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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-21
COUNTY COURT
STARTS RECOUNT
Marshall County 5ocy sitti-q As
csnssssins Board az
houndssiie
starts Recount De~srceo 2, Hon
George =. lsus1ln-Court~risnt
Recount Cslec or.

ne marshall County court ,orver-
ed At Moundsvii.. YESTERDAY "a,
O'Clock 90 recount Va. Votes ,..- a.
the last election for tI. Otto. 4 con.
gresham ~ fte Fir-- Congress io-,.l
district. demanded oy A'toruey. p p
Moor" and + " Hiusrman covus,!
Tor the Hon. George a. i.aushIn
Before any o. rho packages contain.
ing the ballots Mere opened Af-.rf...,
4. q. Newman counsel FOR John "
DAVIS. objected 70 OPENING an, rf tho
packages containing ballots WHO. has
been opened and inspected dur.rc The.
recount for sheriff Mr. Newman star.
I'd IN making The ubleCf... fha- H.. AN.
tciratcd III" decision 20. tI. court au
that he had prepared hiu az .Nc.r-
tlous in CAS-" his objections ,vtr. not
sustained The court refused to t,l~.
lain th" objections and thc exceptions
were lled and the recount started d.
irec.ic' No. ]. Cameron. %. first ;o
b. reC1Uu'ed. the result Tailed with
those returned lu precinct No ..
I.auEhliu gained one Vo-c and tn t.rc-
cinct No. 3. he -aIa.d two votcts ana
Davis lost one. making "a net rlfn OF
four votes DURING fh- recount 81 The
four precincts Court then adjourned
for the day and Viii convene this
morning at o'clock
Sheriff Recount.
The recount for sh.rIu. demanded
by Attorneys !. &. Simpson auI ! T..
Shipman. cCHusel for Harlan r. Court
wright. the Democratic candidate. Of
icred a motion Yesterday mpruiur.
when ID" court had been seated 90
Withdraw ihe recount. after two DAYS
had been spent on reccuutius dbu'.'
ouc-third OF the total ballots 90 the
county
Counsel for Or G. T. Hutchinson
the Republican candidate. then mo,r-
thar The ciorK mtk" zap the record
and expense account. and have the
court declare the result. which was
done. Al the end II The recount. on
Tuesday evening. Ur &. D. Iutoh.n
son had a plurality of - votes and is
now the next sheriff OF Marshall cuun
~
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-21

aliens and their with. f..i.s s.ta.r...
naturalization TIE inquiry into ft,.-
Qualifications viii last two days. Their.
are over 5000 seeking fftI itt.rr ana
many ~ them have been w,u I..l.,4
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-21

The grand iurf h".HIs. .tIfnurrw.rf OBJ.
TUESDAY presented two f.dictwert- uit
VIM Howard Heinz. rlIuf.I for a.-
rault with Intent ." rape. lH. Thomas
tor rape uf a girl uul.r D. wears
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
May Testify Against Darrow.

Los ANGELES; Jan 81. - Despite
the absence of any official statement
to that effect, 1t is generally accepted
that Bert b. Franklin, the former
chief Of detectives for McN Namara de-
tense, now facing trial on the charge
of jury bribing, will be the principal
witness for the state in the prosecution
Of indictments against Clarence S.
Darrow, for similar alleged offenses.
Samuel L. Browne, chief Of detec.
tives connected with the district At
torney's Office made the statement that
Darrow's tight dstedness" with his
confidential employees in the course of
the Mcnamara trial was responsible
for his present position, inferring that
they betrayed him because of his al
legged lack of liber ality. Brown said
that several of the McNamara defense
detectives had come to him for money
because they could get none from
Dsrrow and that he had at times given
them money, and although asking
nothing in exchange they had volun-
tarily given information regarding
moves OF the defense.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
MAY Reduce Wool Rates.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The inter.
state commerce commission soon will
pass upon the reasonableness of rates
on wool shipped from points in the
west to Chicago, Boston and other
eastern markets. The wool men have
complained that existing rates are too
high, the railroads have entered de.
nial of the charge. The question was
argued pro and con before the com.
mission last week, the railroads send
ing on some of the best legal talent
In the country.
The principal argument for the wool
men was made by Victor o. johnson
of Shoshone, Idaho, who long has
been prominent In the National Wool
Growers association. Those who at'
tended the argument testify to the
ability of Mr.. johnson in putting the
wool growers eide of the question
squarely before the commission, and
the adroit manner in which he met the
opposition of the railroad attorneys.
If the commission holds in favor o1
the wool men much of the credit will
belong to Mr.. johnson for his presen
tation of the complaint to the com
mission.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Taft Predicts Victory.

