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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-23
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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-23

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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
News Of the Week From Vari-
Gus Parts Of the State.
GOVERNOR BURKE IS BLAMED
Minot Member of Normal School Board
Says Executive Is Responsible
for Delay Regarding Site.

That Governor John Burke is re-
sponsible for the delay in settling the
Minot normal school site controversy
Is the charge made by Martin Jacob
son, Minot member of the board and
appointee of Governor Burke.
Governor John Burke is to blame
for the present mixup," says Jacob
son. "The board had selected a site
for the normal school in accordance
with their sworn duty. That should
have ended the selection of a site.
Then came along the governor and
interfered with the action of the board.
1t was an unprecedented thing for the
governor to do. He had no business
whatever to mix up in the site mat
ter"
The appeal of Frank W. Youngman
from the decision of Judge Templeton
UNFOLDING the state normal board in
the normal school injunction has been
filed with the state supreme court.
Subject to a ruling by the attorney
general or the question of whether
the appeal to the supreme court by
opponents of the North Side normal
school site carried with it the tenn
porary injunction granted in the dis
trict court the state normal board or
dered plans for a $4,000 building for
the Minot normal school. The plans
will be received May "a at Mayville.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
SEVERAL INJURED AT FIRE
Man, Woman and Child Hurt by Jump
ing From Window,

Archie Hubbell, formerly of Fargo,
sustained a broken ankle; Mrs. Hub
bell had her left arm broken in two
places and has internal injuries and
Werner Hubbell, aged four years, had
her nose and jaw broken as the result
OF jumping from a second story window
in a burning building at Bismarck.
The family had rooms over a de-
partment store and were nearly smoth-
cred by smoke and when they tried
to get out by the back way they found
the staircase burning. Mr.. Hubbell
then led the way to the front of the
building where he kicked out a win
dow. Mrs. Hubbell became excited
and threw the girl to the stone side
walk and then jumped.
Hubbell had a six months old babe
In his arms when he jumped, but it
was not injured. Mrs. Hubbell's in
juries are so serious it is doubtful if
she will recover.
The department store and an adioin.
Ing pool hall were destroyed and the
loss was about $4,000, with good in
surance. Nothing is known of the
origin of the fire, except that it start
ed on the first floor of the department
store.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
JURY AWARDS MISS
MERCY DAMAGES
Given $1,000 Against Univer.
sity Of Chicago.

Chicago, April Miss Esther Mer-
cy, the girl with the $3.50 hat and for
mer University of Chicago student,
was given a verdict of $4,000 by a jury
in Judge Pomeroy's court. She had
demanded $1,000 in a SANDER suit
against Miss Marion Talbot, dean of
women at the institution.
After the verdict was read by the
clerk of the court Miss Mercy threw
her arms about her mothers neck, say
ing: II knew 1 would win my charges
against my prosecutors. l have been
vindicated."
Immediately after the verdict was
read Francis Walker, counsel for Miss
Talbot, made a motion for a new trial.
arguments will be heard by Judge
Pomeroy in a few days. Scores of
friends of Miss Mercy gathered about
her and congratulated her.
81 would have been satisfied with
a verdict of ST." said Miss Mercy, "all
I was looking for was vindication."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
PLAN TO GUST JACOBSON
Normal Board Member Charged With
Holding Up School Erection.

A movement to bring about the ex-
pulsion of Martin Jacobson of Minot
from the membership of the state
normal board on the charge that he is
trying to prevent Minot from getting
the 5000 1000 normal school, unless he
can locate it OF the South Hill, across
the road from his farm of 100 acres,
vas started in Minot.
Grant S. Youmans, chairman of the
bankers conciliatory committee, gave
out a public statement urging sum
mary action in removing Mr.. Jacob
son from the board. An Indignation
meeting also has been called and petit
tons are being circulated addressed
to Governor Burke, Attorney General
Miller and the members of the state
normal board. Mr.. Jacobson denies
the allegation that he is responsible
for the delay and lays the blame upon
Governor Burke.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
FALLS JUST BELOW 10000
La FoIIette's Majority in North Dako-
ia Officially Announced.

