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ROOMS AND BOARD

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ROOMS with or without board.
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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
M'K|NLEY TALKS
Of THE. RESULT
Cites Result Proof Against
Party Primary for
President

Washington, March 2o.-Director
Mckinley of the Taft campaign head
quarters today characterized North
Dakota's presidential primary as an
1: ication of what might v ~,en In a
so.called soap box" primary. Nc
kinley. in his statements this morn
ing quoted John s. Bass. manager of
the Roosevelt campaign in North Da-
kota. who said democrats voted for
LaFollette in the republican primary
yesterday.
This is exactly what the managers
Of the Taft bureau attempted to i'm
press upon the country from the out
set Of the campaign" said MIR. Nc
Kinley. This Instance was under a
state law but with the party enrolled
feature absent. The claim now made
by the Roosevelt managers Is that it
was not republican primary. but
one open to all comers.
In the absence Of a state law 1t is
easy to foresee how soap box pri-
mary rules would prevail and a con-
test for republican nomination for
president would degenerate into a ma
uonal scandal in which the republican
party itself would play the minor
role"
Delegates elected from North pa-
kota yesterday gave out signed
statements several days ago that IL
elected they would support Roosevelt
at the Chicago convention when it was
shown LaFollette couldn't be nominat-
ed. These ten delegates safely can be
put in the Roosevelt column"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
TESTIFIED ON
THE BOND ISSUE
University City Affairs are
Brought to Light in
Lewis Case.

st. Louis. March 20.-F. v. Putnam,
former treasurer OF the E. G, Lewis
enterprises in University City, spent
the entire day on the witness stand in
the United States district court testi-
Tying regarding the issue of six per
cent notes by the University Heights
Realty and Development company.
The issue of the notes form one OF the
allegations upon which Lewis is now
being tried on charge of fraudulent
use of the malls.
Putnam testified that nearly all the
$l.l00,000 raised by the sale of the
the money was desired for the pur-
chase and improvement of land, went
into the treasury Of the Lewis Publish
Ing company.
Putnam spent the day answering
gu stions about the purchase of land
in University City and property i'm
provements made by Lewis.
1t Is expected that the government
will not complete the presentation Of
its case before the end of this week.
r. 9. Lewis In an interview after
the adjournment of court outlined
plans for his defense and declared he
would show that all his enterprises
were working toward one common
potnt-the building of a subway from
the st. Louis business district to Unit
versity City. II the postoffice depart.
mont had not interfered, he said. the
completion Of the subway would have
improved the value of the University
City properties to such an amount that
he could have paid all of his indebted
ness Of hts enterprises. He said the
defense would endeavor to have the
jury taken to University City.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
TEN PEOPLE met
THEIR DEATH IN
GAS x! ~! Y ,!Q'S|0N
co
Settling of Mine Broke Ga,
Pipes in Home Where
Accident Started.
Twenty BUILDINGS NEAR SCENE
were DAMAGED BY CONCLUSION
Body of One Victim Found In the
Limbs of a Tree Fifty Feet From
Scene of the Explosion Half an
Hour After Accident.

Scranton. Pa. March 2o.-In gas
explosion caused, 1t is believed, by
mine settings. ten persons were killed
and two were injured in Dunmore,
near here. Two families, comprising
two women and seven children, were
either blown to pieces in the explos-
ion or burned in the fire that follow
ed for three hours.
The dead are:
Mrs. John Cavella and her five chill
dren, Rose, 8 years old; Donnich and
Lucy, IL; Lizzie. IA; William. 20.
Mrs. Vito Summax and her two
children.
Mary summa.
The body of Mary Summa was
found in the limbs of tree. fifty feet
from the scene of the explosion half
an hour after the accident.
More than twenty buildings near
the scene were damaged by the con-
cussion and flying timbers and scores
Of people we're thrown out OF their
beds and bruised.
During the past week nine settings
in the mine under the Cavellt home
caused alarm. Only a few days ago
the floor dropred out of a house on
the opposite side Of the street.
The Dunmore police say the gas
from a broken main, caused by mine
settings, found its way into the eel.
lar Of the Cavalli home where 1t gath
cred in volume and exploded when
1t came in contact with an oil lamp
that was burning in the house.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
THE RIVERS AND
HARb0R BILL
Passed the House at the Rate
of $500, 900 per
Hour.

