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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
Twenty Progressive Republicans
Vote With Democrats.
PAYNE MOVES TO REC0MMIT
Motion to Substitute Minority Measure
Fails and Original Goes Through
by Vote of 1879 to 90.

Washington, April 1.-THE Demo
cratic wool bill passed the house, 1S9
to 80, with twenty progressive Repub-
licans voting for it. Representative
Rucker of Colorado, who opposed it
in debate and answered present" on
the roll call. and Representative Fran
els of Ohio. who voted against it, were
the only Democrats who did not line
up with the majority.
Representative Payne moved to re-
commit the bill with instructions to
the committee to report the Repub-
lican substitute, but that was lost,
1863 to los.
Supporters of the bill declared it
would not cut the governments reve-
nue., but would save more than $780,
900, 900 a year to consumers because of
the REIMBURSEMENT of rates. All at
tempts of the Republicans to amend
the bill to increase the rates were lost.
The tariff board came in for criticism
during the speechmaking.
Representative Kitchin charged that
Senators Smoot and Warren had de-
liberately imposed on the tariff board
to maintain the high duty on wool.
'How is it," he cried, that sheep
growers in Washington are able to
raise wool at one-twentieth of a cent
a pound and in Wyoming, according
to the boards report, a pound costs
10 cents?'
Representative Mondell replied that
wool costs Is cents to produce in Wy
oming.
And yet" returned Mr.. Kitchin,
"this infallible board shaded that cost
price just = cents. The gentleman's
estimate discloses the beauty Ct the
system.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
FARMS BRING GOOD PRICES
North Dakota Better Farming Associa-
ton Reports Progress.

The North Dakota Better Farming
association reported recently on the
progress SO far made, since the ap-
pointment of Thomas P. Cooper, form
erly of the state agricultural school, as
director of the work. In Barnes,
Stutsman, Wells, Bottineau, Cavalier
and Ransom counties the work of es-
tablishment of demonstration farms is
we'll under way and it is being taken
UP in Adams, Eddy and Bowman oun
ties. Fourteen field agents are report
ed at work. Recent sales of farm land
near Wimbledon in Barnes county at
$42, $54 and $40 an acre. are in locali-
ties where good farming has been
practiced and is being more extensive
ly taken up this year and the prices,
which are higher than any reported
last year or the year before, are be-
lieved to reflect the work of the new
organization.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
RUSSIANS WANT 80, 600 ACRES
Big Colonization Scheme of Capitalists
is Presented,

Big Colonization Scheme Of Capitalists
is Presented.
An immense colonization scheme by
Russian capitalists and philanthropists
is planned in North Dakota, if a suit
able. location can be found. Fargo
realty men have asked for terms on
land contracts, suitable for the enter
prise. Nothing less than a block Of
10000 acres in one solid piece will be
considered. Local dealers say that
with the present development any
such a proposition would be impossi-
bic, but that much land might be Sc
cured in some one county, or in ad-
coming counties, but not in one piece.
In Cass county one firm owns more
than $4,000 acres, but it is not in one
body. There are several holdings in
the state of 10000 or $1,000 acres un-
der one control, but none of 10000
where the conditions of the Russian
colonizers could be met.
The situation will be presented to
the promoters of the idea and an eff
fort made to have the demands modi-
fled. 1t is said a large percentage of
those who will be sent here to occupy
the lands, if secured, are practical
farmers and will have at their head
some scientific experts who are famil-
lar with conditions in this state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
News Of the Week From Vari-
Gus Parts Of the State.
MOVEMENT FOR BETTER ROADS
Automobiles and Farmers of Ramsey
County Join in LaudabIe
Enterprise.

