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the particular form of amusement
was not SO important as the fact that
1t brought people into the open air.
Werner Was Speaker.
Secretary Werner of the Y. NJ. C. A.
spoke Of the work which that insti-
tuition was doing for the promotion of
and boys of the city. He stated that
the association was doing all that it
could for development indoors, but
that there was a need for out of door
amusement and exercise as we'll.
Curling Discussed.
The curling proposition was taken
up quite freely in paper prepared
by +. d. Cameron Of the committee
IN charge Of the erection of a build
ing. Mr.. Cameron was called out OF
the city by business and was unable
to be present at the dinner. His pa
per was read by w. p. Davies, who
presided at the dinner. The curling
question was also taken up by DIR. q.
NJ. Williamson. He dealt with tho
possibility for skating which was Of
fered by the rink which would be
erected for the curling games.
Mr.. Cameron's paper in part fol-
lows:
My ideal winter sport for the north
west is curling. and there Is 70 much
to be said on its behalf that can
only touch on the outside edges. and
hope that by this time next year there
will be no occasion for me to say
anything at all.
Curling is no fad--no new game to
be taken up for while and dropped
when the novelty has worn OF. 1t IL
nearly as ancient as the locks of
Bonnie Scotland. whore 1t originated,
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GOVERNMENT wins
:. POINT IN CASE
Only Alleged Obscene Mat
ter in Jim jam Jerns to be
Considered, Says Court
(Times Special Service,

Bismarck, n. D., March 12.-Judge
Willard this morning ruled that only
those portions of the magazine. "Jim
Jam Jems." which the government
claims obscene. will be admitted as
evidence. Attorney Tracy Bangs for
the defense. made a vigorous protest
against this ruling. holding that the
entire magazine was mentioned in the
indictment and should be submitted
as evidence. but the Judge announced
that the stenographer would prepare
typewriter copies of the portions Of
the books and portions Of the articles
referred to and that they should be
submitted to the jury as evidence. 1t
is expected that the case will go to the
jury this afternoon. as the defense has
no witnesses to put on the stand.
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Former Grand Forks Man
Charged with Attempt
ing Bribery is Freed.
CASE IS SET FOR
MAY COURT SESSION
Has Been Prisoner in Burleigh coun.
ty Jail Since Being Bound Over by
Judge Nuessle-scveral .Inte1 sus
Features Woven into the :ActioSate
(Times Special service.)

~ 6ismarck. n. d.. March 12.-Ben J,
Ness. charged with attempting to
bribe members Of the state legislature,
was released from the Burleigh coun.
y jail under bonds Of $4,000. after
spending about ten days behind the
nars because Of his inability to secure
the necessary amount to secure free.
dom.
The next term Of tn Burleigh coun.
ty district court will be held in Bis.
marck in May. with Judge Nuessle
presiding. and at that time Ness will
be arratgned for trial. He will be rep
resented by a Bismarck firm of attor.
neys. Niles & Koffle, while the prose-
cutton will be in the hands Of the
states attorney Of Burleigh county
and the attorney general.
Is First Bribery Case.
The Ness bribery case. the first in
the history of the state, has OCCASION
ed great deal Of interest," The de-
tendant is a young man. probably
about 80 years old, who has been en-
gagged in the drug business and in
surance business during the past few
years. Another interesting sidelight
is found in the fact that his wife Is
the plaintiff in a divorce action, now
pending.
When Ness was originally arrested
upon the cnarge OF attempted bribery,
lodged with Judge Nuessle, he was
held under a $4,000 bail. On the same
day proceedings against him were i'm
stituted in the house of Representatives
and he was found guilty and sentenc-
ed to four days imprisonment in the
Burleigh county Jail. In the mean
time the state authorities had pressed
their action against him with the re-
suit that he was held for trial under
$4,000 bonds, since which time he has
been in jail, unable to secure the Sc
curity until this week.
Faces Heavy Sentence II Convicted.
Conviction Of Ness in the district
court on the charge Of attempted bri.
berry would place him liable to q sen.
tence In the state penitsntiary Of from
one to ten years 1T fi1iee' e'Fe 81 Hot more
than 5000, or both. .
Ness was arrested upon the COM
plant OLA. q. ,Divet and L. L. Twichell.
who accused him Of having offereA
them $500 for the defeat of the anti
snuff bill. The connection Of Ness
with the anti-snuff lobby. II such con-
nection existed. has not been estab-
lished by any Of the proceedings held
up to the present time.
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MAKE SETTLEMENT
John Wanamaker Pays Government
100000 to Cover Treasury Losses.