Washington. March 2O.-The house
passed the rivers and harbors appro-
priation bill carrying upwards of $685.
25O.O00. The measure went through
in quick order. the appropriation be-
ing at the rate of more than $780,
900 an hour. The vote for it was
unanimous.
Twenty of the appropriation items
and an equal number of survey items
were for work. or Investigations in
Florida. the home state Of Chairman
Sparkman of the committee. That
drew the fire of Minority Leader
Mann.
"1f there ever was needed an ex-
ample of the desirability Of states
maintaining their representatives in
congress-" he said IRONICALLY. "it is to
be found here. The gentlemen from
Florida. now risen to the head of this
important committee having seen to Il
that every river and harbor in his
state was cared for. now provides for
surveys of every harbor, inlet. outlet.
river. creek and spring in Florida.
When the Panama canal IL completed
I have no doubt that steamers draw
ing twenty feet will be able to pass
through the canal and visit every part
OF Florida"
Mr.. Sparkman defended the items
and Mr.. Mann did not press his op-
position.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
SMALLER EARNINGS
Steel Trust Shows Considerable Fall
'rg on In Results for Year.

ew York. March 2u-The COM
plete report Of the United States Steel
corporation for 1911. issued today,
shows decrease of $36.749,2S3 IN
gross earnings and a decrease of $32,-
271.790 in net.
Total undivided surplus, exclusive
OF profits earned bv subsidiaries on in
ter-company sales. $133.6S1.195. as
against sl64.143.157 the previous
year. Surplus net income is $4,665,-
494. decrease of $32,1O6,SSS. The
balance of surplus TO. the year shows
a shrinkage of $6.106,SSs despite the
failure of the corporation to set aside
any money for account of expendi-
lures for additional properties, dis
charge of capital obligations or addi-
tional OUTLAY on the Gary plant. for
all of which the sum of $25,O0O,O0O
Wis appropriated in 1910.
The report shows that the average
number of employees in 1911 was 1885,
SSS. against 21S.435 in 1910. with to-
tai annual salaries and wages of $751;
419,O31, as compared with $174,355,-
139 in 1910.
Volume of business done bv all the
companies of the c.r"oration as rep
resented by their combined gross
sales and earnings was $615.l4S,s39
against $T03,961,424 the previous
year.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
DEANS NET.

Minneapoiis, Minn.. March 90
Deans OF eleven liberal arts colleges
o. academic departments Of western
state universittes met here today for
Q two days session to discuss prob
ler's relating to their branch Of edu-
cation. At .he close Of the meeting
tomorrow they leave for Chicago
whore the annual convention Of the
North Central association Of colleges
and secondary schools is to be held.
Among the speakers today were
Dean Ellery w. Davis Of the Univer-
sifv Of Nebraska and Joseph v. Dem
ney OF Ohio state. The visiting deans
were entertained at dinner last night
by Dean and Mrs. J.. F. Downey Of the
University Of Minnesota.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
NEIL ON TRIAL

Boston. March 2O.-Victor N. We'll
was placed on trial in the United
States district court today on an in
dictment charging fraudulent use of
the mails in promoting mining COM
panies in Nevada and Massachusetts.
Well. who was president of the Inter-
Trust security company was arrested
by postal authorities in January.
1911.
In his opening address assistant dis
trtct Attorney Sullivan said the gov
ernment would show that the Inter-
Trust Security company as transfer
agent sold more than $4,000 worth of
shares in the Goldtields-Boston Con-
solidated Mining company which had
three claims east of Goldtield. Nevada.
MIR. Sullivan declared that no develop
ment work other than the assessment
work necessary to hold the claims was
done on these mines in 1907 and 1908,
the years when the government claims
Well committed fraud by representing
through letters and advertisements
tkat the mines were being developed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
Harmon RULES
FOR PRIMARIES
Democrats in Ohio Will De-
eide Party Choice by
Popular Vote.