COLUMBUS, Jan. 3l.-Presideut
Taft in an address to more than so
republican editors of Ohio today de.
clared that he believes that the party
will win in Novem ber, but said much
of the brunt of the fight will rect on
the editors.
The president confessed that he had
forgotten much about Ohio politics,
but said he depended on the editors
to bring q victory In the fall. He
said in part:
1.-THE party has had In the last two
or three years hard time, but 1t ts
not the first time In its history 1t has
had to go over rough places. 1t ts
not the first time in the history when
1t has been unjustly attacked; when it
has been misunderstood by it's voters
and its own members. I believe this
coming campaign is to show that 1t
has had the power in itself to over
come obstacles and to win victory and
to show that it is the real agency in
the United States upon the real pro-
gress can be based.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Probing Express Rates.

WASHINGTON, Feb. "A reduction
of approxim ately 30 per cent in the ex.
press rates of the country, it develop.
ed today, is the desire of the shippers
pressing the inquiry into the exprese
business before the interstate com.
merce commission. Testimony of wit
nesses indicated that this was the mo.
tive behind the inquiry.
Several witnesses representing ship.
pers we're examined, their testimony
being largely technical. Charles A.
Stickney, of ST. Paul, Minn., declared
he paid so cents for the express trans.
portation of advertising plates of five
pounds or under, while the rival asso-
citation paid only Is cents for similar
service. G. W. Hillman, of Cincin-
natl, declared the Wells. Fargo & Co.
express made profit on combined in
trastate and interstate business OF
l.54 per cent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Boosting For Roosevelt.

New YORK, Geb. 5.-The Roosevelt
League of New York state, . new or.
e aniz alton, 'of which Lindon Bates.
Jr.. is president is sending out from
its Broadway Offices 1000 copies OF
letters urging the nomination of Col.
onel Roosevelt for the presidency.
The letters are being mailed to repub'
lican voters In all parts of the state
and each envelope incloses also three
post cards to be passed by the reci.
pient to friends.
CHICAGO, Feb. San effort to en-.
dorse Theodore Roosevelt for the re.
publican presidential nomin alton fail.
ed by q vote OF S64 to 1913, while q
resolution commencing President Tafl
and his sdministr alton was adopted
at the Cook county Chicago J republi
can convention.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Ice Bridge Takes Three Victims.

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. Feb. s.
The great ice bridge that has choked
the river channel between the catar act
and the upper steel arch bridge below
the falls for the last three weeks, broke
from its snoring at noon Sunday.
and went down the river, taking with
it to their death q man and q woma an
said to be Mr.. and Mrs. Eldridge
Stanton, of Toronto, Canada, and
Burrell Heacock, II years old, OF
Cleveland, O.
Four other persons were on the ice
at the time, but m managed to get ashore
in safety.
The bridge was considered safe
For two weeks it had offered safe pass
age for the people, and Sunday ar
immense crowd of excursionists came
to view the winter wonders of the riv'
er. Had the accident happened ar
hour later, hundreds would have los,
their lives.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
State Loses Legacy.

HELENA, Feb. SIN q majority
opinion handed down today the sup.
RENE court held that neither the state
nor the state orphsn's home at Twin
Bridges can inherit property under a
will.
The cause came from Silver Bow
county. Josiah Beck left an estate OF
$50, 900. The will left his wife the home
and $4,000 and after making number
of smaller bequests, the remainder OF
the property was left to the orphans
home. The court holds that neither
the home nor the state is a"person"
under the law. Justice Smith dissent.
ed.
In another opinion it 10 held that
the seller of land ia liable for damages
to the purchaser il he points out
erroneous boundaries of the land, no
matter If the seller acts in good faith,
and the mistake is an honest one. The
decision was in the case of Chester
Park against Joseph Liberty, from
Fergus county.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Millions Of Acres Withdrawn.