With the business men, automo-
bile enthusiasts and farmers joining
in hand, a good roads campaign has
been mapped out by the Devils Lake
Commercial club, which it is believed
will put Ramsey county in the front
rank.
In brief. the Commercial club is 60
ing into the actual work of road con-
struction. A big a traction engine
and road drags have been purchased
and just as soon as the frost is out
of the ground the big machine will
start traversing the highways radi-
ating out of Devils Lake. The machine
will be operated the entire season,
the dry days being devoted to drag
ging roads and wet weather to haul
ing gravel to portions that need
repairing.
The cooperation of every automo-
bile club, township board, civic club,
as we'll as the Ramsey county commits
sioners has been enlisted in the club.
The county has agreed to devote the
the automobile tax which the state
collects to this work. In addition
every automobile owner is being as
sessed an additional $40, furnishing
the fund to purchase the tractor.
Contracts are now being made by
the club by the township board to
work out the road tax, a large part
of which is being paid in cash. In this
way a working fund can be provided
that will finance the running expenses
of the rig the entire summer. The
road tax paid by the railroads to
every township crossed runs into the
thousands. The work is to be done in
a first-class manner The frills will be
left off every effort being made to
provide roads that will be passable
the entire season, at the minimum
cost.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
COMMITTEE CLEARS
L0R|MER OF. CHARGE
Exonerate Senator on All Vital
: Points Of Investigation.

Washington, March Ex-senator
Lorimer CT Illinois won an overwhelm-
ing vindication at the hands of the
special committee of eight senators
who have finished a second investiga-
ton of his election by the Illinois
legislature in 1909.
Twice challenged and once acquit-
ted, the committee, by votes of 5 to 3
on all vital points, completely exon
Grated him of any knowledge Of leg
i~slative corruption.
Edward Hines, the millionaire lum-
herman, referred to in the investiga-
ton as the man who put Lorimer
over" also got a v~indication by the
committee. 1t had been charged that
Hines raised a corruption fund of
$780, 600 to elect Lorimer to the sen
ate. The majority repudiated that and
passed a resolution that the evidence
had shown that he did not raise or
contribute any sum improperly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
-Four Hundred Thousand Men
49,. Are Now Idle.
SHUTDOWN may Be BRIEF
Early Resumption in Bituminous Field
Expected-Hard Coal Miners
i Not So Hopeful.

indianapolis, April 2.-Scores of
thousands of coal miners quit work in
the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania
and in the central competitive field
of the bituminous portion of the indus
try, according to dispatches from the
districts affected.
Officially the movement is a "sus-
pension OF work." and whether it is
to develop into a widespread strike de-
ponds upon the outcome of voting in
the union ranks and of conferences
between the men and employers with.
in the next ten days.
Anthracite men are more a%pprehen-
sive than their bituminous brethren as
to the ultimate outcome. This con-
dition is predicated upon the fact that
there is no definite agreement imme-
diately in sight for the hard coal men,
whereas the bituminous conference at
Cleveland, after the union men had
abandoned practically all their de-
mands except the increased wages and
on this point modified their terms con.
~siderably, reached an agreement.
The union men are to tahe a refer.
endum ballot at once as to whether
the modified terms for a new wage
agreement are to be accepted and
there is a general feeling that the re-
suit will be a return to work.
Result Affects Other Districts.
Upon the outcome of the voting in
the central competitive field" COM
prising Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, will depend also the basis
for new wage scales in other sections
of the country where the present
agreements do not expire until May 1
or later. Southern and Southwestern
mines and the comparatively few
Rocky mountain states are affected by
this status OF affairs.
West Virginia and Kentucky btu
minous fields will not be greatly af-
fected unless the present "suspension'
becomes a strike. Nonunion labor pre-
dominates in these mines and the men
in previous similar situations in the
industry nave shown a disposition to
continue at work regardless of the &C.
tivities of the union workers.
Approximately 400, 900 men are di.
rectly affected and some 5000 coo more,
scattered throughout the coal districts
of the country, are watching the out.
come of the suspension" for it's posi-.
BILE effect upon their own wages and
working conditions. 1t probably will
be at least thirty days before all mines
will have resumed, if the referendum
votes anG conferences result favor.
ably, and the last ten days of that pc.
riod may present a problem as tt fuel
supply to Industries of all character.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
WILL TRAIN THE FARMERS
Demonstration Farms, i'm Barnes
County.

. ! M
County. sIs
Edwin Maryland, superintendent of
the Better Farming association Of
North Dakota, is establishing demon
stration farms in Barnes county. Sew
eral tracts of Barnes county land have
been secured and others have applied
for. The farmers are cooperating with
the association to increase the value
and yield of farm crops.
Among farms secured as places
where scientific tilling will be followed
are four near the village of Darcy, in
the northern part of the county. Each
will be of forty acres and Mr.. Maryland
will endeavor to show how a farm Of
this size can be made to yield as much
by scientific methods as is now pro-
duced upon 16O acres in the usual
manner.
One of the farms will be run on the
five year rotation plan, another will be
run on a shorter rotation plan, a third
will be sown to alfalfa and other
grasses, while at the edge of Darcy
will be found a fourth farm that will
be cultivated especially as a school
demonstration farm combined with the
raising of corn and hogs.
The money for the carrying on Of
the work will come from the state
Better Farming association and the
county commissioners of Barnes Coun-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
COMMONS REJECTS SUFFRAGE
Measure Defeated by Lower House of
British Parliament.

