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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
CAPTAIN WAS RECKLESS.
Senate Committee Fixes Blame For
Titanic Disaster.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-Blame for
the Titanic disaster is chargeable di.
rectly to the failure OF the dead Cap.
tain Smith to heed repeated warnings
of icebergs ahead, but responsibility
for unnecessary loss of life must be-
shared by Capt. Lord of the steam
ship Californian, through his disre.
gard Of distress signals. This is the
investig ated the sinking of the Titanic,
as prepared in comprehensive speech
delivered by William Alden Smith, of
Michigan, hartman of the committee.
Senator Smith declared tn at respon-
sibility also rests upon .the British
board OF trade, ito whose laxity OF
regulation and hasty inspection the
world is largely indebted for the awful
fatality" In denouncing Captain
Lord of the Californian, the senator
said the Titanic's distress signals we're
plainly seen from the deck of his ves-
eel short distance away.
America will leave to England the
ch hastisement of those guilty, asserted
the senator, and he quoted British law
to show that Captain Lord might be
prosecuted for misdemeanor.
|. Other conclusions presented, in
brief, were as follows:
Before the Titanic departed on her
maiden voyage there were no sufficient
tests of boilers, bulkheads, equipment
or signal devices.
Officers and crew were strangers to
each other and were not familiar with
the ships equipments or tools, and no
drill or station practice took place
and no helpful discipline prevailed.
The speed OF the Titanic was 24t
miles an hour at the time of the acci.
dent, although officers OF the Titanic
had been advised of the presence of
icebergs by the steamships Baltic,
Amerika and Californian.
Passengers were not advised of d an
ger, although President Ismay OF the
White Star Line, who was taking the
vessels maiden voyage, was informed.
No general alarm was given nor any
rganized system of safety undertaken.
OF the 1924 passengers and S99 mem.
bers of the crew on board, there was
room in lifebosts for only l1,l76 per.
sons, and because of lack of orderly
discipline the boats took off only 704
persons. IL being rescued from the
water.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
Would Abolish Receivers.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The sundry
civil appropria alton bill reported to the
house today abolishes receivers of
land Offices and puts the duty OF the
Office on the register and $4,000 q
year clerk.
Provisions for President Taft's
tariff board were elimin ated. The
annual appropriation OF $4,000 for
the presidents travelling expenses was
allowed, but the total appropri alton
was cut to little more than Sl09, ,00O,- =
600, making heavy reductions in pro.
visions for the Panama canal. public
buildings and other projects.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
Rockefeller's Big Income.

NEW YORK, May 31.-John D.
Rockefeller is now worth more than
5000. .O00,0 according to estim stes
published by the World. The dis
solution of the Stand ard OIL company
has added more than 800, 900, 900 to
the value of the oil kings stock hold
ings in the last year. The newspaper
statisticisns figure that his income Is
about $50, 900, 900 a year, or more than
Sl40 a minute.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
Miners Reject Sliding Scale.

BUTTE. June 3.-By q vote of two
to one the miners union at the special
meeting yesterday afternoon rejected
the offer of the mining companies to
pay wage scale of 1915 per day
when copper Is l5 l-2 cents per pound
and 81 per day when the red metal is
II cents or more a pound.
BY about the same vote the members
went on record as refusing to sign any
contr acts whatever with the operating
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
To Suppress Drug Evil.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-Immediate
Legislation to prevent the promiscuous
use of habit-forming drugs is urged
by President Taft in message to con-
gress. The message is accompanied
by q report from Senate Knox de-
claring that unless speedy action is
taken on measures now pending in
congress the American government
may justly be accused of being half
hearted In its effort to mitigate or
suppress the opium and allied evils.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
Convention May Be Prolonged.

CHICAGO. May 2S.-1ndications In
the minds of some that the republican
convention may continue 10 session
longer than was at first intended, de.
veloped last night with the arrival of
sample tickets. The tickets are dated
for June Is, 10, 20, 2l, and %, but the
tickets for the last dav read "good for
Saturday, June p, and all days there.
after that the convention may con-
vene."
Politicians were inclined to believe
this provision was made to meet the
possibility that the presidential nom
ination might not result in the first Eve
days Of the campaign.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
Death Of Famous Aviator.