Columbus. Ohio. March 20.-With
Harmon men In complete control, the
democratic state central committee
provided for presidential preference
primary in Ohio on May 81.
A state convention for the nomi.
nation of the state ticket was called
to be held at Toledo on June and
s.
ConRressmsn Whitacre Of Canton
opposed Governor Harmon's presiden-
tial primary plan and proposed a res
olution providing that the six dele
gates at large be elected by state-
wide primary. This was defeated by
the adoption of the Harmon plan
which provides that tho successful
presidential candidate in the primary
Of May ~ shall name the delegates at
large.
Republican county executive COM
mittee chairmen at meeting hero
today adopted q resolution endorsing
President Taft and renewing the
pledge of. the state convention. In 1910.
pledging ohio's' support to the presi-
dent.
The conference was attended by six-
ty-two county chairmen. either In per.
so,.ss son Or by prcxy; . The txeaty;six y Oh. S
evenly divided between TAFT and
Roosevelt.
Preceding the vote to endorse Pres.
ident Taft addresses In support Of the
administration were made by United
States Senator Theodore e. Burton.
Mr.. Laylin and others. and plans were
set in action for the lining up Of the
entire forty-oight votes Of Ohio in the
national convention for Taft. It was
decided that q campaign by county
organizations should be made nevery
part If tho ~tate. -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
TAFT SUPPORTERS
OUT CONVENTION
Roosevelt Men Left in Con-
troll of Convention in
Missouri District.

Poplar Bluffs, Mo-. March 2o.-Aft-
or an hour Of riot and uproar Taft
supporters withdrew from the four.
teenth congressional district conven-
ton here today leaving the Roosevelt
adherents in possession. Each faction
named delegates to the republican
national convention. Roosevelt men
we're in a majority.
The morning session was a continual
uproar with two sets of officers try
ing to transact business. The Taft
faction endorsed President Taft for
denomination and soon after adjorun-
ed to the sidewalk. where it was an
nounced that its delegates to the ma
tional convention are George I.
Greens Of Maylor and Byrd Duncan
of Poplar Bluff. The Roosevelt dele
gates named In the convention are
Samuel Ulen Of Dexter and John C..
Harlan of Gainesville.
The Roosevelt faction claimed l12
delegates to the congressional convep-
ton and the Taft followers 50.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
ENDS SrEED COMPANY.

Seattle, WASH. March 20.-All as
sets Of the Western Steel corporation
were sold today to the Metropolitan
Trust company of New York for
$720,000, this being the amount OF
the company's claim against the cor.
poration for money loaned.
Tho sale by the referee in bank
ruptcy marks the final cr in the
history Of the Western Steel corpor-
alton. It was capitalized at 100000
900 and it's promoters asserted that II
possessed assets worth $87.500.000
promising holders of common stocks
dividends of twenty per cent per an
mum. The assets of the company were
steel plant at 1rondale. WASH. and
lands In Washington and British CO.
and coal,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
PASSED HOUSE
Excise Bill Received tho Solid En-.
dOrscmcnt of the Democrats.


Washington. March 2O.-The DEM
ocratic excise bill to virtually tax ev-
erybody's income when 1t is $1,000 or
more year passed the house today
$50 to 40. The democrats voted sol.
idly for 1t and carried eighty republi-
can votes with them. Forty regular
republicans were the opposition.
The bill now goes 10 the senate
where its fate is problemauc. Many
senators today declared that if upon
analysis they found the house meas
ure would tax all classes of people
alike they would support it. Demo-
cratic senators with few exceptions
are expected to vote for it. Demo-
cratic Leader Martin expressed the
nope that the democratic senators and
the progressive republicans might put
tho bill through. Republican leaders
are d 'neding upon the presidents
veto to check revenue revision bills
from the house.
The excise bill. though primarily
intended to produce anywhere from
$2o.O0o.000 to $S0.O00.000 a year to
make up for the losses on free sugar
Is also expected to be one of the off,
to general pension legislation
which seems sure to be enacted.
Democratic Leader Underwood held
his majority intact through the pas
sage of the bill. Not one democratic
vote was cast against 1t, and tho meas
ure was PASSED exactly as framed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
Niitc.llcll.s Yicx,


Chicago. March 20.---Jo ohm Mitchell.
former president of the United Mine
Workers. last night said that Pres-
dent Taft had called hi INTO Washing
ton for conference. but whether
1t would relate to the coal situation
Mr.. Mitchell was unable to say
president Taft may or may not
want to discuss the coal situation
with me-" said Mr.. Mitchell He has
asked me to come to Washington for
conference with him. but he has
not said what the nature of our talk
will be. l shall leave for Washing.
ton within the next day or two.
While l have A general idea of the
coal situation ! am not in close touch
with conditions. For a month l have
been travelling and lecturine. If the
president should want to discuss the
miners troubles / shall be glad to
give him whatever information is In
my power"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
Will Not Interfere

