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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
MRS. VERM|LyA
HER own WITNESS
Denied Ever Giving Smith,
Poison-only Roomed
at Her Home.

Chicago. April 4.-Testimony for
the defense in the murder trial Of Mrs.
Louise Vermilya for the alleged pois-
oning of Richard T. Smith came to a
climax today when the woman took
the stand. She told of Smiths illness
in her home and denied that she new
er gave him any medicine except that
which a physician prescribed.
Mrs. Vermilya testified Smith never
boarded regularly at her residence. al
though he roomed there. but that
after he became Ill she once served
him toast and coffee and also gave
him q glass of water.
did You put anything In that wa.
ter?" asked her attorney. Joseph r.
Burres. =.
NO" she replied.
did YOU put anything in the toast
and coffee besides what usually IL
there?"
NO"
Tho testimony Of J. o. Smith. q
brother of the dead man. that he had
told Mrs vermilya Of his suspicion Of
foul play in connection with his
brothers death was denied by the de-
fendant. She said he thanked her for
the care she had given his brother.
Mrs. vermilya will be cross-evam-
ined tomorrow. The case Is expected
to go to the jury this week.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
WILL IMPROVE PLAN
Immigrants Will he Distributed In
stead Of Allowed IN rorrcs.

New York, April 4.--plans for the
distribution of immigration from tn.
congeSted centers of population to
communities and colonies in the vari-
GUS states were adopted at the first
meeting h"re today of the newly or
ganized American immigration and
distribution league
The league proposes the following
special remedies in connection with
work for the Immigrant:
Have steamship companies in-
prove conditions in the steerage:
teach Storage to adult Immigrants
In night schools: better understanding
with union labor by campaign If
education to prove that immigration
rs not menace to high wages and
prosperity. but prime factor in the
continuation of both: an Impartial
board of inquiry to deal with immi.
grafton matters: to induce states To
set aside suciently large tracts of idle
land SO that communities of iinm1.
grants of one race may be encour.
aged to settle and become self sun.
porting farmers: build good roads To
markets: and in general to give the
individual immigrant more wa,chful
care and aid to make quickly a live.
lihood"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
THE KENTUCKY
RATE Law NOW
Agreement in Missouri Rate
Cases Ended Before the
Supreme Court.

Washington. April 4.-Arguments
in the Missouri rate cases in the su-
preme court closed today and tomor-
row the Kentucky cases will be heard.
Solicitor General lehman. defend
ing the two cent passenger law. closed
the argument for Missouri. and Frank
Hagerman Of Kansas City, closed for
the railroads.
Competition. and. the profits of long
haul Solicitor General Lehman said,
had led the railroads to give better
services to the interstate traveller for
a lower prcie' than was given to the
interstate passenger. He asked that
the state be allowed to equalize the
charge.
The courts cannot pass the rights
Of the state on the one hand" Attor-
ney General Major asserted, nor add
to the Jurisdiction of the federal gov
ernment upon the other.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
AIRSIlIP COMPASS.

Washington. April 4.--The govern
ment has applied for a patent on what,
1t is believed. will be a practical COM
pass to permit tho safe and accurate
navigation of an airship either in fog
or at sea.
The instrument is the invention of
Captain Washington T. Chambers, in
charge of the aviation work of the
ravy. The navy department is not yet
ready to make public anv details in
regard to the invention. although the
principle involved. it was said. was
simple. Foreign inventors have been
trying to perfect such an instrument,
although none of them. as far as
known, has succeeded.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
INJUNCTION BILL
House Will Pass Bill to Limit the Ap.
piication of the Court Power.

