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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-13

Mrs. ~Bordeusch, widow of the late
American consul general in Christi.
ania, left for her former home in Min.
nesota a short time ago. Her young.
est son went after her and, having
sold all her effects, she will return to
the United States.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-13

Perhaps no public man has been so
universally grieved as is the late Au-
gust Strindberg. who was justly re
garded as n of the worlds greatest
writer's. Memorials will be many in
his honor and his funeral the other
day in Stockholm was one of the lar
gest ever held in honor of a public
parsonage, excepting possibly King
Oscar.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-13

A well trained husband or a well
trained maid represents a wonderful
amount Of time and patience.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-13

Seven Hundred Delegates at Swedish
Lutheran Gathering at st. Peter.
Misunderstanding Votes Funds for
Exposition at Christiania In 1914.
Extreme Simplicity Marks Ceremo-
nies in Connection With Arrival Of
Body Of King Fredrik at Copenhagen.
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+ SWEDEN. +
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-13

Professor Arrhenius, Swedish Scientist,
Denies Making Electrical Expert
ments on School Children-Rnti-
Emigration Agitation to the Front
In Norway-United States Minister
NEgan Pays Tribute to Danish Thrift.
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+ SWEDEN. +
J. + !. + + + + + + + :. !. = + + + +
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Discover a Sugar Trust.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Hard
wick sugar trust investig ating COM
mittee, after many weeks of open hear
ings here and in New York and al.
most continuous work since last May,
reported to the house today that q
sugar trust exists.
The report, which ia signed by ell
members of the committee, republi-
cans and democrats, m axes no recon-
mend alton as to how the alleged trust
or those responsible for 1t shall be
dealt with, suggesting that this phase
of the situation be handled by q
standing committee of the house.
AS to the effect of the combine on
the cost of sugar to the consumer the
committee expresses the belief that
monopoly keeps the price up. bu,
makes NO attempt to fix accur ately the
extent to which reasonable prices
under competitive conditions are ex
ceeded.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Would Retain Western Posts.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-''Let's wait
until the army appropriation bill
reaches the senate and see what we do
to that proposition to abandon prac.
tically all of the army posts in the
west," said Sen ator Joseph M. Dixon
of Montana tonight.
"This scheme simply strips the west
of nearly all of the army posts and
centralizes troops in asfew big cities
in the east and on the Pacific co ast. "
continued Senator Dixon. "Not one
army post would be left between Chi.
cago and Seattle under this plan with
the exception of Fort Smelling. There
is no economy to the plan and no
argument in it's favor"
It is believed that when the bill ia
taken up by the house practically all
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Will Stop DisreputabIe Dances.

ANACONDA, Feb. 14.-A number of
citizens have called the attention Of
Sheriff O'Keefe aud Hmuane Officer
Gilligsn to the arrival of the disreput.
able dances to the city which are
variously known as the Turkey Trot,
the Grizzly Bear, the Mississippi
Shiver, the Angleworm Twist, the
Texas Tommy and variety of names.
It is said that they are much in vogue
by some of the younger crowd of girls
and boys and the officers have united
in placing the offensive terpsichorean
movements under the ban and have
issued an edict that any one attempt
ing to practice them at the public
dances will be elected from the build
ing and repetition of the otfense will
place the offenders, male or fem ale,
under arrest.
At some of the public balls held re-
Gently the dancers persisted in these
dances Notwithstanding public re-
quests to discontinue. The officers, 1t
is said, will put stop to the practice.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Alaska Men Indicted.

JUNEAU, Feb. photographic war
rants have been issued for the arrest
of II railroad and steamship men,
prominent in the affairs OF Alaska
and the Pacific coast, on four indict-
ments returned by the federal grand
jury that has been investig gating the
alleged violation of the Sherman anti
trust law in connection with the con-
troll of the wharf facilities at Skagway.
One Indictment charges that the de-
fendan conspired and combined to
monopolize the coal business at Skag-
way, by having the Moors Warf
company, owned by the North Pacific
Wharves & Trading company, pur.
chase three wharves at Skagway and
close all but one.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Adjustant General Suspended.

