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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
School Children on Strike,

PlTTsBURG. April 23.-Hardly 10
per cent Of Pitts burg's 10000 school
children are in attend suce ct the sss-
sions today. The disorderly process
sions OF children through the streets
have been suppressed by police, aided
by parents, but numbers of children
congregate about school houses from
time to time. The children arrested
yesterday while carrying bsnners de-
msnding the removal of 8. I. Heeter,
superintendent of schools. were repri.
manded today and turned over to their
psrents. A hundred or more pupils
refused to attend sessions this morn
ing, but moved away from the vicinity
of the school buildings when ordered
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Rescue Parties Still at Work.

P1TTsBURG, April 25.-Rescue par
ties working In the ruined Cincinnati
mine OF the Pitts burg Coal company,
where an explosion occurred wednes.
day afternoon, this morning brought
33 additional bodies to the mouth OF
the stope. These were placed on .
special train and taken to Monogs-
hels City, where lie the 18 recovered
yesterday.
Ten more names we're added to the
missing during the night and while no
ofncial statement of the dead has been
given out by the company, the loes OF
life 10 placed by those in the mine at
lis.
Hopes of relatives and friends OF
the missing men that their loved ones
are living, are being dissipated slowly.
Rescuers are unable to reach the in-
ner workings of the mine, on &C.
count OF gas, water and debris.
The rescue workers from the United
States bureau of mines and the equs
maintained by the various coal com.
pantes in the Monoe ahela valley
worked steadily today to penetr ate the
inner workings of the mine but met
with little success.
Several thousand sightseers visited
the scene. They were not permitted to
approa ach the mine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
JUSTICE AND !OLLITY.
They Mixed Punishment ard Merri-
n1ent In the Good Old D>ys.

They Mixed Punishment ard Merri-
ment In the Good Old Days.
The milkman who waters his milk
and the grocer who adulterates his
butter are not. after all. the products
of our modern civilization. These
men, it appears, have an ancestry of
respectable Antiquity. Witness an
edict which an antiquary has discover
ed in the archives Of Puy-de-Dome:
"Whosoever shall have sold wateled
milk, in his mouth shall be set a tube.
and into the side tube shall be poured
the watered milk till the doctor or BAR
ber there present shall assert that the
culprit cannot swallow more without
being put in danger Of his days. Who
sOever shall have sold butter contain
ing turnips. stones or any other for
eign substance shall be seized and at
tached in very curious manner to
our pillory Of Pontet.
'"Then the said butter shall be placed
on his head till the sun shall have
melted it completely. and in the mean
time the children and meaner folk Of
the villages shall insult him with such
outrageous epithets as shall please
them, subject to the respect Of God
and his majesty.
"WhOsoever shall have sold evil or
rotten eggs shall be seized by the body
and exposed In our pillOry Of POntet.
The said eggs shall be given to the
children of the villages, who shall by
way of joyful diversion throw them
in the face of the culprit, so that all
may be full of me:riment and laugh
ter"
Justice had a humorous way with it
London Telegraph.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Oldest Hen In America

PASADENA, CAL, April 28.-Theo-
doria Roosevelt. 20 named because of
her evident antagonism toward race
suicide, said to have been the oldest
hen in America, 10 dead at the homo
of her owner, Mrs. Elizabeth Grinnell
of Pasadena. She WAS Is years old.
Theodoris numbered among her
friends many of the notsbles Who
have passed their winters in Pasa.
dens in the last quarter of . century.
Tho aged hen laid spproxim ately
$500 eggs. in her long and useful life,
besides mothering many broods OF
iucubator.hatched chickens.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Negro Pugilist Fined.

CHICAGO, April 23.-Jack johnson,
negro pugilist, was fined u, 900 today
by Judge Carpenter in the United
States district court after charges Of
smuggling . 81, 600 necklace had been
dropped and the heavyweight cham
pion had pleaded nolle contendee 70
charges of having concealed from fed
eral officials the fact that he had The
jewelry In bis possession. The neck.
lace was declared forfeited to the gov~
ernment and probably will be sold q
auction,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
To Encourage Settlement.

