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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Colonel Is q Man Of Peace.

SUPERIOR, Wis.,, Oct. l0.-'I prob
ably shouldn't make the reference to
Mr.. Wilson that l am going to make. u
said Colonel Roosevelt here today.
III he hadn't attacked me. But when
anyone attacks me he might as well
understand that won't lay down. ]
am q man OF peaceful disposition, but
think am able to defend myself"
His speech at Houghton, in which he
criticised Governor Wilson for the
"sullen hostility" toward labor which
he said Mr.. Wilson had displayed ir
the past, was the first of the series
which be intended to make.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
A Great Baseball Game.

BOSTON, Oct. 9.-The worlds series
scenes shifted today to Fenway park,
where the second game between the
Giants and the Red Sox was staged
before the greatest crowd which has
ever seen baseball game in this city.
The Boston Americans and the New
York Nationals batted for IL innings
to q tie score, 6 to 6 today, with the
contest called on account of darkness.
The contest was exciting from the
fret to the last inning. With lead
of three runs handicap against them
the Giants contested the Sox all the
way until they finally caught them
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Prices Have Increased.

New YORK, Oct. l2.-Evidence tha at
the cost of living still Is rising at q
more alarming pace than ever before
is given in the latest compilation OF
the Bradstreet monthly index of prices
which includes not only food, but
metals, textiles, coal, building ma
teriel and q number of other things
which go to make up the ordinary
necessities of life.
The figures for September show that
the cost of living climbed up more
during that period than In any previ.
our month. The September index
number 9 ASIA is not only the highes,
on record, but represents jump of 2.5
per cent. over the August figures. As
compared with the previous high re.
cord touched on May l last, the ad.
vance is 9 per cent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Wyoming Convicts Escape.

RAwL1Ns, Wyo., Oct. 12.-Ten Of
the 10 convicts, who, led by the motor
ious Jim Dalton, member of the Whit
ney gang OF bank robbers, escaped
through broken fence in the peniten-
tiary ard this afternoon, still we're at
large at 8 o'clock tonight and the
possibility of the recapture was re-
mote. since they were believed to have
gained the hills north of the town.
Scattered shots indicated that some
of the searching party had either come
upon the fugitives or we're infected
with the panic that reigns in the homes
of Rawlins tonight.
The town is patroled by armed citi-
zens and men and women sit in their
houses with weapons at hand listening
for intruders. The fugitives are known
to be the most desperate of the peni-
tentiary's INN ates and doubtless would
take any chance to obtain weapons
and clothes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
A Montana Land Swindle.

CHICAGO, Oct. 12.-Fruits and vege.
tables would not grow Ia the rocky
ground OF Madison county, near yell
lowstone park, Montana, as promis-
ed by the Yellowstone National Land
company, so such advertised promises
are made the basis of charges for
oper ating fraudulent land scheme
through the mails by the federal grand
jury.
The indictment accuses E. Il. Sher.
m an, John A. Hanley and Henry A.
Mason, members of the company.
Crop failures are unknown in tina,
beautiful soil,' according to adver'
tising N alters.
The indictment asserts there were
no opportunities for crop failure.
therein; that nothing could even be
grown on the land. The land com
psny advertised extensively. 1t claim
ed to have 4 500 acres in the Madison
country which would produce fruit ant
vegetables that would net from $50
to $1,000 an acre. Only $50 was asked
an acre.
William Jones OF McCook count,
Nebraska, and w. w. Gray of Pipe
stone Miss. were the victims, the 10
dictment charges.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Doukhobors Make Trouble.

BRANDON, Man, Oct. "a band Of
Doukhobors, who have come here to
try to induce the authorities of the
provincial insane asylum located here
to liberate several members of their
sect who have been confined in the
institution for two years are giving
the police much trouble.
The Doukhobors are adopting the
methods that attr acted so much atten-
ton several years ago. They loiter
around the asylum grounds and di-
vest themselves of their clothing.
Their community is located northwest
OF Yorkton, Sask, and those here
claim others will come until the num-
Der will reach 5000. The police have
arrested number of those here.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Built Railway On Paper.