WASHINGTON. Feb. l5.-Adjt. Gen.
Fred G. Ainsworth, of the army, has
been relieved from duty at the war de-
partment and soon will be ordered be-
fore a court m artial. While the char
ges have not been framed it ia under.
stood they will be based on conduct
to the prejudice of good order and
discipline and perhaps insubordina.
tion.
Serious friction long has existed be-
tween the adjutant generals office
and the general staff and the crisis
came when Secretary Stimson confer
red with the latter.
Never before in the history of the
army has the adjutant general been
court martialed. In fact, it is rare
to find an instance where any officer
of corresponding rank has been
brought before court.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
For Justice Of Supreme Court.

fOr JUSTICE OF supreme OOurts
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The nomi-
nation of Mahlon Pitney, chancellor of
New Jersey, to be an associate JUS
tice of the supreme court of the United
States supreme court, will be sent to
the senate today by President Taft.
In casting about for successor to
Justice Harlan, Mr.. Taft first looked
beyond the Mississippi river. At one
time it seemed certain he would name
Judge William G. Hook, of the United
States circuit court, and again that
Secretary Charles Nagel, of the de.
partment of commerce and labor,
would be chosen.
There was protest against Judge
Hook because of his decisions in two
Oklahoma cases, one involving the
two-cent fare law and the other the
'Jim Crow car law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Against Proposed Homestead Law

Against Proposed Homestead Law.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-secretary
Fisher has followed up his recent
pronunciamento before the public
lands committee in discoursgeme of
Legislation that will in any wise light
en- the regul ations concern ing the &C.
QUESTION of land by homestead entry
with report of that committee which
virtually serves notice that the Borsh
Jones bill, reducing the homestead
period to three years and granting
certain le aves OF absence to settlers,
will be met by the full opposition Of
the interior department.
"The proposed bill. If passed." +"
writes the secretary, "would lead to
summer excursions on the part OF
those who desire lands for specula.
tive purposes and not for lands upon
which to build homes"
The secretary insists that under the
bill the settler who desires land on
which to build q home and rear his
family would suffer, maintaining
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Robbers Use Autos.

NEW YORK, Feb. ia police
dragnet thrown over the city has SO
far failed to entrap the gangs of auto
mobile highwaymen, who within q
week, have blackjacked their victims
in the open street and m made away with
booty aggreg ating many thousands of
dollars. The robberies, holdups and
murders have caused general conster-
nation in the police department.
The police absolutely are without
clues in the holdup last night of George
Horth, diamond dealer, who was
slugged and robbed OF unset diamonds
valued at 100000 on West 35th street,
while scores of people were passing
along the thoroughfares. The robbers
escaped in an automobile.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Advanced Meat Prices.

CHICAGO. Feb. 15.-More kilograms
showing that lat increases in the prices
of dressed beef we're pade by Armour
& Co., without regardHo the grade of
product. we're read to the jury in the
packers trial today. H. A. Russell,
manager of the beef sales department
of Armour and Co., admitted having
sent the messsg but denied that the
practice of making fat increases was
followed generally.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Would Benefit Settlers.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-A bill was
introduced in the sen ate today provid-
ing that entrymen under the enlarged
homestead law may secure patent
after cultiv ating 40 acres instead of
80 acres, as now required by statute,
other requirements of the original law
being unchanged.
Another bill gives the states con-
tanning forest reserves rs per cent.
of the receipts from the reserves with
in their borders, to be used in road
construction. This ia in addition to
moneys now paid states out of forest
reserve receipts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
importing Foreign Potatoes.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Six large
consignments of potatoes are expected
to arrive in New York from abroa ad
within the next two days, bringing
the total receipts for the season up
to 1,O0O, 900 sacks. The duty on the
entire quantity will foot up nearly
100000.
The arrivals will decrease from now
as Germany and France are buying
heavily in Ireland and England. This
is the first year since 1908 that Amer
ica has gone abroad for potatoes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
MADE WHOLESALE ARRESTS
Federal Authorities Roun dup Bunch
of DYNAMITE Suspects.

