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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-11
KENYON BILL
WAS APPROVED
Conference Goes on Record
Against Shipping Liquor
Into Dry Territory.

Minneapolis. May 11.-By unani-
nous vote the general conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church ap-
proved the Kenyon-Sheppard bill
which is now before congress. which
prohibits the shipment of intoxicating
liquors into dry territory.
The Episcopality board will . be
ready to report Monday or Tuesday.
Amusement Question.
Paragraph $50 of the discipline of
the church is undecided and the ques-
tion of whether dancing. card playing
and kindred amusements to be left
only to the conscience" of the men,
hers of the church remains bone Of
contention in the committee on the
state Of the church.
noon members Of the committee bat
tied over the question. following the
majority report of the subcommittee
which favored the striking out Of
that portion of the discipline. Mem
bers clamored for recognition from
the chair. and often the speakers ad-
vocating one side of the question or
the other were greeted with cries of
"No' no." and occasionally groans.
Immediately after the presentation
Of the majority report. the minority
on the subcommittee presented re-
port opposing the adoption of the
resolution and it was this measure
which was before the entire commit
tee when motion to adjourn until
Monday was adopted following an
unsuccessful attempt to obtain a vote
upon the question.
DR.. Leander w. Munhall of Phil
adelphia administered reproof to
the college Of bishops Of the church
SryS.1 S,1 S,,
out of the section that "the bishops
duties are such they can not give full
consideration to the spiritual affairs of
the church and their Judgment in this
case is not of the best
The bishops in their retort urged
the abolishing Of the section. but in
so doing. said that they did not mean
that the church should favor such
amusements. The claim is made that
the present law is a dead letter and
that 1t would be better to leave the
of the members as stated by John
Wesley.
A strenuous fight has been begun
between Minneapolis and st. Paul
over proposition which has come
up before the Episcopacy board with
relation to changing the Episcopal
residence from st. Paul to Minneapo-
lis. The subcommittee of the Epis-
copacy board is said to have agreed
to the change, but an attempt Is be-
ing made to block it in the full COM
mittee.
In a meeting Of the delegation of
the northern Minnesota conference
Yesterday. 1t was decided to support
the candidacy Of DR.. Andrew Giilies
Of Minneapolis for bishop.
At the night session. which was
given over to the report of the board
of education of the church. addresses
were made by Charles w. Fairbanks,
former vice president of the United
States and Bishop w. F. Anderson.
Mr.. Fairbanks in his address dealt
with the effect Of the work Of the
church upon the nation and paid es-
pecial attention to the work Of chris
tian colleges as an aid to the proper
government Of the nation. He declar-
ed that christian colleges and the
state school did not conflict. but that
each had its place. He said in part:
Fairbanks'. Speech.
THE welfare of our nation is of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-11
THE NATIONAL
COMMITTEE
WILL DECIDE
Control of National Conven-
ton will be Determined
by That Body.
BIG Difference N rIAIMs -
Of TWO CANDIDATE s%.s.e %..te .sssoc s,.o!
Only Thing on Which they Agree is
that La Toilette has Thirty.six Del
egates and Cummins Ten-Next
Week will Settle the Matter.

washington, May 11.-The make
up Of the republican national con-
vention SO far as the original seiec-
ton Of delegates can determine. will
be practically settled within a week.
Including the eight to be chosen to-
day at the district conventions in Tex
as and Arizona. more than 200 dele
gates are to be selected in the eight
days ending next Saturday. About
100 will then remain to be chosen.
Including forty-eight from Ohio and
twenty-four from New Jersey.
The widely divergent claims Of the
Taft and Roosevelt managers make 1t
apparent, however. that the deter
mination of the actual control of the
convention is Impossible in advance
Of the meeting Of the republican ma
mittee will take UP at that time the
contests involving the seats Of al least
1874 delegates and it is not unlikely
that additional contest cases will be
announced by the time the commit
tee begins its work.
Up to this morning 7s6 of the L.
078 delegates to Chicago had been
chosen. According to the Roosevelt
estimates the Taft forces record
twenty less. Ine 0lHerenCeS arise
over Maryland where the Taft man.
ayers declare the control of the six
teen delegates will not be cleared
until the convention next Tuesday
>and Kansas where the Roosevelt rec
CS:ds show fourteen have been chosen
and the Taft records ten.
Representative Mckinley. the head
of the Taft campaign, claimed 483
delegates for the president and con-
ceded 237 for Roosevelt. Senator
Dixon. manager for Roosevelt. claim
ed 319 for Roosevelt and conceded
143 for Taft.
The Roosevelt managers contend
ia delegates are uinstructed. includ-
ing SO from New York. and that 164
are contested.
Both campaign committees in their
tables give LaFollette SO delegates
and Cummins 10.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-11
GLEN ULL|N HAS
GREAT MEETING
Glad Hand Given to County
Division Boosters-Barbe-
cue, Music and Dance.