WASHINGTON, April 24.-Secretary
Lane has under consider alton a pro-
posal that the uncl lsimed lands OF the
west DO turned over to the department
OF agriculture for settlement and de-
velopment - soon % ihe engineering
works are finished by the reclaim alton
service.
At q conference with the relam alton
service engineers and G. M. Bailey,
Of Oregon, who came to Washington
to present the proposal, the secretary
wss told that settlement on the re-
claimed lands could be largely in.
creased and their usefulness greatly
extended by . plan of supervision, to
compel their cultivation In the spiri,
of the law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
A Kindness 70 the Fish.

Ethel, who was ten years OLD. was
studying her geographical reader and
learned that fish are placed in brine
before they are dried and prepared for
sale. After explaining that brine is
very strong salt water the teacher
asked why the fish were placed in it.
Ethel's face was il!umined with sud
den understanding, and she promptly
replied:
Because they are used to salt wa
ter."-Youth's Companion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Will Exchange State Lands

HELENA, April "a. - All arrange.
ments for the exchange OF the states
Az, 900 acres within the national for.
ests for lieu forest lsnds in . compact
body, and for agricultural lands in
exchange for "mountAin peaks and
goat trails" that will never have q
commercial value, we're perfected at
. meeting Of the state bosrd OF land
commissioners this morning. The
state is entitled to lieu lands for uu.
surveyed sections 16 and SO within the
national forests, these aegreg ating
about 425,000 acres.
It has been found that the state can
exchange the school lands in nation al
forests not valuable for timber for sg-
ricultursl land. There will be 275, 200
acres to be exchanged on this basis
and the agricultural lands to be taken
in their stead will be in eastern Mon.
tsna.
Three years ago President Taft m ade
q reservation of 100000 acres in
eastern Montana so that the state
might be enabled to fill its gr ants and
in lieu of forest lands. Under the
law, the state has sixty days in which
to exercise it's preference right after
the lands are surveyed. Some Of these
lands have been squatted upon by
settlers and improvements made, this
being the case chiefly in Valley ooun.
ty. When the state exercises its right
on these lands these squstters must
get out or arrange with the state for
purch ase of the lands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Canadian Prairie Fires.

MoosEJAw, Sack, April 28.-De-
spite she rain, snow and sleet which
has fallen recently, fires are still rag.
ing In the south country, according to
late advicss. II will DO several weeks
before the total damage is known, for
the settlements ere far apart and the
homessea aders have poor facilities for
sending ous news.
In the Blue Hills, almost directly to
tho south of the city, many settlers
have been burned out and the losses
there will run into thousands of dol
lars,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Fatalities In Coal Mines.

WASHINGTON, April 28.-Coal mine
accidents took death toll last year
of 2, 800 men, according to . ssate-
ment made public today by the United
States bureau of mines. The state
ment adds, however, thst these figures
represent death rate OF only 3.15 in
every thousand men employed, tho
smallest rate of mortality since 1899.
The number of tons of coal mined in
proportion to the number OF lives sac
ra6csd WAS the greatest on record.
There are at present, according TO she
statement, . total of 100000 men EN-.
ployed in the industry.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
To Regulate Hours Of Labor

WASHINGTON. April 26. - An
amendment to the constitution which,
when ratified by two.thirds of the
states would give congress power to
make uniform the hours of labor
throughout the United States is pro-
posed in . resolution introduced in
the house by Representative Curley of
Mas sachuse.ts. Representative Cur.
ley contends that the difference in the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
DEADLY MINE EXPLOSION
Pennsylvania Coal Mine Disaste
Claims q Hundred Victims.