La Toilette fell just n~inety-six
votes short of securing a majority of
10000 votes owe Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt in the North Dakota presi-
Dental preference primary election,
that being the showing made by the
official returns on the situation. The
county canvassing boards, with the
exception of Mckenzie county, where
the county board has been unable to
meet because of floods which have
cut off muans of communication, have
all completed their work and La Fol-
lette's actual plurality is 1904. That
figure includes the Mckenzie county
count as shown by the auditors fig
ures, but which have not been certi-
fed to the state canvassing board.
La Follette's total vote in the state
was 34,121; that of Roosevelt is 24,217,
and that OF President William H. Taft
is 1859, making the total Republican
presidential vote 59,997.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
FINANCIAL LOSS
is 100000
Thirty Thousand Persons Home
less in Flood District
WATER P0URS into ARKANSAS
Three New Breaks Occur in Missis-
sippi River Levees at Points
South of Memphis.
WATER POURS into ARKANSAS

st. Louis, April S.-Thirty thousand
persons homeless; two thousand
square miles of country inundated,
thirty persons drowned and a financial
loss of $4,000, 900 constitute the re-
suit of a two-week flood in the Missis-
sippi valley.
These figures were arrived at by
government engineers and officials of
state levee boards engaged in fighting
to maintain the Mississippi leyees
from Illinois to threatened points in
Mississippi and Arkansas.
Water is pouring into Arkansas
through three new breaks in the levee
south of Memphis. These gave way
and several hundred square miles are
flooded.
Railroad traffic in these sections
practically is paralyzed. Hundreds of
persons still are menaced by the river
at points in lower Missouri, North
west Tennessee and Arkansas. They
are marooneG in housetops, in trees
and on anchored RATS.
The most dangerous point in the
food situation was at the Golden
Lake, Ark, levee.
A break at Golden Lake would mean
the %inundation of a section as large as
that flooded Saturday by the collapse
OF the wall at the St. Claire loop, 700
square miles, with the probability that
Sho u.otor f~O,, tho +u-o
would join. Because of this the food
danger in the southern part of the val
ley increased. AS long as the levees
north hold the strain on the southern
~enbankments increases.
Hourly the danger zone works south
ward. In the upper reaches of the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers the flood
las reached its highest stage. This
means that the crest now is exerting
its pressure on the dykes from the
Missouri line southwark.
: There has been suffering among
: thousands of refugees gathered in the
highland towns in the flood district
However, this situation will be brief
because officials Of the state and fed
eral government are working to re
-lieve it.
! State and levee board officials ii
the districts south of Memphis have
been laboring to top the threatened
levees. Mississippi state officials
think their entertainments will hold
Nevertheless the to state!
bordering the Mississippi south O
Memphis will not have ceased unit
the food has passed the New Orlean:
delta and emptied into the gulf.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
Lawyers Endorse Bruce,

At a special meeting of the North
Dakota Bar association in jamestown
Judge A. A. Bruce of Grand Forks was
endorsed for reelection to the SUI
preme bench. The choice of Judge
Bruce, who is now supreme judge by
appointment from Governor Burke to
fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Judge Morgan, vas made
unanimous. At the close of the ses-
sion there was considerable discus
sion of means of curtailing court pro-
ceedings and committees we're ap-
pointed to canvas the attorneys of the
state for suggestions along this line.
These reports will be made at the
annual bar convention, which is to be
held at jamestown early in September.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
Japanese Premier Explains "Ac-
tivity in Mexico"
FISHING RIGHTS ARE SECURED
Says There Is No Foundation for Re.
port That Mikado's Government
Sought Foothold There.

Washington, April What purports
to be an explanation of Japan's &C
tivities in Mexico, prepared by Mar
quis Saionji. premier of Japan, was is
here.
While denying that Japan seeks or
has sought concessions on Magdalena
bay he says that Japanese have Sc
cured enormous fishing concessions
on the coast of Mexico proper, from
the territory of Tepec to the state of
Oaxaca, The statement follows:
$50 far as the Japanese government
is concerned there is positively no
truth in the Toxic dispatch to the eff
feet that negotiations between Mexico
and Japan were concluded a few days
ago for the establishment of a large
Japanese settlement at Magdalena bay.
ION inquiry the following fact has
been ascertained, which might have
been responsible for the above erro-
neous report. Some time ago the
agent of the Toya Tasha Kaish (Ori-
entail Steamship company of Japan
obtained of his own accord from the
Mexican government the fishing rights
on the west coast of Mexico.
Later the said agent transferred
the acquired right to the Oriental
Whaling company of Japan and the
whaling company concluded with the
Mexican government on the 18th of
October, 1911, a contract by the terms
of which the company has dispatched
to Mexico one Of its directors with
fishing experts and fishermen, number
ing about ten, who are now engaged in
the investigation Of the fishing district.
"The fishing district extends from
the territory of Tepec to the state of
Oaxaca.
THE term of the fishing right is
for ten years and has no political sig
nificance whatever, it being purely an
individual industrial enterprise on the
part of a Japanese private concern"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
THINKS TICKETS ILLEGAL
Alfred BIaisdelI Asks Light on Cor.
rupt Practices Law.

wv ] III IdWs
Alfred Blaisdell has asked Attorney
General Miller to rule on the question
of whether tickets in North Dakota
politics are not a forbidden quantity.
He cites to the attorney general, in
his letter, a portion of the corrupt
practice act passed by the last legis-
lative assembly, which covers the
point by providing that mo person
shall, in order to aid or promote his
nomination, directly or indirectly
promise to secure aid in securing the
nomination of another person, etc."
Mr.. Blaisdell believes that in the
organization Of a "ticket" there is a
practical agreement upon the part of
all candidates participating to help
the "other fellow" provided such help
is returned.
The former secretary Of state also
contends that the circulation of a slate
ticket means that the several candi-
dates have gone together, making up
a Jack pot" with which to conduct
the joint campaign, and that in doing
so they are violating the law.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
WOULD LET PHILIPPINES GO
Brigadier General Edwards Thinks
Hawaii and Alaska Better.

