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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-09
TELLS
HIS own STORY
Star Witness in Famous Case
of Overdeveloped Land
Boom.

st. Louis. Mo-. April a.-E. q. Lew.
is as a climax of his trial on a charge
OF using the mails to defraud, took
the witness stand In the United States
district court today and began re.
cita1 Of his financial career. beginnins
with his first venture in the publish
ing field when he started a magazine
with $1.25.
Rapidly but without apparent effort
a dramatic effect he told how he ran
up this $1.25 into series of bushes.
and banking operations which involv-
ed the handling OF several millions OF
dollars.
Lewis said his publishing business
outgrew its plant several times and
that he finally decided to build his
own plant. and realizing that city
property was improving westward
raised his building beyond the cits
limits where University City has since
grown.
He then recited the success sof his
business, declaring its downfall com.
menced with the issuance of a fraud
order by the postoffice department in
1905. All his mail. the witness said
was returned to the senders bearing
the word Fraudulent stamped in
red.
Before this he said he was receiving
u
a result Of the fraud order. Lewis tes.
titled he lost &19O.00O in ADVERTISING
contracts and his banking credit was
cut off.
When the Peoples bank ceased
busincs sin 1905 and receiver was
appointed. Lewis testified. he called
a meeting Of the stockholders and
proposed the exchange of their stock
70 rstock Of the publishing company
with Il $2.300,000 Increase in its capi.
talization. He took the responsibilitS
Of any losses that might accrue to the
stock holders in the adjustment Of the
affairs of the bank. he said. and gave
them hts notes to secure them to the
full amount Of the increased capt.
talization.
Lewis testified that $4,000 sub.
scribers of the Peoples United States
ba nix changed their stock for an equal
number of shares of the Lewis Pub.
fishing company. When the hank
was liquidated on basis of 81 cents
on the dollar. he said. he made UP
scribers from loss by giving them
their full allotment of Lewis Publish.
ing company shares.
In 1905 he said 900 letters of the
Lewis Publishing company were held
up in the postofffce. In October OF
the same year 100000 copies OF the
Farm Journal weer held up. He did
not learn of this until five weeks later
he said. He then had to refund $12..
900 taken in for advertising in the
suppressed issue and many advertis.
ing contracts were broken as result
Of seizure.
After this Lewis said he and two
other officials Of the company were
indicted on charges Of sending out
mail In excess Of the government reg
ulations. These indictments were
quashed after standing for three
years.
George w. Baumhoff. former stree,
railway official testified that the eff.
feet of Lewis taking hold of the Uni
versity City tract was TO greatly en-
hance the value not only Of that tract
but all propery within a mile and
a half Of University City.
He testified that in his opinion the
subway which Lewis proposed tc
build woul dhave tripled the value OF
the publishers real estate holding in
University City.
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BURIED IN THE
MUDDY RIVER
Believed Body Of Drowned
Man Will Never Come
to the Surface.

bismarck. y. H.. April o. Scar h
ins parties hr" stiil looking for The
body "f T.. e. .l"iNns"n "f Morton
county VIII" WIS drowned in tho
Heart river ;;in,lDy m"rnii... Int at
the present tint" have l:;tin huy.,.,
OF r"r"Icrinc tn" r.'uIii,lS II is
Thought tn" body is ruv",rd with i..
az caught ON a siInl:tn log ;,nd I'm; IL
may never r"itl" lu til" <urt;,.. or If
that is n"i tn. sas". il n,. have
lodged on SOM" bank Whore =. ,avc-in
has occurred aud There is little iikrlj-
hood il will ever H." found
Johnson Was n proi,iN. nj jaichpr
M Morton county and Wis .!ruN nod
Whi'" attempting tn cross the river
hero.
Deceased WAS a member Of the
National Guard End one of lhc squad
"f SharpSh""ters representing the
state az Camp Perry last summer.
Search for the body will i,e kept ND
several DAYS
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VANDERBILT WILL.