P1TTsBURG, April 23.-The lives of
100 miners, possibly 120, were snuffed
OUT shortly after noon today, when .
disastrous explosion occurred in the
Cincinnati niue OF the Monong ahela
River Consoid sted Coal & Coke com.
pany 1t Finleyville, about p miles
southeast of this city. More than
three score workmen in the mine es-
capped to the surface, crawling most Of
the way on their hands and knees
through deadly gas fumes and over
debris.
Up to IL O'Clock tonight 10 bodies of
victims had been recovered. The bod
les were found by rescuing squads of
the United States bureau of mines,
the Monongahela Coal & Coke COM
pany and Of the Pittsburg Coal com.
pany. As the rescuers found . body
it was carried to the entrances. None
OF the bodies, however, we're brought
to the top.
Several hours after the explosion,
several foreign miners crawled from
one of the entr ances of the mine. All
were seriously burned. They could
give no connected account of the con-
ditions in the mine. They all said
that the mine was "full of dead peo.
ple."
A guard was placed at the pits
mouth and physicians, rescuers and
mine officials held at q distance. A
gas explosion is thought to have
caused the disaster, although this fac,
has not been definitely determined.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30

sctment of b,'l produced by Peters
OF Massachusetts. The bill provides
shat It shall be unlawful to offer for
sale any small fruits or berries in con.
tsiners unless they are plainly stamp.
cd on the outside, in letters At least
one.half inch in height, "full quart"
"full pint" etc.
Vendors purchasing such contain.
ere must secure . guarantee from the
manufacturer that boxes or baskets
orc stsnd ard size, and when 90 pro.
tecsed cannot be prosecuted under this
Law, the 6ne being visited upon tho
manufacturer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Nearly One Hundred Dead

PITTsBURG, April 26.-When the
emergency rescue crew of the station
OF the government bureau Of mines
wss Withdrawn today from the Gin
cinna.i mine of the Pittsburg Coal
company, near Finley Vile, Pa, where
an explosion occurred on Wednesday,
there had been 81 bodies removed and
two miners taken out alive.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30

expire until June IA, and 1t 10 the pur-
pose of the admiuistr alton to allow
collectors, like postmss ssters, TO serve
out their four-yesr terms. There. wss
keen rivalry for this sppointment,
which psys "a, 500 per year, and many
candidstes were In the field. King,
however. proved TO be sccept table 70
both senators and they united in in
doPsing him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Woman Appointed Receiver

WASHINGTON, April 26.-Mrs. Annie
G. Rogers, wife of . business man In
Leadville, COL, was dssignated today
BY Secretary Lane OF the interior de.
partment, for appointment % receiver
of the land Office at Lesdville, at q
salary OF %, 900 . year. Mrs. Rogers
10 q widely known sufrsgist.
II am particularly glad TO name
Mrs. Rogers" said Secretary Lane,
"because it 10 an established fact In
the United States that money can be
handled more safely by women than
by men,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
DEFENDS INCOME TAX.
Anthor Of Revenue Measure Replies
To Adverse Criticism.

To Adverse Criticism.
WASHINGTON, April ga com.
prehensive analysis of the income tax
BY Representative Hull of Tennessee,
its author, featured todsy's general
debate on the tariff in the house.
MIR. Hull replied to numerous com.
ments on provisions Of the income
tax. To the suggestion that It 10 class
legislation and distinction between
citizens Of large means and those with.
out particular means, he answered
that it, purpose WAS to reach for taxa
ton those who have escaped taxes
and who are most able TO bear them.
BE declared the masses of the people
we're paying most of the 1922, 000. 900
taxes and most Of the state and local
tsxes. save In few states.
Against the assertion that the tax
was upon thrift, industry and profit,
Mr.. Hull replied that the tariff WAS
tax on consumption, want and even
poverty and misery, and added that
the proposed income tax was measured
by net profits or gains and not im.
posed upon gross income, capital, or
other property. BE char acterized the
income tax as the outgrowth OF GEN.
turtles of tax Legislation throughout
the world.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Long Continued Strike Ended.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, April 26.-
Striking miners Of the Ksnawha coal
fields. In special convention late today
voted 10 accept the proposals Of Gov.
ernor Hatfield tor . settlement Of the
trouble. The strike has been in pro.
gress . year. Il has been marked
BY much rioting and Considerable
bloodshed, while at times martial Law
was proclaimed.
The coal operators accepted the gov
ernor's proposal . week ago. The ac-
tiou Of the miners is expected to 70.
suit in the withdrawal OF troops with.
In . few days, and . restoration Of
civil law.
The vote of the miners deleg atss wss
"a to 9 In favor of accepting Governor
Hstdeld's Recommend ation for SET
Element OF the prolonged struggle.
The governors Recommend ations in
cluded q check weighman, . nine.hour
day. . semi-monthly payday. and that
there shall be no discrimin alton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Closing Tariff Debate.

