mitted to the union representatives on
Monday. Although the reply has not
been made public, it is generally un-
derstood that 1t refused to meet the
advance requested. Presidents McCres
OF the Pennsylvania. Truesdale of the
Lackawanna and Baer Of the Read.
ing were among those who attended
today's meeting.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
PRIMARY ORDER ATTACKED.

Chicago. Marc h23.-County Judge
Owens order of a preferential presi-
dental primary for April Q. was at
tackled today when attorneys asked
an injunction restraining the election
commissioners from using any of the
polling places in Chicago or the town
of Cicero. or expending any Of the
city's funds for the election.
Two complainants appear as tax
PAYERS by their counsel. George W.
Miller and Stephen S. Gregory. The
same attorneys recently sought futile
ly to have Judge Windes issue writ
Of prohibition to prevent the holding
Of the primary.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
METHODIST CHURCH cENrRE.

Kansas City. Mo-, March ga
plan to make this city the working
center Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, in the United States. was con-
stdered by the st. Louis conference of
the church here today.
Resolutions asking the general con-
terence of the church. which meets at
Minneapolis in May, to make Kansas
City the home Of bishop, that the
offices of the home missionary board
be moved from Philadelphia to. this
city and that the chief business Of the
Methodist book concern be establish
ed here will be voted.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
FIRST VICTIMS
OF FOREST FIRE
Three Children Perished in
Farm Home Destroyed
By conaagration.

shawno, Wis. March 23.-Three
little children of Fred iemer of Rich
mond were burned to death in a fire
which swept throu~h the dry timber
and wiped out the iemer farm house
last evening. according to word re-
ceived here today. The children had
been left alone while the mother
went for the mail mile away.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
CEMENT RATES TO STAND.

Washington, March 23.-A suspen-
sion OF proposed advances of freight
rates on cement made by western rail-
roads was made by the Interstate
Commerce commission today from
March 20 until September 30. The
commission found itself unable finally
to determine the reasonableness of the
proposed increases by March so. The
advances made by the railroads aver
age approximately u per cent and
involve an enormous tonnage of
freight.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
LARGE vEN1RE SUMMONED.

New York. March ga panel Of
500 talcsmen, the largest ever sum-
moned for trial here. has been call
ed for the trial of Charles H. Hyde,
former city chamberlain. accused Of
taking bribes and favorine certain
hanks In making city deposits In
the Molineaux and Thaw murder
cases only about half that number
were needed. The trial is set for
April I.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
TWO Av|AT0RS
;, KILLED TODAY
- -,,.....t.
Machine Overturned by Gust
of Wind and Occu-
pants Were Killed.

Sehastipol. Russia. March 2s.-
Two fatalities occurred today when
Sub -Lieutena Mt Lahokrionaff and his
assistant. an engineer. were making
flight in a Farnam biplane The
aeroplane was seized by gust of
wind. which overturned it and whirl-
ed it to the ground. The two AWAIT
ors were killed instantly and the air
craft was wrecked
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
JAPANESE PRINTS.

Kansas City. Mo-. March GA
collection of one thousand rare Jap
anese prints valued at $4,000 were
presented to the local art institute to-
day by Mrs. W. b. Thayer Of this city.
The collection which forms COM
plete history of the japanese wood
block engraving extending over n per-
iod Of four hundred years. is said to
be one on the finest of its kind in this
country,