John Wanamaker Pays Government
100000 to Cover Treasury Losses.
Washington. March 12-John Wan
amaker. the Philadelphia and New
York merchant. has paid to the gov
ernment 100000 to settle sums of
which the treasury had been defraud-
ed during the last fifteen years
through irregular practices In the i'm.
portation Of samples Of merchandise.
Treasury agents working up the in
vestigation were confronted with the
difficulty Of finding records for the
entire time involved, but upon the
records of five years the governments
losses We're approXimated and a set
tlement voluntarily offered by Mr..
Wanamaker was accepted as covering
the entire period over which the prac.
tices extended.
1t was found that it had been the
practice Of the customs examiner at
Philadelphia to pass samples at no
value or an intrinsic one. While the
amount in each case was negligible
compared to the volume Of importa-
ttons, in a period Of years 1t amounted
to q considerable sum.
At the treasury department 1t was
said today that no intent to defraud
the customs had been shown and that
Mr.. Wanamaker co-operated in every
way with the treasury officials to
reach an estimate of the governments
loss
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F|REMEN WANT AN
ADDITIONAL MAN
Say Heavy Engines Increase
Work-High Cost of
Living Touched On.

New York. March 1.-THE high
cost of living and its relation to the
wages received by firemen was one Of
the questions discussed today at the
hearing of the board chosen under the
Erdman act to arbitrate the demands
of the firemen employed on fifty-four
eastern railways for higher wages and
better working conditions.
The rules promulgated by the rail-
ways and the question of promotions
Of firemen to be engineers were other
witnesses of the day, six firemen and
one engineer. The firemen contend
that the heavier engines now in use.
cause them to work harder for the
same pay. They want two firemen as
signed to such locomotives.
Two Of the witnesses today declared
that several years always elapsed aft
er fireman passed his examination
before he ws placed on the list of
extra" engineers. John w. Locke, an
engineer, formerly fireman, employ-
ed by the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern railroad, stated that 1t took
sixteen years before a fireman on the
Lake Shore could become a regular
freight engineer.
James A. Bell, fireman for the
Pennsylvania lines. west. living at
New Castle. Pa. admitted that during
the six years and a half that he had
been with the company he. had re-
ceived several increases in pay, but
he says:
II don't have any more money at
the end of the month than ] had than
when ] first started to work for the
road. I have to pay for rent and more
for living expenses and everything 10
so high do not seem to be any bet
ter off,
He'll said his wages averaged about
800 month.
Chairman William L. Chambers
went into detail with the witness. con-
cerning his living expenses. Bell stat
ed that his grocery bill was from $25
to $50 month. his fuel bill in sum.
mer So. rent SIS. insurance 81. the
aters (moving pictures only) Is to 20
cents. no bar bill. Clothing, Bell said,
did not count for himself as he had
not bought new suit in a year nor a
new overcoat in two years. His wife.
he said. had only had two new dresses
in year. He did not employ serv-
ant. he said, yet he was always in
debt.
The witness described the rules
which he said virtually held the fire.
men responsible with the engineer for
the safety of the train. He cited an
example, where an engineer and fire.
man passed a blocked signal without
seeing it. Though no accident result
eel, he said. the engineer was suspend
ed for thirty days and the fireman for
two weeks.
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URGED. TO DELAY
EXTRA SESSION
..--- 49,
Representative Underwood
Asks that convening
Day:be Postponed.

Washington. March 1e.-Presideut
Wilson was urged today by Represent
tative Underwood. the democratic
leader. to postpone the date Of the
extra session of congress at least one
week. AS a result Of Mr. Underwood Z
suggestion recently the president had
fixed April /. Mr.. Underwood ad-
vised the president that the ways and
means committee require more time
In preparing new tariff bills. Under
wood said the democratic caucus will
decide whether the tariff shall be re-
vised as one bill or each schedule con-
stdered separately.
President Wilson today received
the congratulations by cablegram from
the Carlisle. ENGLAND. mayor. This
grandfather was born.
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FATAL NALADY
TAKES VICTIM
Government Employe Dies
of Sleeping Sickness" in
Fargo Hospital.