WASHINGTON, Eeb. 1.-When Sen
ator Dixon brought up in the senate
today his resolution calling upon the
secretary of the interior to report the
amount of land Withdrawn from entry
in Montana, purposes for which with.
drawn, amount classified and state
ment as to when the remainder would
be classified and opened to entry there
was q stampede among other western
senators to have their states included. {.
The result was that the resolution was
broadened to call for this inform alton
reg arding every state in which lands
have been withdrawn. In this form
the resolution was passed. Senator
Dixon informed the senate that there
are 100000 acres of land in Mon
tana that have been Withdrawn for l8
months, and be is informed that not
one acre of this land has yet been
classified and restored to entry.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Shipped Bad Eggs.

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-Arnour & Co.
were made defend ants in 9 suit filed
here today by United States District
Attorney James H. Wilkersop, charg-
ing violation of the pure food and
drugs act. 1t is alleged the packing
company shipped decayed eggs to their
Seattle branch house from here.
A similar suit was fled against the
Country Club Egg company and
charges of using certain chemicals
prohibit by law we're entered against
q number of Chicago concerns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07

an continued the direct examinatfon
of Herman Potthof, q margin clerk for
the National Packing company, and
brought out that the daily margin
summ aries played an important part
in the purchasing of cattle by the
packers.
Copies of these summaries, the wit.
ness said, were sent to each cattle buy
er daily as guide and we're an i'm.
portant factor in the determin alton Of
the price paid for the animals. By
means of these margin summaries, the
government declares the packers are
enabled to keep close check on the
work of the cattle buyers. A COM
parison OF the cost and profit Of each
lot OF cattle purchased is made and
rivalry among the buyers is main
tained,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Dixon Calls On President.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Senator
Dixon paid brief visit to the White
House this morning and was inform
ed personally by the president that he
intends early next week sending to the
senate the nomination of Judge George
M. Bourquin of Butte for United
States district judge for Montana.
Senator Dixon offered no comment
upon the presidents decision in tht q
matter, but fled q letter formally
Withdrawing his Endorsement of E. K.
Cheadle, Judge Cheadle having ask
ed that this be done. As heretofore
stated. 1t is believed that Mr.. Bour.
quin will be confirmed, but confirms q.
tion may be delayed week, as the
judiciary committee, to which it will
be referred for report, sits only on
Mondays, and the committee will
have adjourned before this nomina
tion is received, if 1t comes on Mon.
day.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
WILL APPOINT BOURQUIN.
Butte Jurist Selected To Preside In
Federal Court.

Federal Court.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Judge Geo.
M. Bourquin of Butte will be Mon.
tana's next federal Judge. The presi-
dent will appoint him upon the recon-
mend alton Of Justice Hunt. The nom-
instion probably will be sent to the
senate upon the return Of the president.
Senator Dixon was notified by the
president that he intended appointing
Bourquin, and had an opportu nifty TO
indorse him. He did not do this, al
though he had previously received q
letter on January % from Judge
Cheadle withdrawing from the contest
for the place. In writing to Senator
Dixon, Judge Cheadle said he with
drew from the race in order that his
personal ambition should no longer
embarrass either the administr alton
or Senator Dixon.
While Senators Dixon and Myers
will not indicate what action they will
take on Bourquin's nomin alton, 1t IL
not believed either will oppose con-
firm alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Will Benefit Settlers.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Secretary
Fisher has practically agreed with the
members of the house pu bile lands
committee on the provisions of the bill
to give settlers on reclaim alton project
completion of the f1ve-year residence
period and without waiting until the
10.year water payments are completed.
The bill is now being framed in the
interior department for introduction.
Deferred payments for water will be
made lien on the lands, but the set.
tier will be given title upon which he
can negotiate loans, subject to gov
ernment claims.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Must Not Use Saccharin,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Sacch arin
cannot be used in foodstuffs sold in
the United States after today. Emin.
ent chemists pure food experts have
decided at Its continued use is dele
terious to health, and under authority
of the pure food law the secretary OF
agriculture, the secretary of the treas
ury and the secretary of commerce
and labor h ave issued an order against
Its order after today.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Bought Votes With Beer.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-"I was elect
ed by approximately $4,000 votes.
Throw outevery fr audulent vote claim
ed against me and you will not reduce
my majority more than 220 votes,,
said DR.. Richard Bartholdt of ST..
Louis to the house committee on elec-
tions today, when his contest with
called up.
Mr.. Manrer's petition recited that
each of $50 voters was bought by two
bottles OF beer. Bartholdt stated that
he ad paid his own election expenses.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07

