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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
Christmas Cheer For Homeless.

/ NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-The Christ.
mas spirit prevailed here today and
multitudes of poor felt the benehcient
results.
The Salvation Army caring for 3OO,.
600 persous throughout the country,
provided for 25, 900 here.
At the Nin,h regiment armory s..
600 baskets of food were presented to
representatives of as many families.
Clothing and fuel will be exchanged
in return for tickets handed to the 81
900 people. The tickets were given to
two thousands of hungry after they
had been fed.
Congressman "Big Tim" Sullivan
gave his customary Christmas dinner
to 1000 homeless men. Tickets were
distribu which will bring each man
shoes and socks on FEBRUARY 6.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
Phosphate Rock In Montana.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-New dis
coveries Ut phosphate rock in Mon.
tana are reported bv the Uniteh States
geological survey in the Garnet range
80 miles from Anaconda, and six miles
north OF Garrison. Considerable i'm
portance is attached to the discovery,
not only because the rock exists in
commerciai quantities, but because it
is ia easy reach OF the smelters, where
an abundance of eulphuric acid is
going to waste.
10 convert this rock into available
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
DYNAMITERS SENTENCED.
Labor Union Officials Will Spend
Several Years In Prison.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 3O.-Sentences
varying from seven years. imprisou
ment In the federal prison at Leaven-
worth, kss.. to one year and one day
and to suspended sentences were tod ay
imposed upon the 80 labor union ofj.
cials 10 the dynamite conspiracy csses.
Frank NJ. Ryan, president of the
iron workers. intern ational union,
was given a sentence of seven years.
Olaf A. Tveitmne rf San Francisco,
convicted of aiding in plotting the de.
struction Of the LIS Angeles Times
building, and Eugene A. Clancy, also
OF San Francisc", were given six years
each
Before Judge Anderson passed sem
teuce he said he d. sired t, make q
statement. He then reviewed the case
as we'll AS the evidence introduced and
said:
"This campaign of dynamite was
carried on throughout the country
from the Atlan,ic to the Pacific. The
evidence disclosed an appalling list of
crimes. in adci'inn to those charged
In the indic'men's. These crimes were
all committed ia The nhlne of organ
iZed labor. I will uot believe that
organized labor approves OF such
practices.
ANY organization that approves
and adopts the methods of these de.
fendants is an outlaw and will meet
the fate which outlaws have met since
civilized society began.
'The evidence shows some OF these
defend ants to be guilty of murder, but
they are not charged with that crime;
this court cannot punish them for it,
nor shsll II be Influenced by such con.
stderation In fixing the measures OF
punishment for the crimes charged.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
BREAKFAST FOOD TRUSTS
Federal Authorities Allege Attempe
To Monopolize Business.

CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-1nvestigation Of
an alleged attempt to secure control Of
the oatmeal business OF the U6ited
States has been started by the federal
grand jury here.
Purchase OF the Great Western Ger.
cal COMPANY by the Quaker Oats COM
pany will be inquired into FIRST Rob.
ert Gordon, secretary OF the Quaker
Oats company, aud Daniel Pekterkin,
private secretary OF Joy Morton, head
OF the Great Western company, have
been ordered to appear before the
grand jury. a numb-r of other en-
ployes have been subpoenaed to tell of
the transactions. 1t is charged that
virtual control of the oatmeal busi-
ness resulted from the trans action.
DETROIT, D,c. 26. - The kellogg
Toasted Corn Fake company is al.
legged to be violating the Sherman law
10 position in equity filed in the
United States diS'r',t court here today
by order of Attorney General Wicker.
sham to settle for all the time the ex.
tent to which m manufacturer may con-.
troll retail prices.
The company and lis officers, engag-
ed In the manufacture of Kellogg's
Toasted Corn Flakes, are Oh arged with
fixing prices ut which the fakes are
sold to retailer aud consumer, pre-.
venting competition which would re.
duce the price to the public and creat-
ing q monopoly by concentr ating the
entire interstate traffic An this com.
modify in the hands of jobbers and re->
tsilers who abideSby price agreements
exacted BY the defend ants. It IL al~
legged that the defend ants have invoked
the patent laws through the use of .
patented carton in which the fakes arc
packed Is "mere subterfuge and de-
vice" to escape the provisions of the
Sherman law.
The government asks for injunctions
to prevent the company, tts officers
aud agents from controlling the price
OF the breakfast food after 1t leaves
the hands of the manufacturer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
The Oldest Store "Girl.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Miss Ellen
Horgan, department store "girl"
104 years old, who was busting coun.
ters At the store every morning up to
few days ago, died from bronchitis
in her lonely little fat yesterday. In
q few weeks more she would have been
los years old. Her friends in the big
store had planned to make her Christ
mas q merry one by visiting her, but
to their grief their plans were halted
by the news of her death.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
Garment Workers On Strike.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Men and
women garment workers, estimated at
125, 900 went out on strike in New
York today, tying up approximatel y
1000 factories. They demand higher
pay and better working conditions.
Picket squads have been posted at ell
factories affected.
An eight hour day, 20 per cent In.
crease In wages, with q minimum OF
SlO week for girls and SIG for men,
abolition OF child labor and work in
the tenements are the features of the
strikers demands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
Parcel Post Is Operated On
Unit System With 8 Zones
Cou1..Tij IS Mapped Out With
$500 tS---GOvernm9nt
Sis Guides CheapIy.

