The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-12-27

crank named John Schrank. who had
been following him with evil designs,
shot him while the Progressive noml-
nee was addressing an audience at
Milwaukee,. Colonel Roosevelt after
savin" his assailant from the venge-
ancr of the crowd insisted upon con-
tiliuing his speech. believing for the
time that the bullet had not penetrated
his body. When it was found that he
WAS mistaken he was removed to
Mercy hospital, Chicago. where he re-
manned until Oct. n. when he started
for his home mt Oyster Bay, n. y. The
bullet vas not removed. but the colonel
improved so steadily from the effects
of the wound that Oct. 81. seventeen
days after the attempt upon his life.
he made Il speech in Madison Square
Garden. New York city. where he was
Garden, New York city.
Uncle sam made over his national
flag in 1912. flying Il forty-cight star
emblem by reason of the admission as
states of New Mexico and Arizona.
The Becker Case.
The biggest police sensation in New
York city. the shooting of Herman
I,oScnthal. the gambler, reached its eli
max oct. 30. when Charles Becker,
in command of the 'Strong arm squad,
was sentenced by Justice Gofr to die in
the electric chair Dee. o.. Becker had
been found guilty by a jury of having
caused Roscnthal's murder. Rcckcraft-
er sentence was immediately lodged in
tn" death house ut Sing Sing und be-
gan Il battle for Il new trial. -Four gun
mrn were convicted Nov. 10 for the
actual killing Of EoHcnthal.
On the Years Death Roll.
Among the prominent persons who
Ni~l during 1917 were the following:
Rear Admiral Isohlcy -. Evans. t.. $.
~. retired. IN Washington. aged sixty
five. Jan. 3; General James Il. Weaver,
ut bcS MoinpS. Ia.. aged Spvcnty-ciwht,
Feb 6: Rear Admiral George w. Mel
Vile. t. :. n. in Philadelphia. aged
>cvcnty-onc. March II; General Henry
II. bingham. %"i;ltllcr Of the house" in
Philadelphia. AGED S~cVcntN-One. March
D: john .Arbucklc. sugar merchant. i'm
H~rookiyn. a-cl scvcnty-tWo. March
-: United States Senator Robert Love
Taylor OF Tennessee. in WASHINGTON.
aged >iNty-onc, March 81; Major Cen
e"Al Frederick II. Grant. L. $. A.. in
New York city. aged SiNty-tWO. and
Clara Barton. who founded the Amer
lean Red Cross society, ut Glen Echo.
Nd. AGED ninety, April Il: Colonel
john Jacob Aston and Mr.. and Mrs.
lSi,lor StrnnS of New York city. W. II.
stead. English journalist: Captain
Archibald w. Butt. aid TO President
Taft: Francis ID. Millct. artist. and
Jacques Futrollc, novelist. all Of whom
persisted III the Titanic disaster. April
Il; Justin Mccarthy. historian and eN-
m"mAcr of the English parliament, at
l"IkcSt"nc, England. aged eighty
two, April 81; DR.. u. X. PearSons,
philHntllrOpiSt. in Chicago. aged nine
ty-tWo, April -; Frederick WILL. King
Of Denmark, mt Hamburg. Germany.
aged siXty-nine, May II: Wilbur
Wright. aviator and acroplAnc in
vcutor. at Dayton. O.. aged forty-live;
Andrew Lang. English novelist. poet
and critic. at I;ancllury, Scotland, aged
siXty-ei@ht, july 20; MutSUhitn, einpcr-
o. Of Japan. at Tokyo. aged sixty, July
80: William Booth. founder of the Sal
walton Army. in London. aged eighty
three. Aug. 10; Lieutenant General Ar
thur MacArtIur. T.. $. A., retired. at
milwaukee,. aged siXty-Sevcn. Sept. >:
United States Senator Weldon i. Hey
burn Of Idaho. in Washington, AGED
sixty. oct. II: James SclloolcrAft Shcr-
man. vic" president of the United
States. at Utica. y. V, aged tifty-scven.
oct. 80.
Conquest Of the Antarctic.
Announcement was made by Captain
Road ~.AmundScn, the Norwegian eX-