Federal Authorities Roun oup 0unCn
Of Dynamite Suspects.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 14.-By
what was said to be the most sweeping
federal action of its kind ever UNDER
taken, the United States government
within few hours arrested q MAJOR
ity of 81 men indicted for alleged
completely in q nationwide dyn amite
conspiracy for six years. At their
head was Frank M. Ryan, president
of the International Association of
Bridge & Structural Iron Workers.
Many other officers, including Her
bert S. Hockin, second vice president
successor, as the unions secretary
treasurer, to J. J. Men amara, the con-
victed dynamiter, were arrested In
Indianapolis.
Ortie E. McManigal, in his confess
sion, charged that Hockin was "the
man who put him in the dynamit-
ing business" 1t is charged in the
indictment that Hockin went to De-
troit in June, 1907, andlsindYced Me-
Manigal to take up dynamiting.
Reports from all over the country
also showed that Eve of the seven
members of the executive board were
taken into custody.
These officials and their co.defeud-
ants are charged with viola alton of the
federal statutes relating to interstate
shipments OF explosives, which re-
suited from the activities OF the Nc
Namaras and McManigal "dvnamtt.
ing crew. who carried dynamite and
nitroglycerine about the country on
passenger trains.
All the defendants are charged with
conspiracy to further the series OF 100
explosions directed against iron and
steel contractors and employers of non
union labor. The explosions caused
the destruction of bridges, viaducts
and buildings. The wrecking of the
Times building was an incident of the
| spripa
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Engine Went Through Roof.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Feb. l5.-Five
men were killed and three we're slight
ly injured today when locomotive
hauling three cars loaded with ore,
jumped the track, rolled down hill
Is feet and crashed through the roof
of the Citizens State bank and the
Bingham Dye Works at Bingh am,
Utah.
Three of the men killed were sleep
ing in q tailor shop Fred Sharkey,
cashier of the bank, was asleep in q
room in the rear of the bank, when
the crash came. He was hurled into
the street, but was uninjured.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
A Lively Political Convention.

GREENv1LLE, Tenn, Feb. l7.-With
blood streaming down his face from
wounds received in q fight in which
six men were felled with chairs and
pistols were drawn, Adam S. Bow
ian, chairman of the First district
republican convention, finally made
his yells for order heard today and
then proceeded to work.
This was not the last of the violence
however, for when 81. D. Massey, for.
mer congressman, attempted to speak,
the table on which he was standing
was ierked from under him and smash.
ed
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
BIG DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY.
Government Has Evidence Against
Many Suspects.

Government HaS Evioence Against
Many Suspects.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 16.-New dis
closures made in the dynamite con.
spiracy cases through 1900 letters and
telegrams quoted in the indictments
as duplicating practically oil the Of
ficials Of the Intern ational Associa-
ton of Bridge & Structural
Iron Workers, will be the basis, it
was declared today, on which the gov.
ernment will seek to convict the 81
defend ants who are charged with COM
mitting or abetting Ia almost 100 ex-
plosions.
The correspondence contained In
one of the 81 indictments and embrace
ing what are termed "unconsummated
acts of cons nspiracy" is held as showing
that q plot known to, and fathered by
Frank M. Ryan, president of the Iron
Workers and to mem bers of his execu.
tive board and many business agents,
was carried on for six years to des-
troy the property Of steel and iron con i.
tractors who employed non.union
labor.
1t charges all the defendants with
being equally guilty As abettors. l,
also purports to reveal evidence that
"jobs'' became the accepted term sent
through the mail to designate some
place that was to be blown up, and
that gradually the officials of local
unions began to call on the interna'
tional headquarters in Indianapolis
to assist by dynamite and nitroglycer
inc explosions in increasing the ex
penses of "open shop" contr actors.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
FIVE MURDERERS HANGED.
Wholesale Executions Carried Out BY
Chicago Authorities.


CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-The four mur~
derers of Fred Guelzow were hanged
In the jail today. They were Ewald
and Frank Shiblawski, who died TO-
gether first and Philip Sommerling
and Tbos. Schultz, who met death
few minutes later.
Thomas Jennings, the negro slayer
of Clarence Hitler, was saved for
time by the pleas ofhis lawyers before
federal court that in being forced to
make thumb prints his constitutional
immunity from having to testify
ag gainst himself had been violated, but
he was hanged at 1915 p. N.
desperate eleventh hour efforts we're
made by sympathizers to save the lives
of the Guelzow slayers. A Polish
Catholic priest declared before Judge
Mckinley in the superior court that
be believed the youths were insane.
A bailitf from Judge McKinley's court
summoned Jailer Davies to court, but
three minutes before the bailiff's ar
rival the Schiblawskis lad been hang
ed.
Two others were engaged In the
murder of Fred Guelzow, with the four
men condemned to be hanged. They
escaped the sentence of their fellows
on account OF their age. Both were
sent to the penitentiary for life. The
men murdered Guelzow while he was
on his way to market with load of
garden truck. Guelzow, who had been
married little more than year plead
ed with his assailsnts to take his
money but to spare his life for the
sake of his wife and small baby. They
attacked him with clubs, knives and
revolvers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Oriental Limited In Wreck.

DEVILS LAKE, Feb. l4.-Two per.
sons injured fatally, IA were seriously
injured and score received minor
injuries in the wreck of train No. 2,
the Great Northern's Oriental limited 1,
two miles east of Doyon, N. D., last
night. The fatally injured are Engi-
neer w. E. Prindevime and W. A.
Mace of Minneapolis.
As the flyer struck curve at 81
miles an hour, spreading the rails, it
is said, threw the engine and tender
from the rails. The cars followed
and all but the observ alton car and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Farmers Fight For Grain Cars.

REGINA, Sask., Feb. l3. - In a
pitched battle among q hundred Ga
lician French and Doukhobor farmers
at Blaine Lake, one Doukhobor suffer-
ed broken skull and it Ia said he will
die. Stones, clubs, bottles and whips
were used by the combatants in the
fighting which was over the possession
of grain cars.
Two hundred cars are needed at
Blaine Lake to carry of the surplus
grain, and only q scattering few ar
rived there yesterday. As the first
man reaching the car is entitled to
have his grain carried away In It,
there was q general rush OF farmers
when the cars pulled in.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Robbers Get $4,000.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Twenty-6ve
thousand dollars in currency was stol.
en- from q taxicab in the heart of the
financial district today by three high
waymen who sprang into the vehicle
and overpowered w. F. Smith and
Frank Wardell, messengers of the
East River National bank. Both mes
sengers were injured seriously and
the robbers escaped with the money,
sl5, 600 in $500 bills and sl0, 900 in 800
bills.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
ARIZONA IS A STATE.
President Taft Signs Proclamation Of
Admission To Union.

President Taft Signs Proclamation Of
Admission To Union.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14,-As the
White house clocks were striking ten
today, President Taft signed the pro-
admitting Arizona to the
union. He used gold pen, which is
to be given to Postmaster General
Hitchcock.
In signing the proclamation, Presi.
dent Taft added the 48th star to the
flag and brought within the sisterhood
of states the last bit of territory, ex-
cept the District of Columbia, within
the confines of continental United
States.
To perpetuste the scene there were
three moving picture machines in the
presidents Office for the first time in
history and q half dozen photogra-
piers lined up with them on either side
of his desk.
After the signing it was announced
here the president would send the
nomin alton of Richard Sloan, former
governor of Arizona, to be United
States Judge for the new state to the
senate.
President Taft sent the following
telegram to Territorial Governor
Sloan:
~ have signed this morning the
proclaim alton declaring Arizona to be
a state of the union. I congratulate
the people of this, the newest common
wealth, on the realizing of their long
cherished ambition. Best wishes to
the retiring and the incoming officers
Confirmation of Governor Sloan's
nomin alton as Judge will be fought by
democratic senators, 1t is said, or
complaint of Arizona democrats, who
claim that the governor was not II
sympathy with the Arizona constitu
tion and especially opposed to recall
OF judges.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
BETRAYED BY DICT0GRAPH
Conversation Of Suspects Recorded
BY Secret Device.

