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Gilpin observer., 1912-11-21
MAN SEES GHOST IN CELL
Prisoner Ignorant Of Story Describes
Slayer Who Killed Himself After
Murder Of Girl.

Allentown. Pa.-George Stecker Of
Trenton. who is serving term in the
'ockup for trying to shoot up the
!own, for several nights has com.
planned loudly Of ghost which he
says has nearly frightened the life out
Of him. Stecker occupies the cell in
which Tom Bechtel committed sui
eide after the murder OF Mabel
Bechtel. but Of this tragedy Stecker
never has heard. His description Of
the ghost fits Tom Bechtel exactly.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-21
Arizona.

There are several leases being
worked on Little mountain. The
lessees are looking for some more Of
the high-grade silver ore that the Ger
mania produced in considerable guam
titles few years ago.
The Dunkin lease. on Niger hill,
operated by Messrs. Knorr. Gaymon
and Summers, shipped 11s tons Of
first-class lead-silvergold ore last
month. The ore returned close to $40
per ton as an average.
The Dreadnaught, in nloinois gulch.
is showing up a streak OF heavy lead
sHser-gold ore, from two to three
i'll a. wide, on the foot-wall. On the
hf tng-wall there is about foot OF
M, bg-grade concentrating ore.
At the Old Dominion at Globe a
cross.cut from the drift on the six
teenth level has cut the east ore body
and has passed through eight feet OF
ore.
The Wellington Mines Company
shipped about 100 tons OF lead ore con
centrates to the Breckenridge sampler
besides keeping up its regular zine
shipments.
L. e. Bethel. who for some years
kept a merchandise store at Patagonia
and Nogales. has bonded his group OF
claims at Patagonia for $4,000 TO a
Kansas City syndicate.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-21
Eskimo wife a Hard Worker.

Eskimo widowers often remarry
within week after the demise of the
wife. The helpmate of the savage
does most Of the work. and he is al.
most helpless without her. She makes
and breaks camp. cooks, cuts up her
husbands kill and carries 1t to camp.
She dresses the skins OF deer and
seals. She makes the footgear and
clothes. paddles the canoe and carries
every burden. Without her no dome.
tic arrangement can 60 forward
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-21
CHAPTER xxxI-(continued). X.

Midnight" calculated some one at
length, Just as the professor finished
jolly rum but interesting yarn OF
adventure in Tibet We all rose and
was answering challenge OF Bill.
lings' for Sunday morning game OF
billiards. when all OF sudden a
Icream rang out from somewhere
above. Then came a greater com.
motion-two voices raised in rapid
and excited colloquy. On top OF this
another scream, louder and more pierc.
ing-a woman's call for help.
One Of the maids" Billings haz.
arded. "A mouse"
That was Frances!" answered
him excitedly. and We all piled out in.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-21

needed to the floor And nothing
stirred but the ashes OF the haunted
pajamas!
And then On. but Frances says
that's all!
THE END.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-21
Booking Agents to Aid Police.

Chicago. and vaudeville
booking agents have agreed to turn
over to the police the names of all
runaway stage-strudk girls who ap-
ply to them for places behind the
eootlighta
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-21
Wyomina.

Work is progressing nicely at the
United States Coal Company at Con-
roy. The main slope is now in about
1000 feet, and the turning of entries
and breaking off of rooms has COM
menced.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-21

to the hall and peered down Its long
vista.
Down one OF the dimly illumined
angles OF the great stairway white
ngure darted. then paused. abashed.
orouching back against the wall at
eight Of us advancing. Above her
sounded a mans voice. and even ~
she screamed again. he overlook her.
slasping her arm.
"Frances-dsar. dear Frances!" he
nFisd "Afs you afraid OF met"
~ - thsOv his arms around her.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-21
WE ERIN
MINING NEWS
In RIEE
Western Newspaper Union News servic..
TREND Il METAL VALUES.
IN 3 RI e F

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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
AUbERT TURNS
BACK TO j|M|NEz
Retreat Was Only a Feint to
Detract Attention of
Enemies.