Boston. March 19.-President Taft
indicated last night before leaving for
Washington his interest in the threat
sned anthracite coal miners strike.
The president wished to make it clear
that he had no intention of interfering,
Conferences arranged for the white
house during the next few days show
ed his desire to study the situation.
One of the tirst is with John Mitchell.
1t was said that Secretary of Com
merce and Labor Nagel and Commits
sioner of Labor Neill will be present
also. Several mine operators have al
ready presented their side of the case
TO Mr.. Taft and other proba bly, will
be invited 10 the white house after Mr..
Mitchell makes the miners side clear.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
Dixon's Statement.

Washington. March 2O.-Senator
Dixon. manager of Roosevelts CAM
paign. in a statement commenting on
the North Dakota primary. said the
result was a severe blow to President
Taft I'm the election yesterday but
one republican voter in forty in North
Dakota expressed a wish that Taft be
made the republican nominee for
president, he said. NO such humili-
ating crushing defeat of presidential
candidate asking nomination has
ever been witnessed in American poll
tics"
-Four years ago in North Dakota,
Taft received $3.50 republican votes
In the primary election yesterday less
than 1000 republicans in North Da-
kota expressed preference for his Sec
ond nomination.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
CUT OUT "HEDIO. y

Elgin, ILL.,, March 20.-"Hello" as
q common salutation in telephone
communication will be discontinued
in favor Of more business line and
a time saving phrase IL plans Of dele
gates to a conference in Elgin today
Of chief operators Of telephone COM
psnies operating through northern
Illinois are successful.
All the delegates went on record
in favor Of abolishipg phrases such as
''This Is Smith and Company or
''This is 456."
A plea to patrons Of the twenty tel
ephone companies represented at the
conference to adopt the new style Of
greeting will be made by circular let
tiers within -ew davs.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
TWO INDICTMENTS
AGAINST HAN|SH
Sun Cult Leader Charged
With Sending Obscene
Matter Through Mail

Chicago. March 20.-Two indiot-
ments were returned against Ottoman
Ear Adusht Hanish. leader and found
er Of the Mandazann sun worshippers
cult by a federal grand jury today.
One indictment. containing seven
counts. charges Hanish with shipping
obscene literature from one state to
another by express. The second in
dictment charges he made improper
use of the mails by sending advertis-
ing matter regarding the alleged OBJ
scene books through the mails.
Hanish will be ararigned at an early
date ana the government will demand
that his bonds be increased to $780,
900. He is at liberty on a bond Of
$4,000. ~
The indictment Of Hanish came aft.
er a rigid inquiry. More than nifty
witnesses testified. 1t is said that the
'''auts't',n -" mt 90 with the in
(, 'otmant ~ '-> ~. ID lint tho<
a.. y r,sm!se1s Vi the colony may be
indicted
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
HORSES KILLED
At THE bR0DER
Horneseekers Animals Be.
ing Slaughtered by the
Canadian Government
Weyburn, Sask., Ma

Weyburn, Sask.. March 20.-Because
q large number Of horses brought into
Canada by American settlers have been
shot by government orders on sus-
picion of having glanders, an interna-
tional question has developed. Last
week scores of horses belonging to
Iowa and Minnesota farmers were
killed at Weyburn by government in
spectors and it is said by the owners
that they were affected only with train
fever and not with glanders. The own
ers here appealed to Washington. 1t
is feared that the circulation Of the
report of the wholesale slaughter of
American horses may retard immigra-
ton into the western provinces. The
Canadian government is investigating
the matter
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
THE ENGLISH
WORK|NGMEN
FACE CALAMITY
Starvation Close on Trail of
Miners Strike in
Many Places
ALL INDUSTRIES CLOSING
DOWN BECAUSE OF LACK OF COAL
Two and q Half Million I,eon1r m.
Idle In Various Activities, and Wo.
men and Children are Close to tl,e
Border of Starvation.