New York. April 9.--Papers in the
surrogates court today showed that
Louisa Vanderbilt. widow of the late
William III. Vanderbilt. amounted to
$625.47S. Mrs Vanderbilt died in
1896 and her will was filed in Novem-
her of that year. 1t figures in the
courts at this late day through the re-
port of an appraiser as to the value
OF the estate Of Clinton Brown kis-
sam. one of the residuary legatees OF
Mrs. Vanderbilt. who died intestate
on October %. 1909. The appraiser
finds that the sum of $1S.S41 was due
him at that time from the Vanderbilt
estate. This amount will be divided
among various heirs.
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STAND BY PLANS
House Will Insist on Pruning Process
as Outlined,

Washington. April a.--Democratir
leaders Of the house have determined
to stand by their plans for ccnnomy in
the appropriation supply bills and
nave served notice that the first clash
Will come in conference on the army
appropriation hill which is scheduled
to pass the senate this week The
senate committee on military affairs
added to the house hill s1.537.453.
The house democrats declare that if
anything will delay an adjournment nf
congress in time for the national con-
Ventions 1t would be refusal of the
senate conferees to yield on the supply
bills.
The house army appropriation hill
carried a. total of Ss1.117..5..lS. The
senate cou,nittee has recommended
an appropriation of sa5.al4.110.aS.
which is S2.1o6.ao5 in cxress of tho
amount appropriated for the tiscal
year 1912
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party should get down on its knees
country for having three times defeat
cd so farsighted man as Mr.. Bryan
for the presidency of the United
States.
What these revolutionary elements
of the population most dislike is the
rule of law. Their conception Of gov
ernment is sort of glorifled lynching.
before which the achievements at
Springfield. ILL.,. or AT Coatesville, Pa,
judicial ctticer who. in obedience to
his oath. ventures to declare the law
70 he something which is out OF agree
ment with their present-day prepo-
sessions. prejudices. emotions or de-
Sires. becomes tyrant who should be
dashed from his place on the bench
ny the profoundly wicked instrumen.
taiity of the recall of judges.
1T is forgotten, apparently, that a
judge declares the law. hut does not
make it. and that in declaring the
law he is executing the peoples high
est and most mature will. In so doing
nc is not imposing anything upon the
people save what they have imposed
upon themselves as the necessary and
we.i-Justified restraints Ipon appetite
and passion. The man who would
destroN the independent judiciary be-
cause he dislikes or differs from some
specific judicial finding is as mad as
q man who would set his house on
FIRE In order to improve it's yentila- :
ton.
With all this tho republican party
must he everlastinsly at war. We
are not vet ready to substitute govern
ment by men of presumably good in
tentions for government by law. This
rontest within the party. and this
presidential election may decide
whether our government is to be re-
publican or Cossack.
But, 1t Is said, the constitution was
made in the eighteenth century by
men who lived under conditions long
since passed away. Therefore. the
constitution is outworn. 1t must be
adjusted. the phrase now runs, to
human rights.
What about the multiplication ia.
pie? What abo,f fherfuie Of three .
What about the law of gravitation
Some of these come down to US from
hoary antiquity Surely they cannot
De allowed to pass unamended in the
face OF such changed conditions as
now surround us. Why should the
dead hand Of the Greeks and of the
Arabs and OF Sir Isaac Newton con-
tfol our life and thought? Let us
De free and independent and adjust
OUT modes of counting and Of compu.
tation to the new economic needs
that surround us. Perhaps those who
invented the multiplication table and
the rule Of three never heard of n
corporation with a thousand millions
of capital! How could the multipli-
cation table and the rule of three be
expected to deal with condition such
as that? -
The fact is that in the history of
mankind somr things. after long toll
and tribulation. are settled once for
all. They neither invite nor permit
amendment and Improvement. These
achievements. taken together. are
progress: they constitute progress !:
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MORE BRAID AND BUTTONS.

Washington, April 9Th" grades
OF admiral and vice admiral in the
navy would bc established i,v a hin
introduced by Representative. Bates
Of Pennsylvania. republican. !, woul.,
include in the active list one admiral
and four vice adrlirals. The ,i.o adj
mlrals with consent OF the senate.
would he appointed by the president
from rear admirals of the active list
VII" have served creditahiv as rna.
admirals in command If a fleet. s,,,a
dron or division nf the navy
Tho rr"si'len, would appoint tin.
admiral with TN" consent of tho sep
ate from officers in the grade of yi,.r
admiral The salary of the adn,ira,
would be Sl:;.aho and Nirc H,lniraIs
81 900.
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erling of Mt. Pleasant. Ohio. at that
tirne dean OF women at Adrian COL
lege. The same year he became pas
tor Of the First Methodist Protestant
church at Des Moines. Iowa. He later
returned to Adrian as member of
the faculty and then took charge OF
his present work on the Methodist
Recorder. Four years ago his wife
died. leaving one daughter. Irene. 19
years old and a student at Adrian
college. She was not notified Of the
marriage of her father until after II
had been solemnized.
During the forty years since she
met DR.. Jennings in GAINESVILLE, Miss
Gray had spurned all offers of mar
riage. She devoted herself to teach
ing. and from 1890 to 1904 was con.
nected with the Brooklyn Heights
girls school. BROOKLYN. n. V. and
after leaving there spent few years
at girls school in Washington, d
G. She has been retired for the past
few years. and is reputcd to be finan.
cially independents.
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MANAGERS
SLIPPED ONE ON TAFT