London, March 29.-By a vote of
222 to 205 the house of re-
jected the Cancellation bill on it's Sec
ond reading. This measure aimed at
comforting the right to vote upon
every woman possessed of the house
hold qualification and would enfran-
chise 1,00O, 900 women.
Announcement of the result was re-
ceived with deafening cheers. Last
year a similar bill passed the second
reading stage and was referred to a
COMMITTEES of the whole, making no
further progress. The reversal in the
views of the members is attributed to
the resentment aroused by the win
dow-smashing tactics of the militant
suffragists.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
SENATOR TAYLOR is DEAD
Unable to Withstand Shock Following
Operation.


Washington, April 2. Robert Love
Taylor, senior United States senator
from Tennessee-Fiddling Bob to all
the South-died here unable to with
stand the shock of an operation for
gall stones performed last Thursday.
Fiddling Bob Taylor, SO known be-
cause he played his way into the
hearts OIL his audiences, carrying his
violin wherever he campaigned, was
siXty-one years old. He was born at
Happy Valley, in Eastern Tennessee,
but spent most of his life at Nashville,
practicing law. His father was a rep
resentative in congress and commits
vas in the Confederate senate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
Last Member Of Distinguished Gener-
alton in Van Worries Family.

--oSI CitS VI DiSliIISutS!ICO ~
alton in Van Worries Family.
Mrs. Marie l.. Cutler, the last men,
Der of a distinguished generation in
the Van Worries family of Ohio and
Minnesota, died in Grand Forks. Re-
markable among her collections of
heirlooms was a sword borne by her
grandfather in the Revolutionary war
and which later was carried by her
own father in the War of 1872.
Major Van Worries, her father, was
at one time a United States senator
from Ohio and later resided in Still
water, Mimi, where H. D. Cutler, Ma
RE Cutters husband, was a former
postmaster.
Mrs. Cutler was the last of a family
Of children, three of whom were Of
ficers in the Civil war and one of
whom was a member of congress and
at one time speaker of the Ohio
house of representatives.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
SHARP FLING AT ROOSEVELT
Fargoans Hear Him Termed "Greatest
Model Of Egotism."


In a speech before the Fargo order
of United Commercial Travellers, w.
B. Clarkson, grand counsellor of the
United Commercial Ira Telers of North
America, made an extelnporaneous de-
livery of political ideas
North Dakota is a Zig state" be-
gan Mr.. Clarkson. "::she does big
things. North Dakota has been under
the eye of the world during the last
few weeks and she did not disappoint
the nation She has been; after a
fashion, a nurse for the greatest little
giant in the country and she has push
ed him forward a long step toward the
White House.
"In turning down Roosevelt she has
sort of put a wet towel over the eyes
of the greatest model of egotism that
the world has ever produced"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
New Chemistry Board,

At a meeting of the board of trus-
tees of the North Dakota agricultural
college at Fargo w. F. Washburn, who
obtained a masters degree from the
University of Maine this year, was
elected to succeed Professor Ware as
head Of the department of industrial
chemistry. Miss Jardine Thompson
resigned as head of the free hand
drawing department and will be sue
ceeded by Mrs. Mae Rinlaub of Fargo,
who has studied extensively abroad.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
ENGLISH MINERS TO RESUME
Partial Returns Show Men Willing to
Resume Work.

London, March 31.-Returns which
have come in from the scattered coal
districts of Great Britain show that
large majorities of the miners desire
to resume work.
Practically all the leaders are advis-
ing the miners that nothing will be
gained by remaining out.
There has been a further closing
down of factories, while the public
utilities companies and municipalities
which had laid in enough coal to keep
them going for over a month are be-
ginning to feel the pinch and are re-
stricting the supplies of gas and cleo
tricity to their consumers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
TO DEFEAT SUFFRAGE
Senator Sullivan Criticises Methods
Of Mrs. Belmont.