MINNEAPOLIS Oct. 14.-With bail
fixed at s5 900 for the first and $4,000
tor the other two, John M. Wiley,
Fred Beckley aud A. I. Reall, indicted
by federal grand jury on the charge
of using the mails to defraud, are in
the county jail.
According to Assistant United
States Attorney Dickey the plans of
the men to build q railway from Win
nipeg, Manitoba, to New Orleans,
shifted from time to time, according
to the willingness or unwillingness Of
various localities to purchase stock.
Shares, it is said, were sold at $40
par value, local agents being appoint.
ed in Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri
to "handle" the sale.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Immigrant Planned Long Walk.

NEW YoRK,i Oct. 10.-Augustine
sartoris, q rugged Brazilian, % years
old, is determined to walk to Seattle
on Is cents. II the commissioners Of
immigra ration will give him q chance.
Sartoris had one mileris when he ar
rived her from Rio De Janiero and
by the time he had changed it into
American money and had spent a
little he had only three nickels to
chow the immigr alton inspectors.
Ssrtoris said he had become natur-
allied, but could not prove it and was
ordered deported. He said he was
planning to walk to Seattle, and be.
lieved he could make 1t in about 25O
days. His case has been taken up for
further inquiry.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
PERKINS CALLS HILLES.
Republican Chairman Challenged To
Prove Statement.

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-George W.
Perkins, chairman of the executive
committee OF the progressive party.
made public tonight letter which he
cent to Charles D. Hilles, charm an
of the national republican committee,
in reply to the letter Mr.. Hilles read
to the Clapp committee when testifying
last Thursday.
Mr.. Perkins calls attention to the
fact tn at the statements and charges
made in Mr.. Hilles' letter were "made
deliberately, in writing, and under
oath," but says the sworn statement
contains no proof with which to sup.
port the charges.
"You stats," Mr.. Perkins continues,
''there was evidence on every hand
of the expenditure OF large sums Of
money in Mr.. Roosevelt's behalf-ex.
penditures which undou btedly amount.
ed to not less than q, 900, 900. Ifthere
exists such evidence on every hand,
why did you not produce it in detail
on the stand before the very com
mittee that is so anxious for exactly
that kind of inform alton?
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Boston Wins Third Game.

BOSTON, Oct. l2.-Overcoming the
New York Nationals by score of
to l today the Bostons, pennant win
ners of the American League, need
but a single victory to achieve the
worlds baseball championship of
1912. The worlds series now stands:
Boston, 8 games; New York, l; and
one contest q tie.
More than $4,000 persons, q record.
breaking baseball crowd for Boston,
saw q pitching duel In which Hugh
Bedient, young ster, sparkled as a
new star in the baseball armament.
Three hits were the Giants portion
from Bedient. But for an error by
Gardner the young twirler would have
turned back the New York club to de.
feat in nine scoreless innings.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16

see the fourth game of the worlds
series between the New York Nation
ale and the Boston Americans. The
national commission did not decide
to play the game until few minutes
before noon, when Umpire O'Lough-
lin reported that while the playi ing
field was very soggy, q game could be
played II no more rain fell.
The Boston Americans defeated the
New York Nationals by q score OF 3
to today In the fourth game Of the
worlds series before crowd of about
4O, 900 persons. Joe Wood Boston e
pitching star, was invincible and New
York batters could do nothing with
him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Bryan Assails Roosevelt.

DEs MONIES, Oct. 13.-William J..
Bryan charged Theodore Roosevelt
here last night with saying: "What
he knew to be false" when In q recent
speech Roosevelt declared that both
of the old parties were "boss.ridden. "
Neither the republican party nor the
progressive organization had made
even q feeble attempt to smash the
machine system which was responsible
for the conditions In the publican
party, said Mr.. Bryan, while the dem
ocrats at Baltimore made such q con-
dition impossible in the future.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Wilson Attacks Colonel.

KANSAS CITY, Oct. Ex-Governor
Woodrow Wilson in his speeches at
Topeka, Kas., aud here last night,
replied to Mr.. Roosevelt's request a.
Albany, New York, that the democratic
nominee "prove or retract" the decla-
ration that the United States steel
corpora alton is behind the third party
program for regulating trusts.
The governor reiterated that the
steel corporation twas behind the
third party program 10 thought, /" and
added that he knew nothing OF any
financial support.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Cow Makes New Record.