WASHINGTON, April pa rush Of
speech. N aking on the final day of
general debate on the tariff bill made
proceedings lively in the house. Most
OF the members had held back with .
view to getting the large audience sx-
pected with the closing of the gsnsr al
debate and the shifting of the consid-
Grafton of tho Underwood tariff revi-
sion TO reading of the measure under
tho hve-minuse rule, beginning tonor.
row.
Chairman Underwood has not
changed his view that the bill should
be disposed of In The house within .
week from today and that the sugar
schedule is not likely to offer much
real trouble. He hoped that unless
the fight of the anti.free wool advo.
Gates spreads, the bill will emerge
from the senate substantially in the
came form in which 1t stands. ...
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30

hours of labor ia many states, vary.
ing from 54 hours a week in Msssa.
chusetts to 66 hours in the southern
states, creates au 'unwarranted die.
urers located in states where the long
hours prevail. 1t Was for the purpose
of elimin ating this discrimin alton th at
the resolution VAS offered.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Large Savings Deposits

WASHINGTON, April 26.-The pos.
tai savings bank at Butte. according
to statement of the postoffice depart
ment today, ranks fifteenth among the
postal banks of the country. On
March 81 there were on deposis in the
Butte bank total of s34S, ,499, which
is greater than the deposits at Denver,
Seattle or Tacoma.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Advertisers Must Be Truthful.

MINNEAPOLIS, April 26.-The first
case under the advertising law re-
Gently passed BY the Minuesosa lseis.
lature, making liable to prosecution
individual or 6rms who misrepresent
the value of their goods in an adver-
tisement, WAS begun In the district
court here today. A local store 10 &C.
cused OF having advertised certain
line of shoes and the inducements held
out to prospective buyers is decla
fraudulent. An association of local
advertisers furnished the evidence on
which the prosecution 10 based.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Canal Zone Will Be Dry

PANAMA, April 28.-By direction of
Lindley M. Garrison, secretary Of
war, the Panama canal zone will be
without saloons during the coming
fiscal year. Az the present time there
are IS saloons in zone towns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
TEXAS RATE CASES
Interstate Commerce Commission q
Sustained By The Court.

SOSsout0O ~ uUo SOuUl.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The COM
merce court upheld today the inter-
state commerce commissions orders
In the Shreveport-Texas rate cases
and In many respects sustained prin-
ciples which the railro ads are asking
the supreme court to adopt in the Is
state rate cases now awaiting deci-
sion. The commerce court entirely up.
held the powers of congress and the
interstate commerce commission to re-
move discrimin alton caused by q state
railroad commission enforcing intrs-
state rates lower than interstate rates
which have been held to be respou-
sible.
Because of the similarity OF the
Shreveport case to the state rate cas-
es, Attorney General MoReynolds
filed last Monday . brief Intervention
In the state rate cases with the su.
preme court as "friend of the court. I"
Attorneys for the state of Minnesots
today sled their reply but expressed
the opinion that the Shreveport deci-
sion would not effect their case be-
cause the state of Minnesota % dis.
ting uishsd from Texas 10 seeking to
sustain the right OF q state to estab-
lish q system of intra-state rates pro.
sumably reasonable in Themselves and
having no reference to interstate COM
merce.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
Te Prevent Short Measures

WASHINGTON, April %. - Protec-
tion against the false bottomed str aw-
berry box and other short measured
schemes resorted to by vendors of
small fruits is guaranteed by the en-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
A CIincher.

The Youth-Sir, came. to ask your
consent to my marriage with your
daughter. The Old Man-ls your in.
come sufficient to support a wife:
The Youth-lt is. and. in addition to
that. it is sufficient to enable me to
stand an occasional touch from my
wife's father. The Old Man-Say no
more. young man. She's yours. Bless
you. my son.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
BRYAN EXPLAINS VISIT.
California Legislature Proposes Vic.
lation Of Treaty Rights.

