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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
CARELESsNESS IN
SUBTREASURY
irresponsible People Allow
ed Access to Vaults With
out Official Inspection.

Chicago, Nov. 20.-Counsel for
George w. Fitzgerald on trial before
federal Judge Carpenter charged with
having embezzled $4,000 of govern
ment money. occupied the afternoon
IN attempt to obtain admissions from
Frank c. Russell. cashier Of the sub
treasury. favorable to his client. Nr.
Russell was examined earlier in the
day as government witness,
Some Of the facts brought out by
were:
That both Russell and William Boil
denweck. former subtreasurer, had
master keys to Fitxgerald's cage.
That three expressmen were allow
ed to enter the banking department Of
the subtreasury without being accom-
panied by a government official.
That several other employees beside,
Fitzgerald failed tc register on the
ing the week preceding discovery oi
that the iron mesh surrounding
Fitzgerald's cage did not reach to. the
floor and that the missing money
might have fallen to the floor, In
which case some one on the outside
could have picked 1t up.
That packages of mutilated money
In Fitzgerald's possession were not re-
counted after the shortage was discov-
cred.
The witness said that Fitzgerald as
sumed entire responsibility for the
money on the day 1t disappeared and
remained in the subtreasury the entire
afternoon. He said It would be I'm
possible to identify the missing bills
or their denomination.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
WOMAN WATCHED
GIBSON IN WATER
Looked Upon Death of Law
yer's Client Through
Her Opera Glasses.

Goshen, n. r. Nov. 20.-A woman
who saw a part of the tragedy o,
Greenwood lake last July when Mrs
Rose Monschik Szabo lost her life
testified tor the state at the trial O
Burton w. Gibson, the New Yorl
lawyer accused Of numbering Mrs
Szabo. his client. This witness, Mrs
Emma Benninger Of Paterson. N. J.
trained her opera glasses on Gibson
as he was struggling in the water hal
mile or less off shore and says sh,
saw the tragedy in part through tn,
lenses. Her testimony apparently wa
intended to controvert the line of de
Tense set up by Gibson at the prelim
mary hearing in his case.
II heard Mr.. Gibson shout" Mrs
Benninger said. "and from my porcf
board. The boat was drifting slowly
right side up. could see him swim
ming toward It. ran to the hall ant
got my opera glasses and looked a
him through them.
when ! got them adjusted. a few
seconds later. he had reached the
1t took me to get the glasses"
Was Gibson still wearing the shir,
Of his bathing suit?" asked Distric,
Attorney Rogers.
He was. l could see 1t quite plain.
ly. saw the motor boat Torpedo
coming toward him and moment
ceased shouting"
Some time between the moment
Mrs. Benninger lowered her glasses
and the arrival of the Torpedo at the
scene Of the tragedy. 500 feet distant,
according to the testimony. Gibson
lost the shirt to his bathing suit.
William Kemp. boatman Of the Tor
pedo. and the next witness testified
the water. the latter wore no shirt.
The defense has contended that the
shirt was torn from his hack by Mrs.
Szabo as she struggled with him. un-
der water.
Robert Fl. Elder. Gibson's chief
counsel. indicated possible theory
1 se Ss1 r. e sSa ds a. tes
lation by. force applied to her throat
from without. when he questioned
Cornelius Lazier. the undertaken who
embalmed the body.
You had to twist this woman's
neck and. raise her head. in prepar-
ing the body. didn't you:" he asked
around and had raised it two inches
or more. He had to use considerable
force in doing so. he declared, as the
body was rigid.
On redirect examination Lazier said
that he did not touch the dead wom-
ans throat: he placed his hands to
her temples, and In that way raised
her head to the position customary
for burial. The defense. however.
plans to introduce a witness who will
testify. It is understood. that the Pc
culiar condition of the throat noted
at the autopsy could have been caused
nv twisting the head and raising 1t in
the manner described hy T.azier.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
NO STATE LINES
IN COMMERCE
Chairman Prouty Believes
the Railway Commissions
Should be Subordinate.