Glen Ullen. N. D., May 1l.-Glen
Ullen is host today to the entire coun.
try side. the occasion being a big
booster meeting to encourage the
division of the present county of Nor
ton into three other new counties
this. of course, with the idea tina,
this city will be a county seat of on.
of the new divisions which it is de.
sired to call Lincoln county.
There are people here from all
parts of the western part of the state
and large number of candidates fol
office have taken advantage of the
opportunity to meet large number
Of voters. At II o'clock this morning
there was barbecue lunch served
in the town square. an entire OK hav.
ing been roasted over night. This aft
ernoon j. T. Nelson. president of the
Commercial club. delivered an ad-
dress of welcome. He was followed
by other speakers. German and Eng.
lish speakers alternating on the pro.
gram. There was a band concert
during the afternoon and a big bowery
dance will be given this evening.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-11
SOCIALISTS WANT
MORE AIR ROOM
National Executive Commit.
tee Declares Itself in Fa-
vor of Free Speech.

Indianapolis, Ind. May 11.-After
arranging details for the national con.
vention which begins here Sunday
morning. the national executive com.
mittee today went on record as de-
manding free speech but condemnine
free speech fights" and methods by
which free speech is being sought by
the Industrial Workers of the World
A greater part of the afternoon ses.
sion was taken up with the Industrial
Workers Of the World case and Con.
gresham Victor L. Berger of Milwau-
kee. who Is chairman of the commit
tee. said the matter would be contin.
ued. The action of the authorities In
San Diego. Cal. in their reported at
tempts to prohibit free speech, was
condemned by the committee. 1t was
also decided to assist the citizens OF
San Diego in their efforts to obtain
free speech.
John M. Work Of Chicago, national
secretary of the party. reported that a
gain of more than 300 per cent had
been made in membership in the last
four years. He reported that in 1908,
the total membership was a little more
than 41.0O0 and that now it is more
than $4,000.
The womans national committee OF
the socialist party at it's session vot-
ed down proposition to try to NOM
mate woman for the office Of vice
president of the United States. Plans
for spreading the doctrines of social
ism among the women of the country
especially in those states where they
have been given the right to vote, were
discussed and committees appointed
at the afternoon meeting.
The executive committee decided
that the national convention should
continue only one week and should
conclude its work by Saturday. May
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-11
NATION VIDE PLAN
Of GOOD FARMING
Million Dollars to Put Ex-
pert in Every County
in the Nation.