SaIl0u OF treaty Ho&nto.
SACRAMENTO, April 2S.-William ].
Bryan. secretary Of stste, arrived 10
Sacramento early this moraiug to
confer with Governor johnson and the
Californis Legislature on the proposed
anti.alien land holding lsws to which
President Wilson and shs stste depart.
meat - Warrington have taken ex-
oeption on the ground thas nation sl
treaty rights of japan may b threat.
ened.
California in the fullnsss of her
right % state, may enact . rigid
law barring orientals from ownership ,
but such action would be against the
sarnsst wish Of President Wilson and
the national administrasion.
This 10 the substance OF the mess age
from Washington which Mr.. wm. j.
Bryan secretary Of state, and person.
al representative of the president
delivered today to secret conference
attended only by Governor johnson,
Lisutenan Governor Wallace and The
l2o members ofsthe state Legislature.
After considering the situation
through two long conferences the
opinion is generally expressed that
the stu alton rem msins unch angsd, and
that the plan OF Governor johnson
and his adherents will be carried out.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30
ATTACKS TARIFF BILL
Congressman Murdock Believes I,
Will Benefit Foreigners.


Will Benefit Foreigners.
WASHINGTON. April PA tariff
commission with power to collect infor-
nation was urged, reasonable redue-
tion Of any duty obviously excessive
WAS advocated and radical reduc,ions
not founded on adequate Information
we're opposed In = minority report
presented today to the house by Rep
resentative Victor Murdock of Kansas
the progressive member of the ways
and means committee. Mr.. Murdock
charged that % result of the methods
used In ito prepsr alton, the few men
who drafted it "are not war; anted In
feeling certainty % to its effects and
most OF those who have endorsed II in
caucus % . party measure cannot
have other than super6cial knowledge
Of its provisions.
"Under the guise OF red ucing the cost
OF living" he said, sit may destroy
the very basis of our industrial proc
perity. Proposing and promising to
cheaper the food and clothing of the
workingmsn, II may take from him the
very means by which he may earn his
living. Proclsiming in one statement
that it IL cheapsning the articles used
by the farmer, in the next statement it
opens the American market TO foreign
agricultural and dairy products."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-04-30

Fine Book and job Printing . sre-
cia!.y at the RIVER PRESS Office.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-12-04
MnN Not Ncccnt Peace

UERMOSILLO, Sonora, Dec. j.
General Carranzo declined today to
comment on Che news from Juarez
that several federal generals were
sending commissioners to treat with
tn, rovolutionists.
"You will See whether ! receive
them when the time comes" he SAID
The news that Chihuahua had Of
f,red itself as rebel prize was re
ceivod with sa isiaction by rebel lead
crs, who considered II proof of the fail
ing of General Huerta's military pow
cr. There was some doubt as to what
Carranzas attitude should the federal
commanders wish to ally themselves
with the constitu iunalists.
At the beginning Of the revolution
Carran2a allowed thirty days in winch
he would accept offers.
The only former army officer prom
inentIy connected with the revolution
is General Felipe Angeles, secretary or
war in Carranza's provisional cabinet
he was one Of The few regular army
generals who never recognized Huer-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-12-04
.RESINOL WILL
HEAL BABpS
ITCHING SKIN

Rcsinol Ointment and Resinol Soap
are absolutely free from anything OF
harsh or injurious nature and can
therefore be used with confidence IN
the treatment Of babies skin troubles
eczema, tecthing rash, chaing etc
They stop itching instantly and speed
lily heal oven severe and stubborn
eruptious Doctors have prescribed
Rcsnol for the past eighteen years,
Resinol Soap for babys daily bath
will usually prevent any skin trouble
and chatting, because il contains the
soothing, healing ResInol medication.
Rosinol Ointment C50c and SlOO),
and Rcsinol Soap C25c), are sold by
druggists everywhere. For trial free,
write to Dept 23-R, Resinol, Balti-
more, Md Avoid Substitutes and
limitations" Of Resinol watch few
INSCRIPTIONS dealers offer, They are
often useless and even injurious
Adv