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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
BOTH CLAIM VICTORY
CODE TELEGRAMS ARE PRESENT
ED IN BEEF TRIAL.
Each Side Declares Same Message
Proves Its Contentions-"kniP-
ing" ls Armour's Name.

Chicago.-A code book was brought
into the federal court in the trial OF
the Chicago packers for violation OF
the antitrust law to translate a great
bundle of kilograms exchanged in the
course of the business OF the National
Packing company, and, when the
strange messages had been interpret
ed, both the government and the pack
ers claimed a great victory.
The packers were jubilant because
some Of the messages complained OF
strenuous competition and declared
that the last answer to the charges OF
combination had been answered. lsa-
dore J. Snyder, assistant inspector OF
the Boston branch of the National con-
Germ, identified many kilograms and
said that all were sent in the usual
course Of business.
The government claimed q victory
in that some kilograms threatened
that the supply would be curta1led un-
less branch house managers main
tanned better prices. District Attor-
ney Wilkerson contends hat prices
could not be maintained by the u r
tailment Of shipments unless the pack
ers had a working monopoly OF the
business.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
Queen Alexandra Happy.

Queen Alexandra is delighted to
think she will again have the royal
children under her care while the king
and queen are in India at the end Of
the year. Christmas will be passed at
Sandringham, and almost Immediately
afterward her majesty will bring her
grandchildren to Marlborough house
in order that they may visit the pam
tomimes and other entertainments.
Though somewhat indulgent, Queen
Alexandra maintains discipline among
her grandchildren, and even the prince
Of Wales will find that he has to sub
nit to her ruling. 1t had been sug
gested that the prince Of Wales and
Prince Albert should have a small
household of their " at York cot
tage in the absence of their parents,
but his majesty has decided that they
are too young for this, SO that the two
princes will stay at Sandringham with
their sister and younger brothers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
TRAIN IS ROBBED
TWO CARS ON ROCK ISLAND ARE
LOOTED BY FIVE BANDITS,
WHO ESCAPED.
ACT IS CLEvERLY PLANNED
Mall and Express Cars Are Cut From
Passenger Coaches n Run to
Rendezvous Near HurIburt, Ark,
and $4,000 Secured,

Memphis, Tenn.-F1ve train robbers
looted the mail and express cars OF
the Rock Island train No. AZ, near
Hurlburt. Ark, and got away with
from $685. 00 to $4,000 consigned to
a bank in Oklahoma.
The money was taken from the
safe of the Wells-Fargo Express COM
pany and the robbers escaped with
their booty long before an alarm was
spread.
The holdup was planned SO clever
ly and was executed with such pre-
cision that none OF the train employees
could resist and few OF the passengers
knew anything had happened until
they awoke to find the train
stalled.
The train left Memphis about mid
night. After 1t cleared the western
terminus OF the Mississippi river
bridge 1T vas boarded by two masked
men. They climbed over the tender.
covered the engine crew with guns.
then the train was halted. The engi-
neer was bound and gagged, then
kicked off into a ditch. The fireman
ran the train on several miles until 1t
was signaled to a halt at a campfire
alongside the track. where three other
bandits waited.
Here the baggage and mai cars
We're detached from the passenger
coaches, and before any Of the train
crew knew what was happening the
locomotive with its light load was
hurrying farther into the country.
While one of b bandits held a gum
over the fireman, the remaining four
Of the band clambered into the ex-
press and mail coaches and covered
the messengers and clerks.
The engine with the two cars mean
while proceeded to a point a mile east
of Hurlburt, Ark. Then the robbers
ransacked the postal car, blew open
the safe In the Wells-Fargo express.
car, gathered their plumber and made
off In the darkness.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
WHAT SALARY SHALL BE PAlp7
Attorney General to Interpret Law
Regulating Commissioners Pay.