grain raising yields larger and more
satisfactory profits. and at the same
time It improves the land. The farm.
ers in the Dakotss, Montana, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington are taking
up mixed farming with vigor and 1
think the time is not far distant when
there will be COWS, pigs, horses and
other animals, also poultry, on almost
every ranch"
Mr.. Kennedy said that on his farm,
which was formerly known 90 the
Leech ranch, he has $50 head OF high.
grade Shorthorn cattle and 40 Per-
cheron brood mares, in addition to
the regular crops. The reason that
Leech heirs failed to m AXE the farm Of
6, ZOO acres pay is because they con-
fined their operations to wheat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Blizzard Strikes East.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-The first indica-
tion of the ground hogs action in re-
turning to his hole yesterday came to-
day when q cold wave swept down
from the Can adian northwest. Thus
far 1t covers the Dakotas, Minnesota,
western Wisconsin and all parts of
Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri.
Although few records were broken,
the below zero temperature at 20 at
Winons, Minn., and 70 at Duluth,
seemed unusually severe owing to the
suddenness with which they came.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07

are negotiating for the bringing of an
Ice breaking steamer to Nome with q
cargo of coal to relieve the fuel fam.
Inc. The city has almost exhausted
its stock Of coal and oil, and In the
ordinary course of events the fuel sup.
ply would not be replenished until
the opening OF navigation in Berlng
sea In the third week of June. There
is no wood on Seward peninsula and
the nearest coal ia in Candle, where
the mines were opened years ago.
Candle is 2l0 miles northeast OF Nome
and 1t would cost $500 ton to bring
coal from Candle to Nome over the
snow trail.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Advises Mixed Farming.

SPOKANE, Feb. 5.-James Kennedy
OF Fargo, owner of one of the original
bonanza farms in North Dakota, who
is interested with the Fife brothers in
the construction of sewerage system
in Spokane, said in an interview here
that the day of exclusive wheat farm.
ing is passing rapidly. he added:
"Stock growing in conjunction with
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
No Tipping In Kentucky.

FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. 1.-Ken-
tucky's anti-tipping law passed the To-
wer house of the legislature by q
vote of So to 7, with an emergency
clause attached, which reads:
"Whereas, members of the legis-
lature are now paying out sums OF
money in the way Of tips, an emer-
gency is therefore declared to exist
and this bill shall become q law as
soon as signed by the governor.
The bill provides q fine for tipping
walters aud porters.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
A BIG LAND SWINDLE.
Orchards Company Sells Worthless
Bonds To Suckers.

Bonds TO Suckers.
SEATTLE, Feb. 3.-With w. q. De-
Larm of Seattle and Allen Jay Biehl
of Portland, comprising the firm of
"De Larm & Biehl, Bonds." missing,
and not a dollar OF assets in sight,
the holders of $4,000, 900 bonds issue
OF the Columbia River Orchards COM
pany found not ray of hope in the
situa alton today. Pitiful stories con.
tinue to be received Of people of small
means investing everything they pos
sessed in the per cent bonds.
According to Wilson's attorney, all
the irresponsible real Iestste firms in
the Northwest had "orchard bonds for
SALE" They evidently got them from
headquarters and sold them for what
they would bring, taking money, land
or any other property that could be
converted into money. OF late the ad-
vertisement, "W anted, house in ex.
change for orchard bonds" has been
q familiar one in the newspapers. A
person wishing to dispose of his house
would and the advertiser willing TO
give him I per cent guaranteed bonds
and to let the house owner set his
own price on the house. This was
very tempting. A young man who
tried to find the Columbus River Or
chards company's Office today and
who would not give his name, said
tn at he had exchanged S75,0 900 worth
of property in Montana for bonds and
was ruined.
The attorney for bondholder says
that q favorite ruse of the bond seller
was to hint to some one that q certain
man in Spokane was buying the bonds
at par. The man who received the
hint would send bond to the Spokane
investor, and sure enough, 500 would
be forthcoming. The lucky man would
spread the news and there would be q
stampede to buy bonds below par to
resell to the Spokane enthusiast, but
he never made more than one pur'
chase. The number of families who
have been impoverished by buying
orchard bonds 10 large.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Utah Wool Contracted.