Conversation of Suspects Recorded
BY Secret Device.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. II. -
Whatever Frank M. Ryan and other
indicted union officials have said in
their Office about the dynamite con-
spiracy since last October is alleged
to have been learned by the govern
ment through Photographic device
discovered today in the headquarters
of the Intern ational Association of
Bridge and Structural Ironworkers.
The appara atus was hidden under q
drawer in the desk about which Ry an,
the president; Her bert S. Hockin, the
secretary treasurer and J. T. Butler,
first vice-president and other officials
conferred concerning the defense and
pleas, is alleged to have enabled two
government stenographers in room
below to take daily reports of the con.
vers alton.
The use of the apparatus was dis
closed today when the government de-
cided 1t was no longer of value be.
cause a woman clerk in Ryan's Office
was heard to say:
swell, I suppose they are hearing
US talk now."
That, with statements by Ryan, con-
vinced Assistant District Attorney
Clarence Nicholas that the apparatus
no longer was useful.
The discovery of the apparatus was
made soon after the government had
received intim alton that some of the
defendants we're ready ITO tell all they
knew" About District Attorney Mil.
ler's Office it was said, "somethine
had been expected" but Mr.. Miller
declined to say what it was.
Mr.. Miller said the apparatus had
worked satisfactorily for months and
that volumes of stenographic notes
had been taken and would be used a,
the trials.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
Washington News Notes.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Nv ashing-
ton papers today again print the story
that Senator Joseph M. Dixon has
been asked to act as chairman OF the
national organization to promote the
nomination of Theodore Roosevelt.
Senator Joseph M. Dixon's bill per.
mitting the northern Cheyenne Indians
to receive their share of the Sioux
fund, amounting to $500, 900, and to
expend the same for the purchase OF
cattle, etc., was favorably reported to.
day, as was also Senator Dixon's bill
granting rank to F. M. Malone of
Miles City, who served as lieutenant
colonel, but acted as colonel of the
Seventh cavalry during the civil war.
In view of the fact that many Grow
Indians are strongly opposed to the
Dixon and Pray bills providing for
the opening of the Grow reserv alton
to settlement, the Indian bureau has
shown q disposition to recommend
az ainst the passage of these bills, and
in view OF the uufriendly attitude OF
the house, it ia more than likely the
bill will be pigeonholed, at least for
this session.
Increased freight rates proposed by
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad on coal from mines in Wyom
ing to junction points in Montana and
beyond were suspended today by The
interstate commerce commit ssion pend
ing al investigation.
Under orders issued by the interior
department today the Yellowstone
Park Hotel company and Wyli'
Camps company will be compelled tt
accommod ate tourists brought into the
park by the Helm Transportation com
pany of Cody. These two companies
stoutly resisted this order, but Secre
tary Fisher decided they should no
be allowed longer to discrimin ate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-21
WOULD UNSEAT SENATOR.
Minority Report Says Wisconsin Man
Purchased Election.

FurCn0SeO eleCtlO0s
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. - United
States Senator Isaac Stephenson, of
Wisconsin, is not entitled to his seat,
in the opinion of FIVE of the members
of the senate committee on privileges
and elections, who filed minority re.
port today. The majority report on
Senator Stephenson's election was re-
ported several days ago. In substance
1t held that the charges of corruption
in the primary OF 1908 were not
proven.
The minority report is signed by
Senators Kenyon, Clapp and Jones,
republicans; Lea and Kern, demo-
Gratis. It contends that enough evil
dence was aduced by the inquiry to
warrant the senate in declaring Sena-
tor Stephenson's seat vacant.
Referring to the fact that Senator
Stephenson through his lieuten ants,
spent sl07, 200 in his campaign and in
the campaigns for the state Legislature
spent proportionately large sums, the
report quotes from the majority re-
port:
'Such expenditures we're in violation
OF the fund amental principles underly-
ing our system of government which
contemplated the selection of candi-
dates by the electors and not the selec-
tion of the electors by the candid ates. !"
The report sets forth that the evi.
dence showed conclusively that voters
were paid to be at the polls, that ex.
travagant sums were expended and
records and papers concerning the
campaign we're shifted from one place
and original records were destroyed