Attorney General to Interpret Law
Regulating Commissioners Pay.
Pierre.-"What Is the salary OF city
commissioners in small towns? and
why?' are questions up before the
attorney general for an opinion. An
examination of the provisions Of chap.
ter 81 of the laws of the last session,
makes these hard questions to answer.
The bill which was passed, signed
and printed in the laws, in section 4
says: "In cities not exceeding in
population $500, that shall elect to
be governed by a board of three CON-
~missioners, in each case the salary of
such commissioners shall be n thou
SAN $1,000 dollars each per annum
payable in equal monthly INSTALL
ments; except that the mayor shall
receive a salary of twelve hundred
Q,2O0) dollars per amman in equal
monthly installments; and, provided
further, in cities not exceeding in
population thirty-ive hundred, that
shall have elected to be governed by
a board of three commissioners, the
salary of such commissioners shall
be four hundred ($4O0) dollars each
per annum except that the mayor
(S6O0) dollars per annum payable IN
equal monthly installments."
The query put up to the depart
ment is the amount Of salary due to
commissioners of the towns under
thirty-ive hundred population, under
the provisions of this act.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
CANAL TO OPEN ON TIME
Colonel Cocktails Says Trouble With
landsIIdes Has Now Been Over.
come by New Plan.

New York.-The Panama canal will
be opened for ships on tho specified
time. January 1. 1915, according to Col.
George ". Goethais, the engineer in
charge of the building Of the isthmian
canal and the chairman of he canal
commission, here on business con-
nected with the construction Of the
canal. Il have heard" he said. that
tolls are to be charged for passage
through the canal. l thoroughly agree
with this proposition. 1t is true that
we have had trouble with landslides.
but this has been overcome by reliev-
Ing the pressure on top Of the sides of
the walls of the canal. The cement
system Of artificial solidity has been
given up as a failure. We have q new
plan for relieving Of pressure that
seems to be the real solution OF the
problem"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
NIAGARA ICE BRIDGE BREAKS
Man, Woman and Youth Are Carried
to Death In Niagara River
Disaster.

Niagara Falls.-Three people, a
man. a woman and a youth. went to
their deaths here when the ice bridge
which every winter spans the lower
gorge between the American falls and
the upper steel arch bridge broke
from It's moorings and floated down
the river. The youth was Burrell He
cock of East One Hundred and Sew
enth street, Cleveland, o. The couple
Is supposed to be Mr.. and Mr.. Ed
ridge Stanton of 347 Huron street,
Toronto, Ont, who came mere to view
the ice scenery
Hecock lost his life In a futile effort
to assist the man In an attempt to
save his wife. He might have fol-
low ed his cnum, Ignatus Roth. also
Of Cleveland, to safety before the
bridge d~isintegrated, but he was then
assisting the man with the woman,
and before he realized 1t the bridge
had broken into pieces and Hecock
found himself on a small foe OF ice
floating down the river.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
A DISAPPOINTMENT
DALLAS. ORE, WOMAN TELLS OF
p,sAPPoINTMENTS MET WITH
IN HER COAST HOME.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capitol City, the Various
State Institutions and Diff
ferent Parts OF the
State,

Aberdeen.-The News is in receipt
of a letter written by a woman resi-
dent Of Dallas, Ore, which emphasizes
the advice given in the editorial col
umns Of this paper on Wednesday,, In
which Dakotans who contemplate en-
igrating to the coast states are urged
to "look before they leap" The writ
er Of the following letter formerly re-
sided at Hawley, Mimi, a town of
about 500 inhabitants a short distance
east of Fargo, N. D. Last fall, the
writer of the letter, long-enamored Of
the coast country, moved with her
family from Hawley to Dallas, Ore.
The following letter gives her i'm
pressions Of her new home:
Dallas, Ore, Feb. 8, 1912.-Tm
getting so l loathe the west, and want
to go back home, so don't be surprised
If you hear from me one of these days
that we are heading east again. This
is no country at all. Nothing doing,
except by real estate dealers. And
where they find all their suckers, I'm
sure 1 don't know. The farmers
places look worse than the shacks on
TIE DdhoLd pIdiiles, anu lHe peoplo
themselves are rs ear behind the
times in many ways. Why, just think,
the whole of this country of Polk has
less autos than our little 2 by 4 town
Of Hawley back there. And there isn't
IN elevator in the state, l don't think.
Think of using sacks all these years,
to handle their grain!
"Give me the Dakotas and Mime
Gota!"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
MEXICAN REVOLT is FEARED
Loyalty Of Gen. orozco Is Questioned
United States Prepared to
Act In Emergency.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. uprising in
Mexico is impending. according to Of
fetal dispatches which cast grave
doubts on the loyalty OF General Oroz-
CO to President Madero and intimate
that Orozco is about to begin a new
rebellion and declare the independence
OF the state of Chihuahua.
AZ Chihuahua borders on Texas. its
separation from Mexico would be q
matter of deep concern to the United
States.
SO complete are the military prep
arations that 1t is said nothing re-
mains to be done but to send one mes
sage to every department army head
quarters in the country to Insure the
prompt a~ssemblage Of a sufficient
number of troops on the Mexican
border to prepare the United States
for any emergency that might arise
there.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
Loss NEAR MILLION
MAJOR PORTION FALLS ON THE
MANY THOUSANDS OF TEX.
TILE LAsoRERs.
N0LETUP IN STRIKE ACTIVITY
Industrial Workers Of World Take q
Hand In Lawrence, Mass, Trouble
and Urge Men to Stand Firm
Loom FIxers to Return to Mills.