Washington. April s.-In a detailed
statement on the Kentucky situation
given out by the Taft headquarters to-
day United States Senator Bradley of
Kentucky asserts that the claims Of
the Roosevelt managers are entirely
unreliable" because they are entirely
false in many respects and partly false
in Others"
Senator Dixon. campaign manager
for Colonel Roosevelt, wrote President
Taft that the off1ceholders in Ken.
tucky had assisted in stealing" the
delegates for the president at Satur-
days election Of delegates to the state
convention.
The statement made by Senator
Bradley through the Taft bureau in
part follows: ''The Roosevelt man.
ayers have inaugurated contests in
many counties without excuse and
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-F-----
R>TE LAWS ARGUED.

Washington. April a.--The second
week oi arguments before the SUI
preme court over the validity "f state
freight and PASSENGER rates began to.
day. The validity of the West Nir-
ginia tuo cent Passenger rate was
argued for the state hy Attorney Cen
eral Conle,' and for the Chesa pea ke
and Ohio Railway company by L. B.
Ensiow of Huntington. W. Va.
Maxwell Evarts OF New York, on
behalf of the Southern Pacific at
tackled the validity of the Oregon.
freight rates. defense Of the,,, Syiij
be made tomorrow when the Mime
sofa rate case will be taken UP also.
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EXCURSION BOAT
IN BAD COLLISION
Many Lives Lost But Great
er Number of Passen-
gers Were Saved

Cairo. Egypt. April "a large
number of passengers were drowned
last evening by the sinking a Nile ex-
cursion steamer after collision with
another steamer in the vicinity Of the
great dam on the river about fifteen
miles to the northwest of Cairo and a
few miles from kalyub.
The steamer had 800 passengers on
board who had taken advantage Of the
Easter holiday to make a trip to the
river dam. All on board were thrown
into the river hut many lives were
saved by the vessel with which the
excursion boat coliided. Another
passenger boat picked up many who
were struggling in the water. It Ia
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-09
LANSFORO MAN
SHOT WOMAN N
JEALOUS RAGE
Prepared for Diabolical Act
BY Making His Will
Yesterday.
FLED WITH T"ss GUNS
after Cu%:n,. n's'T!Se saI. CRIME
Posse In Pursuit, But 1t is Bclie.Ip
He win Commit Suicide Before He
Can be Caught-Asketl His Wife
For Poison.

I4ansford. n. D.. April 9.-George
Wilson, q farmer living six miles
southwest Of Lansford. shot his sister
in.law, Miss Crows. 90 years old. at 8
o'clock last night. The victim is ex-
pected to live.
Wilson. who is married. followed the
girl up stairs and fired directly Mt her.
the bullet taking effect in her shoul-
der. He then asked his wife for poi
son and left the house. taking two
guns with him.
A posse is looking for him but 1t is
the general belief that he will be
found dead.
He was In Lansford Yesterday and
made his will. Insane jealousy Of the
girl was the motive for the crime.
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MAY GET VOTES.