Chicago. May IA movement to
put county agriculturist in all the
counties of every state. to make a
study of local conditions and suggest
plans of scientific farm management
for the purpose of obtaining a larger
yield of better grain, received impetus
today with the announcement of a
gift of 81 100000 from a Chicago con-
cern to further the plan.
The project is fathered by the crop
improvement committee of the coun-
Gil of grain exchanges. which includes
mercantile bodies in many of the prin-
cipal cities in the country.
Not more acres planted to crops.
but more returns from the acres, is
the slogan of those who advocate the
employment of expert agricultural
demonstrators.
The million dollar gift was from
Sears, Roehuck & Co. and carries
with it for immediate use 100000 to
be expended in one hundred counties,
$1,000 in each county in accordance
with the plan formulated by Bert Ball,
secretary of the crop Improvement
committee.
Epitomized. the county project calls
for the cooperation of the CONNER
cial, agricultural and educational
forces of each county; the appoint
ment of A county committee on crop
improvement and county develop
ment: and the appointment of a train
ed agriculturist by the local commit
tee to act as a general adviser on ag-
ricultural matters. organize farmers
clubs. arrange for exhibits of farm
products and cooperate with the sup
erintendents of schools in teaching
the rudimentS of farming.
In statement of the aims of the
crop improvement committee, Secre-
tary Ball said:
This committee is uniting the ef-
forts of all commercial. industrial. ed
ucational. transportion and agricul-
tural interests in each county. Many
counties in many states already have
undertaken this organization. general
ly through the initiative of the local
commercial clubs. amalgamating all
the forces in the county to employ a
competent man Of tact and judgment
representing all interests to make an
intimate study of agricultural condi-
tions and to aid every farmer by per-
sonal contact.
agriculture is SO interviewer with
commerce that crop improvement is
fully as much a business mans con-
cern as 1t is Of the man who raises
the crops. The subject is being ham
died broadly by associations Of whole-
salers. retailers and manufacturers to
put the whole proposition on a busi-
ness basis and the gift which we have
just received We hope is only a be-
ginning.
THE farmer must make more mon
ey and 1t is good business to see that
he gets proper return for his labor,
and 1t must be remembered that this
is the only method Of reducing the
cost of living"
The president of the council of
grain exchanges is ]. G. F. Merrill of
Chicago, and its vice presidents are
Charles Kennedy, Buffalo, N. Y; A.
w. Frick. Duluth. Minn.. and E. p.
Peck, Omaha.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-11
TERRIFIC STORM
ADDS TO HORRORS
Already Swollen Riven Rose
BY Leaps and Bounds and
Swept Over Levees.

New Orleans. May lit terrific
storm gripped this city last night. The
rain fell in sheets and the wind blew
a gale. Hail added to the terror and
the river rose by leaps and washed
across the levees. The streets were
flooded from three to fifteen inches
The epople in the downtown districts
were marooned within block OF
where they were caught by the cloud
burst and there seemed to be little
prospect of many Of them reaching
their homes during the night. The
electric light plants were flooded and
many parts of the city were in dark
ness. Traffic was interrupted.
The same alarming conditions pre-
vailed in the towns up and down the
river. In several places where the
people for days have lived in fear Of
further disastrous breaks in the
levees were panicky.
The levees in New Orleans with
stood the severest strain they have
been subjected to but early reports
indicate that the line Of dikes from
Torras south are still holding.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-11
Federal Troops Have AS
surned the Defensive and
are Pressing the Enemy
C0MMANOER.|M-CH|EF HuERTA
PUSHING HIS LINES NORTHWARO
Fifteen Thousand Men on Both Sides
are Scattered over the Barren
Plains of Desert Sands Within n
Radius Of seventy.five Miles.