bered units printed on it shows that
New York city is in unit III, which,
Of course. is in the first zone. Each To-
cality makes its own first zone. SO it
was necessary for the postoftice de-
partment to have printed separate
maps for each locality. Suppose you
are in unit III in the first zone and
you want to send IL package to Buffalo,
which Is approximately in unit l,162.
which il in the second zone. You take
the package to the postottice, and the
postotlice clerk will place it on the
newly constructed scales. first desig.
mating on the scales that the package
Is to 20 to the second zone. When it
IL weighed the scale will give exactly
the amount necessary to carry the
package to its destination.
The first zone uf fifty miles includes
what Is called the local zone. The
maximum charge for the local zone is
3 cents for the first pound and / cent
for each additional pound.
After that there Is a graduated in.
crease. the second zone having a "a
dius of $50 miles. the third 800 miles:
etc.. until the eighth zone, which in
cludes every town over 1900 miles.
Separate provision. is made for all
packages that weigh four ounces or
less. Like the present system Of fourth
class matter. there will be a fat rate
OF a cent an ounce. II a package
weighs over four ounces it goes under
the pound rate.
Every postmaster and postoff1ce clerk
handling parcel post has a map and
guidebook which holds the key to the
numbered units on the map. If you
want to send package to Buffalo his
guidebook will show him which unit
Buffalo is in. and then the map will
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01

HELENA, Dec. 27,-The annual
meeting of the state association of as
SCISSORS will be held in Helena Janu-
ary 2l to % for the purpose of con-
sidering matters pertaining to the as
sessment OF property. Notices of the
meeting have been sent to all the as.
SCISSORS in the state by Frank S,eeIe
secretary of the association, and there
Is reason to believe that all the as
SCISSORS will! attend.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01

fertilizer phosphate rock is quickly
rendered available a. plant food by
dissolution in sulphuric actd and q
combination OF vast quantities of
phospha ate rock and sulphuric acid In
one vicinity leads the survey officials
TO conclude that there is soon to be
developed in Montana q great fertili.
Ter industry that will supply not only
western but eastern agriculture a.
we'll
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
Counterfeiters Were BUSY.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 26-There has
been q remarka able activity of small
coin counterfeiters in the last few
weeks, attributed by secret service Off
cials to the rush OF the Christmas sea.
son, when offenders expected to pass
spurious money on the hurrying pub.
lie. Most of the counterfeite were
halt dollars circulated in the east.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
500 Line Is Coming,

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 27.-The 500
line will lay rails into Montana early
in the year 1918, according to the
statement today of Edmund Penning-
ton, president of the road. The Amb
rose line ts to be extended about so
miles into Valley county, Montana. a.
and another extension from Plaza. NJ
d., to point near Goodale, Mont,
has been approved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01

BOHEMIAN. Dec. 27.-It is reported
here that Rogers Bros. OF Alpens,
Mich, a firm of seed dealers, will
have large acreage OF seed peas In
the Gallatin valley for the coming
season. They will be new firm in
the business here, which this last sea.
son assumed such large proportions
in the Galllstin valley, as to consti.
tute one OF its staple crops.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
Should Raise Sugar 8eets.