p1icatiOn Of the Court Power.
Washington. April 4.-Democratic
members of the house judiciary COM
nlittee today agreed to report bill
relating to restraining orders and in
functions. in accordance with the di-
rection of the democratic platform
adopted at the Denver convention in
1908.
Tho measure provides that no in.
junction. whether interlocutory or per.
manent. be issued by any federal court
without previous notice and an oppor-
tunity to be heard on behalf of the
cnjoined with certain exceptions.
1t must appear to the satisfaction
Of the court from the evidence shown
that immediate or irreparab BILE injury
Is likely to ensue to the complainant,
unless an injunction is issued without
notice and II 1t be shown that damage
might ensue before an Injunction be
issued without notice, a temporary re.
straining order without notice may be
issued.
The bill also limits the time of such
temporary Injunction not TO exceed
seven days. Heretofore temporary re.
straining orders issued without notice
have not been limited.
The committee also ordered q report
on the Clayton bill defining contempts
Of court. direct and indirect and pro.
viding for trial by jury in cases of in.
direct contempt that is for offeuses
committed against the court ouside its
presence,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
FLOOD DANGER
INCREASED AS
RIVERS RISE
Danger Point Passed but
Crest of Floods Not
Yet Reached.
|REFUGES HUNGRY AND COLO
TO Be FED BY GOVERNMENT
Food Situation nj Hickman is Serious
but Refugees arc ChCcrctl hy the
Hope of Food Train Reaching the
City Today.

= =
Seven thousand persons arc
4" homeless. 5000 persons have fed
from the food threatened homes.
Eight persons have been drown
cd and the property loss will run
= into millions
Ten states are affected.
State and federal governments
are hurrylng help to the inundat-
ed cities.
Nine thousand acres Of manu-
= featuring district Of Cairo. ILL.,.
Is under water.
Future City and Urbandale. two
outlying home sections of Cairo
= l.l00. are flooded.
Hickman. Ky. factory district
. and part of the home section is
flooded. Two thousand homeless
Columbus. KY. without the
= outlying country. is under water.
> depriving 1000 persons of their
= homes.
= Memphis Tenn. river section is
= flooded. driving 1900 from their
homes. Many factories arc under
: water.
+" At New Madrid 500 are home
y less.
porcna, Mo-. has 500 home
= less.
. Eight thousand persons are
" fIeeir~ from their Hood threatened
: homes into tho towns between
Z" Hickman and Helena. Ark.
- = ssas -
Hickman. KY. April 4.-Tbc foo
refugees. Of whom there are 800
here. were cheered today after an a
night vigi, at the levees. by the an
that a train would reac
Hickman late this afternoon. bringin
food and clothing. The food situa
tion this morning was serious. None
is needed. The relief funds privatel
given. have been exhausted and tn
city treasury is empty. The city boi
$500 from local bank to pa
thA express charges on the 200 gov
ernment tents which arrived on tn
first train since the levec broke. Thes
and the seventy-tive tents furnishe
by the state were erected on the high
lands today. This will relieve Il,
condition of the improrise
sleeping quarters set up in tn
school houses. halls an
even In the barns.
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River still Rising.

Washington, April 4.--With the
Mississippi river at Memphis three
feet above the danger mark and at
Cairo IL feet above the previous
mark. the weather bureau officials to-
day were unable TO predict any cessa-
tfon in the constantly rising flood be-
low Cairo.
The reports at the bureau indicated
the would would continue to rise slow
" and no prediction was made as to
when the flood would turn.
The river at Cairo this morning
stood at 53.9 feet. rise of % since
yesterday. The previous high record
at Cairo was 52.o feet made in 1888
At Memphis the stage was 43.4 feet,
a rise of 8 since yesterday. The pre-
vious record at Memphis was 4O.3 At
Vicksburg the river stood at "a feet.
a rise Of IS since yesterday.
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STILL At LARGE

Hillsvillc. Va, April 2-The state
took hand today In tho campaign
to st'rve the two Carroll county court
house ASA ssins. who are still free. out
Of their mountain stronghold.
Governor Mann issued a proclama-
tion calling upon all citizens to with
hold aid from Sidna Allen and Wes-
ley Edwards and promising prompt
prosecutions for any persons who do
assist them.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
BOLTON to WASHINGTON,

Iowa City. Iowa, April 4.-Profes.
sor F. e. Bolton. head Of the depart
ment of education at Iowa university.
today accepted similar position at
the University of Washington at se-
OF economics has accepted position
as head of the new social survey de-
partment at Wisconsin university.
This department is the first Of the
kind created in America.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
On the Way.