Fargo. n. D.. March 12.-Ralf Me-
kenzie. an employee of the federal de-
partment of justice. died at st. Johns
hospital last evening. the victim of
what physicians term the "sleepinp
sickness"
Mckenzie's death was due to his
great devotion to his work and his
sense of responsibility to the federal
government which employed him.
First Attack i'm Fargo.
The first attack Of the fatal disease
occurred soon after Mckenzie reached
Fargo three weeks ago. Hc was on a
secret mission of great importance to
the government. AS confidential
agent he was out to investigate mat.
ters for the Washington authorities.
AT the Gardner hotel where he was
a guest Mckenzie was stricken with
the disease and was advised by phy-
sicians to secure regular treatment at
once.
He deemed his work of such great
Importance. however. that he left the
city before his recovery. going. 1t is
stated to Fort Ransom. in the south
ern portion of the state.
Brought to Fargo Hospital.
Here he was subjected to exposures
and the malady returned. Saturday
he was brought to Fargo and taken to
the hospital where he was attended
by physicians. The patient slept from
twenty to twenty-five hours a day and
the attendants could gain no informa-
ton concerning his family or friends.
They diagnosed the disease as a form
OF Bright's disease gut closely resem-
bling the sleeping sickness" which
caused many deaths in South Africa.
Mckenzie was known in Fargo. He
was a class mate of W. J.. Stockwell at
the University of Minnesota and MFR.
Stockwell states that Mckenzie was
considered one of the most brilliant
men in his class.
lie took up newspaper work after
graduation and later was appointed a
special agent in the department Of
justice. He achieved considera BILE
success in this position.
Wires Mckcnzie's Friends.
W. l.. Stockwell last evening wired
the department at Washington for in.
formation concerning McKenzic's rel
atives and for instructions.
He also wired Judge Giddings. an
old time friend at Anoka. where Nc
Kenzie attended school. He was a
member Of the Masonic lodge at
Washington. D. c.. and Masons of
Fargo will look after the body until
further instructions are received.
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Rome. March 1o.-Rumors are cur.
rent in Rome that Pope Plus is near
death. Although the rumors are in
dignantly denied, it is at least admit
ted that His Holiness is far from we'll
The sedentary life of the Vatican dur
ing the last ten years, has. told upon
him. During the past few days. how
ever. his condition has shown marked
improvement.
Pope Plus is seventy-eight years
old, the same age as. Cardinal Gibbons
Of Baltimore, and ten years younger
than the venerable Monsigl. o. Capa-
celatfo. cardinal-archbishop of Capua
and the dean Of the sacred college.
That his health is impaired is due not
alone to his sedenatary life but to the
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MANY WILL SUFFER
This is Prediction of Labor Leader
Reporters are Threatened.

Paterson, N. j., March lat is
only few days now when we shall
have to begin to take care Of some Of
these people who have no money"
William D. Haywood. Industrial
Workers Of the World leader, told sew
eral thousand striking silk mill op-
eratives today. The strike has been in
progress three weeks. the idle em-
ployes demanding more money and
different working conditions. Hay
woods words We're the first uttered in
warning that distress is imminent for
those dependent upon the strikers.
Haywood attacked newspapers so
bitterly in his speech that the audi
ence made a threatening demonstra-
ton against reporters who were pres
ent. Haywood warned them against
however. and quieted the
strikers.
Several hundred men paraded nois-
lily today past mills where employees
did not walk out. An agitator was ar
rested in the midst of speech.
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FOUND GUILTY
Jury Convicts Man Accused by Enrico
CaFllaO Of Rlackmall

Jury COnvtcts Man Accused by Enrico
Caruso Of Blackmail.
New York. March 12.-Antonio Gin
cotto. charged by Enrico Caruso, the
grand opera tenor. with having at
tempted to, obtain S16.000 from hlm hy
blackmail in March, 1910. was found
guilty OF extortion by jury today.
Caruso testified that he had receive
ed Black Hand letter demanding
$4,000 and delivered the letter to the
police. On receiving another letter
the demand he had his valet
make up q package resembling a
bundle of bank notes and take 1t to
the place indicated by the writer's.
Detectives hidden near by arrested
two men. but third escaped.
One Of those arrested was Cincotto.
The other man. Antonio Missiano. was
tried two years ago and sentenced to
an indefinite prison term. After be-
his term. Missiano filed a GER
tificate Of reasonable doubt and was
released on 10000 bail. He has dis
appeared.
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BURLESON Will
ENFORCE LAW
Unless Supreme Court Re-
strains Him-To Pay no
Attention to Agreement.