WASHINGTON Dec. 27.-With the
declaration that the United States
should raise all its sugar, the depart.
ment OF agriculture today issued an
appeal to the American farmer to 60
In for the cultivation of the sugar beet.
There are 1000, 600 short tons OF beets
now imported annually. which should
be raised at home.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
Any One Can Learn Postage
Rates by Figuring Out Dis
tdnCe From POstOffice,

nEGINNING New Years day at {
Il. IN. the new parcel post law
~ permits any inhabitant of the
United States to send through
the mail merchandise of all descrip.
tons. provided it does not weigh more
than eleven pounds and is not more
than six feet in combined length and
girth. One point the postmaster gen.
eral wishes emphasized and that is
that all packages have to be taken to
the postottice by the sender. and this
doesn't mean the numbered substa-
tions ordinarily found in drug stores,
but the regular postoffice stations.
The packages will be delivered at
their destination in wagons. the deliv-
cries being as regular as the present
letter service.
At present the number Of men in the
postal service has not been increased.
Such step is considered unnecessary
at present. The postoffice department
has been working overtime since last
July. when congress passed the law.
preparing for the Inauguration Of the
new service. Twenty thousand Of the
most delicate and intricate scales have
been orderes ~sor delivery before Jan. /.
A most elaborate system Of maps
has been completed. inaugurating
zone system. There are eight differ
ent zones. Upon the maps are depict
ed various units in each zone. Every
town is situated in numbered unit,
shown upon the map. The first zone
Is any distance within fifty miles.
The second zone is greater distance,
and so on until the last zone, which
takes in Alaska and the Hawaiian Is
lands. but not the Philippines.
For instance. the map with its num-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
First Snow Storm In 80 Years.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. 26.-There
is sleighing today in southern Texas.
Anticipated cutters and "bobs', are
speeding through the streets with
merry loads for 1t 10 the fret sleigh.
ing tn thirty years. There are many
happy youngsters who today hurled
their fret snowball. The snow hss
fallen to q depth of four inches, and
In some parts of the Panhandle the
depth is greater than seven inches.
Practically the same conditions pre-.
vail In Oklahoma, but thers sleighiug
is not such q novelty.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
designate the zone. All lie has to d

designate the zone. All lie has to do
is to mark his scale with the zone in.
dicator and the machine will show the
amount Of postage.
The postoffice department has issued
a guide book and map that can be pur-
chased for Is cents. There is also an
| insurance against loss of all packages
not over $50
Among the things that will not be ac-
cepted for delivery are intoxicants, ex-
plosives. infiammable liquids. live or
dead animals. firearms. disease germs.
books or printed matter.
A special series of stamps has been
| engr; we'd for the service.
The greatest advantage of the par
eel post is to the farmer who wants to
sell his products direct to the consum-
err A postal card for a dozen or more
fresh eggs can he sent on one day and
the eggs received the next. All kinds
OF produce will be acceptable. Eggs
can be packed separately in cotton and
placed III corrugated pasteboard boxes
50 they can be shipped with entire safe
ty. All packages containing eggs must
be marked "eggs.''
All fragile articles. such as millinery,
toys. musical instruments. glassware.
etc.. must be marked fragile"
1t is expected that the parcel post
will hurt the express companies busi-
ness. particularly in short deliveries,
on account Of the cheap rates of the
parcel post. The suburban poultry
and produce markets will be accessible
to thousands Of town buyers.
The parcel post stamps measure / by
IL inches between perforated lines.
The color is red for all denominations.
In curved panel across the top, sup
ported by paneled perpendicular COL
umn at each end.
Triangular ornaments occupy both
upper corners. The denomination in
large numerals is in each lower cor
ner. with the title of the subject and
the word "cents" or dollars" between.
The designs on the several denomi-
nations are as follows:
cent-Postoffice clerk.
cents-City carrier.
cents-Railway postal clerk.
I cents-Rural carrier.
cents-Mail train.
10 cents-Steamship and mail tender.
Is cents-Automobile service.
20 cents-Aeroplane carrying mail.
70 cents-Manufacturing.
80 cents-Dairying.
Is cents-Harvestng
$1-Fruit growing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
Many Leap Year Marriages i.