DAYTON, Ohio, May 30.-Following
q sinking spell that developed soon
after midnight, Wilbur Wright, the
noted aviator, died today of typhoid
fever. He had been near death for
many days and though his condition
from time to time gave some hope to
members of his family, the attending
physicians maintained throughout the
latter part of his sickness that he
could not recover.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05

engrossed resolutions were presented
which had been mustered in the sal0Ou.
Captain Rostron, in responding,
said the credit was all due the crew of
the Carpathia; he had merely tried TO
do his duty as sailor to suffering
humanity. "The crew, have brought
this honor to me and to themselves.
This was the first return of the Car
pathia to this port since she brought
back her cargo of survivors four days
after the tragedy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
An Increase In Pensions.

WASHINGTON, May 30.-The senate
today passed the pension appropria-
tion bill, already passed by the house.
It carried s164, 500, 900, an increase OF
@l2, 500. 900 over the amount appro-
priated by the house. The increase
was to meet the expenses growing out
of the heavy volume of claims under
the Sherwood so.called dollar q day
pension law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
Would Repeal Reciprocity Law.

WASHINGTON, May 30.-The house
steel and iron tariff revision bill pass.
ed the senate today, IS to %, repeal
ing the Canadian reciprocity law,
putting q universal duty of q q ton
on print paper and cutting the duty
on pig iron and ferro-silicou. The
bill now goes to conference with the
house,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05

HELENA, May 3l.-Ole Susig, q
teamster, was instantly killed here to-
day when his team ran away. Susig
fell between the horses and the heavy
wagon passed over his neck, breaking
it. He was % years old and had
lived here six years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05

companies In regard to any sliding
scale.
The meeting held in the evening was
short. Those present upheld the act.
ion of the afternoon session by q vote
of more than three to one. After the
vote on this matter had been settled q
motion to discharge the committee was
carried almost unanimously.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-06-05
Passed Eight.Hour Bill.

WASHINGTON, May 3l.-The senate
passed today, rs to II, the house eight
hour bill, which requires every con-
tract made in which the United States
is q party shall contain q provision
that no mechanic or laborer shall be
permitted to work more than eight
hours In any one day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
JUDGE RAPS sUFFRAGETTE
FEARS DANGEROUS cRANKS"
WOULD MULTIPLY.
Tells Brooklyn Woman Who Hacked
Gov. Wilson Fanatics Will BE
Dealt With Severely.

New York.-The militant sui.
fragette hereafter will be regarded
by the New York city courts as a
dangerous crank" if the ruling of
Chief Magistrate Kempner in the case
of Miss Maud Malone, woh interrupt
ed Gov. Wilson at a Brooklyn meet
ing, is observed.
The magistrate said:
But let it be known to women of
your violent temperament that We
will not tolerate lawless methods and
that fanatics of either sex will be
dealt with as seriously as possible by
our magistrates, while rational pro-
paganda for any proper cause will be
al free as the air.
IF such conduct as yours is suffered
to go unpublished the number of dan
gerous cranks will multiply, as also
the numbers of mayors, presidents
and other public men who will be car
rying bullets in their bodies.
Although you profess to believe
you were heroic and helpful to a
great cause, in reality you only sue
ceeded in disgracing yourself and in
juring that cause. Persons of your
type only retard the day of women's
enfranchisement, just as the stone
throwers and window smashers in
England are setting back, instead of
advancing, their cause in that coun-
try"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
WHILST STABBED PRINCE
NEWSPAPER DEMANDS DETAIL
OF ATTACK.
One Assailant Suffers From WOUND
Inflicted by soidIers-czarevitoh
Is Eight Years Old.