Jtminez. Mex. March 2S..--Gccnral
Tracy Aubert's retreat las, night and
early today seems to have been a fcint
for this afternoon he Was reported to
have reorganizcd his column of fed
eral troops and to he returning to at
tack Jiminez
II was reported that he already had
opened battle with detachment of
inSurrectos at a place known as
Rancho San Pedro. about ten miles
from this city.
The report came as complete sur
prise to the rebel camp. The govern
ment commands of tho late General
Salas and General Tc!lcz, il is prac.
t1callN certain. have returned to their
base at Torrcon. 100 miles south of
here. and ii was assumed when Au-
bert broke camp and disappeared,
that he had seen the futility of at
tarking Il force Communicating his
own at least two to- one.
Information that he had halted his
retreat and was returning to the at
tack resulted in the cancellation of
an order issued earlier in the day for
General Campo with 500 of his rebels
to occupy Parral. two hours journey
by rail from here. Campo was order
cd to report at his place at once.
The rebel column still at Escalon.
thirty miles south of here, has been
ordered to- proceed north to attack
Auhert in the rear. II is possible.
though not probable that Aubert has
not heard Of the repulse of the other
federal columns and still expects to-
be supported.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
FACED BROTHER
OF DEAD man
Miss Vern,ilya Heard Her
Conferences Repeated on
the Witness Stand.

Chicago. March 2S.-Mrs. Louise
Vermilya. on trial in Judge Sullivan's
court for the alleged murder by poison
Of Richard T. Smith today faced
Joseph G. Smith. brother of the dead
man. and one of the states principal
witnesses. Smith was on the witness
stand the greater part nf the afternoon
telling of his conferences with the
prisoner after the death of his brother.
Smith testified he told Mrs. Yer
milya he had heard rumors of foul
play in connection with his brothers
death. She replied there was no foun-
dalton for the stories, and credited her
enemies with starting them. the Wit
ness said. He also asserted that much
of his brothers property was missing
after his death.
One of the startling features of
Smiths testimony was his assertion
that Mrs. Vermilya. told him his broth
er had arranged to change his insur-
ance policy. making her his bcne-
ficiary. This developed when Smith
was telling about searching his broth
er's trunk. the keys to which Mrs.
FermilSa gave him.
"She asked me if had found an
insurance policy" said Smith, land
when l told her ] had she asked me
to whom 1t was made out told her
my nephew. She. said she understood
my brother was going to change it in
favor of her"
Was there anything else said by
Mrs Fermilya?' asked Assistant
Prosecutor Burnham.
II told her my brother always had
been healthy and 1t seemed suspicious
that he should be taken away so sud |.
denly. I told her. had heard rumors
she had killed him. and she said !:
There is nothing to those rumors,
Some of my enemies have been cir
culattng Them Then she told me
to go hack to my home in North Hen
derson. ILL.,. and tell relatives my
brother had died suddenly"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
TAFT. G0T,> EIGHT
FROM COLORADO
Secured Delegates at Large
Headed by Former Sem
ator Gusgenheina.

Colorado Springs, Colo, March 2s
-Ihe state republican convention So.
lected eight delegates at large to the
Chicago national convention instruct
ed for President Taft, adopted reso-
lutions endorsing the Taft admins
tration, and chose United States Sen
ator Guggenheim as national commit
tceman from Colorado. The Taft in
structions and endorsement were
adopted by viva voce vote and SEN
ator Guggenheim was chosen nation.
al committeeman over Philip Il. Stew
art of Colorado Springs, by a vote of
657 to 241.
Never after the first test vote on
temporary chairman. when Thomas
H. Devine of Pueblo. the Taft candi-
date, was elected over Ben Griffith.
the Roosevelt candidate. by 656 to
242. was there doubt as to the
adoption Of the program a"reed upon
by Taft leaders.
The Roosevelt adherents. although
hopelessly outnumbered. carried their
fight to the floor of the convention.
but the minority report endorsing
Roosevelt and recommending that
two delegates at large be given to
the Roosevelt forces was rejected ov-
erwhelmingly.
The delegates at large follow:
United States Senator Guggenheim,
T. H .Devine, Jefferson Farr, Craw-
ford Hill, A. NJ. Stevenson, Irving
Howbert. A. n. Parrish and j. F. Nc
Donald
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
THREE To FIVE
FOR L0R|MER
Special Committee Stands in
that Ratio After Inves-
tigation of Case.

Washington. March 2S.--The special
committee of eight senators which had
investigated the election of Senator
Lormer today indicated in ii test vote
that il stands five to three in his
favor
The majority of the committee has
adopted the contention of Senator
Lorimers counsel that the senate hav.
ing passed upon the senator's case
once and declared his election valid,
cannot try him again on the same
charge. Such Il resolution will be re-
ported by the majority OF the com.
mittee.
motion today to close the com.
mittees vote upon it's report tomorrow
was defeated to 5. This indicated
how the committee stands on the
case.
These senators voted not to close
tomorrow: Dillingham;, Vermont:
Gamble. South Dakota; Jones. Wash.
ington: Johnstone. Alabama, and
Fletcher. Florida.
These senator's voted to close to-
morrow: Kenyon. Iowa: Kern. lndi.
ana. and Lea. Tennessee.
Consideration of resolution de.
claring that the first investigation Of
Senator I4orimer's election acts as q
and ultimately prevent the senate's
second consideration of the famous
case.
Though from today's voting It ap.
pears that a majority of the investl.
eating committee favor Mr.. Lorimer.
the personnel Of the senate has 70
changed since the first Investigation
that the outcome. II the case comen
to q vote. 10 conjec4ural.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
HER VERAC|TY
IN QUESTION
The Word of Miss Mercy
Disputed in Famous
Slander Case.