London. March 2o.-The distress
throughout the industrial districts in
the United Kingdom because of tho
national coal strike. which made idle
more than a million miners and over
million and a half other workers.
Is acute. While the delegates of the
miners and the mine owners are dis
cussing with the politicians the mini.
mum wage bill. the women and chill.
dren of the workers and the workers
themselves in many places are suffer-
ing extreme poverty. Appeals for as
sfstance are reaching London. which
appears to be the least affected of the
large cities.
The Earl of Harrow. who has lust
returned from a tour of the potter
district. says thousands of children in
the district are being fed from the
cnarltable funds. In this region alone
10000 miners are on strike, and the
lack Of coal has thrown out of work
oo.ooo potters. to whose number must
ne added thousands of general labor
erS. porters railroad men and barge
men whose livelihood depends on the
output of the potteries.
The prevailing conditions in the Er.
wash valley. the great hive of indus.
trial strength from Nottingham to
Chesterfield. serves as an example Of
the conditions here. Here seventy-five
per cent of the workers of all trades
are idle and unlike the miners, these
men have no strike pay and their
families are thrown on charity.
Wales is suffering equally with
England Only three tin plant mills
are working in the whole country and
every ether industry is affected.
The cotton mills are closing RAPIDLY
throughout the country.
Railway traffic returns. availa BILE for
the past week. show decline of re-
ceipts amounting to $4,000, in COM
parison with s2.50O,00O for the previ-
GUS week
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
La F0LlET7ES PLURALITY IN NORTH DAKOTA IS APPROXIMATELY 000

fore yesterday on the steamship
George Washington. She was arrest
ton and smussline. after having con-
fessed that she had smuggled jewelry
which was worth $4,000. She regis
tered at the hotel as Mrs. Edwin Car
son Of Paris.
1t was understood her home was
San Francisco but the hotel manager
said this morning he thought the
woman resided at Los Angeles. She
Is SO years of age and was making u
trip around the world alone
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
SUFFRAGET1E i.
GOT LONG Term
Miss Pitheld Sentenced to
Six Months for Post
Office Fire.

London. March 20.-Ellen Pitfield.
the suffragette who attempted to set
FIRE to the general postoffice in London
March 8, was sentenced today to six
months imprisonment in the second
division. This means the prisoner will
be accorded many privileges not
granted ordinary prisoners. The Judge
explained that the sentence would
have been more severe II Miss Pitfield
had not been in poor health.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
WOMAN HANGED
FROM WINDOW
Gruesome Sight at Eighth
Story Window Of Now
York Hotel.

New York. March 2o.-Mrs. Blanch
Carson of San Francisco. who was
arrested here for smuggling several
thousadn dollars worth Of jewelry on
her arrival from india, committed
Of the window OF her hotel.
The body Of Mrs. Carson was seen
by pedestrians swinging from . win
dow on the eighth hoor of the Hotel
Brostel. Tho clerk was notified and
the door OF Mrs. Carson's room was
forced. A rope tied to the radiator.
passed out Of the window and At the
end dansled the body of the woman.
Two notes were found. in the room.
one Of which was addressed to her at
torney. Harrison Osborn. The other
was not made public.
Mrs. Carson reached here day be-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
Majoritics in Northwest.

Minot. N. D.. March 20.-Returns
from three-fourths of the precincts in
the ten counties in northwestern North
Dakota give LaFollette majority of
$500. LaFollette's majorities in the
counties are Ward, $50; Burke, 160;
Renville. $50; Mountrail, 800: McLain,
ESQ; Mckenzie. 200; Williams and
Divide. 400; McHenry. 300; Bottineau,
200. Thomas Marshall carried the
counties for national committeeman
by over 1000.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
La Toilette. Roosevelt
easy lead for national committeeman
in the republican party.
Tow,,er ia for LaFollette.

Cando, N. D.. March 20.-Towner
county has given LaFollette a plural
ity of about 200. The early returns
indicated that Roosevelt had been sue.
cessful. but the more complete report
has shifted the result. The first nine
teen precincts reported gave LaFol-
lette three to two vote, while the
remaining precincts will run about two
to one for LaFollette.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
WILSON DELEGATES.

Sacramento. CAL. March 2o.-sec-
rotary Of State Jordan today received
a telegram from Woodrow Wilson of
New jersey presenting twenty six
names Of proposed California dele
gates pledged to support Wilson for
the presidency at the national demo.
cratic convention to be printed on the
presidential primary ballot.