I'll Paso May 11.-General Pascal
orozco's advance guard of the rebel.
mas been driven back toward Escolon.
the central base of the insurrectos in
northern Mexico.
instead Of being on the defensive
.he government troops have within
.ne last few days pushed the attacks
Vigorously. forcing the rebels north.
waro nearly twenty miles to Coneios.
aoput IVY miles south of chihuahua.
Peronal and other towns. occunied
oS the rebel forces within week
were evacuated to the federals. This
lact became Known this morning at 4
CLOCK when telegraph interview
was arranged between General Joa-
gum Ielles at the staff Headquarters
2d ;;l, .he federal army north of Bernie
!llio ana the Associated Press repre-
sentativcs here. The staff headquar-
ters OF the fe1eral troops are ESQ miles
olrectiN south of the border. but by
wire the route is 1000 miles, by way
OF Laredo and Norreon.
l! was learned that since early yes-
.e!oa!. when communication was es-
,ap.lsneo E;o with the headquarters of
slctorlano Huerta. the federal com.
mander- i'm chief. the latter had ad.
Tanced nearly thirty miles, General
iuerta at daybreak today was near
Heronal and his outposts were pitched
northWard toward Conejon.
Brlnglng up the rear are the forces
OF General Rabaio. while off toward
tne northwest. near Sierra Mojada.
General Trucy Aubert with 1000 men.
threatens to come due east to Escalon
10 Hank the main body of the insur.
rectos under Orozco.
The federal forces now number
nearly 10000 men, and the latest esti-
mate give OroZco several thousand
hghtlng men. With the reserves it 10
estimated altogether $4,000 men are
spread over the barren plains of desert
sand within radius of seventy-tiye
miles. The moon eliminated most Of
the night and the government troops
crept cautiously northward.
A shortage of water and food and
the general unsanitary conditions are
having an effect on both armies Fever
among soldiers is prevalent. The
maneuvers of the last twenty-rour
hours indicate that General Salazar,
the rebel officer next in command to
Orozco, has been driben back and
closely pushed by General Aubert all
| the way from Cuatro Ciennegas to
Sierra Mojada, Salazar fled back to
orozco's base at Escalon and it was
reported a the federal camp he was
| wounded
General Huerta. the federal chief
| reached the front last night near Per-
onal but his camp could not be reach
ed by wire.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-11
had no other interest in the matter.
Nothing came of the transaction as
the culm had been leased to other
people before Williams got to Darl-

had no other interest in the matter.
Nothing came of the transaction as
the culm had been leased to other
people before Williams got to Darl-
ing.
Why didn't you offer Judge Arch
bald an interest in this deal as you did
in other cases." asked Representative
Norris of Nebraska.
Il did not know vet whether I
could get the property"
We'll. when you sought the culm
from the Erie railroad. didn't you
give the judge half interest before
YOU got the option?"
No, not until after I got the OPP
ton"
Did you intend to give the Judge
an interest in the Darling property
if you got it?'
That property didn't belong to any
corporation but l did intend to give
the Judge an interest in 1t if l got it, :"
Attorney Worthington for Judge
Archibald sought to establish Williams
business dealings with w. p. Boland
of Scranton. who brought the charges
against Judge Archibald.
Williams said that his first state
ment about the case had been made to
w. F. Boland in the presence of Wris-
ley Brown of the department of jus
tice and a stenographer. He signed
that statement, he said. but did not
sign any statement later in the office
of the attorney general.
Mr.. Worthington had the witness
examine the photograph copy of the
letter relating to Judge Archhald's S
$500 note which the Bolands refused
to discount. Williams said he had
never signed his name to the state
ment contained in the letter. 1t was
in effect that he had said a. case in
which the Bolands were interested
might not have been decided against
them if they had discounted the
judges note.
DO you ever take any refresh
ment. that is little liquor now and
them" Mr.. Worthington asked.
Yes. sometimes"
DO YOU think it possible that you
might have signed this letter when
you had been taking some intoXi.
cants?"
1T might be possible"
Williams denied that he ever had
made an assignment of part interest
in the Erie culm bank option to Will
liam P. Boland. 1t was this assign
ment in which Judge Archibald was
referred to as silent party"
Il signed a paper for Boland before
ever sought the options" said Will
liams. but when I went to John
Robertson for an option on his share
he told me If Boland was interested
with me could not have his culm.
So l wouldn't have signed such a
paper as this assignment"
Representative Carlin of Virginia
asked the witness what he said after
he had been summoned to Washing
ton by w. P. Boland and had been
ushered into the presence Of the attor-
ney general.
Il told Boland that he had be-
trayed my confidence" said Williams.
That's what I told him"
when you We're summoned last
Sunday to come to Washington by
this committee why did you telegraph
that you couldn't get here till Tues
dayo"
II didn't have the money!"
Who bought your ticket from
Scranton to Washington that you
might get here to testifv?"
Judge Archibald bought it for me-
| That was at your request?"
Yes. I asked him to do it,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-11