Chicago. March 2s.-The veracit,
Of Miss Esther Mercy. who is suing
Miss Marion Talbot. dean of women
at the University of Chicago, TO,
100000, alleging s)ander. was ques-
toned by two witnesses in Judg.
Pomeroy's court today. They were
Miss Eva Robinson. head of the
housing department Of the university
and John a. Long. formerly principal
Would you believe her on oath?'
Long was asked.
Il should think l would not" he
replied.
Miss Robinson testified Miss Mercy
had falsitied regarding the amount
she was paying for board and room
at the home of Mrs. +. Won jain. 1,
was from this house that the aigrcttes
from Miss Mercy's $3.50 hat disap.
peared. This incident led to her ex.
pulsion from the university.
DO you think Dean Vincent was
justified in telling her to withdraw
from the university" asked Attor.
ney Walker for the defense.
"Yes. I do" she replied.
The witness was present at n con-
ference between Dean Talbot and Miss
Mercy and she was questioned re-
garding what was said. Miss Robin
son replied that Dean Talbot accused
Miss Mercy Of lying. of obtaining
money from men. or of being an I'm
moral woman.
Did Miss Talbot ever say: We
don't care to have a woman of your
character here?'"
"No. SIR
The court room was crowded with
women and university students. Pres.
ident Barry Pratt Judson of the Uni
versity Of Chicago IL expected to tes-
tify for the defense tomorrow.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
.SPERRY FOUND
GUILTY BY JURY
Sentence Will Be Pronounc-
ed on Defendant by Pol
lock April Ia.

Fargo. N. D., March ss.-clyde
sperry 10 guilty Of granddaughter IN the
second degree IN connection with the
burning Of Kenneth Mckenzie. The
penalty was fixed At nve years In the
penitsntiary.
This was the verdict Of the jury in
the case returned at o'clock this
morning after deliberating - hours,
during which time they received addi-
.tional Instructions only twice. 1t is
said they stood IL for conviction and
ono for acquattal up to the time Of
agreement. The defense will move
for q now trial and arguments will be
heard April -. Judge Pollock also
set the date for passing sentence 90
Clyde spsrry maintained his old
time c0mposure a. he listened to tho
verdict. He showed no outward signs
OF nervousness. His father. M. %.
sperry, who has been his constant
companion during tho trial, was not
present. Only few heard the vsf.
Both times when tho ,urymen came
In for more Instructions they asked
that the testimony regarding the con-
fe.sion . o. spsrry st his n, preliminary ,,,I% ~
boar a great deal Of weight with
them. The defense tried to prove
that third degree methods were used
to get this confession which Sperry
afterwards denied.
Tho case had Its beginning on tha
night of Oct. i8. 1909, when Kenneth
McKenxie. l3-yenr-old boy was at.
tackled by the two mon In the park
who poured the oil from a lantsrn he
was carrying over hts clothing and set
II on fire. He was taken home IN q
horrible condition and was brought to
q Fargo hospital. where he died.
Before hts death he told his father
of the attack. Detectives from the
Burns and Plnkerton agencies were
put on the case. Suspicion finally
fastened upon Sperry and Louis sum
merfleld. Tho latter was arrested
was arrested and the trial at Lakote
last July resulted In : DISAGREEMENT
and q change OF venue 70 Cas- county.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
Publh, tile STUMBLING Block.

New York, March 2s.--Warren $.
Sotne. grand chief of the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Engineers. predicted
here today thatw hen the result Of the
strike vote on the wage question is
made public on April 10. it will be
found that fewer than $500 OF the
$4,000 engineers in the brotherhood
oppose the strike.
ut is significant" said Mr.. Stone.
that in none of our conferences with
the eastern railroad representatives
have they once declared that our de-
mands are unjust. They do not say
we do not need the increase; they
say merely they cannot afford to grant
1t because they are not allowed to in
crease the freight rates.
The interstate commerce commits
sion stands in the way of any rise and
as the commission represents the pub
lie, it is really the public that is the
stumbling block. That is why 1 say
the public needs an object lesson to
convince them that the roads are en-
titled to more pay for the freight they
carry. Freight rates are bound to go
up."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
THE new YORK
PRIMARY RANK
Judge Duell Points out Some
of the High Handed
Methods Used.