Vancouver. B., G.. April 4.-Dele-
gates from the Industrial Workers
organization are enroute across the
Rockies through Yellow Head pass
to carry disaffection among the men
employed on Grand Trunk Pacific
construction. according to advices re.
ceived today from Edmonton by rail.
way contractors. whose headquarters
are in Vancouver.
il is said an orga nized effort is be-
ing made to stop work on the entire
stretch of the Grand Trunk Pacific
both In British Columbia and on the
prairies >.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
Danger Incrcased.

Cincinnati. April 4.-The Ohio river
passed the flood stage here last night.
At o'clock this morning the gauge
q foot above the flood mark. The
local government weather forecaster
predicted the river would reach SO or
SO feet by tonight. but owing to the
fact that all the tributary streams
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
COUNSEL WANTS. FEEs

Seattle, WASH. April l.-Clarence
Dayton Hillman. the millionaire real
estate dealer. under thirty.months'
sentence in the penitentiary for using
the malls to defraud, was sued today
for $27.500s by his counsel. Frederick
H. Burch. who alleges that Hillman
Tending him on the fraud charge and
$4,000 for defending. him on contem pt
proceedings growing out of an ALLEGED
attempt, by Hillman to corrupt the
jury. Burch alleges that he has re-
ceived but $4,000. Hillman IL pre-
pairing to enter prison. -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
MILLION
+. BUSHELS WHEAT
At Fl. WILLIAM
Canadian Port is Janmed
With Grain Awaiting
Breakup of Ice.
THREE THOUSAND CARS
CAN NOT Be UMloAOED
Tugs arc Breaking a Lane Through
the Ice and arc Proceeding Several
Miles day-sIarking Time Till the
Steamers can Start.

Duluth. April 4.--Fort William,
Ont. Is marking time awaiting the
first chance push the nose of the first
steamer loaded with Canadian grain
toward the 500. In the harbor are
100000 bushels of wheat stored in
boats. the elevators are all filled to
capacity and 5000 cars are standing
IN the railroads yards loaded with
grain. ageregsting something like 40.-
100000 bushels waiting to he moved.
Meanwhile two big tugs have been
breaking lane through the heavy
Ice and are proceeding several miles
a day
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
RODGERS MEET
" HORRIBLE DEATH
Aviator Killed When Ma
chine Slipped from Control
Crossed Continent.

Long Beach. Cal, April 3.-Gal-
braith P. Rodgers. the first man to
cross tho American continent in an
aeroplane, was killed here at 1915
o'clock this afternoon when his hi
plane. In which he had been soaring
over the ocean, fell from a height OF
zoo feet and buried him in the wreck,
HIS necis was broken and his body
badly mashed by the engine of his ma
chine. He lived but Il few moments.
Rodgers for week had been max
ing daily flights here and had taken
up with him many passengers. both
men and women. Today he started
from his usual place and scared out
over the ocean. crossing the pier, and
then turned and dipped close to the
roller coaster in the beach amusement
park.
Seeing nock Of sea gulls disport.
ing themselves among great shoal OF
sardines Just over the breakers. Rodg-
ers again turned and dived down into
them. scattering the seafowl in all d.
rections Rodgers then flow farther
out to sea. all the time gradually ris-
ing until he had reached q height of
about 200 feet.
Making a short turn he started at
full speed for the pier. then suddenly
dipped his planes and his machine be-
gan frightful descent.
Rodgers was seen by hundreds of
persons on the pier to relax his hold
on the levers and then. seemingly real
izing that he was In danger. he made
strenuous efforts to pull the nose OF
his machine into a level position. Fail
Ing In this. he managed to turn his
craft further in to shore. and an In
slant later the craft crashed into the
edge Of the surf. not 500 feet from
the spot where on December 10 last,
he had finished his ocean to ocean
fight.
Many men rushed to his aid. Ernest
Scott and James Goodwin. life guards.
We're the first to reach him. They
said Rodgers head was hanging over
one wing of the machine. the heavy
engine was on his hack and his feet
were drawn up. nearly doubling over
his shoulders. Blood was flowing
from his mouth.
Rodgers was lifted from the wreck
and hurried to the hathhouse hospital.
He died on the way. :.
The examination showed that his
neck. jaw bone and back had been
broken. A telegram was sent to the
aviator's widow, who lives in Pasa-
dena. California, and a. cablegram to
his mother. Mrs H. S. Schweitzer. who
is now in London. The body was pre-
pared for burial and sent to Pasadena
tonight. H
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above Cincinnati are torrents, he is
not prepared to say how much higher
1T would 60.
HANEY BACK HOME