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Leap year 10
given credit by the marriages license
clerks IN this city for q gain OF 1874
in the number OF licenses issued here
during 1912. The total number was
81 ST.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
AGRAM
PACKAGES ~ ~

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FOR THE KIDDIES

IRON CRIBS
SILVER DINING SETS
SLElGIlS
BOBS
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-12

The truly acceptable Christmas present must be OF al
Day but for every day Such gift is perpetual reminder
and the sentiments incident the giving. When the w
OF miStleoe have been removed your gift will remain to
many years. Therefore, GIVE FURNITURE.
You will find our big store full to overlooking with TN
hundreds and hundreds of articles that your friends and la
lily your good sense and good taste. We will gladly put
Christmas week. small deposit all that is needed RI
article wanted.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
HARVARD JEERS
At COURSE IN
conversation
University Paper Mocks Judge
Who Suggests Crimson's Men
Are Dull Takers.

BOSTON, Nov. 8.-The Harvard
Advocate takes in very jovial humor
the suggestion of Judge Robert Grant,
Of the Suffolk Probate Court, that
Harvard men are poor conversation
alists and that they should be taught
how to talk. The Advocate com
ments.
1T is well, now and then, to be told
that we have faults. Just now it is
our conversational ability that is on
the rack. We are said to be over
cultured The proposed remedy is
obvious; courses should be instituted
in the art Of conversation. Future
generations of Harvard men, as they
pursue the announcement of courses
Of instruction, will come on SUCH
as these:
Conversation A elementary
Course), The Weather Three times
q week
Conversation I'd hf., pink Tea
Platitudes." once a week on pleasant
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

bodies into pieces before interrinp
them in her proprietary graveyard
made the greatest murder sensation
since the days Of the wholesale muir
ders by the Bender family In Kan
sas twenty years ago.
Laporte has been divided ever
since over the question whether Mrs
Guinness was the woman who persisted
in the burning of her house. Find
ing Of her false teeth, from which the
remainder OF her head had been
burned, and the rings on her charred
fingers did not satisfy the doubling
contingent.
Think Woman Still Lives.
They stil maintain that the fiend-
ishly cunning Borgia probably plan
ned the murder of her three children,
procured the body Of some other
woman TO pass for her own in the
ruins, ana after killing the four fired
the house and escaped.
On the theory that the woman was
alive, numerous women who bore
some resemblance to the murderess
We're detained, one being arrested and
taken from sleeping car passing
through Utica Another sensational
feature of the case was the attempt
TO implicate other persons.
Notable among these was the fake
Confession" Of julius G. Truelson, Jr.,
OF New York, son OF well-to-do pia-
no manufacturer, who swore in the
jail In Vernon, Texas, that he was an
accompice Of Mrs. Guinness and that
Ray Lamphere assisted him to dispose
OF several bodies after Mrs. Guinness
had murdered them. Truelson is still
in the Texas jail, held for forgery, his
confession" thoroughly dlsproved.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
HEARsT8 SUNDAY ATLANTA SUNDAY NOVEMBER

afternoon. Students intending TO take
this course must have had some lab
oratcry experience in pouring or 9TH
erwise satisfy the instructor of their
Il ness to profit by it.
Other shorter courses might he
given to advantage in "a Etiquette or
Job Hunting Ordinarily for gradu-
ates), while the courses Of original
research for very advanced students
would, Of course, be devoted to Court
ship, Baby Talk and Domestic Har-
mony GnCluding Repartee). Then no
more will the yard resOund with the
bored sophistry Of the merely edu-
Gated"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