New York, March 27.-character,z.
ir Tuesdays primary in New York
county as q farce" Charles e. Duell
chairman Of the Roosevelt COMMITTEES
OF the city of New York. after a con.
ference with Roosevelt leaders, today
appealed to Governor Dix to declare
the primary invalid and provide for q
second primary. Samuel 8. Koenig,
chairman Of the republican county
committee, and William Barnes, Jr.,
chairman OF the republican state COM
mittee. both express the opinion that
second primary will be illegal.
Leaders Of the two factions of the
party cannot agree as to who is re.
sponsible for the failure to deliver Of
flcial ballots at many of the polling
places yesterday. Chairman Duell in
sists that the republican county or.
ganizntion. was responsible. while Mr..
Koenig declares that the board Of elec-
tions and the onicail printers had COM
plete charge of the printing and dis
tribution OF the ballots.
Chairman Duell's telegram to Gov
ernor Dix read:
The newspapers Of this morning,
without regard to party or political
afnliation. declare that yesterdays al.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
English Strike End Near.

London. March 28.-The end Of the
coal strike which has so sorely affected
many millions of the population of the
United Kingdom. seems almost at
hand. No doubt appears in the minds
of many people that the majority of
the miners are anxious to return to
the pits and that when the proposal
offers, will vote in favor of the pro-
posal to resume. Most of them. 1t Is
believed, would return to work i'm
mediately but for the fact that in each
district there is small section oppos-
Ing any action until the vote which
has been called for on the question
OF the strike continuance, has been
counted. Disturbances in few of
these districts have placed the troops
on their arms. Some. of the owners
are opening mines and at such places
where efforts have been made to re-
sumo work. the miners are assured
the full protection of the government.
More urgent even than the necessity of
protecting the mines is the very heavy
duty Of relieving the terrible disturb
ance caused everywhere by the strike.
Charity is being called upon in prac-
tically every section of the United
Kingdom.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
Bitun,inous strike Certain.

Cleveland. Ohio, March 2s.-Thc
subcommittee appointed by the bitum-
inous operators and miners to agree,
If possible. on compromise wage
scale. announced this afternoon 1t was
unable to agree and that 1t SO report
ed to the full conference at 3 o'clock
The members said their arguments
brought about continuation of the
deadlock. as the operators and miners
repeated their positions of week ago.
The hope Of averting a widespread
coal strike in the United States be
ginning next Monday. is centered in
the subcommittee. All other means
of agreeing have failed and 1t was
said that unless compromise was
soon effected 100000 miners in the
Fbituminous fields will quit Sunday at
midnight.
AS for the 17s,O0o miners in the
fields of Pennsylvania. it was an.
nounced by national union officials
that q strike there Monday is un-
avoidable. The Jointly wage dispute
involved 100000 men and the shut.
ting down of almost every unionized
coal mine In the country.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
Twenty-eight Republicans
and Twelve Democrats
Vote for Senator.
SENATOR SAID He HAD NEVER
SPENT A DOLLAR WRONCFULLy
Had Employed Three Generations of
Alcn in His Business Enterprise and
Had Never Had Strike nor Used
Money for any IlIegitimatc Purpose.