Sacramento. Cal. April 4.-F'rancis
J. Heney Of San Francisco. Roosevelt
delegate at large for the republican
convention. arrived from the east to-
day and conferred with Governor
johnson. Heney said no definite an
Swer had been received from Mr..
Roosevelt as to whether he would
come to California to take part in the
I'll esidential primary campaign next
month.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
Club. ApnalIed.

New York, April 4.-Members OF
the Aero club Of America received
the news OF Galbraith P. Rodgers
death with expressions Of regret. Aft.
e rhis epoch making flight across the
continent he was given a banquet by
the club and honored with gold
medal. '.'t
Rodgers transcontinental flight be-
gan at the Sheepshead Bay race
track. Brooklyn. September II. 1911
was marked on the second day out
by crash into tree and when with.
In sight Of Long Beach. his Pacific
coast goal. he had fall which laid
him up for nearly a month.
Intefspersed with these more se.
T1ous accidents there was a success
sion OF smashups and lucky escape.
during the trip which with long de.
lays due to adverse weather made II
fore on December 10. 1911. Rodger.
finally landed at Long Beach and
was acclaimed the worlds aviatio
hero. His persistence and nerve had
carried him q distance of more than
5000 miles. His machine was brok-
en- and repaired so many times that
only the vertical rudder and the drip
pan Of the original outfit remained
when he reached the Pacific coast.
Although Rodgers lived much Of
the time here hts home was in
Havre de Grace. Maryland. where he
leaves "A mother whose enthusiasm
over the fame which her son won has
always been tempered with fear that
eventually he. would meet some such
death as came to him yesterday.
At the time of his first fall in the
tree near Middleton. ~. Y. his moth
err journeyed there to plead with him
to give up the flight but he assured
her that he would be cautious and
proceeded.
Rodgers has often talked Of the
deaths Of other avitaors. Ethereal
asphxia. or aerial somnipathy" had
been the trouble with many he said.
1T turks in the pockets of the upper
air strata and creeps irresistibly up
on the senses Of an aviator. lnlling
him into q dreamy unconsciousness.' ''
! Rodgers death makes 127 aero
plane fatalities since aviation began.
He Is the twenty second American
aviator to 'be killed. -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
THE INDUSTRIAL
WORKERS TALKING
Arriving in California on
Freight Train for Free
Talk Campaign.

Santa Ana. Cal, April 4.-Ninety
members of the Industrial Workers
Of the World. on the way from the
northwest to San Diego to aid in the
so-called free speech" campaign
there, dropped off freight trains here
last night.
They held street meetings today
and several made speeches. asserting
that fully 500 members of the organi-
zation were on tho way to San Diego.
No arrests we're made.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
NEW LAW HEAD

Dr. Dunn, Formerly Of B06fOn, VIII
Head tho Iowa Law SCHOOL,.
Grand Rapids. Iowa. April I'll. s.
Dunn Of Boston. was appointed dean
OF the Iowa law school at a meeting
afternoon. Dunn formerly was an in.
structor in law. but has been practic-
ing in Boston for the last ten years.
Dean. Scott takes the professorship Of
law at Harvard university.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
Out of Jail,

Tacoma. Wash. April 4.-Dr. Fl. f.
Titus: leader Of the Industrial Work.
ers Of the World movement at Ho-
GUAM. was released today by order
of United States. Judge Hanfcrd for
want OF jurisdiction. Titus was ar
rested during the lumber mill strike
on n federal warrant, and brought
here.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
North Dakota May Get
500, 900 Appropriation
For Agricultural Work

/: Washington. April 3.-An
I: appropriation Of 100000 for
an agricultural plant, shrub
and tree experimental station
!: in North Dakota is provided
for in a bill ordered favorablv
&: reported from the senate
/: committee on agriculture to- :
(: day.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
Food From Government.