Washington, Nov. 2o.-"There
Should be no such thing as a state
line in the commercial interests of
the United States" declared Chairman
Charles A. Prouty. of the Interstate
commerce commission in his address
|of welcome at the opening here today
OF the twenty-fourth annual conven-
tion of the National Association OF
Railway Commissioners.
Judge Prouty expressed a desire for
harmonious relations between federal
phatically the federal body finally
must be given authority so to regulat.
traffic. as to protect the interests ol
all and thus prevent the citizens OF
any one state, in their eagerness tc
develop that state. from obtaining ar
undue advantage in rates over those
of other states. To that extent the
federal commission must be supreme.
While the railroad is a public
servant" continued Judge Prouty
the old theory that it can be kicked
and cuffed at will is innocuous. We
are dazzling today with the greatest
economic problem of the country. The
United States is trying an experimen,
that never has been worked out sue
cesSlull ny any country of the world
That experiment is the control of rail-
roads built and operated by private
capital under regulat tions fixed by the
public. The interstate commerce
commission and the state commissions
can make reasonable rates and regu-
late schedules for the operation of
trains. but can this he done so as to
induce the investment of new money
necessary for the development and
extension of the old railways and the
building of new systems?"
Forty-three states were represented
at the. opening sessions of the COM
missioners. who will be here for four
days. After President Staples Of Min
nesota had presented his annual re-
port. reports were offered by Clifford
Thorn of Iowa on railroad taxes and
plans for ascertaining fair valuation
Of railroad property" by William ].
Wood of Indiana on rates and rate
making" and by Ira r. Mills of Min
nesota on Legislation
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
JAMES HEADS
ASSOCIATION
Was Elected President of
National Association of
State Universities.

Washington. Nov. 2o.-Delegates to
the National Association of State Uni
versities in annual convention here for
the past two days. concluded their
sessions late yesterday with a cali up
on President Taft at the white house.
The following officers were chosen to
head the association for the ensuing
year:
President-Dr. Edmund J. James,
president of the. University Of Illinois.
Vice President-Dr. Joseph T.
of Utah.
Vice President ex-officio-Dr. P. P.
Claxton. United States Commissioner
Of Education.
Secretary and Treasurer-Dr. Guy
Porter Benton; president of the Uni
versity of Vermont.
Executive committee-The officers
and Francis P. Venable. president of
the University of North Carolina and
Chancellor Samuel Avery of the Uni
versity Of Nebraska.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20

presence that you were to blow up
Jobs In Los Angeles?" asked the dis
trict attorney.
Yes: he told me in Browns pres
ence that after I blew up the bridge.
was to blow up a building in KAN
sas City and then was to 90 to Los
Angeles"
The witness said it was arranged to
pay to Brown the $50 he borrowed
from Mcnamara.
That Eugene A. Clancy. San Fran
cisco and John j. Mcnamara talked
about blowing UP cathedral in con-
struction in Indianapolis was testified
by Patrick j. Dugan. a former iron
workers business agent. Dugan said
ne accompanied Mcnamara and
Clancy when they went out to look at
the cathedral and after Mcnamara
had pointed out place to put the
feet to learn whether a wall would fall
on nearby residence. but the explo-
sion did not occur.
Edward Smythe and James E. Day.
Peoria. ILL.,. among the forty-flve de-
PENDANTS. were taken to Jail because
their bondsmen had surrendered them.
1t was said the men would procure
new bondsmen.
Testimony was given that smythe
attempted to conceal evidence in con-
nection with an explosion at Peoria on
September I. 1910. McManigal had
testified that Smythc assisted him in
carrying nitroglycerin to the Job
When the government examined the
hotel register where McManigal had
stopped under the name of u. w. Nc
Graw" the page containing the regis
tration was taken out. Judge MUIR
phy. the hotel keeper. testified that
shortly after the explosion Smythe
called at the hotel and asked to see
the register. explaining that McGraw
had heen an administrator OF an es-
tate and ahsconded with money. The
hotel man said hc permitted Smythe
IN have Nv" reH'st"r and later h"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
FIANCE GETS ESTATE.

Denver. Colo. Nov. 2O.-The will of
Candace Wheeler. who was drowned
In Bowles Lake near Littleton, Colo,
last June. was admitted to probate in
the county court today. Judge John
R. Dixon dismissed the contest
brought by Mrs. Joe Wheeler, step
mother of the dead girl. when the at
torneys for the contest failed to ap-
pear in court today. Candace Wheel
er left an estate of $12.500 to Otto
Meyer of Minneapolis. her reputed
f1ance. Her father, James Cooper
Wheeler. died suddenly in Denver
while here to prosecute contest.
Then the contest was taken up by his
wife as administratrix of his estate.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
DOGS SKIN ON WOMAN.