Washington. March Ex-senator
stephenson of Wisconsin, octogenarian
'nllllona1rc banker and lumber man,
retains his seat BY vote OF 40 to
~ tn" s"nat" today declared his elec-
Ion valid and rejected the charge
that the s1o7.7a3 which the senator
admitted spending in the Wisconsin
primaries had been used cnrruptIy.
IwentN-cight republicans and 1.
democrats voted to hold Stcphenson's
election valid one, Eighteen DEM
ocrats and Is republicans voted To de-
rlar" il corruptly obtained Ballots
were cast as follows:
For Stephenson Bradley. Rrande-
&C. Rriggs. Rnrnam. Burton. Clark
"f wyoming. Crane. Curtis, Dilling-
nam. DUPONT. Gamble Hepburn. I.i;,-
rtf. Lodge. L"rmcr. McCumber. Me
1,ehn: Nixon. Oliver. Page. Pcnrose.
Perkins. Rrhardson. Root. Smo,t.
sutherland. Warren and Wrtmoro. re-
puhllrans: Bankh"ad. Chiffon, l'ietch-
er' Foster. Johnston. Ncwla nds. over
man. Pomcr"n" Rayner. smith OF
MARYLAND. Watson and Thornton.
democrats
Against S,rphcnson---B Borah Bourne,
bristow. Brown. Clapp. Crawford,
'ummins. Dixon. Gronna. Jones. l&nn.
Nnn. LA Toilette. PoindrXter. Smith OF
Mlch'San. Townsend and Works re-
pubiican$: Bryan. Chamberlain. C,,l-
person. Gardner. Hitchcock. johnson,
h"rh. Lea, MARITIME. Myers. o't;orman,
owen. Percy. Shively. smith of t;eor.
ga; smith of S"uthCarolina stone and
w lillam&. democrats.
fa'rS were: Nelson with Bacon: tia,-
ling"r with Clark "r Arkansas; Gu.-
E"nh"in1 with Davis: Cullnm witt.
summons: Paynter with Gore and Pai-
ley with Reed The first name in
'ac1 case being favorah hle to stephens
sni ana tho last named against him.
ne senators unr"c"rded and impaired
wer" Martin and Swanson nf Virginia:
laNior OF tennessee: Tilman uf South
naroi,ha md Stephenson. who of
course refraincd from voting. For
Senator TAYLOR. Lea explained he was
too i'll to be consulted
stephenson declared he felt the vim
ulcation duo him.
u never spent a dollar wroncfu,iv
IN. my life: said he I'm 6I Years S,f
artlv" ma nagemcni of large institu.
ions l have employed several thou
sand m"n three generations of them,
ana never had a strike. never used
Il dollar for fraud of any kind
Iortmer whose vote for Stephenson
was greeted by an outhurst of laugh
yer IN the senate galleries. is under
similar charges
Thr vote came at tho end of s.; day's
speech making by Senators Pomerene
ana Sutherland for Stephenson and
senators Cunmins. Lea. O'C;orman
ana fo1ndeNter against him. Poin-
dexter declared S,ephenson's alleged
onensc was greater than that charged
against Lorimcr. Lea declared Steph-
enson's workers violated tho rules of
ordinary d"rrncy and nroprjctv and
wept because there was nothing left
to violate.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28

legged primary election In this city and
throughout the state was 4 farcical
brsa kdown OF the election law. Great
numbers of voters were deprived Of
the opportunity of casting their bal
lets. The official ballots III many cleo
ti1n districts were not delivered at
all. and even In. more numerous in
stances were delivered shortly prior
to the close OF the polls. The unex-
the completely Of the ballot in New
York county makes the provision Of
the election law for 'substitutian' Of
Informal ballots In the absence Of tho
ofnciat ballots, look like conscious
irony. The fact thst where ofticini
ballots were not supplied. no copy Of
the official ballots containing the
names to he voted for were at the
polling places. made It physically Inn
lots. An apter method Of mockinE at
ths supposed right Of the voter to Sig
nifty his will at . party primary could
not have been devised. . AZ
ie;n avenue Of redress for yesterdays
2se Of the primary election It
W. ID squire the institution OF thou
sandh special proceedings and re-.
sultant 4clogRing Of tho courts. and
the indefinite delay and ultimate de-
feat 70 the voter seeking to protect
his rights under tho primary law. :
When 1t is borne In mind that a
large section Of the cltisenship of this
state regards the primary law In It's
present form az q dislngenuous at
tempt OF bipartteinn machine to es-
onpe honest compliance with an ir-
resist!ble public demand for some
means Of primary expression on the
part Of the voter. It will be seen that
To C0llnSAnAHcA nV tn1oentA thn "a y
collapse Of tho law. whose purpose and
intention is under widespread public
suspicion. ID to add insult to injury
and must precipitate very grave cleo
toral crisis
I'm the interest of honest politics,
We ask you as governor OF the whole
people Of the state OF New York to
give this matter your Immediate Of
f1cial confederation, 30 that by proper
recommendation to the legislature now
in session and with it's cooperation.
dicntion Of the law now on the statute
books and what we deem even more
important. the vindication Of the civil
rights Of the citizens Of the state un.
derlying the statute.
without presuming to formulate
your course Of action, It 10 manifest,
we think. that another primary should
he held at once to enable the public
sense OF outrage ana to solve an In
tolerable situation"
When Chairman Koenig's attention
was directed to Judge Duell's telegram
to Governor Dix. he said:
THE republican county committee
will not object to giving the voters in
the districts where there werc no bal
lots an opportunity to cast their bal
lots. but why should we Join In a re-.
quest to the governor to throw ont
the returns Of Tuesdays primary and
take steps to have the legislature con-
vened In extraordinary session to pro.
vide for second primary contest 2
Such action. in my opinion, would be
iileRal"