BRoCKToN, Mass, Oct. l4.-All
records for milk and butter tests have
been shattered by Cresmelle Vale, q
blue blooded Rolstein, seven years
old, Of the Deutchlsnd farm of F. F.
Field and Earl Upton, after nearly
eleven months effort.
The COW has given 26,930 pounds OF
milk, the equiv alent of about $4,000
quarts, with . monetary value of ap-
proximately 1900 since Nov. Is, 1911.
An average COW gives, according to
the department of agriculture statis.
tics about 5000 pounds OF milk year
Creamelle Vale in one month has
given 3. 200 pounds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Opposed To Capital Punishment.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 1l.-Declar-
ing that capital punishment had no
more place in the present day order
than the burning OF witches, Cover
nor Hunt granted reprieves today to
William Campbell, Eduardo Cerez,
N. B. Chives and Miguel Peralta, all
of whom were to be hanged today
The reprieves deferred the date OF ex.
ecution to April 13. Governor Hunt
expressed the hope that the Legislature
would pass at its next session bill
abolishing capital punishment and
added that II the lawn akers failed to
act the people would be certain to mi.
tiate such law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Would Confiscate Farm Lands.

OMAHA, Oct. 1O.-Emil Seidel, can
didate for vice president on the so.
cialist ticket, In an address here de-.
clared that should his party come into
power the government would assume
control OF all the farming land of the
country, either by confisc alton, pur.
chase or taxation.
"When socialists are in control OF
the government, said Seidel, 1--WE
will assume ownership of all the farm.
ing lands of the country. That will
be accomplished by confisc alton, pur.
chase or taxation. Socialists claim
that confiscation of land will be nc
more revolutionary than was the con-
fiscation of slaves by the Lincolr
proclam alton during the civil war.
"If the socialists should find that II
is not expedient to secure control owe,
farming lands by purchase or con6sca
tion the same effect can be secured BY
q system of tax alton, which will beal
90 heavily upon land owners that nt
man can afford to own q single acr'
which he does not cultivate by hi
own labor, but by that of hired man
When land increases in value withou
effort upon the part of the owner, bu
simply by natural causes, that In
crease will be taxed up In full agains
the land"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Not A Skiltful Politician.

DENVER, Oct. eff any fault can
be found with him it is because he is
not q skillful politician. He does not
possess the dangerous gift OF appeal
ing to the timagin ation."
This was the characteriz alton Of
President Taft, made here by Senator
T. E. Burton OF Ohio. Senator Bur.
ton followed one day behind Governor
Woodrow Wilson, made q plea for
protective tariff, declaring the demo-
cratic tariff progra am would spell ruin
for Colorado.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
On Passing The Hat.

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-Leaders OF the
various political parties here will
consult their attorneys this week as
to the legality OF passing the hat
at political meetings without making
notes of the contributors. 1t was
charged today that the practice is q
violation of the state election laws.
The custom OF passing the hat at
political gatherings was started by the
socialists. 1t was taken up by the pro
gressives and others early in the pres
ent campaign.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
For Baseball Championship.

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-The New York
Giants overcame the Boston Ameri-
cans by score of S to 2 today before
q crowd of about $1,000 persons.
New York's victory was check to
the hopes of the Red Sox which had
expected to win today and capture the
worlds series. The struggle for the
worlds champion ship of 1912 now
stands:
Boston, three games won; New
York two games won and one game a
tie. The two teams will play tomor-
row in Boston.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
BIG CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
Witnesses Tell Committee About
Large Contributions.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Charles P.
Taft of Cincinnati, brother OF the
president hear was the most important
witness to be heard today before the
senate campaign committee.
Former senator M. B. Scott of West
Virginia was the fret witness today.
"When we got low In funds in Ocso.
ber, 1904" be said, II asked Mr..
Bliss If we could not 60 to 26 Broad
way and get some money. He said,
mo, that be already secured con.
tribution from those people. I asked
him how much they had3given and he
said 100000"
Charles P. Taft, the presidents
brother, told the committee he contri-
buted $3.50, 900 to the national cam
paign In 1908 and that $3.50, 900 was re-
turned He also contributed S40. 900
to the Ohio campaign.
~ thought my brother was fitted fer
the presidency" said Mr.. Taft, land
II elected I wanted him walk into the
White house without oblig alton to any
great interests or corpor ations and
on that basis l prepared to go the
limit"
Mr.. Taft testified that his contribu-
tions to the presidents campaign for
re-nomin alton totalled S213, 900, Of
which S125. 900 was given to the na.
tional Taft bureau.
Dan r. Hanna of Cleveland testified
th a. he gave sl77, 900 to Colonel Roose-
velt's pre-convention campaign this
year. To the Roosevelt rational COM
mittee he gave $4,000, to Walter F..
Brown for the Ohio campaign s50, 1000
and for state org aniz alton in Ohio
81. 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Alfalfa For Arid Land.