Odessa.-Further Strengthening Of
the report which will not be
downed that the little czarevitch has
been the victim of a Nihilist attack,
resulted from the publication by the
Odetsky Listok, of what it alleges are
the inside details of the attack-the
elimination of an oath of vengeance
registered at the birth of the heir to
the Russian throne.
The czarevitch was wounded, &C.
cording to this story, by a Nihilist
named Wassilcew, who was bayonet-
ted in the left groin during a fight
with troops.
Wassilvew swore to be revenged on
the 'czarevitch, the Odetsky Listok
says, and after several years waiting
secured a position through forged rec
concentrations as gardener on the pal
ace grounds at Spala, caught the car
evitch during an unguarded moment
in the garden and stabbed him exact
ly as he himself was stabbed eight
years previously.
Wassilcew was captured, according
to the newspapers account. The story
is, of course, wholly unverified.
His highness, the c%zarevitch, is suf-
fering from peritonitis, according to
latest official statement.
Grown Prince Alexis, the ~czarevitch,
is s years old, having been born Au-
gust IL, 1904. He is the czar's only
son and the youngest of five children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
WOOL TARIFF FRAUD
HIGHEST TAX is PLACED ON THE
CHEAPER GRADES or WOOL
EN- GOODS.
ORDINARY PEOPLE SUFFER
Warm Winter Clothing Literally
Taxed of the Backs Of the Poor
of This Country to Enrich the
Wool Barons.

The wool tariff fraud and the bloat
ed fortunes resulting therefrom have
one great advantage in every discus
sion.
The wool tariff is SO involved, sc
tangled, SO confused and intricate
that 1t a hardly be explained In
clear language. The general results
however, car be made clear.
The wool tariff, but a 'mixed-uI
scheme Of juggling, gets a total av
erage of duties running from 80 to
ITO per cent on wooden clothing.
The wool tariff taxes highest the
cheaper grades Of wooden goods, which
people of ordinary NEAR can buy.
The wool tariff taxes a garment hav.
ing one wooden thread to the yard as
If 1t were all wool. This enables the
manufacturer to get his cotton in q
free trade market, mix it with / per
cent of wool, and sell it in a market
protected by a 100 per cent tariff
wall.
The wool tariff has made wooden
clothing cost from n and one-halt
to more than twice as much in Amer
lea as in England.
The wool tariff has literally taxed
warm winter clothing off the backs
of the poor Of this country.
The wool barons pay nearly the low.
est wages in their mills, and get the
highest protection" on their prod
uct.
In the wool debates a full genera
ton ago, General-afterward Presi-
dent-Garfield became SC Disguised
with the hoggishness Of the wooden
interests that he vowed he would
walk a mile to kick a sheep"
The same interests that put through
the wool steal in Garfield's day wrote
the wool schedule Of the Aldrich tariff.
They are richer now than they we're
then-but no more honorable or gen.
erous.
The -bloated fortunes of wool barons
are built on a system of compound
~swindling of their American consum'
ers.-Chicago Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
Why Not Wilson?

The American people want a presi-
dent who has had executive expert
ence and made good at 1t. Governor
Wilson is such a man.
The American people want a presi1
dent who has no trust affiliations to.
explain. Governor Wilson meets this
requirement.
The American people want a presi-
dent who will help scale down that
hoary old fraud of the tariff. Cover
nor Wilson will be such a president.
The American people want a presi-
dent who respects the constitution and
who knows that this nation can make
progress without destroying the CON
stitution. Again, this describes Cow
ernor Wilson.
The American people want a presi-
dent who is free from entangling al
liances with seekers Of privilege. Ev-
cry privilege seeker in the land is op-
posed to Governor Wilson.
The American people want a presi-
dent who Is free and able to serve the
people, the whole people, and only the
people. Governor Wilson is the only
presidential candidate who meets that
requirement. (
Why not elect Woodrow Wilson?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
AMERICANS NOT PREFERRED
How Roosevelt's Good Friend, the
Steel Trust, Shows Zeal for
Social Justice.

"Wanted-Sixty-two housemen, tin
ners, catchers and helpers to work
in open shop; Syrians, Poles and Rou-
manians preferred"
Who paid for that advertisement?
Was 1t some free-trade miscreant
who wants to break down the tariff
barrier that protects US from the
pauper labor of Europe?
Was 1t some millionaire with a hard
face and a soft body, who sees In the
third-party third-term candidate a.
menace to his swollen wealth?
Was it boss, a m~ollycoddle, an IN
desirable citizen, a member Of the
Ananias club, a participant in the!
Standard Oil conspiracy to cut down
campaign contributions?
All, 40. ,
That advertisement was published
and paid for by Theodore R~oosevelt's
great and good friend, the steel trust.
and is an exact measure of that trusts
fondness for American labor and zeal
for social and industrial justice"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
The Facts.