New York, April 2.-Declaring that
the political enfranchisement of wo-
men in New York state will come
within the next five years, Senator
"Big Tim" Sullivan, on his return from
Albany, characterized recent militant
statements made by Mrs. o. H. P.
Belmont as n of the telling factors
in the defeat of the suffrage bill at AL.
bany last week.
Commenting on Mrs. Belmont's ex
pressed militancy Senator Sullivan
said:
You know it doesn't particularly en-.
dear a legislator to any cause, no mat.
ter what his own opinions of it may
be, to be told by one of it's leaders
that he should be shot down if he
didn't hand I'VE what she wanted"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
COMMERCE COURT REVERSED
Ruling Against Interstate Commerce
Commission Thrown Out.

Washington, April "A signal VIC
tory was won by the interstate COM
merce commission when the supreme
court Of the United States decided the
commission had the power to compel
water lines to report to it regarding
fntrastate as we'll as interstate bust
mess. 1t was the first case from the
commerce court to be considered by
the supreme court and the commerce
court was reversed.
While the cases before the court
concerned Immediately only water
lines the government declared in ar.
guing the cases that the defeat Of the
commission in this case would mean
that railroads also need no report
regarding, intrastate business.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, April 1.-Cattle-Beeves,
$5.2O@S.6G: Texas steers, $4.5O@5.8O;
Western steers, $5.25@6.75; stockers
and feeders, $4.30@6.60; COWS and
heifers, $2.50@6.60; calves, $6.5O@9..
90. Hogs-Light, $7.60@7.05; mixed,
$7.65@S.0G; heavy, $7.70@8.O5; rough,
$7.7o@7.8O; pigs, $5.30@7.50. Sheep
Native, 81 35@6.25; y%earlings, $3.50
100; lambs, $5.75@7.85.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
Convicted of Manslaughter.

Clyde Sperry was convicted by q
jury in district court at Fargo after
1t had been out thirty-four hours.
M~anslaughter vas charged and the
penalty is from five to fifteen years.
The jury recommended the minimum
sentence. 1t stood eleven to one for
conviction almost from the first and
twice had sought instructions on the
alleged confession of the defendant to
the states attorney, sheriff and to
Simon Mckenzie, father Of the dead
boy. 1t is evident they regarded the
confession as true.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
ELECTION IS DECLARED VALID
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin Re.
tains His Seat.

Washington, March Ex-senator
Stephenson of Wisconsin, octogena-
rian, millionaire banker and lumber
man, retains his seat.
BY a vote of 40 to "a the senate de-
clared his election valid and rejected
the charge that $107, 1893 which the sen
ator admitted spending in the Wiscon-
sin primaries had been used corruptly.
,Twenty.eight Republicans and
twelve Democrats voted to hold Sena-
tor Stephenson's election a valid one.
Eighteen Democrats and sixteen Re-
publicans voted to declare it corrupt
ly obtained.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
SMO0T PENSION BILL
Senate Approves Measure Increasing
the Roll.

Washington, March 31.-The senate,
by a vote of p to 46, rejected the
Sherwood 81 a day pension bill, which
had passed the house, and then adopt
ed, Sc to 16, the Smoot general age
and service pension measure, under
which the pension roll would be in
creased by 500, 00O, 900 annually during
the next five years.
The bill requires beneficiaries to
tave served ninety days and provides
tensions ranging from s13 to $50 a
month, instead of a s~iXty-day mini
mum and SIS to $50 pensions as in
the house measure. The bill now goes
to conference with the house. The
shadow of a possible presidential veto
hangs Over the measure.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
Preferential Bill Passes.

Springfield, H., March 31.-The
house passed the presidential prefer
ence primary bill. ayes, 10; nays, 0.
The bill stands in the original form
in which it passed the senate and as
soon as 1t is engrossed 1t will go to
Governor Deneen for his approval.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, April 1.-Wheat-May,
$1.O5k; July, $1.06%. Cash close on
track: No 1 hard, $1.07R; No. l
Northern, SLOT; to arrive, $1.07; No.
2 Northern, $1.O5; to arrive, $1.05; No.
3 Northern, $1.03; No. 3 yellow corn,
75@76c; No. a corn, 73@74c; No. 3
white oats, 52@52kc; to arrive, SIC;
No. 3 oats. 50@51Ac; barley, 75c0$1.-
30; fax. S2.16; to arrive. S2.16.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, April l. Wheat-May,
$1.02%; July, 96kc; Sept, 94% @95c.
Corn-May, 75kc; July. 75hc; Sept,
74Ac. Oats-May, 54Bc; July, 50kc;
Sept, 42%c. Pork-May, $17.27; July,
$17.67. Butter-Creameries, 27@3Oc;
diaries, 23@27c Eggs-19@20c. Poul-
try-Turkeys, 14c; chickens, lac;
springs, 15c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
Bio Plurality for IaEollette.