WASHINGTON, OCT. 12.-Secretary
Wilson expressed the belief today tn at
the agricultural problem in the arid
lands of the west had been solved by
the alfalfa brought from Siberia.
"Draw line from the northern
bound dary of North Dakota down to
the Gulf of Mexico," said Mr.. Wilson
today. "That's arid land. Up IL
Siberia they are growing alfalfa and
that hardy product we will put into
the arid section. It will be the saliva
tion OF the arid country"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Politicians Pass The Hat.

MACKINAW CITY, Mich, Oct. o.
Colonel Roosevelt's political tour Of
the central states was placed on self
supporting basis today. On the
Roosevelt car there was q representa-.
tive OF the progressive party financial
bureau whose duty is to pass the hat
among the people gathered to hear the
colonel st every stop.
One thousand dollars was raised in
Detroit yesterday the fret try of the
plan. Buttons and certificates of
membership in the progressive party
are given In return for contributions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16

Titanic disaster. The temporary tax
was paid at this time in order to OBJ
tain per cent rebate allowed by
law If the tax is paid within elk months
after the death of the decendent. This
rebate is equiv alent to Sl55, 600. The
temporary tax represents an estate
valued at about s75, ,000, 900 though the
final tax will not be fixed until after
the estate has been appraised.
The payment of the s3, 150, 900 is the
largest Inheritance tax paid on q sim
gle estate since the enactment of the
law q years ago, and is nearly one
third as large as the tax collected dur.
ing the fiscal year ending September
%
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
PROBING CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Standard Oil Magnate Again Called
BY Committee.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1O.-John D.
Archbold of the Standa ard Oil COM
psny testified again today before the
Clapp committee investig sting cam
paign funds. His examin alton rel ated
to the 'Archbold letters" between him.
self and former Senator Foraker,
Quay and Hanna and former Repre-.
sentstives Grosvenor aud Sibley.
Certificates Of deposit sent to MIR.
Foraker, he said, "were for payment
of legal services to the Standard Oil
company of Ohio and that and moth.
ing more"
Some of the letters said to have
been written to him by men named,
Mr.. Archbold could not remember
having received, but was not prepared
to say he had not. OF his own letters
his most frequent reply was ~ have nc
doubt l wrote it," MIR. Archbold die
not deny the authorship OF any.
Mr.. Archbold testified that . receip
the late Cornelius N. Bliss gave hin
for the contribution of $lOO, 900 for th,
Roosevelt campaign fund of 1904 hat
been destroyed just before the deatl
OF II. 81. Rogers. ut was not a thinj
of pleasure to look a." said Arch
bid.
Charm an Hilles had been summon
ed to tell what be knew about the pre-
convention campaign expenses Q
President Taft, whose secretary b.
was and to explain published report
that be had accused the Roosevelt
forces OF having q campaign fund c
&3, 900, 900 or more.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
HIRED MEN TO MURDER.
Diabolical Conspiracy Exposed 3,
One of Defendants.

NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-Long hours of
exhaustion by supperless lawyers be-
fore supperless court and jury failed
tonight to make "Bald Jack" Rose
vary his story of the part he played
and the part he says former Police
Lieutenant Becker played in the mur-
der Of Herman Rosenthal, the e amber.
"Becker told me-" be said, ''thst he
wanted Rosenthal murdered, shot,
croaked or dynamited. At his bidding
I got the gun men to kill Rosenthal.
I hid after the murder. saw Becker
that morning and later talked with
him over the telephone. I paid the
gun men 81 900 for Becker and told
them he said not to worry, but to lay
low.
II gave myself up and became q
states witness because Becker de.
serted me like a dirty dog and was
getting ready to throw me to the
wolves"
Rose admitted that he had lied, had
perjured himself, had been q gambler
and had been engaged for 20 years in
illegitimate business. He admitted
that he was testifying to save his own
life, but said he was telling the truth
now. He eaid he had concluded to
become states witness only when the
electric chair stared him in the face,
and added that he was not ashamed
of his determination.
Without emotion, in slow drawl,
he said he had deliberately planned,
at Becker's behest, to ''put Rosenthal
where he would never worry anybody
else." He knew, he added, that II
was terrible deed to plan.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
COLONEL SCORES WILSON
Roosevelt Attacks Labor Views o,
Democratic Candidate.


DULUTH, Mimi, Oct. Woodrow
Wilson's writings on immigr alton
were taken up last night by Roosevelt.
who charged that the democratic cam
didate had offered explain ations OF his
views of such character that he did
not see how any man could be expect
ed to believe them. Mr.. Roosevelt
also criticized Governor Wilson for .
statement attributed to him that the
United States Steel corporation was
supporting the bull moose ticket.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that In Mr..
Wilson's history he spoke of "the
coming of multitudes of men of the
lowest classes from the south of Italy
and men of the meaner sort of Hun
gary and Poland, men out of the ranks
where there is neither skill nor energy
nor any initiative or any intelli'
gence."
He quoted Governor Wilson as hav.
ing written that the Chinese were
more to be desired as workers, 1t not
as citizens, than most of the coarse
crew that came crowding in every year
at the eastern ports. And that the
unlikely fellows who came in at the
eastern ports were tolerated because
they usurped no place, but that OF the
very lowest In the scale of labor"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16

and passed them in the eighth inning.
Boston rallied strongly and sent .
fifth run across the plate which tied
the score. Collins had pitched good
game for the Red Sox until the eighth
inning when the Giants batted him.
from the mound.
The Giants garned run In the
10th and the home club fans were In
despair when Speaker by . mighty
drive for three bases to the center
field seats followed by an error aud
scored on the throw in bringing in the
tieing run. The llth inning was un-
productive of runs.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16

MIsSOULA, Oct. l4-Edward Flem-
ing, engineer of threshing outfit,
was crushed to death between his en-
CINE and q separator this evening.
BE intended to quit the crew tonight
and the accident happened q few min
utes before the end Of the days work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Farm Prices Decline.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l0.-Farm prices
of the important crops declined 6.5 per
cent between September and October
/, against q decline of 2 5 per cent IL
the came period of last year and au
average decline of 81 per cent during
September for the last four years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Boston Wins Fourth Game.

NEW YORK, Oct. ll.-Sodden clouds
and a'constant threat of rain failed to
dampen the ardor of thous ands of New
York baseball enthusiasts who flock
ed out to the Polo grounds today to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-10-16
Big Tax On Astor Estate.

ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. 14.-A tempor-
ary Inheritance tax of s3,150,000 was
paid on the estate of the late John
Jacob Astor, one of the victims of the
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-27
GOVERNMENT SETTLED
FOR WINE AND COCKTAILS
They Were Drank by Army Officers at
Lake Champlain Celebration.

washington. Jan. 25.- Secretary
Knox, by authority of the president,
today presented to the house commit
tee on expenditures in the state de-
partment the voucher accounts for
$4,000 expended at the Lake Cham
plain celebration in 1909. The vouch-
ers were for the most part costs Of
wine travel and entertainment of
guests at that celebration. Secretary
Knox said that hereafter all expense
accounts would be scrutinized closely
before their nature was kept from the
public.
President Taft, Ambassador Bryce,
Senator Root. Associate Justice
Charles E. Hughes of the supreme
court then governor OF New York,
and other public men were guests at
the entertainment. 1t was said Gov
ernor Prouty Of Vermont and other
members of the commission might be
invited to discuss the expenditures pa
pearing in the vouchers.
The vouchers show an item Of $3.50
for flowers bought by national
guardsman for the wife Of a Canadian