Washington, April Elm case Their,
were a war centering in the Pacific
ocean the United States ought to let
the Philippines go without struggle
and center all it's strength on defend
ing Hawaii, San Francisco and Alas
ka, said Brigadier General Edwards,
chief of the insular bureau, before
the senate finance committee. eff M
of the great powers should decide to
seize the Philippines l would allow
them to do so," Edwards declared.
But the ownership of the islands
would be one of the things to be con
sidered after the close of the war;"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
BIG COAL STRIKE
IS DECLARED OFF
Men Ordered Back to Work Pend
ing Wage Compromise.

London, April 5.-The big coal strike
has been officially declared off.
The official count, when announced,
was as expected, against the resump-
ton, being as follows:
Against resumption, PA, OIL; for re-
sumption, 201 ,013.
The executive committee, however,
promptly applied the two-thirds rule
and declared the proposal to continue
stated that the official order to the
men directing them to resume work
pending the organization of the dis
trict minimum wage committees was
being prepared and would be issued
at once.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
PASSENGERS TAKEN
Off BURNING ship
Wireless Summons Reseuers to
the Scene.

Ditch Plain Livesaving Station, L.
l., April 9.-The Merchants and Min
ers' line steamer Ontario, from Balti-
more to Boston, which carried fifteen
passengers and a crew of forty, is on
the rocks off Montauk Point with a
fire raging ~fiercely in her hold.
The passengers were taken off by a
tug, but the crew remained aboard
fighting the fire. Long before day.
light they had chopped a dozen holes
through the pithouse and water was
poured from the vessels own engines
into the hold. At 6 o'clock a. m. Cap
tain Bood sent word ashore that the
fire had been checked.
The fire broke out during the night
and became SO threatening that short
ly before 2 a. N. Captain Bood ordered
the wireless operator to send IS. o.
S." distress signals. An hour later he
turned back upon his course and drove
the vessel full speed ahead for the
reefs off Montauk Point
Through the early morning hours
the wireless sputtered along the entire
North Atlantic coast with news of the
vessels danger. Ten minutes later the
men at this station saw the ship on
the rocks, hurried off with a breaches
buoy apparatus and later dragged theil
boat on it's truck three miles over the
beach to the burning steamer.
The ~lifesavers, reinforced by a crew
from the Hither Plain station two
miles away, transferred the passen
gers in small boats to a tug and stood
off at readiness to take the crew
ashore if need be.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
UNITE IN BUYING PRODUCE
Merchants and Farmers of Fairmount
Adopt Cooperative Plan.

NNSPs SS-SPSt u VtdUs
Business and professional men Of
Paramount have formed a cooperative
exchange for the purpose of handling
under n management butter, eggs,
cream and all kinds of farm produce.
The new plan is working out ad-
mirably and practically all opposition
to 1t has been withdrawn. Farmers
are patronizing it literally and are
enthusiastic over it's future.
Under the system none of the mer-
chants belonging to the company, and
who formerly did a big business in
butter, eggs, cream and poultry, is al
lowed to handle these commodities
either directly or indirectly, under a
penalty of $50 fine, although they still
share in the business resulting from
the exchange of farm produce.
The farmer brings in his produce
to the exchange. The manager, in
payment, gives him one of the com.
pany's checks for the amount due and
the holder can go wherever he chooses
and purchase his goods.
The company has a coinage of
aluminium money, so that a customer
not wishing to trade out the whole
amour of his check in one place or
at n time, can get his change in the
equivalent of real money and that
money is gocl in turn at the place
OF business of any other member of
the company.
The system is ca1cu1atad IN rnoko a
better and larger market for farm
produce Of all kinds, centralizing the
business and dealing in large quaint.
ties. There are twelve stockholders in
the comnany
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
North Dakota's Coal output,

North Dakota's Ignite output in 1911
was 446,600 tons, according to a report
made public by State Engineer T. f.
Atkinson. 1t is 10000 tons in excess
of the production of any previous year.
Prices ranged from 81 to $3.50 a tor
at the mines. Adams, Billings, Bow.
man, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Mclean
Morton, Mountrail, Oliver, Renville,
Stark, Ward and Williams are the
counties in which Ignite mines were
operated, the heaviest output being
l75,200 tons in Burleigh. Ninety-nine
mines were in operation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
Democratic Delegates Elected.