Lawrence, Mass.-Feb. IL marked
the beginning Of another month In the
strike of more than 10000 mill opera
tives for an increase in wages, was one
Of activity. The central labor union
officials drew up the demands which
are to be made upon agents of each
mill, while the Industrial Workers OF
the World leaders spoke at a number
of meetings orging solidarity among
the strikers. It is estimated that the
financial loss due to the strike, a major
ers, already approaches the $1,000, 900
mark. The mills are said to have pro.
tected themselves against great finan-
cial loss by having their work perform
ed at their factories elsewhere or on
subcontracts by which they receive q
share Of the profits.
Some mill officials claim that 10000
operatives are now at work, but the
military observers, who are still on
duty with their troops at the factory
gates, say only 700 or 500 hands go in,
where 5000 are employed.
Leaders of the Industrial Workers
Of the World assert that this strike is
but the beginning Of an Industrial rev.
olution.
That there will be some accessions
to the ranks of workers in the mills
is certain Members Of the loom fix
ers union employed in the Arlington
mills have voted to return to work,
and their decision has been Endorsed
by the entire loom ixers' union. which
Ii Independent OF both the Industrial
Workers of the World and the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
No Tainted Money for Lafferty.

Congressman Lafferty OF Oregon.
who has gained notoriety as a letter
writer, and who was described the
other day by a fellow representative
as "a young man who spoke himself
into congress and who has written
himself into oblivion" usually eats his
breakfast at a certain Washington ho-
tel every morning. Mr.. Lafferty has
introduced a new custom which is of
great interest to the walters. He is
always served with a finger bowl at
the end Of his meals, but he does not
use it for the purpose of rinsing the
tips of his fingers. He waits until his
check mas been paid and the water
returns with the change. He then Sc
lects whatever coin is to be given as
a tip and hands it to the man with the
apron. After that he takes the re-
naming coins, carefully washes them
in the finger bowl, dries them on his
napkin and puts them in his pocket.
Mr.. Lafferty's friends say that he
never did take any tainted money
and never will. He won't even stand
for germs.-Brookyn Eagle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
SAYS TRUST is CRUEL
INVESTIGATOR CHARGES STEEL
COMPANY FLoGs coNviCTS.
mercifuIIy Whipped When They
Fall OF Thor Tasks.

Washington.-S. M. Harrison. q
magazine writer, caused a sensation
before the senate nance committee
at a hearing on steel tariff revision
here. He said the United States Steel
corporation was to blame for f1oggtng
of convicts in labor camps In Ala
bama.
He said he had seen a prisoner
logged with a three-ply leather strap
and had seen black n blue marks on
one convict's back. Failure to do the
required tasks was punishable by fog
ging. solitary confinement and by
other methods, he said.
He said convict laborers were
forced to lie fat on their faces to be
logged.
"F1ogged with a thong as big as q
wagon trace or tug?" suggested Mr..
Stanley.
by a strap five feet long"
Ever see this instrument OF tor
ture?"
yes"
What's the usual punishment"
Fifteen lashes."
Representative Bartlett OF Georgia,
q member of the committee observed
that the whole system OF convict labor
was wrong. /
Il don't think there is any differ
ence in committee as to that" added
Representative Gardner OF Massachu-
sets.
mo difference OF opinion as to that
with u.s." 1nterjected Attorney Reed
for the Steel corporation, land we
are getting out of it as soon as posi-
BILE"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
NEW YORK COUPLE END LIVES
Frederick Noble and Wife End Their
EIopement In Double
Suicide.