Carefully Analysing all Of Mr.. Roose-
velt's various statements in regard to
the Standard Oil contribution, we
find the facts to be essentially as fol
lows:
i. The Standard Oil company new
er contributed to his campaign fund.
3. If the Standard Oil company did
contribute 100000 to his campaign
fund he never knew about 1t.
3. AS Dol as he heard of the
Standard Oil company's contribution.
he ordered the $780, 900 returned.
A. The money was not returned,
but II it had been returned Frick OF
the steel trust would have made good
the deficit.
5. Everybody is a liar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
INDlCTS 6 FOR TARRING GIRL
Who Mistreated 18-Year-OId
NorWalk CO., Maid.

Norwalk, O.-The grand jury, which
has been Investigating the tarring of
pretty 1S-year-old Minnie Lavalley Of
West Clarkield On August 80, 1912,
supposedly by women of the village,
returned indictments against six
Clarified township men, accusing
them of riotous conspiracy. The
names r kept a secret pending ar
rest of the men. The accused are
said to be prominent.
Miss Lavalley appeared before the
grand jury several times. She excited
the pity and horror of the Jurors as
she detailed the attack upon her,
which the jury in its report character
lied as an Outrageous offense against
law and d~ecency,'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
The Wilson CAMPAIGN Fund.

The talk about huge contributions"
to the Wilson campaign fund izzled
to a fitting end when Chairman Nc
Combs of the Democratic national
committee testified yesterday before
the senate committee.
While one boss gave $177,00 to
R%oosevelt's campaign fund, and an
other $4,000, and the contributions
to Taft were seldom recorded in less
than five figures, only three contribu-
tors to Governor Wilson's campaign
gave over $4,000.
Governor Wilson is the peoples can
didate. He is fighting for the peoples
cause, and the people are financing
his campaign. They cannot finance
1t too we'll.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
MOTHER IN CELL WITH GIRL
Purpose Is to Keep Lucille Cameron
From Seeing Jack Johnson
Unable to Give Bond.

Chicago, Ill.-Mrs. F. Cameron
Falconnet occupies the same cell in
the Rockford Jail as her daughter, Lu-
cile Cameron, the white girl whose
alleged abduction by Jack Johnson,
the negro pugilist, led to federal in.
vestigation of Johnson's possible vic,
lation of the Mann law.
The mother desired to be with the
girl to keep her under her own influ-
ence, she said, but it is believed she
wants to be sure the negro does not
communicate with Lucille.
The girl is held by the federal of.
ficials, having been unable to furnish
the $4,000 bail demanded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
PAID MORGAN s13,500,000
FlNANcIER's CONCERN FORMED
HARVESTER TRUST.
Firm Member Testifies Fee for Ser.
vice in Formation Mas 10000
Shares of Stock.

New York;. P. Morgan Co. re
ceived $4,000 shares of stock fol-
services in connection with the for
nation of the International Harvester
company.
This stock on August IA, 1912, was
valued at $13, SOC, 900.
So testified William Hamilton of j
P. Morgan & Co., on the stand here
at a continuation of the government
hearings against the International
Harvester company.
The witness produced a contract
agreement dated August 10, 1912, pro.
viding for the deposit of certificates
with the Morgan firm by Charles
Deering, Cyrus H. Mccormick, Harold
F. Mccormick, James Deering, Rich
ard F. Howe, w. H. Jones and John
j. Hossner.
He was requested also to produce
lists of the owners Of the certificates
who entered into an agreement with
the firm not to sell the stock before
giving ]. P. Morgan & Co. a chance to
purchase before September, 1902.
Abraham NJ. Hyatt, vice-president of
the Lincoln Trust company, who in
1902 was vice-president of the New
York Trust and Securities company,
testified he became one of the incor-
porators of the International Har-
vester company.
Counsel for the government sought
to show that Hyatt and other incor-
porators had never been engaged in
the harvester machinery business pre-
vious to this time. The witness re-
piled that it was his understanding
that the first directors elected were
only temporary. He resigned the day
after organization was perfected.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
CLOTHES BELIEVED AXMAN'S
Articles Found in Iowa Thought to
Be Murderer'G-Coroner Starts
an investigation,