Phoenix. Ariz.. April a.--Equal suf-
frage secured victory in the Arizona
assembly today when the house u to
:. passed the bill granting women the
fun right of suffrage. There was lit-
tie debate.
The hill immediately was sent to the
senate whore leaders announced pub
lie hearings would he held before any
action was taken.
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coI-NTEsS REI,EAsEn

Colorado Springs. Colo. April g.
Countess Nora Won Holstein- Rathlou,
wife Of Count Tiggo. and daughter-in-
law of Baron G. F. E. Won Holstein-
Rathlou ~ Rathlousdalcdder. Den
mark. who has been in Ell Paso coun-
~ Jail since February 4. charged
with larceny and obtaining money
under false pretenses. today was re-
leased on bond furnished by wealthy
society women here.
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Alexandria. La. April Six Taft
delsRates at larRe instructed to vote

Alexandria. La. April Six Taft
delegates at large instructed to vote
as unit for the president were elect
ed at the Louisiana republican state
convention here today. Several negroes
who declared they were delegates
were not seated. sergeant of the
Alexandria police force was stationed
at the. door of the theater. where the
convention was In session. and In
structed to admit no negroes. He said
his Instructions came from Sergeant
at Arms Camben. The negroes had
an informal conference outside. All
the negroes said they came here in
structed for Taft.
After the convention adjourned
John L. Rogers. who headed the negro
delegation from Cadio parish. de-
Glazed his constituents would send a
rival delegation to Chicago from the
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l!lOai in Canada

Winnipeg. Man. April a.-After last
nights suhmerging along tn" bank of
tho saskatchewan river and the wash
ing away of the docks and boats al
Saskatoon, Sask.. he water subsidized
today. after reaching twrntytour feet
and n" further loss is eNp"cted F'iFtA
Thousand l,eopl" will suffer in ths
PROPERTY loss
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PARTY
ENDED IN DEATH
Boat Capsized and One Man
Was Drowned-Anoth-
er Nearly So.

Lacrosse. Wis. April 9.--Driven by
a high wind near the Root dam in the
Mississippi river last night two hunt
ing skiffs capsized and Frank Stecht.
stone cutter 40 years old. was
drowned and William Tescharck was
rescued more dead than alive by Leo
Simpson and Fritz Reggie. employees
Of George Holzhsmmer. who brought
the survivor to La Crosse.
The body Of Frank Stecht has not
been recovered. The men had started
on a fishing t:ip.
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EIGHT PAGEs-PR1cE FIVE CENTS.
FOR GOOD ROADS.

Washington. April Ex-senator Rob-
ert l.. Owen Of Oklahoma addressed
the senate today advocating Senator
Swanson's bill to appropriate $4,000.
900 annually for five years TO aid the
states and local communities in the
improvement of public roads. Tho hill
provides for the construction. main
tenancc and Improvement of post
roads and rural delivery routes
through tho cooperation and joint ac-
tion of the national government and
the several states in which such roads
may he established.
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DISPUTE SETTLED.

The dispute between the Amateur
Athletic association of Great Britain
and the National Cyclists union Of
that country. which has disorganized
the sport for two years. has been set.
tied. The terms Of agreement pro-
Vided that sports throughout England
and Wales advertised and carried out
as athletic sports shall be under the
laws and control Of the A. A. A., but
all cycle races at such meetings shall
be under the rules and, regulation ol
the National Cyclists' union.
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RETURNED TO WORK.

West Warren, Mass. April 9.-Aft-
er notices had been posted at the
Thorndike cotton mills today an
nouncing wage increases from seven
and one-half to ten per cent, the 900
operativ who have heen on strike
for more than a month. voted to su
back to work tomorrow. The strik.
ers originally demanded a nat in
crease Of sixteen per cent.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-09
MADERO SECURES
WAR MUNITIONS
President Taft Authorized
Shipping of Munitions in
to Mexican Republic.

Washington. April a.--Presid ent
Taft today authorized the shipment
into Mexico of several rcnsignments
of ammunition of war for the army
of President Madero. The consign.
ments include six machine guns. with
10000 rounds of ammunition. spare
barrels and belts. 500 rifles with .54,.
GOO cartridges. eighty revolvers and
four cartridge loading machines.
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EIGHT MORE ADDED TO
PRESIDENT TAFT'S LIST

Fourth district Of Louisiana INSTRUCT
ed for Roosevelt.
Clarence s. Hobart, deputy revenue
collector for the port Of New Orleans
and manager of the Taft campaign in
Louisiana. addressed the convention,
reviewing the differences with the fac
ton headed by Frank b. Williams.
who is contesttng the legality of tho
call for today's convention and it's ac-
tions. Mr.. Hobart insisted that to.
days convention was legal and the
only republican convention to be held
in Louisiana. 81
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JUMPED THIIsTY-NINE STORIES