Robert M. LaFollette had an actual
majority in Grand Forks county of
sos over Theodore Roosevelt, while
Taft received but eighty-two votes,
according to the canvas of votes by
the county board.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
ST. Paul Live Stock.

St. Paul, April 1.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $6.25@7:50; fair to good,
S5.O0@6.25; good to choice, COWS and
heifers, $5.O0@6.00; veals, $6.50@7.25.
Hogs-s7.55@7.SO. Sheep-Wethers,
$3.50@5.75; yearlings, $3.5O@6.5O;
spring lambs, $4.25@7.50.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
COFFEE MAGNATE IS DEAD

John ArbuckIe Passes Away at His
Home in Brooklyn.
New York, March 28.-John Ar
buckle, the we'll known coffee man, is
dead at his home in Brooklyn. He
was seventy-four years old. Death
was due to a general collapse incident
to old age.
The body was taken to Pittsburg
for burial.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
LAST OF GENERATION ENDS
Marie l.. Cutler, of Van Worries Fam
lily, Dead at Grand Forks.

y 0NoN os SsNS
Mrs. Marie l.. Cutler, the last mem
Der of a distinguished generation in.
the Van Worries household of Ohio and
Minnesota, is dead at Grand Forks.
Remarkable among her collections
of heirlooms is a sword borne by her
grandfather in the revolutionary war,
and which was later carried by her
W father in the war Of 1872. Ma
jor Van Worries, her father, was once
a United States senator from Ohio
Mrs. Cutler was the last of a fami-
ly of children three of whom were
officers in the Civil wal and one of
whom was a member of congress and
at n time speaker of the house Of
representatives of Ohio.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
WHOLE FAMILY CREMATED
Miner, Wife and Three Children
Burned at Askam, Pa.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, March 29.-Evan
Millick, a miner, his wife and their
three children, were burned to death
when their home at Askam, near here,
vas destroyed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-04
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, April 1.-Wheat-May, ST.
Q6R; July, $1.O7h; No. 1 SLIP, July,
$1.20. Flax-May, $2.16; July, $2.14.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
PERTINENT COMMENT ON
 CHAMPIONSHIP HURLERS
By C. ". GREER

tonians; they have received more free transportation to the initial corner than any major leaue team in either league. During the present season the new cham pions have worked pitchers for free routes to first no less than 40 times.
 To be effective. therefore, the spit ball artist of the New Workers must have with the jumps and breaks of his "foamy spray" a goodly amount of control.
 on the other hand. Joe Wood, who will probably be the first offering of Man ager Stahl, depends largely upon his ter- rife speed and wide curve for his sue cess. And although Woods control is not of the very best order, 1t Is not likely that he will have as much difficulty in clipping the corners of the plate with his benders as will Tesreau. and he will not he facing an aggregation who has the reputation for making them come over as will the Giant pitcher. Wood has made q wonderful record in the American
 league this season. He has won 32 of the 36 games he has pitched, and has averaged less than three runs to the game for opposing teams. And, admit ting for the sake of argument, that the Giants possess as a whole a harder hit ting team than does athe Red Sox, it is hard 10 see how. with Smoky Joe" going at head speed, they are going to count eften In the games in which he Is work ing.
 Wood is going to have the advantage of Tesreau fin having control for two reasons. First. the repertoire upon which he depends is easier to handle than is that of Tesreau; and second, the team which he Is facing has not shown the wonderful adaptability for looking them oyer as has the Red Sox aggregation.
 Another thing that may play an mpor- tant part in the effectiveness of these two twirlers Is the weather conditions when they meet On bright, dry day the odds naturally favor the terrific speed of the Boston hurler On damp and cloudy oc- easion the splitter of Tesreau should be especially effective. However, in case it is merely cloudy, the speed of Wood should be more effective than the sprays of Tesreau.