Washington. March 12.-Unless the
supreme court restrains Postmaster
General Burleson from enforcing the
newspaper publicity" law. as asked
to do yesterday. he Immediately will
former Postmaster General Hitchcock
to withhold action. pending the de-
termination Of its constitutionality.
Final notices have been sent a num-
Der of publishers that unless they
furnish the Information required by
law within ten days. their publications
will be denied admission to the mails.
Approximately nine per cent of the
publications affected have flied their
reports and otherwise compiled with
the law.
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FARMERS TESTIFY.

Give Evidence in Favor of the Inter.
national Harvester Company.
Omaha. March 12.-Farmers. dairy.
men and implement dealers testified
in defense Of the International Har.
vester company in the government
suit which charges monopoly OF the
harvester business. today.
George w. Grossly testified that OF
the $4,000 worth Of machinery on his
farm. only $3.50 represented the
value Of his harvesting machinery.
Invariably the dealers who testi.
fed said they had been in no way
coerced into handling an exclusive line
Of machinery manufactured By tho
International Harvester company and
it because they considered II
Of superior quality.
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Library FOR REPORTERS.

New York, March IA library
and press room for the use Of news
paper men Is to be one Of the features
of the New York stock exchange in
the future. The equipment OF a room.
on the fifth floor OF the building was
begun today. The room will be pro-
vided with files of financial publica-
tions and statistical matter for news
paper men and others who desire to
investigate financial matters. This
innovation. it is said. has grown out
of desire on the part Of governors
to refute the idea that the exchange
has been opposed to publicity.
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many veXed questions of Vatican
statecraft calling for immediate de-
cision. The recent death Of his sister
also told upon him.
Already there is talk of the death
of the pontiff as something which cam
not be long in coming and there is
much speculation as to who will be
his successor. Among those most
Val. Rampolli and Falconio. RAM
polli very nearly succeeded Leo XIII.
but the Austrian veto prevented his
election. Del Val has the disadvant:
age of being Spaniard and a papal
secretary who has irritated. several
members of the college.
Cardinal O'Connell of. Boston is all
SO mentioned as possible successor.
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FLOCK TO PANAMA.

T0uFists Make Trip to Sec "BlG Ditch''
Before IL Ia Filled.
New York. March 12.-Tourists con.
tinue to flock to Panama to sec the
big ditch the United States govsrn-
ment Ia digging there.
The Victoria Louise. a German
cruising steamer. sailed today for Co.
Ion with all her cabins full.
Among the passengers were John
y. Rockefeller. Jr.. and his wife. MIR.
Rockefeller. like his fellow tourists
said .he. was anxious tn see the canal
before It is filled with water.
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PHYSICIAN SUICIDES
Declares He Was Unjustly Blamed Re
gartiing Fire Which Destroyed

Lawrence. Mich. March 12.-Dr. A.
g. Six. a prominent physician Of this
village. shot and killed himself this
afternoon, few minutes before he
was to consult with authorities re-
gar6ing a mysterious fire which de-
etroyed his home February 6, in which
his wife and daughter were burned
to death.
After the discovery Of the physi-
clans body. letter was found on his
desk in which he said that unjust sus.
ptcion had been directed against him
concerning the origin Of the fire and
that he was innocent Of any blame.
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ARRESTED IN HELMS
Man Who Fled From Brussels .Afte,
Alleged DcfalcatiOns Is Located.

Alleged Declarations Is Located.
Rheims. France. March 1?.-Nestor
Wtlmart, former manager of the
Gand Terneuzen railroad, who fed
from Brussels in October, 1912. after
alleged defalcations aggregating mill
lions OF dollars, was arrested here
last night.
Wilmart had been in hiding at
Laon. about ninety miles from Paris.
but discovering that he had aroused
the suspicious of the police he fed to
Rheims. A detective followed him
and placed him under arrest Will
mart at, first denied his identity. but
finally admitted it.
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Nearing the End.