In labor troubles. and dangerous 1t
has proved to the strikers.
Farley. flushed with his success in
his first venturesome affai- establish
ed permanent offices. recf .ited a per-
manent army, and bid for work in
strikebreaking as though 1t were a
contract.
Brooklyn and Philadelphia next
were the theaters of Farley's army OF
occupation. Street railway strikes In
these cities had tied up traffic: the
were prolific in their claims that they
would win; that the battle was al.
ready over and that the shooting
would soon take place. But in each
of these cities the street railway mag
mates sent for Farley. and with Far
ley came that army-the army of ter
ror for the strikers.
Once in the city he took charge oi
the systems as is his wont. He man.
ned the cars with crews. with men
that could. would and did fight: men
who cared but little for human life
and held their own cheaply. The
and other high explosives. the strike
breakers We're assaulted. fought tooth
oo.d nail. clubbed. slugged, shot al
'oc1efp .acked-but Farley and his
me-. Cb on going.
1t was the same history made in
those cities as at Scranton: the strike
breakers won, the strike was broken
and the cars ran. the strikers losing
everything they asked for. some not
even being allowed to return to work
but were blacklisted on every street
railway in the country.
Farley then was ouiescent for a
year or more. In 1903. at Water.
bury. Conn.,. the local branch of the
trolleymen's union. getting under or.
ders from President Mahon, voted
to strike. The basis of their actor
was the refusal Of the company to re.
instate two discharged employees and
to increase the wage scale Of 25 cents
an hour. Farley led the strikebreak.
ers to victory in the strike that fol.
lowed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-11
FREE SPEECH CAMPAIGN.

washington. May l1.-Ihe influence
of the American Fedora tion of La hor
is to be injected into the free
speech" fight in southern California.
The executive committee of the fed
Grafton. in session here today. in
structed President Samuel Gompers
to communicate With Governor john
son of California, asking the governor
for an investigation of alleged out
RACES"
The committee took this action
after considering kilograms from la
hor leaders in San Francisco. charging
that members of unions there were
denied the right of free speech. ar
rested and deported without due pro-
cess of law.
The executive committee TODAY
heard Senor de Lara, representing the
Orozco revolutionists in Mexico, who
urged that the influence of the fed
Grafton be used toward preventing in
reference by the United States in
Mexico,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-11
PATENT laws
REVISION UP
President Took Decided Step
in Direction of Reform
on this Question.

Washington. May 11.-President
Taft today took decided step toward
revision of the patent laws which have
remained practically unchanged since
1870. He sent a special message to
congress asking for legislation to au-
thorize MIN to appoint commission
to investigate the patent laws and re-
port What changes were necessary to
make them fit modern conditions.
The president gave several reasons
to show the need of change. He re-
ferred to the recent patent mon
opoly" decision of the supreme court,
through which users of certain ma
chine were compelled to buy from the
company which sold the machine a
certain kind of ink for use with it. and
enumerated five other reasons which
ne said demanded the revision Of the
patent law.
First. was that large corporations
bought patents for improvements and
suppressed their manufacturers. 'The
public" said the message. never re-
ceives the benefit of such inventions
during the life of the patent"
The president referred to the patent
laws Of other nations and wrote:
1T is worthy of careful considera-
tion whether or not legislation for
such needs should be enacted to pre-
sSAI Jul polcul laws lTotn DelnS maze
the basis Of unjust monopoly extend
ing beyond the legitimate protection to
inventors required to promote science
and the useful arts. or the means of
sitting improvement and the progress
of the arts" The president urged
that procedure under the patent laws
be simplified and that the burden of
proving the invalidity of patent be
placed upon him who would infringe
Y~
wrote:
Great care should be taken in any
revision not unduly to interfere with
vested interests which have been
properly created under the existing
laws. or to impair the efficiency of a
system from which so much benefit
has been derived by the country"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-11
ALLEN CLAIMS
SELF DEFENSE
Saws He Did Not Shoot Un-
til He Was Twice
Shot at.

Wytheville. May 11.-Floyd Allen
took the witness stand in his own de-
fense today and charged that Sheriff
Webb fired his pistol at him and that
Clerk of Court Dexter Goad also sho,
at him before he reached for his owr
pistol. Allen declared he did not gel
his pistol out of his pocket until after
he had been shot. The only man he
shot at in the court room. he said
was Deputy Clerk Queensberry.