Villisca, Iowa.-Two boys, while
squirrel hunting, discovered what
the police believe to be the dis
carded clothing worn by the muir
derer of ]. B. Moore, his wife and four
children and Lena and Ida Stillinger,
who were killed by an m while
they slept on the night of June 8.
There was a checked jacket, a pair
of blue overalls and a pair of tan
shoes. The knees had been cut out
Of the overalls.
Coroner Lundquist is having a num-
Der of spots on the overails and coat
examined to determine whether they
are blood stains.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
MAN, IS, HAS SO WIVES
Champion Polygamist of British EN-
pire Is Found-Nearest Com
petitor Has 20.

johannesburg, Transvaal. - The
champion polJgamist of the British
Empire has been discovered among
the Bantu tribesmen of the Transvaal,
according to returns Of the census Of
flee. He has forty-six wives and is
So years old.
His next nearest competitor in the
matrimonial stakes boasts of only
twenty-eight wives,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
SLAYER OF ~ is SENTENCED
Louisiana Ax-Woman, Member of Sect
That Killed 800, to Serve a
Life Term.

Lafayette, La.-Clementine Bar
nabet. self-confessed murderer of
II persons, charged with Staying this
number, was found guilty of murder
and sentenced to life Imprisonment.
The testimony showed she had muF.
dered %, and it vas not all in before
1t was decided that the rest was not
necessary. The jury agreed she was
responsible even though degenerate.
She was the noted "ax woman" mem
Der of the sacrifice sect which has
killed 300 persons in the last six
years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31

Following in the footsteps of Luther
Burbank a Denver horticulturist has
pr@*uced a rasp-strawberry. Now IL
W%fSebody would produce a %Dlum-peach,
sS1 combine some Of the other fruits
y might be possible to get ahead of
lie pests which ravage the orchards.
by battling them for a fe wseasons at
least.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
MRS. SICKLES AIDS HUSBAND
Veterans Estranged Wife Prevents
Sale Of His Personal Effects
a Second Time.

New York.-A plea against a
sale of the personal effects of Gen.
Daniel E. Sickles, the aged war vet.
eran, who was formerly ambassador
to Spain, was made by his estranged
wife to Sheriff Hamburger.
The sheriff agreed to a postpone.
ment of the threatened sale, when
Mrs. Sickles promised to pay about
November 10 money necessary to sat.
isfy a new judgment against her hus.
band.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
RenuIatlon q comnetItIon,

The regulation Of competition, for
which Mr.. Wilson contends. means
that a sharp distinction should be
made between two very different
kinds Of competition. 1t Is all right
that private persons should compete
with each other for power to serve
the public; II 10 all wrong that they
should compete with each other FOR
power to tax the public.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
ILLINOIS DELEGATE MISSING
Mrs. Goines, Attending w. C. T. U.
Convention at Portland, Disap-
pears-Foul Play Feared.

Portland, Ore.-The police are
searching for Mrs. ], M. Goings
of Carbonate, ILL.,, a wealthy desegate
to the w. G. T. U. convention, who
has been mysteriously missing since
last Friday.
No clew has been found to her
whereabouts, and foul play is feared.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
Not Striving for Free Trade,

Not Striving for Free Trade.
Wilson says he is not striving for
trade Or anything that remotely re-
sembles free trade because 1t is Inn
possible to do away with imposts SO
long as the expenses Of the federal
government must be raised by indi-
rect taxation. He does not object to
the protection that makes life easier
in America, but only to the tariff
privileges that make life harder. He
would clean the tariff schedules Of all
the lobby ~larcenies and the subsidies
Of cunning and sloth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
Body Guard for Roosevelt.

Oyster Bay, N. Y.-Recent threats
and the reported presence of a crank
in the ne~ighborhood will effect a
change in the free and easy outdoor
life which Col, Roosevelt has hoped
to take up again. When he is able
70 leave the house, he will be accom-
panied on every occasion by a body
guard
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31
Anna Gould Saves s1os.son.

Leipsic, Germany.--An attempt to
obtain from the Duchess de 'ralley.
rand (Anna Could the sum OF $105,,
500 was declared to be founded on ex.
tortion and usury by the imperial su-
preme court here.