Chicago. Nov. 20.-Announcement
was made at a south side hospital to.
day Of the successful outcome of a
case of skin grating in which large
piece of the skin Of sky terrier was
placed over a wound on the arm OF
Mrs. E. w. johnson of Menomonie,
Wis. The wound had been left after
an operation for tubercular ulcer. The
operation. said to be the first of Its
kind ever performed. took place ten
days ago and today Mrs. johnson re-
turned to her home. taking with her
the dog which had contributed to her
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20

they saw Rossnahal shot and were
near enough tofxistinguish tho faces
Of those who dit the shooting but did
not sec RosenthAl fall? Was the tes-
timony Of the three defendants in
support Of tire alibi of 'Dago Frank
interposed by pre-arrangement?"
"The verdict was just one and
will meet with the approval OF all
right-thinking citizens" said District
Attorney Whitman. ut aeans the be-
ginning Of the end OF gang rule in
New York city. From now on this
office will push the case Of every man
arrested as being gangster. TIL cy
will receive no mercy and the public
opinion that has been aroused by the
killing Of Herman Rosenthal will SUP.
port the prosecuting officer Of the
county in his endeavors to remove
these pests from the city"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
Dynamiters Placed Too Much
Confidence in the Wrong Man

Indianapolis. Ind. Nov. 20.-Labor
conditions in Kansas City. Mo-, in
which w. Bert Brown. business agent
OF the local iron workers union is al
legged to have conspired with James B.
Mcnamara to have bridge across the
barber to do dynamiting at Los
Angeles were described at the 'dyna- :
mite conspiracy" trial. Charles
Brown. who has been referred to by
the government as a citizen with i'm
portant evidence" testified he became
acquainted with Mcnamara in a bar
her shop and later. having met the
dynamiter in the Pacific coast, Nc
Namara loaned him $50 with which to
return to Kansas City.
"McNamara told me he could fix so
I might earn lots Of money" said the
witness. HE said a lot Of non:union
Jobs were to be blown up and there
would be work in Kansas City. He
introduced me to Bert Brown and said
he would pay me 5000 to blow up the
bridge. Brown said 1t was an open
shop Job and they wanted to make the
contractor put on union men. I asked
Brown why he didn't do 1t and he re-
piled that they wanted to get someone
outside the union because union men
he would see that got the 5000 from
Brown and then ! was to 60 to Los
Angeles where there would be lot
Of cleaning up. I was interested in
an amusement enterprise then and.
after putting them of. finally told
them j wouldn't do it,
The witness said the last conversa-
tion occurred in August 1910. shortly
before Ortie F.. McManigal. according
to the confession. blew up the bridge
"After the explosion met Brown
on the street and told him I read In
J. Mccain. another union official. had
been arrested. Brown replied they
couldn't prove anything and added 1
made q mistake in refusing to do the
job as I might have made a barrel Of
money at Los Angeles
"rid MrNnmnr, toll y"n IN Er..."--.'. i.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20

Columbus, Ohio. Nov. 2o--Miss ce.
ella Farley, the state house stem
ographer on trial for the alleged mur-
der Of Alvin E. Zollinger. late yester-
day. re-enacted with the assistance OF
Attorney James A. Allen. what the de-
tense claims was the accidental shoot
ing Of Zollinger last May in city
ipark.
Several hundred curious spectators
witnessed the scene. Many of them
had arrived at the court room before
i6 o'clock in the morning. in order to
get point Of vantage. The crowd
was so great that two or three women
woman became jammed in the crowd
and her arm was broken. She went
to a physician. had the wounded arm
treated. and then returned to the
court room.
Accompanying her words with ac-
tion. Miss Farley testified:
We We're walking through the
park. ! was about to step ahead Of
Mr. Zollinger. Suddenly he said: Here
comes Quigley: we might as we'll end
1t all now AS I turned to look for
Mr.. Quigley. Zollinger reached in my
handbag for the revolver and took
hold Of 1t by the muzzle. whirled
around and grabbed the revolver by
the handle. while he chung to the
barrel. In trying to wrench It from
his grasp I stopped back. pulling his
hand upward. Just then the revolver
was discharged and Mr.. Zollinger fell
forward on his face"
Attorney Allen. in acting the part
of Zollinger. went so far In picturing
the tragedy as to start to fall to the
floor The stiffness in the court room
was intense while the portrayal was
taking place.
The girl told in low voice Of her
meeting Zollinger at a public dance
hall: Of how she did not know he
was a married man with "a family; of
things against her will; of her true
love for Jerome Quigley. he man to
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
ADMITS CRIMES.