New York, April 9.---Frank Law.
the parachute jumper who recently
made successful leap from the
statue of liberty. performed another
sensational feat late today In jumping
from the top of the thirty-nine story
Bankers Trust building at Wall and
Nasseau streets. He landed safely on
the roof of the subtreasury building,
"a two story structure adjoining.
Law last week tried to Jump from
the Flat Iron building but was pre-
vented.
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NEW YORK NAMING OE[EGATES.AT. LARGE AND
ILLINOIS HOLDING PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
WICKERSHAM
WILL RETIRE
FROM CABINET

ssss . . . . . . . Z
Washington, April a.--Attorney !
General Wickers1am will not I
serve in the cabinet after March 1
4. next If the president is reflect
ed. This statement was made to- I
day upon unquestioned authority. I
Washington. April 9.--Accom- i
panNing announcement was the
declaration that Wickersham en- I
tered the cabinet With distinct \
understanding he would not serve I
more than four years Stated that I
today's announcement without I
political significance.
, o So . .
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE,

Washington. April S.-A bill to Gre
ate a national park service in connec-
ton with the department Of the in
terror under supervision of a director
to be appointed by the president was
introduced today by representative
would have control Of all national
parks. monuments, historic grounds
acquired by the government and the
hot springs reservation in Arkansas.
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LCNcc Broke.

Memphis. April "a dispatch re-
r"ivcd Al 80 y. M. states that the
main levee broke a mile and ii half
north of Golden Lake, Ark. about
NIFTY miles north of Memphis. The Ma
ter is spreading over a wide area in
that section.
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tContinued on Page FL
SMALL COST.

Washington. April g. The primary
campaign of Senator Norris Brown Of
Nebraska. for recollection, cost him
$500 and he received no outside con-
tributtons, according to a statement
Of expenses filed by him today. The
N"f"aska primaries will be held April
49,
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with the sole purpose Of preventing
the contested delegates from voting
and securing enough votes to control
the district and thus without rhyme or
reason to disfranchise the Taft dele.
gates"
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Nickshurc. Miss. April ?-'rhe CEN
ter of the flood situation has been
shifted from Memphis tn Wick shurg in
tho last twentyfour bnurs. Th" chief
anxiety is ut points between hero and
tn" M"dor break south of the Tcnnes.
Sc,, line
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THE WEATHER

THE " WFIiATHE6.
North Dakota: Generally fair
tonight and Wednesday. Warmer
tonight In cast and central nor.
tlons. Colder In west portion
Wednesday.
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Two In Kentucky.

Princeton. KY. April s.-First Ken
tucky congressional district repubu-
can convention today elected w. J.
Deboe and j. 7. Tooke delegates; in
structed Tor Taft.
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Leyccs Remain Firm,
Moving South.

Cairo. ILL.,. April a--The levee
around Cairo remained firm today
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MORE SPECIFIC
Pierce OIL Company Amended Its
Court Declaration,

Pierce OIL Company Amended Its
Court Declaration.
st. Louis. Mo-, April 9.--1n compli-
ance with an order Of the circuit
court to make more specific their
charges Of conspiracy on the part Of
Standard Oil to get control of their
company. attorneys for the Waters
Pierce. Oil company today filed an
amended answer in the election man.
damus suit pending before Judge
Kinsey. The new answer asserts that
in recent annual elections of direc-
tors. representatives of the Rockefel-
lers. John D. Archbold, II. n. Flagler
and other Standard OIL masnates tried
to vote by proxies majority Of Wa
ters-Pierce stock with view to put
ting Standard Oil representatives in
charge Of the Waters-Pierce director
ate.
The answer charges that the "pre-
tended dissolution of the Standard OIL
trust is a farce, a disguise and a pre-
text" that the relations of the parent
body with the subsidiary concerns is
practically unchanged.
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spooNING raBooED.

MorEantown, w. Va. April s.-If an
ordinance introduced at the request
Of the Mothers club is passed by
council. spooning and all other forms
Of love making will he under the ban
ir the local moving picture houses. It
is said couples have been using the
darkened picture houses as places for
billing and cooling while dramas are
unfolded on the screens The ordi-
nance also provides for a film censor
ship. II is the outcome Of the exhibi-
tion of the Beuiah Binford films
shown here recently.
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denunciation Of
OF our courts IL
the republican