New York.-Double suicide ended
the sensational Of the former
wife Of Walter l.. Suydam and Fred
erick Noble. the young plumber. for
the love Of whom Mrs. Suydam ran
away from her millionaire husband
and married In September last. Mr..
Suydam divorced his wife that she
might wed the man who had sup
planted him in her affections.
Clasped in each others arms they
were found l~ifeless from gas asphyxi-
alton in their pretty apartment at 81
West Twelfth street. There was no
possibility of accident.
They were not happy together. They
never really loved each other. The
young wife never loved any man ex-
cept Walter Lispenard Suydam, the
millionaire husband from whom b
ran away on September 6 last
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
50 ARE INDICTED
GRAND JURY AT INDIANAPOLIS
BRING IN TRUE BILLS IN DY-
MANTLE OUTRAGES.
MANY LABOR LEADERS HIT
Names of Accused Men Are Sup
pressed Until Arrests Are Made
Critic McManisaI's Story Of Con-
splracy Is Basis for Indictments.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fndtct.
ments were returned before Judge An
derson by the federal grand jury
which has been Investigating the dy-
Mantle outrages of the past six years.
Summonses are being prepared for
the arrest of forty or fifty labor lead
ers scattered throughout eighteen
states.
The courtroom was packed when
Foreman Glessbrenner OF the grand
jury lugged the Indictments In from
the jury room in two bullying suit
cases. The names of those indicted
were ordered suppressed. The num-
Der of indictments does not indicate
the number of men indicted, as many
are charged with the same ofense In
blanket indictments. 1t is known that
the history Of the McNamaras has
been traced from the time they ex-
ploded their first bomb, and practical
ly every person connected with them
In transporting dynamite, who PAID
them for their crimes or had knowl-
edge of their operations. has been In
dicted.
MARCH Il was SET DIS lloi6hLAS
day and clerks began the work OF
making certified copies Of the 1ndict-
ment and preparing summonses, An
effort will e'made to arrest every
mar named at the same hour and
nearly every defendant is now known
to be under surveillance in different
parts Of the country.
Many of the indictments center
around the activities of Ortie McMan1-
gal, confessed dynamiter. and those
who went to Detroit in June. 1907, and
induced him to become a member OF
the ravaging band have been in
dicted.
Milwaukee, Chicago, New York.
Boston, Cleveland, Peoria, San Fran
cisco, Kansas City, Omaha, Pittsburgh.
New Orleans, Buffalo. Detroit, Phila-
delphia, Indianapolis and st. Louis are
among the cities in which arrests are
expected, although the government has
been making an especial effort to
keep secret the names Of the men in
volved.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
ROYAL Photouraphers.

Like her sister, Queen Alexandra,
the dowager impress of Russia is an
adept at photography. Once Queen Al
exandra was swapping some Of her rel
atives while on a visit to Windsor, and
the dowager empress, producing her
camera, essayed to obtain a picture Of
the unconscious queen. She was pre-
pairing to snap when Queen Mary,
then the princess Of Wales, came
quietly behind and, raising her own
camera, took her royal aunt in the
act. On the same plate was a picture
of Queen Alexandra, also snapshot
ting. The dowager empress has the
negative, which she calls 1.-THE Biters
Bit"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
MCGOWAN SAYS He GOT $500
Canadian Tells LorImer Committee He
Received Money to Compensate
His Loss.

Washington. Charles McGowan,
the young Canadian who is alleged to
have confessed to detectives that he
received $500 to testify for the de-
tense In the Lor1mer case last sum-
mer, took the witness stand before the
investigating committee and made q
sweeping denial OF the charges made
by Detective William j.. Burns and his
operatives. MCGOWAN admitted that
he was paid 5000, but he insisted the
money was given him to reimburse
him for the loss he sustained as q re-
suit OF his welldrilling machine being
idle the Ave weeks he was In Wash
ington.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
Choice Of Friends.

Much certainty of the happiness and
purity Of our lives depends on u
making a wise choice of our compan-
ions and friends. 1t is well and right,
indeed, to be courteous and consfd-
crate to every one with whom one is
thrown in contact, but to choose them
as real friends is another matter. II
friends are badly chosen they will
drag us down; If well they will raise
US up-Sir John Lubbock.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
FIaubert's First Novel.

Many hitherto unpublished works
by Gustave Flaubert have appeared
Of recent years. None of them has
been devoid Of interest, but "Novem-
bre," now published by Conrad, is
noteworthy. It was F1aubert's first
novel, written in 1912, when he was
FL, and before all else a dreamer and
lyrist. The story is Of a young mar
who has lived in the realm of imag-
ination.-The Athenaeum.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
BILL TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES
Measure Introduced In Congress Seeks
&c Prevent Coercion During
Presidential Elections.