The Democratic delegates from
North Dakota for the national conven-
ton, elected in the recent primary,
became known when the last of the Of
fetal county returns were made avail
able. The delegation consists of w. E.
Purcell of Wahpeton, J. Nelson Kelly
Of Grand Forks, Frank Reed of Bis
marck, j. S. Doyle of Darlington, j.
Hughes, F. W. Walton of Berthold, j.
W. Boeing of Minot, S. M. Mansfield
of Minot, Carl Nelson of Cando and
Willis A. Joy of Grand Forks. MI.
Purcell, formerly United States sena-
tor, had the high vote, about 5000, and
Mr.. Joy was the tenth in line with
k.1OO.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
In PENNSYLVANIA CAPITOL
Paintings Begun by Edwin Abbey
Turned Over to Woman Artist,

Harrisburg, Pa, April 9.-Miss Vic
let Oakley, who was chosen to COM
Ilete the paintings in the state capitol
that were left unfinished by the death
of Edwin Abbey, the artist, will re-
ceive the same compensation, $50 a
foot, as MI. Abbey's contract called
for. This will net her something like
500, 900. Miss Oakley has a wide
reputation for remarkable skill in
mural work. She was born in New
Jersey and studied art under some of
the greatest masters.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, April 8.-Wheat-May,
$1.06B; July, S1.07%. Cash close on
track: No. i hard, $1.08; No. 1 North
ern, $1.07k; to arrive, $1.07R; No. 2
Northern, $1.05h; to arrive, $1.O5;
No. 3 Northern, $1.03h; No. 8 yellow
corn, 76@78c; No. 4 corn, 72@75c;
No. 3 white oats, 52h @53hc; to ar
rive, 52hc; No. 3 oats, 50kc; barley,
SOc@$1.30; fax, $2.14%; to arrive. ST..
lax.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
Fargo Wars on Dance Halls.

Fargo has launched a strenuous
campaign against the public dance
halls. At the city council meeting an
ordinance which requires a license Of
$50 for each dance hall, requires they
shall close at II p. m. and that at all
times two police officers, one a man
and the other a woman, shall be In
attendance, passed It's first reading.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
REVIEWS PLEA FOR ECONOMY
President Tart Sends Special Message
to Conuress.

Washington, April 5.-President Taft
SEN to congress his second message
of the present year on economy and
efficiency in the government service.
He recommended the passage of legis-
lation designed to save more than SILL
100000 annually to the people of the
United States. Probably his two most
striking proposals were that the local
government Offices in the treasury,
r%ostofice, justice, interior and COM
merce and labor departments be
placed in the classified service and
consolidated with the lighthouse serv-
ice in the department of commerce
and labor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
THREE DROWN IN CANADA

Sudden Rise in Quebec River Over
takes WagonIoad of People.
Sherbrooke, Que, April 9.-The sud-
den rise of the Coaticoke river at
Compton caused the death of three
persons.
Edward Poulin was driving Mrs.
Beorges VilleuX and her six children
10 a party when the flood unexpected
ly swept over the road and left them
all struggling in the stream.
Poulin sank Immediately and his
body was not recovered. Three of the
children were dragged out, but Mrs.
Villeux and the other children foated
down the current, clinging to a stump.
When help reached them two of the
lttle ones were dead.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
Aviator RODGERS Killed.

Long Beach, Cal, April 4.-Cal-
braith p. Rodgers, the first man to
cross the American continent in an
a%eroplane, was killed here when his
biplane, in which he had been soar
ing over the ocean. fell from a height
of 200 feet and buried him in the
wreck. His neck was broken and his
body crushed by the engine of his ma.
chine. He lived only a few moments.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
FIVE THOUSAND HOMELESS
Hundreds of Tents Erected at Hick.
man, XIV,

caring for 5000 homeless persons re-
quired the attention of Hickman. The
breaks in the levee near Memphis re-
lieved the flood situation here consid-
.erably, the river falling eight inches.
Five hundred tents have been erect
ed on the hills back of the town and
lions has been started.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-04-11
PRESIDENT LEADS IN IOWA

Taft Has 741 Delegates, Cummins $50
and Colonel rs.
Des Moines, April 9.-President Taft
now has TAI delegates to the state con-
vention in Cedar Rapids April "a, Sen.
ator Albert B. Cummins has $50 dele
gates and Colonel Roosevelt twenty
five delegates, according to figures
compiled here. These figures are
based on returns from eighty-six
county conventions and nine county
caucuses already held. A total Of 742
delegates governs the selection of a
delegate-at-large to the national con-
vention. This week will complete the
county conventions.