st. Louis. Nov. 2o.-The negro ar
rested at Gorham. ILL.,. last night by
Marshal w. 7. Jenkins, admitted this
afternoon In the presence of st. Louis
detectives that he was Albert White
field. who early Sunday morning killed
Policeman "A. M. Huddleson and shot
three other omcers In resisting arrest,
Whitefield said he had intended shoot
Ing a negro woman when he fred the
bullet that killed the patrolman. A
reward of $400 had been offered for
the capture Of Whitefeld. who is a
paroled murderer.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
NEGRO KILLED.

Chicago. Nov. a0.-Clarence Busch.
q negro. was shot and instantly killed
today by a policeman from whom he
had attempted to escape while beins
,aaaa .aken to a patroi box. The negro
in West Seventeenth street and was
pursued by the policeman to whom
the victim had complained.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
THIRD BROTHER
SHOT BY POLICE
Family Has Penchant For
Stopping Bullets Fired by
Officers of the Law.

Chicago. Nov. :o.-Irving Farrell
% years old. was shot and instantly
killed by Policeman John Honan while
resisting arrest in the basement Of the
Farrell home early today.
Farrell is the third Of three broth
ers to be shot by policemen within
five months. and the second to be
slain.N He was trying to escape arrest
from Honan after. 1t was said, he had
hurled a stone through a saloon win
dow following quarrel over the pay
ment for a drink.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
SWALLOWED NEEDLE.

Goodrich. N. D.. Nov. 20.-Tne lit.
tie 3-vear-old child Of John Remp.
fert while playing about the house
swallowed needle. A physician wa.
called and did everything in his power
to relieve the suffering of the little
one. However. the nedle has not been
locatd and 1t may require an opera
tion to remove the obstruction
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
GIFT FOR PREACHERS.

Pittsburg, Nov. 20.-The Gift Of
100000 to the Western Theological
seminary of this city was announced
today. The donor is Rev. Nathaniel
w. Conkling of New York city, form.
erly pastor Of the Rutgers Presbyteri-
an church Of New York. The fund is
give nto endow the presidents chair OF
the seminary and will be known as the
Nathaniel w. Conkling foundation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
Criminal Medical Practition-
ers and Drug Agents Ar
rested in Many Cities.
BIGGEST CLEANUP IN HISTORY
OF NATION STARTED TODAY
Raids Sweep From Coast to Coast .nd
Include Many Prominent Business
Neutrality-suspicious. Has Been Under
Way for Months.

Washington, Nov. 2o.-Actinr nm.
der directions Of Postmaster General
Hitchcock. postof11ce inspectors and
United States marshaIs in seyenty-two
leading cities of the country began
today. practically simultaneously.
raids for the arrest of 173 persons
who are questionable medica, and
surgical practitioners and proprietors
or agents of drug concerns, charged
with using the mails for promoting
criminal medical practices and for the
sale OF the drugs and instruments
used for criminal purposes.
The cities in which the arrests are
to be made extend from coast to coast.
northwest cities where arrests are to
ne made include St. Paul. Minneapoli
Duluth and winona in Minnesota. The
arrests will be made for misuse of the
mails. each case being based upon
the use of the mails to solicit business
or dispose of wares.
Many of the Persons to be arrested
are prominent commercially and So.
eially in their communities. Some
are leading physicians. Others are
rich and influential business men.
Yet others are men who live by their
wits. being comparatively little known
outside their own small coterie of as
sociates And one is Chinaman who
practiced his calling upon women of
his race and upon those of the lower
strata of society.
Chief Inspector Sharp of the post
office department and a large force
have been working on the cases many
months. The developments Of the
plans today is the most extensive raid
in the history of any department Of
the government. Approximately nine
ty of the persons arrested already
have been indicted by United States
grand juries in various parts Of the
country. officials say the hotbed Of
this sort Of criminality exists on the
Pacific coast. while the strict laws Of
the eastern cities make fewer viola
Itions there.
Approximately twenty per cent Of
those arrested today are pill doctors.
advertising by correspondence and
who send various compounds through
the mails to patients. An analysis of
these compounds. the authorities say.
show some wholly innocent. while
others are dangerously poisonous. At
/ o'clock raids and arrests had been
made in Indianapolis Chicago. Mil
waukee and several other cities.
%F}n,,ns0%ore
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
DARRow TRIAL POSTPONED.