Washington.-A bill to prevent n
employer Of labor from intimidatng
his employees In presidential elections
was introduced in the house by Rep
r~esentative Payser, an Iowa Democrat.
The bill makes it unlawful for any en-
ployer to post notices or to distribute
circulars threatening q reduction in
salary or the closing down Of any
business in the event Of the election
of q certain presidential ticket
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
Fatal Assault On Prsson Warden.

Fatal Assault on Prison Warden.
Lincoln. Neb.-Just as the prison
chaplin was about to pronounce the
benediction ct the close Of tho morning
chapel exercises at the state peniten-
tiary. Albert Prince . negro under
sentence for assault with intent to kill,
attacked and fatally stabbed Deputy
Warden p. d. Davis. The warden re-
ceived six wounds. three OF them
gashes in the abdomen. He died at
lO:45 o'clock that same evening.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
GRAIN OUTPUT is IMMENSE
Northwestern Elevators to Contain
100000 Bushels In Spring
Amount is Unprecedented.

Duluth, Minn.-Prospects are that
there will be $4,000, 900 bushels OF
grain between the Duluth and SUI
perior and the Port Arthur and Fort
William elevators at the opening OF
navigation next spring. This is said
to be unprecedented. Winnipeg est-
mates that the Canadian grain OF he
present crop will be sent east via the
American head Of the lakes for next
spring will aggregate about 10000 900
bushels.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16

Australia Claims HeaIthIest City.
Sydney, Australia, is claimed to be
the healthiest city in the world. At
the Australian Medical congress, held
recently, it wa stated that the town
has the lowest death rate Of any CITY
in the world.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
RIoTiNo IN FRENCH CAPITAL
Anarchists Attending Funeral Of Aer
nouit Clash With Police.

A49NSIER bO0ss - Ss'SS.
Parfs.-Thousands Of socialists, rev.
olutionaries and anarchists attended
the incineration Of the syndic, Aer-
noult. who was prominent during the
labor troubles here several years ago.
and who died while serving In a dicip-
linary battalion in Africa. Tho cers-
mony took place At Pore Lachaiss
cemetery and the demonstration was
the biggest of the kind since the fu-
neral Of Louise Michel, the commu-
mist and revolutionary agitator, who
died In 1905.
The anarchists. while returning
from the cemetery, attacked the police
with paving stones and serious riot
Ing continued for Q than an hour.
Finally ! heavy rain proved more Of
fective than the police and the mobs
dispersed to seek shelter. A large
number OF persons on both sides were
injured and tweney-nve OF the rioters
were arrested.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
PENSION BILL is PASSED
Measure Abolishes Seventeen Agencies
Maintained In Various CltIes-
Hits Non-Reeldents.

Washington.-The pension appro-
priation bill. carrying about $162.-
O0O, 900. passed the house by a vote
of 245 to 33. after several south
ern Democrats had demanded .
roll call vote. A provision exclud-
ing pensioners who live out OF the
United States was defeated by 100
to 1873. The bill abolishes II pension
agencies which have been maintained
in different cities.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
GEN. JAMES B. WEAVER DEAD
Former Congressman and Twice Nom
Inee for President Succumbs to
Heart Failure at Des Moines.

Des Moines, Ia.-Gen. James B.
Weaver, veteran Of the Civil war, for
mer member of congress-, twice nomi-
nee for the office Of president of the
United States and pioneer of political
reform, is dead at the age of seventy
nine years.
Death was due to heart failure fol-
lowing an attack of acute Indigestion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
COURT RULES AGAINST LEWIS
overrutes Demurrer to Indictment Of
Banker Accused Of Misuse Of
the Malls.

st. Louis.-Judge Amidon. in the
federal court, overruled a demurrer
10 the Indictment against e. G. Lew
is. accused Of misuse Of the mails in
connection with the Peoples United
States bank. Shepard Barclay, attor-
ney for Lewis. contended that the
grand jury which returned the bill
was not properly constituted.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16

Mre. sage Plans U. .. Game Psek.
New Orleans.-Marsh island, $4,000
acres on vermillion bay, iberia parish.
has been purchased by Mrs. Russell
Sage Of New York and 10 to be offered
to the United States government 20 .
game preserve.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-16
100000 Firm Quits.

New Haven, Conn.-The Union &
New Haven Trust company has been
appointed receivers Of the Connecticut
Computing company, a $780, 600 local
concern, and steps will be taken to
wind up the affairs Of the company at
once-