The bodies Of the children
were identified positively, and il
was asserted Mrs. Guinness died
with them, but the identity OF
the woman S body was never
thoroughly established
Ray Lamphere a farm hand was
put on trial charged with having
set fire to the farmhouse lie was
convicted, sentenced to serve from
TWO to twenty-one years in the pcni-
tentiary and fined $4,000.
t Believe She Lived There.
Reports that Mrs, Guinness Is be-
lieved to have been living near Hot
Springs are taken seriously. NJ. j.
Merrill, of the Palace Hotel here, who
says he knew the woman by sight.
declares he met her and followed her
10 shack where she was living. Then
he wrote to the Chicago police. But
when he went to the shack to-day
the woman had disappeared.
The grewsome discovery that the
Guinness farm was used as a muir
DER place was not made until after
the household had been burned.
Freshly dug spots in the yard caused
detectives to make excavations, and
they unearthed the bodies of ten per
sons, including that OF Jennie Olsen,
adopted daughter of Mrs Guinness,
and another woman
The remainder of the bodies werc
those Of men whom Mrs Guinness had
lured to the murder farm by rep
resentiug herself as rich woman
wanting a husband.
First Husband Poisoned.
The first husband OF Mrs. Guinness
died In Chicago under circumstances
which Indicated he was poisoned.
The second is believed to have been
killed by her year after they
bought the Laporte farm.
The discovery that she had made
murder her profession, first robblng
the men who answered the advertise
ments OF her matrimonial bureau
then poisoning them and cutting their
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
IF KIDNEYS FEEL LIKE LEAD
Or YOUR BACK HURTS, TAKE SALTS

full of sediment, irregular Of mas.
sage or attended by a sensation Of
scalding, get about four ounces of
Jad Salts from any reliable phar-
macy and take a Tablespoonful In
d glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your kidneys
will then act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to activity. also
to- neutralize the acids in urine So
it no longer causes irritation. thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and can
not injure; makes a delightful eff
fervescent lithia- water drink which
all regular meat eaters should take
now and then to keep the kidneys
clean and the blood pure. thereby
avoiding serious kidney complica-
tons.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
COUNCIL GIVES $4,000
TO OPEN NEW HOSPITAL

JACKSONVILLE, Nov. s.--To In
sure the opening of the new st.
Luke's Hospital Council has increased
It's appropriation of $4,000 to 500
000. The managers of the $3.50. 600
hospital have promised to care for
patients recommended by the Mayor
and members of Council, to whom
they will report monthly.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
GIRLS! BEAUTIFUL, CHARMING HAIR.
NO DANDRUFF-25 CENT DANDER|NE

dirt and excessive oil and in just a
few moments you have doubled the
beauty of your hair
Besides identifying the hair at
once, Danderine dissolves every parti-
Gle Of dandruff cIeanses, purifies and
invigorates the scalp forever stop
ping itching and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a few weeks use when You
will actually see new hair-fine and
downy at first-yes- but really new
hair growing all over the scalp. If
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
OF it, surely get a 25-cent bottle Of
Knowlton's Danderine from any drug
gist or toilet counter, and Just try
it.--AdVt.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
Trader Back After
% Years in Arctic
Hudson Bay Employee Estimates Fur
Catch This Year viii Reach
100000.

EDMONTON, ALTA, Nov. g.
John G. Knott, an employee Of the
Hudson Bay Trading Company, who
has been stationed in the North
Country. on the fringe Of the Arctic
circle, the last 28 years, has come to
Edmonton to visit friends Of his boy
hood days and get into touch, as he
nuts it.. with modern commercial and
Industrial methods.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
Wood Fire Health
Aid, Says Expert
Doctor Declares Forefathers Who
Didn't Know Of Electricity Were
Physically Better.

CHICAGO. Nov. S.--You can live
longer by heating your home and o.
fee by wood instead Of electricity.
according to a belief expressed by
a delegate to the American Associa-
ton Of CRITICAL Surgeons Conven-
ton, which opened to-day Ia the Lo-
tel LaSalle.
Or. j.. Russell Price. or Chicago. q
the authority for the statement that
our forefathers lived longer and died
happier because OF liberal contribu-
TONS to the OLD wood burner.