Constantinople, March '12.-The
despairins cry. "I can hold out only a
week longer" came In a cipher mes
sage by wireless from Shukri Pasha.
the Turkish commander at Adrian
ople. to superior officers here, accord
ing to an unofficial report. Shukri,
who held out many months against
hundreds of siege guns Of the Bull
garians and Servians, is said to have
Informed the porte in the message
that Adrianople is practically at the
end of Its resources with regard to
food and ammunition, while scurvy
and intestinal disorders are ravaging
the ranks, Of the defenders.
The commander urges either that
peace negotiations be hastened or that
they Immediately attempt to relieve
the city from the Tchatalja lines.
The Turkish ministry are divided in
opinion and they will have difficulty
in reaching solution Of the problem.
The fermeut aroused by the murder
Of the late Nazim Pasha continues to
threaten internal trouble in Turkey.
At the services held in Nazim's MEM
ory. the officiating Musselmen priest
pronounced maledictons on the as
OaSSinH.
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AN ORPHAN AGAIN.

Scranton. Pa. March l2.-Viola
Wells. Titanic waif. was made an
orphan again today when the man who
adopted her. John A. Rady. was killed
in the machinery of the Lackawanna
mills. where he was a foreman. The
'child's parents were victims of the II.
tanic disaster.
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Mexican Government Homes
to Concentrate 10000
Men in Sonora.
,OJEDA EVACUATES
Aqua PRIETA TODAY
State of Sinaola Revolts Oficially
Against Huerta Regime and Names
Provisional Governor-To Elect .
President in July.

Mexico City, March 1.-Two thou-
sand followers of yenustiano Carran-
20. rebel governor of Coahuila. are
surrounded in the vicinity Of Lampa-
Eos. Nuevo Leon. by 1000 federals, ac-
cording to the statement of the war
department. 1t is not known whether
Carranza is with his followers. A
dozen troop trains left here for the
north today. most Of the troops going
to Sonora. By Saturday, the govern
ment hopes to concentrate 10000 men
against the constitutionalists in Son.
ora. The government also Is sending
large forces against the Zapata fol-
lowers in the south.
Cutting Off communication between
Hermosillo. the capital of Sonora. and
the seaport Guayamas on the gulf Of
California. has given rise to much
anxiety in Guayamas, according to
dispatches. Reports indicate that
1900 rebels are fortified in that
neighborhood. They are said to he in
possession of four rapid fire field guns.
Guayamas garrison of 400 federals,
and the Mexican gunboats Tampico
and General Guerrero are stationed
there, and also the American cruiser
Colorado.
A bill has been prepared for the
cha mber of deputies providing the
holding Of a presidential election in
July. 1t is said that Huerta has
agreed to that date.
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Au,.h. CO.. NJ,

Another State Rcvolts.
Nogales. Ariz.. March 12.-The state
OF sinaola. south Of Sonora, revolted
omcially against Huerta's government
and named provisional governor, ac-
cording to reports. Persons arriving
with Hermosillo report that the Yaqui
Indians of Sonora volunteered to as
sist the insurgents.
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Despairing Cry Comes from
Turk Commander at Adri-
anople, Says Report
SCURYY RAVAGING
RANKS OF SOLDIERS
Murder OF Naxim Pasha Continues to
Threaten Internal Trouble in Tur.
key-Allied Balkan Nations Agree
70 Accept Mediation OF Powers.
AGREE TO MEDIATION.

IAO1eSID IO NEOItKIION.
Belgrade, March 12.-The al.
lied Balkan nations agreed to &C.
cept mediation Of the powers, &c.
.cOrding to an unofficial announce.
ment. The consent Of the allies
is contingent on tho agreement of
Turkey to surrender the fortress.
es at Adrianapole and Scutari,
and the islands In the Agean sea.
snd also to pay war indemnity.
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EVACUATED This Nforn,np

ENacuated This Morning.
Douglas. Ariz., March 12-General
OJeda and $50 men evacuated Aqua
frieta at 3 o'clock this morning. and
began an overland march west to
Nogales. where Colonel Kosterlitsky's
rural police are threatened with an
attack. Each man carried all the
arms and ammunition possible, while
the rest of the garrison equipment was
left packed on box cars.
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CONTINUED ON Page S,
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a. M, 20; maximum. 81;
minimum, 10; northwest wind, 10
miles; barometer. 1901.
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North Dakota: Local SHOWS TO.
night and Thursdsy; colder TO.
night in the west portion.