SALT LAKE, Feb. 1.-About half
the Utah wool clip expected in April
has been contracted at an average
price of l6f cents a pound according
to q statement made today by the
secretary of the Utah Wool Growers
associ alton. The clip should yield
approximately 100000 pounds.
Wyoming's clip will run to $1,000, 900
pounds, it 10 predicted by sheepmen
here. The average price in Utah this
year is from cent to q cent and q
half more than a year ago.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Arrest Reveals Thefts.

DENVER, Feb. l. - Nearly three
thousand articles OF value, said by
postof1ce inspectors to have been
stolen by W. T. johnson, q Union
Pacific travelling electrician, on trains
running between Denver and Omaha,
were found by the inspectors yester.
day in Johnson's room here. The
alleged booty included 250 silk neck
ties, 300 pairs of elk socks, more
than pint MEASURE of gold rings and
unset gems.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
INVESTIGATE HIGH PRICES.
President Taft Favors Inquiry Into
Cost Of Living.

WASHINGTON, Feb. President
Taft In q message to congress today
urged an intern ationsl inquiry into
the high cost of living. The president
asked authority to invite the nati0ns
of the world to q conference in this
city or elsewhere to make plans for
the investigation of high prices that
have 40 distressed the people of the
world.
Mr.. Taft also urged the appoint
ment of federal commission to m AXE
searching inquiry into the subject of
industrial relations"
''For some years past" said the
president, "the high and stead lily in.
creasing cost of living has been q
matter of such grave public concern
that I deem it of great public interest
that an international conference be
proposed at this time for the purpose
of preparing plans to be submitted to
the various governments, for an in
ternationa al inquiry into the high cost
OF living, its extent, cause, effects and
possible remedies"
President Taft today also sent to
congress his promised message on AL
aska and the public domain In gen.
eral. The reclamation laws of the
United States should be modified, in
opinion OF the president, so that a
homesteader might be granted patent
at the end of five years of cultivation
and three years of occupation. The
president also would relieve home.
steaders from the requirement of oc.
cupation at time when the condition
of the land would make it burdensome
and difficult.
Following suggestion of Secretary
of the Interior Fisher, President Taft
decla ared in his mess age tn at the control
of waterpower sites should remaia in
the national government rather tina q
be turned over to the states. He would
have the sites disposed of by direct
lease from the government, the rental
to be used in improvement OF the
stream and for the benefit of the local
community where the powersite was
located. The president would give te
the states the right to regulate th'
rates at which the converted power
was sold.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Senator Smoot Has Wool Bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Senator
Smoot, who has drawn q wool tariff
bill based upon findings of the tariff
board and in line with the president q
recommend alton, will offer that bill "a
q substitute for whatever wool bill
the house may pass later on. Smoot
said today that in his judgment any
wool bill enacted this session will
not be injurious to the wool industry
and he thinks that the woolgrowers
are making a mistake In contr acting
at this time to sell their wool at the
low price of IA or Is cents, as some
are reported to be doing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-07
Pass Child Protection Bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb. latter
amending the child labor bill so as to
prohibit the inv asion Of private resi-
dences in quest of informa alton, the
senate passed that measure by 54 to 20.
The bill authorizes the creation of q
bureau in the department of commerce
and labor for the collection of In
formation pertaining to the welfare OF
children and child life.