Los Angeles. Cal. Nov: 'o0-The
second trial of Clarence S. barrow.
former counsel of the McNamaras. on
charge of having brihed a juror i'm the
dynamite trial was again postponed to-
day by agreement of counsel. The
case now is deferred from November
o5 to January s.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
CHILLING EXPERIENCE.


Tony. Wis. Nov. 2O.-Three broth
of Ladysmith had an experience while
deer hunting that nearly cost :',eir
lives The story was brought to town
today by party of lumhcriacks The
Davis boys were on the banks of the
Flambeau river north of here and
tried to wade across Halt way over
they found the current too strong for
them and they fought their way TO IL
sandbar. Marooned on the sandbar
for eighteen hours. wet to the y.
with nothing to eat and in danger Of
freezing was their fate. Their crie..
We're heard by no one in the forcs.
until noon the next day when Charles
Gunnering. a sportsman. AMI party.
OF lumberjacks discovered tho tnys
and rescued them with II hoat. Tie
boys were nearly exhausted
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
Turkish General Wounded.

Constantinople, Nov. 2O.-General
Mahmound Mukhtar who reached
stantinople yesterday suffering
from a bullet wound in the leg re-
ceived his injury while riding to in
spect the positions with his staffs.
Approaching a trench which was sup
covered too late that 1t held Bulgari-
ans. A fusilade from the Bulgarians
wounded Mahmoud Mukhtar and three
other officers.
The bullet was extracted this morn
ing and 1t is expected that the gener-
al will recover within week.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20
Troops Cease FYehtine.

Sofia, Nov 20.-The Bulgarian
troops operating before the lines OF
fortincations defending Constantinople
at Tchalja have received orders to
cease fighting and merely hold the po-
sitions they have won, as negotiations
have begun for the conclusion of an
armistice at the request of Turkey.
It. Is understood that the terms of
the allies for an armistice are moder-
ate and that Turkey may save Con-
stantinople II she accepts them.
Respecting Albania. it is said. in
well informed quarters that the Bal
kan league probably will not object to
that country remaining under the
superainty Of the sultan and that the
powers will acquisece in this.
Bulgarian's conditions for agreeing
to an armistice were transmitted to
Constantinople early yesterday MORN
ing. They were accompanied by Bull
garia's main conditions for the con-
clusion of peace. the principal stipu-
lation Of which permits Turkey to re-
tain the city of Constantinople and a
strip Of coast territory in Europe.
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THE WEATHER. 81
North Dakota: Fair, tonight =
and Thursday. Cooler tonight.
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BULGARIAN Army
STOPS FIGHTING
BEFORE 1CHALJA
Negotiations For the Conclu-
sion of an Armistice
Have Been Opened.
e.,% OF ALLIES ARE
~ ~ ~ !3a!ss''7L' HARD
Turkey May - constant.noplc
and Albania May be Left Undes
Turkish observation-disclosures VIII be
eausned With These Conditions.

London, Nov. 2o.-F1ghting between
the Turks and Bulgarians has tenn
porarily ceased near Constantinople
and the commanders are negotiating
for an armistice. The Ottoman gov
ernment appointed Nazim Pasha to
confer with General Savog, the Bull
garian leader. Reports regarding the
conditions of peace are conflicting.
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Nfinncso.ans Arrested.

st. Paul. Nov 20.--Five arrests
were made here this afternoon for
criminal medical practices,
and two were made at Duluth.
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