Washington, April 4.-President
Taft today directed the quartermaster
generals department Of the army to
furnish with rations any sufferers Of
the Mississippi and Missouri river flood
who are found to he In need. The
resolution is now before the commit
tee on appropriations which would
place $?50.000 at the presidents dis.
posal for the relief of the homeless
in the flooded districts. The presi.
dents order for the distribution OF
the army rations did not call for any
special act by congress-.
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} . . . . . 80 - ssss
THE WEATHER.
North Dakota: Fair tonight and
Friday. Warmer in east and cen.
tral portions tonight. =
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Spreatiine Over Iowiand.

st. Louis. April 4.-Tne Mississippi
river registered S0.4 feet here today.
a rise Of g Z q foot In { -v-four
go to 81 feet by tonight and will re-
main stationary at 81 feet for several
days.
From Hannibal. where the gauge
stood at 1876 feet today. a rise of l.3
feet in twenty-fou hours. to st. Louis,
the river is rapidly rising and has
spread over the lowlandsi. No great
property damage has been done by
the rise, as the people were prepared.
The Missouri river is reported to be
slowly falling.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04

presidency declared that he would
call together congress in extraordi-
Of the Dingley tariff law. He was
dissuaded from that course. on his
election in 1904 he took no steps
whatever to revise the Dingley tariff
law.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
THE NEW IDEA LADIES' AID.

Dear Readers of the Independent:
am sure nat many of YOU find the
routine Of country life growing mon
otonous as the winter wears on and
you find yourselves shut in most Of
the time caring for your babies and
the same old household duties that
has worn out many . patient young
mother, especially is this true OF
thousands of brave Young women
who have faced the hardships of pion-
eer life with their youmg husbands
hoping to make good in their western
homes MANY a lonely hour comes to
them. MANY an hour of bitter long
mg for scenes of home and friends OF
youth. The poor crops have caused
lots Of sorrow and disappointment
all over the northwest, but why sit
and fret over conditions when they
cannot be helped ?I4et us smile and bo
cheerful anyway, for God is merciful
and will help us even yet. A sunny
disposition is better than gold, and
this is a. good time to cultivate the
bright side Of life.
must tell you how I planned to
entertain the Ladies' Aid with hls
bands and babies and what a really
charming time we all had, with plen
ty to eat AID everyone busy, happy
and really jolly. Hard times were
forgotten for that day at least. It
was my turn to entertain the AID
and our president had asked me three
u times to entertain. Finally I saad
Il to her: Il shall ask my husband and
Nif he is willing I can let you know by
n phone tomorrow" Next morning
&got up courage enough to go over to
1.-THE store and ask my husband il he
II wanted me to entertain the Aid. He
|alooked up from his paper and STAN
IL mered out whats up now" said
s6the president had asked me to enter
N tain for the third time, and was
NOV ashamed to refuse any longer.
At mention Of the presidents name
he frightened up, for the president
not our aid b now and always haa
Sbeen one of our very best customer
Mat the store, besides she Is most
Il estimable and exemplary Christian wa
4 man. "why, yes, go ahead and have
the darned old Aid" my HUSBAND
said, ''but don't get them round IN
way too much" I said to him az
was turning to leave the store, "You
better call up the president now, and
tell her to notify the Aid that I will
entertain them on next WEDNESDAY
ss@I am in q hurry this morning anc
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
GLEN MOLSBERRY
FRlGHTFULLY SCALDE0

Glen, the 3-year-old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. H. A. Molsberry, was fr1gtful-
ly scalded, Wednesday of last week,
when he stepped up onto the door Of
the oven and pulled kettle OF boil
ing water towards him. He missed
his footing and leIl to the floor with
the water covering a large portion OF
his body The child has been in a
very precarious condition but it is be-
lieved that he will pull thru. A nurse
is in constant attendance.
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II you want to get eggs, you must
iced your chickens grit and shell
producing food. Oyster shells con-
lain the proper ingredients for grind
ing food and making shells. Get a
sack from the Roell Hardware Co.
for $l.5U for 100 pounds. II you
can't call, send US your order oy
mail. We will deliver a sack free
TO the freight depot. II 16 IA